- 7 the waynesville mountaineer ? I ad Of Highway Patrol Rounding Out 25 Years I Col. James R. Smith, |der of North Carolina's , state Highway Patrol can ck on a quarter-century of ^li distinguished by ? other things ? an amazing record of safe driving, utrol's boss man has driv average of 50,000 miles a id he's been doing it for lhan 25 years. And that ts to better than a million quarter miles of driving jry a scratch to mar his t wty it's like making two alf trips to the moon. And celestially smooth and red turnpikes, but a vari jam packed, rockv, twist iaved and narrow roads, frith and his colleagues in lely safety minded patrol i fiery doctrine of highway ontinuously. He's one who t refer to a text book to ie the importance of safe e driving practices, olonel began logging safety tride a motorbike in Mar 1929. Fresh from the pa st indoctrination school at ilenn, Morehead City, the I trooper drew his first ent with the highway pa he mountain city, i was in Marion the young got his first taste of ob us motorists and put his ring record on the line in ess. ,s patrolling a dusty moun COL. JAMES R. SMITH?Safety at the wheel for 25 years and over a million miles. tain road one summer afternoon. Suddenly another motorcycle charged by him. flinging dust and contempt into his face. The colonel twisted his throttle and the chase was on. For some 12 miles the hazardous tag game con tinued, up, down, and around tor tuous mountain curves. The speed demon threw in the towel when he unwittingly turned into a moun tain cul de sac and skidded his steaming machine around in a half circle. Smilh was just arriv ing. The culprit greeted Smith sheepishly and said, "Well, I guess you got me." Smith, with pounding heart and trembling hands after the mad dash, agreed. He promptly arrested i the speed cyclist and returned to | his patrol. In the late 30's the patrol aban . doned motorcycles and went to i silver-sided Ford convertibles. The I change made no difference to Col. Smith's competence, He steadily j built up his accident free record. A few years later he engineered i a breath taking chase with a bandit ! near Wilmington, his home town. With bullets boring in from the ? pursued car Smith and a fellow trooper were laboring to overtake the fleeing suspect, a dangerous ( felon. Good fortune was on their side when the culprit wrecked his i speeding car and was taken into custody. Smith -? at 90 miles an hour ? managed to maintain his record during the 20 mile chase. On long motor trips the colonel : drives with robot like precision. Both hands are constantly on the wheel and his eyes seldom leave the road ahead. On the spot night j and day as the state's number one traffic cop the colonel's meticul ous driving is as necessary as his badge of office. And after 25 years of grueling law enforcement work, peppered with hair raising chases, laymen can understand why Col. James R. Smith so jealously guards his fine record at the wheel. ? ? . ? .... Construction Of Youth Center At Lake To Start Soon $100,000 Youth Center Building Plans Complete Work is due to start this spring on a $100,000 youth center at Lake | Junaiuska at the summer assembly ! grounds of the Methodist Church's nine-state Southeastern Jurisdic tion. The building fund is nearing the $50,000 mark and architectural plans have been approved, it was announced by the Rev. J. W. Fowl- ; er. Jr., superintendent of the Lake , Junaiuska Assembly, and the Rev. J Lee F. Tuttle. Charlotte, chairman of a Southwide fund drive. They said the building may be ready for partial use before the i summer is over. Methodists throughout the South are contributing to building costs. Dr. Tuttle said, particularly youth organizations of the 16 annual conferences in the Southeastern Jurisdiction. He said that the Methodist Youth Felowship of the Western North Carolina Conference had already raised $2,500 and expects to obtain - another $1,000. The MYF in South Georgia. South Carolina and Hol ston conferences?East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia?have also organized fund campaigns, Dr. Tut tle reported. The building is to be program and recreational headquarters for the approximately 3,000 Methodist high school and college youth in the Southeast who attend confer 1 ences and training projects at Lake 1 . - Junaluska every summer. It will be named for the iate Bishop Paul B. Kern. Nashville, Tenn., who organized several Meth odist youth projects which are now part of the denomination's general program. A native of Alexandria. Va., Bishop Kern presided over the Nashville episcopal area from 1938 until his retirement in 1952. For four years, 1934-38. he presided over the North and .South Carolina Methodist conferences. He died in 1953. ? Plans for the lakeshore center, measuring 4,800 square feet, call for a central fellowship hall, stage, class rooms, offices, snack bar and recretational facilities. The struc ture will cost approximately $75, 000, and $25,000 will be allocated for furnishings and special equip ment. Dr. Tuttle said. THESE ARCHITECT'S DRAWINGS show front and side views of the $100,000 youth center Methodists of nine states plan to build this sum mer at Lake Junaluska, the denomination's south eastern summer procram headquarters. The cen ter will be a memorial to the late Bishop Paul B. Kern. Nashville, Tenn., it was announced by the Kev. Lee F. Tuttle, Charlotte, fund chairman. Transactions In REAL ESTATE Waynes ville Township C. A. George and yife to Samuel Truman Swanger. R. L. Prevost and wife to Roy Ammons and wife. Robert C. Gore and wife to J. L.: Parker. Roe Hill and wife to B. A. Jos lin and wife. Kate Tremeiy to Robert 11. Stev enson. J. D. Wilbanks and wife to John M. Wasson and wife. Fines Creek Township Dewey Rathbone and wife to D. D. Russell and wife. Jonathan Township Paul Parton and wife to E. A. Ward. Fred Buchanan To Enter Hospital Fred Buchanan of Waynesville. Route 1, will enter Moore General Hospital within the next few days for treatment. Cecil Blanton Attends 1 I Insurance Conference Cecil E. Blanton, representative ; of The Life Insurance Company of Virginia will attend th company's District Leaders Convention at the Hollywood Beach Hotel. Hollywood. Fla., March 30 through April 2. 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