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Editorial Page of The Mountaineer
TODAY'S BIBL& VERSE
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Thou thai ma test thy boast oi the law,
through breaking the law tliabonoarest thou
Owl??Romans 2:23.
Monday Is An Important
Date In Economic History
Of This Area.
Without a doubt, one of the greatest de
cisions of the 20th century, affecting the fu
ture economy of this area, win be made Mon
day as the State Highway Commission de
cides on the route of the interstate highway
"into Tennessee.
The importance of the all-weather road
down Pigeon River is already well known
here in Haywood, as the matter has been
termed our most urgent highway need for
many years.
The history of this all-important road
dates back 123 years, and the delay in its
construction stems from first one thing to
another. For years it was the East Tennessee
Railroad right-of-way, then the proposed
TV A dam on the river, followed by curtail
ment of road construction during World War
II, and into the post war era where existing
highways had to be repaired, all of which
added up to delay after delay.
In December 1949,1 former Governor
Cherry allocated $460,000 to the project, up
on the insistence of D. Reeves Noland, high
way commissioner at the time. Later form
er Governor W. Kerr Scott added $1,500,000
more to the project, and saw the initial 6
mile link of grading started. The contractors
?finished last December and moved out, just
about the time the Tennessee Highway Com
mission asked that the highway down the
Pigeon River be put on the interstate system.
As Harry Buchanan, highway commissioner
vof this district, made the motion that North
Carolina go on record approving the route
for the interstate system. Commissioner J. F.
Snipes of Marion objected in behalf of one
of his counties, Madison, and some people in
Buncombe, Thus the matter goes to the hear
ing set for Monday morning. The opponents
to the Pigeon River Route are afraid of los
ing their Highway route numbers 70-25.
Haywood county has deserved, and need
ed the road down Pigeon River for more than
100 yeark. The request has always been for
a road ? just an all-weather road, so this
area could get to the great midwest, and the
great midwest could get into this section of
Western North Carolina.
Now the time has come when we, of Hay
wootC Jackson, Swain, .Cherokee, Clay,
GrJ/RkflC*""Macon, Trarfliylvftffia. *Hend?rson,
Buncombe, and Polk must attend the hearing
in Asfceville Monday and by our interest and
enthusiasm! show the State Highway Com
missioners that we need and must have the
road down Pigeon River.
This road is not just a Haywood county
project ? it affects all Western North Caro
lina and the vast area to the south of us in
South Carolina and Georgia.
So Monday is the time for all of us to be
THE MOUNTAINEER
Waynrsville, Norlb Carolina
Main Street Dial GL 6-5301
The County Seai of Haywood County
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Thursday Afternoon. April 14. 1955
A Happy Solution For
The Canton Viaduct.
The bill introduced in the General Assem
bly by Senator William Mediord which
would make the proposed Canton viaduct
wholly a state project, seems to be a fair and
practical solution to the problem which has
been facing Canton officials and highway en
gineers for a long time.
Under regulations of the State Highway
Commission, the Town of Canton would have
to pay one-third of the cost of right-of-ways.
The Town felt the Viaduct was more of a
regional project than a Town enterprise, and
therefore, felt they should not be called up
on to share any of the cost.^.
Highway engineers have made an exhaus
tive survey around Canton and fail to find
a practical route for a by-pass. Upon this
i tatement, the decision of introducing the
bill was made at the request of the Highway
Commission.
There is not likely to be any opposition,
and the bill will in all probability be enacted,
thus enabling work to proceed on the via
duct.
With $1,550,000 allocated by the late Gov- t
ernor Umstead for the project, it should not I
be long before work can get under way.
We do not recall a project as large, and as ,
complicated as the viaduct where everyone
kept a cool, broad outlook on the matter. Of
course there were decided differences of
opinions throughout, but at the same time,
respect was held for those with Opposite
views. This speaks well for all parties con
cerned, and now it appears that a happy solu
tion has been found in the introduction of
special legislation.
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Clean Up - Community
Insurance For The Future.
Our Clean Up?Paint Up?Fix Up cam
paign is the event of the moment. Many fine e
things will be accomplished during this in- *
tensive campaign period. However, it is
probable that much that should be attended d
to will be ignored and Clean Up will be a *
phrase forgotten until next year.
Hut Clean Up is not just "sprucing up" s
for the moment. Cooperation with the cam- S
imigti Is essential for the growth and bet
terment of oyr city. Blight ? gradual de
terioration of property and neighborhoods? r
threatens every complacent community.
Slum clearance programs demand a tre
mendous expenditure of time and money ?
more than most communities can afford to 1
spend. Where slums exist we must act. But |
1 if we take advantage of it, we have the
mean:', to prevent their development.
By each one of us observing Clean Up ? r
Paint Up ? Fix Up Weeks we can success- *
fully defend our city from the ravages of *
blight and look forward to greater achieve- |
^ ments rather than repairing community and
citizen neglect. 1
Blight ? slums ? can happen here. Clean
r Up?Paint Up?Fix Up is an investment i
r which pays dividends. Do your part this >
- week ? for satisfaction now and growth in '
s the vears to come.
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9 Among the marly things we take for <
^ granted is power. I^ast Wednesday, follow
I) ing a storm, a transformer failed, and the J
e power was off for about 45 minutes, there
1 were many people who were somewhat dis
J turbed, not realizing how many months
they had had power 24 hours every day.
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? on hand in order to stand up and be counted
as being whole-heartedly behind this great
and important project.
[ They'll Do It Every Time
I Madriiene and mercules ccvepfd
I pRAtrncAuy the evttjre map cm i
THE#? VACATION JAUNT
By Jimmy Harlo
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TEN (HUNDRED THOUSAND BILLION) GALLON HAT
Looking Back Through The Years
20 years ago
Work begins on development of
ity park located between East and
fowell Streets.
Little Miss Betsy Siler has birth
lay party at the home of her par
nts, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Siler.
Raul Hardin, III. is mascot for
enior class of Waynesville High
ichool.
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10 years ago
Glenn C. Palmer is named to
eprcsent North Carolina on an ad
visory committee of the Tennessee
Valley Authority.
Harry S. Truman becomes 33rd
president of the United States.
Seaman Taylor McCracken is as
signed to the Pacific.
Mrs. W. F. Swift is re-elected
regent of the DAR chapter.
Ernie Pyle is killed by Japs.
American Legion plans to spon
sor Junior Baseball team.
5 YEARS AGO
Richard Barber, Jr. is elected
president of Rotary Club.
Frank D. Ferguson. Jr. is named
member of Board of Elections as
Jerry Rogers resigns.
Ray Whitner joins Waynesville
Police Force.
Mrs. Millard Ferguson - is new
president of Crabtree Methodist
Woman's Society.
Just Looking Around
By W. CURTIS RUSS
Without question, one of the
nost enjoyable birthday parties
itaged this year, was the observ
ince of Albert Walker's 8S|th birth
iay a couple of Sundays ago, at
lis Crabtree home.
About 200 called during the day,
put let's have Mr. Walker tell the
story:
"It was on that cold Sunday?
t was a whizzer. And I never saw
lo manv pretty girls in my life, and
I kissed them all.
"Now the folks are telling that I
enjoyed that part of the party the
nost. and 1 can't deny that I did.
Take Lawrence, my brother sitting
jver there, he laughs and tells that
1 got so excited I forgot my
crutches. Well, now that is the
truth, and it happened like this. I
Mas talking to the girls, and not
missing kissing a one of them. And'
at the very last I just got up and
left my crutches. They say I went
about for sometime without them,
but 1 think they are kinda spoof
ing me. I admit I went a while
without them."
About that time a bystander ask
ed Mr. Walker if the last pretty
girl he kissed was a redhead;
He studied a minute, then said:
"1 kinda believe her hair was kinda
on the reddish side, but I kissed !
them all: 1 didn't pay much atten
tion to the color of their hair."
Someone then asked if It were
true that he was going to hold an
other birthday party tn about a
month.
"Gee. I'd like to. but I'm praying
that the Good Lord will let me live
to enjoy my 90th birthday, and
even more.
"You know, when a fellow gets
to be 89 and has so many friends
to come to see him it is wonder
ful. I enjoyed seeing everyone.
Some of them I had not seen for
a long time. And while thty laugh
at me for getting around without
my crutches, I euess there's a rea
son. when a fellow has that many
friends coming to see him he for
gets about his troubles. I declare
unto you. It's a wonderful experi
ence. and I'm looking forward to
my BOtn birthday. I'm mighty
thankful I've been spared to live
89 years, and to have so many
friends."
Perhaps the one real thing that
is wrong with the younger genera
tion is that a lot of us don't belong
to it anymore.^
The story is making the rounds
that a certain fellow got a dollar
too much in his pay envelope. He
didn't say anything about it.
The next week the paymaster, de
tecting the error, deducted a dol
lar from the man's pay.
Hurriedly tbe man came in and
said; "Say, I'm a dollar short."
"Yes, 1 know," said the paymas
ter. "You didn't complain last week
when you had a dollar too much
in your envelope."
"I know J didn't," was the an
swer, "a guy can overlook one mis
take, but when it happens a sec
ond time, it's time to complain."
The preacher of a small church
in a remote section of the country
once preached a funeral service for
one of the local characters and he
explained the deceased's position
in the community thusly:
"Now, he wasn't what you would
call a good man, because he never
gave his heart to the Lord; but he
was what you'd call a respected sin
ner."
A recent inductee into the army
was back telling the story of the
private who had never had a rifle in
his hands before, and was making
a miserable mess of trying to hit
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Voice of the
People
Do you think young people
should be allowed learners' permits
to drive at l?V<s vears ot age so that
they may have more experience in
driving before getting their driv
ers' licenses? (A learner's permit
gives permission to drive with a li
censed driver in the car and only
in the day time.)
J. B. Smith: "Yes. Because 16
ycar-olds are better drivers than
36-year-olds if they are properly
trained."
Miss Sylla Davis: "Yes. I think it
is important to have training before
hand if they are allowed to drive
at 16."
Mrs. Perry llardwtck: "No. I
think 16 is a little soon."
Mrs. Roy Parkraan: "I am defin
itely in favor of it. It would make it
easier for parents and children too
and give the young people more ex
perience before they reach the offi
cial driving age."
The Rev. James W. Fowler, Jr.:
"I would favor that under the con
ditions you mention."
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Our human laws arc but the o^l
or less imperfect, of the eternal ^9
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Rambling 'R0uJ
By Frances Gilbert Frazier
Besides the beautiful services, three a J
i_ on us Easter Sunday. First was the exceptionally
erv small Children who stayed for the eh ? M
pvtraordinarily quiet behavior and thud .h, numbc, , J
?n evidence that served as silence.s Eithe, every M
or had finished and passed .t on to a ne, ?
These facts had us a bit contused a, are uniJ
whether a moral can be drawn from them 1 J
nuncsters were entertained to the pond ol orderly
what about the absorption of spiritual infl. 1
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"Now is the time for all good men to come to thciitl
their gardens. I
Every time that one gets a fixation that J
bowwows up pops a contradiction that knocks the ttarayB
As a habitual tuner-inner of radio, we a.\ subjected to?
recorded mtislc . . . (the word "music-' .- i d loosely M
so-called variety would never be recognn iU h : ?
w hen one wonders if the ears arc so de ul. - ed by the dB
that they do not catch the beauty of sol. |
Then comes the saddening though. . ?
may have lost appreciation for good musn
doop crescendo notes that penetrate the sku.l w .th deadly *
And as we ponder, suddenly out ol ....where, slips A
ing melody which is given such a rousing welcome that A
stayed around for weeks at the very . ;
?Melody of Love" which has delighted the public d, .need
feeling of respect for tune lovers has ret..;. d ... full (orttfl
The higher one climbs on the ladder of fame. the N
ful one must be of the next step.
Just about a month ago, we were gleefully announcing
was half gone and soon lovely April would gladden our)
j her warmth and beauty. Well, todav we ai about iu aa
April is half gone and soon lovely Mav, with her gara
breezes, will be with us. Thus far, April hu-n't been any
to live up to the repution we had placed about her i
sorter scared to say too much about the approach of Mav
April still has two weeks and a day or two to redeem I
put her back in our good graces . . . but she sure is pi
to work fast. Surely, May who has alwavs been our vaond
of wonderful notices about our climate, won t let us down a
But, listen while I whisper a bit of advice: ... don t tad
too deep so that you can't haul them out if the oersa
warmth.
Never before has the world needed Kaith as the) it
SENATOR
SAM ERVIN
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WASHINGTON?On April 1. I
flew to the Nevada Test Site with
other members of the Armed Serv
ices Committee of the House and
Senate for the purpose of witness
ing an atomic explosion. It is my
feeling that as a member of the
Senate Armed Service Committee
I should acquire as much flrst-hand
information concerning matters of
this kind as possible.
NEVADA TRIP
Atomic explosions are conducted
in the Nevada Test fcite under the
supervision of the Atomic Energy
Commission for the purpose Of add
ing to our knowledge of the mili
tary effects and uses of atomic
energy. As a consequence, the sci
entists in charge of these matters
rightly insist that atomic explosions
should not be had unless weather
conditions are virtually ideal. For
this reason, it is frequently neces
sary to postpone planned atomic ex
plosions for days at a time when
weather conditions are not suit
able.
WEATHER CHANGED
At the time our party left Wash
ington for the Nfevada Test Site, the
weather was suitable for conduct
ing an atomic explosion. However,
the weather changed while vye were
en route to Nevada and, by reason
thereof, it became J
postpone the planMtl
Hence, we were coagB
turn to Washington iB
ncssing hi eh a detM?
Despite this fact. |B
very much .wn-ihwhikH
minute :'i>pectio? 4?
Tes< Site. observed??
prior atomic explori*?
ed considerable brie?
bands ot the scientkk?
vise atomic exMftlfl
turned to Washing!*?
the morning of April?
My trip to Nevada B
a bird s-eve view of?
Ohio. Indiana. IllindB
Colorado. L'tah and KB
I was much impressed?
covered Rocky Mount?
tastie rock formatioi^B
the grandeur of the Qfl
I was even more itB?
desert-like conditio*?
Colorado L'tah and 1?
count ol their lack of?
amount ol rainfalf^B
lack to an almost g^B
gree the life-givin<|H
wafer.
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While Congress too?
Easter last week, ^fl
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23. Drbop
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27. Yields
38. Infrequent
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the noon
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wonder
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the axis
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plant
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7. Devoured
8. Cajole
11. Resort
12. Attic
14. Pauses
17. Whether
10. Help
21. Free
22. Short
trousers
24. An alloy of
copper and
sine
25. Serious
26. Skill
27. Lettuce
29. Strikes
31. Missouri
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