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South Clyde GDP To Work At Cemetery By MRS KYLE LINDSEY Community Reporter ' The CDP held Its regular meet ing at the community center Mon day night with Edwin J.ckson in charge The chain discussion con cerned the work to be d?"e the cemetery and it was decided by the group to work Saturday. Wor - era will be given their supper at the community house hy the women at 7:30 in the evening The ladies are meeting to clean up the community house, wash win dows and will be glad for those who can help to come Saturday afternoon and then prepare sup per for the workers at the ceme Aiso discussed was the painting of the inside of the building, but a final decision was not reached. Chairs for the center have been bought and will be delivered soon. Many Improvements are going on in South Clyde including. Mrs. Warren painting inside. Vertran Haynes remodeling a home he bought, Walter Rhodarmer fixing his basement, Roy Swanger paint ing outside, Edwin Jackson remod eling his kitchen, Mr. Abbott out side Improvements, Wiley Snyder painting inside, and Marvin Rhine hart installing an electric stove and telephone. Miss Kate Robinson w(ll be in charge of the program for the next CDP meeting and we are expect ing to have Bob Tippett as a guest. The next meeting will be May 23 at 7:45 p.m. The WSCS of Louisa Chapel will meet next Wednesday at the church at 2 p.m., and will have an instal lation service. ' Mrs. W. C. Justice had as visi tor for Mother's Day her daugh ters, Mrs. Ben Vinson and Mrs. Homer Wright of Buffalo, S. C., grartsons. Ray Willard of Winston Salem. James Willard and family of Spartanburg. S. C.. and Fred Vinson of Buffalo. S. C. Miss Patrlca Llndsey. Ned Lind sey. Roy and Peggy Stamey at tended a surprise birthday party last Thursday night in honor of Hoyt Mason in the Thickety com munity. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Swanger and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rhodarmer were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Norrls of Murphy during the week end. Mr. and Mrs. George Limbo cele brated their wedding anniversary May 9th. They were honored with a dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Morgan. Buchanan Qualifies With The M-l Rifle Private Hugh G. Buchanan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Buchanan, Haxelwood. has qualified as expert with the M-l rifle during his train ing with Company "F", 502nd Air borne. Infantry Regiment at Fort Jackson. He will be awarded the appro priate qualification badge for rifle which he will wear throughout his Army career. Company "F", 52nd Airborne In fantry Regiment had 100 per cent qualification on the "Known Dls tance'' range, which is considered outstanding for weapon firing. inspecting fike-fighting equipment at the open house held Saturday by the Clyde Fire Department were W. A. Haltburton, captain; Amo* Medford. Larry Cagle, fire chief; Troy Sta mey, captain; Edwin Jackson, Mrs. Troy Stamcy, Fred Medford, and Charles C. Matthews. (Mountaineer Photo). Carl Henry Cites Unlimited Potentials | Awaiting Development In Tourist Field (Editor's Note: The following Is a talk made at the recant Chamber of Commerce banquet by Carl Henry, tourist facility operator at Maggie and chairman of the Chamber's Tourist Promo tion Bureau.) Mr. Henry: "It is never a good idea to live too much in the past and dream about things that are gone and forgotten. But occasionally. It is a good idea to take a look at the past, to study and examine It, in order to plan intelligently for the future. "1 want to go back briefly to the horse and buggy days in Waynes ville. Some of you might insist that we are still in the horse and buggy stage, but I< am thinking, actually, of the time when we traveled by horseback and buggy over cobblestone streets or over the dusty roads when the weather was fair and through the mud when it rained. "Waynesvllle, in its beautiful mountain valley, was physically Isolated from the rest of the world in those days except by train. Day coaches and pullman cars were the common scene around the depot and a passenger could take a pull man from Waynesville directly to Washington and New York. ThcrO was no Canton. Clyde, or Hazel wood as we know them today and Lake Junaluska was better known as a whistle stop called Tuscola. "Scarcely had the last Cherokee Indian disappeared through Soco Cap to pitch his tent on the new reservation, when Waynesville was invaded by another group of peo ple just twice as colorful as the Cherokecs. These Invaders were called 'Summer Boarders' and were a lot easier to scalp. Nobody in vited them to come and nobody Insisted that they stay?but come they did. and they insisted on stay ing. Why? "Because Waynesvlllc had what these people wanted?the climate, the water, the scenery, and the most colorful mountain people any where In the United States. Way nesville is by nature a summer resort. No one can deny this fact. People want to visit, rest, and live in the mountains. We could not stop them if we tried. "As a result of this first influx of 'Summer Boarders,' the famous old hotels, The Battle House, The Bonair, The Waynesville Inn, The Gordon, White Sulphur Springs, and Eagles Nest, came into being. This was the beginning' of the tourist phase of Waynesville's econ omy. This was Waynesville's first cash income, other than lumbering, because Haywood County agricul ture had not developed the cash crops of tobacco, beef cattle, and apples, and there were no indus trial payrolls. "Then came the construction of new highways across our Smoky Mountains and automobiles became the mode of travel. First the pull- 1 man and later the passenger cars on our trains disappeared. The 'Summer Boarders' were changed Into 'tourists' and today we arc thinking and talking in terms of the 'Travel Industry.' "As long as Americans have roads and cars in which to travel they will travel, and as long as our tree-covered mountain peaks stand 6.000 feet above sea leavel to pro vide beautiful scenery, cool breez es, and pure water, the American people will travel to the Smokies and to Waynesville. "When people travel they spend money and Waynesville and Hay wood County people can use these extra dollars. It is our job to take every advantage of our natural environment in promoting the Travel Industry. It is our duty to provide good facilities for food. ' lqdging, and entertatinment to the American people who want to see and enjoy this beautiful conutry in which we live all the time. "How big is the tourist business in the South? To answer this ques tion, I want to summarize briefly, a recent article by Willis D. Poe, who by the way, was a visitor in Waynesville four or five years ago. "The tourist business is Dixie's new two billion dollar crop. "A Yankee tourist family is worth more to the South than two bales of cotton?and is a lot easier to pick!" TlJat is an old saying in Dixie, but the surprising thing about it is that it is literally true. The typical tourist car coming into i the South has three people in it who spend $140 each. Their total spending of $420 is wbrth 2 bales ! of cotton at current prices with dollars to spare. "The two billion dollars the South gets from its tourists equals the value of its 1953 cotton crop. It is twice the South's one billion dollar tobacco crop and in seven southern states, the tourist or trav el trade' is ranked one of the state's' biggest industries. "What are the causes for the in creased tourist business in the South? . "Michael Frome, Travel Editor of the American Automobile Asso ciation answers this question. . I "First: There are more people. America's population increased 29 million from 1940 to 1954. "Second: Increase! family in come. There are 40 million Ameri-! can families today and 58 percent of them have incomes over $3,000. ' "Third: New highway construc tion and greatly Improved old roads. ? ) "Fourth: More automobiles. Pas- 1 senger car registrtaion in the na tion jumped 45 per cent from 1941 to 1951. Today, there is almost 1 car for every 3 people and cars are coming off production lines at record rates. "Fifth: Longer paid vacations. 142 million salary and hourly paid wage earners get paid vacations of 2 to 3 weeks each year. "Sixth: Increased purchasing power. Purchasing power of the average American worker is up 52 per cent over 1929. "How can we get more tourists? "To answer this question, let's talk dollars and cents. "The State of Florida spends over $2,230,000 annually for pro motional advertising but they esti mate that they get back from the travel industry, $125 for every dollar spent. "North Carolina has a budget of i (542,000 for promotional advertis ing plus what the various towns spend on their special attractions I but the travel industry income for the state is well above $300,000,000. "Haywood County's share of the state's tourist business is estimat-1 ed at $6,000,000, for whict\ wb ac- ! lually spend less thaq $5,000 in promotional advertising. The trav el industry is already big business in Haywood County and will get bigger. "Our natural attractions and Jromotional, advertising will bring he people here but it will not nakc them stay or want to come Jack. That's a job for all of us. fere is what we must do: "I. Make Haywood County a and of beauty. Clean up, plant and >aint. "2. Improve our communities ind towns. Provide better schools, ecreation and churches. "3. Build better and more beau iful highways. Eliminate bill joards. dumps, and 'speed traps'. Put in roadside tables and picnic treas. "4. Encourage better safety and odging places. "5. Be courteous and accom nodatiijg. "Southern friendliness should be >ur greatest asset. Give informa ion cheerfully, give help if he is n trouble, lend a hajd willingly, nake every effort to please and if ie trades with you, give him good service and good meVchandise at i fair price. With a reasonable ef ort on our part, our $6,000,000 ravel industry can jump to $10, 100,000 almost overnight." "Recently, some amazing pre dictions have been made about the South in 1975. That is just twenty ^ears from now. What about our section of the South in 1975? What will we be like 20 years from now? "Here is my prediction for Way nesville in 1975 and I believe as surely as 1 am talking to you now hat every word will be more than fulfilled. "First: Long before 1975, the IHgeon River Road will be com pleted connecting Western North Carolina with the great Midwest. Progress demands this road. "Second: A new road will be constructed across Balsam Moun tain and into the South and 276 through Pisgah National Forest to Brevard will be improved. "Third: The Blue Ridge scenic highway will be completed from Frying Pan Gap to Wagon Road Gap to Balsam and on to Soco Gap. "Fourth: Waynesville and Hay wood County will then be the Crossroads and the Gateway from East to West and North to South for both the travel trade and com mercial traffic, and at the same time, will be completely encircled by the most scenic highway in Eastern America. "Fifth: With only a little play on the imagination, I' can envision Waynesville in 1975 as the center of a great metropolitan area ex tending fiom Balsam Gap on the West to Lake Junaluskn on the . 11 ' . ? ?? , .. .. .' . . ? ... I ? East to Dellwood on the north through Maggie Valley to Soco Gap on the West again. There will be at least 2 expressways for handling through traffic. This area i will be the home of between 25 ! to 30 thousand people who will derive a livlihood from a vastly ! improved agricultural, travel, and industrial economy but the great-, tes of these will be travel. "Don't misinterpret my state ment. I am heartily in favor of the best agricultu?al program that can be developed. We need it to pro vide our food. 1 am in favor of enough new industries to provide full employment for all our people. This too. is a must for a prosper ous community. But you know and . I know that our small hilly farms cannot compete commercially with other farm areas. We also know that this mountainous country can never become a great industrial center. Nature has set a limit on what we can do in both these phases of our economy. But na ture has set no limit on what we can do for ourselves in the Travel 1 Industry. This limit will be de termined only by our limited abil ity to build roads fast enough to take care of increased travellers and by our shortsightedness, lack of preparation, and unwlllinglness to spend the few dollars necessary i to tell the rest of the world about our mountains. "Yes, these things and more can happen to us in our lifetime long before 1975 if we, the people, will but think, plan, and work together to make them happen." IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT of the Clyde Fire Department's new fire truck Saturday evening was David Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Brown of Clyde, probably deciding that he'll be a fire chief when he grows up. (Mountaineer Photo). I i Fishing (Continued from Page 5) caught less than seven inches in length shall be carefully handled with moist hands and returned at once to the water. The maximum catch in any one day and the maximum number of trout in possession shall be five. | Maximum catch in any one day and maximum number of bass in pos session shall be Ave. Maximum ! creel of trout and bass together shall not exceed five fish in one day or five fish in possession at any time. There is no creel limit ] on other sftecies. The National Park Service makes ! no charge for fishing but persons fishing within the park must pro cure the resident or non-resident state license issued and required by Tennessee or the resident or non-rsident or state or county li cense or permit issued and re quired by North Carolina shall not fish on the Tennessee side of the park without first having obtained a fishing lieense issued by the State of Tennessee, and the posses sor of a resident fishing license is sued by the Statd of Tennesee shall i not fish on the North Carolina side of the park without first having i obtained a fishing license issued by the State of North Carolina. ; The possessor of a non-resident li-1 cense issued by the State of Ten nessee or by the State of North Carolina may fish throughout the park during the open season. Wife Preservers i ^ 1 | f GgQ.QUggH f ? 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