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Study Of Flash Floods On
Jonathan Creek Important
The devastation caused by the flash flood
of*the Oconaluftee River through the Chero
kee Indiap Reservation last Saturday is one
of the reasons a TVA survey and study is
being made of the flood potentials of Jona
" than Creek through the Maggie Valley.
The report of the Survey was made at a
recent Western Carolina Associated Com
munities meeting, at which time M. A. De
Voe, property manager of TVA, out of the
Knoxville office, pointed out the need for
such a study as a means of guiding builders
along.the hanks of Jonathan Creek, especially
in the Maggie Valley.
The Oconaluftee River, a peaceful, and
quiet stream, like Jonathans Creek, does not
appear to have any of the qualities of de
vastation, yet, with both streams rising high
in the mountains, a sudden cloudburst aA hit
the head waters of Oconaluftee Saturday
proves what power can be unleashed in jr few
short moments.
We shall wait with interest the TVA re
|)ort on Jonathans Creek, and will see that
it is given full coverage in this newspaper
in order that all property owners, and poten
tial builders along its banks might be aware
of any dangers which might arise f?*om
flash floods.
4-H Group Back From
Another Educational Trip
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For the fifth consecutive year, Haywood
4-H Club members have visited or had as
their guests, similar groups from other
states.
On last Monday evening a group of 27
Haywood 4-H Club members and six adults
returned from an enjoyable visit to Weld
County, Colorado. Next year 4-H Club mem
bers from there will come to Haywood Coun
ty for a similar visit and study of this area.
Haywood club members have had a simi
lar exchange program with clubs in Massa
chusetts and Iowa. Each time the program
has proven highly successful, and the liberal
education which the groups have gotten
from the trips have been worth many times
their cost.
| Not dhly do the 4-H club members have an
w opportunity to see other parts of the coun
try, but they have the privilege of seeing
and getting first-hand information of peo
ple in other states, and to see some of their
problems, as well as their advantages in the
areas.
The idea is splendid, and starts with the
right age group that can make the most of
the lessons learned from such extensive
traveling
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Thursday Afternoon. July 14, 1955
Lions Clubs Of Area
Preparing for Banner Year
One of the largest groups pf area civic
i leaders ever gathered here will meet at the
VVTHS cafeteria tonight for the- district
meeting of Lions. The occasion will be the
formal installation of officers for district
31-A, which comprises all of Western North
Carolina.
A highlight of the program will he the in
stallation of Lawrence Leatherwood, newly
elected district governor, and the first man
from the Waynesville club to hold such an
honor.
Clubs throughout the district are sending
delegates, and the event promises to be one
of unusual interest, as between 350 and 400
gather for inspiration and instructions for
the coming year of the organization that is
?known for getting things accomplished.
This county is fortunate in having five
Lions Clubs, all active and carrying out com
mendable programs. This area is also for
tunate in having so many active and progres
sive clubs, as proven by their interest in
the district session here tonight.
Pictures And Lecture On
Park Highly Entertaining
Arthur Stupka, Park naturalist, will open
the series of five civic programs, sponsored
by the Chamber of Commerce, as he comes
here Friday evening.
Stupka is not a strangey to this commun
ity. Neither is his interesting illustrated lec
ture on the beauties of the Park. He has
thrilled countless thousands with his illus
trated lectures in many states.
The pictures which the professional photo
grapher-naturalist uses in his lectures takes
one back into the very heart of the Smokies
to scenes viewed but by a few of the millions
visiting the Park.
After viewing Stupka's beautiful color
pictures, and hearing his interesting lecture,
one always comes away with a greater ap
preciation of the Park, and can understand
why civic leaders are so anxious that trails,
and roads be built into the remote sections
of the Park.
If you love nature, and want to see some
of the beauties of the Park close-up, and
from a oomfortable chair, go
pictures and hear his lectures Friday even
ing at the first civic program.
Lake Junaluska Attracting
Groups From Wider Areas
Southwide meetings at Lake Junaluska
seem to be just routine events these days.
There was a time when mention of a group
of 800 to 500 from throughout the South
would have been an occasion to "bring out
the band" and unfurl the red carpet.
The fact that so many southwide events
are being staged at the Lake is indicative of
the growing interest that people throughout
the nine southeastern states have in Lake
Junaluska Assembly.
And while the Lake is playing host to the
many southwide groups, plans are being
pushed for a world-wide conference in 1956
plus tHe jurisdictional conference, a major
Methodist meeting of nation-wide import
" anCe which will bring in leaders of the de
nomination.
Lake Junaluska is growing physically,
spiritually, and into world-wide significance.
He who lives without committing any
folly is not so wise as he thinks.
?La Rochefoucauld.
Everybody, sooner or later, cusses an edi
tor, but nobody ever volunteers to do his
work for a day.?Montgomery Advertiser.
1 iS IT JUST AN ACT:
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Looking Back Through The Years
20 YEARS AGO
Dr. R. Stuart Roberson Is named
president of new Hiking Club.
Lt. Joe Baylor lands on Lake
i Junaluska in an amphibian plane
and spends weekend wih his par
ents, Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Baylor.
Miss Lois Harrold gives tea for
members of faculty of Duke Sum
mer School at Lake Junaluska.
Dr. Thomas Stringfield, gradu
ate of Charleston Medical College,
is serving his internship at Watts
Hospital. Durham.
10 YEARS AGO
Haywood breaks record in pur
chase of, bonds during the 7th :
bond drive.
W. Kerr Scott, commissioner of
Agriculture, heads group of leader*
here for a two-day inspection of
the State Test Farm.
500 persons enjoy illustrated lec
ture of Arthur Stupka, Park nat
uralist, at the courthouse.
Oliver A. Yount Jr., is promoted
to machinist mate, third class,
while serving aboard a destroyer of
the Atlantic Fleet.
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5 YEARS AGO
Official orders are received here i
for re-opening o'f the draft board. 1
Mrs. M. G. Stamey entertains
in honor of her niece, Miss Mary
Ann McKeel, of Charlotte.
Miss Mary Ann Massie has a
bridge* luncheon in honor of Miss
Bebe Medford, bride-elect of Al
bert Cline, Jr.
Local Lions win trophy for be
ing busiest in North Carolina.
Miss Margaret Johnston attends
meeting of National Library Asso
ciation in Cleveland.
Highland
|1 ? y By Bob Conway
One of the lowest forms of hu
i man life is the demented creature
who regards turning in a false fire
alarm as a good joke.
A member of this sub-moron
species sent Clyde's Fire Depart
ment on a "dry run" at 11 o'clock
Monday night to Lake Junaluska
where a fire was renprted at Ket
ner's.
The firemen res-ponded quickly
and made the three-mile run to
! the lake?all to no avail?taking
18 volunteers away from their
homes and families late at night.
The Clyde firemen are paid by
I the county for making runs out
side their own township, but they
don't get a penny for responding i
to alarms which later prove false.
Lester Ward, secretary-treasurer
of the Clyde Fire Department esti
mated that the department has re
ceived at least 10 false alarms in
the past 12 months.
Because of this situation, the
Clyde firemen will not respond to
any more alarms unless callers '
give their name and address.
The Hazelwood Fire Department
also is plagued with practical jok-1
ers?having received come 12
false alarms in the past year, ac- 1
cording to Gene Wyatt, one of the
firemen.
Surprisingly, however, populous
Waynesville and Canton have very
little trouble with false alarms.
Fire Chief Felix Stovall said that
the Waynesville Fire Department > I
has been sent out on only one wild
goose chase in recent months,
while Canton has had none.
Although persons who turn in
false alarms can be prosecuted
under state law. proving such a
charge is a difficult matter. There
fore. about all the county's four
fire departments can do is to hope .
that there aren't too many people
hereabouts whose feeble mind im
pels them to turn in false alarms.
Shortly before the Fourth of
July, a secretary at the courthouse
was reminiscing about the time
she was working in the office of
one of WaynesvtUe's industries and
Labor Day rolled around.
Most of the office workers were
notified that the plant would ob
serve the holiday by closing, but
somehow the word never got
around to this young woman and
ber companion In a separate office.
So the two showed up as usual
on Labor Day and worked dutifully
until noon and then went to the
plant cafeteria for lunch.
To their amassment, they found
the cafeteria closed and later dis
covered that they wort the only
two persons In the entire plant!
Coincidence: An antique shop at
Highlands, N. C. calls itself "The I
Highland Fling."
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Some people's brain storms con- j
sist mostly of wind.
A notation in the First Baptist
Church's bulletin last week re
ported a certain amount contri
buted to the "Lot Fund." The term
came out in type as "Lot Fun."
(Luckily, the error was caught
before the bulletin was put on the
press.)
Mrs. Frances Gilbert Frazier.
known at The Mountaineer office
simply as "Grandmaw," celebrated
ber birthday Monday.
Anyone knowing WHICH birth-1
day is urged to call GL 6-5301,
In h story on the visit of the
Haywood County 4-H Exchange
Club to Weld County, Colo. iast
week, the Greeley Tribune refer
red to this county as being in the
"mountainous eastern tip" of North
Carolina.
Even tbe Indians are getting into
the act! The village of Cherokee
now has a "Davy Crockett Shop"
on its main street.
A Sylva service station is ad
vertising "tubless" tires.
A vacuum cleaner helps to give
personal belongins a cleaning. Use
the crevice attachment that goes
with the vacuum and clean the
linings of your leather pocket
books.
Letters to
the Editor
MANY THANKS
Editor The Mountaineer: r
On behalf of Brother W. L.
Broome and I. may I thank you
for the publicity you gave the two
revival meetings, gfi well as those
kindness to us have made us very
that I have held in the past. Your
happy.
"Happiness is like perfume.
You cannot pour it on others.
Without getting a few drops on
yourself.
Emerson
I remain, most sincerely
W. O. Henderson
Lake Junaluska.
July 11. 1955.
CORRECTION
Editor The Mountaineer:
Please make the following cor
rection in regards to the story in a
recent issue.
"Rev. Boyce White served as
moderator. Rev. Joe Medford is
the pastor of the church. D. D.
York is chairman of the board of
deacons.
Sincerely
Mrs. Gay Calhoun
Church clerk.
Between 1913 and 1950, federal,
state and local government expen
diture in the United States multi
plied more than 22 times from
$3,100,000,000 to $69,500,000,000,
says the Twentieth Century Fund.
Rambling 'Rounl
By Frances Gilbert Frazier
The next few weeks should change the world situation to^l
degree. Or, so we hope. The Big Four meeting at Gcne^S
potentialities of a world crisis, or it may prove to be a tompi J
only time can tell. g
The fact that one group of men can hold the rest of tht ,?
world or a seesaw of uncertainty and apprehension seems iiS
creditable in th<-t modern days when education and train3
developed men of power in all nations. That these men
compelled to sit calmly by while Russia tells them where J
why, doesn't seem possible to nations as mighty as the liijJJ
and Great Britain. Conferences are relegated to monologs of I
track train of thought, engintered by men whose on. (ori(.^B
conquest. V
Let us all sincerely pray that out of this memorable meet Ji
come forth a road frte of obstacles, so that the Big Four J
travel to the promised land of everlasting Peace.
If you "do-it-yourself" here's a suggestion. \\ hen uf
dering a nylon blouse or dress, wrap the hanger on whirl ra
garment Is to be dried with a double fold of bath towel. r? ,
draw the ends of the towel through the sleeves. Thnl^
sures smooth shoulder seams and well shaped sleeves rm
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1 like you.
For a long time I've tried to say
Something like this. But, in a way. ^
It's been so hard to tell just why ^
I liked you so. For when I'd try ^
I'd always find this heart of mine
Just bubbling o'er with something fine ?
I'd heard you say. It helped me so tod
I really felt you ought to know
I like you.
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I like you.
Because you've never failed as yet ,n
To smile at me. Then I'd forget t <
My wounded heart and battle scar. f
Just knowing what a friend you are
Has lifted me above my pain.
And given back my faith again
In many things. It seems to the
I'd almost die to let you see
I like you..
I like you.
Because you seem to understand
How much it means to grip my hand <
And hold it tight. You seem to know J,
How easily I'd slip below
This mental rim, and wouldn't rise
Back to the top. And you'd despise
Me if I'd fail. It isn't odd
At all, is it, that I thank God 1
I like you.
To all those who made our birthday such a happ>
memorable occasion, many, many thanks from the dtptlj
a very grateful heart. It meant so much.
Whippoorwill Back In 1|
In "Unto These Hills"
CHEROKEE?The whippoorwill I
that caused a revision of the "Unto 1
These Hills" script is -back at <
I Mountainside Theatre here where j
the Cherokee Indian drama is in
its sixth summer-long season. ,
Nightly audiences are hearing ,
the whippoorwill come in on cue j
just as he has done for the past ,
five summers to cry "These old ,
{hills! -These old hills!"
| The whippoorwill, sitting in the
same pine tree that drapes over the
stage, has become as much a part
of the drama as the ghosts of
Tsali and Junaluska in this out
door production which is playing
nightly except Mondays through
Labor Day.
Back in 1950 when "Unto These
Hills" was only a few days old the
whippoorwill came on the scene to
cqntradict one of Kermit Hunter's
I lines?"It is so quiet; not even the
* birds are singing."
Hunter had to change the line,
and the whippoorwill has returned
each year, arriving on schedule
with the cast at the stan
Iress rehearsals and i
nightly thereafter
There ore some who
ivhippoorwill takes Mondi
off, just like members of
and that when the curt
down on Labor Day nigh
takes his leave until anoti
on. Ij
Along with the cry of
poorwill, the saga of theO
Indian is living again hen I
Valley of the Oconaluftee?
to the American public osfl
tory's great true stories 1
The production, written#
er and directed by Han
of the Carolina Playmate*
sidered the best since iujS
in 1850 and which in fivel^
been seen by approximate
000 persons.
There are more than
ent religious denominating'
nizations in the United S?
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26. Scarcity
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