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School Case Is Over, And
* Will Bo Long Remembered
The Supreme Court's decision 011 the own
ership of the Central Elementary School
property brought the curtain down on one
of the moat controversial civil actions ever
heard in Haywood county.
The case was highly technical, and accord
ing to the lawyers and the judges involved in
the caae, no other such case had ever been
beard in North Carolina courts, which meant
there was no precedent to go by, nor legal
iwttern of procedure to follow.
Now that the case is settled, it will be a
subject of much discussion of its legal a
spects for many, many^vears.
Hurricane Damages Can
Be Felt Throughout State
? Up here in the sheltered mountains of
Western North Carolina, it is hard to com
prehend the devastation of hurricane lone,
which officials have estimated did $160,000,
000 damages in this state.
Farmers are having to bear the brunt of
the damages from the latest hurricane, since
many of their crops were damaged in the
fields by high water, salt water, and strong
winds.
The citizens along the Eastern Seaboard
have lost heavily in the past two years from
storms. Many property owners have suffer
ed untold damages, and some of the land on
the ocean front at several beaches has been
entirely washed away.
The losses sustained by the citizens of the
state will be eventually felt by fill of us. as
the state income from taxes slide, and the
insurance companies adjust their rates in
keeping with the recent losses.
The situation is one which is of concern to
all of us, and presents a grave situation to
many citizens who were right in the storm
hit areas.
Spelling Snares
The manager of the Los Angeles' civil ser
vice reports that there are eleven words
which are most frequently mispelled by job
applicants. They are commonly used and
fairly simple but they are tricky. Every one
will do well to check the spelling of these
seemingly easy words: accommodate, accum
ulate, afraid, all right, already, aqueduct, dic
tionary. occasion, personnel, receive and
separate. Could there be any significance in
the fact tlnit more than half of these spelling
snares bepn with the letter "a"?
?Charleston News and Courier.
Among our pet peeves is to see window
show cards that are several months old.
Oddly enough, there are some in business
places.right here on Main Street.
7th Pigeon Valley Fair
Looms As Largest In History
Wednesday will mark the opening of -the
7th annual Pigeon Valley Fair, the largest
and most comprehensive event of its kind in
Haywood.
This year's fair program runs from Wed
nesday evening through Sunday afternoon,
the longest yet staged by the energetic and
civic-minded group of progressive Pigeon
Valley.
The permanent barn for the showing of
livestock will be a major improvement at the
fair this year, with the cafeteria of the new
school and the gym being thrown into use
again. This all adds up to an ideal place for
the proper showing of the exhibits.
The people of the Pigeon Valley have
worked hard and long on this annual event,
and the extended program this year bas call
ed for a lot more than the usual amount of
work on the part of the leaders.
The fair will be a pretty picture of accom
plishments of the past year in the Valley.
It will have down-to-earth exhibits, and void
of the honky-tonk of carnivals which only
degrade fairs, in our opinion.
Judging from the past, we are confident
that the 7th annual fair will be well worth
our time to visit, and well worth the efforts
of those who are devoting so much of their
time to the staging of this deserving annual
event.
Alibis, Arguments
And All - Americans .
This is the time of year for the September
song. And no matter what words the ro
mantic songwriter wants to weave, the real
September song is the hoarse Rah-Rah-Rah
on a Saturday afternoon.
This is the time of year when cashmeres
replace cottons, convertibles give way to com
fort, when college kids cry for Choo Choo.
This is the time of year for pep rallies and
of arguments and dll-Americans.
This is the time of year for winners and
water-boys, of frat parties and pennants.
This is the time of year for pep rallies and
parleys, of cheerleaders and all-star choices.
This is the time of year for Wrong Way
Riegels and Valdermere Watchowskis, of
sensational scat-backs and second string sub
stitutes.
This is the time of year for heartbreaks
and headlines, bowl trips and bunting.
This is the time of year for the September
song.?Charlotte News.
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Armless Warning
It is too bad about that driver in New York
who, driving along with his arm out of the
window and his hand on the roof, lost his
arm when a big truck brushed close to his
car. It is fortunate, however, that not all who
take this risk suffer such loss. This is the
season for such roof-holding driving. A high 1
proportion of the drivers on all the highways
are hanging on to the roof with one hand
and driving only with the other. As the New
York driver's injury indicates, such driv
ing is dangerous for the driver. It is also?
as is every kind of one-armed driving ? dan
gerous for everybody on the roao.
We have in this situation the adult ver
sion of the old story about the boy bicycle
rider:
"Look, Mom, no hands."
"Look, Mom, no teeth."
Now the story has grown up to "Look
everybody, no arm".
?Raleigh News and Observer.
Fortunately for the barefoot boy of poetic
, memory, he flourished in days before every
> country lane was lined with empty beer cans
and broken whiskey bottles.
?Columbia (S.C.) State.
Letters to
i the Editor
THANKS FOR PUBLICITY
Editor, The Mountaineer:
The members of the Richland
Garden Club want to thank you for
your wonderful spirit of helpful- ?
ness in giving so much publlcitv '
to their recent Garden Show. The !
pictures you took were truly r *- ?
! markable . . . and the show could
not have been such a success with
out your kind assistance.
Thank you again.
Rubye B. Brvson, Cor. Se
Richland Garden Club
Hop-Happy Frogs
QUINCY, in. (AP)?Hundreds of
happy frogs hopped along the high
way after they were washed out of
their hidey-holes by a heavy rain.
Motorists' driving on the high
way noticed the hopping frogs and !
at first thought it was raining
frogs. But Dr. T. E. Musselman, a
naturalist, said they were field
frogs just jumping for the sheer
joy of jumping in welcoming mois
ture after a long dry spell.
'INTO EVERY LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL'
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Looking Back Through The Years
20 YEARS AGO .
Mrs. Roth Craig announces the
opening of the Personality Beauty
Shop in the old Royal place.
Mrs. J. M. Long gives contract
party in the lounge of the Coun
try Club.
D.A.R. chapter is hostess to the
14th annual district meeting here.
Final preparations are being
made for the 2nd annual county
fair.
10 YEARS AGO
Staff Sergeant Max Thompson,
recipient of the Medal of Honor,
arrives in Newport News en route
to his home in Canton.
*
Miss Sarah Carolyn Welch is en
gaged to James E. Murray of Wash
ington. D. C.
Mrs. Clifton Terrell heads Beth
el PTA.
Lt. Hobart Hyatt is en route to
new assignment at Fort Ord, Calif.
5 YEARS AGO
The Rev. W. J. Huneycutt. pas
tor of the West Ashevllle Metho
dist Church, is named Waynesville
District superintendent.
Miss Rosemary Herman is ap
pointed to the faculty of Mary
Washington College at Fredericks
burg, Va.
Miss Elizabeth Ann Osborne
weds Robert Cromwell Hail.
Beaverdam wins annual County
Field Day honors.
Crabtree
Chronicles
By SHIRI.EY PLEMMONS
t.. V
The Beta Club was in charge of
the first assembly program of the
year. .Tommy Kirkpatrick, Beta
president, was the announcer. A
short skit "Subscribe Now," was
given. Mrs. Philip Chase was in
charge of the music.
The Crabtree-Iron Dull Senior
4-H Club held its first meeting
September 13. Miss Childrers and
Mr. Brown were in charge of the
program. The chief purpose of
the meeting was to make plans
for the coming year and elect offi
cers. Those elected were: George
Kirkpatrick, president; Shirley
Plemmons, vice-president; Jean
Crawford, secretary; Beverly
Chambers, treasurer; Adeline Best,
reporter.
Mrs. Glenn Noland, home eco
nomic teacher, is conducting a
class for interested homemakers.
They include sewing, handicraft
and food preparation. The classes
are taught three afternoons each
week ? Tuesday, Wednesday and
Friday?from 2 until 3 o'clock.
Anyone interested in these
classes may enroll.
Miss Tripp, associate instructor
for the State Department of Edu
cation in Raleigh, visited the
grammar and elementary grades
September 15.
Just Looking Around
By W. CURTIS RUSS
Our nominations for some un
sung heroes of the football games
go to the police department. A
couple of hours before the kick-off,'
the police took the street sprinkler
to the parking lots and wet down
the entire area to keep the dust
to a minimum. They worked hard
on the task on both lots, and when
the fans arrived there was not any
dust on either lot.
Outside of the dust from the in
field of the baseball diamond, the
average fan would not have known
but what a rain had settled the dust
just a few hours before.
When the public address sys
tem announced that a billfold had
been found, it looked like every
one in the stands reached for their
Dockets to check on their money
containers.
, Just before the game started, one
Reynolds player was seen trying to
spot the man he would play against
?when a buddv pointed to Richard
Turner, a sizable Mountaineer
tackle . . . the Reynolds player
tust scratched his head, and went
back to catching kicks.
Jim Hendrix, Reynolds full
hack. is without question the best
ounter Wavnesville has faced this
reason. His kicks were hlah..
<"traieht down the field, and had
distance.
The half-time show was unusual,
-olorful. and cute. A huge shoe was
-oiled onto the field, and as the
Sand played nursery rhymes the
'heme was announced, and out ran
'he Mother Goose characters.
There was Bo-Peep. Jack and
'ill, Baby Bunting, Three Blind
Mice. Hickory-Dickory-Dock, Mary
*nd her Little Lamb. The cbarac
*ers were played by grammar
-rade students, costumed to the
->'h decree for their parts. The
'one little black sheen that got in
Miss Bo-Peep's flock broueht a
'oud aowlausc. As each character
opooared on the scene the band
"'ould play the well-known Mother
Goose tune.
The 100-piece band in plavine
"The Stars and 8trioes Forever"
*s thev presented the flag at the
hceinnine of the came was as pood
?s thev have ever given at an out
door performance. This was fol
lowed by the traditional National
Anthem.
Sitting In the pressbox of the
stadium, a scribbling newspaper
man hears the game three times?
two radio announcers and the P.A.
announcer, but after a few min
utes you And yourself lost In the
task at hand of checking every yard
made and recording each p!ay.
One veteran football fan aslaed
for a trade secret. "I want to
know," be aaked. "how you figure
how far a team went on a cjnsish
ent drive down field. Suppose." he
eaatluurd. Umr kenaa hie >ha -hall
on their opponent's 15 yard line.
Eight plays later they have scored.
Who can remember at such a time ,
where they started?"
Each play is charted and marked.
The starting point is designated
and each play added after that one
until the opposing team gets the
ball, and the procedure is done the
same way for them.
It is just a matter of keeping an
eye on the ball and the yard mark- '
ers.
It is not a job for a person who
gets excited, because right than
and there he forgets to enter a
play and off balance goes the record
sheet.
The fact that there was not a
single minute lost in Friday night's
game because of injuries speaks
well for the coaches aryd players of
both teams. The only time lost was
a broken helmet strap, but with
out an injury.
The crowd was about evenly div
ided in th?lr reaction to the Brev
ard-Canton tic of 7-7 when it was
announced over the P.A.
More reaction was noted from
the fans over the announcement of
the Boston-Yankee baseball game.
It was perfect weather for foot
ball, which means the fans are
now in the mood for the game of
games. Canton and Waynesville
here next Friday night.
Get A Horse
ST. LOUIS <AP>?A woman
phoned the Missouri Highway Pa
trol office and asked if her hus
band needed a chauffeur's license.
"What type machine does be
drive?" asked Sgt. D. R. Roich
mann.
"Oh, it isn't a car," the woman
' said. "He drives a horse and wag
on for hay rides."
The Beta Club is publishing the
school paper, the "Hl-Llfe". Mem
bers of the staff are Shirley Plem
mons, editor-in-chief; Adeline Best,
associate editor; George Kirkpat
rick, business manager; Mary Sue
McCracken, class editor; Boyd Fish
er, club editor; Azalee McCrack
en, sports editor.
Regular band practice, under
the direction of Mrs. P. M. Chase,
THE MOUNTAINEER
Wayneavtlle, North Carolina
Main Street Dial GL 6-5301
The County Seat of Haywood County
Published By
n?e WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER, Inc.
W. CURTIS RUSS ? Editor
ff. Curtis Rusa and Marion T. Bridges,_Publishers
PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY
BY MAIL IN HAYWOOD COUNTY
One Year a $3.50
Six months 2.00
BY MAIL IN NORTH CAROLINA
Dne Year 4.50
Six months 2 50
OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA
One Year ? 5.00
Six months __ 3.0C
LOCAL CARRIER DELIVERY
Per month , 40c
Office-paid for carrier delivery 4.50
Bntered at the post office at Waynesvllle. N. C., as Sec
ond Class Mail Matter, as provided under the Act ol
March >, 1(79. November 10. 1914.
MEMBER-OP-THE ASSOCIATEXTPRESi "
The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to the use
it re-public* tlon ot all the local news printed in this
?wspaper, as well as all AP news dispatches.
Monday Afternoon, September 26, 1955
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By Frances Gilbert Fra*ier
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All through our adult lives, we daily bump
which we can find no adequate answers. Maybe the '
tion has equally perplexing problems but they hav, rr ?
in which to find the answers.
Recently a lady put a riddle (let's call it that,
lap and we're ashamed to say it is right there u;> t0 ?
that some one wHiom she had considered a friend had*!
I fidences and had failed to deliver a gift left in her
tion was: should she lay her cards on tiu table am
down; or should she bury the incident , hard Urn \
a new hand and play the game on, keeping a tiose ? w
poent?
It takes a lot of will power to retrain hum ??
opinion on such a gross infraction of friendship butg
considers the source, they may find a partial excuse a
feelings under control. Also any further confidences'
MEOW. First she: "1 taught school the ^
graduated."
?Second she: "Is that so? Evidently they were * p,
a scarcity of teachers forty years ago as they are new
Three short months, and seemingly the shortest m
year so fast do they fly! So, it isn't a bad idea to oefi
things for the Christmas stocking. Somt of the sW
showing the new line of Christmas cards and wrappui
are lovely. *
Again we remind you ladies of our old -tatidbv
into which Christmas preparations can be parked, sotii
frantic moments, everything will be within easy re*
that box in which you dumped the leavings from lag*
will be astonished at the number of tags, ribbons ?i
that can be put to use this season.
By buying as soon as new goods arc put out. you ea
selection from articles that haven't been picked over
until they are not as attractive as they were Anothert)
to put your purchases where you can find them!
How empty life must be to those who know at lb
that they have not done one single constructive ad.
Everybody who reads the daily papers, has seen tti
Vicki the AWOL elephant. She calmly walked off the
the amusement park and had (when this was written
wittd and out-distanced those who would return her t?
the average reader, the escapades of this two-ton escap
as more or less of a joke and the matter is lightly passed
But to the ovemer of this huge animal the poteotfi
either by destruction or fatalities, is a very serious th
$5,000 when he purchasd Vicki. and libel suits for da
sons and property may run into higher figures. This libi
derm is confused and may return to primitive instincts
rampage. With her hulk and strength, she could do ined
It has long been our contention that wild ammabi
allowed in small amusement parks, and that the owners <
should not be licensed to have these animals where t
come released, unless they are heavily guarded, Soemtin
ther got loose, and snakes are often abl to make their
animals are a dangerous menace to the public
This we would like to see: The toothpick indust
down to a vanishing point.
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Has Suitcase,
Does Travel
MIAMI, Fla. (AP)?Mrs. Harriet |
Hamilton, who?just celebrated her
91st birthday is on her 33rd round
trip between Miami and Lima,
Peru.
Mrs. Hamilton, who lives in
Is under way. Three periods a week
are devoted "to these practices.
Tampa, visits her I
Martha and Ester ViU
at least three times I
lop-ted more than 11
air travel between I
tries.
A native of Peru,
lived in Panama N
with her late hush!
builders of the Pau|
In former yean I
Peru by boat
9*&ide WASHING]
MARCH OF EVENTS 2
Talmodge May Block Senator's
George Senate Return Battle It
Special to Central Pros
WASHINGTON?Capitol City friends of Senator WdJ
(D), Georgia, are privately worried about h:soJ
election next year despite hie distinguished eongt*?^
nis teaaersnip in roreign aji?n?.
They see a strong possibility tut
Herman Talmadge, a powerful pelt?
Georgia, may seek to unseat George i
cratic primary.
Even though Talmadge has not od
self, he is recognised as an adept t
political figure in the southern state.
George, who has served in the Se
years, has not faced a stiff fight fori
1938, when the late President Fi-rU
velt tried unsuccessfully to "purge b
A major issue in the 19.V> con'e<
will be George's age. He is 77,
time during this year's session.
George, even in the best of he*1^
^rtntI^epa3Jna<?;;OUt BtumP ?P*?* tour, wN? ?j
m* oiil" amkr,cax revolution?-r?p
hower a<imi? ^ecoS711Zt'd loader among u. men, co??J
tfea qmm* la tion'a emphasis on having states
Quiet r?w!t,e? ,more re*Ponaibility for then own ?ffs?*
throu*hout the country." J
that ninr? 0B,quot** ^*b?r Secretary James P. M'U*1
in anv veer*00'41 leg:UlaUon w? enacted by the its'" "1
?n. "nee 1939. I
proving^orir^f'd.42 ?utM- PIu? Hawaii and Aissto-J
weeklv i.n ^*n* compenaation; 31 state.- improved*?
latrodLJi,mP ?yment insurance benefits: minimum
t the iTaut^g SUte8, inc,udln* 11 without mini**?
^ndustriai safety laws were improved in five ststrt J
.* ^ introduced. Mrs Bolton
faineant trend," reverting former federal domlnsW?<|
SjKfSSr?- men wh0 ?* Planning to Uu*?1
lem: is it i^J* the earth have ^n UP aSa,n5t "j
Some experta oa international law think there
2 ?? " we aend a man-made m?# 1
1? ?!!* ' 18 000 ? hour. I
and tro.n ^ oul that complicated aiTangenen5 ?
linere *** "V11**! JtMt for a commercial ai'' J
height ** * ?ore nearly normal sp* ?
ouT^t^T1^8" 8 circle the globe I
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?? Stetea experta think no new sgree. ?
AnoOwr 0?} Rk* it let them try to ahoot it
. Pointed out that alace the orbit can't be eWjwB
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Senator George