\*i ' ? I 'i ' ?:*-v y TOD ATS RTBT.F YUI^F j TODAY'S QUOTATION Editorial Page of the Mountaineer 1 ?- T - ? ? ? - ? A '.l Four Amendments Need Approval Saturday On Saturday North Carolinians wfil deter Tni ip at thp polls their wishes on four con ati Ait tonal amendments. The most discussed of the four is the school amendment set up by the special July session of the legislature, whifch, if passed, would authorize expense (rnhts for private education and would airhorize a local vote to suspend local scl ools. '.'he legislature approved the program of the seven:mau advisory education committee who worked from last August until May in de-'isintr what is known as the "Pearsall Plan" ? named after Tom Pearsall, who was chairman of the seven-man committee. Our own Senator William Medford was a member of that committee and we know of the long hours that were spent in studying the problem and coming up with a plan de signed, as the committee put it, "To find a w-i) to preserve the public schools." The proposal which the constitutional a mendment would provide simply means that any given school district in the state, by a vote of the people could close a school in the event the situation became "intolerable." The closing of the schools in one district would in no way affect the remaining schools in the state. Governor Hodges is a strong advocate of th.? pjan, which found reedy approval in the (it nernl Assembly, and other men and wo men of North Carolina who have long been interested in the betterment of the educa te nal program in North Carolina have pub Ik ly come out favoring the approval of the constitutional amendment. Senators Kerr S on her by her husband. It's strange but the less one knows, the ersier it is to form nn opinion on any jriven subject. A dictionary does you no jrood unless you use it: the same observation applies to your brain. ? . f V ???*. ? . ?! - - In time and place n harmless lie is a great deal better than a hurtful truth. ?Roger Ascham. Lifesaving Program Vital For 4-H Clubs ? We do not know how much time was de voted at Tamp Schaub this summer in teach ing the 4-1! cluh members who attended the camp lifesaving and water safety measures, but we do know that it was well worth while and that one 11-year-old girl in Haywood County attributes her life to the fact that her 1 ft-year-old brother took the course and remembered what he learned and was able to apply it in time of emergency. Fifteen-year-old Clifton Shook, Jr., dem onstrated the value of this training last Fri day as he brought the limp body of his 11 year-old sister, "Kitty", from a small pool to the bank and with the aid of others was able to revive her after she had been under the water several minutes. This heroic incident came less than 24 hours after a group of Haywood County wo men, meeting at the Courthouse, had gone on record urging that more young people be come members of the 4-H clubs and that the 4-H club program include more basic studies that would benefit the members throughout life. After the incident last Friday involving this 4-H club member, we believe and feel that the lifesaving program will be made a greater part of the summer camp program. Right at the moment we do not know all the requirements necessary for a candidate to receive a Carnegie Medal given those who save a life, but we feel that Clifton, Jr., cer tainly deserves one. We know he is not seek ing it and will not seek it ? he was richly rewarded when a few hours after the inci dent as "Kitty" looked up into his face and gave him a smile that could only come from a heart that was bubbling over with admira tion and gratitude. Miss Sallie McCracken Last Sunday Miss Sallie McCracken, na tive of Haywood, was honored at the Mills Home Baptist Orphanage, Thomasvillo, where she has been associated in that im portant work for the past 60 years. Many deserved tributes were paid to Miss McCracken, and the following morning the Raleigh News and Observer carried an edi torial that perhaps expresses the sentiment of all North Carolinians and many outside the state. The editorial was as follows: This does not seem to be the season for picking the North Carolina Mother-of-the Year. Rut when that time comes in North Carolina this year, it would be no mistake to give the title to a maiden lady. Miss Sallie McCracken. who has for sixty years worked with the children at the Mills Home Baptist Orphanage. The "children" to whom she has devoted her life now number about 6,000. And as one of them said. "She has woven herself into the moral fibre of 6.000 like me who came under her influence." Not many mothers can claim such a record in the essen tial meaning of mothering. A Colorado man dislocated his jaw six limes by yawning. Did he ever think of shut ting off the TV? Don't play around too much with "schemes." Hard work pays much better dividends. "Guess who's calling?" seems like a mighty good excuse for hanging up the phone. vir.ws iif ui ukk editors Pearsall And Stanley Plans Although the text of measures to effort the so colled Stanley Plan in neighboring Virginia has not been made public, enough has been revealed tc show tbe contrast between what Is proposed for the Old Dominion and the Pearsall Plan which has a'ready received legislative clearance and awaits outcome of the September 8 constitutional refer cndum to become operative In North Carolina. Thirteen bills will he offered In the special ses sion of the Virginia General Assembly to carry out the governor's program. But the key measure,, ac cording to the Associated Press, "is the one that amends the general appropriations bill to require! withholding of state school money from any school system that integrated?voluntarily or under court order " Thus the Old Dominion would have rigid. Inflexible controls, which could very easily choke Its public school system to death, centered in Rich mond. with the final decision left not to the people but to the governor or General Assembly. In North Carolina, the pupil assignment act will take precedence and in extreme cases, where any school (s truly endangered, decision will be left to the people themselves There is no statewide, inflex ible policy; rather North Carolina's policy is as flex ible as the attitudes or wishes of every community within Its borders. The state wilt not withhold irtrfhey: the closing of any tfehool Is made exceed ingly difficult and the responsibility in every in stance will be pinpointed. Those in North Carolina who are attacking the Pearsall Plan?and their sincerity we da not ques tion?ihust 'take cognizance of what has happened The Pearsall Plan, for all of its uncertainties and imperfections, shines when laid alongside what Vir ginia i* offered and similar school strangulation steps which are indicated over the South. North Carolina, avoiding a battle between extremes and staving off such pressure as has Heed built up in Virginia. U going ita wonted middle course Its school plan is flexible and flnal action will rest directly upon the people.?Greensboro Dally News. THE MOUNTAINEER WtjUMvlllf, North Carolina Main Street Dial GL 6-5301 The County Seat of Haywood County Published By - The WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER. Ine. W. CURTIS RttSS _ Editor Vf. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges. Publishers PUBLISHED hVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY BY MAIL IN HAYWOOD COUNTY One Year ? * ?? ? $3.50 Six months ... 2 00 BY MAIL IN NORTH CAROLINA One Year 4.50 Six mouths a 2.50 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA (jne Year - r r 5.Q0 Six months 3 00 LOCAL CARRIER DELIVERY Per month 40 Office-paid lor carrier delivery 4 50 Second Class mail priviHfda authorised at Waynes vtnc. w. c. Tho bvkjfi x$ssKx.rs- 'J sjaaEgv&friBi sag-"1 - ? Thuntdav Afternoon. September 6, 1956 I (Governor Hodges is asking North Carolinians to study the public school amendment to be voted on in a general election September 8. He has fully en dorsed the amendment, known as the Pearsall Plan. Signs such as these have been placed in strategic places in North Carolina. The space was given by an advertising agency. ' .SAMPLE. BALLOT WM / OFFICIAL BALLOT ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER 1. To vote FOR any amendment. make n trm ?] mark in th?> square td the itsft of the vt?r?i FOR. 2. To voW AGAINST any amendment, make a cron* g} mark In tin- square to the Lfft of the word AGAINST. 3. If yon tear or deface or wrongly mark this ballot, return it and get another. SPECIAL SESSION SCHOOL AMENDMENT r fn POR constitutional amendment authorizing education expense grants fur private education and authorizing local vote to suspend local schuoLs. AGAINST constitutional amendment authorizing education expense grants for private education and authorizing local vote to suspend local school*. r ... ./? v, f . . . .. ? w?.'A'. . .. L ... ? :? V- -??? . ' -v.- * REGULAR SESSION AMENDMENTS 1. j FOR amendment allowing limited necessary compensation ?t members of the General Assembly. I AGAINST tro^ndment allowing limited necessary compensation of members of the General Assembly. __ ? ? FOR constitutional amendment changing the date for convening thy General Assembly from January to February. ? AGAINST constitutional amendment changing the date for convening the General Assembly front January to February. - - ] FOR amendment authorizing married woman to exercise powers of attorney conferred upon her by bet husband. [~j AGAINST 'amendment authorizing married woman to exercise powers of attorney conferred upon her by her husband. Scj>l?>(?ls r S. III5S. * . .?. J-f I t CkaUt.a* s/clf Po-trrt ?>/ Kin Mam* Back Over The Years 20 YEARS AGO J. R. Boyd, president of the First National Rank, goes to San Francisco, Calif, for the Ameri can Bankers Association meeting., Sydney Truesdale returns to Duke University after spending the summer with his parents, the Rev. and Mrs R. S. Truesdale. The Misses Mary and Cather ine Palmer enter Brevard Col lege. Throngs enjoy flower garden of W T Shelton on Pigeon Street 10 YEARS AGO A J llutchins of Canton is named on the planning committee for construction of greater Wake Forest College. Spare stamp 51 is good for sugar. Miss Mary Patricia Gwyn will be presented at Debutante Ball in Raleigh. Mrs W T, Hapnah wins St. I John's bridge tournament. Billy Davis gets discharge from the U. S. Navy; enrolls at Mars Hill College 5 YEARS AGO James N. Swift is enrolled at Georgia Tech. Mrs Samuel Clement Satter thwaite dies at 93 Balloons rise above town as Kermit Hunter launches "Crusade ? For Freedom". Miss Elsie ^ane Green is bride of Edgar Jackson Noland Edwin Rodgcrs returns to Mi ami University where he is study ing toward his Master's Degree. Dr. and Mrs. Elmer T. Clark at tend Ecumenical Methodist Con ference in Oxford. England. I Letters To Editor BOGEY IS I>r..\I? Editor, The Mountaineer' Some careless, irresponsible motorist struck Bogey close to her home last Tuesday. She was able to stagger to the feet of her owner, Mrs. William Hannah, where an? emergency call was an swered by a local veterinarian. Who was unable to save this mat riarch of dogddm. An English setter. Bogey was 18 years old. a childhood pet of M rs Hannah's sons and daugh ter Her affable personality and cordial manner had won a host of friends among Waynesville res idents as well as summer visitors who had become accustomed to her daily jaunts down Haywood Street, her friendliness and ap parent ownership of the Town and Country Shop, where she would wait for Mrs. Hannah. Bogey has been buried with her favorite blanket and pillow but she will be long remembered in the hearts of her many friends. Mrs Elaine Hudson. scon's SCRAP BOOK By R. J. SCOTT OA1 A V1 IS SA.It) t m UUIMiHA-flt K 6H<*.MCt & 478 aon Mini lower. -lo lock suim-h. lower, bliclil ?/ tfs cw* VI icth lower, co hibucl ik 1kiul lower. 4Q bmk4 SSZ&k. ! Rambling 'Round By Frances Gilbert Frailer Far more appalling right now than war and rumors of war, is the ghastly epidemic of baby brutalities and murders. One can rare ly pick up a daily paper without reading where a baby has been kidnapped, stolen, tieaten. abandoned or killed by murder. What has happened to the human race that such things can happen in a civilized country! Even wild animals protect their young When the culprits are apprehended, they are immediately put through menial tests but in far too many cases these tests do not confirm mental aberrations . . . unless the greed for revenge or money can be termed mental digression. The frantic and agonizing hours spent by parents while awaiting news of their abducted babies cannot be comprehended by those who have never experienced such a tragedy. How a mother who abandons her child can have one second's peace of mind is beyond understanding. The most terrible aspect of this horrifying situation is that It has spread so suddenly into an infectious disease for which some remedy must be found to stop its contagion. Heard in passing: "She said I was making a mountain out of a mole hill, and I'd like to ask her who started the mole hill in the first place." We have been the grateful recipient of a 12-inch ball point pen. and we are getting a big kick out of the fact that it will time before we write "The End". At first, the length sort of I^Pcd us off base a bit but. as always, usage brought about routine and we've learned to keep our "balance" and proceed normally. How mankind has learned to demand instant reaction! There was a time when we found no fault with the constant dipping of a pen into an ink well ior bottlei with the usual upsetting of same, and the blots incurred. Then came the fountain pen and we de cided that our labors were limited to an occasional re-filling. Along came the ball point, self-liquidating, and laziness rode the paga! What next to make work less desirable? Playing "hard to get" is usually the quickest way to win. % We regretfully say good bye to our recent visitors at Lake Junaluska and the Methodist Assembly. It has been a great privi lege and pleasure to have met and known the many personages from other countries who. for the first time, have learned our Southern way of life. Many have said it was a revelation to find such a deep understanding between peoples of so many different races. But a" have been drawn together by a common bond of religion and humanity, a bond that ever tightens with the years. While this has been a world conference, we eagerly anticipate the return of many who will come back to renew friendships made this \ sar, and they will find the same hearty welcome awaiting them September morn is here again. The month that leads us into fall. Get out the coats and blankets, too. Then vaporize the old moth ball! Views Of Other Editors safety fair A Farm and Home Safety Fair held recently in Haywood Coun ty is believed to be the first of its kjnd in the nation. The one day exposition dramatized the po tential danger spots in the home and around the farm. A project of the Thickety com munity and held in conjunction with other organized communities and Home Demonstration clubs in the county. It should awaken farm families to the many dangerous conditions and situations in the home and around it. Such an awakening will cut down on ac cidents in the coming months. The theme of the fair well could he copied by other com munities and counties. ?Asheville Citizen &J4&WASHINGT0N MARCH OF EVENTS Tennessee's Governor Now Figure to be Reckoned With Fire-and-Biimstone Style Has Powerful Vote Impact Special to Central Press Association TTWASHINGTON?Tennessee Gov. Frank Clement's evangelistic, \V fire-and-brimstone convention keynote has brought him na tional political stature and the 36-year-old newcomer will be a figure to reckon with when presidential politicking gets underway again in 1960. Despite criticism from some quarters, most observers conceded that Clement's speaking style and unbridled oratory has a poten tially powerful impact on voters. some aeiegai.es were so women up dv ine ferver of his speech, they promptly began talk ing about a Clement-for-Presi