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/ . - TODAY'S BIBMC VERS* TODAY'S QUOTATION m-niTth^eroTe?rth?u. Editorial Paso* of the HfoinitaiFiGcr ?**??. T^aw h Ji to the tick of the palsy) I uv unto thee, * O ?/ W**-' l-C'C'* b?- with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith A ae, and take up thy bed, and to thy way ' in Christ Jesus, will do anything. In(? thtne home.?Mark *rW-?l. . ' ' ?JfthB fliot. E impcr Crop Cf Photographers Prom the looks of the number of photog r.. >hers who went to Wagon Road Gap and M k* High Overlook over the past two w<eks, it would appear that there will be p) nty of colored pictures of this area with in a few days. According to some of the advertising ex po *ts around the country, this particular sec ti- n of the nation is missing one of its best bi ta by not having more colored post cards of the fan foliage. There are some cards being published on tfci subject, but not enough, they argue. Perhaps the Chamber of Commerce could in luce some of the hundreds of photogra p! ers who have been roaming the mountains for the past few weeks, to loan them a color ed negative or two in order to get a copy for sme post card publishing house for adver tising this section in the fall. No doubt the point is well taken, as a rich scarlet rttftple on a glossy post card is enough to make anyone stop and look, buy, and even more, to go and see it in the fall. And speaking of maples, we have some g( rgeous ones right here in town, if you ara out looking for striking colors. Modern Disposition Cf Leaves This is the time of year, when the average hi sband finds that there are many leaves to be raked from the lnwn just at the time h< wants to look at his favorite football game or a Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately, some husbands take the or sy way out. and stick a match to the browned summer foliage, and let the flames sveeo the area clean of the leaves. Others wear themselves to a frazzle, as tl ?y rake and sweep, often against a swirl ir r wind, to get the lawn cleaned. Tn recent years, manufacturers of lawn mowers have devised a gadget on the ma rl ines which grind up the leaves into a fine p< wder, and leave it on the lawn as a plant f< id. and added mulch to the grass. This is tl e best way to handle leaves, and one which ai'da to the fertility of the lawn for the rest of the year. To many a conservationist, the burning of leaves represents the burning of excellent plint*food, and that is nothing shot t of money. You're Paying More In Taxes "Our tax bill is going UP - - - not down." v -ites Sylvia Porter, the business analyst. This may surprise a good many peonle, who think only of federal taxes when they t> ink of taxes at all. But it's a fact - - - and tl ? reason for it is found in local govern m ?nt. Miss Porter cites figures showing that, ir the last fiscal year, state tax collections ranched an all-time peak of 818.800.000.000 ? ? an increase of 81.700.000.000 over the p' "ceding year. State debts are also at an all ti tie high. The moral is plain: We must demand economy in the state house and all other Cf'iters of local government as well as in tie Capital in Washington. D. C. Figns Of The Times The government now uses a check writing machine which produces 100 checks a min ute But apparently, this machine is obsoles cent. A new one is on order ? and it will z< nm out the checks at the rate of 300 a n ;nute. That is about as typical a sign of the times v. ? live in as anyone could imagine. * tfwc: OF OTHER EDITORS F till Room For The Amateur A century ago portraits were recorded photog raphically as "daguerrotypes". So were many scenes. Even today many a family is possessed of some box. some dresser drawer, staring a half dozen or so of these shadowed and often grim peepholes into the past?too unflattering to display, too tantaliz ing to throw away. For daguerrotypes simply tarnish. The images were fixed chemically upon a silver compound coat ing And the images. If human, were likely fixed enough already by the lone "exposures" photog raphy then required. Tarnish hardly improved the effect. A pictorial record of an era is locked up in what la left of these daguerrotypes The Missouri Historical Society preserves what Is said to be the largest collection in the world, the condition of which it has lamented as much as has any single owner of great-grandfather's beard ed visage. Ami the only known methods of clean ing up theae pictures have been either highly un satisfactory or highly dangerous. Then came to the society a new curator of pic torial history?a woman with no training in chem istry but with a generous supply of intellectual curi osity and an oversupply of modesty. (She didn't want bar nana* known.) Within a >W*r she developed a process which the technical journal of the nation's largest photographic Arm describes and terms "as tonishing" HWne is ? story, the Journal pertinently ob serve* that -Jnst shows ft* amatenr sttll his a chance."?Christian Science Monitor. I Optimistic Views On United Fund Tht United Fund campaign ia steadily growing, and according to the leaders, they feel that the $31,297 goal will be reached. A number of volunteer workers hava been prevented from completing their assign ments, and therefore, the completion of the campaign has been held up for one reason or another. Charlie Woodard, cappaign chairman, feels that the work will be completed just as soon as possible, and when the final re port is in, the goal will have been reached. There is no question but what the people are interested, and want to see the campaign succeed. But during these busy times, it of ten takes longer to get action than in form er years when there were not as many things claiming our attention. Optimism prevails in all quarters that the goal will be reached. Agricultural Center Comes To Forefront A group has been organized to work through all organizations in the county on a house-to-house campaign for formal vote ap proval of the agricultural center. The center has been discussed here for many years, and the merits and needs have been gone over so many times that they are literally thread-bare. The 1955 General Assembly passed an act which provided the machinery for the com missioners to levy a tax not to exceed three cents per $100 valuation for the construc tion and maintenance of the agricultural center. So interested were Champion Paper and Fibre Company and Carolina Power and Light Company for such a center, that Champion contributed $5,000 and Carolina Power $500 for the building program of the project. These two industries, like so many others, see the need of such a center for Haywood? a leader in production of cattle, and also a leader in the Home Demonstration work of the state. There is a definite need here for the proj ect, and according to those who have seen similar projects operate in other counties, the proposition will be a good investment for Haywood citizens. While the center would be used chiefly by citizens from the rural areas, the fact remains, that the project would be a good in vestment for all Haywood. A numtyer of leading business men of the county, in session Monday night, pointed to the need, and openly said they were going to vote for the project on November 6th. More Recognition For Band The WTHS band added further laurels to their growing list of accomplishments as they participated in the precision marching event in Tennessee last Saturday. Fans at the Waynesville-Enka football game got a preview of what type exhibition the band would stage in Bristol, and accord ing to the applause, the fans were impressed. The precision marching program recent ly taken up by the band is a much harder function than it might appear to the casual observer. And from our standpoint, there is something about it which puts a little more tingle in your toes, and makes you want to get up and march. For us, mark us down as liking precision better than the other type of staged show given by the band. THE MOUNTAINEER WayBesvllle, North Carolina Main Street Dial GL 6-5801 The County goat of Haywood County Published By T te WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER. Inc. W CURTIS RUS6 Editor W Curtis Ruaa and Marion T. Bridges. Publishers P BLISHED EVERT MONDAY AND THURSDAY BY MAIL IN HAYWOOD COUNTY O* Year $3 50 Six months ? ? , 2.00 BY MAIL IN NORTH CAROLINA O ?e Year 4.50 Six months 2.50 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA ' O 'e Year 5.00 Six months $.00 LOCAL CARRIER DELIVERY P r month .... .40 O rice-paid for carrier delivery AM Second Claw malr priviUsea authorised at Waynes Ihypangggr, ThaiMny AMtrnoon. October 19, 1959 ifciiv i Looking Back Over The Years U YtAKS AGO Dr. 9. P. Gay of Waynesvllle Is named president of the District Dental Association at meeting in Asbeville. J. R. Grasty of Ratcliffe Cove finds dogwood blooming on his farm Miss Marian Ellse Davis be comes bride of Crawford League. Mr. and Mrs. Thad Howell leave on an extended trip through the West. Ram Bushnell and John Queen, Jr attend game in Durham. 10 years ago Meat, free of control, is now on market in quantity. Dorothy Martel heads St. John's Student Council. Glenn Noland is elected head of Schoolmasters. Miss Mary H. Elmore is elect ed vice president of the 12th Dis trict Young Democrats. Eleven - county industrial sur vey is launched here. 5 YEARS AGO State and National Park offi cials enjoy visit to Mile High Overlook. Hugh Massie is named chair man of National Apple Week com mittee for Haywood County. Dr. and Mrs. Boyd Owen at tend ceremonies launching con struction of the new Wake For est College. Mr. and Mrs. Hilary Crawford of San Francisco arrive for visit with the former's mother. Mrs. W. T Crawford. Views of Other Editors STATE GEOGRAPHY TRICKY "There are a lot of funny things about the geography of North Carolina," Lynn Nisbet says, and points out that Murphy, the coun ty seat of Cherokee, is closer to the capital cities of five other states than to Raleigh. Lynn digs deeper into geo graphical facts and asks: Did you know that Wilmington is west of Rocky Mount and south of Spartanburg'' Did you know that Marion is farther west than Mountain City, Tennessee? Did you know that a dozen or more counties in three congres sional districts in North Caro lina are south of the northern border of Georgia? Did you know that Southport is almost due east of Atlanta, and farther south than Athens, Geor gia. and Columbia South Caro lina Did you know that Dare Coun ty is one of the biggest counties in the State within outside bor ders, and that it is almost twice as far from Hattcras to the court house at Manteo by the shortest possible route by car than from any point in any other county to the courthouse Did you know the Neuse at Oriental is the widest river in the United States, with the possible exceotion of the Potomac (de pending unon course of current at time of measurement?) Did you know that the Neuse is the longest river with the same name in the State? Did you know tnat the Cape Fear is the only North Carolina river of consequence to flow di rectly into the Atlantic Ocean? Did you know it is farther from Nag's Head to Fontana than from Nag's Head to New York City??Watauga Democrat. - - ^ r-J- : : i 1 V*m X 1 X 1 _ DOWN ON THE FARM My Favorite Stories By CAKL GOERCH This is a war time experience taking place in 1942. Dear Carl: Some time ago I was standing ln Mayor Harvey Holding s Esso station at Wake Forest, talking to him about some business matters. While we were inside the sta tion. somebody on the outside shouted: 'Here comes a troop train!" . Harvey and I went outside and stood in the doorway. The train was a long one. Soldiers' heads ^ u?Ut of everV window and they shouted and waved at us as they passed by. All of them ap parently were in a gay humor. We heard such remarks as- "Hev there, Sister!" "Hi-ya. Buddy and "We won't be gone long!" One of the boys?we couldn't tell which one it was?shouted out ifc,'""'p<"'1" *?d ?? ?< It was a stirring scene, and as r u ere' wavin? at the boys. thought of my own son. Billy who was up at Camp Eustis. Vir ginia. The last car of the train rushed past us and a few mo ments later it vanished around the curve. A fine-looking bunch of bovs " Haryey. remarked as we went back into his station. I agreed with him. ' '?ft Harvpy in about fifteen minutes and finished working the Kn l7 ^ in Wake t. hen I drove over to Nashville Places1^ind WOrkinp b?'h ;n ajft5WJ??.55 ? ? :T" troll we moved from Raleigh to Wil My wife greeted me on the front porch, and I could see that wa, terribly excited ,?ut _omething. She could hardly wait for me to get out of the car Bm r S,arted shoutln*: "Oh m so "'ad! I wouldn't take StSlnrtr"0"*" for J S?I "As if you didn't know!" she exclaimed. I told her I didn't, and finally srsx** tha< r was tei,in? th^niUnr 31 Wake F?rcst J. ^Kl .that 1 most avsuredlv had been in Wake Forest. train'" d'dnt V?U ^ ,he tro?P Of course. I saw a troop train ?what about it?" "And didn't you see Bill and WHeiloa}hhimVnd didn t he yelF Hello there. Pop! at you*'* For a moment I was struck all in a heap and couldn't say a word. I juat stood there with my mouth wide open. Our boy had been on that train. He had seen me while I was standing there in the door way of the filling station. He had seen me wave and naturally thought J was waving at him. He had called out to mo and I know what a thrill he must have ex perienced when he thought I was waving at him. He had called out to me and I know what a thrill he must have experienced when he thought that I had heard him. Our own son had passed within twenty yards of where I had been standing. It made me faint to think about it. "But how do you know about all this?" I demanded of my wifo. She said she hadn't known a thing about it until our phone at home rang. She answered it and was overjoyed to hear Billys voice. "Where are you?" she had ask ed immediately. "I m an a tratn bound for Camp Stewart in Georgia," he told her. "We've stopped here at the John son Street shops to change en gines. and I reckon we'll be here about fifteen minutes. Hurry up and we can see each other for a minute or two." So my wife got into the car and drove down to Johnson Street. Billy was on the lookout for her and ran out to greet her. They were together for about five min utes. He explained that the traas fer had been rather sudden and he hadn t had time to write us about it. And. during the course of the Conversation, he told about havine seen me at Wake Forest and how delighted he had been when I waved at him. He sard it had been one of (he bieeest sur prises he ever had experienced in all his life. Of course. I regret very much not having actually seen him, but I'm elad I heard his voice. And I m glad that he thought f rec ognized him. Somehow or other I have an idea that it made him feel good. Billy is now in Australia, giv ing those Jaos hell. I hope. We haven't heard from him in a long time It's a sad feeling, to have your son that far awav from you, but I know he is proud and glad to be serving his country's cause. And while he is over there. I have with me the memory of those words: "Hello there. Pop!" I hooe that one of these davs. when I'm least expecting it. I'll hear those same words again and will find my boy safe at home again. Sincerely vours. W M. McDonald Rambling 'Round By France* Gilbert Fraxier ???? ? ? Have you heard about Pee wee? Well, herd's the story as it was told to us. Peewee was an escapee from a concentration camp. She had been terribly frightened when they confined her but after she had escaped, she rapidly regained her friendliness toward the wide, wide world and held no malice Her escape was a wholly tand un expected) unplanned event and happened so suddenly that Peewee could not realize she had been liberated. All she knew was that she had been catapulted from the truck in which she was riding, right smack dab in the middle of the street and the car that had slammed into the truck was lying calmly on its side. All she wanted to know was that freedom was hers. When she had restored her equilibrium, mental and physical, her one desire was to find a haven less noisy and hazardous. A love ly lady walking along caught the admiring eye of Peewee and she followed the lady to her destination, which was the Palmer House. Finding the front door closed, Peewee sauntered around to the back yard and made herself quite at home. She found the attention very gratifying and the menu highly acceptable. When the setting sun be gan to draw down the shades of night, the homing instinct mani fested itself so she selected a nice shiny bumper as her beautyrest. For several days, Peewee followed the accepted mod its operandi and was very happy. But like all things on this mundane sphere, errors crept in and Peewee made the mistake of selecting the wrong bumper one night. She was awakened by a series of bumps and cxplo^uis but she hung on tenaciously and a little later found her addre^pks Bryson City instead of the Palmer House. She is, as far as anyone here knows, still an unwelcome guest of Bryson City unless she has met the fate destined for her when she was dumped out of a crate of other chickens en roue to market. Heard in passing: "When I told her the story was not fit for decent ears, she asked me how I happened to have heard it." Repetition blunts the point of anything, be it material or vocal. Remarks can be repeated until they lose all character or value to the listener; duties can be complied with until under a monotonous routine they become so automatic they are never improved. It is hard to understand the limited capacity of some mental operations. With so many important events crowding every hour of the day. it does seem as though subjects of interest could furnish a pivotal point for conversation without dragging ancient articles from attics, articles that have been used until they are threadbare, and of absolutely no use to the listener. Those people who live in a world populated by ghosts of begone days, cannot blame any one but them selves for a limited audience. Repetition also plays an important part in the work-a-day exist ence. Some people work according to the click of the clock, and they could tell you to the minute the exact time of the day even if the clock had stopped hours before. Why not turn a corner further down the street than the one you've turned for ten years while go ing to the office? You might find an entirely new world you've been missing; there might be a new house built since you were around in that neighborhood, and the memory of it could make your whole day a bit happier. Forget that touch of sciatipa Aunt Minnie suffered way back in 1910 and talk about that new book, even the crazy new hats but make it up to date. It can't hurt to try. anyhow, to polish up repeti tion with a new cleaning lotion that will brighten up things. The mountains are selecting their fall costumes from the color chart, while the trees are undressing in the wind. Letters To Editor Editor, The Mountaineer; It was with a gneat deal of pleasure that I observed The Waynesvilie High School Band last week at the Southeastern Band Festival in Bristol. Va Tenn. , This Festival was without a doubt one of the finest displays of marching band exhibition I ' have ever seen and the Waynes ' ville Band was right in there with the best of them. The Town of Waynesvilie should be commended for having such a fine organization and be ing able to send them to other ' cities and states to represent them J so well. Cordially yours, Beiford V. Wagner, President North Carolina Bandmaster's Association Lexington. N. C. ? DOG POISONING DISGRACEFUL Editor, The Mountaineer: One reads about the many dog poisonings that happen in adjoin ing counties and lends a very sympathetic ear, but when such an act is committed closer home, even as far as this writer's per sonal property, I raise an indig nant protest. It would seem that there is no security to any type of property if one is living in a community with such a person that would in tentionally kill an individual's tax-paid personal property. Not only is dog poisoning in vi ation of the law, (for it is a mis demeanor for such an act) but it is totally inhuman. We cannot conceive of any one who will deliberately poison the pet dog belonging to his neighbors' children or eve^fene belonging to perfect strangQPl Sammy N, Haynes Clyde. N. C. AfoAH flUMSKUU. 1j})ear aioah^ ip a MOUSE RAM op the Elepmamt'S tbumk., would it * tickle the ?vomes * ? aaac3y anm pumak hailetom, penm, wfar aioah ? is moxxarblia the type op cumm use iw makime cuees?-cloth 1 . mr*. o.b.limosrmam ?r James, mimmesoTa we-wj ly cf w** THE OLD HOME TOWN By STANLEY <->M,t3cnr--? \ CMICKEM X LA I s KIMS DISH- < (wiLLie!! i, L SHAKE A LE? J >7 tbue LUNCH ( IS on THE V^TABLEJ? ^ ( COMIAf', :V^1 HOMB COOK/M? ?.TT-vr? ?? CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. Bog 6. Chops, as wood t, Kind of nut 10. Harangue 12. Constel lation 13. Capital (Eng.) 14. Biblical city 15. Inscribe 17. Sun god 18. Secondary school (Fr.) 20. Bang 22. Confederate 23. Mature 24. Thick wire cord 26. Talk (slang) 28. Cuckoo 29. Mast 30. Penitential season 32. Small pool of water 35. Part of "to be" 26 Peruses 38. Water god (Babyl.) 38. Islands along W. coast of Greece 41. Type measures 42. Thin brittle rookies 43. Piece of turf (golf) 45. Phncing 44. Foreboding DOWN I Gay 2. River (So. Am.) 3. Sun god 4. Half an em 5. Cry. as an owl 6. Sea eagles 7. Roll of money (slang) I. Place for storing goods 9. Man's name 11. Kind of paint 13. Consisting of lime 15. Source of water 16. Regulation 19. Rude dwelling 21 A Scotch lord 24. City (Fr.) 25. Spring wild flower 26. Potato (dial.) 27. Cushion* 29. Reach serosa 31. Anything worthless (slang) 33. Citrus fruit 34. Orient 37. Comfort Yesterday's Aiaxr 40. Short sleep 41. Evening (poet.) 43. Note of the scale 44.1 am (contracted) TFFFFFFffl *?& ? 31 " 34 ^ ~ ^ ra?B?tfe
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