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mm\ Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture Ifif course trains still run on wood—3,000 ctom ti«s go into a mile 1 of track." —Tobacco, which accounts for ire than 50"” of cash farm in me in North Carolina, occupies |v of the state’s cropland. -Grapefruit are so-called be use they sometimes grow in isters. —Psittacosis is a parrot disease frver, communicable to man. —--—1—1~n Dust roll* right off the** satin unooth slats t Mads to last a life time. of featherligbt, flexible aluminum! Plastic finish is fire proof; can’t chip, crack, or be hirmed by weather. Custom* rude only. Come in for a l®** »o«t estimate I CALL US AT 4 3 8 1 Tvson Furniture Company Inc Black Mountain, N. C. 'l/ote far LUTHER HODGES /ox tfoux lieutenant governor democratic PRIMARY MAY 31 MAN OF HONESTY AND COURAGE ,Tki. Sp.c. P.M For B, W..* Of L..k.r Hod,..) Record Tourist Season Forecast By Association Predicting the busiest tourist season in history, President O. A. Fetch of the Western N. C. Tour ist Ass’n. reveals that a survey shows 5,000 new tourist accom modations in this area where tourists are a multi-million dollar industry. The survey turned up more than 500 new accommoda tions in the Bryson City-Ela-Cher okee area alone. This is closest to the Cherokee drama “Unto These Hills.” ALL-YEAR BUSINESS—Chair man Garth Cate of the NATO All-Year Vacations committee will be the speaker at the annual meet ing of WNCTA at Cherokee June 27. Mr. Cate is former travel editor of the Scripps Howard newspapers and is a pioneer in the year-round vacation move ment. He praised highly promo tional activities of the State Ad vertising division and the Ashe ville Chamber of Commerce at the 1951 convention of the Na tional Association of Travel Organizations and featured their publications in his exhibit. SELECTED MOUNTAIN TOUR TOURS—The STATE magazine answering a lot of questions about the best mountain flower tours to make in the STATE of May 17. Editor Bill Sharpe is hay ing extra copies printed and will send one on request free to non subscribers—just write him in Raleigh. _ —Shaddock is another name for grapefruit. _ Television is new and we are learning about it all the time. For instance, Ivan Lewis, who lives at Indian Grave Gap on the Tennessee - North Carolina line came in the other day and told us something about the behaviour of his TV set that has us puz zled. He said his set worked great all winter long until spring came and the leaves in the surround ing National Forest began to bud out. Then, he said, he noticed that the picture commenced to get flut tery and as the new green leaves became larger the set became in creasingly agitated. “But if you really want to see the set act up,” he said, “you ought to be around when the wind starts stir ring those leaves on the trees— the picture shimmy’s all over the place.” Well, this is another one of the many things we don’t know about. If we were to crawl out on a limb and speculate, we would say that in some unexplainable manner the growing leaves are creating an electronic disturbance in the atmosphere which seems to be intensified when the wind shakes the leaves up a bit. ** ** ** And while we are on the sub ject of trees and television: Sev eral months ago they had one of these devasting forest fires to which Southern California is so often subjected. Hundreds of fire fighters were needed. Forest Rangers found out that the quick est and most effective way to get volunteer forest fire fighters quick was to go on a Los Angles television station and make an ap peal to the people. The response was excellent. ** ** ** And out in Australia, as a for est fire prevention stunt, tney televised a going forest fire from a plane. The reaction of folks sit ting in the security of their homes while they watched a forest fire race through the trees was one that left a lasting impression. ** ** «* Every once in a while a tragedy strikes in the District. Several days ago, C. 0. Ray, who is one of our National Forest neighbors living at Celo, lost his home and everything it contained in a fire of undetermined origin. With the help of his friends and neighbors, Mr. Ray, who has a family of seven, hopes to rebuild. ** ** #* Last Friday we attended a joint meeting of North Carolina and Tennessee citizens at Spruce Pine, to discuss plans for the coming Roan Mountain Rhododendron festival, scheduled for June 21. At that time, not only the festival with its beauty contest and other events will be held, but the newly built North Carolina and Tenn essee highways to the top of Roan will be dedicated. We have been attending these meetings for three years and are very much im pressed with the sky-rocketing in terest in the Roan Mountain de velopment. The cities of Newland, Burnsville, Bakersville, Spruce 1 Tips Given For Greater Safety In Home Canning For success in canning low-in acid vegetables and meats, you need to have your pressure can ner in good working order. Two important points to check before each canning session are: First, test the canner to see that no steam, or very little, leaks out where cover and kettle join. If too much leaks out, you may not be able to maintain the pressure needed and the canner may boil dry and be ruined. Second, check the dial face gauge to find out if it accurately registers the pres sure inside the canner. If the gauge is five pounds or more off, you need a new one. To prevent food spoilage, not only must jars be sealed air-tight Pine, Elk Park and Banner Elk all had from 4 to 23 representa tives at the meeting. A total of 71 attended. but in addition the whole canning process must be conducted undv the most sanitary conditions. Cleanliness is absolutely essential. All jars and their tops should be washed in hot, soapy water, rinsed with hot water, and turned upside down on a clean towel or kept in hot water until it is time to fill them. Whisnant’s Specialty Cleaners W. M. Wisnant, Prop. ★ GARMENTS CLEANED AND BRIGHTENED WITH DUPONT PERCLENE ALTERATIONS ONE DAY SERVICE “The Home of Beautiful Cleaning” Oteen, N. C. Phone 2-2231 WHEN TEARS and anxiety give way to gurgling health and happiness, you’re grateful for that helpful word from Mother, that you got so quickly, so easily— by telephone. SUCH TELEPHONE convenience is within arm’s reach of more Southerners today than ever before. We’ve more 'than doubled the number of Dixie’s telephones in just the last 6 years! IT'S A GOOD thing the South’s telephone network has grown so fast. A good thing for our Armed Services ... for defense industry ... for homes, farms and busi ness. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company. During 6 years of phenomenal demand for new telephones, 4,300,000 applications have been taken care of—more than 95% of all applications received. BIST POSSIBLE SERVICE-LOWEST POSSIBLE COST
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