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Fairy Tales Are Not For Bedtime by John Corey Education Department Appalachian State Teacher; College Should the Young Child Heai Black Mountain Office of Asheville Federal INVEST In Profitable Asheville Federal Solid safety. Dividends well above the average. Steady 100 ■ cents-on-the dollar value for your mon ey. Prompt availability of your funds as needed. 4% CURRENT RATE ★ What More Can You Ask of An Investment? BLACK MOUNTAIN OFFICE 300 W. State Street ASSOCIATl** 16-20 CHURCH STREET Those Bloody Fairy Tales? Children's books can feat- < ure some pretty Wicked vil- ( lians. You remember the mouth-foaming wolf who 1 wanted to eat Little Red Rid- t ing Hood. And the evil giant in Jack and the Bean Stalk. < Could it be that these and s other classic storybook “bad 1 guys" are too heavy for kid- s | dies, especially first graders ' and pre-schoolers? I ] Is it smart for parents to read such “scary” tales to j children at bedtime and stir . stir up their emotions? Dr. Ruth G. Strickland, an c Indiana University professor s of education, thinks that child- r ren by a certain age should know the supposedly scary r folk stories. t Whether the tales should g be told at bedtime, says Dr. c Strickland, depends on two factors: (1) the child’s age > 4 CUSTARD'S LAST STAND GENERAL INSURANCE * BONDS — FIDELITY AND CONTRACT it WORKMAN'S COMP. ☆ BURGLARY & THEFT it TRIP ACCIDENT AND BAGGAGE it BOATS AND MOTORS ☆ LIFE it GENERAL LIABILITY * PERSONAL LIABILITY Your Insurance Needs . . . Some at Considerable Savings. WHITE INSURANCE AGENCY 121 Broadway — Black Mtn. — NO 9-7912 : it fire ☆ HOMEOWNERS it ACCIDENT & HEALTH I it HOSPITAL & MAJOR MEDICAL it AVIATION HULL & LIABILITY 1 ☆ CAMPERS j ☆ AUTOMOBILE I ☆ MORTGAGE REDEMPTION We can Supply ALL in<i (2) his emotional respon e to stories. “I have known a five-year ild who went into spasms o ryingr over the story of Th< 'hree Little Tigs because tin iig bad wolf ate two o hem,” recalls Dr. Strickland But the child’s 2 'a -year Id sister “not only loved thi tory but came knocking oi i.v door the next mornim aving, ‘Little pig, little pig st me come in.’" The younger girl thorough Y enjoyed the year. Her old r sister simply couldn’t taki he idea of the little pigs be rig eaten up. Such a child, advises Dr trickland, shouldn’t heai cary stories at all. Certainl} ot at bedtime. The Indiana Universitj eading expert goes so far as a say that frightening stories enerally shouldn’t be read tc hildren under four. Beyond four, however oungsters frequently enjo> - fantasies because they recog nize them as stories. Dr. Strickland thinks the " practice among some parents ? of revamping classics should > be tabooed. ’ “It always troubles me to . have people take a lovely old ■ folk tale or good story of any ‘ kind for children and water i it down. It it seems unsuit : able to tell the story or read , it in the form in which it should apear, then I would • certainly omit it,’’ she says. Children respond to types 1 of stories according to their ages and individual differen ces. The two-year-old enjoys ' looking at picture books con taining illustrations of people and animals. At the same time, he likes being told sim ple stories about them. The six-to sevenyear old’s main interest lies in stories about nature—the wind, birds, and flowers. It’s the eight-yearold who really revels in “blood and thunder” fairy tales. They’re his favored readings. Dr. Strickland recalls a third grade group of eight year-olds who even enjoyed being read the old Russian fairy tales which have even witches flying seven times o ver seven mountains in seven minutes and doing other weird thigs. The nine-year-old’s inter est shifts from folk yarns to comedies and Boy cout types of adventure. The 11-and 12-year-old generally undergoes a stage of reading craze. The boy likes athletics and adventure while the girl leans toward home-related stories. Both sexes go heavily for biographies of great men and women, a response to the ad olescent tendency toward hero-worship. The 13-year-old’s readings intensify, but few new read ing interests develop. CHARLES A. HICKEY SPEAKS TO ENGINEERS AT GATLINBURG Bill Hickey’s brother Char les with his wife and daugh ter, Docia. stopped in Black Mountain recently to visit with the Hickeys on Dougher ty street as they returned from the fall meeting of the Society of Mining Engineers of AIME in Gatlinburg, Tenn. Mr. Hickey, who is plant superintendent of the Fell spar Corporation of Spruce Pine, presented a talk during the meeting on "Mining in the Spruce Pine, North Caro lina Area.” He stated that the mining industry came to Spruce Pine a few years fol lowing the Civil War when two Yankees from Massach usetts came to mine sheet mi ca to sell to the stove manu facturers for windows in heating stoves. He compared the first crude mining meth ods with those in use today and drew various conclusions in contrasting the methods of drilling and blasting. —Production expenses of U. S. farmers in 1960 were near ly four times as much as in 1940—26.4 billion dollars. ...THE OHES THAT WHIPPED THE BAJA RUN...TOUGHEST UNDER THE SUN... TO SHOW THE WORTH OF NEW ENGINES, FRAMES AND SUSPENSIONS! Sometimes the caravan crept along for hours in low gear, it took 17 days to go 1,066 miles! This is the road near Loreto. Round trip from Detroit to the end of the Baja Peninsula is over 8,000 miles. t IN/I illions of years ago nature fashioned a proving ground 'or trucks that man can never iuplicate. Today it is known as ;he Baja (bah' hah) California Peninsula, Mexico. rhese pictures give you only a bare idea of the place. The road s fine for 140 miles below the U.S. border. Then the beating begins. Rocks and hard-baked ruts bang, jab and jerk the trucks from stem to stern. Loose sand makes them struggle and strain. Dust chokes them. Heat roasts them. Rivers drench them. The Baja Run took this Chev rolet truck caravan 17 days to go the 1,066 miles. All the trucks performed magnifi cently. Not one was forced to drop out because of mechanical difficulty. Trucks that can take this kind of beating can take on your tough est truck jobs. Come in now and see tough quality-built ’63 Chev rolet trucks with all their new im provements. QUALITY TRUCKS COST LESS See the “New Reliables” now at your Chevrolet dealer's! McMurray Chevrolet Co., Inc. BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C. Mfr. No. 110 PHONE NO 9-3141 Dealer No. 2291 REFLECTIONS Bv Gordon Greenwood SMART OBSERVER Bob Sloan, publisher of the Franklin Press in Macon county and a candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives, had this point to make while discussing roads with a group in Raleigh: "The tourists travel on the primary roads and the interstate system but our voters ride on the secondary roads". Bob is a strong believer in improved secondary roads- His observation explains why roads have be come such a campaign issue here in the western part of the state. Wherever you go in the mountain counties the people are talking about and working for an improv ed road system, secondary, primary, and interstate. During the 1963 session of the General Assembly watch for this to be an important issue. One group will make a strong attempt to halt the diversion of highway funds I monies collected for gasoline tax. license plates, inspection fees, etc.) for other de partments. -R CARD FROM SALLS'BRY A card this week from Mrs. Beth Dougherty, who left recently on a Fluropeon tour, had a picture of the Salisbury Cathedral which brought back memories of the late summer and early fall of 1945 spent on the Salisbury Plains. Somewhere among my belongings I have a picture of the cathedral but I had forgotten that it was begun in 1220 and has at 404 feet the tallest spire in all England. Salls'bry (as the native Englishman pronounces it) is a pretty little town and the cathedral is im pressive. From the front side it looks as if the spire is going to fall on you no matter which way you go. Right near Salisbury, a short bus ride, in fact, there’s a famous landmark left by the Romans or some invader of centuries ago. At least one GI didn’t endear himself to the natives when he asked innocently one day: “Why on earth did they leave it here? Why didn’t they take it with them?” —R— SHADES OF KING JOHN I enjoyed visiting the cathedrals in Ireland, Scot land, England, and Wales. To me one of the most impressive was the one at Worcester, slightly north east of the Malvern Hills in southeast England. One night wanting to show a friend the cathed ral and finding the front door locked, I guided him around to the back door where we entered without challenge. I had already showed him the battle flags carried at Waterloo and in other famous cam paigns of history and we were sitting on a huge pile of sand bags near the front door resting when we heard footsteps and looked up to see a little man, that I learned later was in charge, approaching through the gloom that made it difficult to see. “What on earth are you doing in here and how did you get in? he demanded in a voice that was anything but calm. Told that we just wanted to see the place and :hat my friend had to leave the next day, the little nan was not convinced and far from sympathetic as :ie exploded: “But don’t you Yanks have any respect for doors and locks? That front door was locked. You practi cally broke into the place”. While this was going on we still maintained our seat on the sand bags with one eye on a route of escape if things should become too rough. Think ing to get his mind off the crime he thought we had committed I asked: “I’ve heard that King John who signed the Magna Carta is buried in the Cathedral, but we haven’t been able to find his tomb”. At this the little guy in the strange looking coat almost choked with rage as he shouted: “It's no wonder v > ; cawn’t find him, you know, you’re sitting on ’in' That closed t' discussion and our visit. If I should ever get b to the Worcester Cathedral I want to look for five famous king’s tomb. Unless the rector was spoofing us, he’s buried right near the entrance and I could find it in the dark. K .. —R— MY TOWN We picked this article up from somewhere and thought it made sense. My town is the place where my home is; where my job is: where my vote is cast; where my children are educated; where my neighbors dwell; and where my life is chiefly lived. It is my home spot for me. My town has the right to my civic loyalty. It supports me and I should support it. My town wants my citizenship, not my partisanship; my friendliness, not my dissension; my sympathy, not my criticism; my intelligence, not my indifference. My town supplies me with protection, trade, friends, education, schools, churches, and the right to free moral citizenship. It has done things that are better than others; the best things I should seek to make better, the worst things I should help to suppress. Take it all in all. it is my town and it is entitled to the best there is in me. _u_ 14 YEARS WITHOUT TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Fort Mill, S. C., a town of 6000, has just com pleted 14 years without a traffic fatality. The reason may be that near the high school is to be found a golf course, swimming pool, gym nasium, roller skating rink, bowling alley, a lake for fishing, club house, and tennis courts. “They keep the cars off the streets’’, said the chief of police. 15 THIS THE BEST? Some fans are calling this year’s Owen High JVs one of the best first year teams ever to represent the school. There is no doubt that Coach Ralph Singleton has 'em big, he has 'em fast, and he has 'em deep. If you have any doubt, journey out to Shuford Field at 7:30 Thursday evening and see for yourself. You'll come away convinced Civil Service Applications are now being accepted for the 1963 Fedei al Service Entrance Examin ation the United States Civil Service Commission has an nounced. This examination, open to college juniors, sen iors, and graduate students regardless of major study, as well as to persons who have had equivalent experience, of fers the opportunity to begin a career in the Federal Ser vice in one of some 60 dif ferent occupational fields. A written test is required. OBITUARY Raleigh Jones Raleigh Jones, 58, of Hazel Park, Mich., a former resi dent of Swannanoa, died Fri day Sept. 14. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Swannanoa Baptist Church. The Rev. Charles Smith, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Mountain View Memorial Park. Harrison Funeral home was in charge. Mrs. C. Harvey Funeral services for Mrs. Cordelia Harvey, 81, of Swan nanoa Heights were held Fri day afternoon, Sept. 14, in the Swannanoa Church of God. The Rev. Philip Genetti rnd the Rev. Robert Ballard officiated. Burial was in Camp Grounds Cemetery on Sugar Hill road near Old Fort. Pallbearers were grand sons: Woodrow, Harold, Leon. Gene and R. J. Harvey and Floyd Gibson. Granddaughters served as flowerbearers. Harrison Funeral home was n charge. Taimadge Crisp Last rites for Talmadge Crisp, 73, of Patton Cove ■oad, Swannanoa were held in :he First Baptist Church of ?wannanoa Wednesday af :ernoon, Sept. 19. The Rev. Miarles Smith, pastor, offici ited. Burial was in Crisp Cemetery, Swannanoa. Mr. Crisp was a native of Swain County and had been a resi lent of Swannanoa for the rast 20 years. He was a for ner employe of Beacon Man ufacturing Co. Survivors include the wid nv, Mrs. Hester Lemmons Crisp; eight daughters, Mrs. Cois Andrews, Swannanoa, Mrs. Gladys Griffin, and Mrs. Cuth Cruise, both of Colum uis, Ohio, Mrs. Rethel Blan tenship, Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Clara McMahan, Amarillo, rex., Mrs. Thelma Lowery, Old Fort, Mrs. Jewell Glenn, Slack Mountain, Mrs. Joyce Gregg, Asheville Rt. 2; three ;ons, James B. Crisp, Bell Gardens, Calif., Ray Crisp of iVinston-Salem, and Frank Crisp of Detroit, Mich.; three brothers; two sisters; grandchildren; and two great grandchildren. Harrison Funeral home was in charge. Carrie IT illiams Mrs. Carrie Cribb Williams, 74, of near Georgetown, S. C„ mother of Mrs. James I.. Hall of Black Mountain died Tuesday Sept. 11, in George town County Memorial hos pital. Funeral services were hold Thursday afternoon in the Pentecostal Holiness Church with the Rev. I.. D. Driggers, pastor, and the Rev. Carl W. Thurman, a former pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Williams was the widow of Ulysses S. Williams, who died June lf>47. Besides Mrs. Hall other survivors include a son; three daughters; a sis ter; five half-sisters and three half-brothers. JUNIORS ENJOY PICNIC Members of the junior de partment of the Methodist church enjoyed a picnic at the Dripping Rock picnic grounds st Old Fort last Thursday ifternoon. Those who went were Keith ind Vickie Osteen, Judy Benedict, Susan McMahan, Bobbie Goodman. Joe Hyder, Lindsey Garland, Marilyn Brown, Rhonda Singleton, Ken Pittman. Mike Thomas, Billy Joe Goodman, Stephen Henley, Tommy Simpson. Mrs. June Glenn, Mrs. Gor lon Greenwood, and Mrs. Henry Pittman. 4 Wot* lo Good Health . . . Prescribed by your physician . . . filled by us .. . promptly, accurately Key Cily Pharmacy —Prescription Druggists— 204 Sutton Avenue Black Mountain, N. C. Notice 1 The BLACK MOUNTAIN NURSERY, 606 Rhododendron Ave., will open Monday September 24, under the direction of Mrs. Carolyn Melton Wilhide and Mrs. Mabel Crow. Open House Friday, Sept. 21, from 3 to 6 p.m. look Who’s Here; Mr. and Mrs. Low Adams of Montreat 1 daughter born Sept. ] r‘ ’? Joseph’s hospital. Mr. and Mrs. George v Patrick of Swannanoa ha eson horn Sept. 15 ' ea Joseph's hospital. a n St, -North Carolina ha associatj n area development a.-, "u covering 99 of the n- • ' n'' counties The state ‘haV L°« organized communities ' 1 community development'" tte gram. ' Pro. “WATCH YOUR WAISTLINE* YOU’RE THE SLIMMEST, TRIMMEST MAN IN TOWN WIT LONGER, LEANER YMM' VOUNO MAN % MOOD SANSABELT SUCKS "y JAYMAR PLAIN FRONT, 1/e TOP POCKETS You look taller, trimmer, terrific. That’s because Sansabeit in VMM flatters and flattens your midsec tion, even as it tapers you right down to vour shoe tops. Trv on a pair of the one and onlv Sansa beit, with the patented, flexible waistband imported from France. SI 7.50 -Konrad LADIES' CASUALS QUALITY CLOTHING BLACK MOUNTAIN N. C. BEGINS Friday Morning j| FACTORY OUTLET * LADIES’ DRESSES $3.00 L A rack of 1 & 2 pc styles— Cottons, Arnels, Jersies, Rayons and Silks. 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