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Editorially Speaking:
Which Would
You Choose?
Sometimes in calmer moments when we reflect on
the health and welfare of this community, we wonder
whether the new State Park in Kingston Township will
. do as much to promote it as a sewage disposal system.
A State Park will be lovely. A lake has fascination
for all of us, but if the people of! this community were
to vote on how their'money is to be spent, we think they'd
ponder a long time before choosing a State Park over a
sewage system for the ‘promotion of our Health and Wel-
fare.
Why doesn’t the State ask us sometime what we real-
ly need, before GIVING us so much that we are in no hurry
to receive and for which there is no urgent demand?
SCHEDULE FOR RECEIVING NEW GOODS
AT BARN
RALPH POSTERIVE Saturday June 16 Noon to 5 PM
SYLVIA HUGHES “Friday June 22 10 AM to 8 PM
BOWDEN NORTHRUP &
LOUISE MARKS Saturday ~~ June 23 10 AM to 8 PM
TOM HILLYER Thursday June 28 Noon to 8 PM
§ JIM LALEXANDER Friday June 29 10 AM to 8 PM
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Safety Valve . . .
FROM THE F.B.I negligence.
Dear Editor: Public indifference, long a har-
The arrival of summer to most
Americans signifies the beginning
of the vacation season — a time of
carefree relaxation and outdoor ac-
tivities. Regrettably, to a great
_ number it will be a season of trage-
| dy. They will become victims of the
annual onslaught of crimes of passion
and violence,
.. According to. established seasonal
“trends, forcible rape will rise ap-
proximately 16 per cent above its
annual average "during the. next
~ several weeks. Murder and aggra-
|. vated assault will climb some 12
per cent each. A similar increase
= will be registered in depraved sex at-
“tacks on innocent and defenseless
children, These figures represent
crimes against the person which will
silent through fear of personal em-
_ barrassment.
3%: To a large degree, this shocking
pieture is an indictment of the care-
: “less and unwitting citizenry. Gain-
ing a short respite from the hum-
Ba of everyday duties, countless
individuals subject themselves and
“their families to unnecessary dan-
gers. Many who adhere to some
B endard of safety at other times
Peery throw precautions to the
d during the summer months. For
instance, vacationing travelers, in a
Bonzo] mood of good will, are apt
to minimize the inherent danger con-
“nected with the signalling thumb of
a hitchhiker. A hasty benevolent act
Seon place them in the clutches of a
“ vicious killer.
* Certainly, great stress should be
Placed on ‘the abhorrent crimes per-
petrated by child molesters. Closing
i the school year adds an extra bur-
en to the important roles of par-
ents and guardians in this regard.
~ Children with time on their hands
od extraordinary attention and
eupervision, This should not and
cannot be left to public officials. Par-
Eon who fail to warn their children
fto avoid secluded spots, to refuse
rides and rejeot gifts or enticements
from strengers ere guilty of gross
binger of lawlessness, does not de-
cline with the rise of the thermome-
ter. Many persons in haste to be
off to faavorite vacation sites all but
abandon their homes. Their absence
could not be better publicized with
blinking neon lights. Yards are un-
kempt and littered with newspapers;
accumulated mail and milk bottles
clutter the door. Blinds are drawn
and doors are often left unlocked.
Such flagrant carelessness is a ‘red
carpet” invitation to burglars.
Other individuals add to the woes
of authorities in areas they visit.
Their unlocked automobiles are
stolen, and luggage, clothing and
other valuables left overnight in cars
are taken by thieves. Some drivers
climb behind the wheel of a car with
no apparent appreciation of the re-
sponsibilities connected with a driv-
ing permit. They race along the Na-
tion’s highways as if licensed to kill.
And all too frequently they do kill,
either themselves or innocent ‘way-
farers.
A disturbing side issue of such in-
cidents is the additional strain placed
on law enforcement. At a crucial
period when most departments are
engaged in exhaustive battle against
rising crimes of violence, precious
man hours are spent investigating
lesser violations caused by careless-
ness,
Understandably, as summer be-
gins, most police authorities prepare
for the worst and hope for the best.
They alert the public, solicit coopera-
tion and initiate special measures to
handle seasonal outbreaks peculiar
to their localities. But the protec-
tive shield of law enforcement can
be stretched only so far,
To gamble with crime is to lose.
The loss could be — and frequently
is — @ human life, As public serv-
ants who know firsthand of the
exacting toll claimed by crime result-
ing from carelessness, we must
somehow get this message across to
the American people.
John Edgar Hoover
Director
.| ary.
Looking at
T-V
* With GEORGE A. and
EDITH ANN BURKE
Alfred Hitchcock - The word that
is applied to Hitchock more than
any other, either in reference to
himself or his work, is “unusual.”
The son of a prosperous London
poulterer, Hitchcock acquired the
urge to travel at an early age. By
the time he was eight he had rid-
den to the end of every bus line—
which amounted to almost a life
career in London. Those terminals
included the London docks, acceler-
ating his dreams.
Educated in a Jesuit seminary
and the University of London, Hitch-
cock studied art and engineering,
the two subjects he now maintains
best fitted for the complex job of
direction. He has become especially
noted for his adaptation of technical
draftsmanship to creation of scenes
before the camera. He has never
beeen known to look through a
camera, unlike other directors, since
he sketches his scenes in advance
and knows precisely what he wants
before arriving on the set.
First job Hicthcock took after
deciding to leave the University was
as assistant layout man in the ad-
vertising branch .of a London de-
partment store, at 15 shillings a
week.
From his “position,” Hitchcock
developed a respect for American
enterprise, so that when Famous-
Players-Lasky, now Paramount, op-
ened a London branch in 1920,
Hitchcock took a job as title writ-
er. He absorbed the knowledge of
American technicians while effect-
ing several innovations in his own
department.
Continental producers became int-
erested in the young director and
Hitchcock was called to pre-Hitler
Berlin. He married his assistant di-
rector, Alma Reville, Jn 1926.
“Blackmail,” first English talkie
to have wide acclaim, was a Hitch~
cock production for British Inter-
national, where he made other suc-
cessful films,
Biggest Since Clark - MGM jubil-
| antly announcer that Richard Cham-
berlain’s fan mail has reached the
rate of a thousand letters a day.
That is the largest number any star
has received since the late Clark
Gable hit his peak.
Strange to say his mail doubled
after one particular story in Janu-
It was the story in which
Dina Merrill played the role of Dr.
Gillespie’s daughter bent on suicide
and Dr. Kildare saved her. Since
then the mail has averaged around
a thousand letters a day.
Dr. Ben Casey - We den’'t know
how many letters Vince. Edwards
is receiving but we do know about
his salary which is very high in-
figures. He receives $7500 a week
‘I from his boss, Bing Crosby, plus
25 per cent of the action and a
$300,000 revolving fund for pilot
films to be made by Vince's pro-
duction.
Not bad for an actor who was
unknown last August.
Bud Collyer, emcee of “To Tell
the Truth” has been using his
charm to make people happy since
he left Fordham University in 1933
—as a lawyer. In rapid stages he
moved from lawyer, to singer, to
actor and finally to radio amnounc-
er. From there it was only a step
to emcee.
His distinctive voice lent dignity
to “Cavalade of America,” on which
he was announcer. For 12 years he
played the role of ‘‘Superman” on
radio. He gave pace, variety and
humor to “Break the Bank,” with
which he was identified since the
show made its debut in 1946.
His voice, actions, looks and quick
ad libs reflect the tempo of Man-
hattan, where he was born on June
8, 1908.
THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1962
Iz
THE CRUSTDES. By Harold Lamb.
594 pp. Bantam Books. Seventy-
five cents.
This new paperback includes in
one volume two books originally
published , separately. IRON MEN
AND SAINTS covered the First Cru-
sade up to the capture of Jerusalem.
THE FLAME OF ISLAM covered the
long counter attack by the Moslems
resulting in the complete expulsion
of the Crusaders. Both books were
based on original chronicles written
by those on the spot. The present
volume contains no maps, but by
coincideence the NATIONAL GEO-
GRAPHIC MAGAZINE for June 1962
includes a map of the whole area
and a detailed map of the Euro-
pean route of the first Crusaders.
The “Iron Men” were the nobles
and knights mounted upon heavy
chargers, protected by armor, of
whom heroic exploits are recorded.
Opponents. were split, decapitated,
and their bodies .sévered crosswise.
The “Saints were men of the robe,
few of whom. showed any saintly
characteristics, by present standards,
and some of them were more ruth-
less than the fighting men. The
Crusades was one long intermittent
holy war, on both sides, each side
calling the other infidels. It ex-
tended over two hundred years and
some two million humans perished.
For six hundred years after: the
fall of Rome, a remnant of the Ro-
man Empire had survived in the
Byzantine area. The Emperors used
the title, Emperor of The Romans,
and. the Imperial Insignia, but the
language was Greek, the populatinn
mixed, and the armies mostly mer-
cenaries. They preserved the cul-
ture of the ancients and had be-
come rich as a trading nation. The
Capital, Constantinople, was pro-
bably the richest in the world.
Survival had not been easy. In
the west, provinces were lost to
the barbarians. In: the east and
south the Moslems or Saracens, fol-
Mowers of the religion of Moham-
med, Islam, piece-by-piece had
conquered most of the tetrritory
and were now threatening again
with the new strength of the Sel-
juk Turks. Europe was in the dark
ages, the culture of the ancients
lost, and the land divided up in
fiefs, with nobles maintaining peer-
sonal armies, maintained in castles,
continually grabbing for more. The
Roman Catholic Church - prevailed
in the west and most of the time
supported a loose confederation
called the Holy Roman Empire in
central Europe, but sometimes
fought with the Emperors, who
were usually kings somewhere in
their own right. No one was safe.
Only a few years before THE
TRUCE OF GOD had been pro-
claimed prohibiting fighting, rob-
bery, etc. from Wednesday vespers
to Monday morning, but it was not
universally accepted.
After the first thrust of Islam
and holding it at the Pyrenees,
Europe had learned to. live with
it for long periods, but now the
Turks were annoying Christian pil-
grims to = Jersusalem and were
threatening further conquests. Em-
peror Alexis = at Constantinople
asked the west, including the Pope,
for help. The Pope, Urban II, pro-
claimed a holy war, ostensibly to
recover the Holy Sepulcher, and
hundreds of thousands responded,
moving in great waves across the
land route and later by sea. All
were promised remission of sins
and relief from various penalties
of the Church, material rewards,
ete. :
Many went from a sincere. desire
to serve God. Riffraff and criminals
looked for plunder. The great nobles
expected to -carve out new King-
doms for themselves and some :did.
The Roman Catholic Church pro-
posed to extend its influence and
domain over the dissident eastern
Christians. And the imperor Alex?
These automobiles are typical
of the size and broad variety
gepresented by the more than
.300 antique cars that will be at
!Greenfield Village’s Eleventh
Old Car Festival on Saturday
and Sunday, September 16-17.
The jaunty little red 1911 Oak-
land two-passenger runabout
with an original $1,000 price tag
at the left is a striking contrast
to the seven-passenger, somber
1912 Rambler Knickerbocker, a
$4,200 limousine. Both cars will
be presented at the Festival to
the Henry Ford Museum’s
world-famous collection of more
{than 175 antique automobiles.
{ The Oakland is the gift of Dr.
Samuel L. Scher of New York
City while American Motors
Corporation is the donor of the
Rambler. Cars like these, dart-
ing and lumbering around, add
They Once Came Small — and BIG
almost-forgotten realism to the
fun-packed Festival with its
brightly-garbed participants.
Put them all together, add the
old putt-putt and bulb horn
sounds, and all the authenticity
and nostalgia of motoring’s
early days are recaptured for
spectators and participants
alike. To entertain the spec-
tators both days, owners put
their cars through contests such
as cranking, slow driving, back-
ward driving and obstacle races.
For, purpose of judging, the cars
are divided into two classes,
1899-1916 and 1917-25, with the
latter scheduled on Saturday.
As a climax, a grand champion
will be selected for each class.
The 1960 Festival attracted
nearly 25,000 spectators. Green-
field Village and adjoining
Henry Ford Museum are 15
miles from downtown Detroit.
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Rambling Around
By The Oldtimer—D. A. Waters
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secretly intended to use the great
armies to recover his lost domin-
ions, But when the first wave of
Crusaders hit his dominions he saw
at oncee his friends were more dan-
gerous than his enemies. By one
method or another, principally
flattery aand bribery, he had most
of the leaders swear feealty to him
and got them safely away. How-
ever there is good evidence that
he double-crossed some of them
later.
After losing thousands, mostly
from starvation, heat, disease, and
some in sieges and fighting, the
various Crusaders finally captured
an area along the eastern Med-
iterranean shaped about like a
axe with the grip of the handle at
Jerusalem, which was taken with
terrible bloodshead in June 1099.
Godfrey of Bouillon was named
ruler but died in about a year
being succeeded by his brother
Baldwin, who was made King. His
descendants were rulers until Sa-
ladin captured the city: in = 1187,
without . bloodshed, - putting the
Christians to ‘shame. The Baldwins
also’ ruled in Edessa. Bohemund of
Taranto kept Antioch, and Ray-
mond, of Toulouse ruled the Country
of Tripoli on the coast.
All this was in the first Crusade.
In numerous succeeding attempts in
the Holy Land the Crusaders were
defeated. One was diverted by con-
spirators to sack Constantinople,
which they did, and another Bald-
win was made King. The Greeks
recovered their city, minus most of
its treasurers, fifty-seven years la-
ter, Then Inocent II, who had done
nothing to recover the Holy Land,
ordered a crusade against heretics in
southern France.A Children’s Cru-
sade, based on faith alone, without
even supplies, resulted in death or
slavery to all the thousands of
children,
Later Crusades were mostly by sea.
The great military religious orders,
The Knights Templar and Knights
of the Hospital, were organized on
the spot and built castles and forti-
fications to hold the narrow strip
along the coast. After Jerusalem had
been last, some of the later Cru-
saders, during truce. periods, were
allowed to visit it as visitors only.
Two later Crusades against Cario,
seat of the Moslem power, failed
dismally.
In the final years, the Sultan
Baibars, a clownissh' but shwerd
ruler, called ‘The Panther”, throught
to be the real original of the sut-
tan in some of the storiees of The
Ababian - Nights, picked off the
castles and fortified cities with the
greatest of ease, even some which
had previously withstood
sieges. ‘Sometimes, even in large
cities, not a single soldier survived
to teil the tale.
In many ways this is an interest-
ing book. In a future column we
may mention some characters and
incidents from it.
Minor Changes
Made In Budget
(Continued from 1—A)
W. B. Jeter showed receipts of $39,-
290.46 in taxes, State reimburse-
ment of $1,279.39 for Defense Bal-
ance May 1 was $84,683.45; June 1,
$56, 815.63.
- Changes were suggested in the
proposed school calendar, but it was
adopted as planned. To a question
“Why do we close for the first day
of deer season?’ the answer was
that it was established custom in
the Back Mountain, and boys hunt-
ed with their fathers. A suggestion
to prune time from the Easter va-
cation in order to close earlier in
June, was also discussed. Speaking
dollarwise, it is of ‘more value to
the budget to close at seasons when
much heat is needed than at times
when no heat is needed.
School will start ‘September 5,
end June 14, netting 183 days for
students, plus 3 for teachers, a total
of 186. This allows emergency leeway
in the event of severe weather. The
school alternates between giving
Washington’s and Lincoln's birth-
day for a holiday. For 1963, ‘Wash-
ington’s birthday will be a. holiday.
Commencement is scheduled for
June 11.
The board voted employment of
eight teachers, accepted resigna-
tions of four.
Employed were: Mrs, Virginia Ro-
bino, Dallas; Miram VasKorlis,
Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Thomas B. Cher-
rington, Bloomsburg; Mrs. Mary Em-
manuell Sigworth, Dallas RD: 3; Ro-
bert Marr, Hop Bottom; Mrs. Arthur
D. Hontz, Hanover Township, Mary
Patricia Box, Towanda; Mrs. Mary
H. Kershner, New Jersey-
The district is losing J. Philip
Richards, instructor in art at Jun-
ior High School; Mr. and Mrs. Ho-
ward Shiner; and Ethel Shultz.
The board was asked to Ok ac-
tivation of Well No. 2 with nec-
essary pumps and lines, to be used
with the proposed sprinkler system
on the football field.
Lester R. Lewis, director of Dallas
Senior High School Band, was ap-
proved as member of community re-
creation program community band.
Elaine Kozemchak and Florence
Sherwood were approved as assis-
tants, Clinton Brobst and Robert
Dolbear were approved for Saturday
morning sports at $2.50 per hour.
The Board voted to go along with
Kingston Township supervisors in
sharing the cost of cutting down a
bank on Lehigh Street to eliminate
a dangerous curve.
long |.
Only
Yesterday
Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years
Ago In The Dallas Post
IT HAPPENED 30) YEARS AGO:
The Dallas Post printed and pub-
lished the Kingston Township year
book, The Kingstonian.
Jim Besecker demonstrated a
new Ford school bus to Dallas Town-
ship school board. :
College Misericordia graduated 35
seniors.
The Post was offering a pair of
theater tickets for the best social
item submitted during any week.
There were eight seniors in the
Dallas graduating class: Richard
Coolbaugh, Ruth Crawford. Margaret
Hill, Glendon Moore, Earl Van
Campen, Margaret Oliver, Harriet
Parks, Foster Sutton.
Melbourne Carey had the ad-
dress of welcome at Dallas Town-
ship’s second graduati-on, Robert
Eipper the: farewell. Thirteen were
in the class: Merle Anderson, Wil-
liam . Butler, ' Melbourne Carey,
Freda Cobleigh, Robert Eiper,
Elizabeth Frantz, Ila Goss, Joseph
Jackemovicz, Marjorie Kitchen,
Marion Kunkle,” Alex Matukitis,
James Miers, Jean Stark.
Graduates from the Back Moun-
tain at Wyoming Seminary com-
mencement were: William A. Aus-
tin, Brickel, Chauncey Wilson
Turner, Kathleen Alice Yeisley,
Glenn Billings, Emerson M. Brown,
Eleanor Louise Brown.
You ‘could get a porch glider for
$12.50. Or a white pine door for
$2.50 odd sizes.) Eggs were 17
cents a dozen, butter two pounds
for 39c. ;
The d octors said that taking
sulphur and molasses didn’t thin
the blood in the spring, it was
the fresh vegetables that did it.
Jim Hutchison,
stressed
orchards.
Farm Agent,
cross-pollination of
rr nApPENED 2() YEARS AGO:
Peter D. Clark won the election
for Republican Committeeman of
the Sixth Legislative District, nos-
ing out Arnott Jones of Forty
Fort the narrowest of margins,
two votes, a surprise to the State
Republican Organization | which
had counted on easy victory after
primary elections.
Harveys Lake and Tunkhannock
police were on the lookout for a
hobo who dragged a twelve year
old Noxen girl from her bicycle
and started to drag her into the
woods. He was foiled by a pass-
ing motorist. .
A tie vote between Floyd Cham-
berlain and Merle’ Shaver for
Middle District Committeeman was
decided by a drawing of lots.
Shaver won. =
Dallas Borough up against it for
oil for roads, as the war emergency
froze the supply.
Elwood Davis, with the Marines,
was home on furlough before join-
ing his ship, He was one of the
best hunters in the area.
Noxen tannery employes got a
wage hike from the War Labor
Board.
Lady Luck node ~ with Bill
Casterline again. Severall monthss
earlier. he had narrowly escaped
drowning when his truck plunged
through the ice on Harveys Lake.
This time, Bill was adjusting the
dump truck body when a catch
let go and Bill was pinnedby the
body between the cab and the
chassis. ‘A heavy timber was em-
ployed to pry him loose. No bones
broken. After three days in the
hospital, he was out again.
Married: Helen Gorham to Emer-
son Brown.
Harry Hoover of Outlet cele-
brated his 80th birthday.
Harry Kresge, feed and grain
merchant of Fernbrook, died at 53
after a lingering illness.
Women’s clothing had that box-
shoulder look, with lots of padding.
Mrs Ann-a C. Parks of Idetown
was buried.
rr uappenep |() Years aco:
Iola Robinhold and Hortenge
Shaver were working with Mrs.
Ralph Dixon, ‘of the Auction Re-
freshment committee Arlean Brown
promised to donate the ice cream.
Mrs Gerald Dettmore and Mrs.
Preston Sturdevant headed the so-
licitation committee; Robert Bach-
man was transportation. chair--
man; Frank Jackson erected shelves
in the Barn; Harold Ash lent a
trench digger to drain the auction
lot.
. Charles Steinhauer,
Little League,
traffic accident.
Anthony Broody donated shrubs
to complete Prince of Peace Epis-
copal Church landscaping.
Mrs. Jennie E. Fiske, 82, one of
the ‘oldest residents of [Sweet
Valley, died as a result of fractur-
ing her hip.
James C. Hutchison graduated
from Jefferson Medical School.
Joe [Skopic demonstrated deep
tillage, and (Charles Long forage
harvesters at the Grasslands Fes-
tival.
Married: Mildred Culp to Pvt. Al-
bert Kern Elizabeth Fannon to
Howard Meade. Priscilla Abbott to
Harry Fenstermacher. Mabel Joy
Davis to Howard Edelman.
' head of
in Korea.
First year of kindergarten came
to a close; with parents and
children happy with the experi-
ment. Dai ik od
was injured in a
Leslie Sutton spent his birthday
, DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
WHO PLANS BE COMMUNETY ?
By LESTER W. HAUCK
Who plans a community? Everyone does—everyone including
the man who decides to build a home, a store or a shop in some
particular location, the highway engineer who decides where the
right of way should go, or the group who decides Where the new
amusement park will be located.
Each has his own idea of how the land in any County should
be used. Each has his own interest at heart and efficiently proceeds
with his special brand of planning without regard for the other
fellow’s point of view until some conflict occurs. This is the method
by which our Back Mountain Area has been planned—accidentally
“growing like Topsy’. This certainly is not comprehensive com-
munity planning.
The many problems developing from this kind of growth even-
tually are dropped squarely in the laps of the governing bodies of
the municipalities” involved. \
“When will you take over our street?” “You must do
something about that trailer next door, or those horses in the
back, or his septic tank leaching on my property, the noise from
that shop across the way, or that sign blinking in my bedroom
window, that rain water that pours across the corner of my
property, or the junk yard developing over there.”
Such demands on our governing officials will multiply as the
population grows, and they eventually will be forced to enact ordin-
ances to cotrol this problem or that as the pressure becomes un-
bearable. This would be, a best, piecemeal control—control without
direction. The foresighted community should provide controls be-
fore the problems get out of hand.
The law of the Commonwealth provides that the governing
body of each unit of government—borough, township, city or
county—is empowered : to appoint a planning commission to ‘assist
and advise the local government in matters concerning planning.
Further, the State and Federal governments dre so anxious: to have
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local municipalities plan for. the future that they will provide: three.
quarters of the cost of preparing a ‘master plan under the. direction
of such a. commission,
Planning Commissions, appointed by the governing body, vary
in size, but commonly consist of five persons. They should ‘be a
representative group of citizens because ‘their decisions affect all the
people of the community. The individual appointee must ‘be dis-'
tinguished * by devotion to the community interest, broadminded-
ness and an ability to understand and deal with difficult problems.
The citizen who serves in this capacity must devote. long hours to
difficult work for which he will receive no tangible reward.
A Commission cannot pass laws or arbitrarily impose its ideas
upon the community; its sole function is to study commnity prob-
lems and recommend courses of action to the local government.
Only the officials elected by the people and responsible to them
have the power to make rules and regulations.’
The planning process is hard work and very few commission"
members will have the time, inclination and know-how to ‘“go it
alone.” Without professional planning assistance the job most likely
will mever get done.
do the surveys, to prepare the maps, charts and graphs does not re-
lieve the commission of the responsibility to make the decisions of
what is best for his community.
The planning technician can be a professional hired by the
community involved for that purpose. A smaller community can not
afford to do this therefore must turn to planning consultants to do
their work.
All planning begins with a survey of what éxists. The com-
The employment of a planning technician to
munity planner must first gather information about the community.
The present land use; the existing facilities, . utilities, schools, parks,
streets; the people, their general character and attitude as well as
their economic standing; the industrial and commercial develop=
ments; and other contributing factors-historical, geographical and
political that effect the character of the community.
He must appraise the direction of present growth, estimate the
future population, where the people will: live, shop, work or play,
and analyse the indus’rial and commercial potential - of the .area.
He will need to know which neighborhoods are growing and which
declining, which facilities are being used and which neglected.
When adaquate information has been assembled, analyzed,
mapped and charted, the commission has reached the critical point.
and. must now ask themselves many questions. Where do we go
from here? What do the people want this community to become ?
What should be its course of development for) the next five,
ten, twenty, or fifty, or fifty years? The ‘commission must leave
no stone unturned to gain the foresight to answer these questions’
with propriety and conviction. All factors in the community must
be regarded and all factions heard. All interested parties must have
an opportunity to contribute to the development of the compre-
hensive master plan.
A Master Plan is a statement of objectives, and a statement
of the means of attaining these objectives. ‘It regards all of the
facets of a community here-to-fore discussed recorded on maps,
charts and graphs, depicting the desired future community, pri-
marily the desired future use of its land. It. should aim for the
most desirable end resu't but should not ‘be considered a panacea
to all of our ills. The Master Plan must be a dynamic document
capable of alteration and amendment and should be kept sonstenfly
up to date if it is to be successful.
The Master Plan alone is completely impotent unless it is im-
plemented by law. Ordinances designed to accomplish its objec-
tives should be enacted and administered by the governing body
involved, with the assistance and advice of its planning commission.
Here in the Back Mountain; there should be but one Planning
Commission with one Master Plan of the entire region responsible -
to the entire population, even if the necessary ordinances will have
to be enacted by the individual local governments.
Next: How is the Master Plan implemented ?
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By Edward Collier
North Carolina’s heartland
provides a versatile Magic Cir-
cle motor tour, starting in
Raleigh at the Greek Revival
style State Capitol and the archi-
tecturally imaginative State Fair
Arena, shaped like a saddle and
suggesting a roller coaster of
tomorrow.
The route south is through pea-
nut growing country to Fayette-
ville and its historic Old Market
House and Presbyterian Church;
Fort Bragg Military Reserva.
tion, exciting with the frequent
sound of artillery fire and daily
mass parachute jumps; the Sand-
hills resort area around Southern
Pines and Pinehurst, noted for
olf tournaments, horse shows
and fox hunts. ~
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Curving north, there is a stop
at Sanford’s pottery factories to
see the expert craftsmen at work.
Chapel Hill is dominated by the
University of North Carolina
with famed Morehead Planetar-
ium and its celestial shows, mam-
moth sundial, Univac machine
and the Tar Heels’ Kenan
Stadium.
Durham, a few minutes’ drive
away, could be called “Tobacco-
land U.S.A.” Here you can watch
both auctions and the manufac-
ture of cigarettes at the big
plants. The city also is the home
of Duke University, whose state-
ly English-Gothic buildings grace
one of the most beautiful of
campuses in this country.
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