Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 9

SECTION August 4 1037 KINGSPORT TIMES NEWS LOCAL AND FEATURES Little Tweetsie urn 'll -V A Sfr ID I By BILL BOILS Come all you rounder If you want to hear the story of a brave engineer Trobably everv man who ever pulled a throttle on the world-famous little Tweetsie" when she was hauling Iron ore from the mines at Cranberry to Johnson Cltv Tenn could be considered a brave engineer The little narrow-gauge train which traveled through some of the roughest mountain country east of the Rockies Is now rolling again as a tourist attraction near Boone Made First Run In 1K81 Tweetsie as she Is familiarly known made her first complete run on June 13 1881 During that time she was the property of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Today Tweetsie Is 'he propeity of Tweetsie Inc and she Is one of the few reminders of the steam age left In the United States In the old davs she ran from Johnson City Tenn to Boone Today her track Is only two miles long winding Into a familiar mountain setting about four miles out of Boone on the highway to Blowing Rock Old-Time Town At the end of her line workmen are busy constructing an old-time village a village which will re- a i I-1 'r'V'" jj 0 3 fvi A eitf- TN Phnto TWEETSIE ROLLS AfiAIN-Mr and Mrs BROOKS SHELL of Cranberry atand bealde Tweetsie ready to board the little train for an excursion Into the mountains of Western North fleet the mode of life In the hillathe Cranberry Iron Works created wet with exhaustion Then she'd 50 years ago It will be complete the ncessity for transportation of drop the cars onto a sidetrack Bl'RY MAN-The Rev RAY WILLIS minister of the Surgolnsvllld Methodist Circuit and Tennessee Eastman employe keeps busy night and day with two jobs and numerous hobbles Part-Time Preachers Rev ay illisFindsTimc For Jobs Hobbies Ministry with livery stable general store saloons and churches Grocr Robbins Jr of Blowing Rock president of TweeLsie Inc negotiated for the purchases of the the ore to the blast furnaces and thus following a long hard finan clal battle Tweetsie was conceiv ed and born During the early das Tweetsie and return back down the grade for the remainder of the train Tweetale Waa Loved Tweetsie was loved by the mountain folk and there was a tear In many an eye when the word came out about 1950 that soon Tweetsie would tweet" no more But many of them felt sure that Tweetsie was sure to live again and now she does In her old fa- By BETTY ELAM Ray Willis minister of the Bur-goinsvllle Methodist Circuit and Tennessee Eastman employe Photo bv Burffx LEV NICLEY clings to convention with high heels and nylons INEZ NICLEV shuns all footwear to go barefoot A ATTER OF CIIOICF SUE ERWIN left prefers socks with her Bermudas while SHIR- ttain about two years ago It has I wasthe only contact with the out-taken him that long to get the' side world the vast mountain area land rights for his track Install I had She was the center of Inter-Uie three-foot wide track and build est for the mountain people all an exact replica of the railroad along station at Shouns Tenn Up She Went He said It has taken us a long Up up ahe went Through Hamp-time Tweetsie moving ton Roan Mountain Shell crowds we hate Creek Elk Park Linville past few week-! Pineola and Boone Old-ends a great manv timers asv there were occasions interested In her when the little locomotive couldn't full swing by haul the entire train over the ridge Scout His father Is chaplain of his Boy Scout troop Willis his wife Nina and son live at 1417 Brldwell Street Besides his regular duties at the three chapels of his circuit WU- tniM niakes hospital calls and home 1954 He became an elder In the visits each evening after he gels home from his work st Eastman miliar hills not far from her old licensed to preach on June road bed For the manv who come to ride her now on weekends and holi- 1943 He was ordained a deacon davs Tweetsie holds Just as many different thrills as she did In the FortheoM time rs who her her throuKh "Pn'ence Methodist Church after complet- Bark TweeU-ie goes back inceNormanConquest Girls Have or Hose Bine the Norman Conquest wk acquiring a beautiful eop-with great exhlllration Is the knee xromen have been wearing stock- Pfr color she doesn't want It to length hose Introduced just last discovered iron ore to get again but the been havlnt the indicate 'hat people are still We hope to get into next summer Story fines The story of to the mid-point of turv when the Western North themselves digging While digging fer He also write his sermons In the evenings He never writes a sermon tn full but use very brief was born In Leenops and says he depends very th 19h Cen-i flying and her stack belching' memory "of" a bygone" day Vhen i Count' 1905- cme t0 Vlly Ruldtnee" In mountain folk of black smoke shed back off with they were young and strong andln'ipor ln '999 now 'erlng the sermons Laboratory Storage at full of spirit and ambition Recn Many New Churchc Since he has been a minister Willis has seen many new churches Carolina supported 1 about half the cara and hit the for ginseng grade with the throttle wide open the herb they' By the time she reached the top the engineer would be pour- clerk In For the youngsters there Is the Ex-iiman thrill of being able to partake of a part of the past now almost gone from the American scene 1 Served His first Circuit year The resulting establishment of tng sand and the fireman dripping From Pit gnash To Cleveland: Knee-Length "Not Popular I These reach Just to the kneecap 1 and are elaxticized at the top Why aren't they popular? They show Kingsport Circuit pastorate was the Kings-jnd ptoril bulll Amls chap-por which he held for six tcJded four Sunday This circuit Included three iSChoo room church chspels Mountain View Emory jlr(t hlch bulIt onIy a few and Bethel I years ago Five years following this pss-j torate he wss minister to De- he has always Pews Chapel He has been In the preacher When he Surgmasvilla Circuit for the past 8m1 chld- this was his four years ambition When he rompleted his His scidule which includes nvlnlfterial course at Emorv last preaching at three chapels ts a nd waa ordained an elder bv very busy one He preaches at Phort he felt his goal He preaehes at Ry Short he felt his Started To Become Preacher Became Millionaire Instead both Sunday morning and Sunday ''l leSt partially evening services on alternating comphshed Sundays at Kincaid Fudge and Amts Chapels Modified Circuit Rider A modified example of the Meth odist circuit riders of the past Wil-Us has no assistants Each of the chapels he pastors has a regular! jmtlon period which he super-i Cyprus Primate Mav Visit Eire DUBLIN Aug I (INS) be covered with stockings One lo-year 0 leal clerk termed summer tans1 stockings" one pair of kA" hich summer ptinxt th in bxrbarlc custom in troduced by William the Conquer- i nUM AT bfr mhen no oman mould fare r' walk down the street wiihoutiT' ny sktrt nser loc81 Emily Po-st snd Amy Vanderbilt locking Whv she would haveUUl0r 1 es- agree that no fashionable woman'bpn the' uik of the town" hel LfR sells better In the should strut down cltv street or laughed summer merchants say but most village mad minus stockings no women don't use sny sort of cov- matter how warm the weather No lerlng Most of the leg makeups frts' I Isnt only nylons that are shed will w-ash off tn water and no I tn the summer Teen-sgers shed woman wsnts fo see her tsn float-! their bobby socks snd many girls tng right off her back nr legs But modern women Just dont 1 even tike a turn at going barefoot I AH in all It seems that most fare what Post and Vanderbilt say 'jure legs Just take over when women Just don't like to wear Wearing nvlons in the summer june arrives (stockings William should have time Is akmg too much for fah- when fall comes around how- stayed In Normandy Ion or etlquete lever hosiery sales will rise again Kingsport merchants report that Women w-ho have gone around with hosiery sales definitely take a nose-'bare legs all summer will stock dive during the summer months tup with stockings for the winter Kingsport women are taking an ac-1 But even then they will try to tlve part In the war against con-'gtve the Illusion that thev are ventlon (wearing no stockings Thst whv The first and biggest reason for seamless hose were Invented The the revolt of course Is the weath- modern dav sheer nvlons look like er Stockings can be very uncom-jsome sort of film that ran be de- fortable when the temperature tected only by very close obsrrva- rrichea 90 no matter how nuny tlon Rome Like Diamonds Some women the local clerks report still prefer hose with tr conditioners are In sight IlhAfi Another Reon Th nernnd revrt I hoe report ttll prefer hose uh' The civil within the execu- Bv TOM HEN5HAW I Before he was 30 Eaton was a purebred Scotch Shorthorn rattle AP Newafeaturea 'millionaire Sfme 20 years later inn 870-acre frm In Northfield Cyrus Stephen Eaton ta a man during the depression he was all Ohio and a 000-acre farm near who makes money because he has but broke Now he's a multi-mil- Chester 8 to lionare In a world where you have to eat three me a day" he say "an application to material things peake Ohio Railway Steep Rock children and 13 grandchildren His For recreation he reads rldesL horseback and skis occasionally Arcli- bishop Makartos has Indicated that He Is proud of the fact that all the In his circuit arehe my vslJ n-growing Bible The archbUhcp In an Interview Chapel 'with a correspondent of the Irish Times In Athens said' We hold In high esteem the I Jobs hig is manklnl first job and destinv jron vimes Wet Kentucky Coalwife died two years ago What the world Tvs most at- Co and Portsmouth Steel Corp Eaton is soft-spoken a JU clora nml drfcor Mockholder of In manner He looks and acts Ukejwhich enrolled 100 students hsrd thing to sav but Its one of vvfrai other Urge firms a college dean except when the fi- rn thouch he has tw i luiiric dean except of chapels rapidly A Vacation spoken and courtly I Schocl Just closed at Amts Even though he has two But in keeping with his double nanrial chips are down in Willis has no trouble finding time the cold facts of life" Material Success Another cold lact Is that Cyrus ts0 a mrmbr 0 the American enemies as well as friends lfe as magnate-philosopher he's business deal He has businem f0r hobbies He cooks a great deal freedom-lov ing Irish people who ces cmJlinnarrn'niPl colleKro und A prolific writer on osopher Eaton's understanding ofjfamily people of Cpru for aelf-detenni Womena ahoea have becom pracaeama and eome of the mote ranka at MOM the bitterest of a I50-miHiondoIUr coal fk'poUUca and economica life I iu Three Dauahtera (nation We would be erv happy flcally no ahoea at all and diaplav brave one like the rhinestone be- behlnd-the-venea battle in motion Iron utintiea ana transportation Uvea In Cleveland ''A man a firt moral oblicatior te haa three daughters one non to be able to viatt Ireland We very part of the foot from heel(decked creationa with diamond picture httnrv with the fate of the rrnpire I A naturalized American citizen te to earn hn llxlng Hia second bland three arandchlldren His son to be able to do ao In the near to toe Although eeamleas hose ahapea aprlnkled hither and on nnre biggest and mot glamorous But he aould rather be Anown aa jVr jn Cleveland rabes'to be intelligent' Max Ray ta a first clas By future But these sren't extremely popu- "ke! philnsophes-or better p- Lr beesuse snvon could tell thstl h' Is rsglng st trorv of philosophers the wesrer has on hose wnd this J-oow Inc snd MOM Arthur Faton Is proud of his material would definitely spoil the Illusion Jr--a-5Hlrl of no hose were Introduced a Tew years ago for aurh shoes most women prefer bare legs for sandals and backless shoes Bummer tans also account for own Independent organisation cated holdngs at Sleep Rock Lake Sports Car Craze Hits City the lack of stockings worn nowadays When a woman spends Another' Invention In the hosiery ar from the mammoth enmpanv ont to be rich In iron ore he field that hasnt been accepted rmed by hls grandfather MarcusVowcd 'These deposit go right Lpw down to China The announcement over TV from Hnt to Thlnkera As the American small carVto live out In the country for the most rart light engines Us under 12 000 one may choose of his continues to get bigger and bigger I The speedy little cars can whisk! Vrry frw of them are eighl-cy lm- from the Morris Anglia Austin lest at Lorg Beach that Russia Thinkers Retreat" the estate ln'there is a growing tendency on them Into town through heavy der Metropolitan and Hillman In Eng- has aked to enter a beauty for inv fAhlng village of Pug-the part of many people to turn traffic to their Job sites record Transmissions and differentials llsh makes the Citroen Renault Weeks Personalities next vears contest this dr time and at less drag on the tr 0f xrry inpP construction Smna auphme and Dyna in wash where annually he to the Fuiopean automobile spite the farcical events of thl pys host to groups of the world's Thu began to become evident pxxTetbook nd (or (hr mosi part the gears Erenth models the Isetta Lloyd vears affair top rtholars jt vrr on both the Fast and' Tire ear Is naturally going to aie hand-shifted Volkswagen and DKW ftom Oer- (tire Makes flllnn I summer 23 scientist from West Coasts Now Indications are less because there la less Need for Iowrr Extras nn'': thf nd rp ho wrlght As for upkeep wrlll There's no nrrd for contplirsl- Saab and Volvo from Sweden the inland 'lhrrf Ju1 Ion too much to go lng power" extras because of Higher priced cars Include the as well jwrnnL Uf1' f8y handling qualities 1 Mercedes-Ben tOermam Jaguar on the more profound problems! The engines on most makes are The cars range In price from English Triumph tEngliih' the 1 1 concern the famllv of na-l A number or Fast Tennessee auto Urnall-bore our-cylinder affairs about II 500 to 15000 delivered in Vedette tFrenrhu Faton picked up all the rpr recently added various Bomf 0f (h anauter aporta-cars this area FngUJt' and the Mark 11 lEttg- makes of the European cara tn lre aix-cyllndrr but they too are their regular American stock Just last week a Klngsimrt dealer an- With the studios spending for tunes on New made Into 'The Cur made for peanuts Is grossing mil lions Reports from Europe that Anne lonV Baxters crush on a handsome bills I Spaniard may keep her making Faton was born 73 year ago In movies Europe longer than she Pugwash where his nounced that he too plans to mar planned at least until the start small country atore urt rd kpl Jhe mld ul01l th fpi of Too Much Too Soon" at out to be a Baptist preacher but Warners istrangely the trail to the ministry 3nth Ccnturv-Fox fan mall de-Ued directly Into high finance partment surprised over the flood Liked Church Work of mall protesting Pat Boone'a re-! He was 17 when he visited Cleve-fusal to kls hts leading ladle on land to learn mere about chuieh the screen They want him to work from an uncle the Rev Rands Rare Ralary Charle A Eaton Whose congrega- The wisdom of voting Tommy inn included John bP the increasing cost of Sands In aklrg the eourt to ron-'sr 'gasoline and oil and the need for CaUhlng On The little ear appear to be catching on quickly and theie are Indications that this year will are a total of 200000 or more of the vehicle sold tn the United States The biggest reason for this ap- vert 40 per cpt of hi elrv Into tp financiex fsclnated young svings bonds At that rate Tommy Eaton Rocketellrr In turn took won't go broke ahine to the fledgling preacher The determination of Producer saNf hlm rn Jobi Milton Snerhne to get Oene KellvcIrlll and M(lrrd him on bus-to Plav opposite Natslle Wood In cateer an economical second" ear Most families seem to pretrr the small vehicle as an economical means of running short errands week-end tings and various oth- er short trips 1 a An 'V THELMA BLANKFNBK LER Mrs Blankenbecler who William Weber who wa re-Wa retenllv appointed Fxecuiive cenilv elected piesldent of the Rerrftarv of the Sullivan Countv I Kingsport Bar Association nes is Msrtorle Mornlngatsr" and Its has'f'nal nav-off In Oerea signing for Tuberculosis Association Is one of been practicing law Kingsport he Noel Airman role after dnrena PfiyC hialryWill He wa born Uiipf tet of younger leading men Kingsport busiest cltlxena 'since 1933 lie Seeded For Is! (end Mileage The ears get an amazing amount o' gasoline mileage manv deal-era claim pp to 40 miles per gallon handle very nicely In while parking dl-advantace appears and riding quail-a ear wh'rh stand thiee to three-and- were made Romnhlng new under the sun tn bring the ca customer to the' is bn oft re the mldnl tht pe- JT liOCliet Mews of Elvts rrestevs pew Pars-' p-ourf picture I nv tne YntK which LONDON Aug I INS I uture Naturally are bemg held In each locality pilots mav need psvchU Thev also treffie and The big tn be In legmen) no higher than Fhe wa born In Harlan Kv and Rmlthfield went to Krntuckv State leacher College In Richmond Kv She taught school for one year at a Harlan elementary atntml before ahe married Blankcnhecler Kingsport mayor in 1949 and I9M) on Aug 19 1031 and came to Kingsport She haa breti chairman of the Kingsport Heart Association Bhe la a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and a former chairman of the Mothers March on Polio the has two children Richard who Is a atudent at Rtanford University and Jov ruse who 1 a junior at the Womeh's College of the University of North Carolina Rh Is a member of First rrr-hxieilan Church She lives at Boo Yadkin Street Her hobby i gulf went to front Law ihe Nwvy and was awerper dent of Uia and I now of the lie ta Oround wife Louisa room Valley lie has who la a of Churrh whfir he high school He graduated the Univmttv of Virginia School In Chat lottcs-ville He was a lieutenant In during World War Two atatlonedaboard a mine Hv la a paat prrb Kingsport Rotary Club on the budget ronmil-tce Community Chest Host Supervisor of the Observer Corps Hi wa the first operating supervisor at Holaton Community Hospital one daughter Maria 12 student at Runlnson Elementary fu hoo He is a member Broad ptreet Methodist His hnhhic are photography and biking 4 er the regular show- with hnx 11 11'' fll rocket experts feet a going to eramp nrrire re-openlng to catch the stay-hPm rP'nrp 'hr universe nnt driver and passengers up-lates the opinion nt lt Col 'eperlallv the hefty one and tha Mfiv Did They Do It? M- Urniy of the Air Fore long lankv ones k- Why a national magarlne printed Research nd Development Com- Rhnrt Wheelbase such an nr'tattering Photograph mand who think apce travelers And rr with a short wheel- of beaut'ful Kim Novak? may risk mental breakdew-na be- base and light weight ha never T7te Indignation of Rossano caute of the ttrangenes of their held a reputation for ey riding Itrarrl thM a dubbed voice wllllaurroundlig i quality It Just hn'l theie and at ing his Rmilh pacifie" songs In i In a tcttoil on the psychological preent there doesn't srem to be the movie Renor Brerri states he'ajdangers of spai flight Lt Col ignv eni-lnreiing niethod known to been siudvine voire in a tv for Hentv warnrd that better tinder-1 pul it theie months and he alone will do he standing nf the wnrklngs of the Another factor In favor of the singing Has Director John Loganhialn would he necessary to avoid light cars Is the growing lendrnrv heard about this? lunrxpcrlrd failurra lbf workers as well as executives I 1 ivj liL 4 Vw i es- i v- iu ft rrm'l of ftin'-ttt fa and h' RT of i II El ef i made spo-ti car ate becoming isiiuiar in Fat ROtfINtl AIONH Traveling alot- ide the Hot-Inn Rler In a forrt n-inade ioitv tr ai EsniEIl BENEDICT daughter of Mr and Mrs.