North Carolina Newspapers

220-230 S First S Published Twice-a-Weelc Every Tuesday and Friday People The Waynesville Mountaineer miles of 20 ideal Ltheir iter. Published Twkea-Week la The County Seat of Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties FOND YEAR No 73 TWELVE PACKS Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C , FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1947 motel i woo . i i - - -------- 1, Station WHCC Dedicated Bushel Apple Crop Predicted Losses To Has 'Store' Teeth asms f ' - Masonic Convocation Guests KMAL dedication of Radio Station WHCC was Jdnesday with Senator Clyde R. Hoey the prin- and the high school band giving a 30-inmute torn here, icii to ngni, pie w . -ui us hum, picoi Lrporation, Senator Hoey, and Robert M. Wal- manager. fcto by Jack Worthington of Ingram's Studio) or Hoey Optimistic uccessJDI 7orW g On Peacq Program ar Heel Sen- rincipal On Dedica- Sadio Station R. Hoey struck ote here Wednes e the principal ad iication and formal lio Station WHCC. as given in the au- Park Theatre and :the station. with those who are ficting a depression, lo along with those p will have infla pior senator frnm said. Nhed into an ad- "th national anri Nre, he praised the se who built thp f compared it with elby, Wnicn he t the best In the l serving Cleve J. and I (eel WHCC 'or Haywood coun 'mg territory." 6 f a radio station ftnendmis inn, ,., h further develop- fiwour great state ever onward to F MW he had lots pwa Nations as a sioDai war. 118 of the world iwnnaent that Ait. F'ons can be worked f without having l- ne compared PJ wth the United I different states ru together lnerences and without State Park Men Expect Doughton At Sept. Meet Two-Day Conference Will Lay Plans For Meeting With Park Service Head Rep. Robert Doughton of Sparta and Sam Weems of Roanoke. Va.. superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway, are expected to attend the September meeting ot tne North Carolina Park, Parkway and Forest Development committee, announces Charles E. Ray. Jr., chairman. Primary business to be taken up at formal meetings include a review of the National Park service budget and program for the Great Smoky Mountains National park, on Mon day morning at Boone; when plans will be formulated for a conference with the park service director in Gatlinburg on September 25. Monday afternoon the session will be devoted to a review and study of parkway matters, states Mr. Ray. A two-day schedule has been planned for the' committee with Commissioners Ralph Winkler of Boone and E. C. Guy of Newland serving as hosts to the other members. Frost Cut Apple Crop Hearty Half County Agent Re ports That Low Area Orchards Suffered Biggest Loss Picking and processing of Hay wood county apples for the market is now beginning, reports County Agent Wayne Corpening. with the commercial crop estimated at ap proximately 150,000 bushels. From a consensus of opinions of the orchardmen, the 1947 crop will be less than last year's, resulting from losses to spring frost, Mr. Corpening states. A group of 20 orchardmen at tended the tour Monday afternoon which visited the Barber, Henry Francis and R. H. Boone orchards. Losses to frost are larger in low-area trees, but the crop is gen erally good on the upper slopes. Some of the high orchards in Francis Cove, Pigeon Gap, and East Fork will have more apples than last year, estimates the county agent; although a number of other orchards will have less. It is difficult to tell at this time how larae the crop will be, Mr.J Corpening adds, but it should run 50 per cent or better of a maximum crop. Prices reported at the Hender- sonville market, which began ap ple sales this week, were for top crade Red Delicious $2.73 to $d.uu; Golden Delicious $1.25 to $1.50; and for Hoovers $1.75. f TWO OF THE state officers who will attend the special convocation of York Rite Masons at the Waynesville lodge Monday night are John H. Parker of New Bern, Grand Com mander of the Grand Commandry, Knights lemplar, Charles C. Ricker of Asheville, Grand High Priest Grand Royal Arch chapter of Royal Arch Masons. and of the Haywood Wage Earners Were Paid 12 Millions In lM6r ReporJ Shojivs Charles Ray On Committee With State Merchants Judson H. Blount of Greenville, president of the North Carolina Merchants Association, announces the appointment of Charles E. Ray, Jr., of Waynesville, to the impor tant research and extension com mittee of the organization, which now has a membership of more than 6,000 merchants. In releasing the announcement of President Blount's appointments. Willard L. Dowell, executive vice president and secretary of the as sociation, reported that special standing committees have been ap pointed to: ( 1 ) investigate and rec ommend new services which the or ganization might render its mem bers, (2) investigate motor and rail freight rates being charged in North Carolina and to report to the board of directors any discrim inations which might be found; (3) recommend to the board of direc tors policies for the association to pursue on various legislative, gov ernmental and public affairs mat ters; ( 4 ) have jurisdiction over the finances of the association, and (5) orhitrate differences and complaints WniCn IlUgm. oiiac associations or direct members of the association. The committee of which Mr. Ray is a member, as well as the other four groups, will function through out the 1947-48 convention year. Pepper Announces He Would Accept Vice Presidency Senator Claude Pepper, now at Tallahassee. Fla., was reported to have stated his willingness to ac cept the Democratic nomination for the vice-presidency in next year's election. A United Press story reports Pepper as saying that he realized his ambition when he was elected to the senate, but that if the party should feel lie could lender "great er service in some other way. I would be greatly influenced by thai feeling." During his recent stay in Waynesville when interviewed by the Mountaineer, the senator re marked that the senate had been his main ambition. He has announc ed that President Truman "should be and will be" the Democratic nominee for reelection .and that the running male should he a liberal. Mid AllUrin. . H. was ge six) fHeport fctssr by and . lem- ana early rirmer with ' torns in the af. P bv tu. . I"- Fam,,; e 8laH of V Ml t6 vi"uMI "80 "f -34 1 62 60 04 Power Plant Formally Named For C. S. Walters An outdoor ceremony at high noon Tuesday honored the "indus try, efficiency and humanness of "Charlie" Walters as the great hy droelectric plant at Waterville was named in his honor. Charles S. Walters, a director and vice president of the Carolina Pow er and Light company since its in ception in 1926, heard officials and employes of his firm, civic leaders and friends throughout Western North-Carolina pay tribute to his service to the mountain areas. The entire development at Water ville, adjacent to the Great Smoky Mountains National park, including the 180-foot high dam 12 miles up stream, was named for Mr. Walters Approximately 250 people were present for the occasion. L. V. Sutton of Raleigh, presi dent and general manager of the company, was master of ceremonies and after invocation by the Rev. M. R. Williamson, pastor of the Waynesville Presbyterian church, described the features of the plant and reviewed its record since it first went into operation in 1930. Eleven-year-old Jane Firmin of Findlay, Ohio, niece of Mr. Walters, stepped to a Big Creek boulder ad jacent to the speakers platform and unveiled the inscribed plaque bear, ing the new name of the plant. "I am humble as I itand here," (Continued on page six) Hogs, Wheat, Eggs Hit Record Price CHICAGO (UP) Hogs, wheat, and eggs rose to record price levels on the big Chicago exchange today. But wheat fluctuated sharply when a Senator. Flanders of Vermont charged that much of the increase was speculative. NEW YORK (UP i Stocks made headway with difficulty today as Wall Street watched commodity prices spiral to new peaks and waited for further developments in the foreign situation. Haywood was among the majority of counties in the state to share tn the increase from 1945 to 1946 in the number of employees covered by the Employment Security Law. The list of counties also included those with an increase in the num ber of workers protected, an in crease in the average weekly wage and the total wages paid, which went above the billion dollar mark for the first time in the state's his tory. The records show Haywood coun ty had 61 employers subject to the law in 1945, a figure which had in creased to 67 in 1946 or 9.8 per cent, as compared with the state increase from 11.584 in 1945 to 13,122 in 1946, or 13.3 per cent. The county, in 1945. had 4.769 workers protected by the law, a number which had increased in 1946 to 5,203 workers or 9.1 per cent, as compared with the state in crease of 11.1 per cent, from 526, 357 in 1945 to 584,901 in 1946. Total wages paid in this county to covered workers in 1945 amounts to $9,398,777 as compared with $12, 206.371 in 1946. an increase of 29.9 per cent, as compared with the state increase of 23.8 and the state total of $1,053,695,228 in 1946, high est in history. The county's average weekly wage in 1945 was $37.90, an amount which had moved to $41.42 in 1946, an increase of 9.3 per cent, as com pared with the state's increase of 11.1 per cent, or from $31.10 in 1945 to $34.64 in 1946. Haywood county employers paid to the Employment Security Com mission contributions on their pay rolls at the rate of 1.54 per cent, as compared with the state-wide rate of 1.45 per cent, which is a reduc tion achieved under the experience rating provisions from the base rate of 2.7 per cent on payrolls. Kirkpatrick Warned Head Of Haywood Young Dems Delegates Elected To Represent Club at State Convention Sept. 19-20 Frank Kirkpatrick of Waynesville was elected president of the Hay wood County Young Democratic club at the re-organization meeting In the court house here Tuesday night, attended by a representative group from various sections of the county. Miss Mary Elmore, vice-chairman of the 12th district, presided and led a discussion on the purposes and aims of the Young Democratic clubs of North Carolina, and gave a short history of the former orga nization here. This was the first meeting since the club disbanded 1 during the war. 1 She appointed Jack Messer tem porary chairman, who presided during the election of officers. In addition to Mr. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Fred Y. Campbell was named first vice president, Herbert H. Tate as second vice president, Larry H. Cagle of Clyde to be secretary, and Jack Woody of Canton the treasurer. Elected as delegates to the state convention in Raleigh on Septem ber 19-20 were Jerry Rogers, James W. Reed, Jr., David Underwood, William Heinz, William Medford, Edith P. Alley, Ralph L. Prevost, Lochlan L. Hyatt, Fred Y. Camp bell and Mrs. Campbell. The following committees were appointed: Membership Jack Mes ser, chairman, Mark Ferguson and Lawrence Leatherwood; Constitu tion Mrs. Alley, chairman, Wil- I I g5 R; .4' SiZSSSf v fit V w DWSWMWBWSSR'i-i PjJf.-.-iio 'iff I PS f ; t I r 1 w i inn -ruffi ; 7 ' V I WHEN i Hollywood's most famous canine star. "Daisy," lost several ot her lower front teeth doing a stunt, her owner-trainer, Renie Renfro, had a bridge made. "Daisy's" co star in the "Blondie" series. Penny Singleton, is shown with the pooch and the new "store teeth." Inci dentally, "Daisy" has earned nearly half a million. (International) liam Medford and James H. Howell, i of Royal Jr.; Finance David Underwood, j Carolina; chairman, Clyde Fisher and Wayne : panion I). Corpening; Social Mrs. Jack West, ; Master of District York Rite Masons Will Medt Here Monday All York Itite Masons in West crn North Carolina are invited to a special convocation in the lodge hall of Waynesville Chapter No. 69 Royal Arch Masons, to start at 8 o'clock Monday evening, Sept. 15, it is announced by C. B. Hosaflook, secret ary-recorder Distinguished guests to be pres ent include Most Excellent Com panion Charles ('. Ricker. Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter Arch Masons in North Mosl Excellent Com Ernest Rullock. Grand Royal and Select Master chairman, Mrs. Milas Ferguson,! of North Carolina; Right Eminent Mrs. Wayne Medford and Miss i Sir Knight John II. Parker, Grand Grace Dean Leatherwood. ! Commander of the Grand Corn- Greetings were read from the mandry Knights Templars of North stale president, Basil Whitener, of j Carolina; and Right Eminent Mil Gastonia. Congressman Monroe M. lard K McKeel. Grand Secretary Redden of Hendersonville, is af-j Record. t of the Grand York Rite filiated with the club as an hon-1 Masonic liodios of North Carolina, orary member. j The invitation to all York Rite Public Invited To Open House Program At Armory Local National Guard Unit Announces Plans For Observance Of Assembly World War, II veterans, civic clubs and all interested persons in the Waynesville vicinity are in vited by the . antitank company, 120th Infantry regiment to attend an open house program which will be given Thursday evening, Sep tember 18, at the local Armory. An informal program is being planned, featuring a display of heavy tanks, weapons and other equipment with which the com pany fulfills its peacetime mission as a protective organization for civil disturbances and trains to step into the Regular Army during an international emergency. Music by the Waynesville Town ship high school band, light re freshments and a movie will be other phases of the program which is designed to better acquaint the public with their local military unit and its part in community life. This will serve as the start of the National Guard assembly, a two-months' period proclaimed by President Truman that begins on (Continued or page six) President Kirkpatrick will call a meeting in the near future at which time other committees will he nam ed and plans made for promotion of this work in the county. V. F. W. Will Meet Here Monday At 8 O'Clock Haywood Memorial post No. 6767, Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold their regular monthly meeting Monday night at 8 o'clock in the Waynesville town hall. Masons is extended on behalf of Christian R Eckhoff, High Prest of Waynesville Chapter No. 69. R.AM.; Henry E. Brown, Illustri ous Master of Doric Council No. 20. R. and S. M ; and Hugh J. Sloan, Jr.. Eminent Commander of Waynesville Commandry No. 31, K. T. Medfords Of Junaluska To Build On Soco Road Two-Story, Rock Structure And Swim ming Pool To Be Com pleted By July A two-story, rock veneer hotel will be built before next summer on the Soco Gap road, approxi mately three miles west of Dell wood, It is announced by Claude D. Medford and his son, John D. Medford, of Lake Junaluska. They recently purchased a five- acre tract of land on the north side of the highway which is being cleared by bulldozer. Work on the foundation is planned to begin within a few days. John Medford, who purchased the Cherokee Inn at Lake Juna luska from his father two years ago and has operated it Bince then, an nounces that the initial construc tion planned will cost approxi mately $100,000. Both he and his father, who owns the large resort cottage at Junaluska, "Breezy Cor ners," are selling out their interests to construct the modern hotel. Initial sketches for the hotel in clude a main floor lobby, two din ing rooms, kitchen and eight bed rooms with private baths. Upstairs rooms will make a total of more than 20 bedrooms, with the hotel so arranged that an addition can be. built to double the number of rooms. A swimming pool, shuffleboard courts and picnic grounds are also planned for recreational purposes. The hotel will be centrally heated and kept open year 'round. The site was formerly part of the Boyd farm, which passed through several owners before reaching the Medfords. They bought part of a holding belonging to W. A. Bradley and Clayton wal ker. A section of the tract has been under cultivation, but most of the five acres is woodland between the highway and Jonathan Creek, with 730 feet frontage along the road. The hotel will set back in the midst of large poplar and other trees approximately 200 feet from the highway. A driveway will lead in, and a large parking area grav eled off the road. A large flowing spring will fur nish water for the enterprise, to be piped into a reservoir as part of the over-all construction. The owners state that they will supervise and assist in the con struction, and if weather is favor able in coming months expect to have the hotel open on or before July 1, 1948. A name for the place has not yet been selected. MARRIAGE LEGAL RIIO DE JANEIRO UP The Brazilian supreme court has decid ed that the bedside wedding of former King Carol of Romania and Magda Lupescu was legal. Cong. Rogers And Family Visit Here With Friends Congressman and Mrs. Dwight L. Rogers and sons. Paul and Doyle, have been visiting here this week Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Bennett and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Queen. Cong. Rogers, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., left Thursday for Europe. During his absence the family plans to be in Hendersonville. Court Opens Monday With Chance For Woman Juror Twenty-seven cases are listed on the calendar for trial in the Sep tember civil term of Haywood county superior cqurt, which will open Monday morning here with Judge Allen Gwyn of Reidsville presiding. Five cases are on the motion docket, and a large number of div orce actions are expected to be taken up as well. One unusual feature of the com ing court will be the possibility of women serving on the jury. Wom en's names were placed in the jury box this summer for the first time in Haywood history, and fqux were drawn for the September jury list; two among the first week and two in the second week group. Date Of County Sing Convention To Be Sept. 21 The annual Haywood County Singing convention will be held on the third Sunday of this month rather than the second Sunday it was announced yesterday by Tom Queen, secretary. The date has been changed to avoid conflict with the Three-State convention, which meets on Sept. 14th, Mr. Queen states. The county convention will begin at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 21 in the courthouse. Rotarians To Stage Barbecue For Their Wives The annual fall ladies night staged by the Rotary Club will be held tonight at seven o'clock, at the barbecue pit of Rufus Siler, near the Country Club. Plans have been made for 120 guests by the special committee in charge, which is composed of Guy Massie, Richard Barber and George Kimball. In the event of rain, the barbecue supper will be held in the auditor ium at Lake Junaluska. WA Highway Record For 1947 In Haywood (To Date) Injured - 40 Killed- - 6 (This Information Compiled From Records of SUt Hik way Patrol) :;:'' :..":'