North Carolina Newspapers

Standard PRINTING CL 220 S First St LOUISVILLE K eople 20 miles of .their ideal ttf- The Waynesville Mountaineer Publisher! Ti. ;o i i. n.. Published Twice-a-Week Every Tuesday and Friday - " "cl ,n lne county Seat of Haywood County t The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park TWENTY PAGES United rre.s and Associated Press Nes WAYNESVILLK, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1947 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Four Generations TIba Festival IFOanis Sot Dob KMNDDi) 10 descendants and McCracken family pay at Upper Crab- cemetery near Mt. church, for an ali en-ice for two pio kettlers, Joseph and IcCracken. Ill mark the 171st McCracken, who 6, and died in 1848 ill get underway (clock and continue Biour when a picnic Bread. piey, of Asheville, .McCracken of Lake e the principal ;casion. A number lusicians are expect- fi take part in the l in charge of ar- fe announced that if es not permit the Held at the ceme- 'rogram will be held "nent has recently l"e two Pioneer det- 1 stone fell and was rough public sub as were raised for F8e granite stnn f'VfS. The slnno on Page Eight) WORKERS 'OSITIONS N raDiri crrn.tl, t the I'nited StatPK re need fnr N to fill : f 11,1 fo"- girl scout fee is re 's Some Drartixol SfOUP Work ar.H PP'ng- Persons in. Contact U T rrvice nffin i gjeport ,he Mountaineer by he- Bureau,. 1 16-Cloudv rr.nl rjn and rly FriHa,. r?' uoj niorn r7wiCloudy and lth a fD, i Hoo. suow- 'ynesviiio 4.'. t: 'he staff f mi. Min. 52 49 51 48 Rainfall .24 fv ,.f 4m"i i iftilt: -: lit! J:fci;l n. 0TOGRAPH, recently made shows four genera- hom are well known here and all four answer fcf E. J. Robeson. Seated, holding the baby, is Robeson, Sr., 87, an educator in the Waynes- ior 18 years. He retired 11 years ago at the aje I ,i .1 a T n 1 T . . t M Big on ine rignl IS Cj. j. nouesun, jr., in iNewpuiij h the left, standing, is E. J. Robeson, III., of Nor- the baby is E. J. Robeson, IV, five months old. as made when the E. J. Robesons, II, III, and IV lobeson, Sr., in September. cken Family Vill Pioneers Sunday v-3hi!-'-s...V C. of C. Office Is Closed Only Temporarily The board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce will meet Tuesday night at 7:30 to receive and review applications for the post of secretary of the organiza tion, according to C. J. Kcecc. president. The office has a sign on the door notifying the public that "the of fice is closed temporarily, and for information contact James Kil patrick at E. L. Withers & Co." The office was closed Wednesday. In addition to applications for a secretary, the board of directors will also receive applications for a stenographer, it was announced. Heavy Tank Truck Rolls Off Highway While backing to make a turn at the junction of highway 19-A and Main street of Hazelwood, there was insufficient pressure to hold the air brakes and a large tank truck, loaded with tar to use on the highway resurfacing now go ing on, rolled off the pavement down the embankment across from the Hahn apartment house Tues day morning. It required the combined efforts of Frank Davis' wrecker and a for mer GI truck to winch the heavy machine out. No major damage had resulted to the Asheville Pav ing company truck, and it was soon back in use again. Iemorial Service 125 Presbyterian Men Expected Here On Monday For District Meeting The men of Asheville Presbytery - online at the win nuiu a aupin.' ct i Presbyterian Church in waynes ville on Monday night at 6:00 o'clock with the men of the local Church acting as hosts. Represent ative groups from all of the churches in the Presbytery togeth er with the ministers of Presby tery are expected to attend the meeting. James S. Howell, of Asheville, president of the men's organization in the Presbytery, will preside and the princinal address will be giv 750 Attend Barbecue Given Here By Firemen Volunteer Members Of Department Are Awarded Badges By Mayor Way The highest firemen's barbecue ever was eiijnyed Tuesday evening by approximately 750 persons at the Waynesville Armory, given by the local lire department. Badges were awarded by Mayor .1. H Way, Jr., to Assistant Fire Chief Felix Stovall and the 16 vol unteer firemen, who with Chief Clem Fitzgerald compose the de partment membership. The gold plated badge given the assistant chief and silver plated badges awarded the firemen bear the in scription 'Waynesville Fire Depart ment'' and the crossed trumDots in- signia. A delicious meal of barbecued ill c i i . . . ucei aim porn, prepared Dy Kutus Siler. was served, including a 922 pound baby beef purchased by the fire department during the Hay wood County Hereford show and sale, and three hogs. This was ac companied by potato salad, onions, rolls and soft drinks. Music during the affair was played by Tommy Millard's string band, Several rounds of square dancing was held to conclude the evening's festivities. Firemen who received badges were Hub Burnette, David Under wood, W. F. Strange. Ben !on4 Tom Campbell, Jr., Leon Ktllian, Jr., Paul Young, B. H. Hundley, H. P. Clay, Sam Cabe, John Boyd, Sam Kelly, Walter Mehaffey, Brad ford Mehaffey, Lewis Gibson and Lawrence Trammell. Bradley Named As Distributor For Dayton Products V A. Bradley has been named distrinuior lor uayion xnoroorea Tires, which are made by the Day ton Rubber company. Mr. Brad ley's territory includes all of the counties west of Haywood. Two dealers have already been named to handle the tires, Davis, Liner Motor Sales, on the Asheville road, and Cabe's Shell Service in Hazelwood. The tires and tubes are made in the tire plant of the Dayton Rubber company in Dayton, Ohio, owner and operators of the plant which operates here. Hearing Waived In Auto Death Case By Hensley James Oscar Hensley, 29, of Cramerton and Murphy, has waived the preliminary hearing on a war rant charging manslaughter in con nection with the death of Mrs. Janie Parker of Toccoa, Ga., who was killed instantly when struck by Hensley 's automobile October 10 at Lake Junaluska. This automatically transfers the rasp to Superior Court, where it probably will be heard during thejleaving a school bus after it stop- combined criminal and civil term starting November 17. j en by Col. C R master of T.M.I. Endsley. head at Sweetwater, Tenn Following the address there will be two discussion groups one led by W. E. Price of Charlotte for superintendents of Sunday schools and the other led by the Rev. James M. Carr of Knoxville, who is regional director of Religious education for the Synod of Appala chia. Whitener Prevost is president of the Sunday School superintend (Contfimed on Page Eight) To Conduct Revival Services REV. R. KNOLAN BENF1ELI), pastor of the First Baptist Church in Hickory, will bring the messages for the revival services each eve ning at 7:30 for the week. Baptist Revival Starts Here On Sunday Morning Fall Colors At Peak Now In Pisgah, Ranger Says Haywood Side Of Mountains To Be Especially Colorful As Oaks Turn This week-end will And mare col or in the Pisgah National Forest than at any time so far this fall. District Ranger W. W. Huber told The Mountaineer yesterday. "The Haywood side of the moon-! tain will be especially colorful,") Ranger Huber said. j Many of the leaves were blown eff during the rain and wind hit-1 ting the section Thursday, but there will still be plenty of color throughout the area. The oaks are coloring now, and will tend to add a fmih nf Hull nttrna tn i ho nip. j ture, but as a whole, this week-end " ........ - - r, i should be tne best ot all j Word from Blair Ross, superin I tendent of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park yesterday, indicated that this week-end would find many varied colors throughout the Park. "In some exposed and drier areas, the color is now excel lent," he said. "In some of the other areas, the autumn pageantry will persist until mid-November," Mr. Ross said. Ferauson Takes Own Life - - 3 - . After bar Injures Ihild Leatherwood Boy Is Recovering At Hos pital From Acci dent Injuries Edward Leatnerwood. 11-year, old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Leatherwood, is recovering norm ally from injuries received when struck by an automobile while ped in front of his home, two miles east of Waynesville on the Ashe ville highway. Edward, a student at the East Waynesville school, is in Haywood County hospital under treatment for a lacerated right arm and bad ly torn left er. Attendants report that he is recovering as quickly as i could be expected. The accident occurred at about 3:30 p.m. Monday as the bus was taking students home from school. Edward dismounted as it stopped on the highway across from his home, walked around in front of the vehicle, expecting other traffic to stop as is required by state law, when hit by the 1938 Ford ap proaching from the opposite direc tion. The car had been, traveling at a slow speed, according to Patrol man O. R. Roberts, investigating officer, but had poor brakes. Fred . Ferguson, driver of the (Continued on Pwre Eight) 1!K . I. C ELLIOTT, pastor of the First li;:ptist church, will lead tile singing during the revival serv ices which begin at the Baptist church on Sunday. liev It. Knolan Itenfield, of Hick ory, will bring the messages for the series of evening revival messages at the First Baptist church here all next week. The revival begins Sunday, with Hev. I. G. Elliott preaching on Sunday and Rev. Mr. Henfield bringing the messages Monday through the following Sun-: day. ltev. Mr. Benfielil is an outstand-! ing pastor-preacher and is from the! first Baptist church in Hickory. I Rev. Mr. Elliott will lead the congregational singing, w ith spe-1 cial music by a large choir. ! The services will be held each! evening at 7:30. Rev. Mr. Ben-j field will be heard each morning ver WUCC at B;15 as he conducts ine morning oevoiionais over tne air. He has announced his .sermon subjects for the evening services as follows: Monday, "What Kind of a Christian Are You1" Tuesday, "Our Shadow-Selves." Wednes day, "The Cost of Discipleship." Thursday, "Salvation The Cost!" The remaining subjects will be announced later. Boy Scout Court . : QJ flOnOr Will DG Held Mon. Night Boy Scout court of honor tor the Pigeon River district will he held Monday, Oct. 20 at 8 p in at Cham pion YMCA in Canton, it is an nounced by Cailton I'cylon, dis trict chairman. Following the honor court, mem bers of the district committee will meet. M. . . World War Veteran Is Buried Wednesday After Service By Legion Funeral services for Fred "Scot itie" Ferguson. 60-year-old disabled veteran and retired stonecutter of the Medford Farm section, were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the home by Haywood Post No. 47, American Legion William Medford, post command er, spoke, and the Legion funeral service was led by Col. J. Hardin Howell. Interment followed in Green Hill cemetery in Waynes ville. Mr. Ferguson took his own life Tuesday morning about 4:30 a.m. after brooding all night about strik ing an East Waynesville school pu pil. Edward Leatherwood, with his automobile as the boy was crossing the highway after leaving his school bus the previous afternoon. The body was found in the kit chen at the Ferguson home by his wife, Mrs. Kitty Ferguson, an in- a.nllH nnl enla c , m-i nf t h 4I a valid and sole survivor of the de ceased. Dr. J. Frank Pate. Haywood county coroner, and Cpl. E. W. Jones of the State Highway Patrol investigated the death. A verdict of suicide was given and no in (Continned on Pasre Fight 1 Drivers Warned To Renew Licenses Before Deadline Persons whose last or surname ! begins w ith the letter "A" or "B" have only until December 31, 1947 eleven more weeks in which to take the examination and renew their driver's license, states Patrol man O. R. Roberts, i Those who are required to re new their operators license and fail to meet the deadline will be guilty of driving without license. A state license examiner now is in Waynesville, at the courthouse. on Monday and 1 uesday ol each week from 9 a. m to 5 p. in., and on Saturdays from 9 a. m. until noon. He mny be contacted at the I .fTil, I 1,4, l,.,U4,.4,.,t tl.V. ,44.,.. the sheriff's office. Following is the complete sehed-! ule of expiration dates for all driv ers in North Carolina who re ceived their license prior to July 1, 1947: Surnames beginning with "A" or "H " December 31. 1947. Surnames .beginning w ith "C" or ' "D" lune 30, 1948. Surnames beginning willi "E." j "F" or "G" - December 31, 19411. Surnames beginning with "II," j"l," "J" or "K" June 30. 1949 Surnames beginning with "L" or ' "M" December 31. 1949. Surnames beginning with "N." "O," "P" or "Q" June 30, 1950. Surnames beginning with "R," "S" or "T" December 31, 1950. Surnames beginning with "U," "V," "W," "X," "Y" or "Z" lune 30, 1951. 4-Year-Old Child Opens Auto Door. Falls To Death A four-year-old child opened I be door of the car in which he was riding and fell to his death about 8:30 a.m. Thursday on the jjave-j of j mem or mgnway a-nour a i -quarter-mile west of Candler. I State Owens. Highway Patrolman Roy said the child, Danny Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Smith. Jr., of Candler, was in a 1939 Dodge sedan driven by Charles Oliver Harvey, 24. of Cand ler when he unexpectedly opened the door and fell out. striking his head on the pavement. I The officer said the speed of the car at the time of the accident appeared to be about 35 miles per hour. Dr P. R. Terry, coroner, termed the death accidental. No' arrest was made. 1 Other passengers in the car were the mother, Mrs. Virginia Smith: a sister. Nancy, 2; a brother. Charles, five months old; and Sarah Mildred Harvey. Other survivors include another sister. Anna, six years old; the pa ternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs Mark Smith. Sr.. of Candler; and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and 1 Mrs. I.on Griffin of Enka. Two New Traffic signals win Be Installed By Town Two new traffic signals will be installed next week, announces Town Manager G. C. Ferguson, one at the intersection of Depot street, Haywood street and Branner ave nue, and the other at the junction of highway 19-A, North Main and Walnut streets, at Charlie's place. Installation of the stop and go signals has been planned for sev eral months by the town, but the equipment of that type has been difficult to obtain. The two new signals will make a j total of five in Waynesville and are expected to make traffic condi tions safer both for drivers and pedestrians. Drive Through Pisgah Described As a Trip Through 'Wonderland' By FRANCES FRAZIER "Oh sive me something to remember you by." After autumn has laid aside her roval robes and donned the somber I ... .... grey of winter, you will have some thing to remember if you will take that scenic trip on the Wagon Gap road through a wonderland that defies description. On the gloom iest days, your mind will travel back to the gorgeous scarlet tree th?t topper! n email open s-pac6 ju:t Methodist Pastor ( S 4X X. W n REV. R. I. YOl'Ni; will arrive nexl week to as.sliuu' his duties a: pastor of the First Molliodis, church. succeeding ltev. I'au Tiiwnseiul, who plans to move ti Greensboro on Tuesday. The ap pointments were made on Monday at the animal conleremc in Char lolte ltev Mi Tow nseud w ill oc cupy the pulpit here Sunday morn ing. A complete list of appoint incuts fur this district on page 4 second section. U ul courtesy The Cherokee Scout'. Canton Exchange Club To Receive Charter On Tues. State Officials Of Organization Will Present Charter On Tuesday Night The newly organized Exchange Club in Canton will get their char ter Tuesday night, when they meet at the Imperial Hotel tor an in auguration dinner meeting, Joseph V . Stone, president, has announced John Ionian, of Mount Airy, the slate president, will formally pre sent the c harter to the club, which has 30 charter members and about 15 applications Representatives of clubs in High Point, Henderson ville. Winston-Salem and AsheVille will attend the meeting. Officers of Hip civic clubs of Haywood have been invited The club will meet every first and third Tuesday night at the Imperial, Mr. Stone announced. VFW, Auxiliary To Plan Cemetery Beautification Haywood Memorial post No. ()7(7 ol the Veterans ol Foreign Wars and auxiliary will hold a joint meeting on the third door of the Masonic temple. Monday evening at 8 o'cioek. it is announced by Roy Campbell, commander. Several important business mat ters are to be discussed, and all overseas v derails: their mothers, sisters and wives are urged to at tend Hie meeting. Beautification and development of the Memorial Plot ill Green Hill cemetery will be taken up. also plans in. ule for the observance of Armistice Day and Poppy Day for disabled overseas veterans. Re freshniei'.ts will be served at the meeting by the auxiliary. on the eriae of a valley so beauti ful it seemed almost unreal. Almost as soon as you turn from Main street into Pigeon, the foliage rises up in grandeur to greet you and as you ride along you And adjectives giving out and superla tives getting out of breath. It seems as though every turn of the wheels unfolds a new page of beau ty that is alike yet so different than the one you have just been admiring. 'Confirmed on Phse Fiet1 Nov: 28-29 Are Dates For Harvest Celebration Festivities To Include7 Parade, Beauty Con test And Tobacco Contest The wheels have been set into motion for the two-day Haywood Tobacco Harvest Festival, which will be staged here November 28 29 by the Merchants Association. Way ne Corpening is general chair man of the festival. The general committee have worked out the two-day program, which calls for a wide variety of entertainment through the festi val. Cash prizes amounting to hundreds of dollars have been ar ranged in addition to other fea tures of the festival. The program will formally begin jt 1 o'clock on Friday, November 28, with a street parade, with two high school bands participating. In (he afternoon a special woman's program will be staged at the Arm ory and entries of tobacco received for the show. Friday night will see 22 beauty queen contestants being judged, with the five leaders being selected to participate in the finals on Sat urday night. The contestants will be selected by the 22 4-H clubs of the county. Each club will send in a contestant. The only qualifi cation is that each contestant must come from a farm which grows to bacco. No age limit has been put on contestants, and they can be marrte or single. ... . ... Following the selection of tW' five top contestants, an old-fashioned singing convention will be staged. At 10 o'clock Saturday morning a band concert will begin the fes tivities of the day, and followed by an address by a noted speaker. This will be held in the court room. Shortly after noon, the program will be resumed at the Armory, with demonstrations on tobacco care, grading and handling. The winners of entries will also be an nounced, and prizes distributed. This will take until about 4:30. Starting again at 7 o'clock, the final judging for the tobacco beau ty will begin, and the queen crowned. This event will be fol lowed by a square dance exhibition (Continued on Page Eight) 19 Cases Handled In Mayor's Court Monday Nineteen cases were handled on Monday afternoon in Mayor's Court, all of a minor nature. Two persons were charged with gambling, one with driving without .icense, 14 for public drunkenness, and two for trespassing on the watershed. All offenders were re leased on paying court costs. DAVID UNDERWOOD BUYS ANGUS CATTLE David Underwood of Waynesville recently purchased one purebred Aberdeen-Angus cow and one An gus bull from the Eugene Transou estate of Jefferson. ON VACATION Miss Elizabeth Leatherwood. manager of Eagle's Five and Ten Cent Store, is spending a few days of her vacation in Maryville, Tenn She also plans to visit Charlotte. Highway Record For 1947 (To Date) In Haywood Injured - - - 47 Killed--.- 8 (This information Com piled From Fecords of State Highway PatrcD I I