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Standard J'inTl.(, ( 2-1' S K.rst St ' l I.SVIM f KV The Waynesville Mountaineer 49,500 People Live within 20 miles of Waynesville their ideal shopping center ICAL ft- 'officer CUB l,orc Uocra.sciu ith arounu . candidate p an interest politics. E is treasurer ul Monroe of sident. Jates 63rd YEAR No. 33 - Pl,liJwice-A.Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National fc.IuHT PAGES Park United Press and Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1948 Redden Urges Faith In Democratic Party $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Young Democratic Club Delegates Hear Talk By Rep. Redden Here Saturday iputienls. j J SIGN jtfcET the Youngi 4od plated ndidates dur- Ipnd conhnea Eastern anu The two taii- Inate confined to stale aim tog cieai vi ..... hat COUld IHIl .-...v.....,.,, 10 it.mmi 11 Idates lor gv-' rtI,,LI 13 iu vulu moioei major citing "short VVtl1 u,,u uume iroiu emergencies as inai occasioned Dy the nation-wide coal strike, Hep. Monroe M. Redden told delegates to the Young Democratic club ral ly here Saturday. "The Democratic party is called upon as never in its history to pro- jcross Main auce mat maicniess teadersliip. Mountaineer ' Our party," he asserted, "has ncv still up. and!er failed us in great need. Neither fed that it re- has the country ever failed to call the primary . the Democratic party to leadership in serious times." I The 12th district congressman f ASSIGNED) callod RusS'a "a challenge to free r I dom everywhere. If our leadership is sufficient," he said, "I believe that another great conflagration can be avoided." The talk by Rep. Redden was heard by some 150 delegates from Young Democratic organizations in 10 counties at the evening banquet held at Queen's Farm.. Earlier in the day, State Sen. William Medford told the delegates that the Young Democrats should add "courage, vigor and vitality to the Democratic party." Judge Felix E. Alley was scheduled to have ad dressed the afternoon session, but illness prevented his appearance. Sen. Medford rejected the idea of Democrats voting either for Henry Wallace or a Republican presidential candidate, saying "The liberalism of the Democratic party and the fact that the party has al ways stood for the average Ameri can are the Ideas that have kept itlivefMiveer100i'ears." Redden Condemns Lewis In his remarks on national is ( Continued on page eight) IBLY of the slate ntalivcs have they lost no choice seats slate. Thad six counties tied seals in and Haywood ididatcs seek reod, and no a seat to be ty, regardless Kcupant. louses of the lys try to get enn C. Palm ing Haywood, down a seat f things. BOOKS DAY , lave been dis- lel registrars will be open flay 1. and tirdays to ac- If you have or changed the time to ?e of voting, us that the ver cast was jwerp healed and approx- Werc written opinion that be j,500 or n being the mil a high Do are regis- SPEAK LINA fial aspirant speaic in month, ac ! ld StQistn I Portance in f1 Picture fing in the fin Wiscon V taking a Jelegates in felt to have 5's chances n a fatal f victory is Pset to the ?orces, and rt A. Taft Ith in that rth Caro- s Popular- Sen. Taft. tioil Votes .Way 4 pri- Haywood WMU To Hold Annual Meeting Friday Associational Group Will Meet At First Baptist Church in Waynesville The annual Haywood Baptist as sociational meeting of the Woman's Missionary Union will be held Fri day, April 30, in the Waynesville First Baptist church. The day's theme will be "For We Serve the Lord Jesus." Opening at 10 o'clock, the morn ing program will include talks on avenues of service during "com memoration year" by the associa tional superintendent, young peo ple's worker, royal ambassador counselor, and North Carolina field worker, Mrs. John Wacastcr. The missionary message will be delivered at 11:45 by Rev. Edwin Dozier., missionary to Japan. The concluding talk will be made by Kev. h. T. Parris. At l.:30 o'clock the afternoon session will convene, with Mrs. J. K. Pickens leading the devotional. speakers from the following groups will report on "serving the Lord Christ in organizational activ ities": mission study, Mrs. F. C. Holland; stewardship, Mrs. M. K. Hipps, community missions, Mrs. Smiley Carver; literature, Mrs. L. M. White, training school Mrs J. T. Powell. Committee reports, the election and Installation of officers will be held, and the closing message heard from Miss Daphn Boone, Haywood county missionary. Waynesville Musicians Earn Three Certificates Band Received Rating of Two During Con tests Last Week At Greensboro The Waynesville Township high school music students returned from the state festival and con tests at Greensboro last week with three certificates for band and choral performances, proving it self to be among the top flight school departments in North Caro lina. The Waynesville boys chorus earned the highest rating of one. This was the only one grade given for any boys choral group from either class A, 11, or C schools that were represented. A rating of two was won by the WTHS mixed chorus In this divi sion the Durham, class A, and Rox- tJoro, class B, singers received one ratings; Greenville, New Bern and Waynesville, ratings of two. Waynesville's band also received a grade of two. Bands which were awarded one ratings were Le noir and Central high of Charlotte; and others that were graded two were Henderson, Salisbury, Bel mont and Mooresville. The Marion band received a three. The Waynesville high boys quar tet was graded four. There were no groups in this division award ed a rating higher than four, -Chayies-TsIey;',;-trmsle'--cTimoT here who had charge of the larg est group of students entered in the state contest, states that he is very pleased with their showing. Judging was very strict, and it is not believed that, any other school in the state returned from Greens boro with three certificates for band and choral work. Waynesville Girl A Powers Model ' IP 1 iim Mm W- 13 IJImlis.-il:.. M MISS JANET ABEL, a Powers model in New York, is meet ing with success, and tier picture will appear on the cover of a July issue of Collier's magazine. Miss Abel holds a posi tion with Pix Studios, Inc., in New York, and serves as re ceptionist with Charles A. Meyer and Co., Inc. She was here recently on account of the illness of her grandmother, Mrs. Z. H. Brown. She posed for this photograph at Ingram's Studio just before returning to her work. Miss Abel is the daughter of Mrs. Mabel Brown Abel, and is a graduate of the Way ncsvillt? Township Hijh School, photo by ingram s studio Waynesville Plant Is Featured In Article In Wall Street Journal McElroy Hound Best In Tryon Bench Show "Dixie," the Devoc McKIroy hound which won the blue ribbon as best female in the Tryon bench show last week, also was adjudged the best dog in the show instead of the 1. T. Wilkinson entry "'Win ner Boy Cord," as stated in last Friday's edition of The Mountain eer. The Wilkinson dog was the best male hound in the show. Dr. Michal Attends Social Hygiene Meeting Dr. Mary Michal. district health officer, attended a meeting of the N. C. Social Hygiene society. Tues day. April 20. at Charlotte at which the retiring state health of ficer, Dr. Carl Reynolds, was awarded life membership in the American Social Hygiene society for his work of years in the control of venereal disease. Plans Being Made For Clean-Up And Paint-Up Week Plans are goins: forward for the staging of the annual clean up week here, starting Monday, May 3rd. The towns of Waynes ville and Hazelwood, in coopera tion with business firms will stage the event. "It is timely that we put on clean-up, paint-up week at this time, in order to have thines looking nice for the 400 to 500 newspaper people from 48 states who wlil he here May 13th," G. C. Ferguson, town manager said. Editor's note: The lollnwing ai tide appeared in the Wall Street Journal, under a Waynesville dale line recently, and will he ! inter est to readers in ll;ivwooil. Recreation Committee Gives Cost 01 Program Adequate Community Set-Up Here Would Cost At Least $200,- 000, Group Reports An adequate recreational set-up for Waynesville and Hazelwood would require funds of approxi mately $200,000 to $250,000, exclu sive of operating cost, according to a report by the civic recreation committee of which W. A. Brad ley is chairman. The report, based on an inspec tion of facilities at Valdese, was submitted to the Chamber of Com merce board of directors last week and was secured yesterday for publication. According to Stanley Henry, Chamber of Commerce sec retary, the committee will be re quested to make a recommendation on the advisability of proceeding with a community recreation cen ter here The committee did not include a recommendation in its report, stat- i i MR that a project of such size could only be headed by a permanent organization. Mr. Bradley was elected chair man of the recreation group last winter at a called meeting of the civic club representatives. He se lected other members of the com mittee, and live of the committee men made the trip to Valdese dur ing March for the inspection of j that community's recreational set j up. The report stales: I "From the information gathered 'at Valdesei, and basing our fig- ores on present day cost, it is our I opinion that an adequate set-up i for yjjr community would require ''funds of Approximately $200,000 to j $25(1.000 exclusive of operating cost, i he operating cost at Val Continued on Page Eight Further Development Of Forests Is Proposed Lone Survivor ' hi t . Hi' ' (OLE survivor of the Constellation Trash at Shannon Field, Eire, in which 30 persons were killed, Marc rVorst, 38, arrives at La Guardia field, New York. He is en route to 3urbank. Cal. (International) Singing Convention Will Be Held At Champion Y The pavement pounding sal man and the housewife who stands The Champion singing conven ovcr a hot stove all day long may lion was organized last week and now gel relief from "those tired, is scheduled to hold its first pro aching feel." So says the Wellco ' gram Thursday evening at the Corporation, which manufac- Champion YMCA gymnasium, shoes in this mountain com- Although outsiders are invited of Western North Caro- Hit-Run Driver Wanted For Accident At Saunook The driver of what was describ ed as a 1947 Lincoln zephyr is wanted on a hit-and-run driver charge resulting from an accident Friday afternoon on the highway at Saunook. Charles Smith, Canton lawyer, was approaching Waynes Ville in a pickup truck which was struck from behind by the uniden tified party, causing considerable damage to the truck but apparent ly no personal injuries. Tess fly cloudy tempera te staff of $1,782 Raised For The Library Bookmobile Unit The Haywood Library board at a recent meeting, received the re Port of the Bookmobile committee, which showed that $1,782.53 had been received on the goal of $3,000 to date. The board decided to continue the drive until the $3,000 is raised. In addition to the Bookmobile cam paign, the board heard a report by Miss Johnston on the recent inven tory which was taken, and tenta tive plans for re-arranging some sections of the library. Needs for repairs and -Te-painting were also matters brought before the board. The civic groups-ill the county which have raised money for the Bookmobile to date include: Waynesville Woman's Club $ 83.00 Waynesville Merchants As sociation 218.00 Waynesville American Le gion Auxiliary 20.00 Waynesville American Le gion 60.00 Waynesville Music Club .... 10.00 Clyde Home Demonstra tion Club 80.38 Canton Woman's Club 25.00 Canton American Legion .. 25.00 Lake Junaluska Home Demonstration Club 44.00 Beaverdam Home Demon stration Club 83.05 'Continued on Page Eight National Guard Unit Here Passes Federal Inspection Third Army Team Conducts Annual In spection Thursday of Anti-Tank Company Waynesville's National Guard company passed the annual federal inspection conducted by a Third Army team Thursday night at the regular drill held at the Armory. Lt. Col. H. II. Bovington, of the inspector general's department. Third Army headquarters, Atlanta, gave satisfactory ratings on com pany records, care of building, grounds and equipment. Training progress and appearance of per sonnel was inspected by Maj. A. H. Homburg, Third Army training in- SCHOOL DISCI SSKI) BY spector, who also found the unit I satisfactory. W. Curtis Kuss attended the Only two ratings are given on. monthly W.N'.C. Press Association such inspections, either satisfac-ji" Ashevilie Saturday, where cur- tory or unsatisfactory. rent problems of school-; was the Col. William T. Fitts. Jr., senior 'topic for discussion. Several school instructor of the N. C. National officials were present and joined (Continued on page eight) I in the round table discussion. Shoe lure." munity lilKI "The only shoes thai walk on air," Wellco lyrically asserts. The secret is foam rubber, prime mover in softer siltum. softer sleeping, and now . softe r stepping, j Wellco is fabricating the cushiony ; product into midsoles for ils casu , a I shoes. I The company's process is do j signed to lake tin- shock out of walking. Wellco sanilwiches a lay er of foam rubber in between the (Continued on page eight i Annual Commerce Banquet Will Be Held On May 14th The annual Waynesville Chamber of Commerce banquet will be held Friday evening. May 14. Ed Sims is serving as gen eral chairman in charge of ar rangements. Edward A. Wayne, vice presi dent of the Federal Kesene Bank at Richmond, Va., is an nounced as the principal speak er for the banquet. to participate in the program, it . was announced that persons with in the organization of the Canton division of the Champion Paper and Fibre company are especially i urged lo participate. ' Plans are under way to hold the convention at regular intervals, i Qu.n lets, soloists and choirs will! jtako part in the programs. ! Jones Radio Service Is In Larger Building Jones Hadio Service have moved horn the building next to the Chamber of Commerce to the building formerly occupied by The Book Store. Howard Jones, owner, said the enlarged building would enable the firm to carry a larger stock of merchandise in both mu sic and radios. PRESS Want Ad Sells Two Cows . . . This little inexpensive want ad sold the two cows shortly after the paper was published. FOB SALE 2 cows, one fresh. Dewey Francis, Route 1, Waynes ville. Phone 2102. No matter what you have to sell, or want to buy, it will pay you to use the want ads in The Mountaineer. Two Schools To Graduate 1948 Classes On Thursday Crabtree and Fines Creek Seniors To Receive Diplomas At Programs Diplomas will he awarded to the graduating classes at Crahlrcc-Iron Duff and Fines Creek high schools Thursday evening. Other schools in Haywood county will conclude their year's work during the latter part of May. Baccalaureate programs were held Sunday afternoon. Kev. Jarvis Teague. Baptist pastor of Seaboard. N. C delivered the baccalaureate address al Fines ( reek, and Rev L. t;. Flliolt, pastor of the First Baplisl church. Waynesville, spoke to thi' Crabtree graduates. Kev. H. L. Young, pastor of the First Methodist church. Waynes ville, will he the main speaker at the Crabtree graduation exercises Thursday evening. The salutatory address will lie given by Miss Na omi Massie, and the valedictory by Miss Edith Chambers. L. C. Bry son, pimcipal of the school, will make the presentation of diplomas. Members of (he graduating class are Sam Best, Billy Davis, Russell MeCracken. C, e n e v a Messer. Continued on Page Eight) N. C. Park Commission Holds Session Monday In Waynesville The North Carolina Park Com mission in session here all day Monday, went on record commend ing the National Forest Service for their progressive program in the Pisgah and Nantahala units, aii'l recommended further develop ment in accordance witli contemp lated plans already in the blue print stage. The commission, headed by Charles E. Ray, chairman, also went on record that more publicity be given the attractions and facil ities of the two National Forests. The recommendations came af ter R. U. Sutton, of Sylva, chairman of a special committee, reported that the two National Forests had greater combined area than the Gre?t Smokies, nd attracted about half a million more people last year. The commission voted to nego tiate with the Linville Development Company, for acquisition of 5,500 acres of Grandfather Mountain to be included in the Blue Ridge Parkway system. This matter has claimed the attention of the com mission on several occasions dur ing the past six months, since t he National Park Service recommend ed such a move. A special commit tee, composed of three members of the Commission, Guy Winkler, E. C. Guy and R. U. Sutton, have made a study of the situation, and their report on Monday was ap proved and adopted by the commis sion as a whole. The same commit tee was authorized to negotiate with Hugh Morton, president of the Linville Development Company on acquiring the property. The com mittee alffo recommended against development of overnight facilities on the part of the National Park service in the proposed Grandfath er Mountain area because of com petition with privat' '-(inenls (Continued on Page Eight) Editorial Given More Publicity The current issue of The State magazine carries the editorial from The Mountaineer on the disgrace of teaching the present geography textbook in the fifth grades of the public seohols. The editorial point ed out the textbook ridicules this area, and is many, many years out-of-date. Farmers Urged To Follow Conservation Plans Now 'It's not the planning but the actual carrying out of practices that gets the conservation job done," George E. Stamey, chair man of the Haywood County Agri cultural Conservation Committee, reminded farmers this we-ek.. He said that now that most farmers have made their plans for the sea son it's time to start putting the plans into practices. He pointed out that every year there are some ex cellent conservation plans made that would save millions of tons of soil and thousands of neves of crop land, but for one reason or another the plans are not cauied out and the land loses top soil and fertility. With an increasing population and a limited cropland we can't main tain our present standcrd of living and continue this loss Everything that every farmer can do with or without assistance of the Agricultural Conservation Program or tither conservation pro grams will not be too much. Al though people in the United States are eating better now than they have in the past, it is not impos i Continued on page eight) Junior Memberships Are Being Sought For C. of C. A campaign is being launched in the schools of Haywood for mem bership as "Junior member of the Chamber of Commerce." The plan, under the direction of Dave Felmet, chairman of the membership committee and Wayne Corpening, president, calls for en listing every school child as a jun ior member of the civic organiza tion. A special pencil will be given each student making a contribu tion to the organization. The school having the largest percent age of students enrolled, will be given special recognition and awards, it was explained. The membership drive gpts un derway next Monday, with a large committee named to raise the $12, 000 budget which the board of di rectors recently adopted for the current year. Every phase of com munity activity is being covered by the wide-range program of the Chamber of Commerce this year. Mr. Felmet and his co-workers are completing plans for the mem bership drive, which will be car ried to every business firm, board ing house and tourist camp in the area. The teachers handling the drive in the schools are being requested to have their canvass completed by Friday Mav Y. D. M. Killian, Jr. Rites To Be Held This Afternoon Daniel Marcus Killian, Jr , 57, of Ashevilie, died Sunday morn ing at 10 o'clock in Norburn hos pital, Ashevilie, following a brief illness. Mr. Killian, the son of the late Daniel Marcus and Haseltine Brown Killian, of Waynesville. was graduated from the Waynesville schools and attended Davidson col lege. In 1916 he moved to Ashe vilie to accept a position with the Bell Telephone Company and had been with the company continu ously since that time. In early boyhood Mr. Killian joined the Waynesville Presbyte rian church and later transferred his membership to the Kenilworth Presbyterian church, where, at the time of his death, he was serving on the board of deacons and as treasurer of benevolences. He was a veteran of World War I, a member of the American Bus iness Club and of the Chunn'a Cove-Haw Creek Community Club. Mr. Killian married Miss Nan Brown, of Ashevilie, in 1920. Funeral services will be held af t h e Kenilworth Presbyterian Church this afternoon at 3 o'clock with the pastor, the Rev. Paul N. Gresham, officiating. Interment will be in Haw Creek cemetery. Surviving are the widow; two sisters. Miss Nancy Killian and Mrs. W. F. Swift, both of Waynes ville; and two brothers. James W. Killian and Leon M. Killian, Sr., of Waynesville. Highway Record For 1948 (To Date) In Haywood Injured-- 13 Killed 1 (This Information Com piled From Records of State Highway Patrol)