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Jelight Of The I News r Mortgage own Holds iili T7 Ma v v jr JL I N M ViiLLE MOUNTAIN. JEE Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park TODAY'S SMILE She: "WIU joa love me when my hair has tamed ! sliver Ile: "Why not? Karcn't I stock ! you thro mil red and brent-M?" 63th YEAR NO. 26 20 PAGES Associated Press and United Press News WAYNES VILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 30, 1930 $3.00 In Advance- In Haywood and Jacks Counties Lial rsons. it Is best I the name u - B0roing when , number I r awe ui ! nn Monday by the , local young business asked W business nclgh- t high winds damage your no." he replied. "My ;uCh a heavy mortgaga on W0uld take more tnan ft T ) Happiness Vickie . i i L.I., unman. Wno iuokcu h,t i limited amount of tods, crowded up to the ,nd asked lor an ice ung lady asked the cus- uestion: "A single oi Lrly woman acted as If ot understand. 8ne open- ;htly clutched hand ana five nennies. Ljerkersaw the five pen- did another customer nearbv. tstomer whispered with a the soda jerker: "Mane k Iderly woman did not to what was said, ine In of happiness on her face ie saw the cone heaped U was worth tar more txtra nickle which the had added to his check. Chairman V i eacher Says So." iber of the staff of The leer was showing a Way family through the plant. It i custom, the linotype k set the name of visitors ig and give for a souvenir p.; ' k family group was a stu Wementary school age. he was handed the slug name, he looked at it for Yx, then said: teacher never spells my ke that. She makes it of little letters." perator had usffHrtl xnpl rs, which according to the iservintr visitor was hot ac lo the standards set by his MARK FERGUSON, of Fines Creek yesterday was elected chairman of the Haywood County Hospital Board of Trustees. The election was lreld during a called meeting of the Board at the Nurses' Home. Mark Ferguson Is Named Hospital Board Chairman Mark Ferguson of Fines Creek was elected chairman of the Hay wood County Hospital Board of Trustees yesterday at a called meeting of the group at the hos pital's Nurses' Home. Frank Byers of Canton was nam ed vice-chairman, and Spauldon Underwood 'of Waynesvllle, re cently named to the board, was elected secretary. Mr. Underwood was named to the trustees' group Monday by the County Board of Commissioners to serve the unexpired portion of th? term of Lucius Bramlett, who died eany this montn. Only 111 Red Cross Quota Is In With more than three weeks of campaigning behind them, Waynes ville area Red Cross workers this morning reported only half their 1950 quota had been raised. The drive started locally March first, with $3,745 twice the am ount of last year's goal as the quota. Today, the American Red Cross office here reported approximately $1,800 had been contributed so far., The fundamental trouble: the Red Cross drive is at the tail end of several months of drives, every one of them for a worthy cause. One worker, tired and discourag ed after a long day of knocking on doors, reported businessmen and merchants. In making dona tions had given this observation In common. This period of the year was the low point as far as, business was concerned. One suggested tne campaign might do much better in the fall when business In this area was best, or possibly In the late summer. Generally, the campaign had j"e bright note, however. The public response this year has been much more sympathetic than It has been since war's end. Local headquarters feel one prime reason for this Increase in popularity has been the organisa tion's Blood Program. Locally It has twice set new Western Nortn Carolina records In less than two months' time. Iron Duffs Model Road Sign Project Groiip Stiidyiii .For ComiiiiiBit J Horseman brse was trotting in a very panner along the highway pood a few days ago. But Ir wasn t. Chief Ossie L. Sutton that the gentleman was hi might call high in the stopped the horse and ped the chevalier to come horseman's spirit was quite oui the flesh couldn't quite Mved slightly to port. Chief ho was preparing to help N from the starboard side, ply sped around to Dre- P from hitting the hard,' jound. pan, however, instinctively iea, Men leaned far over f ard. Chief Sutton reversed f. made en end run and ar- usl in time to catrh the Fitly fallins body. I(L, " ' lIt was merely the first flCer tuBBprf at Iho man f i feebly to help. But his caught in a stirruD. andlt I'te a strueelp t ft at him "'"n thanked the chief nd permitted him to lead horse leisurely followed. wrung word. Chief Sutton l man gently that If this FPPened I lcss than revoke his plow Fnse. . , - de many an arrest," the Policeman panted as he 3av the nrocnir(i. L' . m evcr gave "me "so High Winds Cause $2,000 Damage To DrivohpTheatre" Monday afternoon's heavy gale cost the Waynesvllle Drive-in Theatre $2,000 in actual damages and the loss of at least ten day s business. Owners Clayton Mehaf fey and Homer West reported the high winds knocked down the theatre asbestos screen. It was smashed by the impact. Their $2,000 estimate includes the cost of replacing the screen and the labor to erect it again. They said the theatre would be closed for 10 days to two weeks Vf Y V C0LMAN.'Mn IIOAIJ Left, J. R. Caldwell, chairman of the Iron Duft Community Devel opment Program, shows District Highway Commissioner Dale Thrash what his community is doing in the way of improving Us rural road svstem. This sign showing the way to Oilman Mountain Is Just one of those the Iron Duff citizens erected at the inter section of every road in thdir community, Mr. Thrash, chairman of the western section's road improvement campaign;. was Impressed particularly with this result of Haywood County's Community IX' Vclopment Program. (Photo by Ingram's Studio). County Officials Appoint Two Men To Board The Haywood County Board pf Commissioners in regular session last Monday filled a vacancy for one county Institution and re-ap pointed a member tq another. The Commisloners appointed Spauldon Underwood, Waynesvllle businessman, to the Haywood County Hospital Board of Trustees, filling the vacancy created by the death of L. H. Bramlett early this month. Mr. Underwood will serve the unexpired portion of Mr. Bram- lett's one-year term which will end December 1. N. w; West of Clydo waa re appointed to a new three-year term as a member of the county Wel fare Board. s Top 4-H Boy County Payrolls In Old Age Program Rise - Between 1946 and 1948, Hay nDvrnllg thai Arp tax Ze JnXr the fede old age as- head of the organization's .,. i.n 48 ner.mcmDers irom inrouBiiuui cent. The information came this week in a report released by C. Parker Persons, regional director of the U. S. Department of Commerce at Atlanta. He said the taxable payrolls in the county in 1948 totalled $4,345,. 000. . ' In 1946, they amounted to $2, oi7 nnn The report shows that employ' for repairs, and advised patrons l ment under the program rose from sather IT the t Press to watch this newspaper for an announcement of the reopening. The winds caused scattered dam aee throughout Haywood county, most of it to roofs of homes, farm buildings and some schools. County schools superinienoem Jack Messcr reported this morn ing that the Bethel Junior Hign school building suffered the heav iest damage. He said 30 sheets of metal roof ing were torn off the building on Monday afternoon, with the dam- aee estimated at $300 to $500. - This led to further worries, also; the wind kept the metal Sheets intprrtiittentlv through the school yard. The officials conse auentlv kept the children inside the building all through the after noon. The high wind also prevented workmen from even attempting to put the roofing back on the build ing. Elsewhere, however, the damage tn gphonls was less severe, mr, Messer said. Exactly how much work the prankish breeze of early Spring will eventually create will not be known until the next rains come, he explained He Do'nted out that shingling on many school buildings though not riDDcd off entirely, was loosened Wet weather will reveal any leans. FAIR Nay, March 30 Partly '""may and rather cold (' j ' . "mas this evening, , "doming warmer in af the 5,846 persons in 1946 to 6,- 304 in 1948. In all. 344 Haywood firms en gaged in wholesale, retail, and serv ice trade activities and other dusi ness aided in making up the report.; The old-age program covers an business establishments employing one or more persons at any time during a reporting quarter. The exceptions are self-employed per sons, those employed casually, and those employed in agricultural, domestic, railroad, and certain , , types of non-pront organizations The breakdown In the report shows that Haywood had 89 em oloyees in contract construction work which had payrolls totalling $38,000 under the program. In public utilities during 1948 there were 111 persons employed with the taxable payroll totalling $52,000 Wholesale trade 198 persons employed, taxable payrolls total ling $85,000 Retail trade 830 employees on taxable payrolls totalling $347,000 Finance, Insurance and real es tate firms had 62 persons employed and a $33,000 payroll. The county's service industries employed 450 persons and had payroll of $130,000. CI Waynvllle tempera. Jecorded by the staff of j" Test Farm): S Max. Min, Rainfall a '2 54 .15 "- 44 1.02 59 38 .05 Pasture Work To Continue Next Week The county-wide demonstrations on the renovation of pastures and soeHinff with Ladino clover con tinu throuch next week. The schedule for the first two Havx Includes: Monday. 10 a. m. at White Oak; Mnndav 2 d. m. at Herman Green's farm. Fines Creek. Tuesday. 10 a. m. at Jack Rog' ers farm, Upper Crabtree. MRS. JOLLY AT HOME Mrs Huch Jolly, who has been patient at Pisgah Sanitorlum for the past several weens, s "uw . har tinmo nil East Street. Mrs, Jolly is improved but still confined Ward Named Head Of Elks Lodge ; A. T. Ward, Waynesvllle attorney, Is thP new Exalted Ruler of the XlJe.i4f-WaynesvlUa He- was elected Tuesday night to succeed Jonathan Woody as 104 Hay wood county. The members attending the session ?!so elected M. E. (Tony) Davis as esteemed leading knight; Robert Korte as esteemed loyal knieht: Hugh Daniel as est eemed lecturing knight; re-elected James W. Reed. Jr., as secretary andnamed Joe Casabella as treas urer and O. L. Noland as tyler. During the meeting also, the Lodge held a memorial service in respect to the late L. H. Bramlett whose death this month was the first the membership had suffered since the unit was organized on March 22. 1949. Arthur Greene Announces For Clyde Constable Arthur J. Greene, 30-ycar old Marine veteran of World War II. today ahounced he would seek the Democratic nomination as con stable of Clyde township in the May primary. - This will be the first election racp for Mr Greene, who is now Underwood; Lee studying at Waynesville Township Rufus Carswell Interest In Lake Expansion Is On Increase In Area Interest throughout the district in the Greater Junaluska campaign Is increasing, according Uur. N r.lark district superintendent, At a meeting of the pastors ot tne district, and their wives on Mon day at Jarrett Springs Hotel, Dr. Clark said many pastors of the district turned in goals as set up tnr thpir churches for the cam paign. The oroeram calls for an expen rfifure of $600,000 of expanding facilities at the Lake; This district has a quota of $10,000.- The last re port showed that $8,105 had been pledged toward mis quota. $131,424 Of Bond Money Spent On Haywood Roads According to the division en gineer, 7.. V.: Stewart, of the State Highway Department, a to tal of $131,424 has been spent Hn-"HywiHMl read out of 4he bond money. This statement was as of Feb ruary 28, Mr. Stewart said. Several additional contracts for construction of rural roads under (he bond program are slat ed to be awarded within the next week or so, It was announced Charles Allison Dies In Hospital After Long Illness Charles R. Allison, 72, retired farmer of Waynesville, died Tues day night in the Haywood County Hospital after a long Illness. Funeral services were held in Maple Grove Methodist church this afternoon with the Rev. Paul Tay lor, pastor, and the Rev. George MehafTey and the Rev. T. S. Rotcn officiating Interment was in Crawford Memorial Park. Active pallbearers were Jule No land, James T. Noland, Lee Evans, Dwlght Hall, Richard Jones and Paul Sheehan. ' Honorary pallbearers were John M. Queen. Jarvis Allison, D. J. No land, David Underwood, Edward Glavlch, Millard Gaddis, . Robert Welch, W. A. Bradley, Frank Bramlett and Mrs. Williams Dies Suddenly This Morning Mrs. Hazel McCracken Williams, 57, wife of Frank R. Williams, of Waynesvllle, died suddenly in the Haywood County Court House this morning about 11 o'clock. She was attending training course for Haywood County census workers. Mrs. Williams, a native of Hay wood county, was the daughter of thlaU.MnsaaJLMcO-ackeaand, Lorena Welch McCracken. Sue had been living in Waynesville and Lake Junaluska for the past eight years. She was a member of the First Baptist church. Surviving in addition to the hus band are one daughter, Miss Fran ces Williams, a student at Mere dith College in Raleigh; two sons, Julius Williams ot Asheville and Larry Williams of Philadelphia Orte brother, Jack McCracken of Bethel: three sisters, . Mrs. Glen Terrell of Waynesvllle, route 2 Mrs. Charles B. McCrary of Clyde route one, and Mrs. Orville Noland nf Wgunasulllfl ' : Also-four half sisters, Mrs. Kath leen Allison and Mrs. Beatrice Swayngim of Charlotte, Mrs. Clyde Calhoun of Newport News, Virgin la, and Mrs. Drake Edens, of Col umbia, S. C, and one half brother Moses McCracken, of Newport News Funeral arrangements under the direction of Garrett Funeral Home are incomplete. DAVID NOLAND, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Reeves Noland of RatcllrTe Cove, holds the title of Haywood County's outstanding 4-H Club boy of 1949. He was awarded the honor last January during the annual Haywood County 4-H Achievement Day program, David, an outstanding high school student, Is a mem ber of the Waynesvllle Senior 4-H Club. Lions District Cabinet Meeting To Be Held Here High School under the GI train ing provisions. Mr. Greene and his wife and their two sons live in Clyde. , He served 14 months in the Pacific area in his three years In service with the Fourth Marine Air wing. A. F. Arrington Announces For Constable Here - A. F. Arrington of Waynesville route one, today announced his candidacy for constable of, Way nesville township. Mr. Arrington. a retired South ern Railway section foreman, has served several terms as constable. Nieces were flower bearers. Mr. Allison was the son of the late Joshua and Mattie Leather- wood Allison of Haywood county. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Lena Smathcrs Allison; fpur sons, Hugh Allison of Waynesville, Ed Allison of Enka, and Jack and Rufs Allison of Canton; five daugh ters. Mrs. Pauline Burress, Mrs, Thomas Parker, Miss Frcida Alli son, and Mrs. George Rogers, all of Canton and Mrs. Spellman Mc Clure of Waynesville. Also four sisters. ' Mrs."" Mittie Reno of Canton, Mrs. Jessie Cald well, Mrs. Lyda Hall and ' Mrs. Verlin Evans, all of Waynesville; and fourteen grandchildren. Arrangements were under the direction of Crawford Funeral Home. . Sheppe's Open Main Street Store Sheppe's, a ladles ready-to-wear store, formally opened its dooN on Main Street, next to The Strand Theatre here this morning. The large stock of merchandise for ladies is owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Hye Sheppe, who have had 25 years experience in this field in Western North Caro iina. '' Mr. Sheppe said this morning that the firm Would specialize in popular priced merchandise. Af ter many years In the merchandis ing field, he said he had some un usual contacts on the markets which enabled him - to - get late styled goods at popular prices. The firm will handle ready-to- wear and all types of accessories, .Toe-officials representing, the 53 Lions Clubs of District 31-A will come here Sunday for the Spring quarterly meeting of the district governor's cabinet. The luncheon session will open at 11 a. m. at the Lodge, with District Governor Paul Cashion of North Wllkesboro presiding. The cabinet of District 31-A is the policy-making body for the en tire area between' the Tennessee border and Charlotte, Comprising it besides the dis trlct governor are the area's four deputy' district governors, the eight zone-, chairmen, and the district executive secretary, ' who is J. II.' Wicker, Jr.; of North' Wll kesboro and Blowing Rock. Besides these officials, members of Lions Clubs throughout , the district are expected to attend also A 8pokesmulj for the host way nesville Lions Club estimated that 35 to 40 delegates in all are scheduled to be here. Handling the arrangements for the luncheon meeting are Dick Bradley, president of the Waynes ville Club, and Paul Davis, Johnny Cuddeback. Jimmie Reed, J. B Slier and Ernest Edwards. TTT.1 A Committee Of Elks Lodge Here Is Studying Plan A proposal to sponsor the estab lishment of Community Chest here was submitted to the members of the Elks Lodge at their regular semi-monthly meeting Tuesday night. The matter was referred to the Lodge's Social and Community Welfare Committee for study, fol lowing a discussion. Also referred to the committee was a proposal for a Lodge dona tion to help finance the Haywood County American Legion Junor baseball team, which will play its first campaign this season. Under the operation customary In other cities, a Community Chet would serve for Haywood merch-V ants and businessmen as a central agency for the handling of requests for organized charities. The subscribing merchants would -put into the Chest the amount of money they would Rive f in the , course of a year to all charities. This money could be given either,! in a lump, or In quarterly, or even mor.l'hly lnstallmcntta, depending on the way the local Chest would be set up. The Sheet would serve to save 7 the time and energy of both the merchants and the workers for the Individual fund-raising campaigns,,, Chest officials would inform cam paign workers which Individual!. and firms they represent. The workers then would know which possible sources they need not contact In their efforts:1 m The propasals was spurred . by. observations at both local "iierch- ants and charity campaign workers. : On the one hand, local firms point ed out that they are contacted as frequently once week ior do1 nations for separate fund-raiMng drives. On the other hand, one local charity organization declared it rarely had a sufficient number of workers to cover more than three quarters of the prospective donors in the Waynesvllle-Hazelwood area. Gost-Of County Home Is Below Average In State Haywood' operates her county home for $11.23 per person cheaper than the average, accord ing to figures released from the N. C. Department of Public Wel fare this week. The state average monthly cost, according to Drury B. Thompson, state director, Is $43.98, and the cost In Haywood Is $32.75 per person kept-In the borne per month. The report shows that last year, Haywood's county home main tenance cost was $9,826, and averaged 25 persons daily. The highest expenditure for the 57 homes in the state was Mecklenburg, with an outlay of $117,774 on 143 persons. Onslow had the highest per capita cost, reaching $106.83, while Idedell had the lowest in the state with a monthly cost of $21.76. ' :,..:' Motorcade Plans Being Formulated Plans aie being formulated for the proposed motorcade from here into upper South Carolina as a goodwill tour in the interest of promoting the tourist business, and this area in general. The details are being worked out, with the Chamber of Com merce, Merchants Association and Haywood Tourist Association all cooperating on the project James Kilpatrick, president, this week named the following commit tee to work out details: W. Curtis Russ, chairman C. J. Reece Carl Henry, H. L. Liner, Jr., and Charles E. Ray. , Republicans Name Slate For General Election Haywood County's Republicans last Saturday nominated Prof. Charles F. Owen of Canton, James A, Singleton of Dellwood, Glenn Boyd of Jonathan Creek, and Claude V. Thompson of Clyde to run for top state and county off! ces in the 1950 general election. The GOP named Prof. Owen for the state senate raceu Mr; Single ton for the State House of Repre sentatives, Mr, Boyd for chairman of the County Board of Commis sioners, and Mr. Thompson for sheriff to oppose the democratic nominees, who will be picked in the May Primary. At their convention at the Clyde School last Saturday night, the Haywood Republicans also nomi nated: ' . Max Thompson of Canton Route 2, World War II hero who ran for sheriff on the GOP ticket in 1948, for clerk of Superior Court; Grady Henry of Maggie and Edgar Press ley of Canton, for tax supervisor; Kenneth H. Ford of Canton for register of deeds; and Thomas H. Rogers of Clyde, Lon R. Goodson of Canton, and the Rev. P. C. Hicks, retired Baptist minister, for posts on the County Board of Commissioners. The Republican voters will pick the candidate for tax supervisor and for the county board in their own May Primary. New Equipment Is Added To 2 Super Markets By Rays Workmen have completed - the installation of additional modern equipment in two of Waynesville's super markets Ray's' Super Mar ket, and The Food Store. " Installations at The Food Store consisted of refrigerated produce case, refrigerated self-service meat case and a refrigerated double decked dairy case. At Ray's, a much larger self service meat case wag added, an other unit of a refrigerated pro duce counter giving 33 feet of this type display for produce, and in addition, a large section of "dry'' display. All the equipment is of the lat est design. , WessPattonTo Run For Local Constable Office Wess Patton of Waynesville this morning announced he was a can didate for constable of Waynes vllle Township, Mr. Patton has been active in the Haywood, Democratic party ' for 35 years and served for ten years as member of the police department of Waynesville. Highway Record For 1950 In Haywood (To Date) Killed ... . 2 Injured. ... 9 (This information com piled from Records of State Highway Patrol). sua