North Carolina Newspapers

delight Mora m A lTTT7TT7lTrD TODArS SMILE One reason a doc to BianV best friend is that it wait IU tail not its tonjoe. Of The 1 News ill 1 miM 1M2j1& jiijirj Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Q- 65th YEAR NO. 33 8 PAGES Associated Press and United Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 24, 1950 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jack3on Couctiei n ishortageT ' 1 nave v "D! - ti,e May amf l ?BlckCamp Gap. Judg K he saw last Sunday Lrfpd a steady stream of 'r.f.rk Camp Gap .11 jyd,y-and left, loaded F,. ,i.imc of traffic to tributes to the wide- f'kiiritv the Kamp vuu- $770,000 To Be Spent Expanding Haywood Electric Membership Lines Bulk Of R 1A iUik UAGLMSILM JIM iiiidUY VVVUAUAUi mibi th re in, peceivru wv. t w ; J ' lovely." sighed UK . I ygirl to her escort uc, u, the night irom mi !. Civic IMeetin: Intee " Projects Suggest Carl Goerch Makes Number Timely Sug gestions For Area In Principal Address Pi whispered, "just like r . . . . 1 1. it I U light duid. tl.lderlv aunt, lust com- "" ..... ...ht tho a movie v-. I. md snorted: lucky young people are so have SO JK11C ciav w . Id them. lean bum- day. W"V wife finally was siruca. uy lrom his conscience. ft she goes out every morn- iMph school, ne museu, Hear little pointed neaa uan uoercn, editor of The state ... .1 rfnta I 1 1 . fl J 1 tone and wnen cue magauiie, iaoi rriuay uigm ue K late In the auernoon, ciarea tne western area has got to her weary frame up tne establish more tourist accommoda hat does she do?" tlons to get the fullest possible n vnu what she does, ne value from the Cherokee drama In W with rising indigna- particular and the heavy volume of It has to wash the wean- summer visitors In general. its. Then she has to wasn H(J made hig mag before the h dishes. Then she has to n.riw asn npnnl who attpnifod W" . . a. til w - -B-w-r-w - - frper for the tnree oi us. the annual Chamber of Commerce msed a momeni to wrusn ban(juet , tne Hazelwood School ittic tear irom cafeteria and a radio audience. taring ms snomucrs, c ..If this thing (the Cherokee clean pair ot overaua anu pageant project) is not handled the big stack of dishes m . .. he;warned.. referring to the current shortage of tourist fa cilities, "the drama Is liable to backfire and become the most ad verse advertising Western North Carolina ever had "I believe," he continued, "that Western North Carolina has miss ed the boat where accommodations for tourists are concerned Strongly recommending the establishment of a place in West irom a brief trip out of era North Carolina similar t felt that a cup of coffee uatnnDurg. Tennessee, ne aeci.r- a good idea. r we vaiiey oeiween ooco ,kavc, i. nntnf hreak- and Lake JunaiusKa is me . . th. - hnH noerf. mace for anomer uauinoui k. Ull M.C OVW.i. MV ..v-k-fc. i r , ... . I to be heated Mr. Goerch made me Danqueia iin. ri,rfHiiv t. ..rtii principal address after being pre- ie on under the pot. and snted by the Chamber with a lout the business of blow- piaque miaia wimwu l t.. i- native wood and snapea in ine iirif uoc in me ucuiuuiu - : itanntiiM to be handy. outline oi tne state oi nonn w tilnutes later, wife, husband lina- Crash Victim 350 People Attend Annual Banquet For Most Colorful Event In Years h hour later, panting from mistomed exertion, he I washed and dried the Jm coffee pot, and placed 1p electric stove. be climbed back into his suit, took a last look a- leeline the old cigarette D ... i make sure they were all Jd then left for his office.. Night after the family .ft- lild simultaneously started thing was burning, they a- nd it didn't smell like cof- fian went out into the kitch- wstigate. rived too late, though. N-hot grill had melted Mom of the empty cof tie had forgotten he so washed and dried. Jaimed Dogs o Sleep Chloroform P of Waynesville uses a I anaesthetic as its means N of dogs unclaimed 72 7 "ley are put lit the new td. 31 Physician assured con- mens todav fhat fh f Putting an linuisnlol . " Ml. UI1VI.U "Mth is by chlnrnfnrmlno lli death comp nfto, ih Hes the vapors for only imtaineer n. '"e method of disooRal H Waynesville npnnlp m. '""tern ovpi. k .it.. hw the dogs were put hoiif.1 v 111 Put1,c are llmed hv 1 Hi. i 7 tf uwucia P DV ltlloro. j .l . lca persons ai V1 Wai t IT1B t.o.. t . c -Ml. ...... ither ri rvi inv L"iued warm j - f'erm .u aues- i - "lowers and hirnlnir Ma. Min. RalnfaU 57 55 67 79 35 25 28 52 .18 W. Curtis Russ, editor of the Mountaineer and a director of the Chamber, presented the plaque on behalf of his organization in his Introduction of Mr. Goerch to the banquet guests and Radio Station WHCC'a listening audience. The magazine editor, w;hose ad dress was spiced with humorous anecdotes illustrating his remarKs, declared flatly: And 1 hope they run the guy out of the county who wants w change the name of Maggie." His recommendations regaramg the development of the Maggie section was just one of several ne made in regard to the development of this area to catch a greater vol ume of tourist business. ; Tn rpfprpnre to the drama liseu, he suggested the establishment of a "tent village" to accommodate the visitors overnight right on the fair grounds, and that the Cherokees appear in native costume anu v. tribal dances for the visitors. In presenting this Idea, ne De clared: .. . . . ,. "There isn't time to build noie or tourist courts of stone, brick or frame construction. But mere time to build (this) other type of accommodations. "ThPSP tents, of course, wouiu h hptter If they were in the form of Indian tepees. But if they can not be obtained, then I'm sure tents could be purchased as Army (See Goercn rage Younger Set Has Two Columnists v Today's "Younger Set" is writ ten by two students Carolyn Say- er, of Waynesville hign, ana neien Ferguson of Crabtree-Iron Duff Both columns are packed with news of interest to all students, and hpransp nf the 'time value, both columns are being published today A capacity attendance of 350 on Friday enjoyed what officials term ed "The best Chamber of Conv merce banquet ever staged here." Every available - seat at the Hazelwood school dining room was taken, and some 50 persons want ed tickets at the last minute after the supply had been exhausted The colorful event, climaxed by a stirring address by Carl Goerch, editor-publisher of The State mag azlne, left everyone thinking about the undeveloped possibilities in this area. . ' , The entire program went as scheduled, without the slightest variation, and the wide variety of entertainment kept the huge crowd interested throughout the program James L. Kllpatrlck, president was master of ceremonies and Charles E. Ray Introduced the guests, . ; , W. Curtis Russ Presented the speaker and fn so doing, gave him a large . piaque . w iniawi wooa, shaped like North Carolina, with the Inscription: "Carl Goerch, a loyal and consistent booster of Western North Carolina, present ed by the Waynesville Chamber of Commerce." Mrs. Goerch was given a basket of Haywood apples, as a gift from the Haywood Apple Growers As sociation. ; Among the visitors attending the meeting, were: Felix Plckelsimer, Sylva Chamber of Comerce; P. M. Canak, secretary Hendersonvllle Chamber of Commerce, Beekman Huger, Champion Paper and Fibre Co.; Julian B. Stepp, Carolina Pow er and Light Company, Francis J. Heazel, past president Asheville Chamber of Commerce; Mayor Kelly Bennett, Bryson City; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ferguson, Bryson City, the latter president of the Chamber of Commerce; Mr, and Mrs. Robert White, acting super intendent of the Park, Gatlinburg; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sink, Cherokee; Mr and Mrs. Ross Caldwell, Chero kee: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jennings Cherokee; Mrs. Molly Arneech, Cherokee, and Harry Buchanan, Hendersonvllle. During the dinner Teddy Mar tin's orchestra furnished music, followed by several numbers by the Cherokee Indian quartette The flowers were furnished by Waynesville Florist for the occa sion, and the meal Was served by Mrs. Rufus Slier, and members of the high school Home Economics Class. . Harry Buchanan Cites Value Of Cherokee Drama To This Entire Area Harrv Buchanan, president of the Cherokee Historical Associa tlon, told Chamber of Commerce banquet audience Friday night that "people will know they're In Norm Carolina" before the Cherokee in dlan drama Is over this summer. His remarks referred to the dif ficulty many visitors over their tional Park exnress over their knowing when they're In the Ten nessee side and when they're in North Carolina He told the nearly 400 people at the annual Chamber event In the Hazelwood School Cafeteria 1 1 ' .-IF One Milled, Two urt In Mane H Gra s h On S unday WILLIAM L. BALENTINE who was instantly killed when his plane crashed here late Sunday afternoon. Two others wifVi him suffered slight injuries. Methodists' 1950 District Meeting Set Approximately 300 pastors and that though the drama funds are lay delegates will hold the 1950 still about $20,000 snort of wnai is " n.riiciio needed, "the Drama will go on i" meeung inursaay ai rrauK- Un. Dr. C. N. Clark of Wayneavllle, the church's district superinten' July 1 regardless." Touching on the available tourist otlnna In tht BrPA he .HVIUIIi..... . ... LI 1 1 1... ii.. hn fhnnoh mnrp are aem, in nig announcemeni wunjr. iuu.vu I 1 . . . . , I Sau no WOUia conveno tot scmiuu at 9 a. m. at Franklin's first Methodist church. Attending the annual gathering witl bclrpreserrtatl v(s of the" it pastoral charges and the 78 church es In the district jurisdiction which covers seven western countiea. Also scheduled to appear' are reorescntatives of the Wostern North Carolina Methodist Con ference boards of education, mis- Fatal Piano ? . . Crash Arouses Wide Interest The tragic story of the death of William J,. BalenUne In the flaming wreckage of his plane yeaterday afternoon treated deep Interest throughout North and South Carolina. Late Mil morning, the Green wood, S. C, Index-Journal, and the United Preta off lee at Char lotte both phoned the Mountain eer for full details of the ao : ctdent The Greenwood paper covert Wart Shoalt, where Mr, Balen Une was raised. The VP was aeeklng more de tails for a story for Its trunk wire, which rocs to Its newspaper cus tomers throughout the nation. needed, "Waynesville seems to be building a town from Waynesville to Cherokee." Discussing the progress of, the plans' loir the" premiere" -,'bf .T the drama. "Unto These Hills." Mr. Buchanan reported that the amphi theater, which will seat an audi ence of 2,700 people, Is now 80 per cent complete, that an access road to U will be completed in time m . . ror me opening. ' ; kh.rhnnH .nH (h. rhurrh's Rehearsals for members of the cast will start June 1. "' Referring to the script, he ex plained that the play opens with the arrival of DcSoto and his Span lsh soldiers to Western North Car olina in their search for gold, and touches the principal points in the colorful, often tragic, history of the Cherokee nation. So far, he added, discussing the fund-raising drive, all of the money has been raised in the counties comprising the western 12th Con gressional District, and "not one dime" has been raised outside of the district." His address was one of the prln cipal features of the annual ban quet. Sonoma Lodge To Hold Oyster Supper Friday Sonoma Lodge No. 472, A.F.& A.M. will be hosts to an Oyster Supper for, the Past Masters Club and the West Gate Club on Friday nicht. Aoril 26th. at 7:30 p. m. in the Bethel High School Cafeteria A very interesting program has been arranged, with , a spelling match between the two Clubs. All Past Masters and members of the West Gate Club are cordially in vited to attend. Officers are: E. G. Stamey, presi dent and C. B. Hosallook, secretary, Past Masters' Club; and L. H, Cagle, president and Jack Sentelle secretaryv West Gage Club. schools of the area The principal business of the meeting will be the consideration of the official regular reports from the Methodist institutions of the district, t MR. NOLAND IN HOSPITAL W. H. Noland, who Is a patient at Mission Hospital, Asheville, Is reported to be resting comfortably. Rabies Clinic Schedule Set For This Week The schedule for the middle of this week for the annual Haywood County rabies clinics was announc ed today as follows: .... . Canto n Wednesday, Myer's Cash Grocery. 3:30 p.m.; Rollins Grocery. Highland Park, 4:30 p.m.; Nina's Grill, 6 p.m. Thickety Thursday. James Smith farm, 3:30 P. M.l William son's Grocery, 4;30 P. M.; Clark's and Bryson's Grocery, Flbrevllle, 5:30 P. M. Forester Grateful For Efforts To , The forester who was lost for 12 hours on the Waynesville Water shed last week expressed his feel ing in this way toward those who pressed the search for him: ' "I WM a stranger, and yet It made no difference to them. "They looked for me anyway." The forester, Wolodymyr Kolodlj, was marking timber on the water shed when, he took wrong turn in the dense underbrush and lost his way. When he was reported missing, Town Manager Grayden Ferguson and Police Chief Orvllle Noland organized the search that con tinued until well after midnight. Kolodij found his own way out, nowever, reaching town at 3 a.m. half a day and 18 brush-tangled miles after he had first started homeward. "I want to express thanks," he said in his statement to the Moun taineer, "to Mr. Ferguson, the po lice and the other men who search ed for me. "I say this not only for myself but also for my wife and our three children. "Though I am a stranger here, (See Forester Page 8 Local Musicians Capl Top Honors At :ure State Meet By winning a rating of "Super ior" in grade six in the state band contest in Greensboro Friday night, the Waynesville high school 58 plece concert band automatically won a return engagement to the same event next AprlI.L Waynesville Band Entering Lions Contest In Charlotte The Waynesville miUtary, or marching band, of 75 pieces, ire slated to participate In the annual contest of the Lions State Convention in Charlotte In June. The Wayesvtlte Club is sponsoring the trip of the band. This Is the first time the local band has ever entered the Lions State Band contest. The local band, playing in the highest grade in the state grade six won the rating of superior along with Lenoir, and Greensboro. The other entries in the same grade were High Point and Winston-Salem, ' Waynesvllle's 56 pieces won the same high rating as did the 70 pieces from Lenoir, and the 96 pieces from Greensboro, In the 1949 contest the Waynes ville band won a rating of excel lent In grade five. This year the band was in a higher grade and won an even higher rating, "which means a lot of ground has been covered," said Charles Isley, director of the band. The band received the news of their rating in a similar manner to the citizens of this community with a lusty welcome, mixed with cheering and tears of joy. ' Special recognition is expected to be given the successful conquer ers at the chapel program Tuesday morning. Soloists Receive High Ratings Robert Massle, cometist, and J. D. Stanley, tuba, received ratings of excellent in the solo contests on Thursday. Both boys are juniors, and this was their first entry, In a state con test. Mr. Isley predicted both would rate higher next year. The soloists were accompanied on the piano by Jimmy Gallo way. . .. The French horn quartette won a rating of superior. The quartette is composed of Betty Noland, Dorothy Caldwell, Nancy Leatherwood and Bar bara Chase. M. II. Bowles, superintendent, Bald that the band committee was "short 17 cents" of the $400 goal needed to send the band and chorus to the state contest. The two groups gave a concert to raise the money, and the tick et sale, , together with special cash gifts left a 17-cent deficit. There were 3 members of the local chorus who joined with 500 others in the special musical festi val on Wednesday in Greensboro, Mrs. W. E. Carter, of Lake Juna- luska, chaperoned the chorus, while Mrs. W. H. Burgin was chaperone for the band members. - Mr. Isley went down with the chorus, and remained ' throughout the festival, directing the band in the contest on Friday. He was also elected president of the State Choral Directors organization dur ing the business session which was held Wednesday. Robert Campbell, assistant di rector, went down Wednesday, ac companying the soloists from here, who participated in the contests on Thursday. Re remained until after the band contest Friday, Saturday afternoon, a large group of citizens went to Lake Junaluska to greet the returning musicians. The special bus was met by officers at the Buncombe line, and escorted into town, and all traffic on Main Street was halted as the parade went through, with sirens and horns wide open. The happy group went out through Hazelwood, and on to the high school, where parents, and well-wishers met the group for a joyous welcome home. Again, (See Band Page 8) William L. Batentine burned to death before the eyes of his young er brother late yesterday afternoon when his small plane crashed and burst Into flames at the edge of the Hazelwood Airport. Jack Kelly and Paul Franklin, who weie riding with him, escaped with minor injuries when they were thro'vn out of the plane as it hit tha ground Just beyond the south end of the landing strip. Charles BalenUne, the victim's brother, was bringing his own plane In fur a landing when he saw the crash. In an effort to land as close to the scene as possible, he nearly crashed himself. He escaped in- Jury, however, and the damage to his craft was limited to one of the landing wheels. Kelly and Franklin, both 19-year- old Waynesville boys, were released from Haywood County Hospital af. tor being treated for lacerations. Kelly sustained a gash on his chin and one leg, and lost several teeth. Franklin was treated for forehead laceration and also suf fered a bruised hip. " " Franklin told a newsman the plane went Into a steep climb to avpld. the barbcd-wlre fence' near the end of the runway. . We weren't up more than 250 feet," he said, "then the plane hit a windpocket and nosed over. When we hit the ground, the safety belt holding Jack and I In the back seat broke, the door flew open, and we were thrown out "The plane must have started burning right after we hit. "We ran back to try to help Bill as soon as we got to our feet. He said. 'Get back, get back.' 'Then the gas In the tanks shot up and we couldn't get to him," Mr. Balentine died without sound, apparently trapped in the wreckage of the plane's controls one of his legs broken. Within seconds, many peopl had reached the scene, but the searing heat from the roaring flames beat back the rescuers.. Less than three minutes after it struck the ground, the plane was a smoking skeleton of charred met al. The men who went to the plane after the flames subsided found Mr, Balentine s hands clutching at a piece of frame as though death had come as he was making a final desperate effort to pull himself free. The three men had taken off from the strip just a few hours af ter Mr. Balentine had attended a party to celebrate his coming birthday. , He would have been 35 years old today. Dr. J. Frank Pate of Canton, Haywood County Coroner,' said after examining the body last night that there was no need for an in quest. . Mr. Balentine, a native of Ware Shoals, S. C , had served through World War II. He worked for the A. C. Lawrence Leather Company of Hazelwood and also operated the Shell Service Station on .Main Street."".' r '""'' :' "' ' He had been a pilot for the last (See Balentine Page 8) Heavier Lines Will Be Built Rural Electrification workers are already busy on the Haywood Elec trical Membership's (667,000 ex pansion project. Contracts will be let in about 60 days on the construction of the REA organization's new headquart ers here. '' The remaining $100,000 of the total federal loan announced last Thursday will be retoaned to mem- - bers for the Installation of plumb ing and the purchase of electrical appliances In accordance with the policy inagurated about a year ago. . These details were reported by Corporation Manager R. C. Shef field of Waynesville this moaning In reply to questions concerning the details of the loan which was announced last Thursday by U. S. Senator Frank P. Graham. The $670,000 will build 285 miles of new lines to serve 885 new cus tomers in the six counties under Corporation jurisdiction, for build ing the hew headquarters, which will be located near the Waynes ville Drive-In Theatre; for re-phas ing the remaining main lines. In cluding the installation of voltage r regulators and sectionallzing equip ment; to Increase the. capacity of the substations. Most of the work. Mr. Sheffield said, would be done in Hay wood county, which is the Coop's largest county and contains approximately 40 per cent of the total 3,800 con sumers the organization now serves. When the expansion job Is com pleted within the next 12 months, he added, there will be facilities . ... i. ufTM-ieni tn me -rarfi. nt in im ' mediate present and the anticipated new customers of the near future. ' He declared that the improved system would be able to handle a total 6,500 members nearly double the number now on the rolls. Besides Hay wood, tne co-op aiso serves rural consumers of Bun combe, Jackson, Transylvania and Macon counties, and Raburn coun ty, Georgia. "Haywood county Is now 95 per cent electrified," Mr. Sheffield pointed out. "When these new facilities are completed, Haywood county will be 99 per cent electrified." The other counties are now run ning up to about 85 per cent In this respect, he added. Taps for the new lines are now being staked out by REA work crews, he continued, explaining that no contracts for this work are to be let. The work started this week. In regard to the new headquart ers building, he added, work will start as soon as the final plans are approved by the officials here and by the national office at Washing ton. The structure will be erected, under the supervision ,of the Southern Engineering Company of Atlanta. Ga., the architect. In charge of the engineering work on the entire expansion pro ject is B. O. Vannort Engineers,' Inc.. of Charlotte. ; Up to the time the new loan was announced last week, the Haywood REA had received a total of $1, 371,000 from the federal agency during the local eo-op's ten years of existence to build its current lines for 4,200 consumers. Waynesville Student Wins Speech Contest Malcolm Williamson, Jr., 16-year-old Waynesville Township High School junior, is the new cham pion of the Haywood county speech contest sponsored by the Knights of Pythias Lodge. , Young Williamson was judged the best speaker in the county con test staged at Canton on Friday night..' . ': ; V " By overcoming his first big hurdle, the Waynesville boy ad vanced as a contender for district, state and national honors. He succeeded another Waynes ville student, Miss Mozelle Liner, who last year gained the state finals. . S.1 .. v-'i.--' ... Donald Dunham has returned to wtxnpuvtlla frnm . Florida and. . i&. making preparation for the open ing of the Dunham House for next season. Highway .. Record For 1950 In Haywood (To Date) Killed.... 2 Injured .... 10 (This information com f piled from Records of " States Highway Patrol)