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Co:: :):,- J S LOl I.SYILLE KY clelighl3 Of Tho News To The Hills' ullve Edward J. Robe- Kr of Consrress t first district or Virginia forward to his annual 'L,,." in July. Qto be considered one of ,s sons. fnt race was Lhioolitics. HE WOTESYILLE liOUNTAINE ,65th YEAR NO. Published f wfvA4yk:fri tiieJourHyiSaof, Haywood County At '. 44 ': IS PAGf li'fedjy - Press N,ewsV WAYN The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park TODAY'S S"IIX "Is It unlucky to postpone a weddlnr?" asked tite young- man. "Not if you keep o post ponlnc It," - -a WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 1, 1930 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countiel Liberty Bell Replicd'Comiti his first g 10 lac x t L Patrick. 14 -year -old CofMr. and Mrs. J, C. Pat '.ihw been interested in L One of her desires has been i trip by plane. . CA she had an opportun ffilfill her long-sought de t she new from the Asheville Wille Airport to Winston f (or i visit with her aunt, 'dy did she make the trip a- (but she also made all ad , nations and arranged jjuV- i flight has not entirely satis i, anxious for more. Many, and Too Few I the yarns about the reap 4 defeated candidates were vttreenthe covers of a book, M he a whale of a boon. (such candidate Is saw to marked: "I can't understand i did not win -I figured all snds were for me." We nearby, trying to con man replied: "The trouble had more enemies than k . . . . 4 AJ -' X Jmakska Board Certifies Results Of Saturday's Primary -pictured above Is the full-sized exact duplicate of the Liberty Bert which will be displayed in Waynesville In front of the court house at two o'clock Friday. At 3:30 the outfit wjll move on to Can ton for display until 5:30. The Bell will be rung while here', and is part of the program for Increasing the sale of Savings Bonds. Plans Completed For Liberty Bell Program Ln who didn't know, a great libout dogs decided after con kle thought that his cocker M George, must be hungry. W was industriously chew as master's Christmas slipper, m appearance of "intent ton Un on his task would justl- deduction. jn fix him up a lulu," the man k 1 whistling happily, he open Vte cans of choice dog food, ;d the contents bito a deep !nd basted the .stuff in soup the breast of young pheasant had passed on at the age of souths. m he garnished the whole tea with lamb chop bones fed for the occasion in white pants. " Pi his hands in satisfaction towel, he set the bowl care on the kitchen floor and M for George. looked up from his work o expression that said: "Now ito YOU want?" but got up v and sauntered into the clever little man tiptoed to indoor as the dog in Ad the bowl, and. with a "ig nolle of love and affection, pooch to his dinner. a minutes later he came the kitchen to Bee how s had made out. ibowl was empty. 1 right beside it was his well .ii slipper. Child Injured After Running In Front Of Car A three-year-old boy was injur ed yesterday afternoon when he ran in front of a car near his home in Hazelwood. Haywood County Hospital at tendants this morning reported the boy, Luther Meyers, Jr., was in good condition, but his injuries had not been determined. Police Chief Ossie L. Sutton of Hazelwood quoted witnesses as say ing that Luther was running while playing with a neighbor's child, and stepped in front of a car as sThat Day Light 1 Waynesville men were corn batches the other after- f says 5:30," said one. sJ says 4:30." said the other, must be slow," replied p i just checked mine with m Union anri th. raAln " i not slow," replied the " Just hates to see that lain go down." An address and the presentation of citations to the Waynesville area's war-time U. S. War Bond drive chairmen will feature the program which will be held here tomorrow in connection with the display of a 2.000-pound replica of the famous Liberty Bell. James Massie, Haywood County chairman for U. S. Savings Bonds sales, said today the program and exhibit would open at 2 p.m. on the lawn of the Haywood County Court House Admiral W. N. Thomas of Lake Junaluska, retired chief of Navy chaplains, will be the featured speaker for the occasion. Mr. Massie will present the clta tions to those who served as bond drive and campaign and in special the driver - was fulling "tntw-theservide'clialrinrn for this area dur euro to parK. The officer said the driver was 19-year-old Louis Sanderson, home on furlough from his station with the U. S. Army in Tokyo. ' Chief Sutton said witnesses told him Sanderson's car was moving verv slowly when the boy ran In front of it, and that the child's in juries were caused by his falling against the curb. The accident occurred at about 6:30 p. m. on Oak Street. The officer said no arrest has hopn made He added that this was the first traffic accident of its kind to occur since he came to Hazelwood about a year ago-. Liner Says He's Not Received FHA Notice Yet Harry Lee Liner, Jr.. said today he had received no official notice yet from Federal Housing Admini stration regarding a commitment to have been issued this week. "All I know," he told a newsman, "is what I've read In the papers The newspaper story which ap peared earlier this week said the FHA office at Greensboro announc ed the issuance of a commitment to Harry Lee Liner, Sr., Harry Lee Liner Jr., and Jere D. Liner, all of Waynesville, in conection with the construction of a public housing unit here. ing the eight Campaigns that were staged between 1941 and 1945 He said State Highway Patrol men and Waynesville police will meet the truck carrying the dupll cate of the Liberty Bell as it reaches the town's corporate lim its on Pigeon Street on its way from Brevard. When the hell and its escort reaches the corner of Pigeon and Main Street, the Waynesville Town ship High School band will greet them and then . the entire pro cession will proceed own Main Street to the Court House, Participating in the program here will be State Bond Sales Di rector Allison James of Greens boro. At the close of the event here, the "truck will carry the bell to' Canton for a similar program The Canton High School band (See Liberty Bell Page 8) .Pro CTams Start Wins Scholarship ,.v..I . X -'Ammk . i... Jl CHARLIE (WOMACK, Waynes ville High School football star and student leader, has been awarded a $100 college scholar ship by the Waynesville chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. He plans tp enter Western Carolina Teach ers' College next tall. ; Charlie Womack Wins $100 Scholarship Charlie Womack has been award ed the'Beta' Sigma Phi scholarship which is. presented annually to member of the senior class of Way ncsville Township High School. Charlie, the son tf Mrs. Mary Ellen "Womack, has been an out standing student throughout his high school career. He participated in all sports and was an oiilstand ing football player. Last year he served as co-captain of the football team,- He was president of his senior class, a student Council officer and a member of the staff of the high school annual and the high school publication the Local Yokel. The scholarship, which amounts ta $100, is presented on the basis of scholastic average, citizenship and participation in extra curricula activities. The student Is selected by a committee of faculty members and a committee from the sorority, Charlie is employed at the Way nesville Country Club for the sum mer and plans to enter Western Carolina Teachers College this fall. He is the first boy to receive the scholarship. The Haywood Couijii' Board of Elections today announced the fin al official returns from Saturday's Primary. '.' The announcement came after Board workers and officials spent nearly two days officially certify ing the record vote in the county's 24 precincts. The official report, however, re vealed no changes in any of the results. In effect, it corrected, re vised, or completed some of the figures of the report previously published the Monday after the Primary. Here is the way the individual candidates finally cnnie out in the total returns from the Primary which saw Haywood County's greatest turnout of voters: IT, S. Senate Frank P. Graham 5,595 Willis Smith 2,241 . Robert R. Reynolds flOO Olla Ray Boyd 106 Assoc, Justice. State Sup, Court Emery B. Denny 3,003 Oscar O. Eflrd 2,046 State Insurance Commissioner Waldo Cheek 3,440 Hoke R. Bostian 2,169 Solicitor Thad D. Bryson, Jr. 6,827 A." A. Rice 1,083 Stale Senator William Med ford 5,295 J. P. Murray 2,638 ' State Rrprescnuilve O. L. Yates 4,492 W. G. Byers 3.511 Sheriff Fred Y. Campbell 6,452 L. M. Leatherwood 1,721 Bill Milner 420 1 . ,, Register of Deeds Jule Noland 6.427 P. D. Turner 1.670 Tax Collerlor v Sebe Bryon 5,897 , Floyd Miller 634 V. W. Haynes 805 Tony Davis 528 Mutt Tale 449 Clerk of Court J. B. Slier 5,230 C. H. Leatherwood 3,023 Chairman, Board of Commissioners C. C. Francis-4,444 David Underwood 3,909 County Commissioners R. L. Justice 984 Frank M. Davis 3,772 Frank R, Medford 2,209 D. J. Noland 2,034 Way M. Mease 707 Gaston Burnette 1,053 J. E. Henderson 1,665 V J. H. Allison 2,503 Board of Education James Klrkpatrlck 2,334 R. H. Boone 2,450 Jack L. West 1,909 C. C. Medford 1,735 Jim Klllian 3,166 " (See Primary Paire 8) Principals In Lake Junaluska Program i ii I The Rev, Horace Hammett, as sistant general secretary-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, will be the featured speaker during the afternoon program of Haywood County Day nt Lake Junaluska. Mr. Hammett is former pastor of the First Baptist Churc,h of Waynesville. Sunday's program at Lake Juna luska will mark the start of Dr. Frank S. Love's sixth season as superintendent of the Methodist Assembly. Dr. C. N., Clark, Waynesville district superintend ent, will preside over the morn ing services which will formally open the Assembly's 1950 season, Enthusiastic Welcome Sreets Motorcade In S. C. Power To Be Off 1:30 P.M. To 5 P.M. Sunday Waynesville town olTLrlals to day announced the power will be off Sunday afternoon from 1:30 o'clock till S 'clock, V Reynolds High School Holds Its First Graduation Reynolds High School's first graduates received their diplomas l uesday night. Principal R. H. Davis presented the certificates to the eight seniors after the Rev. Charles A, Edington, pastor of the Calvary Presbyter inn Church, made the Commence mcnt address. The graduates of the two-year-old Negro school's first senior class were Odell Gibson, Jr., Albert Wheeler, Joseph Keaton, Hershel Love, and Maxlne Palton. i he senior vesper services were held Sunday afternoon, with the Rev. H. B. Ferguson, pastor of Rock Hill Baptist Church, preach ing the sermon. Canton High School's Seniors Of 1950 Received Diplomas Last Night r natural ko,... :t.i- Junaluska will be greater - me beautiful hue 0f the indow of the chapel 17 added by new lighting. Q ught recently, was install rose window pf the chap-LV,?-J D- Hart of the i ' Methodist Conference, f window was dedicated last r me yountr nennlo who fflne supreme sacrifice In lather CLOUDY S?LJune Partly cloudy " rnv, j ,,C5Vuie tempera- Farm): S Max. 7,8 11 ' '9 67 Mln. Rainfall 52 .34 51 .05 56 .81 Progress Is Reported By Tourist Body. A'meetine of the Board of Di rectors of Western North Carolina Tourist Association was held in Waynesville Wednesday, May ai, in tho flPire nf the N. C. Rational Park, Parkway and Forests uevei rnminislsonl 2nd Floor u(..v... . - Hfocnnlo Tpmnle. Pesident James P. Myers 01 Bryson City called the meeting to ...h nrPsirtpH during the uiucl aim f cpssinn. tm AAHnn to Mr Myers, tnose M. Baity, An KlEOV..v ,,i.ltln-. rourc v.A Rumcarner. vu"-". ".. . fr:n f Wm. S. Pruett ana M. u- ;u Ashevllle; Ed McNlsh, Franklin; w(r, . t n Tweed. Hot Springs; and Mrs! Doyle Alley, Secretary-Treas-nt Wflvnesvllle. Reports were heard from officers and directors representing the eleven western counties on activi ties of local tourist associations In me aico. . .. t. i,oKfl rpnnrts it was inui- cated that many tourists have si ready arrived and according to in luiries and advance reservations (See Proeress Page 8) ii i in mi i in in ' )P r-m jr y i mm bwhmiw iimin u , iv i) -J' 3 pjl m . J- 4V. ctff Ay m- w -y k - ". i t f j::ifM- iff"' if These seniors f Canton High School ended their high school days last night when they were presented their diplomas during the tradi tional Commencement exercises. In the 'picture are Eleanor Cogdill, Barbara Medford, J. B. RWea, Paisy Cable, Kenneth Sanford. Earl Robinson, Bill Rhea, Nancy Lee Duckworth, Patsy Queen, Vera Lee Cole, Carolyn McElrath, JJancy Cody, Judy Clark, Nelma Jean Eller Ru'blna Childers, Audrey Mabry,Betty Sue Hipps, Aileen' Haynie, Patsy Harrison, Mary Lou Reed, Lila Jo Gillis, Alleen Cham bers Constance Holland, Alma Jean Smith, Nancy McGowan, Doro thy West,, Kathleen Owens, Viola Parham, Juanita Early, Anna Jean Burnette Bryant Holtzclaw, Jolene Miller, Easter Ferguson, Delia O'Diear, Wayne Prcssley, Elizabeth Enslcy, Marion Cabe, Bill Thomp son Paul Chastaln, Martha Moody, Patsy Anderson, Jean Brannon, Vista Pardue, Charles Duckett, Helen Harkins, Kate. Milner. Joe Bye'rs, Ray Cabe, Don Stiles, Jack Waldro'op, W. C. Moody, Francis Pless, Bill Hawkins, Suzanna Cody, Bobbie Rhodes, and Frances Anders. 1 ' ' . ' - . The tri-city motorcade of ' repre sentatives of Waynesville, Brevard, and Cherokee, is meeting enthusi astic, friendly response from large crowds in every town along High way 276. Blessed by sunny, warm weather, the travellers left Anderson early this morning to proceed to Laur ens, and thence to Spartanburg on their return trip homeward. Th waynesville 1 representatives are scheduled to arrive here at about 5:30 P. M. today. The; details of the successful tour to advertise Highway 2 76 from South Carolina into the Smok ies was reported by long distance telephone this moning by W. Curtis Russ, editor of The Mountaineer, who is travelling with the party. In their stops yesterday in the South Carolina cities of Greenville Easley, Pickens, Liberty, and And erson, he related, they were greet ed by between 30,000 and 35,000 people. This estimate was made by Patrol officers. The six pretty "Mountain Maids," all from Waynesville, passed out some 25,000 folders, post-cards and other literature advertising the natural beauty of this area. They will distribute approximate' ly 15,000 more during the tour to day." -:.'--r-'---.--:':- -: -. The somewhat wet prospects that faced the party early yesterday morning as it drove toward Brevard in a ( heavy downpour of rain vanished and turned blight shortly after they arrived in Greenville. Just 15 minutes before the par ade was to start in South Cam linas leading industrial city, the skies cleared, and the procession Including citizens of the three (See Motorcade Page 8) Wide and Varied Program Featuring Outstanding Speakers Slated For Current Season I The Lake Junaluska Methodist Assembly will open Sunday for iti 38th season, and a day-long pro I gram will celebrate the occasion, j: The Rev. J. G. Huggin, former pastor of the First Methodist I Church of Waynesville, will preach the principal sermon during the j morning services w hich will mark I the formal opening of the Assem bly for 1950. Mr. Huggin is now pastor of the Myers Park Methodist Church in Charlotte. Dr. C. N. Clark, Waynesville Methodist District Superintendent, will preside In the morning serv ices. The afternoon program, featur ing Haywood County Day, is ex pected to attract nearly 2,000 men, women, and children from th county's Community Development Program organizations. This phase of the observance wilt open following the picnit lunch on the grounds at 12:30 p.m., and the featured speaker will be the Rev. Horace Hammett; former pastor of WaynesvllleV First Baptist Church who is now assistant general secretary and treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. n Mr. Hammett is scheduled to ad dress the gathering at 2 p.m. " During the evening, the mem bers of the Haywood sub-district of the Methodist Youth Fellowship", with their friends, will hold spe cial services in. observance of the Assembly's opening, l Preaching the principal sermon will be the Rev. Horace McSwaln. pastor of the First Methodist Church of Bryson City. His theme wiU be "Ufa's High Plac-n". - i.u In charge of the services will be the sub-district's president. Miss Anne Bischoff of Waynesville, as sisted by the other officers. Music will be features of both the afternoon and evening pro grams, In addition to the ad dresses. During the afternoon, the Com munity Development Program quartets will sing. These are the Blalock Sisters, the Frances Cove Chord-Busters, the Aliens Creek Quartet, and the Sanford .Quar tet. .:' :;-;; The Youth Choir of the First Methodist Church of Waynesville will sing during the MYF services that evening, with Mrs. Fred Cal houn directing the boys and girls of the group. , Presiding over the day's program will be the Assembly's superin tendent, Dr. Frank Love. Local Masons To Meet Friday Waynesville Lodge No. 259, A.F.&A.M., will hold State Com munication on Friday, June 2, at 8 p.m. A program of Interest to all has been arranged by the committee. All Masons in the Forty First Mas onic District are invited to attend. Cole Praises Precinct Officials For Their Vhth Haywood County Elections Board Chairman Crom E. Cole today praised the work of precinct offi cials In last Saturday's Primary and gave assurance that the congestion of Waynesville's North Ward would be remedied. "I have no apologies to make to anyone on this election, "he de clared. Then he artciea: , "I want to express my deepest gratitude to the approximately 150 oficials who helped in Saturday's Primary. V "I feel that every candidate was treated fairly, and that the pre cinct officials were the ones who made it possible for a fair election to be held." , " Mr. Cole declared he apreciated the cooperation of all the candi dates, "especially David Under wood',' on the last day and was looking forward to having this high degree of cooperation again in the elections this fall. "1 especially want to commend the precinct workers in the North Ward of Waynesville for keeping on this long job until it was com pleted." The clerks and, officials of the North Ward (Waynesville Pre cinct No. 1, worked continuously for 38 hours, from about 6 a.m. Saturday through Sunday evening. Two of them remained until 1 a.m. Monday to check the tallies after -the 1,582 ballots had been counted. Regarding the congestion which occurred because of the heavy turnout in this precinct. Mr. Cole , (See Cole Praises Page 8 , PS Highway Record For 1950 In Haywood (To Date) Injured .. . . 18 Killed.... 3 (This Information com piled from Records of State Highway Patrol! .