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Blonday Afternoon, Jnjy ij jj PAGE SIX THE TTATKT.lTILLE 1I0UXTAIXEE3 County Forest Fire Loss Slight During Past Year Forest fires in Haywood County during the la,t 12 months did rel atively slight damage. And new fire-detection equip ment installed during the fiscal year v ill help rr.ae the damage even slighter in the future. This information was contained in Ccunty Forest Warden R. E Caldwtlh annual report which he submitted recently to Jhe board of county commissioners. The county's forests were hit by 29 fires durin? the 12-month period from "-July 1, 1343 and June 30, 1950. But the total damage to the 75C ! acres burned amounted to only $1,007. "This makes the average size fire for the year amount to 26.2 j acres per fire," Mr. Caldwell's re- j port said, adding: ! "This represents a very minutely j small portent of the total acres of forest land." In all. the county is blanketed by 211.218 sens forest land. Of this. 88.223 ore under the pro tection of the North Carolina Divi sion of Forestry in cooperative agreement with the county. The county didn't have to pay the whole bill fur fighting these fires, however. The report said two of the five defendants prosecuted for viola tion of the forest fire laws "were allowed to reimburse the county and state for funds expended in suppressing two fires." Mr. Caldwell also reported that a new type fire finder and a new plotting map were installed In the fire tower on Chambers Mountain. Along with the radio in the tow ers and the trucks the fire wardens use, this new equipment will en able fire fighters to reach much more quickly and accurately, be fore they develop to dangerous proportions. Mr. Caldwell worked 1,990 hours and travelled 9.932 miles in carry ing out his dutiti during the 12 month period. The entire organization, exclud ing Mr, Caldwell, worked a total 4,045 hours. In addition to doing forest fire work, the county forest warden as sisted the county agent's office Stewards-Trustees To Meet At Long's Chapel The Board of Stewards and the Board of Trustees of Long's Chapel Methodist church will meet at the church on Thursday evening, July 13, at 7:30 o'clock. Guy Fulbright, chairman of the Board of Stewards will preside. Homecoming Set For Fines Creek Church The Lower Fines Creek Metho dist church will hold its annual Decoration and Homecoming Day July 16. The Rev.-. Joe Shackf ord of Greensboro will preach the sermon at 11a. m., and a picnic will follow the services. Everyone Is invited to attend bringing a lunch and flowers. Strand's Big Air Force Epic .'V C v i. t l -. I, 0l j: Gen. Claire Chcnnault, as played by Raymond Massey, instructs Dennis Morgan before the big flight over enemy territory. This scene from Warner Bros." stirring air epic. 4,God Is My Co-Pilot," coming to the Strand Theatre Wednesday and Thursday. in securing applications and de livering 202,300 forest tree seed lings iri the county. These were sent by the Tennessee Valley Authority. A large part of the warden's time was devoted to public relations work in efforts ot educate the peo ple in the necessity of protecting forests and using sensible methods in cutting forest lands, and in pre serving the forests for future gen erations to the benefit and welfare of the county. He prepared 20 articles for newspaper publication, gave seven lectures on forestry, showed 13 movies on the subject, had an ex hibit at one fair, set up 32 win dow displays, and distributed 110 posters. Besides this, his office prepared 2,916 transcriptions and spot an nouncements for radio broadcasts, and distributed 9,423 pieces of lit erature. He also made 1,076 personal con tacts in discussing forest protec tion, while attendance at various functions totalled 3,123. MOKE ABOUT Highway (Continued from Page I) Use Want Ads for quick results mm mm ii fpllXK SHOP SAVE i mm qag g,..,. PICKLES . . BABY FOOD CLOROX . . QUART SWT. MIX JAR GERBERS V GAL. BOIILE 33c 29c avery Hay low Prices 46 OZ. Ill C ORANGE ADE . 29c PKG. FROSTEE DESSERT MIX 2 - 25c 12 OZ. KERNEL t f NIBLETS CORN 2 -29c 3 OZ. WHITEHOUSE FRUIT PECTIN 2 -19c Refrigerated Produce FANCY RIPE TOMATOES . lb. 25c HOME GROWN SPINACH . lb. 2 -25c Another official expressed amaze ment over the condition of the! county's beef and dairy herds in good condition." "altogether, among the finest 1 ve seen in the tate. We certainly were impressed with Haywood County's livestock." These impressions were derived in visits to" some of the county's finest livestock farms. Observed the Commission's pub lic relations director, William Sny der after the tout: "I wish I could move up here." He termed the meeting here highly successful and very educational. "The members of the Commis sion have gained a very extensive knowledge of this county and its road conditions because of this visit." he added. During the tour, Mr. Thrash showed the visitors an example of a 12-foot road. This type highway, an innova tion in the state's rural road con struction system, would prove suitable, he declared, to mountain areas where tratnc volume was substantially lighter than that overj primary roads. The standard primary highway is 22 Ieet wide with a 30-foot road bed. The secondary road is 16 feet wide with a 24-foot road bed. The officials also saw roads that had Just received their first black topping treatment, and some which were still in the "mud" class. They saw a "model mile" in Rat- cliffe Cove, motored over the Soco Gap highway through Maggie, vis ited Jonathan Creek, the Coman Mountain road in Iron Duff, and Flbrevllle, Clyde, and the Canton area. I They also got a good idea of the comparative costs of building a road in the mountain section and building one in the "flats," and of the unique problems involved in mountain road construction. ! It was the first meeting the Commission held as a group in Western North Carolina in more than 15 years, and only the second it has ever held in the mountain area. The members received back ground information for their morn ing tour the night before at the Haywood County Court House as they resumed the session they had i started at dinner shortly before at the Mount Valley Inn. Charles E. Ray, Jr., of Waynes vtlle, chairman of the State Parks Commission, told them the Friday tour would acquaint them with the problems this section faced. "We'll have a tremendous prob lem in handling the tourist traffic j in this section," he forecast. He pointed out that the anlici pated increase would come through the completion of the sections of the Parkway in this area and in the growing popularity of the National Park. Mr. Ray also told the Commis sion that the Park, with more than i,ouu,uuu visitors last year, saw the heaviest volume of tourist business of all National Parks Not only that, he added, but two adjoining areas, though not as well known as the Park, had nearly as large numbers of visitors. tirade "H" Markets FANCY CHUCK" BEEF ROAST lb. 95c MINUTE STEAKS . . . lb. S3C SUPERMARKET session told his colleagues they could decide whether investments in such recreational sections were advisable. He aded that he had visited the picnic areas around Soco Gap dur ing the July 4 weekend, though not on July 4 itself. "There weren't one-tenth enough of them," he said, describing the scene presented by motorists all along the Soco highway stopping for out-door lunches, or looking for places to have them. Attending the meeting in addi tion to Dr. Jordan and Mr. Thrash were Commissioners Henry Shel- ton of Speed in Edgecombe County, W. Guy Hargett of Richlands, Wil bur Clark of Fayctteville, Dr. R. fc. Larp of Selma, George Coble of Lexington, Mark Goforth of Le noir, Joseph Graham of Lincoln ton, Chief Engineer W. H. Rogers, General Counsel R. Brookes Pet ers, Public Relations Director Wil liam D Snider, and Miss Ina Fer rell, the Commission's secretary. The only commissioners absent were Otis Poole of. Candor and James A. Barnwell of Burlington. Shortly after the meeting open ed, Dr. Jordan complimented the Haywood County people for build ing such a fine Court House. "I've never seen a more hand some Court House," he declared, "and I'm glad you people had the good sense to build it in 1932." As the business meeting got un derway, Mr, Rogers made a re port on the county roads investi gation and recommended additions to existing projects in a number of eastern and Piedmont counties. The Commission adopted these recommendations without debate and formally approved $5,648,' 529.30 in low bids on a total 514.6 miles of road projects and struc tures. The officials also voted a con tributio" of $1,000 as the Commis sion's share in financing the cere monies which will be held In con nection with the formal opening of the Blue Ridge Parkway next Aug ust. President Truman is scheduled to altend the dedication, which will be held at Douchton Park near the North Carolina-Virginia border. In other business, the Commis sion adopted a motion to continue publication of "North Carolina Roadways," the monthly magazine for its 13,000 employees. They closed their session after discussing but taking ho official ac tion on the McCormick Report re garding the state's prison system. Commissioner Graham suggest ed that major points called for legislative action, and the other members of the group agreed that it was worthy of debate in the 1951 General Assembly. The voluminous report was made by Austin McCormick, an author ity on prison systems, following his exhaustive survey of the state's network of prison camps and its penitentiary. MORE ABOUT Court (Continued Irom Put 1) by bullets from high-powered rifle during the chase the night of March 4. Traffic violations, including 31 drunk driving cases, dominate the calendar. Elsewhere, other defendants are scheduled for trial in three as sault cases, three for assault with a deadly -Weapon. 10 for non-support,; one for abandonment and non-support. . two for carrying a concealed weapon, one for rob bery, one for cruelty to animals, three for liquor violations, and one for passing a worthless check. among others. Mny of the cases set for hear ing had been continued from pre vious terms bf court. One of these Is a criminal-assault- and-felonious assault matter that originally was set for the February 1949 session. Another is a manslaughter charge growing out of a traffic fat ality of last win'er. In the latter case, John Burnice DeWeese is scheduled to be tried in connection with the death ol a school child struck by a truck on the Dell wood Road early last winter. At The Park Thursday and Friday 1 Jtw feler. it rryiot U resist tht romantic Omr Ror. in this scene from ;'L.re That Brute, .ch tar Paul Douglas. Deaths DAN MILLS Graveside rites for Dan Mills. 46, formerly of Canton, who died July The list of jurors for the first 2 at Myrtle Creek, Oregon, were week: William Ledford, Fines Creek; Albert W. Ferguson, Crabtree: Clyde Cox, Waynesville; Frank Rich, Ivy Hill; M. E. Davis, Waynes ville; Asa Grogan, Pigeon; James M. Best. Crabtree; Herman Rhinchart, Clyde; Roy S. Robinson, Beaver dam; Earl Williams, Beaverdam; Jim Bradley. East Fork; Cash Ed wards, Waynesville; Vess Reece, Cecil; Francis Caldwell, Jonathan Creek; C. Y. Parks, Iron Duff; Mrs. R. H. Blackwell, Waynesville; Earl Bradley, Fines Creek; C. C. Med ford, Beaverdam; N. it. Wild, Beaverdam; C. R. Francis, Clyde; Elmer Chambers, Clyde; Earl M'esser, Ivy Hill; Rufus Smathers, Waynesville; and A. C. Downs, Clyde; conducted in Oak Grove Cemetery this afternoon. The Rev. A. M. Wyatt officiated. A native of Jackson county, he had resided in Canton for a num ber of years prior to moving to Oregon about six years ago. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Myrtle Littrel Mills; five children, Verlin, Roberta, Louilla, Billy and Jerry of the home; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mills. Also four sisters, Mrs. Paul Bale scik of Trenton, N. J., Mrs. Alice Cagle and Mrs. Edwin Haynes of Canton and Mrs. Ralph Bryson of Clyde; and one brother, Dallas Mills of Glenvillc. Wells Funeral Home was in charge. Visitors Are Invited To Craft Shop An inviation is extended to visi tors as well as other women in the community to visit the Craft Shop Campaign Aidi Music Camp Fv Mrs. Freda Knopf has be I ed chairman of the Vaj committee that is seeking "3 to subscribe to the TranCI Music Camp's drive for " ment funds. H The camp is seekins r J quota of $5,000 thU w.k iS an eventual quota of $25 j which to help finance its s1 snip students and its cot nT1 ation. The immedaite plans of thr. call lor a concert Friday ' p.m. in the cmp auditohnm J Eileen Farrell of concert and J fame will sinsvwith tw A conducting the 85-piece can J nhrtnv nrrhndra m VIVIH.OUO, Those taking "shares" i campaign will be admitted to at Lake Junaluska, w hich is J sponsor-u Dy me Junaluski man's Club. ine snop, which is locate Lake, is open each TueMlav Thursday from 9:30 a m Carl Mundy Is giving Instruct aiumtnum tray etching. Junaluska CDP To Meet Tuesday Night Residents of Lake Junaluska will meet at the Junaluska School at 8 p. m. Tuesday to make plans for entertaining the Stamey Cove resi dents at an inter-community field day July 21. Dfr. Elmer Clark, Waynesville Methodist district superintendent, will conduct the devotional at the Community Development Program meeting. MORE ABOUT Break-Ins (Continued from Page 1) Eagles Nest Road. Mr. Bevel's summer home was broken into some time between January 1 and May 5, while the owner was at his Florida residence. The break-in at M-s. Strawn's house occurred during the first week of June, he added. Arrlngton and Sharp, who came here from West Virginia about a MORE ABOUT Large Audience (Continued from Page 1) the pursuit of peace, and fourth, the acceptance by the people of a view of the universe in which this kind of activity and thought makes sense. "The great difficulty today is that there is no moral code accepted by all the nations. Time was when we had such a moral code, which even if it was broken, men believed in. Today there is no over-arching loyalty in which terms of your will and my will can find unity. The fact there was once such a code made it possible for the United States to be organized. Th? lack of it was responsible for the failure of the League of Nations and fw the weaknesses of United Nations. The trouble with United Nations is not lack of power to prevent war, but. lack of agreement in Christian ethics and belief in a spiritual world where people have dignity and destiny in God. Teague, Frank Burton Wells. Thompson, and year and a half ago, both are charg ed in connection with the break-in of Mrs. Strawn's home. Sharp is accused of entering Mr. Bevel's residence. MORE ABOUT 4-HClub (Continued from Page I Mrs. Elaine GUI, nurse; Charles Isley, music director; and Alice Fincher, swimming director. The 4-H clubbers on the trip include: Jackie Sue Browning. Sarah Last summer, approximately 1,-1 Jane Burrell, Sammie Lou Burress, 500,000 people visited the Pisgah Ann Carter, Betty Felmet, Jewel National Forest, and nearly 1,000,-(Dee Ferguson, Regina Ferguson V W ."'. ' Vt " ' " "f'fff LTT 000 visited the Nantahala area He also told the highway officials that the reported valuation of land in Haywood County is second high est in the United States, topped only by one county in California. Land in the Maggie section, he said, is running as high as $1,000 an acre. . "And I'd like to have some at that price," declared Commissioner Thrash. The officials in their first official act of the evening, adopted a mo tion to accept the invitation of the Waynesville Chamber of Commerce to a picnic lunch at the Cataloochee Ranch on Saturday. The invitation was tendered by Mr. Ray on behalf of the Chamber. On Friday evening, the officials visited some of the six picnic area in the vicinity of Soco Gap. and. after dinner, closed out their two- day meeting by going to the CherJ onee arama. Referring to the picnic areas; Mr. Thrash at the Thursday night Annie Sue Gibson; Gail Ann Green, Claudia Lath rop, Jo Anna McCracken. Phyllis Mease, Nancy Medford, Margaret Morrow, Doris Muse, Dorothy muse; Susie Noland, Eula Jo Stamey, Dot Swayngim, Viola Stewart, Joyce Ann Turner, Nancy Under wood, Mary White, Gail Woodard, r ranees fcmma Yates; Jimmy Lee Best, Ray Buchanan R. E. Cathey, Dan Chambers, Bob Cody, Bobby Edwards, Bernard Ferguson; James Ferguson, Jerry Nell Fer guson, T. L. Francis, Joe Green Charles Howell, Ray Johnson, Neal Kelly, Keith Leatherwood; Lane McCracken, MUas Mc Cracken. Terry McCracken Charles Mann, Dale Medford Doyle E. Muse, David Noland Mack Noland; Charles Pless, Sammy Powell Ray Rhinchart, Dan Saycr. Tom my Singleton. .Top Davl Klslr Tori. die Skaggs, David Tate, Terrell' Two Shows Daily Monday through Friday 7 & 9 P.M. Saturday: Continuous Showings from 11 A.M. Sunday: 3 Shows, 2, 4 and 9:00 P. M. TODAY and TUESDAY, JULY 10 -11 audie''wanda MURPHY HENDRIX BURL DEAN IVES 1AGGER WEDNESDAY - TIURSDAY, JULY 12 -13 4 DANE CLARK RAYMOND. MASSEY ALSO "TOM & JERRY" CARTOON NEWS O STARTS SUNDAY 0 BRIGHT LEAF ii BE WISE GET STRAND WISE WAYNESVILLE DilV-M TIEMEE Movies Are BETTER Than Ever! PROGRAM MONDAY and TUESDAY, JULY 10-11 "MONTANA" Starring ERROL FLYNN and ALEXIS SMITH ALSO SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS o WEDNESDAY, JULY 12th 'JIGGS AND MAGGIE IN COUR ALSO "ROSE OF SANTA ROSA . Starring PATRICIA WHITE 0 - THURSDAY and FRIDAY, July 13-14 SANDS OF IWO JIMA Starring JOHN WAYNE PASM THEATRE WHERE YOU CAN ENJOY THE BEST PICTURES IN COMFOil SEATED IN LUXURIOUS BODIFORM UPHOLSTERED SEATi I Matinees Sunday 2 and 4 P. M. Saturdays 11 A. M. Continaom I Night Shows T and 9 P. M. Sunday Night 8;3(l P f 6 f -jtM Jr"ft PROGRAM MONDAY and TUESDAY, JULY 10-11 7 CLAUDETTE COLBERT WEDNESDAY, JULY 12 MILITARY ACADEMY" v WITH V V THE 10th AVENUE GANG O- THURSDAY and FRIDAY, July 13-11 CESMt GOMtRO KEENAN WYHN-JOAN DAVIS
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