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CO tonsvnxE Kr lelights )f The News -a nilTTTr-nn HE Q- Please V Canton Herald (ells this Uii'ir pysier-iuvuis ic h, oicr-arations in ad- hhoned his favorite res in! ructions: Lme raw oysters. They L too large, they must Ismail. just not be too salty, and it . ut be cold, and I'm In r them." . r finished his itemized lay si the omer ena 01 iswcrcd politely: ill you have mem wun pear-Is?" Yours - keasons oacK, a iooioau f taking a lerrinc ocauug. fre was 33-0 at nan lime, mid-way in the third. iat point, the losers took blTensive again. first play from scrim quai'terbaek fumbled, fcpiments recovered. iarterbark turned to one mmates, a halfback .and lignantly: idn't you get the ball? time to recover. ' jUbatk just shrugged and ESVELLE MOUNTAIN Published Tvice-A-Vcck In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park WAYN EER TODAY'S SMILE Diner: oa adrertned that this restaurant was under new manaf ement, but I sec the same manager still here Walter: Yes, sir. bat h cot married yesterday. O 65th YEAR NO., 77 SPACES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPT. ?3, 1930 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countie Returned By Conference " y 1 f A-U '. i tit i v ' - ihould I? ijicd it." You're the one That Again? REV. J. E. YOVNTZ has been returned as pastor of the First Methodist Church. KEV. W. T. MEDL1N, JR., has been returned s pastor of the Clyde Methodist Church. Rev. Huneycull Is Named District Superintendent Baptists Extend Call To The Rev. B. E. Wall The congregation of the First Baptist church extended a uuani mous call on Sunday to Kev, Rroadus E. Wall to become pastor of the church. Rev, and Mrs. Wall are due here tonight for a conference with the church leaders. Rev. Mr. Wall was here two weeks ago and preached for both services. He is now pastor of the First Baptist church of Chester, and prior to enlisting in the Navy as a Chaplain in 1942 was pastor of the First Baptist church in Hcnder- sonville. Rev. L. G. Elliott resigned as pastor here as of August 13th to go lo Roxboro. fr of scenery extolling the of New Hampshire de- fumewhat blithely that fashingtun is the "highest of the Rockies." The fold- inted by th" Bisbee I'ress ler, N, H. where Mount Mitchell is Sides out in the cold, is Imagine show Mt. Mitchell 6,770 feet above sea general belief has 1 1 ft the Tar Heel hill is the ! ioak in eastern America. fcr. the claim has always a r: destly expressed: to the ef i t!. Mt. Mitchell is the high r I oast of the Mississippi, jleavcs out a considerable Jnf territory which lies be- tuic Mississippi ana me imagine. : haps slid , Is way 6,7 !. 4d Hie g( laiin for Mt. Mitchell never disputed. ? perhaps the people who e file New Hampshire folder pat Mount Washington is i Jest snow-covered-even-in- imertimc peak east of the ,c nignest peak east oi me having a small boy waving idkerchief from the top of Id. Or something. pie of years ago, some peo- Tennessec were interested ing a hat on Clingman's all enough to be able to he claim that Clingman's as the highest peak east of sissippi. the Tennessee people were led in was making Cling ihnut, a hundred feet high i Mount Mitchell, fr was no mention of Mount leads one to the conclusion e lennessee folks were UP f with their geography and aboring under the assump- at Mount Mitchell was the beat this season for high- juntain honors. 1 shrewd businessmen would ( so foolish as to try merely I themselves the second high- Is east of the Mississippi. ocratic JdersTo Li Ci on Haywood County Democrat- feutive Committee will meet a. m. Saturdav at the HaV- fCounty Court House. announcement came this F? from Charles B. McCrary bes Creek. The Western North Carolina! Methodist Conference ' made only two vital changes in the Waynes-1 ville district positions, and only one change in the Haywood pastorates for the new year. The Rev. W. ,1. Huneycutt, pastor of the West Ashcville Methodist rhureh, was named Waynesville district suporiiilendent. Announced earlier was the ;'p pointinent of Hev. II. G, Allen, Winston-Salem district supcriiVcn dent, as superintendent of thi Southeastern Jurisdiction Assem bly at Lake Junaluska. Mr. IPtineycutt will fill the va cancy created by the retirement of Dr. C. N. Clark of Waynesville. Dr. Clark said today he wouldn't' be moving very far: he'll live at Lake Junaluska. Mr. Allen was named by the As sembly executive committee last week to succeed Dr. Frank S. Love. who will be reassigned to the North Carolina Conference when It holds its annual session November 2. The Kev. J. K. Yotintz, who suc ceeded the Kev. Russell Ymmg as ,.astor of the First Methodist church of Waynesville, will remain at his post here. The pastorates of the Canton and Clyde churches also were left un changed by the Conference. The ministerial appointments were made public yesterday during the closing session of the Conier ence at Aslieville. The Rev. O. E. Evans was named pastor at Fines Creek, in the only other new appointment made " the Haywood county churches-. The new appointments in the Waynesville district, in addition to those previously mentioned: Andrews, J. A. Allen; Franklin Circuit, C. L. Grant; Kobbinsville. J T Frazier, Jr.; Shady Grove, .1. w fVilMimn: Svlva. L. B. Hayes; Webster. S. J. Lawrence; and Whit tier, B. H. Zigler. Draft Board To Meet Here Tomorrow The Haywood County Selective Service Board will meet at the Haywood County Court House to morrow In reclassify men eligible lor the draft. Mrs. Hoy Campbell, the board clerk, said today the members would consider the business re garding last Monday's first ship ment of draftees from this county since the Korean crisis arose. Fifty-two men were sent to Char lotte for pre-inductlon examinations. The board also Is scheduled to alert men classified as 1-A. The local draft board was ex pected to make public tomorrow the number and names of the men who passed their examinations. The group making up the coun ty's draft riuola comprised single men ranging between 22 and 24 years of age with no previous rec ord of military service. Mrs. Campbell said that, so far, the board has not received Hay wood's draft quota for October. Tourist Group Of WNC To Meet Here Wed. Morning The directors of the Western North Carolina Tourist Association will hold their fust annual meeting here Wednesday. Mrs. F.dith Alley, secretary of the Association which was created just a year ago Inst June, said in her announcement today that the ses sion would get underway at 1(1 A. M. at the office of the State Parks Commission. She said the directors will re view the work the Association did during the previous year, draw up plans for the new business year, and elect officers and members of the Association executive commit tee. James P. Myers of Bryson City is president of the Association, and Paul Hyatt of Waynesville Is vice-president. Precinct Officials Are Named The Haywood County Board of Flections has -named officials for the county's new precincts for the November General Election. Also named were replacements for precinct officials who; have re signed since the June -runoff Demo cratic Primary. The appointments were announc ed this morning by Board Chair man Cronv E. Cole, West Waynesville Registrar. Johnny J. Ferguson; Assistant. Everett McElroy; Democrat Judge, Clayton Walker; Republican Judge, Shuffoid Howell, Center Waynesville Registrar. Mrs. Paul Gough; Assistant, Dave llvatt; Democrat Judge. Mrs. Boh Coin: Republican Judge, Arthur Green. Fast Waynesville Registrar, Hailcy Francis; Assistant, Fisher Sprinkles; Democrat Judge, Jack I Feline!; Republican Judge, Carter Camp. Center Pigeon Registrar, Harley Wells; Democrat .Indue, W. I. Mease; Republican Judge, James M Cook. Beaverditm No (i Reuislrar. Mrs. Arthur Scruggs i Bobbie Jo). Ivy Hill Republican Judge. Frank Finger. Saunook Registrar, Mrs. Clifton Shook; Assistant, Clark Hill; Demo crat Judge, Roy Stevens, was assis tant in Waynesville No 3; Republi can Judge, John Itenrv Huff. WaMiesville No. 2 (Soeth Waynesville)- Republican J'li.ge, W. A. Bradley lo replace W. L. Lampkln who lives in ('enter Waynesville. Waynesville No. 3 ( Aliens Creek) Registrar, Elmer Ilendrix; Assis tant. Mrs. Edna Heinbree; Demo crat Judge, Bill Ferguson; Repub lican Judge, Grady Farmer. Livestock And Crop Belhel PTl Will Spend $500 On School Grounds Large Crowds At Opening Of New Motor Firm Here More than .1,000 people visited the opening of Waynesville Motor Sales here on Saturday. The new firm is in a rc-mndclcd building on Main Street, next to the Dun ham House. The firm is sales agent for Mer cury cars, and iwcivu were on ui,--play for the opening. Much in terest was shown, according to Henry Davis, manager and owner. Milas Ferguson won me ...ill, A 11 prize at me opening Moss. Jr., of Lake junanisnd. tu ning the $")0 prize, and Sonny Lcatherwood, of Waynesvuie, me $25 prize. - fit s Fie, who is stationed with yTarines at Camp LeJcune, the week-end at home. jThe I eather FAIR nday. SeDternhpf 25 Fair and nued cool todav . Tuesday nd warmer. jTieial Waynesville' tempera as recorded by the staff of the "st Farm); Max. 21 .......... 77 22 77 23 74 24 09 Min. Rainfall 53 63 .03 48 .... 46 .... Presbyterian Leaders To Meet Wednesday The Session and Board of Dea cons of the Waynesville Presbyteri an Church will have a joint meet ing at the Church on Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock at which time E. G. Roberts, prominent layman of Ashcville and Chairman of the Presbyterian Program of Progress of Ashcville Presbytery, will discuss the plans for the com pletion of the program. All Ruling Elders and Deacons are urged to be present. Mr, and Mrs. Robert Viearlnl, of Baltimore. Md., are spending a two weeks vacation with me tatters parents, Mr. ahd Mrs. Larry Gunt er, on the Aliens Creek Road. By Mrs. Howard Smathers , (Mountaineer Reporter) The Bethel P.-T. A, met Thurs day, Sept. 21 at 2;30 in Bethel High School auditorium for the first meeting of the school year. More than one hundred parents and teachers were present. Mrs. James Reeves, chairman, was in charge of the meeting. The Rev. Paul Thrower, pastor of Bethel and Hazel wood Presby terian Church was guest speaker. His topic was, "Spiritual and Character Education." The business session was taken up with various committee reports. The treasurer's report showed over SISOO.OO in reserve to.be used for the paving of outside play-i ground areas. This work will jjet underway as soon as the location for the new building is selected. Mrs. Jack McCracken, chairman of Bethel Home Demonstration Club, explained the making and cost of the United Nations Flag The group voted to get one for the school and to have the school child ren bring one penny each for the overall cost. In this way each will have a direct hand in securing the flag. The Home D. Club will make the flag. Mrs. Plcmmons and Mrs. Fnuts second grades won the attendance banner. The following meetings will be at 2:30 P. M. on the third Thursday of each month. New Chairman f Dayton Workers Sponsor Blood Bank Wednesday The American Red Cross Blood mobile will visit the Waynesville Hazelwood area Wednesday, This latest appearance is being sponsored jointly by the manage ment and local union of Dayton Rubber Company for Dayton's em ployees. The donor room will be set up in the plant in Hazclwood, and only Dayton employees will be accepted as volunteers. Rudolph Carswell, chairman of the Waynesville area blood donor recruitment activities, said today the final details were being work ed out in connection with the pend ing visit. The Gray Ladies of the Waynes- MRS. J. R. MeCHACKKN was recently named chairman of the Waynesville Tuberculosis Com mittee, succeeding Lester Bur gin, Jr. Other members or the commit Ice include A. J. Fancher, Mrs. C. F. Klikp.itriek, Mrs. Raymond Lane, Mrs. Howard Bryson, and Dr. I. M. Weir. Festival Plans To Be Drawn By Merchants Outstanding Exhibits To Be Shown At High School Wednesday-Thursday. Final arrangements are being polished for the annual Crop and Livestock Exhibit of the Waynes ville School district. The two-day event will own Wednesday at the Waynesville j Township High School grounds. I Sponsoring the show, which is scheduled to attract nearly 3.000 entries, are the 4-H Club. Future Farmers of America, the veterans' farm training students, and the Future Homemakers of America. Entered in the show will be the finest examples raised and bred by the students In horticulture, field crops, and livestock, along with samples of the work done in the school's shopwork cour.se. Prizes of ribbons will he award ed to those finishing first, second, and third in each of the different divisions of competition. Heading the arrangements for the show are the following Exhibit officers and special committees: James Richard Boone, president; Henry Caldwell, vice-president; Joseph L. Boone, secretary -treasurer; and John II. Nesbltt. adviser; Horticulture-Allen Boone, Ray. mond Rathbone. Ray Kirkpatrlck. Leland Garnette, and Roy Arrlng toli; Field crops Willie Mehaffey. Lowery Sutton, Jim Leatherwood. Mark Palmer, and Linton Palmer; PoultryFrancis Fie, Robert B. Franklin, Brown Burgess, Charles Haynes. and Brown Ross; Livestock -Mark Russell. Walk er G. Chambers, Henry Caldwell, Guy Arlington, and Jerome Boyd; Shopwork CUud TiauttuuB. Bill Inman, Hayes' Singleton. Wil bur D. Duncan, and Jimmy Farmer, R.N.Rogers Family Reunion Set For Oct. 1 The inniial reunion of the R. N. Rogers Family will be held at the home of Mrs. R. L. Russell on Fines Creek, on Sunday, October 1. The occasion will mark the one hunrlrndth birthday anniversary of Mrs. R. N. Rogers. Relatives and friends are invited to attend and bring a picnic lunch Beaverdam Wins Annual County Field Day Honors A community that only a year ago was in sna.y u'S"""" condition has emergen as naywoou County's new Community Develop- ment Program Field Day cham pion. , ' The people of Beaverdam, who rallied and reorganized to get their community organization rolling last winter, defeated the , East Pigeon community for the coun ty's top honors in this department last Saturday at Champion Park in Canton. The inter-community recreation and field day event was held be fore the finals of the first annual Haywood County Community De velopment Program Softball Tourn ament at Champion Park. Beaverdam and East Pigeon had won the right to compete in o Field Day finals on the basis of their superior performances dur- inc the .summer scries of inter community events. Reaverdam won the prize for attendance, with 143 residents pres ent to 108 for East Pigeon. The new champions also won the four horse-shoe pitching events for women over 30, women under 30 men over 30. and men under 30: the egg throw, blindfold race, and tug-o-war. East Pigeon's standard-bearers came out on toP 'n lne a"nS con" test and family relay. In the group singing, a non competitive' event, Beavcrdam's chorus was led by Billy West, while the East Pieeon singers were led by Junior Sorrells. The Mount Zion Quartet gave special number as the East Pigeon representatives, while the Surrett Sisters represented the Beaverdam community. ville American Red Cross chapk again will handle (he administia tive work and set up the canteen for the donors. The donor room will onen at 9 a.m. to receive (he first volunteers, and will remain onen until about 5 p.m. Ned Tucker, Dayton personnel manager, and Mr. Simpson, assist ant manager, me directing the handling of the arrangements for the Bloodmobile visit. Rudolph Carswell, Waynesville area blood recruitment chairman, indicated Ibis morning that the need for blood donors was more (See Blood Bank Pane R) Youngest Oldest At Conference tun m, immmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrU.vtmJif.'imw. mmmmmmimmmmmmtmmmmmmmm Funeral Held For W. A. Shoemaker Funeral services were held Sat urday afternoon in West Canton Baptist Church for William A. Shoemaker, 60, wdio died of a heart attack Thursday morning while en ionic to work In a Canton bus. The Rev. Otto Parham and the Rev. P, G. Hicks officiated and burial was In Bon - A - Venture Cemetery. Pallbearers were Carl Painter, James Hyde, Fred Brown, Homer Rogers, Steven Duckett and Gola Rector. Shoemaker was a native of New port. Tenn,, and has been residing in Canton for 13 years. He was a carpenter and at the lime of his death was employed on the new Central Methodist Church project In Canton. Surviving are the widow. Mrs. Nola Parham Shoemaker; one son. Calvin Shoemaker; seven brothers, Lemuel. lien, Arthur, George. Mil chell, Ed, and Forest Shoemaker, all of Newport, Tenn., and two sin ters, Mrs. Milton Brown and Mrs. Judd McMahan of Newport. Crawford Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. ALLEN'S CREEK CUP MEETING SET FOR THURSDAY A meeting of the Aliens Creek Community Development Program will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Aliens Creek School. The Rev. C. L, Allen, the com munity chairman, will preside. Members of the Merchants As sociation wiil meet Tuesday night, at Patrick's Cafeteria, lo formul ate definite plans for the-annual Tobacco Harvest Festival, and a Christmas Trade Promotion. C. .1. Recce, president, said that this is an "all-business session" as several committees now at work on plans will make reports on the pending events for later this fall. Tickets for the dinner are on sale ;it (he Chamber of Commerce for $1.25 each. Mr Recce, and directors of the organizalion, are urging mat a large representation of every firm in the area be present to partici pate in the formulation of the fall promotion plans. Drive To Help Handicapped Find Vork Is Planned .Plans wore made at a meeting la'j.1 Thursday for the local observ ance of National Employ the Handi cap Week October 1-7, The national campaign to help lind work for people who were skilled but physically handicapped was launched live years ago. Representatives of the local of fice of the N. C. Employment Serv ice, industry, and business attend ed the session and named special committees In work on the arrange ments for the week -long observ ance. The meeting was conducted by Arthur Victh, chairman of the (Sec Handicapped Page 8 Funeral Rites Are Held For Mrs. Crymes Funeral services for Mrs. Joanna Hickman Crymes were held in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Robert Boone, on Route 1, Waynesville, Sunday afternoon at four o'clock. The Rev. Malcolm R. William son, pastor of the First Presby terian Church, officiated and inter ment was in Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were J. B. Siler. Vin son McElroy, Dowe West, W. .W. Kelly. Robert McCracken, and Rob ert Francis. Mrs. Crymes died Saturday morning 'at the age 'of 03 -after a long illness. She was the daughter of the late Joseph R and Eltnlna Aiken Hickman, a native of Tran sylvania County, and was the widow of Lycurgus Crymes. She had resided in Haywood County for 54 years and was a member ol the First Baptist Church here. Surviving in addition to Mrs. Boone, are one son, Albert Crymes of Waynesville, Route 1: 10 grand children, and three great-grandchildren. Garrett Funeral Home was charge. in '""iUk'mmdf'r i n '4 4 The Rev. B. A. York (right), 92, is the oldest member attending the annual Western North Carolina Methodist Conference in Ashe yille, He is chatting with the Rev. Joe Lane Ervin, 21, the young est member. The youthful minister has charge of a circuit in Rockingham county. Mr. York is the son of Bradley York, first teacher at Brown's School in Randolph county which later became Trinity College and finally Duke University. iAP Photo). Over 1,500 Exhibits Set For Pigeon Valley Fair The second annual Pigeon Valley Fair will be held September 29 and 30 at Bethel School. Co-sponsoring the event, which was inaugurated successfully last year, will be the Community De velopment Program organizations of East Pigeon, Center Pigeon, West Pigeon, Stamey Cove, Cruso, and Cecil. The members of the Fair public relations and finance committee at a meeting at Bethel School last night elected M. C. Nix as Fair di rector again. Mr. Nix is vocational agriculture teacher at the school. The event will open with a beau ty contest and talent show the night of September 29 in the Bethel audi torium. The proceeds will help finance the Fair. The highlights of the program Florida Hotel Man Claimed By Death Hugh West berry, director and auditor of Florida East Coast Hotels, died, suddenly at his home in St Augustine, Florida last night, Mr. Westberry was well-known in Waynesville, where he has a number of relatives, and has fre quently visited here. Funeral services will be held in Sylvester. Georgia upon completion of arrangements. will be the crowning of "Miss Pigeon Valley Fair." selected by judges from among beauty contest ants representing each of the spon soring communities. The next day. judges will pic' the winners of the livestock and crop exhibits. Last year, more than 1,500 ex hibits were entered in the Fair. Committees from each of the .sponsoring communities were ap pointed to help work on the ar rangements: Stamey Cove Cragg Allen. Mrs. Martin Rogers. McKinley Pressley, Walter Roberts, I), D. Recce. Ray Pless. R. T. Green, H. J. Rogers, Mrs. D. D. Reis. Jennings Rogers, Don Stevens, Mrs. Ruth Pressley, and Mrs. II. J. Rogers: East Pigeon- Van Wells, Lon Evans, C. S Rawlins. H. Sherrill, (See Pigeon Fair Page 8) Highway Record For 1950 In Haywood (To Date) Injured .... 26 Killed ... . 6 (This Information com piled from Records of State Highway Patrol) it