North Carolina Newspapers

STANDARD PTG CO Comp 220-230 S First Si I.OITSVHXE KT fid idelights Of The News -a I DeLuxe i. morning when the Draft lel the roll of 24 young t 23 answercu. L bus pulled out the 24th not shown up. Just as the Lt of sight, a car rolled young man jumped out. lie 24th man. He explained to W. A. Brad- 11 liv. man. of the board, an Bradley said "Time's t irl 5 K". lurried off. caught up with 5the other side of Clyde, loung man got aboard, fadley then gave a sigh of knd said: "Twenty-four keoty-four accounted for." iLose But Half J Known professional man tesville has learned a trick sures him of always get I fountain pen back when jrps the top Just loans the fany people are In the habit $mg pens and pencils in ckets, that often they for I put your pen In their f After losing a good pen, I f this plan of loaning just Jni-e then I explained. The Wayn esyille Mountain Published Twice-A-Veek In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park eer! TODAY'S SMILE -a i Teacher: "A fool ran ask more questions than a wise man ran aniwrr. ' Pupil: -Wrll-I n wonder j I didn't pass the test" 65th YEAR NO. 93 24 PAG tS Associated Press .WAYN ESYILLE, N, C, MONDAY AFTERNOON,- NOV. 20, 1950 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countiet Tobacco Festival Op ens Tuesday haven't lost a ag Cavities I Waynesville Veterans I Wars made sure the Hay funty boys would go off for (on unhampered by empty is last Friday morning. Be le young men boarded their t,the Court House, they were iighnuts and hot coffee by dies of the VFW Auxiliary, iey boarded the bus carrying Jel of choice Haywood county Igiven them by the VFW post rder, Albert Marshall. Criminal Court Term Opens Here Leaves Test Farm New Director f QETfleS LOW in RE A The two-week November ci imi nal term of Haywood Superior Court opened here this morning with Judge J. W. Pless of Marion on the bench. Up to noon, the first group of a docket of some 125 cases were dis posed of without jury trial. The Grand Jury meanwhile was considering bills of indictment against other defendants. The jurors for the first week: Willis Kirkpatrick, Beaverdam; Mrs. Howard Bryson, Waynesville; Wayne E. Rogers, Waynesville; Frank Wells, Pigeon; Willie Hog len, Beaverdam; R. O. Chambers, Pigeon; R. I.. Prevost. Waynesville; of ! Hobcrt Green, Iron Duff; (See Court Pane 2) WW?-'"1 immwi-i Miiiiun mmmm . i - .n---Vj- " i; , v i Bid V Radio Job f e Robinson rned District iVice-President Robinson of Waynesville fected last weekend as first t vice-president i'or the Carolina Junior Chambet. of ierce. ' -v. - will fill the unexpired portion 4 term of Oscar Tlnney of I Mountain, who resigned af fc was called for military 1 Robinson was nominated for estern North Carolina post pl Snow of , the Asheville t Chamber during the second rly meeting of the state f of directors at Charlotte last May. first district includes Junior ibers of Commerce in the from Waynesville east to For- viiy. arlie Woodard, president of Waynesville Junior Chamber, Mr. Robinson represented the I organization at the meeting. I- Robinson, who became a e in Shelby in 1941. helped jiize the local Junior Chamber years ago. peraj Reserve ;ard Fighting iralirig Prices Peers of the Federal Reserve m rolled up their Bleeves to J inflation over the week-end. feordlng to a request from the ral Reserve board, all mem hanks were asked to put a ban niflationary loans, such as real construction, excessive in tones an1 specuiative proposi. f- Legitimate business needs I still receive due consideration, .request pointed out. fe banker explained the re- i m this manner: "It Is just an to keep prices from going u'gner on every-day commodl Is a neighborly protection. f e First National Bank here is 1 only bank west of Asheville a ber of the Federal Reserve (tern.- Festival Queen's Court To Be Named Friday The girls for the court of the Queen of the Haywood County To bacco Harvest Festival will be se lected Friday night at the Waynes ville Armory. This will be the equivalent to the semi-finals of the contest for pick- ing the 1950 queen. From the members of the court, the Festival queen will be chosen and crowned the following night. The selection of the court will' feature the Friday night program, .which will follow the afternoon Festival parade. .,'.' ROunBtng 'out "tfte evening 'pro gram will be the singing of quar tets and other choral groups rat ed among the finest in Western North Carolina. These will include Otis Thomp son's Gospeleers of Buncombe county and Canton, and the Friend ly Five of Haywood County. The program will open at 7 P.m. Howard Cinpp, ler. is leaving the State Test Farm to assume posi tion as county agent of Cleveland county, and M. R. WhU-nhunt, right, has been named director in charge of the farm here. (Photos by Ingram's Stuiiioi. Whisenhunt New Director At Test Farm; Clapp Leaves M. R. Whisenhunt has been mim ed assistant director in charge of the State Test Farm here, succeed ing Howard Clapp, who will be come county agent of Cleveland county on December first. Mr. Clapp, rounding out five years as head of the farm here, plans to move his family sometime Jhls week to Shelby. Mr. Clapp was "with the Extension service 11 years prior to going fvith the State Test Farm. Union Service To Be Held Thanksgiving Day tuber 15th from Ashe county, where he was assistant county agent. He graduated from State College last June. He is the son of the late W. M. Whisenhunt who was foreman of the farm here three years, and the farm at Swan nanoa for 35 years. "I have lived on a Test Farm all my life, except for the three years in service, and while attending State College," he said. He is a native of Buncombe county. Mr. Clapp, also a native of Bun combe, and the son of the late S. C. Clapp. also connected with the Swannanoa farm, is a graduate of Th Tnharrn Show, leading f ea-1 Slate College, and served nve tore of the Fourth annual Tobacco j years as county agent of Jackson, Harvest Festival, will be held at ; then two years in Swain. In Febru the Haywood County Court House ary 1942 he came to Haywood as on Friday. j county agent. Four years later he Producers will have entries com-, assumed the post at the 388-acre pcting in three divisions, with cash sinflp comjnlt here in 1942 he prizes ready to go to those flnlsn'has been active in civic affairs, in ing in the top five places. addition to the promotion of agri- Judging the event will be J. W. Lulture He has served as president Van Arsdall, Lexington, y., lo" j of the Rotary Club, director of the bacco grader; and Roy Bennett and . chamber of Commerce, deacon in S. N. HawKs, looacco i,.f.d. . Presbyterian church, and the N. C. State College .Tgricuuure Extension Service. The annual Union Thanksgiving Service will be held this year in the First Methodist church at 9 a. m., Thursday. The, Rev.'Bioadus F.. Wall, pastor of Uip Kir)) RnotlKI rhurrh. will Tobacco Show To Be Staged At Court House ing the Heights." Assisting in the service will be pastors of the participating church es, me kcv. j. tv Yotimz. pasior of the Methodist church, the Rev. Malcolm Williamson of the Pres byterian church, and the Rev. Kd gar Goold of the Episcopal church. Special music will be presented by the combined choirs. A Thanksgiving offering will be taken for the orphanages of the four churches. Bidding on the Haywood Electric MemhjH-ship . Corporations new; headquarters' building and ware-; house was deferred indefinitely last Thursday. But a i.iiitiaet was awarded for the installation of two-way radios in the cooperal i c's system. The low bid on the radio job was one for $8,140.30 submitted by Gen eral Klcvtrie of Charlotte. The Coop's hoard of directors awarded the contract alter two and a half hours of discussion. Two other bids for the j! had been submitted., one by Motorola, lne , of Haleigh. mid 'the other by Rmlio Corporation of America, Camden. N. .1. The radios will be .installed in the HK.A headquarters here, in the transmitter lowers on Cham bers Mountain IU Haywood County and on Mount Toxoway in Transyl vania and in the corporation's six service Irui ks. This will nive direct coniuiunien tioli between the repair mid Held crews and the headquarters. HKA Manager It C. Shell n-ld said today the installation Is expected to be completed in (ill or till days, The organization rejected uth oul opening the hme bid submit ted on the headquarters construc tion job. This had been filed by W. I). Dlllard Company of Sylva. Mr. Shell ield explained the co operative's action by saying that' the failure of'lliorc than one linn t file ;- eKininatehT"s- sibilily of competitive bidding The project will come up for bid ding again when the time is "more favorable." Mr. Sheffield said. The proposed building, a one slorv brick structure combining 1 warehouse and headquarters otlice ! space, will be creeled near the ! Waynesville Drive-In Theater. , i The project (ii'sl was announced ' al tile annual Haywood KKA mcm i bership meeting held here in Aug ust 11)4!). Thousands Expected To Witness 5-Day Annual Event The Fourth Annual Haywood County Tobacco Harvest Festival will open at the Waynesville Ar mory tomorrow night. The kickoff event will be the Barmvurming Dance, sponsored1 jointly by the Waynesville Junior j Chamlter of Commerce and the! Waynesville chapter of the National Secretaries Association. Fifty-three firms In the county have registered as sponsors for as many girls in the Wheelbarrow Promenade that will be held dur ing intermission. County Agent Wayne Corpcntiig auniuinrvd today that three more featured speakers had been added! to the program, and a second pa- rade arranged. j U. S. Senator Clyde It. Hoey and j Assistant State Budget Director D. ; S. Coltrane will speak on the Frl ! day program following the main I Festival parade. j Former County Agent Jack Lynn, now assistant director of the Ameri can Farm Bureau Federation, will i address the Festival audience at j the court House on Saturday after ' noon. ; The speech will follow a parade j which will start at 1:30 p. m. at 1 the First Baptist church. The first parade will be the annual Festival procession, which will be held at 2 p. m. Friday. This will feature the community and commercial floats, and the playing of four bands. The exhibits for the Festival opened in store windows this morn ing. WednesdaY program will tea line the evening address of Mrs. Dorothy Vreueuburgh of JJtrnung tSefr Festival Pae t) Alabama Civic Leader To Speak Hero t I s Mrs. Dorothy Vredenburgh of BiriumRham, Aia 4! one of the Youth's outstanding civic leaders, will address a Haywood County Tobacco Harvest Festival audience here Wednesday night. The program will open ;q 7 p.m. at rhe Armory with u band concert, Mrs. Vred enburgh's address will follow the concert. Festival Parade To Be Colorful Alabama Civic Leaders To Speak Wednesday I the Presbyterian church, tive in Masonic work. ac- Next Edition Of The Mountaineer Wednesday Following a practice of many years, The Mountain eer will publish the Thursday edition on Wednesday afternoon, since the 23rd is Thanksgiving. All copy for the next edition must he in the office by 10:30 on Wednesday morning. The papers will t;o on sale at newsstands, and be delivered by carrier on Wed nesday. Subscribers getting theirs by mail will get their copies on Friday. Haywood's First Draftees Since January 1949 Left On Friday 'eather iv) COLDER Monday, November 20 Cloudy, ady and mild witn showers Mon t and Monday night, turning der. Tuesday mostly cloudy and der. . . Official Waynesville tempera- re as recorded by the staff of the ie lesi Farm): - cate Max. Mln. Pre:p vember 16 62 45 member 17 60 33 vember 18 61 : 14 - vember 19 . 60 33 TN. irZLi t i i'M ; I - - : ' r , ! ii' 24 Communities To Be Represented Wednesday Night (iiils representing 24 communi ties will take part in the "March Of Tinies" feature that will be one of Hie liiKhlights Wednesday night in l In- Haywood County Tobacco Harvest festival. The uii'ls, all candidates for the title of queen of the Festival, will illustrate various features. The following communities will be represented In the Festival: Center Pigeon, Hominy, East Pigeon, Iron Duff. Fines Creek, I'pper t'rabtree, Cecil, North Clyde, Hatriiffe Cove, Aliens Creek. Fran cis Cove, Cruso, Lower Crabtree, Saiinnnk, White Oak, Lake Juna luska. Panther Creek, Stamey Cove, Thlckety. West Pigeon, Morning Star, Heaverdam, South Clyde, Jonathan and Cove Creek. The featured address by Mrs. Dorothy Vredenburgh of Birming ham, Ala., will precede the "March Of Times" program. All Wednesday night's events at the Armory will he free of charge. This program is being sponsored by the Waynesville Merchants' Association. Mrs. Dorothy Vredenburgh of Birmingham, Ala., one of the South' most 'prominent civic h'.id A colorful parade containing upiers. will be featured speaker at the to fit) gaily decorated floats will ' Waynesville Armory Wednesday feature the Haywood County Har vest Festival program for Friday afternoon State and national officials arc scheduled to ride in the procession, which will slarl al 2 P. M. County Agent Way ne Corpenltig said invitations bad been extended to Ciov, Kerr Scott. L S. Senator Clyde li Hoey. l S. Hep Monroe M. Itedden. and state Treasurer Hrandon Hudges, among others, to appear here. His office was awaiting confirma tion soon, Twenly-five floats are expected to he entered by I he rural commun ities, and the others by merchants, industry, businessmen, local Insti tutions, and civic organizations. Four bands also will march the Waynesville High School junior and senior, Mars Hill Junior College, and the Canton High School units. Making the arrangements are the parade committee of Chairman Jerry Rogers. Johnny Edwards, W. M. Cobb, Felix Stovall, Ilufus Sum (See Parade Paje 2) night. Mrs. Vredenburgh will address a Haywood County Tobacco Harvest Festival Audience. I She will be Introduced by Mis.i Huth Current, state home demon stration agent of the State College 1 Kxtension Service, i Following the address, the Festi val queens of tile county's organ ized communities will present "The i March Of Times," a feature illus i trating the activities of the Com j munity Development Program, I The entire evening's program I' I being offered free of admi5s,imi I charges. Chamber Of Commerce Directors To Meet The board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce will w't tonight for the regular monthly meeting. James L. Kilpatrick Is president, and the meeting will begin at 7,30. MRS. JOLLY AT HOME 50 Newspaper Folk Will Visit Haywood On Friday . .. n.j 4U- .r.u ttio 94 vnuns men uhrt lpft Fridav for active military duty. The fkl nlrturv was made JUSI aner me uwu uau - -- " ----- . w' re Srved hot coffee and buns by the V.F.W. Auxiliary, and Albert Marshall, commander of the V.F.W. here gave the men a has JDleVto eat enroute. The auxiliary members shown with the group are Mrs. Sebe Bryson, Mrs. Bobby Stevenson, Mrs. Lather . Rnwrs Mrs Ethel McDarris. Mrs. Roy Campbell is secretary of the board, and also member of the Auxiliary. The men were n god spirits and full of fun, as can be seen as one holds a coffee cup over the head of Mrs. Bobbie Stevenson (Staff Photo). Mrs Hugh Jolly, who has been About filty newspaper men and , ' i ' "'" ' , ' i .' ' i - receiving treatment in the Hay- women arc coming to Haywood rri- 1 " ".. ' ,1,7 wood County Hospital for several ! day. in connection with the Tobac- Canton "Y a and iJtter l davs, returned to her home on Sat-1 co Harvest Festival parade', and a ' ,n" P11 Cuc,t, "f urdav I guided tour through Champion Champion at luncheon. A bnH ' program has been arranged for tlv 1 luncheon period, with olTicials of Champion in charge of the pro grain At 1:30 the gnmp will comP to Waynesville and participle in the parade and attend the meeting at the court house "'immediately after wards. Accompany ing tiw new -; people will be several photographers. State Group To Launch New School Survey Nov. 27 A stale committee will launch a new survey of Haywood county schools on November 27 County Schools Superintendent lack Messer said today he was in formed of this by a letter from J. S. Kirk, associate in the State Di vision of Schonlhouse Planning and Surveys. The new survey resulted from a protest filed formally with the State Department of Public In struction over the recommendations of thp original survev. The protest, made by a group. of pany, Waynesville. is Lnairman 01 Havwood county citizens, was the Industries Open House Com-: against the allocation of the $345.-! mittee. Working with Mr. Bourne 000 in school bond money for new are: Kim Barber. Kalph Prevost. buildings at Waynesville High Walter Kaufman, and the Hazel-! School and Bethel Elementary; wood Boosters Club. The schedule School, has been worked out by this com-; Mr. Messer also announced that ; mittee as follows: i the state committee would hold a Leave Haywood County Court public hearing at 8 p. m. November house 9:13 a. nr.; Arrive Wellco, 27 at the Havwood County Court ' Shoe JMant No. I a du a, House, ; ... i ' ' Sw Tour-Page 2) Tour Of Local Industry To Be Held Wednesday One of the hiuhliehN of the '4th Annual Tobacco Harvest Festival will he a tour of industries which will be held, on Wednesday. Novem ber 22. Mr. H A Bourne, Factory , Manager ot Dayton Rubber Com- Highway Record For j' 1950 In Haywood (To Date) Injured .... 23 Killed 7 (This Information com piled (ram Records of SUU Highway Patrol)