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aTANDARD FTC CO Comp 220-230 S Fin St IX) V IS TILL KT alights f The The "How did yon manage to make your neighbor keep his hens in his own yard?" "Simple! One night I hid a few ergs under a bosh in my garden. The next day I let him see me father them. I wasn't bothered after that." ville Mountaineer ews Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance OfThe Great Smoky Mountains National Park 66th YEAR NO. 2 16 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. 4, 1951 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties back from the holl- Hscussing Christmas a friend the other tarts On $100,000 Tourist Center Iw what The Thing' fed. k Christmas." Waynes Work S es . w type of snatcher loose. snatcher. nay, a lady reported slice department that snitched her wind- ome time during the man with an apart- kame nouse reporieu had pilfered a wind- off his car. Jiat can be said about cr, though. ie. the victim s car hield wipers. Ok one from each. ie had opened the un f the ladies' car. . t still open the next fa thing was missing, hadn't even tried to aracticaiiy new spare In the compartment. the victims aren't he swiper is a man or ie swiper apparently n the lady's car. e floor littered with and some of them mears. ther items about the Jdicated that here in- rful character. one of the cars had But there were no prowler had tamper- aotor or any of the Scoll Submits Program To 1S51 Legislature Today Has Broad Plan nse tags had been cason wasn't the only one overtime Christmas usually gets his main i e spring, put in a lot over Haywood Coun- I acember 19 and Janu- pr Sloan, our society last Tuesday that 16 propped by Jule No- tthe Court House to commit matrimony, Jr of deeds issued an ?tter than a marriage in that period. u mgn uueneiui mui- any season. h" -A Ik Tf Members Of General Assembly t Day produced four Haywood County. lorn at 5 36 A. M., was ; Stanford of Canton. I didn't arrive until rs later. girl born at 5:25 P. M. Mrs. Zeb Williams of oute 1. girls were born at Jo different couples: James Trull of Way 1. and Mr. and Mrs. jte of Canton. red just in time to see put. and a boy were born Eve. al Coming-Out Caldwell's brand new rod had a very sue A December 23. wait to try out the new his workers at Royle pn gave him for Christ ilant foreman took it Itana. 4 fish hauled in by his 4 a bass that weighed k Well, accompanied by 1 also of Waynesville, ,big fish in about 20 r near the mouth of k while trolling from fng a 1214-pound nylon ite and deep-running i TTluger reel. GOV. W. KERR SCOTT Docket Light For Civil Court Term Twenty-four cases are docketed for trial during the two-week civil term of Haywood Superior Court starting next Monday. Uncontested divorce cases will be tried at the convenience of court and counsel. Judge J. A. Rousseau of North Wilkesboro will convene the ses sion at about 9 a.m. Monday. The calendar: Monday Parris et. al vs. Parris el. al; Sentclle vs. Murray: Importing Co. vs. Indian Village; Silvers vs. Gal loway et. al; Finance Co. vs. To we, et. al. Tuesday Rich vs. Gibbons; Rogers vs. Wells, Administrator; Haywood Electric Co. vs. Quen et. al; Mc- Elroy vs. Shuler. Wednesday Stinnitt vs. Fugate Lumber Co.; Miller vs. Howell Motor Co.; Ed wards vs. Haywood County Bank; Putnam vs. Putnam. Thursday Howell vs. Howell; Brookshire Sportswear, Inc. vs. Raid; Bailey vs. Hinkle Plumbing Co.; Parker vs. Insurance Co. Friday Pressley vs. Allen; Leatherwood vs. Caldwell. SECOND WEEK Monday Plemmons vs. Plenimons; Boyd Wholesale Co. vs Nicholson; Rob erts vs. Rogers, et. ai; Holz.er Watch Co., Inc. vs. McCracken; Turpin vs. Matthews, et. al. First Week: Harry Haynes, Beaverdam; F. M. Noland, Frazier Price, Fines Creek; Robert L. Rich, Ivy Hill; W. R. Cramer, Beaverdam; C. E. Wil liams, Beaverdam; Frank Chambers, Clyde; Lura Burns, Beaverdam; Mrs. Virgil (See Court Page 8) Governor Kerr Scott today In his address to the 1951 General As sembly recommended a broad gen eral program that emphasized the importance of development of North Carolina's water resources. . His speech, prepared for deliv ery at 11 a.m. for the formal open ing of the new session of the Legis lature, proposed the enactment of new laws, or the revision of old ones in every major state activity, Referring to the fact that he had invited the attention of a fed eral agency to the state's needs in connection with multi-purpose dams for her rivers, he declared: "I have great faith in the power of (the drive of free enterprise) against incompetence and error, but I believe also that there are some areas of development and conservation of our natural re sources in which the people dare not leave the whole responsibility to private enterprises. "... As I ask this Legislature to consider favorably moderate protective legislation concerning our waters, I point to the fact that valuable rivers in highly tndustri- (See Gov. Scott Pace 8) 1 v x. 1 WV" r- V w SENATOR WILLIAM MED FORD, one of the two senators representing this district, start ed his second term as State Sen ator. He was also named on the rules committee of the Assembly. REPRESENTATIVE ORAL A. YATES began his term as Hay wood's representative as the General Assembly convened yesterday. 1951 March Of Dimes Drive Plans Being Prepared CLOUDY January 4 Thursday and mild. Partly cloudy Thursday night and Fri- f Waynesville tempera frded by the staff of the arm); Max. Min. Rainfall 50 17 . .. 48 33 .45 ... 46 34 ... 42 23 53 18 ... 53 33 59 49 Haywood's New Year Baby Under Treatment Haywood County's first baby of 1951 lies in an Asheville hospital, awaiting fin operation that will permit him to live. Went Scott Stanford, little John. nie Scott's father, said yesterday he was told by a physician that the operation would be necessary to re. move an obstruction. Johnnie Scott was born at 5:36 A. M. Monday to the 27-year-old unemployed construction worker and his 22-year-old wife, Evelyn, and is their first. The young father, anxious but calm about the impending opera tion, said he and his wife were "tickled to death" over the gifts that their boy won for being the county's New Year's baby. "They've come in mighty handy already,'' he said. Mrs. Stanford returned to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Brookshire of Canton, this week. She and her husband have been making their home there. "Everybody's been nice about it," Mr. Stanford said, "and we sure have been having a lot of com pany." But now that the tension and anxiety that precedes fatherhood is over, he said, his biggest job was to get a job to make little Johnnie fat. Went was working up till about six weeks ago on a pipe-line con struction job in Virginia with his brother. He hasn t been able to find an other since then. "But I'm still hoping and look ing," he said. It Will Be East Vs West In County Debate An East team will meet a West team in the County Community Development Program Debate scheduled for the night of January 16 at the Haywood County Court House here. A county-wide spelling bee and singing meet also are scheduled to feature the program. Each organized community Is scheduled to have a representative in the spelling bee. The singing will be done by se lected choral groups. This part of the program will be on a non-com petitive basis. Assistant County Agent Turner Cathey today announced this line up for the debate: East Glenn W. Brown of North Clyde, and George Stamey of Cen ter Pigeon. West Frank M. Davis of Iron Duff, and Bob Francis, Ratcliffe Cove. The East will argue the affirm ative and the West will take the negative side of the question, which will be announced later. Local VFW To Name 1951 Officers Jan. 10 The members of the Waynesville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post will elect, their officers for 1951 when they meet at the Haywood County Court House next Wednesday night. Post Commander Albert Mar shall said the election session would open at 7:30 D.m. and urged every member of the post to attend. Other incumbent officers include Rufus Carswell, vicc-commander; Clifton Shook, quartermaster; and James Gardner, adjutant. Frank Moore To Attend Western Auto Show Frank R. Moore, operator of Western Auto Stores here, will at- I tend the Western Auto Merchan dise Show which will be held in Greensboro January 7-9. Mr. Moore said today he plans to leave for Greensboro Saturday. i ne event is a spring and sum mer merchandise preview of some 2,500 different items. Among the features will be "warm weather" merchandise like fishing tackle, outboard motors sporting goods, seat covers and lawn and garden equipment. Mr. Moore said he planned to select stock designed to meet the special requirements of this area Size Of Mountaineer In 1950 Showed Big Increase The Mountaineer published 1,578 pages during 1950, which is a . new high record a gain of 90 pages over 1949. This was an aver age of 15 pages per issue. In figuring the weight of the papers it was found that 25 pounds of paper was used during the year for each subscriber, or a total of more than fifty tons for the year. Interesting enough, the records show that The Mountaineer has increased in size a page per issue for the past three years. In 1948 the average wm 13 p'S"; 14 in 1949. and 15 pages per issue In 1950. ' Local Merchant Finds Good Buys "I was amazed at the many ex ceptionally good buys of winter merchandise on the New York market, J. C. Jennings, manager of Belk-Hudson said today. Mr. Jennings spent sometime on the market taking advantage of the of fers of wholesalers. Mr. Jennings left here Christ mas day, and was on hand when the places opened Tuesday, and goods were shipped on the same day as bought. The 1951 March of Dimes drive for the relief of polio victims 'will open formally througlmu the na tion January 15 and continue through January 31. But in the WaynesvilK- area, a warmup" campaign will open next Monday. Johnny Johnson, area campaign director and chairman of the Waynesville Rotary Club polio com mittee announced today that initial donation, would be sought next week. The campaign proper, however, will be launched January 15, co incident with the opening of Ideal and state drives throughut the na tion. Haywood County has the job of raising $15,200 this year $200 more than it raised lat year. The Rev. Robert McCloskey is heading1 the campaign in the Canton area. Mr. Johnson also announced to day that some of the preparations for the opening of the drive already have been completed. But more work, particularly lining up district committees and other campaign units, has yet to be done. (See Polio Page 8 New Water, Sewer Lines To Be Laid Town workeos will start laying 2,000 feet of new water and sewer line along Sulphur Springs Road within the next few weeks. Town Manager Grayden Feritu- son said yesterday the new lines would extend from the old town limits to the new limit line at Eagle's Nest Road. The job also includes extension of sewer lines down Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Street to a distance of about 500 feet each. In addition to the laying of the .six-inch water and eight-inch sew er pipe, one-half or two-inch water lines will be Installed on the op posite side of Sulphur Springs Road, paralleling the main lines. The smaller pipe also will extend about 2,000 feet down the street and will cover the same stretch. Mr. Ferguson said the Job, which will cost between $6,000 and $7,000 will provide sewer facilities for approximately 30 more homes on the route. A small water line serves this area at present, but there is no sewer system there as yet. "We have the water pipe for the new work now," he said, "but we're still waiting for the sewer pipe." 24 Units Will Be Built On Oak Park Property; Old House Being Razed Final details were completed last night for converting the Oak Park property on Main Street into a modern tourist cen ter, representing an investment of well over !100,000. Workmen began today wrecking the 50-year-old house on the property, and construction of 24 units of a modern tourist court is scheduled to start within ten days. The project is being pushed by a group of businessmen, represented by James L. Kilpatrick, a real estate and insur ance man. Polio Hospital Head To Address Local Rotarians Mrs. Retna Fullam, sup"rintend ent of the Asheville Orthopedic Home, will tell members of the Waynesville Rotary Club Friday about nursing care of polio pati ents. Mrs. Fullam will appear at the club's regular weekly luncheon meeting which starts at the Towne House at 1 p.m. Several of the patients from the hospital will accompany the super intendent here. W.LHutchins Dies Wednesday Aiter Illness The Rev. W. L. Hutehins, 72 wno lormeriy servea six years as superintendent of the Waynesville District of the Methodist Church died early Wednesday morning In an Klkln Hospital after a lingering illness. He was a native of Yadkin Coun ty and taught in the public schools prior to Joining the Methodist Conference in 1902. During fifty years in the ministry he had held some of the leading appointments of the conference before his re tirement in 1948. Hutehins had served 12 years as a member of the N. C. Board of Public Welfare and for many years as a board member for the N. C. Blind Institute and the N. C. Child ren's Home Society. He was married on May 18, 1900 (See Hutehins Page 8) 4-H Winner 4 C1 - ' V V 5 I v v JO ANN McCRACKEN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll McCrack en of Lake Junaluska, has been declared first place winner in the Junior Canning Contest for 4-H Clubs in the Western District. She was awarded a cash prize of $15.00. Prior to winning the dis trict contest, Jo Ann won the Haywood County Food Preferva tion contest with a canning rec ord of 420 cans. For this honor she received a Foley Food Chop per from the Foley Manufactur ing Company and a year's sub scription to the National 4-H News magazine. Library Receives Part Of Smathers Family Records Ll. Col. Ray K. Smathers of Canton recently gave the Haywood County Library a group of records pertaining to the genealogy of the Smathers family. The gift was an nounced today by Miss Margaret Johnston, county librarian. This family hag been prominent ly associated with the development, history and community life of Hay wood County for many generations. The gift consisted of microfilm and two volumes containing photo static copies of extracts from the U. S. Census reports. These extracts pertain to the Smathers family in the census for Haywood County from 1820-1880 The microfilm shows similar rec ords from the census report of 1880. - Colonel Smathers. a trustee of the Smathers Family Genealogical Collection, wrote in a note attached to one of the volumes that this was par, of a plan lo make available Smathers family records to li braries in localities where mem bers of the family named in the (See Smathers Page 8) The group purchased the prop erty from Sam Welch several weeks ago, and since that time have been busily engaged in getting blue prints and specifications ready for contractors. The property faces 367 feet on Main Street, 240 feet along Academy, and then extends to the back of the lots on Haywood Street. The property also has a 16- foot right-of-way to Haywood street. The development of the property calls for immediate construction of 24-unltn of a modern tourist court. Sixteen of the units will be on the extreme south side of the property next to the Gudger line. The oth er eight units will be about in the center of the lot, where the house now stands. Entrance to the property will be by a driveway from Main street, forming oblong dual drive. Work will begin on the 16-unit section immediately, and after the house is removed the other eight units will be started. The owners are reserving space In the center rear otthe site for t , large Colonial type Inn, and dining room. This development will be undertaken later, and is not in cluded in present construction plans. The units will be modern in de sign, with the buildings following Colonial architecture throughout. Each unit will have a porch, 15 by 15 bedroom, dressing room, and private bath. A heating system of forced hot air, from an oil plant will be used for the 16-unit section. No heat is planned for the 8-unit section at this time. Mr. Kilpatrick said this morning that present plans are to have the court ready for occupancy by May first. Extensive landscaping is includ ed in the project, as well as con struction of shuffle boards and other recreational facilities. The blueprints reveal that the entire project is designed for elab orate expansion at any time. "We have some definite plans in mind for enlarging on what we have here, but for the first step, we are concentrating on getting the first 24 units completed and ready for the coming season," Mr. Kilpatrick said. The brick of the Oak Park house will be used in the construction of the units. The other materials will be sold on the lot by Swan Hend- nx, wno nas me coniraci ior lad ing the structure. The contract calls for the complete removal of the 20-room house by March first. Haywood County's Newest High School Band Gets In Practice Session wvlVi 'f -4 .- i. S f : ' ' i N . 4 t J Beaverdam CDP Officers All Re-Elected All officers of the Beaverdam Community Development Program were returned to'thcir posts Tues day night when 250 residents of the community held their elections for 1951. Named to new one-year., terms were: Chairman- Jack Chapman, Vice-Chairman Fred Best. Secre tary Eva Jane Worley, and Treasur er Ray Worley. These boys and girls, with their director, Mrs. Phillip Chase of Way ncsville, make up the Crabtree-Iron DufJ High School band, newest in Haywood County'i scholastic music world. The musicians mad e their debut as a band in the school P-TA's Christmas program De cember 21. Their first performance drew many compliments from the large audience that attended the concert. ' 'Photo by Ingram's Studio). Highway Record For ,1951 In Haywood (To Date) Injured . ... 0 Killed . . .,. 0 (This information com piled front Records f State Highway" Patrol)