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.TAXSAU, pre 'delights Of The iNews II On Ice North Carolina seemed Umon meeting iuuuu Ifnr Graceful skaters. A, Lared in Asheville, and Lprofessional skaters on here. m0rnlnDr.Boyd Owen ly joined the ranks of iteppers, as ne sieppea car to an Ice-covered did some steps that are , book. Luckily without Id neither was there a udience. Those who saw iad performance" were i ir praise of his nere- feden talent" as a skater. L for a while that the triple of city water which , Raleigh for analysis set there. December, the first bot- at the laboratory brok- r was shipped. In a few came back "Bottle brok- liis gone." The miro. doi- ipped, and n due ume, was received back it ;h. ' ' ' Waynesville Mountaineer Published Twice-A-Weck In The County Seat of Haywood County At'The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park t TODAY'S SMILE A fishing rod, according to tome wives, b a pole with a worm at each end. -a 66th YEAR NO. 8 14 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. 23, 1951 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counti tatel. d osm T fJ .TV Tr in oremoneyf- nl Days a little girl in town who there is one student in t. just "too old." ; ; r morning, W. X. fcrad- conferenqe engagement the high school. At, the las operating ' the Dime Id decided to make the hi the Bank to the school e exercise.';, i.i . i.,-' ' : Enjoying the walk' In, the Jwhen he mot little girl live playing On the $idfl- Bradley spoke to her: ning, sister, that's a pret- you have there" Where are you going?" my way to school the el," spoke up the hiker. ,le girl squinted up her in a bewildered - look, Bdened tone said: 11 start next year, mist- hot until then that Mr. alized she thought he ent. . Pays OH waoWlToli "jhe in learn a number of extracting an extra since It ts for worthy jtle does it matter that fecting are taken for the Ige. this week, a well-known nd he was too close the poss the street, so he kroached, as he felt for ge. . s soon became a reality, kid he only had folding carelessly flipped a dol the board and told the he would divide: Gimme f dollar" he sld. operators 1 nil serious- f they were honor-bound i not to make chance. Ihey could do was to Issue get it notorized, and ap the general board of di- tt he Dime Board Commit. pie time the two "slick lad wrapped up the mat- aze of red tape, the don too murh trnntila frr f-keen it all." thpv ww a means of insurance a- lslnS 'hat way again, and pew crew, the mn step- Jl? bank, got $2 in dimes, ljme by held out the 20 said; fPared for 20 Dassines. ut red tape." ' whispered to one of the V board-'-Don't take me Home by the office and cneck for the fund I'm last year's donation." tvyone was happy. P GIFT SHOW M J. C. Galush. . eunesoay from Atlanta y SPent several riava ot- lle Southeastern fiift purchase merchandise for store. I . 4. Haywood's Highway Patrol Staff - - "" - far S ?,"$ H (I J M 1-1 i 1 1 I m- 1 OFttOS Plans Being Pushed With Elopes Of Starling l7ork DyE-larchl pitalUnit On Hew Wing Given Promotion '7TI Plans and specifications on the new wing of the Hay wood County Hospital are being pushed, in oivder to get con struction underway by March 1, it was learned from Lee Davis, administrator of the institution today. The final plans are to be checked this week by the board of trustees and Mr, Davis, and theti rushed to Ualcigh for final approval by the North Carolina Medical Care Commission. The project will be advertised for 30 days, and contracts let. Mr Haywood county now has five full-time Highway Patrolmen, plus th e services of Sgt, T. A, Sandlln, making six in all. The present staff are shown here, left to right: Patrolman First Class, J. E. Murrill, P atrolman First Class, W. R. Woolen; Cpl. Pritchard Smith; Sgt. Sand lln; Patrolman Bryan Basden, and Patrolman First Class, H. Day ton. (Staff Photo). School Bus And Heavy Truck Have Narrow Escape A construction truck and school an inch, It wa" report! 4 b.'. Pa-1 trolman Joe Murrill today. So close did the two vehicles come, that the bus was scraped on the aide, and the mirror smashed. "Had the vehicles been an inch closer there would have been a serious wreck, and no doubt some fatalities," the patrolman pointed out. The vehicles met at a bridge, and weather conditions had made the surface of the highway slick. No charges were filed, as the patrol blamed the condition of roads for part of the near accident. Ither Xyll Top Com Growers Attending State Meeting Friday Four from here left today for Raleigh to participate in the 100 Bushel Corn meeting on Friday. Dwight Williams, state cham pion, with 133.64 bushels per acre, will preside at the meeting of the Crop Improvement Association Employment Here Shows Gains Record Repeals Penalties Coming After February 1 Penalties of one per cent will become effective February 1, on all unpaid 1950 taxes in Haywood and the towns of the county. Tax collectors reported that pay ments have been coming in fast er during the past few days in order to avoid the penalty. County officials also warned that time for listing property for taxes was nearing a deadline February 1. After that date a penalty will be added. Attending,-and appearing on thclto a point back of Garrett Furni- program, will be Hugh presneu, of Fines Creek, who raised 132 bushels, and Boyd Fisher, of Crab tree, who raised 126 bushels. Both these 4-H Clubbers are entering the speaking contest. Grover Dobbins, assistant county agent, accompanied the group to the Raleigh meeting. 2 Boards Will ... Study Report On County Schools A joint executive session of the board of commissioners and the school board will bje held Friday, when the officials sit down to rc: view the recent report of the state school survey committee. The chairmen of the two boards said this was a "study of the re port" meetings. Storm Sewer On Alley Will Be Built Early Date Town forces are scheduled to be gin work soon of putting in a 1,000 foot storm sewer on the alley back of Main Street. The 12-inch pipe will carry water from the buildings ture Store. The several thousand yards of dirt hauled to fill on the alley bank is also ready to be leveled off. The town plans to finish paving the al ley in'early spring. G. C. Ferguson, town manager, said 1 he pavement would be 24 fecf wide, with a six foot shoulder. The street line starts 125 feet from Main Street. Francis To Get State Diploma Josiah Wilson Francis, of Way nesville, is among the 86 students at State College to complete the academic requirements for Bach elor's degrees at the end of the last school term. Francis -will receive his diploma in June, and has specialized in agricultural education, FAIR day. :?, . . rath " 'i nd TtFarm). M W h . M- Mln. Precp. ;2 -49 .48 19 J4 Rough Grading Finished On Section Of Parkway The rough grading of the Blue ! by the Nello Teer Company is the Ridge Parkway from Wolf Laurel j building of an access road at Soco Gap to Black Camp Gap, a distance ' Gap. Of 3.3 miles, has been completed. Due to the heavy ice and snow and work of putting down 37,n00;on the project from Black Camp -.ci,-j .tnno started Oan to Heintooga. the Gatltnburg V-K UW111.U community Is in the activities of the Employment office. And such was the case at the Haywood office of the N. C, Employment Security Commission, of which Miss De Brayda Fisher is manager. The fall of 1950 was much bet ter than 1949, Miss Fisher said, and the prospects now for employ ment are much brighter than at this time last year. "In fact, we do not know of any lay-offs in Hay wood right now," she pointed out, as she discussed the general in crease in employment over the past quarter. The records of the office for the past year Show that 28,341 people visited the office during the year, with 2,609 new applications being put on file. There were 450 cases where counseling was brought in, and 2,140 were referred to job open ings. An average of over 100 per month 1,248 for the year were placed on jobs. A new service added by the of fice counted for 568 people being given tests for aptitude and pro ficency, and trade characteristics. This service is also available to any employer who has the test given a prospective employee, Miss Fisher said. The office also handled 8,349 claims for unemployment compen- Series Of Benefits Scheduled For Polid A number of benefits will be staged In Haywood over the week end for Polio. The annual President's Ball will be held at the Armory here on Saturday night, featuring Teddy Martin and orchestra. A square dance will be held at the Canton Armory on Friday, and a series of basketball games at Bethel Saturday afternoon and night. There are other events being scheduled in the county, all cent ered around raising money for the polio drive. The Business and Professional Woman's Club here plan a rum mage sale Saturday for the event. Gra-Y boys club of Canton YMCA will collect waste paper in the Canton area, for the benefit of Polio on Saturday. Johnny Johnson, chairman of the Polio drive, pointed out that the Dime Board has raised about $1,000, while the students of High School here have reported $734. "Everyone is geared up for the final push in the campaign, in or der that we may reach the $19,400 figure, which is now our goal in the county," he explained. Mr. Johnson said that many in dustries, as well as area chairmen, were scheduled to make initial re ports this week-end. Tobacco Queen Gets South-Wide Recognition The February issue of The Southern Planter will devote their entire front page, in color, to picture of Haywood's 1950 Tobacco Queen, Mis Mary Lou Ferguson. The picture shows Queen Mary Lou seated on the ataee, holding the engraved cup, and wearlnr the traditional queen's crown. The publication has a circulation of 375,000. Miss Ferguson, a student in high school here, is the daughter of Mrs. Lois Ferguson, of Fran cis Cove. Richard Queen Gets U. S. Job W ASHINGTON ( AP )Rlchard Queen, of Waynesville, was nanwd Tuesday to a $9.5QQ, position with the House Public Lands .Commltteo. Queen was secretary to former Senator Graham and to the late Senator J, Melville Broughton of North Carolina. His new job Is with subcommittees on mining and territories. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Queen. Davis pointed out that the Commission had already added $172,725 to the project, In order to lake care of rising costs in mater ials. The project now has $760,725 act aside for the new addition, which will be five stories, about 41 feet wide by 120 feet long simitar in size to the present building. Haywood citizens voted 31 to 1 favoring a bond 4ssue of $225,000, which is Included in the overall cost of the prpjeet. The new addition is designed as a 49-'.od unit, and will give the in stitutions space for 139 beds. Mr. Davis pointed out that the contractor getting the project will also get an A-l priority on all ma terials for immediate completion of the unit. Included in the new addition, will l)e an emergency lighting plant, 2 stokers for the heating sys tem, automatic elevators, and the latest designed operating rooms, as well as patients' rooms. The wing will extend straight back from the center of the present building, forming a T. The connec tion of the buildings will be made at 'the point where the statri art now located. V The operating rooms will be on the ground floor, instead of the third as is the plan at ptesent. . ' Lindsey Gudger, of Asheville is the architect. Blood Bank Will Visit Hazelwood Mrs. Charles McDarris, execu tive secretary of the Red Cross, announced the next scheduled visit of the Blood Bank at Hazelwood on February 28. The American Legion Memorial Post, No. 438, of Hazelwood will sponsor the blood program which will be held at the Hazelwood Pres byterian church from 10 a. m. until 5 p. m. Roy Ruff, commander of the post, is serving as chairman of arrange ments. ; .: , i , I, '' j LT. COL. JAMES DAVIS has just been promoted in the Na tional Guard to the post of Lieu tenant Colonel. (Staff Photo). Davis Promoted To Lieutenant-Col. In N. C. Guard James M. Davis, 38, of Hazel wood, received his Federal recogni tion in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel In the North Carolina Na tional Guard this week. The order set the effective date of his promo tion from Major to I.t. Col. as December 15 of last year Col. Davis' military career began as a private In the Waynesville (See Davis Promoted Page 8) satinn and servicemen's readjust ment allowances. OPERATION Miss Fisher holds an optimistic i J. E. Hryson, of the Kalcliffe outlook for employment in this i Cove section, underwent an opera area, and emphasized the fact tliatj (ion at Moore General Hospital the "this office stands ready to help first of this week, and reports are wherever, and whenever we can." that he his doing nicely. Mountaineer To Publish Pictorial Pages About New 1951 DeSotp Showing Saturday Dill J. Howell, DeSoto-Plymouth dealer here, announced today that citizens viewing the new 1951 DeSoto in his showrooms on Satur day will see a multitude of sweep ing changes, which have complete ly transformed the new line. A distinctive styling, a new standard (See New DeSoto Page 6) Co-op Directors Offer Some Stock, Set Dividends The directors of the Haywood County Farmers Co-operative met Tuesday and authorized the usual dividends paid stockholders, after reviewing the year's business, which showed a - substantial in crease, according to H. M. Dulin, general manager. J. R. Westmoreland, president and chairman of the board, an nounced that a limited amount of 4 common stock was now avail able. The stockholders meeting is scheduled for Feb. 17, at which time three directors will be named. The firm operates under the nine director plan, serving three years each. Court Room Walls Being Repaired Workmen are refinishing parts of the court room walls and ceiling, which were damaged by a leaking roof. Plans are to have the work com pleted this v.eek in time to get ready for the February term of court on Monday, February 5th. New Tire Co. Opens Big Plant AnnounceWn't T tWng tniwh? day of,th formal opening of the Allison'and Duncan Tire Company, on Georgia Avenue, in Hazelwood. The firm will be wholesale and re tail dealers for Goodyear tires, tubes and batteries, in addition to operating a large and modern all electric recapping plant. The firm is being mana'ged by Bob Allison, and is operated separ ate and apart from the gasoline and oil business, which serve, 5 Western North Carolina counties and parts of N. Georgia and E. Tenn with Sinclair products. Mr. Allison said that one-day ser vice would be maintained by the recapping plant. The electric molds would take tires from the small passenger car size to the large 9.00 by 20 truck tires. The building formerly used by the Haywood Cannery has been converted into the modern tire company. Sale Of City Tags Behind Last Year The sale of city ant" talis is lag ging about 300 behind last year, it was announced from the city hall today. All motorists were warned that all vehicles operating in towa must have a city tag by midnight. Jan uary 31. Farm Meeting Speakers Next Monday Haywood's Communities Each of Haywood's 26 communi-.cal family of the community will i ties will be the subject of pictorial , have their picture, and a report of Farm and Home naees, which will activity of each member of the m i . i a. nnniorr said" tt Sowing r-Zttr be held up until March, whensno eg nd badwork at jch and ice have disappeared from trie j ' " project, which is at a high altitude. : said Mr. Todd said that Sales and Al-1 goco Gap t0 Heint00ga, when com exander had the contract for thei leted, and afford an unusual view r t - mar- fT.J4 noim.chori stnna 'of the enure rars ore, mr. iuuu I, Aaothw project, also contracted 1 pointed out, . Construction Company project has be published in The Mountaineer. Plans are to feature one com munity each Monday, carrying numerous pictures, and vital in formation about each community. The series will be a pictorial story of the work of the Community De velopment Program in each of the 26 communities. Details have been completed for making the hundreds of pictures throughout the county, together for giving complete news cover age of the community activities. Another phase of the features, will be that each community will name a "family of th week" for their particular issue. This typi- family in gearing to community life. . This is without doubt, the larg est single undertaking ever made by the staff. It will be far more thorough than the 68-page farm edition published about 18 months ago. The fact that one community will be featured each week will make for easier reading, and cut down on a "bulky" paper at one time. When the proposal was present ed to one leading Haywood farm er, he remarked: "I think it is the greatest farm cooperation i n Southern journalism." (See Mountaineer Page 6) l.' fMmm& i-r- -: : ; - . v;'-4 T. H. JETER Dr. Frank J. Jeter, -left, Extension Editor of State College, and T. L. Jamison, humorist, of Canton, will be featured speakers at the banquet on Monday night at the East Waynesville school. R. C. Francis is president of the organization (Jamison cut courtesy The Enterprise). Department Answers Two Calls This Week The fire department answered two calls this week both small blazes. The first was an oil water , heater, in the apartment of Fred Calhoun; damage slight. The second was Tuesday morn ing. ien 50 gallons of tar caught on fire at Burgin's Dairy, Dcllwood. Except for the loss of material, no damage was reported. The Waynes ville department answered both calls. ' Highway Record For 1951 In Haywood (To Date) Injured ... . 2 Killed ... . 0 (This information com piled from Records of State Highway Patrol.1 ii waj