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STANDARD PTG CO Comp 220-230 S First S LOUISVILLE KY H 3 delight Of The News s U Blue o W AYNSSYILLE MOUNTA INEER TODAY'S SMILE Bona; "I always par my In come tax all at once." ( Secretary; "But you're al lowed to pay it quarterly." Boss: "I know, but my heart can't stand it four times a Uth-v. Assistant Coun- " . I nf ctrm. received a cuv It WS CUlIiycw; .. onrf it had two One was u u" . . :., f Ton. If the universjiy - L the other was Coach the mouiitamcs-io. dead? The Blue Devils u..m i;fWprf bV Ten iae HdUi; urday, ana uauiej an 66th YEAR NO. 81 16 PAGES Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park year." o- Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 8, 1951 , $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Lr Of Commerce Vhe Mountaineer ew Literature Iraber of Commerce has neW strings w "s uw f literature, according Ibert M. Boyd, new sec tsons whose letters in- tthey plan a stay oi any ether as tourists or as Umanent residents,- wiu opy of The Mountaineer, nts of the Chamber of Lived for distribution is ,ade," a State Advertis m featuring the color- the state throughout tne Lminently shown are is and the Blue Ridge Exhibit le Featured te Fair Sylva Man Dies From Accident Injuries The first death from traffic acci dents in three years came for Way nesville Saturday, when 34-year- old Albert Worley, a Sylva Negro, died In a Sylva hospital. Worley suffered a broken neck, and back injuries when the car in which he was riidng on Sunday, Sept. 30, rolled backwards off of Daisey Avenue. Worley was thrown backwards from the front seat into the back seat, landing on his neck, according to Chief of Police Orville Noland. Browder Gibson, also of Sylva, was said by police to have been the driver of the car. Gibson is out of jail on a bond of $1500. Policeman Guy Messer, investi gating officer, said that the brakes on the car failed at the time, and it rolled backwards off the street down a 10-foot embankment. About six weeks ago, the State Safety Council awarded Waynes ville a plaque for the safety rec ord of no fatal accidents for 1950. The last fatal accident, according to Chief Noland, was on September 6, 1949. Thousands Follow Highway Sign To Parkway Link ; "" 1 4 - ,t.,lf.-i - ' 1 It It if A Hi i. . s j M HIGH.. - ASHEVltC : . : 40 A It yourself" wm oe me special Home Demons- hibit prepared by Hay- ity club women for the lie Fair in Raleigh next room with furniture and made by club women lalured. Each of the 25 county is participating ktion of the exhibit. hittee, selected by the in the county will ac- tthe exhibit. Mrs. Paul unty Council president, chairman. Serving with Mrs. Henry Francis of bve; Mrs. Paul Robinson am; Mrs. Lane Medford Slar; Mrs. Henry Gar- el; Mrs. L. J. Cannon of Club; Mrs. Theodore Vest Canton; Mr'MaH s of Clyde,; Alternates John McClure of ,Juna- Irs. J, L, Singleton of J. 11. Kirkpatrtck.of ii, and Mrs. Oils Cole of -. " liiimttec will, leave ,for ctohcr 14 and will be he duration of the Fair. Presbyterians Set Supper Meeting Tuesday Evening Sen xpansion To Be Discussed Tuesday Bond Issue W. M. Corkill Gives Bond Fund Report W. M, Corkill, Division Engineer, reported recently to the Haywood County Commissioners that $881, 087.98 has been expended In Hay wood County out of Bond funds thru the period ending August 31. This figure represents an expen dlture of $23,236.96 since the last report as of July 31. It leaves a bal ance, out of the original figure, of $1,007,913,02 yet to be spent. These two Haywood Highway patrolmen are looking over the new highway sign at Soco Gap. On the right is Sgt. Pritchard Smith, and on the left is Patrolman Joe Murrill. Thousands have visited the 4-mile paved link of the Parkway since it was opened on Sept, 19th. (Staff Photo), As part of the observance of the annual Home Mission season, mem bers of the Waynesville Presyter- ian Church will meet Tuesday evening at the church. Supper will be served at 7 o'clock, and will be followed by a meeting under the direction of Mrs. L. M. Ricneson, president of the Women of the Church. A radio program on Church Ex tension will be presented by Mrs. George Craig, assisted by Mrs. M. D. Watkins, Mrs. Ray L. Pleiness, Mr. Hugh Daniel, Miss Nancy KiK nan and me Kev. Maicoim k. Wil liamson. Miss Florrie, Patrick will play several organ selections and Miss Nancy Francis will sing. All men and women of the con gregation are urged to attend; and visitors will be welcome. Haywood Meets 16 Bond Quota Since the start of the Defense Bond Drive September 3, $11,868.75 worth of Series E, F and G Bonds have been purchased by individuals in Haywood county, according to an announcement today by J. E. Massie. county chairman. The drive will continue through November 13, Mr. Massie said, by which time it is hoped the county will exceed all previous campaigns Fire Department Has Had 45 Fires In Year So Far Police Had Hard Week-Erid, As 24 Were Arrested Defense Speaker V4 for "the Sale of Savlnrto'ntlsrTTfenWnTss: Many Inquiries Received Here About Fall Color Dav Saddle Jito Park nvrfn ri a 1 ItlVAVillUCA Tnnnirlfls nhmit tho rnlor season a I , 4U" PknmhAr rf .v e-'-J I nfflnn onnnrM no in MrK l-uuiwi rai k loaay on a to eonH,nif nf (he Ndle trip. Lwfni fniHprs UsiiPfl hv thp State f!!lbIL0!Lmln'Udvertising Bureau, which carries , . ,'' many mountain scenes in full color. r) aim return vnem . t ,ua Bi, f evening in time-for-a Uw- tnr thp is WppW uare aance at nls . nu k Dicn nint nnt that lalooenee Ranch. hhr- u-ill hp lots of color from is jponsored by ...the 0rtnhr is on until "winter winds "ir Association, ana hlnw flll the leaves away." iume irom sucn scat- as Connecticut. New fhington and Michigan county quota in E; F and G Borids ts $72,000.00 and we have reached 16.4 in' three weeks of the ten week drive. -; , "Besides building personal se curity;' the County Chairman said, "bond-buyers are also contributing toward the national security, for the dollars thus invested fight be side our boys at the war front. These dollars help buy the best of fighting equipment and the best of all the essentials that are needed to strengthen our country in. the difficult times we face. We cannot afford to let the defense effort down any more than we can afford to let our personal security down. Let s all uphold by buying Defense Bonds." " " , , Vinson Morrow Of Cove Creek Dies Saturday Vinson Morrow, 51, prominent farmer of the Cove Creek section, died Saturday in the Haywood County hospital after an extended 'ille Cannery e October 18 Mrs. Sanderson Dies At 85 After Illness Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon in the Cove Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Carl Cook and the Rev. Forrest Fergu son officiating. Burial was in Craw ford Memorial Park. Nephews served as pallbearers and nieces were flower bearers. ,: Morrow was the son of the late William T. and Mattie Treadway Morrow. He was a member of the Cove Creek Baptist Church where he had served as Sunday School superintendent for 20 years. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Grace McElroy Morrow; two sons, Milton Morrow of Fresno, Caljf., and James Lewis Morrow of Cove Creek; one daughter, Mrs. John Medford of Cove Creek. Also two brothers, Edgar and John Morrow of Waynesville, Route 1; three sisters,' Mrs. Frank Bradshaw and Mrs. Lee Davis of Waynesville and ' Mrs. Eugene In connection with National Fire Prevention Week, which this is, Firechief Clem Fitzgerald issued today a statement regarding fire losses In Waynesville. So far this year, said the Chief, the department has answered 52 calls, seven of which were false alarms. By prompt action 43 of the "real things" were allowed to do no more than estimated total of $300.01U Tiuu imwamvw involving the house of James Meg ger and the other the garage apart ment of Charlie Woodard, did a total of $6,500.00.' In both cases, explained Chief Fitzgerald, no one was at home and the fires were well advanced before an alarm was given. ' Damage in the county, excluding all except those to which the local department was called, amounted to a total of $18,400.00 Again two fires have caused the bulk of the damage, and again they were well along before an alarm was turned in. The sawmill of Glen Palmer was damaged to the extent, esti mated, of $12,000.00, but same $30,. 000.00 worth of lumber was saved. The store of Rex Messer also suf fered heavily In a blaze to the ex tent of $3,500.00 Some other figures were pointed out by the Chief as he was inter viewed while washing a 30-year old fire truck used for county fires. He Waynesville police were looking at the position of the. moon today, in an effort to determine what hap pened over the 1 week-end . which they termed as "rough." Chief of Pollc Orville Noland reported that 24 arrests were made over the week-end, with 23 charged with being drunk; and one charged with driving drunk, ; The county was relatively quiet, the sheriff's office reported, while highway patrolmen reported lots of traffic, especially on Highway No. 19, and the Parkway, but otherwise quiet, and well behaved. The patrol reported one car left Highway No. 284 Just outside of town Saturday night. The driver said he was blinded by lights from an approaching, ear.' The vel.lclc went off the embankment, with no Injuries reported. The driver was going slow when the accident hap- HeiA officers-Mid, and' w able to escape Injuries, Mrs. Sarah Bovd Weaver, Dlrec tor of Public Affairs and Women's Work for North Carolina Council of Civil Defense, will present Civ il Defense to Parent Teacher As sociation leaders of District One In Hendersonville next Thursday. The district included Buncombe, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Hender son, Marion, Madison, Swain, Transylvania, Jackson and Cher okee counties. Eight Building Permits Issued In September liesVUle Community r, tII., u.,!Mlr, Tncnon, iii , - fiuun U. JU1ICT, UUHUUIK "r ciose for the season j tnHov that eieht FS. October 18. with the k-iui 1. IccmpH in :u l" Waynesville during the monm oi I ine three davs re- c . k pi nt ih (nr fcr OOno-ol . " OCIIICIHU.. i - - - ton T ""'",8 ". additions, two for garage aparv L . ",u."y oi mis weeic ments and one for a dweiling. f'. uetober 16. . ., - ri vireinin McCluer. H uh. . . , . , i x. vt vu-i o expect to make pork M n,.Hn Robert H. Winchester asueci to notify Mrs. . HavwnnH Mullins were given permits for additions. Lusn cnam hprs and D J. Wilbanks were grant ed the garage apartments permits, and H. M. Dulin obtained ine awei ling permit, loumy cannerv sud- During business hours f reached by phone at lflllons for making pork "iust.be made in ad- Mrs. Mary Logan Sanderson. 84 former head of the English De partment at Flora McDonald Col lege, Red Springs died Saturday at the hospital here after a long illness. She was a native of Kentucky, re tired from the teaching' profes sion in 1943 and had resided In Wavnesville since 1949. Her hus band, Samuel J. Sanderson, died in 1902. . Surviving are one son, Samuel Logan Sanderson of Waynesville, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Kv with Dr. Oliver Carmichael officiating. Burial wi!l be in the church cemetery. Garrett Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Moore of Greeneville, Tenn.; and! said the fire cost in this slate .dur five grandchildren. , Ing 1950 amounts! to the staggor- Arrangcments were under the ing sum of $39,000,000.00 James Carswell Ends Training At Memphis James W. Carswell, airman ap prentice. USN, Ion of Mrs. W. E smith of BUS iMilwood Kd., way nesville, recently graduated from the Aviation Machinist's Mate School at the - U. S. Naval Air Technical Training Center, Mem phis. Tenn, Carswell, who has been trans ferred to the V, S. Naval Air Sta tion, Key West, Fla., entered the Naval service Jan. 9. He received his recrull training at San Diego, Calif.. , .. i,.:.f,.'.. V .... Before entering the Navy, Cars well graduated from Waynesville Township High School. Meeting Is Open To All Tuesday night at 7:30, one of the largest gatherings of organiza tions in the history of Haywood county will meet In the courthouse in Waynesville to cross-examine one of the largest collections of county officials yet brought togeth- , er. The occasion is being sponsored by the Lions Club of Waynesville In an effort to make sure that every single voter in Haywood county will be fully informed about all details of the forthcoming school bond election which is scheduled to be held on the 17th of November. As explained by Dr. Hovd Owen, president of the Lions Club, "We are not attempting to shove tins, or anything else, down anyone's throat, but we are striving to get full and complete information to the people who will cast the votes and decide the issue." The Lions president will act us. moderator at the meeting tomor-. row night. They have invited more than 100 groups to send rep resentatives, and have arranged for the Board of Education, the County Commissioners, and other concerned officers ami individuals to be present to answer questions. Dr. Owen explained that the plan is for the many organizations; Home Demonstration Clubs. Parent Teacher groups, Conimuu'.ty !-. All 21 rfli'PPtor. f thn rhan,K.. vciopmeni l-rogram organiz.i'ions. . of Commerce are being urged - to i -.' Fratornul gnmps. etc.. attend the school meeting Tuesday l0, s,'u repi-m-nlaim- ami then night. The . announcement came l,u.rn ,0, llu,r .''"'"' i,,ltl from Dave Felmet. president, as he!"010 M"a"11 m"" announced. -the plans Instead -t ubjw.(aiu- - holding the regular monthly meet- In lhis 1 ' ing of the board. ' . Owen, the inrormatim, be : The directors will meet at 7:30, j Passod " down to In., hk.m im "but this Tuesday will attend the ,n,ed v0,,',r wh" ,w" ,l,u school meeting at the court house j uraed to go to Hie .1K aiul ii"'v i mi tviiiivv C.pf C. Board To Attend Meet On School Plans 100 per cent, said. "Schools are a vital part of our community, and county, and our continued progress of this area is dependent to a large degree upon the type of schools we have, and for that reason, this organization is' Interested in the general meet ing held Tuesday for the purpose of discussing the approaching ex pansion program of our county schools." YANKS WIN The Yankees won the fourth tame of the World Series' today by defeating the Giants 6 to 2. Allie Reynolds was the winning: pitcher and Sal Max lie, the ex barber, was clipped for the Was, direction Home. of Crawford Funeral Guest Speakers At Free Methodist Wednesday Night Recent ly the Fire.- Department began an inspection of business and private properly In an effort to discover how fires may be prevent ed. Chief Fitzgerald. 'on the basis of results so far obtained, suggest ed that everyone get busy and clean up basements and attics. "Manv of them are firetraps," he said. . ! They also should check stoves and stovepipes, furnaces and oil heaters. "The latter," he said. The Rev. and lrs. M. S. Ballcw "are a special danger for in many of Kissimmee, Fla., will be gues:t j cases they were not disconnected speakers at the Free Methodist ; fiurina the summer 'and oil has Wellco Appreciates The Handicapped Church Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock. - - Mrs, Ballew-is president of the Ladies Missionary Society of , the Georgia and Florida Conferences. Mr. Ballew is district superinten dent of the Free Methodist Church of Florida. The public is invited to attend. ler Stated that this ean- h has been 'VI J HUttOO- fat the amount of ran is expected to exceed previous year. - i hi Two-Hundred-Head-LikelyJPilotFarmers In County Livestock Show Thud Meeting Set Thursday with pntries coming in day for the Haywood County Live stock Show scheduled for Friday and Saturday at the Armory, in dications are that approximately two hundred head of cattle win De sViown. Superintendents are con fident that representative spev..- f , , ...ill K nn mens of eacn Dreeu y hand. ' ram will be shown from Friday October 8 - Monday morning at 10 o'clock through Sat- d pnn.iH..i.i.. !,ir!,u nflprnnnn at 3 o'clock, eX- --..o.uciauiy cuuier; .,u"j : .. . .ni Vnd continued cool, cept 'or babjt beeves, which w.U "aynpsviiu ho shown onKaturday only from Fwded by the staff of 10 fo 3 o'clock, y 4cSlPa-. I - . , ....I- ...ill talrp mj: m .Tudcine ot aairy came - Max. Min. Rainfall ' ,. n Friday, starting at 1 p.m. ,. I J-IKV 'f Besides the regular livestock snow, every of age. Saturday s events Dcgin who n nnradp at 10 a.m. Both Senior and The third meetine of the coun Junior bands of Waynesville High ! jy-g Community Pilot Farmers will 83 84 --.88 - 80 48 44 1 53 54 .09 ' School will play, and the various beef and dairy breeders in the county have been asked to fur nish floats and to show their stock. The parade will " form at the Waynesville First Baptist Church, march down Main Street to the Court House, and continue to the Armory, . ' -. Judging of beef cattle wilt fol low the parade, and is planned to start at 10:30 a.m. A baby beef show is set as a separate division. Premiums will be awarded to first, second and third place win nprs Prize money will come from 8 , . ... inn' rtnnjitpd bv the Chamber of a Junior Dairy Show is siateo, o be held on Thursday night. Work will be resumed on the farm and home planning sheets which were the subject of State College special ist Moe Williams' talk last week. Only one meeting is planned after this one. : seeped In creating a hazard that Is explosive. "The best safety method, con tinued the Chief, "is to obey local and stale laws, and to do that peo ple must become aware of them. How many," he asked, "know that to smoke in bed is a violation of a slate law?" There are now 16 people on the volunteer fireman roster, according to Fitzgerald. They are:- Felix Sto vall, Asst. . Chief; Hub Burnett, Leon Killian, Jr. David Underwood, Walt Mehaffey, Will Strange, Tom; Campbell, Harry Clay, Ben Sloan,; and John Boyd. , Also on the list are: Sain Kelley, Brad Mehaffey, Henry Clayton, j Robert Chafin, Willie Mehaffey, and Bob Yarborough. Booster's Club To Meet Thurman R. Smith, Secretary announced today that the Hazel- wood Booster's Club will hold a dinner meeting Thursday evening at 7:00 in the Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. All Boosters are urged to attend. , 7 -rf : if r y t': &f Saunook CDP Meets Thursday MRS." JAMES McCLURE Mountaineer Reporter The Saunook Community De velopment Program will hold Us regular meting October 11. AH members are urged to attend. The deadline for hospital insur ance payments is October 10. Sau nook members are asked to make their payments at Norman Burgess store. ' issue to be determined when tie gets (here. Joe Davis, the chairman of the Civic Improvement Committee of the Lions Club, eoulirmed all that Dr. Owen had said and added, "There is a lot of money involved as well as the future of our chil dren, and we of the Lions ielt. that someone should do someting to clarify the question as completely as possible," Mrs. Lucy Jones, County Sup erintendent of Scuhols. will he. present at the meeting and will present her opinions ot the need fGr the bond Issue and stress the urgency of the matter. In regard to the meeting itsell she said, "1 think H is a splendid idea, and one worthy of the hlRhrst praise.' ,1 '((.presenting Hie 'Canton Distnel will be the school hoard headed Ity Superintendent II. A. llulihiiis Among ail the other aspects-of lli tniestiiin to he bnumht into.. I.the limelight will be the tax rate to be imposed it' the bond issue is ; voted. . A hghly placed official, not 'a Lions Club member, who did not 'wish tu he quoted, explained; ' We ! are going to show . everyone how j little these vital improvements lo jour schools will actually cost him. iWhen we speak of two million dol j lars a lot of folks ni l seared -it. ! sounds like a crushing burden to j he Imposed on an already heavily loaded taxpayer. But we hope lo I show how small the actual burden ; on the individual w ill be, and bow I much the children of the county ! will benefit." I It was also stressed Unit whilo : various groups and individuals have received written "invitations, the ! meeting is not a closed nllair. "Everyone is invited," s;id l'r. Miupn "Invitation or no. We want them all to come, to hear, lo ask ; questions, to get every doubt in i their minds resolved." A I I Record For j II .1951 Swan Jenkins Is shown operating a clicking machine at Wellco Shoe Corp, "Ho," In the words of Mrs. Leila Parham, Personnel Director of .Wellco, "is safe, reliable, and productive, and asks only to be treated like any other worker." Jenkins is only one of many Haywood County physically handicapped workers who every .day do a spelndld job. (Photo by Ingram's Studio). In Haywood (To Date) Injured . .47 Killed 3. . (This 1 information " com piled from Records of Stat Uihway Patrol.) .05 I to boys and girls under zi y-r