The W a ynes ville Mountaineer He: "Well, I menu- when Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park a fVfr U *Ta*to "* **? ^ 68th YEAR NO. 7 14 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESV1L1.E. N. (., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. 22, 1953 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties delights 5f The News lipaign Smile, ly lowing exchange took ?een Mrs. Irving Leath i tier son Danny several ? Mom. I've been hear about an inauguration. i.s one?" therwood: "An inaugur ,nv. is when the new takes office." Takes off his what. . . ?' lding Of y Home To Next Week ng of the portion of the County Home that was >y fire recently will be week. James M. DavisH f the County Board of ners, said this morning, is said that local build would be used and re 1 builders interested in i the project to visit the een now and Monday so would be able to give of Commissioners an I the cost of the rebuild t by the first of next is said that the damage me amounted to about e county has insurance to cover that amount, ame time Mr. Davis ex ie Board's appreciation eln of the Waynesville, (I Enka fire departments rompt action during the an Will [ Monday n's Club * Hlnian, president of the >r Corporation at Hazel be the principal speak uarterly meeting of the Men's Club of Haywood he held at Hong's Chap unaluska Monday even mart ts a native of Ger-: was one of the refugees h> Hitler. His company in tlie European area, oilman makes frequent id and is familiar with litems. thor of a hook just pub V Plan For World Con in which he lays down World Peace. -- .. Park Ranger nes Duties anger Granville Liles, r the post on the Great mintains National Park >' held bv Chief Ranger | crnin has assumed his j ? according to informa reccived by Western olina Highlanders, Inc.. maintains headquarters anger Liles is a native I Carolina, having been j fachland, and Mrs. Liles, | r Mary Bryant, is a na- ' ranklin. They have four 1 chief ranger has served inber of years in like or the Shencndoah Na "k- Mr. MePnin was ve nsfcrrcd to Greater Lakt Park, where he is now "superintendent, r > aiif making their home ; I'urg in the house form pied by the Mernins, and rcrlnoks the Park head office, and the main j phe Smokies. I I*' Vnnr a m ,w*r /mi iiu.nr, ripfla Knopf, who under C('rv at St. Joseph's Hos ^heville, Is now con st her home on Pigeon ? * ? id Mrs. Francis Massie ?hr Southern Furniture Market in High Point the pp week. k~. ,0 , 4 ither i 9 r? WARMER lay ? Partly cloudy and ?1 Waynesville tempera- ( omplled by the State Teat Max. Min. Rainfall Hi 23 60 31 .01 53 38 .55 Two Boards Name 10 On Recreation Set-Up M 117MI I 1J1CVCIHII iTlctll ?> III Be Named By Group; Chairman Will Be Elected Soon. The boards of aldermen of Waynesville and Hazelwood named 10 men on a recreation commis sion here Tuesday afternoon. Tentative plans are for the com mission to meet Monday and name an 11th man, and also select a chairman of the group. The Waynesville board named: Charles E. Ray, C. E. Weatherby, David Underwood, John Carswell, and G. C. Ferguson. The Hazelwood board named as their five members of the commis sion, Paul Davis, Rudolph Cars well, Joe Cline, Lawson Summer row, and Sam Lane. The action of the two boards came within the time limit set by Heinz Rollman in order to receive a donation of $1,000 towards the expenses of a recreation engineer coming here and mapping plans and blueprinting the proposed com munity center and adjacent recre ation areas. Mr. Rollman made an offer of the $1,000 if the commis sion were named within a week after a meeting of civic leaders with the director of the state Rec reation Commission. As soon as the commission meets, they are expected to begin formulation of a tentative program, and discuss plans for bringing in the recreation expert to help com plete the set up of a proposed pro gram. The commission will have work ing with them on the program, an advisory committee, composed of men and women from the entire community, if suggestions of Mr. Andrews, state director, are fol lowed. Other than the estimated figure of $?,000 annually for operation and maintenance, as made by Mr. Andrews, no amounts as to the cost of the community center can be made until final plans are com pleted. Much interest is being shown in the proposed community center, and among the group endorsing the commission idea was the mer chants association at their annual meeting on Monday evening. Canton Youth's Condition Said To Be Critical The condition of Bill Miller, 17. of Canton, who was Injured Tues day night when a car in which he was a passenger struck a power pole on Haywood Road, remained critical last night in Memorial Mission Hospital. Miller was said to have been badly cut and to have suffered head and internal injuries. Also injured are Charles H. Nichols. 20, and David Burrell, 18, both of Canton. The two received severe cuts and bruises'and suf fered considerably from shock. They were transferred to the Swannanoa Division of Oteen Vet erans' Hospital. , 4 The accident occurred in front of 1252 Haywood Road, West Ashe ville. after Nichols is said to have lost control of the two-door sedan the three occupied with Bruce Miller, 17, also of Canton. The lat ter suffered a bruised lip. but was not hospitalized. Mrs. Weaver Kirkpatrick and son, Weaver, Jr., left Saturday to join the former's parents. Con gressman and' Mrs. Edward Robe son. in Washington, D. C. for the inauguration. Plans Nearing Completion For New Filtering Plant Town officials expect plans and specifications of the new filtering plant, and the feed lines from the intake on the mountain to be ready j within two weeks. Engineers have completed their lield work, and selected the site lor the filtering plant. Mr. Fergu son said the new plant would be built on a 3-acre plot just beyond the Rocky Branch church. This plot is part of the watershed property. When the new filtering plant is completed, all water will be fil tered there, and by gravity, car ried to the two storage reservoirs in town. The construction is part of the expansion program approved by the vote of the people last No vember for $300,000. H. P. McCarroll attended the Furniture Market in High Point this week. Visitors Asked To Curb Visits To The Hospital Health authorities have re quested that visits to the Hos pital be kept to a minimum. Since the hospital is tilled to overflowing, with beds even in the reception room of the new wing, authorities asked that no visitors see patients, except mem bers of the immediate family, and then only when entirely free of cold or symptoms of flu. Some patients have contacted colds and flu from visitors, it was explained. There are now 57 beds occu pied in the hospital. When the entire plant is completed, the institution will have 135 beds. Gain Of $127,844 Showed During 1952 By Haywood Building and Loan Assn. The Haywood Home Building and Loan Association showed a gain of $127,844 during 1952. it was re ported Tuesday night at the an nual meeting of the Association stockholders at its local 9 if ice. The financial report, which was made by L. DaVis, secretary treasurer, showed that most of this gain was used for additional loans, i According to the report, $48,000 ; was paid depositors during the , year. No foreclosures were made in 1952. Last year's directors were re elected to serve during 1953. They were R. L. Prevost, president, C. N. Allen, W. H Burgin, J. W. Boyd. L. N. Davis, L. M. Killian, J. W. Ray. C. J. Reece. O. H. Shelton, j and A. T. Ward. ' New officers will be elected by j the directors when they meet j January 26r^ Total assets for the past year were $1,865,206.89. the report show-: ed. compared with $7,737,362.21 at the end of 1951. Most of this1 money, $1,664,257.56, was in first mortgage loans; $148,177.05 in cash and government bonds, $18,650 in share loans; $31,400 in Federal Home Lan Bank stock; $2,704.05 in furniture, fixtures and equipment; and $18.23 in other assets. Following are the liabilities; $1 , 519.535.49, savings and investment accounts; $160,000, Federal Home j Loan Bank; $185,218.85, surplus 'and reserves; and $452.55, other : liabilities. ?-1 \ Kiwanis Change Radio Show Phone Numbers Elsawhere in the paper a story of the "Amateur Radio Show" be ing sponsored by the Waynesville Kiwanis Club for the benefit of the county's March of Dimes Drives appears and lists several tele phone numbers that may be called during the progress of the show , Saturday night. Those numbers are wrong, a member of the club said today. People who wish to take part in [ the show are requested to call either telephone 921 or 922 Decision On Band Trip To Chicago Is Due Tonight Sometime to-ilrht the state committe of Lions, will meet and decide whether or not the Way nesville high school band of 100 pieces goes to the Lions Inter national Convention in Chicago in July. Members of the YVaynesvllle club have been working on the project for some months, and ac cording to Lee Davis, president, "present indications are at least fifty-fifty that the Waynesvllle band will be named by the state committee. The state committee would pay about half the expenses of the trip to the convention. Among the features of the convention would be a long parade, in which the band would march. Mrs. Medford Named To NCFBF Committees Mrs. Clay Medford of Lake Juna luska has been appointed a mem ber of the Resolutions Committee of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, according to a letter she received this week. Mrs. Medford will attend the an nual convention of the Farm Bu reau from January 30 to February 4 in Charlotte as a delegate from Haywood. Kiwanis To Stage Polio Program Saturday Night The March of Dimes drive in Haywood will get another boost this Saturday night when the Way nesville Kiwanis Club stages its "Song Request" radio program over station WHCC. Members of the club have been working on final plans for the radio program and announced today that the show would begin promptly at 8 o'clock when a group of musi cians report to the radio station to offer their assistance with the show. The program this year will be conducted along the same ifties as the one held last year and will pro vide an excellent opportunity to mix some business with pleasure and, at the same time, raise money fSr the March of Dimes campaign. The need for polio funds is greater this year than ever before, polio officials said, and, though Haywood's quota of $15,000 is the same as last year, drive officials! are hoping to raise a great deal more than th^t. Last year the \ drive proved most successful and Haywood was second among the North Carolina counties in per cap ita contributions, The Kiwanis Club program is" a proven fund-getter. The people in this area have accepted it as an excellent medium through which to donate to the polio fund and of ficials of both the Kiwanis Club and the polio drive consider itj ? See Kiwanis SJiow?Page A) t* Heads Merchants ? ; Joe Cline is the new president of ! the Merchants Association. He succeeds C. D. Ketner. The elec tion was held at the annual meet ^ ing on Monday night. Joe Cline Merchants New Head The Merchants Association wrap j pod up a varied program at their i annual meeting, at Spaldon's Mon day night, when they: I ?elected new officers. ?heard encouraging reports of accomplishments. ?voted to back the recreation commission. ?heard an optimistic outlook for the tourist season. All this took place within an i hour and a half after a feast of | barbecue chicken. C D. Ketner. president for 1952, presided, and gave a brief outline i of the work of the organization for j 1952. He reported 78 establish ? m*nlr metr.bcrv? sponsors of J*ie Bethel-Clyde football game; spon sor of the Tobacco Harvest Festi val; annual trade festival, and had | sharply curbed the solicitation of I "fly-by-night advertising schemes." In a questionnaire, the members voted 28 to 12 for the continuation j of the Trade Jubilee next fall, with some modification. No action was taken Monday evening. Harry Whisenhunt, treasurer, in (See Joe t'linc?Page 8) WNCAC Meets In Bryson City On February 3 Several representatives from Waynesville and Haywood County are expected to attend the quarter ly meeting of Western North Caro lina Associated Communities in Bryson City on Tuesday, Febru ary 3. The meeting will begin at one o'clock with a "dutch" luncheon at S/iecd's Restaurant, and business sessions will follow immediately in the Community Center building on the Bryson City square. Legislation affecting Western North Carolina, plans for tourist business for the coming season on j (See WNCAC Meets?Page 6) Commissioners Asking All Phases 01 Business Help In Making New Revaluation i iif county commissioners ex plained today that the program of staging a county-wide revaluation program was going forward satis factorily. Listers in all parts of the county reported cooperation from property-owners. Officials explained that the re valuation program, as required by law. was being staged in an effort to get every piece of property in the county on the lax books in proportion to adjoining property and property of like value in the county. "The purpose is to get a fair <|nd just valuation placed on every piece of taxable property." a spokesman said. .Some of the listers are finding property which had not been on the tax books. Mostly newly built homes, or other buildings. The tax listers have been in structed to list all property for. 40 per cent of its value. A definition of what constitutes a fair value was explained as being a price that a willing buyer would pay a willing seller. One commissioner went on to explain: "We mean a ] price without a brass band ? a | price which a man would offer the owner, and the owner sell for. without any pressure from either 1 party." Listers working in the rural i areas are farmers of the township. The listers in the towns are those j familiar with business property | values. The commissioners have asked owners of industry to work with a I committee of industrialists in set ting a fair valuation on manufac [ luring plants. J. Aaron Prevost is chairman of the industrial group, i Working with the industrial group ! will be Jonathan Woody, and CDP Speaker Charles Milton Newcomb. na tionally known lecturer, will be the principal speaker at the an imal Community Development Program awards day program j Saturday morning at the court 1 house. Mr. Newcomb has deliv- j ered hundreds of lectures to i civic clubs throughout the na tion. ' : ? .. I Flu May Be On Decrease Here llaywood County doctors said Wednesday aftrrnocn that there may be a slight, hut not defi nite, decrease in the number of flu cases. Schools were closed after Monday for remainder of the week because about 30 per cefnt of the tp'iche s, md '.mpils were MCk. It Is nol^ known yet, it was rrportrd, whether classes will be resumed Monday or not, depending on how the situation will be at that time. The flu is described as a gen eralized type 'hat affects pa- I tients several days. The best preventive measures, as rerom- I mended by doctors, is to avoid large crowds and keen from getting run down. llaywood Countv is apparent ly the mcst heavily hit in the western part of th? State and the largest number of cases seem to be centered in Waynesville and vicinity. It has not been necessary to close Canton schools and "n Monday, when the situation in Waynesville was at its worst, Canton school of ficials reported 2 fewer num ber of cases than previously. Assistance By BRI Offered On Income Tax Forms Two agents of the Bureau of In ternal Revenue are going to be on hand in Haywood County from now until March 15. income tax filing deadline, to assist taxpayers who are having difficulty in filling out the prescribed forms. The two agents. J, C. Haynes and ' H. H. Hogan. are making their headquarters in the Waynesville post office and will be there each Monday, all day, to lend their as sistance in the filing of returns. They have announced a sched ule that will carry them to many areas in Western North Carolina during the next month and a half. They will be in the post office in Canton February 19 and 20 from 8:30 in the morning until 5:30 in (See Assistance?Page 6) Annual Event Will See Three Communities Getting Prizes Totaling $1,000 In Cash A total of $1,300 in awards will be distributed to the Haywood communities that are judged to have made the most progress dur ing the past year when the annual Community Development Program meeting gets underway Saturday morning at the court house. Each of the 26 communities in the county has been judged during the past year in various categories and awarded so many points for each category. The prizes, which have been made available by Haywood busi ness Arms and civic organizaitons, will be distributed in two differ ent categories. The regular awards, a total of $1,000. will be present ed by Jonathan Woody, president of the First National Bank of Waynesville and chairman of the CDP Board of Directors. The first place winner will receive $500; $300 goes to the second place win ner; and the third place winner will receive $200. Among the donaters of the prizes are the Waynesville Lions Club,, Waynesville Chamber of Com merce, Haywood Builders Supply Company, the First National Bank, and the Haywood Electric Mem bership Corporation. A total of $350 is to be distrib uted as special awards. One award, $50, has already been distributed, the award being divided by Upper Crabtree and Aliens Creek in the tobacco contest. The other $300 will he present ed by Jack Chapman. ?iun?v "'vnr man of the CbP. There are six divisions in the special awards conlest: forestry i$50i?to be presented to the com munity showing the greatest activ ities in reforestation and soil ero sion controi; tobacco i$50i al ready presented to Aliens Creek and Upper Crabtree on the basis of planting the highest percentage of its tobacco allotment: poultry i$)50)?to go to the community hav ing the largest number of poultry units; green pastures i$100> ?. to the community having the create t increase in number of points in the Green Pastures Contest; dair> i$50) ? breeding dairy animals to to proved sires; better sires ($V)i ?to go to the community placing the most registered sires in rela tion to the number of beef animals in the community. Charles Milton Neweomb. na tionally known lecturer w*ho ha; addressed civic groups in almost every section of the country, will be the featured speaker. He will be introduced by Col. Robert Put nam. Public Relations director of Champion Paper and Fibre Com pany. Jack Chapman, county chairman of the CDP, will preside at the meeting. Rev. Oder Burnette of Cruso will offer the invocation. Rev. J. H. Coleman, chairman of the Jonathan Creek Community will welcome the officials and vis itors. Group singing will be led by Mrs. C. O, Newell, a member of the Board of Directors and pa;t chairman of the County CDP. Frank Davis of Iron Duff will rec ognize guests, and Miss Kathleen Nash, public school music instruc tor. will render a solo. R. C. Francis, secretary of the County CDP. will deliver the re port of the nominating committee, at which time nominees for the various offices of the group for 1953 will be made known. In judging the various commun ities for the grand awards, five ac (See CDP?Page 6) Highway Record For 1953 I In Haywood (To Date) Injured.... 10 Killed .... 0 (Till, information com piled from Record, of State Highway Patrol.) Despite Flu Epidemic, March Of Dimes Drive Making Rapid Progress Haywood County's 1953 March of Dimes Drive, hampered some what, by the current flu epedemic, is moving steadily to its goal of j $1.5,000, leaders of the drive an nounced today. The flu epidemic has caused a temporary cancellation of all phases of the drive in the public school* of the county but, other | than that one part, the drive is moving along on schedule. No report is available at this time as to the financial progress | of the drive but officials this morning said that all parts of the drive had been, so far, suc cessful. The one big program planned ifor this Veek is the Kiwartis an-! ! nual "Amateur Radio Show,") ; which has been .scheduled for Sat urday night from eight o'clock until midnight over station WHCC. I Committee members in charge of ! the show said today that much ,interest had been shown in the' show and that it would probably be as much, if not more, a suc cess this year than it was last year when a large amount of money was raised. The Waynesville Secretaries i Club announced today that final plans are being made for the an I nual "Porch Light" march, which ! will be held Kridav night. January (See Despite Flu?Page 6)