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The W aynesv ille Mountaineer or of a critic. Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park . ^ 68th YEAR NO. I* I PAGES 7 Associated Pre? WAYNESVILEE. N. t\. MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 2, 1952 *3.00 la Ad VMM In Haywood and Jackson Coiuittaa K^'n' There Carolina Hi J|PIOKDr INDiKU! H pild A Justice ui ? Jacksonville gut so H 11,people and per ? . atttcikl Ktl that lie H the expiration of la ? nil for one tuli |tMH ^E, i peak, without port ? been introuui' i K e legislature to rec ? making the JP > ? ictive back to the H,, expired. H IIVI CAPTURED I andV TBI officials an ? tlu-\ rapture i f De Han lastyreek. The action Hnipli ti- the capture ul I convicts who escaped Hill ( ounty prison camp Hl.i I Iiiman and f. C. H luil been seen near Hllc on several occasions Hi escaped. The TBI en B case when they learn Hi.iih men had been in - a bank robbery. TIIK1VES IN PITT iafe robberies occurred ounty Thursday night s made away with some one of the robberies the rried away 40 $100 bills lantity of silver. SBI d local officers are still ng CRANKS BETTER? he question of a States was asking today. He ed countless numbers of n poeple had had their en or hurt pretty badly, one like his own. In ising a crank on his w car, the Statesvllle his finger on the start It (his finger) slipped, un against the dash 1 lie's now suffering a humh liniph . . . these COPTER RESCUE elicopters joined efforts trek to rescue a downed man in the icy waters of qund. The plane sunk >efore the airman had ted and returned safely I to his base. 0 TAX HIKE rman of the North Caro le appronriations corn dieted Friday that the gislature would not ap tax increases and won't ise revenues by remov tax exemptions as sug Governog Umstead. North Carolina greeted happily. hog Predicts Winter Weeks Ihogs, at least in the He area, peered from rs today, squinted, and ut for a look at the sunshine. He saw his and. for those people Bmy stork in the ground Brdirtion. it was a bad - Bnt. in short, that we're Hliatr six more weeks of Bertainly not a pleasant B out your overcoats, ear Bill, if you're in the same | ? mind as one man, your B Ke'i uoing to make a B attempt to fix Mr. j B?r so he won't be able j Bis shadow next year. e ther SUNNY ?Sunny, windy, and mild, ?ynpsvllle temperatures ed by the State Test Wax. Min. Rainfall 47 22 55 21 60 34 51 42 Haywood Oiiered Details Oi Successful Rural Fire Protection In Forsyth No Consideration Given To Holding Saturday School There have been a lot of rum ors going around that Haywood schools would operate on Satur days in order to make up for the six days lost due to flu. This morning Mrs. Lucy Jones Boyd, county superintendent, said that no consideration had been given the matter up to this time. "Under the present schedule, school will be out on June 8th," she said. "As for the Saturday schedule, it has not been consid ered, and no school principal has suggested such a plan," she con tinued. Work Of Putting Down Pilings At School About Over Workmen expect to drive the last of the 168 pilings at the new high school building here sometime Tuesday. As the work of putting down a foundation began, it was found that 168 pilings ranging from 18 to 27 feet would have to be sunk under J the two-story portion of the build ing The pilings are being driven down to solid rock. Drivers Given Until Tonight To Pijrchasp Jags A two-day period of grace was granted to automobile operators in North Carolina who didn't pur chase 1953 license tags before the end of January. Instead of handing drivers with 1952 tags a ticket today, officials are waiting until midnight tonight (Monday). After that time any one with 1952 tags will be sum-1 moned into police court. The two-day grace period was | granted because all offices that is sued the tags were closed Satur-: day afternoon and many people were unable to purchase the tags. But with the beginning of Feb ruary 3, midnight tonight, officers will be on the lookout for all red tags. The same situation applies to Waynesville city tags. r Haywood Highlanders To Meet Wednesday ( The regular monthly meeting of the Haywood County Highlanders will be held Wednesday night at [ the Court House, according to L. E. DeVous. president. At the meeting, which will begin at 3 o'clock, a movie will be shown and general business will be taken "P Iron Duff CDP Sets Regular Meeting The Iron Duff Community De velopment Program regular month ly meeting will be held Thursday at 7 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chambers on Crawford Road. All people of the Iron Duff sec tion are urged to be present. Editor's note?This article was written for The Mountaineer by Miss Lucille Cathey. reporter on the Winston-Salem Journal. Miss Cathey's home is in Clyde, and her interest in Haywood prompted this article on rural fire protec tion. WINSTON-SALEM?If a house or barn in rural Forsyth County j caught fire a couple of years ago, ? there was little chance that it i might be saved. But today the picture is changed. Fires are no less destructive and people are no less afraid of them, j Buildings still catch fire and some burn to the ground. But the organization of a coun ty fire department, offering pro tection to those people who live outside the city limits, has re duced by thousands of dollars the loss by fire. The same story has been repeat ed across the state because, as an Associated Press writer, phrased it: "Fire engines are following paved roads into rural North Carolina." The secondary roads program and expansion of telephone service during the past two years have made the organization of rural fire departments practical for the first time. Forsyth County's Fire Depart ment will not be two years old un til this March. In that short time, however, the (See Rural Fire?Page 8) Former Head Of Local Schools Taken By Death Prof. John D. Everett, 85 form er SttffWlHt^lrtdent of Wa.vno.svllIt schools, died in Johnson City, Tenn.. last Wednesday following a short illness. He was superintendent of the local school system for throe terms. 1915-1917. He came back last November 29th for the reunion of the grad uating class of 1917, which was held at The Towne House. He was the honored guest of the occasion. He was a retired Carson-Newman College professor. He had served as deacon and Sunday School super intendent of the First Baptist church in Johnson City. While in Waynesville he was ac tive in church affairs. One of his former Waynesville students, said: "I never heard Prof. Everett say a cross word, or a harsh word. He was kind, consider ate. and respected by all who knew him." Another student wTotc: "Prof. Everett was indeed a fine man, and stood for all that is fine and good. We who were privileged to study under him shall always be thank ful. and proud of the part he play ed in our lives." Funeral services were held Fri day in Johnson City. The deceased is survived by a son. Dr. John E. Everett, Niagara Falls. N. Y.; a daughter. Mrs. Low ell P. Leland. Bowling Green. O.; brothers. Henry S. and S. T. of Bobinsville, N. C., and Simon Everett, of Favetteville. MRS. BOWLES IMPROVING Mrs. M. H Bowles, who has been at Duke Hospital since last Wed nesday, is reported to bo getting along nicely. She will probably return to her home this week. County Library To Hold Open House This Thursday An open house, cclebrataing nine years of county wide library service, will be held al the Hay wood County Public Library Thursday afternoon from two un til five o'clock. Miss Margaret Johnston, librarian, announced to day. Principal feature of the open house will be a tea sponsored by the Wa.vnesvllle Woman's Club. A silver offering will be accept ed and will be used for the new Building Fund, which was recent ly established by the Haywood County Library Board. Receiving at the door will be Miss Johnston. Mrs. James Atkins, and members of the Library Board ?Col. J. H. Howell, Mrs. T. L. Gwyn, Glenn C. Palmer, William Medford. and Fred Doudt. Presiding ata the tea table will be Mrs. R. C. Lane, Miss Louise I Ballard, and Mrs. J. H. Howell. | In charge of registration will be Mrs. II L. Liner, Jr.. Mrs. Ben Phillips, and Mrs. J. R. Hipps. Greeting guests at the top of the stairs will be Mrs. R. R. Jeter. Mrs. Hooper Alexander, and Mrs. 1 E. A. Williamson. The committee in charge of re I frerhmonts Include Mrs. Joe Lin ; er, chairman, Mrs. W. S. McCall, Mrs. J. R. Boyd, Mrs. W. L. Kirk , patrick. and Mrs. Rov Campbell. Flowers for the event have been [ donated by the Mountain View Garden Club and Ray's Florist Shop. ' Everyone is Invited and urged to attend the open house, Miss Johnston said, to see what has beeh accomplished at the, library since 1944. and what needs to be done to make the library better.. Porch Light Parade Nets $721 The Secretaries Club ha da "porch light" parade Friday night in Wayneaville, Lake Junaluska. Al iens Creek and Barberville and collected $721 for the polio fund. Residents turned on their porch lights to notify paraders get their donations. Counting the money are. from left. Mrs. James Tut wiler, recording secretary. Miss Mary Medford, and Miss Patsy Rogers, tMountaineer Photot. Parkway Job To Start On March First Plans are being pushed for start ing onstruction of a 4-mile link of the Blue Kidge Parkway in Pisgalt Forest on March first. W.P. Wright, project engineer, and a crew of assistants are here, i preparing for the job. which was let under contract to Clement Brothers last fall. The link will connect the exist j ing links at Wagon Road Gap ahd Beech Gap, and when completed will provide a loop drive atop the i rim of l'isgah Forest. | ? ?. ? Board Hears Of Programs Made In Revaluation The county commissioners in holding their regular first Monday meeting today took up routine mat ters. Some time was spent hcarfng a report from Jule Boyd, on the progress of the new revaluation program in the county. Mr. Boyd 1 is general supervisor. Some of the smaller townships have completed their work, it was reported, and others are making satisfactory progress. According to C. C. Francis, chair man. no final delails have been completed for any township to show the new total valuation. Engineers Putting Down Center Line Parkway Stakes A crew of engineers, under the direction of Joe Todd, are putting down center line stakes on the link of the Parkway from Soco to Bal sam Gap. This is one of the high est links in the entire 450-mile Parkway. The line was surveyed sometime hack, and now the engineers are go ing back and putting down the cen ter line stakes for further engin ! eering work. ft is about 12 miles from Soto Gap to Balsam Gap. Dayton Rubber Employees Give Over $2,600 To Polio The 900 employees of Dayton Rubber Company have given over $2,600 to the Polio Fund, according to J. G. McKinley, plant manager, this morning. This is about $800 more than was given last year, Mr. McKinley pointed out. An increase of over 45 per cent. "The campaign is not quite over in our plant, and we expect the final figure to be much above the present cash-in-hand figure of $2,600," he said. The contribution of the company is not included in this Amount. The $2,600 is just the gifts of employees. . Library Trustees Set Up Building Program; Ready To Receive Gifts ? Donations Two Fires Over Weekend; Mishap Occurs At First Fire Chief Clem Fitzgerald to day reported two fires of serious \ nature over the weekend, one of them totally destroying a building and the other partially destroying , a frame dwelling house. Friday the fire department answered a call to a fire at the old' Long's Chapel Methodist I Church at Lake Junaluska. But before the truck could get there an accident in which the tire truck . partially overturned, occurred, and the building was completely i destroyed. The accident happened on a : curve in the road near Sims Place. ! A car driven by an unidentified woman was in the wrong lane and. in an attempt to avoid collision. Walter Mehaffey, who was driving the truck, steered it into an em bankment. No one was serious ly injured. Damage to the church was not determined. Sunday afternoon about 1:30 th^1 home of Gailher Thompson on Meadow Street caught fire of un- j determined orgin. and several rooms in the building were gut ted. Insurance covered most of I the loss. ine ooara 01 trustees of me riay | wood County Public Library in their meeting Friday set up a building fund, and made provis ions for receiving gifts and mem orials for a new structure. The trustees acted after recog nizing the definite need for more space, as the present Library pro gram has outgrown all space and | facilities at the Main Street quart ers. No definite plans have been made as to a site, or type building Sentiment of the board leans to wards a new site, which would pro vide adepuate parking, bookmo bile space, as well as interior build ing room. The initial gift to the building fund will be the silver offering re ceived. Thursday afternoon at open house, sponsored by the Woman's Club At the meeting, Miss Margaret Johnston reported on the steady growtli of the circulation of the Li brary, as well as the film depart ment. More than 9,600 adults have seen film from the new division of the Library. The Library had 90.000 hooks in circulation in 1992, the report said. This is eight times that of 1944. The trustees are composed of Col. J. H. Howell, Mrs. T. L. Gwyn, Glenn C. Palmer. William Medford. and Fred Doudt. ? | Police Arrest 15 Over Weekend; Mostly Drunk Waynesville police had a busy time this past weekend, arresting 15 persons, mostly on charges of drunkenness. Chief Orville Noland said this morning that one person was ar rested for driving drunk, one for j reckless driving, one for speed ; ing. and 12 for being drunk. All were cited into police court. Ground Broken For New Bethel Elementary Bldg. ' BULLETIN With perfect weather, an unusually large crowd attend ed the formal breaking of ground for the n?-w half mil lion dollar elementary school building :t Bcthrl this after noon at two o'clock. Impressive ground - breaking I ceremonies were held this after noon a't Bethel to mark the be ginning of a new elementary school building that will cost in excess of half a million dollars Many county officials joined \ with leaders of civic and church groups in the Pigeon Valley area in the ceremonies. The new build ing is to serve six communities? West Pigeon. Center Pigeon, East Ptgeon, Stamey Cove. Cruso, and ! Cecil ? all of which fall in the 1 Bethel School District. I , When finished, which school of ficials hope will be in the sum mer of 1934, the new building will greatly alleviate the problems of the present Bethel School. The new building will house, in addi tion to 30 classrooms, a modern cafeteria and kitchen, gymnasium with full sire playing court and dressing room facilities, space for a principal's office, rest romos foi teachers, and a library. The cost of the building was put at something in excess of $500,000 It is being financed from a $2,000. 000 county bond issue, and a $50, 000,000 state bond issue. Leaders from all the communi ties that are in the Bethel District participated in the ceremonies this afternoon by taking a bit of the dirt that was "turned up in the first spadeful and returning It to 'See Bethel?Page 3) I Area Nears Polio Goal; More Time Given For Reports Beer Petitions Checked; Election Likely In April An r lection to determine whether the people of YV'aynex ville desire the legal sale of beer within the town limits will prob ably he set Thursday when thr Town Hoard of Aldermen hold their regular meeting. Petitions that have been cir culated amonr the Qualified vot ers in Waynrsville were turned in last week and town officials have carrfully checked the petitions to determine if the required num i ber of names are on them. At latest count, some 429 qualified names were oil the petitions. 172 more than was required. The cleetloii will probably be set for April, an official said, as it requires at least five weeks af ter the Hoard sets the election for it to be held. Court Now In Session 'Criminal Court opened today j with a number of the 125 cases | disposed of by Superior Court Judge Allen il. Gwynn of Hetds ville. I ' %los( of the cairf*' are for nod support and drunken driving plus divorces, a routine docket. Mlhougb the term of court is scheduled for two weeks, the sec ond week will probably see the dis position of 10 civil cases, plus di vorces. Few criminal cases were left over from the last term and those on the docket are expected to be completed the first week. i ii<- luiiowiiiK win serve on me jury (he first week: Gilmer Long of Waynesville, Harold I). Pressley of Pigeon, Fur man Davis of Beaverdam, Will J. Leatherwood of Waynesville. A. T. Medford of Pigeon, Leon Russell of Waynesville. Alfred Johnson of Pigeon, Carey Shepard of Beaver dam. Clay Neal of Pigeon. Howard Hall of Clyde, Ella Shuler of Clyde.; S. T. Cooper of Beaverdam, W. V. ] Hyatt of Waynesville, Briscoe Ham ilton of Beaverdam. D. Reeves No-; land of Waynesville. John Chambers of Jonathan Creek. Grover Robinson of Way nesville, Porter A. Broyles of Beaverdam. Dewey Justice of Beaverdam. Grady Yarborough of Waynesville, Frank Scates of Way nesville. Sam McElroy of Waynes ville, Sidney L. Haynes of Clyde. Fred Early of Beaverdam, O. I.. Adkins of Waynesville,* L. M. Smathers of Beaverdam. Lon Good son of Beaverdam. R. V. Robinson of Clyde. Lucy Scates Millner of Waynesville. Virgil L. Robinson of Beaverdam, Roy B. Smathers of Beaverdam, Luke Gaddis of Clyde Russell Jones of Beaverdam. Lester Heatherlee of East Fork, and Fan nie Kate Browning of Waynesville. Clean-Up Project At Fines Creek Church A clean-up project has been scheduled at the Lower Fines Creek Methodist Church, begin ning next Monday. All people who have relatives or friends buried in the cemetery at the church are asked to lend a hand in the clean-up project. The project will take about a week Chairman McCarrol Reports $10,500 Goal "In Sight" If Late Reporters Measure Up To Expectations. Officials of the March of Dimes drive in the Waynesvillc area stop ped tallying funds this morning long enough to predict that the quota would be reached "if the rest of the reports.are as hearten ing as those we've already receiv ed." H. P. MeCarroll. chairman of the drive in the Waynesville area, said this morning that the drive would be extended through this week so that various committees may have the required time to complete their solicitations. The operation of the Dime Board will also be carried over for two days. Friday and Sat urday. Mr. MeCarroll said that several committees still have not made re ports. Among those committees arc the ones that are handling the schools, most of the industry com mittees (except Dayton Rubber Company i and the committee which is handling the annual basketball tournament. Th? ' ? ?..c luuiufliiKiii ncgins TUttrs j day night and will continue through Saturday night, Bill Kanos. tourna I inent chairman, said. Eight teams i including industrial league teams, two all-star aggregations, and the Brevard College five, are entered. Dayton Rubber employees sub scribed something over .600 and are among the top groups in con tributions to date. Saturday night the White Oak CDP held a program and netted something in the neighborhood of $06. all of which was turned over to the Drive. The annual I'orchlight Parade, conducted by the Waynesville Sec retaries Club was held Friday night and total donations amounted to $721. This la almost double what, that part of the drive contributed lust year and officials today ex pressed appreciation to all those who took part. The dance held Saturday night in the Waynesville Armory, which was co-sponsored by the Beta Sigma Phi sorority and the Junior Cham ber of Commerce, netted approxi mately $100. Dimes officials today urged everyone who has not contributed to the fund to do so either by at tending the basketball tournament, putting coins on the Dime Board, or by sending their contributions to the March of Dimes committee. Condition Of Dr. Nease Continues To Get Better The condition of Dr. Edgar M Nease. program director at the Lake Junaluska Methodist Assem bly. continues to improve, hospital spokesman in Seneca. S. C.. said over the weekend. Dr. Nease was critically injured in an automobile accident near Senece December 29 Shortly after he underwent an operation and the hospital reported the operation was "effective " In addition to Dr. Nease's con nection with Lake Junaluska. he is also executive secretary of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Coun cil of the Methodist Church, lie formerly was secretary of the de nomination's Western Carolina Conference. Woman Named On Grand Jury; Smathers Foreman As far as can bp learned, today marked the first time that a wo man has ever been named as a member of the Haywood county Grand Jury. Mrs. Lucy Scates Mll ner was named along with eight men to serve on the Grand Jury for a year. Nine members were nam ed last July. This morning Frank R. Smath ers, of Canton, was named fore man. succeeding Thomas W Reeves who has served In that capacity for the past year. | The nine new members of the, grand jury include: Luke Gaddis. Virgil L. Robinson. Lucy Scates Mllner, 'John Chambers, Roy B. Smathers. O. L. Atkins. Porter A. Broyles. Will Leatherwood. and Sam McElroy. The nine members who were named last July includes: R. T. Boyd. Jr.. Lawson Franklin. W. J. Francis, Charlie Shepherd. Grover Mease. Alvin Ford, Frank R. Smathers, foreman, and Brown Mcsser. Bud Hill was again named of ficer for the group. I Highway Record For 1953 In Haywood (To Date) Injured.... 11 Killed .... 0 (This information com piled from Records of State Highway Patrol.)
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