1 ? * 5 ... - ? The W a ynesville Mountaineer =ihf you make the .loacfc faUiet used to make.** Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park a q ?8th YEAR NO. 11 1C PAGES AssociatedPrew WAYNS8V1LLB N C . THURSDAY AFTERNOON^ FEB. 5. 1933 (3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Coonttea te 'n There ? In Carolina InoM ON COAST Hrih Carolina Porta Auth Bapproved a $200,000 dock Bon and improvement pro U cehead City, another B > far-reaching plan to H the North Carolina coast B the leading seaports on Bn coast This state is ?iiv located between New I \. w Orleans and will. Authority hopes, some u, the main link in inter upping. ill,LING THIEVES s held a midnight party terent places near Mor liis week, leaving hrok and empty cash registers mber of filling stations Iside restaurants. State fleers are making efforts down the night riders. VERS, ATTENTION y officials in South Caro ne in every 28 accidents to improper passing re fatality. Almost a thous ent.s were reported from i alone. S. C. authorities ed and are devising rules cut into this unnecessary FLU FAMILY tesville all seven mem one family, including a ins, were taken to a hoe h cases of flu. They're Ing nicely, thank you, having a rather nice the hospital. ILL IN HARNESS Nnell. North Carolina's yspaper editor, celebrat t birthday this week by t his desk at the regular putting in a full day's s editor of the Roxboro men, and has a formula living . . . never drink take a nap after lunch, t, too. we imagine. tNOR'S CONDITION or Umstead continues improvement, greeting rmrn from his hospital is week, and telling lust thought I'd show still around." DUTCH AID of Greensboro prepared for "Operation Disaster," help the destitute thous olland who are suffering ges of the worst flood to untry in many years, re asked to donate cloth-1 inything else they think p Officials of the drive ill snowball all over the Leaders In Heart Fund Drive t I Final plans for the 1953 Heart Fund Drive in Haywood County, which begins today and runs through February 28. were laid Friday night by workers from the Canton and Waynesville areas. The four people pictured here are to direct the drive, which has a goal of SI,500. Left to right, Roy Patton. co-chairman of the Canton area, Mrs. Mildred Bryson, chairman of the Waynesville area. Loranzo Smathers, co-chairman of the Canton area, and Dr. James Fender, head of the Advisory Committee. (Mountaineer Photo). Sorry That It Happened Monday's issue of The Mountain eer did not mention Hazelwood for its part in helping collect the $721 that was obtained by the Secretar ies Club in its porch light parade last Friday night. The Mountaineer regrets this omission and is happy to commend Hazelwood along with Waynesville. Lake Junaluska. Aliens Creek, and Barherville for their contributions to the polio fund. Haywood County Has 0.6 Miles Road Stabilized The State Highway Commission completed 0.6 mile of stabilization in Haywood County during the month of January, Commissioner L. Dale Thrash reported today. The following roads, and theU. lengths, were stabilized with traf fic-bound macadam: Hemphill Road, 0.2 mile; Beav erdam, 0.2 mile; State Test Farm, 0.2 mile. All three projects were financed by the $200,000,000 secondary road bond program. The Tenth Highway Division brought three miles of paving and 10.6 miles of stabilization to com pletion during January, Commis sioner Thrash added. I Annual Heart Fund Drive Starts This Week Here Bus Destroyed By Fire Monday Night Near Soco A Carolina Coach Trailways bus was completely destroyed by fire Monday night at Soco Gap. The loss was estimated at about 1 | $30,000. None of the 25 passengers or ] the driver, Jack Middleton, of ; Knoxville, were injuried. The blaze started in the motor,, located at the rear of the bus, from what may have been a spark j igniting gasoline in the carburator, Patrolman Joe Murrill reported, j The drUu;r. assistant chief, Feiix Stovall, an : swered the call, and gav6 protec j tion with the fire hose to nearby | property. _ I The annual Heart Fund drive in Haywood County, sponsored by the Haywood County Heart Fund Com mittee, started this week and sev eral programs have been held in connection with the opening of the drive. Mrs. Fred Campbell spoke to the P-TA at Central Elementary school Monday night on "Child-, hood Diseases of the Heart". John Carver, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, showed a film at the regular meeting of the group the same night, and urged members to lend their support to the drive. Plans for the drive which has a $1,500 goal, have been made and will be mentioned more fully next week. The group, of which Mrs. Sebe Bryson is chairman of the Waynesville area, and Loranzo ? Sbuither* and Boy Pattnn, co-chair men of the Canton area, plans to sponsor a dance later in the month and to canvass the business estab lishments In both areas during the month-long drive. Also planned Is a collection at several basketball games next week, which will be under the di rection of the Waynesville Ameri can Legion post, and a "Plastic Heart Campaign". ... h The Tally Ho Club has erected (See Heart Fund?Page 3) Initial Planning Of Recreation Program Starts Monday Night Quota Reached In Annual March 01 Dimes Drive .viarcn <>i Dimes officials in the Waynesville area said today thatj the quota, which is $7,500, has been reached, and the goal, $10,500, is; likely to be rescind when all re turns are in from the annual drive which was concluded last week. H. P. MeCarroll, chairman of the drive in the Waynesville area, said that all workers had not turn ed their reports in as yet. And the annual March of Dimes basketball tournament. which gets underway tonight at 6 o'clock in the Waynesville High School gymnasium, is expected to add more funds to the drive. Mr. MeCarroll urged all workers | that haven't turned in funds theyj collected to do so immediately so; that a final report can he made. Dimes officials expressed appre ciation today to all people who had worked and contributed to the drive. "This looks like one of the j most successful drives we have] ever held in connection with the March of Dimes and we are very happy with the results," a spokes man said. Officials in the Canton area could make no complete report either, but it was learned that , they had also reached their quota, a^id had high hopes of reaching and exceeding the goal, which was put at $10,500. HYATT HONORED Charles Kisk Hyatt, son of Mrs. | It. J. Hyatl of Waynesvlllc, has been accepted as a member of Ihe Dialectic Senate of the Uni versity of North Carolina, The, oldest debating organization on the campus where he is a fresh man this year. ? .','v ,. ' H P. Bridges of Waynesvllle has received word from the Depart- t ment of Defense that his son, Pfc. Loyd A Bridges. USMC, has been wounded in action in Ko rea Pfc. Bridges entered the service in January of 1952 and was sent to Korea in July of the same year. Large Crowd To Meet Monday To Head Of Details A large group of citizens of this area are expected to participate in i a discussion of a recreational pro gram for the community on Mon day evening, 7:30, at the court ; house, Charles Ray, chairman of the II-! man Recreation Commission, an nounced the meeting, which will be the first public meeting held since officials of the two towns named the commission to head the de velopment of a recreational pro gram. Each organization in the two towns, all industries, as well as some organizations in the county, have been requested to name a recreation committee, with the chairman becoming a member of an advisory group to work with the 11-man commission. In addition, cards are being sent to 150 to 200 people of the area, asking that they attend the meet ing, Mr. Ray said. The advisory group will serve as a clearing house for ideas in the development of the program, it was explained. At the meeting Monday night, an explanation will be made of the set-up as suggested bv State Direc tor W. J. Andrews at two recent conferences here Plans are to get right down to work on the porgram, Mr, Ray said. Tentative plans are to work up a general proposal tor the program, then employ a consultant to assist in working up final details. The 11-man commission in ad dition to naming Mr. Ray chair man, named Sam Lane, vice chair man; Rudolph Carswell as treasur er; Paul Day-is. secretary; C. E. Weatherby, in charge of inventory 1 of existing recreational facilities; - and David Underwood chairman of finance committee. Other members of the commis- 1 sion include: G, C. Ferguson, J. H. Woody, Joe Cline, John Carver and 1 Lawson Summerrow, V At Hospital Dr. Alan R. Brown has recently assumed his duties at the Haywood County Hospital as roentgenologist in charge ot the X-ray department. A physician. Dr. Brown recent ly was placed on inactive duty with the armv as a ir 'dical officer after serving since 1950 in the U.S. and Japan. He is a native of Port Yuron, Mich, and received his medical training at the Uni versity of Michigan. Following graduation in 1941. he interned and was a resident physician until until 1945 at Grace Hospital at De troit, Mich. Dr. Brown spent the next five years at the Butler Coun ty (Pa.) Memorial Hospital. Dr. and Mrs. Brown and their three children are living on Long view Drive. tvood Poultry Industry ed At Million Dollars uitry outlook U bright, to H M. Dulin. manager aywood County Farmers ve. after spending three he Southeastern Poultry in in Atlanta, encouraged by the facts , and even more so for irv here In Haywood," he so many people realise poultry business here in now runs about a million year?on a par with the op," Mr. Dulin continued, mand for Haywood eggs ling continues high, and more hatcheries over the rc making an effort to get eggs produced here in ilin said that in keeping growing demand for poul thc first hatch from the nnihator of the Cooper come off Tuesday morn incubator is an 8,000-egg The eggs used arc pure * Hampshlres, produced r in the county, end of the market is to |r Poultry?Page 3) WARMER a> Partly cloudy and rr?M.ing cloudiness and Friday wtlh . chances for il Wayneavllle tempera ompiled at the State Test Max. Mln. BO 27 57 28 50 XI I WCTC Honor Roll Lists 11 Pupils From This County Miss Addie Beam, Registrar of . Western Carolina Teaehers Col- | lege, has announced the fall quar- , ter honor roll, which includes eleven from the Waynesville area. I Edward Graham Holloway, Al-1 bert McCracken, Jr. and Helen Cable, who is doing her practice teaching in Waynesville. made the Alpha honor roll Also. Janice Ann Corzine of Clyde made the Alpha honor roll, which requires the earning of two and a half quality points for each hour carried. Those students who made two duality points for each quarter hour were eligible for the Beta honor roll. Walter James, Peggy McCracken, Ted Noland, Luther Shaw, Samuel Wilburn, Ester Marjorie Woody, and Dwane Oliv-: er of Hazclwood were listed as having made the Beta honor roll / Musicians To Participate In All-State Band Several members of the Wby-! nesville band will participate in the All-State Band at Appala chian State College this week-end Those going from here to join in the state concert includes; Patsy Brendle, Mary Ann Byrd, Emmett Balentine, Charles Alley, Sylvia Newell, Stanford Massie.! and Betty Ann Howell. The formal concert will be given on Saturday night. | Hazelwood Dog Owners Get Vaccination Memo Hazelwood dog owners pot a re minder from Gene Wyatt. town tax collector, today that they should have all dogs vaccinated on or before February 14. After that day, all dogs not wearing city tags signifying that they have been vaccinated, will be picked up and held for 72 hours. Dr. A. R. Riegg, veterinari' .1. will be at the Hazelwood Town Hall Saturday. February 14, from 10 until 12 noon to perform the vaccinations. Court Recessed Wednesday Until Monday Morning Due To Illness Of Solicitor Superior Court was adjourned j Wednesday afternoon by Judge Al len H. Gwynn for the remainder of the week because of the illness of Solicitor Thad D. Bryson Jr. The ] current session is expected to be resumed Monday morning. The following cases were tried ; this week: State vs. Robert Massie?Defend ant plead guilty to assault on a1 female. A six-month sentence was j suspended three years on good be havior. Defendant ordered to pay costs. Will Berry ? Plead guilty to drunken driving. Six months, $100 and costs. Prison sentence suspend ed six months. Fine remitted be cause of insolvency of defendant. Kent Ketner?Plead guilty to reckless driving. Four-month sent ence suspended 12 months. Pay costs of court. Guy Howell?-Plead guilty to drunken driving. Six months. $100,1 and costs. Jail sentence suspended two years. Defendant insolvent and fine remitted. Paul Blankenship ? Defendant! breached conditions in failing to. support family as ordered in Feb. ' 1951 court and four-month sus pended jail sentence put into ef-' feet. Eugehe A. Chassinn?Plead guil ty to drunken driving. Six months. $100, and costs. Prison sentence suspended two years. Don Allen?Plead guilty to em bezzlement. Eight months and | costs. Jail sentence suspended four years. Everett Smith?Plead guilty to assault on a female. Eight months in jail. Garland V. Hendrix?Plead guil ty to driving after license had been revoked. Eight months, $100. and costs. Jail term suspended three j , years. (See Court?Page 3) Workers On Job As Bethel Groundbreaking Is Held Groundbreaking ceremonies were conducted Monday afternoon at the site of the new Bethel Elementary School while in the background I workmen under contractor Jerry i Liner went ahead with their pre liminary work. A large crowd circled the ground breaking site and watched about *0 1 people lift spades of earth as a, 1 symbolic sign that work on the I new building was about to start. 1 Representatives of the Pigeon Vnl- | ley communities, county officials, ( and church and civic leaders took part In the occasion. Presiding was C. C. Poindexter. Bethel School ' principal. Complimentary remarks were made by many of the repsesenta ttves and architect Llndsey Gud ?er of Asheville described the site as "one of the best on which I have worked." Representing the Waynesville. Hazelwood. and Lake Junaluska Chamber of Commerre was Treas urer Bud Whisenhunt who was present In place of President Dr Boyd Owen. President Bruce Mor Ford spoke for the Canton-Bethel Clyde Chamber of Commerce. No one said, however, when the aalf-million dollar building that (See Bethel?Page 1, 2nd See.) : 1 New Dean? Dr. D. W. Colvard., who helped found the Mountain Experiment Station near Waynesvllle, has been prominently mentioned as the successor to Dr. J. H. Hilton, who recently resigned as head of the School of Agriculture at North Carolina State College. Dr. Colvard has been a leader in the movement to Increase livestock production in the Southeastern states. At present he is head of the animal husbandry depart- j ment at NC State. I Ed Mcitinger Purchases Liner Motor Sales, Inc. Ed Mottirjgpr is today announc ing that ho has purchased Liner i Motor Rales, Inc.. and will operate j the Waynesvillc Tractor Company, which he h$s owned since l!)50 In I the same location on Haywood Street. Mr. Mottinger said the new firm would be known as the Mottlnger Motor Company, and would oper ate entirely from the building on Haywood street, quarters of the former Liner Motor Sales. He pointed out that for the next week 1 or so he would maintain quarters , of the Wavnesville Tractor Com-m pany on' Depot Street. Plana are moving along to merge all facil ities of the two firms under one roof. Thp firm will offer complete services in sales and services for Ford cars, trucks and tractors. The Liner Motor Sales Com pany was purchased from Harry Lee Liner. Sr., and his son, Harry Lee Liner, Jr., who was general manager. Mr. Liner said he had no defi nite plans for the future except to complete some business details re sulting from the operation of the otor company. A&P Super Market To I Open Here j Wednesday Plans have been completed for the formal opening of the A&P Super Market on South Main C4 .< nr.. i t* an i*ei, v> i'uiit'midy hiu'iiiimmi ?u five o'clock. The announcement was made today by J. H Cornel ius, superintendent, and J. O. Reynolds, district superintendent. The formal opening program will continue through nine o'clock, the officials said, with the public invited to visit the new and mod ern super market. A number of prizes will be of fered for the grand opening. These will be listed in a special announcement appearing in this newspaper Monday afternoon. Here assisting in the arrange ment of the'new store includes; in addition to the two named above: B. A. Caseiro, and C. W. Burns, of Charlotte; R. V. Moore, Ashe vilie; J. H. Bryson, Murphy; and Robert Dean, Brevard, all of the j A & P Tea Company, and also K. H. Griffith, of National Biscuit (See A&P?Page 3) THE WATKINS PLAN CALIFORNIA TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Dan Watkins will leave tomorrow for San Francisco. California where they will attend the National Convention of Auto mobile Dealers to be held Febru ary 14 to 18. Mr. Watkins is owner of Watkins Motor Company here. They will make the trip by car and will go by way of Jacksonville, Texas, where they will be joined by Mr. Watkins' brother and sister in-law. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Watkins' They expect to be away about three weeks. Tobacco Classes To Be Held Next Week In County In order that tobacco growers may have a chance of obtaining the latest recommendation- and research information on growing tobacco, the county agent'ji of fice has scheduled several meet ings next week on nil phases of production. Plant bed demonstrations on the use of methyl bromide gas to con trol weeds will bo held at the fol lowing places: Tuesday at 2 n. m ?Glenn Boyd's farm in Jonathan Creek: Wednesday at 10 a m. ? Jack P NtyeCrackenV farm in West Pigeon: and Wednesday at 2 p. m ?Floyd Fisher's farm in Fines Creek. A meeting on proper tvpc tobac co barns will be 10 a. m. Thursday at D. Reeves Noland's Farm in Mnes creek In the afternoon, the tobacco specialists will visit farms where new barns arc plann ed. In addition, night classes iwith slides) will also be conducted as follows: Tuesday at 7:30 p. ni ? Rock gill School in Jonathan Creek: Wednesday 8t 7:30 o m. Bethel School; and Thursday a' 7:30 p. m. Crabtree-lron Duff School. V, ? 11 1 I Cars Collide On Way To School Wednesday Two cars, both containing school children, were involved in a col lision Wednesday morning on Boyd : Avenue, but no one was injured. A Buick. driven by William Rob erts of Dellwood, crashed into the back of a Ford driven by Mrs. j Herbert Tate of Waynesvillo, Mrs. Tate told investigating officers. Damage to the cars amounted to 1 about $170 each. ?! i Hartford Quartet Sing At Iron Duff The Hartford Favorite Melody , Quartet of Hartford, Tenn., an ail-crippled group, will tie at the Antioch Baptist Church in Iron Duff, February 18, to give a program of music and special singing. There will be no admission, but an offering will be takeh. Clyde Election Bill Approved By Committee The Senate Committee on Ciye3. and Town*, has approved the Palm er bill which would change the date of elections for the town of Clyde The bill had been held up by Senator Gash in order that he might make a study of the pro posal. The measure changes the date of elections to conform with thn;e of the other three towns of the county. ? Ray's Super Markets To Open Third Store In Area Friday will mark the opening of the third of Ray's Super Markets in this community. The newest is in the building formerly occupied by Cline Hardware and Feed Co. in Hazelwood, on Highway 19A-23. This new Ray Super Market is modern in every detail, with the latest type equipment, including refrigerated produce, dairy, meat and frozen food and self-service units. .1 Vt Bay general manager, an nounced that Bill Hampton would be in charge of the store, which features a large parking lot. About eight t?eople will he employed by the store The*new super market is the re sult of the purchase of the Brad ley Super Market by the Ray firm several months ago. Mr. Ray said the same lines as featured at Ray's on Church Street, and the Food Store on Main street, would be carried in the new store, i Several weeks were spent in checking over latest designed stores before work began In thi? i unit, it was pointed out. Highway Record For 1953 In Haywood (To Date) Ihjured.... 11 Killed .... 0 m 'This information com piled from Record* of | State Highway Patrol.) Korean Casualty