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pal Phone System Goes In Operation Saturday Midnight d Over To y System 111 Set L stroke of midnight, Sat foarles C. Francis, chair L lit board of commission fa Uuow a switch in the new t on ice which will ener ^dial sy stem for Waynes j throwing of the switch will tan Iooat 3.000 telephones k area will no longer be I through the old exchange, m operate trom the modern ?rut just installed id the r budding completed some t ago by Southern Bell on ?y street. telephone company has ??er seoo.uOO in tne conver ?j expansion here, it was ex 1 " ?other part of the building, yors?J- H Way of Waynes io Lawrence Davis, of Hazel mi be seated at a desk and use the first official call m dial system. They will a lung distance call some ? neither would say just the call would go, but hint nuid be some official, prub i Washington. t, McCuiston, manager here, Ut several of the telephone oy executives planned to be or the cut over to dial, tneers were making last t tests today on all the equip which covers a great part of re floors of the building, t of the main cables in town been placed underground, lis is the first step towards ill wires off Main Street, iog the power lines. McCuiston urged that sub 1 read again the little book ructions on the operation of lid familiarize themselves lie procedure. "It is very ?hen once understood," he ee At Canton e 16th Pint Of )d Tuesday r -\a$ , T*"" ? ~ ?? ( Canton residents gave 8th pint of blood and be wmbers of the "Two Gallon when the Red Cross, blood visited Champion YMCA f two-gallon donors were Al owe. Lawrence E. Goolsby. iliiam H. Mendell. Jloodmohile received a total tots of blood during the day. others became eligible for lallon Club." They were W. Anderson, Charles M. Joseph C. Mason, Agnes ison and Virginia Mary bloodmobile visit was span s' the Canton Kiwanis Club the direction of R. A. Mc I who was assisted in re [ donors by Scott Harvey frill Jimeson. Mrs. J. H. was in charge of the Gray and wives of the Kiwan m assisted. es M. Stevens 5 Of Heart tck At Work ? marsnau Stevens, 40, of ?d died suddenly of a heart *hile at work at the Day bber Company here Wed afternoon. "ing are his wife, Mrs. Fran 'kman Stevens; three sons, lliam of the U. S. Navy sta tu Alaska. T. J. and James of the home; the parents, d Mrs. J. W. Stevens of i. Ga. one sister. Mrs. Glenn Hen < Detroit, Mich.; six broth n and Jay Stevens of Tren >? Jim and Henry Stevens fit. Mich, and Doyle and Stevens of Hazelwood. ral arrangements will be an d by the Crawford Funeral lie Qther HI 'day Slightly windy and ?lal VVaynesvllle "tempera ^mpiled by the State Test Max. Mln. 85 80 80 46 83 42 % ? The Waynesville Mountaineer from betting m people. Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mour tains National Park # ? O 68th YEAR NO. 46 20 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE. N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 4, 1953 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countie* " ~~? ? .? ' - ?? i Record Crowd Expected At Lake Sunday X _A^ A * * IT* * ? ?? ? ? ******* 4th Rural Route To Be Established Here Post Office Announces New Route I A fourth Rural Free Delivery j will be established out of the Waynesviile Post Office upon the closing of the Dellwood and Cove Creek Post Offices. The new route will serve the areas formerly cov ered by these post offices and will begin July 1, it was announced by J. H. Howell, postmaster. It is not known yet how many patrons will be on Route four. The present three routes have about 1,400 boxes. Postmaster Howell made the fol lowing statement in announcing receipt of authority to establish the new route: "Patrons are re quested to place boxes on the right side of the road as traveled and to paint the name on the box so as to be seen by the carrier as he aproaches. Box numbers will be as signed by the carrier. Patrons in the section below are requested to have mail addressed 'Route 4, Waynesviile, N. C.' " The Route begins at Ward's Service Station, Lake Junaluska, at the intersection of State Route 209 and U. S. Highway 19-23. It proceeds northerly on Highway 209 to Dotson's Corner; east to Richland Bridge and back to the corner; northerly on Highway 209 to Yates' Corner; southwesterly to Caldwell corner andYetrade; north erly to Bryson corner; westerly to Antioch Church corner, southerly to Davis corner and retrace; northwest to Iron Duff corner; southerly on Orchard Road to F. Davis' corner and retrace; north westerly to Highway 284 at Boyd Bridge corner; northerly to Old Highway corner; southwesterly on old highway to Ross corner and re trace; northerly to Cove Creek forks of road; westerly to Howell Bridge corner; westerly to Ed i Messer's corner; north and west to Nelius Sutton residence and re ! trace; and retrace outward travel to Howell Bridge corner. Route 4 continues northwesterly on Highway 284 to Mary Messer's store corner and retrace; retrace easterly to Cove Creek forks of road; then north, northeast and north to Sam Ledford's corner; northeast to Wade Pressley's corner and retrace; northeast to Stevens Creek corner; northwest and north to J. Davis' residence and retrace; and retrace outward travel to Rabbitskin Road corner near Cove Creek; then southerly and northwest to Dark Hollow Road corner: easterly to Ferguson Bridge corner; westerly to Steph enson's corner and retrace; south erly to Hill Brook Drive corner; westerly to Stephenson's corner and retrace; southerly to Church corner near Iron Duff corner; east erly and southerly to Highway 209 at Ferguson's corner; southerly on Highway 209 to Bryson's corner; retrace outward travel to Ward's corner and the Post Office. Services Are Held Wednesday Far H. M. Carver I Funeral services for Herbert M. Carver, 20, who was fatally injured in a motorcycle-automobile collis ion Sunday, were held Wednesday afternoon in Rocky Face Baptist Church. The Rev. I. W., Scott and the ftev. Kester Mitchell officiated and burial was in Plains Cemetery. Pallbearers were Claude Broyles, Charles R. Wills. Floyd Frisbee, Don Scruggs, Wilson Trantham and Henry Sutton. Survivors include the widow. Mrst. Hazel Green Carver; two sons. Herbert Hayes and Bulow Leslie Carver of the home; the parents. Mr. and Mrs. Bulow L. Carver of Canton, Route 2: one brother, , Charles J. Carver, Canton, Route 2; three sisters, Mrs. Maggie Sue Frisbee of Waynesville. Route 1, Mrs. Lois Scott of Canton. Route 1, and Mrs. Mary Ruth Davis of Can ton; the paternal grandmother. Mrs. ' Susie Hayes Carver of Old Fort; I and the maternal grandmother. I Mrs. Hessie Sutton of Waynesville, Route 2, ,r Final High School Graduation Exercises In Haywood Set For This Week-End I I Studies Are Over; Street Covered Wth Exam Papers Examinations are over at the high school. This fart was clear Wednes day. as Brown Avenue looked like a mid-January snow storm had struck a sudden blow. Bits of examination papers littered the area. One year after "an examina tion storm" school officials made the students responsible for scat, tering the paper pick it up. This year the paper had a merry time dancing about hither and yon in the wind: Second Accident Victim Dies; Rites Thursday Funeral services for Pfc. James | Kathbone. 23, of Canton, who died Monday from injuria* received the previous ^ay in * mbtorcyele'acei-:. dent, will be held at 2:30 p. in. Thursday at the Rocky Face Bap tist Church. The Rev. I. W. Scott and the Rev. Chester Mitchell will officiate. Burial will be in Plains Cemetery. Rathbone was riding on a motor cycle with Herbert M. Carver, 20, of Route 1, Canton, when the ve hicle was struck by a car driven by James L. Chambers, of Route 2, Canton. Carver died shortly after the accident at an Asheville hos pital. Funeral services were con ducted at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Rocky Face Baptist Church. Members of the Canton Nation al Guard unit Will serve as pall bearers at the Rathbone funeral. Survivors include his parents, three brothers, one sister, and the parental grandparents. This accident resulted in the first Haywood County highway fatalities in 10 months. It occur red. according to Cpl. Pritchard Smith of the Highway Patrol, when Chambers drove onto the I highway on the Old River Road j near Canton without stopping at the intersection. His car struck the motorcycle head-on. No one in the : car was injurad seriously. Cham bers has been released under bond of $2,000 pending a hearing Thursday. Joe Compton Graduates From Law School Joe Compton was graduated from the Law School of Wake Forest College at commencement exercises this week. A graduate of Mars Hill Junior College, he has been a student at Wake Forest four years. He was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha social fraternity and the Wake Forest chapter of a national legal fraternity. Compton is married to the form er Miss Alease Bass, who has had a position on the faculty of the Zebulon schools. Both Mr. and Mrs Compton have returned to Wlake Forest for the summer after a short visit at home. ( Mrs. Frank Compton attended the commencement exercises. Field Day Held Here Wednesday About 200 farmers showed up ' Wednesday at the annual Poultry Field Day at the Mountain Experi 1 ment Station to learn the latest on poultry raising from visiting lec turers and to compete for a large I number of prizes. The prizes were given in the "Pick-the-Wlnner" contest, and on ly one person. George J. Stewart i of Jackson County, scored 100 1 points in tb? event. Ninety-nine diplomas will be a-1 warded at three Haywood county schools tonight. All programs will , begin at eight o'clock. Friday night 146 seniors of the j Waynesville Township High School will be elifciKe tu gei. their awards, with the e: -re: es being held in the stadium, with weather permitting. Tonight's programs will be held at Bethel, Clyde and Fines Creek. There will be 48 diplomas a warded at Bethel; 31 at Clyde and 20 at Fines Creek. Last night, at Crabtree-Iron Duff, 20 diplomas were given to the graduates there. On Sunday evening diplomas will be given to three graduates at St. John's, to complete the graduation exercises in Haywood. Col. Robert Putnam, of Canton, will be the speaker at the St. John's commencement program Sunday evening at eight o'clock. There were 365 seniors in seven high schools in the county. Friday's graduation class of Waynesville, will be the largest class in school history. The program will open with the playing by Stanford Massie of "Pomp and ClrqmnstanceThe Reverend D. A. PayAa, pastor of Long's Chapel, will gWe the invo cation and benediction. Richard Hipps will sing "I Shall Not Pass This Way Again," and the follow ing three class orations will be given: Wilburn Davis. "Sail On"; Ann Coman Crawford, "Inheritance of Youth of America"; and Charles Alley, "Time Passing". A varied program has been plan ned for the Friday night exercises which will be climaxed with the awarding of diplomas by M. 11. Bowles, district superintendent. Nancy BischofT will give the salu-, tatory, and Geraldine Keenum, the valedictory address, followed by presentation of the 1953 class by C. E. Weatherby, principal. Ten members of the chorus will sing "You'll Never Walk Alone". The Beta Sigma Phi scholarship award will be made, and the audi ence w<ill stand and sing the school "Alma Mater" as written by Miss Margaret Stringfleld. Hail the Conquering Hero Comes" is the recessional. The class roll Is composed of the (See Graduates?Page 8) Man Injured When Truck Leaves Road Howard H. Cagle of Waynesville suffered cuts and bruises Monday afternoon when his pick-up truck swerved off the highway and struck a pile of rocks in a ditch. He was taken to the Haywood County Hospital where 22 stitches were required in his face and arms. Cpl. Pritchard Smith, who in vestigated the accident, said that the truck first swerved to the right side of the highway, then to the left, and finally back across where it left the road. Cpl. Smith said that Cagle has been charged with reckless driving. 16 Days Without Any Rain Here As of noon today, it has born 16 days since rain fell in Hay wood county. The last rainfall recorded here, was .74 of an inch on May 19. Ouring the first of May a total of 2.59 inches fell, according to the official weather report. On April 20, a rain which measured 2.06 inches fell in the county. Many close observers of the weather report that this is the longest dry spell recalled at this time of the year. All County Post Offices Affected By New Box Rents The increase in box rentals in the Waynesvillt! Post Office an nounced in the June 1st issue of The Mountaineer applies to all Post Offices in the United States, it is now announced by the Post Office Department. Box rentals in the Hazelwood and other county post offices will therefore be af fected accordingly, and new rent als will be applied to the July quarter. Although the advance amounts to an almost 50 per cent increase, t^ie basic rate has not been chang ed since 1907. The Department states that the increase is neces sary to meet rising costs in both equipment and maintenance. Rates per quarter will now go from 75 cents to $1.10; from $1.00 to $1.50; from $1.50 to $2.25. James Goodin To Receive Commission James C. Goodin, son of Mr. and j Mrs. P. If. Gentry of Waynesville will be commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Marine Corps at the University of North Carolina Monday morning. Lt. Goodin will receive his Bachelor of Arts degree in Physic al Kdueation at the University graduation ceremonies the same day. While at the University he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma, Lamb da Chi Aphla, Old Well, Scab bard and Blade, Semper Fidelis, the Monogram Cluh and was cap tain of the gymnastics team. Lt. Goodin has been ordered to report for duty at Camp Lejeune, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Gentrv and their daughter, Mrs. Halph Phillips, and Mrs. Gentry's mother, Mrs. Sallie Lou Justice, will leave Saturday to attend the commencement pro gram Haywood County Students Among WCC Graduates Several Haywood County stu dents were among the 85 seniors to receive degrees this week in graduation exercises at Western Carolina College at Cullowhee. N. II. Collisson, vice president of Ecusta Paper Corporation at Pis gah Forest, was the graduation speaker. The awarding of two honorary doctorates in law also highlighted the program Monday. Brandon P. Hodges, of Ashevllle, and Harry E. Buchanan, of Hendersonville, were recipients of these degrees, 1 which were conferred by President I Paul A. Reid. The Rt. Rev. M. . George Henry, Bishop of the Epis | copal Liocesa of Western North Carolina, gave the baccalaureate address Sunday morriing. Those who received Bachelor of Science degrees from Haywood County were: Dorothy Caldwell. Maggie: John M. Carver, Clyde. R. L. Clark. Spring Creek; J. M. Crawford, Waynesvillc; Lee Finger, Waynesville; Norma Burgin Hipps. Canton: Charles Ray Howell, Way nesville; Peggy McCracken, Way nesville; Leura Worley, Canton; and Louise Worley. Canton. Master of Arts in Education de grees were awarded to Lawrence B. Leatherwood, Waynesville; Carl RatclifTe, Waynesville; and John F. Schibor, Clyde. Head Haywood County Day Program Reuben B. Robertson, chairman ot the board of directors of Champion Paper and Fibre Com pany will introduce Senator Hoey. Land Deeds Must Be Checked By Tax Office Before Going On Record [ County officials are giving notice today that before arty transfer of property can be made in the Reg ister of Deeds office, that it will be necessary to get a seal on the paper from the tax office. This is the terms of a law passed by the 1953 legislature, which makes it mandatory to have all papers on the sale of property first to go to the tax office before go ing on record. The law was passed in order that the tax office could keep track of all transactions, and see that the property was properly listed in the new owner's name. Official notice of this measure is being printed in today's issue by the county officials. Driver Injured When Car Leaves Road Near Canton Head cuts and arm lacerations were suffered by William W. Hen son about 8:10 p.m. Wednesday as j the result of a car accident on the i Allen Farm Road near Canton. Patrolmen H. Dayton and San ford. the Investigating officers, said that Henson's car ran off the noad and overturned in a field. Henson, the only occupant of the vehicle, was taken to the offices of Dr. V. H. Duckett In Canton for treatment and then sent to the Haywood County Hospital. First National Offering 12-Day Farm Course Free The first National Bans is 01 fering an all-expense trip to a 12 I day agricultural short course at State College this month. The agriculture lprogram is be-i ing sponsored by the N. C. Bank er's Association The offer is made to any Haywood high school gradu ate, 18 to 28, who has shown an 1 interest in 4-H or FFA work, and plans to continue in agriculture. Applications should be made to Wayne Franklin, county agent, ac cording to an announcement found elsewhere in this issue. Singing Convention At Court House Sunday The second in a series of month-! ly singings will be held at the Haywood County Courthouse Sun day afternoon, June 7, according to an announcement by Ray Parker. | The singing, which is being sponsored by the Haywood County Singing Convention, will feature I a number of well-known singing ; groups f'rom Western North Caro | lina. The program will get under way at 1:30 p.m. in the courtroom. Senator Clyde R. lioey, will be the principal speaker at the Haywood County Day program at Lake .lunalu.ska Sunday morn ing at 11:30 a.m. Interesting Facts On Sports Pages Details of the Little League baseball parade and opening of the season will be found in de tail on the sports page?Page four of seetion two of this is sue. Also of Interest on the sports page will be pictures of the two pretty girls who are leading wo men Softball pitchers in the South. The two will face each other in Canton Saturday night. Wool Pools Are Scheduled By County Agent Three wool \ oot? narc >een ar ranged by the county agent's office this summer, one to be at Boone on June 17, another at Clyde on June 20, and a final pool in early August. Arrangements have been made to pool wool with Watauga County at Boone at the following prices for tied wool (prices will be two cents less per pound for untied wool): Clear wool?62.76 cents per pound; light burry?57.76 cents; heavy burry?48.76 cents; black | and gray- 50 cents; lamb wool ? j 56.76 cents; and trashy wool ? 130 cents. j Minimum charges not to exceed two cents per pound will be made for hauling the wool to Boone and for handling and grading. J Wool should be tied or bagged separate by grades and it should not be mixed. Farmers interested In pooling wool should have their wool at the following places by 12 o'clock noon | June 16 in order that it can be | picked up by trucks: Mark Ferguson's Store at Fines Creek. R F Rogers' farm at Crab tree. Mountan Eixperiment Station near Waynesville, and Goodson Pontiac Company at Canton. . In order to conduct the pool at Clyde, it will be necesspry to have at least 140 lambs. Top grade lambs, docked and castrated, will bring between 26 cents and 28 cents with a four-cent break be tween grades. The pqpl will start at 7 a.m. * ' Marine Enlistees Get Movie Passes The men from Haywood County who have joined the Carolina Mduntaineer Platoon for boot training in the Marines at Parrls Island. S. C. have been given pass es to the Strand Theatre, Manager J. A. Drinkhouse has announced. Their passes are good any time until the unit leaves July 14 for Parris Island. I Services Al Lake To Start At 11:30 A.M. Preparations are being complet ed today for a record attendance at Haywood County Day at Lake Junaluska Sunday morning. The services will begin at 11:30 a.m., according to Dr. H. G. Allen, sup erintendent of the Lake. Senator Clyde R. Hoey will be the principal speaker, and will be presented to the large audience by Reuben B. Robertson, chairman of the hoard of Champion Paper and Fibre Company. Rev. Jack W. Huneycutt .district superintendent, will preside. Following the service, an old fashioned picnic will be held on the shady lown on the lake edge adjoining the auditorium. In the event of rain the picnic will be held inside the auditorium, it was announced. Officials of the four towns in Haywood, together with county of ficials. and others, have been issued special invitations to sit on the platform fo'r the services. Dr. Allen issued an invitation for all who will to come and bring a basket lunch and participate in the picnic. A number of people have wc^t*, ten in this week to announce thflK- ' were "coming back home" for" f Haywood County Day. Already more than (wenty cottage owqeg&f hive arrived fand qpened tmjp*:' homes for the season, ? , Dr. Allen said all indicatioMt were that the event Sunday, mark***' ing the formal opening of the Lake, would bring out a recortl at tendance. Senator Hoey is no stranger at Lake Junaluska, as he has been a platform speaker there many times, both as a state official (gov ernor and senator) and as a lead er of the Methodist church. He has been a teacher of a men's Sunday School class for more than 30 years. Mr. Robertson is flying up from Florida in order to attend. Edwin Jones, chairman of the board of trustees of Lake Juna luska was among those writing to say he would attend. Haywood County Day Is spon sored by the Ministerial Associa tion, the Chambers of Commerce,' and the Community Development Programs of Haywood County. The Junaluska Assembly has expressed its deep appreciation to the follow ing committees: General Committee: Hugh Mas sie, chairman: Charles Ray, Curtis Russ, H. G. Allen, Thomas Brum I mitt, Dr. Boyd Owen, Bruce Mor | ford, C. D, Ketner and Miss Ray Ballard. Marshal Committee: David Fel met, chairman; Roy McKinnish and C. D. Ketner. Usher Committee: Hugh Massie. chairman. The Reverend J. E. Younti, pas tor of the First Methodist Church, Waynesville, will read the Scrip ture Lesson, and prayers will be offered by the Reverend Don Payne, pastor, Long's Chapel Meth odist Church; Dr. C. N. Clark, re tired: and the Reverend J. H. Cole man, pastor, Shady Grove and Mag gie Charge. Special music by the Commun I ity Development Chorus will be j under the direction of Charles Is I ley Picnic dinner will be served on the ground. All those attending are Invited to bring a basket lunch. Highway Record For 1953 In Haywood (To Date) Injured.... 23 Killed .... 2 (This information com ' piled from Records of State Hlihwtr Patrol.)
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