Sidelights Of The News , n j For A Changeover n?>u?viue mimiir.>a mt-u auui"i ui lroni 01 iue lue licul outer any ?i noun, lie iue uuiu souuoeu m a ujf uooii uour. uieiany jumped out ot ncu, ed three times en route to rangers whose motors had ted on the steep climb, nally we think it very for that Mr. Rippetoe's steer ? broke when it did, and not legotiated the road to the tig Convention - Held Sunday nging Convention will be ) the Red Bank Baptist on the Balsam Road, Sun ght, August 16, at 7:30 'arker will direct the sing the public is invited. /wood Baptists Give 10.000 In One Year 0,340 Baptists in Haywood last year gave a total of 10.000 for the support of urch and its work. These figures which have just blished in a report of the inual Session of the Hay aptist Assocaton held last for the 68th session were iuced as August 18 and 19 nes Creek, Richland and Baptist Churches, eople were taken into the by baptism last year. Sun doI enrollment in the coun .215, while the Women's ?ry Union has a total cn t of 1492. Vacation Bible enrolled 2,736, and Train on. 2,579. e grand toUl of $290,000 . $251,965 went into local s, wth $38,309 gong to mls 8- There are 52 Baptist ? in Haywood County, temortam" showed that 43 from these congregations on during the year, 'ev H. L. Smith, Canton, is Officer Nabs 4 Boys Taking Gas From Cars At Lake Four 18-year-old boys were bound over to superior court this morning by J. J. Ferguson, magis trate, on charges of stealing gaso line from cars parked at Lake Junaluska. The four were arrested about three o'clock Friday morning by Everett A. McElroy, chief of police of Lake Junaluska. Chief McElroy said the boys had two 5-gallon cans and a 7-gallon can with them at the time, and ad mitted they, had heen taking gas from parked cars during the sum mer. Several visitors had made 8 complaint about their tanks being drained, and Chief McElroy set a trap'to cateh the boys. He said t he boys hid a truck and an old model ed car,.They were from Crabtree, Clyde and Canton. Queen Reunion Planned For Sunday, August 16 The annual Queen Family Re union, including descendants of James R. Queen and Dora M. Shel ton, will be held at the home of Floyd Lyle on the Balsam Road, Sunday August 16, beginning at 10 a.m. Plans call for a guest speaker and grbup singing. All frends and relatves are in vited. Moderator of the Association. Oth er officers are Rev. J. Doyle Mil ler, Canton, Vice-Moderator; Rev. Elmer Greene, Waynesville, Clerk; Rev. Neal Webb, Waynesville, Treasurer; and Rev. R. P. Mc Crarken, Waynesville, Historian. The Waynesyille Mountaineer ifiS while. Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park n ., 68th YEAR NO. 65 12 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. Cm MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 10, 1953 13.00 In Advanr* In H.y.nnH m?A School Deal Seems Headed For Court TOM LEATHERWOOD, chairman of the Haywood County Board of Education, jumps to his feet to make a plea for continued use of the Central Elementary School property by the eduratfon board. His keenly interested listeners include (left to right): Fred Iloutt; Commissioner Jarvis Allison; County Librarian Margaret Johns ton; County School Superintendent Lawrence Leathcrwood; W'il liam Medford. legal representative of the library board: Jack Me Cracken (foreground); Mrs. T. L. Gwyn; Jonathan Woody: Mrs. f'harlees K. Ray: David Felmet; Hugh Massie: Mountaineer re porteV Agnes FiUhugh Sbaptei; and Chairman of the County Commissioners C. C. Francis. (Mountaineer Photo). Champion Paper And Fibre Donating $5,000 To New Agriculture Building Here Strike Question Still Unsettled ? 4*. A spokesman for the A. ,C. Lawrence Leather Company said today that no notice of an im pending strike had been receiv ed from members of Local 345, International Far and Leather Workers Union. Workers are still at their jobs and "every thing seems to be^ progressing smoothly," the official said. Union members voted Thurs day morning to strike, but only If members at the company's plants in Ashland, Ky., and New port, Tenn., voted in agreement and if further negotiations on wage increases were unsuccess ful. Officials of Champion Paper and Fibre Company will hand Hay wood county a gift check of $5,000 Tuesday to apply on the exhlbft building of the County Agricultural and Home Arts de velopment. C. C. Francis, county chairman, and James Kirkpatrick. auditor, were notified this morning that the officials would be here Tues day afternoon to make formal presentation of the $5,000 check. The county recently purchased a 20-acre tract from M. O. Gallo way, on the highway between here and Lake Junaluska for the de velopment of the agricultural ex hibit building and grounds. The county paid $15,000 for the prop erty ,as provided in a bill passed 1 by the 1953 General Assembly. Indications this morning were that with the donation by Cham pion, meant that construction could get underway at an early date on the building. The commissioners in naming a steering committee, suggested that a group of experts be brought in to discuss the architecture of the ! building. Those who are to present the gift check from Champion include Bruce Morford, director of, public relations, Fred Ferguson and K. F. Wenz, of the auditing depart ment. ? Henry Reunion Set For Sunday, 16th The 15th annual Henry Reunion will be held August 16th at .the Grady Henry home, near Maggie, beginning about noon, with a pic nic dinner, it was announced today. The program for the occasion is being prepared for the afternoon. .A larae number of friends and members of the Henry family are expected to attend. 119 Years Of Service Celebrated Sunday At Bethel Presbyterian Wellco Shoe Gives Area Push In All Their National Ads The Wellco Shoe Corporation, in their national advertising, is carrying the following on the bottom of their messages; "Waynesville, N. C.. a grand place to spend your vacation? an ideal place to locate your factory." The advertisements of the firm are used in many national maga zines. and especially the whole sale shoe trade Journals. Heinz Rollman is president of the firm. Recreation Group Plans Meeting With Civic Clubs M, Graves, park and recreation engineer of Atlanta, Ga. Under the chairmanship of Charles Ray a series of meetings were planned with industrial, civic, business and educational grouffc in the next three or four weeks. Commission members will attend these meetings to explain the pro gram, educate the public on its requirements and aims, and to get public reaction. The Commission also adopted resolutions of thanks to the don ors whose contributors made pos sible Ihc preparation of the rec ommended program. These donors were Mr. A L, Freedlander for the Dayton Rubber Company, Mr Heinx Rollman for Wellco Shoe Corp , and the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The Heereation Commisson met Thursday night to work on details and to consider ways and means of going ahead on the program for a recreation center and swimming Dool recently Drooosed hv Charles A large crowd including visitors from other parts of the state and some from out of stale made the special anniversary services at the Bethel Presbyterian Church a suc cess yesterday. In honor of 119 years as an organized church, the paslegc. the Rev. Archie C. Graham led a celebration of the Lord's sup per in the morning and a Com memorative Service in the after noon. A set of offering plates were pre sented to the church by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Johnson in memory of their son, the late John W Johnson, Jr. A short dedication of the plates was incorporated into the morning worship. This service was recorded on tape to be taken to Miss Florence Osborne, a member of one of the (See Presbyterian?Page 6) Inductees Leave This Morning Fourteen men left for Knoxville, Tenn. this morning for induction into the Army. They are: Joe Andrew Morrow, Waynes ville; Ervin Luther Shook, Waynes villi*: .Tapir C f'havnn Rf 1. f:in ton; James Charles DeWeese, Rt. 1 1, Waynesville; Curtis Paut Jones. Canton; Ted Douglas Ralhbone, Rt. 2, Clyde; William Elbert Hog ten, Rt. 2, Clyde; Clyde Leland I Green, Jr., Rt. I, Waynesville; John Welch, Almond. James David Crawford, Rt. 2, Canton; Robert Elmo Greene, Rt. 3. Canton; Mitch- I el Mearl Thomas, Canton, Francis t Junior Payne, Canton; and How ard Marshall Webb, Rt. 3, Way- r nesville. 1 Trustees Make Deed To Library And Town By AGNES SHAPTER (Staff Writer) Trustees of the Central Elemen tary School property Friday after noon deeded over the tract to the Haywood County Library and" to I he Town of Waynesville, In ac cordance with provisions of an act of the 1953 General Assembly. At the same time the County Board of Education protested the transfer of the parcel to the Town, and announced its decision to fol low the terms of its earlier reso lution to "claim and defend" its title to the prpperty. Both parties expressed the hope that a compromise settlement could be reached, but agreed that a Court decision might be necessary to settle the legal points involv-: ed. At a meeting in the Commls sioiu rs' room attended by some 25 persons representing the Board of Education, the Board of Trustees of thp Public Library, the Town of Waynesville, and Haywood County, as well as by the three persons recently appointed by the Clerk of Superior Court to serve as trustees of the Central school property, it was decided that signing the two separate deeds would facilitate turning over the 75 by 100-foot lot earmarked for the library and would leave the way open for settlement of the controversy over legality of the entire transfer. There has been no opposition to transfer of the library site, but the education board, is oonte sting- the right'"of I hf trustees IV trtWe1. property to which the board itself claims title. A bill passed by the General As sembly this spring under the sponsorship of Rep. Joe Palmer provided the authority for the Board of Education of Haywood County and the Board of Trustees of the Waynesville Graded Schools (See Schools?Page 6) Registration At High School Will Begin Monday, 17 The ringing of the school bells are near at hand. In fact, registration of high school students for the coming ses sion begins on Monday, August 17, and continues for the full ?vyeek, according to M. H. Bowles, district superintendent. The following uphprfnlo ?? lounced: Seniors. Monday, Aug. 17. Juniors, Tuesday, Aug. 18. Sophomores, Wednesday, Aug. II). Freshmen, Thursday, Aug. 20. Kighth grade, Friday, Aug. 21. All registrations must be made letween 8:30 and 3 o'clock, the iuperintendent said. The seventh grade students will ?pgister on the first day of school, Pucsday, August 25. Cataloochee Clan Hears Shuford Discuss Park Plans Congressman George Shuford of Asheville discussed plans for the development of the eastern end of the Smoky Mountains National Park, along with construction of the Pigeon River Road, before a large gathering of former Cata loochce residents at their annual reunion Sunday at Palmer's Chap el. Congressman Shuford, who was the featured speaker for the re union, revealed plans for the con struction of picnic grounds and other accommodations at the mouth of Indian Creek, near Palm er Chapel. He also disclosed tenta tive plans for the construction of roads into the Catalooctfee area as a part of the development of the Park under alx million dollar appropriation recently made by congress. Shuford further spoke of his ef forts in retaining mail delivery in to Cataloochee through Newport, Tenn. and Mount Sterling after service from Cove Creek was dis continued. According to a count by Park officials. 578 people from 12 states attended the reunion ? with a large majority coming from Hay wood County and North Carolina. Eldridge Caldwell of Maggie was elected president of the group to succeed Robert Hannah of Fairfax, Virginia. Other officers include Miss Bette Hannah, vice president; and Miss Jackie Sue Messer, treas urer. Contributions were made for the purchase of a piano for Palmer's Chapel and for maintenance of the fourteen cemeteries in the Cata loochee area. IN NEW YORK Dave Feldman, owner of the Reliable Jewelers, is in New York for a week or ten days on a busi ness trip. Turner Caihey Resigns As Assistant County Agent; Named School Principal TURNER CATIIEY has resigned as assistant county agent, and will assume liis duties as prin cipal of the Pennsylvania Avenue Sehonl, Canton, on the 17th. This is a post he held for eight years before joining the eounty agent's staff. I Farm Group Discussing .... . t i Programs A large number of farm lead ers from 12 counties in Western North Carolina, were discussing farm problems, and exchanging ideas in preparation of carrying the problems back to the people and getting further expressions from farmers. Today's discussion was the first of a series of district meetings to be held in the state, at the re quest of secretary of agriculture Benson. Leading the discussions was Flake Shaw, president of the State Farm Bureau, together with dis trict representatives, Oral L. Yates and Will Rogers. Some of the questions which came up lor discussions this morn ing, and early afternoon session in cluded: II/iu/ ?!in f ?? ??*-?*? ?? L linul "i"n van mi hi' i n ucoi aL4U11 v. a high not spendable income? How can supplies best be kept in line with demand? How can farmers make efficient use of reSources today and in the future? What (he the credit require ments of modern agriculture and bow should they be provided? \ Should we develop mutually satisfied two-way trade, continue to provide tax paid aid, or allow exports to decline? Turner Cathey, assistant county agent since June, 1940, has tend* ered his resignation, 'effective Aug ust 15th. He will return as princi pal of the Pennsylvania Avenue school, in Caittop. This is the post he left to take over his work in the county agent's office in 1949. Mr. Cathey's duties were in con nection with the community de velopment program, with special emphasif on recreation, and organ ization. Today no successor has been an nounced. Right now Mr. Cathey is in the middle of the annual inter-com munity picnic programs, with large crowds attending ail of them. He plans to assume his new du ties on Monday, August 17th, in preparation for the opening of school on the 31st He was principal of the Penn sylvania Avenue School from 1941 to 1949. Prior to that he was principal of the Edneyville School District in Hendeqson county for 13 years. He is a graduate of Duke Ijniversity. Mr. Cathey said this morning that he has enjoyed his work as assistant county agent, and it had been "an education." He said fur ther, "I am convinced that this is the real channel for the Extension Service to get their program through to the people." Mr. Cathey notified his super iors a month ago of his decision I to return tp school work. ?">?4 .?? Lions Plan 3rd Benefit Auction 15th A combination charity and en tertainment feature of the summer season which is growing in popular ity is the annual auction sale of merchandise staged by the Lions Club here. The 1953 event, third in the series, will be held August 15, at Esskay Galleries, starting at 2:30. The entire proceeds of the sale will go to the Lions fund for use among the blind and underprivi leged children. Jerry Rogers, general chairman, said that about $1,000 in varied merchandise would be offered for sale, with the staff of Esskay Gal leries doing the selling, and do nating all facilities and their time. The growing list of merchan dise includes everything from country hams, sourwood honey, jewelry, household items, services of dry cleaners and service sta tions. and even motor courts are donating a night's lodging. Every item, and every service uill be auctioned, with the high bidder getting it at their own bid price. The auction will be in the air conditioned gallery of Esskay, and there are no admission charges. There wil be several valuable door prizes given during the sale, and arrangements are being made to have some special music through out the afternoon event. Mr. Rogers said a decision had been made not to have surprise packages this year. All merchan dise will be open and available for inspection. "Every item will be guaranteed as. represented." he said. The Lions Club plan enlarging their scope of services with the bind and underprivileged children this year, and will be in need of nore funds to carry on the work. FARM LEADERS were discussinr today farm problem* in a merlin* of representative* from 12 Western North Carolina counties. Shown here, seated, left to rich!: J. E. Winslow, of Green ville, N. C., and Lake Junaluska, who served for 10 years as the first president of the State Farm Bureau; Jarvis Caldwell, president, Haywood croup; Flake Shaw, state president Farm Bureau; standing Oral L. Yates, district manager Farm Bureau; Wayne Franklin, county agent, and Will Rogers, of the Farm Bureau, Greensboro. _ (Mountaineer Photo). Highway Record For In Haywood (To Date) 1953 Killed.;;;; 3 Injured ?;;? 32 piled frMa Eouwdi el he ( *ther 'I m ly Partly cloudy ?nd mild. 1?partly cloudy and warm pi Waynesvllle tempera pomplled by the State Teat Max. Mln. Rainfall 88 ?1 87 61 85 81 .16 78 58 .08