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TYEAB NoT84 16 PAGES Associated Praia WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY A KTEKNOON, OCTOBER 1571953 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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iesFrom
abies Bile
third dog has died from rabies
i4j?ooo county ana two cnu
i mown to nave handled the
m nave started taking shots
uoies.
K oog, owned by Steve Plem
5 oi saunoos, died three weeks
and ns head was sent to the
, laboratory for rabies analy
K preliminary examination ois
m no evidence ol rabies, but
ter tests snowed that the ani
had contracted the disease, ac
mg to Health Department in
ters.
county-wide rabies quaran
was imposed early in beptem
wnen a dog in the Aliens
>k section became afflicted and
leveral people. The quarantine
momentarily lifted, but quick
?imposcd when another dog at
p Branch went "mad",
talth Department Inspectors
hasized that the quarantine
uns in effect and urged the
jcs cooperation in keeping
tse watch on animals and re
ing immediately all dog bites.
Ibies can be prevented when
Bed at the earliest stages,
there is no known cure for the
ise in its advanced stages, and
always 100 per cent fatal when
laches a certain point.
ange-Over To
gher *Voltage
t For The 25th
?
e cut-over of the town elec
I system from 2300 to 46S0
will not be made until Sunday,
bcr 29. it was announced by
. Ferguson, town manager to
atative plans had been made
ike the cut-over on the 18th,
it was found that additional
is necessary at the aub-sta
of Carolina Power and Light
?any before the change can be
the meantime, electrical fore
re removing all wires from
Street in preparation for the
ruction of a whiteway down
street. Telephone workmen
removed all their cables from
street, and only a few wires
kg the existing street lights
in to be taken down, and then
rooden poles. Steel poles will
*d in the construction of the
way, which is due to get under
ruction about the first of the
h.
id Guessers
ay Off Path
Proximately 10 per cent of
people who enter the Moun
ters weekly football contest
hurting their chances of
wit by picking Sylra to beat
fty?or vice versa.
?e trouble is that the names
ie two town are part of Alli
uid Duncan's ad, and don't
r to the two schools meeting
he football field.
*tch your step and don't be
H. I this particular block
?eek, the choice Is between
r#esville and Christ School.
Dinner Won't Be
'On The House'
Although the story Itself was
correct, a Mountaineer writer
erred in Monday's issue when he
wrote a headline concerning the
"Kickoff Dinner' 'to be sponsor
ed by the Farm Bureau in open
ing its annual membership drive.
? v ( There is to be a kickoff meet
ing tonight, but It won't be a
dinner.)
Discussing the error this week,
one courthouse official remark
ed: "People may show up expect
ing to put on the feed bag. But
we won't disappoint them: well
line them all up and take them
across the street to a restaur
ant."
WTHS Band To
Play At Chapel
Hill October 31
The AO-piece military band of
Waynesville High School, has been
invited to participate in the pre
game program of the Carolina
Tennessee football game in Chapel
Hill, Saturday, October 31.
Three bands have been invited
?Waynesville, Lenoir, and Salis
bury. The bands will play and per
form prior to the game. The acca
sion is also homecoming for Caro
lina.
Charles Isley, director, said
that about $500 would be required
for transportation costs of the band
to and from the game. This is be
ing financed by the Haywood
alumni of the University of North
Carolina.
Mr. Isley said the band would
leave on Friday the 30th, and the
time for returning would be de
termined later.
?lor Of Foliage To Hit
1 Peak This Weekend
Wications are that the col
Wage will be at its peak
*w*-end.
those who have
J? higher elevationa within
f*w day*, show that the
" w???? Road Gap, Mile
n<? Newfound Gap are aU
the peak.
'e In this community, the
? >rg at their beat, and
The
?other
PHfiTiy ciouoy
^"oni Mrtly cloudy and
C00ler Mostly fair Frt
**MP?ratur?
J*"* by the State Test Farm
U Ma*. Mln. Rainfall
? 37 _
14 275 14 35 _
?-V- W 41 .03
among the best views again this
year is the driveway leading to
Green Hill Cemetery, which is lin
ed with colorful maples.
The light rains, and heavy fog
of Wednesday night brought out
the colors more vividly this morn
ing. *
Hundreds of visitors are expect
ed in this area this weekend, and
already numerous photographers
have been seen making pictures
of the annual presentation of
Mother Nature's Color Show.
PMA Elections
Conducted Today
A vote of approximately 800 to
1.000 in the PMA elections today
has been forecast by A. W. Fer
guson, PMA office manager here.
"I would like to see a vote of
1.000." Mr. Ferguson remarked,
"but probably only about 800 will
vote. However, I hope every farm
er will cast a ballot."
Polling places opened this morn
! lng in 12 Haywood communities,
and were due to close at 4 p.m.
I Balloting was conducted to choose
from 43 candidates for the county
convention, and from 105 candi
dates for community offices.
FRANK ROGERS, principal of the East Waynesville school, is the
new district president of the North Carolina Education Associ
ation. He was elected to the post last week at the convention
held in Asheville. (Mounaineer Photo).
Best, Plemmons, Bryson
Lead 4-H Club Winners
Billy Best of Upper Crabtree,
Jennings Plemmons of Saunook,
and Edwin Bryson of Iron Duff
each won three awards in boys'
county 4-H Club work for this
year, according to an announce
ment made today by Assistant
County Agent Cecil Wells.
Another 4-H Club member, Ber
nard Ferguson of Fines Creek, won
two prises?for garden and tobac
co.
Best won prizes in entomology,
field crops, and poultry; Plemmons
in farm and home electric, Irish
P?**toes. and crafts, and BiTstm
in forestry, beef herd management,
and floor sanding.
One girl, Frances Emma Yates,
winner of the dairy achievement
award, was included in the list of
boy winners.
Other awards went to:
Tom Garrett of Saunook, farm
and home safety; Jack Felmet, Jr.,
of Ratcliffe Cove, meat animal;
David Hugh Tate of Iron Duff, pig;
Dale Ingle of Bethel, sow; Weaver
Hipps of Beavcrdam, sheep; James
Ferguson of Fines Creek, tractor
maintenance, and James Hay F.ore
of Bethel, dairy calf.
Winners in the girls' division
will be announced later.
Mrs. Parker Resigns
PMA Office Position
Mrs. Sarah F. Parker of Iron
Duff has resigned as principal
clerk at the Waynesville office of
the Production and Marketing Ad
ministration and has been replaced
by Mrs. Hub Tate of Waynesville,
according to an announcement by
A. W. Ferguson, PMA office man
ager.
Mrs. Parker worked in the PMA
? office for seven years.
Hunters Better
Stay Away From
Lake Junaluska
Even if yon do have a hunting
license, you had better stay off
the Lake Junaluska property to
do your squirrel hunting.
This warning came today from
Chief Everett McElroy, who said
persons found hunting on the
Lake grounds would be hailed
into court.
"Already we have had some
homes hit by shot intended for
squirrels, and that makes It dan
gerous. Since the Lake grounds
are private property, there will
not be any hunting allowed on
any part," he explained.
Nr. Yates a
Has Story
In 4-H Mews
A Haywood County 4-H Club
leader ? Mrs. Oral L. Yates of
Crabtree-lron Dutf ? has had a
story published in the magazine.
National 4-H News, which won
high praise for her from the edi
tor 01 the publication.
In regard to Mrs. Yates' story,
entitled "Leader Joins a 4-H-Tour
and Finds It Very, Very, Inter
esting,'* the editor of the maga
zine, L. E. Troeger, wrote tnis
letter to Home Demonstration A
gent Mary Cornwell:
"I am wondering where this
Mrs. Yates has been hiding all her
talents for 4-H writing. It's just
about the fiuest piece of copy we
have had since I don't know when,
and she must be a great delight to
you in her youth relationships.
"I know there are many such
richly endowed people in the
South, and I only wish we could
have more of them take an altive
interest in the things we write
about in the magazine."
For having her article publish
ed, Mrs. Yates was awarded a copy
of a history of 4-H Club work by
Franklin M. Heck, entitled "The
4-H Story."
Mrs. Yates has been leader of
the Crabtree-lron Duff 4-H Club
for 10 years, teaches English at
the school, and is a member of the
Iron Duff Home Demonstration
Club.
She is the mother of a 9-year
old son and a 16-year-old daugh
ter, who has an excellent record
in 4-H work. Mr. Yates is a district
representative of the Farm Bu
reau, with offices in Asheville.
The Yates live in a 96-acre dairy
farm in the Iron Duff community.
Something News
Good Drivers
Jfas&szs Tickets
Twenty drivers were handed tick
ets by the State Highway Patrol
In Haywood County this week, but
they weren't hauled into court to
answer charges of traffic violations
against them.
These particular tickets are for
the State Fair in Raleigh, and were
given' for safe driving?not for
speeding or recklessness.
All during the week Cpl. Prit
chard H. Smith and Patrolmen W.
R. Wooten, V. E. Bryson and Haro
lotis Dayton followed drivers to
observe if they kept on the right
side of the road, made proper hand
signals, dimmed their lights, and
observed 'other principles of safe
driving. Each of the patrolmen
handed out five fair tickets.
Those given out by Cpl. Smith
went to Joseph Lloyd Scruggs of
Hazelwood; Robert Lee Davis, Mrs.
Hilda Liner Woodard, and Charles
F. Fowler, all of Waynesville, and
a Mr. Moffitt of Lexington, N. C.
In order to receive the tickets,
all drivers had to be residents of
North Carolina and must not have
been previously Indicted on traffic
violations.
Mrs. Fish New
Strand Manager
Mrs. Bill Fish assumed the
duties as manager of the Strand
Theatre here on Monday. The an
nouncement was made by E. M.
Marks, former manager, who is
now managing theatres in Char
lotte for the owners of the Strand
and serving as general field man
for the chain. Mrs. Fish succeeds
J. A. Drinkhouse.
Mrs. Fish has been associated
with the Strand for five years.
She began as concession attend
ant, later becoming assistant cash
ier, then cashier, assistant man
ager, and on Monday promoted to
manager.
She is a graduate of Waynesville
High. She and her husband make
their home on South Main Street.
He is employed at Dayton Rubber
Company.
WNC Associated Communities To Hold
Meeting In Wayhesville Next January
Members of Western North Car
olina Associated Communities,
meeting at Fontana Village Mon
day, voted to hold their next quar
terly session in Waynesville in
January.
Representing Waynesville at the
meeting were L. E. DeVous, S/ E.
Connatser, Miss Margaret Johns
ton, Mrs. Doyle D. Alley, Mrs. L.
C. Clark, and Mrs. F. E. Rippetoe.
At the meeting of WNCAC
leaders, the need for expansion of
tourist-promotion activities on a re
gional basis was particularly stress
ed.
Speakers representing federal,
state and regional agencies pointed
out the necessity for continued
cooperation on regional levels to
attract more tourists to the state
and the mountain sections of West
ern North Carolina.
The WNCAC also elected offic
ers, reviewed progress reports on
various current projects and out
lined plans for future progams.
The only salvation for the tour
ist industry in the state and West
ern North Carolina is the continu
ation of regional organizations de
voted to the development of tour
I . ?? - ?1
1st attractions, said Fred Whitak
er of Raleigh, representing the
Travel Bureau, N. C, Department
of Conservation and Development
Maj. O. A. Fetch, resident man
ager of Fontana Village and presi
dent of the WNC Highlanders, Inc.
cited the need for all agencies
working together in promotion ol
tourist trade throughout the moun
tain area.
Paul A. Reid, president of West
ern Carolina College in Cullowhoe
was reelected president. Joe Jen
nings, superintendent of the Cher
(See WNC Croup?Page 8)
TONIGHT'S SPEAKER will .be
John ".lack" Lynn, former Hay
wood county agent, as he ad
dresses the group at the court
house in the kick-olT meeting for
farm Bureau memberships. The
( meeting starts at 7:30.
Farm Bureau
To Hear John
Lynn Tonight
i
John C. Lynn, of Washington,
D. C., legislative director of the
American Farm Bureau Federa
tion, will be the principal speak
er at the Haywood County Farm
Bureau membership drive kick-off
meeting, which will be held at
7:30 p.m., October 15, at the
Courthouse in Waynesville.
Prior to World War II, Lynn was
a resident of Waynesville, having
served as Haywood County Farm
Agent, and later as Western Dis
trict Agent of the North Carolina
Extension Service.
During the war, he saw service
as a colonel in infantry in Europe,
being honorably discharged in 1946
to serve on the staff of the U. S.
High Commissioner in Germany.
Upon his return to the United
States in 1948, Lynn joined the
the AzuarieMi Farm Bu
reau Federation, and is now the
third ranking official in that or
ganization of 1,500,000 farm fami
lies.
Other speakers scheduled to ap
pear on the program Thursday
night are State Farm Bureau West
ern District Representative, O. L.
Yates, and Mrs. Quay Medford,
chairman of the District Farm
Bureau Women, both of Waynes
ville. Haywood County Farm Bu
reau President Jarvis H. Cald
well will preside during the meet
ing.
All interested farm men and wo
men are invited to attend the ses
sion.
Francis To Speak
In Winston-Salem
R. C. Francis, prominent Hay
wood County farmer, will be one
of the principal speakers today at
the ?Conference on Agriculture
for Bankers and Farm Leaders at
suits of the county's Community
the Robert E. Lee Hotel in Win
ston-Salem.
Mr. Francis will discuss the re
Development Program in a talk
entitled "As I See It."
Several hundred bankers and
agricultural leaders of Northwest
ern North Carolina are expected to
attend the one-day session.
Women In Clyde PTA
Form Traffic Patrol
Women of the Clyde School PTA
have pitched in to help police of
ficers guard the safety of their
children by forming a special high
way patrol.
PTA members received instruc
tions on safety at their meeting
last week from Sgt. E. W. Jones of
the State Highway Parol and Clyde
Police Chief C. F. Lanning, and
then voted to organize a special
patrol to police Highway ? 19-23,
| which runs in front of the Clyde
School.
With the backing of the Clyde
Lions Club, which will provide
either some type of uniform or In
signia, 26 women have been sworn
in as special officers by Police
Judge Larry Cagle.
This action was decided on by
the Clyde PTA members who felt
that the growth of the school en
rollment to more than 600 stu
dents has made it extremely diffi
cult for one man?Chief Lanning
?to provide proper protection at
all the potential danger spots near
the school.
The only requirement for mem
bership in the women's patrol is
to have at least one child enroll
ed In the Clyde School. PTA pa
trolmen will serve without pay.
but the members have expressed
the belief that guarding the safety
of their children on the heavily
traveled highway will provide ade
quate compensation for their work.
< i
R. L. LEE IN CRITICAL
CONDITION
R. L. Lee remains in a critical
condition at Mission Hospital. Ashe
ville, where he has been for the
I past three weeks.
Plant For Physically
Handicapped Sought
Committee Will
Confer With Man
Ready To Invest
Prospects for a plant which |
would employ only physically
handicapped people seemed near
at hand today for this community.
The proposal has gone to the
point where a man with capital has
signified his interest, and willing
ness to Invest and operate suctf a
plant.
The directors of the Chamber
of Commerce were given a full re
port on the proposal Tuesday even
ing, and voted to encourage such
a program, and a committee was
named to work out details In co
operation with the financier who
is interested. His name was not
revealed.
The committee, composed of
Heinz Hollman, H. P. McCarroll,
and James Kilpatrick, are to work
with other agencies, Including
Mrs. Doyle D. Alley, chairman of
the "Employ the Physically Handi
capped'' committee, and Miss De
brayd'a Fisher, in charge of the N.
C. Employment Service here.
Mr. Rollman, head of Wellco
Shoe Corporation, said he attend
ed a meeting of the committee set
up to assist those who ^ire physic
ally handicapped to get jobs. He
was impressed with the need, and
the possibilities, pointing out satis
factory experiences he had found
in his own plants by providing em
ployment for the handicapped.
Two days later he discussed the
matter with a friend who Is will
ing to start a plant to give employ
ment just to the physically handi
capped group, which is betweeii
80 and 100 In this area.
In discussing the matter with
the Chamber of Oppamerce di
rectors. ifij* ?*>!???? j
(See Handicapped?Page 8)
10 Men Inducted
Into Armed Forces
Ton Haywood County men were
sent to Knoxvllle this week for in
duction into the armed forces. The
group included:
Sammy Neil Hayncs, Route 3,
Canton; Roy Charles Ingle of Can
ton; Carroll Elbert Gaddis, Route
3, Waynesvllle? Boyce McClay
Powers, Harelwood; Dan Caldwell
Davis. Route 2, Waynesvllle; Den
nis Paul Milner, Route 3, Canton;
Harold Dean Hannah, Waterville; '
Thomas Carberry Lane, Lake Jun
aluska; Frank Robert Enloe, Route
4, Waynesvllle, and Jon Mac Stin
nett, Route 3, Canton.
Twenty-one other registrants
were sent to Knoxville by the draft
board for pre-inductlon physical
examinations.
DR. LANCASTER IMPROVING
Dr. N. F. Lancaster, who has
been a patient at Mission Hospital,
Asheville since September 27, is
showing marked improvement ac
cording to a report given The
Mountaineer today. He is being
allowed to sit up for short periods,
although he is still not allowed
visitors.
? WTlWi 'MHnwifiWB
THE OPENING OF BEAR SEASON in this area means that Plott
Hounds are on the chase, and here John Plott, 12, poses with one
of the famous Plott Hounds of Haywood. The mountains in the
background arc the Plott Balsams overlooking the valley where
the Plott family has lived since 1750.
(Photo by Gus Martin, of North Carolina News Bureau.)
(See story on page I, Section Z).
Mease Replaces Siler As
Draft Board's Chairman
Way Mease of Canton has been
named chairman of the Haywood
County draft board to replace
Kufus Siler of JVaynesville, who
has resigned.
Mr. Siler, who handed in his res
ignation because of "reasons of
health," served on the local board
for four years. Named to fill the
vacancy left by the chairman was
Col. J. H. Howell, Sr., former
Wayncsville postmaster. The third
man on the draft board is Harley
Bryson of Iron DufT. Board clerk
is Miss Edna MeCracken of
Wayncsville.
Members of the draft boards are
selected by the clerk of courts,
chairman of the county commis
sioners, and superintendent of
schools.
On resigning. Mr. Siler express
ed his appreciation to the puttie
for its support of the board in the
iifficult task of selecting men for
service in the armed forces.
Chest X-Ray
Service Resumed
Taking of free chest X-rays, as
i guard against tuberculosis, has
been resumed 'by the Haywood
County Health Department, it was
announced today by Mrs. Rubye
Bryson, acting head of the depart
ment.
X-rays will be taken on Mondays
and Thursdays each week in the
bacteriology laboratory by Mrs.
Rebekah Murray, medical technol
ogist. The laboratory is located on
the first floor of the courthouse,
to the right of the commissioners
office.
For blood tesis, samples are tak
en from individuals on Monday
and Wednesday and analyzed the
following day.
Th? laboratory here serves Hay
wood, Macon, Swain, and Jackson
counties and the Cherokee Indign
reservation. ,
Baja 'Lower) California in Mexi
co Is rich In minerals, but lack of
transportation has hindered large
scale development.
Guessing Game
Benefits Mule
An interesting sidelight to last
week's Community Development
Program field day at Bethel
was provided in one paragraph
of a written account of the re
sults of the various events.
Concerning the guessing con
test in which participants were
asked to estimate the corrert
number of grains on a large ear
of corn, the note read:
"Rev. Ka.v Allen of Allen's
Creek took the ear of corn home
in feed his mule."
It's In The Book
I am 15 years old and live on the
farm. I've learned to drive trac- ?
tors, cars and trucks. Can I act a
driver's license now? ? H. H,,
Jacksonville.
No, the Motor Vehicle Manual
says no one under 16 years of age
may be issued an operator's per
mit. Wait until your 16th birthday,
then make application at your
nearest State Highway Patrol of
fice for a license. Even so, appli
cants between 16 and 18 must have
their parents' or guardian's con
sent before a permit can be issued.
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed:::: 4
Injured.:.. 37
(This Information w
piled from Records at
State Highway Patrol.)