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j V WAYNESVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCT. 29, 1953 13 00 In A t" ? ^ D ' ' ? ' ? P
In Advance In Haywood and Jackaon Countiea
fficials Await Action Pending Report
Committee To Study
Canton Viaduct Plan
jjCE C. HAYNES, former
mod Register of Deeds, and
mfesioner, will be buried
lay, two o'clock. Services will
bid at the Clyde Baptist
iorge C. Haynes,
rmer Official
ed Wednesday
Mral services for George C.
es. 79. retired prominent farm
county official, and church
r will be held at the Clyde
n church at two o'clock Fri
fternoon.
. Haynes died early Wednes
aorning in an Asheville hos
where he had been in a
il condition for the past'-four
(Rev. J. G. Goodwin, Jr., pas
I the Clyde Baptist Church
* in charge of the services,
burial in the Pleasant Hill
tery
bearers will be grandsons:
Owen. Ted Owen, Harold
*, Bill Burgin, Charles Hurst
n and Carroll Caldwell.
?nry pallbearers will be
ers of the Men's Bible Class
George C. Haynes?Page 8)
fcessedBy Area
Be Years Ago,
Bis Moves Here
B years ago Kurt Gans, then
^Hent of New York, made his
^?tait to Waynesville. He was
^ftpressed that he said: "I'll
^?be happy until I become a
Bx Waynesville."
^Bng th? five years, he and
^Mans visited here no less
times, and as he said:
Bed every time we had to
^?and return home."
? July rirmumstances work
B wherehy the Gans could
Aahevlile and make their
? That was closer, and en
B to visit Waynesville ire
s' All tlio while we were
Blot the time when we could
^?citizens of this progres
B*"" Several weeks ago Mr.
Bl>n negotiating for the
B of the E. J. Lillus Jewel
B He bought the firm, and
matter of days now, hopes
B >o Waynesville and real'
? "Bbition which began five
are many things about
^^PVJe that makes a vivid
on people away from
makes you want to be
BJW ?f such a progressive
I am certainly happy
? ?wked out that way for
^^P_Wncluded.
ft CLOUDY
? t,nlrfhpr cool today.
m tonight be
kill, de8ree? with
?JiS* 'rost- Frld?y
by^KSVL,le ternPcaturc
| h* St?te T?t Farm.
? "**? Mln. Rainfall
I. 08 45 .41
83 39 -08
5-Man Committee
From Planning Board
Named To Make
Complete Study
A special committee has been
named by the Canton Board of
Aldermen to make a thorough study
and report on the proposed
through-town highway and viaduct,
ihe Mountaineer learned from
Mayor W. J. "Bill' Stone this
morning.
Earlier this week, the 15-membcr
Planning Board 01 Canton met and
recommended to the aldermen that
a committee be named to get all
details aoout the proposal, in which
the Town of Canton is being asked \
by the Highway Commission to pay ;
one-third of me cost of right-of
ways. The estimated cost ot right
of-ways has been set at $300,00u.
The Board of Aldermen discuss
ed the proposal briefly in their
meeting, but- did not take any ac
tion other than naming the com
mittee to make the complete study
and report.
"The town officials realize this
is a major project, and that there
are many angles to such a job. We
are keeping an open mind and not
jumping at any hasty conclusions,"
Mayor Stone said. "We feel that
a complete report by this special
committee will perhaps reveal
many facts which the board does
not now have at hand. We shall
proceed as fast as practical," the
mayor commented.
"I made a suggestion that we con
cider employing an engineer to
help with the report if needed, but
no action was taken. I presgme
that will be considered, and de
termined later if the services of an
engineer would be of matrerial
benefit, in making the complete
report," he continued.
The committee is composed of
Maurice Brooks, James E. Wilkin
son, Lon Goodson, Roy Patton and
Frank Campbell, Sr. All are mem
bers of the Canton Planning Board.
Tha other members of the Plan
ning Board Includes: Dr. J. L.
Reeves, Charlie Westmoreland, F.
I. Newman, Ralph Crawford, Bruce
Morford, Willis Kirkpatrlck, Kap
hart C. Nicholls, Rev. Clayton
Lime, and Walter Clark, attorney.
There has been a lot of comment
about the proposed project, since
(See Canton?Page 8)
Pet Milk Magazine
Features Picture
Of Lake On Cover
"The Pet Milk Magadne" a na
tional publication of the Pet
Milk Company, and with a cir
culation of 10,000 copies, this
month features a picture of Lake
Junaluska, taken by assistant
editor Ben Hartley, with Tom
Whitmire, salesman of the com
pany for the state, shown rest
ing.
John Marston is managing edi
tor of the publication.
This is the second magazine
this month to feature Haywood
scenes as covers.
PMA Cost-Share
Deadline Nov. 6
Haywood County farmer* were
cautioned today by A. W. Fer
guson not to forget the November
C deadline for Aling requests for
PMA cost-sharing assistance for
the 1954 program.
? All farmers who have not made
their requests are urged to come
to the PMA office before No
vember 6, Mr. Ferguson said.
Forest Fire
Burns Over
100 Acres
More than 100 acres were burned
over In the Laurel Branch section
of the White Oak community by a
fire which broke out at 1:30 a.m.
Sunday, according to R. E. Cald
well, county forest ranger.
The cause of the fire is not
known definitely, but it probably
was started by earless hunters, Mr.
Caldwell asserted.
The blaze kept from 9 to 12 men
working around the clock until it
was brought under control. The
property involved is owned by John
Smathers of Waynesville and a Mr.
Robinson of Hazelwood.
Rain which fell in the county
Tuesday morning helped somewhat,
but Mr. Caldwell described it as
"light?considering the amount
that is needed."
This same rain finally put out a
fire that burned for more than a
week on Crawford Creek in the
Sherwood Wildlife Managament
Area. The fire started last Sunday
morning and although brought und
er control fairly early, it continued
throughout the week until Tuesday
morning when it was drowned out
by the rain.
Mr. Caldwell urged that the
public continue to be careful of
cigarettes, campfires and all other
kinds of fires.
Cub Scout
Group Named
Lawrence Leatherwood was nam
ed chairman of a committee to plan
the organization of a Cub Scout
Pack at Central Elementary School
at a meeting of parents Tuesday
night.
Also selected on the committee
were Bill Cobb, Furman Robinson,
George Milner and Virgil Smith.
The first training session for
parents of prospective Cub Scouts
will be held at 8 p.m. next Thurs
day in the Hazelwood School audi
torium.
On Tuesday night, parents heard
talks on the Cub program and the
procedure for starting a Cub pack
by Howard MofTitt and Harry
Matthews, both of Canton, repre
senting the Daniel Boone Boy
Scout Council.
Saunook Men Bag 3 Bears
In Jackson County Hunt
By MRS. JULIA McCLURE
Community Reporter
A group of Saunook hunters
went into the mountains of Jack
son County to hunt bear last week
and succeeded in getting one large
male bear weighing about 400
pounds and two smaller ones weigh
ing about 100 pounds each.
The 400-pbunder was killed by
Clarence Hall of Whittier, and
both the smaller ones were killed
on separate days by Claude <Bud>
C. McClure. Jr. Each kill was
proceeded by a hard light of about
an hour and a half with the dogs,
and It was necessary for Hall to hit
h|s with a rock before the 2nd shot
to make the big bear drop one of
the dogs.
McClure brought his kills down
with 2 shots in one case and 3
shots in the other using a 30-30 rifle
and his two young Plott hounds
together with the more experienced
Jackson County dogs. Hall requir
ed only 2 or 3 shots for the big
bruin, using a war souvenlre Japa
nese rifle. All the bear were found
in the vicinity of Judaculla Drive
in the Caney Fork section of Jack
sdn County.
The hunt was organized and led
by Bass Hooper and his son, Cyrus
Hooper, and a Jackson County
group including Major Hooper,
Griffen Hooper, Red McMahan, Bill
Lewis, Frank Lewis, John Cook,
and Hall.
The Saunook group consisted of
A. B. [Walker, Dlllard Hooper and
Jason Morgan in addition to Mc
Clure.
Hall made his kill about 9:30 a.
m? and Dillard Hooper was still
cutting and dividing the meat three
hours later.
The trip was particularly an ex
perience for Mr. Walker, who has
been a resident of Saunook only
about 2 years. He now owns and
operates the Skyland Tea Room
and Tourist Court. This was
Walker's first bear' hunt in the
Carolina Mountains and very dif
ferent, he said, from bear hunting
in the lowlands of his native Miss
issippi.
Haywood's "old-timer," Bud Mc
Clure was more casual about his
double kill. "There was no spec
ial excitement. It was Just a good
bear fight. We got them treed and
then killed." ?
ARE YOU WITCHPROOF? If not, you'd better watch out Satur
day night when the broom-rldlng sorority will (ill the skies?
together with ghosts, hobgoblins, and other members of the Hay
wood County chapter of the National Association of Halloween
Spirits. CP.S. Halloween is^lso the night when it's customary
to let the skeletons in your Tfenily closet out for a little bone
rattling.)
Town Wins
2 Awards For
1952 Safety
For its excellent traffic safety
record in 1952, the Town of Way
nesville *U1 receive double awards
In pedestrian and drivers' divisions
at 3 p.m. Friday at the town hall.
The award for having no pedes
trians killed on town streets during
1952 will be made by Winford S.
Hughes of Whittier, representing
the Carolina Motor Club of the
American Automobile Association.
The award for having no per
sons killed In automobile accidents
within the town limits will be pre
sented by the National Safety
Council.
The awards will be made to
Waynesville Mayor J. H. Way.
Police Chiei Warns
Against Malicious
Halloween Pranks
Police Chief Orville Noland to
day invited Waynesville's youngs
ters to have a good time on Hallo
ween Saturday night, but warned
, them against malicious pranks and
destruction of property.
The chief pointed out that Way
nesville police will have extra men
on duty Saturday night who will
maintain a sharp lookout for per
sons who go beyond the bounds of
innocent fun.
Aside from Halloween events
scheduled by several schools in the
county, no formal celebration is
scheduled In the Waynesville area,
but costumed individuals are ex
pected to throng the town's streets
while "trickcrs and treaters" can
be counted on to keep local door
bells busy.
Clyde Nurseryman Finds
Irrigation Saves Crop,
Produces Larger Yields
Tobacco Stripping
Exhibitions Set
Three tobacco stripping and
sorting demonstrations will be held
on Haywood County farms Tuesday,
according to an announcement by
County Farm Agent Wayne Frank
lin.
The demonstrations are to be
held at 9:30 a.m. at the Jerry Rob
inson farm on Coffey Branch in
the Pigeon area, at 1:30 p.m. at the
Grady Moody farm on Jonathan
Creek, and at 3:30 p.m. on the
Weaver Chambers farm at Crab
tree.
The demonstrations will be con
ducted by J. W. Van Arsdale of the
Government Tobacco Grading Ser
vice, who has appeared here sev
eral times before.
Larry Weaver, the nurseryman,
is one of those people born with a
green thumb. He can get almost
anything to grow and flourish.
Late this spring, Mr. Weaver
had just transplanted 25,000
shrubs and plants, in addition to
what he had in beds at his nurs
ery Just this side of Clyde.
Then it was that the clouds dis
appeared over the horizon and the
rains grew scarcer and scarcer.
The nursery is right on the
banks of the Pigeon River, and
Mr. Weaver saw his nursery stock
suffering from lack of water, in
addition to his corn field, and .2
of an acre of burley.
Possessed with a mechanical
mind, as well as the ability of a
successful grower, he acquired a
discarded V-8 Ford motor, got hold
of a pump, and rigged the appar
atus up near the river. He started
pumping water at the rate of 350
(See Nurserymen?Page 8)
Cecil Begins $10,000
Baptist Church Expansion
I
6 Girls Hurt
As Car Strikes
Pole In Canton
Six teeh-age girls from the
Hominy section suffered painful
injuries at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday
night when the car in which they
were riding struck a light pole on
North Main St. in Canton.
The injured were Mary Lou
Gates, driver of the car and
daughter of Mrs. Ruby Gates, who
suffered cuts and bruises about
the face. Barbara Branson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bran
son, bruises. Linda Wood, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Wood,
(See Three Girls?Page 8)
By MRS. J. EDGAR BURNETTE
Community Reporter
A building program was started
on the Riverside Baptist Church a
week ago. Eight classrooms, a
kitchen and restrooms will be add
ed to the back of the present build
ing and the auditorium seating ca
pacity will be enlarged. The build
ing wil) then be In a T-shapc since
4 rooms will be added to each side
In addition to a large assembly
room down stairs. Enlargement of
, the aduitorlum will equal the as
sembly rooms plus the classroom
[ space. Total cost is estimated at
$10,000.
| The building committee consists
of the Board of Deacons, the pastor,
j the Rev. Paul Grogan, and the con
(See Cecil Church?Page 8)
Work Might Take Four Months
New Machine Used In
CleaningTrunk Sewer
Work Started At
Upper End of 6-Mile
Line; Local Crew
Being Trained.
Workmen, using the new sewer
line cleansing machinery, began
operations today of cleaning the
6-mile line from Hazelwood to
Pigeon River. The project might
take four to Ave months, according
to G. C. Ferguson, town manager.
The heavy duty machinery which
drags cutting blades, and scrape
buckets through the line from han
hole to manhole, was working fine,
Mr. Fergu*?>n said.
Two factory men are here train
ing the local crew of operators.
This training was part of the pur
chase contract, which the Towns
of Waynesville and Hazelwood
made be/ore buying the $5,400
units.
Decision to purchase the units
came after the lowest contract price
was $20,000 for one cleaning.
"We are going to do a thorough
job, and the way the equipment
started off today, we will have an
excellent Job when It is completed,"
Mr. Ferguson said.
The equipment this morning
pulled a lot of material, Including
sand and gravel which had accu
mulated in the 12-year-old sewer
line.
The decision to buy the equip
ment and clean the line came after
continuous overflow of the line
into the upper part of Lake Juna
luska, last summer. As the result
of sewerage content in the lake,
the 250-acre body of water was
closed to swimmers for the remain
der of the season. A series of con
ferences between health authori
ties, town officials. Lake Junaluska
trustees, and sgwer line engineers, I
resulted in the agreement t? thor
oughly cleanse the line In an effort
to stop the overflow into Richland
Creek and the lake.
CATTLEMEN CALL ON BENSON
AGRICULTURE SECRETARY Ezra Taft Benson (right) greets some of the
350 cattlemen from 25 states who called on him In Washington and
urged that he reverse his policy and put a floor under the price of beef
on the hoof. At left Is Francis Robert, of Wauchula. Fla. (International)
Annual Drive
For Girl Scouts
Is Underway
The annual Girl Scout fund
drive which was launched Monday
morning will continue throughout
this week, according to Mrs. Rich
ard Barber, Jr., Haywood County
chairman of the Plsgah Girl Scout
Council.
Jerry Rogers, chairman of the
finance committee of the Lion's
Club, which sponsors the Wayncs
ville-Hazelwood Girl Scouts, is
, serving as chairman of the drive.
All members of the Lion's Club.
with Girl Scout troop leaders and
Mrs. Barber and Mrs. Bill Prevost
are soliciting funds.
They are seeking a goal of
$1,984.00, which represents this
community's share of the Hay- j
wood County quota of $3,969.00. j
The proposed budget for the entire
seven-county Plsgah Girl Scout.
Council is $18,903.00.
The drive is being carried on
during Girl Scout Week which Is
being observed October 25-31
(See Girl Scouts?Page 8)
It's Blossom Time
The warm weather of the past
several weeks is usually refer
red to as "Indian Summer."
However, to an apple tree on the
Bob Wlnehester farm, the recent
warmth has been more like
spring;.
The tree, a Winter Banana va
riety, this week broke into bloom
?bearing; buds and blossoms all \
over.
Boyd Farm Photograph
Shows Ideal Land Use
The color picture of the Dave
Boyd farm on Jonathan Creek,
featured on the cover of the cur
rent Issue of "Progressive Farm
er", is much more than a pleasing
photograph; it's also an excellent
illustration of proper land use, ac
cording to Steve Cassell, assist
ant county farm agent.
As shown in the picture, row
crops are planted on level land,
small grains and hays on gentle
slopes, permanent pasture on steep
slopes, and timber on the moun
tainsides.
Winter descended on Haywood
today, With snow falling on the
higher peaks, ind sub-freezing tem
peratures and a killing frost pre
dicted by the weather bureau for
tonight.
At noon today, The Mountaineer
learned from the Salvation Army
office at Max Patch, that the area
there was covered with an inch of
snow. The rains of Wednesday
night turned into snow early today.
The Purchase Area in Jonathan
Creek was also covered with snow.
The official forecast for tonight
was 28 to 34 degrees.
Service stations were doing a
brisk business as motorists scur
ried to. get radiators filled with
anti-freeze, and many a gardener
were busy covering unharvested
garden crops and flowers.
High Peaks Get
Snow, Killing
Frost Tonight
Recent Rains
Helpful But
We Need More
Rains which fell Tuesday some
what alleviated drought conditions
and forest fire danger in this area,
but the relief is only temporary,
officials have pointed out.
Although the rainfall was gen
carl. it was heavier in some areas
lhan others.
Waynesville's heaviest down
pour came Tuesday night about 3
p.m., accompanied by an electrical
storm and wind. As the rain came
down in cloudburst fashion, visi
bility was cut sharply and driving
made difficult.
C. R. Brooks, Pisgah Ranger
Station forester, said that some
sections of this region got more
rain than did others. He added that
the rainfall will curb the fire haz
ard for a while, but that sun and
wind would soon again make the
forests dangerous.
4-H Club, FFA To Enter
Baby Beef In Enka Show
Kiwanis Club
Marks 2nd
Anniversary
The Waynesville Kiwants Club
marked its second anniversary
Tuesday night with jfresentation of
attendance tabs to seven members.
Talks on "What Kiwanis Means To
Me," and a 15-minute radio pro
gram outlining the work of the club
in the community.
A six-year attendance tab was
presented by President-Elect Char
lie Underwood to Hooper Alexand
er, Jr., who came to Waynesville
from Asheville. Two-year pins went
to Rudolph Car8well, Bob Winches
ter, Ray Pleiness, Frank Under
wood, Enos Boyd and R. N. John
son.
Talks on the meaning of Kiwanis
were made by Bill Roberts, Mark
Kirkpatrick, Hye Sheptowitch, and
Charles Edwards.
On the radio program. Mr. Alex
ander explained the various pro
jects the. Waynesville Kiwanis Club
has undertaken during its two years
of existence..
Thirty-six head of livestock will
be entered by Haywood County 4-H
Club and FFA members in the
Western North Carolina Fat Stock
Show and Sale at the Hominy Val
ley Horse and Hound Club Pavil
ion at Enka next Wednesday and
Thursday.
Fourteen baby beef calves will
be entered by 4-H members, while
22 will be entered by FFA orga
nizations.
The show will begin at 1 p.m.
Wednesday, and the sale at 1 p.m.
Thursday. The two-day event will
be sponsored by the Western North
Carolina Bankers Association.
Ashevlile Chamber of Commerce,
and Asheville Coca-Cola Co.
Chairman of the WNC Bankers
committee for the show is Joe
Davis, cashier of the First National
Bank of Waynesville.
Judges will be H. D. Quessen
bcrry knd H. W. Myrick, Division
of Markets, North Carolina Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Beef specialists will be J. S.
Buchanan and A. V. Allen of North
Carolina State College.
In regard to the show and sale,
the county agent's office issued
this statement:
"The quality of the calves being
(See 4-H Club?Page ?
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed 4
Injured.... 43
(This Inform. Uoo com
piled from Records of
State Highway Patrol.)