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? Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park q q
^E\R N022 16 PAGE Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C? THl RSDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 18, 1934 $o.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Iwimming Facilities Being Provided At Lake
fNC Religious Assemblies Forecast Good Year
bansion
Programs
Planned
nee registration at the var-,
ligious assemblies in West
rth Carolina this year "have !
?eeded those of last year," !
disclosed Wednesday at
lunaluska at a meeting of \
tendents and directors of
smblies.
directors also announced
i expanded program, featur
> outstanding religious and
lonal leaders of the United
Europe, and the Far East,
presented at the assemblies
ason.
'religious program will in
(eries of sermons, Bible fon
ts. and leadership training
[ A variety of entertain
|s also scheduled, including
Its. dramatic productions, and
(lonal activities.
Ictors discussed the problems
|ited facilities in accommo
an increased attendance, and
the "excellent spirit of co
lon" between the assemblies
[urist organizations in handl
|ge conferences.
J R McGregor of Montreat.
gin. presided at a business
I at Lake Junaluska and a
fon meeting at the Towne
(here. Other assembly offi
in attendance were: Rev
|d Verdin of the Kanuga Con
ic. Hendersonville, secretary:
nr B G. Henry, of the Fruit
gptist Asesmbly, Henderson
Uie Rev. J. Lewis Thornberg
Iheridge. Arden; Willard K
I of Ridgecrest Baptist As
f: the Rev. H. T. Ware and
I L. Johnston of the Blue
YMCA Assembly; H. S. Hilly
fijtmont Assembly, and the
the Rev. J. W. Fowler, Jr., of
ike Junaluska Methodist As
group will meet again in
I the Blue Ridge Assembly.
?
xicco Hearings
led March 26
rje W Sugg, of Raleigh,
representative of the state
WA* office, *111 assist the
M county committee in the
I of hearings on burley to
production violations on
28. according to an announ
1 by A. W. Ferguson, ASC"
manager.
Ik hearings, which will be
' a m on the 26th. farmers
*ported either an abnor- ,
high or an abnormally low
* burley yield, will be asked
tar before the committee to
> their deviation from the
mity's average.
State Asks Bids On i
4 County Road Projects
Stop The Press,
Spring Returns
Here Saturday
If your heart is heavy from
paying income taxes and if you
ran't shake off those winter
blues, permit us to remind you
that spring comes to town Sat
urday!
Perhaps the weather man will
cooperate, and perhaps he won't,
but the time for the Great A
wakening is near at hand ?
when a young man's thoughts
turn lightly what the girls
have been thinking of all win
ter.
Soon will come the tourists
and the mountains will once
more don their familiar cloak
of green . . . students in school
will start looking out the win
dow more than ever . . . men on
the job start getting that itchy
feeling that is best relieved with
a fishing rod . . . and the women
begin to face the grim but in
evitable task of spring cleaning
. . . unless they have been early
birds.
Spring means many things,
but whatever it holds for you.
it'll be here on Saturday.
t\ elcome back, stranger.
Charles R. Ross,
Retired Minister
Dies At 77
The Rev Charles Richmond
Ross. 77. prominent retired Meth
odist minister of Lake Junaluska.
died Wednesday in Savannah
Georgia after a short illness.
Funeral services will be held
Friday at 3 p.m. at Long's Chapel
Methodist Church at Lake Juna
luska with the Rev. Don Payne,
pastor, Dr. C. N. Clark, the Rev.
W. Jackson Huneycutt, and the
Rev. James W. Fowler officiating
Interment wil Ibe in Crawford
Memorial Park.
Active pallbearers will be Jule
Noland, Way Ratdiffe, Hugh Rat
cliffe, -Woody Jones, Walter Ket
ner. and Carl Raby.
Honorary pallbearers will be the
Rev. L. E. Wiggins, the Rev. Car
lock Hawk. Dr. C. N. Allen, the
Rev. John Moore, the Rev. L. W
W. Broome. Link Ensley, Wayne
Rogers. Jack Klopp, Andy Moody.
Ed Glavich, Hardy Liner, M. H.
Gaddis. Dave Turner. Harley <
Wright. Dr. N. F. Lancaster, R. N.
(See Ross?Page 8)
*
Four different projects in Hay
wood County were among those
on which bids were asked this
week by the State Highway Com
mission in flaleigh. The road im
provments involve a total of 221.29
miles of highway and affect 28
North Carolina counties.
The Haywood projects include
9 99 miles of resurfacing on North
Carolina highways 209, 110, and U
S. 276. Earmarked for the surfac
ing work are 4 69 miles in N, C.
209 from Lake Junaluska north
east towards Crabtree; on N. C. 110
from a point 03 mile north of
Wood row northwest 4.2 miles to
ward Canton; Main St. in Hazel
wood. and a section of U. S. 276
in Waynesville.
The only other Western Caro
lina project is in Buncombe Coun- I
t>. where the work involves 2.21
miles of grading, paving, and
structures in the relocation of U.
S. 70 from a point in Black Moun
tain to a point in Hidgecrest.
Other counties where improve
ments will be made are:
Martin. Beaufort. Greene. Samp
son, Columbus, Alamance. Orange,
Rowan, Halitax, J ohnston,
Wayne. Stokes, Cumberland. Robe
son. Richmond, Montgomery.
Cleveland. Gaston. Avery, Craven, |
Carteret, Brunswick. New Han
over. Edgecombe, and Forsyth.
Highway engineers will open
the bids March 30. The commis
sion s 14 members will review low
bids with chairman A. 11. Graham
and State Highway Engineer W. H
Rogers, Jr., St a rfieetlng April 1.
Moose Lodge
To Be Instituted
Here March 28
The new Waynesville lodge of
the Loyal Order of Moose will be
instituted at 2 p.m. Sunday. March
26. at Hazelwood School auditor
ium. it has been announced by A.
Gw in Miller, in charge of the
Moose membership campaign here.
Mr. Miller said that 125 Waynes
ville area men have already signed j
up as charter members of the new
lodge, and predicted that the chart
er list will exceed 200 by the time i
the institution program is held.
In charge of the Institutional ex
ercises will be Frank Ray of Ashe
boro, regional director of the
Moose. Frincipal speaker will be |
Judge Sam Cathey of Asheville.
while the ritual work will be per
formed by a staff from Asheville
Expected to attend the ceremon
ies are members of Moose lodges in
Canton, Asheville. Bryson City.
Marion, Morganton. Franklin and
Hickory, and other North Carolina
towns and cities.
Singing Convention |
Is Set For Saturday
The regular monthly Haywood
County singing convention will be
held at the Court House Saturday
night at 8 o'clock, according to an
announcement by Floyd Baldwin,
president.
Among the groups expected to
participate are the Sutherland Sis-1
ters of Hot Springs, the Friendly
Five of Asheville and the Travel
ers' Quartet of Waynesville.
y's Two $100 Bills
st In Waynesville Store
loss of any sizable amount
Wy is saddening, but when
Pens to be two $100 bills
ty a teen-ager, the loss be
> near tragedy.
Ims of this unusual occur
last week were Ray James,
unior a't Crabtree-Iron puff j
lehool. and his mother. Mrs.
imes of the Crabtree com
bing to Ray. his mother
frying his $200 in a billfold
Purse. While shopping in
' Waynesville stores Friday
?on. Mrs. James apparently
the billfold from the purse !
while taking out something else.
Ray earned the money growing
tobacco last fall. Although he
earned more than the $200 which
was lost", the two bills were all he
had at the time, he explained.
"We had been planning to put
it in the bank," Ray added.
TB Committee To Buy
New Microscope For Lab
A new binocular microscope will
be purchased for the Haywood
County Health Department labor
atory by the Waynesville Tuber
culosis Committee, which appro
priated $600 for the project Wed
nesday at the organization's annual
budget meeting.
According to Dr. Frank Ham
mett, chairman of the TB group,
the laboratory's present micro
scope is adequate for routine bac
teriological work, but is unsatis
factory for detecting tuberculosis
germs.
Dr Hammett also recommended
that the committee set aside $250
?with a like sum to be contribut
ed for Canton ? for the county
health department's use in making
chest X-rays at the courthouse.
One hundred-fifty films used In
these X-rays cost the department
$102. according to Miss Dorothy
Vhiscnhunt, community secretary.
Mrs. Rubye Bryson, acting head
of the health department, said that
health funds are to be put on a
national level, and said that the
i committee's contribution will help
: the department through its peak
months in the summer when the
j most chest X-rays are taken.
The Waynesville TB committee
this year will use all of its funds,
which total $1,482.84. according to
Mrs. R. R. Campbell, treasurer,
and seal sale chairman The sale
of Christmas seals last Christmas
netted $1,069,27, Mrs. Campbell re
ported.
The committee also will snend
$100 for health education, $377 84
for rehabilitation and other ser
vices to patients, and $40$ for the
seal sale the coming Decmber.
Aiding committee members in
setting uu their 1954 budget wa?
William BrasweJI of Raleigh, field
representative of the North Caro
1 Una Tuberculosis Association.
t
Local Musicians Take High
Honors At District Contests
Committee
Discussing
Recreation
In Raleigh
Four members of the local Rec
reation Commission left today for
Raleigh, where they will confer
with W E. Easterling. secretary of
the local government commission
relative to the proposed issuance
of bonds for a recreation center
here. |
Those making the trip' are: Dr.
Boyd Owen, chairman of the com
mission. who succeeds Charles
Ray. Henry Davis, Paul Davis and
Rudolph Carswell.
Ray resigned recently, and the
two boards of aldermen named Dr.
i Owen to fill the vacancy.
Mountaineer
Will Publish
Fashion Section
With spring due to arrive on
the local scene Saturday, The
Mountaineer will follow uu its
arrival with the publication of
a special section on Monday,
containing the latest word on
new spring and summer fash
ions.
With the time coming soon
when coats and heavy woolen
clothing will he stored once
more, it's time to dress up and
brighten up.
Maybe clothes don't make the
man?or the woman?but peo
ple do judge hv appearances,
and it will lie to your advantage
to look your best.
So be looking for Monday's
Mountaineer.
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Along Political Fronts
Faraday C. Green
I .
Candidate For
Board Chairman
Faraday C. Green, a Fines
Creek livestock man. and farmer,
announced yesterday he was a
candidate for the nomination as:
chairman of the board of commis
sioners.
Green was nominated several
weeks ago by the Democratic ex
ecutive committee as one of three
nominees for membership on the j
county board of elections. He was i
given notice of being a candidate
for chairman, and of course, his
name will be withdrawn from the
list before the State Board of
Elections.
Green has served as a member
of the Fines Creek school board.
He attends the Fines Creek Mem
orial Baptist church.
A veteran of World War I. he
later served as superintendent of
a CCC Camp for six years, and has
also served as an instructor in the
veteran's training program.
He is at present chairman of his
precinct, and has been active in
the affairs of the Democratic par
ty all his life. He is also a mem
ber of the fclk's Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Green have two
married daughters.
Bischoff Chosen
As Elks' Ruler
George A. BischofT was elected
Exalted Ruler of the Waynesville
Elks Club at a meeting Tuesday
night.
Other officers chosen were:
Morris Brooks of Canton, Lead
ing Knight; Fred Ferguson of Can
ton, Loyal Knight; Robert Allison.
Lecturing Knight; Carl Bischoff
Secretary; Carroll Cabe. Treasurer;
and David Hyatt, Tiler.
The new officers will be*installed
Saturday night.
Byers, Carver To Be
On Election Board
With the announcement of Fara
day C. Green as a candidate for
the nomination as chairman of the
board of commissioners, it was ap
parent today that U- G. fivers,
and .John Carver would he the
Democratic members of the board
of elections.
The State Board will formally
name the county board members
on Saturday.
The Haywood Executive Com
mittee several weeks ago sent in
three names as required by law
Byers, Green and Carver. This
week Green decided to enter the j
primary as a candidate, which i
meant that his name was auto
matically withdraw as a possible (
member of the county board of
elections.
This morning, Charles B. Mc
Crary. chairman of the Democratic
executive committee, wired Ever
ette B. Jordan, chairman of the
state executive committee, of
Green's decision to enter the con
test.
Cope Seeking
Constable's Post
(See picture, page six)
Abe Cope, 24(i Commerce St...
operator of the Royal Cafe, this
week announced his candidacy for
the office of constable of Waynes
yille Township.
Cope, a graduate of Cullowhce
High School, came to Haywood
County in 1933 from Jackson
County. He has been employed at
the Farmers Federation. Balen
tine's Superette, and C. K. Ray's
Market.
During World War II, Cope serv
ed on a PT boat in the Pacific
Theatre, and is now a member ol
the American Legion,
He is married and the father of
five children.
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Horse Show Association
Enlarqinq Barn Facilities
Another barn, with 24 stables, i
is being constructed by the Hay-!
[wood Horse Show Assocatlon, at!
the horse show grounds in Kast
Waynesvllle. This new unit will
provide 62 stables In the two I
barns, according to C. C. League,
vice president. ! <
Plans are to open the barns to
the public sometime in April, with
a program designed to Interest the
younger set in the art of horse
manship.
League said a full-time attend
ant will be placed In charge of the ,
hams and grounds. Local horses I
will he stabled for owners without I
charge, except for feed and groom
ing. he explained.
Horace Reigar, formerly of
Sholbyvillo, Tenn., and at present
trainer for the Buddy Turner
Walking Horse Stables of Spartan
burg, and Pickens, will move the
Turner horses to (he local stables
about April 15th
Relger will bring several horses
belonging to residents of the two
C'arotinas. He will train the horse*
here. Mr and Mrs Turner plan to
move to Wavnesville for the sum
mer months and make thi. thrli
headquarters
I
Waynesville Township High
School car Hied away seven first
place ratings, classified as super
lot , and two second place ratings J
of excellent, in the two-day West
ern Division Music Contest held
this week at Western Carolina Col- )
lege at Cullowhee. ?
The first day, Tuesday, was con
fined to vocal competition with
Waynesville winning top awards in
the only two events entered ?
the mixed chorus and a tenor solo
by John C alhoun. The chorus en
tered Grade 4. highest classifica
tion for choral groups, with Lee
Kdwards High School of Asheville,'
which also received a top rating
( "mpetition on Wednesday was
confined to instrumental groups
and solos and the local school
made a clean sweep of top places.
I he concert band, playing in the
highest grade, (Grade won a
superior, or top award, for the
seventh consecutive year. Lee Kd
wards High School, also entered
in Grade 6, received a third place
rating
The Waynesville High School
orchestra, only high school or
chestra west of Winston-Salem, en
tered the district contest for the
first time and won top place in
Grade 2.
Other top awards went to Sylvia
Newell for her clarinet solo and
to the clarinet quartet composed
' y Newell, Pauline Inman
Marguerite Russ. and Jeanne
Bradley
i Waynesville High School Mili
tary Band, playing in Grade 4
and the Waynesville Junior Band
playing In Grade 2. won second
place ratings, classified as excel-)
tent. The Military Band was in
competition with the Henderson- i
vtile Band, which also received an I
excellent rating and the Junior'
Band competed with the Murphy |
I t*! .Scbo01 band> w|i'ch reeived
a third place rating.
The Canton and Bryson Citv
hands, entered in Grade 3, each
received third place ratings.
Winners ,,f fjrs( alld second
places in the district contest are
entitled to enter the state-wide
contest to be held next month in
Greensboro.
Approximately 850 students
from 12 Western North Carolina
counties were entered in the con
ests, including around 200 stu
dents from Waynesville
Charles isley, head of the high i
school music department, and Hub
ert Campbell, assistant, alternat
ed in directing the Wavnesvllle
groups.
Judges in the contests were In-'
strumcntal. Kenneth Moore of
Davidson College, George Dickie
son of Woman's College, and James I
C Harper of Lenoir.
Vocal _ Mrg ,?aujjne ,,op|ln of
Mars Hill and Oliver Cook of the
C hai lotte City Schools. f
George Dewey Stovall arrived
yesterday from Davidson College
tc> spend the spring vacation with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs C? D
Stovall.
C AND! 1> A T F. ? Faraday V.
{?reen, of Fines Crtfk, Is a can
didate for Ihe nomination as
chairman of the hoard of com
missioners. (See story under
"Alona Political F'ronts".)
Jaycees Pay
Youth's Fare
To Hospital
I'las Paw. 22. of Hazel wood,
whose trip to Durham for an eye j
operation last week was financed
by the Waynesville Jaycees, ap- j
peared at a meeting of the Jaycees
on Monday night to express his ap
preciation to the organization.
At their March 8 meeting, the
Jaycees voted to contribute $80
so that the Hazel wood youth could
journey to McPherson Hospital In
Durham where the operation was
to be performed free of Charge.
Bill Milner, a member of the
club, took Page to Asheville and
bought him a round-trip bus ticket
from there to Durham.
Page has one artificial eve and
suffers from impaired sight in the
other eye. Because of his extreme
handicap, he is unable to hold a
regular job
At Durham, a pus sac was re
moved from his eye and he was
discharged from the hospital.
At their meeting Monday night,
the Jaycees also voted to contrib
ute the proceeds from their square
dance this .Saturday night to the
Bed Cross fund drive
Miss Davis Assigned
To U. S. Navy Hospital
Having successfully completed a
20-week course of instruction at
the U. S Naval Hospital Corps
School, Nancy K. Davis, hos
pitaltnali. YVAVKS. I'SN. daughter
of Mr and Mrc John T. Davis of
307 Boundary St.. Waynesville. will
be transferred to (lie U. S. Naval
Hospital, Corpus Christi, Texas,
for duty.
The school is a co-educational
primary training school. It trains
enlisted personnel in the basic
subjects and procedures required
to qualify them for duly as hospital
corpsmen
The corpsmen perform numer
ous types of clerical and medical
assignments such as nursing, first
aid, ward and operating room
duties.
Tourist Industry Meeting
Set March 31 At WCC
A management conference for
owners and operators of tourist
establishment* will be held March
?U at Western Carolina College,
it has been announced by O, A
I etch, president, and Mrs. Doyle
I). Alley, secretary, of the Western
North Carolina Highlanders, Inc.
The conference is being spon
sored by the Highlanders. State
Department of Distributive Educa
tion, and Western Carolina Col
li ge Cooperating in the program
are the State Tourist Bureau. N. C
Department of Conservation and
Development, North Carolina Asso
ciation of Quality Restaurants, and
others mutually Interested
The program for the conference,
to he held In the Little Auditorium
of the Stlllwell Building on the
WCC campus. Includes:
At 9:30 a m., welcome by Dr
Paul Reid. president of Western
Carolina College; 940-10 am.,
"What the Tourist Business Means
To You," by Fred Whitaker. man
ager of the State Tourist Bureau;
10-10:30, "Profitable Business Ope- I
ration," by T. Carl Brown, state '
supervisor of distributive educa- i
lion; 10:30-12 30, "Getting Results <
Through Supervision," by W. G.
Slattery. teacher trainer of dis
tributive education; 12 40-1 40, lun-1
cheon in college cafeteria; 2:30-3 \
p.m , panel forum, "Personnel and |
Operation Problems," M. L. Taft. '
moderator, O. A. Fetch, John Par
, rls, T Carl Brown. W G Slattery,
and M. M Melvin; 3:30. "Bring 'Em
i Back and Keep 'Em Conger," by M I
M. Melvin. secretary of the N. C j
Association of Quality Restaurants
Inc.; 3.30-3 50, "Promoting Travel'
in Western North Carolina," by i
.lohn Parris. director of public re
lations, the Cherokee Historical
Association. Inc.. and Vice Presi-j
dent of the Highlanders.
A letter sent out this week bv
the Highlanders to tourist opepa-(
tors reads, in part:
, The enclosed copy of Iho pro- |
(See Tourists?Page 8>
Swimming
Area To Be
Ready For
This Season
The Executive Committee of the
loard of Trustees of Lake Juna
uska Assembly, thicugh the presi
lent of the board, Edwin L. Jones,
sr.. has announced that swimming
acllities are being constructed ut
he lake and will be ready for use
or the 1954 season.
The North Carolina'State Board
>f Health in conjunction with the
ia.vwood County Board of Health,
las stipulated the specifications for
he swimming area, which provide
or tlie erection of a concrete sea
vall with an eight foot earthen dike
!0O feet wide and 125 feet long.
Phe swimming pool will he equip
>ed with a chlorinator and recir
'ulation pumps capable of recircu
iting a half million gallons of
water in an eight hour period.
In his letter to Rev. J. \V\ Fow
ler. Jr., Superintendent of the
\ssembly. K. Bodwell Hlaisdel! of
(he State Board of Health, stressed
I hat this swimming arrangement
would exist only until such time
as negotiations could he success
fully concluded to remove the pol
lution now hcing contributed by
the Towns of Waynesville and
Ha/.elwood. from > Richland Creek
which empties into the lake. He
further stated that considering the
problem with which the Assembly
is confronted, since the lake was
declared unfit for swimming by
local and State Health Depart
ments, and the resulting loss of
revenue to the Assembly and de
nial of use of the lake for swim
ming by the people attending the
Assembly, it was felt that some
solution should be advanced to al
low swimming this year.
Hugh Massle. of Waynesville.
chairman of the Buildings and
Grounds Committee of Lake Juoa
luska Assembly, stated that the in
stallation should be very attractive
and the eight foot walkway around
the sea wall will afford swimmers
an excellent place for sunbathing.
Engineers of the Six Associates of
Asheville, have designed this swim
ming area.
I Ho ileailli uepartment closed
he )ake to swimming last summer
vhen the water was found unsafe
or swimming. A series of con
erences were held with the two
own boards. Lake Trustees, and
mgineers, in an effort to work out
i program of correcting the poi
nt ion situation, which was caused
>y an overflow of the main sewer
line into Hichland Creek.
The two towns bought special
?quipment for cleansing the 46,000
foot sewer line from Hazelwood to
Pigeon Hlver. This project was
1'ompleted several weeks ago. Only
last week, the Town of Waynesvillc
completed the installation of a
4,000-foot sewer line along Shelton
Branch.
Work is now under way this week
In Allen's Creek installing another
4,000-foot sewer ling on the main
road, Muse, Hendrix and Sheppard
Streets.
The oflicials of the Town of
Hazelwood announced they were
?outinning a series of surveys to
liter sewer lines which were catch
ing surface water.
The lake is a popular swimming
trea during the summer, and hun
dreds of local people, as well as
visitors enjoy the facilities provid
?d there.
Power To Be Off Sunday
Electrical power will be ofT Sun*
[lay afternoon, March 21, from 2
p.m. until 4 30 in Hazelwood, Al
len's Creek, and Hyatt's Creek, and
[rom 4:30 until 5:30 p.m. on the
Howell Mill Road, it has been an
nounced by the Carolina Power
and Eight Co.
Highway
Record For
1954
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed .... 0
Injured.... 3
(Thl* Inform.tlon com
piled from Record, of
State Highway Patrol.)
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