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NO. .'58 In |'A(iES , 1 ? ounty Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Ft ? [,"1' of h'* H'VM ln ,urn: ??"'
I *SS0Clated 1'reaa j Entran^ Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park >? tS/d *7^?
Ksl, n AFTEWfOON. MAY Hu - - ?===T~^ ?
Adv",,ct' Ifywod -nd Jadaon Counttca
(ounty Reimposes Rabies Quarantine On Dogs
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\ark Group Request Pigeon Road Funds
SPEAKER ? Thad Pure, (left)
secretary of State, will fill his
annual appointment as speaker
at the Kamp Convention Sun
day at Camp Hope. Thousands
are expected to attend.
iDy FOR CROWN?Miss Joyce Morgan, the queen of the
Ramp Convention, uill be officially crowned Sunday, by Thad
f, Secretary of State, at the 25th annual gathering at Camp
f. Miss Morgan is a student at Kethel high, and a majorette
hf Bethel band. Ilcr bouquet, of course, is a bunch of ramps.
(Mountaineer Photo).
imp Convention Sunday
ay Prove Biggest Yet
" ..." :
it Sunday the mountaineer's
r tn the polecala ? ramps
izain take the spotlight as
ood County's 2f>th annual
Contention Is staged at
Hope.
that day several thousand
laineers and quite a. passle
tlanders will get together at
imp tor some eatin'. singin'.
"? romancin', and politickin'
It 25th anniversary honoring
Hebrated highland herh.
tre'll be the usual early birds
?mp Hope Sunday morning,
lie of the first official parts
I program will come at 9 a.m.
a motorcade, bearing Rantp
n Joyce Ann Morgan and the
'Pal speaker, Thad Eure. sec
< of state, is scheduled to
Canton
10 o'cloek. a rleigious ser
"ill he held with the Rev.
Shepherd in charge. Marse
*ill speak at 1 o'clock and
lamp Queen will be crown
fmediafaely thereafter,
ler events will be music by
Pigeon Valley String Band,
t's String Band and songs by
>utton Sisters from Tennes
nd Selections by the Wash
Rand front Greenville, S. C.
lethel High School Band will
Perform during the day.
al talent groups such as
?See Kamps?Page 6)
The
?ather
*'?h considerable cloudi
r*in today. Friday, partly
"ifl mild.
r'al \\ a.vnesville temperature
(Plletl b>' the State Test Farm.
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RAIN
Saturday Last
Day To Register
For May Primary
Registrars at Haywood's 29
1 polling places will slam their
registration hooks shut at six
o'clock Saturday, May 15.
That means that only those
persons whose names are on the
hooks prior to that time will be
I permitted to vote in the I)emo
I cratic Primary on May 29th.
Haywood
I
Convention
A record attendance is expected
Saturday as | Haywood Democrats
gather at the court house at 2
o'clock for their bi-annual county
convention.
W. G. Byers. orator, and cham
pion of the Democratic cause, will
be the keynoter.
Besides hearing Byers. the Dem
ocrats will name delegates to the
State Convention, which will be
held May 20th in Raleigh.
And sometime during the after
noon. the 29-member executive
committee will go into a closed
session and name a chairman for
the two-year term. Charles B Mc
Crary. chairman for the past four
y< ars. will preside at both the con
vention and the executive session.
McCrary said he was not seek
ing re-elertion as chairman of
| the executive committee.
Importance
Of Road Is
Proclaimed
The North Carolina Park Com
mission, in session here Wednes- j
day, went on record asking for ad
ditional funds and "uninterrupted
construction" of the Pigeon River
Road.
The motion was presented to the
1 commission by William Medford.
Wavnesville, a member of the com
mission, and author of the bill set
ting up the commission while he
was in the State senate.
The commission also aimed a (
pointed program at securing fulfill
ment of the long-promised devel
opment of the North Carolina side
of the Park.
Among the points adopted at the
meeting, included;
1. Requested that the federal'
government honor a 15-year-old
promise to open up Eastern Ameri
ca's last great wilderness area by
constructing a seven-mile stretch
of road into the Deep Creek area
north of Brvson City.
2. Instituted a move through the i
Stale Highway and Public Works
Commission to persuade the federal i
government to rebuild and relocate |
the Cherokee-to-New found Gap
Road, a 14-mile stretch of U, S.
Highway 441 which has been per
<See Road?Page 6)
NCEA Plans
To Honor 50
Teachers
Fifty Haywood County school
teachers who have taught for 25
years or more and are still employ
ed in the county school system will
he honored at a meeting of the lo
cal unit of the North Carolina1
Educational Association at 3 p.m.
Thursday at Central Elementary
School.
No l teacher from point of serv
ice is Fred I-. Safford. principal
and coach at Crabtree-lron Duff
School, who has been teaching for
37 years. Mr Safford. an honor
graduate of Duke University, has
taught in Columbus County schools
in Indiana, at Bethel, served an
unexpired term of a county school
superintendent for one year, at
Grace School in Buncombe County,
(See Teachers?Page 6)
ISLEY IN ASHEVILLE
HOSPITAL
Charles Isley. director of music
at \VTHS. was reported to be rest
ing comfortably at Memorial Mis
sion, Asheville, today. He enter
ed the hospital Tuesday, for furth- ;
or treatment, after suffering from
severe pains in his back about ten
days ago. He was a patient here
for about a week.
Tentative plans are for him to
return home this weekenud.^^ I
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Democrats Meet For
i Here Saturday At 2
The chairman said: "1'vr been
hone,red by Haywood Democrats
by serving as their chairman for
four years, and feel , that the
honor should he passed around.
I want to thank the many loyal
members of the party for their
cooperation while I was chair
man. And I shall continue to
work hard for the best interest
of the party."
The rules of the convention ;
are that if a man is named
chairman, that a woman must be
named vice chairman, or visa
versa.
There is always a lot of interest
about the chairman of the county
xegMtive committee, and this year
is no exception.
Fourteen of the 29 Conynittee
men are serving for the first time,
[he precinct chairmen were named
Saturday, and are hy virtue of
(Sec Democrats?Page 6)
W. C. RVERS
SWEEPSTAKES WINNER of the Canton Flower
show was Mrs. A. W. Bottoms, shown here with
some of her entries. The show was outstanding
from every angle and atlraeted wide attention.
Other pictures on 1'ace Four and Five.
(Mountaineer I'hoto).
Civil Court
Ends, Seven
Cases Heard
The May civil term of Superior
Court was adjourned here Wednes
day at noon following the hearing
of seven cases Tuesday and Wed
n"-day morning before Judge H.
Movie Sink of Greensboro. "
The next session of Superior
Court will be the criminal term. '
which will be convened in July. J
Cases heard this week included
Henry E. Reno vs. Mary Lucy ]
Reno, for divorce; State vs. Alvin
C'ason Mansfield, defendant releas
ed to appear in July term of court
on a charge of auto theft; State vs. 1
Mark Jones, defendant released to
appear in July term of court on a
charge of assaulting a prison gubrd:
Marshall S. Cole vs. Katherine
Mills Cole, case dismissed for lack j
of jurisdiction: Lawrence C. Rhodes
vs. Joyce C. Rhodes on a question
of alimony and support payments
and counsel fees, case referred back
to Judge Dan K. MooiV for a Jiear
ing at Sylva Saturday because of
unavoidable absence of plaintiff's
attorney. Manson Jenkins turned
Over to Juvenile Court on a writ of
habeas corpus; State vs. Charles
Thurston Holland, support pay
ments ordered for two infant chil
dren. custody of children given to
paternal grandparents from first
to second Monday of each month.
In the case of Norris Transit-Mix
Concrete Co., Inc. vs. T. Hunter i
Worsham. Jr.. a mistrial was order- 1
ed when members of the jury were
unable to agree.
The jury included: A. C. Rowe,
J. H. Allen. Sherrill L. Teague,
Theodore McCall. Thomas Frazier,
Rich Trull, Forest J. Wright. Carl j
Cunningham, Thomas L. Leather- j
wood. Dick Moody. Richard R.
Shoaf. and Lynn Chambers.
New Water Lines
Town forces have started work
of laying 6.500 feet of 4-ineh
water mains from Kast Waynes
Vill to Kateliffe Cove.
The projeet is expected to take
about 10 days, and an additional
week for tapping on the 25 cus
tomers along the route who pur
. chased the pipe for about $7 500
and are giving it to the Town
in order to get water service.
Three Are hydrants are in
cluded in the project.
The Kateliffe Cove community
decided to purchase the pipe
after the severe drought last
summer. They Will pay regular
water rates, town officials point
ed out.
Guard Unit
Open House
Set Saturday
In observance of Armed Forces
Day Saturday, the local unit of
I he North Carolina National Guard.
Tank Company, 120th Infantry
Regiment, will hold an open house
from 1 until 4 p.m. at the VVaynes
ville Armory.
Equipment to be displayed will
Include tanks and wheeled ve
hicles, tank gunnery trainer, tank
communication trainer, small arms
(pistols, carbines), rocket launch
ers. submachine guns, machine
guns, and training aids.
Among facilities to be displayed
will be the orderly room, day room,
communications room. training
aids room, garage, kitchen, supply
room and wool moth-proofing com
partment, vault, and library.
Officers and non-commissioned
officers will act as guides.
Tank Company prescently has
five officers and 82 enlisted men.
Officers are: C'apt. Samuel A.
Car*well, company commander; 1st
I-t, R. H. Winchester, executive
officer; 1st I-t. Frank C. Byrd: 2nd
I-t. Albert C. Jones and 2nd I-t.
James R. Adams.
WNC Town
Officials
Coming 17th
About 50 officials of Western
North Carolina towns are expected
to attend the district Municipal
league meeting here Monday after
noon.
The meeting will be held on the ?
j second floor of the Town Hall, w ith
I city officials hosts to a dinner at
The Lodge later in the evening.
1'he conference will be conducted
by members of the State Municipal
League Staff, including. Mrs. Steve,
i vecutive secretary; George C. ,
franklin, attorney: and Lee Wilson,
field counselor.
The conference will begin at
three o'clock, and Mayor .1 II. Way
v ill give the address of welcome.
The Western liegion includes the
towns of:
Andrews. Itobbinsvllle. Bryson j
('ity. Franklin. Highlands, Cash
iers. S.vlva, Hazelwood, Clyde
Murphy. Canton. Bosnian. Brevard,
Hot Springs, Marshall. Mars Hill.
Weaverville, Biltmore Forest,
Hurnsville. Black Mountain. Hon
dersonville, -Saluda. llayesville.
Dillsboro. Waynesville and Lurel
| Park.
Howell Named
New Commander
American Legion
James H. Howell. Jr., was named
commander of the American Le
gion I'ost 47 here Wednesday night.
Me succeeds Douglas Worsham.
Besides the eleclion of officers,
the group began making plans for
Memorial Day. and also decided to
1 sponsor two boys to Boys State,
Chapel Hill, and send two others
to the speeial program at Camp
Hope.
The annual award of a citizen
ship medal to a senior of WTHS
will be continued.
The installation of officers was
(See Legion?Page 6)
Boards Give Green Light
To County School Projects
A "go ahead" has heen given hy
the Haywood County Board of Kdu
ration on plans for construction of
a gym and lunchroom at Crabtree
Iron DufT School and a lunchroom
at Fines Creek School.
The board gave the projects the
green light following a meeting
Tuesday night with the county iom
missioners and the School Advisory
Board. Several members of the
school board were in Raleigh last
i week to confer with state officials
on the county's building plans.
According to Lawrence Leather
wood. county school superinten
dent. members of the three boards
agreed that a declining market
exists and that sufficient funds are
on hand to complete the Crabtree
plan and Fines Creek projects.
The opinion was also expressed
1.
I
that by the time that the new
contracts are awarded, the State
Hoard of Education probably will
allocate funds for the completion
of all work originally planned un
der the county's $2,000,000 bond
issue authorized in 1951.
Mr. l.eatherwood also pointed
nut that the board has hopes of
being able to provide extra class
rooms at Hazelwood, East Waynes
Mile, and Pigeon Street schools.
The superintendent added that
Asheville architects Lindsey Oud
ger and .lack Baber have nearly
completed plans on the Crabtree
end Fines Creek Jobs. When the
plans and specifications are fin
ished. they will be submitted to
| the State Board of Education If
tlicy are approved, bids will then
be asked.
Saturday At Six Is Last Time To Register For May Primary (On May 29th)
Pet Dies,
Five Persons
Being Treated
A county-wide quarantine on
logs, imposed last tall but lifted :
n March, was again ordered
iVedncsda> by the Health Depart-'
nent following the death of a dog ,
ront rabies in Waynesvllle Men-1
lay.
The Canton area has been under.
juarantine sinee early April.
As the result of the death of a j
nixed collie-boxer dog owned by
iVoody Lee of Boyd Ave . four per
ions are taking anti-rabies shots:
Mr Lee, his son. .Lone-. 10: Becky
stanelli. 4, Donna Carol Whitman,
i, and Albert Wheeler.
The Stanelli girl was bitten on
he left ear; the others were only j
?xposed. Wheeler is employed by
3r. A. H, Riegg, veterinarian, in
vhose office the dog was kept for j
leveral days for observation l>e
:ore it died.
According t<> Dr. Hicgg. the Lees'
fi?-st noticed that their dog acted
lucorly when thej ri turned from
l weekend trip May 3. They j
brought the animal to IJr. Riegg's
?ffice last Thursday and it died.
Monday of this week.
Before its death, the dog acted
shy. sluggish, and showed a lack j
of appetite.
Dr. Hiegg termed the case an ex-;
ample of the "dump" type of
rabies where dogs act shy and re- j
fuse to eat. Hitter known is the
other type of "furious" rabies.
Because of the fact that the Lee
dog was known to have had a
fight with other dogs near the Bal
sam Manor Apartments, dog own
ers in that vicinity, near the high
school, and Jfi H** Itnve been
urged by the Health Department
to keep careful watch on their pets
and report any suspicious actions
Under provisions of the county
wide quarantine, all dogs?and cats
as well- must lie kept confined.
From last August until the end
of the year. Ilavwood County had
10 cases of rabies, which resulted
in the imposition of a county quar
antine and the employment of
Ernest Chambers as county dog
warden.
Haywood Crops
Damaged By Frost
A number of communities
throughout the county have re
ported severe damage due to re
cent frosts.
The facts on the various com
munities will he found in the
community news articles which
appear in this issue from every
section of the county
Some agricultural leaders feel
it will he a week or so before the
exact extent of damage can be
determined.
FUNERAL arrangements have
been made fur Senator Clyde It.
Iloyer, Saturday, in Shelby, at
2:30. lie died Wednesday at his
desk in the Senate Building,
Washington.
Haywood Joins
Others Mourning
Death Of Hoey
Haywood County has joined the
rest of the state and the nation's
capital in mourning the death of
North Carolina's colorful senator
and former governor. Clyde ft.
lloey, who died at his desk in the
Senate Office Building Wednesday.
! The senator's last appearance
was as ?.jj.'uker at tf\e Hay
wood County Day program at Lake
Junaltwkn last summer.
One of tiie veteran lawmaker's
sons. Clyde, Jr.. a combustion en
gineer at the Champion Paper and
fibre Co. plant, resides on the
Can ton-Ashe vi lie highway.
Box Supper Saturday
For Little League
The box supper to raise funds
for the Little League program in
the Waynesville area will be held
at 7 p m Saturday instead of on
Friday as reported previously.
Persons attending may bring a
box supper if they desire, it was
announced.
The Little League will open its
baseball season shortly after
school is dismissed for the sum
mer, according to Bill Milncr, in
charge of the program
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
TO MEET
The Merchants Association will
meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the
Chamber of Comnfterce office.
Harry V.'htsenhunt will preside.
3 Conventions Will Bring
Many People To Section
PhmninL' fur :it lhn><> r>mi. i ? ? ? ?1 - ??? ?
vent ions tlits year, and working for
others later, consumed the major
part of the director's meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce here
Tuesday night,
Kncouraglng reports were made
that the three conventions this
year would bring in about 200 visi
tors each, with pending conven
tions for the future running from
1,500 to 2.000 visitors each.
This year's conventions start off
with the State Press Association.
June 10-12. and on the 13th the
North Carolina State Woman's Golf
Tournament and then a four-state
medical meeting of two days, June
25-2R.
The Press Association will meet
at l.ake Jilnaluska. and the medical
meeting will be held here, with ses
' ions In the court house. S< /oral
nationally known specialists will
be on the program, and doctors
from North Carolina. Tennessee.
Georgia and South Carolina will
be In attendance.
The golf tournament will be held
at the Waynesvllle Country Club.
The directors will confer next
week with a special committee on
a convention slated to bring about
1 500 to tlu1 community. Details
are not completed.
The hoard appropriated funds
for the police to take care of
out-of state cars who stayed too
long against a parking meter. The
police would put a niekle in the
meter and leave a printed mes
sage on the windshield that the
courtesy was by the Chamber of
Commerce.
The organization will cooperate
(See Convention?Page 61
Highway
Record For
1954
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed ... 0
Injured.... 8
(This Information com
piled from Rerorda of
State HiKhway Patrol.)