North Carolina Newspapers

: ? ' '"W\ itandabd pto oc Cea^ ^?30~XiO s Fir* A I Lorumxx nr |?f The Wayne sville Mountaineer !#s-! I (-j Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park P q EeaK NoT1>7 Tl PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILI K.N. < MONDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 22, 1955 $3.60 In Advance In llaywood and Jackson Counties ttion Enjoying t Tourist Year! manson palmer r Rites [eld At ?dist Church services were held this in the First Methodist James Manson Palmer, county tax collector and the Town Board of Al io died at his home early lorning following a long Earl H. Brendall. pastor ch, officiated and burial en Hill Cemetery. ?s were Linton Palmer, te, Jr., Elmer Palmer, mmonds, William T. and William J. Nichols. ? pallbearers were mdm > Men's Blule Class of Jarvh, Allison, Fred V. J. B. James, Joe S ? - rgr nrrrvir; aiyttt wire, >wn, Charlie Francis, loland, M. if. Caldwell, son, Jule Noland, R. V. yan Medford, Gfover nk Kirkpatrick. J. H. ence Winchester. Henry odore McCracken, Silas id Vaughn Plott. ler was a retired mer Haywood and Jackson ind one of Haywood lading political figures ears. He was a member t Methodist Church and Bible Class of the Ie son of the late Wil tte Palmer and Nancy ill Palmer of Haywood are one son, James N. faynesville; two daugh I. P. Robinson of Ral ra. Ben T. Price of Way ree sisters. Miss Maria Waynesville, Mrs. W. E. Monroeville, N. J? and I Jarrett of Lakeland, p brother, H. R. Palmer iville; and six grand ?ents were under the lot Crawford Funeral Tucker Completes Survey Of Area; Future Is Bright "Without hesitation I would say | the Waynesville area, including i Balsam, Lake Junaluska and Mag- , gie, is enjoying the best tourist business in history," Ned Tucker. ; executive vice president of the ! Chamber of Commerce said. "The number of accommodations have been greatly increased in re cent years at Lake Junaluska, and practically all of Maggie Valley is brand new. Waynesville, with its six brand new courts, means that the area offers more modern ac commodations than at any time in the past," Tucked continued. "A check of motels and courts ! < on the highways from Saunook j to Soco Gap on Saturday night, be- 1' tween 9 and 10 p.m. did not show :1 a single vacant room. The high- 1, ways were still carrying heavy traf fic at 10 p.m. ! | "Our very popular tourist farms j t in the area are turning away peo- | ; rle because of lack of space and ', ! a check with two of them showed j' full bookings until after Labor 11 j Dav- ! "if the weather continues hot I in other parts of the country, j through Labor Day, I feel every ' ! available bed in the area will be ] needed to take care of our visit- ? j ors. "This morning several of our members said they had space since some weekend guests had checked cut, which means that good rooms are available right at this moment. "A few third floor rooms are al so available in some of our places; 1 also two or three apartments that the owners have agreed to rent on an overnight basis. "The only other space available is on a one or two night basis be <f?oe a (M . Smoke Ordinance Due For Second Reading By Board The board of aldermen are ex pected to meet soon and pass the second reading of the smoke or dinance. Their next regular meet ing is set for Thursday. Sept. 8th, but indications are they might have a special meeting prior to that time, it was learned. The board will also name an in spector for checking the fuel burning equipment in places where the plants' heat more than 500 square feet. The ordinance which has passed the first reading would make it a misdemeanor to let excessive smoke emit from stacks of chim neys in town. STATE EDITOR HERE Bill Sharpe. editor and co-pub lisher of The State, Raleigh, was a Waynesvillc visitor todaj. He, will b^, in the area about a week, gathering material for his publi cation. Idreds Of Baptists To i |e 2-Day Associational t Tuesday, Wednesday ! ? oi Haywood Baptists Hd to attend the 2-day Hion of the Association ?l Wednesday. This will Both annual meeting of Hd Baptist Association. H session will get under By at 9.45 at the Rat Baptist Church, with Hlobinett, pastor of the Ht Cliurih. Waynesville. In charge. Hciation will meet with Hies during the two-day B>f morning and aftcr I ^ ? ^fcrtly cloudy and con ^Henday and Tuesday. ? afternoon thunder ^Hyncsville temperature I the State Test Farm. ? Mix. Mln. Free. | ? ? M ?0 B w - m i EEV. T. E. ROBINETT will pre side over the 2-day sessions of the Hgywood County Baptists as they begin their 70th annual as soeUtioaal meetinc Tuesday nsornina at Ratdi/Te Cove. noon sessions Tuesday will be at the Ratcliffe Cove church. The Tuesday evening program wtO be held at the Barberville church while the Wednesday morning and i afternoon sessions will be at the | (So* BoirtMo?Va?* *? L. V. BALX.KNTINE, commis sioner of agriculture, will be here Tuesday to take part In the Burley Tobacco Field Day pro gram at the State Test Farm. 170 Attend Fines Creek CDP Tour One hundred and seventy per- i sens attended a tour of the Fines j Cieck community Saturday with , residents of Aliens Creek as guests. There were 110 in attendance from j the host community and 60 from I Aliens Creek. Starting at Fines Creek School j at 10 a.m., the tour included: Remodeled home of Mr. and | Mrs. Carl Green, corn and beef cattle on the Furman Noland farm, corn on the Glenn Noland farm, the Fines Creek Memorial Bap tist Church, the Fines Creek Methodist Church, poultry, tobac co, and silo on the Paul Ferguson farm and dairying on the David Noland farm. Lunch was served at noon at the school. In a period of recieaijon after lnnch, Finn Creek and Aliens f reek divided honors in six con tests. Both won two horseshoe pitching events and each won one softball game. In men's horseshoes, H. M. Allen ai.d Red Caldwell of Aliens Creek defeated Marion Klrkpat r'rk and T. W. Rogers of Fines Creek. In women's horseshoes, Mrs. Milas Rathbone and Mrs. Craig Bradshaw of Fines Creek won over Mrs. Susie Craig and Mrs. Elmer Farmer of Aliens Creek. In boys' horseshoes, Freddy Rathbone and Johnny Evans of rines Creek beat Bruce Moody and James Medford of Aliens Creek, in girls' horseshoes, Sandra Hond rix and Ann Taylor of Aliens Creek turned back Patricia Kirk patrick and Gail Bradshaw of rines Creek. In the boys softball game, Aliens Creek edged the host aggregation, 6-6. but Fines Creek won the girls' tilt, 11-5. Woodmen To Hold Meeting Here Oct. 9 Haywood's 200 members of the Woodmen of the World are com pleting plans for playing host to a district meeting here October 8-9. Indications are that some 400 members from outside Haywood county will attend the convention, which will have headquarters at the Armory. A committee on arrangements have been named by Joe Milner, counsel commander of the local Camp. No. 228. The committee is composed of Hoy Davis, Burlin Queen. Joe Mil ner, Leo Buckner, Jr., Leo Buck ner. Sr., Jack Edwards. Carl.Mc Cracken and Orville Cogdill. W. B. Wright, Ashevtlle, is dis trict manager, and said detail* of the formal program, and the l?n quct on Saturday would be an nounced later. Bridges Family Plans Reunion In Waynesville The annual Bridges Family re union wilt he held Sunday. August 20, at the home of Mrs. John Underwood, just off the Howell Mill Road in Waynesville. The program will begin at IS o'clock, noon, with a picnic lunch after which the Rev. John I. Kizer. pastor of the Hare 1 wood Baptist Church, will make a short address The family gathering is usually held near Greenville, 8. C. All relatives and friends are in vited. _ _ Two Youths Injured In Accidents Two young men were hospitaliz ed from injuries suffered in two Haywood County automobile acci dents reported by the State High way Patrol today. Most.seriously injuted was Dale Junior , Gates. 20, of Gastonia whose 1949 Chevrolet overturned several times on Highway 19 at Dellwood at 7 p.m. Saturday. Patrol Cpl. Pritchard H. Smith reported that Gates' car ran off the highway on U. S. 19 at the Jona than Creek intersection, gwerved back onto the pavement and then rff a second time ? traveling a total of 468 feet and overturning three or four times. The youth was knocked uncon scious by the impact of the wreck and was taken to Haywood Coun ty Hospital. He was treated by Dr. A. Heyward Smith, who reported I hat he suffered multiple contus ions and abrasions, concussion of the brain, and a possible fracture ol the back. His condition today was termed "good." Hiding in Gates' car was Hoy McClure, ?3, of Gastonia, w ho suf (See Two YqpOis?Page 81 Farm Bureau To Stage Picnic On Saturday 4 To 9 Camp Schaub will be the meet ing place for ilajwood County Farm Bureau members and their families on Saturday afternoon and evening from 4 until 9 p.m. The picnic is an annual affair and will feature recreation in the aiteruoon, a picnic supper, and a speech by Dr. Eric Ratchlord, as sistant extension specialist of Raleigh. Virgil Hollow ay. county agent, will be master of ceremon ies. . Each Farm Bureau member is urged to bring his family and meet with other members and their families for a few hours of recre ation and fellowship. The Haywood County Farm Bureau headed by Joe Boone of VVaynesville has a membership of more than three hundred farm families. ROBERT M. MAXWELL, left, regional director for the United States Chamber of Commerce, is shown presenting a certificate of membership to Richard Bradley, president of the Chamber of Commerce here. This is the first time the local organization has been a member of the National C. of C. (Mountaineer Photo). business hducation Need Cited By US C of C Man : .; ? ? ???' .. . ...... j 5-Foot Sidewalk To Be Built On Montgomery St. The board of aldermen have . authorized G. C. Ferguson to pro- \ cned with construction of a_5-foot sidewalk from Depot Street to Church street, along Montgomery i Street. The two-block sidewalk will be | built by street crews, Manager j Ferguson said. Plans are to begin work on the ! project within the next week or 1 so, just as soon as crews complete present projects. The sidewalk will be built on the side of Montgomery street nearest Main Street, or next to the : Park Theatre and Bus Station. This is part of the town's aferect j I improvement program which the : | aldermen have been studying for I sometime. " ' ' ? - N. C. PRESS HEAD HERE I Leslie Thompson, president of ! the North Carolina Press Associa tion. was a visitor in Waynesville I today. Thompson is editor-pub- ; . lisher of The Whiteville Reporter. : and was elected head of the Press j Association at the annual meeting | in WinstonrSalem in June. Waynesville has received their' charter as a member of the1 United States Chamber of Com merce. The presentation was made Friday by Robert M. Maxwell, pro gram advisor of this area. At noon, Maxwell addressed the board of directors and the educa tional committee of the organiza tion at a dinner meeting at Spaldon's. After his discussion of the need for the public to have a better un derstanding of business problems, il was decided to stage a program this fall designed to acquaint the public with business in general. "The United States Chamber of Commerce, embracing some 3.200 local Chambers of Commerce, with a membership of over a million and a half members, is interested in more than just business on Main Street. We are interested in farming, education, labor, manage ment and even the clergy," Max well said. "We are interested in everybody* bwKlesa." Getting into the educational phase of ihe program, Maxwell pointed out that it was a big job ahead of teaching students and teachers as to some of the answers by modern business questions. Maxwell cited numerous statistics showing the percentage of answers given different questions asked of students and teachers on everyday business problems. . Maxwell said that the national average shows an investment of $13,000 per industrial job. From this point fie showed thai within 20 years the population of this na tion is estimated to be 220 mil lions, which means the need for a million new Jobs per year. "A lot of people are in a fog about business problems, and the need of a study _of business as it is today," Maxwell said. "Business and legislation are inseparable, and people must un derstand both in order lo vote for the proper legislation. "People will vote for the right thing if they know, and have all the facts. It is their earnest de sire to do right, and in order to attain this they must be inform ed," Maxwell concluded. Large Crowd At Second Concert Of Civic Band A large crowd attended the sec ond civic concert of the band here Friday night, as the band played for about an hour from the terrace of the courthouse. Hundreds of seats were provided for the audience, and even then more stood than were able to get a seat Many remained in their cars 'parked along Main and De pot Streets ancT in the courthouse parking lot. The concert was a request of a repeat performance given two weeks ago by the recently organ ized concert band, under the di rection of Charles Isley. The band was so well received that some civic leaders have adt v. nced the idea that the band give weekly concerts next July and August. Many members of the band were former members of the WTHS band and have been wway to college, in service or now in business. Maple Grove To Have Homecoming Program Homecoming Day for Maple Grove Methodist Church (Turpin's Chapel) will be observed Sunday, August 28. The morning service will be fol lowed by a picnic lunch and the afternoon program will include decoration of the cemetery. All members, former members and friends of tho church are in vited. Plans Shaping Up For Big Methodist Conference At T,alrft Junaluska In 1956 Program plans are shaping up for the World Methodist Confer ence to be held next September 1-16. at Lake .lunaluska. Approximately 1100 delegates and accredited visitors, plus a host of other visitors, are expected to attend the international sessions, according to Dr. Elmer T. Clark of Lake Junaluska, secretary of the World Methodist Council, fol lowing a meeting-with Bishop Ivfcn Lee Holt, St. Louis, Mo., council president. The meeting at Lake Junaluska will be the ninth in a series that began in 1881 in London. The last conferenct was held at Oxford Uni versity in 1951. "Methodism in the Contem porary World'' has been selected as the general theme of the 19o6 con-! ference, centering around platform speakers and discussion groups. The British Methodist Church ( has already named 46 clerical and lay delegates to the conference. Dr. Clark said, and the names of other delegates are expected soon from Methodist communions in Europe, North America. Central I and South America, the West In dies, Africa, Asia and Australasia ' Preliminary plans for the confer ence was drafted by the executive commitee of the World Methodist Council in June at its annual meet ing in Belfast. Ireland. The World Federation of Metho dist Women will meet August 28-31 at Lake Junaluska ahead of the conference. MBS. A. W. BOTTOMS of Canton was speekstake* winner in the third annual flower and veffeiable show presented Friday by the Canton Council of Garden Clubs. She receired the greatest num ber of bine ribbons In both artistic arrancemenls and horticul ture. She was presented a prise and aldh the Martaret Anderson Stone Trwphr. (Other ? tetanies and story. Pate V) (France*' Photo). Weekend Traffic Sets High Record 736 Cars An Hour Pass Dellwood On Highway US 19 An unofficial traffic count made at a point near Dellwood on U. S. 19 on Sunday afternoon show ed traffic moving at the rate of 736 vehicles per hour. This count included all cars traveling in both directions on the highway. "It was interesting to note," '?aid T^ed Tucker, executive vice presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce, "that during a 30-mlnute period from 2:30 until 3 p.m.. there were 183 cars checked traveling East and 184 cars going West." During one particularly heavily traveled period of six minutes. 47 cars passed the checking point1 i traveling West and 40 passed trav | eling East. This was at the rate of more than 14 cars per minute or j almost 850 per hour. | During another 30-minute per iod. cars from 16 states were counted. The states included South 1 Carolina, which led the steady pa rade of out-of-state visitors. Tenn essee was a poor sceond and Flor j idda was third, but close on the heels of Tennessee.^ Other states included Alabama. Georgia, New York. New Jersey. Virginia. Ohio, Mississippi. California, Maryland. Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Texas During the same 30-minute per iod, there were two cars marked "just married" both traveling west. The unofficial count was made during the middle of the day and I early afternoon. This was not ' necessarily the heaviest traffic j period of the day, but was pretty 1 well average. There was but little , variation in tlte Sow of traffic from 110 a.in. -bunday morning until late afternoon. East bound traffic was much , heavier toward the end oi the day. when visitors to the Park. Chero kee and Fontana were on the way hortie. Wayncsvillc police and highway patrolmen said the traffic over the weekend was as heavy as had been | noted this season. Off icers said that traffic moved smoothly, and that there was little trouble encountered with speed ing. j HOMER SINK, assistant county i agent. has resigned. effective Sept, ISth. He will be associated with the American Dairy Asso t elation, Greensboro. Homer Sink Has Resigned Post As Assistant Agent Homer Sink, assistant county agent here since 1952, has resign j ed, effective September 15th, it was announced this morning by Virgil Holloway. county agent Sink has accepted a position t with the American Dairy Associa ! tion. with headquarters in Greens itoro. Sink became an assistant county agent here in 1952, after spending 10 months gt the Mountain Experi ment Station here as a dairy re search agent. He graduated from , N C. State College in 1961 with 0 ; degree in dairy animal husbandry, lloth Mr. and Mrs. Sink are nativc.s of Lexington. County Agent Holloway said he . hated to lose Sink, as "he has done : outstanding work for the Extcn ?I sion Service." The post will he filled, but as yet no one has been named to fill the vacancy, Holloway said. Sink worked with dairy cattle, livestock and general extension projects while assistant county a gent. WNC Safety Council Will Meet Here And Hear Hart Music Instructors I To Attend Clinic Charles Isley, director of the Waynesvillo high school music department, left today for Wil mington. Del., where he will at itend a band and chorus clinic for . five days. He will meet Robert R. Camp . bell, assistant director at the clinic. Both will return here next Satur f day. Leading band directors and chorus instructors of the nation i will be in charge of the 5-day clinic. | in iiihimmih i inn JOE F.tBANK , Daytona. ia shown as he made a 20-foot putt on the 9th green in qualify in* Sunday for the 12th annual invitation tournament at the Country Club here. Eubank qual ified with a 69. (Mountaineer Photo). Other pictures and story can i he found on page teven. | Ray Hart. Safety Director of The Dayton Rubber Company. Dayton. Ohio, will be guest speaker al the. 'Fire Exhibition to ty held at the Waynesville High School on Thurs day, August 25th at 7:00 pm Mr. Hart has over twenty years experience in police work, plant protection, fire prevention and in dustrial safety. He has. beeh with The Dayton Rubber Company for the past fourteen years and prior to that'time he was employed by the State of Illinois. The Western North Carolina Safety Council will be guests of The Dayton Rubber Company on that evening and alt other groups In the county interested in fire pre vention and fighting are also in vited The show is open to the pub lic and parents are invited to bring the entire family for this event. A twelve-man team from Dayton Rubber Company's Waynesville Plant *will demonstrate the tech niques in Industrial Fire Fight ing. Some members of this team have been on the Dayton Rubber Fire Brigade stnee It was organ ized in the middle 1940 s and it is expected they will give an interest ing show for the evening. Highway Record For . 1955 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed.... 1 (1954 ? 2) Injured.... 69 ! (1954 ? 24) Accidents 122 Loss.. $50,416 (This information com piled from records ol State Highway Patrol.)