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>(). 101 20 PAGES Associated PreSs WAYNESV1LLE, N. C? THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. ft. 1955 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
|) Men Now At Work In Unagusta Plant No. 1
Lies y. perry, jr.,
lekcted president of the
? Ministerial Association.
isters
cuss
legation
gwood Ministerial As
elected officers at the
meeting held Monday,
a panel diseussion on
I. The meetirg was held
airal Methodist Church,
th Rev. Earl Brendall,
?charge.
the business session a
lea was made for the
fciontribut" liberally to
?tf Disaster Fund.
?pY. ferry, Jr., Grace
?hffch. Waynesville,
^?resident: Dr. L. B. j
m Methodist Church.
Bfc the Rev. J. G.
Bat Baptist Church,
?el discussion on segre
I Maiiters?Page 7)
masters
fo Meet
ay Night
yder. Tcil Stackpole.
r Justice are the sched
ers at a meeting of the
t Toastmasters Club at
Monday night, starting
t Dr C. R. Border was
an alternate speaker,
ogers will be the toast
V Ellis will give the in
and Charles Under
invocation. ?
lapd will be table topics
Kk Felmet table topics
I Dr. Jack Dickerson
In. and A1 Hunt master
lr for the three speeches
Walter Francis, Wayne
W Robert Hall.
Wellco Paying $30,000 In
Profit-Sharing On 15th
Next Thursday, some $30,000 in cash will go to Wellco Shoe
Company employees as the second half of the firm's profit-sharing
plan is paid.
The other $30,000 was paid in August.
The announcement was made today by Heinz Rollman, presi
dent of the firm, which employs about 350 people.
Besides the extra cash to be paid on the 15th, each Wellco
employee will get a 5-pound turkey as a gift from the firm for
Christmas.
The profit-sharing plan was inaugurated several years ago
by Mr. Rollman in the firm here, wliich^ means an additional aver
age of $5,000 per month paid to the employees.
TVA Recommends Changes
In Maggie Development
Woman's Club
Needs Toys For
Community Tree
The annual Community Christ
mast Tree, sponsored by the Way
nesville Woman's Club, will be
held Friday, December 23, at 3
p.m.
The club is asking for dona
tions of used or new toys to be
distributed to children at that
time. The toys may be left with
Mrs. C. F. Kirkpatrick at the Le
Faine or donors may call Mrs.
Kirkpatrick and make arrange
ments for having the gifts picked
up.
Burley 21
Brings Ross
$63 Average
The highest average reported
thus far for burley tobacco in
Haywood County has been the crop
sold by Boy H. Ross of Jonathan
Creek community for an average
of more than $63 per hundred
pounds.
County Agent Virgil L. Holloway
said Mr. Ross cold 3.280 pounds
of Burley 21 variety of tobacco
for a total of $2,077. The crop was
grown on 1.3 acre.
The highest amount paid to Mr.
Ross was $66 for three baskets of
burley and the lowest was 58 cents.
Mr. Holloway said the Jonathan
Creek farmer used 1,400 pounds
of 3-9-6 fertilizer and 100 pounds
of nitrate of soda to grow the new
Burley 21 variety.
The county agent added that
Ross was "highly satisfied" with
the results obtained from the wild
fire-resistant leaf.
Changes in development plans
for Maggie Valley is advised by the
Tennessee Valley Authority in light
of flood possibility,
A TVA flood study made public
last night said a major flood, which
"can be reasonably expected" at
some time in the future, would
inundate the entire valley floor
from the western end to Dell
wood.
The information contained in the
study of floods on Jonathan Creek,
which runs through the valley, was
explained at a meeting of the Mag
gie Kiwanis Club by James E. God
dard, chief of TVA's local flood
relations branch.
In declaring a need for the es
tablishment of a Maggie Floodway
District, however, the report says
the prohibition of structures within
the district would not render the
land' valueless.
It suggests the land could be
utilized for activities which would
suffer only slight damage in the
event of a flood: farming, grazing,
stockyards, golf courses, golf driv
ing ranges, playgrounds, public
parks, quarries, parking lots and
transient amusements such as cir-'
cuses and carnivals.
(See TVA?Page 7)
Six Going Down
Monday To Attend
Industrial Meet
Six representatives of the Cham
ber of Commerce will leave Sun
day for Raleigh to attend a meet
ing which was called to bring
about closer coordination of agen
cies and groups working for fur
ther industrial development in the
state.
Those planning to attend from
here include: Richard Bradley,
president; Ned Tucker, executive
vice president; C. N. Allen, presi
dent of the 30 Club; G. C. Fergu
son, town manager; Senator Wil
liam Medford, and H. P. McCar
roll, chairman of the industrial
committee.
The conference is being sponsor
ed'by the Department of Conserva
tion and Development's commerce
and industry division. To it have
been invited some 600 mayors,
Chambers of Commerce executives,
and representatives of industrial
development groups throughout
the State, Dallas Daily, chief of
the C&D Department's commerce
and industry division, said.
Robert M. Hanes of Winston
Salem, chairmna of the commerce
and industry committee of the
State Board of Conservation and
Development, will preside.
on Delayed On Request
Milk Price Increase
if Milk Commission yes
iyed action on a request j
crease in the wholesale
lilk following a hearing
Irthouse in Asheville.
dairy farmers, repre
?ducers in milk market
No. 8, appeared before
ssion to call for a "fair
? retail milk sales.
?farmers pointed to in
duction costs to sup
request.
"liR was called to re
knce and information
' petition filed jyith the
11 on Oct. 13 by 25 pro
elp Fight TB
ducers in the Asheville and Bun
combe County area asking that the
nine-member commission consider
an increase in prices paid to the
producer.
The present price paid produc
ers for Class I milk is $6.25 per
hundred pounds throughout the
state. The commission recently
granted a temporary boost to $6.50
in a number of eastern counties.
(See Milk?Page 7)
Home Destroyed By Fire,
Gibsons Find New Dwelling
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gibson and
their six small children, who were
made homeless by a fire which
gutted the interior of their home
on Hill St. last Friday morning,
have now moved into a new home
and other needs of the family
have now been taken care of.
This was disclosed Tuesday by
county welfare workers, who said
that the Gibsons are now living in
a home ofT East St.. formerly occu
pied by Mrs. Eugene Wright
Since they lost all their posses
sions last Friday, the Gibsons have
been given large stocks of fftod and
clothing, mattresses and bed
clothes, coal stoves and a heater,
kitchen utensils, and other house
hold utensils.
The family also was given money
to buy additional groceries and
'
their light and water bills were
paid.
According to an investigation
made by a welfare worker this
week, the Gibsons need nothing
further.
R. L. PREVOST, SR., president of Unagusta
Manufacturing Company, shows Rep. George A.
Sbuford, center, and Henry Gordon, Small Busi
ness Administration appraiser, the complete loss
of the $750,000 Plant No. 2 as the group discussed
the procedure necessary for a government loan
with which to rebuild the plant.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Disaster Fund Reaches
$3,500 At Noon Today
? ? ?
Present All Set
For Employees
Of Unagusta Co.
Here's a little Christmas pres.
ent secret for every employee of
Unagusta Manufacturing Com
pany.
Shortly before Chr' .imas
there will be a three-pound
fruit cake for you ? a Christ
mas present.
The presents have already
been bought and being prepar
ed for you.
"Oh, who is It from?" you ask.
Since the secret has been let
out this far, the rest might as
well be told. i
The gift is from Wellco Shoe
Corporation, Heinz W. {tollman,
president.
Sheriff Campbell ,
Will Be Moved
Back To County
Sheriff Fred Y. Campbell of
Haywood County has continued to
show improvement in his recovery
from injuries suffered Friday
morning in a prison truck wreck
in West Asheville and will be
moved from Memorial Mission
Hospital today to the home of his
sister, Mrs. Grace Plott, at Maggie.
The sheriff, the prison truck
drver; and' eight prisoners were
hurt when their vehicle, bound for
Central Prison at Raleigh, skidded
on an icy highway in West Ashe
ville and overturned.
The Haywood Disaster Fund was
slightly over $3,500 at noon today.
Paul Davis, chairman announced.
Several sizeable contributions
have been indicated, and are ex
pected to be turned in shortly,
Chairman Davis said.
Among tt^g sizeable contribu
tions w{^ the Grace Episcopal
church, with a contribution of $200.
The church has 100 members.
Chairman Davis said he had re
ceived some checks from out-of
i toylv people who are interested in
the fund.
The special committee for the
disaster fund is slated to meet
this afternoon and discuss several
matters, Davis said.
Tentative plans are to operate
the dime boards in both Waynes
ville and Hazelwood Friday and
Saturday. The decision as to their
operation beyond Saturday will be
determined late today.
The funds raised will be admin
istered through the United Fund,
i via a special committee working
with several agencies in the area.
Employees of Wellco Shoe Cor
poration were making out pledges
this afternoon, it was learned. The
total will be known later this week,
according to Grady Crawford,
president of the Wellco Union, who
is heading the campaign there.
Heinz Rollman, president of
Wellco, said that on his travels all
over the world he has never come
across such spontaneous generosity
(See Disaster?Page 7)
BROWN IN D. C. HOSPITAL
C. E. Brown, Sr., of Clyde, who
is now working as a clerk in the
document rodm of the U. S. Capi
tol at Washington is reported in
an improved condition now after
entering a hospital in the capital
city Sunday.
? ? ?
Gibson Infant
Needs A Ride To
Enter Hospital
Linda ttibson, 16-months-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Gibson, whose borne on Hill St.
was destroyed by fire last Fri
day, is scheduled to be admit
ted to Bowman .Gray Hospital at
noon Tuesday, but neoda a ride
to Winston-Salem.
Little Linda has been in Hay
wood County Hospital recently
and has shown improvement,
but her mother said doctors have
informed her that she needs
diagnostic studies and further
treatment.
Mrs. Gibson added that phy
sicians have advised her against
trping to take her on a bus
because of the long ride and
poor connections between here
and Winston-Salem.
A ride either on Monday or
early Tuesday would get Linda
at Bowman-Gray* in time to be
admitted on schedule.
Any person who can provide
transportation to Winston.Salem
for Mrs. Gibson and her daugh
ter are asked to call Mrs. Willard
Francis at GLendale 6-8325.
Pre-Christmas
Schedule Set
At Postoffice
The WaynesviHe post office will
be open all day Saturday, Decem
ber 17, and Saturday, December 24
and also on Wednesday, December
14 &nd Wednesday, December 21,
Postmaster Enos Boyd announced
today.
The post office windows are cus
tomarily closed at noon on Satur
day and in recent weeks have start
ed closing at noon on Wednesday.
The special hours will continue
through Christmas, Mr. Boyd add
ed.
$216,755 Alloted Haywood
From State School Fund
Haywood County will receive
$216,755.98 in the final distribution
oi North Carolina's $50,000,000
school fund, the State Board of
Education reported Wednesday.
Western North Carolina coun
ties have been allotted $3*470,796,
the report said, which is based on
the need, ability, and effort to
meet local schooF needs.
In Haywood County the funds
will be divided between county
system schools and those in the
Canton district with Canton likely
to (eceive about 30 per cent of the
total.
A 1953 act of the legislature
authorized a 50-million-dollar bond
issue for school building provided
that half of the money be distrib
uted under a formula taking into
account school needs, local ability
to meet needs, and efforts made
to do so.
Some plans have reportedly been
made in the county concerning in
tended use of the state funds, but
Superintendent of Schools Law
rence Leatherwood was out of town
today and not available for com
ment.
Engineers Drawing Plans
For Modern Plant; Program
01 Financing Discussed
An air of determination prevailed throughout the Unagusta
Manufacturing Company's offices this morning. The feeling was
justified, because:
?there were more than 90 men at work in Plant No. 1;
--engineers are at work on blue prints for a modern build
ing to replace burned Plant No. 2;
?financiers have given the owners of Unagusta much en
couragement for financing the cost of a modern plant;
?it is possible that actual construction on the new plant can
begin by February first;
?Plant No. 1 is getting materials from a large number of .
suppliers, as other furniture manufacturers and suppliers all over
the state are "leaning oVer backwards" to get materials to Unagusta
in order thaf production at Plant No. 1 continue.
ml -A ?* ' ' ' ' * ** ' *
incsc an- pari ui me inings mat
created an atmosphere of deter
mination this morning around the
Unagusta offices.
The owners, in the one short
week since the disastrous fire of
December 1, have traveled over
a large part of several states, talk
ing to hundreds of firms over the
phone, and gotten the wheels turn
ing for an early replacement of the
plant which hurned in Haywood's
worst fire, doing some $750,000
damages.
A ylose inspection of the ma
chinery in the burned plant has
verified what the owners expected
?a total loss. The terrific heat,
and more than a million gallons of
water poured onto the blaxe made
the thousands of dollars worth of
equipment now worth just junk
prices. *
Workmen had to use hose to
wet (I?-<** sev ?ral spots tn the heap
of ashes Monday, and Tuesday
noon, as smoke was oozing up from
a number of places.
R. L. Prevost, Sr., president of
the firm, said the pla/is for the
new plant call for a one-story
building, fireproof, 'all concrete
floor, and the machinery arranged
for stream-lined production.
Tentative plans are for a build
ing of concrete blocks; steel win
dow sash, and a fireproof roof.
When questioned about the
(See Unagusta?Page 8)
39 To Attend
LuncheonFor
CDP Awards
Thirty - nine Haywood County
residents?including a delegation
of 23 from RatclifTe Cove and the
chairmen of the other 11 organized
communities in the county?will
attend a luncheon at the Battery
Park Hotel at noon Saturday when
the awards in the annual Western
North Carolia CDP contest will be
announced.
Principal speaker on the program
will be Dr. Paul Sanders of Rich
mond, Va., editor of "The Southern
Planter".
Sixteen WNC communities are
competing for a total of 10 prizes.
Haywood County's representa- 1
tive is RatclifTe Cove, winner in
the county contest as announced
at the Tobacco Festival.
RatclifTe Cove was judged for the
district contest November 16. !
Soil Conservation Election
Balloting Ends Saturday
Voting for a new Haywood
Count)- Soli Conaervation District
supervisor will end Saturday at
11 polling places In the county. .
Voters will select one of two
candidates for the soil conserva
tion post ? Joe S. Davis of White
Oak or Mrs. Carl Medford of Lake
Junaluska.
The winner will replace Her
1
schell Rogers, whose present term
expires December 31 of this year. (
All persons eligible to vote In f
a general election are eligible to
vote in the Soil Consercatiou Dis
trict election.
Other members of the three-man
soil conservation board are Van C.
Wells of West Pigeon and D. J.
Boyd of Jonathan Creek.
Ballut boxes for the voting this
week will be at:
Farmer's Federation in Canton;
Robert Messer's Store at Cecil,
Pigeon Valley Store in Pigeon;
Poston's Store at Cruso, Burgin's
Store at Dellwood, Mark Fergu
son's Store at Fines Creek, Ralph
Boyd's Store at Jonathan Creek,
Sam Ledford's Store at White Oak,
Suttles Store at Clyde, Duckett's
Store at Crabtree, and the county
Farm agent's office at the Haywood
Courthouse.
FUNEBAfcr SERVICES MU be
held Fridir 'afternoon tor Rw.
R. P. McCracken, 82, well known
Baptist preacher of this section
of North Carolina.
Funeral For
McCracken
Set Friday
The Rev. Robert Pinckney Me*
Cracken, of Lake Junaluska, well*
known and beloved retired Baptist
minister, died early Wednesday
morning in a Waynesville nursing
home after a lingering illness.
A member of one of Haywood's
pioneer families, Mr. McCracken
has served as pastor of numerous
churches in Macon, Madison, and
Haywood Counties, until his retire
ment a year ago. His last active
pastorate was at the Hazelwood
Baptist Church.
Mr. McCracken was born in
1873, the son of the late J. M. Lt
and Sophia Penland McCracken of
Crabtree. He attended grammar
school under the late R. A. Son
telle and went two vears to the
old A. and M. College in Raleigh,
now N. C. State College. During
summer vacations, he worked at
the college as a carpenter, help
ing to construct some of the pres
ent buildings on the campus.
A devoted church member from
(See McCracken?Page 8)
Burley Farmers Will Meet Monday
Haywood farmers will hear de
tails of the new hurley referendum
at a meeting here Monday, Decem
ber 12, at 2:30, it wag announced
today by A. W. Ferguson, manager
for the ASC in Haywood county.
The meeting will be held*in the
courthouse.
Fergufon said representatives of
the state and federal Department
of Agriculture would be the speak
ers for the meeting, and would
discuss the problems concerning
the production and marketing of
burley tobacco.
All burley producers, together
with businessmen, agricultural
leaders, and all other interested
persons are invited to attend, Fer
guson said.
The county ASC manager said
that the Secretary of Agriculture
has proclaimed Marketing Quotas
on the 1956 crop of bui'ley tobacco
and has announced that the refer
endum for marketing quotas for
1996, 1997 and 1098 will he held
on Thursday, December 29.
Farm acreage allotments for
1956 will be approximately 19%
less than the 1958 allotments, ex
cept that allotments of 0.50 and
less will not be reduced In moat
cases. <
Singing Convention
To Meet Here Sunday
The Haywood County Singing
Convention will be held at 1:30
p.m. Sunday at the courthouse.
Ray Parker of Canton, president,
ivill be in charge.
A number of vocal groups is ex
pected to participate in the pro
gram.
Highway
Record For
1955
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed 3
(1954 ? 3)
Injured.... 85
(1954 ? 66)
Accidents 172
Loss$78,920
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plled from resorts a4
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LOCAL STORES Grocery TO REMAIN UFEN THIS tit ID AY N1UHT UNTIL 3 FJYL