E? The W4ynesville Mountaineer ! 3p* j |-j Published Twice-A-Week In The County Sfeat of Haywood County At T he Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park O- ? 71st YEAR NO. 31 12 PAGES Associated Press ~~ 1 ~ WAYNESVILLE. N. L\. MONDAY AFTKHNOON, APRIL16, 1956 if3J50 In AdvanceTnHaywood and Jackson Counties Leaders Elated At Pigeon River News ART SHEPARD opened his new drive-in restaurant, formerly Spaldon's, on North Main St. this morning. The restaurant, special ising in "old-fashioned mountain cooking," will be bpen from 6 a.m. until midnight seven days a week. (Mountaineer Photo) Pouring Of Unagusta Concrete Set Pouring of concrete for the foundation of the new Unagusta furniture plant in Hazelwood will get under way this week?weather "permitting?according to J. W. Wheelon of Black Mountain, job superintendent on the construction ! site. Mr. Wheelon said he hopes to i complete work on the foundation by the first at May . _ , He said he has had IS Unagusta employees working on the new plant the past several weeks, and expects to put on from 15 to 18 more soon. All are workers from the No. 2 plant, which was destroy ed by fire November 30. Mr. Wheelon praised the Una gusta workers, remarking that they are as good as he has seen during his 18 years in contruction work in 12 states. Massie To Attend Methodist Meeting In Minneapolis Hugh Massie will leave Sunday ! afternoon for the quadrennial j meeting of the General Conference of the Methodist Church in Min neapolis, Minn,, which will take place April 25-May. 9. Mr. Massie will be a delegate from the West ern North Carolina Conference, and was elected at the annual con ference jln Charlotte last Septemb er. At He meeting, which takes place eVery four years, the laws and rules for the Methodist Church for the ensuing four years are made. ! Mr. $assie is on the Bo^rd of Trustees of the Methodist Assem bly at lake Junaluska and chair man of 1 its building and grounds commit tpe. Mrs. Massie will accompany Mr. Massie to the meeting. They ex pect to be gone about two weeks. Expressions Point To Urgent Need ? Business and civic leaders of the area are enthusiastic over the fu ture of the Pigeon River Road, ac cording to responses to a query by The Mountaineer. Most frequent comment was "the greatest thing that's ever happened to the county a^d the area." To the 'question, "What do you think the new pigeon River Road 1 will mean to the whole of Western : North Carolina?" leaders replied as follows: Charles E. Ray: "1 think it will help us develop a much larger tourist business. I think it will ex tend the season, in that it will bring to Western North Carolina a great deal of North and South traffic from the New England and mid-Western areas to Florida in the spring and fall. "I think it will enauie us to at tract industries because it will make it possible to handle heavy truck traffic much more advantag eously. "I think it will increase the de mand for Haywood County lands from the standpoint of farmers, tourists and others. "In other words I think it will not only help Haywood County but the entire area. I would like to (See Pigeon River?Page 5> County Dog Inoculations Under Way Inoculation of Haywood County Dogs for rabies started today, and will continue through May 9. State law reuires that all dogs three months old or older must be vaccinated, and must have 1956 dog tags. Dog warden Ernest Chambers said that when the clinics are ovpr, all dogs which have not been in oculated against rabies will be picked up. . Inoculation clinics were sched uled today in the Saunook and Hyatt Creek area. The schedule for the remainder of the week is: | Tuesday?Buchanan's Store, Al- I lens Creek, 4 p.m.; Aliens Grocery, Camp Branch, 4:45 p.m.; Muse's Corner, Aliens Creek, 5:30 p.m., and Frady's Store, Aliens Creek, 6 p.m. Wednesday ? Cline and Brad ley, Hazelwood, 4 p.m.; Hazelwood Fire Department, 4:45 p.m.; Eagle's Nest Grocery, Sulphur Springs Road, 5:30 p.m., and Waynesville Laundry, 6:15 p.m. Thursday ? Ninevah ? Baptist Church, 4 p.m.; store at Pigeon Street School, 4:45 p.m.; Old Cent ral Elementary School, 5:15 p.m., and Noland Mill, Frog Level, 6 p.m. Friday ? Green's Grocery. Rog ers Cove, 4 p.m.; McElroy's Store, Dellwood Road. 4:30 p.m.; Barber ville Church, 5:15 p.m., and Grady's Cash Grocery, Band" Mill Bottom, 6 p.m. Saturday ? Charlie's Place, 9:30 a.m.; East Waynesville Super ette, 10;15 a.m.;, Ratcliffe Cove Grocery, 11 a.m.; and Hallett Ward Service Station, 12 noon. Plans Set For Sending WTHS Band To Miami Plans for sending the Waynes ville Township High School senior band to Miami for the Lions Inter national convention June 27-30 have been announced by the Waynesyflle Lions Club. The main event in the program to raise money to send the WTHS musicians to the Sunshine City will be a costume band concert at the high school auditorium Thurs day, May 3, At this concert, band members will wear various cos tumes, vying for three $15 prizes to be given to the winners for ex pense money in Miami, The program to be presented at the May 3 concert also will be con siderably different than others in the past ? with be-bop. and rock and roll numbers sharing the spot light with more conventional selec tions. At Miami, the Waynesville band will represent District 31-A of the North Carolina Lions, which in- i eludes 46 clubs from Ellenboro to Murphy. Five more North Carolina high school bands will represent the other Ave Lions districts in the state. The state Lions organization has contributed $1,000 to send the Waynesville band to Miami, and the local Lions Club has already I (See Band?Page $> WINDY The Weather ^^3? r * Windy, cooler. , Official temperature as reported by the State Test Farm: Date Max. Min. Free. April 12 61 27 .02 April 13 64 31 ? April 14 69 31 .02 April 15 70 53 1.16 The Test Farm reports that be tween 5:30 p.m. April 15 and this morning an additional 1.09 Inches of raid fell. TOP CONTESTANTS in the third annual Haywood County spelling been held at Central Elementary School Friday night were: (first row, left to right) Barbara White of Central, first in the elementary division; Carolyn Sneison of North Canton, sec ond, and Judy Revis of Patton, third; (second row) Sandra Sheffield of Bethel, first in the junior high division; Joe Ledford of Fines Creek, second, and Frankie Trull of Cruso. third; (third row) I.eona Davis of Waynrsville High. first in thr high school division: Robert Deas of Canton, sec - ond. and Janice Frady of Bethel, third. Standing in the rear are W. N. Freel of Canton, (left) who presented cash prices to the first, second, and third competitors in each division, and C. C. Poindexter of Bethel, director of thr spelling bee. (Mountaineer Photo). Mostly Smoke, Not Much Fire At Courthouse The Waynesviile Fwe Depart ment clanged down the atreet on the double; smoke boiled up and drifted over the lawn; a crowd gathered as fast as a crowd can gather on a Saturday noon, the only missing ingredient was the typical roaring blase, as an ; alarm went In that there was a fire at the Courthouse. To the undoubted disappoint ment of some hopeful spectators, the fire was only brush. Pre sumably children playing on the bank below the Courthouse had set afire some of the boney suckle. Damage to children, none. Damage to honeysuckle, good riddance. New 6-Inch Water Line . Goes To Lake A 6-inch water main In being laid out Dellwood road to Lake Junaluska, and will tie-in with the present system of the Lake, giv ing a dual supply line, it was an- ; nounced today. The project will cost about $14, 000 and is being financed by the Lake, Town of Waynesviile, and patrons' along the Dellwood road. The new line will give the Lake more pressure, and assurance of ample water in the event one main breaks. A large number of new taps have been added on the Lake sys tem within the past few years, and the consumption of water is show ing an increase each season. Central, Bethel. WTHS Tops In Spelling Bee j waynesvine c-enirai tienieinaiy, < Bethel and Waynesville High School took the three top prizes in j the third annual Haywood Coupty ] spelling bee. held Friday night ^n the Central School auditorium. Barbara White of Central was first in the elementary division. Sandra Sheffield of Bethel was first in the junior high division, and eona Davis of WTHS was first in the high school contest. In the elementary event, Caro lyn Snelson of North Canton was the runner-up, being eliminated on the word "character". Barbara White won by spelling that word and "prairie". In third place was Judy Revis of Patton School of Canton. In the junior high event. Joe ' Ledford of Fines Creek was ruri ner-up, going out on "diamond". Miss Sheffield won the contest by spelling that word and "coarse". In third place was Frankie Trull of Cruso. Robert Deas of Canton was the runner-up in the senior high event, being eliminated on "confection-! ery". Miss Davis won by spelling I that word and "crochet" in the (See Spelling?Page 5) BOB FRANCIS TO SPEAK "People are Funny and Some a;e Even Lopsided" will be the i topic of Bob Francis tcnight at tne j I irst Baptist Church in Monroe. Mr. Francis has received two other speaking invitations, one in Abbeville at a gathering of TVA members and agricuPur.il workers from about 15 states and the other before Test Demonstration Farm ers at Muscle Shoals, Ala. Tokyo Mail Gets Here In 3 Days M. G. -Niamey has no com plaint of mail Mrvicr between here and Japan. Nat. Miles Stamey mailed a letter April Xth from a point about 100 miles from Tokyo. On April 11, the letter was deliver ed in WaynenvUle. The Waynesville lawyer is wondering on just what type of jet that letter traveled. Dr. Doris Hammett Will Speak At Medical Meeting Dr. Doris B. Hammett of Waynes ville will be one of the speakers at the spring meeting of the 10th District ^ledical Society at the Skyland Hotel at Hendersonville Wednesday. Dr. Hammett. a pediatrician, will speak on "Gastric Dilation and Hemorrhage in Acute Infectious Diseases of infancy and Child hood.'' A business session will start with registration at 1 p.m., and end at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday evening a social hour aud buffet supper will be held at the Hendersonville Elks Club, where writer John Parris of Sylva wijl speak on "Mountain Medicine". Among officers of the 10th Dis trict Medical Society is Dr. J. R. Westmoreland of Canton, third vice president. County-Wide 4-H Talent Contest Is Set Thursday ? The annual county-wide 4-H Club talent contest will be held in the Hazelwood School auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, it has been announced. ' Both individual and group acts wille be presented. The four top winners in the contest will represent Haywood County in the district meet at AsheviUe /*pril 28. Engineer Explains Reason For Pigeon River Route RALEIGH