THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER^^:
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Jerry Liner, Two Sons, Are Pushing Central Apartments To Completion
Completion
Is Set For
October 1st
The pushing to completion of
the Central Apartments?a 30-unit
project?by October first, is the re
sult of' a father and two sons work
ing as a team to meet a tight?dead
line.
The Jerry Liner Construction
Company is the owner of the Cen
tral Elementary school which is
being converted into 30 modern
apartments. The company is com
posed of Jerry Liner, Sr.,,and two
sons. Jerry, Jr., and Howard.
Since this year marks the 40th
anniversary of Jerry, Sr. entrance
into the general contracting busi
ness here, it is significant that he
have associated with him in execu
tive capacities, his two sons.
The work of converting the form
er Central school into modern
apartments began some weeks ago.
The 30 apartments will consist of
22 two-bedroom units. 6 one-bed
room units, and 2 efficiency apart
ments, k
All electric liitchens will be a
feature of every apartment. Each
unit will have an electric refriger
ator, range, dishwasher, water
heater.
Heat and water will be furnish
ed, with an Individual control for
heat in each apartment. All apart
ments will be wired for TV.
Individual mail boxes, and an
inter-communication system will
also be a feature of the building.
Liner said. An automatic self
controlled elevator and dry gar
bage disposal chutes will serve
every floor.
Liner said that persons making
applications now for an apartment
could select their own color
scheme and the aparament would
be finished according to the speci
fications.
The drawings tor the sound
proofed structure were made by
Jerry Liner, Jr.. now taking build
ing construction technology at
Georgia Tech. After finishing high
school here, he attended Mars
Hill College, and then went to
Western Carolina College. After
graduating there served two years
in the Army, going to Korea, as a
sergeant. Upon his discharge from
the Army, he studied civil engi
neering at State College, and then
entered Georgia Tech.
Howard Liner is general man
ager, in charge of some 5750,000
worth of construction in Western
North Carolina at present. After
finishing Waynesvflle high, where
he starred as a football player, he
entered Richmond Professional
Institute, where he studied archi
tectural designing, and then en
tered N. C. State and finishing his
engineering course, specializing in
civil engineering.
He graduated from N. C. State
in 1953, and took over the posi
tion as superintendent of the $400.
000 Bethel school project. After the
Bethel job he superintended the
First Baptist church project in
Brevard, and is now general super
intendent of all building under
construction, which includes; an
elementary school. Bakersville; an
elementary school, Marble; the
renovation of the old gym, Clyde;
senior high school. Murphy, and
the Davidson Rlvef Presbyterian
church, Brevard.
Jerry Liner, Sr..-began the Jurt
aluska Supply Company in 1910.
which he still operates as a gen
eral store, as well as lumber and
buiiding' materials. In 1916 he
entered into the contracting busi
ness. and has built hundreds of
structures since that time, includ
ing some 28 schools in Havwood.
plus schools, churches, and business
buildings throughout Western
North Carolina and upper South
Carolina.
Asked as to what position he_
would hold in the company, along
with his two sons, he said: "He
would just keep on working at
Whatever came up."
*He has several large contracts
for new structures in this area, in
cluding a church which will cost
about a half million dollar*.
On the heels of the completion
of the drawings for the Central
Apartments, Mr. Liner received
from Georgia Tech a letter from
the dean about Jerry, Jr., pointing
out the excellent work he was do
ing, and that for the past quarter
he had made the honor roll, with
a scholastic rating of 3.82. where
only 3 00 is necessary for the dis
tinction.
JERRY LINER
JERRY LINER. JR.
HOWARD LINER
Greater Emphasis
On Youth Program
In Churches Urged
The United Christian Youth
Movement in Evansville, Indiana,
polled 1500 of the city's high school
youth recently ? and learned,
among other things, some of the
changes churches can make to
"make youth go to church more
often". The leading suggestions
were: "Sermons with more mean
ing for young people," "Better
youth activities," "Discussion of
youth problems." "More opportun
ities for youth participation." "Bet
ter explanation of meaning of re
ligion." "More understanding of
youth by church,'? "Better trained
and more interesting leaders.'
"Less criticism of'youth," "Young
people thould feci inore welcome."
Two Governors Allocated
Almost Two Millions For
Pigeon River Highway
EDITOR'S NOTE?This is the j
second chapter on the history of
the Pigeon River Road. The first
part was published last Thurs
day. This history was compiled
by the editor of The Mountain
eer.
?
But let's leave the present for
a moment and go back to 1929,
when J. G. Stikeleather, Sr., of
Asheville, proposed that fhe state
and county jointly build the road
down Pigeon River, with Haywood
County selling bonds for their half
of the total cost of the project.
The Haywood County commis
sioners turned down the proposal,
since the Tennessee and North
Carolina Railroad was still in oper
ation. and continued to refuse to
sell a right-of-way. And too. the
railroad was hauling materials to
points near Waterville for the
construction of the hydro-electric
dam and power plant of the Caro
lina Power and Light Company.
The Haywood officials did not want
any interruption on the project.
Just as soon as the power plant
and dam were finished, it appear
ed to be a logical time to renew
efforts to see about re-opening
plans for building the Pigeon River
Road. The advocates of the pro
ject had Just started when they
learned that TVA was considering
building a dam on Pigeon River
and which would send backwater
all the way to Lake Junaluska and
Clyde,
Faced with the possibility of
TVA flooding of the area, those be
hind the project realized no high
way could be constructed down
Pigeon River.
The threat of the TVA dam hung
like a dark cloud over the heads
of the advocates of the road down
the river, until the last few months
of the administration of Governor
Gregg Cherry in 1948. One day
TVA suddenly announced ail plans
for building a dam on Pigeon Riv
er were scrapped, and the area was
wide open for the proposed road.
Governor Cherry put his highway
engineers to work on the project,
and they, too, like other engineers
before them 'and also sincei found
the proposed highway down Pigeon
River feasible, because It offered a
wkter-grade route, and would also
Ije an all-weather highway.
With the survey complete. Gov
ernor Cherry was so pleased he al
located $450,000 out of highway
surplus funds to the project two
uays Deiore Christmas. 1949. It was
| the finest Christmas present this
area ever received.
former Governor Kerr Scott
was quick to see the need of the
road and as soon as surplus high
1 way funds were available, he added
$500,000 more to the Pigeon Riv
er account. Engineers in their es
timates found the $950,000 fund
was not sufficient to grade a rea
sonable link of the road, so Gov
ernor Scott added $1,000,000 from
later acquired surplus funds, bring
ing the total to $1,950,000.
With almost two millions in
hand, the matter of acquiring a
20-mile right-of-way began. And
here an almost unbelievable ac
complishment took place. Twenty
miles of right-of-way were given
without cost to the state. The bnly
'single cost being the .removal of
two small, inexpensive houses.
This free right-of-way Is believed
to be a record in the state. Any
way. it represented a huge savings
to the state, and meant that all of
the $1,950,000 allocation could be
spent on construction.
In February, 1953. the State
Highway Commission let a contract
for grading 6.59 miles from the
North Carolina-Tennessee line to
Cold Springs.
Work began within a few weeks,
and almost six years to the day
that Governor Cherry made the
first allocation to the road, the con
tractor finished the grading of the
6.59-mile link, and moved his
equipment away.
While the contractor was blast
ing rock, and grading for the water
grade road on the banks of the riv- ,
er, crews of highway engineers ?
were working several miles ahead, j
making the final detailed surveys
of the next six-mile link, from ,
Cold Springs to the mouth of Fines j
Creek. .
Just as the contractor was mov- -
ing out his equipment after finish
ing the grading, the Tennessee
Highway Commission checked their
north-south routes and went on
record asking that the Pigeon Riv
er Road be put on the interstate
system. This would be worth much
to both states from a financial
standpoint as federal funds are
spent on interstate roads.
The Tennessee request came In
December, 1954.
It is 13 miles from here to Cove
Creek: 2 miles from Cove. Creek
to the state line, and 18 miles from
the line on to Newport, Tenn.
Saturday Night
Square Dances
Start This Week
Saturday night square dances
will be resumed at the Waynes
ville Armory, starting April 21.
under the sponsorship of the local
lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose.
The dances will feature Pete
Hill's string band with "Bug" Kuy
kendall as caller. Hours will be
from 8 p.m. until midnight, and
admission will be 50 cents a per
son.
Proceeds will go into the Moose
0
lodge welfare fund. k
The dances have been planned a
it the armory, Moose officials said, 0
in the belief that the Waynesville a
area needs more entertainment. u
Industry And Building
Loan Associations Vital
Progress, Says Prevost
"An expanding industrial pro-1
gram and a progressive building
and loan association go hand-in
hand In a community," R. L. Pre
vost, industrialist president of the
Haywood Home Building and Loan
Association told Rotarians here
Friday.
"A progressive building and
loan association plays an import- ,
ant indirect role in the life and
development of industry," the in
dustrialist said.
"Here in Haywood county we
have three thriving associations
with assets totaling over nine mil
lion dollars. This is far above the
average for counties in the state."
Prevost, who has been a director
since the local building and loan
was bounded in 1919, is one of the
two living charter members. The
other is George H. Ward, Ashe
ville. The charter members now
deceased include: Dr. J. H. Way,
J. R. Bovd. Dr. Thomas String
field, Pink Francis, Frank Miller.
S. H. Bushnell, C. K. Quinlan, and
Clyde H. Ray, Sr.
Mr. Prevost was named vice
president, and was elected to;
presidency on the death of Dr.
Way. ; I
The speaker went on to say: i
"Let's take a look at the part the
building and loan association plays 1
in the field of industry, and espec
ially in helping to locate new in- !
dustries. There is a lot of infor
mation desired by concerns seek
ing a new location ? such as,
transportation facilities, available
power, water, freight rates, tax
rates, schools, churches, the ment
al attitude of the people toward
industry, and whether or not there
are any organized facilities in the
community for supplying the ne
cessary housing quarters for work
men. That is where the building
and loan association projects itself
into the picture.
"A good, strung Building and
Loan Association, by encouraging
thrift and home ownership, sta
halizes labor conditions in the
community and gcratly reduces
labor turnover in industrial plants,
and also, through encourage
ment of thrift and home owner
ship. raises the standard of living
[or the entire community.
"Just a word or two as to what
:>ur association has been doing
>nd is doing along these lines. For
!he past five years we have made
an average of 200 loans per year
or purchasing of homes and
auilding new homes.
"For instance, in 195S we made
oans for 102 new homes and loans
or 159 purchased loans. This
neans that for the past five years
ve have helped 1.000 families to
?lther buy or build themselves a
aome in Jliis community.
"Some of you may think we are
n competition with our banking
nstitutions ? but we are not ?
ve are cooperating with them in
lelping to build up a bigger and
letter community, a community
hat we want to keep in balance
s to Industry, agriculture, and
ur tourist business. If we can
eep these in balance, we will
utomatically build up a prosper
us trading area, and that, after
11, is what we are ail striving and
;orking toward."
Revival Services
Under Way At
Hazelwood Baptist
Revival services are now in
progress at the First Baptist
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Church In Hazel wood, beginning ,
each evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Speaker is the Rev. Henry E. v
Walden. pastor of the Trinity Bap
tist Church 6f Raleigh. The Rev. j
Mr. Walden was formerly secretary i
of the Rural Church Department j
of the North Carolina Baptist v
State Convention.
The revival will continue through n
Sunday. April 22. e
Everyone is invited to attend.
WINNERS in the senior division of Ihr annual declamation contest
at Clyde School last week were Jean Hardin and Eddie Starr.
The event was sponsored by the Cl^de Woman's Cluh.
n ^ ?
r our btudents Win Annual
Clyde Declamation Contest
Judy Murray, John McCracken,
Jean Hardin, and Eddie Stan- were '
first-place winners in two decla
mation contests held at Clyde
School last week under sponsor
ship of the Clyde Woman * Cluh.
In the contest held Tuesday for
students of grades one through i
seven. Miss Murray won in the
girls' division with her presenta- :
tion of "Janice Entertains Her
Sister's Beau." I
Carolyn Lankford was second
with "Mary Ellen's Star" and
Carolyn Haynes was third with "I
speak For Democracy."
In the boys' division of the ele
nentury grades contest. John Mc
cracken won with "Down On The
[?"arm". Roger Norris was second
vith "True Heroes" and Mike
Srowh was third with "Three
jhosts and One Watermelon."
In the contest for students in
jrades eight through twelve, held
Wednesday, Miss Hardin won first
dace with "The Lady Or the
Tiger." .
Theresa Brown was second with
'Small Girl at Surprise Party",
ind Rosemary Newman was third
vith "I Am An American."
Eddie Starr was first in the
>oys' division with his presenta
ion of "Our Rich Heritage", while
like Leatherwood was second
vith "Our National Flag".
Other contestants in the ele
mentary contest were Steve Leath
rwood. Earl Newman, Sharon
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By Floyd Nelson
Color television will not require
new or special antennas. This is
due to the fact that color TV is
broadcast over the m
same frequencies as
black and white. Since I
the and design of
an antenna determines I
the frequency receiv- I
ed.. it makes no difff- W 9 ^B
ference whether a par- >?**? -.jB
ticular frequency i s ||&
used for color or B & if 2 _ J|
w |>: I
However, we have
learned at NELSON'S TV SERVICE
that the antenna assumes even a
greater importance with color than
it does with B & W. For color to
reproduce faithfully and clear, a
particularly strong signal must be
received. Just an acceptable B &
W picture from an antenna will not
produce a very good colored pic
ture.
So. purchase your antenna with
care today, even if you're only us
ing it for B 8t ?W. In another year
or two you may want to use it for
colored TV. When you phone GL
6-6581 we'll make certain that you
will understand this situation and
can decide accordingly.
Thanks...
We want to express our thanks for the fine
reception afforded our opening here today.
It is a real pleasure to meet so many fine
people of this area, and before long, we hope
to get to know you better. Come in again
soon ... We know you'll enjoy the food, and
we'll enjoy having you. ,
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? ? ? and to grow on!
OLR NOW-FAMILIAR SLOGAN "Look Ahead-Look South!"
is thirteen years old this month. But you have to count more
than the candles on this birthday cake. Count, instead, the .
number of times we have used this hard-working phrase since
it was "born."
The total is impressive ? for in these past thirteen years
? we've said "Look Ahead?Look South!" more than 420 million
times in leading financial publications and in magazines from
coast to coast. During this same period, there have been 4,203
major industrial developments along our lines alone. ?
Every time we say "I^ook Ahead? Look South!" it is an
invitation to all America to share in the opportunities of the
modern Southland. And every invitation is a bid for new
industries for the expanding South "to grow on."
For all of us, the economic development of the South is not
a thing apart. It's as close to a man as the job he holds, as
personal as his take-home pay. The future of the Southland is
your future?and ours. It never looked brighter or offered
mor. "to po? on." ^
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