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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER ?8ection WAY BACK BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR, it is said, part of the foundations ot this buildiu were laid. It had already been standing half a century when this picture was made, about >9M. John Milas Davis stands in the doorway of his Jewelry shop. WNC Community Contest Deadline Is Set Tuesday , The deadline for communities to enter the WNC Rural Community Development Contest is May 15, according to an announcement made this week by the Asheville Agricultural Development Council, sponsors of the area program. Ail communities planning to partici pate in the program this year are urged to make entry immediately if they have not already done so. All organized communities in the western counties are eligible to participate in this community, farm and home development pre gram. The winning community in each county will be judged in the area competition next November. Cash prizes of over $2,000 are be ing offered. The prizes are $500 for first place, $400 second prize, $300 third prize, $200 fourth prize, $100 fifth prize, and $50 each to all other communities in area judg ed doing a creditable job. A total of *105 communities in 16 counties were in the community development program last year Communities desiring to enter this contest, or to organize a com munity development program, are urged to contact the farm agent, home agent or other agricultural workers for information and assist ance. Operators Of Hbmes For Aged To Meet Thursday Mrs. Sam L. Queen, Superintend ent, Department of Public Welfare, announced today that an all-day workshop will be held in Waynes ville in the courtroom on Thurs day, May 17, fo roperators of board ing homes for the aged. The institute will begin at 10 a.m. and will end at 4 p.m. with operators from 18 counties in at tendance. Among the subject* to be discussed by qualified personnel will be essential safety measures, personal hygiene, good housekeep ing, accident prevention, more ef fective use of health resources, use of leisure time and related subjects. In Haywood county there are now four licensed homes plus a new one in the process of being licens ed in the Canton area. There is an increasing demand for this type of care as the life span of our aging population increase*. Mrs. Annie Mae Pemberton, Supervisor of Services to the Aged, and Miss Clara Mae Ellis, from the State Department will be in at tendance. ??MniifiiiSBii I Polio Inoculation Starts In Schools Polio inoculation clinics open today at Haywood County schools, according to Mrs. Rubye Bryson, acting head of the Health Depart ment. First shots will be given to students in grades four through twelve. The schedule for the week is as follows: Monday ? Pennsylvania Avenue and North Canton, 9 a.m.; Beaver dam and Reynolds, 12 noon; Pat ton and Morning Star, 1 p.m. Tuesday ? Fines Creek and Clyde, 9 a.m.; Crabtree-Iron Duff. 11 a.m.; Junaluska, 12 noon; Rock Hill and Canton High School, 1 p.m.; Maggie, 2 p.m. Thursday -r- Hazel wood and Cruso, 9 a.m.; Pigeon Street, 11 a.m., and Bethel, 12 noon. Friday ? Central Elementary and East WaynesviUe, 9 a.m. Waynesville High School, 11 a.m. No clinics are scheduled on Wednesday because regular clinics are held that day at the Health Center. JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, the MUaa Davis place had reached this stare. No lonrer In use as a residence, it was heinr torn down to make way lor a modern office build in*. ? (Mountaineer Photo). t ? AS CLOSE AS TOMORROW, In the life of the Milas Darts site, is this next stage in its history. Dr. Phil Medford Is construct!i* an up-to-the-minute building to house his office. (Moontaneer Photo). Old Milas Davis Residence Torn Down To Make Way For New Office Building By W. C. MEDFORD Change is the nile and law of life. The old order is fever giving way to the new. Old landmarks go down in decay and ruin and new structures take their places. And so, the old Mllas Davis resi dence that stood near the corner of Church and Montgomery for many, many years had to follow the rule. It was recently torn down and now the Dr. Phil Medford building is going up. This building, known to all old timers here, stood on the upper side of the vacant lot across frorr Ray's Sons' store. It was one ol the two remaining real old struc tures in this part of Waynesville the other being the old couti house building (corner Main anc East streets). This old Davis house (the found ation of which you see in the sec ond picture) was moved to this Ioi many years ago from the Smatheri block just above; this was wher Dr. John Smatheri built the corner drugstore and other units. The rear part of the house war about 115 years old, having beet built before the Civil War. Milai Davis did not build the origins (rear) 'part; but he did reconstruc or add onto it the front sectioi . some twenty years later, and be fore it was moved from its origins location. On this location it facet Church street (about opposite thi present Temple building) and jus to the rear of his (Davis') jeweln store (pictured aboVe). since the jewelry store faced on Main street In the first picture you see Johi Milas Davis standing in the dooi of his shop?some 55 years ago. Davis was a gifted man. He was for many years Waynesvllle's only jeweler and watchmaker, timekeep er and repair man for the big clock on the old court house dome. He was also organist for the Meth ' odist church and often led the ? choir. And ? as if all this was not enough to do, he was general mer i chant and sometimes turned his I skilled hand to carpenter work. Poet Office Was Not Here Milas Davis was postmaster for several years. But the post office 1 was not kept in this old Davis resi ? dence (as some have claimed); it - was kept in a little building that ? stood on the same lot up at the 1 original location, the post office I also facing Church Street. Mrs. W. L. Matney, a daughter ? of Mr. Davis, says she can remem - ber the people coming for their ' mail?how they would sit on the > front steps of the Davis residence. 1 The Dunham House is now just " a memory. Next the old Fraiier shop went ? and now the Milas s Davis house is no more. It leaves i in this part of town only one real i old building, the old court house 1 mentioned heretofore. 1 i A summary of the 1954 census 1 shows there are now 4.782,000 1 farms In the United States. This ? represents a decline of 600,000 ' since 1950. Humane Society ] Seeks Land For Animal Shelter Obtaining land for a shelter fjr , stray animals was declared to be j the immediate objective of the , Haywood County Humane Associa- i tlon, which held its regular month' < ly meeting Monday. ( Meanwhile the organization is < seeking someone to care for the strays until a shelter is secured. ] Since its incorporation in early ; spring, the association has been ] seeking a location for the proposed , shelter. Requirements are that the land be centrally located in the ; country, have access to a good water supply, be on or near a good , road, and be somewhat Isolated in . order to avoid disturbing people. , Until such a location can be , found, the association is seeking someone to care for the animals. The person will be paid a small fee for each animal, and the asso ciation will furnish the animal's food. Mrs. R. Gordon HUdson of Park way Knoll is chairman of the com mittee to locate the needed prop erty. Persons interested in the work of the group are invited to attend the next meeting, to be held Mon day. June 4, at 8 p m. at the W. E. Carter home at Lake Junaluska. About 80 per cent of Americans are home owners. DON'T TEAK OFF THE OLD ROOF BECAUSE IT LEAKS . ? ? RENEW IT SEE BEN SLOAN BoUding Maintenance Materials P.O. Box 4 GL 8-8982 Edwards Named County Dairy Month Chairman Appointment of James Edwards is June Dairy Month chairman for Haywood County has been ?n- j lounced by Morris L. McGough of \shevllle, Western North Carolina Chairman, and Mayor George A. Covington of High Point, State ' Chairman. "Dairying has passed the 100 miW lion dollar mark as an industry for North Carolina families," stales Mr. Edwards "This is reason enough for observing June Dairy Month. But more important is the fact that we need to drink more milk in the county and state for our health's sake. Mr. Edwards states that per capita consumption of milk by North Carolinians in creased by 0 quarts last year, reach ing a new high of 132 quarts per person, but that we are still far short of drinking as much milk as we should. Mr. Edwards states that the real purpose of the June Dairy Month program is to acquaint the public with the nutritional facts about milk. He states that the American homemaker spends 17 per cent of her food budget for dairy products, but this actually buys about 30 per cent of the family's nutritional needs. On a nutritional basis, this makes dairy products the most economical source of vitamins, min erals, protein and energy-supply ing foods. The dairy farmers, mllkplants, agricultural agencies, health de partments and many civic groups are Joining forces to let the peo ple of western North Carolina know that plenty of good fresh milk is available, and that during June it is the richest and best tasting of any time. According to Mr. Edwards, plans will be worked out soon on the various activities to be carried out in the county. Basking sharks are relatively harmless. mmma *?AOhour IBsEr COLOR ^oetssIH? I Popular Sizfj Mo.STU ESk Ready to Project /!j(/kn'7L&4l C^DEVELOPIRS.INC. ^ Semd t+ P. 0. BOX 969 ASHEVILLE.NORTH CAROLINA THE FIRST STATE BANK IS NOW PAYING 2Vl% INTEREST ON ALL SAVING ACCOUNTS Every Account Fully Insured Up To $10,000 By The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Invest Your Savings In An Insured Bank THE FIRST STATE BANK HAZELWOOD ^ Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation < ' / , c?ft I 9 ' "Honor Thy Father And Thy Mother" If you have not already done to, apeak your everlast ing km for those who did *o much tor you. uo it m 4 ttmttrj tbct nUows you tbt OriaUss priviUg* if ftamg 4 bmmtifnl md distinctivt monu m*wt tuber than in one which, fee seasons of in own, rochets you SO a metal marker sec flush with the ground. 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