The M^ynesville Mountaineer t=!
? q Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Siroky Mountains National Purk D
71st YEAR NO. 79 18 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPT. 20. 1956 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties ~
Unagusta Plant To Be In Production By Nov. 1
County Women Making Big
Plans For Achievement Day
Event Will
Be Held On
October 9-10
ffle sK.th annual Home Demon
stration Club Achievement Day
program will be held at the
v\ aynesville Armory, Tuesday and
Wednesday, October 9-10, accord
ing to Miss Mary Cornjvell, Hay
wood home agent.
Since 1951 the HDC Achieve
ment Day program has been held
in conjunction with the annual
Tobacco Festival, but will be held
this year as a separate event.
Miss Cornwell said: "This year
Home Demonstration Clubs are
correlating individual club themes
under one over-all theme of
' Planned Family Living."
She added that for the Achieve
ment Day program, each club will
develop themes which were drawn
at the first of the year.
In addition to the club booths
a! the armory, an added feature
of the program will be an inter
national relations exhibit where
each club will display a doll
dressed in native costume and a
dish prepared from a typical
recipe used in some foreign coun
try.
At the start of the year, each
of Haywood County's Home Dem
onstration Clubs started a special
study of some foreign country.
General chairman for the
Achievement Day program will be
Mrs. George Frady of Beaverdam,
first vice president of the HDC
County Council. On her commit
tee are Mrs. Marshall Cooper Of
West Canton. Mrs. Glenn Allen
of South Clyde, Mrs. Jack P. Mc
Cracken of Bethel, and Mrs. Rankin
Ferguson of Lakeside.
Club booths will be set up on
Monday, Octobei 7, and judged
Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. The
armory will be open to the public
Tuesday from 1 p.m. until 10 p.m.
and Wednesday from 9 a.m. until
10 p.m.
Judging will again be done un
der the Danish system.
Prizes also will be awarded for
the best club scrapbooks entered.
Sales Classes
Moved; Overflow
Meeting Place
i^ause of the largo enrollment,
ll^^Hiining classes this week for
itce^^sales and supervisory per
sonnel were moved to the First
Methodist Church from the res
taurant building where they were
originally scheduled, according to
D. Harrison, president of the
sponsoring Merchants Association.
Nearly 100 persons were enrolled
by 21 cooperating firms.
The classes began Monday and
will end tomorrow. They are held
in morning and afternoon sessions
for sales persons and in the eve
ning for managers.
RICHER in cash (S25) and experience, A. L. Mathews, left, of
Crabtree-Iron Duff, won first place for individual scoring in the
district I .and judging contest Tuesday. Charles Haynes, Fines
Creek, won S15 for taking the second high honor.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Haywood Boys Receive Top;
Places In District Meet i
c
8th Annual
Pigeon Fair
Under Way
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Enthusiastic exhibitors were
bringing in their exhibits to the
8th annual Pigeon Valley Fair as
early as yesterday morning, ac
cording to Fair Manager M. C.
Nix. The fair is being held today
1 through Saturday.
Vying for the spotlight this year
, will be a display of 15 varieties of
hybrid corn especially adapted for t
I North Carolina. This corn was ,
grown on the FFA experimental {
plot at the Bethel school. ]
Another first-time exhibit ex
pected to draw considerable at- 3
tention is that of caged layers. Ex- ,
periments have ' proved, Mr. Nix
said, that not only does caging the j
birds make accurate record-keep- 1
ing easier, but increases produc- ;
tion from 8 to 20 per cent.
Nineteen commercial exhibits J
' have been entered, more than ever ?
before, Mr. Nix said. Twelve head
of cattle were already in the barn
yesterday morning. ' j
The remainder of the exhibits (
were coming in this morning, with
judging for farm and homo dis
plays set for tonight. Also on to
night's program is the selection of ,
the Fair Queen.
Show cattle are due by 8:30 to- j
morrow morning. A pet show will j'
(See Pigeon Fair?Page 6> j 1
Subcommittees Appointed
For Civil Defense Council
i
Subcommittees for Waynesville's
Advisory Council for Civil Defense
were named Tuesday night *t a
meeting at the Town Hall by
James H. Howell, Jr., civil de
fense director.
The committees include:
The
Weather
Mostly sunny, rather cool and
windy today and Friday.
Official Waynesviile tempera
ture as reported by the State Test
Farm;
l>ate Max. Mln. Pr.
Sept. 17 , r - 81 52
Sept. 18 76 51 .03
Sept. 19 75 42
Communications ? Ken Fry.
Fred Ratcliffe, and J. T. Russell
? Ground Observer Corps director).
Protective and Traffic Control?
Arthur Paul Evans, Ben Sloan,
and Eugene Howell.
Welfare?Mrs. Floyd Rippitoe,
Ethel McDarris, and Mrs. Charles
Edwards.
Medical ? Dr. Thomas String
fieJd and Mrs. Howard Bryson.
Public Health ? Jack Arrington
Elaine Francis, and Betty Jo
Crocker.
Transportation ? Bill Burgin,
Ernest Kirkman, and Hye Shepto
witch.
Engineering ? Henry Foy and
Ben Sloan.
Supply?Charles Fowler.
Self-Protection ? Catherine Col
houn and Mrs. Wallace Ward.
Finance?O. C. Ferguson.
Warden and Role of the Clergy
in Civil Defense?Rev. Calvin
I (See Subcommittee?Page 6)
ilaywood boys captured top t
ilaces in the district land^ judging
?ontest at Cullowhee Tuesday, v
vhere eight schools participated. d
A. L. Mathews, Crabtree-Iron t
luff. won first place and $25, for t
he individual hiRh scorer. The r
ccond place winner was Charles r
laynes. of Fines Creek. He got P
>15 from his award, with both a
>rizes being paid by the First
National Bank. ?
The Waynesville team of four, t
won first place in the team scor- r
ing. with Fines Creek coming 1
in second and Crabtree-Iron Duff
third.
John Nesbitt is teacher of voca
ion agriculture at Waynesville; J
lames Carpenter at Fines Creek, .
ind B. F. Nesbitt, at Crabtree-Iron J
luff. .
The Waynesville team received I
>21 cash as an award from the
lackspn County Bank.
Nesbitt said the Waynesville I
earn, composed of Bruce Hannah, ?!
Sugene Frady, F.ugene Christopher 1
ind Tom Franklin, would go to the <
>tate contest in April. The team I
von 474 points out of a possible <
120.
Assisting with the contests were 1
lack King, Roy Beck and Robert J
H. Burnette, of the Soil Conserva
;ion Administration.
I
Farm Tour
Picnic Set
Saturday
The annual out-of-state farm
tour picnic will be held at 6:30
p m. Saturday at Camp Schaub on
the Mountain Experiment Sta
tion property, according to Coun
ty Agent Virgil L. Holloway.
The picnic is open to all persons
who have made any of their farm
toours and their families. All per
sons attending are- asked to bring
a picnic basket
Mr. Holloway said that the pro
gram Saturday night will include
showing of pictures taken on the
farm tour this year, discussion
and election of a committee to
make plans for the 1957 tour, and
square dancing.
Persons who took pictures on
this year's tour are asked to bring
them to the picnic Saturday night.
Hazelwood Boosters
Set Ladies' Night Meet
The Hfczelwood Boosters Club
will meet tonight at 7 p.m. at the
Balsam Mountain Springs Hotel.
This will be a Ladies' Night
meeting.
Lawrence C. Davis is president
of the organization.
Machinery
Now Being
Installed
All indications were this morn
ing that the new, modern plant of
Unagusta Manufacturing Company
would be in operation November 1
?exactly 11 months to the day
from the time Plant No. 2 was
completely destroyed by fire.
The new plant, 725 feet long
and 280 feet wide?200,000 square
feet of floor space?is a beehive of
activity as engineers and workmen
are pushing for the November 1
deadline.
Huge machines, weighing many
ions, are being Installed, while
other crews are putting in air
conditioning units, ditst collectors,
huge power lines, a 1200 horse
power boiler and a 250.000 gallon
storage tank which is part of the
sprinkler system.
The sprinkler system, one of
the most modern in the South, is
already in operation, connected
with city water.
Workmen are putting the finish
ing touches on a three-story dust
collecting house next to the boiler
room, where the dust will be fed
by automatic stoker to the boilers.
The dust will literally explode in
mid-air inside the boiler firebox
and never touch the grates, as it
will be forced in under high-pres
sure air.
The new plant, according to
(ill Prevost, executive vice presi
lent, is all under one roof, with
iot a single window but skylights,
ur conditioning units throughout
he plant make a complete change
if air every 60 seconds.
The first unit will house the
ough work machines, finish work,
anding and assembling. Stream
ined production takes the rough
umber direct from the huge en
losed storage sheds to this first
init in the plant.
The second part of the factory,
ihich is divided from the remain
ler by heavy fireproof walls, is
he finishing department, where
he furniture will be finished,
ubbed down, and the final touches
nade before going to the last de
?artment, which is the warehouse !
ind shipping.
Prevost said that the heavy
?quipment is coming in on sched
ilc and plans are to have the boiler
nom completed by October 15.
The schedule for the heavy bank
(See t'nagusta?Page 6>
Methodists Defer
Plan To Change
Conference Date
The question of changing the
neeting date was postponed yes
terday by the Western North Caro
lina Conference of the Methodist
Church, meeting in Winston
Salem.. Had the date been chang
sd from September to either June
ar late August as was proposed,
Ihe Assembly at Lake Junaluska
planned to offer its facilities for
the 1957 meeting.
The ministers of Haywood Coun
ty's Methodist charges, accompan
ied by lay delegates, arc among
over 600 in attendance at the Con
ference, which opened yesterday.
On Sunday morning the session
will hear the reading of appoint
ments for the coming term. Bishop
Nolan B. Harmon is presiding.
THE MODERN NEW Unagusta Manufacturing Plant is being
pushed to completion, and tons of machinery are being installed
preparatory to starting operation in the new plant November 1.
This picture was made from the end near Dayton Rubber Com
pany, looking back towards Hazelwood. The building has 200.00*1
square feet?being 285 feet wide and 725 feet long. (See other
photos. Page 1, Third Section.)
(Mountaineer Photo).
'School's Out' '?
For One Day Only
"Hooray, teacher's cone to a
meeting" will probably be the
theme song of some 9,600 Hay
wood students Friday, as schools
close for the day.
The occasion?teacher's meet- J
ing in Asheville.
There'll be no singing in the
Bethel district, because they will
go to school as usual, since Cruso
started late due to construction
on the building. But then it is
fair time in the Pigeon Valley,
so who wants away from the
Bethel school any way?
WNC Firemen
Name Stovall
Vice President
Felix Stovall, WaynesviUe Fire
chief, was elected second vice
president of the Western North
Carolina Firemen's Association at
the annual meeting of Uie organi
zation last night.
Sherman Pickard, deputy fire
marshal of the State Insurance
Commission, was guest speaker,
discussing various phases of fire
fighting with emphasis on "small
things often overlooked" in fire
prevention.
A total of 12(5 members were
present, representing 22 different
fire departments. The guests were
welcomed by llazelwood's Mayor
Lawrence C. Davis.
A special guest was Curtis Flan
nagan, secretary of the state Fire
men's Association.
Officers serving with Chief
Stovall include George Bartlett of
Spruce Pine, president: and Ed '
Hearn of Morganton, first vice
j president.
It was reported that the average
attendance at the four meetings
during the past year was 166.
James Bailey of Charlotte, rep
resentative of American-LaFrance,
was program chairman.
Draft Board Seeking
Information On 2 Men
Officials of Selective Service
Board 45 at the courthouse said
this morning that they are seek
ing the whereabouts of two regi
strants: Boy Clyde Long and
! Charles Underwood Gibson.
Persons having any information
| on these two men are asked to
i contact the draft board.
Rev. Elmer Greene Resigns
As Missionary Oi Baptists
The ReV. James Elmer Greene,
nissionary of the Haywood Bap
ist Association since August 15,
1950, has tendered his resignation
iffective October 31.
Mr. and Mrs. Greene and their
wo children expect to move to
Appomattox, Va.. where he will
K'come pastor of the Evergrecn
Tedoak Church Field. The Red
>ak church was organized in 1776
ind has a membership of 439.
The Rev. Gay Chambers, mod
;rator of the Haywood Baptist As
sociation. said the Missions com
nittee would have the responsi
>ility of presenting the name of a
successor to Mr. Greene before the
Association.
The Rev. Mr. Greene is a native
>f Jackson County. He was edu
:ated at Mars Hill and Carson
(See Rev. Greene rage 6)
Br 1 WKm
REV. JAMES ELMER GREENE
August Travel On Parkway
Pointing To All - Time High
A substantial increase in travel since last year alone the Blue
Kidee Parkwey indicates perhaps an all-time record to be set this
year.
At the same time, travel in the Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park, while oil from that of last year, still shows more than
half a million visitors.
Visitors alone the Parkway totaled 750,216 this year, an in
crease of 74,703 over the previous year. The Smokies attendance
dropped from 557,769 to 553,062.
The State Advcrtisine department reports that Fontana Dam
had an increase in visitors of 46.000. for a total of 306,000. Traf
fic over the state as a whole was up 14 per cent.
Record Number Of Steers
Consigned For WNC Sale
Two Cars Collide s
On Highway 19-23 J
At Edge Of Canton j
The Ashoville highway 200 yards S
east of Cantor. was the scene of
a traffic accident at 10:30 a.m. -s
VVednesday when a 1950 Ford. '
driven by a Mr. Fowler (first >
name not given) of Route 1, Can
ton, was struck by a 1950 Dodge
driven by Fred G. Williams, 72, of <
Canton. I
Highway Patrolman W. R. Woot- 1
en said that Fowler had halted his ;
car in the highway to make a left
turn into the driveway of Ran
dolph's Grocery when the vehicle 1
was struck from the rear by Mr. I
Williams' car.
The latter was charged with ex
ceeding a safe speed and driving '
on the left side of the road. 1
Damage to both cars Was esti
1 mated at $250. No one was injured. 1
?
Eagle Scout
Award Presented
To Three Boys
Three Boy Scouts, two from i
Canton and one from Hazelwood.
received the Eagle Scout award at
the court of honor held at the Can
ton First Methodist Church Mon
day night.
J. B. Hill III. and Jim Roson
dahl of Canton Troop 16. and John
ny Mack Farmer of Troop 5, Haz
elwood, were presented the awards.
P. G. Kinken. Canton Scout lead
er, presented Hill's, Scoutmaster
Floyd Lowrance presented Rosen
dahl's and Toip Speed of Ashe
ville, district field executive, pre
sented Farmer's award.
Geoffrey Cooper, another Canton
Honor Scout, received the Bronze
Palm, presented by Carlton Pey
ton.
Sidney Hamrick came up for the
Life Scout award, which was pre
sented by D. W. Randolph. Quite
a number from the various troops
in the county, completed work for
Tenderfoot and other promotions.
Up-To-Date-Mailing List
Sought For Yule Seals
Mrs. Hoy Campbell, chairman ol
the Christmas Seal sale ? for the
Waynesville TB Association, today
asked all persons who have moved
into this area within the last two
years to call her in order that
their names can be added to her
mailing list.
She said that the Christmas Seal
sale last year fell far beneath its
goal, and attributed this failure
partially to an outdated mailing
list.
Christmas seals, she said, are
sold only through the mails.
A total of #4(1 Haywood County
teers ? the largest number in
?ounty history ? has been con
signed for the annual WNC Year
ing Sale to be held at the Ashe
ilie Livestock Yards Wednesday,
leptember 26, County Agent Vir
[il L. Holloway announced today.
The sale is open to all beef
iteers over otic year of age ? with
10 limits set on weight, Mr. Hollo-1
vay said.
Steers must be brought to the
\sheville yards hctween 6 a.m. and
> pm. Tuesday, September 25, Mr,
lolloway explained. They will be
veighed and graded on arrival, he
tdded. The sale itself will start at
1 p.m. Wednesday.
The county agent said that pres
ent indications are that 1,650 sales
from all over Western North Caro
lina will' be put up for sale.
Another sale of interest to Hay
wood County and WNC beef pro
ducers. Mr. Holloway pointed out.
is the WNC Feeder Calf Sale, slat
ed at the Western North Carolina
Livestock Yards Wednesday. Oc
tober 3.
The sale is open to steers and
heifers under one year of age, he
said.
Animals for the sale are to be
brought to the stockyards Tuesday,
October 2.
Miss Shirley Sheffield has left
for her senior year at Woman's Col
lege. She is the daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard ShctTield of
Route 3.
Miss Patsy Mi-Daniel, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack McDaniel
of Wayncsville, is a member of the
freshman class at Western Carolina
College.
Civil Court
Narked By
31 Non-Suits
The first several days of the Sep
tember civil term of Haywood
County Superior Court, presided
over by Judge Zeb V. Nettles of
Asheville, have been characterized
by a large number of cases being,
"non-suited".
Non-suit rulings were made in
the cases of:
C. B. Anderson vs. Robert Wal
lace Gaddis; Henry Sutton vs. C. A.
Miller: Marion Bailey vs. Ruth
Bailey; Lloyd L. West vs. Jrene W.
West; Bertha Mae G. Slnith v.*.
Robert W. Smith; Wanda M.
Smathers vs. O. L Smathers, Jr :
Leoah Brecee vs. Gerald Broeco:
Doris Keener Cabe vs. William
Robert Cabe; Champion Motor Co.
vs. William and Thelma Sams; \ .
H. Pleas vs. Pearl Medford; Doris
Blankenship vs. Paul Blankenship:
Carl Huffman. by his nearest
friend. R. S. Huffman, vs. Mary
Ruth Queen; Elizabeth Edwards v
J. C. Seltzer and wife; Frankie Jx>
Daws Robinson vs. Clyde M. Rob
inson; Lawrence Franklin vs. Dor
otha Bell Franklin; Fred A Bar
net te vs. S. H, Berrie; Lucile Cagle
Fowler vs. Algie M. Fowler; Lil
I lian R. Launer vs. Paul R. Launer;
Robert E. Williamson vs. Loretta
i Williamson; Claude Hardin vs.
| Grace E. Hardin; Mildred C. Mc
jAmis vs. John MeAmis; Thomas
j Massie vs. Wilma Jean Massie
Floyd Miller vs. L. C. Roach; C.
A. Miller vs. Mrs. Louise F. O'Neal:
J. E. Hall vs. Genevieve Ford Hale;
Ottis Massie vs. Loraine Massie;
Ora Lee Sheehan vs. James Shee
han: Elsie Thompson Stepp
Joseph M. Stepp; Andrew H. Clark
: vs. Raymond I). Lake; Lloyd Ar
| rington vs. Colleen 11. Arringtoi :
Haywood Builders Supply vs. Co
; hen Mathews and wife.
In the case of Mrs. Maggie Biaui
! lett and Lee Biamlett, Mrs. Maude
Allen, et al, vs. Tow n of Wayne.?
j ville. concerning damages asked
'for property involved in a street -
widening project, a jury awarded
I the plaintiffs damages of $1,250.
Damages also were awarded in
two other cases: $350 to Olson Led
i ford in his ease against Arthur
\ Clay Grant. Jr.. and $110 to G. W.
Clark in his case against Robert
(See Court?Page 6)
tiazelwood Prison Escapee
Recaptured At Lake Logan
vnancs ivjcuon, aa inmaie 01
thp Hazelwood Prison Camp, who
escaped from a road gang at Fran
cis Cove Tuesday, was recaptured
this morning at 10 a.m. near the
Lake Logan bridge.
He was apprehended by Hugh
Leatherwood, assistant superin
tendent of the prison camp; Mal
colm Edwards, wildlife refuge sup
ervisor, and Clyde Huntsinger,
wildlife protector for West Fork.
Jerry Rogers, prison camp sup
erintendent. said that Melton made
his escape after eluding a guard
by jumping over a bank and then
running away.
Melton, committed from Guil
ford County (Greensboroi, was
serving time qn a 12-25-year sen
tence for highway robbery.
Another prisoner at Hazelwood
?Russell Williams?escaped from
the camp last. Wednesday evening,
but was recaptured in only three
and a half hours.
Highway
Record For
1956 I
In Haywood
(TO DATK)
Killed 4
(1955 ? 1)
Injured .... 76
(1955 ? 69)
Accidents.. 147
(1955 ? 137)
Loss .. ? $47,050
(1955 ? 554426)
(This information compiled
from record* at State High
way Patrol)