Ili a C.RASTY. hard-driving Mountaineer fullback, was presented a trophy
Tuesflay night as the most valuable plaver on Wavnesville's 19.16 football squad.
The award was made by Superintendent of Schools Lawrence B. I.eatherwood, who
pointed out that Crusty was selected by a vote of h|s teammates. Letters also
were presented to 3li players.
FOES FORMERLY. BI T FRIENDS NOW are Canton and Wavnesvllle co-captains
who met Tuesday night a( the Jayeees football banquet at the WT1IS cafeteria.
Here JarkJe Conard (left) and Billy Stanley of CIIS receive best wishes from
Mountaineers Carroll lloopor and Tom Sparks for their championship game with
Washington Friday night.
IIWWOOO'S KING-SI/FO FOOTBALL (V) A CUES?Boyd Allen of Canton clefti
and Bruce Javncs of Wa.vnesvllle exchanged handshakes at the Javcee football
banquet here where the Hlaek Hear mentor was guest of the Mountaineer squad.
Both Mr. Jaynes and Superintendent of Schools Lawrence Leatlierwood (center!
wished the Canton players the best of luck Friday night. (Mountaineer I'hotos.h
Canton - Washington Game Friday To Match Mountains Against Coast
State Title
Clash Set
For 8 P.M.
By BOB CONWAY
East is east and west is west,
and never the twain shall meet?
according lo Rudyard Kipling.
However, the . Canton Black
Bears, pride of the AVestern moun
tains. will meet the Washington
Pam Pack scourge of the
Eastern coast, for the state Class
AA title at Canton Memorial Sta
dium Friday night.
Kickoff time for this colossal
championship clash will be at 8
p m.
According to information re
ceived by The Mountaineer from
John Morgan, sports editor of the
Washington Dailv News, via tele
phone Tuesday afternoon, the East
ern North Carolina kingpins will
bring a team to Canton that has
won 11 games and tied one. A
scoreless deadlock with arch-rival
New Bern has been the only blot
ort the Pam Pack record.
Regular season victims of the
Washington eleven were:
Wilson 'a triple-A school*. 19-12;
Elizabeth Citv 20-6; Greenville. 48
6: Roanoke Rapids. 41-7; Ahoskie,
34-6; Churehland. Va.. 52-7; Wil
liamston. 19-0: Kinston 'last year's
Class-AA champions i. 40-0, and
Jacksonville, 40-0.
In the playoffs. Washington
? ? T"- ' ? ?
dowrfhd Henderson. 13-0, and Rock
ingham, 38-0.
The team is coached by J. G.
Choppy" Wagner, and has blue
and white as its colors. The city
of Washington itself has a popu
lation of 9.700 and is the county
seat of Beaufort County?situated
on the Pamlico River and Pamlico
Sound.
The starting lineup for Wash
ington against the Black Bears
will include two juniors and nine
i seniors.
Running the Pam Pack attack
| from both the regular and split-T
? formations will be quarterback
! Ward Marslander. 144-pound jun
j ior. At the halfback posts will
; be seniors Bartow Houston. 156,
ar.d Fritz Tanner, 158. who re
putedly specialize in end sweeps.
At fullback will be Steve Cochran,
152-pound junior.
Reserve backs, some of whom
I may see action are: senior Jack
Warren. 153, and juniors Jimmie
Silverthorne, 144; Dicky Jones,
152; Joe Hassell, 139, and Larry
Aldridge, 138.
The probable starting line for
j the visitors will include senior
lends Carl Jones, 168. and Billy
Gilgo, 170 (both of whom stand
i 6-2; senior tackles Graham Single
, ton. 223. and "Skybo" Larglcy,
165. and junior center Durwood
Dixon, 180.
(Singleton was selected to play
with the North Carolina team in
the annual Shrine Bowl game at
Charlotte, but withdrew because
of the playoffs.)
Outstanding reserve linemen are
Marshall Singleton. 178-pound sen
ior guard, and Paul Leggett. 188
pound senior tackle.
The Washington squad was
scheduled to leave for their 375
mile trip to Canton at 7 a.m. to
day, and will stay at a motel in
the Canton area
In tomorrow night's jackpot
game, the Canton Black Bears will
carry into the fray a record of
lt-0. During the regular season,
the Blue Rjdge champions deleated
Bethel. 25-0; Enka. 24-0; Brevard,
19-6; Waynesvllle, 45-6; Asheville
School. 46-6; Blue Ridge. 44-0;
Hendersonville, 42-7; Erwin, 50-6,
arid Lee Edwards. 13-7.
In playoff games. Canton rolled
o\er Murpfiy, 41-13, and Charlotte
1 Harding, 30-7.
Canton has now scored 379
i points to their opponents' 58. while
i Washington has tallied 364 to 44
North Carolina State has 20 let
termen on its 1956 football team.
WANT ADS
LOST: Sunday afternoon in
vicinity of Strand Theatre,
leather hillford containing
money and important pap
ers. Finder, please keep
money and return every
thing else and no questions
will be asked. Danny Cross,
205)J^geon St. N 29
OF THANKS
This is to express our deep ap
preciation for the many gifts giv
en us following the loss of our
hqme and furnishings by fire.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Green
CARD OF TII.WKS
We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their deeds of kind
ness and expressions of sympathy
at the death of Mrs. Dewey Messer.
Also the beautiful flowers.
The Family.
Dayton Tops Burnsville
In WNC Opener, 78 To 71
The Dayton Rubber Thorough
breds won their first game in the
WNC Basketball League MondaJ
night with a 78-71 victory over the
Burnsville Fire Department.
Neil Stamey, who played fresh
man ball w'ith N. C? State and was
with Champion Y in the Dixie
League last year, was the top scor
er for Dayton with 17 points. Run
ner-up was Joe Aldridge. former
Mountaineer star, who meshed Ifi
points. Max Rogers also hit 14
ooints and Bobby Kuykendall got
13
Top scorers for Burnsville were
M. Buekner with 20 points and
Bedford with 16.
In another WNC League game
Monday night. Beacon Mills
swamped Osborne. 100-51.
Dayton Rubber will open its
home season in the league tonight
with a doubleheader against Gen
eral Electric of Hendersonville on
the WTHS floor.
The girls' game will start at 7
p.m.
Dayton Rub. '78> '71 > Burnsvl
F?Fransom 161 '20> M. Buekner
F?Rogers (14) '141 L. Buekner
C?Anderson <2> (18) Ledford
G?Stamey (17) <9> Banks
G?-Kuykendall (13> (8) Nonl
Subs: Dayton?Aldridge 16. Sut
ton. Smith 4, Owens 4. Smart 2.
Burnsville ? R. Buekner 2
MORE ABOUT
Hugh Grasty
(Continued from Page D
Waynesville High and Mountain
eer grid coach for 27 years, said
that "Waynesville will be 100 per
cent behind the Black Bears Fri
day night." but added w-ith a grin
?."however, we'll be seeing you
again next year."
Mr Weatherbv. a native of
Eastern North Carolina, warned
his Canton guests that football
players in the coastal region "are
raised on goobers" and cautioned
that Washington will be no push
over in the championship clash.
The principal speaker on the
program, the Rev. J W. Fowler,
Jr., superintendent of the Lake
Junaluska Methodist Assembly,
opened his remarks by asserting
many high schools and college
: coaches would ho delighted to
j swap records with Waynesville
'6-3) ?- among them Jim Tatum t
of UNQ.
' ?He also expressed the belief
1 that "Canton taught us a lot of
i football that night i45-6>, and
: made Waynesville come alive for
the remainder of the season." |
Stressing the value of the ath
j letic program. Mr. Fowler point
ed out that "the success of any
team is based on the interdepend
ence of each player on the other."
The assembly superintendent
told the audience a blocker in foot-,
ball who runs interference for a i
ball carrier is learning a valuable
lesson in life ? helping others to
advance by opening the way for
them.
Mr. Fowler asserted that the en
tire purpose of the educational
program is to train the spirit, the
mind, and the body to turn out
well-rounded, wholesome young
men and women ? with good hab-,
its to sustain them for the rest of
their lives.
The speaker also praised the
"devoted and efficient leadership"
of the WTIIS coaching staff, and
further commended the Junior
| Chamber of Commerce for their
j aetivf support of the athletic pro
I gram.
Coach Bruce Jaynes lauded the
squad for their hard work and co
operation during the past season
and announced the names of 36
boys ;is letter winners, including
16 seniors:
Co-captains Carroll Ilooner and
Tom Sparks, Bobby Hill, Jim
Byrd. Richard Turner. Jim Hall.
Jerry Nichols, Buster Price. Jack
Lewis, Hugh Grasty, Sam Lane.
Neal Palmer, Charles Robinson,
John Arch. Richard Mohaffey,
L'lus Burnette, Joe Gilliland. Ray
Moody, Ernie Henshaw. Don Rog
ers, Bruce Davis, Frank Sharp,
Jariies Pressley, John Allen, Jerry
Deweese, Andy Owen. Wayne
Pruett. Jack Hof&er, Tommy Par
ris, Johnny Carswell, Paul Bur
ress, David Warren. Jeff Donno
hoe, Carlton Burrell, Bill Sorrells,
and Jack Atkins
Assistant coaches Bill Swift and i
Gene Leonard also spoke briefly
after Mr. Jaynes' talk.
On behalf of the 56 squad, Car- j
roll Hooper then presented gifts
to the three-man coaching staff
and to Mr. .Weatberby ? telling
the latter: "You were our Coach
for three years, and we don't in
tend to forget you now."
Bill Burgin. past " president of
the Waynesville Jaycees. acted as
master of ceremonies for the ban
quet. Music for the occasion was
provided by a quintet of WTHS
students ? Jimmy Fowler, Leon 1
Turner. Andy Owen, Mike Leath
l erwood. and George Wilson.
The meal was prepared by Mrs
Rufus Siler, county lunchroom
supervisor, and the WTHS cafe
teria staff; and was served l?y
' fio'ine economics students super
! vised by Mrs. John Nesbitt.
Black and cold decorations were
made by art students under Doug
las Fitzpatricjk and shop students j
under Thomas Scott.
White House Tree Lighting
To Open Christmas Season
WASHINGTON' -The Capital is
n adving its annual Christmas
Pageant of Peaee, with President'
Fl ;enho\ver expected to press a
Cold key to light a 65-foot "Na
tional Community Christmas Tree"
on the south side of the White
House.
The ceremony launching the
pageant, started three years ago
as an international gesture carry
in." out the theme of "Peace on
Perth to Men of Good Will." will
signal, the illuminating of similar
community trees all over the na
tion and in our embassies abroad
Asked to participate In the pageant. '
tcotativeh v:! for Oct'. 20 to Jan.
!. will l)o representatives of the
4." states and five territories, plus
the cnvoj s of some 78 nations mak
ing np the diplomatic corps here.
The governors of tlu> states and
th" diplomats all have been in
vited to send trees to be placed j
a! nig 1 ho Pathway of I'eace."
leading to the stage where the
v.a ions holiday activities will take
place Kven non-Christian peo|)les
are being invited to send a mes
sage in ' keeping with the basic
spirit of world fellowship" donii
tntiiiR the entire program.
For the first time a commit
tee of representatives of the
Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox
churches has been asked to set
up a total of six services of their
different faiths during the pageant.'
Last v ear some 55 embassies
and legations and a majority of the
-dates participated in the pro
gram, which National Capital Park
police estimated attracted more
tinn a half million people.
This will be the 34th annual
lighting of a community Christmas
[tree bv a President. Until three
j years ago, a tree growing on the
White House lawn was used. Since
1W54. the tree has been donated
by one' of the states. This year
a beautiful spruce is being sent
hy New Mexico. More than 8.000
lights and hundreds of glittering
ornaments are used to decorate
the national tree. Throughout the
season there'll be music by the
'Marine Band and choral groups.
There'll be a life-sired nativity
scene, a traditional Yule log burn
ing. and a Youth Corner with ex
hibits, games and folk dancing a^
well as a Santa Claus.
Wolf In Deer's Clothing
DRYDEN. Ont. iAP) ? Maybe
Mr Wolf shouldn't go around In
deer's clothing. Frank Wolf, wear
ill': a brown-colored jacket, was "
shot in the leg in mistake for a
deer by an over-zealous hunter in
this northwestern Ontario district
Syracuse University is still look
ing for its first undefeated football
season.
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