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E-39 The Wayne sville Mountaineer ! &&&
j-l Published Twice-A-W eek In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ? ; ?
71st YEAR NO. 108 12 PACES ~ Associated Press ~~~ WAYNESVILLE. N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. 31. 1956 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Scouts Lost,
Then Found
In Smokies
l'ast training paid off for eight
Boy s>couts trout .mania. Oa., w nu
became Jo?t in tne smoky Moun
tains last Friday nignt, nut Kepi
calm and were tounu Dy L. S. lor- 1
est rangers.
Accorutng to information re
ceived nere uy Lieputy Sheriff
Oene Howell, Ine eignt noys, rang
ing in age irom 14 10 lb, were pan '
01 a group or lg Scouts and two {
scoutmasters who were tamping 111
the smokies near the Lower cata
loocne fridge.
Ini tTpmip of eight, out on :? j
hike, nR meir way, but finally
reached the Watervule dain and 1
asked caretaker Joe 'League lor i
directions UatK to tile briuge.
However darkness overtook the
Scouts 011 their return trip to the
camp and the group later missed a
crossing of the trail over a creek
and soon came to all outdoors ver- I
sicn of a dead end.
At that point, the Scouts sal
down, built a large bon fire and
waited for searchers to reach them.
About 8 o'clock that night they
wtie found by Hanger Mark Han
nah and his son, Harold, and guid- '
ed back to their camp near the
bi idge.
Undaunted by their experience, j
tlie Scouts continued their camping i
and hiking in the Smokies until
Sunday, when they returned to
Atlanta.
Only One Minor
Wreck Reported
As Holiday Begins
Only one minor accident has
been reported by the State High
way Patrol during the first part
of the long New Year's holiday.
Cpl. Smith said that a cow caus
ed an accident at 6:13 p.m. Sunday j
on. Highway 27t> near the Me
Cracken Orchards, when a car I
stopped to avoid hitting the cow
and forced the car behind to swerve
to the left to avert a collision.
As the second car, driven by j
P iuI Dallas Moore, 36, Route 1. i
Canton, swerved to the left it was
struck fronf the rear by a third
car driven by James Harold Led- j
better, 19, Route 3. Canton.
Damage to Moore's car was esti- .
mated at $20 and to Ledbetter's ,j
at $100.
Ledbetter was charged with fol- j
lowing too closely.
Richard Queen Delayed
In Going To Washington
Richard Queen, secretary of Rep
George A. Shuford. will not go to
Washington until later this week,
due to the illness of his mother, i
Mrs. Sam Queen, who suffered a
heart attack Thursday.
Rep. Shuford was scheduled to j
leave Asheville this afternoon for
Washington, and attend some con
ferences Tuesday.
f IS IMPROVING
R. M. Fie has been resting more
comfortably for the last few days
at the Haywood County Hospital
where he is a patient.
A TYPICAL SCENE in flaywood Count* will be trucks like this
one loaded with buries tobacco as tlie warehouses reopen this week
after the Christmas and New Year's holidays. Oliver of this truck,
pictured 011 Main St., Wavnesville. was Kov McCracken of Nine
vah. (Mountaineer Photo).
Hazelwood Zoning Board
To Make Report Wednesday
The Haielweod ZoBliii Commis
si'.u'.'is slated to make formal rec
.uiiiuenit'itioii to the Hoard of Al
dermen, Wednesday. 4:110. on the
.onina ordinance on which they
have been working for several
months. |
The Commission held a public
hearing several weeks ago. and
-i '<e then have been giving the
propositi ordinance .additional
sliiu.v 1 in proposed old i nance
\ . - in ..piled wI'll the aid of oil'i
i i ils of On North C arglina League
ot .Municipalities, and the proposal
. de iWhed aftei some of the most
successful ordinances in the state.
'1 he proposal sets U]J 011 maps
t three a'cas, business, residential
sr. 1 industrial, as well as setting
(n't difihillohs for eaeh area.
The .-ordinance also provides the
11 . chinery foi complaints to be
heard
The Commission consists ot C.
\ Allen, chairman; George Sum
mei row. E H. Oliver. Earl Kobin
S'.m. and K. A. Williamson.
Mrs, Queen Hospitalized
Following Heart Attack
Mrs. Saih Oueen. superintendent
? if ill" Haywood County Welfare
Depait Oieiit, is reported "(airly
en!, it or' ..hie" at tlie Hay w dod Court
t.v Hospital where she is a patient.
\lt Queen suffered a heart al
t e k Thursday mortiing w hiie vvalk
11.. up t lit steps to her office
Lions Spend $1-107
To Outfit 140 Children
Diane their tegular Christinas
v i If. e pi (i :. am. members (if the
V. ;.yn? s\ iiie Lions (Tub spent a
Una! iif $1,107 in outfitting 14(i
i.iedy children with shoes and
clothing
f ie report was made by .1 B.
Sil : chairman of the Lions health
, ;-ndr welfare committee.
Postoffice Will
Be Repainted By
Middle Of Month
Workmen are scheduled; to
resume re-painting the Postoffico
Here right after the fir-t of the
year, t'ostmaster Enos itoyd said
The first exterior coat of point
v. as put on before Christmas, and
now the second coat, plus water
proofing of walls remains to be
doite outside and two coats of
paint inside.
Postmaster Boyd said the color
scheme of the building will lie
considerably lighter than the pres
ent paint. The schedule calls for
completion of the job by the 15th
Tax Listing Time
Is Here Again
The annual tax listing program
gets under way Wednesday, accord
ing to Bryan Medford. lax super
visor for Haywood County Some
listers might work oil Tuesdav
This year there are two assistant
tax supervisors who will be 011 the
job in an effort to get all property
listed in the county. The assis
tants. .John Hipps. and Vaughn
Myers. Will woik with listers, and
make investigations of their own.
The law specifies that all piop
c'Ties must be listed during .lami
aiy.
flits. DAVIS IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Grover Davis, who entered
the Haywood County Hospital for
treatment Friday afternoon wa
rt ported to have had a good night
and to be comfortable this ?morn-'
U.S.,
flKS, ALLEN IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Claude Alien is reported t'.
be "getting along fine" at .Memorial
Mission Hospital in Asheviib
where she has been since Friday
Pakistan Official Coming
To Study Haywood CDP
A colonel of Pakistan will come
here the latter part of March for
a stay of several weeks to study
Haywood's Community Develop
ment Program.
Arrangements were completed
Friday by Frank M. Davis, who
was contacted by the Pakistan of
ficial via air mail.
Davis, an Iron Duff farmer, and
former county commissioner, was
quoted in a recent article in Read
ers Digest, in which the Com
munity Development program was
discussed. So impressed was Col
Ryar Ahmad that lie wrote Davis
and pointed out. that after read-i
ing the article, and other Inquiries,
he wanted to "come to the base1
of the program and study the foun
dation." He said he had learned j
that Haywood was a pioneer in the i
CD1' work, and for that reason hi
wanted to spend his time in the
rural area getting first-hand in-*
formation.
"1 want to live in the rural area
and study the down-to-earth pro
gram, and bo where people get a
long so w< 11 together," Col Ahmad
wrote.
Col. Ahmal said he wanted to
study the complete program as he
Celt it was the basic principle ot
peace and happiness " He said his
people who worked in agriculture
were pOorlv organized, and he
wanted to find how the splendid
(Sep Pakistan?Page 6)
\Ol.AM) UEPOKTKI) BETTER
It. Beeves -Noland is slowly iin
provlng at Memorial Mission Hos
pital, Asheville. where he. is re
ceiving treatment.
I
The
Weather
Mostly sunny and a little warm- '
er today. Tuesday, fair to partly
cloudy and cool.
Official Wavnesville temperature I
as reported by-the State Test Farm. '
Date .Max. Min. Prec.
Dec. 27 56 26 ?
Dee. 28 57 27 ?
Dee. 29 49 22 ?
Dee. 20 44 22 .14 ?
Unagusta's New And Modern Plant Scheduled
To Go Into Operation Next Monday Morning
Lights, Tire
Damaged By
Vandalism
Police were making an intensive
investigation this morning of the
vandalism done in tlx,- Couuti*\
Club area over the weekend. Chid
ol Police Orville Noland said sov
eial Outdoor lamps were smashed,
a number of Christmas tree lights
broken." a lire slashed, and other
damage done in the section
"We are working on the case,
and are stepping-up the patrolling
ot the areas." Chief Noland said
We cannot make a statement right
now as to how lar we have gone
with the investigation, and what
has been turned up. hut we intend
to see that the guilty parties arc
given the full penalty of the law
when they are brought into court
"We have had loo much of this
sort of needless vandalism, and
those found guilty will be mights
sorry for their deeds," the chief
said emphatically.
Town Nears
Another
Safety Goal
Chief of Police Orville Noland
was going around today with Iris :
fingers crossed ?in the hopes tha'
the Town would again finish
another year without a fatal aeci
?
For the past several years, the
Town of Waynesvillc has kept the
record clear of any fatal accidents,
and for each year has received a
plaque citing the ? perfect record.
At noon today, Chief Noland j
^>,id. "We have 12 hours to go. and
v.e are hoping all goes well so we
can maintain the record establish
. d thus far."
School Work To
Be Resumed 3rd
Haywood school bells will ring
again Thursday,.-8.30, following a
two-week holiday for the 9.000,
Haywood students
In the meantime, scores of col
lege students from the county will
be returning to their classes in j
many parts of the nation.
A PRETTY REMINDER tor Tar Heel motorist* that it's almost
time for new license plates is Warner llros. actress Virginia Mayo.
The stale's new yellow on-hla-k '57 ta^s go on sale January 2 and
must be displayed alter l eliruary i>.
Florida Sheriff-Pilot
Picks Lp W anted Man
History was made Haywood
County last week when ;? pris
oner here was turned over to
law-enforcement officials from
another state, who whisked him
away in airplane.
Ilayuood sheriff's deputies ar
rested the man. identified as
Robert l ie. 23. of Soco Gap, l)e
t ember 23. alio then notified
authorities in Cake Counts, Ha.,
who wanted him on check-forg
ery charges.
Cast Thursday deputies here
were notified that a plane was
on the way to the Waynesville
area, and were asked to have Fie
at the air strip 011 Jonathan
Creek.
Deputy Sheriff Gene Howell
said that a olane landed with
three men aboard ?- a sheriff's
deputy a city policeman from
Tavares, Kla., and a Uiird indi
vidual who "came along tor the
ride.-'
Mo well said that the plane be
long'* to the Lake County sher
iff's department, and described
it* deputy-pilot as wearing a ten
gallon hat and a six-shooter on
his belt.
"He looked more like a Texan
than ;? Floridian," Ilowell added.
The prisoner was also impress
ed and remarked: "They go to
a lot of trouble and expense in
I lorida to pick up the man."
However he was told by the
visiting officers: "The trouble is
ours, but the expense is yours."
(The cost of out-of-state trins to
pick up prisoners is assessed as
part of the court cost.
The I lorida pilot, used to the
Hat country of hi* native state,
said he found flying over West
ern North Carolina mountains
definitely oil the bumpy side
resulting from air pockets and
downdrafts traditionally found
in the mountainous terrain.
The deputy estimated the re
turn trip to Klor; la would take
about six hours.
MeCAItEOLL Is BETTfcR
H. I'. Mi-Carroll is "setting along
lie ' at the Haywood County Hos
pital where lie underwent an emei
- ency appendectomy early Satur
J; .v morning.
Burley Quotas To Remain
Virtually Unchanged For '57
By Associated Press
instead of the reduction in bur
ley allotment for 1957, which ha.-;
been feared in some circles, quotas
in the eight-state Hurley Belt he
'tially will be increased by COO
acres?-from 303.700 acres to 309.
300 acres.
The announcement of the 1937
hurley acreage allotments wa>
made by the U S. Department of
Vgricullure in Washington.
Allotments for most individual,
farms will be the same in 1957 as
in 195(3. The additional acreage
aiailable in 1957 will he reseivcd
lor farms on which no hurley t ?
baeco was grown under allotriiert
I during the last live years for cor
rections, and for adjusting inequi
! tics.
I The department set t Ire i!),">
marketing quota for hurley id
,4-16,000.000 lbs This compare
v.ith a 1950 quota of 385,000,000
lbs which was later increased by
congressional action, so that for
icost farms the allotments for 1950
were the same a> in 1955
Burley tobacco is grown prmci
pally in Kentucky, Tennessee.
North Carolina. South Carolina,
Virginia. West Virginia Ohio Mi
souri. Georgia and Indiana
Business Is
Encouraging
For Company
Officials of l nagusta Manufact
uring Company plan to have all;
depart nunts of tile modern new.
plant in operation by next Mon-<
day January 7. it was le i: tied
from William Pre\ost, vice presi
dent
All 22.7 employees of the plant
will be working in the modern
2(H'.0()0 square foot building by
next week, provost said. For sev
oral months, workmen have been
busy installing machines and
equipment in the new plant. Many
of the machines are new, while
o!hers have been transferred from
Plant No. 1
One major machine is now en
route here from Denmark, and is
scheduled to arrive the 7th, Pro
vost said. It i- a high-frequency
electronic machine to be used in
the veneering plant. A steam
operated glueing machine from
Denmark has already been install
ed.
Prevost said If business justi
fies. the plant payroll can lie kip
to 400 by June He pointed out
that sales front tike High P
market last fall were pleasing,
and that the I.'nagusta line will he
shown at three regional show* m
January Chicago, High Point
at.d New York. The Chicago stiow
opens tike 7th lii February tin'
line will be shown in l.os Angeles
A number of salesmen will have
space at shows in Minneapolis,
Moston, Dallas. Seattle, and per
haps in Florida and Georgia.
The U nagusta line is now sold
in all 48 states, and Canada, with
a large volume going to South
America. The exporting is done by
an American store firm which atso
has stores in Soutli America.
The new plant is designed for
stream-lined production, and witli
Hie modern facilities, will lie in a
position for a greater volume of
production than was possible ill
the plant which burned a year ago
1 last November,
George To Head
American Legion's
Enrollment Drive
C. A George. Waynesville busi
nessman. has been named by Com
mander Lynwood P. McElro.v to
head Die 1957 membership drive
of Haywood Post 47 of the Ameri
can Legion.
Mr. George, a veteran of World
Uiir I, will be assisted in the
drive by a committee including
Milas Ferguson. .1, T. Russell. Jr..
land Willard Francis.
The campaign chairman said that
membership enrollment for 1957
will get under way immediately;
? ?lid wind ii)) January 19.
MOOD YKD HAS OPERATION
Charlie Woodard. who under
went surgery at the Haywood
County Hospital on Friday, is re
ported "getting along fine."
BIIWDON P. IIOIIUKS. former
State Treasurer and more reccnt
ly chairman of the (Governor's
l av Study Commission, who has
been named "North Carolinian of
the Year" by Slate Magazine,
tinders was chosen for his years
of public service, and particular
ty for his work with the Tax
Study Commission, lie is now an
executive with the Champion
I'aper and Fibre Co.. Canton, lie
is an alumnus of University of
North Carolina and Wake Forest.
They're Off
In The 57
'Baby Derby'
Perhaps in only a tew hours froxn
the tittle that today's issue of Tit
Mountaineer goes to press, the win
ner of the 1957 Baby Derby will
have crossed the "finish line."
j Or, in the event that the stork
is late arriving at I lie Hayw ood
County Hospital during the New
Year's holiday, it Could he one 01
two days before the lucky infant'
(See Babv Derby?Page 6>
Fireworks, Tip Hoards
Seized At Canton Store
Leonard and Howard Sanford
operators of the Giant Dollai
Supermarket in Canton, have beet
charged with unlawful possession
of fireworks and tip boards, and
at " scheduled for a heaping before
Justice of the l'eaee Ralph Mease
o! Canton next Monday.
Canton police and Deputy Sheritl
.Gene Howell searched the super
market recently and reported find
ing a large quantity of firecrackers
and otlK'r fireworks and two cases
of tip boards.
MRS. ATKINS IS BETTER
i Mrs. James Atkins is getting
along fine at the Haywood Count\
Hospital where she has been for
-everal weeks following injuries u
a tail.
Business To Suspend On
New Year's; Stores Will
Be Open All Day Second
Monday marked the beginning ol a two-day New Year's holi
day for employees at the Haywood County courthouse and the
Welleo Shoe Corp.
Tuesday, most other workers in the Waynesville area will Ret
a holiday on New Year's day with all industries, retail stores, and all
offices except those of the Town Hall, are scheduled tp be closed.
Because of the New Year's holiday, stores will be open all day
Wednesday. January 2. and will resume their Wednesday-noon clos
ings January 9.
Among those places* scheduled to be closed Tuesday are banks
and postoffiees in Waynesville and Hazelwood, Health Center, Wel
fare Department, and Employment Office.
Woman, 34, Testifies Mate
Forced Her To Shoot Self
Way Arrington. 44, Fines Creek
1 r nier, has been bound over to,
Superior Court under $2,500 bond
on two charges of assault with a|
deadly weapon with intent to kill. '
tiled by his wife. Edith. 34.
At a hearing Saturday morning
before Justice of the l'eace J. J
Ferguson, Mrs. Arrington testified >
.that her husband beat her with a
hammer one night in August, and !
forced her to shoot herself with a '
b-stol on October 30.
The shooting was originally re- i
ported to the slicrilf as accidental
by Mrs. Arrington. who said she
fi 11 and wounded herself with a
German P-38 pistol while hunting
pheasant.
i At the sheriff's office several
days ago, however, Mrs. Arrington
told deputies she invented the
liunting story because she was
afraid of her husband.
At the hearing Saturday, Mrs.
Arrington said that she and her
husband first had trouble one night
in August w'hilc returning from
Spring Creek to their home at
Panther Creek,
While driving along an old road
near Betsy's Gap. Mrs. Arrington
testified, her husband stopped the
ear suddenly and began accusing
her of going out with other men.
She said he then bound her
bunds to the'steering wheel of the
ear and began beating her over
the head with a hammer. She
added that she finally got him to
quit and asked him to lake her
(See Woman?Page (Ji
Highway
Record For
1956
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed 4
(1955 ? 3)
Injured .... 100
(1955 ? 96)
Accidents.. 188
(1955 ? 187)
Loss ... 567,200
<1955 ? $84,470)
(This information compiled
from records of State High
way Patrol.)