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WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRiDAY, JULY 19, 1946
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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Coast
Return
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L'eS I lit
rd Tour
titration
Ling, county agent.
L an out-ot'-itHinty
unducird this sum-
nood denimit ration
bftin II"' morning
tjlasl , t Mil- (lits
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,iik ill lli' cciuniy
jtmi. travelling hy
lid liuiks (limn Id
Id, m here Hie lost
may In' seen, and
soutlK'in ii'iit'' that
the ciluo l South
of Hie lour is In
u nii't In k! s in other
new ideas lor ini
be hrcumlil home.
Sic third lour con-
woml liirmers, tlir
y havint! been made
941 until war-lime
it it nrti'ssary to
line I ho unite, cost,
psuhilc mi (lie lour
iter, states Mr. Cor-
Member
ess Is
Here
Lhcr u Congress,
If of Lakeland. Kin.,
jtrieiuls in tt'aynrs-
ffived a broken hip
ovrr a meter liox
, the Main SI reel
falling heavily on
lat Wednesday lo
Pital. attended bv
mcficld of Wavnrs-
pmy of Abhcville.
' inserted in I he
ns an operation at
County Hospital
t if at rd ami it
I Mr Diane will he
tilt
hospital within
rv,
r'l ill the House
lives
t Hi years,
i' was a mein-
al
l'''i' counnis-
leavmg in in:n
"surance and real
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and ami i, ..
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Pa state len..l:,i,
P Uic LeKaine hotel j
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jowod Farmers To Tour
July Superior Court
Holds Long Session;
Adjourned Thursday
Large Docket Disposed
Of In The Ten Day
Period, With 31
Divorces Granted
The Haywood County Superior
Court, criminal term, was expected
to adjourn Thursday afternoon as
The Mountaineer went to press
after one of the longest sessions
since the prewar days, having last
ed through a ten-day period, with
Judge Felix E. Alley presiding.
Through yesterday noon a total
of 31 divorces had been granted.
Other judgements given since
those reported in Tuesday's issue
of the paper include the following;
Dr. Furman Angel, prominent
surgeon of Franklin, was fined
$1,000 and given a two year sus
pended sentence over a five year
period and ordered to immediately
start action to have an attempted
marriage to Burr Messer of liny
wood county annulled, after he had
entered a plea of guilty to charges
of fornication and adultery, prosti
tution, and maintaining a house
for prostitution. He was ordered
not to have any association either
in this state or outside with Miss
Messer. Prayer for judgement was
continued on a charge of bigamy.
In the ease of the State versus
Dewey Herschel Harkens, with the
defendant charged with larceny
of an automobile, the latter was
ordered to pay the cost of the court
and $200 lo Farady Rathbone.
John Ledford, charged with non
support was ordered to pay his wife
$25. now and $30 per month here
after. In the case of Haywood
county and the Citizen Bank and
Trust Company versus the Haywood
Furniture Manufacturing Com
pany, et al the court ordered that
Morgan and Ward and J. H. Howell,
Jr.. attorneys, be allowed the sum
of $300. for legal services furnish
ed the receiver during the years
between 1939-46, to be paid by the
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Isley Issues Call
To High School
Band Candidates
Charles Isley, wno has returned
from the Marines to resume di
recting the High School Band, an
nounces that he will begin teaching
private and group lessons to candi
dates for this year's band. He
plans to begin the lessons Monday,
and requests that all musicians in
terested see Miss Moody at the
County Board of Education office
in the Court House, and leave in
formation as to what hours they can
take lessons, and whether they pre
fer private or will take group in
struction. The lessons will be free of
charge, the cost being borne by
I he High School. Mr. Isley ex
pects a band membership of 60
in the senior group, and 40 begin
ners. He plans to continue the
summer lessons until school starts
so that the Band will be back in
top shape for Labor Day and the
opening of the football season.
First Presentation
Draws Attendance
More than a thousand persons
have 1 attended the two perform
ances of "The Theater in the
Sky", in their presentation of
Claudia , which is having a lour
nights run this week and officially
opened the season of Waynesville's
first summer players on Tuesday
night in the high school auditorium.
On the initial night at the hour
set for the raising of the curtain,
the auditorium was in total dark
ness, which enveloped the entire
community, but the audience wait
ed in good humor until the lights
blazed forth and the play got under
way. The first act seemed a rjit slow,
which might In part have been
due to the fact that the majority
of the audience were more current
No Excuse For
Throwing Down
Waste Paper
Seven new trash containers
were placed on the streets this
week. Attention is called to
the public for there is r.o
doubt left as to their purpose
for printed on them is the
following:
For Trash.
Don't throw trash on the
street.
Help keep the town clean.
The plan is to add others un
til the streets will have these
containers so placed that the
public will have no excuse not
to use them, it was learned
this week. The containers,
painted a bright green, have
white lettering.
R. D. McElroy
Tampa, Arrested
By U. S. Deputies
Richard Dale McElroy, of Tampa,
Fla., who was. arrested here by
deputies from the Office of.U. S.
Marshal Charles R. Price was given
a hearing before U. S. Commis
sioner W. H. Noland, here this
week. Mr. Noland set McEIroys
bond at $1,000.
McElroy, said to be a native of
Ohio, was wanted in the middle
district of North Carolina on
charges of impersonating a federal
officer. Following his arrest he
was lodged in the Haywood county
jail where he was held until Thurs
day when he was taken by officers
to Greensboro.
McElroy, who had come here
presumably to upend the summer,
was alleged lo have impersonated
an FBI officer in the Greensboro
area.
24 Milk Producers
Given Grade A
Rating By District
Three Haywood county dairies
and 21 milk producers in the coun
ty were certified as Grade A after
inspection by the District Health
Department. These are as follows:
Pet Dairy, Ferguson's Dairy, and
Silver's Dairy.
Lenn Sheppard. R. L. Burgin. M.
H. Caldwell, Joe Russell. Taylor
and Earl Ferguson, W. D. Ketner.
Wilson Kirkpatrick. John McCrack
en. Frank Leopard, the Mountain
Experiment Farm, J. F. Mann, A.
J. MrCracken, Crewel Moody. S.
J. Moody, Glenn C. Palmer, M. B.
Reeves, Mrs. J. K. Sellers, W. J.
Smathers. Mrs W. F. Swift, Arnold
Terrell, and Van Wells.
lt. Mccracken is released
Lieut. Weaver H. McCracken,
USNR, was released to Inactive
duty Monday at the U. S. Naval
Separation Center in Washington,
D. C. Lt. McCracken lives on
Route 2, Waynesville.
Of Summer Players
Of More Than 1000
ly familiar with the quick tempo
of the movies, and not the slower
action or the legitimate stage.
The ice was broken after the
first act. and the play moved with
ease and increasing response from
the audience, ending with the cur
tain going down with enthusiasm
for the performance rrom those
present. One reaction from the
presentation was that the selec
tion of the play was too sophisti
cated for a mixed audience of
adults and juveniles for this sec
tion. Phyllis Luis, as Claudia, with a
mother complex. Interpreted life
with a wholesome freshness, very
entertaining as against the back-
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NO SIGN OF MEAT
Ai a iO
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iSii i; '!W mSSS Ililllll.il '
Judging from this picture, they haven't heard of the meat shortage
down in Rocky Mount. The giant ham came from the farm of Josh
Home, publisher of the Rocky Mount Evening Telegram. II lipped (he
scales at sixty pounds, or three limes the weight of young Sally, who
looks at it in complete disbelief.
Boy Scouts at
Lead Officers
Delinquent Taxes
Must Be Paid,
Warns Collector
Warning is given by J E
Ferguson, Haywood County Tax
Collector, trial a:i delinquent per
sonal and real estate properly laxes
must be paid by August or the
property will be advertised for sale
The law requires that names of
delinquent taxpayers be published
during August and that the prop
erty, if still delinquent in taxes,
be sold beginning the first Monday
in September. Mr. Ferguson
states that "We will garnishee and
levy on all personal property on
which taxes are due."
Taxpayers are advised that no
extension of time will be given and
to make arrangements at once to
pay for any 1945 taxes yet due.
Paul Gough Added
To Police Force,
Kirkpatrick Leaves
Paul Gough has been assigned
to the Waynesville police force to
replace Frank Kirkpatrick, who re
signed Monday to accept a posi
tion as teacher in the Fines Creek
school.
Patrolman Gough completed five
years in the Army last autumn,
serving several months in the E.
T. O. A native of Forsythe coun
ty, he has made Waynesville hi.
home for several years. Prior to
joining the police he was employ
ed al the A. C. Lawrence Leather
company.
Mr. Kirkpatrick, who has been on
the force since December, also is an
Army veteran. Prior to entering
the armed forces, he was a teacher
at Fines Creek.
Deficiencies Are Found
In Nutrition During
Pre-School Clinics Here
During the recent annual spring
prc-school clinics conducted by the
Haywood County Health Depart
ment in cooperation with the Hay
wood County Council of the Par
ent Teacher Association there were
249 children examined in the
Waynesville area of the county
which includes the usually desig
nated area of the county, it was
learned this week from Dr. Mary
Michal, assistant health officer who
was in charge of the examinations.
She was assisted by Mrs. Howard
Bryson, public health nurse.
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Other
SHORTAGE HERE
Camp Boone
To Still
Discovered During
Hike, 72 Scouts
Help Round Up
45 Gallon Plant
Around I wo o'clock lasl Friday
afternoon 72 Hoy Scouts from
Camp Daniel Minnie impatiently
awaited the arrival of three depu
ties from the shenlf's iU pni t ineiil .
who bad been called lo (lie .site
of a si ill on the Little East Fork of
the Pigeon by the Scouts during
one of their hikes less than two
hours earlier that day.
The call had been made to the
Chief of police of Canton, who in
turn notified D e p u t y Horace
Mehaffcy. who got in touch with
deputies Wade McDamcl, and .John
Krrley and t lie tluee officers ans
wered the call at once.
Two Scouts had been assigned
lo meet the deputies al the main
road on the Little East I'oik, about
a mile from the site of the still lo
take the officers to the spot
"You have never seen such yell
ing and confusion after we arrived.
The boys had been slalioued by
their Scout leaders about 100 yards
from the still and told to remain
their until the officers anived,
but when they saw us coining over
the knoll they let mil such yells
yon never heard the like of. They
lushed toward thai still and slart
cd chopping the thing to pieces,"
baid one of t he oihcei .
"You never saw buys so excited
or gel such a kok out ol anything
They all wauled lo tell us I he story
of their find, and they all wanted
a souviner of I he still. One hoy
.said, 'well 1 can tell my grandchil- '
rireii that I helped lo destroy at
least one still'. 1 guess it will he
about the biggest event that will
happen al that camp this summer",
he further commented.
The 45 gallon still was made of
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The defects found in the ?-19
children of pro-school age in the
1-3-5 grades examined included
the following percentages of those
examined: Showing markedly poor
nutrition, 26.0; showing markedly
poor posture, 15 0; showing ortho
pedic defects, 2.0; showing rickets,
48.0; showing markedly enlarged
cervical glands, 7.2; showing eye
conditions needing treatment
(vision not tested in pre-school
group), 24.5.
Showing serious denial defects
(Continued on Page Three)
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Parts of State
Editor Tells
Of Need For
Friendships
Lake Junaluska
Program Includes
Noted Speakers
This Week-Knd
And Queen Coronation
"International Friendships" is the
theme of a series of lectures that
began Thursday morning at Lake
Junaluska by Dr. Roy L. Smith, of
Chicago, editor of the Christian
Advocate, national Methodist maga
zine. Dr. Smith, one of America's
foremost editors, recently returned
from Europe whore he had made
a study of the food situation at the
request of the council of bishops.
He will be the Assembly speaker
Friday nun ning and evening, and
will conclude the scries on Satur
day morning.
On Saturday night the Lake
Junaluska queen, Miss Virginia
Hippy of Nashville, w ill be crowned
in a coronation ceremony. Mrs.
Frank Moore Irwin of Salisbury,
the former Miss Kit Crum of Dur
ham, who was elected queen lasl
year, will take part in the cere
mony. Dr. Eddy Asirvalham from East
India, will open the eighth week
assembly program Sunday morn
ing at 11 o'clock. This speaker,
who is head of the Department of
Political Science at the University
of Madrid, has an interesting hack'
ground and Is expected to draw a
large audience. The Sunday eve
ning sermon will be given by the
licv. Clnvis Chnppell, pastor of the
First Methodist church al Char
lotte. Beginning Monday the evening
programs will be under the aus
pices of the Young People's
Leadership conference.
State And U. S.
Apple Crop Is
Better Than '45
North Carolina's commercial ap
ple crop is estimated by the Federal-State
Crop Reporting Service
to be 1,804,000 bushels as com
pared with 19iri's short crop of
only 2.'i2,000 bushels and the 1935
44 average of 1.179,000 bushels.
Haywood county growers are ex
pecting a crop of from 00 to 70
per cent of normal in their Septem
ber and October harvest, according
lo County Agent Wayne Corpening.
hi a recent survey of the apple
crop, The Mountaineer found that
some growers had been lnl hard
by bad weather, while those on
higher ground had been less af
fected during the "June drop." and
reported that the county crop
would be 65 per cent of normal.
The eastern part of the country,
reports the Federal-Stale Maikel
news service, will produce 58 per
cent of the national crop, where
lasl year the western stales grew
67 per cent. A harvest of 106,
456,000 bushels is estimated for
this year, 56 per cent larger than
1945, but less by 12 per cent than
the 10-year average.
In the East and Mid-Wcsl com
bined, the production prospect is
nearly three times the short 1945
crop, which in Haywood county was
only 20 per cent of normal.
Clayton Alexander Brings An
Oddity Out of Jonathan Creek
Thirty-five years ago Jonathan
Creek ran as swiftly down its bed
as it does now. However, in that
lime, roads were rougher and
bridges weren't built, so travelers
bent on crossing from one side of
the creek to the other walked their
horses through one of the fording
sites.
Our story is about a Singer sew
ing machine salesman, one whose
name is forgotten over the years,
who attempted to take his horse
and buggy through one of the Jona
than Creek fords about a mile
above Dellwood. Like several oth
ers before him, his buggy failed
to make the grade against the
strong current, norse and buggy
went under and fought heir way
out to the safety of the far shore.
TVA Head Here
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DAVID E. I. II
.IENTIIAL. cbair-
man of I he bu.n
the Tennessee V,
vacal nun in; w il li
loochee li.nn h II
his lii si i .il In
d of directors of
illey Authority, is
he. wile al Cala-H-.
week. This is
Haywood county
since sever. i
n is ago when
Mr. I.ilu nllisl t:.
the courl hniisi
pin pose and wi
They have been
and sonic Inirsrh
Catalooi'liii' lian
July i:lh. and
ne an address at
IcIIiiil; of the
uk ol the TVA.
enjoy i ng a rest
,ii k riding al the
ill since arriving
il.in In return to
their hiiinc in !
oi i l ., I enn.. Sat
urday.
Students Not
Able to Enter
College To
Register Soon
Special "On Campus"
And "Oil-Campus"
I'resliiiian Courses
Are IJeing Planned
All young peiiple eligible to
enter college Iml who have been
unable to isun ailuns inn lo some
institution lui Hie ((lining fall term
are being icqm led In register at
selected high . huol,. over North
Carolina so lh.it special "on-camp-us"
and "oil cuiipir." ("liters may
be set up ,i needed to provide
freshman yeai college courses.
The registration will lie conduct
ed Monday anil Tuesday, July 22
'J.'A, al tlir V.i nesMlle high school,
anninincc . Supl Jack Messer.
John Willi, mi , area veterans
represeiil.ihve, announces that ef
forls aic brin;: made to bring a
college center to Waynesville, with
housing for student being the pri
mary pioblem "Ewrynne who
wants an education can get one if
(('out iniied or. page six)
Gains Made By
Clyde Post Office
Itetoii't : at the Clyde Post Of
fice aie ' lie', in.' .0 increase, ac
eoiduig lo (Iiiim i (' Ilaynes, post
master ' Itu inc- li.i . been iereasing
since the middle ol June, and indi
ejlions aic I li.it il will hold up,"
t he ( 'lydc "i I iii.i lor said.
The receipt , (linppi d after many
men in sciaicc started returning
home.
Mr. Hay lie, has been postmaster
for the pnsl 12 years.
However, the spill threw one of
bis sewiin.; machines oul in the
creek, and the salesman didn't, feel
up lo gelling il out of the water
al the time. Ill lay (here through
the following years, washing down
and burying in the sand of the
creek bed.
Last week, Clayton Alexander
was dredging sand and gravel from
the creek to go into concrete mix
ing machines. One scoop brought
out an odd looking object. Yes,
the old sewing machine.
Now rusty and outdated, the lit
tle table model machine rests at
the Ferguson Dairy where it is a
source of interest to those who
like oddities. Perhaps one reason
it looks so dejected is that it never
had the chance to sew a stitch.
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And Civic
Leaders On
The Project
Monroe Redden
Spends Two Days
Here Consulting With
Leaders on Program
Monroe Redden, Democratic
nominee for Cnneress from thU
district, spent Wednesday and
I hui sday in Haywood, making a
county-wide survey and study of
the area with civic leaders and
officials. The purpose of the sur
vey was to get an accurate picture
of the needs of Haywood, formu
late a general plan for luture de
velopment, regarding the Park,
highways in addition to securing
additional information on natural
resources.
"I want to have first hand infor
mation and facts at my finger tips
when I get to Washington. 1 feel
that I can best serve the people by
going over the lield and gathering
the facts and then work with the
Plans that are already in the mak
ing," Mr. Redden said as the party
of almost 25 started the thorough
survey.
A conference was held Wednes
day morning, and a general out
line of a development urogram dis
cussed, with Charles E. Ray acting
as chairman of the Haywood group.
At noon the nartv bad lunch at
the Hotel Gordon, and then started
for the first part of a nine-hour
motor trip into the northern end of
the county, covering Cataloochee,
Big Creek and Waterville areas.
Frequent slops were made by the
party, which was escorted by
Patrolman O. R. Roberts, in order
that miipg nd nfficlal rlatn hand
could be studied in the field. At
Cove Creek Gap, with an elevation
of 4,062 feel, the parly took time
to get a general view of both val
leys below and study the "lay of
the land."
From there the party in seven
cars drove down Cataloochee creek
lo the foot of Big Fork Ridce.
where the Park Service plans (o
build numerous picnic and camp
ing grounds.
After a thorough inspection of
the Cataloochee area the party
went across Ml. Sterling Gap down
to Mt. Sterling and then lo Water
ville for a visit to the hydro electric
plant of the Carolina Power and
Light Company, one of the largest
privately ownod hydro - electric
pints east of the Mississippi.
From the power plant, the party,
accompanied by Paik Ranger
Shaver and Mack Caldwell, went
to Walnut Bottom, seven miles up
Big Creek for a fish fry and picnic
supper.
During a conference on Big
Creek,, Blair Ross, superintendent
of (he Park, pointed oul the plans
for developing that entire area
under the master plans of the Park.
"Right now it appear-, that we
will have more than a million visi
tors in the Park over the present
highways. That is just about the
capacity. This means we will have
to develop such areas as Rig Creek
and Catalooehee." Mr. Ross said.
In pointing out the plan-, of the
Park service for developing these
and other kindred areas, the ques
tion of slate highways these
points was brought up The Bu;
Creek and ' atalooehee areas are
right on the eastern edge of the
Park. And pointing this out on
(Continued on Page Light)
Market
Reports
The following prices are being
offered as of noon Thursday at the
Farmers Exchange in East Waynes
ville, for farm produce for ship
ment to wholesalers:
Eggs, 40e-45r; fryers, 35c: hen-.
20c-23c; beans, 41'-e-.'c; squash,
$2.00; cucumbers, $2 00.
At the Asheville market the
prices reported by the state and
federal Departments of Agricul
ture were as follows as of Wednes
day: Eggs, 32c-42c; fryers and broil
ers, 35c to 37c: heavy hens, 25c-27c;
light hens, 20c-25c; snap beans,
$1.50-$2.00.
Tuesday at Hendersonvill" ap
ples were being received and the
market price ran: Wilson reds,
$2.75-$3.25; Northern June, $2.50
$2.75; snap beans, $2.0fl-$2.60; cab
bage (market dull) 50 lb. sacks do
mestic round type 65c-76c; cucum
bers, $2.50-$3.50; squash, $1.75-$3.25.