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Published Twiee-a-Week In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Live within 20 miles of
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WAYNESVILLE, N. C. FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1946
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ranee 10 town
Community Using
850,000 Gallons
Of Water Daily
Water consumption for the
community Is now running
more than 850,000 gallon per
day, according to G. C. Fergu
son, town manager.
The state board of health
estimates that the average con
sumption per capita Is 1,000
gallons daily, which would
mean that between S.500 and
9,000 people are now in the
community on Waynesville
water lines.
The present consumption Is
ahead of the same period last
year.
Tennessee Still
Looking Forward
To Waynesville
To Newport Road
Congressional
Candidate In
Tennessee Makes
Project Part Of
Campaign Pledge
Kastcrn Tennessee shares with
Western Norths Carolina Interest
in the construction of the water
level highway from Waynesville to
Newport.
In Tennessee, a campaign is be
ing waged, and Gen. Joseph Wol
fenharger, candidate for Congress,
lias made the Newport-Waynesville
highway one of his campaign is
sues, according to The Newport
Plain Talk.
The newspaper in reporting Gen.
Wolfenbarger's recent address in
Newport, said:
"When Gen. Jos. Wolfenbarger
said in li is speech Saturday that
erne of the first things he will favor
w hen he goes to Congress will be
the "water - level - route" leading
from Newport to Waynesville, he
did not know that Monroe Redden,
who will serve Waynesville and
that section of North Carolina in
the next Congress, will be at his
side assisting him. According to
The Waynesville Mountaineer,
which has just come to this office,
the North Carolina committee
which was organized at Walnut
Bottoms last year, was already in
that section with Mr. Redden. They
are now having a survey made and
Mr. Redden, as well as Mr. Wolfen
barger, being interested in the
road, has promised the people that
lie would do his utmost to see that
federal funds are made available
for this road.
"The North Carolina party came
all of the way to the State line this
past week and made an investiga
tion of that section.
"As Gen. Wolfenbarger said, "It
is first, or second in importance
i when it comes to highways for this
It would mean millions of
dollars to all of our people."
Encouraging Reports
Given To Directors Of
Chamber Of Commerce
The directors of the Chamber of
Commerce heard encouraging re
Ports Monday night, from commit
tees now making three surveys in
the county. First, an industrial
survey, that will show the number
of industrial workers, annual pay
roll and value of goods manufac
'ured is more than half completed,
according to L. E. Sims, president
of the organization.
Brief reports were made of the
conferences and two-day trip made
recently with Park officials and
Monroe Redden, Congressional
nominee, into several sections of
the county, checking on highways
and the general development pro
gram that has been under way
some time.
A report on the traffic count that
has been under way several weeks
was made, and details are beinR
To Give Concert At Lake
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NORMAN CORDON, bass-baritone of the Metropolitan Opera Asso
ciation, will be presented in a popular concert Saturday evening at 8 30.
A native of North Carolina, Mr. Cordon recently received a doctor's
degree in music at the University of North Carolina, and makes his
home in Linville during the summer. His concert is the first of a
series of musical attractions scheduled for the week-ends between now
and August 17 under the direction of Walter Herbert, head of the
music department at the Georgia School of Technology. The program
includes Mendelssohn's oratorio, "Elijah," on August !)th followed by
the opera "Martha," by Flotow on the 10th, accompanied by a full
chorus and orchestra from Atlanta.
Lunch Room
Supervisor Asks
For Vegetables
An appeal is bring made this
week by Mrs. Rufus Siler, su
pervisor of the Haywood coun
ty school lunch rooms, for
surplus vegetables from the
gardens of patrons and friends
of the schools.
"Unless we can obtain some
extra vegetables we are afraid
that we will be forced to raise
the price of our school
lunches," said Mrs. Siler.
"Food is scarce and we feel
that in many gardens vege
tables are going to waste, and
that the owners if they only
knew to what service they
could be pot, will gladly make
contributions to the schools,"
she eontinned.
The vegetables donated will
be canned in the community
cannery by those who are in
charge of this project, it was
pointed out by the supervisor.
Any person in the county who
will make vegetable or fruit
donations to the schools are
asked to get in touch with Mrs.
Siler through the office of the
county board of education.
Mrs. Linwood Grahl
Reported Improving
Mrs. Linwood Grahl, who under
went an operation this week at
the Biltmore Hospital, is reported
to be resting more comfortably.
carried elsewhere in this edition.
A committee was named to ex
tend an invitation to the North
Carolina Press Association to spend
one afternoon and evening in
Waynesville when the group meets
in Asheville on September 13-14.
The committee will extend the in
vitation on Saturday when the ex
ecutive committee of the Associa
tion meets in Asheville.
A discussion was made on fur
ther efforts to get the lobby of the
post office kept open after 8:00
o'clock at night. Officials of the
Chamber of Commerce were named
to contact authorities in Washing
ton, either by letter or in person.
Miss S. A. Jones, secretary, gave
a report on summer activities and
the part the organization was play
ing in staging the different events.
Laymen's
Conference
Begins Sun.
At Lake
Featuring the last program of
the School of Missions, Miss Dor
othy McConnell of New York City,
daughter of Rishop and Mrs. Fran
cis J. MeConnell and eo-edilor of
the World Outlook, national mis
sionary magazine, will deliver a
plat form address at the Lake Juna
luska auditorium tonight.
Sunday evening at 8 p. m. the
speaker will be Harry N. Holmes,
a Methodist layman who will pre
sent the keynote address at the
opening of the south-wide Lay
man's Conference. This group will
remain at the Assembly until Julv
31.
Mr. Holmes is associate secretary
of the World Alliance for Interna
tional Friendship Through the
Churches, and i.s in demand as a
preacher and speaker In churches,
service clubs, conferences and uni
versities. He is a trustee of Drew
University and a past president of
the New York City Kiwanis Club.
The Young People's I leadership
school which has been in session
since July 22 will close on the
30th, and the School of Missions
will complete its' work Sunday.
On Wednesday the annual Mission
ary Conference will convene for a
7-day meeting.
This week-end also will bring a
meeting of the Wesleyati Service
Guild of the Southeastern Jurisdic
tion. Guest speaker for the meet
ings Saturday afternoon, evening
and Sunday morning will be Miss
Mildred I'aine, a missionary from
Japan, and Miss Margaret Dodd of
New York City.
Climaxing the end of the eighth
week at Junaluska will be the
Norman Cordon concert. The sing
er will be presented at the Audi
torium at 8:30 Saturday evening,
the concert being open to all who
love good music.
Town To Put Names Of
All Streets On Curbs;
Work To Start At Once
All streets in Waynesville will
soon be properly marked, it was
announced by G. C. Ferguson, town
manager.
Crews arc busy completing the
work of marking off parking lines
on Main street. Church street, and
the Depot section. The marking
is usually done in early spring, but
was held up this year awaiting the
re-surfacing of Main street. The
marking of Main street has been
extended from the Baptist church
Schedule
Announced
For Annual
Farm Tour
All Farm Folks
In Haywood County
Are Invited to Join
Out-of-County Tour
Approximately 2.800 farm fami
lies in Haywood county will re
ceive invitations this week to join
the oul-ol-county farm tour which
is scheduled this year for August
ti, 7, 8, and 9th
Plans for one of the best tows
yet have been drawn, the tour
covering the high spots of North
and Smith Carolina which will
mean a journey of l,2!i(t miles
before returning home. Overnight
stops will be made at Stale College
in flalcigh, at the 411 Club camp
in Manteo, and at White Lake.
Primarily organized by the coun
ty agent, W. A. Corpening, so that
the work of outstanding farmers
and specialists in agricultural fields
could be observed and new ideas
brought back to improve Haywood
county farms, the tour will slop to
see examples of the best beef and
dairy cattle, work stock and sheep;
demonstrations on fertilizer, cover
crops, and hybrid varieties. The
group also will visit a barn with
an economical hay drier, and see
demonstrations in cotton, peanuts
and soybeans.
The tour is sponsored by the test
demonstration farmers of the coun
ty. All expenses are estimated to
be not more than $25 per person.
Women are especially invited, and
all who Join arc requested to bring
two sheets and a blanket for the
overnight stops.
One of the interesting sidelights
of the tour will be the opportunity
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All Is Quiet Here
During Latest
Atom Bomb Test
An atom bnmb submersed in
a sunken landing craft was ex
ploded as scheduled off the
Bikini lagoon where 75 vessels
floated.
There was little, If any. ex
citement In Waynesville at (he
lime, 4:35 Wednesday after
noon. Possibly because the fan
tastic disasters predicted at the
time of the aerial bomb test
of July 1st had failed to come
to pass. Despite the warnings
of somr alarmists that the un
derwater test would cause
earthquakes and tidal waves,
the second test was hardly
more than an item of idle com
ment. Observers at Bikini saw the
explosion bring out or the
ocean a great umbrrlla of
water five miles wide at the
top that rose to a hrighth of
9,000 feet. One of the ships
was seen tumbling end over
end up lo (wo miles In the
air, then falling bark into the
sea.
Rut when the giant spray
settled back in the lagoon, the
largest fleet lay almost Intact.
The only large ship missing
was the battleship Arkansas.
An oil barge and tank landing
craft also wrnt down under
the explosion. The carrier Sar
atoga and Japanese battleship
Nacato were listing.
Time will have to lapse for
the lethel radioactive rays gen
erated by the explosion to dis
appear before an examination
of the exact damage can be
made.
to the Hotel Gordon. Parking lanes
arc marked off in white, while re
stricted areas are in deep yellow.
Mr. Ferguson said plans were to
paint the names of all streets on
the curb, using a white background,
and black letters. Names of un
paved streets will bo placed on
poles at the street intersections, he
pointed out.
New signs giving parking regula
tions are being made for the poles
on Main street.
Inspects Farm
KF.RR SCOTT, commissioner of
agriculture, was among the party
of Hi State farm officials here yes
terday on a semi-annual Inspection
trip of the state test farm.
State Agriculture
Group Inspected
Test Farm Here
Thurs. Afternoon
The Not Ih Carolina Board of
Agriculture, headed by Kerr Scott,
commissioner of agriculture, made
their semi-annual inspection of
the Stale Test Ifann here yester
day. The group met in Asheville
Thursday morning, and arrived at
the farm about 4:00 o'clock. The
parly was made up of about 15
people. D. Reeves Noland, mem
ber of the board, and Howard
Clapp, general manager of the Test
Farm, were at the meeting in Ashe
ville yesterday morning, and were
hosts to the group while in Hay
wood. Campbell Elected
Post Commander
By VFW Monday
Robert Roy Campbell was elect
ed commander of Haywood Memo
rial Post (i7t)7, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, at the regular meeting Mon
day night at the Waynesville Ar
mory. Other 6flicers elected lo
fill veeaneies were: John Lewis,
senior commander: Fred Y. Camp
bell, junior commander; Marcus
Rose, quartermaster; and Johnnie
Norris, Qm. sergeant.
Commnader Campbell announces
that the post will hold its next
meeting Monday night, July 29, at
8 o'clock in the Armory. All mem
bers who have not taken their obli
gations are urgently requested to
be present.
State Highway Is
Being Resurfaced
Through Canton
Highway 19-23 Is now being re
surfaced through the Town of Can
ton by the state Highway Commis
sion similar to the work recently
completed on Main Street in
Waynesville.
The new asphalt surface is being
laid from the eastern limits of the
Town, down Church Street and
Park Street and out to the railroad
tracks on the Clyde road. This
follows the state highway route
through Canton.
According to J. C. Walker, dist
rict engineer of the Commission.
Asheville. the new surface will be
completed either this week or early
next week.
Volunteer OPA Workers
Thanked By President
Truman For Service
All volunteer workers for "the
Office of Price Administration have
received a signed document of ap
preciation from President Truman,
for "selfless service" in helping
administer the work of the price
control board.
The document bears the presi
dential seal, and signature of Harry
Truman.
The name of the volunteer work
er appears just below the presiden
tial seal, and then follows this
message:
"On behalf of the grateful people
of the United States, I thank you
for your selfless service In your
Shortage Of
Teachers
Still Exists
In Haywood
Fines Creek, Bethel,
Iron-Duff, Crabtrce
School Will Open
On July .'Hst
The teacher shortage in the Hay
wood county schools continues to
be a serious problem to the county
board of education, it was learned
yesterday from Jack Messcr, coun
ty superintendent
There are seventeen vacancies in
the county schools, which include
three recent resignations in the
Waynesville district, it was pointed
out by Mr. Messrr.
In the Fines Creek. Hethel, Iron
Duff Ci abtree schools, which are
scheduled to open on next Wednes
day, July 31, there are still nine
vacancies, which must lie filled by
the opening dale, if the schools
are to properly lake care of the
prospect ive enrollments.
In the Waynesville and Clyde
school districts which are to open
on Wednesday, August 2Hth, there
are eight vacancies with seven in
the Waynesville schools and one in
Clyde.
"It looks like our total vacancies
has been at a standstill for some
time, because the number remains
about the same, but as some resign
we have others to accept, is the
reason for the apparent unchanged
number," explained Mr. Messcr.
Return Of OPA Is
Taken In Stride
Off again, on again, OPA.
Axed up to the neck by Con
gress, price control went out
June 301 h oil practically
everything exivepl rents in cer
tain arras, hrinniiiR pleasure to
those who wanted lo produce
and process under profitable
free enterprise, and loud pro
tests from buyers with fixed
Incomes and the prrsident who
saw the reins let go on inlla
tion. Retail dealers in Waynesville
seemed to take the change in
the same manner that reput
able businessmen did over the
nation. The future still was
in doubt about OPA, but there
was no doubt that reputations
could he ruined by large, un
warranted Increases in the
price of goods sold.
Naturally there wrre in
creases. But only a few of the
"short" Items such a meat and
butter, began to appear on the
counters. There was no flood
of automobiles, clothing1, or
building materials. Most mer
chants held to their former
ceiling prices.
This week the House and
Senate finally got together
over a new hill that is expected
to satisfy Hip president. Re
conversion Director John R.
Steelman will direct the top
policy and OPA Administrator
Paul Porter will work under
him and with the three-member
decontrol board to be
selected by Mr. Truman which
will decide what major com
modities shall come under the
price control. After it's ex
pected passage, the law will
go into effect for one year.
country's need as a volunteer Work
er for the Office of Price Adminis
tration. With your help, our Na
tion has been able lo protect its
economy against the impact of total
war and to assure its consumers
fair prices and a fair distribution
of needed goods.
"As a patriotic citizen, you have
demonstrated your loyalty and de
votion in a period of great national
danger. Your community and your
country will not forget your con
tribution to victory over our ene
mies and look to you now for lead
ership and example in the continu
ing fight against inflation. Harry
Truman."
Work Begins
On Paving
From Soco
To Cherokee
Junaluska-Delhvood
Cutofl Construction
To Block Eastern
Entrance
Dell wood residents will have two
of three main roads leading into
the community cut off by the road
improvement program that will be
finished sometime this autumn.
According to information from
J C. Walker of Asheville. district
engineer with the State Highway
Commission, Route 293 which
passes to the west of Dellwood and
presently is paved to Soco Gap,
is now being paved from the Gap
into Cherokee. And the new Lake
Junaluska-Dellwood road, where it
ties in to the state highway leading
from the east into Dellwood, is re
quiring that old pavement he dug
up to fit the new grading laid out
for I he new road.
Roth st rips of road, Junaluska
to Dellwood and Soco (iap to Cher
okee, will be 311 feet in width from
ditch to ditch with a 22 foot wide
paved surface of asphalt.
Work began this week on the
Soco Gap to Cherokee strip, 12
miles in length, being surfaced liy
the Asheville Paving Company un
der a $115,000 contract. Mr. WhI
ker stales that it will be finished
sometime in Hie fall, more or less
dependent upon the weather.
Meanwhile, traffic between Dell
wood and Cherokee is being de
toured by way of Sylva. This long
detour will he in effect for "quite
a while," according to Mr. Walker.
Between Dellwood and Waynes
ville or any of the towns to the
east, the detour tics in to highway
19-23 at the junction of highway
209 the other side of Lake Juna
luska. From this junction, the de
tour cuts north, to the west on the
Iron Duff road which meets 284,
a paved road running from the
north into Dellwood.
Grading of the Junaluska-Dellwood
cut-off has been going on
since spring by Sober and Com
pany. When the grading is fin
ished, the stone nd asphalt sur
face work will begin. Mr. Walker
states that they expect to let the
contract for this work "bv August
13th."
Much of the grading at the over
head bridge to be constructed this
side of Lake Junaluska has been
completed. However, it will be
necessary for all of the road grad
ing to be finished before the piles
can be driven to begin work on the
bridge proper, and this is not ex
pected until sometime in the fall.
Market
Reports
The following prices are quoted
as of noon Thursday for produce
being bought at the Karniprs K.
change in Fast Waynesville; egg
prices rising 10c per dozen since
Tuesday:
Eggs, 50r-ri3c; fryers, S0c-32c:
hens. 20c-22c; snap beans, $I.3.V
$1.50; squash. No. 1, $2.06; cucum
bers, No. 1. $2.00.
At last week's auction snles on
the Asheville livestock maikft,
prices ran weaker due to heavy
receipts. Cows brought from SI 3
to $15.50 for fat bull her beef type
down to $7.50 for eanners and cut
ters. Heifers, a lew of the best
selling for $17.25, ranged from $11
to $13 generally. Steer;, choice
butcher type brought as high as
$18.00; medium, $13 to $16; fair,
$10 lo $12; storkrrs and feeders,
medium, $13 to $15 50, common
and dairy type, $11 tu $13. Bulls
sold from $0 to $11. I at lambs
brought between $17 anil $20.60;
old ewes, $8 lo $11.
Current prices on the Asheville
poultry market are the same as in
the past : eggs. Ironi 30c a dozen
for culls lo 42c for grade A; fryers,
30c to 32c; heavy hens, 25c; light
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PF.T DAIRY TIU ( K
TURNS OVUt THURSDAY
Wrecked ior the eighth time, the
Pet Dairy truck which was assign
to Bob James for his pick-up route
had its latest spill nt the curve in
the road running by MeCracken's
Orchard about 10 o'clock Thurs
day morning. Bob's assistant was
driving and the only occupant, and
escaped uninjured. The full load
of milk, however, was lost when
the truck turned over.