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Sudrd PKINTINO CO 2i-230 8 Fin S LOUISVILLI 4- Published The Waynesville Mountaineer 49,500 People Live within 20 miles of Wayneavflle their Ideal' shopping center; Lvice-a-Week ery Tuesday Ud Friday Published Twice-a-Week In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park SECOND YEAR No. 4 8 Pages Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1947 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties (Sdfo onmrDDTTD jtU Sdtod OOWSI azelwood Records Big Growth During Past Year U RHHc 11 nuuii dings, istries Make lovements, ety of Small ncsses Started k)d showed a record of hiring 1946 that proves it of the fastest developing ies in Western North The development was so h fact, that when G. C. w, the town treasurer and ktor for many years, his records he admitted prised at what has hap new businesses have ted within the town lim them in new buildings. Ive been 32 new dwellings d in Hazelwood during year, reports Mr. Sum- of the industrial plants e either made additions li out other improvements Ie year. A. C. Lawrence ompany put on a large to their plant, Unagusta wring company and Well- company carried out a of repairs and improve kn alsd had its-first 1ocaH into operation last when the First State ncd for business. new business establish- blude Cabe Shell service ive-Point Garage, Mash- lirocery, Chicken Real, Super Market, Coffee pio Repair Shop, a beau- dress shop, Wyatt's gro . a dentist's office, coal dware store, and electric pay's pharmacy also went lv management during the .dicator of the town's as in the general use of tiring the year the num ber taps increased from Ph 16 more than the Mr. Summcrow reports poo gallons more water Mined in December 1946 ke same month of the pre- ny ways,'' he comments, ooking for a greater ex- pi 1947 than in 1946." CRASH LANDS PILOT IN HOSPITAL PHOT OF THE TRANSPORT PLANE which crashed near Vineland, N. J Capt. Kobert Sheker Is pictured being attended by nurse Eleanor Stan ton at the Bridgeton, N. J. Hospital. Heavy snow and wind forced Sheker to unsuccessful!; seek an emergency landing atter starting from Newark. N. J., on a projected flight to Miami with 20 passengers and three crewmen. He missed the field and landed in a densely wooded section near Vineland. Three persons were killed and 18 others were Injured. Sheker suffered a fractured skulL (International) Army Searching Parly Will Resume Hani For Lost Plane This Week the ty Medical ty To Thursday fgular meeting of county medical SnriPtv pld in the living rooms of s home at 8:00 o'clock evening. mbcrs are urged to dp P-v Br. J. L Rppvoq feted president who' will group during the com- FHARGED WITH IOUR BEER SALE reen of Hazelwood. in an N Friday before Magis- Medford, was bound uperior court to be tried lflly selling beer after leoal ,:3n P. m.) the nieht nt Kith. pther Report hed The Mountaineer by "earner Bureau): , Jan. 13 Unsettled with f ie and fog today, tonight, morning. , Cooler to e change in temperature "west temperature about s. iy, Jan. 14 Partial chance "er in the afternoon with -mperatures about 60. Pos ter by Wednesday morn- 1 Wavnnauillo recorded by the staff of 'est Farm); ' ' Max. ", Mln 42 25 51 15 58 18 60 41 Boosters Club Will Be Sponsors Of Two Scout Troops In Hazelwood T; C. Davis Gets Record Price For Basket Of Burley T. C. Davis of Iron Duff hit a new high on the tobacco mar ket last Wednesday when a basket of his choice leaves sold at $1 a pound on the Asheville market. Mr. Davis raised 5,200 pounds of Burley this past year on 2 and 810th acres of land. Out of curiosity to see how good a man he was at grading tobacco he picked his best leafs one or two off the better stalks for his special basket. The buyers agreed with his version of quality, going 40 cents higher per pound than over the usual top grade price, and Mr. Davis now is a firm believer in the fact that taking care to grade tobacco pays off. Morgan Home Hyatt's Creek Burned Friday The five room house of Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Morgan, on Hyatt's Creek burned to the ground Friday morning around 10 o'clock. No one was in the house at the time the fire, which is said to have caught from the kitchen stove, broke out. The blaze was discovered by a neighbor who called others as he rushed to the scene, and notified Mr. Morgan who was chopping wood on the place. Only a few things from one of the front rooms were saved, the kitchen having fallen in at the time the fire was discovered. Mrs. Morgan who is employed by the Dayton Rubber Company, about a half mile away from the ome, was at work at the plant. The Morgans had bought the place two years ago. The Boosters club, of Hazelwood, meeting last Thursday nlght;"eov ered a number of community proj ects in a general discussion, with Frank Underwood, president, pre siding. The club agreed to sponsor a Boy Scout troop, with a committee composed of Dr. Stuart R. Robin son, Lawrence Davis and Rufus Gaddis as a troop committee. The club also agreed to appropriate $35 for a Girl Scout troop, with Mrs. Rudolph Carswell as leader. A discussion of Main street park ing brought an agreement from town officials to put suitable sur facing on a lot on Main street, 100 by 225 feet, with the owners, C. N. Allen, Ralph Summerrow and R. L. Prevost making the prop erty rent-free. The parking lot will accommodate 40 to 50 cars. A committee composed of R. L. Prevost, C. N. Allen, and John Blalock was named to confer with other groups on the proposed ex pansion of the hospital. At the November meeting, mem bers of the school board appeared on the program and discussed ac quiring additional lands for a play ground at the school. Since that time, the board told members of the committee that the price was prohibitive. President Underwood requested the committee to confer (Continued on Page Five) Good Attendance Reported By Truant Officer "There has been a marked im prsvement in school attendance since Christmas," said W. G. Byers, truant officer of the Hay wood county schools, yesterday in discussing his work. "One reason for better attend ance I feel sure is due to the fine work done by the Lions club and other groups at Christmas in fitting out children in needed clothing," he continued. "I know of one family with 11 children in school that the Lions club bought shoes for. and cloth ing, and the children are all back in school," he said. Tax Listers Are Receiving Cooperation The citizens of the county are cooperating with the tax listers, ac cording to the office of the tax col lector. J. S. Black, lister for Waynesville township stated that the record to date of his area was unusually well covered. Valuations are holding up and it was thought that the work would be completed within the thirty days set for the listing by the laws of the state. Confederate Pensioners Dwindle To 12 In Haywood As Years Pass There are only 12 names left on the list of those receiving pensions in Haywood county because of their connection with the War Between the States. In the 12 are included one vet eran, Captain Alden Howell, who will observe his birthday on the 18th of February, and now makes his home with his daughter, Mrs. Jack Johnston, in Los Angeles, Calif. ; The veterans now receive $75 per month from the state. ' There are 11 widows, ten in class A who receive $35 per month and one in class B, who receives $18.74 each month. The widows' and their husbands,: and the latter's Confederate army unit are as follows: Mrs. J. W. Blanton, widow of J. W. Blanton, who served in Com pany H, of the 62nd North Carolina Regiment. Mrs. Susie C. burgess, widow of R, H. Burgess, who served in Company A of the 62nd Regiment, C .S. T. - i Mrs. Florence Cagle, widow of Harvey Cagle, who served in Com pany 62nd Regiment, N. C. S. T. Mrs. Cordelia Clark, widow of Calvin Clark, who served in Com pany L, 62nd Regiment, North Car- , (Continued on Page Eight) Miss Alley Wins In District Contest 4 Will Compete In Final Good Health Association Oratorical Contest Having Won In Four Contests Theresa Alley, representing Hay wood county and Harvey Adams, representing Randolph county, were named winners in the West ern section of the state at the semi-finals of the North Carolina Good Health Association high school oratorical contest which was held at Woman's College, Greens boro on Friday. A 'boy and girl were c hosen in a similar manner at Wake Forest to determine winners in the east ern section of the state. The four winners will meet in the finals at a date and place to be anounced later. Competing with young Adams and Miss Alley were W. L. .Pear son, Jr., of Lee Edwards high school, Asheville, representing Bun combe county, and Miss Hazel Wal ker, of Sparta, representing Alle ghany county, Miss Walker, re placed Miss Elizabeth Morrison, of Chapel Hill, who had to forfeit her place due to illness. The boy and girl winners in the finals will receive $500 scholarships while runners-up will be awarded radio-phonographs. Miss Alley, who has made an out standing record in the Waynesville Township high school is the local winner of the DAR Citizenship con test, her scrapbook having been sent last week to compete in the state-wide contest which is part of a national contest for winners in each state in the union. Liaison Planes Will Assist Ground Crew of 12 Cover Nearby Hills A ground searching crew of twelve men from the Greenville Army Air Base is scheduled to arrive here either late tonight or early Wednesday to stage an ex tensive three-day search for a miss ing plane in Rattlesnake Cove, several miles from here. Plans for the search on the ground and also from the air, were given The Moun taineer yesterday by Col. Frank J. MacNees, commanding officer of the Greenville Air Base. Two special light searching planes, of the L-5 type, will be used to aid in the search. The planes are silver with yellow stripes, and flew over the area Thursday without any success. Major T. J. Hieatt, intelligence officer at the base, who led other ground crews into the area last fall, was in one of the planes in Thursday's search. He said every thing is favorable for a thorough search, since all foliage has fal len. 'The only difficulty from searching from the air," he said, "is the huge rocks covered with ice that resemble a plane down in the forest. Major Hieatt was elat ed to know it was raining Monday, as this would help melt some ice in the area. Major Hieatt plans to bring 12 men in 3 or 4 vehicles, with weath er permitting, and spend three days searching the area when it is thought a two-motor Cessna plane fell during a snowstorm in 1944. The plane was enroute to Knoxville from Charlotte at the time it dis appeared with four aboard. Baruch's Choice ffifcy WHEN Bernard M. Baruch and his five fellow members of the U.S. delegation to the U. N. Atomic En ergy Commission resigned, the fight for their atomic plan was placed di rectly in the hands of Warren R. Austin, chief U. S. delegate. Here is the most recent portrait of Mr. Austin, who was declared by Mr. Baruch "thoroughly equipped to handle atomic aspect of the disarm ament problem," (International) Mrs. Hugh Massie Named Chairman Girl Scout Asso. Mrs. Hug!) Massie was elected chairman of the newly organized Girl Seoul association at their initial meeting at the home of Mrs. L. M. Richeson Thursday night. Named to serve with Mrs. Massie were Miss Dorothy Richeson, sec retary, and Miss Frances Rose, treasurer. Other members of the board of directors are Mrs. Rome Brown, Miss Alma Jackson, Mrs. J. C. Patrick and Mrs. Harry Lee Liner, Jr. The organization is composed of persons interested in promoting Girl Scouting in this community, including leaders, troop committee members and other adults, who will be registered with National Head quarters of Girl Scouts. This as sociation form of organization was presented at the regional meeting in Asheville last November and recommended for immediate adop tion. Plans were discussed for the for mation of both Brownie and Inter mediate Scout troops, in addition to the senior service girls now run ning with Miss Jackson and Miss (Continued on Page Five) Civil Term Starts On 2nd Week Court Here One Divorce Granted Monday Morning, Land Case Goes On Trial Judge William II. Bobbitt re sumed the Civil term of Supervisor Court here Monday morning after the first week's session had been broken off last Wednesday. One divorce was granted and a property suit was being tried at the time The Mountaineer was go ing to press. Serving on the second week jury are Dean Carpenter, Lee Howell, Howard Recce, Theodore Knight, J. M. Calliey, John Rhodarmer, Charles Burnett, Dan Cochran, D. V. Brendle, Weaver Green, The odore Muse and J. II. Fincher. A divorce was granted between Joseph Cunningham and Mildred Cunningham. The case under trial yesterday afternoon was between Grover Clark and Henry Francis, in which the size of a piece of land bought at auction was the cause of dispute. Car Collision On Route 284 Injures Two Parked Auto Is Hit By Driver Thinking It Was Pulling Into Road Two persons received injuries of a minor nature Saturday about 7 p. m. in a freakish auto collision along highway 284. D. C. Davis, 24, of Cove Creek, had his '46 Ford coupe, headed i Bryson Cilv. K,.cu cal 0iuc 01 1 Tructl. according to a report luc '6wiy in num. oi me Jen i from Brvsnn Cifv rr.rpiv,.H Two County Men Are Injured When Truck Overturns Howard G. Truell. 26, of Hazel wood and Edward J. Wilson, 24, of Waynesville, are recovering from serious injuries received Wedncs day evening when their truck wrecked on the t ighway west of niunes on his skull and internally, still is in the Harris Memorial hospital at Sylva, where he was taken after the accident. Wilson, who received I 1. , n . . a uruncii ngiR arm ana lacial in juries, was discharged from the hospital alter being treated for Janes home. He was sitting in the car at the time, and Miss Dorothv Janes, school teacher at Bethel, was walking around behind the car, when a .ib ford sedan, driven by Fred L. Moody of Dellwood, ap proached from the north. Moody saw the other car headed ! days towards him and thought it was! The I wo were driving a 1937 pulling out in the road. He there- Chevrolet truck, heading west and fore swerved more to the right, and j it was s(al,,( bv ;itroinlan T A crashed into the parked coupe. Sandlin that due to excessive speed The collision resulted in Miss j the vehicle failed to make a sharp Janes receiving several cuts on turn, went off the road, and turn hcr face and arm, and Moody also ed over on its side in some rocks, sustained several minor lacerations, j Sgt. Sandlin and Bill Moody re- rairoiman u. it. Roberts invest!-1 moved the two men from the gated the accident. Train And Gas Tank Car Collide Here Saturday An accidental collision be tween a gasoline tank car, be ing unloaded by hose connec tion on the spur rail line at the Purol storage plant on Kil lian avenue, and a baggage car and train engine which got on the line by mistake, caused gasoline to spurt free for a mo ment and a general alarm in the area for a short time Sat urday morning. The 8,000-gallon tank car was being drained into the large storage tanks under the supervision of W. L. McCrack en. As is customary when the morning passenger train is in Waynesville, the- engineer pushes a baggage car down to the Hazelwood siding, and had started on this run. His vision ahead partly cut off by the bag gage car, he didn't notice en tering the spur line until too late to keep from hitting the parked gas car. The collision broke the feed hose, pushed the tank through the gate into the Hyatt and Company (formerly Haywood Company) yard, and stopped where a pile of gravel covered the rail lines. An automatic cut-off stopped the flow of gas oline from the tank car. Some of the persons nearby, with some gasoline having been freed on the ground, call ed the fire department. A truck went to the site, but fortunate ly was not needed, and excite ment died down in a short while. Motorcycle Crash Breaks Right Leg Of L. G. Sentelle L. G. Sentelle, 30, of Rt. 1, Waynesville, received a broken right leg when the motorcycle which he was driving left the main highway beyond Canton and crash ed into a ditch Wednesday after noon. According to Cpl. E. W. Jones and Patrolman Fred Harper who investigated the accident, Sentelle was driving east about 5:35 p. m., with Wilma Nelson riding with him on the motorcycle. The driver lost control of the vehicle just be yond the overhead bridge on the road to Asheville, and in the crash the motorcycle caught afire and was destroyed, and Sentelle in jured his leg. truck and took them to the hospi tal. 1946 Auto Plates Expire Jan. 31st North Carolina 1946 automo bile licenses will expire at mid night of January 31st, and any person who operates a vehicle with the old tags after that date will be arrested by the highway patrolmen, it was announced at the Canton Chamber of Com merce office. Owners of cars and trucks are urged to get their new plates immediately in order to avoid the last minute rush. Approximately 2,300 car and 800 truck tags for 1947 had been sold, it was reported Friday. The Can! on office, which serves all Haywood county, announces that it is open from 9 a. m. until 4 p. m. week days, and from 9 a. m. until noon on Saturdays. Housing h Key To Get Five-Weeks Term Mere Florida Southern College Dean Is Here Making Preliminary Negotiations Negotiations are under way for Florida Southern College to open a summer school in Waynesville this year, with the only obstacle now in its way getting housing facilities for the school staff and non-resident students. E. R. Riedel, dean of men at the college, has been here since Sun day as a representative of Dr. Ludd M. Spivey, president of the Lake land, Fla., institution. In a state ment to The Mountaineer yester day, Dean Riedel announced that the county board of education has agreed to let the college use class rooms at the Waynesville Township high school, and are anxious for the summer session to be brought here. Their tentative plans if housing space can be secured is to bring from 115 to 125 students here, and admit 100 additional day students from this vicinity. This would of fer the chance for teachers in the county school system to do work on their teaching certificate, as well as give refresher work to per sons planning to attend college. Dean Riedel explains that they prefer to lease at least one, prefer ably two large rooming places for use as dormitories. Since their summer school runs only five weeks from June. 2nd, such a lease would not interfere materially with the regular tourist trade of most local houses. "Everything now looks like it. will work out," commented the dean. He planned to return to Florida today. Florida Southern college is a co educational institution, with its en rollment now of 1,400. The school operates a summer school on their Lakeland campus, and last year began another in Guatamala City, Central America. According to Dean Riedel, who would be in charge here, they believe that Waynesville would be "an ideal lo cation" for a third summer school. giving the Florida students an op portunity to enjoy several weeks of mountain climate. The five-weeks summer school term offer students the chance to take as much work as in one col lege term of similar length. Carolina Power & Light Plans To Serve 500 More During 1947 Some 500 additional customers will be served by electricity during 1947 under the present plans of Carolina Power it Light company, most of them being connected to extensions of the concern's rural lines in Haywood county. J. E. Tate, local manager of the Canton district, which includes Haywood county (less Waynesville) and Balsam community in Jackson, announces plans to build approxi mately 30 miles of additional rural line this year. Engineers and right-of-way men have been working in the Canton area, where their work is about finished, and will come to the western part of the county shortly. "The company wants to serve every rural customer possible this year," he remarked. Completion of their plans depend, he explain ed, on materials and manpower. During the war they made an initial survey and set up post-war plans. They planned to build last year, but were unable to get out side workers. Their local electricians, however, added approximately 500 new out lets during 1946, Mr. Tate re marked, bringing the total number to 4,700. He estimates that 60 per cent of this increase represents ( Continued on Page 5) Brading Gas Open New Office In Waynesville Brading Gas Service has moved its office from Welch street to a ocation on the Asheville road, across from Charlie's Place, it was announced Monday. All business will be transacted in the new office. Roberts Will Address Crabtree P.-T. A Patrolman O. R. Roberts will ad dress the Crabtree-Iron Duff P.T.A. at the regular meeting of that or ganization Wednesday evening, Jan. 15, starting at 7:30 o'clock in the school auditorium. Each patron .of the school is urged to be present. TOWN FATHERS HAVE REGULAR MEETING Members of the Waynesville Board of Aldermen met at the Town Hall on Thursday night. Ap proval of bills and other routine matters were all that was taken up, reports G. C. Ferguson, town manager. Highway Record For 1947 In Haywood (To Date) Killed - -Injured - 0 3 (This Information Complied From Records of State HUh way Patrol) :