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!. 9Su 8 Tlw I OtMSVIM Published Tvice-a-Week Every Tuesday and Friday The Waynesville Mountaineer Published Twice-a-Weck In The County Seat 0 Haywood County At The Entrance Of, The Great Smoky Mountains National Park 49,500 People Live within 20 miles of Waynesville tteir ideal shopping center. j klXTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 11 14 Pages Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1947 r 'i naluska Assembly Is peeling One 01 Best ' asons Ever This Year hr. Love Announces 'hat Formal Program nil Get Under Way In June 1st indications are that the 1947 at Lake Junaluska will sur al! other seasons in the high .migrant that will be present- mu d nig 10 ui. i . inlendeiit. , season will formally open first, wilh the annual observ- of Haywood Uumy uay. , i n Li.ti iL- ivnoflfft In! the address during me moi u- Iniiii'. and uic i " t 1 ii (, i in charge of the Haywood ,t y Yolitli rciiowsini new movie projector has been led, and contracts made lor )t(-st movies, which will be , j: .. ....... I, rtiii'inff l several nines a vt-n uuum. icasun. t-obably the high point in en- nincnt this season will be our Ur. Love said Alec Sun nf Atlanta, will be in cnargc music, and will bring with Bill trained soloists from At- ring Uic season, uie liuh-ujui rs are scheduled to make appearances at the Lake, ren- Ig popular operas. 1 here are ngers in the group, and are as among the best in the ry. tew highway from the new en- to the Terrace Hotel is ulcd to be completed before eason opens. Other improve- on the grounds and some major buildings operated by Assembly are scheduled for letion before June first, ac- ng to Dr. Love. Explosion Rips Back Of Home In Iron Duff 12 Haywood Delegates At Meeting In Capital Group to Confer With Secretary Of Interior Today Today in Washington Haywood will be represented by at least a dozen delegates this aft ernoon, when some 40 to 50 West ern Carolina leaders confer wilh Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug r, aiul others of his department, on Water Tank III Kitclieil further development of the Great Bursts With Medford Family At Breakfast Wednesday Morning Their Organization Sponsoring Park Hearing is S Group Will Hunt Airplane .spile unsuitable flying weather has kept their planes tided since Monday afternoon, fUr Rescue Service personnel ontinue their stay in this area !ik for the missing Cessna air- fording to Major T. J. Hiealt, fUiS group now based at the fville - Hendersonville airport instructions to remain in this until they can search it thor- V from the air. The group, of 1st Lt. S. J. Magusick is in ', has a large helicopter and observation craft. Ijor tlioatt returned to the iville Air Base for the week caving Thursday afternoon jelow Zero Is Jported During p Cold Spell fib-zero weather descended on pood county's mountains for coldest spell yet this winter. tPing to 9 below at Cata- jhee Ranch early Wednesday King, according to Tom Alex- fr, after hitting zero at 5:00 luesday. the State Test Farm the mermometer dropped to 5 Fees abnvn smnii xi : f blew i the lowlands, never fgh to last, but covered the f "lain sides with a light blan- ,""iui nas has not yet disap- ater froze in manu h.. fral school buses could not f- On their n,n t juwer. rtow- tnere was a hrooir ! v her Thursday for a moderate unt of relief, with f,.,i Features expected last night, , f"'uuiiy ot rain fore or today. Might members of lien Medford s family were sitting around the breakfast table at their home in Iron Duff, just off highway 209. Wednesday morning about 9 o'clock, when their water lank be hind the kitchen stove exploded, blowing the faniilv under the table monicnlarilly unconscious, and scattering fragments through the house wilh the force of an artil lery shell. Two neighbors. Dock Boyd and C. Y. Parks, sitting in the adjoin ing living room, escaped the main force of the blast and rushed in i Smoky Modnlains National Park and the completion of the Blue Nidge Parkway. Some of the delegates left Wednesday afternoon in order to make plans for the presentation of facts before Secretary Krug -".d jolliers. Others from Haywood left I yesterday afternoon. All went bv j train, and are expected to return Saturday morning Arrangements for the meeting in Washington were made by Repre sentative Monroe Redden, in behalf j of the Western North Carolina j Communities Associates. Invited to attend the meeting are all North Carolina congressmen and the two senators A group from Raleigh will be present, with a possibility that Governor R. Gregg Cherry will attend. Others from Raleigh immediately to help take the small will include A. H. Graham, chair- children outside the house. Uy some lucky stroke of late, no one was badly injured. The explosion, described as a deep thud by someone who wit nessed it from the outside, jarred the surrounding houses. Steam and smoke filled the house for some time, but fire did not start al though the stove firebox was spread in every direction. Other than the stove, a wood and coal range, and 30-gallon watef ' tank, property losses include a v yard-square hole In the wall beside town maanger, Misa'S. -A,'-Jr6s, w,raevtrTrrtor minor damage to furniture father Report Jrnishcd The Mountaineer by I- a. Weather Rnrm.,,w &; 6-Mostly cloudy I ..... touay and tonight be I'g rather wmdv tnniK t le tonight ' :,"" .cm "g Per on t Iitm -T . hv m "s"- ism proD y morning. (iay. Feb. 7 n.. flal llui "'"UUJ Willi OC- t" co.deranrs wnf tiVh bolder Fri- fTi- , aaiuraay. Ticial Wavn.iiil ... Max. - 50 -. 46 18 Min. 17 15 3 Rainfall .11 a hole through the kitchen roof, and mis cellaneous items. Mr. Medford es timates that it would cost $800 to re-equip his house as it was be fore the explosion. The family, he relates, had gotten up only a short time before following one of the coldest nights this winter which had frozen the water in the tank. He had built a fire in the stove at 8:30 o'clock, and Mrs. Medford had prepared breakfast. Their oldest daughter had left for school, but the par ents and other children: .1. R.. 12; Edwin, 10; Mack. 8: Otis, 7; De wain, 5; and Betty. 3. had just sat down al the table Hot water from the stove. try inn lo gel in the ice-filled tank, had built up pressure, which resulted in the explosion. Little Butty had small burns on her right arm, and Otis received a burn behind an ear. A few minor scratches were received by other members of the family, but none of the injuries required the care of a doctor. Mr. Medford, a carpenter, had been living at the house only four months, and plans lo rebuild it wilh additional rooms. He had an other stove at his former home, and was preparing to install it Wed nesday afternoon in place of the one destroyed. man of the State Highway and Pub lie Works commission, R. Getty Browning, chief locating engineer of the highway department, W. W. Neal, chairman of the state park commission. Senator William Med ford, of Waynesville, and Robert D. Coleman, of Canton, will attend, and both left Raleigh last night. Those leaving here Wednesday were: Charles E. Ray, vice chair man of the WNCAC; C. J. Reece, president of the Chamber of Com merce, C. N. Allen G- C. Ferguson onv, merce, and L. E. Sims, former pres ident of the organization. Those leaving yesterday included .1. E. Massie, owner of the Park Theatre, James T. Noland, official of the First National Bank, W. Curtis Russ, editor of The Moun taineer, Tom Alexander, of Canton, Harley E. Wright, of the Canton Chamber of Commerce, W. J. Dam toft and Beekman Huger, of Cham pion Paper and Fibre company. Schoolmasters Discuss Teacher Legislation Thirty members of the Haywood County Schoolmasters club met at the Clyde high school Monday night. Lawrence Leatherwood, princi pal of the Hazelwood school, dis cussed legislation concerning teach ers and schools now being consid ered by the General Assembly at Raleigh. Walter Mallonee Is New Aircraft Division Head Waller If. Mallonee, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mallonee. of Waynesville, who is a native of this county and lived here until he was grown, and now a resident of Charlotte has been named head recently of the aircraft division of Whitehead's, Inc., according to Troy Whitehead, president of the con cern. The company's new hangar at Morris Field, Charlotte, will be ready in about 30 days and the plans have been made for extensive expansion of operations at this time. Mr. Mallonee in his work with the company, will have charge of an approved repair station, a certified training school, and the company's specialized sales and the services of the North American's Navion "plane." The concern of fers charter service and has the distributorship in the Carolinas, Georgia, and parts of Tennessee and Virginia for the Navion. Mr. Mallonee has had long ex perience in aviation. He soloed in Charlotte in 1934 and received his commercial license in 1936. He was flight instructor at the Cannon Air port from 1937 to 1939 when he (Continued on Page Six) " " $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Criminal Term 01 Court Hears End Of First Week With I-lany Gases Tried Five to Seven Year Sentences Given Haney on Robbery Count Tuesday These three men are the officers of Western North Carolina Associated Communities, the sponsoring organization for the meeting today in Washington with Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug and other Interior department officials for a discussion of the possibilities of improvements of the Great Smoky Moun tains National Park and the completion of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Shown here, left to right, Charles E. Ray, Waynesville, vice president of WNCAC; Percy Ferebee, of Andrews, president and C. M. Douglas, of Brevard, secretary-treasurer. This photograph was made here recently, as the group met to discuss vital matters of the area. (A Mountaineer photograph by Ingram, Skyland Studio). Judge Bobbitt Hands Dovn Court Order In " : ' ' Jury Kolicn Scaring Bishop Garber Describes Nazi Effect On Europe Hunger, sickness, and lack of the Duke University divinity adequate clothing characterize the school commented on his past visits condition of Methodist leaders in i to Waynesville during Lake Juna Europe folowing six years of living ! luska assembly periods. He then "Under the Nazis, reported Bishop ! descnoea nis assignment iu me pai M r.nrhor in an address at Geneva aroa. wnicn is associdiea the First Methodist church Wed- i with the Southeastern U. S. Juris- nesday evening. The bishop, who has supervised Mpthoriism in 11 European and Max Gardner Dies On Day Of Voyage To England Former Tar Heel Governor Succumbs To Heart Attack Thursday in New York NEW YORK. Feb. 6 (AIM O. Max Gardner, 04, died of coronary thrombosis today a few hours be fore he was lo sail on the liner America to assume his post as Uni ted Stales ambassador lo Great Britain. Mrs. Gardner and their son. Ralph, who were lo have sailed with him, were with the former North Carolina governor when he died at the Hotel St. Regis. First announcement of the death was made by the White House, where Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross said President Truman was "deeply grieved and shocked." Fred Morrison, Gardner's law partner, said that tenative arrange ments have been made for the body to be taken this afternoon to Shel by, his birthplace, but that no date had been set for the funeral. Gardner was named to the dip lomatic post a month ago to suc ceed W. Averell Harriman who left London to become secretary of commerce. Prior to his appointment he was undersecretary of the trea sury. He served as governor of North Carolina in 1928 North African nations and the Madiea Islands for the past two years, gave numerous examples of the heroism of protestant leaders under Nazi prosecution, and ended his talk with a plea that Americans continue sending food and medi cine overseas and help finance the rebuilding of churches in war-torn lands. Biehop Garber, former head of ' diction, as one of the most enlight ening experiences in his life. He talked with the protestant leaders in Europe and Africa and learned what the German occupa tion had meant to them. The Nazis blotted out all hymns in the Czechoslovakian church hymnals that pointed to Christ as the supreme being, trying to prove the dominance of Hitler. Preachers who proclaimed Christ as higher than any mortal were sent to con- Continued on Page Six" Canton Firemen Put Out Small Fires Wednesday Canton firemen answered two calls within an hour Wednesday morning. Neither alarm was seri ous, and the fires were extinguished without the use of water. The first call was to the home of Mrs. Guy Hipps on Newfound street, and the second to the home of Oscar Banks on Clyde street. Both were mainly "flue fires," fire men stated, and no damage was done. New 1947 Chevrolet Is On Display Here The first 1947 Chevrolet is on display at Watkins Chevrolet com pany and is creating much interest. The car, although sold, will be on display for the next several days, according to M. D. Watkins, owner of the firm. Judge Rules County Commissioners Acted In Good Faith In Selecting Jury Panel Due to the keen interest shown by the public in the hearing of a motion made in criminal court here Monday morning, before Judge William II. Bobbin, of Char lotte, the official order of the court is being published today. The mo tion was in the matter of Charles W. Edwards, Jr . asking thai the 42 men named for jury service for the February term be set aside and vacated. The following is the order of the court, as il appears on the court records: Upon the convening of Court the names of the forty-two men drawn and summoned lor jury service were called by the Clerk. Eraslus Medford and Frank Davis were ex cused by the Courl on account oi physical disability, and Felix Sto- vall was excused by the Court on the ground that he is Assistant Chief ol the Fire Department, and on that account is exempt from jury service. Scrolls on which ap peared the names of the remaining thirty-nine jurors were placed in a hat by the Clerk in open court land a child under ten years of age was called from the audience in the Court room and under the supervision of the Court the child withdrew from the hat eighteen scrolls, one by one. and as each scroll was drawn the Clerk read out the name of the juror entered thereon and the eighteen men whose names were so drawn were called into the jury box. one by one as their names were called: thereupon the Court named Mr. .1. Earl Ferguson as Foreman of the Grand Jury, it having been an nounced prior to the aforesaid pro ceedings that the Grand Jury was being drawn. After the swearing in of the Foreman. J. Bat Smath ers. Esquire. Attorney, of the Bun combe County Bar. appearing in behalf of one C. W. Edwards. Jr.. who, it was stated is bound over to this court on a charge of reek less driving, made a motion that the entire jury panel from which the Grand Jury was selected, be set aside and vacated for that in the drawing of the jury list of forty-two names the twenty-fifth name was that of Ned Carver, and that his name was set aside and that in lieu thereof an additional name was drawn, namely that of Felix Stovall. Upon the making of this motion the Court announced that it would hear evidence bearing up on this motion, whether offered in behalf of the movant or offered in behalf of the officials designated by law for the supervision of the drawing of the jury, and evidence (Continued on Page Six) Many Farm Meetings Scheduled Foi-fMqnlh- Agronomy Team Here Saturday, Horticulturist Here Tuesday-Wednesday A series of meetings of interest lo dairy men, orchardmen, poultry raisers, and all farmers in general is announced by County Agent Wayne Corpcning. Saturday an agronomy team from Raleigh will discuss soils, the cor rect fertilizer practices, and talk over individual problems at a county-wide meeting at the Court Mouse. The program will start at 10 a. in. Orchardmen of the county will gather at the county agent's office Tuesday at 2 p. in. II. It. Niswon gcr, extension horticultural special ist from Slate College, will discuss orchard problems with them. A group from Haywood, inclnd ing Zone Wells, son of Van Wells in the Pigeon section, who was selected the outstanding 4-H Guern sey raiser in the county, will attend the State Guernsey Breeders asso ciation meeting in Winston-Salem, on Feb. 13. The group will 'leave Waynesville at 6 a. m.. and return from the meeting that night. Pure bred jersey growers will gather at the Biltmorc Plaza, in Bill more, Tuesday at 10:30, w hen the western counties will be or ganized into parishes for the work of their recently employed field man, Harry Lulz. A one-day western district Poul try School and Egg show will be held at Brevard, Feb. 18, from 10 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. All persons with poultry problems are urged to attend, and those who wish to enter eggs in the competition for prizes are reminded that each far mer may enter two baskets of one (Continued on Page Sixi Hazelwood Methodists Will Build New Church $40,000 to $50,000 Structure Is Planned For Church and Recreation Tentative plans call for an ex penditure of some $40,000 to $50, 000 on a Methodist church, church school and recreational building in Hazelwood, according to Dr. Wal ter West, superintendent of the Waynesville district of the Metho dist church. The Methodists sometime ago bought the old Presbyterian church building in Hazelwood. and last week completed the purchase of the the ruansc, on the same property. The acquisition of the manse gives the church property "frontage of 100 feet on the street, and extend ing back 150 feet. Plans call for moving the church building back forty feet from the street, and making it a rock veneer building. Then to the left a rock veneered wing for a church school and recreational hall will be con structed. Dr. West said. The present building on the property, called the "Hut" will be modernized and used until the main plant is completed. Dr. West said plans also call for a full-time pastor to take over the work of the church sometime in early June, At the present. Rev. "Tend Mirf. C O. Newell arffhbldlnt evening services at the church. Since the manse has been bought, the housing problem has been solved, and will provide a home for a pastor of the church. The church has a membership of about 100. "The possibilities of the Hazel wood church are unlimited, and now that we have a church build ing, and pastor's home, we can go right ahead with expansion plans and put up a plant that will fill the needs of a membership of several hundreds,'' Dr. West said. ?! Mi )! (i Ml: , who; L ar-old 1 1 1 Several criminal cases for of fenses that included robbery, tres pass, selling liquor, and highway f irregularities appeared before ' Judge William H. Bobbitt, presid- ing at the February term of Supe- rior court which opened here this- week. Five divorces were granted V Tuesday and Wednesday Robert Elwood Haney. 25 pled guilty to robbing a 61-year-old Negro, Lucius (Hambonc) Love, ini ( the Gibsontown section of CantonK ' on January 22, was given a five tof , seven year sentence on the roadi i for the stiffest penalty handed . rnH u i, e, .1 UUtlll W 1 (1 1 L 1 113 W ITl IV. John McAllister of New York andi Edith Chapman, said to have becnj invuivcu in inu luuueiy, were re-ji i;ti portedly arrested in Washington f'.' ' last week, but were not present forPvjJ the trial Thursday afternoon the court was trying an assault case, in which David Cook was the defendant rtivm wyau woaine, involved in a highway accident in the Pigeon section last summer in which at .. boy was killed and the vehicle Nodine was driving had a load of t liquor, entered a plea of guilty to transporting whiskey. A man-- slaughter indictment against hmw was thrown out, although it mayj J be reopened at the discretion of i. the solicitor. The divorces granted included i Josephine W. Lourain from Alexin1'1 ander Lourain, E. L. Chastain from' ', ' Lydia Adams Chastain, Rex D. Mit-6 ' chell from Mary Elizabeth Mitchell, ' jbck i. uurrus irom saran Maria' nnimio nnJ A 1 U 4 O : ,1 t ""1UD, aitu niwil ijyi llljvit; 1 lOll Beatrice .Sprinkle. 1 Servlna ftn tfie"Wv- this were Jonathan woody, Boone Son tell.e J. R. Plott, Albert Ferguson ' Carter Osborne, Lenoir Moody France Rogers, C. E. Cole, Dick) Moody, Ben Noland. Levi Caldwell, and Spauldin Underwood. ( j,-. Jack and James Kin?, in n l.n-..' ' ceny case carried over from thO) Boy Scouts Of District Will Rally At Canton Group to Celebrate 37th Anniversary Of Scouting During Special Week Boy Scout Week, which starts today and closes next Saturday, will be celebrated by 1,980,000 scouts in America under the theme "Scouts of the World Building for Tomorrow." The Pigeon River District, which includes the troops at Canton, Waynesville, and Bethel, will stage a joint rally Sunday afternoon at the Champion YMCA, with Cub Scouts, committeemen and other friends invited to participate. The program will begin at 3:00 p. m., with special emphasis to be laid on scouts here helping to re build scouting in war-torn coun tries. Voluntary gifts to the World (Continued on Page Six) November term of court, were sen tenced to eight months on the road. Lawrence D. Brooks whn nh.r guilty ot reckless driving, was finecL $50 and costs. Hub Milner, atfer pleading guilty, j to assault with a deadly weapon i I was released on paying court costs-J ;iJ Mnal judgment against Don H Cogdill, charged with abandonment i was a six months sentence, susfc (Continued on Page Six) i ' 4, " .1! 1 :H ! House Destroyed By Fire Here On Wednesday Night Fire started by a small bedroom! fire in a small laundry heater in stove burned two rooms, the attic. his bedroom and had gone to sleep. ana causea eonsiaeraoie omer uam age to a house in the colored sec tion of Waynesville on Oakdalc road, about 11 o'clock Wednesday night. Firemen worked in near 12 degrees weather to put it out, with water freezing as it fell to the ground. The house is the property of Mary Rose, of New York, and is rented by John R. Cox. The frame structure, with sheet metal roof, is built in the shape of a T, the front part two stories high, and the rear ell one story. Four persons were in the house when the fire started; Cox, his wife, and two roomers. One of the roomers, Ed Lenoir, had built a Heat from where the stove-pipe entered the flue set the wall paper nearby afire, and Lenoir awoke be fore 11 p. m. to find his whole room ablaze. Fire Chief Clem Fitzgerald took a truck to the scene as soon as pos sible after the alarm, and after a 30-minutc fight the fire was gotten under control. It had destroyed the back two rooms and eaten into the front attic. Water and smoke added to the loss of furniture and clothing in the unburned part of the house. No one was injured. Losses are unofficially estimated to be $1,000, believed to be partially covered by insurance. Polio Drive Will End February 15; Goal Of $3,500 Haywood Chairman Reports That $2,000 Has Been Raised To Date Efforts are being made to close I the pilio drive in Haywood bv' j February 15th, with a total of ' : $3,500 for the fund. Jonathan s Woody, general chairman, said ; yesterday. ; M. D. Watkins, county chair-; man, aiuiuuillicu llldl Llie Uliei est ifc , . f I in the sale of the new 1946 Chev- rolet, which is being sponsored j by the Rotary club, was gaining, ( ', j and the money from the car and i ;S- j the sale of lapel tags in thotaV schools would run about $2,000i t ' to date. i .f i The county raised more last' J year than has been assigned in. 'c this year's quota, it was pointed f f out. j K Cash donations for the fund'ol" are being received at the fourfs banks in the county. t ( 1 ,: 4 t 1 t t Highway Record For 1947 In Haywood (To Dale) Killed - -Injured - 0 8 Vehicles Checked825 (This Information Compiled From Records of State Hi h waj Patrol) '5