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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
49,500 People
Live within 20 milt of
Waynesvllle their Ideal
shopping center.
Tuesday
Friday
Published Twice-a-Week In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
COND YEAR
NO. 16
8 Pages Associated Press News
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1947
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Cross
! ViH
Here
larch 1
Jen Of Groups
inieu. uuui
22 Is Set
tor
,rk scneral chairman
Red Cross drive here.
thit vi ;ir's coal is
iho various groups
re named tlus weCK
us participating in
aliciid a meeting Tri
al 7 o'clock, in the
feW. tu work out tail
The (hive will olll
rcli 1. and those in
nminlcte it within
II, ARC field rcprc
speak at the meeting
all material required
s at that time.
nd co-chairmen of
worker croups are
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ftsic succiai cms aim
.Mrs David Hyatt
iiathaii Woody, resi-
W. Itov Francis and
Elliott, professional
Bowles Jack Mcsser
bin. schools and rural
dicker and Kim Bar-
workers will be an.
Friday issue of The
FOUR-WAY TRANSIT FOR QUADS
ation
Is
led
liual declamation con-
B by the Dorcas Bell
of the Daughters of
pcd!uijii which was
have been held on
o'clock in the audi
Waynesville Town-
nool. has been nost-
cdnesday, but will be
feme hour, accordinu
ifment by Mrs. W. F.
f the chapter.
Hyatt, chairman of
Pcation. who is in
contest, will preside
of the DAR ofTiclal
Mai will be made by
Rent.
w contestants in the
this year and they
'led by Mrs. J. M.
Ikt faculty members
pool.
is invited lo attend
rs of the chapter are
P Present.
tif tn .n i. I
THANKS TO A SPECIALLY BUIlT baby carriage, which will accommodate
all four of their quadruplets, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henri. Jr., of Balti
more, Md.. have solved mie of tlieir major problems Measuring the
buggy, which at the moment is occupied by dolls, they discover that
they will need a wider front duor at home. (International)
Drive To Raise $1,200
For Boy Scouts To Gel
Underway Here Tomorrow
pes Talks
1 Health
mraay
'eves discussed ner-
'o nithe cradle to the
$ numerous (tn.i.
Ills many years in
' bt'fure a small
ourthousc Saturday
Was Riven hv rr
Fine district health
",,,cn two movies
;eJf " that he has
1 tnan 3.000 haK;
fend m
, ...meinea on
H't'on at the hns-
f "g mothers, he said
fren caleli u . '
them warm j 1
hT so heavily cov
TJ l stov that
-"sn iresh air.
Teachers To Get
First Payments
Of Bonus Friday
Teachers will receive their
first payment of the emergency
bonus j)a j. the ,nera.
assembly for the last six
months of the school year on
their checks which will be dis
tributed Friday, announces
Supt. Jack Messer.
All teachers and janitors in
this district will receive the
bonus, which runs from $18 to
$40.50 per month. Checks to
those in the Waynesville and
Clyde schools will be for a
three-month bonus, and at the
other district schools (where
the term began a month ear
lier) the payment will be for
four months.
Subsequent bonus payments
will be made monthly until the
regular term ends.
The annual adult membership
drive for the Boy Scouts will get
underway here today, tomorrow
and Thursday, with a goal of $1,
200. Dr. Thomas Stringfield, Jr.,
is chairman, and the campaign is
being sponsored again this year by
the Rotary Club.
The community has been divided
into sections, and two or three Ro
tarians assigned each section to
make a, thptoiigk nvas, for, u,nds.
Plans are to complete the drive
by Thursday afternoon, and make
a final chek-up at Rotary on Friday.
The money is used for the oper
ation of the Daniel Boone Council,
of which this area is a part. The
Waynesville district includes
Waynesville, Hazelwood, Bethel,
Lake Junaluska, and Crabtree.
The quota set for this year is the
same as last year, it was pointed
out.
Quotas Are
Set On Vet
Farm Plan,
Says Nesbitt
Each School Given
Quota of 54 Trainees,
Waynesville Has 100
A quota of 54 veteran farm train
ees was placed on all high school
vocational agriculture departments
in a bulletin from A. L. Teachey,
state supervisor of Raleigh, which
will halt the enrollment of trainees
in the Waynesville school district
until next year.
Previously announced regulations
set the closing date on application
for farm training as March 1. John
Nesbitt, vocational agriculture tea
cher at WTHS, reports that he has
100 veterans already signed and
will be unable to take any more this
year duo to the restrictive quota.
Other schools in the district that
have exceeded the allowable num
ber are Fines Creek, which has 55,
and Crabtree, with more than 60.
Clyde and Bethel schools, which
had 10 vacancies last week, were
expected to have their maximum
signed up by now.
Mr. Nesbitt states that he does
not plan to drop any of the veter
ans now enrolled because he has
the facilities to supervise their
work adequately. However, he adds,
each school will be inspected by the
state office, which will determine
which schools may train a number
in excess of 54.
Veterans who planned to sign
for the training, but have not done
so already, may get eligibility forms
and contact the nearest vocational
ag teacher to take advantage of
openings caused by trainees drop
ping out, he advises. Next regular
enrollments will be in January and
February of 1948.
Blaze Damages Main Street Building
do
er Report
f he Mimm,: ,
2 Partly cioudy
"SlU snow n"y
r indy tH "u"yJ
tCm :;z."a
tonight.""-1 "reS
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Haywood ROA Is
Assigned Six
Nearby Counties
Six nearby counties have been
assigned to the Haywood county
chapter, Reserve Officers Associa
tion, reports Wayne Corpening.
chapter president. Invitations have
been sent to all eligible persons,
from what records are available,
throughout the area to attend the
next meeting of the group on
March 6.
Graham, Clay, Swain, Macon,
Jackson and Transylvania counties
are now in the area from which
members may come.
Mr. Corpening reports that he
has written to Orlando, Fla. and
Charleston, S. C. for speakers to
discuss the Air Force, Marine and
Navy reserve programs at the
March meeting.
Farm Planning
Meeting Tonight
At Fines Creek
Cold weather caused three Farm
l Planning meetings to be postponed.
but the regular schedule will be
resumed tonight unless there is
another bad spell.
Tonight the meeting is at Fines
Creek school, Wednesday at Mag
gie,, Thursday at Cruso, and Friday
at Cecil. Those meetings which
were postponed, at Morning Star,
Beaverdam end Bethel, will be held
next week, according to present
plans.
No Application
Needed For New
Sugar Allotment
Individual sugar consumers
not need to file application forms
for the new 10-pound ration cou-
oons to be validated on April 1,
William Linehan, Director, Raleigh
Sugar Branch Office, emphasized
today.
The sugar executive revealed that
his office is "swamped" with un
necessary mail from individual con
sumers under the erroneous belief
that they must apply for the new
10-pound coupons.
"No application is necessary," i
Linehan declared. "The very pur
pose of the 10-pound allotments, j
replacing five-pound stamps, was to j
enable the program to continue
without the necessity of issuing new
stamps. One of the spare stamps ;
now held by consumers will be j
validated on or before April 1." I
I
Snowfall Ranges From 5
To 12 Inches In County
With Recent Flurries
This photograph was made just as firemen started a strer.m of
water into the second story of the Reeves Building on Main Street here
last Wednesday afternoon. The building was damaged about $8,000.
The vehicles parked along the street were moved within a few minutes
after this picture was made by Jack Worthington of Skyland Studio.
Firemen Given
$100 Check By
Property Owner
In appreciation for their
work in saving his adjoining
building from fire, D. Reeves
Noland gave the Waynesville
Fire Department a check for
$100.
Mr. Noland's property joins
the Reeves building which suf
fered an $8,000 blaze last Wed
nesday afternoon.
Firemen ripped off the roof
connecting to the Noland build
ing, and kept a constant stream
of water flowing down the walls
which kept the tlames from
crossing into the building.
The money was put into the
fireman's regular fund.
Last Rites Held
Monday For
Mrs. R. L. Lee
Schools To Reopen
Today; No Accidents
Arc Reported On
Highways
Several additional small flumes
of snow have added to the first one
that fell last Wednesday, spreading
the color of winter over Haywood
for the longest period so far this
year.
In Waynesville and the Pigeon
Valley area the snow covered the
ground to a depth of five inches,
but it is reported much deeper
along the mountains and in several
Haywood Would Gel 2
Ihvi Voting Precincts
Under Proposed Law
Cafe Operator
Appeals Liquor
Sale Sentence
An appeal lo Superior Court was
taken Friday by Henry Cullin.s. ope
rator of the colored cafe known as
The Spider, who was found guilty
of violating the prohibition law in
Mayor's Court and sentenced to B(
days on the road. Ilis wife. Mallie
Cullins, was fined $50 and costs
on the same charge, which was paid
Kvidence submitted lo court was
the statement by a person that he
had bought liquor from both pur
ties. Two persons tried the same after
noon on public drunkenness charg
es were released on paying court
costs, with sentence suspended.
) Measure Limits
Precincts To 1,500
Registered Voters;
Other Changes Made
I lav wood County would get two
more voting precincts if a bill
now pending before the Legisla
ture becomes a law.
The proposed bill now before the
legislature would split precincts
now having 1 .500 registered voters.
Tho bill v. .is given a favorable re-,
port by the joint Flections and j
Election Laws Committee. I
Senator William Medlord. of I
Last rites were conducted Mon
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
First Methodist church lor Mrs.
Nell Terry Dyer Lee, 52, wife of
Robert Lowery Lee, who died Sat
urday morning around 7:30 from
a heart attack. Rev. Paul Town
send, pastor of the church offici
ated. Burial was in Green Hill
cemetery.
Pallbearers were: J. R. Gaddis,
David Hyatt, M. H. Bowles, Ben
Sloan. Jack Felmvt, and Sam
liushnell.
I Mrs. Lee was a native of Dan-
I ville, Va., the daughter of Mrs.
I George S. Dyer, and the late Mr,
I Dyer. She was married to Mr. Lee
; in April, 1914 at Lenoir City, Tenn.,
where she was a member of the
school faculty. She was educated
in the city schools of Danville, Va.
and was graduated from Teachers
College at Farmville, Va.
Mrs. Lee hud been active in the
religious and social life of the com
munity. She was a member of the
First Methodist church and at one
time served on the board of direc
tors of the Waynesville Library.
She was a former member of the
Community Club, and had made
main friends during her residence
in Waynesville.
Surviving arc her husband; one
Haywood, and Senator Frank I'ark-
ler Join s of Swain, were among ! polis
those favoring the measure, as
Marion Burgess Returns
From Italy To Fort Dix
FORT DIX. N. J. Following a
one-year tour of duty in Italy with
the 88th Division, T-4 Marion L.
Burgess, of Route 2, Waynesville,
N. C., has arrived at Fort Dix to
receive his honorable discharge
from the Army.
Burgess, a graduate of Waynes
ville High School, played basket
ball with the Division. He was in
ducted into the Army in July, 1945.
Stream Pollution Law
Explained By Livingston
Rotarians Hear
Dr. Stringfield
Dr. Tom Stringfield. Jr.. was the
spakcr at Rotary here last Friday.
In a series of programs where mem
bers discuss their profession.
Dr. Stringfield told the members
of the club of the dvelopment of
some new medicines, and the con
stant researci that is being carried
on by the profession in search for
new drugs and methods of combat
ting diseases, and their causes.
Group Favors County
Wide Mosquito Control
Agreement was reached by rep
resentatives of Waynesville, Hazel
wood and Lake Junaluska that mos
quito control should be organized
on a county-wide basis at last Fri
day's meeting in the health depart
ment office at the courthouse.
The group also favored the idea,
as presented by R. W. Livingson.
sanitarian, of bringing a qualified
person here during the summer to
direct mosquito killing activities.
I son. Midshipman It. L. Leo. Jr., of
! the V. S, Naval Academy, of Anna
bel- mother, Mrs. George
wcll S. Dyer, of Danville. Va.; three
as a number of Representatives ! sisters. Mrs. L'ugeno B. Carter, of
from Western North Carolina j Lenoir City, Tenn.. Mrs. C. R.
The two wards in Waynesville. ; Stultz. of Washington. D. C. and
both the North and South wards, Mrs. Albert V. Hooper, of Rock
both have more than 1,500 regis-i well Center. N, Y.: four brothers,
tered voters. None of the other 22 It. W. Dyer, of Cramcrton, Gus W.
liver. D. Franklin Dyer and J.
AH Schools Will Open
Today, Says Supt. Messer
All schools in the Haywood coun
ty district will open today i Tues
day) unless there is a bad change
in the weather, announces Supt.
Jack Messer. Due to snow making
rural roads dangerous, all schools
were closed Monday.
other communities. It was said
to average 121 a inches at Crabtree.
12 inches at Maggie, and 8 to 10
inches in the Balsam section.
Some rural roads have been im
passible, and a number are being
traveled only by mail carriers and
others on essential business. One
school, at Cruso, was closed Friday,
but another layer ol snow came
down the next night to close them
all yesterday.
Nnless there is another bad spell,
states Supt. Jack Messer, all schools
will reopen this morning.
Over the week-end sleds were
brought out for thir first use this
winter, with a crowd of more than
100 gathering on the hills near the
country club to enjoy sleigh-rides.
'The main highways were scraped,
and drivers were making their
trips cautiously. Not a single acci
dent had been reported to Patrol
man O. R. Roberts by noon Monday.
Lowest temperature recorded
on Monday night, when mercury
dropped to 6 degrees above zero
at the State Test Farm. The weath
er forecast today is "cloudy and
windy."
In the daytime the temperature
has risen above freezing and patch
es ol ground arc seen in the
vicinity of Bethel. Lake Junaluska,
however, still is partly frozen over.
Willard Dyer, all of Danville. Va.
Crawford funeral home was in
charge of the arrangements.
precincts in Haywood would be af
fected by the law.
Under the section county hoards
w ill he required to examine regis
tration books 60 da.vs prior lo gen-
oral elect, ens and divide precincts ;J64 j Haywood DraW
with more than 1.500 registered I i n
voters. One amendment, adopted at j Social Security CheCKS
ol col. w. i . joy-
Many Major State - Wide
Bills Keep Local Ones
Down In Legislature
the suggest ion
ncr. Slate elections chairman per-j
mils the State Board of Election i
to give county hoards permission to
retain larger precincts if they can
show that these precincts are run
efficiently.
It is estimated that the provision,
if approved by the General Assem
bly, would add from 75 to 100 new
precincts to the 1.920 now set up
in the State
Senator Medlord argued that lo
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More Ilia ii four million workers
in the United States finished 10
years in jobs covered by the Social
Security Act, thereby becoming
eligible under old age and surviv
ors insurance provision.
In the Aslieville area, announces
D. W. Lambert, office manager,
there now are 4,034 persons who
have gained insurance status and
are aged fc'5 or older receiving
monthly benefits, of which 364 are
in Haywood county.
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By R. W. LIVINGSTON
senior Sanitarian, District Health
Department
There seems to be some confus
ion regarding who will be required
to discontinue the practice of dis
charging sewage into streams. The
misunderstanding has gone to the
Point that some have intimated that
the local Health Department is
guilty of discriminatory conduct,
which is not true.
The program to divert sewage
from streams in Haywood county is
a large one and will require time,
since it is common practice in the
rural areas to use a stream for a
ewer. To get the program started,
It first necessitates a survey of a
district or a community to deter
mine who has water-borne sewage
facilities and the disposal methods
in use. After the survey, whether
it be a house-to-house canvass or
a partial survey 01 some critical
area, notices are mailed out to the
parties found at fault. Since the
personnel of the local Health De
partment is limited, there has been
an average of one day a month
spent on making the sewage sur
veys. AH communities have not
been thus worked; as a matter of
fact, the surveys have just started.
The inability to make more exten
sive surveys or to cover the county
in its -entirety explains why some
districts or individuals have been
required to install septic tanks
while others have not, as yet, been
notified.
There is also some misunder
standing as to why Individuals are
required to divert their sewage out
(Continued On Page Eight)
Some Hearings
Attracting Several
Thousand Citizens To
Raleigh On Bills
Editor's Note The following is
a condensed report of the activities
of the legislature for the past week,
as compiled by the staff of the In
stitute of Government.
A minstrel will be given by the
Lions Club at several schools in
the Waynesville district to help
raise funds for the school lunch
program, it war. decided at the
meeting last Thursday night. Dales
From the standpoint of the num
ber of bills introduced, the 1947
General Assembly continues to lag
somewhat behind the 1945 session.
At the close of the 39th legisla
tive day, a total of 608 bills had
been introduced, as against 672 in
the same period in 1945.
This "lag" could mean one of
three things (1) Not as many bills
will be introduced as in 1945, which
on paper, would mean less work,
I
and the trend towards a shorter1
session. (2) Many legislators feel'
the importance of work to do will!
keep the Assembly in session long-!
er than 1945, which was 67 legis
lative days. Due to this feeling. 1
many are in no hurry to get their for the program and other details
bills introduced. 3 There is also will be worked out by the boys and
a feeling that the importance and . girls committee, which is headed by
magnitude of the work on hand has Francis Massey.
crowded out many potential minor, Ladies night will be held this
bills, and perhaps some important j week at the First Methodist church
ones. ; banquet room, it was announced.
Another difference is recalled I The necessity for raising funds
the 1945 leeislature had to carry U'or school lunches was brought up
Lions Plan Minstrel To
Raise School Lunch Funds
on the routine business of keeping
the state going for another bien
nium and of passing such correc
tive laws that were necessary, and
postpone any new legislation pend
ing the end of the war. Due to
the war, the 1945 legislature was
largely successful In postponing de
(Continued On Page Eight)
by Lawrence Leatherwood, who
explained that the federal money
allotted to Haywood county is prac
tically exhausted with several
months of school yet to go. Under
the federal lunch program, the
government paid 9 cents on each
lunch served.
Many students from needy fam
ilies have been given their lunches
free, from 40 to 50 each day at the
Hazelwood school, he stated. This
w ill have to be discontinued unless
aid comes from somewhre. and
suggested that the club sponsor
some kind of entertainment to
raise money for the schools. This
suggestion was approved, and re
ferred to the committee
C. E. Weathcrby also Informed
the group that it was not certain
Congress would vote to continue
the school lunch program, and ap
pears likely to be eliminated by
those who want to cut the federal
budget. He urged that the Lions
request our, congressmen to fight
for continuance of the program.. 1
The program last week consisted
of a humorous debate, which Lions
Tony Davis and L. G. Elliott won
over Wayne Corpening and O. R.
Roberts.
Dr. J. H. Clo
Of Brooklyn
Claimed By Death
Funeral services were conducted
here at Garrett's funeral home on
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock for
Dr. J, Harry Clo, 05, well known
physicist and research engineer and
head of the research department of
A. Schrader's Son, division of Sco
vill Manufacturing company.
Brooklyn. N. Y.. who died at noon
in the Haywood county Hospital.
following an illness of ten months.
Rev. Malcolm R. Williamson, pas
tor of the Waynesville Presbyterian
church officiated. Burial was in
Green Hill cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were:
Ben Sloan. Dr. R. Stuart Roberson.
L. K. Barber, Joe Jack Atkins. J.
II. Way. Jr., Tom Campbell. Jr.,
and T. Lenoir Gwyn.
Dr. Clo. aceomapnied by his
wife, came to Waynesville in Octo
ber for his health. His condition
was not considered critical until
two and a half weeks ago? when he
suffered a heart attack. He was a
native of Cincinnati. Ohio, and was
graduated with a B.S. degree from
the University of Kentucky in 1904
and in 1905 received his masters
degree from the same institution.
In 1911, he received his Ph.D. de
(Continued On Page EighO
Highway
Record For 1947
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed-- 0
Injured -10
Vehicles Checked 911
(This Information Compiled
Pram Records of State Bleb
way Patroli
Lyda Motor Co. Mored To Depot