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I'luNTING -u-.lii S Viral S LOUISVILLE Kv lished The Waynesville Mountaineer 49,500 People Live within 20 miles of Wiynesvllle their Ideal shopping center. Tuesday Friday Published Twite-a-Week In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park YEAR NO-31 14 PAGES Associated Press News COND WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1947 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties istruction f New Elevemi File Dun GtaellwTOdl. Ndduo SeeEt (Local Offices later Is iesyomed Stockmen Buy Seven Herefords At Show Dr. Cline Purchases Reserve Champion of actor is To lob Months fores Included Vture; To Cost jmately Lc ul construction ,n preparations on hnilriini! the new in oreet here, which L June due to pro- bus interlcnng wim bousing program. Lrr Asheville eon- is in charge of the ciam that he will 1 to 30 men on the job complete L months at a cost of 75(M0. t IS De- L Dr. Charles Owen Iv structure, H will loot frontage and cx 13712 feet from the fro stoics will be in- building: one with tie other with 30-foot be tarried out to stores first, and fin- :r afterwards, accord- urdncr. be brought in for of brick, tile, cinder mcrete. with modern- mts. ng is on what was Jolley property. The ited for having been :e of Congressman ody, was torn down, In of 1945 following py Dr. Owen. In of the theater be ll. 1946. but onlv a of work was done ilders decided to halt 'titions having been A claiming that the using materials cs lerans housing. Al io? order was issued, decided to postpone the theater to avoid Dr. Owen was noli ernmcnt that it was resume construction "8 site is a sign stat- nsirucuon authorized Igh Seniors Play Tonight class of Bethel l,it.i, Present "Hook. Line . mreo-act comedy HC. in lh. . ... ..... atnuui au- at 8 o'clock, it by Miss Bernicc Mc rector of the produc- includes ni,.h.,j n. Rucc. Willi, iiiuw. Hardin, Seymour Me Wells, Henry B - ic, Marilyn "sePhine Mathis. P AID PLAN rON- .AP, -Three 7. .Dack fro'n an me Near East: Ferguson of natrh fxt tu... . hwlleaguesThurs- "'"n-iurkish aid Passed u-iii.-... . 7 tPUblir.,,.. . f Ptmm . beeches dent Truman's r Tur- i " "-FFiies. .edr: '"Admini , c Uv"- War Mnk". and W7Uinr by 8 We"thcr flu- Ancil ... derate I Partly Htoda f7iUres iltl light t u and Fair and rath- pReporT ) WNCAC Endorses Plan To Name Peak In Honor 01 H. Getty Mount Browning? R. GETTY BROWNING, thief locating engineer for the North Carolina State Highway and Pub lic Works Commission, may have one of the large mountain peaks re-named in his honor. A move ment is sponsored by the Western North Carolina Associated Com munities to change the name of Black Mountain, near the inter section of the Haywood, Jackson and JrVa'syimia couaftKiaesio Mount Browning in honor of the man who has taken an important part in planning and construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway Industrial Leaders See New Paper Mill Work Champion Paper And Fiber Company Direc tors Meet At Canton Monday Several of the nation's top in dustrialists visited the Champion Paper and Fibre company plant at Canton, Monday, to see the world's white papermaking machine in operation and to hold the first meeting of the board of directors at the Canton division since it was established. Other than the board members, guests who were present for an informal tour of the plant included Andrew Speigelhalter, president of the Pusey-Jones eomoration which built the recently-installed ma- enme; Ralph Johnston, vice-president of the Pusey-Jones corpora tion; Chester H I. nut? vire-Dresi- dent, and Bill Cronkhite, with the industrial sales division, General Election company. Members of th hoard are Rptih- en B. Robertson, president of the company, who resides at Flat Rock; J. J. Rowe, Dwight J. Thomp son, Charles C. Benedict, Harry G. (Continued on Page Eight) S if v i - 1 1 lr:Itiit:Mm J National Guard Company Ready For Recognition Application has been made for inspection of the Waynesville Na tional Guard company Wednesday, April 30, to obtain federal recog nition of the unit, reports Lieuten ant Sam Carswell. Thirty-one enlistments have been made already, over the minimum quota, and several other men are now filling out enlistment papers. Once the unit is recognized and Placed on a basis of pay for drills, officers expect the company to climb gradually to full strength. It will become the Anti-Tank com pany ot the 120th Infantry Regi ment, 30th Division. Following its organization, the State Guard company (Headquar ters, Second Regiment) will be of ficially deactivated. Capt. James I Davis, commander ef the State1 Browning Group Holds Quarter ly Meeting Tuesday; Will Publish VVNC Booklet A resolution was adopted by the Western North Carolina Associated Communities at their regular quar terly meeting Tuesday at Brevard to request the proper slate and fed eral agencies to change the name of Black Mountain a 6.275-foot peak near the Haywood, Jackson and Transylvania county line in tersectionto Mount Browning in honor of R. Getty Browning, chair man of the state highway and pub lic works commission. The name of Mr. Browning, the resolution states, "has been insep arably linked with the building of the North Carolina portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the peo ple of Western North Carolina be lieve that there should be at some point on this great scenic highway a lasting monument to the out standing service that he has ren dered ... in acquiring the rights-of-way . . . and in connection with its construction and development by the National Park Services." Officers of the WNCAC were au thorized to send copies of the res olution and otherwise seek to get the name of the mountain changed through Senators Hoey and Um-slBitcL.thHTar.U.tal-repieseiil4tiyes in Congress, the State Board of Conservation and Development and Governor Cherry. The group also decided to go ahead with plans to publish a book let describing the recreational, ag ricultural and industrial resources of Western North Carolina: to be prepared for distribution not later than next January. Charles E. Ray. vice chairman of the group, and W. Curtis Russ will have charge of the publica tion. Information concerning the industrial potentials of this sesion has already been gathered and now is being compiled by the TVA. The data will be completed at an early date, reported T. M. Hubbok of that agency. Blair Ross, superintendent of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, stated that the recent Wash ington trip by the WNCAC group had created such an impression by requests to the Department of In Interior for action that he has re ceived more requests for informa tion since February than had been the case in several years. Charles Ray reported that bids will be opened on two small links of the parkway Saturday and that he has received unofficial infor mation that other links will be up for letting soon. Approval was given by the group to the Medical Care Commission's plans for improving hospital facil ities in this area after an explana tion of policies by Sam Hunt of Asheville. Following the request of Joe Jennings, Cherokee Indian reservation superintendent, a mo tion was passed endorsing the ef forts to build a $125,000 tourist center at Cherokee. A report on the proposed Chero kee Indian pageant stated that Samuel Seldon, producer of the (Continued on Page Eight) Guard unit, has been appointed to head the Anti-Tank company. Equipment for the company, which includes tank destroyers, jeeps and other vehicles, will be authorized following its inspection. Lieutenant Carswell states that be does not believe the company will attend summer camp this year, since it will have so little time to get ready. Assignments to positions in the company will be made following its recognition, with a large num ber of good ratings included in its organization chart. Qualified vet erans and young men with no pre vious military service are invited to attend any Wednesday night drill period and talk over the opportuni ties of membership in the National Guard. State Show at Statesville Seven registered herefords. in cluding the reserve champion of the show, were purchased by Hay wood county cattlemen who at tended the seventh annual North Carolina Hereford Breeders Asso ciation sale and show, Tuesday at Statesville, at a cost of approxi mately $5,000. Miss Beau loth, a polled heifer who was judged reserve champion, was bought at a cost of $1,200 by Dr. A. P. Cline. Canton. The ani mal was consigned by Allgood and McDaniels of Liberty, S. C. M. O. Galloway. Waynesville. purchased the second-place horn ed heifer. Princess Wayside 44th. for $675. She was consigned by W. E. Webb of Statesville. Mr. Galloway also bought two other heifers, and three polled animals a cow and two heifers were sold to Dr. J. L. Reeves, Canton. Other slock breeders who at tended the sale from Haywood were C. T. Francis and Jarvis Al lison, Waynesville: Jack Rogers. Crablree; R. C. Evans and Roy Haynes. Clyde: George Stanley anil Wayne Stanley, Pigeon; and the county agent. Wayne Corpening. Road Signs Meeting Is Called Mon. All interested business people are invited to meet with the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce on Monday evening, April 21, at 7:30 o'clock, down stair ttt "Patrick's cafeteria t& dis cuss with officials of sign com panies the urgent necessity of erecting and maintaining outdoor informational and directional signs of Waynesville and vicinity at the intersections of roads leading here. "Since this is a project ror the benefit of the public and all busi ness in this community, it is deemed necessary for all businesses to shard in the cost of erection and maintenance of such signs," it was stated by C. J. Recce, presi dent of the C. of C. following the directors' meeting this week. There will be no supper at the meeting Monday. Haywood Well Represented At Masonic Meet The folowing Haywood county Masons have returned from Ra leigh where they attended a meet ing of the North Carolina Grand Lodge. From Waynesville Lodge were Dr. J. R. McCracken. Grand Mas ter of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina; R. C. McBride. Master of the Waynesville Lodge; Hugh J. Sloan, Jr. officer; and F. G. Rippc toe .past master of the local lodge. Representing the Clyde Lodge was Ralph M. Crawford, district deputy Grand Master and Master of the Lodge. The Pigeon River Lodge of Can ton was represented by Ned Clontz, and Harold MofTitt. both officers. The Sonoma Lodge was repre sented by George Stamey, past Master, and Ed Justice, current secretary and also a past master. Legion And Auxiliary To Meet Tonight The program of the joint meet ing of the American Legion and the auxiliary which will be held to night, after being postponed from last week, will be on South Amer ica, in observance of Pan Ameri can week. Special music will be furnished by the Boys Chorus of the Springdale school. The meeting will start at 7:30 o'clock and all members of the two groups are expected to attend the joint session. Following the joint meeting of the group there will be a session of each group. V. F. Whitman, commander of the legion will pre side over that group and Mrs. Hurst Burgin, president, over the auxiliary meeting. The April meeting was sched uled for last Friday night, but due to the minstrel show sponsored by the Lions club, it was postponed until this week. I Texas City Blasts Kill Up To 800 TEXAS CITY. Tex. (API One of the nation's worst dis asters began Wednesday, when a chain of blasts set off by the explosion of a nitrate - laden ship wrecked this Gulf port. Authoritative estimates placed the death toll anywhere from 500 to 800 yesterday, when three new explosions rocked the devastated waterfront of the stricken industrial town. Dr. J. C. Quinn. Red Cross co-ordinator in Texas City, said he believed the final number of dead "will not exceed 500." However, 430 bodies have been counted and authorities be lieved 100 to 250 more still lay in the debris of the .shattered dock area. Estimates placed the injured at 3.000 or more. It was reported that 09 per cent of homes in the city of 15.000 had been damaged. Ma terial damages were placed at $125,000,000 or more as ships, a vast chemical plant, oil re fineries, oil tanks and other industrial plants were destroy ed. Half the town's population has fled from the scene of the holocaust. Thursday's blasts occurred aboard the freighter High Fly er, loaded with nitrates and sulphur, and at one of the oil tanks. Thousands of rescue workers are on the scene. Position Open In Vfqyrjesville, osfOffice The United States Civil Service Commission has announced an open competitive examination for the position of substitute clerk carrier for rilling vacancies in the local post office The usual en trance salary for this position is $1.04 per hour. Applications for this position must he on file with the director of the fourth United Stales Civil Service region at the Nissen build ing, Winston-Salein 3, not later than May 6, it was learned here yesterday. Competitors will be required to report for written examination, which will be held as soon as prac ticable after the date set for the close of the receipt of application Full information and application blank may be obtained from Her man Francis, secretary, board of U. S. Civil Service examiners, at the Waynesville post office. Farmers Plant Record Crop Of Pasture Seeds Under the new system of pur chase set up by the AAA more pasture seed will be used by the Haywood county farmers this year than in the past according to the figures revealed this week by H. M. Dulin. secretary. It is estimated that 50 per cent more acreage will be seeded or re seeded before the planting time is over as compared to that planted in previous years. There has been to date 91,081 pounds of seed issued to the Hay wood county farmers under the AAA program. The total cost of the seed has been $34,859.30 and of this amount the government has paid $21,550.60 and the farm ers have paid the remaining amount, a total of $13,308.70. Mountaineer Wins Two Honors In NEA Contest FORT WORTH, Tex. (TP) The Waynesville Mountaineer won honorable mention in two divisions of the National Edi torial Association contests, in the special editions classifica tion and for its job printing work. W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges are publish ers. Awards were announced Monday at the conclusion of the annual NEA convention. Although The Mountaineer has won numerous awards in contests among non-daily news papers in North Carolina, this is the first time it has entered Critic VSN V. 4 HENRY A. WAIUCE By his speec.ies in London when he assailed President Truman's plan to give financial assistance to Greece and Turkey to. prevent those nations from being absorbed by the Communists, Mr. Wallace, the former vice-president. has aroused a storm of -protests in Washington. Some congressional leaders term Wallace's talks "near ly treason". The lowan defends his right to criticize U. S. policies, and plans to speak "for peace" on more pllaforms. j Registration I Of Town Voters ! Begins Tomorrow Registration books fur Wavnes , ville voters will be open tomor i row, from 9 .m. until p.m., in i Hhe courthouse, and til perMm ' who have not registered previ ously are urged to do no. Next week the books will be open from 9 a.m. to S p.m.. Mon : day through Friday, and from I !( a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday. J. ! Hayes Alley, registrar, has been ; revising the books to eliminate ; names of persons who no longer are residents of Waynesville, and wishes to get the names of all l persons w ho are qualified on the j revised hooks. Residence requirements are 12 months in North Carolina and 1 four months in the town. I The registration of voters In i Hazel wood began last Saturday with approximately 100 names added to the list by the middle J of this week. The hooks will be open through next Saturday, and an effort is being made to get all known residents on them pri or to the closing lime. iSylva Pastor Will ! Speak At Baptist Church Next Week Rev. C. M. Warren, pastor of the i Sylva Baptist church, will speak each evening at the First Baptist church. Monday through Friday of next week. The Jackson county minister will discuss the Ten Com mandments in the light of the New Testament interpretation and the moral problems confronting our age. The services will begin each eve ning at 7:30 and close at 9:30. Sun day school workers, training union i leaders, church officers and the en-J tire adult membership of thei church are expected to attend and participate in these discussions, j At the same time, Miss Hatsie Freeman w ill meet the Junior I Training Union in a study of the Junior Training Union manual. This work was delayed because of the flu epidemic a few weeks ago. a nationwide contest. In the special edition divi sion. The Mountaineer sub mitted copies of the Homer L. Ferguson Day edition. Samples of all types of job printing were sent in to enter that part of the contest, letter heads, statements, folders and booklets. Standards in the national contest are very high, due to the large NEA membership in every state and judges being selected from leaders in the newspaper profession. V Two Seek Mayor's Seat In Hazelvood; Gaddy Is New Alderman Candidate Nine Announce For Hazel wood Board, Including Present Members In a sudden Hurry ol activity. II candidates entered I he political picture at llazelwood this week, in cluding all present members of the town administ rat ion. lty noon Thursday two persons had announced their candidacy for mayor. Clyde f isher is seeking re election, and will be opposed by Tinman "Mult" Tale, cafe propri etor who liled yesterday. Two members of the board were among the first to lile for re-election. Grady It. Smith and 11. I. Prevost, Sr The tield was enlarged with the entry of Nathan "Frog" Hill, Ed Greer, barber: John Wyatt. grocery si ore proprietor: Leonard "Deacon'' Wnndard. laxi driver; Carl Swanger. the third ipeiuber of the board; li. II. Holland, service station operator; and Tom Garrett, an employee of the Enka corpora lion. It is rumored I hat one or two others will toss their hats in the ring for positions on the llazel wood board, bill Ihey apparently are waiting until the last minute to announce. With the large number of can didates and a $50,000 bond issue for street, water and sewer im provements to vote on in the May 6th election, a large turnout , of voters is expected. The administra tion feels ' fairly confident that the bond vole will carry, and are seeking re-election to carry out the improvement program which they assert can be done without raising municipal taxes. Asheville Presbytery Meets Here Representatives From .'2 Churches Expected To Attend All Day Meeting The staled spring meeting of the Asheville Presbytery will be held in the Waynesville Presby terian church here on next Tues day, according to an announcement by the pastor of the local church, the Rev. Malcolm R. Williamson, who is the slate clerk of the pres bytery. ' Representatives to the Presbv- tery will include ministers and the ruling elders representing 32 churches of the presbytery. The meeting is scheduled to open at 10 o'clock in the morning and the sessions will continue throughout the day. with lunch being served in the new dining room of the church at 12:30 o'clock. The opening sermon of the pres bytery will be preached by the Rev. John li. Williams, who for a number of years has been engaged in evangelistic work. The communion service will be conducted by the Rev. C. Grier Davis of Asheville and the Rev. H. B. Dendy, of Weaverville. A memorial service to the late Dr. R. F. Campbell, who died recently will be presented to the presby ters and the entire presbytery will pay tribute lo the memory of the man who has been a leader in the presbytery for many years. O L. Merchant, prominent busi ness man of Asheville and a ruling elder of the Swannanoa Presby terian church, is moderator of the Asheville presbytery and will pre side over the meetings here. Last Showing Tonight Of Lions Club Minstrel The final performance of Cotton Blossom Minstrels will be given at 8 o'clock tonight in the East Waynesville school auditorium. More than 1,000 persons have seen the show at Waynesville high, Crabtree-Iron Duff, and Fines Creek. It is given by the Lions Club for the school lunch program benefit. Waynesville Candi dates Have Until Tuesday To Place Names on Ballot T. Henry Gaddy, local insurance man and building inspector for I lie town, filed for a place on the Way nesville board of aldermen Tues day, making nine candidates for office In the May 6 election by press time yesterday. No additional candidates have announced for mayor. The dead line for filing is Tuesday, April 22. Those who will be listed on the local ballot include two candidates for the four-year term as mayor. J. H. Way. Jr., incumbent, and Comdr. W. Henry Lee. Other than Mr. Gaddy. those in the race for places on the three man hoard of aldermen include two incumbents, T. L. Branded and L. M. Killian; T. Guy Massic, Dr. Thomas Stringfield, Mack Pace and Asbury Howell. Since Mr. Gaddy is now a can candidate for office, another per son will be chosen to replace him as one of the election judges. Registration of voters and the balloting during the election will be held in the county courthouse. Annual Typhoid Clinics Started By Health Dept. The annual typhoid clinics which are conducted by the county health department in the schools were started on Monday, according to an announcement by the director. A clinic was conducted at Spring Hill on Monday and on Tuesday clinics were conducted at Rock Hill. Maggie, Dellwood and Lake Junaluska, by Mrs. Elaine Gill and Mrs. Ruby Bryson, public health nurses. It is pointed out thai the triple vaccine is a vaccine for typhoid and paratyphoid organisms, that is. typhoid-related paratyphoid strains. Since this triple vaccine has not always been available, the depart ment here is fortunate in obtain ing it this year. In order to obtain a better de gree of immunity in these related strains, a second dose of the vac cine can be obtained at the health department offices at the usual hours observed in the offices, which are in Waynesville Friday after noons at 2 and 5 o'clock and Sat urday mornings from 9:30 to 12; in Canton Monday morning from 9:30 to 11 o'clock. VFW Will Hold Meeting At 7:30 Monday Night Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet Monday night at 7:30 o'clock in the American Legion Home. All members are urged to be present, and ladies who are eligible to be long to the auxiliary are especial ly invited. Hazelwood P.-T.A. Will Elect Officers Monday Officers will be elected at I he meeting, Monday night at 7:3(1 o'clock, of the Haelwood Parent Teachers Association. Fathers Night will be observed, with Aaron Prevost in charge of the program. Mrs. Grady Farmer will preside. Highway Record For 1947 In Haywood (To Date) Killed - - 2 Injured -12 (This Information Compiled From Records of State High way Patrol)