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SuiMUid PKISTING CO 22O-2S0 S rw i LOUISVIUX 49,500 Peoplo Live within 20 miles of Waynetvllle their Ideal The Waynesville Mountaineer Published Twice-a-Week In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park tj&heu CM shopping TWELVE PAGES Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 17. 1947 (3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Ctuesday L TTcTr No. 48 IjS0.W,r"w V" adents wRain jaywood; liraVC no" 1 re Injured In W Crashes lursday To Lgts occurred c- L,nd Sunday niorn- rood county s !...- tnvs. injurmn iently lo '''lllirc Hon and resulting m properly damage Involved. U Patrolman . Ming the arc-KU-nis. fivtrs use more care wet pavement. Uur- bt commented, oil op from cars on the kntrain that follows and dangerous. Ike county s ncuci L curves added to kutition during the le just west of the kotr line, about 5:30 Ralph Cochran, 28, stopped his pick-up III flat tire. While nearby filling sta mped on the tire. tod traffic past the However, Mrs. Billy toon, driving west, curve, applied the Kdan. and plowed vwet road, between the vehicle He received cuts sis face and leg. p. m. Thursday, Iner.of Rt. 1, Coving. ng a 1947 Chevrolet U. S. 19. lost con on the slick nave- kn curve and plow- Ford truck beine ert D. King of Can- Eived minor lacera tt M. Castle nf Skinner's car re- aits and hruises N in Canton police rauag his car on the fk road. (fely the same time, Of Canton Net truck from the m onto the high- near lanton at a W. He nnnlioH M of the truck and a 194R fWa i.,.: James Wils.m ,.r P "as injured, al- Four) iznpleted N'has been hlween Junalus- given P waS opened r after ha,,;.,.. P" nce last au- kles'in iii. ... hi " .ine bf. -"" was f?M and comoanv FW rout, u ... " , uciween J "e east to anH tk. iim v . ,c -reat Ptlonal Pari, Wslrc,tl. Hake ftrood miles along east frnm ta. dieted 0: Bs- early iast j&r Report --uujineer by :au): f W tim i. Cl0udJ Fair and ,-hest tern- k,,.- c stai of the Rain Win. fall 80 nfi M. .60 3 .31 FraLom) T ecks Take Heavy Week-End Toll Friendship of THIS PICTURE was taken Friday during the marriage of Howard K. Dillislin, 85, of Person. N J and Miss Lida Wilkerson, 75, of Belhaven. The ceremony took place m the pastors study at SilWer Memorial Christian Church in Raleigh, with the minister the Rev. Newton J. Rob.nson, pas.oi, pronouncing the vows.-(Cut courtesy News and Observer, Raleigh. Haywood Burley Acreage Being Measured By AAA Dies At Lake REV. JOSEPH A. BAYLOR, re tired Methodist minister died sud denly at his home at Lake Juna luska on Friday morning. Last rites were held yesterday morning in Bristol. Va. Rev. J. A. Baylor Passes At Lake Funeral services were conducted Monday morning at 11 o'clock at the State Street Methodist church, Bristol, Va., for Rev. Joseph A. Baylor, 76, retired Methodist min ister, native of Russell county, Va., who died at his home at Lake Juna luska around 10:30 o'clock Satur day morning. Burial was in Em ory, Va. The Rev. Mr. Baylor had main tained a residence at Lake Juna- luska, where he had spent the (Continued on Page Four) Boosters Make Final Plans For July 4 Fete Final plans for sponsoring the annual county-wide Fourth of July celebration at the high school grounds again this year were com pleted Thursday night by the Boosters club, when each member was assigned hours for selling tickets to the seven rides which will be operated for the week. Details of the Sunday evening services were completed, and also the old-time singing which will be held on the night of July 3. A full day's program will be held 47 Years Ends In Teams Begin Monday In Two Townships; Expect To Complete Work in July Measuring teams went to work yesterday in Iron Duff and Way nesville townships to draw graphs showing the size of burley tobacco plantings for Triple-A records, with approximately three-fourths of the Haywood leaf crop now transplanted and getting off to a uood start due to last week's break in the dry spell. Teams have been selected anu will begin measuring in other sec tions of the county "as soon as possible," reports R. C. Irancis, chairman of the Agricultural con servation Association committee. They expect to get the recoras completed by the middle ot juiy. while plants are still small. There appears lo be sumcieni plants this year to take care of the 1,460 acnes allotted to Haywood farmers, offering much bet'er pros pects for the crop than in 1946 when blue mold hit plant beds and kept the acreage down to 1,111. .1 n Robinson of the Pigeon section has been appointed by the county ACA committee to supervise the measuring this year. He will (Continued on Page Two) Mr. and Mrs. Reece Back From Buying Trip Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Reece and son, Jeff, have returned from a 10 day buying trip in New York and on their way to market spent sev eral days in Washington. The buyers spent most of their time on the Ready-to-wear market buying for fall and winter. En route to Washington Mr. Recce sent some time traveling the Blue Ridge Parkway and studying travel conditions in the interest of the Chamber of Commerce, of which he is president. on the fourth, with an address Dy Charles Johnson, state treasurer, athletic events, baseball and soft- ball games. Plans are lor a paraoe featuring military personnel equipment. William Chamber will be in charge of tickets and direct the activities of the 40 some men who will sell tickets throughout the week The Hazelwood baseball team will have charge of the concessions at the field, and only eating will be operated In addition to the rides. 1 Nsunmedl M Marriage Large Crowd Pays Tribute To Dr. S. L. Stringfieia ' Prominent Physician Is Laid To Rest In Green Hill Cemetery Friday Funeral services were ronducted at the First Methodist church here at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon for Dr. Samuel L. Stringfield, fH. prom inent Waynesville physician who died at his home following an ill ness of a few weeks. Rev. Paul Townsend. pastor of the church, assisted by Dr. Frank Love, superintendent of the Meth odist Assembly of Lake Junaluska. officiated. Burial was in Green Hill cemetery. Active pallbearers were Ben J Sloan. Andrew Sloan, Hugh Sloan, Jr., Joe Jack Atkins. Carl Hill, Robert V. Welch. Sam II. Bushnell, Jr.. Tom Campbell, Jr. and Her bert Buchanan. Members of the board of stew ards of the First Methodist church and of the Haywood County Medi cal Society in which Dr. Stringfield held memberships served as hon orary pallbearers. Dr. Stringfield, a native nf Way nesville, was the son of the late Maj. W. W. and Mrs. Maria Love Stringfield. Ho was educated in the local school and the University of North Carolina, where he was a member of the S. A. E. social fra ternity and Jefferson Medical col lege from which he graduated in 1905. He served his internship in Polyclinic hospital. Philadelphia, and Mercer hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa. Dr Stringfield had been practic (Continued On Page Fon Library Triples Service In County, Rotary Hears Circulation at the Haywood County Library has tripled since 1944," Miss Margaret Johnson, county librarian told Rotarians here Friday, as she discussed the growth of the service over the past few vears. The club had the largest attend ance of the season, with 10 out-of-town visitors attending Howard Clapp is president, and Charles Ray is chairman of the program committee. "So far our rural service has been carried on through book sta tions in homes, schools, churches, stores and summer camps. We av erage 15 to 18 of these stations, and most of them are sponsored by the home demonstration clubs with T. T. Matney Family Hurt; Zirconia Man Dies In Crash Collision Near Hen dersonville Saturday on Road to Spartan burg. Clarence Ward. 22. of Zirconia was killed and six other persons, including Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Mat ney and their two daughters of Lake Junalu.ska, were injured in an auto collision shortly before noon Saturday on the Spartanburg road about a mile and a half south of Hendersonvillc. Mrs. Matney suffered multiple cuts about the eye and nose and an injured knee. Jean, her two and one-half year old daughter, sus tained a bruised cheek; Betty, 9. was bruised on both knees; and Mr. Matney had his left knee badly bruised. James M. Shipman and James M. Ward of Zirconia, In the car with Clarence Ward and the Matney family, were taken to Pat ton Memorial hospital in Hend"r sonvillc where they were treated and discharged. James M. Ward was reported to have been driving the car north ward that collided with the Matney vehicle, which had been traveling to the south and was drvien off on the right shoulder in an attempt lo avoid the crash. It occurred on a straight stretch, of highway. .,. Ward is under $2,000 bond to ap pear at an investigation set for 2 p. m. Friday by Cororrft Bruce A. Cox, to be held at the Henderson county courthouse. Funeral services for Clarence Ward were held Sunday afternoon at the Double Springs Baptist church. Youth Caravan Training Now Begun At Lake Launching the third week of the Lake Junaluika assembly and the opening of a South-wide Youth Caravan training conference, the Methodise cues leaders at the Lake Sunday included the Rev. Dr. Dwight Ware, of Asheville, and the Rev. Dr. C. E. Lundy. of Bristol. Va. Rev. Hoover Rupert, of Nash ville. Tenn., will inaugurate the eighth annual training center for Youth Caravan activity. A study session of 10 days will give train ing to more than 100 students, fol lowing which they will be sepa rated into approximately 20 teams and assigned to local communties in nine Southern states where they will work under the direction of local pastors in youth and commu nity activities. On the grounds to assist Mr. Rup ert as faculty memoers ana c.ium- selors are the Rev. Dr. I Mack Stokes, Emory University, Georgia;! the Rev. Dr. N. C. McPherson, of I Memphis; the Rev. Dr. William E. Cassell, Winchester, Ky.; the Rev. Dr. Harold Ehrensperger, Nash ville and T. Z. Koo, of the World Christian Student Federation. members acting as volunteers in making books available for their communities. "Out at Hyder Mountain, more than 2,000 books have been han dled by Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Kirkpatrick for that area, many from that section get their books direct from the library. Miss Johnson told of the station at Clyde, Lake Logan and other sections of the county where the circulation is continually on the increase. The rural service accounted for 9,318 books being circulated dur ing the past year. "The library Is contributing to help prevent Juvenile delinquency. . (Continued on Page Fourl Figure In Post J. II HOWELL has been granted his request to be assistant post master of the Waynesville office after resigning as postmaster Here. Mr"' I Explosion In Fines Creek Home Fatal to Young Girl Many Attend Farm Bureau Meet Here Representatives of 10 Western Counties Ask For; Organization of Federations At a well-attended meeting here Thursday, Western North Carolina farmers requested that federations of the National Farm Bureau be organized in the 10 counties they represented. A. C. Edwards, member of the state legislature, and two other of ficials in the State Farm Bureau, Will Rogers and John Eagle, ex plained the purpose of Ihe organi zation, remarking that it has more than 1.250.000 members in the United States and is very strong in Eastern Carolina. They told how it promoted national and state legislation for the benefit of agri culture. Approximately 100 persons from W. N. C. counties were present and showed interest in organizing or re organizing federations in their home areas. The state officials promised to take steps in that di rection as soon as possible. East Waynesville P.-T.A. Meets At 8 P. M. Tonight The East Waynesville Parent -Teachers association will meet at the school tonight at 8 o'clock. A program will be given by tin Brownie and Intermediate Girl Scout troops, directed by Mrs. Roma Brown. Chamber Of Commerce Board Meets Tonight The board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce will meet tonight for the regular monthly meeting, starting at 7:30. C. J. Reece, president, an nounced a number of matters of vital concern to the organization would be presented for decisions tonight. Pet Dairy Officials Inspect Local Plant Five officers, including J. A. Lat - zer of St. Louis, president of Pet Milk company, conducted the an nual inspection of the Waynesville Pet Dairy Products company Fri day morning, expressing them selves as being well pleased with the condition of the plant. They arrived here Thursday eve ning from Knoxville, and were en tertained with a banquet by the Haywood County Milk Producers association at the Waynesville Country club. Following their in spection of the. local plant, they left for Greenville, S. C. The inspection party consisted of Mr. Latzer, John C. Naylor, of St. Office Changes G. C. FERGUSON, town mana ger, will be named acting post master of Ihe Waynesville office, it was announced in Washington Monday. Valerie Rcvis, 16, Succumbed To Burns From Kitchen Stove Blast An explosion in the kitchen stove at Ihe home of Felbert R. Hevis in Fines ('reek about 6 o'clock Wednesday evening, re sulted in the death of his sister, 16-year-old Valerie, and severe burns lo his mother, wife and 2-year-old daughter, and caused the house to burn lo the ground. Graveside riles wen- conducted Saturday morning for Valerie at Burnelt Siding in Ihe Sunburst section. The baby's condition was report ed as splendid al the Haywood County hospital yesterday after noon, and her mother was stated to be improving from the burns received in Ihe explosion. Mrs. Jessie Hevis. mother of Valerie and grandmother of the baby, was giv en first aid when taken to the hos pital Wednesday night, but had not been injured badly enough to be confined The Felbert Revi: family had moved into the home only two days previously from Jackson county, taking a house on the N. C. James farm a short distance from his father's place. Wednesday their relatives weir visiting and help ing them get settled in the home. Valeries is reported to have poured some kerosene in the kitchen stove to start the fire for supper when some live coals inside set off the oil explosion. Hearing I In- blast, her father ran in the house, attempted to pull off her burning garments, and car ried her in his arms to a nearby stream and immersed her He returned to Ihe house and gave assistance to the other three members of the family who had been burned. As soon as possible, all were brought lo Ihe hospital for medical attention. Miss Valeries died from the burns shortly after 1 a. m. Friday. In addition to the parents, she is survived by five brothers, Wal ter, Posie, David, Jerry and Vel bert; and two sisters, Mrs. Wood row and Smith and Miss Dorsham Revis. all of Haywood county. Wells funeral home of Canton was in charge of the burial. , Louis, vice president of Pet Milk Co.: C. H. Reynolds, of Greeneville. Tenn.. district superintendent of Pet Milk Co.: L. A. Ballew, of Johnson CittV. Tenn.. general man ager of Pet Dairy Products Co.; and R. O. Jenkins, of Johnson City, assistant general manager. Also attending the banquet were J. L. Edwards, general manager; Ernest Green, production manager; and Henry Hale, sales manager of the local Pet plant; James Kirk patrick, president; Glenn Palmer, Wayne Corpening and Howard Clapp of the County Milk Produc ers association. J. H. Howell Resigned As Postmaster, Will Serve As Assistant Changes Announced Monday Afternoon By Rep. Redden In Washington Grayden C. Ferguson is expected to be named within a few days as acting postmaster of the Waynes ville post office, succeeding J H. Howell, who recently requested the post office department to reclass ify him and make him assistant postmaster. The department in Washington is expected to make the changes within a day or so and have them in effect by July 1. The details of the changes were learned by The Mountaineer from Representative Monroe M. Redden over long distance yesterday aft ernoon from his offices in Wash ington. Mr. Ferguson's appointment spec ifies no definite time, but will con tinue until a competitive examin ation is conducted and a perma nent postmaster is selected from the eligible list determined by the examinations, Rep. Redden ex plained. Postmaster Howell, who assumed office in 1934, recently requested the post office department to re lieve him of the duties of the ex ecutive branch of the Waynesville office, and requested the position as assistant postmaster. He gave a his reasons that the place m as sistant is more secure and under civil service and not subject lo change under any national admin istration. Rep. Redden explained yesterday that Mr. Howell had only 4 or ri more years to serve the post, office department before reaching the re tirement age. and that the position as assistant postmaster meant but little difference in salary, but much more in permanent security "I have expressed my regret? (o (Continued on Page Fonn Farnum Plans Guernsey Bale Here On July 16 F. R. Farnum, agricultural ( ;. tension service dairy specialist, an nounced here last week plans for the guernsey promotional sale to be held at the Mountain Experi ment Station on July 16. Animals to be offered for sal' will include 20 open and bred heif ers, 5 bulls out of dams with rec ords of more than 700 pounds but terfat production, and 15 heifers to be sold only to 4-H and F F. A. mem bers. AAA Lime Will Be Given Or Deposits Refunded Farmers who have ordered and made deposits for lime through the AAA office here are advised by R. C. Francis, committee chairman, that they will either get the lime or their money refunded. It will not be known about the lime until the Senate takes action on the Department of Agriculture appropriation bill, which was cut so drastically in the House that further AAA subsidation of lime purchases in Haywood depends on the appropriation being increased in lime to what was asked by the President. This is expected lo be decided by July 1 at the latest. Highway Record For 1947 In Haywood (To Date) Killed - - 2 Injured - 22 (This Information Complied From Records of State Hlftv wy Patrol)
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