T. M
? f
ablished
ayTuesday
Cj svidav
The Wa ynesville Mountaineer
Published Twice-a-Week In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Entra ice Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
49,500 People
Llvfl within 20 miles of
Wayneavllla their Ideal
hopping center.
-EAR No. 53 TWELVE PAGES Associated Press News
WAYNES VILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1947
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
MILL STMT J)iLY (D
brird PK1NTING Cl
8 flrt 8
1 OUlSVtlXt Kv
mm
L
ELEiiMiM
tide Conference
aneelism Is
jjedBy Church
tiPtakers at (Me Juna-
Ibly. sponsored uy me
inference on evange-
fcarry Denman of Nash-
e Bev. William n. can
,rv University, who ad
it audiences at the as-
litorium morning anu
W. A. Kale of Shelby
Hawley Lynn, Pickens.
convocation and vesper
Lpectively, at the West-
Eirolina Youth Assem
: heard by more than
Wople enrolled for the
Lan. lay minister, par-
parables from the
If Jesus to point a les-
ieth century Christians.
the parable of the 10
of whom were foolish
B'were unprepared, the
isjed the importance of
lually prepared and the
' not being willing to
! principles one pro
e are willing to talk
be declared, "but we
It. We are stupid not
j pattern of our lives."
Cannon, one of the
linijters to speak from
ly platform, who holds
ppgree from Yale Uni-
fcking on "Christian dis-
cited the religious wars
N of the Middle
witness to the virility
of the Christian faith
fodern crusaders of the
th to be as devoted to
is were the crusaders
Mr. Hawley chose as
Ik youth assembly mot-
four lives by thine," to
' words are the answer
weme question: What
AH great relieions."
faker, "are agreed upon
p to find the answer to
question. Judaism.
Hinduism, Buddhls m.
"lirm it can be found
p the corridor of fre
N Prayer, the kinri nf
I tos been described as
' whole self in i ho
P about the whole of
jerative To
Formal
P9 Saturday
"'enaanrp it ..j
F 'he formal nnmno
Pd Countv Farm-,!
Uch have just com-
FK Strim ...
peet warehouse
Poland is nresMonl
ConandH.M. Dulin
Pa8of the business
opening Satur-
fctand .announced on
r''mited number nf
still available.
n Report
Kr nUnUineer
1 7 Bureau):
hhZ, "-rair and
Iht, -wraoon and
Ll.Partly clonrtv
-
Rain-
".Mijuf,u
? 63 .42
"3 6(1 in
81 61 'Z
to-State Park Parley To Be Held
d Speakers Being
d At Lake Junaluska
Lake Speaker
DR. PAUL DOUGLAS, president
of American University, Washing
Jton, will occupy the platform at
Lake Junaluska twice Sunday, and
each morning on Monday and Tues
day, at It o'clock.
Community
GanrieryTo
Open Here
On July 15
More Use Than Ever
Of Facilities Are Ex
pected This Canning
Season
With fruits, vegetables and ber
ries now getting mature, and sugar
off the rationed list, for the first
canning Reason since 1941, the
Waynesville Community Cannery
will open Tuesday, July 15, antic
ipating its largest us ever, it was
announced this week by Mrs. Rufus
Slier.
This .will be the fourth straight
year of the cannery's public use,
and it has grown in popularity each
season as more folks discover the
convenient way to preserve their
food. One of its primary uses is
to can food for use in the school
lunchrooms.
Last year 385 persons made use
of the cannery, sealing'30,856 cans
10,345 of fruit, and 11,51,1 of veg
etables. Mrs. Siler reports that two new
can sealers and a 20-gallon steam
kettle have been added to the
, Continued on Page Six
Car Of Ben Sloans
Stolen Wednesday
A black 1940 Oldsmobile sedan,
the property of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Sloan was stolen Wednesday eve
ning while parked in front of the
residence of Mrs. Sam Stringfield
on Walnut street, between 8 and 9
o'clock, where Mrs. Sloan had driv
en for a visit.
Police and the State Highway Pa
trol have been notified and are on
the lookout for the car.
I, "
Rotary Committees Are
Named By Williamson
Appointment of program chair
men and committees were announc
ed Friday for the Waynesville
Botary club by Rev. M. R. Wil
liamson, incoming president, at the
dinner meeting in The Towne
House,
That being the last regular meet
ing qf the past club year. Howard
Clap turned over the gavel and
president's pin to the new pre
siding officer.
Rev. Williamson gave a report
on the Rotary International con
vention ft San rrancisco, wm-
he atteoied as delegate from the
SiWithCare On"
Many Cases
Await July
Court Term
160 New Warrants
Have Been Issued
Since Last Criminal
Court Here
More than 200 cases, including
two on charges of manslaughter in
connection with automobile acci
dents, are listed for action in Hay
wood County Superior Court dur
ing its July criminal term which
begins here Monday, with Judge
Felix E. Alley presiding.
Clerk of Court Hugh Leather
wood remarks that this is the
largest number of warrants he
ever has seen since holding that
office. Practically all of the charg
es are of minor nature. However,
with 160 new warrants since the
last criminal term in addition to
the cases carried over indicate a
very busy July court.
There also are many divorce
suits to be presented.
Facing manslaughter charges are
Emanuul M. Moore, 53, and James
Paul Gibbs, 23. both of the Aliens
Creek section. Moore's charges
resulted from the accident near
Balsam Gap that was fatal to
George G. Snyder, and Gibson
faces charges In connection with
the accident that was fatal to Mrs.
Bertha Medford Amnions at Aliens
Creek. Both accidents took place
in early April.
Isley To Study Under
Fred Waring Next Week
Charles Isley, music and band
director at Waynesville Township
high school, will leave Saturday to
attend a special course of study
under Fred Waring at Shawnee-on-Delaware,
Pa.
The training will deal primarily
with radio technique for choral
groups. Those taking part will ob
serve the Pennsylvanians in prac
tice, with Mr. Waring's unique
method of teaching, and their reg
ular radio broadcast. Mr. Isley
feels that the study will bring out
many ideas that can be used to
adapt the WTHS musicians
radio presentations. He will
turn next week-end.
for
re-
Watkins Head Work
Featuring Education
Subjects On Films
M. D. Watkins has been re
named as community chairman of
Haywood for the General Motors
educational foundation. A large
number of films are at the disposal
of the chairman to be used by
schools and civic organizations. The
subjects cover a wide field of ac
tivity and there are no charges for
the use of the film.
Hazelwood Gets New
Police Automobile
A new Ford sedan has been pur
chased as a police car by the town
of Hazelwood in accordance with
recent plans by town officials to
reduce speeding and violation of
other laws.
NO CLUB MEET TODAY
Following the usual custom, the
Rotary club'will not meet today, as
all national holidays are observed
by Rotary.
;n, .inh Hp described the
highlights of his trip through the
.iiioc and haDDenings at
weaici ovwv,- -
the convention, reporting that a.
Kendrick Guernsey oi jacusui....,
Fla.. a frequent summer visitor in
iir.TnAtMl1o was plected president
of the International organization.
Officers for tne cormns cal ""
Mr. Williamson, president; Howard
Clapp vice president; James Kil
patrick. secretary; David Hyatt
treasurer; William Ray. assistant
treasurer; and L. K. Barber, ser-geant-at-arma.
On the board of
(Conlinuea on
The Fourth
II C.-Tenn.
Park Groups
In 1st Joint
Meeting
Charles E. Ray Of
New Park Commis
sion, Sen. Medford
Hosts Of GroUp
Representatives of North Caro
lina and Tennessee and Park of
ficials will meet here Monday to
discuss plans for further over-all
development of the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park. The
two-state meeting will be held at
a luncheon meeting, following an
organization meeting of the recent
ly named North Carolina Park,
Parkway and Forests Development
Commission.
The new commission will be
sworn in at the meeting whicfi will
begin at 9:30 at the office of Sen
ator William Medford, who spon
sored the bill in the 1947 legisla
ture.
At the meeting Monday morning
a chairman, vice chairman and sec
retary will be named. The morn
ing will be spent in setting up
Dlans for the commission, and at 1
o'clock will adjourn to meet with
tho. representative of Teltpc8sel
and park officials for lunch, and
afterwards will formulate plans
for a general meeting to be held
soon with Newton B. Drury, direc
tor of the Park Service. A number
of Haywood business and civic
leaders will ioln the eroup for
lunch.
Blair Ross, superintendent of
the Park, was here yesterday, and
said invitations had been extended
to 12 from Tennessee to attend the
meeting. At least two forestry su
pervisors will be in attendance, in
addition to a group from Asheville.
Senator Will W. Neal of Marion,
chairman of the former North Car
olina Park Commission, has been
invited to attend, as well as Senator
Wade Brown, of Boone.
The members of the commission
as named by Governor Cherry re
cently, includes. Charles E. Ray, of
Waynesville: Percy Ferebee, of An
drews: Kelly E. Bennett. Bryson
City; Raymon Sutton, Sylva; Ralph
Winkle, Boone; E. E. Guy, Newland.
and Francis Heazel, Asheville.
Scheduled to attend the meet
ing are A. H. Graham, chairman
of the state highway commission
and R. Bruce Ethrridge, chairman
of the Department of Conservation
and Development. Both are ex of
ficio members of the new commis
sion. Canton Board Gives Six
Licenses For Beer Sale
Six beer license applications
were approved by the Canton town
board at their meeting Monday eve
ning, a week after authorizing the
return of "on premises" consump
tion. An ordinance was approved lim
iting the hours of the sale of beer
within the town limits from 8 a. m.
to 6. p. m. Sale of beer is pro
hibited all day Sunday.
PROGRAM OF EVENTS
July Fourth Celebration
10:00 A. M. Street Parade, from Waynesville Presbyte
rian Church to High School Grounds.
10:30 A. M. Review of Parade, short talk by Col. Van H.
Bond in Athletic Stadium.
11:00 A. M. Address by Charles M. Johnson. S"tate
Treasurer.
12:30 P. M. Air Show, Flight of Army Air Corps planes.
1:30 P. M. Races and contests.
3:00 P. M. Baseball game, Hazelwood vs. Champion
YMCA.
- Be Careful
Workers Arrive At Citadel
FSl it- 'II'.
ATWOOD mOySE
SALVATION ARMY WORKERS Major Cecil Brown, head of
the Mountain Division nf the Salvation Army with the three young
officers who have joined her at th? Citadel, including (from left
to right i, Major Brown, Lieutenant Florence Wall, of Cumberland,
Md.. ;ind Lieut. Zeta Fleming and Lieut. Mildred Kirley, the lat
ter two of Waynesville.
Crew Erecting 150-Foot
Tower For Station 17HCC
Waynesville Taxes
Being Collected At
Town Hall Now
Waynesville property taxes
are being collected for the new
fiscal year at the Town Hall ac
cording; to a decision marie by
the mayor and aldermen. Dm
iHg June more than $4,000 of
prepaid 'at 2 per cent dis
count i taxes were collected by
G. C. Ferguson, town man
ager. John Boyd was the tow n's of
ficial tax collector for 1946
In view of the new duties
brought to the Town Hall. Mi
Edna McCrackrn has been add
ed to the staff as assistant
cici k, beginning work Tuesday.
During the past month she was
employed in the county tax
collector's office, and prior to
that tMTie worked with the
draft board.
And Help Keep Accidents
Here Monday
Studio Over Park
Theatre Is Nearing
Completion With
Innovations
A crew of radio towpr erectors
started yesterday assembling the
ISO-foot tower for Radio Station
WHC'C. The crew of four, plan to
have the tower erected by the ear
ly part of the week, according to
Waller Miller, foreman.
The lower Is being built on a site
about 400 feet square, just off the
Howell Mill road, back of the Al
bert Abel barn and silos.
The large concrete base is sched
uled to be poured today.
The tower will be painted inter
national orange and white, and a
series of red lights will burn at
night.
The contractor is due to begin
construction of the special trans
mitter house near the base of the
tower next week. The delicate ma
chinery necessary for transmission
will be housed in the building and
a licensed engineer will remain on
(Continued on Page Six)
New Minimum Age Law
For Marriage In Effect
1 Two laws passed by the 1947
! General Assembly which went into
effect this week raised the mini-
mum age at which marriage li
j censes may be secured in North
Carolina, and authorized county
commissioners to levy a marriage
license fee of $4.00 which shall be
: placed in the county general fund.
This latter law. H. B. No. 153,
changes fees from a total of $5 in
the past, $3 of which went to the
j state, to 'a flat $4, which Register
'of Deeds Bryan J. Medford began
collecting Tuesday for all legal pa-
Industries
And Stores
Take Holiday
Independence Day
Vacations Given To
Most Employees of
Haywood
All industries in Hael" cod have
suspended operations today, most
of them taking several days off dur
ing the Independence I lay week
end, and practically all stoics and
public offices will be closed until
Monday morning.
The Post Offiei', I'iisl National
and First Slate Hanks are closed
today, and will be open Saturday.
Practically all nf the stores
throughout the county will In
closed and employees given a one
day holiday In join in Haywood's
annual celebration Many of the
merchants pi reared special win
dow displays on Hie July 4th theme
and will display Hags to add to
tile holiday rolnr. arcoi iling to the
plans reported bv David Felmet,
president of the Merchants Asso
ciation. Offices in the com I house will In
closed all day Friday and Saturday,
it was announced bv Oeorge A
Brown, Jr., chairman of the coun
ty board of commissioners.
Roylc and Pilkinglon. Inc., em
ployees have been enjoying a holi
day all I his week. The plant closed
last Saturday and will resume op
erations on Monday morning,
" IfnagUKtn' Mimirfm-turine -company
closed at 4.45 p. ni. Wednes
day until Thursday, July 10, at 7
u. in.
Due to the nature of their work,
the A. (,'. Lawrence Lett her com
pany will be closed only today.
Dayton Rubber company employ
ees have a holiday tiiun II p m.
Thursday until II p ni Sunday.
The ma jorit y of Wei leu Shoe cor
poration employees have both to
day and Satuidax as a holiday, with
a small number to be on duly Sat
urday Bank Directors
Honor Johnson
With A Dinner
As The Mountaineer v i n! to
press early Thursday afternoon,
everything was in'reariiness to hon
or Charles M. Johnson, stale treas
urer, at a dinner al the Town
House on Mam si reel.
Mr. Johnson and about !'0 civic
and business leaders of Havwood
were invited hv the board of direc
tors of the First National Bank to
attend the dinner given in honor
of Mr Johnson, who will be the
principal speaker at the annual
county-wide Fourth of July cele
bration here.
The program was arranged to be
informal with Mr. Johnson making
a few remarks.
Dover Dry Cleaners
Will Open Here Monday
The Dover Drv ( leaning service,
owned and managed bv Bill Dover,
will open Monriav, July 7, at a re
modeled building on Depot street
below the court Iioiim-.
Modern dry cleaning equipment
has been installed and experienced
workers secured The new busi
ness features 24-hour service on
request .
pers involved in piepatation for
marriage.
House Bill 109 amends chapter
14 and 51 of the general statutes
by changing the minimum age at
which persons may set licenses
from 14 to 1(5. Am m?!e or female
applicant for a niairiage license un
der 18 years must have the con
sent of at least one parent or guar
dian, as in the past.
The only exception allowing a
North Carolina license to anyone
under 16 is stated in the law as
(Continued on Page Six)
Down To A Minimum
Stage Set
Foriliuiual
Celebration
In Haywood
Parade Begins At
10 A.M., State Treas
urer Johnson Speaks
At 11A.M.
Haywood county's annual Fourth
ol July celebration will get under
way at 10 o'clock this morning
with a street parade of Paratroop
ers from the All American 82nd
Airborne Division, the local Na
tional (Juard company. Boy and
Girl Scouts, and the Waynesville
Township high school band
Main Streets in Waynesville and
Hazelwood have been decorated
for the marching soldiers and
young people, and fair weather
has been forecast. The parade! s
will pass in review before Col. Van
H ftond and Col. Norman McNeil
it the high school athletic field
Charles M. Johnson, state treas
urer, will be the principal speaker
for the occasion. He will be intro
duced at 1 1 o'clock by State Sena
tor William Medford.
A series of contest s and raci .,
will be conducted in the early part
of Hie afternoon, and at 3:00 p. m.
a baseball game will be played
between Hazelwood and Champion
Y.
Willi several thousand peisons
expected at the county-wide, cele
bration. police have asked all
motorists lo be particularly (arefiil
throughout the day. All nearby,
rofldn Sre expel led to be congested
Parking will be directed in the
vicinity of lh high school, and
is hoped that last year" recoid ol
no accidents w ill be repi ated
As The Mountaineer was going
lo press plans were in progress to
entertain the guest speakers Tlui' -
dav evening. A .dinner lor State
Treasurer Johnson was 4it be given
by the directors of the First Na
tional Hank al The Towne House,
and the army officers were lo be
gnosis of the Wavncsville Lions
club '
Car Overturns On
North Main, Two
Collide On Wed.
A Plymouth coupe, being opera
led bv Raymond Phillips, over
turned in the sharp curve on North
Main street at (j o'clock Wednesday
morning. According to the police.
Phillips reported having a flat tire
as be drove into the curve, lost
control of the car, it ran up on the
bank and overturned, fie was not
injured.
Wednesday afternoon a collision
took place near the Country club,
involving a Chevrolet said to have
been operated by Lanning Burress,
and a 1941 Packard being operated
by Miss Florence Denning The
Packard was damaged on one side.
7 New Citizens
Arrived Sunday
Last Sunday was a busy day
in the maternity ward at the
Haywood County hospital, as
seven babies were born. ' F!vp
of the Sunday arrivals were boys
and the other two girls.
During the week, from June
25 to July 1, a total of 15 babies
were born.
Highway
Record For 1947
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed - 4
Injured - 25
(This- Information Compiled
From Eecordi of State High
way Patrol) !
k
i
t li s -
m
m
-t- :
ft
IV,:.