North Carolina Newspapers

!'. 'I'- The Waynesville Mountaineer 'Mishcd Published Twice-a-Week In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties No. 54 EIGHT PAGES Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1947 49500 People Llvt within 20 mile of Wtyneivffl their 'Weal abopplnf center. I Tuesday av fiTem. roaops (Spirsiitonig no IPfflrfs ProgirsM wn Street .ions d For esville Adopts Parking hrrlinance; Bushnell Build- ctor LS or street im- Wavncsville. inclun- Ute from Wa.nut In avenue and tne ;iwr end and widen- tnery street, were dis- leeting Thursday an- mavor and aider- e projects to be re neers for further stu lely listed for future the town council finance legalizing and nf DarkinK met- Kntpd Sam Bushnell, Kg inspector, succced- Gaddy. inactive since ! to the board. lemises" beer license Ed Greer, making a dealers in town. improvements dis- L-ge and straighten trom its beginning Urv nlant tn the sharD U It strslchtwiiuehly ! - 7 T T Be ranroao mio me in front of the Arm- spot street and on into front of the Haywood rough the "triangle end into Brown ave- ned on page 8) Board Maps Street Improvement Program Huge Crowds Hear Johnson On Fourth Of July ' ' 5,000 Participated In Fourth 01 July Program; Charles Johnson Heard EPS am THIS IS a partial view of the several thousand who heard Charles M. Johnson here on the Fourth of July. The throng is seated in the stadium at the high school grounds. (Photo by Ingram's Studio) Johnson Tells Of State Finances Judging s Leave ontests miry And Fines Livestock Team Raleigh. hich crhnnl Future) kmerira Ha irv iuripino I vo-'o Place winners in the pict of competition. Creek livestock team. !cond place in the dis left Monday for Ra 'cipate in the state- f wests at North Car- wtiege, July 8-9-10. the state events will tional FFA ludeine month. 'rarkpn Mouri r , ., i.mooic faest Jackson of the uiOV vyui ui Jo the state convention r underway at the v.uvnvii oci V" Ficiai delegate. Joe Iter Clyde hiirh w a "company the group COllpEfP TlfhoA 1 enroll this t, "uiiure. Vocational " wyde, is in chares ""'"8 meir visit to Creek Fbers are Tph - vauics. P11 nd Thomas M. U C. HonJ !- -"-"UCIOUII 15 -reek va.i: i - -xvouunai agri- i -TTAT5TTTO TvT tdhnsON is shown here addressing a group of business and civic leaders Thursday night on the eve of the Fourth of July celebration wnen e 8. 1, i P ence Day address. Shown at the taoie, Massie, Sam Queen and K. f revobt. (Photo by Ingram s Studio) Phone Lines Nay Now Be Placed On REA Lines Electricity To Be Off Four Hours On Sunday Carolina Power and Light Company announces that elcc tririfv will bp off in Waynes ville, Haielwood, Lake Juna luska, Clyde, West Canton, Bal sam, the B.E.A. and all other rural lines In Haywood coun ty on Smnday, July 13, from 2 p. m. to 6 p. m. eport The M,. NathWn::mtt,neer y ivriik sua Ilnl. . --Generaliv fi. warmer. hrtvl ue tempera- vuniaii Rural electric cooperatives may now enter in agreements with lo cal telephone companies for joint use of poles and wire, opening the possibility for increaseu -service in rural areas, it was an nounced this week by R. C. Shef field, manager of the Haywood Membership Electric Cooperative. Two types of standard contracts have been developed on a national scale to cover joint-use operations. (Continued on Page Eight) Mrs. T. L. Gwyn Resigns From Newspaper Staff Mrs. Ben Sloan As sumes Duties As Society Editor, Place Here in 1931 Mrs. T. L. Gwyn, member of The . ciair fci- the nast 13 YUlumoimvi - - - i years has resigned due V dutiesj at home. For th past elslJu.yeJ she hiarved irs(iwcive ranw of the paper. Mis. Ben Sloan has been named las society editor. ;i position sne j held from I'm to 1934, and was i .ori.l hv Mis Gwvn Mrs. Sloan will spend part of each day at the office, and I ho rrmaimliT of, the time take news at home, over , phone 462 .1 Mrs. Gwyn has conducted a; column on the editorial pane for many years, under the heading j "Here and There In today's col-; umn she is reviewing many of her i experiences as a writer lor inis , newspaper, and explains reasons, for her resignation. j Mrs. Gwyn has been pn a part-' time basis for almost a year, and j only recently found it necessary to give up her work due In other duties. Registration Is Begun For U. N. C. Proposed Center Reeistration of prospective students for a eollcse crnter in Waynesville, conducted by the University of North Carolina, be Ban Monday at the office of Jack Messer, superintendent of edu cation, in the courthouse. Rccular freshman college courses would he offered at Waynesville Township high school, in late afternoons and evenings, if as many as 30 stu dents register for the center. Program Went Off On Schedule; Thousands Saw Long Parade A record-breaking crowd joined in observing the county-wide Fourth of July celebration here on Friday. A crowd estimated at 5,000 lined the streets along the line of march for the parade, while sever al thousands more waited at the stadium for the parade to march past the reviewing stand. Charles M. Johnson, state treas urer and Democratic candidate for governor, was the principal speak l er during the morning program. Shortly afterwards; a squadron of planes from Mariettn, Ga.. flew over ! for a brief air show, followed by 'the usual athletic events and a I baseball Rame that afternoon and i softball that night. The entire program was spon sored by the Hazelwood Roosters ! club and six rides were operated all week on the high school grounds. The singing contests on ihurs- day night drew large crowds and much interest was shown In the event. On Thursday night the directors Named Chairman Lake Highway Is Designated As Number 19 Now Highway crews have Just fin ished re marking the new high way cut-off by Lake Junaluska and designating it as No. 19. The highway runs from Lake Juna luska via Soco Gap to Bryson City. The highway from ht cut-off to Waynesville and on to a point just east of Bryson City as 19-A. Many here felt the new high way would be 19-A, but a last minute change was made and it is just plain No. 19. No changes have been made as to No. 23, which runs from Ashe ville to Franklin and comes through Waynesville. IiwiiMi,ii'aj,;:.-.y;r W II Charles Bay Heads Hew 11 t Park Commission Unified Program Is Being Mapped By Del egates From Two States For Park CHARLES E. HAY was named chairman of the new North Caro lina National Park, Parkway, and Forests Development Commission, as the group hold the initial meet ing here yesterday. July Term Court Opens Here Monday ilof Jh First National bank had'lr.l XuMwa and a ttutunwoVoivic MMl business leaders at dinner at the First Aid Class Starts Wednesday pmtewiifBi, uttri Cm.nn imnnntoalorl HtvnreeA were oi-.ntnri nH 14 nersonu flnld fori ai uic oay mornint; ...... I .,HUrrt n1 advance course in Town House. Jonathan Woody, t of Haywood county superior court w,.rin,sriv i,,iv pr"de. t of the bank, was master , began with Judge Felix E. Alley first aid to befc... Werinesdas. July ceremonies and Jack Messer , presiding. 9 at 7 p. m. in the courtroom over gave a humorous introduction of A heavy calendar of cases listed, the local Fire Department. Mr. Johnson. , for trial brought out a large num-j alph M. Crawford, who will be Mr. Johnson explained the rev- ber of people who filled the court-, jnsru,.tr. urges anyone who has ciuie set-up oi iNorui uiuunn " room tne nrsi aay. n.,i inL(.n a lirsl aid course m me I Fined $50 and costs on driving i pas three years to attend and re- drunk were Daniel Hooper, How- Mt.w their certificate. Edwardt Charles E. Ray was named chair man of the new North Carolina Na tional Park. Parkjvay and Fore-.ts I l ' ; .. , tun LtfVUIupilieiH iiiiiiitnaiJii a, f- oreanization meeting here yester day morning. The Commission was sworn in by Judge Felix E. Alley, who is holding the July term of superior court here. The meeting was held in the offices of Millar and Medford. Senator Medford be ing the author of the act creating the commission, which succeeds the former N. C. Park Commis sion. Yesterday afternoon a joint ses sion was held between the N. C. Park Commission and the Con servation Commission of Tennes see, where a unified and consoli dated program was started which will be presented to Congress and the National Park Service for im mediate execution. The two-siale group yesterday made plans for working jointly for the development of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and will meot again In joint ses sion on August l2lh in Tennessee, to further formulate plans for presentation Jo NewtopB. Driiry, Sead of the park service, sometime In. SfBtnoer, 1 i. V V VJP-U if, 1KB. ,ikt 'I tai.. t IllSm'UIg a 1 ,, rurnllna nnrl 1VnneSsi the 'sensitive system whicn is ac pendent upon business. The parade was the longest staged here in many years. The parade featured 100 paratroopers from Fort Bragg, the local unit of (Continued on Page Fight) Colored'Pictures Of Park Will Be Shown On Friday Arthur Stupka, naturalist of the Great Smoky Mountains National i Park, will show scores of new col ored pictures in art illustrated lec furc here Friday night, July 11th, iat o'clock in the courthouse. ' The event is being sponsored by ! the Chamber of Commerce and , there is no admission charge. ! Mr. Stupka has given illustrated Wlnres here on numerous occa- and has always held his au diences spellbound by the colorful scenes made in the Park. Some of the scenes are in the heart of the Park and seldom visited by the pub lic. Miss Margaret Johnson, librarian, is anxious that members of the Blue Ridge Billy Reading club at- ! tend this lecture and accompany their parents. arH Miller. Burfiess L Loy Henson, Kinsey Harkins, Del mar Jackson Fulbright, Howard L. Rogers, James Prcssley and George Dewey Ducker. Fines of $25 and costs were giv en to Charles Frank Boyd and Walker Judson Shiflet for reckless driving. William Nelson was fined $50 and costs for the unlawful pos session of whiskey and Boyd N. Thompson was fined similarly for transporting whiskey. ueorge Monroe Brown paid $50 and costs for driving a vehicle after his li cense had been revoked. Divorces were granted the fol lowing: Persons interested in taking the training are reipiested to call Mrs. Ethel Hayes Fisher, executive sec retary of the ARC chapter, or to be present al the courtroom Wed nesday evening. The courses will be given in evenings on as conven ient schedule as possible for all concerned. Dentists Of Area To Meet Here On Wednesday Night Many Attend Farm Co-op Formal Opening rrogram 1 76 DO BO Mln. 48 40 S3 37 The opening Saturday of the Haywood County Farmers Cooper ative, Inc., which approximately 800 persons visited, marks "a red letter on the calendar for the farm ers of Haywood county, because we have established a business that we own, operate and control, sii.t" J. L, Westmoreland, president of the co-op, in the principal address. - The cooperative, he said, is owned by th 'people it serves. "This Is a true cooperative and we neodpd a business of ill , , . j, r - lima Wp ' flrC 'Tap Roots' Scenes Are Taken At Sutton's Kill Emmet Burris vs. WUla May Burris. Susie C. Messer vs. James Ray Messer. James Parris vs. Nora r-arris. Alice Irene Hicks vs. Dan Hicks. Milon Arrowood vs. Creed Arro wood. Mary Caldwell vs. Wiley Cald well. Betty Nichols Noland vs. Jack Noland. The Western Association will l..:c in narticular. but we any .hai are Deneveis - as the farmer prospers the commu nity prosit . ,h He gave an expiono""" - - organization's profit sharing ptan with customers, and added thai farmer who buys one or more Zesof common stock is edible to vote or hold office. Tberec tors" he continued, "consist of nine farmers who are elected by The popular vote of the farmers whoave purchased common sock j rfirwtor aopwnted by uean Cameras recorded three scenes for the Universal Inter national movie "Tap Roots" at Ben Sutton's sawmill on the Dellwood road Saturday after noon under the direction of George "Dink" Templeton. Although the stars for the Civil War film, Susan Hayward and Van Heflin, returned to the West Coast several days ago after most of the picture was shot on the Biltmore estate, their stand-ins were in action in front of the Haywood saw mill location. The crew arrived there at 2 p m. and were at work four hours. The first scene shot was one of men operating the mill. In the second scene, a group of colored and white men were shown having an ar gument. In the third shot the sawmill was shown being cap tured by soldiers and set afire. Onlookers found this latter scene of particular interest in seeing how the technicians ar ranged troughs of gasoline In the mill, which when fired by torches blazed high in 4he air and gave a realistic appearance of the mill itself bu.uing. Safe ty equipment was on hand in case the unexpected happened, but everything went as planned. One of the U-I contact men, in Waynesville before the 14 unit camera convoy arrived, reported that plans were to re turn in August to Western North Carolina to make anoth er major production, "Thunder on the Hill," in which Joan Fontaine and Dana Andrews are scheduled to take the lead ing roles. Mrs. Carswell Breaks Leg In Fall In Yard Mrs. Rudolph Carswell fell in her yard on Brown avenue Satur day afternoon and broke both bones in her left leg just aDove me oniri Shp was treated at the Hay wood county hospital and was re moved to her home on aunoay, where she is getting along satisfactorily. Carolina Dental meet here Wed nesday nighl. lor the regular monthly meeting. A paper will he given by one of the members and a general round table discussion held afterwards The district is composed of ail counties west of Buncombe. The meeting will be held at the Town House, on Main S!-"ct. North Carolina and Tennessee have Botten together to work out the detitls of one over-all develop ment plan for the Great Smokies. The delegates from the Iv-o states met for a luncheon at tin Town House, and the business ses sion followed. Dr. Kelley E. Bennett, of Bryson City, was named vice chairman of the North Carolina Park Commis sion and C. M. Douglas, of Bre vard, was named -secretary. The I group established Waynesville as headquarters and authorized the j chairman to secure suitable office space. The commission also named William Medford as attorney for the group. Other members of Ihe commis sion besides Mr. Ray and Dr. Ben nett are R. U. Sutton. Sylva: Francis Heazel, Asheville; E C. Guy, Newland; Percy B. Ferebee. Andrews and W. R. Winkler o Boone. The commission heard reports (Continued on Page Eight' Boosters Club To Meet Thursday The annual monthly meeting of Ihe Hazelwood Boosters club will be held Thursday nighl at 7 p. m. at the Hazelwood Presbyterian church. The club sponsored the county-wide Fourth of July celebration this past week, and a report of ac tivities and the funds realized on the event will be made Thursday night. Firestone Store Ready For Open ing On Thursday The new and enlarged Firestone store will be opened for public: inspection here Wednesday night, according to W. M. "Bill Cobli. owner. No sales will be made at the inspection. The store will be closed from now until Thursday morning. The new store is more- th.m twice the size of the former quar ters, as the adjoining building has been taken in, and added to the former floor space. A much larger variety of stock will be carried under the new sys tem, Mr. Cobb said. A modernized full-view glass front has been added, which gives the firm one of the most modern fronts in town. Memorial To War Dead Unveiled At Fines Creek An impressive message was de livered by Rev. Paul W. Townsend, pastor of the First Methodist churdh and chaplain tor veieiaus of Foreign Post 6767, at the memo rial service Sunday afternoon av Fines Creek school honoring me seven young men of that com munity who gave their lives in the service of their country our lng World War II, and one who gave his life In World War I. During the service, conducted by the Haywood V.F.W. post, a stone mnnumpnt hearing the names of those servicemen who were killed was unveiled and dedicated to their memory. The monument was bought by subscriptions from the residents of the community and by a generous dontion from Herbert Angel of the Havwood Monument company. which erected it. The stone is 4Vj feet high and 3'2 feet wide, and on the top bears a soldier s neimei and a draped flag. The inscription, "These Dead Shall Not Have urea in Vain" is in large letters across the base. Rev. Townsend read a brief his (Continued on Page Eight) Highway Record For 1947 In Haywood (To Date) Killed - 4 Injured - 25 (This Information Compiled From Records at State High way Patrol) I- 5 .17 27 (Continued on Page Eight) I wis una lor wug .- - -not In competition with any one or