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WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUSEDAY, JULY 22, 1947
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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Hazelwood
Postmaster
Tour Will Leave
lay For Kentucky
inter On Live-
obacco and
During Tour.
fcunty's 5th out-ol
our will btgin at 7
fcnda.v morning, with
Lt interesting tours
bounced by County
lorpening.
ttwest to livestock
visits to beef and
irds, and a tour of
race horse farms in
Lexington, Ken-
Ill be made to watch
irk with Burley to
ll red clover and the
Iped Kentucky Fes-
lus attractions to be
four-state tour will
Korris Dam in Ten-
fcville Caverns, Fort
Cumberland Falls in
return trip will be
the Smoky Moun
park, through New-
tour, from July 29
Mil go from North
the western part of
the first overnight
on, Highway patrol-
Be the group as it
late, and agricultural
peril the work and
I tie various places
I Virginia, KehtUcTtyV
w returning home
Id County Test Dem-
prs, who sponsored
tour to Eastern Car-
sors of this tour. A
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fot be riding an auto-
al costs can be held
ton.
nave oeen sent tn
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Highway Forces
Erect New Signs
At Lake Cut-Off
Chamber of Commerce
Also Changes Sign At
Intersection, Improves
Junction.
The highway department erected
mileage signs at the intersections of
highways 19 19-A and 23, over the
week-end, showing motorists the
mileage to prominent points from
the Lake Junaluska cut-off.
The Chamber of Commerce also
moved the large sign that was on
the right of the highway to the
left side and repainted 5t, taking
off the arrow, which proved con
fusing due to the angles of the
highway.
All signs at the Junction now say
turn left to Waynesville.
The changes were made In or
der to avoid further confusion
which has been created by the re
numbering of the highway, and the
lack of adequate directional signs.
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THURMAN SMITH, the new
Postmaster at Hazelwood. assumed
his, duties last week. Postmaster
Smith is a veteran of World War II,
having served in the Navy. This is
Mountaineer photograph by In
gram's studio.
Dr. Bennett 74,
HayW6a"ltive,
Died In Oklahoma
Prominent Physician Of
Sentinel, Okla., Passed
Away July 13th.
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Last rites were conducted in Sen
tinel, Okla., on Sunday afternoon,
July 13, for Dr. D. W. Bennett, 74,
prominent physician.
Dr. Bennett, who was born in
Waynesville, had resided in Senti
nel for 44 years. During his
residence there he had been active
in church and civic affairs. He had
recently been honored by the Okla
homa Medical Society which had
awarded him honorary membership
in the organization In recogni
tion of his distinguished service in
the practice of his profession.
David Wiggins Bennett was the
son of Washington Goldsbury and
Emma Elizabeth Bennett. He fin
ished his early education at Young
Harris college in Georgia in 1893,
after which he entered Vanderbilt
University school of medicine
where he obtained his doctors de
gree. He moved this same year to
Kaufman, Tex., and engaged in the i
practice of medicine for six years,
after which he moved to Sentinel,
Okla.
He was married to Miss Kathryn
Howard of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., on
August 9, 1911. Mrs. Bennett died
in 1945.
Survivors include two brothers
and two sisters, W. M. Bernett, of
Sentinel; Charles T. Bennett, of
Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Betty L
Matney, of Cordell; and Mrs. Flor
ence Garrett, of Waynesville; a
niece, Mrs. Howell Crawford, of
Waynesville; and three nephews,
Thomas ' Garrett, of Hazelwood
Charles Garrett of Canton, and
Spencer Matney, of Asheville.
Old Firearms
To Bang At
Targets On
Fie Top Mtn.
An old-fashioned shooting match
will begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednes
day and last through the day, as
sharpshooters of all ages crack
down on targets with muzzle-loading
rifles or muskets at Cattaloo
chee Ranch on the wiady slopes of
Fie Top mountain.
Newsr.eeLcameramn. photog
raphers ana feature "story writers
from Life Magazine, the Associated
Press and United Press, will cany
reports of the event to a nation
wide audience.
More than 100 persons are ex
pected to enter the matches, with
many an ancient hut still usable
j firearm having been brought out of
I storage and readied for the com
petition.
Tom Alexander, owner of the
j ranch and sponsor of the shooting
I match, will award quarters of a
.prize steer to winne. . in the four
age groups. The contestants will
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Opera Will
Be Given
Monday At
H.S. Stage
'Pirates of Penzance' TV
Be Given I3y Transyl
vania Music Camp
One of the most popular and
colo. fill Gilbert and Sullivan
operas, "The Pirates of Penzance,"
produced by the Transylvania
Music Camp, will be brought to
the stage of Waynesville Township
High School Monday evening. July
28, under the sponsorship of the
high school music department.
The east, choruses and orciiestra
of more than 60 persons have pre
sented the opera in llendersonville
and, Brevard this summer, and gave
three performances in Asheville
last year, all of which delighted
large audiences. Charles Isley,
music director at WTHS. announces
that this will be one of the musical
highlights of the year.
James Christian Pfohl director
of Transylvania Music Camp and
head of the music department at
Davidson College, will conduct the
orchestra. Mr. Pfohl is organist and
choir director at the Myers Park
Presbyterian church in Charlotte,
where he conducted The Southern
Hour over station WBT last win
tor; and is conductor of the Brev
ard Festival Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Danford. of MeConnelsville,
Ohio, is a fellowship student at
Ohio Wesleyan where he is doing
graduate work in opera production.
He has been with the Bayview
Players, Michigan. the Priscilla
Beach Players, Plymouth, Mass.,
and was director of the Ada Civic
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Veterans Build Score Booth
I
A SCOREKEEPER'S BOOTH on the Waynesville Township high
school baseball field is shown under construction, with seven of the
20 veterans studying carpentry at the new trade school at work on
the concrete block building. Standing inside are Kenneth Cutshaw
and Joe Moore; on the roof are Charles Franklin, James Palmer, and
Louis Curtis; Robert Dixon is standing on the ladder and Frank Put
nam is on the ground. Veteran students of masonry laid the blocks.
Interest Mounts
In Lake Concerts;
Duke Nite Monday
Following the successful concert
Saturday evening given at Lake
Junaluska by the Cathedral Singers
of Atlanta under the direction of
Alec Buckingham Simson, interest
is mounting in the second in a se
ries of three to be given by the tal
ented artists. The next program, on
August 1, will consist of "Opera
Gems".
Duke Night, another traditional
event at Junaluska, will be held
Monday evening when Dr. Herbert
James, president of the university,
will be the platform speaker.
Carolina Alumnae
Of Haywood Will
Meet Friday Night
There will he a meeting of Hay
wood County alumnae of the Uni
versity of North Carolina al Mrs.
Jones' Tea Room on Friday eve
ning, July 25, al 7:30 o'clock.
The guest speaker for the occa
sion will be Chancel lor Robert B.
House Coach Carl Snavely and
iiuiiiuae necreiary maunders are
also expected.
Reservations. for (ho dinner must
be made with Ralph Provost by!
Thursday noon. July 24.
Mrs. D. M. Kay and daughters, j
Miss Ann Ray and Mrs. Sue Ray
Stokes, and granddaughters, The
resa Ann and Sue Rav Stokes, all
of Charlotte, were guests last week
of Mrs. Ray's father, Mr. T. L.
Bramlett and Mrs. Bramlett.
Trade School For Vets
Gets Off To Good Start
Terminal Leave
Bond Pay Bill
Parses Congress'
WASHINGTON (A?) Passed
unanimously by both the House
and Senate, the terminal leave
bond cashing measure awaits
only the signature of President
Truman to he enacted into law.
The bill permits, but does not
require former cnlis',;ii men of
the armed forces to cash bonds
issued in lieu of cash terminal
pay at local hanks after Septem
ber 1. Under the present law the
maturity date is five years after
the date of issue.
The bill also extends for one
year beyond September 1 the
deadline for application for term
inal bonds by Veterans.
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Canton Woman Cut
About Face When
Two Cars Crash
Mrs. David Clark, of Canton, re
ceived cuts about the face and
head, when the car she and her
husband were riding was involved
in a head-on collision on Highway
No. 209 about 2:30 Sunday after
noon, just across the Madison
County line.
Patrolman O. R. Roberts investi
gated the accident, and said Mr.
and Mrs. Clark were riding in a
1937 Plymouth sedan, and the oth
er car waa a 1947 Dodge, driven
by Mrs. Fred Jones, of Newport,
Tenn,
Mrg. Clark was treated at the
Haywood County hospital, and lat
er discharged, after several stitches
were taken In, the wounds.
Ferguson Still
Improving; Was
Robbed Of $975
Andy Ferguson continues to im
prove at the Haywood County hos
pital, where he has been since be
ing hit over the head and robbed
of $975 as he was on duty as night
watchman at the Waynesville
Laundry several weeks ago.
Mr. Ferguson suffered a frac
tured skull.
Officers are following clues gath
ered in the case, but reported yes
terday that no arrests have been
made.
Chamber of Commerce
Board Meets Tonight
The board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce will meet
tonight at eight o'clock al the of
fice, for their regular monthly
meeting, according to C. J. Recce,
president.
A number.of matters of import
ance will be brought before the
board, he said.
It is estimated by James II.
Unwell. Jr.. veterans service of
ficer for Haywood county, that
approximately 3.000 veterans, or
three-fourths of those eligible,
have applied for their leave
bonds to dale.
CIIARLKS HYATT HOME
FROM OCEAN CROSSING
Charles Hyalt, Third Officer of
the Merchant Marine, returned
home Friday to visit his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. II. J. Hyatt, after
completing his 13th crossing of the
Atlantic. His last trip was from
Bremen and Rotterdam. Germany,
aboard the S. S. Titan. He will be
home for t,wo weeks.
Porter McClure, teacher of 40
veterans here in carpentry and ma
sonry classes, believes that practi
cal work is the best method of in
struction.
The Classes for Haywood1 C6unt
i veterans, begun the first
under the administrate
county board of education add
sponsored by the Veterans Admin
istration, already have made sev
eral improvements at school
grounds while gotting their first
taste in most cases of practical
experience in their chosen trade.
Five days each week the carpen
try students attend classes each
morning and the masonry trainees
during afternoons. They meet at
the Future Farmers of America
house on the Waynesville Town
ship high school grounds and take
an hour's classwork, principally in
mathematics dealing with estimates
of material for particular jobs.
After this they put their pencils
and paper away and take up ham
mer and saw or trowel, as they dig
into the regular work of their
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Highway
Engineer
Consulted
By Groups
Delegations From All
Sections of County
Confer with Knight.
James T. Knight, district engi
neer, in charge of maintenance,
was here Monday consulting with
groups from all sections of the
county about improving roads. Mr.
Knight made it clear that he had
nothing to do with new highways,
or numbering highways, when a
delegation of the Chamber of
Commerce made formal protest
about numbering the Junaluska
cut-olT 19 instead of 19-A.
Tlie delegation, headed by Sen
ator William Medford, also pointed
out that the two roads from
Waynesville to the cut-off needed
immediate attention. Mr. Knight
agreed, saying lie considered both
as "most important projects." "I
am in sympathy with any highway
improvement program, but that is
out of my hands. My work is main
tenance, and not new highways."
Improvements or extensions to
roads in every township in Hay
wood county with the exception of
Calaloochee were requested by
groups of citizens during this first
of regular monthly meetings with
the district engineer. Mr, Knight
carried copies of the petitions and
requests with him to serve as a
guide in planning road improve
ments for this area.
d&ovu Waynesville
noffJtt Lions To Attend
S. F. Convention
Carnival Worker Bound
To Criminal Court Trial
Carnival Leaves
Ahead Of Time
jDue To Protests
The Gate City Shows, a carnival
which set up for business last
Monday al a vacant lot near the
intersection of the Aliens Creek
road and Balsam highway, closed
down Thursday night when faced
with protests from a number of
citizens, and departed on F'riday
morning. It was scheduled to play
through Saturday night.
Although advertised to appear
near Canton this week, the carnival
left the borders of the county.
Rotarians Help
Crippled Girl
Rotarians heard a letter read
from the father of a crippled girl,
now receiving treatment with
funds provided by the Club. The
letter was in appreciation of
what was being done for the girl
by the club and doctors.
"If nothing more Is done by
this club this year, this one pro
ject will mean our time.
"It is thinrs Uke this that
makes Rotary so worthwhile,"
Rer. M. R. Williamson, club pres
ident said.
Gene Padgett, a middle-aged ear-
nival worker of Montgomery, Ala.,
whose wife and two children live
in Indiana, was bound over to trial
in the November term of Haywood
county criminal court to face the
charges of "crime against nature"
in a hearing Friday afternoon held
in the courthouse jail here by Mag
istrates Wade Noland and W. C.
Medford.
Bond has not been requested or
set and Padgett is still in jail.
The 5-year-old girl against whom
the alleged crime was committed
last Wedneday, about 5 p. m., in
the vicinity of the Howell Mill road,
testified at the hearing. Other "pros
ecution witnesses included the lit
tle girl's mother and a neighbor,
who testified having been in the
vicinity of the crime on that aft
ernoon. The defendant took the stand and
declared that he was innocent of
the charge. His statements showed
that he had been in the Howell
Mill road area on Wednesday aft
ernoon where' he claimed to have
been looking for a girl with whom
he had a date. i
He said that he had served three
years, in prison previously for re
ceiving stolen goods.
Padgett had been working for the
Gate City carnival, which played
four days last week on a lot at the
entrance of the Aliens creek road.
He is reported to have joined the
carnival about a month ago. The
arrest was made last Wednesday
night at the carnival grounds by
14 Attend Class
In First Aid Here
Fourteen persons are attending
night classes twice-weekly on first
aid, sponsored by the Haywood Red
Cross chapte reports Mrs. Ethel
Hayes Fisher, executive secretary.
The course will continue until
August 6, when certificates will be
awarded those who complete the
training. Kalph Crawiord is in
Deputies Wade McDaniel and John j struetor for the class which meets
Kerley
More than 100 persons gathered
in the courthouse corridors to at
tend the hearing, scheduled to have
begun at 4 p. m. Friday. The main
courtroom was locked at the time,
and there was some delay before all
witnesses arrived.
As a precautionary measure to
protect the prisoner, court officials
and witnesses went upstairs to the
jail room, while the courtroom was
unlocked and the crowd directed in
side. The hearing started about
4:30 p. m. in the jail room and'
lasted an hour, during which the
two magistrates - found sufficient
evidence against Padgett to forward
the case for trial in Superior court.
Jack Felmet, M. E. "Tony" Da
vis. O. R. Roberts, and Richard Ger
ringer will leave about 7 p.m. to
day to attend the 31st convention
of Lions International at San
Francisco as delegates from the
Waynesville Lions Club.
ine group will travel by auto
mobile, and expect to be gone 17
days, going through Little Rock,
Dallas and seeing the Grand Cna-
yon on the journey westward. They
win return by a northern route.
iho convention begins Monday,
July 2H. lasting through the fol
lowing Thursday.
Rotarians Hear
St. Louis Pastor
At Weekly Meeting
liolarians heard Dr. Albea Gold
bolt, ol St. Louis, discuss this fast
changing world at the weekly meet
ing I riday. The speaker discussed
first, economy of abundance'.
"When the world learns to pro
dure enough of the thines evprv-
one needs, and to distribute it prop
eny, then we will find a happier
wonu, ne said. "Distances have
been reduced and nations brought
so close together that we are de
pendent upon each other, and iso
lation is a thing ot the past."
" 117 1 : . , .
ic nave in mis worm, a new
freedom. Today we have morp
freedom to makc personal deci
sions than ever before. The people
oi me country are at liberty to do
more things than at any time in
history."
The club had 12 visitors from 5
states. M. R. Williamson, president,
presided.
Project In
Group To Be
Bid On 29fh
Will Widen Highway
From Hazelwood To
Balsam 4 More Feet
Among the 25 highway projects
the State Highway Commission will
receive bids on July 29th, includes
18.39 miles of resurfacing from
Canton to Balsam, according to J.
C. Walker, division engineer.
Mr. Walker, told The Mountaineer
yesterday that the highway from
Canton to Balsam would be fin
ished Just as Waynesvilles Main
Street an asphalt surface.
About six miles of the project,
from Hazelwood to Balsam, will be
widened four feet, making the new
road 22 feet instead of 18 as at
present. No widening is planned
between here and Canton.
"We have been getting lots of
complaints about the highway be
tween Waynesville and Canton be
ing slick when wet, so we are going
to resurface the entire section by
using another type coating," Mr.
Walker told this newapaper.
The successful bidder is required
to move equipment to the job
within 20 days after being awarded
the contract. Should the Highway
Commission award the contract to
one of the bidders on the project,
on the 29th, it would mean the con
tractor would be on the job some
time in August.
Mr. Walker said he did not have
any information about when any
work would be done on Highway
No. 284 from here towards Dell
wood. "The re-surfacing of the High
way between Waynesville and the
JwrJjukculoft will take care of
that sectldh, he said.
Canton Tax Rate
Remains $1.70;
Budget Adopted
on Wednesday and Friday evenings
in the town courtroom.
"ible School To Start
At Dellwood Wednesday
Vacation Bible School will be
gin at Dellwood Methodist church
Wednesday, July 23, at 10 a.m., it
was announced yesterday by the
pastor, Rev. J. E. B. Houser.
Mrs. Ned Carver will teach the
intermediates and Miss Dorothy
Jaynes the juniors. Teachers for the
beginners and primary children will
be secured. All children of the
community are Invited to attend
the school.
Mother Of M. H.
Bowles Passes
Mrs, M. F. Bowles, mother of M.
H. Bowles, of Waynesville, died
at her home in Gay, Ga., early Mon
day morning.
Mr. Bowles had been notified of
his mother's serious illness on Sat
urday nght, and was wth her at the
tme of her death.
Mrs. M. H. Bowles and daughter,
Florence Ann, and Mrs. L. M. Rich
eson left Monday morning to join
Mr. Bowles and attend the funeral
services which will be held in Gay
this afternoon.
No change was made in the
rate for the Town of Canton, which
will remain $1.70 on the $100 valu
ation according to a decision made
last week by the mayor and board
of aldermen when they adopted
their annual budget.
A budget of $182,465.30 was set
up by the board, calling for $130.
309.80 in operating expenses. $17,
413.07 towards payments on debt:;,
$2,868.75 for the paving of Pros
pect street, and $1,872.88 in the
contingency fund.. Estimated re
ceipts were $138,150, with funds on
hand making the total available
equal to the total estimated ex
penses. On motion of Alderman I)e-
Weese, seconded by Alderman Rob
inson, the board voted to authonzo
Mayor J. Paul Murray to sign ap
plication for a proposed two-way
radio system for the Canton police
department.
Baptists To Hold
Annual Picnic On
Wednesday At 5
The First Baptist Sunday School
will hold their annual picnic on
the M. O. Galloway farm on Plod's
Creek Wednesday afternoon at
6:30.
Mr. Galloway is providing the
barbecued beef, for
and a large attendance is expected.
The picnickers will meet at the
church at five o'clock, and trans
portation will be provided to the
picnic grounds.
After assembling, an open-air
prayer meeting will be held, with
Rev. L. G. Elliott pastor of tl...
church, conducting the services.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hodges and
children, John ami Jean, of Lenoir
City, Tenn., are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. R. R. Campbell. Mr. Hodges
just returned from a business trip
to Venezuela.
Highway
Record For 1947
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed - 4
Injured - 27
(This Information Compiled
From Records of State High
way Patrol)