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WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1947
$3.0(1 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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Meters
; To Go
jse Saturday
Up:
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j,y To Regulate
In City
0f 137 parking mot-
Depot and l.nurcn
fduled to have been
Ihursday alicmoon,
jK Ik' placed in use
Lturday iiiortimfi by
C'jj-m'fvillt'.
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,nd sewral drivcis
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as the shun, new
Mailed on aluininuin
w. ill be required
(o 6 p ni every nay
bys and holidays.
cent (or 12 minutes
ts for 24 minutes. 3
Lutes. 4 cents for 48
Dermics or a nickle
will make frequent
feelers, reports C C.
manager; and col-
toosits will be made
were installed by
tesentinK the M. II.
y of Hartford, Mass.
municipalities using
meter are Sylva
fere installed Wed-
lon City, Franklin,
Valdeso and Mor-
first official acts of
(lewly elected board
per they assumed of-
as to authorize the
he parking meters,
icome from meters
manufacturer until
.for. after which the
wUi jto into the
fund. '
One-Tenth Names
On Jury Scrolls
Here Are Women
Approximately one-tenth of the
persons whose names are on the
new jury scrolls for Haywood coun
ty are women, reports B. J. Med
ford, register of deeds.
Mr. Medford has about finished
the bi-annual change of names
with the new scrolls being based on
the 1945 tax payers of Haywood,
nearly 11,000 persons. For the
first time in the county's history,
the names of women are included
in the list of eligible jurors.
Next month, when the county
commissioners hold the drawing of
names to serve during the Sep
tember civil term of court, will
be the first chance of wonien being
selected for duty on trial juries
or grand juries.
Midshipman Lee
Is On Training
Cruise To Europe
Sr Of
I Events
JIIDAV
fdge Billy Reading
111 meet at the home
L Way. Jr. on Main
unaluska. Address,
Ham L. Stidger,
Club meets at
House.
M. double-header;
Jiuol vs. Youth Huh-
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House.
unaluska,
al Sinners.
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Junaluska.
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National
Meeting,
Concert,
1'ieture
ynesville
nt Hotel. Semi-Kor-
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Mville.
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Hays,
Midshipman Robert L. Lee, Jr.,
son of Robert L. Lee of Walnut St.,
Waynesville, of the U. S. Naval
Academy, Annapolis, Md., is par
ticipating in an extended summer
training cruise to Europe aboard
the destroyer USS Stribling.
The cruise, first, to be made to
Europe by midshipmen since 1937,
began June 23 at Rosyth, ScotlandJ
ana includes Copenhagen, Den
mark; Oslo, Norway; Goteborg,
Sweden, and the English ports of
London, Portsmouth, Weymouth,
Plymouth"' Greenwich, Hand Wool
wich, as ports of call.
In addition to the 2,100 midship
men, there are aboard 200 members
of the Naval Reserve Officers
Training Corps from various col
leges and universities.
Besides the Stribling, midship
man training is taking place aboard
the battleships USS Wisconsin and
New Jersey, the aircraft carriers
USS Randolph and Kearsarge, and
the destroyers USS Meredith, Cone,
O'Hare, Hugh Purvis, and Beatty.
Old Rifles
Blast Silence
On Fie, Top
Wednesday
Jarvis Caldwell Posts
Best Record Before
Big Crowd At
Shooting Match
By ED SPEARS
Staff Correspondent
The silence on Fie Tod moun
tain was blasted Wednesday bv the
crack of burnt powder and whistle
of lead as more than 90 marksmen
of all ages brought out ancient
muzzle-loading rifles and laid be
hind logs to fire in the first post
war old-fashioned shooting match
conducted by Tom Alexander on
his Cataloochee ranch.
Jarvis Caldwell, 34, of Maggie
piacea nis inree shots an average
of four and a quarter Inches from
the knife slit on the charred board
target for the best record of the
day.
Ben Friswold, 19, of Louisville,
Ky.; Roy Medford, 34, of Haywood:
and Frank Rich, 65, another Maggie
contestant, won in their respective
age groups; each of the four win
ners getting a quarter section of
a prize steer.
Several hundred spectators, in
cluding many summer visitors
from a variety of states, watched
with interest throughout the day.
A few drivers found the steep
graveled grade up to the ranch too
stiff, parked their autos on the way
and made it afoot.
Sixteen women, including cirls
in their teens, young men and old
timers such as Jim Bradshaw, 77,
of Iron Duff, filled the thick bores
of their weapons from powder
horns, took a hand-shaped lead
from buckskin pouch, and inserted
a cap for the side-hammer to ig
nite as their turns came to shoot.
Most entrants lay' on bearskin
and steadied their weapons on logs,
to fire a 60-yards on the target,
laid against a tree stump. A few
tfhose to try their luck off-hand,
standing 4, oc. kneeling, .from? 40(
yards, both methods being author
ized. Five members of the Rich family,'
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On Two Programs Here Friday
, - -Jf I J 1 a
R. B. HOUSE Chancellor of the
University of North Carolina, will
speak at Rotary today at 1 o'clock,
and elso tonight at the Alumnae
meeting of Western Carolina at
7:30.
MARION SAUNDERS, alumnae
secretary of the University of
North Carolina will appear on the
Rotary program, and also at the
W. N. C. Alumnae meeting of the
University tonight.
Commissioners Given
'46 Financial Report
The Pirates
Of Penzance
To Be Music
Highlight
WTHS Music Depart
ment Sponsors
Colorful Opera Here
Monday Evening
Head Of State
C. Of C. Group
Coming Here 5th
Harry J. Krusz, president of the
North" Carolina Association of
Chamber of Commerce Executives,
and executive secretary of the
Winston-Salem Chamber of Com
merce, plans to come here August
4th, and remain through the fifth.
He will also visit the area west of
here. ,
While in Waynesville, Mr. Krusz
will be guest of the Chamber of
Commerce directors at either a
luncheon or dinner.
A committee composed of Charl
es E. Ray, David Felmet and W. n .L"' 7 IZTi i . ' 1 '
Curtis. Stuss "was. namer.by C H?y1? WM to s!rve as;
Reece, president, to make arrangements.
Bethel Cannery Will
Operate Only On
Tuesday Each Week
Mrs. Joe Beverage has announced
that the Bethel Community Can
nery will operate on Tuesday only
next week. Previously it had been
stated that the' cannery would be
open twice a week and attention is
called to canners of this change.
The cannery will operate only on
Tuesday each week until further
not'ice.
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Mrs. Lucas Had Resigned
As Postmaster Of Hazel
wood Post Office
In reporting the change in post
masters of Hazelwood, the fact was
not given that Mrs. Wilma Hoyle
Lucas, who had served that office
for four and a half years had re
signed. Mrs. Lucas resigned sometime
ago, and the civil service commis
sion named Thurman R. Smith in
her place.
White Oak-Pigeon
Church Cemetery
Decoration Set
The annual decoration at White
Oak, Pigeon Baptist church will be
held Saturday, August 9. The!
cemeteries will be cleaned off on
Thursday, August 7.
Qn decoration day the decoration
will be held at the Teague grave
yard at 10 a. m. Dinner will be
served on the church grounds at
noon, then the church cemetery
will be decorated. .
Mt. Holly Boy Wins
Contest At Junaluska
Frank L. Rankin, of Mount Hoi
ly, won first place in the speaking
contest for high school students,
staged for the three Methodist con
ferences in the Charlotte district.
Betty Kate Jones, of Spartan
burg, won second place, and Wil
liam Gribble, of Hartsvile, S. C.
was third.
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40 Homesites Will Be
Auctioned On Monday
Forty homesites in the subdivi
sion just beyond the county hospital
on the Asheville highway will be
sold at auction on Monday, July 28
starting at 10:30 a.m., it is an
nounced by Penny Brothers,1 auc
tioneers. The property, now owned by
Charles Underwood, is part of the
T. L. Francis estate. All lots are
100 by 200 feet.
Examiner Finds Autos
Are Worse Than Drivers
"I find more trouble with the
cars than with drivers," reports M.
L. Kimrey, drivers license examin
er for Haywood and Jackson coun
ties. Defective lights and brakes are
the main things that have caused
several applicants for driving per
mits not to finish their examina
tions.
."Unless the hand brake, as well
as the foot brake, holds', don't come
for a driving test. Both the head
lights and rear lights must burn,
and the windshield wiDers and
horns be in working order before I
can give a road driving test," states
Mr. Kimrey.
North Carolina's new Highway
Safety Act went Into effect July
1st, including provisions for the
most' stringent license examina
tions.. It requires all drivers to
renew their license, by passing an
examination, every four years.
Taxi drivers and chauffers must
take an examination each year.
Examinations now are being
given to persons whose names be
gin with the letter A or B. After
January 1, 1948 those drivers
whose family names begin with
the letter C or D will have six
months in which to take a renewal
examination.
The tests, explains Mr. Kimrey,
consists of a written examination
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Haywood REA To
Start K Project
During August
An erection contract for 148
miles of rural power lines in Ma
con, Jackson and ' Transylvania
counties will be let in August, it
is announced by R. C. Sheffield,
manager of the Haywood Member
ship Electric Cooperative.
The "K" project will cost ap
proximately $220,000 and bring
electricity to an estimated 550 new
members.
Right-of-way on the line is now
about 50 per cent staked, reports
Mr. Sheffield. A contract already
has been signed to clear the right-of-way
through woodlands and this
work will begin the first of August.
Final plans for the "K" project
have been approved by state and
federal rural electrification head
quarters. It is hoped to begin erec
tion of the lines next month and
have the project completed before
the end of this year.
County Treasurer
Submits Report At
Meeting Here This
Week
The financial statement for Hay
wood county as of June 30, 1947,
showed a balance on hand of $202,
240.16, and only two funds of 15
from which payments are made
with overdrawn accounts.
The statement was adapted and
ordered published at a meeting
Monday afternoon of the Board of
Commissioners with all members
present, after being offered by
Charles H. Metcalfe, county auditor.
At the meeting N. C. West of
The light, gay music of the opera.
"The Pirates of Penzance,'' will bo
given by an outstanding cast and
orchestra from Transylvania Music
Camp under the direction of James
Christian Pfohl at 8 o'clock Mon
day evening in the Waynesville
Township high school auditorium
Charles Islcy, director of the
high school music department f.
which is sponsoring the program,
points to the opera as the finest
musical entertainment to be
brought here this year.
Members of the cast and orches
tra are cither music students at
college or professionals from all
sections of the country taking part
in the summer program at Tran
sylvania Music Camp, rapidly ris
ing as one of the best groups of
its kind in America. j
As with all Gilbert and Sullivan !
operas, "The Pirates" build up
many humorous and romantic sit-1
nations, and is sung in English. '
Stage settings and costumes will
add to the colorful atmosphere as
Frederick, the male lead, attempts
to escape the curous pirate band
and becomes entangled in the af
fairs of the beautiful wards of
Soloist
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member of the Haywood county
Welfare Board, due to the refusal
of Gudger Bryson of Canton to fill
a vacancy. After adopting the
financial statement, the commis
sioners recessed to continue their
meeting Saturday.
More than Tialf of the present
fund balances consist of prepaid
1947 taxes, with smaller amounts
in the special fund, hospital fund,
debt-service, capital outlay and
various welfare funds. The county's
general fund was shown overdrawn
$6,391.15 and the school current
fund $5,088.32. Two other school
funds, however, had balances: the
capital outlay fund with a balance
of $13,396.11 and the debt-service
balance $11,697.11.
Uncollected taxes for 1946 were
approximately 90 per cent paid,
with $30,359.64 not received of a
lax levy amounting to $333,849.61.
Revenue other than taxation last
year was $302,966.51.
Total payments due on debt re
tirement and interest for the fiscal
year now begun amount to $117,-474,13.
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Miss Polly Dyer
Named Queen At
Lake Junaluska
Miss Polly Dyer, of Lake Juna
luska, was elected Queen of Juna
luska Wednesday night, in the an
nual contest staged al the Lake.
Much interest was shown in the
spirited contest, with a number of
candidates In, the race..
Miss JDyr is a graduate of the"
Waynesville high school, and lives
with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Floyd at the Lake. She
is a clerk in the Lake Junaluska
post office.
The coronation of the queen will
be held later.
Bryson Urges All
'46 Taxes Be Paid
A final call for payment of 1946
county taxes has been issued by
Sebe Bryson, tax collector.
Unless taxes are paid before the
end of July,- the property will be
advertised during August and sold
on the first Monday in September,
as provided by state law.
Mr. Bryson says that about 10
per cent of the taxpayers are de
linquent, and urges all who have
not done so to pay right away.
Panther Creek
Decoration Day Plans
Are Announced
The annual Decoration and
Homecoming Day will be held at
the Panther Creek Baptist church
on Saturday, Aug. 2. Picnic lunch
will be served.
Everyone is invited and all sing
ers are requested to attend. An
all day program is planned by the
pastor. The cemetery will be
cleaned off Thursday, July 31.
Highway Patrol
Radio Tower Is
Up Near Soco Gap
Work was completed Friday on
the erection of a radio tower near
Soco Gap for the State Highway
Patrol network, reports Patrolman
O. R. Roberts.
The tower will serve as a relay
for SHP broadcasts in the western
part of the state, between the con
trol station at Swannanoa and pa
trol cars, making possible instant
contact to many areas that have
been out of range.
Only a few changes of equip
ment wijl be required now to
transfer the SHP radio set-up to
Frequency Modulation from the
AM system, which transfer was be
gun last year. Power will be con
nected to the Soco Gap tower when
the new system begins operating.
Parole Is Granted
To Haywood
Man By Governor
James King of Haywood county,
serving an eight-months term on
the roads for larceny, was freed
Tuesday under a parole signed by
Governor Gregg Cherry, according
to a press report from Raleigh.
Other prisoners who were par
oled at the same time included
Mattie Franklin, a Negro woman
who had been convicted in Iredell
county in the death of another
colored woman for second degree
murder, and Clifton Jack Perry,
serving five years from Pasquotank
county for secret assault and at
tempted robbery.
Former Director
Of Music At Lake
Taken By Death
News has been received here of
the death of Andrew Hemphill, for
many years director of music at
Lake Junaluska. Mr. Hemphill
passed away at his home in Dallas.
Texas.
He was well known throughout
the south as he made many friends
during the years he led the music
at the Lake.
Mrs. Hemphill survives, and lives
at 3433 Shenandoah Avenue. in
Dallas.
FRANK LOVE, JR.. son of Dr.
and Mrs. F. S. Love of Lake Juna
luska. who capably handled a lead
ing rob' in the opera, "Martha",
last summer, will be featured in
the concert tonight of the Cathedral
Singers, at the .lunalu .ka auditori
um. ,
Opera Gems
To Be Given
Tpnight On
Lake Stage
Cathedral Singers
Present Second In
Series Of Summer
Concerts
Opera Gems will be presented
tonight by the Cathedral Singers,
as the .spotlight of interest at Lake
Junaluska is focused on the second
of three concerts by the talented
Atlanta chorus under the direction
of Alec H Sim.son
Opening the program will be
Frank Love, Jr., and the chorus
in the "Toreador Song" from
Carmen, lollowed by (he rollicking
lilt of other lamiliar opera melo
dies which will ofler contrast to the
stalely nniMc of Franz Schubert
which featured the opening con
cert last week.
The first of the three part pro
gram will consist of a group of
arias, and the third act quintette
from Uiel's Carmen. Soloists, in
addition to Frank Love, Jr., will
be Belly Turner and George Ilol-
den.
Cherrie Siinlh. contralto, will
sing the aria 'Cavatina from Der
Fn isdnilz after the first intermis
sion; alter which Betty Milford,
soprano; Mary Hancock, contralto
Haines Sale, tenor; and Hugh Wil
son, niarilonc will present the
quartet from itigoletto. Miss Turn
er will sine "My Name Is Mimi"
from La Traviata. The sextette
from Lucia will complete the sec
ond portion of the program.
The closing selection will be
taken from Cavalleria Rusticana.
Miss Millonl, YVilla Lowrance
and Evelyn Wall will accompany
the singers.
Haywood Men To
Attend Wildlife
Meeting Monday
A Haywood delegation of the
Wildlife Club will attend the State
Wildlife Federation's semi-annual
meeting in Asheville on Monday.
The local group will be headed by
F. G. Rippctoe, president, C. J.
Reece, vice president, and Lloyd
Kirkpatrick, assistant secretary.
The meeting will start at two
o'clock at the Langren Hotel, and
among the topics include: the
hunting and fishing seasons; bag
limits; regulations; law enforce
ment and other wildlife problems.
The delegates will also discuss
certain recommendations to be
presented the state commission.
Interest High In Farm
Tour, To Begin Tuesday
275 At Baptist
Sunday School
Picnic Wednesday
The annual picnic of the Sunday
school of the First Baptist church
attracted 275 Wednesday after
noon, at the farm of M. O. Gallo
way on Plott's Creek, who pro
vided the barbecued beef and
chicken for the occasion.
Before the meal, Rev I,. (I.
Elliott led in vesper services, in
terspersing hymns and prayer.
Civic Groups To
Enter Protests
Against Southern
Taking jOff Trains
Chamber of Commerce
Employs Lawyer To
File Protest With
Commission
The board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce here Tues
day night instructed James Hardin
Howell, Jr., to prepare briefs to
be filed with the State Utilities
Commission protesting the pro-,
posed removal of trains Nos. 17 and
18, the two passenger trains oper
ated daily from Asheville to Mur
phy, through here.
Mr. Howell was also instructed
to represent the organization at the
hearing in Asheville on August
12th, and to head a delegation of
business and civic leaders from
here to appear before the commis
sion. The Southern Railway has set
out in their brief filed with the
commission that they are losing
approximately $80,000 per year in
operating the two trains, and are
asking the commission's permis
sion to discontinue the trains.
Other communities on the Mur
phy branch' of the road are ex
pected to join with Waynesville
in making formal protest before
the Utilities Commission.
The Chamber of Commerce here
is financing the project, and Mr.
Howell expects to visit alj com
munities west of here in the inter
est of the case.
C. J. Reece, president of the
Chamber of Commerce named a
committee to work with Mr. How- '
ell. The committee is composed ot '
C. N. Allen, Richard N. Rnrber
and W. Curtis Huss.
RECOVERING IN HOSPITAL
Peggy Ann Payne, 16. of Canton,
who was taken to the Haywood
County Hospital on Tuesday to
undergo an apendicitis operation,
is reported recovering nicely.
Mrs. N. F. Lancaster and son,
Bobby, left this week for Rich
mond, Virginia where they were
called on account of illness of Mrs.
Lancaster's father.
Clapp Leaves Saturday
For Washington Meet
Howard Clapp, manager of the
State Test Farm here, leaves Sun
day for a conference in Washington
with agriculture leaders in pre
paration for a meeting of the
Southern Agriculture Council. Mr.
Clapp is a member of a special
committee to make plans for the
council.
Before returning to Waynesville,
Much interest is being shown
in the 5th out-of-county Farm
Tour, which will leave Tuesday
morning at 7 o'clock from the Hay
wood county courthouse for four
days of travel through Virginia,
Kentucky and Tennessee.
More people than, went to the
Eastern Carolina coast last year
have notified County Agent Wayne
Corpening already that they will
join the convoy of automobiles and
buses making the trip. Groups of
veteran farm trainees and business
men of this area have been invited
to join the tour, with indications
he will spend two, days at the U,
S. Department of Agriculture ex-that around 120 in all will be
periment station in Maryland. "aboard.''
Nationally known horse farms in
the blue grass region of Kentucky
will be visited, and special interest
paid to experiments in Burley to
bacco, pasture crops and other
livestock. Dave Painter, head of
test demonstration work in Vir
ginia, will Eindc the Haywood tour
through outstanding farms in the
western part of his state; and Bob
Ford and other specialists at the
University of Kentucky will ex
plain experiments at the school's
agricultural stations.
Overnight stops will be made at
Abingdon. Va., Berea and Danville,
Ky. Scenic spots to be visited in
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Highway
Record For 1947
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed - 4
Injured - 27
(This Information Compiled
From Records of State High
vay Patrol) '
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