Standard PRtNTJNG Cu
220-230 S n 5
LOUIS VILLI
49,500 People
Live within 20 miles ol
Waynesville their ideal
shopping center.
Waynesville Mountaineer
Published Tw ice-a-Week In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Associated Press News
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 2J, 1947
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
The
hFAR NoTeO TWELVE PAGES
f)n National
Educa-
Stutions Is
Herring, vice
fcke University,,
junaluska Mon
nnio nf the Pri-
Litution in Edu-
L the significance
ions of nigner
ihc influence on
of sucli institu-
Vale. Columbia,
thers which, he
high standard ol
rica.
Mrfrpss was suon-
L Junaluska As-
knnually observes
featured event of
Em. In addition to
s in the Assem-
nroErarn of spe-
Ln by the Juna-
Charles Dukes
diversity faculty
vies of a year's
;he function of
the education-
day, Or. Herring
milled to a stand-
which will serve
illcctual, cultural
pi of our region,
st continue to be
than quantity.
ing limited cn-
ln Page Four)
Little
Laundry
little damage was
Moody laundry on
i by the use of
the booster wa
the Waynesville
track,
of the laundry
w cleaning fluid
hacliines to a boil-
of the building,
A shovel he was
fctally ignited and
fc some planks. It
ore any material
Of
Events
IDAY
Sutton's 2 vs.
Club; National
Pet Dairy.
wluska, address:
Thomas, "Bel-
tontribution to
John's,
the Sky.
ESDAY
Muska, address:
Tyler, "Missions
f Tomorrow."
f'uska, addresses:
P Pahk, "Korea
In; Dr II n
trail."
the Sky.
jSDAY
Pluska. address-
J- McLaushlin
t: India."
meets at Pat-
Pluska. address:
McLanohlir.
P Challenges the
Dr. John D
f. " "i a IIS-
frt Mission.
forial Service,
The Sky.
Report
Mountaineer by
Ha
oudy, warm
with
scattered
storms this
r. wnight. Fair
r wmperature
pPartly cloudy
by 'he staff nf
Fm
Mx. Mln,
78 45
- 79 50
-81 48
-81 50
I . On Missionary Program At Lake
Wring . . p
jlasin fcjS fi
Tin 111 ' 4-: hv'
wrX V-...' J
REV. ROBERT Z. TAYLOR, D.
D., of New York, will address the
south-wide Missionary Conference
at the Lake Wednesday morning
at 11 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Taylor is
executive secretary o( the general
section of the joint division of ed
ucation and cultivation of the
board of missions and church ex
tension of the Methodist church.
He was a former pastor of large
churches in Georgia and Florida.
He is a native of Arkansas.
Wool Pool Here Friday
Brings 14,600 Pounds
From 8 W.N.C. Counties
Four Brothers
From 4 States,
Holding Reunion
Four Crockett Broth
ers Meet Here For
First Time in 25
Years j
Four Crockett brothers from
four different states, got together
here this week for the first time
in 25 years. , In .order to complete
ttieir reunion, they TeTt thifT8rW-
ing for a week's stay in southwest
Virginia, visiting places of their
early boyhood. j
The three brothers joined their
fourth brother. Rev. S. R. Crockett,
and after resting a few days, took
o on the last leg of their trip this
morning
Rev. Mr. Crockett is pastor 0f
the Hazelwood Presbyterian church
and the other brothers include a
physician, an insurance man and
a lawyer.
Dr. Eldon Kemp Crockett was
accompanied by his wife. They
are from Carrizo, Tex.
Argyle Campbell Crockett is an
insurance man of Bradenton, Fla.
Charles Campbell Crockett, is a
lawyer of Dublin, Ga.
"We're having one grand time,
spinning yarns and recalling inci
dents of our boyhood days. With
all four in different lines of work,
there is never a dull moment for
us," Rev. Mr. Crockett said.
Haywood Puts
$54,000 In
Savings Bonds
Haywood People Still
Buying More of The
Type E Savings Bonds
Haywood county residents invest
ed $54,825.25 in Savings Bonds'
during June, according to the of
ficial report just made by J. E.
Massie, county chairman.
The E bonds were the most popu
lar type in June, as $29,525.25 was
invested in them, while $25,300 was
invested in G bonds. During the
month of June, a total of $5,984,045
was bought by North Carolinians.
"The quota of the state is still
being reached," Mr. Massie said.
Annual Campbell Reunion
Attended By 125 Sunday
The annual reunion of the Camp
bell family was held Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. B. Campbell,
of Maggie. The reunion was attend
ed by 125 relatives and friends.
The devotional period, was con
ducted by William C. Smith, of
Riverside, Ga.
The address of the day was given
by Hugh B. Campbell, prominent
lawyer of-Charlotte. He used as his
theme, "The Power of Family Life
in Solving World Problems". Spe
cial music for the day was given by
Richard O. Wilson, of Sylva.
The historian's report was made
by Miss Bessie Boyd. The report in
REV. W. E. THOMAS speaks to
night at Lake Junaluska on the
south-wide Missionary Conference
now in session. Rev. Mr. Thomas
has .iust returned from Belgium,
where he was in charge of all
Melhodi.sl work in that country
during World War II. He is a na
tive of Switzerland and has been a
missionary of the Methodist church
since 1925 Mr. Thomas plans to
return to Belgium soon and re
sume his work in that country.
Payments Totaling
$4,890 Advanced To
Producers Who Sold
Through Pool
With quality high and price sup
port assured Saturday morning
when President Truman signed
legislation to that effect, farmers
from eight Western North Carolinas
brought approximately 14,600
pounds of wool to the pool con
ducted here last week-end by the
Allied Farmers Cooperative.
Advance payments to the 114
farmers who marketed their wool
yesterday by H. L. Meacham, gen
eral manager of the Allied Cooper
ative. Wool was brought from Bun
combe, Mitchell, Yancey, Madison.
Jackson, Haywood, Macon and
! ne.,uL,,m.
The wool was assembled in 150
to 200 pound bags, and shipped in
I 1 I .... r.nimt
luls lu .""""
marketing cooperation at Boston,
Mass., where it will be finally sold
on the world wool market.
Each grower was given an ad
vance payment of 39 cents per
(Continued on Page Four)
Haywood Had 7
Convicted In June
For Driving Drunk
Haywood had seven convictions
for drunken driving during June,
according to Landon C. Rosser,
commissioner of motor vehicles in
his monthly report. Mecklenburg
led all counties with 39 convictions.
A total of 509 persons were con
victed over the state and each con
viction automatically carried with
i it a mandatory revocation ot eacn
driver's license.
Buncombe county had 4, Jackson
3, Cherokee 2, Macon, and Transyl
vania 1 each.
Delinquent Tax
List Being Made
Notice is Tieing made today b
the Town that all property on
which 1946 taxes have not been
paid will be advertised for sale.
All taxes for the Town of
Waynesville are now being col
lected by G. C. Ferguson, town
manager, at the city hall. This new
plan was put into force July first.
cluded special tribute to the mem
ory of Mrs. Minnie Towles, of En
ka, and Richard Burgess of New
ton. The report also gave a record
of the following births, which were
placed in the record of the re
union: Charles Crockett and Hari
ett Campbell, twins of Sgt. and
Mrs. Charles Matthews; Wallace
Alexander, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Neal Leatherwood; Richard Henry,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Camp
bell; Bobby, son of Mr. and Mrs.
NpwpII Case: Alan James, son of
Mr .and Mrs. Charles O. Turbyfill,
(Continued on Page lwo
Businessmen
Join Protest
Of Passenger
Train Cuts
Southern Railway's
Proposal To Be Heard
By Utilities Group
August 13 1
A number of business Arms and
civic leaders, as well as Haywood
county, have already filed with
James Hardin Howell, Jr., formal
protests to be used before the
State Utilities Commission on Aug
ust 13th protesting the removal of
the two passenger trains by South
ern Railway.
Mr. Howell was named by the
directors of the Chamber of Com
merce recently to represent the
organization and the remainder of
the area in protesting removal of
the only two passenger trains serv
ing this area.
C. J. Reece, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, yesterday
issued a statement urging every
business house, civic organization
and individual to send in letters
protestng removal of the trains.
These should be sent to Mr. How
ell, who will compile them and
present to the commission when in
session in Asheville next month.
"The letters of protest should
point out how the firms are de
pendent upon express and mail
services now carried by the two
trains the Southern wants to take
from service," Mr. Reece said.
The Southern Railway has main
tained in their petition filed with
the Commission that they lose up
wards towards $80,000 a year oper
ating passenger trains Nos. 17 and
i Continued On Page Fo"r
Lions Club Hears
Summary Of Train
JSjerviqe Protest
A flummary of the protest to be
sent the North Carolina Utilities
Commission by the Waynesville
Chamber of Commerce In view of
the Southern Railway's request to
discontinue passenger train service
on the Asheville to Murphy branch
was given by James H. Howell, Jr.,
at last week's meeting of the Lions
club. No formal action was taken
by the club at that time.
An impromptu talk was made by
Wally Burling of Hialeah, Fla.,
and Waynesville, an airplane engi
neer with 19 years experience with
Pan American Airways.
State Will Open
Road Work Bids
The State Highway Commission
at Raleigh will open bids today on
25 road projects over the state,
including one for the resurfacing
of 18.39 miles from Canton to Bal
sam. About six miles of the project,
from Hazelwood to Balsam, is to
be widened four feet as well as
receive a new asphalt surface.
Bids Being Taken
For Negre School
Bids are now being accepted by
the Haywood county Board of Com
missioners and trustees of the Can
ton graded school district for con
struction of a colored school at
Canton. Contractors can get the
revised plans and specifications
from the architect, Lindsay M.
Gudger, in Asheville.
The bids are to be opened in
the courthouse on 4 p.m. Thurs
day, Aug. 18, and a decision made
in regard to letting construction
contracts.
Farm Tours Will Leave
Today For Kentucky
More than 100 persons will load
into two busses and 12 automobiles
to make the fifth out-of-county
farm tour which starts from the
courthouse here at 7 a. m. today,
and the Canton Chamber of Com
merce a half hour later.
Sponsored by the test demon
stration farmers, the tour will last
until 7:30 p. m. Friday after hav
ing visited parts of four states.
The first stop scheduled is at
Linville Caverns, after which the
tour will continue onward to Boone
wheFe lunch will be eaten. Dur
Drawing A Bead On Target
RUFUS SUTTON, of Maggie, is shown as he lay on a bear
skin at Cataloochce ranch last week and shot at the target 60 yards
away. In the background can be seen a few of the many spectators
who watched every move of the marksmen with keen interest. In
the left background can be seen the judges stand and Jonathan
Woody, master of ceremonies can be seen before the microphone
keeping the program moving. Photo by Ingram's Studio.
Traffic Light At Clyde
Shot Up; Town Plans To
Install Two More Lights
Drivers Getting
Used To Parking
Meters Here Now
Police Give Tickets
To 37 Saturday; Find
Traffic Conditions
Better
According to Police Chief Or
ville Noland, traffic conditions on
Main street were improved con
siderably with parking meters,
which went into use officially Sat
urday morning. '.
Tickets for overtime parking and
parking on the wrong side of the
street were given to 37 cars Sat
urday, fn several cases the driv
ers were. let off with a lecture on
the correct way to use meters, but
now authorities 'feel that the nov
elty has worn off and are imposing
fines.
Members of the police force have
been trained to disassemble the
mechanisms and repair those that
aren't working. G. C. Ferguson,
town manager, reports also that
the police are keeping a close
check on the meters to catch park
ing violations and sec if meters are
in working order.
On the day they were installed.
Thursday, drivers placed $9 in the
meters, although they were not re
quired to pay for parking at that
time. There has not been any col
lections made since Friday morn
ing. More parking space has been
one result of the installation of
meters. Yesterday in tlu- busiest
part of town which used to be
crowded throughout the working
day. openings could be found with
ease for those willing to put their
coins in the slot.
One noticeable fault with driv
ers, according to Chief Noland,
was in parking on the left side of
the street, especially on Church
street. There is a traffic rule of
long standing against this, and
those caught are being given
tickets.
Gulf Station On Main
Street Owners Changed
M. R. "Cotton" Ketner and Tom
Campbell, Jr., announce that they
now are managers of the Waynes'-
ville Gulf Service and recapping
plant, at the corner of Main and
Pigeon streets, formerly operated
by Don Cogdill.
ing the afternoon the tour will
cross into Virginia, pass through
Chllhowie and make 30-minute
stops at Glade Springs Experiment
station and a strip-cropping farm.
On Wednesday the group will
see Natural Tunnel at Clinchport,
Va., visit Mrs. Pennington's out
standing Hereford cattle farm near
Dot, and cross into Kentucky for
lunch at Middlesboro. The Spring
Lake dairy herd will be looked
over during the afternoon and the
convoy proceed through Renfro
(Continued on Page Two)
1
Sometime late Saturday night or
early Sunday morning, someone
shot up the traffic light on High
way 19 and 23 at Clyde, it was
learned from Shay Hcnson, chief
of police of Clyde.
"No doubt it was someone who
had been arrested for running un
der the red light," Chief Hcnson
said, and be explained a campaign
was being staged by Clyde to re
duce speeding through town.
"Wc have made a number of ar
rests, both for speeding and failing
to observe the traffic light signals,
and will continue to enforce the
law," the Clyde chief continued.
The board of aldermen plan to
buy three traffic lights and put
them up about a block apart on
the Highway, Chief Henton : saift
One light, would be at SiiooV Sew
lee, one at Lamb's Service, oppo
site the school, and another to re
place the one shot up, at the inter
section of the Highway and Hyder
Mountain road.
Mosquito Control
Program Cited As
Very Effective
Only one report of trouble with
mosquitoes has been reported to
the District Health Department of
fice since the mosquito control
program was inaugurated this sum
mer, reports R. W. Livingstone,
sanitarian.
Anyone who knows of a breed
ing place or who is having trou
ble with the pests are urged to
notify the sanitarian so that steps
can be taken to eliminate the insects.
Mr Livingstone states that he isJr. Stringficld
highly pleased with results of ;
the control measures, sponsored
jointly by the county commission
ers of Waynesville, Hazelwood and
Junaluska assembly. Under the
direction of Bill Hannah, an Army
veteran with extensive work of
that nature in the South Pacific,
the use of oil, drainage and period
ic changes of the level of Lake
Junaluska have been in operation
and have been very effective in
cutting down the mosquito dan
gers. REVIVAL IN PROGRESS
A revival meeting is in progress
at Richland Chapel in Waynes
ville, being conducted by Rev. L.
F. Clark, formerly pastor here for
12 years.
House Praises
GI University
"America and the world must
achieve unity without fear," Chan
cellor Robert B. House, of the Uni
versity of North Carolina told Ro
tarians here Friday. "During the
time of war, we were united be
cause we feared the enemy. In
looking for something sure, steady
and stable, we must have a firm
hold on the deeper and spiritual
things."
Dean House pointed out the in
creased interest in religion at the
University of North Carolina, and
that this year the department ef
religion would open.
"The general problem of the
world is the control of natural re
Highway Commission
Keeps 121 Workers
MaintainingRoadsHere
School Opens
Wednesday
At Crabtree,
Fines Creek
Students To Start
Annual Return From
Vacations This
Week.
Fines Creek and Crabtree-lron
Duff schools will open Wednesday
morning to inaugurate the 1947
48 school term in Haywood county.
Doors will open at 8:30 a.m. and j
the first day devoted mainly to
registration and classification of
students. Last year the enrollment
averaged 192 in elementary grades
and 78 in high school at Fines
Creek, and 325 in elementary and
89 in high school at Crabtree.
One teacher is being sought to
fill a vacancy at Crabtree. in the
seventh grade, due to the transfer
of Mrs. Pantha V. II. Houser to the
Bethel school, reports Jack Mes
ser, superintendent of education.
Otherwise the faculties of both
schools are complete.
All other schools in the Hay
wood district will open on Wednes
day, August 27.
Enrollment is anticipated to be
as large as for the past year, al
though the 12th grade classes
probably' will be smaller, -.
"School holidays announced by
Supt. Messer are Labor Day, Sept.
1; Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27-28;
and two weeks for Christmas, from
Dec. 19 to Jan. 5.
Members of the staff at Fines
Creek are Fred L. SafTord. princi
pal; Kathryn G. Kirkpatrick. Mrs.
Dorothy G. Clarke, Doris White
sides, T. C. Henderson, W. Steph
en Ferguson. Fannie B. Noland,
Margaret Lee Green, Mrs. Eliza
beth Rogers Sea, I'earl Elizabeth
James, Mrs. Mark Ferguson, Mrs.
Gertrude Ferguson, Bonnie Faye
Ducket), and Thelma G. Ferguson.
At Crabtree-lron Duff the fa
culty consists of Lloyd C. Bryson.
Lura Mae Green, Edna Floyd Nes
bitt, Florence Abbott, William
Glenn Noland, Macey Rogers Nol
and, Mrs. Evelyn Sutton, Mrs.
Lloyd Bryson. Mrs. Francis A. Jus
tice. Mrs. Elhel W. Huberts, Mrs.
Helen D. Corwin and Mrs. Hugh
Noland.
To Head Carolina
County Alumnae
Dr. Thomas Stringfield was elect
ed president of the North Carolina
University Alumni association of
Haywood county, at I he organiza
tion meeting Friday evening at Mrs.
Jones Tea Room, with Charles E.
Ray, presiding.
Others elected were: vice presi
dent, Fred Ferguson, of Canton;
secretary. James A. Gwyn, of
Waynesville; and treasurer, Roger
Walker, of Hazelwood.
Robert House, chancellor of the
university, was the main speaker
of the evening. He spoke on the
growth of the university and the
plans for future development.
Work Of
Students
sources, control of government, and
control of ourselves. We must first
learn to control ourselves."
"We must learn to relax, and be
calm. A worried, troubled or mad
dened mind cannot function at its
best.
Dean House described conditions
at the University, where the en
rollment has increased from 4,100
in 1941. to an expected enrollment
of 8.000 in September of this year.
More than 1,000 students live as
far away as Raleigh, Fayetteville
and Durham. Hundreds live in
trailers, and' discarded army bar
racks. (Continued on Page Two)
District Engineer
Describes Equipment
Used For Maintenance
Work Here
The Stale Highway Commission
has 121 people working on mainten
ance of highways in Haywood
county, according to J. T. Knight,
district engineer, who is in charge
of this work.
Mr. Knight pointed out t!ut.
there were 62 employees, and 59
prisoners. The number of prisoner.;
varies, but the average is 59. The
prison labor comes from Hie State
Prison camp loaated at Hazelwood.
The equipment in use in the
county includes a shovel, a crusher,
a compressor, a tractor and a road
machine in addition to 5 motor
graders and 15 trucks. Mr. Knight
said the equipment was in good
condition except the shovel and
four of the motor graders which
are old and worn and remain in the
repair shop a greater part of the
time.
"These pieces will be replaced
when new equipment is available,"
the district engineer said.
In a break-down of the road sys
tem in Haywood, Mr. Knight said
there were 106-.4 miles of state
highways, and 356.4 miles in I he
county road system.
The 356.4 of the county load
system is classified as follows:
Unimproved
30.0 miles
71.5 miles
240.2 miles
8.7 miles
Graded
Graveled or surfaced
Hard surfaced
During the year which ended
June 30, Mr. Knight said 79 708
tons of crushed stone and gravel
were placed on 65.5 miles of roads
in Ha?wd.
"Almost all ot the 79,00a nH,
however, was used in strengthening
existing surfacing and only a small
anjiount of it in new surfacing."
Mr. Knight plans to meet v il h
the Haywood board of commi..
sioners every third Monday, and
hear groups from throughout the
county on road matters. The plan
is to talk the matter over, and gel
a thorough understanding ot the
needs, and also of the possibility of
carrying through with the wink re
quested. Group Of Writers,
Lecturers, Artists
Visit Waynesville
A group of 15 artists, writers and
lectures from Huckleberry Colony
near Henclersonville stopped here
Saturday enroute to Cherokee
where they spent the remainder of
the day studying Indian lore.
The trip was arranged by Mr?.
Gertrude Ruskin, of Atlanta, who
lias been a summer resident of
Waynesville for many years, .md
formerly owned a home at Balsam.
Mrs. Ruskin is attending the six
weeks' coure at Huckleberry.
The group visited the Chamber
of Commerce and the studios of
Station WHCC over the Park The
atre. There were several writers
of radio script in the group, and
they were interested in the mod
ernistic studio of the Haywood sta
tion. Rippetoe Attends Meet
Of Wildlife Group
F. G. Rippetoe, president of the
Haywood Wildlife club, attended
the semiannual state conference
held in Asheville yesterday.
A full discussion was held of the
many phases of wildlife, including
regulations, fees and bag limits.
Highway
Record For 1947
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed - 4
Injured - 27
(This Information Compiled
From Records of State High
way Patrol)