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No. 61
Twelve Pages
Associated Press News
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1947
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
1
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Estimated
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tluded an ev
aluation in the
150,000. This is
,150,000 over the
In the previous
for operating the
id $16,050 from
UT estimate.
(l! for $59,150 to
al fund expenses.
U $58,280 for
water and $32.-
lervlee a total of
than the tax levy
bring in $161,-
n sources in this
kr and light sales.
If ill is collected,
K,700 on the esti-
of property. An
It expected to be
k taxes, allowing
bards the current
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to make the new !
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Manager New
Store
CHARLES CAMP, well known
Waynesville man, is manager of
Winner's store, which will open
for business here Thursday morn
ing, in the new theatre building on
Main Street. Mr. Camp has been
associated with Harry Winner,
owner of the store, since 1940.
(Photo by Sherrill's Studio. )
Winner's
To Open
Thursday
Morning
New Store On Main
; Street Is Fifth In
Chain; Started In
County 14 Years Ago
Final preparations were being
completed here yesterday for the
opening of Winner's new store on
Main Street here Thursday morn
ing. Harry Winner, well known
Haywood business man is owner.
1
pa on its north , and Charles Camp, of Waynesville,
ijoKiudy. u win iS manager.
,. ,
me siuie is mouern in every
detail, and is a unit of the new
Amm ri Dieted bv Dr. Owens nf Canton
I The store here will feature cloth-
SUtS nig or men women and children,
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as well as -a large and modern shoe
department. Special emphasis will
be put on ladies ready-to-wear for
the women, and sportswear for
men.
The building has an all-view
front, with only one display win
dow. A modernistic tile floor, and
the latest light fixtures are a part
of the set-up.
Mr. Camp is well known in mer
chandising circles here, having
worked for several department
stores before joining Mr. Winner
in Canton in 1940. He entered the
army in April, 1942 and after his
discharge in September, 1945, re
turned to the merchantile field with
Mr. Winner.
Mr. Camp has assisted Mr. Win
ner in opening stores in Morganton,
Brevard and Asheville. The Way
nesville store is the second largest
in the chain of five, being next in
size to the Asheville store.
Mr. Camp will be general man
(Continued on Page Three)
Finals Of South-Wide
Public Speaking Contest
At Lake Wednesday Night
Southeastern Jurisdictional fin
als in a Methodist-wide public
speaking contest will be held at
Lake Junaluska Assembly, Wed
nesday evening. Bishop Costen J.
Harrell of Birmingham, Ala., will
preside.
There are seven contestants, who
have been winners in the seven
Area contests of the Southeastern
Jurisdiction. Five of the contestants
are girls and all are under 21 years
of age and are either recent high
school graduates or high school
students. Each of the contestants
will speak on the general subject,
"The World Service of the Metho
dist Church," emphasizing any one
of the special types of world serv
Unagusta
Signs Big
Wage Hike
For Workers
Agreement Effective
August 28th With
AFL Raises Pay Of
325 Employees
R. L. Prevost, Sr., president of
Unagusta Manufacturing company,
and C. F. Bradley of Asheville, re
gional representative of the A. F.
of L. Upholsterers International
Union, have released a joint state
ment of the terms of a negotiated
mid-contract wage settlement which
will add some $98,000 annually to
the Unagusta payroll.
The wage settlement involves a
basic 10 cents per hour increase
plus additional adjustments in 38
wage classifications of from one to
five cents an hour; which will add
from $5.50 to $6.25 per week to
the take-home pay of some 325 fur
niture operatives in the two Hazel
wood plants.
Two paid holidays also were
added.
The new settlement goes in effect
August 28th under a two-year firm
agreement which runs from March
12, 1947 until 1949. It provides for
periodic wagt reopenings of which
the present negotiation is the first
since the two-year agreement was
signed in March.
Weekly take-home pay under the
new wage rates will increase from
the present average of $39.20 to
between $44 and $45 one of the
highest wage rttes not only in
North Carolina but in the furniture
industry of the nation according to
union representative Bradley; al
though he pointed out that the Una
gusta firm produces only a special
high grade type of bedroom and
dining room furniture.
One of the outstanding features
of the wage agreement is a special
provision for the creation of a joint
management-labor committee in
the plant whose aim shall be to
increase production to meet the
increased wagetmrwIOieut a"njr in
crease in price to consumers on the
products.
Participating in the negotiation
for Local 335 of the Upholsterers
union, in addition to representa
(Continued on page six)
Artificial Breeding
Of Livestock Will
Be Discussed Here
Possibilities of setting up arti
ficial livestock breeding units for
Western North Carolina will be dis
cussed at a meeting of Haywood
county dairymen Wednesday at
10 a.m. in the courthouse.
John A. Arey, dairy specialist,
and R. W; Shoffner, district farm
agent, will explain the proposed
set-up. All Haywood dairymen are
invited to be present.
Cove Creek Homecoming
Day Set For August 31st
Homecoming Day will be observ
ed Sunday, August 31 at Cove
Creek Baptist church. All persons
who have ever lived in Cove Creek
are invited to come, bring their
friends, a lunch, and enjoy the day.
Community singing is being plann
ed for the program.
FIRE TRUCK ANSWERS
CALL TO BRYSON STREET
Waynesville's fire truck answer
ed a call Thursday morning to a
house on Bryson street, off Boyd
Avenue, where the wooden shingl
es had started burning near the
flue. The fire was extinguished
after only minor damage to the
roof. The house is occupied by
Budd Babb family, colored.
ice administered and promoted by
the Methodist Church.
Names of the contestants and
the Areas from which they come
are: Aileen Taylor, Brownville,
Tennessee (Louisville Area); Frank
L. Rankin, Jr., Mt. Holly, N. C.
(Charlotte Area): Jacqueline Shel
ton, Falls Church, Virginia (Rich
mond Area; Harmon Tillman, Jr..
Winona, Miss. (Jackson, Miss.,
Area); Sally Ann Winegeart, Jack
sonville, Florida (Atlanta Area);
Martha Weakley, Clarksville, Ten
nessee (Nashville Area); Lucile
Martin, Clayton, Alabama (Birm
ingham Area).
Judges, as announced by Bishop
Harrell, will be Mrs. W. F. Quil
(Continued on ijage six)
Floridan Enjoys Visit Here
C. C. COMMANDER, president of the Florida Citrus Ex
change, is spending a month's vacation at the Waynesville
Country Club. He is pictured above working on his putt
shots on the club practice green. Mr. Commander, whose
headquarters are in Tampa, represents approximately 5,000
growers. He predicts plenty of grapefruit, but fewer oranges
this season. A Mountaineer photo by Ingram's Studio
Park Commissions
Of Two Slates To
Hold Joint Session
Legion Home Will
Be Sold, Larger
Building Planned
A decision was reached Friday
by the local American Legion
post to sell the Lesion Home, on
Depot street, which is not large
enough to accommodate the
growing membership, and to con
struct another building more
suitable for meetings and other
activities.
C. A. George. David f'clmcl
and William Mcdford arc mem
bers of the building committee,
which has been given authority to
dispose of the present Legion
Home. Mr. George remarks that
the building can be easily adap
ted to an apartment house.
Local Delegates
Return From Lions
Convention At S. F.
O. R. Roberts, Richard Gerringer
Jack Felniet and M
Davis, returned to
E (Tonyn
Wavnesville i
Thursday evening from the 30th
annual convention of the Interna
tional Association of Lions Clubs
at San Francisco, Calif., which they
attended as official delegates of
the local club.
They will give a report of their
trip and the convention at the
regular club meeting this week.
Pera Benjamin, a native of Persia
and nationalized American citizen
of Cincinnati, will be the highlight
speaker this week.
Col. Minthorne Reed gave an in
formal talk on his observations
during his recent tour of duty in
Europe at the meeting last week.
Federation Picnic Will
Be Held Here
The annual Farmers Federation
picnic for Haywood county will be
held in the East Waynesville school
building Saturday, August 16, from
10 a. m. to 4 p. m., it has been an
nounced by James G. K. McClure,
president of the federation.
Music will be furnished by the
federation string band, led by
Johnny Rhymer, and by the Rambl
ers, led by Herman Jones of Whit
tier. Musicians, choirs and quar
tets are especially invited to at
tend the picnic and participate in I
the program.- Prizes will be I
lfjt $ I
r v
n
N. C. Commission
Met Here Yesterday,
Mapping Plans For
Projects
Members of the North Carolina
National Parks, Forests and Park
way commission are meeiing loaay
with the Tennessee State Conserv
ation Commission and delegates
from all sections of eastern Ten
nessee at Gatlinburg.
The North Carolina commission
me' here all day Monday, mapping
plans, discussiim piojecK and Ket
tins more fully organized, since
this was the first inertm;; since bc
infi sworn in several weeks ago
here.
Cli.iilc.s Hay, cliainiuiii ol me
commission, said I He major pan oi j
the lime was taken discussing Ihej
meeting with Tennessee I his morn-
ing, as the purpose of the two
stale meeting is hi map plans for
a joint meeting with Park officials
in the near Inline, and discuss an
over-all development program for
the Park.
Yesterday afternoon the mem
bers of the commission accom
panied by a few civic leaders here.
I'aiKway in inc noco
GaP art'a a'- the ileintooga sec-
tion of the Park.
The commission was joined at
lunch by number of local busi
ness men. All members of the com
mission, except Percy Ferebee, of
Andrews was present. They were,
Mr. Ray, chairman. C. M. Douglas,
secretary, Francis J. Ileazel. Ashe
ville ;Kaymond Sutton. Sylva: W.
R. Winkle, Boone; E. C. Guy. New
land; Dr. Kelly Bennett, Bryson
City. Those joining the commis
sion for lunch were: Senator Wil
liam Mcdford, J. E. Massie, Rich
ard Bradley, C. J. Recce. Arthur
Connell, and W. Curtis Buss.
The meeting was held in the
studios of radio station WHCC.
Saturday
awarded for the best quartet and
choir to sing during the day.
Prizes will be offered also for the
largest truck-load of persons at
tending, the largest family in at
tendance, and for couples married
the longest and shortest length of
time.
Feature of the program will be
the federation hen, who waddles
onto the stage to the tune of
"Cackling Hen," and calmly lays
an egg before the eyes of all.
Athletic games and contests will
(Continued on page six)
Cataloochee
Reunion Is
Enjoyed By
650 Sunday
Rev Paul Townsend
Speaks At 17th Annual
Gathering Of Former
Residents
Approximately 650 former resi
dents of Cataloochee attended the
17th annual reunion Sunday, held
at Palmer's Chapel.
Mrs. Eva Messer Sharp of Konx
villc was elected president of the
reunion during the business ses
sion. V. W. Woody of Canton was
named vice-president, and Mrs. H.
V. Palmer of Waynesville, secre
tary. Jarvis Caldwell of Iron Duff
is past president of the group.
Hev. Paul Townsend, pastor of
the First Methodist church, Wav
nesville, delivered the reunion ad
dress. Fifteen states were represented
in the gathering of families and
friends who lived in the mountain
ous area before it became a part of
the Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park.
A feast of home-cooked food was
enjoyed by all present. Part of the
entertainment consisted of award
ing 15 prizes of a humorous nature.
Car Injures Four
Sitting On Wall At
Canton Saturday
Four men sitting on a stone wall
bordering a parking lot at Canton
were injured Saturday afternoon
when they were reported to have
been struck by an automobile after
Samuel R. Felmet, retired Canton
business man, lost control of the
machine while attempting to move
it in the lot at the intersection of
Main and Academy streets.
Walter Johnson of Bethel was
treated for a broken right arm and
faet injrie? Georga Smalher.nf
Dutch Cove, for busises and shock;
Leo Matliia of Dutch Cove for la
cerations and bruises: and Lonnic
Green of Swannanoa 'or slight
bruises.
Chief of Police C. N. Stroup and
Patrolman Harold MofTilt of the
Canton police said their investiga
tion showed that Mr. Felmet was
attempting to move a car so that
he could get his own machine from
the parking lot. The car ran across
the wall where the group of men
were sitting, and dropped about two
feet on the other side.
oy lorinai presentation ot a num-
HavWOOfi Dplpp-Sitinn Tn ! b('r "f "",'"'ls""'" '"'wspaper
IldyWUUU LftltgdllOn 10' ,,, Washington and Raleigh
Attend Hereford Meeting 'who new down for the event.
j About datk I lie group gathered
A delegation of livestock growers I in one of the large barns on the
from Haywood county. Including j farm and staged a square dance.
Roy Haynes of Clyde, president of Among those going from Hay
the Hereford Breeders association, wood, included: C .1 Recce, C. E.
will attend the meeting tonight at I Brown. Mr ' Hedden's secretary,
7:30 o'clock in the Asheville court- Senator William Mcdford, Fred
house room 301; when the Mere- ; Campbell. Sebe Bryson, Wade Hill,
ford situation in North Carolina W. .1 Damlofl. W. Curtis Buss Eu
will be discussed. (gene linger. It. B Coleman, George
All Hereford men in the county 1 A. Brown. Bryan Mcdford. Charles
are urged to attend by County i Metcall, Wayne Corpening, Roy
Agent Wayne Corpening, who stales j Patton, Lee McElrath C N Allen
that anyone desiring transporta
tion can get a way to Asheville by
coming to the courthouse here at
0:30 p.m.
Transportation Listed
To Dell wood Revival
!
Revival services began Sunday at j
the Dellwood Baptist church, eon-
ducted by Rev. L. J. Rogers.
A bus is running each night to ,
the revival from Barbcrsville; also J
uuvyn me ci ecu oeiow j. a. single- !
. up i iic om roan towards
inagKie anu uacK me nighway for
nil ...I,.. 1 I
wm, winii iu riue. announces
Mrs. Lee Evans.
Presbyterian Speaker At Lake Says
World Has Become A
Madhouse Because Man
Has Turned Back On God
, The Rev. Dr. Paul Calvin Payne,
of Philadelphia, General Secretary
of the Board of Christian Education
of tiie Presbyterian church, USA,
guest speaker here Monday even
ing under the auspices of a south-
wide Leadership School in session
at Lake Junaluska Assembly.
"The Christian Religion and
Human Freedom" was the subject
discussed by the speaker, who as
serted that the whole predicament
of modern man can be expressed in
a few words: He has turned his
back on God and is turning his
world into a madhouse. A change
must come and that right swiftly;
I we have come to the end of the
WNC Communities
Solid In Opposition
To Loss Of Trains
Candidate
DAN TOMPKINS, of Sylva, has
formally filed with the State Hoard
of Elections, the fee for the post of
lieutenant governor, a place he
announced last winter lie would
seek in the Democratic primary in
May 1948. Tompkins has served in
the legislature from Jackson for
several terms, and was chief read
ing clerk for two sessions. The only
other candidate for the office to
date, is II. P. i Pal) Taylor of
Wadesboro.
Many From Here
Attend Barbecue
Honoring Redden
A large number from Haywood
attended the barbecue honoring
Representative Monroe M. Iiedden
al the country estate of Harry
Plavford near Ilendersonville Sat
urday afternoon.
Every county in (he district was
well represented, and several hun
dred attended, enjoying the meal
and the beautiful estate of Mr. and
Mrs. Playfnrd.
1 Later in the allernuon. a siring
I band put on a program, followed
I William Harris, Charlie McCrary.
I W. C. Myers, V.. C. Palmer. Jr.,
j Waller Crawford.
! Boosters Club To
Have Ladies Night
Tll(' Hazelwood Boosters Club
will stage their annual ladies night
on Thursday, as thev honor their
wives with a barbecue al the Pied-
nl,int Hotel
Ken, Barber is general chairman
in charge, and
announced that
Clyde Fisher
would be in charge
of tin
program. liufus Siler is
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'will be served at seven o'clock.
road, face to face with the final
choice No one lives to himself.
Every sordid life create circles of
sordidness and every life that is
fine and clean creats circles of de
cency and wholesome living around
itself. Each one of is must say
to himself any change in our world
for the better must start with me.
"People do not take the church
seriously because the church is not
serious. Spiritual life is suing the
church for divorce on the ground
of non support. Long ago Jesus
said, Render unto Caesar the things
that are Caeser's, and unto God the
things that are God's. The first
(Continued on Page Six)
Howell Explains
Arguments To Be
Presented At Hearing
Wednesday
Western North Carolina com
munities on the Asheville to Mur
phy branch of the Southern Rail
way line will present a solid front
of opposition to the State Utilities
Commission in the meeting tomor
row at Asheville to the Southern's
request for permission to discon
tinue passenger train service in
this area.
James H. Howell, Jr., attorney
representing the Waynesville-Hazelwood-Lake
Junaluska Chab
ber of Commerce, summarizes the
situation as follows:
"We've got to show the necessity
for the continuance of the trains,
in face of their financial loss and
the alternative of bus service. Any
one who is willing to give a good
solid reason on the witness stand
will help."
Formal answers to the Railway's
petition have been sent to the
Utilities Commission, and delegates
from Canton, Sylva, Bryson City,
Andrews and Murphy as well as
Waynesville, Hazelwood and Lake
Junaluska will attend the hearing
to explain their protests further
Monday afternoon representa
tives from the communities met at
Bryson City under an invitation
from Mayor Kelly Bennett to
further organize the opposition.
"The farther you get from Ashe
ville on the Murphy line the strong
er you find resistance to the loss of
passenger train service," comments
Mr. Howell. Sylva. whose delega
tion is headed by Mayor Jack Alli
son and Felix Picklesimer, presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce.
Is "very much concerned.'' And
Murphy, in their formal answer
prepared under the direction nf
Mayor O'Noil Sneed, declares that
the community would become a
"dead end" on the Louisville and
Nashville line, in regard to pas
senger and express service, should
the Southern trains be discontinu
ed. The Southern Railway has staled
(Continued on Page Six)
Cathedral Singers
Conclude Concerts
At Lake Junaluska
The Cathedral Singers scored
another triumph Saturday evening
at Lake Junaluska Assembly when
they gave a finished performance of
the difficult "Hora Novissima." by
Horatio Parker, regarded as the
outstanding oratorio by an Ameri
can composer.
This was the last of three con
certs by the singers under the di
rection of Alec Simson, which earn
ed an enthusiastic reception from
I he audience. Soloists were Betty
Jo Turner, soprano: Cherrie Smith,
contralto; George Holden. tenor;
and Douglas Rumble, bars. The
effect of the performance was
heightened by the instrumentation,
arranged for the two pianists, Betty
Lee Milford and Willa B. Low
rance. Parking Meter Revenue
Up During Second Week
Revenue from parking meters
increased $36.00 last week over the
first week they were in operation,
according to a report from G. C.
Ferguson, town manager. Receipts
last week were $227.68.
Two meters had to be replaced
during that time, however, hav
ing been damaged by vehicles pull
ing in to park.
jHighway
Record For 1947
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed-- 4
Injured - 39
(This Information Compiled
From Records of State High
way Patrol)