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Published Twice-a-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
No. 69 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
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WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1947
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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Haywood's Four Mayors and County Manager
DAY was a big day for the Waynesville Ro
lore than 40 visitors gathered with the local
ar the president of Rotary International, S.
sey (left) of Jacksonville speak. The club
Malcolm Williamson presided and among the
sitors was Senator Claude Pepper of Florida,
lountaineer photograph by Ingram's Studio.
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Canton Set For Labor Day Throng
Parade Will
Start Monday
Celebration
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More Tables
For Picnics
Additional Facilities
Are Planned In Pisgah
National Forest
Area
W. W. Huber, district ranger, and
C. G. Johnson, recreational super
visor of Pisgah National Forest,
spent several hours in Waynesville
Thursday consulting with civic
leaders on matters pertaining to
the further development of the for
est.
"We plan to put a number of
picnic tables on this side of the
mountain right away," Mr. Johnson
said. "We find that more and
more people are using the recrea
tional facilities of the Pisgah Na
tional Forest and we want to have
adequate equipment for them," he
continued.
Ranger Huber said a recent check
at Wagon Road Gap showed 28 per
cent of all people entering the
forest came from the Waynesville
side 8nd 35 per cent from the Bre
vard side. The other 37 per cent
went in from the Bent Creek and
Mills River areas.
On a recent Sunday, a check
showed 9,972 people entered the
forest in 2,452 tars.
Beauty Contest Satur
day Night Is Feature
Event of The
Week-End
The first week of festivities will
end tonight with quartet and group
singing in Champion Park and a
dance at the Canton Armory in the
41st annual fall festival leading to
the big celebration on Labor Day,
expected to draw 15,000 Western
North Carolinians or more.
Saturday will feature sports
events during the day and the beau
ty contest at 8 p. m., followed by
a coronation ball at the Armory.
On Sunday several union religious
programs are scheduled, also a con
cert by the Canton high school
band and community sing at 6:30
p. m. In Champion Park.
A new addition to the Labor Day
celebration will be the appearance
of a number of Army planes over
town at 1 p, m.
Formalities will begin promptly
at 10 a. m. Monday, with the parade
of floats, bands and other units will
move from Spears Inn, near the
Pigeon River bridge, up Park street
tue highway).-,; to -Main,, left to the
Kirkpatrick apartments, right over
bridge crossing railway to Church,
down Church to Main and disband
ing on the street intersection near
the old Pigeon River bridge.
Park street will be closed to traf
fic from Adams to Academy, adjoin
ing Champion Park.
After the parade will come a
horseshoe pitching tournament for
boys under 16 years and music by
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RECENTLY the mayors of Haywood's four incorporated towns, and the county man
ager were together on a civic matter, and The Mountaineer was able to get this photograph.
On Monday the five men are slated to take active parts in the 41st annual Labor Day celebra
tion in Canton. From left to right: Clyde Fisher, mayor of Hazelwood; J. H. Way, Jr., mayor
of Waynesville; George A. Brown, Jr., county manager; William "Bill" Harris, mayor of
Clyde, and J. Paul Murray, mayor of Canton.
-ui . A Mountaineer photograph by Ingram's Studio.
First Day s Registration Is
Heavy In Haywood Schools
Maine Pastor Returns
Home After Two-Week
Visit In Clyde Area
Dr. and Mrs. Lowell Q. Haynes
and daughter, Janet, will return to
their home in Skowhegan, Maine,
this week following a two weeks'
visit with Dr. Haynes' father of
Clyde. 1
Dr. Haynes is pastor of the Fed-
erateci cnurcn ot hkownegan. I his
was his first visit in Clyde in 10
years.
Final Program At Lake
Will Be Held On Sunday
Cannery To Be Open Two
Days During Next Week
The Waynesville Community
Cannery will be open on Wednes
day and Thnrsday of next week, it
is announced by Mrs. Rufus Siler.
Present plans are to have it open
for two days the following week
and once weekly thereafter until
the canning season ends.
Tuesday Edition
Going To Press
Early On Monday
The Tuesday edition of The
Mountaineer will be published
at noon on Monday, in order that
the staff can enjoy a half holiday
on Labor Day.
All copy for (hp Tuesday edi
tion must be in the office by 0:30
Monday morninc, as the sched
ule calls for the press to start
rolling an hour later
Mrs. Everett A. McElroy has re
turned to her home from Asheville
where she underwent an operation
REA Growth To Be Guided
At Annual Meet Saturday
Reports on progress during the
past year, votes on amendments to
the charter and the election of a
board of directors will be features
of the eighth annual meeting of the
Haywood Electric Membership Co
operative Saturday in the Waynes
ville Armory.
One of the amendments to be
voted on will allow the cooperative
lines to go Into Rabun county, Ga.,
and another would increase its bor
rowing capacity from $1,500,000 to
$4,000,000 to make possible fur
ther expansion and more complete
coverage of rural homes in this
area.
Directors of the board met at the
co-op office Tuesday afternoon to
open four bids on one 75-mile sec
tion of the "K" project. The low
bid was made by F. D. Cline Con
struction company of Raleigh, $41,
062.85 for labor only on the sec
tion, with materials being furnished
by the REA. i
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Tentative acceptance was given
by the board, and the bid has been
forwarded to Washington where
REA officials must approve it be
fore a contract can be entered, it
is announced by R. C. Sheffield,
Bishop Edwin A. Hughes will be
the speaker for the closing session
at Lake .lunaluska Sunday morn
ing, it was announced yesterday by
Dr. Frank S Love, superintendent
of the assembly.
Hishop Hughes will speak to
night and Sunday morning from
the Lake platform and on Sunday
niglit will occupy the pulpit of the
First Methodist church here in
Waynesville.
A large attendance is expected
at all three services, as Hishop
Hughes has a large following here
in Haywood. He conducted a se
ries of meetings here last year, and
hundreds turned out to hear his
messages.
"The Keys of the Kingdom,'' a
movie, to be shown Saturday night
at the Lake auditorium.
The Sunday night service wll be
taken over by the Salvation Army,
who are conducting their annual
training school on the Assembly
grounds, with Mission Inn as head
quarters. There are 130 registered
from 15 southeastern states and
others expected to arrive this next
week to join in the week-long pro
gram. "The 1947 season has been a
most satisfactory one," Dr. Love
said yesterday. "We have had Formal ceremonies marking the
more than 10,000 different people naming of the Carolina Tower and
Slimmer vacations ended this
week as school doors opened on
Wednesday morning in the Way
nesville, Bethel and Clyde districts
anil another nine-months term was
begun.
Enrollment was slightly higher
than on opening day last year in
most schools that reported, al
though an accurate figure is not
expected to he arrived at until aft
er (he Labor Day holiday next
Monday.
With the 7th. 8th and 0th grades
larger than before. Waynesville
Township junior and senior high
school reported 1,041 students on
Wednesday. 2fi more than on open
ing day in l!)4(i. The senior class,
without any veterans, registered
ill as compared lo last year s 1311.
The lla.elwnod school announces
Superintendent M II Bowles, en
rolled (i7f). Central elementary 345.
East Waynesville 228, Saunook 77
and Aliens Creek 80. Other schools
in the district had not reported.
At W. T II. S. there are 275 in
the 7th grade. 216 in the '8th. 210,
in the 9th, 129 in the 10th, 117 in
the 11th, and 94 in the 12th grade, j
Tuesday of next week all teach-j
ers in the county system will meet'
to plan visual education workshop of a daughter,
and the use of educational dims in August 25, at
600 Join
Farm Tour
Wednesday
In Haywood
Examples of Agricul
tural Progress in
County Seen By
Large Group
A rounded picture of progressive
agriculture was seen by approxi
mately 600 persons during the first
Haywood county farm tour con
ducted since the start of the war.
Beef and dairy cattle, pastures,
hybrid corn, hurley tobacco and
modern home facilities were visited
during the morning and after an
excellent meal served at the Crab-tree-iron
Dull school by the P.-T.
A. the afternoon was spent looking
over farm machinery as displayed
and explained by dealers.
Crabtree township won the cup
for having the largest attendance,
with a group estimated at 110.
Leonard Westmoreland, president'
of the county demonstration farm
ers, made the presentation to Jack
Rogers. All townships in the county
were represented on the tour, con
sidered to have been the most suc
cessful ever held.
The convoy of vehicles, which to
taled nearly 150. left from the
courthouse here under the guid
ance of County Agent Wayne Cor
pening and made its first stop at
the Jule Boyd farm in Jonathan
Creek.
Here the group went into his
field of Ladino clover, saw his son
Jerome's baby beef and a group of
other fine Aberdeen Angus and
srw his stand of T-20 hybrid corn.
Mr. Boyd related that" his hybrid,
planted in early May, was given
300 pounds of fertilizer and 400
pounds of nitrate of Soda. It was
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1400 On
Your Dial
McClure Killed
On Construction
Site In Raleigh
Funeral services for C. O. Mc
Clure, who sustained fatal injuries
Tuesday on a const ruction job in
Raleigh were held Thursday at the
Hazelwood Presbyterian church.
Burial was in (Jreen Hill cemetery.
Mr. McClure was reported to
have been silling on a steel beam
at the building siu- when a franc,
raising the beam, buckled and
pinned him against a brick wall.
He died of internal injuries and s aticm
.shock wliile en route lo a hospital
alter having been removed irom
the wall by members of the Ra
leigh fire department.
He had been working for C. L
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Whitener Prevosl,
I Hazelwood, announce the birth
Rosalie, on Monday.
Mission hospital in
classes during the year.
Asheville.
Formal Naming Of Walters
Dam To Be Held Sept. 9th
Wednesday
Morning
Last Piece Of Equip
ment Was Being
Installed By Crew
Last Night
Plans were completed yesterday
afternoon for radio station WHCC
to go on (he air at
ine o'clock Sunday,
vith a non-commer-lal
program until
.en o'clock, prepar
ltory to going on
.ull schedule opera
.ion at 6:30 a.m.
Monday for 17 hours
a day.
The announcement
was made by Robert
M. Wallace, general
manager, after he
had received the last
piece of equipment
for the station
Thursday noon. A crew of techni
cians began installation of the
equipment last night, and by work
ing all night, expected lo begin
tests this morning. "Unless there
is an unusual delay, we will he on
the air by one Sunday," Mr. Wal
lace said.
Mr. Wallace and telephone offi
cials are trying to work out de
tails for getting a telephone line
from Canton to Waynesville in
order that a major part of the 41st
annual Labor Day program can be
carried on Monday. "If we can get
the line, our plans are to carry a
major part of the Canton program
on the air," Mr. Wallace said.
The staff for the station have ar
rived in town, and already assumed
their duties in getting last minute
details ready for the initial broad
cast Sunday at one o'clock.
Plans are to have the formal
opening of the station in the near
future, Mr. Wallace, and Zeno Wall,
Jr., commercial manager announc
ed jointly.
The program Sunday will be a
dedication to those who have work
ed so untiringly to get Die sta
tion on the air, and special tribute
will be paid those who have assist
ed in completing the station. The
group will include contractors, sup
pliers and crews who have often
worked far into the night to meet
schedules. There will be no com
mercials on Sunday's program.
Each member of the staff will be
presented to the radio audience
during Sunday's introductory pro
gram.
The transmitter and other equip
ment were checked and passed all
inspections here Wednesday morn
ing as the station went on tlie a;r
for three hours, between 1 and 4
a.m. Those who listened in reported
(he reception clear and strong. An
engineer in Atlanta checking (he
said i( was splendid in
"very way. The cheeking (here was
done by the Van Norstrand Radio
Engineering Service. Mr. Wallace
brought in from Winston-Salem,
C. M. Smith, Jr.. consulting en
gineer, who made the checks and
tests on the ground. Both engin
eers approved every phase of oper
ation.. The studios of the station are
over the Park Thea(re, and have
been built at considerable cost to
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to attend the conferences and pro
grams which have been held on
manager. A decision is expected the Lake grounds since the season
from Washington next week. i opened June 1.
L. N. DAVIS, President
R. B. Green, REA field engineer,
and W. A. Kuntz. representing the
project engineer, were present
when the bids were opened Tues
day. Once the first section of the
"K" project is completed, the re
maining 73 miles would then be
offered to the same contractor at
a similar price.
L. N. Davis, cooperative presi
dent, will preside at the annual
meeting here Saturday. The high
light address will be given by
Gwyn B. Price of Raleigh, chair
man of the North Carolina Rural
Electric Authority.
Twelve prizes will be given in a
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"The interest in the programs
Light company's hydroelectric plant
at Waterville in honor of Charles
S. Walters will be held at the plant
at noon Tuesday. Sept. 9.
Surrounded by high mountains,
have run high this season and we tm? Srci" Walters installations are
have every reason to be thankful
for such a successful 90-day session."
Legion Home, Highway
Lots To Be Auctioned
The American Legion home on
Depot street will be sold at auc
tion at 1:30 p. m. Saturday, it was
announced by Penny brothers, auc
tioneers. At 3 p. m. a group of 35
lots on the highway near the rub
ber plant will be sold, part of the
J. C. Welch estate.
adjacent to the Great Smoky Moun
tains National park. The Walters
plant is one of the largest hydro
electric developments in the South
east and is the main source of pow
er for elctric service in Asheville
and surrounding territory.
The ceremony marking the nam
ing of the plant will feature re
sponse by Mr. Walters, who is vice
president of Carolina Power and
Light company in charge of opera
tions in the western division. An
inscribed plaque bearing the new
name of '.he plant, mounted on, a
stone pedestal, will be unveiled by
Miss Jane Firmin of Findlay. Ohio,
11-year-old niece of Mr. Walters.
The principal address will be
made by D. Hideii Ramsey, general
manager of the Asheville Citizen
Times company. L V. Sutton, pres
ident of Carolina Tower and Light
company, will be master of cere
monies. The public is invited to attend
the dedication ceremonies a the
plant in Waterville, which is locat
ed on Pigeon river in Haywood
county. Special guests for the occa
sion will be C P and L directors
and their wives. A meeting of
directors is scheduled, to be held
in Asheville Wednesday. Sept. 10.
Souvenir booklets, to be distrib
uted to those attending, will car
ry photographs of Mr. Walters and
the Walters plant and dam, a bio
graphical sketch of Mr. Walters,
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MISS YORK GRADUATES
Miss Edith Juanita York was
among the summer graduates at
the recent commencement exercises
at Appalachian State Teachers col
lege at Boone.
Miss York lives on route one.
Highway
Record For 1947
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured - 40
Killed-- 6
(This Information Compiled
From Records of Slate High
way Patrol)