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r J.'; Stamter TOfNTING w A(!v- s r St LOtJWTlLLt The Waynesville Mountaineer Published T PaUi&ed Twicc-a-Week Every Tuesday and Friday "rak 1,,e LOUm' seat Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park . - 50. 77 EIGHTEEN PAGES ".nu rress and Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1947 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties iHill Cemetery To Be Site Of people L jo miles of tJjj,eir ideal !F 9 wm Fir Rlileou KBIidl Don Ww Q ml Merchants Adopt Active Fall Program CO ral (Put Nov. ilarted On Uy-Wide las Program; Irate Town its Association adop fall projects at tin- Tuesday night, and kr i unified program thp Chamber of Mi will stafic on No- 29, a Tobacco Har- farturing two days pding crowning of iten, and staging a m school for the in Haywood. Bins for the two- were outlined in 1ft to a committee to iplete details. David tut of the associa- (omraittee composed irpeninj. chairman, Cobb, William Ray, H, Paul Martin and to, to work out the le event. Queen would be a p growing tobacco, K would be county- lawibers of the 22 prteunty pushing' la Program tots also decided to W Christmas shop- year, starting ill stores as well as fill the-Town board colored lights on e special Christ- Nld get underway wretion of a com. N of Emmett Bal f 1 Ray and J. C. committee will meet report at an earlv M fse Five) loys To J Calves In Calf Show PlWS Will beento-, Nshow in Waynes- K hlT Ik. . i - j me iiyae ""ure farmers of Haywood Dairymen Sei Up Breeding Organization To Improve Cattle Quality Discuss Building Feed Mill At Conference NEWTON B. DRURY. director of the National Park Service, held a lengthy conference yesterday with state Park Commissioners of Nona Carolina and Tennessee at Gatlinburg. The two-state com mission formally presented to Mr. Drury a request for a total of two millions in funds for fuller devel opment of the Park. Charles E. Ray, chairman of the North Caro lina Park Commission, headed the Tar Heel delegation at the conference. n wives will h calf: Np,ii : Buddy Ford, "u'er, one calf- Calf' .Inp T.,. F Joe MorroWi one one ealf Nalsobe entered n October h To Con-Hcasts fCToniarit Will . . L ' .LUciude nW- tnnioM e a over iber nf ? be(!n dis- , j'-v.La ueai- " cast j hiati;v:ve,5een on me nat.ve of Pppo jReport Iear, cool Clear ar,A Possible iight Civil Term Of Court Adjourned Wednesday Three civil cases were completed this week before the September term of Superior Court adjourned here Wednesday. In two actions resulting from an automobile accident near Hender sonville on June 14, Taft Matney of Lake Junaluska , and his wife received a total of $3,200 in per sonal and property judgment against James M. Ward of Zir conia. Mr. Matney received a de cision ordering the payment of $500 personal and $1,200 property damage, and Mrs. latney was giv en a $1,500 judgment. A suit regarding the ownership of some property in Waynesville township was decided by the jury in favor of the plaintiff, Cecil S. Hines. The land and house, with an estimated value of $5,000, Joe H. Palmer Is Elected To Head Association At Meet ing Monday Night The organization of the Hay wood County Cooperative Breed ing Association, Inc., was complet ed by dairymen Monday evening at a meeting in the county agent's of fice and work has begun on the breeding of dairy animals from proven sires. Officers elected by the board of directors are Joe H. Palmer of Rush Fork Dairy farm, president; T. C. Davis of Iron Duff, vice pres ident; and Jack McCracken, Pigeon, secretary-treasurer. John Carver of Waynesville has been employed as the inseminator for the artificial breeding program, and is equipped to service dairv cattle from registered guernsey or jersey bulls. He will make his Headquarters at the State Test Farm. Dairymen desiring to have a cow bred are asked to contact either the county agent or '-Pet Dairy Products company before 11 a. m. of the day when the insemination is desired, and Mr. Carver will be no tified and place the call on his schedule. A fee of $2 will be charged for life membership in the county association on the first service call. Service charges have been set at $5.50 for each animal, with three inseminations given if necessary. "It is felt by the organization that the use of registered bulls will quickly raise the quality of milk cattle in Haywood county, in crease the production of milk con siderably and give the producers arger incomes," states County Agent Wayne Corpenlng. Haywood county's present dairy income is approximately $sou,ouu annually. Of the 23,000 cattle in Haywood, 8,500 are dairy type; owned by 33 grade A dairymen and 300 manufacturing milk pro- Collision Near Dellvood Is Fatal To G. C. Duncan, Injures Three Thursday District Legion Meet To Be Held Tues. At Canton R. L. PREVOST is shown speaking to a group of Haywood farmers, business and civic leaders here Monday evening as the Farmers Fed eration proposed to build a feed mill tor Western North Carolina. Seated, facing the camera, left to right: K. A. Justice. Clyde Fisher (Mr. Prevost, standing), J. G. K. McClure. president of the Federation, and C. J. Reece, president of the Chamber of Commerce. The man facing Mr. Prevost is Nathan Carver. Photo bv Ball, Farmers Federation. . Plans For Feed Mill Are Presented Local Groups Sign of Gold Weather?--Stuffed Stove Pipe One of the signs of our first cold spell came Tuesday morn ing when the fire alarm sounded for a call from r the James V. Smith residence on Meadow street. A stove had been installed and when first lighted smoke be gan coming out the front and seams rather than going through the flue. After a few minutes of excitement it was found that the smoke pipe had been stuffed with paper during storage. The situation was soon "in hand" with no damage done. Officials of the 32nd district of the American Legion will hold a dinner meeting at the Imperial hotel in Canton Tuesday evening, September 30 at 7:30 o'clock, it was announced by district com mander L. C. Hall of Canton. Approximately 60 Legion offi cials are expected to attend, in cluding representatives from the nine posts in the 32nd district which is made up of Haywood, Buncombe and Madison counties. The Varner-Rhinehart post No. had,fil wi" "e the nost rBanlzallon- District Commander Man win aci stmaster at the dinner and hppti nppiinipri fnr several months K u ac i.,nir- wcinv v nrit- as toas Will pitaiuu uvci me iuaiuto tain and family. In answering the main points involved in the suit, the jury de cided that Hines is the legal owner of the property, the Brittains were in wrongful possession of it; that they had not been induced wrong (Continued on Page Five) sion. Among the principal speakers scheduled on the program will be State Commander Ray Galloway, of Wilmington, and 5th Division Commander J. P. "Dude" Bush, of Lenoir. Haywood Singing Convention Holds Meeting Sunday The Haywood County Singing convention met Sunday afternoon in the courthouse, being called to order by Ray Parker and opening the program with the congrega tion singing "Amazing Grace". Rev. C. Y. Klkin led prayer. The following groups took part in the singing: Elkins Mission quar tet. I he Mission trio, and Riley Smith and his Tone Masters, all nf Asheville; the Shelton children and the Balsam Grove quartet from Jackson county, the Hazel wood quartet, the Smile a While quar tet from Canton, the Shelton trio; and solos by Juanita Kelley and Robert Robinson. The convention raised $5..0f! to finish paying for the piano and public address system, which ori ginally cost $450. Next meeting of the convention will be the second Sunday in De cember. p Farmers -Federation Plan To Build Mod ern FeedMill At Craggy Soon Much interest was shown in the announcement of the proposal to build a modern feed mill in West ern North Carolina by the Farm ers Federation, at a meeting here Monday night with J. G. K. Mc Clure, president, the speaker. Mr. McClure pointed out the purpose of the federation was to build farm resources in Western North Carolina, and told of the progress the cooperative had made since it started some 20 years ago. "Sales last year, for the stores alone, amounted to more than $4, 800.000." he said. i uf uiit-imis ui me ruujjfl alive ) realizing that feed prices are too high to warrant full development of the dairy and beef rattle indus tries, in addition to the poultry in dustry, have after much investiga tion, decided to build a feed mill at Craggy. "We produce good beef cattle here in Western North Carolina and here in Haywood some of the best, yet we do but little feeding. As to dairying, we still import milk to this area and from 3,000 to 4,000 cases of eggs are shipped into this section every week. "Lower feed prices would enable local farmers to produce those (Continued on Page Five) Stalled Truck Is Hammed by Auto mobile in After-Midnight Accident A collision between a stalled pickup truck and sedan about 12:30 a. m. Thursday on highway 19 one mile west of Dellwood re sulted in the fatal injury of Grady Duncan, 29, of route 1, Waynes ville, and injuries to three other persons seated in the truck. Miss Dorothy Creasman, route 1, Waynesville. and Charles Barnett, Balsam, are still in the Haywood County hospital under treatment for head injuries and bruises. Both are reported in generally good con dition. Mrs. Grady Duncan, the other occupant of the truck, also was taken to the hospital following the accident, but was released later in the day. Virgil Washington, about 18, from Ducktown in the Cherokee Indian Reservation, who wai driv ing the 1940 Ol 'imobllo sedan that collk'ed with th iruck, w Ml believed to"be" drl6USrT"lnjirel when taken home yesterday morn ing. It was reported that the 1936 Ford truck had stalled on the high way while en route home from the Cherokee Indian fair. Mr. Dun can was outside vorking on the vehicle and a friend approached in a car, headed the opposite way and stopped near the truck. Washington, reported driving to wards Hendcrsonville where he at tends school, came up behind the truck, and is said to have had his attention drawn by the glare of the car's headlights on the other side of the road, not seeing the truck until too late to stop. The .sedan collided heavily with the rear of (lie truck, knocking it i Continued on Page Five) Heads N. C. Grou s t M. O. GALLOWAY was elected president of the North Carolina Hereford Breeders Association at the recent state convention. Mr. Galloway is one of the largest Wwfura cfcmeit-ln -Mortals and -.erved i, praiacteftUflf 'lhJthetdrf eh w Haywood association, as wen as dl-lhapg helaFge 'mtmume rector of the state group. Photo by Ingram's Studio. Report On Copenhagen At Baptist Church Sun. Mrs. W. T. Crawford and her granddaughter. Ann Coman Craw ford, who attended the Baptist World alliance when it met this summer in Copenhagen, Denmark will relate their experiences while in Europe during the evening wor ship service Sunday at (lie First Baptist church. This will be the first opportunity the church membership and many interested friends have had to hear of the events which took place at the World Alliance. The public is invited to attend the service, which starts at 7:30 p.m. Six Tried Monday In Local Police Court Six cases were tried Monday af ternoon in Waynesville police court. One defendant was fined $100 and costs on a reckless driving count and another driver paid the costs of court for speeding. Four persons charged with reckless driv ing also were assessed the costs. Insurance Group Plans Fire Prevention Week Big Crowds Expected At Hereford Show, Sale Widespread interest is being shown in the sixth annual Hay wood County Hereford Breeders show and consignment sale, to be held Wednesday, October 1, on the Waynesville Township high school grounds. Approximately 300 catalogues listing the 51 cows and five bulls to be offered for sale have been mailed out, reports Wayne Corpen lng, county agent. Requests for catalogues have come from as far away as California, Washington, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Maryland and West Virgina. Representatives of the American Hereford Breeders association and leading journals in that field will attend the sale, and be guests at the banquet Tuesday evening in the llazelwood school cafeteria. All owners of registered Here fords arc invited to enter their an imals in the show. Approximately 100 head of animals in breeding ( lasses and 25 baby beeves are ex pected to compete for prizes. En tries are asked to report to offi- show grounds before Town Board Donates Site For Burial Of War Dead Patriotic Organiza tions Cooperating; Plan Suggested By Gold Star Mothers A "memorial plot" for Haywood men killed in action in World War II will soon be developed In Green Hill cemetery. In fact, plans will be pushed to have the plot ready for the first bodies which are ex pected from overseas cemeterieb late in October. The "plot" will be donated to the honor of the men by the town of Waynesville. Wb.Ue official ac tion has not bepfl taken, two mem bers of the -board, Henry Gaddy and Dave Cabe told The Mountain eer yesterday they heartily ap proved the plan and felt sure Dr. Tom Stringfield, the third member of the board, would be equally as interested when he returned to town. Plans are to invite mothers of the service men who died in serv ice, to accompany city officials and select the "plot" they prefer. Ten tative plans are to have a plot that will take care of 50 to 75 graves. There were about 110 Haywood men killed during the war, but some families, It is believed, have already made arrangements to have the bodies of the aervice meh burled in private cemeteries or in family plots. Appropriate and standard; size bronze markers would be placed at nd per- u merit -in- the center, with a bronze tablet, on which would probably be Inscribed: "Our World War II Dead." Provision would also be made for those men whose bodies were never recovered after battle. Both local patriotic organiza tions, the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, are en thusiastic about the plan. William Medford, commander of the Legion, said: "We will gladly cooperate in every way to promote this project. We feel we are due this honor to the men who gave their lives, and we stand ready to be of assistance to the families and town authorities." R. Roy Campbell, commander of the V. F. W., told The Mountaineer: We discussed this project only re ( Continued on Page Five) with tempera- . ' Wf cln . lni. -"" oi Min. fall 84 SO .09 Two Clyde Boys Receive High State FFA Honors Teacher And Students Play Detective And Get Back Two Stolen Bicycles Robert C. Evans, agriculture teacher of the Clyde High School, has recently announced that two boys, Rex Shuler and David Mc Cracken, members of the Clyde Chapter of the Future Farmers of America, have received the Caro lina Farmer Degree, the highest honor which can be conferred by the State of North Carolina in FFA work. The requirements for this de gree arc very high. The projects carried through by these boys this year were success fully completed, according to Mr. Evans. Rex Shuler had 5 acres of corn for grain; 2 acres of corn for silage; 8 acres of permanent pasture; 5 acres of legume hay; 310 acre of tobacco; 1 fat hog; 1 dairy cow; 2 pure bred beef cows; 2 pure (Continued on Page Five) Students at Central Elemen tary school are grateful to some unknown person whose watchful eyes kept two of their bicycles from being stolen on Tuesday morning. The stranger appeared at the door of Claude Rogers, the principal, to ask whether any of the students' bicycles were missing. He related that he had passed by the school ear lier that morning, after classes had begun and saw" two boys looking over the bicycles in a suspicious manner. A little later, when driving in Hazel wood, he saw the same two youths traveling along the highway on bicycles, and thought perhaps they were stolen. Mr. Rogers didn't know whether the bikes were from his students' collection or not, but sent word to the classes and had all those that owned bicycles to come out and see if theirs was where it had been left. In short order two sixth graders, David Felmet, Jr., and (Continued on Page 'Fivel Members of the Haywood Coun ty Insurance Exchange met Friday! cials at the at the Patton and Morgan agency 1 8 o'clock Wednesday morning. The office in Canton with Paul Davis judging will begin at 10 o'clock, of Waynesville, president of the : The school bus shed again will group, in charge. ; be used as the animal stall and is Plans for the observance of Fire now ready to receive animals, states Prevention Week, October 6-11, Mr. Corpening. were discussed ny representatives; Judging will last until noon, of the eight member agencies. (Continued on Page Five) ll.Year-Old Boy At Crabtree Has Case Of Polio J. V. Parks. ll-year-o!d student in the Crabtree-Iron Duff school and son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Parks, was taken Tuesday to the North Carolina Orthopedic hospital at Gastonia for treatment of poliomyelitis. This is the first case of polio re ported by the District Health de partment for Haywood county in 1947. The student was taken home Monday and examined the follow ing day by his physician. The orig inal diagnosis was checked at the Asheville Orthopedic home, after which the youth was sent to the Gastonia institution. Other students in the sixth grade class went home Monday, but were back in school Tuesday morning. Polio is not recognized as a disease spread by personal contact. Visual Education Plan Adopted By Instructors Officers and committeemen of the Haywood county Education As sociation adopted a county-wide visual education program here this week, as they met with Miss Rose Lee Anders, field secretary of the state association. Tentative plans are to have a machine in each school, and 'to co operate with the county school board in getting other equipment for the special training of all students. A number of Haywood teachers are now taking a special course in visual education under the direc tion of Dr. C. D. Killian, of West ern Carolina Teachers College. Visual education is already part of the course of study for a num ber of schools in Haywood. Several others have machines already pur chased and will put them into use at an early date. Paul Grogan is president of the (Continued on Page Five1 Highway Record For 1947 (To Date) In Haywood Injured ---45 Killed---- 7 (This Information Com- piled From Records of State Highway Patrol)