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WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1947
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
raw Plot
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jO mile5 of
Iheir ideal
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Browning,
kiting Engi-
es nis
IT
imins. cuici locai-
the State Highway
taixious tnai me t-
the Blue Ridge
V Wagon Road Gap
be completed at
bible moment.
load Cap section, of
She Beech Gap sec-
has been graded
lith crushed stone.
link of four miles
Uorists a complete
Waynesville and
mast scenic views
Parkway.
aid in a letter to
'I have received
pes appearing in
er relative to the
of completing as
Me that section of
ween Wagon Road
Gap in order that
pe opened for use.
felt that this work
fously pushed and
that I am not
ling that the peo
Sorth Carolina are
fof any benefit from
p Parkway.
mm. wat youc in
July completion 6t
meet with success.
Wp think that the
ferviee Would show
the completion of
realized how eag
le for it."
has worked close-
:k Service on loca-
fkway, and is per-
'ith the project
plina as any other
Won the Parkway.
pe, has been done
Uted.
urriiture
II Open
Pet. 10
R store will hold
k Friday. October
fn on the main
Felwood, it i.
c- 'ford i James.
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Lay Eng
ious To Finish D-iSj&
kway Section
Would Push Road
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im-atms cugincei tu uie aiaie mgn
way commission, in a letter to The
mountaineer, says lie thinks the
mile section ot the Parkway
Beech Gap should be pushed
completion.
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Six Named
Of Haywood
Library
J. T. Bailey Is New
Member Of Library
Board Appointed By
Commissioners
Appointments were made for
specified terms on the six-member
Haywood County Public Library
board Monday during the regular
semi-monthly session of the coun-;
ty commissioners. !
J. T. Bailey of Canton was named :
to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mrs. H. A. Helder. j
Mr. Bailey and Mrs. T. L. Gwyn of :
Waynesville were app'ointed for six
year terms; Glenn C. Palmer of
Clyde and Col. J. Hardin Howell (
of Waynesville for four years;
George A. Brown. Jr.. Waynesville
and Mrs. Troy Leatherwood of Jon-1
athan Creek for two years.
At the expiration of succeeding
terms, appointments will be made
for six year periods.
The commissioners signed the
contract for the erection of the col
ored school at Canton with Jerry
Liner, Lake Junaluska contractor,
having accepted his low bid of
$97,665 during August. Electrical
and plumbing expenses, in addi
tion to the general construction.1
will make the new school cost a to
tal of $116,330.43.
One road petition was received
from Beaverdam township, request
ing that the state improve a quar
ter-mile section of rural road.
Present for the meeting were
Chairman George A. Brown, Jr.,
Commissioners D. J. Noland and J.
H. Hipps.
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AfUdlU
Simpson Credits Papers
With Better News Content
"Newspaper publishers are giv
ing more attention to news con
tent of papers today than ever be
fore," R. W. Simpson, retired man
aging editor of The Tampa Trib
une told Rotarians last Friday.
"Publishers and press associa
tions are spending untold millions
each year to get the news accur
ately and promptly. More stress is
being put upon accuracy than ever
before.
"Among some newspapers there
is a tendency to publish the 'raw!
crime' news, giving in detail some'
inaov w ""yen
meer 63, of civd
. nogerS,
e
Illness While In
Ashe vi lie
Hospital
Funeral s-rvicrs Here held Sun
day afternoon at I In- Clyde Metho
dist Church fur Grover Cleveland
Rogers. t3. who died Friday in an
Asheville Hospital. Rev. R. P. Mc
Cracken. pastor of the church, of
ficiated and interment was in Bon-A-Venture
cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: Hugh
McCracken. Steve Ferguson. Bill
aiiies, .lames I'enlaiul. Mark Fer
guson, Jack Redman Dewov li.iv
and Tom Garnet I
Honorary pallbearers were: C. I!.
Francis, C. F Brown, Sr.. V. o'
B.vers. Bryan Medford.' L. H. Cagle.
G. C. Haynes. G M. Fish. V. M.
Sutlles. C. F. Shook. F. E. Haynes,
Claud Jones. M. A. Leatherwood.
Fred Campbell, Chief W. A
Stvoupe. Manson Caldwell, Haul
Robinson, Chief (). S. Noland, Capt.
Whilesides. Mayor Jack Way. May
or Harris. Mayor Paul Murphy, Dr.
Tom Stringlield, David Cabe. Hen
ry Caddy. Jim H. Rogers. C. N. Al-
en. Jack West, and C. C. Francis.
Rogers, a native of Haywood
, county, was a former merchant of
- (. ivae. He had been active in Ih
affairs of his community and
of
4 - 'Haywood county. He had served a
at term as a member of the Haywood
to ; county board of commissioners and
j was a former alderman of the town
of Clyd
He
was at one time
member of
school board.
the Clyde township
: At the time of his death he was
employed at the state prison camp
at craggy.
! Survivors include the widow
; Mrs. hannie Cleveland Rogers; the
father, Dock Rogers; three sons
Jerry Rogers, of Waynesville
Howe Rogers, of Clyde; and Paul
I Rogers, a student at Western Caro
lina Teachers College; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Johnnie Rhinehart, R. 1
Clyde, Mrs. Hugh Francis, R, 1
Waynesville; one sister, Mrs. Bob
by Brown Ray. of Canton; and one
half brother, Hugh Rogers, of Fines
Creek.
Garrett Funeral Home
Waynesville is in charge of
of
ar
rangements.
Rep. Redden
Will Address
Teachers
Here Oct. 22
County NCEA Unit
Sponsors Public Ap
pearance of 12th Dis
trict Congressman
Rep. Monroe M. Redden will ad-
dress the teachers and patrons of
Haywood school here October 22, it
was announced this week by Paul
Grogan, president of the Haywood
Education Association, sponsor of
the meeting.
The county-wide meeting will be
held in the auditorium of the high
school starting at 7:30 p. m.
Mr. Redden is expected to dis
cuss federal aid for education, a
subject he has given much time
and study.
Much interest has been shown in
federal aid to schools during the
past year, as evidenced oy uie i.u-
merous letters wnicn weni no. ,
here relative to lunchroom support.
A lal'8e attendance is expected.
of the statements and descriptions
of things that should not come be
fore the eyes of adults, much less
young people. I have always fav
ored a clean newspaper, that left
out the degrading crime news," the
retired newspaper man said.
Mr. Simpson credited The Moun
taineer as being the best semi
weekly newspaper he knew, stating
that he read it carefully a year be
fore deciding to come to Waynes
ville to make this his year 'round
(Continued on Page Eight
a'-iear-uiatiaywood Preacher Dies
1 7 ay,, N VS
REV. WM. PRUITT, who recently died at the age of 97,
was perhaps one of the best known preachers in this area.
He baptized more than 3,000 people, and helped build more
than a score of churches during the many years of his min
istry. Mountaineers Go Down
To Strong Ehzabelhlon
Truman Asks U. S.
To Follow Food
Saving Program
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UP)
President Truman asks all
Americans to memorize and ob
serve the following food saving
program.
1. Use no meat on Tuesdays.
2. Use no poultry or eggs on
Thursdays.
Save a slice of bread every
day.
Public eating places will serve
bread and butter only on re
quest. Charles Luckman, chairman of
4th citizens food committee, said
experts in government and in
dustry were preparing special
menus that would neip nouse-
wives serve well-balanced meals
while saving grain.
Town Conducting
Inspection Now
For Fire Dangers
Inspection of buildings in the
business section of Waynesville was
begun Monday morning by Fire
Chief Clem Fitzgerald; Sam Bush-
nell. Jr.. building inspector; and
Willard (Andy I Moody, electrical
nspector.
The group expected to complete
their check of the fire zone within
three days. All fire hazards noted
n the buildings are being called
to the managers' attention so that
remedial measures may be taken.
Boy Scouts Will
Reorganize On
Oct. 13 At Lake
Announcement is made today of
the reorganization of Troop 8 of
the Boy Scouts at Lake Junaluska.
The first meeting will be held
next Monday, October 13, at , 7
p. m. at Long's Chapel and all boys
12 years of age and over are invited
to attend and join the troop.
Scoutmaster for the group is
Russell Fultz and assistant scout
master is Rural Noland. The troop
committee, is composed of Wallace
Ward, Hessie Terrell and R. C. El
lis, Link Ensley and James Kirk-Patrick.
WTHS Gridders Take
First Loss After 13
Straight Victories By
39-26 Score
Overpoweivd by a big and fast
Cyclone line and the hole bursting
j of Pat Spurgeon, the Waynesville
Mountaineers tasted their first de-
feat after 13 straight wins in a
1 thrilling display of offensive foot
ball seen by more than 4.000 ex
, cited fans here Friday night.
1 Elizabethton took the victory 39
to 26, but had to earn it the hard
way as Ervin Shook gambled on
fourth down plays and fired a pass
ing attack that placed Waynesville
ahead in the first quarter and al
most evened the ground offensive
of the heavier '1 ennesseans.
The game was filled with cli
maxes from start to finish: from
Betsy halfback Shakee Kassem's 60
yard running blast for touchdown
on the second play from scrim
mage to Jack Noland's pass inter
ception in the waning minutes and
90 yard scoring dash ahead of the
orange jersied wolfpack.
Hugh Caldwell, playing with a
badly bruised shoulder, became
one of Waynesvile's big guns by
shifting to end and sharing the
pass catching with halfback Dick
Powers and ends Bud Sheehan
and Hoot Gibson. And Carroll
Broome, Cyclone guard, earned
himself a big moment of glory
by taking the ball from Shook
as he was smothered trying to
get off a pass, and running 50
yards for a crucial touchdown.
Had the play gone the other
way the pass gotten off and set
the Mountaineers in scoring posi
tion the game might have ended
in a tie. Thus the balance in favor
of the visitors could be called
their pass defense, which bottled
up receivers on numerous attempts,
and with a fast breaking Cyclone
line that kept steady pressure on
Shook and Powers, who alternated
in tossing.
First Quarter
Elizabethton ran back Watkin's
opening kickoff from their 25 to
the 38. A spinner picked up two
yards, and on second play Kassem
hit right end behind excellent
blocking and ran 60 yards for the
initial score. His kick for extra
point missed.
Shook returned Campbell's
kick from the 10 to 36. On third
play from scrimmage he hit
Sheehan with a pass on the Eliz
abethton 42. Shook touted the
(Continued on page fi
More Than 1,000 Sunday
Visitors Enier Parkway
At Wagon Road Gap
28 Haywood
Baby Beef
Entries In
Stock ShoVv
Judging Today Sale
Tomorrow In Annual
District Show At
Biltmore
Twenty-eight baby beeves will be
entered by Haywood counfy 4-H
and Future Farmers of America
youths in the W. N. C. Fat Stock
show and sale which opens this
morning in Haney warehouse, Bilt
more. The calves will be judged today
by J. C. Poiree of N. C. State col
lege, and sold r.t auction Wednes
day by Oscar Pitts, auctioneer of
the Asheville livestock yards.
Sponsoring the annual event arc
the N. C. Bankers Association, the
Asheville Chamber of Commerce
and Asheville Coca-Cola Bottling
company. Wayne Corpening, the
Haywood farm agent, is a member
of the steering committee, and
Jonathan, Woody, president of the
era comouuee. '
All calves shown In the Hereford
show here last week will be en
tered, except the three that were
sold.
rour-H club members partici
pating in the competition are:
Waynesville Joe Love, Ted Fran
cis, Wade Francis and Laura P.
Woody; Bethel Neal Stamey, Joan
Patsy and Donald McCracken; Lake
Junaluska Jimmy Howell; Iron
Duff Joe Medford, James Mor
row and Dan Davis; Crabtree Bet
ty Ruth Ferguson, Robert Ledford,
Max and Woody Best; and Jona
than Creek Jerome Boyd.
Ten calves will be shown by
members of the Clyde FFA chap
ter: Howell Brown, Newell Jack
son, Buddy Ford, Rex Shuler, Joe
Terrell, Donald Carver, Joe Mor
row and Carl Mann.
Cheshire To Speak
At Lions Meeting
Here This Week
Godfrey Cheshire of Raleigh,
state agent for the Fidelity and
Guaranty Fire Corporation, will
speak on the National Fire Preven
tion week theme Thursday evening
at the Lions club meeting, it is an
nounced by Paul Davis, program
chairman.
At thp mppiincr lflt u-nplr Alin
... . , , " i o t Waynesville. Mrs. Avery s son.
Ward, chairman of Lions educa- C()1 J()hnston Av(.r y of thc dcpart.
tion conducted a qmz program ment of jusit(, . r(.mained in BerIin
with the assistance of the tail- in tho intorcst of , he united States,
twister, Howell Crawford. Mr Avcrv was a former Nortn
It was voted at that time that j Carolina newspaper man.
the club would share expenses with .
the Rotary club for installing a i n ( rj u lyjii
line from the local radio station to Ioosltrs -,UD 111
the Towne House so that the talks i nri rpi Jn vr:..L
of outstanding speakers who ad-!Meet Thursday Night
dressed either organization could ' The Hazelwood Boosters Club
be broadcast. The Rotary club is will meet at seven o'clock Thurs
expected to make a decision on the day evening at the Presbyterian
matter this week. ; church for the regular monthly
The Lions also decided that they I dinner meeting
would have a ladies' night program I Frank Underw ood is president,
October 30. and John Summerrow is secretary.
Haywood Apples To Be
Entered In State Fair
Apples from about six Haywood
orchards will be displayed at the
State Fair which opens in Raleigh
next Tuesday.
Among the orchards sending
down displays include Barbers Or
chards. Robert McCracken, Hugh
Massie, Robert Boone, Boiling Hall,
and Homer Justice.
Howard Clapp, assistant direc
tor in charge of the Mountain Test
Farm here, is in charge of the hor
Trees Now Beginning
To Change To Autumn
Colors In Scenic
Parkway Area
More than 1.000 motorists in over
200 cars, visited the Wagon Road
Gap section of the Parkway Sun
day afternoon, it was learned from
Ranger Carlos Dale and Engineer
Aurthur Council, of the Blue
Ridge Parkway service.
Almost every car stopped at
Green Knob for the view which
overlooks the Pink Beds and a
greater part of the 156.000 acreF
In Pisgah National Forest.
The Parkway officials announced
that the 5-mile section of the
Parkway would remain open
through October. The gate will be
open from 9 to 6 daily.
The foliage has just started to
take on fall'colors. with much de
veloping within the coming week
Some woodsmen predict full color
by the 12th, and others say it will
be about the 2()th. Much depends
on the weather conditions between
now and then.
Visitors to the Botch Gap sec
tion on Sunday reported more color
in that area than in the Wagon
Bond Gap section.
The officials patroling the 5
mile section of the Parkway re
ported that they had had no
trouble with motorists at all. None
were called down for speeding, as
everyone seemed to be there for j
one sole purpose, that of enjoying
the scenic views.
Police Arrest
Two Young Men
On Forgery Count
Two young men. listed by po
lice as Ross Sherrell and Vincent
Hall, both 18 and from Hazelwood
were arrested Friday on charges of
attempting to cash a forged check
at Ray's Department store.
The check was made out with
the signature of C. N. Allen, Hazel
wood merchant, for $28. According
to Police Chief Orville Noland,
four other checks in which Mr.
Allen's name had been forged were
passed during the early part of
September, and it is believed that
Sherrell and Hall are responsible.
The two men were scheduled for
hearing in Mayor's Court on Mon
day afternoon, with the possibility
of being bound over for trial in
Superior Court.
Weapon Designer
Ends Visit Here
Frederick H. Wallace, of New
York and Columbia, S. C, who con
tributed numerous designs to the
war department on guns, mines,
gun mounts and naval equipment,
has left for Washington after
spending a week in Waynesville.
Mr. Wallace left Sunday, accom
panied by Mrs. A. C. Avery, of
Achoi.illn -inrl M R,,f,,c I All,, r,
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ticulture display at the Fair, and
will carry down apples from Hay
wood, Buncombe and Henderson
counties.
About twelve varieties - will be
put on display from Haywood or
chards. The apples here this year
are of better quality, on an aver
age, than last year, it was ex
plained. Several displays were
made of apples from this county
at the state fair last week.
Gold Star
Mothers
Select
Nice Plot
Landscaping will
Begin Soon On Plot
In Green Hill Ceme
tery Here
A committee of Gold Star moth
ers, together with city officials,
and representatives of patriotic or
ganizations, yesterday selected
plot 100 feet by 150 )n Green Hill
cemetery for Memorial Plot as the
last resting place of Haywood vet
erans. The group looked at a number
of sites and selected one with a
slight slope, facing the new road
around the cemetery. The road
runs exactly east and west at the
point where it passes the plot and
will in all likelihood be called Me
morial drive.
The plot does not have any trees,
which will make it much easier to
landscape and beautify from the
start. , The committee was unani
mous in their decision and the
town board will take up the mat
ter Thursday night and pass the
legal resolution setting the plot
aside for graves of any veteran.
No charges will be made for use
of the plot, and all markers will be
uniform. Relatives wishing to use
the plot to bury veterans should
contact the city manager. The
same size space for veterans' whose
bodies were never recovered will
be available for a marker.
Officers of the American Legion
and AuKlHafy, and Urn. Y.eteraiSJ3f,
Foreign Wars and the Auxiliary,
are cooperating In every way and
will be glad to consult with any
family as to use of the plot.
Tentative plans are to start with
the front row at one corner of the
lot and fill the plot from front to
back. The space allocated will he
ample room for some 700 graves.
Among the plans of these select
ing thc site, was that one laree
marker be placed in the center of
the plot, with perhaps the words,
"Our War Dead" inscribed. The
name of each veterans would be on
the individual headstone or mark
er.
Several thousand bodies have al
ready left foreign soil en route to
America and are expected to ar
rive by the last of October. It is
not known whether any Havwood
veterans are among the group.
Among those selecting the site
vesterday afternoon included the
following Gold Star Mothers: Mrs.
Crews Moody, Mrs. Will Medford.
Mrs. M. C. Green, Mrs. Frank Wil
liams, Mrs. Jeter Hawkins and Mrs.
Virgil Davis. Town officials were
G. C. Ferguson, town manager, T.
Henry Gaddy and Dave Cabe, al
dermen; Col. J. H. Howell, repre
senting the American Legion; Mrs.
(Continued on Page Eight)
Wildlife Club To
Meet On Saturday
The Haywood Wildlife Club will
meet Saturday night at eight
o'clock at the Court House, it was
announced yesterday by F. G. Rip
petoe, president.
"V'.'c have several matters of urg
ent importance that we must dis
cuss at this meeting," the president
said. "It is urgent that every mem
ber be present."
Other officers include C. J.
Reece, vice president and Lloyd
Kirkpatrick. secretary.
2TI
Highway
Record For
1947
(To Date)
In Haywood
Injured - - 46
Killed-..- 7
(This information Com
piled From Records of
State Highway Patrel)
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