North Carolina Newspapers

idrd PRICING Cv ?0 S first St people I miles t'f The Waynesville Mountaineer Published Twice-a-WeeK Every Tuesday and Frici y ' : f on I ublished Twue-a-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park UnitpfJ P....... j . . - SIXTEEN PAGES - ana associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1947 $o.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties r ay 'amities Plan :rate In Using t, Bread hun'f request irve food by using Uivs. and no poul- In Thursdays in2e in the eating Is 0 the country, I families have Ins to cooperate mtram. will be no change liws having forced housewives already ports gathered in a Irvpv w - places had planned lid ourchascd their hwiA davs in U Tuesday came lange made in res esident's appeal radio braodcast said that if other Lid agree not te Tuesday and poul Thursdays, h Until all agree which appears un- luntary basis lei that competition Dmake it necessary kinue offering meat government ration Ike only fair way to ption of meat and per prices by the firm kid be no help, a rites saying 'that It tvmld return and pay high price while dealers who rough normal chan- their counters bare Auction of livestock lower prices, he P Press survey over the situation rrous individuals fiington that they the president's Truman did at pe and a few res. ported offering no 1 he overall sav Mcved to be Beading inarkcts. in pas City, still ron- Hie high urices L . F'erai months; held emand in America. and the nrnsnpet it.- caused hv tho 'he Midwestern Club To urday Wildlife fnl meeting at the -""J lllglll K Raleigh, editor P'ne and former game commis- uest speaker at Folate attention, nd those in- are rnn..-j F r. . F "lypeioe, e organization an- three P orsanization put Ra- Drna . r. m which Put nh0. . thev hunt- r "lose tl,: part Rip- aitj an- ? Report tjjwntaineer by w Bureau): 9 miM .7" Variable 5, hghty cooler, H j tomorrow. - Partly cloudy tempera. 'he staff 0f the Rinf.U 58 .74 ill iuuu uaviug MJ I :L All Schools (Uli mamiig Lime In Haywood Heads Teachers that has an in HENRY M. DAVIS, of the Hen dersonville high school, is presi dent of the Western District of NCEA, which meets in Asheville today See Story on Page Three Paper Group Will Tour Plant Today At Canton 450 Persons At Con ference In Asheville To Be Guests of Champion Plant Some 450 guests attending ; joint meeting of , pulp and paper groups which opened for a three- day session at Asheville Thursday, are scheduled to visit the Cham pion Paper and Fibre company's plant at Canton Friday. Approxim ately 60 Champions have been as signed as guides for the group who will tour the mill and have lunch at the Champion Cafeteria at noon. The Asheville meeting is spon sored by the Champion Caper and Fibre company, and the Ecusta Paper Corporation of Brevard. Reuben B. Robertson, president of Champion, and also president of the American Pulp and Paper as sociation, will deliver the principal address at the banquet Saturday- evening in the Asheville City Audi torium where the sessions are be ing held. Homer H. Latimer, immediate past president of The American Pulp and Paper Mill Superintend ents association, will attend the meeting from general offices, at Hamilton. W. P. Lawrence, supervisor of Canton Champion's research lab oratory, is chairman of chemical products committee and will take an active part on the fall program today. A special square dance program is being held in Asheville audi torium this evening with all Cham pions invited. A colorful banquet and dance will conclude the 3-day program Saturday evening. BROOKS MEDFORD ENTERS APPRENTICE SCHOOL Brooks Medford, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Medford of Lake Juna luska, has entered the apprentice school at Newport News, Va. He was a member of the 1947 graduat ing class of Waynesville high school.' Rains This Week Aiding Change In Foliage Colors The rains of Tuesday and Wed nesday, together with the sunshine on Thursday, have made many changes in the coloring of foliage throughout this area. By this week-end the mountain sides should be a riot of color, and some of the higher places will be at their best. Most all dogwood and wild cher ry ts now at its peak in red leaves and the poplars of golden yellow add to the many colors now pre vailing in all wooded spos, Fire Drills Are Held By Thursday Local Firemen Su pervise Drills Here, Are Pleased With Result S As a main teal 11 re in (lie observing- (,f National Kir,. Prevent 1011 veck. all m iiouls in Waynrsillc mil llazclwood conducted a Pre lrill simultaneously at II o'clock Thursday morning under the super vision el (he local Kire Depart nent. Firemen were slatioivd at each school to assisl .school officials in he drill. All schools evacu ited within two minutes alter Ihr ilarni sounded, reports Fire riel lem Filzgerald. who expressed limself as hcin well pleased with 'esults of the drill. All schools in North Carolina vere holding drills at (he sarin lour, the first tune this has evei Jcen carried out in the state. In iividual schools are required In conduct fire drills each month. Chief Fil.'-erald reports that in spection of buildings in Wavnes- llle.- fire zone will be continued oda The three inspectors have 'becked business places on Main ird Church streets, and will be vorking 111 the Depot street vicin l.v. Although the majority of places lie free from most ordinary fire lazards. (he fire chief slates (hat several buildings have faulty wir ng. had furnace pipes, and junk n basements and main floors (hat need to be remedied. Robert L. Sloan Elected To Post In 30Div.Assn. Robert L. Sloan, retiring secretary-treasurer of the 30th Infantry Division Association, was unani mously elected executive secretary of the association, a newly created post, at the recent reunion of the division in Nashville. As executive secretary, the only paid, full-time officer of the asso ciation, Mr. Sloan will particularly be charged with the keeping of records and editing the 30th Divi sion News. During the last year Mr. Sloan, who holds an executive posifion with the Red Ace Petroleum com pany in Nashville, of which Col. James W. Perkins, is president, had given two-thirds of his time to the work of the association with Col Perkins' approval. Mr. Sloan, a warrant officer and chief clerk in the A. G. office of Col. Perkins during the war, went to Nashville from his home hero affer his discharge to continue in civil life his association with his chief in the Army. 15 From Clyde Enter College Fifteen boys and girls have left Clyde this fall to enter colleges in this state and others. They are: Alice Fincher and Daris Brown, Limestone college, Gaffney, S. C; Gladys Brown, the Womans College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Glenn William Brown, Wake For est; Dean Parris and Margaret: Graham. University of North Car-j olina, Chapel Hill; Paul Rogers and , Margaret Cole, Western Carolina: Teachers College, Cullowhee; Joel Terrell and David McCracken, J State College, Raleigh; Aileen Francis and Nell Collins, Gardner Webb College; Herbert Simpson, j Central College, Union, b. C; Bruce and Reeves Hawkins, Uni versity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Hundreds of visitors are ex pected to visit the higher moun tains section this week-end, includ ing the 5-mile section of the Park way at Wagon Road Gap, Soco Gap. Newfound Gap and Cove Creek Gap. Already many visitors from the lowlands have come to the section for the color season, and included among them are some artists who have come here to paint during the next few weeks New Builders Are Warned To Secure I Town Permit .Building Or Repairing Without Permit Is ! Violation of State Law A warning was issued yesterday ! by city officials that no new build-j ing. nor repairs to buildings can' legally be made until a permit is ; issued by the city building inspec tor. ! "We are finding many instances where permits have not been is-; sued, and this is in violation of the state law," G. C. Ferguson, town! manager said. ! Sam 11 Hushnell is building in spector. Mr. Ferguson also called atlen-1 lion (o (he facl that no electrical connections will be made by the town electric department until an electrical inspection , has been made of the w iring. "Often we i have calls to turn electricity on a1 building that has not been inspect-' cd We alway s refuse and some-: times it causes a misunderstanding1 on the part of the property owner," he said. All persons having electrical wir ing done should contact Willard "Andy" Moody for an inspection. yalgta A ss. rrojeci Next Week Work Scheduled To Start In Highlands Section For 300 More Consumers Krection of power lines for the first half of the 148-mile "K" proj ect will begin next week in the vicinity of Highlands, it is an nounced by R. C. Sheffield, man ager of the Haywood Electric Mem bership Cooperative, REA. F. D. Cline Construction com pany of Raleigh has the construc tion contract, with materials being furnished by the cooperative. The rights-of-way for the 75-mile sec tion have been staked and partly cleared, and the erection of the line is expected to be completed wilhin 90 days after work begins. The contract was approved by the federal REA office September 30. when Mr. Sheffield made a trip to Washington. The initial section will serve 300 houses in Macon and Jackson coun ties. The second 73-niile section, which will be started as soon as materials are available, will reach a similar number of consumers in Jackson and Transylvania counties. When the "K" project is com pleted the HEMC will be serving approximately 3,000 customers with 450 miles of power line. Two Youths Of Canton End Cruise To Bermuda Elmo N. Clontz, son of O. J. Clontz of Canton, and Doyle Crum. son of F. H. Crum, have completed a two-week naval reserve training cruise to Hamilton. Bermuda, aboard the heavy cruiser USS Al bany, according to news received this week from the Great Lakes training center. Vaynesville- Game Is Set Haywood county gridiron fans will assemble tonight in the Black Bear stadium when the first en counter of the 26-year-old rivalry between Waynesville and Canton high schools will be staged this season. The game will start under the lights at 8 o'clock, with the win ner emerging as a strong favor ite for the Blue Ridge Athletic conference championship. On Thanksgiving Day the teams will meet again to conclude their schedules, playing at Waynesville. With both teams having dis played an open style of offense in games thus far, another high scor-1 ing match appears to be shaping , Grand Champion Baby Beef In "TONY," winiHT of the Haywood county and Western North Carolina .t'aiut t'hampion sliip anions baby bee'xes raised by 4-H and FFA inenibers, posed with his owner, Ted Francis of Waynesville, after beim' awarded the blue ribbon here during the October 1 show, Wednes day he took his second blue ribbon in the district show at Biltmot e. -A Mountaineer photo by Ingram's Studio. Ted Francis In W.N.C. Baby Beef Show Tuesday Methodist Pastors At Charlotte Conference Review of Yearly Ac tivities Being Held At Charlotte for W. N. C. Churches Methodist pastor, of Haywood county churches are now attending the annual conference session in Charlotte at the conclusion tif the church year. The meeting began Wednesday and will continue through Monday, when church appointments will be announced for the coming year. Bishop Clare I'uitcII of the Char lotte area met with the 10 West ern North Carolina district super intendents early this week in mak ing preparations for the conference session. Haywood pastors at the meeting include Rev Walter B. West, su perintendent nf Hie Waynesville district; Rev lJaul Townsend, pas tor of the local First Methodist church; Rev. Cecil Heckard, Long's Chapel; Ralph Taylor, Central church. Canton: Rev. Lewis Mabry. First thuich Canton; Rev. .1 E. B. Houser. Dellvvood charge: Rev. and Mrs. ('. O. Newell. Crabtree charge; Rev. J. E. Sempley. Clyde; Rev C. R. Ross, Morning Star; Rev. C. W. Benson. Bethel: and Rev. George Culbreth, Rockwood. Canton Grid For Tonight and both Mountaineer and up: Bear supporters are confident their teams w ill win. Up to now Canton has taken two easily-won victories over Warren Wilson junior college and Ben I.ippen; showing a strong all-round backfield, two deep, and a line that still shows evidence of greenness but with several outstanding performers. Coach Weatherby's Mountaineers last Friday tasted their first defeat in 14 games from Elizabethton's rugged Cyclone, but put up a stiff fight that forced the East Tennes see eleven to its best before out- Continued on page 7 Nr, ; NV "W Calf Wins Prize Baby Beef To Be Displayed At Bank Saturday ! The trrand champion baby beef ! of th Haywood county and West ern North Carolina shows, raised , by Ted Francis, Waynesville 4-H club member, will be displayed 1 Saturday morning in the First National bank here, it is an nounced by Jonathan Woody, president. All persons who did not see the prize !)."0-olind Hereford at I either the county or district i shows arc invited to see him at 1 that time, attended by young Francis. The steer was purchased fol lowing the distr'ct show at SI. 00 a pound, the bank paying $617.50, and Waynesville Lions and Ro tary clubs paying $166.25 each. Type Of This Page On Display At NCES Office The ty pe of this page will he put on display with the other industrial displays at the Employment Serv ice office this morning. The complete front page will be displayed with a mirror at an an gle so those who cannot read type can easily read it with the use of the mirror. A proof of the page will be beside the type to enable the public to find things in the type. The page will be complete and just as it is taken from the press after this edition is printed. Lake Trustees Season Report When the 15 members of the board of trustees of Lake Junaluska assembly meet in Atlanta on the 17th, they will hear Dr. Frank S. Love, superintendent, report that the 1947 season was the most satis factory in years. "While we did not have quite as many people, we had more satis-: tied people than at any time in many years," Dr. Love said here yesterday in discussing the report ' he will make on the season. A committee will meet on the , 14th to discuss plans for making j improvements on Mission Inn, which is owned by the assembly. W. N. C. Blue Ribbon Waynesville 441 ' Youth Gets$l Per Pound For Grand Champion Calf Ted Francis, 14-year-old student ; at Waynesville high school, won i the grand championship with "Tony, ' his 950-pound Hereford steer ill the KSlii annual Western North Carolina Baby Beef show Tuesday at llaney tobacco ware house in Billmoic. and received $100 per pound when the 15 innnl lis-nld prizew inner was sold at 'auction the following day. "Tony" had taken firsl place in the baby beef division of (he Ilay ; wood county Hereford show held litre the previous week His ownei is a member of Hie Waynesville 4-11 club and son of Mr. and Mrs. ('. T. Francis, ol Way nesville. Buyer ol the prize animal was the First National Hank. Waynes t ville Lions and Iiolary clubs, joint ' ly. The grand champion lopped all other animals by 50 cents a pound in the auction, during which the 27 baby beeves entered by Hay wood county youths were given strong support by business firms from Waynesville. Canton and Haz elwood. A total of 77 cakes were in the district competition, Haywood enteiing (he largest number. Bun combe county second with 17; Ma con, 14; Watauga, 5; Transylvania, 4; Cherokee, 3; folk. Yancey and Madison. 2 each: and Jack.ion. 1. Calves were judged according to weight in three classifications, heavy, middle and li;!hl, by J. C. Pierce of the N. C. Slate college animal husbandry department. The Franc:.-, (alt won lirst in the heavyweight division, in which Palsy McCracken. of Canton. Rt. 3, i Continued on page 3 To Hear From Love Central Elementary P.-T. A. Meet Postponed A meeting of (he Central Ele mentary Parent -Teacher Associa tion which was scheduled for last Tuesday night, has been postponed until October 21. according to an announcement by Davit Felmct, president. The meeting was cancelled this week on account of a number of conflicting meetings on the same night. Waynesville Property Is Up 8.6 P.C. On Tax List Valuation Totals $2,663,058 for 1947 With Increase In Per sonal Property Reflecting an overall increase of 8,6 percent, over the previous year. Waynesville's property valuation on the 1947 tax lists reaches a to tal of $2,663,058, according to J E. Black, county tax assessor. Of this amount, $2,035,068 is real estate and $627,990 is personal property. In 1046. when the total figure was $2,432,132, the taxable real estate was assessed ut $2,0,17,582 and personal property at $374,550 This shows a loss in the value of real estate listed for taxation of $22,514 from 1946, while personal property assessments increased bv $253,440. Haywood county's' valuation is $26,884,921, having increased $1. 866,489, or 7 per cent, over the previous year. Two Bound Over i To Sup&iSor Court IT' .("TV ir.i Appearancelbond of '$5o6 ech was posted '.-bv Rons'4 Shoriiiif' and Vincent Hjall . or tHazelwOod.' when bound pwr' by Major's court, here Monday aftemoftn foV trial In - Superior CouM'rk of. at tempting p eJ "i lWorgclt.cheW;A, ed Friday Va leu. Fwr other checks on Wileh Mr. Allen's signature had been forged were cashed at stores in Waynesville and Hazelwood during September, and police had been on the lookout for the passers since the first one was discovered. Fifteen other persons, one charged with speeding, one with driving a vehicle havypg improper lights, and 13 with public drunken ness, were released on paying the court costs in other trials the same day. Former Resident Here Passes Away A group of Masons from the Waynesville lodge went to Robbins- ville Thursday for the funeral of Shade Mcintosh, former lumber man with Suncrest Lumber com pany. Mr. Mcintosh was woods fore man here for manv vears. and aft er Suncrest closed he joined the Bemis Lumber company at Rob binsville. The Waynesville Mas ons had charge of the funeral as Mr. Mcintosh had maintained his membership here throughout the years. C. V. Sorrells Sets Corn Production Record C. V. Sorrells of the Beaverdam section has set a high corn produc tion record with his acre of hybred corn. The corn was grown on a meadow plot, under the usual farm practices, and when measured re cently by County Agent Wayne Corpening with State college in struments, which showed that 163. bushels was produced on one acn of land. Highway Record For 1947 (To Date) In Haywood Injured - - - 46 Killed---- 7 (This information Com piled From Records of State Highway Patrcl) 1 1 CI '.iii I! l5;:jUV. 'ifilft Mil mil m t it L it:i