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2jn1 !UT1NC CO v S Tir si JOPeople Ikin 20 nines o inelheir ideal tenter. EAR No. 82 Li Ralea Three Days 1 1 jaynesvme Ralea. Romanian am He United States, ac- , u. C by several niemueis ui V Waynesville wonaay alter spending ttiree oning in this area, anu (erene plates of iriter Irty stayed at the Coun- lile here. or Ralea in an inter ne press Saturday night, no fear of a third world Ine wants war; no one lor another war," he Lbassador has a feel- L United States will ac- greal deal and that re organization will soon Led the fact that his anxious that world obtained. The little kime twenty millions of bver 700,000 during the have suffered from !two winters. The out- he said, that his go along on its own Iter this w inter and not outside aid. Crop fail- ( ought about the criti rtage in Rumania, he ft drove through the Gatlinburg Saturday pd over Wagon Road lard and then to Ashe- lassador said he had Smokies even in Eu- ot to see the Rockies, so far away from t seen all of America, U the most beautiful have seen," he said, In pis section with his na- Ihern people are so K people so friendly, vf nature." is interested in Ind industry. He told that his country was h hybrid corn Thn Ipped from the South. ry program in this N to him, and the div Mry (mind in this sec- red interesting. N on Pace Five) h Visit P Tragedy Jnton Girl P'lK'(i visit In l1(,r ln tragedy Thursdav fa Fae Israel, 23, of f 'she reached her des- fi'ie fine. Tenn F critical injuries at r"ra she was struck tw she walked ar rn lse road to thn hm u , ---- Jes Israel, whom tor more than a !WS In havo K . k, UCdlt t Pe8Tl told her fricA H. also of r' w who Pi i .... Pnifd surnrisn'Mi.1 ny failed to see thP truck she alighted tar, Driver of ih D 'he brak,, v. ' loth. w iV11SS " rnarj Pat L , The truck I " uore thn "u tilt thn and ,hc accident, 'n, who was hnnrl . kharge. a reck in Hamblen "rtoWn, under hra "i concussion Carbon, C?Rep fciF '" "8ntly cool- ESIn1,eempera" r. the b it u. M. Min. fan 72 57 .itf 56 .11 The Waynesville Mountaineer EIGHT PAGES united 1 lanian Ambassador Visit Here Expresses (ear Of Another War Is Found Dead H. T. HUNTER, president ol Western Carolina Teachers college was found dead Friday near Wea verville, where he was visiting rel atives and planned to take a physi cal check-up because of recent il health. (Cut courtesy Sylva Herald- H. T. Hunter, W. Carolina President, Is Found Dead Funeral Is Held Sat urday At Weaverville t. For Educational Leader Funeral services for President H. T. Hunter of Western Carolina Teachers college, Cullowhee, who was found dead Friday in his au- tomobile near Pleasant Grove , . r ., , ... church a few miles irom Weaver- ville were conducted Saturday in the Weaverville Methodist church. Interment was made in West Me- morial Park at Weaverville. rour ministers spoke at the service: the Rev. Paul S. Kennett. pastor of the church; the Rev. Mark Osborne, pastor of the Cullo whee Baplisl church; the Rev. T H Holds, Jr.. pastor of I he Cullo whee Methodist church and the Rev. Morgan A. Kizer. pastor of the Weaverville Baptist (lunch. Prof. H. A. Hinds has been act ing as head of the college since Dr. Hunter's death, and will con tinue in that capacity until fur ther action by the board of trus tees. Classes at the institution were dismissed at noon Friday out of respect to the deceased presi dent. Dr. and Mrs. Hunter had visited her sister, Mrs. Lucy Weaver I'o (Continued on Page F.ifiht) Haywood Men Join Army During Last September Among those who enlisted in the Army during the last two weeks of September, at the Ashcville re cruiting station, are James M Holland, route 2, Canton; George L. Gillett, Canton: and W C. Stephenson, Clyde. 1 Xli V -''V' l IF Cripps Is Named To Put Crimp In Belts Of Britain AP Newsfeatures Aristocrat, socialist, lawyer, sci entist, farmer. Sir Stafford Cripps takes on a difficult role as new British minister of economic af fairs, in charge of the new belt- tightening program for his country. But he has proved his versatility in high service under both Labor and Conservative governments. He was named ambassador 10 Russia in 1940 and negotiated a treaty of mutual assistance. In 1942 he failed in a mission to India attempting to proMuc dominion status for the sub-continent but he returned with an other mission in 1946 to arrange Indian Independence. He was one of the rtrst lo in sist that war with Hitler was inevitable, denouncing Cham berlain appeasement and finally (Continued on Pae Five) I ublished Twue-a-W eck In The ress and Associated Press News 2,000 View Mountains On Parkway Drive Sun. Most Motorists Park At Green Knob To View Vast Park Panorama An estimated imml ,, 2,000 . inutorisis iMled lh,. Wagon lioad Gap are, i im,S H!Ul- Itidgc Parkway on Sunday il was learned from 'Carloe K Dale duel' ranger for tin- Parkway Mo,t ol the iini!i)i'ist parked briefly at (liven Knob to view Ihe thousands ol acres ol Incests m I color below The lew liom (irccn ! i Knob allords a LiliO decree pano rama. ; Tile Felici a agreed predicl ion ot I'orcstiA experts is that the color in tins section will be good through October 2filli, and perhaps longer. The ram, mi Saturday made the 5-mile .section el the Parkway ideal tor I unci Sunday. Ranger Dale reported iha! he had experienced no trouble what e cr w ilh motorists on I he Park way . as everyone seemed lo be thrilled it i i the scenorv and had no inclinat ion lo speed. Road Engineers ; On Inspection Of Parkway In Area R Getty Browning, chief local- .Ng engineer lor the Stale High way Commission, and li .1 Spell- j man. senior engineer of the Blue I Ridge Paikway. were on routine in- speetion lours of this area over : the week-end j i Mr. Spellman made the trip lo j ! lleech ;a) and oilier points in this area, belore returning lo Cat-1 linburg Mr. lirowning plans lo be in this I section several days on matters for , the Highway Commission, lie plans lo meet Sam P Weems, superin-1 lendonl of (be Parkway in Ashe-I . die today lor a conference mi I routine matters, i , Accidental Fire Is Put Qut Quickly Here Friday , , . - leaning fluid being used on the ' t'IUKllt a,irp "c-c-irtftilall.v 1 ;ilKIUI ;,:4' l '" Friday in the kitchen at the Shelton apartment pjgeon street, where Mr. .in,j , Mrs lliiuh Sloan are making their home, but was (juiekly extinguished by firemen. A colored girl who had been I cleaning the floors received second degree burns on her legs. According to Fire Chief Clem ' Fitzgerald, the fluid apparently wasi ignited by a small stove in the I kitchen. Mayor's Court Fines Set New High In Sept. Offenders tried in Mayor's Court here during September paid a total of $1,719.40 in fines and court costs, a record high in monthly collections, reports G. C. Ferguson, town manager. Hig'hes fines imposed under the state highway act have caused the increase rather than more arrests than usual, he states. Of the total September collec tions, S989.40 in fines will be transferred to the county school fund, and S7.10 in costs to the town general fund. r - ft I i SIR STAFFORD CEIPPS County Seat of Haywood County WAYNESVILLE, Woman Killed By Roadside V- jP nS PATROLMAN O. H. KOHKRTS points to bloodstains on the -uardpost at the sharp Lake Junaluska curve on highway uu" wnicii ivirs. Janie blow from a passing automobile Friday afternoon. Mrs. Par ker, irom 'l'ocoa. (5a., had been visiting tier sister, Mrs. Marion Ingram, at Lake Junaluska tor the first time in 2fi years; and the two women had been walking from the Ingram home to wards town when the accident occurred. This marks the eighth highway death in Haywood county during 1947. Georgia Woman Is Fatally Hit By Auto On Junaluska Curve Friday Afternoon Homer Ferguson Cited By Truman For High Honor Homer L. Ferguson, chairman of Abo bciMlL and Pant president of the Newport News Shipbuild ing and Drydock company, has has been cited by President Tru man for "invaluable contribu tion" to the war effort. Mr. Ferguson, one of Hay wood's most distinguished sons, is to be awarded the certificate of merit in recognition for his outstanding efforts in the field of shipbuilding ship conversion. William E. Blewelt, Jr., exec- utive vice president of the firm. was cited with Mr. Ferguson for . the high government honor. Robertson Sees Continued High Prices In U. S. Speaking before 400 members of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Association, in Ashcville, Reuben li. Robertson, president of Champion Paper and Fibre company, said prices would continue high. In his address Mr. Robertson told his listeners that this nation's aid- o-Kurope program will mean con- tinued high prices for some time to come because it means divert ing to Europe goods for which the demand here has not yet been sat-1 isfied. However, he said, we have ' The l)odv "f Ml"s Parker was chosen between the Christian and Prepared by Crawford funeral pagan attitudes toward the needs home and sent to Toccoa on Sat of others and we cannot back out. I urda' for funeral services. She In view of this circumstance and is survived by her husband, a of the hostile attitude of Russia. , daughter. Mrs. May Owen of Wal he concluded, we must "substitute, ,lalla' s- C.; a"d three sons, Grady, cooperative good will for coercive ! Hubert and Leroy of Toccoa. ill will between labor and manage-1 she narl boen visiting her sister ment" if we are to enjoy continued i am1 Mr' ln, am fm' the first time prosperity and preserve democ- j 'n 6 years. racy and what he termed its "cor-J Hensley was released on $1,500 ollary." free enterprise. ' i bond and a preliminary hearing Mr. Robertson was introduced by before Magistrate Wade Noland has Harry H. Straus, president of the been scheduled for Saturday on a Ecusta Paper corporation. i warrant charging manslaughter. Wartime Antitankers Hand Heroic Tradition To Waynesville Guardsmen The Croix de Guerre with 1 of the two platoons from August palm, one of the major battle 6 to 13, 1944 in the region of decorations awarded by the I Mortain, one of the key positions French government, was received last week by the local National Guard company for a heroic stand made by the first and sec ond platoons of the wartime Antitank company, 120th Infan try Regiment, 30th Infantry Division. The medals and citations were forwarded here to Capt. James M. Davis from the War Depart ment, which had received them from the French Department of National Defense. General Juin signed the cita tions on July 15, 1946. Written in French, they describe the action At The Entrance Of The Great N. C. TUESDAY, OCTOBER Photo by Ingram's Studio lJai'ker was knocked bv a fatal' I Struck While Walk ing With Sister; Driver To Face Manslaughter Charge Mrs Janie Parker, 58, of Toccoa, Ga., was insUmly killed about 2:10 p. m. Friday when struck by an automobile on highway 19-23 at Lake Junaluska. Mrs. Marion Ingram of Lake Junaluska, .sister of Mrs. Parker, was knocked down by the same car but received only minor injuries. The two women had been walk ing from Mrs. Ingram's home, near the top of the hill east of Junaluska towards the assembly ground. They were on the shoulder on the north side of the highway, at the sharp curve between Ward's and the Big Chief service slat ions, when lilt by the automobile, also traveling westward. - James Oscar I ensley, Jr.. 2!), of iniVV to,aM $63,491.58 during the ( ramerlon and Murphy, driver o,jrirs, nine montns of lg47 in Hay. (be car which hil the two women. ! wood county- benefitting approxi lold investigating officers that hc ma, onn f.rm. ii., .. r. a.1s traveling not more than 30 i miles per hour when entering the curve, and that his car .skidded on the wel pavement to the right, shoulder where the women were! j! ,,, , ,, , j ,na,"uT.,.al:'!k,".,.K ' !e n' ,h.c i . U,L' ' ",,a- I way again and collided w ith a 1 935 j Ford s,u , .,, ,K u ,y lew.s irkpatrick of route 1, Clyde.1 A. Kirkpat ."0" no'"n ur! s Veh,c,es- but caus ing no injuries. With Hensley at the time was his wife aml nine-months-old child taken during the Allied campaign in Normandy. The platoons en trenched themselves in a vital hill and held it under incessant enem yattacks, being encircled and staving off an armored counter-attack by the Germans, "bril liantly assisting the continued advance of the Allied Forces." . It is not known whether any of the men who composed the first and second platoons' of the Antitank company were from Haywood county, although the Old Hickory division still was filled with North and South Car (Continued on Page Five) Smoky Mountains National 14, 1947 Methodist Conference Is Sending New Superintendent, Pastor Here Cherry Sees W.N.C. As Leading U.S. Playground Governor and Charles Ray Address Con servation Board Monday "Greatest playground in Eastern America'' was envisioned as the goal for Western North Carolina yesterday ny Ciovernor Cherry as he opened the autumn meeting of the Board of Conservation and De velopment at Asheville. Charles E. Ray of Waynesville, chairman of the state Parks, Park way and National Forests develop ment commission, addressed the group after Gov. Cherry spoke; explaining the organization, duties and projects on which the com mission is working. The governor warned North Car olina resorts that they were com peting with "all the world" in seek ing visitors, and admonished them lo look sharply to the appearances of their communities, the quality of food and lodging, extent of rec reation, and fair prices. Cherry commended the "vigor ous" steps taken by the Parks, Parkway and National Forests com mission to utilize the "imponder able" resources of the mountain area, and called upon members of (Continued on Page Eight) Report On Farm Aid In Haywood $64,491.58 is Spent By Government In Seed And Fertilizer Purchases Triple A payments for pasture ures compiled by Miss Mary Sue Crocker, nhief H-rk th In,,. r flc(, . '''nment support of purchases of lime, phosphate, commercial fer- tilizer, grass and clover seeds have eon two times the amounts paid by the farmers who received the materials. Farmer payments during tne same period total d $31,127.39. i x,, , u . ,L ' , lion of being one of the best partic-1 j jrx naa trai ut'U llic I t'lJUlri inalinp fnuntipc nf tho nalinn in the AAA program, which subsidizes! farmers in conducting practices to school have joined the North Car make their land more productive. 1 olina Education association 100 In addition to payments already ' percent, reports Miss Mary Elmore, oo3;"16 HalyWood AAA nas Ian officer in the llavw.md NCEA 898.87 earmarked to repay the gov-! ernment's share of cost in cutting,' ,1Ul trails to inaccessible pastures a ln addition to I he 30 teachers, new practice being pioneered in District Superintendent M. H. this county. Trail payments will be Bowles and Principal C. E. Wcath made at the end of the year when erby have joined the association, the trails are inspected to see if giving it unanimous support in its (Continued on Page Eight) 'activities Tar Heel Judge Says War Blame Shared By Millions AP Newsfeatures IMjbKrvdJhKU A years judicial j experience at the rvuernberg trials! tine fnnvinAon .T11H0O V rinnaM ! Phillips of North Carolina that Hit ler welded together a conspiracy of "millions" who share the guilt of the Third Keich. r This has been the most "shock ing" experience to Phillips who now is winding up consideration of the case against Oswald Pohl and other executives of the SS charged with high war crimes. He is re turning to Rockingham, N. C, to resume his Asheville circuit court duties about November 1. Prior to this case Judge Phil lips sat on the trial of Field Mar shal Erhard Milch sentenced to life imprisonment as creator of the modern Luftwaffe and user of slave (Continued on Page Five) Park $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Will Leave j HEV. WALTER W. WEST, who has been superintendent of Metho dist churches in the Waynesville district for four years, has been as signed to bead the Salisbury dis trict it was announced Monday during the closing session of the annual conference meeting. Revival Services To Start Sunday At First Baptist Rev. Knolan Bcnflcld, Of Hickory, Will Be Visiting Preacher A special series of revival serv ices will begin at the First Baptist hureh- next Sunday, October 19y and continue through the follow ing Sunday . With the exception of Sundays the services will be each evening at 7:30. Kev. R Knolan lieniield, pastor of the First Baptist church of Hickory, will be the visiting min ister. Rev. Mr. Benlield is a grad uate of Wake Forest college and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a member of the General Board of the North Caro lina Baptist convention, and the North Carolina member of the im portant Foreign Mission Board for the Southern Baptist convention. These key positions in the life and work of the denomination and his success as pastor of one of the lead ing churches of the slale speak well for the minister who comes tc lead these services. Congregational singing will be under the direction of the pastor, Rev. L G. Elliot I Special music will be furnished by the choir at every service. Rev. Mr lieniield will arrive in "-''' ' Monday eveing service, Teachers At W. T. H. S s All Join State Group Tcacl,tT-s '" VVaym-sville high JUDGE F. D. PHILLIPS .. ' .vs!! ,4 v sOt Published . Twice-a-WeeE Every Tuesday and Friday Rev. Paul Townsend To Be Succeeded By Rev. R. L. Young Of Murphy Several unexpected, and unfore seen changes were -made in the Waynesville district by the Metho dist conference, meeting in Char lotte. The appointments read yes terday afternoon called for changes at Waynesville. Lake Junaluska. Canton, Franklin, Murphy, and district superintendent. Rev. Walter West, district super intendent, goes to Salisbury, as dis trict superintendent there, and is succeeded here by Rev. C. N. Clark, of Mount Airy . Rev. Paul Townsend, Waynes ville. goes to Areensboro. and is succeeded by Rev. R. L. Young, Murphy. Rev. Cecil Heckard, of Lake Junaluska. goes to Winston-Salem, and is succeeded by Rev. P. H. Duckett, of Matthews. Rev. Ralph Taylor, of Central church, Canton, goes to Albe marle, and is succeeded by Rev C W. Kirby. The appointments by churches are as follows: Waynesville district Rev. C. N. Clark, of Mount Airy, as superin tendent. Rev. Mr. Clark has been pastor of the Mount Airy church for the past five years. Waynesville, First church Hev. R. L. Young, of Murphy. Rev. and Mrs. Young have one son, a stu dent at Duke University. Rev. Mr. Young was a chaplain in the Navy four years, and went to Murphy a year ago. Lake Junaluska (Longs Chapel) Rev. P. H. Duckett, of Mai thews, succeed Rev. Cecil Heckard. who became pastor two years ago, after serving as chaplain in the Navy Hazelwood Mrs. M. B. Lee'be comes pastor of the church (here Canton, central church. Rev. C W. Kirby of Spencer. canton, nrst church, Rev L. Mabry. No change. (Continued on Page Kight) E. 600 Expected At Firemen's Annual Barbecue Tonight Some 600 invited persons are ex pected to attend the annual , Fire men's barbecue tonight at the Armory at 6:30. The annual event is one of the high spots of the fall session. The firemen stage different event", throughout the year to raise money for this barbecue .which is entirely financed by (hem. The department now comprises of Clem Fitzgerald, chief: Felix Stovall. asssitant, and 10 volun teer firemen. The only entertainment of the evening will be music by Tommy Millard's string band. Bushel Large Sequoias Entered In State Fair A bushel of large Sequoia pota toes, numbering only 26 with an average weight of 2'i pounds each, have been sent by Tom Alexander to enter the State Fair at Raleigh. Mr. Alexander raised the Irish po tatoes at his Cataloochee Ranch on Fie Top mountain, having harvest ed as many as 500 bushels to the acre. LEAVES FOR COLLEGE Charles Curtis Shackleton of Waynesville has left for North Car olina State college to study pre veterinary medicine. Charles is a brother of Mrs. Charles C. Furtado of Waynesville. Highway Record For "1947 (To Date) In Haywood Injured ---46 Killed---- 8 (This information Com piled From Becorda of State Highway Patrcl) c3 - 72 56