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WAYNESVILLE. N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 147
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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L.LiAn Vfi
IS. Park
We Of State
Mmission To
s News
Jy Point
Carolina Park, PaA
st Development com
d t its meeting this
t their office, to be
, in the Waynesville
,le building, as a col
1 for news of park
evelopments in this
!it have been made
bution of this news
lute news bureau on
til, reports Charles
Gun of the commls-
fco returned from the
t Hiwassee Lake
at which the com-
get jointly with West-
Carolina Associated
received word Thurs-
omas J. Allen, Park
hal director at Rich
tnmediatc action will
ipen a temporary mu-
Great Smoky Moun-
park. and to restore
!reek mill.
bm will De estaDiisnea
at the Oconaluftee
n, on Highway 107
tokee, where exhibits
ture will be displayed
Ime when the museum
ided for in the pres-
iogram can De con-
Ray states. The
(consist largely of ma
ted by H. C. Wilburn
Museum committee
ago.
Service contemplates
naturalist maintain
tt the ranger ataUU
with the exhabits,
on work is under way
Creek mill, located
per station, which will
pe operated. Consid-
ction of major inte-
Jored mill will portray
I flour were produced
:r conditions,
superintendent of the
M. is in charge of the
N. C. A. C.
Patrick, appointed by
e Chamber of Com-
f local representative
was elected to the
fimittee of that group
i
Itrirk returned here
TO' of the 11-county
vey made by WNCAC
n with the Tennessee
M.v. This survv uill
for corrections by
Commerce over the
returned to the TV A
n during the coming
of Andrews, was
sident of the WNCAC,
of Bryson Citv as
rnJgeEight)
pmokies
(Visitors
U.S. Parks
Smoky Mountains Na-
visited by 1.1B6 74R
N the travel year
u 1. led all na-
3gain in attendance
M'np to a National
1 "nnouneement this
e BIup hm i.
piia anrt wu j-
'314,353.
recreate.,.. i
r --..u.iai area in
evada drew th i.,
of
visitors of all
j . u ait
""'neoln i
tap -.i.wi mi 111
rs seconH u,uu 1
ilii. , "nil 1,040,-
for all nL
, , r 11 j aim
an
Pemjjver 1946.
KReport
,,her Bureau.-
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Kjempera,
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opmeiu ui Museum
Promised
Service
Is Honored
MISS MARGARET JOHNSTON.
Haywood County Librarian, was
recently elected secretary of the
state Library Association dining
the meeting at Winston-Salem.
Miss Johnston
Is Secretary Of
State Librarians
Miss Margaret Johnston. Hay
wood County Librarian, was in
stalled as secretary of the North
Carolina Library Association at the
close of the organization s 2-day
meeting held in Winston-Salem
recently.
Miss Johnston is also chairman
of the Public Libraries Section
and presided at the meeting of this
group." " '
Other state officers installed at
the same time were: Miss Margaret
Ligon, of Ashevillc, president;
Wendell Smiley, of Greenville,
vice-president; Charles M. Adams,
of Greensboro, 2nd vice-president;
and Miss Marianna Long, of Duke,
treasurer.
26 Green Hands
Initiated Oct. 23
Into Local F.F.A.
!
Ihe Smoky Mountain chapter ol j
the Future Farmers of America
held its annual Green Hand initi
ation on Thursday niglil. October
23rd. Twenty six members of Ihe;
freshman group were initialed into
the Green Hand degree. The Green ;
Hand is the first degree that a boy -
who is taking vocational agricul- :
ture can hold. He holds I his degree
until he has completed his first
year of agriculture, then he is ini
tiated into the Future Farmer De
gree. Two days prior to th,e initiation
the boys were at the mercy of the
older boys who held higher de
grees. Each boy was required to
wear a straw hat, blue bandana,
overalls, one nant leg rolled to the
knee and had to be able to recite
the creed when asked.
The program of initial ion con
sisted of various stunts that the
boys had to perform. After this the
regular installation ceremony was
held and the awarding of the
Green Hand pins by J. H. Nesbitt
their adviser. Later in the even
ing the Green Hands were treated
to refreshments provided by the
upper classmen.
IN HOSPITAL
T. J. Reece, of Canton mute two, son HaTy( of Virginia,
is a patient at the Mission Hospital, ! Dr and Mrs Lancaster and son.
Asheville, for observation. His g0bby, left here Tuesday for Rich
condition was reported as satis- mond, and are expected to return
factory. ,his 'eek-end-
Witches And Black Cats
Will Reign Here Tonight
shine
k 1.. f..M
...
down tonight illuminating me,""'" ' -
flight of witches riding broom- a party or bent to let folks know
sticks and the temporary reign "f that the spooks are out-sobeware
ehosts coblins and stiffly arched Spooking, in fact, will be on a
bUck cafs for tonight is Hal- small scale until the late hours.
loweU " I since more attention will be direct-
luween. ,u i,;nb .hl fruit ha II fipld
Althm.oh oeoole have dropped ,
the superstitious belief surround
ing the ancient holiday of October
91 fhov h.iB retained much of the
tradition which marks the eve of
All Saints or Hallowmas. And it is
common knowledge that the
witches and goblins likely to ap-
Installation
Nearing End
For Police
Radio Here
County-Wide Radio
Expected To Be In
Operation Within
Two Weeks
Installation of a 25-foot
lower atop the courthouse
high
this
week marked the county-wide po
ncc lamn system hookup that is
expected to be in operation within
two weeks.
Part of the equipment for the
sheriff's department and Waynes
ville police has not yet arrived,
but shipping orders have been re
ceived indicating that it is on the
way. Formal licenses have yet to
be obtained from the Federal Com
munications Commission.
Canton has received all its equip
ment, completed installation and
conducted a test Monday afternoon,
reporting highly satisfactory re
sults. Police cars at Waynesville and
Canton and cars from the sheriff's
department at the two towns will
have mobile units, affording imme
diate two-way contact. The Hay
wood radio also will have commu
nication with the State Highway
Patrol station at Ashcville.
All members of the law enforce
ment agenaies are expected to
apply for operators permits; also
some members of the fire depart
ment. Dr Reeves
Heads W.N.C.
Stockmen
District Hereford
- Breeders Association
Is Formed Tuesday
At Asheville
Dr. J. L. Reeves of Canton was
elected president of the Western
North Carolina Hereford Breeders i
association Tuesday night at the i
organization meeting of the group
in the courthouse at Asheville.
Other officers elected are Har
old Ford of Candler, vice-presi- !
dent, and Mrs. E. D. Chandler of i
Bear Creek road. Asheville, tem-
nrsr, .-n.rt arv.t rPSk SI I TP T '
I" " " ' v . i
Members of the executive com- '
mittl.e wno represent six Western
North Carolina counties are: Roy
Haynes. Clyde, elected for two
vears; C. T. Francis. Waynesville.
one year; and A. O. Grynolds. Rt.
4, llendersonville; C. L. Osborne,
Brevard; J. T. Roberts, Madison
county; II. Grady Farthing, and
Dr. A. B. Greenwood. Asheville
A constitution for the associa-
Hon was adopted and 3d cnarter
members enrolled.
Attending the meeting from Hay
wood county were M. O. Galloway.
president of the State Hereford
Breeders association .Jack Rogers,
Dwieht Williams. L. E. Messe'r. Dr
A P. Cline. R. C. Evans. Glenn
Brown, W. D. Robinson and W. A.
Corpening.
Father Of Mrs.
Lancaster Taken -By
Death Tuesday
Funeral services were held
Thursday in Richmond for M. L.
Houchins, father of Mrs. N. F.
Lancaster, who passed away Tues
day, following a lingering illness.
Survivors include his widow, one
riauehter. Mrs. Lancaster, and one
pear on Waynesville streets will be
i-nun0tlirs headinfi for
ea to t ... .
where the Waynesville and Bryson
City teams will be facing cacn
other without broomsticks. Few
local merchants, however, will ex
pect to arrive at their stores on
Saturday morning without finding
(Continued on Page Eight)
TEARS FOR RETURNED WAR DEAD
UNABLE TO CONTROL HER TEARS, a Gold Star mother Is comforted by a
member of the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion as she views
a coffin containing the body of reluming war dead in Chicago. Impres
sive ceremonies In Soldiers Field marked final tribute to the first Ameri
can dead brought to the U. S. from foreign cemeteries. (International)
Assignments Made For
Tobacco Festival Work
Plotts Make Raid
On Fla., Michigan
Big Game Grounds
Led by a pack of Plott hounds,
a group of Haywood county
hunters participated in the kill
of a 400-pound bear during a
three-day hunt that ended Fri
day, Oct. i 21 In Appalachian
National forest, near Tallahassee,
Fla.
From Waynesville were Bill,
II. V. and George F. Plott. Sam
Queen. Jr., Leon Killan, R. L.
Wells, W. W. Foster, Burt Foster
and Bill Story. The bear was shot
by one of the Floridians on the
hunt.
This was the second successful
big game hunt conducted by tne
Plotts. During the middle of
September they invaded the
woods of Michigan and bagged
three bear, one weighing about
300 pounds and the others in the
neighborhood of 150 pounds.
Sunday Last Day
Parkway Will Be
Open In Pisgah
The 5-mile section of the Blue
Ridge Parkway in Pisgah Forest.
. starting at wagon Road Gap, will
be open to the public through
Sunday afternoon, officials have
announced.
The section of the 1'arkway was
opened to motorists early in Oc
tober, in order that an unobstruct
ed view of the colorful foliage in
Pisgah could be had. Thousands
of motorists hav
visited the area 1
since the Parkway was opened
Some days as many as 3.000 en
joyed the view from the top of,
, , ,'
Last week-end a landslide ne-
cessitatcd closing the gate until
Wednesday of this week. The
road has been cleared and is open
to traffic for this week-end 1 Mrs. J. C. Galusha has pneu-
There is still plenty of color in , monia, and is a patient at the Hay
Pisgah Forest, but is reported by 1 wood 'County Hospital Her coii
ofTicials as "being duller" than aidition was reported yesterday as
week or so ago. satisfactory
Cataloochee Shoot Drew
Nationwide Attention
"Muzzle-Loaders Echo in the
Smokies at First Beef-Shoot
Since War" headlines a feature
story in the last Sunday edition
of the New York Herald Tribune,
describing the recent contest at
Cataloochee Ranch.
Written by Bill Sharpe, pub
licity director for the State De
partment of Conservation and
Development, the article related
the mechanics of the ancient
weapon tournament and the his
tory of the rifles. Two photos
accompanied the story.
The news magagine, Path
finder, also carried an account of
the shooting contest in its cur
rent issue.
North Carolina is the scene
for several other articles in na
tionally read periodicals. The
Oct. 21 Saturday Evening Post
-si
Commit lees have been given
I heir assignments and plans are
taking shape for the first Tobacco
Harvest Festival here November
28-29. the week-end before the
Hurley market opens in Western
North Carolina.
Activities during the two-day
celebration will include a street
parade, tobacco contest, band con
cert, beauty contest, singing con
vention and string band contests.
General Chairman Wayne Cor
pening announced rules for the
tobacco show this week. withprizes
to be awarded winners in four
grades of Burley entries. A repre
sentative number of the 1.388
growers in Haywood are expected
to compete for the honors.
The classifications are: flyings or
granulators, lugs, leaf, and wrap
pers the latter being the prime
leaves selected from lug and leaf
types. Each contestant will enter
four hands in the respective
classes, Tobacco experts from the
U. S Department of Agriculture
and State F.xtension service have
been invited to serve as judges,
with the prize winners to be select
ed Saturday morning.
The Festival will formally open
at I pin. Friday with a parade
of high school hands and beauty
contestants. Girls from tohacco
growing farms in each school com
munity will be chosen for the
beauty contest, and the Tobacco
Queen will be crowned Saturday
night prior to the square dance
contest, in the Armory, that will
conclude the celebration.
Committees for the harvest fes
tival are as follows:
General- Wayne Corpening. Bill
Cobb. William Ray. Richard Brad
ley, Paul Martin and Jonathan
Woody.
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viiaiite iMjinidiu, . n . Allen, .JOV
j Howell and Jule Noland.
Parade W. A Bradlev. Georee
a. Brown J
M H. Bowles. Frank
iLriderwood. Robert Matthews.
. Continued on page 8)
HAS PNEUMONIA
carries Jim Perry's humorous
story, "Wife Trouble" with two
pages of pictures from Hender
son county; a condensation of a
book by the same title.
The current, issue of We The
People has a spread on the Sand
hills resort section with pictures
of the winter golf capital at Pine
hurst and Southern Pines. Na
ture Magazine is carrying a piece
about old Beauford, historic sea
port and modern marine life
experimental station.
Smoky Mountain bear hunting
comes in for a display in Out
door Life, and Ed Tyng, travel
expert and editor, has four pages
titled "Wilderness Country" and
dealing with the Smokies, Chero
kees and tours in The Smart
Traveler.
Armistice
Day Program
To Be Held
By Veterans
American Legion And
V.F.W. Sponsor
Observance Of
Armistice Here
An Armistice Day program will
be held here Tuesday. Nov. 11.
sponsored jointly by the Ameri
can Legion and Veterans of For
eign Wars to mark the cessation
of hostilities in World Wars I and
II.
According to plans announced
this week by William Medford,
commander of Haywood post No.
47. American Legion, the Waynes
ville Township high school band
will parade down Main street at
10:30 a.m., ending at the Court
house lawn where they will pre
sent a brief concert.
At 1 1 o'clock a minute of silence
will be observed, after which th.
Rev. R. L. Young, pastor of the
First Methodist church, will speak
on the Armistice Day theme in the
courtroom.
Special sections in the court
room will be allotted to Gold Star
parents and members of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution
and United Daughters of the Con
federacy, states Mr. Medford.
The veteran organizations and
auxiliaries will hold a banquet dur
ing the evening in the dining room
of Welch Memorial building at the
First Biiptist church.
Local Hunters Get
Bear Thursday In
French Broad Area
A 275-pound bear was killed
Thursday morning by a party of
25 hunters from Waynesville and
vicinity during one of the, super
vised Chase's In the Sherwood area.
After being chased by the dogs
for less than an hour, the bear was
shot by Glenn Rogers, from 30
yards distance, about 8:30 o'clock
yesterday near Devil's courthouse
on the N. Fork of French Broad
River. It was the only kill made
during the hunt.
The party was formed by Lin
ville Miller, and included among
others Tom Campbell, Sr. and Jr.,
Floyd Miller, Dr. Nick Medford.
Felix Stovall, Vernie Hill, Henry
and Paul Clay, Dick Bradley. Sam
Potts, Zeno Wall, Bob Sutton, Roy
Smith and Arthur Rathbone.
National Apple
Week Nearing
Successful Close
The observance of National
Apple Week'ip Haywood county is
nearing its-close, and much inter
est has been stimulated in the king
of fruit through a variety of suc
cessful promotional activities.
Many comments have been made
concerning the displays of apples
prepared by merchants in Way
nesville and Hazelwood. It is felt
that the displays and radio pro
grams devoted to Haywood's apple
industry have made the general
public much better informed about
the importance of the apple crop
here, and more familiar with the
varieties grown in this area.
Orchard men and merchants,
sponsors of the promotion, plan a
similar informational program next
year, according to County Agent
Wayne Corpening.
Dell wood Cemetery
Cleaning On Nov. 8
The Dellwood cemetery will be
cleaned on Saturday, Nov. 8. All j
persons in the community are in-!
vited to assist in the work. Lunch
will be provided by ladies of the
community. '
Miss Boone Assumes Duty
With Haywood Baptists
Miss Daffie Boone of Asheboro,
arrived Wednesday to begin work
with the Baptists of Haywood
county as associational missionary.
She succeeds Miss Gretchep John
son who resigned a few months
ago to continue her training at the
Southwestern Baptist Seminary in
Fort Worth, Texas.
Miss Boone comes to this posi
tion with a wealth of experience in
religious education and promotion
al work among Baptist churches.
She taught in the public schools of
North Carolina for several vearr.
Haywood Cannery toBe
Sold by Treasury Dept.
Stages Comeback
1 m JP 'wF"
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A MAN without a party six months
ago, Gen. Charles de Gaulle (above)
has emerged as the new strong man
of French politics following the mu
nicipal elections which placed his
nti-left Rally of the French Peo
ple far ahead of the Communists.
The ganeral's most stuikinjt victpty,
was in Paris, where his brother.
Pierre, was elected to the council
and was expected to be name'l
the city's Mayor. (International)
Wreckage Of
DC-3 Cargo
Plane Found
Near Sylva
Missing Nearly Two
Weeks, Plane And
Three Dead Found
By Bear Hunters
Wreckage of a private cargo j
plane and Ihe bodies of three oc
cupants were discovered Wednes
day morning by a bear hunter in
the mountainous Caney Creek sec
tion of Jackson county, 10 miles
west of Sylva.
The plane has been identified as
the DC-.'i cargo ship which dis-1
appeared alter leaving the Char-1
lotte airport Thursday night. Oct.j
(Continued on Page Eisht) 1
Keep Hallowe'en
Safe, Says Noland
Keep your Hallowe'en celebra
tion sale, and have a good time.
This is the advice of Police Chief
Orville Noland on the eve of the
annual holiday. The police have no
intention of halting those who arc
benl on enjoving the occasion, but
pranksters who endanger the lives
or properly of others wil be prose
cuted, he stales.
One practice in recent years that
he cites is that of lolling objects
in the streets to confuse motor
ists. Anyone blocking a thoroughfare
in a dangerous manner will be sub
ject to arrest, stales Chief Noland.
She has served as educational di
rector for the First Baptist Church
of Boone, and spent several sum
mers as Young People's worker for
the First Baptist church of Char
lotte. The new worker for Haywood
Baptists is a graduate of Appala
chian Teachers College at Boone,
and has a degree of Master In Re
ligious Education from the South
western Baptist Seminary in Fort
Worth, Texas.
Plans are being made to estab
f Continued on Page 'F.igbtl
I ifwi
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Means Sought To
Get Hazelwood Plant
Open After Two
Year Shutdown
At a meeting of Haywood County
Mutual Canning Association stock
holders here Tuesday afternoon, a
resolution was passed recommend
ing that foreclosure procedures be
completed by the Federal Treasury
Department and that the property
be offered for sale to private inter
ests, with the present stockholders
to get first chance at buying the
Hazelwood plant.
Only 31 of the 132 stockholders
were present or represented by
proxy at the meeting, held in the
commissioners office nt the court
house with George A. Brown, Jr
president of the association, ' pre
siding. S. J. F.lson of Washington, rep
resenting the Tennessee Valley
Associated Cooperatives and the
Treasury Department was present
at the meeting, which was called
to decide on a means of satisfying
the indebtedness to the TVAC and
ol getting the cannery back in
operation.
Begun in 1934 as a unit to pro
vide work for persons on relief
rolls and a market to farmers dur
ing the depression, the canning
association was formed under ex
isting cooperative laws through the
sale of common stock at $10 a
share, with primary financing
through the TVAC which sponsor
ed numerous other cooperatives in
this area. The Haywood cannerv,
with equipment valued at $50,00o!
remained in operation each sum
mer until 1845, employing between
iin ana izo workers during
the
On June SO, 1947 Congress pass
eu a law ordering TVAC to be
liquidated under the supervision
and direction of the Secn.ip.-i, r
the Treasury.
Several of the cooperatives under
TVAC had grown profitable during
their early years, and the stock-
noiaers repaid all government
loans standing against them and
presently operate the businesses
as private concerns. J. E. Barr.
who until October 1 was adminisi
trator of TVAC, relates that the
canneries did not have sufficient
time to get on their feet, and that
price controls during the war ate
up their small profit accumulation
from previous years.
The cannery here has been idl"
since December. 1945, but cbu be
placed in operation by experienced
management without unusual diffi
culty, Mr. Bar points out.
It is hoped by all parties inter
ested that the cannery will get in'n
the hands of someone who will
reopen it. and that its ownership
will be in the local area. Bids for
the property are now being ac
cepted. Mr. Barr states that he
will forward bids to the proper
authorities in the Treasury De
part ment.
A few "nibbles" have been re
ceived already, he reports, but it
is desired in line with the stock
holders' resolution that Haywood
county persons take over control
of the cannery.
FIREMEN CALLED WEDNESDAY
TO MAPLE STREET HOME
Firemen answered a call at 6:30
o'clock Wednesday morning to the
home of Bill Moody on Mapl"
street. A fire had started in Ihe flue
from the oil heater, causing flanii ;
to roar out the chimney. No dam
age was reported by Fire Chief
Clem Fitzgerald, as a watch wa
maintained until the flames died
down.
I
Highway
Record For
1947
(To Date)
In Haywood
Injured - - - 47
Killed---- 8
(This information Com
piled From Records of
State Highway Patrcl)
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