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WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1947
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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Will Open In
idee Election
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At 6 P. M.
vote is expected today
lion ol community agri-
fcnsorvation committees
Haywood.
Llaccs will open at 8:30
nominees for the confl
icted by the early arriv-
be continued until
Bi each of the 22 com-
lecting a three-member
and a delegate to the
mention.
Marketing cards are be
lted at the voting places
who have not yet re
to the county conven-
lssemble at 10 o'clock
morning in the A.A.A.
courthouse to elect the
A.C.P. committee. Af-
mittce is named, it will
fccretary and treasurer.
Iminily and county com-
liinister locally the Agri-
Conservation program,
irt measures, marketing
:ams, and special activ-
led by the Secretary of
Every eligible voter
county, whether (arm
tritors, tenant or sha're-
fc long as they particl-
1 1947 conservation pro-
fged to help select the
Jed men for these duties.
Seventeen Pretty Young Ladies In Haywood Tobacco Queen Contest
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These are the 17 pretty young ladies who took part in the first annual Haywood Tobacco Festival queen contest. This photograph was
taken Friday evening just fftcr the judges had selected the queen's court of five, who are seen seated in the front. On Saturday the judges
named Miss Peggy Noland. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Reeves Noland. as queen. Miss Noland is seated second from the left. Those
standing, left to right, are: Misses Nancy Leathcrwood, Frankic Woody, Edith Chambers, Bonnie Davis. Nancy Medford, Hetty Sue Whitted.
Maxine Mann, Betty Ann Jones, Betty Leathcrwood, Mrs. James Melton. Misses Keba Rhodes and Patsy Kinsland Sealed, left to right.
Misses Alawayne McClure, Delanc Sutton, Georgia Finger, Peggy Noland (the queen , and Margaret Greene. iA Mountaineer photograph by
Ingram's Studio.)
Tobacco Festival Ds Sanccess
Gift Given
t Church
New Organ
Miriam W.
f And Daughter,
pge, Set Up
pnal
Baptist church this
fed a gift of $5,000 from
E. Moore, and her
Martha M. Page, of
pre and Mrs. Page cave
to apply on the or can
Present building pro
pi the rhni-Mi h.o
- ... . ( I do uuuci
itribution was given in
Mr. and Mrs. Lucius M.
Fnts of Mrs. Moore, and
V of Mrs. Page.
fh organized the first
ay school west of
Hp served as superin
'he SunHav ,),nni nf
Ptist for many, many
Pd' School hutlHinff
completed about 10
'as made Dnilhi hv
My of Mrs. Moore, and
PB IS ruling Ik. nr. i.i.
?uildine.
idges Has Second
on On His Eye
fdges underwon .
Fon on his eye at the
f P'wl in Asheville Sun
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Gala Parade Of
Beauty Contestants
And Four Bands
Attracts Many
Martin Electric company's float,
bearing Miss Peggy Noland of
Waynesville high school, won first
prize among entries in the Tobac
to .Festival parade on Friday af
ternoon. Second prize was awarded to
Sims Tire and Battery company,
whose float carried Miss Nancy
Jane Medford of East Waynesville:
and third place was won by Under
wood Lumber and Supply company,
in which Miss Georgia Finger of
Maecie was featured in a float of
fering the theme of tobacco grad
ing. Judges had a difficult time select
ing the winners from among the
many attractive floats and decorat
ed automobiles, making one of the
most successful parades ever staged
in Waynesville. Hundrede of peo
ple lined Main street between the
First Baptist church and court
house to witness the colorful event
Four bands provided music for
the occasion, the Mars Hill college.
Canton high, and Waynesville
junior and senior bands. Canton s
majorette corps marched wun tneir
band, which presented a brief con
cert at the courthouse following the
parade.
In the leading vehicles were W.
Kerr Scott, state commissioner of
agriculture; Wayne Corpening, gen
eral chairman of the festival; and
other agricultural leaders. Tow n of.
ficials of Waynesville and Canton,
and Haywood county officials fol
lowed next, followed by the Tobac
co Queen contestant floats and
bands.
The winning float carried Miss
Noland on a throne, and topping
the decorations was a large repro
duction of a cigarette.
Judges for the parade were O.
R. Roberts. Orville Noland and Hill
Stroup.
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Tent,
s ago for the first
ative nlnn
phome later this week.
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Lt. Bingham
Loses Life As
Ship Is Wrecked
A message received here yester
day by D. C. Bingham stated that
his grandson, Lt. Harry Bingham.
Jr., of the merchant marines, lost
his' life when the army transport
Clarksdale Victory was wrecked on
a small island off the northern Brit
ish Columbia coast last week.
Lt. Bingham was a former Hay
wood County boy. His parents Mr
and Mrs. Harry Bingham, Sr., now
live in Everett, Washington.
The 10.850 ton transport, south
bound with cargo and traveling
through a storm, mi -island
140 miles southwes t . Ol Ket
chikan, Alaska, so hard that the
tol section was high on the beach
with its nose in me
four survivors of the tragedy were
reported by the Coast Guard res
IT rtv which went to the scene
as soon as moderating waters per
Winners Announced
Tobacco, Other
Contests Staged
During Festival
Haywood county's first Tobacco
Harvest festival came to an end
Saturday night hailed as a shining
success; winning the acclaim of vis
iting agriculturalists and bringing
staisfaction to those who worked oh
the many angles of promotion in
staging the two-day event.
Wayne Corpening, general chair
man, in expressing his gratitude to
the committees who made the
celebration possible, said that their
hard work and general coopera
tion was unexcelled. The festival
was sponsored by the Merchants
Association, of which David Fel
met is president.
Tobacco growers of the county
were praised by J. W. Van Ars-
dall, grading an dmarkctlng special
ist for Tennessee, for the high
quality leaf entered in the tobacco
show at the Armory. Mr. Van Ars
dall gave an exhibition of tobacco
grading which proved him one of
the most competent men in that
field, and stated that Haywood
county had one of the best shows
he ever graded.
All was not work at the festival,
for the accent on entertainment
was heavy.
Crowds jammed the Armory suc
cessively on Friday and Saturday
nights to witness the selection of
Tobacco Queen an honor taken
by Miss Peggy Noland of Waynes
ville Township high school and to
hear singers, string bands, and see
the graceful efforts of square dance
teams.
As arranged by Roy A. Parker
of Canton and Tom Queen of Haz
elwood. singing groups who partici
pated in Friday evening's program
were the Elkins Quartette, Hazel
wood Quartette, The Singing Five.
Golden Key Quartette. Sanford
Family, Cherokee Indian Quartette.
Surrett Family, Aliens Creek Trio,
Ruff Phillips Quartette. Happy
Five. Mae West and her Smile
Awhile Quartette, the Champion
Quartette. Aliens Creek Choir,
Tone Masters Quartette, Elkins
Trio and Jackson County Quartette,
The Farmers Federation btring
Band won first place in the band
(Continued on page 8)
Price Outlook Good,
Taylor States In
Feature Address
Of Festival
Scott Speaks Friday
At Courthouse On
Effects Of Leaf
Acreage Cuts
With the tobacco market shrink
ing, now is the time for North Car
olina's farmers to re-analizc their
farm production and see if it is in
line with the oppor nitles of to
day, '"Stat CorAmlnoner of- Agri
culture W. Kerr Scott declared in
his address Friday afternoon which
marked the opening of the Hay
wood County Tobacco Harvest les-
1 tival.
1
A concert by the Mais Hill col
lege band preceded the speech,
which was heard by a crowd that
filled the main courtroom here.
Haywood was cited as having a
much more diversified agriculture
After giving a well-rounded pic
ture of what affects the market
price of Burley tobacco, Hugh W.
Taylor, executive secretary of the
Burley and Dark Leaf fxport asso-,
elaflfen, stated that'the auctioneer's
Chant will be sweet music this year
and growers will return a profit for
their year's work.
This is assured through the sup
port price which is six cents above
last winter, and the general supply I
situation.
Outlook for domestic consump
tion of tobacco is very favorable
because of increasing use of ciga-
rpttps Mr TAvlnr stAtprl hut the
export prospects depend primarily j tna counties in Eastern Carolina,
on whether tobacco will be includ-1 wi,h ils well-developed pastures
ed in the European Recovery Pro-iand livestock industry, large apple
orcnaras, ana dairying, ruiure
planning should he directed to
wards a further variety 111 crops
more economical product ion, and
(Continued on pane R
Court Ends
As Sentence
Is Given
In 2 Gases
Fullbright Given 18
Months, Suspended;
Moore Draws Fine
The November term of Superior
Court came to a close Thursday
morning when Judge Felix E Allev
pronounced sentence on Robert
Fullbright, found guilty by the
jury as an neeessorv after the fact
in the killing of James Herman
Mitchell of the Hanging Dog sec
lion during October; and Emanuel
Moore, who pled guilty to involun
tary manslaughter in an autoi:u
bile fatality case.
Fullbright. 1!H, was given a
.sentence of 18 months, suspended
during live years of good behavior
during which time his is on proba
tion, and was lined SSO and costs ot
the action. This sentence was ac
ceplod In the defense, which had
begun a legal move to set the jury's
verdict aside when Fullbright was
found guilty Wednesday after two
days of trial.
John Head. Jr.. 23. who had been
jointly indicted with Fullbright in
I he case, had pled guilty to man
slaughter and was sentenced to
three years in prison.
Emanuel Moore was ordered to
pay $300 to the family of George
C. Snyder, who died following an
'automobile accident near Ilals.en
Gap in April of this year, ami
i court costs.
I Due to- the" criminal calendar
I lasting into the second week, div
; orces were the only civil actions
1 dispensed with in what normally
is a combined criminal-civil t"ii.i.
All civil suits were continued until
the next court In January.
D. A. R. Pilgrim
First Day
Auctions
Bring High
Leaf Price
gram; which it "logically should 1
be" to build up morale among !
Europe's workers, be offered as an ,
"incentive product" on which they
(Continued on Page Eight)
Eye Clinic To Be
Held Dec. 3-4
An eye clinic will be held Wed
nesday and Thursday, Dec. 3-4, at
Pennsylvania Avenue school, Can
ton, sponsored by the District
Health Department in cooperation
with the county Welfare Dept. and
Lions Clubs of Waynesville and
Canton.
A selection of students from all
schools in the county who have
vision defects and a number of
adults will attend the clinic, which
Duke Endowment
Aided Hospital
Care In Haywood
The Duke endowment for hos
pitals contributed funds providing
4,024 days of care to indigent pati
ents at the Haywood County Hos
pital, or 19 per cent of I lie total
during l!)4(i. according to the lat
est edition of the endowment's
year book.
Hospitals throughout the state
were assisted similarly by the en-
will be held under supervision of dowment. which provides $1 a day
the State Commission for the Blind, for the care ol indigent patients.
Test Farm Jersey
Cow Earns Silver
Medal Test Award
Mount Royal Foxy Eva,
1421445, registered Jersey cow
owned by the North Carolina De
partment of Agriculture of Way
nesville, North Carolina, has
completed a production record of
10.059 pounds of milk and 501
pounds of butter fat which has
qualified her for the Silver Medal
Award of the American Jersey
Cattle Club whose offices are
located in Columbus, Ohio.
The record of Foxy Eva was
made on a 305 day test at the ace
of three years. All tests were
verified by the North Carolina
State College and the American
Jersey Cattle Club. In compil
ing this record she produced
more that 1' i times as much
butter fat as the average dairy
cow in the I'nited States.
She has also been officially
classified for type by the Amcri
ran Jersey Cattle Club with a
high rating of very good.
MISS EUGENIA BOONE, who
!ias been chosen by the Waynes
ville township high school students
md faculty to represent the Dorcas
Bell Love Chanter of the D. A. It.
.n the annual Citizenship contest
sponsored by the State Society of
Daughters of the American Revo
lution Eugenia Boone
Is Chsen As
D.A.R. Pilgrim
Miss Kugcnia Hooiie, a member
of the senior class of the Waynes
ville high school, has been chosen
by the faculty and students of the
school to represent the Dorcas Bell
Love Chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution in the an
nual State Pilgrimage contest. Miss
Boone was one of three girls se
lected by the students with the fac
ulty making the final decision as
to the winner. Selections of girls
for this honor are based on records
scholarship, leadership, citizenship
and community service.
Miss Boone will compile a serap-
book of her four years activities
! in high school and of her activities
I for the same period in church and
community activities and will com
i pete with winners representing D.
I A. R. chapters throughout the
j state The winner in the state con
i test will be given a five-day trip
to Washington, D. C. under ehaper
onage of the national D. A. R.
chairman, with all expenses paid.
The award is a coveted high
school honor throughout the United
States, as one girl is chosen from
each state in the union.
Miss Donne has been outstand
ing in her school work She has
been a member of the high school
band and high school chorus since
entering high school. She is a
member of the Beta Club and
treasurer of the senior class. She
was secretary for the Student
Council while in the 10th grade,
a member of the school annual
stall last year and this year, and
while in junior high school was a
member. of the 4-H Club. In the
8th grade she was winner of the
American Legion Citizenship
award
Miss Boone is also prominent in
(Continued on Page Eight) j
R. M. Fisher of Fines
Creek Sells Entire
Crop at $50.30 Aver
age. Ridding was spirited Monday
morning as the Western North
Carolina tobacco crop went on the
auction block, causing an optimistic
feeling that prices would range
higher than last year.
Selling got underway to th sing
song chant of the auctioneer in the
Walker warehouse on Garfield
street, Asheville, and when th
day was over 275,000 pounds ol
Burley had been bought for an
average price of $50 per hundred.
James E. Walker, Jr., presiden.
of the Asheville board of tobacco
trade and operator of the Walker
house, expected that all 450,000
pounds 2,470 baskets in it would
be sold by early Tuesday afternoon.
Then the buying force will move
next door to the Bernard-Walker
No. 2 house, where another 400.
000 pounds awaits them.
One of the best opening day sales
was made by R. M. Fisher of Fines
Creek, who received an average of
50.3 cents per pound for his entire
crop of 3,020 pounds. His was div
ided into six baskets; 770 pounds
going at 35 cents, 440 pound:, at 53
cents. 468 pounds at 59 cents, and
1,349 pounds at 60 cents.
County Agent Wayne Corpenaig
'who attended the morrftnR auctions,
reports that the highest sale he
noted was at 62 cem, and thai
there was a good deal of tobacco
moving at 60 cents. Growers who
had taken care in grading their
leaf were seeing the results of
their work in higher prices he add
ed. Warehmousemen predicted that
the Asheville market would sell
10.000,000 pounds for the second
time in its 18-ycar life.
Several hundred Haywood grow
ers were present to see what fared
on opening day, though many of
them had their year's crop on an
other floor. Nearly 1.000 specta
tors in all followed the bargaining
between auctioneer and buyers as
the annual drama moved down row s
of stacked tobacco.
All of the bigger tobacco com
panies: Reynolds, American, i.iq
gett and Myers; plus a number of
smaller firms and independent
buyers were represented.
Early predictions were that about
30 per cent of the crop would go
(Continued on Page Eight)
Return of Haywood War Dead Memorialized
Ballots Mailed
For Election Of
C. Of C. Directors
Ballots for the election of direc
tors for the Chamber of Com
merce have been mailed to all
members. Each membership held
in tbe organization will receive a
ballot.
The ballots contain the names of
44 candidates, with 9 to be elected
from six classifications. The clas
sifications include agriculture, auto
mobile service, industry, profes
sional, hotels, and merchants. One
will be elected from each group
except hotels, which will have 3,
and the merchants two.
The election will close Decem
ber 10th, and all ballots will have
to be in the office of the organiza
tion b" thft Me to be counted.
tin ic? Wk $ jyi6
f r T '' "' "t ?
Number Second
Growth Fruits
Found In County
Second growth in fruit crops
seems to be general in several
areas of Haywood county this fall.
Many grape growers have had two
crops, and numerous apple trees
throughout the county have had
second growth apples.
Among the latest samples of the
second-growth fruit brought to The
Mountaineer was a Winter Banana
apple, about half the normal size,
brought in by F. N. McElroy. of
Hazel wood. The tree had a good
crop earlier in the season, and pro
duced a number in the second
crop
This condition seems to prevail
when the area has a late fall, after
a late freeze in the spring.
TECH. 5TH GRADE LOW PARTON, Haywood County's first World War II dead who was returned
from an overseas cemetery for final burial at home, was given a fitting memorial service here Nov. 25th
symbolic of the return of all the county s fallen heroes. Shown behind the flag-draped coffin are part
of the firing squad, furnished by WaynesvilJe's National Guard company under command of Lt. Frank
Byrd. The guardsmen, American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Jointly participated in the
memorial, held at the courthouse .tepe. A Mountaineer nhnto by Ingram''; Studio.
Two From Here
At Area Meeting
Charles E. Ray and James Kil
patrick. will attend the executive
committee of Western North Caro
lina Associated Communities at
Cherokee today.
Mr. Ray is former vice president,
having resigned when made chair
man of the N. C. Park Commission.
He is now acting in an advisory
capacity to the group. Mr. Kilpat
rick represents Waynesville on the
committee.
Sight Seal Drive
By Lions Club
Has Raised $250
More than $250 has been raised
by the sale of sight and blind aid
seals, it was announced yesterday
by Charlie Woodard, chairman of
the Lions Club committee in
charge of the drive. The goal for
the drive is $500.
All proceeds from the seal sale
will be used in Haywood county to
provide glasses for persons with
visual defects and similar work, ad
ministered by the welfare depart
ment in cooperation with the Lions.
Persons planning to make dona
tions to the siht and blind aid
drive are requested to mail their
gifts to Mr. Woodard or other
members of his committee.
Ij Highway
in n 11-1
necora t or
1947
(To Date)
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(This information Com
piled From Eecords of
State Highway Patrcl)
mitted.