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No. 100 TWENTY PAGES
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Meek In The County Scat of Haywood County At Th e Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1947
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
v Dacrry T H
ir Faromiirs Inter
ong Opposition Given Extension Town Limits
on Is
Board
earing
c:
il Rv 59
fcynesville In-
ion Into Town
Abandoned
Jbjecting to the pass-
Jinance for the pur-
Ing East Waynesville
tile without an elec-
ie qualified voters of
ea was presented to
id of Aldermen at
Wednesday after
bearing 59 signa
Imated 90 qualified
Waynesville, was
iMayor pro-tern David
frney Grover Dvis.
fence of Mayor
Merman Tom String-
ill health, the board
sion on the matter un-
members could meet
the petition, the
e alternative ox aU-
tlon in East Waynes-
f donlng the proposed
R. Morgan, attorney
stated that It was his
V that the board
111 an election if it be
feit there was "stren-
!on" to the extension,
greed to by Mr. Cabe.
(Attorney Davis In
the extension were
-tray. Jack Felmet, Zeb
(fcveral other residents
Jnesville. Mr. S. H.
r of Keller apart
it section, who appar
favor of the extension,
ra it mere was any
a small part of East
could be taken into
ttorney Morgan said
Such an area, in which
of the voters favored
wld do so by petition
jreeable to the town
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Mann
lesday At
In fVrntriri
prvices for 3. Frank
ft Canton, merchant,
attle raiser, were con-
Ifsday at 2 o'clock in
wdist church. Inter
the church cemetery,
were the Rev. George
the Rev. Carroll Judy,
W. H. Pless.
resident of Haywood
iann died Tuesday at
North Main street aft
ness. 4. .
P were J. H. Mann,
f' Kowe Mann. David
i- Whitson and Mar-
f Nieces served as
f include the widow,
iGrogan Mann; a son,
j1 of Frankllnville, N.
fer. Mrs. Ray Torthy
D. C; four sisters,
fHand and Mrs. W. A.
"'on; Mrs. H. B. Bird
"lle. and Mrs. Dewey
Wona Beach; four
'nd one great-grand-
!had been a member of
foaist church for many
Teacher's Pet
T
IN A CLASS by himself Is "Peter," a
bulldog "student" at St Ambrose
school, Los Angeles, for 5 years.
He's intelligent, but not too bright
for he's still In the First Grade He
started sitting at his private desk
when his mistress, Patricia Kelly,
was a student. fnternaticmai)
sOvev Parking
Fine Of $23
Given Here
,,FirstTest Of Parking
Meter Regulation Is
Heard In Mayor's
Court
A total of $23 was paid in fines
and costs by Howard Chnate who
was found guilty of violating the
local parking meter ordinance
when tried Wednesday afternoon
in Mayor's Court. Of this amount,
$5 was in fine, $10 costs, and $1
each .for eight tickets given for
overtime parking.
This was the first case tried in
court here concerning overtime
narltine since the meters were in-!
stalled during the past summer.
Police Chief Orville Noland warns
that other persons who ignore the
parking tickets also will be prosc-ented
- i nj.Tr'c pnnrt trials this,.
uik twn men. unen iviu.u"
Move Begun
lo Secure
Bookmobile
For Library
Medford Named To
Head Committee;
Library Board Re
Elects Officers
William Medford was chosen by
the Haywood county public library
directors to serve as general chair-
i man of n drive to raise funds for
. the purchase of a bookmobile to
j make possible better county-wide
j library service. Representatives
j from all civic groups in the coun
l ly are to be invited to serve on
the committee, which will meet
the last Wednesday in January to
plan the drive.
' The county library board of di
1 rectors at their meeting Wednes
j day at the Towne House, re-elected
Col. J. Hardin Howell as chair
man, George A. Brown, Jr.. treas
urer; and Miss Margaret Johnston,
secretary of the board.
Miss Johnston, librarian, and
her assistant, Mrs. James Atkins,
Jr., were hostesses for , the lunch
eon meeting. The Abrarian gave
a report of the last month's library
activities, including the observ
ance of book week, an open house
at the library for teachers, the
showing of a film on library serv
ice, visits of school children by
grades to the library, and the large
circulation of children's books.
A report was made of the re
cent TVA library in this area. Fol
lowing a report of the Pigeon
street library for the colored
school, the board voted to allow a
special fund for the purchase of
books to supplement the loan from
the state library commission.
Miss Johnston also told of the
library program carried on in the
BURNED IN FIRE FATAL TO SIX
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Featured Here
PLASMA AND OXYGEN are administered by Dr. Samuel Younger to Stan
ley Buck, who was seriously burned in the flash fire which whipped
through a dormitory of the Volunteers of America Mission Building in
Philadelphia. At least six of the homeless men died and SO were injured.
Many were employed as street Corner Santa Clauses. (International)
Development 01 New Site
Begun On Hyatt CreekFor
toVirjamp
county hospital in which nearly 3,-
000 books and magazines have
been distributed during the past
three years, and reported on the
exhibits of local artists at the li-
during national art week.
Members of the board in addi
v ... . " . , mem a ui wic uuaiu ill auui-
and Phillip Messer. were louna, (o tf)e offjcerSi a of whom
guilty of driving drunk. essir, aUt.nded the meeting, include Mrs.
paid $100 fine and costs, and L-iv- Trov Leatm?rwood of Jonathan
ineston was given a four-montns r-nnlr Gwvn nf
sentence to be suspended I on i pay-. Wavnesvine. Glenn Palmer, of
T. Bailey, of Can-
their driver's license inu.ru ,on
year.
Ninp men were
f Unth nan
ment of a similar nnu. Crabtr,e an(1 j.
OKeu .
assessed court
costs for public drunkenness ana)rmmp OliefriU
two paid $10 fine and costs cacn ,
for taking part in an affray.
Prize Winning
Iron Duff Burley
Draws Top Price
Prize-winning tobacco In the
Haywood County Tbacco Har
vest Festival brought top price
at the market, if the experience
of J. M. Morrow and Roger Med
ford of Iron Duff township holds
true. Their entire crop of 1,224
pounds grown on seven-tenths
acre allotment brought an aver
age of 58.2 cents when sold on
Monday at MorrisUiwn, Tenn.
Mr. Morrow, a tenant on Mr.
Mcdford's farm, won first prize
in flyer grade tobacco at the re
cent festival, and third prize in
leaf grade.
When sold on the market, 296
pounds of the crop brought 58
cants; 162 pounds sold for 46
cents; 332 ponnds went for 59
cents; and 444 pounds at 60 cents
a total of $702.50 for the 1,
224 pounds.
Ketners' Opens
In New Building
Near Junaluska
Saturday morning wil
To Receive Eagle
Boy Scout Award
Haywood Singing
Convention Will
Be Held Sunday
a new
firm
herl home
F'igements.
was in
Weather
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12 Clouriv nrl ron.
Occasional light rain.
Wynesvill mnra.
by the staff of the
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;ih nf Ketners
catering to farmers of this c.oju
The firm is on Highw ay 19 near the
intersection at Lake Junaluska.
The large modern building. 40
by 60 feet was recently erected by
W D Ketner, who has associated
with him. his three ""
Kent and Dale Ketner. toge he
with Bruce Briggs. Mrs. Ketner
will be in charge of the office
All the owners have had much
experience both on the farm and
Operation of a firm handling
farm produce. Ketners will buy
and sell items grown on farms, n
addition to handling a large stock
of groceries, hardware, feed, seeds
and fertilizers.
Plans are underway to start soon
on the erection of a warehouse
just back of the new building and
n the warehouse will be placed
potato, bean and apple graders as
well as storage of seeds and feeds.
All plans have also been com
pleted for erection $7,000
i .tt ati npxi ui'ui v v.--
service ia- - ...
present building. VV0Ml
project is scheduiea . ,
early spring.
For the opening day on Satur
day, soft drinks will be served.
Mrs. Irvin Philmon has returned
to her home in Winston-Salem aft
er a visit to her parents, Mr. and
Phillip L. Slierrill, son of Mr. The Haywood County Singing
and Mrs. L. M. Sherrill of Bethel, 1 convention meets Sunday, Dec. 14
will be awarded the rank of Eagle in the courthouse here, beginning
scout; highest honor in scouting, at! at 10 a.m. and lasting throughout
the Pigeon river district court of trie any
honor, to be held Monday evening
at 7:30 p m., in the Bethel Meth
odist church.
Phillip is a member of Troop 12,
Bethel, of which Rev. Carl W. Judy
is scoutmaster.
Fireworks Prohibition
To Be Enforced Here
There have been a few com
plaints about fireworks in recent
days, reports Police Chief Orville
Noland, but no arrests have yet
been made.
It is a state offense to sell, shoot
or possess fireworks of any kind,
he states, and the law will be en
forced. Anyone found guilty of
selling or shooting fireworks is sub
ject to a fine of $50.
Among the large number of
singing groups who will take part
in the program are the Gospel
Quartette of Marshall, the Singing
Five, the Roberts Family. Cham
pion Quartette. Maye West and her
Smile Awhile Quartette, and many
others.
I Several hundred singers and lis
teners usually attend the Haywood
convention, and a large crowd is
anticipated Sunday. The public is
invited to attend.
,36-Aerie Shel ls Ac
quired; Assistant Di
rector Is Supervising
Construction
A new camp site consisting of 33
acres on Hyatt creek, five miles
southwest of Waynesville, has been
acquired for St. John's Camp for
Girls The property was purchased
from J. D. and F.lzv Caldwell, and
Is located among the foothills of'
Plott Balsam olT the northern side I
of highway 19A-23 I
Miss Louise Burdick, physical ,
I education director of Cardinal
jStritch college. Milwaukee, Wis., j
I and assistant director of St. John's I
Camp for Girls, arrived here this j
week to supervise construction on j
the camp site. Buildings for a din-
ing hall, kitchen, and craft shop
will be made from war surplus
materials purchased from Fort
Jackson. S C.
A swimming pool is being made
I by building a dam on the creek i
j Several cabins will be erected at
the camp site as housing quarters.;
Five acres of camp will be cultiv
i ated. Fruit trees will be planted,
and a playground, tennis court, i
archery field and bridle path are
Doing planned, according to Miss
! Burdick. Thirty acres- of the site
consist of forest. Pure drinking
water is supplied by six spring in
the area, and all sanitary arrange
ments are approved by the county
health department.
The camp will open its ninth sea
son June 21. 1948. for girls 6 to 15
for two four-week sessions. Des
criptive folders and other inform-
i ; '""""", 1 &-
1 - if.
Hew Board
Directors
Named For
Civic Unit
Chamber Of Com
merce Directors To
Elect Officers Tues
day Night.
Eight men were named as direc
tors of the Chamber of Commerce
to work with the 16 members who
are either carried over from the
old board, or appointed by civic and
municipal units.
The annual election of the or
ganization came to an end Wednes
day, and the counting of the bal
lots was completed yesterday morn
ing. Those elected included:
Wayne Corpening, representing
agriculture.
Ed Sims, representing the auto
service group.
William S. Prevosl. representing
industry.
Jonathan Woody, representing
business and professional men.
Paul Hyatt. S. E. Connatser and
J. C. Patrick, representing hotels,
boarding houses.
Richard BraOU and William S.
Hay representing the merchants
group.
Among the 1947 directors who
were named to serve again in 194H
included C. J. Reece, the 1947 pres
ident, James Kilpatrick, M. D. Wel
kins. R. N. Barber, Jr., David Un-jstep lo be taken by the community
derwood, and William Medford. j formed here to develop plans for
Charles Ray, as chairman of the i a recreational center.
iJai-K commission, is a member of
the board, as is Dave Felmet. presi
dent of the Merchants Association.
J. H. Howell. Jr., will represent
the Lions Club: Dr. F. S. Love,
Lake Junaluska: G. C. Ferguson.
th,. I, , w il ,,( Vl'.u,.,ll..
ueiore seining on any particular
a;
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Proof
state
am lo
Start Here
At J0:30
Saturday
GOVERNOR R GREGG CHER
RY will he the prinelnal speaker
at Achievement Day here Saturday.
Recreation
Group Will
Seek Ideas
For Program
Committee Will Visit
Towns Having Estab
lished Programs At
Early Date
An examination of the ecrea
lional set-up of other towns of
similar size was decided as the first
i At the committee's initial meet
i ing Tuesday evening at the Lodge,
I with all eight members present, the
j committee discussed individual
ideas at length, reports W. A. Brad
, icy. chairman
Fisher, town of Hazciwood, and
W. Curtis Russ. the press. The Rot
ary and Rooster Clubs will name
their representative this week-end,
to bring the total membership of
the board to 24.
The old and new hoards will meet
Tuesday night for a joint meeting,
and then the 1948 board will hold
an executive session and elect of
ficers for the year. The board will
name a president, three vice presi
dents, and treasurer.
A special committee named sev
eral months ago to receive applica
tions for the post of secretary arc
expected to make a report
Mail Gifts And
Greetings Now,
Post Office Urges
Christmas packages and greeting
cards should be mailed right away,
urges Postmaster J. Hardin Howell,
in order to be assured of getting
to the place desired on time.
The usual holiday rush period
has not yet become noticeable, he
plan to pursue for Waynesville and
Hazciwood, I he group felt it should
visit other communities where a
recreational program is established.
Mr. Bradley named Kannapolis and
Valdese as two places the full com
mittee will look over during an after-Christmas
tour
In addition to Mr. Bradley, the
committee members are R. L. Pre
vost, Dr. R S. Robinson, Joe S.
Davis. C. N Allen, David Felmet.
Eel Sims and Richard Barber.
Launderette Is
Opening Today On
Depot Street
Mrs.. Clifford Harrell
Opens Modern Laun
derette In Waynesville
4-H, Home Demon
stration Clubs And
Farmers Sponsor
Event
Governor R. Gregg Cherry will
be the principal speaker Saturday
morning at the annual Achieve
ment Day program sponsored by
the 4-H clubs, Home Demonstra
tion chjbs, and Demonstration
Farriers of Haywood county, which
will start at 10:30 a.m. at the court
house here.
Awards will be presented for out-"
standing work during the past year,
and brief reviews given of activities
carried out by the sponsoring or-
i sanizations.
I A concert by the Waynesville
Township high school band will be
given in front of the courthouse, af
ter which the formal program will
start in the courtroom. Presiding
officers will be Mrs. Paul Robinson,
head of the Home Demonstration
council, of Beavordam; Miss Mo
zelle Liner.iiWaynesvilie. president
of the county 4-H council; and J.
L. Westmoreland. Beaverdam, prea
Idcntof the Demonstration Farm
ers. The program, at? announced by
County Agent Wayne Corpening.
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erica,"- led by xmmwe Istey.'Jlev'
L. G. Elliott, paator of the First"?"-O
Baptist church, wflT give the in- '
vocation. Home Demonstration wo
men will repeat the collect, and 4
H boys and girls their pledge.
Mr. Westmoreland will give the
address of welcome, after which
veteran farmer trainees, FFA and
FHA members will be recognized.
Pete Noland, of the Crabtree
Iron Duff 4-H club and vice presi
dent of the county council, will re
port on 1947 achievements of the
4-H clubs Mrs-Edward Glavish.
Waynesville, will report on Home
Demonstration achievements, and
the Demonstration Farmers report
will be given by George E. Stamey
of Pigeon.
Miss Mary Margaret Smith, coun
ty home agent. Mr. Corpening and
Mr. Westmoreland will make the
presentatoln of club and individual
awards. Following this will be sev
eral musical numbers
boys and girls.
Beekman Huger. of Champion
Paper and Fibre company, will in
troduce the governor, and the high
light speech will conclude the pro
gram. An escort led by Patrolman O
R. Roberts will meet Gov. Cherry
shortly after he enters Haywood
county and return with him to
Waynesville.
by Bethel
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1 " SHOPPING DAYS
11 TO CHFJSTMAS
reports, but the local Dost nffire is
ation on the camp can be obtained j making plans for the heavy volume
Dy .me director, Rev. Sister Mary of mail exDeeted in th
at St. John's high
Gertrude, O S F
school.
In past years the camp has been
held at the school grounds. With
the new camp site and facilities, it
is anticipated that the number of
campers will expand considerably.
Rotary Club Ships 800
Pounds Food To Europe;
Have 300 More Waiting
The modern Launderette on De
pot street is now onen. The an
nouncement was made yesterday
by Mrs. Clifford Harrell. manager,
(hat everything was complete and
the opening set for this morning.
The Launderette is home-owned,
but part of a national organization
that makes it their business to ad
vise on operations.
Twenty new' commercial type
Bendix machines have been in
stalled with all the necessary
equipment to insure a complete
sanitary and individual laundry
service to all who care to use it.
A complete water system has also
been installed to furnish abund
ance of water, heated to 160 de
grees by a large boiler.
Thp washprs arp c,i .... , , i ...
at Patrick s Cafeteria. He conclud- to complete a wash rinse three
ed his remarks with the assertion , times, and danm drv in 30 min
that alcohol, in the atomic age, is j utes. The operators will try to as
imore dangerous than ever, since sign enough machines to each cus-
i orinxers cannot De trusted to nan-
next two
W'eeks. In order to provide the
best service possible, the public
is requested to mail early so de
liveries can be made before Christmas.
I Saflord Is Speaker At
Schoolmasters' Meeting
1 Fred L. Safford, principal of i
Fines Creek school, discussed the '
1 evil effects of alcohol at the reg-1
. ular meeting Wednesday night of '
! the Haywood Schoolmasters Club !
Stores Will Stay
Open All Day On
Dec. 17th, 24th
To allow more time in the
remaining shopping period be
fore Christinas, all stores in
Waynesville will remain open
on the Wednesday afternoons of
December 17 and December 24.
rather than closing: at noon, an
nounces David Felmet. presi
dent of the Merchants Associa
tion. This decision was announced
Thursday after merchants re
ceived a larpe number of re
quests from patrons that they do
not close on the next two Wed
nesday afternoons.
The Rotary Club has shipped
800 pounds of food to Europe,
and have about 300 pounds rea
dy to be shipped, according to
Leo Weill, chairman of the
work for the club.
Rotarians contributed money
to buy the food and for the
shipping- charges. Since the
movement was started, several
donations of rush hare been add
ed to the club's fund.
Cash is not being; raised to
cover the cost of carrying
charges of the food. The pack
ages are shipped to Rotary
clubs in Switzerland, who in
turn distribute them ' to areas
where the food is needed most
at the time.
A letter from the club is en
closed In eech package.
die atomic energy.
Next meeting of the club will
be January 14, with Superintend
ent Jack Messer in charge of the
program.
tomer to enable them to complete
a wash, regardless of size, in 30
minutes.
G. C. PLOTT IMPROVING
G. C. Plott, who has been con
fined to his home on account of
illness for several weeks, is rest
ing more comfortably.
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Waynesville's Christmas lights,
recently installed over Main,
Church and Depot streets, will be
turned on each night from now
until Christmas, announces G. C.
Ferguson, toWn manager.
Highway
Record For
1947
(To Date)
In Haywood
Injured --50
Killed----; 8
(This information Com
piled From Records of
State Highway Patrol)
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