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Standard PRINTING t . 220 S TtrM St LOUISVILLE Kt , 500 People itbin 20 miles of ville their ideal g center The Waynesville Mountaineer Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat ol Haywood County At Th e Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Published v Twice-a-Week Every Tu2say and Friday , EAR No. 3 SIXTEEN PAGES United Pre ss and Associated Press Newi wood REA Awaits To Extend Lines WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1948 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Approval Given Additions To Lr Lines In junties Inately 600 new memberi Lj to Haywood Electric if Cooperative during 00 miles of lines, reports raising tr of power users in the hOO and the line mileage 400. the present year the co- nticioates reaching BOO bers and the addition of miles of power line, ne h in this is the 75 miles w under construction in Inty on the "K" project. be switched on to serve during February on this If the 148-mile addition, eld says. The connection kde at Highlands to Nan Iver and Light Company naining portion of pro Mil be constructed after ectiort is finished, and is k cross the state border i county, Georgia. d in state Rural Electri- dministration headquar- g mid-December was an for a loan of $75,000, awaits final approval in i, expected within the leeks. is loan is secured work on extending present rye 390 more members. om will he in Haywood d the remainder In Bun- T-ansyWanla. These ex- tat ts Mr. SheffieM. will by tli, Co-bDiJlnt craws. Ming ihe ddiUoa: io awisi in me woric hate system, study, is cur- ferway by the coopera leer, a. o. Vannort of This is to provide work- oc rephasing major lines pern to carry sufficient growing demand in fu including heavy ma- 1C lines were originally provide an average of hours per month ber and at the present time e is 60 KWH. Bv sten. Mn route lines from nno. Ihree-phase, it would be furnish an average of i n the rephasing plans illation of a larcer Clyde. flC, remarks Mr. Shef grown to nearly its ter Pits. FuturA tvn...in.. ected to reaching more 'S, farms and hucinAB. t UUOIUC9WI "g out and extending Masonic Leader v ! I n I PHpTO BY INGRAM'S TUOl6 HALLETT S. WARD has been placed in office as Worshipful Mas ter of lodge No. 259, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, last week in Waynesvllle. Bureau Will .Officers At Saturday ft of Farm Bureau ('fW00d county will be ?y morning at 10:30 r courthouse, It is an- V C. Frannl. fient "IJJU- Hon of officers will fc P report of the recent convention . v.. freary of Fines Creek. Jlng,dlstrlctleW Wi" be one f "e e more than inn I'e bureau i it . - u nuywooa WAGE LICENSE a8e licens. Una J . -1 10 lUymond owm . both of Haywood ? Weather (the United preM) an. 9Partiv arm. ' ,u Waynesviiu Ms. Mia. . & .'.-4IJ - Me 29 21 14 Officers Are Installed By Masonic Groups Here Hallett S. Ward Is Named Worshipful Master Of Lodge ' 259, A. F; A. M. . At a regular communication of Waynesvllle lodge No. 259, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, last .Friday night, the following officers were installed: Hallett S. Ward, worshipful master; Edgar A. Wil liamson, senior warden; JValter F. Sprinkle, junior warden? William A. Abel, treasurer; Claude B. Hosaflook, secretary; Robert M. Fie, senior deacon; Hugh J. Sloan, Jr., junior deacon; Christian R. Eck hoff, senior steward; Jack Felmet, junior steward; and James D. Mc Clure, tyler. Officers installed at a stated con vocation of Waynesville chapter No. 69, Royal Arch Masons, were: Robert C. McBride, high priest; Robert W. Livingstone, king; Ben nie L. McGlamery, scribe; William A. Abel, treasurer; Claude B. Hos aflook, secretary; Lee F. Worthing ton, captain of hosts; Charles H. Metcalfe, principal sojourner; Ed win, P. Martin, Royal Arch captain; Dewitt F. Whitman, master of the third veil; Edgar A. Williamson, master of the second veil; James W. Reed, Jr., master of the .first veil; and Ralph R. Whitehouse, sentinel. Doric Council No. 20, Royal and Select Master, conducted installa tion at a stated assembly for the following officers: Hugh J. Sloan, Jr., illustrious master; James L. Patton, deputy master; Ernest L. (Continued on page 2) Damage Suits And Divorces Are Heard In Civil Got) Five DivorcYjmfc Granted DunjrJirst Fours Days, Qli U yiWI) ,.11111 tbaferin may The January civil tetw.47 Supe rior Court opened heWMbnday before Judge F. , Dobiw Wiilllps, with a large part Hwr.Wfe1 re maining for trial as of noon .Thurs- J 1 11 .1 it I'iL kit it-.i uay inuiuBiing inai enter its second wee Five divorces were granted: Len Rathbone from Mora, Roseau Rath bone, Lola Rhymer' from- Walter Rhymer, Dora M. S. Howard from C. C. Howard, Christine Keith from Sam Keith, and Myrtle Jones from William Porter Jones. Two damage suits arising out of a vehicle accident; M. A. Ingram, administrator of the Mrs. Jane Parker estate, vs. James C. Hens ley, Jr.. and Mrs. Addie Ingram vs. Hensley, compromise judgments of $4,500 and $400 respectively, were upheld by the court. In the case of Clifford Presnell vs. Norman Price, the plaintiff was given a judgment of $2,000 for an Injury caused by the negligent operation of an automobile by the defendant. The jury decided against the plaintiff in the case of W. B. No- land vs. Sam G. Smith, regarding the trade of a cow. A compromise reached (in the L. Thompson vs. Waynesvllle Hardware Co. case, awarding the plaintiff $600, was consented to by the court; as was the agreement In Boyd M. Thompson vs. Waynesvllle Hardware Co. In which the plait1 agreed to take nothing by action. A Girl With Ambition and Courage J V ! U'1I" - x p V . ' ' - . It x"", I PHOTO BY INGRAM'S STUDIO t; Test Farm Jersey Cow Earns Award For Production Mountain Standard Sula 1484171, a registered Jersey cow owned by the Mountain Experiment Station at Waynesville, has completed a production record of 8,009 pounds of milk and 478 pounds butterfat to qualify for the Silver Medal award of the American Jersey Cat tle club, it is announced by the club office in Columbus, Ohio. The record of Mountain Standard Sula was made on 305-day test at the age of two years. All tests were verified by both the Univer sity of North Carolina and the American Jersey Cattle club. In compiling this record, she produced more than twp times as much butterfat as th? average dairy cow in the United States. IS RECOVERING -Mrs. Elaine T. Gill, district health , department . nurse . for the Canton area, who has been confined at her home ,ln Andrews since late November with an attack! of pneu monia, Is reported much improved and ig expected to return to work shortly, announces Dr. Mary Mi ch al. Officers Named , For4-Ht Clubsi: At 10 Schools -?vf Officers of 10 of the 4-H clubs in Haywood county serving during the present year have been an nounced by Bill Robinson, assist ant county agent, as follows: Waynesville high president, Peggy Noland; vice president, De Wayne Crawford; secretary, Mo- zelle Liner; reporter, Patricia Bren dle; and song leader, Jeanette Leopard. Cecil presid'nt, Clyde Cham bers; vice president, Tommy Sin gleton; secretary, Rosanne Warren. Canton high president, Maxlne Mann; vice president, Melvtta Al len; secretary, Betty Ann Jones; song leader, Peggy Jo Hipps and Joyce Moore; reporter, Betty Jean Ford. Cruso president, Reba Rhodes; vice president, Opal Murphy; sec retary, Birdell Sorrell; song lead er, Clara Burnette. Morning Star president, Betty Jo Plemmons; vice president, Car olyn Cody; secretary Bobby Reyn olds. Bethel juniors president, Rose mary West; vice president, Doris Rollins; secretary. Patsy McCrack en; song leader, Romona Snyder. Crabtree juniors president, Su sie Noland; vice president, Geral dine Bishop; secmryT-JEUxey Ann Crawford; song , lea$(r, Peggy Bradshaw. . V; v V Fines Creek Jumors-fesident, Joe Greene; vice president,' Donald (Continued on page 2) i '.' ' :t.a?.'.i MISS ANNIE QUEEN graduated from Bethel high school in 1930, wanted to attend college, but had to wait and work before she was in a position to realize her ambition. She will receive her diploma from Yale University this spring. Miss Queen Waited 10 Years, But Found College Education Is Possible If One Wants M wMake The Sacrifice 1 xr r.. :i n.. uvc viiii uaa Made Outstanding Little Larnin' TniiA'ecruiHnf sergeant Record ' J. B. Slack; 86 Passes Monday At Ashebbraf J. B. Slack, 86, retired frmer and prominent dvio leader of Sea grove, N. C, died Monday,1 at an Asheboro hospital following heart attack. Funeral services were con ducted Tuesday at the Whynot Methodist church, Seagrove. He is survived by Six Jsons, In cluding E. S. Slack, ' 'owner of Slack's stores in Waynesville, Can ton and Brevard; and three daugh ters. Mr. Slack was a lifelong resi dent of Randolph county. ' oa counties is puzzled is t why im any young men have so lft- ' tie education. During- one month, he related here this week, there were 178 boys who talked to him about rettinr In the Army. He said he was able to forward papers on only six of this number, and that part f these were turned down at Greenville, S. C. Lack of education was the cause in most cases, he stated. The minimum Army require ment is completion of the fourth trade. Ministerial Group Holds Meeting At Junaluska Church The Haywood County Ministerial Association held its regular month ly meeting Monday at Long's Chap el at Lake Junaluska. Rev. Duck wald, pastor of Long's Chapel, was elected acting president of the group. Rev. Mabry, pastor of the Can ton Methodist church, was elected chairman of the program commit tee and serving with him will be Rev. D. O. Mclnnis, pastor of the Canton Presbyterian church; and Rev. Horace Smith, pastor of the Central Baptist church of Canton. By W. CURTIS RUSS Germans Are Hungry; Not Starving, Says Lynn Former County Agent Here Now In Charge Of Food For Germans By now Jack Lynn, former coun ty agent, should be safely back at his office In Frankfort, Germany, after spending a brief vacation at ( home, and consulting with agricul ture officials in Washington. He spent the greater part of a day here last week. Mr. Lynn is chief of the United States element of food, agriculture and forestry in Germany, with headquarters in Frankfort. He has 55 American workers under him, and some 550 Germans. It is the duty of Mr. Lynn and his associates to get German farm ers back on a high production level, and to make the country self-supporting as far as food is concerned as soon as possible. The task is a gigantic one, he said, pointing out that the low ra tioning of strength-giving foods does not lend itself to initiative, or the desire to work hard. The average person is getting 1.400 calories daily, with the laboring classes about 1,700. Mr. Lynn explained that the aver age housewife is given for 28 days, the following: 20 pounds of bread 16 pounds of potatoes V4 pound of butter pound of meat. "The German people have high hopes for the Marshall plan, and Europe knows that their only hope is to get aid from America. The area over which Mr. Lynn is in charge, has a population of 42,500,000, and 38 millions of these are wholly dependent upon outside help for food, as they live in in. dustrial cities a tamjot Talee any - - (Continued .-.wi fJagatwo)" ' The large crowd attending the graduating exercises of the Bethel High School back in 1930, saw a small, energetic girl step lightly across the stage and accept her diploma, smile, and return to her seat. What the audience did not see was the determination in the girl's heart to complete her educa tion. That desire never died, and this spring, 18 years later, plus sacrifices, and hard work, Miss An nie Queen, will graduate from the School of Divinity of Yale Univers ity. Back in 1930 Miss Queen was just one of many high school gradu ates eager for a college education, but the depression kept hundreds from realizing their dreams. Miss Queen, however, continued to dream, and work and pray, and keep faith. She went to work in the finish ing department of the Champion Paper and Fibre Company, and for 9Vfc years worked hard at her job, saving some money after she and her two younger sisters had built a nice home for their mother and stepfather in the Henson Cove sec tion. After the home was paid for. Miss Queen, with the assistance of her sisters, began to save for her college career, which has extended over 8 years, and when she gradu ates in the Spring with her bachelor (Continued on Page Two) TVA Will Give Free Seedlings 32,500 Are Allotted For Planting This Year In Haywood County An allotment of 32,500 TVA tree seedlings has been made for Hay wood county, to be distributed by the state forestry department in cooperation with the extension service. The seedlings: White pine, short leaf pine, poplar and locust, will arrive here during February and March, and will be distributed on the basis of orders taken this month from Individuals. All land owners interested in securing the seedlings are urged to place their order at once in the county agent's office. Authorized use of the seedlings include resetting eroded, cutover and underplanted woodland. During 1947 there were 25,000 seedlings set out in Haywood, and a check during the fall showed 98 per cent survival. Postal Receipts Show Increase In Past Year Here Taken By Death t" j r I REV. S. R. CROCKETT passed away Tuesday morning at a Sy'lva Hospital following an illness of several weeks. He was pastor of the Hazelwood. Bethel and White Oak Presbyterian churches. Haywood Home Demonstration Clubs Name Officers For The Coming Year Evans Joins Police Here On Resignation of Messer Arthur Paul Evans has been as signed to the Waynesville Police Department upon the recent resig nation of Policeman Guy Messer, announced Chief Orville , Noland. Policeman Evans served with the Marine Corps during World War II. .'..,.' '.' Mr. Messer had been a member of the department since Septem ber 1945. . ' New officers have recently been elected to serve the eighteen Home Demonstration Clubs through out the county. These clubs which work with Miss Mary Margaret Smith, county Home Agent, have a total of 384 active members with 116 additional members who attend occasionally. Each month the clubs are given a demonstration on a subject of interest to homemakers. County Council Officers for this year are; president, Mrs. W. - D. Ketner; vice president, Mrs. Hiram McCracken; and secretary-treasurer, Mrs. J. T. Snyder. : Club officers include the follow ing: - Aliens Creek Club: president, Mrs. Jule Allen; vice president, Mrs. Moody Farmer; sec.-treas., Mrs. Hiram McCracken. Bearerdam Club: president, Mrs. Lloyd Parham; vice president, Mrs. Roy Robinson; sec.-treas., Mrs. Frank Cabei assistant sec.-treas., Mrs. Paul Robinson. . ' Bethel Club:., president, Mrs. Henry Garner, vice president, Mrs. . - ..::. -.i-y g y . MRS. W. D. KETNER County President Jim Welch; sec., Mrs. Welch Single ton; treas., Mrs. Ellis Wells. Crabtree Club: president, Mrs. Marshall Kirkpatrick; vice presi dent. Mrs. Lowery Ferguson; sec. treas., Mrs. Rex Messer. Cecil Club: president, Mrs. Thomas Erwin; vice president Mrs. J. H. Reece; sec.-treas., Mrs. James Reeves. Clyde Club: president, Mrs. J. T. Snyder; vice president, Mrs. C. E. Brown. Jr.; sec-tress., Mrs. Levi Morgan. Dellwood Club: president, Mrs. W. D. Ketner; vice president, Mrs. Grady Moody; sec.-treas., Mrs. Crews Moody. Fines Creek Club: president, Mrs. France Rogers; vice president, Mrs. Cauley Rogers; sec.-treas., Miss Maggie James. Francis Cove Club: president, Mrs. Wiley Franklin; vice presi dent, Mrs. W. K. Boone; sec.-treas., Mrs. M. G. Head. Iron Duff Club: president, Mrs. J. R. Caldwell; vice president, Mrs. L. L. Williamson; sec.-treas., Mrs. T. C. Davis. Jonathan Club: president, Mrs. W. H. Nelson; vice president, Mrs. Fred Allison. Junaluska Club: president, Mrs. (Continued on Page Two) Rev. Crockett Passes Jan, 6 Following Long Illness Funeral Held Wednes ' day For iJeloved Pres byterian Pastor At Hazelwood 1 Funeral services were held Wed nesday for the Rev. Stewart Roper Crockett, 68, at the Hazelwood Presbyterian ,church which he had served for many years. Rev. Crock ett died Tuesday morning in a Sylva hospital following a lengthy illness. Officiating at the service were the Rev. M. R. Williamson, pastor of the Waynesville Presbyterian church; the Rev. B. Hoyt Evans, pastor of the Franklin Presbyterian church; and the Rev. R. T. Houts, patsor of the Cullowhee Methodist church. The body was taken for burial at Edgefield, S. C. Active pallbearers were Law rence Davis, Paul Davis, Ralph Summerrow, G. C. Summerrow, W. P. Whitesides and J. F. Justice. Honorary pallbearers were mem bers of the Haywood County Minis terial association, the Asheville Presbytery, and Haywood Memorial Post No. 47, American Legion. Rev. Crockett was on leave from his pastorate of the Hazelwood, Bethel and White Oak churches during his illness. In addition to be ing a great spiritual force in his churches, he was known as a build- er who was responsible for many j improvements to church property. ; A pastor of the Waynes : ville Presbyterian church from 1920 to 1930, he left here to be come superintendent without pay i for the Maxwell Home for Boys in 1 Macon county. i He was president of the county ministerial association and chap- (Continued on Page Two) Sing Convention Here On Jan. 18 As Polio Benefit A singing convention will be held at the Haywood County court house on Sunday, January 18, for the benefit of the polio fund. The convention is being spon sored by Rev. C. L. Allen and W. T. Queen and the public is cor dially invited to attend. There will be group singing, quartets, duets and solos. A free-will offering will be taken at the end of the program. Waynesville Post Of fice Receipts Over $46,000 During 1947 Postal receipts at the Waynes ville post office during 1947 totaled $46,570.90, representing an in crease over the previous year of $2,893.40, Postmaster J. Hardin Howell announced yesterday. During the first quarter of 1947 there was a small decline, in com parison with the same period in 1946. The December quarter, how ever, was one of the largest in the post office's history, and netted $2,995 more than the final quarter of the previous year. Postal receipts are based primar ily on the sale of stamps, and are generally considered to reflect the business condition of the area served. "The past Christmas season,'" Postmaster Howell says, "extended over a longer period than any I have experienced in the past 13 years." Outgoing letters put through the cancelling machine averaged 6,209 during December, and on the peak day, the Monday before Christmas, was 44,446. In addition to this were 612 packages and a quantity of metered and non-metered mail which Is not required to be can celled at the post office, During the period Dec. 1 to 20 the Waynesville office sold approxi mately 120,000 greeting card stamps. The local post office, Postmaster Howell states, had receipts of ap proximately $17,000'. for 1934, thus hjuvwrow nearly 'to three times that .figure in the past 13 years. It reached firtt clasi listing In 1943. The postmaster believes that re ceipts will hold up close to last year's level in 1948. Radio Promotions Given Wall And MacFarland Here Zeno Wall, Jr.. has been named general manager of Radio Station WHCC. and E. F. MacFarland ap pointed program director, effective last Tuesday, it was announced yes terday by W. Curtis Russ. president of the Smoky Mountain Broadcast ing Company. Robert M. Wallace, of Shelby. has served as general manager but due to the press of duties in Shel by, had to relinquish the po.' here other than act as an advis and continue as a member of the board of directors. Mr. Wall has served as assistant general manager since the station went on the air in late August. Mr. MacFarland was chief announcer, since the station opened. He has worked with stations in Georgia and Florida before coming here. He suc ceeds George Flowers who has re signed to take up v-nrk elsewhere. William Paschal, of Valdese, re cently joined the station in the cap acity as engineer. He is the third member of the engineering staff. V LEGION POST WILL MEET TONIGHT Haywood Post No. 47. American Legion, will hold its regular meet ing tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the Masonic Temple building, it is an nounced by Commander William Medford. Orchardmen To Discuss Packing House Plans Possibilities of an apple storage and packing plant for small grow ers of Haywood will be. discussed Friday nigjftj at a meeting of or chardmen in the county agent's of fice, announces Wayne Corpen-ing. Misses Kathryn and Emma Gunn left Tuesday for a month's vaca tion at Fort- Lauderdale Beach, Fla. Highway Record For '1948 (To Date) In Haywood Injured- 0 Killed--- 0 (This Information Com piled From Records of , State Highway Patrol)