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Published Twice-AfWeek In The County Seat of Hay wood Coaaty At The fiastern Emtrte Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Tf"No. 7 ' EIGHT PAGES United Press and Associated Press News
WAYNESVILLE,? N.kC, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1948
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood aa4-Jackson Counties
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le Park
Htha chwM amrtirtw Ttacher.
Bureau
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rod Bureau To. '
ain State Cori-
n Delegates ,
heville ' ' ,
s were set up by the
pnty Farm Bureau "af
talurd.iy in the court-
Piesided over bv
flrl'iarv. uresiderit. and
l lo proceed with the
of an auxiliary., '
r ere completed fnr
11 I he state Farm Bu-
in. wNth will betield
n Asheville. The Hy-
imn win have .charge
nmg the conventinn
tonday night, and jvill
uare dance program in
inum. a dancmf ex
tc presented hv Sam
fhe Soco Gap team, af-
n ana Hichard Queen
nibcrs while everyone'
fary uisps . mm.
arm Bureau .mihr
to attend the square
1 assist in teaching per
ne eastern nin Z
temporary officers for
auxiliary while it is
were Mrs. O. L.VtBl
chairman; Mrs. Mark
nes Creek, vice ttiahC
M". C. C. 'Francis,
secretary Alt wtuta.
mhrrs arp ellelhU .
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'ary. . ..; (
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Committees
ilt Reeling;
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liary Plans Made
Officers Of Eight
4-H Clubs Are
Named In County
Officers of eight of the 4-H clubs
in' Haywood county, not previously
announced, wcrfe reported this week
by W. D. Robinson, assistant county
agent. They are:
Beaverdam president, Morris
Matheson; vice president. Bill
Hipps; secretary, Sara Lee Jones.
Bethel seniors president. Nan
cy Poston; vice president, Edith
Donaldson; secretary, Betty Jo Gor
rell. '
, Lake Junaluska-r-president, Mar
garet , Rogers; vice president, Har
ley SherriHs secretary, jean Leath
erwood. ' (
East Waynesville president,
Donald Moor;, vice president.
Thomas Underwood; secretary, Bar
bara Jean Lcatherwood.
Hazel wood president. Barbara
Ann McClurO; vice president, Mary
Ann Byrd; secretary. Dorris Mease.
Rock Hill president, Alice En
toe; vice president. Betty Ross; sec
retary, Hall Chambers.
North Canton president; Bobby
MojClure; vice president. Billy
Smathers; secretary, Blanche Mil
ler. .
; Pennsylvania Avenue-president,
Sara . Cannon;' vice president,
Charles Medford; secretary, Patsy
Messer. .
Snow And Low Temperatures Chased
Away By 45-Degree Sunshine Monday
.Welcomed sunshine was fast
melting the snow of Friday, and
Saturday, which was reported by
official, weather observers at State
Test Farm as being 4.7 inches deep.
The sunshine, which reached the
middle forties on Sunday and again
on Monday, took the chill off the
area after having had a low read
ing of three degrees on Sunday
morning. t ' -. -'-V f
Streets and highways were almost
entirely cleared, and street farces
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Chairman Ray, of
North Carolina Park
Commission, Is
Optimistic.
The meeting in Washington last
week in which the joint N, C.
Tennessee committee for promo
tion of the Great Smoky Moun
tains National Park presented its
case for immediate park develop
ment to many congressmen and fed
eral administrative officials was
termed "a complete success" by
Charles E. Ray, Jr., of Waynes
ville, chairman of the State Park
Commission.
"It is now up to the congression
al delegations of North Carolina
and Tennessee to carry the fight
into the appropriations committees
to secure specific increases In items
of the budget presented to con
gress by the president,'' Mr. Ray
stated.
"Most of those who attended the
meeting, including congressmen
and senators from other states, ex
pressed keen interest in the Park,
and it is believed that their sup
port will be available when the
matter comes before committees."
"The joint North Carolina-Tennessee
committee," reports Mr.
Ray, "considers the Washington
meeting as only a step in its fight
to secure immediate extensive de
velopment of the Park." The com
mittee will meet in Gatlinburg on
February 3 to assess results trom
the capital gathering and make
plans for extending the fight.
Opposition to the National Park
Service ' plan to charge a toll. . of
motorists who use the Blue Bidge
Parkway was stated in a formal
resolution adopted by the N. ' C. I
Park Commission at a preliminary
resolution- nqacnev in-
pennite postponement of the toll,
and specifically, that its application
be delayed until the Parkway was
completed, states Mr. Ray. Chair
man A. H. Graham advised the
group that the State Highway
Commission was strongly opposed
, j to the toll, and urged ail to oppose
it, he added.
In assessing results of the Wash
ington meeting, he added: "The
primary purpose was to bring to
gether the congressional delega
tions of North Carolina and Ten
nessee, members of the appropria
tions and lands committees, and of
ficials of the National Park Serv
ice, in order that they might have
presented to them the situation as
lo the Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park.
"From the standpoint of getting
together this important group, and
presenting to them this situation,
the meeting was a complete suc
cess. "Appropriate greetings were ex
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Canton Bank Has
Largest Earnings
Ever In Past Year
Earnings during the past year
were reported as the best in the
history of the Haywood County
Bank at a meeting of stockholders
last week, and Junius E. Reister,
vice president, announced that an
increase in salary has been voted
for all officers and employees.
Officers of the Canton bank for
the coming year are Edwin Finch
er, president and chairman of the
board, Mr. Reister, executive vice
president; P. F. Campbell, cashier;
Mrs. Lois H. Mooney, assistant
cashier; Miss Helen West, assist
ant cashier; and Mrs. Lillie Haynes,
in charge of the Clyde office as
teller.
The bank now has a capital of
$100,000 and surplus of $100,000
and undivided profits and reserves
of $37,752.67, making its . capital
structure one of the largest in the
western part of the state.
were hauling off the banked know
from Main Street Monday after
noon. The main highways were
opened soon after the snow stopped
falling. Scrapers and sanding crews
were soon on the job. v, '
. Traffic throughout the area was
held at a minimum. With most of
the motor vehicles venturing 'out
being equipped with chains.. -. "
Hie Piedmont area of the state
suffered from-a heavier snow and
a heavy coating of tee. . ' -j
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Wins Scholarship
MISS PEGGY DOCK, daughter of
Mrs. Louise Dock, of Balam, . a
graduate rof Waynesvill high
school, has been awarded axollege
scholarship by the Beta Sigma So
rority, Peggy Dock Wins
$100 Scholarship
Balsam Girl Wins
Award Given By
Alpha Theta Chapter
of Beta Sigma Phi j
Miss Peggy Dock, a membe of
the 1947 graduating class of the
Waynesville TownshiD hieh schdkoL
was awarded a $100 college scrjl
arship by the Alpha Theta chapter
of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority last.
Tuesday mprning. The scholarship
was presented by Miss Catherine
Jones in behalf of the sorority. V,
Miss Dock, who is 19 years ol
is the daughter of Mrs. Louise
Dock, of Balsahi. She has been an
outstanding student in high school,
having been a member of the Beta
club and assistant editor of the
school, paper, .-'Waynesville Y HI
Life." She .won first placec jB a
fclteaker's eqhtest stawyffli"
bar association last year.
Miss Dock plans to enter the
Woman's College of the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro,
where she will major in foreign
languages and minor in dramatics
and music.
The award, which will be an an
nual presentation by the sorority,
is based on scholastic average, cit
izenship, and participation in extra-curricula
activities. Selection
of the student is made with the ap
proval of the school faculty and a
committee from the sorority.
Health Workers To
Hold Conference
Here Thursday
An all-day quarterly staff confer
ence will begin at 10 o'clock on
Thursday at the District Health
Department office in the court
house here, to be attended by the
workers in Haywood, Jackson and
Swdin counties.
A general discussion on preven
tion and control of tuberculosis
will be held at that time, announces
Dr. Mary Michal, district health
officer.
Dr. Michal also reperts that the
two district sanitarians, O. B. Jones
of Waynesville and C. B. Thomas
of Sylva, yesterday attended the
conference in Asheville with per
sonnel of the State Health Depart
ment in regard to problems in con
nection with summer camps.
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Many National Figures
Attend SmoMes Reeling
A representative group from
Capital Hill and official Washing
ton, as well as the governors, Offi
cial and civic delegates from North
Carolina and Tennessee, were pres
ent for the banquet meeting.
Thursday at the nation's capital at
which immediate development Of
the Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park was urged Senator J.
Howard McGrath of Rhode Island,
Democratic national chairman, and
Carroll Beece of. Tennessee, chair
man of the Republican National
committee,- attended. Chairman
Reece had earlier in the day pledg
ed his support to the fight for In
creased funds for- development of
the park at a ' breakfast meeting
with Tennessee park commission
members. Although Chairman. Mc
Grath did not commit himself; his
reaction was favorable and inter
preted by many as outright support.
- There Was almost a complete
turnout of the two states' delega-
Hons. From North Carolina were-
War Declared
On Rats For
Wednesday,
Thursday
County-Wide Exter
mination Campaign
Will Be Staged
On Rate
Rat killing will be the order of
the day on Wednesday and Thurs
day in Haywood county, with a con
certed campaign to be conducted in
rural areas and the towns of
Waynesville, Hazelwood, Canton
and Clyde.
More than 4,000 pounds of poison
bait, containing a mixture of red
squill, fish and other ingredients,
will be prepared today at the com
munity cannery here under the
Supervision - of the county agent,
Wayne Corpenlng.
Approximately 2,500 pounds will
be distributed tomorrow through
the high schools to persons in rural
areas. This will be taken by school
children, on the basis of orders
already turned In, to their homes
and be placed as advantageously as
possible to kill rats. '
"It is important that the bait be
put out right away," states Mr.
Corpenlng. "Don't keep it until it
sours, else the rats will not touch
it."
Town Manager G. C. Ferguson
announces that town employees
will begin distributing the poison
bait at 8 o'clock Thursday morn
ing to business places, and give in.
structibns on how it is to be used.
Bait wilt i be distributed in the
residential section here Friday.
Similar plans will be followed in
the other'communitles, and an em
ployee of the District Health de
partment will supervise the general
distribution.
(Anyone .111 Waynesville who
wishes a small supply of the bait
tot some special purpose. is4hVUed
or Friday.
The towns are paying for the cost
of bait they use, and farmers will
pay $1 for each three-pound pack
age. Special Program
On Polio Tonight
A special program on the polio
campaign will be staged tonight at
7:30 over WHCC by Rev. L. G. El
liott, Rev. C. L. Allen and the
Meadow Grove quartette. A similar
program was given last Friday
night.
Rev. Mr. Elliott will discuss the
polio campaign, and special music
will be given by the quartette,
which is composed of Frank Heath
erly, Miss Genevieve Reece, Jack
Fulbright, and T. C. Heatherly.
Drivers Warned To Get
New Auto Tag By Feb. 1
February 1 is the deadline for
securing 1948 Waynesville city
tags, Police Chief OrVille Noland
warns motorists.
"There still are several persons
who should have them that haven't
secured their city tags," he stated.
Slightly more than 200 have been
sold to date. Anyone given a tick
et for driving a car without a new
license plate will be subject to pay
ing court costs of $10 in addition to
baying the tag at $1.
Senators Hoe? and TJraStead, Rep
resentatives Herbert Bonner, Har
old Cdoley, John H, Folger, Carl T.
Durham, C. B. Deane, Robert L.
Doughton, Hamilton C. Jones and
KL M, Redden. The Tennesseans in
cluded Senator Kenneth McKellar
and Reps, Dayton E. Phillips, John
Jennings, Jr., Estes Kefauver, Al
bert Gore, Joseph L. Evins, James
Percy Priest, Wirt Courtney, Tom
Murray, Jere Cooper and Clifford
Davis.
2'RepV Albert Thomas of Texas,
representing the house appropria
tions subcommittee for the interior
department; Senator Henry C.
Dworshak, Idaho, of the senate ap
propriations subcommittee, attend
ed, as did most of the members of
Rep. Sedden's public, lands com
mittee in the house Reps,: Frank
A. Barrett, chairman, and Fred L.
Crawford, Karl M. LeCompete, Wil
liam Lemke, Wesley A. D'Ewart,
NorrU Pouison, Charles HV Has-
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Final Push For $6,5
In Polio
Served By
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SOME OF THE fraywood county children who were infantile
f paralysis' .ictitys have almost completely recovered from
effects of theMdisease because
others are ori the road to recovery. This is made possible In
most cases by March of Dimes
r-t1ift.A'.MritY Wallace Warren. 11. son of Mr. nnrf Mm
daughter of Mr. an&Mrs. Gay Bradshaw, of Route 1, Clyde;
Elizabeth Lucy Haney. 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. ,D.
Haney, Route 1, Waynesville;
Mr. and Mrs. Bill WWP, Clyde;
and Mrs. Will Russell of Clyde; and Ralph Edward (Eddy)
Sutton, "4, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Sutton of Waynesville.
A Mountaineer photograph by Ingram's Studi6:
Newspaper Men
Study Schools
And Road Systems
Annual Institute Held
At Duke and the
University Of ;
N. Carolina
W.' Curtis Russ attended the 3
day session of the North Carolina
Press Institute at the University of
North Carolina and Duke Univers
ity last week. He presided at the
session of the N. C. Weekly News
paper Association. In the capacity
as president, an office he has held
two years. He will be succeeded this
year by Tom Lassitcr, of Smith
field. During one of the several ses
sions, tlie N. C. Press Association
went on record urging expansion of
the Journalism Department at the
University of North Carolina, and
be named for the late Josephus
Daniels.
The group discussed numerous
state-wide projects, such as the
urgent need for Improvement of
secondary roads in, the tate. .
A breakfast meeting was jiven
Saturday morning honoring the
past presidents of the organization,
and pins presented to each by the
association. Mr. Russ served as
president of the state organization
in 1937-1938.
Passer Of Allegedly
Is Arrested Monday
A young man caused.' a stir of
excitement Monday afternoon by
merely walking up Mahi Street and
entering a cafe for .lunch.-
A number of merchants had
noticed him take the walk, and be
fore he finished, lunch ihad asked
the Police Department to restrict
his activities for,' a, 'while' They
thought that this' vm the man who
had, given checks which bore the
signature of T. C. Norr Is, but which
Mr. Norris claimed he did not
write.
Drive
Polio Fund
of the proper treatment, while
contributions. Pictured above
Juanita Lowe, 7, daughter of
Jack Russell, 15, son of Mr.
Teachers Urging
Special Session
Of Legislature
Dudley Moore Rep
resents Haywood At
State Meeting; Plan
Vigorous Drive
Dudley Moore represented the
Haywood Education Association at
,i state-wide meeting in Raleigh on
Saturday, where a program was ar
ranged for the state association for
;he year.
Among the oeveral topics dis
cussed was a resolution urging
Governor Cherry to call a special
session of the legislature with the
idea of considering an increase in
salaries for teachers and other state
employees.
Practically every county was
represented at the session, where
much time was given to the re
views of statistics showing steady
advances in the cost of living and
the cost of school operations. The
state's high teacher load was cited
along with other figures on the de
creasing number of persons train
ing for the teaching profession.
Acting President A. C. Dawson,
Jr., of the NCEA presided over the
meeting. Dawson( of Southern
Pines, told the group that "We must
get the laymen the general pub
lic as well as the newspapers on
our side. Only if we get outside
groups fighting in our behalf can
we hope for success." .
- Forged Checks
At Local Cafe
The first allegedly-forged check
was cashed at The Toggery on Jan
uary 17, for $35.60, bearing the T.
C. Norris'' signature; and ft week
later R. L. Burgin's Store cashed
one for $38.00, which also was not
honored when taken to the bardC
(Police were -notified and. pre
pared a warrant based on the mail's
description.
When he went to lunch yester
day, one of the merchants noticed
him as he walked up the street, sod
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Underway
Workers Preparing
For Final 4Days To
Reach Quota In
Haywood
Entering its flnal week, workers
in the 1048 March of Dimes cam
paign to support the National In
fantile Paralysis foundation will in
tensify their, efforts to reach Hay
wood county's goal of $6,500 by
Saturday night.
'Although slowed down somewhat
by bad weather last week-end, the
drive in the Waynesville area is
progressing satisfactory, reports
county co-chairman David Hyatt.
It had been planned for workers to
canvas the business , sections of
Waynesville and Hagelwood during
the week end but this was postpon
ed Until the early part of this week
and is now under way.
One of the . highlights of the
drive, the Founders Day Ball, will
be staged Friday night at the Arm
ory. The sale of tickets to the ball
has been started by Beta Sigma
Phi sorority, and a large attend
ance is expected, ',
CaroJ Henry; and his Buccaneers
will furnish music for the dance,
to begin at 9 o'clock in the Arm
ory. On Thursday the dime board will
be installed on Main Street to ac
cept contributions to the drive.
Members of the Waynesville Rotary
Club, who are sponsoring the cam
paign in this area, will have charge
of the dime board.
Solicitation in and near Canton
is going, on under the direction of
Beekman Huger, geperal co-chairman.
Funds are being collected at the
Park theateHhis week, having been
taken at the Strand durine the nnst
Bookmobile
Campaign To
Be Discussed
Large Group To Help
Forrhulate jjrive Plans
At Wednesday
Meeting
The Haywood County Library
Board has invited all members of
the Bookmobile CanipMgn Commit
tee to attend a luncheon meeting
tomorrow at 1 o'clock, at the Towne
House.
At this time plans will be made
for a drive, to be held in February,
to raise the $3,000 needed to mir-
chase a truck and other equipment
necessary to start a bookmobile
service.
Miss Margaret Johnston, county
librarian, will explain the work of
the bookmobile and show a film on
bookmobile service.
William Medford is serving as
chairman of the committee, which
is composed of representatives of
aU clubs and civic organizations in
the county,, Members of the com
mittee la addition to those pre
viously announced include Miss
Nancy Klinan, of the Waynesville
Music Club; Jrs, Paul McElroy.
Sr., of the Civic League; Mrs. War
ren J, Current, of the Canton Wo
man's Club; Boy Campbell, of the
V. F. W4 Mrs. Tom Campbell. Sr .
of the Vi F W. auxiliary; and Miss
Pauline Slaughter of the Canton
chapter, U.D.C.
Any member Of the committee
who will not be able to attend the
luncheon is asked to notify Miss
Johnston at the library by noon to
day so that too many places will
not be reserved.
Record For
1948
IU Date)
In JJaywood
Injured- 1
(This infonnatles Com
piled From Record of