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Published TwiceA-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
-SYEAR No. 17 SIXTEEN PAGES United Pre ss and Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1948 $3 00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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ftxrjoD Otra Saoirvoy Fromrais all
Civic Leaders Study Crime Prevention
to.
REPUBLICANS
ESDAV
fcovd. chairman ot me
inty HepuDiicsu inv
itee, has callea pre-
fcs to be neia in etu
W' l
lie county on luesaay,
,rh chairman has been
lige the time and place
kings in his respective
,se of these meetings
led a precinct chair-
o committeemen, ana
delegates to the
fceting which will be
Canton high school
rch 6, at 2 p. m.
Inty meeting, delegates
d to the congressional
le courthouse In Sylva
AN'DIDATE
lNOR FILES
II" Stanley, Sr., of
lark-horse, has filed as
governor, making the
bounce, witn no aa-
Stanley dropped into
office in Raleigh and
lHe is the former may-
in. and served in the
Is for two years. He
years un the Klnston
1LDERS
4-ELECTION
Kickoff
Red Cross
Dinner Is
Set Monday
Volunteer Workers
Will Officially Launch
Drive On March 1
To Resign
f t) i
io have filed include
r the nomination and
secretary of State,
amy, of Wilmington
fee for Congress from
istritt. and Forrest II,
High Point want.'- to
lelf as commissioner of
THIS GROUP of civic leaders of Haywood met at Canton recently to hear J. Meyer Cole,
F. B. I. agent, discuss crime prevention. The event was sponsored by the Canton Exchange
Club, and the dinner meeting was held at the Imperial Hotel in Canton. Reading from left
to right: Chief W. N. Stroup, Mayor J. Paul Murray, J. W. Stone, president of the Exchange
Club; Mr. Cole, Jack Abbott, commander ot the Vf W, Mrs. wuns KirKpatricK, canton v.
T. A.'; C. T. Nichols, president Canton Lions Club, Rev. M. R. Williamson, president Waynes
ville Rotary Club; Charles Hawkins, Canton Moose Lodge, and Claude Rogers, president of
Waynesville Lions Club. This photo was made by Ingram's Studio.
Public Support Is Being Sought
For Cherokee Historical Drama
DR. CARL V. REYNOLDS has
announced that he will resign as
public health officer for the Stale
of "North Carolina. The position
has been offered Dr. Thomas Par
ian who will soon be replaced as
the U. S
The 1948 fund campaign for the
Red Cross will be officially
launched Monday night, March 1,
when a kickoff dinner for volunteer
workers will be held at the Towne
House at 7:30.
Leo Weill, chapter fund chair
man, will preside and all commit
tee chairmen and volunteer work
ers are especially invited to attend.
The program will include the show
ing of a Red Cross film and com
pletion of plans for the campaign.
Mr. Weill has emphasized the
mportance tins year ol reacning , K ... oneral for
the goal of $3,225, which has been , VuMU. n,.alth Service
set for the Haywood County chap- ;
ter, since expenditures ot the Red
Cross are greater than ever before.
The three services which will re
ceive priority are disaster, the new
blood donor service and services to
veterans.
69.4 percent of funds collected
is retained by the local chapter
to carry on various lied Cross
services in the community. The
Hay wood Chapter maintains an of
fice in the Court House with Mrs.
Kthel Fisher as full-time execu
tive secretary.
Rev. M. R. Williamson, chapter
chairman, has requested that all
ministers in the community call at
tention to the drive and commend
(Continued on Patje 'I woi
Bid Deadline For
Clyde Post Office
Extended 1 Week
ft pc
Redden Will
Be Speaker
Saturday To
Postmasters
Postmasters of 12th
District Will Hold
T . HIT
iEMnrnAT toJ?4 umner meeiinu
'l BAItRUAY
political news of the
tri Carolina will be
-fay night when some
fts gather in Raleigh
jrson-Jackson Day din
fehts of the program
essage by Governor
I the principal address
Tom Connally of Texas.
fie R. Hoey will in-
tor Connallv
Blythe, of Charlotte,
foasier.
campaigning will be
side, as the event will
frats from every nook
Jbf North farrJlr,., I
fid day for all candi-
feir co-workers.
'a on Page Two)
Will Be
Sunday
off in Hazelwnrul
fka and Dellwood areas
f to 5:30 while
fmers are heino w
substation in Hazpl.
9 announced by Caro-
f ,Q u6ht company this
juphon will not affect
ur "t-A lines.
n WHcc will be off
"e period. du tn k
er supplying the
" served fm .v
Dellwood line.
Weather
At Clyde
Representative Monroe M. Red
den will be principal speaker Sat
urday evening at 7 o'clock at the
dinner meeting of postmasters of
the twelfth district, to be held in
the Clyde school. Mr. Redden has
announced that he preferred to
speak before the postmasters ot
this district rather than attend the
Jackson day dinner in Raleigh the
same day.
Mrs. Emily Walkingstick, post
mistress at Cherokee, is president
of the district organization and
will preside at the meeting. Post
master J. Hardin Howell of
Waynesville reports that Wade Hill
of Canton, state president, and
Pearly Linville of Oak Ridge, state
secretary, are expected to attend.
In announcing that he would not
attend the Jackson Day dinner in
Raleigh Saturday night, Mr. Red
den was quoted in Washington last
week as saying, "I feel I can get
more votes by speaking to the post
al officials of my district than by
listening to someone speak in Ra
leigh. I believe I should tend to
the home front first."
Chambers of Com
merce to Discuss Rais
ing Haywood Quota
For Drama
The people of Western North
Carolina are to be enlisted in the
movement to make possible the
first presentation this summer of
"The Cherokees," a drama with
music that will review the story of
the Cherokee Indian and pioneer
life in the Great Smoky Mountain
region.
At the meeting of Western North
Carolina Associated Communities
Tuesday at Andrews, the 70 mem
bers who attended were presented
a summary of progress made on
the long-planned historical drama,
and agreed to concert their ef
forts in raising 25 per cent of the
requqired $65,000 expense money.
Preliminary plans for the event
have reached the stage where the
raising of $u,uuu in western
North Carolina to prove sectional
interest and support will allow
work on the project to get under
way and bring about the first per
formance in early July. Harry Da-
vis, first assistant in me .iuiih
Playmakers and in the direction of
"The -Lost Colony," has agreed to
hold himself available as director
of the production if financial back
ing is assured. An amphitheater
site on the reservation at Cherokee
will be provided by the Cherokee
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Canton To
Vote April 6
On Large
Bond Issue
$150,000 Program to
Be Decided; New Ileg
istration Called By
Town
A six-point program calling for
the issuance of $150,000 bonds will
be voted on April 6 by qualified
voters in Canton, according to an
announcement by town officials
this week.
Proposed expenditures on which
the taxpayers will vote are:
Recreation center, to include a
swimming pool, public playground,
tennis courts and other facilities
$75,000.
Extensions and enlargements of
the water supply system $14,250.
Enlargement and extensions of
the sanitary sewer system $6,000.
Street improvements $22,000.
Acquisition of motor trucks by
town $17,750.
To erect a tool storage building
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Hound Bench
Show Plans
Undecided
Because of illness, the president
and secretary of the Slate Fox
' Hunters Association were unable
to attend the meeting called by the
Haywood-Jackson association here
Tuesday night.
Approximately 60 members of
the two-county group were present
and were enthusiastic about the
chances of getting the state bench
i show for fox hounds in Waynesville
I this year. President Jim Killian
Tin- deadline for accepliiiK
bids on new quurters for Hie
Clyde post office has bren ex
tended one week from that
oiisinally announced, February
23. aceordinr to information
from the Tifflee of A. E. Ilelmlck
of Greensboro, postal Inspector
in chaise of leases for North and
South Carolina.
It was stated that live parties
are interested In providing the
enlaiKed postal facilities, but no
delinlte WcJJon yyyi btakep be
fore March T'Ptoiw" call for a
buildins with 1,000 square fret
of floor space, as compared to
the present building's 560 square
feel, lo be ready for occupancy
by September 1, 1948.
Boy Scout Drive
Underway Here In
Haywood County
appointed a committee to contact
Ihe state officers at an early date,
!o work out plans fur holding the
show here.
On the committee arc .lack West.
Clyde; Albert Burnette, Canton;
and Tom Davis. Hazelwood. Mr
Killian and Mr West are members,
of the state directors of Ihe asso
ciation. The state president is the
Rev. Glenn A. Miller of Gold Hill
and the secretary is I. T. Wilkersoiv
of Concord, w ho were forced to j
cancel plans to be at the meeting I
because of illness.
Mr. Killian states that he will
call another meeting of the Hay-;
wood-Jackson hunters shortly and j
hopes to have the state officers
present at the time.
The annual Boy Scout member
ship drive is underway in Haywood,
with the Waynesville Lions Club
soliciting in this area and the Ex
change Club handling the drive in
('anion.
The Lions here last night dis
cussed completion of the campaign
and I he Exchange Club reported
satisfactory results from their so
licitation. The quota here is $1,400 and in
Canton il is $1,250.
TVA Head
Will Speak
In Haywood
Gordon Clapp To Ad
dress Workshop Group
And Public on Mon
day Night
Gordon Clapp, director of the
Tennessee Valtey Authority, will
speak at 7 o'clock Monday night,
March 1, at the Pennsylvania Ave
nue school in Canton in a program
lo which the public is invited.
Teachers enrolled in the Hay
wood county visual education work
shop will attend the talk as their
regular weekly meeting. Dr. C. I).
Kniian. head of Ihe department of
education and psychology at West
ern Carolina Teachers College and
teacher for the visual education
class in Haywood, has also invited
ihe Buncombe county workshop
group to hear Mr. Clapp.
ll is expected that uie TVA di
rector will speak on conservation
ot natural resources, with his talk
accompanied by movies. A spe
cial invitation to the farmers of
Haywood to attend the program is
extended.
Mr. Clapp look over TVA sev
eral months back when the former
director. David Lilientlial, was
placed m charge of the atomic en
ergy commission. This will be his
first public appearance in Haywood.
Apple Growers
Hold Meeting
Tuesday Night
Plans for the formation of one
or more grading and packing
plants, and a cooperative marketing
organization were discussed at
Tuesday night s meeting of the
Smoky Mountain Apple Growers
Association, held at the county
agents office. No formal action
was taken at the time.
It was decided that orchardmen
of the Lake Junaluska vicinity
would work with Charles Edwards;
those in Cruso with Ira Cogburn,
and producers in Francis , Cove
with Robert Boone towards the
possibility of setting up grading
and packing facilities in their re
spective areas.
Mr. Boone, vice-president of the
association, presided at the meet
ing. Guests were Mr Gantt of the
American Fruit Growers Associa
tion, and .1 I. Jeanerette, director
ol Ihe Federal-State Market News
Service. Asheville.
Waynesville Man
Addresses Rotary
Club At Sylva
lore Than
230 Seek
Phone Line
Haywood Delegation
Confers With District
Manager Thursday
Afternoon
After a conference with a group
of Haywood county farm leaders
and public officials Thursday af
ternoon, J. Lovell Smith, manager
of Ihe Asheville district, Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co .
promised that an engineering sur
vey would be made to determine
the feasibility of erecting a ruial
telephone line in the Crabuce and
Fines Creek sections.
County Agent ,vayne mrpenlng,
headed the Haywood delegation
which conferred with Mr. Sn.ilh,
presenting statements signed by
some AAV residents oi raiiucr-
lron Duff-Fines Creek, saying that
they desired telephone service and
would grant right-of-way for the
construction of a line.
Actual erection of the line was
not promised at the time. Mr.
Smith stated that he has heavy
demands for new service from a'l
parts of the Asheville district, but.
added in effect that the company
would "do the best we can ib soon
as we can."
The situation, as far as placing
a line in the lower end of Hay
wood is concerned, he termed
"very hopeful" because of the large
interest apparent in that section
"We have been doing work already
as far as Crabtree in the engineer
ing stage," he said in a telephone
conversation with The Mountain
eer. A phone line for that .section of
the county was tentatively given
priority behind the line now be
ing placed between Dellwood and
Maggie. It will, when creeled, be
connected with the Waynesville
exchange.
Those who met with Mr. Smitli
were State Senator William Med
ford, Leo Weill, Jack Messer, and
Mr. Corpening.
Rev.
Bookmobile Drive
Quota
Collected to date
Balance to go
$3,000.00
489.88
$2,510.12
Feb. 27 Prti.. .
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Two Arrested on Liquor
Transportation Charges
Lucious Haynes and Clyde Kin
ney of Waynesville were arrested
Monday night in the Hyatt Creek
section by Patrolman Lonnie Bish
op and charged with the illegal pos
session of whiskey and public
drunkenness. Patrolman Bishop
reports that four cases of white
liquor, 24 gallons, were found in
the luggage compartment of the
1941. Ford coupe being operated by
the two men.
Evidence was waived at the hear
ing Tuesday before W. H. Noland,
justice of the peace, and the de
fendants were bound for trial in
the July term of Superior Court.
Haynes made bond df $500 and Kin
ney of $800, pending trial.
George H. Ward Injured
When Struck By Auto
George H. Ward, of Asheville.
was severely injured when struck
by a car Wednesday night. Mr.
Ward had stopped at a drug store
en route to his home and was re
turning to hi staxi at the time the
accident occurred. He was taken
to Mission Hospital where he is
receiving treatment for leg injuries
and cuts and bruises about the
face.
Mr. Ward, who is a prominent
attorney, is a former resident of
Waynesville.
Farm Bureau Meeting
Here Saturday Afternoon
Members of the Haywood Coun
ty Farm Bureau and their wives
are urged to attend a meeting at
2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the
courthouse here, it is announced
by Charles B. McCrary, president.
Plans are to complete the forma
tion of the auxiliary to the county
group. .
Disney Started Drawing
Mickey Mouse By Accident
By MEL HEIMER
Sprawling over the dry, hot floor
of the San Fernando Valley in
southern California, a gigantic,
busy monument to comic art, are
the Walt Disney Studios. It is hard
to imagine that this three-million
dollar piece of property has come
about merely because a mouse
walked across a drawing board
years and years ago, but it is so.
That history-making episode took
place early in the Roaring Twen
ties, when the amiable Disney, just
back from driving an ambulance
for the American Red Cross over
seas in World War No. 1, had rig
ged up a garage-studio to fiddle
around in after finishing his day 's
work as a cartoonist for a slide
company, in Kansas City.
There is a fascination about par
ages for mice, and Walt's was no
exception. Little strangers hotfoot
ted around the floor and scurried
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WALT DISNEY, another famous
artist who draws for The Moun
taineer, gets a great delight in
drawing the capers of Mickey
Mouse and all his friend".
M. R Williamson, president
of Ihe Rotary club here, addressed
the Sylva Rotary club Tuesday
night, in observance of the 43rd
anniversary of the organization.
Mr. Williamson traced the devel
opment of Rotary, and the good
that has been done by the dU5,mju-
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member worldwide organization, nc
cited examples of the work of the
Waynesville club in sending food
to Europe, helping crippled chil
dren and sponsoring numerous civic
projects of the community.
Morning Devotions
Change On WHCC
The week-day morning devotions
heard on WHCC have been changed
to 15 minutes later than usual,
starting Monday.
The popular 15-minute program
will start each morning at 9:30
from now on. The program is han
dled by the Haywood Ministerial
Association, with pastors of all
churches taking part from week to
week.
$14,000 Loss Is
Reported In Auto
Parts Store Fire
The fire that started from an oil
stove explosion on the morning of
February 16 in Auto Parts and
Gear Co. store, 24 Birch St., Can
ton, caused a loss of approximately
$14,000, it was reported yesterday
by Charles Worley, manager. He
expects to reopen the store fpr
business next week.
Neil McKinnish, assistant mana
ger of the store, was there at the
time the blaze started and called
the Canton Fire Department. After
a fight of nearly 20 minutes the
fire was extinguished, ruining prac
tically all of the stock and several
hundred dollars damage to the
building. All was covered by in
surance.
Child Is Injured
In Auto Accident
Here Thursday
Eleanor Phillips, !) year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Em met t
Phillips, is under treatment m the
Haywood County Hospital for in
juries sustained Thursday mmning
when accidentally struck ly an au
tomobile while crossing the high
way near her home in East Waynesville.
A hospital official stated that Hie
child received a number of exter
nal bruises. An x-ray is to be tak
en today to determine if there are
any bone fractures.
Driver of the vehicle which hit
the little girl was reported hv in
vestigating officers to be Sam Potts.
No official warrant was written
against Mr. Potts, who posted ap
pearance bond pending further in
vestigation of the accident.
Patrolman O. R. Roberts was in
charge of the investigation.
Waynesville 4-H Club
Reorganized Last Week
Because of the large number of
members, the Waynesville Town
ship high school 4-H club was re
organized February 20 into junior
and senior clubs.
New officers also were elected at
the meeting: Peggy Noland, presi
dent; Mozelle Liner, secretary; and
Thomasine Fisher, club reporter.
Plans were discussed to form a
basketball team for the county 4
H tournament in March.
New Schedule Is
Announced For
AAA Office Here
A new schedule of hours will go
into effect for the AAA office here
beginning March 1, announced Miss
Mary Sue Crocker, chief clerk. To
follow a 40-hour week, hours will
be from 8:30 a. m. until 5 p. m
Mondays through Fridays; eliminat
ing the Saturday morning opening
which has been in effect.
Tomorrow will be the last Satur
day that the office is open, and is
the last day on which 1947 per.
formance reports may be signed
Nearly a third of the approximate.
ly 2,000 Haywood farmers who fol
lowed agricultural conservation
practices last year have not yet
signed these reports.
The county office also is taking
orders for lime, phosphate and
grass seeds for 1948 ACP practices.
March 15 is the deadline for mak
ing such orders.
Sentelle To Return
To Duke Hospital
R. E. Sentelle, Waynesville attor
ney, who has been ill for several
months, had planned to re-open his
law office here March 15, but fifirU
he has to return to Duke Hospital
for further treatment.
He plans to open his office as
soon as he can.
Highway
Record For
1948
(To Date)
In Haywood
Injured-- - 5
Killed- 1
(This Information Com
piled From Records of
State Highway Patrol)