North Carolina Newspapers

fcta.iaard FhiNTtNi. ( 220-280 S Fir. ? iciMsviu r 49,500 People Live within 20 miles of Waynesville their ideal shopping center ICAL TS The Waynesville Mountaineer Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park 4 JU1 St SOLICITOR er C. Jones pass y in Bryson City, !- to circulate as a those fre- rui'jut, , .,. w Rov assistant district ions visited Mr. week-end snow in Governor tim to the place Mr. Jones, mr. his well-wishers ive air, but show any great extent inued to link his ate, Mr. Franons ing this wire to '1 am not a can intment as solic- dicial district to Baxter C. Jones. appointment of Jr., of Bryson truing oovernoi : announcement as l tie new solic- IJBLICANS jBDAY tlicans held their on Tuesday, and iirday will gather h school to make tigressional meet- week. he named Satur- ict meeting, and Ecd in connection campaign. NES UP )L'NTV er governor J. now a candidate ailed The Moun igh to announce i Bryan Medford nager, and Rich- rict field man. is familiar with ij wood, and well r the nice ma- when he ran for there is still a he will open his n address here, ten he started out f-wood before was ft successful -race. in) plan to start he said. Dlans to he hero f March, and by lally into the cam It getting on the illy starting his ients, as mighty happy that Bryan Med- to manage his ood, and Queen in the district. R PLAN t HANGED there were some atation plan be fnd Henderson in te senator miohl uver a two-term rs were just rum- lof rotating every Feci, it was found ntacting political 63rd YEAR No. 19 SIXTEEN PAGES United Press and Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1948 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Parkway Work At Soco To Start Soon Half Million Town Awards $20,000 Paving Contract Be Spent On Project, States Ray Asheville Paving Co. Gets Street Job Here Board Awards Con--tract Thursday After noon to Pave Eight Streets Asheville Paving company was awarded a contract to pave sec tions of eight streets in Waynes ville at a meeting Thursday after noon of the Board of Aldermen. The bid, submitted by Dan Furr, vice president of the paving firm, called for supplying 2.r00 tons of base courses at a total cost of $6, 250, and 1,860 tons of asphaltic concrete for a tolal of 14,415 making the full cost $20,665. No other competing bid was re ceived, possibly, as Mr. Furr men tioned, because Asheville Paving company already has its asphalt plant set up in Hazelwocd and no other firm could bring in material without charging more. He stated that work would begin in about 30 days, and planned to contact Town Manager G. C. Fer guson next week in order to de cide which street to begin paving first. Mayor pro-tem David Cabe, Aldermen Tom Stringfleld and T. Henry Gaddyjyvere. present for the 'caU4 meeting. jeets covered in the con- .act, and the lineal distance to be paved are: Oak Street, 460 feet; Hill Street, 1,050; Hospital Street. 375; Balsam Street, 2,890; Park Drive, 2,275; Ray Avenue, 965; and Lee Street, 1,140. In January the Town Board vot ed a $24,000 appropriation from the reserve fund to carry out the street improvements and enlarge water line on Chestnut Park Drive. Campaign Mgr. Sstrict was re-or- ide five rnnnliac Plan was adonferi f would nominate F- and Henderson the other three faistnctTransyl fackson, would al I'd term. person and Jack- 'he two senators Jhe voters of the ? vte in Novem f ll'ese two coun the candidates in session of the tdlhlrict Was rnr, V"? William Med- and Senator i ransylvania. " is understood H'ties. that W. B "sonviUe banker ate for the olace Is senator i hi me Bn Page six) Is After Fire !to Parts and Gear considerably dam I February 18, re. ss yesterday. f oximately $14,000 1 fire, which ruined f the stock. The r 'paired anri merchandise, Neil Thad Bryson Is Appointed Solicitor Of 20th District Bryson City Attorney Is Named To Post Wednesday By Gov. Cherry BRYAN MEDFORD, register of deeds, has been named by J. M Broughton to manage his campaign for nomination as U. S. senator. Medford Is Brouqhton's Campaign Head Here Bryan J. Medford to Manage Race In Hay wood, Queen Is District Tae Senatorial rkie formally entered Haywood this week, as former governor J. M. Brougnton, candidate for the nomination as United States Senator, announced that he had named Bryan Medford as his campaign manager for this county. Mr. Broughton also announced that Richard Queen would serve as field manager for this district. Mr. Medford is well known in political circles, as he is now serv ing his second term as register of deeds. He has a reputation as a "vote-getter" in Haywood, and has already started work on setting up his county organization. Mr. Queen, a veteran of World War II, was in the Veteran's Ad ministration until recently. He has always taken an active part in poli tics, and will travel the district in behalf of Mr. Broughton's campaign. Volunteers I Start Annual Red Cross Fund Drive Work of Haywood Red Cross Chapter Is Re ported at KickolT Dinner Red Cross volunteer workers be gan soliciting for the 1948 Red Cross fund Tuesday morning fol lowing the kick-off dinner which was held at the Town House Mon day night. j Over 60 workers attended the dinner meeting and heard inspir ing talks by Rev. Malcolm William son, chapter chairman, and Leo Weill, drive chairman. A Red Cross film was also shown. Rev. Williamson spoke briefly of the many services of the Red Cross pointing out that the most destruc tive series of major disasters in history struck the United States during 1947. In each case the Red Cross was there with trained work ers and funds. He also spoke of the work being carried on in this community and introduced Mrs. Ethel Fisher, executive secretary of the Haywood Red Cross chapter. Mrs. FisheV gave a summary of her work stating that 1.054 persons had received Red Cross services during the past year. These serv ices included the following: Grading To Start Mon. On Canton Asheville Road Grading will start Monday on the 10-mile strip of highway from Newfound street in Can ton through Newfound Gap to the County Home road in West Asheville by the Asheville Con tracting company, it was an nounced yesterday by . H. Anderson, owner of the contract ing firm. An expenditure of approxi mately $314,000 Mill be made by the state on this work. Mr. An derson's bid was recently accept ed by the State Highway and Public Works Commission, hav ing bepn the lowest submitted on the project. The new road, when finished. will provide two paved links be tween Haywood and Buncombe counties and serve as a detour while improvements are carried out on Highway 19-23. A sravel road through Newfound Gap has existed for many years and will be straightened out at a number of places during the reworking period. TVA Work Is Described By Director Gordon R. Clapp Is Speaker To Large John Kirkpatrick Haywood Scholar Getting Big Demand For Condensed Versions Of World History Help a Buddy! (Editor's Nolo: The following article is reprinted from the Ra leigh News and Observer.) In Canton dep'tiittents. 1. Financial assist ance. 2. Assistance with govern ment benefits. 3. Reports on health of servicemen's family. 4. Fur lough and furlough extension veri fication. 5. Social histories. 6. Inquiries and messages. (B) To ex-service men and their (Continued on page twoi James T. Duval, Of Test Farm, Died Tuesday A report on ;:(-complilinu'iil.s of the Tennessee Valley autlmi il and a statement of its services loda was given by Gordon R. Clapp. TVA chairman, before approxi mately 500 persons Monday niulil at the Pennsy'.vani.i Avenue school in Canton. Citins the increased use of elec tricity in the TVA area. Mr. Clapp said that in 1932 there was used a total of one and a hall billion kilowatt hours and that in 1947 Funeral services for James T. j the same area produced and used WllO 13 DUIlOn Kliowail llO'.n v in .mui- tion to the production ot power. I Cherry has named Mayor's Court Gives Man 1 2 Months on Road Gordon Watson, about 30, was sentenced to 12 months on the road Monday in Mayor's Court up Governor Thaddeus D. enn fitv ac crtliritnr nf f hn 20! h judicial district. The appointment j and a check at the home of Mrs. A was announced Wednesday in the W. McUaugnnn last wees. Bryson, Jr.. of Bry-! on being found guilty by Mayor J. H. Way, Jr., ot larceny 01 jeweiry state capital. Bryson succeeds Baxter C,. .Jones, also of Bryson City, who died Feb ruary 28 after having held office since February 10. The new ap pointee is to take the oath of office at 10 a. m. today. The son of Judge T. D. and Amy (Black) Bryson, he attended Bry son City schools and was a student at the University of North Carolina from 1920 to 1925, being licensed to practice law at the age of 22. He Nine other defendants were found guilty of public drunkenness, and one of a traffic violation. Two were given suspended sentences of 32 days until court costsare paid; the other paid costs. CRASHES INTO POLE No one was reported injured in the Wednesday afternoon accident in which a large Ford truck, oper ated by Builders' Supply Co. driver fist ant manager, hr.;,,.. r- me reopen gather i REPORT iitd PreM 5 Occaainnnl uer. Clamer Frisbee, ran into a tele- is a member of the North Carolina Iphone pole in front of Central Duval, 29, of Waynesville, died in a veterans hospital Tuesday afternoon, were conducted yester day morning in the Riceville Pres byterian church. Rev. W. M. Hyde officiated and interment was in Mountain View Memorial Park, Black Mountain. Pallbearers were Ray Whisen hunt, Howard Clapp, Howard Bry son, Joe Hemphill, Ralph Morgan and S. M. Corrall. Mr. Duval was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Duval, of Black Mountain. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in England with the Army Air Forces and for the past three years had been employed at the State Test Farm here. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Katherine Whisenhunt Duval; one daughter, Joyce; three sisters, Miss Mary Duval, of Marion, Mrs. Claude H. Jarrett, of Asheville, and Mrs. John C. Henrie, of Rochester, N. Y.; two brothers, Neal Duval, of Asheville and J. W. Duval, of Roa noke, Va. TVA assisls in natural resource cle. velopment. controls flood water, and aids in development of luiviua- iContinuecl on page two' Bar Association, the 20th district Elementary school. The pole was (Continued on page two) cul mrougn. Haywood Associational Sunday School Meeting Announced By Baptists The Haywood Baptist Associa- tional Sunday School mass meeting will be held Sunday night, starting at 7:30 o'clock, in the First Bap tist church at Canton, to be at tended by representatives of the 45 member churches. Theme of the meeting is "At tempting Greater Things For God," which is the subject of a message to be given by Dr. J. C. Canipe of Fruitland, secretary of evangelism in North Carolina. Rev. N. L. Stephens, pastor of Rocky Branch church, will hold the devotional and a report on church planning meetings given by James Chapmani ' Beautlflcation of church and grounds will be discussed by Rev. T. H. Parris, pastor of the Clyde church. Building a stewardship church is the subject for a talk by Rev. Ed- ear Stephen, pastor of Calvary church, Canton; and Rev. C. H Greene of the West Canton church will speak on Evangelism in the local church and simultaneous ef fort. Musical solos are to be presented by L. B. Hooper and Miss Doris Lefler. The attendance goal set for the meeting is at least 12 from each Sunday school in the Haywood Baptist Association. ' Unusual Ending Of Wreck Case; Both Admit Fault In somewhat of an unusual set tlement of an auto collision case which caused considerable property damage but no personal injuries two young men from Fines Creek agreed before Magistrate w. u Bvers here Wednesday that the ac cident was as much one's fault as tho other, decided to pay their own repair bills, and each paid nnm inal court costs to end the case. No witnesses other than the parties involved saw the accident Monday night in Fines Creek, and there were no skid marks on the road for investigating Patrolman Jeff May to determine if either driver was primarily at fault. The Pontiac driven by Alvin Haynes was termed a complete wreck, and damage to the Ford operated by James McElroy was estimated at $200. Both drivers pled guilty of speeding at the hear ing., Grange Sets Four Meeting Dates In Haywood County To Explain Purpose Of Farm Organiza tion at Series of Meetings A series of meetings will be held in Haywood county next week to 5 explain the, North Carolina State j Grange, a national farm organiza-, tion, and discuss the possibility of j organizing community granges here. I E. T. Frisbie. of Mills River, dis trict deputy with the state grange, announces the following schedule of meetings, all of which will start at 7:30 p. m.: Tuesday, March 9, at Rock Hill school, for Maggie and Jonathan Creek residents. Thursday, March 11, at Fines Creek school. Friday, March 12, at Waynesville high school. Wednesday, March 17, at Crab-tree-iron Duff school. Community granges were former ly active in Ratcliffe Cove and Bethel, but disbanded during the recent war. The meetings are be- I AN EX-SERVKE kinan ho'.ds some ot the Buddy Poppies mcde by patients in the U. S. Veterans Hospital at Lyons, N. J. The Poppies are for the Veterans of Foreign Wars annual sale during the week before Memo rial Day. Proceeds of the sale are used to alleviate distress among needy veterans. (Interna(iotuil) Civic Heads At Canton Will Hear Drama Plans Meeting Set For Today After Joint C. of C. Conference Tuesday By JACK K1LEV It would be handy to have all the important events in recorded his tory set down on a single sheet of paper reasoned John Kirkpatrick of l.ake Junaluska, so just like that lie produced such a paper. The former lieutenant-colonel in the Army Air Forces didn't let it worry him for a minute that his idea was enough to stagger the most learned scholars or that the matter of deciding the world's most important events was enough to set any two authorities fighting over facts. kirkpatrick s only prerequisite for such a job was the matter of lime enough time to look up all the important dates in the library and he luul lane, plenty of it. l As director of air traffic in the I Halkans for ihe Kuropean Air Transport Sen ice alter V-K Day, ! Colonel kirkpatrick hiul time on 'his hands While his comrades spent their .spare time in lap rooms, lie spent his pouring over dusty 'volumes in the best libraries, art galleries and museums of Europe. He oc-cinmilated a wealth of notes. ; Spent a Year at It t After lie resigned from the Air I Corps in December ot 1946, he went Into hibernation in the North Carolina mountains for almost an 1 entire year, and during that time ; he produced his historical scroll. ! The scroll is 19 inches wide and 100 inches long, and according to Col. Kirkpatrick it contains the most important dates in the world's recorded history from 10,000 B.C. until the present "Atomic Age," oIoiik with a few notes that go back far earlier than 10,(100 H.C. kirkpatrick thought it would be ' a handy gadget for his four-year-old daughter. Helen, as she grew up and began to hear references to important world events in her school studies. So he gave his ori ginal scroll to Helen, copies for his parents. .Mrs. John H. Kirkpatrick. Sr., of Canton. He sent a copy to his father-in-law. Dr. Bruton McCorbia at i Continued on page two) Park Commission Head Reports on Pro gress In Area Development Edwin Fincher Is Elected Master Of Scottish Rite Kdwin Fincher, Clyde merchant and banker, was elected venerable master of Asheville Lodge of Per- Noi Hi Carolina Associated Commu- lection. Ancient ana Accepted nitics. 1 Scottish Rite at an annual meeting The meeting was decided on aft- I Tuesday night in the Masonic Tem- Tlv Canton Chamber of Com mi ii" has called-a luncheon meel iiig toda al 1 p m in the Imperial Hotel to discuss the proposal of raising half of Ihe Haywood coun ts tiiola towards support of a Cherokee Indian and pioneer drama, current project of Western Work on the Blue Ridge Park way, out from Soco Gap is expect ed to get underway by early sum mer, according to Charles Kay, the chairman of the North Carolina Park Commission, in a radio ad dress over WHCC here Wednesday night. The program was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, is one of three given weekly. Mr. Ray pointed out that filed surveys have been completed, and the money is now available lor this job. The project covers the sec tion between Soco Gap and Wolf Laurel, and from Wolf Laurel into Black Camp Gap. The expenditure will be about half million dollars, he said. "It will provide good jobs for many local men and will give in creased business in Haywood coun ly." he continued. The Parkway from Soco Gap to Wolf Laurel Gap was rough graded before the war, when the halt work order was issued. No work has been done on this section since that time. Mr. Hay also pointed out that there is included in an appropria tions bill now before Congress, an item of $268,700 for starting work on the road from Black Camp gap to Heinto6l?a' a distance of six miles. Mr. Ray said that project is one which the Chamber of Com merce has been working on since the middle thirties. "I am of the opinion that the present Congress will make this ap propriation, and then work can be started on this project during the next year." "With the completion of the road from Soco Gap via Black Camp Gap to Heintooga, then will the Park in reality come to. be a vital asset to Haywood and adjacent counties. Other developments will conic within a reasonable time to open up the eastern face of the park. He made l Among these projects will ne the Mr. and ! Cataloochee and Big Creek areas " Mr. Ray, in his address, said in part: "Because of my deep personal in terest in the Great Smokies, the Blue Ridge Parkway and Pisgah National Forest, and because of future developments with relation (Continued on page two) er a conference Tuesday night be tween representatives of the Cham bers of Commerce of Canton and Waynesville. At the conference, del ails of the proposed drama was explained by James Kilpatriek, Waynesville's WNCAC director and the suggestion made that the two communities share equally the $4,- 000 quota assigned to Haywood, i ("out inued on page twoi pie at Asheville. He succeeds John L. Fisher in the position. Glenn D. Brown of Clyde was appointed tiler for the lodge, and other elective and appointive posi tions filled during the meeting. Harry E. Boorse, past master of the Biltmore lodge, conducted the installation. A movie showing scenes of North Carolina was also shown. Western Auto Store To Move Next Week C. R. Eckhoff, owner of Western Auto Associate Store, is announc ing today that he is temporarily moving his stock to the building formerly occupied by the Curb Market on Depot street. Within a short time, he plans to occupy an other building on Main street. Plans are to remain in the pres ent building until next Wednesday afternoon. i.niK immliprs nf thp cpl 1 -k nnwn ing called to determine if there is j Carpenter band .Canton, and four sumcieiii imeicsi iu ui Bdiu.c again Making "Citrus Circuit" Soco Gap Dancers Leave For Tour Of Florida Sam Queen's Soco Gap square j Winter Haven. dancers and Carpenter string band In addition to teaching many left Havwood county Sunday for an I folks the pleasure of square danc exhibition tour of the major cities! ing. the Soco Gap group will show of Florida this month. slide pictures of the Western North The group consists of six musi-1 Carolina mountains and distribute vacation literature to their various audiences. The tour is expected to in Haywood, with one of the dis- j trict deputies from nearby coun ties to speak at each of the meet ings listed above. FATHER OF W. A. BRADLEY PASSES Funeral services for W. A. Brad ley's father, W. D. Bradley, of Hayesville, were held last Sunday in Hayesville. Mr. Bradley died suddenly at his home in Hayesville last Thurs day night. dancers. Sam Queen, Miss Carmen Plott, Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Queen. They are presenting dem onstrations of square dance rou tines before the various audiences, after whichthe onlookers join in and enjoy the fun. Their first program was booked Tuesday night at Lakeland, for the Florida Southern College home coming celebration. Among the other cities the danc ers plan to appear are Miami, Or lando, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, St. Petersburg, Tampa and provide a good deal of advertising for this resort area, and because of this is partially sponsored by Western North Carolina Associated Communities. The name and fame of Sam Queen is widely known in square dancing sections of the South Many of the Floridians who attend the programs this month will un doubtedly be familiar with the "king of the square dancers" from having attended his regular dances in Waynesville during past vaca tion periods. PROGRAM IS RESUMED BY CAROLINA TRIO The Carolina Trio is again ap pearing on station WHCC each Sunday afternoon from 4:30 until p. m. with their program of sa cred heart songs. The trio is com posed of Mrs. Clarence Gaddis, Mrs. Robert Smith and Mrs. George Wesley Austin. f Highway Record For 1948 (To Date) In Haywood Injured-- 6 Killed-- 1 (This injonnatfoa Com piled From Records ol $tate Highway Patrol)