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220-230 g j.- The Waynesville Mountaineer Published Twke-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains ffational Park 49,500 People Live within 20 miles of Waynesville their ideal shopping center TICAL ITS i i VTED ivtvoou Ls of any stat Lt up in Haywood Lies M- Johnson, fcernor. following I. Dlacaras, Snty jecelved sev- brature through small folder n the ouam lot W. Kerr scou, fcrjiovernor. lEAD BDATts t be a busy -veek lidates. witli moM king pi"' i" "!e Limit areas tain r II week oi speaK- , nine speeches ta j l B. (.'instead 'vill i days. i Ison has four, in-1 is 57th birthday. , l i 'ill iiiake three. ; j, siali'il lor live j i in will arkiress jfour ila : to m:t;r LE1 laniriini oi me rogrc,-.s'e party lat 5(10 delegates first coiimition president ogan- l-Salem April 25. definitely gone on jlitary training. MING ENTION iretary of state. :o succeed him- the annual Hay p Cunvention on Barge Jltendance ie convention, it k an opportunity ters Since he is Jof the best cam- !te, it can only be aake the most of forded by the oc- Ski Va., heckler. khts as Senator Democrat, of an address. The lipped: "We're In p. The American fdark." ma Gov. James ndi-iea nis slump he opened his idenl. ot Oglethorpe, because of his as vice-chairman Isident in Geor- the nation will "sin selects Its Three candi- fhur. Harold F Pewpy. are anvi. outcome of the Seceive lis Friday pi Here ns attended the Jm at the Arm f ght al which a n and Victory Defense rans of the re- 'avis. rnrnmanJ 1 '-muanx Corn. try Regiment, ft the program, Rational Guard g'(,n- A short I "unam Med Jtommanripr Medals and a f American De Harbor service) f bV Sgt. Allen fniiter for this fsiCAlT WEEK lltl hv Mr , j "nes- (-uenis was pre- at the last urnnU c f1 the mixed vocal solo- "i f red Cal- pther M Press r-Partly cloudy Ml. 44 41 28 29 Rainfall .28 .33 63rd YEAR No. 28 EIGHT PAGES United Press 16th Ramp Convenlion To Be Held April lOih Secretary of State Thad Eure Will Be Main Speaker For All-Day Program Haywood county's 16th annual Kamp Convention will be held Sunday, April IS. at Black Camp Gap. announces Sebe Bryson, con vention president. The day-long festivities on the edge of the Great Smoky Moun tains National Park will be staged w hen the wild mountain branch of the onion family is at its tenderest. Hanips will be collected the day be fore trip convention, and eaten law or cooked in the manner most pre ferred by .the individual. Thad Eure, North Carolina .sec retary of state, will be the main speaker. Singing, square dancing, and string music is being arranged for by an entertainment commit tee to make this one of the best conventions ever held, states Mr. Bryson. Rev. M. R. Williamson will give the invocation. Approximately 300 persons from several states and many Western North Carolina counties were pres ent for the convention last spring, and with favorable weather a larg er gathering is expected this year. Groups that come are asked to bring a share of such items as bread, eggs, meat, paper cups and plates, a frying pan and seasoning. Ramps will be furnished free, and plans are under way to repair a large cooking oven. The giant cof fee pot used last year will again be on hand. " A report during the past week end va that the ramps -wertf about half-grown, with the bulb part starting to form, indicating that they will be at their best on the 18th. Officers of the convention, in ad dition to Mr. Bryson, are Girt Smathers of Canton, vice president ; William Medford. Waynesville, sec retary; and A. W. Parker, Canton, treasurer. Members of the entertainment committee are Richard Queen, Zeno Wall, Ray Parker. Frank Da vis and Herbert Tate. On the food committee are Tom Campbell. Floyd Woody, and Floyd Rhine hart. The principal speaker. Secre tary of State Eure is a native of Gates county and graduate of the University of North Carolina law school. Since leaving school he has made his home at Winton, Hert ford county, where he served as mayor and state representative. He has held his present office since be ing elected in 1936. Hugh Monteith To Speak April 8th At Bethel School Bethel Citizens Com mittee Sponsors Ad dress by Sylva Attorney Hugh Monteith, well known Sylva attorney and popular lectur er, has been secured to deliver the feature address at a meeting of the Bethel Citizens Committee in the Bethel high school auditorium Thursday, April 8, at 7:30 p. m. Hugh K. Terrell, chairman of he committee, announced the speaker and said the meeting would be chiefly educational in na ture. He urged all residents of the community, both men and women, to attend the meeting. The Bethel Citizens' Committee was oreanized several for the announced purpose of auncning a concerted effort by the community to secure "better and more adeauatp" fariiit toe at Iho Bethel school plant. Since its or ganization many interested mem bers of the committee have dis cussed the possibility of making it & permanent organization, perhaps as community club, but this has not been effected as yet. Boosters To Meet Thursday Night At 8 The Hazelwfwt 1 meet Thursday night at the Presbyterian church for the reg ular monthly cupper meeting. The "FHcr ww oe servea at 7 o clock. M-oesi ureea to president and B. Carswell is secretary. Lewis Ordered To Appear Before Coal Board f ;Uo Jt inntm (! to !ki floors m -irm T4lKl-f !-! Of l rif far 1 " f .;:S.-ii U AFTER RECEIVING A SUBPOENA, ordering him to appear before the President's Coal Fact Finding Board, John L. Lewis (right) head of tle United Mine Workers, is shown leaving the UMW Building in Washington. Lewis recently boycotted a meeting of the in quiry board, called to investigate the walkout of soft coal miners. By way uf explanation, the mine union boss sent one of his more acid-toned notes (left) to Federal Jude Sherman Minton, chairman of the fact finding group. In it, denied there had been any violation of the Taft-Hartley law. He also charged that George W. Taylor and Mark Ethride, board members, were prejudiced. International) Haynes Wins tS&tihty Soil ' Conservation Contest Here Clyde High Student Places First; District Contest To Be Held Friday Sammy Haynes, Clyde high school senior and son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Haynes. won the soil conservation speaking contest for Haywood county, Friday at the courthouse. Second place was tak en by Bobby York of Waynesville high. Subject for the stale-wide con test, sponsored by I he North Caro lina Bankers Association, is "Soil Conservation and lis Relations fo the Economy of North Carolina." Winning students from 13 coun ties will compete here Friday, April 9. for the right to represent group 9 in the state finals. En tries are expected from Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madi son. Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania and Yancey counties. The district contestants, states County Agent Wayne Corpening, will assemble Friday at 10 a. m. at the courthouse, take a brief tour of the State Test Farm, and return to the courthouse for the speaking. Judges will be Miss Pauline Hotchkiss and R. W. Shoffner. district Extension Serv ice agents, and Tal Stafford, dis trist Future Farmers of America leader. Prizes of $15 and $10 went .to the county winners, given by the First National Bank. A $75 sav ings bond will be first prize for the district contest. Judges forj the Haywood event were Lloyd Langdon of Carolina Power and Light company; Ed Spears of The Mountaineer, and L. R. Harrell, state 4-H club director. Rabies Innoculation Clinics Start April 12 Clinics at which dogs will be in oculated against rabies will be held in all sections of Haywood county during the period April 12-30, an nounces Dr. A. R. Riegg, veterinar ian and county rabies inspector. All do gownrs are advised to bring their animals to one of the clinics, since the inoculations are required by law. A full schedule of the clinics will be published Friday. and Associated Press News SMS mm wtj ' , Vote At Canton Today Two More Farm Planning Meets Are Scheduled Meetings Announced For Thursday At Cecil, And Friday At Maggie Two additional community farm planning meetings will be held this week, announces County Agent Wayne Corpening. Three meet ings have been previously an nounced. First of the week's series was set for Monday night at Belhel high school. At 7:30 p. m. tonight a planning meeting will be held al Rock HiU school, at Fines Creek on" Wednesday evening, at Cecil school, Thursday; and Maggie school, Friday. State College specialists in ag ronomy, livestock, dairying and other subjects of local interest will speak. The WTHS band ; will give a concert to open each program and free prizes and a movie will be included on the program. All farm families are invited to attend the meeting in their home area. 'C, 'D' Named Drivers Urged To Take Exams Only a small portion of North Carolina's drivers with surnames beginning with "C" and "D" have obtained a new operator's license, and are warned by W. W. Moore, examiner, that the deadline of June 30 is nearing rapidly. So far only 28,000 of the esti mated 150,000 "C" and "D" driv ers have been relicensed. "If all the others wait until June 30 to get their permits, it is going to mean congestion in the examining stations and applicants will have to stand in long waiting lines," says Mr. Moore. The re-examination program is a part of the highway safety act, passed by the last legislature, Any person with surname beginning with "C" or "D" was given from last January through June to ob tain their license. Any in this group who does not have a license and who is caught driving on an old license after June 30, will be guilty of a misdemeanor. WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1948 ..s...r7.T..7r,...a jiV Ml I 1 I ! j High Percentage of ! Registered Voters Are Expected To Cast Ballots A hifih percentage of the more lhan 1.200 newly registered voters of Canton is expected to nallol to day to determine the fate of a $150,000 municipal improvement program. Interest has been running high in the speci.il election, wilh sonic observers predicting lh.it practi cally all qualified voters will mark their opinions at Hie pulls Fail ure lo vole, if registered, means an automatic vote against the bond issue. Seven propositions will be voted on separately First on the list is $75,0000 to finance the establish ment of recreational facilities. The other issues are: $14,250 for enlargement and expansion of the city waler supply system; $0,000 for improvements to the sewer system; $22,000 to finance the con struction and repairs to streets and sidewalks, S17.750 for the ac quisition of a fire truck and two motor trucks. $15,000 for the erec tion and equipping of a mainte nance building and to improve the town jail. The final proposition approves the levy of an annual tax of from 3 (o 10 cents per $100 valuation for the maintenance of public parks and playgrounds. Farm Auctioned For $22,000 The David Underwood farm on highway 19-A between Waynes ville and Lake Junaluska was sold yesterday morning for a total of approximately $22,000, it was learned frbm a representative of Penny Brothers, auctioneers for the property. The farm included 20 acres of land, a residence and barn. Four Waynesville Girls On College Honor Roll Four girls from Waynesville made the first semester honor roll at Womans College. They are Rosemary Herman, senior; Jane Wyche, junior; Theresa Alley and Elsie Green, freshmen. The honor roll is composed of 10 per cent of the . students who made the greatest number of qual ity points during the first semester. TeOepDnooie Compamiy Tim SpemtJ $710.1000 fHleire Library Adds Recordings Given By Music Club First Benefit Tea For Music Collection To Be Given Friday Afternoon A collection of musical record ings, including individual records and albums for circulation in the same manner as books is lo be pre sented to the Haywood County Public Library by the Waynesville Music Club. Several albums have already been presented to Miss Margaret Johnston, librarian, for this project and it is hoped that interested in dividuals will add to the Music Club collection, Recordings of popular and classical music for both adults and children will be acceptable. The Music Club will sponsor the first of a series of musical silver teas for the benefit of the Keord (Continued on Page Eight) Murder Is Charged In Shooting I Hazelwood Woman IsIJnPpatK.of. , Mrs. Dora Owl By I Graham Authorities 1 Mrs. Dock Brock of Hazelwood I as arrested Friday by officers of the sheriff's department and sent lo Graham county where she is being held on a murder charge re sulting from the shooting Thurs day of Mrs. Dora Owl. Mrs. Owl. mother of two small i children, died shortly after she 1 was admitted to the Cherokee hos pital with a gunshot wound in the 1 abdomen. Graham Sheriff J. B. Crisp and Calloway Martin, special agent on I lie Indian reservation, said the 'shooting occurred on Panther creek in Graham county, near the home of W. M. Roberson. They said their investigation disclosed that Mrs. Brock and an other woman whose name was not revealed, accosted Mr. Brock, Mrs. Owl and another Indian girl parked in a car on Panther creek Thursday afternoon. i Mrs. Brock, they said, opened tire on the car and ordered the two girls into the road. The of-j ficers said Mrs. Owl and her com- j panion then walked down the road, three-quarters of a mile, and were I again approached by Mrs. Brock. I This, they said, was when Mrs. Owl' J was shot and fatally wounded. ! Stamey Testifies At Hearing On TVA Amendment George Stamey of Pigeon town ship represented Haywood county on the five-man group of Western North Carolina farmers who testi fied Wednesday before the Senate public works committee in Wash ington on SB 1.277 which would curtail the Tennessee Valley Au thority program. The group prepared a joint statement which was read before the committee, of which Senator George Long of Nevada is chair man, and individually answered many questions about the test demonstration phase of the TVA activities. Their testimony re futed the assertion by proponents of the bill that test demonstration Continued on Page Eight Settlement Fails In Laundry Strike A conference between J. W. Kil lian, owner of the Waynesville Laundry, and C. I. O. representa tives, adjourned Friday afternoon after failing to reach an agree ment over the strike at the local plant. No indication was given as to whether further conferences would be held. The strike started March 22. $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Power To Be Off Sunday Afternoon For 4 Hours Electricity it ill lie oft Siinilay, April II, Irom 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. throughout Hie western halt' ot Haywood county while repairs are made to the powi-r line, it is announced by Carolina Power and Light Co. Clyde, 1. j k i- Junaluska. Waynesville, ll.iilwood II KA and Kalsam "ill he .ill cried by the cut-olf. The power line near .Medford farm which was broken in an automobile wreck will bp replaced and other repairs made. Postal Receipts Show 20 Per Cent Gain In Quarter Sunday Mail Delivery Is Cut To One Mail In, One Out on Present Schedule Postal receipt lur I lie lirsl qiinr ler of 1948 were $12,458.51, .it Waynesville, Post master J. Hardin Howell announces. This is $2,909 larger than receipts for the first quarter of last year, an increase of :ne:e than 2U per cent change in Sunday mail deliv ery schedule has gone in effect, cutting out all hut one incoming and one outgoing mails. Now that trains 17 and 111 have been taken off the Murphy run. parcel post is Hie only class of mail being brought by rail, in a freight ear which ar rives about 10 a. m on week days. Motor delivery of mail is on the following schedule: on week days, mail L'oes out i to tlx- nnt i lic- tween 11:30 and 12 noon; about 3.20 p. m. and about 4:20 p. in.: incoming mail arrives between 12 noon and 12:30 n m and between 4:30 and 5 p m On Sunday the mail comes in about 12 noon and goes out be tween 4 and 4:20 p. m Funeral Held For Jack Ledford, 24, Drowned Thurs. Body of Fines Creek Man Found Saturday; Drowned in Creek Thursday Funeral services were held at 2i Monday afternoon al the home for Jack Ledford. 24. who was drowned late Thursday when he slipped while crossing 'alalooehee creek near Walerville Lake. The body was recovered Saturday. The stream is swift al the point where he fell in, and the recent rains has swollen the creek to a full bank Two companions tried in vain to rescue him. but the swift current carried the man's body out of sight Search was be gun immediately, and the body was found Saturday. Mr. Teague, caretaker at the Walters dam. together with a crew of men. found the body . which was lodged against two large rocks in the creek near the point where the creek flows into the lake. The funeral services were eon ducted by Rev. Mr. Brindley. In terment was made in Piney Grove cemetery. Pallbearers were the following cousins: Elmer Rogers. Junior Led ford, Jack Ledford, R. L. Ledford, Bob Rogers and Dewey Rogers. Mr. Ledford was a veteran of World War II. having served in the Army for five years. At the time he entered the service he was engaged in farming and resumed his work following his discharge. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ledford: one broth er. Pvt. Dee Ledford, U. S. Army, stationed in New York; three sis ters, Mrs. Bell Thompson, of Fines Creek; Mrs Mildred Smith, of Newport News, Va., and Mrs. Ma rie Thompson, also of Virginia. Crawford funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Smith Nomination Is Confirmed By Senate The senate Friday confirmed the nomination of Thurman R. Smith; to be postmaster at, Hazelwood along with 10 other North Carolina nominations, it has been announced fn Washington. 1 Larger Rural Line Expansion Program Being Considered, Ilotarians Hear Southern Bell Telephone com pany plans to spend $70 000 m Waynesville this year on telephone installations :,nd expansion of ru ral lines, J. Lnvell Smith, district manager said here Frirhiy -is h addressed the Kolary club "The company has under con sideration rural projects in Haw wood which would cost ho addi tional $80,000," Mr Smith said but he gave no definite dale when the projects would get under con struct ion. Around $70,01)0 was spent by the company Inst year, which brought the investment of the company in the local exchange up lo $230,000. Mr. Smith traced the growth of I he company in Wciynesvillc. point ing out the first long distance hue'; were brought here in 1002 Per mission to construct I he plnnt within the city limits necessary to furnish long distance service im granted by a special ordinance passed by the mayor and hoard in February 1902. The ordinance provided that not more than three telephones were lo be established in the town and these stations lo he used exclusively for long dis tance business. The Waynesville Telephone com pany furnished local exchange ser vice in town until February lUlfi. : when its properties were acquired I by the Asheville Telephone and Telegraph company. These prop erties were conveyed to the South ern Bell company in August 192 ". In 1916 when the Waynesville exchange was. acquired by the I Asheville Telephone company, (there were 255 telephones eon ' nected to the local switchboard. Mr Smith said. This number in creased to 486 by 1923 when the property was transferred to the Southern Bell. Only moderate gains were experienced between 1923 and 1940. In 1940 there were 626 telephones and today there is around 1,700. Subscribers in 1940 made 5.001 calls a day, while today 14,000 are made daily. The long distan"? calls in 1940 numbered 100 daily while now the average is over 400 Mr. Smith said that in spile of the rapid expansion there are around 300 people in Waynesville today waiting for telephone serv ice. Since 1945 more than 700 telephones have been installed here. At the end of the war lot people were wailing for te'e phones, while there are three times I hat many today', he said "The demand is a great deal more than the simple backlog of war, according to the telephone folks. It stems from economic, in dustrial and agricultural prngre.-b. which was making its effect felt before the war. and which today, is more apparent in North Caro lina than ever before,"' he (in eluded. Rotarians To Meet With High School The Rotary club will meet Fri day in the lunchroom of the b'gb school. This is one of n series of meetings the clubs holding in the various places throughout the com munity. Last Friday Rev. M I! William son, president, read a number of letters from Europe from people who received food parcels shipped there last fall by the club. Some of the food went to Germany. Hol land. Switzerland, Belgiftm and France. Highway Record For 1948 (To Date) In Haywood Injured-- 13 Killed---- 1 (This Information Com plied From Records of Stat Highway Patrol) 1 -