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The Waynesville Mountaineer
49,500 People
Live within 20 miles of
Waynesville their ideal
shopping center
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is a business
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backers in
TE SEEN
1STRICT
12 congres
heaviest votes
Bth, 9th and
cm the num-
but from Ra-
29,000 ballots
Strict, 128,oou
M to the 12th.
jfc coastal dis
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0,000 ballots
total number
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WANTED
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63rd YEAR No. 35 TWELVE PACKS United Press and Associated Press News
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1948
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Graduates of Crabtree - Iron Duff School
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veterans of
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PICTURED ABOVE is the 1948 senior class of Crabtree-Iron Duff high school, which
graduated Ihursday night. The graduates are, from left to right: Katherine Wells Pau
line Bishop, Mary Jean Clark, Bill Davis, Naomi Massie, Russell McCracken, Blanche San
ford, Sam Best, Audrey Sanford, John Welch, Edith Chambers and Geneva Messer. The
mascots are little Betty Davis and John McCracken. (Photo bv Ingram's Studio.)
$12,000 Goal Sought As
Chamber Of Commerce
Drive Starts Here Today
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ttunities for
ten equal to
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rfairs of state
fx-servicemen
J school faeil-
ant to keen
bf "The 48th
among the
IWTW. J. Special Kick-Off Will
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Ltr Charles M.
a statement
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Officers At Meet
Thursday .Night
Club Will Make Tour
Of Champion Paper
Plant On Wednes
day Afternoon
Officers for the next yearly
term will be elected at the meet
ing Thursday nieht of the Wavnes-
vnie rions club. Following the
business session and meal at the
Tcfwne House, the club will ad
journ and attend as a group the
revival service under way at the
First Baptist church.
Wednesday afternoon as many of
the club members as can arrange
the time will attend the open house
program of Champion Paper and
Fibre Co. at Canton. The group
will assemble at 2:30 p. m. at the
court house here, travel to the
Plant, and be taken through by
Lions Jack Felmet, Lee Davis and
Earl Messer.
Herbert Saunders of Black
Mountain, governor of district 31-A,
Lions International, spoke to the
club last week concerning Lion
ism. He was accompanied on his
trip here by Mr. McDougal, a past
president of the Black Mountain
group.
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the staff
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Music Week Being
Observed Here
The 25th annual observance of
National Music Week began May
2 and will continue through Sun
day, having as its keynote, 'Foster
American Music."
A feature which is being stressed
this year is home musical evenings.
announces Dr. Mary Michal, pres
ident of the Wavnesvillo Mnsir
club. Whatever can be done to
stimulate the practice of making
music in the home aids the growth
of the country as a truly musical
nation, she states.
Three Hurt
In Accidents
Last Week
On Route 19
Car Overturns Fri
day At Mount Valley ,
Ihhy Injuring Two
Two men .-.ere reported slightly
injured from a wreck Friday al
ternoun, in which I heir car over
turned in front ot the Mount Val
ley Inn. on highway 19 near Mag
gie. Joe Howell Cope, driving a 1947
Plymouth sedan, and Itulus Hec
tor, passenger in the ear, both of
Hazel wood, were reported to have
sustained minor ruts and bruise:
when the sedan ran oir the right
side of the road, while traveling
eastward, swerved back on the
highway and overturned several
times. The vhicle came to rest on
its top at the lawn of the Inn. be
ing completely demolished.
Another auto accident last week
on highway 19. investigated by I'iit
rolman (). H. Huberts, happened
Monday afternoon.
A 194fi Chevrolet truck, property
of the Farmers Federal ion, was go-
east being operated by Wil
liam Lester Franklin, lifi. of Ht. 2,
Waynesville. It attempted a left
Letters have been sent during."1"" ,m" u'1, "vrvu.v 'e
the week end advising business '" wwt-"! f' "" ''.
firms of their assessment. 1 Al lht' sam u,w a 1942 I'ontiac
Ribbons staling This is a good s,'f,an al I empttd to pass the truck.
'lie vcnicics siuesw ipeo, anil tile
l'onliac rolled over a 20-funi em
bankment, landing on its top; while
the truck managed to halt on the
roadway.
In the sedan were the driver,
William Shaekleton. 26. of Kt. 1,
Waynesville; Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Furtado, and a small child. Mrs.
Furtado, who sustained an ankle
injury, was the only person who
was reported to have been hurt.
There was considerable property
damage to the sedan.
Clean Up
Activities
Under Way
This Week
Many Improvements
Being Made In Way
nesville and Hazel
wood During Drive
Clean l p activity is apparent in
all sections of Waynesville and
Huzelwood as the communities car
ry out the spring cleaning and im
provement theme during the spe
cial week now under way.
Extra trips are being made by
garbage trucks to haul away trash
collections. Many basements, attics
and storage places are being clear
ed of winter collections of rubbish
for hauling to the incinerator.
Paint blushes are placing a bet
ter look on many homes and busi
ness places in putting their best
foot forward for the warm weather
months. Indications are that the
'communities will be at their pret
Wastiest belore I he week is ov er.
Lawns and gardens are feeling
the ellects of the recent dry spell.
Home owners can be seen daily
putting their garden hose and
sprinklers to use in combatting
I the fancies of the weatherman.
The Clean-Up week is sponsored
by ollicials of WayneKville and Haz-
i elwo
Large Tree Cut Down
?A ty, life"
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Today With A
30-Minute Program
The annual Chamber of Com
merce membership drive, to sup
port the largest program ever un
dertaken by I he group, will offi
cially get under way with a kick
off program today. Plans are to
complete the $12,000 campaign
Saturday.
The Way nesville Township high
school band will parade from the
First Baptist church down Main
street to the courthouse, and pre
sent an outdoor concert starting at
1 o'clock. Three brief talks on the
value of Hie Chamber to this area
will follow the 15 minute concert,
the whole program being carried
over radio .station Wllt'C.
Preceding the public program, a
luncheon meeting ol the member
ship and finance committee will be
Ik.M lh.. Tnutu. Ilnnux Fi iml I lng
preparations for drive activities
will be made at this lime. I
place to live I like it heie" will he
worn by all businessmen and em
ployees Ihroughnul the week. The
membership drive is being directed
by David Felinel. committee chair
man. Student and farmer memberships
arc being sought for the first time
due to the wide variety ol activ
ities in the Chamber's 1948 pro
gram, which will benefit all groups
in this section of the county.
vood. with the cooperation of Hie
i Continued on page six)
Revival Starts
At First Baptist
Church For Week
Twenty Haywood
Baptist Churches Arc
Conducting Service
This Week
Rev. Waller N. Long gave the
first of a series of evangelistic ser
mons at the First Baptist church
last night. The revival is one of
20 now in session throughout Hay
wood county. Rev. L. G. Elliott,
pastor, opened the meeting on Sun
day morning.
The movement is being held
und-jr the general direction of Rev
J. C. C'anipe, secretary of evange
lism for the N. C. Stale Baptist
Convention.
I he visiting ministers in the
county are conducting the morn
ing devotionals over WHCC each
morning this week
INGRAM'S STUDIO caught this picture just as the large oak
in the yard of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Davis on Church street,
started to fall, after being cut by several crews of workmen.
The tree was one of the largest in the community. It meas
ures 62 inches at the base, and had 125 t ings, which indicates
it was 125 years old. The tree was solid at the base, but the
upper part had begun to decay. Many of the larger limbs
were cut off and lowered by means of a bloc k and tackle be
fore the main trunk of the tree was cut. Crews from the city
light department, the telephone construction crew and oth
ers were on hand. The tedious process was completed with
out damage to any wires or nearby buildings.
A Mountaineer photo by Ingram's Studio.
Clyd
e Favored As One
Of Several Cattle Buying
Centers In This Area
LYTLE WILL ADDRESS
HAYWOOD DAIRYMEN
R. G. Lytic, manager of the
North Carolina Milk Producers
Federation cooperative, Greens
boro, will speak to dairymen of
Haywood county at the courthouse
tonight. The program will include
the showing of the movie "The
Challenge,'' and start at 8 o'clock.
The annual election of officers
for the county Grade A Milk Pro
ducers association will be held.
Clyde RR A. Livestock
IjSr- Teams Highest During
tr Federation Contest Here
By scoring 1,350 points out of a
Possible 1.800. the Clvd rhanter
of Future Farmers of America won
the Nantahala Federation of F. F.
A. livestock judging contest held
Saturday at the Mountain Experi
ment Station and Graceland farms
Waynesville. Franklin was sec
ond with 1,328.
' Th fo1..ll ! J f .11
no , auuii is eumposeu oi an :
Future Farmer chapters in Hay-
Cherokee, Graham and Clay coun
ties. Three classes of dairy cattle,
one of hogs and two of beef cattle
were judged. The Clyde team,
coached by Robert C. Evans, agri
culture teacher, was composed of
Massie Osborne, Carl Mann and
Blount Osborne. Mann copped top
honors in the dairy division by
(Continued on page six)
New Phone Book
To Be Issued
Here In June
A new Waynesville telephone
directory will be issued during
June, it is anonunced by Mrs. Fay
Toy, business manager for the lo
cal Southern Bell exchange.
Listings taken through May 27
will be included, and the directory
is expected to be ready for dis
tribution about June 20. About 500
more listings will be included over
those in the present directory.
Bound Over On Charge
Of Passing Bad Check
Robert Caldwell, 28, of the Band
Mill community has been bound
over for trad in the Haywood
Superior Court on the charge of
passing a bad check. The hearing
was held last week in Mayor's
Court here. It was alleged that
Caldwell presented a worthless
check for $15 at the Dixie Store.
He is in the county jail in de
fault of making $500 bond.
Ims Is
A Good
Place
To Live
I Like
It Here
THIS IS
CHAMBER
OF
COMMERCE
MEMBERSHIP
WEEK
The above is a reproduction of
the ribbons which will be worn by
citizens throughout the commun
ity this week, as part of the annual
Chamber of Commerce member
ship campaign.
Several thousand of these will
be worn by clerks, office workers,
professional people, merchants,
taxi drivers and all others who
meet the public.
May Term
Civil Court
Is Begun
Three Divorces Are
Granted, One Dam
age Judgment Is
Made Monday
Three divorces were granted dur
ing trials yesterday as the civil
term of Haywood county Superior
Court convened, with Judge K
Donald Phillips of Rockingham on
the bench.
One damage claim resulting
from an automobile accident, in
the case of Martha Harbison vs.
Wallace and Wallace, Inc.. had
been compromised, and a judgment
of $100 to the plaintiff was ordered
by the court.
Divorces were granted in the fol
lowing cases: James R. Gaddy and
Hessie Louise Gaddy, Edith Bur-
ress and Eugene Burress. Bobbie
Mehaffey and June Mehaffey. One
other divorce case was non-suited
The calendar for the current
court term includes 24 regular civ
il actions, and six on the motions
docket.
State Opening New
Program For Market
ing Cattle in Western
North Carolina
One -Third
Of Names
On Hospital
Petitions
Over 100 Signatures
Have Been Secured
In Less Than Week,
Davis Reports
Petitions which request a special
bond election in Haywood county
to provide funds for the expansion
and maintenance of the public hos
pital now have more than 100 sig
natures of qualified freeholders, it
was reported yesterday by Joe S.
Davis, head of the Haywood
Health and Hospital council.
A total of 300 signatures must be
secured before the petitions are to
be presented the county Board of
Commissioners as the basis on
which they can authorize the elec
tion. Mr. Davis states that copies of
the petition were signed by all
members of the Lions and Hotary
clubs at their meetings last week
who would be eligible to vote in a
tax election.
Frank Campbell of Canton, vice
president of the Health and Hos
pital council, is in charge of circu
lating the petitions in that com
munity, and R. L. Prevost, Sr., is
securing signatures in Hazelwood.
It is anticipated that the required
minimum of signatures will be
reached in time to present the re
quest at the May 17th meeting of
the county board.
The proposition is to call an elec
tion authorizing the county to is
sue up to $200,000 In bonds as its
share of construction cost. This is
based on the plan to secure 71 per
cent of the cost from federal and
state funds alloted for such a pur
pose. .
.limine, iju:-i-Tvvlil
rt merit of ejiiil
mg tit ' expand the
Rock Hill School
Commencement
On Wednesday
A commencement program will
be presented by the primary and
grammar grades of the Rock Hill
School tomorrow night at eight
o'clock in the school auditorium.
The program will include two
plays, "The Pumpkin Hill Gram
mar School Graduation," and
"Welcome Queen Happiness." and
a group of songs by the primary
grades. An admission of 10 and 25 cents
will be charged and proceeds will
be used for the audio-visual edu
cation program of the school.
It was aiiniiiiiiceil in Raleigh
yesterday that al I he request-of
many farmers and si ockraisiers, In
Wrsjern North Carolina, UuKfetth
Carolina Depar
tine is expecting
marketing lucililies for beef cat
tle in Western North Carolina dur
ing the coining season, beginning
during the late summer and con
tinuing during the fall months.
Buying (enters will probably be
set up at Clyde West Jefferson and
either Boone or North Wilkesboro
and probably other points. T. Le
noir Guyn, of Waynesville, and
Han; Hamilton, of Boone, both of
whom are emp'oyerJ by the Depart
ment ol Agriculture as beef cattle
marketing specialists, will handle
the grading and shipping of cattle
in truck and carload lots.
Livestock men have felt for a
long lime that our present system
of marketing was insufficient, espe
cially during the heavy seasonal
movement ol cattle during the fall
months, and that a wider distribu
tion for our better grades could
and should be worked out. Also
that a closer and more direct con
tact might be established between
'the producing and feeding areas
'that would benefit all parts of the
state.
I Where individual farmers own
i as many as a carload of uniform
'cattle, they can, of course, handle
i their own cattle, either by selling
direct or shipping to terminal
markets There are, however, only
a few farmers who are in a posi
tion to do this. A large majority
t Continued on page six)
Strand Theater
Reported Sold
To Everett Co.
Five North Carolina
Theaters Included in
Transfer Effective
May 8
According to a United Press
story from Charlotte, Everett En
terprises has negotiated to take
over the management of five North
Carolina theaters, including the
Strand in Waynesville, from the
H. B. Meiselman circuit.
The transfer, which does not in
volve real estate, is reported to be
put into effect May 8. In addition
to the Strand here, the deal In
cludes two movie houses in Fay
etteville, and theaters at Rocking
ham and Wilmington.
At present, Everett Enterprises,
of which H. II. Everett is president,
operates 52 theaters in North and
South Carolina.
Mr. Meiselman slafed Saturday
that "the Mieselman theaters that
were named in the paper, five In
all, have not been sold but have
been incorporated with the Everett
circuit in which Mr. Mieselman
still has the controlling stock in
said theaters."
The local manager of the Strand
is W. B. Chick. So far as is known,
no change in this position is con
templated. The theater building
is owned by Dr. Charles Owen of
Canton.
4-H BOYS TO ENTER
DISTRICT PIG SHOW
Four members of Haywood 4-1!
clubs will enter pigs in the annual
Sears Roebuck show, to be held
Wednesday at Planters Tobacco
warehouse in Biltmore. The show
will open at 10 a.m., and judging
begin an hour later.
I STOVE FIRE EXTINGUISHED
A gas stove caught on fire at the
Tavern on Main Street here about
8:45 o'clock Saturday morning.
Fire Chief Clem Fitzgerald put the
fire out with an extinguisher, with
practirslly no property damage.
Bethel Seniors
To Present Play
On Friday Night
"Dude Ranch," a comedy with
songs in three acts, will be pre
sented Friday evening, May 7, at 8
o'clock, by the senior class of the
Bethel high school.
Those taking part in the play
are Bett Clark. Hilliard Phillips,
Edna Mae West, Mickey Farmer, i
Sue Cooke, Gerald Blazer, Gerald
Deaver. Davis Whitesides, Eleen
Wells, Bobby Hall, Catherine John
son, Carolyn Medford, Nana Lee
Himes and George Cogbnrn.
Highway
Record For
1948
(To Date)
In Haywood
Injured-- 13
Killed--- 1
(This Information Com
piled From Record of
State- Highway Patrol)