North Carolina Newspapers

K v The ' Wa ynesville Mountaineer 49,500 People Live within 20 miles of Waynesville -their ideal shopping center l-WU15 I Li e riCAL ITS D FOR IABD ,, 0 Btau'rdam U b Ha; , groups, 5W Board oudger BO- seek. t is dut-' members (1f I In' and J A. togers ANSWfcK JADCAST rODAY J5n mil '"- l'r kerr Scull in a broadcast uwr 2 30. Mr J"'1" . art' both eek , a, guu'i'inir in lv anl thf state lii.-mg II"1"- UlU'll'st iK'fUUM' . treasurer Hatl n(js in L,uiks or ,rest Mr. Julin ,c chaise in I"- I'S THAT , HAVE ossns" -ill (if (irrrn-.-candidatc tor immissioiier of at hh opponent me to the sup bosses ent has rrt'er lublic annouiH'i' jraphod loiters ci by the labor lemhcrs to vote j Shut'ortl, Sher- rs out 3TTER B. linslead lias ty liltle blotter, ler key. and on and below his words: "A Key j." To one .side statement, "The re ip North Car c ul i e nenalor kertising is the n this area. ST RATION the last day for or the primary, others who have writ years may books to see if stcd. It is ncccs Dcmiirratic or ( hook In vole ion for I he Ron municipal clcc matically quali nary. The prcs s incidentally, W- Next Satur ' challenge day. iatic ri'RDAV leaders from laywood eininlv IV ' 2 P.m. in lor the countv which c. K. cuiive eommit "rrsidc. county meeting l'k at the re-1 and have aulh-' 51 e for each 25 " ,h(' Precinct ""atonal dec-! Precinct execu-! ,0 "e elected 1 11 a made readv Primary. for the "Agates tot hc I M- at the ,lld,tor'um; and "ecul've com focrats are Ie convention wrat.c votes (lion. PaSetwo) athei Press ""ed show-' 0,15 "h little! ;ure. , iVille iemPfraj Hi; j 82 40 42 K 50 63rd YEAR No. 38 Siale Hound Bench Show Here July 5 Is Being Advertised Over South Puppy Show To Pre cede Bench Show At High School Athletic Field Here The North Carolina Fox Hunters midsummer bench show will be held during the afternoon of Mon day. July 5, at the Waynesville Township high school athletic field, it is announced by J. W. Killian, president of the Haywood-Jackson l'ux Hunters association, which is host to the 1948 state show. Folucrs announcing the show are being sent to sportsmen through out the South, and plans are being made to accommodate around 300 initial entries in the bench events. Tins will mark the first time the stale show has been held in West ern North Carolina. The bench show will be held in conjunction with the county-wide Independence Day celebration sponsored by the Hazelwood Boost i rs club. A children's puppy show will be held beginning at 1:30 p.m., for hounds under six months old, and the regular bench show is to start at 2 o'clock. Nine classes will be judged by II. I'. Hichards of Bluff City, Tenn., from which the winners will com pete for best hound in the show and best opposite sex. The Parker and Robinson Challenge trophy will So to the bench champion. The classes are: best male pup under one year, best female nun under one year, best derby male under two years, best derby fe male under two years, best all age male, best all age female, best pair, best pack, and natural carriage, trophies to blue ribbon hounds. Bob Collins of Asheville will be ring master. Mr. Kijlian will be in charge of 'arranging mrfr?prm-' tions for wee.tfid guests, anl! Jack West of Clyde wnTfrwange kennel reservations. 1947 Records Show 3,765 Patients Were Admitted By Hospital L. Davis Succeeds M. Davis, Hospital Lee Davis becomes business manager of the Haywood Hos pital here Saturday, succeeding M. E. "Tony" Davis who recent ly resigned, after serving as business manager of the insti tution eight years, Lee Davis was formerly con nected with the Champion Paper and Fibre Company. He is a na tive of Haywood, and has an in terest in the City Barber Shop here. M. E. Davis had no state to make as to his plans for the future. j More Material Sought ! On Ramp Convention i Among the latest requests for I material, including pictures of the recent Haywood Ramp Convention, comes from The Star Weekly, of I Toronto, Canada. The Sunday j editor said in part in a letter to Bill Sharpe, of the State News Bu reau: "I wonder if it would be pos sible for you to send me a set of nine pictures of the Ramp Conven tion for possible use in the Roto gravure section of The Star Week ly." The pictures were sent out the next day. ook Resort Is lOnSocoGapRoad One of the newest additions to '"unst facilities In this area is the ''in Brook Resort, eight miles irom Waynesville on the road to oco Gap. The Twin Brook Resort is owned and operated by the fami nes of Carl and Fred Henry, na tives of Jackson county who moved "ere last summer after living in Michigan a number of years, and supervised construction of the cottages. They were opened this spring, six of the cottages already complete and two others to be rea dy by June. Further construction, including f hote'. will be started next au tumn. The resort is located several (Continued on Page Two; Published Twice-A-Week SIXTEEN PAGES United Resigns W. P. WHITESIDES has announced that he is resigning as principal of Bethel district schools, a posi tion he has held the past eight years. Whitesides Resigns As Principal At Bethel W. P. Whitesides, principal of Bethel district schools the past eight years, announced this week that he will resign the position at the conclusion of the current school year. ' "Mt. 'v-HiteAC a atife'iV fork County, S. C, came to iWnet lrom Newland, Avery county. He and his (Continued on page two) On the occasion of North Caro lina Hospital Week, May 9-15, Mrs Irene Rogers, has released a state ment for publication describing the service rendered by the Haywood County hospital, of which she is superintendent, and calling atten tion to some of its immediate needs. The theme of the special week is "Your hospitals mean a healthier, a better life for you." "This is a very appropriate theme, when you consider that the 6,000 hospitals in the United States were visited by more than 38 million Americans last year," states Mrs. Rogers. "Statistics from the American Hospital Asso ciation show that not only one out of every 10 Americans received care in general or short term hos pitals last year, but that there were more than two million births one every 15 seconds." During 1947 the Haywood Coun ty hospital admitted 3,765 patients she reports. There were 1,058 ba (Continucd on page two) Mrs. Mark Felmet Services Will Be Held Here Today Operated Favorite Boarding House In Waynesville For 58 Years Mrs Lula McElroy Felmet. 91, widow' of the late Mark C. Felmet, who operated for more than half a century one of the favorite board ing houses in AV'aynesville. died af ter a lingering illness at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday at her home in the Bethel section. Funeral services will be held at in m todav from Garrett funeral home, with Rev. R. L. Young, pas tor of the First Methodist church, officiating. Interment will follow in Green Hill cemetery. Pallbearers have been selected from former borders at the Felmet u,. Thsv arp- Boone Medford, Dewey Stovall, Theo McCracken, (Continued on page two) BACK FROM EUROPE Wiiil returned to his home here Tuesday after a business trip to several European countries. WW.mtM.yt HUH ! F - -It In The County Seat of Haywood Press and Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, 5 Miles Of Parkway To Be Opened Saturday Parkway in Pisgah National Forest Will Again Be Open To Public Use Saturday will mark the opening of the 5-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Pisgah National Forest, according to Sam Weems, superintendent. This section of the Parkway has been closed to the public since last fall. While it is still a dead end drive, it affords some of the best scenic views in Eastern Amer ica, especially7 from Green Knob, where a 300-degree panorama of hundreds of mountain ranges can be seen. Mr. Weems called attention to the fact that the stone on the Parkway is loose and will not per mit speeding. The section will be under constant patrol while open. This section of the Parkway can be reached from Waynesville or Brevard over U. S. Highway No. 276. The place is 20 miles from Waynesville. Waynevilla Dining Room Opens 15th Chrest George and D. D. Speredes Have Leased Dining Room For Season The Waynevilla dining room will open Saturday morning with Chrest George and D. D. Speredes as op erators and managers of the place in East Waynesville on the Ashe ville highway. The two leased the dining room from Mr. and Mrs. J. 5. Patterson, Wnrt.' .". t. Both men have had many years of experience in the food business. Mr. Speredes owned a number of places in Florida, and more recent ly in Asheville. He is a brother-in-law of Mr. George, who owued and operated the WWNC Cafe here for over 25 years, having sold his business last year. The dining room will be open j for all three meals daily, and will make a specialty of catering to par ties and large groups. Almost $2,000 In On Bookmobile Contributions to the bookmobile for the Haywood County Public Li brary arc nearing $2,000, accord ing to a report made yesterday by Miss Margaret Johnson, librarian. The quota has been set at $3,000 and to date contributions received total $1,913.53, leaving a balance of $1,086 yet to raise. Pfc. Glenn E. Sisk Is Being Returned Home Pfc. Glenn E Sisk. killed in ac tion at the age of 22 in North Af rica, Jan. 19, 1943, is being re turned to the United States for final burial. He was first interred at the U. S. Military cemetery at Algiers. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Will M. Sisk of Route 1, Waynesville, Pfc. Sisk entered the Army during Oc tober 1941 and went overseas in June 1942. A native of Haywood county, he was employed at Wat kins Chevrolet here before enter ing the service. National Forests Of N.C. Overshadow Park In Number Of Visitors By BILL SHARPE Overshadowed in publicity by the Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park, the Pisgah and Nanta hala National Forests in North Carolina last year pulled far ahead of the park in publicity, and drew over 1,800,000 visitors, most of them recreation bent. The two forests, sections of which adjoin each other, comprise 803,111 gross acres, all of which is already under protection and practically all in various stages of development. In this territory lies not only some of the major scenic attractions of the southern Appa lachians, but also recreational fa cilities roads, trails, campgrounds, lakes, picnic grounds which are attracting" an increasing army of visitors. No matter how many come, however, they are swiftly swallowed up by the vastnesses of County At Th e Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Featured EDWARD A. WAYNE, vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Va., is principal speaker at the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet here tonight. A South Car olinian, lie entered banking as a runner when he was 15, ad vanced as bookkeeper, teller, a discount clerk, assistant cashier and assistant controller at several banks. He became a special agent for a federal court at 29. In 1940 he was ex ecutive secretary of the N. C. Bankers' Association, which position he resigned in 1943 to accept the appointment he now holds. Wayne Will Speak Tonight ill Chamber Of Commerce Annual Banquet At Armory Ir. C. of C. To Organize Here Monday Approves Constitution At Meeting This Week; To Apply For Charter i A const it ut ion and by-laws was j approved Tuesday night by a coin- miHee of 10. and prospective mem bers will meet Monday to elect of ficers and make formal application for a charter to lorm the Waynes ville Junior Chamber of Com merce. Harry "Blue'' Robinson, former J. C. al Shelby and WI1CC an nouncer here, slates that the meet ing Monday will start at 7:30 p.m. in I lie Chamber of Commerce of fice. Bob Putnam, state director for the Asheville junior chamber. brought organization data here Tuesday which was revised to meet the local situation at the commit tee meeting that evening, held at the courthouse. The Waynesville junior cham ber plans to meet semi-monthly, on the first and third Monday of each I Continued on Page Two) the forests. Pisgah comprises several divi sions which roughly run from Blowing Rock and the Tennessee line to the South Carolina line. It adjoins Nantahala in the west, which in turn joins the Smokies Park the three areas altogether embracing 1,293.111 acres of moun tain forest land, much of it in a primeval state. The growing popularity of the National Forests is partly because they are far more accessible and better developed than the park it self. Main highways traverse many of its sections, and in addi tion, the often unpaved but excel lent fire roads give access to beau ty spots often sought but missed by the average motorist. The for ests also contain 533 miles of foot and horse trails, and a score of de (Continued on Page Three) FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1948 Speaker is Review of 1947 Ac complishments, New Community Goals To Be Set "This is a good place to live lei's make it better." With I he above quotation us its tlienie, the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet will be held to iiihl, starting at 7:30 o'clock, in the Waynesville armory. Upwards of 400 persons are expected to at lend the event, which will be liinh lighted by an address by Edward A. Wayne, vice-president of the Federal Reserve bank of Rich mond. As a descendant of "Mad,' n thony Wayne of Revolutionary fame, for whom the town of Waynesville was named by its founder. Col. Robert Love, the principal speaker is historically linked with the community which reviews its progress and sets new goals at the annual occasion. Mr. Wayne is a native of Kau Claire, S. C, and began his banking ca reer as a bookkeeper. Chamber president Wayne Cor pening will preside as master of ceremonies. The invocation will be given by the Rev. Edgar Goold, rector of Grace Episcopal church. A musical program will be pre sented under the direction of Charles Islcy. Charles E. Ray, chairman of the N. C. Park commission, will (Continued on Page Two) Visitors From Mexico Enjoy Trip in Smokies Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Valle of N'euvo Leon, Mexico, were visitors in Waynesville on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Valle and two daughters. Alice and Ramona, were en route to Alton Bay, Maine, where they expect to spend the summer. This was their first trip through the Smoky Mountain Park section and they were enthusiastic over its beauty. T5 Claude Underwood Remains En Route Here Mr. and Mrs. Rufus G. Under wood of Rt. 1, Waynesville, re ceived word this week that the re remains of their son. Tech. 5 Claude W. Underwood, is en route to the United States for final buri al. Tech. 5 Underwood was killed July 11, 1944 at Saipan. The body will be forwarded here from the Atlanta, Ga. general distribution depot. $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Editors From 38 States Entertained Here Last Night! Construction On Seed Cleaning Plant Started Construction Is underway on a building for a seed cleaning plant, the only one of ils kind in this part of the t'arolinas, according to O. H. Tedford, Jr., manager of the Haywood Distributing com pany, and owner of the Waynes ville Feed and Seed company. The plant will be in operation by June 1, he said, and will clean seeds from over the nation for the two Caiolinas as well as do cus tom cleaning for farmers. The firm will also be in the market for all kinds of grains and seeds. Mr. Tedford pointed out that farmers should gather their crim son clover seed this season as the supply is limited, and the prices will be hiKli. He said that the rea son so few seeds were produced in this area was because there had been no facilities for cleaning, which mean I that 97 per cent of the seeds used were imported into the area. The plant will process ;ill grass and grain seeds, removing all weed seeds, onion and cockles. Mr. Tedford said the plant would be just behind the present store in Hazelwood, which he plans to maintain even after open ing the main store in Waynesville at an early (lute. He announced that Claude Francis would be man ager of the No. 2 store in Hazel- wood, and that David Underwood is co-owner of the seed processing plant. Music Club To Start Musical Broadcasts The first of a series of special bi-weekly musical programs spon sored by the Waynesville Music Club will bo broadcast over WHCC starting Saturday morning at 10:15. Miss Stephanie Moore will direct three elementary glee clubs. Sim ilar programs will be heard each week at the same time. On Monday afternoon at 5:30, Charles lslcy will direct the high school glee club in a 15-minute program. Mrs. Cornelia Nixon is in charge of arranging these programs, and is being assisted by Mrs. Ray Bal lard, Mrs. Harry Lee Liner, Jr., MYs. John Taylor, together with Miss Moore and Mr. Isley. The Music Club is sponsoring projects to get funds to buy rec ords for the Haywood County Li brary which will lend the music in just the same manner as books are loaned. Mrs. II. B. Phillips and daugh ter. Emmie, are reluming today1 to Coltageville. S. C. after a week's visit with Mrs. Phillips' grand parents, Mr and Mrs. James R. Boyd, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Troy Lealherwood, of Rt. 2. Waynesville. Cherokee Museum Opens To Public On Saturday The museum of the Cherokee In dian will have its formal opening Saturday, situated at the junction of U. S. highway No. 19 and state highway No. 107 in Cherokee vil lage. Occupying an old building espe cially remodeled for its purposes, the museum contains extensive ex hibits of archeological. historical and cultural nature concerning the Cherokee. Its director is H. E. Wheeler, a native of Birmingham, Ala., for many years a Methodist minister, and a longtime student of scientific subjects. Tha museum is a member of the Association of American Museums. Many of the exhibits displayed are from the archeological collec tions made by Burnhara S. Col burn of Asheville over a period of 20 years, and acquired by Samuel 'Continued on page two) Members of National Editorial Association Given Barbecue Sup per After Smoky Visit About 250 editors and publish ers from 38 states met here last night for a barbecue supper at the Armory. The newspaper lolk are members ot the National Editorial Association, and today will com plete a week's tour of North Caio lina, after holding their iiniuial convention last week in l'lnehinst The barbecue was given by The Chamber of Commerce, The Mountaineer and The Champion Paper and Fibre Company. The meal was perpared and served by Rufus Siler. The newspaper people, traveling in seven large busses, paused here briefly yesterday morning eiiioule to Newfound Gap and Clirigman s Dome, where they had a box lunch eon, and were guests of the Cham bers of Commerce of this area. During their brief slop here, they picked up several Waynesville men who acted as guides for I he trip into the Smokies. Those going from here on the trip included: Those accompanying the group from here included: Charles E. Ray, Rev. M. R. Williamson, Rich ard Queen, Paul Davis, Dave Fel met, David Underwood, W. , A. Bradley and S. E. Connatser. Jerry Rogers, of the city police force, also accompanied the group, acting as escort with the highway patrol. The reup arrived here about 10:30 and were met by a group of civic leaders and the 64-piece high school band under the direction of Charles Islcy. The band played during the 30-minute interval hen Soft drinks were served and i booklet of Western North Carolina given each person. After boarding the busses, each of the visitors were given a Haywood apple. On their return trip yesterday afternoon from the Smokies. Hie group made a brief stoo at riirm. kee, and then proceeded on here lor me barbecue supper Upon arriving at the Armory, the directors of the Chamber of Commerce, and their wive:, pieot. ed the guests. While the harbecur (Continued on page two) Connatser Building A New Service Station Work has been started on a mod ern service station at the inter section of N. C. Highway 19 and 19-A at Lake Junaluska, by S. E. Connatser. Plans call for completion by June 15, and a lease has been made with Shell Oil company to oper ate the place. Mr. Connatser said yesterday that he plans to add a tea room to the building later, and that the building is so designed for such an enlargement. Large plate gla.s windows will he featured through out the building, even in the wash, rack and grease rooms. Porter Frady has the contract. Highway Record For 1948 In Haywood (To "Date) Injured 13 Killed 1 (This information com piled from Records of State Highway PatroL)