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WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1948
EIGHT PAGES
United Press and Associated Press News
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Uon Opens VJilh
j Crowd; Regional
i FMfaranr0 llnPtK
Jpeaker
Wins Award
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MAK. tiul;rl plnl
L, h(. speaker at
Fhursda evening
n May
wood
$3,000
Cost Is
Ian The
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ThP student regional conference
got underway at Lake Junaluska
yesterday, after a successful open
ing service lor me season on ouu
day morning, when a record break
ing pre-war audience heard Bishop
Paul Garber, of Switzerland.
Dr. rrank S. Love, superintend
ent, announced yesterday mat Prof.
M B. Camak, ol Ware hhoals. S. C,
would be tne speaker Thursday
evening, and isxpected to enter-
. . -J : . , . . mil h hit hrmn
i tain a large buuicuw
ohnosophy and wit. He has
otten oeen caned the "Kdgar Guest
of South Carolina".
hev. Emmelt K. McLarty, Jr.,
will be the speaker on iriday
night.
Some 400 people attended thj
annual Haywood Day picnic after
the Sunday morning services.
Bishop Garber, wno is in charge
of Methodist work in 7 counties in
Europe, with headquarters at Gen
eva, Switzerland, used as his ser
mon subject, "The Present and Liv
ing Christ". He explained the grow-
ine interest in Christianity in Eur
ope, and that at many of he con
ferences held, the majority of
those attending were formerly in
concentration camps, or slave work
ers.
"Interest in Christianity in Eur
ope is constantly gaining," Bishop
Garber said, as he further discuss
ed that America's luxury and, Eur
ope's poverty.
Sunday's service was the firs!
Havwood County Day in many
years that the late Josephus Dan
iels was not present, or had a per
sonal representative to make the
opening address at the opening of
the season.
Musket Shooters Getting
Iteady For Annual Match
On Fie Top June 30th
Has Perfect Record
iur.t commission
in L'ster(iay, han-
matters.
lils and bills to be
lose of the recent
Ull bills were not
initials' estimated
age ;or thi state
explained by u
last week.
costs of the elec-
vured the second
26 will cost about
lection of May 29.
MISS RUTH IN MAN has been
awarded the annual scholarship
presented by the Beta Sigma Phi
sorority to a member of the senior
class of the Waynesville high
school. Presentation of the schol
arship was made by Mrs. W C.j
Norris, president of the .sorority,1
at the commencement program. !
Miss Ionian is the daughter (if
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Ionian of
Wavnesville. She has taken an ac
tive part in school affairs, having;
been a member of the band for 4
years, a member of the glee club
and student council, and this year
won second place in the speakers
contest for girls. In September
she will enter Mission hospital in
Asheville for nurse's training.
The scholarship which amounts
to $100 is awarded on a basis of
scholastic average, citizenship and
participation in extra-curricula ac
tivities. The student is selected
by a committee of faculty members
and a committee from the sorority.
The long riffles will crack and
lead bullets whine again on Cata
loochee Ranch June 30 when the
annual muzzle shooting contest is
held for some hundred marksmen
in the Haywood area.
Tom Alexander, the man 'who
runs the event every year, expects
; more rifflemen to enter the contest
this year than ever before. Last
year 90 men and boys lined their
sights up on the knife-slit targets.
The muzzle shooting classic each
year attracts many photographers,
newspapermen, magazine corres
pondents, summer visitors, and
just plain spectators. The shooting
is usually accompanied by music
from a string band, plenty of re
freshments, and a square dance.
! Contestants can take their choice
of shooting from a standing posi
tion on the 40 yard line or Hop
ping down behind a log and level
ing on the target fiim 60 yards.
Last year's winner was Jarvis Cald
well of Maggie.
Many Waynesville citizens and
old-timers from the surrounding
communities will take down muzzle-loaders,
muskets, and hog-rilles
during the next few weeks to pre
pare for the big shooting. Park
man's Hardware is stocking plenty
of ammunition for the musketeers.
Six Highway Projects
Approved ForiHaywood
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nere In
onday
Kims licenses were
ne .mil noon here
hichway patrol.
sum of motorists
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thr deadline of
arc neic every
l( d.i on Satnr-
V M.'-j was assist-'
and tivmi! Ihei
lei .i: lake care I
la-Hiinute rush. !
It f"i M'vlcrday af- :
a like number '
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th regular com
ises al Emory col-
rs prevented a
surgery decree.
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State Board Is
Tabulating Votes
Of Primary Today
J ft. Morcan. member of the
state bourd of elections, left last
night for Raleigh where the board
will meet today to make an offi
cial count of the primary results
of May 29.
Mr. Morgan said just before he
left that the law provides for the
second high man in a race to with
draw within five days after the
official tabulation of the votes. The
board is expected to complete the
tabulation today and mat wouia
give until the 14th for any candi
date running in second place to
withdraw from a second primary.
Big Still Nabbed
In Balsam Area
One of the largest steamer-type
stills taken in recent years has been
captured by Sheriff Griffin Middle
ton and his deputies in the Balsam
section of Jackson county. The
officers said that 800 gallons of
mash was destroyed along with 32
gallons of whiskey. The still
was cut down. A run had just been
made before the raid.
The still had been in operation
only a few months and was the
largest and most complete outht
taken in this county, the officers
reported.
Last Rites Held
For S Sgt. R. H.
Holt On Thursday
Funeral services for Staff Sgt.
Richlyn H. Holt were held in
Wrightsville, Ga , Thursday, June
3. The Rev. G. W. Joniw of Columbus-.
Ohio, conducted the serv
ices, assisted by Dr. Reed and the
Rev. Mr. Ovcrby.
Sergeant Holt entered the Arniyj
Air Corps In July of 1942 and;
spent 18 months overseas. His j
plane was shot down over Toulon,,
France, August 6. 1944. He was 22 j
years old at the time of his death..
Pallbearers at the funeral were j
cousins. Honorary pallbearers
were representatives from the
American Legion and tne veterans
of Foreign Wars.
Interment was in the Wcstview
cemetery of Wrightsville.
Sergeant Holt is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Holt
of Wavnesville; two brothers, Jack
Holt of Albuquerque, N. Mex., and
Carleton Holt of Waynesville, a
grandmother, Mrs. Susan H.ghtow
er of Wrightsville.
Rotarians Hear
About Oil Wells
Col. A W. Jones told Rotarians
here Friday how oil wells were
drilled, and some of the hardships
and experiences of the oil industry
in seeking oil.
Col. Jones told of the modern
'methods of drilling for oil. and
I how science had entered the field
to make the work easier, simpler,
and less expensive than in former
days.
"When a drill breaks olT some
10,000 feet underground, a modern
camera is now used to lower into
the well, a picture is made of the
broken parts, and repairmen on the
surface carry on the work with
ease,'' he said.
The speaker also pointed out the
use of many other modern instru
ments in bringing oil to the surface.
i TOMMY GIBSON has a perfect
school attendance record, hav
un; iust completed his 11th year
1 He is the son of Mr and Mrs. Rob
ert II. Gibson, of Waynesville.
Toniniv often went to school
i when he did not feel like it, but he
was determined to get there if at
all possible, rain or shine, and re
igardloss ol Ins Icelings. Not only
did lie go every day. but he was
alw as oil time.
Tummy had all the usual chil
dren s diseases such as measles.
mumps, whooping cough and the
like, hut Ins older brother and sis
ter "brought these to him" before
'he became of school age. his moth
er explained.
i Young Gibson Is now an Eagle
I Seoul, and has been in the Rotary
i sponsored troop for 5 years. He is
'now 17. and junior assistant scout
I leader. He will leave this week for
la week in Chapel Hill attending
! Boys Stale, at which time he will
isludv government. This is a special
i honor, and he together with Jimmy
1 Swaatjer- were named by'itrie Am-
! erican Legion to go from here.
Tommy is interested in all sports,
and studies hard, but even before
his studies, he insists that being
present and on time is of vital lm-
iportanee to any student and for
II vears ho has practiced this with
out having once missed his goal.
G. S. Ferguson, Jr.,
Nominated Again
For FTC Position
Native of Waynesville
Is Nominated By
Truman For 7-
Year Term
Garland S. Ferguson, Jr., for
merly of Waynesville, was nomi
nated last week for a fourth aeven
year term on the Federal Trade
Commission, but his prospects of
Senate confirmation were clouded
by the Republicans' apparent, in
tention of holding all available
jobs open for members of their
party.
Ferguson's hopes of confirma
tion are reported to be based upon
these facts:
1. Although a Democrat, he has I
Republican friends on Capitol
Hill.
2. He was first appointed by a
Republican President, Calvin CboI-
idgc, in 1927.
2. He has had 21 years of expe
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Gets Road Funds
:"V;
D. REEVES NOI.AND. highway
commissioner of the 10th dis
trict, announced yesterday that
there were six highway projects
approved for Haywood, and others
"being planned " Other 14 coun
ties in the district will get similar
projects, he said.
Highway Commission
er Noland Announces
Road Work For
The County
There are six definite highway
projects slated for Haywood to get
underway Immediately, it was
learned from D. Reeves Noland.
highway commissioner of the 10th
district here yesterday.
All the projects have been ap
proved and are part of an extensive
improvement program underway in
the district, Mr. Noland pointed
out.
15,000 Tons Crushed
Stone For Rural Roads
Work is already underway of
putting some 15,000 tons of
crushed stone on the secondary or
county roads of the county.
"We want to get sufficient
crushed stone on every rural road
in the county, and especially every
school bus route," Mr. Noland said.
Two crushing outfits will be used
j in order to get this project com
pleted as earlv as possible. One
crusher is on Pigeon river, and
the other is on Crabtree, and will
provide crushed stone for that end
of the county.
Three Escape Injuries
As Plane Falls At Soco
Rhododendron In
Full Bloom Here
Hundred of motorist visited
Soco Gap and Wagon Road Gap
Sunday to see the array of rho
dodendron trttoa to InuU bloom
t botn ptacftt,' " ' 1
The bloom Is far heavier than
in the past few seasons, and in
dications are that It will remain
in It present state for the next
week or ten days.
Sanitary Inspector
Says Town Clean
Rnh Rv. town sanitary inspec
tor said here yesterday that the
"town is the cleanest it has been
in many a year."
Mr Rav reonrts there were sev
eral places that were not as clean
as he would like, but addea: mese
will be cleaned up in the very near
future."
Mr. Ray also has charge of col
lecting Ana taxes in Waynesville,
and announced that he is starting
out on this work. The tax is
for each female and $1 or each
male. k
Fred Doutt Named
On Library Board
Fred Doutt. of Canton, has been
named as a member of the Hay
wood County Library Board, to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
J. T. Bailey.
Mr. Doutt was named at a re
cent meeting of the board ot coun
ty commissioners.
Haywood Man In
Tennessee Race
Gordon Browning, former gov
ernor of Tennessee, and a candi
date again in the Aufrust elec
tion in the neighboring state, Is
a native of this county, it was
learned yesterday.
According to M. O. Allen, for
mer state highway commission
er 0f Tennessee. Mr. Browning
Is a native of White Oak, and
has a brother burled at the White
i oak Baptist church cemetery.
Car Crashes In
Truck, Damaged
A Plymouth coupe, driven by a
Mr. Stewart of California, crashed
into a IMymonth truck just east of
I Canton on Highway 19 and ii over
the week-end. doing about $150
! damage to the truck, according to
; Cpr. E. W. Jones of the Highway
1 Ialrol
j The truck was owned by a Mr.
Watts of Canton.
Corporal Jones said the car was
following too close to the truck to
stop when the truck slopped to
pick up a passenger. There were
no personal injuries.
Traffic Heavy
Over Week-End
Haywood's highways saw a busy-week-end.
with traffic exceedingly
heavy on Highway No. 19 and 270.
Hundreds of motorists were mak
ing their way to the mountain
peaks to view the foliage.
Highway patrolmen reported no
accidents, during the heavy rush.
FELLOWSHIP SUPPER TO
BE HELD TOMORROW
The roeular monthly Fellowship
Simnerkwill be held at the Presby
terian church tomorrow night at 7
o'clock.
pxthei
Fed Prr
f"'r showers in
'i-mpera-iD
the st a fT of t he
All -Time Attendance Is
Expected At Scout Camp
Civic Groups To
Meet On Monday
Mrs. Frank W. Kinsey. Jr , pres
ident of the Woman's Cluh has
I called a meeting of leaders of all
I civic clubs, organizations and the
'churches of the community, to
' meet Monday night at the I'res
i hytei ian church lo discuss the cam
paign to raise $3,304 in Haywood
for needy children in war-torn Eu
ropean con nl lies.
The Woman's Club is one of the
women's groups in Haywood spon
soring Hie movement.
The Federated Women's Clubs of
North Carolina are sponsoring the
campaign.
Parking Meters
Taking In $150
Every Week Here
The parkin? meters in Way
nesville are now averaging about
8600 per month, according to G.
C. Ferjrusor. The meters have
been in operation here about 10
months.
"In the winter the average was
; about S100 a week, but with In
creased traffic, they are now tak
ing in about $150 weekly," the
i town manager said.
3 Canton Clubs
To Meet Jointly
At Hotel Tonight
Three Canton clubs the Civitan
dub. Lions club, and the Exchange
club will gather in a joint meet
ing of Canton civic groups In the
Imperial Hotel tonight.
I The meeting Is being held to dis
cuss plans for a year-round clean
ui) camnaicn In Canton. The regu
lar meetings of the Clubs this week
will not be held.
Several From Here To
Attend Convention
Between 12 and 15 members of
the Waynesville Woman's Club will
attend the state convention in
Hendcrsonville. The meeting will
start today and continue through
Thursday.
Mrs. Frank W. Kinsey, Jr., pres
ident of the Waynesville club, will
lead the group from here to the
three-day convention.
Within a few minutes after a
Waco plane crashed and was de
molished near the top of Soco Gap
Sunday afternoon, the three occu
pants walked through the woods
about 100 yards to Highway No. 19,
with just a few scratches to show
for their dangerous crash.
Cashurs Clark, pilot of the ptane,
suffered a few slight cuts, a;'d ex
plained to Patrolman O R. Rob
cits, that after the plane with its
three occupants reached Soco Gap
it failed lo gain altitude, and as ic
turned to go back down the vallev
towards Cherokee, the plane stall
ed and crashed on the mountain
side.
The plane was owned by the Syl-
va Flying Service of Sylva. The
two passengers were Ken Nichols
and Ed Moore, both of Sylva.
The plane was declared a total
loss, and was valued at about $1,-400.
Town Audit
Work Given
To Henderson
The town board of aldermen on
Thursday awarded a contract for
auditing the town books to llowen
Henderson, of Asheville. This firm
has been doing the work for sev
eral years.
! The franchise tax schedule was
also checked and approved for the
I current year, and the dog tax was
I turned over to Hob Kay for im
', mediate collection
Haywood To Get
$11,000 For Fixing
Blacktop Roads
The state recently appropriated
$113,625 to this district for re
treating black top roads. Of this
amount, Haywood is allocated 9.04
per cent, or about $ll,uuu. Mr.
Noland said a large part of this
would be spent on Soco Gap and
Jonathan Creek roads, and gener
al maintenance on other similar
roads. "'
The district received 9.09 per
cent of the state total allocated to
this work.
Crew Due 15th To
Start Newport Survey
A crew of highway engineers Is
scheduled to complete a project In
Cleveland county and come here
June 15th to begin work of sur
veying the 22-mile projected road
from Cove Creek to the Tennessee
line, for the water-level road to
Newport.
This Is one of the major projects
of the entire district, as the link
ing of Waynesville with an adjoin
ing state remains as one of the two
county seats in North Carolina that
is not connected with an adjoining
state by paved highway. The oth
er is Bakersvllle in Mitchell coun
ty,, also with Tennessee.
Tennessee highway officials have
repeatedly pointed out that they
will connect with the road from
here at the Tennessee line at any
time North Carolina builds to the
point.
Carnival 'Crazy House'
Turns Over On Highway
Press Officials Here
Saturday Afternoon
At Reseh Dretident of the North
Carolina Press Association, togeth
er with Mrs. Resch, and Miss Bea
trice Cobb, secretary of the asso
ciation, were Waynesville visitors
Saturday, en route to Fontana
where they made last minute ar
rangements for the annual summer
meeting of the Press Association,
which meets there June 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Resch are from Si
ler City and Miss Cobb is from
Morganton.
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An all-time record attendance is
expected at Camp Daniel Boone
Boy Scout reservation on ri"t
river this summer, say officials of ,
the Rhododendron council of the;
n n a
Annexation hunks are in the,
hands of aU scoutmasters. Groups
of eight or more members of a
troop may attend t a $9 fee per
week. The camping period will
open June 21 and extend until Au-
Scouta'are offered a wide variety
archery, tar-
get shooting, campfires, wilderness
v,iiHntJ nature study,
cainpuiB, " iii
swimming, boating, story telling
and athletics.
A W Allen, executive member
of the council, has pointed out
that this is the 25th summer of
camping for troops in me com.....
The Camp Daniel Boone is op
erated under supervision of na
tional camping service of the Boy
Scouts of America. It is located
15 miles south of Canton on the
Pigeon river.
A carnival "crazy house"
used to turn people topsy-turvy
for amusement did a few tricks
on the WaynesvUle-Asheville
highway Sunday afternoon which
didn't amuse the highway patrol
men at all.
The "crazy house" was on its
way to Asheville after a stint of
fun-making at the Sylva carni
val last week. It was being
hauled on the back of a 1934
Ford truck. When driver Wil
liam Grady Lunsford pulled the
truck out to pass a car, he saw
he couhln't make it and applied
the brakes. The front wheel
brake grabbed and flipped the
truck over turtle-wise.
The wreck left the highway a
surrealistic touch colorful par
titions and mirrors $cn& other
strange equipment were piled on
the shoulder of the road. Mo
torists slowed down when pass
ing the paraphernalia to peer
and laugh.
But Patrolman J. W. May, who
investigated the accident, wasn't
laughing. He brought the own
er of the truck, W. E. Bunts, up
before Magistrate W. G. Byers
yesterday morning. Magistrate
Byers didn't think it funny eith
er. He fined Bunts $10 and the
cost of court for operating a ve
hicle with Improper brakes. Driv
er Lunsford was relieved of $25
and costs for speeding.
Members of the carnival
troupe slept ill the "crazy house"
Sunday night to protect the
equipment from thieves. Nobody
could say exactly what a thief
would want with the. stuff.
Miss Johnston Going
To National Meeting
Miss Margaret Johnston. 'head of
the Wavnesville public library,
will leave Friday for Atlantic City
where she will attend the annual
convention of the American Li
brary Association.
Mi Johnston will be absent;
about a week from her duties at the '
library. '
The convention is attended by
librarians from all over the United
States.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Fisher and
two children left last Saturday for
a two weeks' trip to points of in
terest in Florida.
Plott Creek and Hyatt
Creek Roads To Be
Surfaced Soon
Plans have been made to surface
Plotts Creek and Hyatt Creek
roads and form a loop in the south
ern end of the county, Mr. Noland
i said. These projects will be
started just as soon as funds are
available.
I These two roads serve a large
' area and need immediate atten
l tion, Mr. Noland said.
Road By Test Farm
To Be Paved Soon
A survey has been made and as
soon as crews are available, the
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National Guard Preparing
For 15 -Day Encampment
Capt. James M. Davis. comman-
der of Anti-Tank Co. 120th. Infan
try, local unit of the North Carolina
National Guard, announced here
yesterday that the company will
participate in a 15-aay summer en
campment,, to be held at Fort
Bragg, N. C, July 11th through the
25th.
Capt. Davis attended an orienta
t inn rnurse at Greensboro Saturday
and Sunday, where he, along with
other unit commanders, were in
structed in command, supply and
administrative procedure to be ob
served during the annual summer
encampment.
The company will carry an men
basic weapons, including 2 M4-A1
tanks, and according to present
plans the National Guard person
nel Will take advantage 01 mis op
portunity to fire all individual and
crew-served weapons.
Capt. Davis states that the com
pany is still open for enlistments,
tho nrpspnl slrenfith being 45 en
listed men and 4 officers. Author
ized strength is 76 enlisted men ana
5 officers. He also would like to
remind young men between the
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Highway
Record For
1948
(To D?te)
In Haywood
Injured .... 21
Killed 2
(This information com
piled from Records ol
State Highway Patrol.)