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L CU1SVILL The Waynesville Mountaineer 49,500 People Live within 20 miles ef Waynesville their ideal shopping, center Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park EIGHT PAGES United Press and Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1948 ?J Advance In Haywood and Jackson counties No. 47 bed ,Veek jesday iday taoves $150,000 !5.?,sters .i n i viud iurn inlooqa ttiage noaa si37 Over l3Ck Camp Gap Area To Librarv iaW L Civic Club of Ha U Redden kFor Gei- Buried Monday Ear- Congress Iropriain'ii- com- j 1P llmi-i- 'inn- I L, tisu.iKMi fur i IJnr. 1(1 Jlliicn I w ,,,,,,, r tjrv& d . ... . . , the inter"" urh will ies even cotumit Uc gave i road im-a-iu-i-. a kicct'-sf iM Mnn- llonroi' Honucn. red h it'' ""usl jtheii followed 11 : karts unlil it was Brnati'. l pl.ni i .f lit-vol- larca at I no Ma il raml.lI.K and I jalsam. in tnat rpa. It nas ut.- till require about lete flu emue honey just appro r ffS m: 7 Sites Civic Club of Hazel- wood Completes Plans for 4th of July Event national Group Attending i50 Physicians of Area UUlliei ClltC ni ucmc, n rp nn , u W 1 1 Third VJeek Gets Started 1V1CCI 11C1C vv cuucouqj ,o Congressional first to l)c dcli for the work, imittee increased appropriations specific items, increases the ad ection and main rational parks n the house bill er the house bill as allocated ap )00, compared to and $145,000 rc Iget. This $141, se doubtless will he tdditional ad S for the Great aid Charles E. the N. C. I'ark E many obstacles ay when lie start tcial fund for the "I wanted to get DO for the road, mmitler had cut ppropriation to a I had better try istead of the en tddcn said, filiated Mr. Red Mhirved what I .mpossible." I S SMATHERS. 87. belter known l throughout this urea, as Uncle Dutch" was buried Monday at Red i The Roosters Club has turned over tu the Haywood county library I the sum of $137 for the Bookmo bile fund The club agreed two I months ago to raise some money for the campaign, and this was the I result. Some additional is expect- ed to he raised later, according to Ernest Green, president. The re port was made last Thursday night at the regular monthly meeting. Plans were completed for stag : ing the annual Fourth of July pro ' gram over the 7-day period, with each member of the club being as signed to assist for a number of 2-hour periods throughout the time. The membership of the club will be under the supervision of Wil liam Chambers and Fred Camp bell. The duties will include han dling the sale of tickets for the rides and the varied details con nected with carrying out the pro- Bank Cemetery. wards p Klopp of Lake Junalus ;d a bachelor of mechanical on Jniversity of 111- recoive his de vcrsity holds the !nl program n lie will be among tticipating in the I professor of in t the University peak to the first fetes. President Plinois Institute H address the pndidatcs. (from North Car lie in the class Last Rites Held fori. S. Smathers Monday Afternoon Ivin Smith Smathers, 87. retired farmer of the Saunook section died at the home of a son, Charlie Smathers early Sunday morning after an extended illness. The funeral service was held on yesterday afternoon at the Pleas ant Balsam Baptist church with Re'vV J. M. Woodard and Rev.' Lush 'Ro'gers officiating. Interment was In Red Bank cemetery. Pallbearers were the following grandsons: Claude, Don and Perry Smathers. Bill Stephens, Jack Rabe and Ratio Arrington. Grand daughters served as flower bear ers. Mr. Smathers, who was known to his many friends a.s "Uncle Dutch," was born May 9, 18G1 in Blairsville, Ga., and moved to Hay wood county at the age of 21. He was the oldest member of i the Pleasant Balsam church and i one nf the most active ones, hav- j ing served on' the board of deac ons for many years. He was ac- Uive in every community belter ment program in schools and the .church and was loved and honored j by all who knew him. Surviving are three daughters, i Mrs. Rhoda Arrington, Mrs. Nando Stephens, Mrs. C. Rabe, all of Route 1, Waynesville; three sons, W. A., Charlie and Frank Smath ers, all of Route 1, Waynesville; 25 grandchildren, 5 great grand children, and three great great grandchildren. Arrangements were under the direction of Garrett Funeral home. gram over the 7 days, starting on Tuesday June 29. Mr. Chambers, elub treasurer. ! renorted a balance on hand of ! $658.07. ! The club also agreed to sponsor the Brownie unit of Girl Scouts, and to continue the sponsorship of the Hazelwood Boy Scout troop Dairy Farmers Gather At Armory For Big Banquet Funeral Tuesday ft I it I to m-m)m J . 4 4 Dairy farmers Haywood county from all over will be at the the the nual banauet sponsored by rhamher of Commerce and Milk Producers Association. The meeting will be held to commemorate National Dairy- Week. Wayne Corpening, county farm auent. will be in charge of the affair. Mr. Corpening said that the daiiy business in this county does a half million dollar business every year. Dr. J. H. Hilton, dean of agri culture at State College in Ra leigh, has been named as the prin cipal speaker. Displays on dairy animals and the handling of milk products arc being set up for the meeting. The event, as Mr. Corpening said, is supposed to be educational as well as of a social nature. Ed Sims is head of the commit tee on arrangements. Johnnie Ed wards is in charge of display booths. Joe Palmer of livestock displays, and Miss Mary Smith in charge of the banquet meal. Market I 45c 20-23c 15c 10c 32-36c S3.00 ! 22-25 "4c 25 to 27-Hc 22 to 2c 28 to 33c 2; 25 to 23.80 eather Bted iTedford Attending Seed Conventions, Buying Clover Seed of Growers O. 12. Tedford. owner of the Waynesville Feed and Seed Store, leaves today for two seed conven tions and a buying trip into the seed producing areas. He will buy crimson clover seeds from growers in Tennessee and then go to a convention in Dallas, and later in the week fly to French Lick Springs, Ind. Between 3.000 and 5,000 seedsmen attend these conventions. SGT. CECIL YOU NT, who was killed in Saipan in July. 1944. will be buried here this afternoon, following funeral services at the First Haptist church at 3:30. Funeral For Yount Will Be Held This Afternoon At 3:30 Military services for Sgt. Cecil B. Yount will be conducted by members of the American Legion Post and Veterans of Foreign Wars at the First Baptist Church in Waynesville this afternoon at 3:30 o rlnrk Rev. L. G. Elliott will be Armory June 21 attending the an- the ' officiating minister. Burial will be in tne urawiora jnemonui Park on the Dellwood road. Serving as pallbearers will be Garrett Reeves. Robert E. Allison, Jack Smith, John Reeves, Jack, Sease and Lawson Sumnierrow. 1 Sergeant Yount. who was 28: years old at the time of his death, was killed on Saipan on July II. 1944. He entered the service on September 10. 1941. and received training at Camp Walter, Texas; Camp Harm, California, and Ford Ord. California, before going over seas. Surviving are the parents, Mr and Mrs. Oliver B. Yount of Hazel wood, and two brothers, Leon of Waynesville and Oliver, Jr., of Hazelwood. Crawford Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Heavy Storm Hits East Fork, Cecil Areas On Sunday The East Fork and Cecil areas of the county were hit by a heavy wind and rain storm Sunday after noon. The storm was accompuMK u by some hail and sharp lightning. A number of trees were blown down and broke several RE A elec trical lines. Officials here yester day said the damage to lines was minor. A heavy rain storm hit the Cata loochee area Sunday morning. Press Ifew u,ij0i ttunder shnwpr 15 - future Official i v s re of ih c-i. Max 76 79 87 3 Rain Mm. fall 44 44 49 64 .21 Democratic Judges To Be Named For fune 26 Election The Haywood county board of elections will meet Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock to formally name registrars and Judges for the second primary to be held on June 26th. Under the state law, only Demo cratic judges will serve for the second primary. In Haywood there will only be one ticket, with two men seeking the Democratic nomination for governor Charles M. Johnson and Kerr Scott. Jerry Rogers is chairman of the Haywood board and other mem bers are Claude Williams and J. A. Singleton. The opening of the Caravan Training School and the first in a series of four sermons by Dr. W. A Smart of Emory University marked the beginning of the third week of the summer's activities at Lake Junaluska The Caravan School, under the leadership of Rev. Hoover Rupert. Nashville. Tenn.. opened Monday. June 14 and will close Thursday. June 24. Dr. Smart began his series of sermons Sunday morning. He preached again Sunday and Mon day nights and will conclude the series tonight at H p ni Dr. Smart is n native of Virginia and lias been connected with Emory I'ni j versity since its founding j Dr. J .) Hives, one of the out I standing ministers in the Virginia i Conference will preach Thursday I ami I'l iday nights ! The Caravar. Training School at the Lake is one of live such 'schools in the nation Over 100 students and 25 counsellors from all over the United States are at tending the school where they are training for summer work in local Methodist churches in the South eastern states. At the end of the 10-day train ing period, those attending the school will be divided into teams of four students and an adult counsellor. These teams will work for seven weeks in seven local churches each A special feature of this school is a team which is being trained for work in Cuba. This team will consist of two students from Geor gia and two from Cuba. This is the second year that a Caravan has been sent to Cuba. Dr Harvey C. Brown, director of the Student Department of the Board of Education of the Metho dist Church enlisted the personnel for the school. The Caravan movement began 10 years ago with only 15 teams. This year 87 teams will work throughout the nation serving 60 annual conferences and 1.800 local churches It is one of the largest summer service activities under the auspices of the Methodist Church. New Doctor i I jug i mwm 1 I LrzJ Senii-Annual Meeting Gets Underway At Piedmont Wednesday Afternoon Doctors Inmi the Tenth District of the Medical Sun, will gather at the Piedmont Hotel tomorrow afternoon :. L' :iu o'clock tor their annual --11111114 mod nig. About 150 are expected Dr V II Puck. -it ni ('anion is president ol III will h,u c ch for toinoiioN Tin- ltc I Medical Head tenth rr ol .-i - .11 led (,. 1.1 1 10II district. He -range mcnts urogram pastor ol t Bap' 1-1 church of A a w ill open the event with .it loll lo DR HUGH DANIEL has arrived in Waynesville to take over his practice as an optometrist Pi Daniel vi;is ; leading student at Souhlern College of Optometry in j men! the Fu-v nesvillo, an 10 oi The a extended Mayor .1 II H Dr. H -;,le will res.oiid lo come The meeting will then settle down lo teclinic.il mutters. Five clinical papers are scheduled to be read 1 A New Concepl in Iho Treat- Mumps Orchitis" will he well onie will be ineilii il men hv v oi Waynesville. i.l- ol Asheville 1 he inav or's w el- 1 ol Memphis, Tenn 1 Story 011 Page Eigh! ' Mechanic Suffers Broken Leg When Hit By Automobile ! Fred Christopher. 46. Hazelwood mechanic, suffered a broken leg about 10:30 Saturday night when he was hit by a ear on Highway 19-A and 23. near the intersection of Aliens Creek road Patrolman O It Roberts inves tigated the accident and said that j Ralph Boyd, of Route 2, was the ! driver of the car. No charges have been preferred as Patrolman Roh j erts said it appeared as an un avoidable accident It was rain ling at the time, and Boyd stopped j his car on the slick pavement in 30 feel, the officer reported. An eye witness to the accident jtold Patrolman Roberts that Chris topher stepped in front of the ap proaching car. The injured man is said to be getting along nicely at the Haywood County hospital. New Schedule For Issuing Drivers License Is Made A new schedule for driver li cense tests has been arranged by Stale Highway Patrol Captain W. B. Lentz. Under the new setup, drivers may take their road test 111 Way nesville three times a week in stead of the previous schedule of twice a week. W. W. Moore and Lonnie Bishop, Jr., of the Highway Patrol, will be in charge of (he Waynesville test ing. Drivers whose names begin with C or D should Ret their new li censes before June 30. All 1947 4H chauffeur licenses will have to be renewed before that time also. The complete schedule for test ing in this county will run as fol lows: Monday Waynesville, 9 a. 111. to 5 p. m. Tuesday Canton. Wednesday Canton Thursday - Waynesville, 9 a. m. to 5 p m Fridav Sylva.( , Saturday- Waynesville. 9 a. in. to 1 p. in : read bv . Try no 1 will be ! Codner. Dr I Jlscllssl opened of Ash John . Preston, of 11 on the topic hv Dr. John T. v ille 2. "Lipoma ol I leru.v" a case report, will lie reviewed by Dr. Nelson 1. Hell ol Asheville Dis cussion will he led by Dr. E. I) Peaslev ol Asheville 3. "Protruded Intervertebral' Lumbar Pises, a Critical Analysis 1 wilh Paiit,i.aiiie X-Kay Studies'' will be given liv Dr T. II. Weaver, chief of the orthopedic section of I Moore Annex Veterans Hospital in I Swiiiinanoa. The dismission will be opened by Dr. James II. Cherry j 'of Asliev-itlV. - ' 4. "Foreign Bodies in the Air Passages" will be reviewed by Dr. 1 E I Chapman of Asheville. DIs-1 ciission on the subject will be led; by Dr. Julian Moore of Asheville. 1 5. "Abdominal Pain in Children" 1 will be read hv Dr. .1. I. I.altruce j Ward of Ashev ille The discus-j sion will he led by Dr. George W. Plank of Murphv . I The doctors will meet at a din ner in the Piedmont dining room 1 1 at 7 o'clock tomorrow evening. I ! Dr James lb iiln of the Duke : University Medical school will he ! the guest speaker. Dr Hendrix will read a paper on the topic, "The New Sympatholytic Drugs and Their Therapeutic Uses." DR V II. DUCKKTT. ol l anlon. president of the Tenth Di ti 1' t Medical Society, which will hold its semi-annual meeting lien- Wed nesday atternoon and evening. Baptist Men Open Mass Meet Tonight Forty-six churches, forty pas tors. 385 deacons and a large nuln 1 ber of Baptist church members 'will take part in a Baptist Fellow ship Week -beginning tonight j Willi county-wide meetings. ! "Deacons, Laymen and Paslon" Fellowship Week" is the offtcin' title of the event, which will ex Itend from tonight through Friday I night. The Baptist Assoeial ion of Haywood County has planned Hie project so that men from the 4t Baptist clnirchos congregate in four meeting places each night of the week. A list of the churches which should attend meetings id the First Haplisl church in Waynes ville is as follows: Hal l.erville, Fairview, Dellwood, Richland. Ha. elwood. Peachtree. Aliens Creel;, Lake Junaluska. Rocky Branch, Pleasant Balsam, It.-itclid' Cove, Hemphill and Olivet. The Uev G. W Bullaid, superintendent of the Association Missions in North Car- lalk. epol III. 1 lie ihsl . .el I Ollll upon their past few Directors Hold Meeting Tonight ! The board of directors of the ! Chamber of Commerce will hold ! its regular meeting Tuesday at i 7:30 o'clock. i Each committee chairman is re i quested by Secretary Stanley ; Henry to come prepared to make !a report on the functions of his , committee. The meeting will be held at the Chamber of Commerce. wives will lor their Traffic Sliahtlv Liqhter On Sunday j Two Waynesville Boys Attending Doys aiate R. C. TUTTLE'S MOTHER DIES Dairy Executive Says Haywood Ideal Spot For Profitable Dairying L. L. Ray, executive secertary 01 the North Carolina Dairy Products Association, addressed the Lions and Rotary Clubs at their respec tive weekly meetings last week, in connection with the observance of Dairy Month. Mr. Ray pointed out that in the last 10 years the population of th: world had increased by 10 million people, and that it was up to Am erica to produce a large part of the food the world would need. He cited statistics mat North Carolina Itill imported too much milk. "North Carolina now has 400,- 000 cows which produce a billion j - h.if nnunds of milk a year, and this is a fine record, but when one considers that there is s.m 1 million pounds of dairy products shipped into the state, it is time to do something about it." Mr. Ray pointed out the import ance of soil conservation, and a balanced farm program. "You will always find the economics of a county better where there is diver sified farming," the speaker said. "Haywood county is specially suited to profitable dairying bet-Continued on Page Eight) Traffic over the week-end was not as heavy as a week ago, high way patrolmen in this area report- Funeral services were held last I ed yesterday oflrnnnn , , r, r T.iiilp's mother 1 ' ne rains 10 me Thursday for R. C. Tuttle s motner, lntorists in. but as A' WaSt Cove N C patma'n said: "Even at that. "Mrs" TutTe vT' had been in there were a lot of people travel iUfor some time, died last ! " " Monday. Baby Pictures Will Be Published In Paper Soon What is more interesting than a j take ,he , children up to tor baby s picture? . 8 . Dictures, and The puhT'oZ-our .Mountaineer w, get the plates baby pictures will be, maae o n cne '-',.parh babv pi.v from 10 until tour o cioik : , A. Tommy Gibson and Jimmy Swanger left Saturday night for a week ' stay in Chapel Hill attend ing Boys State. While there they will study government practices and stale policies in general. Tommy is the son of Mr. and Mrs Robert Gibson and Jimmy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F'rank Swanger. Both boys are students at the Waynesville high school. Following li commit tecs will 1 activities dining It II Hit lis Many of the .'...tors' attend the nieelinil m. -ni . hav .- been mad enlel lainiocnl . Oil leers ol ill- tenth medical district area-, lollows: Dr. J. M. (Continued on Page Eight I New Maps Printed Of This Section There's no excuse for ccltinc lost now the Chamber of Com merce has just printed a new folder containini; maps of Way nesville. Hazelwood and the sur rounding mountain section. The new folder, whirh will be distributed thrnush the Cham ber of Commrrcr office on Mai" street, includes an index to the streets in Hazelwood and Way nesville. hotels, points of inter est and trips to take through this area. There are two maps in the folder, one is a detailed city map nf Waynesville and Hazelwood. the other a road map of the ' mountain section between Bre vard and Tennessee, with fea tured points. will ;peak at the nice! nigs. Chinches lo attend : ci v I'-rs at the Canton First lt.i;let church, are as follows: Bcav. r.l.1.11, Hsnl m, West Canton. North Canton. Oak Grove, Sunny Point. Calvary. Hockv Place. Dutch Cove. High Street. Woodland and Clvde Dr. K. I. Spivcy. missionary liom the Piedmont section of the slate, will speak lo this group. Dr Earl L Bradley, missionary for Eastern North Cai olina. will 1C011I Hilled on Page Light 1 Three Cars In A Freak Accident A hearing will he held Satur day, tor l.yle Jones, mote ". oil charges growing out of an acci dent on Highway No l!7i Sunday atternoon. which involved three cars. f Patrolman O. R Robert... "ho investigated, -aid Jones aHmifieri hilling the cars, and cnnlinnmg on without stopping. He v,!. .o-o found to be operating .1 motor ve hicle without an operator'-. hi"o;e. Jones is said to have .Ini'k R!l i unknown car. w hich v. a- H. I into I he rear ol .1 car Hi i v j Mr- Frank W. Kin-ey . .1 1 I cis on the three car ! smashed. 1 Officers estimated tin damage at about $100. ova by toUl of any child up to four years of age. The pictures win De maue without charge or obligation. The same hours will be observed on Saturday. The pictures will be grouped, and printing plates made and pub lished in this newspaper from time to time until all the pictures have been printed. There is n obligation, and no appointment has to be mode. Just Tv,,., will ho more man one picture made of each child, and the parent will have an opportunity of selecting the picture they want n.ihl iehpd . . You have nothing 10 Duy Hom ing to sell. If you would like to have picture of your baby pub lished in The Mountaineer just take the child, or all the children to Ingram's Studio, Masonic Tem ple, on Friday or Saturday from 10 until 4 o'clock. Haywood Seaman Drowns In Recent Naval accident Funeral services for Apprentice Seaman Grady L. Smith, U. S. N were held at the home of the par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Smith on Pigeon road Sunday afternoon with Rev. Luther Clark and Rev. Tom Erwin officiating. Militarv services were conducted at the graveside in the Memorial Plot at Green Hill cemetery with the 120th anti-tank company of the National Guard in charge. Pall- 1 frm .ha A muri- car Legion, were Carter Shook, ship Raymond Phillips, J. T. Russell, that Robert Gibson, Jr., John Whitman, and Douglas Worsham. Color bearers 'were Nip and Tuck Ray, anrl Robert Gibson. Sr.. served as bugler. Seanmn Smith was accidentally drowned at Hampton Roads, Va., when he was aboard a liberty launch which was swamped in a pelting rainstorm 250 feet from his ship, the U. S. S. Kearsarge. It was first reported by the Navy Department that there were no TMnrth Carolina men aboard the Later it was discovered Seaman Smith was missing Continued on Page Eight Highway Record For 1948 (To Date) In Haywood Injured .... 22 Killed 2 (This information com piled from Records of State Highway Patrol.) 1