North Carolina Newspapers

Standnrd , . ;1X(, . 220 S FirM Si i-orisvii i r k The Waynesville Mountaineer 49,500 Peoplo Live within 20 miles of 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 FOURTEEN PAGES United Press and Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1948 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties rffeek 'uesday No. Realities stponement in Slated Way , includf Ln not polled L slated fr Sat- t legal teenn.... - a hi officials L election would lis time. It Cum tune was too lo one tot' "" , ..l..torl tn dooks i"" 111 131 names and S fhalU-nm- day. scheduled lor tne citv attorney, was sterday. and was a statement as lo ay would be set en To Be 1 Week- punty (or heavy traffic fad the five high- in Haywood will day morning and b through Monday Iraed here yeslcr- traffic to Pisgah Imokies is expect- k (he program at stadium for the ilmen will shift the spokesman lirect it where it fust. age For Starts ie inauguration of ;r visitors' page, ublished every is- tJson. The page is econd section to- l the page will l)o fecial interest of rs. as well as the I the Chamber of 'he various hotels b'. together with KUt this section. fill be featured, prry a series of FM. and a lartfc articles k houses and ot ri le summer visitors prate in getting wo news to us and son .1. i ; Fd.v for Toronto. r-" HI visit the I Mr. and Mrs f r.v will ho ' fand will ,rHVr, . FSn Canada and teket Ktion 4.,. - 2()-23c 15c 10c 32-36c 1 ?e r !500 io i9.oo w to 25 50 20 0 to 22.00 I00 to 26.00 uu to 26.50 SHOWERS Partly rl,,,4.. f11 ening thun- r'le temnor.. "it staff nf th Hit v Rain a)t Min. fan 1-86 62 84 63 62 .54 .02 Waynesville r 1 lionrostponea jPost Office Is Smallest GKIMSHAWES' 'V. S. Building'. AI' Newsfeatures GRIMSHAWES CI r i in -shawes claims the distinction of having the smallest post office in the United States. It is a log trimmed building about four by five feet over in Jackson Counly. Operating ycar-'round, and offer ing full facilities parcel post, reg istered mail, and money orders, included it serves about 10 fam ilies in addition to summer vaca tionists. Mrs. Dewey Passmore is the postmistress. Clyde FFA Boys Given Recognition For Projects The Clyde chapter of the Fu ture Farmers of America has re cently been awarded the silver bar by the state association of Future Farmers. This bar will be placed on the plaque which was awarded this chapter last year for out standing achievements in vocation al agriculture. Only a limited number of chap ters received this state award. In order to gain this recognition a chapter must have all of its mem bers working very hard on a well balanced program. Each member is scored according to his accom plishments in actual farming, co operative activities, home and community service, leadership ac tivities, earnings and savings, con duct of meetings, scholarships, recreation and publicity. All the individual scores are totaled and the final score is sent to the state executive secretary at Raleigh, N. C. Those chapters having the highest score are recognized at the state convention and awarded accordingly. The Clyde chapter plans to rank as high next year or even higher. Hounds And ill l i lff Into Town From Several States For Show Monday The hounds and the fox hunters are coming to town. Sportsmen from all over the South will be rolling into Waynes ville this week-end to prepare their hounds for the N. C. Fox Hound Bench Show to be held here Monday. Over 300 hounds and perhaps 200 handlers are expected to be ready for the event. Writers from national sporting magazines, fox hunting officials and many specta tors will flock into the athletic field Monday afternoon at 2 p. m. Stands will be set up to care for the spectators. For local interest, some 75 hounds will be entered from Hay wood county. From 30 to 40 hound owners have announced intention of entering the event. Ringmaster for the show will be Bob Collins of Ashevllle, H. P. Richards, a veteran hound man Chest X-Ray Survey Will Start Here On July 15th The mass chest x-ray survey "ill he carried on in Haywood countv starting July 15. Or M H Miehal, district health officer, estimates that 20.000 peo ple will be included in the survey. The x-rays will he made irom four mobile units located on busses and trucks The survey will include three other counties Jackson, Macon and Swain. It will extend until late August Several groups and organiza tions in this county are cooperat ing with (he health department by having block x-rays made of their members Miss Frances Kornegay, health educator of the Tuberculosis Con trol Division in Raleigh, is in Waynesville this week making plans for the survey. The State Board ot Health, which Miss Kor negay represents, is furnishing the x-ray units and technicians. The local health department is supplying clerks, promotion and schedules for the project. The survey is for every person 15 years of age and over. How ever, contacts of known cases of tuberculosis who are under 15 and others referred by the Public Health Department will he in cluded. The x-ray is free and will take only a minute or two. It requires no undressing. Each person x rayed will receive a report by mail. Those whose x-ray reveal an ab normal condition will be given further examination. Schedules for the location of the mobile units will be announced later in The Mountaineer. Drivers Urged To Take It Easy This Week-End An appeal has been made to North Carolina drivers to take it extra easy this week-end. Motor Commissioner Landon C. Rosscr In Raleigh asked mo torists to use extreme caution during the busy July 4th period. He recalled that eight persons were killed over the holidays last year in the state. "Motorists will have to exer cise self-restraint on the high ways this week-end," said Ros ser. "Hold down your driving speed, stay in line on hills and curves, don't drive if you drink, and observe all traffic signs, signals and regulations." Ferguson Estate Sold To Weaver Kirkpatrick Mr. and Mrs Weaver Kirkpat rick. of Newport News, have pur chased the Garland Ferguson es tate hero, and plan lo make this their home. The property included II acres and the Ferguson home place on I.ovc Lane, and a lot on Branncr Avenue. The sale was handled by Henry Gaddy, and no purchase price was given. Owners Roll from Bluff City, Tenn., will be the judge. Classes which Mr. Richards will judge include best Derby male un der two years, best derby female under two years, best all-age male and best all-age female. A preliminary show will be the contest for the best puppy in the show under six months old. This is slated for 1 o'clock. A special meeting of the Haywood-Jackson Fox Hunters Asso ciation will be held in the court house tomorrow night at 7 p. m. Final plans for the Bench Show will be blue printed at that time. j. W. Killian, president of the group, announced that the Rev. Glenn Miller of Gold Hill, presi dent of the state association and I. T. Williams of Concord, secre tary, w'l' be Present at the final meeting Posed For Cat t$,& T ; 4 J I? - Ifc; SS& THESE KITTENS from the Stotc ot Kentucky posed for the 1948 National Ct Week seals and posters. Seals are sold to cat owucis to defray the cost of supplying literature to school? anil the griieral public. The slogan of National Cat Week, set tor Nov. 7 to 13, is "upprei ial ion. undrr standiiig and better care" or the felines. (liitenialio- a1; Old Rilles Echo On Fie Top As 75 Shoot In Cataloochee Natch Haywood Doesn't Waver As Scott Sweeps State r y Although Kerr jSeott rljhched the gubernatorial election Sat urday, his victory didn't sweep Haywood county off its feet Haywood remained solidly in favor of defeated Charles M. Johnson. The county gave Johnson 7, 451 votes, completely overshad owing Scott's 891. The vole was a surprisingly heavy turnout. Scott failed to win a single precinct In the county. New Sidewalks Are Being Built Street forces are making re- pairs on sidewalks on Main street. Two sections have hern dug up and new walks built These include the part in front of the library and other section in front of Wat kins Chevrolet. The sidewalks wi re broken and made walking hazardous. Haywood Highway Mishaps Follow State Trend Upward Traffic accidents in Haywood county, following Hie trend in the rest of the state, headed upward in May . Accidents in this county in .May resulted in the death of one per son and injuries to eight. The June highway toll was much lighter. No one was killed last month and only three injured. The state records showed that 61 persons were killed in highway mishaps during May. a 30 per cent increase over May of last year. Most disturbing factor in the May report was the 4o per cent increase in pedestrian fatalities Officers Holding 2 Men, 3 Women In Death Cases Johnny Cline, 23, of Cullowhee, .:.t, I ii3 r.ant anri Rer- tha Head, remain in jail here, as m the Haywood county jail, being the result of the death of James held in connection with the fatal P, Watson, 52-year-old service sta- : stabbing of Ld Allen. 4,i, also coi tion operator of Cullowhee. who ored. . died shortly after being cut last Allen s slashed body was found Sundav afternoon not far from ,hp 1 'eon Street Members of the sheriffs office colored school early Monday morn ... 0,iH th nn rharces ing. He had suffered innumerable ,;, fiiH affainst either nf Ud yc uci 1 1 nwu -e the three, pending further inves tigation of the case. -i ; nfTaro1 lrnifri U'niinH in his stomach and after receiving meantime, the off.cers are continu treatment, was taken to the Hay-their investigation. wood county jail. ""7 (,serv,ces r we" hld Watson was buried Wednesday Thursday afternoon for Allen. His in the Holly Springs Baptist lw'fe and daughter of Chicago ar- chureh cemetery near Bryson City Week Posters By SANDY GRADY Staff Correspondent j The echoes went back three gen eral ions to the old-time hunters and 1 1 lit-1 1 u ii when the long mus kets cracked again through the mists on Kie Top Mountain Wed ' nesday. ) Some 75 marksmen drew a bead on targets across the Fie Top meadow in t lie. annual Cataloochee Musket Shooting Match. All of them grizled veterans and the eagle-eyed youngsters hied away with Hie worn muskets for a quar ter of the prize steer ottered by Tom Alexander of Cataloochee Kant h. , They had to tote the five-foot I runs up the sleep, rocky Cataloo- , ehee trail in modern automobiles and the powder came from hard , ware stores but the rides were I he same weapons w hich Haywood hunters (anied through the woods a century ago Sonic of them wi-rc a hit cantankerous, embarrassing their owners hy relusing to lire at the critical moment lint when they went off Kiev went with a bang plenty ol smoke, noise, and accur acy. Sonic 250 people made the up- hill trek lo see the contest. They ; dodged i nl i'i mil I enl rains, watched (Cunlinued on page six) Twelve per cent of the victims were killed while crossing rural highways: five deaths came to chil dren under nine year of age, struck while playing in roadways; other pedestrians lost their lives getting out of vehicles or not crossing at intersections Eighty -three per cent of all pe destrian deaths and 53 per cent of all pedestrian injuries occurred on rural highways. Seventeen persons were killed in the state and 1B9 were injured when their tars ran olT roadways or overturned. 1 Robert Dudley, 41 Dodge, both colored and Janie still remain knife wounds and stabs. No charges have been filed, ac cording to the sheriff's office, and no date set for a hearing. In the rived Wednesday. Fourth Attract Business Will Suspend Monday For 4th; Court House, Banks To Close Hornet's Nest Is Trouble Maker, As Home Catches Fire When you stir up a hornets nest, it often causes trouble, and that is exactly what happened about ten o'clock Tuesday night, when a Daisey Avenue resident started to destroy a nest of hor nets. lie used a blazing torch, and was "burning out'' the pests, the side of the house caught on fire, both inside and out. The fire was quickly put out. and Hit- hornets are no more Fire Chief Clem Fitzgerald re ported "No Damage". Frank Knutti Is New Manager Of Station WHCC Frank Knutti assumed the duties of general manager of Kadio Sta tion WHCC here Wednesday. Mr. Knutti will have complete charge of the operation of the station, and the scheduling of all programs. Mr. and Mrs. Knutti end daugh ter arrived here Monday night from Lake Worth, Fla and are making their home at the Speaas apartment on Walnut Street. Mr. Knutti started to work in radio in 1923, and has worked on such stations as KOKA Wl.W and on all four networks. He has been on stations in St. Petersburg. Palm Beach, and hake Worth. For sev eral years he was general manager of station WORD in Spartanburg. He and Mrs. Knutti are natives of West Virginia. He is a talented j musician. Ilesides his duties as an execu tive in radio, he has had consider able experience In announcing, pro gramming. and (jiving play-by-play ; descriptions of sports. ' Weeding Display This Afternoon A weed killing demonstration will be given on the G. C. Palmer farm in Crabtrec township this afternoon at 2 o'clock, announced Wayne Corpenlng. county agent. A representative from a com mercial concern will assist in the demonstration. The weed killing will be done by tractor and by hand. The weed killer 2, 4-D will he used in the demonstration. It will be applied to an acre of corn. All farmers, vocational teachers and agricultural students are urged to be present. Musical Program At Lake To Begin Series Of Varied Programs For This Week Religious services and a musi cal program mark the activities of the Fourth of July week-end at Lake Junaluska. Dr. Paul Hoon. pastor of the First Methodist church in Philadelphia will be the featured speaker on the 4th at both the morning and evening serv ices. He will speak again Monday night. He win give a special ad- oress in tne waynesville nign sta dium Monday morning at 10 a. m. at an Independence Day celebra tion. Tonight at 8 o'clock a musical program will be presented in the assembly auditorium. It is the first program of its kind to be given here this season. Under the direction of Dr. Cyrus Daniel, the director of music who arrived here last Monday, the program will fea ture a song cycle "Flora's Holiday" by H. Lane Wilaon sung by the quartet. Organ numbers will con sist of a group of transcriptions Program To Many Monday Business in general will be sus pended in Waynesville from Sat urday afternoon to Tuesday morn ing in observance of the Fourth of July celebration. Monday, July 5, will be a gen eral holiday Stores and places of business in Waynesville and Hazel wood will be closed, according to an aiinouncenaent from Dave Fel met, president of the merchants associat inn. Mr Feliuet asked all merchants of the community to cooperate with the merchants association and the Hazehvood Boosters Club by displaying flags on the occa sion and "doing everything pos sible to make the day a full suc cess." All offices in the courthouse ex cept the sheriff's office will be closed for the holidays. The banks in Hazclwood and Waynesville will also close their doors to business on Monday. The post office windows will not be open until Tuesday morning. A full schedule of activities is planned for the week-end. with ball games, a hound show, dancing, a carnival and band concert. The Mountaineer will appear us usual on Tuesday. Special Tools Bought To Clear 5-Mile Sewer Line Workmen Busy Clear ing Line of Obstruc tions, Using Spe cial Equipment The Town of Waynesville has bought special tools and equip ment for use in keeping the 5-mile sewer line from Hazclwood to a point below Lake Junaluska on Pigeon river open. The line has been giving some trouble lately du,. lo the heavy volume of sewerage being emptied into the line, that any abnormal ob ject causes an overflow. Workmen this week took from the line a huge hub. apparently from a logging carl. Not long ago an extra large dog was taken from the line The dog had been put into the line through one of the many man holes on the 5-niile line. The special equipment cost $1, J1O0. and a new ol workmen are at work on some sections of the lines now, giving it a thorough cleaning so I he sewerage can flow at a fast er rale lo the river Special heavy steel expanding brushes are being pulled through the line. At places the line is 30 inches in diameter. It was built about !( years ago. from MacDowe Woodland Sketches and Idyl. Lemere s Arcadian The quartet which will be re sponsible for much of the music at the assembly this summer is composed of Kay Fryer, soprano; (Continued on page slxi Larry Y llliams Takes Position in Washington Larry L. Williams has left for Washington. D. C, where he has accepted an appointment as an at torney in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. Mr. Williams made an outstand ing record while at Wake Forest College, where he received his B.S. and L.L.B. degrees. He is a mem ber of the N. C Bar and Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank P Williams nf Waynesville. Remaineder of Week Through Monday To Have Full Civic and Spbrts Programs Take a lot of thrilling rides, ball games, music, dancing, and one of the top sporting events in the state. Mix them together and you'll have the concoction which will give Haywood county its most colorful Fourth of July in years on July 5th. The big week-end was alrpady getting underway last night with a band concert, and will follow through tonight with a Softball double-header. High School plays the National Guard in a 7:15 game, and Slacks tangles with Al iens Creek in the final tilt. Baseball will be on the menu tomorrow afternoon when Hazel wood, the local scmipro club in the Industrial League, meets Clearw ater on the high school dia mond at 3:30. Sunday afternoon promises an exciting battle when Hazel wood plays hosts to the new Canton team. Meanwhile, the rides at the sta dium will be doing business with several new rides this year and the Hazclwood Boosters are spon soring the event and permit only clean attractions on the grounds no sideshows or gambling. Sunday evening at 8 o'clock the churches of the community will meet In the stadium at 8 o'clock for a union service. The ministe rial association will have charge of the program. The Independence Day address will be made in the high school stadium at 10 o'clock Monday morning. Dr. Paul W. Hoon of Philadelphia will be the speaker. Monday afternoon the stadium, center of the week-end activities, become the focus for sportsmen from all over the South when the North Carolina Fox Hound Show is held there. The show begins at 2 o'clock. Seventy-five lopnotch hounds from this county will com pete with entries from the state and the South in the fancy event. Big 4-H Group Will Make Trip To White Lake Over 100 4-H Club members from Haywood county will spend five days at White Lake from July 5 to 10, according to Wayne Cor penlng, county agent. The Waynesville group will leave here Monday morning at 8 o'clock. The Canton boys and girls will depart from there at 8:45 a. m. They will leave from the Chamber of Commerce in Canton Twelve local leaders will accom pany the group, including one nurse The adults making the trip are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Isley. Carl RalelilTe. Margaret Green. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rogers. Edith Nolanri. Elise DeLoz.ier, Joe Cline. Mrs. Herbert Singletary and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Corpening. Huge Searchlight Owned By Massie The huge searchlight that has been flashing across Waynesville skies during the past few days is owned by Joe Massie and will be on display in front of the Park Theater Saturday. The light is an 18-milIion can dlepower unit which was pur chased from the Army surplus supply. It has its own power unit and can develop 300 amps. It will be on disrjlav before the. j Park Theater Saturday night. Highway Record For 1948 (To Date) In Haywood Injured .... 24 Killed...:. 2 (This information com piled from Records ot State Highway Patrol.)