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The Waynesville Mountaineer 49,500 People Live within 20 miles of Waynesville their ideal shopping center feek rubllited Twice AWeek In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park j r . . . EIGHTEEN PAGES No. 60 I nited Press and Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE. N, C, FRIDAY, JULY 30. 1948 J3.U0 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties fc-. an Warn riving Lights li ppk v arm-d P over rH trsf - friers of i 1 1 ttl ic FP trash jn(o rdinanrc against finances will he if'tPr." the ctfTi- drive tni-r ffMUM- they , ''ffk' IlL'hlv " fhfl who t.M n Pay a nrini- Jr"t court crisis. into .,.... "f 51') ur mom fcout. Market 17S 1.. n on fction 4Hp 20-28c 15c 10c f: 3-23 to 3.50 " 00 to 19 00 2l-00 to 23.75 20.00 to 22.73 28 W to 32.00 26.75 to 27.50 "00 to 35.00 Clour, v Faille tett! Dera te staff of Fiji Rain. ". fall " 85 49 88 M 80 64 .52 'presenting Young Haywood Citizens 0 v t tv "a)i-iif win id 1 1 .ufMJl I I - ' POKING group of youngsters are, first row. dauchtiT of Mr. and Mrs. Melburn Miller, r of Mrs. Oleta Allen, Waynesville; Barbara ana Mrs. Marvin Parton, Hazelwood; second row, left to riht : Robert tilths, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lowe, Hazelwood; Guy Duncan, 2 years ton of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Duncan, Route 1, and Mrs Frank Duncan, Hazelwood. This p that will be published in The Mountaineer. These pictures were made dio. Draft Board Is Lned For Haywood A five-man draft board was vp ommended to the State Selective Service division yesterday, by three Haywood county of ficials who were named by Gov. Cherry to make the recommenda tions. Haywood will have only one draft hoard, with ;i member from five different townships ol the county. Two of the member; recommended are veterans of World War I and the other three are veterans of World War II Those named were Mudon Hoh inson, Canton; Way Mease ol Pi geon, W. A. Bradley, Hazcluond. Fred Campbell, of Ivy Mill and Waynesville, and Charles Our kott of Fines Creek. All have accept ed the annoinlmpnl evrenl Mr Duckett and members of the com mittee were to see him last night for confirmation. Mr. Mease and Bradley are vet erans of World War I and the oth er three served in World War II. Dr. Boyd Owen of Waynesville was named as the board's physi cian and R. E. Sentelle is the field representative. The board was named upon in structions from Gen. J. Van Metis (Continued on page two; Henry Family Holds Reunion On Aug. 15 A reunion will be held of mem bers of the Henry family on Au gust 15. The reunion will be held at Grady Henry's place on route 2. Haywood Library Ends A Busy, Successful Year This business of running a li brary gets more complicated each year. In the old days, handing out and keeping track of books was enough work for a librarian. If you think it's that way now, ask Miss Margaret Johnston, the lady who operates the Haywood County library. i In her yearly report released yesterday. Miss Johnston showed that dispensing books is just half of the library's job. Of course, cir culating books is a big task here. 1th summer visitors and school children being what they are. This year tbe library passed out left to ritrht : Linda Gale Mil- Waynesv ille; Mary Ann Allen, Hose Anne Parton, 18 months, Waynesville; David Duncan. 3 is the first of a scries of pic- Power Rates To Be Reduced 20 Per Cent On August 1 " Effective August 1. some 171 1 commercial users of electric pow er within the town of Waynesville, will get a reduced rate, averaging about 20 per cent, it was an nounced this week The new rate will appear on the bills mailed on September I The commercial j user s from August I on- will be listed as grncial service' custo mers The records of the town light department show that there arc r 171 commercial customers inside the town. 7 outside and 6 indus trial users. There are 732 domes tic users within the city limits and , ITiO on the outside. A rate expert has been working on the new rate structure for the past few months and Just recently turned it over to the board of al dermen and they have approved it, effect ive the first of next month. No Polio Here, Says Dr. Michal ! No polio has been reported within Haywood county, it was announced by Dr. Mary Michal, county health officer. 45,036 books about 2.000 more than were read last year. But that's only one of the li brary's duties. This year they car ried on a drive to raise $3,000 for a bookmobile. Figuring that a li brary should get books to the peo ple in rural areas, local folks bought the traveling library to take the books out to the county. The campaign was a lot of work and a big success. "That would seem enough for one year, when one considers the many letters, talks, and publicity In such a cam paign," said Miss Johnston in the Continued on Page Six Teachers For New Term Announced By Messer Jack Messer. county superinten dent of education, has just an nounced the following list of teach ers for the different school districts in the county; WAYNESVILLE DISTRICT M. It Bowles. C. E Weatherby. Mrs. Johnnie Kelett, Margaret J. Terrell, Mrs. Ethel C. Sloan. Alta Louise Ponder, Mrs. Lucy K. Tate Jones, Mrs. Grace A. Stamey, Mrs. Mary Elmore Burgess, Carl n. Ratclilfe, J Dudley Moore. Hazel Frances Wright. Charles O. Frai ler, Harriett Ellen Phoenix, Chas. Lee Islry, Jr., Margaret Chambers. Alma Mae Jackson. Mrs. Rozelle S. Nesbitt, Owen Corwln, John II. Nesbilt. Fannie Howell, Margaret Perry, Mrs. Inez Cloud Brooks Nancy Louise Killian, Ova Pat terson Ferguson, ' Mary Katherine Hamilton, Mrs. Marietta W. Camp bell, Daisy Coralee Mozeley, Mrs. Alice Rand Brown, Mrs. Adeline B. Patrick, Mrs. Harriet Boyd Webster. Mrs. Elizabeth Sutter. Lois Clark Mrs. Richard Queen. Lawrence Leatherwood, Mrs. An nie P. Ledbetter, Margaret Ruth Guthrie, Mrs. Irene Grant, Lois Harrold, Eula Patterson. Mrs Belle F. Ratcliffe, Blanche Jervis, Mrs. Iowa F. Boyd, Mrs. Ina Htnry Duvall, Lou Belle Boyd, Daisy Boyd, Mrs. Samuel Knight, Mrs. Gussie M. Palmer, Mrs. Cuml B. Stamey, Mrs. Lois Brlggs Hend ry, Ruth Metcalfe, Margaret G. Logan, Mrs. Mary S. Shuler. Ctaudr- W. "Rogers, vMr''faye ftavis Boyd, Mxa. ' H. M. Dulln, (Continued on Page Two) Postmasters To Hold Dinner Here Saturday Postmasters from the 12th dis trict will meet here Saturday for a dinner in the Methodist church. An interesting program has been arranged by J. H. Howell. Presid ing over the meeting will be Mrs. Woody Amnions, post mistress from Robbinsville. who was named president of the district last year. Secretary is Weaver Rutherford of Enka. Both Mr. Rutherford and Mrs. Ammons have been in Waynesville making plans with Postmaster Howell for the event. Patrolmen Look For Escaped Negro Convict Patrolmen in this area have been alerted to watch for Paul Little, colored convict who escaped from a work gang at Phillipsville Thursday morning at 10:30. Lit tle, it is reported, slipped away from the gang at Sunset Park, where he stole a 1941 Ford and made a getaway. ON BUYING TRIP J. C. Galusha is attending the Southeastern Gift show in Atlan ta and buying merchandise for the Book Store. He plans to return this week-end. Local Folks Say They Have Seen Flying 'Whatsits' Too The flying saucer returned to Waynesville Monday night. Blame it on the weather or the Russians or on the stretch of human imagination, but people in Waynesville and other parts of Western North Carolina swear that a mysteri ous object passed across the sky between 9 and 10 p. m. Monday. Observers in such scattered communities as Sylva and West Asheville had reported sighting the phenomenon on Monday night. They refused to be laughed at sure, they said, it was the same thing the Eastern Air Lines pilots saw in Alabama and the CAA men watched out on the Pacific coast. Now Waynesville bears out the story. Our town boasts citizens with as sharp eyes as Clyde Methodists Building A New Church 1 -m 'if? THE FOUNDATION of the work is heme, pushed to cost about $:i().()00, according Field Day Rained Out, To Be Held Today, 9:30 The original event squashed by hard rains Wednesday morning, the Farm and Home Field Day will go ahead with postponed plans by opening at 8:30 Friday morn ing on the Jack McCracken farm near Bethel school. Wayne Corpening, county agent, who is heading plans for the hig event, said that the activities will go on as scheduled Friday. "There's only one thing new," said the county agent. "We'll haw all -thv co(d 'watermelon out there that anybody can eat." The watermelons are being provided by the First National Hank. The program Is divided into two parts demonstral ions for farmers under the direction of lire county agents' office and those fur the ladies, in charge of the home Continued on I 'age Two; Southern Farm Tour Will Get Under Way Tues. All is in readiness for the out-of-state farm tour to begin on Tuesday, with over a hundred lo cal people signed up to go on the tri-state jaunt, says Wayne Cor pening, county agent. Patrolmen from this county have been enlisted to lead the car avan on the first leg of the jour ney. The tour will extend through Friday. The Haywood group will be feted at three banquets on its southward swing. II will visit two farm experiment stations and will olserve farm methods on cattle, dairy, tobacco and horticulture. The tour will roll through Chat tanooga, Tenn.. Sheffield, Ala., and Tullahoma, Tenn., on its 870 mile trip. It will visit the Wilson and Wheeler Dams in Tennessee and Lookout Mountain. This will be the sixth annual tour. Many wives have signed up to accompany the men on the trek. The trip will be broken into one day legs and a close schedule of activities has been arranged the rest of the area. They say that the strange missile paid us a visit, loo. Clyde Ray, local florist .41 id that he was sitting on his front porch Monday night "about 9:30" when he spotted the "thing." "It came up over those trees," Mr. Ray told a Moun taineer reporter as he point ed at the trees above Ceme tery Hill, "and it seemed to rise a little and go over that way toward the main part of town, although I couldn't say how far away it was. It looked like it would be about this big around" he held his arms apart "and it gave off a, kind of pale blue glow." Mr. Ray said that he turned to his wife, who was also sitting on the porch, and (Continued on page two) Clyde Methodist church is shown well above the ground, and have the building completed by October. The structure will to Rev. J. E. Sampley, pastor. ' Photo by H. H. Henry. Building Church REV. .1. E. SAMPLEY, pastor of the Clyde Methodist church, is leading his church in erecting a modern brick structure, which Is scheduled to be ready for occu pancy hy October. The new build ing will cosl about $30,000. Rev. Mr Sampley recently used the "talent money" plan for his church and raised over $H00 for Hie new building, lie gave 111 members $1! wrlh instructions to let it earn what il could for three months, mid bring it lo the building fund. I'holo by 11. II. Henry. Chest X-ray : Survey Slow, 4928 To Date Although the response during the I first eight das was described as "slow the state X-ray units lour ing Haywood had examined 4.II2I1 persons through last Saturday. Miss Helen Grcgson, who keeps ease histories and files for the X ra. survey, sairl that she couldn't understand why the turnout lor the X-rays Iras been comparatively slow so far. "Maybe it's ton far lor I hem lo come," she said "Or masbe people are more worried about polio than tuberculosis right now ." The survey has four mobile units traveling through the county. The drive is planned so that every per son in the '-county will have an op portunity to h(. X-rayed by the campaign's close in late August. Of the total X-rayed thus far. 107 have been sent letters asking them lo come to the courthouse for a re-check. "This doesn't mean any thing serious," said Miss Grcgson. 'Continued on page two) wW- i i' ' Missionary Conference Is Updeway At Junaluska The annual missionary confer ence is underway at Lake Juna luska (his week featuring ad dresses by distinguished mission ary leaders from both home and foreign fields. Methodists from the Southeast have gathered for this conference, the theme of which is "Tomorrow Is Here." Included among the roster of speakers for the week-end are Dr. John Rustin, pastor of the Mount Vernon Place church. Washington. D C. w ho will speak on Sunday ' morning at the annual Junaluska Day service. Dr. John Branscomb, pastor of the First Methodist church, Orlando, Fla., will deliver the conference sermon Simdav rUlanirv Spraying Completed; Results Are Excellent With Tuesday's thorough com munity. wide spraying with DDT already producing satisfactory re sults, tlii- mayors of Waynesville and Hazel wood are urging that all business places on Saturday night spray liberally, as they feel this will add to the effectiveness of the campaign. The spraying schedules went off on schedule all day Tuesday, and in some remote areas, the outfits continued their job on Wednesday, and put out all of the 80,000 gal lon for llie campiga. A strong mixture was used around chicken lots, hog pens, and in I lie business area. Tire solution used in the resi dential ilisli iets was stronger than many people believed, inasmuch as il was iiwide of 50 per cent wettable DDT which provided a stronger and more elfeclive compound than or dinary low per centage mixture. The people of (be area cooperat ed in every way. Many asked that the spi.uers include the basements, iiml soin,. opened their basement doors tor tbe streams of spray, t libers joined iii in pulling the hose abinil Ibi' house and pointed out potential breeding places for files ami insrcls. Ilie rains of Wednesday morn ing did not wash as much of the DDI" away as some people might have figured, one authority on DDT pointed out. "After the solution din-, rl is like paint, and the rains do not do much damage. The rain might have washed some off foliage, hut most o the spray was put on 'Continued on Page Two) New Construction Hits $72,200 Mark In June Consti ur don of new buildings hasn't been lagging in Haywood, according lo a report by Hugh lolly building inspector. Mr .lollcy said that he had is sued building permits for $72, 200 wort h ol construction in .hi ne Most ol the new buildings were homes Inspector Jolley esti mated that $51,000 was spent on new dwellings. Business buildings consumed S21.200 of the total. night This is the second time that he has spoken to Junaluska congregations this season having preached twice here on July 15 and 16 Other speakers of the week-end ineJude Hrv. Clayton Calhoun who will speak Friday morning at 11 o'clock on his experiences in China and Mrs Induk Pahk, Korea, who will speak Friday at 8 p. m. She is a graduate of Wesleyan College and Columbia University and is an author, lecturer and leader of Korean women. Rev. Harry Spen cer of the audio-visual education department of the board of mis sions and church extension will load a discussion on visual educa ' Continued on page two) ooinpps Surplus 01 $26,000 Led Over From 1947 Budget Financial Statement Published by County Shows Expenditures Less Than Budget The Board of County Commis sioners in a special session Wed nesday, adopted a budget for thp present fiscal year, set the tax rate at the present figure of $1 50 per $100 valuation and approved a re port of the county auditor. Charles H. Metcalfe, which showed the county had a surplus of $2fi.74i from last year, after paying some $70.(KK) on school building protects at Canton and Morning Star. The current budget require ments total $7!)4,!)2 70. the re port shows, with 13 different funds being set up for the year The hospital fund is the largest, with $155,626, followed closely by the old age assistance fund of $ 1 5.t". 520. The school fund calls for $132,046. The hospital fund, how ever, is not all raised by taxes, in fact only about $12,00(1 represents tax money. The current estimated valuation Is set at $27,500,000 The total requirements to be raised by taxes for the year is $371,250, and only slight changes were made in the tax rate assigned each fund from last year The largest difference was in the school fund, while on the other hand, a reduction in the Canton building schooi iynd was reduced, which about veni - tht inter change. Debt service this year is set at $73,948, while the general fund was held at $65,000. In a published treasurer's state ment, published today. Hi Met calfe's report shows that the county had a cash surplus of $211, 607 as of June 30, of this amount, there was $145,861 of 1D4H pie paid taxes. The report showed I bat (he in come from taxes for the current year totaled $400,843. with S6.!2.t coming in for taxes prior to 1945. The county has been pushing col lection of old taxes, and in addl lion to the principal, collected S3 -(Continued on Page Twoi Rev. T. H. Parris Resigns As Pastor Of Clyde Church The Rev. T If Parris la( Sim day resigned as pastor of the Clyde Baptist church to accept a cal! to the Baptist church at Pil.,1 Moun tain. Mr. Parris' resignation is to become effective September 1. Mr, Parris has served the peo ple of Clyde for lire past seven years. His successor has not yet been announced Merchants Will Meet At 8 Friday The Merchants Assoeialion wilt hold a meeting tonight a the Chamber of Comerco at R o'c lock, for 45 minutes, Dave Felniet, pres ident, announced yesterday. "There are several matters which must be discussed, as tby mean business for us." hp said. "Therefore, I urge everv merchant to be present for the brief 45- minute meeting. Highway Record For 1948 (To Date) In Haywood Injured . v . 23 Killed...:: 3 (This Information com piled from Record? of ' Stale Highway PatroL)