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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 T!ie Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
I'nited Press and Associated Press News
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TLF.SDAY, AUGUST 3, 1948
$j.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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ineers Planing For Lake Development
Jans
Jeady
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islees
lj Grounds
Live En- j
ol
ins
ground mil)
Juluska Asscin
tentative mas
line and drvel-
special meet-
lommiltec also
engineers In
Vnd make blur
Ld to I lie coni-
lobor for final
k presentation
trustees on
fcnta.
I superintend
Ittee is ent bu
ns which will
expenditure of
begin with.
Initial program
lo be operated
knsion and im-
(ts and sewer
ttification pro
cial landscap-
the Lake. The
will come in
the initial ex-
lamed, as well
bridee across
Lake for quick
rluded for the
Be, which win
growth in the
hallow part of
It program is
rtance to this
levelopment of
M largest sin-
e its opening
Resigned as to
weds for (be
fage Five
HurT
'd iracturp-, hi
,'ell off a hi eh
on Jark Mr-
Jfie Bethel soc-
as taken t
f 'lie. where he
propound frac-
a simple frac
ta". Mr. Muse
ftions for the
K Field Dav.
orket
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22-00 to 24.75
22 nn . nc
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28.00 to 28.50
"M to 23.00
SHOWERS
Considerable
"Wed showers
11115 afternoon
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Rain
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Typical Spraying Scenes In The Community Last Week
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BASEMENTS, first floor.-. m n -i fo ul n,H.r. :inl all sbi ubbci
got a good spraying of DDT in the cainpai-jn In linht insects licic
last week. Shown here is one crew. iK.icbd h Charles Kdw arils, of
Lake Junaluska, spraying the uulsiile el the home of Mis T.
Hannah on Haywood street Mr Kclwariis i Imldm the spraxer.
while Robert Smith center and Paul Kxiail assist Mr. I'.dxianls
owns the Tuscola Orchards at the Lake Tin one ol nine sprav -iliR
crews on dutx1. A Mountaineer photo In Iiiki. mi's Studio
J I ST A M 1 N L IK helore Ibis picli'ie was made. Mrs llriautla 1"
Klutt. of lla.el street, opened her haseineul dooi . and Inld ; In
spi fixing crew lo "lill il full." The man with Hie spra. is Uu Si-k.
and is bi iiiu assisted by lloiuel West, center, and John Williams, en
the let! Mrs. Klultz looks on uilb delial'.l. as the DDT spiax pene
C ated ex ei x nook and corner about tin- place The txm ounnsters
xiho are looking on are Charles Howell, nalit. and Chai les Undue,
-t. The spraxers arc from IIU14I1 M.issie's orchard
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Hazelwood
Post Office
Has Large
Increase
Business in this area is better
than last year, according to a sure
barometer the Hazelxeood pot of
fice, which reports an iwrea.'-e of
$460.39 in its receipts oxer il.
1947 total.
Postmaster Tliurman Smith to
day released figures which shmved
a steady rise in post office busi
ness for the first six months of
Ibis year. Total receipts a; 11"
Hazelwood post office bax'r brrn
$3,865.63 from January to June of
1948. For the same period of la t
year they were S3. 405.24.
The Hazelwood pnt off ice ha:
sold $3,730.94 wmth of rtamp;
during the first part of 1948. !
has netted $5 09 on excess of 'a'f :
and $129.60 on box rents In 134
the box rents brought in $70 40.
Kight now Postmaster Smith is
aiming for a second class ration
To be awarded this his post office
must clear $8,000 during the yfcar
l,ast year he missed that total by
$937.
The Hazelwood office also did a
rousing business in money orders
It issued 3,747 money order
amounting to S46.378, with fees
of $395.66. This is a climb of 724
money orders over the 1947 figure.
100 Scheduled To Make
Oul-Of-Slate Farm Tour
t
Sign Makes Sure
;Thcy Won't Miss
Waynesville Now
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About 100 Haywood pcoplet were
Th' v can I
W'rtvne ville
Homer Justice. 68,
Buried On Sunday
Homer C. Justice, 68, well-know n
farmer of Haywood county, died
late Friday afternoon at his home
on Route 2, Waynesville, after a
long illness.
Funeral services wire conduct
ed Sunday afternooi lat 3 o'clock
at the Maple Grovjj Methodist
church with the pastor. Rev. J 1-
B. Houser, assisted -by Rev. H L
Young, officiating! Interment
was in the church cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
Weaver Cathey, B61dcn Burress.
C. H. Palmer, Ed Justice, James
Noland and Frank Jones.
Mr. Justice was a.na'ixe of Hax
wood county and sjpent his enure
life here. At one time he tauuht
in the Haywood ountv schools,
Continued on Page Kicht i
in-,
A Iiiikc neon '-iK'i pointing an
arrow toward 'town and reading
"l n Mile In ncsx'illr. a Good
I'lai r In lai r ." blinked on Satur
d.ix turht 'I lie sUn r- built atop
the new Shi II -a a' mn. oxvneri bv
I. I: Cnnnat ci . -1 the Lake Juna
hrka Inr'ixiav imution
The -icn a riant aMair over 2o
( ct lnnn and aliout - e: fft high,
was crci ted In the Chamber of
CommeK e
It vill show thf v hc into Way
ne,', ille 1' I bonis a day.
Cannery To Be
Open Two Days
The Wax lie-.. ill- Cani.eix vx ill
open on Tiieilav and Wflnedax
I his week, it is aiiimu need bx Mrs.
Hill us Slier.
'I he caiiner.x local i-d at Waj nes
ville h 14 h school, will open at il
o'clock on those dax
The lielhcl canncr.x will be open
on Thursday.
No Polio Cases
In Haywood
There has not been any polio
cases reported in Haywood
county vet. states Dr. Mary Mi
ehal, district health officer.
Dr. Michal says that county
residents should continue pre
ventive measures asainst the
disease. althoUKh the epidemic
seems on the wane in the state.
at 7 o'clock this morning for the
(list leg of an 870 mile farm lour
'through the South,
j The tour, spnn .ni crl hv the local
larin agents office, will -weep
through three states and make
j numerous side-trip In interesting
points. Highway patrol officers in
jcach state have notified Count. '
Agent Wayne Corpening that they
will meet the caravan with patrol
cars to clear the wax .
j Mr. Corpening al " announced
that movies will be made of the
I local travelers bv the Tennessee
j Valley Authority,
j fix tomorrow hikM the tour will
; he outside Chattanooga. Tenn ,
alter a ?31!-nulo fit -t flax .pimp
First stop lor the loin was sche
duled to be Murphy, where the
travelers were due I" arrive at
i 9.45 a in. today The tour was
slated to visit the Hlausvillc Isx
Cont inued on Page Kigbl i
Few Arrests Here Over
The Rainy Week-End
Chief (irville Noland reported
MX ware arrested oxer the week
end lor being drunk, and one for
reckless driving for a comparative
Ix hKhf week-end.
Slick highway Causes 7
Cars T$ Crash On Sunday
When it rains, itf lick-Just ask ion yards ud the rct four cars
Patrolman W D "BiSf" Sawyer ot,Mn"ed ,n' each ot"er- ,
Canton I ,0 shck roac1s ' ,
. 4QlP vesler- Two cars suffered damages of
Patrolman Sawyer seated esier pj)ml.n daw.
day that durina the' heVvY rain on about $! each. Patrolman saw
cf.-i... dU""g . n.H into vcr said, while the others were not
-juuuHjr. seven cars uim"
each other near the Owljcafe. about , damaged to an extent
n,r ., . nn uieh- No arrests were made, Patrolman
nines east vi inv- . , . ti tv. tmnhli
wav Wo 10 j m ' Sawyer said, because all the trouoie
tteclrwefeinvojvedinthelwas due to the extremely slick
first collision, he said, '.Bnd 'about highways.
Hazelwood
Pharmacy To
I Open Friday;
Modern Store
1
j A iinounceinenl mi . made xcslcr
jd'iv bx 1)1, H F Keciium. co-own
rr and malinger that the new Ha-
'clxvond pharnricv would lar.e
their loi inal opriuug l-'ridax mm ti
ling at HI o'clock 'I he new niud-
tii buildiiig, 4a leel In (ia If el.
was .specially built lor the I it i -1 -,
Hess , as were all I he oak-lilu lied
1 tixlm es.
None of the lixliocs noxv bcini'
used in Ihe old stole aeio.. Hie
i street will he utilised III the new
', store
I Since I be new -tote i . mio h
I larger, a large iin.Mitily o( slo't. .
j bax e h'M 11 rccer. (vl and abcadx' on
Hie shep-cs of tin- new- store Plans
1 are lo opoialo tie- old store until
I Fridav and open wilboiil having to
; close I be present site.
line of I be lirersi soda foun
tains in Ihis ai'si has born in
C 'out inued on I 'age Isii'.bl
Field Day
Attracts
Many At
Bethel Farm
Hot w een 400 and 500 Haxw ood
people Hocked lo the Jack and
Hiram MeCracki-n farm in Helhel
F'riday ruder perfect weal her
conditions, tlu-x stayed to watch a
demons! rat ion on the proper
methods of farming, to listen lo
speeches and to eat watermelon al
the County Farm and Home Field
Ilay
Count Agent Wax ne Corpening
said later that he was "tickled pink
al the wax things came oil." Till
ing liehl day was washed out Wed
nesday In ion ent ial rains tail Fri
day Ihe weather couldn't Imbi
bed! any In-ltei. " said Mr Coipcn
iiik ' It own rained a few minutes
lo lix, the soil just right for some
ol Ihr demonstrations."
More than a thousand persons
were on hand for Ihe original dale.
Wednesday. While the attendance
didn't hit that mark on Friday the
crowds that stood about observing
Ihe Iractors pulling farm equip
ment Ibrougli maneuvers were
plenty large.
'Ihe dax start io oil at 9 30 with
a viewing ol various agricultural
exhibits, followed b il brief orien
lalion talk Then Hie county agent
and specialist fitnn N. (' State
Continued on Page Kigbl i
Hazelwood Chief
Clamps Down On
Traffic Violators
John Woodard., chief of police
of Haclwood, lightened down on
perdi-rs. and traffic violators over
the week-end as lie brought in 4
(honk.. 2 charged with speeding,
ami I lor violation of traffic laws
A number of molorists were
lopped and warned as they drove
loo la.f on the streets of lla.el -wood
If caught again tliev will
be h.'ulod into police court. Chicl
Wood o d aid.
Spociliug is dangerous and
against the law. so xve are going to
slop it. Chief Woodard said, as
In- explain'-il bis plans for a rigid
eiil oi cement of the law.
400 Expected At Lake For This Week
Two Soulbwide Melhodist Con
ferences are in session at Lake
Junaluska this week with more than
400 church leaders from Ihis area
in attendance. They are the Lead
ership School. August 2-13: and
the Pastors' Conference, August
3-R.
The Pastors' ( out el i nee opens
tonight (Tuesday' ;,t the conclus
ion of the Missionary Conlerence
with an illustrated lecture on China
by Dr. Wm. H. Wallace, pastor ol
the St. Luke's Methodist church
, ill Oklahoma City. 'I bis confer
ence, held annually al the Lake,
will feature daily addresses by
ministers prominent in Ihe South
and forum discussions ol local
church problems, Hie loivign Hus
sion advance, and plans for Hie
church as a whole.
Included on the roster of speak
ers for the week ale Di John
Kust in. pasloi ol Hie Mount Vernon
Place church. Washington. I). C.
who will speak Wednesday night:
Dr. John liraiwomb, pastor of the
l-'iisi Methodist church. Orlando,
I la . and Dr. W. A. Stanbury. sup
erintendent of Ihe Gastonia Dis
trict. Thursday; Dean H. R. Trim
ble. Candler School of Theology,
F'.niniy University, and Bishop
Marvin Franklin, Birmingham. Fri
day and l)r .las. W. Sells. Exten
sion Secretary of the S E Juris
diction. Saturday. The conference
sermon will hi' delivered Sunday
morning, August 8, by Bishop
Frankln.
Cont inued nn Page F:igbl i
Pasture Demonstrations Held Here On Friday
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Work To Start In 30 Days
On Wider, Longer Store;
3 Floors Of Merchandise
To Enlarge Store
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,1 C. JENMNCS. manager of the
Helk-lludson Company here an
nounced yesterday the expansion
of the store lo three times its pres
ent size. Willi work lo begin Sep
tember 1
New Phone Cable
Installed From
Canton To Clyde
The Soul hern Bell Telephone
company is Installing a new tele
phone cable between Canton and
Clyde Work was begun on the
project aboiil two months ago and
tin- cable has now been installed
as far as the western rity limits
of Clwle The new line will be
extended on lo the Medford farm
on open xv ires At the present
time linemen are installing outlets
al various iiilerxals along the ca
ble The new cable will make possi
ble some much needed improve
ments in the Chile telephone serv
ice I'mlrr the present set-up
there are 311 phones in service: two
10-parly lines, one !l-party Hop.
one fl-paitv line and one pay sta
lion The new cable will have .a
eapacilx of 100 one parly lines or
200 I wo pari y I iues, etc.
The wm k of connecting the tel
ephones lo the new cable and of
making changes, where desired, in
the lass of si-nice offered will
probablx conl itiue throughout the
year.
Father Of Rev.
Rohrbacher Dies
tn Wisconsin
The Rev. A F. Rohrbacher, pas
tor of St John's church received
word vesterday that his father,
Ferdinand Rohrbacher died at
5:15 a m at his home in Milxvau
kee Wise Mr. Rohrbacher was
85 years of age.
F'alhcr llolu bacher w ill conduct
Hie funeral sorviee at St Leo's
church in Milxiaukee on Wednes
day at 9 a m.
I Plans have been compie'ed for
construction to get uiidt i wav in
1 30 days on expanding the B?dk
Hudson Company liiuMinf In Hove
times the present size i' was an
nounced yeslordav bx I (' Jen
nings, general manager of I1"
store
The nexv store will he nun h veri
er, utilizing pail ol Hie xatani I .'
next to the building, and an ex
tension will be built to the ba'k
of the present building, in addi
tion to making a full sie hase
men! under the 42 l 100 too
building The basement will la
used as a sales floor, giving the
firm three retail flouis lie- stoie
will have over 22.0011 square (ce
The plans call for a modem
slore in every detail w ith all ne
fixtures on the first and .i-ennl
floors, and the present tixliues be
ing utilized in I be basement
Txvo sets of stairs will coniH-c'
the first floor xxith the haenient
and second floor
Included in the plans me two
large show windows on the serord
floor facing Main street This I.
being used In larger cities ns the
merchandise can be seen aeioss Hie
street in the second story display
windows
Large plate glass windows will
be built in the rear of the stme
and the large lot back of the store
will he paved and used as parking
space for employees and custom
ers, Kngineers are working on the
plans as drawn by J C Hay ties,
and with a few minor decisions
fet (o be midrit lrUerliMtUt ora
tions, Mr. Jennings said tha) it is
i estimated tne new aoiutioii in imp
slore will cost between $00 000
and $85,000.
Hardwood floors will be u rd
throughout, except in several de
partments where carpets will be
utilized. Fluorescent ligh's will
be throughout the store mid a spe
cial ventilating system for year
round use will be built for (hang
ing the air in the building
The entranre will have three
(Continued on Page Eight i
Final Rites For
Pfc. Chambers
This Afternoon
Pfe
who
on
her
p 1 11
Filial rites will be conduc'.'
Ihe Hiverside Baptist church
afternoon at 2 o'chxk for
Thomas Van Chambers. I
was killed in aelioii in It-Ox
January 23. 1944 Rev in
Krwin and Rev flay Chun
xvill officiate and burial will I
Bethel cemelery.
The body arrived in Canin xp--terday
and will remain a' Well
F'uneral Home until the hour ol
i Ihe funeral
include the widow
Chambers, a dati!;'!
Sue; n son. Thoia
father. It 1. Cham
Survivors
Mrs. F)dna I.
ter. Martha
Van, Jr.. the
bers: six brothers, R. (). f xnn.
Cash, Doycc, Wood row and Hubert
Chambers, seven sisters. Mrs.
Thomas Burnett, Mrs. Carl Bur
nett, Mrs. Woodrow Burnett. Mrs.
Arthur Cogburn, Mrs Roliert t an
ning. Mrs. Algie Recce and Mrs.
Dewey Deaver, all of Haywood.
Car Stolen 2 Years Ago
From Here Is Recovered
WiliiJWUiJiiiitwwiM'Mi1
HUNDREDS OF Haywood farmers will readily recognize this 10-acre pasture on the Jack
McCracken farm near Bethel, when the several demonstrations were staged for Farm
Field Day Friday. This picture was made before the demonstrations started.
This is a staff photo.
"It is jusl like having Santa
Claus come in August." said T. L.
Gwyn happily yesterday as he got
back his a-passengcr Chevrolet
coupe which had been stolen two
years ago
'I he car was stolen from in front
of th': fix-x n home on Main street,
and no trace was had of Ihe car
until last week Chief Orville No
land L'ot a lip Hie car was in Spar
tanburg coiiu'y A check-up re-
vealed that the FBI were in on the
j case, and found the car, and got a
! confession from the man who took
i it.
The car had been driven 26,000
I miles during the two year period,
! had been owned by seven different
parties, had been repainted and
i given excellent care.
The theft, insurance Mr. Gwyn
i carried on the car expired just a
j short time before the vehicle was
! stolen.
The man who stole the car sold
i it to a man in Saluda and Tryon,
and from there is was sold
South Carolina
Highway
Record For
1948
(To Date)
In Haywood
Injured .... 23
Killed....; 3
(This information com
piled from Records of
State Highway Patrol.)