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The Waynesville Mountaineer
49,500 People
Live within 20 miles ol
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Waynesville their ideal
shopping center
Published Twicc-A Wcek In The County Seat of Haywtod County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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I'nited Press and Associated Press News
WAYNLSVILLE. N. ( . TUESDAY. Al tiUST 17. 1948
$3. (Kl In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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Juesday
WdayJ
oofs Modern
Ubile Arrives
At Red Spy Probe
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ff County Public
f n ac
librarian uiuvt ,
pjpels arm
bold vhite lt't-
Count) hc'omiiu-
with a titpat i.j
parked in front
day iyicIhn and
(traded unusual
dentally, brought
il money to H'c
citizens rcai i. ii ik
Iject will mean to
hade donations m
Mall'
Blueberries Are
Plentiful In The
Pisgah Section
Blueberries In great
dance are ripe along the
anil Shining Fork lodges,
announced yesterday by
abun
IMsgah it was
. W.
"Bill" lluber, Pisgah ranger.
Berry nftrmits (e available
at Sunburst, Big East Fork, and
the Ranger Station. Campiires
permits can also be obtained at
the same places it was said.
Last week, Bob Mcsser, of
route 3, Canton, and his two
sons, picked I t gallons of blue
berries in four hours on Shin
ing Rock.
County Dairymen
To Meet Friday
he Library
smiles, as they
latrons t he book-
of the several
Johnston 'hor
State Library
k is the Sat n linn
and orders are
kthers. Hindi win
of the state There will be a meet ins of Hay-
Bookmobile was, wood dairymen at Hie court house
tilliam Medlord. on Friday night ai a o ciocn, a
drive The Kind which tunc representatives oi i ci
Dairy will discuss the current iiiiik
situation, it was anounccd yester
day by Wayne Corpening. county
agent.
In addition to the discussion of
the county eon- mjk, dairy specialists of Slate Col
fund, and Miss,ege will be present to discuss the
isterday that for i dairy program, and show a colored
feks, while she is i nltVie on barn curing of hay.
llllll I :Vil
Saturday noon
are lei t over
kbile will be used
Looks, it was ex-
ioks for the unit. I
liable to show to
groups, and she
end all district
throughout the
the rolling li-
is also conferring
111 sections of the
rhedulcs for the
fhcther we will
every two weeks
feeks will have to
by the board,"
page eight i
scked
Units
.iy unit: opcrat -
had t:armned
his area hv Aug.
lealth department
(al wa? mounting
impaign to X-Rav
i!osn in (hi., er-
pose
Jlay unit, w d! lip
lin. near the mil
eek On Wed-
pday there will
U Varner's Home
unit will stop
lar the in,; lei ini-
av, Flillav l.nrt
hurch
ncelled
ainual Decoralion
Day. scheduled
1 t the Ant irwh
JNe been cancel-
tne polio situa-
Mr. Corpening announced that
plans are under way to send a rep
resentative from here to Wisconsin
to buy some Holstein heifers and
cows. 'Holsteins are high produc
ers, giving upwards towards 10.
000 pounds and better, and that
means $(i00 a year at the present
price ofiniljc," he said.
Is will be bought fcr all
those who place their orders,
said.
he
Canton Girl
QthTraffic
Casualty For
Haywood
Miss Melretta Allen, lit Canton
high school graduate, died W ednes
day of injuries sustained in an
autom.ihilc wreck on Highway No.
19-23. about a miie west ot the
(. anion city limits. Miss Allen is
the 1. until perse. i to die lioni Hat
he aeeidenls 111 Haywood tills year,
and the second person lo sutler
latal injuries on that iinmediale
i sect ion of highway
funeral services weie held on
Saturday morning al 11 o'clock at
Hit' .'Morning Star Methodist church
with the Rev C H. Kos.s and the
liov Cieorge Culhiealh and I lie
'Mystery Witness'
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1 Killed; 1
Hurt When
Plane Hits
Mountain
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VICTOR PERIO
ON THE WITNESS STAND before
the House Un-American Activities
Committee in Washington is Victor
Perlo, who was named by Eli2abeth
Eentley as the alleged leader of a
wartime spy ring in Washington.
Perlo, who went on the government
payroll as an official of the N.R.A.
in H133, refused to tell the commit
tee whether or not he is or ever has
been a Communist. (International)
;, utieial nig,
(lie church
Hill I-
e C'liarles Sharpc
Hilly Thompson
Karl Hannah and
II I'les:
;'.! was made in
tery.
I'albeaiel's wei
Hay Huinelle.
Junior Coleman
l.eltue Amos.
Surviving are her parents, and
lun sisters, Mrs. Hub Suiilh, ol
sheille, and Mis Virginia Dare
Allen, of Canton, and one brother
Hlake Allen, serving with the Navy
in the i'acilic ai ea.
Iiwav Patrolman .1 W Mays
Child Hurt
When Hit
By A Truck
in
and l.onnie Hishop investigated
the accident, and reported that
Miss Allen was riding in a l9H(i
Chevrolet pick-up truck, driven
by Jack Will's, of Canton. Wateis
is said to nave attempted lo pass
two vehicles, and lost control of
the truck, and hit 18 guard posts
on the highway before the vehicle
turned over. Wateis was released
under $500 bond by Magisl i :ite V.
(.;. Byers here Friday, on a charge
of reckless driving Waters was not
injured in Hie accident, and il was
first felt that Miss Allen was not
hurt, but latc it was found she
had stillered a fractured skull
Patrolmen reported that .1 W
and owned by Walter i Graham anil Ode! Sharpc, both of
left the highway in an 'Canton, drivers of other vehicles.
Ronald Miller. 2-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Miller, of Pig
eon Street, suffered a fractured
skull when struck by a truck about
H.'M) Monday morning in front of
his f;:l Iter's store.
PoHwnan Hirti ifitff, invesliffal
ing officer, said that the 11)47
Chf vi olet truck, driven by Hay
flood' on,
I't anklin.
Federation Picnic
Is Cancelled
effort to nit;:
ter told the
unavoidable
darted aeio
s the child. Mr Mil
police that it wa. an
accident, as the child
;s the street, in the
were witnesses to the accident.
Wells f uneral Home had charge
of t lie luneral.
The Karmers Federation picnic
for Haywood county, scheduled for
Saturday. August 21. in the Canton
high school building, ha:- been ou
celled due to the prevalence ol
poliomyelitis in Western North
Carolina, it has been announced
by federation officials in Ashrville.
Hie picnic is an annual event
for Haywood county, and draw.',
hundreds of person', from thi. end
surrounding count ir" to the all day
program of music, singing, games
and contests. A picnic is held each
year in each county in which the
federation has a warehouse, l ive
picnics were held this y ear before j f,iigiii;
the polio situation became too ser
ious. Eleven of the picnics were
cancelled.
path of the truck.
'I he child wa . in.hed lo the
hospital, and X Hays showed no
other hones broken.
Truck and Station
Wagon in Collision
Services Held in
Clyde On Sunday
For Mrs. Crawford
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C. of C. Directors
To Meet Tonight
The Board of Directors of the
Chamber of Commerce will meet
tonight (Tuesday) at 7:30 at the
Chamber of Commerce office, it
has been announced by Wayne
Corpening, president.
Mr. Corpening requests that all
committee chairmen or a member
from the committee be present to
make a report on the functions of
their committee.
O cials from Wayneafille and
Hazclwood have been invjitiC to
the meeting to discuss means of
protesting the closing of the Mur
phy railroad line passenger ser
vice, said President Corpening.
A Greenville. S (' man narrowly
r-.iprri seimus in ntrics Saturday I
morning when a 'lalion wagon lie
wa:; driving lelt Highway HJ at the
west cn'iance of l .d.-e Jnnalu.-ka
and tinned over in a small branch.
Highway Pali olinan It. Itob-
d I hilt a l!lo!) ice 1 1 lick be-
lo llilliaid Mirehaii, and
diiven by tiaiuis W. Huff, side
.swiped Willi I he station wagon
driven by William H. Barnwell,
of Greenville.
The stalion wagon was owned by
Camp Uellwood, and landed up
side down in the branch, and was
damaged about $125, and the truck
about $25. Barnwell suffered cuts
about the head. No one in the
truck was injured.
No arrests were made, as it ap
peared that there was noevidence
of reckless driving, it was said.
Mi,. Charlotte
ford, 71!, nat ive ol
and v idow ol Ihe
Stevenson Ciaw
Havvond county,
late T N ( I aw -
ALEXANDER KORAl
IN WASHINGTON, Alexander Koral,
53, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is shown as
lie took the witness stand before
the House Un-American Activities
Committee He is the mysteiy wit
ness who House Investigators say
might provide the break In the
espionage inquiry. ( 7 nTernnt loriti t )
2 Township
Farm Tours
This Week
Two walcished I. il in louts will
lie held in this county on Thurs
day and Friday, il has been an
nounced hv county nl Wayne
Corpening.
The Fine r-r '. iValeislied
tour will fie held Thin .day . 'tail
ing at !) a in. al the Fines Ocek
school and lasting until noon
Tins lour w ill i n i r .ev i l al ol
Ihe farm . in Ihe water .bed, in
cluding some I it in . ol v derail .
and -hould he of benefit In all
tannin s in Fun's ('reek town. hip.
.,iv. Mr ('orpeiiitit.
Fat lie; to be v r.iled ai e a lol
lou'.. Glenn ('l.uk. i:enei,i I, Min
ing, louver f' ei r.te on tobacco Sam
Fi t 'ir on . pa J in e ami .1 1 ip n op
pine K ( ' ( irei n, ( ot n and home
improvement, Steve Dueketl, mm
jiimI Inli.icco; dial lb- Med an
lljtl OVPIlC'llf a nd h i f I :il
( ' ( !l eell . coin, ioid it'll
. hydraulic lain and alia
ford of Clvdi
I noon iit tier lion
had been ill only
i
; Funeral sen ice
d.iv afternoon at
died
IT iday .
in ( Ivde.
;i levv day,
were held
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Police Arrest Nine
On Drunken Charges
Wavnesville police took nine into
custody over the week-end on
charges of public drunkenness, ac
cording to Chief of Police Orville
Noland. They were slated for
trial in Monday's term of Mayor's
court.
CI;, de liapi isl hui ( It with 1 1
T. II. Harris, pasloi . and I In
G, C. ( 'ox. pastor ol I lie Mi l
Avenue Baptist (lunch. Asheviile.
officiating.
Pallbearers weie Jay Morgan.
John Smathors, Guy Teaguo. Jul
ian Smathers. liobert Smith and
Haiiey Stevenson.
Surviving are four sons. Xarvcl
J. and T. Vaughn, of Asheville,
Ralph M. of Waynesville, and Troy
W. of Jacksonville. Fla.. three
daughters. Mrs. T A, Clark, and
Mrs. J. Benny Patton, of Canton,
and Mrs. E. I.. McCorkle of Mount
Holly: one brother. Harrison Stev
son of South Carolina, and one-half
enson of South Carolina, and one
half-sister. Mrs. Harriett Jackson
of Clyde.
Crawford Funeral Home was in
charge of arangements.
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Fincher's Chapel To Have
Fine Stone, Brick Building
Work is being pushed on the
new Fincher's Chapel, a Methodist
church on Hyder Mountain. The
new, and modern native stone and
brick structure will replace the
present building which was erect
ed 52 years ago, and found to he
unsafe for further use.
The entire comunity has joined
in on the construction of the build
ing, Mrs. C. O. Newell, pastor, said.
For several months the citizens of
the area have hauled rock, sand,
timber and other materials for the
erection of the church. In addition,
some 1,500 hours of free labor has
been donated.
The first floor is being built of
native stone, and the second story
of brick. The building will have
adequate class rooms, and a sanctu
ary. Beautiful memorial windows
have been donated by families who
have, or who now live in the com
munity. Fincher's Chapel has a member
ship1 of 86. with an active Woman's
Society of Christian Service of 25.
and during the past four months
this group has raised $310.
Mrs. Newell said I hat Ihe old
building is for sale, and offers a
lot of good malerial.
The women and young people of
the Chapel will serve a supper on
the lawn of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Noland on Friday evening. The
proceeds will go into the new
church building fund.
Rocky Liranch Church
To Have Decoration
Day On Sunday. 22nd
Plans are being completed for
the annual decoration day at Rocky
Branch cemetery on Sunday . Aug
ust 2"nd. it was announced this
week by Mrs W T. Wilson, secre
tary of the Rocky Branch Union
church.
The usual hountilul picnic din
ner will be served at the noon
hour, the committee said.
Charles Allen, 29-year-old Svlva
painter and aviator, was instantly
killed when his two-passenger
Tayiorcratt plane plowed into the
side of the Balsam mountain range
on the Haywood-Jackson line atioul
two o'clock Sunday afternoon, dur
um a dense fog over Ihe area.
John llenrv Powell. IS), forme
of West Buncombe, and now liv
in Sylvii. was reported at noon
Monday to be doing very well at
the C J Harris Community Hos
pital in Svlva He was a passenger j
in the ill-fated craft which took i
off from Asheville shortly after j
one Sunday enr iute to the Svlva j
port
Powell managed to get out ol
Ihe wreckage, and walked about
a mile and a half to the home of
Sewcll Davis, and reported the !
crash He was taken lo the bos- ;
pilal.
The Davis family cnroulc to
Syiva repoited the crash lo officials j
of the Svlva aiiport. and a large!
number of cars tilled with person-,
uel went immediately lo the scene i
(Continued on Page Eight t j
Hay wood Farmer ;
Died At His Home
On Saturday j
William C. Morrow, 7(i, well
known Hay wood county farmer, di
ed ;il his home in the Cove Creek
section Saturday morning.
Funeral set v ices were conducted
it the Cove Creek Baptist church
Sunday morning at II o'clock The
Rev. I'm rest Ferguson and the Rev
Yo'lei- Davis officiated Burial was
in the chuirli cemetery
Pallbearers were Billy Biad
shaw. .lames Lewis Morrow. H. ,.
Mm low, Fdwin Kussell. John Med
lord. and Karl Messei .
Shi v t lie are lour (laughters:
Mr. Grover C Clark. Mrs Fee
11, his and Mis Frank Bradshaw
of Waynesville. and Mrs. F.ugene
Mooie. of f Jreeiievllle. Teiin . 3
oiis. Vincent of Cove Creek, and
l.dgiir and John of Waynesville.
one hi oilier, John ot Nebo. and one
a 'it, Mrs A K. Mcsser of Cove
Cleel:.
(law lord Funeral Home was in
i Ii.ii ,"e ol anilii'.cmenl s
Pupils Register
Next Week At
The High School
Rem .1 1 ii I ion for the junior and
siiimi Inch school will begin Mon
day. August 23. il was announced
I nlay bv (' F. Weatherhy, princi
pal ol Waynesville High School
Sdiiois will register Monday be
tween !) ii m. and 3 p. in , sa id
Mr. Weatherhy.
The 1 1th grade will register
'luesd.iv. Aug. 24, on the same
sehedalo Tenth graders will reg
ister Wednesday. Aug. 25. Ninth
ciiiders will sign up on Thursday.
Aug 2(i. Eighth graders will sign
on Friday. Aug. 27.
Principal Weatherhy said that
seventh graders entering the jun
ior high for the first time will
register on the first day of school.
August 30,
Burley Crop In
Haywood Shows
Big Improvement
Two Cases
Of Polio In
Haywood
Tv o
been i
by l)r
health
One
'ported
l II
oft leer,
ol the
pohoni) el itis have
in Haywood county
11. Miebal. district
cases was in North
('anion a six-moiit lis-old child, and
the other in the Bethel section, a
iiine-moi'th-old child "Both were
taken ill once to the Asheville
Orthopedic Home," slated Dr.
Michal. "and all susceptible con
tacts have been uuaranl ined for
the required two-week period."
"In neilher case." said Dr. Mich
al. "has the source ol infection
been postively determined, as that
is practically impossible in most
cases. No alarm is tilt over the
occurrence of these isolated cases
since both babies have keen kept
closely at home and have in some
way contacted the infection, possi
bly through some carrier who has
visited them," l)r Michal contin
ued. I)i Mu hill said that t tie sanita
tion of belli these homes anil the
sui cm nd i ng area has been careful
ly investigated by Ihe Health De
partment and corrective measures
taken lo see that there has been
nothing loll undone lo protect Ihe
( 'i i n 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 ies involved.
"These cases should have no af-
fccl on our present attitude to
ward gatherings in the county, or
on the opening of school two weeks
from yesterday," declared the of
ficer Hi Michal urj'ed cooperation
along all lines of good sanitation.
The health officer particularly
pointed out the proper disposal of
garbage and ran' of garbage con
tainers, proper sewage disposal, use
of ill I or mill i d lime about grounds
that may be I ilthv . or contaminated
and about and in springs for water
supplies.
Dayton Employees
Give Orthopedic
Home $505 Check
Fio li ol I In- :'.'i(l employees of
I), iv ton l.'iiblicr Company here con
tributed lo :i fund this past week
lo i ai .e ;.(ir 73 as a gift for the
Orthopedic Home in Asheville,
which is caring lor polio victims
Tin cheek lor Ihe amount was
mailed e.lerd.i. , according to Ned
Tucker, in charge of personnel.
The plan, and campaign originat
ed and was carried out by the em
ployees. ,iiu every person on the
payroll contributed. Mr. Tucker
explained
The coinnnltee in charge con
sisted ol N'cilile Arlington, Sam
Killian. Willard Francis, Florence
Drinnoii Minnie Spencer, Taylor
W ilson. Bill llembree. Ruth Moore.
Jack Moore. Orville Cogdill. James
Hendric ks and Carl Arrington.
The burlev tobacco crop in Hay
wood has improved great I v during
the past two or weeks. Wayne Cor
penin; county agent said yesterday
"Some of the tobacco which was
put out early has already been
lopped, and in one or two fields,
farmers have started culling their
tobacco," he continued.
The better crops this year are
found in Ihe lower end of the
county, in Fines Creek. Crabtree,
Iron Duff. White Oak and Jona
than Creek townships. This end of
the county had more rain during
the spring and early summer, and
therefore had much better growth
on their tobacco, Mr Corpening
explained.
Indications now are that the
crop will not be as short as it was
thought a month ago
There are tobacco fields in the
county which readily show that
it is very important lo plan! certi
fied seed, or pay very particular
attention in selecting Ihe seed
plants, he pointed out. There are
1 or 2 fields in particular in the
county where seed had been select
ed in the field for two or three
years and used, and then Ibis year
the tobacco crop was broken down
into different varities winch went
to make up the variety which the
farmer thought he was planting.
It is very important to use certifi
ed seed if possible, Mr. Corpening
stressed.
Also, it is very important to the
tobacco farmer lo plant tobacco
that is resistant to the tobacco dis
eases, such as black root rot. A few
years hack farmers here started lo
grow Judy's Pride tn this conntv,
but because of disease it was not
possible to grow this and it was
necesary to change to Kentiuky 16
and oilier varieties, which were
resi.tdnt to these tobacco diseases.
"We should not foiget the fact
(hat these tobacco diseases are
still prevalent and it us npcessary
grow varieties of burlev which
to
are resistent to them,
pening concluded
Mr. Corp-
Haywood Baptists Meeting
Today And Tomorrow For
63rd Annual Association
Town Tax List
Is Being Prepared
G C. Ferguson, town manager,
and tax collector, said yesterday
he was preparing the 1947 delin
qucnl lax list tor the first publi
cation on Friday, with the property
to he sold at auction on September
Kith.
Camping and picnicking along
Highway No. 27( in Pisgah Na
tional Forest showed a decided in
crease over the week-end, it was
learned here yesterday from For
est oll'icials.
A large number of lovers of the
outdoors are expected to visit the
forest the remainder of this sum
mer and fall.
Two Hurt When
Motorcycle Leaves
Road At Balsam
Two passengers on a motorcycle
narrow ly escaped sei toils injuries
Saturday night, when H'etr b:k?
left Highway 19-A and 23 on Bal
sam, and crashed through a wire
fence into a field.
The bike was being operated by
Hubert Caldwell, and Up had as a
passenger, Floyd Fraier. both of
route two. according to Patrolman
O R. Roberts.
The motorcyclists slated that a
car failing to give a signal for a
turn, forced them off the high
way. Caldwell suifered briiies and
cuts about the face, and Frazier
had minor injuries to his leg. and
body bruises.
Patrolman Roberts estimated
about $50 damages were done.
Camping in Pisgah jHazelwood Police
Shows Increase 'Arrests Nine
The 63rd annual session of the
Haywood Baptist Association will
convene at the Hazclwood church
this morning at 9:45 for the
first of a five-session meeting to
be held in three different church
es of the county.
Two sessions will be held at the
Hazelwood church today, one
at 9:45 and the afternoon session
starting at 1:30.
For tonight's session the Asso
ciation will move to West Can
ton church, and starting there at
7:30 will be a program featuring
Dr. C. C. Warren, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Charlotte.
He is former president of the
State convention.
The morning and afternoon ses-
'sions on Wednesday will be held
at Ihe First Baptist church of Way
nesville. with the election of of
ficers taking place at the closing
session.
Rev T. H. Parris. of Clyde, is
moderator of the Association.
The general theme will be "For
Such A Tune As This."
The opening program at Hazel
'wood, starting at !):45 today, will
j include, a praise and
iod. led by Rev. N.
: The adoption of the program
rollment of delegates and recog
nition of new pastors, and various
reports.
The Sunday school will be dis
cussed by Rev James Chapman
Present Plans Are To Open
Haywood Schools Aug. 30
(Continued on Tage Eight)
The tentative opening day for
all Haywood county schools has
been set at August 30, it was an
nounced by Superintendent of
Schools Jack Mcsser today.
"This will have to be changed,
of rourse," said Mr. Messer, "in
the event that, this county has an
outbreak of polio.
The Crabtree-lron Duff school,
worship per- which was originally scheduled to
I,. Stephens, i open earlier this month, will be
gin classes on the same date witn
other county schools.
Meantime. Superintendent Mes
ser still had troubles on his hand
when it came to filling out his
roster of teachers. He still had
approximately ten vacancies on the
en-
teacher lisl
Mrs. Rufus Siler. county lunch
room supervisor, said that she was
holding a lunch room workshop
at the Hazclwood grammer school
on August 18 at 9 a. m. The
workshop will last all day and
lunch will be served at the school.
All lunch room workers and school
principals are invited to attend.
All lunch room policies and new
report blanks will be explained.
Dr. M. B. H. Michal, district
health officer, pointed out several
things to which parents should
attend before their chiMren rtart
classes. They should have the
children, whether entering school
Continued on Page Eight)
Chief of Police John Woodard
reported yesterday that during the
past week he had arrested 7 on
charges of being drunk, one h'.t
and run driver, and two drunken
drivers.
All were hailed into mayors
court, which convened at six o'clock
yesterday, with Mayor Clyde Fish
er, judge.
Highway
Record For
1948
(To Date)
In Haywood
Injuricd . .29
Killed ; : : : : 4
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