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F-Unriard Pri.n w 220 ? 30 S First ' tsvir I E K H If The Waynesville Mountaineer Published Twice-a-Week Every Tuesday and Friday 1 r . their Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Greal Smoky Mountains National Park 67 EIGHT PAGES United Press and Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1948 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties tkens Are Named As "Master Farm Family' art Lata Fog ling i Died Monday All Haywood Schools Except Canton, Will Open, Monday Aug. 30 . n 1 u... A lit ni I lf..As.,,., ..r ... , 1... i :.. .. i. i lnulv ui or auu :in. rtiuti i o. an v- i ,n tvcn, ui iouiu iv.u. woo nave jusi uecn nameci as -l.i-i,v I .inn families in worm Carolina. Nuiwn here are the parents and nine clul huii! urn: Mrs. Carrol Brysou, graduate of Western Carolina Teachers College: Mary Mrs McCracken, Peggy. Mrs. Paul Sutton, also a graduate of Western Carolina D.uhl. :i student -it N. C. Slate College; William, graduate of a .junior college: Carrol JJlauiiMil i-aunty tanner; truest, graduate oi Western Carolina learners ColleKe. and k i,l tin1 North Carolina Equipment Service, and Albert McCracken. Jr. ft Board Members Hand m fl IT w - asignation, Mease Ke mains id county 's live- had' resigned. iibcr. Ha) Mease he Mountaineer and await ap- HiipiiiIm is In work ins die rPRistra- i diafl-acr men 'd to hi'sui next (ember- uri c W. Iwrlwiind, Kicd Hill. Charles ck ami l.indnn on Thev stated liiil'i'. hralilc to rd Mr lliadlcy :nati.,n at I he If, Mr Cmiphcll fC 3i"l Mi Duck. Oil fln',M , , !! '", 1 lur, I ip p (km w,tli ti,r d pain r Alter nd tb.,i I p,ir-,. On t In I,,' full " ''lis roaiily'- M heciiis .Mori- pwcl was ,lc I,, lis lur II,,. icu. Ifrnoon 11,1, l,' mi t lie members, no M" say ial the ; ucd to fill the 1 members were Bended in the ation hv , n,,. Y'' insisting of f. Herk ot eiiurt, fif'ti board rliair- FSff F.ifilu, State X-Ray Unit Will j?e Here On Aug. 3ti And 3l The mobile X-Ray unit of the Tuberculosis Control division of the state board of health will be back in Haywood county for two days, Aug 30 and 31. A unit will be located In Way nesville for the two days mention ed, and one in Canton on the same days. This is to reach persons who missed the unit when it was here due to a breakdown in X-Hay equipment, Dr. M. B. Michal of the local health department announc ed. This will lie the last chance to receive free chest X-Hay. as all units are leaving the district a(tf lliis dale. Manley Richman, Haywood Native, Died Saturday Market A Manley Richman, 70, veteran of Ihe Spanish-American War and na tive of Haywood county, died on Saturday in St. Petersburg, Fla. The body will arrive here Wed nesday morning and will be taken to the Crawford funeral home where funeral services will be held at 4:30 p. m. the same day. The Rev. R. L. Youne will officiate. Military rites will be in charge of the American Legion and pall bearers will be members of the Legion. Interment will be in Crawford Memorial Park. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Rhoda Richman of Waynesvlle, two children by a former marriage, Mrs. C. N. Moore of Asheville and Paul Richman of Sylva; one daugh ter, Mrs. John Harvey, Jr., of Way nesville; 5 sons, George of War renton, Harold of Cullowhce, Frank and F.dward of the U. S. Army in Denver, Colorado and Japan, and Joe of Waynesville; one brother, (Jus Richman of Asheville; one sister, Mrs. Mahala Gordon of Asheville; 11 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Arrangements are under the di rection of Crawford Funeral Home. W. T. Derrick, 86, Of Balsam Died Early Monday William Ten-el' Derrick. 8. resi dent ol Balsam, died at the liotnr ol a daughter, Mrs. Thomas Rbine- hart. in llazelwood shortly After 3 o'clock Monday morning, follow ing a brief illness. , Funeral services will be held to morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Pleasant Ha ham Baptisl Church with the Hcv. N. I,. Steph ens officiating. Burial will be in Red Hank Ceiiutci v . (rand ens will m rve as pall hearers and are F.ucrm Sin.it her -., Cordon Sinalhors. Llnvd Dcirick, Charlie Derrick. Don Siiiathers. and l.l.iek Cv'-vfonl. I The body will be taken to lr." limine .if Mrs. lihinrhail at III. M f a m. today . Mr. Derrick wa.. a native oi Clay. Inn, (in , but spent niii.st ol In . lite at Italsam. Ills wile. Mrs. F.mria ' S ii i.i I hers Derrick, died in l!)2(. I Surviving are six daughters. Mrs Hufus Snialhers, Mrs. Frank Smalliei's, Mrs. Paul Arringtnn, all of Route 1, Waynesville. Mrs. Gola I Buchanan of (iastonia, Mrs. A. C. Crawford of Balsam, and Mrs. Rh inehaii . ol llazelwood. j liaiTctt l unci al Home is 'charge of arrangements. Cpl. W. D. Pace, Canton Veteran To Be Buried On Wed. Funeral services lor Cpl. Wins ton D Pace of Canton, who died in from wounds suffered in ac tion in Belgium, will be held Wed nesday afternoon at 2.3(1 o'clock The service will be at West Can ton Baptist church, wilii the Rev. C fl Green officiating. Burial will be in memorial plot at Ron-A-Venture cemetery, with the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion in charge of graveside rites. Cpl Pace, wlio served in Kng land. France and Belgium, was 2(1 years of age at the time of his death. Surviving are the parents. Mr. and Mrs E. A. Pace of Canton: liree brothers, Wendell. Forrest and F. A. Pace, Jr., of Canton, and lour sisters, Mrs. Amos Webb of Michigan. Mrs. 1). L. Suminey of Waynesville, Mrs Eugene Robin son and Mrs. J, Spurgeon Williams of Canton. Crawford funeral home is in charge nf arrangements. dep. II t Mll'lll i)t pidh gillni.; ': ' si npcnm1; ol 1 u x i Moml 'file cou nl. cat ion w as i ; s( hool S .si , week tor the car ol school list :td. Supt. Jack Messei -had called a meeting ' eipals in the county Intel from ti :ll a. in I I lie board ol eilucal ion county courthouse. Mr. Messei said that list is nearly complete du the i'e tills auot her .' . Aug- ol that he all prin- (1 1st i let to -1 p in in .11 u . al the teacher hook- and hand lor the be- in Meeting of Lunch Room Workers Set For Wednesday The meeting ol lunch room offi cials in the county school .system has been re-set for Wednesday at 9 a in. al the llazelwood grammar school, it was announced by Mrs. Hufus Silcr lunch room supervisor. All lunch room workers and school principals are urged to at tend the meeting, which will last all day. Lunch will be served at the school, according to Mrs. Siler. Two County Men To Enter Flowers In Annual Show Tom Campbell and J. B. Ivev are expected to give other dower grow ers keen competion with their dis plays at the !Mh annual flower and vegetable show in Asheville on August 2fi-27, at the city auditor ium. Mr. Ivey will have a special ex hibit from his gardens at Lake .liinaluska. and Mr. Campbell wiil display flowers Irom his garden on the Maggie highway. The ..'vent is being sponsored by the Men's Gar den club ol Asheville. K. N. I.oekwood is pre.-iden' . and announced the event is open to all in the amateur rl,iss both ,n II ic -ers and vegetables. Jack Hammette Joins Staff Of Station WHCC Jack Hammette, of Spartanburg, has joined the slafT of WHCC, it was announced by Frank Knulti, general manager Mr Hsmmette was formerly with WSPA and WORD in Spartanburg, and WBHO in Forest City. He and Mr. Knutti has been associated on other stations before After attending the University of Virginia, he entered the adver tising field, nd for some time he traveled and then became eastern sales manager for 8 years of the Louis F. Dow Company. He has been in radio work nianv vears. I materials are on ginning of classes, j When Ihi' schools open .Monday . I Supt. Messer warned that all chil dren entering the first grade must j have a certificate of inoculation for small pox. diphtheria and whooping cough. I Three teachers meetings will be held in the county tins week. The i teachers in the Crabtree-lron DulT area will meet at the Crablree school on Thursday. Aug 2l, at (2 p.m. Bethel district teachers will ! meet at the Bethel school on Fri day al 10 a.m. Clyde district leach ers are scheduled to meet at the Clyde school Friday at 2 p.m. Registralii.il tor Hie .sen, or high ifhool was reported to he going in a "satisfactory" manner Monday morning by M. II. Bowles, snpl of I city schools. Mr. Bowles mi id thntt around 75 seniors had already en rolled fur the term. I l lie nth grade will register to day, beginning at l a m and clos- l iP' s ' ps sl& 'If 4 J This Is Last Week Of Programs At L. Junaluska Officers Believe Missing Man Is In L. Junaluska Eilgar Vernon Steadings, 21, Missing Since Early Friday Morning 1 1 WAI.TFR T. CRAWFORD. Waynes ville attorney, died early Mon day morning al the Haywood coin: y hospital, following a short ill ness Funeral services will he held at 111 o'clock Tuesday morning. Walter T. Crawford, Local Attorney, Died Early Mon. W aller Tow nsend Craw f ord. 44. .yell-known Waynesville attorney, died in Ihe Haywood Coiinly Hos pital about four o'clock Monday I inoi inn," following a brief illness Funeral services will be con 'dueled al Ihe Crawford Funeral I Home this morning al 10 o'clock 'with the Rev. I,. (J. Klliolt. pastor of Ihe First Baptist Church, oil i elating. Interiiient will lie in Green Hill Cemetery. Pti 1 1 hearers will-be- Rov Fruncls. M ;. Stanley. Grover Davis, (l aves Alley, .lames II. Howell, ,lr', Alvin W'aid. Frank Ferguson, Jr. and John M Queen. Sr.. all members ,,l The closing week ol the season goi underway al Lake Junaluska Sunday mei mug when Bishop F.d win II,, It Hughes delivered the first sermon ol "Preaching Week," the session which has closed every As sembly season since it 1 win The principal speakers of the week are 111 Chester A McPheet ers. pastor ol the Metropolitan Methodist rhiirih in Detroit and Ifev Harold A Cockburn. pastor of St Mm had s church. Dumfries, Si ol land Services w ill be conducted each .wiling during the week and al li o'clock on Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday mornings. Rev. Cockburn will speak Tuesday night and Wednesday and Thursday mornings The rest of the ser vices will b,. led by Dr. MePheet- crs Oi.ieers and boat men continued to search the bottom of Lake Juna luska yesterday afternoon lor the body of Kdgar Vernon Steadings. 24, believed by officers to be some where in the 230-acre lake of the Southern Methodist Assembly Max Cochran, chief ol police of l..'lLl .Illll'Ollulf ,1 tl'h,. I. 1... opening in the search, told The .Mountaineer yesterday. I have every reason in j believe the body of the young soda inker is in the lake Evidence in i hand is that he left a note, to 'gelher with his wallet and watch , wilh a former employer, then hir i'd a taxi in Waynesville that car ried him to the edge of the As sembly grounds There Steadings ;lold Ihe driver he would walk the j rest nf the way. as he was going J hack of the Mission Building, w hich is near the dam. Cochran continued by saying. "The note was addressed to 'Mary' and said. T am leaving this world. . Keep this (wallet and watch) in remembrance of me. Cannot ex plain." There was no money in the wallet, officers said. Thev did not know the identification of the girl addressed in the note Steadings has not been seen since h left the taxi between and 12:30 on Friday morn- I ing at 3 p.m. Tenth graders regis-! ler on Wednesday, ninth graders on i Thursday, and cighlh graders on Friday. First graders will iclmsI, 1 Ihe opening day of school. The leachers and principal, in the Waynesville district will hold 'Continued on Page Three! Hie Hay wood Bar Mr Crawford Construction Is Brisk Here In July, Says Jolly Building coiL.truchon in Way n villi- continued lo hoom last mouth, according to building inspecloi Hugh Jolly. Mr. Jolly announced thai build ing perniils for dwellings du July totaled $2b',f50. Business struclirin hit the $25.00(1 mark, Jolly staled. Justice Sells Building; Moves Stock Of Goods Association. son of Mrs V il- linin Thomas Cniwloid and the late Congressman Crawford, was b in in Waynesville on August . IIHI4 and spent mosl of his life here He was a graduate of Ihe Waynesville High School, Mars Hill College, and Wake Foresl Law School. Before entering Mars Hill, he served a I hi ee. year period with Hie C. S Ai my in Hawaii. l or the past Iwenly -on,. v e Mi ( 'rawfoid had practiced law Way nosv ille He was a member He oitb Carolina Slate liar Assn. nation. III.- Haywood County B.u A social ion, a former County al lorney. loriner member of I he Haywood County Hoard nl Flec tions, and a member of the l-'ii-si '"K i Baptist Church. He was also promi- Conlinucd on Page 3i Rev Coekbtiin will speak here following an appearance at Mon treal Hi MePheelers. who served for many years as pastor of Indiana churches anil lor four years was a member of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ, was the platform speaker during Preach-! 12: 15 ing Week at the close of the 1946 I ino Dragging of the i ills week will close a season during which III conferences have been field ami to which more than 10,000 people from many points throughout the I nited Stales have come. Dining Hie summer, leaders of American Mollmdisl have been the plallorm speakers in daily address es Other IcaliircK of tin- sum mer's program have included musi cal events, the coronation of the (Continued on Page Three) Lake began Sat urday, and continued on through Sunda'y, with special grappling hooks made by the Waynesville police and fire department. Chief Nidand of the Waynesville. police, has ttiken an active vi t in drag ging the lake The water was lowered about live feet, hut the gales were closed Sunday afternoon. Death Claims Charles White At Junaluska ol eon Mr Homer Justice Das sold Un building al llazelwood that was formerly used as his furniture store to Grover Leatherwo-id Mr Jus tice has moved his sto-k of furni ture to the huilding on Depol Street opposite the Haywood Farm- i ers Cooperative. ROWERS "l anrl u... ooinui ,pnipera. '"r s'afT of M'n- Rainfall '3 Riverside Tour Set For Thursday The Riverside watershed tour ill be held Thursday, starting at 9 a m. ?t the Crabtree school. Farms to be visited are as fol lows: D. J. Noland, dairy and to bacco; G. C. Palmer, hybrid corn varieties; B. F. Nesbit, corn test; E. C. Beck, dairy and pasture im- Ensign Hyatt Serving On Carroll Victory Ensign Charles Hyatt, USNR and L'SNC, son of Mr and Mrs. Harry Hyatt, is serving as 3rd officer on the U. S. Army Transport, Carroll Victory, which arrived in New York Sunday wilh the bodies of 2,000 American war dead. While the transport was in dock at Naples, Ensign Hyatt visited places of interest in Rome and other Italian cities. The vessel docked yesterday morning at the Brooklyn army base provetnent; Joe Palmer, hybrid i where memorial services were held. torn; John Hippg and H. Rath bone, The arrival of the ship brings to hybrid corn; Andy Ferguson, to- 1 74,542 the number of dead return bacco, pasture improvnnt and ed to the United States from all i'ge corn, war areas. Military Order To Hold Dinner The Military Order of World Wars will meet Wednesday evening at 7:30 for dinner at Patrick's Cafeteria. Col. James Hardin Howell urges all former officers who served dur ing either of the World Wars to attend. Mrs. Pearl Roberts of the Em pire Producing Company of Kan sas City arrived Sunday for a ten day visit in town. Mrs. Roberts will direct the Junior Chamber of Com merce production, "Fun for You." to be staged Sept. 2 and 3 in the high school auditorium. No New Cases Of Polio Found Here No new cases of polio have been reported in Haywood coun ty, it has been announced by Ir. M. B. Michal of the local health office. The only two cases of polio myelitus found in this count were isolated cases on Aug 3 and 11. FLORIDA EDITOR IIEftE E D. Lambright. editor of t he Tampa Tribune, and Mis. Lam bright are at the Country Club for a couple of weeks. Two Men Nabbed With 45-Gallon Load Of Liquor Paul Mitchell McGowan. of WoodtiiH. S C. and Ben Honey cut I, if Jackson county, were bound oyer to superior court under $500 bond each In V. S Commissioner W II Xolaiul here Monday morn ing on charges of transporting 45 gallons of non-tax paid whiskey. The two men were arrested Fri day night by members of the shnnl's department and highway patrolmen. The men were driving a 1040 Ford coupe, and were arrested un the highway in llazelwood. Colored High School Students To Register Here Next Tuesday All colored high school students in Waynesville arc requested to j register at the Pigeon Street school between 9 and 3 on Tuesday, Au gust ,'tLst This registration is of vital importance A. J. Hulchins, superintendent of the Canton schools said. "We must have the complete registration in order to plan our year's work." The Itev. lai I wcl I -know n Mel In ( leala. Fla died ; day night of a lie ". W. White. 7K. idr.l minister of l f! o'clock Sun ai I attack at his Ihe Lake Juna inlily properly and stdence al Ihe as- Miiiimcr collage at In ka VI. Mi, ah .1 a s I le had ovy m-d maintained sembl.y lor I lie past several years. Mi While hail sencd some 55 y eai - oi the imni si i Si.1 y ring are the widow, who was vi ilh h,i:i at the tune of death, one daughter. Mis. . T Izlar of Oiala and two grandchildren The body will he rct'irncd lo Oiala lot luiieial services and burial. Ciaw lord funeral home is in charge ol arrangements here. 70 Gallons Of Whiskey Found In Garage Here Between 5 and 70 gallons of non-tax paid liquor was poured down the drain in the court house here Saturday night, after being raptured in Ihe Hen Noland ga rage at llazelwood. Noland is under bond, and a healing has been set for Saturday- be for I S Commissioner W. H. Noland al the court house. Members of the Alcohol Tax I nit and the Highway Patrol made Hie raid and arrest. "If we do not dlsrover the body, or get something definite lv Wed nesday, we plan to entirely drain the Lake," Officer Cochran said "Kxperfs tell us thai Ihe body will float by Wednesday unless lodged among the many rocks, or ikbns in Ihe Lake." he continued Members of Ihe Junaluska Motor Boat Club have given olTners as sistance in providing boats, and helping drag the lake hoi torn. Most of Ihe search has centered around the dam. and Ihe rock cliff under Ihe cross. Chief Cochran said the walrr at both places was about .'01 feet deep. "We are handicapped m drag ging because of brush and rocks on the lake lied," the officer said. Chief Cochran said that on Sun day afternoon a .searching party of highway patrolmen, oilier offi cers and a group of interested citizens, combed the woods in and around the lake, in an effort to see if any clues of the missing man could be found Nothing of value was discovered, he disclosed The missing man had never been seen on the lake grounds, Mr. Cochran pointed out. "The fact lhat he drank Ivsnl at one time, although claiming he drank it by mistake, led us to make the search of the woods. "Wa have absolutely no clues other than the note, and statement of the taxi driver who drove hnn 'Continued on Page 'L Where's The Best Fishing, Pigeon East Or West Fork? With one of the most successful Game Warden Luther Millsap of fishing seasons in the National For. est history pulling to a close, a last minute contest is being held up on Pigeon River to determine which stream can draw the most fisher Imen the Big East Fork or the West Fork. the West Fork maintains that he'll have more customers wetting lines in his stream when the season closes than warden Homer Huff man at Big East Fork. After being (Continued on page six) Winchester Serves As i Judge In Festival Event Robert Winchester, member of The Mountaineer staff, served as a judge of the square dance and string band contest in the Hen drrsonville Apple Festival elimi nation contest which was held in HendersonviUe Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Winchester were guests of the festival officials at dinner at the Skyland- Hotel. Haywood Property Sold Last Week At Auction Sale The land auction sales here last Thursday were successful in every detail, according to Bryan Med ford. one of the sponsors in con nection with West and Gossett. The former Asbury farm on Jonathan Creek sold for $12,600 and was bought by Glenn James, Robert Turner and Thurman Evans. " The Del I wood church was bought by J. M. Palmer, and J. S. Harrell bought the Homer Justice place in Mauney Cove. A number of lots at Green Acres were sold. These belonged to Verlin Noland. Mr. Medford said other sales would he held September 1st. Jaycee Leaders Attend Meeting James V. Smith, vice president nf Ihe local Junior Chamber of ( 'nr merce. and R. L. Burgin Jr. stafp director for the Jaycees, attended the quarteily board meeting ot the state organization at Fayettevilla this weekend. Highway Record For 1948 (To Date) In Haywood Injured Killed . .30 : 4 (This information com piled from Records of State Highway Patrol.) i i i i i i I ( j i . m-. 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