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The Wsynesville Mountaineer
Published Twice-A-Wek In Th County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Published
Twice-a-Week
Every Tuesday
and Friday
No. 70
Twenty-Four Pages
United Press and Associated Press News
' WAYNESVILLLi N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1948
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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h Enrollment Crowds Two Schools
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f Education
Ly this wt'i'k at-
crowded con-
i,hPl elemental.'
favnesville high
resulted from an
fy early enroll-
DOlS.
that he as try
le situation" in
i not believe that
dilions will be
two Haywood
he Bethel school
Kg on class-room
Reaching assign-
1 at the Bethel
las 547 for the
vear. That to-
Jver 600 in the
1948 term, said
m last checked,
:nt stood at 596
kith the entrance
was expected to
last year's total.
have been as-
lel school. "Un
ions," said Mr.
mm that Betn
imore teachers."
of new junior
ted the student
resville High al-
month of last
students in the
Bgh schools here.
il M H Bowles
is at 1.120 and
teachers in the
high and 19 in
kit Supt. Messer
Iroora space for
the school
no surprise to
Br. Messer, "We
birollmeivt climb
anticipated the
tch came m this
iditions are ad
ese two places,
Inporary, I am
of Haywood
kfmal enrollment
expected else-
bn to their first
work under the
, with reeistra-
Iday.
Gar Owners
Gei 10 Days
Extra For
Inspection
Inspection Lanes
In This Area Do
Rush Business
At Deadline
An extra ten day period has been
granted to owners of cars of the
models before and including 1936,
and of 1947 and 1948 models, to
have their automobiles inspected,
rcxtremelv crowded conditions at
inspection lanes in the state as
car owners formed long bumber-to-bumper
lines to make Aug. 31
deadline made tms cnange news-
sary.'
Haywood county car owners
were driving to Asheville and
Bryson City tn an attempt to "get
under the wire" at inspection
lanes. One Waynesville man told
police officers here that he went
to Asheville on the morning of
August 31 the original closing
jf,ip fnr the insDection of certain
models and waited in line all day
for the inspection, but found him
self still four blocks away from
the inspecting crew at closing time.
Harassed officials at the line told
him the only thing to do was to
"camp there overnight."
Inspection lane workers were
handling cars as fast as possible in
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Business Will Suspend In Haywood For Labor Day
this week to re-
lt Emporia Col
lins.
tion 52c to 55c
20-28c
15c
10c
'orket
32-36c
- 1-75 to 2.00
. 2.25 to 2.50
l".0O to 19.00
22.00 to 23.50
22.00 to 24.50
25.00 to 28.50
27.00 to 28 nn
23.10 to 25.10
Patrolmen Expect
Heavy Traffic
This Week End
"We anticipate heavy travel on
all Haywood highways during the
two-day holiday this weeitena.
Patrolman O. R. Roberts said here
yesterday. All five patrolmen in
Haywood will be on constant amy
checking traffic, especially along
the heavily traveled highways.
ThP hiehwavs are expected to be
heavily traveled by picnickers, and
others going to Pisgah and the
Great Smokies on Sunday and Mon
day.
Patrolmen warned against speed
ing, and urged motorists to use all
safety precatuions, since travel is
expected to be extremely heavy.
Tax Sale Set For
Monday At 10 A.M.
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PAY WH
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Dr. Michal
Reports Two
New Polio
Cases Here
New Outbreak In
Fines Creek And
N. Canton Areas
Last Week
Fines Creek, Crablree And
Iron Duif Project To Gel
Underway On 175 Phones
Officials of Southern Bell Telephone Company are ex
pected to ive final approval in a few days on the $100,000
expansion project which will give Fines Creek, Ctabtree
and Iron Duff about 175 telephones, J. Lovell Smith, dis
trict manager told The Mountaineer Thursday.
The cnuineerinn plans have been completed, and the
project is scheduled to be approved by the reviewing board
within 10 days, or earlier, Mr. Smith said
It's Grown, Says
Man Who Saw
Town 50 Yrs. Ago
Hnvwnod this vrar. the occasion will
AithmiPh there will noi w a luriuai iauui v - , t u
be otecwed throuBhout the county by a Bcneral suspension of business. The annua event usually held
in Canton wh"ch attracts thousands of people, was postponed due to in.Iiu in Western Caiolina.
Snlo of nroDertv upon which
county taxes have not been paid
will be held at the door ot tne
county courthouse Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, it was announced
hv Soh Brvsnn tax collector.
Haiplwood and
WaynesvUle will sell property upon
which town taxes nave noi uecu
paid on Sept. 13.
Court House
Parking Lot
Marked Off
The Waynesville police depart
mnt has marked off parking spaces
on the county court house parking
lot for 43 cars and Cruet urvme
Noland says that there will be no
time limit on the spaces.
However, says Chief Noland,
drivers must park within the
spaces. Violators oi this law win
be fined..
New regulations have Deen nuae
for parking in front of the post
office. Motorists can stop only ten
minutes between the rusn nours ui
9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Chief Noland also said that lo
cal officers are clamping down on
traffic violators, and warned driv
ers that it is against the law to
make a U-turn at a traffic light.
Draft Registration Here
Draws 339 First Two Days
Stores Here Will
Close On Monday
For Labor Day
Chief Clerk Says
Only 40 Appear
Eligible From 1st
Registrants
Haywood county has two new
polio cases, one In Fines Creek and
one in North Canton. It was an
nounced today by Or. M. B. Mlch
als of the district health depart
ment. The case in Fines Creek is a 17
year old girl who was stricken with
bulbar poliomyelitus, a more seri
ous type of the disease, on Wednes
day, August 25. Local doctors In
vestigated the case immediately
and she was sent to the Orthopedic
hospital In Asheville.
A 15-months old child was found
to have polio In North Canton ear
ly this week. The child was said to
have shown symptoms of the dis
ease on Aug. 24. This case, report
ed Dr. Michals, is also now in the
Asheville hospital.
"These more recent cases have
no association, as far as we know,
with the earlier cases in the coun
ty," stated Dr. Michal. "All con
tacts with the cases under 16 years
of age have been quarantined and
every other precaution taken."
In the meantime, Dr. Michal has
sent a memorandum to school
teachers and principals in the coun
ty emphasizing the need for good
hygiene to protect children irom
the spread of disease. "We feel that
it is just as safe for children to
be in school, providing the proper
sanitnrv measures are taken, as for
them at home. The new polio cases
will not affect the schedule lor tne
opening of schools; however, we
will have to be stricter than ever
on hygiene and care of children,"
said the health officer.
In the memorandum to school
workers. Dr. Michal included the
following points: thoroughly clean
ing school building, keening build
ing and grounds clear of trash, spe
cial cleaning of lunch and storage
rooms, sterilizing dishes in lunch
room thoroughly, all garbage and
(Continued on Page Eight)
The years rolled back Wed
nesday for a Texan who passed
through Wajnesville after a
half-century's absence from
the town.
He was Jordan T. Lawler of
San Antonio and Castcrvillc.
Mr. l.awkT had been in
Waynesville fl years ago in
1897. When he saw the 1948
version of Main street, lie had
to shake his head a little.
"This place." said Mr. Law
ler. "has certainly changed."
Back in 18!)7 Waynesville
was ITttle more than a big
place in the road, Mr. Lawler
reminisced When he was here
I he lirst. lime he stayed in a
place up "ear Hir site of the
present I'tulcrwdixl - Sinclair
station called the Kenniore
Hotel. I' llimiKlit. There wasn't
Kiiything i the ui her side of
the street IhpI woods and a
creek, said Mr I.awler.
A liiiclielnr who is .just wan
dering nliniit I Ik- country visit
iug 1 1 i old IkiimiIs, Mr. I.awler
admilli'd thai Waynesville had
spread mil a liltlc since his lirst
visit.
Old-Fashioned Apples Are
Becoming Extinct In County
Business in Waynesville will
close Monday in the town's an
nual observance of Labor Day,
according to Dave Felmet. presi
dent of the Merchants Associa
tion. The practice of closiiiK stores
on Labor Day has been carried
out here for years.
Hyatt Creek Will
Build New Church
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By LUC1LE CATHEY
(Feature Writer for The
Mountaineer)
Trees, like people, die from age,
disease, and neglect. These ravag
ers have wiped out the mountain
chestnut and are now taking a
heavy toll among the old-fashioned
apple trees of Haywood County.
Grandmammy Cheese, Roman
Stem. Ladv Skin and dozens of
othfer varieties of apples are . al
most extinct. Many one-time com
mon apples today are so rare that
their names are known only to the
older residents of this area.
Thp ta-ees. which old-timers speak
about wtih a sort of reverence, are
as a whole in sad shape, locai ou
servers report.
Pruning and topping of the trees,
and spraying for insects was de
layed, too long. Strong winas ana
u., ennwe fnr many years left
their mark. So hollow trunks and
twisted limbs, hanging trom naii
dead trees, darken many small or
chards. G. Mack Fish of Clyde, well
Continued on Page Eight)
j The young men of Haywood
climbed to the third floor of the
i county court house this week, sat
j down at a long, low table and pro
ceeded to register in their country's
new peacetime draft.
Mrs. Vcrgii' Robinson, chief
clerk, of Canton, her assistants
and members of Haywood's five
man draft board took down inform
ation on the first draft registrants
each day this week. "They've been
coining in pretty steadily," said
Mrs. Robinson. "I think things are
going in a normal way."
In the first two days of registra
tion, the draft workers filled out
rardc fnr 339 men. Only 68 came
Creek in the nlst day of registration,
Monday, hut the next day found
271 voung draft-agers waiting in
Robert Ruff Hurt In
An Industrial Accident
Robert Ruff, 98, was painfully in
jured Tuesday when a fire extin
guisher he was re-charging at the
A. C. Lawrence Leather Company
exploded, striking him about the
face. He was rushed to an Asheville
hospital, where his condition was
said to be satisfactory.
The extinguishers are re-charg
ed once a year, officials of the
plant said, and Mr. Ruff was do
ing a routine job at the time.
Baptists Discuss
College Project
At Dinner Meet
Haplisl pnslors, deacons. Wake
Forest trustees and all Wake For
est men will meet for a supper
meeting in the social hall of the
First Baptist church Tuesday eve
ning at 7 o'clock.
This meeting is for the purpose
of discussing the prospect of mov
ing Wake Forest college to Wins-
ton-Saleni. Horace Kasom, director
of the Baptist State convention's
program for Wake Forest college
will be in chiirge.
Those planning to attend this
supper are urged to notify the
church office.
It will not take long to get ac
tual construction underway after
the final approval," Mr. Smith said.
"Plans are to install about 175
tlephones in that area of the coun
ty, which will be served by the
Waynesville exchange."
Telephone crews are now at work
on extensions out of the Canton
office, and have recently installed
55 phones in the Dutch Cove sec
tion, and have added 27 between
Bethel and Sunburst, on the re
worked lines formerly owned by
the Champion Paper and Fibre
Company.
Rlcht now 45 additional phones
have been added in the Clyde area,
and Just as fast as work can ba
done, at least 100 will be install
ed in that section, including the
Thompson Cove and Medfmd Farm
areas, Mr. Smith said.
"We have other projects thai we
want to expand in the Hazelwood
and Balsam area and will go ahead
with this just as soon as cable is
available." Mr. Smith said. "The
lack of cable now makes if look
like work on that project will have
to be carried over into net year."
In discussing the plans fur fur
ther extension of telephone ser
vice in the county, Mr Smith said
that the ultimate aim is In serve
every '.ection with adequate nhohe
service. "Since the war. Havwood
has received as manv telephones
as any other place, in proportion
to size," he continued.
A check of the record. u-Jtr-day
showed that in 1941. Waync-s-hille
had (i(il telephones, and will
soon have 2,000 In ('mio'i there
were 893 telephones in 1941. and
there will soon be 2,200.
Numerous surveys weie made in
several sections of Haywood seve
ral months ago in regard lo tele
phone lines, and numcrou-: peti
tions and potential customers sign
ed papers asking for service which
were given to Mr. Smith. The
county agent's office took a lead
ing role in securing the uece ,sary
data for the telephone engineers
to make preliminary plans.
The new lines into Fines ( reek.
Carbtree and Iron Duff will begin
serving the patrons on Highway
No. 209 near Lake Junaluska. and
continue on down into the lower
part of the county.
of
McCracken Sale
Called Success
The most successful auction
the season was held by West and
Gossett Wednesday on the W. H.
McCracken farm in Crabtree.
A large crowd looked on as the
auctioneers sold the 118 acre farm
and the cattle for $31,283.
The farm anil stock were bought
by Willard Host, Cora Hipps, Sam
Noland, Clarence Greene and How
ard Greene.
Dayton Rubber Plant
Receives Safety Award
Extra Days Busy
For X-Ray Units
Spending two extra days in Can
ton and Waynesville to check on
any late comers, the st.ite board
of health's mobile X-ray units ex
amined a "surprisingly high" num
ber of persons early this week.
Health department officials said
that 410 persons were X-rayed in
Waynesville on Aug. 30 and 31.
At Canton the number was 392.
The residents of Hyatt
have carried out a successful cam
. - (t,r.Ac fnr i ho niir-
paigll IU lair,; lui.u.-. i -- c ... t
rhasp nf a lot on which they plan line lo cheek through the system
to build a Missionary Baptist t has been estimated that 3,200
church in the near future. mt.n will register under the new
Three eeks of campaigning net- draft in this county. With about
ted them enough to buy the lot. three weeks to go. tne stream oi
Another drive will be started soon registrants thus far may mean a
to raise money for the construction j final total above this estimate.
of the church. Meanwhile, tnej The dratl Doaro or uie uuaiu
group plans to go about cleaning j which will follow Haywood's pres
.. .u. ic onH nrenarinc it for ent "temDorary board" may have
bJ,iIding ' a difficult time filling its quota of
Trustees of the new church arc 'draftees on the basis ot lnlorma
irustees oi u c 33g men regis.
LJo7siith Treasurer tered in the first two days, only 40
te Nornn Grant. (Continued on Page ngm,
ThP Wavnesville plant of Day
ton Rubber Company has just re
ceived a certificate of safety
achievement award from the United
States Department of Labor, and
the North Carolina Department in
recognition for reducing accidents
44 per cent in 1847 over 1540.
Thp award, siened by the federal
and state secretaries of labor, will
be formally presented to tne em
ployees of the plant an an early
date by J. G. McKinley, general
manager of the Thorobred Division.
The 1947 record of the plant
showed that the average number
of employees was 376, and they
worked 259 days or 794.954 hours,
with only 4 lost time injuries,
which totaled f0 working days.
This cave the plant a percentage
of 5.03 per cent of time lost based
on a million hours, which is the
national scale for figuring safety
records.
"We arc proud of the safety
record achieved by the plant in
1947, and the sharp drop of acci
dents is encouraging," Ned Tuck
er, personnel manager said, in
citine the record of the 44 per
cent reduction in accidents. "The
employees earned the award, and
it will be passed on to them at an
early date by Mr. McKinley,"
bp rnntinnet,
Highway
Record For
1948
(To Dale)
In Haywood
Killed . . ; . . 4
Injured ... .30
(This information com
piled from Record of
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