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63rd YEAR No. 87 8 PAGES
United Press and Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1M8
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Don Cossack Chorus Sets
Concert Date Here Dec. 5
Burley Sales
Open Date
Is Moved Up
To Nov. 29
Opening of the 198 Burley Auc
tion markets was postponed today
from November 22 to Monday, No
vember 29.
The action was taken by the
Burley Sales Committee at a called
meeting held in Lexington, Ky
yesterday afternoon. The decision
to postpone the opening was made
after the Chairman of the Commit
tee read letters from officials of
the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany and the Liggett and Myers
Tobacco Company and after he
had reported on a conversation
with an official of the American
Tobacco Company.
The committee adopted the res
olution that sales for the 1948-49
sales season will commence on a
plan of selling tobacco for the first
five days of each week for five
hours per day. 360 baskets an hour.
but not to exceed 1800 baskets per
day per set of buyers.
Beginning Monday. December 6
sales will be held on a plan of sell
ing tobacco for the first five daws
of each week for four hours a day
360 baskets an hour, but not to ex.
ceed 1440 baskets a day per set of
buyers. Each market, however,
shall have the right to hold 4-H
club sales in addition to the sales
authorized by this resolution. Sell
ing days and selling hours shall be
subject to change by the sales
committee as conditions may require.
Sales hours during the first week
of sales shall be from 9 a.m. to
noon and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. There
after, sales hours shall be from 10
a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
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lynesville high
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according to a
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and seniors,
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117 votes, 58
votes for the
and a single
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Junior Red
Cross Enrollment
Begins Tomorrow
The 1948 Junior Red Cross cam
paign will get under way tomor
row with a goal of 100 per cent en
rollment set by Mrs. David Hyatt,
chairman for this area.
The campaign will be carried on
in all schools with "enrollment by
classroom. The enrollment fee,
which the children are encouraged
to earn themselves, is 50 cents per
class room in the elementary
schools, and $1.00 per group of 100
students in the high schools. No
individual fee is required.
Local Junior Red Cross program
plans for this year, as announced
by Mrs. Hyatt, include the making
of 100 tray favors to be sent to
Moore General Hospital on Thanks
giving, Christmas, St. Valentine's
Day, St. Patrick's Day, Washing
ton's Birthday, Easter, and the 4th
of July.
Continuing their contribution to
the Junior Red Cross international
(See Junior. Red Cross Page 8)
The officers and general man
ager of the Haywood County Con
cert Association are pleased to an
nounce that the contract lias been
lened with Community Concerts
j Service of New York, assuring
! Wavnesville and Haywood county
three concerts for this coming sea
son
The first nf these three concerts
wiM he the Don Cossack Chorus, to
appear here on the afternoon of
Dec 5lh, at 2:30 o'clock, in the
auditorium of the Waynesville
Township High School.
The second offering in the series
of concerts will be the brilliant
young pianist William Schatzkamer
of New York City, who is making
his first national concert tour. After
his recital debut in New York. Mr.
Schatzkamer was designated "the
most talented of the younger pian
ists ". The date for his appearance
will be announced later.
Both the artist and the date for
the third concert are to be an
nounced later .
For the benefit of those who may
have been out of the city during
the week of the membership drive,
and for newcomers to the commun
ity. Miss Amelia MacFadyen, gen
eral manager, wishes to announce
that memberships may still be ob
tained by calling 723-J. or through
Stanley Henry, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Four Candidates For President Of United States
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ill
Fire Department
Answers Woodbox
Fire On Park Drive
The local Fire department, an
swered a call at the home of Clay
Garland, Park Drive, Sunday after
noon around 12.15 o'clock, when a
wood box in the kitchen caught on
fire, Fire Chief Clem Fitigerald
reported this morning
No property damage was sus
tained in the small fire, Chief Fiti
gerald stated
Another fire was reported Thurs
day night when a car, owned by
Jerry Liner, caught on fire while
parked at the high school. De
fective wiring was termed as the
cause of the fire, which did very
little damage to the vehicle, the
fire department stated today.
PRESIDENT TRVMAN
. . . Democrat .
City Experiences
Relatively Quiet
Hallowe'en Night
The town of Waynesville experi
enced a quieter Hallowe'en week
end than usual, commented Chief
of Police Orville Noland this morn
ing, although a few incidents of
vandalism were reported in vari
ous parts of the city.
The largest damage reported
over the week-end was the destruc
tion of five haystacks on the edge
of town and several other minor
damages were related to the police
department.
The businessmen in the down
town section of the city returned
1o their offices yesterday morning
and found their buildings marked
with white crayons. No property
damage was sustained to buildings
In the city, it was understood.
No arrests for vandalism were
made during the Hallowe'en cele
bration, but a few incidents are be
ing investigated. Chief Noland
stated. Six persons were arrested
over the week-end for public
drunkenness and one person was
arrested for driving a car while
intoxicated.
THOMAS DKWKY
Kepuhllciin
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. . States Rights . .
Tobacco Show To Highlight
Festival Here Nov. 24-27
Funeral Held
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St. John's School
Sponsors Series
Of Health Talks
St. John's high school announces
the beginning of a series of radio
health broadcasts on the "Truths
Men Cive By" program, arranged
through the cooperation of Radio
Station WHCC.
The first broadcast is scheduled
to go on the air at 9:00 a. m., Sat
urday, November 13, and the pro
gram will be heard at that same
time weekly for six weeks.
The first health broadcast by Dr.
Edward J. McCormick and Dr.
Thomas A. McGoIdrick is entitled
"What Constitutes Adequate Medi
cal Care?"
The broadcasts will be from
transcriptions prepared by the
American Medical Association, with
the recording and production facili
ties available in Chicago, where
many of the well-known radio
broadcasts originate. Materials are
from the library and the publica
tions of the American Medical As
sociation. Numerous eminent phy
sicians, both in medical practice
and public health work, have been
brought before the microphone to
(See St John's School Page 8)
Clyde School Gets
$600 From Carnival
Sponsored By PTA
Proceeds from the Clyde School
Hallowe'en Carnival, which was de
scribed as the biggest success in
the school's history, totaled ap
proximately $600.
Mrs. Mary Brooks, chairman of
the event, said that $500 of the
total amount raised was through
the various activities sponsored by
the teachers. The remaining $100
was taken in by the school Parent-
Teacher Association, which spon
sored a foods booth.
A main attraction of the carnival
(See Clyde School Page 8)
National Apple Week
Draws Much Interest
Much interest is being shown in
National Apple Week in Haywood
county this year The Smoky
Mountain Apple Growers are going
"all out" in cooperation with the
county agent's office by seeing that
displays are in as many business
places as possible.
All businesses in the county
which do not have the colored
posters on National Apple Week
can obtain them at the county
agent's office.
Funeral services for former Rep.
Zebulon Weaver, who served in
Congress for 2H years,' were con
ducted Sunday afternoon He died
in an Asheville hospital Fridav
morning following a long;
Mine:
Funeral Rites
j For Z. Weaver
Are Conducted
Funeral seivieec for former Rep
"hdlon Weaver. 7( of Asheville.
were conducted Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock in ( ential Methodist
Church.
Death came to I he veteran con
gressman last. Friday morning in a
hospital alter a Ioiik period of de
(See Funeral Kites -Page Hi
Preparations for the second an
nual Tobacco Harvest Festival
scheduled here Wednesday through
Saturday. November 24-27. are be
ing pushed toward completion, ac
cording to an announcement this
morning by Wayne Corpening. gen
eral chairman of the event.
One of the mtiin fealures il the
festival will be the Tobacco Show,
which will be held at the Waynes
ville Armory. All tobacco growers
of this county are urged to make
a special effort to show some nf
their tobacco.
The following grades and classes
will be shown:
Flying or granulators with the
first leaves stripped from the base
of the plant: lugs, next leaves above
the flyings: leaf, next leaves above
I lie lugs and below the lop: and
wrapper, selected from the leaf and
lug group
The premium list for the tobacco
is as follows: Prizes ranging from
I See Tobacco Show PaRe Hi
Armistice Day
jParade Scheduled
!Hcre November 11
j
j The local American Legion Post
No 49 m pushing plans in prep
aration for the gala Armistice Day
I parade in Waynesville Thursday,
j November II. with over ten rivic
groups and both high school bands
1 slated to participate, H. It Hund
ley, parade committee chairman,
reported this morning
The parade will form in front
of the First Haptisl Church at ! 30
o'clock Thursday morning and will
begin marching down Main Street
i See Armistice Day - Pane Ri !
HENRY W.M.I.At I)
. . Procrcssive .
Election Returns
To Be Broadcast
By WHCC At 7:30
Tonight at 7 'M). or sooner if there
is any news ol eoi!s'"fuence. radio
station WHCC will lieniii a broad
cast of election returns, and eon-,
tiuue until sninel hing definite is
known of the results, Frank Knutti,
general manager, said yesterday.
The station will give county,
state and national returns. All
programs will be interrupted to
bring the lali st returns from any
orecinel reporting
The stall of The Mountaineer,
working in cooperation with the
County Hoard ol Flections, will
gather and lalnil ite the county re
turns, while Initi'd Press will
furnish WHCC with stale and na
tional returns.
Alter 7 no telephone calls will
br leceived at the station, since
the lines will lie connected to the
telephone in the court house
All election nlTu iah are asked to
get their return-, a quickly as pos
sible In til- auditor'', office in the
court house, or call them.
Ilol h the i'i.Iio and newspaper;
staff will stav on dulv as long as
it appears that new results can be i
given
13.000 Votes
May Be Cast
In Election
By Haywood
Approximately 13.000 voters of
Haywood county will join with the
millions of citizens all over the
United States in going to the polls
today to select a Chief Executive,
vice-president, and numerous other
state and county officials
Citizens will cast ballots for
more than 35 federal, state and
county offices. Hinging on the
outcome of the election is the Dem
ocratic control of politics in the
nation for the past 16 years, in the
state for 4B years and in the county
for the past several decades
Polls will be open at the 22 pre
cincts from 6:30 a m until 6 30
p m. today. Counting and tabula
tion of the votes will begin imme
diately following the closing of
polls tonight, in order that reports
can be filed with the newspapers
and press associations for the na
tional count. The county returns
will be broadcast tonight over
WHCC.
Holiday Today
All the schools in the county, ex
cept those in Canton, will observe
a holiday Tuesday, Jack Messer
announced. The banks will be
closed, as will all federal office-,
and other offices in the court house.
Jerry Rogers, chairman of the
Haywood board of elections, in esti
mating a vote of between 11.000
and 13,000 today, pointed out that
(See Election Today Page 8
23 Students From
Haywood County
Attend Mars Hill
Twenty-three students from Hay
wood County are enitdled at Mars
Hill College for the first semester,
according to figures released from
the registrar's office.
These are Ray Burnette Rogers,
Betty June McCracken, Barbara
Hale, Sara Margaret James, Rufus
Coffey, Charles Hurst Burgin, Bet
ty Jo Brown, all of Waynesville;
George Wiley Wright, Joyce Marie
Sherrill. Charles Everette Sharpe,
Tommie Mae Murray, Hilda Juan
ita Hargrove, Broodus Fernly Hor
ton. Neil Patterson Cable, Barbara
Ann Cabe, Ray Manley Burnette,
Wiley Cleveland Buragarner, Haz
el Elizabeth Gaddy Bumgarner, all
of Canton; David Teague of Cove
Creek; Robert Dillard Fugate of
Dellwood; Jerry Liner, Jr., of Lake
Junaluska; Joseph B. Compton of
Harelwood; and Marie Young
Strange of Waynesville.
A total of 933 students are en
rolled at the college, 481 men and
452 women. These come from 87
counties of North Carolina, 20
states, British West Indies, Brazil,
Cuba, Hawaii, and Portugal. J
Scott Views Haywood County 4-H Exhibit
Something Ggcrfvcy Day I n$X&
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Lake Junaluska
j Board Meeting
Is Postponed
The riie'-tiiig .ied in Atlanta
yesterday to draft plans for the
general expansion of Lake .luna
luska vwis postpoie-d untit Novem
ber IH, dui' to the inability of two
members of the Muilding and
fii'oiinds 'oininil I re to tie present,
W. Hugh lav-ie announced this
iriorni lit!.
The special buildim: committee
engag'-d an engineering firm last
summer to draw up plans and pre
sent Ihein at the meeting. After
the committee's approval, the pro
posed project will he presented to
the
her
Tentative plans call for extensive
improvements at the Lake, includ
ing a modern hotel, a new sewer
system, improved bridge over the
dam. numerous streets, and several
other projects are being consider
ed, all of which will cost over a
million dollars
Achievement Day
Will Be Observed
In County Friday
Achievement Day will be observ
ed by Home Demonstration Clubs
of the county on Friday. November
!i, at which time a program w!l bp
presented at the First Methodist
Church here.
The morning program, beginning
at 10:30 a. m , will include reports
of club activities by secretaries of
each club, .And recognition oi
special guests.
Club members will ba'-e individ
ual exhibits of canned foods, house
furnishings, and clnthins. and
prizes will be awarded in each
group
A special feature of the after
noon session w ill be an illiif rpd
lecture on Holland by Mrs Wal'er
Pike, delegate tr the Triennial
Conference of Country Women of
the World
Mrs W I) Kelner, county coun
cil president, will preside during
the meeting and lunch will be serv
ed in the church.
The public is invited to attend
any part or all of the program.
Stores Will Close
Here November 11
For Armistice Day
According to an annnnneamxnt
General Hoard later in Novem- ; this mornino hv rw evi .'. '-
I w m,J i rutin, JJIfS!-
dent of the Waynesville Merchants
Association, the stores in the citv
will be closed all day Thursday
November II, in connect ion wtli
the observance of Armistice Day lo
cally. Mr. Felmet announced that the
stores would remain open all day
W'ednesday, November 10
The merchants' spokesman said
the drug stores of the city have
agreed to close from 10. o'clock to
12 o'clock on Thursday, November
u. during tne Armistice Day
rade.
Farm Bureau Drive
Making Progress
In Haywood Co.
pa-
Democratic gubernatorial nominee W. Kerr Scott is shown above viewing the Haywood county
exhibit which won fifth place in the 4-H club educational contest at the annual State Fair in Ra
leigh recently. Scott paid personal tribute to the qualities and craftmanship of the exhibit which
portrayed the theme of sound livestock production for Health, Wealth and Security.
Much interest is being shown in
the membership drive for the Farm
Bureau in Haywood County, and
some of the workers are making
! good progress in securing new
members
F. C Green of Fines Creek has
already turned in forty-one appli
cations for membership, all of
which were taken in Fines Creek
and White Oak townships. This is
one of the highest numbers secur
ed to date by any of the workers.
C. B. McCrary. president of the
I Haywood County Farm Bureau.
urges that all workers turn in their
memberships as coon as possible
so that definite figures can lie ob
tained in regard to membership
and also so that the new members
can get on the mailing list. j
Highway
Record For
1948
' (To Date)
In Haywood
Killed 4
Injured .... 39
(This Information com
piled from Record of
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