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STANDARD PTG CO Comp 220-230 R First OinsviLLE KY "Hear yon took np this here golf while you were in the city," a farmer remarked to his friend. "How'd you like it?" "Well, t'ain't bad. It's a mite harder than hoein' turnips and considerable easier than dig gin' potatoes." The Waynesville Mountaineer Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Ilaywood County At Tb e Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ghts he s - - King ibutors ber of senior le Townsnip ted $17.50 to hich was the a student in in Mrs. H. J. ed Off, Now n Waynesville ff their sleds id had a merry first time this n J&asi oireei dren and sleds . : - ll.n Deinuaiiiiij, iuc of the snow and were mad who has fore- rries for Mon- boy estimated raveling about wn East Street Inded in a field ir when thrown iiich four other Wears Lt Meeting field was wear- hen he entered Jriday afternoon meeting of the Iting underway. understood the find the smile box of cigars icy immediately on the arrival family, with a applause. Dr. passed around lerybody had a V inds Fail en Benches kinds that whip- nesville Friday fell the green of the county illy a high gust fver the popular ast week clampr iches down with all probability stable in the cuated aturday the Haywood fary will be cir- clock Saturday, the Silver Tea that afternoon, iiston, librarian, fcrmng. pllees Are .Veteran Jourses i enrollees may eran vocational I trades, it was ' Veterans Ad- :iy. I'erintendent nt fd that approxi- p were enrolled W Wavnesville courses now be- fis here include housewirino. i"cai appliances. eady participate 8 Program may five in the past, stated. Jarket ct'on 50c-56c 20c-28c 15c 10c 32c-36e 2.75 20.0023.00 21.00-25.00 27.50-28.00 27.00-32.40 22.00-23.00 lbs. y - . 24.25-25.50 Mo&tlv kIaiij ft, V wv4fyjr t with Snow flnr. P ne staff of the Pjn. Snow Rain 2 .33 214 .10 64th YEAR N. 9 8 wwk Odd M " r W 7 Haywood Reaches $6,287 Collected In Waynesville Area In Drive "We have $6,287.09 reported in hand, and several industries and schools yet to report," A. P. Led better, polio campaign chairman, reported at noon yesterday for the Waynesville area. "We will meet our quota," he added. The quota is $6,500 for this area. Two bank clerks were still busy counting small coins at noon, as proceeds from schools, the dime board and individual contributors rolled into the treasury of the polio fund, of which Mrs. Win. Nor ris is treasurer. The Beta Sigma Phi dance on Friday night added some $1,500 to the fund, with possibly a few dol lars above that figure, it was re ported. Plans are to keep the books of the campaign open for the re mainder of this week so that late contributors may have a part in the drive, it was announced. Every means for raising money have been employed by Mr. Led belter and his large staff of co workers. The Rotary Club sponsored the dime board, as well as general solicitations. The dime board net ted -.$1,219,77. Besides personal solicitation, and working through the schools, money was raised by the dance Friday night, through sporting events, radio programs, the dime board, and pay roll de duction plans in several industries. Mr. Ledbetter said yesterday: "I want to thank everyone who work ed during this campaign, and to all contributors. Whil it has been a hard Job, we all realize ft was for a good cause; and that makes us doubly happy now that we have reached our. goal. Many thinks for your help and money." (See Polio Page 5) Dairy Meetings Set During Week Of February 7 A series of meetings will be held at, various dairy farms in Haywood Cpunty during the week of Feb ruary 7 on control of mastisis, Wayne Corpening, county agent, announced today. P. R. Farnhain, dairy specialist from State College, and Dr. Hus man, veterinarian, working with the Federal Government on Bangs disease, will have charge of the meetings. The day meetings will be con ducted at dairy barns in the county and subjects on dairying will be discussed. The day meetings are scheduled as follows: Monday, February 7, Mrs. W. F. Swift, Hyatt Creek at 1:30 o'clock; Tuesday, February B, D. Reeves Noland, Ratcliffe Cove, at 10 o'clock; Tpesday, Feb. 8, Wil liam Osborne1, Clyde, at 1:30 O'clock; Wednesday, Feb. 9, O. L. Yates, Iron Duff, at 10 o'clock; G. C. Palmer, Crabtree, Wednes day, Feb. 9, at 1:30 o'clock; Troy Leatherwood, Jonathan Creek, Thursday, Feb.' 10 at 10 a. m.; Os borne's Dairy, Pigeon, Thursday, Feb. 10, at 1:30 o'clock; Silvers Dairy, Beaverdam, Friday. Feb. 11 at 10 o'clock; and Andy Ferguson, Riverside, Friday, Feb. 11 at 1:30 N. C. Parkway Group Seeks Black Camp Gap Spur Line A bill designed to make possible the transfer ct Cherokee Indian lands to provide right-of-way for a spur line of the parkway to reach Black Camp Gap, entrance to the park, will be presented to Gov ernor W. Kerr Scott in Raleigh Thursday at 11 a. m. Charles E. Ray, chairman of the North Carolina Park, Parkway and Forests Commission, said here Sat urday the commission would meet with the Governor in the board room of the North Carolina De partment of Conservation and De velopment. way said the bill retarding tne transfer of Indian lands had been drafted, la ready for submission to Congress, with copies having been aent to the State Highway and Public Works Commission. : The biennial report of the ac tivities of the commission will be presented to the Governor with an PAGES Associated Press Beekman Huger Says Canton Will Pass $6,500 Goal The $fi,500 polio quota in the Canton area will be passed, it was predicted at noon Monday by Beek man Huger, general chairman, in making a joint statement with Ed win Haynes. campaign chairman. "We do not have that much in the bank as yet,' Mr. Huger ex plained, "but with several schools to report, and one or two areas staging special events Monday night, we have every reason to feel we will go over the top by the time we get all these funds together." "We have deposited $5,CO9.90 in the bank, as of noon Monday, and four schools yet to report," Mr. Huger said. The dime board in Canton is still operating, and no count has been made of the funds on the board. "We feel we have met the quota! with a safe margin to spare," Mr. Haynes said. The North Canton school, with 300 students, turned in $500 to the fund. This action gave other schools an incentive to pass their dollar per student goal, and Indi cations are that the record will be broken in several schools in the Canton area. Campaign workers felt that by Wednesday most all reports would be completed, and the final figures completed. Contributions are still being re ceived by all members of the cam paign. Demonstration Groups Slate Meeting, Feb. 5 The annual meeting of demon stration fanners and home demon stration women of Haywood Coun ty will be held Saturday, February 5. starting at 10 o'clock. The principal speaker for the occasion will be T. B. Hutcheson, dean of agriculture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. R. W. Shoff ner, district farm agent from State College, will introduce the speaker. Mr. W. D. Ketner is president of the county home demonstration council and J. L. Westmoreland heads the demonstration farmers. These two leaders will have charge of the program. Other local persons to participate on tne program are. Mrs. Odis Cole, R. C. Francis and George K. Stamey. 2i Inches Of Snow Fell On Sunday Haywood had the first snow fall of the season on Sunday afternoon, when two inches fell, and was later Covered with a thin covering of sleet. Rain late Sunday night turned the blanket of snow into a slush, and the warm sunshine of Monday morning soon melted most of the 2Vfe-inch fall. Snowplows were soon out on the highways and streets, and cleared the snow away. All school buses operated Mon day morning, with only a few run ning behind schedule. outline of further projects to be carried forward. Ray will preside. Raleigh has been selected for the place of meeting so that the com mission may present the report to the Governor and have in attend ance the representatives from the State Highway and Public Works Commission, who are ex officio members. There is a possibility that the members of the commission also may appear before the appropria tions committee of the General As sembly, Ray said. Representatives from the Na tional Park Service, the Blue Ridge Parkway and the National Forest Service are expected to attend. In the latter group, the members include, In addition to Ray, Mrs. Edith Alley of Waynesville, secre tary of the Park Commission of fice in Weynesvllle. and United Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, (Damp County Schools Top Goal By Raising $3,000 In Drive Tax Listing Deadline Moved Up Two Weeks To Tuesday, February 15 The people in all townships of Haywood County will have an extra two weeks to list their taxes, according to an announce ment today by Sebe Bryson, county tax collector. The new deadline for tax list ing has been set for Tuesday, February 15. The previous dead line was January 31. A two dollar penalty will be Imposed on all persons failing: to list their taxes by February IS. All tax listing places are listed in an advertisement appearing in this issue. Farm Bureau Meeting Set Feb. 13-16 National and state leaders in the fields of government, industry, labor and agriculture will partici pate in the 13th annual meeting of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation in Asheville, February 13-16. Included among speakers on the program e -Gayer nor ,.W, Kerr Scott, Senator j. Melville Brough ton, Commissioner of Agriculture L. Y. Ballentlne, Superintendent of Public Instruction Clyde Krwin, Ren. Harold Coolev. and fimpoe I Baldanzi, executive irfc-prelfci of TWUA-CIO. The conference will open with a vesper service Sunday at 8 p. m. at George Vandelbilt Hotel. A large delegation from the Hay wood County Farm Bureau is ex pected to attend the four-day meet ing, Charles McCrary, president, ! revealed. The county farm bureau j has been requested to provide en tertainment for the convention. Jonathan Woody and Sam Queen will have charge of the entertain ment program. String bands and square dance teams from this area will take part in the event. Slick Highways Cause Lone Wreck In County Near Big Branch Sunday Slick highways caused one acci dent in Haywood County over the week-end, Patrolman O. R. Roberts reported. The lone collision occurred near Big Branch Sunday afternoon around 5 o'clock, when a 1947 Ford sedan, driven by Sam McCrary, and a 1935 Ford coupe, operated by Mr. West, collided. No injuries were sustained in the accident and the cars received only small damages, Patrolman Roberts said. No arrests were made. Hazelwood Coffee Shop Destroyed By Fire The Coffee Shop in Hazelwood was completely destroyed by fire around 1:30 o'clock Saturday after noon, Fire Chief Clem Fitzgerald reported yesterday. The fire was caused by an oil stove explosion, it was understood. Will Whitner of Hazelwood is owner of the building. Group Withholds Decision On Disputed Huskins Bill The House Agriculture Commit tee voted to withhold action on the Huskins Bill to reduce commissions of burley warehouse operators from the present four per cent to two and one-half per cent after a lengthy discussion Thursday morn ing. A spirited public heading on the bill was conducted last , week and several representatives from Hay wood County attended the session. Chairman Fred S. Hoyster of Vance jileir n T T r J T $13,000 Polio Goal The .students and teachers of the I Ilaywood County schools dug down I deep into their pocket books and 'tame out with donations that more than doubled their quota in the March ol Dimes drive as incom- I plete collect ions soared above the $3,000 mark. Jack Messer. superin tendent of county schools, report ed, i Polio campaign officials here had ! requested that each home room in I the county schools raise $10. which set the overall quota at $1,800. This amount was obtained in the first week of the drive and the students and teachers went on to raise more money in this fight against infantile paralysis. The polio drive reports from the various schools in the county are as follows: Waynesville High .School raised a total ol SS59.0I, which amounted to $10.03 per teacher and exactly fifty cents per pupil. A breakdown of the collections show: Seventh grade- Mrs. Ova Ferguson, $15.91; Mrs. Tom Campbell, $15.25: Miss Mary Hamilton, $14; Mrs. C. e Patrick. $35.04; Miss Nancy Kil lian, $15.05; Miss Margaret Perry, $17.20: Mrs. Hollifield, $7.04; and Mrs. Walker. $10.05. Eighth grade Miss Most-ley. $23; Mrs. Brooks, $2I.0: Miss Howell, $11.64; Mrs. Webster. $16.15: Mrs. Brown. $31; and Mr. Thompson. $11.77 Ninth grade Mr.4 Frn7!iM, -$74 25; Mr Corwtn, (See Schools face 5) Breeding Movie Will Be Shown To Dairymen A series of niht meetings will be held throughout the schools in the county, at which time a movie on breeding dairy cows artificially will be shown, during the week of February 7. j Arrangements have been made to obtain movies through the Hay wood Cooperative Breeding Asso ciation. F. R. Farnhain. dairy specialist from State College, will take part in t lit program. The schedule of meetings at 7.rttl o'clock are as follows: Monday, Feb. 7, Bethel School at 7:30. Tuesday, Feb. R. Itock Mill and Maggie: Wednesday, Feb. f. Crab tree School; Thursday, Feb. 10. Fines Creek School; and Friday. Feb. II. Waynesville and Clyde at the county court house. Rev. Smith Attends Sunday School Clinic Rev. Horace L. Smith, pastor of First Baptist Church. Canton, and .lake Shulhofer, superintendent of Barbervillc Baptist Sunday School, spent last week in Shelby, attend ing the Sunday School Administra tion Clinic, which was held at First Baptist Church there. They re port a very fine and helpful Clinic Lions Cluh Holds Driving Discussion Lions O. R. Roberts and Jerry Rogers led a discussion on driving regulations at lasl week's meeting of the Lions Club. Joe Davis, program chairman, called for committee reports lo open the program. Paul Davis, president, presided over the meeting. County said that the committee will not act on the bill for about two weeks. It appeared likely that when the committee does act on the measure the ' week of February 7, it will adopt an unfavorable report. Proponents and opponents of the measure argued their cases for two hours before the 57-member agri culture committee Thursday morn ing. The committee adjourned (See Burley Bill Page 5) TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1919 Starts Cold Gray Dawn PORTRAYER of youthful characters in Hollywood films, Scolt U. (Scotty) Beckett, 1!), is shown jifter his new convertible had crashed into another car in the cinema rapi- 1 lal. He was held on suspicion of I driving while under the inllncn " '.f ! "Christmas cheer." (International) Williamson Turns Down Call To Fla. Hev. .Malcolm It William o paslor of the VayiK'jville l'ie;b ipftsfn C hnreti. annotiiK ed In hi congregation Sunday morning ili.il he had declined Hie call recent l I extended to him by the Kiel l'r-. jhjlerian Church in Seining, I'la and lh.it he would remain in Va. nesville as pastor of the 1'ie.hy lerian Church. Speaking lo a large congrega tion, Mr. William -on spoite leel ing of the loyalty of hi.-, congrega tion here, slating that one has only In look aioiind and sec main ev i deuces of the blessing of Cod upon the combined efforts of pa-'or and people during the time he ha been pastor of the church lure. lie (See Williamson Pace .' W. Curtis Russ Is Back From Annual N.C. Press Institute W. Curtis Mountaineer, day meeting Institute at liuss, editor of The attended the thiee ol the N. C Press tile I'niversily of North Carolina and Duke diver sity lasl week. Among Ihe speak ers on the varied program were Drew Pearson, Washington column ist; George V. Allen, assistant sec rectary of Stale; and numerous out-of-state newspaper publishers and editors. The Institute began with a meet ing of the North Carolina publish ers whose papers are members ot the Associated Press, with Jona than Daniels as president. Air Russ wns one of the Hi past presidents of the slate association honored at a breakfast on Satur day morning at Chapel Mill. Airs Russ and daughter, Margunle. accompanied Mr. Russ to Chapel Hill and Durham lor the Institute. I Police Are Still Puzzled Over Whereabouts Of Cash I F'oJiee of three states are still pondering 'he whereabout- of i some SaO.OOO taken from a Ki-ov-. ville. Tenn , safe Christmas nigh' j Two men are still being Ivdd in 'the Haywood County .tail in run Inection with the case on S 10.000 bonds each on charges of posses- . j sion of burglary tools 1'oliep of six states have visited the pair in 'jail here to question them Thr men have already been linked by police with the Kno.wille safe cracking and the holdup- kidnaping of a Cleveland, Tenn . policeman. The Atlanta, Ga . detectives opined that two women fled Atlanta with the loot after two men had ; been arrested at Franklin and i police throughout Ihe Southeast had been alerted. However, North j Carolina State Patrolman Trite-hard ' Smith. Jr.. threw a damper on ' their theory. t $3.00 (n Advance In ID Eatery Club Hears Talk On Poultry I'he liot iry Club was host to 35 humors at their regular meeting I'ikI in al'i'Tnoon. at which time the I group heard (omments on the pos- sihility of adding broiler produc- ioii as a top industry in Haywood mil Va ne Curpening. county agent, and If W. Sliofl'ner, extension poul ' speeiiiipt ol Slate College, dis cussed the poultry projects which haw been proposed for this area, i Air. Sholliier declared that Hay , v. ood County and Western North , aiolina had better possibilities in poultry production than any other icio:i of the stale. The reasons lor this, he pomicd out, were the good drainage ;,,ul excellent air di .linage ol the county'. 'i Im- poMlir. specialist staled that 1 ' i' industry would be an idoed income lo most farmers of i a, a means of inlesify n : ' i n.ing ,. s,,jd lhat the i' busuics would not replace jam oilier business thai is already I c lablisiieil here. j Ah- Sholliier also encouraged the j I. inner, ol Haywood County to ( rai e small docks of turkeys, since J !oi nig the past lew years it has been exceptionally profitable bio i in- in I hi- .stall-. ! fji letoi rmy tn ihe broiler bust 1 iies's Ah Shotfnei- said that it has ; hen.. -ne mecliam.ed m (he past few ' ' "Inch ha:, increased the ;l.ir;ii i . profit,, lie recommended , i lot oi broilers amounting from 'Sec Itolarv Pace 5) ! FiirmiTs May Secure Poison Thursday j In Schools, Stores Tl: ' i' poi on for the rural 'I Ihe county will be de 1,1 "hools and community a . refpiested Thursday, ' Wayne Corpening, a;-' ni. reported today. I o mer . an- urged to make "id to pick up the poison -."in prciding it. on their "on as possible. aii-.-i- o In , f.-d I -.Ion-- ; f elii-oai Mil 1 1 I a 'I lo , .MT.KIgell and I i : i larni . .: . A urn in ay n poo ml-, d'u I rat campaign closed ille last week as 850 1 poison was spread I hi oin: Iioii I Hie town A total of was pul out in Hazel- u oi id I'ridav aflernoon. Sentell Appointed As Appeal A;ent For Local Draft Board I!. I. Senlei;, local attorney, has been appointed as appeal agent for ihe l l,i; wood ( onnly Draft Board, il w a learned vest erday. The appointment was made by Piesident Truman and approved by former (iowrnor Cherry. Air Seidell will review all ques lionnaircs that are filed by regis trants in decide whether their classifications should be appealed. He said lhat only one person has appealed his draft status since the peacetime draft was inaugurated. The ivn omen. Mrs Elizabeth l.ibbyi Sclu-ei?, 20. of Birming ham la and attractive, auburn ! aie, Air. Krarly. 37. showed up in Wa nc ville Monday afternoon t i visit their husbands. Ken f-e'n-etz and Hob Brady, in the local iail. and discussed the ques t'on pf bond. v.'hen -!Mtti tnid them that even tj the'- bond for he men that police mei-pi;. would file additional v -iri ants and thus necessitate ad duional bonds Failing in their effort - in make bonds for their hus bands, i be women left Waynesville Sunday aflernoon for an undis closed destination The two women arrived here by automobile Monday afternoon with around eight suitcases, but after a thorough search no money was found in the suitcases, detectives (See Police Pape 5) Haywood and Jackson Counties Group Votes Open Date Near June 1 Construction of the 4-H Club Camp to be located on property adjoining the State Test Farm in Waynesville will get underway in around 10 days, according to an announcement yesterday by Wayne Corpening, county agent. In a meeting held in Asheville last Friday afternoon, the county agents and home demonstration agents of 21 counties in Western North Carolina voted to launch construction of the camp immedi ately and have it ready for opera tion in June. Mr. Corpening said that each county in the western district will be responsible for building one cabin which will house 12 per sons. Among other facilities for the proposed camp will be a swim ming pool, lake, a large administra tion building for kitchens and din ing rooms, and two bath houses It was understood that a large building will be constructed later this year for meetings and recrea tion facilities instead of using the dining hall building. L. R. Harrell, State 4-H Club leader from State College; R. W. Shoffner and Pauline Hoteh.kis. district agents from Raleigh, at tended the meeting in A-heville last week. The road leading to Ihe proposed camp site is already under con struction, Mr. Corpening said. The 4-H Club camp will accommodate approximately 250 persons when completed. Local Guard Unit Receives Salary For Three Months Eleven men from Waynesville and vicinity have enlisted in the Heavy Tank Company, 120th In fantry, North Carolina Nalwnil Guard here since January 1. Cap tain James M. Owls, company commander, reported today The new enlistees are: Harrv Walker Lowe, Raymond Lewis. Gordon Luther Kinsland, John David Chapman, Edward Hill. Hu bert Lee Inman, Lester Harry Reece, Joseph Parker, Fred Boone Moody, Leonard Ballard and Ar- land Grady Mashburn. The local national guard nipt received a pay roll last Thursday night amounting to $2,249.66 for Oetober. November and December. Captain Davis stated that then are a few vacancies remaining m the local company. Young men between the ages of 17 and IS-j may join the national guard and be exempt from the draft. Captain Davis said. The guard unit is ac cepting veterans up to 30 y ear-! of age. j Large Crowd Attends Frozen Foods, Home Freezer Demonstration Around 50 persons attended (he frozen foods and Amana home freezer demonstration at. the Hay wood County Farmers Co-operativp-Friday afternoon. J. L. Westmoreland, president of the Farmers Co-operative, intro duced C. H. Myers, Amana hems freezer representative. Mr. Mver; reviewed the work of the company and pointed out the mechanical ad vantages of the freezer locker which was on display. Miss Jean Hall, food, packing demonstrator, explained the differ ent methods of packing fruits, vegetables, berries, pastries and meats in the freezer locker. Highway Record For 1949 (To Date) In Haywood Killed 0 Injured . . . . ' 1 (This information com piled from Records of State Highway Patrol).