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r n ff4 i i 1 1 if ? f 1 t;i MORE ABOUT PAGE EIGHT Crop Damage (Continued from Pace 1) apparently hopeless condilion of his field, said he planned to con tact TVA engineers to investigate the possibllily of repairs and. sav ing at least part of the land for farming. Last week's flood3 and heavy rains struck Haywood County's tobacco and corn crops hardest, a spot check last Friday showed. Estimates of farmers in scattered sections were that the burley and corn crops would be cut by ap proximately 25 per cent as t he result of the water damage. Hardest hit by the flooding of the rainswollen streams and rivers; were the low lying sections of Canton, Woodrow, Bethel, and Clyde. Tenth District Highway Com missioner John Walker of Ashe- ville said it was too early to e:;ti-j mate accurately the damages to ' highways and bridges in the county. j The streams and livers, i which reached their highest levels in years, carried away an undetermined number of small-! er bridges connecting secondary roads throughout the county. Hay, oat and other grain crops j also were heavily hit, flattened by the rush of the water and bogged by the silt and debris deposited by the flooding rivers. Sweet potato and Irish potato crops in many sectiois were carried away. Some crops on high land. though safe from the ravages of j the water, were flattened by strong winds that accompanied the rain. The survey indicated that crop damage alone may reach $100,000 or more. Though the flash floods of August 1940, which damaged 40 per cent of the burley crop, were more spectacular, several farmers feared that last week's floods caused more damage because of the time of the year in which they struck. Oral Yates, one of the leaders in the Iron Duff Community De velopment Program, pointed out that corn was about two feet high in the fields at this time of the year and that the hay crops were up and ready for the harvest. In 1940, he continued, the hay was already stacked and harvested and the corn was in tassel. He estimated that the recent floods in the lower Iron Duff sec tion, adjoining the Pigeon, would cost the five farms there between $3,000 and $3,500. The tobacco crop, relatively small in proportion to the others in this section. sulerM about 10 per cent loss, Mr. Yates added. The Bethel area with its approx imately 50 farms was much more heavily hit. George Stamey. a member of the County Triple-A committee and the Tobacco Coinniisoton. esti mated the damage to ;oil and crops at approximately $25,000. Fifty acres of corn v ere flooded, much of It covered with silt, and 15 to 20 acre:; of w heat were blown or washed down. Mr. Stamey estimated 25 per cent of the oal crop, which was ready i be harvested, was dam ai -.d. This year's crop, he added, was expected to be the best in years He forcca.,1 I he damage to wheat and tobacco would be ap proximately 10 per cent, hut that the loss to the county's tobacco crop as a whole would reach 25 per cent. In Bethel and other sections, to bacco planls had just been set out. but ire patches w ere washed away. Mr. Stamev anrl other fanners expres'.ed the lu luf. Imwcver, that much of the corn and tobacco could bo salvaged The Hood waters in many cases failed to wash the roots of the corn from the ground And many tobacco plants can be replanted after drying. But. they pointed out it is too late for grains to be replanted. Mr. Stamey explained, however, that replanting of the tobacco would mean a delay of two to three weeks m the development of the crop. Albert Ferguson of Crablree, also a Triple-A committee man and member of the county Tobacco Commission, estimated that dam age to the crops would reach $10, 000 on the 150 farms in Crabtree Township. Greatest damage, he said, was to the corn crop, with 100 acres hit and 10 of these completely des troyed. Another casualty in this sec tion as well as others was the tobacco crop. He added he learned that, the Fines Creek section sulTercd ap proximately the same damage, and estimated that 25 per cut of the county's tobacco crop was damaged. But where the tobacco patches have not been washed away en tirely, Mr. Ferguson added, much of the crop could be replanted by Monday. Where replowing is necessary, however, the salvaged plants could be replanted in about 10 days, if there is no more rain. Tributary streams in the Crab tree area rose to their highest levels in about 15 years but did not overflow their hanks. The trouble started when they all MORE ABOUT Wreck (Continued from Pace 1) the Waynesville Presbyterian Church, officiating. Mr. Elliott Is a member of the Lions Club, and Mr. Williamson is worshipful master of the Waynes ville Masonic Lodge. Attending the services in a body were members of both organiza tions. The Masons, many of whom also are Lions Club members, met at the Lodge room early this after noon, then went in a body to Mr. Kirkpatrlck's home on Hazel Street, and carried the casket to the church for services. At the side of the grave in Green Hill Cemetery. R. H. Terrell, past master of Clyde Lodge 453, eon ducted burial services under the Masonic rites. Serving as active pall bearers were Jack Felniet, Emmett Balen tine. Lions Club President Paul Davis, Joe Davis, and J. C. Pat rick, all members of both the Masonic Lodge and the Lions Club; and W. C. Boutwell, member of the Masonic Lodge. When informed of Mr. Kirk patrlck's death, members of the Waynesville Lions Club who had gone to Wrightsville Beach for the annual State Lions Club conven tion, hurried back to Waynesville. Funeral services for the young er victim of the wreck will be held at 1 1 a.m. tomorrow at the Antioch Baptist Church with the Rev. Lush Rogers officiating. Burial will follow in Davis Ceme tery in Cove Creek. Serving as pall bearers will be Burnet te Crawford, Johnny Davis, Wallace Crawford, Dow McElroy, Erastus Crawford, and Billy Craw ford, with cousins of the dead boy in charge of flowers. THE WAYNES YILLE MOUNTAINEER Pigeon Takes Short Cut Across Highway At Clyde -- f stir yl , V j ; - f t . jfrto I if ' ' - tL '" M.nday Aft Tooinrr fiof Vnr WaAnZH J Haywood Modi rjJ Club Being Organic Lnampion i is gj This picture was made as the water was rapidly rising from Pigeon River at Clyde last Thursday af ternoon. Thirty minutes later the water was at the top of the guard posts on the left. (A Mounta.n eer photo by Ingram's Studiol. ELECTRIC EYE SORTS FRUITS CHICAGO (UP) An electric eye that chooses and rejects fruits and vegetables for freezing is among the new mechanical developments for the frozen food industry. The electronic sorter scans 60 items a second and rejects fruit and vege tables of non-uniform color dif ferences which are imperceptible to the human eye. joined Crabtree Creek, which washed over into the adjoining farm lands. He estimated the damage to corn crops in both Crabtree and Fines Creek at 25 per cent. Another resident of the area, J. M. McElroy of Clyde Route 1, took a more cheerful outlook. His estimate of the crop damage in Crabtree was about 10 per cent, Swimming Meet, Boat Races To Be Held On July 4 At Junaluska A featured event of the Lake Junaluska Assembly's Fourth of July observance will be a swim ming meet, boat races and fire works under the direction of Cuth bert Ishee, High Point coach and Recreational Director for the As sembly. Entry blanks for swimming and boat events furnished on re quest by Mr. Ishee at the Assem bly office or Potts' Service Sta tion. The morning events, starting at 10 o'clock: 50-yard free style, 50-yard, free style (boys 14 and unden, 100-yard back stroke; 50-yard, free style (girls), 100-yard, free style, low board diving, and 200-yard relay. The afternoon activities will be boat raring, starting at 12:45 p.m., as follows: Canoe race it wo in a canoe), row boat race lone man in a boat, ca noe whistle race (at the sound of RACKET COMES UNSTUCK MEMPHIS, Tenn. (U. P.) Gum-on-a-stick proved a profitable ven ture for Ernest Lee Crone, 26-year-ond soft drink salesman, until the police caught up with him. Crone would Dut a blob of gum on the end of a straightened-out coat hanger and stick it into the com pany's cashier's cage when it was empty. His two-months' haul was $500. a whistle the two men change posi tions in the canoe), canoe race (boys under 14), canoe tilting (pre liminaries), motor boats warm-up, 5-horse power and under, 10-horse power and under, 22-horse power and under, unlimited. Fireworks from foot of the Cross on Missionary Point at 10 p.m. will close the program. MORE ABOUT Road Damage (Continued from Page 1 motorists, however, since it was onlv a fraction less than two miles around. The sections of Highway 276 blocked by slides all are above Cruso, and one is about 100 yards on the Brevard side of Wagon Road Gap. Mr. Knicht said there would be one-way traffic over the partially blocked sections up to the high bridge for several days. Unpaved roads in the path of the Hood were badly beaten, with some road surfaces washed away entirely, and rivers still coursing over others. MORE ABOUT Improvements (Continued from Page f books for the church. Among the improvements point ed out in the community were the painting of the church which is underway, along with the making of underpinning and steps for the structure. Plans are to put a new floor in the church as soon as possible Also planned are improvements to the cemetery road. These an to be made In the next four weeks. John Howell, Vinson Morrow. Crawford Jenkins, Robert Medford. and James S, Morrow have painted their homes, while Sam Chambers has built a Grade A dairy barn Henry Allison has built a porch and screened his windows. D. C. Davis has improved his home, and Thomas Franklin is bulding a new one. The next meeting will be held at 7:30 p. m. July 1 at the church. : . Chd'Pion y "J 11 be on Ilk., ,1 MORE ABOUT Asheville Pastor (Continued from Page 1 Johnson City. Tennessee are at the Terrace Hotel. A group of twenty-four young people from Memorial Methodist Church at Thomasville, are week ending at Lagoalinda. Mr. and Mrs. John Kelley, of St. Petersburg, Fla., are vacationing here. They are registered at the Terrace Hotel. Cuthbert Ishee, of High Point, has come to take charge of recre ational activities for the summer Plans for Fourth of July celebra tion, including boat racing and fire works and athletic events are underway. DEAD GIVEAWAY MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UP) A wo man bus rider turned red with embarrassment when she accident ally disclosed her afternoon's pas time. Intending to ask for bus tokens, she gave the driver a bill and asked for "a dollar's worth of chips." LONG TRIP, LONG TICKET CHICAGO (U. P.) John Cha pin, manager of a Chicago travel bureau, doesn't know for sure, but he thinks he has sold the longest bus ticket in history. 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