North Carolina Newspapers

.3 ANDAfin PTG ... comp 220-230 s Fir.r . LOUFSVILLE K7 -a The Waynesville Mountaineer Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park TODAY'S SMILE She: "We're intellectual op poaltes." He: "How come?" She: "I'm the intellectual, and you are just the opposite." - 64th YEAR NO. 87 14 PAGES Associated Press and United Press News WAYNESVILLE, N.C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 20, 1949 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties I Winston Davis Head Haywood Polio Work fci, post m i r ... ,nnders Pi ch dia "- .jo that he re- fv and went back he 1 es in "le I was observing r,, possibilities L5. and making home. Uan Cupid en- La hP marrieu. in his ei ilistment .as up. and he out on his own. l.hpr-in-iaw n" fction. ana Wds of cam of 2,001) acres li h 7 .UUU ich keeps their lin miles trom Licet ing roads. has to be maue h has always Sife shares with ing away from oil of the busy U. So with their n the 0th ot icattle. and tim- a lot of living tree- sn of Mr. ana Lis. and before irr worked in In of The Moun- Test Farm Gov' Sco" Autograpns a Snirt May Gel More Land HYATT HUGER iDe en Went David Hyatt of Waynesville and W. U. Huger of Canton will serve as area chairmen in Haywood for the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis for another year. They were re-elected unanimous ly at a county-wide chapter meeting yesterday in Waynesville. Hyatt heads the Wavnesville area and lluger the Canton area of the county chapter. Hyatt, Hnger Named To Head County Polio Work a and enlisted men Jeavy Tank Com fxcellent Monday feting party from Inspector Gener- iFlamme, Pacific of the Hth Alr iw attached to the quarters, inspeet egiment National troops at , the lory. Anderson, 30th Division Signal and Mai. John llisbury inspected Ition, all ordnance d the company's Id supply systems. pig is one of the by the Regular ial Guard units in 'ank Company is Capt. James M. Set inesville Drawings For Hunt Cancelled The scheduled drawings for the Sherwood Forest deer hunts wen called off Tuesday by county game officials after the number of appli cations were found to be below the maximum limit. The officials said this means thai n wUn filed their applications by the October 8 deadline would be eligible to take part in the minis. The quota for the area had been set at 1,200. The drawings were scheduled to be held in Canton Police Court last Tuesday morning. This is the second consecutive year that the drawings were can celed because the numnei ... e ulications was less than me qum. The dates and places for the ihrOI.Hi.v hunts are as follows: West Fork Pigeon - November 21 through November 23: Novem ber 28 through November 30; East Fork Pigeon November 24 through November 2(; December 1 through December 3. One hundred hunters wil Ibe pu mitted on each three-day hunt. feting of all Hay- 'arent-Teacher As ks held October 26 hesville School au- State P-TA repre- I discuss Hip statp lour-point program ol year when she icipal address. food, president of lesville p.TA. said pent of the meet- the meeting would l. served by the host frian To Speak day i,, ... r- tibboney. Pdur- ' 01 home missions, nurch in th n c I Dm i i. r tuuay in h will be in con addresspd ,n Of D.-..1...1 -...... rville PresbvtPrv P morning. - ' men of the New Telephone Directories Are Distributed Here A now telephone directory for Waynesville, containing many new and changed listings helpful telephone information, has just been distributed. Aproximately zzuu new u,. ies have been delivered to homes and offices, according 10 o. , Smith district manager in. ...i Southern Bell Telephone com,.,,,,.. , ti,. .,o.7 Hirertorv has a green , .uiu makp it easily nistm- covei, wiin.il '" , guishable from the oJd gray telephone book. Mr. Smith asKs ma. users refer to the new directory foi the desired number. looking up the numbers helps avoid the pos sibility of getting a wrong number and frequently saves time for the calling party as wen as " V" n. who might be calleo in ' ; formation" should be called n ly when the desired nunw listed in the directory. FAIR iis,. ""r ana r'naay. rwsviiie temDera f? "y the staff nf Firm). Min. RalnfaU 80 .19 48 David Hyatt of Waynesville and W. 13. Huger of Canton were re elected chairmen of their area chapters for the National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis at a county-wide luncheon meeting here yesterday. Sixteen members of the two chapter areas elected these and other nominated officers unanim ously alter hearing Mr. Huger quote figures showing the nation faces a grave polio patient situa tion in the next few years. Frank Campbsll was elected treasurer of the Canton area and Mrs. Porter Frady, treasurer of the Waynesville area and secretary of the Haywood County chapter. Mrs. Frady succeeds Mrs. Wil liam Norris as county secretary and Waynesville area treasurer. During the meeting, Mr. Huger and Mrs. Norris submitted reports which showed that the fupds avail able in both areas for aiding infan tile patients still under treatment and for possible new patients are completely exhausted. With a total of nearly $2,000 in bills yet to be paid, the gross cash in the bank accounts of both the Waynesville and Canton areas total only about $287. Of the $20,000 raised in the coun jty in last winter's March of Dimes campaign, half went to the Nation I al Foundation, and the other half I had been spent by mid-summer. ! on top of this, the Canton area drew a $4,900 advance last summer from the National Foundation and 1 has spent it in financing the treat ' metit of patients stricken in the 1941! epidemic. Mr. Huger reported that a local ! one-day emergency drive will be staged tomorrow among of The Champion Paper and Fibre Company at Canton as a stop-gap measure to secure urgently-needed funds immediately. Dan Wild, the firm's paymaster, will run the drive, which was planned after many of the com pany's employees reques.eu ... In reference to the national pic- tore Mr. Huger saiu .'' ..- North Carolina escaped compara tivHv lightly, this year has been the worst year for polio in the Uni ted States. said officials estimate that I here will be 4tl,uuo ca- v.. ord i the nation by the years e"fn 1948. the worst for Norlk Cir. ljna, the nation recorded 13,000 fewer victims. As of October 8. he said. 34.74Z cases had occurred throughout the X. compared with 20.000 m (See Polio Page 2) The North Carolina Board of Ag riculture last Monday took the first step toward the establishment of an orchard experiment program at the Mountain Test Farm at Waynesville. The board recommended that the state buy 72 acres of land ut the station. A Test Farm spokesman said the land would be used primarily for orchard experiments. Currently, the Farm does some work on raspberries and straw berries, but the purchase ol me land would permit experimentation on a large scale on appies a..u small fruits for the first time since the station was transferred here from Swannanoa. The owners of the tract. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Keeter of Bryson City, reportedly have offered to sell the property for $18,000. with the State Agriculture Department getting the first opportunity to buy. The Farm is now using 20 acres of other Keeter land on a rental basis for experiment, with small grain. The state board's recommenda tion next must be submitted to the Council of State, which passes on state purchases of property. The Council will be asked to al locate funds for the transaction. f .HrV ft - ! tt it North Carolina's Gov. Kerr Scott autographs a shirt for 11-year-old Barbara Faye Martin during his appearance at a community fair at Jamesville. He responded to the little girl's request with an Inked inscription that reads "W. Kerr Scott governor." (AP Photo). WTHS Band To Play Ut Davidson Wavnesville Township High School's crack senior band will play an Important part in the Davidson College Homecoming Day program Saturday. The musicians will leave here early Saturday morning for the Presbyterian college near Char lotte. Among other activities, the Waynesville boys and girls will march in a Homecoming Day pa rade, play a concert before the mime, and march and play with oth er bands before the kickoff and be tween the halves of the Davldson Hichmond Southern Conference football game. It will be homecoming also for Band Director lsley and Associate Director Robert A. Campbell. Both are Davidson college graduates. The other bands scheduled to take part in the program are those of Lenoir and High Point High Schools and the college. The concert will be held during the dinner hour. The parade, starting at 10 a.m., will be part of the ceremonies dedi cating the new gymnasium. The Wavnesville musicians will start their return trip immediately after the game. State Group Recommends Laboratory For WNC Canton School Official Says Clothing For Pupils Available rrom 300 See Amateur ight HeldBy , Ratclitie uove By MRS. ALGIE RATCL1FFE Mountaineer Correspondent Approximately 300 people ap plauded a host of young entertain ers who performed Tuesday night in the RatclifTe Cove Community's Amateur Night at the East Waynes ville School auditorium. Carolyn Ratcliffe, a third-grade ,11 Tnv Woods a fourth-grad er T. L. Francis, a sixth-grader, won the acclaim of the judges in the competition for primary school students, and Jimmy Galloway was awarded top honors among high school students. cmiun winn her prize with her recitation of "My Grandmother's Apron." young Francis won with his song solo, and Tony received his honors for his gultar-and-song solo. Jimmy Galloway's Piano solo gave him the laurels in the high school group. i.wicii.D the contest were Miss Edna Boyd, Mrs. Charles lsley. and Mrs. Fisher Sprinkles. The recreation committee of the Ratcliffe Cove Community Develop ment Program today expressed gratitude to Assistant County Agent Turner Cathey for his services as master of ceremonies, to the judges, to County Schools Superintendent .lack Messer and East Waynesville Principal Frank Rogers for use of the auditorium, the cnnnren u.i ihoir narlicioation. and the people of the audience for their generous support. Last Rites Are Held For Mrs. Turner Mrs. Emma Moody Turner. 79, a native of Haywood County, died at her home in Monroeville, New Jersey on October 10, following a short illness. Funeral services were held at the Christy Funeral Home in Monroe ville on October 13 with the pastor of the Monroeville Methodist Church and the Rev. Arthur Fran (See Mrs. Turner Page 2) County Board To Confer On Hospital Next Month r, tl... A f ....11 Lions Minstrel Show To Hit Road Next Week The Waynesville Lions Club Minstrel performers, refreshed by a week's rest following their smash ing triumph in their first perform ance, will go on the road next week for the sake of the Haywood County 4-H Club camp. Headed by General Chairman Jerry Rogers, the troupers will give the first rural performance al 7:30 p.m. al Bethel High School next Monday. On Wednesday at the same hour they will take the stage at the Crabtree-Iron Duff School. They will give their next per formance at 7:30 p.m.. also, on Thursday at the Fines Creek School. The rural appearances are being held in cooperation with the re spective ('(ininninily Development Program organizations involved. The net box office receipts will be used In help finance the develop ment of the 4-H Club camp. 60 IS r 42 Organizations arc geared to - pro vide clothing tonee y- was pointed out by A SSrUrr - The Mount aineer this morning. Supt. Hutchins nsit" Needlework Guild, and county Wei fare Departments. His letter is as follows. "Recently, there PPr-"-Asheville Citizen an ejXp children in Beaverda JownJ who were unable to aUen o because ot iac , d near these families we found,J.ved ti Beaverdam School, and d gated with the resuU th.t we that the principal of the sen. Hipps furnished workbooks for the Hipps, i .others furnished Sform.the.chndren Xuld like to oer thU in-SKdrh: Ne d wo 'c Guild last year pent about $500.00 furmshmg for needy Jfi arC Tety Mstll I suggest that . i . .Whine and Regional Group Coming In January Machinery was set up by the k.r nf directors of the Chamber of Commerce here Tuesday night, for the January meeting of the Western Carolina Associated com munities. About 75 people are expected to attend the meeting and discuss matters of civic interest to this The report was made to the local group by Charles E. Ray who ex tended the invitation at a recent meeting at Fontana. The meeting will be Just a one day affair. Rabbit Skin Folk Want To Remain In L. Crabtree Area Fifty residents of the Rabbi' Skin section voted this week to re main a part of Lower Crablree Community Development group, and not join Iron Duff, according to a statement issued by three of the 50 residents. The statement, signed by W M. Green, R. H. White and Medford Burgess, was given to The Moun taineer this morning for publica tion as follows: "We wish to call the attention of Iron Duff to the error of in cluding Rabbit Skin community in their winter recreational program of the Community Development nlans. Rabbit Skin was voted into the Lower Crabtree Community De velopment group, and Rabbit Skin voters have unanimously decided to remain with the Lower Crabtree 6rouP-" . The representatives ot me tiaDDii. Skin residents had a list of all those voting on the matter. Welch Goes To Asheville Sanitarium Sheriff R. V. Welch left Haywood County Hospital yesterday after noon for Pisgah Sanitarium in Asheville, where his physician said he would remain "a month or so". The doctor said the officer, who suffered a stroke last month, is now able to sit up in a wheel chair. Dr. John A Ferrell. executive secretary of the North Carolina Medical Care Commission, will meet here November 2 with the Haywood County Board of Commis sioners and Lindsay Gudger, Ashe ville architect, to go over the tenta tive plans for the proposed expan sion of the Haywood County Hos pital. Mr. Gudger Is serving as the hos pital architect for the county. The meeting was announced by County Commission Chairman George A. Brown. Jr., this week. U will start at 9:30 a.m. This will be the next step toward the actual start of construction of the new unit, which will be built with a $225,000 bond issue which the county's citizens approved in an election October 1 by a majority of 13 to 1. .Inst how soon the actual con struction will start, however, Mr. Brown said was not now known def initely. It depends, he explained, on how near the top of the list Haywood County stands In the state. The order In which the state and federal funds are allocated is based on the relative need of the counties filing the applications, with the neediest coming first. There also are other details of procedure to be completed. The county's plans must be approved by the state. These plans must be in line with the county's hospital requirements. Board Turn Down Plan To Publish Directory A proposal for publishing a city directory for this community was turned do.wn by directors of the Chamber of Commerce here Tues day night. The matter was placed before the board by a representa tive of a firm who specializes In publishing directories. The board felt that the need did not exist for a directory, and that the cost to business houses would not be justified. The proposal was to publish about 500 copies, which would sell for $12 to $15 each, in addition to the cost of commercial listings. Canton Dance Team To Perform At State Fair Thp colorful Champion YMCA square dance team, accompanied by Fred Carpenter's string band, will leave Canton Saturday morning for Raleiah where they have been booked for a special folk dancing exhibition at the State Fair. The group is making the trip after receiving an invitation from State Fair officials. They will go by chartered bus and the Canton division of the Champion Paper and Fibre Com pany is financing the trip. The dancers will perform under the direction of Marie Bell, Cham pion Y social secretary. Tax Notices Are Mailed Out Here Property owners this week were reminded that it is tax time again. Tax notices for 1949 were mail ed by the Town of Waynesville, the Town of Hazelwood, and a staff is working on similar notices for the county. Discounts are offered if paid now, I and after the first of the year pen alties are added to the tax bills. New Serial Starts In Today's Issue The first chapter of a new serial story, "Heart of Happiness" starts in The Mountaineer today. The first chapter will be found on page one of the second sec tion. This serial has been selected by Associated Press as one of the top stories of the day, and it is written by the well known writer of entertaining stories, Peggy O'More. The North Carolina Board of Agriculture last Monday endorsed a proposal to establish a poultry laboratory for the Western North Carolina counties. The Counril of Statp will he asked to finance the project from' the state contingency and emer gency fund. The board action followed As sistant Agriculture Commissioner A. Hugh Harris' report that west ern poultry raisers are demanding such a laboratory in their section and are afraid that a spread of disease would seriously injure the rapidly growing new poultry in dustry. The action at the Raleigh meet ing came a few days after the Western North Carolina AsEoetatan' Comunitiies at a session at Fon tana Dam endorsed proposals to establish a poultry laboratory and a mobile plant and soil laboratory tor the 11 counties included in its territory. The WNAC proposal recommend ed that the poultry laboratory be established at the Mountain Test Farm in Waynesville. There was no definite statement made at the Raleigh meeting of the state board as to where it would be located. Local sources, however, indicated that the Mountain Test Farm is thp loelrfll nlano fnr it hpraucn nf - i . - r Its central positiop in relation to the western counties. The Test Farm office, pointing out the. need for such a laboratory in Western North Carolina, said Tuesday-- that western poultry raisers are handicapped currently in their guarding against diseases because of the great distance be tween their farms and Raleigh, where specimens currently must be sent for analysis. The Farm spokesman said "whole flocks could die" during the time necessary to get the analysis back and forth from Raleigh, more than 350 miles from this area. Toe Form Dirpptnr Hnwnrri Clapp could not be reached for comment last weekend, since he was in Raleigh to aid with the annual North Carolina State Fair. Harris estimated that the poultry labdratory would require $3,000 for the equipment and slightly less than $10,000 in other necessary ex penses the first year. Describing the rapid growth of the new western poultry industry, he said commercial Drouer produc tion in Yancey, Haywood, and Bun combe counties has increased from a few thousand to more than 400,000 birds a year. The population of breeding flocks for producing hatching eggs has increased in Macon, Jackson. Clay, Cherokee, and Graham coun ties from less than 20,000 birds to more than 300,000. Mr. Harris told the board that poultry specialists after making an investigation last summer agreed that a need existed for such a laboratory. The reauest for financing the Inhnratorv from the contlnsency and emergency funds will be made with another request that the Coun cil of State consider the situation as an emergency. Mr. Harris explained that tne Agriculture Department does not have the funds itself for such a project. Garland S. Ferguson To Retire From FTC Post One of Haywood's best known sons, Garland S. Ferguson plans to retire on November 15th. Word coming out of Washington yesterday was to the affect, that Mr. Ferguson, with 22 years of gov ernment service behind him, plans to step down from his post as rea eral Trade Commissioner. Whether Mr. Ferguson will come back to Waynesville to make his home, could not be learned today. The Senate confirmed President Truman's nomination of James M. Mead, former New York Demo cratic senator, as Ferguson's suc cessor on the commission. Fergu son is 71 years old. Mead will serve until September 2fi 1955. at a salary of $15,000 a vear. In accepting Ferguson's resigna tion on Tuesday. Mr. Truman praised his "immense contribution in protecting the public interest." Thp Trade Cntnmission has the lob of checking on trade practices un der anti-trust and monopoly laws Born in Waynesville, Haywood rinuntv. Fereuson Is the son of the late Garland S. Ferguson, former North Carolina- Superior Court judge, and Sarah, Norwood Fergu ROtl. He studied law at the University (See Fereuson rage s BUYS HOME HERE Mr nH Mrs. Charles Islev have- purchased the Chapman residence on Brown Avenue and will move to their new home at an early date. Highway Record For 1949 (To Date) In Haywood Killed . . . . 6 Injured . . . 38 (This Information coda piled from Records of Stat Highway Patrol). - V .