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t i AD,h) ru, tu Cornp 20-230 S Fir-, n. LOUISVILLE RT Q -Q blight 13 n rr TODAY'S SMILE Two women were prrpar Ing to board the air liner. One of them turned to the pilot and said, "Now. please, dont traret. faster than sound. We want to talf wl A IT TTJW A TITTT?"n77D )I The News 7 U i V M V Hi n -A.W-U. X-r Vi -L. 1L 1 -LLX -a Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County jt The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park O- ilME ;3S0I1 L basketball season Gin Haywood County I l-. ks at least will sian " c 63th YEAR NO. 23 12 PAGES Associated Press and United Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 20, 1930 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties i.iini .i munty Community ot Program tournament Ldavthe nnual Hay ftenior 4-H Club ,t opens. . . . extension of the fk. Waynesville - Bethel ol girls- feud in next tests The enUre start- of fines wees mu ... i u irls So are t are - Owl's stars. - as Comes But Year, It Says InHar savs there are only L. h till Christmas. Lt v dence iuuiw; ct imp is still going on today, a man came into l,inT office and paw ..... L,ith i $5 bill. - Lms. the face of the note Ly red seal with golden Vhich read: Christmas." U Friday. Mrs. Marx . of Ratcliffe Cove receiv- hut. " Christmas present irom Be That Did tAway Lake Rave up a six and bound bass last Wednes- m to Tom Campbell, jr., fcvllle. after a brief strug- 11 hooked it while fish- tut 15 feet of water in the Wahala loop. : . thnlcal details, he gave Ires: i using a one-half ounce n HDH tapered fly line kiEht-pound leader,, and hook with a night crawl. eight of this . specimen. bsilred 23 Vt inches In strictly official. The men pat dock weighed It, then 1 , . t , L lit. B uamei, w ay nesvuie st, checked the weight ck man declared only one is caught this year was an Tom's, and that one My a few ounces more lade his catch at about 10 inder clear, sunny skies tr was dingy at the time, were only a few ripples long its surface. joy was not entirely un however. - feek before, he had helped ithe rules for the Haywood wild Life Club's fishing them is that the contest on April 1. T is that fish cannot be m the contest any later ee days after they are Pushing 'Greater lunaluska' Campaign Commissioner L. Dale Thrash Announces ;::lii!fili' K ' V Y -I ;,S-:& ' J .; ( I -v ' A .l I Li Co Frank Ferguson Named oard GI Election Oead BISHOP HARRELL LUTHER WELLS These men are heading the "Greater Junaluska" campaign which will open In the Waynesville district with a dinner meeting here Wednesday night at 6:30. Some 200 Methodist laymen of the dis trict, together with civic leaders of this community will hear de tails of the campaign from these leaders. Bishop Harrell is bishop of this district, Mr. Wells Is manager of the campaign to raise $600,000 for expanding facilities at Lake Junaluska. Hugh Massle is chairman in charge of arrangements for the meeting Wednesday. Oloodmobile Gomes ESere nomorrov The Bloodmobile will pay its second visit of 1950 to the Waynes. ville area tomorrow when it stops at the Hazelwood Presbyterian Church to accept contributions for the Asheville Blood Center. Members of the special Hazel wood Boosters Club committee meanwhile were completing ar rangements today for the registra tion of as many volunteers as they could find, , .;. : They have been working trenu ously for nearly a month in efforts to top the volunteer-registration of last January 31 which set a re cord of 123 prospective donors. Mrs. Charles E. Ray, Jr. and her fellow Waynesville area Rad Cross chapter Gray Ladies will be work ing again to make the volunteers as comfortable as possible. The donor room will open at 10 A. M. and will stay open through the afternoon as long as volun teers keep coming. ' The tentative closing date is set for 4 P. M., but officials said that the room would stay open for men and women who are unable to come there during those hours The Boosters Club, headed by President Rudolph Carswell, is sponsoring this latest visit of. the Bloodmobile. " ' 200 Expected For Junaluska Expansion Meet Methodist laymen and church officials will meet Wednesday to hear reports on the details of the Lake Junaluska Assembly (600, 000 expansion program. The Rev. Coston J. Harrell of Charlotte, bishop of the Method 1st Church's western area, called the dinner session. W. Hugh Massle of Waynesville, a member of the Assembly board of trustees, said more than 200 persons are expected to attend the meeting, including five trust ees.'' ," ," He added that other church de nominations are expected to par ticipate in the expansion pro. gram, in view of the location of the- -Methodist Assembly. , : i .... "Road Jobs, verihg: 39 Miles Set Man Of Year Receives Award Out Of Race Haywood county is scheduled to get 39.3 miles of secondary roads paved in the second letting, It was learned from Commissioner L. Dale Thifish this week. Contracts for 12 miles were let several weeks ago, and now 20 projects are scheduled to be let In the second phase of the work. The two groups of contracts will give Haywood 51.3 miles under Frank A. Fersuson. Waynesvilln construction, as provided in tne attorney, Roy Haynes of Clyde, and Sta,e 200 million dollar rural road Glen Boyd of Jonathan Creek muke program up Haywood County's board of Commissioner Thrash said the elections for the new year. I second prase of the work will In The State Board of Elections elude .the following 20 projects. last Saturday named the three to and the mileage as Indicated: replace the entire incumbent Dutch Cove ........... ....;......., 0.6 membership of Chairman Jerry Dutch Cove 2.3 Rogers of Waynesville, ' Claude Hannah Cove Williams of Canton, and J. A, Qucentown Singleton. Center Pigeon Ferguson and Haynes are the Henson Cove Democratic members of the new Rhodarmer board, and Boyd is the Republican Lake Logan (Sunburst) AnMD.n4Dttu. ! .Tl u U :i! V IvflVAIUIUTW. . .IllUCVail ........ifC The Haywood County Democratic McClure Executive Committee had recom- Coleman Mountain mended the re-appointment of iron Duff Rogers, and the appointment of C. Crabtree E. Cole of Canton as the party's old Crabtree . representatives, , . Hyder Mountain The county Republicans had re- Thompson Cove commended Mr, Singleton and Thickety Sam Ferguson. BRYAN MED FORD has formally Withdrawn from the race for re election alt Register of Deeds, a place he has held for, the past. eight years. Mr, Medford said he was just not making, the race, and would decide as to his plans for the future before his present term expired on December first. jitur Justice ounces For Mon Board F Justice, 75-year-old Pi pshlp farmer, today f orm pneed he is candidate f'aiuon on the Haywood pro 0f Education. pee, a veteran of the perican war and Phllip Rection, is active In the pus community and is a 1 currently aiHlno in th the Center Pigeon Com- pveiopment Program or Fve in cluh wnrW , i. F of the York and the re oodies of the Masonic fun. . i --. c w&cb piirv in h, the Haywood-Jack- Fox Hunters Associa- COOLER March 2nrn..j InJ r . onday. showers M Tr, , 8 cooler Mon g Tuesday air and Cool Max. -.55 56 62 54 Min. 39 30 42 31 Rainfall .22 Many Pounty People Receive Security Benefits . , - . ... j ... . Fifty-five young widows and 207 children under the age of 18 years in Haywood County re ceived federal social security benefits in the fear which ended last June 30. f The Asheville office of the U. S. Social Security Administra tion announced the figures this week. . V The young widows who were beneficiaries received an aver age $18.71 per month, while the children received an average $12.29. .':' . -.: The widows' '. average was $1.57 higher than the average monthly payment for the 17 county area served by the Ashe ville office. The average pay ment to- the "children also was higher than the regional aver age for this section, which was $10.77 per month. : V Henderson Girl Wins District Speech Contest Joy Rhodes, 16-year-old Edney ville High School junior, will rep resent Western North Carolina in the finals of the State Soil Conser- j vation Speaking Contest. Miss Rhodes, who finished third in her Henderson County contest last year, topped four other west ern county champions Friday, af ternoon in- the district elimina tions which were held in the Hay wood County Court House. She was awarded the top prize of a $50 U. S. Savings Bond offer ed the district winner by the North Carolina Bankers Association. . Joe Davis of the First National Bank of Waynesville presented the award after the judges an nounced their decision, Worth Palmer, 17 - year - old Hayesville High School senior, and western district champion in 1948 and 1949, finished second and was awarded a $25 bond. He was run nerup for the state championship last year. Mr. Davis, In announcing the winner, quoted the Judges as say ing this was the closest contest they had ever been in the position of deciding. AH five contestants, including Haywood County's champion, Cenie Ferguson of Fines Creek, made it tough for the Judging tribunal of John Nesbift, Dr. C. N. Clark, and Mrs. T L. Gwyn, all of Waynes. ville, by the excellence of their deliveries and the evidence of the preparation they 'put into their work. , ' '' Miss Rhodes and Mr. Palmer de livered their, speeches again later in a radio broadcast over Station WHCC. Camera Club To Elect Officers , The recently-organized Haywood County Camera Club will meet at 7:30 P. M. Tuesday at the Court House to elect permanent officers and adopt a constitution and by laws..,, v The session was announced today by Howard Clapp, temporary chair man of the photographers' 'organi zation.1. . Political Observer In Raleigh Says 'U. S. Senatorial Race In Haywood Is Complicated' Bob York, student at the Uni versity of North Carolina, spent the week end at home. Mrs. C. J. Iteece and son, Jeff, spent a few days last week with the former's sister, Mrs. Harry Shumaker, In Clinton, S. C. Special Edition To Be Published On Thursday The special edition, f"50 Years of Pregress'? will be published in the regular Thursday edition of The Mountaineer. . The staff and mechanical department have been putting the finishing touches on the edition, which will be 4$ pages of tabloid size, with the cover in two colors. , A large number of pictures made back many years ago to gether with articles taken from the files of this paper in the early lSOO's will be featured in the edition. a Staff members have prepared special articles for the edition, and a number of illustrations of past and present styles and trends -are given.. : ' There will be no increase in price for this edition. Due to the large size, only a limited number of extra copies were printed. Those wanting extra copies should buy them Immediately.- County School Problems To Be . -A Surveyed Soon Miss Madeline Tripp, associate In the , division of instructional service of tho N. C. Department of Public Instruction, tomorrow and Wednesday will survey . the pro. blem of Haywood County's school's. She will work with Mrs. Lucy Jones and Mrs. Alice p. Brown, the Haywood County school supervis. ors, surveying all phases of instruc tion. Miss Tripp also will check some of the county's elementary schools to determine the extent of stand ardlzatlon in instruction they main tain. .. 2.1 1.0 ..1.5 .2.4 .'. 0.9 1.5 .11.7 . ; 0.8 .s. 3.0 ; . 1.2 ...1.9 .. 1.9 ... 5.1 ;., 1.2 4.7 ... 2.2 ...0.6 ... 2.3 ..39.3 ".'AN New Town Ordinance Welcomed The news of Waynesville's new dog ordinance was greeted with special Joy on Trader Street. The Haywood County Health Department last weekend report ed the problem of the strays was particularly acute in that area. A public health nurse said of the many complaints stimulated by the apparently v homeless and hungry pooches nearly half of them came from Frazier Street residents. ' "One woman," she said, "report ed that she had seen a pack of 25 dogs roaming the neighborhood, upsetting garbage cans and gene rally creating a nuisance the other night." The Department reminded dog owners of the Public Health law which says, In effect: all dogs must bear tage showing they have been inoculated against rabies. Other wise, authorities can destroy them! This law doesn't forbid dogs from roaming around in packs, of course. -. , - , . . But the new town ordinance Is breaking this up. . ;The act provides that all dogs unaccompanied by their owners will be picked up by authorities and impounded. That applies to any stray whether he s . . been inoculated against rabies or not. , s RICHLAND GARDEN CLUB TO1 MEET The Richland Garden Club .will meet at 12:30 P. M. Thursday with Mrs. Aaron Prevost. . .-. i , - ' ': Mr. and Mrs. Francis Massle and sons, Stanford and Tommy, and Mrs. Bonner Ray, returned Satur day after a ten-day visit to Florida Political observers in Raleigh are keeping sharp eyes on Haywood County In this current senatorial campaign particularly. Lynn Nesbltt, veteran capital reporter for the North Carolina Association of Afternoon Dallies, reported the background for this unique Interest in a recent column. The column appears in afternoon newspapers throughout the state. Here's what Mr. Nesbltt had to say on the matter: BATTLEGROUND-As the sen atorial campaign moves along there will be many communities with sharp division in sentiment. One of the hardest fights will be In Haywood County. Next-door neighbor to Bun combe, home of Bob Reynolds, Haywood gave him better than two to one over (Cameron) Morrison in 1932, and better than five to one over Frank Hancock in 1938. ' Reynolds' folks claim Haywood "belongs" to them. This time there are complications. Senator J. M. Broughton picked Richard Queen as his secretary, and Senator Frank Graham con tinued him in that position. So Graham folks assert claim to the county. " i Mrs. Willis Smith (wife of the third candidate for the Democratic nomination) was Dolly Lee, daugh tr of the late W. T. (Tom) Lee, many years chairman of the corp oration commission and a political power throughout the West. Her family is still to be reckon ed with in every campaign. Therefore, the smith folks say Haywood "belongs" to them. It is doubted that any cotnpar able area in the State will be the scene of a harder scrap, with as many cross currents of family connection and political factions, as Haywood County, That sentence concludes Mr. Nesbitt's reference to Haywood. Other members of the Lee fami ly here are Tom Lee and his brothers. R. L, and Capt W. H. Lee, returned Navy veteran who twice was decorated with the Navy Cross for his distinguished service in World War I. Lake Junaluska ................. Worley Cove Hemphill ............................ Total miles In the district. Some 687 miles of secondary roads will be paved under the first and second phases of the program In the 14 counties making up the tenth district, Commissioner ; Thrash already has let to contract 182 miles of bond money, roads during January! and February, Bids will be asked for additional inller -in the March letting rounding out the 264.4 miles which constitute the first phase of the division's paving program. Work will begin later in the spring on Yi additional 422.55 miles of paving In the western counties. Announcement of the individual road selections in the Tenth Divi sion already has been made in 14 county meetings held during the last two months. Commissioner Thrash said that weather condi tions and other factors will de termine how much of this program is finished during the 1950 paving season. , The Tenth Division has concen trated on its stabilization program during the winter months while plans were being made for the paving program, . The $200,000,000 bond issue pro gram will move Into high gear all over the state when the paving sea son opens this spring. At right, Lions Club president Dick Bradley presents Charles E. Ray, Jr., of Waynesville with the. plaque symbolic of recognition as The Man Of The Year in the Waynesville area for 1949, as Mrs. ' Ray watches. tThe ceremony took place during the Thursday night meeting of the Waynesville Lions Club, which sponsored the poll of the area's civic club representatives to determine the winner.-' . ; V V (Photo by Ingram's Studio. Charles Ray Presented r With Man Of Year Award Engineer To Check School Heating Plants C. II, Jourdan, engineer under the Division of Operation of Plants for the State Board of Edu cation, arrived here today to start checking the heating units of Hay wood County schools. He will visit all schools which have central heating plants, and will make recommendations on methods which will save fuel and on the economical and efficient operation of the heating systems in general. ,. Tuesday Is First Day Of Spring, Really It Is Throw another log on the fire, for tomorrow is the first day of spring.'.. . ,' ;.:,-NU"l': Mother Nature spparenUridt her calendar as she fixed t op things for the advent of the sea-, son of the birds, the bees, young love, and politics. But it still goes, anyway. ' One pigeon was worried to death. She'd taken off from Key West last week and her husband had promised he'd be right be hind her. He didn't arrive, however, un til late this morning, and when asked by his irate w spouse what happened, replied: ' "Well, I got ice on my wings' over Soco Gap and had to walk the rest of the way." ' Meanwhile the boys and the girls were tentatively nlbbllnr their vitamin pills, and consider ed themselves lucky at that, - Even as recently as 20 years ago, they'd be taking their sul phur and molasses to ward off the evils that are associated with the spring season. "Who said those were the 'good old days?' " one youngster asked thoughtfully, "Must have been somebody with a bad memory." C. Of C. Directors Will Meet Tonight The directors of the Chamber of Commerce will meet tonight at 7:30, it was announced by James L. Kilpatrick, president. ? The board is composed of 24 members, representing every phase of business and civic life of the community. Bill Rlcheson left today to 're sume his studies at the University of North Carolina after spending the week end with his mother, Mrs. L. M. Rlcheson. 'Dr. Tom' Honored On 78th Birthday Last Saturday DR. TOM STRINGFIELD Charles E. Ray. Jr., merchant, engineer, civic leader, public serv ant, and happily married husband, last Thursday night accepted the Lions Club award of 1949-Man of the Year "with a feeling of deep appreciation and humility;" This' humble note came in his address, otherwise spiced with gen tle wftyand humor, tttat followed his acceptance. Qkjthc; Mn of, th! Year plaque from Lions President Richard Bradley, The presentation o the plaque, symbolic of the honor, was the feature of .'the annual program which was initiated ;last.' spring when County Agent "Wayne Cor penlng Was awarded .the 1948 title. Joe Palmer," chairman "..of,,-ihe Club's Bpecial projects coMrrfjtctee which sponsored the j?lpJothe selection; of .The .Mardnlrcduspd Mr. Ray taJhP&iCrab tadid audllwgaotoWHC. " But before 'that? Club -Program Chairman Jerry Rogers presented Mrs. Ray, the woman behind The Man of the Year, with an orchid corsage, and her husband with a red rose.r' ' In his address, Mr. Ray,-chair-. man of the State Parks Commission and past president of the Waynes ville Rotary Club, paid tribute to the men who had worked to make Waynesville ; grow. He mentioned by name Dr. Tom Stringfield, who was mayor of Waynesville when Main Street was "taken out of the mud," as he put It; Mr. Killian, who helped put in the first elec tric lights the town ever had;.B. J. Sloan; Ernest Withers, Frank Miller.-,;', He named Jonathan Woody, cur rent president of the First Nation al Bank of Waynesville, for his sup port of the county's agricultural program in cooperation with. Mr. Corpening. And he paid his respects to the county agent for his contributions to the civic life of the town and the county as a whole. Mr. Ray was selected for, the honor by a secret ballot in , which representatives of the Lions Club, Rotary Club, Waynesville . Elks Lodge, Hazelwood Boosters Club, the Waynesville Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Haywood County Ministerial Association, and the lo cal posts of the Veterans of For eign Wars and the American Le- (See Charles Ray Page 1) Dr. Tom Stringfield, probably the oldest life-long resident of Waynes ville, observed his seventy-eighth birthday on Saturday. Un celebration of the occasion he was honored at a party given Sat urday evening with his daughter, Mrs. Carl Hill, as hostess at his residence on Walnut Street. Around forty relatives and close friends called and a large birthday cake was cut. - Arrangements of jonquils and forsythia were Used in decorating. . Dr. Tom, as he is known through. out the county, is the son of the late Col. William W. and Mrs. Maria Love Stringfield, and is a descendant of pioneer families of this section! He attended Old Trinity college, now Duke University, when it was located in Randolph County and went with the college when It was (See Dr. Tom Stringfield Page 4) S Highway Record For 1950 In Haywood (To Date) Killed 2 Injured..., 9 ' (This Information com piled from .Records of State Highway Patrol).