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LOUISVILLE KY delight F 13 MOUNTAMEEE TODAY'S SMILE Sprint b the wiiwa when the amateur gardener sUi U paying- a high price tor cheap vegetables. Of The News Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park - -a One More Lvresville National Guard iSrted. with a snappy weekend: "All present I fnr but one." if;nV. in civilian lan- rn authorized strengin Iticers and enlisted men, tZ. hi on the roster. . is looking Jteer-you. you, you, and ut nay you can possibly t drilling- two hours In a f i- ?50. That's base ial Guard recruit, jot stripes, or some brass, J your time is consider rtviluable. the Army says j pays accordingly. incidentally, is what Army recruit would get M , full day, , not just Ully. the shooting Is go Urt for the boys in the ,ooMay-7 and 28. mean ;n go through target prac knutols. rifles, and car- C the range at Camp Hope no days. 63th YEAR NO. 39 8 PAGES Associated Press and United Press News WAYNES VILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 15, 1950 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countie ,ies C.Wins prizes In 1A Review af the five top prizes in Haywood County Fu- omemakers of America Dress went to the host mes Hteh School girls. : ,ville and Crabtree-Iron -iris divided the two other fM evenly. , t Ferguson, showing she indie a sewing machine as she handles a basketball, individual honors, winning tm In two events. Fines Creek High School Ws lounging costume and ij gown were judged the best i classes. liU Trantham woii the other (ice for the host school with W dress design. ;ine Medford of Crabtree ft won the top honors In ktool clothes class, while Ii Carver of Waynesville in the best creation In clothes. : " six of the county's high i were' represented, in the competition. V' sing the vent ,weri Mlss.ylary i county home demonstra kent; Miss Jean Childers, as- eounty home demonstra' :ent; ait! Mrs. Ed Sims. in the Review ended, the Creek FHA girls, directed p.T. D. Brummitt, entertain visiting girls with a tea. event was held in the Home mics Department. complete results: Sports Clothes pelma Carver, Waynesville Ports Hyatt, Bethel. ; - My oJ Russell, Fines Creek. School ,Masine Medford, Crabtree M ,,. pine Messer, Waynesville. Mara and Betty Branson, Heads Clyde LionsLocal Scenes For Movies v To Be Made In Colors V Family In Japan 4 THE REV. W. T. MEDLIN is the new president of the Clyde Lions Club. He was named to succeed Grover Haynes for the new club year at the regular semi-monthly dinner meeting last week. Rev. Medlin Named Head Clyde Lions The Rev. W. T. Medlin, pastor of the Clyde Methodist church, was elected president of the Clyde Lions Club at the organization's regular supper meeting in the church last week. He succeeds Grover Haynes, who became the Clyde club's first presi dent after it wag organized last summer. The Rev. D. D. Gross, pastor of the Clyde Baptist church, was named first vice-president; and Jack Medford, second vice-president; Sidney Haynes, third vice- (See Clyde Lions Page 8) Last minute chances by officials in Hollywood haw ordered scenes for "I Climb The Highest Moun tain" to be made in color rather than black and white. Cameramen have been making scenes for the film in Barber's Orchard for the past ten days. Over the week-end, Henry King, chief director for 20th Century- Fox spent the week-end at the Country Club, and inspected the orchard and the general area. He was impressed with this area, he told friends at tho Club, and he confirmed a decision made in Hol lywood to make the picture in color. Mr. King did not say what their procedure would be from this point. He and his party checked out of the Country Club early to day, and said they would be back later. The chief cameraman, Mr, Bal lard, said that since the film was to be made in color that they would hot necessarily need the apple blossoms for the film, as the green foliage would toe colorful enough against the blue sky. The film is being made in the highest part of the orchard. Strppt ta ' Trantham Fines Va Presnell, Crabtree-Iron Christene Ledford. Fines Evening Dress !1,ie Ferguson Pino rrov P Williams, Canton. ' a Nichols, Waynesville. Lounging ;rJe Ferguson, Fines Creek. Bowue Trantham. Fines Election Board To' Explain Law To PolLWorkers ' - ii t. . !-- i J ' f :'. : .. ' ' i. ... ." More than 100 election officials of the county are to meet at the court house Wednesday at two o'clock for last-minute instructions for holding the May primary on the 27th. The announcement was made by Crom E. Cole, chairman of the Haywood county board of elec tions. He said that every official was being urged to attend this meeting at which time the laws. and all details for the election will be explained. All registrars completed their work of registering on Saturday, and this coming Saturday will be challenge day. A complete record of what the new registration will show was not available at noon today, , A number of additional names were put on the books throughout the 24 precincts, Mr. Cole said. ' t Tire' i..i-jm iiiiimimii iiiimiir -iV l ; ' ITT''"'''''''' Mrs. Carl Francis is shown seated wjth her two sons, Teddy and Carleton, at dinner in their home In Japan. Standing is the Jap anese maid, Emike Watanambe. Mis. Francis, with her sons, went to Japan last July to Join her husband, Sgt. Carl Francis, who has been with the army of occupa tion in that country after serving In the European Tlatre during the war. Mrs. Francis is the former Miss Thelma Muse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Muse of Ratcliffe Cove. : ' " Jury Awards $11,000 For Damages To Building The second week of the May term of Civil court convened here this morning with Judge Zcb V. Nettles presiding. Four days of last week were con sumed with the $25,000 damage suit of Mrs. C, J. Reece against John Belk and R. S. Scott, owners of the Belk-Hudson building on Main Street. The Jury, late Friday afternoon, returned a verdict of awarding Mrs, Reece $11,000 damages, which were claimed in the suit, as the outgrowth of alledged damages to a jointly-owned wall between the I wo buildings. The case was started Tuesday morning and continued until Friday afternoon. The testimony was highly tech nical, with a number of building authorities testifying. Haywood Business is Better; Survey Shows Cteck4-HClub Thursday MRS. VPlVA ttr-nnnn fwtaneer Correspondent) ,. L7! Creek 4-H Club will fe, Medford, the boys' Tea l, E'mer Hcndrlx' P President hiho --wti5 io auena. Mrs. Wright Dies At 89 In Haywood Mrs. Sarah Ford Wright, 89. widow of Wesley L. Wright, died Saturday morning at her home In the Rockwood community. She was a native of Haywood County and the oldest resident of her community. She was the daugh ter of the late Joseph and Eliza Robinson Ford. Surviving are two sons, Harley E. and George J. Wright of Canton; two daughters, Misses Lura and Wesste Wright of the home; two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services were held this morning in Rockwood Methodist Church, of which she was a mem ber. The Rev. George Culberth oi ficiated and burial was in the fami ly plot in Old Thickety Cemetery. Wells Funeral Home was in charge. ; ' " ' Field Day To Be Held Here 25th Committeemen and club women are polishing plans for the Hay wood County Livestock Field Day and the Handicraft Exhibit that will be held in conjunction with it May 25. The events are scheduled for the East Waynesville School. The Livestock event will be held also in connection with the! Western North Carolina Livestock' and Field Day program set for the same dajr at the Mountain "Experi ment Station. ",; Officials reported the county event will feature a morning tour of the Test Farm with 'delegates attending the Western North Caro lina program; a tour of the county's livestock farms in the afternoon; discussions of livestock problems in the evening at the school; and a dinner being held by the Smoky Mountain Fertilier Company for the guests. Principal speaker for the dis cussion part of the program will be Dr. J. H. Hilton, director of the North Carolina Agriculture Experi ment Station and dean of the North Carolina State College School of Agriculture. The Handicraft Exhibit will fea ture the work done by the women of the county's Home Demonstra tion Clubs, with Miss Mary Corn well, county home demonstration agent, supervising the arrange ments. " Handling the work for the Live stock Field Day is a committee of Van Wells of Pigeon, R. C. Fran cis of Ratcliffe Cove, and Jarvis Caldwell of Iron Duff. Mr. Wells is serving as chairman of the group. ; The Field Day will concern all types of livestock raised and de veloped in this county poultry, sheep, dairy animals, and beef cat Officials Set Next Week For Clean-Up Campaign County Democrats On Committees Of State Organization Ten Haywood County Democrats were named to important commit tees of the State Party at last week's annual state Democratic convention in Raleigh. .W. G. Byers was appointed to the resolution committee, Jerry Rog ers and Mrs. Jack West were nam ed to the executive committee tnhn Queen, Sr., and Tommy M"r. can. to the:. judiciary committee; David Underwood and Charles B McCrary to the solicitorlal com mittee; Richard Queen and Clif ford Brown to the Congressional committee; and R. E. Sentelle to the senatorial committee. SHOWERS Lj liUpartly doudy ' Monday and Tuesday Socrr,tSCatterecl .-thunder-y?"tag mostly in the Oal ii- "avnociiii- i rtffn-j : "e icmpera C;by the staff of tne .1 "ax. Mln. Rainfall 12 -- ' -78 58 17 J " 75 60 .12 t"-" 52 .... -bs 53 .39 Weed Control Demonstrations Set For May 20 A series of weed control dem onstrations will be staged Saturday for Haywood county's farmers. County Agent Wayne Corpen ing's office announced this morn ing that 1 the demonstrations will show methods of pre-emergency treatment of the soil. "Pre-emercencv" treatment is the applying of a spray to the land (See Weed Control Page 8) Elks Observe Mother's Day With Special Service Members of the Waynesville Elks Lodge and their guests ob served Mother's Day last night with impressive, colorful cere monies in a special session at their headquarters here. Leading the program were Exalt ed Ruler Alvin T. Ward, assisted by Leading Knight M. E. (Tony) Davis, Loyal Ruling Knight Pro Tern J. W. Ray, Lecturing Knight Pro Tern Joe Liner, Secretary James W. Reed, Jr., Treasurer and Pro Tern Chaplain Joe Casabella Esquire W. G. Dover, Tiler O. L Noland, and Pro Tern Inner Guard E. A. McElroy. Charles Isley sang the solo, with James Galloway playing piano ac companimcnt for him. Officials of Waynesville and Hazelwood are working out details for the annual clean-up, paint-up campaing, and have set tentative dates for the week of May 22-27. Grayden C. Ferguson, town man ager of Waynesville, and Clyde Fisher, mayor of Hazelwood, this morning said that arrangements would be made to have additional trucks cover the area and collect all trash and garbage put out. The annual event is being staged a little late- this year than usual, with the thought that with warm er weather at hand more outdoor activity could be accomplis.hed. Th campaign was staged two weeks earlier last year, and dur ing a "chilly period." Town officials plan to call on civic organizations to join in the campaign, as well as business plac es, in staging one of the most com plete and thorough campaigns aver staged here. Attention will also be given to vacant lots, as well as buildings at this season, it was pointed out. Right now weeds are beginning to get high enough to cut, and this will be the opportune time to lay them low'," the officials said. Howling Success Girls Show Fine Talent In Dress Show School Board Carries Extra Accident Insurance Jack Messer, county superinten dent of Education will sometime todaypresent Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Sisk a check for an additional $1,000 as insurance resulting from the death of their daughter, Nancy Carolyn Sisk, 7, who died of In juries sustained when hit by a school bus. The Haywood Board of Educa tion, sometime back, took addi tional insurance, which covered death, as well as accident and hos pitaliation. The plan is optional with school boards, and the Hay wood members felt the additional coverage was essential. The $1,000 Is in addition to the $600 which the State carries cs insurance for each student riding a school bus. The check for the full amount was given to Mr. Messer this morn ing by James L. Kilpatrick, agent for the Insurance firm here. Nancy Carolyn was a member of the first grade of the East Waynes ville elementary, school. TLW SJ i't t , j, t i , f V 1 I 1 A . -: f , i 'x tJ" .' -.".r i . - o v ' A prize trophy gives little pleas ure to one-year-old Patricia Ja cogs, who howls long and loud as she holds her award. Patricia took first honors in a baby con test for children of students at tending the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. (Interna tional Soundphoto). " Maxine Medford, Ann Noland, Sue Dotson, Elizabeth Ann Craw-1 ford, Susule Noland, and Helen Ferguson won top honors Satur day in the FHA Dress Review held at Crabtree-Iron Duff School. Participating in the event were first and second-year home econ omics students and a few members of Future Home Makers clubs. The judges, Mrs. Doris Reeves, Mrs. Larry Ferguson, and Mrs. Jarvis Caldwell, had a hard day. All the girls showed a highly-developed talent with the needle, and the differences between which was good and which was a little better were exceedingly small. When they turned in their de cisions after careful deliberation, the results showed as follows. Competition for first-year Home Economics students Cotton dresses; , First -Maxine Medford; 2 Mat tie Sue Medford; 3 Betty Ruth Ferguson.;. :; ,..:;,;.: Street Dresses: FirstAnn Noland; 2 Gertrude Frady; 3 Sue Dotson; Feed Sack Dresses; First Sue Dotson; 2 Pansy Bryson; 3 Gertrude Frady; Competition for second - year Home Economics students: Cotton Dresses; First Elizabeth Ann Crawford; 2 yivian Haney; 3 Bobbie Smith; Street Dresses: First Susie Noland; 2 Doris Sue Parks; 3 Geraldine Bishop; Evening Dresses: First Helen Ferguson (junior calss); 2 Emelyn McCracken (first year). ; ' Mrs. Glenn Noland, the home economics teacher, directed the re view. ' ; v , -. 2 Hurt In Accident On Highway The parents of seven children were injured yesterday afternoon when their car. collided with pickup truck at a Soco Road inter section near the Queen's Tourist Farm. The father, Harley S. Lane: 49, of West Marlon, who suffered severe chest injuries and a badly lacerated tongue, was. reported in "fairly good' condition at Hay wood County Hospital at noon to day. - His wife, Parlee, 32, was releas ed from the hospital this morning after being treated for a lacera tlon above her left eye and severe bruises. Six of the Lane children were riding in the back seat of the 1942 Plymouth when the accident oc curred, but all escapee injury. The drivcf of the truck, 27-year old Ben Garvin Rlggins of Waynes ville, Route 1, also- escaped injury State Highway Patrol Corp. John L. Carpenter reported the car, travelling west on U. S. 19, was at tempting to pass the other vehicle when the truck made a left-hand turn into the cutoff-road. The auto struck the left side of the truck, then careened into an embankment. The Lane children spent the night as guests of the LeFalne Ho tel here, and Hospital Administra tor Lee Davis started making ar rangements today to help the fam ily return to their home after re ports indicated the family was low on funds. Lane is employed by the Drexel Furniture Company of Marion." The patrolman estimated the damage to the auto at $500, and to the truck at between $150 and $200. The Lanes were riding to Bryson City when the accident happened at 3:25 p.m. . Grand Master v. v 1 , R. II. TERRELL is the new dis trict deputy Grand Master of tUe 41st district of Masonls. Terrell Honored By Masons; Named Dep. Grand Master R. H. Terrell has been Installed as district deputy grand master of the Masonic order, succeeding S. E. Connatsur of Waynesville, Mr., Terrell has held many places of distinction in the Masonic cir cles of the 41s( district, serving as past master of the Clyde Lodge and past president of the West Gate organization. Mr. Terrell was confirmed by the Grand Lodge which met recently in April. Mr, Terrell and Mr. Connatser attend ed the meetfrig which was held In Raleigh. S. Clyde Okays Plans For Bookmobile Trips In Community Residents of South Cyde l?st Monday night approved a proposal to have the Haywood County Book mobile extend its service into the community. The action was taken at a Com munity Development Program meeting after Chairman William Osborne explained the procedure. The stops will be made at P. C, Mann's, Sam Jackson's, Louisa Chapel, and Mrs. Henry Osborne's. The meeting opened with the audience singing "Revive Us Again.''' -.--- Mrs. P. C. Mann led the devot ional, and Lloyd' Justice followed with prayer, then the business session started. .'. , Lions Honor . Outstanding Local Students The Waynesville Lions Club last Thursday night honored the boys and girls selected as the out standing citizens of their schools and two top musicans of Waynes vine Township High School. Charles Isley, of the club's edu cation . committee who is also di rector of the high school band, pre sented Vivian Watkins, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Dan Watkins, and Jimmy Galloway, son Mr. and Mrs. Mark Galloway, as the outstanding music students of the school. Both are graduating this spring. Jimmy, who played in the band for five years before he left it to become piano accompanist for the soloists, had previously been sel ected this winter as an Honorary Lion of the Month by the club. Among the top students of his class in scholastic rating, he also serves as president of the Haywood sub-district, Methodist Youth Fel lowship, and was accepted, with out the necessity of taking an en trance examination, for admission to Duke University next fall. Vivian, described by the band director as "the finest clarinet player Waynesville High School ever produced," also Is an honor student, served as head cheer leader during the last football sea son, and is active in many other campus activities. Both, also active in dramatics, had to leave shortly after they were introduced, to rehearse for the Senior class play which was presented Friday night. ' Voted the outstanding citizens of East Waynesville School were Patsy Farmer, daughter of Elmer Farmer of Ratcliffe Cove, and (See Lions Page 8) Recent U. S. Survey Shows Business 226 " Per Cent Better Than In 1939 Haywood County's retail sales nearly tripled in 1948 over the business of nine years earlier. This w.n reported todav bv the U. S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of the Census. In 1948. said the report, the county's retail sales reached $17.- 600,000. , That is 226 per cent greater than the business the stores did In 1939. Wholesale sales took an even greater leap: in 1948 they amount ed to $6,000,000. In 1939 they wert $1,400,000. Employment jumped correspond ingly during the nine-year period. The work-week ending November 15, 1948 showed 1,395 employees on the payroll In the firms in the service trades alone. At the same time In 1939. there were only 804 paid workers 041 those jobs. The business in the service trades nearly tripled between 1939 and 1948, from a total $289,000 In receipts ten years ago to $76,000 in 1948. The number of firms and their employees rose during 1939 with the opening of new businesses throughout the country. But speci fic figures for the year were not immediately available. All reports from private busi nesses and postmasters, howevef, indicate that the progress the coun ty has been making since 1939 re mained unbroken through last year. in 11m tne county had 14 tourist courts and camps which did a seasonal business of $56,000 in receipts, They had four paid em-ployees-sand. wervOperated by17 proprietors;" ' In all, the county had 351 retail and service trade establishments which did a total $17,592,000 worth of business in 1948. They had 365 proprietors and 1, 008 paid employees. ine greatest single business in the retail trade was that dealing in food. This group had 129 establish ments that did $3,110,000 worth of business, employing 103 workers and operated by 126 active propri etors. 1' The county's 40 eating and drinking places showed recipts and sales totalling $898,000. These had 39 active proprietors and 103 em ployees who worked on a full-time basis. General stores and general mer chandise places, totalling 32, did a $3,707,000 business in 1948. They were run by 39 active proprietors and employed 107 workers full time. There were 13 clothing stores in that year that did a total $766,000 business, while 20 firms were sell-' ing furniture, home furnishings and appliances. Their business reached $1,797,000 during that year. The county had 17 automobile and truck dealers, whose receipts totalled $2,514,000 then. Also operating were an even dozen lumber, building and hard ware firms, 43 gas stations, nine drug and proprietary . stores, and 36 stores of other types. In the wholesale trade. 19 firms were operating that year to a tune of $6,042,000. There were, furthermore, 83 ser vice trade firms in that same year doing a business of $760,000. " The county also had seven firms engaged in supplying amusements. Their combined business totalled $241,000. Breaking the business down by communities, tne Bureau report shows Canton had 88 retail trade (See Business Page 8) Details Of Motorcade In South Carolina Being Made Miss LUcille Cathey, Greensboro Daily News reporter, spent Moth er's Day yesterday visiting her mother, Mrs. Thad Cathey of Clyde. Hna publicizing travel over High Mrs. Gordon Schenck, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, left this morning for several days in northern South Carolina making arrangements for the proposed motorcade from here into that area. Mrs. Schenck was accompan ied by Earl Aiken, of the Brevard Chamber of Commerce. Tentative plans are for some twenty cars from here to join a like number in Brevard, including the 80-piece Ecusta Band, and make a two-day tour of upper South Caro- way No. 276. Several groups, both here and in Brevard, as well as in South Caro lina are working out details, and then these will be combined for final arrangements and the trip. Some Special promotion mater ial is being prepared for distribu tion on the trip, and newspapers throughout the area to be visited are cooperating with news and pictures of the motorcade. Tentative dates are May 31 and 'June 1st. Highway Record For .1950 In Haywood (To Date) Injured .... 16 Killed 3 (This information com piled from Records of State Highway Patrol)