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oTANBARD PTG CO Conn 220-230 S First LOUISVILLE KV St .delights .';f The . March " itor "ora I3""1" '" nff ai elderly cneronee xoe lf ibouU? weather gener hevaUirneirthe village. Hh ' frown, "covers nt all time." . aas Impressed. He led the man about more de- ,he region, xne neroKee graciously, patnung iurm !' miiAe who had ac- Ked the wnue man. " td been frowning through I the imervww. rV me CHirilJ Ilia" ' . i 4V.A nnnvonatinn (ad to e" -""" visitor and his guide left. . i i. hn vlllncrp flf way Data ' tor observed with awe: t old man sui u tome in March," the guide It do you mean? big wind. bt Weapon -l -t email hnllnnns form Fncn ui on."- - -f the essential equipment C. E. weatncrDy oi myui-a- i2h School lanes aiong on Li trine is he catches nis ursi, me start coming imo mc inflates one of them, ties it tail of the captured fish by ht-inch string, then tosses n back into the water. fish then dashes off to Join ihool. . . .. h Weatherbv just follows Ihole school by keeping his h the balloon. inds silly, but he Cumes home lis bag limit pretty regularly. The Waynesyille Mountaineer Published Twice-A-Veek In The County Scat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park If TODAY'S SMILE John: Did Jack remain cool when that burglar came in?" Sam: "Yes, he was posi tively shivering.' 65th YEAR NO. 53 8 PAGES Associated Press and United Press News WAYNESYILLE, N, C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 3, 1950 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countiel Beer-Wine Election Set For 2nd. of Sept. W.H.Burgin Building 3 New. Stores On Depot St. Construction is nearing comple tion on three store buildings on Depot Street by W. H. Burgin. The glass fronts are due to be installed this week, and Mr. Bur gin said that he expected the build ings to be completed by the 15th of this month. The buildings have 20 - foot fronts, and are 90 feet deep. Mr. Burgin estimated the cost would be between $12,000 and $15,000. He said he had leased sev eral of the buildings, but pre ferred to wait until completion to announce the occupants. He owns the 45-foot store where he oper ates his store, and the 66-foot park ing lot between the store and Richland Street. OtaigP ,1 Lake or Inging' to the Lake Junalus- ssembly grounds from 300 to Methodist boys and girls 15-17 I of age, the Rev. Carl King. plisburyv announces the Senior imbly of the Western North lina Methodist Youth Fellow- for July 3-V"-'"' 'i, m presiding officer will be per Earnhardt, of Concord, t r officers are: Secretary, Mary se Harbison, Shelby; Dean, the R. H, Stamey, Charlotte; Head Inselor, Mrs. R. H. Stamey; per, the Rev. Dr. Mark Depp, Iston-Salem; Vespers, Mrs. G. Adams, Jr., Matthews; Song er, the Rev. E. H. Nease, Jr., napolis; Pianist, Nelson Adams. rlotte; Nationals, Sr. Grazilla a de Prieto, Havana, Cuba; Miss ra isu, camp Tekoa, N. C; "ctors, the Uev. and Mrs. Carl King, Salisbury. pssembly thorna1: "Jesus Way i way Through Church and ation." eople Arrive Conference Six Picnic Areas Now On Soco Mt. Six picnic areas on the road side on Soco mountain have been installed by the State. Highway Commission, it was learned from Commissioner L. Dale Thrash to day. One of the areas is on this side of the mountain, and five just over the mountain. Tables and trash can facilities have been installed. Each place is located on a wide area affording ample parking well off the shoulders of the highway. Board Sets New Dates, As Registrars And Judges Are Named For Election The Haywood county election on whether beer and wine sales will continue legally was rescheduled Saturday for September 2. The new date was set by the Haywood County Board of Elec tions. Tne referendum had previously been scheduled for August 12 when the board approved a petition for the voting last spring. But a postponement became nec cessary when the runoff primary in the senatorial race was declared. Under state law, a liquor elec tion must be held at least 60 days after the date of any other prev ious election. At the meeting Saturday, the election officials also drew up the appointments of registrars and judges for each of the county's precincts. These are published on page six of this issue. Local Guard Company Leaves For Training After an interested glance at the news from Korea in the morning newspaper, Waynesville's National Guardsmen, 84 strong, left by bus, jeep, and truck early yesterday morning for their two-weeks' sum mer training session at Fort Jack son, S. C. The Heavy Tank Company, 120th Regiment, North Carolina- National Guard:' Were '!iciif;tjui(idi3r jtarl in tensive field training this: morn ing, under Capt. Sam Carswell, the company commander. They formed part of the troops of the 30th Infantry Division, of the state guard, and attacked units scheduled for the summer train ing in the latest techniques and methods of infantry warfare. Six tanks of the company's heavy armor left last week by freight train for the Army post to take part in the annual summer field work. eaders Urge Tomotion )f Livestock Western North Carolina farmers p Saturday heard the state's top P 'cultural leaders plead for the Jomotion of the livestock industry . " "'"'""udi iarm in land insure the state's con- )pD"'n8 afternoon, they In- .,u uairy neras. The western district livestock 'orthr ws senred by the orth Caro inaFarm Bureau. Hay- ent Oral Yates, presided. listStthelatest 1" a series of Ztut meetings whl have h?d , l-Shout the state for fvetnb T.aa 'or promoting ockasing and invest "" age Weather By The United Pre CAID Mondav T1 n .. . . "id warm m 'Jranly eloucy MoXr.Wers.11' afternoon. sSerDoonor ture, ai Wa.yne8ville tempera- June 29 Max- MIn- Precp. July 2 " 6i 8 : ' 87 SO ' Monkey Business Afoot Here As Simian Escapes Esskay's Galleries To Open Tuesday Night On Main St. Esskay's Galleries are staging their formal opening on Tuesday night, July Fourth, it was an nounced today by Sam Kirscn. general manager. fru A.m v,fe ftvtoncivplv rpmod- eled the building on Main street, opposite the First National Bank. Carpenters, painters, and electri cians have pushed the work along to a modern auction house home. Mr. Kirsch, an auctioneer of many years' experience, said that a wide assortment of jewelry, rugs, linens, laces, china, glassware and other items would be offered for auction. Holidays Cut On Size Of Edition The Mountaineer is smaller to day than usual and some features are missing. This is due to the holi days. , While the office will be closed Tuesday, the usual size paper will be published on Thursday after noon. ' There's some monkey business going on around here. And the managers of the Ameri Congo Exposition show figure its worth $25 to stop it. Montgomery Queen, Waynes ville's dog catcher, assisted by town police, have been hunting for the monkey, which escaped from the lot where the show was being held last week. The little animal, ironically aid ed by the training he received, has managed to escape several times when his pursuers were about to close in. Last night he was reported seen and heard, incidentally in the neighborhood of the Ranch House. But he's still free today. For a while after his escape, he made his home friefiy in trees at St. John's School and, later, near Mayor Jack Way's home. But he managed to move in time to keep a step ahead of the offi cers. The monkey found himself at large all of a sudden when a link snapped in the chain that had been keeping him close to home. His face beamed with an expres sion of glee when he discovered he was loose, and he promptly took advantage of it. ' : While everybody was busy with one thing and another, he dashed (See Monkey Business Page 5) Dean Henry Brandis To B e Lake Speaker Tonight K no n tins under the auspices of the Committee on Peace of the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference, Dean Henry Brandis, Jr., of the University of North Carolina, will be the platform speaker in the Assembly Auditor ium, at 8 p.m., Monday, July 3. His address will be in the interest of international peace. Approximately 800 women mem bers of the Methodist Woman's So ciety of Christian Service and its" subsidiary organization for gainful ly employed women, the Wesley an Service Guild, closed a conference-wide meeting here Saturday evening. Mrs. J.' W, Payne, of Cherryvillc, presided over the ses sions of the WSCS meeting and Miss Lottie Duncan, of GreenSboro, over the Guild meetings. Mrs. Frank G. Brooks, of Mt. Vernon. Iowa, president of the Wo man's Division of Christian, par ent organization of Methodist wo men's work, speaking under joint (See Dean Brandis Page 5) u ; . an r-m w n r wr r- r- wr at -.- u . , mm rat ii W Si " n.'! on C. Of C. Office On 18-Hour Schedule As Heavy Infhix dfV Crowd Into This Section Record-Breaking Crowds Expected For Fourth Events Parade And Heavy Schedule of Athletic Events Feature Program Here Haywood County's 1950 Fourth of July celebration will reach its climax here tomorrow with a color ful day-long program. The celebration, sponsored by the Hazelwood Boosters Club, opened formally yesterday when Union Services were held at the' Waynesville High School. Admiral W. N. Thomas of Lake Junaluska preached the featured sermon, and Charles Islcy, director of the Waynesville High School band, supervised the musical pro gram. W. H. Prevost is serving as gen eral chairman of the celebration arrangements. Tomorrow's events will be launched with the traditional In dependence Day parade of some 200 marchers from the county's veterans organizations, Gold Star parents, civic groups, and junior and senior high school bands. The parade will begin at 9:30 a.m. from the Haywood County Court House. The procession will march up Main Street to the First Baptist Church. There, the marchers will be tak en by bus to the Aliens Creek School where they will reassemble to parade from the school to High (See Fourth of July Page 5) Varied Array of Activities, Including Fireworks at Lake Junaluska A day-long sports carnival, a music concert, and a night (ire works display will feature the July 4 observance at the Lake Junalus ka Methodist Assembly. Recreational Director Richard Crowder of High Point reported today detatls of an extensive pro gram of sports contests are being worked out, that there will be something for everybody from three to ninety. There will be recreation, also, for those who don't compete in the contests, he added. Starling at 10 a.m., he con tinued, the contests will include rowboat and canoe, and swimming races; canoe jousts, "whistle-changing" boat races, motor boat races, and a diving contest. Prizes will be awarded the win ners. These events will be for boys and men in various age groups, and if there are a sufficient number of entries, competition also will be held for girls and women. The- folks who don't enter the contests will be able to swim or go boating when these events are not being held. They also will be able to play tennis, croquet, bad minton, volleyball, horseshoe pitch ing, shuffle board, and miniature (See Lake Junaluska Page 5) Highway Commission To Meet In Vaynesville The State Highway Commission is due to come here on Thursday for their two-day July meeting. The Commission will make 'head quarters. . at Mount Valley Inn. Their first session will be at sup per 6:30 on Thursday. At eight o'clock Thursday night the commission will hold their monthly meeting in the court room here, disposing of general routine matters, such as surveying road contracts, and other matters of business usually handled at month, ly meetings. The public will be welcomed to attend, Mr. Thrash said. There will not be a formal program. Mr. Thrash said the commission would begin their tour of the coun ty at nine o'clock Friday morning, going through Jonathans Creek, making a brief stop at the farm of C, ten n A. Boyd then on to Coleman Mountain and through Iron Duff to Clyde, going by way of Ratcliffe Cove. The group will go to Canton and to West Pigeon Road as far as the Osborne farm. They "will re- (See Highway Group Page 5) Audiences Delighted With Cherokee Drama 'Unto These Hills' Is Far Delter Than Expectations ' By W. Curtis Russ Promise yourself night now to see "Unto These Hills a drama of the Cherokee" and you will never regret it, nor forget this colorful, arid soul-stirring drama. Mere words cannot do justice in describing the drama, its beauty, the music, setting, color, and mod ernistic lighting that helps make history of centuries ago live anew. From the moment vou leave the Main V. ! ftV, 1 1 T 1 . , thn I wide paved lighted boulevard up the mountain for half a mile, you realize that there i s something worthwhile ahead. It is. in the very air. ' ' The engineers have kept every thing rustic, and blended in build ings, stages and in fact, the entire plant, as just a natural part of the mountainside. While the drama does not begin until 8:15, be sure and give your self a minimum of 30 minutes from the time you park your car. at any of several large paved parking lots to get to your seats. Not that it will take that much time, but you owe it to yourself to sit there and enjoy the surroundings, and see twilight creep on the surrounding mountain peaks. At 8:15 the huge lights that flood the theatre begin to dim as the first notes of the organ are heard in the distance. As the lights drow dimmer, the' organ peals louder; Then as the narrator, with his deep baritone voice reads: "In the Beginning - - - -' the wood lands behind the three stages grow bright as thousands of candlepow er lighW indirectly flood the tree (See Cherokee Drama Page 5) Local Lions Install Officers For New Year The new officers of the Waynes ville Lions Club formally took of fice last Thursday night. The installation ceremonies feat ured Thursday night's regular dinner meeting at Patrick's Cafe teria. Lawrence Leatherwood took of fice as the new president of the service club, succeeding Richard Bradley. Also installed were the Rev. L. G. Elliott as first vice-president; Dr. Boyd Owen, second vice-president; Henry Davis, third vice-president; Lester Burgin, Jr., secretary; Charles Reed, treasurer; Joe CHne and Charlie Woodard, tail twisters; William Chambers, lion tamer; and Jack Felmet and James W. Reed, Jr.. directors for two years. The nominations and elections were held in May. Richard Barber Takes Over As Rotary President Richard N. Barber, Jr., assumed the presidency of Rotary here Fri day, succeding Jonathan Woody, who becomes vice persident. Mr. Barber will make his official report on Friday of his attendance at the International Convention in Detroit. He is also expected to announce committeemen for the year. The program Friday was a talk by Joe Palmer, dairyman-farmer, of Crabtree, who discussed the growing dairy industry in Hay wood. He pointed out that in a year's time, 51 new grjde "A" dairies were constructed and put into operation in Haywood. The 83 dairies are . producing about 10 million pounds of milk a year, for an average income of a million dollars, Mr. Palmer pointed out. Drowns m i x '" I IL R. RO' CAMPBELL , 48, drowned Sunday morning in Fontana Lake when the boat from which he was fishing turned over. Funeral Services For R.R. Campbell Set For 5 Today Funeral services will he con ducted at five this afternoon at Grace Episcopal church for Robert Roy Campbell, 48, well-known Way nesville resident, who was drown ed in Lake Fontana early Sunday morning. The Rev, Edgar Goold, rector, and the Rev. J. E. Younlz, pastor of the First Methodist church will officiate' and interment wilf be1 In Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers are Dr. N. MMed ford, W. A. Bradley, Albert Mar shall, Rufus Carswell, Milas Fer guson and Fred Campbell. Honorary pallbearers are mem bers of the VFW posts of Waynes ville and Canton and the Haywood Post No. 47, American Legion. Flower bearers are members of the ladies auxiliaries of the three posts. Military rites at the graveside will be conducted by the Rev. Mr. Yountz and members of the VFW post of Canton. At the time of the accident which took his life Mr. Campbell was fishing with Leo Hill, also of Waynesville. According to Hill, they were in a motor boat of the launch type which was top-heavy due to high covering. The craft overturned in 25 feet of water about 75 feet from shore. Hill said both he and Campbell started swimming for shore and that Campbell, reportedly a good swimmer, was swimming when he last saw him. But when he looked for Campbell after crawilng to (See Campbell Page 5) Practically, every available room in the community was filled over the week-end, according to Mrs. Gordon Schenck, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Schenck kept the office open until 12:30 a, m. Monday morning getting places for people to stay. She said today, "every per son coming to the office was found a room." Emphasis was placed on the need .for persons having rooms available to notify Mrs. Schenrk at 433, otherwise she will consider the rooms taken. The schedule calls for the office to be kept open every night as long as the public can be served. This morning the office was filled with visitors seeking information on where to stay, as well as places to visit. "Our job Hght now Is to see that everyone has comfortable accom-' odations, and is made to feel at home," Mrs. Schenck said. "ThU will be done, even if It means oper ating on a 24-hour schedule, In stead of the present 18." Traffic Hits Record Peak Over Week-End Out-of-town Fourth of July holi day traffic going through Haywood county last week-end hit a record volume. State highway patrolmen report ed 600 autos and trucks heading west into the National Park went through the Maggie section every hour during the peak period yes terday afternoon. The heavy volume was. exix-cted to continue and possibly reach a new peak tomorrow afternoon. Out of all that traffic, however, the only accidents resulted bumped fenders and slightly more serious damage all In Waynesville. Two accidents occurred in town this morning, a city bus and a Soft drink truck collided at Gunn's' Corner. Two autos were involved in another accident on Main Street a few yards from the Mountaineer office. Damage was slight in both cases. In a more serious accident Sat urday night, a Lincoln and a Ford collided on North Main. Everyone escaped Injury but property dam age totalled several hundred dollars. Youth Center To Open Tonight The Youth Center at the VFW Building opens tonight from 7 to 10:30, for six nights weekly, under the supervision of Mrs. Fred Calhoun. Fourth Of July Will Be A Holiday For Business, Too Business generally will call it a holiday throughout Haywood Coun ty for the Fourth of July. Except for the hotels, restau rants, and .soda fountains, the stores, banks, and offices will be closed as employers and em ployees take the day oil in observ ance of Independence Day. State Highway Patrolmen, po lice, and deputies will he ready for plenty of woik, however, and hoping for a peaceful, non-violent Tuesday. The patrolmen went on a new 'slepped-up work 'schedule ' Of 18 hours a day last weekend, and will continue on thai same routine through Tuesday. In Canton, no formal celebration Many Heard Adm. Thomas At Union Services Sunday was scheduled. But businesses will be closed anyway, under an agree ment reached at a meeting of the town's merchants late last week. Local police and State Highway Patrolmen both anticipated plenty of traffic work to continue as steady streams of cars bearing holi day travellers flowed over the main highways toward the Cherokee Res ervation and the National Park. The stream of visitors started late Friday afternoon, and con tinued through Saturday and Sun day, backing up the spring fore cast that travel in this section aud through the Park would hit record levels this summer. "And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free" using this as a text, Admiral W, N. Thomas addressed a union ser vice audience at the high school stadium here Sunday night. All churches of the community participated, with the various past ors taking part on the outdoor pro gram which marked the beginning of the Fourth of July annual cele bration. "Our age is such an easy age in which to drift out of the freedom of truth into the slavery of error and falsehood. It is an age of j synthetics und .substitutes, counter-j feits and pre'ense." he said. vThe speaker also pointed out! that "I am not a pessimist but ap-! pcarance is often more convincing ' than reality that we are apt to ac-: cept appearance as genuine and forget that it is only a front." ! "We have to dig deep to find j real values they are never easy J to possess." . Charles Isley was in charge of; the music, Highway Record For 1950 In Haywood (To Date) Injured... w 18 Killed.... 3 (Thls Information com piled from Records of State Highway Patrol)