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GGth YEAIl NO. 8 PAGES Published Twicc-.-Veik In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park TODAY'S SMILE He: Te ttrjrr u'd any- thin that I would reirel Ulrr. She-. Ua It paid? He: r. I'm Ull a bac h- ror. -a Associated Tress WAYNESVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 28, 1951 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties 306 Graduates Will Receive H.S.Diplomas Tuesday Speaker tmm .. it. . L?iJ DR. CLYDE ERW1N, state super intendent of public instruction, will deliver the graduating ad dress at the Crabtree-lron Duff school Tuesday night at eight o'clock. lies Dr. Clark Warns Of Communistic Destroying Force "Communistic forces would de stroy all that the Christian world has built over the centuries, Dr. C. N. Clark, former district super intendent, told Rotarians here Fri day. "Communism is opposed to those things for which the higher Christian ideals are built, and have .maintained,' he pointed out. I The speaker, in a humorous vein, spent the first part of his talk di,s 1 cussing his recent trio to the mid west, and scene of his boyhood flays! He injected many Ozark hu man interest stories. t Hugh Massie was in charge of JJhe program. ' The club gave their president elect, Ralph Prevost, a rising vote Of "good wishes" as he leu lor mi International Convention, in At lantic City. ks aeo Charles Rav V the "loudest" and most N shirts to hit town Many of his friends on the brightness of the among those making a Nc remark ahnirt the fit to wear such a shirt pver. Billv had Ns wanted to hu him a ?ed Mr. Ray for a sug- ,u now the answer. Reived a shirt iHpnUral 'Mch caused so much hetic Tears Uark tells a stnrv ... - sermon h pvpr 'SS in a small rmin 8nd his fivn nn IW, it seems was nnt n lurcn-goer. Durine the t the serv ino nAl '"ears streaming down uncle. ! 'ce. someone re ltle uncle, "it lied by the message i I aiwave rrv r1!! I want tn show Mrs. Jones Dies At Aae Of 90 In Loudon, Tenn. yr i? r .Tnnos. 90. died last una. W Tuesday in her home at Loudon. Tenn She was a daugnier 01 u.t late Rev. and Mrs. William M. Kerr and a sister of tne laic ivn. J. K. Boone of Waynesville. Funeral services were neia . thP Methodist Church of Loudon Wednesday afternoon. Surviving are Ave aaugnu-is m.u ttm cictprs iviiaata iam"' Oiie 3,"v' 1 " ... and Corrie Kerr of Waynesville and a number of nieces -..u nephews. . Mrs Hugh Massie, a ""-. Robert and Joe Boone, nephews, of Waynesville attended the funer al services. 2 Students Have Perfect Record n Attendance The 306 Haywood Countv hieh school graduates will beccive their diplomas this week. Fines Creek will open the week, holding its exercises tonight at 8 o'clock. Crabtree-lion Duff. Clyde and Bethel students will hold com mencement exercises Tuesday eve ning. Wednesday has been chosen by the 116 seniors of Waynesville Township High; and Canton's cere monies on Friday will terminate the graduation series. In all the schools, bactaUuri-ate services were hold esteiday. A number of leading educators are scheduled to be the principal speakers at the various events. Dr. Clyde Erwin, North Carolina Sup erintendent of Public Instruction, will address the graduates at Crabtree-lron Duff. His topic has not been announced. Other guests will be Dr. Paul W. Reid, president of Western Carolina Teachers Col lege; Dr. W. B. Harrell, public re lations officer of W.C.T.C.; and Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, president of Mars Hill College. FINES CREEK Dr. Harrell will speak at the Fines Creek exercises tonmht. Val. edictory and salutatory addresses will be given by Miss Mable Rathbone and J. C. Ledford. An unusual feature in this instance is that Bruce Kirkpatrick. top hon or student, surrendered his place as valedictorian to Miss Rathbone She in turn cave the honor of salutatorian to J. C. Ledfoid. Several awards are to be pre sented, according to Thomas Hood, principal, including one from the Vocational Agriculture department, one from the Home Economics department," two in athletics, one in citizenship, and a special medal fin- nne of the school bus drivers. Members of the senior class are Miss Rathbone, Junior Ledford, Earl ljcdford, Crawford Fisher, Lillian Price, Bruce Kirkpatrick, J. C Ledford and Bennett Rogers. Class mascots are Carol Rathbone and Joan Hood. Marshals selected from the ninth, tenth and eleventh grades on the basis of scholarship are Christine Ledford, chief marshal; and Mary Moore. Joyce Clark. Jan et! Ledfoid, Uoslyn Messer, Regina Ferguson, Doris Ann Rathbone, Katie Russell and Milas McCrack- en. The baccalaureate sermon was delivered by the Rev. W. Jackson Hunevcutt, superintendent of the Waynesville district of the Metho dist Church. MEMORIAL. DAY It v ' 1 , Boards To EkctionDates erger Is Off i l M 5 lNKtfM Lake To Open For Season June Third Memorial Day Program Is Set For Wednesday Three services are scheduled for Haywood County Day, June J. which marks the official opening of the I SS I season of the Lake Junaluska Assembly. There will be ....... ....ri .,i,utiii0 wnrsbio services, and an afternoon business Jarvls Campbell Ferguson Rites Are Held Today Funeral services were held this morning in the chapel of Garrett Funeral Home for Nathan N. Fer guson, 82. retired businessman and former Waynesville resident, who died Friday night at his home in Atlanta, Ga. The Rev. Malcolm Williamson, pastor of the Presbyterian Church officiated .and Interment was in Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were W. F. Swift, J. W. Klllian. Ben Sloan, William Stringfield, Millard Ferguson, and I I . f Jisure had mine," fl top) J ; Jure change Monday m a j m i,. 111 1 a J 1 Min. Rainail ' 6 37 65 41 .04 iVnpwuiii i lrS the staff of the" Ray McLean, son of Mr. and Mrs J. McLean of Plotts Creek and Lucille McGaha, daughter oi . n...i McC.aha. also oi tserwiUP.ete twelve years of perfect t - - they receive tneir aip" y.. mencement exercises to be held at Waynesville High Schon 1 ed nesday night, it was c- ; M. H. Bowles, disirici dent. . , , ,v... Ha. Both students attenoeo Waynesville High School and Jun- lof..K,.fc, .a, a member of Miss , .pars the basketball team for four years .mhor ri l i iv ---- and also a niei" v- . .... f.,.r viars. She was m the 4-H Club for five years McLean was a very be-f the FFA for four year. Both uaem.; . bers in tne um- antisl ment o. u -. f whiCh Church at Plotts Creek oi they are oom nf lu- Wade McGaha, Lu cille, is a sophorome th' year an has not missed day either, with her brother we. C'RABTKEE-IRON DUFF At Crabtree-lron DulT Dr Ei win will make the commencement ad dress Tuesday evening. At this time diplomas will be awarded to the sixteen graduates by Mrs. Lucy- Jones, county superintendent ,i schools, and three honor students will speak. Lois McCracken will deliver the welcome address us ing as her subject, "Youth s Re sponsibility"; Barbara Best will speak on "Our Future",, and Bob bie Smith will make the farewell address on "A Challenge". T,.n numbers will be prescind. by the school glee club and the processional march will be played hv Henry Parker. '.. u..,.. tr- iho pverrises are Marsnam t v C.. DarV HlirlS JamCS. M3t" tie Sue Medford. Maxine Medford. Jewel D. Ferguson, ana Bin oei. ti,.,. ctuHents were selected on a basis of scholastic standing from the freshman, sophomore, and jun- (See Graduates rage o session of the Sulxtisirict quar terly Conference. At 11 o'clock Sunday morning,. Dr. C. N. Clark, former District Superintendent, will preach. Mu sic will be furnished by the com bined choirs of six nearby churches. Soloist will be Mrs. Roger liisson of Lake Junaluska; and Miss Ray Ballard will be or ganist. Represented will be Long's Chapel, Bethel, Maple Grove, Eliz abeth Chapel, Dellwood and Shady Grove Methodist churches. The Rev. W. Jackson Hunevcutt, super intendent of the Waynesville Dis trict, will preside at the service. Morning prayer will be led by the Rev Paul Duekwall, a Scripture reading Riven by the Rev. Paul Taylor, and the benediction by the Rev. Clyde Collins. Hugh Massie will serve as head usher. He will be assisted by two .reuresentatives from each church. Kolliiwina the church services. there will be a' picnic dinner on the grounds, planned for 12:30 p.m. After lunch, ministers and other church officials will hold the Hay wood County Subdistrict Quarter ly Conference, beginning al i .w p.m. The 15 Methodist ministers in ih mil ni v will rcDort on the sta tus or their charges, building pro jects, improvements, etc. The evening worship service at 8 p.m. is sponsored by the Metho dist youth Fellowship of the coun ty subdistrict. With the exception of the sermon, to be preached ty liiv Mr. Hunevcutt, the entire service will be in the hands of the young people Presiding will be Jerry Alexander of Canton First Methodist Church, president of the organization. The Waynesville High School chorus will give the musical program. The offering will go toward the expenses of the Sub district officers attending the youth assemblies at Lake Junaluska dur ing the season. Mr. Ferguson was the son of the late Judge and Mrs. Garland S. Ferguson of Haywood County. Surviving are one sou, Norwood Fei'gusdn of Newport News. Va.; one daughter. Mrs. T. C. C'limer of Chicago; one sister,' Mrs. J. C. Blanchard of Hertford. Also three brothers, J. IV Fer guson of Marietta, ..a c.ariaiiu S. Ferguson of Washington, 1). t , and Captain John N. Ferguson. U. S. Navy, retired, Coronado, Calif. Parkway Section To Open June 1 A "five-mile preview" of' the southernmost section of the Blue Ridge Parkway will be open to t In public June 1. according to a Park Service announcement. Officially noted as Section 2-U, the road is i,L. fi-nin lliehwav 27(i at Wagon Road Gap. The formal announcement in cludes a request to the public "Please leave the flowers for oth ers to enjoy." In observance of Memorial Day j Wednesday, most agencies in Way-1 nesville and Hatelwood will be j closed all day. During the after-; noon American Legion Post No. j 47. In cooperation with other vet erans' organizations, will sponsor a Memorial Day ceremony. Closed all day will be the Post Offices, most Court House offices, the library and the First National and First State banks. Only staff members on duty will be those at the Waynesville Town Hall and those necessary for police and lire protection, The Legion service will be held at the Veterans' Plot in the Green Hill Cemetery at 2:30 p. m, The Rev. W. Jackson Huneycult will be the principal speaker, and the Rev. Broadus Wall will give the prayer and tbe benedicliom Music will bo furnished by the Waynesville High band under Charles lsley. All Gold Star parents are especi ally invited to attend the cere mony Commander Hall has furth er requested that at least one mem ber of the family of any veteran i,.,, in iipurbv cemeteries be present to receive a flag to be plac ed on the grave. The flags will be prsented by U Charles Curtis and Sgl. Carl Francis, both of whom have just returned from Korea. A firing squad will be under LI. Frank Boyd of the National Guard unit. Ernest Edwards is chairman of the committee on arrangements. Town officials of Waynesville and Haelwood today turned their attention towards setting up ma chinery for holding the municipal elections in both towns, since Haz- elwood turned down on Saturday the proposal to merge the two towns The vote was 32 against. and 278 for the merger. There were 772 qualified voters registered. The election of town officials lor A ... ..il.,uM.. .,.h..l,,l.wl T)l l ll'l 1113, III i(ili.il, 3. it wm a ; u for M iv Hth hail hri-n held UU Un-' der terms of the act passed by the 19M legislature, until after the election oil Saturday. Both boards will now be respon sible for setting registration dates, and the date of the election, to gether with the tiling dates for can didates Both towns will continue to operate under the mayor, and three-member board of alderman plan. The Havlwood board will meet tonight to make an official canvass of the Saturday vote, and probably set up the election dates before I adjourning. Thi- Wa nesville board is not I scheduled to meet in regular ses- slon until June 7th. but will meet in special session Tuesday after-1 noon to pass the annual privilege I license schedule, and will take up' the matter of setting the election dates at that time. The tentative date now looks like July third. A spokesman for the Waynesville board said this morning that a re newal of demands for settlement of the back water bill will be made upon the llazelwood board. It was this formal demand last January which prompted the appointment of the survey commission to study the mutual, problems of the two towns, which resulted In the pro posal to merge. The survey .uom mlsslon unanimously found that the water rales charged by Waynes ville for wholesale quantities to llazelwood were in keeping with rates made by similar municipali ties over the stale. Banker Official ' V:1. ' ' : i u .. u . I ' lvt '- J I JONATHAN WOODY was nam ed first vice president i t the North Carolina Bankers in ses sion lust wtek About Ht)0 persons attended the Annual convention and heard numerous speAcis dealing with problems ami lu ture of banking Atomic Film To Be Shown Tues. At Court House An Army-produced film on "The Medical Effects of the- Almim Bomb" will be shown Tiiesil.r. nighl al H o'clock In the Coin 'ni.m in Wai nesville. The Count Health Department 'Utidf ivm Defense officials are spuiiMi.ii.., the showing. "Every person ;n this area lnnilil ii... -i i.nkrsinaii s.ii'l M'l' II, IT I" Because we are near to ('.'. k ..... i , . I I .,, I l w Both town boards are also laced ! Rhlge we nave oee, , . , with the problem of making by the War Depaifne,,, as w h June :t(tl. a budget for the next No. laia.i .... ' year. The budget requirements will purposes Eve.von s ul d b n determine the tax rate for the pared .to take uie ..! wt-t. v . emergency may arise 1 ... , ,, The lilui was shown in W.isjuii; The election on Saturday in, ' m nim w. ., ..Inn lo nicniiiiis in v.....,.' Wins Scholarship llazelwood was quiet. WNCAC To 'Meet At Cherokee In June The quarterly meeting of the Western North Carolina Associat ed Communities will be held at Cherokee on June 22. Officers arc to be elected; and al the same time members of the Tourists Associa tion will meet. The group will be guests that evening at the dress rehearsal of "Unto These inns ft Representative Munroe Redtb-n on mediately look sleis to m..Kt t' available for showing throiKlioot the Western Carolina district I ! lilm will be shown by Mr Redden s secretary. Clifford Brown oi rhtir KIToiK are being made to h-i'-' the American Legion, as wi-il other organisations, att.-nd 'ii'-' showing as a group 12 Years Perfect Attendance r ; 1 I r u -. -i U l, '' ':i t I I n . . nivi Rav McUan, both of Plott Creek, have at- I V 1 Charlton "Pee-Wee" Davis has been awarded the Beta Sigma Phi scholarship which is presented an nually to a member of the senior class of the Waynesville High School. The scholarship, which amounts iw nurarried on tile oasis will not be run today. Saunook School To Present Final Program Tuesday Saunook School will present its final program of the year tomor row morning at 10 o'clock. Enter tainment will consist of folk . i: .... ... !.iutns dances, cnorai reauuia. . tiou HrnmntiTnlinnv The mwu , - i...i..tii u u..m.v....w ,,,uir't i o I the ntuueniit M.-H. chorus will give several musical ' ,.tUzCnship. and participa- numbers. '!,; 'm extra curricula activities. Parents, patrons and lriends die. ... . bv faculty Invited to attend the exercises. , d a committee from classes mor. was rather steady throughout the day. The final count was made about eight o'clock The outcome was the main topic of conversation over the week-end and today Opinions varied some: said the merger issue would not 1 come up a:ain In 20 years: others; predicted the question would be a liv.. issue in the l!ri3 legislature, i More speculation centered about the appioaclnng town elections, i p . pUnmber and the' prospects fur candidates , UOntOn nUIIlUei for the offices lo be filled From ii... i.,nv ni'iisoeets. Joe Liner is l hi- mi! v candidate to formally nun nee for office, lie is seeking place on the Waynesville board ot j im .iu w.. . 1-'" alo-"': ! ,,,., n, the Canton Cl.ainher ,,1 Commerce .it .1 dnn'toi-' 111. - IHU last week, succeeding F. t Shull Mrs. Let a H. Smathei -ie-clci'lcd secretary Olhel' olliceis aie Mowno ' vice presiilenl. and P. ti'-ok arnpbell. treasurer I U. ..I... t I., nhl'l'h I'll'U' 1 - - next week's farm aim ... .,, Action ul the the Im,..,c. ..ie son Mi Shull. (iU.v Koheiis 1 , .....ti., : r.rni. Small:.,- Hnire Medlo.-t ! Elects Holtzclaw ,;"a I New President No Pictorial Pages; Today; Cecil To Be1 Shown Next Weekie,' Cecil will be the featured coni-Hai nuinity in Home Pictorial Mountaineer. The community 1 nil Thomas V, Morgan Record Enrollment Seen For High School Here Bible School Starts At RatcliHe Cove Monday, June 4 present indications are that- t he ( enrollment at high 'school here next ; fall will be the equivalent of two; than this year. j M. II. Bowles, district superin-: tendenl. said thai already the rec-j oids reveal (il more students than the sorority. Charlton is the son of Mr and Mrs. Frank Davis and has been ,-i..i'itif hit f:?WU'He wasjthis year's enrollment of W assistant editor ot tne mai The Ratcliffe Cove Baptist Vaca-, taineer' f tion Bible School is scheduled to member of the twu start June 4 and run tnrougu ..as - June fl. Preparation Uay win this Friday, June 1 13 l..MJ, " " ' , ..I,,.. I nf Iho school Will be Mrs. Robert Caldwell. On her staff are Mrs. Neal Webb, Mrs. Roy Meadows, Mrs. firyson Cagle, Mrs. Fred Sanford, Miss Betty Mash burn, Mrs. Clarence Ford, Mrs. Hascue Dyer and Mrs. Hugh Fran- -! i...-ii h.iMK i hi- rank 01 Eagle Scout and Is the junior as sistant leader of his troop, He is also employed part time as an as sistant in the Haywood County Library. . He Plans to enter Clemson Col lege this fall as a candidate for degree in engineering. Just where, or how we win oc able to take care of the bl extras is more than I can figure right at this time, since we used every nook and corner this year for C99 stu dents." he said. When told there were some sur plus Army tents available, he promptly replied: "We'll have to have niore room from some source tents or something; the situation here is cri'tcnl. Highway Record For 1951 In Haywood (To Date) Killed . . . . 0 Injured .... 21 (This piled State Information com from Record Highway Patrol)
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