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THE WAYNESYILLE MOUNTAINEER ; SECOND SECTION ULY 16, 1951 3e venteenth Of A. Series of Farm-Home PietdrM Pages J - I W $ . 1 111111 IWI"111 S - v 'V' 1 (vi o 4KTVflob-&Zh I V..;: v, . , .-'if vVcs t- J6stfcH x " X N? 8 N ' S ' ' 1 ' " ' 1 x - " 1 l xl! 5 - v 1 ' - ... .: - - ""w ' , ' . i v " is, . f - - i 4n ' A i I - N, . Xr s t 4 1 " fee of the olTiccrs of the Upper Crabtrec Community 1U cis Cove. . nihhes the power that operrf .. ..... . V f.... 111.... ... . .. . JToeram. w rignt j. i. , viwiimwm, No 4The mail boxes In Upper Crablrce have namcplates, suish as Home, f ailures are almost lord, vice-chairman, -and C. M. Ropers, tieasurer, . , . . frabtrce-Iron Duff school, which has over 380 students lew from ine coimnuniiy cemriery ioiikiiik s- . . " - 3. Profitable Farms Up Upper Crabiree on Ivenlcenth community is in the prosperous of the drainage creek that flows i e, so namea Decausei uuuus" ' - Of This County PROTECTION! Good Look Too! It's a wise home-owner who keeps Iiis house in perfect condition with high quality paints. They're u sure guar- ttiiist rapid deterioration - - - a sure promise ot iitlractivcness. Choose from our wide sclec- J'iiils today! Haywood uilders Supply, Co. I "Where There's A Material Difference" 82 At The Depot that section. The community has 88 families, with a population of 352. This fact, together with the large area cov ered by the community, shows that the farms of Upper Crabtree are much larger than the average in many sections of Haywood. Most of the people are solely de pendent upon their farms, as few do industrial work. Upper Crabtree for many years has been the center of sheep rais ing in Haywood, and today there are perhaps more sheep in Upper Crabiree than all the remainder of the county combined. There are about 1100 head in the community, and they bring annual income of about $5,000. Some of the best sheep men in Western North Carolina live in Upper Crabtree, and the matter of raising outstanding sheep has been handed down through the years from father to son. The pasture lands on the moun tain slopes of the area arc especi ally suitable to raising sheep, and many ot tne animals nave tanen state and county fair grand prizes time and lime again. Upper Crabiree citizens are prov ing the value of the community de velopment program. They meet twice monthly, on the first and third Saturday's at the Ml. Zion church. J. B. James is chairman, with Mrs. Frank Medford vice- chairman, Peggy Bradshaw report er, and secretary, and C. M. Rog ers is the treasurer. The usual meeting time is eight o'clock. The students of Upper Crabiree attend . the Crabtree-lron Duff school,. and play Important roles in the student body of that large and progressive school. The school has 12 grades, with 388 students, with 14 teachers. Five buses serve the area for transporting the students to the school. Within the past few weeks -the area has had a major road project completed, a new bridge over the creek just as the road turns oil Highway No. 2u9. During the con struction the citizens had to take a narrow detour around the bridge. During 19!)0, 2.2 miles of paving was done in the community under the rural road program. There are about 15 miles of roads that remain unpaved. The entire area enjoys the serv ices of REA and the number of electrical appliances and the use citizens make of the electricity proves the important part it is playing in their everyday lives. - Most of the area has the facili ties of telephones. There are three churches in Up per Crabtree, The Rock Springs Baptist church is the largest, with a membership of 123, with Rev. E. P. Carter as pastor, There are 03 enrolled in the Sunday school of the church. The second largest is also Bap tist, the James Chapel, with a mem bership of 70, and a Sunday school enrollment of 53. The Rev. Robert Harris is pastor. The Ml. Zion church, the large brick church on the left, seen soon after entering the community, is the Methodist church with a mem bership of 55. and a Sunday School enrollment of 35. The people of Upper Crabtree have always taken a keen interest in their church, and that is mani fest today, as one looks at the well kept buildings. BURLKV Upper Crabtree is a high pro ducer of hurley tobacco, with an allotment of 120 acres, having a yield - of-1,026 - pounds- per- acre -Some of the first builcy ever grown in this section was produced in Upper Crabtree. Claude McCracken last year pro duced 3,217 pounds for which he averaged 56 cents, while Hugh Best was close behind with 2,100 pounds averaging 55 cents. Ray Best produced 1,900 pounds, and averaged 53 cents. The hurley growers take an lerest in their crop, and foil through with careful grading, conservative estimate is thai i 1950 crop was worth, $114,000 '., the growers of Upper Crabtree. DAIRYING Thero are three grade A dairi in the community, with about 1 acres devoted to the pasture I the herds. There are 25 silos us for feeding the herds, and f Guernsey predominates all olh breeds. Among the dairymen are M. Reeves, A. W. Ferguson, and Bea ford Ferguson'. RIXREATION , When i comes to recreation, tl Upper Crabtree teams have to a ways be taken into considcratio because they have winning tear year in and year out. This ls'espi' cially true of basketball, and they fail lo take a basketball tout nament, they are usually the rut ners-up. . . One of the largest poultry flocl in the county is that of Jack Roi eis. He has 3500 New Hampshir Reds, The flock is producing hatel ing eggs, and on a profitable basu It is on the Rogers farm thai on of the few, if not the only wind mill in the County operates. Vei . few times has the windmill failed to keep the water supply adequate for the needs of the Rogers family- There are- no commercial or chards in Upper Crabtree, but some 2000 apple tires produce more than what is needed for home use. There are aoout la families wit h nice berry patches,- and all 88 of the families in the community cultivate a profitable family gar den. BEEF CATTLE Crabtree is one of the leading beef cattle areas of Haywood,-and right now there are about 2200 head grazing on some 6,000 acres of pasture land, The leading breed ELECTRICITY HAS CONTRIBUTED GREi DEVELOPMENT OF HAYWOOD'S RURAL IOTQG 19 ELECTfilC ESiMiiSllili9 ( WAYNESVILLE, N. C.
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