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Oaths Needed?
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jt a blue Monday in the
ir front office today
The ladies, if not float-
on pink clouds were at
jig about in pink dress
Ion on their faces, how-
they discovered the
were not exactly in
h their outfits, but by
ho one had slipped out
heir costume.
re individualistic? At
of them are "in the
hanges
v
ifrom the hotter regions
approached Waynes-
leek. Enthralled by the
beautiful countryside,
inountains, she leaned
car and remarked:
person could live for-
y told it later: "At that
car went around a
Ker a hill and there be-
the biggest cemetery
a long time.
Jt hey do die,' I remark-
ntific Method
avis is throwing one
after another he has
a new and easy meth
ight crawlers. Hereto-
ls followed the back-
thod of digging. Now
itch, stands back, and
it o pick up the worms.
i-ned the new way from
fin-law, Robert Foskey,
les. The system is that
two rods into the
connecting them to the
. As the current flows
f ground, the worms
surface. The affected
ut live to six feet
it takes about three
ithe current to send the
le top.
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WAYNES
YILLE J!
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MINT
AINEER
66th YEAR NO. 61 8 PAGES
Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
TODAY'S SMILE
The man who pokes fan
at a woman trying to drive
through a 12-ft. garage door
usually sobers up when he
tries to thread a needle.
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WAYNES VILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 30, 1951 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Mayor Receives Safety Plaque As Gity Officials Watch
rhought
morning before the
roup left, Hub Cald
nnounced: "Everybody
kirink of water you
W fit to drink until
statement, there was
pible for the fountain,
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y Club, like many or
has what is supposed
:t classification set-up.
here are several quali
jtbe same classification
ints a problem for the
1 committee. .
fians, like others, usu-
can find a "loop hole"
i change the rule. One
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Left to right are city manager, G. C. Ferguson; Director of Highway Safety, H. D. Jones; Mayor J. H. Way; and Chief of Police, Orville
Noland. In the center is the plaque, awarded Friday by Mr.. Jones to Waynesville for completing 1950 without a traffic fatality.' Earlier
in the day a similar award was given by Mr. Jones to Canton. Only sixteen towns in the state were eligible for such an honor.
New Era
As Neighbors
el together
Contracts to be signed tomor
row evening by the Waynesville
and Hazelwood boards of aldermen
will mark the first time in history
that a formal agreement has exist
ed between the two towns on the
questions of water and sewage. All
points of , disagreement - which
hilherlofore,tiave bem bitter 1$
i-sues were settled in a special meet
ing last Wednesday night. All six
of the new aldermen entered the
meeting determined to find an
area of agreement and emerged
completely satisfied with their
achievements.
A court action, which began June
15th when Hazelwood secured an
injunction to prevent Waynesville
from cutting off its water supply, is
automatically ended as a new era
of goodfeeling between the two
neighbors get underway.
i
Protest Filed At Bond
f s were filed at a pub-
iriday afternoon in
1 to the proposed bond
may give Waynes
to spend, for a swim
md other recreational
e hearing, required by
bond election ordin-
ance, followed a check of petitions
carrying the names of more than
15 per cent of qualified Waynes
ville voters.
Selection of a site for the pro
posed recerational center may wait,
according to city manager, G. C.
Ferguson, on the results of the
election which is set for Septem
ber 25th.
Tennessee
Official
Cites Need
Pigeon Road
NASHVILLE, Tenn. July 28
Haywood County Out-of-State
Tourers heard an address right up
their alley tonight as M: O.t-Allan,
Tennessee Insurance and Banking
Commissioner, stressed . the . im
portance of the Pigeon River Road
to the proper development '.of the
tow states. Commissioner Allan
stated: "The section including
Haywood and Cocke counties Is the
most beautiful in the two states
. . . and it needs developing through
construction of the Pigeon River
road." , .
Commissioner Allan was guest
speaker at a banquet for the tour
members which followed a tour
through "The Hermitage," Centen
nial Park, the Parthenon and the
State Capitol. The party was escort
ed by Nashville City police.
uly 30 Partly cloudy
with scattered after-
frshowers Monday and
Waynesville tempera-
fded by the staff of the
arm):
Max. Min. Rainfall
.. 85 61 .01
..... 85 61 .56
83 61 .64
- 81 59 .11
ighway
cord For
1951
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Masons Select
Waynesville For
Annual Meeting
The tenth- annual Masonic As
sembly of the Grand Council of
Royal and Select Masters of North
Carolina will be held at Waynes
ville on August 19 through the
23rd. Committee chairman, W. A.
Abel, promises a good program and
invites all Masons to bring their
families and friends.
Hazelwood Has
New Water Rate
Water patrons of the Town of
Hazelwod will find slight Increases
for water when they receive their
July bills early in August. The
new rate schedules were announced
this morning by Gene Wyatt, sup
erintendent of the Hazelwood water
department. The new rates, he
said, were based on the new sched
ule which Hazelwood Is paying
wholesale to Waynesville for water
under the terms of the new con
tract, which is to be signed Tues
day night.
Patrons inside Hazelwood will
pay a minimum of $1.70 for 3,000
gallons, as compared with the old
rate of $1.25. All water used over
3.000 gallons will be billed at 40
cents per 1,000 gallons. The sewage
foe is five cents per thousand gal
lons used remains the same.
The new rates for patrons on the
outside of Hazelwod, but served by
the town, will be increased from a
minimum of $1.40 for 3,000 gallons
to $1.90 for the same quantity. For
all water used over the 3,000-gal-lon
mark, the rate will be 80 cents
per 1,000 gallons. The sewage fee
of 10 cents per 1,000 gallons re
mains the same.
Mayor WayAccepIs Plaque
In Impressive Ceremony
, "Safety is an educational prop
osition." said Director of Highway
Safety," H, D. Jones, as he pre
sented a plaque to Waynesville's
Mayor, J. H. Way, in a brief but
impressive ceremony in the police
station last Friday afternoon. The
plaque, which shows a handsome
white eagle perched upon a "Green
Cross for Safety" against a black
background, was presented in rec
ognition of Waynesville's record
of no fatal traffic accidents wltji
ln Its boundaries during 1950.
;1Wr, Jones, in continuing, sug
gested a city-wide safety council,
urged city officials to set examples
in safety, and, after pointing out
that ' less than four per cent of
North Carolina's towns win such
honor, congratulated city officials.
"These awards are not given for
fun," he added, "but it, is a great
pleasure to present one."
Mayor Way, upon accepting the
plaque, remarked that "This award
is proof beyond measure that our
motorists handle their vehicles
with care and that our officers
who protect and guard our high
ways have been on the alert to
keep things under control, I ac
cept this award with pride, nnri 1
thank the safety division of the
(Sec Safety Award Page 8)
Local Road
Projects Up
For Review
Low bids on two Haywood county
road projects will be reviewed by
the State Highway Commission at
us regular meting in Raleigh on
August' 2nd! V " -"
One of the projects concerns the
paving of 10.52 miles on N. C. 284
from Waynesville to its junction
with U. S. 19; on N. C. 284 in Way
nesville; and on U. S. 19 from Dell
wood to the Jackson County line.
The other project calls for hard
surracing on 17.2 miles of county
roads: Lake Logan 1.5 miles;
Dutch Cove 2.3; Phillipsville 2;
Lake Junaluska 2.1; Rhodarmer
0.1; Max Patch 3.9; Old 284, 1.4
J. I). Hyatt
Is Choir Director
J. D. Hyatt, student at .East Ten
nessee Teachers College, has been
named director of the choir of Cen
tral Tlaptist Church . in Johnson
City. The church has a member
ship of 1,200.
Storms ffi
Heavy rain and hail storms on
Saturday and Sunday did extensive
damage in Jonathan Creek and
Iron Duff townships.
Saturday afternoon the hail
storm hit the heart of Iron Duff,
damaging the tobacco crops of Jar-
vis Caldwell, Manson Medford, and
Glenn Tate. Early estimates today
placed the damage at about fifty
per cent.
The storm moved across Coleman
mountain, and there rain fell in
thick sheets on Jonathan Creek,
sending little Moody Creek out of
its banks, and creating a rlverette
waist deep.
On Sunday afternoon the hard
est hail storm in 35 years struck
the rain soaked Jonathan Creek
valley, and estimates are that some
tobacco crops are a total loss.
The hail on Sunday shredded the
burley leaves. The storm was about
half a mile wide, and hit the farms
of Walter Chambers, Lush Leath
erwood, Charlie Leatherwood, Lil
ian Garnett, Glenn Boyd, Frank
Teague, and Dick Moody.
A road leading to the community
cemetery had a wash out 15 feet
deep, caused by high waters on
Saturday.
Glenn Boyd termed the Satur
day rain, and Sunday hail the worst
he had seen in his 35 years as a
resident of Jonathan Creek.
Each of the farms hit so hard by
the storm had about an acre of fine
tobacco. v
Early stimates today were that
about 12 to 15 acres of burley were
severely damaged. .
The hall fell for about 15 min
utes, and shreded whole fields of
tobacco. Some of the stones were
the size of golf balls. The high
winds blew down the tall corn.
Lightning, which accompanied
the storm, struck trees on the
mountainside.
Bridges across Moody Creek
were swept away, and a large
stack of lumber in the path of
the rampaging creek Was swept into
a nearby cornfield;": :;
Lush Leatherwood said It was
the worst flood he remembers in
the 78 years he has lived on Jona
than Creek.
Richard Queen Announces
n si ! l in fi
as if anuiaaie s or uonqr
100 On Farm Tour Enjoying
Trip Into liid-Vest Stales
(Special to The Mountaineer)
Arrival in Nashville was delayed
twenty minutes because of the,
many attractions of "The Herml-
I tage." Members of the party found
! the historical memoria.1 so very in
I teresting that getting them all out
I of the grounds on time was out of
GREENVILLE, TEXAS, July 20
Haywood County's Ninth Out-of-
State Tour rolled into Texas this
morning, one hundred members
ctrnnrr Thn trin miict ViaVP th(
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weatherman's blesing. as skies have i l,lc t""''
hern Hear oxrent for a rain as the "The Hermitage' Is still main-
party neared Knoxville. ' tained just as Andrew Jackson left
it over a hundred years ago. The
The two busses carrying the original J" Mure re
party
morning at 7:35. The trip across
Newfound Gap to Knoxville was
familiar to most, but beyond Knox
ville began what was new territory
to many. Crossville, Tenn., was the
stop for lunch. In the mid-afternoon
the party arrived on the outskirts
of Nashville, for a tour of "The
Hermitage" before going on to the
Noel Hotel. 1 - '
known personal effects of President
and Mrs. Jackson are in the house.
The garden which surrounds their
tombs Is planted Just as Rachel
Jackson planned It so many years
ago.
Another point of interest in
Nashville was the Parthenon, which
is the only full sized replica of the
-(See Farm Tour Panre 8)
Beer and Wine Petitions
Are Now Being Circulated
The Haywood county board of
elections, Saturday, formally pre
sented approved petitions to Rev.
L. E. Mabry, of Canton, who repre
sents the Haywood Ministerial As
sociation, sponsors. I is tilled;
"Petition for Election on the Ques
tion of the Legal Sale of Both Wine
and Beer in Haywood County by
the Registered Voters of Haywood
County." .
Each petition contains room for
25 signatures and the name of the
precinct where each signer voted
last. It also points out that every
one signing must do so in his own
handwriting and must certify that
he or she is a duly registered vot
er of Haywood county who voted
for governor in the last such elec
tion. The petitions must be returned
to the board of elections within
90 days under the terms of the
new law on beer and wine elec
tions. Upon receiving them, the
board will have 30 days in which
to set dates for the election if 15
per cent, or 1,588, voters have sign
ed. The new law also provides that
the board cannot set the date for
the election within 60 days of any
other scheduled election.
Work Begins On
New County Road
Machinery was moved in and
work began Thursday on the right-of-way
of the new Thlckety-Clyde
road. A part of the new secondary
road, farm to market system now
being built throughout the state,
the new road will be a 16 foot
blacktop. It will begin at the J. B.
Hipps home and continue 4.8 miles
to the new Hydcr Mountain road
at Clyde bridge. Several danger
ous curves of the old road will be
eliminated.
No Quota Secured
For Flood Relief
The local Red Cross chapter ex
pects to receive Its quota for the
current flood relief drive within the
next few days, according to Mrs.
Charles McDarrls of the Waynes
ville office. Meanwhile, all contrl
utions are welcome, she added.
J. Richard Queen today formally
announced he was a candidate for
Congress, seeking the place next
spring which will be vacated by
Rep. Monroe M. Redden, who is
not seeking re-election.
Mr. Queen is the first to make
post, although several have been
mentioned as potential candidates.
Among those mentioned most often
Include John M. Queen, former so
licitor, and uncle of the new can
didate. Due to his health, John
M. Queen has decided not to make
the race, and will actively campaign
for his nephew.
Mr. Queen has served as secre-:
tary to two senators in recent years
the late J. M. Broughton, and
Frank M. Graham. At present he
is staff director of the Mines and
Mining Sub Committee of the
House, a post he has held since
March of this year.
. This morning he said in connec
tion with his campaign; "The peo
ple of Western North Carolina and
the state, appreciate the untiring
efforts and splendid record which
Rep. Monroe M. Redden has made.
It Is my intent and purpose, to car
ry on the same fine work he has
started, all for the full develop
ment and utilization of the vast
potential resources of the 12th Con
gressional district." . "
Mr, Queen was born May 23,
1918, in Waynesville, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam L. Queen. A
brother, Sam L, Queen, Jr.,; lives
in Waynesville and a sister, Mrs.
Clifford E. Brown, Jr., resides in
Clyde.
Educated in Haywood ... County
Public schools, Mr, Queen gradu
ated from , Waynesville Township
High School In 1934. After flnlsh-
(See Queen Page 8)
ess
Out For Congress
mIS , to.
A'4S;V
J. Richard Queen, former sec
retary for two Senators, and now
a House mining committeeman,
announced today he was a can
didate for Congress from the
12th district.
Waynesville Lions Hear
British County Agents
The Waynesville Lions Club had
the privilege of hearing Mr. C. Kin
sey, county agent from England,
at their regular meeting last Thurs
day evening. Mr. Kinsey was much
Impressed with this section of the
United Stales, especially the cli
matic conditions that exist here
as compared to the eastern part of
this state.
The county agent gave some
comparisons with his country and
this country of ours, but stated that
botli countries had the same aim
in mind, although I hey were going,
about accomplishing this aim in
different ways. !
Alan Buckpitt, county agent from!
Scotland, who made a few remarks j
also gave the club a demonstration
of his ability to conduct an auction.
Sutton Warns
Against Fire
Truck Pursuit
In a recent statement to the
Mountaineer, O. L. Sutton, Hazel
wood chief of police, warned all
citizens that the practice of follow
ing Are trucks to fires is a viola
tion of both state and town laws.
"In cases where motorists fail to
abide," he said, "it will be neces
sary to issue citations to police
court."
Chief Sutton also remarked that
While, "There is a certain fascina
tion in following a fire truck, it is
dangerous and it hinders firemen in
combatting the fire."
Dark Moon And
Light Records
The past week-end. being in the
"dark of the moon' saw the crimi
nal dockets at a minimum, with
only 7 put In jail. Sheriff Fred Y.
Campbell said the town police had
3 drunks, 2 reckless drivers, and
the sheriff's office had 2 drunks.
"Watch out for next week, as the
moon gets lighter," the official said,
as a close check is kept on the
effect of the moon on criminal
records.
West Pigeon Will Be
Featured Next Monday
The usual Monday Farm and
Home feature could not be com
pleted in time for today's issue. The
section will feature West Pigeon
next Monday. A delay In getting
the engravings completed necessi
tated the delay.
New Record Set For Canton
As 144 Citizens Give Blood
A new record for Canton was set
Thursday when 144 citizens re
sponded to urgent appeals for
blood and donated 137 pints as the
Bloodmobile made its periodic stop
there. Preparations for the visit,
which was sponsored by the Canton
VFW and VFW Auxliriary, began
earlier in the week as teams of
volunteers from both organizations
canvassed the community in search
of prospective donors. Extra equip
ment was also set up at the Cham
pion YMCA where the Bloodmobile
was located, and transportation was
provided for those desiring it.
The director of the blood pro
gram in Western North Carolina,
Mr. Homer Kidd, reminded every
one that despite the truce talks in
Korea, the need for blood is just
as great as ever.
The Bloodmobile will visit
Waynesville in September,
Haywood Farm Group Left Here Early Saturday On 3200-Mile Tour In Southwest
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Exactly 100 Haywood citizens boarded two buses and three ears here Saturday for their 9-day tuor all the way to Texas, covering 32U0 miles by next Sunday,
the first two dy, they hd fine weather and wpib crowding full dy of Jighfweing tn the trip. They reached Tpyxs shout noon today, '.Stuff Photo).
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