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W AYNESYILLS MOUN
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TAINEER
66th YEAR
JPublishcdTwice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
NO. 71 24 PAGES
TODAY'S SMILE
Husband:, "Let's hive
some fun this evening."
Wire: "Fine. Leave the
hall light on if you ret home
first"
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WAYNESVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPT. 3, 1951 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countiel
Pre-labor lay Enrollmeni
n Hay vood Schools Shows
irop Of 5S8 Is Ileporied
Chairman Again
J
hi ol friendliness that
Wavnesville famous was
to this reporter last
en he went ; grocery
He had a long list and
heavy parcel, but he
I home and forgot it.
Irs later the phone rang,
d to be the man at the
lure, Mr. Marcus Rose.
to put in your eggs"
led apologetically ."I've:
g to locate you ever'
left." ' "vfv.i:"j
id you find me?" I in
some amazement. "You
ii know my name."
you worked on the
t," said the gentleman,
gentleman, "and I final
someone' who told me
find you."
louldn't have gone to so
hie," I replied.
wnt you to get up and
ftgs for breakfast," said
"I'll bring them right
pt Alive
rush to meet deadlines
people sometimes de
'stly sense of humor. A
iter of the Mountaineer
jsiven a telephone num-
'"a to inquire "if thev
for us." .
?ed It: the undertaker
f he phone.
10 Candles Needed For 516 Employees Of Wellco
Jonathan Woody has again been
named chairman of this area for
the Crusade for Freedom drive.
He headed the campaign last
year, which proved most success
ful throughout the state.
Woody Appointed
Crusade Chairman
Appointment of Jonathan'Woody
as Haywood County Chairman for
the 1951 Crusade for Freedom was
announced today by John Harden
of Greensboro, Crusade chairman
for North Carolina, and James G.
Kj McClure of Asheville, Western
North Carolina chairman.
The Crusade will this year seek
enrollment of 25,000,000 U. S.
citizens and contributions of $3,
500,000 to expand its Radio Free
Europe truth broadcasts to the
peoples behind the Iron Curtain.
, "With the help of the American
people," said Harden, "we hope to
hflve" individual transmitters beam
ed to each of the Iron Curtain
countries. We invite the coopera
tion of all local groups and indivi
duals in this citizens' movement
to fight world communism. ,
, "We are fighting the Communist
leaders on their own level with
their own weapons," said Harden.
"The busier we can keep them Jn
their own backyards, the less
chance there will be of their start
ing trouble anywhere else. In the
words of General Lucius D. Clay,
national chairman of the Crusade
for Freedom, 'If we can win the
cold war we can prevent it from
becoming a hot war'."
Incomplete figures on school en
rollment indicate that a sharp drop
nas taken place since last spring.
Excluding Crabtree-Iron Duff, Mt,
Sterling, and the Waynesville Col
ored School k for which current fig
ures were not available at press
time, the enrollment last spring
was 6042. Present enrollment fig
ures, minus the three schools men
tioned, is 5446.
Officials stressed the fact, how
ever, that the 596 drop mav not
remain so large. They pointed out
that many students wait until af
ter Labor Day to enroll. Neverthe
less, a small drop is expected, due
largely to the influence of the de
fense effort making more Jobs
available.
Waynesville Township High
School leads the list with 529 in
Junior High and 697 in Senior
High for a combined total of 1226. J
Bethel is next with 897, and Hazel
wood is close behind with 704.
Clyde follows with 568. Cataloochee
is as usual at the bottom of the
list with six. School has not open
ed there yet, but this one less
than last year is all that they ex
pect. "-' . .;.
Ohter schools reporting are:
Central Elementary 366; East
Waynesville 248; Rock, Hill 192;
Lake Junaluska 197; Saunook
82; Maggie 176; Aliens Creek
76; Fines Creek 376; Cruso
180; Cecil 96; Spring Hill 56.
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Labor Day
"liege Alumni
jl Picnic Supper
p Hope Friday
le8e alumni and their
hold a "Ladies' Nifiht"
wr at Camp Hope near
r"oay. The meetinc is
' Joe Palmer, nrnffram
a"d Henry Miehal vlrp
if the Haywood County
'wiaiion.
N- Case, state College
CaCh, Will hn on
a will brina with him
last
Star's games.
Sheriff's Men
Get 93 Pints In
Canton Raids
"Deputies of the Sheriff's office
got 83 pints of liquor in two raids
just outside of Cantton Saturday.
In the first raid, 82 pints were
found in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Parris, officers said.
Later, officers got 4 pints of
white, and 7 pints of buttle and
bond from Lige Grooms.
All defendants were cited for a
hearing before police court Judge
R. R. Mease Wednesday at 11
o'clock. .
Those making the raids were:
Deputies Carl Setzer, Everett Mc
Elroy, C, H. Jones, and Roy
Stephens,
travel M
High Peak
vAU Gaul may have been divided
into three parts, as Caesar pointed
out for the benefit of Latin stu
dents,1 but there's no doubt that
Haywood County this morning was
divided into two parts.
With Canton's Labor Day and
Fall Festival in full swing and
Sylva's Jackson County Centen
nial proving an equally strong mag
net, residents of Haywood might
well be in the position of the
verblal donkey between the two
bales of hay. (He starved to death
because he could not make up his
mind!) .
Haywood people, however, seem
ed to have their plans well made
to attend one or the other celebra
tion, or perhaps to have "one last
picnic." Week-end traffic was
heavy, paralleling that of the July
4 holiday. One motorist coming
from Canton to Lake Junaluska
Sunday evening counted no less
than 372 cars east bound.
Highway patrolmen and other
law officers were on duty at "early
dawn today,' regulating the flow
of traffic. Only one slight acci
dent had been reported through
this morning.
Well-nigh perfect weather co
operated with those who had plan
ned outdoor activities.
At 8:30 this morning the 90
piece Waynesville High band left to
fill three major engagements.
Members will take part in Can
ton's celebration in the forenoon,
then board busses again for Hen
dersonville, where they will play
(See Labor Day Pase 8)
Cutting the birthday cake Is. Heinz Rollman, president of Wellco, while watching on the left is Leila
Parham, personnel director, a 10-year employee. On the right is Lola Holllngsworth, the youngest
of the ten year "employees of Wellco; Corbet Chambers, president of the union; and Lena Mae Cul- !
bertson, another 1Q year employee. (Staff Photo),
Negro Confesses
Me Planned Grime
Three Honored By
Wellco At Picnic
Here This Morning
Wellco Shoe Corporation honor
ed three local people this morn
ingtwo of them employees, and
one a director.
The two employees were elected
by popular vote of the entire plant
personnel, as the "1951 Wellco
Employee." An honor bestowed
on employees one from plant one,
and one from plant, two. Oddly
Mrs. Annie Massie was named
from plant one, and Bill Hollings
worth from plant two. Both re
ceived $75 as a prize for the
honor.
Heinz Rollman made the an
nouncement, as the results of the
election were not known until he
read the names of the winners this
morning at, the program at high
school,
Mr. Rollman also gave to Jona
than Woody, a director of the firm,
a .famous 99-year, self-winding
clock. Mr. Woody has served as
a director of the firm since the
plant was opened ten years ago.
Rollman Suggests Wellco
Employees Donate 'Radio
Pillows' To Hospital
Pow.er To Be
Off Sunday
The ' Carolina Power and Light
Company has announced that elec
tric service in the Waynesville,
Hazdlwood, Lake Junaluska area
wi)l' be interrupted from 9 to .10
enough, on employee was "matj a.ni, on i Sunday" .morning, vffrpt,
and the other a woman, i , . . . . Tsiht ' ' iuwif.u. n"nrf
The interruption is mnde neces
sary, said the company, to permit
inspection, cleaning and painting
of its substation transformers in
the area. 1
16 Pages Devoted
To Wellco Shoe
Sixteen pages of today's issue are
devoted to the 10th anniversary of
Wellco Shoe Corporation. In the
16-page issue, there are individual
pictures of almost everyone of the
516 employees of the firm.
Vellco's Annual Picnic
Underway This Morning
The Wellco annual all-day picnic
ogt underway this morning at 9:45.
Busses filled to the brim with hap
py children of Wellco families left
the school grounds enroute to the
Strand Theatre where a special
showing of Red Skelton's latest
picture had been arranged. Police
protection was provided for the
children.
The formal part of the program
got underway at 10 a.m., with
"Uncle Jimmie" as Master of
Ceremonies, at the Waynesville
High School. Rev. C. L. Allen open
ed the proceeding with the Invoca
tion, "America" was sung by the
assembly, Which was followed by
an address of welcome by Mrs.
Parham, personnel director.
The program continues through
out the day with various events
.scheduled. In the order listed they
include a trio number by the Shel
ton Sisters; an address by Mr.
Woody; a quartette from Plant I.
Following that, Heinz Rollman
will present Service Pins to em
ployees who have been with the
company for five years or more.
Service Pin and gifts will be pre
(See Wellco Page 8)
n" oe ieatnroH fM.
g after, the meeting.
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1 re InvitPrt t
,(lur,n8 the afternoon to
board, . horse
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In a Labor Day speech delivered
at the annual picnic of Wellco em-
ploees, President H. W, Rollman
advanced a plan by which Wellco
and its employees can provide free
"radio pillows" to the Haywood
County Hospital. "Then again,"
said Mr. Rollman, "we will have
done our duty in spreading a little
bit of happiness as we go along,
we hope, to something better.''
,fhe industrialist, saldr. ;
.-"A little -over ten years ago, just
few feet away from wherewe-
are now, Wellco had its very hum
ble and modest beginning. Since
then we have not only made many,
many millions of shoes, many mil
lions of hospital slippers and many
millions of leggings, but I feel that
we have accomplished something
else, too. From beginning of a
very few of us we have grown to
he a company with about 500 peo
ple, working together, tolling dally
and earning a living. However,
earning a living and satisfying our
daily needs at to food and sleep
I believe is not the only thing we
have accomplished either. We have
accomplished to be a group of
people working together for the
common good, trying to make life
just a little bit nicer and easier
for the other fellow, and getting
thereby just a little more fun out
of life than people very often do.
"Many a person who talks about
capital and labor has never had
any capital or done any labor, and
this obviously has to lead to the
most unpleasant misunderstand
ings, misunderstandings which we
have never had amongst us, and
misunderstandings which I know
wo will never have, We have never
had a slow down, a sit down, a walk
out, a lotk out, or any of the oth
er unpleasant things that 'some
times happen when a number of
people work together for their
living. I believe that one of the
reasons that we have not had any
of these unpleasant things amongst
us is that all of us here, all of us
(See Rollman Page 8)
Teamwork Of
Officers Got
Quick Results
BULLETIN
Reports to The Mountaineer
from the Haywood County Hos
pital indicate that Mr. James D.
Frady had "a fairly good night,"
and is in "fair condition" this
morning.
That the shooting of James D.
Frady Tuesday night was the un
expected climax of a carefully
planned robbery attempt, was re
vealed today in a signed statement
by Robert Lee Gillion. In reply to
questions asked by Cpl. Pritchard
Smith, Jr. of the Highway Patrol,
Sheriff Fred Campbell and S.B.I,
agent, P. R. Kitchen, Gillion re
lated the following facts:
He is 17 years old; he completed
the ninth grade at Center High
School in Waycross, Ga. He was
working for Mr. Frady as a handy
man, cleaning and mopping. While
cleaning Mr. Frady's bedroom
Tuesday afternoon, he decided to
rob him. -
The story continues in his own
words: "When I got through I got
a rifle out of Mr. Frady's closet and
carried it in the other room and
then cleaned up that room. Then
I went to the kitchen and cleaned
it and came back and went into
Mr. Frady's room and got some
shells for the rifle and then 1
loaded the rifle,"
When asked what he intended
to do with the rifle, Gillion said:
"Well, I intended to use the rifle
to rob Mr. Frady with, but I did
not Intend to shoot him, Just bluff
him."
According to his story, Gillion
continued to cleanup and -iB-if4v
so found some keys. "I took one
off the ring," he said, "and fitted
It in the door and it fit and I plan
ned to use It to get in the house.
It was 10:30 p. ni. when I got to
the house. I had been to the show
before then.
"I heard Mr. Frady moving n
round and he came out of the bed
room and he yawned and said he
was flusterguted and couldnt go
to sleep and sat down and switch
ed on the radio. I stopped and list
ened to the radio for a few min
utes and I went on into the small
bedroom and began fixing the
bed."
After a few minutes, according
to the story, Mr. Frady went back
to bed, and, said Gillion, "I finish
ed making up my pallet and then
lay down and waited 30 minutes
thinking about what I was planning
to do. Then I got the rifle and tip
toed to Mr. Frady's door and push
ed the door open with one hand
and cocked the gun with the other
and Mr. Frady saw me and jumped
up and I says 'Reach, pop, and
then he made a leap and grabbed
at the gun and the gun went off
and he says 'oh'.
"When he said 'oh', I whirled and
run for the door and got the key I
had in my pocket for the back
door and opened the door and
went to Ma Simmons' house still
carrying the rifle. I laid the rifle
down beside the back steps. She
told me to go away and I went to
T. J. Norman's house and told him
I had business with a deputy sher
(See Confession Page 8)
Confesses Crime
r
Robert Lee Gillion has made a
full confession of armed robbery
of J, D. Frady. He admitted in a
written confession that he plan-'
ned the robbery, and shot Mr.
Frady in the attempt to rob him.
This picture was made of Gil--lion
in the Haywood Jail.
(Staff Photo).
Flash Floods
E3ii Areas In
Ilayvodd
Sylvia Camlin Named
'Miss Haywood County
High School' At Canton
with
and
Test Farm
. . " , r.jmK m,.ntv visited here last week studying Haywood methods, and especially the Community Development
pZram The trouD is shown here in front of their bus Just after looking over the dairy of. D. Reeves Noland in Ratcliffe Cove. They
tJe'rihtTre and visited Hilliard Moody's poultry project. M. O, Galloway's beef cattle farm. The State Test Farm, and county
.home farm The wCe e shown around the county by Wayne Corpening. 'Staff Photo).
Miss Sylvia Camlin, 16, repre
senting Waynesville High School,
was selected Miss Haywood County
High School on Canton High
School athletic field Saturday night
as hundreds of people shouted ap
proval, i
Miss Velma Morse, 15, of Canton
was crowned queen of the 45th an-
jnual Labor Day celebration. A
coronation ball at Canton Armory
honored the Queen and her court
Saturday night. Music was furnish
ed by the Skyliners of Asheville.
The Champion Old Timers soft
ball game was postponed until the
next Saturday because of rain. It
will be played at 7 p.m. in Cham
pion Park.
A union religious service Sunday
evening at the athletic field feat
ured Senator Clyde R. Hoey. A
choir composed of singers from all
Canton churches provided special
music under the direction of John
Wood. I
Senator Hoey told a crowd of
800 or more that "God's patience
with man and his failures Is the
marvel of the. ages.IL Concluding
his remarks, he said that 'Ameri
ca today is the leading vanguard
of the free world for perpetuation
of freedom in the earth and for
resistance of tyranny. " This is a
challenging moment for all Ameri
cans." . A street parade opened festivi
ties this morning at 10. Features
will continue throughout the day
and string bands will perform dur
ing the evening hours.
Carroll C. Jones, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Jones of Canton, was
grand 'prize winner Friday after
noon in the Baby Health Contest
Show sponsored by the Canton
Woman's Club. Dr. Claude Fra
zier and Dr. B. H. Hartman, Ashe
ville pediatricians, and Dr. Thomas
Stringfield, Jr., of Waynesville,
were judges of the contest.
Dora Mae Thompson, daughter
of Edward Thompson, was declared
the. grand prize winner for Negro
babies.
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A devastating flash flood hit the
Fie Top and Hemphill sections of
the county late Saturday, playing
havo with crops and roads.
Cataloochee Ranch is cut off by
a half-mile washout of the road.
Fie Branch left Us banks as 5 inch
es of rain fell within an hour on
the mountain, and washed out the
roadway.
Mrs. Tom Alexander said this
morning that holes large enough
to hide a horse were washed in
the road about two miles below
the Ranch. A shuttle system is
being used to transport guests.
There is one car at the Ranch, and
It is used to travel the two miles
to the washout, and cars from the
lower side come up and meet there.
The ground was white with hail,
and the garden, just In full produc
tion, looks as if it had been hit
by frost, Mrs. Alexander said.
Heavy machinery will be requir
ed to repair the road.
Reports frqm Hemphill gay that
the mill of Amos Moody was wash
ed away as were a barn and con
siderable other damages done by
flood waters rushing down the
creek from the top of the mountain.
Waynesville experienced high
winds, lightning, and a short heavy
rain shortly after the Fie Top
Hemphiil sections were hit.
Car Turns Over
On Hyatt Creek
Frank Carpenter, 21, narrowly
escaped serious injuries when his
1950 Chevrolet turned over on the
Hyatt Creek road late Sunday af
ternoon, and rolled down an em
bankment. Carpenter sustained a
slight cut on his Hp.
Patrolman Joe Murrill investi
gated, and charged Carpenter with
reckless driving. The car left the
road, and i as it swerved back, it
turned " ovetrand rolIedoIT' the
highway into a field. "
Highway
Record For
1951
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed ... ; 2
Injured.... 37
(This Information com
piled from Records Ot