1 9C STANDARD PTG Lu Corap 220.230 S Tim . LOUISVILLE KT delights Of The News - ' u ftcrmath en emerged from the and began ukh.u- ihich had just taken ha.e personalities skid h pv ought to be held L for" their actions. ave personam': , olher. -but the driver M. il l Waynes tills M TAINEER Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park A feminine passenger b&d boarded a bus after the liahta bad cone oat. A tall man stand ing near ber asked if he could help her find a strap. "Thank you, 1 already found one." "Then would you please let jo of my necktie?" - 66th YEAR NO. 77 16 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPT. 24, 1951 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Mayor Signs Proclamation For B. 6Y P. W, Women's Club hem doesn't." snorted the On The Angle Is yere- sitting on the ussing the aproaci"B Imp - . Vin easily, ' me oar uu- led connuv"j it so sure," sam me ,ook what napyeiicu. ai51 las' terrible," agreed the thinking oi now iwu lead faded away in the awful," replied the 11 got his face hurt and t kiss me for a wee. 11T i Sin vvau Lard of wedding rings as bright and clear as lat inspired its purchase? Medford of East Way, ready to believe that. k aeo she lost her wed and the other day it It was found in a lot on Medford's father had The house has since down, But after the dirt trashed away, the beauty shone forth. On the fc-as the word "Medford," the words "Will and A vil, Pull Parson iewas the kick-off of the Lippen football game. Blue Demons tensely Deacons. An ardent and a good church Irned excitedly to her don't want to sound i. but I sure hope the lock the stuffing out of Members of the Waynesville B & P Women's Club watch Mayor J. H. Way sign a proclamation for the anniversary of the Club as Cpl ., Grace HilK WAAF, 6eated left, looks on, On the left of Mayor Way is Mrs. Alma McCracken, president. Standing, left to right: Mrs, George A. Brown, Jr., Mrs. Ben Phillips, Mrs. Wanda Clark, and Miss Mary Cornwell. (Staff Photo). 8 Hurt On Haywood One Wreck Sends 7 To Haywood Hospital; Drunk Driver Rams Illinois Car ces Are v paturday K. Miller Rbtarians Endorse School Program The Waynesville Rotary Club unanimously voted on Friday to "heartily support, and work for the school expansion program." The membership of the club vot ed to do all withil their "power and influence!' to see the passage of the bond Issue on November 17 for the general county-wide expansion program. -. . . .. - -- iDther.civicsflrganizations arc ex pect tahf flmw-et:r4wfhdtert near future. Methodist Conference Will Get Underway On Tuesday ;frvices were conducted feel of Garrett Funeral fday afternoon for Sam- ler, 74, who died in the ounty Hospital Friday Mowing-a long illness. Broadus E. Wall, past irst Baptist Church of- fd interment was in Cemetery. i were J. H. Howell, Shelton. Joe Liner. Dr. F, Frank Kirkpatrick, juinan was the son of the late tt and Sally Herren twer Waynesville resi- rs member of the lst Church and had at prated a barrel factory include a sister, Mrs Thirty-four Methodist ministers of the Waynesville district left to day to attend the annual Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church which will open at West Market Street Church in Greensboro tomorrow. The Way nesville district Includes churches from the Buncombe Cunty line to Murphy. The Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt is district superinten dent.;' .;''';;;'. Delegates to the six-day session Full Coverage Of Football Games Given Today Complete football coverage of Haywood teams will be found in this issue of The Mountaineer. The three teams that played Canton was rairned out were given pic torial coverage, as well as com will hear addresses ay outstanding fpiete-write-ups.-. ' .- -i . . tfT8TtorTTiir'nrt - playSplTtiH'the Dinner Friday At Pigeon Fair To Benefit FFA ' Persons attending the pigeon Fair Friday will have the opportun ity for a hot dinner at mid-day without the trouble of preparing it. Mrs. M. C. Nix announces that the mothers of the FFA boys will serve luncheon at the school. The proceeds will help the boys toward their purchase of a truck for FFA use. The menu will consist of chick en pot pie, mashed potatoes, green beans, apple salad, rolls, iced tea and pie. - The - FFA boys themselves will be selling hot dogs, popcorn and cold drinks all during the fair. Thplr headnuarters will be a tent wrison of Canton and in front of the Agriculture build ana nepnews. ing. tivities for 1952. Bishop Costen J. Harrell, Will preside. A Youth Rally will, be held Sat urday night at 7:30 o'clock in Ay cock Auditorium at Woman's Col lege with an expected attendance of 2,500 young people. Two chart ered buses will leave the Waynes ville church Saturday morning et 9:30 o'clock taking delega'os from the Haywood County sub-district to the meeting. The final conference session will be held Sunday with a love feast led by Dr. R. L. Owenby of Char lotte and a ceremony for ordina tion of elders. Announcements of pastoral appointments for the com ing year will be made at 3 p. m. af ter which the conference will ad journ. , Waynesville-Lenolr game appears today. It is a pictorial chart giving accurate details of every play of the game. The chart was drawn by Harvey Tutterrow, of The Moun taineer staff, The pictures of the games were made by staff photographers, and the stories of the games written by staff writers. Waynesville Failing At Blood Bank The visit of , the Blood Bank today, sponsored by the Lions Club, to Waynesville wa not paying off at 2 p. m, Onlj 54 pints had been received. A doc tor, who did not wish to be quoted, said: "It's a wasted day for us. By now we should have had 200 pints." Equipment was set up in the courthouse. Loudspeaker equipp ed cars circulated around town urging people to give blood. But . thv)wa jcrowd fhaneroni In front iff the courthouse whs even smaller than usual. , A head-on automobile collision near Cedar Top, on Highway 19-23 Sunday morning sent seven persons to the Haywood .County Hospital, one with serious injuries. Seriously Injured was R. C. Brate, 17, of near Royster, Georgia, who received a fractured skull, fractured jawg and other injuries, hospital spokesmen said. He was reported in a fair condition this morning. Stale ,. Highway Patrolman To Murrlll said a car driven by Ralph Cheek, 27, of near Royster, was traveling east on the left hand side of U. S. Highway 19-23 between Lake Junaluska and Clyde.. His report showed that at 10:20 a m Cheek rammed head-on into a car driven by Joseph A. Keller, 60, of Illinois. With Keller was his wife, Brate was a passenger In Cheek's car and other passengers were Harold Day, 45, Mrs. Roxle Crider, 38, and Miss Margaret Crider, 17, all near Royster. Cheek was charged with driving drunk, and without an operator's license, personal injury and dam age to property, Murrtll said. The hospital reported all the in jured to be in a fair condition. Officers have a special guard at the Hospital at the bedside of Brate and Cheek. Truck Driver In Serious Condition . Following Wreck f Harry Cable, 40, of Hazelwood, is in a serious condition in an Asheville hospital, following injur ies sustained when he leaped from his loaded brakeless truck. Cable was driving a truck load ed with wood, and as he approach ed the curve near Lake Junaluska Thursday afternoon, he found that the brakes on the truck failed, and he could not slow down the loaded truck, He jumped from the cab, and as he hit the pavement, he suf fered a fractured knee, and con- cusion of the skull. The truck hit a tree and was practically demolished. Cpl. Smith and Patrolman Mur rlll investigated the accident, and termed it an unavoidable accident, caused by failure of the truck brakes. Officers Nab Two Stills State Experts To Grade Cattle At CDP Sales . Miss Underwood Dies Friday After Illness Y Haywood Herefords WNC Fair Honors FOOd Countv Horefnrd fowed the rest of the Pe of cattle produced County. At the Here teld at the Wocf orn pa Fair, many of the l"re awarded to breed pood county. H farms. nviriPr! Ktf TUT M Waynesville, show- r champion ball, 4- " Helmsman A 18th. bull Is the herd "d Farms. Mr. GjI- showed the Grand female. 'whih u K !h's bull, Miss GF ln. which showed North Clyde Will Pick Pilot Farms Wednesday Night Residents of North Clyde Com munity will meet at the -Clyde school on Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock to select Community pilot farms. The county agent's office will al so show a movie, "Land and Life." as ie ---LPV Graceland i'H September 24 Partly mld Monriov Tmj.., 1H , lucaua; r' wh possibilitv of I8- 'ynesviiu imum R? by the staff of the L Min. Ratntall -"2 44 . - 71 en 23 7 ' no ,UB Farms -also won first place in fici-of-sire for calves and regular gct-of-sire, as well as th? two best animals owned and bted by the exhibitor, the two be:it pair of calves and the best six head owntu bv the exhibitor... He was also the Premier Exhibitor on the basis ;o: total points won. Dr. A, P. Cline, owner of River Lane Farm, had the hrst place senior yearling bull which also showed for Reserve Champion riad rGand Champion Sale Lull Show Bull and Grand Champion Sale Bull. This bull sold Friday for $4,000 the highest amount ever received for a Hereford bull at a consignment sale in North Caro lina. Dr. Cline also -won nrsi piace on two bulls bred andowned by exhibitor and showed third place in the best six head of animais owned by exhibitor. t At the 4th Annual Heretord aie held on Friday at the Western North Carolina Fair, the average was $840 per head for the 63 ani mals sold. The average for the 34 head sold from Haywood coun ty was $970.59. .Dr. A. P. Cline of Canton rr.d the highest selling animal in the sale, RLF Plato Domino 4th which sold for $4,000. Dr. Reeves of the Walnut Knoll Farm had the high est selling female, which sold for $1,450. Highest selling animal fyom Graceland Farms brought $1,225. Top price among Roy S. Haynes' five head of polled Here fords was $1,000; and highest for c.nKnrct Hnreford Ranch was $950. -: - ' (See Herefords Patre 5) 5 Men Inducted In Service From Here This Morning Five men left at 8:30 this morn ing for induction into the Army, the Selective Service -Board an nounced. They are James William Caldwell, Stallard Edison Jaynes, William Robert Miller, Bruce Med ford and McKinley Bryson Ledbet- ter. Miss Pearle Underwood, 55. died Friday morning at her home here after an extended Illness. She was a native and lifelong resident of Haywood County and had taught a Sunday School class at the First Baptist Church for mapy years. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon In the First Bap tist Church with the pastor, the Rev. Broadus E. Wall, officiating. Burial was in Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were William Leath- erwood. William Morris, Ben Phil lips, Henry Davis, Marion T. Bridges, Frank Kirkpatrick, Fish er Sprinkle, and Walter Franklin. Flower bearers were members of the Friendship Class of the Sun day School of the church. Surviving are the mother, Mrs. Robert L. Underwood of Waynes ville; two sisters, Miss Jlnsie Un derwood, educational director of the First Baptist Churen at uas tonia and Miss Evelyn Underwood, member of the faculty of Mars Hill College; and three brothers, the Rev. Jarvis Underwood of Waynesville, Carl -Underwood of St. Paul, and Robert Underwood of Waynesville. ' , . , Arraneements were under the direction of Garrett Funeral Home Much Interest Is being shown in the community livestock get-togeth. crs and sales which are being spon sored by the Beef Cattle Commis sion of the Community Develop ment Program in Haywood Coun ty. The first one of these will be held on Tuesday. September 25, at I he Crabtree-Iron Duff Schoo,. "Per sons interested in bringing cuttle to this Rale should have them there by 10:00 o'clock. Pens to hold these animals are being built through the cooperation of B. F. Nesbitt and his vocational agriculture classes. Sam Buchanan, head of the Ani mal Husbandry department at State College, and H. D. Quessen bury from the State Department of Agriculture, will be present to grade these animals so that buyers w ill know what they are getting. It is hoped by holding these commun ity get-togothers and sales that more of the good heifer and bull calves will be kept in Haywood County. The other community sale will he held on Wednesday, September 26 Pigeon Valley Talent Show To Feature Two Glee Clubs ,The glee clubs of Bethel High School and Bethel Grammar School will lead the procession of enter tainment at the talent show Thurs day night preceding the formal opening of the third annual Pigeon Valley Fair. The clubs are direct ed by Mrs, Delma Phoenix and Carl Painter, Jr, The show, the crowning of a beauty -queen, a cake walk and guessing games are planned by the finance committee of the fair to raise funds to underwrite the events of the fair itself. Turner Cathey will serve as mas ter of ceremonies on Thursday evening, assisted by Coach C. C. Poindexter. The talent they have lined un thus, far includes the Deavcr Sisters, the Cecil Trio, the Saunook Quartet, "old-time music bv J. B. Justice and George Cathey, the Surret Sisters, the Har rv Owen Singers, the Gibson Quar tet, Mack Hill of Canton and Cecil Young's Five Stars. In the beauty contest, six rep resentatives have been named by the communities taking part in the fair. The winner will be crowned "Miss Pigeon Valley Fair". Con testants are Joann Neil of Center Piceon, Pauline Shepherd of West Pigeon, Nell Woody of Cecil, Judy Stevenson of Stamey Cove, Velma Sineleton of East Pigeon and Delores Styles of Cruso. Last year's beauty queen was 16 year-old Mildred Pitts, who rep rpsented East Pigeon. Hay wood Native Dies Thursday In Asheville David Frank Bishop, 73, native of Haywood County, died of a heart attacki'at ' hisr home in Asheville Thursday afternoon. He wars a brlckmason and brick contractor "and handled the brick work for the Flatlron Building, the Jackson Building and Ivy's build ing in Asheville. Bishop was born near Waynes ville, the son of the late Dan and Mary Hawkins Bishop, early set tlers of Haywood. He had lived in Asheville for 38 years and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church which he helped build. Funeral services were held in Calvary Baptist Church Sunday af ternoon with the Rev. J. Lester Lane, the Rev. J, B. Grlce, and the Rev. T. A. Groce officiating. Bur ial was in Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Harry Logan, G. G. Morgan, Doyle Woody, D. M. Hooper, Lllis Jones, and Marshall Redmond. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Alice Painter Bishop; four daugh ters, Mrs. C. E. Norman of Ashe ville, Mrs. W. R, Ellcrbe of Silver Springs, Md., Mrs. B. F. Griffin and Mrs L. L, Finks of Alexan dria, Va. Also two sons, D. F. Bishop, Jr., and 11. L. Bishop of Asheville; two brothers, John A. Bishop of Bre vard and R, L, Bishop of Asheville; and one sister, Mrs. Cora Dean of Brevard. - Two filthy 30-gallon copper stills were captured by officers Friday On Mitchell Mountain, in the Dell wood-Maggie .section. With the stills were 200 gallons of beer, The two stills are in the vault of the sheriff's office, and i close examination revealed "fiUh to the Nth degree" in both the "pots." One of the stills has an Inverted wooden churn for a cap. The offi cers figure the owner sold hh cow, had no use for the churn, and start ed' making liquor, i " '.. .... No arrests were made. The two stills were near each other, offi cers reported, and near a house. Officers making the raid were Deputies Carl -Seizor, Everett Mc Klroy, and Cpl. Prllchnrd Smith. Officers Find Past Week-End One Of Worse In Long Time In Haywood , Eight persons were injured on Haywood highways from Thur-djy until Sunday night, as officers termed it the worse week-end in more than a year. Eleven persons were arrested for driving drunk, for the greatest toll in a long time. The highway pa trol arrested 27 persons; the police department 17, and the sheriff's department six. Fifteen of the 17 on the poiice docket were charged with being drunk, one for an improper muf fler, and one for driving drunk, ac cording to Chief of Police Orville Noland. The sheriff's department got four for being drunk, and one drunk driver. The highway patrolmen arrested 9 on charges of driving drunk, two speeders, and 16 on mlsuel'ancous charges. Cpl. Pritchard Smith said, "this week-end was the worse we ever had. I have no answer for the cause. With 9 arrested for driv ing drunk, it surpasses all olher week-end records." Cpl. Smith arrested 3 drums' drivers on the Soco Road, and one between Lake Junaluska and Clyde; Patrolman Joe Murrill arrei-ted one near Clyde, and Patrolman H. Dayton arrested four between Canton and Wanyesvllle, One of those arrested by Cpl. Smith was driving a truck. The driver had a half gallon of liquor, and a half gallon of tomatoes. "He had phshed just about everyone off the highway," the patrolman said. One drunk driver Sunday night about 1 1 o'clock, between Wayni'H ville and the Lake hit' two Vehicles, causing property damage, b'lt no personal injuries. the Bethel FFA boys are cooperat ing in building the pens for cattle at the Bethel School. M. C. Nix and there. Mark Edwards Is Honored At Tank Training Center VILSrXK, Germany Master Sergeant Mark A. Edwards, hus-1 band of Mrs. Nellie Edwards, and son of Mr, and Mrs. Cash Edwards, Route 1, has graduated from an M 20 Tank Company Course at the Tank Training Center as a member of the best tank crew. Attending a six weeks course of instruction' on the General Persh ing Tank consisting of Driving and Maintenance, Communicatios, Basic and Advanced ' Gunnery, Mastel Sergeant Edwards and his crew displayed excellent cooperation. efficiency and teamwork. During graduation ceremonies Master Sergeant Edwards was awarded a nlaquc and an engraved cigarette lighter by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. Murphy, Com mandant of the Tank Training Cen ter. In Europe since July 1951 Mas ter Sergeant Edwards is presently assigned to Tank Company, 12th i Infantry Regiment in Germany. Ministers Will Report Soon On Beer Petitions Announcement of the results of the petitions circulated by the Hay wood Ministerial Association on a beer-wine election has been post poned until the regular meeting of the association scheduled for Oc tober 8. The Rev. M. R. William son, a member of the association's Moral and Welfare committee, stat ed today that a final report would not be issued until that time so that the full membership of the group could act in concert on the petitions, and that some few re- Mnlnln- nAllllnna fpnm tha m 1 H V mauling gviviuiio .ut, uu'.j . , i i i . ing areas migni oe receivca. The Moral and Welfare commit tee met Friday to check petitions thus far received. Under considera tion Is the calling of an election on abllishlng the sale of wine and beer in Haywood County. The Rev. L. E. Mabry is committee chairman, as sisted by the Revs. C. O. Newell, Horace Smith, M. R. Williamson and J. E. Yountz. Ministers Check Election Petitions vvY A -i'jf. Thomas Gilliland Here On Furlough PFC Thomas B. Gilliland, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gilli land of Route 1. Waynesville, ar rived home Friday morning after a year in Korea. After a 30-day furlough here he will report to Fort Jackson, S. C. for reassignment. Pvt. Gilliland entered the service two years ago. He went overseas after training at Fort Jackson and U L i V V XJGllllAllS, - " ly wounded last September, ' and later h e was hospitalized with frostbitten hands and feet, Members of the Haywood Ministerial Association committee are shown here cheeking the petitions call ing for an election on beer and wine in Haywood county. The committee will give their formal re port at a meeting of the Ministerial Association in the near future. Shown seated, left to right: Rev. L. E. Mabry, Canton, chairman; Rev. M. R. Williamson, Waynesville; standing, left to right: Rev. C. O' Newell. Crabtree: Rev. Horace Smith, Canton, and Rev. J. E. Yountz. Wavnesville. 'Staff .Photo. Highway Record For 1951 In Haywood (To Date) Killed.... 2 Injured '45 (This information com piled from Records of State Hihway Patrol.) I

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