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idelight Of The News s - Begins At 91 I i .t ihp natrons of the Latre Saturday, the movie r;;L affair. For "Aunt" Lbone of the Fines Creek however, n was timB in her 91 years seeing a motion picture. t,e show sne exiuesacu and was so excited that 0r, J. E. Massie, gave ner ass Only yast week "Aunt" )W a train for the second her Me. ; v Lvie she saw featured Mack Brown; us uue was Bullets . arents Only ather watched proudly as !ionth old baby smuea, and extended her hands, nued to bounce the small ever, determined to create sire within the baby to do Finally, when the appeal oo ereat to resist, he hand le ball and stood back to Lt in in her mouth. V Hear Mrs. fs On Schools LvnesviUe Lions Club had guest speaker last Thurs- ung, Mrs. Lucy T. Jones, merintendent of schools. Ids gave out sheets of paper nroDOsed allotment of the liat will be voted upon in fal school bond election. bf the different schools in ille Township was listed ot a complete new build- iiairs thereon. fines spoke highly of some ihool buildings and on the lid stated that some others fit to be called, school where the children of Intimity were thrown to ll such delapidated facili- business session Joe S. I a letter that was to be ill the clubs and organiza- the county inviting them Is meeting at the Court- October 9th to discuss il bond issue. Mr. Davis at the hoard of education, & of commissioners, and rials to discuss all phases alter. ' , , Hurt In 3 Accident Irsons were injured in accidents in Haywood on une reported in serious and a pickuo truck col- Jut 4:30 Sunday afternoon jo c road, with a passen- V car getting facial cuts. ras from Tennessee, ac- investigating patrolmen. Mday morning a car said pen driven by Browder 14, colored man of Svlva. ie 10-foot bank at the in- "f Haywood and Daisey Albert Worley, 34, col f Sylva, is in the Sylva i a "serious condition," a police. Nice said, ran off the backed down the em when the brakes failed. ere said bv Chief Or- fd to have been drunk. f mpants of the car were "m the front to the back Worley's spjne and neck Fed. He Hue nankinI tn N Hospital and this ransferred to the Sylva was damaged some, Chief "d' and Policeman Guv Instigated the accident, Vn is being held in jail "e outcome of Worley's Poes $100 ?ge To Auto ffiesville Fire Denart- c'led to Richland St. " U a. m. to extinguish r Dciongmg to Boone Figerald estimated ' '0 the car t cinn nn rei y a short circuit,' he 66th YEAR NO. 79 8 PAGES syille Mountain Ibliwice.A.Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Wayne eer TODAY'S SMILE Row did George break his let:?" "Well, do you ee those steps over there?" "Yes." : "Well, Georre didn't." Associated Press Methodists Make But Few Changes In This District Come Back ' ( Y ml REV. W. JACKSON HUNEYCUTT V ik REV. J. E. YOUNTZ Haywood Cattle Program Given To Rotarians "There should bo more interest in beef cattle in Haywood," Dr. A. P. Cline told Rotarians her Friday, sa he discussed the importance of beef cattle income to Havwood's economics. Dr. Clinc told of the recent sale and show in Hendersonville. in which Haywood cattle took top hon ors. His bull sold for $4,000, the highest price paid for an animal at the sale. He also explained the hon ors received by M. O, Galloway on his cattle at the show and sale. Dr. J. L. Reeves, another eattre an, was present and took part on the program. Prior to the talk on cattle, Mrs. Alma McCracken, president of the Business and Professional Woman's Club, explained the purpose of the club, their aims and objects. Her talk was part of the 24th national anniversary of the organization. The Rotarians .,; will entertain their wives at Mt. Valley Inn on Wednesday evening, at seven o'clock. This will take the place of the usual Friday meeting. WAYNESVILLE, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCT. 1, 1951 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Cleaner Than Clean Few. changes were made in pas toral apopintments for the larger churches of Haywood county as the Western North Carolina Methodists i concluded their annual oonferenre 1 1 in Greensboro Sunday afternoon, f I The Rev, W. Jackson Huneycutt I ! was retained as district superinten- lenoent and the Rev. J. E Yountz returns as pastor of the First church at Waynesville. The Rev. C. W. Kirbv. for four years pastor of Central church at Canton, went to Gastonia as dis trict superintendent and will be succeeded by the Rev. W. H. Groee from the Main Street church, Reidsville. In the county churches the Rev. J. C. Golden succeeds the Rev. George B. Culbreth, who goes to Bryson City; Dr, C. N. Clark, re tired supply, succeeds the Rev. V. N. Allen at Haywood church; and the Rev. W. L. Broom, retired sup ply, succeeds the Rev. W. H. Pless at the Pigeon Valley church. The Rev. C O. Newell, pastor of the Crabtree charge, was retired, and Mrs. Newell will continue as pastor. The Rev. H. R. McSwain, pastor of the Bryson City church was nam ed conference secretary, and the Rev. D. H. Dennis was sent from Cherokee to Trinity charge in the Statesville district. Mr. Dennis will be replaced by the Rev. P. F. Snyder of Pine Grove church, Winston-Salem district, Additional appointments in the district include; Andrews E. L. Kirk. Bethel Clyde L. Collins. Bryson City G. B. Culbreth. Canton, First L. E. Mabry, Clyde W. T. Medlin, Jr. Cullowhee J. A. Allen. Dellwood Paul R Taylor. Fines Creek O. E. Evans. Franklin C. E. Murray. Franklin Circuit J. D. Pyalt (AS). . Hayrsville To be supplied. Ilazelwond M. B. Lee (ASt. Highlands R. E. Early, Junaluska Long's Chapel P. II. MaconR. L. Poindexter (S), Morning Star A. L. Maxwclt, Jr. Murphy R. D. Byrum. MUrphy Circuit A. R. Davis. Robbinsville J. T. Frazier, Jr. (See Methodist Pbrc 5) Hunters Pay Court Fines Eight defendants in two days were hailed before Justice of Peace Johnny Ferguson by Walter L. Heath, supervisor of Game War dens. Sevpn of lhi defendants were charged with hunting without a lic ense, and one for hunting on Sun day. They bought their license, paid court costs, and received a suspended $25 fine for a year. I x I ,s J I .v i 1 "l ri . ; ill if V ' 4 3 1 II V Dr. Calvin C. Gat., head of the Poultry Diaunoxtir Luboiatiii v ni-e- - , . pares to look through the microscope which Is part, of . '.he labora trtrv' ttnnlnrtufnw A-'mtntiiaw n jicnudi,..., k Ji.nnn,ii ..,., ...lit,, ly only with the aid of a-microscope. (Staff Photo). . Instruments -must be clinically clean at the Poultry Diagnostic LuhoMlmj. Mrs. Robert C. Hall, technician, is closing the door to I lie autoclave, which kills every possible 'gorm'r through steam under pi essu're. The sterilizer can also be used for any materiul which Dr. Gatz feels nhould be put into it before being thrown into the liash. Slart photo), " Waynesville Gels $16,712 io Use On Street Program Fewer Arrests Over Week-End Officers had a far different time this week-end than last. The sher- riff reported very few put in jail, with only two accidents reported in . the county. Police arrested six for being drunk, and other officers had fewer arrests than last week-end when 37 defendants were lodged in jail. her y .Jnober 1-Monday fair I rr Tuesday partly wrdoH K ie tempera l '7 bV the staff of the Ma s . . 27 Kanfaii 2 " , 58 2 70 38 30 -75 39 .11 $90,000 Bridge On 19-23 Open the the The $90,000 bridge across Southern Railwav tracks at Haywood-Buncombe line has been opened, permitting traffic to use the new section of Highway 19-23 from the foot of the Canton hill to the Buncombe line. New Crossing Built At Foot Miller Street Street and railroad workmen have built a new crossing at the foot of Miller street, near Smathcrs Bridge and Commerce street. The crossing was closed for several days while work was in progress. Second Play-O-Gram Presented Pleased by the reaction to (he first Play-O-Gram which last week covered the Waynosvillc-Lonoir football'" 'game, ' the Mountaineer' received. An seni us nmsi, jiarvev Tulterrow bv types ol a to Anderson, S. C, Friday night to provide tiie fans who stayed at home another action-packed cap sule. Mr. Tutterrow commented that it was a difficult game to sketch due to the long runs and many at tempted passes. But he caught it, and the Mountaineer is proud to present the second of the series. Commissioners In Session Here Today The county commissioners were holding their regular Monday ses sion today, and reported, only mat ters of routine had come up for their attention. Some Punkins r 1 ' 1- i ...v4 'i" , . V IT. u V' t , ' - ' - , ".U. ' , ' ,.tl I Waynesville has received $1(1, 712 of Powell Bill ' funds with which t" improve (lie streets ot the town, 'according' to word to day from Manager, 'G, C. Ferguson. An announcement from Canton in dicates that $ 1 4,i0() has been se cured (here. The State Highway and Public Works Commission released a 1 word picture today of the benefits i various N, ('. towns and cities .have! analysis of mileage j .streets in the i municipalities sharing in Powell Bill funds was released by Chair-! man Henry W. Jordan. II shows those 3H'i municipal)-1 ties had, as of last July 1, a total1 of 7,322 miles of streets by actual j measurement.. Of this total, thej stale has the responsibility for 2,- 109 miles or 2!) per cent of all; the streets because they are) stale highways or county road ex-j tensions. ' ' ! In addition, the Highway Com-j mission has just paid out to the 3Rfi towns and cities in cash -an amount averaging $871 41 per, mile of local streets to aid the imi-j nicipaiities during Hie year begin-! ning Oclohcr 1 or whenever Iheyj. (See Waynesville I'aue 3) To Help The Handicapped A meeting was held at the local employment office yesterday - to make plans for the observance of National "Kmploy the Physically Handicapped" Week which is scheduled for Oct, 7th through Kith. The meeting, which was In charge of local chairman anil co- chairman At Whitehead and Jack T Miiitus, was attended by rep resentatives from the local em ployment office, civic organiza tion, veteran grouns, business and industy. Robert Hall of the Jay cecs was appointed publicity chair man. Plan for four radio talks of live minutes each were made, as we, 1 as a 15 discussion program dealing with the physically handi capped worker. Speakers include Mrs. Kdilh P. Alley. Rev. William son, and Robert Hall. A window display will be shown (luring the week at a nlaee not yet announced. Many local firms have expressed interest in the program, and the committee hopes that un employed physically handicapped workers will contact the local em ployment office and take advantage of the chances that may occur as a result rouurv m men Find laboratoryHelpful The Stale of North Carolina pays the bill for a first-class stilt, al ways kept, in operating condition, right in the center of Waynesve. The still is maintained by Sjite employees, arid is for the benefit of any resident who wants to make use of it. . '. One reason, however, that the still operates day after day without even a raised eyelash from the Sheriff's department is that Us only product is water. Distilled water is essential for making laboratory sugars and agar; and this stilt is part of the equip ment at the Poultry Diagnostic Laboratory on Miller Street. Noth ing is lucking to make this a fully equipped setup, ready to do any tvpe of regular diagnostic work. The laboratory opened in Jan uary to serve the rapidly growing poultry industry in Western Caro lina. In charge is Dr. Calvin C. Gatz, a graduate of the Kansas State Veterinary College and vet eran of six years in the Veterinary Corps and the Army Medical Ser vice Corps during World War II. His assistant is Mrs. Robert C. Hall, a graduate of the University of North Carolina who later served as technician in the cancer laboratory at Duke University. "The climate here Is particularly favorable to the development of a poultry Industry," says Dr. Gatz. "The combination of the humidity, the rainfall, and above all the cool weather is splendid for chicken raising, Kggs laid in hot climates have what we call low hatchability. Right here we are In the summer hatching egg belt." To meet the needs of the grow ing Industry, the State established the center to serve the entire west ern part of the state. Before its establishment, poUltrymen Wishing diagnosis of ailments had to send their chickens to Raleigh. Now anyone-from the housewife who keeps u w chicken for family use to the man who numbers his flock In the thousands can get this free service in a minimum of time. Setting up the laboratory has re sulted in further increasing the in dustry in this section. Dr. Gati puts it: "People around here can afford to raise more poultry be cause they are close to a labora (See Poultry Page 3) Lions Club Asks Meet Of 100 Groups The Waynesville Lions Club, ac cording to an announcement made today by its president, W. Boyd Owen, will sponsor a meeting of more than 100 Haywood County organizations on Tuesday, October 9th. The purpose of the meeting, which will be held at the court house at 7:30. p. m., is, said Mr. Owen, to discuss the current school bond election which is set for No vember 17th. Efforts will be made to acquaint representatives of the many county organizations with the need and with the proposed remedy.- " : Civic and county leaders are ex pected to attend. In fact, said Mr. Owen, the Lions Club is hoping that everyone will come. The school bond program is one that concerns everyone, he pointed out. Pilot Farmers Meet Thursday Community Pilot Farmers will meet Thursday night to continue the planning begun at last Thurs day's session. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Court House. A farm planning specialist from Stale College, Moe Williams, will be present to discuss the Farm and Home Planning sheets on which work was started at the last meet ing. . . ; '-.-.-. Livestock Show Entries Being Listed This Week : , Registrations are being received for animals being entered in the livestock show set fnr the Wanc8 ville Armory October 12-13. All superintendents have been asked to turn in this" week the number of animals they expect to have in each class. Co-chairmen M. O. Galloway anil Frank , M., Davis have designated the following as superintendents of the various classifications: D. II. Witliams, Hereford;" Frank Metf ford. ,Aberd ien:Ani; Dayid, ' Boyd. Shorthorn; tuy Arrington. Dual Purpose Breed; JVayne Sla mey, Baby Beef Showbill iam Os borne, Guernsey; Joe Palmer. Hol steln; D. Reeves Noland, Ayreshlre; R. L. Vork. Jersevr anrf Jumps Klrkpatrlck, Junior Dairy Show. ine waynesville Chamber of Commerce and the Community De velopment Program are sponsoring the event, which is expected to draw approximately tw0 hundred head of cattle. Miss McCracken Becomes Clerk Of Draft Board Miss F.dna McCracken today as sumed the duties of clerk of the Select ive Service Board, replacing Mrs. Roy Campbell, whose resigna tion was tendered for October 1. During World War II Miss Mc Cracken served for three years as assistant clerk and another year and a half as clerk of the board. Mrs. Jane Love Taliaferro re mains as assistant clerk. William I. Millar loins Law Firm W. H. F. Millar and William Med. ford, engaged in the practice of law under the firm name of Millar nnd Medford, have reported that the former's son, William I. Millar, has recently joined the firm which will hereafter be known as Millar, Mod ford & Miliar. The vounger Mr. Millar, who was horn in Waynesville and graduated from Waynesville Township High School, holds the Degrees of Bache lor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from Duke University. He was sworn in as an attorney before. Judge J. C. Rudisill at the Sep tember term of the Superior Court. The new firm will continue the general practice of law and will specialize in the practice of cor poration, probate, trust, title, state and federal taxation and labor law, .EewXHigh Little Miss Jackie Ensley is nearly eclipsed by the display of pumpkins, squan and gourds ai ihe Pigeon Valley Fair. Jackie is the daughter of AD1 C. W. Ensley and Mrs. Ensley of Waynesville. 'Staff Photo). By AGNES FITHUGH SHAPTKR It was "Heigh-ho, : come to Ihe fair" from Thursday night: through Saturday afternoon as an estim ated 4500 persons converged at ! Bethel to attend the third an ! nua! Pigeon Valley Fair. M. C. Nix. seiving his third term as director. was especially enthusiastic about the exhibits this year. "Wo have more entries and better entries each successive year." Thursday evening's "warm-up" consisted of a beauty contest, tal ent show and cake walk, directed by Turner Calhey and C, C, Poin dexter. Exhibits were judged and livestock shown Friday morning. Friday afternoon was devoted to a pet show and a football game; and movies rounded out the day. The fair closed with a horse show Sat urday afternoon, with exhibits re maining on display until 5 o'clock, On every hand was evidence of weeks even months of painstak ing preparation. Friendly competi tion among the six valley commun- ; ities Cecil, Cruso. Stanley Cove land Kast, Center and West Pigeon -served only to emphasize the neighborly cooperation of the hun dreds of persons who worked to gether to make the fair a success. The visitor who arrived at the school erntindu n Friduv af(o,.nn,n j could only wjsh he was a crab, with eyes mat could turn in all direc tions. Over on the ball field the Demons and the Greenies were warming up. Through the door of the home arts building poured a constant stream of women, eager ly comparing notes 0n what they had just seen. In front of the agri culture, building the FFA boys served hungry guests. (And this in spile of thu fact that their moth ers had served noon dinner to nearly a hundred people.) Behind the building the black glossy coats of Angus bull calves shone in the brilliant sun, and more than one exhibitor was given a healthy brushing to the coat of his ani mal, A speckled pup trotted after his proud mistress, trailing his red ribbon comfortably in the dust. Ducks quacked for attention, and ; a monkey fussed for his share of, the limelight. Within the building) stalks of corn towered over bronz-i ed tobacco. Pumpkins, green or golden, contrasted with scarlet ap ples, emerald green peppers, strawberry popcorn, pearly and brown eggs. Within the home arts building the color and the variety of attrac tions was the same. Four commun ity' displays occupied most of one wall. Cruso's miniature Mt. Pisgah (See Pigeon Fair Pge 3) Guernsey Cow At State Test Farm Sets Record A registered Guernsey cow, Mountain Du Maxim's Chene, own ed by Mountain Experiment Sta tion, Waynesville, produced 8.707 pounds of milk and 465 pounds of butterfat. This, Is according to the official Herd Improvement Registry record released by The American Guernsey Cattle Club. "Chene" was a senior 4 year-old and was milked" 730 times during her record. This record was supervised by the North Carolina State College. Highway Record For 1951 In Haywood (To Date) Killed .... 2 Injured. ... 47 (This . information com piled from Records of State Hihway Patrol.) aw",