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Ptibhshed Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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WAYNESVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOV, 5, 1951 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
..if,, finm the city
,;d Whcii her husband
., work weanesoay
j , j hnv a small paper
chobl Bond Electio:
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first cliestnui nis wue
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is milking the rounds
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tatcrs, beans and . tur-
Or Get It
iltee in charge Of pur-
i for use in the Trade
tarams approached the
tiectric Company lasi
curing a Deep Freeze
r was unable to supply
ired, so other arrange-
made.
el? Mrs. Swanger won
reeze that was secured.
as Two Equals
ie figures to add up,
v, staff member; "mind
ir machine?':'. .'
urself," said the book-
Ian expansive wave of
lie screamed a moment
new staff member was
ay at the cash register.
Town Government Change
f roves A Marked Success
One Killed, One Hurt As This Car Was Demolished
Stayed Home
good, if cold, true stor-
m Greeneville Friday
the least of them was
involving Buck Bowles,
car load of children to
Blien decided it was too
m. Back in the car they
mined to hear the out-
tie radio. All went well
iern-but 4bei the fame
ome in. Itwas not Un-
Id returned to Waynes
lie was able to find out
fllie children were rath-
A burden always is easier to
bear when shared by several per
sons. That's what town officials of
Waynesville have discovered after
a four-month trial of a change in
methods of town administration.
Before the present Board of
Aldermen took offica last July, the
departments of town government
were supervised by the aldermen
acting individually as heads of the
various departments.
At that time the mayor appoint
ed one alderman as head of the
water department, the other as
head of police and fire activities,
and the third as supervisor of
streets. .
The old system had a number
or delects, including placing too
much work and responsibility on
the shoulders of one alderman. He
had to take care of all complaints
against work done or hot done
by his department.
Another shortcoming of the
former plan is that aldermen often
were not well informed on work
done in other departments than
their own. For example, as one
town official remarked, "Some
times streets were paved by direc
tion of one alderman without the
other two aldermen even knowing
about it."
Today, however, town affairs are
supervised by the Board of Alder
men acting as a unit. They deter
mine policies and give instructions
to the town manager, who handles
administration and hears minor
complaints.
Major complaints, requiring ac-
tion by the board, are heard by the
aldermen as a unit.
Waynesville Mayor J. II. Way
expressed his opinion of the change
in town administration this way:
'Nickels For Know-Mow'
Plan Approved In County
Food Serving
Instruction
Is Planned
Plans for a food handlers' school
will be laid at two county meet
ings this week. One will be at the
Canton town hall Wednesday night
the other at the Haywood County
court house in Waynesville Thurs
day night.
Up for discussion will be 10
hours of instruction in various
phases of food handling to be of
fered by the county health depart
ment. Training will be offered in
Waynesville and Canton in two-
hour afternoon and evening ses-
sions which will continue for two
and a half weeks.
G. W. Rountree, director of
county sanitation, explained that
instruction will be offered in basic
bacteriology, proper dishwashing
and sterilization methods, preserv
ation and preparation of foods, per
sonal hygiene, and proper methods
of serving foods.
Mr. Rountree will serve as In
structor and will be aided by guest
"I think, it's one of, the - gmarM speakers.' ; Movies and demonstra-
The Leaded
snmv came slanting
c small caravan of cars
sether for warmth and
lie Ions drive back from
Friday night. Mile af
nt by in safety, but sud
lcad ear hesitated,
ie curtain of snow the
bridge could be felt. De-
it was the intersection
Springs road, the driver
pight ahead. A series of
lips told him he was
topped, started to turn
fri then sat still in amaze-
"d him at least'ten cars
fiddly trying to turn a-
onver leaned out and
fliere the blankety blank
iking us?" "
moves the town ever has made. I
served under the old system for 16
years and believe that it doesn't
even begin to compare with the
new system. I'm very well pleased."
Henry Gaddy, serving his second
term as alderman, asserted: "Effi
ciency of the town government has
been increased tremendously. Af
ter serving under the old system
I wouldn t even consider going
back to such an outmoded method
of administration."
Town Manager G. C. Ferguson
remarked: "We have taken a major
step forward, Waynesville wHl
profit considerably by the change
instituted by the mayor and Board
of Aldermen."
tions also will be offered
Sessions will be open to food
handlers in restaurants, tourist
homes, church groups, dairy plants,
bakeries, and to housewives and
other interested persons, Mr. Roun
tree pointed out.
Overwhelming approval was giv
en to the "Nickles For Know-How'
plan Saturday by Haywood county
farmers, who voted 696 to 28 in
first returns in favor of the pro
posal to impose a 5-cent assessment
oh feed and fertilizer sold in North
Carolina to finance agricultural re
search.
Referendum results were report
ed from 16 polling places in the
county with another 11 districts
still to be heard from,
Election returns reported by
Wayne A, Corpening, county agri
cultural agent, with the affirmative
vote listed first, included:
Aliens Creek. 68 to 0; Beaver-
dam, 24 to 3; Crabtree, 32 to ,0
East Pigeon, 64 to 3; Fines Creek
42 to 3; Francis Cove, 29 to 0
Hominy, 59 to 0; Iron Duff, 13 to 0
Morning Star, 67 to 4; Ml. Sterling
16 to 1; RatclifTe Cove, 32 to 0
Saunook, 35 to 0; Thickety, 85 to 3
Waynesville, 77 to 1; West Pigeon,
15 to 5; and White Oak. 28 to 3.
The statewide vote, with returns!
still incomplete, Indicated that Tar
Heel farmers were approving the
rpsearch expansion plan by a 15-1
margin.
Of 31,957 votes tabulated by
North Carolina State College, 29,-
417 were in favor of the proposal,
and only 2,540 were opposed.
Fifteen mountain counties re
ported a total of 6,546 affirmative
ttotesaud wilt 851 .negative. -
Haywood was one of two moun
tain counties giving the "Niekles
For Know-How" plan its heaviest
vote of approval. The other coun
ty was Transylvania with 91.8 in
favor on 906 "yes" votes out
968.
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mtmxmm n.S.lin mhi i mi n i i in 11 n iim rnm"wgi
Erwin Welch, a 31-year-old Cherokee, was killed, as his car failed to make a curve on Highway
No. 19-23 at Lake Junaluska about five o'clock, Sunday morning. The demolished car shown here,
was crushed on the top and side. Cpl. I'rltchard Smith, investigated the wreck, and is shown here as
he looked over the crushed-in sedan. Welch was crushed to death as the top of the car descended
upon him. and forced his 200-pound body through the crumpled door, shown right in front of Cpl.
Smith, (Mountaineer Photo). t -
s Creek Picks
Jo Hembree
eir Queen
Pus Creek CDP met Sat-
f t at tlie school house. A
d. around 75, .was pres-
y the chicken dinner and
Pe business of selecting
"r the Tobacco Harvest
Hembree, daughter of
p. Bill Hembree, was the
queen. She is 15-years
' t?nth grade, is a bru
brow n eyes. She weighs
dd is five feet, four
Bob Conway loins
Mountaineer Staff
Bob Conway, a native of Ashland,
Kentucky, has joined the news staff
of The Mountaineer. He came here
from the Monroe Evening News in
Monroe, Michigan.
Conway is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Kentucky, and served
three years in the Army, includ
ing a year and a half with the 66th
Infantry Division in Europe. ,
He also has worked at the Louis
ville bureau of United Press, the
Louisville Courier-Journal, and
the Portsmouth (Ohio) Times. He is
single.
of
Wintry Blast Sends
Mercury Here Down To 23
Jubilee Has
Another Big
Meeting Sat.
The Merchants Association had
the usual large crowd in the high
school football stadium Saturday
at 2 p.m. to help them continue the
Trade Jubilee Festival.
Highlights of the program were
the distribution of :- various gifts.
Houston Swanger, Sr., was awarded
a Kelvinator Deep Freeze; he lives
in Hazelwood. " From Aliens Creek
came Warren Mills to receive a
beautiful blanket, Mrs. John
Moody of Dellwood secured a love
ly bed spread by attending the cele
bration, and J, R. Inman, also of
Aliens Creek, was presented with
a Skyway Fitted Luggage Case.
Another program will be given
next Saturday at the same time and
place.
Weekend 'QuietV
Police Department
and Sheriff Report
A quiet weekend was reported
by the Waynesville police and the
county sheriff's department this
past weekend.
Police Chief Orvllle Noland list
ed 13 arrested for being drunk, and
one driver charged with reckless
driving and a man cited for temp
orary auto larceny. ' The larceny
charged was filed when a man bor
rowed a car and failed to bring It
back when he had promised.
Sheriff Fred Campbell reported
the "usual number" of drunks ar
rested, and investigation, together
with the highway patrol, of several
other cases.
One wreck in the city occured
when two cars collided Sunday at
the Intersection of Haywood and
Depot Streets. The driver of one
of the cars was cited for running
a red light.
Miss Johnston
Will Speak To
Miss Margaret "Johnston, Hay
wood County librarian, left yester
day for Winston-Salem to attend
the annual meeting of the North
Carolina Recreation Society and
Commission, at the, Robert E, Lee
Hotel, November 5-8.
Miss Johnston will he one of
the speakers on Tuesday's program
and will talk on the Cherokee In
dian Reading Project in Western
North Carolina.
The Society will hear discussions
on Music, Dramatics, Arts and
Crafts, Sports, Nature Siudy, Danc
ing, and many other forms of rec
reation. Lloyd B. Hathaway of Win-ston-Salem
Is president of the organization.
' Haywood shivered with the rest
of the nation over the week-end as
the mercury slid down to 23 de
grees on Saturday and did just one
degree Abetter Sunday morning.
A light , snow fell Friday night,
but by noon Saturday it had dlsap
peared in all except wU protect
weather observer, The State Test
Farm, registered the snow fall at
a quarter of an Inch. The rainfall
of last Thursday was 1.11 inches
The thin blanket of snow cover
ing the bright leaves on many trees
gave an unusual picture, with many
photographers trying to get color
ed pictures of the scene.
Indian Dies
In Icciilent
Hear Lake
Sanitation Chief Explains
New Sewage Ordinance
ther
CONTINUED COLD
November 5 - Sunny
Monday; continued cold
m!f "Cville tempera-
tT". Dy tne staff of
"l farm): ,
--.Min. Rainfall Snnw
41
42
23
24
1.11
.14
.25
After having received a number
of complaints on the cost of install
ing sand filter-type sewage-disposal
units under a new county ordi
nance, G. W. Rountree, county di
rector of sanitation, issued this
statement today:
"Due to a large amount of water
and sewage produced by commer
cial - enterprises -such - as - tourist
courts and restaurants, it is the
opinion of the health department
that a sand filter constructed in
accordance with the new rules and
regulations of the county health de
partment - - - because of terrain
and rocky fissures or cracks lying
just beneath the surface, will give
the only adequate protection avail
able ot peopltf of Haywood County."
"The design of the sand filter is
such that all the outflow from the
septic tank is clarified, and a ma
jority, at least, of disease-proauc
ing bacteria is filtered out in this
bed of sand and gravel.
"Use of the sand filter is neces
sary because of the large increase
in the number of tourist courts,
restaurants, and other business
estalishmentg catering to tourists.
own people.
"We want the people of Hay
wood County to feel free to call
on us for instruction and help in
the .design and construction of
their sewage-disposal systems.
"We also want people to know
that this new county sanitation or
dinance applies to individual prop
erty- owners installing - their- own
systems, as well as to large con
tractors.
"The policy of the Haywood
County Health Department will be
fair and impartial in regard to in
stallation of sewage-disposal units.
It is our purpose to improve the
environmental sanitation of the
county, both from the public health
and the esthetic viewpoints. ;
"Please remember that a permit
is necessary before installation of
sewage disposal systems, and an
approval slip will be issued to prop
erty owners after final inspection
of the installation. This will pro
tect the property owner from in
ferior installations, which will only
cost him more in the long run."
The new county sanitation ordi
nance was passed in October and
State Officials Visit
County Health Office
The county board of health of
fice "in the. courthouse' was visited
by three state officials last week.
Wednesday Dr. C. C. Applewhite,
personnel director of the Slate
Department of Health in Raleigh,
and his assistant, I.: A. McCrary.
discussed financial problems of
the Haywood health department
with county officials.
Friday morning Mrs. Louise
East, district supervisor of nurses
at Asheville, discussed public
health nursing with officials here.
Parkway
Sections
Open - Close
M, J. Becker, Park Hunger, has
announced that as in the past the
Wagon Road Gap section of the
Blue Ridge Parkway will close for
the season today, Monday, Nov. 5th.
He pointed out, however, that
the Soco Gap Section has been re
opened, and he added thut it would
remain open until weather or Fire
hazards warrant it being closed.
! Ben Messer, Ed Moltlnger, Jerry
'Liner, and Hufus Pannell made up
j a party attending the Clemson
i Wake Forest game Saturday.
Haywood county's fifth traffic fa
tality .was -recorded at 7:31) a.m.
Sunday when lrvin Welch, 33, In
dian oiCherokae.xHetlln toe coun
ty hospital of injuries he had suf
fered two and a half. hours earlier
in an accident on Highway 19-23
near Lake Junaluska.
Two companions were riding with
Welch at the time of the accident.
One, Boyd Jackson, 25, of Chero
kee, suffered head Injuries. The
other, Jesse Hill, 25, also of Chero
kee, was not injured.
State Patrol Cpl. Pritchard Smith
reported that Welch was traveling
east toward Asheville, and appar
ently lost control of his car on a
sharp curve. The vehicle plunged
oft the highway and overturned.
Welch and his companions were
thrown clear of the auto In the
mishap.
Welch is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. James Welch of Soco
community: three small sons at
home; one brother, Oscar Welch
of Cherokee,
Also five sisters, Mrs. Moody
Reed. Mrs. Albert Crowe, Mrs, Reu
ben Taj lor of Cherokee and Mrs.
Edmund Youngbird- of Cherokee,
and Miss Charlotte Welch of Con
cho, Okla.
lie was it World War II veteran.
Crawford Funeral Home is in
charge of funeral arrangements.
The body was to he taken to the
home today at 3 p.m,
Commission,
School Board
ilet On Vote
The mass of legal red tape was
untangled this morning, and the
official date for the school bond
election was set for Saturday, De
cember 15th.
The new date was set today dur
ing a conference of the board of
commissioners and the board of
education.
The bonding attorneys in New -York,
together with the Local Gov
ernment Commission, have given
their approval of the new date, as
the official title of the Canton
school district was determined.
The delay was created by tha .
bonding attorneys disagreeing on
the official name of the Canton '
district. The name as will be car-
ricd in the election, and recognized ".
by all officials as the Canton Grad- -ed
School District.
W. R. Francis, attorney for the -county,
was writing the official no- "m
tice at noon, and said it will be
published in the Thursday edition.
The notice sets out those things .T.
which the money will be spent a.
general expansion and improve-'.
ment of the entire system of schools
buildings and grounds throughout
the county, Z
The registration books will open"
for persons who have not previous-T
ly registered on Saturday, Novcm-
ber l7, and remain open until six
o'clock December first. The 8Ui
of December will be challenge day,
and the election held on the 15th. Z
The officials have been working
almost constantly. 'on the--matter?
since the bonding attorneys raised
the question a week or so ago rela
tive to the Canton school district.
The action of the two boards this
morning gave the green light for .
the election, the officials explained.
Gold Star
Parents To
Be Honored
A banquet honoring the Gold
Star Parents of this section of the
county will be held by the Hay
wood Legion Post No. 47 and the
Ladles Auxiliary of the post at the
Hazelwood Elementary School cafe
teria on Saturday November 10. at
7 p. m. The Gold Star Parents will
be the guests of honor. An address
by Judge Daniel K, Moore of Sylva.
N. C. will feature the proceedings.
The menu will include roast tur
key with all the trimmings. All
legiounatres of this section are urg
ed by legion officials to attond.
Tickets are available from any le
gion officer at $1.50 per person. -
Communities Pick Queens
For County Tobacco Show
Youth Admits Driving Car
In Hit-Run Pedestrian Death
as well as for the protection of our! became effective last Thursday.
Ten candidates now have been
chosen by their communities to
compete for the crown of queen of
the Tobacco and Home Demonstra
tion Exhibition to be held at the
court.houseNovembpr.i6-17
Como.uiiiiy queens will appear
on the program Friday night, ride
in a parade Saturday morning, and
one of their number will be chosen
queen of the exhibition Saturday
evening.
The parade, which will start at
10:30 a.m. Saturday from Waynes
ville High School, will include both
queens and officers from the var
ious communities.
Other items on the exhibition
agenda are a talent show Friday
night, and a number of tobacco and
"green pastures" awards.
The home demonstration part of
the combined exhibition will be
based on the theme "Make It Your
self," and will feature displays by
the county's 25 ' home demonstra
tion clubs.
Displays will show handicraft,
handwork, tieedlecraft, household
furnishings, canned goods, and
stored produce, according to Mary
Cornwell. county home demonstra
tion. jgenL ,
The displays will feature
clubs' projects for the year, and
also show Individual activities of
club members.
Judging of iiie exhibits will, be
from 9 until 11 a.m. Friday at the
Waynesville Armory. Judges will
be Miss Nell Kcnnctt of Raleigh,
district home demonstration agent;
Mrs, Florence Sherrill, Franklin
home agent, and Mrs. J. Walther
Moore, Haycsville agent.
Women entering exhibits have
been urged by Miss Cornwell and
committee members to assemble
their exhibits on Thursday, Nov. 15.
Awards 0f $25, $20, $15, $10, and
$7.50 will be made to the five best
exhibits. Five dollars also will be
The hit-and-i'un death of a Cand
ler pedestrian October 27 on the
den, and James Elbert Ertzberger,
cleared up with the arrest of two
teen-agers, and an admission by
one that he was the driver of the
car which struck Keitfi llenson, 31,
Candler Route 2.
Now in Haywood county jail are
Billy A. Jenkins, 18, of Pcachtree
Street, between Biltmore and Ar-
deii, and James Elbert Frtzberger.j bim oil' the roar
f 16, of Asheville, Jenkins is charg-t
the ed with manslaughter, and Ei tz-I
berger with aiding and abetting
manslaughter and hit-and-run driv
ing. , . ' . j
Capt. C. A. Speed, commander
of State Hignwav Patrol Troop E,j
reported that Jenkins signed a ,
told him that lie had become in
creasingly jittery after reading
newspaper accounts of the accident
and the investigation later.
Cpl. Pritchard Smith of Waynes
ville, who assisted in the investi
gation, reported shortly after the
accident that two boys passing in
an automobile .a short time before
Hensoii was killed found him lying
asleep on the highway, and pulled
Public Reminded
Of Health Clinic's
Schedule Changes
Haywood countians were remind
ed today of the change in the coun
ty health clinic schedule by Dr. I.
M. Weir, county physician. Dr.
Weir explained that although the
schedule was changed Oct, I, a
number of people continue to come
to his office on the wrong days
The clinic in Waynesville is open
Monday and Wednesday from 8:3')
a.m. until 12, and from 1 until 4:30
p.m. The cljnic is open during
the same hours Tuesday in Canton.
Later the clinic will handle gen
eral eases Monday and vaccinations
Wednesday, but has not made this
division yet.
The county health department
plans to operate special maternal
and infant clinics in Waynesville
and Canton, but has not yet com
pleted its arragemcnts for these
services. -
Captr SiHecr praise J"6llier"'iiieni"-
bers of the highway patrol and also j
the Haywood and Buncombe coun
ty sheriffs' departments for their;
efforts in tin.-, .successful investiga-i
tion. j
, The captain disclosed that clues
used in the inquiry were correct
statement Saturday night admitting "that the hit-run. car was dark
that be was the driver of the car! green in color and had a broken
amber foglight.' Jenkins car was
which struck and killed Henson
near Canton about 10 p.m. October
27.
Capt. Speed said that the boys
explained they were returning to i
their .homes the night of the fa
tality after having dates in Can
ton. Jenkins, Speed reported, kept
going after hitting the pedestrian
because he was scared the man was
given to each of the remaining! killed since he was driving at from
clubs whose exhibits are adjudged 55 to 60 miles per hour at the time.
described as a dark green 1947
Ford convertible, and was reported
by the patrol us having had one
fog light removed and its fender
beaten out and repainted.
Capt. Speed also lauded informa
tion supplied by a number of Hay
wood citizens. AH tips were in
vestigated, he said.
Jenkins and Ertzberger are ex
pected to ace trial here this month
"good"
Capt, Speed said Jenkins also when the November term of Su-
Highway
Record For
1951
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured . 50
Killed .... 5
(This
piled
Stat
information com-1
from Records of
Hihway Patrol.)