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STANDARD FTC CO w ^ ^ Comp-aM? t Vint b> [/iPtwrnn KT ? ??C The Waynesville Mountaineer ik | Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park D '? 67th YKAl? NO. 66 12 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., MONDAY AFI^RNOOV, AUG. 18, 1952 *3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Rights j ? ^fi> ^^H i, a wonderful ,;, practic?ll pies are dl?-1 own benefit. J the humming with which to! ii. 1 lowers. Hi ho had apparently j ^^Humming birds, de < ! fir of ? ?!><:' ? s 111 the new ^^Hrhiiu ? I have a clamp ^Hof the bottles and Hi releasing ? I the money is in ^H however, did They mere ^^Hir bottle caps with ^^Hhen put straws in hi jined the con required that they ? I the cooler to get ^Hii the idea worked. ^Bis such vending sharp eye ^H human humming IKc Noted | Week-End labout as heavy in Burday and Sunday ? at any time during ?th the possible ex IJuly Fourth week Police O. L. Noiand ?ng. k little trouble with bointed out. "partly, It of the new traffic pricing regulations in effect several iepartment also re sts over the weck t on charges of pub s. One person was teding and the other iving. I lured In h Near Thursday t were injured last I head-oncollision just ii on Highway 19-23. [VV. -vK. Wooten - E. Fincher tried to car and ran head-on driven by Billy Sut to the 1940 Buick driving amounted to truck a 1950 GMC, amc amount of dam ird truck received a Fincher were Tom J. f Canton, Rt. 2, and Holder of Clyde, Rt. nts of both vehicles (Injured In iy Accident >. Ledbetter of C*n sufTered painful in ly morning when a tractor she was driv rith an automobile, t occurred in the vici Patrolman W. R. ;igated. I! Woman's Club Will Annual Flower Show ! Sliry-irv\rk?. - - wv.un.ici nowei ^?Ctyde Woman's Club Thursday and Indications are be the largest and ? exhibit the club has H J ears. ? public exhibition is J 30 Thursday. The Hi being held in the ?auditorium, will con H from 1 p.m. to 7 ?on will be a silver ? be in both the horti ?rrangement divisions. H Will he evaluated H" 1 retries scoring ?> hut points will re ?eive a first prize, which counts I ;hree points toward the sweep stakes trophy. Entries scoring be ween 85 and 94 points (second arize) will receive two points to wards the sweepstakes award: and hose scoring between 75 and 84 joints (third prize) will receive one Joint. Officers of the Woman's Club ire Mrs. Robert Williams, presi- j lent: Mrs. Bruce Leatherwood,j dee-president; Mrs. E. M. Bueker, iecretary; and Mrs. Marshall Jones, reasurer. Entries w(ill open at 8 a.m. Thursday, August 21, and will close it 12 noon the same day. A place vill be provided outside the Ex libition Hall for the preparation >f entries. All entries must be in (lace by 12 noon or be disqualified or competition. Judging will be [in at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday. The Judges Committee consists >f Mrs. E. M. Bueker and Mrs. J. C. Haynes. Staging Committee: Mrs. Robert Villiams. chairman; Mrs. C. L. Dar lell. Mrs. J. C. Haynes, Mrs. Amos Bedford, and Mrs. J. E. Newman. Awards: Mrs. Gerald Fish. Properties Committee: Mrs. De Oe Medford, chairman. Mrs. Geo. j fanger, and Mrs. J. Tom Leather wood. Mrs. Troy Stamey is chairman of I he hostesses, who will maintain he following schedule: Thursday?4:30-5:30. Mrs. E. M.I iucker; 5:30-8:30, Mrs. J C Al en; 6:30-7:30. Mrs. Gerald Fish; (See Clyde Flower?Page ?> t [*( ? CLOUDY I ? cloudy, not so v I' ? r warm. 1 ?lyotnlOi tempera- v ?ikft by the State Test I I Max. Min. Rainfall t I 64 .04 ? Rf. 61 .... I ? KR 63 1 111 Work Starts On New Super Market, And Shops Work Is underway on a building project, which will include a modern super market, and 6 or 7 shops, according to Sol Schulman, president of the Arm building the structures. The contract calls for com pletion of the buildings by December first. The site is the corner of Main and Academy Streets. (Mountaineer Photo). Rites Are Held Today For Col. Baughman j Lt.-Col. Harry Lemuel Baughman 57, employed in the engineering de partment of the Champion Paper , and Fibre Company in Canton, died ? i Saturday afternoon at his home on ? Country Club Drive after a brief illness. He was a native of Pittsburgh, Ind.. had resided in Waynesville since 1945 and was the son of the late Lemual and Ida Hoak Baugh- - man of Indianapolis, Ind. He was a Veteran of World Wars I and II, a member of American Legion Post No. 47 of Waynesville,! the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Presbyterian Church, Masonic Lodge No. 259, AF and AM. and Betha Theta Pi, national college social fraternity. j. Funeraf. service* wpee held to day at 2 p. m.* in Waynesville I Presbyterian^ Church, with the Rev. Malcolm Williamson officiating. The body will be sent to Arlington. ; Va., for burial in the national: cemetery. Active pallbearers were members of the American Legion. Honorary pallbearers were mem bers of the Masonic Lodge and R. L. Prevost, E. A. Williamson, John ; | Cross, Dr. Boyd Owen, E. J. Lilius, i R. E. Johnson, Joe Reinertson, | Harry Reece, Allen Smathers, the ] Rev. E. H. Goold, J. M. Long, Tom , Lee, James A. Gwyn, R. C. Gunn, , Hooper Alexander, J. C. Rose, J. H. Howell, David Hyatt, R. L. John- | son, Harry Lee Liner, J. E. Barr, | and Fred Walston. I Surviving are the widow, Mrs. | Rose Driscoll Baughman; one sis ter, Mrs. R- E. Scearce of Indian- l apolis, Ind.; one niece and three i nephews. The family requests that flowers > I be omitted. Baptist Association Begins Annual Meeting Tomorrow Pioneer Museum Having i Increase In Attendance ( John C. Preston, Superinten- 1 dent of the Great Smoky Moun- s tains National Park, estimates visits to the Pioneer Museum, i which is two miles north of < Cherokee, will number about < 150,010 t.rls year. The total num- |1 ber of visits last year was 137,- ' 000. The Park Service is now pre- 1 paring to move several pioneer structures into the meadow near the museum as a permanent ex hibit of how the early settlers lived. Admission to the museum is free. ' The 67th annual meeting of the! iaywood Baptist Association will ie called to order tomorrow iTues iayt morning at 9:30 by the Rev. 3en Lee Ray. Moderator of the as sociation. Theme of the associalional meet ing this year is "Magnifying the Church". Several prominent Bap ijst preachers and laymen will lead discussions on various phases of the yieme. The meeting will last for two days and will be in session in three different churches in the county. The opening meeting will be held at Calvary Baptist Church. Rev. Oder F. Burnette will preach the annual sermon at the Urst meeting. ? After the call to order Tuesday morning Carl Painter, Jr., will lead the group in a period of singing The singing will be followed by scripture reading and a prayer by Rev. O. L. Ledford, and various business. Rev. H. L. Smith will de liver the report of the Executive Program Committee and the Co operative Program. Following this the first phase of the theme "Magnifying the Church," will be discussed by three well-known Baptist preachers of: Haywood County. There discus sions will deal with the missionary aspect of the church. Rev. Gay Chambers will talk on State Mis sions; Rev. D. D. Gross on Home Missions; and Rev. Tom Erwin on Foreign Missions. Dr. M". A. Huggins, general sec retary of the Baptist State Conven :ion, will speak on "Magnifying he Church in North Carolina," fol owed by the annual sermon by the 3ev. Burnette. In the afternoon session the neeting will begin with a period Large Crowd At Open House For Dixie Home Store A large efoivd attended open , house of the newly renovated Dixie ! Store here Friday night. Donald Caldwell, manager, said the num ber ran "into hundreds". Refresh ments were served throughout the evening, and favors were given to . children. ; Among the officials coming here i lor the opening included C. E. Wat- j. kins, sales manager; George Derisc, j j ;eneral supervisor, and C- J- Ben-: ] field, district supervisor. At the conclusion of the open i ?louse party, 20 large beach towels I vere given away. j 1 Texas Editor Sees 1 Haywood Cattle ' A newspaper editor from Texas, j Durwood L. Fuchs. spent several days last week in Haywood Coun-1 ly looking at some cattle. Mr. Fuchs is editor-manager of the Giddlngs News Publishing Company at Giddings. While in Haywood he visited several cattle farms. Mrs. G. R. Easley and thic-e children of Greenville. S. C. are here for a visit to the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Bar ber. ui mukuik. unaer me leaaer ship of Carl Painter. Jr. Rev. Bryce Wright will read the Scrip ture lesson and prayer. At this meeting various church leaders will discuss church organi zations in connection with the gen eral theme. Leaders and their topics are: Sunday School. Harry Mashburn: Training Union, Rev. Robert Gaddis: Woman's Mission ary Union, Mrs. John Blalock; and Brotherhood. Rev. A. M. Wvatt. Rev. J. Elmer Green, Associa (See Baptists?Pare 6) 1,500 Methodist * Officers Meeting At Lake Junaluska Mrs M. E. Tilly of Atlanta,' widely-known social worker, will be the principal platform speaker tonight at the Lake Junaluska As sembly in connection with the South-wide convocation of 1.300 Methodist church school teachers and officera. Tonight's program will start at 7:30 o'clock with the convocation director, the Rev. M. Leo Rippv. Nashville, presiding. He is a staff member of the Methodist Board of Education, sponsor of the convoca tion. Bishop Clare Purcell, - Birming ham. will give the meditation, pre ceded by a song service led by Dr. | F Faaan Thompson, also of Bir mingham. The convocation, largest gather ing of Methodist workers at the Lake this season, will close Tues day noon. Mrs. Tilly's subject tonight is to be "The Christian and His Com munity." She is substituting for Senator John J. Sparkman of Ala bama. Democratic vice presidential nominee, who was unable to come. Tomorrow's platform speakers will be Dr. Eugene Smith of the Methodist Board of Missions. New York, who will discuss "The Christ ian and His World" at 9:30 a. m., and Bishop Paul B. Kern, Lake Junaluska, at 11 a. m? whose sub ject will be "The Transformed Life." Five hundred delegates plan to attend the Tuesday night perform-/ ance of "Unto These Hills" at Cherokee. A great many others will stay over an extra day in order to hear Evangelist Billy Graham's ad dress tomorrow night. Hospital Gets Check From Dayton Union A check for $800.40 was presented last week to the Haywood County Hospital from the membership of Local 277 at Dayton Kubber Company. Miss Florence Drennon, treasurer of the Union, made the presentation to W. A. Bradley, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the hospital. Others in the picture are John Messer. left, vice-president of Local 277, and Sam W. Killian. far right, former Union president at the time when the efforts were first underway to raise the money. (Mountaineer Photoi. S. C. Visitor Dies Suddenly Saturday Night George James Cunningham, (>9. of Columbia, S. C. died suddenly at 11 p. m. Saturday night while visiting. 4n the home ol Mr. and Mrm Clark. <m tfalnut He was president ,of the Cun ningham Lumber Catnpany of Co lumbia. The body was returned to Colum bia where funeral services were held today. Surviving are the widow. Mrs. Caroline Vance Cunningham: a daughter, Mrs. William Merritt Quattlebauin. Jr. of Columbia; a son, Douglas Cunningham of Co lumbia; and two grandchildren. Garrett Funeral Home was in charge of local arrangements. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Colkitt have as their guest the former's sister, Mrs. Gertrude Worrell of Elliston Hark. Long Island. Billy Graham To Speak At Lake Junaluska Tuesday Speaker At Lake Billy Graham, noted evangelist of world-wide fame, will speak at 8 o'clock Tuesday night at Lake I Junaluska. He will serve as kick 1 off speaker for tile Methodigt t Church's South-wide Town and t Country Conference. Graham is expected .0 draw the largest single audience of the 1952 sea son at the Lake. Tlie South-wide Town and Coun try Conference August 19-25, fol lowed by two other meetings the week of August 24. will conclude the regular summer program of the Lake Junaluska Methodist Assem bly. Evangelist' Billy Graham will be the guest speaker here the night of August 19 to initiate the Town and ! Country sessions, directed by the (Rev. James W. Sells, of Atlanta,: executive secretary of the south eastern council of the Methodist1 Church. In addition to woikstfops field trips designed to make the total church program more effec tive in rural areas and small towns, the conference will present a platform series of eminent speakers. They include Bishop Charles W, Brashares, Chicago; Bishop Marvin A. Franklin. Jackson, Miss.; Dr. Glenn S. Sanford, New York City, director of town and country work for the Methodist Board of Mis sions; Dr. A. J. YVdlton, Duke Uni versity. Durham: Dr. Pierce Har ris, Atlanta! I)r. Early Brewer. Emory University. Atlanta, and the Rev. Luke Beauchamp of the Meth odist Board of Education. Nash ville. Young married couples, selected to represent local churches of Property Brings $2150 Per Acre At Sims' Sale The 8l4 acres of Sims property sold at auction on Saturday after noon brought $2,150 per acre. The property is on the Junaltfska Koad, half-way, between here and Cake Junaluska. The total bid price was $18,885 The property was divided into small lots, and was bought by eight people, according to Ed Sims, own er. The auction was conducted by West and Gossett Auction Com pany. Buyers were: Virgil Smith. C. A. George. Henry Medford, Steve Yerasho, Homer Justice, Richard Queen. M. O. Brannon, and Clyde .-W- - i . ? Haywood r armer First Head WNC Aberdeen Assn. N. VV. Garrett Sr. of Haywood County was elected the first pres ident of the newly organized West ern North Carolina Aberdeen-An gus Association last Wednesday when the group met at the court house in Waynesville. The organization covers about 20 counties in the west part of the State. Other new officers are E. F. Mor gan of Buncombe County, vice-pres ident: and A. L. Ramsey, Jr. of Ma con Countv secretary-treasurer. Chosen directors for two years were Jule Boyd of Havwopd Coun ty and Jack Price of Henderson County. One-year directors are Miss Genovive Rogers of Graham County and Fred Hannah of Ma eon County. I nine souineasiern siaies, win ne the principal delegates to the Fam ily Life Conference here August 26-29. Numerous pastors have also enrolled. Bishop Ha/en G. Werner, Colum bus, Ohio, will be the principal platform speaker, lie was chairman of Methodism's national conference on family life last fall in Chicago. Theme of the conference will be "Working with other families in the church and community to build a mure Christian way of life."' Workshop leaders will be: Dr. O L. Simpson. Chicago, promotion director of the Methodist Church's | "Advance for Christ" campaign; I'rof. Edwin R. Hariz, Florida State University. Tallahassee; Dr Mason Crum. Duke University, Durham: [ the Rev. J. T. Greene, Durham: i th$ Hew Ueon Smith, Roswell. CSee Billy Graham?Page 6) Attending Haywood Baptist Meet Dr. M. A Huggins. left, general secretary of the State Baptist Con- j vention. and W. C. Reed, superintendent of the Baptist Orphanage at Thomasville, are attending the 67th annual meeting of the Hay wood Baptist Association, which begins Tuesday at Calvary Bap tiat Church in Canton Both men will report to the Association on their work during the past year. Town And Country Meeting Opens Tomorrow At Lake "How to make the total church nroffram mnro *?f i ir> ?mall ?owns and in rural areas of the South'' will be the underlying i theme of the Methodist Town and Country Conference which opens i .Tuesday at the Lake Junalusloi Assembly. The sessions of workshops, field ; trips and platform addresses will run through Friday, directed by the Rev. James W. Sells of Atlanta. For seven years he has been in charge of the Methodist Church's exten-! sion program in the Southeast, and last month he was elected co-execu tive secretary of the church's nine state Jurisdictional Council. A prime responsibility of the Methodist Church, the Rev. Mr. Sells believes is "to take the gos pel to that vast number of people 1 living in the mountains of the Smokies, the Blue-Ridge, the Al-| ieghenies and other remote areas who have been too long neglected." j I The Methodist Church has set a I goal of 1,000 new pastoral charges > In the Southeast during the next < four years, and the Rev. Mr. Sells ?" states that the majority of thein > should be in "new towns" spring- ? ing up out of the industrial revolu- - lion in the South, and in rural areas that are currently "unchurcft- ? ed" ' Evangelist Billy Graham will be I the guest speaker Tuesday night at a Lake Junaluska. ? Platform speakers scheduled for j the Town and Country Conference 1 include W. D. Brooks, president of the Cotton Pnoducers Association c and a member of President Tru- r man's "Defense and Advisory Com- c mittee," who will speak Wednesday ? morning. He is expected to relate .1 some of his reoent experiences In v Europe, and discuss the current g (See Methodlstfc--Pa*e H s % f r : D 1: ijiuua neunze $760 At Auction | The Waynesville Lions Club real ized about $780 from their annual auction sale of merchandise at Ksskay Galleries here Saturday af ternoon. Merchants and others of the com munity contributed various items for the sale, with all proceeds to be used in the club's work with the blind, and underprivileged chil dren. ?A Largest Crowd Of Season At Lake Junaluska Sunday I An estimated crowd of 2.300 at Ihe 11 o'clock Sunday morning preaching hour and nearly as many it the evening worship hour heard outstanding ? Methodist churchmen ipeak under the auspicies of a louth-wide convocation of church ichool leader* in session at Lake lunaluska. The Rev. Dr. Mark B. Stokes, torn in* Korea of missionary par ents. and the Rev Rishop Charles Jrashares, head of the Chicago irda of the Methodist Church, were he speakers, their respective sub ects being "What Did Jesus reach.': and "Our Father." The convocation, scheduled to lose Tuesday, has brought to this eligious metropolis the largest irowd of a season already noted for op attendance Approximately 1, >00 persons are here for the Coll ocation. including registered dele tes. group leaders, platform peaker*. and a massed choir of more than 100 voices. Indications are that the incoming week will prove another record breaker, from the point of attend-. ance and program interest. Sched-[ tiled for August 19-25 is the Town and Country Conference under the direction of the Hev. .lames Sells, executive secretary of the Metho dist Southeastern Jurisdictional Council, with ^headquarters at At lanta. Speakers and resource per sons include Evangelist Billy Gra ham. who will speak Tuesday even ing, Dr. A. J. Walton. Duke Uni versity Divinity School. Dr. Glenn Sanford, Home Missions Secretary. New York. Dr. Earl D. C. Brew er. Emory University: Dr. Luke Beauchamp. Methodist Board of Ed ucation. Nashville: Bishop Marvin A. Franklin, head of the Jackson i Mississippi! area of The Metho dist Church, and Bishop Charles Brashares. of the Chicago Area. J Fines Creek Cannery To Open This Tuesday The cannery at Fines Creek will open Tuesday, according to J. C. Carpenter, who is in charge of the cannery's operation. The cannery will be open each Tuesday and Friday until" further notice ' l i Crabtree Church Will Hold Ciean-up Project The annual "cleaning off the cemetery" project of the Crabtree Methodist Church will be held Fri day, August 22, followed by Deco ration Day on Saturday. Officials have invited all who are interested to bring a picini? basket and join in the beautifica tion project. ? ? Highway Record For 1952 In Haywood (To Date) Injured.... 38 Killed 5 , (This Information com piled from Record* of State Hihway Patrol.) ... 1. i . ,