? O The waynesville Mountaineer ip ? | Pubhshed Twite-A-Weck In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ? ? 67th YEAR NO. 69 32 PAGES Associated Press " WAYNESVILLE, N. C-, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUG. 28, 1952 *3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson CounU? years after that ^^Kleri to China as a in due course he ^Bid got himself mar-1 ^?on ladies of the ^^Hd. we presume, long their ) |p>r. Owen coma gei: ?fore he could spend I bride, he was kid- j Kdit> and carried to [ Following a period j I between them and Ir, a resolute man if | I one, he was allow- \ h and he forthwith j k bride. ncidentally, is filled j L stories ahout the ' Lie and an excellent | [ just what a real L Here is his story.1 tor slander in the k of one of the states, ?ght in a verdict of bed u< to all the ac pne. We find his not niately the man, a (ntaineer, and most loved man in that ind addressing the !otir Honor, I protest oul against this ver-! friend-, are guilty, so ! thole matter, my con-| identical with theirs, j id" that 1 receive the : it as that accorded to a.i s Dr. Owen, was a : woice Chorus To Give |ert At Lake Saturday Bg Delayed Btooga By Section the ^Hpurku.iv 11ont Mile ^B>k to lleintnoKa. that | ^Hh? n opened 1?v Sept. ^Hhr readv for traffic ^Bccks. John ( . Pres ^Hknrimt nl llio Great ^BiUiik National Park ^Bd developments have ^B. Mr. Preston ex said the seetion, ^Bnuik the southern I ^Barkuns will prohah in Ortoliei in time H (ii||ii i A concert by the 100-voice "Fes tival Chorus," directed by Dr. Noble Cain of Los Angeles, will be | presented at 8 p. m. Saturday at i the Lake Junaluska auditorium. The concert is a feature of the ; i fourth annual Institute of Church Music which opened Tuesday at the Methodist Assembly and will con tinue through Monday. Dr. Cain, nationally known as a choral director, composer and or ganist, is serving on the faculty. | She institute is directed by Prof. Cyrus Daniel of Vanderbilt Uni versity, Nashville, Tenn., who is in j charge of summer music at the as sembly. Prof. Daniel said features of the Saturday night concert will include a new composition just published. "From the South?A Sacred Rhap sody," a melody of old Southern hymns and tunes compiled by Mer rills Lewis, and the widelv-known cantata, "Psalm 104," written by Dr. Coin. Numbers also will be presented by the Junaluska quartet and a children's choir directed by Mrs. Ruth K. Jacobs, Memphis. Tenn., who is a member of the institute faculty. Prof. Daniel will accompany the , groups at the organ. He said the group also will pre sent a "Hymn Festival" at 8 p. m. Sunday. The institute program will close Monday with a forum on church music, led by the faculty. An annual feature at Lake Juna luska in late August, the institute is attended by ministers of music, ihoir directors, soloists and other musicians. ?mile Monday stn . Bi' m nli i rvance of 1) k> i i .hii'iii H aid I ^B In- usual I t's.'i ? ? lores ? mil noon ^fl Thi ^B In' u H' I all (1.. v Mon-1 [ \ WARMERJ I Partly cloudy and I aynesville tempera-1 wl by the State Test! Max. Min. Rainfall! I8 47 '1 46 I n 43 Property Selling For Good Prices In Auction Sales Haywood property continued to bring good prices, as two auction -ales were held Wednesday. Thirty acres in Pigeon, on High way No. 276, brought $6,200 Sev eral parties bought the property which was owned by A. T. Ward and Bryan D. Medford. The Wayside Lodge, on Main street, was bid in for $32,000, but the owners did not confirm the sale. The sales were conducted by West and Oossett. Annual REA Meet Set For Saturday HEMC Speaker | L. Y. Ballentine, North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, will deliver the main address at the 13th annual meeting of mem bers of the Haywood Electric Membership Corporation at the Waynesville Armory Saturday, August 30. Ballentine Will Address Annual Meeting Of HEMC L. Y. Ballentine, North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, will be the principal speaker at the 13lh annual meeting of members of the Haywood Electric Membership Cor poration Saturday. The meeting, which is to get un cfcrway at 9:30 in the morning at the Waynesville Armory, is expect ed to draw a large number of mem oers and friends, Cooperative Man ager R. C. Sheffield said. Commissioner Ballentine will speak at 11 o'clocg. Other activities for the morning session include reports by the pres ident, secretary-treasurer and man ager of the Cooperative; the elec tion of eleven directors for the coming year; and proposed amend- \ ments to the charter. Lunch will be served at the Armory by the Waynesville Secre-; taries Club for a nominal charge, j The afternoon session of the meeting will be devoted mostly to entertainment/and includes musicalj numbers by James and Charles' Haynie of Canton, an essay con test for high school boys and girls, with prizes of $25 for first place, $15 for second place, and $10 for third place, impersonations by Chester A. Cogburn of Candler, | and other features. Twelve hundred dollars worth of free prizes will be given to lucky numbcr holders and prize drawings will be conducted at intervals throughout the meeting. There will a'so be a display of the latest elec trical appliances and equipment on the floor at this meeting. This. feature of the program will be: conducted by the local dealers and 1 H'^BVsigned "ttr Acquaint the nifcfW'i bers and guests with the latest ^models of equipment on the mar ket. The meeting will not all be , business?there will be entertain ment and fun. and time for nnes | tions and discussion periods to view 1 the appliance displays. The meet ing will adjourn around 4:00 p.m. j The erection of a new headquart ! crs building. planned several I months ago, finally got underway [ recently when W. B. Oillard Con ! struction Company of Sylva was i awarded the contract. The build ing. which will cost approximately S93.000, will include office, direct ors rooms, demonstration room, electric kitchen, laundry, ware house. repair shop, and test room. The project is located near the ( Waynesville Drive-In Theater. I THIS ISSUE HAS I 32 Pages Four Sections , All News Must Be In Office By 8:30 Monday Monday afternoon will be a holiday for the Mountaineer staff in observance of Labor Day. In order that papers may be published and in the mail by noon, news cannot be accepted after 8:30 a. m. Monday. Corre spondents and readers who have news they wish to include in Monday's issue are abk>d to havi ' it in the office as soon as pos sible and not later than the dead line hour of 8:30. Week-End Reading Is Heavy Haywood County people must do a lot of reading judging from this stack of books that were check ed out on one day at the library in Waynesville. A week ago Saturday. 334 books, includng seven magazines. 24 records, and 182 adult and 121 juvenile books were checked out. which is about aver age for that day. July was a record month, with 5.307 books and 118 records going out. Daily hours are from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Starting Sept. 3 the library will be closed all dav on Wednesdays. Checking out a book in the picture for David Kclmet is Mrs. James Atkins, assistant librarian, while Librarian Margaret Johnston examines the stack i Mountaineer Photo*. Haywood Ready For Labor Day Program County Gets $43,000 In Powell Bill Funds For '52 Court House To Be Closed For Three Full Days Tlif court house will take a three - day holiday ? Sunday through Tuesday, it was announc ed by C. C. Francis, chairman of the Hoard of Commissioners to day. The Labor Day holiday is an annual affair, and with election day on Tuesday, the offices will remain closed uniil Wednesday morning. Mr. Francis said the regular first Monday meeting of the Commissioners would be held on Wednesday. The sheriff's office will be the only office open for the "long week-end." The tax office will sell liens on property which 1951 taxes have not been paid. TEACHERS NAMED See list on Page Three, this sec tion. Near"/:: five million dollars of Powel Bill roods will be tunnelled throughout the Tale during coming year for city street work, according lo figures released by the State Highway and Public Works Commission. Of this total, nearly 11 per cent will go to counties hi Western North Carolina. The four towns in Haywood County ? Canton, Clyde. Waynes ville and Hazelwood ? will receive a total of $43 100.32. Waynesville gets the largest cheek.. $18,155.40. followed by Canton wilh $16,846.96 Clyde and Hazelwood get con siderably smaller amounts of the total distribution. Hazelwood is due to receive $6,183.76. and Clyde $2.114.20. The Powell Bill, a controversial measure adopted by the 1951 Gen eral Assembly, earmarks one-half | cent of the state tax collected on | each gallon of gasoline for paving | and maintaining city streets. The overall state ligure was increased somewhat this year because o'' higher gasoline revenue. Allocations to municipalities arc based on 1950 Federal census lig I ures and the town's relative mile I age of non-state highway system | streets. Waynesville received $16,812.00 last year, or almost $1,500 less than it is due to receive this year. The checks are to be sent in mid-Sep tember. I Teeing Off In The Rain Weldon Doe. Jr., defending champion of the annual Waynes ville Country Club Golf Tournanfent, tees o(T front number one tee in the finals match being played today. After waiting for an hour for the steady rain to let up. Doe and Charlie Putnam, thfc other finalist, got out umbrellas and raincoats and got set for a grueling day of rain-soaked play. (Mountaineer Photo). I Teachers Will Meet Sept. 2 A county-wide meeting of ail I teachers in Haywood County will i he at 10 a. rn. Sent. 2 at the IIar.fi I I wood School, according to Mi s. Lucy Jones, superintendent of schools. \ complete .fconr-by-hour pro cram of Labor IMv will be found on page four of the second sec tion of this issue. Thousands of people will join to gether in Canton Saturday, Sunday, and Monday to take part in what has been planned as one of the largest Labor Day programs ever t to be held In Haywood County. The Wree-dhy program, which tsi Canton's 46th observance of Labor Day, will reach its high point Mon day morning when a giant parade will swing down Main Street. The n'trade Is Hun to vet unriorwav at 10 o'clock Other high points of the pro 1 gram include a doll show, pel show, coronation ball for the new 1" selected I.abor Day Queen, un ion church services, a Little League baseball game, and awarding of an automobile by the American Legion post in Canton. A large group of men and wo men have been at work lor some weeks in preparation for the big event. C5. C. Arthur, general chair man. has been supervising the planning. The Executive Committee is composed of J. Bruce Mnrford, Rev. C J. Lime, and W. B. Huger. Woodrow Robertson is vice-gener al ehairitian. The three-day celebration will officially get underway with a doll' show at the Canton high school football stadium at 4 o'clock Satur day afternoon. This will be billow ed by a pet show at 5 o'clock. At 5.30 an old-timers soft bail game will be played on the Canton ball field. Saturday ntgm at 7 y'clock the selection of the Labor Jay Queen will be made. 1 nat part oi the program will take place at the Champion YMCA. Later in the evening, at 9 o'clock, the Corona tion Ball will be held at Camp Hope. ? The Canton ball field will be the scene ol some of the best soft ha 11 ever played In this area at 7:30 die same night. Canton is host thi; fSeo Labor l)av?Page K? Many Entries Expected In Livestock Show Set This Week-End At Waynesville Entries in thf Haywood County Livestock Shov. set for Friday and r Saturday in Wayncsvillo arc expert- ( cd to total about 100. according to f ihe county agent's office. The show, which will be held across from Ihe Texaco plant, is , attracting much interest throughout the county, and in addition to the entries, many spectators are iook- j ed for at the annual event. Four separate entries will be ^ featured the livestock They are j Hereford. Aberdeen-Angus, Short* ., horn, and dual purpose breeds; Guernsey, Jersey. Holstein and Ayrshire classes; baby beef show 'Danish system of judging); and the junior dairy show for boys and girls under 21 years of age who are eligible to enter all breeds of dairy cattle. I There will bp no entry fee and to charge tor admission to any ?vent. Dairy cattle will be judged rrida.v and judging of beef cattle fill be the next day. All cattle must >e entered by 10 a.m. Friday. The following are the classifica ion for the different entries: JUNIOR DAIRY SHOW Junior calf?(Dropped Jan. 1 to | une 30, '52 inclusive); Senior a!f?(Dropped July 1 to Decem >er 31, '31 inclusive): Junior year ing?'Dropped Jan 1 to June 30. 51 inclusive); Senior yearling ? ' Dropped July 1 to Dec. 31. '50 in- 1 lusivei; Two-year-olds?'Dropped uly 1, '49 to June 30, '50 inclu 1 ive); Three-year-olds ? 'Dropped ' uly 1. '48 to June 30. '49 inclu- 1 ive); Four-year-olds ? 111 the election only a few days away', the campaigning of both for ces is hi ing stepped up, and as a result a large number of voters arc expected at the polls. Postponed si'Vt'i'al Kiifm n ? - - . ? ....... v . mc ui i tui vers i were able in July to get an election1 called. Precinct workers throughout the count) are looking for a busy day , Tuesday a. the highh controversal i matter will be voted upon by the l citizens of the county. \ I YDC President GLENN W. BROWN Glenn W. Brown - Re-Elected YDC Prexy Tuesday Glenn W. Brown was re-elected president fur the third time of the You.'.J Democrats Club of Haywood County when the organization met Tuesday night at the courthouse Other new officers include Mrs Wade Kay of Canton, hoi vice president; Jack Chapman of Can ton. second vice-president; Mis. ; lis Caiftpbell. secretary; "acid W ra'ir i Smathcrs of Canton, who was re-elected treasurer. Tentative plans were made for a YDC rally in the fall with William B. Umstead, Democratic nominee for governor, as the principal speaker. The coming State convention Sept. 4. 5. and 6 at Greensboro was discussed and the organization de rided that anyone wanting to at tend would go as an uninstructed delegate. Peace Plans Of Local Industrialist Getting National Recognition Heinz Rollman, Waynesville in : dustriaiist. is getting much en couragement from his suggestions form a world neaee plan, which he ^ umhitli d hy letter In every mem oer