North Carolina Newspapers

ights The vtrs . -? Wildcat these fisher ,ujt isn't mucn )ur luck ?? F?n w hunters . ? ? ? (irfd Champion ;ompan> worker. ?d the lake in the m-in-law recently ^niethinu near a high cliff tan a ba~ even ? fishermen just q the> moved in ] was. to their j L wildcat beading * the manners' j up oars'' and. for jn-in-law. down unding smack on snt good for eat sh-water hunters to the bass. Lrrival Tom Alexander, i news this week t story ahout them ochee Ranch, had prises last week the Cataloochee i this week's issue ,id the arrival of ,e West Coast, ival created quite ,p He had wired : would be home ould fly- as a mat they made plans t Tom. who spent i logging camp in av how he would jt savings, invested lie Taylorcraft air d [or home by way lia coast and the |r days of flying he jetty close to home, he thought he'd on Fie Top, but | prevailed and he lane down on the for some high-oc t complete the air |h to get him to tre he'll be spend w months. On the ents hope Crisp Korea ri>p of Route 1. is ! 7th Infantry Divi tering central front is talcing part in [ainst the Reds or it. where the tem ises to 100 degrees I the day and at nlow 60. ? c The W a ynes yille Mountaineer 1 proplr. Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At .The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ? -O 67th YEAR NO. 74 8 PAGES Associated Press " WAYNESV1LLE. n7c.7monday AFTERNOON, SEPT. 15, 1952 1^00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Hazelwood Plans Changing Town Limits ? ?? * + ^ ^ ^ a- -i. -i ^ A ? H W W ^ I Beaverdam Precincts Might Be Changed Study Will Be Made In j November The Board of Elections will meet at noon Wednesday to hear voters of the Lake Junaluska precinct on i the matter of moving the precincV i from the Biltmure Dairy to the i school. The meeting was slated for Saturday, but due to a misunder standing as to where the hearing would be held, the board set Wed nesday noon, at their offices in the ! court house for the new hearing. Glenn W. Brown, chiarman of the board, said there was a divided opinion among the voters as to making the change. The board on Saturday also made' plans to make a complete study of the boundaries of all six of the voting precincts in Beaverdam township after the general election in November. "The present location of the six precincts are more or less in the center of the area, and the out-ly ! ino cpptinnc hflvp to travpl spvpral miles, in some instances, to get to the polling places," Mr. Brown said. The board heard citizens of Pre cincts Five and Six, and acted on a . petition of the voters of the Dutch Cove and Morning Star , areas. Tentative plans are to estab . lish a voting precinct at the Morn i nig Star school. Chairman Brown pointed out that the areas have grown up, and there has beds a definite shift in .popu lation since the present precincts were established. "We feel It is time to go into Beaverdam, make a j complete study of present condi . tions, and set up precincts so as : to serve the people the best. Just what change? will be made cannot i be determined until after a fcom i plete study.--A similar procedure ? I was made in Waynesviille several ; I years ago,, and brought about a vast : | improvement for the voters of the i area," Chairman Brown said. Civil Term Of Court Has Started Pre-trial calendar cases were pre sented to Judge William H. Bob bin Monday as the two-week term ' of civil Superior Court for Hay- [ wood County gets underway this week. On Tuesday, court will start for the first cases and the jury will be present for the beginning of regu lar sessions. Eighteen cases are scheduled for this week anc the I rest will follow next week. Selected for jury duty the first week are Mrs. Caldonia Hannah of Ivy Hill, Mrs. J. F. Abel of Waynes ville, J. A. Lowe of Waynesvllle, Hayden Dotson of Clyde, N. J. Cole of Beaverdam. Walter Mills Jonathan Creek, V. B. Bramlett of Jonathan Creek, V. B. Bramlet of Beaverdam. J. B. Hyde of Beaverdam, B. M. Stamey of Beaverdam, R. Ernest Cobb of Waynesville, Paul Massey of Waynesville, Noah W. Gaddi.s of Clyde, V. E. Arrington of Fines Creek, J. A. Singleton of Jonathan Creek, Lewis J. Chambers of Pigeon. Henry Seaman of Beaverdam. C. n i 1.. _e n i i ~ i u?... r. Ul Dt'dvt'iudlil, ?iuiiii in'"" ell of Jonathan Creek, J. B. Wil son of Beaverdam, Lee Ray of Waynesville. Hubert Plemmons of Waynesville, Cage McCoy of East Fork, and H. K. Gilreach of Beav erdam. Second week: Charles Moore of Beaverdam, H. W. Stiles of Beaverdam, Mrs. C. M. Beail of Pigeon. F. L. Leopard ' at Waynesville, ' Glenn Ktoart of Jonathan Creek. J. L. Caldwell of Ivy Hill, Ray Trull of East Fork, Mrs. W. R. Arrington of Waynes ville, Mrs. R. C. James of Fines Creek. T. E. Wilson of Beaverdam. W. H. Owen of Waynesville, Allan P. j. Frisbee of Waynesville, Davis Rhodarmer of Jonathan Creek. E. I J. SchulhofTer of Waynesville, Fred : E. Martin of Waynesville, Thomas } L. Howell of Waynesville. Mrs. Ruby Connard of Beaverdam, and j O. It. Howell of Waynesville. Haywood County Schools Increase In Number 01 Pupils, Teachers This Fall An Old Army Custom During field maneuvers near C'anm Boeder. Austria, three 510th Field Artillery Battalion soldiers Hmd themselves faced with the KP's traditional nemesis potatoes. On the left is Pvt. Andrew Gonda, Jr., Campbell, Ohio. At right is Pfe. James Henry, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. llenry. Canton. Pvt. James D. Peters of Tampa, Fla.-, is in the background. (U. S. Army Photo), Cataloochee Ranch Story In Next Issue Of 'Post' Maggie Farmer, Unable To Work, Helped By Friends Lldridcr Paid will, Match' farmer, wants to thank ahout 35 of his neighbors for a deed that must be considered one of the best of the year. Caldwell, who was crippled in an accident last June, hasn't been able to work since. Hut his farm is in .lust about as good shape as he could hope for be cause of the thoughtfulness of his neighbors. Soon after bis ac< idrnt. several of them took a day . olT from their work and spent the day put ting in his hay. And then, this past Saturday, a larger group?two or three from Waynrsville and the rest from the Maggie area?dropped around to Caldwell's faim and filled his silo with corn. Mr. Caldwell is sorrv he can't thank them all in person. We're very happv to help out. Sheep and catU'1 raisers In We. I eru North Carolina are ln.iin? a hitter war with the bear , of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, accord trie to tho next iSepleitobfr 20iln issue of The Saturday Even '?n* Pftst. Author Harold df. Martin reports these predatory black bruins make a practice of preyintt upon the farmers' animals, with the result uiiii an oni <i nunuiui <11 sneep iin gone a9(1 cattle herds arc Ihinnlii fin what once was one of the fines Aiigs of grazing land in hasten 1 America. The magazine savs the cmbattler farmers have sworn eithef to ea the bearc or he eaten by them. It is reported that the farmer had the situation well under con trol until 13 jeals ago when th< Government set aside 700 miles o wild mountain land for the park Under Federal protection, tin fxiars multiplied and today then is an ufcr-population. "L\ S. laws prohibit harming tIn hears within park limits. whili State regulations forbid killini j them outside the regular hiinfini i a <ui. 't hus the farmers are eon fronted with a problem. Some have moved down into lh< valley, but other are determiner to ink it out and fight for a show down. Among those remaining is Ton Alexander. Whose land on Fie Tor adjoin , the park, tie r nil to have lo t $10,000 worth ol livestock t< bears and has caught 22 of ttic marauders, omething which brought a warning from the warden down at Wayne .ville, ; An editor's note explain, that i since "llears Are No Darn Good" I was written Alexander lost another I 000-pound steer and led an expedi I lion into the park and 'hot the bear. He then reported the kill to [the authorise arid i now under 1 j I'fcdera iindictineot. lie will be I tried at the November term of 1 I he court. Summer Resident Dies In Ashcvillc Hospital . Mfs. Bertha Jbrlorig. wife of Dr. I M. B. Herlong of Starke, Fla . died in an Aaheviile hospital last Mon day, following a heart attack a week before. She had been a summer resident ? of Waynesviilc for a number of ? years, having been a guest in the I home of Mr and Mrs. W. D. Smith before she and her husband pur chased a home on Welch Street, i Funeral services were held Fri day in Jacksonville. Fla es Property Sold ood Prices Saturday t property in Hay $163,550 at public turday. bv Pennj property was that trothers. et building of Hog' ipany sold for $22. in by Max Rogers in the alley back ol building was bid ir for $12,300. in. Sr., bought the ourt on the Socc ^.150. larm at Clyde was Rogers for $34,500 iid that he would e near future his tion of the motor logers. who has - it was completed , said he planned 9 town this week, ?bout two months' ?ho purchased the ?ting, will continue the Rogers Elec that location. | September 17 Is I Constitution Day . I Wednesday is Constitution Day. On September 17, 1787, 65 i delegates to a Constitutional [ | convention had been called to II Philadelphia "to render the Con stitution of the Federal govern ment adequate to the exigencies i of the union," and 39 of them. signed the Constitution, i This day is not a legal holiday but is usually observed by the I displaying of flags, and all Hay wood residents and business Arms are urged to display their flag. ; | Bart Leiper Is Due Wednesday The office for Bart Leiper. ex ecutive vice president of W. N. C.' Highlanders, is being put into readiness for his arrival on Wed nesday. Mr. Leipef, former manager of the Gatlinburg Chamber of Com merce, is expected to arrive Wed nesday. The organization covers 12 counties of this area, and de votes itself to the general promo tion of the area as a whole. The directors of the organization will meet here the 26th. Tom Brummitt Is Winner In Essav Contest Tom Brummitt of Fines Creek took first place Saturday in the second of the weekly essay con tests on "What I Have Done to Im prove M.v Community During the Past Week" and received a $25 bond from the Champion Paper and Fibre Company. Mr. Brummitt's essay was select ed from the community contest winners by judges M. R. Whisen hunt and J. B. Siler. The commun (See Brummitt?Page 8) * , Cars Collide In Rain Near Dellwood Sun. A heavy rain Sunday afternoon was at least partially responsible for an automobile aeeident that in jured no one but caused damage to two cars totaling about $350. About 3:45 p.m. a car driven by Joseph R. Davidson of Asheville ran into the back end of an auto mobile that was being driven by Tate H. Barlow of Canton. The I accident occurred near Dellwood on US 19. The Barlow automobile was moving at a low rate of speed when ! the other car hit it. Cpl. Pritchard Smith of the High way Patrol said today the investi i cation has not been completed. Merchants Association ]To Discuss Promotion I Plans On Monday Night The Merchants Association will ? . hold Its annual dinner meeting \ Monday tp discuss plans for fall and winter promotions for the | town. i I Association President C. D. Ket ner said the group will meet at . 7:30 p.m. at Spaldon's Restaurant. Mr. Ketner said that several ' "Important matters which affect ? 'very businessman and woman" vill be decided upon Monday night. This will be the first of what is >lanned as an annual dinner meet ng of the Association. No speaker has been scheduled. Vfr. Ketner said, in order that full Ime may be devoted ot a discus sion of pending promotions. N I CLOUDY hlLcloudy and "0 showers or "'?ville tempera y the State Test *"??. Rainfall ! ? ? m 63 .62 5 fi3 -21 " 60 Two Operators Captured And Still Destroyed Cpl Pritchard Smith of tlx Highway Patrol arrested two in"! last week when they attemptec to escape as he was about to rait their still located about a hundrer yards off*Jhe highway just acrov the Jackson County line on Cabii Flats Road. Cpl. Smith said three men trti-r to get away and that one man madt good his escape from their auto, mobile. The captured men weri llaymond Henry of Waynesville anc Ray Hoyie of Balsam. The pa [trolman also captured 11 jars ol whiskey. The still, an nil huring afTaii that gave o(T no smoke, had a 55 gallon capacity. Along with the still, about 750 gallons Of beer were also destroyed. The men were given a prelimi nary trial at Sylva for transport ing non-tax paid whiskey and bound over to the next term ol Superior Court in Jackson County They were released under $300 bond each. ? School enrollment In both elem entary and high schools has shown an increase this fall over what it was a year ag<*. according to an un official report from Mrs. Lucy Jones, superintendent. The report shows total enroll ment to be 5,843 pupils with 4,461 in the elementary grades and 1.382 high school students. Not all schools showed an in crease, however. Three grammar schools, llazelwood, Kast Waynes ville, anil Lake Junaluska, have more pupils than a year ago. and the Waynesvillc and Fines Creek high schools have larger enroll ments. The county school system has added seven new teachers this fall, sin -aid. hut there are no rooms for the extra classes Hut she explained that crowded conditions for both students and teachers are only tem porary and will he relieved with the completion of the buiulding program. New Drive-In Set To Open On Saturday Night Henry Miller said today that plans had been completed for he formal opening of the 300-car Smoky Mountain Drive-In on Sat urday night of this week. The new drive-in theatre is on highway No. 19A-23, and just ac i nrohaeU'Oiu Um? DnyUm ttubbot I plant. Mr. Miller said that the installa Hon of equipment was ready to be gin, and dial trial runs had been set for Thursday night. Harry Kvans. Sr., will be the projectionist. Mr. MIHer said. Special souvenirs, and refresh-, moots will be given at the opening mght. Canton Soldier Wounded In '?Korean Action t 11 First f.t. James I.. Setzer, son of! j Mr .and Mrs. H. L. Setzer. of Can-j jilon. was seriously wounded in ac I lion in Korea September 5, accord ing to information received from ? the Defense Department. Setzer, who received his B. S. . Degree in Arts and Sciences from f Clemson College in 1950. entered the infantry in March. 1951. after , several months service in the ac , counting department of the Cham pion Paper and Fibre Company He drew his Korean assignment early last June and was promoted to his present rank after arriving 1 overseas. lie is married to the former Miss Jacqueline McClure, and they have , a three-months old daughter, Kliza ' beth. i , . v, V-.s4: Baptist Executive 1 Committee To Meet > 1 The regular quarterly meeting ( of the Executive Promotion Com- i , mlttee of the Haywood Baptist As ! sociation will be held Thursday at , 7:30 p. m. at the Haze I wood Baptist ; Church. This will be the first meet- | (rig of the new Aasociatlonal year I and a large attendance Is expected < Democrats 1 To Meet Saturday The,official Democratic "family" of Haywood, will meet Saturday morning, ami map' plana for the coming campaign, according to Charles B. McCrarv, chairman of the executive committee All members of tt\e executive committee, together with all pre cinct chairman, are being asked to meet Saturday, to participate In the mapping of plans for the cam paign. Mr McCrary said the plans would be made in order to make a report at the district meeting in Murphy on the 30th. About /b Haywood Cattle Will Be Entered In Show i Several Haywood County Here-1 ford breeders nlan to consign about t 75 top grade cattle to the Western j N. C. Hereford Breeding Associa tion Sale this week-end in Hender-1 onville. The cattle show will he held Thursday and the sale on Friday. Haywood cattlemen who will take part in the show and sale are Dr. J. L Reeves arid VV. .J. Hampton of Walnut Knoll Farm, Dr. A. I'. Cltne of West f'lgemi. .toe Kemertson of Hyatt Creek, M O. Galloway and Dwighl William . of Hie C.racvland Farms, and Jloy Haynes of Thick-; cty. Nazi Miller Named On All-State Soft ha Hers German i Nazi) Miller, pitching ace of the Champion Y soft bailers, was named to the 1952 All-State Softball team this past weekend along wilh four of his teammates. Miller, the only repeater from last year's squad is on the 16-man squad for the fourth straight year His outstanding pitching for the, y brought Canton the state chain-1 i r,... i i,.. f/...eti. . t.<..i?i.i I'll MI-mi i)i i MI. i in- 11 /II i ii nu nielli year. In the tournament last month ho had a 4-0 record ami tossed a no-hitter attains! italcitth in the finals. Others on the team flom Canton include Boyd Alien, first base; Clyde Miller, left field; Bobby Mease, (atelier; and I'hil Smith, a pitcher who was with the Cham pion Mills team. Homecoming, Old Folks F)ny At RatclifTe Cove I lorn (com ins Day and Old Folks Day will he oh ervcd by the Rat t'liffe Cove community Methodist and Baptist Churches Sunday, Sep tember 21. People from the community who are over 70 years of ase will he in charge of the program. Sunday School will he at 10 ?('clock and teachers from both churches will he in charge. The Rev. Mr Fore. Methodist ninister, will deliver the principal idrircss. A picnic dinner will be served it noon. The dev. (lav Chambers, lastor of the Baptist Church in ItatclifTc Cove, i. in over-all charge if the program. Methodist Information Group Meets Here In '53 I CHICAGO ? The Methodist, Church's Commission on Public I Relations and Information, the de nomination's general news service, voted here to hold its 1953 annual meeting September 15 at Lake Jun- , aluska. i The commission is one of 17 na [ tional agencies of the church meet ing held through Thursday 'Sept. 11> to elect officers and organize i four-year programs. More than 500 laymen and clergymen, including 30 bishops, are Jn attendance. i Holt McPherson. editor of the Shelby Star, was elected vice chair? man of the public relations <^>mmis- I sion. A member of the commission i the Iaat four years, he succeeds I William A. Bailey, editor of the 1 Kansas City Kansan. Bailey is a I member of I he Methodist Board of Publication and under new church law ho cannot serve on two gen eral agencies Bishop Richard C. Haines, In-j dianapolis. continues as chairman i of the commission, which has new., bureaus in New York, Chicago and Nashville. Tenn. In action by other Methodist agencies. Paul Ervin, Asheville at torney. was elected to the execu tive committee of the new Board of Social and Economic Relations. Another Asheville man. the Rev. Dr. Embreo H Blackard. is a mem ber of the Coordinating Council. ? new Methodist body organized here and authorized to coordinate the work of general administrative igpncies. fc Hearing Set For October Seventh Hazelwood Town officials gave notice today that October 7th had been set as the time tor consider ing extension ot town limits. The proposed annexation would Include that territory starting at Eagle's Nest Road, and the Wayne*, ville line, and going up the Eagle's Nest road to the Harry Hyatt prop erty, and then straight across the hill, over I'lott creek, and to the suuhlern boundary o! the George i'lotl farm, and then on around the loot ot the C. N. Allen lull, and back to Richland Creek, and the present line. Mayor L. C. Davis said that he estimated about 26 or more fam ilies lived in the area being con sidered as annexing lo the town. The board is today giving official notice (hat it 16 per cent of tha ((ualllied voters in the area sign a petition asking for an election on the matter, that un election will ba held. The same notice also points out that should 15 per cent of the voters of Hazelwood sign a similar petion asking for an election on the matter, that an election would be held. The 15 per cent of the qualified voters in both areas is based on those who actively par ticipated in the last gubernatorial election, the notice point , out. The meeting on October 7th. will be held at the Town Hall at seven o'clock. Sylva Negro Held Here On Assault Charges James L. Bryson, Nngrn, of Syl*'jl. ts behfg held Wdlhoof h*nrf bt the Haywood County jail pending the outcome of Albert Gray. Negro, ot' Waynesvllle, whom Bryson is charg ed with as Hulling Saturday night. Gray, who is reported In criti cal condition at the Haywood County Hospital, was assaulted by Bryson with a baseball bat during ? ' an altercation at the Bluebird cafe on Pigeon Street about 8:30 Sat urday night, according to acre ding officers. Bryson has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent m Kill. City policemen Evans and Reece and Sheriff Fred Campbell were the arresting officers. More Than 800 Attend Annual Old Folks Fete | Eight hundred men. women and I children attended the Morning Star Methodist Church's annual Old Folks' Day observance at the church Sunday. The gathering was described by | arrangements leaders as having the | largest attendance in its 25-year ! history. Charles Rhodarmer, the "Day s'* ! general chairman, was honored for ! his 25 years' ^ervire to (lie church, and wa presented a sift. | Mrs. Charles Turbyfill Dies At Home In N. Y. Mrs. Charles Orr Turbyfill died Thursday afternoon at her home. 3401 Brucker Boulevard. New York Citv. following a long 111 n e > s She had been a frequent visitor to Waynesvllle with her husband, who is a native of this community. Mr. Turb.vlill moved to New York about forty years ago and i; con nected with the Museum of the American Indian. Funeral services were held in New York Saturday. 1, Highway Record For 1952 In Haywood (To Dat?) Injured.... 38 Killed 5 (This Information com piled from Record* of State Hlhway Patrol.)