North Carolina Newspapers

| , , - - -,-r - - - oo ^^yalTtr ^ * l - ' rj The Waynesville Mountaineer w3m ..... ?*?** m, ?emlM WP" thm published Twice-A-W eck In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ? Q ? ? ? - 1 ? ? i _ - l_ ?mmmmm. "" ?7th YEAR NO. 77 20 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE. N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEPT. 25. 1952 95.00 In Advrnce In Haywood and Jackson Counties jelights If The News i)'ou Like? ft ynetville and vicinl-' ft ;,ebody?either Ike I ft ,ho? their prefer ftn, world to see. ft . here are selling I ft aod blue ones at I ft choice for Presi-[ ft on them ft raps has "I Like Ike" fther has "Stevenson" ft n hit letters, ft places are selling ft] ones, with the same ftnd cigarettes are en ftrtfic sale The town ft eoaarious, (lying for ft just plain political! ftnd we think the latter I ftrerrect. I Meeting Irist Group Ire Friday |i meeting of the Board ? Hi the H eatern North | ?hlanders. Inc. will be ft i .vilie at the Masonic i Mida> morning at 1U J ?. it ts expected that M new!) elected pro ?tctor tor the 12-county ?comprises the WNCH, I a suggested program ?the coming year, v has prepared a pro Mailed form for discus- I ? and. should the Board I l\ an it. will make it I Mr near future. ?tiled for the meeting ?n "f the new officers. I. resident manager of ?age. is president. A mf Committee, compos er- of the corporation ?mhers of the 12-man ?so he appointed. ?neeting the Board will ?the Wavnesviile Rotary ?cheon The Rotary will ?clock, instead of the ?lock, in The Towne I will probably tell the ?ing of the far-reach ? the Western North ?hlanders has for pro towing tourist industry ? North Carolina. I for a plan of action ?uefullv laid by Mr. ?he Roard of Directors ? was elected to his post ?s ago ?>'? the group is being ? fire write-up in this ?Won of HOLIDAY ?ewsletter. which gets ? circulation in the S. Band ay 3 Times ekend tsville Township High , 90-pieces and con in North Carolina, is in tor a busy week will perform three ee different localities ot two days, i their busy schedule i they perform at the iy Fair in Bethel. At test. they assemble at hool football field to he Waynesville-Ander The theme will be fusic." and, if past j s mean anything, this j one of the best ever, light the band travels to perform at the Appalachian football band was invited to ubstitute for the Ap nd. Ben Special ? Meeting Ban W C Allen, wide ^fcer school teacher and ? be an honor guest at ?meeting of the West ? of the N. C. Educa tion Oct, 17 at Ashe ? will hp a platform B* Oeorgp Sandlin of Bistnrt president, who B* him as her former I SUNNY 1 Sunny and mlld.l ?""r and {air Friday. I ^??jnesvtile weather a?l ? d* State Test Farm ) I ? Max. Mln. Rainfall | ? 11 *3 ? ? 72 45 ? 1 Highway To Bethel Will Be Open To Motorcade From Waynesville Friday; Road Open To The Public Next Week i The highway from Waynesville to Bethel, which has been under repair for some time, will be open temporarily Friday afternoon for the Waynesville motorcade to make the trip to the Pigeon Valley Fair, F. L. Hutchinson, resident engin eer of the State Highway and P. W.C., said this morning. Included in the motorcade will be the Waynesville iHgh School Band, which will perform at the Fair. The Highway Commission placed the first layer of asphalt on the highway Wednesday and had hoped to pour the second course this week. But a brief delay has caus ed this work to be postponed until Monday. Once this second layer has been added, the highway will be open for general use. A top course will be poured on the mile and a half stretch next Tuesday or Wednesday and final work on the section will be com pleted except for several days that will be required for finishing up on details. Highway patrolmen will direct the motorcade Friday afternoon, which will be required to move at a slow rate of speed over the unfinished section. Mr. Hutchin son emphasised that only vehicles in the motorcade will be allowed on the highway Friday afternoon and that the road will not be open to general use until the early part of next week. Home From Korea - and Hospital ? - tm??lit - J Sj?t. Robert Campbell has just arrived home from the Percy Jones Afmy Hospital at Baltic Creek. Mich, where both feet were re moved aflta; bcin? fr?MCi) iu lbf? first.wintgy of Kprean ^ghtiftg. ? ] " fie saldfOfat about 3!r menlB hi^ company were frostbite victims. (Mountaineer Pboto> New Drive-In Theatre Opens Saturday Night, The 300-car capacity Smoky Mountain Drive-In Theatre is all set to hold their'formal opening Saturday night,; according,to an announcement by Henry Miller, and Harry Evans, operators of the theatre. The theatre will open for the first show at seven o'clock, and for their opening will give away refreshments. The drive-in is on highway 19A 23. near the Davton Rubber Plant. The owners have installed the latest type equipment, and have spent much time in getting the tot graded and graveled for the 300 places in the parking area. The opening film will be "Lady 1 From Texas" followed by "Smug gler's Island" on Sunday and Mon day, with "Francis Goes To The "?ecs." scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, Children under 12 will be ad mitted free when accompanied by their parents. Assignments For Methodists Will Be Read Sunday The annual Western North Caro lina Methodist Conference opened at the First Methodist Church in Charlotte Tuesday morning and will continue through Sunday af ternoon, at which time the pas tors' assignments will be read. The conference embraces about 600 churches. Bishop Costen J. Harrell is pre siding over the sessions. Among the leaders in the five day meeting are Bishop Lloyd C (See Assignments?Page 8> Local Soldier Loses i-eet From Frostbite While Fighting In Korean War I Large Number Of People Entering Football Contest Response to The Mountaineer's football contest, which started this week, has been overwhelm ing. Entries are pouring into the office from every direction? Wa.vnesville. Ilazelwood. Canton, Clyde, Bethel, and from most other areas of the county. Judges have reminded con testants that the entries mast be in the office by 5 p.m. Friday. Weekly prizes are $10, and will be awarded to one winner. At the end of the 10 weeks in which the contest will be in progress, the three people who have picked the most winners each week and have the best over-all record (you have to enter every week to be eligible for the grand prize) will be awarded prizes in the amount of $100, $25. and $15, for first, sec ond and third place, respective ly If bullets, shells, grenades and ! the other weapons of warfare were ? the only dangers thai soldiers had to contend with, the casualty lists would be much shorter, and since Valley Forge, frostbite has been one of the more serious causes of casualties, in spite of all the time and research spent on measures of prevention. No longer ago than the first win ter of the Korean war. a Waynes ville soldier lost both feet after they were frozen following the Inchon landing in North Korea And now, nearly two years later, he is only recently home with artificial feet on which he is able to get around almost as well as with real ones. The soldier's name is Sgt. Rob ert Chapman Jr. He was drafted) in 1944 served in the Philippines and Japan with the 14th Anti-Air craft and General Headquarters in Tokyo. After his discharge in 1946. he remained a cilivian for only i eight months and re-enlisted to! become a lifetime soldier. But the North Korean winter cut a pros-) pccttve 20-vear hitch down to nine years (counting time in World War! Hi and now Sgt. Chapman is await ing a discharge thai will kepp him) from serving again as a soldier. ' lip will receive a iiiii aisaniiuy pension the rest of his life, bill in j the mosl uncertain of professions, another soldier who had seen near ly a one hundred per cent turn over in his squad in some of the (See l^ocal Soldier?Paire Hi ? T August Bond Sales In Haywood Total $35,487 Sale of Series E. H, J. and K United States Defense Bonds in Haywood County for the month of August. 1952 totaled $35,487.50 Of this amount, $15,487.50 was inj Series E and Series H Bonds (com bined!: none in Series J Bonds; and $20,000 00 in Series K Bonds. This sales anouncement was made today by County Defense Bonds Chairman J. E. Massie based on the monthly sales report from Al lison James. State Director of the U. S. Savings Bonds Division, in Greensboro. The total figures for North Caro-1 Una's 100 counties were as follows: Series E and Series H (combined i $1,966,282.75; Series J Bonds $262. 242.00; and Series K Bonds $836 - 300.00; totaling $3.065.024 75. In commenting on Defense Bonds sales in Haywood County. Chairman Massie called attention, to the state-wide Defense Bonds, Payroll Savings Drive which open ed September 10th with a dinner; | at Gastonia witn uamon ldiiiu, i Chairman C. D. Gray as host. This; wrive which is headed by J. C. I Cowan. Jr., President of Burling-i j ton Mills Corporation, and Volun teer Chairman of the , Defense Bonds State Industrial Advisory Committee, has as its goal to in crease-by 20.000 the number of' North Carolinians regularly buying U. S. Defense Bonds through the Payroll Savings Plan where they ' work. The drive will end Decem ber 15th. Nineteen-year-old Corporal Jer ry K. Crump, the only North Car olina boy to be awarded the Con- , gressional Medal of Honor during the Korean fighting, has begun a 1 six weeks' tour of the state's in dustrial areas to stimulate inter est in the Payroll Savings Plan 1 The distinguished Corporal is also ' making numerous appearances on ' radio and TV. and is visiting indus- ' trial plants in the areas where he J (See Bond Sale?Page 8) c Legion Division Meeting Friday In Waynesville Haywood American Legion Post M will be host Friday at 8 p.m. at a Division Meeting at one of a scries of meetings throughout the State to add impetus to the 1953 membership campaign. Commander J. T. Russell has announced. Theme of the meeting will be 'How to organize and carry out membership drives." National and State officials will Je present at the meeting. They ivHl include State Commander Le -oy Shuping. Jr.. of Greensboro; Vational Field Representative B. A. Brooks; Adjutant Nash McGee: Membership co-chairman Jack Dunwood.v; and Department vice-, ?ommanders. I Bids Opened Wednesday On New High School Building; Contracts Will Be Let Soon Work On New Building To Start Early This Fall Twenty-nine bids, not including alternates 011 the general construc tion, for work on the Waynesville High School Vocational Building were opened Wednesday morning at the courthouse. Contractors were invited to sub mit estimates on the new school building that will be built near the site of the present high school. Containing nine classrooms and a gymnasium and cafeteria, it will be used for special classes, such as science, home economics, and oth ers with the present high school to be used for regular classwork. Superintendent ol Schools, Mrs. Lucy Jones, said work on the new building will start this fall. She said bids for the construction will be let within a day or two. The architect is Lindsey M. Gudger of Asheville. Following are the bids that were received: General Work (base bids) Jerr\ Liner. $307,102: W B. Oil lard. $331,800, Z. B Hobinson and j Son. $351,000; Little Construction Co., $360,879; L II Oallimore, $363,514; Merchant Construction Co., $367,832; McDevitt and Street. $383,000; and Quality Construction Co.. $388,868, .Plumbing? Young ?: Hrookshire. $31\500, T. ('.** $slnoe $92,490: Abrrneth.v Rrdrnon. Inc.. $33,922; L. L Hyatt, I $35,950; and Moscr I'lumhiug Co., $39,630. Healing ? T. C. Malone. $29,997; Meltable Plumbing and Heating, $33,333; Young K Hrookshire, $37,000; E. L. Erwin. $38,000: Tomkins-Jobn ston, $38,464; L. L. Hyatt. $40 875; Moscr Plumbing Co.. $43,470; i and Price Piping Co.. $45,000. Eleclrieal ? Home Electric Co.. $22,780; Mar tin Electric Co., $23,695; Ivester Electric Co.. $24,945; Dixie Electric Co., $26,000; Electrical Contractors, ! Inc., $26,807; Hayes & Lunsford. $26,945; M. B. Haynes Electric Co., $28,880; and Mill Hi Marine Elec tric. Inc., $29,090. E. H. Farmer Dies Wednesday In Hospital Edwin Hartmann Farmer. 51, died Wednesday at 8:30 a. in. in the Haywood County Hospital af ter a brief illness He was a mechanic, a World War 1 veteran, and attended the Epis copal Church. He was a native of Haywood County, the son of Wil liam P. and Eou Sherrill Farmer. Funeral services will be held Friday at 4 p. m. in Grace Episco pal Church. The Rev. Edgar li. Goold, rector of the church, and the Rec. Broad us E Wall, pastor of , the First Baptist Church, will of ficiate and burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Carl Bridges. Furman Stinnett. Perry Smathers, James Mauldin, Jack Edwards, and Dave Gaddy. Honorary pallbearers will be Fred Farmer. Grady Farmer, Bar-| ney Bolin. Harry Lee Liner. Sr.. Henry Davis Dr. J. E. Fender. Bill Cole, Dr. Boyd Owen, Frank Fer guson. Harry Evans, Sr.. Donald j Morrow. Dill Howell, and Frank Underwood. The body has been taken to the home to await the funeral hour. Surviving are the widow, Mrs Margaret Wolfe Farmer: one daughter, Mrs. .James Fie: one son. Eddie Farmer; and three sisters. Mrs. H. A. Hall. Mrs. Leo Buckner, ; Sr., and Mrs. Roy Moscman, all of Waynesvllle. Arrangements are under the di rection of Garrett Funeral Home. York Rite Masons To Hold Stated Conclave Waynesville Commandery No. 31. Knights Templar, will hold a Stat ed Conclave on Friday night. Sep tember 26, at 8 o'clock. All Sir Knights are invited to attend. School Bids Are Opened At 11 a.m. Wednesday arrhitest Lindsey M. Cud net islanding* of Asheville opened the bids that had been submitted on the Waynesville Vocational building. Present in addition to the buidei.; were county commissioners and members of the Hoard of Education. Twenty-nine bids were submitted on the various phases of construction. (Mountaineer Photo i. Pigeon Valley Fair Will Have Full Schedule Friday; Several Events Also Set For Thursday and Saturday _J_? ... ?-? ? . . ? :?- ?? lua I The annual Pigeon Valley Fair will onen Thursday with a talent show, secret beauty contest, and cake walk at 8 p,m at the Bethel School. Activities on Friday will start with a pet show scheduled for. 1 p.nt. Friday and the judging of with the judging of exhibit* and livestock at 10 a. m. At noon field day activities will get underway with races and volley ball games under Principal C. C. Polndexter. A pet show will start at 1 p. in. For the evening entertainment a movie will he shown in the auditoriums On Saturday the horse how will start at 1 p.m. with Carl Green in charge. All exhibits will b? on dt play until 4 p.m. Saturday. Refreshments can be purr ha < d at any lime at booth, sponsored by the Future Farmers of Amer ica. One of the largest motorcades ever to leave Wayiiosville ' ex pected to get underway Krida; at 1:30, as mem tiers of the Chamlvr of Commerce anil Merchant ; \ o ciation go to the Pigeon Valley Fair at Bethel. The two groups will carry the 90-pieee Waynesville hand to the fair for a program, starting at two o'clock. Charles Isley, director of the band, said that a program of march es will be given, with the hand marching on the football field. In the event of rain, the 60-plece c>rj? cert band will go and give a con cert in the school auditorium C. D. Ketner. president of t1 ? Merchants Association .and It P. MeC'arrot. president of the Chatn (See Fair?Pace Rt Accident Claims Settled As County Superior Court Enters Final Week Here i Motorcade To Form Here At 9 A.M. Tuesday The motorcade that will start in Asheville for the 12th Dis trict Democratic Rally Tuesday at Murphy, will arrive in Way nesville at 9 a.m. that day. Krcd Campbell, who will have charge of the Haywood County motorcade, asks everyone who plans to drive to Murphv for the rally, to be at the courthouse by thai time. Among the guests at the rally will be Clov. Kerr Scott and sev eral State senators. civil rvuperiur uciuri ior nay wood County is concluding its final week for I ho September term with most eases completed today. Pre siding is Judge William H. Bobhitt. Several cases were tried during the early part of the week. They were: Gussle Owen vs. Miss Bay Bal lard?A consent ease, the judgment ordered that the plaintilT recover $6,500 from the defendant as final settlement of an accident Oct. 11. | 1950. near the Clyde Methodist Church. Delia McCracken and husband, j C. B McCracken. vs. Zcb Clark and wife, Kva Clark: Grover (,'lark and I wife, Catherine Clark: and Kay- j mond McCracken and wife, pearl | McCracken- It was ruled in this case that the defendants will be granted a right of Way for a road (See Court?Page 8) All-Day Joy Ride Gets County Youth In Lock-Up Kred Page, Jr., of llyaft Crook area, is in tho county joil today being held on several charges ? acting under false pretenses, lar ceny after trust, and reckless driving. Asid the Waynesvillo Po lice Department is still trying to figure his motives. Last Monday, Page strolled into YVatkins Chevrolet Company, said he was interested in a useh car, and could he look at a couple. The fellows down at Watkins. always ready to help the public, said sun': showed him a couple, and went on about their business. Page selected a 1948 Chevrolet, got permission to give it a trial spin, and was off. He came back in a few minutes, said it wasn't exactly what he was looking for and asked to see another. This time he also added that his wife wanted to look the car over hut she only had 45 min- j utes for lunch With that, he took the car, another Chevrolet ''49 model i and was off again. Well, along about 5:30 Mr Wat kins v^as ready to close for the day and he looked around for the j car. II wasn't there and he he-( came suspicious. He walked over to the Police Department, swore | lout a warrant, and set to waiting 1 for something to happen. And happen it did . . . the Po | lice Department put out an alarm, j quickly rounded up a State High- I way Patrol car, two cars from the I County Sheriff's Department, ad ded two of their own, and set out to look for Page. Just for good measure they gpt a pack of hloodhounds. The rest of the story can be told hriefly One of the city policemen remembered seeing Page along about 1:30. someone had called from Hyatt Creek earlier in the day with the information that some one?and that someone turned out to be Page?was driving in such a manner that, sooner or later. I someone was liable to be killed. AbJlut 6:30 one of the patrol cars spotted Page in the Hyatt Creek section. He also spotted the pa-! trol car and jumped out of his car. which by that time had been elass ,(Sce Joy Ride?Page 8t Highway | Record For 1952 In Haywood (To Date) # Injured.... 38 Killed .... 5 (This Information mm pllrd from Krcorda of State lllhw.j Patrol.) ???9 ' - JtM