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?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
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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
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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
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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.)
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