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This is his c and he learned the composing room taineer. be visited the com and after looking at otvpe machines, and neh speed automatic Ufd: e it was when I was ed to be a country mt?now- it is just as e big city papers ? as happy as anyone ?ws Ihe paper is' with the journalism He ? coming from a his plant, that sounds i our ears i. I In Four pghway Lined ?tfour-lanr highway ftkr Junaluska and I been resumld fol Iperiod of several I road crews were law of a lack of steel ? working at both the pa and Canton ends far and work Is be lls rapidly as po6 Wcted. the new sec 1 the three-lane high pteo to Asheville to kted 30-mile stretch ?way between Lake It Asheville. fA^DARD _ *** * ti ? ?CI The W a ynesv ille Mountaineer L~-~ __ Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ? q 67th YEAR NO. 79 16 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCT. X, 1*52 (3.00 In Advance In Haywood and JacksonCountiail 'Linger Longer' Theme Suggested For Tourist Promotional Idea Here 1 "Heavy tourist travel into an irea is not enough; we must reach he folk before they get here." tart Leiper, executive vice presi lent of W.N.C. Highlanders. Inc., old members of the Haywood Chapter here Wednesday night. Mr. Leiper made the statement ifter pointing out that the cur ?ent travel year had set a new high ?ecord for travel into the Park, ret many tourist operators had not tad the best year in the way of lusiness. "One of our big jobs is selling he traveler on the idea of staying n the area. We must stress the 'act that this is the perfect place 'or a "lingering vacation". To hat end we must provide things 'or them to do; things they will ;njoy." Mr. Leiper was introduced by L. E. DeVous. president of the Hay wood grout), who explained the im portance of the program of the Highlanders to all the 12 counties composing the organization. The largest audience of the year was present, and after Mr. Leiper's talk, a number of ideas were dis cussed. including the publication of a 1953 booklet similar in scope to the 20.000 published late this past spring. The group decided to get to work immediately, and get the publication out early in 1953. Mr. Leiper also pointed out the tentative program of the High landers, which includes promotion, advertising and publicity. A num ber of pieces of mailing pieces will be included in the general promo tional program, Mr. Leiper point ed out. Among the local improvement suggestions, Mr. Leiper said the intersection of Highways Nos. 284 and 19 needed a wider approach; the sign across Main Street need* ed additional information; a tour ist accommodation survey was needed, a study of traffic How. and a roadside marking of interesting scenic views and points of inter est. Blood Donors In Canton Gave 125 Pints Last Week Volunteer donors of Canton and vicinity gave 125 pints of blood when the WNC Regional Blood mobile made its visit there last week under the sponsorship of the Canton Lions Club. For eight of the volunteers it was their eighth donation of a pint of hlood. and gave them entrance into the "Gallon Honor Club." New members of the club are W. Lee MeElrath. Helen Johnson, Roy C. Crisp, Howard J. Sellars, Marjorie Whitted, F. E. Worthlngton, Sam E. Abbott, and George Frady. During this visit of the Blood mobile George F. Walker became Canton's first Negro blood donor. Red Cross officials said that the Canton areas now has more Gallon Club members than any other sec tion participating in the blood program in Western North Caro lina. A total of 43 people are now members of the club in that area. Drive Chairman > i 1 Robert H. Winchester was re- 1 cently elected chairman of the Waynesville Tuberculosis Com- ' mittee. The 12-member commit tee expects to begin its annual funds drive sometime in Novem- i ber. ' Winchester New Chairman Of City TB Committee Robert H. Winchester was nam ed chairman of the 12-member Waynesville Tuberculosis Commit tee at a meeting in the Court .House Wednesday night. He suc ceeds G. C. Thompson. At the same time three persons were appointed to fill vacancies on the rotating committee. New mem bers are Winchester, Mrs. Roy R. Campbell and Mrs. Scbe Bryson. They take the place of three members whose terms expired this ypar?Mra. Wanda Clarice, Mrs. Raymond Lane, and Mrs. C. F. Kirkpatrick. In addition to Winchester, oth er officers are: G. C. Thompson, vice-chairman: Mrs. Roy R. Camp bell, seal sales chairman; Archer Fancher, re-elected treasurer; and Mrs. Orville W. Shelton, re-elected secretary. W. D. Braswell, field secretary of the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association, with headquarters in Raleigh, spoke briefly to the group. Other members of the commit tee are Mrs. Archer Fancher. Mrs. Alma MeCracken, Miss Amelia McFadyen, Mrs. C. C. Gatz. and Mrs, C. O. Newell. The Haywood County Health Officer is also a member. Max Rogers Now Sole Owner Of Rogers Electric The Rogers Electric Company, which was recently offered for sale, has been purchased by a former partner of the firm, Max Rogers. Originally Mr. Rogers owned the 1 company with Hugh and Wayne 1 Rogers. But the original partner- i ship has been dissolved and cffec- ] tive now. Max Rogers is sole own- 1 er. I Pigeon Leaders Discuss Community Plans ?'?IIS for s w Sy} 00 ? churches, roads, recreation and other projects for Pigeon Valley were ,ef' ar(- th' Bet*le' following the community meeting at which about 500 people were ' Crusn g|e " liev' ?ay Chambers, pastor of the Spring Hill Baptist Church and prin ^ of Sri" n'ary School; H. K. Terrell, chairman of the Bethel District School Board rfs c c p""' building Advisory Board; C. C. Francis, chairman of the county Board of *-? Nix "ndexter- Principal of the Bethel School; R. L. Justice. Highway Super ^?ineer pi,,,,*"031'0"*' ?Rrlculture teacher at Bethel and chairman of the Pigeon Valley Bethel-Waynesville Highway Completed TMt week the hard surfacing. of the new mile and a half stretch on Highway 276 was completed and the entire highway is now open to traffic. The new section takes out many of the dangerous curves of the old road and offers motorists a beautiful scenic ride through Pigeon Gap. (Mountaineer Photo). Bethel School Bids Will Be Asked Soon, Audience Ai Pigeon Valley Improvement Meeting Told Tuesday So mi1 500 residents of Pigeon Valley were present Tuesday evening at a community better ment meeting at the Bethel School at which the anxious citizens were assured by C. C. Francis, chair man of the County Commissioners, that contracts for the new school will bo asked "within 10 to 14 days." Mr. Francis described the school as "possibly the biggest project in Haywood County" and when completed "it will lie able to take {?are of the Bethel District for some tiny;." He said the building will cover 65.000 square feet of floor spare. Dave Felmet, who is acting as advisor on the project, said that those responsible are doing the best they can to get the school under construction. He pointed out that the 65,000 souare feet of floor space will Rive the building 30 classrooms plus a gymnasium and cafeteria. Mrs. Horacp Peek, chairman of the Parent-Teacher Association Membership Committee, explained the need for more parents to take part in Association activities and said the goal is one hundred per (See Bethel ftrhool?Page 81 Plans Being Completed For 2nd Trade Jubilee Merchants of this community today were complet ing plans for the big second annual Fall Trade Jubilee. The event will begin next week, with full details in Monday's issue of The Mountaineer. The several committees working on the program have about finished their work, and will announce all the details Monday. According to J. W. Ray, general chairman, more than $6,000 in prizes will be awarded this year. Business firms of Waynesville, Hazelwood, and Lake Junaluska are taking part in the event. Watch for the initial details in Monday's issue of The Mountaineer. :if': C- V -V:, 'V .?.[ ' Library Workshop Opens Here Monday F!or 3 Days Lake Junaluska WMS Had Japanese Program The last meeting of the Lake Junaluska Baptist Church WMS was held at the home of Mrs. Guy Fulbright. Mrs. Fulbrighl had charge of a irogram entitled "Japanese Puz ;led People". Speakers on the pro ;ram were Mrs. Fulbright, Mrs. /ernon Winchester. Mrs. Robert F"ulbright, Mrs. Austin Burnett, tnd Mrs. W. S. Young. The third annual In-Service Training Workshops for library workers will open Monday here for three days at the Methodist j Church. This will be one of three such sessions conducted in North Carolina during the month. The others arc at Greensboro and Fay ettevillc*. Under Mrs. Allen Surratt of Rockwell, Miss Fvelyn Day Mullen, and Miss F.lainc von Ocsen. visit ing librarians from 12 western cit ies will study Public Relations and the Library in the Community. The courses arc sponsored by the N.C. Library Association and the N.C. Library Commission. Registration was at 10 o'clock this morning. First classes were held this afternoon and at 8 o'clock tonight there will be a movie. | "Morning Star." with all local club? presidents invited to attend. Additional classes will take place all day Tuesday. Following a trip to Heintooga In the afteronon. the visiting librarians will be dinner guests of the Francis Cove Homo Demonstration Club with Mrs. R C. Hickman, president, and the Ll jbrary Board at 6:30 p.m. A story-telling program has been arranged for 8 p.m. Tuesday with Mrs. Bessie Ralston of Ashevllle In charge. The sessions will end Wodnes (See Library?Page 8) The Weather i CLOUUI Thursday?Partly cloudy, rather varm and windy. Mostly fair and rontinued warm Friday. (Official Waynesvillc tempera ure as compiled by the State Test farm): Date Max. Min. Sept. 20 78 91 I " 30 80 40 ">ct. 1 70 43 Heintooga Road ,To Open. Saturday Scenic Road Into Heart 3f Park to Attract Many An eight-mile stretch of road, unning from Mile High Overlook o Hcintooga Ridge and making ivailable one of the best views in he entire Great Smoky Mountains National Park, will be opened to ?he public Saturday morning. Formal dedication of the project will not be held until next spring, probably at some date between Vlay 15 and June 15 Completion of this road marks [he culmination of 18 years' effort m the part of the Chambers of Commerce of many Western North C arotina towns, and various civic organizations and individuals, along with the valuable assistance rendered by the North Carolina State Highway Commission. It marks the lirst major construc tion on the North Carolina side of the Park since President Roosevelt formally dedicated the Park on September 2, 1940. Visitors may now travel from Soco Gao on the Blue Ridge Park way to Mile High Overlook, thence to Black Camp Gap (2V4 miles which had not previously been open to travel!, and six miles to Heinto. Ridge Overlook. The road fio.n Soco Gap to Wolf Laurel, which is about midway be tween the Gao and Mile High, is part of the Blue Ridge Parkway proper The remaining distance to Black Camp Gap is a spur of the Parkway. All told, Hcintooga is about 12 miles from Soco Gap. The new road is being opened Just in time for the annual fall "color show'' Ifeintooga affords one of the best views of the moun tain ridge dividing North Carolina and Tennessee in the entire park. One person who has visited the area said that as much of the Park can lie seen from Heintooga as from Newfound Gap Visitors are reminded that there Is a trail, about 400 feet long, which leads from the parking area out to the ridge. The view at the end pf this trail gives a magnifi cent sweep of the Smokies rang ing from Clingman's Dome to Mount Sterling Altitude at Heintooga is 5 327 feet. Smokies Set All Time Attendance Record Last Year All-time attendance records for the Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park were exceeded by an outstanding total, according to in formation just received by West ern North Carolina Fiighlanders, Inc., from the Park headquarters office. The total visitation ran 2. 295.428 persons for the travel yeai which began October J, 1951 and closed September 30, 1952. This was some 300,000 more than attended the Park during the previous travel year, which was slightly below the 2.000,000 mark For more than ten years the Great Smokies have led all National Parks in attendance records. Hereafter attendance records for the Smokies will be kept on a calendar year basis, rather than on the travel year, Park officials stated. They reported that Autumn col (See Smokies?Page Hi Registrars To Help Get People Registered For Big Vote In November The Haywood County "Get-Out-, The-Votc" Campaign continued to gather momentum as a group of committee chairmen met a the home of Mrs. Fred Camphell in Waynesville Monday night to dis cuss ways and means of securing the registration of all eligible vot ers in the county. . Mrs. Campbell is general chair man of six district committees whose objective in this campaign will he to make a house-to-house canvass of the county to register all citizens of voting age for the general election in November. Working with Mrs. Campbell as sub-chairmen are- Mrs. Robert At kinson of Canton. Mrs. Doyle Alley of Waynesville, Elmer Hendrix of Hazelwood. Larry Cagle of Clyde. Mrs R. C. Lane of Lake Juna- ( luska. and Turner Cathey repre senting Bethel and the rural areas. These sub-chklrmen are now in 1 the process of selecting their own committees to carry out the regis tration project in their respective districts. It was agreed at the meeting Monday night that an appeal would be made to the 28 precinct regis trars of the county for their coop eration in the registration drive. Leaders of the "Get-Out-The Votc" campaign will meet with the registrars Sattlrday morning at the courthouse in Waynesville, and will offer the registrars all possible assistance toward obtain ing a complete registration of Hay wood voters. The movement is being conrdin-i ated by the Canton-Bethel-Clyde Chamber of Commerce. the, Waynesville Junior Chamber of Commerce, and the Haywood County Community Development! Program. Speaks Monday The Rev. Mack Goss. pastor of the First Baptist Church in Hen dersonvtlle, will conduct the Monday evening service of the revival which begins at the Waynesville First Baptist Church Sunday. The Rev. Broadus E. Wall, pastor of the church, will conduct services Sunday morn ing and evening. There will he two services daily beginning Tuesday morning, with the first one scheduled at 7:45. The other service will be at 7:30 each eve ning. Sunday School officers and teachers, members of the Board of Deacons, and other interested leaders and members will meet at 7 o'clock each evening for prayer and reports on personal work. Missing Cruso Man's Body Found Late Wednesday A searching party that included as many at 500 men at one time found the body of Theodore Knight, 49-year old farmer of Cruso. in the heavily wooded Pts gah Forest about 5 o'clock Wed nesday afternoon, Knight, who had left his home Sunday evening a bout 7 o'clock, died due to natur al causes, according to I)r. ,f. Frank Pate. Haywood County coroner. The body was found by Earl Cook and Grover Presslev, both of the llcnson Cove section, at the mouth of Hungry Creek near Steer Gap. That area is approximately three miles from Knight's home. Knight left his home Sunday night with two dogs, a riflr. and flashlights, apparently to "o on a hunting trip. Neighbors started searching for him early Monday afternoon and authorities were called in Tuesday morning. The search at first was concen trated in the Pigeon Itiver section of the Sherwood Game preserve. One of Knight's dogs was found at Frying Pan Gap and the other had been reported as seen at a neighbor's in search of food. When Knight was found it was ascertain ed that one of the dogs had stayed with him for some time. The entire Bethel school foot hall team, under the direction of assistant coach James Ma.vfield. volunteered to assist in the search. Brace Lumber Companv in Wny nesville shut down for the d iv Wednesday to allow the workers here to help. One official called attention to the fact that the women of the Pigeon section deserved much commendation for having conked Food and taken it into the forest or the searching group. Several of the searchers stayed in the mountains all night Tues lay in hopes of hearing the doc and trying. In that way. to locale (See Missing Man?Page 8i Highway | Record For 1952 I In Haywood (To Dit?) Injured.... 38 Killed .... 5 (Thie Information com pilrd from Record* of State Illbwajr Patrol.)
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