lights 1 The ime ? ? lin . 11 .ir chili" ^ , . \ :!'<? for | would be a Srtm fii Jay night i k Chili I I erworked *ord in I, ..lands towards jame was "tkver ?, played Sylva i ( ij i? ? i u.is in ,,, Friday night ,^1,, vvciv giving ? once over, and Scleral cars of [it on ha"d to look aimers. lumber of people thfir wa\ into the ur and a half be iff. purler, il appeared ipulling their sleep c Wayne v ille fans, [lay, sent up a yell ?d their only touch inutes before the it half. el hich spotted the Ion booted 5 times, le 6. m from Wavnes ilon were at their K?t soing into hys leir team scored. cheer of the season lain- ' they played (the River" and two >d by in a canoe. tourhdnwn was the ? tVaynesville goal sed this year. csiille touchdown the clock ticked olT . Hi- fourth quarter. in the press box ir same?and cruc at that. The radio ere off the air until its eould be found. reporter Vance I away at his t.vpe the touch system, Uking down statis to see the right tee each play. band took the field t. ind marched up lying victory tunes, an the first bar of kfi topped. >up ?l serious-fared Tred from the Way nnc room to begin lalf. Not a smile aw very little rush i first half, as Can yards rushing, and ' For first downs If, Canton tallied 5. le 1. i teams meet again nns, the probable fry will be: "Rc iber 4th." ' I uxjMvajjrBT ~ The Waynesville Mountaineer h? Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park D q 67th YEAll NoTho 16 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 6, 1952 *d.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson"Counties Heintooga View Covers Many Mountains At Heintooga Lookout, a first-day visitor finds a telescope helps pick out some of the distant peaks, while at lef^ Ranger J B. Light offers his services to another sight-seer. 'Mountaineer Photo). Color 01 Fall Makes Eight-Mile Heintooga Parkway Drive One 01 The Most Beautiful In Mountains Motorists maintained a steady stream of traffic Saturday in the eight-mile Heintooga section of the Parkway as the southern tip of the famous mountain drive was opened to the public. First day"- visitors could hardly have been disappointed. Along the Mile High drive that approaches Heintooga, the fall color among the trees is approaching its most beautiful display. Below Mile High and into Heintooga at levels somewhat lower the color is not auite as varied and brilliant al though the ride is difficult to sur pass. The cplqr along the moun tainside contrasts with the more abundant evergreens in this par ticular section and creates a some what different but still beautiful change in scenery. The road winds through Black Camp Gap and Pauls Gap anl along the route several drive-offs give motorists a chance to stop and admire the | scenery at their leisure. The Parkway ends at a circular ! drive that Is sourrounded by trees ! and to get one of the most far reaching and magnificient views of the entire N. C. drive, it is nec essary to walk several hundred t yards to the Lookout. From there endless miles of park forests ex- i tend ridge after ridge. At the hori- 1 zon, such famous landmarks as ( Clingman's Dome and Newfound Gap are seen at their best. The color of fall is bringing ! reds, yellows, browns and many other shades to this scenery and with the Lookout itself rapidly los- j ing its summer green, visitors for (See Color?Page 8) nal Geographic Has sling Story About ies In Current Issue Ttirnuch the Smok lustratrd article ap curr? '.t U-ue of Na phic Magazine, is the at lc nt ion of the in the Great Smoky ?nal Park. la! Hart, .'ho pub tk. i . papers in r lie, aru e writing rtie!, tells of many hi en in the one penetrates into 'ear he v ?<e an oeip iniecl by t. owner oi Catalno tttfl ,eve,..t of Alex hand- o in the party were a photograpnei mu .-tt, . tral others along just for the ride. ?She lists many of the various plants that are found in the Park and tells, to a great extent, where such plants are generally'fotind. The group started the first day's trip at Cataloochee ranch 'and headed towards Cataloochee Creek She relates their experiences when the party stopped for a visit at Cataloochee school, and recalls their visits to other places that have familiar names to Haywood County people . . . Mount Sterling.. Trail Ridge, the Old Woody Home stead. McGce Springs, Three Forks 'she called this the most besuti-! ful spot she had ever visited), andj the Appalachian Trail. The Cherokee Indian Fair, which has just enjoyed one of the most successful seasons in its history, comes in for its share of publicity (See Park Story?Page 8) in the article also. ? i % / . CLOUDY ,,"Ubl' cloudiness, . with scattered ^Oersjiowers likely. tempera y ,he State Test j N?x. Mlii. B3 35 71 27 79 39 Pisgah Motor Road Gets A Smoothing Of The Surface Workmen are smoothing the Pisgah .Motor Itoad?the road from Wagon Road Can via Pis gah Inn to Elk Pasture?a scenic road on the ridge in Pisgah For est. The road has been rather rought all summer, but a rrow last week went in with heavy machinery and gave the road a smooth surface, and !? is now ready for motorists who Would like to visit that seHion during. the color season. The road runs along the ridge of Pisgah Forest and affords an excellent view of the Pisgah Forest area. The road leads to the foot of Mt. Pisgah. Driver Injured Seriously When Truck Overturns Drunken driving caused two in juries. one of them serious, about 10:30 p. m. Saturday near Lake Junaluska on U. S. 19A when a truck roiled over an embankment. The driver, Herman Carver of YVaynesville. was thrown out and pinned under the vehicle. He was taken to the Haywood County Hos pital where the nature of his in juries was not determined im mediately. A passenger, J. Frank Finger of Canton, Ht. 3. suffered head injuries. He was given treat ment at the hospital and discharg ed. Alvin Mills of Lake Junaluska, owner of the truck, is in jail on charges of aiding and abetting of drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident. Immediately after the accident. Mills offered no help to the injured driver and left the scene. He was arrested at his home by Cpl. Pritchard Smith of the highway Patrol and Deputy Sheriff Carl Setzer. A fourth occupant, Estcs Myers, was uninjured. Cpl. Smith and Patrolman Joe Murrill were the investigating of ficers. Capt. Welch Promoted To Major Recently Captain Wilson Welch, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Welch of Wavnes ville. was recently promoted to Major. Major Welch is the holder of the Bronze Star. Purple Heart Army Commendation ribbon. Good <"oh duct miedal with clasp, and two unit meritorious decorations. Thfc 'Heintooga Ridg" Overlook, termed as one of the outstanding views of the wide sweep of the Great" Smokies range, was visited l by hundreds of people since its | opening early Saturday morning. The new road, which represents j the first maior construction on the j North Carolina side of the Park1 1 since the dedication ceremony in ? ! 1940. follows a route from Mile High Overlook through illack Camp G Overlook through Hlaek Camp Gap for a distance of more than eight miles.' It is connected with the Blue Ridge Parkway at Black Camp Gap, which is on the Park boundary "'I The Hein'ooga project was in- ^ eluded in the first master plan fori the development of the Park sys-! tern as was proposed in 1934, and was at that time promised as-a major feature of the Park Several eyars later there was a change in the administration of I the Park and manv ol the 1934 proposals were dropped. With the j (See Heintooga?Page 8) Woman Stopped From Drowning By Taxi Driver A persistant taxi driver from ! Waynesville prevented a suicide Friday night at Lake Junaluska. Anna Churchweli, 19-year-old; Negress, had trouble with her boy friend and about dusk Friday de cided she would drown herself in the lake. She called Ed Smith's cab, and told the driver she want ed to go to the lake to work. But j she got out of the car on the bridge j over the dam and said she was j ' going to jumo into the lake. Smith I chased her off the bridge and then j called Deputy Sheriff Carl Setzef. [ In the meantime she walked j around the lake to a concrete pier, j Smith followed and tried to persu- ] ade her to come to shore. As he ' walked toward her. she jumped j into the water. The taxi driver did I not let this ston him. He dove into ' the lake and brought the struggling , worrran to shore, whore Setzer help- ! ed get her on land. She could eas ily have drowned. Setzer said be cause the water was over her head The girl was turned over to her, parents. Dan's Drugs Is Opened Here By Dr. S. A. Dantzler The opening of Dan's Drugs on j | North Main Street was announced | today by Dr. S. A. "Dan" Dantz-1 ler. The new concern, formerly j "Tut's". will be operated by Dr. I and Mrs. Dantzler as a combina- j tion drug store and luncheon. The Dantzler's are former resi- ' dents of Waynesville, having been j here with Smith's Drug Store be fore and just after World War II. Dr. Dantzler, a native of Orangeburg. S. C.. is a graduate of the Medical College of South Carolina at Charleston. In the new store, which has seen ! extensive remodeling during the j past few weeks. Dr. and Mrs. Dantzler plan to carry nationally) advertised products and a com-1 plete prescription service. The store is located opposite the ( First National Bank and will be | open dailv until 9 pm. t Calves Bring $26 Average At WNC Feeder Calf Sale The first Western North Caro lina Feeder Calf Sale held in Hay wood County brough a total of $42,941 84 for 377 animals last Thursday afternoon at Clyde. The calves were sold for an av erage of $2868 per hundred pounds, a price that was considered high. There were 81 consignors, j ... J High bid for the sale was S37 per' hundred pounds. Divided into pens according to, weight and grade, the calves were j sold individually to the highest bidders. All animals were of beef breeding and weighed at least 300 pounds. The excellent qualities of the calves was evident from the high prices they brought. Merchants Launch Second Annual Fall Trade Jubilee $6,235 In Prizes Will ; Be Given The curtain rolled up on the ; second annual Trade Jubilee in this j community Monday morning. All indications are that it will be bet- ! ter than the one staged last year, which was termed successful from beginning to end The committee in charge of prizes announced today that a vari ety of gifts from a beautiful 1952 Mercury to a genuine pigskin foot ball was among the many, many gifts to be awarded during the Jubilee. The value of the gifts amount j to $6,235.00. J. W. Ray, general chairman, said that all details had been com pleted for the 10-woek program, which will end December 13th. H. P. McCarroll, chairman of se curing gifts, said that the list of prizes included a deep freeze, bi cycle, typewriter, many baskets of groceries, at least two $200 gifts of clothing, bed room suite, automa tic washing machine, skates, movie camera, radio, electric blanket, electric range, three frozen tur keys, an electric heater, shotgun, fine watch, silverware, another bi cycle. dinette set, and of course, the Mercury. The gifts will be given each Sat urday afternoon, beginning Octo ber 18. As last year, the gifts will be awarded at the high school sta dium While the committees have been hard at work completing details of the Jubilee, the merchantile buyers of the community have been on the market getting the lat est merchandise of every descrip tion for a full and complete stotk. " TTl'ose in chan^TSolnfed out flftt they felt that the firms of the community ? Waynesvillc, Hazel wood and Lake Junaluska?had the best selection of goods ifver as sembled here. Last year the Jubilee created much interest, with thousands at tending the program at the high school stadium each Saturday af-i ternoon Last year the grand prize, i a Buick. was won by Mrs. Jack Fclmet. The grand prize for this year! has already arrived, and will be on display in front of the courthouse throughout the day, during good weather. PMA Funds Will Be Available Until Oct. 15 The Haywood County I'M A an nounces that there are still sutfi cient funds for farmers who have not taken their lull allowance of materials this year. However, the closing date for these allowances is Oct. 15 so farmers needing cover crop seeds, phosphate, ferti lizer. or lime are asked to make application as soon as possible. Farmers who used all their 1952 assistance are asked to fill out per- i formance reports. These must he completed before farmers are eli gible to receive checks. Announces Opening I Dr. S A. "Dan" Dan'zler an- t nounces today the opening of t Dan'R Drugs on North Main jj Street. The new business, occu- c pying the former site of "Tut s", v will he operated by Dr. and Mrs. v Dantzler, who are former resi- v dents of Waynesville They have c done extensive remodeling in the v stofe and welcome everyone to come in for a visit. th Merchants Buy 1952 Mercury For Trade Jubilee Prize The heaultful 1952 Mercury is one of many Rift ^ which the Merchants Association will give away dur ing the Second Annual Trade Festival, which he an this morning. The total value of gifts amounU to $6,235.00. In the above photo. Henry Davis, right. Mercury dealer, accepts a check from C. U. Ketner. president of the association, for the car. In the car. is II. IV McCarroll, chairman of the pro motion committee. < Mountaineer I'hotoi. Hazelwood Aldermen Set Meeting To Hear Citizens On Extending Town Limits Tho Hazclwpod Board of Alder men will he in session Tuesday i night, at seven o'cloek. to hear d< legation* rotative to the prppoa-. ed annexation of an area, in which ?bout 25 families live. The board officially gave notice of the meet ing in the middle of September, al which time they set out the boundary of the area proposed to he included in the town limits. Mayor L. C- Davis said that there was a lot of interest shown in the proposal for about two'weeks af ter the initial announcement. Dur ing the past two weeks the mat ter has been quiet, he said. There is a possibility that two petitions can be presented the board tine from the area involved, and one from the town at large. And on the other hand, officials explained, there is a possibility that there will not be a petition This morning they dl'd not know of a petition from either area. The proposed annexation would include that territtory starting at Eagle's Nest Road, and the Waynes ville line, and going up the Eagle's I Nest road to the Harry Hyatt prop erty, and then straight across the hill, over I'lott creek, and to the southern boundary of the George i I'lott farm, and then on around the foot of the C. N. Allen hill, and the present line. The hoard said that if 15 per cent of the qualified voters in the area .sign a petition asking for an election on thh matter, that an election will be held. The same notice also points out that should 15 ncr cent of the voters of Hazel wood sign a similar petition asking for an election on the matter, that j (See llazelwood?PaKC HI Annual Visitor Arrives For Fall, And Winter Visit An annual, and consistent vis itor to this area every fall, ar rived late Friday night. Ilis ar rival was welcome by some of Haywood's citizens, and looked upon as "l<m early" by many others. Mr. Jack Frost came in full force Friday night, and spread himself thirkiv over the entire county. Many of the tender flow ers and vegetables began to change their color bv the time the warm Saturday sun hit them. The official temperature for the night was 27, five degrees below freezing. Yanks Square Series The New York Yankees squar ed tin- World Series count at this afternoon behind the bril liant relief pitching of Allie Reynolds and forced the Series into the seventh game at F.b botts field tomorrow. Tin* Yanks won. .7-2. Reynolds, who is ex pected to start tomorrow's game, relieved Vic Raschi. Iloke Sny der collected both Brooklyn runs with homers ill succession. Man tle and Berra homered lor the Y'anks. Clyde Soldier Receives Silver Star For Gallantry A Clyde soldier recently wa ? dec orated for disposing of three Com munists. one b> hand-to-hand Coin* I bat. during an enemy attack on his i platoon's outpost in Korea. Army Gpi. Joseph Rathbono on of Mr. and Mrs. John f). Itathbone I of Clyde, was awarded a 4>ilver Star, the nation's third highest decoration for gallantry in action. Rath hone, then a private first class, distinguished himself July j f> near Samgwam-Ni as a rifleman in Company K of the 3rd Division's j 7th Infantry Regiment. He was accompanying a platoon | sized patrol which took cover in 1 an outpost known as Nori from <1 sudden enemy artillery barrage. Tile patrol then set up defenses against the imminent enemy ground assault. Although outnumbered four to one, the pfatoon was fighting off the fanatical charge when Rath bone encountered an enemy oldirr who had filtered into the trctiehe . "Unhesitatingly." the citation reads. "Private Rathbono feroci ous-h charged toward the foe with fixed bayonet and engaged him in hard-to-hand combat, rapidly dis posing of him." He is credited with'jn piling hit I buddies to greater effort until the j Communists were driven from the j outpost, "Private Ratbbone's courageous and daring leadership personally accounted lor three enemy casual ties and contributed greatly to the defense of the outpost," t Itathbone. who also holds the I Combat Infantry Badge, entered the Army in August last year and arrived in Korea this February. County To Be Visited By About 500 Forestry Men Some 500 deletes to th<- joint < lioeting of the American Forestry i Association and the North Cam | ina Forestry Association, meeting i n Asheville October 12-15. wilt nake several stops in Haywood r bounty as part of a guided tour t hat will take the group through t his section of the state. a The tour, which is scheduled for t I'uesday. October 14. will have a j \ est stop in Waynesville in mid-1 r norning | h Reuben Robertson. Sr.. Chair- ! j nan of the Board of Champion c Japer and Fibre Company, is y hairman of the general commit- b ee which has overall charge of li he three day convention. Dele ;ate? to the convention will in- g lude men from all over the nation a eho are prominent in forestry tl rork It is expected that several < b isltlng foresters from foreign 1 ountries will also attend the con ention. g Tom Alexander is chairman oi v e committee which is making ar- F ?angementi lor the so-called 'hei oker-Oreal Sirinkit-s tou r. Vtrs. Doyle D. Alio and C. K lay arc other member of the tom Tilttec. The ."roup v. ill travel in chart ?red bu.a Aftci a brief stop in "atlton, where they will ? ee the ^harrlpion plant and wood yard ind hear a Im, t,i!k by Harold Coener, the roup wil Icomo to Vaynesvillc, arriving at approxi natel.v 10 30 .^iraneenients arc inlng made bv V/avnosv'lle offic a Is to meet the delegation at the1 'oiirt House While he>e the group rill be served rrfrr hmer.ts and ; >e allowed a horl time to Bet a aok at the town. Upon leaving Wajnesvtlle the roup will travel towards Sylva. nd will have pointed out to them he industries of Ma/elwood. Bar er's Orchard, the State Trout fatchery. and Balsam Oa|i. After visiting Cherokee the roup will return to Ashcvtlle by ,ay of Mile Hiah and the new ieintooga Ridge Overlook. Highway | Record For 1952 In Haywood (To Date) Injured .... 40 Killed 5 (This InfnrmrOon com piled from Record, of State Hlhway Patrol.)

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