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
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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.)