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The W aynesville Mountaineer 5s |
PubLshed Twice-A-Wetk In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Fork ? G
67th YEAK NO. 81 18 PAGES Associated Press ' WAYNESV1LLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCT. 9, 1952 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countiai
Lead Library Workshop Here
Leading State librarians were in charge of the three-day annual workshop this week with librarians
from 12 counties taking special studies in Public Relations and the Library in the Community.
From left are Mrs. Allen Surratt of Rockwell; Miss Evelyn Mullen from the Library Commission in
Raleigh; Miss Margaret Johnston. Haywood County librarian, who was hostess for the event; and
Miss Elaine von Oesen of the Library Commission at Raleigh. (Mountaineer Photo).
Fire Prevention In Town
Keeps Losses To Minimum
Quickest Way To Bethel
It's just nine minutes to
Bethel ... if you're driving a
fire trurk. Otherwise, it should
take you a bit longer.
Nine minutes was exactly the
time it took Clem Fitzgerald,
Waynesville Fire Chief, to make
the trip to the Bethel School
Wednesday afternoon.
Officials & at the school had
called a fire drill and Fitzger
? *ld was called down tp see just
how long i* would take.
The children were out of the
bpilding in jug' a lit* Ic more
thin a minute. The fire truck
roaced up" a few minutes .later.
jusi eignty one years ago today
? October 9, 1871 ? a small fire
broke out in a Chicago stable. Re
member? I.t was. legend has it. Mrs.
Murphy's cow that was to blame.
A lantern was kicked over, fuel
spilled out. and the fire was start
ed. A small flame to begin with,
but a terrible loss of life. 17,430
buildings destroyed and the final
estimate of S168.000.000 in dam
ages and loss.
That Was the great Chicago fire
?one of the biggest and costliest
the world has ever known.
Last year Waynesville's fire loss
amounted to $15,060. WaynesvilU
firemen responded to 43 lire catf;
in the town limits, and another 11
outside the town Mmits.
Whtit caused most of the fires'
Inadequate fire prevention ant
carelessness.
One man lost his life in a fiasl
fire, the exact cause still not as
ccrtaincd.
This year the week of Octobei
5-11 has been proclaimed as Firt
Prevention Week. During that timi
homo owners, manufacturers, farm
ers, everyone who has property, is
being confronted with facts and
figures showing that 'last year was |
the biggest year in history for1
"large loss fires". There were 302
fires in the United States and
Canada under the category of
"large loss fires," with individual,
losses producing an aggregate to-1
tal of $213,310,000. This account
ed for 24 ner cent of the total fire
loss in these two countries.
Those are the big fires, the
(See Fire Loss?Page 6)
East Waynesville
Street Is Being
Improved By State
State workmen are grading
I.eatherwood Street in East Way
nesville. preparatory to paving.
The street is inside the city limits,
hut is still part of the state sys
tem.
The street is about four blocks
long, and present indications are
that the paving will be done in j
early spring.
The street is being widened, j
and also a better grade cut.
Irars To Assist
ut'The-Vole' Plan
Church
Continue
ursday
*?e of The Moun
'lar Thursday fea
been running for
'ill continue to be
week under the
county business
taders will find on
ssage and a list of
"dings. A great
p comments have
the page since its
1 run many years
for the page: Alli
"? Cagle Furniture
mpinn Paper and
Charlie's Lunch
aco Service, Cent
Han s Drug Store,'
?hanse Farmer's
^estnne Home and
urniture Company,
Builders Supply
'nod Countv Farm
!? Haywood Menu
s' Howell Motor
'"ska Supply Com
i Jr Consignee.
''ele'" Linei Motor
i r and Sheehan
foaners, w r Mc.
Dpanv I'.irkman's
"fon's Sinclair Ser
?r Company. Clyde
?P- Rovers Eiec
ln(l' nd Supply
'Mville Auto Parts
lunurJ' Inc., Way
'r ( "tttpany, and
Ho Service
A tremendous boost was given
the "Get-Out-The-Vote" campaign
in Haywood County yesterday
when the precinct registrars of the
county pledged their cooperation
and support to the non-partisan
movement.
The registrars met yesterday
(Wednesday) at the courthouse in
Waynesville to receive their reg
istration books and instructions
from Glenn W. Brown and Charles
B. Hawkins, chairman and mem
ber respectively of the Haywood
County Board of Elections.
Following their business session
the registrars remained to hear
an outline of the purposes and
objectives of the "Get-Out-The
Vote" movement given bv F. I.
Newman of Canton, general chair
man of the campaign, and Mrs
(See Registrars?Page 6)
House Burns
Tuesday While
Family Moves ?
Nearly all the furniture belong
ing to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ashe was
destroyed in a fire Tuesday after
noon that burned their house on
Little East Fork to the ground.
The house was the old White
homestead which belonged to W. A.
Swanger, son-in-law of Mr. Ashe
The Ashe family was moving i
into the home on Tuesday and had
left a fire in the fireplace while
returning to their old home at Lake
Logan for a second load of furni
ture. When they got back the
house had burned down.
They are staying with relatives
at present.
Tourist Inquiries
Show Autumn Increase
Inquiries serviced by the State
Advertising Division in Septem
ber totaled 15.033. or nearly triple
the 5.645 handled in September of
1951. Charles Pinker, State Ad
vertising Director, reports in his
current bulletin.
, September inquiries were also
sharply above the 9.493 serviced
by the Advertising Division in Aug
ust.
Increasing popularity of autumn
vacation travel is reflected in a
HOLIDAY MAGAZINE survey j
which shows that 23.3 per cent of
a large group canvassed took va- j
cations in autumn, as compared
with 54 per cent in summer. 13
per cent in spring and 9.7 per cent
In winter.
st' RAIN
v ?mri decreasin8
*'ndy and rath
ain in the morn
"mprra
the State Test
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In Germany
Mrs. Margaret Hensley, the for
mer Margaret Blanton. left Sat- j
urday by plane for Frankfurt,
Germany, where she will join her j
husband. Sgt. James X. Hensley. ,
who is stationed at Baumholder.
He is serving with the 4Srd Arm
ored infantry Battalion. Sgt. and
Mrs. Hensley will reside in Ger
many for three years. Mrs. Hens
ley has been living with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Riifl of Hazelwood.
Much Interest
Is Being
Shown In
Trade Jubilee
Mnch interest is being shown in
the second annual Fall Trade Ju
bilee. whihh began here Monday
morning.
C. D. Ketner, president of the
Merchants Association, said that
the initial interest gave reason to
believe that the Jubilee would be
even ahead of that of last year.
The prize awards for this year
are several hundred dollars more
than last year. The grand prize
this year is a 1952 Mercurv, plus
a large array of other prizes which
will be given away weekly during
the Jubilee.
All lines of business are partici
pating in the Jubilee thlj year,
and several firms' who WWW not
able to take part last year are par
ticipating this year in the cam
paign.
Mr. Ketner said that the tickets
for the business firms .are avail
able at the Chamber of Com
merce. Only members of the As
sociation are eligible to take part.
Survey Planned
Of Pigeon River
Road Drainage
According to an Associated
Press dispatch from Raleigh, the
State Highway Commission has
ordered a drainage survev made
of the proposed new highway roulc
into Tennessee through the Pigeon
River valley.
Chief Highway Engineer W. H.
Rogers. Jr.. said the drainage sur
vey is prelin*inary to drawing con
struction plans for the project.
Size of culverts and other drain
age facilities will depend on re
sults of the survey.
A total of $1.980 000 has been al
located for the project, but Rog
ers has estimated that several
millions more will be needed to
complete the work from the Ten
nessee line to Cove Creek, where
the new road will connect with ex
isting highways.
Boosters To Meet
At Seven Tonight
The Hazelwood Boosters Club
meets tonight at the Ha/elwood
Presbyterian church for their
regular monthly dinner meeting.
John B. Smith is president of tne
organization.
Heavy Travel Predicted
For Area This Week-End
I
With favorable weather, fall1
travel records are expected to be
shattered this week-end, and
thousandh of motorists ho to the
many scenic .points in the area for
a close-up of the mountainsides
wrapped in a multitude of fall
colors.
This week-end another scenic
road will open, affording an addi
tional scenic trip for lovers of fall
colors. The pisgah Motor Koad,
from Wagon Road Gap to Candler
will be opened, after undergoing
a reconditioning bv highways
crews. The 7-mile road, via the
foot Of Mt. Pisgah, gives many un
obstructed views of Pisgah Na
tional Forest, including an excel
lent view of the Pink Beds.
Also in the Pisgah area, is
Green Knob- a point high above
the Forest, on the Blue Ridge
Parkway. This is about a mile
west of Wagon Road Gap. which
is where Highway No. 276 cross
es the moutnain.
In the Smokies, one of the
heaviest traveled areas since last
Saturday, is thp new road to
Heintooga. This is a spur of the
Blue Ridge Parkwav. and daily
travel to the overlook, often call
ed the "grandstand seat" of the
Smokies, is now at its peak with i
fall coloring. The lleintoo-'a area
is about 7 miles west of Mile
High Overlook, which has already
become known as one of the most
attractive scenic spots in the
; area.
Rangers predict that the color
I (See Heavy Travel?Page 6)
Crabtree Residents Have
Good Neighbor Policy
A full silo ran give a man
man.v warm thoughts when win
ter makrs its firs* apprarancr.
One man in the Crabtree com
munity will be thinking more a
bout his neighbors than his full
silo this winter though.
It happens that a community
development contest Is being
held In Havwood County and
each rommunity is being asked
to report any good deeds prac- !
tired in tha* rommunity during
the past week. This particular
incidence was reported to The j
Mountaineer earlier this week. j
l,ast week, during silo-filling <
time, one man was short two
rings on filling his silo. Arross j t
the way a neighbor of his hap- <
pened to be a li'tle more for- : <
tunate this year and had har
vested a good cron. The good j (
neighbor eould probably have l
sold his surplus but decided not '
to. He gave It (o 'he man who t
didn't have quite enough. t
Now they both have full silos
and their friendship has been I
strengthened. I s
Registration Begins In All 28
Precincts In County Saturday
All Precincts To
Be Open Saturday
For Registration
The unregistered voters of Hay
wood County Will have fifteen days
to get their names on the registra
tion Uioks and qualify to vote in 1
the general election November j
4th, it was announced yesterday]
by Glenn W . Brown, chairman of
the Haywood County Hoard of
Elections.
The registration books will be
opened Saturday morning. Oct.
11th, at 9 o'clock at the polling
places in all county precincts. The
precinct registrars will also have
the books available at the polling
places on two more Saturdays?
October 18th and 25th ? from 9
a. m..until sundown for the list
ing of unregistered voters.
The books will also be open at
the homes of the registrars on all
week days between Oct. 11 and 25
for the registration of new aiui
unlisted voters.
The precinct registrars met with
the Board of Elections yesterday |
! iWednesday! at the courthouse in
! Waynesville to receive their reg- j
istration books and to hear in-1
| structions regarding the handling
of registration and voting for the
] November 4th election.
Chairman Brown expressed the
belief that there would be an un
usually heavy registration sdJiing
the Oct. 11-15 period.
He based his prediction on the
intense interest being evidenced
in the race between the two major
presidential candidates, and the
j enthusiasm with which the "Get
; -Out-The-Vote" campaign is being
carried on at this time in Hay
wood County.
hollowing their business session
the registrars heard talks by
?<!OTV" leaders, and expressed
their willingness to cooperate with
i the campaign to obtain (he regist
j tration of all cTb'ible Haywood
voters as nearly as ixissiblc.
Jim Rose is visiting his uncle
and aunt, IVlr. and Mrs. John O.
Alexander in New York.
Jk
Extra Police On School Duty
Already in use are eight new coloriul metal "policemen" at the Haitelwood. Waynesville, Central
Elementary, and Kasl Waynesville schools that have been placed in streets near the buildings to
warn motorists. The signs were donated by the Lions Club in the interest of school safety. While
President Lee Davis looks on. Police Chief O. L. Noland and Cpl. Prltchard Smith put one of the
signs together. Cpl. Smith is chairman of the Lions Safety Committee. (Mountaineer Photo,!.
Felmet Buys An
Interest Here In
Insurance Agency
* TTm 'ahfcSurirrTOhnt ts firing1
made loday that Have Felmet has
acquired an interest in the Atkins
Withers Insurance Agency, and
with James L. Kilpatrick. 4r.. will
own and operate the firm. Each
will devote full time to the busi
ness of insurance and real estate,
the announcement said.
Botn men are veterans of World
War II, and served in the Pacific
area.
Mr. Kilpatrirk became manager
of the agency upon his return to
Waynesville after the war. lie has
been active in the community life
having served as president of the
Chamber of Commerce, and also
as a director of the Cherokee His- j
torical Association, the sponsor- j
ing organization for the Cherokee
drama. He is now a director r,f
the Chamber of Commerce, and a
member of the Presbyterian
church and Rotary Club.
Mr. Felmet. until recently, was
manager of the Richland Supply
Company. He returned to Waynes-1
ville upon his release to inactive j
duty bv the Navy. He has also |
been active, in civic affairs of the
community. He is a past president
of the Merchants Association, the
Chamber of Commerce, and at
present is chairman of the Hay
wood Advisory Board on the coun
ty's two million dollar school pro
gram. He is president of the Hot-1
ary Club, and a member of the
Grace Episcopal Church.
|
Optometrist
Dr. W. M Nance, formerly of
A'inston-Salem, announces the
>pening today of his office at 112
Main Street with hours from 9 a.m.
o 5 p.m. Monday through Satur
lay except Wednesday wh^n the
>ffice will be closed all day.
A 1950 graduate of the Chicago
College of Optometry. Dr. Nance
>racticod 20 months in Winston
sdlem where he was a member of
he Home Moravian Church and
he Civitan Club.
Dr. and Mrs. Nance and their
wo-year-old daughter are living
it the Balsam Manor apartments.
Extension 01 Hazelwood
Town Limits Opposed By
Petition Handed To Board
T?t_ ? i_ 11:4 _. ?r * 1: ? <U .
County Shares
In National
Forest Funds
Haywood County will share, a
long with 24 other North Carolina
counties, in the proceeds of a $125,
000 cheek from the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture representing
partial receipts from national
forests in the state during the fis- j
eal year ending June 30.
Haywood's share is S2.127.68 The
money represents 25 i>er cent of
receipts front national forests in
the state during the past fiscal
year.
Each of the counties shares in
the proceeds in proportion to the
amount of national forest land
contained in the county.
The money, returned to the J
counties in lieu of taxes, is to be
used either for public schools or i
public roads.
Biggest checks went to Mont
gomery and Macon counties, with i
each getting over $12.(XX).
Wayncsville Cannery
Will Close Tuesday
Mrs. Unfits Slier has announced |
that the Wayne ville Cannery will j
close Tuesday for the year.
i lit" |>USSlDMliy III exirilUlir-: 111 ?
Hazelwood town limits to include
cei tain areas on Eagles Nest
Iload. and the Plott Creek sec
tion, appeared doubtful todav.
The Hazelwood board of alder
men in session on Tuesday night,
were handed a petition contain
ing the names of 24 of the 46 quali
fied voters in the area. The peti
tion opposed the annexation, -ac
cording to Mayor L. C. Davis.
Due to the fact that two alder
men were out of town, no formal
action will be taken until the night
of the 14th, Mayor Davis said.
The mayor explained that with
24 of the 46 voters opposin" the
plan, It was a forgone conclusion
that the proposition would he de
feated if put to a vote of the peo
ple in the area proposed for an
nexation.
"The petition contains the names
of two more than the majority,
even if all those not signing vo'ed
for the annexation." the mayor
explained.
The area proposed to be added
to the town has alKiut 25 families,
it was pointed out.
There were about 12 citizens
from the area attending the meet
ing, and presenting the petition.
There was not a spokesman for
the group, as thev explained the
petition ' spoke for itself."
No artion. or petition was re
ceived from the citizens of Hazel
wood relative to the propo al. of
ficials said.
New Park Superintendent
Pays Courtesy Visit Here
Edward A. Hummel, presently
superintendent of Colonial Nation
al Historical Park in Virginia, has
Seen named to succeed .John C.
Preston as superintendent of the
Treat Smoky fountains National
Park, effective November 1.
Mr. Preston, who was superin
endent of the Smokies Park only
i year, will move to the Yosemlte
Vatlonat Park in California.
The transfers were announced
his week by Elbert Cox. of Rich
nond. regional park director for
Region I. The changeover* for
soth men are considered promo
ions.
Mr. Hummel, accompanied by
VIr. Preston, Mr. Cox and Sam
Aeems. superintendent of the Blue
Ridge Parkway, paid a visit to
iVaynesville Wednesday to get ac
piaintcd with various officials in
his area who are Interested in
he development of the parks and
>arkway in Western North Caro
ina. He met here with officials ol
he North Carolina Parks. Park- I
way and Forests Development
Commission.
(See I'ark Head?I'acr 61
Record For
1952 I
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured.... 40
Killed .... 5 I
(This information com
piled from Record* of
State Hihway PatroL)
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