lights E5 1 supposed ^ars ago. my wlfe a triend. rf liquor." ;inning to anil the rcli swing il( hour. ^ ney. Bill, g the sil ,ouid you ead back, tance and d travel." hand slip she was and there er. t Yarn telling his aig fish he Star State. " said the eight-inch Easterner was small Tex. "but ire a fish ,vs that he 11 the other ainer." perhaps he nd politely ner repeat r my radio ainer. With ticians are A il I clog up 1 a strainer irouble." naaed, then 1. pointing rime, about didn't listen echcs any 3IAIXUAK1J FTC Co c??p. ao-a*) s rm hi I LOI'lavnxi KT 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 75* ^ ? 44 3 44 .06 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 ?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: ? 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) mmmmmmmmammmmvmmay