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The W aynesville Mountaineer
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. 83 16 PAGES AsscxTiated Press " WAYNESVILLeTn. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCT. 16, 1952 *3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackaon Countta*
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pnig a small child
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excitement," the
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25 years, Charles
found that a sandy
rm has consistently
lent sweet potatoes,
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t when it comes to
they seem to pre
sent, so .'.car after
inted there,
p season must have
ip explains, because
bushels from just
-and the potatoes
izc at least one
pi mds, with many
ii a close second,
s Mr. Francis was
aple of his crop, a
u: and reminded all
thai Ihe crop was
i Francis, as Mr.
> In-, lime in town
tiie county board of
Shuford
ak At
ats Rally
Shuford Democratic
Congressman from
irexional District of
a. Mil! speak in Can
nikin at a rally of
tin- niunly.
3 ak ill the court
fdwri Hall. All pre
ef Hie county are
he present Shuford
>'T't I In Haywood
ncatic leaders, and
ii tell out plans for
i record Democratic
rood Agriculture
)it Takes Second
At State Fair
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FAIR
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Max. Min.
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I Haywood County, with its excel
; lent exhibit showing how the coun
ty is meeting "The Challenge" in
agriculture, won second place Tues-1
(day on the opening day of the
j State Fair. j
The award carried with it a cash I
j prize of $650.
Haywood was one of five coun
ties entered in this special event,
held this year for the first time at
the Fair. Each of the competing
counties entered exhibits illustrat
ing how they are meeting the chal
lenge through their agriculture
programs.
Cleveland County took first
place and received $850. In third
place was Rockingham County, j
$550; fourth, Pender County, $350;
and fifth. Pitt, $350.
The Haywood exhibit, along with
the others, will be on display at
the Fair for the remainder of the
week. Then it will be set up at
several places in the county which
will be announced at a later date.
Bids Called Nov. 25 For Bethel School
$470,000 Job
Is Largest
In Program
Bids will be opened November
25 on the $470,000 Bethel Ele
mentary school building, it was
announced today by Mr;. Lucy
Jones, county superintendent ol
education.
The tentative estimate is that
the project will cost $459,700. and
calls for 10 primary classrooms;
20 graded school classrooms, a
cafeteria to seat 500. olus modern
kitchen: library, clinic, teacher's
rest rooms; ;o(Tices for principal,
physical education center with full
playing court, plus lockers.
This is the largest project in the
rounty-wide school betterment pro
gram. which was approved by vot
ers a year ago. The ground was
broken Wednesday for the second
largest project ? the Waynesville
high vocational building.
The bids on the Bethel project
will be opened on Tuesday. No
vember 25. at 11 o'clock in the
court house.
Tentative plans are that actual
construction could get underway
shortly after the first of (he year.
In the formal announcement, and
advertisement for bids, it was
pointed out that plans and specifi
cations are available on and after
October 27th from Lndsey M.
Gudger, architect, Ashcville. Plans
cover the general construction,
plumbing, heating and electrical
work.
First Festival Prizes Will
Be Awarded On Saturday
The first of a series of prizes, j
valued at $6,235 will be given away j
Saturday at the_high school sta-1
dium by the Merchants Association
as part of the second annual Fall
Trade Jubilee.
Starting at two o'clock, the first
award will be a 12-cubic foot Phil
co freezer, with a retail value of
$399.95.
Also to be given away Saturday
will be a beautiful fully equipped
bicycle, with a retail value of
$69 95.
Added this year to the list of
prizes, will be a large basket of
groceries valued at $15.00.
Much interest is being shown in
the second annual Fall Trade Jubi
lee. which began last Monday ntorn
ng. Merchants have made special
preparations for the event, and
ire adding special values each
week.
The event will continue until
December 13, when a 1952 Mer
:ury will be given away as the
grand prize of the event.
Korean Casualty
The body of Pfc. Charles Wilson,
son of Mrs. Eugene Wright, is
expected to arrive today from
Korea. Funeral services will be
held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the
First Baptist Church.
Last Rites Are
Planned For
Pfc. Wilson
Funeral services will h& holt*
Sunday at 2 p. m. in the First Bap
tist Church for Pfc. Charles Wil
son, Haywood County's first casu
alty of the Korean War.
The Rev. Broadus E. Wall, pas
tor of the church, and the Rev
Oder Burnett will officiate and
military rites will be conducted
(See Pfc. Wilson?Page 8>
Republicans To
Hear Seawell
Saturday Night
Herbert F. Seawell, who heads
the North Carolina Republicans
ticket for Governor, will speak at
the Haywood County Court House
Saturday night at 7 o'clock
This is Scawell's first speaking
engagement in this county. A
prominent Carthage attorney, Sea
well carried his campaign to vari
ous sections of Western North
Carolina several Wt^eks ago but
did not have root* On 'his biisV
schedule for an appefirance in
Haywood.
An unusually large crowd is ex
pected to turn out to hear him
fpeak.
Lenoir Company
Submits Low
Parkway Bid
Clement Brothers "Company.
Inc.. of Lenoir, submitted the low
bid for construction of the 8.9
mile section of the Blue Ridge
parkway immediately southwest
of the Wagon Hoad Gap strip.
The firm's bid was for $408,920.
The bids were announced yes
terday by the U. S. Bureau of
Public Roads following the open
ing of hids on the project, for
which $500,000 had been set aside
in a congressional appropriation
The work will include grading,
crushed stone surfacting and con
struction of culverts on the sec
tion. which will link the present
graded five-mile Wagon Road Gap
stretch and the graded section be
tween Bridgers Camp Gap and
Beech Gap.
That part of the Parkway is con
sidered one of the most beautiful
of the entire system. Visitors may
view a vast panorama of the
Transylvania part of the Pisgah
National Forest now. and when
the new road is completed, may
travel into one of the most beauti
ful areas of the forest.
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Ground Broken For Modern Building At Waynesville High School
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J. W. Killian. chairman of the board of education, turned the first shovel of dirt, to formally break ground for the modern voca
tional biiilding at Waynesville high here Wednesday afternoon. Officials and civic leaders looked on as the ground was broken. Kneel
ing, left, M. H. Bowles, district superintendent; right, C. E. Weatherby, high school principal. Standing, left to right: W. Hoy Francis,
county attorney; Guy Massie, member school board; James Noland, member of the board; Jarvis H. Allison, commissioner; Charles C.
Francis, chairman board of commissioners; Mr. Killian; Jonathan Woody, president. First National Bank; Harry Robinson. Jaycees:
Dave Felmet, cvh^irntan of advisory committee, 'and representing Rotary; Mrs. Lucy Jones, county superintendent of education;
Mayor J. H. Way. Waynesville; Jimmy Childress, Kiwanls; L. C. Davis, mayor of Hazel wood; John B. Smith, Boosters Club; Lee Davis,
Lions Club, and W. Curtis Russ, editor The Mountaineer. (Mountaineer Photoi.
Ground Broken Wednesday For Modern
Vocational Building At Waynesville High
More than 1800 |H*rsoiu> saw Ule
formal breaking of ground for trie
new vocational bullrli ig at tbr
Itlch school 7it,re~'W0ffhAs'day TtTtfefS"
noon. State, county and town offi
cials. together with students, pa
trons. and school hoard members,
watched as the first shovel of dirt
was turned by J. W. Killian. chair
man of the school board.
Soon after the crowd left the
site of the new building, Jerry
Liner, contractor, gave the signal
for tieavy equipment to begin ex
cuvaling. "I am going to push this
building as fast as practical, in
order to have it ready for the open
ing of the 1953-54 term next Sep
tember," Mr. Liner told The Moun
taineer.
He said about 30 men would be
employed at present in getting the
foundations poured, and the ele
mentary work completed.
The ground-breaking program
was brief, yet impressive
Accompanied by the blind, the
group sang the "Star Spangled
llanner" which was followed by a
prayer of thanks by Ilev. M. ft.
Williamson, pastor of the First
(See School?Page 8)
Hazelwood Board
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Reviews Petition,
Postpones Action
The Hazelwood board of ald
ermen Tuesday nieht discussed
at length the petition presented
them a week ago by a group
protesting the annexation of an
area on Ragles Ne- t Road and
the Plott Creek section.
The board had presented the .
annexation of an area where a
bout 25 families live. At the
hearing, the netition of protest
was presented, signed by 24 of
the 46 voters in the area.
The board on Tuesdav night
did not take anv action on the
matter, and left it open until a
later date.
MRS. BRYSON RECUPERATING
Mrs. Charlie Bryson of Branner
Avenue is reeuperating from sur
gery at St. Joseph's Hospital in
Asheville.
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Heavy Registration Is
Reported For First Week
A tabulation of the new regis- ,
t ration in Haywood Indicates that
a heavy vote may be expected in ,
j the November 4 elections.
New registrations for the week ,
ending October 11 shows that a ,
total of 451 people have register
ed. Officials say this is very en
couraging since that week was the
first that the books have been
j open for new registrants and.'with
two weeks still to go before the
hooks are closed October 25,
many more are expected to sign
the register.
Beaverdam No. 4 orecinct re
ported the heaviest new rcgistra
1 tion during the first week. A total
of (57 registered during the week,
j bringing the total registration in
t hat precinct to 1,572. Beaverdam
No. fi reported 57 new registrants,
and Beaverdam No. 3 reported 53.
Total new registration for pre
I cinctr (reported! during the first
[ week of the new registration per
j iod:
Beavcrdam No. 6
Beaverdam No. 4
Beaverdam No. 3
West Wavnesville
Center Wavnesville
Ha/.elwood
Beaverdam No. 5
Beaverdam No. 1 ?
Pigeon ?
Beaverdam No. 2
Center Pigeon
East Pork
Lake Junaluska
East Wavnesville
| Clyde
Crabtroe
57
67!
53
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36
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10 ;
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10
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Large Number Of
People Visiting
Heintooga Area
Visitors to the newly opened
ileintooga Ridge Overlook aver
aged almost a thousand a day
during the lirst nine days since
the section was opened, accord
in*: to J. fi. Varner, Park ranger.
"A traffic count taken on the
road to Mile High and Heintooga
showed that 2,202 vehicles trav
eled the road durig the first nine
days," he said. "That means, ac
cording to the Park's method of
calculation, (hat some 8,727 peo
ple en loved the view that may be
had at lleintooga.'V
The largest number of cars j
counted on anv single day was j
001 on October 12.
Varner also said he had seen
automobiles on the new road
from 22 states, the District of
Columbia, and the province of
Ontario, Canada.
Democrats Plan Rally
At Clyde Auditorium
A Democratic rally, the first to
be held in this county, has been
announced for tonight 'Thursday)
at the Clyde High School at 7
a'clock.
County leaders in the Demo
;ratic parly will he on hand to for
mulate plans for more rallies.
Annual Girl
Scout Drive To
Start Monday
The annual Girl Scout fund rais
ing campaign will be launched in
the Hazelwood-Waynesville area
Monday morning, according to an
announcement by Mrs. Richard
Harbor, Jr., district chairman.
The drive quota is $1,778 whicli
represents this community's part
of the Haywood county quota of
S3.536. The quota for the 7-county
Pisgah Girl Scout Council, of
which Haywood County is a part,
is $16,938.00. Of this amount. $9,
656.00 will be raised in Buncombe
county and the remaining amount
from Avery, Madison, Mitchell.
Transylvania, and Yancy counties.
The Wayneaville Lions Club,
which sponsores the local Girl
Scout work, will also sponsor the
fund-raising with Henry Davis as
finance chairman. The Lions will
be assisted by Girl Scout troop
leaders.
Miss Martha Auten, executive
secretary of the Pisgah Council will
attend the regular meeting of the
Lions Club tonight to discuss the
campaign.
The Pisgah Girl Scout Council
was officially chartered by the Girl
(See Girl Scouts?Page 8)
Presbyterian Churches
Call South Carolinian
The Hazelwood and Bethel Pres
byterian churches voted at regular
services last week to extend a call
to the Rev. James W. Walkup of
Greenville. S. ('.. to become pastor
of the two churches.
At present the two churches are
being supplied by the Rev. William
Gammon.
The Rev. Walkup has not notified
officials of the (wo churches
whether hp will accept the call.
Civic Group Asks For
Modernized Post Cards
Directors of the Chamber of
Commerce inaugurated a campaign
to Ret scenic views, and local
scenes brought up to date on the
post cards offered for sale in the ]
area.
"Some cards date back to 1940,!
or even later," one director re
ported. as he produced a card of a
Main Street scene.
Dealers, and suppliers are to be
contacted and urged to only stock
such scenes that are modern In
every detail.
The directors also went on rec
ord a.s recommending that the
town widen the Dellwood road,
from the intersection of Love Lane
to Howell Mill Road. It was an
nounced that this project could he
undertaken with Powell money re
ceived from the state.
H. P. McCarroll, president, nam
ed Dave Felmel to contact the Mer
chants Association in regards to the
annual Tobacco Harvest Festival.
Second Prize Goes To Haywood Exhibit
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Jf."0Un,-v entry in the "Meet the Challenge" exhibit at the State Fair took second
t when the Fair opened Tuesday. First place went to Cleveland County Five coun
m|erprt in the exhibit, the first of its kind at the Fair, and their exhibits showed how
"'tig "The Challenge" through progressive agriculture methods
(Photo by Thomas Inman of the Raleigh News and Observer.1
E D I T O K I A L
A Serious Situation
One of the most serious problems this town has fac
ed in over a quarter of a century will come up for an
answer on Saturday, November 8th. On that day, the
citizens will determine, by their votes whether the
water system shall be expanded, at a cost of $300,000.
We only have to recall a few weeks back when the
citizenship awaited with keen anxiety whether the
spigots would run dry, as the reserve water supply in
the reservoir dropped lower and lower.
At timet;, there was only enough water to last six
hours; and should there have been a fire, or a break in
the lines, this whole community would have been with
out water. And there are fewer sadder words than "No
Water."
Unfortunately, some people are taking the matter
lightly, and fail to see the seriousness of the situation. It
is a serious matter, and do not for one moment let any
one try to lead you to believe otherwise
Citizens Meet Tonight To Nap Plans
For Pushing Expansion 01 Water System
A group of Waynesville business
and professional men have called
a meeting for 8:15 tonight at the
rourt house, for the purpose of
mapping plans for the water bond
election on November 8th,
Dr. Boyd Owen was named tem
porary chairman, and the perman
ent officers will be named tonight.
J. R. Morgan will present the
datus of the water situation, and
present the plans as covered in
Ihe engineer's reports, and ap
proved by the State Board of
Health for expanding facilities
here.
G. C. Ferguson, when asked by
:he business men at the initial
meeting, as to the current water
situation, said that "there is a
lefinite shortage at present, but
not serious as back in the summer.
On some days in the summer we
had only enough water for 6 hours,
and had we had a fire during that |
6 hours, we would have been up
against it. because the supply
would have been exhausted."
The bond election has been set
at $300,000. with all costs to be .
paid back from the sale of water,
and no additional tax placed on
property for the bonds.
!,ast summer the community ex
perienced a serious shortage of
water", due to the fact thit there j
is not enough pipeline from the
intake to the reservoir, and that
the 40-year-old filtering plant can
not process the water fast enough.
Civic leaders, and all persons
interested in the project, are be
ing urged to attend the meeting to
night and get first-hand facts of
the seriousness of the existing
water situation here. Almost all
of the members'of the Lions Club
are expected to attend.
Highway
Record For
1952
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured.... 40
Killed 5
(This Information com
piled from Record* of
Slate Hihway Patrol.)