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_ Published Twice-A-YV eek In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ^
?7th 1 EAR NO. 90 12 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE. N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 10. 1952 (3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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^Ehose story appeared .
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article was also
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Bited more eonfusion
? than any other one
precinct. two voters
B^ ballot and 1 ried to
Buturc of Glenn W.
Bun of the board of
?fair votes Brown re- J
Be constable s place.
Btnent business men
B is did some wo
bs Hear
bison
B?n- wcll known Can
I ffave a 25-minute
B^ before the Rotary
?"riev of funny stories
I 'n congratulate the
Bt on record as solid
Be Water bond issue.
Be Passage of th?. elee
B? 'he need for such
B'P hy clubs and saw
Beed of clubs working
B(cts to make our
?j-Pmmunilics better
I SHOWERS
?fcta, powibty chang
? flurries. Continued
fr?wl?y
F'VnesvtUe tempera
Prt by the State Test
Ma*. Mln.
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Several Programs Planned
Here Tuesday Night For
Observance Of Armistice
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Good Citizen
Miss Linda Sloan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Sloan, has been
chosen by the faculty and stu
dents of the Waynesville Town- i
ship High School, to represent i
the school and the Dorcas Bell
Love Chapter, Daughters of the 1
American Revolution in the an
nual good citizenship contest,
sponsored by the State Society, i
D.A.R. I
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Linda Sloan
Is Chosen For
D.A.R. Contest
Miss Linda Sloan has been chos
en as the Good Citizen to repre
sent the Waynesville Township
High School and the Dorcas Bell
Love Chapter, Daughters of the I1
American Jftevplution. in the an
nual citizenship contest sponsored j
by the State Society of the D.A.R
Announcement of the selection was
made last week by Mrs. T. Lenoir;
Gwyn. chairman of the good citizen
program for the local D.A.R. chap
ter.
The "good citizen" is chosen
each year by the faculty and stu
dents of the high school. The selec- '
tion is based on qualities of de
pendability, service, leadership,
and patriotism.
As the good citizen Miss Sloan
will compile a scrap book of her
activities during her high school
years and the book will be judged
with those of other girls represent
ing D.A.R. chapters throughout the
state. The winner of the state con
test will receive a $100 bond.
Linda is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Sloan and a member of
(See Vote?Page 6)
Asheville To
Waynesville
In 25 Minutes
The Highway Patrol detivered
the goods Sunday night when
the Haywood County Hospital
made an emergency call for a
blood type that was not avail
able.
From the time Col. Pritohard
Smith was contacted bv the doc- j
tor, it took only 25 minutes for
the blood to be delivered from
the Asheville blood bank.
Smith radioed Asheville and
Patrolman Rav Heffnrr was
sent out ?t once. In the mean
time. Smith drove ?o Canton
where be met lleffner. picked
up the blwod. and returned to
Waynesville for one of the
quickest official trips on rec
j ord.
Max wood county began its annual
observance of Armistice Day Sun
day night with a special program
at the First Presbyterian Church
in Canton.
Other activities tomorrow, the
highlight of which will be an ad
dress by Congressman-elect George
M. Shuford, to members of the
American Legion post, will round
out the special activities.
At the program Sunday night,
members of the Edwards-Clark
Messer Post of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars and Auxiliary mem
bers of the post took part along
with members of the Varner-Rhine
hart American Legion Post No. 61
and its Auxiliary.
The Rev. Clayton Lime, pastor
of the church, and chaplain of both
organizations, delivered a special
message.
Tomorrow's activities in Waynes
ville will center around the banquet
of the American Legion, arid a con
cert by the Waynesville Township
High School Band.
Mr. Shuford will speak to the
assembled group at the National
Guard Armory. J. T. Russell, com
nander of Post 47 said that all Gold
Star parents will be guests of
honor at the banquet.
The concert at the high school
will be the first one of the year.
Scheduled to begin at 8 o.clock, the
band will feature music with a
patriotic theme.
The program will be presented
in three parts. Charles Islcy and
his assistant, Robert Campbell, will
direct the groups.
RANKS TO BE CLOSED
Both the First National and the j
First State Banks will be closed
Tuesday in observance of Armistice
Day. A legal holiday has been de
clared for the entire nation in ob
servance of the end of World War
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COURT HOUSE CLOSED
C. C, Francis, chairman of the
Haywood County Board of Com
missioners. announced that all
offices in the Court House will be
closed Tuesday. November 11. in
observance of Armistice Day. The j
sheriff's office will remain open.
POST OFFICE CLOSED
The post office also will be clos-,
ed to observe Armistice Day Tues
day. Patrons with boxes will be
abie to enter the post office to
secure mail. There will be no
route delivery.
Town Officials
Attending State
Conventions
Mayor J. H. Way and Alderman
Joe Liner left Sunday for a two
day meeting in Raleigh of the
League of Municipalities. They ex
pect , to leave Raleigh sometime
Tuesday.
On Monday and Tuesday, three
other Waynesville ofTicals plan to
attend the State Waterworks Asso
ciation meeting in Hendersonville.
Those going include Town Man
ager G. C. Ferguson: Alderman
Henry Gaddv, and Bradford Mehaf
fey, superintendent of the water
department.
MEETING POSTPONED
The hoard of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce will meet
Tuesday night. Nov. 18. instead of
the 11th. it was announced this
morning by II. P. McCarroll, presi
dent.
Famous 'Bear Case' Set
For Hearing In Court
Thp curtain will go up Monday
for the second act of what is per
haps the best known "Bear case"
in the country.
The scene for the second act Is
far removed from where the first
act took place on the edge of. the
Great Smokies. This time the
scene will be the federal court
room in Asheville. where Tom
Alexander has been cited for trial,
on charges of leading a party of
men and dogs into the Park and
bringing out a bear which had
been killing his cattle, and the
cattle of his neighbors.
The tense drama, which is with
out title?excepl the warrant is
sued Alexander, began several
I years ago, when cattlemen along
the edge of the Park suffered in
numerable losses from marauding .
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bears roaming off Park land into
the pastures where herds of fine
cattle grazed.
Last spring, after the loss of
cattle valued at $10,000, Alexander
led a party of hunters and dogs
in the Park on a warm hear trail
from a steer killed in his pasture.
When the party emerged from the
Park, they had the 300-pound bear
which had been bringing havoc to
the herds of cattle in the area.
Alexander immediately called
Park authorities and told them of
the incident. The issuance of the
warrant soon followed.
The cattlemen in the area had
trouble with the bears during last
spring, and feedral and state regu
lations prohibit the killing of the
bears except when found harming
(See Bear*?Page 6)
Car Almost Demolishes Service Station
A car, said by officers, to have driven by Albert Lee Nichols, tore down two gasoline pumps, and bent
a steel sign post at the Clyde Lyle Service Station near Dayton Company shortly after noon Sun
day. The pump in the foreground was right at the base of the steel post on the right. The second
purrlp is shown on the ground in the center of the picture. Nichols was thrown 47 feet from his car,'
to the right of the last wrecked pump. No one else was injured. <Mountaineer Photo).
Official Election Returns
Haywood County Balloting
First Rain In Month
Lessens Fire Hazard
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Thr official rainfall for thr
paat 24 hour* here was art at
.18 of an inch at one o'clock to
day.
The first rain in a month? 1
since October 10 ? fell on
Waynesville beginning last night.
Officials at the Mountain
Test Farm said the rain amount
ed to .18 of an inco up to 1
o'clock today (Monday).
The steady drizzle meant a lot
to the farmers who have been
plagued with a shortage of rain
all summer. The forests in this
area, which have been extreme
ly dry, are getting dampened
a bit but not enough to lessen
the fire hazard.
The forecast is for more rain.
ATTENDING CONVENTION
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Morgan left
today to attend the State Baptist
Convention, which is meeting this
week in Winston-Salem.
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Tile following information lists j
the oiTicial returns of the ballot-]
ing in Haywood County last Tues
day as prepared by Glenn W.,
Brown, chairman of th? Board of
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Elections:
President and Vice-President
Eisenhower and Nixon 3,124.
Stevenson and Sparkman 8.7(51
Representatives to Congress
12th District
George A. Shuford (Di (1,279
Hugh Monteith (Ri 5,187
State Legislature
32nd District
SENATE
Robert T. Gash <D> 9.243,
W. B. Hodges (Di 9.410
Eugene S. King <R> 4,708
HOUSE
Joe II. Palmer <Di 9,109 j
W. A. Bradley (Rl 5,318
GOVERNOR
William B. Umstead < D) 9,835
H. F. Sea well. Jr. (Ri 5,064
I.ieutenant Governor
Luther H. Hodges (D> 9.485
Warren H. Pritchard (Ri 4,892
Secretary of State
Thad Euro < D> 9,538
Frank G. Carr (Ri 4,851
State Auditor
Henry L. Bridges <Di 9,405
(See Election?Page 6)
Barn Belonging To Welch
Brothers Burns Sunday
Night With $25,000 Loss
A large barn near the Dayton
Rubber Company, belonging to R.
V. and Hoe Welch was completely
destroyed by fire Sunday night with
a loss amounting to about $25,000.
R. V. Welch said the loss includ
ed $0,000 worth of hay. a $1,400
hay dryer, and a cow which was the
property of Lawrence Whitncr.
Welch was able to remove his cat
tle safely. The barn was about
00 feet by 100 feet in size.
The fire started about 0:30 p.m.
! and was still burning at noon today.
Mr. Welch said. He added the
cause is unknown,
Motorists as far as five miles
away reported seeing the red glow.
The owners wish lo express their
gratitude to the Waynesville and
Hazel wood Kire Departments for
their aid in controling the flames.
Had it not been for their help. If.
V. Welch said, the loss would hav"
been much greater, and would have
included a crib and a tractor.
The burning barn attracted many
motorists and the Highway Patrol
was called to direct the heavy
traffic.
Study Of Haywood Vote
Discloses 32' Increase
A study of the unofficial returns in last week's election, in which
Haywood voters turned out in greater numbers than ever before, dis
closes that there was an average 32 per cent increase in the various
j precincts over the previous high of 1948.
The average of 32 per cent was arrived at by taking the total in
I crease, percentage-wise, of all the precincts and dividing by the to
tal number of precincts, which is 28.
Actually there were more precincts with an average abpve the 32
per cent (Pigeon, for insttance. showed a whopping 77 per cent in
; crease in the number of votes casti But there were some precincts
considerably under the 32 per cent average?Cataloochee. with no
change, was a notable example, and Lake Junaluska, with a decrease I
(See BAR?Page 8)
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Car Demolished
In Sunday Wreck
?Other picture on Page 4i
Albert Lee Nichols was report-1
ed this morning by his physician
as getting along satisfactorily at j
the LJUywood county Hospital, af-1
ter suffering bruises and abra- i
sions, when his car crashed into
a service station shortly after
noon Sundav.
Cpl. Pritchard Smith of the
Highway Patrol, one of the in- j
vestigating officers, said Nichols
was traveling East on Highway I
19-A and 23, and as he crossed the
railroad at the Dayton Rubber
Plant, left the highway and swerv
ed into the service station of
Clyde Lyle. The car missed a pow
er pole, but knocked down a gaso
line pump, bent a steel sign post,
and went on and tore down the
second pump Nichols was thrown
47 feet from his car, officers said.
The second gasoline pump was
knocked about 25 feet from its
base.
W. R. McCrackcn. Pure Oil
Distributor, ar.d owner of the
pumps, said the damage to the
pumps would run about $750, and
he did not make an estimate as to
damage on the sign.
The hack end of the Mercury
took the full force of the impact,
and according to first checks, was
practically demolished.
Nichols had just returned from
serving in Korea.
Assisting Cpl. Smith were Sgt.
Paul Goff and Guy Messer, of the
Waynesville police department.
The accident took place about 20
feet inside the town limits line.
Nearby residents said that four
young boys were riding their bi
cycles in the area just minutes be
fore the accident.
A motorist from Virginia, ac
cording to Cpl. Smith, left the
highway at the time of the acci
dent. and knocked down a row of
mail boxes, in an effort to leave
the highway, as the Nichols car
went out of control crossing the
tracks.
Cpl. Smith said Nichols would
be charged with speeding and
reckless driving.
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Water Bonds
Approved By
Vote of20Tol
Wavnesville voters decided by 20 , ?
to 1 to expand the water system
here, as they approved the sale of
$300,000 in bonds at a special elec
tion Saturday The official vote i
was 996 for and 56 against.
The town hall precinct voted 807
for and 37 against, and at Aliens
Creek the count was 189 for and |
19 against.
Voting was rather steady
throughout the day. and much in
terest was shown In the election.
A committee composed of civic
leaders, known as the Waynesville
Improvement Committee, with Dr.
Boyd Owen as chairman, and G. C.
Thompson, treasurer, headed the
campaign to put across the election.
All civic groups in town went on
record as favoring the passage of
ihe election.
Officials plan to push the sale of
the bonds, and have engineers
present specifications of the ex
panded system to bids at the ear
liest possible moment. Tentative
plans are to get all the legal an-j
gles cleared and if possible have
construction underway by January
first.
"We are going to push the work
just as fast as we can." G. C. Fer- !
guson. town manager said. "With
the acute situation of a shortage
of water last summer, as well as at
present, we cannot afford to waste !
a minute."
Officials said the present water
situation remained about the same; j
still a scarcity; with some hopes of
the rains today getting heavier and |
helping replenish the gradually
depicting supply.
Park ComraissUyi
In Session Here
This Morning
Members of the North Carolina
Park Commission were in session
here this morning, holding their!
quarterly meeting.
The commission expected to ad->
journ shortly after three o'clock,!
after going over routine matters,1
and discussing various reports.1
Plans for future programs were on
the program for this afternoon, j
with Dr. Kelly Bennet, of Bryson
City, chairman, in charge.
The commission have several
projects before state and federal
agencies which they are working
on, but no details were announced j
ponding definite action.
Mrs. Pizzuto Gets
$200 Wardrobe
Mrs. Michael Pizzuto received the
j S200 wardrobe in the series of gifts
given by the Merchants Association
in connection with the Second An
nual Trade Jubilee. Others re
ceiving gifts on last Saturday were
I Mrs. Roy Morgan $15 in groceries,
j and Otis Lugar a radio-phonograph.
Another set of valuable prizes
i will be given on Saturday at two
! o'clock. These are part of the $6,
i 235 being given away here.
Patrolman B. Sawyer
Moved To Brevard
Patrolman Bill Sawyer, a native
of Wavnesville, is now stationed in
Brevard, replacing L. T. Chambers,
who resigned.
Patrolman Sawyer went to Tran
sylvania from Kings Mountain,
| where he was stationed for three
! years.
Mr. Chambers has accepted a
I position at the Ecusta Paper corp
I oration.
Assistant Agent
Homer Sink, who was associated
with the Mountain Experiment Sta
tion tor a year and a half in dairy
research work, has been named as
sistant county agent in Haywood.
He has been aasigned the section
of the county formerly covered by
Wayne Franklin, who was promot
ed to county agent following the
resignation of Wayne Corpening.
His territory will include Canton,
Beaverdam, Hominy, Morning
Star, Center Pigeon, West Pigeon,
Pigeon, Cruso, and Cecil.
Mr. Sink majored in animal
husbandry at N.C. State College,
where he graduated in 1951 and
then came to the Test Farm. He
was a member of Alpha Zeta. hon
orary agriculture fraternity, at
State College.
He U a member of the Waynea
ville Lions Club. ^
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Haywood Gets
Three More
Miles Paving
The State Highway Commission
completed three miles of new pav
ing in Haywood County during the
month of October. Commissioner L.
Dale Thrash reported today.
The grading, draining and liitu
minouus surfacing was completed
for 1.5 miles on US 270 from a
point 1.5 miles east of Waynesville
to a point 1.2 miles west of Wood
row.
The following roads, with their
lengths, were graded and paved
with traffic-bound macadam;
Dock Boyd, 0.2 mile; West Cove,
0.8 mile; Thompson Cove exten
sion, 0.2 mile; and Medford, 0.3
mile. These projects were financed
by the secondary road bond pro
gram.
The Tenth Highway Division
brought a total of 50.15 mile of
road work to completion during
Qctober, Commissioner Thrash
added.
March Of Dimes
Meeting Held,
Plans Discussed
A district meeting was held at
noon today at Spaldon's Restaur
ant for the purpose of making
plans for the coming fund-raising
campaign of the National March
of Dimes program.
Various workers in Haywood
and other counties attended the
meeting.
The meeting was one of 16 be
ing held throughout the state to
acquaint local workers with the
importance of the March of Dimes
program this year. It was brought
out at the meeting that the pa-t
year was the most severe polio
year in the history of the country.
Schedule Announced For
Annual Tobacco Exhibit
Following is the schedule of the i
two-day Haywood County Tobacco :
and Home Demonstration Exhibit. !
Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. IB
ID. under the sponsorship of the :
Waynesville Merchants Associa- [
tion and the county-wide CDP, at 1
the Waynesville Armory and
courthouse:
Tuesday ?
10 a. m.?Judging will start for j
tobacco and Home Demonstitftion
displays and window art exhibits
by high school students at the
armory,
1 p. m.?Exhibits at the armory
will remain open to the public un
til 7 p. m.
7f30 p. m.'? Courthouse?Mus
ical program by the Canton. Beth
el, Clyde, Crabtree, and Waynes
ville High School Glee Clubs.
Announcement of art exhibit
winners.
Address by Ben C. Fisher, as
sistant president of Gardner
Webb College in charge of public
relations.
Announcement of community
winners of tobacco contest.
8 p. m.?Appearance of beauty
contestants at courthouse and sel
ection of the tobacco queen.
Wednesday ?
9 a. m. to 4 p. m. < Armory! ?
Public Is invited to view the Home
Demonstration Booths and tobacco !
show. i
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Highway
Record For
1952
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured.... 43
Killed .... 5
(This information com
piled from Records of
State Highway Patrol.)