The W a ynesville Mountaineer
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_ i Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ^ ^
67th YEAR NO. 92 24 PACES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE. N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON. NOV. 17, 1952 *3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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lights
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ick
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, lucky person.
Ust he ?as awarded
rp to Miami by the
Vi Life Insurance
u sji^s record,
n/e were enjoying
through the heart
? all of a sudden.
under the iiood
Upon investigation,
i piston lias knock
the block of the
Kbehind them stop
,,1 assistance. One
#n pushing them to
K town?60 miles
Connat.-er's accept
ien there made a
ttion of the car, and
damage had been
[ben 11 o'clock at
it to a motor court,
teas owned by a
iviile man.
orning they went
tragc, surveyed the
?, and in 15 minutes
I new car.
y life have I found
and anxious to lend
id." Mr. Connatser
, this happcnde the
election," he said
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ler is a Republican.)
i County
lucted
tville
en from Haywood
Hit to Knoxville last
r induction into the
ire: James Arthur j
. Wayncsville; Wil- j
ldis, Rt. 2, Waynes- j
W Ballew, Waynes
David Swann, Jr., i
tarles Russell San
Devoe Lee, both of j
Sam Moore Coman, !
Jr., George Asbury j
torge Henry Ryder,
itton; Sammy Lee
L Wayncsville; Bill
Clyde; and Jesse j
Jr., Rt. 3, Canton. I
tre also sent 43 men
mn physical exam- |
nc day.
pproves
Papers
I Issue
aldermen met this
mally pass a resolu
t the vote on the
ic, which was voted
h. This is a techni
qnired by the bond
the Local Govern
>n.
fcessary step prior
he bonds for sale, 1
C. Ferguson, town
Is hope that the
ds will be offered
January first, and
get underway on
1 the water system.
no work can be
ds purchased until
been sold.
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k Dec. 1
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the absolute dead
i and copy for the
ting issued next
Haywood County
ion. L E. DeVous,
his morning.
I all firms wishing
In the booklet turn
The Mountaineer
5 possible.
nnouneed that dues'
tcted and that De
e deadline for pay
fair
y ant> warm Mon-'
*me Tuesday with
or rain.
*?viiie weather as
State Test Farm.)
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Program Set For Sixth Tobacco Festival
Series Robberies Reported \
$750 In Food Is
Taken From Two
County Schools
Sheriff Fred Campbell, and SBI
Agent P. R. Kitciien were at work
this morning trying to solve two
break-ins at schools in Haywood,
where a quantity of food was tak
en.
Over the week-end, 12 hams
and a quantity of food and silver
ware weri taken from the Rock
Hill school on Jonathans Creek
The total value was estimated by
Mrs. Lucy Jones, county superin
tendent, at $250.
This brought the total to $750
which has been taken from schools
within a week.
Last week a similar robbery
took place at the Crabtree-Iron
Duff school, when about $500 in
food and utensils were stolen.
The county board of education
for information leading to the ar
this morning offered $100 reward
rest and conviction of the guilty
parties.
Five Prizes Are
Given Saturday
At Trade Jubilee
Three turkeys were given away
Saturday by the Merchant's Asso
ciation as a regular attraction of
the Second Trade Jubilee.
The three turkey winners were
Francis Wright of Hazelwood.
Mrs. Carroll McCracken of Lake
Junaluska, and Mrs. Mae Francis
of Wavnesville.
The big prize for the day, an
electric stove, was won by Ever
ett Evans of Rt. 2, Waynesville.
Mrs. .William -Franklin of Way
nesville was presented a football
for having a lucky number.
More prizes will be awarded
next Saturday afternoon on the
Waynesville High School Athletic
field.
New Park Chief
Assumes Duties
[n Gatlinburg
Edward A. Hummell, the new
superintendent of the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park. !
ook up his official duties at park
icadquarters in Gatlinburg today.
Hummell was appointed several |
veeks ago to succeed John C. t
'reston. who was sunperintendent
or a little less than one year. He !
:omes to this area from Colonial
National Historical Park at York
own. Virginia.
Preston left last Sunday for
fosemite National Park in Cali
ornia, where he will assume his
lew duties today.
Mr. and Mrs. Hummell have a
laughter who is accompanying
hem to Gatlinburg, and a son who
s in college in Virginia.
Chamber Commerce
3oard To Meet 18th
The directors of the Chamber of
Commerce will meet at seven
?'clock Tuesday for the regular
nonthly meeting. The report of
he nominating committee will be
nade. according to H. P. McCar
oll, president.
' The meeting will be over in
ime for the board members to at-1
end the Tobacco Harvest Festival
?rograrn at the court house.
Thrash Predicts Contract
For Pigeon River Road
Will Re Let In Spring
t
Heads Boosters
Harry "Blue" Robinson was
elected president of the Hazel-*
wood Boosters Club Thursday
night. He will take office Decem
ber 11, succeeding John B.
Smith.
Robinson Named
President Of
Boosters Club
Harry "Blue** Robinson was
elected president of the Hazel
wood Boosters Club Thursday
night, to succeed John B. Smith.
The new president will be install
ed at the annual Christmas party
on December 11th.
Mr. Smith was named vice
president, with Frank Miller, sec
retary. and Wayne McCracken, re
elected treasurer.
The board of directors include
the officers, together with Paul
Bryson. Leo Reiger and Thurman
Smith.
The program for Thursday night
consisted of a movie on soil con
servation, shown by M. H. Bowles.
The film dealt with TVA propocts.
and the control of the Mississippi
over floods.
C. S. Badgett
Dies Suddenly
In W. Virginia
Charles S. Badgett, a former
resident of W'aynesville, died sud
denly this morning at his home in
Richmond. West Virginia. He was
general superintendent of the
Cherry River Boom and 1-umber
Company at Richmond.
Mr. Badgett and his family mov
ed to Richmond from Waynesville
in 1927.
The body will be taken to Knox
ville, Tennessee for services and
burial.
Survivors include the widow; a
daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Dunham
of Barton. Florida; and two sons, i
Charles Badgett, Jr. of Knoxville, i
and Douglas Badgett of New Jcr-1
sey; and four grandchildren.
Junaluska Trustees In
Session, Approve Major
Expansion Program Fund
Two new building projects and
he 1953 summer program of the
Vlethodist Church's southeastern
issembly at Lake Junaiuska, were
ipproved by trustees at their an
lual meeting November 6 in At
anta. Ga.
The current expansion program
ncludes a $00,000 children's huild
ng and a $75,000 addition of 12
lousekeeping units to the Junalus
la Apartments.
Lake Junaluska is summer p^o
[ram headquarters of Methodism's
line-state southeastern jurisdic
ion. ?
Edwin L. Jones. Charlotte, chair-'
nan of the assembly board, said
rork will start this winter on the |
lew apartment building. It will be
similar to the two 20-unit build- \
ings. designed for family accom
modation. now in use at the lake
The children's building is an ,
enterprise of Methodist church
schools throughout the southeast
who have already raised $40,000.
The Rev. Carl H. King, Salisbury, j
assembly trustee and treasurer of
the building fund, said the chil
dren's center will be completed
next summer. It will be used for
social, religious and educational
activities, and also as a laboratory
school for parents and teachers.
Still in the planning stage. Jones
said, is the proposed Methodist Li-;
brary and Historical Center. To be
privately financed, the center is
planned as a replica of Wesley's
(See Junaluska?Page 2)
Two surveying parties are still
at work on the survey of the Pi
geon Kiver road, L. Dale Thrash,
highway commissioner, said this
week.
The survey is now complete up
to the dam, and several points are
requiring two surveys to deter
mine the best route. One point a
survey is beong made for the pos
sibility of a tunnel, and the other
around the site of the tentative
tunnel.
Commissioner Thrash said he
felt sure a contract for some of
the road would be let in early
spring.
"It is a big job. and is taking a
lot of work on the part of engin
eers in the Raleigh office as well
as the survey crews in the field."
the commissioner reported.
"Two of the three survey crews
of the 10th district are at work
on the project," he said.
3 Places Entered
In Waynesville;
Much Loot Taken
A rash of robberies broke out
in Waynesville over the weekend.
Three places were entered and a
considerable amount of merchan
dise was taken.
Sometime Saturday the Waynes
ville Hardware Company was .
; entered. The thieves made off with
two twenty-two rifles, a quantity ?
of .22 shells, five watches, and ;
I some flashlights. Entry was made j
at the back entrance by cutting a j
1 hole in the door and tripping the
lock. The robbery was discovered
Saturday morning.
Saturday night Harrell's Laun
dry and Dry Cleaners was enter
ed but nothing was reported miss
ing.
Sunday night was the worst in t
point of value. A new 1952 Ford j
! was stolen. The car, which had 1
j been parked in an adjacent build- i
' ing. was stolen along with the
I license plates from a taxicab ?
j which had been at the building for
repairs.
That loss was discovered early !
Monday morning. The Waynesville
Police Department has made in
tensive investigations at all three i
establishments and have several 1
leads to work on.
County 4-H Boy Champion
Corn Grower In The State
L ???" . * v:- : 1;
Edwin Bryson, a member of the Crahtrec-Iron Duff
4-11 Club, has just been announced,as this year's $tutc
champion corn grower.
Bryson took first place with 94.4 bushcis per acre.
The 1951 winer was also a Haywood County 4-11
Club member: Billy Best of Crabtree.
As State winner, Bryson will attend the National 4-11
Congress which will be held soon at Chicago.
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Divorce Cases Heard As
Superior Court Opens 1
Haywood State
Fair Winner On
Exhibit Here
The Haywood County entry
that won second place at the N.
C. State Fair at Raleigh will be
on display here Tuesday and
Wednesday during the Tobacco
and Home Demonstration Ex
hibit.
The entry, which showed rural
progress in Haywood County, can
be seen at the armory from 1
p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Contract For Betsy
Gap Road Will
Be Let Soon
A contract for paving the 6- ,
mile section of Highway No. 209
from Ferguson's Store to the
Madison line at Betsy Gap. down
Spring Creek, will be up for let
ting in January, according to L
Dale Thrash, highway commission- j
er of the 10th district.
Mr. Thrash said that about 15
milts of road have been paved
down Spring Creek, and would af
ford all residents of Spring Creek
a paved highway into Waynes
ville.
If for any reason the contract
is not let in January, we are sure
it will be ready for February, it
was explained by the official.
"Everything is in readiness for
the awarding of the contract," Mr.
Thrash said.
Merchants To Discuss
Holiday Store Hours
The directors of the Merchants
Association will meet tonight at
7:30 to discuss store hours for the
holidays.
Charles D. Ketner. president, will
preside, and said that other activi
ties of the association . will be
brought before the board for for
mal action tonight.
t ?
Several divorce cases were dis- _
posed of Monda.v morning by
Judge William H. Bobbin as the
November term of criminal Super- 1
ior Court opened for two weeks.
Before court started there w*rr '
99 new cases plus 83 left over I J
from previous terms. There are
41 drunken driving cases which
have been on the docket since the j
July term of court. Most of the j
remaining cases involve assault,
non-support. larcenv. worthless
checks, and a number of divorces
Solicitor for the current term is
Thad D. Brvson
Included in the first week's jury
are:
Miss Marjorie Brown, Beaver
dam; Milton Messer, Fines Creek;
Mrs. Minnie Terrell. Pigeon;
Charlie R. Caldwell, Pigeon; L. E
Evans, Pigeon; E. L. Robinson
Clyde; Johnny Fie, Ivy Hill: Chas
L. Shepard. Beaverdam; G. M.
Sealy, Beaverdam.
J. L. Singleton. Pigeon; Herman
L. Haynes. Clyde; Hugh E. Leath
erwood. Waynesville; Thomas Fur
ness, Beaverdam: Ruby Trammel!.
Beaverdam; W. H. Francis. Way
Waynesville; Herbert Smathers,
(See Court?Page 2)
Pedestrian Hurt
When Hit By Car
Walter L. Hyatt, 44. of Candler
suffered a broken left leg about | ~
3:50 a.m. Sunday when he was hit i
by an automobile as he walked I
along the highway near the Hay
wood-Buncombe County line. 4
Driver of the automobile was *
Robert C. Medford. Jr.. of Clear
mont, Fla., who said he was driv- I
ing west on Highway 19 and 23
in a fog. He told Patrolman H
Dayton, who investigated, that
Hyatt stepped in front of his car j
and he could not avoid hitting the
man I Vi
Hyatt was taken to the Moore w
General Hospital in Asheville. fi
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FLY TO CALIFORNIA Ci
g|
Mr and Mrs. D. Reeves Noland
left Sunday by plane for Sacre- ^
mento. Calif., where they will visit ^
Lt. and Mrs. Robert D. Kock. for q
a week Mrs. Kock is the former
Miss Peggy Noland. er
Will Crown New Queen
??
Mrs. Charles Hay Howell who. as Miss Mauriene Carver was chos
en Tobacco Queen last year, will present the crown to the nrw
Queen after she has been selected Tuesday night at 8 p.m. at the
courthouse. Seventeen gifls will compete in this year's contest.
Bad Weather Ruined Most
Df Past Tobacco Parades j
robacco Industry
n Haywood Is
rhirty Years Old
The year 1952 marks the thir
tieth anniversary of the found
ing of the tobaeco industry in
Haywood County.
VV. Clark Medford. who auth
ored a special story in The
Mountaineer's tobacco issue last
year, said the first tobacco grown
in the county was planted in
1923 by William Morrow, lower
Jonathan Creek farmer. Accord
ing to Mr, Medford's account.
"Cnclp Tom" Yarboro. 88, vet
eran tobacco grower of the coun
ty. gave Mr. Morrow credit for
being first and took second cred
it for himself.
That first tobacco crop, a small
itnp to be sure, was harvested
and sold at Greeneville. Tenn.
The next year there was another
prop, that of Mr. Yarboro.
And Mr. Yarboro said he had
planted that same patch of bur
ley ever since, either he or his
tenant, and the quality was al
ways the same.
The tobacco industry in Hay
wood county has come a long way
once those days. This year's crop
is estimated to be worth one and
a half million dollars.
It's almost bound to be good
weather for the 1952 Tobacco
Festival in Haywood County.
During the five previous festiv-;
als there has been, each time, a
siege of bad weather to mar the
parade that always went along
with the festivities.
This year though, officials aren't1
planning a parade . . . and most
people are guessing that, because i
of that decision, the weather will,
naturally be ideal for a parade.
The first parade, which was held
in 1947. was forced to compete
with unusually high winds. Paper
and decorations on the various
floats literally blew away as the
group made its way along Main
Street. Mrs. Robert D. Koch, then
Peggy Noland of Waynesville, was
queen that year.
The next year a rainstorm was
in progress throughout the parade,;
Miss Bonnie Trantham, the repre
sentative from Fines Creek, was
chosen queen. Her court consisted
of Mozelle Liner, Jane Thompson,
Zelda Mae Rhlnehart. and Maxine
Clark. The festival, though a huge
success, wasn't so because of the
weather.
In 1949 Mrs, Jennie Mae Early
of Thicketv was chosen queen. Her
court was made up of Maxine
Clark, Ruth Shellon, Nancy Med
ford and Susie Noland. The weath
er was. as usual, awful. The parade
(See Weather?Page 2)
Haywood Calves Bring
jrood Prices At WNC
Fat Stock Show Thurs.
John Hipps. with a total of 29
lives, was top purchaser last
hursday at the Western North
arolina Fat Stock show at Ashe
lie. Mr, Hipps bought eight Hay
ood County animals and the rest
om other counties represented
the show. Most of the eight
lives from Haywood were obtain- ;
I from other buyers.
Second high purchaser was the
hampion Employees Store and
e Champion Paper and Fibre
ampany with three calves.
Haywood entries brought an av
age of 33 4 cents per pound.
which was average for the entire !
show. Highest price far a Hay-1
wood calf was 37.5 cents for an
animal sold hy Ke.ih Leather
wood and the lowest was 30 cents
Following is a list of sellers
from Haywood County and the
purchasers of their calves:
Keith Leatherwood. calf bought
by Ashevtlle Livestock Yards;
Thad Medford, First National
Bank; Billy Allison F,d Mottingei;
Don Calhoun. Champion F.mploy
ees Store and Chamnion Paper
and Fibre Company; Thad Craw
(See f alves?Page 2)
Interesting
2-Day Event
Is Planned
Homo Demonstration Club mem
bers in practically every commun
ity of the county are completing
booths that will be entered Tues
day and Wednesday in the Tobacco
and Home Demonstration Kxhibi
tion in Waynesville.
Twenty-six booths are expected
this year, two more than in 1!>S1.
Although the women aren't talk
ing too much about their indivi
dual exhibits, each will show some
phase of homemaking or the re
sults of demonstrations Ihev have
seen during the year that were
put on by the Home Demonstra
tion office.
The tobacco exhibit will feature
some of the best tobacco that Hay
wood County farmers produced
this year. For a few weeks, how
ever, it looked as if the dry weath
er would prevent farmers from
grading their tobacco which wa;
so brittle it could not be handled.
But at almost the last minute the
county enjoyed two days of rain
early last week and farmers Fart
ed grading at once. Had this relief
not come, the tobacco exhibit
would have suffered severely
Both these exhibits, plus tobac
co art work by high school tu
dents, will be open to the public
from 1 p. tn. t 7 p. m. Tuesday at
the armory.
Another highlight of the iay
will be the beauty contest Tues
day at R n. m. at the courthou.v
when the Tobacco Queen will be
chosen.
Seventeen high school girls from
(See Festival?I'age 2>
Bids Sought On
Extra Reservoir
'The Town of Waynesvillo will
receive bids on Friday. November
2iitb. for a 30,000 gallon reservoir
to be built on Reservoir Hill to
serve a large section of the Country
Club nrea with water. Present fa
cilities do not provide ample pres
sure. since many of the homes are
on a level, or higher than the
present reservoir.
The plans call for a square con
crete reservoir, 16 feet on every
side, and will be of reinforced con
crete. Ten feet of the reservoir
will be underground, and six above
the ground.
Haywood Calves
Win Two Prizes
Don Calhoun of Waynesville won
first place with his calf last Thurs
day. in the Fitting and Showman
ship Contest held in connection
with the WNC Fat Stock Show at
Asheville.
He received a cash award of $6
ior his winning calf. .
Thad Medford of Iron Duff took
second place and S4 in Ihe contest.
There were 10 entries from three
counties entered in the competi
tion.
Two Fires Reported
Here Over Weekend
Fire Chief Clem Fitzgerald re
ported today that the fire depart
ment answered two calls for fires
over the week-end.
Shortly before midnight Satur
day night the Blue Bird Cafe on
Pigeon Streat reported that electri
cal wiring in the place was burning.
Damage was confined to the lo . of
most of the wiring and stnoke
About nine o'clock this morning
a car belonging to Fred Glavish
caught f\re on Meadow Street.
Damage was held to a minimum.
Highway
Record For
1952
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured.... 44
Killed .... 5
(This Information com
piled from Records of
State Highway Patrol.)