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The Waynesville Mountaineer
Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park J
67th YEAR NO. 95 12 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 26. 1952 *3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
So Others May Enjoy Thanksgiving
Thirty baskets of food have been distributed to needy families in the county for Thanksgiving by
the Welfare Department in cooperation with the Student Council of the Waynesville High School.
Shown here are Mrs. Clara Rippetoe. left, case worker, and Mrs. Sam L. Queen, superintendent.
The preparation of these baskets is a project of the Student Council and the Welfare workers de
termine who shall receive them. Each home room at the school perpared a basket. 'Mountaineer Photo).
: .1 I
Baked Chicken On Menu
At Jail Thanksgiving
Prisoners in the Haywood
County jail will enjoy a baked
chicken dinner for Thanksgiving,
Sheriff Fred Campbell said to
day.
In addition to the baked chick
en, the prisoners will be served
potatoes, beans, a vegetable,
bread and coffee.
Meal time is scheduled for
around noon.
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County Tourist Group
Meets Next Wednesday
The Haywood Countv Highland
ers. formerly the Haywood Coun
ty Tourist Association, will hold
the regular monthly meeting at
the Court House Wednesday night,
December 3. L. E. DeVous, presi
dent, said today.
At the same time DeVouk re
minded members of the grouo that
copy for the new tourist "booklet
must be at The Mountaineer of
fice by December 1, which is Mon
day.
? All members are urged to be
present next Wednesday night.
Crabtree Church Asks
Help In Fire Damage
Members of the congregation
of the Crabtree Baotist Church
arc asked to lend their coopera
tion in the rebuilding of varidus
parts of the church building that
were burned in a fire last week.
Repairs will be made this com
ing Saturday afternoon, beginning
at 12 o'clock.
Thanksgiving Will Be
Observed Quietly Here
" - ?
Speaker
Rev. J. E. Yountz. minister of
the First Methodist Church of
Waynesville, will speak at the
Thanksgiving Day Union Serv
ices which will be held at the
Waynesville Presbyterian Church
Thanksgiving Day. The Metho
dist, Baptist, Presbyterian, and
Episcopalian Churches of
Waynesville are holding the joint
service.
Wingate Hannah left for Mimia,
Forida where he will spend several
| days and attend the Carolina
' Miami University football game.
He will stop enroute in Columbia.
I S. C.. and visit Mr. and Mrs. Robert
1 Clark.
Waj nesrville's observance o f
Thanksgiving will begin with Un-'
ion Services at 9 o'clock Thurs
day morning at the First Presby
terian Church. The services are
sponsored by four Waynesville
churches?the Baptist. Methodist,
Presbyterian, and Episcopalian.
Rev. J. E. Yountz, minister of
the First Methodist Church, will
speak.
The combined choirs of the
churches will give a program of
special Thanksgiving music.
The offering will be designated
for various orphanages.
Elsewhere the holidav will be
observed with two davs off for the
students at the various schools
here. All stores will be closed, as
well as the banks, the post office
and the offices in the County I
Court House.
Highlights of the dav for some
people will be the annual Waynes
ville-Canton football game, which
is being played in Canton begin-1
ning at 2 o'clock.
Bethel Groups Hold
Thanksgiving Program
The Youth and Intermediate
groups of Bethel Methodist Church j
conducted an impressive Thanks
giving worship service last Sun
day evening in the church.
The service was centered around
the memorable Thanksgiving story
with the groups giving the historic
facts about the observance of the
day as well as their own interpret
ation of its significance.
High School Class Of
35 Years Ago Staging
Class Reunion Saturday
The graduating class of 1317 will
stage a class reunion. Saturday
night, with a dinner at the Towne
House.
The graduates of 35 years ago,
have Invited all their living teach
ers to attend, and a large number
had signified their intentions of
I being present.
Members of the class are now liv
ing from the gulf to the Great
' Lakes, and from the coast to the
| Mississippi They will be here from
Florida to Cleveland. Ohio.
It will be the first time in 35
j years that many of the members
have met since the day they re
j ceived their diplomas In what is
i now the Central Elementary
I school.
There were 22 members of the
j class, and three have died in the
[ 35 years.
The class will be guests of Mrs.
S. H. Jones, and Mrs. S. K. Rob
inson, botli members of the 1917
group of graduates.
They plan to repeat their gradu
ating exercises, from the singing
of the class song to the speeches of
I he various members. W. Roy Fran
cis. president, will call Ihe group
! to order, and proceed with the
graduating program.
After the dinher. and "re-gradu
ation" the members of the class are
expected to spend several hours
discussing the days of 1917, and
the last 35 years.
The class roll is composed of:
Jessie Lcatherwood iMrs. Rowe
Howell. Seviervllle. Tenn.i
Fredericks Lewis 'Mrs. F. L.
Rivers, Ashevillel. ?
I Sue Willard Lindsley, Waynes
(See Reunion?Page 6)
Bids On New Bethel School
In Excess Of Allocation
lodge Bobbin Adjourns
Superior Court Monday
The two-week term of Superior
Court for November was adjourned
Monday afternoon by Judge Wil
liam H. Bobbitt. Court was in ses
sion four days last week. Most
of Monday's docket was made up
of traffic violations. Only one
trial went to the jury.
A list of cases for the day fol
lows:
Charles R. McElrath ? Plead I
guilty to drunken driving. Fined
$100 andcosts. Ninety-day term sus
pended on payment of fine and
costs.
William W. Ervin?Plead guilty
to driving after license had been
revoked. Fined $200 and costs.
Four-month sentence suspended on
payment.
Zeb Brackett ? Plead guilty to
public drunkenness.. Thirty - day
sentence suspended on payment of
court costs.
Jasper B. McClure ? Plead
guilty to drunken driving and re
sisting an officer. Fined $100 and
costs. Ninety-day sentence sus
pended on payment.
Milliard E. Crayne ? Defendant
requested a jury trial on a charge
of drunken driving and was found
not guilty.
Members of the jury for the sec
ond week weere.
Walter H. Lang. Pigean; W. E.
McCracken. Waynesville; Geo. Shc
han, Waynesville: John R. Hall. Jr.,
Waynesville: J. R. Boyd, Jr., Way
nesville; Fred Tucker, Ivy Hill;
G. H. Hipps, Beaverdam; Sam Sut
ton, Beaverdam W. M. Hall. Bea
verdam; Frank L. Smathers, Way
(See Court?Page 6)
Changes Made By J
Merchant Group
In Schedules
i
Beginning today the members of
the Waynesville Merchant's Asso
ciation will keep their firms open
e^h Wednesday until Christmas.
Several other changes in the
regular schedules of the stores
were decided upon at a recent
meeting of the grouo.
All member stores will be closed
Thanksgiving Day. Christmas Day.
the day after Christmas, dnd
January 1.
It has also been announced that,
as a convenience to shoppers, the
stores would remain open the
three Fridays before Christmas
until nine o'clock at night.
Town Still Accepting
Water Reservoir Bids
The Board of Aldermen of
Waynesville will accept bids on or
before this Friday, November 28,
for the construction of an auxiliary
reservoir.
Notice for the bids were pub
lished several weeks ago.
Glenn C. Palmer of Clyde was
re-elected to the executive com
mittee of the North Carolina Dairy
Foundation when the group held
its annual meeting Tuesday in Ral
eigh. - .
Purpose of the foundation is to
supplement the state salary scale
in attracting and retaining top
level scientists, teachers and spe
cialists for work in dairy science
at North Carolina State College.
George C. Coble, Lexington
dairyman, was re-elected president
of the foundation.
Increase Of 50 ' j
Noted In Parkway
Travel For Year
An increase of more than 50 per
cent in the number of people trav
eling the Blue Ridge Parkway was
recorded in October over October
of last year, it was announced re
cently by the National Park Ser
vice.
Actual figures for October. \ 952
amounted to 441.282 people, as a
gainst 292,538 for October of 1951.
Estimated travel to the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park
during October was 188,422. as
I compared with 182,319 in October
of 1951. Color was considered the
best in recent years by observers,
and lasted well into November.
Visitors to the recently opened
' lleinfooga Ridge Overlook aver
aged almost a thousand a day dur
ing the first nine days after the
section was opened, according to
J. G. Varner, park ranger.
Miss Shirley Mae Connatser.
who is a member of the freshman
I class at Greensboro College, has
arrived for the Thanksgiving holi
I days with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. E. Connatser.
Re-Elected
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Construction Bids For
Bethel School $524,444 .
$10,000 Bill To
Be On Display
At First National
Have you even seen a $10,000
bill?
A sparkling brand new one will
be on displav at The First Na
tional Bank December 4, 5 and
G while the institution observes
its 50th anniversary.
Besides the $10,000 bill, there
will be displays of many other
denominations of currency, and
coins, both old and new.
Officials of the bank would not
commit themselves, but it is ap
parent that several "surprises"
are in the making:.
, The nearest to a statement that
could be gleaned from thein was
that "only once in 50 years can <
one observe a 50th anniversary,
so why not do the unusual."
A reporter was taken behind
the scenes and let in on enough
to realize that the money dis
plays are going to be something
never before seen in this area,
and very, very interesting.
Services Are
Held Today For
Boone Medford
Funeral services were held this
afternoon in the Aliens Creek'
Baptist Church for Charles Boone
Medford, 40. of Waynesville, Route
1, who was killed Monday when
a tractor he was trying to straight
en toppled from a truck's trailer
| and rolled over him.
The Rev. C. 1). Sawyer and thei
Rev. Will Massey officiated and
burial was in Buchanan Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Gordon Raines,
Vernon Medford. Willard Brown
ing. J. B. Kates. Bob Milner and
Alcy Kates, Jr.
Medford, a mechanic, formerly
owned a garage in the Aliens Creek
community.
The accident occurred while
Medford. Tom Lee of Waynesville.
and Dick Rheinhardt of Waynes
ville. Route 1. were taking the trac
tor on a truck along an unpaved
rural road to Lee's mica mine near
Cabin Flats in Jackson county for
! exploratory work.
Jackson County Sheriff Griffin
Middleton. who was called to the
scene, said the truck's right wheels
had rolled up on an embankment
and the men had stopped. Medford
1 climbed up on the tractor to
straighten the machine when it
toppled over with him riding it
and turned over several times.
Jackson County Coroner Jack
Cooper said after an investigation
that Medford's death resulted from
; an accident and that no inquest
1 would be held.
Surviving are the widow. Mrs.
Bessie R. Allen Medford of Way
(Sce Medford?Page 6t
Bids on the construction of the
new Bethel Schpol were opened
Tuesday and the lowest figure?
$524,444?was some $54,000 more
than has been allotted for the
building, it was announced today
by Mrs. Lucy Jones, superintend
ent of Haywood County schools.
The bids will be examined this
afternoon and contracts awarded.
Construction usually is given to
the lowest bidders.
In an effort to reduce the total
building costs, Mrs. Jones said
that alternates for each job will be
considered. These alternates in
volve substitutions of materials
and elimination of certain plans.
A list of the bids follow:
General construction ?
Jerry Liner, $405,624: W. B.
Dillard, 458,000; Cecil's, Inc. of
Spartanburg, S. C.. $484,000: and
L. B. Gallimore Co., $498,500
Plumbing ?
Pr'essley & Osborne, $35,370; G.
S. Saine Plumbing anri Heating,
$38,200; E. L. Erwin. $39,900; Ab
crnathy-Redmon. $42,950; Parlier
& Tomlinson, $42,977: Young &
Brookshire, $44,945; Moser Plumb
ing Co.. S48.160; H. J. Hyatt, $52.
240; and L. L. Hyatt, $57,970.
Heating ?
E. L. Erwin of Svlva. $52,500;
Young & Brookshire, $54,990;
Moser Plumbing Co., $55,970;
Parlier & Tomlinson. $57.5(10
Webb Electric Co.. $59,288; Reli
able Plumbing & Heating Co.,
$60,688; and L. L. Hyatt, $70,265.
Electrical ?
Martin Electric Co., $32,940;
City Electric Co. of Hickorv, $34.
725; Ivester Electric Co. $35,990;
Home Electric Co., $37,227: Hayes
& Lunsford, $37,624; M B.
Haynes Electric Co.. $37,687;
Economy Electric & Supply Co.
$30,745; and Dixie Electric Co:,
$41,250.
Weekly Prizes
Announced For
Trade Jubilee
Another big list of prizes has
been announced for Saturday as
part of the Second Trade Jubilee
sponsored by the Waynesville Mer
chant's Association.
The big prize will be a $200
! wardrobe, which will be given in
four gift certificates by four
Waynesville clothing firms.
Other prizes are an electric
blanket, a professional basketball,
and $15 worth of groceries.
Awarding of the prizes will take
place on the Waynesville High
School athletic field.
Bloodmobile To
Visit Canton
When the WNC Regional Blood
mobile visits Canton Friday, it is
hoped that the 150-pint mark will
be passed and a new record estab
lished for the town.
The Bloodmobtle is bring spon
sored by the Edwards-Clark-Messer
VFW Post and VFW Auxiliary.
The unit will be at the gymna
sium of the Champion YMCA. Don
ors will be received between 11
a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Architect's Drawing of Bethel School
Bids were opened Tuesday on the proposed Bethel School building, shown here in an architect's drawing Contracts for the construc
tion will soon be let although bids exceeded by $54,000 the amount set aside for the school.
i
Highway
Record For
1952
In Haywood
(To Datp)
Injured .... 44
Killed .... 5
(This Information rom
plled from Rroortis of
State Highway Patrol.)
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