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Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ^ ^ }
67th YEAK NO. 96 32 PAGES Asscx-Tated Press WA YNES VHJLE, N C., IVhTnOAY AFTERNOON, DEC. 1, 1952 *3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countiea
Relights
Kf The
Kjews
Ku [K> 11 Now?
m. - 0( th* MounUin
H
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KTwI.' t disappoint
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?*, i ,,ank
K,r|; |.I? ident took
B,hl vaults ami a bag
m"t and let Charles
?j5iUl"a""iall bite off
?L gpt the feel of the
K,, desire worked up
K. pitch, the president
K?ck "id t"ld Charles
.,11 wealth it
Kthe li?K , . .
? ; strained, struggled
K to get the bag ofl
BJha'ie' left the bank
? dom nt t'irits.
K, |, president
K be made now be
K, ?a-. only six years
took place. Th<
A that time was Georg*
^Tjnd the l> ii k was lo
K pre cut library build
Surprised?
00.. of the biggest sur
jfetime rami' to Super
lohn Preston, iirwlv ap
sj of the Yn cmite Na
t the verv ('.veiling o
[ecci.iK in tlie remote
gcnic i rtreat. Ml*
trust been transferred
jnat Imok*. Mountain
III; will' It lie erred a
loni for about one
irransei'iieii! with As*;!
tent in: . ot Yo niiit'
fcuiafters. two Noi l I
jrtlose friends of Sup
He M'atiil al a dinin;
tri'.m! hotel when Mr
te in weir escorted It
0 A. I'deli. pre: ident
ioi*'.-. i vceulive vie'
if We I'i n sort h Cam |
Hiit'i ialmlv greeted
t: John I'k Ion, v-ha
sir. 11
it Lenwr made the
t*ii .-H ? iarte home Iron,
inr.Udl ioreting of the
wift>"i "i Tiavel Or
i? in Diego, when
?? etec'ftl president o'
1. I'eti.h, i imager o
II',.,.' i- ? ,i t. ,va ; niak
1 of th" i e oi t opera
uti1 (I out by private
? a tor,;ion' basis at
In mmi? ,i with Mi.
M hi i i.'int. I hi
Ki< an exti'ti uve visit
tenii area , ot till
J Park, win i c prepara
l*n s made to open thi
on the I T.; I .# r i ange.s o
1 On The Green
? least man in these
isn't 1 .1 i"d with the I
I f'"it!>all "howl i" that
In limr about every ?
? time.
I oil -I |, ? there's the
I tht So sir Howl, the
b*l. the Sun Bowl.
1*1. hl i Hoy.I, Optim
Sliniii Howl, Smoky
0 Down. , not for after
ball lli'in In. the Hais
llh; aim Howl, Tobacco
foiiiiih others.
Ionian w mentioned a
? is inter,' led in in
Ia Nut ' liowl to be
8V- Ir. number of
bve hecn trying to prc
Br",: of .one all sea
manv on , i he says.
#np r''' "ii i that all
R are worrying about
bini "X,. "
1 in I i,i of a "Nut"
' "ih! 1 i fact, we're
'bowled ver with Die
^ 1 had as tiCr
I lianksgivinc
Mr a' ' Mrs. Gene
J^Arlin.don, Va.
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F11 1 ? State Test (
I Mai. Mill. Rainfall
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Bethel School Building
Contracts Are Awarded
Contracts for the building ol
the Bethel School were awarded
Wednesday afternoon and by ac
cepting alternate bids in each
case the previously announcer
total nrioo of $524.4*4 has bett
reduced nearly $39,000.
.viis. Lucy Junes, uperintem
ent of schools, said that contracts
now total $514,167 84.- indudinf
a $29.103 84 fee for the architect
Lindsey M. Gudger of Asheville
Tuts Ice was not included in th?
original bid total of $524,444.
Kvcn with the saving, construe
tion costs are still about $44,00<
more than the allocation.
Mrs. Jones s<tid that work on th<
school must start within 10 days
after the contracts have beet
signed and construction should b
underway by Jan. 1. It will hard
ly be possible for the building t'
be ready by next tail, she said
but added it may be finished bj
the fall of 1954.
The following contracts havr
been awarded. In each case, tin
figures are lower than those pre
viously announced because cost;
have been lowered by accepting
alternates in the construction.
General construction ? Jerrj
Liner. $368,529; plumbing?Press
ley & Osborne. $34,690; heating?
E. L. Erwin, $51,000; t*id electric
al?Martin Electric Co.?$30,845.
Lions To Meet
Thursday At 7
The Waynesville Lions Club after
passing up the meeting scheduled
for Thanksgiving, will meet this
week at 7 p.m. at Spaldon's Drive
in.
The club recently voted to change
their meeting place from Patrick's
Cafe to Spaldon's.
According to program chairman
J. B. Siler, Bart Leiper. head of
the Western North Carolina Tourist
Association will be the principal
speaker for the evening.
President Lee Davis stated that
due to the holiday there would be
no committee meeting this Tuesday
at the bank.
Bids Received Friday
For Water Reservoir
Several bids for an auxiliary
reservoir to be constructed by the
town of Waynesville were received
Friday, the last day for accepting
the bids. G. C. Ferguson, town
manager, said today.
The bids will be opened and
discussed at the regular meeting
of the Board of Aldermen Thurs
day afternoon.
No date has been set for the be
ginning of construction of the
reservoir.
Mt. View Club
To Meet Thursday
The Mountain View Garden Club
wiil meet Thursday. December 4
at 12:30 p.m. in the home of Mrs.
Fred Hyatt at Bethel. Associate
hostesses will he Mrs. Boyd Owen
and Mrs. Joe Cathey.
Members are asked to bring;
(heir favorite Christmas decora
tion to the meeting.
Funeral Today
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Sister Kenny, long famed for her
work among polio sufferers, will
be buried in her native Australia
today. She had been stricken
with cerebral thrombosis and
died Saturday. Sister Kenny dis
covered her method of treating
polio while a 25-year-old nurse.
She established clinics in many
areas of the United States during
the many years she spent in
this country. Notes of sorrow at
her passing streamed in to Aus
tralia from all over the world.
Lewis Green Is
Football Winner /
In Final Week
The final week of the football
week was the most successful so
lar as the contestants were con
cerned?three of them didn't miss
a game, and eight missed just our.
Lewis "Shug" Green of Hazel
wood won the $10 prize, however,
because he came closest to th"
combined score of the Army Navy
game, which was seven points.
Green guessed 26. which was two
points better than A. H. Franklin
of Hazelwood, and six points bet
ter than Tonv Davis, Jr. of Waynes
ville.
The Notre Dame-Southern Cali
fornia game was the stumbling!
block for the eight contestants who I
missed just one game.
If Green will come by The
Mountaineer office, he may pick
up his prize.
The grand prize winner, who
will get $100, will be announced
Thursday. ?
Second Snow of Season
Fell Here On Saturday
The second snow of the season
began falling in Waynesville and
vicinity Saturday afternoon and
continued throughout most of the
day and late into the night.
All roads were clear of ice and
no accidents were recorded as a
result of the snow conditions.
A bright sun has caused most of
the snow to melt. No more has
been forecast for the forseeable i
future.
First National To Observe Golden Anniversary
On Thursday. Friday and Saturday of this week, The First National Hank will :nark the obscrv- *
ancc of fifty years vl service to this area. This i-> the exterior of the modern bank, which has re- 1
sources in excess of five million dollars. (Mountaineer Photo), 1
First National Bank To Observe Fifty
Years Of Service December 4, 5 and 6
Everything noints to an inl?*r
i 1 j?ithree-day observance of the
50th aimivcrsary of The Fir'I Na
tional Hank ? beginning Thurs
day morning.
No formal urogram has been
planned, but everal I a rue displays
of old coins, pictures, and green
backs, ranging in denomination
from one dollar to SI0.000 will be
intiuiled in the displays in the
bank for the three days.
About fO paces n' this issue
are devoted to the story of the
50 years of serviee anil growth
of The First National bank. The
stories, together with pictures,
will be found in the second,
third, and fourth sections of
this edition.
Several weeks ago I he announce
ment was made in litis newspaper
tf the approaching anniversary,
and that coins made in 1002 were
being sought. The response has
4 1 4 Twfc ? a . .. .. ,1 ?
I/ft: II l.I fill* ilUdUA, d I itl i ii"U aim.'
of coins have been found bearing
the coinage date of 1902.
Later the bank officials request
ed copies of old documents, such
a : notes, statements, or deeds of I
trust dated back in 1902 and 1903. j
These too have been pouring into j
the bank in large numbers. Many j
of these will be placed on display
for the three days
A number of Officials of banks
from a wide area have shown in* j
tercst in the observance, and ex
pect to visit here during the three
days.
Regular banking hours wilt be
observed for all three days.
For more specific details of the
50lh anniversary, and pictures,
turn to the 20 pages of sections 2.
3 and 4.
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County Tourist Group
Will Meet Wednesday
The Haywood Countv Highland
ers, formerly the Haywood County
Tourist Association, will hold the
regular monthly meeting Wednes- i
day night at the County Court j
House. L. E. DeVous, 'president,
announced last week.
WTHS Class Of 35 Years |
Ago Hold Class Reunion;
Repeat Graduation Program
"School days, school days.
"Dear old golden rule days."
Golden memories instead of (he
rule predominated at the class re
union dinner held at the Towne
House Saturday night. Nineteen
teachers and students of the grad
uating class of 1917, Waynesvtlle
High, were guests of Mrs. Sam
Jones and Mrs. S. F. Robinson.
The guests gathered in the liv
ing room and were hreeted by Mrs.
Myrtle Jones, sister of the hosts,
and then the "class" marched in
true 1917 school tradition into the
dining room to the strains of a
march played by Miss Margaret
Stringficld, tch class music teach
er./
The long table was centered with
a large bowl of yellow and white
'class colors' chrysanthemums and
white, lighted candles were pjaced
at intervals. Place cards were a
combination class roster and menu,
the cover bearing a hand painted
narcissos. the class flower.
Rev. Chas. C. Owen gave the
invocation and then Mrs. Jones
greeted the guests. Responses
were made by Mrs. G. C. Ferguson.
Mrs. Jaek Elwood. Mrs. Jones eon
tinned the program by reading an
interesting story of how the stu
dents grew up in their school lives.
She introduced Miss Margaret
Stringfield as the music instructor
to whom they were indebted for
their musical education. Then
came the first grade under the
tuterage of Mrs. Henry Sharpe;
Mrs. Jack Elwood, fourth grade;
Mrs. J. R. Morgan, fifth grade; Mrs.
Tom Rainer. sixth grade. Then
came the High School under the
excpllent teaching of Charles Owen
and supervision of their beloved
superintendent. Prof. John Everett.
As each teacher was mentioned,
they responded with some incident
of their term. . |
Prof. Everett responded with a
keen appreciation of the heighths
to which his graduates of 1917 had
risen. As a conclusion. Prof
Everett produced a copy of the
original program of that 1917 grad
(See WTHS?Page 5)
Safety Award Is
Presented To
A. C. Lawrence Co.
The National Safety Council has
presented the A. C. Lawrence
Leather Company in Hazel wood
the third place award in the Tan
ning and Leather Industry Snfet.v
Contest for the six months' period
from January 1, 1952, to June 30,
1952.
This is the second award pre
sented to the company. In the
preceding contest the Haze I wood
firm, long noted for its outstand
ing safety record, won first place
in the Sole Leather Tanner ; Sec- 1
tion.
In a letter addressed to L. K. 1 ]
Barber, superintendent of the
rnmpany, an official of the Safety
Council noted the advance made
in compiling an enviable industrial
safety record. "You are to tie
highly congratulated on your ac
cident. record," the official sal.I.
Waynesville Marine
Is Wounded In Korea
Marine PFC Walter Andrew Pin
ner. son of Mrs. Mae P. fnman of
Waynesville. was officially report
ed by the Department of Defense
ns being wounded in the Korean
battle area last week. .
The Department of Defense gave
no further details other than to
say that he was a casualty of the
Korean conflict.
Fairview Club To
Meet Friday Night
The Fairview Home Denion;tra- ,
lion Cluh will meet in the home of
Mrs. F. J Fowler Friday, Decem
ber 5. at 7:30 p.m
Mrs. Clarence Hyatt will be co
hostess for the meeting.
Mrs. Sam Knight
Wins Wardrobe
In Trade Jubilee
Mrs. Sam Knight was awarded
the $200 wardrobe as part of the
annual Trade Jubilee sponsored by
the Waynesvllle Merchants Asso
ciation.
Mrs. Knight was awarded the
prize at the High School athletic
field Saturday afternoon.
Other winners were Mrs. Ernest
Miller of Waynesvillc, a basketball;
Eddie Cannon of Waynesvillc, an
electric blanket and Fred Morris,
! a large box of groceries.
More prizes will he awarded this
| coming Saturday. A list will be
published Thursday.
Park Commission Favors
Further Development Of
Pooular Heintoocra Area
The North Carolina National
Park. Parkway, and Forests De
velopment Commission will under
take to work out a plan with offici
als of the National Park Service to
secure funds for further develop
ment of the popular lieintooga
Ridge area, members of the com
mission were told this week.
At the regular quarterly meet
ing. which was held in Waynesville
recently, the Commission recogniz
ed the need for further develop
ment of the area that has proved
so tremendously popular during
the few weeks it has been open,
and decided to attempt to secure
enough funds to enlarge the park
ing area near the Overlook and for
the opening of new vistas.
In other actions the Commission
commended the recent action of
the Western North Carolina Tour
ist Association, in which the asso-!
elation formed Western North 1
Carolina Highlanders, Inc.; adopted i
a resolution expressing apprecia
tion for the valuable contribution
made hy Mr. H. C. Wilburn of |
Waynesville for his authoritative'
writings on the Great Smoky j
Mountains National Park and West
ern North Carolina; and appointed I
Mrs Doyle I). Alley to work with
Arthur Stupka, park naturalist, in'
developing plans for trips and tours
into the National Park on the North
Carolina side.
Pointing to the increased visita
tions experienced in the- Pisgah
and Xantahala Forests, the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park,
the Blue Ridge Parkway, and oth
er nearby areas, the Commission
emphasized the importance of
working closely with federal agen
cies to secure more funds for de
(See Park?Page 8)
Driver Hurt As
Speeding Car
Leaves Highway
Lcroy RatUer'. of Cherokee. suf
fered Injuries about the head when
he car he was driving failed to
nake a curve on Highway 19-23
itx?gi 10 o'clock Saturday night,
'"ivo passengers in Rattler's car
yere not injured, according to Pa
rolnian W. R. Woolen, investigat
ng officer.
Dn?<1nH ... -.1 ? l ...Jiu J-i-.t I
iuinii-1 wan uidixfu Willi urivui^
drunk, the patrolman said. The
patrolman's report showed that the
car went into the sharp curve from
65 to 70 miles an hour.
Concert Here
Friday Night
A dun-pianist concert will be
| Riven at fi p.m. here Friday night j
at the hand building by pianists
from Appalachian State Teachers
, College at Boom.'.
The players are James Hooker
and Walton Cole, both members of
the music department, at the col
Itge.
All ticket sales will be at the
door and admission for children
will bo twenty-five cents and fifty j
cents for adults.
MRS. LEATHER WOOD REMAINS
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
Mrs. Hugh f^eatherwood, who
suffered a cerebral hemorrhage at
her home Thursday afternoon, is a
patient at the Haywood County
Hospital. Her condition is still de
scribed as serious.
Tobacco Sales
Opened Today,
Averaged $54
oe Carver Sells 3100
'ounds For $2,084.94
Best grades of tobacco were
ringing $69 at the Liberty and
Carolina warehouses in Asheville ,
)day and buyers and farmers are
cell pleased with the quality of
obacco and oriees.
Information early this afternoon
rom the Carolina warehouse was
hat better grades were selling for
>63 and $66 while prices for tips
Iropped as low as SI5. Average
or the day was $54.20, $4.50 low
'r than opening day last year.
Jot* Carver sold 3110 pounds this
norning for $2,084.94, an aver
jge of $67.04 for the first report
.torn a ilavwood farmer.
The county crop this year is ex
pected to bring about a million
tnd a half dollars in spite of dry
iveather that ruined a large per
centage of the tobacco. The tobac
o this year did not come uo to
he 1951 cron and the Liberty
varehnuci- was not full when sales
started this morning. As a result
>f dry weather, Ilavwood County
'armors lost about a third of their
obacco.
In general, tobacco quality was
jetter than had been anticipated
"ecause of the bad weather, but
here was still a large amount of
ow grdes offered for sale. Much
jf it will be used for fertilizer.
. Umstead's
Secretary
E. L. Rankin. Jr.. 33, Greensboro,
has been appointed private ;ec
retary to Governor-elect William
B. Umstead. Rankin, a form r
newspaperman who ha:-, been
working in the public relations
department of Burlington Mills,
served as Umstcad's secretary'
while the new governor was XJ.
S. Senator. <AP Photo>.
. ... i ?? !,.? ?" in limli'
Christmas Lights To
Be Put Up This Wrck
Christmas?in at least one form
?will come to Wayncsville this
week.
Workmen will begin stringing
the Christmas lights across Main
I Street and they wilL burn nightly
until the beginning"*? the year.
Store owners have already start
i ed decorating their windows with
I Christmas displays. Plans have
been made for all members of the
Wayncsville Merchant's Association
to keep their stores open on Wrd?
nesday afternoons and Friday
nights until nine for the remain
der of the shopping days until
Christmas.
Wayncsville Stores To
Be Open On Wednesday
Waynesville merchants will keep
their stores open tills Wednesday
afternoon and will follow the same
praetice until Christmas.
Stores will also be open each
Friday night until nine o'clock as a
convenience to shoppers.
Stores will be closed Christmas
Day. the day after Christmas and
January 1.
SHOPPING
DAYS if FT
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Highway
Record For
1952 I
In Hay wood
(To Date)
Injured .... 45
Killed .... 5
i This information com
piled from Records of
State Highway Patrol.)
STORES HERE OPEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT
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