melights
Ef The
?News
?in Even
bdiri I>e<ember 5.
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?L first \ ?miial Bank
h?nk I1" is observ
ir,r,;? en that
official want to
tin: >ii Decern-f
^Bjc aril . them
^Kniatter "l record, the ;
^Lgihe birthday will not
bank a gift.
Oven. well known
^Err. and lavman, told
^?7 oubJio talk the other j
IBgjt"'1"' want beer back
|7( trying to wean a
Kjuat for a short time,
Lgt realize it is for
? good, and want to go
I*
Lfr sta\s out for ever."
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I Disappointment
L fans of 1 ids area took
[ of the roaches in de
\ dinner of thg Blue
(rrmre with as much
i as the seasoned poli
i election results.
*ping with the political
re were many disap
?ell as some who were
underhand tne unai
jh( side for Waynes
I we did beat the Blue ?
ipinns. but did not get
lined one disappointed
ive Ramps
m: THIS WEEK Maga
Ictober 12 had a state
( effect that people in
forth Carolina may be
(wear eating rardps will
?g to be 100.
mini: with that state
k any person in these
enjoyed one of those
amps ... if you can get
gh to ask.
be that people who eat
t subjected to crowded
\nd we've often heard
wded living adds yehrs
mal life span.
fltor For
Telephone
ng Dies
nzo Entrekin, 65, of At
rcia died Tuesday inorn
Haywood County Hospi
brief illness.
a native of Carrall
creia and was associat
aoskins Company In At
rinr decorator, he had
k? fin i-veral weeks on
?chan?e building of the
Bell Telephone and
Company here,
h has been taken to
Georgia a here funeral
?d burial will take place
< are four daughters.
! Robertson. Mrs. Lee
M Mrs K. W. King, all
Land Mi Theron Fon
I'fhville. Tennessee: one
' R Shackleford of At
brother, v c. Entrekin
i: and several grandchil
funera! Home was in
arrangements here.
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The W a ynesy ille Mountaineer !=?^
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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 YEAR No797 24 PAGES Asrociated Press WAYNESV1LLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. 4. 1932 *3.00 In Advance In Haywood apd Jackson Countiei
Contract For Blue Ridge I.
Parkway Project Awarded
To Lenoir Building Firm
j Wins Contest
- ?
Billy Rogers of Maggie, a junior
at St. John's School won first
prize with his essay on democ
racy in a speech contest against
five other entrants from various
county schools. He received a $50
borrd and his recorded talk en
tered in (he State contest. The
event was broadcast over Station
WHCC. (Mountaineer Photo).
(See Other Picture Page 1, Sec. 2)
Leiper Speaks To
County Tourist
Organization
Bart. Leiper, executive director
of Western North Carolina High
landers. Inc. and newly-elected
, president of the National Associa
tion of Travel Organizations, spoke
I to the Ilavwood County Uighland
i rrs at "the regular meeting of the
I group Wednesday night in the
I Court House.
I Leiper, who has iust returned
from a meeting of NATO in Cali
fornia. told the group that West
ern , North Carolina has tremen
dous possibilities in the tourist
field. "Because of the nearness of
| this area to the big-city, large
population areas, the future of the
tourist business in Western North
Carolina is indeed bright. The
West, which usually attracts a
great proportion of the tourist
business, doesn't have near the
possibilities as we have right here,
and the reason is because of the
great distance that area is away
from the reach of the larger part
of our vcation-going public."
L. E. DeVous, president of the
group, reported that progress is
being made on the new tourist
booklet which is to be ready for
distribution within the next few
months. '
A good attendance was present
at the meeting.
Prizes Announced
For Saturday's
Trade Festival
Another big list of. prizes has
been announced for this Saturday's
lucky winners in the Second An
nual Trade Jubilee sponsored by
the Waynesville Merchant's Asso
ciation.
The prizes will be awarded to
the lucky ticket holders on the
Waynesville High School athlettic
nein saiuriid,v diici iiwu.
Included among the prizes arc
a $110 Bulova wrist watch, a $0(1
bicycle, a $100 portable typewriter,
and groceries valued at $15.
This is the last week of regular
drawings. Next week the prize will
be a Mercury automobile.
Stores Will Be Open
Friday Night 'Til 9
Christmas shoppers were re
minded today that all member
stores of the Waynesville Mer
| chants Association would be oper
tomorrow (Friday) night until nine
o'clock.
The same schedule will be main
tained until Christmas. In addition
to the stores being open on Frida.v
nights, they will also be open each
Wednesday afternoon until Christ
mas.
Other changes in the regular
schedule include closing of all
stores on Christmas Day and the
day after and New Year's Day.
I
A contract for the grading and
crushed stone surfacing of a three
mile link in the Blue Ridge Park
way between Bridgers Camp Gap
and Devil's Court House has been
awarded to a Lenoir firm and work
will begin immediately, according
to Sam P. Weerns, superintendent
of the Parkway.
The firm, Clement Brothers, has
500 calendar days from the date
of the contract award. November
21. in which to complete the job.
That would put completion in the
early spring of 1954.
A half million dollars was ap-!
propriated for the job in July, and
it was announced at that time that
the contract would probably be
awarded in the fall.
Thfl OroHintt nf 1 ^~ ? V?/-? 11
...V n'uu>.?? I?ie mi ct-iuuc
; link will give a completely grad
ed eleven-mile section of the Park
way from Wagon Road Gap to
Beech Gbd. Travelers may now get
to Beech Gap by way of a state
road going from Bethel to Lake Lo
gan.
The completed section will make
i possible a scenic loop starting at
! Bethel, to Beech Gap via Lake Lo
| pan, thence along the Parkway h)
Wagon Road Gap, then back to
Bethel via Highway 276.
Prior to the beginning of the
war the grading of the link be
tween Beech Gap to Devil's Court r
: House, a distance of three miles,
was completed, as was the five
mile section from Wagon Road Gap
1 to Bridgers Camp Gap. Work was
interrupted when the war began
and work on the three mile section
from Bridgers Camp Gap to Devil's
| Court Houfse. though not forgotten,
1 was temporarily postponed,
j Efforts to get the final link grad-;
ed were taken up in earnest soon
after the war wau iwor anH
spring the North Carolina Park,
Parkways and Forest Commission
requested that funds be made
available for the project. The ap
propriation of half million dollars
was an outgrowth of that drive.
Because of weather conditions |
that usually prevail at the higher
altitudes in this area, it is doubt- <
ful if much headway will be made
on the new project before next
spring. The contractors have said. <
[ however, that efforts would be 1
made to clear much of the route
and that work should be well un
derway by the middle of next sum
mer,
Baxter Undergoing
Questioning In
Lincolnton County
Peter Franklin Baxter, the es- j
caped North Carolina convict who
was cantured bv Charleston (S.C.i
officers earlier this week, is being
interviewed by law officials today
at a prison camp in Lincolnton
County in connection with several
thefts that had been reported since
I his escaoe from the Pitt County (
prison camn in early October.
It is thought that Baxter might
have been connected with a rash
of robberies that broke out in j1
Waynesville and the nearby area j
about two weeks ago. At that time 1
a hardware store on Main Street i
was entered and a great deal of
ammunition and guns was taken
Immediately after the theft was 1
discovered police officials here 1
theorized that Baxter might have
been connected with the robbery.
Not many hours after the hard
ware robbery a new automobile j
was taken from a dealer here, and
that also was attributed possibly
to either Baxter or men working .
j with him. .
Some food was stolen from the
Crabtree Iron-Duff school and the '
, Rock Hill school buildings during i
the same period of timp
It was learned here this morn
ing that the officers in Lincoln
ton will question Baxter about the
Haywood thefts.
Baxter, who was one of the in- j
stigators and leaders of the prison
rio# that brokp opt in Central
. Prison in Raleigh this fall, was re- '
. moved to the Lincolnton County
. prison eamn to avoid any possi
i bility of further trouble in Central
, Prison.
The story of his capture in !
Charleston may be found else- ;
where in the paper.
MRS LEATHERWOOD REMAINS
IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Mrs. Hugh Leatherwood remains
' in a critical condition at the Hay
wood County Hospital, where she j
? has been a patient since Thanks- I
giving Day.
Bank Officials Turn Back Pages Of Time
These four officials of The First National Bank played the role>of bankers of the 1902 era this morn
ing, as the bank began a three-day observance of their Golden Anniversary. On the left is Joe Da
vis, cashier; James T. Noland, vice-president; Jonathan Woody, president and a director; and t. H.
' Way, executive vice-president and also a director. Mr. Wav has 43 years service with the institution,
and this morning sported a gold headed cane along with his high hat. (Other pictures oil pages four
and five.) (Mountaineer Photo).
Hundreds Visit First National
Bank As Open House Staged
As Part of 50th Anniversary
Christmas As It
Was In Haywood
Sixty Years Ago
A special feature today recalls
Christmas time in Haywood 60
years ago.
The article was written by IV.
C. Medford, and deals of the fac
tual account of Christmas events
back 60 years aga.
At a later date another simi
lar article will appear in this
newspaper, dealing with events
of many years aeo. The writer
has spent much time Catherine
the facts for these articles.
Three Youth Groups
[Meet At Bethel Church
The Youth of Bethel Methodist
Chureh were hosts to (he Youth
r>f Morning Star and Long's Meth
Ddist churches at a joint meeting
of the three groups last week.
The Morning Star group con
ducted an inspirational worship
service. A large congregation com
posed of adults of the participat
ing churches and the Intermediate
group of Bethel church enjoyed
the service.
At the conclusion of the service
the group assembled for a social
hour.
Tobacco Bringing
Better Prices At
Asheville Market
Farmers from Haywood, County |
have been selling steadily at the!
Asheville lobact o warehouses j
since the market opened Monday I
and have been getting some of the
top prices.
Frank Sorrel Is of Canton sold
2.574 pounds from an acre allot- '
ment Wednesday for $1,545.94. His
prices ranged from 23 cents to 6!>
cents for an average of 60 cents j
Sales for the day averaged 53
cents as 345.000 pounds were j
sold.
Frozen tobacco brought as low
as two cents a oound while the
best lugs and smokers went for 70 j
cents.
During the first three days, av
erage prices have been increasing
slowfy but steadily. Monday's sales
averaged $51.30, Tuesday, $52.83.
and Wednesday. $53. T'ne prices
are about the same as those at oth
er western North Carolina tobac
co markets.
There was a large quantity of
frozen, green, and wet tobacco in ^
Wednesday's sales. ^
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Monthly Magazine Has j
Excellent Smokies Story
"Thr wildest, roughest and most
spectacular region in Eastern
America" . . . thus was described
the Great Smoky Mountains by II.
B. Teeter in the current issue of
Coronet Magazine.
Teeter sketches the Smokies,
known to the Indians of long ago
as the "Unakas," as a veritable
wonderland. "The Smokies are so
high that they lean over at night
lo keep from bumping I he stars,"
he quotes one mountaineer. And
another native said: "I've seen the
wind blow so hard a hoss couldn't
stand agin' it."
The many balds that have
stumped experts for years also
comes in for a bit of attention from i
Teeter. The balds, great meadow
lands in the sky. are to be found no
place else in the world. iThe balds
ixist below tree level, hut are
treeless and have caused a gloat
deST of consternation by biologists,
geologists, and other interested oh-;
servers.i Some say, Teeter writes,
''that the balds are ancient Cher
okee camping grounds. In fact.
Cherokee legends speak of a race
of white pygmies, inhabitants of
the balds: and of giant birds nest
ing there."
He quotes Arthur Stupka. park
naturalist and well known in this1
area, to the effect that no logical
explanation is forthcoming regard
ing the balds.
Teeter pays tribute to Dr. Kelly
Bennett when he says that few
know the park better than the may-I
or pf Bryson City.
The story, which has been told
many, many times, is worth read
ing because of the several inci
dents brought out?many of them
unfamiliar to the nearby resi
dents of the Smokies.
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Business at The First National
Bank was done in an atmosphere j
of 1902 this morning, as the in- j
sfitution turned hack the hands
of time In observance of their 50th
anniversary. Today marked the j
first of the three days set aside
for the Golden Anniversary event j
Hundreds visited the hank this
morning, and took their time
looking at the displays, as well
as the costumed employees. The
same displays will be up Friday
and Saturday.
The employees of tbe bank were |
costumed in outfits of the 1902
era, while the lobby was decorated
with pictures, documents, and
money of the past. Even furniture
used in 1902 was on display.
As customers entered the bank
this morning they were greeted by
employees, and directed to the
penny Jar. Each person was given |
a penny, and those who drew a
not .. U;il t'.,e
luirv.v i?"iuiy K'H ?i d?-i mil I'm
the coin. Those who drew ;i penny
not listed, got to keep the coin
for good luck.
In the center of the lobby was
a barrel of candy, similar to the
kind which was so popular in 111(12.
Everyone was asked to heln them
selves to the candv, and also
golden delicious apples.
Officials of the bank mingled
with the large crowds, including
several classes of school children.
At two desks bank personnel were
kept busy burning names of pat
rons on wooden walking canes.
The canes were square yardstick
(See Bank?Page K>
Classroom Teachers
Will Meet Monday
The ffavwood County Cla room
Teachers Association will meet in
the cafeteria of the East Waynes
ville School Monday, December 8.
at 7:30 p. m.
Mrs. Claude Rogers will preside j
and the program will he presented
hv Mrs Carl Halcliffc counlv
supervisor; Miss Kdna Boyd of the
Crabiree School, and Perry Pletn
mons, principal of the Fines Creek
School.
A social hour will follow the i
meeting and refreshments will be
served.
Executive Promotion
Committee To Meet
The Executive Promotion Com
mittee of the Haywood Baptist As
sociation will meet next Thursday,
December 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the
First Baptist Church in Canton.
Thomas F.rwin, chairman of the'
committee, requests that all mem
bers of the committee be present, i
STORES HERE OPEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT
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New Hospital |
p
Wing In Use!
Work Started In
Old Building, As
Patients Moved
Into New Wing
For the Hi st time in 24 years the
sriginal 72 beds at the Haywood
County Hospital are without a
patient.
Last Thursday, Thanksgiving day.
Ihey were all moved from the old
wing into the new live-story wing
while the original seetion of the
hospital is being remodeled. This
work is expected to take about
three months and when finished
both wines will be much alike in I
appearance. The jcjh of repainting j
and installing new fun iture start- i
ed Tuesday.
Biggest changes in the old wing
will he in the X-ray department,
which will have two new machines,
one of them portable. The two
operating rooms will he remodel
ed and converted into delivery
rooms which means that all oper
ation.-. will be performed in the
new section.
Th: part of the hospital that is
heing remodeled has not been de
erted entirely. however. The;
various administrative offices are
stiil in use, including the telephone j
or information office, and incom
ing and outgoing patients will con
tinue to check in at the desk.
Although it has not been an
nounced formally, the transfer of
the patients and remodeling of the
old wing mean that the new, three
quarter million dollar wing is offi
cially open, although it had been
originally scheduled to be ready
lot patients by .Ian. 1. or possibly
Dec. 15. As a result. 55 more beds
on the top three floors have been
added to the hospital's facilities
for a trttal "of 127,'
(In the hnUqAa floors are ?he
equipment. The kitchen is in the
basement and an operating suite
occupy the ground floor. Included
in the suite are three operating
room.s. ;i cysioseopic room, a frac
ture and splint room, emergency
room, and central sterilization.
Tlie most modern dietary depart
ment in the State is also in this
wiyg. Hospital heating has been
transferred from the old wing and
the plant for the entire building is
in the new section.
Minor work will continue about
another year before the hospital is
completely finished, but for most
practical purposes?at least as far
as patients are concerned ? the1
Haywood County Hospital has!
conTplcted its expansion to the!
point where it can meet the in-,
creased demands of the past years
Reservoir FlirR Tn
Opened Today By Board
Scaled bids for construction of!
an auxiliary reservoir in Waynes
ville will be opened at the regular j
meeting of the Board of Aldermen
this alternoon.
The reservoir will be located on
top of the hill where the Alter
plant stands.
It was understood that four or
five bids had been received for
construction of the reservoir.
Faulty Stoves Start
Two Fires Last Monday
Damage to two homes in Way
hesvjllc within the snacc of an
hour was attributed to faulty
stoves and flues Mondav. Fire
Chief Clem Fitzgerald said this,
morning.
One lire was discovered Monday
afternoon about 5:30 on Oakdale
hoad. The blaze, caused by a stove ;
Hue. caused about 525 damage.
The other tire was reported a-'
bout an hour later. It occurred in
an apartment on Main Street and
was caused by a faulty stove.
Damage was confined to the stove.
Local W W Officer
Squadron Adjutant
Second Lieutenant Mary Lucia
Allison has recently been assigned
as adjutant of the 1907th AACS
Squadron at March Air Force Base.
Calif
This is the first assignment of
Lieut. Allison and she holds the
distinction of being the first WAF
officer to be assigned to this squad
ron.
She is a graduate of the Univer
sity of California at Los Angeles
with a Bachelor of Arts in History,
and a former teacher.
New Manager
Edward M. Marks of Brevard as
sumed the position of manager of
the Strand Theatre in Wayne ;v:lle
effective December 1, it has been
announced by officials of Kenton
Theatres, Inc.
Marks, a native of Forest City,
has had 13 years' experience in the
operation of motion picture thea
tres and is at present owner and
operator of the Brevard Drive-In
Theatre in Brevard.
"During the coming year many
of Hollywood's finest motion pic
tures will be exhibited at the
Strand Theatre," he said. ' We will
make every effort to bring to ths
people of Haywood County the very
best in screen entertainment."
The new manager and hU wife,
the former Jean Monteith of Syl
va, will make their home in Brev
ard for the present.
Christmas Seal
Salcj Here Are
Behind Last Year
Returns from Christmas Seal
letters mailed to residents of the
Wayntsville - Hazelwnod area are
somewhat behind- last year's re
turns at the same date. A. J. Fan
cher, treasurer of the Tuberculo- -
sis Committee, said this week.
"Although these early returns
are somewhat behind last year's.
v?c ucucve ?iiiu iiupt' i licit. IHC P" ? )-*
lie response to the Christmas Seal
Sale will be as generous as in
past years," he said.
The Christmas Seal Sale will be
carried on by the Tuberculosis
Committee until December 25.
"When we use Christmas Seals on
our greeting cards and gift park
ages we know that we are making
a gift of health to ourselves, to
our neighbors, and to the whole
community," Mr. Fancher said.
Christmas Lights To
Be Turned On Dec. 13
Christmas lights decorating
Main Street in Waynesville will be
turned on December 13. officials
said today.
The lights will be turned on
each night through the Christmas
season.
Workmen began stringing them
across the main thornuohfam of
town this week and should have
the job completed shortly.
Five Men From County
Join Navy In November
The Navv Recruiting Substa'ion
at Asheville has announced that
five Haywood, County men enlist
ed in the Navv during November.
They were Billy O. Flurpe ind
Fred Coward, both of Wayrt"mile,
and YVelrion F. Brook ?. Amos C.
Worley. and James A. Davis all
of Canton.
Highway
Record For
1952
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured.... 45
Killed .... 5
(This Information eom
piled from Records of
State Highway Patrol.)
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