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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^ Pa?"k ^ ^
<7th \ EAR NO. 98 14 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESV1LLK. N. C.. MONDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. 8. 1932 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Welights
Kf The
Mews
? Hard Dig
K young ladies At The
Bank Parted out
of the 1902 era,
who wanted a new
^Kjt would give her a
a deep dig at her
his presence, she
?*v and said:
Kf?u want suits and
1002? I'll be glad
^Hpine if ><>u can find,'
?ie to wear in the 1
?jtlj 1 have are about
Hie stunt brought on I
? it not known as this
M
^Hpve his son a quarter
Hd f?r the church cot- ;
Opioid him to put in]
wanted to. When theN
Hissed the father notic- F
^?hesitate and then put
Hpked the boy why, the
^Haf. "The Bible says
^?trd loveth a cheerful
Htneu if I put in the
much happier."
r Annie . . .
Hut about everyone In
tho had an old paper
per dug it out of the
rt last week as the First
nk of Waynesville cele
fiftleth anniversary,
lb had requested that
tag such old documents
ring them by the bank
purposes.
went back a little
d fifty years, though,
paper dated December
ich. come Wednesday,
t exactly 56 years old.
r is a copy of "The
ptlst." a periodical that
td in Waynesville back
Members of the staff
Maineer thoroughly en
belves examining the
k had apparently been
p of a pattern. M. P.
a the editor and pro
scription rate was one <
pear, or the equivalent j
ktamps 'carefully wrap- !
it to stick together." T *
Mr mostly church \
back page was devoted ?
ivertising and railroad |
r contained no pictures, ;
i( the advertising was '
wt all there .was to the i
ipt one note written
right hand side: "Tell
w me some."
faars later, we all hope |
lid. whatever it was. (
lesville Man 1
?inner With
ent Truman ;
l with four years ser- I
Folding Room of the (
lepresentatives, was a- i
tung Democrats to have (
President Truman the (
' son of Mr. and Mrs. |
i ,
ijoyed a trip to Phtla- i
'he Army-Navy game, j
fch a party from the
spresenatives.
wt in charge of the
tog room, and went to
?fer graduation from
I here. He has been
t George Washington I
*hile in the capitol.
FAIR I
I? Con iderable cloudi- |
?nd rather windy.
|M?ynesviUe tempera*
pilert hy the State Teat
: Max. Mtn. Rainfall
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Town Is Modernizing Electric System
Two Men Die In Center Pigeon Fire
Thomas C. Abel and John VV. Jenkins died in a fire early Sunday morning that destroyed a two
room building near the Abel Store in Center Pigeon. The fire was prevented from spreading to
nearby houses by the prompt awakening of several families by Sob Kiddle, yho drove by shortly
after the fire started. The garage shown here belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne McDowell, who got
their car out before the gasoline in the tank could become ignited. But they did not act too soon
because the garage, attached to the bunlding building, caught fire three times.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Funeral Services Held
Today For Men Who Died
In Center Pigeon Fire
Receive Degrees
LAWRENCE LEATHER WOOD
CARL RATCLIFFE
Lawrence Leatherwood. princi
pal of the Hazelwood School and
~arl RatclifTe, WTHS teacher' and
issistant coach, received Master's
Degrees in Education from West
?rn Carolina Teachers College at
Sullowhee, Saturday.
Mr. Leatherwood's degree in
\dministration and Supervision
tfith a minor in History entitles
lim to a certificate in five fields
)f education, namely, those of ele
nentary and high school teacher.
:lementary and high school prin
:ipal. and school superintendent.
He received his B. S. degree
'rom W.C.T.C. in 1939. and for
nerly taught in the Rock Hill and
Maggie Schools. He has held his
present position in the Hazelwood
(See Degrees?Page 8)
Funeral services for Thomas C.
, Abel. 62. and John W. Jenkins, 42,
of Center Pigeon, who died early
Sunday morning when fire com- '
pletely destroyed the frame build
ing in which they were sleeping,
were held at 3 p. m. this afternoon.
Final rites for Abel were cdn
ducted at the Morning Star Metho
dist Church with the itev. Asmond
Maxwell and the Rev. George
Ingle in charge. Burial followed
in the church cemetery. Nephews
served as pallbearers and nieces
as flower girls.
He is survived by his wife, who
was at the home of a daughter,
Mrs. Nels Shurson of Eagle Grove,
Iowa, at the time of the fire; three
sons, Glenn of Rt. 2, Canton, Clem
of Hazelwood, and Kenneth of
Newport News, Va.; another
daughter. Miss Edna Abel of Can
ton; two sisters, Mrs. Girdwood
Smathers and Mrs. Charles Bran
non of Canton; and three grand
children.
Graveside services for Jenkins
were held at the Clark Chapel
Cemetery at Thickety by the Rev.
R. R. Mehaffey. He is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Lola Jones Jenkins;
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IUUI udu^'Hvio, naiaj, m"?-i
Ruby, and Peggy, all of the home: I
one son, Richard, of the home: and
his mother. Mrs. G. W. Jenkins of
Spartanburg. S. C.
The fire broke out about 1:30
a. tn. Sunday in a two-room dwell
ing that had formerly been a store.
Abel, who lived there, was in
charge of the building for the own
er of the property, Guy Cogburn.
The place burned in a few min
iates ' and : ite bodies burned be
jyond recognition'. Dr. J. Frank
i Pate, county coroner, said the
deaths were caused by an unavoid
able accident and no inquest would
be held. He said the men evident
! ly were overcome by smoke.
The fire was first noticed by
! Bob Riddle of near Canton, w ho
is employed by the Southern Bell
Telephone Co., as he was driving
by the building. He awakened peo
ple in nearby homes and then tried
unsuccessfully to get into the
burning structure. By acting
promptly in arousing nearby
families, he undoubtedly prevent
ed the spread of the blaze to other
homes.
Police Arrest 14
On Drunk Charges
According to Chief of Police O.
t L. Noland there were 14 people ar-;
rested in Waynesville over the
week-end and charged with public i
drunkenness.
Those charged will be required
to appear at court this week.
44-Pound Birthday Cake Cut At Bank Banquet
Six representatives of the shareholders and officials, cut the large gold 3-tier birthday cake as part of the 50th anniversary observ
ance of The First National Bank. The banquet was held Friday night at the Towne House. Left to right: Mrs. W. T. Crawford, Mrs.
T. O. Chafin, the first woman ever employed by the bank, Mrs. T. L Owyn, J. H. Way. executive vice president, with 43 years of serv
ice, Mrs. Harwell L. Boyd, Jr.. and J. W Ray. a director. (Mountaineer Photo). ,
STORES HERE OPEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT
u
Thousands Attend 'Open
House' 01 First National
During Anniversary Event
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Christmas Lights
Turned On Here;
Christmas lights over the Main
Streets of Waynesville and Hazel-1
wood have been turned on and will
remain on during the Christmas
season each night.
Officials in Hazelwood turned
the lights on in Hazelwood Friday j
night Waynesville's were turned
on Saturday night.
The giant evergreen tree just j
to the left of the front door of the
Haywood County Court House is
being decorated with lights today
(Monday) by workmen and should
be ready to add tb the color of the
Christmas season tonight.
There are lights located through
out the business districts in both
the Waynesville and Hazelwood
areas.
I Between five and six thousand
people visited The First National
Bank during the ttyec-day obser
vance of the institutions 50 anni-i
versary. For the first two days,
the bank remained open until five
o'clock in order to accommodate
the hundreds who wanted to get
in and see the exhibits of old pic
tures. documents, and the coins,
and bills on display.
Tlie display of the $10,000 bills I
attracted much attention, but it was
hard to determine whether the dis-1
play drew any more attention then
the old pictures made about 50
years ago,
The 50-year costumes of the bank |
officials apd employees added to
the atmosphere of the occasion,
and brought many comments from
those who remember such cos
tumes. and created curriosit.v
among those who were of a later
generation.
Hundreds of walking canes, to
gether with several hundred cor
sages were given away. During
(See Bank?Page 8>
Pearl Harbor Day
Overshadowed By
Ike's Korean Trip
President - elect Elsenhower's
precedent setting trip to Korea,
in which he fulfilled a campaign
promise to get a first-hand look at
the situation there, overshadowed
what normally would have been
the topic of conversation on De
cember 7?the eleventh anniver
sary of the bombing of Pearl Har
bor by the Japanese, an action
that drew the United States into
World Wiar II.
Most people remember tbat day
11 years ago. It was a guiet Sun
day . . . most people were at home
wrapping Christmas presents and
addressing Christmas cards. The
news of the outrageous bombing,
which was flashed to the American ]
people just after 2 o'clock, left j
most people shocked.
Enlistments the following week
took many young men from this
area.
Thrbughout the war and during
the. years after hostilities ended in ?
1945, December 7 was a day that
was mostly'talked about.
But things were different this
yt'ar . . . there was still a war and
many people were talking about
it. President - elect Eisenhower, j
though he gave many people
something to hold on to when he
promised to visit the front lines
j m Korea, was careiul to point nut
that such a war couldn't be stop
ped overnight by some sort of
; miracle. But dispatches from
Korea after news was known of
i the trio was heartening
That, perhaps, was better con
versation to people than the re
i membrance of a day 11 years ago
when they came out of their
houses and talked quietlv to their
neighbors. A war then was just ,
starting. People hoped and prayed
Sunday that another war was I
ending.
$15,000 k
Being Spent
On System
i
A modernization project that |
will, when completed, afford bet
ter serVice to WaynesviJle's elec- I
trie power customers is now in j
progress and should be completed
in the near future, G. C. Ferguson,
town manager, said today.
Engineers are at work now mak
ing certain changes in power lines
and transformers that will double
the voltage available to Waynes
ville customers from 2 200 volts to
4,100 volts; almost double.
The cost of the project will be
in the neighborhood of SI5.000.
Ferguson said that the expendi
tures will mean an equal distri
bution of power all over town and
would thereby afford much better
service than has heretofore been
available. "The project will also
reduce considerably the loss the
town has been sustaining for many
years because of overloaded lines."
he added.
Wa> nesville now gets its power ;
from the Carolina Power and I
Light Comoanv. Engineers who
are working on the modernization !
project will make use of the same
transformers that have been used,
but will install a number of at? |
tachments that will make it *flos
.Ihln ilw.
sin-'if iw tuiivri i iuc iiaiisiui mvia
for greater voltage.
The protect should oav for it-"'
self in a few years because of a. [
more efficient use of the available j
power, town officials said.
During the past whenever a
power failure hit a certain part of
town it also caused a certain a
? mount' of power loss at other
points. And most subscribers for
I electric power have* noticed in;
years past that flickers would oc
casionally cause them, trouble. |
Bui such annoyances as that '
will be entirely done awav with ;
when the new transformer attach- ]
mcnts are installed.
The town Light department will I
do a $90,300 business during the i
present fiscal year.
Claimed By Death ?
N. C. West, police court judge
of Clyde, died suddenly early
this morning, He suffered a heart
attack.
Norval West
Is Taken By
Death At Clyde
Norval Chester West. 72. chair
man of the Haywood County Wel
fare Board and Police Court judge
at Clvde died snridenlv eariv this
morning at his hQme in Clyde.
He was a native and lite long
resident of Haywood Countv.
Surviving are the wife, Mrs. Sue
Mallard West; the mother, Mr;.
Kosetta West of Clyde; one son.
Jack West of Waynesville; one
step-son, Rex Ballard of the homo;
two step-daughters. Mrs. John
Bagwell of Asheville and Miss
Evelyn Ballard of Kaainuoolis; two
brothers. Homer West of Wnyoes
vilie and Ben West of Asheville;
one sfster, Mrs. W. G. Smat hers
of Clyde; three grandchildren: and
one great-grandchild.
Wells Funeral Home, Canton is
in charge of arrangements which
were incomplete this morning.
Lions Dime Board To
Go In Operation Sat.
Merchants Group
To Award Mercury
Next Saturday
Waynrsville shoppers who are
participating in the Merchants
Association second annual Trade
Jubilee will have their chance at
the brand-new Mercury which will
be given away this coming Satur
day, December 13, at the Waynes
ville High School athletic field. The
event is scheduled to begin at 2
o'clock.
Prizes were awarded Saturday as
follows: ttulova watch, Catolyn
Dav is of Hazelwood; portable type
writer. Margaret Phillips of Way
nesvillc; bicycle. Nora Hall of Way
nesville: and groceries, Mrs. Clark
Edmonds of Hazelwood.
Officials of the Trade Jubilee
urge that all people holding tickets
to be on hand at the high school
field Saturday when the Mercury
Is to be awarded.
The Waynesville Lions Club will
> begin their campaign to raise $2,
000 dollars for their Christmas
Cheer Fund for underprivileged
children this Saturday, December
I 13th, when they open their dime
board on Main Street.
The Health and Welfare Com
mittee of the club, headed by .ferry
Rogers, is sponsoring this project.
The Lions have been taking caie
of the underprivileged children for
a number of years, and the only
means of securing funds has been
through donations from the public.
Heretofore the public has cooDerat
ed in a wonderful way. and it is the
hope this year that they will con
tinue to do so.
In connection with the drive to
raise the $2,000 that is anticipated
to take care of the project, a spec
ial radio show will be presented
by the club sometime next week, at
which time varied talent of this
section, featuring well-known quar
tets and choirs will bo given from
the First National Bank. There
will also be some well known "sing
ers" from the club on hand in case
I thev are requested to perform,
i This program will be an ali-re
j quest program, worked in a similar
manner as In years past.
At the club's meeting last week
Mr. Rogers presented the club with
a complete schedule of Lions who
were to operate the dime board,
and also plans- for taking care of
(See Dime Board?I'age 81
Three Hurt In Two Auto
Wrecks Here Early Sunday
Three person* were injured, and
five others received minor cuts and
buris.es in two separate wrecks here
early Sunday morning.
A Cadillac driven by Jerry I-iner.
Jr.. left Highway No. 284 about a
mile north of twon. and was com
pletely demolished. There were
five in the vehicle at the time it
hit a soft shoulder of the road and
wrecked, according to Patrolman
W. H. Wooten. investigating officer.
Eddie Ballinger and Bobby Pres
nell. were admitted to the hospital
for treatment for cuts and bruises.
Liner, together with Carl Presnell
and Wayne Kelley received slight
cuts and bruises. ?
Patrolman Wooten said the driver
was charged with reckless driving.
The accident happened at 1:29 a m
Sunday morning, the officer said.
About the same time, a 1949
Ford turned over on Highway 19A
23 between the two red lights in
Hazelwood, Two Waynesville po
licemen. Francis Reece and A. P.
Evans investigated, and said the
vehicle had to be lifted off Roy
Hampton, driver and owner of the
rar. 'I wo occupants. Thurston
Hurrette and Louis Green suffered
slight cuts and bruises. Hampton
is still in the hospital, and his con
dition at noon was reported a
good.
Officers said the investigation
would continue when Hampton was
able to talk.
The left side of the car was
crushed in the accident.
Highway
Record For
1952
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured.... 48
Killed .... 5
(This information com
piled from Records of
State Highway Patrol.)
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