North Carolina Newspapers

The W aynesville Mountaineer =^=-1 Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ? .. eToTYEAB~NaW~~22 PAGES Abated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON. DEC. II, 1952 *3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Count!* ?jftliahte K The Hews -?? ^Hhelo aboUt *he reRl" K ,nd Mrs Glenn C. ^H$ibtref M H the wedding anni couples in the :^K' First, the parents KLr were married on ! ^K,erf Mr and Mrs. their son. Riley. Kr recalls that when ^?palmer weie married H three hours were ^HdrlVt. by huggy from Wavnesville. The ^Ko? covered leisurely or Hi Use For Him ? true story, and it hap H here in Waynesville. Hgored couple got mar K, few months discov Kfre just not meant for H By mutual consent, ?vent to another state K home, and his wife Kent on, they neither ^Liesponded with each H the wife received a Hcall It was from the ^Hher husband had gone answered the phone, ^Kversation on this end Hwent like this: H he is dead? And now Hges I want him? Law Hj have no use for that H he was alive, and I Hlon't want him dead. Kim. do whatever yod Hith him, 'cause I shore ^?him 1: Head lored lorrow ccntly appointed f the Great National Park, Ruest at a lunch ntly by the Way- I lib and the West iija Highlanders. ? Friday *, at 1 iwne House, blic relations di These Hills'' and WNC Highland luested to intro I. who Is expect flv on his new 1 first official re the new head of ' arrived Novem Headquarters to iuties. Mr. Hum mpanied by Mrs. Assistant Super White and Mrs. pad?Page 8) iouse Be Inesday nnual Christmas! our will be held Garden Club of duesday, Decem Jntil 5 o'clock in d from 7:30 until he evening. decorated and lblic' are thos? of ark at Lake Juna ?ard Bryson on Mrs. N. W. Gar s?Page 8) fS >*d uft| Y 1 rausfl is ? I \ Her I L FAIR ?v Partly Cloudy and P' Fair and continued P WtyneayiUa weather as |I)V <h> Stall Test Farm * I Max. Mln. Rainfall II R3 24 ? 19 R4 38 ? I 58 48 1.73 I Board To Study Precinct Change In Beaverdam Area Aifer First Of The Year .. ,.... i me lin. wood County Board of Elections plan to be"in a study of the voting orccincts in Beaverdam township right after the first of the veai. it was learned today from Glenn W. Brown, chairman. The board went on record in the summer that such a study would be made, with the view of estab lishing additional precincts and making such changes as to relieve overcrowded voting conditions and 1 cutting down on distances many I voters in the area have to travel. Particular attention will be giv en to the Morning Star area, Mr. j Brown said, as he pointed out the board had promised the voters in \ the Dutch Cove section relief. It was too late to establish new precincts before the Beer-Wine election in September and the General Election in November. Tentative plans are to set up new precincts by dividing some of the present six precincts. Such a plan would call for a new registra tion. Similar action was taken here several years* ago and the voters, as well as the election officials, have found that additional pre cincts made the voting faster, and easier to handle on the part of the officials. Some of the present Beaverdam precincts have well over 1300 names on the registration books. A new registration would reduce this by several hundreds, it is be lieved. County Medical Group Elects Dr. Kearse New Head Dr. W. O. Kearse of Canton has; been elected president of the May wood County Medical Society for the ensuing year. Serving with him will be Dr. Doris Hammett, vice president, and Dr. Tom String field. secretary, both of Waynes ville Dr. Kearse went to Canton in June of 1951 after completing his medical training at Emory Univer sity. He did under-graduate work at the Citadel and University of Georgia, and In all his training he made outstanding records. He is a native of Allendale. S. C. and a veteran of World War II where he served as a Lt. Colonel in the U. S. Army. Dr. Kearse maintains offices in the new Martin Building on Park Street, Canton, formerly occupied by Dr. George Gibbons. Retiring officers of the Medical Society predict a good year under the leadership of Dr. Kearse. Dr Hammett is the wife of Dr. Frank Hammett.1 pejietrician. and is associated with her husband in practice in Waynesvtlle. Toys Are Needed For Community Christmas Tree Mrs. C. F. Klrkpatrick. chairman of the annual Community Christ-' mas tre^ sponsored by the Way nesville Woman's Club, is making an appeal for toys which will be usable as gifts for children. The toys may be left at the Hotel Le Faine or will be picked up if donors will call Mrs. Klrkpatrick at Tele phone 450. The Community Tree will be held Tuesday, December 23. at the Court House. A Christmas pro gram is being planned and toys and bags will be distributed to children _______________ Car Stolen Here Found Abandoned In Arkansas The 1952 model Ford automo bile that was stolen from Liner Motor Sales several weeks ago has been found, abandoned and stripped, according to word re- ' eelved here by officials this week. The car had been burned, ap parently to help do away with any telltale traces, and abandon ed In Nashville. Arkansas. Au thorities there reported to Way nesvllle officials Tuesday that they had recovered the automo bile. The Federal Bureau of Inves tigation and other officials are presently at work tracing the serial numbers on the stolen parts of the automobile. Board Chairman >' Yxx&.i :. :vKW ! l.oranzo amamers op canton was recently named chairman of the Haywood County Hospital Board of Trustees. He succeeds W. A. Bradley, who has been chairman during the past year. Mr. Smath ers' term will last for one year under a rotating system that gov erns the three-member Board. Smathers Named New Chairman Of Hospital Board Loranzo Smathers of Canton has been appointed the new chairman of -the Haywood Countv Hospital Board of Trustees succeeding W. A. Bradley of Waynesville. The jyjpointment will become effect- j iye January 1. , At the same time Spaldon Un derwood will succeed Smathers as secretary of the Board. Bradley served the three-merA ber-board as chairman for one year. The Board qnerates on a ro tating system, which means that the chairmanship transfers each year. The' Board passed a resolution ! thanking Mr. Bradley for his lead ership and untiring efforts in mak ing a new wing possible at the hospital. i During Mr. Bradley's term of office the hosoital underwent many changes, chief among them the new wing. State Asked To Take Over Six County Roads Recommendation (hat 31 county roads in four Western North Caro lina counties be added to the State road maintenance system has been made by L. Dale Thrash, 10th highway division commission er. Grding of the roads would be started soon after their approval by the State Highway Commission, Thrash asid. Under the plan, the following roads in Haywood Counlv would be added: Shelton Cove Road, Piney Ridge Road. Harbin Street extension, William Howell Road, Ernest Shuler Road, and Bill Smathers Road. The Commission will meet later this month and it is possible that the proposal will be acted on at that time. Buncombe, Henderson, and Transylvania Counties have cer tain roads that would be taken over by the state if the recom mendation is adopted. Salvation Army To Put Out Christmas Kettle The Salvation Army's Christmas kettle, which becomes a -nart of Waynesville's Main Street every Christmas, will be put out this Saturday, Major Cecil Brown said today. Donations that are left in the kettle will be used hv the Salva tion Army's Mountain Mission, of which Major Brown Is the head, to help needy families of this area at Christmas time. -The kettle will be located in j front of the First National Bank during the ntorning hours and will be mo^ed across the street In thf afternoon. Takes Most Of The Work Out Of Digging This machine is being used to dig trenches for piping that will house telephone cables for the new dial system in Waynesville. Operated by the Harrison and Wright Construction Co. of Charlotte, it is digging trenches five.^and a half feet deep that will total about a mile in length along some of the streets in the business section where telephone traffic will be the heaviest. From the under ground pipes', the cables will be strung on telephone poles for the rest of the town. Each of the six holes in the piping will carry a cable consisting of 1200 pairs of wires. The trenching work is expected to be completed by Jan. 20. (Mountaineer Photo). Merchants Group Will Give Away Mercury Saturday Waynesville shoppers who are participating in the Merchants Association second annual Trade Jubilee will have their chance at the brand-new Mtycury which will be given away this coming Satur day, December 13, at the Waynes ville High School athletic field. The event is scheduled to begiii at 2 o'clock. This is the last week that prizes will lie awarded and oiTicials of the contest have urged that all peo ple who are participating in the Trade Jubilee to be on hand Sat urday. Awarding of the new '52 model Mercury will bring to a close the second annual Trade Jubilee. Last year when the Buick was awarded some 5.000 people were on hand for the event. The num ber is expected to be as high, and possibly exceed that number this year. Officials urge that all persons holding tickets in the Trade Jubi lee be on hand Saturday when the Mercury is awarded. Scouting Program At Kiwanis Meet Two members of Troop 18 relat ed some of their scouting experi ences to members of the Kiwanis Club at the regular weekly meet ing Tuesday night. The organiza tion is sponsor of the troop. Jimmys Davis of Hazelwood re lated hia experiences two years ago when he attended the National Boy Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge. t*a. His brother. Gene, spoke on Camp Daniel Bonne and outlined the facilities provided there for camping. The boys are sons of Mr. and Mrs. James Davis. Thl^ were introduced to the club by Willard Mood}', the scout master. Aunt Ida Observes 82nd Birthday Aunt Ida Mullis. who was a little sick at this time last year and had her picture made "be cause this might be my last birth day," was a ?ary 8* this past Tuesday. With advancing years Aunt Ida doesn't enjoy all the privi leges she used to though, and it makes her just a bit unhappy. No pork, the doctor said, and a little more sleep. Aunt Ida. who arts more like she was 60 or 65, has for years put the well-bein.g and happiness of her friends before her own. When seen by a reporter on Wa.vnesville's Main Street earlier this week . , . she was going to the bakery to pisk up a three pound birthday cake. She also had a bunrh of Rowers under her : arm. Were they a present for her birthday? she was asked. "Why, no." she replied. "I'm taking them to a friend of mine who Is j critically ill." Stores Will Be Open Friday Until 9 O'clock | Member stores of the Waynes ville Merchants Association will be open this Friday rtight for shoppers who need the extra time. The stores will remain open until nine o'clock. Next week the stores will be open on Wednesday afternoon and also on Friday night, and that schedule will continue until Christ mas WNC Athletic Officials Plan Talk On New Code Charles Spencer, chairman of the Executive Committee of the North Carolina High School Ath letic Department, will meet with athletic officials of all high schools in the Western North Carolina area Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Haywood County Court House. Mr, Spencer has beer* invited here to discuss many of the prob lems besetting high schools since the recept adoption of the North Carolina High School Athletic Cods. The new code, though created by a committee of principals and sup erintendents of the state's high schools, has worked hardships on some of the schools and, has not been received too kindly. The meeting, which will be held in the offices of the Haywood County Board of Education, will be in the form of a round-table discussion. F. E. Alley, Jr. Heads Haywood Bar Association F. E. Alley, Jr., was named president of the Haywood County Bar Association, when the annual meeting was held Tuesday morn ing. Mr. Alley succeeds John M Queen. Glenn W. Brown was re-elected secretary-treasurer for the third term. The calendar for the civil term of superior court was manned out at the meeting, with provisions made for leaving It open until noon Monday. All pending civil cases are now being placed upon the calendar for the January Court term. There are 19 members of the Haywood Bar Association. Library Will Be Closed For Christmas Week The Haywood County Library will be closed Christmas Week, December 22 to 27. according to an announcement made this morn ing by Miss Margatet Johnston, librarian. Miss Johnston stated that the library is closing for the week in order to give the staff part of their past year's vacation which they have not been able to take because of lack of assistants. Miss Johnston also asked that everyone get enough books prior to December 22 to carry over the holidays. She said that whole col lections of books, records, or maga zines will be loaned for family use and these will not be due until December 29. However books may be returned at any time'while the library is, closed by putting them through the slot in the library door Haywood Lions Clubs To Entertain Blind Sunday - J be three Lions Clubs of Hay wood county extended invitations to the 49 blind persons within the area to attend the party that is to be held at the First Methodist1 Church in Waynesville, Sunday afternoon, from two to four o'clock. This blind party is an annual event with the clubs alternately being host to the group. This year it will be held here. Out of the 49 blind persons in the county, forty are expected at the party, but all those that do not get to attend will be sent their present of 3 silver dollars. The Waynesville club has ar ranged the program which will consist of singing and also partici pation by some of the blind talent. The Clyde Lions are in charge of refreshments, and will use a number of Lionesses to help serve along with a number o fthe ladies of the local club. Dr. Boyd Owen of the Waynes ville club and Dr. Hugh .Matthews of the Canton Lions will act as masters of ceremony. Both of these men are well qualified to perform the job assigned to them. The county has been divided into sections which have been assign ed to the three clubs to see that the blind people are brought to the party. Due to the small number of blind people in the Clyde area, they have agreed to help the Way nesvtlle group bring in their num ber. Most of the blind people re side in this end of the county. Last year's party was held In Canton, and a number of the blind group stated it was the best one ever held, and the whole group expressed the fact that they had a wonderful time. This year the three Lions Clubs hope to make the event even more pleasant for this group of handicapped people who live such a dreary life. 'See Dime Board?Page 8) Community-Wide Recreation Survey Asked By Jaycees a i ? ?? Chamber U1 Commerce Approves Proposal Of Junior C of C j The directors of the Chamber of | Commerce went on record Tues day night, endorsing the proposal of the Junior Chamber of Com merce to inauguraiae a plan for a recreational program and center here. The plan is still in a tenta tive stage, according to John Car ver, president of the Jaycees. A proposal is to have representatives of the various civic groups in the community meet and map a gener al recreational program. The need of a modern recrea tional center in the community has been before the community many times in the past 15 years. The need is apparent, the leaders pointed out, and under the plans of the state recreational commis sion, it is proposed to make a corn* plete studv of the needs here, and map a long-range program. Mr Carver said that with the support of the Chamber of Com merce. he felt that plans would : move forward in holding the initial community-wide meeting at an j ; early date. One proposal suggested for con- j sideration. was the naming of a ( recreational commission for the area, and with authority vested by the legislature, enable the commis ! sion to proceed with definite plans for a recreational center. During the meeting, Dr. Boyd! Owen, president-elect, said that | ballots for the election of five di rectors would l>e mailed to all members soon. The hullots will have to be returned soon. In ad dition to the five directors to be elected, there are eight consult ing directors including: G. C. Fer { guson. James L. Kilpatrick. D. Reeves Noland. Charles Ray, Heinz I Rollman. W. Curtis Rusj, Jona than Woody, and Jimmy Childress. , The ballots contain the names of .the following, with one to be voted on from each of the five I classifications: Haze I wood ? C. N. Allen, A. P. i Ledbetter. | Lake Jur.aluska ? Dr. H. G. Al len, Ed Potts Tourists ? L. E. DeVous, Carl i Henry. Agriculture ? Hugh Massie, and R. N. Barber, Jr. Industry ? Henry Davis and C. G. Thompson. The four officers named earlier, are Or. Boyd Owen, president; .Johnny Johnson, vice president: M. R. "Bud" W'fiisenhunt. treasur er. and H. P. McCarroll, past presi dent. The directors passed a resolu tion thanking Mr. McCarroll and I M. O. Galloway, who served as president for several months, for j the time and effort, and construe-j tive work pf the organization ac complished this past year. A vote , of thanks was also expressed to Miss Edith Chambers, secretary, i Scott Declares Crusade For Freedom Week This week has heen declared j "Crusade for Freedom Week" by 1 Governor W. Kerr Scott and an in tensive drive is underway in every county throughout the state to secure funds with which to carry on the program. Haywood County has been divid ed into two sections ? Waynes : ville and Beuverdam ? and chair- ' men have been appointed to head up the drive in those two areas. David Underwood is chairman , of the drive in Wavnesville and | the hearbv area Fred Ferguson! and Loranzo Smathers were ap pointed co-chairmen of the Beaver dam area. The purpose ?f the drive, which is national in scope, is to secure funds to finance an educational program abroad through the Voice of America. As Chairman Under i wood said: "it is far cheaoer to send words abroad than it is to send men." Underwood urges that everyone contribute liberally to this most worthy cause. Heads Ministers (T* k ~ t The Rev. Horace L. Smith, pas tor of the First Baptist Church of Canton, was elected this week to head the Haywood County Min isters Association for the coming year. Rev. Mr. Smith succeeds the Rev. Clyde L. Collins, form er pastor of the Bethel Methodist Chur?h. County Ministers Elect Rev. H. L. Smith President The Rev. Horace L. Smith, pas tor of the First Baptist Church of Canton, was -Irrtrrt n?nidauanif the Haywood County Ministerial Association at the group's month ly meeting held Monday at the Central Methodist Church in Clyde. Rev. Smith succeeds Rev. Clyde L. Collins, who was pastor of the Bethel Methodist Church until his transfer following the annual Conference meeting several weeks ago. The Rev. Roger Sherman, rec tor of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Canton, was elected vice-president, and the Rev. J. B. Golden, pastor of Plains Metho dist Church, was elected secretary. The group decided that, begin ning with the January meeting, the group would convene each Monday after the first Sunday of the month at Long's Chapel Methodist Church at Lake Junaluska. Army Inducts 23 From County The army inducted 23 men from Haywood County Monday at Knoxville. Tenn. and gave pre-in duction examinations to 59 others. The list included Charles H. Burgin of Waynesville: James R. Conard and Charles R. Mitchell, both of Rt. 1, Waynesville: Moody Knight and Dayton L. Harvey, both of Rt. 2, Waynesville: Charles P. Francis of Rt. 3, Waynesville; Roy C. Messer. Frank R. Mathis, Frank T. Nelson, and Jhue B. Rogers, all of Hazelwood; Kenneth E. Smith of Dellwood; Billy R. Jenkins of Cove Creek; Thomas C. Henson of Clyde; Billie B. Woody of Towns ville. William H. Wilson and Bobby G. Moore, both of Canton; Robert E. Robinson, Lloyd O. Rath bone. Joyce W Hoglen, and Howard C. Mclntyre, all of Rt. 1. Canton; C. J. Frizzell of Rt. 2. Canton; and Frank W. Moody and Donald B. Browning, both of Rt. 3, Canton. Highway Record For 1952 In Haywood (To Date) Injured.... 48 Killed . . . .' 5 (This Information com piled from Records of State Highway Patrol.) ?t . M: lofl STORES HERE OPEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT > i I 1