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1 at a grade crossing. J
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ti little coffin for him
tiny picket fence around
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t name on it and we'll
pour friends to the fun
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fnngements were made
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(pick un the lamented,
i Brimming gaily about.
I owner stared for a
Wfiirrecfed friend
ii 'Let's kill him."
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>ws were riding in a
with the top down one
when the rider com
it the cold air was
in his neck. The driver,
ecustomed to the cold
to his friend that he
his overcoat on back
Ithe collar would cover
po sooner had the rider
I change than the car
ithe icv road and turned
>* soon at the scene and
ke later the ambulance
le never knew what hit
a rookie cop said when
asked about the victims,
other one was still
hot bv the time I got
round to where it should
i dead, too."
me It
# a farmer received a
i the local collector of
threatening him with
ouble" if he didn't ante
"unt due on his tax.
Her answered:
r: All my stock drowned
two months ago. Last
?t storm came and wip
remainder of my crops,
uve so weakened my
that it's liable to cave
? My wife got discour
"?n away with the mail
i my son was put in
!*ling. I'm laid up with
' and I refuse to pay
1 one reason?I'm kinria
to what kind of trouble
ink up for me."
? ?
Mrs. Carleton Weather
ildren. Jean and Eddy.
I Mrs Weatherby's bro
'ister-in-law. Mr. and
'd Massie, at Daytona
rlda.
FAIR
? Fair and continued
^ Partly cloudy and
wmer Tuesday.
Wayncsvllle weather as
'1 the State Test Farm.)
Mas. Mln.
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The W a ynesv ille Mount aineerSS
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Published Twnce-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Fastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park q jj |
?7th YEAR NO. 103 12 PAGES^ Associated Press ? WAYNKSV1LLK, N. C.. MONDAY AFTERNOON, DEC.'?, 1152 (3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counts I
Appraisers To Start Jan. 1 On Revaluation
Of All Real Estate, Improvements In County
Santa Visits National Guard Here
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The annual Christmas party of the local National Guard unit was held Tuesday night at the arm
ory and Santa Claus was on hand to give presents to children and older folks alike. About 200 mem
bers of the Tank Company of the 120th Infantry Regiment and their families were present. Four
of the wives were given nylon hose as door prizes. A prize to the couple who have been married long
est went to SFC and Mrs. James E. Robinson <28 years) and to the newest couple. Pfc and Mrs. Hu
bert Inman (four months). (Mountaineed Photo).
Fred Calhoun
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Dies Following
Brief Illness
Funeral services for Fred B.
Calhoun, Sr., 57, Waynesville sign
painter, who died Thursday morn
ing at his home here after a brief
illness, were held Saturday at 2:30
p.m. in Waynesville Methodist
Church.
The Rev. J. E. Yountz, pastor,
and Rev. B. E. Wall officiated and
burial was in Green Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Joe Tate, Jr.,
Bill Porter, Thomas C. Davis.
Hardy Stinnett, C. C. League and
Henry Miller.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Elizabeth Matney Calhoun; three
daughters, Misses Kathleen and
Julia Ann Calhoun of Waynesville.
Mrs. Thomas R. Mowers of Burl
ington; two sons. Fred B. Jr., of
Newport News, Va., and John of
Waynesville.
Also three sisters, Mrs. Joe N.
Tate, Sr., of Hazelwood. Mrs. W. T.
Garner of Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs.
Tom Davis of Newport News, Va.;
and two grandchildren.
Calhoun was a native of Jack
son County, the son of the late J.
S. and Julia Cook Calhoun and had
resided in Waynesville 25 years.
Babson To Make
Predictions For
1953 On Thursday
The Thursday Issue of The j
Mountaineer will carry the an
nual predictions of Roger W.
Rahson. well known business
authority.
He has listed for 1953, an even
50 prediction, and for the most
part, is optimistic over the out
look.
Mr. Babson is factual In mak
ing his predictions and has a
high percentage of accuracy
down through the years.
Look for this in the Thursday
issue of The Mountaineer.
Bank Will Be
Closed Ian. 1
The First National Bank, in ob
servance of New Year's Day, will
be closed Thursday, Jan. 1.
Regular banking hours vi, ill be
held during the rest of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Hyatt left
today for Cincinnati, Ohio after
spending the holidays with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Hyatt
i and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rogers.
| Mrs. Hyatt is the former Miss
Mary Jane Rogers.
Listers For
Taxes Named
The coming of the New Year
means that taxes will be on most
peoples' minds for the first few
months.
To help with the county and
town taxes, listers for the 13 town
ships in Haywood have been nam
ed by the Board of Commissioners
and Mrs. Mildred H. Bryson, tax
collector. Listing starts Jan. 1.
Classes for the listers will be
conducted next Tuesday from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. at the courthouse
by Mrs. Bryson and all those nam
ed below must be present:
East Fork?Ken Burnett; Ivy 1
Hill?Eugene Howell; Jonathan
Creek?Sam Chambers; Clyde ?
William Osborne; Iron Duff?Ray
Milner; Fines Creek?Glenn Me
Cracken; Pigeon?Henry Garner;,
Crabtree?Monson McElroy; Cecil
? Jerry Francis; Waynesville ?
Hugh Jolly and David Turner;
Cataloochee ? Mack Caldwell Jr.;
Beaverdam?Vaughan Byers, Kelly
Carswell, and Mrs. Wade Rhea; and |
White Oak?Teague Williams.
Listing places will be announced!
at a later date.
Haywood's First Baby Of
1953 To Be Awarded Many
Prizes By Business Firms jj
Haywood County's first white
baby of 19S3 is destined to become
something of a celebrity in its first
few hours of life. Aside from the
distinction of being the first baby
of the New Year in the county, it
will be presented with enough pres
ents to make it no ordinary baby.
Maijy business firms in the coun
ty are joining with The Mountain
eer in sponsoring a contest that
will have as its rewards enough
paraphernalia to last the baby quite
a while.
Any white child born after the
stroke of midnight Wednesday will
be eligible for the many prizes,
but the one that is born first, as
determined by a bo.ird of judges,
will be the junior version of "Miss
for Mr. i Haywood County of 1953."
Among the firms participating,
and the prizes they are offering,
are the following: Biltmore Dair
ies. thirty quarts of pasteurized
milk; Firseone Home and Auto
Supply, a baby seat that fits any
car; Reliable Jewelers, a sterling
cup, sterling spoon, and sterling
teething spoon; Belk-Hudson, ten
dollar trade certificate; Smith Drug
Store, bahy gift set; Crawford
Funeral Home, free transportation
home from the hospital for mother
and baby; First State Bank of
Harelwood, a three-dollar savings
account Liner and Sheehan. two
weeks free dry cleaning; James
Furniture, nursery trainer; Build
ers Supply, gallon of paint and
brush; and The Mountaineer, one
year's subscription.
The rules of the contest state
that the cnild must be born of J
white residents of Haywood Coun-J
ty. The time of the birth must be !
confirmed by the attending physi
cian, and the birth certificate must
be submitted to the judges. The!
birth must be reported to The
Mountaineer as soon as possible.
The decision of the judges shall be
final.
If at all possible. The Mountain
eer will announce the winner in'
Thursday's paper. At the same
time a picture of the baby and its
mother will be run, again if it J
is possible.
Should it happen that no birth
is reported Thursday morning, the
story will be carried in next Mon
day's paper.
Civil Court
To Convene
January 5
The Civil Calendar of the Janu
ary Term of Haywood County
Superior Court will convene Janu
ary 5, with Honorable Allen H.
Gwyn presiding.
There are 29 cases on the cal
endar. On Monday, which is the
flrst day of the court session, the
pre-trial calendar will be set up.
The court will last for one en
tire week, and through Wednes
day of the second week.
The jury for the first week has
the followjng names; It. B. Hyatt.
Dank Robinson, Norman Justice,
Ernest Coble, W. II. Hyatt, Myrtle
Medford. and J. Cameron Williams,
.Wayncsvlllc; Mrs. Hermie Turpin, j
T. H. Harkins. Fred J. Ferguson.
Margaret I'. Young, J. V. Warren.
W. N. Freel, T. C. Allen, Robert F.
Stamey, W. A. Silvers, J. G. Bur
gess, and J. T. Chappell, Beaver
dam; James Warren. Jr., Cecil; J.
Hobcrt Medford. Harvey McClure, I
and Gus McClure, Clyde; Mrs. J.
F. Sheffield, Figeon; and Mrs. Troy
Leathcrwood, Jonathan Creek.
Wrecks Reported;
Haywood Had No
Holiday Injuries
Hd^wppd C?unt^ had _ no high-,
way injuries during the long
Christmas holiday week-end al
though several accidents were re
ported with considerable damages
in some instances.
The first accident occurred Wed
nesday afternoon about two o'clock
on Highway 270 near the Bethel
School, Boone B. Howe, a soldier,
of Route 1, Waynesville. attempt
ed to stop at the highway as he
drove down the dirt road leading
past the school. His faulty brakes
did not hold and he entered the
highway where he was struck by
a car driven by Robert E. Collins
of Wavnesville. Damage amounted
to about $1500. Patrolman Joe
Murril, the investigating officer,
said Lowe was charged with driv
ing with improper brakes.
The second accident took place
Christmas Eve on the Crabtree
Road at the intersection of the
Hvder Mountain Road where two
cars collided with damages total
ing about $800. Paris E. James of
Canton said that he entered the
Crabtree Road from the Hyder
Mountain Road after he thought he
had determined no traffic was ap
proaching. But he struck a car
driven bv Wade R. Hanev of Route
(See Wrecks?Page 6)
More Holidays Scheduled
Thursday; Christmas Was
Biggest Ever, Firms Say
Taken By Death
W. L. LAMPKIN
Death Takes
W. L. Lampkin
After Illness
W. L Lampkin, 66, retired pit)
| pluVe of the Southern Bell Tele
1 phon and Telegraph Company, died
Friday afternoon in the Haywood
County Hospital after a brief ill
ness.
He was retired in November,
1951, as Waynesville manager for
the company after completing 4(1
years of service.
A native of Jefferson City, Tenn.,
he was the son of the late JefT and
Pressha Cameron Lampkin and at
tended Maryviile College, Mary
ville. Tenn.
Lampkin was a member of the
Waynesville Lodge No. 259, AF and
AM, the Waynesville Rotary tlub
and a charter member of the
(See Death Takes?Page 6)
Woody Re-Elected
As Board Member
Jonathan Woody, president of
the First National Bank, has been
re-elected to the board of directors
of the Charlotte Branch of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
He will take office January 1 and
serve three years.
I Announcement of his re-election
by the board of directors of the
head office of the Richmond in
stitution was made by Charles P.
McCormick, chairman. Mr. Mc
Cormick is president and hoard
chairman of McCormick and Com
pany, of Baltimore.
Old Ways Are Still Good
rar-*r ?" "*?"* ?; '-'?"
Wtth the biggest part of the holi
day season over and 1953 just a
few short days away, Waynesville
business firms prepared to close
their doors for another brief holi
day Thursday, which is New Year's
Day. This is the first time in many
years that business firms here have
enjoyed a holiday on New Year's.
Most of the firms reported excel
lent holiday business, with the
busiest part being last Wednesday,
the day before Christmas. On that
day thousands of last minute shop
pers thronged Waynesville's busy
streets in an effort to do their
shopping before the stores closed
[ for a two-day holiday.
Business was helped by three
spring-like days that reminded
people of spring. The temperature
on Chfistmas day reached 58. which
| was considerably warmer than in
: most places of the country. One
shirt-sleeved clad shopper boasted
than even Florida's famous sunny
beaches weren't particularly en
ticing in comparison to the per
! feet weather here.
And, aside from the perfect
weather, the holiday was unus
! ually quiet. City police reported
that only 14 arrests were made for
drunkenness over the holidays, and
i that traffic. "t'.dttgh heavier "than^
usual, was orderly and without
incidence.
The Post Office, one of the bus
iest places in town for the past ]
two or three weeks, reported this
morning that mail is almost back
to normal after a period of activity
that exceeded somewhat that regis
j tered a year ago.
Travel through Waynesville by
bus was extremely busy. Officials
at the bus termianl said this morn
ing that travel was so heavy dur
ing the past three or four days
i that most schedules had to be
doubled.
Hundreds of Christmas programs
' were presented during the holiday
\ period and more programs are
I scheduled for New Year's.
Also scheduled for New Year's
are the traditional "watch" parties.
This year many of the parties
along this line will be held in
homes where television sets are in
; operation. And most TV owners
arc inviting friends in to see the
traditional New Year's welcoming
I in Times Square.
The First National Bank in Way
nesville will be closed Thursday.
, as will the First State Bank in
i Ha/elwood. The Post Office will
j also be closed for that day, al
though box holders may secure
mail. Special delivery mail will
bo delivered as usual.
The old method* are still pretty reliable in some instances and
this Indian mother from Soco, Mrs. Alice Oocumma, knows that
carrying her papoose. Jerry, on her back while visiting Waynes
ville makes the task of looking after the youngster a simple one.
(Mountaineer Photo)
NEW YORK?Taken as a whole.,
residents of Waynesville are young
er than their eompatriots in other
parts of the United States. This
age differential is brought to light
by the Census Bureau after an
analysis of data gathered in the
recent tabulation.
The median age of people in
Waynesville is given as 26.9 years,
signifying that there are as many
above that age as there are below.
In the other parts of the country
the median is 30.1 years. This
places Waynesville residents 3.2
years younger than their counter
parts.
Other revealing data on the
population trends in Waynesville
and elsewhere has to do with the
increase In the number of persons
of age '63 and over. Advances in
the medical sciences and better
living standards have had a marked
effect in lengthening the life span
and causing this increase.
In Waynesvill, the Census Bureau
In Waynesville. the Census Bu- j
reau reports. 6.6 percent of the pop
' ulation is |in the 65 or over bracket.
I
This Is shove the proportion found
in the rest of North Carolina, 5.5
percent. >
Of great interest also are the
findings as to the educational at
tainments of local people as com
pared with those in other sections.
The determination made from the
assembled data is4 that residents of
Waynesville get more schooling
than do people generally through
out the nation. Among the local
population, counting only those
who have completed their formal
education, the average person has
a background of 9.fi years of school
This compares favorably with
the national figure of 9.3 years of
schooling. The North Carolina
average is 7.9 years.
The picture presented by the
Census Bureau shows also an un
precedented proportion of married
couples, a record number of young
children and a large increase in
the working force, which is attrib
uted to more and more women
holding down jobs outside their
homes.
People In Waynesville
Younger Than National
Average; Median Is 26.9
Plans Are To
Complete Job
In Two Months
Kor the first time since 1941 the
Haywood County Commissioners
will conduct a revaluation of all
property in the county starting
Jan. 1. Chairman C. C. Francis has
announced.
The task is expected to be com
pleted within 60 days, the chair
man said and three citizens in each
of the 13 townships have been
named to carry out this work. In
addition, industries in the county
will have their own revaluation
boards.
Since the revaluation in 1941, tax
rates had a horizontal raise in 1945
amounting to five per cent. This
new valuation will be for real es
tate and improvements only and
will apply on tax listings that start
Jan. 1.
In making this announcement,
the Commissioners ask that prop
erty owners be prepared to meet
with the appraisers when they are
in the various communities in order
that valuations satisfactory to all
may be determined.
Much of the county property has
changed in value since the last
valuation, increasing in some in
stances and decreasing in others,
so that the commissioners feel it
is now necessary to adjust real
estate values in line with current
values.
Following is a list of the apprais
al boards in the townships:
Bcaverdam ? Jim Henderson,
Leonard Leatherwood. and Kelly
Cars well; Waynesville?W. A. Med
ford,HSfcCrychtni, and David
Turner; Clyde f?. ?Byers,
I Wayne Medford and William Os
I borne.
Fines Creek?Grover Ferguson,
Hiram Green and Glenn McC'rack
en; Crahtree?Frank Medford. Vin
son Davis and Manson McElroy;
Jonathan Creek ? Troy Leather
wood. Grady Howell and Sam
Chambers.
Pigeon?W. W. Hyatt, Tom Mich
ael and Henry Garner; East Fork
?Watt Howell, Oder Burnett and
Ken Burnett; Cecil?Lenoir Moody,
Carl Woody and Jerry Francis'.
White Oak ? Joe Davis. Dibe
Du'-kett and Teague Williams; Iron ,
DiifT?Joe Medford. Raymond Cald
well and Ray Milner; Ivy Hill?
Dave Boyd, Herbert I'lott and
(See Appraisers?Page 6)
Le Faine Under
New Management
The LeFaine Hotel will be under
new management Jan. 1. according
to Manager C. F. Kirkpatrick.
Mr. Kirkpatrick said that Mr. and
Mrs. Frank X. Hietter of Mobile,
Ala., have arrived to assume their
new duties the first of the year,
i Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick will con
tinue to reside in their apartment
| at the hotel. '
Mr. Hietter was formerly asso
ciated with the Armstrong system
and has traveled in this section
for several years. Mrs. Hietter was
connected with L. Hammiel of
Mobile as assistant to the buyer
of ready-to-wear clothing.
Bridges Named As
Veep Of WNC Press
M. T, Bridges, co-publisher of
The Mountaineer, was named vice
president of the Western North
Carolina Press Association for 1953.
Johnny Anderson, of Brevard,
was named president, and Miss
Lucille Stepp. of Hendersonville,
was named secretary.
Highway
Record For
195?
In Hay wood
(To Date)
Injured.... 50
Killed .... 5
(This Information com
piled from Records mt
State Highway Patrol.)
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