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^ccarrtma rv* * ' The Waynesville Mountaineer Published Twiee-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park a ^ J ' (WuTyEAR NoTI u"paGB Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTEHNOON, JAN. L 1953 13 fK? in ah,??, i? u-7 . ? K delights [Of The I News iLil tffc Been During iiper Shortage f i V is told that a certaii )# WU}* to The First Na hi*. JPRklay and asked ti , the Jfcicials. She said: iijlHrnjl" see the displa] (*you have. I have beet kP^Mt them. I'm ven wcaii^e my nusDana 101a ut two years ago that the nent had stopped making money. All he ever gives .mdl coins?I want to see s, and then that rascal hus ' mine." ng Tracks people in Waynesville are g a holiday today, byt at least one man who is y working a lot harder than i on any other day during r?the janitor at the post eason for the extra work is to make a housewife hit Ing . . ? someone is track ihe janitor's floor with red mud is coming from the on the town Is now engag i Church Street. Workmen ng power lines under the and a tremendous amount :Iay has been removed, e on their way to the post > pick up their mail have through part of the mud, mud always sticks, should happen to have a r in the post office Friday , it'll be understood that ilor was just plumb wore lary Student Has ?ted? Call Here e C. Graham, senior in le Presbyterian Theolog ninarv in Louisville, Kcn las accepted a call to be astor of the Bethfel and od churches, the Rev. Gammon, supply pastor, i week. ra'ham will assume his new about June 10 after he es his schooling. Until that e Rev. Gammon will con > serve as supply pastor. Elizabeth Ann Pruett of gton, D. C. spent the holi rith her parents. N Mr. and Frank Davis, at Hazelwood. Iatt bays btate Leads tion In Four-Year ad Building Program et New Year's served Here; Arrests Made dents of Waynesville ob one of the quietest New Kves on record last night as y police department report s morning that not a single had been made during the of celebration. ms of "watch" parties were > welcome in the New Year. 1 with television sets held ; and invited their friends itch the traditional New celebration from Times '? and other metropolitan about every available public n Waynesville was reserved ercnt groups for their par dmost anywhere one went, w Year was being celcbrat h gusto. Many people inter their parties to attend service. crackers were heard inter "y and as midnight ap ieri noise makers were haul anri people gathered togeth littlo groups to wish each a Happy New Year. I for the most part the town |ulet About one o'clock one I never have guessed that Year's had come and gone. Gov. Kerr Scott outlined the pro gress of his administration as gov ernor in a state-wide broadcast Tuesday night and pointed out that North" Carolina has built more roads in the past four years than any other state in a similar period. "The state." he said,' "has in vested over $430 million in con struction, improvement, and main tenance of our highway system and city streets in the four years; this is more than ever devoted to this purpose in any similar period. "One hundred seventy-five mil lion dollars of the $200 million secondary road bond money," the governor continued, "has paid for more than 12,000 miles of paved farm-to-city roads. Fourteen thous and additional miles of roads have been stabilized for all-weather use. The balance of the secondary road bond money remains for improve ment of additional farm-to-city roads; and already more than $17'/fc million of the secondary road bonds have been paid off. "The team you put to work four years ago also concerned itself with the public schools and the mental and physical health of the almost one million youngsters who attended them. The building pro (See Scott Says?Page 7) R. H. Winchester Installed : As New Kiwanis President > ; Kiwanis Head t ? ? - ? Robert H. Winchester was in stalled as new president of the Waynesville Kiwanis Club Tues day night succeeding Jimmy Childress. Winchester, who was vice-president during the past year, will direct the activities of the club during its second year of organization. The Waynesville Kiwanis Club entered into its second year of ac tive operation Tuesday night when Robert H. Winchester was installed ' as president succeeding Jimmy Childress. Childress, manager of radio sta tion WHCC. was commended by the club for his leadership during the formative year and was pre sented with a handsome sterling tray in appreciation for his service in making the club a solid civic1 enterprise. Other officers were installed along with Winchester, as was a' new Board of Directors. The new ! officers are: Charles Underwood, vice-president; and Ray Plciness, secretary-treasurer. The new Board of Directors will be composed of Hooper Alexander, Rufus Carswell, Rev. James A. , Coleman, Charles Edwards. Wll lard Moody, Frank Underwood, i and Hye Shepptowitch. S. J. Westmoreland of Marion. Lieutenant-Governor elect of the First Division of the Carolinas Kiwanis District, was present to officiate at the installation. M. E. Gambrell. present Lieutenant Gov ernor, accompanied him and con gratulated the group on the many projects that had been accomplish ed during the year. Westmoreland was also accom panied by Hugh Beam, superin tendent of/the Marion city school system, wno was principal speak er at the meeting. Two Kiwanians were presented with tabs for their pins for twelve months of perfect attendance. They were Oral Yates and Willard Moody. Childress was also presented with a past-president's pin. Special music for the program was presented by Richard Hlpps and Margaret Jean Connatser. A Ladies' Night program, with Hye Shepptowitch, chairman of the house committee In charge, was held and each of the visiting ladies was presented with corsages tn the Kiwanis colors. Several were also i awarded door prizes. Road Officials Plan To Meet In Asheville Jan. 7 A meeting of the North Carolina Tenth Highway Division engineers and L. D. Thrash, Commissioner, has been set for 10 o'clock Wed nesday morning. January 7, in the Buncombe County Court House to discuss matters pertaining to rofeds in this area of the state. Commis sioner Thrash said this morning. Interested people have been in vited to attend the open meet ing. k No announcements will be made as to additional roads that will he paved in the near future, but the officials will go over the road build ing program as it has progressed to date. First Baby Of 1953 Charlene Denise Whitman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Whit man, was just two hours old when this picture was taken at the Haywood County Hospital. Born at 7:30 a.m. today she is the first New Year's baby in the county. She weighed five pounds, 15 ounces. Mrs. Whitman is a nurse at the hospital. The last baby of 1952 was a boy born at 4:37 a.m. Wednesday to Mrs. Gene Cole of Can ton. (Mountaineer Photo*. First Baby Of New Year Will Get Many Presents Six Dairies Get Grade "A" Rating \ ~ V* I After Inspection Five dairies that supply Haywood County with pasturized milk and one dairy that supplies raw milk have been rated grade "A" plants, according to an announcement made this week by Bill Milner, milk sanitarian with the county health department. The ratings were awarded after an extensive inspection conducted by the health department. The plants receiving "A" ratings were Pet Dairies, Burgin's Dairy, Biltmore Dairy, Skyline Dairies, Southern Dairies ? all producing pasteurized milk, and Ferguson's Dairy, which produces raw milk. When most babies are born they ? or their parents ? can expect a number of appropriate gifts from friends and relatives. Hut when the birth is something special. pr*< rots front people who don't even know the parents and may never know the baby start pour ing in. Charlene Denise Whitman is a special babv. She will come to know in due time that she was the first baby to be born in Haywood i County in 1953. Her birth took I place at 7:40 a. nt. today at the j Haywood County Hospital. Because of this distinction, a number of merchants in Wavnesville will give ' Charlene enough presents to make Ifie easy, especially for the par ents. for some time to come. Mr. Whitman, connected with the Arm of Whitman's Bakery in] Waynesviile. is a veteran of World War II. Mrs. Whitman is employed at the Haywood County hospital. , They live on East Street in (See First Baby?Page 7) ? - ? Civil Court Opens Monday Judge Allen H. Gwyn will have a docket of 29 cases when he opens civil Superior Court here Monday for the January term. Monday will be devoted to pre trial hearings and the regular ses sion will start the next day. Court is scheduled for a week and a half and will conclude on Wednesday the following week. The jury for the first week has the following names: R. B. Hyatt, Dank Robinson, Norman Justice, Ernest Coble, W. H. Hyatt, Myrtle Medford, and J. Cameron Williams, Waynesville; Mrs. Hermie Turpin, T. H. Harkfns, Fred J. Ferguson, Margaret ft Young, J. V. Warren, W. N. Freel, T. C. Allen, Robert F. Stamey, W. A. Silvers, J. G. Bur- j gess, and J. T. Chapped, Beaver dam; James Warren, Jr., Cecil; J. Hobert Medford, Harvey McClure, i and Gus McClure, Clydg; Mrs. J. F. Sheffield, Pigeon; and Mrs. Troy Leatherwood, Jonathan Creek. The jury for the second week in cludes the following: James L. Henderson, Crabtree; S. B. Blalock, Walter G. Singleton, John W. John son. D. I. Williams, George W. Clark. B. B. Chambers, W. F. Kuy kendall, Ralph D. Pharr, J. Boyd Smathers, and Manley D. Dickson, Pigeon; Virginia Hill, Charles T. Garrett, Mrs. M. G. Robinson, C. H. Varner, Allen C. Rowe, and Edward E. Conley, Beaverdam: Fletcher Hill, J. B. Hill, John N. Cogdill, J. Boone Swayngim, A. L. Yarborough and W. H. Prevost, j Waynesville; and Ada Keener, Ivy Hill. A The father WINDY jrsday?Windy but fair and Partly cloudy and slightly rr Friday. llrial Wayncsville tempera compiled by the State Test I; Max. Mln. Rainfall 52 12 30 45 26 .01 31 46 33 1 30 Own Real Estate? Tax Listing Will Be Easy Tax listing should be easier this i c year for most people in Haywood c County because the listers" will come direct to their homes. 1 Some people, the ones who do ( not own real estate, must go to J the listers. But those who own 1 property will be visited not only t by tax listers but also by appraisers fs well. The county commission- I ers have called for a revaluation i S of all land and Improvements and t as they make their rounds, they F I will be accompanied by listers in F r the different townships to make the B tax job easier on everyone. ( F Non-property owners in the a Wavnesville township will be able B to do their listing at the court- V I house and those in Beaverdam B township will And listers at the 1 Chamber of Commerce in Canton. | In the other townships listers will a le.signate certain places where they ?an be located. Classes for the listers will be leld Tuesday from 0 a m. until 5: ?.m. at the courthouse by Mrs.1 dilrired Bryson, tax collector. All isters. named below, must attend hcse classes. East Fork. Ken Burnett; Ivy Hill, lugene Howell; Jonathan Creek, lam Chambers; Clyde. William Os >orne; Iron Duff. Ray Milner; pines Creek. Olenn McCracken; 'igeon. Henry Garner; Crabtrce. Janson McElroy; Cecil, Jerry prancis; Waynesville, Hugh Jolly nd David Turner; Cataloochee. Jack Caldwell, Jr.; Beaverdam. raughn Byers, Kelly Carswell and Irs. Wade Rhea; and White Oak. 'eague Williams. Listing places will be announced t a later date. Babson Predicts Business To Be Generally Good In '53; No New Business Boom * By ROGER W. BABSON ; 1. Business will start the year 1953 in high gear. The pace will slacken, however, as the year un folds. with total business volume for 1953 smaller than for 1952. The powerful supports of the Great Boom ? construction and automo-1 biles?will lose strength as the year advances. 2. Barring World War III. 1953 wilt find business operating under less government control than any year since outbreak of the Korean War. But don't expect removal of price controls to help profit mar gins. INTENSE COMPETITION PREDICTED 3. Salient economic feature is the fact that our productive cap acity has now been expanded to the point where, barring World War III. output can take care of both arms aniP civilian needs. 4. The handwriting Is on the wall against inefficient operators Their days are numbered. The suc cessful businessman next year will be the one who can control his costs and stay nut front in his mar ket. 5. I strongly urge my business friends to get out and sell, and sell hard next year; but hire the best cost accountants you can for the back office. "Order takers" will find fewer jobs as 1953 moves along. WAR AND PEACE 6. My forecasts for 1953 are made on the assumption*!hat World War III will not strike during the year. However. I want to make It i clear that "all bets are off" the day Stalin dies or retires. 7. The H-bomb gives us an other lease on time. Our first lease, from Hiroshima in 1945 to the Rus sian A-bomb explosion in 1949. was frittered away in idle bickering. This time We will have another "breather". It may be our last chance, 8. 1953 will be most important in the struggle for World Peace. We will need more than an H bomb to win the peace." We shall need a great rise of spiritual strength, which is not now evident. NO NEW BUSINESS BOOM 9. The long business boom fol lowing World War II was begin ning to run out of steam when the Korean War gave it a new lease on life. However, the stimulus of defense spending is already fad ing. Barring further international troubles, defense activity in 1953 will be a floor under, and not~a new stimulus to. business activity. 10. Capital expansion will .move into a readjustment phase some time in 1953. This has been an out standing economic force behind our long period of good times [ Nevertheless, I do not now anticip- , ate any sharp break in business. If ] a slide starts it should he gradual, | not steep. 11. Big credit expansion has been a powerful "shot in the arm" ( for business during the past two years. I predict that in 1953 loan , repayments will become more im- ( portant than new credit advances, i This could handicap over-all busi ness unless advertising expendi- ( tures are increased. I 12. Under an Eisenhower Ad- ) (See Babson Predicts?page 7) Alarm Issued For Two Pitt Prison Camp Escapees A state-wide alarm for two es caped convicts was issued yester day afternoon after the convicts eluded officers in the Cove Creek section of the county. The two convicts. Defoy Innian of Haywood County and Ked Bon ner of Texas, escaped from a Pitt County prison camp about three months ago with Peter B. Baxter, who was captured two weeks ago in Charleston, S. C. Another con vict who was also in the escape was captured near Canton by State Highway Patrol officers some time before that. ' / Yesterday afternoon A. Riddle a farmer who lives in the White Oak section, reported to officers that twx> men answering Inman's and Bonner's descriptions had shot at his car. The two men made their escape in a 1952 Mercury sedan. Five officers look part in the search for the convicts but were considerably hampered in their ef forts by the fact that notification of their appearance was delayed because Riddle's car had been damaged and he had no other means of contacting the officers. Officers assigned to the search included Patrolman Joe Murrill. Cpl. Pritchard Smith. Patrolman H. Dayton, and Sheriff Deputies Everett McElroy and Carl Setzer. Revaluation Starts Today In County Appraisers today started the job of revaluing ail real estate in Hay wood County and any changes that are made In property values will he reflected in the tax bills that will go out this year. In each of the 13 townships1 three appraisers will work, in con junction with tax listers. Indus- j tries have their own revaluation hoards. Not since 1H41 has there been a revaluation. Four years laler there was a horizontal raise in taxes a- j mounting to five per cent. The ; new valuation is for real estate and improvements only. The Board of Commissioners. I who ordered the revaluation, have requested that property owners meet the appraisers when they visit the different communities so that satisfactory listings may be determined. Much of the county property i 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. The job is expected to take at least two months. Following is a list of the apprais al boards in the townships: Beaverdam ? Jim Henderson, Leonard Leatherwood, and Kelly Carswell; Waynesville?W. A. Med ford. Hiram McCracken. and David I Turner; Clyde ? W. G. Byers, j Wayne Medford and William Os borne. Fines Creek?Grover Ferguson, Hiram Green and Glenn McCrack en; Crabtree?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 Duckett and Teague Williams; Iron Duff?Joe Medford, Raymond Cald well and Ray Milner; Ivy Hill?j (See Revaluation?Page 7) T ? ?v. > ui>w hi imj w anu UttCJUUfl ^(WDUW Officers Of Four Masonic Lodges Installed Monday 1 Traffic Deaths Decline During 1952 In County Ilaywood County, without a traf fic fatality during the past five i months, fared somewhat better in its highway safety record for 1952 than in the previous year, records lot the State Highway Patrol show There were 50 people injured on the county's highways during 1952 j as compared to 53 in 1951. Five deaths resulting from high way accidents were recorded dur ing the year two less than during 1951. Seven deaths were also re corded in the county as a result of ; traffic accidents during 1950. The county's last traffic fatality of the year occurred August 1 when a car failed to make a curve and overturned near Cruso. One person was killed and oil-' injured in the mishap. I ' An installation ceremony foi officers of the four Masonic "lodges comprising the 41st district of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina was held at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the First Methodist church. The following officers of the var ious lodges were installed: Waynesville Lodge?Paul Martin, worshipful master: Harry Kent, senior warden: Frank Worthington, junior warden: Albert Abel, treas urer; Ray C. Ellis, secretary; Joe W. Howell, senior deacon; James W. Reed junior deacon: Claude J. Reece, senior steward: Hugh S. Daniel, Jr.. junior steward: Charles D. Whitman, tyler. Pigeon River Lodge. Canton?? Howard L. Setzer, worshipful mast er; Charles T. Garrett, senior war den; Fred L. Trull, junior warden; Gunnar W. Bohnsdahl. treasurer; Norman G. Williams, secretary; James W. Chambers, senior deacon; Harold C. Moffitt. junior deacon; Fred Setzer. senior steward; R. Hoyt Langford, junior steward; Jack L. White, tyler. Clyde Lodge No. 453?L. L. Sut ton. worshipful master; E. W. Free, senidr warden; Joe Sam Hardin, junior warden; Glen Brown. Sr, treasurer; Edwin Fincher, secre tary; Tom Leatherwood. senior deacon; Carlton Corzine. junior deacon; Ed Hardin, junior steward; Craig Reeves, junior steward; R. M. Hawkins, tyler. Sonoma Lodge No 472, Bethel ?Bert Cagle, worshipful master; Rufus Hargrove, senior warden; Clifton Terrell, junior warden; M. C. Nix, treasurer; H. H. Garner, secretary; Lester Fore, senior dea con- Robert Kellcy, junior deacon; J. L. Worley, senior steward: Charles Gregory, junior steward; James Edwards, tyler. This annual Masonic event was open to the public for the first ' time in the 86 years since the first lodge in Haywood county was chartered, December 6. 1866. Ap proximately 223 people attended. Introductory remarks were made by Jack Felmet, retiring master of Waynesville lodge No. 239. who presented the installing officer. R. H. Terrell, district deputy grand master of the 41st Masonic district. Assisting Mr. Terrell were I. G. Franklin, retiring master of Pig eon River lodge No. 386 of Canton, as marshal, and R. H. Gibson, Sr., past master of Waynesville lodge No. 259. as chaplain. At the conclusion of the installa tion. refreshments were served by the ladies of Waynesville Chapter No. 165. Order of the Eastern Star. Polio Drive In County To Begin On January 12 Haywood County's annual March of Dimes Drive will nUJrially begin January 12, according to an an nouncement made this week by Drive officials, and will continue through January 31. The national campaign begins tomorrow and Basis O'Connor, na tional president, has reminded campaign workers that more funds than ever before are needed this year to combat a record number of cases reported. Max Rogers of Waynesville, and Fred Ferguson of Canton, are co chairman of the Haywood County Potio Committee. The March of Dimes Drive, which is but iust a part of the work that is done in the county during the vear, will be divided between the Canton and WaynesviHe areas, with drive chairman heading up the campaign in each section Pitt McCarroH- is' chairman of the Waynesville area, and J. Paul Murray and Walter C. Clark are co-chairmen of the Canton area. The goal this year is $15,000. Last year Haywood County ex ceeded its quota and was second in the state in total per capital col lection. The Canton area is comprised of Canton, Clvde, and Bethel, and all areas located east of an imaginary line running north and south a (See Polio Drive?Page 7) Hottest Summer, Drought Were Big Weather News In County During 1952 Haywood County's weather, us ually reliable and always consider ed some of the best in the nation, took a turn upwards beginning in June and before July had run its course, the hottest summer had been recorded by weather officials. The hot spell, which hit its peak in July when a torrid 95 was re corded, was at least the hottest recorded since the Mountain Ex periment Sation weather station was established here in 1944. ( But hot weather wasn't all that Haywood experienced out of the ordinary. There was a drought that damaged thousands of dollars worth of crops and threw a scare into the officials when the water supply of Waynesville was so low that curtailment of its use was seriously under consideration. The low tempera aire for the year was recorded back on .January 30 when citizens shivered in seven degree cold. Rainfall, which is usually re corded on the average of 45 inches per year, will be somewhat under that this year, unofficial reports indicate. But back to that hot period dur ing the summer. All Western North Carolina experienced the heat. with_inost communities re porting that the temperatures broke all existing marks. And Waynes ville and Haywood County were no different. Since official weather readings have been recorded here, the previous high had been 02. But even the 93 figure was lower than the great majority ol Western North Carolina areas An inkling of what was to come was indicated back in January when a practically unheard of 74-de gree warm wave hit the county. That was at the beginning of the month, but by the end the seven degree chill had hit and people felt normal again. The dry weather that started (See Hot Weather?Page 7) Tobacco Warehouses Will Open Monday At Asheville Sales will be resumed on the Asheville burley tobacco market 1 Monday after being idle for the^ Christmas holidays since Decem ber 19. Jeter P. Ramsey. Asheville burley sales supervisor, said yes terday. The first sale will begin Monday i at 9 a. m. in Planters No 2 ware house where 907 baskets will be sold. Buyers will move to Liberty warehouse and sell 449 baskets and then finish the dav's sales at Caro lina where 84 baskets will be sold. Sales next week will continue through Friday. Ramsey said he believed prices will he higher when the first sales if the new year begin than they were before Christmas Ramsey said there's still plenty if floor sDace In the warehouses for farmers to get an early sale for heir tobacco although there is a good deal of leaf on the floors now.i The price of the burley leaf so Far this season has been slightly less than the average, last season when the quality was better, he ? aid However, tobacco sold this season has brought at least 15 cents per oound more than last year according to quality. Ramsey added. The average orice for tobacco sold this season was 550.68 per hundredweight A total of 21.600 baskets was sold during the three weeks of sales, the maximum num-j her allowed. This tobacco weighed i total of 4,900.164 pounds and j brought growers $2,483,303.22 1 Ramsey said. Sales Tuesday will be held in the Carolina warehouse where 1440 baskets will be sold. On Wednes lay. 1340 baskets will be sold a' Carolina and 100 baskets at Ber laid-Walker No. 1. Full day sales ext Thursday and Friday. Highway Record For 1953 In Haywood (To Date) Injured.... 0 Killed .... 0 I i 'This information com piled from Record* of State Highway Patrol.) HES55BE5S9RS5B9K!9HIHHHHHHHk*