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68th YEAR NO. 2 MMPAGES Associated Preaa WAYNESVtLLE, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. 5, 1953 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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delights
Oi The
News
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[ Luck
iok seems to run in the
kis family.
jong age Mr. Davis won
k a commercial contest
jbacco farmers. Then in
| Jack Davis, his son,
kcury in another contest,
Lon a bicycle in still an
il
Imes a winner, and .each
dhing to ride in or on.
bles Are Turned
1941, Joe Palmer as a
State College, would go
neral Assembly, and sit
itor's gallery and watch
r on the floor of the
he represented Haywood.
> scene has changed.
Glenn C. Palmer visit
ral Assembly this term,
sit in the visitor's gal
watch his son Joe on the
ihe House, as he repre
wood.
nn C. Palmer served five
representative. Wcdnes
mark the beginning of
i term.
lion
Thursday's issue of The
>er, it was stated that a
mud was being dug up
Street by the Town of
le, a necessary step in
of new power lines. The
[er was in error and
E?ke a correction,
the work being done
eet is a project of the
11 Telephone Company
icessary in the project
(eventually provide Way
telephone subscribers
Conveniences of a dial
system.
| mud and accompanying
[the price of progress.
alendar
icen looking with a great
iiterest at the new 1953
No fancy girls in the
ave, but some pretty nice
e're mostly interested in
dates that most people
know, like which day
ashington's birthday falls
lay tjiis year.) But we'll
off to what comes in
Ike's inaugural day falls
lay. Our Governor, Mr.
[ will be inaugurated
of this week,
he's Day is on a Satur
er comes April 5 this
Jr Day comes on Septem
I July 4 falls on Saturday,
ire three Friday the thir
- - in February, March,
I months later, in N'o
|as falls on Friday, and
Day falls on a Wednes
Ire, as usual, quite a few
s that are to be remem
I planned for, but the a
about as important as
im Sells
0 Here
(
s Studio, which has been
for the past seven years
isonic Building, has been
led and the owner and
V moved to Florida,
the equipment has been
1 by the Mountaineer and
being made to install a
>hic dark-room in the
r plant . Pictures that
as taken during the time
ed the studio have been
the disposal of the Moun
nd persons desiring re
y do so by contacting the
> To Resume
cly Meetings
ms Club will hold Its first
of the New Year at 7:30
rsday at Spaldon's Res
r meetings are being re
illowing the usual post
ts that accompany Christ
New Year's holidays.
le
ther
4
^CIdoleiP
y ? Considerable cloudi
cold, with snow flurries
late afternoon. Partly
id colder Tuesday,
il Waynesville weather as
at the State Test Farm.)
Max. Mln. Rainfall
96 24 ?
43 29 .17
38 26 ?
33 18 ?
Excellent Travel Year
Forecast By Travel Group
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Telephone
Manager
? C. T. McCuiston of Asheville has
been appointed Waynesville Group
Manager of the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany effective Jan. 1, it was an
nounced today by J. L. Smith,
Asheville District Manager.
He will have charge of the
Waynesville and Canton exchanges
and his office will be in the new
telephone building located at 106
Academy Street here.
Meanwhile, the company has an
nounced the moving of its business
office into the new building where
it has been open for business since
8;30 a.m. Monday. Jan. 5. The same
office hours will be maintained
from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday. A night depository
is located at the front entrance for
the convenience of customers.
Mrs. Fay Toy and Mrs. Annie
Fie will continue to handle busi
ness transactions in the new build
ing.
Mr. McCuiston began his service
with the telephone copiggny. Jyly
8, 1940, in the Directory Depart
ment. Later he served four years
in the Air Force. He has held sev
eral positions with the company
and for the past two years has
served as office manager in the
Asheville District office.
A native of Winston-Salem, Mr.
McCuiston has been active in the
Asheville Lions Club work and
served as president of the Haw
Creek Mens Club. He is married
to the former Miss Charlotte Sofley
of Asheville. They have three chil
dren. Mr. and Mrs. McCuiston arc
members of the Presbyterian
Church and will make their home
in Waynesville in the near fu
ture.
District "Slanager Smith stated
that due to the past telephone
growth experienced in Haywood
County and the $800,000 dial con
version now in progress, it is felt
that a full time manager is neces
sary in the best public interest and
in the supervision of the Company's
business. Southern Bell now has
6740 telephones in service in Hay
wood County and 390 requests for
service pending.
Iron Duff CDP To
Meet Thursday Night
The Iron Duff Community De
velopment Program will hold its
regular monthly meeting Thurs
day, January 8, at the home of
Jarvis Caldwell.
Jack Ray. chairman, urges that
all members be present. The meet
ing will begin promptly at 7
o'clock.
"We can expect an excellent (
travel season for 1953. barring un
forseen events that could be im
posed upon our nation from the
outside".
That is the confident prediction
of the National Association of
Travel Organizations. Inc., of
which Bart Leiper is president, as
well as being executive vice presi- 1
dent of Western North Carolina
Highlanders, with headquarters 1
here. I
' i
The predictions of NATO, Leiper
stated, are based upon the con
sidered Opinions of leaders in vari- ,
ous phases of the travel industry,
! such as the railroads, airlines, bus
i lines, and the American Automo
| bile Association which states: "The '
picture is bright for 1953, but the
year will also be the time for long
range planning of the country's
travel needs".
The AAA points out the need for
expanded facilities in connection
with maintenance and upkeep of
the National Parks. "Overcrowd
ing and understaffing of the na- 1
tional parks and failure to build
new and adequate highways are
two aspects of a problem which
will worsen unless serious thought
and action are given".
Dr. Herbert A. Wilkinson,, spec- ,
ial assistant director of Services ,
for the U. S. Commerce Depart
ment, Washington, has informed
NATO that their studies indicate I
at least a general over-all 5 per- (
cent increase in domestic travel ,
this year, stressing the increase in
disposable personal income and
growth in savings accounts.
More and more emphasis is be
ing placed by travel experts upon
the- need for adequate recreation !
and entertainment as a means of
holding visitors, Leiper stated.
Tax Listing Places In
County Are Announced
Only Five Arrests Are
Made So Far This Year
The New Year has proven to
be'a good one so far as the
Waynesville Police Department
is concerned. To date there has
been only five arrests made, all
of them on the charge of public
drunkenness.
Ac<ording to records at the [
Police Department, one arrest
was made January 1, another on
January 2, and three this past
| Saturday.
w People in-the Wayne.wille* town
shift who do not own real estate (
and will not be visited by tax list-*
ers and assessors can do their list
ing each Saturday of the month
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the court
house.
Non-property owners in Begver
dam township can list daily at the
Chamber of Commerce office at
Canton and Saturdays at the Town
Hall.
For the rest of the county, tax
litsing places li'ave been announc
ed as follows from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
on Jan. 10:
Cataloochee township ? Mack
Caldwell's Store, Mack Caldwell,
Jr., lister: Cecil township?Cecil
School. Jerry Francis; Clyde town
ship?Cagle Furniture- Store, Wil
liam Osborne: East Fork township
?Poston's Store, Ken Burnette;
(See Tax Listing?Page 4)
Polio Sing Will
Be Held Sunday
At Court House
Haywood County's 1953 March of
Dimes drive will hold its kickoff
program next Sunday when the an
nual Polio Sing takes place in the
Court House. The sing will begin
at 2 o'clock.
Rev. C. L. Allen and W. T. Queen
will be in charge of the sing. These
two mn have been leading this
phase of the March of Dimes cam
paign since its inception in the
county several years ago. The sing,
always one of the most popular
features of the drive has attract
ed hundreds of people annually,
and has consistently been so well
presented that hundreds of dollars
have poured into the Dime Drive's
coffers as a result.
All singers in the nearby area
(See Polio Sing?Page 4)
Condition Of !
Lake Tunaluska
Official Serious
Dr. Edgar H. Nease, Sr., of At
lanta, was reported this morning
to have gained consciousness after
being critically injured last Mon
day in an automobile wreck at
Seneca, S. C. ,
Dr. Nease is executive secretary
of the Southeastern Jurisdiction of
the Methodist church, and in
charge of the program for the
coming year at Lake Junaluska.
He suffered a concussion of the
(See Condition Serious?Page 4)
Joe Palmer Will Not Ask
'
Much Local Legislation
Inauguration Set For Thursday
At noon Thursday. William B. Umstead is to take the oath as
governor of North Carolina. Luther B. Hodges will become lieu
tenant governor, in what now looms as one of the most colorful
inaugurations in the history of the state.
Inauguration And Opening
Oi General Assembly To
Be Big Event In Raleigh
Temperature Drops To
18 Here Over Weekend
The weather tot down pretty
low last night but not quite as
low as was registered back in
December.
On Decemher 15 the Mountain
Experiment Station recorded a
low of 13. Last night it was 18.
Soco Gap, which was closed
at one time over the week-end,
was open to motorists today.
Officers warned anyone travel
ing that way that there was still
some Ice and that careful driv
ing was an absolute must.
Saturday afternoon two cars
ran together at'Balsam because
of icy conditions but neither ve
hicle was damaged.
A bright sun early this morn
ing is melting much of the snow
that fell over the week-end but
the weatherman forecasts more
snow flurries for late this after
noon and tomorrow.
. !
Tar Heel political leaders from
all corners of the State will swarm
to Raleigh this Week for a double
barreled attraction?the opening of
i the General Assembly on Wednes
| day and the inauguration of a new
j Governor on Thursday.
A few legislators and other po-1
' liticians arrived Sunday, but the
invasion of the Capital won't rfca< h
full momentum until Tuesday.1
when party caucuses will be held
to choose leaders of the General
Assembly.
The big crowd, of course, will be
in the city on Thursday. Thousands
of persons from all over the State
will view the parade and the cere-,
mony at which William B. Umstead
of Durham takes over the head post
in State Government from W Kerr
Scott of Haw River, who has held
it for the past four years.
The official party will move down
Fayetteville Street after leaving
the Executive Mansion on Blount
Street shortly after ll o'clock.
Umstead. a lawyer, former Con-;
gressman and former U. S. Senator,'
will take his oath in Memorial1
Auditorium, where a joint session :
of the House and Senate will be
(See Inauguration?Page 4)
Tourist Group
| To Meet Here
Wednesday Night
A colorful peek at what other
i resort sections are doing to attract
1 and to hold visitors will be a mo
s tion picture of "Dudin' in Colora
p do" to be shown at the January 7
meeting of the Haywood County
0 Highlanders (formerly Haywood
1 County Tourist Association) meet
.. ing at the court house, at 8 p. m.
according to L. E. DeVous, presi
dent.
The organisation will also dis
cuss plans for participation in the
forthcoming National Travel Show
by Western North Carolina High
f landers, Inc., to be held in Chicago
I I February 20 - March 1.
. The plans call for a display that
will attract widespread interest
i- with special emphasis upon the
- desirability of early Spring visits
-! to the "linger longer" Highlands
'of Western North Carolina.
Local Heart
Chapter Will
Be Organized
A local chapter of the Americar
Heart Association will be organic
ed Friday when the Heart Func
Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m
at the courthouse.
With the formation of the ehapt
er, plans will be completed for the
heart drive Feb. 1 to March 1 am
a goal will be set. Dr. J. L. Reeve:
and Mrs. Mildred H. Bryson ar<
co-chairmen of the committee.
Purpose of the drive will be ti
raise funds for local, State am
federal use in combating heart di
seases.
Waynesville Masons
To Meet Here Friday
The Waynesville chapter ol
Royal Arch Masons No. 60 wil
hold a stated convocation Friday
January 9 at 7:30 o. m.
Installation of officers and initi
ation in the M. M. and P. M. de
grees will be a part of the busi
ness of the evening. ./
Representative
Left Today For
State Capital t
Representative Joe Palmer said
just before leaving for Raleigh to-i
day that he had little local legis
lation which he planned to seek ]
in the approaching term of the j
General Assembly, which convenes !
on Wednesday.
Representative Palmer said there ;
are a number of pieces of local
legislation which he has under con
sideration. but not dihnitely made
up his mind as to what he will do
about them. Several office hold
ers are seeking pay increases, he;
said. These include both county
and town officials in Haywood, it
was said.
"There are several offices in the
county which need to be studied
with the view of modernization,"
he said. "Just how far. or what
will be done after making a study
of comparison with othor counties
is not known right now. I plan to
study the proposals and investigate
what has been done in other coun
ties and then make a decision.
There is no reason to be in too big:
a hurry on such matters. The
General Assembly will be in ses
sion for at least 90 days, and there
is time to study, and confer with
others on such matters before writ- t
ing any bills."
Representative Palmer said he j i
(See Joe Palmer?Page 4)
Mill In Gastonia
Robbed By Inman;
Was Seen Here
An Mcatied convict, who has re
nnrtvAiv jfeen sci'ii in Haywood'
fCdunty recently, wts idehnfledJ
Saturday as one of the three men
who held up the office of a Gas
Ionia- textile mill and escaped with
a $2,400 payroll.
The man, identified as Defoye
Inman. was identified by the pres
ident of the null from a picture
taken from police files. j
Inman. who escaped from the!
Pitt County Prison. Camp in Octo-11
bcr with two others, was reported
ly seen in the Cove Creek section
of this county last week. At that ->
time two men, whom officers be
lieved were Inman and Red Bon
ner, also an escaped convict, shot
a tire off the car of a Mr. Riddle
of White Oak.and fled before offi
cers could arrive on the scene.
Police have intensified their
search for both men.
M
Ready For Session
Representative Joe Palmer fefT
this afternoon for Raleigh, where
he will represent Haywood in the
House of the General Assembly.
He is one of the youngest mem
bers of the 1953 session.
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Four Negroes Are
Injured Saturday
Afternoon Here
Two Waynesville Negroes were
still in Moore General Hospital
Veterans Hospital in Swannanoa
this morning as a result of an auto
mobile accident late Saturday af
ternoon in which four persons
were injured.
Ed Wheeler, listed bv officers
as the driver of the automobile
which careened off the highway
(Pigeon Street) and overturned,
was reported to have his jaw
broken, most of his teeth knocked
out, and serious injuries to his
hand. He ?1?0 suffered uov.irk .?
skull fracture and interna? in
juries.
Dexter Bryant, who is at pres
ent serving with the Army, suf
fered a possible skull fracture.
The accident occurred about 5
o'clock Saturday afternoon on
Pigeon Street. The car. which was
traveling at a high rate of speed,
left the road, struck an embank
ment, a telephone pole, and over
turned twice. ?
Two other passengers in the car
were treated for injuries at Hay
wood County Hospital and were
released shortly after. The two
were Jute Clark and Gene Howell,
who is Just three years old.
Officers .Harry Evans and Ray
Whitener investigated.
Weather Let The
Pupils Down;
Classes Resumed
The weather over the week-end
just wasn't had enough or long j
enough to keep any Haywood Coun
ty students home today and about
9.000 of them headed back to
classes this morning.
For a while some of them un
doubtedly were 'hoping that the
snow and ice on several of the I
highways would extend the 16-day
Christmas vacation. But this morn
ing Mrs. John Boyd, superintend
ent of county schools, said all 1
buses were in operation and clas
ses started on time.
Christmas vacation is the divid- |
ing line in the school year in vaca
tions and days off. With the coming i
of the New Year there is little time
ofT until summer vacation?unless. I
of course, the weather causes a
change in plans. Students may not
attend classes F.aster Monday, but |
aside from that, the grind is steady i
from now on.
Gospel Sing Scheduled
At James Chapel Church
A program of gospel music will
be presented at the James Chapel
Baptist Church at Crabtree tomor
row i Tuesday) night at seven i
o'clock.
The music will be presented by j
Hartford's Quartet of Knoxville. a
musical group that has a regular
radio program each Sunday morn- I
ing.
The singers are widely known in I
this area. Rev. G. A. Crumn has
invited the public to attend the
program.
Boosters Club To Meet
The Hazelwood Boosters Club
will hold its regular meeting
Thursday night. January 8. at 7
o'clock at the Presbyterian Church.
All members are urged to be
i present.
Lions Top Goal
In Funds For
Christmas Cheer
The Waynesville Lions Club,
which had set a goal of $2.000 for
its Christmas Cheer fund, collected
more than that this year and. as a
result, was able to help more
children than ever before.
An unofficial report shows that
the Lions Dime Board, which op
erated about three weeks before
Christmas, collected some $1,863.
A radio program netted $370 for
a total of $2,235.
So far $1,900 has been oaid out
with some bills still not paid.
Should any of the funds be left
over after all bills are paid, the
Llors v ill place the reineinder of
the funis in a "special Welfare
fund to be used much in the same
way as the Christmas fund
Generally speaking, the Lions
use Christmas Cheer funds to
help needv children in the county.
The project is taken each year and ?
has always proved hugely success
ful.
Members of the Lions today ex
pressed thanks to the people of
Haywood County for being so gen
erous in their contributions.
Haywood Has Low Rating
In Public Assistance
North Carolina is a State thai
ranks low in the nation in genera
welfare assistance to its people anr
Haywood County has a low ratinj
in the State, according to informa
tion for the current issue of th<
-?University of N. C. News Letter.
General assistance refers t<
needy people between 18 and 6i
yean of age and does not includ
the Federal Social Security pro
gram. Public assistance comes fron
county funds, perhaps supplement
ed by the State.
In the matter of jold age assist
ance, Haywood County rank
thirty seventh in North Carolim
with an average payment of $25.10
in aid to dependent children It i;
in fifty-sixth place with an aver
age payment of $45.65; and in aii
to the blind the county place
twenty-fourth and an average pay
m%nt of $36.06.
These figures for the county ar?
about the same as the State's aver
age in*each case. North Carolina')
payment for general assistance wa.'
$21.16 and for the U. S. it wai
t $48.35. Only three southern states
1 ranked below North Carolina and
I the southern states were at the
i bottom of the list.
No county in the state even ap
5 proaches the .national average pay
ment for old age assistance. No
) county in the state is close to the
' national average payment for aid
e to dependent children. No county
- approaches the national average
i average payment for aid to the
- blind. The public welfare date al
so shows that no county in the
- state approaches the national aver
s payment for aid to the
' manently and totally disabled. In
: fact. In a vast majority?of coun
s ties the public welfare recipients
receive less per month than the
i average for the southern states.
s The News Letter concluded its
" summary by stating that "certainly
the lowest goal to be sought by
North Carolina Is to meet the
southern average in the various
items that make up the public wel
fare program.^
Seriously Hurt
'
Dr. Edgar H. Neaae, Sr., an offi
cial of Lake Junaluska. and in
charge of the program, was re
ported today as still in a critical
rondltion following injuries re
ceived in an automobile accident.
Christmas Seal Drive
Is $380 Short Of Goal
Proceeds from the 1952 Christ-1
mas Seal Sale, which ended ofTi-i
ciaily Dec 25, total $1,080.59. about
$380 short of the $1400 goal. Mrs. |
R. R. Campbell. Seal Sale Chair
man of the Waynesville-Hazelwood -
Tuberculosis Committee, has an
nounced.
Mrs. Campbell stressed, however,
that it is not.too late to send re
turns. The $1400 goal is the mini
mum needed for the committee's i
tuberculosis control projects dur
ing 1953. . I
"We have had inquiries about
whether Christmas Seal returns are:
still being accepted, and I want'
to emphasize that they are not only
acceptable, but welcome." Mrs.
Campbell said. "In fact, we are
counting on those late returns to
reach minimum financial needs so
that the committee will be assur
ed of making Its 19.13 TB control
program in this area the most ef
fective in its history. May I say
here that the bringing of the Mo
bile X-Ray Units here in May 1953
is our main project." These are
already scheduld for Haywood
County.
"I am confident that those who
have forgotten or overlooked their
Christmas Seal Sale letters will
acknowledge them in the very
near future," she said.
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured.... 5
Killed .... 0
(This Information com
piled from Records of
State Highway Patrol.) i
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Pre - Trial
Hearings
Start Today
The pre-trial calendar got under
way here this morning at the Jan
uary tfrm of civil Superior Court
with Judge Allen H. Gwyn presid
ing.
Following is a schedule of the
trial for the two week term:
Motion docket: Ward, trustee vs.
Ensley, and Watkins Co. vs. Alli
son.
Tuesday ? Roberts vs. Rogers
Electric Co.; Ratcliffe vs. Goforth;
and Powell Lumber Co. vs. Go
forth.
Wednesday ? Sanford vs. Moon
ey and Jones vs. Town of Can
ton.
Thursday ? Haywood Builders
Supply Co. vs. Deeb: Caldwell vs.
Protex Weatherstrip Co.; and
Davis vs. Snyder.
Friday ? Rogers Electric Co. vs.
Goforth; The L. N. Davis Co. vs.
Patten; and Haywood Builders
Supply Co. vs. Ratcliffe.
Monday ? Camp vs. Camp, Car
ver vs. Moody Rulane, Inc.; Clark
vs. Wellco Shoe Corp.; Leather
wood vs. Green; E. F. Caldwell vs.
Charles Edwards; and Frecl vs.
Cagle.
Tuesday ? Owen vs. Meiselman;
Daugherty vs. Wise; Francis vs.
Snyder; Haywood Builders Supply
Co. vs. Deeb; and Martin Electric
Co. vs. Deeb.
Wednesday ? Price vs. Messer;
Rathbone vs. Pipes; Mills vs.
Hampton: James vs. Surrett; and
Westmoreland vs. N. C. State
Highway Public Works Commis
sion.
Uncontested divorce cases will
?e tried at the convenience of
:ourt and counsel.