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U 67th YEAR NO. 3 16 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVtLLE. N. t . Till KS1>AY AFTERNOON. JAN. 8. IMS .00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson CountSM
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jitt MUHdi a colored mat. I
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tor larceny must have I
plait being free. So he I
X pull all optlllllstlc stunt. I
into tne basement or I
H1( h"iisc. got a tire which I
ct^K, to ttio Hieriff's oil ice, I
n^Hfl ui i;t out to the parking I
A, court Mouse and tried to I
?H sale
can lit, and given an- I
daj on t lie roads.
*He Sense
niiifi' this week the State I
Patrol was called to in- I
accident at Cedar Top, I
between Clyde and Lake I
< aire, mg at the scene Cpl. I
U^Bnl Smith duly investigated I
Hi ua- seriously injured) I
c^H the course ot questioning I
Hut. was told that speeding
e^H> cause ot the accident, "t I
was just going too last,"
K^Hng man admitted. He was, I
anil was charged with I
?
j^Hsn.it!: poking around in the I
^^Hhuiml a piece of broken I
^Hiclci And on that piece of I
"^Held. a slogan, which the
Virginia uses on all its I
Hbilc inspection certificates
a< a constant safety re- I
met Ills eye. It said: "Use
4" "on h-nl hnrcp.
Telephone Company Makes Move
On Monday the business office of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph "Company was moved
into the new building two blocks west of the old location. Although all business is now transacted
in the modern brick structure, it will not be until June that the change will be complete for all de
partments and the dial system put into use. Manager C. T. McCuiston is shown with Mrs. Fay Toy,
left, and Mrs. Annie Fie. (Mountaineer Photo>.
IStllbt U'
n Grades Land
School Use
I err tract of lanri across |
high school on Brown j
s being graded by the (
school use. ;
hn Boyd, county superin
aid that tinal plans for (
the Held have not been .
nit it would be adapted (
a parking lot or a drill {
the band It is very un- (
i> said, that the lot will t
a athletic field. j
lie Presbytery
fcet Tuesday i
i
sheville Presbytery will
dated winter meeting at |
>a Presbyterian Church i,
nnfning at 10:30. I j
K Brown of Bryson ,
lodcrator and Bev. Mai- I j
liamson of first Presby-j
hutch, Waynosvjlle, is j;
rk
rs and ruling elders from !
Ins n Western North <
will attend. j
svillc Masons
et Here Friday
Aaynesville chapter of '
eh Masons No. 6ft will I
ated convocation Friday. 1
I at 7:31) n. m.
dion of officers and tniti- j
the M. M and P. M. de- I
I Is a part of the busi- i
ic evening. j
Who Says Early
Bird Always
Gets The Worm?
Two men attempted armed rob- !
aery at Spaldon's Restaurant about
5:20 a. m. today but left without
getting a penny for their troubles,
Sheriff Fred Campbell reported.
Manager Bill Kanos had just
>pened the restaurant for the day
ind was in the kitchen turning on
.'lectrical appliances when two men
?ntered. One of them held a gun
?n Kanos while the other went
hrough the- empty cash register, j
<anos told them that Spaldon had
lot yet come in with the money,
ind when the man with the gun
iaid he heard someone ' corayig,
hey broke off their search and
eft.
Kanos described the man who
cepl the gun on him as about Hi
/ears old, short, and with blond
lair. The other was tall and slim j
vitb black hair. He was wearing a
atigue jacket.
They drove towards Asheville
ifter leaving the restaurant.
Sister Of Mrs. Thompson
Dies In Milledgeville
?
Mrs. Godfrey Osterman, sister of
Mrs. C. G. Thompson, died Tues
day morning at her home in Mil
ledgeville, Ga., after a long illness.
Funeral services were held in
Milledgeville yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and Mrs.
Mvin Ward attended the services,
laving left here last Thursday
vhen Mrs. Osterman became critic
illy ill.
Births, Deaths Show Drop
During Year In Haywood
Planting of Crocuses
Encouraged In Stale
"Crocus in Carolina" is ex- j
pec ted to become a memorable
sight for spring visitors to the
Tarheel State as garden and
civic clubs boost the more ex
tensive planting of these small
colorful flowers along the edges
of parks, private lawns and the
grounds of public buildings.
Miss Monimia F. Macllac.
Asheville Garden Club enthusi
ast, is promoting crocus plant
ing throughout the State. She
says October is the ideal month
for planting them on mown
lawn areas. The bulbs are in
expensive and the plants them
selves. which are members of
the Iris family and have grass
like leaves, require no further
care. In earlv spring, before the
appearance of even such hardy
blossoms as daffodils, crocuses
can provide a rainbow of pink,
blue and white,
March Of Dimes
Polio Sing Set
For Sunday Here
The annual Polio Sing scheduled
for 2 p.m. Sunday at the court
house. will open the 1953 March
of Dimes campaign in Haywood
County.
Rev. C. L. Allen and W. T. Queen
will be in charge of the sing. These
two ran 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-J
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
have been issued an invitation to
perform.
An offering will be taken during
the program and will be turned j
over to the March of Dimes Drive.'
Dimes officials said today that1
many other programs have been
planned for the program, some lo
be presented in the Wavnesville;
area, others in the Canton area,
and many of them to be on a coun
ty-wide basis.
Births, deaths, and the issuing of
marriage licenses all showed a de
cline during 1952 from the pre
vious year, records in the Register
of Deeds office show.
There were 119 fewer births re
ported in the county during the
year than the high of 935 recorded
in 1951, The death report was al
most identical to that recorded in
1951. with 233 recorded in 1952
and 234 in 1951.
And Cupid apparently failed in
his job during Leap Year. In 1951 |
243 marriage licenses were issued
and in 1952 225 were issued.
A spokesman in the health de
partment said that Haywood had j
an average of 15 deaths ner month
during the year and an average of
83 births, or about five and one
half times as many.
Tourist Group
Hears Plans For
Travel Show
The Haywood Highlanders held
their regular monthly meeting
Wednesday night at the court house
and heard several interesting talks
on the prospects of the 1953 tourist
season in the county. L. E. De
Vous, president of the group, pre
sided and also spoke briefly on a
trip he has just completed to the
northern section of the country.
A film. "Dudin' in Colorado."
was shown. The film was in color
and had an interesting commen
tary.
Bart Lcipor. executive vice-presi
dent of W'N'C Highlanders, Inc..
told the group of the plans con
cerning 'Western North Carolina's
entry in the coming National Asso
ciation of Travel Organizations
show which will be held in Chicago
in February.
OeVous said that some seven
tourist operators in the county had
made offers of free vacations to
winners of a contest which will be
held during the show.
?
Iveral Cases Heard In
ro-Day Court Session
Superior Court, which was
^Hioi thi- week and several
^?icxt week, was adjourned
afternoon by Judge Allen
^B until Monday.
^VMrial calendar was heard
Hv ami during Tuesday one
tried and live divorces
all on the basis of two
^?tparaiiuns.
? ra.. settled by consent, was
^?Da\is \s. W. H. Snyder. In I
^Blzmenl Snyder agreed to
^?enlaintifl S.iOO in full settle
Bhw hi claims and the plain
^Bt court costs.
^Bfollnwii. wore granted di
?<"' It Wright vs. Mary Lou I
?< Marv Lewis vs. T'aul |
lt;e Cogdill vs. Nora !<ee j
? Mark I. Trultt vs. Ruby 1
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Heart Committee
Will Meet Friday
A local chapter of the American
Heart Association will be organiz
ed Friday al a meeting of the
Heart Fund Committee at 7:30 p
m. at the courthouse.
With the formation of the chap
ter. plans will be completed for the
heart drive Feb. 1 to March 1 and
a goal will be set. Dr. J. L. Reeves
and Mrs. Mildred H. Bryson are
co-chairmen of the committee.
Purpose of the drive will be to
raise funds for local. State and ,
federal use in combating heart di
seases.
? H. Anderson
'fchcth Anderson. ; .
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B;l I'" Nihilities ot scattered 11
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WNC To Get Intensive
Promotion At Travel Show
Outstanding visitor attractions of
Western North Carolina are to be
?iven a big play at the forthcomi
ng National Travel Show in Chi
:ago February 20-March 1. accord
ng to Paul Hyatt, Treasurer and
member of the Hoard of Directors
if Western North Carolina Highl
anders, Inc., which regional pro
notion organization is arranging
he display.
Upward of 300.000 persons are I
sxpeeted to visit this travel show
the only one of its kind planned
this year In Chicago, and which is ,
sponsored by the National Associ
ation of Travel Organizations, of
which Bart Leiper, executive vice
president and general manager of ,
the Highlanders, was elected pres
ident recently.
Highlanders' officials and board
members are enthusiastic over I
plans for the promotion of West
ern North Carolina attractions and
facilities in one of the leading
areas where travel, to this area is!
likely to originate.
Several unusual features ' are
planned to attract and hold inter
est of show attenders. One will
be the operation of an antique spin
ning wheel, rigged attractively
with colorful pictures of outstand
ing Western North Carolina attrac- ,
tions. ICach visitor at the show de- ,
siring to do so will be invited to ;
(See Travel Show?Page 8)
Visitors Last
Year In Smokies
Exceed 2 Million
Another all-time record attend
ance mark has been established by
the Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park.
For the calendar year of 1952 the
Park Service reports a visitor total
of 2.322.152 or a 19.3 per cent in
crease over the 1.945,130 total for
the 1951 calendar year.
The total was also 1.1 per cent
above the last travel-year report
for the year ending September 30.
which counted 2.295.428 persons
visiting the park.
Last December's attendance of
30.541 was 54 per cent above the j
19.794 reported for December.
1951.
Beginning with the present re
port. the National Park Service
will keep attendance figures on a j
calendar-year basis for all national
parks.
"fhe Great Smokies were first in
the nation last travel year and
probably will be the first for the
calendar year, 1952.
The Smoky Park has consistently
led all national parks In attendance
for several years, park officials
said.
State Attorney General Holds
Local Beer Petitions Invalid
Engineers
Checking
Main Water
Lines Here
Engineers were here this week
checking on the final details for
the construction of a modern fil
tering plant, and addition of water
lines from the intake on the water
shed.
Town officials said that the en
gineers would soon complete the
specifications for the filtering
plant, as w?ll as the size and length
of additional lines, and ask for bids
on the construction.
The voters of Waynesville last
November approved the sale of 1
$300,000 in bonds for the expan
sion of the water system.
Tentative plans are to build the
filtering plant on the Aliens Greek
road leading to the 9.000-acre
watershed.
The new filtering plant will re
place the one which was built in
1908. and at the peak of the season
is not large enough to filter all the
water demanded for the system.
The engineers have not decided
upon the size of the additional
lines to bring water from the in
take to the filtering plant. At
present an 8-ineh line is used
Officials hope to get the plans
and specifications soon in order |
that bids might be received, and
work started on the new project.
Retires After 28 Years
Deputy Register of Deeds here since 1924. Mrs. \V. L. McCracken
has announced her retirement from that office. She has served
under six Registers during that lime. Her successor is Miss Mar
garet James. (Mountaineer Photo).
Dr. O'Kearse
Heads County
Medical Society
Di. Shad O'Kearse of ("anion as
sumed his duties as president of |
the Haywood County Medical So |
eiety at u business meeting of the j
Society Tuesduv night in Canton '
Dr. O'Kearse succeeds Dr. Janies
Fi nder as head of the Society
Other new officers are 1)r, j
Doris Hammett. vice-president
and Dr. Thomas Stringfield. sec
retary-treasurer. Dr. Fender is
delegate to the State Medical So
eiety meeting and Dr Bovd Oweii
is alternate.
Standing committees for the
new year were named Tuesday
night as follows: Legislation. Dr.
Boyd Owen, Dr. Fender. Dr. V. II
Duckett.
Emergency medical service, Dr j
N. F. Lancaster, Dr. Haywood |
Smith. Dr. O'Kearse.
Grievance committee. Dr. J. L
Reeves. Dr, R. S. Rohersort, Dr. .1
R. Westmoreland
Rural health. Dr. Roy Moore. Dr.
J. Frank Pate. Dr. Bovd Owen.
Industrial health, Dr. Robert
Owen. Dr. Fender.
I'uhlie relations. Dr. Doris Ham
mett. Dr Hugh Matthews.
Social committee. Dr. Duckett.
Dr. Haywood Smith. Dr. Doris
Hammett.
Speaker
Eugene T. Bost. Jr. iabove), of
Concord, is Cabarrus County
representative in the General
Assembly which opened on Jan. j
7, and is Speaker of the House.
'AP Photoi '
Mrs. McCracken Retires
After 28 Years As Deputy
Register Of Deeds Here
Haywood Gets 2
Miles Of Paving
The Slate Highway Commission
completed 2.1 ijiiles of paving in
Haywood County during the month
ol' December. Commissioner L.
Dale Thrash reported today.
The newly-paVed roads, and
their lengths, arte Rafjibortc .0
mile; Dock Graham, one mile;
and Sheephack. .6 mile.
All three projects were financed
by the $200,000,000 secondary road
bond program.
The Tenth Highway Division
brought a total of 28 10 miles of |
road work J,o completion during
December.
Community Sing Set
For Beaverdam Area
A community-wide singing for
the Beaverdam section has been
announced for Saturday night at
the Beaverdam Baptist church at j
7 o'clock. Cooperating in this pro
gram. which is one of a series to be
held in connection with the polio
drive, in I his area, are the North
Canton Baptist church, Beaver
dam Methodist and Beaverdam
Baptist.
Some well known singers have
been secured for this singing, in
cluding the Sentz Trio and Friend
ly Five of Asheville. the Sanford
Family and Silvertone quartet, and
a number of other local singers.
An offering will be taken during
the evening for the polio drive.
Boosters Club To Meet
The Hazelwood Boosters Club
will hold its regular meeting
tonight (Thursdayi at 7 o'clock at
the Presbvterian Church
J All members are urged to be
present.
Mrs. w i.. .McCracken, who has |
been deputy Register of Deeds
since HJ24. lias announced her re
tirement front office.
Her successor is Miss Margaret
James, who has served as her as
sistant for four years. Mrs. Roger ,
Medford will succeed Miss James. I;
Mrs. McCracken has served un
der six Registers of Deeds: C. F.
Kirkpalrick. Weaver McCracken, ,
Edwin Uajties. (.'. C. Francis, Bry
an Medford. and Jule Noland.,
She first started us deputy
the request of her brother. Mr
Kirkpatriek. who needed somepiu
to do pen work By the time he left
office. Mrs McCracken decided she
wanted to star on so she took a
night course in typing and went
to work under the next Register of
Deeds. Weaver Mcpdacken.
Her job, though routine, has been
inlt resting and every now and then |
-omething will happen to liven up I
the hookwnrk. From time to time,
-lie said, people will ask her?for a
fee on the side -if she will change
a record. Someone may want a
birth certificate or marriage cer
tificate changed to falsify ages in
order to get old age assistance
sooner or even to be 'eligible" to
enter the army or navy. Needless
to sa>. no record has ever been
changed and no bribe ever accept
ed.
In 28 years at the same job. Mrs.
McCracken has seen many changes.
Shi- has worked in both the old and
new court houses and has seen the
gradual accumulation of records
until they greatly outnumber the
original books. When she went to
work, Mrs. MeCraeken made en
tries in hook number 63 and now
she is working in number 154. Each
book, she said, contains 640 pages.
And during the term of C. C.
Francis a new filing system was1
adopted that: was a great improve
ment over the one used formerly.
I See Mrs. McCracken?Page 8)
Ross Family Gets Good
Prices For Tobacco Crop !
The R- H. Ross family of Jona
than Creek has no complaints a
bout their tobacco crop this year.
Between father and son 3.1 acres
of tobacco brought a total of S4.
218.70, of w hich $2,292 58 went to
Ross. Sr. for 1.5 acres.
This acreage produced 3.440
pounds for Mr. Ross and brought
an average of 66.84 cents per
pounds Two-thirds of this, 2.014
pounds sold for 70 cents Of the
remainder. 448 Pounds went for 89
cents, another 448 pounds brought
67 cents. 270 pounds were sold for
57 rents, and 260 pounds, 46
cents.
Roy Ross. Jr. did not quite equal
his father in number of pounds or
*
ill price. He grew 2.960 pounds on !
i.6 acres for Sl.926.12 and an aver, j
age of 65 cents. His too grades, j
totaling 2.392 pounds, brought 69
cents. The next 100 pounds!
brought (>R cents. 350 pounds. 54
rents, R8 pounds, 47 cents, and 110
pounds. 28 cents.
The Rosses received consider
ably higher averages than the aver
age for the Asheville market to
date. Average prices Wednesday at
Asheville was 49.51 cents, which
was not equal to the season's av
' erage.
In general, tobacco quality is
lower this year than a year ago.
the markets reports.
Ruling Sets Out
Error In Petition
Asking Election
The petitions recently circulat
ed here asking for an election to
make beer and wine sales legal in
Wayneiville have been declared
technically in error, it was learned
today. The state attorney general
said that in his opinion the peti
tions were not satisfactory for call
ing an election.
The point as brought out b>' the
attorney general is that the action
calling ' for the petitions should
have been made at a full session of
the board of aldermen, since the
aldermen serve as the board of
election in town elections.
Mayor J. H. Way said that the
matter is due to come before the
board in session this afternoon.
If the board passes the action,
then a new set of petitions would
be put into circulation for signa
tures of voters within Wayncs
ville. The requirement is 15 per
cent of those voting in the last
town election, or about 250 signa
turs. About 1750 votes were cast
in the last election for mayor.
Mayor Way said that the peti
tions which were put into circula
tion several weeks ago contained
more than 600 names, and accord
ing to those handling the petitions,
many other,names could be had
Haywood county voted out the
legal sale of wine and beer in ail
election last September.
The attorney general's letter
said. In part: "The question is as
to whether or not the election
would be valid under conditions
upon which petition was called, or
whether the Board would be in
quired to call the election since no
official action was taken bv the
hoard in releasing the petitions."
General Statutes 18-124 <d> pro
vided that it shall be the dutv of
the board Of elections, uonn re
lease of petition forms, to give
public notice of the fact that such
petition Is being circulated. Gen
eral Statutes 18-127 provides that
an election authorized by that sec
lion shali be called bv the govern
ing hoard of the municipality. Gen
eral Statutes 160-3 provides that
the corporate powers of a munic
(See Beer Petitions?Page 8)
Six Haywood Men
Killed In Korea
The war in Korea, regarded by
many people as not fnueh more
than a police action, has taken the
lives of six Haywood County men
in addition to three missing and
2fi wounded.
This information, which com' ; v
from the Department of Defense,
lists 398 servicemen from Western
North Carolina as having been
killed in the conflict.
Haywood County is fourth in the
18 county district in number of i
deaths. Buncombe led with 23
killed; Rutherford. 12; and Hen
derson. eight. Burke county al-o
had six deaths
Those from Haywood who have
died in Korea arc Pfc. Charles I!.
Wilson. Pvt. William C. Welch. Ji , f
Sgt. Charles E. Burgess. Capt. Z.
V. Sizemore. Pfc. Jack Hannah,
and Major Plott Medford.
Mrs. Medford Elected
Welfare Board Head
Mrs. Carl Medford of Lake Juna- ,
luska was recently named chair
man of the Haywood County Wel
fare Board to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of N. C. West.
Mrs. Medford will assume her
new duties immediately.
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured .... 5
Killed .... 0
'This information com
piled from Records of
State Highway Patrol.)