The W aynesville Mountaineer eit
but ibe sure can tie a bean.
Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park . ,
68th YEAR NO. 6 8 PAGES Associated Praaa WAYN ESVIELE. N. t\. MONDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. 19. 193:? *3.00 In Advance In Haywood~and Jackaon n 11?11?
?delights
?Of The
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Conversation
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I dangers of making boot
H, . that he had the owner
Hge still in the audience,
H^hn- pointed a finger at
ami
Hm know where men, go
liquor?"
^Bin k.nirr brushed back his
^H>. .imi
? do. preacher. They go to
Hand then to hell."
Mountaineer
mis Continued
In 1952
Hjn I'IX! The Mountaineer
^Bd an average of eight
^Bach week. Figures just
Hd show that the paper
Hierienred a growth that
areounted for a 400 per
^Brrasr (since 1932) in the
^Bmber of pages issued.
H the Mountaineer was
^Bd 103 times (during
^?s we*h there was only
^Be of the paper) with an
? of 16 pages per issue, for
^Bf 1.64X pages.
Hotal is the largest in the
? of The .Mountaineer or
?ts |irrde<'?'.y,ors.
? chance, any of the sub
H saved all the papers they
^Biake a stark five inehes
Hi weigh approximately 30
were 102 more pages
^Bd in 1952 than in 1951.
Ht an average of 16 pages
Hie. that would make six
Hrwspapers published in
?in in
Bal new pieces of equip
^Brr added during the year
^Bovr service to the sub
I ranis To Stage Radio
gram For Polio Fund
iliwanis Club of Wayncs
an effort to assist in this
[arch of Dimes campaign,
derway, will sponsor a
Request Itadio Program"
ICC Saturday night, Janu
from 8 o'clock until mid
ax Rogers and R. C. Shef
rogram co-chairmen, an
today.
irngram this year will be
id along the same lines as
held last year and will pro
exeellent opportunity to
no business with pleasure
the same time, raise money
March of Dimes campaign,
need for polio funds is
this vear than ever before,
licials said, and, though
P's quota of $15,000 is the
t last year, drive officials
[i'lg to raise a great deal
pan that. Last year the
roved most successful and |
|d was second among the J
jaroiina counties in per cap- j
Ftbutlonti.
iCiwanis Club program is
|o fund-getter. The people
Prr'-' have accepted it as an
ItSer Polio?Page 8)
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lather
I warmer"
and little warmer. Pos
owers Tuesday,
lal Waynesville tempera
eompiled at the State Test
,Maxl. Mln. Rainfall
61 St
65 39
60 37 .01
60 46 .56
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Flu Closes Haywood Schools For Week
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Bids On 7Miles Pigeon River Road Sought
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/-mne oecuon
To Be Contracted
Late In February
The State Highway Commission
expects to advertise for bids in
February for the first link of road
to be built along the Pigeon River
from here to Newport.
The announcement came from
Henry W. Jordan, chairman of the
highway commission.
The bids would ask for seven
miles of grading and structures
from the Tennessee line to Cold
Springs. Tentative plans are for
the letting to take place February
20th.
This is the first link of a 19-mile;
water-level route from Waynesville
to Newport. Tenn. The route is
to follow No. 284 from here to I
Cove Creek, a distance of 14 miles,
and then along the Pigeon River
via Waterville and Walters Dam.
The road will be 19 miles from
Cove Creek to the Tennessee line.
It is 18 miles from the line into
Newport.
Work has started on the 18-mile
link in Tennessee.
The water-level route to New
port will open up the scenic Cata
loochee. area. Big Creek section,
and go through the famous Pigeon
River Gorge. Newport would be
only 51 miles from here.
Engineers have been working
the survey of the area for several
months, and drafts have been push
ed by the engineering staff in
Raleigh.
L. Dale Thrash, highway ommis- j
siohcr of the fOth district, made
the statementseveral months ago,
that bids woifld be sought on the
project in February or March. He
said at the time that every effort
was being made to get the plans
off the drafting boards In Raleigh.
There has been $1,950,000 set up
in a special fund to apply to the
construction of the road. Former
Governor Cherry set aside $450.000,
just before he went out of office, j
Former Governor Scott added $l,-j
500,000 to the fund.
New Auxiliary Water
Reservoir Completed
Construction of ? 30,000-jral
lon auxiliary water reservoir
for the town o' Wa.vnesville
is nearing completion and should
be ready for operation ttfthin
the next few weeks, town offic
ials said today.
The new reservoir, located on :
top of the hill where the main
reservoir Is now situated, was
erected to (five water service to
the many houses that are sit
uated at a point higher than the
present reservoir.
A spokesman for the W. B.
Dillard Construction Company
of Svlva, builders of the project,
said that the wooden fcrms in
side the reservoir would be re
moved within the next few days.
All that needs to be done after
that is to lay the pipe from the
main reservoir to the auxiliary
tank.
AP Lists Schedule Of
Inauguration Events
WASHINGTON (AP> ? This is
the schedule of events for inau
guration day Tuesday: (Eastern
Standard Time).
9 a. m. Electoral College mem
bers meet to form permanent or
ganization:
9:30 a. m. Private services at
i National Presbyterian Church for
j President-Meet Eisenhower, new
I Cabinet and families,
i 11:43 a. m. Ceremonies at Capi
tol begin, including inaugurations
! of Vice President Nixon and
' President Eisenhower, Elsenhow
: er's Address.
! 1:30 p. m. Inaugural Parade
1 leaves Capitol for White House.
10 p. m. Inaugural Balls at Na
tional Guard Armory, and George
town University Auditorium.
Gives Good News
Henry W. Jordan, chairman of
the State Highway Commission,
announced that bids for a 7-mile
link of the Pigeon River Road
would be asked for letting on
February 24th.
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Civil Court
Ended Here
Thursday
The two-week term of civil Su
perior Court for January was ad
journed last Thursday by Judge
Allen Gwynn after most cases
scheduled for he^ipg .tjfid been,
tried. V ' *
The next civil court will be in j
May. Criminal court will convene
February 2 for two weeks with \
Judge Gwynn returning as presid
ing magistrate.
The following cases were heard
last "Thursday:
Charles F. Owen and wife, Eloise;
Owen vs. H. B. Meiselman, Fenton
Theatres. Inc. and James Massie
?It was ruled the defendants
breached the contract of lease by
assignment without written con
sent of the plantiff. It was ordered
that the plaintiffs are entitled to
recover the land in question and
the defendant to pay court costs.
The defendants appealed the ver
dict.
Haywood Builders Supply Co..
Inc. vs. George J. Deeb and Ben J.
Sloan?Deeb said he would not
further prosecute the cross section
and further defense against Ben
Sloan and will take a voluntary
nonlsuit.
Warren Mills vs. W. H. Hamp
ton?court ruled that Mills can re
cover $500 for damage to automo
bile.
Ida Sanford vs. A. H. Mooney?j
consent case in steelement of land
Haywood Builders Supply Co..
Inc. vs. George Deeb and Ben J.
Sloan; Fred E. Martin and Paul
Mariin vs. George Deeb; Haywood
Builders Supply Co., Inc. vs.
George J. Deeb?these cases were
referred to William Medford as
referee, who will hear the evidence
and report to the court.
Haywood White
Population Now
97.8 Per Cent
Haywood County ranks ninth
among North Carolina counties in
i the percent of total white popu
lation for the year 1050. according
I to the latest United States Cehsus
I report.
f Haywood's total population is 37..
| 631. of which 97.8 per cent is list
ed as white.
In the 1940 census Haywood
had a 97.2 percentage of white
population, and in 1920 a percent
| age of 97.
The census reoort shows that the
: counties range from 99.7 per cent
| white in Mitchell County to 33.6
per cent white in Warren County.
Total population of the state is
4.061,929. Total native white is
2.966,987, or 73 per cent. The re
port lists 16.134 (0.4 per cent) peo
ple as foreign born white: 1.047.
353 (25.8 per cent) Negro; Indian.
3.742 (0.1 per cent); and other non
white. chiefly mixed Indian <Cr(f t
am 27.713 (0.7 per cent).
2 Town Boards To Name
Recreation Commission
Here Tuesday Afternoon
Postal Receipts At
Hazelwood Shows Drop
Postal receipts at the Hamel
?ood post office showed a de
crease of approximately $5,000
for the calendar year just fin
ished. according to Thurman
Smith, postmaster.
Total receipts for 1952 were
$68,107.05. a decrease of some
$5,006 from 1951, during which
Smith reported total receipts at
$73,295.19.
The decrease was attributed
mostly to the limitations placed
on parcel posts mailing last year
by Congress.
Fish Hatchery
Gets Bigger Cut
Of WRC Funds
Total disbursements for the
Waynesville trout hatchery of the .
North Carolina Wildlife Kesources
Commission increased some two
and one-half thousand dollars for
the fiscal year ending June 30,'
1952 over the previous year, a re
cent report of the WRC indicates.
During the 1950-51 fisgal period,
the trout hatchery had total dis-1
bursements of $20,681. In the year
1 Chdltip 1a.4t June, a total of $23,085
was spent.
Biggest item of expense at the
hatchery was $8,604 in salaries.
That figure is an increase of a lit
tle more than $1,000 from the pre
vious year. ?
Haywood Building
And Loan Assn.
Meets Tuesday
The thirty-third annual stock
holders' meeting of the Haywood
Home Building and Loan Associa
tion will be held Tuesday at the
association's office on Main Street
in Waynesvilie.
L. N. Davis, secretary-treasurer,
will make a report showing that
current assets total almost $2,000,
000. a gain of approximately $135,
000 over 1951.
In addition to Mr. Davis, other
officers of the association include
R. L. Prevost, president, and C. N.
Allen, vice-president.
Inauguration To Be On
TV At American Legion
Want to go to Ike's inauguration
tomorrow?
The American Legion, Waynes
vilie Post 47. has invited all its
members and the Auxiliary to wit
ness the occasion on the television :
set'in the clubroom.
J. T. Russell, post commander,
said the clubhouse would be-open
ed about 10:30 for televiewers to
see the events leading up to the
inauguration and would stay open
until late afternoon.
All members of the Legion are
invited.
A joint meeting of the boards of
aldermen of Wayneaville and Haz
elwood will l?e held Tuesday, at
which time a Recreation Commis
sion of ten members will be named.
Five will be from Waynesville. and
five from Hazelwood. The ten will
.then name the eleventh member.
This is the outgrowth of two
meetings last week with the direc
tor and assistant director of the
State Recreation Commission rela
tive to establishing a community
center here.
The present proposal is for the
11-man commission to plan a com
munity program, and then employ
an expert to come here and help
formulate formal plans for a com
munity center, including the blue
printing of such buildings as will
be needed for such a center.
Heinz Rollman. president of
Wellco Shoe Corp., has offered
$1,000 to atiply towards the cost of
making plans provided the commis
sion is named prior to Wednesday
night.
The meetings held here last
week were sponsored by the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce in co
operation with other civic organiza
tions of the community.
Merchants Group
To Meet Tonight;
Install Board
The Waynesville Merchants As
sociation will hold a dinner meet
ing tonight (Monday) at Spaldon's j
Hestaurant to install a new Board
of Directors and hear the report of
its nominating committees for
1953 officers.
C. D. Ketner, president, an-1
nounced today that the new Board
Of Directors was determined by a
vote of members last week. New I
directors include Bill Cobb, Henry 1
Davis, Hugh Massie, Euel Taylor, >
and.Dan Dantzler,
Selected directors include Pitt '
McCarroll, Roy Parkman, J. W. 1
Ray. J. C. Jennings, and Paul '
Davis.
Holdover directors include C. D
Ketner, Harry Whlscnhunt, Joe
Cline, Frank Moore, and Francis
Massie.
The nominating committee has
drawn up a slate of officers for !
this year. Their names will be
presented to the Association at to
night's meeting for approval.
Canton PO Reports
Gain In Postal Sales
Receipts at the Canton post offi
ce showed a gain of $6,594.97 for
the year 1952, Postmaster Wade C.
Hill said this week.
Gross receipts for the year were
listed at $52,970.75. compared with
$46,375.99 for 1951.
The sale of two cent stamps was
less than in 1951, Hill said. He
attributed the increase in total re
ceipts was mostly to the increased
postal rates.
Korean Veteran Recounts
Adventures Of 16 Months
Aside from the usual complaints
' about Army life, Fred Edwards, a
veteran of 16 months in Korea, has
another complaint to add to the list
which must include thousands . . .
the Army serves too much turkey.
Fred, who used to work as a
pressman at The Mountaineer,
dropped in to say hello last week
and naturally got to talking about
some of his experiences. He was a
member of an ordinance supply
group where, he says, " everything
from a rotary button to an M-48
tank" was issued.
But about that turkey. Fred says
the Army mess sergeants served
turkey about every chance they
got. "Nothing unusual to have the
stuff two and three times a week.
After sixteen months of It. you
naturally harbor the hopes of nev
er seeing turkey again. But you
know what the Army did? When we
' (See Fred F.dward?--rage 8)
FRED EDWARDS
Inauguration Set For Tomorrow
RICHARD M NIXON
OWICHT 0. IIKNHOWIK
Republicans Dwight I). Eisenhower and Richard ii. Isixon will be
sworn in as President and Vice-President of the United States
tomorrow on the East steps of the Capitol Building in Washing
ton. The inaugural ceremony will be administered by Chief Jus
tice of the Supreme Court Fred M. Vinson.
Haywood CDP Sets Annual
Awards Program Saturday
The annual meeting of the Hay
wood County Community Develop
ment Program will be held Satur
day morning, January 24. at the
courthouse for the purpose of
presenting awards for the past
. year and to review the progress
I that has been made by the mem-1
i ber communities.
OfTicluls announced tuday that j
$1,000 in prizes would be awarded
to the three communities that have 1
showed the most improvement dur
ing the past year. Each of the 2fi
communities in the county has been
judged in five different categories
and awarded so many points for I
each category.
First place winner will receive'
$500; second place, $300; and third
place, $200, The awards will he
presented by Jonathan Woody.
President of the First National
Bank and chairman of the CDP
Board of Directors.
The Haywood CDP, which has j
received national recognition for |
its efforts In making rural living j
more attractive, has a six-point pro
gram: increased per capita income,
greater security, improved educa
tional opportunities, finer spiritual I
values, stronger community life. |
and more dignity and contentment
in country living.
Charles Milton N'ewcomb, na
tionally known lecturer who has
addressed civic groups in almost
every section of the country, will
| be the featured speaker He will
j be introduced by Col. Robert Put
| nam. Public Relations director of
j Champion Paper and Fibre Com
pany.
Jack Chapman, county chairman
of the CUP, will preside at the
meeting. Rev. Oder Burnette of
Cruso will offer the invocation.
Rev. J. H. Coleman, chairman of |
the Jonathan Creek Community
and recently named winner of the
Waynesville Junior Chamber of
Commerce's award of Young Man
of the Year, will welcome the offi
cials and visitors.
Group singing will be led by
Mrs. C. O. Newell, a member of
the Board of Directors and past
chairman of the County CDP.
Frank Davis of Iron Duff will rec
ognize guests, and Miss Kathleen
Nash, public school music instruc
tor. will render a solo.
R. C. Francis, secretary of the
County CDP. will deliver the re-j
(See CDP Meet?Page 8)
Palmer Introduces
Bill For Changing
Election At Clyde
Representative Joe Palmer in
troduced his first hill?House Bill
No. 14?in which he asks that the
time of the election for the Town
of Clyde he changed to correspond
with the elections of Haywood's
other three towns.
Representative Palmer carried
the bill with him as he went to
the General Assembly. The request
was made by the officials of the
Town of Clyde. The election will
be held in May, if the bill passes.
> rather than in June.
Beer Petitions Still
Being Circulated Here
Petition* to secure an election
for the legal sale of beer in the
town of Wayncsville were still
being circulated this week.
Spokesmen for the group fav
oring the legal sale of beer said
that they expert to present the
petitions to the Board of Alder
men of Wavnesville in the very
near future.
In an election of this nature
the Hoard of Aldermen acts
merely as a Hoard of Elections
and maintains a neutral position
as regards all actions of both
sides.
Waynesville. along with the
rest of Haywood County, went
dry last November 3 following a
special election in September
whieh declared the sale to be il
legal after a period of 60 days.
Clyde Corpsman Helps
With Inaugural Parade
James Jones. chief hospital
corpsman, USN. son of Mr. and
Mrs. James H. Jones and husband
of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Jones, all
of Itoute 1. Clyde, is one of seven
officers and eight enlisted persons
from the U. S. Naval Training Cen
ter at Bainbridge. Md., who are
responsible for providing the Cen
ter's contribution to the Presiden
tial Inaugural Parade in Washing
ton, D. C., Jan. 20.
They will form staff groups lead
ing a total of 330 male and WAVE
recruits who will march in the
historic parade in three units?a
male recruit marching unit, a re
cruit drum and bugle corps, and a
WAVE marching unit.
Decision Made
This Morning As
Cases Increase
Haywood County schools will bo
closed the remainder of the week
because of the flu epidemic. Mrs.
Lucy Jones Boyd, superintendent,
announced this morning.
Mrs. Boyd said the county health
officer, Dr. N. F .Lancaster, noti
fied her this morning that this ac
tion was necessary in an effort to
prevent further spread of the
disease. In addition, the alrge
number of absences among both
teachers and pupils have reduced
the size of classes to such an extent
that continuation Is impractical.
In the Haywood County School
system. Mrs. Boyd said that about
30 per cent of the pupils are away
from classes as a result of the epi
demic, the worst in at least six
years. Doctors have been spending
most of their time making house
calls, and besides the schools, many
business establishments have been
hit hard with employees unable t?
report for work.
At noon today, it was learned
from a Canton school official, that
enrollment there was bettor than
Friday, and present plans wer? to
continue school. Coach Don Hipps
said the Canton basketball sched
uies would go on as scheduled.
Athletic officials at Waynesvilte
High School said that all basket
ball games there this week have
been postponed. The same holds
true for all other schools in the
Haywood "County school system,
i which does not include Canton
: scnools. OITicials there said the
games would be played as sched
uled unless the epidemic reaches
higher proportions.
The PTA meeting at Central Ele
mentary School in Waynesville.
which had been scheduled for
Tuesday night, has been cancelled.
The Hazelwood and East Way
nesville PTA have also cancelled
i their meetings this week.
M H. Bowles, district superin
tendent of the Waynesville schools
said this morning there were 8t>7
absent from the district schools,
the absentees were reported as fol
lows'
j Hazelwood 250
High School 175
East Waynesville 84
| Lake Junaluska 88
Central Elementary 115
Hock Hill 81
Maggie .... 74
McCracken Will Speak
At Asheville Meeting
Ernest McCracken of Waynes
ville. State Director of Employee
Service Division of the Employee
\ Security Commission of North
Carolina, will be the principal
l speaker Thursday at a meeting of
the Asheville Chapter of the Soci
ety of Advancement of Manage
ment at the George Vanderbilt
Hotel.
CHAIRMAN FRANCIS ILL
C. C. Francis, chairman of the
hoard of commissioners, is quite
ill at his home.
Today's regular third Monday
meeting was attended by the other
commissioners, with only a small
number of matters coming up for
their attention.
Steady Growth Of Local
Electric Coop Explained
R. C. Sheffield, manager of the
Haywood Electric Membership'
Corporation, told Rotarians here
Friday of the steady growth of the
coop from 37 miles of lines and
170 members In 1939 to a concern
now serving 4,300 members in sev
en counties with 900 miles of lines, i
There are 390 miles in Haywood,1
and 2.100 members.
Mr. Sheffield traced the estab
lishment of Rural Electric Admin
istration. and the manner in which
people in rural America had been
served with electricity.
"Here in Haywood county, the
rural areas are 98 per cent elec
j trifled. The 7-county area is 95
i per cent covered, as compared with
i the national average of 90 per
cent."
The manager explained that the I
coop buys power at wholesale from
three generating Arms, and does
not make any of the power used on
the 900 miles of lines.
A two-way radio system enables
the office to keep in contact with
the 8 repair trucks, and to get to
had a truck at the scene of a break
down within five minutes after the
seats of trouble quickly. "We have
(See RF.A?Page 8)
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured .... 10
Killed .... 0
(This information com
piled from Records of
State Highway Patrol.)