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With YKAK NO. 14 12 PAGES Associated Press WAVNESVILLE. N C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEB 16, 1953 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counttw
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r, fire 1" ??- home ?n
I hours of the mornin*
? jwakened his family
? .uMlsed U? set out to
? "safety. All of them
I ?<*ut a so0- ?
| The father went back
I house and. before he
L, that his son was safe
rrd (he building col
C the father was killed.
?ATK.S KK.HTF.R
Byrnes of South Car
^ the federal aid pro
huilding roads is no long
He made known his
, week, just two weeks
attending a Governors
j? Washington. The
said that the federal gov
takfs more money out of
gasoline taxes than it re
Ul RCH RECORD
Xangum of Benson had
I day in church Sunday,
told to relax from his
s assistant pianist and
back and listen. The
Oscar has been going to
rrry Sunday for the past
i. Never missed a Sun
IG JAIL BREAK
people have been impli
federal and state author
a jail break in Greens
nth Then men have been
with plotting the escape
gling hacksaws and other
t into the jail building.
18 MILLION
nor 1'm.stead will call for
?n dollars in bond issues
a tax changes that would
an added five million
a year in revenue, I
close to him said over
tkend. The Governor's
message will be deliv
narrnw and at that time
iprrted to make known
rs and desires.
Drive Has
:hed And
teded Quota
153 March of Dimes Drive
ood County .moved to be
! successful than officials 1
id for. In the Waynesville |
quota and the' goal were
feded. The same was true I
n. I
McCarroll, chairman of
for the Waynesville area,
I reports indicate that the
>u!d net $11,423. The goal j
i set at $10,500, and a
d been set at $7,500.
anton drive officials said
final figure would exceed
Their goal and quota was
1 as Wavnesville's.
?oil expressed gratitude
>rt of the National Infan
lyxis Committee and his
""hers today to the thous-)
icople who so generously
heir time and money for
ssful drive. "Wc are ex-1
'leased with the results,"
and know that such a
'id never have been suc
inless the peoole know
ainess of the March of
tve. This has been our
in the polio drive and
le who made it possible
heartfelt thanks of all
?he country who will be
' our funds."
?osilion Seen To Any
inge In Senate District
ther rapF'
iaTi.T
i
FAIR
?> ? Fair and warmer,
pudy and mild Tuesday.
Wavnesville temperature
ed at the State Teat
Max. Min. Precipitation
M 33 .84
*3 28
S3 18
?0 31 5?4 snow
Melted snow .57
Sentiment in Haywood seems in |
be against a change in State Sen
atorial districts, as proposed in a
bill before the General Assembly.
The proposal would make Hay- j
wood and Madison county a dis
trict, with one state Senator.
Haywood is now in a district
?with Henderson. Jackson. Transyl
vania and Polk. The district has
two Senators. Havwood and Hen
derson alternate in naming a sen
ator. with the other three counties
rotating in naming the other sen
ator.
Sentiment here against the pro
posed change Is not that Haywood
would not like to be in a district
with Madison, but feels that a dis
trict with two senators has many
advantages over a district with
only one senator.
Some observers in Raleigh pre
dict that the bill has little chance
I of passing.
Worst Snow Storm In 7
Years Disrupts Power
And Telephone Service
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Funeral Today
i j
T. L. Green, well known Hay
wood lawyer, and former post
master, was buried here this af
ternoon. He died early Saturday
night.
Thomas L. Green
Rites Are Held
This Afternoon
Thomas L. Green, one of Hay
wood County's most prominent cit
izens, died Saturday afternoon in
the hospital here after a long ill-:
ness. He was 85 years of age.
Funeral services were conducted
this afternoon in the First Baptist
Church with the Rev. Broadus
Wall, pastor, officiating. Interment!
was in Green Hill Cemetery.
Serving as active pallbearers
were Mack, Emmctt, Johnnie. Jack,
and Buster Green, Emmett Hiili
ary Balentine. and L. O. Ferguson.
Jr., all grandsons.
Honorary pallbearers were mem
bers of the Haywood County Bar j
Association, and Dr. Tom String
field, Robert D. Welch, Wilson
Kirkpatrick, Taft Ferguson, Car
ter Camp, J. R. Thomas, Glenn
Tate, Glenn Boyd, Thad Howell.
Jim Singleton. J. R. Boyd, Jr..
Wiley Snyder, Dr. R. H. Stretcher,!
C. W. Minett, D. H. Howell, Dr
N. M. Medford, E. T. Sawyer, Jeff
Reeves, Tony Davis, A. P. Led
(See T. L. Green?Page 4)
Haywood County is still not dug
out from the snow storm that end
ed more than 24 hours ago.
Like most Haywood storms, the
snow started melting soon after the j
last flakes fell. But the tempera
ture dropped about the same time 1
the county was left with almost as
much snow Monday morning as a
day earlier. Most of the highways
and roads had been cleared but
everywhere else the snow clung to
the ground up to a foot deep in
places.
People took advantage of the
sticky snow Sunday to fling a few
snowballs at each other and do a
little snow sculpturing. Frank
,Saunders of Balsam Road carved a
life size horse while less talented
people contented themselves with
the usllal snowman although ( on
West Street a group of young peo
ple carved a statue that claimed
was a combination of Marilyn Mon
roe, Jane Russell, and George
Washington. What similarity may
exist between the general and the
statue is largely up to the imagin
ation of the observer but there is
little doubt of the influence of
the movie stars in the snow-woman.
But the snow was not greeted
with such enthusiasm by everyone.
Telephone and power company
workers were called out about mid
night Saturday and even now not
everyone in the county has had
their service restored.
In Waynesville, Town Manager
G. C. Ferguson said road crews
were routed out at 3 a.m. Sunday
with motor graders and shovels to
clear the streets. The water truck
was also used later in the day to
help melt the snow. Ferguson said
that electricity was off in some sec
tions of the town early Sunday ?
morning but repairs were made
quickly. No lines were broken dur
ing the storm and most of the
trouble came from short circuits.
Church attendance was down to
about 10 per cent of normal and
few people left their homes during
the day. Although the snow had
stopped falling by afternoon, the J
prospect of ice on the roads kept
most people indoors.
Schools opened this morning as
usual. Some of the buses were re
ported to have had some trouble
in delivering their pupils. The
small school operated by the Sal
vation Army was not able to have
classes today, however.
Described as the worst storm
since Dec. 1945, the heavy snow
snapped wires, caused lines to
(See' Snow?Page 4>
Boy Scouts Seek $1800
In Waynesville Area
The annual adult membership
drive for Boy Scouts got underway
here Friday in the industrial
plants. The quota for the Waynes
ville area is $1,800 and Jack Mes
sr is general chairman of the cam
paign.
The Rotary cluh is sponsoring !
(he campaign, and those serving'
with Mr, Messer include: M. H.!
Bowles, Ben Colkitt, G. J. McKin
ley, Kim Barber, Aaron Prevost
and William Medford.
Members of the Waynesvilie
Rotary Club will work the remain
der of the area next Friday, Mr.
Messer announced.
The Waynesvilie area is part of
the Daniel Boone Council, which
operates the summer camping site |
on East Fork.
Housing School
Is Planned
For Thursday
A Housing School will be held
for one day, February 19. in the
Court Room in Waynesville, for
all of Haywood County The
school will open at 10 a. m.
The morning session will in
clude a discussion on Better Fami
ly Living, by Miss Corinne Grims
ley, family life specialist from
North Carolina State College; and
a study on "Built-Ins and Color
For the Home," conducted by Miss
Pauline Gordon, house furnishings
and home management specialists
from State College,
R. M. Ritchie, Jr., agricultural
engineering specialist, will dis
cuss housing and construction
during the afternoon session.
Everyone interested in build'
ing. remodeling or renovating a
home is invited to attend the
school.
Boosters Hear Details
Of World Construction
Members of I he Hazelwoofl
Boosters Club heard details of
World Construelion. as they held
their monthly meeting Thursday
evening.
Dr Robert Turner explained the
general program of the plan de
signed by Heinz Rollman for
bringing about permanent world
peace. Dr. Turner gave the ideals
of the program, and the organiza
tion which is being set up to carry
the program forward.
Mr. Rollman answered ques
tions from members afler the ad
dress by Dr. Turner
During the business session.
6
with Harry "Blue" Robinson,
president, presiding, it was an
nounced that a talent show would
be staged February 27-2B. with Dr.
I Stuart Robcrson. general thair
1 man. and Mrs. Fred Campbell, di
recting.
The Boosters will also assume
a role of cooks and waiters on
March 6th. as they serve the wives
of Boosters at the Presbyterian
church. The purpose of the meet
ing is to discuss the possibility of
organizing a Boosterette Club as
part of the Finer Carolina pro
gram. Mrs. Sam Knight is general
chairman of this phase of the pro
. gram.
To Manage Travel Show Booth
Three Waynesville citizens are to represent Western North Carolina Highlanders. Inc. at the Na
tional Travel Show Feb 20-March 1 at Chicago and to operate the booth which will represent to
some 300,000 expected visitors the early spring charms of the "linger-longer'' Highlanders. The
three are, from left, Carl Henry, Mrs. Joe Liner and Bart Leiper. With them are L. E. DeVous, presi
dent of the Haywood County Tourist Association, and Hardy Stinnett, who made the displays, includ
ing the one shown here, for the booth. Not shown is Mrs. Hubert Bosworth of Ashevtlle, who will be
the fourth member of the booth crew. (Mountaineer Photo).
Patrolmen Get
Liquor, Driver
Because he recognized the car,
Cpl. Pritchard Smith of the High
way Patrol, captured 22 half-gallon
jars of bootleg whiskey Thursday
night. He was assisted by Patrol
man W. R. Wooten.
Smith and Wooten met a car
about 11:30 p.m. Thursday on the
Balsam Road and when the patrol
men tried to get it to stop, it start
ed them on a chase by the Balsam
Ctntrcti and entfdd on Ltttta Mmm-:
tain where the driver Jumped out
and was caught.
Arrested was Ray Hoyle, 23, of
Route 1. Sylva, and Frank Wilson
Cogdill, 20. also of Rt. 1, Sylva.
Hoyle has been indicted for trans
porting and possessing non-tax paid,
whiskey and driving after having
his license revoked. Cogdill has
been charged with aiding and abet
ting and both have been bound
over to the next term of Superior
Court. Hoyle had been convicted
on the same charge from a prev
ious arrest by Cpl. Smith.
Clinics For Pre
School Children
Set For Thursday
More pre-school physical clinics
are scheduled for this week, of
ficials in the County Health De
partment said today.
Thursday. February 19, a unit
will be at three different schools
| to give pre-school children physic
al checkups and immunization
| shots.
The schedule:
9:00 a. m ?Cruso: 11:00 a. m.?
Spring Hill; 1:00 p. m.?Cecil.
Rotarians Name
Seven Directors
The Rotary Club named seven
directors here Friday in their an
nual election of officers.
The directors will meet soon
and name a president to succeed
Dave Felmet on July first.
The directors named were: M.
D. Watkins. Tommy Thompson, H.
P. McCarroll, James L,. Kilpatrick.
Johnny Johnson, J. L. Dooly, and
Kim Barber
Mr. Felmet will serve as vice
president upon the completion of
his term of office.
WHS Highlanders Group
Leaves For Travel Show
Clyde Election
Dates Revised
The bill to ehanyr th" date
of town elections of Clyde to
conform with the election dates
of the other thiee towns in i
Haywobd his beodme a l-w.
The bill was the 14th intro
duced in the present Assembly,
and was presented by Represen
tative Joe Palmer.
Three Men Still
Remanded In Jail
After Shooting
Five men. four of them from
Hickory, were formally charged
with conspiracy and assault with
a deadly weaoon with intent to
kill at a formal hearing conduct
ed by Justice of the Peace J J.
Ferguson Saturday morning
All were placed in the county
jail, and bound over to the July
term Of Superior Court.
The five?Weaver Jolly. Thomas
Jolly, Robert Jolly. Frank Palmer,
and Sam McCracken were arrest
ed early Thursday mArning after
Stanley Messer, a Cove Creek
farmer, reported to the County
Sheriff's office that they had fired
I through his house and injured
t two of his children.
Two of the men have been re
leased on $1,000 bonds. They are
Frank Palmer and Sam McCrack
en. The other three arc still In
[the County jail.
Messer said at the hearing Sat
j urday morning, which attracted an
unusually large crowd, that his
two children, Aletha Mae. 10. and
Doyle. 8. were injured by a blast
from a shotgun, allegedly fired by
one of the accused. That fact was
not denied though Weaver Jolly
told the hearing officers and at
torneys that he had also been shot.
Both children are reported in good
condition and Jolly's hand is also
much improved.
Loaded with travel show equip
ment, three residents of Waynes
wile and nearby areas will be un
der way early Tuesday morning
for Chicago, where they are to
stage a ten-day exhibit of Western
North Carolina's Spring attractions
in a booth sponsored by the W N.
C. Highlanders, Inc., area promo
tion organization that has heud
? quarters here. The show will be
held in the International Amphi
theatre, scene of the big political
conventions.
Making up the local party, trav
eling by car. are Carl Henry,
court and service station operator,
of the Magge Valley section and
Mrs. Joe Liner and Hart Lelper,
Waynesville, the latter being ex
ecutive vice president of the pro
motion organization and also presi
dent of the National Association
of Travel Organizations which is
sponsoring the National Travel
Show at Chicago. The show act
ually opens its doors on February
20 and will continue eleven hours
daily through March 1.
The party will be joined In
Asheville by Mrs Herbert Bos
worth, who, with her husband,
operates a tourist court there.
The Mountaineer Press has
been busy recently printing special
materials to be used in connection
with the travel show, there being
several novel features designed to
attract visitor attention.
Door prizes include many na
tive handicraft articles, donated
by various organizations and in
dividuals. and some 30 awards of
, seven-day lodgings In Western
| North Carolina courts and hotels,
to bo taken by the winners prior
to the rush vacation season.
It is suggested by the High
landers that those having friends
I or clients living in the Chicago
area might wish to remind them
of the National Travel Show and
the fact that Western North Caro
lina's attractions are to be featured
there, as this might stimulate ad
ditional visits in Spring. Upward
of 200 Kodachroine slides have
been rounded up throughout the
area bv the Highlanders for use in
(See Travel?Page 4)
Specialists For Housing School
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MISS GRIMSLFY
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MISS GORDON
Miss Corinno Grlmsley, left, and Miss Pauline Gordon, special
ists from North Carolina State College, will conduct discussions
and study at the Housing School to be held Thursday, February
19. in the Court Room in Waynesville. The publ'e is invited
WTHS Band
To Represent
State In July
Tennessee
Enthusiastic
Over Road
Down River
Tennessceans have Joined Hay
wood Countians in their enthusi
asm about the letting of a contract
on February 24. for the 6.59-mile
j line of the water level Waynes
I ville-Newport highway.
The Newport Plain Talk and
Tribune played the story in
double column for their lead
story of the day. giving full de
tails of the road and the contract
plans for letting the latter part
of this month.
The Newport newspaper also
pointed out: "In the meantime, the
road from Newport to Denton has
already been blacktopped and the
| remaining strip of road ties be
tween Denton and Watervllle, via
llartford.
"The route commonly known as j
the Water-l.evel Route would
mean much to Newport and Cocke
County, making Waynesvllle a
bout an hour's drive from New
port .
"Tennessee Governor Frank
Clement has already announced
hla intentions of pushing this tm
t portant projec} to ^completion.^.
Civic leaders here In llaywodrt
! are discussing some Ivpe of pro
gram to he staged when actual
work begins on the protect that
has been Haywood's much sought
for road in many, many years.
World Day of Prayer
The annual observance of the
World Day of Prayer will be held
this year Friday. February 20, at
the First Methodist Church of
Waynesvitle.
Each year the occasion is ob
served on the -last Friday before
Lent ill churches throughout the
world. In Waynesvllle the observ
ance rotates among the various
churches.
Mrs. Myrtle Ray will preside at
the hour-long service, which will
start at 3:30 o'clock.
Knee Pants
Sprina's not too far off
(tlicuch you'd never think so
at all the snow on the ground)
and baseball is in the air
Knee Hauls leaguers who
played last year have been ask
ed to get in touch with Dr.
Stuart Koberson if they haven't
turned in their uniforms yet.
Dr. Koberson, who Is president
of the league, requested today
that all boys who have uniforms
to take th?*m to his office on
j Brown Avenue in Haaelwood.
I ? ~ ' "
100 Pieces
Of Waynesvillc
Uniformed Band
To Participate
In Lions Convention
I -
In July
The 100-pieee uniformed Way
nesville High School band were
assured today of representing the
State of North Carolina in Chicago
when the International Lions Con
vention is held in July.
Lawrence Leatherwood. member
of the state parade committee, said
this morning that "everything is
all set, with Waynesville the of
ficial band for the state, and the
60-piece band of Shilo the other
unit "
The announcement of Mr.
Leatherwood today brought to a
climax, much interest among the
1 band students for the past several
months, when it became known
that the state committee was con
sidering the local band. The com
mittee will formally meet in
March to settle a number of mat
ters, it was learned from Mr.
Leatherwood, hut the selection of
the Waynesville band is definite.
Tentative plans are to leave
here about July fifth in order to
get to Chicago in time for the
opening of the four-day conven
tion on July 7th.
Charles isley, director, announc
ed today that practice would begin
at once on both marching and the
' music the baud will use during
! the 4 days at the convention. One
feature uf the convention will he .<
5-mile Oiirade down Chicago-'*
famous Michigan Avenue
Financing the trio will hr a
i three-way proposition, it was ex
plained. The state parade com
mittee is putting up a large por
tion of the necessarv $8,000. while
each member of the band oavs a
minimum, and the Waynesville
Lions Club is paying a large share
of the expenses.
Local committees of the Lions
Club have been working on the
project for several months, and
have made numerous trips in be
half of the band in presenting the
merits and ability of the Way
| nesville band as a marching and
playing unit.
Lee Davis, president, said esti
mates are that about 30.000 Lions
will attend the convention, and
1 countless other thousands would
watch the parade, and other events
of the convention.
The Waynesville band played
for a state convention two years
ago in Charlotte and made a pro
found impression on the group
Last fall while substituting for Ap
palachian State College Band at a
football game in Asheville. several
I members of the state committee
were impressed with the perform
ance and from then on had the
Waynesville band at the top of the
| list of the musical aggregations
being considered.
Many of the members in the
(See Band?Page 4>
Average Piece Of Mail
Handled Eleven Times
,
Postmaster J. H. Howell startled
Koturians here Friday while dis
cussing the services of the Post
Office, that every piece Is 'handled
on an average of 11 times.
"That is a lot of handling, when
you multiply II times 49,470,510,
000, which is the number of pieces
of mail handled last year."
Postmaster Howell gave a brief
history of the Post Office, which
was established in July 1775, by
Benjamin Franklin, postmaster
general. The post office employs
more men and women than any
other government agency, with the
exception of the Deoartment of
Defense.
For the past six vears, the vol
{time of mail and revenue have
shown steady increases. The pieces
of mail per capita have gone up !
from 201 per year to 316.
"There has not been anyone, up ,
until now. able to produce a ma
chine which will decipher the
names and addresses on letters
i and cards." the postmaster said.,
That, he explained, is whVj 520.816
men and women were required to
handle the tremendous volume of
mall I
During the volume of mail In
! creased 33 percent, the postal de
' partment had added only nine per
cent employment to the ranks.
And employees did not receive any
raise in pay from 1925 to 1951.
Postmaster Howell then went
into the matter of costs of opera
tion of the post office department
He said that in only 13 years out
of the last 100 has the department
ended a year without a deficit.
(See Postmaster?Page 4)
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured.... II
Killed .... 0
(This information com
piled from Records of
State Highway Patrol.)