?e^There
garolina
?t r r? R> *'. \ i v
of the flying out ers has
c near Lancast
^?Thi.* lime (he saucer was
^Mour mhi. line of (hem a
Hipi"'1 Ml four said
H;v illing just
tret' tops
?.KM I M I I W.N'EO
Hiiirrrsil.v has just an
I p|jn? to establish a
arboretum for foreign
^Bestir trees and shrubs,
^?located between l)uke',
^Kd som'n's campuses.
(IN OK TEAR
e Carter, 32-year-old
Tabor City (N. C.) Tri
en named "Man of the
orth Carolina by the
? Chamber of Coin- j
er received the honor
ties in fighting the Ku
n the Carolinas last
usly Carter had been
ie Eastern North Caro
ssociation, the Anti
eague of Southeastern
i. and by the North
s Association.
POPULATION
itte Observer, pub
annual agriculture
. said that almost
F million North
ve on farms. North
paper said, has the
ir of people living
Jerking their prin
rom agriculture of
ie nation.
S IN S. C.
ng from the recent
i snow weren't con
Carolina. In South
alien Pee Dee and
;rs were both re
ir banks. Officials
where the waters
rise shortly, are
eparations to head
lites Are
Saturday
Irs. Green
services were bold Sat
ernoon in the First Bap
ch for Mrs. James I.
. who died Wednesday
her home here after a
ss.
v Broadus E. Wall, pas
church. and the Rev. J.
l pastor of the First Meth
irch. officiated and burial
reen Hill Cemetery.
I as active pallbearers
is Ferguson. Furman Rob
ibert Tate. Leo Reiger, C.
and Charles W. Clark,
rv pallbearers were Zeb
lharles Gregory, Linden
. Charles McDarris, Joe
L \ Davis, Odell Ross,
! Roberson. Everett Mc
A. Pinner, R. L. Prevost,
tisenhunt, George Hanger,
telton. John B. Smith, S.
?ck. Hubert Hoglen, Dr.
incaster. Linwood Grahl,
ses Davis.
rs of the Waynesvillel
Order of the Eastern Star|
per bearers.
Green was the former
renee Cates. daughter of
and F.veline Ford Cates.
itive of Cocke County,
ie had resided in Haywood
inee 1911 and was a mem
he Firsi Baptist Church
Order of the Eastern Star,
ing are the husband,
Green; three daughters.
J 0 Malley of Chicago,1
ed Campbell of Waynes
i Mr- .lames W. Fields of
Ga
ne sister, Mrs. S. J. Clark
"ft. Tcnn.; two brothers,
tes and A. A. Cates, both
>rt; and two grandchildren,
O'Mallev of Burbank,
td Mrs Charles A. Simms
Ind and four great grand
lements were under the
tot Garrett Funeral Home.
Cither
*
FAIR
h>' ? Fair not so windy,
cloudy and warmer Tues
lal Waynesvtlle tempera
compiled at the State Test
Max. Mln. Rainfall
, 52 20
54 41 89
66 47 1.67
47 27
The Waynesyille Mountaineer
^ '
Publ.shed Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ^ q
68th YEAR NO. 16 20 PAGES "Associated Preaa WAYNESYILLE. N t . MONDAY AFTERNOON. FEB 23. 1953 >3 00 In Advance In " j I foil I Til iTl bTiT"filll^W
Chamber Of Commerce To
Send Renewal Applications
To 275 Members This Week
Ramp Society
Applies For
State Charter
The ramp, which provokes
mixed feelings in those who par
take ol it, is coming into its own.
Sweet and delicious to some,
vile-tasting to others, it is.
nevertheless, growing !n popul
arity. So much so that the Hay
wood County Kamp Convention,
which wilt hold its annual con
vention May 17, has applied for
a charter. In all likelihood the
charter will be granted because
Thad Eure, North Carolina's
Secretary of State, also happens
to be the lifetime speaker for
the Ramp Convention.
So, ramp eaters, stand up and
be proud. You probably will be
eating an incorporated ramp this
May
Woodland WMS To
Sponsor Cake Sale
The Women's Missionary Society
of the Woodland Baptist Church is
sponsoring a cake sale Saturday
morning, beginning at 10 o'clock,
at Garrett's Furniture Store.
The proceeds from the sale will
be used to help pay for a new pul
pit at the church, which is very
near to being completed. It is lo
cated at Cedar Top on the road
from Lake Junaluska to Clyde.
The ladies said that other items, j
such as cookies, candy and aprons, I
would also be available at the sale.
Beta Sigma Phi Will
Have Regular Meeting
A regular meeting of the Beta
Sigma Phi sorority will be held
Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock in
the commissioner's room at the ;
Court House.
Mi's. John Nesbitt will preside.
The membership committee of
the Chamber of Commerce an
nounced today that letters were
being sent to about 275 firms and
individuals this week relative to
fheir memberships with the orga
nization.
H P. McCarroll. chairman of the
committee, said a decision was
made to send letters rather than a
committee of canvassers.
With each letter will be enclos
ed a card showing the number of
memberships an impartial commit
tee felt each firm or individual
should lake with the organization.
The memberships are $24 each.
Mr. McCarroll said that prompt
returning of the letters to the sec
retary, Miss Edith Chambers, will
enable the organization to go ahead
with its plans for the year without
delay. The money, he said, goes to
the immediate benefit of the com
munity through the agricultural,
recreational and other programs of
the Chamber of Commerce.
The chairman explained that can
vassers are not being used this
year for the first time because there
is no need to sell firms and indi
viduals on the value of the Cham
ber of Commerce work. The letters
that are being sent out this week
are renewal applications and those
receiving them already realize the
necessity for their support in the
operation of the organization, Mr.
McCarroll explained.
The 12 committees of the Cham
ber of Commerce are made up of
outstanding citizens who give their
time to this work in order to pro
mote the three member communi
ties to the fullest extent possible.
The many phases they cover in
clude industry, agriculture, tourist,
roads and parks, publicity, promo-.
tion. good will and entertainment,
recreation, Cherokee Historical
Association, and Hiywohd County
Day (Junaluska), plus the member
ship and finance and banquet com
mittees that are concerned with
the operation of the organization.
'Flying High/ Local
Talent Show, Will Be
Presented At Hazelwood
More Pre-School
Clinic Schedule
The Haywood County Health
Department reminds parents of
the pre-sehool clinic and that no
children will be enrolled In school
next fall without a certificate
showing immunization for small
pox, diptheria and whooping
cough.
Clinics are being held at the
various schools as follows:
February 26?9 a. m. Beaver
dam.
March 5 ? 9 a. m.. Saunook
School, 11 a. m. Allen's Creek.
March 12?9 a. m. Crabtree, 11
a. m Fines Creek.
March 26 ? 1 p. m. Patton
School.
March 19?9 a.m. Lake Juna
J luska, 1 p. m. Pigeon.
Plans arc underway for the
Boosters Club's prdduction of
"FLYING HIGH", all local talent
play, to be presented on Thursday
and Friday, February 26 and 27.
at the Waynesville Township High
School auditorium for the benefit
of the improvement of the recrea
tion field.
Leads in the hilarious, three-act
comedy will be enacted bv Vivian
Gilliland as Mary Lou Milford. and
Jim Davis as Ted Sterling, young
inventor.
The entire action of "FLYING
HIGH" takes place in the lobby of
"Purdy's Last Resort", a small
hotel owned and operated by Jeb
T. Purdy, who also is town "con
stibule". Jeb's great weakness is:
that he faints every time he hears
the word BLOOD. Bob Francis
plays the part of Jeb Purdy.
A curious assemblage of guests
at "Purdy's Last Resort" adds to
the merriment. Mrs. Augusta Van
(See "Flying High"?Page 6)
Mass X-Rays Planned For
Haywood County In Nay
A mass chest X-ray for some
twenty four or twenty five thousand
Haywood County citizens has been 1
scheduled for May and county and
state health officials have express
ed the hope that every citizen over
15 years of age will take advantage
of the service.
A preliminary planning session
was held Friday morning at the
Court House at which time some 30 ;
representatives from various com
munities in the county heard Clay
Sellars of the State Board of
Health explain the importance of
the chest X-ray program.
"We are slowly but surely lick
ing the tuberculosis problem in this
state." Mr. Sellars said, "and one,
way we are doing it is providing
the X-ray service, which is free,
and stopping the disease before il
gets too advanced. We have found
a tremendous amount of enthusi
asm throughout the state for this
program and hope that the same <
enthusiasm wil be present when
the X-ray mobile units visit Hay
wood County in May."
Two mobile units will be in Hay
I
wood County from May 8 until a
bout May 25. Mr. Sellars said, and
it is hoped that at least 15.000 peo
ple will have their chests X-rayed
during that period. "We have found
that most eases of TB occur in peo
ple 45 years of age or older. For
tha* reason we are going to make
intensive efforts to get every per
son in the county over 45 to visit
the units for the free X-ray," Sel
lers said.
The units will be in operation
Tuesday through Saturday of each
week they are here. They are cap
able of taking about 500 X-rays
each day.
Attending the meeting Friday
were J. R. Sechrest of Canton, who
was appointed to head up the drive
in the Canton area, and Robert
Winchester, of Waynesville. who
will head the drUe In the Waynes
ville area.
Others represented included
most of the Home Demonstration
Clubs in the county, the county a
gent's office, the Haywood Coun
ty Board of Health, and the 4-H
clubs.
i
First Contribution To Library Fund
The Library Building Fund received its first contribution towards
a new building Thursday afternoon when the Waynesviile Wo
man's Club gave a check for S200. Mrs. K. C. Lane, president, made
the presentation to Col. J. H. Howell, chairman of the Haywood
County Library Board, iMountaineer Fhotoi.
Dance, Basketball Game
Wind Up Heart Fund Drive
Bishop Kern, 111
For Months,
Reported Better
Reported "greatly improved" fol
lowing an illness of several months.
Methodist Bishop Paul B. Kern is
in Burnet. for an extended
rest.
He and Mrs. Kern are visiting
their son. Dr. J. Campbell Kern,
and his family. Dr. Kern is a phy
sician.
"I am taking an extended rest
necessitated by what my doctor des
cribes as a 'fatigued heart'," Bishop
Kern said. He and Mrs. Kern plan
to remain in Texas until late spring,
and after May 1 they will be at
their summer home at Lake Juna
luska.
Until his retirement last June.
Bishop Kern had presided over
Methodism's Nashville Area since
1938.
Two From County Make
Furman U. Honor Roll
Two students from Haywood
County were among ten from West
ern North Carolina to make the
honor roll at Furman University
in Greenville. S. C? for the fall i
semester, university officials have
announced.
The two from this county are
Gentry O. Crisp of Canton, and
Jarvis B. Brock of Wiynesville.
Pvt. Rich of Maggie
Serving In Korea
WITH THE 7TH INFANTRY
j DIV. IN KOREA?Pvt. David E
Rich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Rich, Maggie, recently arrived in
Korea and is serving with the 7th
Infantry Division.
Since making the amphibious
landing at Inchon in the fall of
1950, the 7th has seen action in
every sector of the Korean fight
ing.
Rich entered the Army in July
1952 and was previously stationed
at Fort Jackson, S. C.
The annual Haywood Heart Fund
drive, now in its last week, will offi
cially come to an end Saturday
night with a big dance at the Way
nesville Armory.
| Another program, a basketball
game between members of the
Waynesville Lions and Kiwanis
Club, will be played prior to the
, dance.
, Both programs promise to be out
! standing events
The dance, which is being spon
sored jointly by Beta Sigma Phi
sorority and the Waynesville Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, is
' scheduled to begin at 9 o'clock,
f'ete Lampley and his Cavaliers,
popular dance band from Hcnder
sonville. will furnish the music.
It was announced this morning
by Boyd Medford and Mrs. llugb
Potts, co-chairmen of the ticket
committe. that tickets may be pur
chased from either Jaycees or mem
bers of the sorority. They are also
available at Charlie's Place in Way
nesville and Canton. Bryson and
Harrell Motor Sales, Ladye Fa.vre
Beauty Salon, and Burgin's Depart
ment Store on Depot.
Tickets are priced at $1.25 per
person in advance and $1.50 per
person at the door.
The basketball game promises to
be one of the most hilarious sports
events in this county in many years
Members of the two civic clubs are
laying aside all dignity and reserve
and will play in their long handle
underwear (Lions I and pajamas
i Kiwanis.)
me iwo tpams are Known as me
"Drop Sealers" and the "Sleepers."
They have been underdoing regu
lar pratice sessions earh night and
are both reported in excellent con
dition.
Jonathan Woody and John Smith.
Waynesville and Hazelwood bank
ers have been selected as referees.
The game will be played on the
! Waynesville High School court be
! ginning at 7:30 Saturday night.
I Tickets may be secured from mem
bers of both the clubs.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Massie
and sons, Stanford, and Tommy,
left Saturday for a vacation in
Miami. Florida.
Retail Sales In Haywood
Put At $560 Per Person
Haywood County ranks third in the amount of retail sales per
capita in six Western North Carolina counties, figures recently released
by the Internal Revenue Department of North Carolina show.
Haywood, with a per capita retail sales figure of $560, ranks be
hind Buncombe <$840* and Henderson i$722).
The county ranks fourth in population?the 1950 census gave tne
population as 37.631?and fourth in total retail sales, with a figure
] of $21,093,305. Buncombe county, with a population of 124,403, ranked
1 first in the value of retail sales, with a figure of $104,534,796.
Haywood paid $376,985 in sales tax; $217,412 in state income tax;'
<and $18,737 in intangibles tax.
A comparison of the figures for the six largest counties in WNC
is given in the accompanying table;
Intangible inromr Mm
County Population Tax Tax Tax KotaM Sales
Buncombe 124,403 $209,313 $1,448,430 $1,891,735 $104,534,79$
Kutherford 46.356 23,822 214,681 368.791 21.583,900
! Burke 45,518 47,330 295.296 340,026 18,232,303
Haywood 37,831 18,737 217,412 376.985 21,093,305
: Henderson 30,921 40,513 168,928 379,476 22,437,927
, McDowell 25,720 14,179 116,408 216,736 14,880.134
Pigeon River Road
Bids To Be Let Tues.
Open Refrigeration Company Here
HRR* I iWW^II irsStSB*^ -> * ?
Charles and Frank Penland left to right, have announced the
opening of the Penland Brothers Refrigeration Company here.
Their showroom is located in the warehouse formerly occupied
by the Rogers Electric Company.
? - .... ?
Penland Brothers Start
Refrigeration Company
I ?
Bloodmobile Sets
Quota Of 150
Pints On Monday
A quota of ISO pints of hlood has
boon sot for tho Hazelwood-Way
uesville area when tho Aaheville
Regional Bloodmobile Unit visits
the Hazolwood Presbyterian Churoli
next- Monday Davtt -Underwood.
I chairman of the Bloodmobile Unit
lor tho Haywood County Chapter
of tho Hod Cross, urged that prev
ious donors as well as new ones'
ho on hand to insure tho fulfillment
! of the quota.
The visit is being sponsored by,
Hazolwood industries. Hod Cross
olHcials this morning asked that all
industries taking part lit the pro
I gram to please send in their Blood
) Pledge cards so that a schedule
may be worked out.
During the past six months the
Haywood County Chapter has col
lected only 25 per cent of its quota
"We hope to make up a few pints
on this visit." Underwood said,
"and I believe we will. People are '
learning that blood donations are
important and they are giving more
each visit."
To make sure that everyone who
wishes to dbnate can do so. the
Elks Club has offered to furnish
transportation to the unit anyone
unable to get there otherwise.
Mrs. Felix Stovall and Mrs. Ben
Colkitt are co-chairmen of the
group of Gray Ladies who are in
charge.
Haywood To Have Six
At Democratic Dinner
Charted B. McCrarv, chairman
of the Haywood Democratic Kx
ecutive committee, said today that
he expected Haywood to have six
representatives at the Jefferson
Jackson Day Dinner hv Raleigh
the 29th.
Haywood was asked to have six
; representatives at the $50-per-1
I plate dinner.
Announcement is made today of
the opening of a new Arm here.
I'enland Brothers Refrigeraton
Company, which features sales and
service of commercial refrigeration.
Frank I'enland is in charge of
sales, and Charles I'enland is in
charge of services.
The firm has showrooms and re
pair department in the building
hack of Rogers Electric Company.
In the showroom are exhibits of
meat and vegetable cases, beverage
coolers, as well as general equip
ment for markets, including scales,
sticers and grinders.
The owners are natives of Hay
wood They arc from the Medford
Farm section and the sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles I'enland.
They worked with the Southern!
Railroad prior to entering service.!
Frank served with the Merchant
Marines and Charles was in the
Army.
After their discharge from ser
vice. the\ went to Alexandria, La.,
where both were connected with
the I'hillips-Summerlin Company.1
handling commercial refrigeration
They remained with that firm until J
deciding to come back to Haywood
and establish their business to
serve all of Western North Caro
lina.
In addition to refrigeration, they
offer a general store-wide planning
service. Both have had special
training along these lines, and at
tended special school in store and
fixture arrangements.
In addition to the commercial
refrigeration, they will handle air
conditioning, ice cube machines,
and related items for stores, mo
tels. and hotels.
They announced that O. W.
Holmes, also of Alexandria. La ,
would be associated with them as
engineer and service man. Mr.
Holmes, like the Penland Broth
ers. has had many years experience
in the business.
Among the lines to be featured
will be the Nolin line, which they
have sold successfully for the past
number of years.
Six County Roads To Be
Improved, Thrash Reports
Police Issue Warnings
About Excessive Speed
Waynesvllle and Hazelwood
poller official* today Issued a
stern warning to drivers who
have occasion to pass a public
school.
During the past several week*
a number of people have been
stopped and given tickets for
speeding in the marked off school
zones.
Patrolmen have been stationed
at all schools and have strict
orders to stop any driver who
speeds or drives recklessly
through the school zone.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Carswcll
and son. Tommy, spent the week
end with relaUives in Newton
Six roads in Haywood County
will be drained, graded and rocked
as soon as highway forces can get
to them. L. Hale Thrash. Tenth
Division Highway Commissioner,
said today.
The roads, all of which have
been added to the county highway
system, are:
Shelf on Cove Road.
Plncy Ridge Road.
Harkift Street Extension.
William Howell Road.
Ernest Shuler Road.
Bill Smathers Road.
Commisionef Thrash said the
roads, all of which are dirt, will
he completely graded and crushed
stone added.
The decision to make them a
part of the Haywood County High
way System came at a meeting of
the State Highway and Public
, Works Commission last December.
Tomorrow ? Tuesday, February
24 ? the North Carolina State
Highway Commission will open
hids at its RaletKh office and
study proposals for 21 projects
involving improvements on ISO
miles of roads in the state.
?
One ol those projects. 6 59 miles
of grading from the Tennessee
line to a point near Cold Springs
in Haywood County, is dear to
the people of Haywood County.
It is the much-sought-for and
long-awaited Pigeon River Road.
The highway* when completed,
will tie in with Routes 19 and 23
at Dellwood and will open a sec
tion of Haywood County that is
considered one of. the roughest in
the state. The proposed road will
be confined to the steep cliffs be
tween North Carolina and Ten
nessee.
The state has set aside $1,950.
000 for the project. The first al
location, $450,000. was made in
1948 by the then Governor R
Gregg Cherry. During his term
Governor W. Kerr Scott allocataed
an additional $1,500,000.
Several grading contractors have
visited the area during the past
few weeks in company with mem
bers of the North Carolina High
way staff located at Waynesville.
It has been noted by R. Getty
Drowning, chief highway locating
engineer for the State Highway
Commission, that motorists cross
ing into Tennessee must now cith
er cross a mountain range at an
elevation of 5,000 feet, or a moan
tain gap at an elevation of 4.10O
feet But the Pigeon River road
would, he said, go no higher than
2.800 feet and would be freer from
summer mountain storms and
winter ice and snow than the
mountain routes.
As it luiw staiuts the new road
will be eonfined to the steep cliffs
running along the Pigeon River.
The highway will be located at
front about 150 feet above the
river at some points, to a low of
about 40 feet at other points.
Many people who have visited
the area have termed it one of the
most beautiful in this section of
the state.
Best estimates put the comple
tion of the grading part of the
project during the latter part of
the summer months of 1954-. The
unpaved section would be accessi
ble only by way of a forest road
It probably will not be open to
travel until a connection is made
from both the Tennessee end, and
from the present road that termi
nates near Cove Creek. All those
points are mere matters of specu
Commission has never stated just
when the road will be available
to motorists.
As it now stands the shortest
way to Newport, Tennessee, by
way of an all-weather road is
through Ashevllie and Marshall.
That distance is just short of 100
miles. When the Pigeon River
Road is complete, the distance
will be cut to about 45 miles.
The road will be so located that
travel between Ohio and Florida
will probably be over that route
to a great extent. Some people
hope that the road, when complet
ed. will afford a direct rqute to
Florida by way of Waynesville
and Brevard.
The $1,950,000 will undoubted
ly be sufficient to insure the
completion of grading and drain
age projects for the road How
much will be left and how it will
be used has not been determined
by the iHghwa.v Commission.
Before the present 6:59 miles
| is paved it is likely that another
, section will be graded and readied
' for paving at the same time
This is the last of a series of
road building projects that the
State decided to undertake back
j in 1921. At that time the Stale
I Legislature passed an act calling
| for a system of highways connect
! ing the county seats in the -Stale
i and to the county seats of the
. (See Pigeon River Road?Page 6>
f
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured .... 11
Killed .... 0
<Thl* information com
piled from Record* of
State IIIkhway Patrol.)