?
re'n' There I
Jn I
Carolina^ I
I itISAK FIRED
L^r at A md T College
Cfcoro has been fired for
regularities'' in his of-1
(college an<* oflfi
no statement about
Charities" other than the
Ljtrment that funds appear
Tjbe bursar had held his j
1 since 1923.
I JONES DISMISSED |
I Jadirial Commission of 1
L Presbytery voted 7 to 1
L u end pastoral rela
Cft lee. Charles M. Jones,
fit the Chapel Hill Presby
Iciareh.
ICarolina Cinerama
I Carolina will get its first
[of the new movie making
f know n as three dimension
|j when the film "Bawana
fc shown in Charlotte.
ISAICER REWARD
IHi reward for the cap
11 Brine saucer "undam- j
Ld intact." has been offer- j
he South Carolina General j
hlv The bill was intro
| following widespread re
|In the slate that flying '
L, ill sixes and shapes, had
Leo in many costal towns,
jongue in cheek, the As
f wid the citizens of the
jrerr being bothered by
let II was that had been
U that it (the Assembly)
I to get to the bottom of
Ihirer to speak
LdL. Shirer. author, foreign
indent and radio commen
|u speak at Mars Hill Col
fcirdav evening. He is ex
p speak on world peace I
iter's Show
g Given At
k>1 Tonight
U-local talent play "Flying
i being presented tonight
g? and tomorrow night by
Iwood Boosters Club at the
ille High School auditor
ay ii for the benefit of the
sent of the recreation Aeld
aood.
night a King and Queen
elected from a list of can
ind crowned. Many chil
* been entered in the con
heir pictures are in the
of the Haywood Furniture
y on Main Street in Way
and voting may be done
I the other special fea
i the show arc the Coun
bol Skit between Acts 2
I comedy song and dance
[School Belles, and the
k Tryouts. featuring Haz
Went at its best.
Production is under the
i direction of Miss Rose
kcrman, professional dra
toach. The committee in
promises a full evening of
imcnt for every member
imily.
! Junaluska
ier Wounded
wean Battle
r Stallard E. Jaynes, son
Lillian Jaynes Painter of
maluska was wounded in
l Korea on Feb. 4. when
with which he was serv
I attacked by opposing
ceived a flesh wound of
t thigh and is recuperat
hospital in Korea,
avnes entered service in
*r. 1951 He received basic
at Indian Town Gap,
nd was sent from there to
Wa<h
?s sent overseas in July,
i letter from him to his
ed that he is walking with
of crutches and that he
1* hack on duty soon,
lie. Mrs. Lola Mae Tran-1
lies resides at Lake Juna-1
I'h her parents, Mr. and
"tde Trantham.
r ii ?? -
tie
ither
|
warmer
mild with
f, ^"Wesvllle tempera
ert by the State Teat
M" Mln. Rainfall
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47 33 .13
62 an
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The Waynesville Mountaineer ^
, Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park O I ?
68th YEAR NO. 17 16 PAGES ~Associated Pre*- WAYNESVILLE. N. t\. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FEB. 26. 1953 *3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Good Bid Received On
Pigeon River Highway
6.59 Miles
Will Cost
$1,316,000
A low bid of $1,316,172 was re
ceived by the State Tuesday for
grading 6.59 miles of the proposed
"Pigeon River Road" in Haywood
County.
The State Highway Commission
will meet tomorrow (Friday) morn
ing to review the bid, and will
either accept or reject it at that
time.
After the grading project is com
pleted additional bids will be re
quired to cover the paving contract.
The A. B. Burton Company of
Lynchburg, Va., submitted the low
bid Tuesday. Chief Highway En
gineer W. H. Rogers. Jr., stated that
a total of $1,950,000 had been al
lotted for the job, and that the
entire sum will probably be used
for the stretch on which grading
bids were opened Tuesday.
It is not known at this time when
work would begin should the High
way Commission accept the bid.
Highway officials have stated in
the past that a total of 380 working
days had been approved for the
completion of the grading project.
That wouid put completion some
time during the late summer of
1954.
There has been considerable in
terest shown in the road by offi
cials and newspapers in Tennessee.
Several days ago a Newport (Tenn.)
newspaper official called The
Mountaineer and said that the en
tire area around Newport was anx
iously awaiting ' the beginning of
the project.
Funds for the project were allot
ted by Governor R. Gregg Cherry
and Governor W. Keer Scott. Cher
ry made a $450,000 allocation in the
closing days of his administration
in 1948. Scott made two separate
allocations, the last one being $1,
000,000 last May.
Rollman Tells
Of Peace Plan
At Meeting
Happy and contented people have
no desire for war and the way to
happiness and prosperity through
out the world is through World
Construction, Heinz W. Rollman,
president of Wftllco Shoe Corpora
tion, said Wednesday night.
Mr. Rollman. founder of World
Construction, outlined his program
before an audience at the court
house.
World Construction, he said, pro
poses four basic ideas that will
eventually bring an end to wars:
practice of the Golden Rule, pros
perity. democracy, and peace.
The practice of "doing to others
what you would have them do unto
you" has long been fundamental
and requires only a change in peo
ples' thinking, Mr. Rollman said.
Then, explaining that prosperity is
one of the surest ways of erasing
discontent and hatred, he outlined
his proposal for higher standards
of living everywhere.
"We must have five per cent of
the population in the U. S.?eight
million people?engaged in prac
ticing World Construction," Mr
Rollman said.
He predicted this would not be
(See Rollman Tells?Page 8)
- DAR Award Winners
Mrs. James R. Boyd, regent of the Dorcas Bell Love Chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution poses with winners of the annual DAR medals presented in the Wayncsville High
School. Left to right are Miles Stamey, winner of the boys' declamation contest; Ann Coman Craw
ford, who received the good citizenship medal for girls in the senior class; Linda Sloan, good citi
zen for the state serapbook contest; and Mrs. Boyd. Stanford Massie, who was awarded the good
citizenship medal for senior boys, was not present when the picture was made. The awards were
made Tuesday morning following the declamation contest in the school auditorium.
Vocalists 01
WTHS Enter
State Contest
A group of 16 Waynesvillc High
School vocalists, accompanied by
music directotr Charles Isley. will
go to Davidson College Saturday
to participate In the first state con
test for vocal solos and small vocal
ensembles.
The contest is an outgrowth of
district contests for choruses which
have been held for a number of
years.
The Waynesville group will en
ter three solos, a quartet, and a
vocal ensemble of 16 voices. The
soloists are Ann Coman Crawford,
alto; John Calhoun, tenor; and
Richard Hipps. baritone. Singing
in the quartet will be Dick Hoglen.
bass, Richard Hipps, baritone, Hen
ry Wilson, 2nd tenor, and John
Calhoun. 1st tenor.
In addition to these singers, the
j ensemble will include the fpllow
! ing; Sally Stovall, Julia Ann Stov
J all, Sylvia Camlin, and Nancy
' Davis .sopranos; Patsy Blalock and
Betty Ann Howell, altos; Joe Boyd,
Bill Crawford, and Charles Park
er. tenors; and Richard Hoyle and
Bill Whitner, basses.
The group will make the trip
by car early Saturday morning and
will return home Saturday night.
Tax Penalty Is
Effective Mar. 1
An additional penalty on unpaid
1952 taxes goes into effect March I,
Mrs. Mildred Bryson, tax collector,
i has announced.
Mrs. Bryson said the penalty will
amount to two per cent. The Feb
; rui ry penalty was one per cent.
? , There is still a short time left be
? fore this goes into effect and the
collector urges delinquent taxpay
' ers to make payment to avoid the
extra cost.
Citizenship
Awards Made
To Seniors
Ann Coman Crawford and Stan
ford Massie were selected as the
senior girl and boy in the Waynes
viile High School to receive the
annual good citizenship medals
presented by the Dorcas Bell Love
Chapter. Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution. Presentation of
the awards <rere made at a I)AR
program held Tuesday morning in
1 the school auditorium.
Both winners of the awards have
contributed much in talent and
time to the school program, in ad
dition to holding scholastic ratings
in the top five per cent of their
class
Ann Coman, daughter of Mrs.
Walter Crawford and the late Mr.
Crawford, holds the office of presi
dent of the student council and has
previously held offices as vice
1 president and secretary. She has
| been a member of the school band
and chorus for four years and for
two years has been student director
of the chorus. She is also alto
soloist and has attended state
music festivals.
She is a charter member of the
Sub-Deb Club of the school and
is a member of the staff for the
! school yearbook this year. She
was voted by her classmates as the
most popular senior girl and the
girl with the most school spirit.
Miss Crawford is a member of
I the First Baptist Church and a
member of the church choir. She
is also active in the young people's\
! groups and is president of the I
; Young Woman's Auxiliary. During
i the summer of 1947 she attended
the Baptist World Alliance in
Copenhagen with her grandmoth
er, Mrs. W. T. Crawford.
Stanford is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Massic. He is a tal
ented musician and has played the
(See Citizenship?Page 8)
Once In a While:
County Jail Empty
The Haywood County jail. [
which is one public establishment
thai can generally be counted up
on to have 'at least one visitor at
all times, was empty nearly 24
hours during the week-end.
Sheriff Fred Campbell said that
j from 8:30 p. m. Friday until 4 p
m. Saturday, the fail was without
I a prisoner. Friday night Weaver,
| Thomas, and Robert Jolly ? in jail
; following a shooting spree In Cove
Creek?met bond of *1.000 each
and were released. From then un
' til Saturday afternoon when sev
eral drunks were given lodging,
the county jail was unoccupied,
the sheriff said.
This was the second time since
the courthouse was completed in
1033 that the tail has been empty.
Sheriff Campbell said. The first
time was in Feb. 10S1 when for a
brief three hours there were no
prisoners. I
Revaluation
Completed In
7 Townships
Seven of the 13 townships in
Haywood County have completed
revaluation and tax listing and four
more are expected to be completed
within a few days, C. C. Francis,!
chairman of the County Commis
sioners, has announced.
Although official tabulations
have not been made, Mr Francis
said he estimates an eight per cent
increase in valuation will result
from the communities already com
pleted over their value in 1945. He
added that when complete county
returns are in the valuation figure
may be slightly higher.
Those townships that have fin
ished revaluation include Kast
Fork, Cecil, Clyde, Catalooehee,
White Oak. Crabtree. and Iron
Duff. Four others that are nearing
completion are Jonathan Creek,
Ivy Hill, Pigeon, and Fines Creek.
Mr. Francis said, however, that it
will probably require most of
March to finish Waynesville and
Beaverdam.
The revaluation teams are being
accompanied by tax listers and
both jobs are being completed at
one time.
Meeting Called
To Set Up Ground
Observer Corps'
A meeting has been called for
Friday. March 6. for all people in
the Waynesville area who arc in
terested in becoming members of a
Ground Obsecyer's Corps. The
program, under the sponsorship of
the f)epartment of Defense, will be
set up here as a precautionary
measure to help the Air Force in
identifiation of all airplanes.
.1 T. Russell. Commander of the
Waynesville Amerian Legion Past,
has been designated as supervisor
of the unit. He called the meeting
for next Friday night to familiar
ize those attending with the neces
sary information.
An observation post will be set
up on top of the court house. After
a Ground Observer's Corps is or
ganized here a team of Air Force
personnel from the Knoxville Air
1 Center will conduct a training pro
gram.
There is no age or sex require
ments for membership. The group
will number about 42 persons when
completed, including a Chief Of
sepver. Several people have signi
fied their interest in the project.
The Waynesville area will be
composed of a 10-square mile rad
ius. " No one who becomes a mem
ber of the Corps will be required
to serve more than four hours each
week, and that only during the
(See Meeting Called- -Page It
Red Cross Fund Campaign
To Begin Here Next Week
The 1953 American Red Cross
fund campaign will have its kick
off meeting at the Waynesvilic
Presbyterian Church Tuesday
morning. Mrs. David Hyatt, gen
eral chairman of the County Chap
ter. said today.
The goal for the drive this year,
which will last throughout March.
I has been set at $5,000.
At Tuesday morning's meeting.
, which will begin at 9:30. all divi
sion chairmen are requested to be
I present.
The divisions and their chair
men are as follows: Industry ?
I*o Weill and Ben Colkitt; Pro
fessional ? Lee Davis (doctors),
Glenn Brown (lawyers), Phil Med
ford (dentists), and James Cole
man 'ministers); Business ? Ed i
Mottinger; Residential?Mrs. Hel
en Owen; Rural?Mrs. Carl Med
ford; Schools?Mr*. M. G. Stamey,
Mrs. Carl Ratcllff. and Mrs. R. C.
Lane <St. John's!; Publicity?Mrs.
Charles Edwards; Special Contrib
uations?Miss Pearl Johnson; Spe
cial Events?Jimmy Childress; In
surance and Real Estate ? Mrs.
Troy Wyche; Club*?Mrs. John W.
Taylor; and Negro?Elsie Osborne.
Co-chairmen of the Fund Cam
paign are Miss Louise Ballard and
Fred Moody.
The same amount of funds will
be raised by the Canton Chapter,
which will also begin Its drive next
week.
All chairmen and co-chairmen
and workers will be announced in
Monday'* paper.
f
I
Building Permits
Over Half-Million
Mark Here Last Year
$300,000 In Water Bonds
Will Be Sold Tuesday
Bill Introduced
For State-Wide
Liquor Vote
Haywood County will Join the
rest of the state in awaiting the
disposition of a bill, now in com
mittee. which calls for a state
wide referendum, as recommend
ed hy Governor Cinstead.
The bill was Introduced by
Rep. H. M. Moore of Clay Coun
ty on instructions of a "higher"
power" and was referred to the
House Committee on Counties.
Cities and Towns.
As introduced the bill calls for
a state-wide vote November S oil
whether the people of the state
are for or against the "sale of
liquor, wine and beer in every
county." If the state voted dry.
all ABC stores would be closed
and wine and beer would be ban
ned. if voted wet. liquor, wine
and beer would be legal in every
county.
C of C Renewal
Letters Are
Being Sent Out
The Job of sending Chamber of
Commerce renewal membership
letters to 257 firms and individuals
is about complete, officials of the
Chamber's membership committee
said today.
Prompt return of the letters to
the Chamber of Commerce offices
has been requested by the commit
tee so that futrher plans may be
made.
| ' Memberships in the Chamber
j have been fixed at $24 each.
The money will be used for the
immediate benefit of the commun
1 ity through the agricultural, rec
reational and other programs of
the Chamber of Commerce.
Aliens Creek
CDP To Have Old
Fashioned Dinner
An old time dinner, consisting
of pigs feet, ears, knuckles, tur
nips. kraut, shortening bread and
pic, will be given by the Aliens
Creek Community Development
Program Saturday night at the
school.
Prices for plates will be nomi
nal, and proceeds will be used to
help with the building of Allen's
Creek Baptist Church auditorium
and to the completion of Buchanan
Cemetery, which the community
has selected as one of its 1953 pro
jects.
Heinz Rollman, president of
Wellco Shoe Corporation and
founder of "World Construction",
will be the principal speaker.
All community chairmen in the
county, their wives, and the coun
ty agent received Invitations to
the dinner as a courtesy.
Everyone I* Invited.
Mr .and Mrs. Bill Kanos are
planning to leave tomorrow for a
vacation in Florida.
On _Iu?>djty Hie- Town ntt Way*<
nesville will offer $300,000 In water
bonds for sale. Sealed bids will
be received at the Local Govern
ment Commission in Kalcigh.
The bonds are to be used to ex
pand the water system here. A
modern filter plant and additional
intake lines, from the 9.000-acre
watershed will be included.
I Repayment will be made at the
I rate of $8,000 annually from 1935
I to 1984 and a $7,000 payment in
1965 $8,000 in 1966. and with pay
ments amounting to $15,000 from
j 1967 to 1961.
Stamey Wins
DAR Contest;
Medals Awarded
Miles Stanley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. G. Stamey and a member
of (he senior class, won first place
in the forty-fifth annual declama
tion contest sponsored by the Dor
cas Bell Love Chapter. Daughters
of the American Revolution for
hoys in the Waynesville Township
High ScImioI. His speech was "Call
To Aims," by Patrick Henry.
The contest was held Tuesday
morning'in the school auditorium
as the main feature of a DAK pro-,
gram. Following the speeches. DAH
citizenship awartk^were made Jo
outstanding mtmhen of the serHiir
class.
Miss Linda Sloan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Sloan, was pre
sented a uiii and certificate in rec
ognition of her selection as the
good citizen for the scrapbook eon
test sponsored by the State Society
of the D A H The presentation was
made by Mrs T. Lenoir Gwyn.
Miss Ann Coman Crawford, j
daughter of Mrs. Walter Crawford
and the late Mr. Crawford, and
Stanford Massie. son of Mr. and ;
Mrs Francis Massie. were awarded
the good citizenship medals which
are given annually by the chapter j
to an outstanding girl and boy in
the graduating class. These med
als were presented by Mrs. W. A.
Hyatt.
Presentation of the medal to i
the winner of I lie declamation con-1
test was made by Mrs. .lames R.
Boyd.
Mrs .lames Harden Howell led ;
the Pledge of Allegiance and
Salute to the Flag, which preceded
the speeches and special music was
furnished bv the high school quar
tet, composed of Dick Hoglen, Hen
ry Wilson. John Calhoun, and
Richard Hipps.
Honorable mention in the dec- \
tarnation contest went to Tom
Bridges, who gave "Democracy"; j
Neil Howell, whose speech was "A
Man Without A Country"; and
George Williamson, who gavel
"American Liberty," by Patrick
Henry.
I Other contestants were Stanley
Williamson, David Felmet, T. L.
I Francis. Darryll Cagle. and James
j Part oil
Judges were Mrs. Hugh Leach,
Mrs. Raymond Lane, and the Rev.
J. C. Coleman.
Tom Gibson was here from Fort
Jackson to spend the week-end with
his parents, Mr and Mrs. Robert
1 Gibson.
Building construction permits
for Waynesvllle hit well over the
half-million mark during 1952.
Hugh Jolley, building inspector,
reported today.
Permits were Issued for a total
of $686,300 in buildings, both com
mercial and private. That repre
sented a gain of some $397,685,
or more than double what the
figure was in 1951. The cost of
the hospital addition, amounting
to in excess of $400,000 is not in
cluded.
Several structures. including
the new telephone building, the
schools, and church buildings ac
counted for the greatest portion of
the total permits.
In breaking down the figures.
Mr. Jolley said that business con
struction amounted to $366,450;
dwellings, $278,150; additions and
alterations, $32,550: private gar
ages and barns. $5,650: and
churches, $3,500,
Three items made up the great
est portion of the permits for
building construction: the tele
phone building ($250,000): Hay
wood Motor Inn ($50,000); and the
building housing the A & P groc
ery store ($28,000).
Permits for construction a-,,,
mounting to $288,635 were issued^
in 1951. The 1052 figure of $688.
300 is about two-and-one-haM
times as much.
A total of 40 new homes were
built within the city limits dur
ing the past year, although 78 par- i
mils for |iom? construction wjm \
issued.
-J *wsn-nv*
Recreation Pl4n \ j
Discussed By Hay
At Kiwanis Meet
The proposed recreation program '
for Waynesville and Ha re I wood was
explained to the Kiwanis Club
Tuesday night by Charles Ray.
In his comprehensive analysis
of the program, Mr. Ray began
with local needs.
He stressed throughout his ad
dress that a well-rounded recrea
tion program that will meet the
present needs and our future needs
cannot be organized and put into
operation over a period of a year
or two. but must be a long-range
program which must be well plan
ned.
As an illustration of this fact,
he used the First National Rank of
Waynesville. Born the same year
the hank was organized. Mr. Ray
pointed out that it takes time for
such an organization to become a
well-rounded business. iThe First
National Bank of Waynesville re
cently celebrated its 50th annivers
ary). The recreation program is a
business proposition on one hand,
and an act of good citizenship on
the other.
He further stated that the plan
was not new. Twelve years ago the
Recreation Commission set up an
act for the state that any town
working within the frame-work of
this law could provide play
grounds, etc. Within this act. a
town must have a population of
10,000 people or more, and it was
at this point that he stressed the
importancevof the Hazelwood and
Waynesville area having a common
interest in such a program.
"The recreation program must
be comprehensive enough to begin
with the kindergarten, and include
the 9-10 age gfoup. the teen age
group and the adults. We must ha.e
the plan upon the needs of our
local people, and then as we
branch out, the program will meet
the needs of 95% of the tourists."
(See Recreation?Page 8)
Heart Fund Goal Short;
More Events Announced
There are just two more days of 1
the drive left and the goal for the
W'aynesvllle area's Heart Fund
Drive has only reached the half- |
way mark, officials of the drive
said.
Programs that are still to be
staged include a basketball game i
between the Wavnesville Kiwanis
and Lions Clubs, a dance al tht
Armory Saturday night, and ac
j tivities by Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts.
Drives among the business men
of Wavnesville also have not been
completed, and some of the com
mittees conducting the drive a
. mong the various industries have
I not turned In their funds,
i But as it now stands the drive
appears likely to fall short of its i
goal. If the goal is met a Heart
Chapter will he formed in Hay
wood County; if not. then the
county must depend on a commit
tee
In pointing out those facts this
morning, officials of the commit
tees stressed the fact that a Heart
Chapter in Haywood County could
he one of the most valuable as
sets of the people here. Rules of
the National Heart Foundation
say that 55 per cent of the money
collected In the annual Heart Fund
drives mav be retained In a local
ity if there is a chapter located
there; if there is no chapter, the
entire amount goes into a state
fund.
All money left in the county
(See Heart Fun4--Page 8>
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured.... 11
Killed .... 0
'This information rnm
plled from Record, of
State Highway Patrol.)