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The Waynesville Mountaineer the wheel. Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park O ___? 6Xth YEAR NO. 20 12 PAGES Associated Preas WAYNESVILLE. N ( . MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 9. 195.1 Li.OOIn Advance In Haywood and Jackaon Coontiea 4-H Club Group Nay Go On 1,000 Nile Tour As a climax to 4-H Club week, the 1400 members of Haywood's 23 clubs expect final arrangements to be made this week for the an nual out-of-state exchange tour. Indications this morning were that 40 Haywood 4-H Club mem bers would go to Berkshire coun ty, Mass.. sometime in July, ac cording to Cecil Wells, assistant county agent in charge of the boys' Club work in the county. Mr. Wells said today that he had been in touch with H. M. Jones, in charge of 4-H Clubs in Berkshire county, and that three counties in that area were want ing Haywood members to visit them this summer. As the matter now stands it appears that Berk shire will be the county selected. It is about 100 miles to Berk shire, and tentative plans are to make it an 11-day trip?two days of travel each way, and seven days as guests of the Berkshire countians. The time will be be tween July first and 20th. Those named to represent Hay wood this year will be selected on an honor system, somewhat dif ferent from previous years, Mr. Wells said. About forty will make the trip. . In previous years Haywood has had an exchange plan with clubs in Iowa and Texas. During 4-H Club week, various clubs are staging chapel and radio programs, together with bulletin boards in various schools. Miss Jean Childers in in charge of the work of the 4-H Club girls in the county. The county council meets the second Saturday in each month, and is the county-wide head of ail the 23 organizations. S'-vrrr.1 foetvwp nf ' w'tf"* 4*?P" er are devoted to thef-H Club work here in Haywood. Air Search For Missing Plane Conducted In Haywood County Haywood County became the scene of extensive search opera tions last week when the wreck age of an airplane was discovered on the summit of 6.030 foot Cold Mountain. The wreckage, which at first was believed to be that of a plane piloted by Worth Stewart, Char lotte theater executive, later proved to be an Air Force B-25 which crashed five or six years ago and was one of two wreck ages located on the mountain. Stewart disappeared on a flight from Jacksonville, Fla., to Char lotte February 26. Since then Civil Air Patrol planes have concen trated their search in three areas in Wlestern North Carolina. Pre vious air searches were conducted at Cascade Lake near Brevard. | and near Blowing Rock. Last Wednesday State Highway i Patrolman W. R. Wooten spotted a shiny object near the summit of Cold Mountain and reported it as being the possible remains of Stewart's plane. A flight over the object proved it to be ice on a rock. The searching did find, how ever, an old wreckage, which was believed to be the Stewart plane. A ground search by CAP per sonnel and highway patrolman Friday proved the wreckage as the crash of a B-25. The search for the missing plane will be continued, according to a spokesman for the CAP. but further efforts will be centered in , South Carolina and north Georgia. Rites Are Held Today For Mrs. Shapter Funeral services were held this | afternoon in Grace Episcopal i Church for Mrs. Evelyn Fitzhugh | Shapter. 74. a summer resident of Waynesville. who died Tuesday at her home in Orlando. Fla., after a long illness. The Rev. Edgar Goold. rector of the church, officiated and inter ment was in Green Hill Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were John P. Taylor, Oscar Knight. James Thomas, Kyle Campbell, Ossie Sutton, and Sam Knight. Surviving Is one daughter. Miss Agnes Fitzhugh Shapter of Or lando. Arrangements were under the . direction of Garrett Funeral Home. Officers Question Noah Dockery The two officers who captured Noah Dockery, wanted for the shotgun slaying of Cherokee County Sheriff Charles Crawford, interrogate him after he had been placed in the Haywood County jail. They are Sgt. T. A. Sandlin, left, of Bryson City, and Cpl. Pritchard Smith of Waynesville, both Highway Patrolmen, tMountaineer Photo). .Instrumentalists Make Good Record Saturday At State Music Contest ? Early Morning Fire Averted In Iron Dufi Area A near disaster was averted early Sunday morning in the Iron Duff section when two quick thinking milk haulers noticed a , fire in a heavily wooded area and mrrnmned kyjp to extin guish it. The milk haulers, Dee Craw ford and Joe Caldwell, were a little early at their tasks that morning, being on the job about 3.30. and noticed a lire a short distance from the road; thrv im mediately summoned J a r ? 1 s Caldwell, who is fire warden far the Iron Duff section. Caldwell rushed to the area, getting fire fighters all along the way. When they arrived at the scene the woods were afire and threatening the outbuildings and home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe A. Chambers, both over 80 years j old. Within a few minutes the fire was out. though several boards on one of the outbuildings were | smouldering. Mr. and Mrs. Cham bers had to be aroused to be re moved from the home. The fire, which was started from flving sparks from a burn ing tobacco bed, had quickly be come a tremendous blaze when it hit dry leaves near the Chambers home. Mr. Caldwell today paid tribute to Crawford and Caldwell for their fast thinking, and to the volunteers who responded to the fire rail. Sgt. P. Franklin Suffers Wounds In Korea Battle Sgt. Paul Franklin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Franklin, is rest ' ing comfortably in a hospital in Japan, after suffering wounds in a Korean battle on February 20th. Sgt. Franklin had his left leg broken, and his right arm struck by bullets during hand-to-hand fighting. Letters from Sgt. Franklin and his nurse during the past few- days reveal he is doing nicely, and the large cast has been removed from his leg. and a smaller one put on instead Sgt. Franklin was on patrol duty when a grenade thrown by the enemy knocked his gun out of his (See Franklin?Page 6) Heart Fund Gets Big Assist From Dayton Rubber Efnployees of Dayton Rubber I Company today donated $365 to the Wavnesville area Heart Fund drive, bringing the total collected to date to about $1,400, twice the goal Heart fund drive officials were highly elated at the donation. Mrs. Mildred Bryson. chairman. Raid to day that more funds are forthcom (See Heart?Page ?) About 25 members of the Wa.vnesville high school concert band made an excellent record at the North Carolina District Instru mental Solo and Ensemble Con test at Davidson College Saturday. Waynesville musicians entered 11 divisions in the contest. In the solo groups. Charles Al j ley made a rating of superior with an oboe solo; Sylvia Newell made a rating of excellent with a clari net solo: Bill Whitner made a rat ing of excellent in the baritone j solo group. In the ettsemble groups, the fol lowing groups performed: Brass quartet, rating of superior. | Mary Ahn Byrd. Wanda Sue Hipps, I Kmmctt Balentinc and Harold I Scruggs. Brass sextet, rating of superior: Maty Ann Byrd. Aaron Gibson. Don j Shaw. Dayrel Cagle, Milton Mas ! sie, and Henry Wilson. Trombone trio, superior rating; Emmett Balentinc, Harold Scruggs, | and Don Shaw. Trombone duet, rating of excel lent, George Williamson, and Maurice Styles. Woodwind quintet, rating of ert A. Campbell, assistant director. (See Instrumentalists?Page 6) Baptists Set Quarterly Meet Of Exec. Comm. The quarterly meeting of the Executive Committee of the Hay wood Baptist Association will be held Thursday evening at 7:30 at the East Waynesville Baptist ; Church. The Executive Committee con I sists of the Associational officers, j all pastors, and one messenger ap pointed by each church in the as sociation. The Rev. Thomas Erwin is chairman of the Executive Commit , tee. Summer Resident Dies In St. Petersburg, Fla. Mrs. Margaret Winston Hopple, a summer resident of Waynesville for many years, died February 23, at her home in St. Petersburg. Fla. She was the widow of the late Richard Hopple. Funeral services were held Feb ? ruary 25 with the Rev. Arnold Charnock officiating and interment was in Lexington, Ky. Cherokee People To Rebuild Home For Noah Dockery Citizens of Cherokee county are going to rebuild the home of Noah Dockery, which was burn ed after Dookerv was arrested and charged with the murder of Sher-: iff Charles Crawford, of Cherokee. 1 last week. Drtkery was brought to the Haywood county jail and is being held without bond, charged with the death of the sheriff, who was serving a warrant at the time he was instantly killed with a shotgun blast. Over the week-end. scores of people came here to see Dockery. Only immediate members of his family- were permitted to see the sVnSlf Ch^fokee Vrtiod cutter.' ft was from the visitors that it was learned that plans are underway to rebuild the Dockery home In the Hanging Dog section of Chero kee county. Solicitor Thad Bryson was here Friday, and told Dookerv he would ask that the court appoint a law-; yer to defend him. Dockery is said to have made the" statement that he did not have any money to oav a lawyer. The visitors here over the week end. including some of his 19 brothers, also said that they plan ned to ask for the trial of Dock ery to be moved out of Cherokee county. No indication was given as to which county they would ask that the trial be moved. Officers here said that Dockery : seemed contented in jail, and was a very meek man. and seemingly without any worries. Grading Almost Finished Here On School Lot The grading of the lot across Brown Avenue from the high school is almost complete. The lot, between the street and railroad, was purchased by the school board some months ago Tentative plans are to make a parking lot for the school buses j out of the site. The dirt from the lot has been used in filling in a lot between Old Hickory Drive and Boyd Av enue, but facing on Brown. Boosters Club Will Meet Thursday Night The regular monthly meeting of the Hazelwood Boosters Club will be held at the Hazelwood Presby terian Church Thursday, March 12 at 7 o'clock. E. A. Williamson, sec ' retary. announced today. | All members of the club are urg ed to be present. Red Cross Drive Making Progress, Officials Say Optimistic report* coming in to the Waynesville Red Cross offices i indicate that the goal of $5,000 will be reached. To date some $1,000 has been turned in. These funds are made up of special contribution* and contributions solicited from; Wayncsvllle and Hazelwood busi ness house*. Miss Louise Ballard, who serve* with Fred Moody a* co-chairman of the drive, said.today that the drive is progressing far better this year than it was at the same time last year, i Very few reports have been made bv (he various committee* since the drive, which only start ed last week, has not moved tnto high gear. "We're progressing nicely and people are showing a great deal of interest and cooperation in the work of the Red Cross, as demons trated in their generous contribu tions," Miss Ballard said. The special contributions came from summer people who received letters about a week ago. asking them to contribute to the Waynes ville area drive. A fuller report will be released .Thursday Recreation Board To Consult With Expert Board 01 Review Might Meet About April 15th ' C. C. Francis, chairman of the board of commissioners said this morning that the annual meeting of the commissioners as a hoard of equalization and review would prubably be held in April. The regular meeting time to hear taxpayers on adjustments of taxes is the third Monday in March. Due to the fact that two groups have not completed their work of revaluation, the board will have to meet later Mr. Francis said the board will meet the 18th of March and set a tentative date. It all depends upon the time the groups in Beav ordam and Waynesville complete their work of revaluation "It is taking longer in Waynes ville and Beaverdam to complete the revaluation than anywhere else in the county," Mr. Francis said. "There are so many more pieces of property, plus all the business houses that it makes the work slower." Tentative plans are for the Imnrd of eoualization and review to begin their work about the mid dle of April. Normal Day At Schools On Saturday Saturday appeared to be a nor mal school dav, according to Mr*. Lucy Jones Boyd, in discussing the session of Haywood school held on Saturday in order to make uo for time lost during a flu epidemic In January. Mrs. Boyd said this morning that according to all reports, Ihe schools were on normal schedule, and with normal attendance. Some were absent due to jobs held by students, but these were in the ( minority. , School will be held again on Sat urday, March 23, as another make up lime for the schools. Present plans are to close schools June 4th instead of on June Bth as would have been the case prior to making up the time on Saturdays. Truck Goes 225 Feet Down Bank As Brakes Fail A truck, belonging to "Speedy" Williams, went 225 feet down a mountain Sunday when the brakes failed. With Williams at the time was a brother-in-law. Both men jumped $-(im the vehicle as it started down the Fie Top moun tain road. The truck went 225 feet down the mountainside, according to Patrolman Joe Murrill, who In vestigated. AAA To Judge Waynesville's Safety Program The activities conducted by Way nesville during 1952 on behalf of the pedestrian will be Judged by | the American Automobile Associa tion, sponsors of the National Pe destrian Protection Contest. O. L. Noland. Chief of Police, announc ed today. 'A contest report form, consisl 1 ing of questions concerning acci dent records, legislation and en forcement. engineering, organiza tion. school safety and public in formation. all directed toward the . pedestrian, has been completed and mailed, he disclosed. The city will be judged with other cities of like size and popu lation from all over the country Winners will be announced by a national board of judges, composed of some of the most prominent men in the field of traffic safety. Wa.vnesville has not been entered in the contest before. The last pedestrian killed here ' was in September. 1949. when a 65-year-old man was struck by an automobile on Main Street. Clyde Speaker John P. Gregg. Jr. of AaheviUe, will speak lo I ho Clyde Lions Club at the Methodist Church of Clyde on March 13. at 6:30 p.in. using the subject "The Truck In Your Life". Program Chairman. Rev. I) I). Gross will introduce the speaker while President Woodrow Liphatn will preside. The speaker is a native of West ern North Carolina and has been active in civic and community work, lie is a member of the Cus toms Relations Council of North Carolina Motor Carriers Associa tion, and a member of the West ern North Oaroiina ?HYaffic Club and District Manager of Pilot Freight Carriers. Inc. Report Made On Chamber Of Commerce Drive Reports of the annual Chamber of Commerce membership drive, which are just beginning to come in at the Chamber's office on Main Street, are ver.v encouraging, offi cials said this morning. Some 320 letters were mailed to : members and prospective members j last week. To date, about $1200 has ! been turned in for memberships from various firms in Waynesville, Haaselwood and Lake Junaluska. Many neon I e have telephoned the Chamber of Commerce notify- i ine their intentions of becoming members. Commissioners To Hold District Meeting Here Haywood County will be host April I to the annual district meet inn of County Commissioners In Western North Carolina. C. C. Francis. Haywood chairman, has ( announced. This will he the first time in a number of years the District meet inn has been scheduled for the county. The following counties will be represented; Avery, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson. Jackson, Ma con. Mitchell, Swain. Transylvania, and Yancey. In charge of the meeting will be John A. McMahon of Raleigh, as sistant director. Assistance Offered In State Tax Returns Representatives of the North , Carolina Department of Revenue will be at tfie County Court House each day this week and next Mon day to a<si?t in the preparation of state jncomp tax returns All income tax returns are re quired to be filed on or before March 15. The office will also be open Saturday from 9 until 1 o'clock. C of C Directors To Meet Tuesday Night The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Waynesville Chamber of Com merce will be held Tuesday at 7:30 in the Town Hall. All members are urged to be | present at the meeting. Expert To Talk With Commission Tuesday Night The 11-nian Recreation Commis sion will confer Tuesday night with Mr Graves, of Atlanta, a rec reation specialist and planner. The commission will discuss with Mr Graves the mapping of a suggested recreation long-range plan for this community. In all probability. Mr. Graves will be employed to do the work, as he has successfully planned some 28 recreational programs in North Carolina in recent years. Charles Ray. chairman of the commission, said Mr. Graves would arrive here Tuesday noon, and spend the afternoon checking pres ent facilities. That night he will meet with the commission to dis cuss the general plans, and present some of his recommendations for a recreation program here. Mr. Graves has been highly rec ommended for the place. At the initial meeting of a group of Interested citizens in discussing a recreation program. Heinz Roll man offered SI.000 towards the cost of getting an engineer here for the planning stag**. At a recent meeting of the com mission. a report of existing facil ities was made by C. E. Weatherby, chairman of a special committee named to make an inventory of fa cilities already here. David Underwood, a member of the commission, spoke at Rotary Friday, and reviewed the general meetings that had been held to date. "This is not going to be a tem porary p?tigram, hut pcunaneio ' one," he explained " He pointed out the scope of study which had been made, and the careful consideration given every phase of a well-rounded recrea tional program. The commission is taking into consideration some of the achievements of some 28 towns in the state that have suc cessfully inaugurated recreational programs in the past few years. The commission has been study ing the needs from a community wide angle, and will be guided to a large degree by the recommenda tions of the engineer employed as to the initial steps to be taken to wards attaining a modern recrea tion program and facilities here in the community. Sam Lane is vice chairman, and Paul Davis is secretary of the 11 man commission. ? Travel Gains Reported In National Park Attendance in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park climbed in February to 48,753, a gain of 26 per cent over the same month last year, Dark officials have announced. So far this year a total of 74.090 people have visited the park, a sain of six per cent over the same period in 1952. January this year was below January of last year 26,106 to 31. ; ?22 Saunook CDP Meets Thursday At School The Saunook Community Devel opment Program will meet Thurs day night at 7:30 at the Saunook School. James McClure. chairman, urged a large attendance for the purpo e of electing new officers for the year. Highway Record For 1953 In Haywood (To Date) Injured.... 11 Killed .... 0 . J (Thin information com piled from Record* of State Hixhway Patrol.)
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