North Carolina Newspapers

? ?-o The Waynesville Mountaineer m= in? U* bands busy. Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park O j-j 68th YEAR NO. 23 18 PAGES Associated Press ~ WAYNES VILLE, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 19. 1953 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Cou ities fidelights (Of The I News I As New IsunddN Rev Broad us E. I L.tor uf the First Baptist j ?preached on a Christian's Lit He built his sermon flour points, all directed at lose thmps which leave one ?clear conscience. ? church, two members met, I I asked "How is your con j other hurriedly replied: new?I never use it." j ?hat Did let Away the approach of the flsh w. (here comes the usual of interesting fishing e the best fishing cards us far this season is one oloman displays at Reli relers. It reads: "All fish ire liars; except you and 1 am not so sure about reading the placque, a re urned to Mr. Soloman and he were a fisherman. He and said: "Not so mueh i big catch." lor)' of the big catch hap leveral years ago, on a ike Mr. Soloman had i little perch, and was cas eling in the 6-incher to ; hook, when all of a sud 4-inch fish swallowed the nd the hook. It was quite , and it looked like the sn the big fish took for | cks and underwater brush, aade it almost impossible im out by reeling, tloman looked around, saw :t was clear, and getting iter to hold the line tight, ed off his outer clothes, it into the water with his j ike a long story short, he j it with his prize fish ? | id cold. las the climax of his fish er; but the fever Is begin rise again. [" i . [nor Has v Memory nor Umstead has a mem bng as North Carolina, ac to Representative% Joe llv the governor invited 1 tier to have breakfast with the Mansion. As he met j ner he recalled to the vote nv he received in Haywood Mr. Palmer, quick on |er. remarked: "Yes, that's pernor?how is your health ys?" >od went for Judge Olive rimarv, and some of those tch political trends with t eve have been wonder it effect that would have wood. It seems that the r remembers the vote of winty. Cross Drive inues With 5 To Date nnual Red Cross Drive for s continuing throughout >ty with a total of $1285 in the Waynesvllle area, ling to Fred Moody, co ir of the drive, this amount ts contributions made in iential sections and some firms. No reports have from industries, schools. (?s and most businesses, rive will continue through month In order to reach HO goal. ?ouise Ballard Is serving as 1 of the drive with Mrs. tdford as general chair the rural area, Mrs. Boyd i chairman of the residen ?? and Ed Mottinger as > of the drive for the busi I. m lay?Partly cloudy, windy. I"e cooler. ?' Waynesvllle tempera tompilcd by the State Teat Max. Mln. Rainfall 66 34 70 29 70 47 .18 I To Make Study Of Highways Reuben B. Robertson, chairman of the board of directors of Champion Paper and Fibre Com pany, has been named by Gov ernor Umstead as a member of a committee to make a study of the State Highway Commission. The Legislature recently grant ed the powers, with the govern or's consent, to increase the num ber of districts of the highway department from ten to as many as 15. The committee held their ini tial meeting Wednesday morning with the governor in Raleigh. Tra-la-la, Spring Arrives Saturday Has anyone given the weather man a calendar? The calendar plainly states that Saturday la March 21 and March 21 is the official First Day of Spring. Who cares about the blizzard of 1936 or the snow of 1952? After three months of winter It is easy to hope the weatherman knows kA business.^ Already 'here S " e'vMWnce of sfr-ing planting aHd clearing of yards and gardens ?and no one can deny that the spring (lowers are blooming. The sulphur and molasses is probably frozen in the bottle but it can't be long until warmer days. And if you don't think it's spring, take a look in the vacant lots?small boys, who have suf fered indoors are hark with their kites and baseballs. \nd housewives are casting disparaging glances at their droopy curtains and cloudy win dows ? already many woolens have been optimistically placed , in moth balls. And "In The Spring a Young Man's Fancy?". Take a look at the society columns, do you no tice an Increase in the number of engagements? Who has any doubt that Spring is coming again? Sale Of Easter Seals Gets Good Start A Fashion Show, sponsored by the Town and Country Shop at the Waynesville Country Club, in augurated the annual sale of Easter Seals to supply funds for the North Carolina Society for Crippled Children and Adults. According to Wingate Hannah, treasurer for the campaign, proceeds from the show were very satisfactory. The seal sale will continue un til Easter Sunday. Seals are being mailed to residents of the county and Mr. Hannah said that he is confident they will be bought in sufficient numbers to help finance the services of the Society. Containers for cash contributions have also been placed in stores about the county. The campaign will be conclud ed the Saturday before ,Easter when Easter lilies will be sold on the streets. Leo Weill is county campaign chairman and Robert Breese is chairman of the Waynesville Area. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Chambers had as their guests yesterday Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Wright of Carolina Beach and Mrs. John Brissey of Asheville. Eight Rural Road Projects Approved In Highway Meet Membership Drive Going At Good Clip The list of 1933 memberships at the Chamber of Commerce is stead ily growing. Forty-seven Arms have already responded, and a number of others have indicated their intention of Incoming members within a few | days. H. P. McCarroll, chairman of the membership committee, said the response was gratifying, and that i Arms and individuals were being given an opportunity to join on the basis of a letter recently mailed. "All of us are so busy, that plans are to contact the potential mem bers by mail. The groups that have been accustomed to making a per son-to-person contact regarding the memberships are so busy that the I letters will have to answer In the place of a personal call." Miss Edith Chambers, secretary, said that many Arms are paying their memberships in full, others are making part payment, and Ail ing out pledges for the balance. Thus far. more than $2,300 in cash has been received since the initial membership letters went out. Baby Killed In Accident Near i Enka Tuesday Chillis Ann Whitted, .six-month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bud dy Whitlcd of Pasadena. Tex., was killed in an accident about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on the Sand Hill Hoad near the Enka Baptist Church. Five others were injured in the accident that occurred when the car in which they were passengers swerved to miss a bus and struck a tree. Investigating officers said that apparently the brake fluid had leak ed out and the driver was unable to stop the car behind a bus. The injured were Clinton R. Hipps of Canton, driver; Jerry Hipps. his four-year-old son; Mrs. Buddy Whitted. mother of the dead baby; and Mrs. Ted Whitted, Jr., and son Mike. 3. both of Canton. A seventh passenger. Iris Malinda Hipps, daughter of Clinton Hipps. was uninjured. The Mrs. Whitteds are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Nix of Can ton and Hipps is their son-in-law. They were returning from a trip to Greenville. S. C., when the acci dent took place. Mrs. Buddy Whitted and Hipps are reported to be in critical con dition in Memorial Mission Hos pital at Asheville. Registration For Election Will Resume Saturday I Registration books will be open again Saturday for qualified Way nesville voters to register for the ' election set for April 8th on the question of legal beer sales in Wavnesville, The books were opened last Sat urday, and will remain open through Saturday. March 28th. Several Sewer Lines Will Be Reworked By The Town Work is slated to begin at oner In re-laying several old sewer lines In Wayncsville. Several of the lines are catching surface water. It was explained by G. C. Ferguson, and new lines will: be laid in order to keep out all surface water from the main sewer line. One of the major project will be ' the line along Shelton Branch. He explained that a thorough examina-l tion will bo made of all others, and the correction made at once. The main trunk line from Hazel wood to Pigeon River often over flows near the head of the Lake during heavy rains. The project of the Town is to clear their lines of all surface water in order to pre vent the overflow. Engineers here recently pointed out that some lines in Hazelwood also carry surface water into the main trunk Una. * i Radar Speed Check In Operation Since last week-end a special Highway Patrol car equipped with radar has been in Haywood County to check drivers' speeds. Patrolmen W K Woolen, H. Dayton, and Joe Murrtll are shown with the equipment. Dayton keeps an eye on the whammie tcenteri while Woolen and Murrill stand iR'side their short range KM radios that are used between the radar car and another patrol car i Mountaineer Photo!. The .Whammie: It's Hard To Prove It Was Wrong School Bells Will Ring Saturday For County Students tor the second time in as many weeks, Saturday will be just , another school day for Haywood County boys and girls. Kegu- j lar hours will be observed. The Saturday classes are being held to make up part of the time lost because of the flu epidemic in January. By holding school on the two Saturdays?March 7 and March 21?students will be dismissed for the summer va cation June 4 instead of June 8. The decision to hold the Sat urday classes came as a result of a request by school officials. Permission was granted by the county Board of Education md the North Carolina Superinten dent of Public Instruction. Mrs. Lucy Boyd, superinten dent of the county schools, said that, barring, further interrup tion. the regular school schedule will be observed from now until j classes are dismissed June 4. Awards Made At Bethel Court Of Honor Monday Twelve Boy Scouts from the Pigeon River District of the Daniel Boone Council received promo tions at a court of honor Mo'nday night and three others were award ed merit badges. The court of honor was at the Bethel Methodist Churctt with M. j H. Bowles serving as chairman. The first class badge went to J Johnny Carswell of Troop 5, Haz | elwood. It was presented by M. C. ; Nix. Receiving second class badges were Charles Robinson of Troop 5. Hazelwood. and Michael Burnett of Troop 16. Canton. The awards were I made by Ben Sloan. Those who won tenderfoot awards included William J. Moore of Troop 1. Canton: Walter Fergu son. Richard Lee Lyons. Lucius C. | Wood of Troop 2. Waynesville; I Herbert T. Cotter, Quinton T. ' k* ..nrmth O l.anpp .Inhn W llarrell of Troop 5. Haze'wood; and Gerald Morgan of Troop 16. Can ton. The badges were presented by Vernon McCurry. P. K. Kinken awarded merit j badges to David Underwood of Troop 2. Waynesville, and William I Stamey and Teddle Skaggs, both of | Troop 16, Canton. Members of Troop 12. Bethel! advanced the colors and Ronald Evans led the group in the pledge ot the flag. Kenneth McNeil of Troop 12. Bethel served as clerk of the court. Dewey Hyatt will leave tomor I row for Cincinnati to attend the ' clarinet recital to be presented by I his son, Aaron Hyatt, at the Cln | cinnati Conservatory of Music Sun day night. I The whammie not only makes j checking speeds of automobiles much more accurate than former ly. it also enables two or t'-rec patrolmen to keep better control over traffic than a larger number j of officer* could do by themselves i V'bammte te a t't ""?* feaprs I to a gadget tl.?i' '"inn, < * ?*.ved | of passing vehicles hv radar. Pair-' ly new In the State, it has not been used extensively. Haywood Coun-j ty has been under "radar control" ! this past week for the first of two or three more times during the year. Patrolmen have been parking: the specially-equipped patrol car with its radar screen placed on top of a box on the ground along the heavier traveled highways. By Wednesday afternoon eight arrests had been made this week and about 25 courtesy cards handed out to drivers who were driving slightly in excess of the speed limit. The whanimie has settled one controversy: speeders no longer argue with patrolmen. Past driv ers accept the word of the gadget as final, a tribute to the respect with which it is regarded. The set-up works this way: the radar car is parked ? at least in Haywood County) on an open stretch of highway and the scope that "picks up" cars as they pass; is placed on a box either in front or to the rear of the car A patrol man takes up his station inside the radar car and he never has to even take a glance outside In front of him is a dial that records the speed of every car passing in eith er direction. In the meantime a regular patrol car has parked further down the highway and when the whammie says a driver is exceeding the speed Jimit, the radar operator r picks up a microphone and tells [the other patrolman over a special (See Whammie?Page 6) I ? I School Building Bids Due Tuesday The Board of Education will re-1 ceive bids on Tuesday for the pro posed $260,000 Central Elementary school. A new site was purchased several 1 months ago for the new schopl building. Four Injured In Truck-Bus Wreck Near Canton (Sec picture on Page 6 See. 2i Four people were Injured one of them seriously?in a truck-bus collision about 6 40 p. m. Tuesday cast of Canton on Highway 19-23. James D. Williamson. 21 of Thlckety suffered a broken neck both arms, and other injuries. He was taken to Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville. The others. Mr. and Mrs. Cicero Buchanan of Canton and Gladys Bradley of boute 3, W'aynesville. were dis charged Wednesday from the Haywood County Hospital after treatment for minor Injuries. A Trallways bus, driven by Clyde It Pennington of Houte 3. Franklin, had stopped along the highway because of mechanic?' tiouhie as it was heading into Canton, according to Patrolman H. Dayton. The truck ran into the rear of the bus and knocked the larger vehicle 112 feet After he regained consciousness. William son said he saw the parked bus be fore striking It. Dayton said no charges had been placed. Othei officers who investi gated the accident included Cpl. Pritchard Smith and Patrolman W It. Wooten and Joe Murrill. Fire Departments To Be Hosts To W.N.C. Firemen Waynesvllle and Hazelwood Fire Departments will be joint hosts to the Western North Carolina Fire man's Association here Wednesday, March 25th. The two local fire departments will be hosts to a spaghetti dinner at the Flk's Lodge, starting at seven o'clock. A business session and program will follow the dinner. Fire Chief Harvey, of Tryon, is president of the association. Local firemen said plans are be ing made for about L15 to attend the dinner and meeting. The asso ciation embraces all the fire de partments from Tryon to Murphy. Pvt. Tom Rav of Fort Jackson. South Carolina spent the week-end at home. Big Pipeline Project To Be Beviewed By Aldermen This afternoon, members of the board of aldermen are scheduled to open bids on a pipe line that will run about $50,000. This is part of the expansion program of the water system here, which was ap proved by voters last November Bonis of $300,000 were approved for the total project. G. C. Ferguson, town manager, said that 9.500 feet of 12-inch pipe, and 900 feet of 9-inch pipe are In-, eluded In the contract specifica tions. The 12-inch lines must be covered with three feet of dirt according to the contracts. Mr. Ferguson said the engineers plan to have specifications for the filtering plant completed within two or three weeks This new unit of the water system will he built on Aliens Creek, not far from the Free Baptist Church. The filter ing plant is also part of the expan sion program. Big Crowd Attends Hearing More than 2(H) citizens from all parts of the county met with High way Commissioner L. Dale Thrash, and members of the engineering Stat" of the 10th Division at the i court house this morning. Commissioner Thrash explained the general highway program, and | then read a list of eight proposed j roads which were on the 1953 pro gram for black topping under the bond program. The total mileage ] on these roads totaled 11.8. They were Clyde loop 3.5 miles HatclilTc Cove .5 mile 'Connecting Clyde loopt Iron Dull 2 9 miles Burnett Cove 1.0 mile 'In Dutch Covei. Thompson Cove 1.2 miles l.itlle Fast Fork 2.0 miles i Stanley Cove .3 mile , Cross Hoads .4 mile Total 11.8 miles Mr. Thrash reviewed the road program in Haywood, and told The Mountaineer after the meeting ad journed at 12:45 that he was well pleased with the response, and the interest. "This is one of the best meetings we have ever held." he commented. Several requests from delegations were mudo that roads bo added to the state system, and in one ins tance a request was made that a \ road l>v closed and taken from the | system , The latte^ case was the road1 j which runs between the Bethel | school and the school auditorium. [The proposal has been made to close that link of road as a safety measure because so many children are constantly crossing the road going from one building to the other. The state bad previously promised lo black-lop this short, link Engineers said that before the; Highway Commission could take action on closing the road, except as an entrance lo the school, and also removing it from the state system, that a resolution recom mending such action would have to come from the board of county commissioners, and the board of education. The highway commis sion gave no decision on the matter this morning All three members of the board of county commissioners attended the meeting. Also in attendance was Mayor W. j J. Stone, of Canton. He was in conference with Mr Thrash and live engineers relative to the pro posed 4-lane highway through Can ton. The right-of-way cost, under the state law. must be shared by | both state and town, with the state paying two-thirds and the town j one-third. Tentative estimates are that the total cost would be $300. ' 000. Among the several delegations attending the meeting, was one from Hominy, representing every property owner except one on the Buzzard Boost Road. The spokes (See Koads?Page 81 F ederation Stockholders Meet Sat. The annual Farmers Federa tion Stockholders' meeting for Haywood County residents living | in Waynesvllle and vicinity will be ! Iteld in the Waynesvllle warehouse! | of the organization at 10 a. m Saturday, it has been announced I by James G. k McClure. president j of the Federation County Agent Wayne Franklin I : will report on Agricultural Prog- | ress in the county and will dis- | euss achievements of the 4-H 1 Club Pullet Chain co-sponsored by | Ihe Stale Extension Service and the Farmers Federation. Stockholders of the Farmers | ' Federation in this county will at i tend the annual meeting for the election of committeemen and the nomination of one director, it was announced. The director nominat 1 cd at this meeting will be voted upon at the annual meeting of all stockholders of the organization in the Buncombe County court house on March 28th Each direc (See Federatkne?Pag* ?) t Named Dean Dr. D. W Colvard. formerly of Waynesville, was named Dean of the School of Agriculture of State College Monday. He helped establish the State Test Karm here in the early forties. Dr. D. W. Colvard Succeeds Dr. J. H. Hilton At State Dr. Dean Wallace Colvard, 3(1 year-old native of Ashe County, and a former resident here, was named dean of agriculture at North Carolina State College VConday, succeeding Dr. James H. Hilton, who has resigned to become presi dent of Iowa State College The new dean will assume his duties July 1, when Dr. Hilton leaves for Iowa State at Ames. Chancellor J W Harrelson of State College recommended Dr. Colvard for the post to president Gordon Gray of the Consolidated University of North Carolina Pres ident Gray aporoved Chancellor Harelson's recommendation and submitted it to the board of trus tees. which approved the appoint ment yesterday. In his new position. Dr Colvad will be in cbabge of the adminis tration of State College School of Agriculture, the Agricultural Kxperiment Station, and the Agri cultural Kxtension Service Dr. Colvard has been a memher of the State College faculty since March U 1947. when he became head of the dairv husbandry sec tion of tile college's Department of Animal Industry He was named head of the Animal Industry De partment January 1. 194H. suceed ing Dr. Hilton, who became dean of agriculture on that date "It is my firm belief." Chan cellor Harrelson stated, "that Dr. Colvard is one of the outstanding young agricultural scientists in this part of the United States His lead ership as dean of agriclufure will, in my opinion, vigorously advance the outstanding programs of re search. teaching and evtension so well begun under the leadership of Dean Hilton." 'Wise Choice' Commenting on the selection of his successor, Dean Hilton said. "Chancellor Harrelson and Pres ident Gray have made a wise choice in their selection of Dr. Colvard as the next dean of agri culture. He is well-trained and highly-competent agricultural sci entist and has proven himself to be an excellent administrator 1 am sure that the staff and the people of the State will give him (See Colvard?Page 6) Mrs. Bliss Dies In Ohio After Illness Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Lester L Bliss on March 3 In Findlay. Ohio Mrs. Bliss died in a nursing home after a several months illness. Funeral services and interment were in Delphoa. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Bliss formerly lived in Wavnesville and operated The Palmer House Mr. Bliss died several years ago. Survivors include three daugh ters. Highway Record For 1953 In Haywood (To Date) Injured.... 16 Killed .... 0 <Thla Information com piled from Record, of State Highway Patrol.?