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? delights )f The News ? , The Dictionary vbster does not give the ruutiea ot a diplomat, as Waynesvtlle man. learned a new deti t,u>e he loigot his wue s jPPens that after he tried ZunentU lor tne occasion ms mino. ne told her age friend-- in a moment of ? his better judgment. ' t day he was telling a the incident, and remark ed one thing from the A diplomat is a man who ? his wife's birthday, but a?e" ig for Some Ramps pens in even the best of Bd places of business. A ouse gets into some out , corner, and suddenly b'e has lived a normal life, Und there in the secluded t stops breathing, time his whereabouts are d via the vile odor. wch was the case in a reet firm this week. Irong odor came suddenly, ionnel staged a thorough tut to no avail. The where tiil remains a mystery, but lingers. ome members of the firm king for some nice fresh fhey feel perhaps the eat ramps might reduce the id make the air some bet natter remains in the dis stage. ng Like od Time 3-year-old Cathey Isley lirthday on March 1. Ten ler her sister, Betsy had birthday. And after each , Cathey seemed to enjoy isions more and more, lie week went by, and there a birthday party in Cath ial life. And this was rather ng Then she calmly an I to a group of friends: decided to have another i next week." . Instead of another gay V:ry has been the victim ienpox.1 s To Hear rid Governor ak Thursday faynesville Lions Club will Bueck, district governor . at their regular meeting ly evening at Spaldon's. Buick is superintendent of in Murphy, and has been governor for the past year area of Western North a He was instrumental in kg an invitation to the local khool band to represent our kt the Lions International ktion in Chicago, which con ply 8. Bueck is an outstanding k this section and a wonder pker. Thursday the Lions had a feature program in the form teording by Heinz W. Roll In which he proposed the Plan for securing new in for our area. The members upon the plan with favor, a colored movie was shown process of putting out the chain of magazines. Many n the process were pictured 8 well received by the group. d Cross Drive Lagging; >ves Into Final Week "'7 Ked Cross drive in vnesvilie area is lagging and it la PXPressed concern iins ?f responsc drive ha!?kay s"Rhtly less than collected towards 1 ! Hie 1 i * rather SHOWERS DariiT^C,tt'r'^ showers to ^ > cloudy and warmer lert' W*ynesvHle weather as " ? ?he State Teat Farm ]0 Ma*. Mln. Rainfall i" W 46 .07 , 89 26 _ ? M 36 48 .07 I to Fred Moody and Miss Louise Ballard, co-chairmen of the Way nesville chapter. The figure is not accurate be cause many reports have not been made. Officials of the drive point ed out, however, that the drive is definitely behind. This is the last full week of the drive and officials expressed hope that many contributors would come forth. The Waynesville Chapter chair man Mrs. David Hyatt, declared today that the need for Red Cross funds could not be stressed too much this year, since a major por tion will be devoted to financing the vital blood program. She was referring to all phases of the blood program?for civilian use. the armed forces, and for building an adequate supply of the new gamma globulin which, it has been discovered, is a big help in preventing paralysis In persons who have been exposed to polio. The funds will also continue to provide aid to disaster victims, home service work, and assistance to service men. meeting the 18.000 goal, according K The W a ynesv ille Mountaineer jsfi oftf. Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Gi^at Smoky Mountains National Park o j-j 68th YEAR NO. 21 12 PACKS "Associated Press W AYNESN 1U.E. N. c . MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 23. 1933 illln Advanceln Haywood and Jackson Counties Work Started On Section Of Blue Ridge Parkway On March 1 Clement Bros. Construction Company of Lenoir started work on a four-mile section of the Parkway between Wagon Road Gap and Beech Gap. When open to the public, possibly a year from this spring, motorists will be able to drive the 12 miles between the two Gaps. The stretch now under construction will join at the Beech Gap end about l'-j utiles east of the tunnel at Devil's Courthouse. The crew is now making its first fill and a right-of-way about a mile long has been cut through the wood. The contract calls for the section to be completed in 500 working days at $400,000. I Town Awards Contract On New Pipelines For $53,646 Magazines Sought For Sick Service Men In Hospitals There is a sick service man who "VanJ ihnfc nfiava*i.>--.s -yfct <iuv< finished reading. The hours pass rather slowly for some of the men who are in Moore General and Otecn Hospitals, and the Waynesville unit of Gray Lad ies are collecting magazines to carry those men. The Gray Ladies is a unit of the 1 Red Cross, and the first of April | they plan to visit the hospitals and I distribute the magazines. The ' members of the Gray Ladies are I putting up a considerable bit of I money to buy some things for men. but ask that magazines be contrib uted. The men. they said, like all types of magazines, mystery, wes tern. news.'and even funny books have an appeal to some of the fel lows who want something light to read in a few minutes. Mrs. Felix Stovall. general chair (See Magazines Sought?Fage 6) OES To Install New Officers Thursday Waynesville Chapter 165 of the Order of the Eastern Star will hold a public installation of new offi cers Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the Lodge Room at the First National Bank. Mrs. Nell Porter, of Swannanoa. Past Grand Matron, will install the Grand officers. I ine i own 01 waynesvwc awara ed the Asheville Paving Company | the contract for laying 9,000 feet of 12-inch pipeline, and about 900 feet of 8-inch line, here Thursday. The bid was for $53,646.98. The new pipelines are part of (he expansion program of the water I system of the Town, as voted upon j iast ";.ivcmbVr. I Six ontractors entered bids in | the project. The engineers of Harwood. Beebe Company, who are in charge of the program, opened the bids with the board of aldermen. Other bids included Reed & Abee ! Company, Asheville. $$.794; How ard Construction Co., Greensboro. $56,301; C. Y. Thompson of Green wood. S. C? $62,324; Roy M. Hoinewood, Chapel Hill, $64,045, 1 and O. O. Walker. Kings Mountan. $73,968. The additional lines will provide ( almost twice the amount of water from the intake on the watershed i to the reservoirs. Mrs. Lancaster's Mother Dies Here Friday Mrs. Ann Winston Houchins, 81, widow of the late M. L. Houchins, died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. N. F. Lancaster, early Friday morning following a brief illness. Mrs. Houchins was a native of Virginia, the daughter of the late Patrick Henry and Mary Lou Bin ford Winston. Her husband, a re tired contractor of Richmond, Va., died in October. 1947. Mrs. Houch | ins spent most of her life in Rich- < : mond where she was a member of , Laurel Street Methodist Church She had been making her home ( here with Mrs. Lancaster for the j past two years. i Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon in the chapel of the Woody Funeral Home in Rich mond with the pastor of the Laurel Street Methodist Church officiat ing. Interment was in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Surviving in addition to Mrs. Lancaster are one son, Harry W. Houchins of Richmond: one broth er. Binford Winston of Richmond; I one sister, Mrs. W. L. Dawon of Dttroit; and three grandchildren. Mother Of i Mrs. Judy Dies In Accident Mrs. Louise Wells of Greenville, ! S. C.f mother of Mrs. E. P. Judy | of Wa.vnesville, was fatally injured j in an automobile accident last j Wednesday between Greenville and | Columbia. Funeral services and interment were in Grrenvllle Friday after- j noon. ' i Mrs Wells is survived by one son. Bill Mclnvaillc; and two daughters. Mrs. Judy and Miss Sandra Thatcher. Mr and Mrs. Judy attended the services. Bids For New Central Elementary Due Tuesday Town Bill Given Legislature By Rep. Joe Palmer | - Representative Joe Palmer has introduced a lengthy hill in the legislature, setting for the metes and bounds of the city limits for 1 V? jynesviMe During the past several years several areas have been incorpor ated in the town, and il was point ed out that some of the lines were indefinite. The hill is to establish the definite lines The hill was in troduced at the request ol the board of aldermen. The bill was sent to the com mittee on cities and towns and no opposition is expected in its pas sage. Bids on the Central Elementary school are due to be opened Tues day morning at eleven, in the eourt house here. The estimated eost of the project is set at $260,000. The plans -call for 8 primary classrooms, 8 graded classrooms, an auditorium and stage to seat 650, and a cafeteria and kitchen to accommodate 325. The site of fhe new Imildirtg Is on the former C. F. Kay Estate property facing on Haywood street and Daisy Avenue. This property was purchased some months ago for the new school plant, k ll about a block from the present building at the corner of Haywood and Academy streets and Boyd Avenue. The plans are for a modern one story building, with ultra-modern lines, Lindsej M Gudger is archi tect in charge of construction. Champion Inaugurates Increase In Retirement Benefits For Empolyees Carolina Glee Club To Give Concert In Canton The University of North Caro line Glee Cluh will give a concert at the Canton High School Audi torium Wednesday, April 8, at 8 p.m The Gless Club, directed by Joel Carter, has between forty and forty-five members. The Canton Lions Club is spon soring the concert and a special Invitation is extended to Carolina alumni to attend. > ' A twenty-five per cent increase in the benefits from their Retire ment Income Plan, at no additional cost to their employees, has been announced by The Champion Paper and Fibre Company through a joint statement issued by Reuben II. Robertson, Jr., president, and H. A. Helder, vice president and man ager of the Carolina Division. Their statement also revealed that the eligibility requirements were being liberalized to permit a greater percentage of Champion employees to participate in the (See Champion?Page 6) Central PTA Asks Board For Separate Auditorium, Cafeteria In New School Members of the Central Elemen tary school Parent-Teacher Associa tion adopted a resolution of four parts at a recent meeting, setting forth changes they would like to see made In the plans for the new school building, and other mrtters pertaining to the school system. Harry Kent, president of the association, said copies of the reso lution had been sent to all officials, and a full copy of the resolutions are being carried in this issue of this newspaper. The first part of the resolution asks that the new building be con structed with a separate auditorium and separate cafeteria The speci fications. according to the resolu tion call for alternate plans The approval of the plans calling for the auditorium and cafeteria to be separate units is favored by the association. The second resolution Is directed at the new board of education, soon to lake office, asking that the new board adopt a policy with regard to appointment of administrative officers and teachers within the county system. In addition to set ting up qualification, ability and character, the resolution urges that all politics be minimized. The resolution further urged that sup plementary salaries be.provided if necessary, in order to compete with other counties in the state for personnel. The third resolution urges the county board to make an effort to keep the public currently Informed of "the true facts" pertaining to matters and problems of the indi vidual schools. The fourth resolution urges that the PTA and all agencies stand he hind the appointee) engineer-inspec tor in the construction of new school buildings, in order that all specifications be followed. $25,000 Street Bond Election In Hazel wood Set For April 28th Contract For Paving New Lake ? Canton Highway Due Soon; To Be Open In Fall ? 1 37 Haywood Men Quota For April The Haywood County Selec tive Service Board has announc ed that the April call for draf tees will take 37 men. In March. 23 men were i n durted from the county to make a total of 68 for the year. All men are sent to Knoxville, Tenn. Rotarians Hear Of Tourist, Industry ; Kotarians heard a dual program Friday on promotion of tourists and t ' industrial promotion in this area. They heard Heinz (tollman, in'a 1 recording, plea for every business and professional man to write all their suppliers and urge then) to, investigate Waynesville as a site for their next branch plaht. The club endorsed the plan, and I were handed suggested letters to 1 use in the program of seeking new , industries. j Dr. Kelly Bennett, of Bryson ! City and chairman of the N C Park Commission, was presented by Charles Hay, to introduce Bart | Leiper, guest speaker. Mr. Leiper, executive vice presi dent of Western North Carolina Highlanders, reported on the re ( cent travel show in Chicago, with more than 250,000 people attend-, j Ing. "This is the first time that all j 1 of Western North Carolina has j gone to bat in such a show to at , tract early spring travelers," he ' said. I Hp told of some of the expensive i displays among the 120 at the; show, and the highly competitive field of the tourist business. "The personal message We Rot across during the 10 days of the show will have a direct bearing on the early spring travel business in this area." he said. "The staff of i our booth talked to our visitors, and tried to instill in them Inter ' est and a desire to see Western North Carolina." Mr. Leiper said that a large sized picture of Mile High Overlook featured the'back of the booth, and attracted much attention through out the show. Plans are underway to revise the vacation mio of the area, with one entire side devoted to pictures of the whole area Kach community in Western North Carolina will be listed in alphabetical order. Mr. Leiper suggested that busi | ness firms send out the "Linger I Longer" folders in their out-of state mail, and in that way. help get across the message of the sec tion. | "Travel is one of our greatest economic factors, and I feel the tax imposed on travel should be removed," the speaker said, Mr. Leiper was complimentary , of the active recreation commis sion here, and termed it as a step forward for the general promotion | of the two towns. He explained that Western Car olina Teachers College had a mod ern travel training course in the school, and that much good would come from such a program of effi cient training lie said that tour I ist business' is a business that to day it demanding people who are ) prepared for their work just as other vocations. "I am optimistic about the fu ture. and am sure you realize that there are always some who have money for travel, ho matter what the general economle conditions of the nation. This means, also, that we must constantly keep our names | | before the travel world, and con stantly promote the good area ' which we have for the traveler to | enjoy." fc W M. Corkill. chief engineer of the Tenth Highway Division, said today that plans are to call for bids for paving the four-lane highway front Canton to Lake Junaluska. The present contractor for grad ing lite project has about another month's work to do, Mr. Corkill said. Tentative plans are to have the highway opened by early fall. No major changes are contem plated for connecting the four-lane with the present road at the Lake intersection, the engineer said. Work was hailed in the winter, as only the liner grading remained to be done, and such work cannot be satisfactorily done in winter weather, it was explained. The new road starts at Lake Junaluska and goes to West Can ton. remaining on the south side of the Southern Hnilway tracks all the way. Several houses had to be moved for the new highway through 1 Clyde. Two Major Projects Listed In Waynesville Two of the 24 major building projects listed in North Carolina by Associated General Contractors, are right here in Waynesville. One of the pending projects is the Central Momentary school, and the other is the filtering plant for the Town of Waynesville. Estimates are thai both projects will represent an expenditure ex ceeding half a million dollars. The bids on the school are due to be opened Tuesday, and engin eers said that about another week or so would be required to finish specifications on the filtering plant. WTHS Wins High Ratings In Choral Contests Waynesville High School choral groups held their high ratings at the high school music contest held at Cullowhee Thursday. The three groups entering the contests came out with one superior rating and two excellent ratings, Vocalists and choruses from 14 WNC schools participated in the events and ratings were given as follows: Groop 2 good rating. Girls' Glee Club, West Buncombe High School Group 3?excellent ratings. Girls' Glee Club. Dana High School; Boy's Glee Club. Waynesville Township High School: superior rating. Girls' Glee Club. Waynesville. Group 4 ?excellent rating. Mixed! Chorus. Waynesville; superior rat ing, Girls' Glee Cluh and Mixed Glee Club. Lee Edwards High School. Asheville. All CDF Chairmen Invited To Box Supper The chairman of each Commun ity Development Program in Hay wood County was today invited to a box supper at the Crabtree-lron DufT School Thursday. The invitation was made by the officials of the Iron Duff CDP, sponsors of the supper. The supper will be held in the auditorium of the school. Legion Auxiliary Will Meet Wednesday Night The Auxiliary of the American Legion will hold a regular meeting in the Lesion Hall Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs, J. T Russell will preside and hostesses will he Mrs Will Medford and Mrs. Donald Morrow. Self-Liquidating Plan Proposed; To Pave 7 Miles | ' Officials of the Town of Hazel wood are today officially calling a $23 000 bond election for street improvements. The date of the election has been set for Tuesday. April 28th. ac cording to Mayor Lawrence Davis. The proposal of the town offi cials is to add the $23,000 bond money to the $13,000 now on hand from the State through the Powell Bill money, and pave every street in Hazelwood. There are about 7.2 miles to be paved. Mayor Davis said. The estimated cost of the protect will be $35,000. he pointed out. There will be sonic curbing done where necessary. Mayor Davis explained that the plan of the officials is to pay off the bond with money to be re ceived from the state in the future. "In this way. we will not have to raise any of the $25,000 by taxes." Mayor Davis explained "The liond issue would be self-liquidating." Several weeks ago Mayor Davis, together with Felix E. Alley. .!r, town attorney .and C. V Allen, former alderman, went to Haleigh for a conference with Mr. fca:d erling of the Local Government Commission, and explained the plan Mr, Easterling said it was "a sound project." and gave ap proval for procedure for calling the election. The last bond issue for the town was in 1445 jwhen $30,(KM) w?? vot?-d for a street paving program There j are about 800 qualified voters in | the town, and the assessed valua tion Is about $1,300,000 135 Firemen To Attend Meeting Here Wednesday Firemen of all Western North Carolina will gather here Wednrs day night for a spaghetti supper and business session. It will bo a regular meeting of the Western North Carolina Firemen's Associa tion. with the Waynesvillo ami Hazel wood Departments as hosts. Plans are being made for 13.") at the dinner at the Elk's Lodge, in the Masonic Temple. After the supper, the businr-; session and program dealim- with modern fire fighting method, will be discussed. All departments from Tryon to Murphy are expected to have rep resentatives at the meeting. ? Brannon Building To Be Completed In Next 45 Days M O. Brannan, owner of Bran non Furniture Company, said todav that he nlans to have the new two story addition to his firm on Depot Street complete in 45 days. The new structure will be brirk veneer front. featuring large plate glass windows. Plans are to use the present building for antiques and used fur niture. A loading platform will be erected in the rear of the tore The fruit stand and grocery store operated by Mr Brannon on Br in ner Avenue is also being enlarged in the expansion program Today marks the beginning of the first anniversary of Brannon Furniture Company. Highway Record For 1953 In Haywood (To Date) Injured .... 16 Killed 0 j (Thiji Information ram piled from Record* o* State Highway Patrol.) '
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