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Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park n q
68th YEAR NO. 26 Hi PAGES Associated Press WAYNHSVlLLEi nTcTtIH KSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH ?t, 1S53 83.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Kdelights
iOt The
I News j
I {d Springtime
? Thoni
? i he .sweet
H pleasant
? .o:d writ
? have
? Spring.
H. what
? p. Is
? a i" Spring.
? - beauti
? ilorful with
I happen*
? mind you,
H \nd tem
I I nipped below
? ' nis' about
H ean be
Hi nil before
Hd a a ranee in
Hi! No one re
H 'Pits from
Hp ;??? little girl
?an.1 ?! it wasn't
I old too much
H Ins and enjoy
Ht looking forward to the
B a more pernia
udgc
: a few women
'la, .Mountaineer of
. ..i.-,.Lit the mistake
, ? Recipe of the Week"
,i 111? ci last week,
n,, which was given some
t? Mr- Hugh Campbell,
Ii..!'.;e. It pioduc
?? fudge and was con
,,i the best recipes
c to a bit of trouble
and so did some women
the fudge>
v ilie recipe was
? ? ated O.UItC a Stif
I-r lnvw nothing
s all the women who
:? rt.i. it.i er had sev
iuc-n to un it again, and
t ?i','" ? requests last
r, a line was left
!f, ? i: a no sugar
Btwned.
men made the
. , r v hat should have
8..; . . without sugar.
a ticks goo, un
it . i ,i mighty sorry look
is.
.?:i? reiate the :
? "i<h all the women
I: | ,ii ? i lie tudge
' 1 all of the
r ? , cised very fav
tor: nt
?? remind sou . . . next
Hi , i recipe for fudge
tun , lion ugar, call us.
ey Support
imum 46.6c
' i' part inenl an- 1
! it w ill upport the 1
(miles tobacco
11 ? i,I tt? fi cents.
' ? i reflects the man- j
?" <>l parity price
i '.,sc the price is !
11 'I beginning of the mar-1
111 I the support
!"? changed accordingly,
hurley crop was sup- ;
cents. j
tarday Is Last Day
r Beer Registration
lay on which
? ' j\ register to
: ? . n u beer elec- j
''*??? which will he
have been
Saturdays at
t Aliens Creek
l wo voting
he homes of
;he week. In
,i!i unusually
Miters have
. ,n the regis
_j. |
tration books.
Officials said today that new
voters may also register at the
homes of the registrars tomorrow
'Fridayi. Following the closing of
the books Saturday afternoon, the
books will be cfosed.
Saturday. April 4, has been set
aside for Challenge Day. The regis
trars will be at Aliens Creek School
* - ?* ' ? "? i J..11 t 1, v
ana ai inr iuwn nou on vRSi
from 9 o'clock until 3 o'clock.
Registrar for Ward One (Town
Hall)' Is Mrs. Rutii Kellv. Mrs.
Denton Browning is registrar tor
Ward Two (Aliens Creek1.
Qualified voters will vote on one
of two proposals: (1 > for tile legal
sale of beer, or <2* against the leg
al sale of beer.
Regulations governing the elec
tion are as follows;
No absentee ballots allowed at
all.
'Qualifications of voters* Must be
a resident of North Carolina for
one year; must be a resident of the
voting precinct of the city or town
in which he offers to vote for at
least four months preceding the
election: must be 21 years of age:
must not be an idiot or lunatic:
must not be either convicted or
confessor of guilt in open court up
on indictment of any crime, the
punishment for which was con
(See Registration?Page 8)
'he
other
II8 MB
'id
""fair and somewhat
th? W.a'Vr,en'"l? tempera
^ by the State Test
j *?. Min. Rainfall
, ? 50 .75
5 651 37 .13
8,1 32 .02
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Firemen Hold District Meet Here
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Officers and hosts of the WNC Firemen's Association, which met Wednesday night here, chat in
! formally before the meeting got underway. From left are Wayne Creasmau of Canton, vice-president:
Waynesville host, Chief Clem Fitzgerald: H. L. Sitzer of Canton, president; Hazelwood host. Chief
George Bischoff; and Felix Stovall. assistant chief of the Waynesville Fire Department.
(Mountaineer Photo'.
New Fire Alarm
System Will Be
Installed Here
A new fire alarm system is be
ing installed in Waynesville. and
will go into operation about the
same time as the dial telephone
system does.
Town officials said today that
the new system, which will be
of the horn type, will be located
011 top of the Town Hall, about in
the same place as the one now be
ing used.
The new system will consist of
a large horn and an operating
board that contains various disc
that will be used for each of the
various fire zones. Under the pres
ent system it is necessary for the
telephone operator to notify the
department of a fire. The alarm is
then sounded and volunteer fire
men from all sections of the town
are thus notified But they still
must call the telephone operator
to locate the fire.
Under the new system a person
will notify the fire department
directly of a fire and its location.
A dicc will then be placed in a
machine which will automatically
sound the alarm, giving the zone
and approximate location of the
Are..
Fire officials said that the town
would be zoned for the new sys
tem, and in each zone there would
be several spots that would bo
central locations. Thus the location
of a fire in a given section could
be determined by a series of long
and short blasts on the horn.
It has been estimated that the
new telephone svstcm would be in
effect shortlv after June 1. Offic
ials said todav that the new system
had already been purchased and
would be installed as soon as the
<Jial telephone system is put into
effect.
Wyrick Urges Firemen To
Train For Civil Defense
Red Cross Drive
Lagging; Just
Five Days Left
Incomplete reports today In
dlrated that the Waynesville area
is lagging far behind in its an
nual Red Cross Drive.
The drive, which continues
through the rest of March, is
being conducted in various phas
es each day. offirials said, and
urged that all persons who have
not contributed and wished to do
so. to get in touch with one of
the drive leaders.
Fred .Moody and Louise Rallard
arc co-chairmen of the drive.
They urged all workers today
to make reports as soon as pos
sible so that final figures may be
computed.
Two From Here
Attend Parking
Meter Hearing
Wivnc villc Town Manager G i
C. Ferguson and Chief of Police
(>. I. Noland attended the Legis
lative committer meeting in Ral
eigh Tuesday which heard argu
ment- in favor of a bill making
ownership of a ear prima facie
evidence in overtime parking
cases.
The measure, introduced by Rep
resentative . Richard Sanders oi
Durham, is supposed to lilt the
doubt which now surrounds con
victions of parking meter violators. ;
Ownership of a car parked over
time. the .State Supreme Court
has held, is not sufficient proof ,
to convict in overtime cases under j
present law.
The Supreme Court suggested I
that the law lie amended to in- 1
t elude sitch. a measure.
Ferguson and Noland were part
j of an unusually large group oi t
I interested city officials to attend
! the committee hearing,
j While in Raleigh they delivered
9300,000 in water bonds to the
Local Government Commission,
the agency which acts as a clear
ing house for all municipal and
state bonds.
IMSTOR RKTI RVS
Rev. Broadus E Wall has re-j
turned from a brief vacation and j
will occupy his pulpit at the First
j Baptist church for both services j
on Sunday.
Members of the Western North ?
Carolina Firemen's Association
heard Greensboro Chief C. W Wy
rick urge then) lo train for civil
defense because "North Carolina
could become a strategic area
should atomic bombs be dropped '
on this country."
Wyrick is president of the N. C
Firemen's Association. He address
ed 150 firemen from 21 depart
ments at tin? Elks club in the
Masonic Building. The Wayncs
ville and Hazel wood departments
were hosts at the meeting
"Should there be this type of
. eongiagration in any of >ur
! Cities. We will need mutual aid. The
i necessity of Itcuig trained in I hi
capacity is of great importance
because the Civil Defense Director
has the authority to designate any
fire department for such pur
pose;;," he explained.
On a local level, the speaker
said there are three method* by
which an efficient fire department
can be developed: ill mutual
agreement and understanding a
mong the Departments, 12> to sell
the idea of the Department to town
officials, and <3> to always be
ready for any call.
Wyrick stressed the importance
of the firemen's work, which also
includes emergencies in homes
tow'ns. and on the highways aside
from fighting fires
He was lntrbdUeed by Jim
Bailey, program chairman. Bailey
also gave a first-hand description
of the recent Sit) million fire al
(See Firemen?Page X)
More Magazines
Needed For Use
In Hospitals
Response to the appeal for
magazines for patients in Moore (
General and Oteen hospitals has
been good. Mrs. Felix Stovall, gen
eral chairman of the drive, has
reported.
The Gray Ladies, a unit of the
Red Cross, is sponsoring the drive.
Mrs Stovall said today, how
ever. that more magazines are
needed for the many patients al
these hospitals. The Gray Ladies
will visit the hospitals April 1.
and they hope to have a w ide vari-:
cty of magazines?mystery, west
ern. news, funnies, travel ?- lor
distribution at that time,
The chairman said sin- will piek
up magazines anywhere and she
can be reached by telephoning 338. j
Donors can also leave them at the
American Fruit Stand.
Proposed Bill Would Designate Part
01 Central School Lot For Library
I A proposed bill has been given
' to Representative Paliner, asking
, that he introduce the measure in
I the Genera! Assembly, to turn the
Central Elementary School site
1 back to the Town, except for a lot
for a new Library building, out of
the block square area.
Representative Palmer was hand
ed a petition last week asking that
he introduce a bill which would
give the school property back to
the town upon completion of the
new school building. Rep. Palmer
said he wanted to discuss the pro
posal with the attorney general be
' fore Introducing the measure.
I This week the proposal was .made
to set aside a lot facing 7.1 feet on
Haywood Street, and 100 feet along
Academy Street for a site for the
new proposed Library building.
Under the terms of the bill, the
school site would be used by the
town for a recreational area and
other similar purposes, the bill
points out.
The text of the bill reads:
Section 1?that the C'lprk of the
Superior Court of Haywood County
be, and he is hereby authorized,
empowered and directed to name
three Trustees in lieu of the form-'
er Trustees of the Waynesville
Graded Schools, and that the title
to the property known as the Way
nesville Central Elementary School
property shall he vested In said |
Trustees with full power of said
Trustees to convey and transfer
title to the said property as here
inafter designated.
Section 2. That the Trustees so
appointed by the Clerk of the Su
perior Court shall be authorized
empowered and directed to convey
to Trustees for a public Haywood
County library a lot at the North
east corner of said Wayne.svillo
Central Elementary School prop
erty fronting 75 feet on Haywood
Street and being a rectangular lot
extending 100 feet along Academy
Street in a Westerly direction from
(See library?Page *>
Contract Ready To Be Given
For New Central Elementary
Easter Union
Services To
Begin Wednesday
Easter Union service-- in Way
nesviile churches have been plan
ned and will bet;in next Wednes
day, April i. with services at the
Presbyterian Church.
Thursday. April 2, services w ill
be held at the Methodist Church,
and Friday, the services are sched
uled to be held at the Haptist
Church.
Charles Isley. director of music
at Waynosv tile High School will
direct the combined choirs of the
churches in special music ouch
evening.
All Union services are schedul
ed to begin at 8 p. in.
Easter Seals Are
Being Mailed Out
Foi; Needed Funds
"No man stands so straight a
when he leans down to give a help
ing hand to a crippled child." This
is the quotation being used by the
North Carolina Society for Crip
pled Children and Adults in its
current drive for funds.
Thousands of Easter Seals have
been mailed to the eiii/ens of
North Carolina, the purchase of
which will provide help lo handi
capped children and adults and
give tlieni a chance for future hap
piness.
According to Wingatc llannaii.
who is serving as treasurer for the
Haywood county drive, tin- seals
wefe mailed locally this week and
the response has been most satis
factory. Already tin- letters are
being returned at the rate of
twenty or thirty a day.
The committee in charge of the
drive has expressed the hope that
everyone will mail in the money
for the seals before Easter Sunday
when the drive is scheduled to end
The drive will be climaxed by
the >ule of Easter lilies on the
Saturday before Easier. This sale
will be conducted by members of
the Waynesv ille Business and Pro
fessional Women's Club with Mr
Howard Hryson serving as; chair
man.
Robert Ilreese. Jr. is serving a:,
chairman of the drive for (be Way -
nesville area.
Roland Is New CDP
Chairman al Satmook
W W. Roland is the l!tfi:t chair- j
mail pf the Saunook CDP. lie was j
chosen al a recent election of of
fleer's and succeeded James Me- I
Clurc.
Other officers are Charles Heck.'
vie< -chairman: Hill Stephens,
treasurer; and Mrs. Charles Heck
secretary-reporter.
Price Of A Haircut
Goes Up April First
It's going to cost more to gel
clipped.
Or, to be more specific, prices
for haircuts in W'a\nesville and
Hazelwond will be incerased April
1.
Local barbershop operators said
today that, due to the increased
cost of supplies and operating ex
penses. it has become necessary to
raise the prices.
The new prices, which are to be
come effective April I, are posted
in the windows of alt barbershops.
Essay Winners A! WTHS
I VVi?.rit'i's of tl\f Waynesvillo Women' Club i- ,;v eoiitest on
?'IVaci'" .ire shown Willi Mrs. R K. Jelei arltn;: chairman ol the
International Relation Committee. Mrs, Jelt r appeared for Miss
Anne Albright. At left is second place vvinnei Alai \ l.ou Gar-,
rittger Willi Wilbmn Davis, who took first place. Both are ineni
hci?s of the senior class. Others in the sp, akinft com a were Nan
cy BischofT and .Miles S^uiiey. The essay-, were written tinder I lie
direction of Miss Margaret Terrell, English ihslruetor.
'Mountaineer Plioto).
-V ?. Jf- .
County, School Officials
Reply To Resolution 01
Central Parent - Teachers !
Egg From A Tree?
See For Yourself
Raymond SwayiiRim of Mnuii
ry < iivp is one farmer who picks
his f^i<s off trees?lir claims.
lie was ill town the other day
with a chicken e>>n with a stem
that makes it look exactly like
a light brown lemon. And if
there was ever a person not ac
quainted with ehiekeu eetis, he
would swear this one was picked
from a (ree.
Except for the "stem" the enK
is normal in appearance and
presumably would taste like one.
The eas Is !n The Mountain
c er office and can he seen by
anyone.
Bloodmobile At
Canton April 1
The Red (Toss Bloodmobile will
he al the Champion VM( \ on
Vpril I between the hours of noon
11111 .1 d) o m
In order to moot the increased
demand tor blood for the treat
njent of polio victims, blood col
lection- must bo increased i!> per
cent tips year. The Canton I,ion's
i tub. sponsors of this visit of the
IHoodmobih", is making a deter
mined drive lo increase blood col
li i lions of the Canton end id Hay
wood County.
l-oraiito S ma the is chairman ol
the I-ion's c lub blood eonitliittee
has announced that all persons ih
siring to donate blood should
either contact a member of the
I-ion's club for a definite appoint-,
moid or appear at the YMC \ be
tween the hours of iiooh and a 30
p m. J. (J. Hendrix is providing
transportation for all who do not
have a way of getting to and from
the YMC A.
Schoolmasters Club
To Meet Next Monday
The Haywood County Schoolmas
ters Club will meet Monday night,
March 30. at 7 o'clock at Spaldon'y
Sam Cjucen. -Ir. has charge of the
program, which has not been an
nounced as yet.
All members of the club were
urged today by Bill Swift, presi
dent, to be present at the meet
ing.
Courtly and school officials today
answered the imoiutions recently
I passed: by lite Central I'TA rela
tive to school watte, The answer,
marled today, was addressed to T.;
U nix Kent, president oi the PTA.j
the signatures on the answers
1 were those of C Francis, chair
man of the hoard of commissioners;
liavid Keltttei, chairman of the ad
x isorx committee: J; W Killjan.
< hairman of the hoard of educa
tion: and Mr i.ticx Uoyd. secretary
hoard of cducat inn .
Tlie full text of the reply is as
follows:
"II seems fitting and proper that
.hi ? nsxver lie given your Parent
T.< tcl'cr ox ..nf/atioit covering the
te olid inn's adopted at a meeting
held I? 1VI tch ? 19.13. so that you
end tlie puhtie in general may
I;now what ,is being done in lite
development of the school program.
Suelt iitlere' i a, your group litis
shown is i in port a id to tliose people
who have (he responsibility of ear-'
r\ int: out it I'ixMiftic task such as
our (in nt. ' luiot building program.
Mi-lakes will be made, but let Us
hope irnl pray that bv diligence
(See I' I V Keplv?I'.w.e Si
Bids Are In Keeping
With Estiintues
On Project
Bids on the proposed Central
Elementary School building were
op?.iKtl here Tuesday and the to
tal cost of construction- -$250,311
?is within $10,000 of the estimat
ed 8280,000 made earlier.
The contracts, which were to
have been awarded today, will not
bo done until 11 a. in. Friday when
the County Board of Commission
ers, Advisory Committee, Board
of Education, and architect 1,1 nd
ey Qudger will meet in the court
house The meeting was postponed
because of the death of Mr. Gud
ger's mother. Usually contracts are
awarded the day following the
opening of the bids and go to 4ho
low bidders.
The new school will have eight
primary classrooms, eight graded
school classrooms, an auditorium
and stage, and cafeteria and
kitchen.
Following is a list of the lo\V
bidders and their bids:
General construction ifour bid',
considered >: William B Dillnrd,
$198,600. This contractor also had
the local HKA, Great Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Co.. and Beaverdam
School construction jobs.
Plumbing '12 bids': Presslev and
Osborne, $14,318 The Bethel con
tract Is also being handled by this
company.
Heating til bids): A1 Jennings,
Inc . $22,354.
Electrical "five bids': Ivester
Electric Co . $15,639.
If the proposal is accepted to
eliminate the kitchen from the
cafeteria and add a separate kitch
I ell and cafeteria, the low hiris in
| each ease will be Incresed bv.-Uic
f following amounts:
General construction, $17,000:
plumbing. $500 heating. $2,337:
and electrical. $4 725 for a total
of $24,562 more.
The site of the new building i ?
on the former C. K. Ray Estate
property facing on Hiywood street
and Daisy Avenue This property
was purchased some months ago
for the new school plant It l?
about a block from the present
building at the corner ol Haywood
and Veademv streets and Boyd
Avenue.
C of C Membership
Drive Meeting
With Success
Officials today reported thai the
Chamber of Commerce member hip
drive, which is now heing cotiduch
ed. is meet ins with success but
not as much as had been hoped
for.
Of some .100 letters mailed to
Chamber of Corfunerce members
and prospective members, less than
100 have brought responses. But
of those that have been answered,
the funds either pledged or paid
hav been most gratifying, a spoke -
man said.
The drive is to continue indefi
nitely. but all people who have re
eeived letters are urged to answer
them promptly.
11. I'. McCarrol! is chairman of
the drive.
Natitonal Magazine Has
Unusual Story Of WNC
A f unify". vacation covering a
-i \ -a-uay p?i tod oi hard loafing" ,
m llie n'i m nl tin' Blue Midge j
I'ni'ku ,iv in! (In* Clival Smoky
\li imlalii is featured in the April
I-.mio hi 1 louhold Magazine. I
which '? rvpmled In have a cileu- .
LUtion of i-'C oObtl luinilies in the
L'.K
T , Weil prepared article, which
, - ii.tpihe iloii.r and rents tuc-.
;i , ,n-i mi i i \ vai at ion trip*
i< lieauiiVni ?. illustrated with three
i'm cts m iu.I color in addition
to a nun ti-r ot black and white
photo rep odlietions. One of the
striking color shots was taken at
Wwfocihd CI p.
The article "Was written by Doris
and KaV Wiley, reporting actual ex
periences on their trip, which
started officially at Front Royal.
Va., and concluded at Kontana Vil
lage An advance Copy of the pub
lication has ilist been received by
Western North Carolina Highland
ers, otTirials of which were granted
(lie courtesy of seeing the manu
script before publication, and of
making several suggestions which
wt re later carried out by the pub
Ushers.
One of thesp included mention
of Waynesviile as a resort town of
consequence ill the vicinity of the
Parkway and Great Smokies, a ;
well as Inclusion of side trios em
Inacinjt the Chimney Knck-Ciko
Cure area and the ?o-called Sap
(See Magazine?Pane 81
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured .... 16
Killed .... 0
? This information com
piled from Records of
State Highway Patrol.)