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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 Q : C3
<i8th YEAR NO.30 16 PAGES Associated Press VVAYNESVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL I. 1953 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Ld Cited In
lying Rv>morA8
loli" Epidemic
, denying th,t H*y"
? ?m polio epi
V i in Florida, have
: paper* in t(?at
W? ChambW of Com- j
. president of the
A c and chief ,
?r ' st iff, together
? &ter, kMM
? . i, partnu-nt. is
I ords of the U.
? Service, there
?u J; i polio in the
1 uars untl1
? PO , 72 eases, not
f \, in North Caro
? *~_r, wfre in Florida.
?*c,iiv there were five
fc-rrrsg
E area- At no time was
E\ indication of an epi
iel that the rumor exist
Konda mn t stem from the
I flu which this area of the
?suffer,,I last January, as
? many other areas over the
?igr pf Commerce officials
r cltiaena here con
it Florida and explain
jneous rumor. and get the
raight
de-A Milk
lucers Meet i
ay Night
f-A milk producers in Hay
iiur.tv w,ie today asked to
, 'nieetivig at the court'
t morrow 'Fridayi at 7.30
further discuss the propos
ition North Carolina Milk
fr- Association.
. Kirkpatrick, president of
wood County Milk Produc
ociation, and G. C. Palmer,
iporory director of the WNC
rmiucei's Association, issued
itation. They said that many
producers do not fully un
it the "pros and cons" of
posed organization, and that
eime would serve to help
p any points.
k McDowell, who is with
l Milk Producers Federa
iil discuss the by-laws, con
and al! other phases of the
li and w ill answer any ques
tal mieht arise.
[ton Police
lei Resigns
f 16 Years
[ W N Stroup of the Can
j(. Department resigned his
n Tuesday afternoon, to be
e when the vacancy could
d. and the Canton Board of
ien have accepted ft.
ilman Kverctt Moore was
to till the vacancy tempor
Anderson tendered his res
in Wednesday morning, ef
immediately.
( Stroup headed the police
wnt in Canton for the past
r He was assistant chief
? year prior to that. He
d indicated his immediate
or the future.
f Stroup and Anderson were
lirth and fifth men to leave
rce within the past two
1 The first to leave was Sam
p who took a position with
Mtc Highway Department.
Rohinson resigned six weeks
hd James Turner resigned
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)ut 100 Firms,
ividuals Are
1C Members
e 100 business firms and in-1
Us hasp joined the Waynes-1
Haielwood - Lake Junaluskaj
of Commerce to date, i
McCarroll, chairman of the I
trship committee, said today. I
Edith Chambers, secretary I
body. compiling a list of I
others as of noon Saturday.!
d will he published in The 1
linecr Monday and will be-1
?be 1953 honor roll.
Irms and individuals who I
to become members of the I
*r of Commerce this year 1
'fed to take action before!
bturday so that their names!
' included on the honor roll.!
["he
!Qther
FAIR
7^a,r an<' *unny today,
*d 'air tomorrow.
i rr W"vnesvme tempora
c?mpucd at the State Test
M?*. Mln. Rainfall
!? 43 i7
63 4? .17
7? 38
Land Graded At Central Elementary Site
Grading was to have been completed by the week-end where the C entral Elementary School will go up at Haywood Street and Daisy
Avenue. Four days after the contracts had been awarded a bulldozer of contractor William B Dillard was moving earth at the site.
The 16-classroom building will probably be ready for use by the fa II of 1954. < Mountaineer Fhotot.
Nine County Road Projects
Included In Approved List
Home Ownership Here Is
Above National And State
Average, Survey Reveals
Five Members Added
To Canton Gallon Club
Five new member* were added
tn Canton's rapidly growing: "Cat
ion Club" last Wednesday when
the Asheville Regional Bloodmo
bile unit collected 101 pints of
blood in the Canton area.
The visit, which was sponsor
ed by the Canton Lions Club, was
considered very successful by
bloodmobile officials.
Those added to membership in
the Gallon Club were Charles
Loyall Dotson. Clifford Wilson.
Major Bun-ess. Mrs. Nell Church,
and J. Pat Greeley.
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Mrs. Matlie Clark has returned
to her home in Hazelwood after
spending four months with rela
tives on the West Coast. She also
spent two weeks in Washington,
D. C. en route home.
?Special to the Mountaineer)
NKW YORK?A greater propor-1
lion of Waynesvllle's population1
own the homes they live in and
the homes are more moderti and i
in better repair than are dwellings!
in most parts of the country.
Such are the findings of the U. |
S. Department of Commerce, bas
ed on the recent national Census,
of Housing. The results are now |
being made public.
Of the 1.447 occupied dwelling
units in the city, 849. or 59 per-|
cent. a*e owned by their occupants.
This compares favorably with the
: national figure for cities, which
shows 51 percent home ownership.
Among all cities in the State of
North Carolina the average is 46
percent.
Better economic conditions local
ly in the past decade have made
it possible for more people to satis
fy the urge to acquire their own
homes.
Another of the great conveni
ences of modern living?mechani
cal refrigeration ? is also to be
(See Homes?Page 8)
Haywood Land Owners To
Vote On Soil Conservation
Land owners of Haywood Coun
ty will be given an opportunity to
vote on whether or not they wish
to organize a Soil Conservation
District in this county. The elec
tion will be hfcld April 11 through
April 18.
Only land owners with three
acres or more of land are eligible
to vote, and no person may vote
more than one time. In the event
land is owned jointly?that is.
should both man and wife's name
appear on the deed as owners ?
both parties are entitled to one
vote each.
Voting must be done at one of
the ballot boxes and each voter
must sign his name to the ballot
as no registration books are kept
and no attendant will be at the
ballot box.
Ballot boxes qnd ballots are be
ing placed at the following places:
Wood's and McCracken's stores,
Hominy: Williamson's store.
Thickety; Worley'g store. Beaver
dam; Burnette's store. Morning
Star: Farmer's Federation, Can
? ton; West's store. Center Pigeon:
Rickman's store. East Pigeon: and
9 W. Wright s store, West Pigeon
Also at Henson's store, Cruso;
Messer's store, Cecil; Buchanan's
store, Allen's Creek; Rock Apple
service station, Saunook; Cline and
Bradley's Hardware store, Hazel
j wood: Farmer's Cooperative, Farm
: ers Federation, and Farmers Ex
I change. Waynesvllle; H a 11 e 11
I Ward's. Lake Junaluska; Ralph
Boyd's store. Jonathan Creek; Joe
i Campbell. Maggie; C. T Ferguson's
store. Iron Duff; Duckett's store,
j Crabtree; Mark Ferguson's store
Fines Creek; and Ed Fincher's
store. Clyde.
Thrash Announces
Projects To Be
Paved In County
Nino project* have boon approv
ed in Haywood for paving under
(he State Hond Fund, according lo j
L. Dale Thrash, commissioner of
the Tenlh District. The nine pro
jects total four miles, he said.
The projects totaling four miles
just put on the approved list of
roads that will be blacked topped
in the future are: 'mileages are |
shown.'
Evans Cove 'Maggie' .3
Campbell Creek .3
Old Soeo Road . . . ,5j
'West of Maggie'
Evans Road 'Henson Cove' .. .7
Canton Sub-Station . .2
Browning Branch .6]
'Aliens* Creek area'
Turpin Road ,fi
'Off No. 284 Dellwood'
Camp Branch 3
Aliens Creeki
Allen Road?extension Rhoda
Street, Canton .3'
Total 4 0
No dates have been set for these
projects to be paved, it was an
nounced. but they are definitely on
the approved list and will be'black
topped as soon as workmen can
get to them.
.lames Knight, assistant district
engineer, said today that the sched-,
ule calls for paving to be resumed
in the county during the week of
April 27th.
Under state regulations, no pav
ing is done prior to April 15th. and
in this area, engineers prefer wait
ing until the 27th or later, due to
the colder weather.
The roads definitely due for pav
ing this year include eight projects
totaling 11.8 miles. They are:
Clyde loop 3 5
Ratcliffe Cove 3
Connecting Clyde loop'
Iron Duff I-...2.9
Burnett Cove 1.0
'In Dutch Covet
Thompson Cove 1.2
Little East Fork 2.0
Stamey Cove , 3
Cross Roads 4
Total 11.8
White Oak CDP To
Meet Saturday Night
The regular meeting of the White
Oak Community Development Pro
gram will be held Saturday night,
April 12. at the Community House.
Each family attending the meet
ing is requested to bring hot dogs
and rolls or bread to the meeting.
Death Takes
Dan S. Cross
At Home Here
Dan Siaydcr Cross. Sr., 49, dis
trict manager of the Home Secur
ity Life Insurance Company, died
suddenly Wednesday about f p ni.
at his home on Pigeon Street. He
had been at work during the morn
ing and was at his home for lunch
when death occurred.
Cross was a native of Clarksville,
Tenn., and moved here about five
ago from Koanoke Rapids. He was
a member of Grace Episcopal
Church and a member of the ves
try of the church.
Funeral services will be held in
Grace Church Friday at 3 p.m.
with the rector, the Rev. Edgar A.
Goold officiating, interment will
be in Green Hill Cemetery.
Serving as active pallbearers
will be Bobby Mills, W. E, Cope.
Britlon It. Moore, Tom Campbell.
C. W. Hawkins, and Carleton Holt.
Honorary pallbearers will be
members of the church vestry
David Kclmet, Robert Hill, I)r. Cal
vin Gatz. R. C. Gunn, 1.. K. Bar
ber. and E M. Rothermel.
The body has been taken to the
home and will remain there until
the hour of the service.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Pearl Hall Cross; one son, Dan S.
Cross, Jr.. and one daughter. Kath
ryn Cross, both of the home; the
mother, Mrs. Adele S. Welch of
Waynesville.
Also one sisfer. Mrs. Burton E.
Mitchell of Shelby; one brother,
John R. Cross of Clarksville. Tenn.;
and the maternal grandmother,
Mrs. J. D. Slayden of Clarksville,
Tenn.
Arrangements are under the di
rection of Garrett Funeral Home.
Work On Pigeon River
Road Moves Into N. C.
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Workmen on the Pigeon River
Road project moved into North
Carolina during th/e week, clear
ing land on the project near Ten
nessee.
Prior to moving into the North
Carolina side the workmen had to
clear some 600 feet on the Tennes
see side so that work could pro
gress more smoothly.
It is not known yet just when
the actual grading will be started
but officials # of the construction
company in charge of the project
are pushing, the project so that as
much work as possible may be com
pleted this summer.
Date For Resuming
Beer Sales Uncertain
Tax Equalization
Board Postpones
Hearings For
Two Townships
Members of the Haywood Coun
ty Hoard of Commissioners, sitting
as a Hoard of Equalization, heard
and reviewed complaints from
about 40 taxpayers this week, all
ol whom were seeking adjustments
in their recent property revalua
' tions.
C. C. Francis, chairman of the
board, said today that between 30
and SO taxpayers appeared before
the board. ?
Mr. Francis also said that hear
ing . for Beaverdam and Waynes
vllle townships, originally sched
uled to be held April 20 and 21,
had been postponed to sometime
! in May. The postponement was
! necessary because the revaluation
workers have not completed the
' pioject in those two townships.
Dockery Handed
Death Sentence
Noah Dockery. 43-yenr-old wood
cutter charged with the shotgun
slaying of Sheriff Frank Crawford
of ( herokee county March 3, was
found guilty yesterday of first de
gree murder and xenleneed to die
in the state gas chamber at Ral
eigh.
Judge Allen H. Gwyn sentenced
Dockery in the Cherokee County
Superior Court.
Dockery. who was lodged In the
Haywood County jail for three
weeks prior to the trial. found
guilty of shooting SherfffCrawford
to death In the Hangin'g Dog sec
tion of Cherokee county when the
sherifr went to Dockery's house to
serve a warrant which charged
Dockery with arson in connection
with the burning of a saw mill.
Defense attorneys were given 70
days in which to prepare an appeal,
and the state was allowed 30 days
to answer the appeal pleB.
Nantahala And
Pisgah Forests
To Be Merged
The United States Forest Serv
ice yesterday announced plans to
merge two of the largest national
forest areas in North Carolina in an
effort to cut administrative costs.
Forester Charles A Connaugh
ton, in charge of tile Atlanta re-j
gional office, said the Nantahala
Nalionqi Forest with headquarters I
at Franklin, will be absorbed into
the Pisgah National Forest on July
1. Ashevlllo. is headquarters for
Pisgah.
Both areas will be under the
direction of Don J. Morriss. Pis
gah supervisor. Connaughton re
ported.
He said E. W. Renxhaw, present
Nantahala supervisor, will become
.supervisor of another national for
est as yet unannounced.
Connaughton declared no em
1 ployes of either forest will be dis
charged in the merger. However,
lie said jobs of employes retiring
soon will not bo filled, eliminating
some 10 or 12 jobs.
The merger was decided upon,
Connaughton added, to comply |
with calls from Washington for a
reduction in operating costs. He
said the plan is designed to cut
administrative costs by $40,000.
Legal Beer Back
By Only 35 Votes
In Town Election
Waynesville dry forces suffered
a defeat by 35 votes on Wednesday
as legal beer sales were voted back
into town. While 1.647 voters were
casting their, ballots in Waynes
ville. tho General Assembly in
Haleigh turned thumbs down on
proposals for a state-wide liquor
referendum.
When will legal beer sales be re
sumed in Waynesville, was the
question being asked of lawyers
today.
There was a difference of opin
ion on the matter. Some lawyers
held that dealers would have to
get new licenses, which would
mean a lapse of time to about
April 20th. Other lawyers argued
that dealers who hud a beer license
on September 2. when Haywood
voted out legal beer sales, would
have a right to resume selling beer
at once.
At noon, it appeared that the
matter would he determined by a
ruling from the State Aleohol
Beverage Control Ixiard.
The voting here broke all rec
ords for a town election.
Voting was brisk throughout
the day, starting at 6:30.
The Aliens Creek vote came in
about 40 minutes ahead of the
Waynesville vote, and since the re
sults were so close, the large
crowd of anxious spectators at the
Town llall had to wait until the
last vote was tabulated by election
officials to learn the outcome.
The dry forces took a margin of
91 votes in Aliens Creek, while
tho wet forces won bv 121 votes in
the Town Hall precinct.
The official count was:
I . ? For Against
Aliens Creek 114 205
Town Hall 727 601
Total 641 806
Majority 35
The Town Board of Aldermen
are today holding their regular
monthly meeting and will officially
canvass the vote
According to J. It Morgan, town
attorney, the state law regarding
acquiring a beer license reads:
"Every person intending to ap
ply for any permit to sell beer at
.retail hereunder, shall, not more
than thirty da vs. and not less than
ten days before applying to the
board for such permit, give writ
ten notice of such intention to the
county and municipal authorities
In which applicant proposes to
maintain his business, and shall
post a notice of such intention on
the front door of the building place
or room where he proposes to en
gage in such business, or publish
(See Beer?Page 8)
National Park
To Regulate
Trucks On Roads
A new regulation, designed to
limit the amount of heavy truck
ing through the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, has been
adopted by the National Park Serv
ice and will be placed in effect
May 15.
The regulation states "From
May 15 to October 15, inclusive,
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and
6:00 p.m., trucks over one and one
hall ton capacity, and trucks of
ohc* and one-half capacity carry
ing a load in excess of 5,000 pounds
shall not be operated or moved
over any road in Great Smoky
Mountains National Park."
REA Moving Into
New Quarters
j The Haywood County Conpcr
| alive 1m moving from its offices on
'Main Street here into the n< i
I REA butldtng just beyond the t<n r
limiti fw-O. fftA. 1
Manager R. C Shctfreld
the job of getting files and ,111 '
nient into the new headquaiWi ?
started Monday. The Coolie< .'itve
has been located at Main Sti eet
since 1941
The new building, erect d ,ii a
cost of $103,000. is one id t ? nn t
complete and modern KKA build-,
ings in the Stall' and erert h .
facilities for Home Deinonstr.it n
meetings in an up-to-date kite n
Manager Sheffield said it'i ( <?
operative will hold an open ! mi
May 2. Details will be puhli In d
at a later date.
Haywood Ranks
High In Library
Circulation
Haywood County rank 28th
among the counties and re dorrs of
North Carolina in the per capita
circulation of its library hook
According to the most
University of North Carolina N<
Letter, Haywood's public fiht .: i?
have 21.556 library volutin with
a total circulation of 109.091 To
is 2 90 circulation per capita, it
| state average is 2 54 circulation
I per capita.
Haywood has a current librae
income of $16,533. which is $0.4.1
I income per capita. The state aver
age is $0.41.
j In publishing the News LetN r
'officials at the University said th t
libraries in North Carolina opot ?
ated 69 bookmobiles in 91 cout ?
ties North Carolina, it said, !???? I.
the record of having the large
number of bookmobiles in at
state.
The above figures includ' tho
Canton public library.
Mr. and Mrs John P VV I ybl
and son, Nicky, have return i i
their homo after a week's v ' ?
Judge and Mrs. William 1J. On u
ball in Charleston. S. C.
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Banquet Speaker
Louis B. Sutton, president of
Carolina Power & l.ight Compan ,
will be the speaker at the am.a 1
Chamber of Commerce banquel
here Friday. April 24
Plans are to hold the banquet at
the llazeiwood school catbtcria. atul
tickets will bo on sale soon for S>2
each. There ssill be a limited nu:i -
ber of tickets available
The banquet committee i cm
posed of Charles E. Kay, Dave Pel
met and Johnny Johnson.
Kiwanis Adopt 'Open Door'
Resolution; Hear Rollman
Heinz Kollman, president of
Wei loo Shoe Corporation and
founder of "World Construction",
addressed the Waynesvtlle Kiwanis
Club at its regular meeting Tues
day night' at Spaldon's.
Kollman outlined the reasons
why an independent organization
is needed to work for world peace,
something to supplement the work
of the United Nations, and pointed
out that this movement must of
necessity be initiated by private
citizens.
The club also adopted a resolu
tion commending county and city
officials in Haywood for the "open
door" policy which they are fol
lowing. The resolution was similar
j to that accepted by several other
, civic organizations in the county,
1 condemning the action of the
North Carolina Oeneral Assembly
for adopting a policy aimed at
making the meetings of the Ap
propriations sub-committee closed
to the public and press.
The text.of the resolution said,
in part:
"... we wish to join other civic
groups of Haywood County in ex
pressing our sincere appreciation
to our town and county officials,
who through the years have held
to an oDen door' policy relative
to official meetings.
"... we go on Record as regist
ering a protest against the secrecy
policy of the General Assembly of
North Carolina, and hereby ask
that the representative of Hay
wood County be urged to reconsid
er his action favoring secret ses
sions. which we feel are in direct
defiance of the principles and
meaning of the rights of the Amer
ican people ..." ,
Highway
Record For
< 195? I
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured.... 17
Killed .... 0
(This information com
piled from Remrd* o*
State Highway Fatr?l.?
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