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6Mh YEAR NO. 32 16 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C.~ THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 16, 1953 $3.00 In Advance In Huywoud and Jackson Counties
Weill
imistic
,ut Peace
,, uvf an optimistic re
' , ? trip to Europe,
^wd the Rotary Club
frtdJ ,
?ith many American
,nd said they were get
" that the atti
w , Manfred about
pi ai-I'd the results
iWshall Plan and faw
peace
nart
( trip i visited Austria,
^ a,nl Germany, and
ncan armv camps, and
mam Mildiers. To all of
lave relatives, sons and
i Germany. 1 can tell you
wvS are wonderfully tak
( The Germans recognize
^r Cl>nt as their friends,
,, soldiers of an occupa
v Nevertheless, all the
Ihom i talked wanted to
because they don't see
n to stav longer, and they
lize they are necessary
e
is no wonder, because
nobod\ thinks of a war.
alks about it. If you live
hborhood of a danger, in
run you don't realize this
as when you live away,
over here and see it from
it angle.
hole attitude has changed
J1 over Europe realize
ore and more, what we
the Marshall Plan. You
k what you want, but our
hrough the Marshall plan
..vine for all these coun
e day we will get repaid,
onev. hut in having good
iho will stick to us in
uation. Looking at their
i. at their rebuilt homes,
he what we did for them,
it the Russians did to
making Communism dis
n Western Europe. The
rho are more and more
j that we plan the right
tt Weill?Page 8)
im Marine
rded Silver
Medal
Private First Class Robert
son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson
if Balsam, has been award
ilver Star Medal, the na
ird highest combat award
rii-..is in Korea with the
une Division.
?s cited by Major General
lock, division commander,
ipicuous gallantry and in
in action against the
Me serving with a Marine
company in Korea on Au
1952 "
ihine gun squad leader,
i defending a critical sec
s company's defensive po
hen his unit was attacked
?my. Rather than com
trew-served weapon. Beck
crew employed pistols.
I hand grenades to repulse
b' during numerous probes
osition.
1 >n attack by an enemy
d squad. Beck and his as
nachine gunner engaged
Jsed the enemy with hand
and personal weapons al
* ?as seriously wounded
?e action.
completion of the action.
Usfd medical aid and eva
um'l his wounded com
lrp treated.
?Mng spirit and inspira
<*t won the respect and
? all who observed
^? General Pollock. "Pri
" Glass Beck's gallant and
1 hid ?nS Wer? in kcePinK
Stat! v ,raditions of the
assie Named
^0fida Board
^merly of Way
Lrchairman of
F,a ?. town com
^ Sanization meeting
T e'ecled member
J elect " ,he ann"a>
W term" in March. This
( term as a member of
teTV" Florida' where
le was ^ motor court
^^J^onnected with the
U~?lPar and mild today,
artner tomorrow.
tempera
Pl,ed at the State Test
*J?. Mln. Rainfall
H 3? 43
35 32
33 32
Haywood Apple Trees Nearing Full Bloom Stage
Thousands of Haywood apple trees should be in full bloom this week-end and next, with favorable weatlier continuing Orchards in
the lower elevations will be in bloom several days earlier than those 300 to 500 feet higher. Orchardmen report liRht -bloom for some
varieties this year, and in some sections of orchards. In view of the bumper 1952 crop, orchardmen expect a light bloom and a lighter
crop this season. Some estimate both the bloom and crop at half of normal. Hundreds of visitors from the nearby sections usually
visit this area for the apple blossom season.
Equalization
Hearings Set For
Beaverdam And
Waynesville
The Haywood County Board 01'
Commissioners will continue hear
ings May 11 and 12 for taxpayers
of Waynesville and Beaverdam'
Townships who wish to register
complaints concerning the recent
revaluation of property, C. C. Fran
cis. chairman of the board, said;
today.
The hearings had originally been j
scheduled for April 20 and 21, buti
had to be postponed because the |
revaluation group would not have
completed its canvass by that time. J
The Board of Commissioners, j
sitting as a Board of Equalization, i
has already held heat ings for the,
rest of the county, reviewing more:
than 50 cases brought on by tax
payers who felt that some adjust- '
ihCT* should be made in the valua- j
tion of their property. The Board
visited many of the premises of
those making complaints and had
made satisfactory adjustments in
all instances.
The Board will meet in the
County Commissioners room in the
court house May 11 to hear tax
payers from Beaverdam Township,
and on May 12 to hear those from
Waynesville Township.
Methodist ? yll
Ministers Are
Visiting Virginia
Methodist ministers of the Way
nesville District will leave this
week for the Rappahannock District
of the Virginia Conference to as
sist in evangelistic services.
The Rappahannock services arc
a part of the Southeastern Juris
diction United Evangelistic Mission,
sponsored by the General Board of
Evangelism of the Methodist
Church.
At the same time other districts!
of the Conference will travel to the
various ditsricts of the Virginia
Conference.
Two weeks from now?May 3-8?
ministers from the Petersburg.
Virginia, district will come to the
charges of the Wayncsville District
to lead in evangelistic services. The
vl#it will be a preaching-visitation
mission. The theme of the services
is: "You Need Christ Now."
All members of the Methodist
Church in this district have been
urged to remain freed of engage
ments so that they may take part
in the evangelistic services.
A large Youth Rally has been
schedule for Saturday evening,
May 2. at Bryson City, proceeding
the preaching schedule in the local
churches.
Bill By Palmer Provides Disposal Plan,
For Central Elementary School Property!
Concrete To Be
Poured At New
Central School
With favorable weather, plans
are tc pour concrete at the new
Central Elementary school build
ing this week-end, according to
William B. Dillard, general
contractor.
The quarter million school
will replace the building at the
corner of Haywood and Boyd
Avenue.
Mr. Dillard said he plans to
push construction as rapidlv as
possible. About a year will be
required to finish the building,
it has been estimated,
Harrell's Dry
Cleaners Moving
To New Building
A new building, being erected
on Depot Street, will be occupied
about May 10 by Harrell's Cleaners
and Laundry. Clifford Harrell, own
er of the firm, said today.
The new building, which is being
erected about a block away from
the present site of Harrell's Laun
dry. will contain a complete laun
dry. dry cleaning service, and
laundrette.
The building is of brick construc
tion.
A bill authorizing disposition of
the Waynesville Central Elemen
tary School property was introduc-,
ed into the General Assembly Tues
day by Representative Joe H
Palmer.
The bill would direct the clerk
of Haywood Superior Court to
name three commissioners for the
Waynesville graded school district
and those commissioners would be
directed to convey a lot on the
school property on Academy Street
to the trustees of the Haywood
County Public Library and the rest
of the property to the town of Way
nesville for recreational and other
purposes.
The Haywood County Board of
Education would be authorized in
its discretion to join with the trus
tees in conveying the property to
the library and the town.
Palmer pointed out that the
Roard of Education would have full
authority under the bill to turn the
property over to the library and
the town or. if it sees fit. to sell it
to the highest bidder in accordance
with state law.
The House Local Government
Committee is considering the bill
The text of the bill is as follows
BILL ON SCHOOL PROPERTY
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN
ACT AUTHORIZING THE BOARD
OF EDUCATION OF HAYWOOD
COUNTY AND THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE WAYNES
! VILLE GRADED SCHOOLS TO
CONVEY TO THE TRUSTEES OF
HAYWOOD COUNTY PUBLIC LI
BRARY FOR LIBRARY PUHI'OS
(Nee School Kite?Page 8>
Hazelwood To %
Vote On Street
Improvements
Hazelwood voters will go to
the polls April 28 to approve or
disapprove a $25.00(1 street im
provement bond issue.
The bond ordinanee. which was :
adopted by the Hazelwood Board
of Aldermen March 20. calls for
a bond Issue to finance the con
struction and reconstruction of
many of llazelwood's streets, and
authorizes the levy and collec
tion of an annual tax sufficient to
pay the principal and interest on
the bonds.
Polling place for the election,
which will be held between 8:30
a.m. and 8:30 p.m.. is the Hazel
wood Town Hall.
Mrs. R. W. Crawford has been
appointed registrar, and Mrs. W.
C. Whitner and F. E. Kuykendall
have been appoined judge* for
the registration and election.
Registration books will be open
! from this Saturday. April 18.
through the following Saturday,
April 25, from nine o'clock in the
morning until nine o'clock at
night. On other days the hooks
will be open from ninr until five
o'clock.
Board Receives
Plans For New
Filtering Plant
Plans and specifications for the
new, two-million gallon filtering
plant for Wavnesville were received
by the Board of Aldermen yester
day from the Harwood Beebe
Company, engineering firm of Spar
tanburg.
The board is receiving bids for
the construction of the filtering
plant until May 7 It Is expected
that an award will be made shortly
thereafter. The plant is expected
to cost in the neighborhood of
5200,000.
The project will consist of a1
three-story building to house the
plant proper, and concrete dam and
a 147,000 gallon reservoir.
Town officials also said they!
would seek bids in the near future
for the construction of a 5-room
house for the superintendent, to'
be located next to the plant. ,
Rep. Shuford To Request
Park Officials To Speed
Up Development Program
$600 Raised For
Crippled Children
Here In Campaign
A total of *600 was raised dur
ing the current campaign for Crip
pled Children, according to Win
gate Hannah, chairman In charge.
The drive was sponsored by the
Rotary Club, and conAned to this
immediate area, Mr. Hannah re
ported.
Most of the money was derived
from the sale of Eaater Seals, with
several donations by business Arma.
Representative George A. Shu-1
ford was a Haywood visitor whi'e
home for the Easter Holidays.
He said he was concerned over
the slow development of the Park,
and one of the flr*t Ihings he
pianne dto undertake when he gol
planned to undertake when he got
with Park officials on the general I
program.
I "Up until now. I have been
i spending most of my time getting
acouainted with the government
agencies, and saying very little
Now I plan to start a series of con
ferences In an effort to find out
what we can expect in the fuller
i development of the Park," he ex
plained.
Bill Would Repeal
School District Plan
C. of C. Continues Plan
Of Seeking New Industry
WTHS Band
In Concert
Friday Night
The Waynesvllle Township High
School band, which has received
the highest rating possible In the
past three years in state contests,
will present a special concert at
the high school auditorium Friday
night. April IT. at 8 o'clock.
Members of the hand started sell
ing tickets for the concert last
week ar.d hope to sell enough to de
fray expenses for the annual con
ies' trip to Oreenshoro, which is
being held April 21-24.
The numbers presented at the
concert here will he the same ones
the hand will play at Greensboro.
Charles Isley, Jr , director of music
at WTHS, said today the hand
would play at 5 o'clock. April 22.
When the hand performs here,
the program will be supplemented
by selections by the chorus. The
junior high school concert hand,
made up of eighth grade students,
will also make Its first appearance
and will present four numbers.
The program for Friday night
(See Band?Page 8)
Thirty Three
Men JLeave Here
For Induction
Thirty-three Haywood County
younit men left Waynesville Mon
day morning for Knoxville, Tenn.,
for induction into military service.
Sixty-three registrants left for
pre-induction examinations at the
same time.
Inductees included: George
Thomas Hoglen, Canton: Joyce
Wilford Hoglen. Rt. 1, Canton: Bil
ly Albert Justice. Rt. 2. Canton;
James Marcell Hogers, Lake Juna
luska; Frank Chambers. Rt. 2,
Canton; Hugh Branner Hall, Jr.,^
Hazelwood; Tom Mack. Jr., Lake
Junaluska; James Donald Fisher,
Canton; Jimmy Lawrence Hooper,
Rt. 1, Waynesville; William Fred
trick Buff. Rt. 2. Waynesville.
Ralph Swanger, Hazelwood;
Roy Leon Smfth, Rt. 1, Canton;
Jack llaynes, Rt. 1. Clyde; David
Crawford Fisher, Rt. 1. Clyde; \
Frank Junior Hunt, Waynesville;
Joseph Bruce Kirkpatrick, Rt. 1,
Clyde; Robert Trantham. Rt 1,}
Clyde; Charles Russell Matteson. i
Canton; Jack Warlick. Waynes
ville; Billy Jones, Rt. 2, Waynes
ville; Charles Luke Sutton, Rt. I.
Clyde; Clarence Edward Ingle,
Canton.
Guy Samuel Mathews, Rt. I,
Canton; Manon Stamey, Rt. I,
Canton; Samuel Ray Fie, Rt, 2,
Waynesville; Kenneth Lee Sma
thcrs, Rf. 1, Wayne'ille; William
(See 33 Men?Page 8)
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State Editor Here
Writing Special Story
Bill Sharpe, editor of The State,
a magazine published in Raleigh, is
spending several days here gather
ing material for his publication.
He is working on a special article
about this immediate section to be
used in an early issue.
Mr. Sharpe is visiting many of I
the scenic points to get the "un
usual angle" for the articles he is
preparing.
Thr directors of the Chamber of
Commerce discussed on Tuesday
night. the annual banquet; enter
taining Governor Fine of Pennsyl
vania. on the .'tOth; additional pro
motion for the area, and continued
their planning for a program of
getting new industry into the com
munity. and were encouraged over
the success of the membership
drive.
M. R. Whisenhunt, in charge of
the sale of tickets for the banquet
to lie held April 24th at the Hazel
wood school, said tickets were now
on sale at the Chamber of Com
merce. from each director, and also
Kilpatrick-Felmet. Smith's Drug
Store. First National Hank, and
Garrett Furniture Company. The
tickets are $2 each, and only a
limited number can he sold, it was
announced I amis V. Sutton, presi
dent of Carolina Power and l.ight
Company* will lie the speaker.
Details for entertaining Governor !
Fine on the 301 h will be announced j
later, it was explained.
The directors heard a proposal i
by Heinz Rollman for getting addi
tional industry here, which includ
ed carrying a line in national ad
vertising of local manufacturers,
as well as Including some statement
on all printed matter going out
with product .
Jonathan Woody, chairman of the
industrial committee, gave a re
port of some tentative plans which
were tie in g considered by the group
for further encouraging industry.
? o locate here.
Plans were also made to employ]
an assistant secretary for the or
ganization for the summer season.
The committee is composed of!
James Kilpatriek. Tommy Thomp
son and Johnny Johnson
The organization heard a report
from Dr. H. G. Allen as to plans
of the annual Haywood County Day ,
The Chamber of Commerce is one
of the sponsors for the annual
event, which officially opens the
season al the Lake.
Dr. Boyd Owen, president, was in
charge of the meeting.
New Community
Building Planned
At South Clyde
The South Clyde Community j
Development Program is launch
ing a move to eret a community
house, where various activities can 1
be carried on in connection with
their program.
A plot of land has been leased
from trustees of Louisa Chapel on
which to erect the building, and
plans are being completed with
work expected to begin within the
next few weeks.
A block building will be con
structed by free labor in order to
(See South Clyde?Page 8)
Palmer Votes To Give
Teachers Pay Increase
With but five exceptions. Western
North Carolina legislators voted
yesterday to give teachers an addi-;
tional raise above the flat 10 pel
cent boost for all state employees. I
Voting for the pay boost, which j
will, if adopted, cost the state \
slightly more than four million dol
lars. was Representative Joe H
Palmer of Haywood.
Two WNC legislators were not
present at a Joint Appropriations I
Committee meeting, where the vote!
was taken, and three voted'kgainst,
the measure. j
Nominated Five
Members Would
Serve Full Terms
Representative Joe Palmer ha"
introduced a bill la the House of
the General Assembly, asking for
repeal of the 1991 act which set up
provision for the nomination of a
five-member school board, with one
member coming from each of the
five established districts.
Rep. Palmer's bill would provide
for the five members named in the
1992 election to serve their full
time?two for two years; two for
four years, and one for six years.
The bill sets out that upon the
expiraiton of the terms of the board
which will take office this spring,
that the succeeding terms be for a
period of four years each, and con
tinue on the staggering basis as
now provided.
Rep. Palmer discussed the pro
posed change while home last week
end. and said sentiment seemed to
favor the abandonment of the dis
trict idea. This is the first time
that the district plan has been in
force since it was introduced in
the 1991 Legislature by Hep. Oral
L. Yates.
It ts understood, under the terms
of the Palmer bill, that a person
from Beaverdam township could
run and he nominated to the county
board. Under the present law. no
provision is made for a citizen of
Beaverdam to serve on the board.
The reasoning for that, according
to Mr. Yates at the time of intro
ducing the bill, is because the Can
ton Charter School district ope
rates as a separate unit from the
county system.
The bill was referred to the com
mittee on Education.
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Blood mobile To
Be Here May 1;
150 Pint Quota
It's Bloodmobilc time again?
and donors in this area are being
asked to eontribute ISO pints to
meet a much needed quota.
David Underwood, chairman of
the YVaynesville Bloodmobilc Unit
of the American Red Cross, said
today that the local blood dona
tions made by people in the Hazel
wood-Waynesville area have played
an extremely important role in the
success of the Ashevillc Regional
Bloodmobilc Unit, and urged that
the area maintain the high number
of donations that have been wit
nessed in the past few Bloodmohilc
visits.
On the last trip 139 pints of
blood was collected, which wa n't
quite enough to meet the quota,
but had the Bloodmobilc worker
a little more time the quota would
have been surpassed because of the
large number of people who were
present and anxious to make a do
nation.
The coming visit is scheduled for
May 1 at the Waynesville Presby
terian Church from It o'clock until
5 o'clock.
It is being sponsored by the Sec
retaries Club, the Elks Club and
a number of Waynesville mer
chants.
The Grey Ladies will, of coin
be on hand to serve coffee, give
reassurances, and help in other
ways.
Underwood asks that every donor
and prospective donor make 1 not ?
of the visit and plan his schedule
accordingly.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gibson, .!r .
of Newport News. Va . -pent the
week end with relative - Mrs. C-'b
son Is the former Mi- Dixie V\ -
liams, daughter of Mr. and Mr .
Wiley Williams of Waynesville,
Route 1.
Assembly Distributing
25.000 Season Programs
I
Twenty-five thousand copies of
a beautiful two-color 1953 season
program booklet have gone into the
mails from the Lake Junaluska As
sembly.
The booklet carries the complete
program from June first to Sep
tember 4, listing some of the bet
ter known platform speakers and
leaders of the nation
The publication is well illustrat
ed with pictures of speakers and
artists who will appear o'n the pro-,
gram as well as general views of!
Lake Junaluska and area
The first speaker on the 1953
program will bo Senator Clyde It I
Hoey, who will speak at- the Hay
wood County Day program, on Sun
day. June 7th
A special committee met last
night to formulate final details for
the occasion, which is expected to
be one of the highlights of the
season. Plans are being made to
have a record attendance, and spec
ial stress is being put on the picnic
dinner following the services.
The committee will announce de
tails of the program in a few days,
according to Charles Ray. general
chairman.
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured.... 17
Killed .... 0
<Thia Information com
piled from Record* of
State Highway Patrol.) .