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eU^4?i> ^ ? I * * i i The Waynesville Mountaineer is "tick. Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park CD - CD 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) ???________ | 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. , ?' 1- x*.'* 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.) .