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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 O _q
Mth YEAR NQ. 33 12 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESV1LLE, N. t\, MONDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 20, 1953 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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f Term Of
|i Court
IMay 4
L fJSfs have been sched
C term i>f Haywood
tnor Court, which will
C4 Judge Alien H. Gwyn
Erul service for the late
Ed who was a member of
Cii be held Wednesday,
I 2 o clock.
Lion; are due to last
Eonda>. May U.
L first week?Harold G.
? Canton: Millard Russell,
?Jr. J B- Holland, Beav
|E M Ingram, Waynes
Lrt sprinkle, Canton;
[Duon. Canton; Denton
I Waynesville; H. K.
Le, Walter W. Caldwell,
?e; Harry Lee Ward, Ivy
L. RatCiff, Waynesville;
| Devlin, Beaverdam;
I Williams. East Fork;
K pigeon: Herman Owen,
|Seay. Clyde; Lush Cham
Lnesville. P. H. Henley
Be; Hack V. Howard
E; Dave Caldwell, Jona
ST Brown, Beaverdam;
Eker, Fines Creek; P. T.
I Waynesville; L. B, Pem
laverdain.
Lr second week?Ben L.
Ede; Robert Whitner, Haz
Bjck Abbott, Canton;
? Moore. Canton; C. C.
I Pigeon; A. L. Yarbor
ke Junaluska; Joe M. Tate,
Id; Orvllle J. Hayes, Beav
miggins, Waynesville; J.
f llazelwood; Cecil
[Canton: C. G. Parks,
llle; Herman A. Barton.
? Hannah, Cove Creek;
IShumolis, Pigeon; J. A.
list Fork: Alden C. Clark,
Im. Thomas H. Wells,
itaineer
ographer
ids Course
ineer staff photographer
bach was among the 200
liters from North Caro
nearbv states who attend
iree-day Short Course in
ill gnril Q *rrt l ,
if the mo: l successful i
ihy coursi s of its type in
ry, this year's sessions 1
iducted by some of the'
ameramen in the nation,
magazine staff members,
entative from the New
taes. Associated Press,
itures Syndicate, News
gazine. and many others
to the visiting photog
usual part of the course
hotograph made one night
university's bell tower,
in 100 photographers set
bulbs to illuminate the
lower. This picture will be
id at an early date in The
eer.
d Mrs. Bill Leinbach and
by, returned last night
acation in New Bern.
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ponal Baptist Group
Meet Here April 24-25
C. Banquet
its Going
L Is Report
of tickets for the an
?ber of Commerce ban
be held Friday, 24th. at
dwood school, were go
I today. It was reported,
dubs are cooperating
Chamber cf Commerce
it the banquet, which
lure Louis V. Sutton,
>t of Carolina Power and
kmpany, as speaker,
k are available at the
' of Commerce, from
dor of the organization,
Mi's Drug Store, Garrett
f Company, Kilpatrlck
Cnmpany, and the First
I Bank.
-j?=
ither
msuiMitt
7?Cool. fair and unset
' ?nd warmer Tuesday.
" Waynesvllle tempera
^mpiled at the State Test
Max. Min. Rainfall
r- 54 38 .15
r- 67 23
66 43 .16
58 31'
^ ? ?snow 44 in.
The annual meeting of the Ninth
Regional Training Union will be
held at Wlaynesville First baptist
Church, Friday and Saturday,
April 24-25.
Registrations will begin Friday
at 2 o'clock and the meeting will
get under way promptly at 3
o'clock.
The Ninth Region is made up of
Transylvania. Carolina, Buncombe,
Haywood, French Broad. Yancey,
Mitchell and New Found Associa
tions. Features of the program
will be the tournaments. Adult
Bible reading under the direation
of Rev. J. O. Young of Bakers
ville. Hymn Festival under the di
rection of Miss Irene Olive of Mars
Hill. Young People Speakers Tour
nament under direction of Mrs.
Sam Knight of Hazelwood. Inter
mediate sword drill led by Mrs.
Paunee Byrd of Candler. Junior
memory work led by Mrs. Hug
gins of Hendersonville.
Principal speakers on the pro
gram will be Rev. James P. Mor
gan. State Training Union Secre
tary, who will speak Friday night
Rev. Nane Starnes, who will deliv
er the address of dedication on
Saturday morning.
A business session will be held
Saturday morning. Officers of the
Nirtth Region are as follows: Di
rector, Rev. Elmer Green, who al
so ia the Haywood Baptist Associa
tional Missionary. Associate Direc
tor, Rev. E. P. Carter, formerly of
Hot Springs. Miss Patsy Rogers of
Hazelwood is secretary Miss Irene
1 Gllve, Chorister. Pianist, Rev.
Raymond Gomes. Department lead
era are as follows: Rev. J, O.
Young. Adult leader. Mrs. Sam
Knight, Young People leader. Mrs.
Paunee Byrd, Intermediate lead
er. Mrs. Charlotte Swift, Junior
leader. Mrs. Roy McCullock, Nurs
ery, Beginner. Primary leader.
WTHS Concert Band Enters State Contest Wednesday
Pictured here are 40 of the 52-pieco concert band which will play in the state music contest on Wednesday afternoon in Greens
boro. Shown here, front row, left to right: Nancy Bischoff, Sylvia Newell, Linda Sloan, Marguerite Russ, Charles Alley, Barbara
Davis, Eddy Damour, Betty Barber, Buster Green. Patricia Brendle; second row; Sally Stovall, Barbara Fortner, Pauline Inman;
Peggy Reeves, Mary Lou Gerringer, Stanley Williamson. Dale Ratcliffe, Suzanne Curry, Kenney Underwood, .lulia Ann Stovall,
Stanford Massie; third row, Mary Reeves, Judy Abbott, Barbara Nichols, Winnie Farmer, Mary Sue Grasty, Juanita Kclley, Daryll
Cagle, Betty Ann Howell, Ann McCracken, Dick Boyd, Charles Dean, Aaron Gibson, Joe Boyd, Wayne Chase, Wanda llipps. Richard
Hipps: fourth row, Henry Wilson, Roy Callahan, Bill Whitner, Milton Massey, Emmett Balentine, Harold Scruggs and Don Shaw;
standing, Ann Coman Crawford, Eileen Gerringer, Everett Styles, and Charles Bridges. Members of the band not shown include
Mary Ann Boyd. Shirley Bridges, Salinda Dicus, Jackee Carswell, Janet Parker. iDelmar Studio Photoi.
Disposal Bill
For Central
School In Senate
A bill authorizing disposition of
the Whynesvllle Central Element
ary K?\ho?rf >jarhU>h ?w introduced
into -iV tt'oiise of wjh'viAli uvea
by Kep. Joe H. Palmer last week. ]
has passed the house and been for- |
warded to the Senate.
The bill is now in the hands of |
the Senate Education Committee.
The bill would direct the clerk
of Haywood Superior Court U>
name three commissioners for the
Waynesvllle 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 Waynesville for recreational
purposes.
The Haywood County Hoard of
Education would be authorized in
its discretion to join with the
trustees on conveying the property
to the library and to Waynesville.
WTHS Concert Band To
Participate In Contest
In Greensboro Wednesday
Haywood County
Bc ii^odTebi Gef
At $1,573,500
According: to figures just re
leased by the North Carolina Lo
cal Government Commission,
Haywood County has a bonded
debt of $1,573,500. which is about
average for a county of Hay
wood's population.
The Commission keeps tabs
on the amount of debt a county
or municipality incurs and regu
lates, to some extent, the amount
of bonds a government body
may issue.
At the same time the Commis
sion announced the county in
debtedness. it also said that '
Waynesville had incurred a bond
ed debt of $335,000. Clyde $35,
000. and Canton $277,500.
Electric Power
To Be Off Sunday
In Some Sections
In order to cooperate with the
Southern Bell Telephone and Tele
graph Company in their expansion
program to give the area better
telephone service, the "Carolina
Power and Light Company has
planned an interruption of electric
service Sunday, April 26, for a
three hour period.
The following sections will be
affected: Hazclwood, Aliens Creed
Road, Country Club Drive, Nine
vah. Francis Cove Road, Lower
Hyatt Creek Road, and on the Bal
sam Highway to the Hyatt Creek
Road.
The power will be off in those
sections from 2 o'clock until 5
o'clock in the afternoon.
. Roy Wright, manager of the CP
and L in Hazelwood said the inter
ruption was planned tor a time that
would be the least inconvenient to
|<Tectric power subscribers.
The 50-piece concert band of;
Waynesville high will leave via bus
Tuesday morning for Greensboro,
??here, they* wilt participate in the
Stale Band Contest.
The band will be defending their
rating, which they have held for
three consecutive years, of first
place in grade six?the highest
grade in the contest. The rating is
also shared with Lenoir and
Greensboro.
This year three other bands of
the state are entered in the grsdt ,
six division ? Asheville, Raleigh
and Elizabeth City.
The band will play at five o'clocl
(See Band?Page 6)
New Water Lines
Connect Reservoir
In New Section
Town workmen are completing
the job of laying 3,500 feet of 6
inch water mains from the reser
voir to the auxiliary reservoir and
covering part of the Country Clun
area, according to G. C. Ferguson,
town manager.
The work is part of the program
to expand the water system in the
area
Mr. Ferguson said that five fire
hydrants would be installed on
these lines in the section.
Garrett Adding
Two Offices To
Funeral Home
An addition to the Garrett Fu
neral Home is expected to be com
pleted within three weeks. The
new addition will include two of
fices and a ladies' lounge, in a
structure of brick and glass brick
13 by 30 feet.
A private side entrance will en
ter the new unit.
It was announced that as soon
as the new unit is completed, that
plans are to begin a renovation pro
gram on the interior of the build
ing. which will make several ma
jor changes.
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Bob Francis In
Much Demand As
Public Speaker
Boh Francis Is not the least bit
superstitious,' but on the-13th ho
received three invitations to .speak
before groups over a wide area.
His reputation as a speaker is
known throughout the area, and
his favorite topic is the Commun
ity Development Program of Ha>
wood.
He goes hi Burnsville on the
fourth to appear before the dis
trict meeting of Honk* Demonstra
tion clubs of Buncombe, Yancy,
and Madison counties.
The following day he goes to
Boone for another appearance be
fore the district meeting of wo
men from Mitchell. Avery, and
Watauga counties.
Later he will address the state
association of county commission
ers in Ashevillc.
Last week he spoke in Franklin
at district meeting of Jackson.
M'iCon and Swain counties. His
subject is "All Together For
Rural Progress.''
Mr. Francis gets his story across
by injecting lots of humor, and
telling the facts in plain, simple
language. He always impresses his
audiences with the fact that he is
sold on the rural development
programs.
Miss Fannie Scales of Rcids
ville, an annual visitor to Waynes
ville, has arrived to spend several
months and is a guest at the Hotel
LcFaine.
Winter Weather Still
Prevails In WNC Area
Spring is officially 30 days old
today. But the age is strictly ac
cording to the calendar. All over
Western North Carolina people will
tell you that winter is still here
and that spring is being quite
flighty about staying around on a
permanent basis.
For the past Ave days Haywood
Couflty has. with the exception of 1
Saturday, had freezing tempera
tures at some time during the
course of each day.
The coldest weather was record
ed Friday morning, when the tem
perature dropped to 23 degrees,
which is nine degrees below freez
ing. I
, Snow flurries?practically bliz
zards in the higher elevations ?
caused had traffic conditions early
this morning, especially at New
found Gap. whpre motorists were
forced to wait almost two hours be
fore they could negotiate the steep
highway.
On the Blue Ridge Parkway
snowdrifts of four inches were
recorded.
And it was seven degrees below
freezing this morning.
The weatherman predicted that
the bad weather would let up for a
while, at least, by predicting fair
and warmer weather tomorrow.
Early Estimates Show
Cold Snap Causes
$125,000 Apple Loss
Palmer's Bill Provides
Pay To Board Member In
Checking On School PlantsI
Exhibit Bldg.
Bill Passes
House Vote
A bill authorizing the levy of a
special tax In Haywood County to
provide for the erection of an agri
cultural and industrial exhibit
building was voted on and approved
in the North Carolina House of
Representatives and forwarded to
the Senate for consideration, ac
cording to Joe H. Palmer, Haywood
Representative.
The bill was referred to the Sen
ate Agriculture Committee.
Palmer said in a telephone mes
sage this morning that two other
bills he Introduced recently are in
the House Education Committee
for consideration. One bill pro
vides, in effect, for the resumption
of the "Paper Bowl" football game,
which had been an annual feature
1 in Haywood County before legisla
I tVw> last, year wipad out all post
i season football games in North
| Carolina high schools.
Palmer's other bill, also in the
House Education Committee, would
repeal a 1951 act which set up pro
j visions for the nomination of a five
ihcmber school board, with one
member coming from each of the
live established districts. In re
pealing that legislation. Palmer's
| bill proposed that the five mem
bers named in the 1952 election
should serve full terms?two for
two years, two for four years, and
one for six years.
The bill to provide for the spe
cial tax for an agricultural and in
dustrial exhibit building was in
troduced April 10. The bill pro
vides for the acquisition of land
and for the construction of a build
ing for livestock, agricultural horn"
arts, industrial shows and exhibits.1
| and other community, civic, and
educational purposes
It would authorize the County i
Board of Commissioners to levy a |
special tax, not to exceed one-half
of one cent per hundred dollar val
uation. for the purpose.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Mar
tin and small daughter, Sally, of
! Charlotte were weekend guests of
Mrs. Martin's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
| Bryan Medford.
Representative Joe Palmer this
morning introduced in the House,
a bill which would permit the
Board of Education to designate
one of their members to serve as
a checker on the maintenance sup
ervisor of the school properties of
the county. i
The hill provides also that the
pay of board members be increas
ed from $.1 to $10 per day. The
last pay change the board mem
bers received was in 1921), Rep.
Palmer said.
"The purpose of I his bill is to
set up provision to clarify the
duties, and eliminate the question
of dual office holding," Rep Palm
er said.
The board of education has the
power and authority to name a
maintenance engineer for looking
after the school plants. Under this
bill the board of education can des
ignate one of their members to
check up on the maintenance en
gineer and see that everything is
going as It should. The designated
member would be paid $10 per
day. plus 7 cents milage, under
the termii of the bill.
The bill further provides that
the Board tkf Education would have
to provide for this fund in their:
budget, which would be approved
by both the county commissioners
and state board of education. The
board could not spend more than!
the sum designated in the budget!
for the member as an inspector.
Rep. Palmer said he expected!
the bill would be sent to the House
education committee
Six Dealers To
Begin Beer Sales
Sometime Today
Six dealers were granted per
mits this morning to sell beer, |
according to II. B. Kendriek, I
Inspeetor for the Alcohol Bev- |
erage Control hoard or Kaleigh. 1
Mr. Kendriek said other ap
plications had been made to the
state, hut that no action had I
been taken on them.
Dealers will hegin the sale of !
heer just as soon as they can
get in their stocks, the inspec- i
tor reported.
At the time lla.vwood went !
legally drv last November, there '
were 11 dealers within the town.
Damage Reported
Severe In Higher
Parts Of County
Haywood County apple growers
have lost between 25 and 40 per
cent of this year's apple crop, ac
cording. to rough estimates made
this morning by Wayne Franklin,
county agent, and several promi
nent apple growers. ?
The loss will amount to about
$125,000, based on an estimated
250,000 bushel apple crop this
year
Franklin said the greater part
of the damage occurred Friday
morning when a killing frost set
tled on the crops, mostlv those
situated in the lowlands. "Apples
can stand temperatures down to
24 degrees.'" Franklin said, "but
if the air is still, such a temper
ature can cause serious damage
We had that kind of weather here
last Friday morning In most areas
and orchardmen reported serious
damage occurred as a result."
Franklin estimated the eron this
year would bo about 250.000 bush
els, which is about usual If the
damage, estimated at between 25
and 40 per cent, hit all the crops
there would be a loss of some
$125,000. based on a prevailing
price of *2 per bushel
The cold snap that hit Haywood
last night apparently caused little
damage because there was a great
deal of air movement
Z. L. Massey. who owns orchards
near Lake .Junali^a ppd at Mar
gie said the Friday frost had kitt
ed about 50 oer cent of his crop
on the highlands. "In (he lowland,
there was apparently verv little
damage." he said, "maybe alwiut
10 per cent." Mr. Massey was un
able to determine the damage to
his orchards as a result of the
cold wave of Sunday and this
morning
At Barber s Orchard in Saunook
officials had not determined I he
extent of the damage, except to
say that the Friday frost had kill
ed many blossoms at the lower
levels.
Robert McCracken, who has an
orchard at Pigeon Gap. said that
about one-third of his estimated
crop had been killed by the severe
frost Friday, but apparenttv no
damage was caused over the week
end His orchard is situated at a
somewhat higher altitude than
those in the Pigeon area, where it
was expected serious damage had
been done.
Franklin said today that it w i
extremely difficult to give a com
plete account of thp damage for at
least a week. "The kind of
weather we're having is odd lo
the least. When (he temperature:
fall to 24 and there's no ir< for
mations, then you just have to
keep your fingers crossed and wait
for a while before you can ascer
tain the damage that has been in
flicted."
Edith Chambers
Resigns Chamber
Of Commerce Job
Miss Kdith Chambers. who h,
held the position as secretar oi
the Waynesvllle Chamber of Con -
tnerce for the past year, tern1' 1 !
her lesignation to Board off uli
today, to become effective M i 1.
Miss Chambers, the daush'? r
Mr. and Mrs. Weaver S 'li -
bers cf Rt. 2. Is to be marired wr.
in the next few weeks
Offitials of the Chamber ."I i
day that they were inviting applica
tions to fill the vacancy.
Plans Mapped For Annual Haywood County Day
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The Initial meeting of the committee named to map plans for Haywood County Day at Lake Jun
aluska, June 7th, is shown here at work on the program, which will feature Senator Clyde K. Hoey.
The services will begin at 11:30, and the annual picnic dinner will follow the services. Shown here,
seated, left to right Hugh Massic. Dr. H. C. Allen superintendent of the Lake, and Charles Ray,
chairman. These three represent the Chamber of Commerce, one of the sponsors of the program.
Standing. C. D. Ketner, representing the Merchants Association, and Roy McKinnish, vice presi
dent of the Canton, Clyde and Bethel Chamber of Commerce, another sponsor. Other sponsors who
are expected to participate include the county CDP. Ministerial Association, and all civjc clubs of
the county. 'Mountaineer Photo',
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Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Dale)
Injured.... 17
Killed .... 0
_ (This Information com
piled from Records of
State Highway Patrol.)