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Inty Votes iroval Soil fservation Kd Count> farmers voted E^giy in favor of a Soil Eon District in Haywood K to election from April ? of the balloting, which Eilated Monday, showed Kor and live against. ?port has been sent to the ? Conservation Committee ? which must pass on the Before a district can be Eable action is taken a Komst u ill he sent to Hay Enservation districts oper Enjunction between the Bad State governments.The Komst's salary is paid from Ends and the district oper Br State laws. Ed is the 98th county in Erolina to approve such a ? The State was one of the Be C. S. to adopt soil con Elaws. action that was But 15 years ago. g Adults ing Planned Methodists rs of the Brevard College 11 furnish the music for it spring retreat of Young f the Methodist Church [> gather at Camp Hopd it 3 p.m. rogram will open with a linted period from 3 until . Registrations will be by members of the Clyde t Church. r$ of the Canton-Waynes hdistrict are cooperating program by caring for of young adults attending, tv. L. B George, pastor of el Methodist has notified e chairmen of their duties ction with the Sabbath i program. lev Robert Stainey. presi Brevard College, will de pecial message at 7:30 p.m., e college choir will sup ial music. sion classes on "How to Bible," by Prof. Ed Roy, College, and "Evangelism g Adults,'/ led -by the Rev, tolmes, pastor of the te? thodfftt Church, are sched m 3:30 until 5:20 p.m. ers of the Young adult I the Canton Central Meth lurch will supervise prep for the dinner scheduled i o 7:15 p.m. linner meeting will feature lip singing by the Rev. Jake pastor of the Rockwood ht Church charge. Fowler, president of young fill preside over a business i when officers for the new U be elected. Camp Hope meeting will a special theme of "Young1 In Study, Fellowship and l" Oak CDP To Saturday Night regular meeting of the ; )ak Community Develop ing will be held Satur Iht. at the Community rown Messer family will be * of the program, and the od crowd is expected, t are asked to bring cake. is To Meet At Monday Night ?sville Lodge No. 259 A. ? M. will hold an emergent Action Monday night. 7:30 at the Lodge neeting is to confer the Masons Degree, imbers and visiting Masons N to attend. ew CDP Meets ?y At School ?irviev CDP will hold its meeting at 7:30 p. m. j *he Hazel wood School. n Thad Chafin will pre tther WARMER cloudy and warm today, "id continued warm Frl Mvlllc weather, as compil hc staff of the Mountain tnt Station): 42 27 .03 - 80 22 ?' 71 28 ? The Waynesville Mountaineer ' counter with a dollur bill." Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The fcireat Smoky Mountains National Park a __? 68th YEAR NO. 34 16 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE^'n.~c7, THURSDAY' AFTERNOON. APRIL*0, 1953 $3.00 In Advance"In Haywood and Jackson Counties WTHS Concert Band Wins A Top Place In State For : 4th Consecutive Year Wounded ?/ Pfc. Walter A. Pinner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Inman of Rat cliffe Cove, was wounded March 27 while serving with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. This was the second time he was wounded. Last Nov. 14 he was struck in the face and right leg with shrapnel. Pfc. Pinner joined the* Marines in Feb., 1952 and went overseas July 21. Former Resident Backed For Post On State Board A campaign is being launched in the area to -get Mrs. George Sand lin, the fotgper Mias Lula Dttmore. appointed (or district member M large to the State Board of Edu cation. Mrs. Sandlin was born in Bryson City, and attended . high school here, later going to Meredith, and Columbia Teachers College, New York She took post graduate work at the University of North Carolina, the University of Michigan, and Miami University, She studied law and passed her bar examination in this state. For over twenty years she has been teaching, and is now a member of the Pleasant Garden high school faculty. She has been active in NCEA work as well as P-TA activities, the Eastern Star and UDC. She is an active Baptist. Last summer she made a study of professional standards and teacher training at the University of Michigan, and contributed valu able findings to the board. I 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: Hazelwood, 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 electric power subscribers. Blood Donors Urged To Contribute May 1 Red Cross officials in Waynes vllle reminded prospective blood donors today that tfce Rloodmobile will be here May 1. and that a quota of 150 pints has been estab lished. David Underwood, chairman of the Red Cross here, said this morn ing that it isn't too early to start planning for the Bloodmobile visit, and urged as many people as pos sible to make every attempt to do nate. The unit will be at the Waynes ville Presbyterian Church from ll o'clock until 5 o'clock. The visit is being sponsored by the Secre I taries Club, the Flks Club, and a I number of Wayneaville merchants. The 32-piece high school con | ccrt band won for the fourth con secutive year, a rating of superior, as they played in the State Music Contest on Wednesday afternoon. The band again this year, en tered grade six music?the highest division in the contest. Only two other bands in the state share the high honor as does the Waynesville band ? Lenoir and Greensboro. Two other bands en tering the division received a rat ing of three?Raleigh and Eliza beth City. The Lee Edwards Band, of Asheville, previously entered the contest, but did not go to Greensboro and play. Charles Isley, director of the music department, said that the music prescribed for the contest this year was 'the most difficult in the four years the band has par ticipated. The band performed undo? the direction of Robert A. Campbell, assistant director. When the decision of the judges was announced shortly after nine o'clock Wednesday night, some members of the band carried Mr. Campbell down the auditorium steps of Woman's College, where the contest was held. The members of the band left here at nine o'clock Tuesday morn ing, and are scheduled to arrive here at six this afternoon. A large delegation of citizens from here planned to meet the homeward bound musicians at the Haywood Buncombe line at 5:30. They plan ned to be In Waynesville by six o'clock, where a noisy welcome Is expected. The band gave a concert last Friday night before the largest audience ever to attend a band concert here. In Greensboro Wednesday, the band played three numbers: a march,' "Americans We," by Fill more; Symphony No. 5 by Shos takovich; and "Second Hungarian Rhapsody" by Franz Liszt. Nine members of the high school chorus will participate in the Spring Choral Festival, also being staged in Greensboro. Those at tending, together with Mr. Isley, includes: Charles Alley, Joe Boyd, Richard Hipps, Patsy Blalock. Syl via Camlin, Nancy Davis, Marguer ite Leatherwood, Dot Liner and I Dick Hoglan. They will return home on Satur-1 day afternoon. Chief Orville Noland, together ] with members of the Highway Pa- i trol were in charge of leading the motorcade this afternoon. An official of the state contest' j explained that bands enter the groups of their choosing, and are assigned music for that particular grade. Each band plays against a standard of exgrtfence for that particular grade; i The grade ranks the same as school?first, through sixth grades. The ratings are: Superior, first, excellent, second; and good is third place. This morning the students of the high school were called into assembly and given the news bv District Superintendent M. H. Bowles of the accomplishments of the band on Wednesday. Canton Band Receives Rating of Excellent The Canton High School band won a rating of excellent in the 34th annual North Carolina Music Contest-Festival In Greensboro on Tuesday. The Canton band playing j under the direction of J. C. Manle was entered in Group III. Pigeon River District Court Of Honor Held Here Nineteen Scouts were awarded the tenderfoot rank at the Pigeon River District Court of Honor Mon day night, and six Scouts received merit badges. The meeting, which was held?in the Court House, was called to or d^r by Don Randolph, advancement chairman. John Carswrll. Troop 8. Hazelwood. served as Court Clerk, and the colors were advanced by Trrop 2 of Waynesville. Ted Skaggs. Troop 18 of Can ton. led the group in'the pledge to tlie flag. The following Scouts were awarded the Tenderfoot Rank: iVilliam R. Barrett. Terry Met calf and William J. Stone. Jr., all of Troop 1, Canton: Andrew A. Kelly. Willard Ray Mills, Richard T. McCracken. Billy Putman. Low ell Lee Mills, and Jable Fisher, j Troop 3. Waynesville: Zenon Szrcn i ga. James C. Barrett, Thomas W. Palmer and William R. Miller. Troop 2. WajAicsville; William H Moody, Clarence W. Collins. I,ewi.s Van Green. and Ray Erwin Mills, Troop 5, Hazelwood; and Sammic .lop Conard and Jack D. Conard. 'Troop 22. Canton. Mr. Randolph presented Ihc following Scouts wilh the Second Clagg award; Edward James and Joe Jark Atkins, Jr., Troop 2.. Wa.vnesville; Jay C. Burrell. Troop 5. Hardwood; W. Kenneth McNeil and Thomas Rigdon, Troop 12, Bethel; Bill "Trantham. Earl Wil son, and Jerry Trantham, Troop 22. Canton. f. E. Lowrance awarded Merit Badges to the following; Roman Kolody, Troop 2. Wayncsvilie; Stu art Roberson and Johnny Cars well, Troop 5. Harelwood; Eddie Wells, Troop 12. Bethel; Teddle Skaggs. Troop 18. Canton; and Stephen Woody. Troop 2, Waynes ville. Musicians Get Together When Mrs. Douglas M. Allen of the College of Music of Cincin nati visited here this week to interview prospective college musi cal students at the high school, she took time to call on Joe Emerson Rose, radio singer and recorder. At Mr Rose's home they discussed some of his recordings. (Mountaineer Photo). (See Story on page 5) r Chamber Of Commerce To Hold Banquet Tomorrow School Building Bill Is Passed By Senate The N i. rlli Carolina Senate ' yesterday enacted a bill which would authorise the conveyance of the W.i.viichvHIc Central Kle mentary School property to the Town <^f Waynesvillc and to the trustees of the Haywood County Library. Representative ioc l< Palmer introduced ihc hill into the Houoe ahout two week* ago. where it also received a favor able vote. Series By Medford Proving of Unusual Interest In Area About the first week of last Sep- ! .tember The Mountaineer began publishing a series of articles by W. C. Medford The series began as "The Good Ol' Days" in Hay wood' county. The original plan was to have a few of these articles which would in general be remin iscent in character. These series aroused such in terest that it was decided to broaden the scope of subjects, and the era covered by them. We are now publishing this week, numbei 20 in the series. And as Mr. Medford digs 'urther into tne records, he is finding more and more interesting material for future articles. Two Waynesvillc Men Take Part In Shelling Henry Sherrill, CSSN, and Sea rtian Franklin D. Sherrill. sons of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sherrill of Waynesvillf, were aboard the USS Higher when the ship was recently called upon by the Army to disperse a concentration of com munist troops threatening a stra tegic United Nations held island off the North Korean Coast. The Higher bombarded the enp niv concentration with excellent results. Louts V. Sutton, President and , ? General Manager of the Carolina I Power and Light Company, will be j principal speaker at the annual i Waynesville - ltazelwood - Lake .lunaluska Chaml>er of Commerce j banquet, which will he held tomor- j : row night at the llar.elwood School cafeteria The meeting will start promptly j j at 7:00 o'clock. Members of the ticket committee I I have reported a brisk sale of j | tickets and a large crowd is cwecf-1 j ed to be present. Mr. Sutton will be introduced by Charles K. Kay, Jr. David Pel- i met will introduce other promi nent guests, and Dr. Boyd Owen, president of the body, will act as master of ceremonies. A list of people, all prominent i in civic and business affairs in Western North Carolina, have been invited to the banquet. A inong them are John Carroll, presi dent of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce; J. BrUce Morford, president of the Canton Chamber of Commerce; Tom Brummitt, president of the Havwopd Com munity Development Program: Ed ward Hummel, superintendent of the Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park; Sam Weems, superin tendent of the Blue Ridge Park way; Julian B. Stepp, Carolina j Power and Light Company. Ashe-1 ville; J Ramsey Buchanan, Jack son County Chamber of Com merce; and A. L. Freedlander, president of Dayton Rubber Com pany. Also John Parris, director of public relations of the Cherokee Historical Association. Inc.; Harry Rurhanan. chairman of the Chero kee Historical Association Bill Sharpe, editor of STATU magazine; C. S. Walters. Carolina Power and Light Company, Asheville; Frank Coxe, executive manager oi the Ashevllle industrial Council; Ern est Roper, president of the Hen dersonville Chamber of Commerce; Roy A. Hall, president of Swain County Chamber of Commerce^ I S E. Varner, Jr., president of t Brevard Chamber of Commerce; [Arthur M Jones, executive man ager of Asheville Chamber of Commerce; Don J. Mbrriss, Pi .gab National Forest; Dr Kelley E Ben nett, chairman of the N. C. Na tional Park, Parkway and Forests Development Commission. Reuben B. Robertson, Champion Paper and Fibre Company: Dr. Paul Raid, president of WCTC; Carol White business manager of the Cherokee Hlsorical Association; Mator (). A Fetch, president of WNC Highland ers, Inc.; and Charles, M. Graves, of Atlanta. The dinner is heing prepared by the Hazelwood School cafeteria staff, and will be served by mem bers of the Wayncsville High School Homemakers Club. Decor ations In the dining room will be prepared by members of the Busi ness and Professional Woman's Club. Stanford Massie and Ann Co man Crawford, students at Way nesvllle High School, will entertain 1 the group with musical selections. David Felmet is chairman of the General Arrangements Committee for the banquet. Ticket Sales were directed by M. R. Whisenhunt. C. G. Thompson is chairman of the Reception Committee, and Mrs. J. R. McCracken is chairman of the Decorations Committee. 1953 officials of the Chamber <?ee C of C?Pmgr 8) Estimates Now Show Apple Crop Cut Half By Low Temperatures Early Apple Crop Appears Killed By Cold Weather Apple growers In Haywood County today faced the prospects r>f the smallest apple crop- since 1044. as early estimates indicated I hat about half the crop has been destroyed by a killing frost last Friday morning. Wayne Franklin, County Agent, revised his Monday estimate of a 25 to 40 per cent crop loss to up wards of a 50 per cent loss after talking with most of the county's orchardmen. "It Is still extremely difficult to make a definite prediction on the total los:-," Franklin said, "and It's Hkoly that we won't know until June fust what the total loss will he We'll be in a better position to know the total loss after the June 'drops.' " There has been some orchard men In (lie county who forecast only a 10 per cent harvest. Those growers, however have their or chards in the lower areas where the damage was the most wide spread. In Francis Cove and Pigeon Valley, both low-lying areas, grow ers were pessimistic over the po lenlial harvest. One man predict ed that Ills total harvest would he about 1(1 per rent of what he had anticipated before the cold snap. Another Mid he thought that a 25 l?-r cent harvest would he made and another fixed his harvest at about 40 per cent. But none would count on more than 50 per cent. Hack in 1044 a similar period of had weather hit this area and or chardmen harvested about a 25 per cent crop. Since that time there has been periods of bad weather in the early spring months, but never any as bad as this year. With temperatures hit tlng below the freezing point sev eral days last week and the kiti ng frost that spread over the area Kriday morning, some men were questioning whether there would qe any crop or not. The later varieties ? Home Beauties, for example ? didn't (uffer a great deal of damage be cause they not come into full doom. That too is a matter of con jecture, however, since the buds night have frozen during the cold snap. If that is the case then there would be few, if any, of that var ety. Still, it's too early to know the ictual damage. Most orchardmen were hoping it wasn't as serious as had been earlier thought. Clark Urging All Young Democrats To Attend Meeting Walter C. Clark, president of | I he Haywood County Young Demo crat Club, Is urging a large at- j tendance at the state-wide meet ing of the organization, to be held May 2 in Asheville. i The featured speaker of the con tention. according to Mr. Clark, will be Stephen A. Mitchell, chair man of the Democratic National Committee. The program will get underway at three o'clock, with the banquet scheduled to begin at seven in the 1 city auditorium, with Mr. Mitchell the speaker. A reception is slated for five o'clock. Park Commission Asking For Additional Funds For Park, And Parkway I Chairman Kelly E. Bennett said today that the North Carolina Na tional Park, Parkway and Forests' Development Commission is vlgor nusly supporting requests before the Congress for appropriations badly needed for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park1 and for continuing construction on North Carolina sections of the Blue Kidgc Parkway. The Commission is working closely with the,State Highway and Public Works Commission, Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment, Governor Wm B Umstead and other state officials to strengthen efforts being made by Senators Clyde R. Hoey, Willis Smith and Congressman Ueorge A. I Shuford. Dorin:: the pa-,t several year:-, the Commi ;ion ha . been active tn advocating adequate fund1; far de veloping and maintaining the Great Smokies Park and the alloration of ; a fair share of any available fond?! for projects oil the North Carolina side of the Park At the same time it has been aggressive in behalf of the Blue Kidge Parkway, attempt ing to secure funds for continuing construction and completion of urgently needed section* in West ern North Carolina "According to the present out look the Great Smokies Park will continue to suffer and deteriorate (See Park?Page 8) Orchardman Surveys Loss K. H Boone of Francis Cove examines a handful of apple bio - soma lhat were Killed in the recent freeze. The tree is the back ground, from which these blossom*' were taken, will produce ii most no fruit thlsf year. Bourse said ibbut .V) per cent of his crop has been ruined this year and the fiiure would have been higher If manv of his trees were ifot Koine Beauties, which have bloon ad since the freeze and escaped damag/. County damage has been estimated at 50 per cent and the prices orchard growers receive this fall will depend 011 how hadly crops In other parts of the country suffered. 1 Mountaineer Photo). Two More Proposed Bills Being Drafted For Palmer _____ f - I Registration Books Close Sat. In Hazelwood Saturday is the last day for eitizens of llazrlwood to reais trr in ordrr to ho eligible to vote in a special $25,000 bond issue for street improvements. The bond ordinance was adopt- I ed bv the Hoard of Aldermen in March. It will finance the con struction and reconstruction of many of Hardwood's streets. Mayor l.awrence Davis said to day that the bonds would be paid off with funds derived from | Powell Hill street aid. "We antici pate paying of! every cent of the bond issue with those funds." he said. Registrants may enter their names on the honks at the Hazel- | wood Town Hall between 3 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday. The election will be held April J5: ' I a iougn aran ol two pn.i., bills were being made here tod., to send to Representative Joe Palmer, in Raleigh. One bill would be legislation en abling the board of education to straighten and adjust the propt r lines of the Lake Junalttska it ol property. It was explained that procedure was necessary in 01 t :? to correct a technical error iim.j some years ago. Another proposal for legislative enactment is a bill to make it man- , datory that all real estate ti i - actions be processed first in fin; tax office before recording. Officials explained that North Carolina counties hav< e i procedure now, and that if .1. . lots of errors getting on the ;.i\ books when property i., old, or tracts divided. "Under this plan.'" one cTi- .,t said, "it will be ea-y to ke. ? up with every parcel of land ? ? it ? sold, and see that tt Is 11 1 1 > the proper owner Such a plan prove heneficia! to all coiui The plan would not aRd to the person recording a e. was explained. It i- merely i"( sake of making sure tha> ? erty ?g property listed in t i> of the new fcwner at the t ? t transfer. Highway Record For 1953 I In Haywood (To Date) Injured.... 17 Killed .... 0 <Thls information com piled from Record* of State Highway Patrol.)
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