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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 ?
68th YEAH NO. 37 , 12 PAGES Associated Press W A YNESV ILLE, N. C? MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 4, 1953 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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Of The
News
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r some 50 Baptist Churches
Md county. 30 of them are
? pigeon Baptist, which Is
" ,hf Cove Creek section.
" . of them, including
,t were formed after 1900,
'that P'?eon Baptist was
4 ha< quite the record as
Baptist We had a note
Ir, Geor" Boring this
jiine us that Pigeon Bap
i jts first wedding last
ter 52 vears of waiting.
?uple that was married set
? 0f precedent, and now
, ^ is broken, we hope
ople will do likewise.
To The Story Than
ye Could See
? b. Robertson in adddess
hamber of Commerce ban
idav night at Camp Hope,
his audience with several
but perhaps the one that
em laughing the longest,
iut two young men, on a
i the country, when they
a high fence surrounding
?.
seemed to be no way
so they climbed over the
to the pasture. No sooner
\ gotte nwell inside than
ull came rushing furiously
One of the boys escaped
ibing a nearby tree, the
Mind refuge in a cave a
stance away.
boy in the tree remained
uietly awaiting his chance
> the bull.
ther boy would impatiently
t of the cave heading for
ice. but the bull would
Miscnver him and give chase
would be forced to beat a
fctreat back into the cave.
] happened several times
ke bull coming closer to
Mi time he ducked into the
inally the boy in the tree
| at his pal:
k here, buddy, if you dont
It business and stay in the
It bull is going to get you."
bov in the cave shouted
Vou don't understand local
ins. there's a bear In that
nd Mrs. Ward To
t For Europe
ind Mrs. .Hallett Ward will
tomorrow for New York
d will sail from there May
he USS United States for
impton, Englad. They will
I week in England before
0 Paris to attend the In
mal Rotary Convention,
1-28. after which they will
5outhern France, Italy,
, Germany, Belgium, and
L
and Mrs. Ward will join
1 Mrs. Bill Frazier of Dur
d Waynesville in New York
e two couples will travel
r. They will also join Mr.
s. Eric Clauson of Waynes
Paris.
> Members Are
led To Gallon
) Here Friday
i tew members were added
W Crou Gallon Club as
bkevllle Re (tonal Unit
Mbtle collected' 181 pints
Periodic visit to Waynes
Friday.
new members. Oliver
tod Henry Selsam, were
?eed as the Bloodmoblle
fed to leave Friday, some
?b short of the quota,
wit stopped at the Way
?e Presbyterian Church,
bit was sponsored by the
itries Club, the Elks Club,
'?raesvtlle merchants.
other g
URSETTltD
'?y?Cloudy and mlid. Lit-1
nS* in temperature lorecast
**!?> Probably scattered I
hhowcrs.
^?l Waynesville tempera
?ompiled at the State Test I
Max. Mln. IlainfaU
1 72 54 i.pe |
- 82 53
79 58 .82 |
' 74 48 '
ISS X-Ray 1
Haywood ]
Haywood Democrats Meet With National Chairman
Haywood was well represented at the State meeting of Young D emocrats in Asheville Saturday, when Stephen A. Mitchell, chair
man of the national committee, was the principal speaker. He con suited with various committees during the day. The picture above
shows part of the Haywood delegation as they talked with Chairman Mitchell. Left to right: T. A. Clark. Jr., county YD chairman,
Charles B. McCrary. county chairman, Andy Woody, Sam Queen, Jr., Flossie DeWeeso, Mr. Mitchell, William Medford, Joe Tate, Jr.,
Loranzo Smathers, W. G. Byers, and Richard Queen, district chai rman. (Mountaineer Photo). _
Superior
Court Starts
Superior Court got underway
this morning and along with the
pre-trial calendar, several motion
dockets are also scheduled to be
heard by Judge Allen H, Gwynn.
Several divorces have already
been granted today and more will
be presented to the court. The
docket, which is scheduled to end
next Monday, includes some 30
cases plus divorce actions.
The late T. L. Green, member of
the Bar. will be honored at a me
morial service at 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Jury f6r first week?Harold G.
Pressley, Canton; Willard Russell,
Waynesville; J. R. Holland, Beav
erdam; E. M. Ingram. Waynes
ville; Albert Sprinkle, Canton;
L. P. Dixon, Canton; Denton
Browning, Waynesville; H. K.
Jones, Clyde; Walter W. Caldwell,
Waynesville; Harry Lee Ward, Ivy
Hill;
Hugh L. Ratcliff, Waynesville;
John G. Devlin, Beaverdam;
.Vaughn L. Williams, East Fork;
Roy Deitz, Pigeon; Herman Owen,
Cove Creek;
Roy D. Seay, Clyde; Lush Cham
bers, Waynesville; P. H. Henley,
Waynesville; Mack V. Howard
Beaverdam; Dave Caldwell, Jona
than Creek;
Geo. L. Brown, Beaverdam;
Grady Walker, Fines Creek; P. T.
Phoenix. Waynesville; L. B. Pem
broke, Beaverdam.
Jnit To Be
Way 13 - 30
Two mobile X-ray units, provid
ing free chest X-rays have been
scheduled for Haywood County
May 8-30, according to an announ
cement made today by members of
the planning committee.
Following a meeting by the com
mittee Friday morning, it was an
nounced that the units would
operate Tuesday through Friday
from 11 o'clock to 5 o'clock, and
on Saturday from 10 o'clock to 4
o'clock, on the specified days.
The goal of the county-wide chest
X-ray program is the X-raying of
every person 15 years of age and
over. The county has been di
vided into two parts?the Canton
and Waynesville areas?during the
program, and. officials are hopeful
that every person will be close
enough to visit the units.
Location of the units are as fol
lows: Clyde, across from Fincher's
store; Hazel wood. Five Points; Fin
es Creek, public school building;
Waynesville. courthouse: and Can
ton. the Post Office.
The schedule is as follows:
Clyde (Canton unit)?May 8. 3.
12.
Hazel wood (Waynesville unit)?
May 8. 9. 12. *
Fines Creek (Waynesville unitl?
May 13. 14.
Waynesville ? May 15 through
May 30
Canton?May 13 through 30.
The visit is a result of five year's
effort on the part of the X-ray
Committee. The last time people
of this county had the opportunity
to visit the units was in 1948. Offi
cials of the committee said that the
visits were paid for by the response
to the annual sale of TB seals in
the fall.
Members of the various Home
(See X-Ray Unit?Page 6)
Two Haywood Towns Will
Name Officials Tuesday
Whirlwind Storm
Hits Area; Some
Damage Reported
The tail-end of a freak storm
caught Waynesville and the near- j
by area early Saturday morning
and caused a great deal of dam
age. mostly t% trees and power
lines.
The storm, which hit just after
6 o'clock, brought with it strong
winds and heavy rains. Several
people in this area reported large
trees were uprooted, and some
small buildings were blown down.
Officials of the Carolina Power
and Light Company said that a
tree fell on the main line in the
Five Points area of Hazelwood. j
causing temporary shutoff of
power.
Several people reported that
television antennas anchored to
chimneys were torn down, in '
some rases taking the chimney
with it.
About two inches of rain was
recorded during the storm.
Methodists Hear
Guest Ministers
Congregations of the various
Methodist churches in Haywood
county yesterday heard visiting
ministers preach at the opening
services of the Evangelistic Mission
program being held throughout the
South.
Most of the visiting ministers
arc from the Virginia Conference.
Two weeks ago ministers from the
Western North Carolina Confer
ence conducted similar services in
the Virginia Conference.
Services are helng held in the
local churches each evening
through Friday of this week.
Some 400 Young People of the
Waynesville District attended the
Youth Rally Saturday night at
Bryson City, an integral part of
the Evangelistic Mission. About
40 of them were from the Waynes
ville church.
The election spotlight in Hay
wood County falls on Canton and
Clyde tomorrow as voters of lioth
towns go to the polls to elect their
officials.
In Canton two candidates are
entered in the mayoralty campaign
and 11 are seeking seats on the!
Board of Aldermen. There are just i
three seats on the Board.
Candidates for mayor are W. J.
Stofie,' tnciftnbent. and Ernest Hol
combe. Running for the Hoard of
Aldermen on independent plat-1
forms are Henry Seaman, J. N. |
Powell and Sebe Plott, incumbents
Other candidates are Mrs. May
King, J. Bennie Patton. W. R.
Allen, C. F. Stanley, W. Bryan
Byrd, Albert L. Sutton, Elmer Mil
ler and Charles Beall.
Ralph H. Mease, incumbent, and
Andy Sumner have announced for
judge of Canton Police Court.
Tom Clark, Canton attorney, is
unopposed in seeking re-election
as Police Court prosecutor.
All three members of the five
member Canton School Board,
whose terms have expired, are seek
ing re-election. They are J. R.
Sechrest. Jr., A. A. Cody and J. E.
Henderson.
In Clyde all present officers are
seeking re-election. Present offi
cials are Mayor Gerald R. Fish; J.
W. Morgan. C. C. Spencer and
Bruce Sellers, members of the
Board of Aldermen; and Larry H.
Cagle, police judge.
More than 1800 voters are ex
pected to go to the polls in Can
ton. while a smaller number is ex
pected to vote in Clyde.
Dogwood In Full
Bloom In Smokies
Motorists into the Smokies find
the roadside lined with dogwood
in full bloom.
All indications are that the flow
ers will be in bloom for the re
mainder of the week.
Traffic over Highway 441. Sunday
was a hiimper-to-bumper line many
times during the afternoon. Park
ing at Newfound Gap was at a
i premium.
Fire Destroys
Two Homes In
Saunook Area
Two fires in the Saunook area,
both of which caused total dos- "
truction of the buildings, were re
ported by the Wayncsville Fire De
partment during the last week.
The lire, which broke out in the
home of Charlie Smalhers 011 Red
Bank Road at 1:30 Thursday morn
ing, caused some $10,000 damage.
Smalhers and his wife were asleep
when the fire broke out. but man
aged to escape the blaze with no
| ill elTectSj
Cause was not determined. The
building was partially covered with
insurance.
Another fire broke out in the
Saunook section this morning, des-1
troying a frame house occupied by
Mrs. Eva Pinion, widow Mrs.
Pinion was not at home at the time.
Fire fighting equipment from Way- j
nesville and Ha/.elwood responded
to the fire alarm, and a spray truck
from Barber's Orchard was put into
use.
A group of citizens announced!
this morning that a fund would he
started immediately for Mrs. Pin
ion to help set up another home.
Persons who desire to contribute \
furniture, clothing, other household
articles or money, may leave them
at the Wayncsville Fire Depart
ment.
Highlanders Meet
Wednesday Night
The Haywood County Highland
ers will have their regular meet
ing at 8 p.m Wednesday at the
courthouse. Pres. L. E. DeVous will
preside.
Elmer McClure Patient
In Local Hospital
Elmer McClure was reported
"resting comfortably" at the Hay
wood County Hospital this morning
Mr. McClure entered the hospital
Sunday afternoon after bccomihg
ill.
Robertson Optimistic As
To Further Industrial
Development Of This Area
Reuben B Robertson told an
audience of more than 200 attend
ing the annual Cantnn-Bethel-Clyde
Chamber of Commerce banquet t
Friday night at Camp Hope, that
"care must be exercised in select-1
ing the direction that a program ofj
progress should take."
"A community naturally wants to
avoid aimless activity," he said, as
he pointed out that the goals should
be related to what lies within the
limits of.the reasonably attainable." j
Mr. Robertson said he, was en
| couraged by the industrial expan
sion in Western North Carolina
' during the past few years, and sug
I
jested that communities wanting
additional industrial plants should
tirst prepare themselves with "a
clear-cut program of progress."
F. K. Shull was tnastmastcr, and
the invocation was by Rev. Clayton
J. Lime. The seven charter mem
bers of the organiaztion present
were presented: Mr. Robertson.
Sam M. Robinson. Thomas A. Clark,
Fred T. Peden. J. Handy Kirkpat
rick, Dr. Carey T. Wells and Rev.
Carlock Hawk. *
Bruce Morford, serving his sec
ond term as president, told of the
broad scope of activity of the or
ganization. and said that a good
(See Robertson?Page 6) I
Eleven Haywood Bills
Passed By Assembly
Produce Crops Are Gaining
Foolhold Here In Haywood
Formal Opening
At Ratclifie
Cove Church
A large ron(rr?t(ion turned
out yesterday for the dedication
of the new Baptist Church at
Katcllffe Cove.
The Rev. Gay Chambers, pas
tor. was in charge of the formal
opening exercises, which started
with the 11 o'clock service and i
lasted through an open house in
the afternoon.
Several charter members of the
church who are still living and
the building committee responsi
ble for the new building, were
special guests during the morn
ing service.
This is the third church that
the Baptists of the Ratcliffe Cove
have built. Costing $37,000 it
required about a year to con
struct and its modern improve
ments make it one of the finest
country churches In Haywood ?
County. The auditorium, which
ran seat 270. is finished in oak.
In the basement are 11 Sunday
School rooms.
First Singing
Convention Draws
Large Attendance
" Somfr' 'BOO TWtVple on* of ' the
largest crowds in history, turned
out for the first in a series of sum
mer singing conventions held at
the Haywood County court house
Sunday.
About SO singers participated
during the three-hour singing.
Among the groups were the Gospel
Five, Red Hank Trio. Cathey Broth
ers, Parker Quartet. Parris Quar-1
tel. Cathey Duet. Hazelwood
Church of God Trio, Betty and Jean |
Rowland iduet', Woodrow and Bet
ty Rowland iduet'. and Woody
Webb Duet. Louise Stinson, a so
loist. also presented several num
bers.
Ray Parker, president of the
convention, acted as master of cere
monies.
The convention has scheduled
singing for the first Sunday of each
month throughout the summer. All
programs will be held at the court
house.
Paving For New
Highway Soon
The contractor for the Lake
Junaluska-Canton four lane high
way is putting on the finishing
touches of grading the link.
Highway officials announced
some weeks ago that the contract
for paving the new highway would
be ready for the May or June let
ting. and plans are for the road to
be open to the public by early
fall.
If the present pace is maintain
ed. this can easily become the
onion center of the country.
Green, tender onions, that is.
C. D. Ketner, owner and iperatot
of Farmers Exchange and a pro
duce grower, planted 500 bushels
of onion sets this spring?that is
about 25 acres.
In addition, he has contracted
for several acres, and along with
the onions, has about 25 acres in
spinach?10 of his own, and 9 un
der contract.
Mr. Ketner said both the onions
and spinach will be ready for the
market about the 10th of this
month, and*continue until about
the 15th of June.
"Our crops come in just as the
fancy onions and spinach in South
Carolina and Georgia are giving
out," he explained. "Since we are
able to till in the gan between the
southern croo, and the eastern
seaboard crop, we always find a
ready market."
Almost all of the produce grown1
here is sold on the larger south
ern markets
Mr. Ketner explained that irri-|
gating systems, such as he installed \
four years ago, arc increasing in
popularity here.
In another ten years he predicts
there will be 150 such systems in
the county.
"With these systems, you can
regulate the growth of ? crop, re
gardless of weather conditions. We
have often hryurf.t m^alteld of
spinach u week so aheWn or
der to meet favorable market con
ditions, and the difference in price
for the crop paid handsome div
idens on the irrigation systems."
he said.
Besides spinach and onions, Mr.
Ketner will plant a large number
of acres in sweet corn, .seed pota-.
toes, and this fall have turnips, as
well as apples from about 9.000
trees.
Bids For Filter
Plant To Be
Opened Thursday
Town officials wilt open and ex
amine contractors' bids for a mod
ern water filtering plant at their
regular meeting Thursday. All
bids are due in the town offices by
Thursday at 2 o'clock.
The new filtering plant, which
is expected to cost in the neigh
borhood of some $250,000, is being
made available through a $300.
000 water bond issue which Way
nesvillc voters approved last No
vember 8.
The plant will consist of a main
plant, a concrete dam, a 147.000
gallon reservoir and the necessary
pipe work to bring the water in
from the watershed.
When completed the plant will
be one of the most modern in the
South.
Rep. Palmer
Introduced 12 Bills?
One Of Them
State-Wide. All
But One Passed
Eleven local bills and one state
wide bill were Introduced by Rep
resentative Joe H. Palmer and made
law by the N. C. General Assembly,
which adjourned last week.
The one bill Introduced by Rep.
Palmer that became law through
out the state makes It mandatory
for operators of "U-drive-H" ve
hicles to purchase and keep in
effect the same amount of public
liability insurance as taxicabs must
have.
Briefly, the other bills that be
came law were:
1. Redefining the city limits of
Waynesville. There was one slight
discrepancy In the town limits,
considered minor, but one that hqd
to be cleared up. The bill neither
increased or decreased the limits.
2. A change in the election dates
for Clyde. The date was moved
from June to May.
3. An authorization for the Hay
wood County Board of Commis
sioners to levy a lax of one-half
cent per $100 valuation for the
construction of an agricultural and
industrial exhibit building. The
bill is not mandatory. It merely
provides the authorization.
4. A bill to relieve Canton
churches of paving assessments.
4. A bill to correct the property
lines of Lake Junaluska elemen
, tary school.
6. A bill to raise the pay of mem
, bers of the Board of Education to
ten dollars per meeting. This is
the first raise the Board of Edu
cation members have Had rtncc
1933. and la fhc only paJ laiso hill
that Rep. Palmer introduced.
7. Setting up machinery for the
Board of Education, if it so desires,
to dispose of the Central Elemen
tary school property. The Board
may. if it so desires, authorize the
Clerk of Court to name a 3-man
Board of Trustees to dispose of
the property, setting aside part of
it for the Haywood County Public
Library and another part to be
given to the Town of Waynesville
for recreation purposes, or the
Board may sell the property at
public auction.
H. Making it mandatory that all
property sale transactions in the
county 'the bill also includes the
sale of timber or mineral rights*
to be certified by the tax super
visor before the transaction can
be registered by the Register of
Deeds.
9. Abolishing all five school dis
tricts in the county for the purpose
of electing members of the Board
? of Education.
j 10 Authorizing the Board of
Education to name one of its mem
bers as a general inspector for all
school property under its purisdic
tion. and authorizes pay for the
services.
11. The "U-drive-it" liability in
surance bill.
12. A bill to permit resumption of
the "Paper Bowl" football game in
Canton. Rep. Palmer said that so
long as a school plays only nine
games (the maximum that now may
be played under the rules of the
North Carolina High School Ath
letic Association is ten' the school
may play in the Paper Bowl game.
At no time, however, may a school
play in more than 10 games As to
the final workings of the bill. Rep.
Palmer said it could be worked
out by the various coaches concern
ed.
Robert Massie and J. C. De
Weese. both students at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, spent
the week end at their homes.
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured.... 20
Killed .... 0
(This Information com
plied from Records ad
Stste Highway Patrol.)
Mayors, Civic Leader, Listen To Industrialist
Reuben B. Robertson 'left), principal speaker at the Canton - Bethel - Clyde Chamber of Commerce
meeting, is shown here just before the banquet, talking to W. J. "Bill" Stone, mayor of Canton. Bruce
Morford, president, Chamber of Commerce, and Gerald Fish, mayor of Clyde The meeting was
held at Camp Hope Friday night. Another photo on page six, section two. 'Mountaineer Photo).
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