. mm r standaao pto oo mp mo s rtM 91 * um.fsvilu kt ? i ? ? c The Waynesville Mountaineer =???= u4 the majority." Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park O q ?Wth YEAR NO. 39 48 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C? MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 11, 1953 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties fpages 11 IWayJ| mtting X Rayed j I*Open House' Of Hospital Set Tuesday Large Crowd Expected To Attend The Opening By BILL LIENBACH Staff Writer The people of Haywood County have every reason t(\ bo proud of their new hospital facilities. They will have the opportunity to visit every department from 1 to 5 p. m. Tuesday when the hos pital will hold open house. Ordinarily children ^nder 12 are not allowed in the hospital as visitors, but Administrator Lee Davis said that youngsters of any age can attend the open house with adults. However, visiting of patients will be suspended during the four-hour open house. For several months now, as a matter of fact, for more than a year, I have followed the recon struction of the old wing and the building of the new. 1 have also visited other hospitals in the State, some built recently, others somewhat older. Anyone who has a chance to make a similar com parison will undoubtedly agree thai the Haywood County Hospital is as good as any its size and for the investment made. The corridors and rooms the entire hospital ? has that bright clean appearance lacking in the drabness of the old wing before it was repainted and redeeoratcd The building has about doubled in size and in appearance the change is even more noticeable. In fact, anyone who has not been there in the past year or so would have difficulty in recognizing the inter ior Offices have been moved a round and enlarged. And not far from where the old elevator oper ated workmen knocked a hole in the wall and added the new wing at the rear to give an overall ap pearance of a T to the building. A new elevator that is automatic in operation has been installed in the new section and merely press ing a button takes you where you want to go, including closing and opening the door. The equipment and most instal lations are described elsewhere in this issue except for the radios in each patient's room given to the hospital by Wellco Shoe Corpora tion. But there are the smaller, probably less noticeable improve ments that help make the hospit al modern in every detail. Any one who might be allowed in the nursery who has been in the old one will probably notice that the temperatures of both are about the same, a little warmer than the rest of the hospital is kept. Electric heaters and a thermometer were used in the former nursery room, a system that is make-shift at best. Now the temperature is automatic ally controlled. It's still the same ?you can't tell the difference. But the present method is much better and surer. Downstairs in the basement the kitchen has an egg timer so auto matic that it would be difficult to sec how the hourglass could have been used for cooking. Able to handle several eggs at once, it can cook each egg a different time. The cook drops in the eggs, sets (See Hospital?Page 8) I youngster from the seventh grade of the Waynesville Junior High School is just about ready re a free X-ray photograph taken of his chest. The class visited the mobile X-ray unit in llazel in a group Friday morning. Technician Carl Rowell adjusts the machine for the boy. During y and Saturday 610 people had X-rays of their chests made at the Hazelwood unit and another isiled the unit now in Clyde. The units, operated by the N. C. State Board of Health will remain 3 wood County through May 30 to find any cases of early tuberculosis that may exist. (Mountaineer Photo). ?o School lojects Impleted H ' at the Rock Hill and ^?unaluska schools arc en Mihnr new cafeterias and Hcb for both schools are ^?the county-wide school ex ? program inaugurated some ? remains to be done on i Hojects. and Mrs. Lucy Boyd, ? superintendent, said that ' ?>' in as fast as the work Bove out." are the second and third | completed under the terms , Spirogram. ?cation Board Meet Soon And ?ie County Supt. Ball has been made for the i ? Board of Education to meet, i B learned today. Tentative | Bad been to meet Tuesday, Bicially name a county super- j Bn of education, to succeed ( Bucj Boyd who recently re- j Bfeations are that Lawrence t B*ood, principal of the Haz- j B Khool, will be named to f Bl5-day period is up Tues B"i the board would have j B*Pt for the fact that some ( Brs arc out of the county. 1 to meet a$ soon as all can be present. 1 Nancy Bischoff Wins Nursing Scholarship Nancy Ashe Bischoff. a Waynes vllle high school senior, was among six girls in the state, who were awarded scholarships at Duke Uni versity School of Nursing after final tests Saturday in Durham. The scholarship of $100 is for the three-year program leading to a diploma in nursing. Fourteen girls were entered in the final competition. They were guests of the school during tests, evaluation, and interviews Friday and Saturday. Three scholarships of $100 were awarded for the diploma in nurs ing and three $500 awards were made for the four-year program leading to a bachelor of science legree in nursing. One of each of the scholarships were awarded to three districts in the state. Miss Bischoff, whp is the daugh ;er of Mr. and Mrs. George Bis :hoff of Hazelwood, is salutator an of her class and has made an wtstanding record in school ac :ivities. She was selected for com- , jetition for the Duke scholarships ifter a preliminary test in Ashe dlle last week. Other Western North Carolina girls in the finals were Patricia 3ayle Candler of Asheville and i,eah Sutton of Sylva. Miss Candler of Asheville was :he other winner in this district. Record Crowd Predicted For Annual Ramp Meeting A group of ramp diggers will start Thursday getting 50 bushels of ramps for the convention at Camp Hope next Sunday, which now looks like a record-breaker. ,^A. W.. Parker, president, this mornTng said he expected at least 7,000 people to attend the annual event Sunday. "Our mail has been too heavy," commented W. R. Palmer, chair man of the board. "We have heard from 38 states and Canada, and one lady from Hyde Park, N. Y., is already here ? Beatrice Bun selmeyer." ( The ramp officials brought in samples of ramps this morning to prove that they are full grown, juicy, tender, and "ready for use." The 50 bushels will be gathered in the Jonathan Creek and Pigeon areas. The day-long program will begin at 8:30 when breakfast will be available for those getting there I early. Soon afterwards a general assortment of food will be served throughout the day. Memberships are one dollar, the cost of the meals. Those wanting to bring pic nic lunches will be welcomed to do so, the officials said. Plans are to have a motorcade from Canton at ten o'clock, and Thad Euro, annual speaker, and popular Secretary of State, will make his talk at 1:30. He will be introduced by W. J. Stone, mayor 1 of Canton. The music for the day will be j in charge of the Carpenter String | Band, of Canton, with vocal selec- | tions as well as string music fcat (See Large Crowd?Page 8) ' Fvd Construction Co. Build Filtering Plant Pj? for construction of r'n? plant to serve *ater consumers was hr w B. Dillard Con ^Pany of Sylva after f , the Board of Aldermen examined bids Thursday afternoon. Dillard submitted ie low bid? $216,970, an amount less than of ficials had anticipated. His com pany is presently engaged in the construction of the new Central Elementary School in Waynesville. He also built the REA building and the building that houses the A&P.' Mr. Dillard said Thursday im mediately after the contract was awarded that his company would begin work within 30 days. The contract allows 365 calendar days for completion of the project. In addition to the Dillard Com pany's bid, the next two lowest were $247,760 and $253,429 When completed the plant will consist of a three-story building > to house the Altering equipment, a concrete dam, and a 147.000 gallon reservoir. Town officials said they would call for bids in the near future for the construction of a house for the water superintendent. The house would be located adjacent to the Altering plant. I J 'he 1 1 < ather i SHOWERS - Partly cloudy and B*i'h scattered afternoon Vttorms likely. Tuesday? ? e,??dy with scattered show PI ihuntlcrshowers. Not quite Pc>?l Waynesvllle tempera W compiled at the State Test | Max. Mln. Rainfall I (16 48 .26 I 63 41 ? I 70 39 ? I" 80 40 Formal 'Open House' Of Haywood County Hospital Set ? , ' ? . * ' ."f- v ? - This is a drawing of the new and modern Haywood County Hospital, which will feature "Open House" Tuesday from one until five in the afternoon. A large number of visitors are expected to take advantage of the opportunity of seeing every detail of the new hospital facilities. Open House Is Only Time Visitors Can See Hospital Tuesday afternoon will be the only time that visitors will have the opportunity to see anything other than patients' rooms at the Haywood County Hospital. During the open house from 1 to 5 p. m. visitors will be shown everything in the hospital, from the delivery rooms on the top floor to the kitchen and boiler room in (he basement. But other than this four-hour period, visit ors will be limited to regular visiting regulations. To help with the open house, about 150 members from the Haywood .County. Hume UynH^sUaUun Clubs will act as guides, in serving, and in other jobs. Visitors At Hospital Will Get Booklets Visitors at the Haywood 'county Hospital open house Tuesday af ternoon will be given a copy of a hrand-new hospital booklet call ed "25 Years of Growth and Ser vice in Haywood County." The booklet is a 32-page pictor ial presentation of the hospital. A picture of practically every room is included, plus the medical and some of the administrative staff. Since everything from the delivery room on the top floor to the boil er room in the basement is includ ed. the booklet represents a tour in itself of the building. Mountaineer readers will rec ognize many of the pictures as those also appearing in today's issue of the paper. The photo graphs were made by Staff Photo grapher Bill Lcinharh and the booklet was printed by The Moun taineer from copper plates in or der that all details of the original pictures would be reproduced ac curately. Receives Contract For Modern Filter Plant wm W. B. Dlllard of the Dlllard Construction Company of Sylva, is shown receiving the contract for the construction of a modern altering plant to serve Waynesville's water needs. Dlllard was award ed the contract Thursday afternoon on the basis of a low bid of $216,970. Shown In the picture are, left to right. C. C. Ferguson. Town Manager. Mayor J. H Way. Dlllard, and Harwood Beebe of Spartanburg, head of thp engineering firm that planned the plant. 'Mountaineer Photo). I Court Continues This Week To Complete Cases The May term of Superior Court, originally scheduled to adjourn today, will be continued several days this week in order to com plete the cases on the dockett, A divorce, on the basis of two years' separation, w.