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0 % . * ' The Waynesville Mountaineer ?= word til ?!< Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Q c 68th YEAR NO. 40 18 PAGES 7" Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 14, 1953 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties L0 Highway Lpointments mgAf Graham, of Hills the new chairman of the flgbway Commission. Mr. . served in the same cap per former Governor He is well known in 4. and has visited here occasions. Buchanan, of Henderson civic leader and theatre ive. i$ commissioner of the (Kh district, which is com of Haywood, Henderson, fransylvania, Jackson. Ma iwain, Graham, Clay and tee counties. Mr. Buchan teeds L. Dale Tharsh. Both ives took the oath of office eek. iSee editorial.) Jlure Services Held Here inesday ral services were held Wed ifternoon in the First list Church for Elmer B. ' 74, a well-known retired wan. who died Tuesday in wood County Hospital after illness. Rev J. E. Yountz, pastor of fch. officiated and burial Green Hill Cemetery, e pallbearers were Fred '? Herbert Angel, Tom Lee, Hyatt. Frank Kirkpatrick, rde Fisher. Bty pallbearers were mem the church's board of stew Mi the adult men's Sunday class "fe was a native of Sevier p Tennessee and had spent i his life in Haywood Coun 'was formerly superinten r Hyatt and Company, bbild Hy firm. *>n of the late Pinkney and Wdals McClure. he was a of the Woodmen of the JM a member of the board of the First Methodist l*or ""ore than 40 years, tone are the widow, Mrs. ^ " McClure; two broth j- McClure of St. Louis, c- L McClure of Lei half sisters, Mrs. 'fobs of Canton, Mrs. HaU " Asheville. and Mrs. Earl #f Orlando, Florida, ^ments were under the di ^?n-ett Funeral Home. ,ts' Club Meet ***& Until 28th tts' c'ub of St. John's announced the post s' is imeeting scheduled by 25 me?ting will be ?other CLOUDY Mostly cloudy and a to ' w,th mattered showers . 7T,r storms. Friday ? ' cooler Sjf^iU. temperature ?t the Sute Teat Farm , Ma*. Mln. Rainfall ?*" 83 44 ? | 4ft _ -.81 48 _ 1800 Visit New Hospital Wing 24 Haywood K... Men Leave For Service Twenty-four Haywood county men left Tuesday for induction into service. They went to Knox ville, the local Selective Service System office here announced. Tuesday also saw 44 other regis trants leave for an Armed Forces physical examination. The men inducted Tuesday were: Merritt Parton. Jr.. 1U. 2, Way nesville; Robert Cecil Fie, Rt. 2. Waynesville; Earl Garfield Parker, Rt. 3. Canton: Charlton Lee Davis, Hazelwood: William Hugh Ledford, Rt. 1, Clyde; Thomas Darwin Mc Cracken, Canton; William Francis Wyatt, Rt. 2. Waynesville. Don Charles Mintz, Rt. 3. Can ton; Johnnie Ray Messer. Rt. 1, Canton; Jack Kirkpatrick, Rt. 1, Waynesville; Bobby Roscoe Cald well, Maggie; Milburn Thomas McGaha. Rt. 2. Waynesville; Daniel Boone Messer, Cove Creek. Odell Perry Messer. Rt. 1, Can ton; James Robert Cook. Waynes ville; Wade Samuel Parris, Rt. 1, Waynesville; Fred Paige. Jr.. Rt. 1, Waynesville; John Berry Rhine hart. Jr., Rt. 1. Waynesville. Bobby O'Neal Justice. Rt. 1, Clyde; William Robert Itathbone. Rt. 1, Canton; John Dewitt Kesler, Waynesville; Junior Lafate Sutton. Rt. 1, Clyde; Charles William Clark, Rt. 2, Canton; Glenn Delano Coop er, Canton. Stanley Williamson Is J KeyXtub President Stanley Williamson was installed as president of the Key Club of the Waynesville High School at the first annual installation banquet and ladies' night held Monday at Spaldon's Restaurant. He succeeds Wilburn Davis, first president of the club. Other officers installed were Don Shaw, re-elected ' vice presi dent; Frank Miller, secretary; ar.d Dick Boyd, treasurer. Bob Winchester, president of the Kiwanis Club sponsoring group of Key Club, was the guest speaker. His subject was "Ideas Got The Job". Special guests were around thirty high school girls and the following members of the Kiwanis Club: Charlie Underwood, Ray Pleiness, Hooper Alexander, Hye Sheppe, and Bob Winchester. Much Interest Shown By Large Group Visitors (See pictures paces 3 and 4, sec tion-one, paces I, 3, 4, 6 of sec two). Around 1,800 guests from every section of Haywood County attend ed the open house at the Hay wood County Hospital Tuesday af ternoon and each visitor left the building with a feeling of pride and satisfaction in the new and modern facilities. According to Le.e Davis, hospit al administrator, the open house was a success from every stand point and he expressed gratitude for the interest shown by the pub lic. Helping to make the event a suc cess were one hundred and fifty one members of home demonstra tion clubs and the Haywood Coun ty Nurses Club. The home club members assisted in receiving and registering the guests and pre paring and serving refreshments. They also served as guides on tours of the building. The nursing staff of the hos pital received In the various sec tions of the hospital and explained the new equipment. Members of the medical staff also received and assisted in showing the added facilities. A tea table was arranged in the cafeteria and refreshments were served there. The punch was furn ished by the Waynesvllle Kiwanis Club. Receiving special recognition were guests who had been born in the hospital. These Haywood County Hospital "babies" were registered by Florrie Patrick. Sally Stovall, and Marguerite Runs, <and were presented souven irs. ** ' *'rr ?' On leaving the hospital the visit ors were given a copy of a 32 page booklet which contains a pic torial presentation of the hospital showing "25 Years of Growth and Service in Haywood County." Pig Show To Be Held Saturday The annual 4-H Club Pig Show will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Haywood County Co-opera tive with entries by nine club members. The judge will be J. K. Butler, animal husbandry expert from N. C. State College. Entrants are Bobby Joe McClure. Robert Murray, Dale Ingle, James Fred Fincher, Kenneth Green. Arnold Phillips, Tommy Davis, Hugh Frazier and Birdell Gorrell. Leaders Set For Ramp Convention | A. W. "Kat" Parker, left above, Is elated over the size of the ramps which are growing in profusion in this area, and will be in their "prime" for the conveutiofi on Sunday. W. U. Palmer, right, chairman of the convention committee, looks on approv ingly. The insert at the right is Thad Eurc, secretary of State, speaker for the occasion. (Mountaineer Photo). Lake Junaluska Summer Program Starts June 1; Many Activities Planned | C. of C*ToMake Improvements In Highway Signs Various routine matters were handled by the directors of the Chamber of Commerce here Tues day night. An appropriation for renovating existing highway signs was made, and a general piogram of promo tion discussed. Johnny Johnson, vice president, presided in tlie absence of Dr. Boyd Owen, president. Mrs. M. H. Marley is acting sec retary. J. I,. CAKWILE IN HOSPITAL J. L. Carwile has entered Mis sion Hospital. Asheville for treat ment after having become ill sev eral days ago. He was reported to be resting comfortably today. The 1953 summer program at Lake Junaluska, the Methodist i Church's southeastern assembly grounds,* will open June 1. and I continue through September 4. Dr. Elmer T. Clark, program chairman, said the summer agenda will feature 14 weeks of South-wide conferences, training schools.! Christian education seminars, music concerts. Bible classes, preaching by eminent evangelists and num erous special events. This year marks the fortieth an niversary of the Lake Junaluska assembly, founded by laymen in 1913 as the southern center of Methodist summer programs. Churches of nine states support the assembly. Edwin L. Jones and Bishop Costen J. Harretl, both of Charlotte, are president and vice president, respectively. Dr. H, G. Allen, superintendent, said that last year's record atten dance of 30,000 included visitors from every state and several for esee Lake Junaluska?Page 6) Haywood PMA Group Meets Here, 18th A county meeting for the devel opment of the 1954 Agricultural Conservation Program has been scheduled for Monday, May 18. be ginning at 9:30, to be held in the Haywood County Courtroom. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the 1954 ACP as recom mended by the Secretary of Agri culture. The County Committee requests al PMA Committeemen and Agricultural Agencies of the county to attend this meeting, also they extend an invitation to all businessmen and farmers of the county. The# primary objective of the 1954 ACP is to provide assistance needed for enduring or permanent type soil and water conservation practices that contribute to the ac complishment of. the basic conser vation objective of the Department of Agriculture, namely "The use of each acre of Agricultural land within it's capabilities and the treatment of each acre in accor dance with its needs for protection and improvement." A modified type of program is likely. Consequently, basic oper ating policies necessarily will have to be changed substantially. Ad ministrative weaknesses of past programs must be avoided. Mr and Mrs. J. M Long had ? j quests this week Mr. and Mrs. C. 1 W Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. Billy ! McCurdy, and Mrs. Arloa Asmund all of Detroit, Michigan. 7000 Expected At Ramp Meet Paving Bids For Lake-Canton Link Sought For 27th 'I'hf State Highway Commis sion is asking for bids for paving the 6.55 miles of the new four lane highway from Canton to I.ake Junaluska. The bids will be opened on May 27th. The fine surface grading is about finished, and highway offi cials have predicted that the road can be paved and ready for use by the public in early fall. This is one of 34 projects, In volving 280 miles of road Im provements in 35 counties for which the commission will open bids on the 27th. WTHS Orchestra To Present . First Concert The Waynesville High School SO-piece Symphony Orchestra wilt make iis initial public appearance Friday night at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium. The orchestra, which was started last fall, is the only high school orchestra west of Charlotte and Winston-Salem and is one of seven in the state of North Carolina. Both Charles Isley, music di rector. and his assistant, Robert Campbell, have been working with the group. According to Mr. Isley, the program Friday night will con-i some about forty-five minutes and will be complimentary. The instrumentation includes 16 violins. 5 violas, 3 chellos. 2 string bass, plus the woodwinds and brass from the concert band, ' The program follows: Two Chorals?Isaac. All in Step March?Leland. Waltz of Spring?Monroe Larghetto from Handel Concerto Grosso No. 12. Keltic Lament?Foulds. String orchestra: The Cabin in the Woods?Gardner. String quartet: 'Sylvia Newell. Beverly Teague, . Neil Howell, Mary Ada Henson' Selections from Polychordia String Library ? Brown. Violin Solo: 'Sylvia Newell' Sim ple Aveu?Thome. Viola Solo: 'Ann Ruff' Valse Trieste?Sibelius. Cello Solo: 'Mary Ada Henson' Tempo de Valse?Pinard. Civil Court Will Adjourn This Week Final cases on the docket of the May term of Superior Court are being tried this week and civil court will adjourn this week-end after a two full weeks of trials. Since Tuesday lawyers have been arguing the case In the will of Mrs. Dollio Ferguson and this trial is expected to conclude the current term. Judge Allen H. Gwyn is presiding. Florida Publishers On Annual Visit Here Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. David son, of Daytona Beach, spent sev eral days here at Prospect Hill. They are seasonal visitors here. Mr. Davidson is editor of The News-Journal, and while here vi-ited The Mountaineer, and in spected the plant. ft Secretary Of State To Speak (Stf pictures parr 1, section J) Sunday will be the big day for ramp eaters. They won't flock to Camp Hope just from Haywood County. They wHl come from other counties ? and other states ?? as well. Not everyone who will be there will eat ramps. As a matter of fact, probably not more than a third of the people will do any thing more than smell the herbs that have been cooked and head for the open air. This will be the 24th annual convention and ramp leaders say It will be the biggest. They say some 7,000 people will be there and even more If the weather is good. The Secretary of State, Thad F.ure, will make the main address, as in the past, and a couple of new features have been added. _ There will be religious services at 11 a.m. conducted by the Rev. Paul Shepherd of Bethel. In the afternoon, the first Queen of Rampdom will receive her crown from the Secretary of State. She is Miss Edna Mae West of Center Pigeon who teaches "tot the North Canton School. She was selected by'the Ramp Committee. Five governors have been invit ed to attend. They are the chief executives of North Carolina. Ten nessee, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Effective Thursday, the ramp organization acquires a new name. It is now the Haywood County Ramp Convention, Inc. and re ceived its corporation papers only today. Secretary Eure will present the charter during Uie convention Sinn day to officials. The charter is de scribed by Mr. Eure as probably the shortest certificate of incor poration among the 200,000 in his office, tt il one sentence long. Those listed as members of the corporation are President A. W. Parker, Board Chairman Bill Pal mer, and Fred Ferguson. National recognition is also coming the way of the convention. Ramps will be seen on television on a coast-to-coast broadcast over the Columbia Broadcasting Sys tem. Margaret Arlen of New York City is preparing a TV show that will be shown Friday. To aid Miss Arlen, a box of ramps has been sent to her air mail accompanied by a membership card. A national radio broadcast is also being planned. Station WHCC in Waynesville has received in structions from the Mutual Broad casting System to make a record | ing of the activities Sunday for later broadcasting from New York. This information on the TV and radio shows is from the Western North Carolina Highlanders. Inc., which has been cooperating with the promoters of the event. Membership in the Haywood County Ramp Club is $1 and this includes the Sunday dinner, which, incidentally, includes more than ramps. Ham and all the extras will be available. This club is said to be the only organization in the world where the dues are only $1 a year, and includes a dinner. In the past any proceeds have gone to the polio fund. But start ing this season, the money will be divided between the cancer and polio funds. One of the more famous local celebrities who will be present Sunday will be Miss Maggie Lewis of Maggie. She claims to be 110 years old and has been cooking ramps for 85 years and is supposed to be the bldest ramp eater in ex istence. It was Miss Maggie who cooked the first ramp dinner 24 years ago for Dewey Sutton Bill Palmer, F. w. Woody, and Claude (See Ramps?Page 6? Highway I Record Far ' 1953 I , In Haywood (To Date) Injured.... 20 I Killed .... 1 (Thl. Informatlo pllcd from Ber State Highway ? Burgin's Dairy Suffers $25,000 In Fire Damages The dairy barn and a tenant | house of Burgin's Dairy, at Dell-! wood, was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning. R. L Burgin. 1 Sr., said today that an inventory is being cheeked, and indications are that the loss will be in excess of $25,000. The loss was onlv partially cov ered by insurance, Mr, ^urgin said. Mr. Burgin, together with of ficials. have decided that a spark from some trash burned earlier in the night, |ot into the hay loft, of the barn. Some tenants were moving from the house late Wednesday, and in cleaning up the premises, had burned some rubbish, and it was from this. Mr. Burgin believes, that a spark set 'off the blase. i The Wayne sville fire depart ment answered the call, but the buildings were almost destroyed by the time the call came through. Mr. Burgin said that the barn, with a ouantity of hay and other feed, a modern milking system, coolers, farm tools and equipment were destroyed by the blaze. The fire did not reach the pasteurization plant of the firm, and no livestock was lost. Mr. Burgin said today he had leased a Grade A barn from Mr. Campbell, and that there would be no interruption of service to customers. He plans to begin re-building as soon as possible. Tentative plans are on the same site. The dairy is owned and operat ed by Mr. Burgin and his son. i Erv^in. J Nurses Played Important Role In Open House At Hospital . The nurses of the Haywood County Hospital, besides carrying on their regular work, served in many capacities during the formal "open house" at thfe Hospital here Tuesday. Almost all of them were present for the program, and took a few minutes off for this photograph on the lawn between the Hospital and Nurses' Home. First row, left to right: Mrs. Katie Sue pevie, Mrs. Nancy Abel. Miss Sally Buckner. Mrs. Edith Thompson. Mrs. Alice Fuller. Mrs. Mary Reeves. Second row: Mrs. Mary Frances Taylor, Mrs..Jane Craw ford, Miss Helen Moore. Miss Patricia Felkel. Mrs. Pearl Brown. Mrs. Margaret Edwards. Miss Betty Reno. Third row: Mrs. Grace P. Fisher. Mrs. Tina Whitman. Mrs. Phyllis Whitman. Mrs. Cecile Leopard. Mrs. Susan Haupt, Miss Mabel Phillips. Fourth row: Mrs. Rotha Howell, Mrs. Ruth Teague. Mrs. Frances Ratcllffe. Mrs. Ellen Freeman, Mrs. Polly Timbes. Absent when picture was made? Mrs. Alma Mehaffey. Miss Mary Jo Green. Mrs. Margie Noland. and Miss Laura Nell Sherrlll. Mrs. Timebs and Mrs. Edwards are not members of the Nursing Staff of the hospital but are members of the Haywood County Nurtes Club and assisted with Open House, iSee editorial.) (Mountaineer Photo).
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