The Waynesville Mountaineer
Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of 11 y wood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ? ?
_ 8>!th VEAR NO 48 16 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE 11, 1953 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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I mother? ever had more
?pr c N. t iark and Dr.
? dark
pd Lake Junaluska, and
K*o get together, there
? * be pie "iv of wit and
bark and iorth, along
Ej Cau -tn. sarcasm at
Lf day Di Elmer T. was
L10 make an address, and
Ijend in a mking manner
L i ?. what kind of
E>ti?#. Dr C. N. replied.
L, g the leu addresses he
E nude u huh 1 did not I
Elum. and I just can't say I
|>a be will come out in I
?iL jan address." With this
E/tituiion. Dr. C. N. laugh
laid it with such sincerity,
feed liter he told it with
Knight face he almost con
mid self the yarn was the
Ik C .V. does not perhaps
Etfcat he will pay, and pay
J Dr Elmer 1. makes a re-J
Hnby Mess
fche, who were fond of
ij puffins have let tjieir
id' considerably after a
indent
<ke: Saturday night they
t lor dinner. On the menu
berry muffins. The item
tt eye of both of them in
Bd of course, the blue
mffinj were included in
to.
hilfwsv through the meal,
e if parent that they could
* of their blueberry muf
i was decided that they
rip their* favorite bread in
l, and enioy a midnight
(cr
a remaining muffins were
[trapped and one of the
pit them in her bag.
d on during the evening
fed of the delicious blue
fflns
fed been a hard day, both
b retire without the mid
laorning they got ready
bi School and church,
on a belated schedule,
(8 to their church!* gef
re just an services began,
lathers went down to re
[ affering. one of the wo
lfed in her bag for some
ad felt an unusual pack
fe bag. Curiosity got the
fer for the moment, and
id out the package, and
* realized what was in it,
* handful of crumbs ?
n wa smashed to bits,
las if every pair of eyes
?rth were fixed on her,
ianiedly tried to cram
i crumby mess into her
fed. aome fell in her lap,
had to pass up the collec
' as she brushed crumbs
!?or from her lap.
?fxt time we have blue
nffins. either we eat all
or leave them on the
1 more wrapping them up
to snack," she said.
am Uninjured
it Accident
1 B. Parham was not in
to accident reported last'
m which his automobile
njed :ter swerving off
in the rain on the Old
I Road.
f'o the car was estimated
Patrolman Joe Murrill
k the investigation.
Iks Father Lost 26 Years;
Is 'Where Is James Wall
'<*31 girl Who has not
n_ "r1Since she was a wea
waled for help in find
err. wg to the Chamber
Mrs- Myrtle Lee Wall
?Ll,t,hetlc,Ily- cant
J?t0 help me."
i ,1 iimes w?". ?ved in
1 Would like
?<?. xlv
SHOWERS
I r?t,U('y an<l sultry with
Wernoon showers and
,J1", Thursday and Fri
h change In tempera
*'>iiesville temperature
^hythp State Test Farm.
M?- Mln. Rainfall
" ?8 . 62 .02
89 60 .37
Leaders Ask For Agricultural Buildings
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED lo the Medford and Burgin Furniture Company Wednes
day afternoon when the storm ripped part of the roof completely o(T the rafters. Water poured
through to the bottom floor and loss of the stock was estimated at $3500 and damage to the building
placed at $2500. iMountaineer Photo).
National Guard Gathers
At Ft. McClellan June 14
Parris Injured
When Brakes Fail
Faulty brakes on a truck re
sulted in the driver having a brok
en leg, ribs, nose, fractured skull,
and spinal and internal injuries
when the vehicle overturned 200
yards down a mountainside.
The driver was Glenn Parris of
Cecil and the accident occurred
about 10 a. m- Monday in Transyl
vania County where he was em
ployed on the Wagon Road Gap
Devil's Courthouse Parkway link
that is under construction.
Parris was thrown clear of the
truck. He was taken to the Hay
wood County Hospital and then to
the Aston Park Hospital at Ashe
ville.
Waynesville in 1926. He disap
peared the following year, and Mrs.
Hooker has had no word of him
since.
She describes him as aged 46.
brunette, with a dark skin, brown
eyes and?25 years ago?black hair.
He waS a little over five feet tall,
she thinks.
Mrs. Hooker does not have so
much as a pitcure of her father as
she last saw him. "I have an old
picture," she writes, but "... it
was made when he was 19 years
old."
Other near relatives of Mrs.
Hooker may still be in this area.
There was a sister. Bessie, "but I
can't say who she married." and
brothers Herbert (?) and Perry.
Perry, she remembers, walked with
a limp caused by an old leg in
jury.
Mrs. Hooker also knows that her
mother's maiden name was Nora
Grogan.
A search of records at the Hay
wood County Courthouse shows no
record of the births of any of the
' children, nor of the marriage of
James Wall to Nora Grogan. and
I it is believed that the family mov
| erf here from elsewhere.
The Waynesville unit of the
North Carolina National Guard
will join approximately 4.(WW other
Tar Heel members for their annual
summer training workout. There
are 55 enlisted men and 5 officers
in Waynesville's Tank Co., 120th
Infantry Regiment.
The company will train with
members of 30th Division units
and the 378th Engineer Combat
Battalion and the State Headquart
ers and Headquarters Detachment
at Ft. McClellan. Ala., from June
14 through June 28. i
Company commander is Capt.
Samuel A. Carswell. Other officers
include 1st Lt. Robert H. Winchest-,
er, executive officer; 1st Lt. Frank
C. Bvrd. platoon leader who Is1
presently enrolled in an officer's j
training course at the Ft. Berining.
Ga., Infantry School; 2nd Lt. Al
bert C. Jones, platoon leader; and i
2nd Lt. James H. Adams, platoon
leader. *
Lt. Winchester will leave Thurs
day afternoon with an advanced
detail of 5 enlisted men who will
move all the company's motorized
equipment, axcept tanks, to the
camo. joining the Regiment's
motor convoy at Greer, S. C. Tanks
for the summer training will be
issued at Ft. McClellan.
During the encampment all men
who are not at present qualified
in their basic weapon will partici
pate in range practicd In order to
qualify. All firing, including ser
vice ammunition for the 76 mm.
tank gun. will be completed during
the first week.
The entire Division wtl be in the
field during the second week for
small unit problems and tactical
training on platoon and company
level. Major project will be a 5
hour night problem which will be
staged by the 125th Regiment with
all units participating.
The Division parage will be held
Friday. June 26th, on the Parade
| Grounds, and it is expected that
high state and Army officials will
he present. Fonr North Carolina
generals will take part in the en
> campment: Maj. Gen. John Hail
Manning of Raleigh, the State ad
jutant general; Brig. Gen. Claude
T. Bowers of Warrenton, assistant
30th Division commander: Brig.
Gen. Edward F. Griffin of Louis
burg. 30th Division artillery com-l
I (See National Guard?Page 8)
Large Organ
Soon To Be
Ready For
Baptists
Installation of the pipe organ in
the sanctuary of the First Bap
tist church is-weH under way and
will be completed within a few
days.
Engineers have been here about
ten days working on the installa
tion.
The instrument is the largest ir
the county, and cost more thar
$20,000
Last June when the sanctuarj
was completed, sound engineers
from the organ manufacturer cam?
here and wrote the specifications
for the organ to be specially con
structed for the building.
The huge chambers are beinf
installed above the choir loft or
both sides.
Working with the engineers ir
designing and writing the specifi
cations of the organ was Joe Mor
row. organist for the church.
A rented electronic organ hai
been used by the church slnae th<
sanctuary has been In use.
'Old Glory' Is 176
Sunday, lune 14
Flag Day on Sunday, June 14
Will be the 176th birthday anni
versary of "Old Glory." In recog
nltion of the observance, all cltl
zens are urged to display th
Amercan flag at their homes am
places of business.
The Stars and Stripes wa
created as the official flag of thi
country on June 14. 1777. when th
Continental Congress resolved
| "That the flag of the thirteen Unit
cd States be thirteen stripes, al
ternately red and white, that th
union be thirteen stars, white In
blue field, representing a nee
constellation." The first Army fla
had the stars arranged in a circle
presumably based on the ide
that no colony should take preced
I ence.
Later during the War of 181J
'the suggestion was presented t
1 Congress and made law 4 year
later that the stripes remain thii
teen in number as representin
'the colonies which struggled t
found the nation, and that a star
(Sec Flag?Page 8)
Will Meet
Monday To
Talk Over
Proposals
A group of civic, business and
-agricultural leaders from all sec
tions of Haywood will meet Mon
day afternoon, at two o'clock, with
the county commissioners to dis
cuss an immediate and thorough
survey being made for construct
ing buildings for livestock, agri
cultural and home arts exhibits.
The group meeting with the
commissioners Monday will ask
that a committee be named to work
with them in making the survey.
The Monday meeting is being
sponsored by the agricultural com
? mittee of the Chamber of Com
merce. with R. N. Barber, Jr..
chairman, and also the Haywood
C.D.P.. with Tom Brummitt, chair
man.
C. C. Francis, chairman of the
commissioners, together with the
two sponsors, are inviting all per
sons interested in agricultural ex
hibit buildings to attend the meet
ing Monday.
The final action for the meeting
came Tuesday night at the meet
ing of the board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce, when the
matter was discussed, and the
board voted unanimously as recog
nizing the need of such a project
for Haywood.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to Mr. Brummltt, was Joe
Palmer, representative of Haywood
In the 1953 session of the (Mineral
Assenjbfy. and author of the 1*11
authorizing the board of commis
sioners to set a maximum tax rate
of half cent for each $100 assessed
valuation for the project, and also
providing authorization for putting
any surplus funds in to the project
Mr. Palmer explained that the bill
was Introduced by him upon the
suggestion of a large group of agri
cultural leaders of the county.
Mr. Barber, in explaining the ac
tion of the Chamber of Commerce
pointed out that the organization
is a representative group of people
including in its membership farm
ers, business and professional men
industrialists, and tourist opera
tors.
"We feel that permanent live
stock and home arts exhibit quar
ters will prove a distinct asset tc
11 the county, and will prove profit
- able down through the years. W(
I have been working with temporarj
' quarters each year, and this is noi
proving satisfactory, or economic
al," he continued.
Wayne Franklin, county agent
and a member of the committee
( pointed out that Haywood is th<
leading cattle producing count:
i in the state, |nd cited the instanci
; of recent weeks when 381 head o
? feeder calves were sold at the sail
> in Clyde.
"In the past ten years we havi
reduced our corn and small grail
J crops to less than half, and hav<
gone into the grassland system o
t farming. This means that the live
stock exhibit buildings would be ,
. step in the right direction, and )i
keeping with this new farm pro
a gram here in Haywood."
. The meeting Monday is the regu
lar meeting date for the commit
sioners, and a large crowd is ex
pected from every section of th
county.
It was explained that eacji civi
(See Agriculture?Page 8)
DAMAGE FROM THE STORM Wednesday afternoon included this large tree near Green Hill
Cemetery which fell across the street. Numerous other trees and other branches were also felled
by the high winds but this one was probably one of the largest in Wa\nesville, (Mountaineer Photo).
High Winds Sweep Through
Haywood, Some Damage Done
I
Mrs. Kicheson Leaves
For EurbpeOM Tour i
Mrs. L. M. Rlchhwo left yester- i
day by plane for Montreal, Canadh i
from which place she will sail Fri- 1
day for the British Isles. She will I
spend two months touring Eng- i
land. Holland, Belgium, Switzer
land, France, and Oerrnany.
Mrs. Rirheson will he'joined In
, London by her son. Pfc. Bill lliche
son, who Is stationed with the Per
sonnel Division of the U. S. Army
, In Nuremburg. Germany. Pfc.
' Klcheson will accompany his moth
I er on part of her tour.
That New Noise
! Is a Fire Horn
i
i If you hear a strange new noise
. ?something between a growl and
, a blurt ? and almost ear shatter
. ing?it is the new air horn mount
ed on top of the fire station. Again
. Waynesville has seen the passing
. of "the personal touch". Telephone
, operators will no longer call each
. volunteer fireman. The piercing
, air horn has taken their place.
, The horn, it was explained by
[ Fire Chief Clem Fitzgerald, is not
in operation yet because "code
wheels", a mechanism for estab
lishing some 52 different codes,
have not arrived as yet. The horn
? lias been mounted on a steel tripod
* on top of the firehouse and a
' j small switchboard-like box has
> been wired in the house itself.
f When a fire call is received by
, the Fire Chief, he can put the
horn into operation simply by
plugging certain keys on the board
"|and pulling a lever to establish
I electric contact. The horn will
p then begin the particular code
f plugged on the board, for instance.
" 2 longs and 1 short. Each fireman
a will have available a list of codes
II and can learn from It In just what
'- zones and spot within the zone
the fire is. The Department plans
- to have several practice sessions
as soon as the entire system is in
> working order.
e Chief Fitzgerald explained that.
in case of an electric power fail
c ure, th? svstem can run on a pow
(See New Noise?Page 8*
Haywood County this morning
vas catching its breath and blnd
ng up the wounds caused by Wed-!
leaday's violent storm. Accom
mining intermittent deluges of!
aln were winds, in the opinion of:
Waynesvllle Police (Ihief O. L. No-;
land "the highest that ever swept I
through here."
One woman k in en Ashevillc
hospital with storm-Abused injuries.
Mrs. John Smathers of Clyde was
hit by a falling chimney flue, when
a tree blew against her home. She
received back injuries.
So far as had been learned this
morning, there were no other per
sonal injuries, and less property
damage than might have been ex
pected from the hurricane-like
gusts. Crop damage was relative
ly slight.
Power was olT in many sections
as a falling tree knocked out Caro
lina Power and I.ight lines between
Waterville and the Hazelwood sub
station. Service was restored in
about three hours.
The HKA manager, R. C. Shef
field. reported 100 miles of line out
"from Panthers Creek to Wagon
Road Gap," with 500 families in
volved. Service was restored on
all main "lines by 10 p.m. Wednes
day nighl. and work is expected to
be completed today on the isolated
taps serving comparatively small
areas. Trees falling across lines,
in some eases snapping them, caus
ed the trouble. Manager Sheffield
said. ,
Not till the Wa.vnesville street
lights were in operating condition
this afternoon, according to Sup
erintendent of Lights Walter Me
haffey, though residential service
was restored last night. A number
of limbs blew across Waynesvillc
power lines, including one near
Pet Dairy and another serving
Harrier Avenue.
Telephones were out in some sec
tions. as trees blew across the lines
and the wind blew rainwater into
cables. No lines were blown down,
however. Manager C. T. McCuiston
stated that service bad been restor
ed by this morning lo about half
the 500 telephones affected. The
company had an oportunlty to test
the operation of its aulixiary Diesel
generator, installed In anticipation
Of just such an emergency. ,Mr
McCuiston reported that the alarm
system and the battery went lntc
operation the instant the outside
power failed, and that the plant
engineers had the Diesel running
Immediately. Telephone customers
whose own lines wer? not affected
had service without a break.
Carolina Power Manager Wright
stated that the only tree down or
a power line, besides (he one across
the mountains, was at Maggie. A
number of lines burned out from
the rubbing together caused by the
wind.
Probably Ihe greatest property
damage occurred at the Medforc
A Hurgin Furniture Company and
the adjoining Waynesvillc Candj
Company on Depot Street in Way
nesville. The metal roof of the
Medforri building was rolled u[
from back to front as though the
; wind Were a teen-ager rolling uf
the rug for an evening's dancing
Even the sheathing was taken, leav
Ing nothing hut the rafters betweer
1 the merchandise and the downpour
A plate glass window was als<
Miss Cathey, Miss Wells
To Make Tour of Europe
Miss Lucille Cathey and Miss
Jimmle Wells of Winston-Salem
will sail from New York Wednes
day, June 17, for a two months tour
of Europe. The tour will include
Ireland, Scotland. England. France:
1 Belgium. Holland. Switzerland.
Germany and Italy.
Miss Cathey, who Is a reporter
for the Winston-Salem Journal, will
write stories for her newspaper
while on the trip. She is the daugh
ter of Mrs. Thad A. Cathey of
Clyde and a former reporter for
the Waynesville Mountaineer.
Miss Wells, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James M. Wells of Canton, has
been employed with the Veterans
Administration as a social worker.
Miss Cathey and Miss Wells will
be members of a group to be guid
ed by Brownwell Travel Tours.
i They will be accompanied by Miss
Doris Dale Reynolds, member of
I the staff of the Greensboro Daily
| News.
blown out. Damage at the furni
ture company was estimated at
$6,000, including $2,500 to the
I building alone.
The stocks were moved into the
| building next door, formerly occtl
| pied by Waynesville Tractor Com
' pany.
Less damage was done at the
Waynesville Candy Company. Only
one corner of the roof blew off. and
by coincidence the only things
stored in the exposed area were
tin goods, truck tires, and like
articles. Some paper goods were
marred, but youngsters with a
sweet tooth may be reassured by
owner G. D. Stovall's statement
thatr none of his candy stocks were
involved.
"The loss was held to a mini
mum." he said, "because of my good
1 neighbors. I put out several dozen
1 galvenized tubs, and as fast as one
\ tilled, they would empty It."
Other building damage included
a plate glass window blown out at
the Food Store, and an awning
down at the American Fruit Stand
1 on Main Street in Waynesville. The
top was blown off a trench silo on
1 the farm of O. L. Yates in Iron
' Duff, landing 20 feet away against
a dairy barn.
The wind finished the demolish*
(See Storm?Page 7)
i I III ?
;| Highway
!| Record For
1 1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured .;.. 23
Killed . ? ? ? 2
(This information cotn
i piled from Reoords of
?I State Highway Patrol. >
Li in i in
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Haywood First County To
Have Insurance Survey
The first survey on voluntar
s health insurance ever conducted i
s North Carolina is now being car
e ried out in Haywood County to d?
I: termine the interest that farr
- families have in that particuia
- type of insurance.
e Underway in three communitie:
a Francis Cove, West Pigeon, an
v Iron Duff, the survey is cxpectc
g to last the rest of June. The inter
s, viewers are Miss Betty Felmc
a and Fred Z. Harris, both of Ha>
I- wood County, and Miss Gay Cur
rle of Black Mountain. These pai
1, ticuler communities were chose
o because it was felt they are fair!
s representative of rural Haywoor
Haywood County was selected a
g the first in the State because a
o unusually high percentage of farr
families have health insurance c
at least are familiar with it, an
I
y also because of the county-wide
n CDP program, which, with its ax
?- cellent organization and leadership
>- can greatly facilitate carrying out
n such a project.
r The survey will be extended to
cover the entire State after work
s, has been completed here. Results
d will be made available to various
d organizations interested in health
?- insurance developments,
it Several agencies cooperated in
r. organizing the project. Represent
?- ing these groups are Dr. C. Horace
?- Hamilton, head of the Department
n of Rural Sociology at N. C. State
y College at Raleigh, and Dr. D. G.
1. Hay of the U. S. Department of
is Agriculture at Raleigh. Assisting
n them are County Agents Wayne
ti Franklin and Turner Cathey.
ir Specifically, the survey was
d | (See Haywood first?Pare 8>