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?? u ?delights ?Of The ? News WL It. The Cops!' . con \ J nee Assistant ??? Cecil Wells that M eoal i a Practical H>eV but here are the ljur,- ^ "sUe ot , number of people ?JJej b\ ' want ad" follows: ^Lkor a 1949 or 1950 two~ K blue plvmouth, please (or 5 boxes of Gov ? . (i belongs to ? School The boxes were ?a the wrong car by mis ?court House Parking lot afternoon. Please no ?joard of Education." B|oij> Sile: in whose car ?m was supposed to have asked Sheriff Fred K\ho>e ear might have K|ken for hers. The Sher Kk spotted a similar auto Biffed at the trunk, and Hip Cecil Wells. Wells opened the trunk K Campbell, keeping a ^Tfjce asked. "I want to Kout this Government prop got concealed here." startled County Agent ?-and truthfully ? denied Kicdge of the incriminating F"1 don't know a thing K- he exclaimed, "haven't Kst idea how it got there." ?course of course, that's ?lev all say," growled the ? in his most official voice, ?ttake custody of this and Kit about it later." ? bewildered County Agent I heard the w hole story of Mm of the Vanishing Cheese Krs. Siler. hut he still wants Ki that if there's any odor ?the trunk of his car, it's ? the "odor ot sanctity." Ldoes Away' ? feck's hog wind just about ?t words out of one local Ktth As the swirling gusts ^pshed into the house call ?rr comes a torpedo!" ? several repetitions of the ? his laughing family to Bdi realize that he'd short ?d his "tornado" and "tor Brtadu la called a "twister". BwrwrrofTs- storm be tatted B ? ' piture Wet In Itm But On Sale ? Bedford and Burgin Furni papany are announcing to ? sale of merchandise dam-i i the storm last Wednesday, Ik high winds blew the roof ?t of their building. The rains wet some of the mer it but ? a crew of women dozens of towels, wiped the K dry within a few min Pter it was removed' from P?ged building. [firm is located at the De Pd is owned and operated by [Medford and Otis Burgin. The Waynesville Mountaineer SfiS with you now.** ? I . Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park q ? ?8th YEAR NO. 49 14 PAGES "" Associated Press ~~ WAYNESVILLE! N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 15, 1953 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countie* Meeting Held To Discuss I Agriculture Buildings Committees Are Named CAPT. PAUL W. McELitOY. of Waynesville, has just been named to conduct a navigation school for pilots at Hickam Field, Hono lulu. This was an honor obtain ed after several years as instruc tor of one of the 3 and one-half month courses on which his ability has been highly compli mented. Paul W. McElroy Receives Honors At Hickam Field A Navigation School for Pilots, one of the key training units of the Pacific Air Transport Service, has just been put in the charge of Capt. Paul W. McElroy, of Waynesville. Capt. McElroy has been stationed for several years at Hiekan Field, Honolulu, where he was an in structor in the Navigation School training Aircraft OSBirvers. Col. William D. Carines recently wrote concerning Capt. McElroy: "I was particularly impressed by the competence and instructing ability of Capt. Paul W. McElnoy. who conduucted the course which I attended." Other letters have been received ' byby Capt. McElroy from his com manding officers. Col. Thomas W. j Gell who said: "I wish to add my | personal appreciation for your ex cellent performance of duties which reflects favorably upon this com mand." And Maj. Jim H. Wood whoi wrote: "It is with pleasure and pride that I forward this letter and add to it my own appreciation for j the credit you have brought upon (See Capt. McElroy?Page 8) SCS Conierence Opens Junaluska Wednesday * than 500 Methodist women ?tern North Carolina will at Lake Junaluska Wednes krouch Sunday for annual k of the Western North Caro !?nference of the Woman's lof Christian Service. 1L W. Harbison, Shelby, is fit of the organization and **siiic at plenary sessions. Pening worship service will ducted by the Rev. James C. ?? also of Shelby. 1 Rupert Crowell, Ashevillc, president of the conference ?and other officers are Mrs. Sauss. Shelby, secretary, and !?a Edwards. Cliffside. treas Harhison will make her an tport Thursday. Other prin l^akers include: Mrs. Paul kn. Jackson. Miss., national *sident of the Woman's Di ?nd of the World Federation Ihodist Women; Mrs. J. W Cherryville, immediate past president of the conference WSCS, and Miss Jane Stentz, former mis sionary to India. The youth fellowship of Shiloh Methodist Church. Lexington, will present a missionary drama Thurs-; day night under the direction of Mrs. E. A. Lamb. At a special Holy Communion service during the week delegates will pledge a "love offering" to needy children of Korea. The WNC Wesleyan Service Guild, a WSCS affiliate composed of business and pnofesisonal wo men. will be in annual session Fri day through Sunday. Miss Anna bel Thompson, Greensboro, is con ference secretary of the guild. The featured speaker at guild sessions wil Ibe Miss Clarice Bow man. formerly ot the Methodisf Board of Education. Nashville. Tenn., and now director of religious education at High Point College. She will address the conference Saturday night. WAYNESVILLE DISTRICT WELL REPRESENTED Mrs. C. E. Wagenfeld. president of the Waynesville district WSCS, #vill head the local delegation. Miss Ray Ballard. Lake Junalus ka. is district secretary of promo tion. and she will also serve as organist during the conference. Miss Louise Ballard, also of the lake, is district secretary of mis sionary education. Mrs. H. G..Allen. Lake Junalus ka. conference secretary of mis sionary education, will share in a report. "Missions at Mid-Century." Wednesday night. Another Lake Junaluska resident. Mrs. C. N. Clark, will lead the closing wor ship program at the Wednesday afternoon session. (See WSCS?Page t) County Leaders Discuss Need For New Buildings BULLETIN! The proposed livestock and home arts exhibit building was ( approved unanimcusN this after neon by the county-wide meeting at the Court House, and a com mittee was immediately appoint ed to wcrk with the County Com missioners in putting the pro gram into action. N'early eightv persons attend ed the meeting, which had to be moved from the Commissioners' Office to the Court Room. Members of the committee in clude Jack Chapman, chairman, and Dr. J. L. Reeves, Roy Haynes. Dave Felmet, Richard Barber, Dave Boyd and Joe Pal mer. , A discussion of the possibility of constructing buildings for agricul ture and home arts' exhibits open ed at 2 p.m. today in the court house. At the meeting were civic, busi ness, and agricultural leaders from all sections of the county who met with the county commissioners. Those meeting with the commis sioners requested a group be nam ed to work with them in making the survey. The discussion was sponsored by the agriculture committee of the Chamber of Commerce, R. N. Bar ber, chairman, and the Haywood CDP, Tom Brummitt, chairman. The need for permanent build j ings was explained by Mr. Barber I who said that the use of temporary 1 structures such as the county has i been using has not proved satis | factory and is uneconomical. County Agent Wayne Franklin sa.id" that permanent buildings would be suitable not only for live ' stock shows but also for women's ; flower exhibits. Hazelwood To Consider Annexation The first annexation of proper ty in the history of the town of Hazelwood will be considered at a meeting of the Board of Aldermen July 7, at 7:30 p. m. in the Hazel wood Town Hall. The proposed an nexation will increase the north west corner of the town by be tween 10 and 15 acres. Properties under consideration are the W. Howard Hyatt proper ty, recently sold at auction, the Snyder property adjoining the Hyatt plot, and a part of the C. N. Allen property adjacent to the Snyder plot. All of the property to be annexed is described in de tail in an official notice published in this newspaper today and in the preceeding four issues. All proper ty owners involved have previously petitioned the town for annexation. If the annexation is completed, the property owners as tax payers will be given the usual municipal facilities, such as street mainten ance, water and sewage disposal. The valuation of the properties will be added to the town's tax lists. There are four or five dwelling houses within the area, and it is understood that several new ones are about to be built op the form er Hyatt property. In its recent auction, this property was pur chased by approximately . 25 dif ferent people and has now been subdivided into 121 lots. Lawrence Davis, mayor of Hazel wood, said that so far as he can remember Hazelwood has never extended its limits or at least not within ? the past 25 years. Alvin Ward is the attorney for the town. Beef Shoot To Be Held This Year Apparently the shortage of mui I ele loaders is not acute enough j this year to postpone the annual ! beef shoot at Tom Alexander's I Cataloochee Ranch. It was .reported previously that j the lack of the old rifles had i meant that the last beef shoot had ! been held. But assurance fronj Al i exander has been received that the I event is scheduled again ttvjf) sum mer. Alexander said that there will be enough guns on hand and has planned the shooting match for Wednesday. Aug. 5. It will start at j 9 a. m. and will probably last un til 4:30 p. m. Host Alexander will put up the usual steer for a prize and other awards will be donated by merchants to porvide at least three prizes in each age class as well as three for the ladies. The age classes will be: Boys through 19; men, 20 to 39: men 40 to 59: and men, 60 years j and older; ladies, any age. N. G. Trains In Summer Maneuvers Sixty Haywood County men left for Ft. McClellan. f Ala., Sunday for two weeks of maneuvers with 4,000 other members of the North Carolina National Guard. This is a summer training workout in which the 55 enlisted men and 5 officers of. the Waynesvillc Tank Co, 120th Infantry Regiment, par ticipate annually. The company will train until June 28, first in use of basic wea pons until all qualify in range i practice and other types of firing; I then in the field in small unit I problems and tactical training on I platoon and company level. The | camp will end with a 5-hour night problem with all units of the Rcgi , ment. involved. Division parade j will take place Friday, June 26. be fore high state and Army officials. Capt. Samuel A. Carswell, is Company commander for the Way nesville unit. Other officers are 1st Lt. Robert H. Winchester, 1st Lt. Frank C. Byrd, 2nd Lt. Albert C. Jones, and 2nd Lt. James R Adams. Lt. Winchester took an ad vance detail of 5 men with the | company's motorized equipment to j Join the Regiment's motor convoy at Greer, S. C. as it moved on tc Ft. McClellan. KING SIZE is the description that fits this sassafras tree located between Maggie and Dellwood and belonging to Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Plott. It is five feet in diameter. (Photo by Deatoni. Onl-Of-Slate Farm Tour To Go West This Year Heading for the Rockies is this year's out-of-state farm tour, de tails of which were announced to day. The trip will extend as far as Colorado, with a side trip up to Wyoming. v Among the highlights of the tour will be a visit to the Wyom ing Hereford Ranch at Cheyenne, attendance at the 57th Cheyenne Frontier Days, a look at the Royaf Gorge in Colorado, a major league baseball game and a performance the St. Louis Municipal Opera. The tour will leave Waynesville on Friday, July 17, and will re- j turn on Sunday evening, July 26. Applications must be made to ; the County Agent's office before ] July 13. All registrations arc to be 11 completed either on July 13 or on i the previous Saturday. JulV 11. ' Air-conditioned busses will be i used. i Can Anyone Find One Bigger? (Editor's note: The following article appeared in the 1,()G. ofTi cial publication of Champion Paper and Fibre Company, and was writ ten by Bruce Nanney.) "Woodman, spare that tree." we cried as we stopped at Hickory Hill, the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Plott of the Dellwood section, near Waynesville. The admonition was really unnecessary, for l)ave Plott knew he had the biggest sassafras in the region and had no intention of doing anything but sparing lj. | This giant of the 'medicine tree' (See Big Tree?Page 8> 3 Groups To Hear Robert Francis Robert C. "Bob" Francis, often called the Tar Heel Will Rogers, has a busy week ahead with three major speeches on his schedule. This well known speaker and lead er of C.D.P. will join Wayne C'or pening. former County Agent, in an address Thursday. June 18. at Meredith College before a state Baptist group. They will discuss I h e subject, "Accomplishments Visualized." as part of the general topic for the series of meetings on "Developing North Carolina's National and Social Resources." On Tuesday, June 16. Francis will be one of the lecturers to the TVA farm specialist group which is visiting Haywood County. As a Test Demonstration farmer he will discuss some of his expert-' mcnts and researches. Finally on Tuesday evening. June 23. Francis will be principal speaker at the banquet for the state convention of the North Carolflia County Commissioners Association J Coroner's Jury Orders Patrolman Held In Pistol Shooting Saturday Night | Parkway Travel Sets May Record Travel to the two National Park facilities in Western North Carolina broke all records in May. The Blur Ridge Parkway was visited br 347.520 persons in 138,692 ears and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by 165,067 persons, for a total if 622.587?an increase of 38?< over May of 1952. The Blue Kidge Parkwav. now the most used cf ->11 National Park facilities, meets the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina at the new link from Soco Gap. on L'-S. 19. to lleintooga Overlook, which is bring formally dedicated on June 22. but has been open to traffic since May. Wall Family To Contact Mrs. Hooker ... V Relatives of Mr*. William Hook er. the former Myrtle Lee Wall. ! are contacting her as a result of The Mountaineer story printed last J Thursday Fillmore Massie ofj Hazelwood. husband of the "sister Bessie" remembered by Mrs. Hooker, plans to ask her for the picture of James Wall at the age of 19! The Massies feel that they may be able to distinguish the man sought from another man of simi lar name Mrs. Hooker last week wrote the Waynesvi'.le Chamber of Com- j ir.eree asking help in locating her ! father. James Wall, whom she has not seen for 26 years. Buy Interest In Livestock Market Two well known Haywood cattle men have purchased a two-thirds interest in the Western Carolina Livestock Market, in Asheville. ? The two are Jack Messer and Medford Leatherwood. The market is at the Old Logan Show Grounds, and sales are held every Thursday at one o'cloek. The owners announced that a i special lamb sale would be held on June 25th. Sickness And Its Cost Subject of National Survey Construction On Filtering Plant To Begin Soon It is expected that construction will begin within o week or ten ' days on the new filtering plant on Alien-- Creek Hoad for the Waynes ville water system. G. C. Ferguson stated Saturday. Contract for con struction of this modern plant was awarded in early May by the Board of Aldermen to the W. B Dillard Construction Company of Sylva. The contract allows 365 I calendar days for completion of the project. When completed the plant will consist of a 3-story building to j house the filtering equipment, a i concrete dam. and an 147.000 gal lon reservoir. Town officials also plan to build a house aqjaecnt to the plant for the water superintendent although no bids have been requested on j this project to date. The cost of the filtering project will be $216,970, an amount some $30,000 less than the next lowest bid. The Dillard Company Is at present constructing the new Central Elementary School in j Waynesville. The same company al so built the KEA building and that < which houses the A A P. A number of families in this community will be visited <Jurinp the next three weeks by an inter viewer for a University of Chi cago Research organization as part of a large-scale national study of illness and its costs to families in the United States. The study is sponsored by Health Information Foundation (HIF\ of New York. Beginning around June 15. inter viewers for the National Opinion Research Center <NORC>, of the' University of Chicago, will call on more than 3000 families in! 143 selected counties throughout the country, including Haywood The number of families to be in terviewed locally depends upon density of population in the area? in smaller counties, about 30 fam ilies. and in the larger metropoli tan areas, around 300. Interviews will include farm families as well as town and city residents. In selecting the sample families, technical procedures worked out by the United States Census Bu reau and other organizations were used. Consequently, the informa tion obtained from the study will furnish significant measures of burdens which illness Imposes on families generally. The purpose of this research, ac cording to Admiral William H. P. (See Survey?Page S) Highway Patrolman Joe Mur rill, w ho has posted bond follow-j ing the recommendation that he j be held for the grand jury in the I shooting Saturday night of D. C. Jenkins, of Cove Creek, has also had a warrant sworn out against him by the victim's father. The father, Crawford Jenkins, has filed a charge of murder a gairwt the patrolman. Sunday af ternoon Murrill posted S2.f>00 bond after the coroner's jury made its recommendation. Attorneys John M. Queen and W. 11. Francis have been retained bv Murrill. Action b> the grand jury in the matter will he taken Julv 13. open ing day of the July term of Super ior Court here. Jenkins was shot by Patrolman Murrill during a fight ne&r the Rock Hill School after the officer had arrested him for being drunk. A coroner's jury that met Sat urday at the scene of the shooting ? decided that Murrill was justified j in his action. But the same jury, meeting later, when additional evi ;dnce was revealed, reopened the ; inquest Sunday afternoon and an ; autopsy was held. This additional evidence was Icunccrpcd with the way ui which Jenkins was shot. Dr. J. Frank Pate of Canton, Ilaywood County coroner, said that the autopsy showed Jenkins was hit by two bullets. One glanced off his chest and did r.ol cause serious injury.' The shot that killed him entered' his back above the hip. penetrated upwards through the intestines. ! liver, and lungs and caused almost 1 instant death. Dr. S. S- llindman, pathologist | at the Haywood County Hospital, conducted the autopsy assisted b> j Dr. V F. Lancaster and Dr. Pate Not since 1928 has a similar in cident taken place in Haywood County. In that year Deputy Sher iff Grady Welch killed Sam Hamp ton at Big Creek. He was tried and convicted of manslaughter. Patrolman Murrill reoorted the (See Patrolman?Page 8> . Recreation Group To Hear Report The Wavnesville-Hazelwood Rec reation Commission will meet at 6.30 Wednesday. June 17. in the new recreation room of the Picd 1 mont Hotel. The eleven-man com mission. named last spring, will hear a report from Charles M Grave-. Consulting Park and Rec reation Engineer of Atlanta Graves has been here for some time making a survey of the recreation needs of the community and what j could lie done about them. His report to the Commission Wednes . day night w ill be in the nature of a progress report as he plans to remain in Waynesville several more days to continue his study. The Boards of Aldermrn of the two towns and their mayors will also attend the meeting, of which Charles Ray is chairman. Park Service Director To Attend Program AtHeintooga Monday Conrad L. Worth, Other Dignitaries Will Be Present The Director of the National Park Service and a number of oth er dignitaries will be present for the dedication ceremonies next Monday morning of the Heintooga Ridge Road. Coming from Washington, Di rector Conrad L. Wirth will be accompanied by Assistant Director Hillory A. Tolson. Other officials expected to attend Include Elbert Cox, Regional Director of Region I of the National Park Service; Prancis J. Heazel and Paul Mathes, co-chairman of the Joint North Carolina-Tennessee Committee for promotion of the Great Smokies Park, Charles McD. Puekette, a member of the Joint Committee; I)r Kellev E. Bennett, chairman of the North Carolina National Park, Parkway and Forests De velopment Commission; W. Ralph Winkler, vice chairman of the j Commission; Commissioner Harry E. Buchanan of the 14th Division of the North Carolina State High way and Public Works Commis sion: and Charles E. Rav, member of the N. C. Park" and Parkway Commission and chairman of Vic committee on arrangements lor the dedication. The ceremony is sponsored by the state Park and Parkway Com mission at Waynesville. in coop eration with the National Park Service and the Bureau of Public Roads. - * '? * Sunday Was Wrong Day For Flag Day Flag Day just came on the wrong day for Waynesville this year. The fact that it fell on Sunday and that rain was falling off and on during most of the early part of the day discouraged virtually the whole town from displaying the Red, White and Blue. There was at least one excep tion. One large residence on Main Street had hung the flag promi ! nently but in the rain, against all the rules of flag usage But in the bright sunshine of late afternoon Ely's Antique Shop in the Maggie Valley was flying a beautiful big flag. That one could have served for the whole county. Well, this gives the town about three weeks to get all flags cleaned ' and in good order for the Fourth of July. It comes on Saturday, so no excuses please! July 4 Program To Start June 28 The annual Fourth-of-July cele bration sponsored by the Hazel wood Boosters Club will begin on Sunday. June 28, with a Union ser vice the Hazelwood Baptist 'Church. Howell Bryson announced today. Mr. Bryson Is general chair man of the program. Plans for the remainder of the week are in the making, he said, with emphasis on numerous ath letir events, as well as the always popular rides. Reforestation Replacing Tree Losses In County For every tree that has burned In Haywood County during the past year, farmers have planted eight seedlings, a ratio that would indicate the county will soon be overgrown in forests. Such a thing of course will not happen. This loss does not take in to account those trees that are cut for timber, nor does it include the seedlings that never reach | niaturity. For every 10 that are planted, perhaps eight will be rut for timber in 20 years, and at the end of 50 years probably no more than four of the original 10 will be standing. And an annual plant ing program of eight seedling* for every tree burned Oill not be main- j tained. Within the past year at least 203.100 trees have been destroyed by Are in the county and in that (See Reforestation -Page 8> 1 Highway j Record For 1953 In Haywood (To Date) Injured.... 23 Killed 2 (This info*m*tion com piled from lanrds of State ^ ? lie other CLOUDY ? cloudy and continued po*ibie scattered after lowers. *' ^aynesville temperature ed by the State Test Farm. ] Max. Min. Rainfall 89 57 .05 90 58 ? 89 59 .12 ? 80 56 .31
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