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Of The
News
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snapshot in last s
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I _ but see if you can
why not Present for the
, were four mothers, four
p-s three grandmothers,
xanddaughters. two great
jthers, two great grand
rs. one great great grand
and one great great grand
x _ total five persons,
to straighten you out: In
ore were Mrs. L. J. Grant,
ghter. Mrs. W. L James;
imes' daughter, Mrs. Bill
; Mrs. Mitchell's daughter,
eRoy Mathes; and Mrs.
daughter, three-month
ira Lee Mathes. (We hope
t the same number of
" and "greats" that we
nough For You?
body talks about the hot
and maybe you can't do
j about it, but have you
to think what it may be
> you? For instance, one
>cal preachers is quoted as
hat since the temperature
and stayed there, he has
ore and more members of
s assiduously poring over
ales and taking an unpre
I interest in all phases of
He wonders whether they
re for the free sample of
fire and brimstone he has
lling them about for so
With Ear Muffs
pectacular fireworks dis
iping off the Fourth at
aaluska drew an unexpect
lent from one observer. An
reteran just back from
imarked, "All they need to
just like an air battle is
sound effects. Set up a
lplifier to pick up the
;et some guys to yell ord
you can just watch the
be glad you're not back on
1 line."
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The Waynesville Mountaineer mm
?mpty bMIe la my life."
Published Twice-A-Week fn The County Seat of Haywood County At TJie Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park : ???????
68th Year No. 55 12 Pages Associated Press ~ Waynesville, N. C., Monday Afternoon, July 6, 1953 t300 Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counted
New County Tax Valuation Up $4,500,000
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Modern Haywood Health Center Sought
DR. JAMES K. STRING FIELD,
son of Mrs. Sam Stringfield and
the late Dr. Stringfield, has
joined his brother, Dr. Thomas
Stringfleld, in the practice of
medicine. The younger doctor
has just completed two years
residency at Watts Hospital,
Durham.
Dr. Stringfield
Starts Practice
With Brother
Dr. James King Stringfield has
returned to Waynesville and is now
associated with his brother. Dr.
Thomas Stringfield. II, in the prac
(See Stringfield?Page 6)
Engineers Coming To Make
Survey 01 Sewer System#
And Entire Drainage Area
Arrangements have been com
pleted for two engineers to come
here and make a complete survey
of the sewer system of Waynesville
Hazelwood and Lake Junaluska, as
well as a survey of the drainage
area of Richland creek.
The two engineers will come here
Monday, July 20. and spend three
days on the survey.
They will make their formal re
port to a joint meeting of the two
boards of aldermen of the two
towns, trustees of Lake Junaluska.
the county hoard of health, and of
ficials of the county.
The engineers are being brought
here upon unamious recommenda
tion of the same group, in session
last Tuesday, as they met in an ef
fort to find a solution of clearing
streams of pollution, which flow in
to Lake Junaluska. The Lake was
closed to swimming two weeks ago
by the health department because
the waters of the Lake were unfit
for swimming.
The group, at the meeting, nam
ed W. Curtis Russ. editor of The
Mountaineer as chairman.
The chairman said that W. S.
McKimon. chief engineer of the
State Board of Health, together
with associate engineers of, the
department, and Harwood Bebce,
president of the Arm that design
ed and constructed the 6-mile sew
er line in 1939 from HazelWood to
Pigeon river, woud be here.
One of the solutions to the prob
lem is to correct the overfuow of
the sewer line at the head of the
Lake during and after heavy rains.
Officials believe that a satisfact
ory solution can be worked out
from the report of the engineers.
Community Canneries
To Open Next Week
Mrs. Rufus Siler has announced
the opening dates of community
canneries as follows: Waynesville,
July 14; Bethel, July 13; Crabtree,
July 16; and Fines Creek, July 17.
NOTICE
Due to the fact that several of
The Mountaineer carrier boys are
out of town this week, attending
the Lions International Convention
in Chicago with the Waynesville
High School Band, the papers
normally delivered by carrier will
be distributed through the Post
Office, on Tuesday and Friday. If
you have been receiving your
Mountaineer by carrier , and live
outside the area served by Postal
Carrier you should call at the
Waynesville Post Office for your
paper. The normal schedule will be
resumed next week.
County Roads Get
3.9 Miles Paving
The State Highway Commis
sion completed 3.9 miles of pav
ing in Haywood County during
June.
A bituminous seal coat was
laid for 3.9 miles on Newfound
Road.
The old Tenth Highway Divis
ion composed of Buncombe, Hay
wood. Henderson. Transylvania,
Avery, Madison. Mitchell, Yan
cey, Cherokee, Clay. Graham
Jackson, Macon and Swain
brought a total of 48.32 miles of
paving and 0.4 mile of stabilisa
tion to completion in June.
Under the new 14-divlsion
State Highway Commission, Hay
wood will be in the Fourteenth
Highway Division along with
Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Hen
derson, Jackson, Macon, Polk,
Swain, and Transylvania coun
ties. Division headquarters will
be in Sylva; Harry Buchanan is
highway commissioner; and G.
G. Page is division engineer.
Season's Largest
Audience Hears
Dr. Ernest Thomas
"We who profess to be Christians
must be different?we cannot af
ford to be lost in the crowd," Dr.
G. Ernest Thomas, Nashville,
Tenn., told the largest crowd of
the season at Lake Junaluska at
the Sunday morning service in the
Methodist Assembly auditorium.
An estimated 2,000 persons heard
Dr. Thomas bring the opehing mes
sage in the annual camp meeting
series. He is director of Spiritual
Life Evangelism for the Methodist
Church, and is conducting a 9:30
a.m. Bible hour throughout the
meeting this week.
"Though most of us have known
about Jesus Christ since our youth,
to too many of us he is still the
'stranger of Galilee,'" Dr. Thom
as said. This fact is substantiated,
he said, by the fact that a book by
Bruce Barton, "The Man Nobody
Knows," written several years ago,
has long been a best-seller second
only to the Bible.
"No matter how long you have
been a church member, if you don't
know and feel that God is revealed
to you through Christ, and that
Christ died for you. then He is
still a stranger . . . and if know
ing Jesus does not make you dif
ferent, then you really know Him
not," Dr. Thomas concluded.
Alternating at morning and eve
ning services the rest of this week
in the camp meeting series will be
Dr. Albert P. Shlrkey, Washing
ton, D. C., and Dr. Howard P. Pow
ell. Raleigh. Both are widely
known for their evangelistic
preaching, and they have served
some of Methodism's largest pas
torates.
1
thodist Group CQnsiders
aluska 'Logical Site For
terican Headauarters
ftunaluska Is being consid
Ithe logical site for 1 oca
Be American headquarters
World Methodist Council.
I and American officers
Buncil. who met at the
Eern Methodist summer as
?uly 2-4, discussed plans
Keadquarters and voted to
Ehe project at a meeting
Buncil's executive commit
I 22-25 In Birmingham,
Bier T. Clark, Lake Juna
Bd Edwin L. Jones, Char
Bit secretary and treasurer.
Bly, of the council, told
Bribers that a site is avail
Bvell as part of the neces
Bey. for the headquarters
?which would also serve as
I and Methodist historical
Bhe council is representa
Bmerous Methodist bodies.
Beed that the first step is
Bt other Mehodist groups
Bnited States. When the
was organised in 1951 by
? churches of 80 countries
Bent secretariat was auth
Bh headquarters to be in
Bnd the United States.
Bt favoring Lake Junalus
Btion, it was pointed out,
Bore Methodists visit the
B annually than any other
B church center.
Br business, the American
? 'he council elected Dr.
Bryor. pastor ?f the Kala
BMich. First Methodist
bo its executive commit
Bucceeds the late Dr.
B Ketcham, Alliance, O.
Blvan Holt. St. Louis,
Bident of the council, said
? and place of a world
J Methodist* ? Page I)
Appointments
Declined By 2
Two Western Carolina men have
refused appointments from Gov.
William B. Umstead.
They are Francis Heazel, who af
ter serving on the N. C. Park Com
mission since 1946. has declined a
four year appointment from the
Governor, and D. Reeves Noland
who also refused to become a
member of the Commission.
Noland was named to succeed
Charles Rav, who had resigned
from the organization.
State Cover Has A
Haywood County Scene
The cover of the current issue
of The State magazine, published in
Raleigh, has a picture of the valley
below Soco Gap.
The picture was made by John
Hemmer. one of the best outdoor
photographers in the state.
Busy Time Handing
Out Court Citations
While Chief of Police Orville No
land was giving a truck driver a
citation to court for unloading from
Main street in a restricted area, i
car driven by a woman ran into the
left front fender of fthe truck.
The chief cited the woman driver
to court as a witness against the
truck driver.
c
Iher ^
CLOUDY
rloudy and sultry, with
tiered afternoon thunder
Monday and Tuesday.
I Waynesville tempera
impilcd by the State Teat
Max. Mln. Rainfall
80 59
88 81 .10
81 63 .03 .
M 82 .u
Haywood Observes Fairly
Safe July Fourth Week-End
Haywood County celebrated the
week-end with a lot of fun and few
accidents to make a bad record.
There were parties, dances, and
fireworks and plenty of people on
hand to enjoy them all. In fact,
large crowds were reported wher
ever there was any sort of celebra
tion.
On the highways, no deaths were
reported by patrolmen, although
the week-end will not end for the
patrol until Tuesday morning. But
the county did not get off without
a blemish. There were four acci
dents, plus a minor one in Waynes
ville. that sent three people to the
hospital.
All the highway accidents occur
red on the Fourth.
The first was at 12:3b p.m. about
one-half mile on the Medford Fork
Road off Highway 19 when John
Brooks Carter of Route 3, Canton,
ran off the road while on a motor
cycle and was thrown forward on a
rock. He suffered ? deep cut In the
head and was taken to the Haywood
County Hospital. His condition this
noon was reported as good. Patrol
man H. Dayton was the investigat
ing officer.
Another accident Investigated by
Patrolman Wooten was at 6:20 p.m.
on Highway 10-23 just east of LAke
Junaluska. A car driven by Harold
G. Fisher'of Lake Junaluska turned
over on the highway after the driv
er lost control as he was heading to
ward Clyde. The automobHe skid
ded 63 feet. Fisher has been charg
ed with driving with improper
brakes. He was accompanied by
Fred Hendline of Route 2, Clyde.
Neither was injured.
An accident investigated by Pa
trolman W. R. Wooten was reported
on the Soco highway at 6 p. n. A
Plea Made
To Board
By Citizens
Widespread interest In the de
velopment of a Haywood County
Medical Center was evidenced thh
morning as the County Commls
sioners agreed to consider the pos
sibility of including such a cen
ter in the new budget.
Representatives of oragnization;
including the Lions Club, the Jay
eees, the American legion, Beti
Sigma Phi. the Business and Pro
fessional Women's Club, the Wei
fare Department, the Medical So
ciety, the Home Pqmon.stratio!
Cluhs and the Community Develop
ment programs attended the Com
missioners' meeting to state theii
approval of the program.
The group had gathered on very
short notice when it was obsorve<
that this year's budget was nearly
made up. and that there was un
certainty as to whether by nex
year the Hill-Burton appropriatim
would be decreased.
The plan calls for county ant
Federal participation in construe
tion of a medical center, with th<
county providing the land and 29M
per cent of the total cost, and th<
Federal appropriation the remain
ing 70.4 per cent.
According to James Hardii
Howell, Welfare Board member, i
building recommended as ade
quatc for this county would cos
about $60,000, of which the coun
ty's share would be between $17,
000 and $18,000. Included woult
Hg lahoraUtwy space, im X-ra:
room, darkroom, offices for nurse
and other Health Department per
sonnel, an assembly hoom, storagt
space, patients' dressing rooms
etc.
The county health offices, now
scattered throughout the Coun
House, would be moved to the new
building, wtfh room for greatly ex
panded facilities. The possibility
was also mentioned that the Wei
fare offices might be in the cen
ter. All plans would have to be
approved by the Medical Care
Commission at Raleigh.
Most of the discussion revolvec
on the question of financing the
center. Commissioner C. C. Fran
(See Medical Center?Page 2)
Mrs. Martin Receives
Injury In Mishap
Mrs. Roy Martin sustained i
fractured hip in a mishap yesterday
and has been taken to Mission Hos
pital in Ashevllie for treatment.
Mrs. Martin fell as she steppec
from the car in which she was rid
ing with her husband?apparently
a moment before the car was at ?
complete stop.
She was reported to be restint
comfortably at the hospital thii
morning.
Mr. Martin, who was here frorr
Warner-Robins, Georgia for thf
holiday weekend, is remaining foi
a few days.
NEW ROTARY PRESIDENT, Dan WaUcJnn (rf*ht> received oon
rratalatlona as he asramed office Thnraday from the oatgdliur
1 NOT dTsPOSED^O HAVE hlS PltTVRK. T/VKKN, Dentos
Woods hides his face when brought to the Haywood County Jail
shortly after his capture Friday afternoon on a charge of shoot
ing Sheriff Griffin. C. Middleton the day before. Accompanying
, Woods are Cpl. Pritchard Smith, left, of Waynesville, and. Patrol
[ man D. W. Spratt of Weaverville. Woods hasi reportedly confessed
to the slaying and has been transferred to the Swain County JaiL
i (Mountaineer Photo).
? I
- Cabinet Member
? Cites Laymen's
| Religious Role
In his Independence Day address
at the Lake Junaluska Methodist
Assembly a member of President
Eisenhower's cabinet, Dr. Arthur
S. Flemming, director of defense
mobilization, called upon Christian
laymen to "help the church streng
1 then the nation's spiritual founda
' tion."
Speaking Saturday noon in the
I lakeside auditorium, Dr. Flemming
said "All of us1 know that we* are
' living through some really critical
days,,and never before in our coun
try's history has there been such
, general recognition that we must
* strengthen our spiritual life."
He cited President Eisenhower's
, call to prayer on the Fourth of
, July as evidence of the president's
. concern over whether religion will
play as strong a role as it should in
current history, and said that Els
enhower opens his Friday morn
ing cabinet sessions with a request
that members Join him in silent
prayer.
"I believe that the church is the
only Institution through which we
can work to achieve Christian
goals so important today in Am- '
(See Cabinet Member?Page 6)
Woods Taken
Saturday To
Swain Jail
Demos Woods, who confessed
Satruday night to the shooting of
Sheriff Griffin C. Middleton of
Jackson County, has been trans
ferred from .the Haywood county
jail, where he was held about a day
and a half, to the Swain County jail
at Bryson City.
The 56 - year - old mountaineer
was captured Friday afternoon in
the mountaious country 35 miles
east of Sylva the day after Sheriff
Middleton was shot from ambush.
The Sheriff was on his way to serve
a warrant on Woods for assault.
Woods was kept in the Haywood
County jail until Saturday night.
A confession of the killing was
made soon after Woods had been
moved to the Swain County jail.
Sgt. T. A. Sandlin of the Highway
Patrol said Woods admitted shoot
ing the Jackson County sheriff.
The confession was made in the
presence of Solicitor Thad Bryson
of Bryson City, SBI agents P. R.
Kitchen, and R P. Epley, and High
way Patarolman H. T. Ferguson.
In brief. Woods' confession was
as follow:
Woods and a companion, Josiah
(See Woods?Page 6)
Band At Indianapolis For
Lunch; In Chicago Tonight
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. ? Mem
bers of the Waynesvillc High j
School Band stopped here this1
noon for lunch after completing
two-thirds of their trip to Chicago
where they will participate in the
International Lions Convention.
Tonight they will have supper
at Dyer, Ind., a suburb of Chicago,
before proceeding into the conven
tion city where they will stay at
the Hotel Riviera. Wednesday
morning they will be in a two and
a half mile parade along with 88
other units representing various
Linns Clubs from throughout the
U. S. and foreign countries.
The band caravan pulled into
Lexington. Ky? laat night a half
hour behind schedule with some
of the players hot and tired. The
air conditioning on one of the
buses got out of order, but It was
0
expected to he repaired before the
buses cot underway this morning.
Band members were in high
spirits as they hoarded the buses
yesterday morning after a 30
minute worship service in the
school auditorium.
They were given instructions and
advice by Dr. Boyd Owen and Mrs.
Howard Bryson, health depart
ment nurse, on how to remain in
good physical condition for the
trip.
The group was only 30 minutes
later than the scheduled time of
departure?due mostly to difficul
ty In trying to cram the baggage
into the available space.
A large number of parents and
friends of the band members at
tended the service and remained
for the departure.
(See Band?Page 6)
3 Townships
Out Of 13 Do
No! Ha?e
Increases
Haywood county gained about
$4,500,000 In tax valuation* in the
recent county-wide revaluation of
all property.
The new taxable valuation of the
county la SU.XSO.OOO. according to
the figures in the office of County
Auditor James Ktrkpatrick. This
figure might be slightly changed
when the new figures of the State
Board of Assessments is received.
The State Board evaluates all pub
lic utilities, including railroads.
Auditor Klrkpatrick said that it
appears that 10 townships showed
gains in the revaluation, and three
did not show any increase in pro
perty valuations. These three were:
Cataloochee, Iron Duff and Jona
thans Creek.
The valuation of the county last
year was $33,960,000.
The county board of commission
ers, together with Auditor Kirkpat
rick, are working on the new bud
get. They gave no indication as to
the rate for the coming fiscal year.
One official did surmise: "I feel
rather sure that it will not be high
er than the' present $1.65 rate."
Other than that comment, no offici
al would make a statement.
3-Day Masonic
Meeting Starts
Next Sunday
Plans have been completed by
the WayndSville Cryptic Compan
ions far the threfe-day Masonic As
sembly of the Grand Council of
Royal and Select Masters July 12
14 at Black Camp Gap.
Following is the schedule of
events:
Sunday, July 12.
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.?Registration
and assignment.
7 p.m.?A motor trip for all who
wish to witness the play "Unto
These Hills" at Mountainside The
ater at Cherokee.
8 p.m.?Masonic Service at Way
nesville Armory. Social hour and
refreshments (arranged by the
Ladies of the Order of the Eastern
Star) Immediately following ser
vices.
Monday, July 13.
9 a.m. ? Opening the Grand
Council; Introductions and recep
tion of distinguished guests; an
nouncements; call frofn labor to
refreshments.
3 p.m.?Scenic motor trip to
Masonic Marker at Black Camp
Gap. Judge James I. Walker. Past
Grand High Priest of the Grand
Royal Arch Chapter of Royal Arch
Masons in Tennessee, will make
the address.
8 p.m.?Royal Masters Degree
at Waynesville Armory by a team
from Blake Council No. 19, Spar
tanburg, S. C.
9 p.m.?Select Masters Degree by
a team from Golden Triangle Coun
cil No. 28. of Eustis, Fla.
Tuesday, July 14.
9 a.m.?Grand Council recon
venes; Remarks by distinguished
visitors; Announcements; Closing
the Grand Council.
2 p.m.?Motorcade to Cherokee
and tour of Indian Village.
5 p.m.?Motorcade through Pig
eon Gap, then on through Pigeon
River Valley to Camp Hope for
Masonic picnic at 6 pm for all
Masons, their families and friends;
the public is cordially invited. Pic
nic will be served by the ladies of
the Order of the Eastern Star of
(See Masons?Page 6)
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed.:;: 2
Injured........ 27
(Thia information com
piled from Record* ?C
State Highway Patrol.)