The Waynesville Mountaineer s3
Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park g q
68th YEAR NO. 64 18 PAGES ~ "^Associated Press ^WAYNESVILLE, N. C~ THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGU8T (T1953 |3.00 ln~Advance In Haywood and Jackson Count!*"
ke Voters
Tannery
r On Jobs
01 Local 345, inter na
j una i-catber Workers
Ulti'i :.ui Voted tiiis
0 Mfiki the A. C. Caw
i..xr company in naa
u; iur:iier oeiermmed to
1 tiieu jobs pending the
>1 strike votes being UJt
ineousij ai me company s
Asm sod, Ay., ana wew
i. a union spokesman ex
it nope i I'di lurmer nego
,n ?afees wouid render a
uctessary.
uons h<ne been under
: ine middle ol July on
eases requested oy tbe
e twee locais nad agreed
ct strike votes logemer
areiwoud, Asnlanu and
pianta ana to De govern
! majority decision,
e ol Hie bauot Here was
tor ol striking and 3
lit union ineuioeis were
lit lor t/ie vo.ing. Tnere
jmaied JU non-union ein
i tne ioeai plant,
president is juiius Davis
iiary-ireasurer is Carol
|
d 0. Plott
|ly Injured
tcident
), Plott,'well-known farm
ggie. was fatally injured
morning . about 1(1
hen his tractor went off
i Gamp Gap Koad and
er several times down a
intainside. .
Frank Pate, Haywood
oroner, said the traetor
y rolled over Plott after
[he road, crushing his
causing internal inpuries.
te said Plott had been
ut two hours when his
found.
>as a native and lifelong
of Haywood County, the
! late Robert H. and Mar
ly Plott,
ded n the Dellwood scc
a member of the Dell
iptist Church, and had
ive in Community De
t programs.
1 services will be held at
i Friday at 4 p.m. The
irge Mehaffey, pastor of
?ood Baptist Church, will
and will be assisted by
1 Carl Campbell of Bir
, Ala. and the Rev. Mr.
urial will be in the Plott
pallbearers will be ngph
es Robert Plott, Haywood
rbert Moore Plott, Frank
. Jr.. Tom Campbell, Jr.,
is Towles. Nieces will be
of flowers.
iv was taken to the home
moon and will remain
hi the hour of the ser
ng are the widow, Mrs.
Plott; two sons, Walter
Swannanoa and Charles
?he U. S. Navy; four
James. Roy, and Her
t of Waynesville, Route
>mer H. Plott of Waynes
one sister, Miss Minnie
of Waynesvlle, Route 2.
ements are under the di
f Garrett Funeral Home.
WID O. PLOTT
J
l> ? Variable cloudiness,
khnwrrs (,r thunderstorms
?utle ?-n warm or humid.
P" and cooler.
lWaynesvlUe temperature
Id hy the state Test Farm.
I Max. Mtn. Rainfall
I H9 62 .02
I R8 63 .13
I u 67 .OS
WINNERS of the 15th annual Beef Shoot at Cataloochee Raneh
are shown here behind one of the rest loss which they used for
steadying their long-barreled rifles. Left to right: B&faon fHand
ler; Waynesville: Mrs. Jim Coman, Asheville, Val Forgett of Tea
neck, N. W. A. "Bill" Bradley, Wavnesvllle, and l?on Par
rish, Davtnna Beaeli. Fla. Each of (he mrn rerrived a quarter of a
steer, Mrs. Cnman a cigarette lighter.
(Photo for The Mountaineer by Gun Martin. Stale News Bureau.)
Washington Nan Purchases
WHCC; Group Plan Putting
Up A Station In Canton
' I
i A charter has been granted to
Western North Carolina Broad
' casters. Inc., with offices in Can
ton, for the operation of a 1,000
watt radio station there.
Incorporators of the new com
; pany include Sam M. Robinson, i
: well - known Canton Attorney, j
Beverly M. Middleton of Hender
sonville, and Frances Roberson. of
Canton, who will head the broad
casters group. Mr. Middleton is
president of Radio Station WHKP
I in Hendersonville, Director of
Radio Station WUSN in Charles
ton, S. C., and is widely known in
the broadcast field. He started his
career in radio in 1933 in Char
lottesville, Va., and for several
years was an official of the Colum
bia Broadcasting System.
Mr. Robinson pointed out that
the directors of the new com-1
pany will include well-known peo
ple of Canton and Haywood Coun
ty.
The company is planning to be
gin operations late this year, and
will broadcast with 1,000 watts
from a site now being cleared by
the Washington engineers of the
corporation.
Programs will be under the
direction of Mr. Kermit Edney,
vice president of the Henderson
ville station.
Mrs. P. H. Gentry
Gives Resignation
As Town Clerk
Mrs. P. H. Gentry, clerk of the
Town of Waynesville since Au
gust, 1951, will tender her resig
nation to thr Board of Aldrrmrn
this afternoon, effective August
31.
Mrs. Gentry plans to join the
staff of the Owen-Smith clinic
as secretary and receptionist.
The Rev. and Mrs. Paul Town
send left Wednesday for them
home in Albemarle after a few days
visit to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Massie.
Ken Fryc, Washington, D. C-, haa j
completed negotiations for the I
purchase of radio station WHCC
in Waynesvillc. Arrangements were
made Wednesday afternoon accord
ing to Jimmy Childress, local sta
tion manager and co-owner, al
though the sale is dependent upon
approval by the Federal Coramus-,
ications Commission. That approval
is expected sometime in the latter
part of August.
Mr. Frye is expected here in the
near future with his family to as
sume management pf the station.
He will be the sole owner.
Mr. Childress, who came here in
March. 1950, plans to buy a station
elsewhere but will remain here for
a short while. Childress and Holt
McPherson, of High Point, own the
station.
WHCC will be 6 years old the
last of this month. It has an out
put power of 250 watts.
Cataloochee Beef Shoot
Termed Best In 15 Years
County To Get
$16,000 Share
Of Intangible Tax
Haywood County will receive ,
over $16,000 from the State's
intangible tax for the past iisral
year. Auditor James Klrkpatriek
announoed today. This is in ad
dition to money which will go
direct to the four towns within
the county.
The money will be distributed,
Mr. Klrkpatriek said, in the same
ratio as the property tax returns
and will be divided among var
ious agencies of the county.
The State intangible tax In
cludes taxes on such Items as
cash on deposit in banks, cash
In hand and stock holdings. The
past year's tax reached an all
time high of $4,750,629, of which
80 per cent is to be divided
among counties and towns.
Haywood's share comes to $16,
161.58.
By P. G. H1PPETOE
I have (Blended every one of the
15 annual Hog Rifle shooting mat
ches at Calalooehee Ranch, and it
looks like the 1953 event will have
to go down as perhaps the most
colorful; stimulant of the most in
terest. and attracting the largest
crowds.
The event has changed but little
in the 15 years?except in scope
of interest and attraction. Many
of the same people attend every
year, and a lot of "us veterans" of
the eVent look forward to the re
union of the followers of the Muz
zle Loading Rifle Shooting Match,
now modernized and called the
Beef Shoot.
Every minute of the event Wed
nesday was as exciting as the last
30 seconds of a football game, or
whether you would land a fighting
6-pound trout. Everything went
smoothly, and even the prize steer
pulled the unusual, by getting the
jump on the butcher, and just lay
ing down and giving up. Maybe
it got excited with all the shooting,
or maybe it was just time for the
prize animal to die. Anyway it j
got a few minutes jump on the
formal butchering, when the four
quarters go to the winners of the
(See Beef Shoot?Page 6)
Inductees Leave
Monday Morning
About a dozen men. Haywood
County's August quota, will leave
for induction into the Army at
9:30 Monday morning, the Selec
tive Service Board has announced.
, No men will be called to report for
I pre-induction examinations during
the month.
The Board has a call for 17 to'
i report for induction in Septem
ber. and 20 for pre-induction.
2 Towns Pass Resolution
As To Cleaning Sewer Line
The towns of Waynesville and
Hazelwood will cooperate "to pre
vent as far as possible any over
flow" of the town sewer line run
ning along the shores of Lake
Junaluska. according to resolu
tions just passed by the boards of
aldermen of the two towns.
They plan to clean and main
tain the line open so far as prac
tical, with expert service if re-'
quired. They will also appoint in
spectors to determine whether
down spouts are connected wtth
sewer lines and whether surface
water is running into the lines.
Both Waynesville and Hazelwood
adopted similar resolutions, but the
Waynesville statement Included the
town's intention to lay a new line
along Shelton Branch and another
in the Aliens Creek area
The text of the Waynesville
resolution follows:
Complaint having been made
that the sewer line from the Towns
of Waynesville and Ifazelwood run
nine through Lake Junaluska has
overflowed, and complaint having
been made by the Stnte Health of
ficials and the officials of Lake
Junaluska. and the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the Town
(See Sewer Line?Page fit
Dayton Employees Top
Bloodmobile Visit Quota
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A drive to "meet (he quarterly
quota for the Red Cross Blood
mobile visit* to the Waynesville
area went over the ton Tuesday i
as the unti collected 152 pints of
blood, beating the quota by 125
pints by almost 21 per cent.
David Underwood, Blond Pro- I
gram chairman, was high in his
praise of Dayton Rubber Company
personnel, who contributed about
85 per cent of the total, and of the
county's physicians who aided in
staffing the operation.
The Bloodmobile unit was at the
Hazelwood Presbyterian Church
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. During that
time 181 prospective donors re
ported! with almost 50 coming in
during the first hour.
For many of the donors the do
nation was their first, but a num
1 ber of 'reguJars' returned to give
tbnr eighth, ninth. tenth or even
eleventh pints. Som? of these re
reived their "Gallon Club" pins
.from Mrs. Felix Stovall. Grey
Ladies chairman. They were Ru
dolph Carswell, John Edwards,
Mrs. David Hyatt, David Hyatt,
Cornelius Wvatt. Mrs. Virginia
Honcycutt and Guy F. Henry.
Doctors staffing the unit dur
ing the day were R. Stuart Rober
son, J E, Fender, W. Boyd Owen,
N. F. Lancaster, Doris B. Ham
mett and Thomas Stringfleld.
The next Bloodmobile visit is
scheduled for November 6. An
other donation at that time is ex
pected from Haywood County's top
donor. George V. Smith, who will
then have credit for 10 donations
and a total of two gallons.
(More pictures on page 1 of.
third section.)
DAYTON RUBBER COMPANY EMPLOYEES LINE UP to live
blood at the Red Crow Bloodmobile visit Tuesday at the Hazel
wood Preesbyterian Church. Grey I-adit* compile the blood don
or register and rive the men their bottles. Standing, left to right,
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?re George Roger*, T. M. Gibson, Reed Robinson, C. E. Lafoun
taine, A. L. F.naley, Col. R. C. Lane and Carl Bailey. Seated are
Grey Ladies Mrs. Charles Ray, Mrs. B. E. CoUUU and Mrs. Wil
/ Ham Med ford with donor T. C. Holt,
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Hazelwood Baptists
To Build On New Site
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District Farm
Leaders
To Meet
Here Aug. 10
State Farm Bureau headquart
ers announced here this week that
the organization leaders from
twelve western counties will hold
their annual district membership
meeting on August 10 at the Hay
wood County Courthouse in Way
nesville at 10:00 a.m.
County leaders from Cherokee,
Clay. Graham, Macon, Swain, Jack
son. Haywood, Transylvania, Hen
derson, Buncombe, Madison and
Yancey are expected to be on hand
for the session to discuss plans
for conducting the 1953 state
wide Farm Bureau membership
drive and formulate a program of
policy development for this year.
Outstanding speakers scheduled
to appear on the program are
Farm Bureau executive vice-presi
dent It. Flake Shaw and director
of organization, Will H. Rogers,
both of Greensboro, and Oral L.
Yates of Waynesville,, Western
District Farm Bureau representa
tive, and David S. Weaver of
Raleigh, Director of North Caro
lina Extension Service. Represen
tatives from all agricultural agen
cies in the area have also been in
vited to attend the meeting
Farm Bureau officials said every
effort will be made this year in
policy development to obtain the
expressions of all members on
such important issues as farm in
come, stability and mprovement,
general price levels, the Federal
budget, production and marketing
adjustments, the role of govern
ment, conservation and improve
ment of farm resources, the free
choice system, capital needs of
agriculture two way trade or aid
labor management relations and
many others.
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Tuesday Night
The Directors of the Chamber
of Commerce of Waynesvllle will
hold their regular monthly meeting
at the Town Hall Tuesday, August
11, at 7:30 p.m. according to notices
sent out by L. C. Marley, acting
secretary.
Dr. Boyd Owen, president, has
asked that all members make a
special efTort to attend this meet
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Martel return
ed Tuesday from Lynn, Mass. Mrs.
Martel has been in Lynn more than
three weeks having bee called
there at the death of her mother,
Mrs. Mary J. Grant on July 9. Mr,
Martel went last week to attend
funeral services for his mother,
Mrs. Edward Martel, who died
July 30.
BERLIN GllNTER is brine held
in thr Haywood county jail,
charged with murder of Boh
Ford, and thr shooting of Miss
Prarl Sutton, in thr Mt. Sterling
section, tillntcr has confessed to
the shooting, saying he was
drinking at the time. This pic
lure was made in jail.
(Mounlainerer Photo).
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School Meet
jEpected To
Draw Crowd
A good-sized attendance of In
terested persons is expected Fri
day afternoon at the meeting call
ed to discuss disposition of the
Central Elementary school prop
erty. The meeting is to be held
in the commissioners' room of the
Court House, beginning at 3 o'clock,
and is open to the public.
Agencies officially participating
in the discussion include the Way
nesvlllc aldermen, fhe trustees of
the Haywood County Library, the
board of education and the newly
created board of trustees for the
property under consideration.
An act of the 1953 legislature
! empowered the trustees to deed
the properly to the Town of Way
nesviile for public use as soon as
Its use as a school was terminated.
The board of education, however,
recently passed a resolution that
(See School Meeting?Page 6)
Smith Property On
Main Street Purchased
For New Plant
The congregation of the He?el
wood Baptist church have voted to
buy the John Smith property on
Main Street and erect a modern
sanctuary. Tentative plana are to
start construction about the first
of the year.
Frank Underwood, member of
the board of trustees, said the
Smith property faces 250 feet on
Main Street and also on Virginia
Avenue. Plans are to move the
present two-story house to tho
back of the lot, and use it aa ?
parsonage, and build the combin
ation sanctuary and Sunday School
plant at the front of the lot.
The church is seeking the advice
of the architect service of the
Southern Baptist Sunday School
board, and one member of the en
gineering staff here on inspection
of the property termed it ideal for
the new church site.
Included in the plans will be
ample parking space, it was point
ed out. The chureh, with a mem
bership of about 400, voted to
spend $18,000 for the property.
The present church property con
sisting of three buildings will be
sold as soon, as the new buildings
are completed. The plant consists
of the wooden church building, the
recently modernized parsonage,
and a brick building completed sev
eral years ago as a Sunday School
building.
The pastor of the church is Rev.
John Kizer, who assumed his duties
In March of this year. The chair
man of the deacon board is John
Blaylock, while Jerry Rogers is
chairman of the building commit
tee, and Fred Moody is chairman
of the finance committee.
The board of trustees is compos
ed of Frank Underwood, John Blay
lock. and Pink Compton.
Firemen To Have
Rigid Training
Waynesville firemen will under
go another two hour drill Mon
day afternoon, under the direction
of James Bailey, it was announced
by Felix Stovall, chief.
Plans are also under way for a
complete check of all business
places as to fire hazards. Chief
Stovall announced.
The fire drills are held every
other Monday, and will continue
for about six months.
Miss Miriam Phillips and Mrs.
Roy Phillips. Jr.. are visiting Lt.
Col. and Mrs. M. W. Brinson at
their home in Washington, D. C.
Congressman George Shuford
of AsheyiUe will be the featured
George Shuford To Speak
At Cataloochee Reunion
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speaker at the 23rd annual Cata
looehee Reunion to be held Sunday
at Palmer's Chapel.
Congressman Shuford, wha has
worked closely with officials of the
National Park Service, will discuss
the proposed plan for developing
the eastern end of the Smoky
Mountains Nataional Park, which
includes Cataloochee
Robert Hannah of Fairfax, Vir
ginia is presdent of the Cataloo
chee group and will preside during
the business discussions.
The program will begin at 10:30
a m. and will continue throughout
the day with a picnic lunch at
noon.
Between eight hundred and one
thousand former residents of the
Cataloochee area with their fami
lies and friends are expected to
be present for the occasion.
Highway
Record For
In Haywood
(To Date)
1953
Killed ? ? ? ^ 3
Injured.... 32
(This InfornuUsa com
piled from Records ot
State Hlfhway Patrol.)
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