More and more people I r
^ reading The Moun- ? 1*? -w ^ ^
?? I ^HE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINFFR
~ ' ^C0 In Adv*"ce In ilaywood and JaeWcounti^
laywood
lalves Sold
11 Asheville
f 1
?cites on livestock sold at the
iUJ, teeuer can saie at Asneviiie
i vices were announced touay hy
county agent s oiuce. beverai
loreu neau were sold by Hay
ui producers,
lite prices included:
i jut> tietxers, *it>08; choice
lets ijuu-400), *xa.ou; cnoicc
ids i-iuu-uudi, cnoice
leii 'DUO upi, *10.00; good neu
ijuu-?uui, lo.oi; good heiiers
O-oou', *11 <u; good neiters taoo
I, >10.10.
jfUiuin heifers (300-400), $13.07;
ilium neuers (400-5OU), *12.bd,
uiuiii neuers lOou up) *11.<1.
jut) steers, *i?.va; cnoice steers
?ojw, *11.00; cnoice steers (oau
% >ii.00; cnoice steers (400-4au<,
M; choice steers (450-aoot
cnoice steers (OOO-OoUi,
.11, choice steers (530 up)
30.
iwd steers (400-450), $17.15;
11 steers < oi)0-0at)) *ib.u0b; good
trs ioau-400), $10.1)41; good
hs ooo-oooi, *16.13; good steers
o-aoo , *16.1)44; good steers 1050
, >lb.S37.
leaium steers (300-400), $15.91;
aium steers (400-500), $14.70;
dium steers (500 up) $14.45; jack
, $15 36.
hildress Leaves
d Take Over
tation At Elkin
lames B. Childress, former
Ber of radio station WHCC, left
lynesville Saturday for Elkin,
Br* he has purchased station
!TM and its affiliate FM station,
i will take over that station of
?Hy when the Federal Com
nications Commission has ap
ired the sale.
(r Childress, who came to
ynesville from Oxford, N. C.,
rated the station here for near,
lour years. He is a past presi
11 of the local Kiwanis Club and
director of the Chafnber of
amerce. He is married and has
i children.
Hation WHCC is now being op
ted by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Fry, formerly of Washington,
C.
ifand Warns Drivers
i Improper Parking
fiynesville Police Chief Orville
and today warned drivers to
ain from parking on sidewalks
on the wrong side of the
*t (facing in the wrong direc
Wef Noland said there has been
went increase in these viola
is and added that he has in
Wed policemen to hand out
e,s to all offenders. Traffic
ations are potentially more
Cerous when schools are open,
chief emphasized.
Lancaster shows
improvement
r N F Lancaster remains at
norial Mission Hospital, Ashe
i. where he was reported to be
*ing slight improvement yes
lj-' In spite of the improve
!'? however, he is not allowed
lors.
BASKETMAKKR AND BUSINESSMAN is Fred C. Vaughn, who is
an expert weaver, although he is virtually blind. He operates a re
freshment stand at the Masonic Temple. (Mountaineer photo)
County-Wide CDP Field
Day Set Saturday At Bethel
The county-wide Community De
velopment Program field day will
be held on Saturday on the Bethel
High School playgrounds, starting
1 at 1 p.m.
The field day program will con
sist of a guessing game, horseshoe
pitching, target shooting, and two
Softball games.
For Softball, the communities
which participated in the field days
and picnics this year w'ill be div
ided into two groups. Each group
will furnish a team, to be made up
of two players from each of the
groups. Managers will select the
players to represent their commun
ity and will be responsible for
bciesieg along softbail equipment.
Community chairmen are urge*
to have both a men's and a wo
men's team to participate in the
horseshoe pitching.
Grand prizes will be given in
the guessing game, horseshoe
pitching, and target Shooting.
Target shooting will take place
between the following high scorers
among men, women, boys, and
girls who fired during community
field days and picnics:
Men?Roy Stephens, Saunook.
43; Lloyd Jones. Hominy, 35;
George Sutton, Bcaverdam, 35;
Frank Christopher, Francis Cove,
33; Ben Best, Upper Crabtree, 33,
and alternates Joel McCrary,
Thickety, 33, and Jack Riggins,
West Pigeon, 33.
Women?Betty Prcssley, Hom
iny, 31; Louise Chambers, Aliens
Creek. 26; Eve Trull, Cruso. 23;
Mrs. George Frady, Thickety, 23;
Mary West, Hominy, 21. and alter
nates Sara James, Upper Crab
tree, 21. and Betty Jo Long. East
Pigeon. 20.
Boys?Joe Rhinehart, Thickety,
15; Lane McCracken, Hominy, 40;
Carl McCracken, Upper Crabtree,
53; Charlie Clark, Saunook, 30;
George Bradshaw, Iron Duff, 28,
and alternates Jimmy Best, Upper
Crabtree. 28, and Bobby Hunter,
White Oak. 26.
Girls?Bobbie King, Bcaverdam,
15; Ruth Helen Boone, Francis
Cove, 30; Ava Jean Henson, Cruso.
26; Ardatha Griffin, East Pigeon.
25; Mary Sue Sparks, Saunook, 25.
and alternates Jerry Layman, Cru
so, 17; Shirley Smith, East Pi
geon, 16. and Doris Fisher, Aliens
Creek, 16.
The girls' softbail game will be
played at 1:30; the boys' game at
2:30.
One softbail team composed of
players from Hominy, Thickety,
West Pigeon, East Pigeon, Beaver
dam, Cruso. and Morning Star will
oppose another squad of players
from Upper Crabtree, Francis
Cove, Iron Duff, South Clyde.
White Oak, Aliens Creek, and
Saunook.
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Thousands Attend
Formal Opening
Taylor Motor Co.
Thousands of people attended the
opening of Taylor Motor' Company's
new plant here Thursday afternoon
and night.
The crowds started going through
(he plant at two o'clock and hun
dreds were on hand at nine.
At 6:30 a parade by the High
School Band began the evening
program, which included a 45-min
ute concert by the band, and the
awarding of numerous gifts by the
firm.
Favors and refreshments were
served during the entire opening,
with special gifts going to each
member of the band.
? , ? .'v a. i ? ? ?
Several Dead
Foxes Reported;
Rabies Suspected
Several dead foxea were seen
recently by a hunter in wooded
areas in the Aliens Creek sec
tion, leading to a theory that
their death might possibly have
been caused by the bite of a
rabid animal, according to Health
Department Inspector Jack Ar
lington.
He said that the department
may raake-an effort to catch a fox
-Olive in that- area aitd examine
f it for symptoms of rabies.
A head of a fox killed on the
highway by a state patrol car
driven by Patrolman Harolotis
Dayton has been sent to the state
laboratory for examination, Mr.
Arrington said.
Waynesville Auto
Parts Move Into
New Quarters
Waynesville Auto Parts Company
have moved to new and larger
quarters at 208 Haywood Street
The new quarters are more than
twice as large as the building on
Depot Street, where the firm has
been since it began business in
1946.
In addition to the 3600 square
feet of floor space, the firm now
has a parking lot 30 by 90 feet for
their customers.
The new building, erected by Dr
John Smathers, was constructed for
the firm .and completed about a
week ago.
The firm is owned by Frank
Underwood and Rufus Carswell.
Also connected with the firm are
Carol Underwood, Talmage Wood
ward, and "Mutt* Tate.
The firm already carries thous
ands upon thousands of automotive
parts, and announced that with the
additional space will increase their
stocks by a large percentage.
aptist Church Completes
/aynesville Church Census
?ynesvilles Firit Baptist
LV1 completed its special
. census Friday, and made
d?v eexpaTUl its <Mvn present
1 School membership to 838'
^ a potential enrollment of
- suPervlsor of the census,
Rev. J. J. Jernigan of Columbia.
S. C., associate director of Sun
day School work for the Baptist
Church in South Carolina, said
that, as a result of the findings
made, he will recommend:
1. Addition of gne more adult
department to make a total of
three and the addition of eight
more classes for a total of 18.
2. Addition of two classes for
young people for a total of five.
3. Addition of another inter,
mediate department and doubling
of the present number of classes.
4. Closer grading on an age
basis of classes for primary and
beginners.
5. Expansion of nursery classes
from three to four.
The Baptist census takers con
tacted some 3.000 townspeople
during their survey last Sunday
afternoon. Information gained on
members of other denominations
will be turned over to their respec
tive churches. The First Baptist
Church will uae information on its
own members and prospective
members to expaind its enrollment.
Church workers will call on the
first prospects soon.
\
s
The ,
Neither *
COOLER
rrnw!' i?,ls'derable cloudhiess
coo|Pr Sd#y' mo8tly cloudy
( li" Waync(!ville tempera
l Fv7nCOrnpiled by the State
L1 M?x- Mln. Rainfall
^ -?-82 57 __
i, j 178 52 ?
. 4 ?- 78 51 ?
,4?7? 37 ; _
AN EFFICIENT SECRETARY, despite the fact that she has had
to fight back front an attack of polio suffered when she was only
l'j months old, is. Uillic Pcnland, employed at the Hyatt Plumbing
Company. (Mountaineer photo)
Polio, Blindness Don t Keep
County Residents Off Job
By BOB CONWAy
Staff Writer
There are very few people who
ran go through life without some
kind of handicap?whether it be
a minor one or a major one. Some
times our handicaps are obvious to
others; at other times they may be
known only to our closest friends?
or perhaps only to ourselves.
Fate alone decides whether or
not we have to hear certain afflic
tions. But it's up to us as to wheth
: er we surrender to our misfor
tunes?or fight back in an effort to
overcome them.
Two of Waynesville's residents
who have refused to "quit" in the
face of adversity are pretty Uillic
Peniand, a victim of polio in her
infancy, and genial Fred Vaughn,
who has lost almost all his sight.
Billie now is secretary for the Hy
att Plumbing Co.. while Fred oper
ates a refreshment stand across
the street in the Masonic Temple.
Mi$s Peniand was only ^0
^monUw she was stricter*
"with f>o1fo. ftatwas In 1929, bb?
fore the disease ? usually called
infantile paralysis at that time?.
had beeome well known to the
general public.
In those days. Billie pointed out,
| very little could be done for polio
I sufferers that is commonly done
today. There was no gamma glob
j ulin then and doctors knew eom
' paratively little about the dread
ailment.
But Billie carried on as be.d
she could by attending Bethel
School, and thdn enrolling at St.
John's for business courses. Today
she types 50 words a minute and
has won an award for her speed in
taking shorthand. She has been
with the Hyatt firm now for four
years, and during this time has
undergone two operations to im
prove her condition.
Billie. the daughter of Mrs.
Hugh Peniand, Route 3. Bethel,
serves as secretary-treasurer of
the March of Dimes and is sponsor
and secretary of the Young Peo
ple's Class &t 'he Waynesvillc
Church of the Nazarcnc. In her
spare time she likes to read and
collect vases. And, like nearly
everyone else In Wa.vnesville. she's
a strong football fan of the Moun
taineers.
Fred Vaughn, a native of Swain
County, first camp to Waynesvillc
in 1922. "I got my foot wet and
couldn't get away," he recalls. His
sight, defective from hlrth, never
theless was fairly satisfactory at
close range during his early life.
However, It got worse as time went
on from a failure of a part of the
lens in both eyes to develop prop
erly. In 1940 he became partially
blind.
Fred worked for a number of
years in industrial plants here
until he opened his present re
freshment stand about a year ago
with the assistance of the Waynes
vtlle Liona Club and the State
Commission for the Blind.
Although Fred sells things to
eat, drink, and read, his specialty
is attractive baskets which he
makes himself. Fred had only
three lessons from Miss Pauline
-Williams, a Kentucky case worker
for the blind, before he learned to
weave the straw baskets, but he
spent most of one summer in prac
ticing. He usually makes one a day
while at work, but can turn out
one in a half day when he devotes
all his time to it.
Fred is married and lives In
Keller Heights. East Waynesvillc.
He's also a member of the First
Methodist Church. His son, Fred
erick, known as one of the most
accomplished musicians that
Waynesville has ever produced, is
now a radio announced in Siler
City.
Mrs. Roy Phillips is visiting her
son-in-law and daughter, Lt Col.
and Mrs. M. W. Brinson. in Wash
ington, D. C.
Head-On Crash
Near Cherokee
Fatal To Indian
A Cherokee Indian suffered fatal
njuries in a head-on collision on
doute 19 east of Cherokee early
?Sunday afternoon. Six others were
hospitalized as a result of the acci
dent.
The victim was Edward Samuel
Walkingstick, 30, who died on the
way to the hospital. He was the
driver of one of the cars involved.
Others hurt were Columbus George,
lohnnv Jackson. Mrs. Cornelia
lackson, Luke George, William
Mathis, and Ed Taylor.
State Patrolmen are continuing
their investigation of the accident.
! Schools Here
To Be Closed
On Friday
fciywood county schools will
close Friday to permit teachers to
attend the annual convention of
the Western District of the North
Carolina Educational Association in
Asheville, Superintendent Law
rence Leatherwood announced to
day.
Frank. Rogers, principal of East
Waynesville School is vice presi
dent of the NCEA's Western Dis
trict.
Major speakers at the conven
tion. to be held at Lee H. Edwards
High School, will be Dr. Charles
F. Carroll, state superintendent of
public instruction, Rkleigh, and Dr.
George D. Heaton. pastor of Myers
Park Baptist Church, Charlotte.
Included in the various division
al meetings scheduled is a discus,
sion on classroom teaching to be
led by Mrs. Claude Rogers of Al
iens Creek School. Other sessions
will deal with agriculture, art,
audio-visual, business education,
guidance services, dramatic art.
elementary education, educational
secretaries, English, Bible, health,
physical education, and recreation,
home economics, Latin, modern
languages, music, school libraries,
mathematics, science, social stud
ies. and trade and industrial educa
tion.
Haywood Highlanders
Will Meet Wednesday
Haywood County's section of the
Western North Carolina Highland
ers, Inc.. will elect new officers at
Its monthly meeting at 8 p.m. Wed
nesday at the courthouse.
Directors of the 12-county or
ganization met recently to elect
officers and lay plans for nest
year.
FINES CREEK CANNERY
WILL BE CLOSED
The Fines Creek Community
Cannery will be closed next week
and will not be reopened except by
special request for the remainder
of the year.
Carpenter Out
For 3 ? 4 Weeks
Charles Carpenter. Canton's
candidate for all-state honors,
will be out of rridlron action for
three or four weeks as a result
of injuries suffered In the last
quarter of Friday's game against
Waynesvllle. |
School officials said that the
Bears' triple-threat back appar
ently suffered a ruptured carti
lage In his shoulder, according
to an X-ray examination. He will
undergo treatment for the in
jury In Ashe rifle. It was added.
Haywood Goes 3 To 1
For Bonds; 2000 Vote
Lightest Vote On
Record With 24
Of 28 Precincts In
t "7*?^ vwlcr?- following the
trend of the aute. approved by an
U?hl vot<? Saturday,
e fifty million dollar school bond
J*KU?' ,*"d ,hp twenty-two million
Mai 7e for menU? institutions
ay wood voted about 3 to one
fsj?*- vTd a"?ui
Oi eight to one for both issues.
J his was based on 24 out of 28
precincts.
The vote over the state was in
the neighborhood of 200.000 JS
compared to almost three time,
"?at in hotly contested elections
,.? J'ote in Haywood was one of
he lightest on record, as well as
ing quielcsl- w"h about 2.000 vot
Some precincts with 1700 regls
o?ed V0,lrS Showed ,ess ^an 200
voted on Saturday.
1 he four precincts not heard
from as of noon today, and no way
Oak^citfl th! Were: Whi,?
SHSSTtTi"1 Cr~k
,2:Zh"24 ?"'??*? "" '?>
for schools 1452
Against Schools 50*
For Hospitals 149^
Against Hospitals 435
Of the 24 precincts reporting
five went against the bond issue
They were: Crabtree. Iron Dmr
Jonathan Creek. Fines Creek No
One and Cruso.
goin? the strong
? for the bond issue was Hazel
W(JonathH '3r8 ""d ?ne "?lns**
Jonathans Creek and Fines Creek
No. One went about five to one
gainst the Issues. Crabtree four
(tg. Iron Duff and C.Uso
md h*If 10 orw gainst.
i ?nn. BroWn' chairman of the
boaM of elections, safer th* official
canvass would be held Tuesday.
Red Cross Seeks Books
For Veterans Hospital
An appeal for western comic
fo?rn,!.nTlt 8nd "P"**11hooks"
for Patients in the Veterans Hos
pital at Oteen was made today by
Mrs. Felix Stovall. chairman oi the
Waynesville Red Cross "Gray Lad
Mrs. Stovall said donors may
FrauV? ab?0kS "l th<? Arner|can
date 6 ? ' ?r Ca" her at GLpn
vJ?r? Gr"u Ladie" Wi" go t? the
Ve erans Hospital October 15 to
visit with patients and meet with
fod Cross Council representatives.
Smoker's Cigarette
Sets Mattress Afire
The Wayne,ville Fire Depart
ment made its only run of the
week-end to an apartment in the
old Hipp, home early Friday morn
ing. where a mattress had been set
afire by a cigarette. Only the mat
tress was damaged, firemen report
Department members will hold
their twice-monthly fire drill at
f;m- today. Fire Chief Felix
Stovall said.
It's In The Book
Are there any specific rales cov
ering so routine a maneuver as
passing another car? ?
Ashevilie.
It so happens there are. The
Motor Vehicle Manual points out
that motorists overtaking and pass
ing another vehicle shall pass at
least two feet to the left, and not
return to the right side of the high
way until safely clear of tho over
taken vehicle. You must sound
your horn too. when passing an
other vehicle on the open highway.
psfififissasi.
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed;::: 4
Injured?... 37
(This Information r am
plied from Record* ?t V
State Hlchwsj Patrol.)
Unofficial Election Returns
Schools Mental 1.
Precinct For Against For Against
Aliens Creek 74 13 73 11
oeaveruuni 1 ?.... 3/ 0 38 4
ttcaveruaiu 3 <4 19 7o 10
oeaveruani 3 40 9 48 y
ileaveruam 4 80 y '<8 9
iieaveruam 5 48 3 49 3
xiuiverUam o ?... 103 13 104 11
tug Creek ? ? ? ?
ClyUe 03 03 111 43
cruolree 31 ? 79 40 01
Cecil 7 14 0 13
cruso 18 30 10 37
Catalooetiee ? ? ? ?
l ines Creek 1 10 01 14 47
Fines Creek 3 ? ? ? ?
Jonathans Creek 9 47 10 45
llazeiwood 139 1 130 1
Ivy Hill 38 10 38 9
Iron Dufi 33 34 33 33
Lake Junulusku 00 10 03 13
Center Pigeon 19 15 31 13
Pigeon 00 14 00 11
Saunook 33 8 33 7
Center Waynesville ...: 158 9 ? 154 8
South Waynesville 1. 139 7 137 4
West Waynesville 88 11 80 11
Fast Waynesville 77 33 73 39
White Oak ? ? ? ?
TOTALS 1152 505 1190 435
Congressional Hearing On
iPark Scheduled For Spring
In Section By Rep. Shuford
The groundwork has been com
pleted by Congressman George
Khuford for holding a Congres
sional hearing of the House In
terior and Insular Affairs Com
mittee here next spring.
Rep. Shuford has just returned
from an extensive trip west to Seat
tle and New Mexico with the com
mittee, and completed plans for
similar studies and hearings to be
made in Western Carolina next
spring.
Richard Queen, secretary of the
Congressman of the 12th district,
said tentative plans were to spend
one day and night here, perhaps
I he same length of time in Ashe
ville and Cherokee.
"The conference will probably
take three days, with one day de
voted to the I'ark, one to the In
dians, and one to the Parkway,"
Queen said.
The committee Is composed of
27 members, with Rep. A. L. Mil
ler, of Nebraska, chairman.
Employ-Handicapped
Group To Meet Again
Wa.vnesvilles' committee for ob
servance of National Employ-the
Handicapped Week will hold Its
second meeting at noon Wednes
day at the Wellco Shoe Corp.
The group met last week at the
Employment Security ("omission
office and elected as new chair
man, Mrs. Doyle D. Alley, secre
tary of the North Carolina Park,
Parkway, and Forest Develop- :
ment Commission. She replaces
Al Whitehead of the employment
office.
Nichols Winner
Of Grid Contest
m Thomas Nichols of llazclwood
won The Mountaineer's third
football contest with 9 out of 12
correct guesses on weekend
gridiron tilts. He was tripped
up by the Waynesville-Canton
tie and by the Oklahoma and
Georgia games. Twenty-one per- ^
sons missed four games.
Last week's contest resulted in
a four-way tie; a week earlier,
the prise went to Paul Hightow
er, Waynesville High student and
Mountaineer grldder.
Blaze Damages
Car; Firemen
Save Residence
The possible loss of a home by
fire was prevented by the Clyde
fire department early this morn
ing when the group answered a
call at the Haskew Werren, Sr.,
residence on the Poison Cove
road, 1 Vi miles from Clyde, where
an automobile had caught afire.
The interior of the vehicle, a
1951 sedan, was gutted by the
blaze, but firemen kept the blaze
from spreading to the residence.
The car had been parked just a
few feet from the house,
Clyde's fire department was or
ganized seven months ago with 30
men. Larry H. Cagle is fire chief:
J. B. Martin, assistant chief, and
James Newman and Joe Killian
captains.
"Out Of This World"
Ranger Says Of Fall Color
General opinion of forest and
parkway rangers' is that fall color
will be at its best this week-end
and next. There will be no better
show than Nature's own from the
vantage points at Mile High, Hein
tooga. Newfound Gap, Plsgah and
innumerable others.
Vacationists who enjoy getting
close to the beauty krf nature will
find the next three weeks an ideal
time to visit this area. The annual
autumn color show can be seen at
its peak the first and second weeks I
of October.
Already autumn coloration is I
good along the top of the Pisgah.
With the exception of the oaks,
nearly every species can now be j
sighted in its autumn dress. The
deep purple of the dogwood and
?
I the red of the sourwpod trees ?re
complemented by the orange-red of
the maple and the yellow of the
black locust and chestnut oak.
From the heights of the Pisgah
National Forest color changes are
also creeping down Into the foot
hills. Ranger Ted Seely predicts
an early peak for this year's au
tumn color display. He too pre
dicts that the second week of Oc
tober '10-11 'will be the most re
warding to visitors making the an
nual autumnal pilgrimage to West
ern North Carolina.
Ranger Seely urges vlsltore in
the county to drive up to the top
of the Pisgah.
"The view from Green Knob
Overlook out from Wagon Road
Gap is V>ut of this world." he states, !