p *?o ?rvjn ?? * TW By h2l ?LE Mountaineer st I ^,h YEAR NO. 82 16 PAGES 7 ~ , bounty 8681 01 Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance nf u. r, , c i_ w ' M wouW ?? **?? better ' ? Associated Press ? yt^TXT. ? ?? tnt??e Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Had ?y more ? ~~ WAYNESV1LLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON. OCT. 8. 1953 iTur??^ ?- 9 ] ~~ ?- ** 00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countiea Southern Bell To Eliminate Tolls On , Calls Within Haywood Next Spring I Work On Conversion Under Way By early spring, the 7,100 tele phones in the county will be as one unit, and there will be no more toll charges in calls within Hay wood, The Mountaineer learned this morning from C. T. McCusi ton. manager for the Waynesville and Canton exchanges. The ex tended scope of service hos been planned for some months. Work began yesterday in Can ton of putting down underground cable from the exchange building on Academy street to the western edge of town. From there the cables will be aerial, and continue on to Hillcrest in the Medford Farm section where they will con nect with cables already up from the Waynesville office. One directory will serve Hay wood customcrsfi with the present Canton listing being grouped to gether, and the present Waynes ville listing being grouped togeth er. Present numbers will prevail for all customers. The classified section of the directory will be combined. It was learned, but un der each heading, the Canton and Waynesville lifting will be sep arate. The Canton directory now car ries the Waynesville listings in the back. Engineers are working on the dialing codes, Mr. McCuiston said. Just what will be worked out Is not known at present, but it will be made as simple as possible, he pointed out The Waynesville cus tomers, in order t? call Canton, (See Phones?Page 8) r . Clyde Firemen ^ Seek Funds For New Equipment t An appeal to Haywood County , residents to support the newly or t ganized 'Clyde Fire Department's , campaign to obtain needed equip f ment was made today by Larry I Cagle, fire chief. Urgently needed, Mr. Cagle said, are funds to purchase 450 feet of 2Vk-inch and lV4-lnch hose, ? nozzles, ladders, portable extin 1 guisher tanks, and a new siren. In regard to fire Insurance rates, Clyde is now classified as a rural ' community, but could be put in ' a better category if additional ' equipment can be obtained, the fire chief pointed out. This would 1 resultu in the lowering of Clyde's ' fire insurance costs, he added. Clyde's Fire Department answers calls anywhere In Clyde Township. ? Mr. Cagle said. The firemen were ? summoned early Monday morning ? when a car. caught afire at the ; Warren residence at Poison Cove. ? The vehicle was damaged heavily, but the fire fighters prevented ? flames from spraeding to the i house, which was just a few feet 1 from where the car was parked. ' Clyde firemen can be reached at [ any of these three telephone ? numbers: 3379, 5628, or 3251. * HEAVY MACHINERY ia rapidly culling Into the hillside at Lake superhighway from Canton to the lake. Some 27,000 feet of dirt Junaluska at the intersection of Route 19 and 19-A as workmen is being moved in a cut 50 feet high and 39 feet wide. of the H. R. Stewart Co. continue grading of the new four-lane (Mountaineer Photo). ? . ' ; . - , ' . ' - Communities Vie Saturday In Field Day At Bethel i ?... -v . ~~ ~ 1 "" ?; Tobacco Festival To Be Discussed i Plans for Haywood County's . sixth .annual Tobacco festival wlH bo dthnuaai d alYt p.nd Thursday at a meeting of county agricultural and home demons- < tration agents with officers di rectors, and chairmen of the Community Development Pro gram in the courtroom. Also to be discussed are plans for election of new officers and the CD program for 1054. Group To Aid Handicapped Has Second Meeting Waynesville's committee for ob servance of National Employ-the Handicapped Week were the guests of Heinz Rollman at a luncheon meeting at the Weilco Shoe Corp. Wednesday. The committee was In session for two hours discussing various ways of helping handicapped persons in the county to find employment. The group will meet again on October 21 in the office of the North Carolina Park Commission to vote on projects to be adopted. Mrs. Doyle D. Alley of the Park Commission, recently elected chair man of the commltte, was in charge of the meeting. A guessing game. horsejljoe pitching, target shooting, and soft ball will be on tap Saturday at 1 p.m. when Haywood County partic ipants in the Community Develop ment Program will meet to teat their aklll and match muscles at tMr jm*-CDP MM day. % Scene fct the cwumunity clashes , will be the Bethel High School playgrounds. Softball teams will be made up of squads composed of two players from each of the communities rep resented. Managers of the teams are to select their representatives r.nd furnish (he necessary aoftbal! equipment. Merchandise awards will be made in the target shooting, and cash awards for the other events Target shooting will take place; between the following high scor ers among men, women, girls, and boys who fired during community ficdl days and picnics: Men?Hoy Stephens, Raunook, 43; Lloyd Jones, Hominy, 35; George Sutton, Boavcrdam, 35; (See Field Day?Page 8) Five To Attend YD Convention At least five from Waynesvllle are scheduled to attend the State Young Democratic Convention in Italelgh this week end. The Hay wood delegation will be headed by | Joe N. Tate, Jr., president, Jerry Rogers, Richard Queen, Glenn Brown and Mrs, Mildred Bryson. Several others from Canton were also planning to go. namely, Charles Beall, Lorenzo Smathers, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Clark. Beginning Thursday and con tinuing through Saturday evening, the convention will be held at the Hotel Sir Walter. Election of offi cers will take place Saturday fol lowed by a banquet that evening. All young Democrats attending from Haywood will be seated as delegates and will go to the con vention uncommitted. After cau cas, the delegation will vote the county as a whole. Eight Haywood Precincts Vote Against Bond Issues THE REV. E. H. BRENDALL, new pastor of the First Metho dist Church, has arrived and will hold his first service Sun day morninc. Mr. Brendall comes to Waynesville from Co burn Memorial Church. Salis bury. |_ (See Story, Pace 3) Eight out of 24 Haywood pre cincts voted against the two bond issues last Saturday, according to the official returns which were tabulated by the Board of Elections on Tuesday. The Mountaineer on Monday showed five precincts as voting against the bond issues in the un official tabulation, with four pre-1 cincts unreported. Three of the1 unreported precincts went against the issues, with two of them going < 100 per cent against the two bond issues?Big Creek and Fines Creek two. White Oak missed going 100 per cent against the issues by one vote for schools and two for mental hospitals. Cataloochee was the only pre cinct in the county going 100 per cent for the bond Issues, In their vote of 7 to 0. The seven votes was the entire registration of the pre cinct. Hazelwood was close behind, with 139 for, and one against. The official totals were in iden tical with the unofficial tabulation shown by The Mountaineer Mon day for those 24 precincts report ing. The complete official was: For schools 1464 Against schools 589 For Mental Hospitals .... _ 1499 Against Mental Hospitals 517 Firemen Plan Inspection Of Business Area For Fire i Hazards Early Next Week j Count/PMA Elections Set For Oct. 15 A total of 149 Haywood farmers are candidates for county PMA offices in the election scheduled for October 15. Balloting will be conducted in 1400 farm communi ties all over North Carolina. < Forty-three men are seeking election as delegates to the county convention, while 105 are candi dates for PMA community posts. Nominees were selected at special meetings held in the county, which ended September 25. Elections are being held two months earlier this year than formerly to permit newly elected committeemen to acquaint them selves with their new jobs before the 1954 PMA program gets under way. according to A. W. Ferguson, PMA office manager. * This election and the cost share meetings now in progress are especially important this year because of changes made in the PMA program' for 1954, Mr. Fergu son said. lie urged all farmers participating in the program to vote at the election and to sub mit their request for cost-share as sistance before the November 6 deadline. Polling places will be open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. in these com munities: Beaverdam, City Hall: Clyde, high school; Crabtree, high school; East Fork, Henson's store; Fines Creek, high school; Iron Duff, J. R. Caldwell's mill^ Ivy Hill, Bur gin's store; Jonathan Creek, school; Pigeon, Bethel agricultural build ing; Waynesville, PMA office; White Oak, community house; Panther Creek, regular voting place. 1 iA community-wide program on Kfre Prevention wffl' "be ' c>41 ?<i" out next week b?" tug ushers of the Waynesvllle Fire Department and James Bailey, specialist in fire I fighting, who la giving training to the local firemen. One phase of the observance wf the occasion will bo a special building-to-building inspection by firemen and the building inspector of every place of business in the area. These inspections will begin ft Tuesday, it was learned. Lloyd Jones Is building inspector. Mr. Bailey is going to appear at several of the schools in a series of addresses, and will explain the importance of clearing buildings calmly but hurriedly in time of fires or drills. Mr. Bailey went over the uses of some new chemicals in fire j fighting in the drill with firemen this week. Firemen have staged a series of drills at several of the schools in town, and plan others in the near future. "? j i Mr. and Mrs. Sam Welch and small son, Douglas, of Atlanta are expected to spend the weekend as guests of Mrs. T. Lenoir Gwyn. t'1 It's In The Book I've driven in several states and noticed hand and arm signals vary considerably. What exactly are the correct signals to be used in North Carolina??M.O., Brevard. This is one of the easiest driv ing regulations to remember. The Motor Vehicle Manual describes correct arm and hand signals as follows: Left turn?hand and arm horizontal, forefinger pointing; Right turn?hand and arm point ing upward; Stop?hand and arm pointing downward. The law fur ther says the signal must be given W from the left side of the vehicle and cohtlnued for the last 100 ? feet traveled prior to stopping or making a turn. Highway Record For 1953 I In Haywood (To Date) - Killed;::: 4 j|b|, Injured.... 37 ||| | jjji (This Information ew jjB ' t QixRg piled from Records at State Highway PatmL) / State Secretaries Meeting To Be Held Here Oct. 23-25 - - -a ???-- */r (See Picture, Pare 4) The first annual meeting of the North Carolina Secretaries As sociation, a division of the Nation al Secretaries Association, will be held in Waynesville October 23-25 at the Country Club fnn, according to an announcement made here to day. This will be the first meeting of the state group since it was or ganized last January In Greens boro with approximately 300 mem bers. Hostesses for the convention ? members of Waynesvllle'a Moun taineer Chapter of the Secretaries Association ? met at the court house Wednesday night to diacuss plans lor me event, mis* mary Medford is general chairman for the convention, while Miss Jim mie Watts is president of the local chapter. The meeting will begin on Fri day evening with an informal so cial hour arranged by the host chapter. Forml business will get under way Saturday morning af ter greetings from town and coun ty officials. The program will in clude workshops and panel dis cussions. Miss Juanita Ramsey of Greens boro, Miss Faye Kiser of Hickory, and Miss Katherine McGranahan of Durham will prticipte in the workshops. A guest panel, for dis cussions of "Human Relations in I tSee Secretaries?Page 4) (SERVES 103rd BIRTHDAY?Mrs. Tilda Roe s, of Fines Creek, observed her 103rd birthday tt Sunday, as scores of friends and relatives died her at her home. She spends much of her time reading her Hible, which Is shown on her* lap. She sews well, and often threads needles for young people. She has never worn glasses. (Mountaineer Photo). ? _J\ ; todernized Electrical r ptem To Be Put Into se Here Sunday, Oct. 18 ckoff Time il For 7:30 forget! Tomorrow night's " between Waynesvllle and Mrrsonville will start at 7:30 1 of 8. other heme ?fs also are expected) to start ?lf hour earlier. So you'd l*r set up your supper sched ?"d ret to the stadium be * tbcy hang out the "Stand Boom Only" sign. >n't Forget: hools Close is Friday rjay will he a vacation day for 'nod County's students, but or its leachers. They'll be at "8 the Western District "?ft of the North Carolina ?"on Association at Ashe sccording to Superintendent co Leatherwood. 'sent officers of the Western of the NCEA include Frank - principal of East Waynes ncnooi who is vice president i grouP- Among leaders of 'discussions will be Mrs. * Roger, of Allen's Creek ? n charge of a meeting on """n teaching. ]"P?1 sqeakers at the con ? ? be held at Lee Edwards School, are Dr Charles F. ? state superintendent of r instruction, and Dr. George "on. pastor of Myers Park ^?urch. Charlotte. m 'rid!H' ,"n"v ,1nfl little warm fo'r and warmer. U ^nvfiesville tempera 'Piled by the SUte Test \ M?- Mln. Rainfall , 7? 40 .... J fin 49 "" W 32 ? \ " The cut-over of Waynesville's electric system to higher voltage is scheduled for Sunday, October 18, it was learned today from G. C. Ferguson, town manager. The cut over will give the system 4160 volts instead of 2224 as at present. Work of converting the system to a higher voltage began about five months ago, and a special crew of electricians have been at work installing new lines and transformers since that time. ??> Mr. Ferguson said the new volt age would give the consumers bet ter service, even voltage, higher voltage, more equal distribution and a balanced load. About-four hours will be re quired to make the final cut-over, the engineers have explained. Four Music Teachers To Attend State Meets Four Waynesville and Hazelwood music teachers wilt attend state meetings of teachers this weekend at Salisbury and Greensboro. Charles Isley, Waynesville band director, will attend both the orchestra directors' meeting at Boyden High in Salisbury and the music teachers meeting at Wo man's College of UNC in Greens boro. Also to attend the latter session are Henry Lofquist, Waynesville High piano teacher; Miss Kathleen Nash, music teach er at East Waynesville School, and Miss Mildred Hhlnehart, music teacher at Hazelwood School. Fines Creek Native Is Now 103 Years Old By W. C. MEDFORD Around one hundred personi gathered at the home of Robert Justice on Wesley'6 Creek (neai Fines Creek Memorial Church) last Sunday, the occasion being th? one hundred and third anniversary of the birth of Aunt Tilda ("Sis" Rogers. Mrs. Rogers, one of the eld?s1 of a family of thirteen children was born in Madison County, North Carolina. Oct. 2nd, 1850, the dauglv ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Duckett She lived at the parental home ir Madison County until she wa: twenty years old when she mar hied Robert Newton Rogers oi Upper Fines Creek; Robert Newtor Rogers was a descendant of Hugh Rogers, Revolutionary soldier and pioneer of this county. "Aunt Sis" (as she has been af fectionately known for the pasl thirty-five or forty years) was the mother of twelve children, nine ol whom are living. Five of the chil dren were present on this occasion: Mrs. Bertie Kirkpatrick of Way ncsville; Mrs. EiTie Justice (with whom Aunt Sis makes her homel of Fines Creek; Hayden Rogers and Mrs. Lawrence Russell also of Fines Creek; and Mrs. Nathan Green oi Iron Duff. Of Aunt Six* grand children and great grandchildren there are many, living as they dc in different sections of Haywood County, Hartford and Sevierville Tennessee and Baltimore, Mary land. Of these children, the third and fourth generations, more than a score were present. Five Generations As these kindred arrived?some of whom Aunt Sis had not seen ir (See Mrs. Rogers?Page 8) Highlanders Pick Officers; Optimism Felt Over 1954 L. E. DeVous was re-elected president of the Haywood County Highlanders at a meeting in the courthouse Wednesday night. Three new officers were elected, while seven others were chosen to serve another term. Others named were: Carl Henry, re-elected vice president, and new officers. Mrs. Inez DeVous. secre tary, and Mrs. Sam Queen, treas urer. Re-elected as directors were Paul Hyatt, and S. E. Connatser. alternate. Returned to the executive com mittee were J. C. Patrick, J. G. Seay, and John Queen, Jr. Named for the first time was M. L. Sadler. Although the Highlanders agreed that this past season was a "rough one, Mr. DeVous said, enthusiasm i high for a good year in 1954. To accomplish this, the organ! zation plans on a broader advertl; ing program next season, includin distribution of a revised list o tourist accommodations. In th past, Mr. DeVous said, the High landers have achieved good result from the publication of severa thousand tourist-facility pamphlet; distributed to a number of state and large cities. The group also voted to changi its regular meeting night fron Wednesday to the first Monday ii each month at 7:30 p.m. This wa done to avoid conflict with churcl activities.

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