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? ~~ 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).
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Communities Vie Saturday
In Field Day At Bethel
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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.
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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.
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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)
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State Secretaries Meeting
To Be Held Here Oct. 23-25
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(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).
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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
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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.
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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.