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BlSGAH FOREST RANGERS expressed concern
Mik week about fire in the woods, as the forests
K, almost void of all moisture. The streams are
It per cent below normal, and rainfall three
Htfhfs under normal, according to Ted S. Seely,
district forest ranger, left, and E. R. Jacobs, as
sistant ranger, right. The photo was made in the
Mountaineer office, as the two told of the extreme
dangers of fires in the woods.
(Mountaineer Photo).
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154 County Farmers Cast
allots In PMA Elections
arm Bureau
[embership
rive Opens
ie growth of the Farm Bureau
be United States and the role
ie organization in the commun
stite. and nation were discuss
iv John C. Lynn, former Hay
i County farm agent and pres
legislative director of the
d Bureau Federation, at a kick
meeung tor the county Farm
uu membership drive Thurs
night.
ther speakers at the meeting
10. L. Yates. Western District
wentative of the Farm Bureau,
Mrs. Quay Medford, chairman
be District Farn* Bureau wo
?e organization's membership
e opened Friday and is to con
i for one week. A progress re
on the drive will be made this
reday night by members of the
ie Demonstration Clubs who
in charge of the campaign,
ir county quota is 300.
irm Bureau President Jarvis^
Iweli presided at last week's
ling. Other members of the
ity group are R. H. Boone,
surer; Fred Setzer, Van Wells,
Ferguson, and K. O. Cars
, membership committeemen.
leees' 'Ladies Night' I
It At Maggie School
Baynrsvillr Junior Chamber of
?inm-p will hold a "Ladies'
Bf' program at Maggie School
Be Maggie PTA will furnish
?meal, with proceeds to go for
?PPing the school lunchroom.
? musical program will be fea
looms Captures
votball Contest
?a# r,rooms of Haselwood, won
B Mountaineer* weekly foot
P contest award of $15 with
? m'sses out of a possible It
Bilj a relatively good record
??week-end marked by many
Wnn uPseta.
?anner-up In the contest was
W-n hw Davis, also of Has
PjM. who also missed only two
Ph hut was on* point farther
? ham the combined score of
Waynetville-Chiist School
B lhai was Mr. Grooms.
PMA officers were elected
Thursday by Haywood County
farmers who cast only 454 ballots.
A vote of 800 had been predicted
for the election.
Elected were:
Crabtree ?. Gaye Bradshaw,
chairman; George Best, vice chair
man, and Cashins Rogers, regular
member;
Pigeon and Cecil ? Henry Gar
ner, chairman; Devere Hardin,
vice chairman; Fred Long, regu
lar member.
East Fork ? G. W. Howell,
chairman; W. A. Pless, vice chair
man, and Joe L. Holopmbe, regular
member.
Fines Creek ? John Ferguson,
chairman; Bob Justice, vice chair
man, and Ray Rogers, regular
member.
Panther Creek ?i John Fincher,
chairman; Milton Messer, vice
chairman, and Marvin Arrington,
regular member.
Iron Duff ? Jack Chambers,
chairman; Frank Bradshaw, vice
chairman, and Roy Medford, reg
ular member.
Ivy Hill ? Frank Henry, vice
chairman, and Hugh Moody, reg
ular mertiber.
Clyde ? W. G. Byers, chairman;
Steve McCracken, vice chairman,
and Curtis N. Rogers, regular
member.
Beaverdam?Jack Harris, chair
man; John Reno, vice chairman,
and Fred Mann, regular member.
Jonathan Creek ? Edgar Mor
row, chairman; Ed Messer, vice
chairman, and Glenn Boyd, reg
ular member.
Waynesville ? Will Leather
wood, chairman; and R- H. Boone,
vice chairman, and Boone Swayn
glra, regular member.
White Oak ? Teague Williams,
chairman; Roe Ledford, vice chair
man, and Joe Davis, regular mem
ber.
Gaddis Is Patroling
Lake Junaluska Area
W. H. "Sheiiff" Gaddis, of Lake
Junaluska, is taking the place of
Chief Everett McElroy, while the
latter is on a 3-week vacation trip
to California. Mr. Gaddis is a full
time employee of the Assembly,
and will be on the lookout for
trespassers, and especially hunt
ers.
Waynesville Lions Hear
Bethel School Quartet
A girls quartet from Bethel
School entertained the Waynes
ville Lions Club at their regular
meeting last Thursday at Spal
don's Drive-in.
Joe Cline, first vice president,
presided at the meeting in the ab
sence of Wayne Franklin.
Foresters
Point To
Fire Danger
In Forests
Pisgah Forest rangers are sleep
ing with one eye open these
nights, as the forest floor of leaves
becomes drier and drier from lack
; of rainfall.
Ted S. Seely, district forest
ranger, and E, R. Jacobs, assist- j
ant, here for a program at Rotary
Friday, pointed out that the rain
fall in the Pisgah area was three
inches below normal, and that the
streams were 20 per cent below
the same stage this time last year.
The foresters called for the pub
lic to use every precaution against
fire Igr the woods, as the "situa
tion Is ixteremely dangerous."
At Rotary Friday they showed
colored pictures of activities in
the Pisgah area, and then a col
ored film made during the devas
tating Maine forest fire several
years ago. In commenting on the
Maine forest fire, Mr. Seely said:
"Our woods right here in West
ern North Carolina are drier and
more susceptible to such a fire
now than were the Maine woods
when this fire broke out."
The film showed the blaze
sweeping through towns, and
countrysides, destroying homes,
churches, schools, barns, fields,
and business places.
Ranger Seely said that the color
season in Pisgah was at Its best,
with a record crowd there yes
terday, The 2,000-3,000 acres of
Pink Beds attracted much atten
tion, with scores of cameras being
pointed towards the reddish haze
cast by the coloring foliage. Rang
er Seely pointed out that the Pink
Beds got their names from the
pinkness cast when the laurel and
rhododendron was in bloom in
June and July.
Red Cross Asks More
Clothing For Children
The public response to the
Waynesville Red Cross office's
appeal for donations of old cloth
ing for needy school children has
been good, but more clothing is
still needed, according to Mrs.
Ethel McDarris, executive secre
tary.
Clothing can be brought to the
Red Cross office in the courthouse
or donors may have it picked up
at their homes by calling the of
fice at GL 6-4141.
East Waynesville PTA
Will Meet On Tuesday
East Waynesville School PTA
will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at
the school. Principal speaker will
be Jerry Rogers, county school
attendance officer.
Mrs. Roberta Walker. PTA presi
dent, will be in charge of the
meeting.
Sadler And Woodard Buy
Waynesville Motor Sales
Formal announcement is being
made today of the change in owner
ship and management of the Way
nesvllle Motor Sales, local Mercury
dealer.
Henry Davis, founder of the Arm.
has sold to M. L. Sadler and Charlie
Woodard. The new owners are
now in charge of the business.
Mr. Davis made no announce
ment as to his plans, except to take
a rest.
Mr. Sadler will be manager in
charge of the jirm. which features
a complete service department, in
addition to the sale of used cars,
and the sale of new Mercury cars.
Mr. Sadler has been associated
with the automotive business for
some time.
The personnel of the firm re
mains the same, it was announced,
with the addition of Posey Gentry,]
in. the service department.
Mr. Woodard, well known busi
ness man. and civic leader, plans
to devote just part of his time to
the operation of the firm.
Governor Allocates $750/000 To Canton Overpass From Special Fund
Officials To Discuss Canton
Viaduct Wednesday Mornin er
Governor
Allocates
$750,000
For Viaduct
The Canton viaduct is $750,000
nearer a reality today, since Gov- !
ernor Umstoad allocated that sum j
lor the project, out of highway fund
surpluses.
This was half of what was given
to three projects in Western North
Carolina. The state projects
amounted to $4,755,097.
The Canton project was the only
one in Haywood Retting an alloca
tion. The others in Western North
Carolina were:
$450,000 for relocating U. S. 70
through Morganton.
$350,000 for extension of a road
linking Bryson City and Fontana.
Harry E. Buchanan, highway
commissioner of the 14th district,
while here several weeks ago hold
ing a highway meeting, said he con
sidered the viaduct in Canton Hay
wood's number one need., He gave
no indication at the time as to
what the governor would do to
wards an allocation but hinted it
would be given consideration out
of the first surplus allotment.
The proposed viaduct, according
to tentative planning, would be
gin at the top of the hill, near the
Llbrkrp and fire station, and follow
pretty much the Southern Railway
tracks to West Canton, and there
descend and connect with the new
four-lane highway to Lake Juna
luska.
The overpass has been proposed
by engineers as the only, feasible
means of eliminating the traffic
bottleneck in Canton.
Engineers have estimated that
between $200,000 and $300,00 more
will be needed for the project.
Mayor W. J. Stone was out of
town this morning, and wai not ,
available for comment dh the pro- ,
ject. The Canton officials have
been working on the project for
(See Viaduct?Page ?)
Mrs. Cathey
Heads Clyde
PTA Patrol
Mrs. Mark Cathey was elected
captain of the newly organized
PTA mothers safety patrol at the
Clyde School at a meeting Thurs
day.
The patrol was formed last week
by PTA women to assist Police
Chief C. F. Lanning direct traffic i
on Highway 19-23 which runs in
front of the school. It was felt that
the increase in enrollment at >
Clyde School to more than 600
students has made it difficult for
one man to guard the street inter- |
sections adequately. i
After election as captain, Mrs. 1
Cathey appointed five different i
patrols (one patrol for each school i
day) to work with Chief Lanning. i
Members of the patrol include: ]
Mrs. James Winfrey, PTA presi- ?
(See Clyde PTA?Page 6) <
AN APPLE A DAY keeps the doctor away, so pretty Sandra
Thatcher decided to take the necessary precautions for an entire
week. Sandra, a junior at Waynesvllle Hlrh School, ia doin* her
bit to help Haywood Orchardmen celebrate National Apple Week
this week. (Mountaineer Photo).
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Buchanan
jCalls Meet
To Complete
Planning
A general discussion of the via
duct in Canton will be held Wed
nesday morning at eleven o'clock
at the town hall.
This announcement was made
this morning by Harry E. Buchan
an, commissioner of the 14th dis
triuct.
He told The Mountaineer that
the officials of the Town of Can
ton, highway engineers, both con
struction and right-of-way men,
would attend. All citizens of the
town are qlso being invited to at
tend the meeting and participate
in the discussion.
Only tentative plans for the via- |
duct have been completed, and the
engineers will be present to present
the complete picture of construc
tion of an overpass from one end
of town to the other.
Commissioner Buchanan said he
was anxious that members of the
Chamber of Commerce and other
civic groups attend the meeting.
"This is a big. and an important
project, and because of that, It is
essential that everyone get the
facts first-hand," he said.
"We are hoping to work out com
plete plans, afid then maybe find,
(he additional money somehow to
complete the project," he contln- ?
ued.
CALLS MEETING to discuss vi
aduct across Canton. Harry K.
Buchanan, highway commission
er, has called the meeting for
11 o'clork Wednesday at the Can
ton Town llall.
Patrol Cites Five
More Safe Drivers
The names of five more drivers
handed tickets in the county by
the State Highway Patrol for ob
serving principles of safe driving
were disclosed today by Patrol
man Harolotis Dayton.
Tickets handed out by the pa
trolman, good for the North Caro
lina State Fair, went to:
Miss Mary Cornwell of Waynes*-''
ville, Thomas Harry Kent o|
Howell's Mill Rood,- Arechw-Men
Sales of Route' !2, Wajpesvi
Porter Garrett Styles, 516 lilx
Ave., Waynesville, and Hubert
William Presley of Canton.
National Recognition Won
By Waynesville Secretaries
Power Will Be Off
4 Hours Sunday
The power in Waynosville will
be off from one until five o'clock
Sunday, October 25th, it was an
nounced this morning, by G. C.
Ferguson, town manager. The
cut-off is necessary because of
the change-over of the system
to 4,000 volts.
The change will give better
service, and a more even flow
of current, he explained.
Workmen have been working
on the change-over for several
months.
Town Officials At
State Convention
Almost all town officials are ex
pected to attend part of the ses
sion of the N. C. League of
Municipalities, now in session in
\sheville. Attending all the ses
sions will be G. C. Ferguson, town
manager, together with Mayor J.
H. Way, and Aldermen Joe Lin
;r, Henry Miller and Henry Gad
iy.
Waynesvllle's "Mountaineer
Chapter" of the National Secretar
ies Association is a comparatively
new organization and is also rela
tively small?having only 14 mem
bers. However, the secretaries
comprise one of the most active
organizations in this area and their
accomplishments have already won
them state-wide and nation-wide
attention.
As a result of their excellent
work, other North Carolina chap
ters of the National Secretaries
Asociation voted to hold their first
state convention here this coming
week-end. In the past, the group
held only district meetings.
The Mountaineer Chapter of NSA
was chartered by national head
quarters on April 13, 1950. Its
first president was Miss Mary Mcd
ford, sercetary to the county farm
agent. Other charter members
were Louise Gaddy. vice president;
Jimmie Watts, recording secretary,
Joy Woody, correspoding secretary;
Evelyn Carter, treasurer, Louise
Stahl, editor; Rufina Bright, Mary
Sue Crocker, Clara Dotson, Hazel
Franklin and Reta L. Grant.
The secretaries hav^ joined with
other local organizations in spon
soring a variety of worthwhile civic
projects, including providing enter
tainment for visiting 4-H groups
from Iowa and Texas.
Perhaps the Mountaineer Chap
ter's outstanding achievement has
been in the field of editing its ex
cellent booklet. "The Mountain
(See Secretaries?Page 6)
Red Cross Names New
Officials At Annual Meeting
Three new directors were named
by the Red Cross at its annual
board meeting last week, and an
other director was re-elected to a
new term.
Chosen as directors were Miss
Louise Ballard. Mrs. Carl RatclifTe
and Mrs. Euel Taylor. Re-elected
was Mrs. Frieda Knopf,
Directors also appointed Johnny
Edwards and Rudolph Carswell as
co-chairmen of the Red Cross blood
program to replace the former
chairman, the late David Under
wood. t
Annual reports given included
those by treasurer Fred Moody and
by Mrs. Felix Stovall, chairman of
the Gray Ladies, who discussed
the work done by her group dur
ing the year in aiding veterans
hospital patients.
Present projects being under
taken by the Red Cross here in
clude the Junior Red Cross pro
gram in the schools, headed by
Mrs. RatclifTe, and the instruction
of a new group of Gray Ladies by
Miss Betsey Lane Quinlan ? with
the starting date of her class to
be announced later.
The chapter was also requested
by the national organization to
furnish Christmas packages for
servicemen on the high seas dur
ing the Yuletide season.
Mrs. David Hyatt, Red Cross
president, was in charge of the
meeting.
Mrs. J. F. Hodges, who has spent
the summer at her home here, left
Friday by plane for San Salvador
to join her husband for the winter.
Brevard Game To
Start At Eight;
Expect Big Crowd
Football fans Koine to the
Brevard - Wayncsville frame in
Brevard Friday night should
give themselves plenty of time,
according to Coaeh I). G. Duil
of the Blue Devils.
The Brevard Coach said this
morning that 3,500 fans are ex
pected. and that everyone
should try and he in thr stadium
by 7:15 to 7:30. The kkk-off
will be at eight o'clock. He said
the eight o'clock time was nec
essary due to a broadcast com
? mitment.
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Billy Grahl attended the Mary
land-Carolina game in Chapel Hill
on Saturday.
It's In The Book
I have heard that it is unlawful
to park a car and fail to pull up
the hand brake. Is this true? ?
F.V., Monroe.
Yes. Motor Vehicle Manual reg
ulations, in describing the correct
procedure for parking a motor
vehicle, say you must first stop
the engine and then "effectively"
set the brakes. Under the same
regulation the law says you mu it
turun the front wheels toward the
curb when parking on (a grade.
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed:::: 4
Injured.... 37
(This Information com
piled from Record* of
SUte Highway Patrol.)
Committee To Lay Plans
For Opening New Plant
Memoers ot waynesvine s com
mittee on "Employ the Physically
Handicapped" will meet at 3 p.m.
Wednesday in the Park Commis
sion office to discuss products
which may be manufactured in the
newly proposed plant to aid thg
county's handicapped.
Preliminary plans for establish
ing such a plant were disclosed
last week at a meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce In which ,
Heinz Rollman, H. P. McCarroll,
and James Kilpatrlck were ap
pointed as a committee to work
with othfer agencies in working to
establish the plant. '
These three members of the
Chamber will work with Mrs.
Doyle D. Alley, chairman of the
Employ the Handicapped Com
mittee, Miss Debrayda Fisher,
head of the Waynesville Employ
ment Security Office, and other
interested persons.
Previous discussions have Indi
cated that, the proposed plant prob
ably will manufacture handi
crafts for sale in WNC stores and
gift shops.
Operations will be started when ,
financial arrangements have been
completed and suitable space has
been obtained for the plant.
M. L. SADLER
CHARLIE WOODARD
THESE TWO well known business men have purchased the
Waynenvtlle Motor Sale*. Mereury dealer, and are now oper
ating the Arm. They boutfht the company from Henry Davis,
founder. (Mountaineer Photos).
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