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: *3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackaon Counties
juarantine To Be Enforced Rigidly
Officers Work To Prevent Rabies Outbreak
10-Acre Sawmill Tract Bought For Horse Show
Group Will
Offer Town
15 Acres
As A Gift
A group of local business men
announced this morning that they
had purchased approximately 20
acres of land from M. O. Galloway
for a "permanent home" for the
Haywood Horse Show Association,
Inc.
The tract of land is the site of
the Waynesville Lumber Company,
in East Waynesville.
C. C. League, spokesman for the
group of purchasers, said there
were two barns on the property,
and these would be utilized in con
nection with the staging of a horse
show next August.
The group of purchasers, who
were not named, explained that
their plans were to develop about
five acres around the barns for the
horse show ring and grandstand,
and to donate, free of charge, the
remaining 15 acres to the Town of
Waynesville to be used for recrea
tional purposes. "The only strings
we would attach to the gift, would
be that the Horse Show could use
that part of the 15 acres suitable
for parking for the two-day horse
show."
The tract of land is level, and is
served by water and sewer lines.
The property is reached by two
paved streets.
The purchasers of the property
said that the purpose of donating
theiand to the town for recreation,
should, not have any effect on the
proposed recreation program. Ex
plaining, "that for the future there
will always be an -acute need for
playgrounds and our Intentions are
that the widest use possible be
made for the general public
throughout the year.
This past August the first horse
show was held here and attracted
several thousands of spectators.
Plans are to stage even a larger
show next August, and bring in
some of the best known horses in
the state. Officers of the associa
tion said present commitments for
the 1954 shows were extremely
gratifying.
ttv TO THE CITY is presented to Mrs. Inex Greeson, past presi
lat of the North Carolina Secretaries Association, by Mayor J.
I W?y, at the Country Club Friday. Waynesville's Mountaineer
kapter of the Secretaries Association played host at the hiehly
?ftsful three-day state convention last weekend at the C'oun
ryClub Inn. (Mountaineer Photo).
Itate Secretaries End
juccessful 3-Day Meeting
?oyor Way Given
Istrict Post In
lunicipal League
Rlhror J. H. Way has been
?M is a director of the 12th
?rift of the North Carolina
PIW of Municipalities. The
?riet comprises 14 western
?ihyor Way was named to the
?* >t the annual convention
Bh list week In Ashevtlle. The
ptnillr mayor has been in
?fed in the state organisation
B* winy years, since he is now
his fourth term as mayor.
loynesville Lions
pen District Head
Bj*rict Governor Robert Barnes
Holler discussed the Lions
Bp"" at a meeting of the
^pavilie Lions Club Thursday
Bjat Spaldon's Drive-In.
W Barnes, governor of District
?''Praised the Waynesville club
? *? recent work and urged con
of progressive program.
?? alio iuggested*that the club
??lbmeetings for only one hour
^P*Te good attendance. Prac-1
?t what he preached, he sat
^Bj^worrunutea until 8.
Waynesville's first state conven
tion in more than 10 years?a meet
ing of the North Carolina chapters
of the National Secretaries Asso
ciation?brought high praise from
out-of-town delegates for Waynes
ville members of the Mountaineer
chapter, who acted as hostesses
during the week-end session.
Although the Mountaineer chap
ter is the smallest among the 12
North Carolina Secretaries groups,
many visitors asserted that the
meeting held here was the best
they had ever attended.
The total registration at the con
vention was 81?including the 14
Waynesville representatives. The
largest out-of-town delegation came
from Greensboro, with nine, and
Hickory, with eight.
The convention, which opened at
5 p.m. Friday, was concluded Sun
day morning at a breakfast which
featured special music by Mrs.
Ellen Fox Way, accompanied by
Miss Ray Ballard, and a continu
ance of business session begun on
Saturday afternoon.
Saturday night, installation cere
monies were held at a banquet for
the newly elected president. Miss
Rosa Miller of Hickory, Mrs. Cor
nelia Farrell of Asheville, secretary
and Mrs. Hallie Hicks, wflio was
re-elected as treasurer but was not
present because of illness.
Retiring officers were Mrs. Inez
Greeson, now living in Roanoke,
Ya., but formerly of Greensboro,
president, and Miss Kitty Nowell
of Charlotte, secretary.
Principal speaker at the banquet,
presided over by Miss Louise Gad
die of Waynesville, was "Haywood
County's Will Rogers"?R. C.
Francis, who kept the secretaries
laughing with his homespun ac
counts of "country fellers and city
fellers."
Opening activities on Friday in
cluded the presentation of the key
to the city by Mayor J. H. Way to
Mrs. Greeson, and a "Moonlight
Party" given by the hostess Moun
taineer chapter.
In the workshop Saturday morn
ing, Miss Juanita Ramsey ol
Greensboro. Miss Margaret Chad
wick of Winston-Salem. Miss Faye
Kiser of Hickory, and Miss Kath
(See Secretaries?Page ?)
Lowry Lee Dies
Saturday Night
After Illness
Robert Lowry Lee, 68, one of
Waynesville's leading businessmen,
died in an Asheville hospital at 9
p.m. Saturday following an illness
of several weeks.
Owner and operator of the R.
L. Lee Coal Co., he had been in
the coal business
here for about
I thirty years.
4l' He was the son
?of the late Wll
d^^Hliam Thomas and
Margaret Rhine
^"^Hhart Lee of Hay
^^^^^^^^^wood county. One
Lowry Lee 0f his sisters is
Mrs. Willis Smith of Raleigh, wife
of the late U. S. Senator Smith.
He was one of the oldest mem
bers of Masonic Lodge AF and AM
No. 259 of Waynesville. He was
also a York Rite Mason, a member
of the Knights of Pythias, and the
First Methodist Church here. He
attended Tusculum College in
Greeneville. Tenn.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon in the First Methodist
Church with the pastor, the Rev.
Earl H. Brendall, officiating. In
terment was in Green Hill Ceme
tery.
Graveside rites were conducted
by his Masonic Lodge and both
active and honorary pallbearers
were members of the Masonic fra
ternity.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Eula Howard Lee; one son. Lt. <jg)
Robert L. Lee. Jr. of San Diego
(Calif,) Base. Submarine Segunda;
three brothers, Capt. William Hen
ry Lee and Tom Lee, Jr., of Way
nesville. and Charles A. Lee of
Birmingham, Ala.; five sisters,
Mrs. D. W. Dickey of Sweetwater,
Tenn.. Mrs. W. F. Peters of Char
leston. W. Va.; Mrs. James A. Gwyn
' of Waynesville, Mrs. Thomas B.
- Wood of Edehton, and Mrs. Smith.
Arrangements were under the
? direction of Crawford Funeral
Home.
A PEACH LOOKING AT APPLES. Mis* Edna Summerrow, Pint
National Bank teller, inspects the annual exhibit set up in the bank
by Haywood County orchardmen. Though spring frost and sum
mer drought cut the county'* crop sharply. Haywood growers
continued to maintain their high position in the state in produc
ing top-grade apples. (Mountaineer Photo).
?rV ?:
Growers Set
Up Annual
Apple Exhibit
At Bank
Haywood County's finest and
shiniest apples went on display
at the First National Bank Satur
day morning to give further evi
dence of why this county ranks so
high in North Carolina agricul
ture circles.
Although the apple crop Itself
was hard hit by early frost and
the summer drought, the quality
remained fairly good, according to
the appearance of the apples on
exhibit.
The bank display, containing (en
tries from six prominent Haywood
orchardmen, was later judged and
these ribbons were awarded:
Boiling Hall ? Rome Beauty,
blue ribbon: Red Spy, blue;
Red Rome, blue (two entries);
Jonathan Cross, blue; Fire Side,
blue; Dela Wine, red; Turley Wine
sap, red.
R. H. Boone ? Rome Beauty,
blue; Blush Rome, blue; Stayman,
blue; Red Rome, red; Red Wine
sap, red.
Z. L. Massey?Golden Delicious,
blue; Ben Davis, blue; Red Rome,
red; Jon-A-Red, red, and Stayman,
red.
W. K. Boone?Black Ben, red;
Arkansas Black, red.
Wiley Franklin?Rome Beauty,
red.
Henry Francis?Red Rome, blue.
Plans Approved For Three
School Projects In Haywood
Blueprints on two more major
Haywood school plant improve
ments are scheduled to be sent to
Raleigh next week for Anal state
approval. A tentative schedule
shows that bids on the projects
will be called within a few weeks.
A cafeteria at Fines Creek, esti
mated to cost about $60,000, is in
cluded in the projects, together
with a combination building of
cefeteria and gym at the Crabtree
Iron Duff school, estimated to cost
$185,000.
The board of education, together
with the board of commissioners
and advisory committee, also plan
to begin this week seeking a site
for a new colored school in Way
nesvlile. Plans call for four new
classrooms. Tom Lcatherwood,
chairman of the board of education,
said the project would probably
cost $75,000,
According to Lawrence Leather
wood, county superintendent, these
projects just about complete the
county-wide expansion program for
which two millions in bonds were
voted some two years ago.
The plans for the Junior High
building in Canton has been ap
proved, and bids on this project
are expected to be called at an
c-arly date. Tentative estimates are
(See Schools?Page 6)
Medical Society Offers
Scholarship For Training
In Related Fields
Wilson Is Top
Gridiron Guesser
In a weekend marked by the
crash of previously undefeated
college teams, Dave Wilson of
113 Keller St., Waynesvllle, won
The Mountaineer's weekly foot
ball contest award of $15 with
9 correct guesses out of a pos
sible 13.
Ten other persons missed only
three, but Mr. Wilson missed the
combined soore of the Waynes
ville-Brevard game by only one
point.
Forty-seven persons missed
four predictions on the grid line
up.
Primrose Garden Club
To Meet Tomorrow
The Haywood County Medical
Society is offering a scholarship or
scholarships for the first time this
year to deserving, qualified stu
dents for the study of fields asso
ciated with medicine such as nurs
ing. laboratory and X-ray technol
ogy. physio and occupational ther
apy, hospital administration, dietet
ics, public health, medical social
work, mental health, or medical
librarians, or secretaries.
The purpose of the scholarship is
to provide the county with the best
medical care possible during a
period when qualified personnel is
difficult to obtain. The shortage of
puch personnel was realized as
acute when the new wing of the
hospital was opened last spring.
The scholarship is limited to res
idents of Haywood County, who are
in actual need of financial aid and
who have a satisfactory scholastic
record.
Selection of the students will be
made following interviews with ap
plicants to be held in May. The
student or students selected must
(See Scholarships?Page ?)
C. A. Campbell
Dies At 85
In Dellwood
C. A. Campbell. 85. prominent
retired businessman and farmer,
died at his home in Dellwood at 9
o'clock last night following a long
illness, j
He was the son of the late W. A.
and Martha Jane Plott Campbell,
both of whom were members of
pioneer Haywood County families.
He was a member of the Dell
wood Methodist church where he
had served as teacher of the young
adult Sunday School class and a
member of the board of stewards
for more than fifty years. He was
a former superintendent of the
Sunday School Department and was
an honorary steward at the time of
his death.
His wife. Margaret Boyd Camp
bell. died in 1938.
Funeral services will be held in
|he Dellwood Methodist Church
Tuesday at 3 p.m. with the Rev.
James H. Coleman and the Rev.
T. S. Roten officiating. Interment
(Sec C. A. Campbell?Page ?>
Rabid Dog
Killed; 25
Pets Bitten
A house-to-house canvass is now
being made in the Pigeon area to
warn people against rabies as a
result of a report from the State
Health Department that a dog shot
near Pigeon Gap on Friday was
rabid.
A suspicious acting dog, which
had been reported in the Pigeon
Area for several days, was killed
Friay morning by Health Depart
ment inspector Bill Milner, Deputy
Sheriff Gene Howell and Jake
Crawford. The three had to shoot
the animal four times before it
died.
The dog's body was turned over
to Dr. A. R. Riegg, veteranarian,
who sent the head to the state
laboratory for examination. A re
port came back by wire a short
time later, confirming suspicions
that the dog was rabid.
Although no persons are known
>to have been bitten by the dog
described as being reddish in col
or and part chow with a strain of
shepherd?some 25 dogs were be
lieved bitten by the animal which
roamed the vicinity for several
days before it was destroyed.
Although a county-wide quar
antine on dogs and other animals
Is already In effect, health officers
urged that the public take extra
precautions to guard against the
spread of rabies.
The quarantine was imposed in
the county early in September
when a rabid dog in the Allen's
Creek section bit four persons.
These four and six others expos
ed to the dog began taking treat
ment for rabies?a deadly disease
once It reaches the advanced
stages. a ?.
Later iwe. other dogs?one in,
the Cmup Branch section and offir*
in Saunook?died of raMes.
The health inspector, Mr. Mil
ner. said the rabid dog in the
Pigeon area apparently was let
out of a car by its owners who
wanted to get rid of it. For about
two weeks before it became sick,
it stayed around the James Rus
sell residence and children there
may have played with the animal.
Mr. Milner said that he De
ceived two calls about the dog
Friday morning ? at 7:30 and
9 o'clock. The second caller
reported that the dog had been
seen on the porch of the W. W.
Russell home between Pigeon Gap
and Bethel.
In response to the call, Mr. Mil
ner went to the Russell home and
learned, by tracks and reddish hair
left on a barbed-wire fence, that
the dog had gone up a path toward
(Sae Rabies?Page 6)
I .? ' 1 is
William Miller
To Manage Press
Bureau In Orient
TOKYO ? The appointment of
William Miller as United Press
Taipeh bureau manager has been
announced by Earnest Hoberecht,
United Press vice president and
general manager for Asia.
Miller, son of Mrs. Clyde Ray
and a native of Waynesville, has
assumed his duties In Formosa.
Mrs. Ray, known professionally as
Carolina Miller, is the author of
the Puliutxer Prize Winning Nov
el. "Lamb in his Bosom".
Miller joined the United Press
in 1950 and was assigned to the
Raleigh bureau as staff correspon
dent. He helped cover the state
political scene including the na
tionally controversial Frank Gra
ham-Willis Smith senatorial cam
paign.
Shortly after the outbreak of
the Korean conflict. Miller, a re
(See Miller?Page ?>
Home Demonstration Clubs
Pushing Farm Bureau Drive
?;
Medford Turns
Down State Post;
Raleigh Too Hot
William Medford, Waynesvlile
attorney, and former state sena
tor, has definately turned down
the offer of the post as state com- |
missioner of insurance.
Mr. Medford's name has been
prominently connected with the
various rumors that Governor
t'mstead was considering naming
him to the post. Speculation in
creased as Mr. Medford went in
to see the Governor last Wednes- !
day on some local road projects.
"I was consulted about the po
sition. but turned It down," Mr.
Medford said.
"I turned it down by explain
ing it was too hot In Raleigh in
the summer." said the former
1 director of the Waynesville
Chamber of Commerce.
John F. Gold has been appoint
' ed to All the post.
Memberships to the Farm Bu
reau were being pushed in Hay
wood this week, as members of the
27 Home Demonstration clubs of
the county took over as the official
solicitors.
The drive is to be completed by
November 10th, and some clubs,
including Upper Crabtree, have re
ported that every member has sold
at least one membership.
Jarvis Caldwell, county presi
dent, said much interest is being
shown in the Farm Bureau, espec
ially since prices on farm com
modities have shown a definite
slackening.
"There is a need today for such
an active organization more than
ever before," he pointed out. Else
where In today's Issue he and other
county officers are listing the ad
vantages offered by the Farm Bu
reau. The membership drive Is
also being endorsed by many busi
ness men and Arms, including the
First National Bank.
Mrs. Quay Medford is secretary,
and Robert H. Boone Is treasurer,
Orul L. Yates is district represen
tative of the State Farm Bureau.
The Primrose Garden Club will
hold a regular luncheon meeting
tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. In the home
of Mrs. H. L. Liner. Jr. Mrs. W.
B. Wright will be associate- hostess.
FUNERAL SERVICES for C. A.
Campbell, prominent Haywood
County resident will be held to
morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock In
the Del I wood Methodist Church.
Mr. Campbell died at his home
in Dellwood Sunday niyht.
^ i
p'nurty and slightly warm
^KJ^y and Tuesday.
^aynesvllle temperature
?J'lfd by Ihr State Test Farm
H Mas. Mln. Rainfall
? * 7S 36
? * 42
Highway
Record For 4
1953
In Haywood
(To Date); 'x
Killed:::: 4
Injured.... 37
(TMa Inform*tioa N?
piled from Keeorda ad
State HI*barmy Patrol.)
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