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? K N- C-, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 5. 1?53 ST=rr D A
'" Adv",,c? "oywood and Jackie Countii
flwd.u:
leer Wins ,
ni Place _ (
ItMS-pound streer entered Dy
wean rennet ot Katclitle
was declared the tjrana
ipion ol tne 1953 Western
i caronna r at bioca Shop at
Vieanesoay.
jv hoya 01 Jonathan Creek
uameu winner in the iignt
u oivislon, wnilp otner nay
uiunty -i ll Liub and Iia
itrs made good snowings in
divisions.
n tne judges?H. D. Ques
rry and 11. W. Myricx ot the
, department ot Agriculture
tcounty Agent Wayne branx
Itieu tne quality ot the mock
uea tne oest in the last
U years.
in uenind Andy Boyd in the
reignt division was another
dou Counuan, Charles Kay
i oi Canton Koute 3. in tne
class, r-uwin Bryson was!
puce winner, wiuie Larry I
was nintn.
Uie medium heavy category,
Calhoun was lifth, Keitn I
erwood sixth, and Billy Best I
lb.
be heavyweight division, Neal
n was seventh, Thad Med
eighth. and Bill McCracken
the county group, Haywood 1
it Haywood Steer?Page 6)
iito Theft
barged To
ienton Man
I Edenton man ? Alvin Mans
, 49 ? is now being held in
laywood County jail on charg
| stealing a car here at mid
[ Monday.
lice Chief Orvtlle Noland said
tr. which is owned by Robert
i 115 Maple St., was taken
in front of his residence,
t thief made off with the car
oosening the ignition wires
then hooking them together,
I Noland said. The vehicle
left unlocked.
nsfield was picked up by
t in Taylorsville, N. C., where
id stopped, almost out of gas,
iquire about road directions,
e there learned that the car
stolen and found that the
rt had apparently switched
se plates on the car. They
he stole the tags at Biltmore.
e car, only slightly damaged,
brought back to Waynesville
rday.
nsfield will face a prelimi
hearing before Mayor J. H.
at < p. m. Friday.
nvict Escapes
>m Road Gang
Orabtree Area
son department guards, sher
deputies and state highway
linen today were searching
n escaped convict, Roosevelt
34, colored, who got away
a work gang In the Crabtree
n yesterday afternoon,
thorities said he made his
* by lying in the bed of a
and having other convicts
him up with gravel. He then
tato McClure Cove on Hyder
tain.
(? was described as being 5-9
l?ht and weighing 174 pounds,
serving a 13-15 year sentence
Wake County on charges of
'ay robbery.
To Speak !
* C. A. Speed, head of Troop
the Stale Highway Patrol in
North Carolina, will be
aa'ured speaker at tonight's
of the Waynesvllle Lions
1 Resident Wayne Franklin
gted today.
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The
?Qther
CLOUDY
iHm C'?U(,y ,nd rather cool.
I r'.j nce ?* light rain late
ibtti . con?Werable cloudi
ch-nge.
fc,ni JV,y*n?vl,le temperature
piled by the State Teat r?rm.
Mat. Mln. Rainfall
78 27 ? _
i' 78 28 ?
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VICTIMS OF THE WRECK were these cattle. Some were killed
In the accident; others were injured severely and had to be de
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stroyed. Eirhtern perished out of a total of 28 being transported
in a cattle trailer. (Mountaineer Photo). (Other pictures. P.l, Sec.2).
Pure Water Supply Brought
Dayton Foam Rubber Unit
To Their Waynesville Plant
"The pure water supply here was
the major factor In establishing
Dayton's Koolfoam Division in the
Waynesville plant," J. G. McKinley,
plant manager, told salesmen of the
firm this morning, as they visited
the plant and made a personal in
spection of how Koolfoam pillows
are manufactured.
"Our president, A. L. Freedland
er, decided upon locating the Kool
foam division here after it was de
termined the water was pure, and
free of minerals which are harm
ful to the manufacture of foam
rubber products," Mr. McKinley
told salesmen from coast-to-coast.
A demonstration as to the purity
of the water was presented to the
salesmen by John Allen Moore,
assistant personnel director. He
used distilled water and tap water
to prove both were equal in purity.
The Koolfoam sales convention
began this morning in Asheville.
and will continue through Satur
day. The group came over by
chartered bus today.
Leading the discussions will be
H. S. Waters, vice president of the
Koolfoam Division, and R. W. Bau
man, sales manager.
Top advertising men, and sales
(See Daytton?Page 6)
CDP May
Use Canton
YMCA Pool
Haywood County's Community
Development Program may add
swimming meets to its winter rec
reation agenda as the result of an
invitation to use the Champion
YMCA pool at Canton.
The invitation was extended last
night by German Miller, athletic
director of Champion Y, at a meet
ing of the CDP recreation commis
sion Tuesday night.
A discussion of the possibility of
forming community swimming
teams will be held by CDP offi
cials later.
Another new project which be
come a reality is the holding of
community marble tournaments.
This, however, Is still in the plan
ning stage.
The recreation commission voted
to sponsor basketball teams again
this year?with play expected to
get under way before Christmas.
Funds Being Sought For j
Development 01 Park Area
i " ? 1 ?
William Medford, and Dr. Kelly
Bennett, together with Represent
ative George Shuford, are in Wash
ington today, conferring with the
budget bureau, in an effort to get .
a greater appropriation for th?
Great Smoky Mountains National*
Park.
Dr. pennett is chairman of the'
N. C. Park Commission, and Mr.
Medford is a member. He was the.
State Senator who introduced the]
bill creating the commission, and<
has served as legal advisor until,
his recent appointment by Gov-e
ernor Umstead as a member.
The North Carolina delegation,,
together with a similar group from,
Tenessee, met recently and map
ped the urgent needs of the Park,
and dcided to make the trip to
Washington seeking a larger ap
propriation for the current year.
The funds of the Park have been
sharply curtailed below that of
former years.
Editor's note ? see the certifi
cate on page one of section three
of this issue, which shows that
tvinnn \T rvrt li f ' irol i oi one r\n i rl oach
towards the purchase of lands fc
the establishment of the Park 2
years ago, and today, little mor
has been done towards develof
ment of the Park than at the tim
it was deeded to the Nations
Park Service.
Armistice Day
Program Planned
By Legion Post
Rev. James Coleman of th
Rock Hill Methodist Church wi!
be the principal speaker at a
American Legion Armistice Da
Program to be held at 7 p.m. Wed
nesdaj at Hazelwood School. ,
Musical selections will be pre
sented by the Golden Bells quai
tet of Waynesville.
A special invitation is being e;
tended to "Gold Star" parents t
attend the program.
Tickets are now being sold b
I poinn mprnhnrs
. . I
Eugene Stiles Dies
Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer Stiles
Education We
i Zoo Furnishes
War Bonnets
DALLAS (AP)?Eagles are get
ting scarce in these parts or In
dians aren't the eagle-eyed marks
men they used to be. So says' Dal
las zoo man Laurence Curtis. Ten
Indians from Anadarko. Oklahoma,
reservajjpn visited the zoo to gath
Ernest Chambers of Aliens
Creek, a retired Army man, was
hired as county dog warden by
county commissioners this week to
enforce the provisions of the anti
rabies quarantine which is now in
effect here.
Mr. Chambers was hired on a
temporary basis to serve for the
duration of the quarantine, but
mere is some cnance inai me posi
tion will be made a permanent one.
The dog warden will work tinder
the Haywood County Health De
partment to insure that (1) ail dogs
in the county are vaccinatted, (2)
all dog owners are on the tax
books, and (3) all stray dogs arc
destroyed.
Mr. Chambers is also authorized
to recommend prosecution of dog
(See Dog Warden?Page 6)
Clyde Firemen Called
To Blaze At Barbecue
r The Clyde Fire Department was
' summoned at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday to
the Tweedle Dee Barbecue where
a Are had started from hot grease.
The firemen were at the eating
' establishment about a half hour.
The blaze destroyed four hams.
? and caused $150 in damage to
> equipment.
New Phosphate Plant Will
Go Into Production Monday
The Western Carolina Phosphate
plant, adjoining the Smoky Moun
tain Fertiliser Company, will bc
Rin operations on Monday, accord
ing to G. C. Thompson, general
manager.
The new manufacturing plant,
just constructed, has all equipment
Installed, and raw materials on the
sidetrack, ready for the initial man
ufacture of superphosphate in I
Western North Carolina.
The plant, using the latest ma
chlnery. and technical skill, will
have a capacity of 40,000 to 50.000 !
tons annually. Mr. Thompson said.,
but present schedules cgll for a
production of about 10,000 to 13,000
tons per year.
Ernest N. Kimbrough will be sup
erintendent of the new plant. He
comes to Wayneaville from Flor
ence, Ala., where he was connect
ed with the International Minerals
and Chemical Corporation.
The phosphate rock used In the
manufacture of the superphosphate
is shipped here from Florida. The
sulphuric acid comes from Copper
hill, Tenn.. in tank car lota. These
ingredients are mixed, processed
by special formulas, and cured
The finished product will be sold
(See Phosphate?Pa*e t)
Value Of Cows
Killed In Wreck
Put At $12,000
The wreck of a cattle truck three
miles west of Soco Cap Highway
19 Monday afternoon resulted
directly or indirectly in the death
of 18 of the 28 head of cattle be
ing transported in the big tractor
trailer.
Several of the animals were kill
ed outright; others were injured
and had to be destroyed. Their
value was unofficially estimated at
$12,000
Although the tractor and trail
er were almost demolished, the
driver?Jack Wesley Clark. 22. of
Auburn. Ga.?miraculously escap
ed with only a bruised foot and
scratched elbow.
Clark told state highway patrol
men he was driving the truck
down a steep grade west of Soco
Jap when the brakes on both the
ractor and trailer failed. He threw
he truck into low gear, but as it
-ounded a sharp curve to the left,
he load of rattle in the trailer
ihifted, causing the double unit to
iverturn against a bank on the
Ight side of the highway. Damage
o the vehicle, owned by Clark
Iros., of Winder, Ga., was put at
;10,000.
The truck driver said thai he
tad come from Winder to a farm
(See Cow??Page 6)
Rev. H. W. Baucoin To
Preach Here Sunday
Rev. H- W. Bausom. former pas
tor of the First Baptist church,
will fill the pulpit both Sunday
morning and evening.
Rev and Mrs. Baueom are now
making their home in Lumberton.
Man Seeking Mountaineer
Wife; Want Ad Refused
In a small town east ot Asne
' ville there lives a man who's look
ing for a wife.
And. so this man says, "there is
lots of fine mountain gals In Hay
wood County and I want a nice
good one for a wife."
Having heard that "it pays to ad
vertise," he wrote The Mountain
eer. asking us to carry his love
plea as a want ad. *
He likes mountain maidens, this
individual explains, because he
worked In Waynesvllle several
years.
The wtfe-seeker describes him
self this way:
"I am middle aged man, have
nice but small comfortable home
wiin a nice income 10 Keep i. 01 us
nice and comfortable, have been
living by myself for several years
now and you get lonesome some
times."
Unfortunately for this man, The
Mountaineer doesn't have time to
operate a matrimonial bureau and
so we can't accept his ad. And we
also must refrain from disclosing
his. identity to any interested fe
males in this area.
However, we do hope that he
finds himself a wife. We only hope
that he doesn't believe that old
fairy tale about "two can live as
cheaply as one".
The modern verston of this say
ing is: "Two can starve much
quicker than one".
THE SECTION'S NEWEST industrial plant is the
Western Carolina Phosphate Company, adjoin
ing the ^moky Mountain Fertilizer Company, just
south of Haaeluood. The new plant is beyond the
/
tank car on the aide track. The owners of the
Phosphate plant also own the Fertiliser plant.
Production will get under war on Monday*
(Mountaineer Photo).
Young Mother Remains In Hospital
Boys Who Injured
Woman Identified
Judge Susie Sharp Will
Preside At Term Of Court
Forty-seven Haywood Countv.i* ?. . ^mb i
residents were selected to make
up the Jury panel for the Novem
ber term of criminal court at a
meeting of the county commis
sioners Monday morning.
Court will convene Monday, Nov.
23, with Judge Susie Sharp pre
siding. A heavy docket faces the
court.
Names of panel members were
drawn by a 2-year-old Rathbone
boy from Fines Creek under super
vision of the commissioners, sher
iff. and register of deeds.
The panel includes.
B. D. Stevenson of Iron Duff,
Jack Bradley of Ivy Hill, W. Lee
Mcblrath of Beaverdam, Mrs.
1 Mabel Abel of Waynesvllle, Wil
liam B .Burch of Clyde, Dock Al
len Gragg of Beaverdam, T. C.
Davis of Iron Duff, M. J. Fisher
J of Fines Creek, Thomas H. Davis
i of . Waynesvllle, T. R. Friuell of
Pigeon, Hardy Franklin of Iron
Duff, Joe Mooney of Fines Creek,
David Brookshlre of Waynesvllle,
(See Court?Page 6)
Well, At Least
It Looks Like
A Pumpkin
They'll do It every time! City
slickers, that la, whenever they
venture, into something that only
"country fellers" know anything
about.
In the last Issue of this newspap
er. a reporter dwelled at length
on the king-sired "pumpkin"
which now reposes in The Moun
taineer's show window.
However, it wasn't long before
some of Waynesvllle's better edu
cated citizenry came in to inform
him that the large orange vege
table is a "dandy roaster" ? not a
pumpkin.
The day was partially saved for
the newsman when he learned that
a candy roaster Is a variety of j
pumpkin?although different In
some respects, such as being sweet
er and better adapted for making
pics.
The next time, however, he'll
probably look to the county a
gent's office before he leaps into
' print.
JUDGE SUSIE SHARP, of
Reidavllle, will preside at the
November term of criminal
court which convenes here No
vember 23. This will be the first
time Judge Sharp has held court
here.
Man Shot
Accidentally;
Is Paralyzed
An employee of the Champion
Paper and Fibre Co. ? Charles
Wright ? has been left paralyzed
after being shot on the back acci
dentally while hunting several
days ago.
Wright was squirrel hunting
with a teen-age companion, Robert
Davis, when he was shot accident
ally in the spine as he walked
down a steep path on Holder
Mountain.
The hammer on the bolt-action'
rifle carried by Davis was be
lieved to have slipped when he
attempted to release it from a
cocked position.
Davis had to go two miles to
get help for his companion. After
being removed from the woods,
Wright was taken to Mission Hos
pital in Asheville.
The injured man is a veteran
of World War II.
PoKce Find Boys
Who Threw Chloride
Into Car As
Halloween Prank.
The case of the two boys who
threw cleaning compound into the
face of a women driver the day
before Halloween was cleared up
this week when one of the bo>s
told his mother he knew "who did
It." '
When the woman heard her son's
story, she notified Police Chief
Orville Noland who was investi
gating the incident which sent
Mrs. Wayne Dockery to the hos
pital suffering from serious burns
about the eyes and face.
Chief Noland said both boys are
11 years old and pupils at East
Waynesville School. The boy who
threw the cleaning compound at
Mrs. Dockery lives at Ratcliffo
Cove, his companion on Dellwood
Rd
The police chief said the boy
apparently got the cleaning com
pound?a chloride powder ? at
a cleaning plant near the intersec
tion of Depot and Richland
streets, where the incident took
place.
The two boys were not Identi
fied immediately because both
were wearing Halloween masks at
the time. The blame was placed
on only one boy; the other was
belived to have had nothing to do
with Mrs. Dockery's injuries.
Police have not taken action a
gninst the boy?pending a talk
with him and his father and the
principal of East Waynesville
School. Prank Rogers.
Mrs. Dockery remains a patient
at the Haywood County Hospital,
and her physician told The Moun
taineer today that treatment was
now confined to one eye which was
burned deeply. He felt now that
barring complications, she would
not lose any vision.
Forest Fires
Are Reported
In The County
Three forest fires, which are
threatening thousands of acres of
park lands and other forests in
Haywood County have been report
ed by Dewey Franklin, operator of
the Chambers Mountain Lookout.
All fires, according to Franklin,
are believed to have been started
by hunters and campers and the
blaze has spread rapidly over a
(See Fires?Page 6)
Farm Bureau Drive
Meeting Set Saturday
A check-up meeting on the Farm
Bureau membership drive now un
der way in Haywood County will
be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the
courthouse, according to Mrs.
Carl Medford, president of the
Home Demonstration County
Council.
Home demonstration clubs have
been working with the Farm Bu
reau in enrolling members and
selling insurance.
Siore Proposed To Help
Handicapped Sell Gilts
A gift shop to display and sell
the various products being made
by physically handicapped people
in Haywood County was named
last night as one of the major pro
jects which may be undertaken
here to help the handicapped earn
a suitable livelihood.
The need for such a shop was
emphasized at a meeting of the
Waynesville "Employ the Handi
capped" Committee with about 50
handicapped Individuals at the
courthouse.
It was also decided at the meet
ng that other projects should be
sponsored to help those persons
vho are not now producing sale
able articles. Among the sugges
10ns were furniture reflnishing.
electrical motor repairing and
veaving.
Heinz Rollman. president of
iVellco Shoe Corp., explained that
lince local industries do not have
iobs to offer all the handicapped
cersons In the county, additional
iobs must be created to fill their
leeds. He added that he believed
suitable employment can be found
if the handicapped worked together
and show the desire to succeed in a
cooperative venture.
Jim Kilpatrick, insurance acnt,
pointed out that the only thing
(See Handicapped?Page 6)
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Data)
Killed.... 4
Injured.... 43
(TM? Infnmwtlmi rwm ?
piled from Records at
State Highway FaRel.)