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? ? More People Than JTir^ ww. ^ 8 SB' ;:ir: 1 HE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER^S COU"'y "" " ? ?< The C?.t ^ Mountain! Nation- Path ~ ?'A" ' WAYNESVUXE'N" Rabid Dogs Bite fwo Haywood Men WNN'Y FRANCIS was a rather disturbed little fellow, as his ?feu, Wade Franda caught one of the big turkey gobblers from a flock which Donny has been playing with all summer. LiUle U Donny realise that it was Thanksgiving time, and that the c of a turkey at thl? time of the year is rather uncertain, feft Vtdures'of Donny and the preparation of the turkeys for feaksgiving will be found on page one of the second section. (Mountaineer Photo). Jinual Food Bill Costs ? verage Haywood Family 125 A Year, Report Shows (Special to the Mountaineer) With employment and income at top levels, Haywood County families were able to allot large proportion of their earnings\he past year toward more luxurious living. This was particularly evi dent in the food stores, where spending was much more liberal, i The big buying pattern locally was also in evidence with respect to automotive purchases, normal ly a sign of good times, and in purchases of household furniture, accessories, general merchandise and drug store sundries. The breakdown of retail spend ing, showing how money is ap portioned in each community, is contained in the current, copy righted survey by Sales Manage ment. The food bill in Haywood Coun ty in 1952 came to $4,146,000. Div ided by the number of families, this represented purchases in gro cery stores, meat marklets, bak eries and the like of $425 for each family in the county. Local residents have never be fore indulged in so rich and varied a diet. How much emphasis is placed on food locally is indicated by the fact that stores selling edibles receive 18 percent of all the county's retail business. Ap examination oF the activity in other retail lines, used as in dicators in the study, also points to the conclusion of good business (See Food Bill?Page 6) Bloodmobile Will Make Visit Monday The Red Cross Bloodmobile will make a visit to Waynesville, Mon day, November 30. according to Mrs. Charles McDarris, executive secretary^ of the Haywood Red Cross Chapter. ^ The blood bank will be set up at the Waynesville Presbyterian Church from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Assisting will be the Red Cross Grey Ladies, of which Mrs. Felix StoVfll is chairman. Johnny Edwards and Rudolph Carswell. co-chairmen of the local blood program, are In charge of ar rangements for the visit and are working toward a minimum of 125 pints of blood. This visit Is being sponsored by the Waynesville Lions Chib. jnta Claus To rrive Here On rturday, Dec. 5 r 8mU Claus will head the ristmas parade here Saturday, wmbfr 5th. Complete details of the J'?"V I man's arrival and the plana t Ih parade will be announe in the Wednesday edition, lit event is being sponsored 1 the Merchants Association, Pone of the largest crowds to p witness a parade here Is ex N for the event, which will Ne bands and floats. 'unty Students Enjoy Turkey aner Tuesday Jwood county school students have a complete turkey din Tuesday. as 1,020 pounds of "nod-grown turkey and all ""igs are served them, tool will suspend classes for toys?Thursday and Friday. "Nig to Lawrence Leather count y superintendent of itinn These are the only ?'pd holidays until the 18th ?ember, when the Christmas - are due do begin. the 1 ?Qther \ WINDY <1pCTea8lng cloudiness, iJl co?'- Tuesday fair and ?JW cool. 1 ^synesvllle temperature jwied by the State Test Farm. II Max. Mln. Rainfall j, -???? 26 ? , 66 46 .02 ? - ?12 BO .20 ~ 40 .60 Three Children At Hazelwood Also Exposed Two Haywood county men were bitten by rabid dogs last week, while tfiree children at the home of one of the men were exposed. The two men and the children are now taking anti-rabies shots. Eulas Inman. 50, of Retreat on the West Fork of Pigeon River was bitten Thursday morning, while James Green, 27, of Hazelwood suf fered severe bites on both hands and forearms also on Thursday. The dog that bit Mr. Inman was his own. He destroyed it after it bit him and had it sent to Raleigh where the state laboratory confirm ed that it had been rabid. Mr. Green also was biten by his own dog, which died of rabies Thursday night. Exposed to the dog were his three children ? Wayne, 8; Carolyn, 6; and Juanita, 5. The Greens are all being treat .cd by Dr. R. Stuart Roberson. In an effort to prevent the spread of rabies in Hazelwood, Mayor L. C. Davis today ordered all dog owners in town to keep their pets confined and to have them vacci nated against rabies as required by state law. All stray dogs will be picked up, placed in a pound, and then disposed of, he added. Mayor Davis warned that dog owners who refuse to obey this order will be prosecuted in court. Mayor J. H. Way of Waynesville also urged that dog owners take similar action to protect the public against rabios. The two rabies cases last Thurs day brought the county's total to eight since early Septpmber when a county-wide quarantine was first imposed... > y As the number* of *case4"Wiounted, county commissioners employed Ernest Chambers as dog warden and directed that all dogs must be vaccinated and kept under Con finement until the quarantine is lifted. Dr. A. R. Riegg has been con ducting a series of clinics to exam ine and vaccinate dogs. On Wed nesday a clinic will be held from 4 until 5 p.m. at the Pigeon Street colored school and from 5 until 6 p.m. at the Hazelwood Fire Station. Mary Osborne Chosen For Who's Who Miss Mary Osborne is one of thirteen Western Carolina Col lege students selected to appear [ in the 1953-54 edition of Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges. Selections are made on the basis of scholarship, leader ship. Initiative, and promise of future success. Miss Osborne, daughter of Mrs. Robert Osborne of Waynesville and Sylva and the late Mr. Os borne, is a student at the college. She is majoring in music. PMA Office's Name Changed To CSS, ASC The PMA is no more! However, before you start shed ding tears for the demise of the important federal agricultural a gency, let us assure you that Its work will go on as usual?only its name will be changed. From now on the old Produc tion and Marketing Administration will be known as the Commodity Stabilization Service (CSS) on the national level and as Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ACS) on the state, county, and community level. The reorganization, however, does not affect the duties of the state, county, and community committees, according to A. W. Ferguson, manager of the Hay wood ASC office. He Almost Started Singing In The Rain a Two businessmen met during the rain Friday afternoon. Neith er had on a raincoat, whirh prompted one to ask: "Where's your raincoat?" "To tell the truth, it has been so long since I used It I do not know." . And the other replied: "I'm in the same fix. but after all. It has been'so long since I was In a rain, that I'm enjoying It with out a raincoat." JUDGE SUSIE SHARP, of Reidsville. Is presid ing at the November term of superior court, which convened here this morning. This pic ture shows Judge Sharp, just a few minutes af ter she walked into the office of the Clerk of Court prior to going to the court room. On the left is 1. B. Slier, clerk of court, and on the right is Miss Dixie Campbell, assistant clerk. This is, the first time that Judge Sharp has been in Haywood, other than passing through to Cher okee. "This lovely country fascinates me," she said. (Mountaineer Photo). Churches Expect Large Attendance For Union Thanksgiving Services Union Thanksgiving service# conducted each year in a different chlrsli, are planned this year for 9 a.m. Thanksgiving morning at the First Baptist Church in Way nesville and the Hazelwood Metho dist Church. The Bev. Karl Brendall, new pas tor of the First Methodist Church, has chosen "Thanksgiving Remind ers" as his subject for the sermon I in the Waynesville Union Service, k Thar Rfev. M It. WilliamMru of 4?fe?byteriaj? Churv?i. wlf pre-, ^kle and will be assisted by the Rev. Edgar Goold, rector of Grace Episcopal Church, giving the res ponsive reading, and Admiral W. N. Thomas, retired Naval chaplain, now resident of Lake Junaluska, offering the Prayer of Thanksgiv ing. Charles Isley will conduct the combined choirs of the four par ticipating churches in a special anthem. Psalm 150, by the great 19th century French composer, Cesar Franck. Robert Campbell is organist. The Waynesville offering in en velopes will be taken for the or phanages supported by the various denominations. The loose offering will be divided equally among the churches. HAZELWOOD The Rev. John I. Kizer, pastbr of the Hazelwood Baptist Church, will deliver the sermon in Hazelwood using as his theme the phrase, "Let Us Give Thanks." The Rev. R. J. flahn, of the Methodist Church, will lead the service with the Rev. A. L. Gardin, of the Church of God, reading Scripture and the Rev. Archie Gra ham, of the Hazelwood Presbyter ian Church, giving the prayers. A choir of about 30 voices made up of those from the four Hazel wood churches will be under the direction of Carol Underwood, of the Baptist Church. Mrs. B. M. Chase is organist. They will sing as special numbers, "We Plough the Fields and Scatter' from the Cokcsbury hymnal and "Not Alone For Mighty Empire" from the MnthnHicI tivmnal Submit Grid Entries Early All entries /!? this week's Mountaineer football contest must either be in the Mountain eer office or be postmarked not later than 5 p.m. Wednesday. This is because of the fact that the Waynesville - Canton came a? number of college games be played on XMphsftivinf < instead of at the end of the week. Skidding Car Sends Georgian To Hospital Here Richard Dixon Neal of Columbtts. Ga., was hospitalized with minor injuries at 10:05 Saturday night when the car he was driving skid ded off the road on Highway 19 at Dellwood. Neal told Cpl. Pritchard Smith of the State Highway Patrol that he was traveling about 55 miles per hour and skidded when he applied his brakes on the wet pavement. He also said that he had been nodding from sleep ever since *he left Georgia. He was examined by Dr. R. H. Stretcher and treated for bruises. At Haywood County Hospital this morning he was reported in good condition. When he is released, however, he will face charges of reckless driving, Cpl. Smith said. Communion Service At First Methodist Tuesday A special family service honor ing Thanksgiving will be held at the First Methodist Church Tues day evening at 7:30, it was an nounced by the minister, the Rev. Earl Brendall. The services will be one of medi tation and communion, and each family in the charch membership has been urged to attend. Bernard Ferguson Wins State 4-H Tobacco Crown Bernard Ferguson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ferguson of Fines Creek, has been named Stale 4-H Club Tobacco Champion for 1053, according to an anouncement from 4-H Club headquarters in Raleigh. As state tobacco winner, Bernard will receive a trip to the National 4-H Congress in Chicago on No vember 29. He will also be recog nized at a special state 4-H lunch eon in Raleigh on November 27. Bernard also made a good show ing in the Tobacco Festival, last week in competition against the county's top burley growers. He took first place In the leaf exhibit and fifth In both the flyings and lugs classes. Cecil Wells, assistant county a gent in charge of boys 4-H work, was notified of Bernard's award by L. R. Harriil, state 4-H leader. Bernard is 15 years old and in the 10th grade at Fines Creek (See Ferguson?Page 6) * _L* ' BERNARD FERGUSON Football Contest Is 4-Way Tie A four-way tie developed in this week's Mountaineer football contest between Bill Kaufman of Canton, Ora Lee Price of Waynesville, Lloyd Stevenson of Waynesvllle, and Mrs. Frank Po teat of Clyde. These four, who will split the priae money of $15 among them, missed on three games (two of which were ties) and all picked 11 points as the combined score of the Duke Georgia Tech game. Ten other persons also miss ed only three games, but were farther off on the Duke score. Weekend.Rain - Measured At .80 Of Inch ? A total of 80 of an inch of rain fell in the Waynesvllle area dur- ] ing the weekend, according to re ports from the Mountain Experi ment Station. It has not been determined yet just how moch the rainfall has affected the level of the streams in the area, but much of the mois ture was believed soaked up by the ground, dry after weeks with out rain. However, the rains brought an end to the ban against tourists and picnicking in the national forests and it was believed this morning that Governor Umstead will lift the restrictions on hunting in state forests sometime today. Police Nab Three For Driving Drunk The WaynesviUe docket shows three arrested over the weekend for driving drunk, and about six were charged with public drunken ness, according to Chief Orville Noland. A number of minor accidents were investigated by the police over the weekend, none serious, and no injuries reported. Police said that the heavy rains of Saturday and Sunday was the cause of most of the minor accidents. Frank Howell Suffers Three Knife Wounds Frank Howell, of Maggie, is In the Haywood County Hospital suf fering from three cuts, said by members of the sheriff's office, to have been inflicted Sunday night by Hussy Evans. Howell was cut on the arm, leg and back. Officers are continuing their investigation, and said they understood from Howell, the two men got into an argument. 8Divorces Granted As Court Starts On Two-Week Session Judge Susie Sharp, Of Reidsville, Is Presiding Judge (BULLETIN) Verlln Gunter entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of tint degree murder in court this af ternoon. No date haa been aet for the trial. Speenlation is that this will be one of the longeat trials this term of court. The November term of criminal court convened this morning at ten o'clock, with Judge Susie Sharp, of Reidsville, presiding. The sched uled two-week term of court has the heaviest docket in many years, with more than 200 cases listed. Solicitor Thad D. Bryson, Jr.. handed the grand jury about 20 bills this morning, including one charging Verlin Gunter with the murder of Robert Ford, in the Mt. Sterling area, on July 30. Soli citor Bryson said he felt the grand jury would soon return a true bill, and enable him to call the Gunter case. Ford died of wounds suffer ed when hit by shots fired through a window into the room where he was sitting with Miss Pearl Sut ton. Ford died shortly after the shooting, and Miss Sdtton also suffered wounds, but has recover ed. Gunter has been in jail, without bond, since he was arrested by offi cers shortly after the shooting. Judge Sharp walked into the court room at ten o'clock, smartly attired in a black dress, with touch es of dork rod. -She haa ? pieasonl. I and distinct speaking voice, that rings with a high degree of firm ness. Judge Sharp runs her court with ease, and efficiency. Fourteen min utes after Sheriff Campbell had called the court to order, the gr^nd jury had been called together, given their work, and (the 26 jurors for the first week called and sworn in for duty. The dispatch of the court was almost without precedent. In an hour and six minutes, the court had granted eight divorces. Most of the divorce cases were on grounds'of two years separation. The divorces granted by the court this morning, included: Wayne Oliver Lankford vs Oilie Martin Lankford; Phyllis Hartman Cross vr Leon Cross; Sandra Thompson vs William Thompson; Jeanne Cogdill Collins vs G. C. Collins; (See Court?Page 6) Mountaineer Will Be Published On Wednesday P. M. Following a custom of many years. The Mountaineer will be published on Wednesday after noon Instead of Thursday, in order that the staff may have Thanksgiving with their families. ' All copy for the Wednesday edition must be in the office by nine o'clock Wednesday. Town Ready To Put Up Christmas Lights Plans are for the Town electrical crews to start putting up Christ mas lights Tuesday on the principal business streets of the town. G. C. Ferguson, town manager, said that since a number of wooden i poles on Main Street have been re moved in preparation for the steel poles of the whiteway, that the lights will not be up in the criss cross manner of*former years. "Wc will do the best we Tan to got the 7,300 bulbs up, and in read iness for the Christmas parade on December 5th," he explained. In some section of Main Street the wooden poles are far apart, and will make the stringing of the Christmas light \vires a major problem. Mr. Ferguson said that tentative plans were to utilize the steel poles of the whiteway, but they have not arrived. Football Game To Be Here; Kickofi Set For 2:30 P.M. The annual Thanksgiving game between Waynesville and Canton will be played in the Waynesville stadium at 2:30 Thursday, it was announced officially today. Several newspaper articles pub lished outside of Haywood have listed the game as elsewhere?the gnme will be played in Waynes ville, with the kick-off at 2:30. That's official. I ' Educator Says Russia Does Not Intend To Make Peace With United States "Russia does not intend to make I peace with the United States," Dr. i J. Park McCallie, head of McCSl- 1 lie's School, in Chattanooga, told i Rotarians here Friday, as he warn- i ed that "the government is in filtrated by men who would sell I the United States down the river." i The noted educator, said with ! feeling: "The United Slates today i is just like ducks sitting on a calm ' mill pond?we are a perfect tar- ' get for Russia, and they know it. i We arej not ready for their U- I Boats, which can enter any U. S. harbor. i "The question confronting A- | merica today is Christianity vs. 5 Communism. We cannot straddle , the fence on the issue, but must choose between right and wrong," Dr. McCallie said I "We need not lose courage, as long as we stay on God's side," : he said. "And this is a great day for Christian laymen to show their colors and render greater service than ever?the worldi needs Christian courage and leadership." The speaker also pointed out that as a life-long Democrat, he admired and respected President Eisenhower for his recent noble, courageous stand and attitude to wards former president Truman. "I am going to write the President and praise him for his stand. I feel the man needs encouragement." During the course of his re marks, he pointed out that there Is "more power in human person ality than ever realized. Man has tot reached the Immense possibili ties," he said, as he pointed out the scientific developments from World War I until today. t Highway Record For 1953 In Haywood (To Dote) Killed 4 Injured.... 48 (lib Information com piled from Record* ef State Highway Patrol.) Ban On Hunting Expected To Be Raised Since Rains Danger of forest Ares was con sidered to be practically over for at least a few days forest rangers stated Monday morning. Although the Governor's ban on hunting or use of woodlands had not as yet been raised, it was expected that word would come from the Gov ernor's office to that effect some time Monday or Tuesday, Malcolm Edwards, wildlife refuge supervis ing is still illegal until official or of Western North Carolina said. Hunters are reminded that hunt word is received by press or radio. They may also cheek with County . I ? Forest Ranger, R. E. Caldwell at GL 6-6808. "National forests are now open to travel and qntry, but not to hunting or other use until the Governor's ban is lifted," so stated John L. Shontz, Timber Manage ment Assistant of the U, S. Forest Service in Ashevllle. He further said that rangers felt the heavy weekend rains had averted danger for some time, but that the amount of Wind and sun would clfcct the drying time of ground and woous.
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