b. ?
'cople Than (HH 'W'W'Y "l~H
The Mountaineer HE fY AYNESVlLLE MOUNTAINFFR
t> County
ies Case
Reported
wrai children in the Bethel
are now using anti-rabies
. as ibe result oi me discovery
U?ooa County s 10th case of
I last weekend.
t Health Department reported
a uog owned by Morris Baum
(f oi bethel was found to be
I ?tien us head was sent to
iia.e laboratory at Kaleigh for
unaiion. Ihe dog went mad
ni_v and had to be destroyed,
unmal was a stray which had
brought home from school
hnuieii in the Baumgarner;
persons were believed bitten,
le baumgarner children and a
a ihe neighborhood, Larry
Kken. will take treatments
Be they were exposed to the
> "mad" dog, however, did
another small dog owned by
fuumgarner. The latter dog
had to be destroyed,
thead oi the rabid animal was
lc Raleigh by Dr. A. K. Riegg,
lutarian.
f , ^
her Given
ontract For
ew School
contract for $322,377 for con
ttion of a new junior high
el at Canton has been award
b Jerry Liner by the Canton
nl Board which met in spec
(ssion Tuesday.
we Henry, superintendent of
Canton school system, made
announcement concerning the
tact following a meeting of the
1 with costruction represent
l
mbing and heating contracts
warded. Li Youug and Brook
i of Canton, with respective
of SI 4,700 and $33,265 on
projects.
t electrical contract went to
Jartin Electric Company, of
lesville, on a bid of $30,853.
total of a dozen bids were sub
id to the school board, Henry
ttneed.
ier indicated that preliminary
; on the building would be
died within 10 days if favor- I
weather prevails,
le building, to be erected ad- j
?t to the present high school
ling, will operate as a com-!
t unit. Henry said, and would
a total of is class rooms.
* building also will have a
ern library, home economics
i. manual training facilities, a
Tn cafeteria with a seating
city of 335 persons, a combi
? auditorium and gymnasium
teachers' lounge and first aid
dies.
Inty Schools
pen Monday
t a two-week vacation for
hstmas holidays, which be
hfn schools were dismissed
kr 18, Haywood County stu
*ill return to their class
' Monday, January 4.
'Pupils at one school, Cen
J"nentary in Waynesville,
k will also be "Moving Day".
P will report to the old
? where they will pick up
and school supplies and
?arch to their new building
Rr. St.
I the reopening of schools,
duty's sports program also
?We alive again on Tuesday
'*"b all of Haywood's basket
feams except Crabtr^e-Iron
pled to see action.
The
Neither
COLDER
?dy and inld tonight and Fri
ria1 Waynosville tempera
K compiled by the State Test
? Max Mln. Rainfall
J 54 27
* 44 9
2 40 18
* 51 11
h 50 14
r 43 31 .05
f| 55 39 10
f 53 30 .01 !
MISS 1953?Little Miss Charlene Denis Whitman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Whitman, will be one year old tomorrow.
She was the first baby born in Haywood in 1953, and after a hap- ?
py Christmas is ready to observe another big event ? her first
birthday. (Mountaineer Photo).
12,000 Reprints Of Front
Page Of The Mountaineer
Being Sent Over The World
County Betters
Fatality Record
Unless someone is killed be
tween now and midnight tonight,
Haywood County will better its
traffic fatality record by one this
year as compared with the 1952.
Four have died on county high
way# this year in contrast to five
last year. ^
However, 53 have been injured
this year, whereas only 50 were
hurt in 1952.
In 1951, seven persons were
killed and .53 were injured.
Hendersonville Man
To Head Scout Council
F. B. Gardner of Hendersonville
was elected president of the
Daniel Boone,Council, Boy Scouts
of America, at the annual busi
ness meeting of the Council execu
tive board Monday evening.
Carlton Peyton of Canton and
Andrew Gennett, Jr. of Asheville
were elected vice presidents of the
council. Julian Stepp and Dr.
Samuel Robinson of Asheville
were reelected treasurer and com
missioner respectively. 1
More than 12,000 reprints of
the front pace of the Christmas
issue of The Mountaineer has
been made, and will be mailed
throughout the world.
Heinz W. Rollman, founder of
World Construction, Inc., bought
12,000 reprints of the front
page to send to newspapers and
radio statidns in almost every
nation on earth.
Mr. Rollman also said that a
publication of national circula
tion would soon feature the pro
gram of World Construction, and
Mr. Rollman's book on the sub
ject.
$2,000 Received
By Lions For
Christmas Cheer
A little more than $2,000 was
raised on the Waynesville Lions
Club dime board, Lions President
Wayne Franklin reported today.
This money will be used by the
Lions to buy clothing for the un
derprivileged In this section of the
county?with most of the wearing
apparel to go to children. ?
More underprivileged children j
will have to be clothed this year j
than formerly, Mr. Franklin said, i
Babson Says Business To
Be Good In Early 1954
I do not now believe in the the
ory of most economists?that busi
ness will fall off 10% in 1954, with
a greater decline in net earnings.
My feeling is that everyone will
unite forces to hold up business,
at least during the first half, to its
approximate 1953 average. This can
be done by expanding research,
increasing advertising appropria
tions, extending further credits,
and obtaining labor's co-operation.4
But. I say something much more
important than the above: namely,
If business should slump 10%. the
decline would probably not stop at
10%. Too many business concerns
and individuals are working on a
very narrow and slim margin. The
decline in employment, with re-'
suiting business losses which a 10%
decline in gross would cause, could
result In millions of families be
ing unable to pay their bills and
Installment obligations. This could
set off a chain reaction, which
could send business down 10% to
30% more, with a corresponding
decline in the stock market, com
modity prices, and real estate. In
this latter ca<e. the Eisenhower|
Administration would suffer as did
the Hoover Administration.
In view of this possible serious
alternative, I have contacted the
leading newspaper publishers as to
the attitude of their respective
communities. Of these, over 970
have replied as follows: The peo
ple of 30 communities are dis
couraged and want to liquidate:
297 communities are optimistic and
want to buy and invest more; 643
are now content and in a strong
position, but are waiting until they
see how 1954 develops. Due to the
results of this survey, I believe
the chances are ten to one that at
least tht first hair of 1954 WILL
BE FAIRLY GOOD.
Below are 25 definite forecasts
which, in any case, should prove
correct for the first six months of
1954. My forecast for the second
six months will appear in this i
paper next June.
* * *
1. There will be no World War,
in the first half oC 1954.
2. The Dow-Jones IntftlsTrial?
Stock Average will be le?4 on June
<S?e Babson?P?*e 8>
January
Court Term
Is Cancelled
The Civil term of Superior
Court?scheduled to opeu here
January 4??has been postponed
until February, with permission
from tne state s chief justice in
Kaleigh.
The postponement of ffce court
term was recommended by the
county commissioners wim ap
proval of the Haywood County Bar
Association.
Attorney W. R. Francis, counsel
for the commissioners, said that
the civil term was postponed be
cause of sickness of both attorneys
and litigants and because a num
ber of cases scheduled to be heard
have been settled out of court .
Only a relatively small docket
of cases were listed lor trial, Mr.
Francis added.
Cases on the January cour^ cal
endar will be transferred to the
February mixed term, which opens
February 1.
$54 Stolen
From County
Court House
Sheriff Fred Campbell ifc investi
gating the theft of $54 from two
ofTices In the courthouse?the ASC
<PMA> and the Health Department.
Forty-seven dollars was taken from
a safe in the ASC office, while $7
was removed from a desk drawer
in the Health office.
The money was taken December
21st. but the theft was not disclos
ed publicly at that time.
Forty dollars of the total taken
belonged to an ASC office em
ployee. Mrs. Edith ftogers. who put
the money in the safe, intending
to put it in the bank the next
morning. ?
Mrs. Rogers told JaUeriff Camp
bell that 'the 'fftfef took a 'key from
a file case in the office, opened the
safe, and then replaced the key
in the file again. She added that
she had locked the safe before
leaving work the evening before
the money was stolen.
1 Since $7 of the money belonged
to the ASC. which is a U. S. agen
cy, the theft becomes a federal
case. As such, it may be investi
gated by the FBI.
Miss Dorothy Whisenhunt, Health
Depaprtment secretary, told the
sheriff that she found her desk
drawer standing open when she
came to work the morning of the
21st and found $7 missing from
the office's petty cash fund. The
office door, however, was locked,
she added.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Meyer have
returned to their home in Char
lotte after spending Christmas
with their son and daughter-in
law. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Meyer, Jr.
Stores To Be Open Friday;
Plants And Others To Close
I ^ t
I Veur VflSr'c Plot' An Vri/tau i 11
I
Democrats
To Circulate
'Digest' Here
Haywood County has been select
ed as one of 10 counties in North
Carolina to serve as a "test area"
in which a drive'will be launched
to sell subscriptions to the new
publication, "Democratic Digest".
Joe Tate, Jr., president of the
Haywood County Young Democrats
Club, will' head the subscription
campaign here. Slate subscription
chairman is Sam Burrows of Ashe
boro.
"Denocratlc Digest." patterned
after popular digest-style maga
zines like "Reader's Digest" and
"Coronet." is published monthly by
the Democratic National Commit
tee in Washington. The magazine
features a variety of stories and
features articles aiufc political gar
toons?most of them taking issue
with present policies of the Eisen
hower administration.
Assisting Mr. Tate in the sub
scription drive, scheduled to con
tinue through the month of Janu
ary, are Jerry Rogers, James Reed.
Jr. and Glenn Brown, all of
Waynesville; J. Tom Leatherwood
of Clyde, and Charles Beall, Lo
ranzo Smathers. and Noland Scott
of Canton.
Burley Markets
Reopen Monday
On 4-Hour Basis
Hurley tobacco markets, which
have been closed for the Christ
mas holidays, will reopen Monday,
?JatMtary 4 tin ? four-hoof basisr ac
cording to an announcement by
the Burley Auction Warehouse As
sociation at Ml. Sterling, Ky.
The association explained that
warehouses operating on a basket
basis may sell no more than 1440
baskets per day per set of buyers.
Warehouses operating on a pound
age basis may sell no more fhan
345,000 pounds Der day per set of
buyers, but in any event not more
than 1800 baskets per day per set
of buyers, the association added.
The Mountaineer
To Open Friday
All departments of The Moun
taineer will be open on New
Year's Day.
Because of the Christmas holi
days. only one edition of The
Mountaineer was published this
week, but twice weekly editions
will be resumed next week.
IIKAD POLIO DRIVE?Dave Felmet, left, and Leo Weill, head
up the annual March of Dimes Drive In this end of Haywood
county. The campaign Is being sponsored by the Waynesville
Kotary Club, and the two leaders said the drive would be stressed
the last two weeks of January. All Rotarians have been assigned
special posts and duties during the campaign. This end of the
county usually raises about $14,000 each January for the fight
against polio.
Head Coach At USC
| To Address Grid Banquet
r
Tax Books Termed
'99.999 Pet. Perfect'
Auditors have checked Hay
wood County's tax books and
have termed them "99.999 per
cent perfect." Mrs, Mildred Bry
son. tax collector and supervis
or. was informed this week.
The books tpbre audited by the
Perry Weaver Auditing Co.,
which is employed for the pur
pose by the wunty.
Td* records are kepi by Mrs.
Mildred Bryson and deputies
Mrs. J. P. Ulcus and Mrs. John
ny Davis.
" ' . ' " I
Defective Flues
Cause 2 Fires
Defective flues have caused two
fires in rural areas the past week.
Waynesville firemen answered a
call at 10:30 a.m. today af the Wal
ler Franklin residence at Francis
Cove. A blaze, which started around
an old stove, caused damage estim- ,
nted at $100.
Firemen made another run on
Christmas day to the Dick Haum
garner residence on Aliens Creek
when a defective flue caused dam
ages of approximately $29.
Special Square Dance
Set Tonight At Armory
A special New Year's Eve square
dance will be held in the armory
tonight, according to an announce
ment by sponsoring Jaycees.
Dancing will be from 9 until 12.
The regular Saturday night
square dance will be held as usual
this week, the Jaycees added.
A round dance will be held to
night at the Elks Club' in the
Masonic Temple, with music by
the Solitaires.
Rex Ennght, head football
coach at tne University of South
Carolina, will be the principal
speaker at the .laycees' football
banquet on Wednesday, January
13. it was announced Monday night
at a meeting of the Junior Cham
ber.
The banquet, to be given at Haz
elwood School, will honor the
champions of the Blue Ridge Con
ference. undefeated Waynesville
Mountaineers, the junior varsity,
?the teams' three coaches, and the
cheerleaders
XVraTigerttcrils for The evorfl are
not yet complete, but the program
is expected to include a showing
of a South Carolina game film?
possibly the one in which the
Gamecocks upset bowl-bound West
Virginia, awarding of letters to
varsity players and cheerleaders,
awarding of a plaque to the team's
most valuable player, presentation
of the "Mountaineer Queen," and
special music by Waynesville High
students.
Coaches Weatherby, Jaynes, and
Swift also will make short talks,
and Lester Burgin will act as mas
ter of ceremonies.
Aiding the Jaycees in arrange
ments for the banquet will be the
Wayrfesville chapter of the North
Carolina Secretaries Association
and the Beta Sigma Phi sorority.
The Jaycees' committee in
charge of the event is made up of
Bob Conway, chairman; Bill Mll
ner, and Jack Arrington.
Guernsey Cattle
Club Recognizes
Haywood Bull
The registered Guernsey bull,
Haywood Bailif, owned by Flor
ence Osborne of Canton, has just
become a nationally recognized
sire, according to an announce
ment from I he production testing
(See Guernsey?Page 8)
Rev. Robinetl To Regin
New Ministry Sunday
The Rev. T. E. Robinett will be
f gin his new ministry at Waynes
ville's First Baptist Church Sun
day, when "Loyalty Day" will be
observed with pledges to the
church's budget for 1954
Mr. Robinett comes to Waynes
ville from Red Bank Baptist
Church in Saluda. S. C. and a ru-,
ral charge. Richland Springs Bap
tist Church.
Raised in Columbia. S. C. and
educated in the Columbia public
schools, the new minister was;
graduated from the University of
South Carolina in 1939 and the
Southern Baptist Seminary at
Louisville. Ky., in 1942
His first ministry was at 5ft.
Zinn Baptist Church at Flizabcth
town. Ky., where he served from
April 1, 1941. until March 1. 1943.
He then accepted the pastorate of
the Hunt Memorial Baptist Church
at Newberry, S. C., and of the
Bethel Baptist Church near New
berry- -serving these two churches
from March. 1943. until August,
fSee Rev. Roblnett-LPage 8)
REV. T. E. ROBINETT. former
ly at Saluda. S. (*., will begin his
ministry at the First Baptist
Church hrrr Sunday. Hr replaces
the Rer. Broadus E. Wall, who
resigned because of ill health,
t
be observed as a holiday by
Waynesville area industries, banks,
postoffice. public utilities, library,
and the courthouse, but not by the
retail merchants, the Town of
Waynesville. and certain business
establishments.
Retail stores closed Wednesday
at noon as usual, but they will be
open all day Friday and Saturday.
Some wholesale businesses and
service establishments will be clos
ed on Friday, but others will be
open. Professional men, too. like
doctors, dentists, optometrists, and
lawyers, are not in agreement con
cerning the holiday. Some will be
in their offices, others won't be.
Schtduled for a holiday are em
ployees of Dayton Rubber. Unagus
ta. Wellco A C. Lawrence, Royh*
and Pilkington. Carolina Light and
Power, Haywood Electric Coopera
tive. and Southern Bell Telephone
office.
Retail stores, laundries and dry
cleaners and Ailing stations will be
open, but since some offices and
business concerns will be closed
Friday for New Year's Day, it
might be wise to telephone the par
ticular establishments where you
have business to determine their
schedule.
Haywood Grocery Co. will be
open Friday, but will close Satur
day for inventory.
Tax Listing
Will Start
On Monday
Listing of taxes in Haywood
County for 1954 will begin at 9
a.m. Monday. Mrs. Mildred Bryson,
county tax collector and supervis
or. announced today. Listing wUI
continue thfotftrh January $0. she
added.
All persons who own cars or any
other personal property on Jahu
ary 1 must list them for taxes. Mrs.
Bryson expla ed.
Tax llstei for Waynesville
Township. Mrs. R. L. Coin and Har
ley Francis, will work at the com
missioners room in the court
house. Beaverdam Township list
ers. Mrs. Wade Rhea and Vaughn
Byers, will be at the Canton Cham
ber of Commerce office each day
from 9 until 5. The Ivy Hill tax
lister, H. C- Griswold. w'll be at
Campbell Brothers Grocery Janu
ary 4-6,
Mrs. Bryson urged county tax
payers to list their property early
so that listers can take care of all
the people on their tax rolls before
the*end of the month.
Pansy's Prolific
There's a remarkable lady in
town. She may be in her twilight
years, but, you might say, she's
young in heart. She's Pansy, a 13
year-old cow owned by Mrs. Roy
Ray, of Virginia Ave., Hazelwood.
Pansy calved with her second
set of twins three years ago. is
still producing close to three gal
lons of milk a day without feed,
and has give milk for eleven of
her thirteen years, often as much
as seven gallons a day.
Mrs. Ray thinks that the bounti
ful lady has had ten calves in her
life, althaough. what with the two
sets of twins and the constancy of
Pansy's productivity, her owner has
"kind of lost track"'.
The Rays all feel that Pansy is
just a member of the family. Of
course, they gave her a name be
ginning with "P". That's a tradi
tion in the family, as you will note
is you meet Patsy or Precious or
some of their calves. Pansy, though,
is the friskiest to this day ? acts
younger than the youngest, and has
always been wonderfully good na
tured and easy to handle.
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed..;: 4
Injured.... 53
(Thia Information com
piled from Records of
State Hifbwaj Patrol.) .
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