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n ? publlshed Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of HavwooH Cn.intv At tv.? r . ^ ^ t*ve?menl h?. civ? all
"vitao '?vn iViViTi i ? y Eastern Entrance Of The Great. Smoky Mountains National Park our ?h,p* ?w,y!"
? ' ' A<,t-S A^uted Preaa WAVVESMI.I.K, N. f? MONDAY AFTERNOON JAW ? * ml " = 5
? ? JA*' ]*' iy>l In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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f/ard A. Hummel, Superintendent Of Great Smokies, Says That
igeon Road Major Factor In Park Progress j
. Sterling
In Slain
Struggle
creation between two men
wife of one of them re
iturday in the second mur
fie Mt. Sterling area since
jf six bullet wounds is Ki
ll. 29, a tenant farmer,
with the fatal shooting is
itton. 43, farmer and em
f the Carolina Light and
o. at Waterville. The slay
place at the Sutton home, j |
told Sheriff Fred Camp- f
he had warned Ball to
ay from my wife." A few
. however, Sutton said, he !
racks in the snow indicat
fall had ignored his warn
turday afternoon Sutton
lome in his jeep, but re
short time later to find
his wife together. Sutton
lat when fie and Ball met
it farmer came at him
uble-edged hunting knife,
two fought, Sutton said
Ball with a .38 caliber
, when the >ounger man
he pistol, then he shot ;
in the head with a shot
two men began to strug- I
Sutton fled the house.
? to Waynesville later,
ampbell said, to hire a
lie has not yet made a
to the sheriff.
Fred Campbell and Hay-1
ner. Dr. J. Frank Pate,
hat Ball was struck by .
ti pistol bullets and by
n shell. Sutton was cut
ad and neck by Ball's
neither wounl was ser
he was released from '
County Hospital after |
there.
vas released from cus
82,500 bond after a pre
paring before Solicitor | I
>n of Bryson City. Sher- i
sll said that he prob
e tried during the Feb- i
n of Superior Court,
is here Feb. 1. I
irvived by a widow and |
en. The sheriff said the .
four grown children ,
the service and three
Iren who are married ,
>"g at home.
Iv was taken to a fun- i
at Newport, Tenn. I
jBters Club
tare Year's
Ic Program
Bllazelwood Boosters Club
Bd a lot in a three-hour Mt*
B their first meeting of the
? they roet with the Booster
Bd heard reports of the Fin
Blinas program, and then
Beir new president. Richard
? name committees for the
Blub unanimously endorsed
^Baosal to erest a TV tower
Bof Mount Pisgah, and sev
Bhbers expressed their views
^fcrsonal letters should be
Bin behalf of the project,
^?lrmbers and Boosterettes
Bests of Carolina Power and
Bompany for the dinner.
B "Blue" Robinson is vice
Bt of the Club, with George
Brow, treasurer, and George
I chairman of the board of
Other directors include
? Roosters Club?Pate 6)
r connnuto COLD
Bky. variable cloudiness.
Bnd cold Tuesday, slowly
^bmperaturcs with possibil
Bl Waynesville temperature
^Biled by the State Teat
Max. Min. Rainfall
B. 44 14 .14
B. 54 42 .54
B 56 58 2 42
WTHS Gets
ModernStage
Curtain Set
Sometime around the 15th of
February, the patrons of the Wav
nesville Township High School
tvill find new and modern stage
Lurtains in the auditorium.
M. H Bowles, district superin
tendent, said that a contract had
Seen let for a complete new set of
stage curtains, new track, and
Imps.
The new curtain, of rose-beige,
will feature the letters WTHS in
?old Old English. The port cur
tain will be without fringe, and
he main curtain will draw to the i
>ides Of the stage.
The contract price was $1,552.
Vlr, Bowles announced.
The new and modern curtains
ind facilities, will take the place
of those now in use, and worn out
from many years of constant use.
Black Shank j
Disease Control
Io Be Discussed
A meeting dealing with the con
rol of black shank disease in to
aacco fields will be held at 7:30
j.m, Wednesday at the Rock Hill
school, County Agent W'aync
Franklin announced today.
Hkrold Nau, tobacco specialist
it N. C. State College, will lead
he discussion.
The meeting is being held for
he special benefit of hurley grow
;rs in the Jonathan Creek com
nunity since that is the only area
n the county where black shank
iisease has appeared, Mr. Frank
in said. The crop killing disease
sas found to be present on eight
iifferent farms on Jonathan
Creek..
LOOKING AHEAD to their goal, civic leaders of llazelwood are
mapping plans for entering the 1954 Finer Carolina contest spon
sored by the Carolina Poer and Light Company. Last Thursday
night the group voted unanimously to participate again. Seated
here, left to right: A. P. I^edbetter, chairman for 1953, and advis
or for the 1954 program: Mrs. Clyde Fisher, president of the
Boosterettes, and head of the women's work: Pawl Bryson, chair
man for 1954. Standing: Julian Stepp. district manager of the
power cotppany; Kichard Barber, president of tin- Boosters Club.
Mrs. Vivian Bushong, in charge of the contest in this area for
the sponsor and Koy,W right, manager of the llazelwood oil ice of
the sponsor. (Mountaineer Photol.
Hazelwood Civic Leaders
Again Vole To Participate
In 'Finer Carolina' Coniesl
Wet, And Wetter
For the first time in almost a
year, many Haywood streams
neared full bank Saturday, fol
lowing a 3-inch rain on Thursday
and Friday.
According to the official
Weather Rureau reading, about
a half inch of rain fell Thursday,
and 2' inches on Friday.
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First Traffic
Injury of '54
Is Reported
Erastus( Rogers. 70, of Clyde
Route 1. became Haywood Coun
ty's first traffic injury victim of
1954 at 8:30 a.m. Saturday when
i the ear which he was driving was
involved in a collision with anoth
er vehicle driven by Clarence Lee
Kirkpatriek, 17, of Fines Creek.
According to Cpl. Pritchard
Smith of the State Highway Pa
trol. Kirkpatriek attempted to
pass Rogers' car on Route 209, but
ran off the shoulder of the road
and collided with the elderly
man's vehicle as he swerved into
the highway.
Rogers suffered a cut over the
right eye and chest injuries. He
was admitted to Haywood County
Hospital, but later released.
Kirkpatriek was charged by* the
patrol with reckless driving and
driving without an operator's li
cense.
Hazelwood citizens, inspired by
1953 accomplishments, are set to
launch an all-out program in the
1954 Finer Carolinas contest, which
is sponsored by Carolina Power and
Light Company.
The Boosters Club, and their
auxiliary, the Boosterettes, met
' Thursday night, as the guests of
I he Finer Carolinas sponsor, and
1 alter hearing reports covering a
varied field of activities for last
year, decided by unanimous vote,
i to enter the contest again for
1954.
The winners of the 1953 contest
will be announced abuut February
ffst, the 106 Hazelwood citizens
were told by Julian Stepp, district
manager of the sponsor.
Paul Bryson, a leader of last
year's activities, was named to head
ihe-work for 1954 under the slogan
"Let's Do More In '54". Br.vson suc
| ceeds A. P. Ledbetter, w ho will
serve in an advisory capacity this
year.
Mrs. Clyde Fisher, president of
the Boosterettes, will head the wo
man's division, succeeding Mrs.
Claude N. Allen.
Bryson. Mrs. Fisher, together
with Richard Barber, president of
the Boosters Club, and others, will
meet soon and map a program of
projects for the year. Various
project leaders will also he named
later, it was explained.
Mr. Stepp was highly compli
mentary of the accomplishments in
1953, and Mrs. Bushong, leader of
the contest activities for Carolina
Power, spoke in the highest terms
of the scrapbook entered in the
contest, which enumerated the
many projects of the year.
Mrs, George BischolT gave a gen.
eral report on the activities of the
women, which included renovating
(See Hazelwood Club?Page 6)
Ed Bryson
Heads 1954
4-H Group
(Set- picture?Farm page)
Edwin Bryson of the Crablret
Iron Dull Senior 4-H Club wa
elected president of the Has woo
County 4-H Clubs at a ineetin
Saturday morning in the court
house.
Tom Cogdill of the Wayivesvill
| Senior Class w as chosen vie
president, while Frances Emm
Yates of Crabtroe-Iron Duff wa
i elected secretary-treasurer.
Also named were: Doris Mils
of Waynesville. reporter; An
j Cat hey and Weaver Hipp- ot th
| Canton Senior Club, song leader:
and Morris Brojles ot Cantoi
j pianist.
The program included a talk I)
! Bernard Ferguson, state 4-H t<
bacco winner, who attended th
; National 4-H Club Congress i
Chicago in November, and th
presentation of a fountain pen t
Miss Yates. 10th place state wit
ner in daily production The pet
awarded by the National Dait
! Council, was presented b> Cee
j Wells, assistant farm agent i
I charge of boys 4-H Club work,
j The group also voted to hoi
their meetings on the second Sa
| urday in each month.
Hospital Film
Shown To Lions
A color movie film, depict in
I the construction of the new win
at Haywood County Hospital an
, showing new equipment installe
I there, was shown at a meeting <
1 the Waynesville Lions Club Thur:
day at Spaldon's.
The film also featured realist
views of actual surgical operatior
? including a n appendectom:
herniorrhaphy, and Caesarian se<
tion
| The film was taken by Le
4 Davis, hospital administrator
This film is also available fc
use by other civic organization
Mr Davis said.
Main Street 01 Hazelwood
Will Be Resurfaced Soon
Come spring and paving weath- r
er, the Main Street of Hazelwood r
will get a new surface of asphalt i
paving.
That official word was given f
Hazelwood Mayor Lawrence C. I
Davis in a letter from Harry E. i
Buchanan, commissioner of the t
Fourteenth Division. j f
The hoard of aldermen had pre
viously requested that Main Street c
be resurfaced, all the way from [
Highway 19-A to the Plott Creek t
Road at the sub station.
This pacing project would put v
Hazelwood's streets in A-l condi- s
tion, Mayor Davis said, in com-1
nenting on the letter from Com
nlMloner Burhanan, which read
n part as follows:
"I have discussed your request
or resurfacing Main Street in
lazelwood. with Mr. Page, dtvis
on engineer, and am asking him
o include this project in his plans
or the spring of 1054,
"I am happy to be able to co
iperate with your board and the
>cople of Hazelwood in this mat
er."
A major street paving program
vas inaugurated In Hazelwood last
pring. following a special hond is
sue of the town. ,
Harry E. Buchanan, Commis
sioner of the Fourteenth State
Highway Division, today reported
that a total of 8.03 miles of road
work was completed recently in
the Fourteenth.
In Haywood, two roads, and
their lengths, were graded, wid
ened from 10 to 10 feet, and sur
faced with traffic-bound macadam
base: Lovejov Hoad, 3.15 miles;
and Edwards Cove Road two
miles. H. D. Smathefs, tor 0.3 mile
Number Of Highways In
Haywood Are Improved
and Haynes Hill for 0.25 mile wer
graded, drained, and u idene
from eight to 14 feet."Both the*
roads were surfaced with tralfii
bound macadam.
Cherokee, Clay, Graham. Ila>
wood. Henderson, Jackson, Macoi
, Polk. Swain and Transylvania ar
in the Fourteenth. Highway divii
ion headquarters are in Sylvi
and O. G. Page is division engir
(eer, C W. Lee is assistant divisio
* tn^ineer in thai*r ot constructioi
Park Group
Meets Here
Tomorrow
The North Carolina National
Park. Parkway, and Forests De
' velopment Commission will hold
its quarterly meeting tomorrow
at the commission office in the
Masonic Temple. The group last
met at Boone in July of 1953.
Scheduled for the commission's
attention will be matters affecting
the Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park, the Blue Kidgc Park
way. and the Pisgah and Nantahala
National Forests.
Also likely to be discussed will
be the commission's efforts made
together with a joint committee
from Tennessee, to obtain suffic
ient appropriations for the Smok
ies Park.
Dr. Kelly Bennett of Bryson
City,, commission president, and
William Medford of Waynesville
went to Washington last Novem
ber along with several Tennessee
representatives to discuss funds
for the parkjwith responsible fed-;
eral officials.
The commission will also hear a
report on Blue Ridge Parkway
construction projects now under
way.
Business sessions of the commis
sion will be held at the Masonic
Temple office, while a luncheon
is scheduled at the Towne House.
Waynesville representatives on
the commission are Mr. Medford
and Mrs. Kdith Alley, secretary.
Two More Civic
Clubs Endorse
Pisgah TV Tower
Two more civic clubs went on
record endorsing the erection of
a TV tower on top of Mount Pis
| gah
Thursday night the Hazelwood
Boosters Club went on record fav
oring the program, and Friday the
Rotary Club took similar action
Karlier last week, the Chamber
* of Commerce directors passed a
1 resolution asking that the TV tow
L> *
er be built on Pisgah.
Construction of the project was
scheduled to have started about
two weeks ago, when opposition
' was expressed on the subject, and
the Forest Service called a public
'' hearing for February second, in
Asheville.
e
? In addition to the action of the
e civic groups, a number of petitions
s with hundreds of names have been
, signed, asking for the tower to be
: erected.
F. A. III'MMFL. suprrinlrndrnt
nl the (Irrat Smoky Mountains
National I'ark, told Kotarians
here Friday of the importance of
the Pigeon Kiver Koad to the full
development of the I'ark.
$310 Raised j
At Singing
For Polio
A crowd that packed every nook
and corner of the court room Sun
, day. attended the fourth annual
I'olio Benefit Singing, and put over
! $300 into the treasury of the cam
paign.
The annual event under the di
I rection of Rev. C, L. Allen, W. T.
' Queen an^l Ray Parker, was term
i ed a huge success. The principal
speaker was .Max Rogers.
The two hour program featured
a larger number of participant*
than before Those taking part in
cluded The Cherokee Quartette,
of Cherokee; Kikin Mission Quar
tette. Asheville; The Happy Five,
Asheyille. and the Banks' Sister,
also of Asheville. Those from Hay
1 wood included:
Aliens Creek Trio. Olii Haywood
Quartette Red Bank Trio, Lewis
Fnsley Trio, Sholton Trio.
SOlos':by Carol Well and Linda
i Fox. with duets being sung by
West and Hawkins, and Leopatd
and Messer.
Each group gave two numbers.
Mrs John K. Woltz and three
small soils of Mount Airy are visit
ing the former's mother, Mrs. T.
: l.i iioii (Iwyii.
Would Open
Up Eastern
Side Of Park
"The construction and comple
tion of the Pigeon River Road will
be a major factor in the develop
ment of the eastern portion of the
[treat Smoky Mountains National jj
Park." Kdward A. Hummel, -uper
intendent of the Park, told Rotari-^flH
ans here Friday. H
Supt. Hummel said "the only
sensible way to get into the Kast
?rn part of the Park today is to
ither walk or go by horse. The
Highway down Pigeon River -from
tVaynesv-ille to Newport would af
foid a means of getting into that
area, and opening up the scenic
spots which abound there. \
The Park official went on to say
In would be glad to confer or write
the governor or any others as to
the importance of the road to the
Great Smokies.
The statement of the superin
tendent came after lie branded the
North Carolina section of Highway
441 i from Cherokee over New
found Gapi as heing "too steep;
curves not safe; surface no long
er good?in fact, just not much of
a road to handle the tremendous
traffic it is called upon to carry."
Supt Hummel said that the
opening of the Pigeon River Road
would divert commercial traffic off
the Newfound road.
"Commercial traffic does not
like the trans-mountain road (No.
4411 and this commercial travel is
of little economic value to the
area. It just makes the highway
across Newfuund Gap on Saturday
and Sunday look like Broadwas "
1 The park official cited urgent
nreds for the 1'ark at this time?
construction of roads, in the Park,
and adjacent to the Park: imprpv ?
operating plant in order that bct
tei service can he rendered to the
visitors.
He cited as the most urgent of
all adequate funds to take care
of what We have there now"
Supt. Hummel reviewed'the his
tory of the National Park Service,
which was the outgrowth of a deci
sion made in 1870 that any area
that is outstanding, should never
be controlled by any group or in
dividual. Upon this idea, the Park
Service was later established.
' Many people blame us for some
of the laws which govern the oper
ation of the Park The Park Serv
' ice does not make regulations We
merely execute those made by the
Congress:
"We are frying to keep the Park
(See Pigeon Road?Page fit
Y
S. J. Moody
;; Taken By Death
;; This Morning
?;1 Sentelle J. Moody. 73, well-1
jl known farmer and operator of a
n rural t#urist center, died this
morning in an Asheville hospital
^ j after a short illness.
t * Mr. Moody was born and spent
his entire life at the Moody Farm j
in the Dellwood section. He was !
the son of the late James and
Nancy Jaynes Moody. During the f
past number of years he was as-!
listed his wife in the operation of
the farm as a rural tourist center.
K He was g member of the Dellwood
K Methodist Church,
d Funeral services will be held
d Tuesday at 2 30 p.m in the Dell-1
'f | wood Methodist Church with the
Rev. Grady Barrlnger and the Rev.
i T. S Roten officiating. Burial will
ic be in Green Hill Cemetery,
is Pallbearers will be the following
i. I (See S. J. Moody?Page 6)
Demands For Epsom Sails
Shows Big Increase; Local
Firm Steps Up Production
S?me lines ?l business have re
ported sTight decreases, but not so |
with the Epsom Salts manufactur
ing business.
According to Richard Haynes.
general manager of the Giles
Chemical Company here, the out
put of the plant for the first two I
weeks ol this year exceeded the -
same period last year by 55.000
pounds. I
and 55.000 pounds of Epsom j
Salts is a rather large amount.
The production records for the
lirsl two weeks this voar was 125,
000 pounds. Mr. Haynes said, as j
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compared with 70.000 pounds last
January.
He termed low inventory of re
packers as one of the main reasons
for the heavy increase. "It usual
ly takes the month of January to
get the orders in from the fepack
ers, but this year the recovery
was more rapid than in the past,-'
Mr. Haynes said.
The demands of heavy industry
for Epsom Salts has been steads ,
the chemical company official
pointed out.
"Right now it looks like there
will be a large amount of Epsom
Salts used in 1954,'' Haynes said.
Highway
Record For
1954
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed 0
Injured.... 1
(Thta information com
piled from Record* of
State Highway Patrol.)
Hazelwood Post Office Sets
New Hiah Business Record
The Hazelwood Post Office ^et
two new record* during 1953 which
should make Washington happy.
According to Postmaster Thur
m.in K. Smith, the gross business
was up 2.8 per cent, and expenses
were down for the first class office.
The Christmas business at the
office *et a new record, and at the
time, set a new low record
tor cost, the report reveals.
The first three quarters of the
l>ear ran about even with the 1952
figures, with the Christmas busi
ness in the fourth quarter account
ing for the increase at i.H per cent
in business for the year. The last
quarter showed a total of $23,
852 94. The gross for the year was
$70,028 82.
In the annual report, a revealing
item is that money orders showed
an increase of $30,000 over 1952
The total amount of money orders
issued in 1953 totaled $179.880 3.1
as compared with $149.9^4.31 last
year.
The first quarter this year show
ed receipts of $14,337; the second
quarter $13.251; and the third
quarter $18,388. with the last quar
tor setting the high pace with $23 -
832.
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