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1 \K N<? s Hi PALES < Associated Press WAYNESVILLE. N. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. Jk. l?")l $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
ISXPECTED VISITOR at thr Soco Crafts
ar Soco Gap early Wednesday morning
big Roadway Express truck, which ram
ough the stone wall at the gift shop on
19 when the vehicle's brakes failed.
At the spot where the truck came to rest is a
Maggie Valley sign which on one ride reads:
Maggie Sex: l.awh W hat a View!" and on the other
side, "Maggie Sex: Whoa, Bud, Don't Miss This
View." (Mountaineer Photo).
(Brer Leaps
?Safely As
Ikes Fail
I B>> feeling glad to be aliv?
Fred Collins, 28, o
? Halem, Route 5, who
? Bth only slight scratches
? ^B>ping from his big trac
? B~ truck when its brake
? east of Soco Gap at 3
? ^Wednesday morning.
that his brakes had
Collins leaped from the
B truck at the west cud ot
Crafts gift sliop driVe
truck continued on ti
? portion of the drivewaj
?smashed into a stone plat
wall.
I Batform and part of th?
? sent crashing over th<
most wall
although broken,
^^^Bhe big vehicle to
edge of a steep hill
^^^Knot been for the wall, the
H^Bd trailer probably woulc
r bean demolished, as well a*
An*y clothing and equipment
'?BB truck was carrying from
2^^^^P>8a to Winston-Salem
I the load was 32,000
s value was placed at
tor was damaged on its
>ut the trailer was not
ttengively.
f Soco Crafts, Johnny
Waynesville, estimated
' to his place of busi
t Harold Dayton of the
fay Patrol was the in
officer.
,
tees I
resent
Awards
le's "O u t s I a n d
Han of 1953" will be
p Javcees' annual Dis
service Awards ban
p.m. Monday at the
i the Masonic Temple
iet, with Lester Bur
naster of ceremonies,
'nor two outstanding
three business firms,
opinion of Junior
mbers. have done the
the organization in
various community
ng 1953.
banquet will be held
'n with the Western
yeees?Page 2)
Rollman Leaves On 4-Month
Tour Of World; To Promote
World Construction Plan
Sunday Night
Is Deadline For
License Plates
Waynesville and Hazelwood
police and the State Highway
Patrol warned motorists today
that the deadline for obtaining
1954 town and state license tags
must be displayed on all vehicles
after midnight Sanday.
After that time, officers warn
ed. tickets will be issued to driv
ers of cars and trucks with 1953
tags.
G. C. Ferguson. Waynesville
town manager, said that only
495 tags have been sold at pres
ent. whereas from 950 to 1,000
are expected to be sold.
faycees Plan
Local Talent
Minstrel Show
The Waynesville Jaycees will
present a minstrel show with local
talent on February 17. 18. it was
announced Monday night at a
meeting of the Junior Chamber.
A professional director from
Marion will be in charge of the
show, but all talent will be re
cruited from this area.
Entertainers interested in ap
pearing in this production have
been asked to contact Cecil Blan
ton at the Haywood Grocery Co.
Red Cross Chapter
To Meet Friday Night
The Waynesville chapter of the
American Red Cross will lay plans
for its annual membership drive,
beginning March 1. at a meeting at
7.30 p.m. Friday at the home of
Mrs. David Hyatt on Walnut St.
Chairmen and co-chairmen of
?he Red Cross chapter will meet
and select workers for the fund
campaign in March.
Highlanders To Meet
Monday At Court House
The Haywood County Highland
ers will hold their regular meet
ng Monday night, February 1, at
?he County Court House at 7:30
p.m. L. E. DeVous, president-, made
I the announcement.
I . ,,, . ...
Sunday morning Heinz W. Roll
man will drive from here to Knox
ville for the first leg of a 80,000
] mile trip around the world that
will require more than four months.
The entire trip, exedpt from here
lo Knoxville. will he by plane, and
he will stop at more than fifty
major cities in the South Pacific,
i Australia. India. Japan. Formosa.
Africa, make a complete circle of
South America, then to Central
America, and from Mexico City
. track home, scheduled to arrive on
| June 8th.
Two-thirds of his time will be
devoted to ? meeting and talking
i with business, civic groups and
colleges about World Construction.
His conferences have been pre-ar
1 ranged, and he will speak as many
as five times in one day.
Accompanying Mr. Kollman will
be V. J. B.jacek. a Ro-Search tech
nitian, who will devote his time in
consultation with directors and
managers of shoe manufacturing
plants.
Ro-Search, a corporation also
headed by Mr. Rollman. holds pat
ents on a special manufacturing
process, which is now being used
in plants in 40 countries around
the world. Mr. Bjacek said he felt
that he would arrange for the Ro
Search patents to be used in 25
other plants on this trip. The com
bined daily production of all plants
is now in excess of 100,000 pairs
(See Rollman?Page 8)
Glenn Brown Is
Named Organizer
Of YD For West
Glenn Brown was named west
ern regional organizer for the
North Carolina Young Democrats,
at a meeting of the executive com
mittee in Winston-Salem last week
end. The state is divided into
three regions ? eastern. Piedmont
and western.
Attending the meeting were Mr.
B^own and Jerry Rogers, treasurer
of the state organization.
The area which Mr. Brown is
charged with organizing embraces
all of the state west of Salisbury
and Charlotte.
Plans were made for the Young
Democrats to participate in the big
rally in Charlotte. April second, at
which time Adlal Stevenson will be
the speaker.
Clyde Building - Loan's
Assets Hit Million Mark
The Clyde Building and Loan j
Association has passed the million
dollar mark in its assets, Secre- j
tary-Treasurer J. Tom Leather-;
wood announced Tuesday night at I
the annual stockholders meeting
Mr. Leatherwood said that assets
totaled $978,328 on December 31. '
1953. and added that the figure
went over one million this month.
At the meeting, stockholders al
so reelected these directors:
Glenn D. Brown, Milhnn Brown.
It. C. Cannon, C. R. Francis, E. W
Free, Grover C Haynes, J. S. Jack
son. J. Tom Leatherwood, I). B.
Medford. and J. H. Stamey.
Director*, in turn, reelected Mr.
Haynes as president. Mr. Francis
vice president; Mr. I.eatherwood.
secretary-treasurer; and Mrs. Lola
H. Rogers, assistant secretary
treasurer. ,
Attorneys for the association are
J. R. Morgan. Alvin T. Ward, and
Glenn W Brown.
Mr. LeatlTerwood also announc
ed the Clyde Building and Loan
\ssociatior. Is now paying an an
nual dividend of 3 1/4 per cent.
Porch Light
Parade To Aid
Polio Drive
Friday Night
Porch lights will be burning all
over Haywood County Friday night
to aid the March of Dimes polio
fund drive, which ends this month.
In Wayneaville, the Mountaineer
chapter of the National Secretaries
Association will conduct a canvass
of homes whose porch lights are
burning, signifying the wish of the
occupants to contribute to the
March of Dimes.
The Secretaries, headed by Dixie
Campbell, drive chairman, will
make a tour through W'aynesville.
Ilazelwood, Aliens Creek, and Lake
Junaluska to solicit donations.
The drive here will get under
way at 7 p.m., when whistles and
horns (including those at the two
fire departments! will sound the
opening of the event.
In tfie Canton-Bethel-Clyde area
the campaign, known as the "Moth
ers' March on Polio," will begin at
6 p.m. and will also be heralded
by the blowing of whistles.
Mrs. R W. Scholl, chairman for
i the Canton area, explained that
j workers will meet at St. Andrews
Episcopal Church in Canton after
the march is over to tally results.
She asked that workers be remind
(Sf? Porch Light?Page 8)
207 Vacation
Inquiries Received
By Highlanders
A total of 207 inquiries?from
26 states, the District of Columbia
] and Canada?on travel accommo
dations and scenic attractions in
1 this region has been received by
! the Western Notth HJartJina High
landers office here from Decem
| ber 15 until the present. Mrs.
Doyle D. Alley, secretary, an
1 nounced today.
The highest number of inquiries
| -^13?'has come from New York
| Other "leaders" have been: Illi
nois. 11: Ohio and Pennsylvania.
' 7 each, and Virginia. 6
Other letters and cards have
| come from Alabama, California.
Connecticut. Delaware, the District
I of Columbia. Florida. Georgia,
Illinois. Iowa, Maryland. Massa
I chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota.
Mississippi. Missouri, New Jersey,
North Carolina. Oklahoma, Ten
nessee, Texas. West Virginia, Wis
consin. and Canada.
The Highlanders' Regional of
'ice. located in the Masonic Tem
ple here, sends oqt a mimeograph
ed list each week to the various
county Highlander groups through
out Western Carolina with the
names and addresses of persons
who plan vacations here this
| spring and summer.
PARTNERS In tVaynesville's newest business enterprise are
Charles MeDarris (left) and Raymond Caldwell, who have pur
ehased the former I'nderwood Supply Co. and will reopen the store
on Depot St. Monday under the name, Farmers Hardware and
Supply Co.
McDarris, Caldwell Buy
Underwood Supply Store
Charles McDarris and Raymond
Caldwell have purchased the Un
derwood Supply Co. at 416 bepot
St.. owned by the late David "Dog" j
Underwood, and will reopen ttor
business Monday as the Farmers
Hardware and Supply Co.
The store has been closed since
the late owner met his death last
August.
Mr. McDarris, a nalice of Bun
combe County, formerly taught
vocational agriculture in Bun
combe schools and was employed
for 12 years by the Farmers Home
; Administration In Haywood. Jack
son, and Transylvania counties.
For the past two years, he has
worked for the Production Credit
Association in Asheville and en
gaged in (arming.
A veteran of 30 months service in
the Navy, Mr, McDafri* is married
to Kthel Mayes McDarris, He is a
graduate of Berea <Kv.t College
Mr Caldwell, a HayWood County
native, makes his home at Iron
Duff. He was graduated from
i Crabtree-Iron Duff High School
and served in the Navy for 27
Jackie White Caldwell.
Since 194(1. Mr. Caldwell has en
j gaged In his own trucking business
and farming. Hj> is married to
Jackie While ^.'aldwell
GOOD NEIGHBORS, !ti strong ol' I'pper C'rab
trff. are shown here putting the roof oil the house
they are building for Mr. and Mrs. Welch Messer.
Their home was destroyed by lire on this site
exactly two weeks ago. Every inan in the com
anpw MHOTI I I I I I I I I I I II ? > "FT
?tiunity has had a part ill the construction of the
house. Several men were working on the inside
when this photograph was made by a Mountaineer
photographer.
Kiwanis'
NOD Show
Seeks $650
The Waynesville Kiwanis Club
will attempt to raise $650 for the
March ol Dimes Saturday night
with an amateur radio talent shun
over station VVHCC, from 8 p.m.
until midnight.
Last year in a similar radio
show the Kiwanians raised $625
lor the polio fund.
Club members also will solicit
funds tonight at the Waynesville
Drive-In Theatre.
Ken Fry, manager of WHCC. J
will serve as master of ceremonies ]
for the Saturday night show, aid
vd by assistant emeees. the Rev.
Malcolm R. Williamson of the !
I Waynesville Presbyterian Church.
J and lite Rev. Karl H. Hrendall of |
the First Methodist Church.
Members of the Kiwanis Clul)
and the Key Club at Waynesville
High School will be stationed in;
ears throughout this area to pick
up contributions as soon as they
; r? pledged
Among special talent to appear j
on the program will be:
The Paul Franklin Quartet. Al
, len's Creek Trio. Bethel*Quartet,
Saunook Trio, Shorty Wile Trio,
! Carolina Quartet, .lames Gibbs
WTHS String Band WTHS Girls.
Quartet, and the WTHS Girls Duo |
Max Rogers and Bob Winchester j
of the Kiwanis Club'are in charge
of the show.
Appealing for the support of the
I public, Mr. Rogers asserted that
I "1954 is the decisive year in the
I fight against polio," pointing out
. that a possible vaccine against
polio, will be tested on a mass
(See Kiwanis?Page 8>
I
Upper Crabtree Building
New House For Neighbors,
Practicing 'Golden Rule' ? !
Firemen Told:
7 P.M. Fire Horn
Friday No Alarm
Fire Chief Felix Stovall cau
tioned Waynesvllle firemen not
to respond to the blowing of the
fire horn at 7 p.m. Friday be
cause it will signify not a fire
alarm, but the opening of the
Secretaries' "Porch Light Drive"
for the March of Dimes polio
fund.
Whistles will also blow in
Hazelwood and at other points
in the rounHv. including ( guton.
Bethel and Clyde where a
"Mother's March on Polio" Is
planned.
28 Classified
By Draft Board
The following classifications
were made this week by the Hay
wood County Selective Service
Board. President Way Mease an
nounced today:
("lass 1-A?David Edwin Terrell;
William C'ansler Waynes. Claude E.
Greene, .lohn Lewis Saunders and
Donald Bryson.
Class 1-C i Reservei ?Lawrence
Clay Clark, Jr.. Robert Coolidge
Sutton. John Edward Mann.
Class 1-C (Discharged'? J. B.
Ledford, James Clinton Sorrells,
Clifton James Clampitt.
Class 1-C i Enlisted i?Hobby Lee
Stamey. Jack Hugh Burrell, Lon
Raymond Reece. Roy Lessley
Griffin and Charles Edward Mai
nous. Jr.
-Class 1-C (Inducted*?Thad Tate
Medford. Newton Richard Breece.
Cecil Ray Young. William Guy Ar
rington. Jr., William Douglas Cody.
Hobby Gene Presnell. Willis Frank
lin Smathers, David Eldridge Mc
Cracken. Edward Lee Messer,
Robert Lee Gentry, Tommy Mac
Morrow and David Hugh Massie.
The board will meet again on
February 8.
By W. CURTIS HUSS
Editor The Mountaineer
"Two weeks ago we felt we had
hist everything we had in the
world. Today we find we still have
our most valuable asset?friends,"
said Mrs. Welch Messer, with feel
ing. as she looked at 26 neighbors
hammering, sawing and working
untiringly in building a new house
| to replace the one destroyed by I
I fire on the 14th.
It was just two weeks ago yes- ,
I terday, fire, destroyed the Messer]
I home in Upper Crabtree. Only a
| few clothes of their daughter,
j Doris, and a dinnet suite were
j saved
1^ was a gloomy dawn that met
j the Messers the next morning as
they gazed at the smouldering
ashes. Neighbors from far and
i near came by and saw the situation.
Before the embers had hardly
turned cold, the neighbors met.
raised over $1,000 in cash, a con-<
siderable amount of material, and
much household equipment. The
! neighbors told the Messers. "We ]
ate going to rebuild your house."
In one Week plans had been
drawn, a basement dug and the
| ashes of the former home pushed
! aside, A week from the day the
neighbors started io work, they
were putting the root on the house
With favorable weather, another
ten days will see the house com- ;
pleted
Every man on Upper Crabtree j
has had a part in the construction i
of the new house. Some have
worked several days, others a full ,
week. Even some who were un
able to work, made their way to :
the site and have stayed by the j
project to show their neighborly
interest.
i The women of the neighborhood
are doing their bit. They prepare
dinner for the men. and help serve
it at the home of Mi and Mrs. Res
Messer, just a short distance away j
?a new home,* which has been
ircbullt when their other house'
burned three years ago.
Welch Messer. of course, was;
overjoyed by the actions of his
neighbors, and was heartbroken
(See Messer?Page 8)
'Finer Carolina' Program
Is Launched By Clyde
(Sep pirturr pagr 1, section 2>
Clydp launched lla partlcipallon
1 in the "Finer Carolina" program
Monday night at a banquet at the
CUde Methodist Church where
officers were elected and projects
chosen.
Gedrge C. Starr. Jr., pastor of
Hie Methodist Church, was selected
as general chairman to head the
program sponsored by the Caro
lina Power and Light Co. to im
prove communities throughout
North and South Carolina.
Also named were: Glenn T).
lb own. vice chairman, Mrs. Larry
H. Cagle, publicity chairman: and
Charles F. Lanning, scrapbook
chairman.
F.ight "Finer Carolina" projects
chosen by the Clyde civic leaders
at the banquet were:
1. Attraction of industry to the
area.
2. A "Paint Up. Clean Up. Fix
Lp" campaign.
3. Construction of a whiteway
and "safely island" in the new
four-lane highway which passes
through Clyde,
4 Krertinn of large, decorative
signs af the entrances to the town,
welcoming visitors to Clyde.
5 Creation of recreational fa
cilities.
6. A "Back-to-Church" move
ment.
7. Attracting rnore residents to
the area.
8. Construction of a new fire
station.
The "Finer Carolina" program
was explained by Mrs. Vivian
Bushong.,who is in charge of the
program in this region, and by
James M. Hall. Jr . manager of the
Canton division of Carolina Power
and Light Co.
Mr. Hall pointed out the power
company does not benefit directly
fiom the program, which is design
ed expressly to Improve and de
velop communities throughout the
two Carolinas.
Heavy Court
Docket Ready
As Feb. Term
Opens Mon.
Three murder charges and one
for rape are included on the heavy
calendar of criminal cases sched
uled for hearing before Judge 11.
Hoyle Sink of Greensboro in the
February term of Superior Court, '
which opens Monday. A number
of eivll suits, including divorce
proceedings, will also be heard.
The murder cases are those of
Joseph Casty Warren, charged with fl
the killing of David "Dog" Under
wood: Joe Parks, charged with
killing Woodrow I.eatherwood: and
llolace Sutton., charged with kill
ing Elmer Ball. All three defend
ants are out on bond.
The Warren case was continued
from the November term of Su
perior Court, whereas the other
two have occurred since the court
was last in session.
Also continued from the Novem
ber term are charges against Clar
ence Moore of rape and having
carnal knowledge of a female
under the age of 16.
Other cases on the criminal
calendar include charges of as
sault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill, violation of the pa
role laws, driving after license re
voked. drunk driving, aiding and
abetting drunk driving, breaking
and entering and larceny, bigamy,
(See Court?Page 8)
Taxpayers
Warned Of
Tax Deadline
liaywond. County taxpayers were
warned today by Tax Collector
Mrs. Mildred Bryson (hat only
two more days are left in which
to lltt taxes for 1954
Persons who fail to list their
taxes will be penalized 10 per rent
of the tax, Mrs. Bryson added.
The schedule for tax listers this
weekend will he:
Cecil ? May Phillips Messer,
Messer's Store. Saturday.
Clyde--William Osborne, Cagle
Furniture Store, Saturday.
Fast Fork ?? Ken Burnette's
home. Saturday.
Crabtree ? Frank Medford,
Ducketl's Store, Friday and Sat
urday.
Ivy Hill ? U- E. Griswold resi
dence, Friday and Saturday.
Iron Duff ? Koy Medford resi
dence. Friday and Saturday.
Pigeon ? Gaston Burnette, Itc
treat Grocery, Saturday.
Fines Creek ? Glenn McCrack
en. Mark Ferguson's Store, Satur
day.
Jonathan Creek ? Troy Leath
erwood residence, Friday and Sat
urday.
W'aynesville ? Courthouse, Mrs.
H L. Coin. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday,
9 a.m. ? 12 noon, Saturday.
White Oak ? Teague Williams
residence. Friday and Saturday.
Bcaverdam Township ? Mrs.
Wade Rhea and Vaughn Bycrs,
Canton Chamber of Commerce, 9
a m - 4:30 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. - 12
noon Saturday,
Deputy tax collectors are Mrs.
J. P. Dicus and Homer Henry.
Snow At Max Patch
Reached Five Inches
Although only 1.25 inches of
snow fell In the W'aynesville
area last Friday night, the Max
Patch section was blanketed by
five inches. Major Cecil Brown
of the Salvation Army 'Citadel
told The Mountaineer this week.
Vestigea of the snow were still
to be seen Tuesday, Major
Brown added.
The elevation at the Citadel
is 4,060 feet.
Highway
Record For
1954
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed .III 0
Injured.... 2
(Thfai lnfnrnuiti.il com
piled from Record, of
State Hiffcwajr Patrol.)
' ?
? J
I? 03 M?
~x
lher jje y
penny cm
y. some coludiness.
i cool. ? Friday, fair and
warmer in the afternoon
Waynesville weather re
mpiled by the State Test
IM??. Mln. Prff.
B3 30 ?
60 36 ?
64 52 .20
Fight Polio Turn On Your Porchlight Friday Night At 7 O'clock