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Ji YBAK NO. II IK PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. (THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PER IK. 1?:?| $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
g?V dhvKR I-INE along Shelton Creek is be
y pytVown at the rate of about I into feet per
?ek. Workmen are shown here just after eross
ig North Main Street, gnd heading towards
IpfcNf^trret with the 4.000-foot line. Some of
the cuts are 14 feet deep. Three more weeks of
favorable weather are expected to see the project
completed. Allison Construction Company has
the contract.
(Mountaineer Photo).
3 Haywood Parents Fined
or Violating School Law
wentyJthree Haywood parents
fjjJ^he clutches of the com
iory aafcool attendance law. ac
ling to Ji i i> Hogers, .school at
hua far this year, 28 parents
flH hailed into court for
keeflng their children in
Hi Vfcy have paid fines and
and some have had
J-day au spended sentence tack
on Id the cash costs of the ac
k
rJqKwant parents to know
i the lav says that it is compul
It lHjl^tvery child between the
s of Ik and 16 attend school. In
! of ?ness, a doctor's cert if i
i iff IJHuired by the law to sub
ltiate the fact," Hogers explain
arrival of spring, and
^^^Hlays. Rogers
^^Bits
? '?MHin out of school, lie is
1 ? Sfrn warning that in such
law will be enforced,
rents will be held re- j
ng boys have been sent
all Jackson Training
cause their parents
that they were unable
the school attendance
child refuses to go to 1
violates their parent's
?turn such cases over
mile judge, who can
to a state school," he
[plained he was check
ings regularly as it was ,
for boys under 18 to |
place.
?neechee'
I Presented
?ht At 8
^^Ha\nes\ illc High School
m ent. di
at Charles Isloy. will pre
^^Honeechee, Fair Maid of;
an operetta in three
Margaret Stringfield.
? 8 o'clock in the school
Htt will include ^11 mem
^?Operetta?Page 6)
Haywood Baptists
To Begin Revival
Monday Evening
Haywood Baptists will begin a
four-day series of county-wide
revival meetings on Monday
evening.
The county is divided into live
areas, and full details, with pie
tures of some of the speakers
will be found on page one of the
third section of this edition.
30 Scouts
Are Cited At
Honor Court
Thirty Haywood County Boy
Scouts received promotions and
other awards at a Pigeon River
Council Court of Honor, held
Monday night at the courthouse.
Badges of rank awarded were:
Tenderfoot ?: Richard Barrett.
David Pace, and David Coman. all
of Troop 1, Canton; Eddie Morgan.
Virgil Ford, Earl Franklin, and
Anthony Wood, all of Troop 2.
Wavnesville; Robert H. Wood,
Troop 16. Canton; Charles Rhine
hart. Ronnie Rogers, William Nix,
and Joe Marion Nix, all of Troop
22, Canton.
Second Class ? Billy Stone
Troop 1. Canton: Lucius Wood. T.
P. Stanley, and Tommy Mitchell,
Troop 2, Waynesville.
First Class ? John Bottoms,
Troop 1, Canton, and Ben J. Sloan,
Jr., Troop 2, Waynesville.
Merit badges presented were:
Geoffrey Cooper of Troop 1.
Canton, scholarship, bugling, first
aid, and rabbit raising: Ashely
Neal of Troop 1, Canton; citizen
ship in the community, citizenship
in the home, and hiking; Jimmy
Todd of Troop 2, Waynesville,
cycling, art, and zoology; Stephen
Woody of Troop 2, Waynesville.
camping; Charles Balentine ol
Troop 5. Hazelwood. public speak
ISee Boy Scouts?Page 6)
f t Disease Is Major
r Of American People
>/i .... A _ et _ _ _ ?
imMni iiiuai oncn oc
^Hpublic spotlight, but it's
the major
^^Hhi United States is fit-art i
associated circulatory
to combat this Public
?y W> 1. a Heart Fund drive
conducted all over
WARM^
Iir apd somewhat warmer to
^HBda> partly cloudy and
warmer.
^?Waynosvlllr tempera!
H^Bed by the State
Max. Mln. Pree.
?L
it 86 SO 03
? he United States. It began in the
V.'aynesville area Monday under
the direction of Dr. James K.
(See Heart Disease?Page 6)
HEART FUND drive chairman in
thr Wayncsvllle area this year is
Dr. James K. Stringfleld. He
surreedF Mrs. Mildred Bryson.
final of the local drive in JI .100.
Lonely Hearts
Find A Way
i
John Price. 65-year-old farmer
of Cove Creek, has a new bride, but
; he courted her by mail and mar
ried her within 24 hours of their
meeting. Last Friday Price and
Ada Goodin, a widow of Warsaw,
N, C. were married by Justice of
I the Peace J. J. Ferguson in the
Haywood County Courthouse.
Price, who has been married
twice before and twice left a wid
ower. was a member of a "social
ciub" whose purpose was to find
wives for its members. Mrs. Price
also subscribed and was sent 30
or 40 men's names by the club.
She says that she chose John Price
because of his nice handwriting.
The two corresponded several
times but had never met until
Price sent for his future bride and
she arrived by bus last Thursday
night. Mrs. Price had no trouble
identifying her future husband as
I she got oft the bus because, she
j claims, she had a dream about him
before she came and saw exactly
1 how he looked and what he wore.
The newly weds report to one
of the witnesses at their wedding.
T. C. Davis of Iron DufT. that they
are both very well satisfied." Mr.
. Price says his bride is an "extra
i good cook", and his son, Glenn,
who makes his home with them,
claims she makes "awful good bis
cuits."
It seems Mr. Price had one other
candidate for marriage who came
to see him several w?eks ago. She
was not satisfied with things, how
ever, and they decided tney would
! not get along. He's glad now he
waited.
! . .
Bus Wreck
Hurts Clyde
Resident
Mrs. Neal Carr of Clyde suffer
ed laeerations of the head and leg
this week when the Greyhound
bus in which she was riding plung
ed over a 25-foot embankment on
: Draper Mountain near Pulaski.
Virginia.
Six other passengers oh the bus
were injured?none seriously ? in
the accident.
Mrs. Carr was returning to her
home at Clyde after visiting her
son. Rodney, who is stationed at
the Marine Base at Quantico, Va.
The driver of the bus, Clifton
Stafford, of Roanoke, said he
swerved his southhound hus to
avoid a head-on collision with an
unidentified northbound car. The
car did not stop after the accident,
he added.
The bus, traveling at a low rate
of speed up a steep grade, crashed
through a guard rail, and slid on
(See Bus Wreck?Page 6)
Labor Survey
Being Pushed
In Haywood
Many people are responding to
the county-wide labor survey which
j is being conducted by the Chamber
! of Commerce.
Miss Debrayda Fisher, in charge
of the N. C. Emplayment Office
here said that people from all sec
tions of the county were filling out
I the questionnaire and mailing them
back The Chamber of Commerce
had 10,000 forms printed, and these
have been distributed throughout
the schools of the county.
Again today. The Mountaineer
it publishing a copy of the form.
This copy may be filled out and
mailed to the Employment Office.
Already scores of people have used
the form as printed in The Moun
taineer about a week ago.
W A. Bradley is chairman of the
industrial committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce, and said the sur
vey was the first important step
towards getting new industrial
plants here, as well as furnishing
a basis of information for getting
defense work for the plants that
are already here.
Miss Fisher urged that any peo
ple unemployed fill out one of the
forms immediately and mail them
in.
"It is important that we get this
sifrvey completed by March first,
as we have several vital factors
awaiting the results of this sur
vey," she said.
Industry Pledges
To Back March
Red Cross Drive
Co-chairmen of the industrial
| division for the forthcoming Red
j Cross Fund Campaign, James G.
j MeKinley and Clyde ("Dutch"*
j Fisher, have announced that all
j major industries in this area hare
been contacted and representatives
J for the drive appointed in each
company.
The Red Cross officials are sug
! gesting for employees in industry
either straight donations or pay
roll deductions. They emphasized,
however, in talking to each com
pany that over-all coverage was
the important factor in a drive of
this kind. A small amount from a
I very large number of people
makes it easy to attain the goal of
| $5,000, they said.
The following executives will
, represent their companies for the
j drive which begins March 1:
George Bischoff. Royle and Pilk
ington; VVhitenCr <"Red"> PrevostV
Unagusta Manufacturing Corp.;
Mrs. Lelia Parham. Welleo Corp.:
Kimball Barber, A. C. Lawrence
Leather Co.; and Jack Hunt and
John Moore, Devton Rubber Co.
Other committees for business,
professional men. ministers, resi
dential and rural solicitation are
still being organized, it was stated
today by E. A. Williamson, chair
man of the entire campaign.
Little Theatre
Seeks New Name;
$5 Prize Offered
Want to earn five dollars with
only a two-cent Investment?
Well, it can be done. All you
need Is a postal card and an im
agination.
Tin' Waynesville little Thea
tre. which organized last week,
is looking for a more distinctive
name than that which is already
used hv a large number of dram
atics groups all over the lTnited
1 States.
A prize of $5 is being offered
to the person who submits the
best name. So, send in your
selection to Postoffice Box 341,
Waynesville. The deadline is
March 1.
Architect Pleased With
Work In School Projects
Haywood county will soon have
some of the best school plants in
the state, according to Lindsey M.
Gudger. architect for the projects
now under construction here in
the county.
Mr. Gudger in a letter to Jerry
Liner, contractor for three of the
projects ? Wayneaville high.
Bethel elementary, and the Clyde
gym .said:
j "I want to take this opportunity
to congratulate you on the quality
of work now being done by your
1 office.
''With continued attention on
your part to detail and to quality
of both material and workman
i ship, we anticipate occupying
school buildings which will be an
outstanding credit to Haywood
county."
Mr. Liner plans to have the
three projects completed by the
beginning of the 1954-55 school
term.
Mr. Liner, in transmitting a copy
of Mr. Gudger's letter to Dave
Fclmet. member of the advisory
[ committee, said: "I did not con
| dilate this expression, in fact, 1
have never suggested to him any
thing that would prompt him to
give me this letter.
"So he <Mr. Gudgeri must feel
my work is excellent, In fact a
bove average, in order for him to
give me this letter voluntarily." |
TIIREIC 111.!'. FOR KE-F.LKCTION?Three Hay
wood office holders are shown here formally fil
ing with Glenn Brown, seated center, chairman of
the board of elections. On the left, seated, is Sher
ill Fred V. Campbell: stand nm center U Jule
Noland. Registrer of Deeds, and standing right.
J. B. Siler. Clerk of Court. All three tiled togeth
er late Wednesday afternoon for their respective
offices.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Dedication Of
New Central
School Set
The new Central Elementary
I School building, on the lower end
| oi Haywood Street, which was
| opened on January 4, will be dedi
cated formally at an open house
at 7:30 p nt Tuesday, it was an
nounced today by Principal Claud
Nogers and Harry Kent, president
j of the Central Elementary PTA.
Dave Felmet will be in charge
of dedication ceremonies at the
: first new school building to he-con
J structed under the county's $2
000.000 school bond issue,
Special guests at the open house
and dedication will be town and
county officials, and members of
the school board and tile board's
special advisory committee.
The program will be in charge
of the Central Elementary PTA.
Little Road Work
Done In County
During January
Not too much road work was
! done in Haywood during January,
i according to a report from Harry
E. Buchanan, commissioner of the
Fourteenth State Highway Division
The total for the.-.district was 27.Hf>
miles.
In Haywood. Bruce Street was
graded 2(5 feet wide, drained and
surfaced 14 feet wide for 0.10 mile
Allen's Creek for 0 3 mile was re
inforced with three inches of ad
ditional traffic-bound macadam
The road is 16 feet w ide,
'The Fourteenth with division
headquarters in Sylva is made up
of Cherokee, Clay. Graham. Hay
wood. Henderson. Jackson, Macon.
Polk. Ewain and Transylvania coun
ties. Ci. G. Page is division engi
neer. His assistant division engi
neer is C. W. Lee, while P. J Du
pree is district engineer at Hcnder
sonville and E L. Curtis is district
engineer at Bryson City.
NOT IN RACK? Mildred H. Bry
son announced thin morning that
she would not he a candidate to
succeed herself as Tax Collector
In the May primary. She said she
felt she had to devote all her
time to her private business, (see
political fronts for details).
Along Political Fronts
Mrs. Bryson
Not Running
Who says a woman can't keep a
secret?
Karly last fall Mildred H. Bry
son decided that she would not be
a candidate for re-election as tax
collector. She decided at the time
that she should devote her full time|
to her dairy, farm, and other busi
ness interests.
This morning she made known
her decision of four-and-a-half
months ago.
Scores of people have been to
her in the past few weeks, and
pledged support, and given her en
couragement, feeling that she
would be a candidate to succeed
herself.
"I am deeply appreciative of the
encouragement, and the pledged
support offered me for the May
primary, but my best judgment
tells me that I should devote my
time to my private business inter
ests. Of course I will finish my
present term, which expires De
cember 11th of this year, and cer
tainly want my friends to come
by and see me at the tax office
tu rn now until then.
"I shall miss the campaign, and
working again with so many loyal
supporter* as I had in 1950. But I
feel I cannot sacrifice my private
business interests," she said
Then with feeling, she requested
the political- reporter to "please
stress the fact that I do appreciate
what the voters did for me in 1950,
and I reached the decision of not
running after much thought and
deliberation."
Joe N. Tate, Jr. In Race
For Tax Collector
Joe N. Tate, Jr., announced this
morning he was a candidate for
j Tax Collector in the May primary.
This is the first public office
\ Tate has sought, although he has
[l<ten in politics for some years,
! and is at present president of the
Young Democrats of Haywood.
nc is a mfmoer 01 me i.lons
1 riub, having served as an officer;
also member of the American Le
gion, a Mason and a Baptist.
For three years he was in the
Army Air Corps, flying from ?ng
(See Political Fronts?Page 6>
IIV RACK?Joe N. Tate, Jr.. well
known civic and political leader,
formally announc ed toda\ he wan
a candidate for Tax Collector in
I he May Primary. (Sec politieal
| Iron In for the detailed ntory.l
Huh Caldwell Seeks
Place on Election Board
Hub Caldwell, retired farmer
Dairyman, announced today for
member of the Board of Education.
Until three years ago. Mr. Cald
well operated a large farm and
dairy on Jonathan Creek. He?eold
his business, retired, and moved to
Wsynesville.
"While 1 have voted the Demo
cratic ticket for 52 years, this is
the first time 1 have sought an of
fice." he said
"1 have plepty of time to devote
to the work, and feel that I am in
a position to render a service to
my county, and the schools in
which 1 have such a vital interest
I have nothing else to do. and feel
fhat such a job lakes lots of a
man's time: That's the reason I am
running."
Three Nominated For
Election Uojinl Posts
John Carver of Way ncsville, W.
G. Byers of Civile, and Farady
Green ol Fines Creek have been
nominated as .candidates for the
county hoard of elections by the
Haywood County Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee.
The three men were named at
a meetiok of the committee, pre
sided over by Charles Mc'Crary,
chairman
Present members of the elec
tion board are Glenn \\ Brown,
chairman and Fred Medford,
both Democrats. and Charles
Hawkins. Republican.
three Office Holders
File For Re-Election
Throe candidates socking re
election. tiled with Glenn Brown,
chairman of the board of elections
late Wednesday afternoon They
filed at the same time, which put
all three in the category of the
"first."
The three, all holding major of
(See Political Fronts?Page 61
New Precinct
Created In
Beaverdam
A new voting precinct was cre
ated in Beaverdam Township this
week as a result of a meeting of
! I he Haywood County Board of
Flections held Monday to set up
the boundaries of the precinct.
Created from parts of Beaver
dam precincts No 5 and No. 6. the
established boundaries of the new
precinct are:
"Beginning at the intersection
of the Queen Town Road with the
| Pigeon River Road, Highway N"'
N C. 110, and runs thence in aJ|
southerly direction with the Quecn^f
Town Road to the Pigeon Township ^
line; thence up the watershed of
the ridge with the Pigeon Town
ship. line to the Buncombe County
line; thence with Buncombe Coun
ty line to Thompson Knoh; thence
wilh the watershed of the moun
tain to Chestnut Mountain to Al
bert Wilson's home; thence from
? aid Wilson's home in a westerly
direction to a point where a branch
crosses a gravelled road; thence
continuing with said gravelled road
to a point where said gravelled
lead is intersected by the Allen
; Farm Road;, thence with the Allen
Farm Road in a westerly direction
lo the point where Allen Farm
Road is intersected by Sky land
Drive; thence with the Skyland
Drive; thence with the Skvland
(See New Precinct?Page 6)
Red Cross Gets
108 Pints During
Visit To Canton
Eight new members to the Gal
lon Club were added to Canton's
long list of blood donors Wedens
nesday. when the mobile unit made
its periodic visit there.
A total of 108 pints were do
( na;pd. according to Red Cross
Secretary. Helen Presslcy.
The program Wednesday was
sponsored by the Canton Lions
i tub. and a mar ked increase in the
| nuihber of new contributors was
noted.
Those qualifying for the Gallon
Club by giving their eighth pint
j of blood were Robert E Davis, J.
Ward. William J. Brooks, Earl
L. Bumgarner. Ernestine Burnette,
Donald Randolph, Kelly Whitt and
Dwight Beaty.
Cor.ley Gibbs became eligible
for the Two Gallon Club, when he
contributed his sixteenth pint yes
tt rday.
i . ' ? " ' '
Merchants Name
Committees For
The Coming Year
Harry Whisenhunt. president of
the Merchants Association, named
three committees for the year, at
the meeting of the board of direet
; ors Monday night.
The committee on store hours
i is composed of Bill Cobb, chair
man. Francis Massie and Hye
; Sheptowitch.
The promotion committee is
made up of Frank Moore, chair
man. Hoy Parkman and J W. Kay.
Membership and finance, Ernest
Edwards, chairman. Fuel Taylor,
, C. 1) Ketner and H. Massie.
Joe Cline was named as repre
sentative on the Chamber of Com
' merce board of directors.
State Specialists To Open
Farm Schools Tomorrow
DanABa- O in L'?r.in? . O Jft
I
A lot of information useful to
Haywood County farmers, will be,y
dispensed ih the comparatively
short period of three days, start- r
ing at !) a.m. Friday at the court- _
house, when a scries of agricul- c
ture training schools will be con- I
ducted by specialists from N-. C. -
State College. I
A variety of subjects will be dis
cussed including fertilizers, weed
control, dairying, tobacco raising,
animal husbandry, forage crops,
poultry, horticulture, fruits a#id
vegetables, and irrigation.
According to County Agent
Wayne L. Franklin, the schedule
for the farm schools is:
Friday, February 19?9:00 a m .
Outlook for Agriculture; 9 30 ?
Fertilizers; 10:1.1 ? Recess; 10:30
?? Economics of Fertilizers; 11:00
? Weed Control; 11:45 ? Discus
sion Period; 12:00 ? Lunch; 1:00
? Dairying; 2:30 ? Recess; 2:45
?Agricultural Engineering; 3:^5?
Discussion; 4 00 Adjourn,
Monday, February 22 -9.00 a.m.
?Tobacco; 10 45 Recess; 11:00
Farm Management; 12 00--Lunch;
1:00 ? Animal Husbandry; 211??
v ,jw ?? r hi (i^r v i .) ??*
? Forage Crop Diseases; 4:00 ?
tdjourn.
Tuesday, February 23?9.00 a.
n.?-Poultry; 10 45?Recess: 1100
?Poultry Marketing; 11:45?Dis
ussion; 12:00?Lunch. 1:00 Horti
(See Farm Schools?Page 6)
Highway
Record For
1954
. i .
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed ..;; 0
Injured.... 2
(Thin Information com
piled from Record, of
State Hifhway Patrol.)