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3S The Waynesville Mountaineer "Man or woman?" ^ Z??u _ _ Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park q. NO. 17 12 PAGES Associated Press WAV?ES VILLE^. ( .. MONDAY \l 1KRNOON. MARCH 1, 1951 , $3.00 In Advance In HaT^dTnJJacVson Countie'a Ijers Believed About - To Release Revised y Of Canton Viaduct ^Hneer learned from H source today that ^k>ey for the proposed ^Bcross-town highway would be complet of I Hthe State Highway I Bunking out of the ,, 0igH have been making ;|l, A i. and indications Ku the proposed via ^^B the ^^^Esed (Igri^lBuchanan. district ^^Band ^^Ltme engineer, Htint; to ^^^Bton ^^Bj> hold t ^^B when the ? B for presentation. ? Kj Stone told The I Btoda.v that nothing to ^^^Btlle ^K). is ?,! hits ^^^Kt the highway ^H<i before taking ^^^B- making ? ^Kber meeting, it was ? Bt Canton's one-third H(.u,<v b< viaduct ^^Boo. ^^Btead has ^^BsO.OOO. were outspoken Mf ^Lnd objected to the BH^Krc especially if the up $100,000. ^^B of finding ? Boject, and studying I B> into the plans, the ^^^Brmcn named ^^^?011 to make ^^^Bmlatinns (010 ^^Been doing some work ^^^Binienl ? Bsurvey of the lligh ^^Bion ? B The commission is B Maurice T. Brooks, ^^Bw 11 By rank Campbell and I Bneeting that if Can M ?put up their part of i.it ? Be allocated to some ^^B job in the district to I ? bitterly opposed the ^^^Bpokcsman said at I ? not think our traflic than I Bso why penalize Can ^^Bie of $100,000 for the ^^B-of-t owners''" Bine engineer Brown ^fcrtoher that his stafl ^^^khoroiighly B^Bfor getting through ^?h.,1 the one proposed ^^^?ogical route possible 0 only slight change, by a ct. from the project has ^?t in Canton up Iuest Speaker Club Meeting >wler, superintendent Junaluska Assembly, 'he Brotherhood of (rvance of "Brother last Thursday at a le Waynesville Lions tok School, served to the Lions t the Saunook com (iklin, cluh president, ( of the meeting. Owen-Smith Modern Clinic Open The Owen-Smith Clinic, on the Asheville Road, opened here today. | the clinic is owned and operated j by Or. Boyd Owen and Or. A. Hey ward Smith. Jr.. both well known Haywood physicians. They said that a dentist would be associated with the clinic within a few weeks. The building is modern in every i detail, with 13 rooms devoted to I tile medical department, and five to ] the dental section. Each unit has a large waiting ! room. The parking areas around the clinic will be blacktopped as soon as weather permits, it was announc ed. The owners of the clinic said that no patients would be kept ! overnight in the clinic. Construction of the building be gan last June It is a one-story building, featuring Weldtex siding, and a flat roof. Average Yield Of Burley Up, Production Down A total of 2.431.500 pounds of Haywood County tobacco was mar | keted during 1953-54. according to a report issued Friday by A. W. ! Ferguson, manager of the county ASC office. The yield in 1952 totaled 2.093, 189 pounds of burley, Mr. Fergu son said. The tobacco acerage last year was 1,228.4 as compared with 1.473.9 the previous year. The average yield per acre, however, showed an increase in 1953. when it was 1.979 pounds, in contrast to 1,827 pounds in 1952, Mr. Fer guson pointed out. Nesbitt Heads Haywood County Breeding Group B F. Nesbitt was elected presi dent of the Haywood Cooperative Breeding Association at its annual meeting at the courthouse Satur ; day. 1 , Also selected were John Kirk ; patrick. vice president, and M. R. Whisenhunt. secretary-treasurer. New directors named were Mr. Whisenhunt, Marshall Kirkpatrick. ! and T. C. Davis. Other directors, in addition to Mr. Nesbitt and John Kirkpatrick. are G. C. Palmer. Jr? Oral L. Yates, David McCracken, and M. j H. Ferguson. 'Employ Handicapped' Group Meets Thursday The first meeting in 1954 of the Waynesville "Employ the Handi capped" Committee will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Park Commission office in the Masonic Temple, according to an announce ment by Mrs. Doyle D. Alley, com mittee chairman. At its meeting the group will discuss suggestions made at meet ings late last year concerning the employment of a number of handi capped persons in the county in various new projects. JAMES EDWARD CA.MPBE1.1,, of Bethel, a student at Georgia Military Academy, is a candidate for admission to West Point. The appointment lame from Kep. George A. Shulord. JAMES M. DAVIS. JR.. of llazel- 1 wood, and a student at the ('it- ] adel. has heen named as a can didate for admission to West Point by Kep. George A. Shu ford. Two Haywood Men Given West Point Appointments Two young Haywood county men 1 have been appointed by Hep. George A. Sluiford candidates tor admission to the I S Military I Academy at West Point This morning, both candidates, i were taking their final examina tions for admission. | They are James Edward Camp i bell, of Bethel; and James A1 Davis. Jr., of Hazelwood. Campbell, a student at Georgia Military Academy, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Campbell He is taking his examination lodaj at Fort MePhersofi. Ga Davis, a st Went at the Citadel. Charleston, is the son of Lt. Col and Mrs. James M. Davis. Hazel wood. He is taking his examine tion today at Fort Bragg. Campbell was a senior at Bethel | high, when he entered GMA at j Atlanta last September. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. F, A. Justice of Crabtree. He was a football star and an excellent stu 1 dent at Bethel. His preliminary ' examination for West Point ranked j fifth in the nation. Davis is a graduate of Waynes- j ville high, active in music and ! football, and a leader in Boy Scout work, and a member of the Hazel wood Presbyterian choir. The examinations being given today may take four or more days, the Army instructions said. The exams ars for medical, physical, aptitude and mental. Tourist Season Already On In WNC Highlanders' Office ASC Suspends Soil Tests For Spring Planting Agriculture conservation prac tices 1, 2 and 6 for spring planting can now he carried out without fust having soil tests made. A. W. Ferguson. ASC < PMA i manager, announced today. The temporary suspension of the soil tests was made necessary. Mr. Ferguson explained, because of the large number of soil samples on hand at the state testing labora tory in Raleigh. Purchase orders will now be issued in the ASC oilTce in the courthouse without waiting for soil test reports, but soil samples must be submitted for all fall seedings, | Mr. Ferguson added. Haywood Represented At Farm Bureau Meet The Haywood County Farm Bu reau representatives?Jarvis Cald well, president, and Mrs. Carl Medford. secretary?have returned from Raleigh where they attended a three-day training session spon sored by the slate Farm Bureau. They were accompanied by Mrs. Glen Higdon of Jackson County and 7.c no Ponders of Madison County. : Turner's Store Having First Anniversary Turner's Store, owned by W. L. j Turner, is today beginning their observance of their first anniver sary.. Details of the announcement are being made elsewhere in this 1 newspaper. Although the weather remains, on the cool side and spring is still) around the corner, people from all parts of the United States are thinking about vacations in West ern North Carolina and are writing letters in an increasing stream, seeking in! .rmation On scenic at-; tractions, sports, recreation, and i travel accon modations. In the Masonic Temple, rep re-; ' sentativ es of Western North Caro j lina Highlanders, inc. are busy an swering questions about the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Blue Itidge Parkway. Cherokee Drama, Fontana Village, fishing regulations, blooming of mountain flowers, etc. Many of the letters now in the hands of the Highlanders came as a result of advertisements carried in a number of leading magazines by the State Advertising Division, j Other letters are from persons who have spent past vacations in West ern Carolina ?nd desire to return ?or from their friends. Still other inquirers are from those who have ) learned of this area's attractions from public libraries. Chambers of Commerce, and auto and travel bu reaus. Among the man> letters are: j those from; A Boy Scout troop in Bethel.) 1 Conn., planning a tour of North .Carolina this summer ... a wo man in Allentown, P,i . inquiring about the best time to see the floral (See Tourist?Page 6> Rep. Shuford Seeking Fund To Complete Parkway Link In Pisgah National Forest Rep. George A. Shuford feels optimistic that he will receive favorable reaction to his request for $280,000 to complete the Park way between Wagon Road Gap and Beech Gap in Pisgah National Forest. The 11-mile section will soon be . completely graded, as the contract . ior grading the 3-mile connecting link is nearing completion. Rep. Shuford is requesting the I $280,000 for surfacing the 11-mile section, and for relining the tun nels at the Beech Gap end of the route. The tunnels were built be fore the war. and Congressman . Shuford said that engineers have reported the weather is wearing i away some of the walls, and that rclining is necessary to save thous ands of dollars in repairs later. The completion of the link would give motorists an opportunity to make a complete loop drive from | Wagon Road Gap, on Highway 276. to Beech Gap over the Park way via Bridgers Camp Gap. and Devils Court House, on down through Sherwood Forest, past Lake Logan and hack into High way 276 at Bethel. Congressman Shuford appeared before the House Appropriation Committee, and received a favor able reception from the Interior sub-committee. Mountaineer's 8-Ton Press Gets General Face-Lifting An almost now press printed I your copy of The Mountaineer to day. Since the last Monday Issue, many, many man hours have been put on the press, together with a number of major parts. The overhaul actually began list Tuesday noon, with time out only long enough to print the Thursday issue, and the men jumped right back on the 8-ton machine, finish ing the task. Brought here for the work was .lames Hurlbut. of the Goss Print ing Press Company, Chicago. Mem bers of The Mountaineer mechani cal department assisted through out the many hours of work The overhaul was deemed neces sary in order to get more speed, as well as a better printed newspaper i The press now has the latest type pafts, and accessories which press engineers have yet designed. Many ( of the gears are made of strong fibre instead of conventional steel At least two of the essential parts I ere products of a local manufac 1 turer?Dayton Rubber Company, manufacturers of the printing roll ers, and the rubber printing blank ets. , The surface of the heavy cylin der which presses the paper down on the type is covered with fine ground glass, so smooth that it feels like plate glass. Engineers have found that this is the newest and finest printing surface yet de signed. The mechanics spent five hours on one part, getting It. adjusted within a thousandth of an inch. Within an hour they got the adjust ment within two thousandths of an inch, but that would not do; they kept on until it was within the one thousandth four hours later. The extra speed of the press was heeessary in order to meet mail schedules and get papers ready for 'he many carrier boys. The circu lation of The Mountaineer has in creased over 25 per cent in the p?W year. Ttie overhaul, and addition of (See Press?Page 6> Construction Of TV Tower On Mt. Pisgah To Start Soon 14 - Inch Snow Covers Max Patch About 14 inches of snow and a continuing storm were reported by Major Civil Brown of the Salva tion Army at 4600-foot high Max Patch Monday morning. This was probably the wildest tropical March 1st weather which roared into this area Sunday night. The March lion made a particular ly sneaky approach in warm spring-like days Saturday and Sun- j day with temperatures in the low ; sixties. The inercur\ dropped to 27 lale Sunday night. Even a-- bright sunshine began to melt Way nesville s four inches of snow Monday morning. Major Brown ^aid. "It's still snowing hard here on Max Patch and] there's a stiff wind blowing. This is the worst storm 1 can remember in niv 19 years here, possibly with < the exception of one had snow we had about six years ago. Our roads are completely impassable, and everyone nearby is snow bound I iust hope our flour holds out so that we don't run out of bis cuits " Spokesman for both the Cnro- j lina Eight and Power Co and the 1 Haywood Electric Membership Corporation' said that they had no outages from the snow It C. Shef field d' 1 add that the high wind' and rain Sunday affected service in minor ways only to about 10 families Telephone toll circuits, especial ly be twee 11 Canton and Asheville. were affected. C. T. McCuiston. manager of the local office of the Southern Hell Telephone and Tele graph, announced. I.ocal service in both WpvncsviHe and Canton was normal Monday morning but toll calls to Ashcville or points beyond | such as Knoxville were delayed as J much as 30 minutes. Mr. Lee of the State Highway' Dept. in Svlva said this morning that all highways in this immedi- j ate area had been kept open dur- | ing the entire storm: that all dan ger points had been scraped and sanded and that all loads were now open. Balsam Gap had some five inches of Snow An unverified report was that j eight inches had fallen at Socol Gap although traffic was moving through that area. No highway ac cidents occurred in Haywood County. All schools, public and private, in both the towns and county were closed Monday but will be open Tuesday "unless the weather taks a turn for the worse." ATTEND PRESS MEETING Three members of The Moun taineer staff attended the monthly W.N.C. Press Meeting in Asheville I Saturday night The general topte was a discussion of the business outlook for the year. Those from here attending, in cluded, M. T. Bridges, president of the association. Robert Win chester and W. Curtis Russ. CANDIDATE ? Floyd Woody, limner mayor of Canton, is a candidate for member of the board of commissioners. NOT IN RACE?O. L. Yates, of- 1 ten mentioned as a possible can didate for State Senate, told The Mountaineer this morning he was not running this spring for the nomination. (See details in I "Along Political Fronts"), Along Political Fronts Floyd Woody Seeking Nomination on Board Floy d W Woody, of Canton, has ' filed for the nomination as mem- ' her of the board of commissioners. Mr Woody made his formal an- i nouncement today. The former mayor of Canton. 1 is now a retired employee of ! Standard Oil Company. Woody is a native of Haywood, born in the Cataloochee section of the county. | He is a member ol the Knights i of Pythian, the Moose Hodge* and I the Central Methodist church of Canton. The candidate has a wide family connection in Ihc county, and is I he second to announce for the post as chairman. V' ! Joe Nelson Is Candidate For Constable Joe Nelson, 30. former prison guard, and stale highway employ ee. has announced as a candidate for constable of Waynesville town ship. Nelson filed for the Post last j weekend, and this is the first time lie has sought office. He is single, lives with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Luch Nelson. Dellwood Koad, He worked for a lumber firm until last fall, when j he left to help his father on the farm. He was employed by the state for seven years. Miller Heads Haywood GOP Elmer < Red* Miller, 88-year-old mechanic for the Champion I'aper and Fibre Company, was unani mously elected chairman of the Haywood County Republican Ex ecutive Committee at a meeting of party leaders in Canton Saturday night. W. A. (Bill) Bradley, Hazelwood businessman, was elected vice chairman, Mrs. Mahel Hickman was unanimously elected secretary treasurer. Mrs. Hickman is president of the Haywood County Republican Wom en's Club. Glenn A. Boyd and Tillman (See Political Fronts?Page 6) District GOP Meet Set Here Saturday Indications arc thai a large group of Republicans of the 12th Congressional District, will gather here Saturday, at two o'clock for their bi-yeariy session The session will be held in the court house. O. I. Anderson, of Franklin, re tiring chairman has sent out no ] tfces of the district meeting. The !2th district is composed of the following counties: buncombe, i Henderson, Haywood, Transylvan ? ia. Swain. Jackson, Macon, Clay, Graham and Cherokee. County conventions to select 1 delegates to the district meeting were held last week. The Swain County convention f was held Saturday at 7 p.m. in j the Bryson City Moose I.odge. The Henderson County conven-1 tion was held Saturday at 2 p.m Precinct meetings were held on Friday. Buncombe County Republicans held their convention Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Courthouse. Bun combe precinct meetings were held Friday. Yates Will Not Make Senate Race O. I.. Yales, former representa tive from Haywood, announced this morning that he was not a candidate for the State Senate post this year. Yates told The Mountaineer several weeks ago he would make his decision about March first.. This morning lie announced that he had requested a leave of ab sence from the board of directors ! of the Farm Bureau Federation. Inc., in order that lie make the race. The directors felt that his position as district supervisor was | loo important at this time to grant the request. In a formal statement, Mr Yates said: "I wish to take this opportunity lo state that 1 will not be a candi date for (he office of State Senator from the 32nd Senatorial District j in the coming Democratic pri mary. The Bnaid of Directors of (See Political Fronts?Page fii Red Cross Says 917 Haywood Families Aided As Fund Drive Begins \inc hundred and seventeen lo cal rases were helped by the Way nesville office of the American Red c i oss'1 last year, it was reported at the kick-off meeting of the Red j Cross Fund Campaign Monday morning ' These 917 cases involved fami lies right here In Haywood County," Mrs. F.thel MoDarrts, executive secretary, explained. "The Way ne sville Red Cross office helped families of both active servicemen and veterans, and of course, several hundred civilians. Often we were able to obtain furloughs or exten sions of furloughs when there was a death or sickness in a family. Sometimes we were asked hy the armed services to report on the health of or to furnish information about servicemen's families. We I conducted inquiries and sent many i costly messages?sometimes even overseas "For ex-servieemen and their de pendents we were able to assist In claims for disability or death pen sions. insurance, hospitalization and dental eare. We were often re quired to give accurate and truth-; ful reports to the Veterans Admin istration so that benefits could be obtained "Our 23 volunteer Gray Ladies here in Waynesville provided more than 600 magazines for the two veteran hospitals near Ashevllle. and in July sonsored a dance for these men?all this In addition to the Gray Ladies' work with the Kloodmohile Unit on its six annual visits here." Mrs. McOarrls* explanation of Red Cross services to local fami (See Red Cross?Page 8) ? Forest Service Approves Tower On Top Of Pisgah Actual construction of the TV lower 011 top of Pisgah is schedul ed to net under way within two e oeks, aeoerding to a statement ('has M. Britt gave The Mountain eer this morning. Britt, president of the firm with a license to build a TV tower on top of Pisgah. said: "We plan to move along just as fast as possible with construction." The formal approval of the Na tional Forest Service was announc ed Saturday in Washington by Rep. George A. Shuford. Britt said that a mile and a third of road up I'isgah ("reek would be reworked first, and graveled. This project, he hoped, would be com pleted within the next few weeks, with weather permitting. A 2.200-foot incline from the end of the road to the transmitter house and engineer's apartment would be the next project, which would be just 130 feet below the base of the tower on top of Pisgah. The 350-foot steel tower is on hand, and ready for erection, Britt said. The tower itself is 300 feet high, with a 50-foot antenna to go on top of that. The TV officials plan to sign a contract for the remainder of the < (luipment this week, for delivery scheduled for June first. Britt said that plans are to go on the air with test patterns be tween August 1 and 15, with pro grams to begin about September first. These dates are not definite, but he felt reasonably assured at this time that the schedules would lie met. Much Intercut in the project was shown here in Haywood, and this mornlns Britt said, "we deeply ap preciate all (hat the citizens in Haywood did in helping us get Hie Pisgah site approved. The interest in Haywood was a major factor in the decision." A number of civic and patriotic organizations in the county wert on record endorsing the project, fa cet her with hundreds of individuals signing petitions requesting the National Forest Service to grant permission for allowing the TV tower to he put on top of Pisgah. A number from here attended the hearing in Asheviile on February - 2nd. The decision was disclosed in an announcement issued by Itichard E McArdle. chief of Forest Servfce. His comprehensive statement said, "the Secretary of Agriculture has reviewed this decision and con to ms it." After reviewing the matter, Mc Ardle said: "The Forest service therefore concludes that the public interest would best be served by authoriz ing WLOS-TV to use Mt. Pisgah as a TV site in accordance with the expressed views of a great major ity of local citizens, their locally elected representatives, and civic organizations. "The easement to bo issued WLOS-TV will require that ap purtenant facilities be constructed as inconspicuously as possible. Un necessary disturbances of the en vironment or development not re quired for operation of the TV sta tion will be prohibited. Access to the summit will be by cable car from the west side and not by road so as to minimize disturbance of the summit. Commercial ventures not connected with TV broadcast ing will not be permitted on the area." Highlights of the McArdle state ment: "More than 9,000 individuals and 30 local governmental and civic or ganizations. In one way or another tSee TV Tower?Page 3) Highway Record For 1954 In Haywood j (TO DATE) Killed:::: o Injured .,;: 2 (Thin Information com piled from Record* of State Highway Patrol.) II ' COLDER I id cold today. Tue* cool, becoming warm irnoon. ynesvllle temperature by the State Test Ma*. Mln. Pr. L..- 65 26 61 46 64 26 60 48 .44