^Ji^^^inesyille Mountaineer
11.00 In Advance In H.ywcid a^djackaon 00^11.7?
eslry
ool Opens
s Week
re!try field days, planned
aywood farmers increase
,me from woodlands, will
Wednesday and Thursday,
to an announcement by
gent Wayne Franklin,
etter to county farmers,
klin and Assistant Agents
fis, Cassell, and Wells
tinted with the possibility
irm income, all woodland
rill be looking to their
for an additional source
e To realize more income
farm woodlands, better
der management practices
e put into effect,
elp you realize more in
im your woodland and to
{t wisely, two forestry
s are being scheduled for
lefit. These programs have
up to cover the different
i good woodland manage
eld days will begin at 1
idnesday at Jack Rogers'
Upper Crabtree, where
specialists from N. C.
dlege will lead discussions
ting and management of
ds, timber sale contracts.
1 young trees for faster
leaving seed trees and
lealthy stand. A timber
ng contest will also be held
les will be awarded,
p.m. Thursday the scene
ft to Lake Logan on the
the dam. where Champion
nd Fibre Co. will play host
jroup. Discussions at the
I include:
plantkisg (Champion plant
Lake Logan), growing
as trees, grazing damage to
d. thinning and future
ment A question and an
ssion and serving of re
nts will conclude the meet
irogram on both days will
, at 3:30 p.m.
ler Concert
je Given By
IS Musicians
kusic department of the
Itille High School will pre
Is winter concert Friday
? 8 o'clock in the school
?rogram will be presented
?roups of musicians, includ
?50-piece concert band, the
I military band, the 35
Inior band composed most
kighth grade students, the
Ichorus of 60 voices, and j
fciece symphony orchestra.
Ilsley and Robert Campbell
Irnate in directing.
?roups, with the exception
?concert band, will present
? to be played In a district1
fntest at Western Carolina
I Tuesday and Wednesday.
P and 17 The concert band
I popular numbers at this
? will kin < a spring concert
Pe contest numbers. More
f students will perform,
fill be the first appearance
f nds. chorus, and orchestra
fie concert and the per
f is expected to draw a
fience Advance tickets are
k'il by the students.
FIVE ROAD SIGNS like these will be erected at
major highway entrances into llaywood County
by members of the 4-11 Club. The sign pictured,
contributed by the llazelwood Junior Club, will
be erected on the Balsam Koad at the Haywood
Jackson line. Posing with the marker are (left
to right) Linda Franklin (daughter of f'ounty
Agent Wayne Franklin), Miss Mildred Khinehart.
Ilazelwood Club leader, and Vernon Browning.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Workmen Ready To Start
On 1,000-Foot Tunnel In
Pigeon River Road Link
Local Bowlers
Drop 'Propaganda'
Throughout Dixie
In driving from Waynesville
to Baton House. Louisiana to
participate in a Southern bowl
ing tournament last week, six of
Waynesville's best keglers had
to pass through a lot of country
where the weather is hotter than
somewhat in the summertime.
So, taking advantage of what
seemed like a golden opportun
ity, the Waynesvillians took a
long a number of tourist accom
modation booklets which praise
the attractions of the highland
ers as a retreat from the blist
ering summer sun.
The booklet, published by the
Haywood Highlanders, were
furnished to the bowlers (Alex
Martin, Dr. R. H. Stretcher,
Jule Riggins. Mark Rose, Wayne
Deitz. end Johnny Caldwell)
by Highland President L. E. De
Vous, who is not one to pass up
a bet to advertise Western
North Carolina.
Masonic Meeting Set
Waynesville Lodge No. 259. of
the Masons will hold an emergent
communication at 7:30 p.m. to
night, and at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
according to Master Harry Kent.
Construction crews of the A. B
Burton Company, plan to begin
work on the 1.000-foot tunnel on
the Pigeon River Road about April
first, it was'learned by The Moun
taineer today.
The firm has a contract to build
six miles of the road from the
Tennessee line to Cold Springs?
towards Waynesville.
The rough grading is completed
on about half of the six-mile link,
with the tunnel just about half
way.
Most of the route thus far has
been cut from rock, and follows
the general shoreline of Pigeon
River.
State Highway Engineers have
surveyed the next link of seven
miles from Cold Springs to the
Walters Lake dam. The third sec
tion will be from the dam to Cove
Creek, about nine miles.
The initial 6-inlle link took all
the funds which had been set up
for the project by former Gover
nors Cherry and Scott. No ap
propriation has been made towards
the road since Governor Umstead
took office in January 1953.
The road when completed, would
give an all weather, water-level
route from the southeast to the
midwest across the eastern point
of the Smokies. Officials of the
Smokies have pointed out that the
road would also be of material
benefit in the further, and imme
diate development of the Park.
Advantages Oi Area Must
Be Sold On Regional Basis
Hodges Tells Rotary Club
The development of this area
will not be any faster than the i
interest and faith shown in the
section by the people themselves.
Brandon Hodges, former state
treasurer, told members of the
Rotary Club here Friday.
"There are great opportunities j
in this country awaiting develop
ment, but we cannot hope for peo
ple from outside to come in and
make these developments unless
we have a conviction and belief in i
our own possibilities; faith in our- -
selves, and the proper apprasial of
our resources," he said.
"And another thing, we must j
provide leadership for the develop
ment of this area?and acting to
gether we can accomplish much."
the Champion Fibre official point
ed out. |
Hodges, recognized as a man w ho |
encouraged and brought a number <
of Industries to the state while he ;
was a state official, said: "Some |
development will just naturally i
come, but a sound program will
attract more." I
He cited the number of plants i
that have recently opened in West- 1
ern North Carolina He named the l
two in Cherokee county; two in I
Swain, one in Macon. Jackson and I
Transylvania: several in Polk. Hen- I
derson. McDowell and Madison, i
and even larger number in Bun- <
combe. None were listed for Hay
wood.
"These do not represent sensa
tional growth," he said as he fin
ished naming the long list, "but
it is substantial, and plants any
where in the area will help the
whole section." He said that coun
ty or political lines were not econ
omy lines.
"What we must think of today
is development on a regional basis.
Nothing could happen west of
Suannanoa Gap that would not |
affect Haywood county. There are
many natural resources in this
area, and many potentials which
have not been developed. The time
has come for Western North Caro
lina to trink in terms of develop
ment of the region as a whole."
The former state official then
pointed out that the mountain re
gion had long suffered from the
allocation of highway funds. He
'aid the allocations were based on
population, car registrations and
road mileage.
He said a new factor was needed
lo be added to the formula?that
sf construction costs.
"We need roads to open up the
area for agriculture, tourists, and
industry. Our road system should
be such that it wo^ild be possible
for industry to settle down at any i
crossroads and draw labor from the
coves and valleys. People in the
(See Hodges?Page 8)
4-H Clubs
Will Erect
Road Signs
Tourists coming into Haywood
county this spring and summer will
receive greetings from 4-H Club
bers via signs which read: "1500
4-H Members Welcome You To
Haywood County."
The signs painted in 4-H colors
cf green and white also contain the
four-leaf clover emblem of the
4-H Club and at the bottom the
name of the particular club spon
soring the sign.
Five signs arc to be erected: on
the Balsam Road at the Haywood
Jackson line by the Herfclwood
Junior Club; at Soco Gap at the
Haywood-Jackson line by the Way
nesville Senior. Maggie and Lake
Junaluska clubs; on Highway 276
at the Haywood-Transylvania line
by the Bethel, Cecil, and Cruso
Clubs; in Hominy community by
the Beaverdam club; on Highway
19-23 at the Haywood-Buncombe
line by the Canton Senior club; and
on the Haywood-Madison line by
the Fines Creek Junior and Senior
clubs.
Along Political Fronts
Trammell Candidate
For Constable
James "Pee - Wee'' Trammell,
local taxi and bus driver has an
nounced he is a candidate for con
stable of Waynesville township.
Trammell, a veteran of World
War II, served overseas for a year
and eight months. He drove a
school bus for nine years, and for
the past four years has been driv
ing a local taxi.
He is a native of Waynesville,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Tram
mell. He is married and has three
children.
GOP To Name
Ticket Soon
Elmer ' Red'' Miller, chairman
of the Haywood Republican Ex
ecutive Committee, said he ex
pected to call a nominating com
mittee together later this month
and name the GOP county ticket.
The candidates have until April
17th to file for a county office.
Chairman Miller said he did
not expect that the Republicans
would have a candidate for solic
itor of this district. Asg to other
offices, he said: "Our plans are
to have a candidate for as many
places as possible."
Carter Osborne Seeks
Chairmanship
Nomination
Carter Osborne, well known and
successful Clyde farmer-dairy man,
and civic leader, announced Sat
urday he was a candidate for the
nomination as chairman of the
board of commissioners.
He operates a 475-acre farm and
dairy in the South Clyde common-1
ity, where he was born. He is a
descendant of one of the pioneer
, settlers of Haywood,
j He has served as an official of
the Haywood Electric Member
ship Cooperative sinre RE A began
in Haywood. For seven years he
served as president, and for the j
remainder of the time as a di-1
rector.
Osborne raises a lot of livestock,1
and for 10 years has been with the
Asheville Livestock Market. For
the past four years he has been
with the Carolina Tobaeco Ware
house, serving as assistant floor
manager.
He has been a demonstration
1 farmer since the program went in
to force here, and has also served
as committeeman for the AAA He
has also been a leader in the
Communitv Development Program
I (Sec Political Front*?Page Hi
Ratcliffe Cove Host To
Rural Regional Baptists
The RatclilTe Cove Baptist
Church was host to a regional
meeting of rural churches last
week. Representatives came from ]
?even Baptist Associations other
than Haywood.
Dr. Henry E. Walden, Jr., secre
tary of the Rural Church Depart
ment of the Baptist State Conven
tion, arranged the meeting and
announced that there would be a
similar meeting of the. same asso
ciations in this region at the Mars
Hill Baptist Church at a date to
be decided later on
Representatives attended from
rural churches in the following
Associations: Transylvania, Caro
lina. Buncombe, French Broad,
Newfound, Yancey and Mitchell.
In addition to a talk by Dr
Walden, the program included
brief comments on various phases
of church activity by Wayne Frank
lin, Haywood County Farm Agent: i
Mis* Mary Cornwell. Home Demon
stration Agent; Frank M. Davis; ;
the Rev. Roy McCulloch, of Bun
combe County: the Rev. Ralph
Mogan. of the French Broad Asso
ciation; the Rev. Lowell Sodoman
pastor in Mars Hill; and a film
called "How Much."
New State School Funds Will
Meet About Half Local Needs
County
Erosion Loss
Considerably
Cut Since 1940
EDITOR'S NOTE: The follow
ing article on the light against
soil erosion in Haywood County
uas written by Steve Cassell,
assistant county agent.
By STEVE CASSELL
Haywood County is now losing
about 143.336 fewer tons of soil
per year through erosion than was j
lost in 1940 A study of the county
crop and pasture acreage and con
ditions and applying the research
date most applicable to Haywood
county indicates that about 214,131'
tons of soil were lost in 1940. The
?.anie study made for the 1953
acreage of crops shows that only
about 70,795 tons of soil were lost
last year. The 1953 losses probab
ly were lower than this as the a
bove liguies were based on normal
rainfall, with no allowance# being
made for the drought.
(Ircat changes have taken place
in land use in Haywood County in
the past 14 years. Corn acreage
has been reduced from 14.234
acres in 1940 to only 7.870 in 1953, |
while tobacco acreage has increas
ed from 945 acres in 1940 to 1.228 j
acres in 1953. while tobacco acre
age has increased from 945 acres
in 1940 to 1,228 acres irl 1953.!
Small grain acreage has decreased
I from 3.377 acres in -1940 to about |
1,060 acres in 1953. Total hay'
acreage has increasel from 5,100
acres in 1940 to 7,950 acres in
1952. but alfalfa acreage has in
creased from only 22 acres in
1940 to 1.400 acre* in 1952. Acre
age of improved pasture has in
creased from 3.000 acres to about
30.000 acres in 1953, while total
, acres of unimproved pasture de-1
creased from 70.919 to 49.552 J
'acres. l>uring this 13-year period
more than 1.600.000 tree seedlings j
' i mostly w hite pine) were planted
on about 1,600 acres of gullied I
eroded land.
This decided reduction in row j
crops and improvement of grass-'
(See Erosion?Page 6)
IJKADS MASONIC GROUP ?
Glenn l>, Brown of Clyde was
named Venerable Master of
Asheville l.odge of Perfection at
a meeting held Tuesday night.
Brown has been active in Ma
sonic circles throughout the
county and has tilled important
positions in the organization.
Glenn D. Brown
Heads Asheville
Masonic Lodge
Glenn I). Brown of Clyde was
installed as Venerable Master of
the Asheville Lodge of Perfection.
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
Masons, at a meeting last week.
Mr. Brown is Past Master of'
Clyde Lodge, Past High Priest of
Canton Chapter RAM, Past Illustri
ous Master of Doric Council No
20. Past Eminent Commander of
the Waynesvillc Commandery No.
31, and Past Worthy Patron of
Clyde Chapter No. 188, Order of j
Eastern Star.
Other Past Venerable Masters of
this section are Ralph M. Craw
ford. Claude M. liosafiook. and Ed
win Fincher.
Mr. Brown's son, Glenn W.
Brown, is associated with the
Waynesville law firm of Morgan
and Ward.
Officers inristalled were: Senior]
Warden. Vernon P. Fullbright; Ju
nior Warden. Jack M Sentelle: Sec
retary, Bert Noble; Treasurer. !
Charles Bicker; Master of Cere-j
monies, Cornelius Leach, Expert, |
William Bangs; Assistant Experl.
Mach Jones; (laptain of Host, j
Janus F. Keith; Sentinal. Paul
Martin; Orator, Sam P. Burton, j
Priest, Phillips Cline.
12-Year-Old Boy
Hurt When Hit By
Car Sunday A. M.
Dallas Parker, 12-year-old Can-'
ton boy, was painfully injured
Sunday morning, about 10:45, '
when struck by a car on Highway
19-23 just about a half mile west
of Canton.
Patrolman V. K Bryson. investi
gating officer, said he had charg
ed Homer Jackson Kirk, Jr., of
Rich Creek. Va., with reckless
driving Kirk made bond in the
case.
Patrolman Bryson said young
Parker suffered a compound frac- !
lure of the leg above the ankle, j
and head injuries. He was given j
first aid at the Haywood cofinty j
Hospital, and then transferred to
an Asheville hospital.
Thr investigating officer said
the driver of the 1951 Mercury
was not going fast, according to
evidence, and in trying to miss the I
bov skidded to the left of the i
highway. The car was not damag-1
ed. and Patrolman Bryson said it
appeared that the boy was pushed
down.
This was the third injury re
ported in Haywood highways for
1954. ,
Little Theatre Group
Plans Meeting Tonight
(
The tlewly organized Waynes- j f
villc Little Theatre will hold its
third general meeting at 7:4S to
night in th commissioner's room (
at the rourthouse. according to
President Roger Walker.
At its meeting, the group Is ex- '
l>ected to announce a new name
for the organization and discus' '
the first play to be produced, j
which will be given sometime this
rpilng. 1
Schools Of
County Need
$720,000 Per
New Survey
Haywood school officials today
figured that about half of the pro
poscd needs in schools for the
next five years would be covered
by the state allocation from the 50
million bond issue.
Lawrence Leathecwood. county
superintendent of education, said
the Haywood and Canton schools
have been given $243 838 66 out of
the first half of the bond issue.
The allocation out of the second
half depends upon the need shown
by the county. For the past week
school officials have been working
on a county-wide school survey,
mapping the needs of even school.
The total for Haywood schools
alone amounts to $720,000. This
does not include the Canton dis
trict.
Already set aside for Haywood
schools out of the first 25 millions
is $11)9 220 11. white Canton will
get $74 618 55
l.eatherwood said today lie was
"hoping to get at least another
$150,000 when the state allocates
the second 25 million.
The entire allocation is depend
ent upon the survey made by a
state committee several months
ago. Their full report for this
county is as follows;
HAYWOOD COUNTY SCHOOL
SURVEY
DECEMBER 14-15, 1953
At the request of Superintend
ent 1,. B Lealherwnod and the
Board of Education, a Committee
consisting of C (',. Credle. former
Superintendent of Oxford City
Schools. Floyd P. Barnes, Boyce
M Morrison and W. L Lathan of
the Division of School Planning
made a survey of the school facil
ities of Haywood County on De
cember 14-15 1953. The Committee
visited each school in the county
with tile exception of Mt. Sterling
and Cataloochee. These* are* two
small schools in the county with
twenty-three and seven pupils
respectively. After talking with the
Superintendent, the Committee is
of the opinion that the needs of
the children in these communities
are being considered and taken
(Sep Schools?Page 8)
Permit Granted For
Canton Radio Station
A permit for a radio station at
Canton, to be operated by West
ern North Carolina Broadcasters.
Inc.. has been granted by the Fed
eral Communications Commission
The new station will operate on
a frequency of 970 kilocycles, one
kilowatt, during daylight hours on
ly.
GDP At Iron Duff
To Meet Wednesday
The Iron Duff ("DP will meet at
7 p.m. Wednesda) in the Davis
Chapel Methodist Church, it was
announced today.
As the result of a contest, CDP
wanjen are to bring a covered
dish to serve to the men.
IN RACE?Carter Osborne, of
South Clyde, has announced he
Is a candidate for the nomina
tion as chairman of the board of
i commissioners,
(See Political Fronts)
.
Tourist Group To
Publish 32-Page
Information Book
A colorful 32-page booklet will
-.eon be rolling from the press for
the Haywood County Highlanders.
There aic 15.000 copies of the
booklet being printed for distrf
I but ion over Eastern America. The
' booklet is designed to attract visi
I tors to the area.
I L. E. DeVous. president of the
organization, said that several new
features had been added to this
year's booklet. The two middle
pages will be devoted to a map of
the area, showing the exact loca
tion of every member's place of
business. There are 39 such plac
es shown on the map.
Pictures of almost all of the
member's places of business are
featured in the booklet,
i "This is our third annual book
let. and we feel that this is hy far
the best one yet produced." the
president said. ?
S. Williamson
To Be Interviewed
For Scholarship
Stanley Williamson, Wayneaville
| High senior, left today for Chapel
Hill for an interview before the
Morehead Scholarship Committee
of the University of Nortli Caro
lina.
Stanley, the son of Rev. and
Mrs. Malcolm H Williamson, Wal
nut St . is one of 39 candidates for
a Mo re head scholarship through
out North Carolina.
Candidates will he interviewed
today and Tuesday and the names
of successful applicants announc
ed Tuesday night at a dinner in
the Morehead Planetarium.
While on the UNC campus. Wil
liamson will visit with Kenneth
Underwood of Waynes.ville, and
r will return here Friday with an
other Wavnesville student. Cadet
J Jeff Reece of Oak Hidge Military
Institute.
Dales Set For Taxpayers
To Enter Complaints On
Current Tax Assessments
The board of commissioners will
-it as a board of equalization and ,
review for a week, beginning next
Monday it was announced today by
3. C. Francis, chairman of the
>oard.
The board w ill hear ail taxpayers
>f the county who have complaints 1
o make about assessments. This !
s the only time as provided by law \
n which adjustments can be made
m assessments. It was explained.
The schedule for the taxpayers
)f the various townships are as
tallow s:
Monday, March 15?Ivy Hill,
lonathan Crdek, White Oak and
Eataloochee.
Tuesday, Marrh 16?Finos Creek, j
Erabtree and Iron Duff.
Wednesday, March 17?Pigeon.
East Pork. Clyde and Cecil.
Thursday March 18- Reaverdam
Friday. March 18 Waynesville
The hoard will visit the premise*
and make adjustments later, Mr.
) ranris explained.
Highway
Record For
1954
i
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed .. ; ? 0
Injured.... 3
'This Information com
piled from Records of
State Highway Patrol.)
I
(Scout Drive
P Is Lagging
?nnml adult membership
p Boy Scouts is about $500
I the goal, according to Bill
I chairman.
PaynesvUle area has an an
l|r"a of $1,750 for Boy
Prevost in making his
l? Rotary Friday said the
f t reports showed that
|c> in hand was about $500
ftc quota
I
I Cloudy and mild today.
I Partly cloudy and a little
?J Waynesville temperature 1
r1 by the State Test Farm.,
1 Max. Min. Free.
I 35 It -
I 3B 17 ? I
I 40 17 ? I
I ?a is ?1