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i CC I "iVisytu??hS ? f= theWaynesville Mountaineer ? yEAR NO. 23 16 PAGER , ounty Seat of Haywood County At The Eactnr p <iflJLw "lre complain about any M-00 '? I? Hay^Tar^ek^Tc^^' lustries V Conflict ?Tourists kF.Coxe of industrial facil ? Western North Carolina ?J^ys conflict with our ? husiness," Frank Coxe, ex I vice president of the ?le industrial Council said, ?address before the Rotary Here Friday ? industrial executives said: ? Western North Carolina ? fall as an area; ? second, we really need m ?in Western North Carolina, ?ustry is in no wise in coni ? with tourists." E described the area from E to Murphy, as "A 2,000-foot ? that needs more regional ?ion. Concerted promotion ?et us further," he pointed Ken cited, "there is more Kn interest here in the area ?n Southern California, and E,nw what has happened be ? of regional promotion E cited the urgent need of an ? that could handle larger Hgpr planes, freight and ex ? We have missed some i?i ? firms locating in Western ? Carolina because of tne lack Equate air transportation lll ? area." ? speaker pointed out that I fundamental factors enter ?ir economy here in this area; Kture, tourist, and the ex Kn and addition of industry Miing of agriculture, he said, Eore progress has been show n ?riculture anywhere in the ?than right here in Haywood Iq But what is happening in Lad exists elsewhere, the | farms become mechanized, Mfe labor is available for oth I ? for tourists, there remains Kited possibilities and we have ?See industries?Page 8) Iood School lis Attend k Meetings Superintendent Law itherwood and several and teachers in Hay iUv schools attended a meeting of the- North Educational Association nd in Raleigh, ip included: ogers, principal of East e School, president of ?rn District of NCEA; j emmons, principal at) ek School, president of wd unit of NCEA. Mrs. j ers, principal at Allen's j ool: Mrs. Margaret Boyd ood School, representing isville district; Mrs. Oral representing Crabtree- : W H. Crawford, repre ethel; Ben Price, repre lyde: Mrs. Grace Stamey,1 ng the classroom teach Swift, of Waynesville ool, and Mrs. Swift of igh School. GETTING READV for swimming at Lake Jun aluska. The water has been lowered and work started on building the seawall 115 feet long, and 100 feet wide, in the area shown above. All the present diving towers will be removed, and new ones built on U)e top of the seawall. The water within the area will be from 18 inches to 11 feet deep, and chlorinated. The pump house fur chlorinating will be on the bank near the bath house. A wading pool. 15 by 30 feet, will be ronstrueted on the shore near the bath house. Assembly officials said the contract calls for completion of the seawall and installation of the chlorinating plant by the time the season opens June first. (Mountaineer Photo). Hearing On WNC Milk Marketing Area To Be Held Wednesday At Courthouse A public healing, to obtain in formation relative to the creation of a milk marketing area in 13 Western North Carolina counties, will be conducted at the courthouse at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday by the North Carolina Milk Commission. This hearing will be conducted to receive information and evidence concerning milk marketing regula tions for the section designated by the state commission as Area VIII. which includes the counties of Haywood. Buncombe. Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Henderson, Jackson. Macofi. Madison, Mitchell, Swain. Transylvania and Yancey. Producers, distributors and the general public are invited to at tend the hearing and present testi money on the following subjects: Marketing raea. classification of producer milk, producer class prices, butterfat differentials, pro ducer base plan, and other related subjects. The new Western Carolina milk marketing area, created this month, will start operations officially on April 1. It will be governed by a board of directors, who will make recommendations to the state milk commission. At present there are 72 milk producers in Haywood County. The North Carolina Hospital Association requested that volume quantity discounts be given to large hospitals. Although the com misison cannot set consumer prices, it does require that distributors maintain uniform prices in their marketing areas. A group of distributors from Wil mington and New Bern have asked I he commission that the price per hundred pounds of milk in their a'ea be reduced to $6.25 and that the price be standardized through aut the state. A group of produc ers from New Bern also requested uniform prices throughout the date. Prices in various marketing areas range from about $6.25 to SC.10. Quiet Weekend For All County ., "The quietest weekend In a long, long time," said Sheriff Fred Campbell this morning. The sheriff explained that I there was only one warrant Is sued from Friday night until Monday noon?that was for a man giving his wife a whipping. "We spent Saturday night j checking trouble spots and found them all orderly," the of ficer explained. Patrolmen reported no wrecks or accidents during the period. Thev worked with the speed watch on several of the main highways in the area. Haze Here Saturday Caused By Texas Dust According to a story going ar ound in Saturday afternoon a Haywonil County man wired a friend of his in Amarillo, Texas: "Part of your farm has settled down three miles east of here. Please bring a dust pan and truck and take it back to Texas." Whether the story is true, we don't know, but it is a fact that I the haze which hung over the i mountains here Saturday was I [ caused by a dust storm which originated all the way down in the Texas Panhandle?the ex- j trrme western portion of the j I.one Star state. The haze looked somewhat like that caused by forest fires in the fall, but an all-day rain Friday removed that possibility. The dust cloud was still noticeable early Siinday, but begin to clear j up later in the day. Some asthma sufferers in this area reported that the dust agra vated their condition. Ben Owenby, Jr. Named Manager Of Locker Plant Marvin P. Lorenz, supervisor of the Farmers Federations eight freezer lockers plants has announc ed the appointment of Ben Owen l?v, Jr.. Fairview. N. C., as manager of the Waynesville Farmers Feder- j ation freezer locker plant. 1 A Navy veteran who saw service i in World War II and Korea. Owen- i by succeeds Joe Teasterman. form- ( er manager, who was transferred to , the Brevard Locker plant. i Owenby, who is 26 years old. , was employed by the Wcstinghouse i Electric Corp. in Philadelphia be- ? fore receiving training in locker plant management at Asheville freezer locker plant. , Organ Purchased In Memory Of 'Blue' Robinson The congregation of the Hazel wood Presbyterian Church were told >esterday by their pastor, the Rev Archie C Graham, that the Session rf the Church had estab lished a fund to be used to pur chase an organ for the Church in memory of the late Harry R. (See New Organ?Page 8) Mrs. Rogers Dies In Chicago After Short Illness Mrs Zimmcry Rogers died Fri lay nisht at the home of a daugh- ? ter, Mrs. May Patton. in Chicago, fallowing a short Illness. Mrs. Rogers, a native of llay ivood County, was the former Miss 0 Lizzie scntelle. She had been liv- y ing with her daughter for the past # rear. ,,, 1 a Funeral services and burial will ^ 4c in Chicago tomorrow'. Among the relatives attending he service are Mrs Will Boone, a v sister. and F.nnls Sentelle. a broth- > >r. Mrs. Rola MrElroy and John i n Sentelle. County To Seek School Building Bids Shortly The Haywood County Board of Education hopes to advertise "in a very short time." for bids on a physical education building and cafeteria at Crabtree-Iron Duff and a cafeteria at Fines Creek. Super ] intcndcnt Lawrence Leatherwood | told The Mountaineer today. Working drawings for the new I building units are now being made ! by Lindsey Gudger. Asheville arch itect. When completed, these new addi tions will be the final units of ones 1 planned under the county's two; million-dollar school building pro gram, approved in 1950. Coal Truck And School Bus Hit A loaded school bus and a Can ton coal truck collided early Fri day morning at the intersection of [ Highway 110 and Evans Road, in j the Pigeon Section, according to Patrolman V. E. Bryson, investi gating officer. No injuries were reported The j bus was damaged about $30 and ; the truck about $700, the patrol man's report showed. Patrolman Bryson said he charg ed Dillard Owen, driver of the . bus, for failing to yield right-of-' way. Ira Medford was driver of the I truck. mtana-Bryson City Road > Be Completed By Fall ' stretch of highway now r construction between Fon Village and Bryson City M be paved by the end of aming October, barring unfor delays and bad weather." pro 'oreman Perry Shepherd an ted at Fontana Villege last 1 new scenic road, which as ?t locating engineer J. H. Pell of Haleigh said would be bom the same design as the Ridge Parkway, with curves not exceeding 20 degrees and spiral ! approaches of not less than 150, feet iwhich means gradual curves.1 no sudden approaches, and good visibility!, will reduce the distance between Fontana Village and Bry- ; son City from 70 to 30 miles. It will constitute an entirely new opening between this Graham County resort community at the south-western tip of Fontana Lake in the Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park, which draws almost a million visitors a year, and the re gions of the Southeast, South and Southwest. "At this time," Shepherd said. "27,000 feet are already under ' gravel, and 12.000 more will be graveled during April. ! Just as J soon as the contractor can be more ' certain of weather conditions, ad ditional equipment will be brought ( in, with October completion as a , definite goal ." I Shepherd said that although the road was passable now to residents . in local areas, it would not be open ] for tourist travel until late fall ] Before the entire streach is com peted. a three-mile length between j the town of Brock and Johnson's | Gap will also be paved, connecting Fontana Village. Great Smoky i Mountains largest resort, with j ? Asheville via U. S. 19. less than , ? 100 miles. I The father todav 8,f'OUdlneM ?111 not *0 Tuesd?y. P?rtly cloudy corrtLi^ifyne*vj 1 le temperature by the State Test Farm ?h ,a Ma*. Mln. Prec. S! ? th % 3? -34 1, ti - 5B 39 1 ? - 91 31 ? I WARMER Woodlands Won't Make Millionaires During World War I!, grem lins were alleged lo spend much of their time hanging around I'. S. Air Force bases. Since the j end of that conflict, more than a few gremlins have received J their discharge from the service and have since taken up abode in ! newspaper offices throughout the country. One of these invisible pixies was sitting at the elhow of a .Mountaineer reporter last week as he checked over a report by ! Homer Sink, assistant county agent, concerning the forestry lield days held here recently. Just as the writer was chang- | ing the term "seven to ten dol- i lars" to figures, the gremlin nudged his elbow, causing the statement to read: "With a few days work in the farm woodland during the winter months carry ing out good management prac tices. this yearly income could he increased from $7,000 to S10.000 per acre." Farm woodlands are profitable these days, but not quite that remunerative. The statement should read: "... S" to S10 per acre." Referring to the high figures cited by The Mountaineer. Mr. Sink commented: "When the farmers see that story, they'll all head for the woods!" Recreation Group Will Make Report Four member* of the Recreation ( ommission held a conference Fri day with W. E. Easterling. execu tive secretary of the Local Gov ernment Commission, in Raleigh, relative to tentative plans for fin ancing a community-wide recrea tion program. The committee of four, will make their formal report to the full com misison soon, and at that time, a program and plans will be made as to the procedure to he taken, and announcement of the plans will be i made. | Those attending the hearing with Easterling were Dr. Boyd Owen, chairman. Henry Davis I'aul Davis, i and Rudolph Carswcll A spokesman for the committee said the conference with Faster ling Was both interesting and in formative. "We have all the facts necessary from his office," it was explained. ________ Waynesville Youth Injured In Swain Wreck James West of Waynesville suf fered serious injuries early Sun day morning when the car in which he was riding skidded and over turned on U. S 19 at N'antahala. according to Highway Patrolman L. J. Lance. West was trealed h> a Brvsnn City doctor for severe lacerations of the face and hgad. Patrolman L. J. Lance said the car was driven bv Jam' ' Wiley Franklin. 29. of Waynesville. KFD 3. Franklin and a brother of West J were not hurt, the patrolman -aid. Franklin was charged with reek- j less driving. Lance said , Franklin said the light-- of an other car blinded him and he was forced off the highway to his left, ( Lance reported. The accident hap pened about 4 a m. The ear, a 1951 Chevrolet, was ( demolished. I Gamp Junaluska For Girls fo Have Full 160 Capacity Camp Junaluska for Girls will ( pen .lune 23 for the 43rd season, i lilh a full capacity of 1(10 campers. \ coording to Miss Palmira Carbajal. ; s-ociate director and business t lanagcr. j The ramping period of eight reeks. will have a staff of 92 coun- i clors and 18 others on the do- i lestir staff. Miss Carbajal said that appli-|l f ations for the season have been ( ?eceived from girls in 15 states. ,, ' i1h Florida. Arkansas and floor- 11 tia leading the list. The ages of he campers range from 9 to 18! | rears. j The camp was gstablised in 1912. >nd moved lo the site at Lake 1 lunaluska In 1916. f Miss Kethcl McCoy 1 di. . ftor of a he camp. ' t IATIIKK AND SDN for perhaps the first time ill llaywood his tory, carried on such a transaction as the above, Glenn W. Brown, seated, chairman of the hoard of elections, litis the application of his father. Glenn D. Brown, who filed as a candidate for chair man of the board of commissioners. (See story under Alone Polit ical Fronts). (Mountaineer Photo). Along Politico! Fronts I Byers, Carver, Hawkins i On Flection Board The State Hoard of Elections I ran true to expected form Satur ? day, as they named (hose recom mended by the Kxeculive Commit tees of the two parties on the coun . ty board of elections, i W. O. Byers, and John Carver : were the two Democrats named, and Charles Hawkins, was re-rtam ed as the Republican member. The Democrats had previously included the name of Faraday C. Green, in naming (lie required number, of three A week ago Green announced he was a candi date for chairman of the board of commissioners which removed his name from the eligible list. The formal notices of ap|w>inl ment had not been received hero today, luit are exported in any mail. Upon the arrival of the of ficial papers, the three member board will be given the oath of of fice by Clerk of Cpurt J. B. Siler, Byers and Carver will succeed Glenn W. Brown, chairman, and Frank Median! Brown announced some months ago he could not serve, again, and Medford is a can didate as a member of the board of commissioners. Hawkins has served as secretary of the board for several years. Rep. Shuford Nominated Rep. George A. Shuford. con gressman of this district, will nol have any opposition ill the Maj Democratic Primary. No one filed on the Democratic ticket for tin office now held by Rep. Shuford Charles W. Cunningham. of Hen dersonviile, was the only Republi can filing for the office. The dead line for slate and district offices are Saturday. Rep. Shuford is serving his first term as Congressman. Shuford and Cunningham will meet in the general election in the fall. Glenn I). Brown Candidate For Chairman Glenn D. Brown, of Clyde, an nounced today he was a candidate for the nomination as chairman of the hoard of commissioners. The well known citizen of Clyde, has heen active in business, church and lodge affairs of the county for many years. A native of Crahtree, he moved to Clyde and completed his school ing there at the Haywood Institute. He entered the furniture busi ness in Canton about 30 years ago, and after 20 years, sold his inter est to ihe other partners of the Sluder Furniture Company. Dur ing Ihe past four years he has de voted his time to farming and livestock. One el vie project that has kept him busy during the past two years has been as a member of the school advisory committee, which has worked untiringly on the $2 - 000.000 school huildint* program here in Ihe county He has missed only one meeting of the committee. In church affairs. Brown has (See Political Fronts?Page 8) Duke Glee Club Will Appear In Canton May 8 t The Men's Glee Club of Duke 'diversity will appear at Canton figh School on Saturday. May 8. inder sponsorship of the Canton .ions Club. Although the choral group has ?pproximately 140 members, only It are participating in a tour, vhieli began on February 5. In nlditlon to prineipal cities in North 'arolina. the Duke singers have ippeared or will appear In Wash ?lgton, D. C.. Petersburg and Alex ndria. Va., Huntingdon. Pa.. Cleve ond. Ohio. Pittsburgh, Pa., and (few York City. Haywood County members of he glee club are Raymond F. Inodson. accompanist; Jerry Alex m<W. and David W. Klrkpatrick. ill of Canton. Waynesville Put On List Of Surplus Labor Market Areas Labor Dept. Announces Classification Waynesville has been added to the list of smaller labor market areas in the United States with a "substantial" labor surplus as a result of a survey made here six weeks ago by labor analysts repre scrwing the North Carolina Secur ity Commission. (The survey referred to has no connection with another one spon sored recently by the Waynesville Chamber of Commerce.? Although no ligures have been released, at least six per cent of an area's labor force must be unem ployed before it is listed by the l.ahor Department in Washington as having a substantial labor sur plus. Other small labor force areas added to the March list, in addi tion to Waynesville, were: Hay City, Monroe, and Port Huron, Mich.; Biddeford, Me.; Bluefield and Clarksburg, W. Va.; Kittanning-Ford City and William sport, Pa.; Michigan City-Laporte, Ind.; North Adams, Mass.; Bad ford-Pulaski, Va. Placing of an area on the sur plus list means that it is given some priority by the government in the awarding of defense con tracts. Some defense work is al ready being done here at the Day ton Rubber Co. plant. Shortly alter the classification was announced. The Mountaineer received the following telegram from Congressman George A. Shu ford; "Received in letter today from Robert Goodwin. U. S. Department Labor?"*a*e HI 'Two Fires Destroy Store, Residence Two fires in this area this morn ing resulted in total losses to a store and apartments at Balsam and a small home on the Dellwood road. The blaze at Balsam resulted in the destruction of a general store and postoffice operated by "Speedy" Futrel and two apart ments occupied by Futrel and by Hoy Sauderis. The building itself was owned by Oscar Beck. Futrel put his total loss at $10, ! 000, Sauderis at $3,500. The form er had $4,000 insurance on his stock and building; the latter had none. The cause of the fire was undetermined but was believed to have started in one of the apart mntse. The alarm was answered by the Waynesvtlle, llazelwood, and Sylva fire departments. Richard Barber of Barber Orchards also joined the fire fighters with a spray unit mounted on a truck. The Dellwood road alarm came in while many of the firemen were at the Balsam store. The small house, near Ned Carver's store, is owned by Frank Jones. Parakeet Owners Warned Against 'Parrot Fever' Because of the increasing popu larity of parakeets in the Waynes ville area, owners of the birds have! i been warn<'d by the Haywood County Health Department to be; on guard against the dangerous disease psittacosis or "parrot fev er". Psittacosis, a respiratory disease, affects human beings' and often proves fatal In recent months, two persons in Tennessee and another in Virginia have died from the ail-< mcnt. In the 1945-1952 period some! 458 cases, of psittacosis were re ported in the U. S?15 of which were fatal. At present the Communicable Disease Control Section and the( Veterinary Public Health Section of North Carolina are cooperating in an investigation of possible casesj of human psittacosis in the Kings Mountain area?the supply point ? for parakeets sold in Western North Carolina. The symptoms ot psittacosis? headache, chills, fever, backache. 1 restlesaness, cough, etc.?are very much like those of pneumonia and doctors sometimes mistakenly I treat psittacosis patients for pneu monia. Penicillin, used to treat pnett monia. has boon found to have no effect on the psittacosis vims. Only aureomycin and the newer antibi otics have proved effective against the onetime tropical disease. Symptoms in parakeet* and par rots art not characteristic. Sick birds may appear sleepy, motion less, have ruffled feathers, shiver (See Parakeets?Page 8) Highway Record For 1954 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed .. 0 Injured.... 3 (Thin Information com piled from Record* of State Hichway Patrol.)