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Korc People Than ?"1T "M M today s smile | r ~ The Waynesville Mountaineer Hf|,e Mountaineer umr do it right. r ?-? Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park q q Hj, YEAR NO. 37 II PAGE* Associated Press WAYNKSVIU.K. N. (MONDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 10. MS* 00 InAdvance In Haywood and Jackson Counties . V iu -? * Inton Will It Viaduct Lns Later ? to a conflict in the ached I fiettv Browning, chiel ?Angmecr of the State K Department, the propos Kurt plans were not present ?the Canton officials Satui ? tentative conference had ? but on Friday M B that Mr Browning could ? ,nu- to lla> wood trom ? Buchanan commissionet ? l4th highway district, told Buunta.neef the plans were ?te and ready for foima Katton The estimated cost ? project will be presented tc ?anion officials along with ?missioner Buchanan said Bplctcd and final plans were ? "liar in every detail as pre ? t<> the mass meeting in Can ? October. ? W .1 "Bill" stone told KmUtneer that the officials ? n the plans, and had not ? t0 Commissioner Buchanan ?october The Canton official Rod that the commissioner ?-< in Canton often, and con ? with the special commit ?med by the Board of Alder K.t October to study the prb Bacross-tow n highway. ? date has been set for the ? presentation of the plans. ? Stone said he presumed ef ?ould be made to get a date ?ould he eonvnient to all con* ? in the near future. I Haywood fen Leave |r Induction ?teen Haywood County men ?re today for Knoxville and ?on in the armed forces, ?sere: ? Mien of Canton, Joseph ?V ion <d Waynesville. Hoy ?n Sutton of Crabtree. .lack B 01 Waynesvlll, Perston Eu ?honias of Route 1, Canton; Back Rogers of Fines Creek. Bs Madison Gilliland of Way Be Claude William Smith of Bswlle. Charles Vestal Rus B Fine- Creek, James Ruben Bit of Fines Creek, Robert B Price of Fines Cre? k. OdtS Bi Moods of Route 3. Way Be Virgil Gene Hall of Can Bd Floyd William Green of Ben Other draft registrants Bent to Knoxville for prc-in B physical examinations, the Bit service board disclosed. ? -?* * ?? IE A To Honor leran Teachers Bnty teachers who have ? for 25 years or more will fcored at a meeting of the ?unit of the North Carolina ?tional Association at 3 p.m. ?day at Central Elementary ?Newton Turner, head of the ?te school at Western Caro ?olloec. wiu be at the meet ?0 talk with teachers intcr I in enrolling in graduate lit the college. ?s also will be made Thurs the fall district meeting of ?Rl.F.s ISI.F.Y AT IIOMF. ?rles Islry. director of music ?HS is a 1 home on Brown pe after being a patient at ?""l County Hospital for more 1 *t*k He underwent treat I'or his hack. He will be con |t? his home for sometime. f recehrlag visitors. The father "y cloudy and ? little warm ly. Tuesday, increasing lnrvv and little change in tem ur'' with scattered showers "lal Wa\nesvllle temperature *>rtcd hy the State Test Farm u Ma*. Min. Prec. 5 66 30 ? 7 62 39 .18 T 61 44 .02 P 61 36 .01 CLOUDY - ??? ? , < . *"4 >'* .?? ? ! THIS TUNNF.L being blasted through rock on the new Pigeon River Road will be one of the I ,t- longest east of MaryviTle, at 1,035 feet. It is be ing constructed at the end of the present 61 . v ? . mile link by the Harrison Construction Co. of Pittsburgh, sub-contractor for the A. B. Burton Co. (See other pictures, Paue 1, Section '!.) (Mountaineer Photo). Contractor Pushing Work 6-Mile Link Pigeon Road ?I Two Bus Stations Get High Ratings Two lla.vwood bus stations were again Riven high ratines by the State Utilities Commis sion, following sanitary inspec tions. The ratines were based on conditions found by the com mission's rovine inspectors dur ine monthly checks at the sta tions. Waynesville received a ratine of 99, and Canton 98. 1 Civil Court To Convene On Tuesday The second week of the May term of Civil Court will convene | Tuesday morning. Judge J. Moyle Sink, of Greens boro. is the presiding judge. Court recessed shortly after noon ; Thursday, after disposing of a number of cases, including seven ; divorce cases. The jury named to serve for the second week includes: Forest J. Wright, Pigeon; Carl Cunningham. Waynesville; Jas. ! 1 homas Leatherwood, Clyde; Reu ! ben Justice, Waynesville; Richard R. Shoaf. Waynesville; Lynn Cham ! bors, Pigeon; Roy W. Rhinehart, J Pigeon; A. C. Rowe, Waynesville; J. 11. Allen. Beaverdam. Sherrill L. Teague, White Oak; Theodore McCall. Waynesville; I Henry Gaddy, Waynesville; Rich j Trull, Waynesville; Thomas Fraz ier, Waynesville; Charles Clark, Crabtree; R. Homer West, Way nesville; Joseph T. Cathey, Waynes ville; Dick Moody, Jonathan Creek. Farm Agents Arranging Tour Wayne L. Franklin,?county farm agent, and Joe K. Davis, assistant agent, left here last weekend on a trip to Georgia and Florida to make arrangements for the annual Haywood Countv Farm Tour which will pass through those two states this summer. The tour will be held July 24 31, it has been announced. Last year the tour took county residents through a number of -Western states. Mr. Franklin and Mr. Davis will return here Saturday. (EDITOR'S NOTE: Additional comments on the Pigeon River Itoad can be found in Conway's 1 column, "Highland Flings," on ^ today's editorial page.) I ' By HOB CONWAY Mountaineer Stall Writer If Governor Umstcad and mem bers of the General Assembly could i lour a portion of the Pigeon Hiver Gorge as we did last week, there'd i be no problem of interesting the legislature or obtaining sufficient : I funds to complete the project of | providing a north-south water-level i 1 route through Western North Caro lina. No "sales talk" would be neccs- ' sary. All that would be required would be a trip from Waynesville to WateVville and then a trip along | the (Pi-mile link now under con-I struct ion. , Once on the scene, the extreme importance of this road is obvious J to anyone. Not only w ill it mean ; a great boon to Haywood County ' in many ways, it will also offer a safer and more scenic route for all I who travel in a north-south direc tion in this part of the country. For Haywood County, it will , mean that many travelers will use | the Pigeon River Road instead of coming by way of the Great Smoky I Mountains National Park or via ! U. S. 23 through Asheville. i t It will also mean, in the words ( ol Harry E. Buchanan. 14th Dis trict highway commission, that the j road "will win back the Mt Sterl- j ing section for North Carolina." Geographically a part of the Tar ] Heel State, the residents of that ' area have been shut off by the , barriers of mountains and poor roads from other portions of Hay- , wood County. Instead, the Mt. , (See Pigeon Road?Page 8) Music Festival Slated Thursday At Bethel School The annual May Festival of Music will be presented at the ' Bethel high school auditorium ? j Thursday, May 13, at 7:30 p.m. 1 The program includes a number ! of specialties and a variety of in strumental and group selections. 1 1 Piano, accordian and violin solo ists will appear. C. C. Poindexter, 1 principal of the school, will pro vide a little humor. A string en | semble will play and an eighth ] grade chorus of 50 voices w ill sing. Admission is free but an offer-1 ing .Sill be taken for the benefit I of the Bethel band fund. : The May Festival program will i I serve as a prelude to the May Day exercises to be conducted on j the campus the following day. Registration Is Reported Light The registration books will 1 rlose Saturday afternoon at six i o'clock, it was announced today i by W. G. Byers. chairman of the llaywood Board of Elections. New registrations thus far have been very light, he explain ed. Persons who have not prev iously registered have until six o'clock Saturday. May 15, and may register at any time upon contacting the registrar of their precinct. The registrars will be | at the polling places all day Sat urday. until the deadline at six o'clock. Man Nabbed After Theft J Of Car Here A car stolen from Pifikney stowe. student at Western Caro-1 ina College, Saturday night near he Dayton Rubber Co. plant, was recovered at 1 a.m. Sunday by' Sylva police and an ex-convict ar rested in connection with the i heft. St owe told police he left the i leys in his car which was parked in front of Clyde Green's placel end found the vehicle gone when | ic left the establishment later. Sylva police reported that Roy W. Clark of Ocean City, Miss., was raptured when he tried to run af ter being stopped while driving Stowe's ear. Investigating the case, Cpl. Pritchard Smith of the State High- j way Patrol and Chief of Police Ox"- ' kille Noiand of Waynesville learn- ! *d that Clark was discharged from j prison in May and was wanted for Ihe theft of another car at Hardin, La., about April 30. Cpl. Smith disclosed that this car has been recovered from a junk dealer in Sylva to whom Clark sold the vehicle. The Mississippian. who has a long prison record, has been turn ed over to the FBI on charges of transporting a stolen car over a state line. Commissioners Thanked For Health Center Fund The Board of Commissioners to 1 day are being given a "Thank You" through paid advertisements by in dustrial. professional, civic and groups, for their action on the j Health Center. The "thank you" messages are l>eing published tocay and convey the thanks of scores of organiza tions who favored the appropria- | lion of funds for the Health Center. The Commissioners took formal action last Monday, and approved ; the setting up of funds for the pay ment of one-third of the cost of the structure. The other two thirds will be paid from special state and federal funds. The Health Center will provide larger quarters for the Health De partment. which is now quartered , in the basement of the court house No site has been purchased for the structure. One acre of land is the minimum for the plant, under terms of the state-ferirrnl contracts. I C. R. IIOSAH.OOK w.is honorrd at a j-rtynt 3 day Mawinlr meet ing held at Oxford. Haywood Democrats Name 14 New Precinct Cha irmen Byers To Address County Meeting Here On Saturday Haywood Democrats at their pre cinct meetings on Saturday named . 14 new precinct chairmen in the 20 precincts. Most of the precincts Inul good attendance at the bi-annual meet ing Precinct committees were named, and delegates to the county convention appointed. The con-' vent ion will' be held at the court house here Saturday at two o'clock with \V. G. Byers as keynote speak er. The newly elected chairmen are members of the county executive \ committee, and will go into execu tive session to name a county chair- , man. The term of chairman is for ! two years. Charles B. McCrary is chairman, a post he has held for two terms. The precinct chairman for Iron Duff will be decided by the con- i vent ion. County Chairman McCrary j told The Mountaineer at noon to- ; day. "I understand there were just two present at the precinct meet ing. Haymond Caldwell is present chairman, and I understand Frank Bradshaw has been mentioned for the place. This will come before the convention Saturday," McCrary explained. The convention will name dele gates to the state convention which will meet May 20th in Raleigh. The precinct chairmen named Saturday are as follows. Those names with an asterisk (?> are new chairmen: ?North Waynesville. Jack West. ?South Waynesville. Ben Sloan. ?llazelwood. .Jerry Rogers. Allen's Creek. Bill Ferguson. Saunook. Clifton Shook. "East Waynesville. Henry Clayton. West Waynesville. John Grasty. Lake Junaluska, Charles Ed wards. ?Ivy Hill. .Joe Campbell. ?.Jonathans Creek. Jule Boyd. White Oak .Joe Davis. Panther Creek. Earl Bradley, "Fines Creek. Frank Greene. ?Crabtree, Jim Best. ?Clyde. Bruce Brown. Beaverdam No. 1. Harry Hogan. ?Beaverdam No. 2. Harold Molfit ?Beaverdam No. 3, Carlos Sides. ?Beaverdam No. 4. Bill Franklin. Beaverdam No 5. Woodrow Rob ertson. Beaverdam No, (I. Loranzo Smo thers. ?Beaverdam No. 7. Fred Sctzer. j "Pigeon, Glenn Abel. ?West Pigeon, Henry Justice. Cecil. Ken Browning. East Fork. Bryan Heatherly. Cataloochee, Lush Caldwell. Big Creek, Mack Caldwell. . . I I Guard Resumes Its Enlistments A state order suspending en listments in the local unit of the National Guard has born rescind ed, and men between the ages ol 17 and 35 who can meet the re- . quirements will be accepted until June 15 by Tank Company, 130th Infantry, NCNG, according to an announcement by Samuel A. Cars well. company commander. No enlistees will be accepted af ter June 15 until the Guard unit 1 returns from its annual summer encampment about September 1. Tank Company now has 82 en listed men and five officers. C. B. Hosaflook Is Named Grand Master Of Lodge Claude B. Hosaflook, of Way nesville, was elected and installed Most Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters in North Carolina at a three-day meeting of the Grand York Kite Masonic Bodies held on the Campus of the Oxford Orphanage at Oxford. Odas W. Crisp, of Sslva. Kmin ent Commander of Waynesville Commandery No. 31, Knights Templar, received the Degree Knights of the York Cross of Hon or. This Degree is only conferred to those who have attained per fection In the York Rite of Free masonry. Charles H. Metcalfe, formerly of Waynesville. was appointed Provincial Grand Master of the Hth Province consisting of Gas tonia and Forrest City. Others who attended were Wil liam A. Coble, Past Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal Arch (See llasoflook?Page Ri WW: THIS RAMP-CLEANING PARTY was held Thurs day night at the Moody Parm at llellwood to prepare some 500 gallons of the celebrated hut odoriferous herbs for the annual llaywoiKi County II.imp Convention at Camp Hope this Sunday. Siatrd in the right foreground, wearing a plaid shirt, is A. tV. Parker, president of the Kamp So ciety. watching Sandra Setser, who he describes as a "champion rainp cleaner". (Mountaineer Photo). Empty School Bus ?)U Bushels Ot RdltipS involved in Minor Cleaned On Moody Farm Auto Accident j ? ... - _ .. An empty school bus was in-( volved in one of two minor acci-: dents in (he county reported by the" State Highway Patrol. There were no injuries. The driver of the school bus. Walter H. Plcmmons of Waynes ville. told patrolmen he was driv irsg'up the Mauney Cove road at 7:25 a.m. Thursday when he swerv ed his bus to the left to avoid a ear being hacked out of a private driveway. As he veered to the left, the driver of an oncoming pickup truck applied his brakes to avoid a col lision. but skidded into the left side of the bus. Damage ot the truck was estimated at $t>5 and to the bus at $25. The driver of the vehicle being hacked up was identified as B. G Morrow. The other accident look place at 4:20 p.m. Sunday at the southern entrance to the Lake Junaluska | Assembly grounds when Joe Davis. 1 lia/elwood photographer, attempt ed to turn left into the lake. As he did so. a taxi driven oy Clint Crisp of Belmont struck Davis' jeep from the rear. Damage to both vehicles was estimated at about $50. Crisp told patrolmen he did not see Davis' hand signal. Masons Meet Tuesday Way nesvllle Masonic Lodge 259 will meet at the lodge hall at 7:30 p.in Tuesday to confer the fellow craft degree on a class of candi dates;' Worshipful Master Harry Kent will preside. Park Commission To Meet Here 12th The North Carolina National Park, Parkway and Forests Devel opment Commission will hold a regular meeting* in Wayncsville. May 12. beginning at 1100 o'clock a.m. in the headquarters olTice, 2nd flooi Masonic Building. All members of the commission arc ex pected to attend. items on the agenda include im portant matters with respect to the (treat Smoky Mountains National Park, the Blue liidge Parkway and the North Carolina National For ests. Reports will be made on projects included in the commission's long range program and statements will be heard from chairmen of the sub committees with relation to the federal recreation areas named. I)r. Kelly K. Bennett Is chairman. Lions Told Of Growth, Progress Of Cooperative The histor> of the llajwuod Klectiic Membership Corporation was (lie therm <>f the talk heard h\ l.ions Icre Thursday. If. K. Sheffield, general manag er, traced the history (if the or ganization and the wide scope of services rendered throughout the area today. The speaker pointed out the dif ference electrified farms had made in progress and economies in the area since the establishment or the service throughout the county. > ii jtimi nose pu.seu u(? a new | f.dor last weekend it probably came 'from those 50 bushels of ramps which were cleaned and prepared ' Thursday night on the Ned Moody Farm 011 the Soco Itoad fpr the big Haywood County Kanip Conven tion this Sunday at Camp Hope. A grout) of hardy souls started about 4 p.m. on the Moody farm and cleaned ramps until late at night, stopping about !? p.m. for a meal of eggs and a mess of onions' . mountain cousins?ramps. t Before the convention Sunday, another 25 bushels of ramps will be prepared for the big eatin' and singin' at Camp Hope. All the ramps to be used will come from the Moody farm, which lias pro duced an extra special nice and strong patch this year. Mr. Moody has superintended the ? digging of the celebrated bulbs, | while A. W. Parker, president of the Itamp Association, took charge of the 1 ugh 1 cleaning. A final meeting to complete plans for the convention will be 11 eld Friday night at Parker's drive i in on the Ashevlllo road at Candler. Some 15,000 persons, including | visitors front as far away as the : Pacific Coast, are expected to be at Camp Hope Sunday. Credited with being the first of the out-of-state contingent to ar rive is Mrs. Ann King of San Fran | cisco. Calif, sister-in-law of .Joe King of Canton. Box Supper Planned To Aid Little League A box supper to raise money for the Little League baseball pro gram in the W'aynesville area will be held at 7 p.m Friday at Hazel wood School, according to Bill Mil ner. in charge of the program. Persons attending may bring boxes if they desire, Mr. Milner said. I Play in the Little League will start soon after the close of school later this month. Masquers Select Nine For 'Junior Miss' Cast i asting inr the principal char actors of "Junior Miss" was com pleted Monday night at a regular r eeling of the Mountain Masquers Srlertod for the role of Judy was Miss Amelia Alexander, with Miss I'atsy Jones being chosen for Huffy, and Miss Shelby Jean Tate lor Lois. Other members of the cast will be: Mrs. Joy Smathers. as Mrs, Graves: Harry Liner. Jr., as Harry Graves: Miss Jackie Sue Mcsser as Miss Ellen Curtis: Hoger Walker as J. B Curtis, Mrs Jackie Caldwell as Hilda, the maid: and Charles Edwards as Uncle Willis. This completes the major saeting rotes, but there are still nine minor maje roles for teen-age boys to be filled. These will be chosen at the next meeting to be held Monday night, May 10 at 7:30 in the court house. All teen-age boys who are interested In trying for these parts are urged to he present at this meeting. Plans were made for the selling of the season tickets. This is under the direction of Mrs. .toy Smath ers and further details will he given ?after the meeting next Monday . nigh t The Mountain Masquers will prc ! sent four plays this year, the first oi which will he "Junior Miss" which is scheduled for production on June 20. The second will he a musical under the direction qf Miss Bette Hannah and will be given during the middle of July. The 1 third. "Suds In Your Eye" under the direction of Vance Derby, will b" produced the middle of August, and the fourth, which will prob ably be "The Man Who Came To Dinner" will |hc given around the Thanksgiving holidays. Season tickets covering all four of these performances msv be pur chased for $5 00 each. Highway Record For 1954 In Haywood (TO DATE) , Killed..;: o | Injured.... 8 (This Information com plied from Records of State Highway Patrol.)