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i i i'nn' ihh ? ? |L People Than | fin.-..-. TIT [~zi *he waynesville Mountainffr ps=p 0 Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat f H ^X?ll ! XSS^^JLTBS fyEAR NO. 42 2! PAGES Touted PrS At Th? E?itern ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ NESVILLE' NC" THURSDAY AFTERNOON; MAY27T1954~ ? ln Advance ln Haywood and Jackaon Count>7a rnty Crops Damaged Army worm Invasion iuch talked about and ymy worm is now in Hay |ntv it has been disclosed . Agent Wayne L. Frank infestations of the army (e been tound in Fines rabtrte, Upper Crabtree. iffe Cove and has been re other communities. It is to be rather widespread ut the county but not as wme areas as in others, klin added. ard to the insect, the >ent reported: eople have reported heavy n various crops from cut it it is believed most of ; ge is from the armyworm. are similar in many re-1 d may be confused. Gen cutworm is almost a solid (. armyworm may vary in m a greenish to a brown distinct stripes. The army-' n usually be identified by pe down the center of the ir in Haywood County, the '? n is doing more damage , clovers, and small grain other crops. However, nage has also been done tobacco and gardens, btree and Upper Crabtree cres of alfalfa have been to the extent that it ap ad. The worms keep the oots eaten down to ground alts of the armyworm are nmon following cold back ings and should be looked In alfalfa, clovers and lin fields. The armyworm ound easier very early In ing or early evening, bur bot part of the day they ide and moisture and may I underneath trash, my worm has four forms or be parent ntoth seeks out train or alfalfa upon which fir eggs. From these eggs little caterpillar or worm teds and grows rapidly, lly grown the caterpillars ir skins and change to the ipa or resting stage usually I Ihe surface. From these ne another generation of noth which in turn mate ] their eggs providing for brood There are usually ?ods of caterpillar in any but seldom two succes ?eaks in any given locality, j are two natural enemies myworm and we have al und evidence that they are | in the county. The wasp fly lay eggs on the army-' id a small maggot destroys ! R. 'myworm can be controlled I ling with 25 per cent DDT j I mixed with enough water , an acre. The rate being Present is ij gallon of the cent DDT emulsion with Hons of water. This spray used on alfalfa, clovers, lain and corn. Hay crops hire should be sprayed at fee weeks prior to cutting i Armyworm?Page 8> Ith Officials ttend Meeting members of the Waynes ace of the Haywood Coun cil Department and two c Canton office will attend nil of the North Carolina health Association at Mt. Friday. fling from here will be 'bye Bryson, acting head of artment: Mrs. Fannye Mae and Miss Dot Whisenhunt. secretary-treasurer of the f^'nUng the Canton office JIrs Jcannctte Abbott and ^g'e Robinson. MANAGER of Builders Supply and Hardware Company, is Hugh G. Hunnicutt. The new firm is at the eorner of Main and Acad emy Streets. (See Story. Page 1, Section 2> Drait Board Classifies 33 County Men Draft classifications for 33 Hay wood County men were announced this week by Selective Service Board 45 at the courthouse. They were: Class 1-A?available for indue-, tion ? J. M. Price: Benjamin S. Devlin. Class 1-C ? inducted?-Odis 11, Moody; Virgil G. Hall; Forest Parker; Floyd W. Green; Roy H. Sutton; Jack Reece; Preston E. Thomas; Billy J. Rogers; Charles M. Gilliland; Claude W. Smith. Class 1-C?enlisted?Charles Bill Henline; Roy F. Jenkins. Class 1-C?reserve?Clarence R. Boring; James A. Ammons; Eu- ? gene H. Nichols. Class 1-C?discharged?John C. ' Houston; DeVVitt Cagle. Class 4-F?Haskill J. llaynes: James R. Cole; William H. Rich; James H. Christopher; William J. Rhinehart; Jesse E. Wells; Galor Surrett; Elmer S. McMahan; Blaine W. Morrow: Joseph J. Nelson: Don-1 aid Howell; Charles V. Russell: James R. Hannah; Robert P. Price. The draft board will meet again I June 14. at which time eight regis-' trants will be sent to Knoxville for induction into the armed forces and eight for pre-induction phys ical examinations. State To Open Bids On Paving At Fines Creek i A road paving project in Fines Creek is among 11 projects in five Western Carolina counties for which bids will be opened by the State Highway Commission in Raleigh June 8. Low bids will be reviewed June 10. The Haywood project calls for 2.96 miles of grading, paving, and structures on a county road from the Lower Fines Creek Bridge north of Cove Creek eastward a long or near the present road to Fines Creek School. Other WNC projects are in Burke, Rutherford, and Polk coun ties. Auxiliary To Sell Poppies Saturday Disabled veterans and veterans' children will be aided with the proceeds derived from the annual Poppy Day sale to be conducted here Saturday by the Auxiliary of the American Legion post. The red crepe poppies, designed to resemble those growing in Flanders Field of World War I, are made by patients in the na tion's veterans hospitals. Mrs. Raymond Caldwell, presi dent of the Auxiliary, is chairman of the sale, which will be conduct ed by organization members and girl volunteers. Girl Scouts Have Week End Camping Trip Twenty-five members of Girl Scout Troop 62 and 64 spent last Saturday and Sunday at W. A. Bradley's camp near Camp Hope. They were accompanied by lead ers Mrs. Heinz Rollman, Mrs. L. C. Rouser, Mrs. Charles McCuls ton. and Mrs Henry Claytpn. Memorial Program Set Sunday A Memorial Day program to be held at the Veterans Plot in the Green Hills Cemetery at 3 p.m. Sunday was announced today by J. H. Howell, Jr., commander of the Waynesville American Legion post. Following the advance of the colors bv the American Legion's color guard, opening remarks will be made by Mi-. Howell, and the invocation will be given by Chap lain Bob Hall. Charles F. Isley, Jr., will lead the audience in singing the Star Spanged Banner, and then Col J. H. Howell. Sr., will present the principal speaker, he Rev. Earl | H. Brendall. pastor of the First j Methodist Church. The memorial portion of the program will include: Placing of w reath by Mrs. Will ! Medford, a Gold Star Mother; Roll Call of the Dead: Spanish-Ameri can War, John H. Pott; World ] Wars I and II and the Korean Con flict, Adjutant Willard Francis, and distribution of flags, Herpian > Francis and Bill Shoolbred. A firing squad wil lbe furnished by Tank Company, 120th Infantry, i National Guard unit, and taps will be blown by two buglers. Ben J. Sloan, Jr. and James Fowler. The benediction will be pronounced by Rev. Brendall. Haywood County Has 10,865 Cars, j Trucks Registered Haywood county has a total of 10.86.") mofbr vehicles, according to the latest figures released by j the State. The county ranks 59th in the, stake, which has 1,350,599. The average number of persons ( per vehicle here In Haywood is 3.46 according to the report. Jhc state average is 3.00. Wake leads the state in the highest average, with one vehicle for every 2.15 persons, while Madi son is the 100th county in the state, with an average of 4.86 per sons. American Legion Post's Auxiliary Installs Officers Mrs. Raymond Caldwell was in stalled as president of the Auxil iary of the Waynesville American Legion post in ceremonies last night at the Legion Hall. Others installed were: Mrs. Robert Hall, vice president; Mrs. J. T. Russell, secretary-treas urer; Mrs. Robert Gibson, chap lain; Miss Ida Jean Brown, ser geant-at-arms, and Mrs. Donald Morrow, historian. Program chairmen are: Mrs. Neeson Smith, child wel fare: Mrs. Roy Campbell, pro grams; Mrs. Charles Lance, fi nance, and Mrs. Leo Martel, mem bership. County PTA Council To Hold First Meeting The Haywood County Parent Teacher Council will hold its first meeting in the Lake Junaluska School, Monday, May 31, at 7 a.m. All PTA presidents and Council representatives are expected to at tend. SAFE?Sammy Jones, member of the crew of the Carrier Ben nington, was not injured in the explosion early Wednesday, as the ship sailed off the coast of Rhode Island. Sammy Jones Is Safe; Member Of Bennington Crew Sammy Jones, former WTHS' football star, and well known local young man, called his mother, Mrs. S. H. Jones, Sr., early Wed nesday night, to report he was sale, after the Carrier Bennington, of which he is a member of the crew, suffered casualties after an explo sion. Sammy entered the Naval Ser-j vice in February, 1953. and in his brief telephone conversation, gave no details except that he was safe. As far as is known, he was the only Haywood man aboard the carrier. iBy Associated Press) The aircraft carrier Bennington was rocked by violent explosion j and fire about 75 miles at sea | early Wednesday, bringing death and injury to scores among the 2.800 aboard. Some 12 hours after the blast, j the Navy announced a toll of 91 known dead and 201 injured. The announcement said the death total "may rise." It was one of the worst peace time disasters in U. S. Naval his tory, being exceeded only by the collision of the destroyer-mine sweeper Hobson and the carrier Wasp in 1952 in mid-Atlantic. The toll then was 176 missing or dead. The 3,000-ton Bennington was northbound in serene seas under a sunlit sky when the big ship was shaken by a loud explosion. "We had just completed our first successful launching of the first of our groups," said the Benning ton's new skipper, Capt W. F. Kaborn, Jr. of Oklahoma City, "when suddenly an explosion shook the forward part of the ship down on the second or third deck, j "Realizing a catastrophe had oc-. curred we launched the rest of the air group to free the decks for ; casualty control." Walter Taliaferro To Graduate Monday Walter Taliaferro will receive | the Associates of Art Degree and j a diploma in Hotel Administration from Lees Mt'Rae College in IJan | ner Elk at commencement exer-! | cises May 31. Mrs. Janie Love Taliaferro, j ; mother of the graduate, left to ' day for the college to attend the | events on the commencement pro I gram. Crabtree Girl Receives Secretaries' Scholarship Jewel Clarke. 1054 graduate at Crabtree-Iron Duff High School, was named as the recipient of the annual secretarial scholarship awarded by the Waynesville Chapt' er of the National Secretaries Aaso- j nation at a banquet given by the organization last night at Thej Lodge. Miss Clarke was presented the $100 Scholarship by Miss Mary Medford, chairman of the Secre taries' educational committee. Winner of last year's scholarship was Rosalyn Messer of Fines Creek who was graduated recently from Blanton Business College in Ashe villc. The banquet last night was given by the Secretaries chapter In ob servance of "National Secretaries Week." Principal speaker was Miss Mary Huth Chiles of Gatlinburg, | Tcnn . who discussed the Certified Professional Secretary program sponsored by the NSA. Guests of the Waynesvllle organization were secretaries from the Asheville chapter. Miss Chiles, who is secretary to 1 . Edward llummcll, superintendent of the Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park, defined a secretary humorously as "someone who looks like a woman, thinks like a man. and works like a dog." She added that secretaries today are "highly trained specialists" and pointed out that tho Certified Professional Secretary program Is working to elevate the status of a secretary to a profession. "Better secretaries mean better business." she concluded. The invocation at the banquet was given by Miss Betty Jo Crock er. recording secretary, and the welcome and introductions were by Miss Jimmie Watts, president. Other events being sponsored here in observance of "National Secretaries Week" are a display in the window of Garrett's Furni ture Store, arranged by Mrs. J. R. McCracken. chairman; Miss Dixie Campbell, and Mrs. Enos Boyd. | and a radio program over WHCC at 7 45 p.m. Friday, to be put on by Miss Medford. Miss Audrey Wyatt and Mrs. Lillian Hirt of the station's staff Predictions Are That Haywood Will Cast About 8,000 Votes In Primary Interest In Primary Is Increasing Polls open 6:30 a.m. Polls close 6:30 p.m. Political observers in Haywood today were of the opinion that the vote Saturday would be around the 8,000 mark. This is about 1.400 less than the record high vote for a Haywood primary. The last primary with a full ticket?in 1950?-saw a total vote*of 8,587. Observers said today they felt that the interest now in the primary did not quite come up to that of 1950. In 1952. which was an "off year" with only three county offices in the race, the vote was 6.900. Candidates are making a last minute campaign, and are stimul ating additional interest. The major interest in the state ticket is for the United States Senator, with Senator Alton Lennon and former Governor W. Kerr Scott taking the spotlijrht from the other five candidates. There are 29 candidates on the county ticket, seeking the nomina tions for eight posts. There are races in six townships of the county for constable, with Wayncsvllle having seven; Beaver dam. Clyde, Crabtree, and'Ivy Hill two each, and Fines Creek three Samples of the county and state ballots will be found on page one of section three of today's is sue. The list of the candidates for constables arc also printed on that page, as well as a Hat of the registrars and judges for each precinct. The complete list of candidates in Haywood are as follows: ?Denotes present office holders. SOLICITOR ?Thad D. Bryson, Bryson City. Grover C. Davis. Waynesville. F. E. Alley, Jr., Waynesville. STATE SENATE William Medford, Waynesville. J. H. Howell, Waynesville. REPRESENTATIVE Jerry Rogers, Waynesville. W. Homer Owen, Waynesville. R. E. Sentelle, Waynesville. CHAIRMAN OF BOARD *C. C. Francis, Waynesville. Glenn D. Brown, Clyde. Carter Osborne, Clyde. Farady Green, Fines Creek. COMMISSIONERS Frank Medford. Crabtree. Floyd Woody, Canton. Harry Hyatt, Waynesville. Gaston Burnette. Pigeon.' Way Mease, Pigeon. SHERIFF ?Fred Y. Campbell. Waynesville. Hub Ruff, Waynesville. TAX COLLECTOR Joe Tate, Jr., Waynesville. Mutt Tate, Waynesville. Bryan Medford. Jonathan Creek. Grover Ferguson. Fines Creek. Dave Turner, Ratcliffe Cove. BOARD OF EDUCATION Hub Caldwell. Waynesville. ?J. W. Killian, Waynesville. John K. Reeves. Lake Junuluska. Clifton Terrell, Bethel. Willard "Andy" Moody, Waynes ville. Kilpatrick Named To Library Board James Kilpatrick of Waynesville has been appointed by the county commissioners to a one-year term on the board of directors of the Haywood County Public Library, it has been announced by C. C. Francis, chairman of the commis sioners. He was named to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Mrs. Dick Moody. The board will have its next meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the library to study the budget to be submitted to the commissioners June 7. Other dircctoors are Col. J. H. Howell, Sr., chairman: William Medford. treasurer, Mrs. T. L. Gwyn, all of Waynesville; Glenn Palmer of Crabtree, and Fred Doutt of Canton. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Timbes and sons, Ronnie and Garry, spent last week with the former's parents, Mr mmI Mr*. Iftnnic Tlmhp.s _____ GETTING READY?Thfsf election officials are shown here cheeking the locks 011 ballot boxes just prior to the distribution here Wednesday of all election equipment, and ballots for the Satur day primary. Shown here, left to right: Mrs. W. A. Hyatt, registrar of South Waynesville: Mrs. Shuford Howell, registrar of West Waynesville: W. G. B.vers, chairman of the board of elections, and Mrs. K. tV Crawford, registrar of Itazeiwood. (Mountaineer Photo), Election Returns Will Be Broadcast Saturday i "J Results of the Saturday primary will be given the public in a cooperative plan between the news staff of The Mountaineer, the board of elections, and radio station WHCC. The results will be broadcast just as soon as re ceived, and the detail* of the efectio \ precim-t, by pre* cmct, and the vote f6r every candidal? will be given. Special arrangements are being made to give the vote by precincts as well as the totals for all the 29 pre cincts in the county. The task of tabulating the votes will be done in the Law Library, second floor of the court house. The broadcasting will also be done from there, and the pub lic will not be admitted to the special rooms set up for giving the returns. W. G. Byers, chairman of the board of elections, has asked all election officials to call in the returns as soon as tabulated in order that the results can be as j sembled for the county totals. The special election party will begin at seven o'clock, knd will feature besides local returns, complete state returns. Between the election returns, there vill be special music. WHCC has cancelled all shov?.-> and programs on Saturday night, and will devote the entire time from seven o'clock on until the results are known, to the election. The Mountaineer staff will compile and tabulate the returns as usual. The last election saw the unofficial returns as given out by the staff within vote of the of ficial return four days later. Extreme accuracy is fol lowed. ? All available returns will be broadcast, and none will be posted. The complete returns for each candidate in each precinct will be published in the Monday issue of The Mountaineer. Clyde Methodist Church Dedicates Its 'Lord's Acre' A "Lord's Acre' 'project being sponsored by the Clyde Central Methodist Church was dedicated Tuesday evening by Pastor Gcorjje C. Starr, Jr. and members of the i congregation on the property, lo cated near the Shook House in Clyde. The acre of land for the pro | jcct was dedicated to the church by Mr. and Mrs. John Morgan. In conjunction with the dedica tion ceremony, beans, corn, and | popcorn were planted in the soil The, land will be tended by the churcll members and a stand set up later on hte highway to sell the harvested crops. Proceeds J gained will be used in an attempt to pay of fthe debt on the Central Methodist Church building by Sep tember to permit Its dedication during that month. Bookmobile Will Not Operate Next Week The Haywood County Bookmo bile will not operate next week. June 1 through June S, according to announcement by Miss Margaret Johnston, librarian. , The break In the schedule of the Bookmobile la being made to allow I the Bookmobile librarian, Mrs. Frances Jones, an opportunity to' take a week * vacation Haywood County Day To Be Shown Over TV Station Technicians of WFBC-TV, Greenville, will come to the Lake, June 6, to make film for a speeial broadcast over the television station of Haywood i County Day. Much interest is being shown in the annual event, which marks the opening of the season at Lake Junaluska. Alt e i v I c groups, and churches of the county are cooperating in the event. t Wayne C'orpcnlng, former county agent, will be the speak er at the 11:30 a.m. service. A special singing program will be held in the afternoon, and the annual Young Peoples program that evening. Summer Visitor Dies In Savannah, Ga. Word has been received here of Ihc death of A. E. Whitllc yester day at his home in Savannah. Ga. Tie had been in III'health since suffering a heart attack last win ter. Mr. Whittle, a retired lumber man. and Mrs. Whittle have spent their summers at the Wayside Lodge for more than twenty-five years f 10 WTHS Students Win '54 Awards Waynesvillc High School stu dents were presented awards and scholarships at a special assembly ) program Monday morning and commencement exercises Monday 1 night. Among the awards made were Kiwunis Achievement Award Vcrlin Edwards and Thomasinc i Nelson. American Legion Good Citiacn | ship Award ? Beverly Teague and I Ronnie James (eighth grade stu j dental: Danforth Foundation to out i .standing leaders ? Tom Cogdill | and Sylvia Newell. DAR Good Citizenship Award Stahtey Williamson and Janie ? i Rich. Beta Sigma Phi scholarship ! Irma McGaha. i B &. PW scholarship Janie Rich. UDC scholarship ? Stanley Williamson. Woodmen of the World Award to best history student ? Sarah Boone. 1 Statue Of Liberty 3-Cent Stamp To Appear June 24 I \ new three-cent "Statue of ' Liberty" stamp, which will take the place of the present Jefferson three-cent stamp, will be issued'. t j the Waynesville postofficc ar.d others throughout the nation on June 24, according to Postmaster Enos Boyd. The stamp will be issued to commemorate the 200lh anhiver sary of the first American Con gress when a plan of federal un j ion was presented by Benjamin Franklin and later adopted by th'' 1 lawmakers. The new issue will have a sketc h of the head of the Statue of Liber ty. and will bear the national mot to. "In God We Trust." Its color will be purple. This threc-cent stamp will bo a companion to the eight-cent i - sue now used for regular inter national mail. Highway Record For 1954 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed 0 Injured . r.. 8 (TEH Information com piled from Records of State Highway Patrol.) ?wow??WW? ?? Pll SHOWERS l> scattered afternoon show warm today. Friday partly and warm with scattered af thunderstorms. al VV'aynesvllle temperature ?'led by the State Test Mas. Min. Pr. 74 38 80 41 8 7S ?4