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N. ?., MONDAY AHKKNOON. JUNE 14. 1954 jn?; ?= ?
U00 In Advence In Haywood end Jeckeon
OF THE TOP FOURSOMES during play
It? morning were (left to right) Aaron Pre
Ha.vnesville Country Club men's champion;
Marge Burns of Greensboro, state women's cham
pion; Mrs. Joe Cheves of Morganton, and Karl
Fleming of Asheville. (Mountaineer Photo). |
(See pictures?Page 5)
[?Parkway
imission In
I Carolina
ral members of the North
a National Park. Parkway
rests Development Commis
e now making a tour of the
1 National Forest in Eastern
a. under the direction of |
Morris, forest supervisor,
bers of the group included
lly Bennett of Bryson City,
an; Mrs. Doyle D. Alley of
ville, budget clerk; Robert
ey of Asheville, C. M. Doug
Brevard. W. R. Winkler of
vice chairman, and W. F.
e of Sparta.
commission will meet with
Forest Service officials to
the Baker bill, now pend
longress, which provides for
cent of National Forest
I to be set aside for rec
ti and wildlife use in the
1 Forests.
). Chapman
r President
Jlyde Lions
? Chapman was installed on
? president of the Clyde
Club at a meeting Friday
?hich was also observed as
night."
installed were:
1- Leatherwood, first vice
m; William Osborne, sec
e president; James Winfrey,
'ice president; C. C. Mat
secretary; Jack Belcher,
ff; Hugh McCraeken and
Baynes, directors for 1955
t Abbott and James Neu
wtl twisters, and Robert
ton tamer.
Kr officers' pins were pre
to Carlton Corzine, past
int. and William Osborne,
easurer.
'or 100 per cent attendance
'erp presented to Grover
?? veavcr Chapman, Mr. Os
Mr Corzine, Roland Leath
. Larry Cagle, Charles
*s; Robert Corzine, and
Winfrey.
' Wike of the Sports Mart
wile was the principal
the meeting.
Inian Schedule
House Tuesday
to" Of the World will
t^n?,OUSC at 8 P-m- Tues
Vi k Ua>nesville Armory,
ck Newberry, Western
manager, as principal
wiH also feature
singing.
rs and their families are
HUMID
od humid with widely scat
'crnoon thundershowers
fuesday, mostly fair, hot
id with scattered after
' cventng thundershowers.
*' ^aynesville temperature
d bF the State Test Farm;
Ma*. Mln. Prec.
83 55 ?
82 54 ?
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Patrolman Stops 5-Year
Old Boy Driving '38 Model
Chevrolet On Clyde Road
Patrolman W. R. Wooten rub
bed his eyes twice when he ap
proached a car on the Cathey
Loop at Clyde Sunday morning.
All he could see of the driver
was the tip-top of a head. .
"That is either a mighty small
man. or a child," the Patrolman
mused, as he prepared to stop
the car and get the facts.
When he stopped the car, he
almost fell over. There a five
year-old boy was driving a 1938
Chevrolet. The boy's father was
on the front seat?"away over to
the right"?and the mother and
a sister on the back seat.
"The boy acted normal, when I
stopped him," the officer said.
The father explained that the
boy was a good driver, and had
been driving a tractor around
the place. The father felt the
boy competent to handle the ve
hicle.
The officer said he did not
see how the child could reach
the brake or clutch.
The father is being charged ?
with permitting an unlicensed
driver to drive a vehicle. He will
be given a hearing in Canton i
Wednesday before Justice of j
Peace Mease.
Bloodmobile
Will Visit Here
On June 25
The American Red Cross Blood
mobile will visit Waynesville on
Friday, June 25, it has been an
nounced by Rudolph Carswell and
Johnny Edwards, co-chairmen of
the ARC blood donor program here.
The mobile unit will be at the
First Presbyterian Church from 11
a.m. until 5 p.m. Quota for the
visit is 150 pints.
The Red Cross Gray Ladies,
under the direction of Mrs. Felix
Stovall, will again assist in the pro
gram.
The Bloodmobile. which makes
six visits here each year, was in
Waynesville last on April 27.
8 Haywood Men
Are Inducted
Eight Haywood County men left
here today for Knoxville and indue- i
[tion into the armed forces. They
were:
Hugh Allen of Canton. J. M.
Pi ice of Route 1, Clyde; D. A.
Whitner of Hazelwood; Paul Price
of Fines Creek. Bobby Joe Bradley
of Canton. Benjamin Stephen Dev
j lir. of Canton. Carroll Edwin Smith
of Crabtree. Marvin Daniel Wat
kins. Jr.. of Waynevsille, and John
Robert Terrell, Route 2. Clyde.
Watkins was appointed leader of
the group.
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Heart Attack
[s Fatal To
M. P. McKinnish
Mitchell P. McKinnish. 62, of:
Canton, died of a heart attack about
7 o'clock this morning while at his
work in the R and A Department
of the Champion Paper and Fibre
Company.
He was a native of the Sand Hill
section of Buncombe County, the
son of the late C. C. and Ruth
Smith McKinnish, and had lived
most of his life in Canton. He
was a member of the Champion
Old Timers' Club and the Central
Methodist Church at Canton.
Funeral services will be held in
Central Methodist Church Tuesday
at 3 p.m. The Rev. W. Harold
Groce and the Rev. T. A. Groce
will officiate and burial will be in
Bon-A-Venture Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Frank Queen.
Ernest Rhymer. Bill Allen. Vinson
Haynes, Sewell Hipps and Bill
Franklin.
Members of the Old Timers' Club
will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Members of the Women's Bible
Class of the church will be in
(See McKinnish?Page 6)
Five Survive Cable Car
Wreck Without Major Injury
I ,
Probably the five luckiest in
dividuals in Haywood County to
day are contractor Ben J. Sloan.
Sr., his son, Ben, Jr., and three
workmen, who survived what
could easily have been a fatal ac
cident for all when a cable snap
ped on the incline car on Mt.
Pisgah. plunging the car 800 feet
down the treacherous slopes of
the mountains.
All five, including workman
Hill Sharpc and Joe Parks and a
third man not identified, are back
on the job today rinding the cable
car again. The most serious in
jury suffered was a broken finger
sustained by Mr. Sloan.
In The Mountaineer office Sat
urday morning, the contractor de
scribed the mishap as a "freak ac
cident that wouldn't happen again
in 100 years."
He said the cable was broken by
a rock dislodged by a dynamite
blast, but he emphasized that
there was no negligence Involved
and that the man in charge of
blasting for the site of a building
near the television tower on Mt.
Pisgah is "a powder man who
knows his business."
The blast itself, he said, was un
expected and it was an unfortun
ate accident when a rock sevcrad
the 5-8-inch thick cable.
Mr. Sloan said he first realized
what had happened when the
cable car jolted its riders. He
quickly called on everyone to
jump off. Three did, but the re
maining man became panicked and
locked his arms tightly around Mr.
Sloa,.. It was when he was striv
ing to break his companion's grip,
that Mr. Sloan hit the side Of the
car and broke his finger.
By the time that he had gotten
loose, the contractor related, the
car was traveling at full speed
down the mountain "and it would
have meant death to try to jump
then.'*
The car plummeted 800 feet
down the mountain and traveled
another 100 feet along the ground
before coming to rest at the edge
of the woods.
The accident was reported over
the REA radio and two Crawford
ambulances were dispatched to the
scene.
The men were taken to Haywood
County Hospital and released af
ter an examination.
The incident aroused even more
excitement than it would have
ordinarily when an erroneous re
1 port got out that several people
I had been killed at the site of the
1 TV tower.
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Press Group
Asks Repeal
Of Secrecy
Law In N. C.
Members of the North Carolina
Press Association brought their
three-day conference at Lake Juna
luska to a close shortly before noon
Saturday, by asking that state leg
islation barring closed meetings of
county boards of commissioners
and boards of education be enacted.
The association registered the
largest attendance in many summer
sessions, and passed a lengthy reso
lution for the hospitality and en
tertainment shown them during
their three-day session.
Many termed it one of the most
enjoyable summer sessions in
years?"everybody, including the
weather, made it just perfect" was
the expression of one of the press
officials.
Holt McPherson, of High Point,
and former owner of WHCC, was
named president, to succeed Wei
mar Jones, of Franklin. The new
officers take over August first.
Other officers included: Martin
Harmon, Kings Mountain, vice
president; Thomas L. Robinson,
Charlotte, and Horace Carter.
Tabor City, were elected for three
year terms as directors. Miss
Beatrice Cobb was re-elected sec
retary-treasurer, and Clarence
Griffin, historian.
Thursday night, a large audience
heard Joseph Alsop at the Lake
Auditorium. Friday morning clin
ics were held for various groups,
and at a luncheon Friday, Heinz
Rollman discussed his program of
"World Construction."
(See Press?Page 6)
PPHPlIUPPMBW??- ? ? : ? M;' - - I^B
Lake Pool
Opens Today
The new swimming pool at Lake
Junaluska was scheduled to open
officially at 2 p.m. although a hard
rain this afternoon may have put
a damper on the enthusiasm of the
opening day crowd.
The new pool, which measures
100 by 125 feet, was built by the
J. A. Jones Construction Co. of
Charlotte.
Work on the pool started in
March, at which time the level of
the lake was lowered to permit con- j
slruetion.
An eight-foot retaining wall
separates the pool from the lake
itself.
The new structure was built to
provide a sanitary swimminfe place
for visitors at the Lake Junaluska
Assembly and the general public.
In the past the lake has been sub
ject to pollution from small streams
emptying into it.
The pool will be open daily ex
cept Sunday from 10:00 a.m. until
5 30 p.m. The admission for chil
dren under 15 is 35c and for those
over 15 the rate is 50c. Season
rates are $3.75 and $7.50 respec
tively.
TAKEN INTO TRIBE of the Cherokees Friday
afternoon at the re-created Oconolufta Village,
were these four members of the N. C. Press As
sociation. They smoked the four-stem peace pipe,
and were made honorary members of the Tribe.
Shown here, left to right: Miss Beatrice Cobb,
(See pictures?Ps
I
secretary-treasurer of the Association; John
Harden, Greensboro; Weimar Jones, back to cam
era, W. K. Iloyt, Winston-Salem, and Chief Crow.
The new members were given certificates by John
Parris, director of public relations of the Chero
kee Historical Association. (Mountaineer Photo),
ige 1 and 6 of the Second Section.)
Three Cars
?
Damaged In
Smash-Up
Three ears were involved in an '
accident in the rain at Dellwood
Sunday, about 2:45. according to
Patrolman H. Dayton, investigat
ing officer.
No injuries were reported, but
all three cars were damaged.
Patrolman Dayton said Wilma
Sutton, of Cove Creek, in a 1946
Ford, had stopped, and was giving
a signal for a left turn. Right be
hind her was Freeman Guthrie,
of Greenville, S. C., driving a 1946
Dodge. Suthrie also came to a
st?p. The third car, driven by Wil
burn McDonald, of Charlotte, was
a 1950 Studebaker.
Patrolman Dayton said the driv
er of the Studebaker slammed on
his brakes, throwing the car into
a skid, on the wet pavement. The
Studebaker went sideways into
the rear of the Dodge, and the
Dodge in turn, lunged forward,
hitting the Ford from behind.
The Studebaker then went off
the highway into a field.
The Studebaker had the left
side crushed in, and was damaged
about $300, the officer said, while
the Dodge was estimated to be
damaged about $250, and the Ford
$15.
RICHARD GERRINGER IN
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MISSION HOSPITAL
Riciiard Gerringer of Hazelwood, '
who underwent surgery at Bow
man Gray Hospital, Winston Sal
em, June 4, is now a patient at
Mission Memorial Hospital. Ashe
ville, was reported to be in "satis
factory condition." this morning.
Mjss Mary Lou Gerringer, student ,
at Duke University School of Nurs- ,
ing, is here for a visit with her
father. j
Jackson County Prisoner
In Jail Here, On 11-Day
Hunger Strike; Takes Pills
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Five Arrested
For Speeding
Five motorists were arrestrd
Friday as the speed watch was
put into operation on Highway
19. Just above Dellwood.
Patrolmen said motorists are
learning of the foily of trying to
speed, since the highways are
being checked for speeders at
intervals with the new electronic
devices.
Florida College
President Opens
Lecture Series
Dr. Ludd M. Spivey, president
of Florida Southern College, Lake
land, Fla., gave the first of three
daily lectures this morning in
Memorial Chapel. Lake Junaluska.
He will speak Tuesday and Wed
nesday at 11 a.m. in the chapel,
marking the morning worship ser
vices for residents and visitors at
the Methodist summer assembly
grounds.
Two motion pictures are sched
uled in the Lake Junaluska audi
torium tonight and Tuesday at 8
o'clock. The movie fare is featured
between conference sessions. To
night's movie is "Woodrow Wil
son," and Tuesday's will be "Stan
ley and Livingston."
Childress Sells His
Elkin Radio Station
Jimmy Childress, former manag
?r of WHCC, has sold his Elkin
radio station, effective July first.
He went to Elkin several months
jgc when he purchased WIFM.
Childress said he plans to remain
n the radio field, but present plans'
jre incomplete.
"This is the lljfi day that Burl
Moss, of Jacksoa county, has re
fused to eat, or drink.'' Sheriff
Fred Y. Campbell, said this morn
ing, in describing the 58-year-old
man being held here for Jackson
officers. The fasting man is ac
cused of prompting the killing of
a 15-year-old boy.
Moss talks very little, and keeps
telling Sheriff Campbell that
Moses fasted 40 days and 40 nights.
The prisoner gives no further
explanation, nor his motive for re-^
fusing food and water.
"We- take his meat* to him just
as regularly as the other prisoners,
and he refused to take a bite," the
sheriff said.
Late Sunday the prisoner did
take a sip of a soft drink.
Friday he said he would eat a
little lettuce. Some was offered
him. and he refused, saying he
would eat it Saturday. He did eat
some, with strong dressing, and it
did not go well on an empty
stomach.
Moss began his hunger strike in
the Jackson county jail 11 days
ago. It was a week ago that he was
brought to the Haywood county
jail for safekeeping.
"He complained of his stomach
hurting, so we got a doctor to see
him. The doctor prescribed some
pills for him, but he takes them
dry, refusing water or any liquid,"
Sheriff Campbell said.
Sheriff Campbell said he felt
that Moss was trying to starve
himself tq death, or became ser
iously ill, rather than face trial
for the responsibility of the rifle
"'aying of Lindsay Passmore near
Cashiers in Jackson county on May
30.
Moss was arrested and charged
with first degree murder after in
vestigating officers reported he
handed a rifle to his nine-year-old
son and told him to shoot Pass
more.
The shooting occurred near the
(See Hunger Strike?Page 6>
800 Expected To Attend
WSCS Meeting At Lake
Approximately 800 Methodist
women of Western North Carolina
are expected to register Wednes
day at Lake Junaluska for the
14th annual meeting of the Wo
man's Society of Christian Service.
"The World Witness of Metho
dist Women" is to be the program
theme, it was announced by Mrs.
PRESIDENT ? Holt MrPhrraon,
of Mich Point, wan named pres
ident of the N. C. Ptm? Awori
ation. at l^ake Junalunka. Satur
day mornine.
/
J. W. Harbison, Shelby. WNC con- '
ference president of the WSCS.
Sessions will open at 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday in the Junaluska audi
torium and run through Friday I
noon. i
Attendance is expected to include '
400 delegates from local church '
societies, 100 conference and dis
trict officers, and at least 300 visi- !
tors from throughout Western 1
North Carolina, Mrs. Harbison said. <
The meeting is open to the public, t
she added, and residents of Lake 1
Junaluska, Wayncsville and Can- '
ton are expected to swell atten
dance to well over 1,000 daily. i
Mrs. Harbison will {five her an- s
nual report Thursday night, to be c
followed by the election of officers. <
Other general officers are: Mrs. s
Ilupert Crowell, Asheville. vice ?
president; Mrs. R. M. Hauss, Shel- 1
by, recording secretal-y; Mrs. T. V. 1
Goode. Statcsville. promotion sec
retary: Miss Una Edwards, Cliff- \
side, treasurer, and Miss Elisabeth C
Roberts, Shelby, assistant treas- t
urer. 1 1
Principal guest speakers will in- ?
elude Miss Louise Robinson. New 1
York, executive secretary of the (
Woman's Division of the Methodist f
Hocfd of Missions; Mrs. C. A. 1
Meeker, New York, editor of The *
Methodist Woouin, aftd Dr. J. Lem i
Siokes. president of Pfeiffer Col-1
lqjc, iMisenhelmcr. J 0
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Christian Environment Held
Vital To A True Democracy
A true democracy cannot flour
ish outside a Christian environ
ment, Dr. John O. Gross, Metho
iist executive of Nashville, Tenn.,
iaid here Sunday night.
He was the guest speaker at a
South-wide conference of 300
Vtethodist college students and
counselors, which opened June 8
?t the Lake Junaluska Methodist
summer assembly and will close
tomorrow.
"Democracy draws its lifc-giv
ng energy from religious faith
ind its watchwords ? happiness,
equality, freedom ? have signifi
,-ance only as they relate to per
sons," Dr Gross said. He is ex
ecutive secretary of the Methodist
joard of Education's Division of
Educational Institutions.
Stating that the church has al
ways been a leader in the field
>f education, Dr. Gross charged
hat religion has "gradually been
>ushcd out of most public school
lystcms. "In 33 states specific
cglslatlon has been enacted a
;ainst religious instruction In
;tate-supported schools . . . this
>lares the burden of producing
ha>acter upon educational work
feroft of any religious element."
He declared that "the absence
f religion from the education of
our youth not only weakens the
ideal that sustains our democracy,
but also leads to a breakdown in
morals."
Another result, he added. Is the
growth of selfishness or material
ism:
"Since the war emphasis has
been upon material achievements.
But if materialistic motives alone
prompt our efforts to rebuild the
world, they will not prove suf
ficient to save either our democ
racy or the world of today where
too many people are not only cry
ing for food for their stomachs
but, above all, for a song in their
hearts."
Dr. Gross concluded: "If democ
racy is saved and freedom and
justice preserved for the world,
all agencies that give attention to
the molding of the spiritual ideals
of our youth must zealously labor
to create an environment in which
Christian faith may grow and pros
per."
Students and adult counselors in
attendance at the conference rep
resent 13 states and four foreign
countries. The group will leave at
noon Tuesday. Tonight a service
of Holy Communion and Christian
commitment will climax the eight
day program of study and work- I
shops. J
Four Hurt As
SpeedingCar
Turns Over
InBigBranch
Four were injured as the car
in which they were riding left
the gravel road on Big Branch in
the Crabtree area, and turned over
in the creek, Sunday morning.
Included in the list of injured
was a 6-month-oid daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ammon Woody.
Patrolman V. E. Bryson investi
gated the accident, and said a 1938
Chevrolet, driven by Troy Willard
Hannah, apparently was speeding,
hit a ditch line, and went 80 feet,
crossed the road, and traveled 150
feet, turning over once into the
creek.
Still in the hospital is Crawford
Woody, 10-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Woody. The boy received a
deep cut on the head, the officer
said. Also injured were Mr. and
Mrs. Woody. Their infant daugh
ter, Barbara Ann, received a blow
on the head. All were treated at
the Hospital, and three dijihissed.
Patrolman Bryson said^annah
would be charged with rOckless
driving.
In two accidents in town, driv
ers escaped injury although prop
erty damage was considerable.
At 3:30 p.m. Friday Carl Earley,
22, of Allen's Creek, driving a
1940 Ford, lost control of his car
and knocked over a guide pole
supporting light wires near the
.Haywood County Hospital. Dam
age to' his car was estimated at
*400.
He will face a charge of reckless
, driving in Mayor J. H. Way's
court.
k Another accident occurred on
he Allen's Creek road Sunday af
ternoon during"? rain when Al
bert Muse, driving ? 1051 Chevro
let. skidded into the rear of a 1951
Mercury driven by Richard Green.
Police estimated damage to the
Chevrolet at $250 and to the
Mercury at $100.
Car And Truck
Damaged In A
Collision Here
Wayne D. Arrington has waived a
hearing and has been bound over
to superior court on charges of hit
and-run and for operating a motor
vehicle without a drivers license.
I Patrolman H. Dayton, investiga
tor of the accident, said Arrington
ran into the back of a Harrell
Laundry Truck between here and
Lake Junaluska Saturday morning
about 10:45. The laundry truck
had stopped to let a gas truck turn
oil the highway, when Arrington
crashed into the rear of the stopped
truck.
Three passengers in the car were
not injured. Eye witnesses said
Arrington jumped and ran. Pa
trolman Dayton sent word for him
to come in and submit to the
charges, which he did Saturday
afternoon about five o'clock.
The truck was damaged about
$85 and the car about $150.
William Medford Is
Improving In Hospital
William Medford, Waynesville
attorney, improving at Mission
Memorial Hospital, Ashveille,
where he has been a patient for
ten days. He is expected to return
home the latter part of the week.
J. M. Long Improving
At Mission Hospital
J. M. Long, who has been re
ceiving treatment at Mission Me
morial Hospital in Asheville. for
the past few weeks, is reported to
be considerably improved.
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Highway
Record For
1954
In Haywood
(TO DATS)
Killed.;:: o
Injured.... 15
(TUe Information eoae
pllrd from Record* of
State H irk way Patrol.)
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