North Carolina Newspapers

! The Waynesville Mountaineer hfi be Mountaineer i ?u .nybody - I __ Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park D ^ ,"year no. 19 16 PAGES Associated Press waynesville. n. c., monday afternoon. june 21, 1954 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties " " ?. 1^?1^^???-K? ? I IStates' Doctors | Convene Here NORRIS ENGLISH Agency , Renamed way Motors ase of the former Motting-1 rCo. by the Carolina Ford Co. in Charlotte and ro of the loeel Ford agency raj Motors. Inc. was an today by E. Norris Eng i managtr of the agency ?mer manager, Ed Iilot t leaving Waynesville to a Firestone store in De Inglish, a native of Koa a came here from Char here he was employ ed by | m and Industrial Equip o. Previously he managed : ir agency in Galax. Va., ' years and was with the al Tractor Corp. in Hich- , a for 19 months. He is a "f the Baptist Church Masons. nelish is married and has i Jghters. The elder. Bar-! ?an was graduated this ?m Radford College. Bad-1 ? and plans to teach in wis at Norfolk. Va. this The younger daughter, | o. will be a junior at Way High this fall. dmobile Is Shifted (e of the vacation Bible ow being held at the Way Presbyterian Church, the n Red Cross Bloodmobilc's 'Perafions here Friday has wd <o the First Methodist according to Rudolph and Johnny Edwards, co 1 of the blood donor pro JJoodmobile will be in the Nement Friday from 11 P1 5 p.m. to seek Waynes po'a of 150 pints. N t ross Gray Ladies will "odmobile personnel. 'on Plans ter Law rcement effort to handle traffic ?more satisfactorily and to ?widen! hazards resulting "Rested streets of Cahton, lrd of Town Officials has lor more strinRent law en int They urged local offi ce that all traffic viola te reported and proper 'ken to reduce some viola der that the patrolmen may e Canton Law?Page 8) 'he I other d SUNNY s *nd warm today and Tues NLVynMvU?* temperature ?dny the State Test Farm: Ma*. Mln. Prec. 80 62 .05 78 63 ? 78 60 ? ~ ......81 52 ?. Doctors from four states have been invited to attend the Moun taintop. Medical Assembly here June 25-26. i The sessions will be held in the court house, beginning at 8:30 Fri day morning, June 25, according to Dr. R. S. Roberson of Hazelwood, chairman of the committee. Oth er members of the committee are Dr. V. H. Duckctt, program chair man and Dr. Boyd Owen, ar rangements chairman. Dr. Frank Hammett is president of the Haywood County Medical Society, and members of the spon soring arganization. An announcement was made today that all offices of doctors in Haywood would be closed on Friday and Saturday for the con vention. All emercency calls will be handled through the llaywood County Hospital. Nationally known doctors will be on the two-day program, the com mittee announced. The program is expected to attract doctors from the area, including North and South Carolina. Georgia and Ten nessee. Rev. M. R. Williamson, pastor of the Presbyterian Church here will give the invocation, and Jonathan Woody the address of welcome. Dr. Robert F. Dickey, chief of the department of Dermatology, Geisinger Memorial Hospital. Dan ville. Pa., will speak on "Dermatol ogical Manifestations of Internal Diseases". He will be followed by an ad dress on "Plastic Surgery in Gen- : eral Practice." by Dr. William A. Lange, chief of the division of plas-; tic surgery, Grace Hospital, De- ? troit. The third morning address will | be on "Gastric Ulcer?Gastric Can cer Problem," by Dr. Emmanuel Deutsch. Tufts College Medical j School. Boston. Following an hour and a half lunch period, the session will re-| convene in the courtroom, and the same three morning speakers will continue the program, with Dr. Dickey speaking on "Dermatol-' ogical Tumors". Dr. Langc will give a continua tion on plastic surgery, and Dr. / Deutsch will continue his morn ing lecture. A reception w-ill be held at the! country club at 6:30, followed by | n buffet banquet at eight o'clock.1 Plans are to have this outdoors,' weather permitting. Dr. Aaron T. Beck, department ' of Psychiatry, University of Penn sylvania School of Medicine, will speak at the banquet on the sub ject, "The Aftermath of Brain Washing". Starting at ten Saturday, the convention members will stage a Calloway and Blind Bogey Golf Tournament. There will be sight seeing. bridge and canasta for those not taking part in the tourna ment. That evening the group will go to Cherokee to see "Unto These Hills". The local committee said that most of the members would bring their wives for the convention. Plans are to have a luncheon for them on Friday, at one, at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Roberson. The Auxiliary will also provide Other entertainment, such as trips, golf, and bridge for the women during the ti?e the convention is having sessions at the courthouse. Mrs. Howard Stamey of States ville is visiting her sister, Mrs. Mark Ferguson, and Mr, Fergu son of Fines Creek. READING ROOM PLAQUE was dedicated along: with the new $50,000 Canton Library this morning. Shown here, left to right: C. A. Stone. Library board chairman. Mrs. llelder, in whose honor the reading room was named, and Governor L'mstead. This pic ture was made this morning on the front of the new Library. ? (Other pictures, Pages 6 and 8) (Mountaineer Photo). Robert McLean Dies At 63 After Illness Funeral services were held yes terday afternoon in the chapel of tiic Garrett Funeral Home for Rob ert L. McLean. 63, who died Fri daj afternoon following a long ill ness. The Rev. Earl H. Brendall. pas tor of the First Methodist Church, officiated and interment was in Green Hill Cemetery Pallbearers were M. T. Bridges. Cnarles Miller, Robert Winchester. W. Curtis Russ. Cordell Chambers and Furman Stinnett. McLean was a native of Haywood county, the son of the late James aid Flora McLean. He was a mem ber of the First Methodist Church and had been employed by the Waynesville Mountaineer as a printer for about forty years. Surviving are a niece. Mrs. Paul Simpson of Arlington. Va.: and an uncle, Bob Proffit of Asheville; and several cousins. Methodist Women Pledged $186,300 For Their Work Methodist women of Western North Carolina have pledged $186. 300 in support of their "all pur pose" program of Christian service during the now fiscal year. The sum is a $10,000 increase over last year, according to Miss Una Edwards of ClifTsidc, treasurer of the Woman's Society of Chris tian Service, Western North Caro lina Conference. The group con cluded its three-day annual meet ing Friday at Lake Junaluska. The money is used to aid the Woman's Division of the Metho dist Board of Missions in its world wide program and for WNC pro jects in the field of education, soc ial work among children, youth and adults, and in the rural parish. In other business, delegates lect ed six new conference officers and re-elected four others. The Waynesville delegation was led by Miss Laura Jones, district WSCS president. 6-Point Charter Covering Racial Policies Set-UP Two organizations of Methodist women of Western North Carolina adopted a six-point "charter of ra cial policies" at thcta annual meet ings last week at the Lake Juna luska Assembly. ' The groups are the Woman's So ciety of Christian Service, and its affiliate for employed women, the Wesleyan Service Guild. They mut June 16-20. The charter was first adopted by the groups' national organization^? the Woman's Division of the Meth odist Board of Missions?and is be ing presented for study and region al action in Methodism's 102 an nual conferences in the U. S. The fifth article of the charter reads; "We believe that the Wo man's Division as an agency of the Methodist Church must build In every area it may touch a fellow ship and social order without ra cial barriers." On June 1 more than half of the eonfcrence organizations, including several southern states, had ratified the charter. The five other articles read as follows: "We believe that God is the Father of all races and we are His children in one family. "We believe that the personality of every human being is sacred. "We belitve that opportunities for fellowship and service, for per sonal growth, and for freedom in every aspect of life are inherent rights of every Individual. "We believe that the visible church of Jesus Christ must dem onstrate these principles within its own organization and program. "We believe that progress may be advanced by declaring emphat ically those policies on which the Woman's Division is determined to move in order to come nearer the ideal." I Recognition Comes To A Good Samaritan j Mountaineer Tops Flatlanders In Sea Fishing There's no doubt that Mrs. Doyle D. Alley, secretary of the Park Commission knows her mountains. But when she jour neyed to Morehead City on Caro lina's Atlantic Coast to attend a meeting last week, she was probably considered a "tender foot" by the native flatlanders. However, that was before Mrs. Alley hauled in a 36-inch "king" | mackerel, largest such fish caught in the area this year. I She made Her catch last Tues- ' day while fishing from the boat, i "Little Sister," captained by | Percy Howland. Mrs. Alley and other members of the North Carolina Park, Parkway, and Forests Develop ment Commission - - - Mr. Kelly Bennet of Bryson City, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Presley of Ashe ville, W. R. Winkler of Boone, and Forest Supervisor Don J. Morriss of Asheville made a rec ord catch for the year of 102 j Spanish mackerel. ? I * 1 ^ ? Haywood 4-H Members Open Camp Session Approximately 12 6 Haywood County 4-H Club members are ex pected to participate in 4-H activi ties .this week at Camp Schaub along with 50 4-H clubbers from Avery County. Cecil Wells, assistant county ageht in charge of boy's 4-H work, said that 47 boys and 59 girls have i registered for the camp, which j opens this afternoon at Camp i Schaub on the test farm grounds arid continues through Saturday. The camp, managed by Eric De Groat and utilized by 4-H clubbers j throughout the state, offers morn ing assemblies, flag raising and lowering, camp inspection, organiz ed afternoon and evening recrea- ) tlon, stunt and talent program, vesper services, and an annual ban ouct. Classes also are taught in swim- j ming. recreation, electricity, crafts > and conservation. 2 Haywood Boys loin Expedition Two, Haywood County boys ? Stephen Woody of Waynesvillc and Eddie Wells of Bethel?are parti cipating in the National Appalach ian Trail log expedition, being con ducted this week for Explorer Scouts. ' The Scouts will hike along a 31 niile stretch of trail from Unicoi Gap, Ga. to the Deep Gap camp grounds. The group was due to leave Sylva Monday and return there Friday. The log books are transferred from one Explorer Scout to anoth er in order to record tho condition of the entire Appalachian Trail, which stretches for 2,000 miles from Maine to Georgia. By Alice Marting 'See picture page 8. section 2' High in the western Carolina mountains a jeep stands before a wooden church surrounded by a cluster of small buildings. At the wheel sits a young-looking woman, her face framed by the familiar; bonnet of the Salvation Army. This is Major Cecif Broh. of Max Patch Mission. Good Samaritan to the people of remote mountain regions. Not only the folk in secluded ares know her but recognition for her long years of Christian life and service comes from her co workers everywhere and from all those concerned with social bet terment and with brotherhood. In the first week of June this! tribute took definite form in a cere mony held at Atlanta. Ga. Major Brown was presented with a medal for 25 years of service by Commis sioner William J. Dray, Command er of a territory including 13 southern states. The recognition ceremony took place at the Salvation Army Train ing College where 25 years ago * Major Brown was commissioned. '< Sixteen of her original class of 45 are still in the work and were also ! presented with medals. On the same occasion, the veteran work-! ers watched the commissioning of this year s class of cadets. As she watched. Major Brown must have remembered her own beginnings: For a year after being commissioned she'remained at the Training College as a statr mem ber She then went to Reidsville to open up Salvation Army work. The pioneering job launched there. Major Brown carried the torch to the communities of Statesville and later Salisbury before sellling at Max Patch U) build a mission which, for the past 20 years, has made life better for Haywood' County. for three of those years she was the only Army worker in the area, and only the folk in the mountain cabins know the full story of her lonely trips into their lives, some times on horseback, often on foot. Typical of the stories about her work is the one of a "three-day walk ! she made alone to carry supplies and teach one class in a remote mountain settlement. Two of the three days were required for going and coming. Five young women now assist Major Brown, and the original church building has grown to in (See Good Samaritan?Page 8) Mid-Week Dances Start Wednesday Boncy Franklin will strike up the siting music at 9 p.m. Wednesday o t the courthouse parking lot as the Waynesville Jaycecs resume their mid-week summer square dances, to continue through Labor Day. Dancing each Wednesday will be from 9 p.m. until midnight. No charge will be made for spectators, but dancers will pay 25 cents per aance per couple, In charge of the dances will be Jaycees Elmer Hendrix and Willis Beck, co-chairmen. They will be assisted by Tommy Green. Lester Burgin, Bill Burgin and Jim Mil ner. New Gulf Oil Distributor Opens At Lake A new wholesale distributing plant for high quality petroleum products has just been established at Lake .lunaluska under the firm name. Enloe and Heed. The part nership will be the exclusive dis tributors of Gulf Oil Company pro ducts. The plant is located along the railroad tracks near the Biltmore Dairy at the site of the former Hardy Liner Coal Yard. It includes a warehouse and office 40 by 60 feet and four 15.000 gallon tanks. The firm will be run by S. W_ and VV. R. Enloe, of Sylva, and Roy H. Heed. Reed pland t^> move from Sylva to Waynesville. Enloe has been the distributor for Gulf pro ducts in Haywood County but work ed out of the plant in Sylva. They will have three full-time employees here. Enloe and Reed will wholesale Gulf tires, batteries and accesso ries. specialty products, and home heating oils. 4 Minor Traffic Mishaps Reported During Weekend Four minor accidents were re ported hv the State Highway Patrol during the weekend. Persons in volved escaped serious injury in each ease. The most recent mishap occurred at 9:15 today when Mrs. Charles K. Sorrells of Route 3. Candler, djiving a 1951 Chevrolet, ran off a low shoulder on U. S. 23 near Lake Junaluska and lost control of her vehicle, which overturned on its top. Hiding with her was Alvina Phil lips. a sister, who suffered only a leg scratch. Mrs. Sorrells escaped injury, but suffered shock. Both were taken to the Haywood County Hospital, but later went to the office of Dr. Roy Moore in Canton for treatment. Damage to the wrecked car was climated at $400 by State Patrol man Harold Dayton, who investi gated the accident. Two" mishaps were reported by Patrolman W. R. Wooten. One took place near midnight on Saturday when Mrs. Ruth McElroy Haynes of Clyde, driving a 1947 pickup truck, < See Four Accidents?Page 8) Umstead Dedicates Library At Canton (Other pictures, Pages 6 and 8> I In impressive ceremonies this morning, the new $50,000 Canton Libraj-y was dedicated, with Gov ernor William B Umstead, princi pal speaker at the 42-minute pro gram. A large crowd stood on the li brary lawn and heard Gov. Um stead point out that "it is such buildings and projects as this that provide means for straight think ing and right living." "The mere building will not ful fill the purpose?it will take the I continued spirit and faith like the people of Canton have shown for 1 many years. This library, like all olhcrs throughout the state and na tion. provides truth and inspira tion." The climax of the program was the unveiling of a plaque which designated a reading room in the new building as the Ada Clark Holder Room?in grateful recog nition of the many years of de voted effort given by ber towards th" establishment of a library in this community. Mrs. Holder has served on the Library board since the pr.oject began in 1937. It is sponsored by the Woman's Club. Tributes were paid to Reuben 11. Robertson. Sr.. by the governor. He was referred to as an indus trial statesman. . . iiuuKi's presiaetL and Rev. W. Harold Groce ga\T the invocation, and prayed that the Library would always be a source of truth, inspiration, information, end devoted to the good of man kind. [ Reuben B. Robertson, Jr., presi- 1 dent of Champion Foundation, Inc.. ' donor of the major part of the building, said that the goafs*of the Foundation were to aid in the de- . velopment of cultural and health ( ; projects in the area. He told the | ! large crowd that the fund would provide for a bigger program, es pecially in scholarships?especially | the technical fields kindred to the 'continued research for Champion, j "The Library is the first major undertaking of the Foundation in j the cultural field," he said. C. A. Stone, chairman of the Library Board, in accepting the building from the Foundation, said . it would remain a landrAark in the community, and would serve better throughout the years. H. A. Helder. vice president and j division manager of the Carolina : Division of Champion, expressed j appreciation for the keen interest shown in this area by Reuben B. | Robertson. Sr.. and his son. "Their , contribution of this lot and build ing enables this community to rea i Mze a dream come true." Mr. Robertson, in introducing ! Governor Umstead. pointed out1 , that 'he felt "Governor Umstead is the finest governor of this state in | my memory." "In this day and time, when changes are so rapid, and there is I a certain amount of confusion, we need inspiration from such things as this library will atford." Governor Umstead paid glowing tribute to the Robertsons, and B'andon Hodges, He traced the growth of the Canton Library since 1937, and termed a library as a great institution. "Libraries are a | vital part of any educational sys tem," he said, "and this project here means much to the town of (See Umstead?Page 8> To Attend ALA Meeting Miss Margaret Johnston. Hay wood County librarian, left last week by plane for Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., where she will at tend the 10-day meeting of the j American Library Association. GOVERNOR I'mstead as he spoke at the Canton Library ded ication this morning;. (Mountaineer Photo). Boy Scout Camp Opens 12th Year Boy Scout Camp Daniel Bmw** - on the east form of Pigeon River opened today for its 12th summer session with 130 Scouts in attend ance from the Daniel Boone Coun cil area. Troops at the tamp now are from Brevard. Marshall, Burnsville, Spruce Pine, Asheville. Oakley, and Highlands. Members of the camp staff are R. M. Garner, director; O. C. Barker, business manager; Francis Pless. assistant camp director; Thomas Adams, waterfront direc tor; Craig Cooley and Albert Black well, assistant waterfront directors; Harvey Sigmon, scouteraft director; Charles Himes, mess officer; and Charlie Smith, mess assistant. Other leaders will be Wade Hatcher, quartermaster; Dick Vance, assistant quartermaster; Robert Dye, bugler; apd Walter Knight, Pete Schoonderoerd, Jackie Merrill, Jimmie Neill and Johnnie Cocke, senior patrol lead ers. Charlie Huff will be camp cook. Scout Field Executives Thomas S. Speed and Vernon L. McCurry of the council staff will spend part of each week at the camp. A new feature of the camp pro gram this year will be a series of Identification trips to study rocks and minerals. Members of the Southern Appalachian Mineral So ciety will organize the trips under the direction of W. M. Graham. Camp activities will include swimming, hiking, woodcraft, arch ery and water sports in the "camp navy" of 16 canoes and 4 rowboats. Six camp periods of one week each will be held during the sum mer. Tarpaulin Set Afire Waynesville firemen made a I run at 9:15 today to the Ashcvillo road near the Ratcliffe Cove inter section where a tarpaulin became ignited on a IVi-ton truck owned by the Haywood Co-op. The tarpaulin was set afire by the truck's exhaust pipe, firemen said. Damage was estimated at $25. Canton Lions Install Officers And Committees The Canton Lions Club will in stall new officers at a dinner meet ing Tuesday night. June 22, at 7 p.m. at the Ml. Valley Inn in Mag gie Valley. The new president. L. It. Cioodson, and other officers will be officially put Into office by Roy Taylor, of Black Mountain, Lion International Counccllor and past district governor. Dale Shull is outgoing president. Hill Brooks was re-elected secre tary-treasurer and Carter Rhine hart, Jr.. has been made new edi tor of the semi-monthly bulletin SIMBA SPEAKS. First, second and third vice presi dents, in that order, are C. A. Smith, Ernest Moascr and H. Cabe. L A. Coman. Jr., Is Tail Twister, to be assisted by Ouy Roberts. I The incoming president has al ready appointed 1954-55 commit tees, as follows: Attendance: W. K. Hudson, chair man; Sidney Trusedale, Dr. V, H. Duckett, W. M. Allen. Program: L. A. Coman. Jr., chair man; Walter Clark, Brainard Bur rcss, Nick Posey, Lions Education: W. L. Hickard. Chairman; Tom Reeves, Dr. H. A. Matthews. Boys and Girls Work: Boyd Allen, chairman; Turner Cathey, I Wesley Holtzclaw. Jack Cabe. Band: Walter Holton. chairman; George Butt", Allen Angell. Education: Pat Greeley, chair man; Fred Ferguson. Walter Dixon. Wildlife: Morris Brooks, chalr (Sre Canton Lions?Page Si " *r Highway Record For 1954 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed.;:: o Injured.... 15 (Thto InforuuUoB t?m piled from Keeerde ?' State Hlfhway Petrol.) *? J