North Carolina Newspapers

Ml? ? The Waynesville Mountaineer ~tr??3^ Published TWA-Week ln The County Sm,, ?t Haywood County A. The Extern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountain. National Park " 9th YEAR NO..,I .8 PAGES Aeciated Pre WAYNESVILLE. N. C.. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. l.i.V, = - . ?.??9=~ O - $^-v?0 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties oard Sets ew County ix Rate i Haywood County Board of lissioners have formally ed the 1954-5 tax rate of ?an increase of 20 cents over ite of last year. ; complete details of the bud ire being 'published in this n, and show that the total t requirements for the year 1,592,959.77. Of this amount, '89.18 will be raised by taxes, the remainder <$991,170.59* other sources. * budget requirement, for the ent funds are as follows: Total By Taxes il $87,891 46 $56,613.45 I: tor 5,725 00 l Agent 15.533.00 e Agent 5,847.00 I Special 71.930.00 35.176.20 Department 44.825.00 al 382.000.00 57.352.05 Service ... 52.765 00 44.765 00 1 Outlay 34 200 00 26,811.57 15.745 00 9.539.00 e 35.000.00 17.731.00 ilty 2.355 98 - 162.000 00 1.417 00 ; 2fl5.20G.00 11.741 00 0. 48.000.00 6.551.00 s: ent 160.363.25 112.530 83 tal Outlay 39.000.00 37.500 00 Service 134.205.96 125.105.96 on Schools (if.255.12 38.935 12 _ 5.048.00 SU92.959.77 $601,789 18 - ' I I Arn Of Canton 11 Retain Its rrent Tax Rate ? tax rate for tlie Town of >n will not be changed for the fiscal year, but will remain 95. The information was re 1 following the close of busi on June 30th. i town closed the fiscal year an qjgrating surplus oi $77, ), the -best financial condi in its history, officials stated, cy announced plans for ex tures the coming year. ; bonded indebtedness was ?ed by $30,000, leaving an inding indebtedness of $217,- j rhis, it was explained will be off at $30,000 during the ; ending June 30, 1955; $33, tie following year, after which ent will drop to $19,000, and be reduced each succeeding until the entire amount has paid off This, it was pointed ivill result in a tax reduction s more bonds hre voted before | ?rovid?s $1.50 tax rate, plus layments are completed. The ! onded indebtedness, and the ! il tax for the Recreation Park. de Man Injured rall Into Well rdy Clark of Clyde suffered e cuts about the head and Wednesday, when he fell into ft. well. was treated at the office of H. Duckett. and then admit o the Haywood County Hos for X-Ra.v and further treat- j irk is believed to have been ome by gas while working ell half way down the 30-foot \CK FROM NEW YORK re Feldman of Reliable Jewel eturned Tuesday from a trip iw York. 1 BOYCE E. IVOOTEN. Elizabeth ton, Tenn., Grand Master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters in Tennessee will address at the Masonic Marker on Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock. KEV. DORSEY II. RUTTFR. Da.vtona Beach. Fla., General Grand Chaplain of the General Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters in the United States of America will speak at the Waynesville Armory Sunday evening at 8. CHARLES A. KEITH, Richmond. Ky. Past Grand Master of Masons in Kentucky and Past Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Royal Arch Ma sons in Kentucky, will be the picnic speaker at the Piedmont Hotel on Tuesday evening at 8. % , Masons To Begin Annual Summer Assembly Sunday Sheptowitch, Clayton Get Kiwanis Posts Hye Sheptowitch. former vice president of the Waynesville Ki wanis Club, has been elevated to the presidency of the organization to replace Charles Underwood, who lias resigned because of business obligations. Mr. Underwood told the sub's board of directors that because of the recent expansion of his wood working plant near Lake Junaluska and the extended illness of his, foreman, he has gotten far behind on orders and now finds it neces- ; sar.v to devote "long hours" to his business. He will remain a mem ber of the club. In a board meeting last week, the directors accepted his resignation with "extreme regret" and express ed their appreciation of his ser vices to Kiwanis during the first half of 1954. A. D. Harrison replaces Mr. Sheptowitch as vice president. The directors also elected Henry' Clayton as club secretary to re-1 place the Rev. Don Payne, who' resigned because of the press of liis ministerial duties at Long'.? Chapel Methodist Church at Lake I Junaluska. He also will continue as a member of the Kiwanis Club. Named as a new director was Oral L. Yates. Johnny Phillips Takes State Board Examination Johnny E. Phillips, who was grad uated June 25 Irom the Dallas In stitute of Mortuary Science, Dal-1 las, Texas, took the examinations of the state board of Embaimers and Funeral Directors in Raleigh this week. Phillips has been associated with the Garrett Funeral Home for the past three years with the exception of the year he spent studying in j Dallas. He has reurned to the Funeral Home. * ?osters' Annual Fourth \ July Program Success e than 25,000 tickets for were sold by the Hazel wood ?rs Club in their annual i of July program, it was d from Dr. Frank Hammett, i 1i I rhe . V Hither ( CLOUDY lly Cloudy and sultry Willi ?ed afternoon tlumdt'i showers Friday fair and mild, rial lVaynesvine lemporature orttd by the State Test Farm: B 1* Max. Mtn. Free. 1*?- 89 59 06 1 ? 83 57 ? 88 52 25 ? < ^ general chairman. The club sponsored the rides for one week prior to the Fourth of July, in addition to the donkey baseball game Monday night. The club's share of the funds amounted to about $1,100. which will be used by the club In their work with Scouts, Little League baseball games, and the WTHS Fend. Dr. Hammett said the entire pro gram was highly successful. The Kxplorcr Boy Scouts sold ice cream, cigarettes and candy, and made a "nice sum" for the treasury, he reported, while the Ha/clwood in dustrial baseball team had the eat ing concession, and did a "land ' office business." "We are highly pleased in every detail," the chairman said. "The Boosters, and the two other orga nizations which had stands on the grounds, also seemed highly pleas ed with the results of the annual event " Masons from several states will begin registration here Sunday morning at ten. at the Armory, for their annual three-day Summer Assembly. W. A. Abel, general chairman, sajd that registration would be un til six o'clock, and a special Ma sonic service, also at the Armory, to be held at eight. The service will be conducted by Rev. Dorscy H. Rutter. general grand chaplain of the General Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters in the United States, of Daytona Beach. A social hour, with refreshments Ik ing served by members of the Eastern Star will be held immedi ately following the service. W A. Coble, Companion, will be in charge of the program. Monday morning, at nine, at the Armory, will see the opening of the Grand Council. Visitors and guests will be introduced. William Chambers. Jr., Illustri ous Companion, will be host at the Piedmont for all committees and workers. At three o'clock the Assembly will go to the Masonic Marker at black Camp Gap. for the annual session there. The speaker will be Most Illustrious Companion Boyce F. Wooten, Grand Master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters in Tennessee. Mr. Wooten is from Elizabethton. That evening, a meeting will be held in the Armory of the Super Excellent Masters Degree by a team from the Hiram Council, No. 116. Chattanooga. The second morning session of the Assembly will also begin at 9 in the Armory, and continue until the program is completed. Tuesday afternoon, the Assembly will go to the Piedmont Hotel for the annual picnic supper. Chair man Abel announced. Beginning at seven, a varied pro gram of entertainment will be giv en. and at eight o'clock, an address will be made by Most Worshipful Charles A. Keith, Past Grand Mas ter of Masons of Kentucky. Mr, Keith is from Richmond, Ky. Reservations are being made here through C. B. Hosaflook, the secretary of Waynesville Nfiasons, and Grand Master of the State. (Other details of the Assembly will be found on page one of the third section of today's issue. ? Miss Rufina Bright Is In Local Hospital Miss Rufina Bright is a patient at the Haywood County Hospital where she is reported to be getting along nicely. CDP Summer Recreation Program Set i * ?? I Preliminary plans for the CDP's ! summer recreation program were ! I discussed at a meeting of the rec-; reation commission and commun ity chairman at the courthouse Tuesday night. It was decided then to sponsor a program similar to those con-1 ducted in past years. Once again the major feature of the program will be the com- i ! munity tours. Farms will be visit- j j ed from about 9 a.m. until noon. \ followed by a picnic lunch and then 1 by various athletic activities. On the sports and games list arc: ' Softball, horseshoe pitching, soft ball throw, pie-eating contest, bubblegum-blowfng contest, group singing, and guessing games. One activity which wilt be omit i ted this year'is target shooting., j CDP officials voted against it as being too time consuming and hav- 1 [ ing some element of danger. I A schedule of community tours i j is now being prepared by Bob Tip pett. assistant county agent, in charge of CDP work. It will be announced later. Program Set For Visit Of Bay Staters When 40 members of the 4-H Club and their leaders irom Berk shire County, Massachusetts come here in August for a 10-day visit, j they will be treated to some of the outstanding attractions in Western North Carolina ? including the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Oconaluftee Indian Village, Cherokee drama, "Unto These Hills," Biltmore House, Mt. Mit chell, Champion Paper and Fibie plant at Canton, Lake Junaluska. Camp Hope, and Camp Schaub, Final plans for entertaining the ! Bay Staters here were made Wed nesday night at a meeting of the Haywood County 4-H Club at the courthouse. The Massachusetts 4-H'ers will be here from August 4th through 11th. The program planned for their group is: August 4?Meet visitors at Hay wood-Buncombe county line. Wei- j come at courthouse by Edwin Bry-j son. president of the 4-H County | Council and C. C. Francis, chair man of county commissioners. i August 5 ? Tour of Haywood County, with lunch to be served by women of some Home Demons- j tration Club. August 6?Trip to Cherokee, the 1 Great Smoky Mountains National Park, lunch on Clingman's Dome, visit 1o Oconaluftee Indian Village and the Cherokee drama, "Unto These Hills." August 7 ? Swimming in after noon at Camp Schaub. party in the evening given by the Haywood County Exchange Club. August 8 ? Church in morning, picnic supper and vespers at Camp Hope in the evening for all 4-H Club members and their families. August 9?Trip to Mt. Mitchell and Biltmore House. August 10 ? Tour of Champion (See 4-H?Page 6) Singing Is Planned At Woodland Church A singing will be held at the Woodland Baptist Church near Medford Farm, Tuesday evening. July 13. according to an announce ment by the pastor of the church, the- Rev. G. W. Jameson. The program, which will feature 1 a number of local singing groups, j will begin at 7:30 o'clock. Crawford Sanford will serve as master of ceremonies. Logging Accident Injuries Fatal To Iron Duff Youth I Carroll Elbert Gaddis, 22, of : Iron DufT. died at 10 a.m. today in Memorial Mission Hospital. Ashe | ville, of a fractured skull and oth er injuries suffered at 1:30 p.m. ' Wednesday in a logging accident j on the Pigeon Koad. I Full details of the accident have: not been obtained, but it was re ported that Gaddis was alone when a tree fell on him. ? A lifelong native .of llavwood County. Mr. Gaddis is survived by: ' his wife. Undine Wyatt Gaddis; a i daughter, Mary Ellen Gaddis; his j parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gad : dis of Iron Duff; five brothers, Cpl > I William Luke Gaddis, serving in I | Korea; Charles Deaver, Jamas Lew is, Tommy, and Robert, all at home; five sisters, Mrs. Erastus1 Grasty of Durham, Mrs. Lewis Han-; nah of Maggie, Mrs. Peggy Inman of Inmon Duff, Barbara Jean and : Phyllis Ann. at home, and the ma | ternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Meadors. Fueral arrangements are incom plete. The body was taken to the Garrett Funeral Home. Lankford Loose Again; Prison Officer Resigns Jakr l.ankford of Canton is [ on the Iftose again and, as a re sult, the State Prisons Depart ment has lost one of its agents. It seems that .lake escaped from the Jarkson County prison ramp last Stpttmber, but ran afoul of the law again several weeks ago in Basin, Wyoming. Sent to pick up the slippery Tar Heel was Earl Bush, form er Chapel Hill policeman, wlio was serving as a fugitive officer. Things went along fine until the pair arrived at Pittsburgh where l.ankford slipped his handcuffs and took It on the lam. Humiliated at losing his prison er, Rush submitted his resigna tion to the prisons department. Lankford was sentenced to 25-30 years from Haywood , County in November, 1949, on a charge of robbing Lock wood Sharp of S12 at the home of Sharp's brother on the Hominy road. After taking the money from Sharp at the point of a pistol, Lankford stole his vie- i tim'a ear and drove into Canton, I where he was later arrested. Dr. Clark Improving At County Hospital Dr. C. N. Clark was reported (<>1 be improving at the Haywood County Hospital where he has been a patient since Sunday after noon. He is not yet allowed visit ors. Soil Service Field Agent Is Appointed Roy Beck, a native of Greens-, burg. Pa., will begin work with the Soil Conservation Service here the first of August as a work unit con-. M-rvationist. He will work with the county's thrce soil supervisors?Van Wells.; Herschcl Rogers and Julc Boyd His immediate supervisor will he Tom Bridges, area conservationist. Mr. Beck explained that his job will be to help Haywood countv farmers use their land properly and treat it properly. His work., he added, is chiefly in the field and is not educational. The dew agent, who was grad uated In forestry from Penn State College. Aral joined the Soil Con servation Service In Ashe County in 1941. After several months there, he entered the Navy and served for four years on the West Coast and in Brisbane. Australia. Following his discharge, Mr. Beck returned to Ashe County for one year, and then was transferred to Carteret County in August, 1947. He is married and has four chil dren. He is a member of the Pres byterian Church. The Beeks plan to make their home near the Country Club* Court Opens Here Monday; 425 Cases On Trial Docket I "? ' 1 " 111 -r COl'NTY WINNERS In the junior and senior divisions of the an nual 4-11 Dress Revue staged here yesterday, are Ann Cathey, Canton, on the left, winner of the Junior division, and Frances Emma Vates, of Crabtree-Iron Duff, winner of the senior division. Iloth girls will get an all-expense trip to Raleigh July 19-24. Other details and pictures on page 2. (Mountaineer Photo). Canton Radio Station To Go On Air Monday A.M. Radio Station WAV'IT in Canton. ( will go on the air at five o'clock j Monday morning, it was announced I today by B. M. Middleton, presi- j dent. The station will be of 1.000 , watts, and will be found on the dial at 970. At one o'clock Monday, an in- , formal program will be broadcast, with Reuben B. Robertson the principal speaker. Rev. I von L. Roberts will give the invocation. Several people front Haywood have been invited to attend the program. Middleton said the formal open house program would be held at a later date The equipment of the station has been tested, and is in all readiiness for the opening. There remains to be done some work on the 40 by 00 brick building, such as the final trimming, he explained. Middleton said the station rep resents an investment of about j $50,000. The station is located about a mile west of Canton on th? new highway. The tower is 250 feet high, and according to Middleton, tests show the station can be heard in Hendersonville. He operates the station in Hen dersonville, and will have a direct line between the two stations,!1 which will permit an interchange oi programs. The station will go on the air j every morning at five o'clock, and sign off at sunset. United Press news will be car ried Middleton has been in radio, (See Canton Radio?Page 21 County Hereford Breeders To Meet Officers and directors will bo elected and reorganization of their i group will be discussed at 8 p.m. { Monday at the courthouse at a meeting of the Haywood County Hereford Breeders Association. Also to be discussed are a Here ford tour this year, the Western j North Carolina Show and Sale, and other business matters. All purebred Hereford breeders i in the county are Invited to attend the meeting i State, County Officials To Pick Health Center Site Three representatives from the North Carolina Medical Commis sion from Raleigh will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday with the county commissioners and Hoard of Health to make the final selection of a site for the proposed county health center. Last week the commissioners and members of the Board of Health inspected three sites which will be jliown to the Medical Care officials for their recommendation. The building, which will cost ?00,000, must be built on one acre of ground to obtain state and fed eral approval. The county's por tion of the total cost will be about $18,000. Judge Johnson Oi Winston-Salem To Preside Over Term One of the heaviest criminal court dockets in many years?pos sibly the largest in history?425 cases?will confront the July term of Superior Court, which convenes here Monday with Judge Walter E. Johnson, Jr., of Winston-Salem presiding. On this heavy agenda are two murder cases?that of Holace Sut ton, charged with the death of Elsmer Ball, and Joe Parks, charg ed with the death of Woodrow Leatherwood. Leading the list of offenses charged is speeding?with driving drunk in second place. Involved in the cases are a total of $120 cash bonds. The opening part of court will be dedicated to the selection of nine new grand jurors and the hearing of uncontested divorce cases. Foreman of the grand jury will be Ernest Messer. The jury panel Includes: Chosen were: L. W. Singleton of East Fork, Olson Ledford of Beaverdam, Rob ert 11. Pace of Cecil. C. C. Medford of*Beaverdam. Cecil Z. Smathers, Beaverdam, James Moody of Jon athan Creek, Ernest M. Sutton of Hazelwood. Crawford Jenkins of lonathan Creek, Jerry M. Crawford of Hazelwood, Frank Inman of Roue 2, Clyde: A. R. Leatherwood of Route 1, Clyde; Vincent Gibson of Hazelwood, Arthur Kcylon of Beaverdam, L. E. Evans of Pigeon, Roy Hightower of Waynesville, George S. Coleman of Beaverdam, J. E. Payne of Beaverdam, George Rogers of RoKo 1, Wavncsvdle; ? Benny J. Mdrrow of Route S. Waynesville; Hugh J. Frady of Pigeon, J. E. Slaughter oi Bt-aver (See Court?Page 6) Lightning Bolt Destroys Barn, Damages Home A loss of $4,000 was caused dur ing an electrical storm last week when a bolt of lightimng started a fire which damaged the resi dence and completely destroyed the barn of J. H. Allen on the Allen Farm road. In addition to the barn, two tons of hay and various farm tools and equipment were destroy ed. A bolt of lightning struck the electric line between the barn and ' the house, knocked out basement windows, splintered floor joists ] and did other damage. The tele ' phone was disrupted by the bolt, | making outside contact impossible. No contact could be made with the fire department and about all that could be done was to stand by and watch the barn and its con tents burn. There was no insur I ance on the barn, Mr. Allen said. The most severe part of the storm struck about 11:15 Saturday night, after a rain that began earlier. A number of homes suf fered damage to electric appli ances, causing much inconveni ence and considerable expense. Canton Boy Is County's First Traffic Victim Of '54 Monroe Sharp. 19. colored, of j Canton, died of brain injuries | Monday afternoon in Haywood County Hospital to become Hay r ood County's first traffic fatality if 1954 He was injured nearly a week prior to his death while racing a 1949 Ford on Route 276 late last Monday night. As he ncared the Intersection with the Test Farm oad, Sharp rounded a slight left [?urve and then swerved into a Iitch where his vehicle traveled 215 yards and then careened back jn the highway- where Sharp and i companion were thrown out on he pavement. Sharp's left arm was maiifeted ind had to be amputated at the lospltal. He also received brain tijurles that rendered him uncon clous until he died A companion. David Joseph An :lrew Davis, 16, also of Canton, who ivas riding in the middle of the front seat, suffered a broken leg In ,he accident. A third boy. Rayford Culltns of IVaynesvllle. riding on the right side, was not injured. Cpl. Pritehard Smith of the State riighway Patrol said that Sharp started racing with another car driven by George S. Love of Pigeon St. from the Wavnesviile town limits to Pigeon Gap where the two cars turned around and started back toward town. According to Cpi. Smith, a* (See Canton Boy?Page 6> Highway Record For 1954 In Haywood (TO DATS) Killed 1 Injured.... 16 (This Information ma piled from Records of Stats Highway Patrol.) ? "Hi 11 " "J