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****??? nr* * I MW. ;;^p| |H |H| More People Than fTf! *W"w- y T/mIT;: iHE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER Published Twic6-A-Wpplf Tn T'Vi^ p . - TT JL W about bow little you know ^TyKAK NO. 6. la PAG5T Associated Pre,, """ y e, o a^oocICoun.,.^n. Eastern Entrance, The Ore., Smoky National Park NES\ ILLh, N. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 29, 1954 77^71 ? * " Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties 1)0-Acre Soco Gap Development Under Way Business Area Also Is Planned A new 800-acre summer residence area ? at an average elevation of more than 4.000 feet?is now be ing developed on Soco Gap by the Davey Tree Expert Company of Kent, Ohio. When fully developed, the moun tain-top area will provide summer dwellings for approximately 1,000 people. In addition to 263 private residences planned, a number of business buildings are also to be constructed?including a motel, service station, craft shop and res taurant. Hugh Birkner, vice president of the Ohio firm, told The Mountain eer by long-distance telephone Tuesday that surveyors Will start staking off building sites in the near future. Construction of busi ness buildings will get under way either this fall or in the spring, he added. Residential sites, Mr. Birkner ex plained, will average from approxi mately three-quarters of an acre to 15 acres?many at elevations from 4.200 to 4,400 feet. These parcels will be sold both in Ohio and by agents in Western North Carolina. Homes built on this land will have "exquisite views of the Smoky Mountains," he asserted. Work on the Davey property on Soco Gap has been going on for about a year, Mr. Birkner said . including grading on the ground where the business buildings are to I be constructed and the laying out of an access road. Additional miles of roads will connect residences when the area Is completed J. R. Morgan of Waynesville. at torney fbr the Davey Company, dis closed that the business building portion of the development will have a frontage of about 630 feet along the south side of the high way, approximately 1.000 feet west of Soco Gap. The land is bounded on the east by the Blue Ridge Parkway and on the west by the Qualla Indian Reservation. Mr. Morgan explained that the land was purchased by James G. D.yvey in the early 1920's. Later when the Parkway was built, some 1.400 acres were taken over by the National Park Service by right of eminent domain, the attorney ad ded. A strip of land on the north side of the highway has been conveyed by the Davey firm to the Ferguson and Deitz Company of Sylva. Architect for the Davey interests is R. A. Wilhelm of Gatlinburg. Other Business Buildings Planned By Sylva Firm Harry Ferguson of the Ferguson and Dictz Company of Sylva told The Mountaineer this morning that his firm's plans for developing a strip of land on the north side ot the highway just west of Soto Gap have not been completed, but disclosed that a 20 to 25-unit motet; service station, and craft shop prols ahly will be constructed on the property. Building is expected to start next spring, he added. Some grad ing has already been done on the land there. The property is bounded by the Oualla Indian Reservation and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Dewey McRay has returned home after spending a week in El Paso, Texas, with Cprporal and ' Mrs. Hugh B. Hall, Jr. He also visited various places of interest in Mexico and New Mexico. - Highway Record For 1954 In Haywood (TO DATB) Killed .... 1 Injured.... 19 Lisfdj ^ ^ W X * ^ ^ %>st Offices Show Big Gains Over Last Year Knesville Business Up Hazel wood 16 Pet. at the Waynesville for the first six months showed an increase of Hent over the first six I last year, according to ' from Postmaster Enos m tary gain is $2,092.82. R^^Kt six months in 1954 I gross business of $34, ^^^?compared with $32,178. first six months of 1953. ^^^?ter Boyd said the in due to a general in [^^^K>usiness. and that every ^^?t reflected a proportion for the first half of -^^^Htmaster also pointed out ^^^?trs were mailing more season than last: "This ^?or a larger sale of two- j K)s. and reflects in out- , volume," he said. ^fe54 visitor is writing using more two-cent far than last year," he a^^^Kiness done by the post considered one of the t biBiess barometers in the The Hazelwood post ofTiee shows a gain of 16 per cent in business for the first six months of this year over the same period of last year, according to a report this morn ing of Postmaster Thurman Smith. The Hazelwood office, a first class office, had a net gain of $4. 629.81 for the six month period over 1953. The total receipts for January to June of this year amounted to $34,219.49, as com pared with $29,589.68 for the same months last year. The gain was general in every department, the postmaster point ed out. The total money orders issued the first six months of this year were about $14,000 above the same period of 1953. the report shows. This year money orders totaled $100,290.90. while last year's first six months amounted to $86,173.90. Indications are that this gain in gross business at the Hazelwood ofTice is greater than any in West ern North Carolina. hrjee Accidents Reported; Jar Overturns Atop Soco Three accidents have been in vestigated by the State Highway Patrol in the last two days. None | resulted in serious injuries. One collision on U. S. 10 near the Gale Haven Motor Court at 4:50 p. m. Wednesday involved a 1954 Chevrolet driven by Howard Allen Peters, Jr., of Mechanics burg, 111., and a 1954 Ford station wagon driven by Mrs. Hazel Kuth Linton of Route 2, Abernathy, Texas. State Patrolman Harold Dayton reported that the accident occur red when Mrs. Linton's vehicle struck the rear of the Peters car as the latter slowed down in a line of traffic. Damage to the Chevrolet was estimated at $75. and to the Ford at $150. At 6 p.m. yesterday, Gerald Jackson Stepp of Route 2, Canton, driving two miles north of the Salvation Army Mission at Max Patch, lost control of his 1941 Buick, which ran off the pave ment and struck several large sap lings. Damage was estimated at $150. The investigation of this acei- j dent is being continued by Patrol- 1 man Dayton and Sheriff Fred Y. i Campbell. An Asheville man, Clarence Newell Gilbert 45. escaped serious (See 3 Wrecks?Page 6) Work To Start Next Week On Clyde Whiteway Construction of a "whiteway" system on the new four-lane high way at Clyde will start next week, it was reported today by commit teemen of the town's "Finer Caro lina" organization. The lighting system will be made up of 14 lights stretching through the town along the new roadway. Equipment and materials are be ing contributed by the Carolina Power and Light Co., sponsors of the "Finer Carolina" program. The lights will be mounted on poles al ready being used to support elec trical wires. "Islands" in the new highway at Clyde were completed this week iers Warned tch Signs zelwood * driving in Hazel d do well to keep an signs designating the Police Roy Stephens irning today that those p the speed laws would elves in police court, ve worked out plans ing speeders, and we 10 enforce the laws and ors into court." rning. Chief Stephens tie only warning that iurd. t Board sifies 74 nty Men I issiflcations for 74 Hay-| ity men were announced by Selective Service at the courthouse. They A (available for induc a Belles James; Herman is; James Thomas Nel es Gorden Reagan; Don (e Fowler; Eddie Lee cuce Doyle Smith: Jim rd Denton; James A. William Eugene Main ?s K. Sanford; Michael Richard Radford Guy; 'bertson Taliaferro; Har ?herrill. ?C (inducted) ? Robert Medford; Shufford Gar si J. C. Smith; Roy Wil ord; David Bobby Revis; lart Grasty; William How ck; Ray Johnson; John lay; David Edwin Terrill; ryson. ?C (enlisted)?James Wil phill; David Weaver Mil ??ain Francis Crawford: Draft Board?Page 6) Jh. I jftther \ It, II, ?? - "~WM HOT ally lair and quite warm id Friday. >1 Wajmesville temperature piled by the State Test Max. Min. Pr. 85 59 .12 84 58 85 59 ? ? ? * *** **** * ? Plans Made For $100,000 Lake Youth Center Trustees To Discuss Final Plans ? Picture, Pa'- 1, sec. 2) Bv O. B. CANNING Major steps toward the realiza tion of a new $100,000 youth center at the l.ake .Junaluska Methodist Vssemblv will be taken this week end. climaxed by the annual ob servance of "Junaluska Sunday." 1 rustees of the assembly, sum nier program headquarters of the Methodist Church in nine south eastern states, are expected to dis cuss building plans at their semi annual meeting Friday and Satur day. The group will ai o map high lights of the 1955 and i95G pro grams. Edwin L. Jones. Charlotte, is president of the 45-member board. Other officers are Bishop Costen J. Harrell. Charlotte, vice president; Or Edgar H. Nease. Salem, secre tary. the Rev. J w. Fowler. Jr assembly superintendent and treas urer. and Dr. George E. Clary Sr program director. Bishop Harrell will preach at the ? See i outh Center?Page 6) Haywood EPH Group To Meet Hip IfajMood County Employ !.4 '^"Handicapped Com mittee will mPct nox( Thuraday at 4 p.m. in the Park Commission oiiice. according to Mrs. Doyle D. Alley, chairman. The meeting is open to all per sons interested in aiding the handi capped, Mrs. Alley said. ^ he committee is currently spon soring a women's handbag manu facturing project in a shop on t hurch St.. where mountain hand looms are utilized. Dan Wilbanks Died Today In Tampa, Fla. Word has been received here of the unexpected death of Dan Wil banks in a Tampa. Fla., hospital this morning at 4 o'clock. Mr. Wil banks was the brother of Dr. J. D. ; Wi'banks, who has a summer home j here. It is expected that funeral serv ices will be held in Alexandria Ala. Dr Wilbanks was 1? Tampa at he time of his brother's death. W M. Cobb, a nephew, of Waynes si he, will go to Alabama for tne service. ??? ? , Bicycles Without Lights Not To Be Used After Dark l nless your bicycle is equip ped with a headlight and a re flcctor on the bark, you had better stay off the streets of Hazel Wood at nl-rht. This stern i warning came from Chief of Police Roy Stephens, who point I ed out he was taking cyclists in to court, and indicting the par ents of children. l ines of $10 and cost can be imposed under the ordinance. Chief Stephens said. "I am afraid some child will get hurt or killed while riding a bicycle at night without prop er lights." the ehief commented. SWITCH THROWN to turn on the lights along the highway at Maggie was done as a large crowd looked on Wednesday after noon. Left to right: A. C. Sutton, industrial power sales engineer of Carolina Power and Light Company, Claude Medford, member I - r?I M ' of the committee, J. C. Ma. iliant. th<-? cine switch, v hair man. Ko? Wright, manager of the Hazelwood office of the power firm, Carl Henry, also a member of the committee, and J. Rex Brown, of Carolina I'ower, commercial sales. (Mountaineer Photo). Cataloochee Beef Shoot Set August 4 | A "shootin' match" where the guns are considerably older than the marksmen is set for Wednes day. August 4. at the 16th annual I Cataloochee Beef hoot. Ancient muzzleloading rifles are being oil ed with respectful hands in pre paration for the event at Mile High Cataloochee Ranch perched on Fie Top Mountain in the heart of the Great Smokies. And somewhere a handsome steer is being fattened ? he is the "beef" which becomes the prize for the marksmen. Although the contest gets under way about 9 a.m. and lasts until about 3:30 p.m., spectators and contestants begin arriving as soon as the road is light enough to travel. Both enjoy the fiddlin' and banjo-piekin' heard between rounds, the picnic lunches, and the elaborate preparations for the meet. Lead must be melted, bul lets poured and powder charges carefully measured (sometimes in a hollow bear's toothh Cataloochee Ranch is reached by a three-mile gravel road connect ing with US 19 between Waynes ville and Soco Gap. i Katcliffc Cove Pullet Sporting Three Legs In the modern tradition of car rying a "spare", a pullet on the Tom Robinson farm in Ratcliffc Cove sports three legs, according to its owner. The fowl, a two-week old White Rock, "is doing as well as the others.4' Mr. Robinson asserts. _ ' Pool At Lake Proving To Be Popular Recreation More than 8,000 swimmers have ooolcd-off in the new pool at Lake Junaluska. a report from there to day showed. The pool opened June 12. and since then has been heav ily patronized, ome days the 100 by 125 foot pool, is almost filled ' to capacity. A huge pump keeps the water ' circulating and through the clori- ( natinf machine, while two niixil- i iary pumps are used for changing the water, at the rate of 1,000 gal lons ppr minute. The water In the pool is cheeked daily, and engineers of the State Board of Health here Tuesday were gratified at the consistent re ports which the pool has acquir ed. The pool is 11 feet deep at the diving end. The pool is operated every day except Sunday. \ Patrons Like New Post Office Hours Postmaster Enos Boyd said that a number of patrons had ex pressed interest and appreciation for keeping the post office lobby open 24 hours daily. The new hours went into ef fect Monday night, and observa tions show that a number of pa- i trons use the facilities at all hours. The lobby has been being closed around ten o'clock. Mrs. Norris Dies Following Brief Illness i Mrs. Thomas Crayton Norris. 56, owner and operator of The Maples. ? died Wednesday morning in an ] Arden nursing home after a brief ; illness. , Mrs. Norris was the former Miss Irene Jones, daughter of the late John L. and Roberta Frances Jones 1 of Haywood county. She had been I operator of The Maples for twenty years and was a member of the Free Methodist Church here. Her husband died two years ago The funeral service will be held i in the Free Methodist Church. Fiji- ] day at 2 p.m. The Rev. Paul O. j Elder, Sr., and the Rev. Paul O i (See Mrs Norris?Page (i) i 'Mountain Top Gathering' Is Sunday At Max Patch i no imn annual singing and mountain top gathering of the Sal vation Army Mountain Mission near Max Patch will he held Sun day. it has been announced by Major Cecil Brown.-head of the mission. . The Rev. Pete Hicks oi Canton v ill be the guest speaker on a j program which will include a num ber of outstanding Western Caro lina and East Tennessee vocal groups. Among the singers will ber The Sleepy Valley Choir, An lioch Quartet. Southerland Sisters. Lawson Quartet. Shelton Family, Piney Grove Quartet, Coke County Singers. Hederiek Trio, Sexton Quartet, Dalton Sisters, Rowland Trio, Fairview Quartet. Other singers are invited to par ticipate on the program. All en [?rtainers on the program will be given a free chicken dinner. The event is open to the public. Those attending may bring a picnic lunch or buy "chicken-in-a-basket" illri other refreshments at conces sion stands on the grounds. Woodrow Rowland of Hazelwood a ill act as chairman of this year's ;athcring. Mrs. John Ashbaek and son, John Ashbaek. of Durang. Colo rado and Mrs. Leon Halls of Vlancos, Colorado, arc visiting Mr ind Mrs. Manson Mcdford and ither relatives in the county. The visitors are nieces of Mr. Medl'ord. Maggie Has Lights On Highway More (han a mile of Maggie Val ley is a bright spot at night, since the 16 street lights have been turn ed on. The formal throwing of the switch was made Wednesday after noon, when J. C. Marchant pulled a switch, as a member of the com mittee who worked up the project. There are 16 lights along the highway, and they will burn every night from dark to daylight. The 405-watt bulbs arc in a special scaled reflector, and hang ovei the highway. Citizens along the route raised the money to pay for the currcnh at the rate of over $500 per year. At the time the switch was thrown. Claude Medford, acting treasurer, handed a check for a year's power till to a representative of Carolina I'ower and Light Company. "We never saw such enthusiasm, and cooperation on any project as this one," said Marchant. "In fact, it was 99 per cent perfect." Boss Caldwell said today that tralTic slowed down upon getting into the lighted district, "It just seems to call for slower speed," Caldwell said. Carl Henry, also a member of the committee, said that citizens in the-upper end of the valley are interested in extending the light ing service there, and commented: Within a year I expect to see the entire valley lighted, from one end to the other." Mary Jo Battle of Andrews and Carol Jean Plott of Marietta, Ga. are visiting their grandmother, Mrs. G. C. Plott. Hazel wood Tax Rate To Remain Same, At $1.65 The Hazclwood tax rate will re main $1.6.5. according to the bud get adopted by town officials lot j the coming fiscal year. The total budget requirements as set out in the budget amount; to $46,789. with $21,760 being rais- ? ed by taxes, and $25,029 from | sources other than taxation. This year's budget shows Uiat 70 cents, the same as the last three years, goes for general fund, while * \ the street fund is set at 60 cents, which is 20 cents below that of last year. The debt service goes up 20 centN?from 15 to 35 rents, making the total tax rate the same as prior years. This year's general fund calls for $18,076, while $7,655 Is set aside for streets, and $15,313 for water, and $5,745 for debt service. Hazelwood has an estimated val uation of $1,537,000, and the bud get show* a poll tax Of $200. Haywood Baptists Purchase House For Home And Office An 8-room brick house and four acres of land on the Jones Cove Hoad has been purchased by the Haywood Baptist Association, as headquarters and a home for the associa(ional worker. Hev. Elmer Green, missionary for the association, will move in to the home on Monday, and will establish his office there. The property was bought from Taylor Sutton for $16,000. Authorization for the purchase of the home was made last August at the .Ui-ociatiuuaJ aoctiu^. Rev. T. ?. Krwin is chairman of the executive committee, who waa charged with securing a home for the Associations! Worker. The building committee who spent much time in looking over several pieces of property, was composed of Rev. W. N. Rcccc, Canton! David Franklin, Clyde; and Rev. | (Jay Chambers, Bethel. The trustees foi" /te property is 1 composed oi Frank Kirkpatrick, j Waynesvilk ; Glenn D. Brown, 1 el; tie am] W- .M. ULy. <
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