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ffPg ? WAYNESVILLE, N. C.. MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 2. l?s! T? rn . . , ?
$o a0 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
trvey Shows Tourist Business Ahead Of '53
Business For
August And
September
Looks Good
Tourist business in the Waynes
ville area for the months of June
and July show definite improve
ment over the same period last
year, a survey made by The Moun
taineer has disclosed.
Although business started off
slowly in June because of the un
seasonably cool weather, July's heat
brought a sharp upturn in tourist
travel and present indications are
that the increase will continue
through August and well imo Sep
tember.
L. E. DeVous, president of the
Haywood County Highlanders, esti
mated that area tourist operators
did 10 per cent more business in
July than during the same month
a year ago. Several also told him
that their June business, despite
the weather, was more favorable
than 1953's.
"Prospects for August and Sep
tember look good," Mr. DeVous
added.
Mrs. Doyle D. Alley, secretary
of Western North Carolina High
landers. Inc., a regional organiza
tion, said that inquiries concern
ing a vacation in the mountains
have far exceeded those of a year
ago.
She disclosed that 466 inquiries
were received in June?63 being
from New York. 47 from Ohio,
' 45 from North Carolina. 42 from
Illinois, and 41 from Florida. In
quiries for July have not been
completely tabulated, but Florida
is leading the list with 50; Ohio
is second with 47, and New York
third with 43. Letters and cards
also have been received from Eng
land. Germany, Saudi Arabia and
South Africa.
Mrs. Alley asserted that the
opening of county schools on Au
gust 23 will hurt the tourist busi
ness because of the large number
of students?and teachers as well
?employed in the tourist estab
lishments.
"Some of these people will have
to be replaced," she said, "but it
will be difficult to find people to
work for only one month."
Mrs. Alley said that reports
reaching her office from tourist
operators indicate that this season's
business has been good?with the
exception of June. The early
spring period also was better than
usual, she added.
Mrs. Lela Messer of the Way
ncsville-Hazelwood-Lake Junaluska
Chamber of Commerce explained
that the chamber office has three
employees for the first time this
summer, but that all three are
kept busy by the inflow of tourists.
The most frequently asked ques
tion, she said, is: "What is there
to do?" Other major inquiries con
(Sre Tourist Business?Page 5>
rs M K
flkke Board Approves Several Expansion Projects
Lambuth Inn
To Be Made
Much Larger
(See pictures Page 6)
Announcement of a $200,000 ad
dition of 40 to 56 rooms to Lanr
buth Inn and plans for a new resi
dential section at Lake Junaluska
highlighted the meeting Saturday
of the Methodist Assembly board
of trustees.
Edwin L. Jones of Charlotte, as
sembly president and chairman of
the 45-member board, said the ex
pansion is a part of the develop
ment program that has been in
progress for six years to enlarge
facilities and services of the as
sembly, summer program head
quarters of the Methodist Church
in nine southeastern states.
The Lambuth Inn addition will
include at least four conference
rooms as well as the 40 to 56 bed
1 rooms with private baths, Jones
said. The hotel now has 64 bed
rooms, a dormitory and several
meeting rooms.
"We hope to have the addition
ready by next summer, and cer
tainly not later than the 1956 sea
son when the two extra-large con
ferences will meet at the lake,"
Jones said.
The quadrennial conference of
the Methodist Church's South
eastern Jurisdiction is scheduled
to meet in June, 1956, at Lake'
Junaluska. and the ecumenical
conference of the World Methodist
Council in September of that year
The board also voted to study
needed improvements at the Ter
race Hotel and survey the possi
bility of expanding facilities.
In opening a wooded area for
residences between Highway 19
and the south shore of the lake,
the trustees voted to build a prin
1 cipal road and install water and
sewer lines for property owners
who wish to build year-round
homes or summer cottages.
(See Lake?Page 5)
Truck's Brakes
Fail, Driver
Turns Into Field
A Lumbcrton truck driver.
Lawrence Parker Britt, escaped
serious injury yesterday afternoon
when his brakes gave way com
ing down Soco Mountain towards
Maggie.
Unable to stop his oil tanker,
loaded with asphalt, Britt turned
off the highway and rolled 200
yards through a bean field owned
by R. H. Ketner before his ve
hicle came to a halt. It did not
overturn.
The trucker was not hurt and
his tractor-trailor was not damag
ed. Mr. Ketner estimated damage
to his bean field at $25.
State Patrolman Harold Dayton,
who investigated the accident, said 1
that Britt, driving in the moun-'
tains for the first time, may have (
started down the mountain in'the
incorrect gear.
Another accident reported by
the State Patrol involved a 1951
Ford driven by Oscar Charles Mc
Darris of Baltimore, Md., which
ran off the pavement on the Dell
wood road and struck a light pole
at 8:20 p.m. Sunday.
He was charged with reckless
driving and under the influence of
alcohol in the wreck which occur
red near the L. L. Moody farm
Both McDarris and his two com- i
panions ?? boys named Hawkins
and Moore ? all escaped injury
The latter two were thrown from
the car by the impact of the
crash. '
I IRE BALANCER?That is w hat this
did Friday night, as it rolled off a used
Depot Street, and ran wildly down the
icked over a sign, and then tried to go
hone pole via the guy wire. ^ slightly
dented fender was the" total damage. Police said
the owner, Coffey I sed Car Lot. said someone
had been tampering with th^ vehicle and caused
it to leave the lot. A wrecker pulled the car off
the slanted perch. (Mountaineer Photo).
KINTew England 4-H Club
mbers Coming Aug. 4th
I ^^^Hkees are coming! But
down your shootin' >
rv^^^H>;tw. because Ibis bunch ,
way with only peace-;
JI^^Hhern invasion will start
p.m. Wednesday when
of 4-H Clubs and their
Berkshire County,
are due to arrive at
^^^Bood-Buncombe County
they will be met by
Hf Haywood County 4-11
^Elub and escorted on to
S^^^^B>use in Waynesville.
Ml^^^B<nirthouse. they will be
Edwin Bryson. presi
Haywood County 4-H
C. Francis, chairman
lll^^^^Bnt.v commissioners, and
^^^^Mer, assistant state 4-H
pill^^^Br. The activities will be
ii^^^^Aver WHCC and refresh
es be provided by Kurt
here by the Bay Stat
s' a return visit for the
Hast summer by Haywood
>y^^^^Bf'ers to Massachusetts.
ia^^^Hsday, the entire day will
to a tour of the county
H outstanding 4-H pro
I l-H Club?Page 5>
Big-Game Area
To Be Established
Good news for hunters in
Haywood and surrounding coun
ties came last weekend when the
State Wildlife Resources Com
mission announced at Raleigh
that a new big-game conserva
tion area?to be railed the Har
mon Den Game Management
Area?is to be established in
the Northern portion of Hay
wood County. r-p
Deer will be brought from
other parts of the. state to be 1
bred in Harmon Den. By the
end of five years, it is expect
ed that the herd will be opened
to hunting.
(Further details of the story
are found on today's sports
page.)
Tennesse'e Woman Becomes
Second '54 Traffic Fatality
A young Tennessee woman.!
Frieda Jones, 28. of Newport, died
early Sunday morning when the
convertible in which she was rid
ing overturned on its top in the
Mt. Sterling section of the county.
' Her death was the second in the
county this year from traffic acci
dents. The first victim was Mon
j roe Sharp, colored, of Canton, who
succumbed from injuries suffer
ed in a wreck on Highway 276 in
the Francis Cove section.
Cpl. I'ritchard Smith of the
State Highway Patrol said that the
accident occurred about 1 a.m.,
but was not reported until 7 a.m.
The driver of the car. a 1954
Ford convertible, was identified
as Staff Sgt. W. J. Lewis, 24. of
Morristown, Tenn., an Air Force
recruiter.
Lewis said he had had three
beers Saturday night, but investi
gating officers theorized that he
passed out from drinking and fail
ed to summon aid for Miss Jones.
The sergeant has been charged
I wun mansiaugnter.
Drinking Beer
In Church Puts .
Man In Jail
A Miami man who went out to
I a rural Haywood County church
I "to be saved" ended up instead in
the county jliil Saturday afternoon.
Notified by a neighbor that the
' man, identified as E. E. Norwood,
had pulled up In the fl.arehyard
I in a trailer. Sheriff Fred Camp
bell investigated.
On his arrival, the sheriff found
Norwood engaged in activities not
normally conducive to being re
deemed?drinking beer in a Sun
day School room.
He was charged with drunken
ess. However, he was not alone at
the county jail because 33 men
were picked up for being drunk
during the weekend and up until
noon today. ?
Additional Seed
Funds Available
Additional funds -have been
made available under the 1954
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram for all farms requiring seed
for fall pasture or meadow, accord
ing to A. W. Ferguson, ASC office
manager.
This includes farms which have
taken all the assistance allowed lor
spring secdinc. he added.
Iluska Youth Center
e Raises $17,000
"Junaluska Day"
Hf cash and pledges Sun-1
d $17,000. it was an
-^^^Boda.v by officials of the j
Assembly.
from pennies to $1,000,
big offering will go to ,
'und of the new $100,
? ?
t
000 Paul B. Kern You'lh Center to
be built at the lake within the
next year.
Sunday s offering included ad
vance gifts of $7,300 given earlier
by Jake visitors, according to the
Rev. Lee F. Tuttle, Charlotte, who
is directing the youth center's
fund campaign.
Bishop Costen J. Harrcll, Char
lotte, preached at the 11 a.m. ser
vice and presided at the fund
raising.
The youth center, named for the
late Bishop Kern of Nashville,
Tenn., and Lake Junaluska, will be
located on the lakeshorc near the
new sivimmtng pool. Building plans
were announced last week.
"Bishop Kern rendered distin
guished service to the Methodist
Church in many ways, but I am
convinved that no leader in the
episcopacy served in such a d.v
namis way the youth of the
church." Bishop Harrcll said in his
tribute to Bishop Kern. "He was
among the first to purchase a
youth camp, and the originator of
the youth caravans. It is appro
priate that the Youth Building at
Lake Junaluska should be named
in honor of him ... it will serve
to perpetuate his memory and his
example among the youth through
out the church "
Sp
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1
II SHOWERS
rable cloudiness with
afternoon and evening
lowers today. Tuesday,
loudy and moderately
h scattered thundershow
ln the South portions.
Waynesville temperature
ted by the State Test
Max. Mln. Pr.
BO 50 .22
i ... 8B 60 .02
I 85 til \ .24
THE DALTON SISTERS of Runcombr County
Mere among the many performers at the Max
Fateh mountain gathering yesterday. Left to right
mmm m ? HHHi
are Charles Dalton, Rebecca Dalton, ace 9, and
Rose Dalton, 12. (See pictures Pa*e 5)
(Mountaineer Photo).
Post Offices At Clyde And
Canton Show Increases
i *
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Canton post office showed an in
crease in business over the first
six months of this year by nine
per cent over the same period of
last year, according to Postmaster
Gudger Duckett.
The f953 stamp sales totals was
$24,149.77 as compared with $26.
450 42 for 1954. a gain of $2,300.65
In the money orders written, an- j
other substantial gain was also
shown, Postmaster Duckett said i
in the first six months of 1953 |
there were money orders written |
for $329,699.28, while in the first j
six months of this year a total of j
$344,389.72 was written, with fees I
j amounting to $3,780 15. The 1953
| fees were $3,797.15.
Thus far this year, there have I
been 20.055 money orders written
Postmaster Duckett said that .
the increase in postal receipts were ?
general in all departments, and I
1 marked the trend of business, in ,
his opinion.
< Last Thursday The Mountain- :
eer carried a similar story about
Waynesville and Hazelwood post !
offices- -Waynesville had a 6 per
cent increase, and Hazelwood 16
per cent.)
Officials Endorse
Safety Campaign
To emphasize the "Slod Down
1 and Live" Campaign of the State '
Highway Patrol, officials of Can-1
I ton, Clyde, Hazelwood and Way- j
nesville this week signed , procla
' motions affirming the cooperation
of the four towns with the Patrol. I
The "Slod Down and Live" per- I
iod extends from Memorial Day,
| through Labor Day, September 6
Its goal was endorsed by Canton
Mayor W. J. Stone, Canton Judge
R. R. Mease, Waynesville Town
Manager G. C. Ferguson in the ab
sence of Mayor J. H. Way, Clyde
Mayor Gerald Fish, Clyde Police
Court Judge Larry II. Cagle and
Hazelwood Mayor Lawrence C. I
jjavts. -
Local Patrol cars arc now dis
tinguished by bumper or trunk
signs reading "Speed Kills." The
signs were ordered by Cpl. Prit- j
chard Smith. Cpl. Smith pointed
out Friday that highway fatalities
during July 1953 totaled an even ,
100 throughout the state, "This
year," he stated, "thanks to the
cooperation of the motoring public,
and their realizations that the
Patrol's strict enforcement of speed
laws is for the motorists' benefit I
the rate is considerably down. Un
less we have an unprecedented ac- (
cldent toll over the weekend, wc I
should find a noticeable decrease
In the number of traffic deaths."
For the state as a whole, high- ]
wr.y fatalities are running about 1
, 20 per cent below those of last ! I
! year. _ 1)
I
TV, News Reels
To Photograph
Cataloochee Meet
Plenty of pictures will be shot
of the 16th annual Cataloochee
Beef Shoot on Wednesday, if ad
vance inquiries are any indica
tion. Ranch owner Tom Alex
ander reports that two news reel
companies and two television
studios are sending camera
men, in addition to news cover
age and the usual "snapshooting"
amateurs.
Mr. Alexander expects a rec
ord crowd of spectators and
marksmen alike. Last year's
match attracted 140 contestants.
Details of the contest may be
found on the Visitors' Page of
this issue.
County ASC Group
Wlil Attend Meeting
The Haywood County ASC Com
mittee will attend a district meet
ing Friday at Asheville to receive
instructions on new procedures for
the election of community and
county ASC committeemen
A discussion will also be held
on the 1955 Agricultural Conser
vation Program.
Mrs McCracken Grows
Triple-Headed Zinnia
Ever see a tripletheaded zinnia?
We never did either?or even a
double-headed one ? until Mrs.
Artnie McCracken of Route 3, Way
nesville. brought us one last week.
A neighbor first noticed it grow
ing in Mrs. McCracken's yard.
This botanical triple feature is
now on display at The Mountaineer
office. Drop in and see our latest
contended for "Believe It Or Not".
Clyde Post Office
Business Doubles
The Clyde Post Office busi
ness has nearly doubled this
year over the corresponding 1
i period last year, according to 1
Postmaster Kirhard IV. Hannah,
The total for the first six months
of IIH is $24,327.41; that for
the same fiscal period of 1953
was $13,454.49.
Mr. Ilannali received his ap
pointment as Clyde Postmaster
on July 1 of this year. His as- \
sist'ant is Mrs. Robert Hawkins, j
? ; ' ' ? ? ? I
Courthouse Shrubbery
Not Ideal For Drinkers
Deputy Sheriff Gene Howell
didn't have (o travel for in mak
ing an arrest at 1:30 p.m. today.
Displaying a lack of wisdom in
choosing a place to do their drink
ing Arvill and Jess Sutton of
tVaynesville were picked up for
imhiding giggle water in a clump
of shrubbery on the courthouse
lawn.
The Suttons are now "boarding"
with Sheriff Fred Campbell.
Clyde Rural Carrier Travels
2nd Longest Route In U.S.
The second longest rural mail
route in the United States is
Route 1. Clyde according to1
Postmaster Richard YV. Hannah.
It winds 84.45 miles across the
mountains to the Tennessee line.
Carrier Gerald Best finds it
necessary to arrive at the post
office at 7 o'clock In the morn
ing, to get his mail sorted in
time for a take-off promptly at
8:30. He doesn't get back until 3
or 4 o'clock In the afternoon ?
and still has the day's collections
and other paper work to look af
ter.
The routr winds through Crab
tree and Iron Duff, thrn crosses
the Madison County line to takr
care of Spring Creek. Mr. Best
necessarily carries his lunch,
and is probably one of the few
in Haywood County who picnics
on a mountain top six days a
| week.
He finds that the rocky, rut
{ ted roads wear out a car in about
a year, and tires are cut to rib
I bons in no time flat.
According to Postmaster llan
, nah. the only V. S. route longer
| than Clyde's is one in Florida
? kkfc stretches ltl miles.
Cattle - Killing Bear Slain
In Lake Logan Community
Hub Parker, who lives above
Lake Logan near the Sherwood
Game Management Area, got in
some bear bunting this morning
without even leaving his own
property.
But it wasn't mere sport he was
engaged in, because Mr Parker
was out for revenge against the
bruin that killed a 700-pound
steer of his last week.
Alter killing the steer, fhe bear
returned once Saturdav and again
tins morning. Ills third trip prov
ed to be a one-way aflair because
Mr. rarker shot the marauder out i
ol a tree alter he had been treed
h\ a pack of HI doe-. Mr. Parker
bawled the bruin with a 300 Sav
age at about 100 yards. The animal
was about 5 feet tall but
weighed only 2.r>0 pounds?being
described as poor "
In the hunting party were Clyde
lluntsingei, came warden ill the
Sherwood Area who issued a per
mit to have the bear killed; Karl
Williams county game warden;
Claude' Johnson. Alford Johnson,
and (ilenn Parker.
This incident was reported to
be the first cattle killing by a bear
in the Lake Logan area in a num
ber of veai' It was speculated that
I he slain hear may have been the
,auit: one that killed nuoUn* *>U;U"
in Jackson County week before
last and got away after besting
several dogs in a fight. One dog
in the pack this morning was
crippled from the encounter.
The meat was donated to the
county home; the skin is being
prepared by A!r. Parker. Game
warden Iluntsinger estimated the
bear's age as 10 years.
Highway
Record For
1954
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed .... 2 (
Injured.... 19
(This Information com
piled from kecorda of
State Highway Patrol.)