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? ? ? ?People Than ??? I-'"-" 1HE mYNESYILLE MOUNTATNFfp ~ ' v ? "spay afteknoon. aug. 5. issl 7~-__ 9 -n Ih Link irkway >r Early ruction cent of tiie $4 mil Parkway const ruc ion will complete ;e section between d Beech Gaps. The ly the Senate Wed id already passed National Park Ser 15.000 will be allo g. draining, a stone of the tunnel built base of the Devil's The sum will pro us surface over the as well as a eon the tunnel and ex ortals so that loose all directly on the wning. chief locat f the N. C. State ission. said that the rging the Park Ser instruction on the is between Balsam Gap and between P and Ravensford. lis Creek I Tour Ih Clyde Ijty's fourth CDP com | of the summer will be Saturday when Allen's I South Clyde. I will start at 9:30 a.m. Ith Clyde Community lie .schedule from then I Bgers, remodeled house, kacco'; Mrs. Grant Jones. I.) T Snyder, fish pond, lied house: William and ; Borne, poultry, alfalfa, laud picnic tables estab L. community project: [ ?ill Cemetery; Tom and I Irs. beef cattle, fish pond Its. and Elmer Goodson. I ?11 be served at the com Iter, after which games kinging will be held. Id for next week is the I ?Vest Pigeon at Ratcliffe i I first three tours were: | lie at Iron Duff. South I Iwning Star, and Thick I Pigeon. I sponsored by the Com-1 lelopment Program. ti Going To New ewelry Show Idman, eo-owner of Re- ; fleis. leaves Sunday for innual trip to the Na- I lers Show in New York. | iy merchandise for his e show, where all na s are on display at the ; itoi ia. He will attend banquet of the National 1 uring the show. Mrs. Joo Reinertson and Reinertson, of Miami ar week to spend sometime me on the Country Club tel Presbyterians To k 120th Anniversary ' Dumont Clarko n ifo#". I ?i ? 1 ? Religious Department of rs Federation will be the ?Peaker at the 120th An celebration at the Bethel ?n Church on Sunday e Rev. Mr. Clarke is "in western North Car d's work in Relating "J to the soil, notably ^ "Lord's Acre Plan". Mr. Clarke's subject will be "The Place of The Church in the Rural Community". Other plans for the day include the regular Sunday morning wor ship service of the Bethel and Ha* elwood congregations and friends At 11:00 o'clock the sermon will be preached by the pastor of the two churches, the Rev. Archie C Graham. His Sermon will be "New Out of the Old". This will be fol lowed by dinncr-on-the-grounds a traditional feature of the anni versary celebrations. At 1:45 in the afternoon there will be an informal hymn-sing led by the student as sistant pastor, .Henry M. Hope, Jr At 2:00 p.m. there will be special music by the Hazelwood Presby terian Church Choir and the Beth el Methodist Choir, and Mr. David R. Wilson of Charlotte, brother-in law of Mr. Graham. This will be interspersed with recorded inter views with older members of the congregation who will not be able to be present, followed by the ad dress by the Rev. Mr. Clarke. The Anniversary observance wil (See Presbyterians ? Par.<- !? 148 Horses From 6 States In Show Tlie Carolina Jubilee Horse \ Siiow. scheduled for three perfor mances. Friday and Saturday, Au gust 13 and 14. w ith night shows on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and an afternoon performance on Sat urday at 2 p m. has attracted en tries now totalling 148 horses from i six states. The two Carolines, Georgia, j Florida, Virginia and Tehnessee are represented by lpany of the top horses, and both amateur and pro iessional owners and riders. ! All of the major divisions of the horse shows are well-filled events, | with walking horses, three-gaited i horses, and five-gaited horses, in the majority. An unusually good field of hunt ers and jumpers will exhibit at the expansive show grounds, where more than lOg portable stables with canvas roofs have been erected in ; preparation for the show. I Permanent facilities already on trie grounds a' Haywood Park com prise 50 stalls. A modern lighting system has been installed in the standard ring, and an outstanding hunting course in full view of the grandstand is in process of construction. I Nationally known talent has been engaged hy the members of the Haywood Horse Show Assn.. origi nators and promoters of the show, to judge the events For saddle horses, fine harness horses, ponies, roadsters. and miscellaneous events, and horsemanship. Miss Nola Minton, of Barhourvllle, Ky.. will come from her noted Minton Hickory Farm where much of the world's finest breeding stock is raised, to make the awards in these ] various events. ! Three judges, noted for their ex-1 perience and impartiality have been engaged to grade the walking horses. These include B. A. Skip per, Jr.. amateur sportsman, and (See llorsc Show ?Page 2) MOUNTAIN MARKSMEN FIRST CLASS were these winners in the live ase divisions of the annual (?ataloo< bee Raneh beef shoot yesteiday on Fie Top Mountain. Posing with the steer scheduled to provide them with the beef they won are (left to right! Robert Lee tVallin of the Biff Laurel section of Madison County; Rill llarper of llendersonville; J. R. Trull of Candler, and IV. S. Howard of Decatur, Ga. The other first place winner was the women's champion, Mrs. N. A. Wallin. Other pictures on Page 6. (Mountaineer Photo). Haywood Institute Reunion To Become Annual Affair; Memorial Will Be Erected Finding Checks Brings Reward To HS Student A bank deposit that was founi before it was reported lost brough 1 a reward last week to Toby Kay Waynesville High student who i working this summer as a dish washer at the Hotel Gordon. On his way to work Saturda, morning Toby spotted a red en velope in the street. In it he founi checks made out to the Westeri Carolina Livestock Market. Inc and cash totaling SI 400. Hi promptly reported his find to Hen ry Gibson, chef at the Gordon. wh< contacted Sheriff Campbell's office There he was advised to contat Jack Messer, secretary-treasurer o the Market. Mr. Messer quickly identifiet the deposit and rewarded its find er. remarking, "This is not a re ward for your honesty, becausi everybody ought to be honest but on the other hand, not every body is as anxious as you to d< the right thing.'' The checks had been dropped b; the messenger who was takinj them to the bank and were fount probably not more than five mill utes after they were dropped. Although Haywood Institute has been closed since 1928. the school and its graduates continue to exert a strong influence in the affairs of Haywood County. This fact was emphasized at a reunion of graduates and former rt students and teachers at the Clyde t Baptist Church last Sunday, With 95 adults and their families s attending, the homecoming was _ judged so successful that it was voted to make the event an annual ^ aftair?to be held the first Sunday _ in August. j) It was also decided to erect a ? memorial, near the site of the old i Institute and ? committee was nam ed for that purpose ? including e Robert Pinner of Asheville, chair - man; Carter Osborne of Clyde, a Glenn Brown of Clyde, and Mrs. . J. W Bolt of Greenville. S. C. t To make arrangements for the { reunion each year. Mrs. Lee Evans j was named chairman, Mrs. Letha 1 Walker, secretary, and Bill Taylor. - publicity chairman. . I Graduates from four states? North and South Carolina. Tenn essee and Alabama ? representing' .'classes from 1900 to 1927 attended ^ ) the alumni meeting. Four former teachers also were v on hand: j Carl C. Campbell, now pastor of i 1, Bahama Baptist Church, Birming-1 (See llavwood Institute?Page 2) ! j _ Kiwanis Club Holds Annual Family Picnic The Waynesvitle Kiwanis Clui: held its annual family picnic Tues day night at the residence of VV S. Roberts. 321 Howell St. Following a picnic lunch served in the yard of the Roberts resi dence, games were played and gioup singing was held. President Hye Sheptowitch pre sided. Mrs. Harold Tingen and children of Fuguay Springs are visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L M. Killian. Park Naturalist Will Show Pictures Here 11th Arthur Stupka, Park Naturalist. ; I will give an illustrated lecture at i the Piedmont Hotm, Wednesday. ! ( August 11. at 8:30. The public is invited to attend the lecture, and see many of the colored pictures which the natu ralist has made in the Smokies. I ??_____ Bethel Cannery Open The Bethel cannery is now open II each Wednesday, it has been an nounced. If business justifies it,.the can nery will also be open on Thurs days, it was added. 133 Mountain Marksmen Vie In Beef ShQot The long rifles spoke once again ! on Fie Top mountain yesterday and : w hen the smoke finally cleared a-'ay at 5:45. Cataloochee Ranch ; had held its most successful beef j ! shoot since the event was started ; by host Tom Alexander jn 1939. The beef shoot, the outstanding such event in the Southern High- j lands, attracted 133 sharpshooters | with their muzzle-loading "Ken tucky" rifles and some 800 specta- 1 tors during the day. i The majority of the marksmen aie natives of the mountains where j the "hog rifles' have played such j ail important part in history, but a number of participants were out ot-state visitors who have become : ' lascinated by the ancient weapon. Male entrants were divided into j four age groups?boys. 20-40. 40-60. and 60-80. The winners were: Boys?Bill Harper of Ilenderson ville, first: Bob Moody of Maggie second, and Virgil Perritts of Candler, third. Men 20-40?J. B. Trull of Candl er, first; W. H. Arnold of Hender sonville, second, and V. Jones of Haeelwood. third. Men 40-60?W. S. Howard of De catur. Ga.. first: Herman Airing- j' ton of Balsam, second, and R. E. r Ware of Clemson. S. C., "third. !i Arringlon and Ware actually tied ; for second place, but decided their j rankings with the flip of a coin.' . Men 60-80?Robert Lee VVallin of 1 Madison County, first; W. A. Brad-! | ley of Hazelwood, second, and H. S. I, Hall of Asheville, third. ( Women in the match were group ed into one class, regardless of , age. Top markswoman was Mrs. 1 . N. A. Wallin. first: Mrs. Margaret 1 Coman of Asheville, second, and J Miss Betty Miner of St. Petersburg, j; ITa. 1 Each of the top winners were to receive meat from one of Mr. Alex ander's prize steers or the equiva lent in money if the animal were sold. Merchandise was given to second and third-place winners. Mr. Alexander announced that next year only authentic mountain muzzle-loaders will be permitted? "No peep sights," he added. He disclosed that next year's event probably would be held the first week in August. Dedication Of Children's Building Set Sunday The new $03,000 Childrens' Building at the Lake Junaluska Methodist Assembly will be form ally dedicated at 4 30 p.m. Sun day with numerous church leaders taking part. The center was opened last sum mer at a ceremony on July 5 and has been in use since, but under Methodist policy the building can not be dedicated until it is paid loj\ The building is believed to be the only regional program head quarters in Methodism serving as a laboratory for p.arents and Church workers to learn the lat est methods of religious instruc tion It also serves as a Church school for Sunday Classes of children 3 to 12 years old. and their parents, and as the Assembly's center of daily religious, educational and social activities for youngsters. The white, one-story building houses four departments ? nurs ery, kindergarten, primary and junior ?? and a large fellowship hall, as well as an apartment for the summer director. Mrs. W. K. Heed of Salisbury, who is director of Methodist childrens' work in the Western North Carolina Con ference. The building is a memorial to two pioneer workers with chil dren. the late Misses Minnie E. Kennedy and Mary Elisabeth Skinner, both of Alabama, who were the Church's first Southern and national directors of children's work. Miss Elizabeth A. Jarrett of Charlotte is chairman of the Build ing Committee, and the vice chair man is Mrs. C. A. Knuchenberg, Jr.. of Atlanta. JJr. Carl H. King of Salisbury, executive* secretary of the WNC Conference Board of Education and treasurer of the Building | Fund, will preside at tl\c dedica-1 Don. Bishop, C.l^re Purodl of Bir mingham, Ala,, will give the chief address. Receiving the building will be Edwin L. Jones of Charlotte, presi dent of the Assembly, and Hugh | Massie of Waynesville, chairman I of the Buildings and Grounds committee. , Other participants will be Bis hop Costen J. Harrelk Charlotte; <See Dedication?Page 2) ^>.ov in Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties Crabtree, Fines Creek School Contracts Awarded By Board HOWDY, yells Ann Cathey, as she greets her guest Nancy Shaw, of Berkshire County, Mass., as the group of 4-11 Club members arrived for a week's visit in Ilaywood. This was the first time Nancy had been out of her native state( and she has already de cided she "loves" all this beautiful country. Nancy has been a 4-11 club member two years, and is looking forward to learning * a lot from her host. Ann, who has bad five years of club work. (Mountaineer Photo) Deadline Set On Lamb Pool The final lamb poo) of the year I 11 Haywood County will be held j \ugust 20 at the Clyde stockyards, j 3ut only a few lambs have been ?eported for the pool, according to ["ounty Agent Wayne L. Franklin. Lambs to be sold in the pool liust be reported to the county 1 igent's office not later than August | 14. Mr. Franklin said. The pool will start on the 20th | it 7 a.m., and all lambs must be in | ay 10 a.m., he added. Bay State 4-H Clubbers Arrive For Eight-Day Visit Strange Light Seen In Sky Tuesday Night Are flying saucers illuminated? If so, then two counselors at Camp Hemlock on the Soro Gap I road may have seen one Tuesday [ night. Dick Relyea told The Moun taineer (hat he and another coun selor, Chester Baker, watched a strange yellowish light in the sky for three minutes at about 9:25 p.m. At first the light resembled a shooting star. Relyea said, but then it made a sweeping turn and and headed back in the direction it came from. He discounted the possibility of the light coming from an air plans because he heard no sound and saw only a single yellowish light. Airplanes carry red and i green lights on their wings. A Girl Scout counselor at Camp Dellwood also reported seeing the sight, but said she thought it was a star at the time. Did you see "The Thing"? (Other pictures on Pages 3 and 5> | Last summer when a group of Haywood County 4-H Exchange i Club members left Berkshire County. Mass . they told their I hosts: "Vail come!," Yesterday afternoon 45 New England 4-H'ers and their advis ors did come?arriving Waynes 1 ville for air eight-day stay, during which they will see some of the outstanding scenic attractions, events in Western North Carolina. White in the county, the visit ors will be entertained at the homes of Haywood Exchange Club members and their leaders. The Bay Staters entered the "Heart of the Highlands" yester day afternoon, when they were met by 20 cars and a police escort at the Haywood-Buncombe county line and escorted to the court house. Waiting to greet them was Ed win Bryson. president of the Hay wood County 4-H Council; C. C. Francis, chairman of the county commissioners, and G. L. Carter, assistant stale 4-H Club leader. Names were then called and the Massachusetts visitors met the Haywood eountians with whom they will reside lor the next eight days. After having refreshments on the courthouse lawn, the 4-H'ers went to their respective homes. Many returned later to attend the ^ Waynesvllle Jaycees' mid-week square dance at the courthouse parking lot. Today the New Englanders will be taken for a tour of the county (See 4-11 Club?Page 2> 1 $185,763 Approved For Two Projects Contracts totaling $185,763 were awarded by the Haywood County Board of Education Tuesday night, for a combination cafeteria and gymnasium building at Crabtree Iron Duff School and a cafeteria u Fines Creek School. Jerry Liner of Waynesville was awarded a contract for SI 16 918 for general work on the Crabtree unit, while the Burnsville Construc tion Co., was the successful bidder an the Fines Creek job and was awarded a contract for $27,206. Heating and plumbing and elec trical contracts were awarded on a consolidated basis wherein the tirms will do work at both the Crab tree and Fines Creek buildings. Young and Brookshire of Canton was awarded a consolidated heat ing contract for $15,300, and a plumbing contract for $16,300. The M. B. Haynes Electrical Corp. was given the electrical con tract on a bid of $10,039. Following the meeting. Superin tendent of Schools Lawrence Lea therwood left for Raleigh to obtain approval of the State Board of Education's building committee on the contracts awarded. Funds for the Fines Creek project will also hHve to be granted by the state. During the meeting David Felinet offered his resignation as a mem ber of the special school advisory committee, pointing out that the contracts awarded represent the final spending of the county's $2. OtiO.OOO school bond issue funds, approved in 1951. The county commissioners, con curring with Mr. Felmet's views, also withdrew from the advisory group. Construction will start at Crab tree-iron Duff ana Fines Creek jobs in the near future. The Board of Education also -re considered the scheduled August 23 opening date for county schools and voted to observe the previous ly announced date. Superintendent Leatherwood said that people in rural areas have in formed the board that school stu dents are needed on farms more in the spring than in the fall, and requested that schools start early enough to permit a dismissal in the latter part of May. Army Reserve Unit To Train Eleven Army reservists, mem bers of Waynesvillc's Company 1\ 518th Infantry Regiment. are sched uled to leave here early Sunday morning for a two-week summer training encanmpment at Ft .Jack son, S. C. The group will include: 1st Lt. Hobort H. Gibson. Jr . I d Lt. Robert O. Conway. Master Sgt. Kenneth H. Parrot. SFC 1'aul E. Franklin, SFC J. T. Russell, Jr., Sgt. Homer J. Kelley. Pvt. Ernest G. Crisp, Pvt. Buries P. Gregory, Pvt. James A. Kirkpatrick. Pvt. James M. Rogers, and Pvt. Frank lin D. Shell. The reserve unit meets twieo monthly in the Waynesville Ameri can Legion Hall. South-Wide Methodist Camp Meeting To Open August 8 at Lake Junaluska SANGSTER BLLLOCK CHITWOOD EMl'RIAN An eminent British, churchman.! lie Rev. Dr. W. E. Sangster. will be ine of three evangelists leading the burth annual "old time" Methodist '.imp meeting at Lake Junuluska \ugust 8-15. Now on a world tour, the noted Mcacher is minister of London's amcd Central Hall church, first neetjng place of the United Na ions. Teaming with Dr. Sangster will >e two widely-known southern dergymen, the Rev. Dr. J. Henry idiitwood. pastor of First Methodist ."hurch, Tuscaloosa. Ala., and the iev. Dr. Henry M. Bullock. Nash 'ille, Tenn.. editor of Methodist ?hurch school publications, who vill also conduct a daily "Bible tour." The song leader will be the Rev. Ernest K. Emurian, Portsmouth. i'a., who will also conduct a work hop in congregational singing. *rof. Cyrus Dante:, music director it Vanderhilt University, Nashville, vlll he in ehmge of special music. The eighi-doy meeting is spoil-| sored bv the Lake Junaluska As sembly, summer program head quarters of the Methodist Chureh in cooperation with the nine-state Southeastern Jurisdictional Metho dist Council, Atlanta. Ga., and the national Methodist Board of Evan gelism. Nashville. A special workshop for local church, district and conference chairmen and secretaries of evan u< lism of the jurisdictional evan gelism will be led by the Rev. A. E. Acey of Danville. Va., president of the jurisdictional evangelism board, and Dr. C. Lloyd Daugherty, Nashville, of the national board. The Jurisdictional Board of Evan gelism will hold its annual meeting in connection with the Camp Meet ing at 2:30 p m, Thursday,* August 12. the Rev. Mr. Aeey announced. Dr. Bullock will bring the open ing Camp Meeting message Sunday at 11 a m. and 8 p.m. Dr. Sangster will make his first appearance Mon day. preaching twice dally through Friday, August 13. Dr. Chit wood (See Conference?I'agc 2) Thickety Community Visits West Pigeon In Third Tour West Pigeon dominated games and contests Monday afternoon when it played host to Thickety In ( the county's third C'DP community 1 lour of the summer. The Pigeon performers won 10 j out of 12 contests staged. They 1 were: Kvelyn Lowe in the gum- ' chewing contest: Joy Wells, and Mrs A. V Owens in the guessing game ('111 ton T'i i i c-11 and Bill Dcilz in men's horseshoe pitching; Mr Carlye Sheffield and Mrs ' An,old Owens in women's hoscslioc pitching: Wayne Lcdbctter and Jimmy Lowe in boys' horseshoe pitchii ? . Aniietii Lowe and Linda Vance in girls' hor-cshoe pitching; Dorothy Lowe in women's soft ball throw, and Carol Lowe in boys' sotlhall throw. Other Bethel com petitors were Karl Moore in the men's softball throw and Annette LoWC in the girls' softball throw. Thickety winners were James Smith in the men's softball throw and Barbara C'arswcll in the girls' softball throw. Other Thickety entrants were: T. J Fletcher and W ilson Medford in moil's horseshoe pitching: Folic i MuCrciuy and Jurclta Hamuli lu ? women's horseshoe pitching; Charles Jimison and Early Wilson In boys' horseshoe pitching; Peg y Willis and Bertha Willis in girls' horseshoe pitching; Polly Me Creary in women's horseshoe pitch lug, and Perry Haney In bo> V (See Thickety?Page 2) | I Highway Record For 1954 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed .... 2 Injured.... 19 (This Information com piled from Records of Stale THrhway Patrol.) le ther mMEjgS FAIR ?v and quite warm to ? chance of scattered nundershowers. Friday. ouers"1 W',h scattered Ma*. Min. Prec. 84 63 .02 84 fit _ ???80 57 ?