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|w Course In Electronics Is Established At Wavnesville Hiah School
Burgess To
Serve As
Instructor
A new vocational education
course on electronics and electrici
ty is being established this semes
ter at Wa.vnesville High School
under the direction of Yates F.
Buigess. according to an announce
ment by M. H. Bowles, district
superintendent of Waynesville
schools.
The course will include radio J
and television studies, transmit
ting, and radar fundamentals. The
shop, designed especially for elec
trical courses, is in the basement of
the new Waynesville High School
building. Students in the course'
will receive apprenticeship credit
equal to three-fourth of time in i
training.
The new instructor. Mr. Burgess,
has had 15 years of practical expe- j
rience in electronics and electrici
ty. He has made his home in
Waynesville for the past several
years and is married to the former
Mary Elmore, whom he met while !
teaching a Veterans Administration
course in radio, television, and
general electricity in Waynesville ;
for five years.
He also served as instructor at
the Coyne Electrical School in Chi
cago for two years, and has been
employed by the General Electric
X-Ray Corp., Westinghouse Elec
trical Engineering Corp.. and Duke
Power Co Last year he aided in
the installation and redesigning of i
electronic apparatus at the new
Ashevllle plant of the Internation
al Resistance Co. He is a native of
Rutherford County.
Mr. Burgess recentl\ attended a
statewide meeting of the Trades
and Industries Vocational Educa
tion Department at Lees-McRae
College, where he outlined a pro
gram of high school-level electron
ics studies to the Radio-Television
committee.
Food Sale Is Planned
By Bethel Methodists
A food sale will be held Friday :
morning in front of Belk's Store
beginning at 10 a.m.
The sale, sponsored by Circle 1
of the Bethel Methodist Church. |
is in charge of Mrs. Ralph Kelly,
Miss Marjorie Cathey, Mrs. David
Edwards, and Mrs. Earl Moore.
Cakes, pies, candies, jellies, and
jams will be sold.
I Attending
. Academy
ttzer. 21. son of Mr. and
le Setzer of Route 2.
t. is now attending the
ission Officer's Academy ;
:ampbeil. Ky., for six
e Academy's main func
iring out the leadership
i soldier.
ligned to Company *'G" j
Ith Airborne Infantry
11th Airborne Division.
THE COUNTY'S NEW "HEALTH CENTER will be built on this
property on the east side of U. S. 19-A and 23 between Waynes
ville and Lake Junaluska. The land to be purchased by the county
commissioners from L. E. Sims starts at the bottom of this photo
graph and continues northward to a point approximately half way
he wren the two trees along the highway. The Ilaywood Horse
Show was held here last August.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Check Of Old Records Show
County Had Annual Budget
100 Years Ago Of $5,500
Bv W C MEDFORD
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Government and Finance
Now a glimpse at the govern- j
merit financial and economic status: 1
of our county along about the <
1820's up to the '30's would per- ^
haps be of interest.
James McKee was Sheriff at the |
time and X. G. Howell was Dep-! t
| ?
uty. Howell succeeded McKee as ^
Sheriff about 1830. c
Writ. Johnston was Clerk of the -
Court in the latter 1830's. The:*
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,'lerk at that time also had the ad-!
litional title of ".Master in Equity".'
Wm. Welch was Clerk of the!
Tounly Court.
Felix Walker of tilis county had
jeen elected to Co.igreSs from this
iistriet, the first Haywood man to
;uch a high office. He served 1817
!3
An audit was made of the Clerk,
sheriff's and "Trustee's" (Treas
irer's) books in 1838 by the Finan
ial Committee. This audit showed:
"a debt due the county from
he Clerk of Superior Court, Win. j
(ohnston of $184.90 ? and shows
the county to owe Sd Clerk
$152.88 Balance in favor of the |
county is $32.02."
Wm. Welch. County Court Clerk. (
was due from the county. ?
The county also owed N. G. How- .
ell. Sheriff, "the sum of $3.65'2. i
The audit of the Treasurer's ,
books (the name was not given i |
showed disbursements of around'
$11,000 from 1836 to 1838, and "re-j(
maining in the treasury the sum of i (
$61 431-4." |i
The Sheriff received 2'2rr of the i <
taxes collected. ' j
The State Auditor's Report j ]
(1839i showed the value of taxable 1
property in Haywood to be $111.-1 (
780 and 296 polls. Because of bad . (
roads and almost complete isola-11
tion. no railroads nor industries, j 1
development and increase in pop- 1
ulation was slow up until the turn j 1
of the century.
Markets '
Getting produce to market in j 1
those days, prior to 1870. was quite
a problem. Sometimes it would
take an eight-horse team to pull
the heavy stage-coaches through i
the almost impassable roads with
a load in muddy weather. Four and
five-horse market-going teams was
not unusual. This required two
drivers. Of course, the railroad had
not yet come to Asheville. It is said
that there was a fairly good mar
ket at Greenville, S. C. prior to
1870; but that trip required ten to
twelve days from this section of
Haywood. To make the trip to
Augusta was twice as long. So,
whenever the merchants and trad
ers did make these trips they
doubtless brought back all the
"goods" they possibly could.
Counted The Quarter Cents
In those days they kept track
of the fractions of a penny. Nearly
all the items tho "store-keepers'
entered on their charge-books bore
these fractions; :li, >2 and Vn. This
was because most items carried in
stock, such as all yard goods,
groceries, whiskies, etc. had frac
tions to them?so they could not
disregard so many fractions.
"Whole Heab'ms Air A-fallin':"
It was in Nov. 1833 when "the
stars ^fell"?here and elsewhere
There were persons living in Hay
wood some 45 years ago who wit
nessed this extraordinary and fear
ful sight. It happened early in the
aiornin*. quite a while before day
light, we understand Tradition h.is
Singing School (
At Crabtree Baptist (
?
Several groups are scheduled to
take pari in a singing for the bene- 1
lit of the polio drive at the Crab-1 ^
tree-Iron DulT High School on Wed
nesday, September 1, at 7:30 p.m. '
Already listed are the friendly j 1
Five of Ashevillc. the Melody Five |
of Sylva, the Travelers of Waynes- I
ville, the Webb Trio of Waynes-j
ville and the Sanford Quartet of
Clyde. All singers are invited
No admission will be charged,
but an offering will be received, j :
All proceeds will go to the polio i
fund | (
-1
it that some folks who saw it i
thought "the whole heab'nis was
a-goin' to fall" before the phenoin- i
enon was over with. j <
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The Cherokees
Beginning the latter part of this
period il836> Col. Win. II. Thomas
was the agent ? "Great White}
Chief," for the Cherokee Indians.,
Hie tribe had quite a few disputes i
and litigations with .the govern-'
ment; so it was that Col Thomas!
made many trips to Washington in I
[heir behalf.
The Indians also had suits in'
;ourt here at WaynesVille, We no
tice one in 1830 in particular. It
was the case of, "Doe on Demise
>f Car-he-Car vs. Roe & Youna
guskee Will Nota, Flying Squirrel.
Little .John. Big Will Standing}
Wolf. Te-ta Neo Kee. Big Jack i
Chu-la T-le. In this case the1
Clerk's notation reads: "Compro-1
mised ? Gen'l Saunders has the
money to pav the costs?bill to be
made out and sent to him at Ra
leigh."
The trail which led from
WaynesVille into the "Indian Na
tion" was called the Indian Trail."
The story of the Cherokee* is a
(Continued on I'ase 3)
Canton Cubs Pet
Show Outclasses
Noah's Ark
Every dog will have his day. and
nost other animals as well, at the
11th annual pel show sponsored
by the Cub Scouts of Canton. The I
show will be held on Friday, Sep-1
tember 3, at the High School sta-!
dium. beginning at 4 p.m.
"The lowest of pets can com
pete on equal terms," according to
the rules of the show. Each class I
will receive a prize, with the [
Grand Prizes to be selected from :
all the different classes. Buttons I
will be given all entries.
Classes will be as follows: best
[?age on wheels, best container not :
:>n wheels, best pet scrapbook. i
most unusual, best cared for, most |
? pots, most feathers, looks most i
like master, most different colors,
home-made animals, most unique,
most comical, longest tail, shortest
tail, most legs, darkest color, light- 1
est color, noisest, heaviest, most j
patient, longest ears, best per-1
formance, most obedient and he; I i
trained.
Boys and girls from one ytar;
through fourteen years may enter i
pels, hut the entrants must he I
Owned by the hoy or girl or the ;
immediate family. Pets must In
secured by leash or other device '
and local health, police and other ;
regulations must be observed. [
More than one pet may be enter
ed. with den mothers in charge of
registration.
Cubmasters are Harry N. Mat
thews, Pack No. 1; and Bryson
Ledford, Pack No. 2 Assisting
them in the show are Mrs. James '
7.. Cochran and A. CI Hughes, in
addition to pack committees and
leaders.
Before the Roman C'olosseuum
was built, the site was an artifiicial
lake on estate of the Emperor
Nero
Ibis Week's
est Sellers
FICTION
ine. Daphne du Maurier.
a Stranger, Morton
bursday, John Steinbeck
al Box, Frances Parkin
Victorious, Never De
btor Caldwell.
NONFICTION
*er of Positive Think
an Vincent Peale.
Tomorrow, Lillian Roth.
Were Born Free, Elmer
I of the Century, Ben
id Alive. H. A. and Bon
treet.
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