* ^ Cr ??22c 230 ? J; ?>octevajj^ ^ at ES1 The Waynesville Mountaineer il? j-. Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ^ p ? t \K N<) IJ l>v<'1 ?> Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. I'., MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPT. II. 1954 v " In Alliance In llaywood and Jackson Counties ?r Plant Inections j lipleted Bile's new (liter plant I LertUon Sunday as the | Bectioiis were made on lof the S.'iOO.OOO expan- | Bam. Town official* slate Burnt a I opening will take Banaeer Graydon Fergu Hiat last week the entire ' ? been washed and steri- I B times. The water has 1 Bore chlorine at present ?quired by State law, but ?soon drop to a normal ? work has been done ac B the specifications and j Bjurisdiction ol' the State ?Health, he said. Bile, tilt- old filter plant ? completely abandoned. Bed since 1908, but now 1 B on the hillside. ton Plant y Honors fear Club r employees of Dayton !ompany were honored evening at a gala pro imp Hope A highlight of ig wa* the presentation tion pin> by Plant Man . McKinley to 125 per had worked at Dayton it ten years. Dutch> Fisher, chairman ty committee, served as ceremonies at the dinner duced guests. Working iere Lewis 'Shugi Green, rrett and Ada Moore on committee; Oran Press insportation: and Lucille and Noble Arlington on igram nprned with soft- ' s at 5 o'clock. From 6 dinner guests had a horse shoe pitching vol heckers and shutfleboard. Iters of chicken and steak i ig handed to the guests, ; ptu feature was present- j -year-old Jimmy rFancis t monolog. Jimmie was* d as the unofficial mascot n Year Club. After din ss contest, singing, games ! I occupied the rest of the Singled out for special 'ere members of the Tex- j Jection department of s. Fannie Garrett is sup- i All 12 of the w orkers I j n with the company for | 10 years. to receive ten-year club Carl Arrington. W. Lor ble Arrington. Edna Al lude Allison, Leo Buck pnce Beck, Howard Best.; aylock. Ed Bright, Rufina lma Brookshire. ?uchfield, Elmer Burnettc. I urress, Blanche Burnette, Burnett. Ferrell Burris, lurris Nlerritt Buchanan, mpbell Alma Caldwell. mP, Gertrude Chambers, imbcrs, Clark. Charlie Clement.! cmcr,t. George Cochan, |dill. Orville Cogdill, Roy i Bell Cox. Earnest' arriett Caldwell, Georgia , > ???ne Davis, Florence "P Ensley. Harmon Erwin, ?stes. Thurman Evans, nsl*y. Clyde Fisher, Wil Bc|s, Annie Free, Lewis 'v,d Ga . ? ? ? .. ? . . ? . . ' : _ : u : ,_LJ ?- - L_ . ' " ? turner pictures. rase. o> One man was hospitalized and a small restaurant-service station and a tractor-trailer truck owned hy a carnical firm were destroyed by fire about 4 p.m. Sunday when the truck's brakes failed and it rammed into the business place at the bottom of Soco -Mountain on Highway 19 in the Maggie com munity. The truck driver, Edwin John Maki of Cincinnati, Ohio, told the State Highway Patrol that" his brake's failed while coming down the mountain and he attempted to stop by driving into an embank ment. However, the big vehicle jackuifed and swerved across the highway and into the restaurant service station. Six occupants of the place, "The Coffee Shop." owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards, escaped to safety but flaming gasoline scat tered by the wrecked truck made their flight a perilous one. The truck's brakes apparently caught fire during its descent dow n Soco Mountain and its gas tank must have burst when it struck the embankment. The injured person was identified as William Van Dohren of Miami, Fla.. who was riding in the cab cf the carnival truck with Maki. lie suffered a scalp laceration, bruises of the chest and abrasions of the leg. He was taken to the Haywood County Hospital, where he was treated by Dr. Frank Ham mett and discharged this morning. Total damage was estimated at about $33,000 by Cpl. Pritchard H. Smith of the Highway Patrol Mrs. Edwards had only SI.000 insurance on her business place. Sixteen members of the Way nesville Fire Department respond ed to the alarm from Maggie and fought Uie flames for one hour and remained on the scene for almost three hours. The department's truck parked on a nearby bridge and drew water from a creek flowing alongside the highway. The accident tied up traffic for 20 minutes or more along the heavily traveled Soco Road. Carolina Fugitive Arrested In Reno to Jake I.ankford, who escaped last September from tlie Jackson County prison camp while serving a 15-year sentence from Haywood County for Vobbery. is back in custody in Reno. Nev. .The State Prisons Department in Raleigh has been notified that the fugitive was picked up in Nev? aria and wan bring held for North Carolina artion. Lankford escaped from a North Carolina officer In June in Harrlsburg. Pa . while he was being returned to this state Ironi Wvomlnt? f %t Million - Dollar Main St. Fire Rates Not Even A Whistle A lot more than a million dollars went up in smoke on Main Street Thursday, and the Waynesville Fire Department didn't raise a hand to put out the fire. Not only were the firemen unruffled: the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen were standing around calmly and might as well have been sitting on their hands. They knew that there was no cause for worry The money?to the tune of $1.349.000?was in the form of paper, and the paper was | bonds and their interest coupons which the Town of Waynesville had ! long since paid olT. Of the sum $749,000 was in bonds and about $600, 000 in coupons. The certificates crammed into a lock box and a safe, had com ; pletely outlived their usefulness. Town Manager Grayden Ferguson j summoned Mayor J. H. Way and the aldermen to open the boxes, list their contents officially?-and burn the stuff So the fall housecleaning was polished off in a blaze of glory, and the ncxtj time the Town redeems a few hundred thousand dol j lars' worth of bonds, there will be a space ready for them. Telephone Company Ready For Open House Program I ... , . Cucumber From Aliens Creek 28 Inches Long The latest claim for the Hay wood County cucumber-growing championship has been filed by J B. Jackson of Allen's Creek who brought in a 28-inch monster to The Mountaineer office Friday afternoon. I The vegetable tipped the scales at 3 1/4 pounds and was grown from hybrid seed. Twelve vines were planted, of which number five survived. Mr. Jackson had other cucum bers which measured between 14 and 20 inches. ' Any challengers to his claim for | the title'1 # HUGH SLOAN. SR. UNDERGOES OPERATION Hugh J. Sloan, Sr.. who entered Bowman Gray Hospital in Win ton-Salem last week, underwent surgery this morning. Plans jfe being completed today for the Telephone Open House pro gram Wednesday and Thursday evenings, September 15 and 16. C. T. MeCuislon. Southern Hell Tele phone and Teleghaph Co. manager here, said today. Exhibits and arrangements have been scheduled for installation and completion on Wednesday morning at the local telephone office, 106 Academy Street. Mr. MeC'uiston said, in preparation for a preview showing for junior and senior high school students Wednesday afternoon Public tours will lie conducted through the exchange both even ings between the hours of 6:30 and (>:00 p.m., when residents of Way nesvillc and vicinity will have an opportunity to see their communi , cations system at work. Admission to the telephone open i house is free, the manager said, and a general invitation has been i extended to residents of this area , and surrounding communities. "This open house will give local residents an opportunity to go be hind the scenes." the manager said. ' to see regular telephone equip ment handling routine local calls 11 hey will also be able to look on | while actual long distance and other calls are handled by our operators." j Mr. MeC'uiston added that a ma chine which can defeat humans at the game of tic-tac-toe will be a special feature of the occasion, and (Sec Telephone?Page fit Haywood's Excess Burley Crop Double Last Year ASC Reports Excess Will Hurt Burley Programs Production of excess tobacco (grown in excess of allotments or 1 ! without allotments) in Haywood County this season has more than j doubled -nice last year, it has been I reported by the ASC office here. Discussing the situation. A. W. j Ferguson. ASC office managerj j said: "Although the production and market in;; o f excess tobacco through the proper channels does not denote violations, we feel the problem of excess tobacco should be brought to the attention of ev eryone." Mr. Ferguson said that 139 farmers have grown a total of 163 acres in exces of their allot ments this year. These producers he explained, will be issued red marketing cards and will pay a penalty rate of 50 per cent of the previous year's average ? which amounts to approximately 26 cents a pound on all excess tobacco pro duced. Some few producers may request to destroy their excess tobacco and i come w ithin their allotment before harvest lime There are 144 llavwood farmers wtio exceeded their allotments, ac ceding to the ASC office. The list:I is on file at their office. In adition to the 78 farmers who exceeded their allotments, there are 78 other farmers or part-time 'farmers who grew a total of 22 acres of tobacco without any allot-, monts being granted. Mr. Fergu son said Under the present marketing I quota law. the growers, after mar-j ki ting their crop, w ill be allotted i one-tenth or 20 per cent of the excess acerage. whichever is great er. not to exceed five per cent of llie cropland on the farm, the ASC manager pointed out. Kxplaining the ACS'* position Ion excess tobacco. Mr. Ferguson issued this statement: ' Everyone must realize the need for the program as it stands today. W ithout acerage allotments and ! i.mketing quotas on tobacco, farm- I crs would not he able to survive: ; in the tobacco business as has been proven by past experience. "It seems as the prognam goes . along through the years, our younger farmers who are replac ing older one on the farm do not realize the struggle our older pro ducers endured during the* early years of production of buruley to bacco.. "Ask the old-timers to review (their experience of grow ing anil ! marketing tobacco 20 yearc ago when an acre of tobacco sold from ; $35 lo $50. Farmers, think what am I doing to help the tobacco I program7 Am 1 trying to produce along with my fellow-farmers, and j build a more effective program, or am I defeating the purpose of the , program? "This is not an accusation that any farmer purposely intends to do wrong, but merely how the situation seems "Burley growers, let's try in ilaywood county, through the com bined cooperation of the farmers. ASC committeemen and county (See Burley?Page 61 l.()()KIN(i OVER the Health Department's X-ray inarhine in the bacteriological laboratory is Dr. S. H. Jabaut, who has assumed his duties as llay wood County's new health officer. With him is Mrs. Kuhye Bryson, public health nurse who has been acting head of the department for the past several months. (Mountaineer I'hoto). Dr. Jabaut Assumes Duties As County Health Officer i Dr Seward William Jabuut, for* mcrly of Lew^burg, W. Va., has assumed his duties hole as public health officer of (he Haywood County Health Department, it has been announced. He was appointed to the prist by the county commis sioners in July. Dr. Jabaut served for one year as a public health officer in a tri eounl) district in West Virginia, and was engaged for eight years in private medical practice in Sliinns ton. W Va.. and another eight years in Charleston, W Va. A native ot Grand Isle, Vt . Dr.) Jabaut received his M.D. degree from the Medical College of Vir ginia at Kichmond. and a Master j ot Public Health last March from the University ot North Carolina. The doctor is a member of the j Presbyterian Church, Masons, and the KIs He i* married to the form-. er Anne Pavne, a native of Clarks burg, W Va., who will arrive here Thursday. The couple plan to make their home or the lialsam Drive. Old Folks Day Draws Over 1000 Some of the oldest and some of the youngest persons in Haywood County, together with folks from as far away as Texas, came to gether Sunday for the fi4th annual observance of Old Folks Day at Morning Star Methodist Church. The crowd was estimated at more than 1,000, more than half of whom were over 50 years old and some more than 75 The Smathers family accounted youngest of the gathering. John j for the oldest and for one of. the I! Smathcrs, who will In- 95 in October, left his home for the first time in nearly a year to attend. He has never missed an Old Folks Day program. His great-grandson. Bobby Jo. Holland, weighed in at the other end of the age scale at the ripe age of 14 months. The morning sermon was deliv ered by the Hev. George Hum gamer, former pastor of Morning Star, who is now pastor of Trin ity Methodist Church in Charlotte. C. C Williams of Canton gave the invocation. Following a picnic lunch on the church grounds, the afternoon was devoted to singing. Quay Smath crs directed the singing of old Christian Harmony hymns and George W. Smathers and Eldon Hurnette led other hymns. General Chairman Charles A Hhodarmer called the program "the most Complete in recent years." He said that Sunday's at tendance was one of the largest on record for (Jld Folks Day. Franklin To Officiate At WNC Fair Wayne Franklin. Haywood Coun ty Agent. will bo one ol the offi cials in the Agriculture Depart ment of the Western Carolina Fan' at llendcrsonville which opens September 14 and runs through September 18 Fair officials hope lor participation from the entire area and not just Henderson Coun ty The fairgrounds are located two miles southeast of Hendersonville on the old Spartanburg highwaj The fair is open for participation to everyone in the mountain coun ties. Among tlie highlights of the en tertainment for the fair will be the Joie Chitwood Auto Thrill Show and the Wally Fowler All Night Gospel Sing. On the midway the fair is starl ing a novel plan of civic participa tion. All eating booths and games will be run by civic organizations. The Thomas Jovland Shows will have 15 rides and 6 sideshows, which Include trained monkeys, snakes, circus sideshow and a min strel show. Frank L. Fitzsimons, Jr.. lair manager, stated: "We plan to put on a clean fair -even though some say it can't be done!" Rep. Shuford To Speak Here; Public Invited Hep. George A. Shuford, U, S. congressman from Ashoville. wilt address the Wayncsvillo Kiwanis Club at its regular meeting Tues day night at Spaldon's Restaurant, which will be opened to the pub lic.* President tlye Sheptowtuh ,isk :*d those who plan to hear Hep. Shufurd to come t? the cluhrooiu il Spaldon's at 7:30. The Kiwanis' weekly dinner meeting begins at 7 p.m. Kiwanian Oral I.. Yates will he in charge of arrangements for the program. Two Reporters Get To Top Pisgah Hard Way M. v , r ,'j By BOB CON WAV Montaincrr Staff Writer Missing a train is always an un-i pleasant thing However, it usually means only that you wait for the : next one or else sock some other mode of transportation. But because they trussed a "train" last Tuesday morning, two Mountaineer reporters had to be come mountain climbers and were forced to tackle one of Western Carolina's most famous peaks?Mt.; I'isgah, elevation 5,749 feet, (Climb it yourself if you don't think it's that high.) It all started about 9:30 a m Tuesday when your writer and Miss Agnes Shapter. Mountaineer summer page editor, turned off Highway 27fi at Cruso and headed , up Reed's Cove toward the foot of Plsgsh, After several miles of lurching and careening over a narrow dirt road, we finally arrived at the foot of the mountain where we expected to hoard "Sloan's Roller Coaster" for a ride to tfie summit, but found that the little railway ear would not be running anymore that da> imnt^late in the afternoon, / So we were given a choice of '1' climbing Mt. Pisgali straight up. or ? 2i driving through Wagon Road Gap to Pisgah Ledge and trudging along a trail a mile and a half to the peak. Reing related only dis tantly to mountain goats, we chose the-latter. Inn sleei-s will Is1 sorted into official grades at the market tie day before Hie sale by a state fader and will be sold in uniform groups :t Producers will agree to have their steers mixed with those of oilier producers according to the weight and grade, and each pro ducer will lie paid aeording to the weight of his stgers in the lot. 4 All steers consigned to the sale must be vaccinated for Black leg and Shipping Fever at least Id days prior to the. dale of the sale. 5. At the time yearling are en tered for Ihe sale, each producer will lie required to sign an agree-- L men! Actual sale and advertising expenses win be prorated on a per head basis, total expenses not I (Sep Steer Sale?Page HI Highway Record For 1954 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed . . . ^ 2 Injured.... 33 (Thb Information com piled from Records of State Highway Patrol.) ; ii WNC Steer Sale Opens Tomorrow Approximately 40 steers are ex . peeled to be offered to purchasers el the Western North Carolina Yearling Steer Sale at the Ashe | ville I.ivy,stork Market on Tuso da\ The sale will start at 1 p.m. County Agent Wayne L. Frank lin saifl that 370 steers already | base been registered for the sale (>l the 10 or mort Counties to he represented. Haywood county leads the others by far, with 173 con signed