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? - *0n ?> "* '? M ^n^^inesynxe Mountaineer e3 P"? NO-75 '*"FaGM iw: umy sc, of Haywood Count, At Th? Easu? Entr.net 0( It, Gre.t Smoky Mortal., p?k ' ' ' ? AYNESV1LLE. N. C.. MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEPT. 20, ,95, ?:; r-- ? D -j.aU In Advance In Havwond and .Taeksnn rountiea Ll Holloway Of Madison jpointed As County Agent Virgil L. Holloway will become County Agent of Haywood on No vember 1, succeeding Wayne franklin, who recently resigned and will go to Statesville the first cf the month. The announcement of Franklin's successor came in a joint state ment from C. C. Francis, chairman of the board of commissioners, and W. B. Collins, district farm agent Hollow py. who has been counts agent in Madison lor 10 years, spent several hours here Saturday in Conference with county officials. He said he could not leave Madi son earlier than November first oecause of some special projects which are pending, including a t aunty booth at the State Fair, and taking a group of boys to the Fair lor tne annual hurley ludging con lest. "1 did not apply lor the position," Holloway said "1 was consulted by state olficials, and they sul> mitted my name, after 1 agreed to give the proposal consideration 1 have been happy in the work in Madison, where the program ol hurley, poultry, dairying and Com munity Development work has been emphasized." Holloway is a native of Yancey county. He is a graduate of Mars Mill College, and for three years afterwards was a teacher and a coach of baseball and basketball. Hi- then entered State College, Finishing there in 1937. For the next seven years he taught voca tional agriculture in the Hed Oak School in Buncombe, and in years ago was named county agent of Madison county. The new county agent and Mrs. ) Holloway have three children: Beverly .!o, 14. Larry Lee. 10. and Dora Ann, 7. The Holloway fam ily attend the Juniper Bap list church, near where they re side. He is a member of the Mar shall Clvitan Club Holloway plans to come here about every 10 days to keep in touch with the work. "1 have been | over almost all of Haywood coun ty, and nm familiar with most of lite farm problems here, because they are about the same as in Madison," he said. Miss Louise Leach left last week for V P.I.. Blacksburg. Va., where she is a member of th junior class. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Leach of Lake Juna luska. ywood Men Receive an Is For Activity In lings Bon d Progra m ?ood County men were nday by the Treasury' 1 ior tneir active part of savings bonds, copies oi the inaugural President Eisenhower, frames made of wood land on which he stood ?emony. were presented i Woody area chairman. K Massie, county chair ert Reese, director of ations of the Savings j uon, Washington, came i.v and presented the ! I two lapel pins to the J nen at the Rotary Club j ' g the presentation of the two leaders, W. H. r vice president of W'a- j k in Winston-Salem, ad 6 club on the value of j Is to the economy of the > pointed out that Hay ns now hold about $8. these bonds, and Tar l about $800,000,000 al said that 70 per cent ings bonds sold since still in force and that ' le of the greatest slabi sof our economy. "The i ide a reserve of purchas- i " he said, "and at the they are essential to lement of the public lost of the bonds were a time of easy money ?t serving as a backlog people w ho have had J duced." ?gs bond program, the anker said, was a greal ist the influx of "isms" because it had made lie financially indepen S. Ray, president, pre- j the meeting. Local Methodist Leaders To Attend WNC Conference A number of Methodist leaders who are well known to residents ot Haywood County will be in attend ance at the Western North Caro lina Conference ol the Methodist Church which opens Wednesday in 1 Asheville. Prior to the formal opening of , the conference, Dr. Elmer T. Clark of Lake Junaluska will address the Conference Historical Society Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock on "Francis Asbury in North Caro- . lina." Dr. Clark is secretary of the !' Methodist World Council. Another Haywood Countian who 1 will be present at the conference is the Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt. superintendent of the Wayncsville : i district and a member of the Bish op's Cabinet headed by Bishop | Costen J. Harrell of Charlotte. Bishop John Branscomb of Jack sonville. Fla.. a frequent visitor at : Lake Junaluska. will deliver an ad- ? dress Thursday evening at 7:30, o'clock under the auspices of the Board of Evangelism and Christian Vocation. Edwin L. Jones of Charlotte. I chairman of the board of the Lake I Junaluska Assembly, will take part in the panel discussion Friday i morning. Some 1500 delegates are expect ed at the conference, whose head- ; quarters will bo the Central Meth odist Church in Asheville. Climax i of the meetings wil be appoint ments of ministers for the next year. Pastor Occupies New Parsonage At Crabtree The new parsonage of the Crab-' trao M<?f linrlief Phot-rto n/liannof ? '> ' . ?* i?ivv?ivuisrv aujatciH ui ! the Crabtree Methodist Church | was occupied last weekend by the Kev. A. R. Davis and his family, it has been announced. { Built of brick veneer, the new ? one-story residence measures 50 i by 28 feet, has three bedrooms, large living room, kitchen, bath, full basement, and car port. The structure, which will cost $10,188, has been built by work men under the supervision of Rex Messer. Considerable labor was contributed free. Rev. Davis is completing , his first year's work with the Crab tree Charge, which includes the Crabtree, Fincher's Chapel, Iron Duff, and Mt. Zion churches. He has recently been engaged in graduate studies at Emory Univer sity. I Road [ontana ?/{'Vl X pber 4 Bine cii a new slate road ? Village will be signal BtUton-cutting ceremony ?Monday, October 4. This Bnwd by a luncheon giv Bor O. V Fetch at Fon Be for state county and ^B. B retch of road will B distance to the village Bnateh Xi miles, accord Bry K Uuchanan, com B the 14th Division of ?Highway and Public ?nmisMon ? It branches Bay 19 about 10 miles B'son City, and is desig B*ay 28. libution Is Under Way farm Map Directories j Coutltv farm man I Published by the Com Pment Program in with Parkway Motors, v'Ue, are now being ? county farmeys, ad nd Public service agen directory contains one county map and 16 individual community maps, which show the residence of all farmers owning three acres or more of land. Schools, churches, cemeteries, mountains, other scenic points, and son^ business places are also shown. The maps contain information on rural areas only; residences within the town limits of Waynes ville. Canton, Hazelwood, Clyde, and Lake Junaluska arc not shown. The directory, which also serves as a business guide, lists the Ioca l tion of some 3.000 Haywood Coun ty farms. It will help farmers to locate their county neighbors in other communities for such events as land sales, and field days, and will prove valuable to law-enforce ment agencies and firemen. The booklet will also aid business firms in making rural deliveries. Full pages in the directory' arc devoted to public service agencies, including schools; county agricul tural' data, and county historical data. information for the maps was compiled bv County Agent Wayne Franklin and the township tax listers. The directory was publish (See Map?Page 6> ler I SHOWERS H' < altered showers to ??v- partly cloudy and ? ''cred afternoon and VmNViUt temperature V hy I he State Test Max. Mln. 1 84 81 ? H7 48 ? KR Rfi ? . 80 M mm VIRGIL L. IIOLLOWAY will as sume his duties as Haywood's Agent on November first. Two Deadlock In Mountaineer Football Contest The Mountaineer's first foot ball contest ot the 11154 season ended in a tie between K. G. Sheffield and Linzio Hollilield. Mr. Sheffield, manager of the llaywood Klecti ie Membership Corp., and Mr. Ilollifield. man ager of Kurt Gan, Jeweler, will split the first-prize money of SI a. Both missed on two of the 12 game selections. thirteen other persons missed oniy two, but were further off on the combined total of the Waynesville and 'Bethel scores. The two games thstumped most of the prognostieators were the second upset of Alabama in the season opener by little Mis sissippi Southern and the shut out of VMI by Davidson. The resumption of the fifth annual contest brought in a total of 111 entries. Video Reception Generally Better, Owners Report As Western North Carolina's new television station. \VLOS-TV, went into its third lull day of op eration. Haywood County set own ers began to compare notes on the quality of reception from the pow erful transmitter. The clarity and power of the signals was offset in some eases bv "bugs caused by interference with other channels. (See Television?Page 6) Haywood Tourist Operators Report 30-40 Per Cent Increase In Business Credit Given To Vigorous ! Advertising Increase* in tourist business this season ranging from 20 to 100 per cent over last year have been re ported by the Haywood County I Highlanders. tourist operator group, according to L. E. DeVous, president of the organization The iWcr-all average for the en tire group was estimated at be-, tween 30 and 40 per cent by Mr DeVous. The Highlanders met at the courthouse last week to elect offi cers. discuss the tourist season now ending, and lay plans for next i year. Members re-elected Mr. DeVous to his fourth term and also renam led Carl Henry, vice president: Mrs. ! DeVous. secretary, and chose Jim Murray as the new treasurer, t Directors selected were A. B. Walker, J. C Seay. Mrs. Robert Welch, and John Queen. Jr. Mr. DeVous was named director | and S E. Connatser alternate di-1 {rector on the Western North Caro-I lina Highlanders regional board. i Tlte president of the Haywood , County Highlanders said that his { organization has realized that poo-1 pie don't just come here merely by accident." Realizing that extensive adver tising is absolutely essential, he ! said, "we are determined to tel. the whole world about Western ? North Carolina and the Great ? Smoky Mountains " ! > Mr. DeVous also praised the ! tine cooperation" among High lander members in sending tourists ! to other members' courts when their own units were tilled up. Plans for next year include, he ? said Publication of a new tourist ac commodation booklet, erection <vi attractive signs to identify organ-j ization members, and adoption ol I an emblem to use at courts and on all publications and advertising i matter. ' Unless a national emergency oc-t curs before next summer, the Highlanders are hopeful of an-| other good season in 1953. Mr. De-1 Vous added. I Another increase in business was reported at the Lake Junaluska Golf Course by Mrs. Margaret hld , red, operator, who said that her i receipts this year have been triple ? those of last season. The course is owned by the Lake I Junaluska Assembly and operated bv Mrs. Eldred. | ~~ 1 Miss Skinner, Retired Teacher, Dies Here Sunday Miss Margaret Skinner. H4. form 1 cr head of the English department ( of Northern Montana t ollegc. ( Havre. Wis., died Sunday morn | mg in the local hospital. ! Miss Skinner, a resident here about a year, was professor of English and head of that depart ment at Northern Montana from ? |1932 to 1952. ? She was credited with besjinninij the cumulative record cards for English teachers. A native of Baraboo. Wis., she ] had also taught at Wisconsin Unl (See Miss Skinner?Page 61 ON' THIS SPOT on the grounds of Crabtree-lron DufT School a combination gymnasium-cafeteria is now under construction as one of tin- linal projects planned under Haywood County's $2, UOO.OOU school liona issue. l.V> srnrauirn ior erection is another new cafeteria at neighboring Fines Creek School. (Mountaineer Photo). Bids On Haywood Health Center Will Be Opened On October 15 Hearings Open Today ; In Civil Court Term ! t The September term of Superior I 1 Join t opened this morning with | lie lion Walter K Johnston, Jr., ' j ? residing First on the schedule . a ere uncontested divorce cases, to ' In' followed U> the nine cases on ' the motion docket. ; , On the regular trial docket for j today are Hudson vs. So. Dairies i A I) I. Vaughn (two cuses);; Greer e- Silverman, trading as, Silverman Co.; and Broyles vs Beadles Cases docketed for Tuesday are1, lenkins vs Wrought Iron Kange ( Jo.; l'ish v.- Wrought Iron Range'] 'o . I.initio \ Wrought Iron Range | Jo ; Allison \s Fergusoii. Forga j . s. Forga , Wednesday - Caldwell vs. Win-' leld; Gibson Vs Constance; How- , ?II vs Moody, Med ford & Med ord I Thursday Hoi brook vs. J. If. i lloWell. Adin'r Dnllie Ferguson; i Itoveatio vs. Railway Express Agen- j< ?> line.; Norris Transit Mix Con- < i eie Co vs f Hunter Worsham. | I- , On the jury list for this I leek ai James It Davis, While ?' >ak. F \ Brooks, Beaverdam; G Arnold, Waynesville; Dean ' Jeeves. Wa.viiesville; James I) i (See Court?Cage t?) Hiris on the construction of the icw county health center will be ?eceivcd at the courthouse until 2 p.m. October 15. at which time hey will be opened and read, it tas been disclosed by C. C. Fran :1s, chairman of the county com missioners. Separate bjds will be received 'or the general contract, electrical, plumbing, and heating. Mr. Francis explained. Plans, specifications, and con tract documents are now on file at the olTice of the Ha>wood County Health Department and in Raleigh. Architect for the health center plans is William Moore Weber of Raleigh. The size of such buildings in the date are determined by the coun ty's population. The one here will re at least 3,500 square feet?with he possibilities of another 000 feet if proposed extensions are approv ed. The new health center will in ?lude: ? Ah assembly room tu seat 40 persons, health officer's office, sec retary's office, sanitarians' office, nurses' office, bacteriological lalr iratory. X-ray room, photographic iarkroom, three treatment rooms. Interview room. dental room, ,'lcrk's and clinical records room, furnace room, janitor's room, and dorage rooms. The extensions, if approved, would be made on the assembly room?to increase the seating ca (See Health Center?Page 6> Rainfall Breaks 21-Day Drought After 21 day* during which good soil turned to fine dust, and fine dust turned housewiver gray, rain this morning hit W'ay ncKville with the promise of con tinuing throughout the day. The < steady shower seemed to he gen eral throughout the county. Both the County Agent's and the PM.A offices puinted out that prospects for pasture and cover < <rops were greatly bettered by < the rainfall, though the latter i ( commented, "If it would rain ? \ every day for a week, that still wouldn't be too much." I County Approved For Cover-Crop Practice By ASC Haywood County has been ap- ' proved for a new cdver crop prac tice which includes rye. barley. > wheat, winter oats, vetch, crimson ' clover or rye grass or a mixture of < these seeds, according to A W I Ferguson, ASC county manager. Lime and fertilizer will bo turn ished in addition U> seed. All farm ers wishing to seed cover crop ot any of the above seed should con tact the ASC office as soon as pos sible and get a purchase order to cover ASC's share of the cost of earthing out this practice. Mr Fer guson said. ASC will share the cost of carry ing out this practice till October 10. 1954. Cover must be left on the land until April 1. 1955. Pasturing with good management or harvest ing for hay will be permitted, it was pointed out. On most farms in llaywood County this is one of the most needed conservation measures to protect the soil from winter rains. Mr. Ferguson added Switzerland Is Favorite Of Miss Francis On Tour I t . I ill mui 111^ 111 111 i ? /11111 i i v - ?? ? uui * | ope for two months this summer, Bess Francis of Francis Cove saw many memorable sights, hut she names Switzerland as the most im pressive and pleasing of all. Miss Francis, a teacher at Wayne.sville High School, found the Alpine country "just like home" during a three-day rest stop there. She visited the area around l.ueerne and Zurich and got to play 1 in the snow at the foot of one of the towering Swiss peaks, the . . _ I. ? *? . .. ? . . j Kngelberg (Angel Mountain), Her tour of Europe started on June 13 when she boarded an Ital ian Lines ship. Vulcania, with 10 other girls'of the Junaluska Trav |el Club, sponsored by Camp Juna luska for Girls. Eight of the girls were from Florida, the other two from Canada; Their chapcrone was ' Mrs. Sarah Anderson of Tampa, Fla. , . The Vulcania landed on the Ruck i of Gibraltar on June 23. After a our ot uriinins famous fortress. :he group went on into Spain where their itinerary included Scv Ile, Cordoba. Madrid, and Barcel ona. From there, the tour entered France, passed through Paris, and (See Miss Francis?Pace 6) 3-Day Pigeon Valley Fair ! Sets Varied Entertainment! With * Wednesday the deadline for entering exhibits in the annual Pigeon Valley Community Kair, ex hibitors are dashing about in last minute preparations for the event which will be held Thursday, Kri day and Saturday. i Besides the numerous classes of exhibits vying for attention, the visitors will find a program includ ing a pet parade at 9 a m. Thurs day, a talent show and beauty con test at 8 o'clock on Thursday night, judging and a livestock show at 10 I I'riday morning, and a horse show '? Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock, j Exhibits will be on display until noon Saturday, when Community I Development activities will be held. The pets of the valley will be on j parade Thursday morning at 'I o'clock, us their young masters or mistresses compete for prizes. Kx pected entries include turlles. monkeys, rats, chickens, as well as {logs, cats, pontes and birds Exhibits will be in the new school buildings. On display will be farm and shop exhibits, truck and vegetable crops, livestock, poultry, fruits and nuts, plants and flowers, cookery, home arts and crafts and antiques. Proceeds from commercial exhibits will be used toward construction of a fair barji for storage. ? Officers of this year's fair are Delmar Reed. Mrs. Henry Garner. L. M. Sherrlll, Mrs. Cecil Murray. I,. C. Moody and Dick Alexander. Committeemen are M. C. Nix. J. K Justice and fair superintendents are Carl Oreen, Henry Justice M .11 > Jam I .riil her wood, Charles Stamc>, Center Coghurn and Bar ' barn Burnette. U and means committee na nil" rs arc T \ Callicy, chair man V.ili Wells Mrs Lou Single Inn Mrs Kdtinr Burncttc, Mrs Dei 'eveHMiii Mi - li K Callicy 'I ri>v Hargrove. Mi Carson Clark, M (iladxs Benson, Mrs. K. ti i Chason/and Alice Vance Members of Hie publicity com ' miller ai e Ml 1.11 -? ar Burncttc, eliaii man Mi Mice Callicy, Mrs \ llarley Wells. Mrs C'halics Lay- , inon, Mrs. Martin Rogers, Mrs. J W Johnson. T I,. Iliddlc. Kin Me-1 Neil. Hugh K Terrell, and Vcrncta , Sheffield The ealaiiiy committee is com-' posed o| Mrs Clifton Terrell, 1 (See IMfenn Tair?l'a*r B> Highway Record For 1954 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed ... i 2 Injured.... 33 (This Information com piled from Keeorda of State Hitbway Patrol.) IT'S SILO-FILLING TIME in Haywood Coiintv. so J. Leonard 'Westmoreland of West Pigeon is busv filling these two 100-ton silos on his farm. I'se of a heavy tractor, mechanical chopper, and trailer has considerably speeded up operations on the storage of ensilage, (Mountaineer Pholoi.