North Carolina Newspapers

' o People Than I Mountaineer ' m ~ "esa WAYNKSVl.TirTrT-^ ^ 5moky MounUlns National Park ?fl?!??J^raw?lUI AfTERNOON. SEPT.lOSi ? C ?o.oO In Advance In Ila " mn ? TODAY'S SMI!JC Reirrnlikt Bner ? The I trouble to, 1 don't sleep well. Doctor ? Yn wet prac tice auto-Mizcestion a little. Why not lie oa year back, re lax and count slowly up to | ten? ] ? ywood and Jackson Counties i School n House Tuesday $350,000 science and duration building at High School will have e" Tuesday evening om 7:30 to 10 o'clock. , of the faculty, together nts will serve as guides )dreds w ho are expected are being asked to en ?? gym, which will seat from there the official >e made with the guides The tour of the build d in the cafeteria, which ahere refreshments will owles, district superin d that the "open house" place of a formal dedi ranv he gym and the cafe new building also in ping room: short hand and a bookkeeping ell as an office practice e two home economics a general science room, emistry and two classes physics. : an industrial depart luding a mechanical om. department which is uch interest among the ; the electronics shop, shed this fall, under the f Yates Burgess, building is part of the ? school plant expan m, and was put into use rst time when school gust 23rd. lual ASC lunations [Monday King meetings for elec Bnty and community ASC ?ncn will be held on R 12 polling places with fcity election boards, in Irce farmers other than ?r community and coun inemen. have been nana I County election board, ?omposed of the county ?1 Conservation Service 1 FHS supervisor, and leau supervisor. k for the nominating lam?9:30 a. m. at City K p m. at Clyde School. !?11 a m. at Crabtree irk?9:30 a.m. at Cruso Ireek?2 p.m. at Fines lool. ff?11 a.m.. Jarvis Cald ?11 a.m. Burgin's Store, n?2 p.m. Rock Hill Sch. -11 a.m. Bethel School rille?3:30 p.m. ASC Of Oak?3:30 p.m. Comm. I Creek-3:30 Reg. Vot. lot persons nominated at domination?Page 5) larter Joins |e Dept. Staff plly Carter, a native of Be. has rcplaeed Mrs. PVgln s case worker liaywood County Welfare drs. Burgin resigned to kol at Waynesville High. Mnr, who was graduated R'niversity of North Caro 152, formerly worked in pilton County Welfare ICincinnati. Ohio. I residing with her uncle I Mr. and Mrs. Roy Plott pathan Creek community. ! ie ther I SUNNY l??l slightly warmer to M. tair and warmer. I Wavnrsville temperature p hy the State M I Max Min. Pr. I MM.If \ 74 S8 .20 I 74 37 SENATOR GEORGE SMATHERS relaxed here a few days with his parents. Judge and Mrs. Frank Smathers. before leaving for Washington this morning, and then on to Havana to receive a spe rial Cuban government citation on Monday night. The 40-year-old Florida senator is shown here with his father in the latter's living room. (.Mountaineer l'lioto). i Senator Smathers To Be Honored By I Cuban Government For His Leadership A Democratic majority in the louse of Representatives and pos- ( ubly in tlie Senate for the coming i erm is the prediction of Senator ; i oeorge Smathers of Florida, here J or a visit prior to his departure or Havana to receive a decoration rom the Cuban government. Senator Smathers also voiced he "hope and belief" that the supreme Court would follow a 'realistic approach" to the question >f segregation and would permit h" states sufficient time to work >ul a satisfactory solution to the nany problems inherent in the de cision. The Senator spent a few days ti Wiiynasv ille at the home of his ?a rents, .fudge and Mrs. Frank imathers, and was scheduled to cave Thursday for Washington for consultation before his Cuban trip. In November he will again visit -atin America for a series of con erences on trade problems. He nil represent the Senate Com nittee on interstate and Foreign i Commerce. The Senator is an irdent advocate of closer relations ctween the United States and ( .alin America. I Although he was elected to the ?cnate from Florida. Senator imathers is locally claimed as o Haywood's other Senator." The b ong residence of his family in this : li rea has given him a more than ii isual interest in and knowledge of be problems of the section. As a a nember of the Senate Finance 'ominitte. replacing the late Sena- o or Clyde R. Hoey of North Caro- e ina. he has taken a keen interest v (See Smathers?Page 5) j I_ Record Apple Crop Reported 1 i Recent reports from commer- | cial apple growers in North Car- f olina indieated that prospective ' produetion of apples increased ' ( 1 slightly from August 1 to Sep- i ; tember 1 and, as a result, the largest crop of reeord?2,220,000 I ( bushels?is being estimated by ' t the N. C. Crop Reporting Ser- ( viee. A erop this size would he , about two and a half times the ( size of last year's crop and nearly twice the size of the 1943-52 average. '? ? v1 For the Nation, the commer- j j rial apple crop is forecast at j J02.313.000 bushels ? 792,000 ( above the estimate August 1. In 1953, 92,877,000 bushels were j produced and the 10-year ave- 1 f rage is 105,802,000 bushels. j ^ Authorities ! Press Search j1 For Escapee j* I |" | Law-enforcement officers are 1 | continuing their search for I'aul a I Little, colored, who escaped from u the Hazelwood Prison Camp late t Sunday night or early Monday 11 morning and stole a car parked in C front of the camp. Prison camp officials said Little 1 made his. escape by sawing a bar over a door and then soaping the severed portion until he was ready \ to make Itis break. After getting out of the camp, I I (See Authorities?Page 5) Bryson City Youths i Cited On Liquor Count \{ A charge of transporting and c possessing liquor has been filed by i the State Highway Patrol against t two Bryson City colored youths i arrested on the new four-lane high-11 way near Clyde Tuesday. 11 Cpl. Pritchard H. Smith of the t patrol said that the two?Garland 5 Henry Powell and Athur Haymond j i ?were found with 16 pints ot ^ bonded, tax-paid liquor in their t car. The legal limit is eight pints. 1 WTHS Band To Play b \t Asheville Friday | Although schools will be closed s Friday for the annual Western a Jistrict North Carolina Education v Association meeting at Asheville.; i he Waynesville High School con- f ert band will have no vacation? d K'ing scheduled to play for the cachers on Friday morning. The band, recognized as one of he top musical organizations in he stale, will give a 20-minute.( ?oncert at Lee Edwards High school at 9:30 a.m. under the di ectioii of Charles F. Isley. The band will return later in he day to play here for the iVaynesville-Murphy football game. Shorter Road To Fontana Is Open The new short-rut highway to Fontana Village, North Caro lina's largest Great Smoky Moun tains resort, is open. It reduces driving time between Wa.vnes ville and Fontana by over an hour. Numbered N.C. 28, the now section completes the short-cut leaving U. S. 19 west of Bryson City. The new section may also be used as a detour for north south traffic while rebuilding of U.S. 129 is completed. Ceremon ies formally dedicating the new Great Smoky Mountains highway are scheduled for October. Wrecks Hurt WCC Back. Salesman Two men were injured in two ?f four traffic accidents reported! i.v Waynesville arid Hazelwood po iee and the State Highway Patrol tt the last several days. One of the accidents involving I n injury look place oil North! lain St. in Waynesville, the other , ccurred on the Asheville highway, ast of Canton. A driver who] /recked his car on Main St. in] lazehvood escaped injury.. Bob Joye. second-string left half- ; iack at Western Carolina College, rill be lost to his team for some ime as the result of his suffering i evere lacerations of the scalp in I n accident at 10:30 Monday night /hen the car in which he was rid ng crashed into a power pole on forth Main St.. just south of Spal lon's Restaurant. Twenty stitches had to he taken (See Wrecks?Page 5) I [ Boy Scout Work In Area Faces Serious Curtailment For Lack Of Adult Leaders The lack of volunteer adult lead ership is depriving more than 3,000 . Haywood boys of proper and de sefved training in Boy Scout work, , a group of citizens learned yester day during a conference with Scout officials. "There are some men in Hay- j wood who are doing a magnificent job, taking two and even three ' jobs in carrying on Scout work." A. W. Allen, Scout executive said. "But there are loo few of those men?the work must have others, or else some 3.000 Haywood boys will miss forever, those valuable teachings which only Scouting gives them." I ' The discussion brought out the , fact tha? the matter is serious? serious to the extent that unless I t. men tome forward and volunteer to work in the Scout program, that this area will have a limited pro gram, and thus deprive thousands of boys from participating in the work which benefits boys from 8 to 1". Tom Speed, field director, point ed, out that there is a definite need tor organizations, such as churches or civic groups, to serve as a spon sor. and name a troop committee of seven men. who would be res ponsible for naming a scoutmaster, and an assistant. "What has happened In some instances, is that the troop com mittee names a good scoutmaster, nnd leaves him right there. That is not the right spirit; and neithci j (See Scouts?Page 5) I Pigeon Valley Fair Program Got Off To Flying Start Early This Morning I Civil Term Of Court Grants 7 Divorces Disposing of the motion docket j and of uncontested divorce cases , occupied most of the opening days | tnis week of the September term j of ("Ail Court under the Hon. < Walter K. Johnston. Jr. Seven divorce decrees were '.'.ranted, and two cases were order ed .continued. Decrees were grant ed in the cases of Quint Kent vs. Vir'l Kent: Mildred Sisk vs. Harold S;sk: Oscar Welch vs. Ruth Young bird Welch: Hen W. Messer vs. l.vla K. Messer; Lois H. Rogers vs. Davis T. Rogers; Lester Eavcnson | \s Margaret S. Eavenson: and l.illian Muse Gunter by next friend Vance Muse vs. Millard Clyde Gunter. The case of Andy llan | nah vs. Naomi Hannah was con tinued until the second week of i this term of Court: and that of Ray | E. Fletcher vs. Mary Ellen Flet- ; cher was continued for this term.' In other decisions, a consent judgment of $100 was ordered in the case of Barbara Jean Hudson by next' friend Sam Potts vs.) Southern Dairies. Inc., and G. L. ' Vaughn; and a consent judgment of $250 to Sam Polls and the Trav elers Insurance Company vs South ' ern Dairies. Inc., and G. L. Vaughn. I Payment was reduced for the su|> port and medical expenses of j Vickie Lynn Rollins as asked by Gather G. Rollins from Sarah Wil ! lis Rollins; and action was dismiss i ed in the case of Gordon E. Forga j I vs. Willie Mae Price Forga. This term of Court is scheduled i I to continue through next week. i Highlanders Vote To Broaden Scope Of Advertising % An enlarged advertising program was voted by the board of direc tors of the Haywood County High landers at a dinner meeting Mon day at fskyland Cottages. President L. K. DeVous said that the success ( I of this year's program of promo-1 lion led the organization to make every effort to "prepare the road , for another good season". Plans were discussed for a stand-J ard sign to be displayed by all I members of the group, with ?sym-| hoi identifying them with other promotional activity. October 1 was set as the begin ning of a membership drive, and January 1 as its deadline. The same dates also apply to advertising in the county booklet. The organization further pianned to increase the number of book [ lets to be printed, as requests for them (luring the past season great ly exceeded the supply. -APPLE KING" Oeorge Cor burn, ha* many entries In the Pigeon Valley Fair apple division .where 105 plates of apples are being shown. Here Cogburn, who is also entry chairman of the fair, holds a plate of apples he has just checked for entry in the growing exhibit. (Mountaineer Photo). "BIGGER AM) BETTER" say fair officials of the Pigeon Valley Fair, and Gary Sloan heartily agreed, as lie sat among some of the large pumpkins on display. Gary, the son of Mr, and Mrs. John Sloan, was amazed at what he saw in the way of the large number of exhibits at the fair. No doubt this smile eanie from the thoughts of pumpkin pie in the near future. (Mountaineer Photo). | 1 'Case of Missing Bible 'j: Has A Happy Ending \ Mile Of Highway Completed During August In County Haywood had one of the 33 31 miles of road improvements in the Fourteenth Highway Division dur ing August, according to a report of Harry Buchanan, of Henderson ville, commissioner. The road work completed dur ing Augu:''ln Haywood were two county roads, and their lengths, were regraded from eight to 26 feet wide, drained and surfaced with a 16-foot wide traffic-bound macadam base: Seizor Cove, .45 mile; and Academy drive, off old j N. C. 110. .35 mile. Dick Setzer j Koad was also regraded from eight to 26 feet wide, drained and pav ed with a 14-foot wide traffic bound macadam base for .2 mile. Division headquarters are in Syl va, with G. G. Page division engin-1 cer and C. W. Lee assistant divi-1 sion engineer. The district is com posed of Cherokee. Clay. Graham. Haywood Henderson, Jackson. Ma con. Polk, Swain and Transylvania counties. Loan Company To Open Office Here Monday Economy Loan, Inc. will open an office in Waynesvillp Monday at, 143 Main St., in the location form erly occupied by the Highland House, it has been announced. Posey Gentry will serve as vice president and general manager Operating under the supervision of the State Banking Commission.! the new loan firm will serve W'ayncsville, Hazelwood, Canton, and Clyde. Loans of $10 and more will be made on signature, furniture, or automobile. "The Case til the Missing Bible" 1 has been solved?and the ending : is a happy one. It all started several weeks ago < when Claude Burnett of the Bur nett Cove section of Cruso brought : bis old family Bible to Waynes ville to use the information con tained therein to obtain a birth certificate. Slopping al the courthouse for j a moment, Mr. Burnett laid down j the Bible wrapped in brown j paper. When he looked again, his valuable parcel was gone ? The only clue was the brown , wrapping paper found in the court- . house parking lot. hut Sheriff Fred j Campbell started investigating tiro | case. He finally traced the Bible to Benjamin Hannah. 12-year-old son < of Norman Hannah, hut the boy s explained that his lather had it in I their traveling home the bed of I a 11 tick where the Hannahs live? ( moving about from time to time to gather and sell produce. Al that lime. Mr. Hannah had 1 taken a load <it vegetables to sell in South Carolina. When lie re- 1 turned, the sheriff got the Bible back and notified Mr. Burnett 1 that lie had recovered it. Th( Hannah boy told the sheriff he took (lie package "just to see , what it was" When lie discovered | thai il was a Bible, he took it to , his truck home so that be and his , father could read it, the young- , ster explained. Not wishing to deprive the boy ( of a Bible, Sheriff Campbell bought > him one and now Ben has a, "good { book" all his own. J5 < Hugh Sloan Returns From Winston Hospital L Hugh J. Sloan returned to his \ home today from Winston-Salem, j where he underwent surgery last week at Bowman Gray Hospital. -? ? ?? - - - ?* I Haywood Citizens Have j< Invested $353,217 This Year In Savings Bonds I The people of Haywood County, is well as other North Carolinians. :ontinued their thrift habit dici ng August with purchases of So iex Elll Saving* Bonds totalling (3.849,650.75, a 13'- inc rease over he same month last year. The citizens of Haywood County >urchased during August $40,328.75 vhlch brings for the year Savings londs sales In Haywood County o $353,217.25, 63'r, of the anmi.il 'ounty quota. The amount of Series K & H llonds outstanding in North Caro ina is approximately $744 million. Sales for the first eight months if 1954 were $31,910.845 50?6'; above 1 h?* same priod for 1953?and a nine-year sales record. Walter P. Johnson. Slate Direc I I or of the l'. S. Treasury's Sav in;,. Bonds Division and W. H. Andrews, Jr., State Chairman, \d n oi'v Committee, expressed genu ine satisfaction with the August : record. .1 K Massic. t . S. Savings Bond : Chairman for Haywood County, ex pressed lii sappreciation for the sine support given to the Savings : Bonds Program during August." lie said that he was very anxious for more people to join with htm in a roneerted effort to assure this county of reaching its quota for 1,954 w hlrh is *5fi4 400 00 Entries Top Previous Records (Other Pictures Paces 2 and 5) The Pigeon Valley Fair ? the argest in history?got ofT to a good itart this morning with many en lies in the pet show, as young iters eagerly paraded a miniature 'Noah's Ark" in competition for he numerous prizes. While the pet show was going >n. judging began on the largest irray of exhibits ever seen in the air. whieh is being held in the new lethel School cafeteria and ad acent lots. This morning, starting at 10:30, he cattle show, with Charles ?tamey general chairman and 5oorge Stamey master of ceremon es, saw three to four times as nany entries as there were last rear. The county agents served as ndges. Besides the beef and dairy attle there were 18 head of hogs ?ntered. The livestock is housed inder two large tents plus the arge livestock show arena. Much tilerest is being shown in the inultry division, and the pens of 'abbits are attracting scores of air-goers. Tonight (Thursday! the annual talent Show of the Pigeon Valley 'air will get under way at 7:30 vith Ed Storey of Canton master >f ceremonies and Turner Cathey ;encral chairman. The newly iniformed Bethel band will be eatured, together with the Pisgah (fountain Boys, five or six quar ets and other entertainers. One :ake waJk will be staged. The fair will be open from 111 a.m. to 10 p.m on Thursday and Friday; Saturday's hours will be 10-2. Nqj^dmisalan Is charged ,ev cept for tne Talent Show/ Friday the only event outside of Ihe general show of exhibits will lake place at 2:30 p.m. on the foot ball field when the Bethel Blue Demons meet the Sylva Golden ffurricanes. Saturday's big event will begin it 1 o'clock with a horse show in .vhlch more than 50 horses have ilroady been entered. Showmastcr s Guy Wells and ringmaster is Maine Medford. Judges will be lee Davis and Tom Alexander. Turner Cathey will serve as master if ceremonies. Violet Green is secretary of the show and Joyce Dietz treasurer. Committee mem x-rs are Carl Green, Mr and Mrs. juy Wells and Wayne and Jane (See Pigeon Fair?Page 5) Kiwanis Kids Day Program Slated Here Saturday The Waynesville Kiwanis Club vill conduct its annual Kids Day acnnut sale Saturday in Waynes ille business section to raise noney to aid underprivileged chil lren. The sale last year netted more han $150, which was used by Ki? vanis in various projects to help icedy youngsters. Chairman of the Kids Day ob tervance this year will be J. ftL arvcr. A special feature of the pro* uam Saturday will be a free show or children at the Strand Theatre it 9 a.m.. presenting a Western uovie, "Lone Hand". Ice cream rill be served following the show* ng of the picture. I MRS. CROUSER IMPROVING Mrs. J. C. Crouser, Sr.. who has >eer\ a patient in the Haywood bounty Hospital for the past week, s reported to be "'greatly im )roved". Highway Record For 1954 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed ..It 2 . Injured.... 35 (Thb Information eon piled from Records of State Highway Patrol) j