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IV V?-?-q . 'i ^ L People Than J Fire SS??MMountaineerIS3 -?????um N,"?n" ???_ - ?t"" ?? """ ??* la Adv.?M ta^^======3 I> Haywood Methodist rches Assigned New tors By Conference j IEFNER of Lin n named pastor rthodist Church, ins Rev. W. H. s to Asheboro. Lincoln C ounty Car red jgie m Knoxville was lay morning at i youths stopped an in the valley "pawn" a jack ome gasoline, ndant called the id officers came id arrested the i charge of auto learned the ve in Knoxville at Campbell identi as Frank Hend Billy Ellis, 15, . who were driv 13 Mercury, ed over to Knox kins In I dent Hawkins. 51, of ly injured in a of two autos in y night about 8 Police said Mrs. on arrival at an I and her hus ? Franklin Haw and Mrs. Thur Asheville were t Memorial Mis injuries suffered Buncombe Coun t's. Hawkins died icussion and in cident occurred >d Hoad near the ambolt Avenue. ' report young ">K his father's sedan, north on hen it met a [riven south on kins?Page 3) I Five Haywood County Methodist ?churches were assigned new pas tors following the reading of min isterial appointments yesterday at- | ternoon at the close of the 16th ' annual Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church in Asheville. The Rev. W. | Jackson Huneycutt returns as | superintendent of the Waynes- j ville District and the Rev. Earl H. Brendall returns as pastor of the First Church at Waynesville. The Rev. J. W. Fowler remains as j superintendent of the Lake Juna luska Assembly. The Rev. C. G. Heffner comes to Canton Central from the First church at Lincolnton suceeding the Rev. W. H. Groce, who goes to the First church at Ashboro, Mrs. M. B. Lee, former pastor of the llazelwood Church will go to Fines Creek succeeding the Rev. J. D. Pyatt, who retired. The Rev. W. H. Broome will serve as pastor of the Haywood j Circuit succeeding Dr. C. N. Clark, retired. Mr. Broome has been pas tor of the Pigeon Circuit, which has been combined with the Hay wood Circuit. ! ? The Rev. L. E. Wiggins, retired, ? supply, of Lake Junaluska. will go 1 1 to Hazelwood replacing the Rev. ! R. J. Hahn. who goes to the Snow i Hill-lotla charge. At Shady Grove the Rev. John | P. Frazier, Jr. will be the new pas ! tor succeeding the Rev. J. H. Cole i man who goes to Lafayette Street. Shelby. Mr. Frazier comes from Robbinsville. Ministers returning to Haywood County, in addition to Mr. Iluney-, cutt, Mr. Brendall. and Mr. Fowl-! er are: The Rev. L, B. George, j Bethel; George C. Starr. Jr.. Clyde; the Rev. A. R. Davis, Crabtree; j the Rev. G. R. Barringer, Dell-' wood: the Rev. D. A. Payne, Long's' Chapel; the Rev. K. D. Crouse. , Morning Star; and the Rev. I. L. Roberts. Canton, First. i H. H. Boone Wins Second i Grid Contest H. H. Boone, of 308 Smathers ! St., Waynesville, won the second Mountaineer football contest last : week with 10 correct guesses out of 12. He will receive first-prize . money of $15. Two other persons ? Harry Burnette of Route 2, Canton, and j Linda Hollificld of 301 East St.. ! Waynesville?also missed only two games but were further off on the | combined score of the Waynesville- j Murphy game than was Mr. Boone Mr. Burnette was the runner-up. Twenty-six entrants missed three i1 games, 39 missed four, and the re- j( inainder missed five or more. \ Clyde Lions Club Hears District Head ! I Lions District Governor Alton ' Broom of Asheville was the prin- ^ cipal speaker at a meeting of the f Clyde Lions Club Friday night at the Central Methodist Church on the subject of "Lionism." The club also discussed plans for the opening of its annual ? "White Cane Drive," which will be launched this week. rje Has First Supper Benefit Of Band Fund : ? r,*400 was raised by ?iii?h't '11PTA at a suPPcr H at the school ? to ? in!Urchase musical in ? d un'form? for a band and was scry ( ed by women of the PTA. J t Roy McKinnish, chairman of the J' PTA band committee, announced (( that one supper will be held each month for the band fund between 1 now and Christmas. No other funds will be solicited. The committee already has < $1,000 in the bank from last yea is < Canton-Bethel-Clyde United Fund. This year the United Fund has ' tentative plans to allocate $2,000 to the Clyde band fund. ^ Other members of the Clyde , band committee are Crovcr J Haynes, Mrs. Pauline Goodson, and Carlton Corzine, secretary- ( treasurer. Charles F. Isley, director of the | Waynesville High School band re- , eently told the Clyde Lions Club , that approximately $5,000 would | be needed for instruments and uniforms to form a band at Clyde ] High School. j Clyde school officials hope to1 c put a uniformed band on the field j I ' by the 1055 school year. I Li m SUNNY 1 and warm today 1 ^?^reulng cloudiness and ?*???* likely 1 -viilc temperature V the State Test Farm 1 ? Ma*. Min. Prec. ? ...78 36 ? i ? 79 36 ? ? 80 38 ? SWEEPSTAKES WINNER of the Clyde Flower Show is Mrs. Gordon fugle. This was Mrs. Cagle's second consecutive victory of the Clyde (See other pictures page 2 this section, page 5, show. She also won the same honors at the Waynesville show earlier this summer. (I'hoto by John .Moore), second section. Prize list pase two this section. 7,500 Attend All Phases Of Big Pigeon Valley Fair I Horse Show pictures, story on page 6; prize Hist page 1, sec.2> "One of the best yet," summed j up the verdict on the Pigeon Val ley Fair which closed Saturday j after three action-packed days. M. j j C. Nix, fair manager, pointed to | the number of entries in the ex- j hi bits and to the crowds visiting not only the exhibits but the pet I ! show, the talent show, horse show 1 | and football game. An estimated 1 ; 7500 persons saw the exhibits and j i activities. Tonight at 7:30 o'clock the men | ] of Pigeon Valley will meet at j 1 Bethel School with fair officials i to consider plans for a fair next j year. About a thousand entries at-' tracted the eye in the new build i ing. the livestock pavilion and sur rounding grounds. More than a j hundred entries were received in j the apple division alone, and more ! than 30() ill*' canned goods. An j | estimated 500 persons were anius-1 ! ed by the dogs, cats, squirrels, turtles and other animals of the I pet parade early Thursday. Dur ing that day alone, some 3000 peo i pie thronged the grounds to watch the pet show, the judging of ex-j hibits, and the cake walk, aero batics, singing and string music j of the talent show. Friday's highlight was a football ' game between the Bethel Blue Demons and the Sylva Golden Hurricanes. The 21-13 final score made the day even mar - perfect for Pigeon Valley rooters. Saturday's horse show drew over 50 entries, from a lead line class for pre-school youngsters to an old-timers class limited to those over 55 years old. The show drew about 750 spectators. Aug. Park Travel Hits Highest Peak I August visitations to the Blue i Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains t^ational Park, j which converge in North Carolina.' topped the million mark this year j as they did in 1952 and 1953 and reached their highest August at tendance total to date: 1.230,522.1 August travel figures released by j ttie National Park Service show that 559.863 persons visited the great Smokies, 159.456 more than in August of last year; and 670, 659 visited the Parkway ? 1.035 more than in August, 1953. Crabtree Cannery Now Open Wednesday Only Starting this week the Crabtree jannery will be open on Wednes days only, it has been announced by Mrs. Rufus Silor. cannsry sup ervisor. Previously the cannery has been open Wednesday and Fri day. Officials Will Inspect Filtering Plant Wednesday Town officials and engineers will formally inspect the new $350,000 filtering plant and water system, which was recent ly completed. The system was put into use about ten days ago, after a series of tests were made, and several days spent on sterilizing the plant. The new filtering plant is on the Aliens Creek road. Illness Of Judge Forces Court Term Adjournment The September term of Civil (. ourt was adjourned this morning because of the illness of the Hon. Walter E. .Johnston. Jr.. presiding judge. Cases not disposed of will be continued until the next term of Civil Court in January. Judgments rendered this morn ing and the latter part of last week included the following: Alfred Roveano vs. Railway Ex- j press Agency. Inc.. plaintiff award- j :d $335 and interest. Thad Caldwell vs. Fred Winfield.; .oluntary nonsuit. Patricia Leming Gilliland vs. | William R. Gilliland. divorce grant-1 %d. Norris Transit Mix Concrete Co. :s. T. Hunter YVorsham. Jr., plain id' awarded $229.99 and costs. S. Lee Howell vs. Annie Moody, !?. D. Medford and wife, Pauline Bedford, consent judgment that \nnie Moody is the owner of a cor ain tract of land and that plain id recover $250 from Annie Hoody. Burrell T. Lee vs. Marian Wil iams Lee, divorce granted. Blanche Chambers Sutton vs. Claude Sutton, divorce granted. /Vpple Growers To Meet Here Wednesday Night Plans for the county's observance H National Apple Week will be nade at a meeting of the Smoky Vlounlain Apple Growers Asso ?iction at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at he courthouse, according to an an louncemcnt by R. li. Boone, presi icnt. The organization will also elect tew officers. Squirrel Season's Opening Friday Lures Sportsmen Hunters need no reminder that squirrel season opens Fri day in Western North Carolina. Accurate marksmen look for uard to the good sport and good meat that results from it. Many a family is smacking its lips over the prospect of a tasty dish of squirrel and dumplings, or that other favorite, squirrel harked up with plenty of sweet potatoes. Even those whose luck?or aim ?is not so good, are willing to vise in the early dawn for a tramp through the crisp autumn 1 woods ind a chance to match ! wits with the agile little tree- | dwellers. White Cane Sale | By Lions Club To Open Today A While Cane sale and member ship drive sponsored by Uie Way- j nesville Lions Club opens official ly today, to run through October 4. Proceeds from the drives will lie used to further the organiza tion's work witli the blind and with the prevention of blindness. Joe Tate, chairman of thp club's Sight Conservation committee, pointed out thai among the vari ous services provided are provid ing glasses, clothes, food, medical and dental services, educational and craft materials. White Cane walking slicks, radius for old. shut in blind, vibra-phones lor the deaf blind, and a summer institute for mothers of pro-school hiind chil dren. He stressed the fact that the only criteria for the services of the Slate Association for the Blind, organized 20 years ago by the Lions and others, are that there is a need for help and thai there is no other resource available. He stated that helping the blind to help themselves is the main ob jectives of the organization. Less Than 10 Haywood Boys In Scout Program Less than 10 per cent of the boys in Haywood of Boy Scout age ire in a troop. Louis Gates, dis trict director said today, and he pointed to the "lack of adult lead ership" as the principle reason. Scout officials estimate that [here arc 3.400 boys in Haywood of Scout age. with only 297 en rolled in the 15 troops of the coun ty. Scout officials of the Pigeon River District Haywood ? are <eeking additional adult leaders in order that the other 3,103 boys in the county can have the advan tages of Buy Seoul training. ? . Unless additional adults enter actively into the work, there will be even fewer boys to enjoy, and , benefit from the program, it was pointed out by leaders. As a means of getting addition al leaders, the Scout offirials have set Tuesday, October 5th, as a meeting time at the court house in an effort to get interested a- J dults to participate in the program The meeting on the 5th will be a relationship conference in which I officials will present the Seoul program, and the duties of those who are in charge of carrying out 1 the program. I C. W. Cunningham of Hender sonville, Republican candidate for Congress from the, 12th Congres sional District, will address a meet ing of Haywood County Republi cans at the court bouse Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. In making the announcement, El mer Miller, chairman, Haywood Republican executive committee, said all precinct and party work ers and the public are invited to attend. 1 I Open House New WTHS Unit Now Set For 7;30 Thursday Postponed From Tuesday Due To Death Of J. Tom Leatherwood I (See pictures second section) Open house at the new Waynesville Township High School building has been post- | poned until Thursday because ' of the death last night of Tom heather wood, member of the ; board of Education and until recently its chairman. Officials made the change this morning out of respect to Mr. heather wood. Township Superintendent M. II. Bowles said this morning that the program originally planned for Tuesday evening will be car- i ried out Thursday night from 7:30 to 10 o'clock. Parents of Waynesville Township High School students, as well as other county residents who have followed with keen interest the progress of the school's new voca tional ami physical education building will have an opportunity Thursday evening to see for them selves the sparkling new $400,000 plant. High school personnel will be hosts at an open house then! from 7:30 unlit 10 o'clock. Faculty and student committees have been named to take care of the many details of the event, in cluding refreshments, invitations, the tour, serving, decoration, pub-] licity, arrangements, planning.! music and greeting. Guests will enter the building from the Brown Avenue side, see ing first the entrance to the gym. They are asked to use the front entrance of the gym, which facet the back of the old high school building Besides a booth for tiekel sales, the entry contains three large glass trophy cases, mirror-backed, each with if-c ou'ti liohtinfT uvufotw ii. display to best advantage the school's many awards A circuit of the gym will follow! with glimpses into the spotless new locker rooms. The gym will seat 1500 spectators at the winter ball games. Through the gym the tour will! continue through the wing of spa- j cious. well-lighted classrooms In cluded are rooms for typing, short hand and other office skills, a home \ economics department containing! complete sewing, cooking and serv- ] ing equipment, a room filled with j desks engineered for mechanical drawing and a woodworking shop. Downstains the building takes advantage of the sloping ground to have a daylight-illuminated labora tory for electronics and will event ually have a shop for automotive mechanics. Hack upstairs is a range of sci ence classrooms and laboratories. General science, health education, biology, chemistry and physics are provided for. Equipment is ade quate for students to perform their own experiments, and am ple space is provided for storage. The handsome large cafeteria will be the last stop on the tour. Refreshments will be served there, and guests wilt note the unusual color scheme, comprising the tones of dawn to dusk, as well as the battery of up-to-date kitchen equipment. The room can seat some 500 persons. Soft recorded music will be played throughout the evening. The committes working to make 1 (See High School?Pa(r 6) Last Rites Set Wednesday For J. Tom Leather wood .1 Tom L,eat hcrwood, 35. of Clyde, member of the Haywood County Hoard of Education, died Sunday at 6 p.m. in the North Carolina Memorial Hospital at Chapel Hill He had undergone surgery for a heart ailment on Thursday. Leatherwood served as chair man of the Board of Education until a few weeks ago when he re signed on account of his health. He remained as a member of the board. He was employed in the account ing department of the Champion Paper and Fibre Company at Can ton and was secretary-treasurer of the Clyde Building and Loan. He was a Scottish Rite Mason and was a member of the First Baptist Church at Clyde and the Clyde Lions Club. He was active in political af fairs of the county and was a mem ber of the State Democratic Ex ecutive Committee. A native of Haywood County, Leatherwood was bom January 4. 1919, the son of Mrs. Mattie Leatherwood of Clyde and the late Tom Leatherwood. He was educat ed in the Clyde schools and Cecil's Business College. Asheville. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Clyde Baptist Church with the pastor, the Rev. J. tJ. Goodwin, Jr., of ficiating, assisted by the Rev. George Starr, pastor of the Clyde Methodist Church. Interment will be in Bon-A-Venture Cemetery, i Active pallbearers will be mem bers of the accounting department j of the Champion Paper and I Fibre Company ? | Honorary pallbearers Will be i members of the board of deacons I of the Clyde Baptist Church, members of the Haywood County Board of Education. Dr. Roy II. Moore, Lawrence Leatherwood. and the Rev. Grady Barringer. Flower bearers will be members | of the Bertha Fitzgerald Bible Class of Ihe Clyde Baptist ? Church and members of the Wo man's Society of Christian, Ser I vice of Ihe Elizabeth Chapel Mcth | odist Church. The body was expected to arrive this afternoon, it will be taken to I the home to remain until thirty minutes prior to the service when it will lie in state at the church. Surviving are the wife, the form er Miss Wilda Jackson; a son. Stephen; the mother, and two sis ters. Mrs Hugh Ratcliffe of Rat cliffe Cove and Miss Emelyn I Leatherwood of Clyde. Arrangements are under the di rection of Crawford Funeral Home. Lions Approve High School Driver Training The Wayncsville Lions Club ap proved in principle the driver training program in the high schools at its meeting Thursday night and referred it to the Safety committee for further investiga tion. Guest speaker was Carroll Angel, field representative of the State Highway Safety Division, who showed a film titled "Guilty." Mr. Angel was introduced by Cpl. Pritrhard Smith of the Highway Patrol. Joe ("line, president of the Lions Club, presided over the meeting. J. TOM LEATHERWOOD, mem ber of the county board of edu cation, and former chairman, died Sunday in a Winston-Salem hospital. i Draft Board Classifies 62 County Men Sixty-two Haywood County men were assigned draft classifications by the Selective Service Board 45 at its meeting Friday at the court house. They were Class 1-A (available for induc ? Haul Met*jn Hanson, James C. MoClure. Thomas Col son Newman, Eugene Arringlon, Billy Odell Conard. Robert San ford, Thad Way Crawford, Alvin Clyde McFalls. Roy Wayne Pope, Earl Leon Norris, Dewey Leander Liner. Jr , George Thomas H61 combe, Roy Lee HolcombC. James Robert Williamson, Frank Davis Medford, Frank Edson Jaynes. Class 1-C (enlisted) ? Howard C. Mdntyrc, James N. HaneV, Ralph Washington Pressley, Wil liam Edwin Moss, Jimmy Wayne Howell, Neal Teague, William Mor ris Broyles, Charles Edmund Aycrs, Kenneth Varo McClure Class 1-C (inducted>?Lawrence Thomas Davis, Hichard Radford Guy, John Samuel Pardue, Jr . James David McJunkin, Ernest Wayne Pressley, Walter Robertson Taliaferro, Luther Wallace Shaw, Robert Eugene Fore. Kenneth Al vin Jones, James Sydney Woods, Harrison William C a 1 d w e 1 I, Charles Alvin Mease, David Hugh Tate, Jackie Kenneth Moody, Ray mond Ellc Rathbone, Otis Lion (See Draft Board?Page 5) Wreck Saturday Hospitalizes Boy At Fines Creek A Fines Creek youth was hos pitalized Saturday night when the car in which he was riding ran olt the pavement and strui'k a hank in the yard of Mark Ferguson at Fines Creek. Jack Lowe was admitted to the Haywood County Hospital with a rose injury and lacerations of the head. The driver of the car, Clyde Smith, was released after receiv ing first aid at the hospital for an injured ankle. Smith was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol by Cpl. Pritchard If. Smith of the State Highway Patrol, who investi gated the accident. Smith's car, a 1941 Chevrolet, was termed "a total loss." Highway , Record For 1954 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed.::: 2 Injured..:. 37 (Tbta Information com piled from Records of State Highway PatroL) I Alcoholics Anonymous Unit May Be Established Here The possibility of cstabliahing [ an Alcoholics Anonymous group in Waynosville Is now under consid eration, The Mountaineer was in formed last week. Organisation of a group depcrtds on the response of the public ? both from alcoholics and from non alcoholics who may be asked to assist in the program, it was dis closed. According to published mater ial of the organization, "Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their ex perience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. "The only requirements for membership Is an honest desire to stop drinking. AA has no dues or fees. It is nqt allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organi/a tion or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other al coholics to achieve sobriety." Several pastors in Haywood County have been contacted and were asked to mention the possible formation of an AA group. Law enforcement officials also have been contacted. North Carolina is presently rec ognized as one of the leaders in the United States in its alcoholic hehabilitation work. The state group maintains an excellent re habilitation Venter at Camp But ner, and publishes a bi-monthly journal on alcohol and alcoholism as well as several other pamphlets. The nearest Alcoholics Anony mous group to Waynesvllle is the tSce Alcoholic*?Pag* ft)