L people Than mi IheJV^ynesville Mountaineer ?-~t FeAjT no. 85 iFFaUeS r- ? ?F ty Seat ?f Haywood County At The Eastern EM.ran^ nf ^ r-cnt . . * M JM iXV ? ? Associated Press _ Great Smoky Mountains National Park ? AtMmui. X. .o0 In Advance In Iiav^d ??d Jackson Countie/ jlliamson fepts Call (Charlotte ?ngregation of the Presby- I lurch accepted with reluct- '! Mllllf tttfrn of Hev. M. R. I,,; on Sunday morning, in I m (Mfnfltlooil meeting 111 oclock services. lr Williamson who has ' tor of the church since m. announced that next ; Krould be his last Sunday | 1 of the church. He will ?uties as pastor of the lenue Presbyterian church lite on November 7th. Inth Avenue Presbyterian Ls a membership of about IWaynesville church has Kstor and his wife will be K special tea for members Ihurch, and their other ? the area, at the church I fcernoon from four to six | Iter of resignation of the Is read to tlie congrega I L Prevost. clerk of the ? a ine pasiui um-nj d?oh u iad resigned in order to e work as pastor of the church. ngregation also recom lo the Asheville Presby the pastoral relations of ? Williamson and the [ dissolved. A special ad neeting of the Presbytery set for Tuesday, Novum d. at the Kenilworth Pres :hurch. Upon action of the ry. the dissolution of pas- , lions and the church will flective. ?ming here in 1941, Mr. o has been active in civic the community, serving ent of Rotary, chairman ! J Cross for six years, Dis trnorof Rotary 1951-1952 d clerk of the Asheville y for the past six years. "OUTSTANDING HANDICAPPED PERSON" in Haywood County for 1951, Tommy Norris of Waynesville, is presented a certificate by l.ee Davis, chairman of the county's "Aid the Handi capped" Committee. Tommy broke his neck and i w ? ? "--y , *0 was |iaralv7rd in a swimming; accident at I.ake Junaluska in 1945, but has shown outstanding leadership in church and youth work and ingenu ity as an amateur inventor. ( Mountaineer Photoi. tis^Club [Celebrate 1 Birthday I'aynesvillp Kiwanis Club I ;rve its third anniversary 'birthday party" Tuesday Spaldon's Restaurant. Ray vice president-elect, will nree of the program, tsident and a number ot members from the Ashe b. sponsors of the loeal I be present at the meet ly a delegation of W'ay Kiwanians went to Ashe help that club mark its it Principal speaker on im was Hooper Alexander kville. former president of grille club. L. R. Miller Dies At 28; Rites Tuesday Linuel Iiay .Miller, 28, died Sun day night about 11 o'clock in an Asheviile orthopedic hospital, where he was reported to be suffer ing .froth- bulbar poliomyelitis. He was a native of Waynesville, ?> the son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Mil ler, and was associated with his father in the plumbing business.] A veteran of World War II. Miller served with the U.'S. Army in the i Pacific theatre. Graveside rites will be conduct ed in th" Crawford Memorial Park ' Tuesday at 3 p.m. The Rev. Oder Rurnette and the Rev. Gay Cham-' bors will officiate. Pallbearers will be Richard Young. Robert Norris. Bobby Hem brec. Tom Miller. Jack Fugate and Johnny Green. Surviving, in addition to the par ents. arc the wife. Mrs. Dorothy Hembrec Miller; a son, Phillip Ray. a daughter, Mary Ann: one sister. Mrs. Clarence Donaldson: three j brothers. Floyd Miller. Jr.. Donald Keith, and Charles David Miller, all of Waynesville. Also the maternal grandfather, j Andy Ferguson of Hazeiwood and the paternal grandmother, Mrs. R. E. Miller of Waynesville Arrangements are under the di- j rection of Crawford Funeral Home. Miss Ann Albright left Friday to spend the weekend in High Point after which she will visit relatives in Mdoresville about two weeks. fwood Spends Same For >d As For Automobiles | al to tlie Mountaineer* ORK?As much money is Haywood County for auto luipmnit and for general lise as is spent for food. 'ately 18 cents out of flar spent in the local re P goes for purchases of Used cars. Uires, batteries accessories, and for farm 1. motorcycle? and the tores take exactly the 1 out of the dollar as do ^'ing general merchan- j Is are brought out in '"agement's current, copy- j j^'ey of the spending j Poople in all parts of the j v m automotive equipment ?od County produced a in 1953 of $4.t30,- I > 4 ie f Jther \ SUNNY warm today. Some ir>d continued warm M'*. Min. Prec. 60 27 > 68 22 ? - " , 73 22 ? 77 21 ? 000, a gain over the previous year's $3i586.000. I| represents 18 cents of each retail dollar. Big spending in this direction re flects ? a high standard of living and is normally an index of good ' times. With families earning more, as was the case in Haywood Coun ty last year, more is spent for lux uries. This expansiveness was noted in the grocery stores, meat mar kets and other food shops in the county, which did a $4,098,000 vol ume of business in the year. It was equivalent to 18 cents out of every dollar of retail business chalked up locally also. It was another sign of good living. Sales in general merchandise and variety stores, another index con sidered in the survey, totaled I24.odo in the year, representing 18 cents of the retail dollar also. The stores selling furniture, household supplies, raaios and the like did $2,368,000. amounting to ' 10 cents. Purchases in drug stores came to $?890,000. or 4 cents additional. The volume of bu-ine-- done by all the local retail store- during 1953 was $23,229,000, a marked gain over the $22,708,000 produced in the previous year. In addition, h big spending potential in the form *uf savings now exists locally and in most other parts of the country. Economists agree that more reserves are now salted away ! than ever )>cfore. ' 5 Communities To Compete In Annual CDP Contest Mrs. Ratcliffe Takes Second Football Contest A new record has been set in The Mountaineer's football contest by Mrs. Carl Ratcliffe. who won tile contest last week for the sec ond week ill a row. Never before has an entrant won two contest: in an entire season ?much less eon secutively. Last week Mrs. Rat cliffe was a co-winner. She missed only two prediction: ? the Waynesvillc-Brevard score less deadlock and the Georgia Tech-Kentucky tilt, won by tin Wildcats. 13-6. in an upset. Most contestants missed three 01 iiiore. More Assigned To Farm Census Work Here In Haywood Additional appointments o enumerators for Haywood Count} were announced today by Carsoi Clark, crew leader for Haywoot County. They are William C. Davis, Hob ert L. Coin. Mrs. Geneva M. Single ton. Mrs Gladys S. Henson, Wil burn 1'. Campbell, Verlin T. She! ton, Leamon J. Tatham. Mrs. Graet R Ducket t They, With enumerators a I read} appointed will report Tuesday foi a four-day training session a Waynesville. and will begin the ac tual enumeration on November 1st Maggie 4-11 Liu?) Elects New Officers Mary Jane Valentine was elected president of the Maggie 4-H Club at a meeting recently in the school auditorium. Other officers chosen were: * Jerry Ferguson, vice president Carolyn Sease, secretary-treasurer Wayne Ferguson, reporter, and Judy Woody and Billy Henry, sons leaders. Mrs. Vester McGaha is the aault leader. West Pigeon, South Clyde. Thick et y, Crabtree. and Iron Dull will compete this year in the annual Haywood County community de velopment' contest sponsored by the CD!'. The five communities will be judged this week and the winners 1 will be announced at the annual Tobacco Festival in November, ac 1 cording to Homer Sink, assistant " county farm agent, On Wednesday. West Pigeon w ill " ' be judged at 9 a.m., Crabtree at " 1 p in. and Iron DwiT at 3 p.m. On "{Thursday; South Clyde will be ? judged at 9 a.m. and Thickets at * | 1 p.m. The judges, whose names are not 1 disclosed, will be a specialist from ' toe Farm Management Department ol N. C'. State College and a home . I f.. 11.* A I \ . 4 . . . . ayein 11 um a ni'snirii i/iiiina county not in competition in the district contest. Judging will be on the system of blue, red and white ribbons, j > Winners will divide a total of '; $1,000. I Last year Iron Duff won first 1 prize in the contest. I The five communities participat ing this year are the only ones in , 1 the county who submitted farm-1 j | survey information sheets. These terms are now being summarized _: for use by the judges. Cub Scouts' Parents Meet Tuesday Night Parents of Cub Scouts and pros ? pective Cub Scouts wilt hold a r, special meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tues l day night at the courthouse, il has -'been announced. This meeting will be an iifipor- 1 taut one and Cub Scout leaders have urged that parents attend, if possible. i Practical Nurses Group i Will Meet Wednesday Licensed practical nurses will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at i the home of Mrs. Lura Davis, with : I Mrs. Haltie Webb in charge of the I | program. I following the business session. , , a birthday party will be held in I honor of Mrs. Davis. OFFICIAL Bl'SIVFSS seemed to he the matter up fur dis< tissfon as a Mountaineer photographer approached these three In the court room I his morning. On the left is Bill Ray, president of the H'aynesvillr Cluh: Joseph A Ahev. direclor of Rotary International, who appeared on thr morn, inx program and will speak again Tuesday night, and W. H. I. Millar, secretary of the eonvention. 011 the left. i Mountaineer I'hoto) 450 Tar Heel Rotarians Expected At 2-Day District Conference Here (See oilier pictures page six! liotarians ot the 280th district nominated l)r Kelly Bennett of ttryson City as district governor til is morning, as they began their annual 'wo-day convention here. Registration was brisk all morn Tng. a> liotarians gathered at the court house for the opening ses sion. Two registration desks were kept bus', one at the court house and one at the Country Club, con vention headquarters Ernest Boss, district governor, said shortly before noon that indi cations were that each of the 37 clubs would be represented. The't 230th district extends from Monroe to Andrews and there are about g.uutt members in the 157 clubs. I Besides the nomination of (lis- ! trict gov 'tnor. the other highlights of the morning sesison was the an- | nual address ol the district govern or, and t he report from the board of directors of Rotary international by Joseph V A bey, of Reading, t'a . a member of the board William S. Ray. president of the Waynesv >l|c clug gave tlit* address ol welcome. While Everette Rich- | ardson of old Fori responded. The singing is being let! by Albert | Hewitt of Marion. . Rev. Mack (loss, of I lendcison villo. led the necrology and memoi - ial Service In his annual address. District I Governor Ross pointed to the matjy I aicompii-hments throughout the J di Iriet since he look office July first. "Members throughout the! distriel are leading in building of ' diameter of our citizens, and es p dally of students: they are lead ing in the construction of parks, playgrounds, helping crippled cliil- t tlVon. organizing athletic teams. I leading in race relationships, and) in two towns. Rotary Clubs led in j the construction of community hos pitals." Ross w fill on to explain that v.bile several now clubs were need ed in the district, he was "proud id the work of the entire 280th c'* ti ict " Director Abc.v also pointed to the steady growth and progress of Rotary, lie said there had been 72 new ? tubs organized, and anoth ii country now has Rotary, bring ing the total to 90 since July first The last fiscal year saw 487 new clubs added,to Rotary throughout the world. "Plans are now underway to or ganize clubs' in Klhiopia. Bagdad, and Turkey." be told the confer ence members. "We are hopeful o( getting clubs established on several of the small islands in the Far Ka-t." Abey. a newspaper man. said he had a personal feeling that "Ro te rv will be in 95 countries by June 30th" the end of the cur rent fiscal year. Other speakers today included Walter N'au. of Hickory, speaking ' cn fifty years of service above 1 self, and James I'eden spoke on ' What Do You Me.'in To Do." Before adjourning for luncheon, the conference members heard Paul Helms in an address on "Fac ing Two Ways." Monday afternoon was devot ed to committee meetings and rec reation, Monday evening's program willj move to the WTHS cafeteria for a barbecue supper, featuring special entertainment planned by Dan i W'alkins and the members of his (Sec Rotary?Page 6> AN ENGLISHMAN SMILES at a yarn of ll.ill. lt S. Ward, chairman of the registration for lite Itot ary Convention, which opened here today. Listen ing to Ward, arr left to right: llenry Grill, hosiery manufacturer of Valdese, Michael Ken yon. of Ituekingham. England, a student at liiike Culver slt.v on a Rotary Scholarship. Chairman Ward, and Kill Pope. president of the Mooresville Club. The four were (am:lit an thev talked in the second 1 looi lobby of the court house this morning. I Mountaineer Photo). I>1(. KELLY BENNETT, of Bryson City, was nominated District Governor of Rotary's 280th Dis trict here this morning, lie will take office July first, 1955. 242 Attend District PTA Meeting Here ISpc pictures page one. section 2 and page 6 section one) Mrs. OJin Dillard of ("aridlei was installed as director of District 1 of the North Carolina Parent Teacher Association at the district meeting at Waynesville High School Friday, attended by 242 representatives from II WNC mountain counties. Also installed were: Mrs. E. O. Burnette of Walnut vice-director; Mrs Denton Itrown iiig of Waynesville, secretary, arid Dr. Nettie Paretic ol Hobbinsvjilc treasurer. Retiring officers were: Mrs Weimar Jones of Franklin, direc tor: Mrs. Diliard. vice-director. Mrs. C. K. Siler of Asheville, sec retary. and Mrs. II. liuc-ck of Mm ph.v. treasurer. The principal speaker on I lie morning program. Mrs. John Craw ford of Kaleigli, stale PTA presi dent. stressed the need of eaeli In i cal parent-teacher group working together to form "United Force for Education". Discussing the national and stale I'TA platforms. Mrs Crawford pointed out that North Carolina ranks ninth in the nation in I'TA . membership Questioned concerning the posi tion of the North Carolina I'TA on the issue of segregation. Mi Crawford asserted that the organ-j1 ization is standing by its platform which includes the aim "to pro mote the welfare of children and youth in the home, school, church and community." Other speakers were Mrs .1 \V. Burke of Gibaonvillc. executive secretary, who discussed "Life Sav ers Along the Way" and Mis Blanche Haley, state field workoi who spoke on "Problem Shootinr A life-membership pin was pre sented to Mis. Jones, retiring di rector, by Mrs. Doyle D. Alley oi Wayncsville, former state pie idem and district director. J B. Soesbee of Waynesvihe (See I*T\- P?fM' fl' A A Members Hear Talk By Camp Butner Chaplain Park Travel In October Way Up September atteiidanec totals lor the (ireat Smoky Mountains ! National I'ark anil the ltlue Itidce Parkway, increased 71, 61)11 over the corresponding month of lil.Vt I'arkuay travel totalld 4711.673 or '31,664 over September ol 11153, reports the Natninal I'ark Servlee. while (ireat Smokies I'ark Travel to totaled H i.ISO or ail 635 more than in September 11155. 5 Accidents Reported By State Patrol Rear-end collisions worn the or del of (ho dav Sunday on the Soro road as sis oars were involved in rclatiw-lv minor accidents ill trif le termed "unusually heavy" by tile State llndiway I'atrol. , No injuries were involved and all vehicles were driveahle after tin collisions Two other accidents i v ere reported Saturday one north of Canton the other near Bethel Two ai cidcnts took place at Dell wood where the Jonathan Creek load enters I S. Ill the scene of l>.o serious wrecks in recent weeks Patrolman Harold Dayton said one eolle ion at 2 p in involved ears drien by Hay Kmcrson of Da\> npoi t tow a and Otto Thilcnius of l'lainlield. \ J. Kinri'ton had lo|i|H'd in lialla heliind another i ir liiakiUft a left turn, when the '(hileniii ear rammed his vehicle1 frrm the rem The damage was i stimatefl at $75 to'hotfi ears. Another collision resulted at 145 pin when a ear driven by Donald Dee McCurry of Alexander. \ C siinik the rcai ot another tar ii \en In Harry Palmer of Route I Kletchei Daiiiuue was estimated to holli i a s at $l5h. Details were not available this morniiip on the third rear-end crash which look place just west r?f Sim'o (lap and was investixatcd l.y Patrolman I. A. Turner of IX.VSOII I 11 s Catrolman I (avion meed driv ers to maintain a safe distance be hind the car ahead to avoid rear- | iikI collisions which occur when vehicles in a line nt traffic stop or slaw down to make a turn. Two accidents in the eastern portion of the county were investi . ited l>\ Patrolman VV It Woolen at the Slate Highway 1'utrol. At (i (51 pin Saturday on the .Newfound road north of Canton, vehicles driven in llerin.in F. Gil lis i( ( anion, in a 11)50 I'ontiac, and I lav id Hindi I'arton of Houtc 2. C ile in a 1940 liuiek. collided on a sharp curve. Carton was charged by Patrol man Wooten Willi driving under Hi ? inliuehec of aleohol. Dania^e to the Glllis car was i t totaled at $.250 and to the Carton car lit $150. \t 7:45 pin Saturday anothei accident oil the old river load two' i dies north of Itethel involved ears driven hv Hoy Green of Kiouttf 3. J (See Wreeks?P.ifie 61 | The principal speaker at a nicct i'i?T Thursday night to discuss the formation of an Alcoholics Anony mous here. Chaplain Hoy Harhain of Camp Hutncr. the state's alco holic rehabilitation center, empha sized that alcoholism is a disease and inns' he treated as such lie added that the public should have a keen understanding of prob lems of alcoholism and should rea lize the importance of the work be ing done by Alcoholics Anonymous. All persons discharged front Camp Hutner are alwoy* referred 10 the AA chapter nearest them for any future help. Chaplain Har ham explained. In addition to doing rehabilita tion work ?ilh patients. Camp lint - i.i r is also carrying on research work into the hasie causes of alco holism. the chaplain said. One of iii% major causes is the uncon scious rejection of a person by his family or by society, he asserted. Talks were also given at the meeting in the courthouse by A \ members from Charlotte and Ashe \ rile. According to the Rev. James y Perry, who is helping to spon sor the formation of an Alcoholics Anonymous group here, said that local residents at the meeting were in pressed by the warmncss of the visitors and their willingness to ex t< nd a helping hand to those in i.i ed In the future. Rev. Perry an nounced. the AA chapter in the VVaynesvllle area will meet each Thursday night at 8 p m al the (iraec Kpiscopal Church parish house on Haywood St. Films For Adults To Be Shown At Library The second showing of films lor adults has been set for Friday at 10:110 ;t in. at the Haywood County Library, according to an announce ment by Miss Margaret Johnston, librarian. Films to be shown are "Canoe Country," "City of Home," and Mexico Valley." Miss Johnston stated that this is the last week these particular films will be available for use out side the library. \ustin Morgan and his daugh ter, Betty Jane, and Janieo Arnold have returned from a visit to Miss Mary Sue Morgan in Anderson, I ndiana. Highway Record For 1954 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed 3 Injured.... 51 (This Information com piled from Records ?( Mate Highway Patrol.)