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? i o"mii le'k; '>>? pi The Waynesville Mountaineer S=T | _ ? Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Q NO- 88 18 ~~ Associated Press WAYNESVILLE. N. C.. Till ItSDAY AFTERNOON NOV. I. 1951 $^5oln~Advance In Haywood and Jackson Coustiea Ix Boards To Discuss Sanitary Disposal Plan Aldermen, Commission Will Confer The possible establishment of two sanitary land Alls in the coun ty?one in the Waynesville area, the other in Canton?will be dis cussed tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the courtroom at a joint meeting of boards of aldermen of Waynes* ville. Hazelwood. Canton and Clyde, the county commissioners and board of health. Waynesville and Ilazelwood both have open garbage dumps, while Canton has a municipal incinera tor. Leading the discussion tonight w ill be C. W. White, director of the insect and rodent-control division of the North Carolina State Board of Health, who will explain the use of sanitary land fills and show i a film on the subject. Land fills, which have been es tablished by leading communities , throughout the United States, in volve the depositing of trash and refuse which cannot be burned and Uoverlng It up with a layer of earth by the use of a bulldozer. When completed, land fills are I landscape and often developed into playgrounds and parks. Open garbage dumps, such as are ' maintained here, have come in for eonsidcrable criticism in recent years as a breeding place for dis ease-carrying rals and insects and because of their smoke and offen sive odors, all of which serve lo depreciate nearby property. The State Board of Health has determined that sanitary land fills serving 10,000 people require from 0.75 to 15 acres per year. In one North Carolina commun ity, a land fill serving 3.000 peo ple cost only $2,449 to maintain for ( one year. 1 ? A plan for rural garbage col lee ' tions for a small fee also may he i ? discussed at tonight's meeting, i Newly elected county commis sioners have been invited to attend along with present ogicials. J. W. Fowler Is President Of New PTA Organization of a Parent-Teach er Association in the Waynesville ? Township High School was com ; pletcd Monday night. The Rev. James W Fowler, superintendent of the l.ake Juna luska Assembly, was elected presi dent the new organization with other officers as follows: Mrs. Har I ry Whisenhunt of Waynesville, 1st i vice president; Mrs. C. L. White of Maggie, 2nd vice president; the Rev. Earl H. Brenffall, 3rd vice president; Mrs. Willard Moody of l,ake Junaluska, secretary, and Milburne Oallancc of Hazclwood, j treasurer. Mr. Qrendall spoke to the group | on "The Need of Guidance for Adolescents". Mrs. Floyd McCanlcss of Ashe ville, secretary to the principal of David Millard High School, and a former state PTA chairman of vis- " ual education, discussed the pos sibilities of a high school PTA and assisted With the organization. The group decided to hold regu lar meetings on the first Monday night of each month. Following tbe meeting refresh ments were served in the cafeteria. Canton Library Plans Book-Review Program The library board of the Canton Public Library will present Mrs. Albert Lathrop. prominent Ashe villc book reviewer, at 10:30 a.m. Friday In the library auditorium. Mrs. Lathrop will discuss cur rent books and their authors. lywood Democrats Hold A 3 To I Wority, With 7,350 Votes Cast Bplrtc unofficial return: K Haywood precincts 01 Elbe second section.) E Democrats carried the Kdion J" Haywood Tues Ehtly more llian three tc ?an 7345 totes were CMd Bras believed to be the Bh?r to fall Oil an elec ?the county in more than Eg to the unofficial tabu Kade by The Mountain Bw precincts in Haywood. Br Democratic nominee ? of Superior Court, led ? with 5.684 votes. Julc ?so a Democrat, and un Er Register of Deeds was Eh only four less than ?rd of Elections met at Btnornins to begin mak Eass of the more than E cast Tuesday. They E will take until about Ey to complete the work. Es the only precinct of ? 29 that went Hepubli ? compared with two pre Eh did not cast a Repub B?Cataloochee and Fines Ml White Oak had one | ballot; Big Creek 3, and Eec came through with Bourns, reporting early Burning, with a 7-0 count Bmocrats. B* went Democratic by Bgin. averaging about 12 Beach Democratic nomi B> Republicans. Wicial returns for Tues litheriu b> The Moun ?w the following results; br solicitor ?nson. Jr. (D) . 5.636 itate senate ?ord 11) 5.488 Il'Di 5.079 1 lb 1.573 presextative BID) 5.411 trick (Ri 1.773 j sheriff pbell (D> 5.656 lompson (R i 1.689 ister of deeds id <D? 5.680 erk d court "Di 5,684 x collector Word 1 Di 5.651 wax of board Ircen (D> 5.384 d <R) 1.844 bers of board >dy iDt . 5.299 j iford (D) . 5,221 | nil (R> . 1.747 I irguson ' IK .. 1,671 d of education ? 'D. 5.423 trell iDi . 5,362 I coroner '?te (D) 5,499 s. senate 1 <D> 5,578 ,R| 1,599 congress Shuford ID) 5.447 tingham <Rt . 1,659 TE TREASURER "1 ID) ? 5.396 n R' 1,613 HeetW.n?Page 6) ' i ther? * WINDY moderate rains; windy ?d?y. The low tempera is predicted at 34 ^ble cloudiness, windy. P*? and freezing rains p clear and colder alter I?1 the day. payneiville temperature f bj- the State Test Farm: Max. Mln. Pr. 52 21 40 19 133 L 44 8 "Wna s reading was downI I . I ?! ' Only 69 Absentee Ballots Issued By Local Board , | * Haywood county perhaps led I the state in the small number of 1 absentee ballots Issued for the 1 i general election. With 20.000 registered voters on the books, only 60 absentee ballots were is sued. according to the hoard of elections. Of the 69 issued, only 41 were , returned, a check showed this morning in the official canvass. ?Most of the absentee ballots j were sent to voters in military j service. Community Thanksgiving Service Set Waynesville's annual Cpmmun ! ity Thanksgiving Services will bo J held this year at 9 a.m. on Thanks-| ; giving morning at the First Metho | dist Church, it has been announc-' ed. Participating will be the host pastor, the Rev Earl H. Brendall,! j the Rev. T. E. Robinett of the First I ! Baptist Church, and the Rev. ] ' James Y. Perry of Grace Episcopal j Church. The program will be announced later. . ' County 4-H, FFA Members Will Exhibit Baby Beeves Twentv-onc 4-H Club members , and 20 Future Farmers of America ( members from Haywood county "ill exhibit animals in the annual Western North Carolina Baby Beef ! Snow and Sale at Enka next Tues- I, day and Wednesday. The Haywood countians are ex- ( pec ted to enter some of the top- , quality stock among the Herefords. , Aberdeen-Angus and Shorthorns to he exhibited by youngsters from 15 Western Carolina counties. Among the 4-H Club exhibitors 1 "ill be: Jack W. Felmet, Billy Caddy and 1' Mike Leitherwood of the Wa.vnes yiUe Senior Club; Johnny James and Tommy Leopard of the Way- 1 nesville Senior Club: Kay and J Andy Boyd of the Hock Hill Club; Joe Jenkins of the Fines Creek Junior Club; R. E. Cathey, Iris I ( athey. Sammy Smathers, Neal i Allison. Lois Trull. Linda Moore J and David Nix of Bethel; Phillip (See 4-H, and FFA?Page 6> c Mayor Way Named Member Municipal League Board Mayor J. H. Way has been nam ed a director of the Board of the J N. C. League of Municipalities. The Waynesville mayor is a represent ative of the 12th district. Municipalities in the following counties comprise the district: ' Cherokee, Clay, Macon, Jackson, v Transylvania, Henderson, Polk, F Buncombe, Haywood, Swain, Gra- s ham. Madison, Yancey, and Mit- a chell. a W. T. Proctor Succeeds Flynt As FHA Head W.T. Proctor of Sanford. who has been head of the Farmers Home Administration office at Mar shall since April, will become man ager of the Haywood-Transylvania area with ofTices in the courthouse here. Kelly R. Ray of Asheville has been serving here temporarily since the resignation of Wallace G. Flynt. who went to Albemarle to become an assistant county farm agent. Mr. Flynt served here for three years. The Proctors, who have a three year-old daughter, plan to move their home from Sanford to Way nesville. Russell Named To Legion Post J. T. Russell, past commander of the Waynesville American Legion post, has been named as a general member of the veterans prefer ence committee of the national American Legion organization. His appointment was announced by Seaborn P. Collins, national commander of the Legion. Mr. Russell was recommended for the post by the North Carolina Department of the American Lc iion. mmm I C County To Provide More < Milk For School Children j? More milk will be made avail able to Haywood County school children under terms of an agree ment by the State Department of Public Instruction just signed by Lawrence B. Leatherwood, super intendent of county schools. Mr. Leatherwood explained that the county is joining in a nation wide effort, approved by Congress, to increase tlie consumption of milk by school children. To bring about these increases, the U. S. Department of Agricul ture advances funds to the states, which, in turn, reimburse county schools lor part of the cos| of the additional milk they serve. Thej milk will he bought directly from the local dairies and distributors. In the past, Haywood students 1 have been getting a bottle of milk with their 20-cent school lunch. Under the new plan, they will pay only three cents for each addition al half pint of milk that they drink. Mr. Leathcrwood said the new program provides an excellent op portunity to encourage children to drink more milk?the most nearly perfect of all foods. To make it easier for the chil dren to drink additional milk, he said, arrangements have been made to serve milk at the start of clas sess in the morning, at lunch tim^.; and at afternoon recess No limit is placed on the amount a student I may drinlk. Mercury Down To 8 As Snow, Sleet, Wind Hits Area A Wintry Blast Dog Warden Reports 1,235 Animals Killed A total of 1,096 stray dogs and 139 cats have been destroyed in Haywood County in the past 11 months by Ernest Chambers, coun ty dog warden, it has been dis closed Hired by the county commission ers last October during an epi demic of rabies, Mr. Chambers as ! sumed his duties in early Novem ber. He made this report of dogs killed; November, 120; December. 54; i January, 91; February. 75; March. I 73; April, 106; May, 148: June. 124; July. 98; August. 74; September, 77. and October. 56. The report on cats destroyed was; April, 24; May, 23; June, 27; July, 36; August, 20; September, 7, and October, 2. It snowed! It blowed! I' It sunned! It Iced! It froze! It melted! It fell to eight! ?all since Monday night, for the first real taste of winter, and the earliest in many, many years that j snow has come to these parts along with the first of November Max Patch was covered Tuesday with 11 inches, and the Soco Gap, area had almost as much, as lum- j bermen measured 10' ?> in the gap j On Wednesday rooming the mer- j curv at Max Patch read an even five. Only slight traces in shady areas on northern slopes remain in the ^ Richland Valley', while the higher j elevations are still covered. This morning residents of the section had their first sleet of the season. The roads were not ,ou slippery, as the small ice pellets j soon melted. Snow- began falling Monday night, and while it was a light rain here, the ground was covered about 9 o'clock at Soco Gap. School children home for a holi day Tuesday, enjoyed the snow , falling, although it did not Mick . enough for getting their sleds out J of storage. ! ^ Several motorists found their J cars frozen Tuesday afternoon late as the mercury took a fast slide downward, going to 8. according the the official weather report from the State Test Farm. For three consecutive days the mercury has been far below freez ing: 21. 19 and 8. This morning the official reading Aas an even 20. [aycees Again Will Sponsor Essay Contest j The annual "Voice of Democra cy" essay contest will be sponsored igain this year by the Waynesville |{ lunior Chamber of Commerce, ac- c ording to Jaycee Elmer Hendrix. h vho is in charge of the event. I, The contest is open to 10th, 11th, ind 12th grade students at Waynes- v 'ille, St. John's. Crabtree-Iron luff. Bethel, Fines Creek, and n ;iyd'e. ,J Contestants arc to write a five- ti ninutc broadcast script on the suh ect, "1 Speak for Democracy", ( vhich is to be read orally in com letition with other students. The 1 cripts, it was explained, "should pproa'ch the subject positively, peaking for democracy and not l gainst other governmental pro- ft esses". Each school will hold its own w ontest and then a county contest ir ,ill be held, about November 30,. el :ith prizes to be awarded to win- D _ * .IC tcrs. fote Results Up To Present Associated Press returns al 9 f>0 a.m. EST, todaj showed Itepublicans elected to the Senate 13. leading 1, holdovers 33, total 47, (gains 3); Democrats elected 24, holdovers 24, total 43, (gains 5?. Independent holdover 1 Present Senate: Republicans 49, Democrats 46. Independent I. Needed for majority, 49. Senate overturns: Democrats gained in Kentucky, Michigan. Nevada. Oregon and Wyoming. Republicans in Colorado, Iowa and Ohio. House?Republicans elected 203. Democrats elected 232. Present House; Republicans 218, vac. 1. Democrats 212, vacv 3; Independent 1. Needed fr majority 218. House overturns: Democrats gained 22 seats, lost 9. for a net. gain of 17. Republicans gained 9, lost 21, for a let loss of 16. independents lost 1. Governors?Republicans elected 15. holdovers 6. "Total 21. i Democrats elected 19. holdovers |8 Total 27. Present lineup: Republicans 29. Democrats 19. Governor overturns: Republicans none, iX'inociulx gained in . Arizona, dorado. Connecticut. Maine Minnesota New Mexico ' New York and poimijl\aina. I TEMPORARY OFFICERS of the newly organized llazeluood l.ions Club, are shown here mapping plans for Charter Night, December 3rd. Seated left to right: R. I.. Ilendrieks, secretary-treasurer; Clyde Fisher, president, Kalph Summerrow, tirst vice president, and l.ewis N. (ireen, chairman of the board of directors, and chairman of Charter Night Program. iMountaineer Photo>. Lions Club Organized At Hazel wood, Charter Night Set By Temporary Officers Temporary officers have beer I named for the Haielwood Lions Club, who are now at work on plans tor Charter Night. Decem ber third. Officials of the new club plan to have about 25 charter members in the club b> the time the charter is presented. The Waynesville club is j sponsor of the new club. Temporary officers are: i Clyde Fisher, president; Ralph , Summerrow, first vice president; Kyle Campbell, second vice pesi dent; Charles McCali, third vice president. R. I. Hendricks, secretary-treas urer; Joel /Vrrington, Lion tamer; II. K. Chase, tail twister. Directors: Lewis N. Green, chairman; Howell Hryson. Rimer Dudley, and Sam II. Lane. Lewis N. Green is also chairman of Charter night program; Ralph Summerrow is chairman of the membership committee: Howell Bryson. chairman of finance and Sam 11. Lane, chairman of consti tution and by-laws. The club will meet the first and third Tuesdays of each month. The meeting for Tuesday, Nov, 9th. will Ik- held in the fellowship room of the Presbyterian Church, at 7:30. This will not be a dinner meeting. The lime and place of future meetings w ill be worked out at the meeting Tuesday night. Fisher said. Green said that tentative plans were to have about 100 at the char ter night program on December third. 17 County 4-H Members Win District Recognition Seventeen Haywood County 4? II Club members were honored at the annual District 4-11 Recog nition Day at the Grove Park Inn, Asheville, last Saturday Three cash prizes went to: Haywood's square dance team in the recreation and rural arts divi sion, $20: Norma Gale Bradshaw of Fines Creek, second place in jun-.J ior canning. $0. and Martha Ann Caldwell of Crabtrce-lron Dull, third place in junior canning, $2.50. First-place winners recognized included; The livestock judging team of. Kd Bryson, Crabtreo-Iron DulT; 1 Jack Fclniet and Kyle Edwards of Waynesville, and Neal Kelly of Bethel; T. L. Francis, forestry dem onstration; dairy production, Fran ces Emma Vales of Crabtrce-lron DulT. and Martha Swaim of Can ton, room improvement. The 4-11 Club members were accompanied by Miss Mary Corn-1 well, home agent and Miss Jean Childcrs. assistant home agent; Joe K. Davis, assistant county farm agent, and Mrs. O. L. Yates, adult leader at Crabtree-Ijon DulT. Sign Combines Politics With Highway Safety These days they're even mis* ill? polities with highway safety. The morning after election a ear was parked near the court- 1 house with a bumper sticker hearing t w o admonitions ? "Drive Carefully and Live" and "Vote Democratic." The way in which the wording was arranged on the sticker the implication was that a person should "Vote Democratic and Live." , , Politics? It's still the great American sport! rarm Bureau Weets Saturday A checkup and resolutions mcet ng will he held by the Haywood 'utility Farm Bureau at the court* iiu.se at II a.m. Saturday, it has i ecu announced by .1 It Caldwell, resident, and Mrs. Quay Mediord. ecretary, of the Farm Bureau. At the meeting, reports will be lade in the Farm. Bureau's mem ersjiip drive and several resolu 10ns will be formulated. Chamber of Commerce Joard Meets 9th The directors of the Chamber of ommerce will meet Tuesday night ir their regular monthly meeting. Among the matters of business ill be the report of the nominal* ig* committee for the year. The ection will be held prior to the ecember meeting, according l<>, ihn Johnson, president. Kiwanis Club Hears Talk By Asheville FBI Agent The experiences of an FBI agent wore described to the Waynesville Kiwanis Club Tuesday night at Spaldon's by Stanley C. Settle, special agent from Asheville. Mr. Settle told the Kiwanians that the Federal Bureau of Investi gation how has more than 6.000 agents throughout the 48 states and in Anchorage. Alaska; Hono-' lulu, llauaii and San Juan. Puerto Rico. Agents also are assigned as ; attaches to I S. embassies in a number of foreign countries, In addition to the agents, there , ire some lo.noo cleric al personnel, employed h\ the bureau, he said To become an I BI agent. ?Mr. settle explained, an ipplicant must >e at least 25 sears aid and not i nore than 85 and must, be either la* school graduate or a certified >ublic accountant with three years ?xperienee. In addition, applicants must un lergo a rigorous investigation to usurp that both they and their im nedtate relatives and iu-laws arc f good character and reputation, (Sec Kiw.mls?Page fit ? Virgil Holloway Assumes Duties As County Agent Virgil L. Holloway, former Mad-, ison County faxm agent, assumed his new duties here this week as Haywood County farm agent, re placing Wayne Franklin who re- . -igned to accept that post in Ire- | fell County at Statesville. Mr. Holloway, who served in Vladison County for 10 years. Is a ;raduate of Mars Hill College and tf. C. State College. A native of fancy County, lip taught vocation-, il agriculture at Red Oak School n Buncombe County before bccom- j n# county agent in Madison Coun-j y. The Holloways have three eliil Iren, Beverly Jo. 14, Harry Lee, 0, and Dora Ann. 7. The new farm agent plan? to irlng his family to WaynesVille noil. Highway Record For 1954 In Haywood (TO DAT*) Killed . 3 Injured.... 51 (Thto Informatics em plW from Kerftrds ?f State Highway PatiwL)