North Carolina Newspapers

kple Than Reading ntaineer PTG ~,y ^OtlSVlLLE^KV FlM " / ' The Wayne sville Mountaineer Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat ot Haywood Count v mi in. tastem tnuame or The ureal SmoKv Mountains National Harn 0 n I TODAY'S SMILE mice, Then obviously You must airee That more than one spouse is nice. | \ )th I- A It NO. 12 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVMLLfc., N. ( MONDAY Ah I h.RNOON, JAN. 10, IMS $^.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties mtracts Are Let For New 'assrooms At 2 Schools Sen Wounded During ootings On Weekend re Visitors At I Sunday Than /Any Other Day records for visitois to the y jail were broken Sunday. ' was the largest rowd to " visit the jail in ore day," , , rs said. - 'dell Evans, jailer, st'd he ? 9 persons in jail for Smday fast?the largest numlyr in % time. icers could not explain the influx of visitors ex- ! it "was a pretty day, ind ' were more people in jiil "usual?including four vo I 4* v , , , ? ??,!? tthorities 41 Seek ?1her. Son Ml ! I'i whereabouts of \Villi?m ?Cjf Guitter, 36, and his 8-yeir n were still unknown to of 4 this m orning. warrant, has been issued | Nig Gunler with taking his 1 rld son, Robert Steven Gun i the fhild approached the vood Ahool Thursday motn 'he boy was a student in the jfiff Red Campbell said that IG under, who moved heic .Buncombe county two weels ' [ibceived a letter written ok ing paper, and mailed at , | quoting Gunter as saying; ved the boy better than any* in the world, and was going* nk after him." ) ? boy is alleged to have been vd by his father, as the stu approached the school. The ent by taxi to the Hazelwood nffice. where the boys' school j were mailed back to the ! r. Carl Hatcliffe, principal school, said today that the te of books had been receiv- ! the school. Gunter swore out a war-' charging her husband with duction Gunter was recently given rary custody of the boy by icombe county court, after ition papers were signed bv | rents. iter lived in West Asheville a week ago. One man was in a critical con dition, and another painfully, but not seriously hurt, as the result of two shootings in Haywood Sat urday night, and early Sunday af ternoon. Alfred Arrington, of Waynesville. was critically wounded by a 12 gauge shotgun blast as the result of an altercation on Sulphur j Springs Road about three o'clock Sunday, according to investigating officers, including members of the Sheriff's Department, and the Waynesville police. Lloyd Moore, of Fines Creek, was expected to be released today from the Haywood County Hospital, after being treated for wounds re-! ceived when 80 shots from a 16- j gauge shotgun hit him about the lower back and legs around 10:30 Saturday night. The shooting was near his home. Charged with assault with a deadly weapon and confined to the Haywood County jail pending the outcome of Arlington's injuries is Wes Queen, of Waynesville. Offi cers said today that bond would be | set for Queen just as soon as the attending phyisician made his for-i mal report on the condition of Ar rington. Deputy Gene Howell, one of the investigating officers, said that Jim and Alfred Arlington, brothers,! (See Two Shot?Page 6) Dr. Hammett To Begin Special Study Dr J. Frank Hammett will leave Sunday for Durham where he will begin a year's post graduate train ing in Anesthesiology at Duke Uni versity Hospital. During his ab sence his wife, Dr. Doris Hammett. will continue the practice of scdiatrics here. ' I)r.?Hammett began the general practice of medicine in Waynts viiie in December, 1951. following two years in the U. S. Army during which he was stationed at the Army Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico and at the 10th Sta tion Hospital in Korea. He received the Bachelor of Science degree from the Univer sity of Georgia and the Doctor of Medicine degree from Bowman Gray School of Medicine. He in-. terned in the University of Iowa Hospital. Iowa City. Iowa. Dr. Hammett will resume his general practice at the completion of his special training. >lio Sings Net $773 I s Waynesville, Canton i dollars in excess of last' total was raised at the an- I polio sl&ging at the court- ' yesterday, making a total of 1 %ith which to get the drive f ?< way ten ' ?apacity crowd was entertain V.the 13 singing groups who ' dpated on the two-hour pro . The money was raised Ivor offering during T the polio sing, Rev. nd Tom Queen, and ic Haywood County ention, Floyd Bald drow Rowland com for the program, t, business and pro Irman, spoke to the ! , - 1 Mill t mk cooler Monday. Tucs- a ^Bcloudy and cool. Baynesvillc temperature t MBl by the State Test Max. Mln. Pr. f ;jB 65 51 ?- 1 L 54 20 .... C fc^JL 56 17 ... 1 ^B 54' 30 Jm group briefly on the drive and Mrs. Edgar Wilson discussed the j Aork being done for polio patients ?t the Orthopedic Hospital in \sheville. Groups participating yesterday ncluded the Shelton Trio, The Inman Sisters, Parker Duet,] shorty Wilde Quartet, Floyd Bald- ? vin Quartet, Webb Trio, Old Tim- ] ?rs Quartet, and the Rowland \ family, all of Waynesville; the i Slantonaires, Melody Five, Rogers Quartet, and Smith Family, of sylva; and Debbie Justice, soloist, >f Canton. At Canton a total of $471.50 was j ?aised during a sing Sunday after loon at the Champion YMCA. sponsored by radio station WWIT. Part of the money was contrib-1 ited by the audience at the fMCA. The remainder was given >y persons listening in on the ?adio whose pledges were collect ?d by solicitors from the Canton <iwanis Club and Clyde Lions :iub. In charge of arrangements for, he sing at Canton, attended by , iOO persons, was W. C. Sanford of 1 riyde. Carroll Sexton and Ed I itorie of WWIT acted as masters ] if ceremonies and Freda Hipps md Mary Sue Mann of the radio tation staff handled telephone alls for monetary pledges. Two other sings for the March if Dimes, arranged by Mr. San ord for this week, are at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Woodland Baptist 'hurch at Clyde and at 7:30 p.m. 'hursday at Crabtrec-Irou Duff ligh School. ( I Contracts for additions to local schools have been approved by the county and state boards, and work is scheduled to begin soon, accord ing to Lawrence Leatherwood, county superintendent of educa tion. S i x self-contained classrooms will be constructed at Hazelwood, and the present plumbing and heat ing systems modernized. The gen- j eral contract for this work went to Jerry Liner of Lake Junaluska. The M. B. Haynes Electrical Com pany. Asheville, got the contract for electrical work: Harry Hyatt, the heating and Dover Plumbing and Heating Company the plumb ing. The total contract was $74,165. The East Waynesville project will be the addition of three self contained classrooms. The contract oriee was $35,571, and the same ! films will do the work. The prices of the contracts in- ! elude furnishings. Superintendent Leatherwood said plans were to push the work and j have the projects completed in time for the opening of school in ihe fall of 1955. Rotary Club To Operate 2 Dime Boards Dime boards for the March of Dimes will be operated in both Waynesville and Hazelwood by the Waynesville Rotary Club on six ; days this month, it has been an nounced by Leo Weill of Waynes- | ville and Roy Wright of Hazel- ' wood, dime board chairmen. The dime boards to raise funds in the fight against crippling polio will be open on Friday and Satur day. January 14. 15: Friday and ' Saturday, January 21. 22, and Fri- , day and Saturday, January 28. 29. j On those days, the Waynesville j ; board w ill be operated from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. In Hazelwood. the board will be open from 3 un til 5:30 p.m. en Fridays and from 10:30 until 4:30 p.m. on Saturday s. Waynesville solicitors will "be Rotarians Paul McElroy, Dr. John Penny, Charles Rav, H. P. McCar rpll, Dick Barber, Kenneth Fry, S. W. Connatser, James Kilpatrick. Ben Colkitt. Rev. Earl H. Brendall. Adm. W. N. Thomas, J. H. Howell. Harry Millar, Bill Ray, David Hyatt. Hugh Massie. Joe Massie. Dr. Thomas Stringfield, Dr. A. R. ' Riegg, M. H. Bowles, Jonathan ; Woody, David Felniet, Leo Weill. 1 J. M. Dooly, Jack Elwood, J. W. Fowler, Jr., Noble Garrett, Felix Stovall, Lyman Reed, Hallett Ward. Dan Watkins, Charles Way. Bill Norris, J. H. Way, and Tom Lee. Hazelwood solicitors will be L. N. Davis, Ott Ledbelter. Bill Pro vost. Tommy Thompson, Jim Mc kinley, Roy Wright, Ralph Prevost, j Ed Williamson. John N. Johnson. \Vr. C. Russ, Aaron Prevost and j | Herbert Gibson. , _ Presbyterian Men To Hold Dinner Meeting The Men's Fellowship of the Waynesville Presbyterian Church will hold a dinner meeting, at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the church. President of the fellowship, B. J. Morrow, will preside at the meeting, the organization's first of the year. DOCTOR Winston Harvey Price, 31, ol Baltimore, was named winner of the Theobald Smith Award in medical sciences at the convention of the American Association for Advancement of Sciences. Berkeley. Calif Asso- ! ciate professor of biochemistry | at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Price won his bronze^medal and a SI.000 cash prize for his stud ies of Kocky Mountain spotted 'ever in Montana and Maryland. Haywood County CDP Officials Adopt Program Of Nine Projects For 1955 ? n 1 n Commissioners Continue Study Ot Setting Up Lower Court In Haywood Cupid Claimed 442 Victims During 1954 I)an Cupid, demon match maker and accomplished archer, was a shade less active in Hay wood County in 1954 than in 1953. according to records In Register of Deeds Jule Noland's j office. Cupid claimed 448 victims in 1953 (a total of 224 licenses were issued), but hit the mark only 442 times in 1954 (221 licenses I issued). June, a traditional month for middle-aisle ceremonies, saw 29 licenses issued, but December was not far behind with 24. Several more trips, and further study will be made of inferior courts in other counties before ac tion is taken here. Faraday Green, chairman of the board of commis [ sioners said today. The commissioners have had j I the proposal of setting up a lower court in the county since they took ( office December 6th. They went to Hendersonville recently and made j a survey of their court, and how it operated. | Chairman Green said, "The Hen derson county people seem well j pleased with their set up. Their! court was set up by a special act j of the legislature prior to the pres ent laws restricting the jurisdic- j tion ofathe justices of peace." The chairman pointed out that plans arc being made to visit Cherokee county where a court ! has been established under the laws provided the board of com missioners. He also said the board might go to Rutherford county and see how their lower court operates. , and get further ideas. "This is a pretty big thing, and t we want to be sure we are right i before we make a move, or a de- < cision." the chairman continued, i The last two reports of the Hay- ' wood Grand Jury have urged that j an inferior court be established ; here in Haywood in an effort to j relieve congestion of the docket in the Superior Court. 2 Groups Protest Fee Plan i Two civic clubs here last week end went on record as opposing 1 the propohed fee to be charged mo torists using the Blue Ridge Park- - way. The Lions Club on Thursday 1 night passed a resolution opposing i the fee, and on Friday the Rotary Club took similar action. Both clubs were unanimous in their de cisions. Copies of the resolutions of op- I position will be sent to the North | Carolina members of the Congress 1, and the National Park Service. Board Of Education To Discuss Case Monday Half Bushel Of Light Bulbs Taken From Lake Cross Someone, somewhere has about a half bushel of 40-watt light bulbs?bulbs taken from the large cross at Lake Juna- | luska. Deputy Everett McElroy, also chief of Lake Junaluska Assem bly grounds, said this was the first trouble which he has ex- j perienced since the war with people taking out the bulbs from the cross. The officer could not give a reason for anyone removing that many bulbs at once. Their value | is not in keeping with their bulk, he said, and would be a rather i difficult item to sell. Trie Haywood County Board of Education will meet tonight. 7:30 and discuss the proposal of the three court-appointed trustees re garding the matter of selling the Central Elementary School prop erty and donating proceeds to the I Haywood County Library. Mark Kirkpatrick, chairman of the Board told The Mountaineer that he was calling the special meeting to discuss the matter. He i said: "1 have no statement to make, , except that the board i^ meeting j to discuss this matter Monday j night. After the board meets, there ; will be a statement of the board's j decision." Chairman Kirkpatrick went on to sav that a decision would have to be reached, because the law suit instituted by the Board of Education against the Town of Wavnesville over ownership of the property is scheduled to be heard on January 20th in the civil term of Superior Court here. Deer Population Now 76 In Harmon Den Preserve Patrolman 'Spots' Wanted Man In Crowd At A Wreck While investigating a wreck in front of the .Sau nook school Friday night. Patrolman llarold Dayton spotted Elmer Ray ; Hoyle, of Balsam, wanted in fed- , eral court. Hoyle had been call- , ed out at the last term of Fed- ; eral Court and failed to appear. He was out under SI.000 bond. Patrolman Dayton called Sher- | iff Campbell, who was soon on 1 the scene and brought Hoyle to 1 town and turned him over to Federal authorities. I \v ?' I Sixteen more white-tailed deer arrived at the new Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area Friday! ? bringing the total deer popula tion there to 76, Kenneth Chia-; vetta, leader of the big-game res- j toration program at Harmon Den, has informed The Mountaineer. The latest shipment of deer came fa?m the Daniel Boone Wild life Management Area, Mr. Chia vetta said. Others brought here previously have been front Mt. Mitchell and Pisgah Forest. Stocking of the game area with deer will continue for about a month until a total of 105 deer are on hand ? at the rate of one buck to four does, the wildlife official explained. The area will then be closed to hunting for five years ? at the end of which time it is ex-1 pected there will be approximately 1,000 deer in the preserve. ,| To keep up with the deer, game protectors are dying the animals' j tails red, Mr. Chiavetta, whose office is at Asheville, disclosed that the Har mon Den Wildlife Management Area contains 14,222 acres in the northern portion of Haywood County in the Hurricane and Cold Springs sections. Karl Sanders, formerly of Daniel Boone, is re fuge manager there. Four other wildlife management areas being established arc: Flrft Top in Yancey County, to be opened to hunters late in 1955; Little Grandfather in Wilkes Coun ty ,to be opened in 1956; South Mountains in Burke County, and Green River in Polk County, j Matching state and federal funds are being used to establish the ' areas. Kenny Underwood, student at he University of North Carolina, spent tNb weekend with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Under wood. Rep. Rogers Co - Sponsor Of 1 Bill Reducing Non - Resident Fishing Fees Representative Jerry Rogers spent the weekend here from Ral eigh. He reported that the Legis lature was getting oil to a good start, and would spend all of this | week hearing state officials present budget and revenue needs. The entire membership of the General Assembly are hearing the state .officials discuss the full needs. Rep. Rogers was one of the four sponsors of the bill to reduce fish ing licenses for non-residents, j Other sponsors were Fowler, of Surry; Houk, Macon, Buchanan, of Swain. ? The bill allows non-residents to j fish in lakes for $1.10 a day and $2.60 for five days. There is one exception: it still will cost $6.10 to fish even for a day in public moun tain trout waters. It was Fowler who two years ago introduced a bill that raised the price tag of North Carolina , fishing by $5. Instead of $1.101 he required out-of-staters to pay $6.40?the price of a non-resident season license?for their one day of fishing. Fowler promised the voters in Surry he would introduce a. bill making the change after two days in the 1955 General Assembly. He did. and had three co-sponsors with him. Representative Rogers said Gov-j ernor Hodges' address was well received, and his proposal for new sources of additional taxes, was of course, the main topic of conver sation around the legislative halls. "The tobacco farmers from down East are concerned over the pro posal of two cents a package on cigarettes, as proposed by the gov ernor," Rep. Rogers said. "Many farmers feel that the tobacco com panies will absorb the new tax. and cut that much oil the prices paid for tobacco." Civil Court's . j < Opening Draws Only 25 People In contrast to criminal court 1 which ordinarily attracts a full house at the Haywood courthouse. ' the opening of the January term of civil court this morning drew a scant audience of only 25 persons. Presiding is Judge Dan K. Moore of Sylva. A total of 43 cases is listed on the docket for hearing during the coming two weeks, to be climaxed : by a suit between the Town of Wayncsville and the county over', the ownership of the old Central j Elementary school building on i Haywood St. The jury named the January term of civil court is as follows: First week ? Smiley Carver, Beaverdam; Claude M. McClure, Jr., Wayncsville; M. B. Rowc, Beaverdam; Wm. L. Woody, Way- j nesville; Noel C. Fisher, Beaver dam; Thos. L. Jackson, Clyde; i Chas E. Scott, Beaverdam; OUie J. Smathers, Beaverdam. ( J. B. Watts, Wayncsville; Nor man Smathers, Beaverdam; T. 1 (See Court?Page 6) (I i ' ? Porchlight Drive Tuesday To Benefit Needy Children Just like Mother Hubbard, the Clothing Closet Association's cup board is bare of warm clothing for children and. as a result, needy children have had to be turned away recently. To remedy this situation, the Hazelwood Lions Club will conduct a second porchlight drive on Tues day night, starting at 7:30. Area residents who have either children's or adult's I clothing to contribute, are asked to leave their porchltghts on Tuesday night. It the solicitors do not come by 9:30, donors are urged to call Mrs. Itogcr Walker, GL 6-6045, who will arrange to have the items picked up. The Lions also will accept mone- ! tary contributions to be used to I purchase articles which are not | contributed. The Waynesville Secretaries chapter will assist in the drive Tuesday night ' **~ -+*? ?? FOREIGN MINISTER Jose Ramon Gviizado (above) of Panama has * reportedly taken o\Vr the gov ernment in Panama City follow- ' ing the assassination of Presi dent Jose Antonio Remon Secfet 1 police have arrested more than ' 20 possible suspects in an at tempt to find the man who ma- t chine-gunned Remon to death at 1 a racetrack. (International) Six Boys Accused Of Busk-ins Six teen-age Haywood Countyj ] boys were placed under arrest dur- | ing the weekend as the result of < a wave of break-ins and burglaries of several homes and business es- . tablishmcnts last week, according ( i to Sheriff Fred Y. Campbell. Campbell said each was charged j with breaking and entering, and : larceny and receiving, and that all ' but one of the defendants admit-j ' ted the violations. He added they range from 17 to 19 years old. ( Sheriff Campbell said Roomer Medford and David McDaniel of Waynesville were charged in the ( break-ins and thefts from three c summer homes in Waynesville; r and Homer Noland. Mack Medford, i Carroll Smith and Johnny Green. ( all of the Crabtree section, were s i-harged in the break-ins and thefts I from Ketfier's Store, Junaluska | (Julf Service Station, and Tom's i Truck Store, all near Lake Juna- ( luska. and Taft Ferguson's store at j Crabtree. where cigarettes, shot- 1 \ gun shells and an unknown amount s of Cash were taken. The officer said some silver- i ware, liquor and and canned goods \ were taken from the summer hom (See Six Boys?Page 6) t nurai rire Inspection Plan Studied A nine-point CDF program for 955 was adopted tentatively by micers and directors ot the Hay vood County Community Develop nent Program at a meeting Friday ngnt at tne courthouse. Proposed for 1955 were: 1. Development of a program )f lire inspection of farm houses md buildings for better fire pro ection in tne rural areas of Hgy vood County. 2. A roadside beautification pro ;ram. 3. Continued co-sponsorship he annual out-of-state farm tour vith the Test Demonstration Farm ?rs and the North Carolina Exten sion Service. 4. Inauguration of tours to lead ng communities in other Western sorth Carolina communities. 5. Encouragement of leading ural cnurcnes, participation in the southeastern "ttural Church ot the tear" contest, sponsored by bears ind Koebuck. 8. Renovation o f community oad signs and residential mail toxes. 7. Continuation of community ours and picnics, held each suni ner. 8. A study of ways to increase :arm, individual, and community ncome. 9. Promotion of a more exten sive recreational program. The CDP officials also voted to L'liminatc family farm survey sheets as a requisite for entering the county CDP contest and decid ed to compile the same informa tion in a community scrapbouk. Coinmunrte,., bowf. -r. who en ter the district contests will be re quired to file the family forma. J Hack Clark of Thickety and Mrs. Hanry Garner of West Pi geon were named as a committee :>f two to seek a sponsor for the 1955 Tobacco Festival and Home Arts Exhibition ,to be held in No vember. In connection with hotter rural (See CDP?Page 6) reen-Age Girl Hurt In Wreck Dn East Fork Miss Alma Grooms, 17. Route 3, -anton. suffered a dislocated shoul ier last *eek when the 1941 Chev olet coupe in which she was rid ng. driven by her bdother, Arvil 1 rooms, 20, left the highway and truck a tree on the Little East rork road. Patrolman Harold Dayton of the state Highway Patrol said that irooms lost control of his ear on i sharp curve in the road and vrecked the vehicle, causing dam ige estimated at $75. Grooms was charged with driv ag on the wrong side of the high vay. Miss Grooms was treated at Can on by Dr Rov Moore 500 Turn Up To File For Jobs At Wellco Shoe Co. Mrc lhan 500 people were on 11 hand at \Vellco Shoe Corporation j' this morning lo file application for new jobs which I lie plant plans to ' < have available in the near future, i Heinz (tollman made the an nouncement Friday to plant cm- i ployees that applications would be ( taken today and the 500 showed i up. Mrs. Lclia, Parham, personnel 1 director, said that she had receiv ed applications from 300 persons between 8.30 and noon today, and j he other 200 were told to return ruesday. Applications will be received }very Monday and Tuesday, from rine until noon. Mr. Rollman announced several ivceks ago that the plant plans to iouble production this year by the idditioo of two new lines of shoes, rhe plant is at present making ibout 5,000 pairs of shoes daily. Highway Record For 1955 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed .... 0 Injured.... 2 Accidents.. 8 Loss. ? $2,605 (This Information com piled from records of State Highway Patrol.)