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^WSVILL* icv Flf,t S' pre People Than ver Are Reading 'he Mountaineer ? I, .'i <. ? The Wayne sville Mountaineer Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood Countv At Tht- Eastern Entrance Of The Oreat Smoky Mountains National Pars t ? ? TODAY'S SMILE Always bold your bead up bat be careful to beep your not.e at a friendly an*le. f ? ;? ? h YEAH NO 1 lfi PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. 13, 1955 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties :hool Board Turns Down roposal On Compromise rn-County Suit Kuled To Be January ZO Haywood County Hoard ot lou turned aown me pro t a compromise on me tew to me Qkneisnip 01 tne oid Elementary tscnooi prop decision of the board caine ti.e Utrec couri-appointeu i 5 of tne property, suggested e property oc soia ana me is given towards renovation W. B. Ferguson name ior 1 ywood County Library. ! me boa. d ot r.uucation .'tear their stand mat tuey not oe iitierestea in a com i, tne case wui oe ncard lit ourt betore Jutige Dan K. . January zutn. Board of Education, in ses- ' unuay, snows tne tottowing ; ? minutes: ;r considerable discussion, aposed compromise oi tne antral Elementary School :y, tnat ot reicnquishing tne y rights of tins property to ivwood County Public Li lt was movea by J. W. Kil Jt since ilus board of Ldu ?as legally responsiole tor ool property and tnat the ay this property could be j d of legally is at public auc ld that all money for the ly is to be used lor school that *o feel the course of now in process, that ol see 0 has; the legal title to this entral Elementary School ty, be .carried out as origin inned.' motion was seconded by' H- Cailwell. and the motion i. *-4 ?w?? jctronics 1 ass Holds st Meeting lty-six men enrolled in the ult class in electronics spon >y the science department (If sville Township High School, been announced by Y. F. s. instructor. class will meet from 7:30 i 9 p.m. on Tuesdays and ays for a year, s first session Tuesday, fhe ( tudied the basic principles tronlcs. lied in the class are; i M. Klllian, Doug Worsham. Patterson. Tommy Norris, I Chambers, Kenneth Ruff. r Long. Jack Kelley, Bill , Jack Gentry. Robert Rob-1 Jameg D. Siskc. Jack Mc- J n, Bobby McClure. James E. :k, T. D. Mobley, Robert Gil-1 orman Grant. Vincent Hall,] Hendricks, YV. E. Cope, Al-j obinsor, Robert Campbell, i Cunningham. Arthur Me and Norman Putnam. :hester Named 'arkway Group irt H. Winchester, vice prcsi : the Chamber of Commerce, en named as a director of ue Ridge Parkway Associa >r a two-year term, it has tanounced. Parkway Association, com fikflMmhi \ in both North ^?^Vireini:,. the ^^?to go Oil op ^^^Bnnunccd plan to put a ^^^Brkway in May. ^HBtcstcr is advertising ^^Hriic Mountaineer. rh? ather FREEZING Weather ? Cold with snow Hlgday. Much colder to Hjlav, partly cloudy and Waynesvllle tempera viBcportcd by the State I Ma*. Mln. Pr. IM . 46 32 .26 40 20 .31 temperature was 6 above |pa Lorning on top of Mt. School Administration Costs In Haywood $1.99 Per Student, Says Report Haywood county ranked 60th in the state in administrative expense per pupil in average daily attend ance during the 1953-54 terms. According to records cited in the current issue of School Facts, the county unit spent $12,226.31 for ad ministration, with 6,151 students in average daily attendance. This was a average of $1.99 per student. The state average is $1.97. The highest In the state was $10.28, in Chowan, while the lowest was Guilford, $1 03. The Canton city unit, ranked 31st in the state with an expenditure of $10.31, for an average cost of $3.87 per student for the 2,669 students, the report showed. In the city unit division. Pine hurst was tops, with $10.18 costs, while Charlotte was the lowest with a 68 cent record. Clothing Drive Nets 593 Items A total of 593 garments was col lected during the second porch light drive for the Comtnunity Clothing Closet conducted by the Hazelwood Lions Club, with assist ance from the Moose Lodge and the Waynesville Secretaries chap ter. Of the total. 282 af the garments collected were for children. With its newly increased stocks, the Clothing Closet Association yesterday distributed 284 garments to 32 families. Mrs. Jack Klopp. a member of the association, said that more than 1,500 garments have been distrib uted to 112 families since the Cloth ing Closet opened its distribution center on the third floor of the courthouse. The center is open from 9:30 un til 12:30 each Wednesday and Sat urday. Persons who have items to con tribute are asked to bring them to the courthouse or leave them at the Waynesville fire station. I)R. ALAN BROWN Dr. Alan Brown Is Chief Of Staff At Hospital Here Newly elected staff officers for the Haywood County Hospital were installed during the January meet ing held last week. Or. Alan Brown of Waynesvillo, ! is chief of stall and head of the X-ray department. Or. W. O. Kearse. Canton, is vice chief of staff and heads the general prac tice department, and Or. Jack D. Oavis is secretary. These officers' also comprise the executive com mittee. Other department heads are: Or. J L. Reeves, Canton, chief oi suigeiy; Or. Boyd Owen, Waynes ville, thief of medicine; Or. H. A. j Matthews, Canton, obstetric and gynecology; and Or. S. S. Hind man, chief of laboratory and path ology departments. Boys Cited In Break-Ins Get Hearing Six teen-age boys, charged in a sei ies of break-ins of homes and business establishments in this' area last week, have been given a hearing before Justice of the Peace j J. J. Ferguson and bound over to j Superior Court on $300 bond. | One boy ? Homer Noland ? is f still in jail and may be turned j over to federal authorities if they I seek his custody on olher charges, j The other five have been reieas , ed on bond. They are Boomer Mcd i ford, David McDaniel, both of Waynesville, and Mack Medford. Carroll Smith, and Johnny Green, all of the Crabtree section. Green, the other boys said, did not enter any establishment, but I was waiting In their ear while they entered the Junaluska Gulf service station. He was charged with aiding and abetting breaking and entering. Sheriff's deputies last night searched Noland's mother's home and fourjd eight and a half pints of bonded whiskey and a quantity of cigarettes and cigars, reported stolen from the business places. Mrs. Noland was not at home I when the law-enforcement offic ials arrived. She may face charges - later of possession of stolen prop erty. Noland himself has admitted re ceiving the stolen goods, but de nied the breaking and entering charges. One of his companions, however, said he entered all but one of the establishments involved in the case. f ? ' Rogers To Receive Hearing Saturday i Elmer Rogers will be given a , hearing at ten o'clock Saturday morning, on the charge of firing a 16-gauge shotgun at Lloyd Moore last Saturday night, near the Rogers' home in Fines Creek. Moore had 80 shots removed from his back and legs, according to physicians. Rogers is under $300 bond, charged with assault with a dead ly weapon. \ LITTLE BRIGHT-EYED Suzanne Milner, six months old today, fared one of the rarest heart examinations known to medical sci ence as she became a patient at the University of Minnesota Hos pital this morning. Suzanne is suffering from an acute heart ail ment. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Milner. (Mountaineer Photo). ! Little Suzanne Faces Operation On Heart King-Sized Citrus Fruit - Weighs 5 Lbs. J i Some people think it's a , grapi ?i uit. others contend it's a | lemon, and still others believe it's a cross between the two. * But, whatever It is, Tfce ' Mountaineer now has a kins sized niece of citrus fruit ? weighing 5 pounds. 3 ounces and measuring seven inches in di amater ? brought here bv l,e land Garnett of Jonathan ('reck. Mr. Garnett, a native of Florida, brought back the fruit giant from his brother F.arl's farm at llvooluxo. Fla? south of 1 West Palm Beach. While showing the fruit a rcund at the courthouse, Mr. Garnett was asked by one per son: 'Where did you get that j pumpkin?" i After i* has been en display | here for a while, the fruit will be rut to determine to which family the colossal citrus belongs. | Bv W. CURTIS RUSS Editor The Mountaineer Little curly-headed, black-eyed suzanne Milner, six months old to iay. was scheduled to have one of he rarest of heart examinations cnown to medical science. She en .erect the University of Minnesota Hospital yesterday, after flying horn Kno*ville in a special pres-1 -aruad cabin plane. Suzanne became ill sometime ago, and examinations revealed she had a small hole in her heart, and that the organ was becoming enlarged. In seeking medical ad rice, her parents. Mr. and Mrs James Milner, were led to Dr. Wal ton Liilehei, at the University of Minnesota Hospital. His work as a famous heart surgeon was describ ed in a feature illustrated article in the November first issue of Life magazine. Suzanne and her parents left here Tuesday afternoon about three o'clock, and drove to Knoxville. where they had to take a special plane~ at eight o'clock for Chicago. Due to Suzanne's heart condition, an ordinary plane would not be permitted by the physician. They spent Tuesday nieht in Chicago, and then on to Minneapolis Wed nesday morning. The delicate examinations were scheduled to begin today, and the results of the findines of the fam ous surgeon will determine the date of an operation. The operation could be immediate, or even weeks off, the hospital technicians told Suzanne's parents. A recent respiratory illness ag gravated the heart condition, and a seepage from the heart was dis covered, it was learned. The delicate operation can well be termed a dual operation, inas much as another- person is also involved. In this case, it will be Suzanne's father, a former foot ball star, and now a service de partment foreman of a local gar age. According to the schedule, both Suzanne and her father would be put under anesthesia, and through a complicated and complex system of tubes, and scientific apparatus, would be connected for his heart beat and blood stream to function for her body during the operation (See LiUIe Suzanne?Page 8) Soil Conservation Officials Report On 1954 Program j 1,195 Criminal Cases Tried In Past Four Years In the past four years, for 12 terms of criminal court, there have been 1,195 cases tried, ac cording to the records in the of fice of the Clerk of Court, J. B. i Siler. Three terms of criminal court are held a year?February, July | and November. The average is ! about 100 cases per court, and the large part of these are traf j fic cases. New Canton School Will Be Ready By Fall Term Canton school officials are mak ing plans to move into the new : junior high school, which is now i under construction. The $450,000 structure, furnish ed. is being pushed to completion, Rowe Henry, superintendent of Canton schools said yesterday. "We plan to move into the new | structure at the beginning of the I 1955 fall term," Superintendent Henry said. The new building will have 15 classrooms, and gymnasium, 1 science laboratories, and a library. The enrollment of Canton Jun ! ior High (7th and 8th grades) is ' 406. and high school has an enroll ment of 655. Jerry Liner is the general con tractor. A report on the soil conserva- I : tion program carried on in Hay- j 1 wood County during 1954 was ? made this week by district super visors Herschcll Rogers, chairman: j D. J. Boyd, vice chairman, and i Van C. Wells, secretary. A Haywood County Soil Conscr j vation District was formed here | last summer and an office opened i oq the third floor of the court j house in September. The report by the supervisors i reads: 'The Haywood County Supervis ors this year began an active soil I and water conservation pro"r?m ! on the land within the District. | This program is being cameo on bv the work unit conservationist assigned to Haywood County by the U. S. Soil Conservation Ser- j vice on August 1. 1954, "District headquarters were es- j tablished in an office on the third floor of the county Courthouse on j (See Soil Report?Page 8> 2 Teen-Age Boys 'Borrow' Vehicles For Night Rides \ habit of "borrowing" cars and trucks from used car loU at night and riding about, came to an abrupt end Wednesday night for two teen-age boys. Deputy Gene Howell, enroute home about 10:45 saw a stalled car on Miller St., and a young boy trying to start the vehicle. The deputy became suspicious, because of the boy's age and time of night. He found the boy was just 13 years old. and first claimed the car belonged to his uncle, lie he talked, the boy admitted he had taken the car from the used car lot of Howell Motor Co. He said that his companion, Jerry Moore, IS, had taken a r Chevrolet pick-up truck from the used r?r lot of Parkway Motor Co. Deputy Howell call ed police, and thev found the truck had been returned after Jerry had taken some friends home. ) Both boys admitted that it had been a practice of theirs to 'bor row can and trucks." ride a round a bit. and return them to the parking lots. Their riding was confined to the night hours. Moore was given a hearing be fore Justice of the Peace J. J. Ferguson this morning and bound over to Superior Court. The other boy will appear bfeore iuvende Judge J. it. Siier. I Nine Divorces Granted By j. Civil Term 01 Court In 3 Days; Two Suits Heard Nine divorces have been granted, and several civil cases tried in the January term of Civil Court, with Judge Dan K. Moore, Sylva, pre siding. On Tuesday, the case of Eva Holbrook against James H. Howell, Jr., administrator of the Dollie Ferguson estate,, was tried, with the plaintiff being awarded $3,700. In the case resulting from an | automobile wreck, July 4, 1953. I involving two suits seeking recov ery of damages by both plaintiff and defendant, the jury made no award to either. Miss Esther Mae f Gibson was the driver of one car, and Hugh Constance driver of the other car involved in the wreck near the Hospital. The case consumed Wednesday, with the jury returning the ver dict this morning. Today a case involving recovery of a $1,200 note was being heard. 1 Divorces granted included: Elsie Henline Farmer vs. Henry H. Farm-, er; Annie iMae Kesler vs. l'aul Hay | Kesler; Lillie Ervin vs. Slone Er vin: W. T. Stiles vs. Viola Jennette Stiles; Wiley C. Stevenson vs. Flora T. Stevenson: Hugh L. Shook vs. ' Marguerite W. Shook; Rosmond Conner vs. Clifford Conner; Nettie K. Talley vs. Jesse Talley; Lois M. Smith vs. Norris Smith. The jury named for the second 1 week of court includes; Second week ? George Phillips, > White Oak; G. B. Graceford, Iron ' Duff: H. R. Calhoun, Iron Duff; 1 Clyde Harris, Beaverdam; Lenoir W. Smathers, Beaverdam; Alvin Garner, Clyde; C. M. Blythe. Beav erdam; B. B. Burnett, Pigeon: Frank Jones, Waynesvllle; Roy R. Medford, Clyde. W. W. Hyatt, Pigeon; Glenn Lcd ford. Fines Creek; Carl Moody, Waynesville; Hugh C. Rogers, Clyde; Lewis J. Smith, Clyde; Car j son Barnett, Waynesville; Joseph Massie, Waynesville; Clyde Wyatt, j | Beaverdam; Fred L, Trull, Beav erdam; Ed Messer, Waynesville. i Adrian Schenck, Beaverdam; Wallace G. Flynt, Waynesville; j Corwin Mann, Pigeon; P. M. Hig-1 gins, Jr., Beaverdam. I NED TlTCKEU was named exec utive vice president of the Cham ber of Comerce. He will devote full time on promotional work for the community. 13 Haywood Men Leave For Service Thirteen Haywood County men . left here Tuesday morning for Knoxville 'and induction into the armed forces. They ? J Kdward Billy fcirkbatrlck of Cove Creek, Robert Alden Love dahl of Plott Creek. Roy Elden Post on of Bethel. Gerald Dan Phil lips of Canton. Clyde Allen Mor gan of Balsam Road, Kenneth Ed ward Swayngim of the Medford Farm section, Clarence Raymond Rhinehart ol Saunook. Noble Wiley Garrett, Jr.. ot Waynesville. Wil liam Eugene Mainous of Bclhel, Harold Mack Warren of Cecil, Wayne John Willett of Saunook. Tally Wilson Heatlierl.v, Route 2, Canton, and William Joseph Rhea. Route 1. Canton. Twenty selective service regis trants also Were sent to Knoxville for prc-induction physical exam inations. Psychologist To Address Mental Hygiene Society 141-Year-Old Record Broken The Crabtrre Baptist Church is 141 years old. and according to our correspondent. Mrs. Mil lard Ferguson from Lower Crab 1 tree, the wedding held there Sun , day afternoon was the first in the history of the church. This is perhaps a record for churches anywhere. Bethel Church Completes New Aluminum Roof Bethel Presbyterian Church is now covered with a brand-new fire proof roof, says Henry M. Hope, Jr., student pastor of the church. The ; new roof, replacing its fire-dam aged predecessor, was completed I before Christmas. State-wide interest was aroused.) when, on October 10, fire broke out on the old, fire-vulncrable, wooden shingled roof. Reason for the wide interest: The student pastor was 1 preparing to deliver a sermon en-1 titled "Fireproof" just as the flames began to crackle. The new roof consists of alumin um-painted tin shingling, rather) than wooden, and allows no foot hold for sparks from the flue. The student pastor gave special credit to Lowery Justice and John Hardin, for their work in collection , of roofing funds, and thanked the| congregation for their speedy and generous donations to the cause. ON BUYING TRIP Dave Feldman, co-owner of Reliable Jewelers, left Wednesday on a week's buying trip to .New York. Stanley Nale, clinical psycholo gist in the State Department of Public Welfare, will address the Haywood Counly Mental Hygiene Society at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Boyd Chapel at the First Methodist Church in Waynesville. In his talk. Mr. Nale will diseues activities which the county mental hygiene group may carry out this year. In a letter signed by Earl 11 Brendall, president, and Mrs. Jack Klopp, secretary-treasurer of the society, it was pointed out that "there is a great need for an active local society to educate the pub lic in the area of prevention and treatment of mental illness, mental deficiency, and maladjustment and to promote resources for preven tion and treatment, both locally and throughout the state. ' The llaywood County Mental Hygiene Society was formed here last summer at a luncheon meeting at Spaldon's, attended by several representatives of the North Caro lina Mental Hygiene Society. CDP To Chart Recreation Plans Here Saturday Haywood County's CDP recrea tional program will be charted at a meeting of community chairmen at 10 a.m. Saturday at the court house. according to Bob Tippett, assistant county agent. At a meeting of CDP officers and directors last week, approval was given to a more extensive pro gram of recreation for 1955?to include basketball. Softball ahd horseshoe tournaments and a coun ty field day. Tucker Named Executive Vice President C. of C. Full-Time Manager Assumes Duties Monday Morning The directors of the Chamber of Commerce named Ned Tucker executive vice president Tuesday night at their monthly meeting. Me will devote full time towards the promotion of a program for this area. Mr. Tucker will begin his duties on Monday morning. The directors spent a couple of hours discussing projects for 1955 and the potential development in all lines for the area. ? John N. Johnson, president last year said: "the 1954 board worked towards the day when this organi zation would have a full-time ex ecutive manager, and we feel the time has come for the creation of that office for the organization " Dick Bradley, president, said: "I feel that it is a definite step for ward for the Chamber of Com merce to employ a t'ull-time exec utive manager, and a man who will devote his full time to the promo tion of those things which will make this community more pros perous and the citizens happier." The 1954 board went on record recommending to the 1955 board that immediate consideration be given to the employment of a full time executive promoter for the organization. The 1955 board dis cussed the matter at the joii^t meeting with the old Board in De cember, and acted last night. The concensus of opinion, among board members this year and last, was that the services of a full time man is needed in order to "follow through" on many various projects which come up from time to time. As pne director expressed it: "there i* no business man who lias Utc tint* t?? Uevoie to igokin/ after the multitude of proje<?fe which would mean a lot to tne community if successfuly promot ed." Specific reference was made to the time it takes ,to give infor mation, and work with groups look ing for new industrial sites, as well as other groups, such as con vention committees. Tucker, a native of Haywood, was educated at the Cullowhee high school, and is also a graduate of Western Carolina College. After leaving college he taught (See Ned Tucker?Page 8) Sheriff Asking FBI To Take Over Hunt For Gunter Sheriff Fred Y. Campbell bc | lieves that William Harley Gunter, 36, and his 8-year-old son have gone to the West Coast. , A warrant charging Gunter with abduction of his son as the boy J neared the Hazel wood school, was sworn out by Mrs. Gunter, who was awarded temporary custody of the boy by a Buncombe county court. Sheriff Campbell said he felt for I several days that Gunter would I "show up" in Buncombe County, where he lived, but now believes he has gone to the West Coast. The Haywood sheriff plans to call in the FBI and ask them to take ' over the case. k Brendall Goes To Mental Health Meeting | The Rev. Earl H. Brendall, chair man of the Haywood County Men tal Health Society, left this morn ing for Chapel Hill to attend a meeting of the board of directors of the North Carolina Mental Health Association. The directors will hold a luncheon meeting at the ; Carolina Inn. Mr. Brendall was accompanied j to Chapel Hill by Mrs. Brendall. Highway Record For 1955 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed .... 0 Injured.... 2 Accidents.. 9 Loss. ? $2,874 (This information com piled from records of State Hichway Patrol.)