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Ielwood Adopts Five
jects For Community
rovement During '55
Hazelwood citizens have started
work on a 5-point improvement i
program for their entrance in the
Finer Carolina contest for 1955.
F, A. Williamson is general chair
man. and while in session yester
day. with his committe chairman
and steering committee, completed j
plans for the year's work.
Mrs. Kudolph Carswell is secre
tary and in charge of publicity, j
w hile other members of the steer-1
ing committee are A. P. Ledbetter, i
Paul Bryson, C. N. Allen. Mrs. ;
Clyde Fisher and Sam Lane.
The finance committee is com-1
posed of John Smith. C. V Allen !
and Sam Lane.
The five projects and the chair
man. are:
School improvements and!
grounds. Paul Bryson.
Recreation activities, Dr. R. !
Stuart Roberson, chairman and A. :
P. Ledbetter, co-chairman.
Town improvements and beauti
fication. L. C. Davis, chairman and
Mrs. Frank Worthington. co-chair
man.
Religious activities. Rev. A. L.
Gardin,. chairman, Mrs. Sam
Knight, co-chairman.
Social activities, Sam Lane, j
chairman and Mrs. Claude Allen,
co-chairman.
The program is sponsored by the
Boosters Club, and last year, the
group won $100 in the state con- '
test awards.
Canton Druggist
Improving From
Wreck Injuries
James Luther Ward, Jr., Can
ton druggist, was reported at noon
today to be gradually improving
at the Mission Hospital, Asheville,!
following serious injuries sustain
ed in an automobile wreck on
January 1G. iu.st east of Canton.
The report showed that Ward,
while slightly better, still remains;
on the critical list. He is consci
ous. and the report continued by
saying, "it is believed he will make
the grade OK."
Ward has been a resident of Can
ton for about It) years, is married
and has one son. He is a native of
Greenwood. S, C.
His Mew car, with about 250
miles on the speedometer, was de
clared a total loss. The car left the
highway and wrecked in a field,
investigatinng Highway Patrolmen
reported.
Baptist Men's
Brotherhood
Meets Friday
The second annual Region Nine I
Baptist Brotherhood Convention
will be held at 6 p.m. Friday at j
the First Baptist Church in Can- ?
ton. with the Haywood Baptist As
sociation acting as host.
The theme for the meeting is I
"Witnessing Men".
The program will include:
6 p.m.?Supper.
7 p.m.?Devotion singing.
7:15 p.m.?"Business Challenge".
7:30 p.m.?Reports by associa
tion presidents.
8 p.m.?Royal Ambassadors, Bill
Jackson.
8:10 p.m.?Cottage prayer meet
ings, Horace Easom.
8:20 p.m.?Special .music. Verl
Capps, First Church. Charlotte.
8:30 p.m.?Talk by Nelson Tull,
secretary. Baptist Brotherhood of
Arkansas.
9 p.m.?Benediction.
IVIl.I.IAMSON is chair
the Hazelwood Finer
projects this year. The
includes five major
iTour
nittee
> Friday
:eting of the 12-meni
e to make plans for
if-state farm tour will
10 p.m. Friday at the '
iccording to County j
L Holloway.
Itee wil make tenia- [
the tour and select
? ? with the final
e mule later by the
rship of the organi
1 amount of interest"
iwn in reviving the j
rm tour, which was
summer because of
ovations, Mr, Hollo
is year probably will
g the latter part of
irst week of August,
ent added,
the committee are:
R. C. Francis, Welch
rncr Cathey. K. O.
s. Paul Robinson.
Uiite, Mrs. Howard
lenry Francis, and J
ason.
;iub
Dnsor
Drive
id drive in this area
red by the Waynes- j
nd Professional Wo
ording to a decision
ay evening at the;
! held at The Lodge, i
program on cancer'
o be undertaken by
Bryson and Miss
ston presented the
>peaking on the ad
nefits of club meni
announced an in
?urse on the objec
itution of the club
Irs. Bryson's home
March 8. The af
coveied dish sup
ied by the member
d to accept the in
d by Mrs. Robert
behalf of the Easl
iool PTA, and will
dinner meeting
I, at the school,
ornwell, president.
he
ither
I nilMDCOLD
?\ 'mi her-,Increasing cloudi-,
Windy and turning colder
?chance I>f rain or snow by
?dnch colder tonight,
?al Waynesville tcmpcra
? reported by the State
?
Max. Min. Pr.
I M i R
I 36 16
I 46 20 1
17 WTHS Musicians Will
Play In District Band
Seventeen members of the WT1IS
Concert Band have been invited to
participate in the Western District
Band Clinic at Western Carolina
College, Cullowhce, Friday and
Saturday.
Tlfc musicians will leave early;
Friday morning, accompanied by
Robert A. Campbell, director of
the band. They will be joined lat-:
er in the day by Charles Isley, |
director of \he music department i
of thp school.
The group w ill practice Friday J
and Saturday, giving a concert in;
Hoey Auditorium Saturday eve
ning. The clinic will be under the
direction of Professor Allan Bone,
of Dukp University.
Students from WTHS participat
ing in the band clinic include; Ed
die DeMour. Buster Green, Peggy
Reeves. Pauline Inman. Marguerite
Russ, Mary Reeves, Patsy Holder,
Su/anne Curry, Gary Evans. Joe
Jack McElroy, Barbara Jones,
Wanda Hipps, Salinda Dicus. Andy
Owens. Phyllis Davis. Beverly
Teague. and Bruce Clark.
This past, week four students
from WTHS participated in the all
slate orchestra in Winston-Salem. |
They included; Ann Ruff. Agnes
Jane Roberson, Joe Jack McElroy j
and Beverly Teague.
Mothers Are On the March ? Turn On Your Porchlight, And Give To Polio
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f I
'GRAVITY ("HAIR", in which no nails, crews,
or slue are required to hold its two main sec
tions together, is assembled by Charlie Under
wood, owner and manager of the plant near I.ake
Junaluska which is the only industrial producer
of inlaid wood in the 1*. S. (Mountaineer Photo).
Jury List For
Feb. Court
Announced
The jury panel for the first week
of the February criminal term of
Superior Court has been announc-'
cd by Clerk of Court J. B. Siler.
Court will be convened here on
Monday,.February 7, by Judge Dan
K. Moore of Sylva.
The jury list for the first week
is:
C. P. Parham. .Tames B. Soesbee,
J. Carl Burnelte. Coy Messer.
Roy Reeves, J. G. Burgess, Lee
Smith, James R. Gregory, Robert
S. Rymer. H. C. Johnson, William
S. Kay, Hubert Creasman, John
Millner. Dillard Hooper, Kelly
King, H. B. Angel. W. H. Burgin.
John E. Pless, Robert L, James,
Harjey B. Mann, Grady Pruitt,
Fleetwood Smathers;
James M. Edwards. Hugh Cook.
J. A Provost, Pendler Hooper, J.J,
C. Seav, Ray R. Whit ted, A. II.
Kuyktndall. N. J. Trantham. Fran
cis Wyatt. Way Mease, C. L. White j
Robert Coleman. Cecil Mann. Eu
gene Henson. W. R. Henry. G. G.
Robinson, Rex I.ee Messer, Wayne
Price, Floyd Fullbright. W, G.!
(See Court?Page 81
Haywood HDC
County Council
To Meet Monday
The county council of Haywood
County Home Demonstration
Clubs will meet at 2 p.m. Monday,
at the courthouse, It has been an
nounced by Miss Mary Cornwell. |
home demonstration agent.
The theme for February for the
home clubs is: "Planning and Plant
ing the Home Garden" and "Vege
table Varieties for 1955."
County HDC council officers are:
Mrs. L. J. Cannon of Canton,
president; Mrs. Otis Cole of the
Medford Farm section, vice presi
dent; Mrs. Raymond Caldwell of
Iron Duff, secretary-treasurer, and |
Mrs. 11. O. Champion of Waynes
ville, publicity. 1
Freedlander Sees Benefits
In Government Selling
Synthetic Rubber Plants
Motorists Must
Have 1955 Tags
By February 1
Motorists have just a few more ,
days in whirh to set their 19F5
license tags?state and town.
The deadline is February
first, and highway patrolmen
have warned that 1955 tags
must be on vehicles used on and
after that date. Persons sending
to Raleigh for tags must have
sufficient proof in order to op
erate a vehicle after the dead
line.
Balsam Post Office
Burglary Charged
To Canton Man
Arraigned on a charge of bur
glary of the Balsam postoffice on
January 21, Ralph Barnes of Can
ton waived preliminary hearing be
fore U. S. Commissioner Lawrence
Stoker in Asheville Monday and
posted a S500 bond for his appear
ance in U, S. District Court in May
Barnes is charged frith remov
ing certain post office equipment j
from the Balsam Post Office and
selling it in Buncombe County.
Postal Inspector Kenneth Brown |
said Barnes was arrested 40 hours
after the alleged burglary.
The original investigation was
made by Sheriff Frank Allen of
Jackson County. Assisting in the
ease were SBI Agent I'. R. Kiteh
en and Canton Police Chief W. N.
Stroupe. Postal. inspectors. Ashe
ville city police and Stale High
way Patrol offices located and re
covered the postoffice property,
Inspector Brown said.
See other pictures, page 1. sec. 2
The proposed sale of govern
ment-owned synthetic rubbet
plants to private companies was
labeled "A mighty good deal" foi
the government by A L. Freed
lender, president of the Daytor
Rubber Company.
The government asked Congresi
yesterday to approve the sale of 24
plants to private buyers for $310.'
565.000.
The Treasury actually will re
cover $401,565,000, the rubber pro
duction facilities disposal com
mission said in its final report. Be
cause the federal operating agency
will turn over a 91-million dollat
cash balance in addition.
The sale contracts, signed lasl
month, subject to veto bv Con
gress, were descrtbcd as insuring
"full fair value" to the taxpayers
A free competitive rubber markel
and a ready source of supply in a
war emergency.
"I atn confident Congress will
tind no fault with the sale con
tracts." Kreedlander said. Refer
ring to reports sdme legislators
would scrutinize the contracts foi
evidence of tnonooolv. ho pointed
(See Freedlander?Page 8)
Hazelwood Warns
Town Tags Must
Be Purchased
Hazelwood motorists were warn
ed today that they must have and
display on their vehicles, a 195S
tow ti tag.
Roy Stephens, chief of police
warned that failure to comply with
this ordinance by February first
would make ihc motorist subject tc
a fine, as provided under the tdrtni
of the ordinance. The tags are one
dollar, and available at the Town
Hall.
Secretaries Plan Polio
Porchlight Drive Monday
Your bright lights Monday night
will give others a brighter future.
' A lighted porch light, or a candle
Dr lamp in the front window will
serve as a beacon for volunteers in
the "Secretaries March on Polio."
a dramatic finale to the 195f> March
Di Dimes.
Between 7 and 9 Monday night
these "marching secretaries" will
tall at the homes of all those who
light the way to a polio contribu
tion.
Miss Betty Jo Crocker, Secre
taries March chairman, predicted
that Waynesville, Hazclwood and
Lake Junaluska would l>c thor
oughly covered by volunteers in
the two hours allotted for the
March.
Some members of the Loyal
Order of the Moose have volun
teered to help with the Secretaries
March on I'olio, and members ol
the Wayncsville high school Key
Club have volunteered their help
by passing out handbills printed
by the Secretaries chapter,
i "We wish to visit every home in
the Wayncsville. Hazel wood and
j Lake Junaluska area whose occu
pants signal that they wish to give
We will do our best to see that no
one is left out," Miss Crocker
! promised.
If it is not possible for a work
| er to get to your home in the al
j lotted time, your contribution can
I be turned over to some member of
I the Secretaries chapter the next
! day. <
{Underwood Only Industrial
{Producer Of Inlaid Wood
I
New Building
Houses Novelty
Firm's Operations
See other pictures, pace 1, sec. 2
By BOB CONWAY
On Highway 19A-23 near Lake
! Junaluska stands a plant which is ,
: the only one of its kind in the Uni
| ted States?or perhaps the world.
There a bright new brick and1
! concrete block building houses the
I Underwood Novelty Co.. the only
industrial producer of inlaid-wood :
products.
Although a number of individual ;
craftsmen?especially in the South
ern mountains ? produce inlaid '
wood items for sale, only the Un-i
derwood firm turns out 'he pro-,
ducts on an assembly-line basis.
Owner and manager of the novel
jty plant is Charlie Underwood of.
Lake Junaluska. who has been in
business since 1934. For six and a
half years, he was a partner with
Harry Lee Liner in an enterprise
known as "Carolina Hillbillies" . . .
On January 1. 1940. he formed the
present Underwood Novelty Co.
Charlie, who says he was "born
and raised within 200 yards of |
Spaldon's Restaurant in Waynes,
ville." became interested in inlaid
wood at the age of 12. when he
used to carry his father's lunch to
the old saw mill once situated near,
the present Haywood Horse Show
| grounds. Near the mill was the
Wayncsville Hardwood Co., whose
owner, S. H. Keller, made inlaid
> wood novelties for his own use and ,
? to give to friends as gifts.
A good friend of all the kids in
i the neighborhood, Mr. Keller took,
' | Charlie under his wing and taught
?. him a few tricks of the trade?es
1 , pecially how to use that valuable
t ,1 4 U -t,._ a
I unil H?e UlUf JIVl.
5 < I( was Mr. Keller, Charlie says. <
1 who originated the highly popular
inlaid wood rulers and inlaid
(See Underwood?Page 8)
4-H Council
To Name Officers
Here Saturday
The Haywood 4-H Club County
1 Council will meet at 10 a.m. Satur
day at the courthouse to elect and
( train officers for this year, accord
ing to Jean Childcrs. assistant
I home agent, and Joe Davis, assist
,: ant farm agent.
.' The 4-H County Council is made
; up of the officers of the various
? community clubs.
I Last year a major project under
taken by the 4-11 members was to
entertain a group of 4-H'ers from
, I Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
>
Main St. Curve
Scene Of Wreck
A sharp curve on North Main
I St. in Waynesville near Spaldon's i
' Restaurant was the scene of a col
lision at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday when
. | Maurice Leland Styles of Waynes
i. vllle, driving north, lost control of
his 1941 Chevrolet and struck a
II Willy* sedan driven by Miss!
1 Blanche Green of Route 3. Waynes
; ville, who was going south.
' Sgt. Paul Gough of the Waynes
ville police said damage to the,
Willys was $178. He added that
damage to the Chevrolet had not
been estimated.
Styles will be cited for reckless
driving, the sergeant said.
P. R. Kitchen Explains
Work Of SBI Agents
The work of a North Carolina
, State Bureau of Investigation a
gent was explained to the Waynes-1
ville Kiwanls Club Tuesday night
i by P. R. Kitchen of Waynesville.
SBI agent in eight Western North
Carolina counties.
Mr. Kitchen asserted that the
state's investigative bureau is sup
ervised by the attorney general s j
office and is unique in the United
States. "There is no other exactly |
like it," he said.
Organized in 1937 with only four .
agents, the SBI now has 17, Mr. j
; Kitchen said. Although agents are |
! assigned to certain territories in |
j the state, they are not confined to ]
those particular areas if their in
vestigations Lead them into other
locations, ho added.
SHI agents may receive their ,
orders from Raleigh or by re
quests from law-enforcement of
ficers in their territories ?? in
eluding sheriffs, police, or State,
Highway patrol. Mr. Kitchen point
ed out. Courts also may request i
investigations, se said.
Speaking on the use of the elec-'
trocardiograph "lie detector"), the
SUI agent explained that suspects ]
must consent to taking the test |
and that information obtained from
the tests cannot be used in the law
courts. However, when persons re
fuse to take the tests, that fact
(See Kitchen?Page 8t
TRAPPERS for the North Carolina Wildlife Commission, now en
cased in stoekinc llaywood County's new game preserve ? Har
mon Hen Wildlife Management Area?with 105 deer are (left to
right) Walter Wilson. Vernie Murphy, and Ransom Wilson, all of
Busiek in Vaneey County. After the stocking at Harmon Den has
been completed?in about two weeks?the game refuge will be
closed to hunting for five years?at which time it is estimated there
will be more than a thousand deer in the area.
(Photo by Ken Chiavetta).
Haywood Purchased Over
Half Million In Savings
Bonds During Past Year
Diabetes Subject
Of WNO Regional
Conference Here
A conference on diabetes for
public health workers, doctors,
nurses, and dieticians throughout
Western North Carolina was held]
at Central Elementary School to- \
day from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m.
The event was sponsored jointly
by ihe Haywood County Health De
partment and the North Carolina
State Board of Health,
The program included:
Presentation of problem b\ Mrs.
Hub \ e Bryson. eount\ public I
health nurse; "What is Diebetes?",
a tilmstrip; "Medical Aspects of
Diabetes in the Child." Dr. Doris
Hammett. Wavncsville pediatric
ian: "Diet in the Diatietic Child,"
Mildred Barry, nutritionist: lunch: i
"Care of the Feet," tilmstrip: ,
"Tests in Diabetes." tilmstrip: "The i
Nu i ses' Hole in Diabetes." Evelyn i
Davis, consultant nurse. N. C.
State Board of Health; "Psycho
logical and Social Aspects of Dia- (
betes." Ellen B. Hush, consultant.
Department of Public Welfare: .
group discussion. .
125 Contribute j
To Bloodmobile
A total of 125 pints of blood J
were donated to the Bloodmobile (
during its visit at the Hazelwoodjj
Presbyterian Church oh Tuesday.
The visit here was sponsored by 1
employics of the Dayton Rubber
Co. and the majority ot the don-'1
ors were trom the rubber plant. ]
A number of would-be donors '
were rejected because of their I
having had colds or flu lately, or
because of high or low blood pres-1'
sure
Clyde Fisher of the Dayton Rub- \'
bcr Co. was in charge of arrange-1v
ments for the Bloodmobile's visit.;
U. S. Savings Bands sales dur
ing the month of December in
Haywood County totalled $118,448.
The accumulated Savings Bonds
sn'ew f? ? the 12 months of 1 '*'f"
for our County totalled $533,881 >?>
Sales of Scries E and H Bonds
in North Carolina for the month of
December were 17.4', over the
same month in 1953.
"Nationally, approximately $13.
600.000.000 E Bonds reached their
10-year maturity dates between
May 1951 and December 1954.
Throughout the period, the rate of
holding beyond maturity under the*
automatic extension terms has
stayed fairly constant at about
75'r of the maturity volume. At
the 1954 year-end, E bond owners
were holding more than $11,500,
000,000 worth Of these bonds that
were over ten years of age.
"National sales of Series E and II
Bonds in 1954 rose to $4,889,119.
1)00. This was the largest volume
in record for any year since war
time 1945. Compared with a year
Darlier. the gain was 12',; . and with
1952. 37';.
"In North Carolina the percent
if increase in sales in Series E
Jnd H Bonds in 1954 w as 6.8'v."
iccording to Walter 1*. Johnson.
State Director for North Carolina.
Johnson states that he attributes
lie success of the increase in sales
n 1954 to the patriotic efforts of
volunteers in the Savings Bonds
Program. Johnson praised J. I
Masste for his outstanding leader
ship in leading the successful Sav
ngs Bonds sales program in his
.ounty.
Dr. Clark Remains
In Local Hospital
Dr. C. N. Clark of Lake Juna
uska remains a patient at the
laywood County Hospital where
le has been for the past three
vcoks.
Dr. Clark will reach his seven
y-seventh birthday tomorrow and
sill have with him his two riaugh
crs. Mrs. Richard Owen of Rich
nond, Va. and Miss Nadinc Clark
if Evanston, III., and his sister,
drs. Vida Duncan of Atlanta.
Highway
Record For
1955
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed .... 0
Injured.... 5
Accidents.. 18
Loss.. $8,199
mihs information com
piled from records of
Stole Highway Patrol.)
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