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" . SI WAYNE8VILLE. N. <MON'DAl AFTERNOON, FER 7 IMS O? ? a
? ?J3'5" in Advance In H
^^?\(. TO EARTH comes the second of two
^^Hccs in the courthouse parking lot Friday
cut down by a crew of workmen super
George Patrick. The tree pictured was'
said to bo already dead, and the other dyins.
A metal cable and truck winch was used on this
tree to insure its fallini; in the desired direction.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Ipol Bus
isabled
I
Occident
| school bus was disabled
[anion School Friday al
ia collision with another I
L according to a report i
le Highway Patrol.
In Harold Dayton said
Lee Williamson. Route 1.
iving a 1952 Intcrnalion
pu-i. backed into a 1951
bl bus driven by Dexter j
pes, Itoute 3. Canton.
I were filled with school
I the time of the collis- 1
> one was injured.
Id Patrolman Dayton he
be other bus had al
d out of the area which >
use to turn in.
to the front end ot the
was estimated at $200,
rear end of the Inter
is at $25. The former
be towed to tl.e county 1
?ar Waynesville High
r the accident,
n Dayton said that an
tigatiop of the incident J
ide by C. W. Angcil of j
I representative of the
afety division of the
irtment of Motor Ve
I' Bill To
e Lists Of
) Counties
I Rogers introduced a 1
II iHB 139) to require
ehicles Department to
motor vehicle regis
he county from which
is registered for the !
ocal taxation. The list
?nt to the county tax
provides that the list
to be sent '"as soon as
Jeh year," and the
lid pay the cost of the
of the lists.
laywood, there have
vhen a special list of
istrations have been
3m the state lists and
d against the county
J _
? Club Will
II^Buirsday Night
^Belwood Boosters Club
it^H'l'hursday night at the
H|) church for their
Biner meeting. Paul Bry
Bdent and Glenn 11. Wy
Pi
|F
? COUTH COID
^Bther ? Considerable
^^?uiiulv and cool today.
1[ht and Tuesday.
WaynesviUe tempera
rled by the State Test
Ma*. Mln. Pr.
47 30
43 17
47 21 .02
. 56 36 3.27
Rain During Weekend
Totaled 3.29 Inches
A tolal of j.'Mt inches of rain, one of the heaviest falls
here in years, was recorded on the gauges at the Mountain Ex
periment Station during the weekend.
The rain filled up lakes and streams in the area and
disposed of the last vestiges of the January 19 snowfall
The dowi pour lasted throughout the night Saturday and
eontinued until late Sunday afternoon.
The weekend precipitation totalled more than twice that
recorded for the entire month of January, which was 1.17.
The total for February previous to Saturday afternoon was .51
inches.
December Tax
Collections Show
$3,000 Increase
Sales tax collections in Hay
wood County during December,
1954, shoued an increase of more
than S3.000 over the total report
ed for December. 1953. according
to "The Retailer," published by
the North Carolina Merchants
Association.
Collections for the past De
cember were S32.489.30 in com
parison to S39.458.43 the year
previous.
Haywood's tax collections were
the highest of any Western
North Carolina county west of
Asheville. This county's total ex
ceeded neighboring Henderson
County's bv almost S2.000 in De
cember. 1954, and by more than
$3,000 in November.
Crabtree Boy
At N.C. State
Short Course
William Medford of Upper Crab
tree. student at Crabtrec-lron Dufl
High School, is representing Hay
wood County in a special two-week
short course at X. C. State College
in general agriculture including
crops, livestock, dairying, and poul- i
try.
Medford's trip to State College :
was arranged by the First Nation-1
al Bank of Waynesville.
The state program is sponsored j
by the North Carolina Bankers As
sociation.
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Summer nebiucm
City Manager At
Daytona Beach
Cletus I?. Allen, summer resi
dent in this area and owner of the
500-acrc Allen Vale Farm in the j
Hemphill community, has been
named city manager at Daytona
Beaeh, Fla.
He has been serving as city man-)
agcr yj Winter Haven, Fla.
Before going to Winter Haven. '
Allen was recreational director at
Daytona Beach from 19.19 to 1946.
Bethel School 'Fire'
Alarm Proves False
Wayncsville firemen made a run
Friday morning about 8:30 when
Bethel Elementary School was re
ported afire, but at the top of
Pigeon Gap the firemen were con
tacted by radio and told that the
alarm was a false one.
It was reported thai brush be
ing burned In the vicinity led
someone to think that the school
was burning.
Funeral Rites
Are Conducted
For Mrs. Killian
Funeral services were conducted
, Sunday afternoon in the Waynes
ville Presbyterian Church for
Mrs. Leon M. Killian. Sr.. who died
; Friday afternoon in her home here
i after a long illness.
Adm. W. N. Thomas, chaplain.
I USN, retired, officiated and in
terment was in Green Hill Ceme
i lery.
Active pallbearers were Lachlan
Hyatt. Sam Bushnell, William Ray.
i Howard Hyatt, Bill Swift. and J
I H. Howell, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers were J. C.
i Rose. R. L. Prevost. Ralph Pre
vost, R. L. Callahan. D. F. Whit
man. 11 H. Gibson. Sr.. Hooper Al
exander. Jr., Dr. N. F. Lancaster.
Dr. II. S. Roberson, C. N. Allen,
L. N. Davis, W. A. Bradley. A. P.
I Ledbetter. J. H. Way. J. W. Ray,
John Boyd, Joe Mormino, Dr. N.
M. Medford, Rufus Siler, Clyde
Ray, Ralph Sumnierrow. Hugh
Sloan. Sr., Dill Howell, M. C. Pat
terson, and John Queen, Sr.
| Mrs. Killian was the former Miss
Annie Aiken, daughte* of the late
Clingman and Ellen Arledge Aik
en. and a native of Pickens Coun
ty, S. C. She moved to llenderson
ville with her family when a child
and has been residing in Waynes
j ville since her marriage. She was
69 years of age.
A member of the Waynesville
Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Killian
was active in the women's organi
zations of the church. She was al
so an active member of the Hay
wood Chapter, United Daughters
of the Confederacy and the Dorcas
Bell Love Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution. She
served as production chairman of
the Haywood 'County Chapter,
American Red Cross, during World
War II and devoted hundreds of
hours to knitting garments for ser
vice men.
Surviving arc the husband, one
daughter, Mrs. Harold Tingen of
Fuquny Springs; one son, L. M.
Killian, Jr. of Waynesville; two sis
ters. Mrs. Claude M. Pace of llcn
dersonvillc and Miss Elizabeth
Aiken of Bethlehem, Pa.; and six
grandchildren.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Garrett Funeral Home.
Highlanders
To Meet Tonight
The Haywood County Highland
ers will hold their monthly dinner
meeting at 7 p. m. tonight at
Spahlon's Restaurant, with Michael
Taft. head of the State Advertis
ing Bureau, as principal speaker.
Mr. Taft is a former Ashcville
resident and once managed the
Battery Park Hotel.
L E. DeVous. president of the
Highlander*, will preside at the
'meeting tonight.'
Fleetwood Smothers Is Foreman
Grand Jury; 288 Cases On Docket
Number Traffic
Cases Heard By
Court By Noon
I ' ' !
Fleetwood Smathcrs. of Canton,
was named foreman of the Hay
wood County Grand Jury' *h's
morning, as the two-week term of
criminal court opened, with Judge
Dan Moore, of Sylva, presiding.
Nine members were added to the
grand jury this morning to serve
with the nine who were named last
July. Smathers succeeds Ernest
Messer as foreman of the juryy,
The nine members named this
morning were: J. C. Seay, W. G.
i Bryant, Robert Messer. Wayne
Price, Way Mease, High Cook, Dil
lard Hooper, Rex Lee Messer and
Fleetwood Smathers. The members
who were named in July include:
Joe Evans, Roy Hightower, Hiram
Leatherwood, *L. W. Singleton. G.
S. Coleman, Robert H. Pace, Eu
gene Kuykendall, Rex Pless and
Ernest M. Sutton.
The court was disposing of a
number of traffic cases before the
noon adjournment today. The de
fendants charged with speeding,
operating without a license, and
driving drunk, and submitting to a
plea of guilty, were paying their
fines as Judge Moore heard arrest -
I ing officers testify in the cases.
As court opened today, there
were 288 eases on the docket, ac
; cording to J. B. Siler. clerk of
i court.
i\ mi 01 inu'ri'sx is Deing snow n
I in the case o? Robert Ledford.
charged with beating and failing
to provide food for his wife and 8
month-old son, in the Hemphill
section. Ledford was arrested and
has been in jail since his arrest in
1 December. Neighbors are ready to
testify in the case, as well as
physicians, court officials said.
.M'-s-. ? 'dford tcicHTh** VloulA prs
eer today, she plans to return to
her parents in New Jersey after
| the trial. The dark circles of a
blackened eye were still in evi
dence this morning. The mother
, and little boy have been staying at
the home of Mrs. Noah Caglc. a
neighbor, since December 30. Mrs.
Cagle said today both were "pitiful
sights" when they came to her
home. She has been giving both
plenty of milk and wholesome
food, and they have shown a re*
i inarkablc gain in weight.
, W. B. Murray is officer of the
1 Grand Jury, a post he has held
many times.
The halls were crowded today.
' with both spectators and witnesses.
1 The halls in front of the grand
I jury room were packed, as wit
j nesses awaited being called in to
j testify in various cases.
I The county commissioners had
to move from their room in order
that the Grand Jury could take
over. The commissioners were
holding their regular first Mon
day meeting in the auditor's office.
' At noon they said only routine
matters had come before the board,
and for the most part they were
checking on regular monthly state
[ ments.
The jury named for the first
week is as follows, and the follow
ing, less those named on the grand
jury, will hear cases:
C. P. Parham, James B. Soesbec,
J. Carl Burnctte. Coy Mcsscr,
Roy Reeves, J. G. Burgess, Lee
(See Court?Page 6)
Ratciiffe Cove CDP
Will Elect Officers
Tlie Ratclice Cove CDP organiza
tion will elect officers at a meeting
at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the REA
building.
Hugh Ratciiffe. chairman of the
nominating Committee, will call
the meeting to order.
A program will be presented and
refreshments will be served.
Highway
Record For
1955
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed ? ? ? ? 0
Injured.... 7
Accidents.. 22
Loss. ? $9,709
(This Information com
piled from records ol
State Highway Patrol.)
Miller Heads
U.P. Bureau
On Formosa
William IJ Miller, son of Mrs.
Clyde Ray of Waynesville, is now
serving as chief of bureau of the
United Press bureau on Formosa?
currently the world's No. 1 "hot
j spot."
In the recent months, Mr. Mil
| ler's news dispatches from the
j Chinese Nationalist stronghold
have been quoted bv leading news
papers ? including the New York
Times, and on radio and television.
A graduate of St. John's School
and the University of Georgia. Mr.
"Miller covered the state legislature
for the Kaleigh bureau of United
Press before entering the armed
forces ?? during which he saw
eight months combat dut\ at the
! front in Korea.
In the past several months,
worldwide attention has been een
! tered on Formosa which is being
protected by the United States
Seventh Fleet from the growing
[threat of invasion by the Chinese
Communists.
Motel Association
To Meet Feb. 14
At Hendersonville
District 19 of tlic North Carolina
Motel Association will meet Mon
day morning at 10:30. February
! 14. in the Sun Room of the Sk\
land Hotel in Hendersonville. Dis
trict 19 is composed of Henderson.
^Jackson. Haywood and Transyl
vania. Counties.
(? Guest speakers will Include -Mrs.
Maude 8. Morrow, Executive Sec
retary of the North Carolina Motel
Association. 11. E. Buchanan, com
missioner of the 14th Division.
I State Highway and Public Works
' Commission.
I A representative of the North
I Carolina Department of Motor Ve
hicles will also be present to dis
j cuss the problem of noisy trucks
i on our highways.
County Library
Will Observe
11th Anniversary
The Haywood County Public Li
brary will mark the 11th anniver
sary of the county-wide library ser
I vice at an open house to be given
j by the Waynesville Woman's Club
from 2 until 5 p.m. Thursday.
During the open house a silver
: offering will be taken for the li
j brary's Building Fund.
In charge of arrangements for
1 the event will be a committee made
\ up of Mrs. Joe Liner, chairman:
Mrs. Hooper Alexander, Mrs. W. L.
Kirkpatrick. Mrs. H. H. Jeter, Mrs.
Charles Ray, Mrs. V. L. Holloway.
Assisting them will be Miss Mar
garet Johnston, librarian; Mrs.
James Atkins, assistant librarian,
and Mrs. Frances Jones, Bookmo
bile operator.
NOMINATION of Knos Boyd as
postmaster of Waynesvillc has
bmi approved by President Els
enhower and srni to the U. S.
Senate for eonfirmatlon. Mr.
Boyd has been aetinic postmaster
here since Ausust, 1953.
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YOU GUESSED IT?When this croup of Hay
wood folk talked with Governor Uuther Hodges,
the topie drifted to the "Pigeon River Road".
At the moment this picture was made. Jonathan
Woody was telling the Governor the urgent
need of the road, as others in the delegation lis
tened land awaited the Hash of the photographer's
bulb). Governor Hodges was keenly interested in
the enthusiasm of the delegation over the need of
completing the road. Shown left to right: W. C.
Buss. II. P. McC'arroll. Mrs. Kdith Alley, M. J.
Ilamner, Governor Hodges. Kiehard Bradley,
Jonathan Woody, and Keekman lluger.
<Photo for The Mountaineer by J. I). Fits).
'Closet'
To Be Open
On Tuesdays
Starting this week, the Wayne#-;
viile area Clolliing Closet will be
open from 2 until 5 p.m. each
Tuesday on the third floor of the
courthouse.
! The Clothing Closet has been
open pre\ iously 011 Wednesday
and Saturday.
Persons seeking information or
whose need oi clothing is urgenf
j muy call distribution chairman.'
Mrs. Kione Bruce, (j-6572, or the
American Hed Cross office in the ,
courthouse.
The Clothing Closet Association j
also disclosed that it is seeking a,
coat for a 10-year-old girl student
1 at Central Elementary School.
Local Chamber
Directors Meet
Tuesday Night
Directors of the Chamber of
Commerce will hold their regular (
monthly meeting at 7 110 p.m. j
Tuesday at the town hall, it has ^
been announced by Dick Bradley. ,
' president. t
Mr. Bradley urged all directors
to be present to consider an im- ,
portant matter dealing with or- ^
ganization of the Chamber, I
The Chamber's new executive ,
vice president. Ned Tucker, attend- |
ed ceremonies at Hendersonville
Friday at tlie breaking of ground
for the new General Electric j
plant ? attended by Governor i (
Luther Hodges. (
Father-Son Banquet t
Set By Bethel FFA i
, t
The Bethel chapter of Future <
Farmers of America will hold its l
annual Father and Son banquet at (
6:30 p.m. Friday in the Bethel (
School cafeteria. 1
The announcement was made b\ s
Charles Stamcy, president of the i
FFA at Bethel.
March Of Dimes 1
To Top Goal '
By Big Margin
A final report on the Waynes- j '
ville area March of Dimes will fi
he made this week. Chairman I
Earl II. Urendall, said today. 1
Some reports on contributions
still have not been received, he t
added. ' d
Present indications are that s
the Waynesville area wiH bo over j 1
its coal of 97.500 hy more than s
$2,500, Mr. Rrendall said.
Another industrial contiibu- t
tlon reported this wW-k was the
? total of $188.25 Riven by em- s
ployees of the A. C. Lawrence f
Co. ii
Haywood Group Joins Governor Hodges
In Protesting Proposed Parkway Toll
Several Haywood citizens joined
Governor Luther Hodges, the Tar
Heel Congressional delegation, and
others in making plans for carry
ing North Carolina's protest a
gainst imposition of tolls on the
Utue ltidgc Parkway directo to Sec
retary of the Interior Douglas Mc
Kay.
Haywood had eight of the 50
representatives at the meeting call
ed by the Governor.
Those attending from Haywood
included: Richard Bradley, presi
lent, Chamber of Commerce; Ned
I"ucker, executive vice president:
1. P. McCarrOll, Jonathan Woody.
tV. Curtis Russ, Mrs. Dovle Alley,
secretary ,N. C. Park Commission,
Seekman Huger, vice president
A'N'CAC, and M. J. Hamner, of
A'alker Road.
Governor Hoages presiaea over
he meeting, at which the senti
nent was expressed that in view
Jf the fact that the people of North
Carolina have declared themselves
jverwhelmingly against tolls on
larkway travel, that the delega
ion should take the protest direct
o President Kisenhowcr if the Soc
?etary of the Interior does not a
{ree to rescinding the order in
mgurating tolls on the parkway
May 1.
Senator Sam J. Erwin and Con
gressman George Shuford express
ed "fundamental opposition" to the
oils. They pledged continuation ot
he vigorous fight they have been
caging against impairment of free
jse of the parkway. Senator Kr\ in
minted out that National Park
service officials admitted at a re
lent hearing that the Park Service
las never attempted to charge
oils on a roadway except the Blue
ftidge Parkway.
"The entire North Carolina dele
tion is opposed to the tolls, and
[ think we W'ill get some coopera
ion from the Virginia delegation,"
Congressman Shuford said.
Governor Hodges emphasized
hat the people of North Carolina
cere not told about the tolls when
hey granted the rights-of-wav to
he Federal Government, and stat
'd they realized that if tolls arc
evicd on the Blue Ridge Parkway,
hey may also be in store for the
[Jreat Smoky Mountain National
'ark and the Cape Hattcras Sea
,horc Development, also major
(See llaywood Group?Page 6)
Parents Will Follow
Students Day At School
Parents of students in the Way
icsville Township High School
sill bo given an opportunity to
earn more about the school pro
;ram at a meeting of the Parent
reacher Association tonight at
':30 p.m.
Parents'v.ill be invited to follow
he day's activities of their ehil
Iren exactly according to their
ehedule during the day at school,
i'he teachers will be in their re
pcctive rooms and will be ready
o give Information concerning
heir classes.
The parents' tour will follow a
hort business session with the
lev. James W Fowler, Jr. presid
ng.
58 Attend
District Meet
Of Jaycees
A meeting of District t members
of the Junior Chamber of Com
merce at Spaldon's Friday night
, was attended by 58 Jaycees ? in
cluding 15 from W'aynesville and
I others from AshevHle, Black Mon
tairi. Brevard. Mars Hill, Sylva. and
I Franklin.
During a business session presid
ed over by Tom Posey of Asheville,
i district v ice president, discussions
j were held on:
1. The "Voice of Democracy"
content, which was held here last
year.
2. The "Distinguished Service
1 Award." which will bo presented
later this month to this area's
"Outstanding voung Man of 1954".
5. The Heart Fund Drive which
is being sponsored in many North
Carolina communities by the Jay
cees?starting January 20 with
I "Heart Sunday".
4. The state convention of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce to
be held in Winston-Salem on Feb
ruary 12-13 and the national con
'vention at Atlanta in June.
In charge of arrangements for
the district meeting herd were
; Waynesville Jaycees Halph Thur
inan, chairman; John Carver, and
Andy Blanton.
Scout Leaders Of
Haywood To Meet
Here February 21
About 7f) adult leader* of Boy
, .Scouts of Pigeon River District
I'Haywood County) will meet here
! Monday. Feb 21. for a banquet,
and a Scouters Conference. The
j meeting will be held at the High
School Cafeteria, with Ph'l Kinkcn,
Canton, chairman of training pro
gram In charge M. H. Bowles,
chairman of the Daniel Boone ;
Council Training Committee, is'
co-sponsor of the meeting.
The purpose of the mcetipg is
to acquaint all district chairmen,
j troop committemcn. scoutmasters,
and assistant scoutmasters of the
over-all plans for Scout work in
' 1955. The different members will
i he shown where the program ties
in with the work of a troop.
Bow les in discussing the meeting,
said lie felt that such a meeting
would coordinate all ideas and
plans into a program well under
stood by-all. and get Scouting in
Haywood off to a good start for
1955.
There arc 22 troops in Haywood,
and about 400 Boy Scouts.
On February 21, the committee
chairman of the council, will meet
and stage a planning session for the
year's work Bowles said.