North Carolina Newspapers

! The Wayne sville Mountaineer ~=- i ? I llMisJu'd I \vice-A-\Wi?L In TE /' 4 o ii ^ ^ ^ Jl. ^ J puzzle married men is why EAR NR. 12 l< I*ARES . , , ?' ?-At T,? *"'?? ""ranee Of The Great Smoky Mminfins National P?k r AmocUtod *"? WAYNB8VHXR, N. C. TWH8DAV AFTERNOON. EKB.10. i?g ?- ? ? *J.CU Jn Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties igeon River Road Slated For Federal System I X- X- X- X- X. X. _i_ w W w w w ? ^ ^ r* ^ ^ ^ ?/"'!/ Again Asks Bootlegging Curb] uryea IUUI tive Steps [en Soon rr. rase 1. Section wood C ou ill s Grand r recommended Uiai , ps be taken to clean ji:e known boutleggili Hts" on the i'<ad which Central Elementary rt, presented in court an K Moore, was the a grand jury has made quest, The report was Fleetwood Smathors. the grandjury. aiinu the grand jnrv'x idee Moore asserted piiforcement officials nothine since last Xn s top 11 - a bootlegging a I Elementary School, the last srand jury. name that such condi ld exist. 1 hone these II take whatever steps lary to remedy this t onl\ the dutv of the ials. but also of the pnient officers of the I state to p.i> heed to ilaints." loore then instrvctcd if courts to send cop grand jury report to police, sheriff", state ?atrol. and the super of schools. Lent of the grand jury 'to the rcommendation , lowv ft rand Jury report of Perm. 1954. the Grand ed of nmnc rous com l parents and resident - ihty. of the conditions iabate environs ol the Central Elementary it there are at least bootlegging establish lie road which circles and which establish ed' on the school i are in plain sight ol children. Occasionally ins are seen walking in of the school grounds, whiskey bottles on the nds are a constant nui nd Jury of November recommended that the law enforcement offi- j tniedi.de action to rem dition. ind Jury of February >, lias received com i residents of that-locals i above conditions still of complaints of the existing conditions we. | I Jury, recommend that tible law enforcement |ig with the responsible My and School officials luation very thoroughly the necessary steps to hnplaints of this nature, tinder of the report was sty C ourt House t House is in good con- ? County jail was clean. 27 prisoners, 23 men in. Wo recommend that established for the use t'ilor and that suitable ?<l equipment be placed find that the Solicitor u.-e the office occupied > nty Board oi Elections I the material used by on Board is stored in 'and Jurv?Pne#> R> ?ywrm,,? ?n? .-IT I ler CLOUDY .her?Increasing cloudi colder this afternoon. I itH occasional show Waynesville tempcra Drtcd by the State Test Max. Min. Pr. 5R 37 .03 i 45 31 no ?o Jury Deliberating Case Of Father Shooting Son, Court Hears Many Cases Infant Girl Strangles On Vitamin Pill Patsy* Ruth Wvatt. 17-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Sanford \\. all of the Hyatt Creek section; died < f strangulation about 10 a.fit Tuesday when she choked on a vitamin pill which hecalne indeed ill her vv indpipO Slit' was rushed to Haywood County Hospital, hut was dead on arrival there. I)r. J. Frank Pate of Canton, county coroner, pronounced her death accidental, due to strangula tion. and said there would be 110 inquest. The doctor said the vitamin pill had been prescribed for older. Children: biit that the mother had given tin pill to Patsy Hulh. be lieving it Would be good for her. Children her age are usually giv en liquids instead of hard pills. Dr. Pate explained. The doctor said that pijls or oth er objects which may choke a child can often tie dislodged by picking up the child hy the heels and shak ing it or sticking a finger into its throat to make the child gag, Surviving iii addition to the par ent-. are tour sisters, Judy, Janet. I.ucille and Donna: three brothers. Billy. Jimmy and Handy: the ma ternal grandfather. Ru'fus Gunter I of Jor.esv ille, S. C . and the pater nal grandmother. Mrs Rozilla Wyatt, Route 1. Waynesv ille. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today in the Hyatt Creek f ree Will Bantist Church. The Rev.' Sam Chandler officiated and burial was in the church cemetery Garrett fuiKtil Hontt wi' in charge of arrangements: Canton Area Polio Fund Near $15,000 Contributions to the March of Dimes in the Canton-Bet hel-Clyde area may reach $15,000 by the tin*- j all reports are in, it has been dis closed by Turner Cat hey. general '1 chairmen of the drive. If that sunt is obtained, it will i represent a total of $9,500 above ?, the area's goal of $7,500. j I MV. Cat hey explained t hat one j reason why his solicitors did such j : an outstanding job was because 72 ; i workers attended a dinner meet- 1 : ing at the start of the campaign at 1 | the Asheville Orthopedic Hospital) to get a first-hand look al the treat-: ment and rehabilitation of polio I patients. Other officers on the MOD g< n- I eral committee were I'at Greeley, j chairman at Canton; Carl Gillls. I ] treasurer, and Scott Harvey, pub- I lieity. The case of Burl Warren, charg ed with critically wounding his son. Paul, by shooting last July, was Hearing the jury as court re cessed after the noon hour today. Judge Dan K. Moore, of Sylva, was to charge the jury in the case ' this afternoon. The case began Wednesday afternoon. The court, up until Wednesday noon, had disposed of scores of casts, the majority being traffic | cases. When court convened Mon- 1 day morning there were 288 caces on tiie docket, with Solicitor Thad f). Bryson sending in several new j cast's since court convened. Warren took the stand in his behalf this morning, and testified that there had been feeling be-I tween him and his son since the young man returned from service in March. About a month ago, he testified, his son slapped him w hile he Burl > was in a truck at Clyde, and his son had made sev eral threats against him. "On the afternoon of the shoot ing " the defendant said, "he fired a warning shot to stop the boy from coming at him. He could not see one hand of the boy." The former veteran did not stop, the defendant said, but came right on. and then it was that the father ' pulled the trigger to the pistol twice, sending one bullet into Paul's forearm, and the other through his stomach. Paul wrested the weapon from his father's hand he (Paul), testi fied. and fell trf the ground, from weakness caused bv loss of blood Mrs. Warren went out and helped drag the father from atop the son. evidence presented by the state brought out. Deputy Gene Howell said he ask ed Burl Warren, after the arrest of the defendant near the Warren home in the Thickety section near Canton, "Why did you shoot your son?" The deputy quoted the de fendant as saying: "I meant to j kill them both," meaning the son and Mrs. Warren. Cpl. Pritehard Smith, of the Slate Highway patrol, who assist- , ed Deputy Howell in making the arrest, said: "Rurl Warren was drunk at the time he was arrested." Warren this morning admitted he was drinking, and that the con versations with officers soon after the shooting were hazy in his mind. Sheriff Fred Y. Campbell quoted Warren as saying there had been trouble between him and his son. H. Conard testified that the de fendant told him: "We can't stay here together, and I am going to kill the boy." This morning, Emma Lou Lowe, said that Paul Warren told her that "He (Paul) had slapped his father at Clyde, and could beat liim at any time." Burl Warren's mother was the last witness in his behalf, at about 10:40 this morning. Other cases disposed of this :erm of court includes; Lenoir Pless vs. Mary Etta Pless, divorce. Joseph Carroll Jaynes. driving j (See Court?Page 8) Kiwanians Discuss Causes Of Juvenile Delinquency Three Kiwanians led a panel di.s- I cussion on juvenile delinquency at ' a meeting of the WaynosvHIe Ki wanis Club Tuesday night at Spal- ' don's Restaurant. j( Charlie Underwood, former club | president, asserted that "we as t parents are to blame for most juv- ? cnily delinquency'." r He said that children tend to fol- I low in the foosteps of their parents i and when adults fail to set a pood 1 example, children usually get into j i trouble with society. ( Pointing out that surveys have ' i shown that only about 2 per cent j r of the youths in a community ran j be classed as "delinquent." Mr. 'r Underwood said that youth croups 1 themselves have (..ken the lead in a many areas in curbing vandalism g and other w rom'doin" b\ juvenile' Charles Edwards commented that 'there are no bad children ? only lad parents, bad homes, and bad mvironment. Asserting that American chil Ircn are "notoriously disobedient," itr. Edwards said that children in nost foreign nations are better be- , laved and "would not even think if disobeying their parents." lie cited some of the main fati ng- of American children as (1) lisobedience, (2> truancy, (3) ly ng. (4> desctructivenesa, and (5) unnlng away from home. Remarking "what every chilrl iceds ip love and recognition." Mr. Idwards added that "good homes nd good schools must work to icther a- a team for a better soci- 1 (Kre Kiwanis?Pai*r i Long-Range Promotion f Program Set Up For C. of C. MIC'IIAFTL TATT (lefti director of the Stale Tourist Bureau, spoke here Monday night at a meeting of the Ilaywood fount* High landers. Here he is discussing the 1 tourist-accommodation booklet to be issued h> the Highlanders with I., K. DeVous, High lander president. (Mountaineer Photo). Haywood Highlanders Hear State Tourist Bureau Head Mease Recalls Grand Jury Days Of 38 Years Ago Way Mease, member of the Grand Jury, is serving for the second time ? the first "as :'x years aso. "There have been few changes in the grand jury system during that time." he said. He has served on trial juries "more times that I ean remem ber." he went on. But being in the court house is nothing new to Mease, as he is a member of the llaywood County Draft Board, and has been since World War II. He is a veteran of World War I, has a son who is a veteran of World War II. and another son now en routc to Germany to serve with the Army there. Welch Appointed To U. S. Housing Post In Atlanta Samuel C. Welch, a Waynesville native, is serving as executive di rector of the newly established regional office of the Housing and Home Finance Agency in Atlanta. Before his appointment to the new post, he had been serving as chief of the examination section, loan division, of the Atlanta oliice of the Veterans Administration Before that he was senior examin er for the Hoihe Loan Bank Board at Topeka, Kansa.y Mr. Welch was the son of the late Samuel C Welch, Sr. of Way nesville, and was reared in the home of the late Dr. and Mrs. J H. Way, Sr. lie attended Duke University and the Fell Law School at Raleigh. His first job was at the First National Bank in Waynes ville. He later became a state bank examiner for North Carolina and then a national hank examiner in Washington. Major Leaguer Addresses Lions Gil Coon. Baltimore Oriole basc ball player, was Hie principal j speaker at a recent meeting of the Waynesvillc Lions Club. > Discussing the life of a profes sional baseball player. Mr. Coan cited some of the outstanding ex periences lie has had in the leagues In which he has performed. A resident of Brevard, lie will report for spring (raining this ' month A prediction that 19.75 w ill be another good tourist year lor North Carolina was made here Monday night by Michael Talt. director of the State Tourist Bureau, at a meeting of the Haywood County Highlanders at Spaldou's Restaur ant. Mr. Tait said that inquiries con cerning vacation- in the state are coming in steadily and that more than 6.000 were "received in Jan uary alone. He explained that answering such inpuiries is one ol the Tour ist Bureau's primary duties Some requests are answered directly; others are sent on to regional tour ist groups within the state ? such as the Western North Carolina Highlanders - for more detailed information on their own sections. Questions asked in letters and on cards concerns vacations, honey moon. hunting and fishing, retire ment for elderly persons, and business opportunities, he related. Last season a total of 26.229 in quiries from all 4? states and 40 foreign countries concerning North Carolina vacations Were received by the slate and replies sent there to. Mr. Tate said. This year one of the state's maj or travel folders - "Variety Va cationlahd" ? will be revised and improved. Among these to receive complimentary copies will be doc tors and dentists lor use m their waiting rooms. Among publications which will carrying advertising about the state later this winter and in the spring are Saturday Keening Post (issue of March 19', Look. Na tional Geographic, the journal of the American Automobile Associa ' tion, and others. A recently completed survey made by the state the lirst since 1947 ?? disclosed that the tourist business is the lifth largest in North Carolina. Among artivitn s sponsored by the State Tourist Bureau to aid tourist operators are the conduct ing of clinics featuring talks by various specialists, .such a- T. Carl Browning on the training <>t both management and employees; by Ralph Andrews nit recfeation. and Marley Mclvin on quality restaur ants. (See Highlanders?Page 8) Mrs. Lura Davis To Attend Workshop Mrs. Lura Davis, president of District 1 of the North Carolina Practical Nurses Association and a member oi the state board of registry for practical nurses, will leave here Sunday to attend a four-day workshop In Birmingham sponsored by the National Associa tion of Practical Nursing Kduca tlon. Sl)c Will return home Fridn' Nt'd Tucker, excutive vice pres ident of the Chamber of Com merce. presented a comprehensive, long-range development program j ' for the area to 26 directors of the .organization here Tuesday night, i The theme of his proposed pro | gram is "Get Heady for an F.ra of Prosperity". Among the proposals of a pro- j gram was that the organization : working as a unit would be com- j prised of five divisions, the first of which was listed as Merchants. | and on the afternoon prior to the meeting, the Merchants Hoard of i Directors voted to become a part of the Chamber of Commerce. { I The other divisions, on which 1 no formal action has been taken. | includes: Industrial. Tourist. Agri- s cultural, and Civic-Professional. t Each division. Tucker proposed, i would "have their rights and privi- i leges, and the election of their own i officers and directors. Their budget 1 would be set up in agreement with the Chamber of Commerce. Along with revising the by-laws T of the organization, the directors X were in session 3' j hours working on a general program of expansion | and promotion. V Richard Bradley, president, pre sided, the board passed a resolu- f tion opposing the proposed toll on ^ the Parkway (see article page one, section two) and also went on rec ord as favoring the Bennett House h Bill which would reinstate fish- 1 ing licenses to the cost prior to June 1953?namely $1.10 per day. '! or $2.60 for five days for out-of state residents. y President Bradley named a com- I in it tc to discuss witli a similar com mittee from the Canton-Bel hel- |{ Clyde Chamber of Commerce the ,-i Idea of a county-wide organization f; for promoting Haywood on a coun- C ty basis. This committee is com- w posed of W Curtis Buss, Ned r? Tucker, John N, Johnson, with the H president as ex-offlcio. H The by-laws set a membership lee of $25 per year, which is $1 C more than previous memberships. 111 In describing the division set ups. () Tucker explained that the Mer I chants would have three members on the board of directors, have I their own officers, and carry oh j Sl their scope of programs and plans as usual. with the benefit of serv- j ices of the full-time executive see- r'. retary. Plans are to take the program y to each of the other four groups | and present to them the proposed program of the Chamber of Com I merce, and the manner in which ,j, each group can fit into the general j,, 1 promotion of the area. i \\ Under each division, Tucker has 1 I proposed from 25 to 50 projects h for each group. Some of the pro- ! jects can be accomplishsed imme- ;tr (See C of C?Page 81 F M. H. Bowles Addresses Waynesville High Parents M. H. Bowles, superintendent of the Waynosville Township schools, j \\ ; spoke at a meeting of the Waynes- so vtlle High School Parent Teacher th ; Association Monday night, alter ce which parent* visited the class- in rooms of their children. The pro- th grain theme was "Developing ! cl Fellowship ~ ' d< Approximately two hundred peo- fa pie attended the meeting?one of hi | the largest groups ever to attend a | sh PTA meeting In the county. ' al The Hev. James W. Fowler pre ! sided and conducted the devotions, fu using as his subject the theme of | di the evening. ei Mr. Bowies' subject was "Dcvel- | oping a Spirit of Fellowship in fo School." He urged parents to keep th themselves informed on the school pc Issues before the state legislature te and in congress. 1 to He also discussed the school th curriculum and suggested that stu- dt dents confer with their parents and ea teachers early in high school in choosing a course of study. He w stressed the importance of the M right choice of subjects leading to- Ei ward collc'v entrance Mr. Bowles explained "Tlu- Four i a,v Test." which is being spon ired by the Student Couneil of ie school as a measuring stick for ' induct and a 'Uiido to right think- , g. Students are asked to consider | e following four questions in lecking their thoughts, words, and ?eds; 1. Is it the truth? 2. Is it ir to all concerned? 3 Will it lild good will and better fricnd ups? 4. Will it be beneficial to 1 concerned? Booklets explaining the test were irnlshcd by the Rotary Club to be slribuled to students and par- | its. Following the program, parents llowed tlu day's activities of eir children, meeting for short ?riods In each classroom. The achcrs received in their respee I'e rooms and briefly outlined eir courses. Exhibits of the slu ?nts' work were also shown in eh roont. The next meeting of the PTA ill bo held the first Monday in arch when, according to the Rev. irl IT. Brendall. program chalr <Sre Bowles?Pare Si rennessee Highway Board Approves Plan, Asks Same Action By North Carolina IAKKY BUCHANAN, rnmmis lioner of the lftli Highway Dis rict. will ask the North Caro i it .1 Highway Commission this nonth to adopt thr Tenncsscr (lans of putting Pigeon River toad on Federal System. Draft Board Classifies 44 County Men Forly-flve i lay wood Couuty men ave Ivcen classified by Selective ervice Hoard 4> They are? Class 1-A 'available for induc on > Can till Ia-wis Shaip. aturnio Bcraza, llobby Phillips, harles Albert I'atton, Lowell tcClean I! a I 1. Grady Carver, times H. Pulton. Jr. Class 1-C ' inducted i M ah Ion ayiuund. EdWard Billy Kirkpat ck. Hubert Alden Lovedahl, Hoy ldoii Postun, Gerald l)aii Phillips, lyde Allen Morgan, Kenneth Kd ard Swayngim; Noble Wiley Gar 'tt. Jr., William Eugene Mninous, aroid Mack Warren. Tally Wilson eathtrly, Sammy Harrison Heeee. Class 1-C 'enlisted' ? Bobby ail Sheppard. Wray Alan Hur ett. Gerald Thomas Mills, Larry Neal llall. Leon Neal Sanford. Class 1-C 'reservei Hoy Hay lontz, Joe S. Hay, Don Dillnrd ills, James Donald Rogers, Pear iii .Jackson Cope. Class 4-A (prior service or sole irvivorl ? Joseph Kenneth Sisk oyd Author bridges, Henry Sher II. Class 4-F rejected i James C. , IcCluie. Weaver Scott, Wilfred i insland, Garland Junior Smith. I "illiam I,Inward lteece, Hobby I one Davis. Billy James Walls, aim Waller Hay. ira Lee Fie. H er ect Conarii Hershel Carl Haney. 'aync John Willett. The next board meeting will be ; eld February 14. at 9:30 a.m. Notices were mailed to 11 regis-! anls to report for induction on ebruary 14. By IV. Cl'ftTIS KI SS Editor The Mountaineer The Pigeon River Road w as one step nearer becoming a part oi the Federal inter-State System'today. The Tennessee Highway Com mission is now anxiously awaiting action by the North Carolina High way Commission in regard to mak ing a two-state request to the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads to place the water-level all-weather road on the system, it was learned from Harry E. Buchanan, commissioner of the 14th Highway Division. Commissioner Buchanan said a map and letter requesting action on the part ot the North Carolina Highway Commission was received by the Tar Heel group from Ten nessee for their December meet ing. Commissioner Buchanan said he would bring the matter before the North Carolina Commission for ap proval at the February meeting For years, highway engineers have pointed out the construction ot the Pigeon River road as a defi nite need of the entire Southeast. Commissioner Buchanan told of events leading to the action of the Tennessee Highway Commission, during an interview with The Mountaineer. The interview was held as Commissioner Buchanan and the editor of The Mountaineer attended a WNCAC meeting al Cullowhee, where area-wide pro jects were discussed. His formal statement was as fol lows: "While attending the Southeast ern Association ot Highway Of ficials in Nashville last September I talked al length with Mr. Cant rell. chief locating engineer of the Tennessee Highway Commission "lie said, the Tennessee High way Commission wanted to chan ? the interstate system front Knox ville to Asheviile from the pre .-cut location to that plan from Knox ville to a point just east of New port at the intersection of high ways 25-E and 25-VV and leave there and run in the general direc tion to intersect with the Pigeon River lh>ad at the Tennessee l.ino. "In December the Tennessee Highway Commission wrote the North Carolina Highway Commis sion formally requesting that the> join the Tennessee group in re locating the Inter-State system b - tween Knoxville and Asheviile. with a letter and map of the pin posed relocation in Tennessee so as to connect with the Pigeon Riv er Road. "At a meeting in Raleigh on De (See Road?Page X) Blinding Sunlight Is Blamed For Canton Collision Blinding sunlight was blamed for a traffic accident in Canton yesterday when cars driven by Mrs. Claude Forrister and A. P. Hickman, both of Canton, collided near the Goodson Pontias agency. Hickman, who was driving a 1941 Huick, told Canton police he was making a left turn and because of the bright sun failed to see the Forrister car coming from the op posite direction. The force of the collision threw Mrs. Forrister against the wind shield, causing her to suffer a cut above her' left eye. She was tak en for treatment to Dr. V II. Duckett's office, where 12 stitches were required to close the injury. A hearing on the accident will be held in Canton police court. Highway Record For 1955 In Haywood (TO HATE) Killed .... 0 Injured.... 7 Accidents.. 22 Loss.. $9,709 (This Information com piled from records ol Stale Highway Patrol.)