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Ii c?"^e',J?c ro ? I ? ' ffPaKjg^^M 1 The W\yn e syille Mountatnffr - - ,s - *^h^5a55as??srrr".r^'f- ?S - ? $3,5? In Advance In Haywood a id Jackson ? ESTIMATED AT $11,000 was caused Horning by a fire which swept through H storv of the Ed Potts service station Hfunaiuska?ignited by a defective flue upstairs. Obscured by both smoke and an early morning foe. Fire Chief Felix Stovall was work ine among the charred embers of the second floor when this picture was made. (Mountaineer Photo). I Mails lurley ments 12.000 tobacco ere mailed out j lty ASC office, I W. Ferguson. ices are being rice because the have not yet acco marketing son, Mr. Fergu llotment reduc t were announc > with .7 of an burley land? of between 122 re entire county, rith the reduc n said that any produces his al juired to refund * ? ermen ining }ost ping, former po e, was named to assistant police pector at a meet board of aider- j jht. II act as judge at ' nee of the regu f. Cagle. He will i ic inspections of Idential property effort to elimin ;es of fire. ^signed as fire t fall and was re ce Carver, irmeiv a'so met ves of the State sion in regard to i town on thj new fter some discus i decided to erect the entrances to the flow of traffic. ticu To Meet wood County Agricul ers Council will hold its acting at 3:30 p.m. Wed he REA kitchen, louncement was made L. 1 iQlloway, council end Miss Jean Childers, i M Jaycees To Name '54's ptanding Young Man County's "Outstanding 1 ?* 1954" will be nam Waynesville Jaycees at Nation's fourth annual ed Service Award ban 10 P-m. Friday at Spal * I her I I IAIN lather ? Showers and I I turning cooler tonight. | partly cloudy and cooler. | I Waynesvllle tempera-! lorted by the State Test Max.> Min] Pr. I .9i 31 .07 I 60 22 I 62 22 I 65 33 don's Restaurant. The Junior Chamber members also will select their "Key Man" for 1954 and will honor two local business firms for their coopera tion with the Jaycecs last year. Principal speaker for the meet ing will be Joel G. Barham of Asheville, district manager of the Life of Virginia Insurance Com pany and president of the Ashe ville chapter of the National As sociation of Life Underwriters. Theme of the meeting will be "Service to Humanity ? the Best Work of Life." i The county's outstanding young man is selected by a secret panel of three disinterested men?none of whom are Javcees and without any one of the three knowing who the other two are. The judges make their selec tions of individuals based on their service as a civic leader and in their own business or professional field. The winner last year was Glenn W. Brown, voung Waynesville at <See Jaycees?Page 6) Loss Estimated At $11,000 In Lake Service Station Fire Haywood Sales Of Savings Bonds Total $50,043 Sales of U. S. Savings Bonds in Ilaywood County totalled $50,043.75 during January, it has been reported by the Greens boro office of the V. S. Treasury Department. This figure represents 9 per cent of the county's quota for 1955, which has been set at $567,100. Statewide purchases of savings bonds last month were up 18 per cent from the total for Jan uary, 1954. Fire Razes Dwelling In Clyde Area The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hill on the Chambers Mountain road north of Clyde was completely destroyed by fire Sat urday night while the occupants were away attending church ser vices, ? No alarm was turned in and many Clyde firemen did not learn of the incident until Sunday. Ac cording to one report, all of the neighbors in the immediate vicin ity were also away from home at the time. After investigating the case, firemen expressed the opinion that it would have been "very dif ficult" for Clyde's new fire truck to reach the scene of the blaze be cause of the narrowness of the road in that section. Because of the surrounding hills and mountains, the fire was visible only to a few people in the town of Clyde, but was seen easily by motorists on the new super-high way west of Clyde. A number of Waynesville resi dents going to the Haywood Coun-1 ty basketball tournament at Clyde j Saturday night reported sighting the flames. fart of the Hills' four children are staying with relatives at Crab tree, while the others are with rela tives in Henson Cove. The heaviest, fire loss in the Waynesville area in the past two years resulted Friday morning when a blaze at the Ed Potts Esso I service station at Lake Junaluska ! caused damage estimated at $11, 000. The fire started about 8:15 a.m. i from a defective flue in the sec 1 ond floor of the building and spread quickly. It had already 1 gained strong headway by the | time the alarm was turned in ? bringing Waynesville firemen to I t"he scene. Fire Chief Felix Stovall esti mated damage to tne building at $4,000 and to equipment and mer chandise at $7,000. Owner Ed Potts said that he had only partial insurance on his place, but added that he will "definitely be back in business somewhere" , ? either in the same building or j at a new location. He explained that he had re cently put in a new shower stall I in the second floor and used the space to change clothing and for storing his stock. Among the mer . chandise destroyed were 40 tires. The building is owned by H. Huff of South Carolina, formerly of Waynesville. I ! Contract To j Rid Lake Of Carp Signed A contract has been signed by officials of Lake Junaluska for re moving all carp and catfish from the waters of the 250 acre lake. Preliminary, work will begin Ityarch first, with actual netting set for March 7th, according to James W. Fowler, Jr., superintendent. The contract has been let to the Snowden Company, of Maple, who will use special nets for seining the rough fish from the lake. The game fish, such as bass and bream will not be removed from the lake waters. A specialist in fishing with the contracting firm estimated there are at least 100,000 pounds of carp, in the Lake, and perhaps many times more. The fish taken from the lake will be shipped a live* to northern markets in tank trucks, and there sold on the mar ket. The program Is being staged with the cooperation of the State Wildlife and Resources Commis sion. The rough fish are harmful to the propogation of the game fish. The rough fish have been extreme ly harmful in late years, although several thousands of bass finger lings were put into the lake a few years ago. Much interest is being shown in the project, and many spectators are expected to line the shore when the special work of catching the rough fish begins. Mr. Fowler concluded by say-, ing that the folks of this immedi ate community and the county as a whole had been very coopera tive and that the Lake trustees ] and management hopel to soon . have splendid fishing waters for , their accommodation and enjoy ment. "Don't forget," said he, "that ' our aim os to make Lake Juna- 1 luska a fisherman's paradise." 1 LEON TURNER ENTERS 1 HOSPITAL 1 Leon Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Trj-ner, entered Me- ' morial Mission Hospital in Ashe- 1 ville this afternoon and will under- 1 go surgery tomo.TOw i Baptists To Begin Week Of Revivals Haywood County s 53 Baptist churches will join forces this week in conducting the second an nual series of "Christian Life" re vivals under sponsorship of the Haywood County Baptist Associa tion. Meetings will be held for church members in five county churches starting tonight and continuing through Thursday and for Baptist , pastors this week through Friday at the Clyde Baptist Church. Theme of the revivals will be "A United Front For Christ." Evening services for the Bap tist membership will be held from Monday through Saturday, 7:30 un til 8:45 p.m., at the Fir9t Baptist Church in Waynesville, the Bar berville Baptist Church, the Fines Creek Baptist Church, Calvary Baptist Church in Canton, and the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Cruso. Speakers will be: E. L. Spivey, state mission sec retary of the North Carolina Bap tist Convention, at Waynesville; the Hev. Guy h. Cain, Hampton ville, N. C., at the Barberville Church; J. C. Pipes, assistant pro motional secretary of the N. C. Baptist Convention, at the Fines Creek Church; the Rev. Nane Starnes, pastor of the West Ashe ville Baptist Church, at Calvary Church, and the Rev. Earl Brad lay, promotional secretary of the N. C. Baptist Convention, at Mt. Zion church. Lunch will be served each day at the ministers' revival at Clyde by the following groups. Monday, women of the North Canton Church; Tuesday, women of the Sunny Point Church; Wed nesday, Dutch Cove Church; i Thursday. West Canton Church, and Friday, Spring Hill Church, j ? ? ? Driver-Training Car Purchased For WTHS Class ! A 1955 Ford car will be put into service soon by instructors in a driver-training course at Waynes ville High School, it has been an nounced by M. H. Bowles, super intendent of Waynesville District schools. Purchase of the car through the State Board of Education is being sponsored here jointly by the Waynesville Rotary Club and the Waynesville'Lions Club. Classroom work in driver train ing at Waynesville Township High School was started in mid-January by Miss Bess Francis and Mrs. Helen Beroza of the WTHS facul ty. Instruction will be given in the new dual-control car by Sgt. Paul Gough and Patrolman Arthur Paul Evans of the Waynesville Police Department. Jaycees To Make Reports Tonight t On Heart Drive The Jaycees will meet tonight to make a check-up on the Heart Fund campaign they staged Sunday afternoon. No reports were available this morning, as all the eight team captains had until tonight to check out with their 20 workers and make a report. One Jaycee official said: "All indications are that the campaign went over fine?we'll know at the meeting tonight." TOURNAMENT QUEEN Polly Kay McElroy of Crabtree-Iron DulT High School was chosen by a panel of three judges to reign over the finals of the Haywood County basketball tournament at Clyde 1 Saturday night. Miss McElroy was a first-string guard on the Crabtree tram this season. (Mountaineer Photo). Town Asking Bids On New 500-Gallon Fire Truck j i Outlook Brighter As McElroy Gets Back Light Bulbs Chief of Police Everett Mc Elroy of Cake Junaluska now sees that things are brighter? he has the light bulbs in the large cross at the Lake replaced, which were stolen several weeks .-ago. **,. ... .... Chief McElroy bad f olue to the theft of the bulbs and started to work. His consistent work on the clue brought results, as he nabbed four teen-agers ? two boys and two girls. The young folk paid a stiff fine, and paid for the missing bulbs. "Now that we have that rase solved, and the lights back. I'm spending my time checking on these night parkers around the Lake." said the chief. "Those who have had the Lake in mind as a place to park at night bel ter look for some other spot, because I'm going to arrest those who park on Lake property." Judge Praises Alcoholism Fight Waged By AA The work being done by Alco holics Anonymous was praised higher by Superior Court Judge i Dan K. Moore last week in con- j nection with charges against a defendant who is an alcoholic. The judge urged alcoholics to join AA and termed it a "won derful" organization. He added that when persons make up their mind to resist alcoholism, AA can help. A chapter of Alcoholics An onymous was organized here last year and now meets each Thurs day night at the Grace Episcopal Church parish house. MRS. BRIDGES IN HOSPITAL Mrs. J. T. Bridges entered the Haywood County Hospital Saturday for treatment. She is reported to be showing improvement. The Town of Waynesville will open bids on March 10. at three o'clock for a new 500-gallon pump er truck for the fire department. The new unit will bring the rolling stock of the Waynesville Department ui> to three units, and modernize it in every way, accord ing to Felix Stovall, fire chief. The new pumoer will have 1,700 feet of standard hose, two reels of booster hose, of 300 feet, plus many other modern pieces of | fire-fighting equipment. \ TW. Chevrolet uniLwas bought about 15' years ago. while the American LaFrancc truck is much older. The new unit is identical to the one just received a few weeks ago at Canton. Chief Stovall said it will probably be July first before the unit will arrive. Fred Sheehan To Manage-Operate Laundry Company J. H. Howell, Jr., bought for a group of local business men, the Liner-Sheehan Laundry this morn ing, under a trustee's sale at the court house. Immediately after the sale, it was learned that the laundry would continue to operate without any curtailment of services, and that Fred Sheehan would be gen eral manager In charge. Sheehan has had 29 years experi ence in the laundry and dry clean ing business,. a spokesman said, and will be in full charge of the operation and management of the firm. Vegetable School Slated Thursday A school for county farmers on gardening and commercial vege table production will be held at the/ourthouse Thursday, from 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., according to Virgil L. Holloway, county farm agent. Horticulture specialists from N. C. State College will be present at the meeting to discuss the latest in formation on pole beans, snap beans, cabbage, sweet corn, toma toes, and strawberries. Last year the belief was express ed here that Haywood County farmers could add several million dollars to the county's agricultural income by increasing their com mercial vegetable production. Lions Club's ji Lightbulb Sale Brightens Town Wayriesville will be far brighter and bulb snatchers will be far fewer as the result of a sales cam paign waged by the Lions Club here Thursday night. At that time about 85 Waynes vtlle Lions toured the town selling packages of electric light bulbs? and managed to sell some 8,000 be fore the drive was over. The bulbs were dispensed in packages at regular retail prices. Proceeds will be used to purchase land for a home to be erected by Ihc Lions Club. ? Rotary Anniversary Program Scheduled Last Friday the Waynesville Rotary Club was 30 years old? and on Friday night, will observe with a banquet, and ladies night? the golden anniversary of the in ternational organization. The Rotary Club is the oldest civic club in the county, and has a membership of about 50 active members, Which meet every Fri day at one o'clock at the Towne House. The organization is founded on Ihe motto: "Service Above Self. Friday night. Admiral W. N. rhomas will be tbe speaker, a/id [he district governor, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ross of Marion, and Rev. ?nd Mr* Malcolm Williamson of Charlotte, the immediate past dis trict governor, will be special guests of the club. William S. Ray, president, will preside, while M. H. Bowles will be master of ceremonies. The banquet is being prepared and served by Mrs. Rufus Siler and the WTHS cafeteria staff. Jack El wood is general chairman of the event. During the week, the Rotarians around the world are making spe cial observances of the golden an niversary of the organization. The history of the Waynesviile club will be found on page one of the second section of'this issue. * ' w 30-Year Records Might Be Answer In School Lawsuit judge Moore Asks For More Facts In School Case By W. CURTIS RUSS Editor The Mountaineer The key point In the lawsuit over ownership of the Central Elementary School property ap parently will be found in the 33 year-old records of the Haywood auditor's office. This was intimated at a hearing Friday before Judge Dan K. Moore, as the attorneys for the Town of Waynesville, and the Haywood Board of Education, presented ad ditional facts to Judge Moore in the lawsuit. This was the second time Judge Moore has heard at torneys in the case. Attorneys for both the defendant and plaintiff presented several ex tracts from records taken from the period of 1922-1924. At the conclusion of the hour and 20 min ute hearing. Judge Moore said: "Find out, from the record, whose money actually paid off the bonds on the school at thp time the county took over (1923)." "Also find out how the tax funds were paid," the presiding judge told the legal staff in the case." "Vou can agree on the basic 1 facts in the case, and when the ad ditional information is in hand, I | can give you my decision in a very short time. If l make a mistake in j my decision, there are seven wise ' men in Raleigh (the Supreme | Court) who w'ill meet in August i whf are capable of correcting any | mistake 1 might make in my de | cision." Judge Moore continued, j. Thus it-wag iptimated again, ; that. the case will go to the j Supreme Court for a final decis ion. The Supreme Court does not [ meet for the next term until Aug ust. During the hearing Friday, it was brought out that the minutes j of the Waynesville Board of Ald erman for the period of 1922-1924 had been lost of destroyed. J. R. Morgan, town attorney, said he un , derstood the minutes had been ' lost in a fire. j The arguments in the case were based on questions of law, and (See School?Page 6) David Jones To Take Exams For West Point David Jones, son of Mrs. Thomas | Crymes Jones of West Ashevllle and the late Mr. Jones, has been apponted by Representative George Shufford to take an examination for entry in the United States Military Academy at West Point. Jones is the grandson of Mrs. Eugenia C. Jones of Waynesville. He is a senior at Lee H. Edwards High School where he is a member of the Latin Club and the Torch i light Society. MRS. WHITE IN HOSPITAL Mrs. E. W. White of the Iron I Duff Community is a patient in Memorial Mission Hospital where she is reported in "good condition" following surgery. ROY M. LILES, deputy regional Scout executive. Atlanta, will be the principal speaker at a Cath erine of Scout executives here tonight, 7:30. at the First Baptist Church. Area Scout Executives Here Tonight Scout executives of the Daniel Boone Council will confer with members of the Pigeon River Dis trict on the activities of the oper ating committees and the commis sioner staff here tonight. 7:30. The meeting will be at the First Bap tist church, with P. G. Kinken. of Canton, district chairman, presid ing. Roy M. Liles. deputy regional Scout executive of Atlanta.* will at tend and discuss the Scouting pro gram with the leaders. A. W. Allen, Scout executive, an nounced that besides members of the Pigeon River District, that K. B. Gardner, of Hendersonville, council president: Andrew Gennett, Ashevllle, council vice president, would attend, along with the fol lowing council committee chair men: M, E. Gambrell. Hendersonville. camping; W. E Ensor, Cherokee, training; W. B. Boul. Ashevillc, or ganization; W. O. Harris, Ashe ville. health andVafety; Dr. Sam uel Robinson. Asheville, council commissioner. The leaders of the local district held a meeting last week to discuss general plans for the coming year. County Commissioners Conduct Conference Haywood County's commission ers held their third Monday meet ing of the month at the court house today, with chairman Fara d.v Green presiding. The morning was devoted to routine business, while the after noon was set aside for conferences with county groups on several pending matters. 'Don't Drive On Left/ Rural Mail Carriers Told Rural mail carriers in Haywood County have been informed^of a recent ruling by the attorney gen eral of North Carolina, pointing out that it is a violation of state law to drive on the left side of the road in serving rural mail boxes. The ruling, addressed to a rural carrier, says 1n part: "The mere fact that the mail box which you wish to serve is on the left side of the highway does not make it impracticable for you to drive on the right side of the road.! Thus, if the highway is of sufficient width, you may not drive to the left of the center of the road. There is no distinction in this re spect between a paved highway and a dirt road." Enos Boyd, Waynesville post-. master, said that, except in a few j instances, rural carriers make all' their deliveries while going in one j direction and that it would be im practical for carriers to alter their routes in order to serve all mail boxes from the right side. All boxes are already on the right side on the main highways, but not on the secondary roads. Mr. Boyd explained. i The postmaster asked the coop eration of the public on the rural routes and Indicated that persons witla mailboxes on the left side of the road may be asked to move them later. % Highway Record For 1955 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed.... 0 Injured.... 7 Accidents.. 26 Loss,. $10,384 (This Information com piled from records ol Stale Highway Patrol.)