? ?? v' ?? ||f|s999 illlS ?? D |I e People Thau _._ _ 'S 3\ $ I? H ?J 1HE WAYNESYILLE MOUNTAINEER sgsif-w- -AtThy- -?of*?*-?1 -????' WA\NESVILLE. N. (.. Till IISI.AV AH'KHNOon. KHI ??? ?-, ? ? _? M:60 '" Adva,,ce In Haywood ^nd Jackson Couotie^ look For elables ivorable [look for vegetables and t production and market I vear is about like that but the picture is stead ring and should be very om three, to five years, is the prediction made j iy morning at the coun ij vegetable school by M. ims, farm - management from N C. State College, liams said that the future !or vegetable growers be the fact that Americans r more fresh foods and if the rapid increase in | i's population, ifiting from this upward I e specialist commented, North Carolina farmers j ularly fortunate because j in can grow vegetables ! fruits as good as those ' else in the United States. ; ? speaker at the school p Cronkhite, manager of j ?rs Market, Inc., at Hen e, who discussed the mar Haywood County produce wn. sscd that vegetables and ts must be of high qual should be packaged at-1 He also advised against hide "bad stuff" in pack- : remarked: "You won't ady but yourself." onkhite advised farmers [rowing vegetables on a e until they have learned y how to grow produce quality. >d that last year the Hen- 1 e markets had the high ;e price for beans in the nd said that buyers have more squash, cucumbers, egg plant this season, peakers on the program, i t: C. State College, were: j onadyga, extension horti who discussed production getpeut' practices: H. E. ension entomologist, who' insect control, and J. C. j int pathologist, who dis ease control. the major points brought r. Wells that since many uses are carried by the is advisable to buy new 1 h sowing season to avoid iread of the disease. Cross ! Workers eet Tonight 'or the 1955 Red Cross it campaign, which will during the month of ill be made at chairman lie's home on Jackson i p.m. tonight, iota for the drive this be $5,000. 1 Cross, Mr. Leslie point i the only agency equip i "disaster" work in this nd to render other ser 1 as the Blood Bank pro assistance to servicemen. SCOUTS TO MEET v s -ub Scouts will meet at iementary School at 7:30 Jay, it has been announc I Cobb, Scoutmaster. JOE C. CLINE (right), Hazelwood merchant, was awarded a plaque by the Waynesville Jaycees Friday night as the "Most Outstanding Young Man of 1954" by Andy Blanton. chairman of the distinguished service awards committee, at a ban quet Friday night at Spaldon's. Buddy Parris, (left) was named by the Jaycees as the organiza tion's "Key Man" last year. (Mountaineer Photo). Rogers Has Bill To Define Lines Of Cecil School Rep. Jerry Rogers has introduc ed another bill in the House,' which would "authorize the board i of education of Haywood County ; to make adjustments of the bound ary lines of the Cecil school prop erty in Cecil Township." The bill will authorize the ex change with adjoining property owners notwithstanding public sale ' provisions. The bill was sent to the ' committee on counties-cities and '? towns. The Cecil school was consoli dated with Bethel last August, and when the county started to sell the Cecil school property, it-was found there was some uncertainty about : the lines. The school had been there 27 years, and no check had been made as to the lines until time for selling the property. The bill is to clarify the lines in order that the county board of ed ucation can sell the property and give a proper deed, it was point 1 cd out by Lawrence Leatherwood, I county superintendent of educa i tion. On-Farm Training Deadline Is April 1 The deadline on G. I. institution al on-the-farm training for Korean Veterans is April 1, it has been announced by the Veterans Ad ministration. Veterans interested in this training have been asked to con tact John Nesbitt, vocational agri culture instructor at Waynesville Township High School, by March 15. Agriculture classes for veterans are now being held each Tuesday night at WTHS. The G. I. students also attend farm schools sponsor ed by the Extension Service in the county. ENTERS HOSPITAL Cpl. Pritchard Smith of the State Highway Patrol, entered the Hay wood County Hospital this after noon for surgery. ? Junaluska Is Major *t To Area Says Fo wler attracted to Lake Juna isembly leave several h?usi.nd dollars in cash ?n thi? area, James W. r> superintendent, told recently. frora 20,000 to 304300 !r season, and the aver se nd a minimum of $5 a e her MILD ?ther ? Mild with scat it showers today. Tues showers and some tt. Waynesvllle tempera ported by the SUte Test Max. Min Pr U 49 35 .35 57 23 65 26 61 49 .30 ; ? ? -w. .^u t day, over the 50-day season, with in the Lake grounds," the super intendent pointed out. "Since 1950 the Assembly has invested a half million in per manent improvements, such as the bridge, streets, sewer, motels, auditorium and other projects, such as development of building lots on the South Shore Drive. "The physical assets of Lake Junaluska Assembly now nears $1,500,000," the superintendent said. '? ? Supt. Fowler said that building projects now under way, or that will be started soon, will add an other $300,000 to the assets of the Lake. The speaker traced the history of the Lake, over the 40-year per iod. and its influence, pointing out that the spiritual program te first and foremost in the operation of the Assembly. 1 "More young people seal com mitments to the church at Lake Junaluska tfian any other Metho dist center." he said. He spoke of the cooperation be tween the communities, and con cluded: "Here in this community, our problems are mutual prob-' lems." Jaycees Name Joe Cline 'Outstanding Y oung Man' Joe C. Cline, Hazelwood mer chant and former assistant county agent, was presented a plaque as the "most outstanding young man of 1954" by the Waynesville Jun ior Chamber of Commerce Friday night at a banquet at Spaldon's Restaurant. Named as the Jaycees' "Key Man" of the year was Buddy Par ris, now a student at Western Carolina College' Selected by a secret committee of three men on the basis of civic leadership and business or profes sional accomplishments, Mr. Cline became the fourth young man (be tween the ages of 21 and 35) to be | honored by the Junior Chamber. I Past winners have been Glenn W. Brown, the Rev. J. H. Coleman. | and ChaHes F Isley. Mr. Cline, partner in the Cline-j j Bradley Co. in Hazelwood, is a former president of the Merchants Association and is currently presi-1 l dent of the Waynesville Lions I Club. i Two business firms?the Moun I taineer and radio station WHCC? also were cited %by the Jaycees for their cooperation with the organi zation during 1954. Andy Blantort. chairman of the Junior Chamber distinguished service awards com mittee. presented certificates of appreciation to the two media to Bob Conway. Mountaineer report- | | er, and H. C. Turner, WHCC sales- J man and announcer. The principal speaker on the program was Joel ?. Barham, of Asheville, district manager of the Life Insurance .Company of Vir ginia, who spoke on the theijie. "Service to Humanity Is the Best Work of Life"?the last sentence I of the Jaycee creed. Mr. Barham asserted that too many people demand service from others without thinking of serv-' J ing our fellow men in return. He said that of all the ways to ] serve, the most ideal is the com pletely unselfish act of kindness to ' our fellow man, but in history there has been only ,one person who "was able to serve others in this ideal way ? a carpenter from \ Nazareth nearly 2,000 years ago. The speaker pointed out that it is possible to be of service in ways that are not readily seen. "Some small act of kindness," he said, | "may have far-reaching and tre mendous effect on someone else." "Therefore almost any act that we perform in an unselfish manner ? is a real service and we should be glad to have an opportunity to help others." Jim Milner. president of the Jaycees, presided at the meeting. Youth Ransacks Home; Takes $15 Cash, Some Eggs A hearing was scheduled this af- j ternoon for an 11-year-old third grade boy. charged with ransack-' ing and taking $15 and some eggs | from a Ratcliffe Cove home. The youth was slated to be given a hearing before J. B. Siler, clerk of court, and judge of juvenile court. Sheriff Fred Campbell said thg boy admitted entering the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Francis Saturday ; morning, and taking the money. The boy told the sheriff he gave 1 the money to his mother, and "sucked the eggs." The mother denied having the money, but readily handed over $15 in cash, Sheriff Campbell said. "Every room in the house "was literally turned upside down," Sheriff Campbell said. "Matches (See youth Ransack*?Pace 6) Patsy Holder Is Blue Ridge Tourney Queen Patsy Holder, junior at Way nesville High School and daugh ter of .Mr. and Mrs. Jack J. Hold er of the Balsam Road, was nam ed queen of the Blue Hidgf Con ference basketball tournament at Enka Saturday night. Miss Holder plays clarinet in the WTHS band. The Blue Ridge queen last year was Eileen Gerringer, a Waynesville High senior, who is now a student at Mars Hill Col lege. ASC Asks 6 Changes In '56 ACP Six recommendations for changes and improvements in the 1956 agri cultural Conservation Program were made at a meeting sponsored by the ASC at the courthouse Fri day afternoon. Revisions urged for next year were: 1. Elimination of the mandatory soil sample requirements and sub stitutions for general lime and fer tilizer practices in the county. 2. Elimination of package-type practices and placing of all ma terials on a unit basis. 3. Furnishing of field drain tile on purchase orders. 4. Elimination of the term "ini tial" on ASC practices 1. 2 and 6 5. Elimination of the three-year average limitation on cover crops 6. Establishment of a mainten ance practice for sleeper bluegras* pasture land. Jeff Enloe, ASC field agent, al so discussed certain administration procedures involved in the 1955 ACP. The meeting Friday Is Appointed ! j t Cecil Brown of the Leicester sec- c tion of Buncombe County will I j start work here tomorrow as an as- ' sistant county agent in chared of i ; 4-H elub work. County Agent Vir- , i gil L. Holloway announced today. He replaces Cecil Wells, who left J here last August. At the same time, Mr. Holloway 1 announced the resignation of Joe !5 K. Davis, assistant agent in charge J ol poultry work, who is returning j( to his family farm in Cleveland j{ County to enter the poultry busi- ' ' ness. Mr. Davis, who became an as- 1 sistant agent here in March. 1953, ; \ worked in county 4-H clubs after j ] the resignation of Mr. Wells. Mr. Brown was graduated from ' Sandy Mush High School in Buu- i, combe County and N. C. State j | I College in 1952. He was discharg-j ] 1 ed recently from the Army ? af- S ter serving with the Eighth Army , in Korea . He was in charge of his family , farm in Buncombe County for six * months after graduation from N. C. State. He is single. 2 Cars Damaged At Patton Curve i In Canton Area A collision at the Patton Curve, ' just west of Canton, did about $325 damages to two vehicles. Patrol- < man W. R. Wooten. investigating 1 officer, said this morning. Patrolman Wooten said James ; i Robert Browning, of Route 2, ? j Clyde, driving a 1939 Mercury, lost ' i I control while traveling west on 1 I ! 19-23 Friday about one o'clock. He < . crossed over the center line, and ? struck the second vehicle, a 1955 ?> ?Plymouth.'being operated by Al- i len Archie Angel, of Canton, The i ? Angel car left the highway to ? avoid a collision, the officer said. ( ? but was struck in the left front ? and the right side hit posts on the ?' right side of the highway. The Mercury was damaged a bout $75, and the Plymouth about ( ' $250. the report showed. There were no injuries. Browning was ' charged with reckless driving, and ( operating a vehicle on the left side ? I of the highway. | Artificial Breeders Will Meet Friday 1 The Artificial Breeding Associa- ( ' tlon will hold its annua] meeting { at 7:30 p.m. Friday, at the court house. according to B. F. Nesbitt, ! president. New officers will be elected by , the association and a' report will i be, made on last year's activities. The meeting'will be held in con- , junction with a dairying school, i also scheduled for Friday night at the courthouse, Mr. Nesbitt an nounced. By W. CURTIS RUSS Contrary to popular belief, the iistory of the Pigeon River Road | s not all current. It dates back 23 years. Truly the project is rich in his ory of the past, important news of oday, and has #Very indication of >ecoming one of the major assets j if all Western North Carolina and ' Eastern Tennessee tomorrow. It was in 1832, according to the ?ecords compiled by D. Reeves v'oland, former highway commis-1 doner, that the project fir!rt came >efore the pub'ic. The legislature n 1832 approved the route for a itate road. A few months later the , Vmerican Road Association looked >n the road as a key link for the , :ross-country highway from the At-1 antic to the Pacific. Both of these projects had to I 3e abandoned because of the fail jre to acquire a right-of-way across ands owned by the Tennesse an i N'orth Carolina Railroad Company. After all efforts to acquire the right-of-way down Pigeon River Tailed, as an alternate a road was built down the French Broad via Marshall and Hot Springs. The state used their convicts to build Ihe road. The road is now Highway 25-70. At the same time. Haywood went ahead and w-woVked the road across Cove Creek Gap via Mt. Sterling to the Tennessee line. Al though this road was crooked and had a steep grade, the flrst cars coming into Western North Caro lina from the midwest and Ten nessee used the route that is now known as Highway 284 from Mt. Sterling to Waynesville. In 1921, the State of North Car olina through legislative action, de cided to take over and maintain all highways in the state. In setting up what is known as the 1921 Highway Act, there were among the provisions, one which provided that the state would connect eveiy county seat within the state with a paved road, and would furth"r connect every county seat in a county bordering an adjoining state with a paved road. The state took over the highway system, and began building the paved roads connecting the county seats within the state, as well as the adjoining counties. When December 1948 rolled around. Governor Gregg Cherry found there were three places in the state that had not been com pleted under the terms of the 1921 highway act. One project was Iron Mountain Gap, in Mitchell county, leading into Tennessee; the second was in Hyde County, and the third was no pived road linked Hay wood County with Tennessee. Out of highway surplus funds. Governor Cherry made appropria tions to all three projects. Since (See History?Page 6> Drive Is Planned To Re-Stock Clothing Closet The Community Clothing Closet needs restocking, especially with children's clothes. To meet this need the local chap ter of the Loyal Order of the Moose, is sponsoring a porchlight drive for collection of clothing. Thursday night, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. It has been suggested that this is the time for homemakers to dig into their closets for outgrown and discarded garments in preparation for spring cleaning time. The con tributions wil be picked up by members of the LOM or volunteers from the Secretaries Club and the Woman's Club. If a porchlight is missed and clothing is not collected, donors are requested to call Mrs. Boger Walker, GL 6-6045 or the Red Cross office, GL 6-4141. If a caU Is made during the drive, a special car will be sent to pick up the do nation. The Clothing Closet Association was organized shortly before Christmas with Mft. Roger Walker as president To date the group has collected and distributed 2016 garments to 133 families in the Waynesville afbu. The Closet Is located on the third floor of the courthouse and Is open Tuesday afternoons. Commission Sets Program j For 2 Years Three highway projects, total ing $3,310,000, affecting Haywood I county directly, were included in approved appropriations by the State Highway Commission lust week. The commission set up $1,600, 000 for the grading of 6.2 miles of the Pigeon River road from Cold Springs to the mouth of Fines Creek. This would be the second link on the 20-inile section from the North Carolina-Tennessee line to Cove Creek of the water-level road between here and Newport. | The commission allocated $450. 000 for the Canton viaduct. This is the third appropriation for that ' project. Former Governor William 1 B. Umstead first allocated $750.- ' 000 from highway surplus funds ' for the 850-foot viaduct in'Canton. { A few months later he added $350,000 to the ear-marked funds, and the current allocation of $150,000. brings the total to $1,550,000. | The third project calls for the modernizing of Highway. 19A-23 from Balsam Gap to Sylva, a dis-' ; tance of 11 miles, at an estimated cost of $1,260,000. Commissioner Harry Buchanan * has been work- i ing on this project for several1 montlyi, getting the survey plans I completed in order to get the al 1 location in this coming year's5 program. * i , The first appropriation for the ! Canton viaduct was made in Oc- j j tober 1933. Several weeks later, j Commissioner Buchanan, meeting | with Canton citizens told them that the Town of Cknton wouM have to provide one-third of the right-of-way costs, which was then estimated would be about $300,000. j The town officials took this under advisement and have held sever I al conferences with the highway i officials. Mayor W. J. Stone told The Mountaineer that the last meeting held with Commissioner Buchanan : on the matter was last fall. At that ; time the estimates for the right-' of-way showed they would cost a bout $450,000. , "Our board still is of the opinion that the town should not have to ! pay for a third of the right-of-1 way," Mayor Stone said. "We are of the same idea we took soon af | tcr the project was brought up. j that we will not oppose construe-1 tion of the viaduct, but do not fav i or putting town money into pro ject." Mayor Stone said he expected ! his board and the Highway Com-j mission would meet before too long and make a definite decision on the matter. I I ; Streets Resurfaced The Town of Canton recently j has completed the resurfacing of i five miles of streets within the j town, Mayor W. J. Stone told The ' Mountaineer by telephone Satur day. The street work is a part of the town's program of civic improve ments. the mayor said. DR. C. N. CLARK Rites Are Held For Dr. Clark, Church Leader Dr. C. N. Clark. 77, of Lake Junaluaka. beloved Methodist min ister, died in the hospital here Fri day afternoon of a heart attack. He was admitted to the hospital seven weeks ago. Dr. Clark had served as the . Methodist Church's superintend ent for the Salisbury and Waynes ville districts as well as a pastor in churches in several states dur ing his 94 years as a minister. Ill health forced him from ac tive life last June. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the First Methodist Church here. The Rev. j Karl M. Brendali, pastor of the church, the Rev. W. Jackson ifuneycutt, Waynesville district superintendent, Dr. L B Hayes of Salisbury, and Dr. Walter West of Jamestown, officiated. Serving as active pallbearers were Hugh Massie, W. I. Dooley, Ed Potts, YViliard Moody, Thomas A. Walton, and Henry C Duncan Honorary pallbearers were mem l>ers of the Haywood County Min isterial Association, the Wanesville Rotary Club, and J. M. Long. Rufus Siler, Dr. N. F. Lancaster, and Dr. i J. L. Reeves. The body was taken to St. Louis. Mo., where graveside services and interment were held this afternoon in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Born in Arkansis. Dr. Clark stud ied and served as a student pastor at Hcndrix College, Conway. Arkansas and started his church service In 1900 as a pastor in the St. Louis, Missouri District. He re ceived his honorary doctorate from Tampa University. He served in the Western Vir ginia Conference as pastor for Ash- j land, Ky., and Charleston, W. Va. churches until 1931 when he was assigned to the Western North Carolina Conference. Dr. Clark subsequently served as pastor of churches in Monroe. Statesville, and Canton. He was superintendent of the Salisbury district for six years, then served as pastor of the Central Methodist Church of Mount Airy for five years. He came to Waynesville in 1947 as superintendent of the Waynes ville district of the church and (See Dr. Clark?Page 6) Parents Urged To Have Their Babies Immunized The Haywood County Health De partment is intensifying its cf-! forts to have more two- and three ! months-old babies immunized to reduce the rate of infant mortal ity, according to Dr. S. W. Jabaut, health officer. To remind parents, the depart-' merit is now sending cards out when the babies are two months old. advising that parents take their infants either to their family doctor or to the health department office for a "tri-immunol" shot. This particular series of im munization affords babies protec tion against diptheria, whooping cough, and tetanus. Three shots are given ? from four to six weeks apart. Dr. Jabaut said that only about 10 per cent of the two-months-old babies in the county have been getting immunization and only a bout 14 per cent of those three j mdnths old are receiving shots. Immunization clinics are held at the health departmerit office in I the basement of the courthouse here each Wednesday and at. Can-1 ton on Tuesday. Miss Dorothy Wbisenhnnt. de-' partment records clerk, disclosed that cards advising the immurina tion are being sent to an average of 83 hom?s in the county each month. Highway Record For 1955 | In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed .... 0 . Injured.... 7 Accidents.. 27 Loss.. $10,709 (Thto Information com- | piled from records d State Hichway Patrol.)