North Carolina Newspapers

"HHWpp CO. U'8VllLt KY St * ' * c People Than | -_ i. ~j Thk wwnksynj.k Mountaineer Ws-' YBAR NO. 32 18 PAGES Associated Press ~ " WAYNBBVILl^V^ ?~ hasten, Entrance 0? ^ Great Smoky MoUntain8 NationaI Park ,B her Me ' __^AYNESVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AraRNOI^MT^^ ~ . _ Q I ? ??'??'? j? ???"""? ^-5Q J" Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties ' 1 " " " ~ " |$ ilaries For Sheriff And 4 Deputies Proposed + ??** ??????****???*? n u iportant Meeting On Burley Allotments Set ihington cials Will i Session {ton officials from the lit of Agriculture's to teting quota section will tie courthouse at 2:30 p. )v with tobacco growers {wood and surrounding E-esentatives of agri zations and other in ns. Ferguson, ASC county called the meeting "one ist important ever held :onnection with burley lie meeting will be one be held in the burley to ion of Western North )ther meetings will be at Marshall Burnsville, I Jefferson. of the meeting will be to le reduction of burley 1955 and to hear farm imendations on cutting cnts xpected, Mr. Ferguson he Department of Agri icials will ask area pro I officials if they favor dum on burley allot year. Such a referen ley Meeting?Page 6) Use Of Salk Polio Vaccine! Approved By 1,500 Parents T. G. BOYD. JR. T. G. Boyd, Jr. Now Manager At Richland Supply Thomas G. Boyd. Jr., 514 Boyd Ave., Waynesville, has purchased the Interest of Furman Jones in the Richland Supply Co. and is now serving as manager of the ftrm in partnership with Mrs. George Allen. Mr. Boyd, a 1951 graduate of Waynesville Township High School, atended the University of North Carolina and Western Carolina College and was recently discharg ed from the armed forces after serving with the Army in Germany. He is married to the former Mar garet Reece. Mrl Boyd is the son of the late j T. Grady Boyd and Mrs. Boyd and the grandson of the late Mr. and ! Mrs. J. R. Boyd. Approximately 1.5UU units oi Salk polio vaccine for inoculation ' of first- and second-grade students in Haywood County will be ordered from Raleigh for possible use here ; this spring. Approval has been obtained by the Health Department from 946 parents in the Waynesville area and 533 in the Canton area, authorizing i the department and the Haywood County Medical Society to give the shots to '.heir children. Whether the vaccine will actually be used depends on an evaluation report to be issued in April by the Poliomyelitis Vaccine F.valuation Center at the University in Michi gan. At the center, careful analysis i is being made of the records of ; 1.830.000 school children who par ticipated in the nationwide field tri al last year, sponsored by the Na-1 tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, to determine if the vac cinated children escaped paralytic polio attack. If the vaccine works and is li censed by the U. S. government, the immunizations will be offered immediately to 9,000.000 school children throughout the nation be fore the polio season begins. The National Foundation, using funds from the March of Dimes, has con tracted for enough vaccine for the program and will supply jt free of charge to the various states. Officials of the National Founda tion have pointed out that plans had to be made for use of the vac cine before it was actually known if it had proved effective in field trials. Because of the time required for manufacture and distribution of the vaccine?from two to four months ? action on the program could not be delayed until the University of Michigan reports on last year's vaccines trials. Parking One Of Major Problems Of Towns And Cities, Managers Find A Few Remember To Wear Green Some of the more loyal follow - er* of the Irish were wearing: green this morning in observ ance of St. Patrick's Day. Most of the green was confin ed to sweaters, ties, ear rings, and the such. One young lady wore green shoes, a green dress, had on a green hat and rarried a green bag. When someone remarked that she had really gone Irish, she looked amazed and said: "Gee, I forgot all about this be ing the 17th, and I wondered why I got so many smiles this morning coming down the street. Hooray for the Irish," she said, enjoying the fact that she had hit the jack pot with her attire. II Phone lice Still | Iffected' 1 34 county erBtSoyes of ? Ball Telephone have ftn strike for four days ?telephone service is still land long-distance calls ?handled by supervisory ?according to C. T. Mc Banager of the Waynes ? Canton exchanges of Bculty was experienc ? morning with tele out of order and B*. Mr. McCuiston said, ?tiubles were remedied Bd that the WaynesvlUe ? had an unusually B"*r long-distance but said they were ?lisfactorily ??Iston added that repair ?Perating normally and ? offices in WaynesviUe ? lre opcn for payments ?fansactions. ?Masons lyncher B^ons held their annual program ? Central Methodist ???g their former past ? district deputy, who ??me a 33rd Degree V Mason. ? ?ere given by Hessie B_'en" D Brown of Kr^,reCited by Sam Br e. Ralph Craw Hna!ened as master of B, ttoup singing was Waynes of Clyde. B? ?rved during the ?* TH,t?fthe CIyde 1300 Dogwood Trees ht In Second Order . i v ?wu dogwood trees ?ct of g bcautification P arrive here late Fri ? ?* I I I CLOUDY ?"iy and colder to-1 ?creasing cloudiness I chance of show-1 temperature I ? the State Test Farm: I ? tt 44 .141 ? 70 42 .15 I ? 117 40 10 day night for distribution Satur day to the purchasers. The beautification committee of the Chamber of Commerce, with Miss Elva Lou Eller, serving as chairman, sponsored the campaign, assisted by Ned Tucker, executive vice president of the Chamber of Commerce. The trees are in both white and pink, and will be at the town lot at the Town Hall. The committee in charge ask that those who or dered the trees pick them up as soon- as possible Saturday. Each customer will receive spoclal planting instructions as prepared by Virgil Holloway, county agent. Last week the "Finer Carolina" Committee sponsored the planting of 274 similar trees in Hazelwood. The trees arriving here Friday night are from the same nursery "Every village, town and city, | regardless of size, seems to have j the same problems ? parking, wider streets, utilities and serving the fringe areas," G. C. Ferguson, town manager, said upon his re turn from the two-day meeting of city managers in Greensboro over the weekend. "Wre have some qualified speak ers on all these subjects, and we ! found that these major problems , do have a solution, although some of them are expensive," he con ! tinued. Professor Babcock, a traffic en gineer of N.'C. State College, said . that surveys had proven that the ! average parking meter means the i parker will spend $5 per hour in the stores nearby, Ferguson re | ported. "The same speaker said that a I town or city should have 50 off I street parking spaces for each | 1,000 people in the town. That (See City Managers?Page 6) I , i ? 1 Classroom Teachers Will Meet Monday The Haywood County unit of the Classroom Teachers Association will,meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at ; Central Elementary School, ac ' cording to Mrs. Alma Jackson Wil liams, president. In addition to other business, the organization will name dele gates to attend the annual meet ing of the North Carolina Educa tion Association at Ashevtlle. March 24-27. ' Howard J. Newton New Driving Examiner | Howard Jennings Newton. Route 3, Forest City, began work here this week as a driving license ex aminer for the N. C* Department of Motor Vehicles. He replaces John Jordan. Mr. Newton, a former employee of Biltmore Dairy, joined the de I partmcnt February Only A Few Heard By Board On Tax Natters This afternoon and Friday will conclude the work of the commis sioners sitting as a board of equal ization and review. Today the board was sitting to hear taxpayers of Waynesville township, and Friday will be de* ! voted to those from Beaverdam j i township. > Until noon today, the complaints i have been very few, F. C Green, ' chairman of the board said. "There were six townships that : ; did not have a single complaint. ? Those townships were Fines Creek, j I Catalooehee, Big Creek, Cecil, East ! Fork, Iron Duff and White Oak. i There was one from Crabtrce; 2 ' from Clyde; 2 from Pigeon; 6 from Ivy Hill, and 2 from Jonathans Creek," he reported. The majority of those com-! plaints were clerical errors, and I 1 not complaints about the valua tion, the board pointed out. j This is the only time, according I ? to law, in which adjustments can be made on real estate assess I ments. I I . Restocking Lake With Game Fish Discussed James W. Fowler. Jr., superin , tendent of Lake Junaluska, is in , Raleigh discussing a program of restocking the lake with game fish. He is consulting with officials of the N. C. Wildlife and Resources i Commission. Last week more than five tons j of carp were removed from the i lake, and countless others went i through the flood gates in the dam downstream as ;? program of clear- , ing the lake waters of rough fish got underway. MORGAN COMES HOME Fread Morgan returned today from Mission Hospital where he ! has been a patient since Febru ary 22. Prior to that he was there for five weeks, undergoing surgery. His condition is much improved, and although he will have to re I main in bed for a while, his re covery is expected to be fast. Annual Spring Fashion Issue Coming Monday The Mountaineer's annual spring fashion issue will make its appearance this Monday, which, incidentally, will be the first day of spring. The fashion section will fea ture pictures and detailed stories on the latest styles in men's, wo men's, and children's wear. THE BUILDING FUND of the Haywood County Library passed its first SI.000 mark today as the Waynesville ? Woman's Club Rave a check for SI.007 .OK. representing money raised at two "Open House" programs given at the IJbrary in the past 24 months by the Club. Shown here, left to right, Mrs. Charles E. Ray, treasurer of the Club: Miss Margaret Johnson, librarian; Mrs. Roy Campbell, president of the Club and James L. Kilpatrirk. member of the Library board, ac cepting; the check. Behind the check is a chart showing the amount of money needed for the building fund. The check was formally presented this afternoon at the Woman's Club meeting. (Mountaineer Fhoto). Canton Officials Leaving 'Door Open' On Viaduct 11 Miles Of Road In Haywood To Be Resurfaced A contract for resurfacing of 11.33 miles of US 19 from Dell wood to the lake, and from there to Canton on I'S 19-23. will be let March 29 by the State High way Commission. This is one of 14 projects In volving about 69 miles of roads to come before the commission later this month. The four-lane highway from Lake Junaluska to Canton was completed last June and the base paving done at that time. Bill Introduced To Set Assistant Clerk Court Pay Rep. Jerry Rogers introduced his sixth bill in the Legislature Monday night. His newest bill calls for fixing the salary of the assistant clerk of court at $200 a month. Tiie proposal was sent to the committee on salaries and fees. Rep. Rogers' first three bills dealt with the Town of Canton, his fourth with a state plan whereby the Motor Vehicle Department provide a list of all vehicle own ers to the counties, and the fifth to establish the property lines of the Cecil Sohool. The first three have passed, he withdrew the fourth when a duplicate bill was introduced in the Senate and the Cecil school bill is in a Senate committee. "We are preparing an uoww to Highway Commissioner Harry Buchanan on the proposed viaduct, and are 'leaving the door open' for ' further, discussion," Mayor W. J. ? j Stone told The Mountaineer at ( noon today. "The board of aldermen met yesterday and again this morning . on the matter, and have the letter ' < about ready to mail to Commis sioner Buchanan, perhaps early Friday," the Canton mayor went on ' \ to explain. Commissioner Buchanan earlier | this month asked for the final de- , | vision of the Canton officials by April first. Mayor Stone said he and the Canton board were interested in the area road program, and its de- j vclopment, and did not want to( do anything to curtail the progress, yet on the other hand, they felt the viaduct in Canton was a re- i gional matter, and not necessarily . one for Canton taxpayers to have j to put money Into for paying one- j third of the cost of right-of-ways. No official estimates have been ' received by the Canton officials, the mayor said, as to what the | right-of-way costs will be. The , early estimates were $300,000 but. i as he expalined. "We realize that figure is too low." Present unofficial estimates for | the right-of-way are about $450,000 to $500,000. ! The highway commission's regu- i lations set forth that the towns pay one-third of right-of-way costs. ; the state a third, and federal gov ernment a third. Although several conferences have been held, both groups have ! stated their willingness to meet j again to discuss the matter fur-1 ; ther. ? Three Groups To Appear In WTHS Concert l[ ~ ? r ' Musical selections to be present ed by the Waynesville Township High School orchestra in New Or leans March 24-2$. will be featured at a concert In the WTHS audi torium Friday night, beginning at 7:30. The orchestra, which will per form before the Southern Music Educators conference in the Crescent City, will open the con cert tomorrow night. The mixed chorus will present the second part I of the program and the concert band the third part. The orchestra and chorus will be directed by Charles L. Isley, Jr.. the band by Robert Campbell. Proceeds from the concert will i g0 to finance the orchestra's trans portation In New Orleans Margaret Finds She Can't Come To Ramp Feast Margaret Truman isn't going to be able to make it to the an nual Kainp Convention at Camp Hope on May 8th. The way she nut her declina tion shows that the pungent odor of the ramp had nothing to do with her decision. She is just too busy to at tend. North Carolina's Secretary of State, Thad Fure. who is "speak er for life" of the convention, had invited Miss Truman to at tend the convention. Fure invit ed Miss Truman in behalf of the board of directors and mem bers of the North Carolina Ko riety of Friends of the Ramp, Inc. The daughter of former Presi dent Truman wrote Fure: "The annual spring Ramp Con vention sounds as though it were real fun and I am sorry that there is no possibility of my be ing with you to share the event." She concluded with best wish es for "a happy and successful gathering." nogers nas Bill Ready 1 For Tuesday The sheriff of Haywood and four deputies would be put on a flat salary basis instead of fees, accord- fj ins to specifications of a bill which Rep. Jerry Rogers proposes to in troduce in the House of the Gen eral Assembly Tuesday. ? The bill sets forth that' the sher- f| |fl iff be paid an annual salary of $4 - 500, plus $1,000 for travel expenses, and if the bill is passed, the provi- , ?g I sions would be in force as of July first. oj A further part of the bill points out that the sheriff would be auth orized to appoint four Deputy Sher iff;, one designated as chief deputy, and that he be paid $270 per moqth, and the other three $250 per month, out of the general funds of the county. The county would provide two cars for the four deputies. The county would maintain the cars. All arrest fees and fees for : serving papers would go to the - general fund of the county, the bill set ?ut. This morning, The Mountaineer : learned that plans are to have two deputies in the Beaverdam area, and two In this end of the county, with a car used by the two men. The sheriff's department now operates on a fee and part salary basis for the deputies. The proposed bill reads in full as follows: Section I. The Sheriff of Hay wood County shall receive an an nual salary of forty-five hundred < dollars i$4500 00> payable tn twelve ! equal monthly installments from the General Fund of the Count\. In addition to his salary, said Sheriff shall receive one thousand dolars ($1000.00) per year for trav 4See Sheriff?Page 6) 14 Haywood Men Leave For Service Fourteen Haywood County men ; left the courthouse Tuesday morn ing for Knoxville and induction into the armed forces. They were: Clarence Mills, Jr.. of Route 2. . Clyde; Billy Wayne Wyatt of Ilaz ' elwood. Jack Denton Hill of Sau i nook, Jimmy Lanning of Waynes i ville. Alfred Kirk Putnam of Crab tree, Lowell MpClean Ball of Fines Creek. Bobby Phillips of Jonath an Creek, Jack Alexander Haney i of Thickety, Hugh Jerome Buth- ? i anan of Hazel wood. Bobby Dan Duckett of the Allen Farm Road. Canton, James Ernest Wood of Crabtree, Hobert Elmer Gibson of Waynesville, Douglas Hilc Stew i man of Waynesville, and Fredec , ick Ollis Browning. At the request of Selective Ser vice Board 57 at Marion, the Hay wood County board sent one of the former's registrants to Knoxville for a physical examination. Latest Information Outlined. On Sheep, Hogs, Beef Cattle t . f orty livestock producers attend- : ed the county's annual livestock )4 school held In the courthouse Wed- ' nesday afternoon. , A. V. Allen, livestock specialist from N C. State College, opened ' the meeting with u -discussion on I 1 sheep, which he, called th* most '' profitable kind of livestock on American farms today. He pointed out that sheep num l>ers have been decreasing since World War 11 and are currently at the lowest point in recent years. Since it is estimated that front five to ten years will be required to rebuild the sheep population, Mr. Allen asserted: "Now is the time to go into the sheep business." The specialist pofnted out, how ever. that while sheep are profi table, there are a number of -fac tors to be considered in their care: 1. They should be kept In pas tures with woven wire fencer 2. Dogs and parasites are a major problem. 3. Utilize large pastures and do not run more than tttfo ewes per acre. 4. Ninety pounds of grain and 300 pounds of hay will winter a ewe and her lamb This amount ran be cut in half i? small grain is ivailable for grazing during the vinter months. ? 5. Lambing paralysis in sheep ?an be prevented with a good feed ing program. From the time the jwe is bred until she lambs, she (See Livestock?Page 6t Highway Record For 1955 I In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed 0 ! i Injured.... 10 Accidents.. 31 Loss.. $11,784 (This Information com State Highway Patrol.) Horse Goes Out Of Control, Damages Car / * ??? ?J ? ?- - ' Ihi) i? When a car goes OUl OI cumrui ana Iiuns a IIw.ot, expected news. When s horse goes out of control and damages an auto mobile, that is the unusual. And the unusual is what happened the other night, when Mrs. Hugh Noland, and daughter, Nancy, a high school senior, were returning to their home in Crabtree after dark. As the Noland car started to pass a horrc, being ridden by Grover Bryson. of Iron Duff, the animal reared, and fell on the front of the car, doing considerable damage. The windshield and lights were broken in addition to denting the vehicle. There were no injuries to either the occupants of the car, to rider Bryson or even to the horse.