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Year no. 23 16 PAGES Associated Press" WAYNESVILLE. N. C.. MONDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 2171955 $3~50In AdvanCeln Haywood and Jackson Counties
(eral Officials Explain
acco Allotment Program j
bulletin
Id figures on burley to
tmems were explained
house of farmers and
riculture officials this
it the courthouse by twp
pesentatives.
ikers were Frank Ellis
miiams, both of the U.
lent of Agriculture's to
keting quota section in
s said that the present
burley tobacco on hand
[KK) pounds as compared
12.000.000 in 1940. Of
? figure, he explained.
>00.000 pounds are clas
urplus.
the surplus has resulted
ivy increase in burley
I total production, de
nent cuts, and an 8 per
ase in consumption of
er the past two years,
s pointed out that, at
07.000 of the total of
urley growers are ex
am allotment reductions
their having .7 of an
ss of burley.
that 85 per cent of all ?
?s into cigarette manu- J
I that approximately one j
le tobacco in cigarettes
officials from the U. S. |
it of Agriculture tobac- j
ing quota section were
ire at the courthouse at
ay with Haywood Coun- i
producers and repre- |
of county agriculture |
n to discuss the reduc-1
55 burley tobacco allot
1 meeting is one of six ;
in Western North Caw
riey quotas. Others are
at Asheville. Marshall.
Boone, and Jefferson.
In; maipr issues likely to
ed at the meeting Is
le present law, exempt- j
i with .7 of an acre or
ley from allotment^cuts,
repealed.
i of this provision would
ittle man" in the burley
rding to Western North
grieulture leaders,
xpected that the federal
ay ask farmers here if
e a referendum on the
itment question.
Ferguson. ASC county i
ermed the meeting here
loon "one of the most
ever held here in con
th burley quotas."
lorn Teachers *
Le Delegates
?*o*d County unit of the j
I Teachers Association i
? at 7:30 p.m. tonight at
llementary School, ac- j
? Mrs. Alma Jackson Wil- j
lident.
lion to other business,
Ization will name dele
Ittend the annual mect
I North Carolina Educa
Iciation at Asheville.
Bsioners Holding i
today Session
l''v commissioners were
1'ir regular third Mon
Ig today, and according
l?n F. C. Green, just
letters of routine were
lore the board.
1* a number of things
?will hive to discuss but
? Plan to take any action
Joday In fact, there are
1 which we do not have
I the matters, which pre
F0m doing more than
Is? the discussion of
I ssid, without naming
? matters coming before
1 MILD
? Mostly cloudy !
showers, Monday
Vayntsville temperature
*>> by the State Test
I
I Mas. Mftv. l>r 1
ft 52 31 in
? 59 44 .45 i
ft- 53 41 .49
? - - 55 41
Waynesville Election Is
jSet For Tuesday, Nay 3
Spring Makes
Grand Debut,
Calendar Says
The vernal eouinox is, verily,
upon us!
But the first day of spring:
in the VVaynesville area looked
very much like others in the
wintry portion of the month of
March ? wind, some sun, and
skies threatening more moisture.
Have patience, however, per
haps it won't be too long now
unitl the weatherman catches up
with the calendar.
Girl Injured
In Wreck On
Lake Logan Rd.
| Louise Jenkins, 15. who resides
on the Lake Logan road.; suffered
a severe cut on the left temple.
| loss of blood, and shock when the
I car in which she was riding struck
a roadbanh about a mile south of
Bethel School at 4:15 p.m. Satur
day.
Patrolman Harold Dayton of the
State Highway Patrol reported
that the driver of the car, Arvil
1 Grooms, Route 3. Canton, ran his
vehicle off the right side ot the
pavement and then swerved back
to the left side of the road into the
bank: " * v
Miss Jenkins was injured when
she was thrown against the wlnd
(See Girl Hurt?Page 7>
Precinct officials for the Town
'Of Waynesville election May 3
have been named and dates set for
icgistration of new voters.
Named at Precinct No. 1 were
Ruth Kelly as registrar and George
Brown and Harry Clay as judges.
Vance Muse will serve as registrar
and Charlie Duekett and Hildred
Page will be judges at Precinct
No. 2.
The Waynesville ? Fire Depart
ment on Main St. will serve as the
polling place for Precinct No. 1
and Aliens Creek school as polling
place for Precinct No. 2.
The second precinct is defined
as all of the area in the corporate
limits of the town lying $outh and
west of the property known as the
Belle Meade Subdivision and east
of the Southern Railway tracks.
The first precinct takes in the rest
of the corporate limits of the town.
Registration books will be Open
ed on Saturday. April 16, and
will remain open daily for seven
days thereafter, excluding Sun
day. Hours will be from 9 a.m. un
til 3 p.m. except on the first and
last day (Saturday. April 16 and
Saturday. April 23> when they will
be open from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m.
Saturday, April 23 has been
designated as ?'challenge day"
when any person can challenge
any name in the registration books
by advising the registrar and
judges of the fact. A hearing on
the challenge then will be set by
the precinct officials for some date
prior to Monday, May 2.
Candidates for the office of
rtfhy or nr aMK-iiiien ntbsi file an
application on or before April 16
with the town clerk and pay a
registration fee of $S
Union, Southern Bell Cite
Positions In Phone Strike
A report on the strike of Com
munications Workers of America
CIO against the Southern Bell
Telephone Co. was made by E H.
Morley, president of Local 3601.
CWA. before Haywood County
members of the union on Friday |
night.
After Mr. Morlev's renort on
the strike in this immediate area,
L. L. Bolick. state director of the
CWA, outlined state-wide develop- ;
ments in the walkout, which began
last Monday.
Mr. Bolick said that the union
has offered to include a non-strike
clause in its contract with the
company, with provision for full
arbitration on all matters in dis
pute, but contended that the com
pany has refused to agree to ar
bitration on a full scale.
He added that "limitations plac
ed upon the number of items sub
ject to arbitration, as now demand
ed by the company, would destroy
thi- purpose of arbitration almost
completely."'
It was estimated at the meet
ing that 92 per cent of the non
supervisory employees of South
err Bell in North Carolina are out
on strike.
? ?
Union members and sympathiz
ers were reminded that vandalism
is not instigated or condoned by
the union and were urged to exer
cise vigilance to prevent any oc
currence ' which might reflect un
favorably upon the cause of labor.'"
The position of Southern Bell
Telephone Co. in the current strike
was outlined this morning in a
statement by C. T. McCuiston, man
ager of the Waynesville and Can
ton telephone exchanges:
"Liberal provisions for arbitra- [
ti'on of labor-management differ
ences by an impartial third party
have been a part of Southern Bell's i
(See Telephone?Page 7)
Dr. Carey Wells
Heads Southern
Oral Surgeons
Dr. Carey T. Wells. Sr.. Canton
dentist, and oral surgeon, was
elected president of the Southern
Academy of Oral Surgery, in the 1
fifth annual meeting held in Chat
tanooga Saturday,
Last year Dr. Wells served as
vice president of the organization,
: and was chairman of the member
ship committee.
The next meeting of the organi- !
zaation will be held in Asheville, |
it was announced
I Dr. Wells and other newly elect- .
ed officers were installed in a ;
: special meeting Sunday morning. 1
Oral Surgeons from the Caro
linas, Tennessee, Georgia, Ala
I bama and Florida make up thr
1 membership of the Academy.
Dr. Wells succeeds Dr. M. L.
Llewellyn.
I
Forestry
School Set
t w1.
For Friday
The county's annual foiyst?!^
school will be held at two differ
ent locations this Friday, accord
ing to County Faim Agent Virgil
L. Holloway.
The first session wil begin at \
9:30 a.m. on the farm of Floyd ,
Teague in the IJfhite Oak Com- '
munity. The second will start at
2:00 p.m. on the farm of Ellis
Wells on the Edwards Coye road
in the West Pigeon community.
Mr. Holloway explained that the
two meetings are identical in
nature and are held in two loca
I lions for the convenience of coun
; ty farmers. The sessions will last !
about two hours.
Speakers at the school will be j
j John Gray, in charge of extension ?
(forestry work at N. C. State Col-1
! lege; Fred Whitfield, extension
| forester at N. C. State, and Ray
Orr, division forester for the
Champion Paper and Fibre Com
pany at Canton.
Among subjects to be discussed .
will be how to thin, underplant, ]
and prune trees, how to estimate
the growth of timber, and general j
principles of woodland manage
ment ? aimed at producing the
highest profit per acre.
Special stress will be placed on
identifying and controlling the
Southern pine beetle, which has
caused heavy damage in this pari ]
of the country, including several
sections of Haywood County.
348 DOGWOOD TREES at the old Taylor Motor
Kintfe Saturday attracted a steady stream of
buyers?including Canton residents such as Mrs.
James Wells (left). With Mrs. Wells are Ned
Tucker, executive vice president of the Waynes
ville Chamber of Commerce and Miss Lou Elva
EHer, president of the Richland Garden Club.
Planting of the do* woods in thia area is one of
the projects of the Chamber of Commerce and
the Hazelwodd Boosters Club.
I
(.Mountaineer Photo). ?
Rep. Rogers All Set To Introduce
Sheriff Bill In House On Tuesday
Several Other
Bills Will Be
Put In Hopper
Hop Jerry Rogers is ready to
? introduce a bill which would
change the sheriff's office from a
j fee basis to a straight salary, and
include appointment of our depu
ties by the sheriff.
Rep. Rogers told The Mountain
eers by long distance that he plans
to introduce the bill in the House
of Representatives Tuesday,
"1 have a lot of encouragement
on the bill," Rep. Rogers said.
"Civic groups, farmers, CDI> of
ficers and others have told me they
felt the bill practical, and needed
in Haywood. Before I prepared the
bill. I received an endorsement
from 23 of the 29 precinct chair
men of the county.
"The endorsement of the chair
men. together with civic groups,
and a number of farmers who have
been here in Raleigh, and others
who have written me, gives me rea
son to believe that a large majority
of the people want te bill passed.
"In the past week or so I have
had farmers from Fines Creek,
Thickety, Crabtree, East Fork, and
several townships asking that the
bill be introduced.
The bill which Rep. Rogers plans
to introduce tomorrow provides for
a salary of $4,500 for tlio sheriff,
plus SI.000 travel expenses. Also
appointment by the sheriff of four
deputies, including a chief deputy
whose salary would be $270 per
month and the other three would
receive $250 monthly. Two cars
would be provided bv the county
for the use of the deputies. The
bill gurther provides that the sal
ary of the d <puties irtereasi $5 per
month, each year. , ,
L The fees t yllected by th> sher
, iff'F office for' serving or* ?pwpers
would go into, the general fund
i of the county, and the expenses of
the four deputies and sheriff and
car expenses would come from the
general fund of the county.
Rep. Rogers said the plea that
had been presented to him for the
bill was the need of additional law
enforcement officers in the rural
sections of the county.
Sheriff Fred Y. Campbell said
his plans. If the bill passed, was to
station two deputies in Beaver
dam and two in this end of the
county.
Rep. Rogers Is Sponsor
Of State-Wide Bill
Calling For Referendum
Rep. Rogers is a sponsor of the
state-wide bill calling for a refer
endum next November 8 on the
question of permitting liquor sales
in each of the 100 counties of the
state, or none.
Rep. Rogers said Saturday night
he felt that measure had a good
chance of coming out of the com
mittee and onto the floor of the
House for a showdown fight.
The bill would not apply to
wine and beer.
An identical measure was kill
ed by the 1953 General Assembly.
Hazelwood Measure To
Be Presented Soon
A bill will be introduced some
time this week, by request. Rep.
Rogers said, which will designate
all costs from police court cases in
Hazelwood to go to the general '
fund of the town.
He made no elaborations on the I
bill, other than to say the measure
was being prepared for introduc
tion.
No Fishing?Too Wet
Rep. Rogers was all set to put j
in a day of fishing on the coast
Saturday as the guest of some
Eastern Carolifia representative,
but the steady rains, and the sleet
later Saturday, kept the legislators
indoors.
Cecil Bill Ratified
The bill designating the bound
ary lines of the Cecil School prop
erty has been ratified by the Gen
eral Assembly: The ratification
date was March 17.
Dr. and Mrs. Simon P. Klosky.
who have been visiting their son
and daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs.
Simon P. Klosky, III, left today
for'Bradenton, Florida where they
will spend several weeks before
returning to their home in Wash
ington, D. C. Dr. Klosky is di
rector of the oil shale program In
I he Department of the Interior
KOAD INSTRUCTION in Waynesville Township
High School's new driver-training course started
this morning: in a dual-control car donated to
the school by the Waynesville Rotary Club and
Waynesville Lions Club. Classroom work will be
taught by Mrs. Eric S. Beroza (left*, with M. H.
Bowles, superintendent of tVaynesvillc District
schools, and Miss Beds Francis, both members of
the WTHS faculty. Practical training will be
supervised by Patrolman Arthur Paul Evans and
Sgt. Paul' Gough of the Waynesvllle Police De
partment. ' (Mountaineer Photo).
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HDC Women
Plan Tour
A group of Haywood Home
i Demonstration Club women will
leave here the morning of Thurs
day. March 31, for a special three
day tour to Charleston, S. C., and
the world-famous gardens in that
* Sponsored by tne county homfc
1 demonstration council, the tour
i will become an annual event if
the first trip proves successful.
Miss Mary Cornwell, home dem
onstration agent, said that if the
I full quota is reached, two bus
loads of HDC members will make
the trip.
One bus will leave from the
courthouse at 7 a.m., March 31,
, and a second one from Canton at
J the same time.
The first stop on the trip will
be the Cypress Gardens, From
there, the tour will proceed to
j Charleston, where the group will
i stay at the well-known St. John's
i Hotel.
On* Friday, April 1, the club
; women will tour Magnolia and
; Middleton Gardens and four fam
ous homes in the Charleston area,
i On Saturday, April 2, a general
tour of the city will be made ? af
ter which Ihe group will begin
their return trip to Haywood
County.
The cost of the trip. Miss Corn
well said, will be S30, which in
I eludes transportation, seven meals,
I hotel room, and tickets into the
gardens and other scenic spots.
All reservations, she added,
' should be accompanied bv a $10
deposit and must be submitted be
j fore noon this Saturday.
Miss Cornwell said that several
j home demonstration clubs in the
> state have gone to Washington, but
1 said no others have undertaken
; tours such as the one planned to
I Charleston.
Mrs. L. J. Cannon is president
of the Haywood County home dem
onstration council and Mrs. Ray
mond Caldwell is secretary.
Fashion Section
In Today's Issue
Tht second section of today's
issue, consisting of eight pages,
is the annual spring fashion sup
plement. The section has many
pictures of current fashions, to
gether with authentic articles
describing what's new for spring.
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Cars Collide
On Main St.
A 1953 Ford driven by Luther
W.vatt. Route 1, Wavnesville, and
a 1950 Nash, driven by Oscar
llarrineatf of Los Angeles, Calif.,
were involved in a collision on
Main Street just north of the Le
Faine Hotel at 1:15 p.m. today.
' Patrolman Coleman Swanger of
the Waynesville police said that
Harrineau pulled out of a parking
place at the curb In the path of
the Wyatt car.
No charges were made.
Two Break-Ins
Are Investigated
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The sheriff's department is in
vestigating two break-ins in the
, home of Mrs. Joe Hargrove in the
I Stanley Cove area.
The home was entered sometime
early Saturday, officers satd. Some
time between midnight and Sun
; day morning, the home was enter- ;
ted again.
Nothing was reported missing
except an electric clock.
Sheriff Fred Campbell said it
appeared the break-in was for the
purpose of finding money.
No one lias lived there since the
death of Mr. Hargrove sometime I
ago. Mrs. Hargrove lives in Canton.
The investigation was continuing
this morning.
Officers were also working on
the case of an entry in the Cruso
school, but had not reported their
findings at noon today.
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Orchestra To
Play bi New
Orleans 25th
The 43-member WTHS orchestra
Ml leave hara Wednesday wi" . y
infi. 6:30, for a week's stay in New
Orleans, where they will play be
fore the Southern Musk Educators
Conference Friday afternoon.
The orchestra will perform un
der the dlrectign of Charles Isley,
director of the music department.
The orchestra and si* chaperones
will go via bus and one car to the
Crescent City.
The first night will be spent in
Tuscaloosa, Ala. While in New Or
leans the group will be at the Sax
ony Motel, and on the return trip
home wilt spend Monday night in
Montgomery. Ala. They plan to ar
rive here about 9 p.m. the night t
of March 29.
The orchestra was Invited to
perform before the music confer
ence, and a number of civic groups
made contribtuions towards defrax
ing expenses of the transportation
?while parents paid for room and
board of the group for the week.
Those scheduled to make the trip
are, in the group of instruments
they play: violins ? Agnes Jane
Roberson, Dale Rogers, Beverly
Teague, Gail Kirkpairick. Sara
Abel, Jack Siler, Janet Milner,
Belly Liner.
Dorothy Swayngiin, Sara Reeves,
Ann Dulin. Carolyn Gaddis, Betty
Jean Balentine, Sara Cobb. Bren
da Buckner. Polly Parker. Kay
Boyd. Beth Chambers, Terrell
Teague
Violas?Ann Ruff. Phyllis Russ,
Betty Ann Aiken, Nancy Noiand.
Joe Jack Atkins.
Cellos?Delores Hembree, Betty
Hoglen, Marie Barrett, Carolyn
Davis.
Basses ?Sam Lane, Barbara Grif
fith.
Trumpets?Ben Sloan, Jr., Bruce
Clark.
Trombone?Andy Owen.
Clarinets?Marguerite Russ ami
Pauline Inman.
Flute?Eddie Damour.
Oboe?Joe Jack McEboy,
Bassoon?Barbara Jones.
<See Orchestra?Page 7>
Highway
Record For
1955
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed?... 0
Injured.... 11 ,
Accidents.. 32
Loss.. $11,834 j;
(TMa Information com
Elled from records ot
State Highway FatrwI.)
Wayriesvllle Township High
School musicians gave one of their
most enjoyable concert perform
ances in years Friday night before
a full house in the WTHS audi
torium with a varied program of
music from classical to ragtime ?
presented by the orchestra, the <
chorus, and the concert band.
The orchestra, established at the
high school just 23 months ago.
opened the progratn with numbers
to be played before the Southern
Music Educators Conference in
New Orleans next week: "Larghet
to," "Bource in G Minor" and
"Goofus". Solo numbers were by
Ben Sloan, Jr? trumpet. "Trumpet
er's Lullaby"; Sara Linda Abel, vi
olin, "Crickets in the Barn"; Betty
Ann Aiken, viola, "The Swan," and
Bobby Walker, violin, "Parade of
the Marionettes," and one encore.
Accompanists were Nancy Abel.
Rosalind Amnions, and Belly
Owen, n # ?
Varied Concert At WTHS
Wins Acclaim Of Audience I
Ine second part ot the program
included piano solos by Linda:
Boone. "Mountain Tune." and Rosa-!
lind Ammons, "Sonata".
The mixed chorus then took over ;
to sing five numbers: "Allelulia," "I
Wonder As I Wander," "One Lit- J
tie Candle," "Lollytoodum," and
"Set Down Servant". Soloists were !
Rosalind Ammons, Judy Davis, Jol
inc Turpin, Amelia Alexander, Joe
Walker. Linda Boone was the ac
companist.
Playing with bounce and profes
sional polish, the highly regarded
Waynesville concert band set the
feet of the audience to tapping with
selections directed by strident con
ductors: "Semper FIdolis," led by j
Charles Dean; "Yugoslav Polka."
led by Marguerite Russ; "Suite in
E Flat," led by Pauline Inman:
"Bugler's Holiday," featuring the
trumpet trio of Jimmy Fowler, Ben
Sloan, Jr., and Brnce Clark; "Audi-1
torium Session," led by Wanda
tSee Concert?Page 7i