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standahd PTC co wm m khxisvill?0*?rtr,t st ? B* '*$'' "? iflfs' NKfal zE I The W^ynesyille Mountaineer ' #"?-:] 1 ub,l6,hed 1 wice-A-\\ eek In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ? ~~e^~~ ?? ? ? i 11 g fEAR N?- 21 20 ''A(;ES Associated Prcse WAYNESVILLE. N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOOnTmARCH 21 1955 &M In Advance In Haywood and Jactaon C^tiT. oard Closes County Home As Economy ^ * * ? ? ? ? * * * * * * * * 0,000 In Cash Donations Given Library > So I ||S; " 0 Hkwhty.N.C. Ue^isr ?<r*4. v i % *5oeo3t urf- &**?**- ^*~?//*-o ?_.. \ Cb /# 0 /) P / <^f Hickory, N. C- v*. J IAL DONATION made to the building the Haywood County Library was an today. along with others, making a total of S10.000. This is a copy of the S5.000 check to the fund from Alex Shuford. of Hickory. on Board Asks Consideration Be in Highway By-Pass Around Town :k Goes Creek; i Unhurt aynesville area boys ury and possible drown iday night at 8:30 when" i truck in which they i plunged over a 30-foot :? into Dix Creek in section. er of the truck. Ronald iMIvitt Cmk, a stiv syncsville Hi eh School. Patrolman , V. E. Bry ie noticed the steering had failed and at i apply his brakes, but ! had already left the and careened over the rning over four or five ruck came to rest in ap r four feet of water in Kk Wreck?Page 6) wood Men d In State tion Bill lion is r.pected on the ts of the County Board on named in a House tek. lian and Clifton S. Ter '?ch included in the bill tr term on the board, were nominated last e Democratic primary ts on the board of cdu 'tnt is through the sembly. The bill is now ?te. and no changes, as ?ood is concerned, will ; was learned. i tie i^diuuii Duaiu ui rtiuei men fee! consideration should be given to a by-pass around the town, in stead of a proposed viaduct. They make this suggestion in a letter to Highway Commissioner Buchanan, and point to utilizing funds which have been allocated for the pro posed 800-foot viaduct for use on the possible by-pass. The Canton officials gave Com missioner Buchanan a requested answer in a lengthy letter. The highway official had asked for a definite answer from the Town of Canton by April 1st as to whether or not they would pay one-third the cost of right-of-ways for the pro posed 800-foot viaduct through Canton. The letter from the Canton board re-states, in fadt, the position tak en last fall .as they pointed out they did not feel the Town of Canton should have any financial obliga tion in the construction of a re gional highway through Canton. At present there is $1,550,000 set aside for the Canton project in State Highway funds. No definite figure has been made (See Canton Board?Page 6) Canton Druggist Returns Home From Hospital James Luther Ward, Canton druggist, who was seriously injur ed in an automobile accident Jan uary 16. returned home Tuesday from the Memorial Mission Hos pital. Wihile he will be confined to his home for some time, he was able to see and talk with friends Tues day night. The accident occurred on the highway just east of Canton city limits. Ward's new car was com pletely demolished when it over turned. WTHS Orchestra Ahead of Schedule The 43-piece WTHS orchestra is due to arrive in New Orleans this afternoon at 5:30, al though they ran two hours ahead of schedule yesterday. The bus, and two-car caravan arrived in Tuscaloosa, Ala., at 6:30 (EST) Wednesday, instead of the scheduled hour of 9 p.m. The orchestra plays Friday af ternoon. Details and picture on page one, section three. Forestry School Set Tomorrow Increased profits from timber land and planting to control soil erosion will be two themes of the annual forestry school scheduled in the county tomorrow (Friday), according to County Farm Agent Virgil L. Holloway. The school will consist of two identical meetings ? one for farmers in the northern portion of the county, the other for those in the southern portion. The first session wil be at 9:30 a.m. on the Floyd Teague farm in the White Oak community. The second will be at 2 p.m. on the Ellis Wells farm on the Edwards Cove road in the West Pigeon community. ? Speakers at the school will be John Gray, in charge of extension forestry work at N. C. State Col 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 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 part of the country, including several sections of Haywood County. Rogers Grants Time Study Of Sheriff Bill "11 Of a proposed bU! sheriffs office on a ^and authority to name & also on a salary, was Rep. Jerry Rogers on sometime next "as announced in trs told The Mountain | original plans were to ^bill last Tuesday, ler ? MMM ? ?"*r - Wanner today ?*? of scattered light ?*Wday, clearing and ^?MaetvUle temperature 1 V by the State Teat! ? Max. Min. Pr ? 07 52 ? 65 33 2.01 ? 58 20 (22nd) but at the last minute he decided to hold up the bill, when he learned. some people had not had a chance to study the measure. '"I want everyone to have a fair chance to study the bill. I had some people tell me they could not express an opinion on the merits of the bill until they had studied it further. One of them was Sen ator William Mcdford, down here in the Senate. "I feel the provisions of the bill are fair, and are urgently needed in Haywood County. I arrived at this decision after a long and care ful study of the subject. "On the- other hand, I do not want to appear hasty, or let it seem that I am trying to push any thing too fast. I want people to gtudy the bill, and understand why I am proposing the change in our sheriff's office. I feel it is needed, and what 1 am proposing is in keeping with what is being done in other progressive counties. "I arrived at .the terms of the bill after a thorough study and consultation with other counties. This is not anything new ? it is being tried and tested in many countios in the state." Reg. Sogers went on to say that while under his proposal the cost7 (See Sheriff Bill?Page S) Money Given For Building Fund Project i J Cash contributions to the build- i ing fund of the Haywood County Library are now in excess of $10,000, it was announced today by James Kilpatrick. of the build ing fund committee of the board of trustees. A check for $5,000 from Alex Shuford, of Hickory set the pace, with a donation of $3,000 from Mrs. Homer Ferguson, Newport News, and a $1,000 check from Dr. John Smathers, of WaynesviHe, and the fifth check of $1,007 from the Waynesville Woraans Club. Mr. Shuord is the son of Mrs. Watson. Kilpatrick said a goal of $75,000 had been set for cenverting the Ferguson building on Haywood Street into a modern library build ing. The Ferguson home place was donated to the Library last fall by Mrs. Maude F. Watson of Hick ory and Mrs. Marjorie Blaylock, of Waynesville and Florida. The prop erty was valued at $40,000. Soon after the donation of the property, the board of trustees be gan working with architects on plans for modernizing the brick building into a modern home for the Library. Kilpatrick said a set of plans had been presented, but the final details had not been completed. Other cash donations are ex pected to be received for modern izing the building. Kilpatrick said that the sale of the stoog billeting <>n ^.23-iOQt lot, now the home of fh'e Library on Main Street, would be sold as soon as the Ferguson home is renovated into a new home for the Library. The board of trustees are now at work on plans for raising funds for starting the renovation pro gram at an early date. Rep. Rogers On Joint Committee On Appropriations Rep. Jerry Rogers is a member of the 25-man joint sub-committee on appropriations. This commit tee is working daily on appropria tion bills, and have been notified there will be weekend meetings. Rep. Rogers said he hoped to get off and come home this week end. if the committee schedules permitted. "We are being kept mighty busy now, and every committee meeting is vitally important," he said. "I hope to get him this weekend if the committee schedule is arrang ed so I can make it." v %, Aliens Creek CDP Plans Ham Supper The Aliens Creek CDP will have a baked ham supper Saturday night at Aliens Creek School. Women of the C DP will serve from 6:30 until 8 p.m. Plates will be $1 each. Proceeds from the supper will be used to finance community projects. CANTON OFFICIALS study major problem of a proposed viaduct, and the possibility of a high way b.v-pass around the town. The officials have just answered a letter of Highway Commissioner Buchannan, re-stating their position on the pro pqse<l viaduct. Seated left to richt: Henry Seaman, alderman; Charles Beall, alderman: E. M. Geler, clerk: W. J. Stone, mayor, and C. F. Stanley, alderman. (By Frances' Photo Service for the Mountaineer). [Order Placed For 1,497 Units Of Polio Vaccine For Use In Haywood Schools - * -- v > "> i n, i i mi?nir~ijf "J'-lilT.'*!' I Camp Junaluska Has Waiting List For 43rd Season Camp Junaluska for Girls is destined to have another ban ner season, as the camp enroll ment was filled in January. The waiting list is growing, accord ing to Miss Ethel J. McCoy, own er-director. This is thr 43rd season of the Camp, and complete details will be found on page one of the 3rd section. Tractor School Slated At Lake Next Thursday The county's annual tractor ; maintenance school will be held at' ' 1:30 p.m. Thursday. March 31, at the Haywood Tractor and Imple ' ment Co. at Lake Junalu?ka. it has been announced by County Agent Virgil L. Holloway. Principal speaker at the school | will be J. C. Fereguson, agriculture engineering extension specialist from N. C. State College, who will discuss principles of internal | combustion engines, air cleaners and carburetors, fuels, lubricants * and oil fillers, ignition systems and engine tilling, cooling sys i terns, tire care, wheel weighing; and hitching, and tractor and farm machinery safety. The school will last from two to 1 three hours. J ? An ordai for T?97 units" of flaik polio vaccine was placed by the Haywood County Health Dejfcrt ment this week, according to Dr. S. W. Jabaut, county health officer. This figure represents the total number of parrtits of first- and second-grade pupils in the county who consented to their childrens' receiving the Immunizations ? if they are given in April and May. Parents of 42 children stated specifically they do not wish their children to have the shots, while sohie 061 others did not return the forms sent out by the Health Department, asking parents to in dicate whether they want their children to be immunized. A total of 2.200 forms were sent out two weeks ago. Whether the Salk polio vaccine will actually be used here and throughout the United States will not be known until April 12 when the Polio Vaccine Evaluation Cen ter at the University of Michigan will report on the results of thous ands of shots given last spring to school children over the nation. If a favorable report on the new vaccine is given and it is licensed fok use by the U. S. government, the immunization program will be gin here in April and continue un til the end of the school term in May. The anti-polio shots will be giv en at the schools by members of the Haywood County Medical So ciety, assisted by Health Depart ment personnel. | The Salk vaccine, manufactured through use of March of Dimes i funds, has been furnished by the National Polio Foundation to the 48 states and territories free of charge. . I I | . Two Servicemen jFrom Iron Duff Meet In Korea \ i PFC Frank E. Chambers and | Pvt. David Hugh Tate cousins and also neighbors in the Iron Duff 1 community, recently learned the truth of the saying, "It's a small ? world." Now in service and unaware of 1 the other's whereabouts, the two met not long ago in an armed forces snack bar near Seoul, Korea. Comparing notes, they found that their bases are about 15 miles apart and that both are on duty with the Korean Military Assign I ment Group. 'Finer Carolina' Group To Meet A roving civic-improvement com mittee will be named at a meeting of Canton's "Finer Carolina" or ganization at 7 p.m. Friday at the Champion YMCA. Hall Whitworth, general chair man of the "Finer Carolina" pro gram. will preside at the meeting. Also on the agenda Friday night ; is a report by the youth center ; committee. Businessmen Urged To Get Facts On U. S. Road Program I :?? ....J j Local businessmen were urged today to inform themselves on the | basic issues behind the President's i multi-million dollar highway pro gram, the proposed minimum wage increase and state right-to-work | laws by Robert M. Maxwell of the I Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Maxwell, Manager of the Roanoke District was here to discuss legislative affairs with local Chamber of Commerce di rectors. i The luncheon meeting was held at Spgldon's at noon today, with Richard Bradley, president, in charge. Maxwell said the highway issue was not whether we need better roads, but how to pay for them. He pointed out that the President's program would quadruple present federal highway aid, and thus in crease dominance bv Washington (See Businessmen?Pace I) ROBERT M. MAXWELL Kibbe Bruised As Motorist Crashes Into His Truck Russ Kibbe, Jr.. local oil (lis- i tributor, was bruised when thr j pickup truck he was driving, was hit by a passenger car near the trestle underpass between here and Sylva about noon Tuesday, j Pfc. S. W. Sanford of the Patrol said John McDowell Gowan, 24. of Marion, RFD 4. was treated at the C. J. Harris Community Hos pital here for lacerations of the mouth and injuries to the teeth and that Gowan was charged with operating a car on the wrong side of the highway. Sanford said Gowan was driving a bar on U. S. 19-A about six miles east at Sylva when his car and a pickup truck collided head on on a curve. Damages were estimated at $600 to the ear and $47-1 lo the trurk $200 Raised For Pair Whose House Burned Nearly $200 was raised at a spe cial shower last Saturday at the White Oak Community Hopsc in behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Hunter, whose home was destroyed by fire the night of Friday, March 11. , The event was attended by 90 members of the While Oak CDP. who contributed both money and household furnishings to replace those lost In the fire. s Mr. and Mrs. Hunter, who were married last year, were preparing to move into the dwelling which burned. The house itself was in sured, but not the furnishings. Music was provided at the showi er by Billy, Jay, and May Kirkpat rickrinri Carol Best. Move 13 People Moved, Enjoy New Facilities Haywood's county home has been closed, and the move will save tax payers about $10,000 per year. The 13 people at the home have all been transferred to state li censed nursing homes under a plan worked out through the Wel fare Department in cooperation with state and federal agencies. Six of the 13 are at a home in Jackson county, while the others are here in Haywood. Three of the 13 people are classified as bed pa tients, and their coat to the county will be $19 per month for each one. The other 10 are being cared for at a cost to the county of $9 each, while the Welfare Department, through direct benefits to the peo ple. make up the difference. Mrs. Sam Queen, superintend ent of the Haywood Welfare De partment, told The Mountain eer this morning: "I have checked the people who were at the county home and who are now in licensed nursing homes, and they are so happy with their new places. They have repeated time and again how much they enjoy the new places." The Board of Commissioners have had the matter under consid eration for the past few months, and have been checking with state and local welfare officials on the matter. "In the face of the substantial i savings, and the fact that the nurs I ing homos are actually better pre pared to take care of the people, it was a move which appears prac tical and best for all concerned." F. C. Green, chairman, said. "From reports, we learn that all | the people are happy in the nurs | ing homes," the chairman con tJh^irman Gree^, afid the other two commisstonars. fc'loyik Woody and Frank Medfnrd, were In ses sion Wednesday noon, as the an nouncement was made. Chairman Green said it was his personal feeling that the 135-acre county home farm should bo leased for cash rental after this year. "It is too late to go into such a plan for this year as the crop is al ready started and it would compli cate matters," he explained. The county home farm super intendent Is Jack jVltlaon, and un til now, he has been in charge of (See County Home?Page 6) Haywood Exempt From Bill Fixing Open Doe Season Haywood County is exempt from a bill which would fix an open sea son on doe deer. The House has passed and sent the bill to the Senate. The bill's aim is to permit open season on doe deer when the deer popula tion gets out of balance. Other counties exempt include: Hoke. Bladen, Pender, Scotland. Brunswick. Franklin and Caldwell. The Haywood Wildlife Club pro* tested to a measure wihch would permit the killing of doe deer found bothering crops of farmers. Burley Quota Referendum Appears Unlikely At Present 11 , ~~ ? ~ . ~ w The liklihood of an eight-slate I referendum on burley tobacco at- ] lQtments has been ruled out tem-1 porarily following the defeat of a, new quota measure in the U. S. House of Representatives in Wash ington. The bill, which would have authorized a new cut in quotas, reduced acreage allotments and set up a referendum, was defeated by a vote of 260 for and 151 a gainst?? 14 short of the necessary two-thirds majority. One possibility remains of get ting the bill through the House ? a request that the Rules Commit tee give it a priority positi6n. Two federal officials from the Department of Agriculture, in Waynesvllle Monday afternoon for a special meeting on burley allot ments, expressed a belief that the measure to reduce quotas would be approved by the House. One of th? men ? Joe Williams, a native of North Carolina ? told the 700 farmers at the meeting Monday that cuts in burley are necessary mainly because of heavy overproduction in the face of an 8 per cent decline In tobacco con sumption. * In 1954 it was predicted that the nation's burley crop would total 581,000,000 pounds, but it actually reached 602,000,000. De spite a 10 per cent cut in allot ments from 1953, the total pound age rose sharply because of record (See Burley?Page 6> ______???? Highway Record For 1955 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed .... 0 Injured.... 11 Accidents.. 35 Loss.. $13,684 (This information em n||.J IMM MMnla nl pucu i rum i ctwrus oi State BirhW Patrol J