North Carolina Newspapers

' cSS^aRj70- co r l|!JWPP ? " LoviBYiLtt *| rir,t 41 ?~ ' * ? the News Most Of VYW ,un>n~- AHE ?ii\YNESYILLE IVAOITNTATNirin? t"===2 ?. AiER i ?-2-?^? j . u- ? jTvEAR N0- 29 12 PAGE3 Associated Press WAYNESV1LLE, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 11, 1955 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Co^S Joard Is Asking Vote On Livestock Project * ??>??????????? ? ? ? ? ? More Candidates File Here, Also 4 In Clude ee More Board; ! e Mayor j well-known business men candidates for aldermen a complete ticket for mem of the board. This makes dates filed as of noon to aldermen iiing was Leo Buckner, Jr.. didate for mayor. The 35 veteran is the second can a file for that post, iree aldermen filing today ling together for the en nbership of the 3-member I aldermen, ire: Davis, automotive dealer, ford Ray. retail merchant, fatkins, motor company I the first time three can live formed such a ticket J icsville for many years. I indidates for aldermen in ; ast week filed in a similar Davis, a charter member ions Club, which was form 938. has held several im positions in the organiza- ? rved on the adjustment of : ng board of the town; has i active part in various' ijeds. Served on the board tors of the Merchants As , and also the Chamber Wee. A native of Waynes was in the laundry busi ly years, and disposing of est in 1944 entered the we frjtd.He was a member - Wilding committee of the ptist church. Bay served one term on the j t aldermen, by appointmnt. j served a similar term on wood countv board of com es. He is a director of the i ationaJ Bank, director of, wood Home Building an^ tociation, and is associat es brothers in the opera two super markets, a de t store and a wholesale firm. He is a member of ? t Methodist church. He is or of the Merchants Asso-; md former member of the I Hub. "atkins, a highway engin- t *e coming here some 22 ?. is owner of the motor | ring his name. He is a di- j ? Election?Pate 4) - t . . atified Giving ant Clerk Of Higher Salary setting the salary of the . e'erk of court at $200 per been ratified by the Assembly. *" Was introduced several by Rep Jerry Rogers. HOMER HENRY Henry Rites Are Held In Clyde Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon in the Clyde Methodist Church for Homer R. Henry, 67, of Clyde, former sup erintendent of the Haywood Coun ty Schools, who died Saturday in the Haywood County Hospital after a long illness. The Rev. G. C. Starr, pastor of the church, officiated and inter ment was in Green Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers were B. B. Lattimer, Carlyle Haynes, Roland I>eatherwood. 5. H. McDowell, GeraltV Fish .10U heater Ward. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. ?Hugh Matthews and members- of the official board of the Clyde Methodist Church. Mr. Henry was a native of Hay wood County, the son of Mrs. J. R. Henry of Clyde and the late Mr. Henry. He had retired last De cember. as assistant tax collector of Haywood County. In addition to serving as super intendent of the county schools. Mr. Henry has served as manager (See Homer Henry?Page 4) Construction Man On School Site Is Fired Upon A .32 caliber pistol was fired early this morning at a member of the construction crew building a combination gym and auditorium at Crabtree-Iron Duff School, but the bullet missed the mark, ac cording to Sheriff Fred Y. Camp bell. The incident was investigated by Deputy Sheriff Gene Howell. Thefts of building material from the school site have been re ported recently, Sherif Campbell disclosed. ? 5ers Predicts Passage Burley Warehouse Bill I optimistic over the bill ??rehouse charges on bur felieve It will be enacted." try Rogers said tody. Sogers is the member of b* agriculture committee for a favorable report ob the measure. It was ?ithout a dissenting vote. I b expected to reach the be House early this week, bsket fee of 25 cents." f^Mure, sponsored by \ R*P Mark Bennett and ft Rep. Fred Holcombe, I that "tobacco warehouses pity tobacco only may commissions on the gross beley leaf totiacco not to three and half per cent ***1 fee of 25 cents. ^ i 1 u ___ - Western North Carolina burley growers and farm organizations told the House committee that the warehousemen had broken an agreement made in 1949 and re quested passage of the bill placing a ceiling on warehouse charges. There were delegations from Bun combe. Madison and Haywood counties to" support the bill. Lamar Gudger, Ashcville at torney and one-time (1949) legis lator, made the principal argument in support of the bill as attorney for burley growers and farm or ganizations. Also speaking for the bill were Zeno Ponder. Madison County fgrmer;, R. Flake Shaw Greensboro; and O. L. Yates, Way nesville, for the farm bureau; and Norman Randall, Leicester, for the state grange. Max Roberts. Asheville, and R. G. Coleman. Boone, opposed the bill on behalf of the burley ware housemen. and J. M. Broughton. Raleigh attorney and son of the one-time governor and U. S. Sena tor. represented the warehouse men's Association. Rep. Jerry Rogers said that last year Haywood tobacco growers paid $60,000 for warehouse fees and expenses of selling, according to the official figures he has on hand. ; father "attpUfj'' w#rm and windy ?red showers today. "Mtinued cloudy and L^WUJ. tempera ae<1 by the State Teat Ma*. Mln. Pr. 83 45 .23 85 28 71 29 i ?I 3# Clyde Group i State To Pay Costs Of Canton Viaduct Political news flourished in i Clyde over the weekend, as five others filed as candidates for the board of aldermen, including the entire present board. Mack Brown who recently filed for the post of mayor has withdrawn, and Gerald Fish, incumbent, filed for re-elec tion. The five new candidates for the board of aldermen are the incum bents: J. W. "Morgan, Bruce Sel lars and Cecil Spencer. The other two are Walter Chambers and J. B. Martin. Filing earlier in the month was Lester Ward for a place on the board. Harry Haynes filed earlier for the post of mayor, while two have filed for police court judge: Larry H. Cagle, incumbent, and Charles F. Lanning . No new candidates were report ed to have filed at Hazelwood or Canton today. I Mayor W. J. "Bill" Stone, mayor of Canton, said he was not a can didate for reelection. No one has filed for the post. Three have filed for a ticket as a complete board: Chas. Beall and Curtis Stanley, incumbents, and Logan M. White. Clyde Fire Causes Loss Of $1,000 A fire Thursday night caused I by the explosion of a portable oil I heater in a Clyde home?in which a woman and her three children were asleep ? was brought under ! control after the blaze caused dam age of approximately $1,000 to ! the kitchen of the residence. The occupant of the dwelling? ! Mrs. Alline Glance ? told firemen I she woke up about 10:30 p.m., and smellcd smoke, and summon ed Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lindsey to help her remove the three chil- ; dren. Sixteen Cilyde firemen fought the flames for a half hour and limited damage to the kitchen. Lost in the fire were a stove, washing machine, and refrigerat or. Mrs. Glance and her children re side in one of the Thompson cab ins, owned by the Lindseys, on the eastern edge of Clyde. Just two days earlier, Clyde fire men battled three fires on the outskirts of Canton, which fire I men from that town were unable i | to respond to because of a Canton j i ordinance. | , t ?. ^ _ 1 Rehabilitation Head To Discuss Alcoholism S. Kinion Proctor, executive di rector of North Carolina's rehabil itation program, will address a special meeting on alcoholism at the Grace Episcopal Church Par ish house at 8 p.m. April 14. Civic and church groups are in vited to send representatives to the meeting. Dairyman Gets 17 Applicants From Want Ad . ? "For gracious sakes, stop that ad. I've had 17 applicants in 48 hours. I can't get my work done for inter viewing applicants," said Frank M. Davis, dairyman, and farmer, who inserted the following want ad in The Mountaineer: WANTED?Family to live on and help operate dairy farm. Low wages, long hours, advancements and opportunities in the far fu ture. If interested contact Frank M. Davis, Rt. 4, Wayneaville. Telephone GL 6*-4712. i "I have a good man, and I am thankful for what the ad did for me. I never realized so many peo ple would respond. "It certainly pays to advertise, and It oays to tell exactly what you have to sell or want in the ads,'' said Davis..... igjti ? * - m LIKF. A SWARM OF BEES, these sixth grade students from Central Elementary School de scended on the lawn at the county courthouse with brooms and paper bags to give the littered grounds an early spring cleaning. The entire Waynesville area will join in a civic face lifting next Monday. (Mountaineer Photo). Rainbow Trout 1 Winner Catches Brown Whopper Hollis Price of Jonathan Creek, first-place winner in the rainbow trout division in the annual Western North Carolina fishine contest last year, has served notice that he's after the brown | trout title this yew. On Friday, he cast his line in ; Jonathan Creek with a night crawler for bait and came up i with another brown trout meas ! tiring 26M: inches and weighing 5 pounds, 1 ounce. His 1954 rainbow trout meas ured 24-V| inches and weighed five pounds. Presbyterian Call Accepted 'By Thielman Calvin Theilman of White Deer, Texas, has accepted the call of the Waynesville Presbyterian Church, extended on Sunday. April 3, to occupy the church's pulpit? vacant since last fall. He will succeed the Rev. Mal colm R. Williamson, who resigned to become pastor of a Charlotte ' church. Mr. Theilman announced his de cision yesterday while conducting Easter services at the Presbyterian Church here. A graduate of West Texas State (See Presbyterian?Page 4) Chamber To Meet The regular monthly meeting of the Waynesville Chamber of Com merce will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, it has been announced. President Dick Bradley will preside at the session. Work Started On Clean-Up Program In This Section Preliminary plans have been completed for the annual clean-up campaign in this area, starting the , 17th and continuing until the 23rd. The campaign will be taken to ' the various schools in the area, i ' and Dave Fclmet is slated to make an address to the students. Special < details of the program, in print ed form, will be given students. Miss Lou Elva Ellor is general chairman of the program, repre senting the Civic and Professional , Division of the Chamber of Com merce. More interest is being Shown in , the program this year than at any time in many years, the large sponsoring group reported. 1940-47 Draft Scheduled To Selective service files of Hay wood County men who registered : for the draft from 1940 througft 1947 will be destroyed later this year along with others throughout the itate and nation, according to Way Mease,, chairman of Hay-i wood County's Selective Service Board 45. Mr. Mease said that the local board was advised of this proposed action by Col. Thomas H. Upton, state director of selective service, after the latter had received notifi cation from national draft head quarters in Washington. Federal officials said that "the great majority of the World War ! If files have served all discernible { administrative purposes in the operation of the Universal Military ' Training and Service act, and that the joint committee in Congress on (See Draft Board?Page 4) Ideal Weather Prevails For Easter Sunday With ideal weather throughout most of the day, residents of the Waynesville area observed Easter Sunday by attending sunrise services, filling churches to over flowing later in the day. and en Joying the warm sunshine with rides and walks in the afternoon. The annual sunrise service be neath the cross at Lake Junalus ka drew some 500 early risers, while other early services at county churches were similarly well attended. Rain started falling last night about 9 o'clock, but it came too late to "spoil" the traditional holiday. Board Files Be Destroyed Shoe Shiners Raise $130.45 For Cancer Fund A total of $130.45 was raised in the business section Saturday by shoe shiners from the Waynesville Business and Professional Wo men's Club who labored in behalf of the annual Cancer Crusade. The announcement was made by Mrs. Rebekah Murray, general chairman of the fund drive for the B&PW. In charge of the special project Saturday were Mrs. Clara ftippe toe and Mrs. Lois Gentry. benator Medtord Introduces Bill Which Relieves Canton Of Costs A special act of the General As sembly would exempt Canton from paying a third of the right-of-way j costs of a proposed viaduct ; through the town. The bill was introduced Friday , by Senator William Medtord of Haywood and Senator Claude 1 Currie, of Durham, chairman of the Senate Roads Committee. The bill is state-wide in effect, in that it would apply to any oth er similar case, which Is an engin eering problem, such as is found at Canton. The bill reads as follows: Section 1. That Section 136-41.1, as it appears in Volume 3-B of the . General Statutes of North Caro lina, be amended by changing the period following the word "streets" ' appearing in the 9th line of said section to a colon and adding the following: "Provided, further, that when the State Highway and Public , Works Commission shall determine from a thorough engineering and j traffic study and investigation that a by-pass is needed to carry a heavily traveled and congested highway around a city or town, and that the construction of such a highway link or by-pass Is Justl ' tied by the traffic needs of said highway, arid when It appears from such engineering study and inves tigation that the topography of the surrounding country is such as, to make the construction of such a by-pass impossible or so ex (See Viaduct?Page 4) Miss Glavich Dies In Texas Miss Elizabeth Ann Glavich. 34. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Glavich of Wayncsville, died in liarlingen. Texas early Saturday morning after a short illness. Miss Glavich was a graduate of , the Wayncsville Township High | School and the Woman's College at Greensboro. She held a posi tion as registered technician at the Valley Baptist Hospital in liar lingen. Prior to going to Texas. Miss Gla^ ieh had held positions as tech nncian with the Haywood County Health Department and with the (See Miss Glavich?Page 4) Icky In Search For His Master Killed By Car Fat j19- Havii Irlrv u rai imwrrtttf I *? 1- ? ?-? *-??? looked in vain for his master, , the late Hooper Alexander. But his search was doomed to failure because the tall, white - haired civic leader died at Haywood County Hospital on March t fol lowing a heart attack. Ever since that time, the little black and white dor has paced restlessly alonr the upper part of the business section?princi pally around the post office and Chamber of Commerce where he was accustomed to seeing his master. a now, nowever. i ik * ? qucm may be realised. On Friday morn inr, just a month and two days after the death of Mr. Alexan der, the pet was killed as he started to cross Main St. in front of the Chamber office. Ned Tuck- j er, executive rice president of the organisation. ran out, picked up the Injured pup. but the lick ou the dor's head was tod severe. He died instantly: the driver , whose car struck him did not even bother to stop. ' t Study Being Made Of Bill On Proposal m i ? ? ' i nc development of the propos ed livestock and home arts build inns, plus the show rings, is a matter for Haywood taxpayers to decide, it was learned here this morning. Rep. Jerry Rogers left here this morning for Raleigh with instruc tions from the county commission ers to see what legislation could be worked out for calling an elec tion in order that the people could voice their opinions on the de velopment of the project. The decision to get legislation on the project, came as the result of a series of conferences last week, when first, on Monday night, some 200 people met with the com missioners to discuss the project. ? As an outgrowth of that meeting, a steering committee of five was named to pursue the matter furth er, which resulted In a joint meet ing of the commissioners, the com mittee and Rep. Jerry Rogers. Faraday C. Green, chairman of the board of commissioners, told The Mountaineer, "The board can not levy a tax for construction and maintenance of such a project without first getting authorization from the taxpayers. The only way to get the authorization is to hold an election on the matter. And we have asked Rep. Rogers to look in to the matter when he gets back to Raleigh and see what can be worked out In the way of intro duc ing a bill calling for an elec tion." Chairman Green said further: "I am not for constructing such buildings, and improving grounds unless ample provision is made'for their maintenance. It would be false economy to just erect the buildings and not have any means ot keeping them up." he continued. (See Livestock?Page 4) Pvt. Parton Is Recovering From Illness Pvt. James R. Parton, who has been seriously ill in a hospital at Ellson Air Force Base. Alaska, is reported to be "much improved and on his way to recovery." The report was made by Pvt. Parton'a father, Roy Parton, who returned Saturday after visiting his son in Alaska. Mr. Parton said that his son will be hospitalized for about three more weeks before returning to duty. He also said that his son ex pressed deep appreciation for the messages already received from his friends and would be pleased to receive more messages. His ad dress is: Pvt. James R. Parton. US 532403979, 5001st U. 8. Air Force Hospital. APO 731, Seattle, Washington. Health Center Equipment Bids $327 Under Estimate Low bids on four categories of equipment for the new Haywood County health center totaled $2, 673.21. it was disclosed when the 1 bids were opened at the courthouse Thursday afternoon. The estimated total on the bids was $3,000. * Lowest bidders in each of the categories were:' Office equipment?J. D. Rogers t and Co., Asheville, $1,795. Maintenance equipment?South- , ern School Service, Canton, $76.91. Medical-Surgical supplies?Win chester Surgical Supply Co. of Charlotte. $656.80. Electrical appliances ? Walker Martin, Inc. of Raleigh. $144.50 Present at the opening of the bids were: Dr. S. W. Jabaut. health officer; Mrs. Hubye Bryson, public health nurse; Frank Medford, county com missioner: James Kirkpatrtck. county auditor; Grover C. Davis, county attorney; Miss Dorothy Whiscnhunt, health department secretary; and Guy Cromwell of Raleigh, representing the state Medical Care Commission. I ' I Senator Medf ord Opposing Tax On Food, Farm Supplies Senator William Medford told The Mountaineer today he Svas op posed to any sales tax on food, and was also against a proposed tax on motel and hotel rooms. "I am further opposed to the sales lax being stepped up beyond the present three per cent," he said. "1 hate to vote for any additional taxes, but as the matter now stands, the State must have some addition al revenue if we are to maintain our schools at the present stand ard," the senator said. Senator Medford went on to ex plain that before he voted for any new taxes, he would first determ ine that H would come from sources "where It hurt the least." He said. "One of the good sources for this needed additional tax is ' the two-cent per package on cigar : ettcs. 1 am looking with favor on ! this. Just as Governor Hodges said, : this tax will not hurt the farmers. ! I ain opposed to a tax on seed, feed and fertilizers, as this tax would ? come directly from the pockets of the farmers." Senator Medford said he had no idea when the General Assembly would adjourn, hut it looked at the moment to be several weeks away. He plans to coine home next week in order to join in with the citizens of a large number of West ern North Carolina counties in pre senting the merits of the Pigeon | River Road before the Highway Commission in Asheville on the 18th. Highway Record For 1955 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed...: 0 Injured.... 12 Accidents.. 41 Loss.. $16,079 (This Information com piled from records el Stat# llitbway Patrol J