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? | the News Most Of j vvb ^ ?"AHE mYNESYILLE MOUNTAINEER " ublisht'd 1 vvice-A-\Veek In The I'nnntv c10f e *r , ? ^ A. JLJL^L ^ 1 -* J J 1 Mi power to harm, the skunk gth VEAK NO. .12 !8 FACES ^Ut5ft?r *y*ood^ County At.Th, Eastern Entrmtc. Of Th. Groat Smoky Mountain, Nation,, P.rk "* j , | - ??Gainesville, n. c\. Thursday afternoon, april 21.1955 ..... .?inzir n ? : ? in Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countici 51 MEN presented in a well organized, and dignified manner, lets relative to the Pigeon River Road at the hearing before lighway commission in Asheville Monday. This picture was ! just a few minutes before the hearing began in the auditori Left to right: Aaron Prevost, Senator William Medford, n E. Ray, Brandon Hodges, Dave Felmet, Jonathan Woody, chairman, and D. Reeves Noland. Kep. Kelly Bennett was not pres ent when the picture was made. Commissioner Harry Buchanan also spoke in behalf of the Pigeon River road, but was in confer ence wtih the other commissioners at the time this picture was made. (.Mountaineer Photo). uipment Being Added To Provide r 400 Additional Telephones Here rbage Pickups In Towns r Above Normal Since pan-Up Campaign Started ksmen Using Ifttghts 8B Targets esville police and town of ire wishing that some un air gun sharpshooters find other targets to prac than the town's street week, according to Town p- G. C Ferguson, 12 lights lot out. Other lights have pt out over a period of time. ppeoph are urged to re el) incidents to the police \ hall. fenue Oiiice b To Close bville is one of the 19 of- | uie Internal Revenue Serv 1 will be closed, according oociated Press report from Jton. There are 40 branch b the state. wvice said that to improve 'ion, attain better balance 1 ' enforcement and taxpay er, and regroup personnel e realistic work, these of 1 be closed: Urle, Asheboro, Brevard. City. Concord, Dunn, Kin lurinburg, Lexington, Lin-| Littleton, Morganton, Airy, Sanford. Southern Statesville, Washington, ille and Wilson. The annual cleanup campaign was being reflected in every part of the community, as a general "Spring cleaning was in the making. Waynesville officials put on an extra garbage truck and even with that were behind in collecting gar bage. Plans are being made to add the third truck. In Hazelwood the garbage pick- ? up of Monday was so heavy that the crews had to carry on with the pickups on Tuesday. The second pickup of the regular schedule in j j Hazelwood began this morning and extremely heavy loads are expect- ' : ed to await the truck. The campaign got under way the first of this week and continues through Saturday. With ideal weather prevailing, the incentive to cleanup has been reflected i in the amount of garbage the (See Garbage?Page 6) Lewis Smathers Takes Own Life j At Cruso Home Lewis Smathers, 42. of the Cruso community took his own life at his home at 9 a.m. today when he shot himself in the head with a 16 gauge shotgun. Dr. J. Frank Pate of Canton.1 county coroner, and Sheriff Fred Y. , Campbell both investigated the ; case and reported Mr. Smathers', death as suicide. Dr. Pate said he treated Mr. j Smathers recently for arthritis, but said he appeared to be improving. (See Lewis Smathers?Page 6) Despite the fact that the Way nesville telephone exchange is cur rently involved in a strike along with other Southern Bell ex changes, work started here this week in the central office on equipment which will provide fa cilities for 400 more telephones in this area Being installed at a cost of $17, 500, the new work is expected to be completed about May 21. When the addiaional equipment Is put irtto service,"Tspproxlmately 1,150 telephone numbers in the Waynesville exchange will have to be changed, according to C. T. Mc Cuiston, Southern Bell manager in Haywood County. The changes will involve all tele phones in the Glendale 6-4000 series and approximately 350 oth ers. he explained. The new numbers will go into ef fect simultaneously with the pub lication of a new telephone direc tory, scheduled to be issued this summer, Mr. McCuiston said. The telephone official pointed out that the new equipment being installed in the Waynesville ex change by supervisory personnel of Western Electric is expected to take care of the expansion of tele phone service in this area during the next two years. Further ex pansion in the county, also to in- i volve the Canton exchange,. is in the planning stage, he said. There 3re now 3.910 telephones in use in the Waynesville ex change, and 4,075 in the Canton exchange. Mr. McCuiston added. Posed Tolls On Parkway j; 'd Up For This Season j; 1 of North Carolinians in !? toll on the Blue Ridge Paid off this week when f of Interior Douglas Mc oounced that plans to U* toil have been aban McKay disclosed his tiler CLOUDY cloudy, unseasonably Mattered showers to '?V. partly cloudy and not, 1 Waynesville tempera *Portea by the State Test Ma*. Mln. Pr.' R3 45 82 58 78 55 1 j decision to Representatives George I A .Shuford and Charles R. Jonas i of North Carolina. He told the Congressmen that his department ; had been asked to suspend the toll plans by the House Appropri- ] ations Committee. ( North Carolina state officials. ( the Blue Ridge Parkway Associa- i tion, various Chambers of Com merce and civic organizations vig- 1 orously protested the proposed i toll when it was first announced t in January. t Later. Governor Luther Hodges. Tar Heel congressmen and state 4 officials ? including Senator Wil- 1 Ham Medford of Waynesville visit- 1 1 ed Secretary McKay in Washing- * ! ton to protest the toll plans, con tending that land was given in > North Carolina and Virginia with , h the understanding that the Park- j t way would remain free. 1 Opposition to the toll in this re- ( gion was spearheaded by the North Carolina National Park, Parkway, q and Forests Development Commis-j -| sion. headed bv Dr. Keltv Bennett' f| of Brvson Qltv and with Mrs. (See Parkway Toll?Page d? ' .1 Woman Is Attacked By Squirrel i Mrs. Kelly Buckner of the Dix Creek community was bitten se verely by a squirrel who attacked her in the back yard of her resi- i dence Monday morning. Mrs. Buckner reported she had i finished feeding her chickens and started into the house when the squirrel emerged from a nearbyj woods, ran up her back and start- j ed biting her on the neck, hgad. ( and face. She drove off the animal and; then killed it with a hoe. She re lated she noticed it biting on wood after attacking her. Dr. Mack Setzer. Lake Juna- j luska veterinarian, said the head af the squirrel has been sent to he state laboratory to determine f the animal was rabid. If the test results are positive, ttrs. Buckner will undergo treat nent for rabies. She was treated >y Dr. Roy Moore of Canton af er being bitten. Smathers Turns )own Postal Job An Associated Press story from lugusta says that President Eisen lower Tuesday withdrew from he Senate the nomination of Jesse r. Smathers to be postmaster at :anton. The president's vacation head uarters there said Smathers had indicated he does not now want , he appointment." The nomination went to the Sen ie April l. Road Still Main Topic In Haywood (Other pictures Page 1, Section 3) The hearing on tha interstate I road on Monday is still the chief i topic of conversation among Hay wood citizens. And wherever a group gathers, the subject soon comes up. and near the beginning of the conver sation comes the comment of the i excellent job those who talked for 1 the Pigeon River Roa<} did in pre j senting the facts to the State High-1 iway Commission. i I "I never heard a group of men. as we had, display such sincerity and dignity at such an event," one businessman said. While another added: "And the manner in which all Haywood peo ple and our neighbors for the road conducted themselves was simply 1 wonderful. It shows our interest, enthusiasm, and general make-up." Those who did not go to the hear- ', I Ing Monday showed keen interest also, because The Mountaineer I telephone constantly rang as citi i zens asked for the latest news on | the hearing. , I The Mountaineer was the first j newspaper anvwherc to get on the j streets with the complete story of i the hearing and the facts about the (See Pigeon Road?Page 6) Rep. Rogers' Bill To Get Bootleggers Hits A Snag RALEIGH lAPt _ In Haywood County, a shrewd and wary boot legger has been running the offi cers ragged. Yesterday. Haywood's Rep. Jerry Rogers asked a House committee | to help the cops to catch him. But i the committee?House Judiciary I ' ?turned out to be as wary of Rog ers' ideas as the bootlegger is of Rogers' cops. The mountain legislator explain ed that the officers raid the home of this suspected bootlegger and never find more than the permis sible one gallon of liquor. They find empty bottles and glasses on the table. They occasionally see drunks ; I about the place, and they see peo- ; pie come and go in taxis. , To the Haywood judges, this is not enough. They have held that | to convict a person of possessing liquor, for sale the officers must | find more liquor than a gallon. "This fellow will go to Asheville and buy it at $2.60 a pint and bring \ it back and sell it at $4.50," Rogers told the committee, "He makes two j 1 or three trips a day, but every J itme the officers go in there they ! never find more than a gallon of 1 liquor on hand." j J To bring this fellow to bay. Rog ers proposes to set up new rules of j 1 (See Rep. Rogers?Page 61 Increased Inquiries Point j; To Fine Season In Section 1 d "Inquiries have kept coming on through the winter, and now, we are 15 to 20 per cent ahead of last spring with inquiries about the area," Mrs. Edith P. Ailey, acting secretary of the West ern North Carolina Highlanders said today. ' "This percentage is really conservative, and I believe It would be nearer accurate to say 25 per cent," she continued, as 1 she told of the many states from which inquiries have come. For this much of April, the inquiries of the midwest, New / York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Texas, Florida and Canada are j high, along with Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Kentucky and Michi gan have shown a decided increase in recent weeks, she said. w The Piedmont anea of this state and Virginia, together with Wis- ol consin and Missouri have had more than usual. ? - j ^ Each inquiry is different, and asks about recreation, the drama, flowering season, camps, fishing, lakes, the TV A dams, and w the Smokies. et Increasing in numbers are letters from honeymooners, y school groups, and parties of adults. Each letter is answered, and Q three local maps are enclosed. $. "From the inquiries, this looks like the b?**t season In a ^ long, long time," Mrs. Alley said. ' ,p Polio Vaccine Shots To Be Given To County School Pupils Next Week 1,506 Children To Be Inoculated; Schedule Listed Inoculation of first- and second- j grade pupils in Haywood County | with the new Salk polio vaccine will begin Monday, according to Dr. ! H. A. Matthews of Canton, presi- j dent of the Haywood County Medi- i cal Society. The shots will be given in the county schools by physician mem bers of the medical society, assist ed by personnel of the Health De partment and volunteer registered nurses. Some 1.506 school children will be given the first inoculation next week and the second within four weeks. These two shots will be giv en free since the vaccine was fur nished to the various states without charge by the National Folio Foundation. However, a charge will | be made for a third polio vaccine ! shot, to be given seven months af- ' ter the second one. This final shot in the Salk series , will be made at a "minimum" cost, | Dr. Matthews said. Additional polio vaccine will be | made available to private physi cians later in the spring or this summer, the doctor said. When this vaccine arrives in the county, news of its availability will be publicized, he added. , Dr. Matthews urged that parents . not call doctors, schools, or the Health Department concerning the t vaccine. Officials already have been i swamped with telephone calls. The schedule for the inoculations (See Polio Vaccine?Page 6) Referendum j On Burley Is Explained Issues inv.olved in the coming, burley tobacco referendum, to be conducted in eight states April 28, were explained to Haywood County farmers at a meeting at the courthouse this morning. Out-of-county officials at the meeting ? ail from Raleigh ? ( were J. L. Nicholson, chief of the lobacco branch of the marketing quota section of the U. S. Depart- 1 mcnt of Agriculture; R. Flake i Shaw, executive vice president of Hie North Carolina Farm Bureau: j Bob Shoffner of the Agricultural ( (See Burley?Page 6) LOCAL GUARDSMEN are shown here loading into their truck at the Armory to go to their sta tinns In It different place* in this area in the na tion-wide alert Wednesday night. (Mountaineer Photo). Murray Files For Mayor In Canton, Deadline Nears J. Paul Murray, former mayor of Canton, filed late Wednesday for the post of mayor, making two * candidates in the race in Canton. | PreviuHaly. tiled was Maurice X , Brooks. M. Carnfc Henson also filed for member of the board of aldermen, making eight seeking a place on the 3-meniber board. Filing in Canton closes mid night, Friday, according to Jack Scroggs, chairman of the board of elections. However, registration continues until 9 p.m. Saturday night. Candidates in Clyde have until nine Saturday night to file, ac cording to Mrs. Joyce Haynes. clerk of the town of Clyde. The registration books will close at the same hour, In Hazelwood. according to Rudolph Carswell, clerk of the town, the filing deadline is six u'clock Saturday afternoon. Filing in Waynesville closed at I'2:30 last Saturday As of noon today, each of the Tour towns in Haywood had the rollowing number of candidates Peeking office: Waynesville ? Mayor 3; alder men 13. Hazelwood ? Mayor 3; alder men 7. Clyde ? Mayor 2; aldermen 6: police court Juoge 2. Canton ? Mayor 2: aldermen J; school board 2; police court judge 1. The election in all four towns sill be held Tuesday, May 3. Registration For May 3 Elections Closes Saturday Registration books for the May .1 municipal election* in the county's four towns will close this Saturday with "challenge day." Any challenges made Saturday will be heard later before pre cinct registrar* and judge*. The books were opened last Saturday. Klection* will be held on Tues day. May 3, in Waynesville, llae elwood. Canton, and Clyde. All four towns will elect mayors and aldermen. Canton will also'eUy* a police judge and board of edu cation members. Clyde will name a police judge. Guard Unil Joins U. S. Test Alert Tank Company, l2t)lh htfantry . Regiment. of Wajnesvillo and 30th Sigrtal Company yf Canton joined other , National 'Guard units throughout North Carolina and the U. S. Wednesday night in the Guard's first nation-wide alert. The first order for the alert wuk sent by the Pentagon in Wash 1 ington simultaneously to adjutant generals of the 48 states, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Hieo. The aleil was received here at 8:50 p.m. by Capt Samuel L. Cars well, Tank Company commander, who assigned his men 10 separate missions ? aimed at ? protecting vital public installations such as ; the filtration plant, electrical sub j (See Nitifflsl Guard?Pago 6) Dinner Set Friday For [JNC Group I i Waynesville will play host to 45 rvembers of Delta Sigma Fi, pro- < essional business fraternity at the i Jniversity of North Carolina, at a I linner at the Towne House Fri- ? lay night. 1 Mayor J. 11. Way will welcome \ he group and Jonathan H. Woody, ( >ast president of the North Caro-' Ina Bankers Association and < (See UNC Group?Page 6) More Than 150 Attend 10th District Medical Meeting Held Here On Wednesday Haywood Baptist Tournament Set Tuesday Night The an Dual Haywood Baptist Training Union tournament will be held at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday at the Hazelwood Baptist Church, accord ing to Vaughn Mali, Training Un ion director. The assoclationnl tournament will Include adults' scripture read ing under the direction of the ftcv. Hubert' Caddis; intermediate "sword drill" with Mrs. Roy Hayncs' in charge; junior memory cork supervised by Mrs. Gay Chambers, and a hymn festival, j Members of all county Baptist: :hurches arc invited to attend the | issoriational event. The spring meeting of the Tenth District Medical Society brought 112 doctors, with about 40 being ac companied by their wives for the meeting here Wednesday. The wives of the members were entertained with a dessert bridge at the Country C'tub and golf by members of the Haywood County Medical'Society Auxiliary. t The meeting Wednesday after noon was held at the Ilazclwood school, with Dr. C. A. Newland. president, of Brevard presiding. The second part of the afternoon meeting was presided over,by Dr. J C, Horner, first vice president of the Society. 11c is from Spruce Pine. Rev. T Earl Hobinctt. pastor of See Medical Merlins?Page ??> Mrs. Ketner Named Head Df District 3 HDC Women Mrs W. D. Ketner of Dellwood as elected president of District 3 [ the Federation of Home Dem ristration Clubs at a district meet- ; ig Wednesday at Brevard College. Mrs. Henry Gamer of Bethel also as named secretary of the three >unty district HDC organization. Other officers chosen included rs. Joe Norman of Transylvania ounty, first vice president; Mrs. N. Garren of Henderson County, cond vice president: Mrs. K. H. arkey of Transylvania County. . (?surer; and Mrs. L, F. Haiti of Henderson County, historian. Haywood County, with 155 club , women In attendance, won the gav el for having the largest number of members traveling the farther distance. Total attendance at the meeting was 272. Participating in Haywood Coun ty's Progress Report" skit were , Mrs. Ketner, Mrs. Jim Welch and Mrs. Jack P. McCracken of Bethel, Mrs. Paul Robinson of Beaverdam. Mrs. James McClure of Lakeside. Mrs. Wallace Torgerson of Lake (See Mrs. Ketner?Page CI Highway Record For 1955 ? In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed ?.. I 0 Injured.... 16 Accidents.. 47 Loss .. $17,054 I (This Information com piled from records ot. State Hichnajr PalraU | I 4
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