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HI The Wayne sville Mountaineer 'mm ... ? Published Twice-A-W eek In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ? ^ ami U4? * wart ^ YEAR no. 33 11 PAGES Associated PreaT^ W AYNESVILLE, N. C.MONDAY AFTERN(K)N. APRIL Z5. 1955 ~ $3.50 In Advance inHay woodand Jackson Counties Hey Referendum Set Thursday; riculture Leaders Urge 'Yes' Vote [XG GROUND for their new educational Sunday morning were these officials of lie Baptist Church (left to right); Roy director of the Training Union; Grover chairman of the finance committee: Or F?e?, chairman of the building committee; Brown. Sunday School superintendent; Rev. J. O. Goodwin. Jr., and Joe Shuler, chairman of the deacons. When completed by late fall, the one-story concrete block building will provide space for more than 30 classrooms, four assem bly rooms, pastor's office and study, church li brary. recreation area, and a kitchen. (tYlountaineer Photo). >, Bethel ivestock lg Contests ille High School's team rface in beef cattle and | ig, while Bethel School t in dairy cattle judging m FFA Federation con day at Clemson College ; irollna. ltle'if 'winning beef ire Bill Gaddy. Keith: ad, and Tommy Boyd, first-place judges were lie, David Vance, and arren. laced fourth in dairy 1th a team including ! itopher, Jack Farmer. ! Ratclitfe. sbitt is vocational agri eher at Waynesville. M. is the same position at ?am FFA Federation is 1 Haywood and Jackson lools Ittesville and Bethel will | 1 the district contest in lay 14 lei Found |)i Rabies Id of the squirrel which Idly Buckner of the Dix Imunitv last week show- I Is of rabies, according to i ?on tin state laboratory lirrel hit Mrs. Buckner lies on the lace, head. In the yard of her resi iMonday morning. I action of the normally |l. it was believed that Bering from rabies when j I from a nearby woods i I woman. StTo Train ?ry Judges l?rge. extension dairy I H. C. State College. 1 the Mountain Experi ln in Ratcliffc Cove at Idny to conduct the | I t-H Club dairy-judging ? Haywood County will ly-judging team to the 1 I Club convention at ' lowing to County Agent Ground Broken For Clyde Baptist Educational Building Haywood Had Per Capita Valuation Last Year $1,014 Haywood county ranks 51st in the state according to per capita assessed valuation of all proper ty. locally taxable for the year 1953-54. The record shows Haywood with an assessed valuation of $38,178,023, Riving a per capita valuation of $1,014. The per cent total levy is of assessed valuation $2.30. The highest per capita valua tion fo rlast year was in Forsyth, with $3,654. and the lowest was Ashe county with $444. Ground was broken at 12:15 p.m. Sunday by members of the Clyde Baptist Church for the congrega tion's new educational building, which will provide. space for 40 classrooms ? completely depart mentalized. Actual work will begin on the addition in May and is expected to be completed fey late fall. The building will be a one-story con crete block structure, with a total floor space of 9,000 square feet. It is being built by Howard Hall at a cost of between $65,000 and $75, 000. An acre of ground for the build ing was purchased by the congre gation some time'ago. The Clyde Baptist Church has a membership of 400 and a Sunday School attendance of about 200 ? a gain of 70 in the past two years. z,UUU Growers Eligible To Vote In County Polls Three thousand Haywood County burley tobacco producers?includ ing farm owners, operators, and tenants?are eligible to vote in the eight-state burley referendum to be held Thursday, according to A. W. Ferguson. ASC county manager. At stake in the voung is whether price supports and marketing quo tas shall be retained on the 1955 burley tobacco. The ballot to be used Thursday asks the question: "Do you favor or oppose the redetermined nation al marketing quota for the 1955 crop of burley tobacco with gov ernment price support at 90 per cent of parity?" In order to pass, program ol quotas and price supports must be approved by a two-thirds majority. The referendum, however, will have no effect on redetermined acreage allotments on burley tobac co, announced previously. It also concerns only this year's crop. County and state agricultural leaders are urging a "yes" vote on the issue in order to retain price supports and marketing quotas. Mr. Ferguson cited the 1954 bur ley average of 54 cents a pound as compared with the record low of 8.7 cents a pound in 1931. The pres I ent quotas program was inaugurat | ed the next year and burley prices : started climbing. All voting places for the referen 1 duni in the county will be open | Thursday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.in. Balloting will take place at: Beaverdam?City Hall. Canton. Clyde?Clyde High School. Crabtree ? Crabtree* Iron Duff "School. V* Fast Fork?Cruso Grocery Store. Fines Creek?Fines Creek High School. Iron Duff?Jarvis Caldwell's Mill Ivy Hill?Burgin's Store. Dell wood. Jonathan?Hock Hill School, (Big Creek and Cataloochee' ? J. M. Caldwell Store, Pigeon?Bethel School. Waynesville?ASC Office. White Oak?Community | Build ing. Panther Creek?Polling Place. Higher Vegetable, Fruit Production Will Be Discussed Here Thursday Cancer Fund Needs $900 To Meet $1,213 Budget The Waynesville area still neeas $.900 to reach its quota of $1,213 j for the annual Cancer Crusade, ac- I cording to Mrs. Rebakah Murray i of the Business and Professional , Women's Club, which is sponsor ing the drive in this area. No porchlight drive of other j house-to-house canvass is planned. ; Mrs. Murray said, btu area resi- j dents are urged to contribute to ' the drive against the Nation's No. ! 2 killer ? cancer. Since the first of the month j funds have been solicited during a i special shoe shine project direct-1 ed by Mrs. Clara Kippetoe and N(rs. Lois Gentry, with collections '? at downtown theatres, and with I (See Cancer?Page 8) N. C. Poultry Expert To Visit Broiler Growers W. G. Andrews, poultry specialist at N. C. State College, will be in Haywood County Wednesday for a visit with broiler producers. He will visit poultrymeh to dis cuss general problems, marketing, and price outlook information. One of North Carolina's leading poultry specialists, Mr. Andrews has made extensive studies of broil er productions in this and other states. Law Prohibiting Display Of Wild Animals Doubtful The chances of legislation affect ing the keeping of wild animals for tourist attractions seem remote, ac cording to C. M. Douglas, Brevard, a strong advocate of laws prohibit ing the penning of wild animals. Douglas, just back from Raleigh, said no bill will be introduced, and that exhibitors would have to comply with the present regula tions of the Wildlife Resources Commission. He said captive wild hears must have running water through their pens, shelter and shade. Douglas has been trying for some time to get a law on captive wild animals. He said: "Just because T Tailed this time is no reason J will rtot/ be back before the legislature later. I am gf ng to keep trying." Soco-Heintooga Road Surfacing Set Up In Budget An appropriation of $112,000 has been set up for the paving of the 14-mile section of Parkway from Soco Gap to Heintooga. The money Mill have to come out of the allocations made avail able July first. Part of the project is the Blue Ridge Parkway and the other part *s the responsibility of the National Forest Service. The Mountaineer learned that the protect will be handled through the Bureau of Public Roads, and the paving done under their super vision. The initial surfacing coating, or seal, was put down about two years ago ' i Indications are the work will get under way in lli? laU fall or early spring. Increased production and mar keting of vegetables and small fruis in Haywood County will be discussed at a special county-wide meeting of farmers at the court house at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, ac cording to County Agent Virgil L Holloway. Because of the reduction of bur ley tobacco allotments and the heavy damage in the county from freezing weather, the need has been felt to increase the county's production of vegetables and small fruits to offset the loss in income from tobacco and apples, the coun ty agent explained. "Haywood County farmers could add at least a half million dollars by growing more vegetables and small fruits." Mr. Holloway said, adding: "And that'sa conservative estimate." Although vegetables and fruits are profitable, farmers should care fully study the markets and have , the know-how before starring pro duction of any commodity, the county agent cautioned. Leading the discussion Thursday 1 afternoon will be George Abshier. vegetable marketing specialist at i N, C. State College, who will speak i on various aspects of vegetable and I fruit production and marketing, i Among topics likely to be dis cussed is the Chamber of Com I raerce's project for the establish ' ment of a curb market in this area. Mr. Holloway asserted that there is a good market for Haywood County produce within the county itself, in Asheville. and in Hender-, sonville?with the latter being con sidered one of the top markets in | the Southeast. "If we can get our production up. the marketing will take care of | itself.". Mr. Holloway observed. All county farmers, agriculture officials and teachers and other interested persons are invited to the meeting Thursday, AMONG 1.506 PUPILS in (he first and second grades of Haywood County schools who will re reive inoculations of Salk polio vaccine this week are Glenda May Francis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kobei't Francis of KatclifTe Cove, and N'eal Ann Webb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neal Joseph Webb of Hast St.. Waynesvllle. both from Hast Waynesvllle School. Giving the Inoculations la Dr. A. Howard Smith, assisted by nurse Mrs. Lura Davis. (Mountaineer Photo). n i * sns 51 Candidates File For Offices In Four Towns County Board To Seek New Health Officer ? The first meeting of the Hay wood County Board of Health since the death of Dr. S. >V. Jabaut, health officer, will be held at V p.m. tonight at the courthouse. The board will discuss the em ployment of a new health of ficer to succeed Dr. Jabaut. who suffered a heart attark in Ashe ville last Monday afternoon af ter attending the hearing on the i Pigeon River Road and then going to the Buneombe County Asheville Health Department to pick up the county's portion of Salk polio vaccine, lie clied at Memorial Mission Hospital. The federal government re quires that counties must have health officers ? if obtainable? to receive federal and state funds. I With filing and registration j over, candidate* In Haywood's four towns got down to earnest cam paigning this week, looking to the municipal elections on Tuesday, i May 3rd. There are 51 candidates died in the four towns; 16 in Waynesville; 10 in Hazelwod; 11 in Clyde and I 14 in Canton. Hegistralion ended Saturday, with most of'It* towns reporting "brisk business'' on Saturday. Fil ing olso ended Saturday for Hazel wood. Clyde and Canton, while the deadline for Waynesville can didates ended the lblh of April. The only change in filing in any of the four towns over the weekend | was in Canton, when J. Paul Mur ray, who filed last Wednesday, withdrew from the race, and Bruce G. Nanney filed for the post of mayor. The race in Canton for may or is now between Maurice T. (See Candidates?Page 8) 47 Carolina Students At Banquet Here * Forty-seven members of Uelti Sigma Pi professional business fraternity at the University o North Carolina were honored here Friday night at a dinner meetini at The Towne House. With the group were two Way nesville residents?Charles Hyatt son of Mr. ^nd Mrs. Harry Hyatt and Robert Massie. son of Mr. an< Mrs. Guy Massie. After touring the Americai Enka plant at Enka and the Cham pion Paper and Fibre plant a Canton Friday, the group arrive* at the Haywood Motor Inn ii Waynesville, where they weri guests of J. H. Woody, prcsiden of the First National Bank of Way nesville. At the banquet at the Town* House, the UNC students wen welcomed by David Felmet. speak ing for Mayor J, H. Way. Th< principal speaker of the eveninj was Ned Tucker, executive vie* president of the Chamber of Com inerce, who was introduced bj Whitener Prevost. Mr. Prevost and R. N. Barber Jr., both Carolina graduates, anc Monroe Landreth, district di rector of Sigma Delta Pi, wen guests at the meeting. Following tl(e banquet, a part] was given for the Tar Heels b> the Chamber of Commerce at tin Piedmont Hotel. On Saturday, tlx group went to Mile High Overlook in a motorcade led by Miss Kath leen Calhoun. According to reports, several ol the students had never before been in the mountains and wert warm in praise of the beauty ol this region and the hospitality ol its residents. One youth remarked! "This I* where I'm confing on in> honey inodn." Area Escapes Damage From Wind, Rain Hayvrood County apparently es caped some of the damage dealt to Buncombe County by heavy winds and rains which lashed sections of Western North Carolina Sunday. Roy Wright, manager of the Carolina Power and Light Co. of fice at Mazelwood said that storm * damage to power lines was "very ' , slight", while only "minor scatter f ed trouble" to telephone equip ment was reported by C. T. Mc * , Cuiston. manager of the Wayncs | ville and Canton exchanges of - Southern Bell Telephone. * L At 11:30 a.m. yesterday, an - ominous looking dark gray sky J blanketed the mountains, causing one Clyde woman to remark: "It 1 looks like the world is coming to " an end." ! ' The second "monsoon" moments i later drove away the eerie, dark ] mist. t 1 llitjli winds, hail, and driving sheets of rain characterized the third downpour of the day in the , i afternoon. i ] Precipitation varied consider . : ably throughout the county. Only ? an inch of rain was recorded at the j Mountain Kxperimenl Station, but ? j was much heavier in other por . jtion* of the county. ??aiK folio Inoculations * Under Way Pupils in the fii-st and second grades at Ucaverdaiti and North Canton schools were the first in Haywpod County to get inoculations of the new Salk polio vaccine as the week-long program got under way this aftcrnuon at the Iwo schools. Teams of doctors and nurses will work through the week in giving Mhc Brit shot vaccine to protect youngsters from the dreaded crtp pkr, po'llo The series of Initial In oculations will end at 2 p.m. Friday at Maggie School. Some 1.506 first and second graders in the county will gel one shot tills week, a second shot with in four weeks, and a third In seven months. The first two shots will be given free?with vaccine furnished by the National Polio Foundation. The third will be given at "mini mum cost". The shots will be given by mem bers of the Haywood County Medi ? cal Society?assisted by personnel of the Health Department, volun teer registered nurses, and PTA members. After the Polio Vaccine Evalua tion Center a) the University of Michigan reported tlint the Salk vaccine is 90 ner cent effective. Dr. Jonas Salk, the developer of the immunization, asserted that he will continue his research until the vac cine is 100 per cent effective. The fight against polio has been financed In recent years by funds raised during the March of Dimes. During January, a total of $27, ,870.16 was raised in Haywood (See Polio?Page 8) Draft Board Classifies 29 County Men Twenty-nine Haywood County men were given draft classifications at a recent meeting of Selective Service Board 45. They were: Class 1-A (available* for induc tion! ? Johnny Robert Ashe,. Jr.: James Arthur Moore." Class 1-C (enlistedi ? Kugene Bennett; Joseph Charles Leather wood. Class 1-C freservdl-?Mark Neal Hoglen; Frank Chambers; John Daniel Green; Kenneth Kay Muse; Frank Hunt. Jr.; Guy Samuel Mathews: Bobby Kuscoe Caldwell: (See Draft Board?Pace 8) Proposed Link Ol Highway In Pisgah Would Add Loop I ' I np ni'xi major projm ui mau building for the Plsgah National ?' Forest Service will be a short ', stretch of road on the ridge be s l tween Pin Hook Gap and Beech ?jGap?elevation 5 339 feet. This link of completed road p would provide for a loop trip from. , Rosman to Beech Gap and then on p down to Lake Logan, p The road from Rosman to Pin Hook Gap was a CCC project, and i only a small section of the link re mains to be built, according to Hon J. Mnrriss, Miperviso ruf North Car I t olina National Forest*. Morris* said there were about 23 recreational areas in the 11 west ern counties of the state, and funds for the year will just about I "provide for maintenance," he said. He pointed out that he supposed that the State Highway Commis sion would pave the Ptsgah Motor Road some time this summer. "We spent almost $20,000 putting a cushion on the road before turn ing it over to the state fur main tenance," the supervisor ssid. Sheriff, School, Livestock Bills Are Included Four Haywood county bills intro duced by Rep. Jerry Rogers passed the House Friday and Saturday. They included: Clarification of whiskey posses sion evidence. Agricultural, Livestock project tax. Fixing salaries of sheriff and deputies. Setting up five districts for nom inating board of education. A fifth bill which Rep. Rogers introduced last week deals with transfer of title to a water line in : Canton to the town from the Can | ton school board. Rep. Rogers this morning told The Mountaineer that he did not anticipate any trouble with any of the Haywood bills passing in the Senate and being ratified. He said the bill recently intro duced by Senator William Mcdford , in the senate, providing (hat the State Highway Commission pay all costs of the proposed viaduct was slated to come to the Senate floor Tuesday. Rep. Rogers said the out look for the measure seemed very favorable In passing the Senate and the House. Rep. Rogers was asked when the General Assemble would likely ? adjourn said:" "It now looks like May 19th, but with the finance bill coming out Tuesday to be debated, there can be a long delay there." Among the state - wide bills which Rep. Rogers is a sponsor is one w'hich will curtail printing of reports of various state agencies, ' and also prohibits sending the ex pensive copies of new laws to ail Justices of peace and magistrates i in the state. The potential savings to the state is estimated to be be tween $80,000 and $100,000 per I year. SHERIFF'S BULL This measure would set the com pensation of the sheriff of Haywood County at $4,500 per year, plus $1 . 000 travel expenses. The bill pro vides for the naming of three dep tSee New Law*?Page 8) 14 Haywood Bills Passed By House Inspection Committee Meeting Set A meeting of the steering com mittee for the voluntary automobile inspection program to be conduct ed throughout Haywood County during the first two weeks in May will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Chamber of Commerce of fice here, according to H. L. Brad ley, committee chairman. Cars and trucks will be inspected at special cheeking lanes in the county manned by experienced ' mechanics, assisted by other volun teer workers. Owners of the ve hicles will be given a report of the inspection and urged to have any defects corrected. When approved, cars will bear an inspection sticker. Haywood County is one of the 10 areas in North Carolina selecl . ed to participate in the nation-vyide inspection prAgrain. which is being sponsored by the National Safety Council, Inter-Industry Highway Safety Committee, and Look maga zine. Members of the county steering committee, in addition to Mr. Brad ley, are M. H. Bowles. Jimmy Wil liamson. C. C. Poindexter, Mrs. Paul Robinson, Bob Smith. Ken neth Fry. Bbb Tippett, O. L. Nol and, Harley Wright, and Bob Con way. Highway Record For 1955 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed ? ? ? ? 0 Injured.... 16 Accidents ? ? 47 Loss.. $17,304 (TMt Information im plied from records ol Stste lllghw?r^Piitrnll.)j^ I lei : COOL * j Mrtly cloudy and ' Visibility reduc- 1 ^Tuesday, generally J *Vnesville tempera- 1 by the State Test Ma*. Min. Vr. 1 75 43 .07 J m- 7? ?*m .14 i BU 78 53 P | 70 87 .35 I