r?5 The Waynesville Mountaineer 1^1 -? J Published Twice-AAN eek In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Associated Pres. WAYNKSVILLE, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 2." 1955 $;5.50 In Adva.uv In llay^od and Jackson Counts 1 DAMAGED was this 1955 Ford after i tree off the Soco Road in Jackson ,t 5:30 a.m. Friday. Occupants of the car. from Virginia to Calfiornia were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. McGhee of Norfolk. Ho was hospitalized here and then transferred to the Veterans Hospital at Swannanoa. She was treated here. (Mountaineer Photo). Parents Turn Down a Shots For Children Vew Scenes ea Termed Classics' ' the newest scenes of uluska has Just been I on plastichrome post r Hugh Morton, well iorth Carolina photog id owner of Grandfath aia. rilifht scene was made inbuth Inn hill, and t lighted cross, with the the sunset from behind i mountain. favorable comment has ivcd on the photograph. Iht new series is a pie inr azaleas on the Park t Hrintooga area. ???????? . I . Stepp Is Fatality n Fire ris C. Stepp, 24. former Hood County, died Sun p.m. in a Seatle. Wash isiptal, becoming the ility from a fire and ex her home in Sappho. s. 1 Mrs. Stepp's children ?esult of the blaze which id was caused when she rosene into a heater to it she thought was a The accident occurred 4. was killed outright; Ated on the way to a Id Patria, Patrick's twin I Saturday in a Seat iThe victims were flown hospitals from* their opposite side of Pudget ?PP. the former Miss h. and her husband, both he Cruso section, moved tton about three years 8 Mrs. Stepp, in addi the State Test Ma*. Min Pr. 6T 81 70 34 72 39 74 35 ' '' ' ' " ?? Record Vote Predicted In 4 Haywood Towns Tuesday As Municipal Officers Are Named Woman Hurt In Weekend Accidents One woman was hurt in one of i three traffic accidents reported by j the State Highway Fatrol during | the weekend. Two residents of Route 2, Waynesville, escaped injury at 8:30 a.m. Sunday when the 1950 Olds mobile In which they were riding 1 went out of control on the Crab tree road, struck a clifT on the right , side of the highway and then over turned twice over a bank on the left side. Patrolman Harold Dayton of the Highway Patrol identified the two men in the car as Everett Burton Davis and Lewis Honeycutt. He charged the former with speeding and reckless driving. Damage to the car was estimat- j ed at $250. Patrolman V. E. Bryson assisted j in the investigation. An accident on the Soco Road near the Maggie Snake Farm at j 1:15 p.m. Sunday involved a 1947 Buick driven by Walter C. Davis of Asheville and a 1954 Chevrolet driven by Lewis Raymond Watkins j of Bryson City. Patrolman Dayton reported that ' Davis, going west, made a left turn in the path of the Watkins car. He charged Davis with fail- { ure to yield the right-of-way. Injured in the accident was Mrs. Delia Watkins. who was treated at Haywood County Hospital for a sprained left ankle and a cut on the right knee. Another wreck on the Spco Road i near \he intersection of NX. 284 at 4:40 p.m. Sunday concerned Ransom Moody Sheehan, of Dell- ] wood, driving a logging truck, and Ralph Campbell of Maggie, driv- j ing a 1953 Chevrolet. Patrol Cpl. Pritchard H. Smith' said that Campbell's car struck the j rear end of the truck and charged Campbell with following too close ly. The truck was not damaged. Damage to the Chavrolet was esti I mated at $300. County Included In Distress Area For Crop Loans Congressman George A. Shu ford has announced that Hay wood, Buncombe and Hender son counties have been included in the counties in a distress area j for emergency crop loans. The inclusion of Haywood , along with the other two counties was occasioned by the recent freezing weather which meant severe damage to fruit trees and tobacco plants. RALEIGH BOUND are these crates of rat^ps thj^ week?with two destined to be screed at the S. & W. cafeteria in the capital city and the third to be displayed on a television program concern ing the Ramp Convention Thursday night. Phek- *' ing the crates are (left to right* Bill Palmer of Canton, president of North Carolina Friends of the Rampi Inc.; A. W. Parker of Candler, ren rr*al manager of the convention, and Ned Moody, on whose farm at DeUwood moat of the pre-con vention work Is done. Most of the ramps used also comes from the Dellwood-Maggle area. (Mountaineer Photo). Vegetable-Fruit Market In Area Held Not Feasible Project At Present 1 , 'I 7 Buriey Vote In Haywood 98 Pet. 'Yes' The burley tobacco price sup port and marketing quota program won overwhelming approval in Haywood County Thursday when 98.4 per cent of the producers vot ing in the special referendum registered a "yes" vote. Of the total of 1.797 ballots cast, 1,766 were in favor of the sup port and only 31 were opposed. A. W. Ferguson, ASC county manager, said that approximately 71 per cent of the 2,500 eligible voters in the county went to the polls Thursday, The biggest vote in the county was cast at Fines Creek, where 262 growers voted "yes" and only two "no". The second largest Was in Waynesville. where the final count was 254-0. Totals at other polls were 'list ing the affirmative vote first, the (See Burley?Page 8) t "I vvouW ""iifcy that a vegetable i and frpit market in Haywood County ia out of the picture at present because of lack of produc tion," George Abshier, vegetable marketing specialist from N. C. State College, asserted at a special meeting at the courthouse Thurs day afternoon. "This county's vegetable produc tion would have to be m ,re than doubled to make such i. market profitable." he added, Mr. Abahier recounte*", instances of towns Ih Eastern Noah Carolina which built markets, only to have (hem fall for lack of sellers and buyers. "I know you want a market here, i but I Imagine you also want to keep from losing money," th^ speaker commented. For the present, Mr . Abshier said, Haywood County vegetable and small fruit producers should depend on county and regional sales outlets and the auction mar ket. Whether county farmers arc sufficiently Interested in increas ing vegetable and fruit production "depend* on how badly they need (See Market?Page 8) \ X Mrs. Striitgfield Shows .Improvement Mrs. Sam Strlngfield, who has been receiving treatment at the Haywood County Hospital, for the past ten days, is reported to be showing marked improvement. ... itfow Many Will Make Farm Tour? Letters have been sent tu aP proximately 300 county resident who have made past out-of-stati farm tours, asking the recipient if they intend to go on the 12-stal< tour which is scheduled for Jul\ 18-28 ounty Agent Virgil L Hollow*: said that final plans for the toui mu$it be completed soon and tha .his office needs to know i.pprox imately how many persons are go ing in order to make tl e neces sar.v arrangements. At the end of ihe letters ai blanks on which persons are ask. ed to speeify whether they plai to join the tour group. Mr. Holloway emphasized tha persons returning the blanks wil not be obligated in any way. H< explained that data obtained is foi information only. Blanks are to bt returned by Saturday. County residents who do not re ceive a letter, but who wish to ge on the tour may do by calling the county's agent office, it was ex> plained. Mr. Holloway said that the toui will be one of the "best ever" ir the 12-year history of the tours and added that "intense interest' I See Farm Tour?Page 8) Sherifi s Bill Becomes Law; Others Are Pendino The bill authorizing the sheriff's office to be placed on a salary basis instead of a fee basis has become a law. The measure was | introduced in the General Assem bly by Rep. Jerry Rogers several weeks ago. The measure becomes effective July 1, and calls for the naming of three deputies by the ! sheriff. The sheriff's salary was set at $4,500, plus $1',000 travel expenses. The salary far th" depu ties is $250 per month, with travel expenses of $125 per irenth for two. None for the third. The measure setting up five dis tricts in the county for the nomi- , nation of the board of education i has passed both the House and the ' Senate. This is the same measure ! which was made into law in 1051 and repealed in 1B53. The bill will probably be ratified this week. The bill which would authorize asking for an election for setting 3-cent tax for building and main taining a Livestock and Home Arts project has passed the House and ] is now in the Senate finance com mittee. Another measure introduced by Rep. Rogers #as to whiskey evi dence has passed the House and is now in the Senate Judiciary Com mittee. The bill authorizing the trans ier of ownership of a water line in Canton from the Heaverdam School Board to the Town of Can ton passed the House^and is in the Senate committee on Counties, Cities and Towns. The bill introduced in tl.e Senate by Senator William Modford Riv ing the State Highway Commission permission to pay for the construc tion of a viaduct in Canton is in the House committee on Roads. This matter will probably be acted upon this week. No concerted op position is expected.' according to observers in Raleigh on legisla tive matters. Senator Medford and Rep. Rog ers flew back to Raleigh this after noon after spending the weekend in Waynesville. Advantages Of A United Fund Plan Told Rotarians Rotairians hear of the successful operation of the United Fund in AshcviUe, as Ed Deacon, chairman, and Tony Williams, executive sec retary. addressed the club on the work being carried in Asheville. Deacon pointed out that after (trying various plans in Asheville. , it was found that the United Fund had come nearer solving their problem on charity drives than any other plan used. ! He said several welfare agen . cies were near bankruptcy when the plan was inaugurated, because in 1949 there were 70 different solicitations made In Asheville. "The one package plan has en i abled welfare agencies to get back on their feet, and many are oper ating on a smaller budget but do ing work more efficiently because of the over-all planning. "Some agencies still refuse to recognize the United Fund tplan, while others have come into the plan in recent years after once turning it aside," he said. Permanent planning is one o( the main factors in favor of the campaign, and the plan raises more money, and is a traffic Unit er of all segments. Deacon pointed out. Williams said the organization worked by committees, with the ad mission committee being the first, then a budget committee to de termine the needs. The budget committee works all year rhecking and seeing that the allocation of (See United Fund?Pare Hi Predict Over 2000Votes Here Tues. 1 ' 4 T ? . . Political observers were predict ing today that a new all-high rec ord for town voting would be set ! Tuesday In Waynesville and Hazel wood. and a possibility of also a record voting in Clyde and Canton, as municipal elections are held. Conservative estimates here to day were that more than 2,000 votes would be cast in Waynes ville. as a heavy ticket composed Ot 3 candidates for mayor and 13 for aiderinen is balloted. Four years ago Waynesville's j total vote was 1.712. Several hundred new names were added in the recent regis | tratlon. The prediction of over 2,000 j votes fot Tuesday broke it down to 1,600 for the Are station pre < cinct. and 450 or more at Allen's Creek School. Four years ago Hazelwood polled 550 in the town election and with 3 candidates for mayor and seven for aldermen, the vote there Tues day is expected to be above that iigure by a good margin. The polls will open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 6:30 p.m. The terms of office for all town officials In Haywood are for four years. Waynesville has 3 candidates for mayor, and 13 Tor aldermen. Hazelwood also has 3 for mayor, and 7 for aldermen, while in Clyde there are 3 for mayor. A for alder- ? rueii wad 2 fur. police vouix judge . ? Canton* has 2 candidates for mayor, 8 for aldermen. 2 for the school board. 1 for police court judge and one for solicitor. There are two precincts in Way nesvlllo. The fire station and the Aliens Creek school. M. H. Bowles, district superin tendent of schools, this morning asked that those voting al the Al iens Creek school please enter the s cafeteria for voting, and not go ? through the main school building. * In this way. he said, interference f with school work will be held to ' a_ minimum. Flection officials al Precinct one 1 ?the fire station ? will be Huth r Kelly, registrar: George Brown and t Harry Clay, judges. Officials at precinct 2 ? Aliens . Creek ? are Vance Muse, regi strar, and Charlie Duckett and Hi Id red Page, judges. In Hazelwood the voting will be at the town hall, with Mrs. R. W. Crawford, serving as registrar, 1 .loe N. Tate and Mrs. Carroll Whitner. judges, t The Clyde voters will go to the 1 town hall to vote. (See Flection?Page 8> Boy Struck i By Cab Suffers ; Only Bruises Ronnie Bryant two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J T. Bryant of '. ftill St.. Waynesvllle, suffered only , bruises when he was struck by a Smoky Mountain taxicab driven by E. W. Reoce of Saunook at 1:15 p.m. today. 1 Patrolman Arthur Paul Evans of the Waynesvllle police said that the boy ran in the path of the cab as Reecc was turning around by backing Into Welch St. front East St. The boy was treated by. Dr. Thomas Stringfield and then taken to his home. . i ? * i Highway Record For j; 1955 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed .... 0 Injured.... 17 Accidents.. 50 Loss.. $18,004 (This Information com piled from records ol State llhrhw.y Patrol.) ? _ "t ' #? Town Election Polls Open 6:30 a. m., Close 6:30 p. m. * .? * 1'' ?" ' - ' - ???-?-rftv- |y-||