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
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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.
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. 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
<r husband, are a Son,
?; a daughter, Sharon;
Albert Fish; the step
??e brothers. Hardy and
h of Canton and Sam
Jjbcky; five sisters, Mrs.
Pi Mrs. Burl Hender
'?n and Mrs. Fay Spoon
WiHe, S. C.. Mrs. Willis
indler. and Mrs. Seldon
Candler.
' plans are fop the
** victims to be brought
bwood County for bur
Approximately 50 parents of
first- and second-grade pupils in
nine Haywood County schools re
quested that their children not get
the Salk polio inoculations as
scheduled the latter part of last
week, according to Mrs. Rubye
Bryson, public health nurse.
Most of these decisions were
i made as the result of a report Wed
nesday that several children in
j other states contracted polio after
receiving the new vaccine?caus
ing the 'U. S. Public Health Serv
ice to order the withdrawal of all
Salk vaccine made by the Cutter
Laboratories of Berkely. Calif.
: Several federal health oiTicials,
however, urged parents to go
I ahead with plans to have their
? children immunized against polio.
Mrs. Bryson said very few par
ents refused outright to have their
children inoculated, but asked for
"more time" to think dver thf mat
ter. Some, she added, decided
against the shots because their
youngsters had been sick recently.
At Saunook School, where 32 pu
pils were scheduled to take the
show, only nine were on hand for
the clinic Thursday. There were
also "six or eight" withdrawals at
Hazelwood School and "eight or
ten" at Central Elementary;
Half of the first-grade pupils at
Clyde School were absent when
I the clinic was held there Friday.
I Mrs. Bryson said. She attributed
this partially to other diseases
I such as flu. measles, mumps, and
chicken pox which have been re
ported in the county recently.
(See Polio?Page 8)
Clyde Firemen
Plan Open House
The Clyde Fire Department will
hold an open house in its pew
building adjacent to the Clyde
| Town Hall from 10 a.m. until 6:30
; p.m. Saturday.
The department was organized
; at Clyde two years ago and has
| since then purchased two fire
trucks and a variety of equipment
| with funds contributed by resi
i dents of the area. The depart
, ment now has 26 members?head
ed by Larry Cagle, chief, and J. B.
; Martin, assistant chief.
Refreshments will be served dur
ing the open house, where the
trucks and equipment will be on
display.
Car Leaves
Soco Road;
Couple Hurt
A couple from Norfolk, Va., suf
fered injuries about 5:30 a.m. Fri
: day when their 1955 Ford ran off
the Soco Road in Jackson County
and struck a tree.
Sgl. T. A. Sandlin of the State
Highway Patrol at Bryson City re
ported Lawrence Woodrow Mo
| Ghee. 40, of Norfolk, Va., suffered
: fractures of a leg, a broken collar
bone and a possible rib fracture;
, and McGhee's wife suffered leg
j bruises and face lacerations.
McGhee, who is stationad at
; Norfolk with the U. S. Navy, was
j transferred to the Veterans Ad
ministration hospital at Swanna
noa. and Mrs. McGhee was given
dispensary treatment at the Hay
' wood County hospital.
Sgt. Sandlin reported McGhee,
the driver, was pinned in the
wreckage about four minutes un
| til two passing motorists, seeing
the auto, freed him.
The cquple was reported en
! route from Virginia to California.
The officer said the auto was
going at high speed when the ac
cident occurred.
The vehicle, which appears dam
j aged beyond repair, was towed
1 into the Taylor Motor Co. lot by
Elford Sutton.
'55-'56 Officers
To Be Installed
By Jaycees Tonight
Elmer Hendrix will be Installed
as the new president of the
j Waynesville Junior Chamber of
Commerce tonight at Spaldon's
Restaurant. Jim Milner is the re
I tiring president.
Other officers to be installed
are:
Doug Wo^sham, first vice presi
dent; Ray Wood, second vice presi
dent; Dwight Bcaty, secretary; Sam
Calhoun, treasurer; Andy Blanton,
state director; Hugh Constance, al
| ternate director;- Budly Harris and
j Boyd Medford. directors for two
years, and H. C. Turner and Ralph
j Thurman, directors for one year;
Wallace Carswell, bulletin editor,
and Charles Burgin, associate edi
tor.
Miss Rita Kitchen, student at
Woman's College, attended the Joe
College weekend at Duke Univer
1 sity as the guest of Charles Messer.
1955 Banquet Of Chamber
Of Commerce Set Thursday
The annual Chamber of Com
merce banquet, set for Thursday
night at the WTHS cafeteria, will
be a "family discussion of our com
munity," and. bow to cope with
these problems, and carry on a
progressive program, according to
Dick Bradley, president.
The program will feature a pres
entation of the program of five
| divicions of the organization, fol
lowing the banquet meal prepared
by Mrs. Rufus Siler, and the school
cafeteria staff.
Tickets are on sale at the Cham
ber of Commerce, and from each
director of the organisation. The
price is $1.78 each.
All civic clubs In the area are
combining their weekly meeting
i with the banquet, and the dinner
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will be informal, according to Ned
Tucker, executive vice president of
the organization. The meeting is
open to everyone. "This is not a
closed meeting, but the welcome
mat is out. and we want everyone
to attend." President Bradley said.
John Carver will speak on "Our
Agricultural Economy," while H.
P. McCarroll will talk on "Plan
ning for Industry." Carver is head
of the agriculture committee and
McCarroll is chairman if the in
dustrial group.
Carl Henry, chairman of the
tourist promotion bureau, will talk
on "The South's Two Billion Dol
lor Industry," and will be followed
by Frank Moore, president of the
Merchants Association, on the sub
(See Banquet?Page ?)
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Warm
warm today and
^*Jrnasville temperature
1 b> the State Test
Ma*. Min Pr.
6T 81
70 34
72 39
74 35
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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
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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)
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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.
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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.)
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Town Election Polls Open 6:30 a. m., Close 6:30 p. m.
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