r ,
?*ANDARn r>_?
I|eNews Most Of ???
f3 he Waynesville Mountaineer -
?VEAK NO. 38 28 PAGES . . C?U",y Se<"of At Tho Eaatem Entrance Of Th. Croat Sn, k, M . v ST ' ,krt
" T5 Associated Press . ' ?reat Sniok.v Mountains National Park
WAVNESVILI.E. N. t'.. THl RSIMY APTERXOOS. MAY 12. jju ... . IJ O
. "" Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countici
Haywood Bills
ill In Assembly
fTHKK HODGES will
Idktr >' Haywood C'oun
g Lake Junaluska June
^duty-wide committee
E (targe of attendance
bogram, with the usual
her on the grounds at
jjltav. The Junaluska
? officially begin June
jlCourt
pments
J $2100
judgnu nt awarded
Ugee davs of the civil
Bari County Superior
?vwo to j. m. ai
Kwil against C. "B Fer
? was heard by a juny
B of Robert Cecil Con
? next friend, Mrs. No
Krd, vs. Southern Rail
? Dan K Moore approv
IHnent between the plain
tfendant for the railroad
100 to the Conards.
lard boy suffered the loss
rtien he was run over by
? train at Hazelwood.
Hoore absolved the rail
egligence and found the
[Uilty of "gross negli
?se of the State vs. J. L.
? and wife, Bertha Wil
lie court ordered the
' the couple's place of
Lawse' Place, on the Soeo
i and ordered the sale of
Ity.
?se of W. H. Green vs.
If Willis the plaintiff
Ida $200 judgment from
pu
liation of a driver's li
ihe state commissioner
? Coart?Page ?)
There are four Haywood bills
still in the General Assembly, with
three of them having passed the
House. The fourth was introduc
ed yesterday.
The only bill still in the House
is the oiie introduced by Rep. Jerry
Rogers Wednesday setting the sal
lary of the Board of Aldermen of
Waynetville back to $40 per month.
The $40 figure was reduced to $30
by the General Assembly of 1949.
The three Haywood bills that
passed the House May 6 and are
no\y in the Senate, include:
HB 1199?Introduced by Rogers, '
May 3.
"Amending Chapter 376. Public
Laws of 1913, relating to fines, for
feitures and fees collected by the
police court of the Town of Clyde
in Haywood County." ' Amends
ciied chapter to provide that offi
cers serving processes in listed
court are t oreceive same fees al
lowed in similar proceeding before
JPs; fees are to be paid into gen
eral fund of town and police jus
lice is required to file monthly re
port of fines and forfeitures col
lected to county accountant, and
furnish copy of report to county
education board.)
HB 1200?Introduced by Rogers,
May 3.
"Amending Chapter 97. Private
Laws of 1933. relating to the may
or's court of the Town of Hazel
wood in Haywood County.'
iAmends cited chapter to require
that all costs and fees collected
by court 'except fees due mayor for
his services) are to be paid into
general fund of town. Requires
mayor to furnish county accountant
and county board of education
monthly report of all fines collect
| ed.)
HB 1219?Introduced by Rogers.
May 4.
"To extend the jurisdiction of
certain mayors' and police courts
in Haywood County." fCrants or
(See Four Bills?Page 6)
Carver Resigns
As Clyde Chief <
Lawrence Carver, chief of police
at Clyde since December 20, 1954.
resigned from that post Tuesday.
He was appointed last year to
succeed Charles F. Canning, Avho
resigned to devote more time to
his business.
No replacement has been
selected, according to Mrs. Joyce
Haynes. town clerk.
UDC To Observe
Annual Flag Day
The Haywood Chapter of the
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy will observe its annual Flag
( Day, Saturday, May 14.
Confederate flags will be sold
by members of the chapter
j throughout the day. Proceeds will
go to historical projects of the
UDC.
Mrs. N. W. Garrett is general
chairman of the event.
pn Homes To Be Open
pday For HDC Program
fcttes of home demons
lfc members in the county J
?hi for visitation from 1 I
P. Tuesday in observance
V Home Demonstration
k be open." according to |
? Cornwcil. home dem- .
Went. are those of:
pW Hanson iMcKimmon ,
ptfon; Mrs. John Mor-1
P Homemakersi in the
pt: Mrs J. L. Single
PClubi at Bethel: Mrs.
pcken (Bethel Club* at
F Will Ratcliffe iRat
IClubt at RatclilTe Cove;
1 Medford i Lake Jualus
PfWiyesviUe, and Mrs.
I
CLOUDY
?nd warm with a
Altered thundershow
> and Friday.
7*M*lBe temperature
* State Test Farm:
Max. Min. Pr.
82 33 .... |
82 39
" 80 51
Reeves Noland (Ratcliflfe Cove
Club) at Lake Junaluska.
Each of the seven homes will be
marked by a sign in the yard,
"Home Demonstration Home".
The committee in charge of the
open house program is made up of
Mrs. H. O. Champion of Waynes
ville, chairman; Mrs. Rankin Fer
guson of the Lakeside Club. Mrs.
Clifton Terrell of Bethel. Mrs.
Hasque Warren of Clyde, and Mrs.
Paul Hyatt of the McKimmon Club.
A REMINDER to county drivers to have their
cars inspected next week in Waynesville and
Canton check lanes is (riven bv Chief of Police
Orville Ncland, Cpl. Pritchard Smith of the State
Highway Patrol, and Patrolman Coleman Swan
ger. holding the sign which will mark the coun
ty's check lane.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Voluntary Car-Inspection Program
Opens In Haywood County Next Week
A county-wide voluntary inspec
tion of cars and trucks will start
next Tuesday at check lanes to be
set up in Waynesville and Canton.
The check lane here will be in
operation Tuesday and Wednesday
on the lower part of Boundary
St.. a block east of the Waynes
ville Armory, according to Police
Chief Orville Noland.
On Thursday the checking lane
will be set up in Hazelwood and
will return here Friday and Sat
urday. Hours will be from 8 a.m.
until 6 p.m.
Manning the lanes will be a
police or State Highway Patrol of
ficer, -an experienced mechanic
from one of the area's garages,
and volunteer workers?including
students of the Wayaesville High
School driver training course. The
inspections are entirely voluntary
and are made l're^ of charge.
Although present plans call for
the inspection program to be car
ried on only thrugh next week,
(See Car Inspection?Page 6)
Beck Is First
In Junior High
Speaking Contest
(See Picture Page 1, Sec. 2)
t
David Beck, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles L. Beck of Saunook, won
first place among Waynesville
Township junior high school stu
dents in a declamation contest
Tuesday morning sponsored by the
Waynesville chapter of United
Daughters of the Confederacy. His
topic was "The Old South and the
New."
Charles Rogers, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Norval Rogers of MaRgie. was
second with "The New- South",
while Tommy Walker, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Roger Walker of Hazel
wood, won honorable . mention
with "Robert E. Lee."
Judges were Charles McDarris,
David Felmet, and Kenneth Fry.
Awards were presented by Mrs.
R. R. Campbell, president of the
Waynesville UDC chapter, and
Miss Nan Killian, assistant histor
! ian.
Other contestants were Paul Ar
rington, Steve Kent. Tommy
: Campbell, Philip Chase, and Wil
liam Rowland.
Painter Remains
Unconscious From
Fall In March '52
Clifford Green who was in
jured in a fail from a scaffold
38 months ago still remains un
conscious in the Moore General
Hospital. *?
Green was painting the ceiling
of the Ninevah church when the
board on which he was standing
broke. It was not felt that he was
severely injured at the time, as
he even told co-workers he did
not need a doctor. After a check
up he was se'nt to the Veterans
Hospital, where he has been a
patient for the past 38 months.
Doctors say there is some hope
that he might yet recover.
First Lamb Pool
Of 1955 Slated
At Clyde Monday
The county's first lamb pool of
1955 will be held Monday at the
Clyde stockyards. The pool will
open at 7 a.m. and all lambs must
be in by 10 a.m.
County Agent Virgil L. Hollo
way said: "It is the opinion of our
livestock authorities that lamb
prices will probably be at their
peak during the week/of May 16
... As you know, the market usu
ally drops soon after that date."
The sale is being hei d in cooper
ation with the North Carolina De
partment of Agricu ture. N. C.
State College of Agriculture, and
the Extension Sen-ice. I
Pvt. Chambers Remains
In Serious Condition
Pvt. Samuel Chambers was re
ported from Moore General Hos
j pital today as being a little better.
He is suffering from serious head
injuries sustained when the car he
was driving left a road near Lake
(Logan, and crashed down a 200
foot embankment.
Pvt. Chambers had arrived home
from Ft. Jackson just a few hours
'prior to the~accident.
He regains consciousness of
about 15-minute duration, hospital
i officials said. Doctors said he has
a chance of recovering, and., a
scheduled operation to relieve the
pressure on the brain has been de
j layed pending further improve
ment of his general condition.
He is the son of Mrs. Theodore
Chambers of Cecil.
Things Brighter
On Main Street *
"lis a brighter Main Street.
The parking meters are get
ting a new coat of silver paint.
Watkins Motor Company have
had the white paint blasted off
the red brick of their building
Kurt Gans has repainted the
front of his store white.
Wayne McCracken has a flow
er garden well underway on the
lot next to the Pure Oil Station.
And the new unit of the First
National Bank is nearing com
pletion.
'Tis brighter on Main Street.
Mauney Cove
Woman Shoots
Self Accidentally
Mrs. Glenn Green of Mauney
Cove is in Haywood County Hos
pital suffering from a bullet wound
in the chest inflicted when she
accidently shot herself with a .22
rifle at her home at ft:3U a.m. Wed
nesday.
Her physician. L)r. Robert H.
Owen of Canton, said the bullet
penetrated the left breast three
inches above the heart. He added
that she has "a good chance for
i ecovery."
Sheriff Fred Campbell said the
mishap occurred as Mrs. Green
pulled the rifle, owned by her hus
band. from beneath a bed. She
was discovered by her daughter-in
law. Mrs. Edna Green.
Mr. Green was working in a
nearby field when his wife was
shot.
Sheriff Campbell was assisted in
investigating the case by Deputy
Carl Setzer.
Pigeon River Masons
To Have Communication
Pigeon River Lodge No. 386,
A.F.&A.M., Canton, will have an
emergent communication at 7:30
p.m. to confer Master Mason de
grees on a class of candidates.
All Master Masons are Invited.
Mass X-Ray Survey Opens
On Friday At Hazel wood
Haze I wood residents will be first
in line in the county's third mass
X-ray survey, which opens Friday
to continue through June 11.
One of the state's mobile X-ray
units will be on Main St. in Hazel
wood from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Friday and Saturday and next
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Clyde will be next on the list,
with operations scheduled there
Thursday. Friday, and Saturday of
next week.
During the remainder of the pro
gram. two mobile units will be in
use. with one scheduled to operate
at Canton from May 24 through
June 11 iexcepting Sunday and
Monday and the other at Waynes
ville from May 26 through the
11th of June.
The surveys were conducted in (
Haywood County in 1949 and again '
in 1954. Year before last more j
than 9.000 persons had X-rays.
made. This year, 12.000 are ex- :
pected to be on hand for the check
,up
The X-rays are made free to all :
| persons 15 years of age or older.
Younger persons, however, can .
have them made by obtaining spe-,
cial permission from the Health
Department or thetr family physi
cian. *: '
Operations of the mobile units
are financed bv the State Board
i (See X-Rajr?Page ?)
For those who are superstiti
ous, tomrorow is not your day,
because i( is Friday the 13th.
On the other hand, cheer up.
It is the only Friday the l^th
this year. So go find,yourself a
big clover patch and hunt four
leaf clovers all day. On the way
to the patch keep an eye open
for horseshoes and straight pins
?they're supposed to be like a
four-leaf clover?omens of good
luck.
Those who are superstitious
will be careful about breaking
mirrors (they are expensive) and
spilling salt (rather messy) and
eertainly not walk under lad
ders (a good way for something
to fall on you).
. Then there are those who add
that stepping on cracks in a side
walk is bad luck (especially if it
Is deep), and never let a black
eat cross vour path, or raise an
umbrella indoors
However, bubbles (they sa.v)
in your colTee means you are to
get some money, while bubbles
in your tea means visitors.
And if you are doing the cook
ing at*your hojise. be sure to al
ways stir the batter the same
direetion ? never reverse the
procedure.
The same "they - say folk" add
that it is bad luck to sit on a
table: and avoid wearing clothes
the wrong side out (including
women's hose).
Lift your feet high. To stub
your toe is bad lurk and usual
ly painful.
To turn back from a Journey is
bad luck, (as well as a sign of
being forgetful) and leaving a
house through a window is also
listed as among those bad luck
events.
"They say," in this case, is the
encyclopedia ? that's where all
this information was found.
State Ready To Start Work
Acquiring Right-of-Way For
Highway Through Canton
C. of C. Drive For
$16,000 Started;
Noland Honored
D.' Reeves Nolartd had another
honor bestowed upoi^ him Tues
day. as he was voted a life mem
bership in the Chamber of Com
merce.
This is the first time the organ
ization has honored a person iif
such a manner.
Noland was voted the honor for
his leadership in the Pigeon -Riv
er project. The oiTiciat award-will
be given at a later date, the direc
tors decided.
Noland has been chairman of a
number of civic projects in the
community, and was named man
of the year several years ago by
the Jaycaes.
The board of directors, after,
hearing reports of various commit
tees Tuesday night, made plans
for working with other agencies
throughout the county on attend
ance for Haywood County Day at
Lake Junaluska.
Ned Tucker, executive vice pres
ident of the organization, was nam
ed chairman, with other members
being Charles Ray, Jonathan
Wood}, Virgil Holloway and Ken
Fry
Plans were also completed for
staging tiie annual membership
campaign, with a goal of '$16.(100
set for the year
"This is not too much, especial
ly in view of the fact that Hen-'
dersonville just completed their
drive and raised $44,000 for the
year." Dick Bradley, president,
said.
Plans are to begin mailing the
letters about the memberships
early next week. Charlie Woodard
is chairman of finances for the
organization this year.
Cars Collide
On South Main
A 1050 Dodge driven by Mrs
Delia Jenkins. Route 1. Waynes
vHIe, and a Kelly's taxicab driven
by James Clark of WaynesvHIe
were involved in a eoltision near
Ray's Flower Shop on South Main
St about 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Patrolman Coleman Swanger of
the WaynesvHIe police reported
that the cab struck the rear of the
Jenkins car When the latter stop
ped behind a truck which had ,
halted to pick up a passenger.
fclark was charged with follow
ing too closely.
Damage to the taxi was estimated
at $1H0 and to the Dodge at $20.
The Robinetts Go*To
Church Conferences
i
The Rev. T. E. Robinetl. pastor
of the First Baptist Church. Mrs.
Robfnett and their three children. <
Ruth. Jane, and, Tommy, left to- I
day for Miami. Fla., where they I
will attend the Southern Baptist i
Convention. Mrs. Robin'ett will at- 1
tend the Southern Women's Mis- I
siunary Union. ? i
The two meetings will extend I
over all of next week and the
Robinetts will return the follow- :
ing week. i
I>. BEEVES NOLANl>
Mrs. Stringfield
Dies Following
Heart Attack
Mrs. Samuel L. Striugfleld,! tity.
died early Tuesday morning in the
Haywood County Hospital follow
ing a heart attack three Weeks
a it".
Funeral services were cot id tilt
ed Wednesday afternoon in the
home on Vfalnut Street with the
Rev Earl H. Brcndnll. pastor of the
First Methodist Church, officiat
ing. Interment was in Green Hill
Cemetery.
Scrying as pallbearers were
Carston WuJbern, Charles Way. Joe
Jack Aikins. James II Thomas. Jr.,
Thomas Campbell, Jr . and Jeffer
son Reeves.
Mrs. Stringfield. the former Miss
Addie Sloan, was horn in Willing
ham. Ga.. November 15. 1887. She
was the daughter of the late Ben
jamin J. and Mat tie Johnston
Sloan and moved to Waynesville
with her parents in 19(13.
She attended Brenan College and
(See Mrs. Stringlield?Page (I)
Members of the right-of-way de
partment of the State Highway
commission will soon start. work
on acquiring the right-of-way in
Canton for the viaduct, the Moun
taineer learned today from Com
missioner Harry Buchanan.
The hill authorizing the State to
pay for all costs in connection
with the construction of the via
duct was ratified tiiis week.
The measure was introduced by
Senator William ' Medford several
weeks ago. upon the suggestion of
the Slate Highway Commission.
The hill set forth that there was
no possible way to by-pass Canton
with a highway, hence the provi
sion was made whereby tlie Town
of Canton would not bo required
to pay the third of right-of-way
costs as provided bv the regula
tions of ttie commission
Commissioner Buchanan said en
gineers would begin Htial work on
the details of construction just as
soon as rights-of-way were ac
quired.
He would not make a statement
as to how long he thought it would
take to work out the right-of-way
acquisition.
There is set up for the project,
SI .350.000.
Tentative plans are for the con
struction of an 800-foot viaduct,
and a bridge across Pigeon River,
parallel to the railroad. The route
of the overhead road would start
at the top of the hill near the
Methodist church in Past Canton,
and follow the general route of the
railroad to West Canton wnere it
would connect with the new fouc
lane highway.
11 County Men
Leave To Enter
Armed Forces
Eleven Haywood County men
left here Tuesday morning for
Knoxville in be inducted into the#
armed forces. They were:
William Arthur Grasty of Way4
iH'sville. Samuel Marcell Innvan of
Iron DulT, Verlin Hannah of Way
nesville, James Arthur Moore of
\inevah, Louis Donald Ionian of
Hazelwood. Johnny Robert Ashe.
Jr., of Canton, Joe Howell Fraz
ier of llyall Creek. John David
Co be, 204 Meadow St., Waynes
vllle; Dale Claude Willis of Can
ton. Alfred Wayne Grog an. Route
2. Canton, and James A. Trantham,
Route 3. Canton.
Ten registrants were also sent to
Knoxville for an armed forces
physical examination.
Large Collection Of John
Wesley Art Arrives At Lake
What is believed to l?e the larg
est collection of John Wesley art
objects has arrived at Lake Juna
luska from England, it was an
nounced b\ l)r Elmer T. Clark,
secretary of the World Methodist
Council.
The objects pertaining to Wes
ley. 18lh century founder of Meth
odism. will be added to Dr. Clark's
personal collection of Wosloyana
[or display ' in the new archives
iiiri headquarters building of the
World Methodist Council and the
M#thodist Historical Societies, now
nidcr construction at Lake Juna- 1
uska.
Formerly I IK* "Eagles collection"
it Cliff College in England, the
{roup includes 58 large busts of
Wesley. 53 miniature busts and
'statuettes. and 57 medallions,
plaques and cameos with Wesley's
'likeness.
The most highly prized busts,
Dr.. Clark said, are nine by the
famous British sculptor. Enoch *
Wood, made from life in 1781. The
collection includes 18 rare Staf
fordshire pieces, and numerous
examples by Wedge wood and other
noted potteries.
Dr. Clark's personal collection
already numbers 250 "first edi
tions" of Wesley's publications,
and rare manuscripts. Bibles, jour
nals and portraits of Wesley and
other early Methodist leaders in
England and America
185 Acres Of Timber
Destroyed In Two Fires
1
Approximately 180 acres of tim
ber were destroyed by a forest fire
which burned in a high area on
Queen Mountain from 11 a.m.
Tuesday until 8 a.m. today
County fire warden Eldridge
Caldwell reported that the blaze
destroyed hardwood and pine trees
in the Browning Branch section ?
mostly on the property of T. L.
Bramlette.
Two shifts of 16 men ? includ
ing a group from the U. S. Forest
Service ? fought the fire until It
was brought under control at 2 p.
m. Wednesday. The men were:
handicapped Tucwdnv by a high
wind in the morning, whllrwlnd*
in the afternoon, and a lack of
water for stwen hours, Mr. Cald
well said.
The fire was attributed to the
burning of briers in a pasture in
the area.
Another forest fire in the county
Wednesday destroyed live acres of
timber in the Turpin Cove section,
where fire fighters were directed
by M. C. Preaalejv
Because of the extremely dry1
weather now prevailing, ail brush
burning permits have been cancel
led. Mr. Caldwell pointed out.
No burning of any kind is allow
ed within VH) feet of a woodland,
he added. I
Highway
Record For
1955
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed 1
Injured.... 23
Accidents.. 55
Loss.. $19,754
(This Information com
from record., ol
State Highway Patrol.)
4