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jpAR NU- 44 lH ?'AUKS ; . Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C.. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE 2, IMS* $3.50 In Advance In JUywood and Jackson Countka
lecision On Interstate Route Delayed Again
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RING A SFSSION of painting pine cones
k Western District Home Demonstration
jkadicraft workshop at Camp Sehaub this
litre Mrs. Albert Clark of Asheville, Janie
j- / - -_ ;y ????' .. t
M. Ramey of Marshall, home aeent in Madison
County, and Mrs. J. Z. Clark of Canton. The
three?day event closed at the 4-H.camp today.
(Mountaineer Photo*.
(Four other pictures in this issue)
kfwood School Officials Say Action
[Segregation Up To State Board
k Hi#wood County's lead-I
?RitfWlais expressed the i
?fay that any action on i
p in county schools de- j
&e policy to be adopted
b Board of Education. {
tt B. Leatherwood. sup-;
it of county schools, said: !
I beard nothing from the
nl of Education, but the
Meting today and we'll
learn something soon. We
If what they direct."
levies. u:perintendent of ,
Ble District schools, com
f e will follow whatever
date and county school
ipt. That's all we can do.
bas to follow the state's
' obtain funds to operate."
Caldwell of Iron Duff,
4 the Haywood County
education, asserted: "We
long with what the state
da and 1 believe that will
(thing? as they are for
leing."
S. Supreme Court at
Is earlier this week gave
sd local school officials
nihility of ending racial
> in public schools
? practicable".
hues were set, but U. S.
hids were instructed to
?e process of change
?Ptly and continues with
> apeed.
8 educators generally
Waged by the wording
"dsion, but predicted
"d actions before any
?b forthcoming.
Southern states, officials
*d the Supreme Court's
?>ted that they will not
schools to end their
^ni of segregation.
'Mysterious Men'
Contest To End !
At 5 P.M. Friday
Men: have you noticed peo
ple staring at the back of your
neck lately?
If so, don't be concerned. It's
just some of the entrants in The
Mountaineer's contest to name
six prominent local men who
were pictured in Monday's is
sue?frbm the back.
Five dollars in cash and mer
chandise from five Waynesville
stores are being offered for
identifying the mysterious sex
tet. The deadline for all en
tries is 5 p.m. Friday. Next Mon
day we'll publish pictures of the
men?from the front.
The unique contest has caused
an unusual amount of interest
and some intense guessing and
head scratching to arrive at the
correct answers'.
Compton To Work
With Mission Board
J
Bob Compton of Hazelwood. ris
ipg junior at Furman University, j
will work this summer with the j
Baptist Mission Board in Jackson- ,
ville, Fla.
A 1953 graduate of Waynesville ;
Township High School afld the son !
of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Compton,
Bob is the newly elected program
vice president of the Ministerial
Union at Furman and has served
for two years on the greater coun
cil of the Baptist Student Uhion
at the university.
Chest X-Ray
Total Tops
6,000 Mark
With nine more days of opera
tions still to go (including today),
a total of 6,178 Haywood County
residents have had chest X-rays
made in one of the two mobile X
ray units in the county.
One unit has X-rayed 4,463 per
sons in Hazelwood, at the Dayton
Rubber plant, Clyde, and Canton.
The other, now at the courthouse
parking lot in Waynesville, has
examined another l,7lS persons.
Both of the rolling labs will be
in operation in the county until
June 11 (excepting Sunday and
Monday.) Regular hours are from
11 a.m. until 5 p.m. except on the
last day when the unit will be open
from 9 a m. uptil 3 p.m.
Mrs. Rubye Bryson, public health
nurse at the Health Department,
urged all county residents to have
X-rays made before the state units
leave here June 11.
She pointed out that there were
(See X-Rays?Page 6)
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Munaluska Assembly
ppen 47th Season Sun.
? James W. Fowler. Jr..
P*?t of the Methodist
l?utheastern assembly,
P* chief speaker at 11
ft' June 5, to officially
|*mmer program.
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P* wild today. Friday,
|^*hit warmer.
I*?ynesville temperature
P >?y the State Test
Max. Mln. Pr.
Ifr "0 44
|- -- 67 48
!"??? 75 37
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The services will include a
special dedication for staff mem
bers, both permanent and summer
employees, the Rev. Mr. Fowler
said. Numerous college students
from nine southeastern states serv
ed by the assembly are employed
every summer on the administra
tive and recreation staffs, and in
hotels and lodges.
The Haywood County Methodist
Youth Fellowship, led by Miss
Christine Fisher, sub-district presi
dent, will have charge of the even
ing program at 8 o'clock.
Meanwhile, the first Southwide
meeting of the season will4 open
Tuesday. June 7, when nearly 400
college students and adult counsel
lors of 12 states arrive at Lake
Junaluska for an eight-day confer
ence. Dr. fjarvey Brown, staff
member of the Methodist Board of
Education. Nashville. Tcnn., will
direct the conference.
The Methodist Woman's Society 1
(Sec lake JmthMka?Pare St '
Orr Replaces
James Varner
On Parkway
Bill Orr of the National Park
Service has replaced James Varner
as park ranger on the Soco Gap
Heintooga link of the Blue Ridge
Parkway and Great Smoky Moun
tains National Park.
Mr. Orr comes here from the
Rocky Knob district of the Park
way with headquarters in Floyd,
Va., and Mr. Earner will go to the
(See Bill Orr?Page 6)
Ml.l. OR* !,
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Assembly
Passes 15
Haywood
Measures
A review of local legislation
passed by the General Assembly
for Haywood totaled 16 measures,
a survey of the session's activities
today revealed.
Rep. Jerry Rogers introduced
IS of the measures, and Senator
William Medford introduced the
one measure permitting the State
Highway Commission to pay all
costs for the construction of the
viaduct in Canton.
There were several local meas
ures introduced which were not
ratified, and one which was with
drawn when it was found that
there as a law covering the phase |
of legislation sought.
The 15 bills which were enacted, 1
besides the viaduct measure, were:
Authorizing the board of com- |
missioners to hold an election in
1956 on levying a tax for the Home
Arts and Livestock project.
Set the salary of the mayor of ;
Waynesville not to exceed $150
per month. (Prior salary was $90
per month).
Changed the salaries of the 1
Waynesville aldermen from $30 a
(See 15 Law*?Page 6)
St. John's
Graduation
Set Sunday
Spring {omiaencement activities
in Haywood County high schools
will come to an end Sunday night
when two seniors will receive di
plomas at St. John's School.
The graduates are Billic Jo
Stanelli of * Waynesville "and
Thomas Edge of Clyde.
Diplomas will be presented by
the Rev. Lawrence Newman, sup
erintendent of St. John's school.
Special awards will be made by
the Rev. Howard Lane of Immac-'
ulate Conception Church of Hen
dersonville.
John Parris, of Sylva, publicity
(See St John's?Page 6)
Seven Valuable
Dogs Poisoned
In Ratcliiie Cove
Seven dogs ? including two
hunting dogs, a farm dog. and
three house pets ? were poisoned
earlier this week in the Ratcliffe
Cove community, according to
county dog warden Ernest Cham- i
bers.
Six of the dogs died. The sev
enth ? a cocker spaniel owned by
Gene Smith ? recovered after be
ing rushed to the office of Dr.
Mack Setzer of Lake Junaluska,
veterinarian, who reported that
the animal was poisoned with
strychnine.
Owners of the dogs that died
were:
Will Ratcliffe, farm dog: Jack
West, fax hound; Bill Leopard,
blooded beagle; Bob Williams, and
John Webb, pe^. The owner of
the seventh dog was not identi
fied.
The poisonings are being in
vestigated by the sheriff's office
and Mr. Chambers." And the dog
owners are reportedly considering
offering a reward for information
leading to the arrest and convic
tioner of the poisoner.
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Dr. Kitts Opens
Dental Office
In Hazelwood
Dr. Warren H. Kilts is announc
ing today the opening of his of
fice Saturday for the practice of
dentistry in the building of Dr.
Stuart Roberson, in Hazelwood.
Dr. Kitts comes here from
Raleigh, where he has been a den
tist at State Hospital for the past
two years.
He its a graduate of Wake For
est. and the University of Tennes
see School of Dentistry, Nashville.
He is a native of KnoxviUe, and
served for three years in the Navy
with the submarine corps.
He is a member of the Baptist
church, and the American Dental
Society. Dr. and Mrs. Kitts will
make their home in Brown Gables
Apartments. .?
8.500 LARGE-MOUTH BASS were stocked in Lake Junaluska
Tuesday by Bill Varnetl of the Department of the Interior fish
hatchery at Cohutta. Ga. In April, three dozen mature bass and
100 bream were put into the lake under the direction of Hayden
Rat ledge, State Wildlife Resources Commission biologist. Later
this year, 85,000 more bream will be stocked at Junaluska by the
federal government. The large-mouth bass will weigh about a
pound in a year and eventually average six pounds in size.
(Other picture on sports page) (Mountaineer Photo). |
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Waynesville To Get 4th
National Safety Award
Brighter Spots
On Main Street
Bright spots on Main Street:
The Town Hall is getting a new
coat of white paint
Scruggs Tavern is getting a
; new front, as is Nichols Shoe
I Shop.
The geraniums in the stone
flower box at the Bank drive-in
seem to get redder by the day.
Bids Sought
For Paving
On Parkway
Bids for the surfacing of two
links of the Blue Ridge Parkway
and a road in the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park - - - to
j taling 22.7 miles - - - w ill be let
this month, it was disclosed Tues
day hy F. W. Cron, district engin
: eer for the U. S. Bureau of Public
Roads, at Gatlinburg.
Mr. Cron told The Mountaineer
by telephone that bids for the
grading and seeding of slopes and
a light surface treatment on 11.36
miles of the Parkway from Wagon
Road Gap to Beech Gap will be
opened in Gatlinburg June 10.
On June 24, the engineer said,
bids will be opened for a perma
nent surfacing of the Parkway from
Soco Gap to Black Camp Gap and
in the.Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park from Black Camp to
Heintooga Overlook., Total dis
tance is 1136.
Mr. Cron pointed out that the 1
length of the two links is only one
thousandth of a mile different. The
Wagon Road - Beech Gap total is
11.365 and the Soco-Heintooga
total 11 364.
Now in progress is grading of
the Parkway from Bridges Gap to i
(See Parkway?Pag?> 6)
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Waynesville is due to receive its
fourth National Safety award In
' Ave* years, for Ming through 1954
without a traffic fatality. -
The award will" probably be pre
sented this mpnth, according to
Chief Orville Noland.
Safety awards now gracing the
wells of the police station are fbr
1950. 1952 and 1953. I
The 1951 award was missed,
when a man from Sylva, driving a |
car w lthout brakes, rolled off an
| embankment, and the neck of a
passenger was broken.
The town is also slated to get
another award for going 2.200 days
Without a pedestrian fatality. The
last one was September 6. 1949.
Chief Noland said: "We' are
proud pf our record of safety, but
I cannot rest on that. We have got
| to work even harder, with the in
crease of traffic, to maintain the
good work. >
| "There are a number of blind
corners in. town eaused by shrub
bery, or wild undergrowth ob
j strutting the view at heavily trav
eled corners. We are asking prop- '
(See Safety Award?Page 6)
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'Trail Riders' ]
On Annual Trip
Through Smokies
Using Cataloochec Ranch as
their base, 2t members of the j
American Forestry Association
Trail Riders are now on their an
I nual saddle trip through the
Smokies, led by Tom Alexander,
owner of the ranch.
The group, including individuals ;
from throughout the U. S., started
their ride last Saturday and are :
due back at Cataloochee tomor-1
row.
The Trail Riders will have a
square dance Friday night and j
then leave for their homes Sat- j
urday.
DR. WARREN H. KITTS is open
ing his drntil office in Hazel
wood Saturday.
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WNC Poultry Field Day I
Set Tuesday At Test Farm
A poultry field day will be held
Tuesday at the Mountain Experi
ment Station near Waynesville for
farmers from all Western North
Carolina counties. Lunch wlA be
available on the grounds.
Virgil L. Hollo way. county agent,
said: "This is an annual affair held <
once each year to bring our WNC
poultry producers up-to-date on the
latest facts and information per- i
taining to the poultry enterprise.
The facts will cover both broiler 11
production and laying flocks."
"Extension poultry specialists (
and the poultry staff from N. C.
State College will be on hand to (
present latest information and re- j
suits of research and experiments."
Mr. Holloway added. '
The program includes:
10 a.m. ? Welcome by C. D. <
Thomas.
10:15 a.m.?Poultry sitaution in
WNC. R. S. Dearstyne.
10:45 a.m.?A feeding program,
E. W. Glazener.
11:15 a.m. ? Broiler production
panel, conducted by W. G. An
drews. including producers from
Madison and Buncombe.
11:25 a.m.?Facts about the new
egg law, T. B. Morris.
Afternoon?Discussion and tours,
C. F. Parrish in charge.
1 p.m.?Questions and answer
period.
1:45 p.m.?How to vaccinate. Dr. ,
Z. R. Border.
2:15 p.m.?Using home grains in
Veding. J. W. Kelly.
2:45 p.m.?New breeds for bril-:
:<? production, W. L Blow. '?
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Asheville Engineer Asks
Field Surveys Be Made
On French Broad Bonies
^ By W. CURTIS RUSS
Ed'uir The Mountaineer
A decision on the route of the
interstate highway from North
Carolina into Tennessee was de
layed again today, as advocates of
the French Broad route success
fully staged a "delayed action"
movement in Raleigh this morning.
The State Highway Commission
in session this morning received
a delayed report from T. M. How-'
erton. engineer of Asheville. which
caused a postponment of the mo
tion planned by Commissioner
Harry Buchanan for the commis
sion to adopt the Pigeon River
route for the interstate highway.
Howerton. at the closing minutes
of the hearing in Asheville on
April 18, told the commission he
had plans for a highway down the
French Broad which he would like
for the commission and engineers
to study before a decision was
made.
Chairman A. H. Graham granted
Howerton permission to submit |
his plans for the engineers to
study.
It was the opinion of some high
way commissioners and engineers
that Howerton had his plhns ready
at the time of the April meeting.
This morning Howerton told the
commission he had made his plans
from TV A maps since the hearing
and urged that a detailed field sur
vey be made of the routes he sug
gests. Howerton told the commis
sion this morning that his maps
and plans were made from just
what he could see on the TVA
map, and'that a detailed survey of
: the route was suggested before
the commission decided on a route.
Commissioner John Snipes of
: the 13th district, handed out typed
' copies of Howerton's report, and i
? said that he felt everyone should
| be familiar with the Howerton re- !
port before action is taken.
Commissioner Snipes said he
wanted the Highway engineers to
[ study the Howerton plan and re- 1
port to the Commission.
Commissioner Buchanan of this
district seemed irked by the con
tinued delays, and made a motion !
that the highway engineers make '
a report of Howerton's proposals ;
at the next meeting of the Com- j
mission in order to bring the in
terstate matter to a close.
It was evident that opponents to
the Pigeon River route were seek- !
ing continued delays in the decis- .
ion. as they suggested exhaustive
surveys be made of the proposed
Howerton routes ? which are
three alternative routes.
The Mountaineer learned from
a highway official in Raleigh, that
surveys could go on and on. ".There
is a lot involved in making such
(See Pigeon River?Page 6)
Planning Meeting
Slated At Bethel
A community planning meeting
wil Ibe held at 8 p.m. Monday at
Bethel School, according to C. C. '
Poindcxter, district school prin- i
cipal.
The purpose of the meeting. Mr. I
Poindexter explained, is to coor
dinate community planning in the
Bethel district to avoid conflicts j
in meetings and also to provide a .
mojre well-rounded program of
school, church, and civic activities. '
A new planning council may be
set up for this purpose, Mr. Poin
dexter added.
LAWRENCE LEATHERWOOD
Leatherwood
Heads Lions
District 31-A
Lawrence B. Leatherwood, a
member of the Waynesvilte Lions
Club since August 23, 1943, is
the new district governor of Lions
District 31-A, embracing 45 West
ern Nbrth Carolina Lions clubs
from Ellenboro west to Murphy.
Mr. Leatherwood was elected to
his new post at the state Lions
convention in Charlotte Tuesday.
In almost 12 "ears as a member
of the Lions Club, the county
school superintendent served aa a
' treasurer ?f *lhe local club ftu
three years and as a director for
eight years, as club president in
1950-51, as rone chairman in
1949-50, district director of the
White Cane program in 1949-50.
deputy district governor in 1950
51. and as a member of the state
committee for the holding of a
Lions International convention in
North Carolina.
Mr. Leatherwood has sponsored
26 men for membership in the
Waynesville Lions Club and was
presented a "Senior Master" key
last Thursday. He has had perfect
attendance at meetings since join
ing the qlub here in 1943.
In the field of education, Mr.
Leatherwood served two years as
principal of Maggie School, 14
years as principal at Hazelwood.
and was named county superin
tendent July I, 1953.
A graduate of Western Carolina
College with a master of arts de
(See Leatherwood?Page 6>
State Expected
To OK Sending
Buses To WCC
, Approval of the State Board of
Education to permit the sending of
county school buses to a laboratory
school at Western Carolina Col
lege is expected tomorrow, accord
ing to Mrs. Carl Ratcliffe, school
supervisor.
Parents who have voiced an in
terest in sending their children to
the school will be contacted Friday
and registration will be held in
the Haywood Board of Education
office Saturday from 9 a.m. until
noon, Mrs. Ratcliffe said.
The supervisor pointed out that
the WCC laboratory school "offers
an enrichment program for all
children and is particularly con
cerned With children who have
difficulty in one or more school
subjects or who are physically or
itherwise handicapped.
Highway
Record For
1955
In Haywood
<TO DATE) ,
-Killed..., 1
Injured.... 37
Accidents.. 76
Loss.. $29,812
(This information com
piled from records ol
State Bfefcway Patrol.)