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|fVBAR NO. 46 18 I'AGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C? THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 9, 1955 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countie*
yer 3000 Expected To
ttend Haywood County
ly At Junalu ska Sunday
jOTHEK HODGES will be
pfcer at Haywood County
Lake Junaluska Sunday.
I bee in his inspirational
I shortly after IS noon,
poal picnic dinner will
Ike aervices.
K Attend
kid Day
I Poultry
1y 125 Western
poultrymen attendr
>oultry field day at
Experiment Station
the morning pro
liscussion of "The
n in Western Caro
Dearstyne, head of
jartment at N. C.
and "Farts About I
jw," by T. B. Mor- !
i out that the law i
on small produc-'
sed to prevent mis
n the sale of eggs,
jon. Dr. C. R. Bor-:
i demonstration on I
:ks. which led into ]
he various diseases
:t of "Using Home-!
in Feeding," J. W.
College asserted 1
n cut costs by us
grains and still do
feeding their poul
ihunt. director of
resided at the meet
id from 10 a.m. un
ner was served on
tfs Second
Pool Set
de Monday
Imately 280 lambs are ex
be offered for sale at
f's second lamb pool of
tt the Clyde Stockyards
according to County
Bil L. Holloway.
1>s to be sold should be
b the stockyards between
'un. Monday. The dead
f notifying the county
?cc concerning entering
[the pool was today.
[to be paid at the second
he on a par with those
p first pool in May, Mr.
W that 59 lambs from
poty and 60 from Madi
roffered for sale in ad
I those from Haywood.
Ijt Rothrock and her
p children of Reidsville
P of the former's par
l^fiMrs. Rufus Siler.
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COOLER
i and cool with scat
*r? today. Friday, part
Jimiid.
"?ynesville temperature
* *>> the State Test
Max. Mill. Pr.
80 53
74' 58 .33
05 44 .11
More than 3,000 residents of this
area are expected at Lake Juna
luska Sunday at the annual "Hay
wood County Day" observance, fea
turing Gov. Luther Hodges as the
guest speaker and an old-time din
ner-on-the-ground picnic.
A special committee, represent
ing churches and various organiza
tions of the county, is sponsoring
the program in cooperation with
the Southeastern Summer Assem
bly of the Methodist Church.
Lake Junaluska is* summer pro
gram headquarters of the Metho
dist Church. However, the as
sembly superintendent, the Rev.
J. W. Fowler, Jr., said "Sunday is
not a Methodist day, but is a spec
ial occasion when members of all
churches are invited to visit the
grounds and enjoy the fellowship
and the program planned for Hay
v ood County residents."
The program will center in the
big lakeside auditorium, starting
at 11:30 a.m. with congregational
singing. Gov. Hodges will speak
at noon, and visitors will spread
their baskets of food at 1 o'clock.
The state highway patrol will
escort Gov. and Mrs. Hodges from
Asheville to Lambuth Inn, where
they will be met by a reception
committee headed by State Sena
tor William Medford of Waynes- j
ville.
The Rev. W. Jackson Huney-1
cutt, Methodist superintendent of
the Waynesville district, will pre
side at the auditorium program.
The governor will be introduced
by Jonathan H. Woody, president
of the First National Bank of Way
nesville.
The welcome address will be
given by the Rev. Mr. Fowler.
Other program principals include
the Rev. Elmer Greene, A$socia
tional Missionary. Baptist Church:
^Admiral W. N. Thomas, retired
; chief of U. S. navy chaplains who
^resides at Lake Junaluska; and the
(See Haywood Day?Page fit
Chest X-Ray
Program Ends
Saturday
Haywood County's mass chest
X-ray survey, which began May 13.
will close Saturday in Canton and
Waynesville.
Hours of operation for the two
state mobile units on Saturday will
be from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. to give
operators the opportunity to move
their equipmnt to their next desti
nation.
Hours Friday will be from 11a.
m. until 5 p.m. at the Canton unit
near the postoffice and the Way
nesville unit on the courthouse
parking lot.
The county's total now stands
at 8.192. At Canton, 194 were X
rayed Tuesday and 124 Wednesday.
In Waynesville, 184 were examined
Tuesday and 161 Wednesday,
t The Health Department has es
pecially urged all persons who have
< been in contact with TB patients to
have an X-ray taken. Food handl
i ers and teachers are required by
, state law to be examined annually,
j X-rays are made free to all per
sons 15 years of age or older, but
younger persons may have them
made by obtaining permission from
their family physician ui from the i
Health Department.
SPEEDY .DEPUTIES are Carl Setzer (left) and Gene Howell, who
ran down a prisoner who was attempting to make his third escape
from law-enforcement officers. The convict?Watson Stearns of
Greensboro ? fled as he was being loaded on a state prison
truck Tuesday morning at the rear of the courthouse but
the two sheriff's deputies overtook and subdued the would-be
escapee. (Mountaineer Photo).
Deputies Overtake Prisoner
Seeking To Make Escape
Bethel Names
Committee
On Planning
A 10-member planning commit
tee was named at Bethel Monday
night to coordinate that commun
ity's activities ? school, church,
civic, and social.
Kin McNeil was appointed chair
man and Mrs. George Blalock. Jr., I
secretary. Other members are:
Clifton Terrell, Charlie. Henson, j
Mrs. Hiram Campbell, Mrs. Eu
gene Henson, Mrs. J. E. Burnett,
Mrs. Ralph Kelly, Mrs. Harley
Wells, Mrs. Harrison Henson, L. B.
George, and C. C. Poindexter.
The committee will meet at 8
p.m. Monday at Bethel school to:
make a survey of the meeting
dates of community organisations,
preparatory torthe publication and
distribution of an activities calen
dar.
The planning committee will
strive to set up a calendar to avoid
conflicts in meetings and to pro
vide a better rounded program of
activities in the committee.
Boyd's Servicenter
Open On Soco Road
A new service station is now
open to the public on the Soco
Road ? Boyd's tsso Servicenter,
on the north side of U. S. 19 op
posite the Parkway Motor Court.
The new service station, operat
ed by "Doc" and Troy Boyd, will
offer gasoline, oils, lubrication,
and a complete line of? accessories.
Tire recapping is also done at
i the station and a good supply of
recapped tires will be on sale.
Two Haywood County sheriff's
deputies won an unscheduled foot
race across the courthouse lawn,
down Wall St., and up Main St. ]
about 10r45 a.m. Tuesday.
The loser: an escapee who was
being returned to the Peachtwp {
state prison camp near Murphy.*
It all happened as a group of six
convicted men were being loaded
on a prison truck en route to Mur
phy. One of the group ? Watson
Stearns, 33, of Greensboro?broke
loose, ran over the courthouse i
lawn and down Wall St. by the
side of Rogers Electric Co.?pur
sued closely by Deputy Setzer.
Instead of staying on Wall St.
or plunging over the steep bank
at that point, the prisoner turned
back along the side of the Gar
rett Furniture Store and then fled
up Main St.
As this was taking place. Deputy
Gene Howell got into his cruiser. (
came up Depot St. and then
abandoned the car when he saw I
Stearns running up the street. The
lanky deputy soon caught up with
the escapee and downed him on
the sidewalk near the Food Store.
Deputy Setzer then came up and
the two subdued Stearns, put him
in the cruiser and took him back ;
to the prison truck.
"If he'd gotten into the brush
at the foot of Wall St., he would
have been a goner," Setzer said,
"but he didn't know the town and
ran back on Main St. iflstead."
Checking up later, the deputy
found that he had lost a mechan
ical pencil and his cigarettes in
(See Deputies?Page 6)
Milk Prices Paid To WNC
Farmers To Remain $6.25
A plea by milk distributors in
j this area, and another, for a re
duction in the price paid to farm
ers has been rejected by the State
Milk Commission, according to
executive secretary J. V. Whitak
er.
At the. recent Asheville hearing
1 some distributors asked that the
J price they pay for class I milk be
| cut from $6.25 to $5.90 per 100
j pounds. Some distributors asked
for a similar reduction at the
Gastonia hearing and also for a
cut from $4.50 to $4 in the price
paid for class II milk.
The distributors, the commission
said, were divided, with some ask
ing that the prices not be reduced.
The producers, the commission
noted, were unanimous in their
objection to the reduction.
| The distributors argued that
their margin of profit has been de- i
clining and they are faced "with
the necessity of raising consumer
prices or reducing the prices paid
producers. The producers con
tended that their costs of produc
tion have been rising and their
margin of profit has also been
falling.
The commission also said, "in
other argument presented by pro
ducers was tha^ they should not
be penalized for the threat of a
price war in the Charlotte market
where the introduction of the flal- i
j Ion jug has forced some distribu
tors. who do not utilize the jug, to
reduce their half gallon and quart i
prices to consumers."
James Kirkpatrick. president of
the Haywood County Milk Pro
ducers Association, said he was
gratified at the news.
Attend The 42nd Annual Haywood County Day At The Lake Sunday
County Budget Requests Exceed
Those Of Last Year By $56,000
Commissioners
Making Study Oi
Department Needs
If all the budget requests for
next year are granted to county ,
departments, the tax rate will be
between $1.85 and $1.90. accord
ing to tentative figures compiled
by James Kirkpatrick, county audi
tor, this morning.
The requests from all depart
ments in the county ? welfare,
schools, health, general fund, spec
ial fund, library, debt service, capi
tal outlay, totals about $56,000
more than last year, according to
the figures which the commission
ers are now studying in preparation
for next year's budget.
Chairman Faraday C. Green said
that the board was still working on
the budget, studying the requests
of all the departments, and that no
decision had been reached for any
department as yet.
The commissioners find them
selves in a vice-tight squeeze be
tween two conflicting laws.
A constitutional act limits a 20
cent levy for the general fund.
However, a local law, setting up
county services, is now running the
proposed general fund budget in
excess of $7,500 of what a 20-cent
levy will bring in, Chairman Green
said.
Chairman Green pointed out the
matter was giving the board much
concern.
"We had planned to do some
painting about the courthouse, and
some other renovating, but under
circumstances, with the general
fuhd in such a fix, we will have to
delay it until some other time,"
i the chairman pointed out.
The general fund levy for 1954
i Uas 16 cents.
"Wb are milcing substantial sav
ings in several places by cutting
down on expenses, but even that
is not enough to offset the $7,500
which the general fund is out of
balance," Mr. Green said.
Auditor Kirkpatrick said there
had been "pick-up" in assessments 1
which would help materially in es- 1
tablishing the new budget, but not
enough for the commissioners to
work on a 20-cent levy for the
(See County Budget?Page 6
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Presbyterian
Church Initiates
Evening Services
More than 100 people attended
the first evening worship service
at the Waynesville Presbyterian
Church last Sunday night.
The pastor, the Rev. Calvin
Thielman is preaching a series of
sermons on the title "A Guide for
Christian Living," an exposition
of the Ten Commandments.
Another service will begin at the
Waynesville Presbytgrian Church
on Wednesday night, June 15. at
8 p.m., at which time the members
will participate in prayer meeting
and will receive instructions from
the pastor on the Biblical descrip
tion of what Presbyterians believe.
A DEED to the Ferguson property at the corner
of Haywood St. and Boyd Ave., future home of
the county library, was presented by Col. J. II.
Howell, chairman of the library board, to Faraday
Green, chairman of county commissioners, at a
Joint meeting of the two groups Monday after
noon. Looking on (left to right) are Floyd Woody,
a commissioner; Miss Margaret Johnston, county
librarian; Mrs. T. L. Gwyn, Glenn Palmer, and
Sen. William Medford. members of the library
board.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Three Hurt
In Five Area:
Accidents
Three persons were injured in
' two of- five accidents investigated
by the State Highway Patrol and
' Wayuesville police in this area in
the last several days. One accident
actually occurred in Jackson
; County, a half mile west of the J
Haywood line at Soco Gap.
Miss Kleeoon Dixon of Route 2,
Canton, suffered a severely bruis
ed hip when the 1950 Ford she was
driving was involved in a collision J
with a 1953 Ford driven by .
Bowden Mease Smathers of Can
ton at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday on
U. S 19A-23 near the former Ed
Sims place.
Patrolman W. R. Wooten of the i
Highway patrol reported that
Smathers pulled around a work
(See Three Hurt?Page 6)
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George Arthur
Dies At Home
In Canton
George C. Arthur, former train
ing coordinator for Champion Fa-'
per and Fibre Company plants,
died yesterday afternoon in his
home in Canton.
He had retired May 1. 1954 af
ter having served with Champion
since 1937.
A native of Asheville. Arthur
served on the faculty of Asheville
School before joining Champion as
supervisor of vocational training.
He Was promoted to coordinator in j
1949.
Arthur was active in church and
(See George Arthur?Page 6)
Wool Prices Announced; ^
Pool Slated At Asheville ?
Waitresses in Haywood County
rating establishments will have
the opportunity of picking up a
silver dollar or two this month
by suggesting that patrons drink
milk with their meals.
John Carver, chairman of the
county's observance of "June
Dairy Month." announced that a
group of selected persons are
now carrying several silver dol
lars to award to waitresses who
suggest milk to customers.
Those who fail to mention
milk, however, are given cards
which bear this message: "If you
had suggested milk, you would
have won one silver dollar. Hay
wood Milk Producers Associa
tion."
Suggesting Milk
Earns Waitresses
A Silver Dollar
Singing Convention
Set Sunday Afternoon
The Haywood County Singing
Convention will meet'at the Court
house Sunday afternoon at 1:30.
A number of singing groups are
expected to participate including
the Davis Trio of Gastonia. the
Melody Five of Sylva. the Mellow
Tone Quartet of Swannanoa. Pop
Carroll of Swannanoa and the Vic
tory Quartet of Haywood County.
Kay Parker, president of the
convention, will act as Master of
Ceremonies for the singing pro- ,
gram and invites singers of this
area to attend and participate in
the program.
Wool to bo sold at Western
North Carolina's only wool pool,
to be held at Asheville next Mon
day and Tuesday, has been pur
chased by the National Spinning
Company of Washington, D C . ac
cording to County Agent Virgil L.
Hollowajr,
Prices paid per pound were
, Clear wool .5210 cents
i Light burry wool .4700 cents
Medium burry wool .4200 cents
' Heavy burry wool .3590 cents
Stained wool .4290 cents
; Coarse wool .4290 cents
I Black or dead wool .3990 cents
1 Lamb's wool .4150 cents
'Tags .0800 cents
WNC farmers have been asked
to bring their wool to the Caro
I lina Warehouse. Valley St.. Ashe
1 ville, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
either next Monday or Tuesday.
Wool will be weighed and graded
and checks issued a few minutes
later.
Handling charges have been re
duced to one cent a pound this
year. There is no penalty for un
tied wool.
Mr. Holloway reminded county
farmers to take their receipts to
the ASC office at the courthouse
and fill out CCC Wool Form 46.
i "Application for Incentive Pay
ment?Shorn Wool." at their earl
iest convenience after the wool
sale.
Fire Hun Made
Waynesville firemen made a run
to the home of Bob Yarborough
at 1 p.m. Wednesday on Thomas
Park Drive where Mr. Yarbor
ough'* car had caught on fire from
defective wiring.
Damage was minor.
PROCLAMATION
Whereas, it has long been the custom for the citizens of
the County of Haywood to come together on one day each year at
Lake Junaluska to enjoy the fellowship of friends, neighbors and
fellow citizens, on an occasion designated as Haywood County Day,
and
Whereas, in order to promote unity and friendship among the
people of Haywood County, this meeting of the citizens of Haywood
should be fostered and encouraged, and
Whereas, the Honorable Luther H. Hodges, distinguished
Governor of North Carolina, will deliver the address on this oc
casion of our 42nd annual Haywood County Day.
Now Therefore, we the undersigned, Mayors of the four
incorporated towns in Haywood County and the Chairman of The
Board of County Commissioners of Haywood County, do hereby
designate the twelfth day of June. 1955, as Haywood County Day
and call upon all citizens of Haywood County to bring a picnic din
ner and assemble at Lake Junaluska on this day and enjoy this
occasion for the purposes intended. t 1
This, the ninth day of June, 1955.
MAYOR L. C. DAVIS MAYOR J. H. WAY
Town of Hazelwood Town of Waynesville
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MAYOR BRUCi NANNEY MAYOR G. R. FISH
Town of Canton Town of Clyde
F. C. GREEN
Chairman, Haywood County
Board of Commissioners
Three Communities Chosen
For 'Finer Farms' Contest
Upper Crablree. White Oak. and
West Pigeon hase been selected by
the county's Soil Conservation
District supervisors to represent
Haywood County in the Carolina j
Light and Power Co.'s "Finer ?
Farms" contest on soil conserva- !
lion.
At a meeting with CDP officials 1
Monday night at the courthouse.
Herschell Rogers. SCD chairman. |
selected Upper Crabtree; D. J. ]
Boyd, vice chairman and treasur
er, selected White Oak. and Van
C. Wells, secretary, chose West
Pigeon.
The contest will start July 1 and
continue through June 30, 1936.
Roy Beck, soil conservation I
specialist, discussed the "Finer |
Farms" contest and explained how
the county's Soil Conservation Dis
trict organizations assists farmers
to develop complete conservation
farm plans ? based on land-capa
bility maps, th? landowner's
vishos and his financial resources. (
Entrance of the three Hay Mood
communities into Carolina Power's
contest was approved unanimous
ly by the CDP directors.
County Agent Virgil L. Hollo
way agreed to conduct educational
(See 3 Communities?Page St
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Highway
Record For
1955
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed.... 1
Injured.... 40
Accidents.. 81
Loss.. $31,012
(This Informatioa com
piled from records ol
State Highway Patrol.)
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NEW STRAW TOPPER twine
worn during the summer by
North Carolina State Highway
Patrolmen is displayed by Patrol
man Harold Dayton of Waynes- I (
vilie The gray hat is modeled af
ter those worn by Confederate > |
officers In the Civil War. I
(Mountaineer Photo*. \