fSHr The Waynesville Mountaineer =#3= ii
| Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ^ ???
[nh~YEAR wTtr 12 PAGES Associated Pnu WAYNESvTLlE, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, july 4, 1955 3 J *850 ln Adv>nce ln "aywood and Jackson Countka
own, Area
rowded
pr Holiday
irth .of July activities in the
esville area today will in
a baseball game on the
S field, rides all day on the
lesville High grounds, a
> at Lake Junaluska at 7:30 p.
nd fireworks at the lake at
p.m.
parade also was held begin
at 10 a.m. at Allen's Creek
ol and ending at WTHS where
; and concessions are being
ated by the Hazelwood Boos
Club until midnight tonight,
eeds will go for various com
ity youth projects and the
nesville High band,
i the Waynesville High dia
d, it'll be Canton vs. Hazel
1 at 3:30 p.m. in a Western
b Carolina Industrial League
;?the second meeting of the
in between the two Haywood
ity towns. Hazelwood edged
>n. 7-6. last Wednesday.
Lake Junaluska tonight,
is will be presented to win
Df athletic events at 7:15 and
de. "Sergeant York," will be
i in the assembly auditorium
0
eworks, sponsored by busi
len of Waynesville, Canton
.ake Junaluska, will be set off
9 30 p.m. from the south end
e lake near the youth center
pite showers which fell
ghout ihe mountain area in
aTrttty Sunday, "traffic was
:ed at a record level for a
h of July weekend and tour
tablishments hung out their
acancy" signs carUy.
annual celebration of the
1 in Western North Carolina
marred by tragedy Sunday ,
Ing when a large swinging*
e collapsed at Cherokee, kill
wo women, and injuring 40 j
persons.
I ins Club
? Install 14
w Officers
teen officers ? including
nt Ernest Edwards ? will
tailed for 1955-56 by the;
iville Lions Club Thursday
at Spaldon's Restaurant
stalling officer will be Al
t-oome of Asheville, retiring
pr of Lions District 31-A.
r officers to be Installed
lames E. Fender, first vice j
lit; M. T. Bridges, second
?sident; Ben Phillips, third |
psident; Charles Reed, sec-1
?Chick Fowler, assistant sec
I James H. Howell, Jr.,1
kr; J. C. Jennings, Lion
j Bill Swift and Charles Bal- |
Tail Twisters; W. L. Turner
rank Kirkpatrick, directors
|t> years; Roy Parkman and
Angel, directors for one
fher member of the Waynes
Lions Club, Lawrence B.
|rwood, will be installed as
pw district governor here
py, July 14.
300 Added
To Town's
Mail Routes
Some 300 Waynesville area resK
dents, formerly on rural mall
routes, are now receiving city car
rier service as a result of an ex
tension of service which went into
effect Friday.
Now being served by foot carrier
are patrons on portions of South
Haywood St., Daisy Ave., Clifton
St., Ridgewood St., Charles St.,
North Hill St.. Johnson Hill, Park
Drive, Sims St., West Marshall St.,
and Vance St.
On the new routes served by
mounted carrier are residents of
East Marshall St., east of the town
limits, East St., Sunnyside, Hill
side Terrace, Highland, Broadview,
Overbrook, Galloway, Keller, and
Summit streets.
The added work caused by the
extension of city carrier service
will be handled by a new tempor
ary substitute carrier and a "classi
fied" clerk-carrier, according to'
Postmaster Enos Boyd of Waynes
ville.
'Finer Farms'!
Contest Now
In Progress
Communities in eight Western j
North Carolina counties ? includ
ing three in Haywood ? are en
tered in the Carolina Power and
Light Company's "Finer Farms"
contest, which opened July 1 and
will continue through June 30,
Haywood County communities
participating are Pigeon (East and
West Pigeon), White Oak, and Up
per Crabtree.
Other counties in the contest
are Avery, Buncombe, Henderson,
Jackson, Madison, Mitchell and
Vancey.
The contest is being sponsored
"to help speed the adoption of
soil and water conservation princi
pals on more land," E. N. Pope,
contest director, said last ^veek.
Winners will be selected on the
basis of soil and water conserva
tion improvements and will re
ceive $2,800 in prize money.
(See Finer Farms?Page 5)
Cherokee Swinging Bridge
Collapses; 2 Dead, 40 Hurt
A Tennessee and a Georgia;
woman were killed and 40 persons
were injure^, some critically, when
a swinging bridge collapsed at
Cherokee about 11 a.m. Sunday.
The bridge linked the main
highway with the other side of the
Oconaluftee River where Chief O.
B. Saunooke operates gift shops
and several other tourist attrac
tions.
It was estimate^ that approxi
mately 100 persons were on the
bridge when it fell some 20 feet
into the shallow, rock strewn
river. The dead were: Mrs. Henry
Haile, Jr., 35, of Daisy, Tenn., near
Chattanooga, who was struck a
severe blow on the head, and Mrs.
Lawrence Rainwater, 38, of At
lanta, Ga., who suffered internal
injuries.
The seriously injured were tak
en to hospitals in Bryson City and
Sylva. Others received first-aid
treatment at Cherokee and were
released. There were no Western
Carolinians among the injured.
News of the tragedy spread
quickly and persons from through
out Western North Carolina and
Tennessee drove to the scene Sun
day afternoon, causing the already
heavily traveled highways to
Cherokee to become jammed. At
one time, traffic was tied up for a
distance of six miles from the res
ervation community.
Iywoo d Baptist Pastors
k That Haywood County
y Be Held On Week Day
lay wood Baptist pastors re
Bunanimously passed a reso
^Baskin^ that the annual Hay
^B'oui'v Day bo held on a
^Bay instead of Sunday, and
?lternative, that the program
Bn the afternoon, If held on
K>astors. in their resolution,
^B
pointed out that the staging of
Haywood County Day at the morn
ing worship hour on Sunday morn
ing interferred with the set pro
grams of the churches.
The annual event Is usually held
on the first Sunday in June but
was staged this year on the second
Sunday due to the inability of
Governor Luther Hodges, speaker,
to get here prior to the 12th.
The resolution was signed by
Rev. W. G. Rhinehart, president
and Rev. G. H. Shopc. Jr., secre
tary. The resolution is as follows:
"Whereas, we believe in the pro
; motion of Haywood County Day as
i a day for fellowship among the
1 people of Haywood County, and
"Whereas, we believe in the
I benefits derived from the exper
I (See Merwiw* Hip** i fip I)
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HOT
Bally fair and hot today and
B with a few afternoon or
B thunderahowers
STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE of driving
safely during the Fourth of July weekend is this
wrecked car placed by the State Highway Patrol
at the intersection of V. S. 19A-23 with U. S. 19
near Lake Junaluska. Several such demolished
vehicles were placed on display in Western North
Carolina as a special holiday project of Highway
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Patrol Troop E. Although this siq commemorates
the death of Charles W. Gidney of Canton in a
wreck at Clyde in May, the car actually was the I
one driven by Mrs. Betty Poppas of Canton, which
went over a bank near Canton High School and
was badly damaged. Patrolman W. R. Woolen
stands by the vehicle. (Mountaineer Photo).
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County Produces
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Freak Of Nature
As usual, Waynesvilie is right
along in line with the other cities
that exploit Siamese twins. Fur
man Stinnett brought to The
Mountaineer a Siamese twin ? of
uhe floral family. - A -double -cVgrk
red dahlia had Its counterpart
compactly joined from the outdf
leaves to the tip end of the stems/
This freak of nature created quite
a bit of interest by those 6ho saw
it.
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NO FIRE DAMAGE
The fire department answered
a call to Lake Junaluska about 5:30
Saturday, when an oil water heat
er backfired and sent soot and
smoke out of the boiler room of
the Junaluska Apartments.
Felix S to vail, fire chief, said
there was no damage.
Damaged Cars Are Holiday
Reminder To Drive Safely
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Three badly damaged cars, in
volved in wrecks in Haywood
County recently, and two ambu
lances bearing caskets and flow
ers have been placed at strategic
' locations on county highways to
j eeotion drivers to drlrii safelv dw
! ing the Fourth of July week-end.
The wrecked cars were at the
intersection of U. S. 19A-23 and 19
I near Lake Junaluska. on the four
lane highway at the western limits ;
of Canton, and at t*he intersection 1
I of the Soco Road and the Jona
j than Creek highway. The ambu
I lances were at Charlie's Place in
Waynesville and at Dcllwood. v
These vehicles were placed on
major highways of Western North
Carolina as a special project oi
Highway Patrool Troop E. Each
i of them bore a sign reading: "One
Killed, Drive Slowly."
Patrolmen at the scene have
been passing out cards reading:
"You are now entering the most
scenic, yet definitely the most cogk
gested section of North Carolina.
??HW^-^wjsh you a pleasant and"
"We- res^ecHu^y' request your
"2. TJiih't fallow too ejpSely.
"3. Don't pa\ ok bills and
curves.
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"4. Don t drive on the wrong
side of road.
"5. Be alert today and be alive
tomorrow."
Three Hurt
fti4'L?ie
Highway
Carmen Way Arrington, 36, of
Panther Creek was arrested on
charges of driving drunk, (hit and
run. and driving after his license
had been revoked following a col
lision of his 1949 Plymouth with a
1953 Oldsmobile, driven by Mrs.
Ora Lee Price Sheehan, at 7 p.m.
Sunday.
Cpl. Pritchacd H. Smith of the
Highway Patrol reported that Ar
rington's car, two feet over the
center line, sideswiped the Shee
han car as the latter was going
north near the Crabtree-Iron Duff
School.
Arrington failed to stoEle^-uait.
arrested about an hour Jeter by
Cpl. Smith who found thfcjte-run
suspect trying to hide AHm the
bark porch of his hoincil
He was placed in the jail
under a $1,000 bond. ????
Damage to the Oldsmobile was
estimated at $300 and to the Ply
mouth at $100.
The persons we?e injured in a
co'lision on the four-lane highway
at the intersection of the Jones
Cove Road at 11.30 p.m. Sunday.
Hurt were: Boss Olllr of Spruce
Pine and Ruby Needham and Rose
(See 3 Hurt?Page 5)
Governor Hodges Will Not Intervene
On Pigeon River Interstate Decision;
News Spread Fast About Road In Area
The news of the Highway Com
mission in designating the Pigeon I ?
River Road as the route for the .
nterstate system spread fast here !J
ast Thursday afternoon. |.
The first news break came in a "
flash to The Mountaineer from ;
Raleigh when a pre-arranged call
from the highway commission
came through shortly after two
a'clock.
Civic leaders who have been i
close to the project were on hand !
at The Mountaineer waiting for j
the word from Raleigh. When the I
call came through, the leaders j
watched over the shouldeg of the ,
reporter as he wrote the first para- !
graph and then in a joyful mood |
went to the courthouse to begin
spreading the word.
The Mountaineer was all set to '
go to press and the story was put ,
into type as fast as it was written. ]
and shortly thereafter, the papers
were on the street.
Friday morning the four mayors
and chairman of the board of com
missioners sent the 14 members
of the commission and Chairman
A. H. Graham the following tele
gram.
"We are convinced the future
will prove the w ladom of the High
way Commission in concurring
with Tennessee highway authori
ties in selecting the Pigeon River
v' ?
nessee.
The message was signed by F. C.
Green, chairman, board of county
commissioners, i. H. Way. Mayor
of Waynesvllle, Gerald Fish, mayor
of Clyde, Lawrence Davis, mayor
of Hazelwood and Bruce Naiiney.
mayor of Canton. ;
RALEIGH (AP> ? A statement
)y Gov. Hodges indicated he has
10 intention of stepping into a
controversy over a route for an
nterstate highway system between
iVestern North Carolina and
rennessee.
The State Higbway Commission
las approved a route along the
Pigeon River and rejected a pro
losal that it give more study to
in alternate route along the
'rench Broad River.
Asked for comment on a report
hat he had requested the com
mission to survey the French
Broad route. Gov. Hodges said
lhat he has "no authority to
reverse a decision by the State
Highway Commission."
"I have not ordered any survey
made for any highway project, but
when the Pigeon River matter was
brought to my attention I told the
highway chairman that I favored
a survey of both the Pigeon River
and French Broad routes," the
Governor said.
Hodges said he had been "in
formed and advised by the high
way chairman that an exhaustive
engineering study of all proposed
or suggested routes has been
made, both from maps and in the
field, before the final decision was
made by the commission."
&:outs Plan
T? Bnnrh
InWew Mexico *
Jren Boy Scouts from the Daniel
Boone Council, witja Rudolph Cars
well as their leader left on Satur
day for the Philmont Boy Scoi\t
Ranch In New Mexico where they
will spend two weeks.
The group includes two boys
irom Ashevllle, one each from
Murphy, Franklin, and Sylva, and
the following from Waynesvllle:
Mark Feichter, Charles Balentine,
Stuart Scruggs, Johnny Carswell,
and Mike Byrd. Mr. Carswell, who
is scoutmaster of Hazelwood Troop
5, was chosen by the Daniel Boone
Council to accompany the boys at
the expense of the council.
The Scout Ranch is provided for
Explorer Scouts (those over four
teen years of age) and is visited
by around 10,000 boys during the
summer months. It covers an area
about the size of Haywood Coun
ty with the lowest altitude about
6,500 feet.
According to Stephen Woody,
who went to the ranch last sum
mer and is the only Scout from
Waynesville who has made the
trip so far, the boys will spend
most of their time hiking in the
mountains on the ranch. The first
few days are spent in training so
that the boys may become accus
tomed to the high altitude, after
which they will go on an 8-day
hike. Burros are provided to help
carry provisions and camping
equipment.
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luesday Is Last
Day Of Ccfrnival
Df Bargain Event
The third day of the July Bar
lain Carnival nil cpntinue here
Tuesday, the Merchants Associa
tion announced.
The event got under way last
Friday for the 3-day period.
Shopping was brisk Friday
and Saturday, and indications
were that the last day of the
community-wide program would
prove very satisfactory.
Frank Moore, president of the
Merchants group said this was
the first of several community
wide programs planned for this
year.
fames Kilpatrick
New Rotary Head,
Succeeds Ray
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James Kilpatrick became presi-{
dent of the WaynesvHle Rotary j
Club Friday, succeeding William S.
Ray.
Ray gave a brief history of the j
year's Work, which included the
Club sponsoring three major cam4
paigns of raising money lorjal
All three campaign umMWINMI
exceeded. Ray am Priced.
The board >; <firectefs Ibr this!
year is cnnip'whd ei|I. i
Tommy Thornp-^B, tyflliiag^^^^Pn
Dr. John Perry. B. FawM^Vr.. '
and H. P. McCart^^^^T
Ned'J. Tuekey wdHRfucted into!
the club as a new member.
Allison-Duncan Building
Oil Bulk Plant, Hazelwood
Construction of a new bulk plant
and Urge warehouse by Allison
and Duncan, distributors for Phil
Upf,<?6 products, is nearing com
'pletioh^ The modern facilities are
ddjoiniflg the property of the Alli
son fc Duncan Tire Company,
Georgia AV nue. Hazelwood.
There, have been four tanks of
20,000 gallon capacity, erected on
site, in addition to modern
pumping and meter facilities. The
warehouse, and office, is the form
er storage warehouse of the Hay
! wood Cannery.
Allison and Duncan, operating
here and in Murphy, are this
month observing their 20th anni
versary In the oil business. They
recently were named distributors
of Phillips 66, and have 7 counties
in Western North Carolina, three
in Georgia and one in Tennessee.
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Sam Allison, presiednt. said
plans for five new service stations
had been completed, and construc
tion would begin in the near fu
ture. Two of the new stations will
be erected in the Waynesville area,
he explained.
The Waynesville plant serves 23
outlets, and the Murphy plant 2S.
In discussing expansion plans,
Mr. Allison said that all the sta
tions selling Phillips 66 products
would be re-painted in a light tan
and trimmed in maroon within the
next few weeks.
In addition to the service sta
tions, the plant here will handle
fuel oil. as has been the policy of
the Allison and Duncan firm in
the past, Allison explained. Two of
the 20.000-gallon storage tanks are
devoted to ktorage of fuel oil. The
firm will operate four trucks from
(See Allison-Duncan?Page 5)
Spoiled Bears, Bold Folk Bad Combination
Spoiled bears and bold people
are bringing about a serious situ
ation in the Smokies, according to
Edward Hummell, superintendent.
Already 12 persons have been
injured by bears this season?more
than all last year, Supt, Hummel
said.
The reason:
There are more bears, and they
are spoiled because of the free
handouts from people who fail to
realize the dangers of a harmless
looking bear.
"There are probably more than
t, fv
12 who have been injured this sea
son," said Supt' Hummel. "There
are some people who go to a doc
tor for treatment and do not re
port the injury to a ranger, for fear
of being arrestedj*
Feeding a bear is a violation of
the law.
And since the situation has be
come so serious, the rangers are
making arrests. Already two have
been hailed into court, and fined
$25 and costs. The judge can im
pose * fine of $500 or imprison
ment up to 30 days for feeding
a park bear.
"We are merely trying to pro
tect the people from the bears.
We know that a dissatisfied bear
can cause serious injury, and we
do not want anyone hurt, so the
only thing to do is to keep the
public from feeding the Jtbars,"
Supt. Hummel said.
This month, there was someone
hurt every day for five consecutive
days. "We know of 12 thus far,
there might have been more," he
continued.
Supt Hummel told of one cam
era fan who tried to get s close-up
picture of a bear, and before he
i-ould snap the shutter, the bear
had slapped the camera from the
(See B?sMs8 bears?Fife I) .
NO. 1 ATTRACTION to many tourists in the Great Smoky Moun
tains National Park Is not the awe-inspiring scenery, but the
black bears which can be seen frequently alone the roads in the
nark. They're Interestlnc to watch, but a word of caution: Don't
get too close to teed them or molest them. Bears are dangerous
when aroused, and a number of vision to the park have been in
jure 1 by hears this spring. (Photo by Bob Conway).
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Police Aid Visitors Find
Places Over The Weekend
As always, it happened again.
The police department turned
into a general bureau of informa
tion over the weekend, helping via
itors get rooms.
"We were kept busy until 3 a.m.
Sunday finding rooms for visitors.
We found a place for everyone, by
sending many to private homes af
ter all motels, hotels, and board
ing houses were filled.
"Sunday night was just about
as bad, but we got everyone a
place," Chief Orville Noland ex
plained.
About 10:30 Sunday night a call
came from Maggie Valley asking
the police to help a party of six
adults and two children get rooms.
"They are desqera^," .the, mqfel
operalor in Maggie exyplaimd.
V'Send them in. I'll get them
placed somewhere," said Police
man Guy Messer, as he started
calling about town on the last
round of places he felt might be
able to take care of the group.
"We will be called upon again
tonight, and then we will have un
til Labor Day weekend before we |
have trouble finding rooms," the
officers said.
There were scores of cara park
ed in picnic areas between here
and Snco Gap at 1:30 Sunday morn
ing. with the occupant* sleeping
in their cars after finding no ca
(See Police?Page f)
Highway
Record For v
1955
In Haywood
CTO DATS)
Killed.... I
Injured.... 55
Accidents 103
Loss.. $41,877
piled from records of
State Highway hfeeU ?
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