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I co ? I ? - I j ?ill the News Most Of |TW^| "W^r T" ? Es'mi The Time." A HE n^YNE SYILLE -MOUNTAINEER I 1 0 Published TwiM-A-Week Ir, The County Se?t of Haywood-County At The EW p , J Jg iXV J *-? ??t? -I ?70th YAH NO. 54 20 PAGES " P?" n ntranc? 0f The Great Smoky Mountains National-Park I Assocmte^Pr^ WAYNESV1LLE, N.lT?mj^DlvT?TEH^ ??? *= ? In Advance In Haywood and Jackaon Coon tie 1 flection On Recreation Bonds Set August 9 100 Masons Expected For 15th Summer Assembly State Event Opens Here On Sunday Masons from many states will begin registration here at 10 a.m. Sunday morning at the Waynes ville High School gymnasium for their annual three-day Masonic Assembly. Some 400 are expected here for the meeting. F. E. Worthington, general chairman, said that registration will continue until 6 p.m., and a special Masonic service will be held at the First Methodist Church at 8 p.m. The service will be conducted by the Rev. A. DeLeon Gray, of Oxford, grand chaplain of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters in North Carolina, assisted by Rev. Earl H. Brendall. of W'aynesville. A social hour with refreshments being served by members of the Eastern Star will be held immedi ately following the service. R:I Companion William A. Coble, grand steward, Will be in charge of the program. Monday at 9 a.m. at the high school gymnasium, the Grand Council will be opened. At 2 p.m. the Assembly dele gates will go to the Masonic Marker at Black Camp Gap for the annual session there. The speak er will be Charles H. Pifgh of Gas tonia. grand master of Masons in North Carolina. At 8 p.m., the James Jackson, Jr. chapter, Order of DeMolay, of Asheville, will demonstrate the initiatory degree. A. Manchest er. chairman of the" advisory com mittee, will be in charge. All Mas ter Masons are Invited to attend. Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, the Grand Council will reconvene with remarks by distinguished visitors. At 2 p.m. a motorcade will tour several spots in Western North Carolina. At 7 p.m. at a dinner at Waynes vilie High School cafeteria, a varied program of entertainment will be given. At 8 o'clock an ad dress will be made by the Rev. Henry F. Collins, past grand mas ter of Masons in South Carolina. Rev. Collins is from Columbia, S. C. Reservations are being made here through C. B. Hosaflook, secretary of the Masonic Assembly. Sonoma Baptist To Study Plans For New Church The Sonoma Baptist church in a special business session Sunday went on record approving the con struction of a temporary building instead of requesting the loan of a portable sanctuary from the Hay wood Baptist Association. A committee was named to study the needs, and prepare plans, get prices, and present these facts together with a plan for raising money at an early meeting. The committee is composed of L. J. Tatham, Coleman York, and Gay W. Calhoun. Rev. Boyce R. White is pastor of the church and D. D. York is chair man of the board of trustees. The Sunday meeting was held in the Bethel Presbyterian church. Ks WRECK claimed the life of Mrs. F.arlLne '^Klor, 34, Sylva, about 2 p.m. July Fourth, as ? vehicle left Highway 19A, about 2 and a half ^*s East of Sylva during a hard rain and went Bn a it-foot embankment into a corn field. Gaylor was a passenger in the car driven by her husband. Patrolman John C. Sides said Gaylor lost control of the car on a curve. Neither Gaylor nor a child were hurt. Patrolmen said the rain and slick tires caused the accident. This photo made by Jimmy Gray, The Sylva Herald. * I Services Are Held For Mrs. Gaylor Funeral service* were held yes terday in the Rock Springs Bap tist Church at Crabtree for "Mrs. Earline Liner Gaylor, 34, of Sylva. who died in an automobile accident near Sylva on July 4. The Rev. Robert Abrams, pastor of the Sylva Baptist Church, and T. T. Noland officiated. Burial was in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ralph and Ken neth Glance, Paul Green, Bud Liner, Lewis Clark, and Guy Mat thews. Mrs. Gaylor was a native of Hay wood County and was a member o( the Rock Springs Baptist Church. She hati lived in Sylva for eight years. Surviving are the husband. Albert W. Gaylor; one daughter by a previous marriage, Joyce Gail Jones; the mother, Mrs. Marion L. ! Liner of Clyde, Route 1; two sis ters, Mrs. Lester Clark of Canton and Mrs. Fred Glance of Clyde; and three brothers, J. B. Liner and D. L. Liner of Canton and Orville Liner of Bowling Green, Ky. Arrangements were under the direction of Garrett Funeral Home. Midnight Fire Destroys House In Rogers Cove An unoccupied frame house in Rogers Cove was destroyed by fire at 12:15 a.m. Wednesday. Waynesville firemen were sum moned to the scene, but the walls of the house had collapsed before their arrival. Fire Chief Felix Stovall estimat ed the damage to the dwelling I owned by Billy Green, at $1,500. Origin of the fire is unknown. Waynesville firemen also made a run to the summer cottage of S. A. Hearne on Camak Drive on the Junaluska Assembly grounds where a bolt of lightning traveled into the residence on electric wires. Firemen said the lightning blew out light bulbs and caused smoke, but no damage. fcard Says ?unty Farm ?11 Be Sold ? county commissioners have to sell about 135 acres of Home larm in Septem I^Bhe officials decided to keep ^Hfive acres and the building. ^Bier this year the c-ommission ^Hecided to close the county and to put those who were ?g that their home in licensed K homes in the area. The (SBnendation came from state MM$es and after an investigation, t commissioners found the coun would save about $8,000 to $10, ttH officials decided to retain O^Hfive acres and the building tt M case the county ever want tnic open the county home "UtHer present circumstances, it peon that everyone is so well iaaoA that the likelihood of re enioj the place is very remote, iww, we felt it best to retain 'nenkip of the building, and ise tlto some individual, perhaps ?^Hnursing home," Faraday y^Bchairman of the board of ri^^Bioners said. acres which will be put 1 fomsale has about 30 acres in ?odlBd. about 50 acres under j^^Kon. and some 55 acres in H^Broperty is in the heart of ^^BVallcy, and is considered the best farming land in f j^Bty. The officials would give ^^H>atc of what the property ^H'an Green said the pro jHm the sale of the proper go into the county debt I Vdbther I HUMID cloudy, hot and humid ttered afternoon and early owers today and Friday. ?1 Waynerville tempera reported by the State Test Max. Min Pr. 86 51 I.?. . . 87 57 1.18 . 85 61 .21 85 60 .56 | t 83 59 .14 Truman To Address ' Farm Group A meeting with former president Harry S. Truman in Kansas City, Mo., will be an added attraction of the 12th annual Haywood Coun ty out-of-state farm tour. County Agent Virgil L. Holloway has an nounced. According to plans arranged through Congressman George A. Shuford, Mr. Truman will speak to the Haywood countians at a banquet at the New Pickwick Hotel in Kansas City Tuesday, July 26. At the request of Mr. Holloway, Rep. Shuford contacted Miss Kath ryn Folger of Washington, a native North Carolinian and a member of the Democratic National Commit tee. to request that the former chief executive meet with the farm tour group on the 26th. Miss Folger. in turn, got in touch with Charles Murphy, a close associate Qf the ex-president, who visited Mr. Truman in Mis (See Truman?Page 8> Art Exhibit Planned Here July 23-31 The first Haywood County art exhibit in recent years will be held June 23-31 in the Hallett Ward building (former James Furniture store! under the sponsorship of the cultural improvement commit tee of the Chamber of Commerce. Both regular and summer resi dents of the county are invited to enter three of their works in the exhibit. A special display of heraldry*, etchings, family portraits, and hooked rugs will be held in con junction with the art exhibit. Mrs. Walter Baermann, chair man of the cultural Improvement committee, is in charge of the ar rangements for the event. Concert Series Planned By Community Committee A series of four summer evening programs and an art exhibition have been set up for the enter tainment of the general public by the Committee for Cultural Im provement established last winter by the Waynesville Chamber of Commerce. The twilight programs will all be held outdoors on Friday even ings at 8 o'clock beginning July 19. They will include two informal lectures and two concerts. Although some of the events will. be free of charge, those for which an admission will be charged will benefit the Haywood County Li- , brary Building Fund. , The evening events are to be held on the grounds of the future library, the old Ferguson Home, corner of Haywood and Boyd Ave nue. In case of rain, programs \ will be in the new Central Ele mentary School Auditorium. The art exhibit, opening Satur- | day, July 23, through Sunday, i (See Concert?Page Dr. Charles H. Pujfh ' Rev. A. Del.eon Gray wwafmrnac* | Rev. Henry F. Collins MASONIC ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS during the three-day annual event starting here Sunday will - be Dr. Charles H- Pugh of Gastonia, grand master ' of Masons in North Carolina; the Rev. A. DeLeon Gray of Oxford, grand chaplain of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters in North Carolina, and the Rev. Henry F. Collins of Colom bia, S. C., past grand master of Masons in Sooth Carolina. 2 Escapees Captured After Theft A breaking and entering of the Cruso drive-in Sunday night by two young escapees from the Jack son Training School at Concord proved their downfall when they were arrested the next day by sheriff's deputy Charlie Jones oi Canton. Sheriff Fred Campbell identi fied the pair as Howard Matbis of Mauney Cove and Joe Green of Blowing Rock in Watauga. County, and reported that they stole a quantity of food from the drive-In worth about $40 and approximately two dollars in cash from a register. They also attempted to take the money from a cigarette machine, but were unable to get it open. They were arested at 11 a.m. Monday by Deputy Jones in a woods along Pisgah Creek, three miles from the drive-in. The youths admitted the theft and also confessed that they at tempted to steal a logging truck in the Dutch Cove section, but were unable to get it started. They did, however, take some tools from the vehicle. ? They also related stealing a truck in Kings Mountain and driv ing it until it ran out of gas at Lake Lure. The boys will be returned to the training school at Concord from which they escaped two weeks ago. Cecil Soldier Remains Critical In Army Hospital Pvt. Samuel Chambers, 19, a Cecil soldier, remains in a semi conscious condition at the Walter Reed Hospital. Washington, where he was recently transferred from a hospital at Fort Jackson. Pvt. Chambers was injured May 7 when his car left the road above Lake Logan. He was alone at the time, and had arrived home on a weekend pass at the time of the accident. He was carried to Moore General Hospital, and later trans ferred to the Camp hospital in Ft. Jackson. 300 Methodist Women Of 9 States, Cuba, Attending Lake Mission Conference Approximately 300 Methodist women leaders of nine southeast ern states and Cuba are enrolled in the annual School of Missions which opened this morning at Lake Junaluska. Sponsored by the Methodist Wo man's Society of Christian Service, southeastern Jurisdiction, the school will continue through July 14. Daily workshops, clinics and study courses are being held at Lambuth Inn, and the evening platform hours arc in the main auditorium. Mrs. L. L. Jackson, Birmingham. Ala., is directing the school. She Is the Jurisdictional secretary of missionary education for the WSCS. The dean is Mrs. E. V. ? * Ennis, Elk Creek. Va., jurisdic tional secretary of the Wesleyan Service Guild. General officers of the jurisdic tional WSCS, who are serving on the faculty and as reserve leaders, are Mrs. E. U. Robinson, Gallatin, Tenn.-, president; Mrs. David Cath cart, Miami, Fla., vice president; Mrs. John Hoyle, Jr., Greensboro, recording secretary, and Mrs. B. R. Stout. Knoxville, Tenn., treasurer. "Crown Thy Good With Broth erhood" is the program theme. Those in attendance include offic ers and departmental secretaries of the WSCS in 17 annual confer ences of the southeast and Cuba, plus missionaries, field workers and guests who arc on the faculty. Criminal Court Term To Open Here Monday I A heavy docket of cases will be heard by Judge Dan K. Moore of i Sylva during the July criminal term of Superior Court, which is scheduled to last only one week. Perhaps the major c*?e on the July docket is a charge of invol u! '.?ry npasli'ilghter* a g a i n s i Charles Howard Leatherwood of Waynesville In connection with the death of Charles Weldon Gidney. Canton barber, in an accident at Clyde May 2. Leatherwood was driving a car west on the four-lane highway at Clyde and figured in a collision with G'dney's car, which entered ] the highway from a street near the j Clyde town hall. Gidney was taken to Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville, where he died a short time later. State highway patrolmen on the scene reported that Leatherwood was driving recklessly and speed ing. The 17-year-old youth was bound over to Superior Court on a $1,000 bond after a hearing before Police Judge Larry H. Cagle of Clyde. Facing the highest number of i charges ?. six in all ? is Lewis Wallace Green, who is accused of driving drunk, driving after his license had been revoked, driving without lights, failing to stop for a ; siren, resisting arrest, and assault (See Court?Page 8) , Miss Jean West i Dies In Florida After Illness Miss Jean Meyer West of Way nesville died Monday in Jackson ville, Florida where she had made her home with a nephew, John W. West, Jr., since February, 1954. She had been in ill health for several years. A daughter of the late Herbert G. and Nancy Webb We6t, Miss West was born in Kinston in Au gust, 1879. She moved to Way nesville with her family during her girlhood and lived here until she went to Florida. She attended private schools here and Was employed for a num ber of years In the commisary of the England-Walton Company at Hazelwood. In later years she was (See Miss West?Page 8) Stray Spark Ignites Pile Of Fireworks Individuals engaged in setting off fireworks at Lake Junaluska MJonday night escaped possible in jury when a spark from a Roman candle or skyrocket set off a large j pile of fireworks. ? When only about a fourth of the fireworks had been set off, the stockpile, worth more than $100, suddenly became ignited and ex ploded in some 30 seconds. A warning cry of "fire!" permit ted the group putting off the pyrotechnics to abandon the scene In time to escape injury. One teen aged boy, however, had his cloth ing burned in the incident. The fireworks were set off near the site of the new youth center. In past years they were ignited near the cross. Final Lamb Pool Slated For July 13 Haywood's third and final lamb I pool of the year will be held Wed I nesday, July 13, at the Clyde stockyards, according to County agent Virgil L. Holloway. . Producers entering lambs in the pool are asked to notify the coun ty agent's office not later than this Saturday at noon. All lambs must be in not later than 10 a.m. on the 13th. The sale is expected to be over by 2 p.m. Last month's pool proved to be the biggest in county history when more than 400 lambs were sold. Approximately 300 are expected to be consigned at the coming sale. Present at the stockyards in Clyde will be Sam Buchanan, ani mal husbandry specialist at N. C. State College, who will discuss various phases of sheep production and marketing and answer ques tions from farmers. Tucker Heads New County Cerebral Palsv Association The United Palsy Association of Haywood County was formed Wed nesday. " Officers elected at the organiza- i tional meeting Included president, Ned J. Tucker; vice president, Rev. Earl H. Braidall; secretary-treas- \ urer, Mrs. Raymond Caldwell. A board of directors, elected in i addition to the officers, included: i Mrs. Sam L. Queen, Mrs. C. H Leatherwoo^ F. C. Grew, Dr. i George W. Brown, James Harden Howell, Jr.,. Mrs. Howard Hryson Mrs. Joe S. Davis and Miss Esther Mae Gibson. Mr. Tucker said in regard to the organization, "The association was formed for these purposes: (1) to promote the general welfare of persons handicapped with cerebral palsy: (2) to plan, promote and as sist in the establishment, mainten ance and operation of training cen ters or clinics for th (-education, social and physical betterment of such persons; (3) to establish and (Soe Toeker?Page ?> Two Towns To Vote On $175,000 Issue Officials of Waynesville and Hazelwood have set Tuesday, Aug ust 9 as the date of the special bond election calling for a vote on issuance of. $175,000 in bonds for a recreation center for the two towns. Based on a pro rata share. Waynesvllle's part of the program would be $136,500 and Hazelwood $38,500. The election dates were set, and the machinery for the election completed at the request of the 11-njan Recreation Commission named about 18 months ago, and who have been working on details of the program since that time. Dr, Boyd Owen is chairman of the com mission. The election date was set yester day by the two boards of alder men. The first proposition to be voted on August 9th is upon the issuance of the bonds in the respective towns, (Waynesville $136,500 and Hazelwood $38.5001 for the cost of acquiring land within the towns for use as a public park and play ground and of construction there on a swimming pool, a playground, and buildings suitable for public recreation and of acquiring origin al equipment suitable therefor, and (2) authorise the levy and col lection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the principal of an interest on said bonds, and also approve the indebtedness to be incurred by the issuance of said bonds. The second proposition which will appear on the ballots in the August 9th election, is: "Shall the town levy, annually, a special tax of not more than ten eoots each $100 ?*a$aapff,vplpat*6ii of the tax able property jk HIMn said town for providing, concocting and main taining a supervised recreation system?" The polls will open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 6:30 p.m. The ffcglstration books in each town will be open from Friday, July 22, through Friday July 29. The hours will be from 9 a.m. un til 9 p.m. Saturday, and until 5 p.m. on other dayj. ? The registrar for the precinct at the Fire Station. Waynesville. is Mrs. Ruth Kelly, with R. L. Coin and Henry Davis, judges. The Al iens Creek registrar is Vance Muse with Charlie Duckett and Hilliard Page, judges. Voting will be at the Aliens Creek school for that pre cinct. Hazelwood's voting place is the town hall, with Mrs. Raymond Crawford registrar and Mrs. Ru dolph Sarswell and Mrs. Carroll Whltner, judges. When the question oF a recrea tion center was first brought up some months ago, a $1,000 donation by Heinz Rollman enabled the committee to bring in a consulting recreation engineer of Atlanta, who made a survey and study of the community. He presented a pro posal, which was enthusiastically received by a large group of citi zens at a mass meeting In the court house. The committee comprising the Recreation Commission is com posed of Dr. Owen, chairman, John Carver, Paul Davis. Henry Davis, G. C. Ferguson, Jonathan Woody, Joe Cline, Lawson Summerrow. C. E. Weatherby, Sam Lane, and Rudolph Carawell. Garden Cliib Council Will Meet Monday The Waynesville Council of Garden Clubs will meet Monday. July 11 at 10 a.m. in the home of Mrs. Virgil Smith on the Soco Gap Road, near Lake Junaluska. Highway Record For 1955 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed .... 1 Injured.... 55 Accidents 103 Loss.. $41,877 '3Bp tra Moris State Patrol.)