i BTANDAf.D PTO CO cowp-oao-tso 3 rim at Lownuj it 9JX1 HH^FVRpii^H the News Most Of y^pg *W *T ' ? t THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER j??1-. ~~ Hffw?,.P,rrn P-^hed T^'-? I- The County Se,t of Haywood Ctmnty At Ik. Extern Entr.no, Of The Gr?, Smoky Mountain, N.Uon.1 Park AmmoUUdP^ WAVNESVILLE. N. C.. THUBSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 14.' 1955 I^TT.? .. ? ? ? ? ' * ^ w In Advance In Haywood and Jackaon Count* i ye Liquor Cases ied By Court 10 Fine Given Irs. Jackson iquor Case BULLETIN 1 Dan K. Moore fined Jackson $2,004 and ^Superior Court here at ? afternoon, and put her ? two year suspended ? for five years for pos Bf liquor for sale. ? Moore placed Mrs. ?on probation, with in ls that the officer call at fte a month and to check Kourt said it was import means be taken to get top selling liquor. Judge said Mrs. Jackson's had been to him, and d him the defendant did e to sell liquor. quor cases have come be court here during the days, and a sixth will be (ore court adjourns this , according to Solicitor Bryson. day Judge Dan K. Moore Lorine Dalton pay a fine and costs, and gave her a i suspended sentence for ars, for possessing liquor at her home near the Eiementary School. She 0 report monthly to the 1 officer here during the ITS. orning Homer Patton was [-month sentence for hav alf gallon fruit jar of his shirt when arrested ters of the sheriff s de several weeks ago. I when court recessed for ay was Mrs. Alice Jack is charged with having tas of w hitf liquor in her May 20, when two de I a policeman visited her ti a search warrant, ay Louise Clark, operat ife on Pigeon Street, en ea of guilty of possessing fallon of white liquor, icers found during a raid isiness establishment. Up tn of her attorney, judg s withheld until Friday, ge Moore ordered the de held in jail. coming before the court y was Willie "Lightning" [ Canton, who is charged ting nine half-gallon fruit liquor in his possession tficers visited his home >arch warrant. Judgment i has not been passed, so remains in jail. Fred Campbell said the usie McKnight, he uhder ?uld likely come up Fri is charged with possess r for sale. fore "the noon recess to hree officers making the the home of Mrs. Alice .old of finding the two white liquor in the Jack The officers were De s Setzer, Deputy Gene id Policeman Guy Mes- | state rested Just before recess. er four cases involving sale were not jury trials, n case started out as a 1, but the defendant, icr attorney, entered a llty before the case went r. lavis, Louise Clark, and tton submitted to a ,plea i on of liquor. i said they found the avis' house buried near I ivis, through his attor knowing there was any i ? Court Page 6) i Sales Tax Total For May Shows $6,706 Increase Sales tax collections in Hay* wood Cowaty for May of this year showed an Increase of M, 706 over May, 1954, according to "The Retailer," published mon thly by the North Carolina Mer chants Association. This sales tax total represents an increase in business of ap proximately 5223,800. "The Retailer" reported tax collections of $30,430.89 for May, 1955, as compared with only $29,724.97 for May, 1954. Also listed was the county sales tax total for April of this year?$32,748.53. 384 Lambs Bring Total Of $5,315 A total of 384 animals were sold for $5,315.26 at the county's third and final lamb pool of the year at the Clyde stockyards Wednesday. Grading and prices on the lambs were: Total of 118 choice at 22 cents; 108 good at 18.5 cents, 79 med ium at 15.5 cents, 82 common at 9.5 cents, and 20 culls at 5 cents. All of the stock was purchased by Swift and Co. and will be ship ped to the New England Dressed Meat and Wool Co. in Somerville, Mass. In addition to those from Hay wood, other lambs were consigned by producers (rom Graham, Jack son, Madison, Macou, and Polk counties in North Carolina and the Walhalla area of South Carolina. Winchesters Buy 'Waynevilla' Tourist Court Mr. and Mrs. James E. Murray of Waynesville have announced the sale of the Waynevilla tourist court on the Asheville road to Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Winchester. The court ?? across from the East Waynesville School, ? con tains 20 living units and a large lounge. The Winchesters have disclosed that they will follow the same poli cies at Waynevilla as those observ ed in the past. Mr. Winchester is advertising manager of The Moun taineer. Mr. and Mrs. Murray, who have been operating the tourist court since December, 1949, said that their future plans are indefinite. Waynesville Cannery Opens The Waynesville cannery, behind the high school, opened today for the summer and will be open each Tuesday morning until further notice The Bethel cannery opened ear lier this month and is in operation from 7 a.m. until noon each Wed nesday. Also to be open on Wed nesdays is the Crabtree cannery, which is scheduled to start opera tions July 20. , The opening date of the Fines Creek cannery has not yet been set > It Pigeon CDP Holds -Spraying Exhibition L CLOUDY rable cloudiness, warm id with scattered after svrs today and Friday. Waynesville temperature d by the State Test Farm. Max. Min. Pree. 82 62 .01 ..J 75 66 .60 76 66 .14 A special barn spraying demon stration, sponsored by the West . Pigeon CDP, was conducted at 1 , p.m. today on the Forest Justice ? farm at Bethel. J The demonstration was planned to show the feasibility and com- I parative low cost of spraying barns, poultry houses, garages and , similar buildings. , Also stressed was the fact that ( the spray ? composed of used motor oil and red brick dust ? , beautifies and preserves farm and ; residential property. Following the demonstration. ' the CDP planned to take orders for the spraying of other buildings 1 throughout West Pigeon as a com- ' munity beautificatlon project. The spraying is being done by two members of the FFA chapter < at Bethel High School. < ADM. W. N. THOMAS Admiral Thomas Recalled For Duty In Navy Rear Admiral W. N. Thomas, retired, former chief of navy chap lains, has been recalled to active duty temporarily as president of the selection board of the navy's chaplains' division. Chaplain Thomas will leave Sat urday for Washington, where the board will be in session for 10 days to select chaplains for promotion in rank. Following the meeting he will remain in Washington to con fer with President Eisenhower, who must approve the board's ac tion. Since his retirement Chaplain Thomas has resided at Lake Juna luska, where he is a member of the Methodist Assembly board of trustees and dean of Memorial Chapel. Noted Officials Due Here For Park Meeting Monday * . Haywood School Will Open For Term August 29 School bclU (or ton|>) will rlDf for Haywood students on Monday, August 29, It was an nounced by Lawrence Leather wood, county superintendent of education today. "We felt that starting on Mon day the 29th would enable us to get in a full week of school before the Labor Day holiday on Sept. 5." the county superin tendent said. Supt. Leatherwood said that there were a number of teachers enrolled In summer school who would not get out before the 26th, which was one reason for setting the 4*te the 29th instead of earlier.. Hereford Farm Tour Set Aug. 4 The annual farm tour of the Haywood County Hereford Breed ers Association will be held Au gust 4, it has been announced by Roy S. Haynes, secretary-treasurer of the association. The-tour schedule is: 9 a.m.?Arrive at Dr. J. L. Reeves' farm. 10 a.m.?Leave Reeves farm. 10:30 a.m.?Arrive at Jack Fel met's farm. 11 a.m.?Leave Felmet farm. 11:15 a.m.?Arrive at Clayton Alexander's farm. 11:45 a.m. ? Leave Alexander I farm. ' 1 p.m.?Lunch at Dr. N. F. Lancaster's Riverview Farm in 1 Jackson County. 2 p.m.?Judging contest, weight- I guessing contest, and type demon stration, sponsored by N. C. State | College, at Lancaster farm. ( I r - - - 1 Perry Plemmons Named Principal Of Clyde School Perry Plemmons has been named t principal of the Clyde schools, it tvas announced today. Plemmons \ lias been principal of the Fines ( Creek school for the past three t rears, and prior to that taught one ] rear at Bethel and ona year at 5 Fines Creek. Plemmons will succeed Stanly { Livingston, who has been principal f jf the Clyde schools for the past t seven years. 1 The Clyde school system has 21 g eachers and a student enrollment f if about 600 pupils. c The North Carolirik National Park, Parkway and Forest* Devel opment Commission will hold its 1963 annual meeting in Waynes vlUe on Monday, July 18, with Chairman Kelly E. Bennett of Bry son City, presiding. The meeting is to be held in the commission headquarters office in the Masonic Temple, beginning at 10 a.m. Those expected to attend include W. R. Winkler, vice chairman, Boone; W. F. Osborne, Sparta; Frank H. Brown, Jr., Cullowhee; William Medford. attorney, Way nesville; Robert I. Presley, Ashe ville; C. M. Douglas, secretary, Brevard; Mrs. Doyle D. Alley, clerk and budget officer; E. A. Hummell, superintendent of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Sam P. Weems, superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway; Don J. Morriss, < supervisor. North Carolina Nation- , al Forests; R. Getty Browning, chief locating engineer, State High way and Public Works Commis sion, Charles Parker, director. State Advertising Division, Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment, both of Raleigh. A new member of the commis sion, John Archer, president of the 1 Nantahala Power and Light Co. at Franklin, will be sworn in Mon day morning for a six-year term along with Mr. Osborne, who has been reappointed for six years. The commission will hear reports ! and consider matters of business . relating to the Great Smoky Moun- ! tains National Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Pisgah and , Nantahala National Forests. Offi cers to be elected for the ensuing year, 1955-56, include a chairman, i vice chairman and secretary. Lions District Installation i Expected To Draw 350 Approximately 350 Lions Club members and their vivas from 45 towns and cities,in Western North Carolina are expected here tonight for the annual installation of Lions , District 31-A officers. The event was originally plan ned for Central Elementary School cafeteria, but when advance reser vations exceeded expectations, the meeting was moved to the Waynes ville Township High School cafe teria. To be installed as district gover nor here tonight will be Lawrence B. Leatherwood, superintendent of Haywood County schools and a leading member of the Waynesville Lions Club for 13 years. Other officers to be installed are: Harry Whisenhunt of Waynes ville, cabinet secretary-treasurer; Herman Brauer of Andrews, de puty district governor of Region 1; W. E. Michael, Jr. of West Asheville, deputy district governor of Region 2; G. W. Conard of Bak ersville, deputy district governor of Region 3; Alan A. Taylor of Skyland, deputy district governor of Region 4; R. W. Easley, Jr., of Murphy, chairman of Zone 1; Roy A. Hall, of Bryson City, chairman of Zone 2; F. E. Shull of Canton, chairman of Zohe 3; N. Don Pen ley of Candler, chairman of Zone 4; Charles E. Spencer of Black Mountain, chairman of Zone 5; Howard Collins of Newland. chair man .of Zone 6; Eugene Jones of Tryon, chairman of Zone 7; James D. Wyatt of East Marion, chairman of Zone 8; and M. T. Bridges of Waynesville, district publicity chairman. LAWRENCE LEATHERWOOD Fire Damages Residence At Hazelwood The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hampton on McClure St. in Hazelwood was badly damaged by a fire of unknown origin which broke out about 2:30 a.m. today. The house was unoccupied at the time. Mr. Hampton was spending the night at the home of his fath er, Roy Hampton, on Allen's Creek, while Mrs. Hampton and the chil dren were visiting relatives in Murphy. Fire Chief George Bischoff of Hazelwood said that the fire ap- ! parently started in a clothing1 closet on the ground floor of the dwelling?possibly due to spon taneous combustion. Chief BishefT said Mr. Hampton ( had ample insurance on both the { house and its furnishings. Some of the furniture was saved from the blaze. Twenty-rtve volunteer firemen in ( Hazelwood responded to the alarm | and were on the scene from 2:30 | until 5:30 a.m. i ?V 500 Attending Southwide i Missionary Conference; ; Sessions Open Tonight Approximately 500 Methodist ninlsters, laymen, women and muth are at Lake Junaluska for a Southwide Missionary Conference vhich opens tonight and runs hrough July 20. Directing the conference is Dr. Valter C. Gum, Methodist district iuperintendent at Richmond, Va., ind president of the Methodist Joard of Missions in the nine-state Southeastern Jurisdiction. In addition to the general pro jram of workshops, panels and tlatform addresses, the conference ncludes two sub-groups with spec al programs. They are a youth [roup headed by the Rev. Douglas iewman. Princess Anne, Va., and halrmcQ of local church Comrnis 0 sion oa Missions whe will meet in i p a leadership workshop led by the | a Rev. Walter J. Leppert of New z York, a staff member of the Meth- n odist Board of Missions. The Rev. Kenneth Vincent, form- a cr missionary to Puerto Rica and C now minister of the Jefferson Park Methodist Church in a Span- c lsh-speaking section of New York, " will be the platform speaker at 11 tl a.m. Friday. The speaker at 8 p.m. w will be the Rev. J. Harry Ilslnes b of New Zealand, a missionary to Malaya. h The highlight of Saturday s pro- P gram will be an afternoon field 11 trip to rural churches and farm- a ing centers in Haywood County ? N (See Lake Crowd Page 5) Masons End Successful 3-Day 15th Assembly Here I Hazelwood Lions : Install Oiiicers New officers for 1955-56 were installed by the Hazelwood Lions Club Tuesday night at a picnic in Maggie Valley. Assuming offices were: R. L. Summerrow, president; Kyle Campbell, first vice presi dent; Charles McCall, second vice president; R. L. Hendricks, third vice president; Jack Bass, secre tary; Fred Harron, treasurer; Hol lis Chase. Lion Tamer; Glen Wyatt, Tail Twister; John Smith and Clyde Fisher, directors for two years; Lewis Green and Tal madge Woodard, directors for one year. The winners in a recent attend ance contest ? a team headed by Mr. McCall ?? were guests at the picnic of the two other losing teams headed by Mr. Campbell and Mr. Hendricks. ? C The ,15th annual Summer As sembly of Masons came to a close ruesday night with the annual aanquet, attended by some 250 Vlasons and their wives, represent ng eight states. Masonic officials said the As sembly was highly successful. The Assembly began Sunday evening, and featured a trip to the Masonic Marker at Black Camp Gap. The jther motorcade to the Parkway n Pisgah scheduled for Tuesday afternoon was cancelled because af the low clouds. Frank Worthington. general :hairman, said everything went ofT ^ery smoothly for the Assembly, in dthe only hitch was the low :louds and rain Tuesday afternoon vhich prevented the scheduled trip 0 Wagon Road Gap. Dr. Henry F. Collins, of Colum aia, told the banquet audience that Masonry is different from other irganizations because "its very in ?ption is an answer to human ieeds." The former grand master of kauth Carolina, continued by lointing out that, "Masonry gets 1 hold on man and they grow. It s still an educational institution hat touches the hearts and souls if men, as well as offers a chal enge." in speamng County-Wide United Fund Is Proposed For Haywood Waynesville Chamber Board Endorses Plan This community appeared one step nearer a United Fund pro gram as the directors of the Cham ber of Commerce put their stamp of approval on the project for consideration of joining Canton on a county-wide basis The directors authorized Ned Tucker, executive vice president, to confer with Paul Murray, presi dent of the Canton United Fund, and other Canton officials, and ar range for a meeting between the two groups, with state United Fund officials coming to explain the ad vantages of a county-wide organi zation. Tucker said that those in Canton who he had talked with on the subject were very interested in the proposal, feeling it practical. State officials have pointed out that the county-wide program is much preferred rather than hav ing two separate units operating in the county. The question of a United Fund campaign in the Waynesville area has been discussed from time to time, and recently the Chamber of Commerce sent Tucker to a reg ional meeting in Hickory, to confer with state leaders on the proposals. It was the result of the conferences in Hickory that the proposals have reached a point for a county-wide discussion. Tucker said plans for the meet ing would be completed Just as soon as possible. The organization of a -United Fund program is "gigantic," a Canton official said yesterday. "But", we have been pleased with our program and feel it is the best way to raise money for the many worthwhile projects which every community is called upon to con tribute." Tucker explained that state offi cials pointed out that the United Fund plan is not a cure-all for all Irives?it will curtail them to a large degree, but will not neces sarily eliminate them, it was point ed out. Stupka Lecture To Open Series Of Civic Programs ARTHUR STUPKA 330.000 Visited Smokies In June i The estimated travel to the Great Smoky Mountains Nation al Park during June was 329, 545 persons. A state by state breakdown of travel in the Smokies waa as fol lows: Tennessee, 474%; North Carolina, 11.1%; Georgia, 5.6%; Ohio. 4.1%; South Carolina, 4.0%; Florida, 2.9%; Kentucky, 2.8%; Illinois. 2.7%; Alabama, 2.7%; Indiana. 2.7%; Texas, 1.5%; Virginia. 1.4%. Arthur Stupka, noted naturalist of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, will give an Illus trated lecture on the park at 8 p.m. Friday as the first In a series of five civic program sponsored by the Waynesville Chamber of Com merce. The event will be held on the lawn of the old Ferguson prop erty, the future site of the Hay wood County Public Library. Mr. Stupka will illustrate his lecture with colored slides ? in cluding scenes from isolated sec tions of the park that most people have never seen. (Ten years ago Mr. Stupka made a similar talk in Waynesville, which was attended by 500 people. This event is Included In the column, "Looking Backward," on today's Editorial Page.) No admission will be charged for the illustrated lecture. Boy Scout Troop 18, Scoutmast er Joe Todd, and members of the I Waynesville Kiwanis Club will serve as ushers at the lecture. Other activities planned by the civic program committee of the Chamber of Commerce are: Concert by Nelson and Neal, Australian - American two-piano, team, July 22; lecture by John Parris, feature writer, July 29, and concert by the recently organized community band under the direc tion of Charles Isley, August 5. Two Fire Departments Adopt Alarm Regulations ! Governor Names Woody Director Of N. C. Railroad Jonathan H. Woody, Waynesville banker, was one of eight men nom inated this week by Governor Luther Hodges to be directors of i the North Carolina Railroad Co., | according to an Associated Press dispatch from Raleigh. Other directors named were: Carl Fitchett, Dunn; J. Lee White, Concord; Paul Stoner, Lex ington: Frank Hutton, Greens boro; George H. Clark, Leaksville; Clyde Gordon, Burlington; and John M. Morehead, New York. The governor requested that the board of directors elect Morehead as president when they meet at i Greensboro Thursday. The North Carolina Railroad Co. owns the track from Charlotte to Goldsboro, via Greensboro, which is leased to Southern Rail way. Cove Creek Planning Homecoming July 24 A homecoming for residents of the Cove Creek community will be held July 24 at the Cove Creek Baptist Church, beginning at 10 a.m. The program will feature preach ing and singing, with all area sing ers invited to participate. Persons attending are asked to bring a picnic lunch. New regulations concerning fire alarms were adopted Monday night by the Waynesville and Clyde fire departments. At a meeting of Waynesville firemen, according to Chief Felix Stovall. it was decided that no in formation about fires will be given over the telephone by the Fire or Police Department except to vol unteer firemen. Chief Stovail explained that cur ious persons have been tying up telephone lines lately by calling in when the fire siren sounds to find out where the fire is. This keeps firemen from obtain ing information in order to res pond to the alarm, the fire chief added. At Clyde last night after the firemen of that town made a fruit less three-mile run to Lake Juna luska on a false alarm, it was an nounced that in the future persons reporting fires over the telephone must give their name and address. Firemen at Hazelwood and Can ten said- that this policy is being observed by their departments, and the latter pointed out that runs are not made in Cahton unless callers divulge their identity. HODGES HEADS COMMITTEE RALEIGH (AP)? Former State Treasurer Brandon Hodges has been elected chairman of the newly appointed commission to study the state's tax structure. Hodges is a top-ranking officer in Champion Paper and Fibre Co. whose president, Reuben Robertson, Jr, was named de puty secretary of defense by President Eisenhower Tuesday, County Host To District 4-H Dairy-Judging Contest Haywood County is serving as host today lor the annual district 4-H Club dairy-cattle judging con test, with teams from 15 Western North Carolina counties participat ing. The contest opened at 10 a.m. at the Mountain Experiment Station and later moved on to the Osborne Farm and the Sam Queen Farm. Entrants will judge Holsteln, Jersey and Guernsey cows and heifers and the winning team will win a trip to the state contest at Raleigh July 25-29. Representing Haywood Connty in the contest are Tom Garrett of Saunook, George Kirkpatrick of Crabtree-Iron DuiT. and Arnold Phillips and Tommy Davis, boll) of Fines Creek. ? > Highway , Record For 1955 In Haywood CtO DATE) Killed.... 1 Injured ... 56 Accidents 108 Loss.. $42,777 piled from record* mt State Highway Patrol.)