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Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park []cu "gor* jJj
YEAR NO. 59 12 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 25, 1955 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson CountieI
lio Shots
Be Given
Schools
>tion of first- and second
Ipils in Haytfood County
polio vaccine will be re
hen county schools re
fall, it was announced to
cision was reached at a
eting of representatives
[aywood County Medical
ind the Health Depart
expressed the belief that
be difficult to reach
ildren now since a num
iway on vacation or en
camps.
Iso pointed out that the
resuming the shots will
iallv lessen the affect of
r>e on children,
st in the series of three
ns were given to 1,600
upils the later part of
or the final shot will be
i later after informa
iceived from the state,
event that children will
e to take the shots at
icrmission can be sought
Health Department to
L at the hew health cen
ay night a seven-year
fiom Aliens Creek was
the Asheville Orthopedic
but diagnoses on her ill
i not been completed,
ril a Canton girl was
cith polio to become the
ity victim of the disease
laywood
i Given
' Ratings
Ksifications were given
wood m^n by the Seiec
?e Board here,
is as follows:
A: Charles Curtis Hen
y Vaughn Shelton. Hart
Arrington, Charles Ed
r. Jack Lee Bishop, Dar
rford, Marvin Eugene
ineth Grover Parks. Gar
ni Cunningham. Robert
illiam Moody, Jr., Ker
Silver.
Filmore Bradley, Nor
Pressley, Roy Wayne
immy Joe Wood. Dock
ehaffey, Furman Cagle.
ames Worley, Charles
n. Millard Reeves Hicks.
!r Ingle, Jr., Mark Brown.
-C Ind.: Jimmie Dale
Palmer Belmont Cald
Revelle Chambers. Ray
ight, J. E. Williams, Har
Medford, Eric Beraza.
C Disc.: Harry Lee Stev
C Res.: Eugene Arring
?ld Wayne Ferguson,
h Charles Hall, Charles
ck, Billy Jack Ford,
inzo Barton. Billie Joe
>: Johnny Richard Rose,
laywood Men?Page 6)
NORTHERN HOSPITALITY was enjoyed by
members of the Haywood County farm tour
group during a stop in Viroqua, Wis. last Thurs
day. Identified were A. B. Robinson of Canton
(second from left), Miss Martha Stringficld of
Wa.vnesville, Mr. and Mrs. N. S. DeBord of Can
ton. Not identified are the man seated at the
left or thg woman at the far ri?hl. Standing; is
a member of the Vernon County Homemakers,
who served a steak dinner to the Carolinians. |
(Photo by Guy Fuller, Jr.*
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Haywood Farm Group
To Eat With Truman 27th
i . t
By W. C. MEDFOKI)
ALLIANCE, Neb. (Special) ?!
Haywood County's out - of - state !
farm tour group stopped here at
noon today for lunch and then
prepared to leave at 12:45 for
Grand Island, Neb., where the
Tar Heel travelers will spend the
uight.
Excitement is running high a
mong the group over the news of
having a breakfast date Wednes
day morning with former Presi
dent Harry Truman at the New
Pickwick Hotel in Kansas City.
The final details for the break
fast were worked out through Rep.
George Shuford over the week
end. It looked for a while that a
conflict in schedules would pre
vent the group from meeting with
Mr. Truman. NAw the plans are all
made, and the Haywood countians
are excited over the "breakfast
date" with Mr. Truman.
Tuesday morning the group will
tour famed Boys Town and then
have lunch in Omaha. From the
Nebraska metropolis, the tour will
move southeast into Kansas City,
Mo., and one of the highlights of
the trip, ? breakfast with Harry
Truman.
Wednesday the trek homeward
will begin ? through Missouri,
Illinois, Indiana. Kentucky, and
Tennessee ? with the group
scheduled to arrive in Waynes
ville at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Last Friday morning, the group
divided forces at Minneapolis
with the women touring the Betty
Crocker Kitchens and the men
tourigg the Minneapolis Grain Ex
change. From Minnesota, the
tourists went on to Brookings,
S. D. to spend the night.
Saturday featured a visit to the
campus of the South Dakota
State College, and a tour of Bad
lands National Park. Spending the
night at Rapid City, S. D., some of
the Haywood countians attended
the dog races in progress there.
Sunday proved to be one of the
most interesting of all days for
(See Farm Tour?Pare 6t
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$65,000 Ready-Mix Plant
Goes Into Operation Here
Shot Kills
Haywood
Native, 15
Phillips Darrell Ledford, 15, a
native of Haywood' County, who
has been living in Wilmington,
Del., was shot to death early Sun
day in Asheville.
Arrested in connection with the
slaying was Robert Lee Connor, 24, i
01 Asheville. Held as a material
witness was Ledford's brother-in
law, Fdear Smith of Haw Creek, j
According to an investigation by
Buncombe deputy sheriffs. Led- '
ford and Smith were riding a
round together Saturday night. Af
ter coming to Waynesville, they
returned to Asheville and stopped i
at a drive-in on Southside Ave.,
where Smith became involved in
an argument with Connor.
As Smith started to drive away,
it was reported, Connor drew a pis
tol and fired at the car, the bullet
striking Ledford in the chest.
Ledford. who was a high school
student and part-time grocery
clerk in Wilmington, was pro
(See Shot Kills?Page 6)
A modern ready mix concrete j
plant here went into operation this
past week, according to Bill Norris,
manager. The firm is Ready Mix
Concrete Company of Waynesville.
N. C.
The aew plant, representing an
expenditure of about $65,000, is
on Richland Creek, across the
tracks from the site of the former
Waynesville Lumber Company. The
plant has a capacity of from 150
to 200 yards a day.
All materials for mixing the con
crete are unloaded by machines,
and stored in bins. Modern scales
weigh each ingredient going into
the mixture, which is poured into
the specially equipped trucks which
mix the concrete enroute to the
job.
The firm will use three trucks.
Two have a capacity of 4 !?? yards,
and the third is of a 2-yard capa
city.
A side track which can accommo
date seven cars has been built, and
special unloading machinery and {
elevators take the bulk cement to
a storage bin to await the pull of >
a lever by the operator which
weighs the material to the formula '
specifications.
The plant will serve an area of
about 20 miles, it was announced.
Clyde Lions Club
To Sell Light Bulbs
The Clyde Lions Club will con
duct its annual sale of electric
light bulbs in Clyde Township
Thursday and Friday, it has been
announced.
Bulbs will be sold in three dif
ferent sizes, four to the package,
for $1.20.
Proceeds from the sale will be
used to finance the club's projects
for the blind and visually handi
capped.
DAV To Elect
Officers Thursday
New officers will be elected by
the local post of the Disabled
American Veterans at 8 p.m.
Thursday in the commissioners
room at the courthouse.
Guilford Taylor is the present
commander of the DAV here.
Young Men Arrested
For Forging Checks
stroit For About $2000
Ig men charged with is
$2,000 in forged checks
e to Detroit this morn
ie with two Detroit de
li men have been held
for the past two weeks,
frival of the Detroit
r. ?
iffs office, acting upon
it the men soon after
I in town. The men in
?e had gone to Canton,
where Canton police made the
arrest.
A third man is still being sought
as the third member of the group.
Sheriff Fred Campbell said one
of the men was 26 years of age and
from Macon county, and the 33
year-old prisoner was from Wa
tauga county. Both have lived in
Detroit for the past 10 years. The
two refused to divulge the name of
their third partner, lie Is believed
to be a Detroit man.
Sheriff Campbel said the men
had a check writing machine and
other equipment with them which
was used in forging checks.
Haywood Bond Investments
In July More Than $50,000
Sales of U. S. Savings Bonds in
North Carolina continued to soar
with purchases in June being 19%
greater than last year. This sets
a new ten-year sales record for the
month. For the first six months of
this year, a new all-time peace rec
ord was set with sales amounting
to $28,907,934 00, 21% greater than
, 1934. This amounts to nearly 50%
of the annual state quota of '8.8
I million dollars.
This report, released today by J.
E. Massie, Haywood County Chair
man, shows that Haywood County
sales for ?June were $90,962.50.
According to Mr. W. H. And
rews, Jr., Volunteer Chirman of
North Carolina, 'This reflects a
tremendous increase of interest
and support Of the U. S. Savings
Bonds Program on the part of the
many volunteers and bankers in
North Cardlina."
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SHOWERS
Iible cloudiness and
i scattered showers,
he early evening, Mon
esday.
Waynesville Tempera
?rted by the State Test
Max. Mon. Pr.
L ... 81 60 .03
L 83 58 .02
L 84 59 .02
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Mass Meeting Called For Tuesday
For Discussion Of Recreation Plan
Large Crowd Is
Expected, 7:30
At Court House
Citizens of Waynesville and
Hazelwood will have an opportun
ity to get ail the facts, both pro
and con, on the recreational bond
election, at a mass meeting Tues
day night in the court house. The
meeting will start at 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Boyd Owen, chairman of the
11-man Recreation commission,
said this morning the mass meet
ing was being called in order that
a thorough discussion could be had
on the recreation program and the
election which is set for Tuesday,
Aug 911).
"We want everyone to attend.
This is to be a factual meeting, and
we feel it important that everyone
who is interested in the movement,
to be present. No matter whether
you are for or against the $175,000
bond election, we feel it is import
ant that you attend and hear the
discussion," the chairman said.
The election to be held the 9th
of next month, is for the issuance
of $175,000 in bonds, with $136.
500 coming from Waynesville, and
$38,500 from Hazelwood, on.a pro
rata basis for the first phase of a
long-time recreation development
program.
Dr. Owen said that all civic or
ganizations of the community will
be represented at the mass meet
ing. He said several members of
the Commission would explain the
tentative proposed plans, and
others would be called upon to
give ideas on the program.
The Commission chairman said
that the Waynesville Lions Club
went on record Thursday nipht
pledging to actively support the
program. Dr. Boyd said he plans to
visit other civic groups within the
next two weeks and present simi
lar propositions to thexn.
About 18 months ago. a survey
of the recreational needs here was
made here by Charles M. Graves,
Atlanta recreational engineer. The
project was financed by two gifts
of $1,000 each. One from the Day
ton Rubber Company, and the
other from Heinz Rollman.
Mr. Graves in his report pro
posed a 40-acre site just off the
Pigeon Street, known as the Shel
ton Property He made a suggested
sketch of all buildings and con- I
structions, which included a mod
ern club house, swimming pool,
and various courts, for tennis,
horse shoes, and miniature golf,
plus a ball ground, horse ring, and
junior baseball field.
The proposed outdoor swimming
pool would be 120 feet long. 35
feet wide at the deep end. and 70
feet wide at the shallow end, with
6.300 square feet of water area.
About 80 per cent of which would j
(See Mass Meeting?Page 6) 1
Two Hurt
In Accident
At Crabtree
Mrs. Elizabeth Shellon of Sau
nook and her daughter, Beulah ,
Faye, suffered injuries at 10:30
a.m. Sunday when the 1947 Chev- ^
rylet pickup tryck in which they
were rifling figured in a collision
on the Crabtree road south of the
Methodist Church.
State Patrolman V. E. Bryson
reported that a 1952 Ford pickup. 1
driven by Mrs. Mabel Ledford of
the Chambers Mountain area, tried ,
to pass the Shelton vehicle, ran off !
the pavement on the left swerved
back on the highway to the right
and forced the latter off the high
way and down a bank into a field. :
The patrolman said that Shel
ton's truck remained upright, but
that the Ledford vehicle overturn- i
ed twice,
Mrs. Shelton sustained a knee
injury, while her daughter suffer
ed a broken left leg. The two driv
ers were uninjured as was Mrs.
Ledford's daughter, Opal, 16.
Damage to the Ledford truck
was estimated at $300 and to the
Shelton truck at $400.
Mrs. Ledford will J>e charged
with improper passing.
THESE ARE FIVE or thr six Lions Club
leaders in Haywood for the year. Left to riKht:
Ernest Edwards, president Waynesville club;
Roland Leatherwood, president Clyde club;
Lawrence I/Catherwood, district eovernor; Charles
Smith, president Canton club; Ralph Summerrou
president Hardwood club. The sixth president,
Carson W. Clark, of Pifeon Valley Club, was ab
sent when the picture was made.
(Mountaineer photo).
Shopping Here Brisk For
Summer Clearance Sales
A check with individual mer
chant* on Friday, Saturday and this
morning revealed a high degree of
j satisfaction witli tjie progress,*^
j the area-wide summer-<le*i a nee
-ale now in Its third day. The de
partment stores and specialty shops
were leading the parade of bar
gains offered and were enjoying
the most active trade. Shoppers
! were finding real bargains in top
quality new merchandise.
The sale opened on Friday morn
ing with a goodly number of esrly
shoppers on hand when the stores
opened. A stejdy stream of shop
pers continued to come through
out the day and trading continued
active. Store owners and manag
ers were pleased with this steady
business since sales people were
able to give better Service.
Saturday morning, the second
day of the sale, brought shoppci s
ir greater numbers and by mid
afternoon, many store were barely
able to serve the throngs of thrifty
buyers. At least two store were
short on sales people on Saturday
after bringing in extra help for
the day. A second call for extra
sales clerks was reported in one
store.
, Variety and hard goods stores
were not enjoying the same active
business reported by soft goods
merchants. These businesses do not
ordinarily participate In summer
clearances of this type, therefore,
shoppers were overlooking some
real bargains offered by the hard
ware and variety store merchants.
To the casual observer, it was
rather obvious that practically all
the business places were enjoying
some benefits from the area-wide
promotion.
The big summer clearance will
continue throughout the week and
will end with closing time on Sat
urday, July 30,
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Brothers
jailed For
Car Theft
Two brothers from Tampa, Kla.,
were arrested by State Patrolman
Harold Dayton at 11:00 a.m. Sat
urday at Magpie on charges of
stealing a ear at Chattanooga the
night before.
The patrolman said he spotted
the pair driving a 1949 Ford near
the Smoky Mountain Craft Shop
and halted them for questioning.
The driver told the officer that'
the car belonged to his brother,
but Patrolman Dayton noticed that
the ignition wires had been hook
ed together by hand and arrested
the pair on charges of auto theft.
The two were identified as Wil
liam Spencer Hays, 27, and his
brother, Walter Kalph Hays, 25, I
both of Tampa. They are being
held in Haywood County jail for
release either to Chattanooga
authorities or the FBI.
Patrolman Dayton was assisted
in the case by P. R. Kitchen, ;SBI
agent, who fingerprinted and ques
tioned the suspects.
Legion Members
Will Clear Lot
Members of Haywood Host 47 of
the American Legion have been '
asked to meet with the ground
clearance committee at the Le- j
gion't; lot on South Main St. at 3
p.m. Wednesday ' for a two-hour ;
brush-cleaning period.
Workers are requested to bring
axes, bush hooks, and work gloves.
J. H. Howell, Jr., and Bill Bar
ber will be in charge of the ground
clearance.
Measurement Of Tobacco
Acreage Near Completion
Unless the weatherman steps in 1
again, measurement of Haywood
County burley tobacco fields will
be fi.nished by the endi of this
week, according to A. W. Ferguson.
ASC county manager.
Approximately 150 burley plots
in the White Oak. Beaverdam. and
Pigeon communities are still to be
checked, he added.
After the measurements have
been completed, spot checkers will
continue work until they have
checked at least 5 per cent of the i
county's 2,000 burley fields.
Spot checkers from the state I
ASC office also will be in the |
county to determine if measure
ments have been accurate and if j
burley producers are complying
with federal regulations.
Approximately 35 'per cent of
the burley plots measured in the
county have been found to be over
their established allotments. Mr.t
Ferguson said. Of this amount,
excess tobacco has been destroyed
under ASC supervision on 95 per
cent of the farms involved.
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Death Takes j
Summer Visitor
At Junaluska
Albert P. Allen. 68. a summer i
visitor to Lake Junaluska since :
1923, died Sunday in the Haywood
County Hospital. He had been
with his family at the Junaluska
Apartments.
Mr. Allen, a native of North
Dakota, made his home in Badin.
He was a retired mechanical en- j
gineer.
The body will be taken to Badin
for funeral services and burial
which will be held Wednesday.
Survivors Include the wife, Mr.
Edith Lacy Allen: one son. W. R.
Allen of Maryville, Tenn.: one
sister. Mrs. Grover Hull of Cleve
land. Ohio: two brothers. Roy Al
len and Morton Allen of Laguna j
Beach, Calif., and two grandsons.'
Haywood Broiler Business
Hits $250,000 Nark; Local
Firm Expands Facilities
New hatching equipment has
been installed and is now in opera
tion by the Haywood County Farm
ers Co-operative, according to H.
M. Dulin. manager.
The new equipment provides for
double the former capacity of the
plant, as 12.000 eggs are now being
hatched here each week.
Dulin said that the increase de
mand for broilers necessitated the
addition of the new equipment.
"Haywood farmers are realizing
about $250,000 cash per year for
the sale of broilers," Dulin explain
ed. as he pointed that through his
firm 10.000 broilers per week are
being shipped to a processing plant
in Morganton.
This has been a banner year for
the broiler folk, the manager said
The market has been good, the
season has been satisfactory.
The firm is using eggs of a
Nichols No. 12. with a Lancaster
or Vantress crockeral cross. About
half of the chicks hatched here are
sold in Haywood, the others go to
Henderson and Buncombe.
Dulin said the acragc grower
makes from 19 cents up per bird.
Most of the chicks take from 9 to
10 weeks to reach market require
ments.
The Co-operative has invested
about $10,000 in new machinery
lor hatching eggs, it was explained.
14 Haywood 4-H Members
To Attend State Convention
Fourteen Haywood County 4-H
Club members and three exten-1
sion agents are attending the an
nual North Carolina 4-H Club j
Week this week on the campus of
N. C. State College.
Among the group wil be'live
stock and dairy judging teams.
The livestock team is made up of
Neal Kelly of Bethel. Jerry Fergu
son and James Ferguson of Fines
Creek, and Verlin Edwards of
Maggie. On the dairy judging
team are George Kirkpatrick of
Crabtree-Iron Duff, Tom Garrett .
of Saunook. Arnold Phillips and
Tommy Davis of White Oak.
Kelly, who is president of the
4-H County Council, will be a
candidate for vice president of the ,
State 4-H Council. Garrett will
present a demonstration and also '
work on the state 4-H newspaper.
(Sec 4-H Club?Page 6)
Highway
Record For
1955
In Haywood
<TO DATE)
Killed 1
Injured ... 59
Accidents 110
Loss.. $43,721
(This Information com
piled from records ol
Slate Highway. Patrol.)