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fJM In Advanca In Haywood and Jackaon Conn tie.
lay nesville And Hazelwood
|te Tuesday On Recreation
1100 Bond
Will Be
led At Polls
rille and Hazelwood vot
to the polls Tuesday and
$175,000 bond issue for
purposes.
n a pro rata share. Way
part of the program
$136,500 and Hazelwood
Is will open at 6:30 a.m.
at 6:30 p.m.
id issue was called upon
dation of the 11-man
i Commission named in
953 to make a study and
for a recreation program
ht use of the two towns,
illot will have two pro
e for or against the is
the bonds, and the see
sal Ss for or against the
a tax. not to exceed 10
$100 assessed valuation
>nance and operation of
Ition Center.
I proposition to be voted
9th is upon the issuance
inds in the respective
aynesville $136,500 and
$38,500) for the cost of
land within the towns
a public park and play
d of construction there
ming pool, a playground,
Ings suitable for public
and of acquiring origin
lent suitable therefor,
thorize the levy and col
an annual tax sufficient
Election?Page 6)
Eht Auto
s During
Weekend
ile accidents dam
property around
m Haywood Coun
urday evening.
;ene Arrington 19
Phillips. 32. both
Rt. 4, were involv
it near Cove Creek ,
i Saturday at 7:30
ivlng a 1953 Chev
ling south and Al- I
is operating a 1950 j
uck was traveling
k skidded and slid
olet alter Phillips
ices.
he Chevrolet was
!5 and to the truck
charged with oper
! no the wrong side
cident took place
p.m. on Highway
1. C. Palmer resi
1950 Nash being
hall Ray Israel, 19,
the road and over
mall stream,
he Nash was esti- j
were reportecl in
:-eidents.
R. Wooten investi
dents.
Of Five
fte Meetings
^Kiis Week
of five more meetings
'J^^^Bscuss the formation of
ft^^^Biapters in Haywood
"Hlbo held this week, all
p.m. The schedule is:
I Fines Creek School;
^Bethel School; Wednes
Hill School (Jonathan
?^^^Biursday, Upper Crab-1
I Friday, South Clyde
*^^^BCenter.
J^^^vguson of Ferguson, N.
v^nizer for the Grange,
^fcharge of the meetings.
1
1 HUMID
udv. rather hot and
scattered showers to
-day.
Waynesvtlle tempera
rted by the State Test
Max. Min. Pr.
87 63
- 87 60
85 62
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Unemployment Payments
Here Down 100 Per Cent
I?Il. TRACEY JONES, adminis
trative secretary of the Division
of World Missions Board of Mis
sions. Methodist church, will be
the Lake speaker tonight and
again Tuesday night. (See de
tails, page 3, section 2.)
100 Others
Enroll Lake
Music School
Tlie Southwide Leadership
School and the Institute of Church
Music opened their second terms
today at the Lake Junaluska Meth
odist Assembly. They will run
through Friday.
More than 500 church workers
and children will* have participat
ed in the leadership school, accord
ing to the Rev. M. Earl Cunning
ham of the Methodist Board of
Education staff in Nashville, Tenn.,
who is in charge.
He said a great many Sunday
School teachers and other church
workers are attending both terms,
and that approximately 100 new
enrollees were expected today. The
school opened August 1.
An interesting feature is the
laboratory school for workers with
children being held in the Chil
dren's Building. With nearly 100
children composing classes. Sun
day School teachers are spending
two weeks in "practice teaching,"
learning through experience the
latest'methods in Christian educa
tion. Miss Carrie Lop Goddard,
professor of religious education at
Scarritt College, Nashville, is
supervising the laboratory.
(See Music School?Page 6)
Jailer Has Light. Job
Of "New Boarders"
The past weekend was one of
the lightest this year as far as ar
rests by officers was concerned.
Six landed in jail; one for reck
less driving, and five on charges of
being drunk.
Unemployment com pensa
tion claims on file in the Waynes
ville ofifoe of the Employment
Security Commission are down
100 per cent from last year at this
time, Miss Debrayda Fisher, office
manager, disclosed today.
During July, 71 new claims were
filed ? bringing the total claims
on file now to 461, she reported.
However, there is still a sub
stantial labor surplus available in
this area. Miss Fisher asserted.
"The total number of persons liv
ing in this county and those away
who would return for local employ
ment in an industry paying wages
at the normal pattern is currently
estimated at around 2,050," she
added.
"Included in this figure are ap
proximately 250 new entrants from
school. Local industry does not
readily absorb these young people
and many of them are registered at
the ESC office for work. They
constitute a good supply of po
tential workers. Employers are i
urged by the ESC to list their job
openings with the Waynesville of
fice," Miss Fisher said.
Employment placements during
June and July of this year were
78, which is about 25 per cent less
than last year, the ESC manager
j reported. The majority of these
I placements have been in retail
trades, restaurants, tourist estab
lishments, and other service estab
lishments, she added.
"Activities of the Employment
Security Commission office and
labor trend information collected
from employers by the ESC office
indicate that new hiring is off
some, but over-all employment has
changed very little, either up or
down. Employment is more stable;
people are staying on their jobs.
"Very little hiring has been
done in local manufacturing.
Small layoffs have occurred in
some local manufacturing, but
these layoffs have largely been off
I .set by seasonal hiring."
Farm Bureau Announces
Plans For Annual Picnic
Local Union Has
Endorsed Vote On
Recreation Plan
The United Rubber Workers, lo
cal Union No. 277, voted to unani
mously endorse the Recreation
Bond vote at the meeting here
Saturday.
The group also voted to purchase
a lot for a proposed building.
Robert Hipps, president, was in
charge, and the next meeting was
set for September 3rd.
The door prize has increased to
$35 due to the absence of member
whose name was called at the Sat
urday meeting.
Plans for the annual Haywood
County Farm Bureau picnic Aug
ust 27 at Camp Schaub were made
at the meeting of the board of di
rectors last week.
Miss Mary Cornwell w^s named
chairman of the food committee.
To work with her are Miss Jean
j Childers, assistant home agent,
Mrs. Quay Medford, Mrs. Joe
Boone, Mrs. Virgil Holloway, Mrs.
Fred Setzer, Mrs. Raymond Cald
well, Mrs. Dave Boyd, Mrs.
Charles McDarris, and Mrs. O. L.
Yates.
Virgil Holloway, county agent,
will be master of ceremonies. Bob
Tippett, assistant farm agent, and
Miss Childers will serve as co
chairmen of recreation. Dave Boyd
will be responsible for music for
the event.
The Farm Bureau picnic is an
annual event where members of
the organization and their families
get together for an evening of fun
and relaxation.
Dr. Brice Ratchford, assistant
director at N. C. State College,
will be the speaker of the occas
ion.
?
Many Valuable Horses Will
Be Entered In Show Here
When the Carolina Jubilee horse
show opens Friday night at 8 p.m.,
more than half a million dollars in
fine horses representing a dozen
states, including Texas and Florida,
will be stabled in the 100 portable
stalls and 30 permanent stables, to
compete for the $3,000 in cash
awards, plate, and silk ribbons.
! Reciprocity existing between j
Florida and North Carolina will be
; well represented by the youthful
Miss Kay Singer of Miami, who
owns two champions of the Sun*
shine Circuit, which she will bring
to the competition here. Wonder
land Surprise, five gaited gelding,
and Altogeher Lovely, three gaited
marc. Miss Singer, although still
In her teens, trains her own horses
and she coped successfully against
the top professional riders in var- j
ious parts of America, including
such shows as the great Kentucky
State Fair, the Lexington Junior
League horse show, and the Cham
pionship shows in her own native
Miami.
Another Floridian, who returns
for the second successive year to
the Jubilee is Miss Ann Curry, of
Jacksonville, who is now campaign
ing in the mountain circuit for new
honors. She expressed her inten
tion of returning to Waynesvillc at
the close of last year's horse show
and her entries have been received,
for the coming show.
Other favorites who return again
to the Waynesville event include
the Lakeside Stables of Charlotte,
owned by Roy Skillman; the Miss
Judy Alexander entries, from Cata
loochee ranch; {Catherine Sherrill
with entries from Sherlake Stables.
Knoxville; Patsy and Maxine Sims.
Hendersonville; B, Paul Goodman's
horses from Asheville; Billy Franks
with a string of horse* from Green
ville. S. C? and other popular ex
hibitors.
(See Horse Show?Page tl
WILDFIRE INFECTION has been severe In some Haywood Coun
ty burley tobacco fields this year because of the excessive rainfall
and dampness, but Weaver Chambers of Crahtrbe has fared rpther
well with this bed of Burley 16. Next year Mr. Chambers plans to
plant some Burley 21, which is mqre resistant to wildfire.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Haywood Burley Crop Is
Said To Be Improved
Three Farm Tours 1
Set For This Week
Three community tours and
picnics are on the schedule for
this week.
Tuesday, Sonlh Clyde will visit
Thickety.
Wednesday. West Pigeon roes
to Francis Cove.
Saturday, Iron Duff visits Aau
i nook.
Haywood County's 1965 burle
tobacco crop will be a good one, bi
it apparently will not equal las
year's which set an all-time record
This decrease will be due to re
duced allotments, to a reduces
yield per acre, and to wildfire in
fections which have been the mos
severe here for a number of years
In addition to wildfire, which i
brought on by excessive rainfall
some yelow mosiac and "drowned'
tobacco have also been noted, ac
cording to A. L. Ramsey, assistan
county agent.
After a recent inspection tou
of Haywood County, R. R. Bennett
tobacco specialist at N. C. Stat<
College, gave this advice to bur
ley producers:
1. Don't top tobacco too carl;
or too low. The remaining leave
may be too coarse and of inferio
quality.
2. If'enough seed is availabl
next year, Burley 21 should b
planted because of its resistanc
to wildfire.
3. Start priming lower leave
when they become lemon yellow
This is the most important step a
present toward increasing th
value of burley tobacco.
Francis To Address
Tennessee Farm Group
On Thursday Evening
Robert C. Francis, Hal cl iff
Cove, will address the annual Farr
Bureau meeting of Washingto
county, Tennessee, on Thursda
night.
Amout 600 to 800 are expecte
to gather at the Jonesboro Fai
Grounds for the meeting, and t
hear Francis.
Oral L. Yates, district represent
ative of the Farm Bureau in thl
area, will accompany Mr. Francii
and will appear on the program.
34 Artists Showing
114 Pieces At Exhibit
A Haywood County art exhibit?
featuring 114 pieces by 34 differ
ent artists?opened at the Kurt
Cans apartment. 205 Main St., Sat
urday and will continue through
Sunday. August 14. Hours are from
2 until 3 pjn. and from 7 until 10
pjn. Wednesday and Saturday.
The event was opened with a tea
from 2 until 5 p.m.. sponsored by
the Waynesville Women's Club.
The exhibit includes 38 oil paint
ings, 22 water colors. 15 portraits,
25 pieces of heraldry, seven hook
ed rugs, several etchings, and a
pastel.
Predominating in the oils are
I landscapes and seascapes?by no
ed artists and comparative new
comers alike. Most are in the cor
servative theme, but there are
few moderns on display?all undci
standable, however, and some quit
attractive.
Best known of the artists, pel
haps, are Douglas Grant, forme
I resident of Waynesville wt)
: studied art at the San Francisc
I Art Institute and in France an
whose works have been exhibite
on tour by the American Federi
.tion of Art, and Louis E. Jone
| who studied at the Philadelphl
(See Art Exhibit? Page 6)
662 New Telephones Added
In Haywood In 18 Months
2,500 Attend 19th Annual
Singing At Salvation Army
Band Will
Give Repeat
Performance
Waynesville's new civic band,
giving its premier performance
Friday night, was received with
appreciation and enthusiasm. The
enjoyment of the audience was in
dicated at the close of the pro
gram by a request for a repeat
performance
An audience of well over two
hundred people heard the concert.
which was held according to
schedule, on the lawn of the old ,
Ferguson home. Charles Isley, di
rector of music at the Waynesville
High School, conducted. j
The players agreed to give a sec
ond concert on the court house
lawn the nigbt of August 12 after
Harry Whiscnhunt, speaking on be
half of the listeners, asked that the
band not "die with the first spark."
The band, organized six weeks
ago. under the sponsorship of the
Chamber of Commerce, is com
' posed of business and professional
I men and women, former high
j school band members, college stu
' dents, and a few high school stu
(See Concert Band?Page fi)
13U Attend Lions
y District Meeting
J Held Here Sunday
1 Representatives of a majority of
j tlie 45 clubs of Liona District 31A
made up the 130 attending the first
~ quarter district conference here
Sunday afternoon.
^ A number of club presidents and
secretaries were accompanied by
?I their wives, who attended the lun
. cheon meeting at the Central Ele
t mentary school.
Ernest Edwards, Waynesville
r president, gave the address of wel
come, with the response from a
e delegate of the Murphy club.
District governor Lawrence
Lawrence Leatherwood, and dis
y trict secretary Harry Whisenhunt
s were in charge of the meeting,
r which dealt with plans and goals
for the 45 clubs during the coming
e year.
c Three international counselors
e presented duties of the various
officers. They included Robert
8 Barnes, of Candler, instructing the
'? club presidents; Hugh Monteith,
11 Ashevillc, the secretrles, and Wcst
e | ley Brown. Asheville, the rone and
district officers.
! During the business session, the
visiting women went on nearby
sight-seeing tours.
Chamber Directors
c Will Meet Tuesday
n The August meeting of the
n Chamber of Commerce board of
y directors will be held at the town
hall at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
d President Dick Bradley will be
r in charge of the meeting.
_
By W C. MEDFOHL)
Sunday was perhaps the most
successful singing event, atten-1
dance, program and all considered,
that has yet assembled at Salva
tion Army headquarters atop Max
Patch 'elevation 4.0(i0 feet).
At least 2,500 people were in at
tendance. This conservative esti
mate was based 'by patrolmen from
both Haywood and Madison coun
ties' of 400 cars, allowing six to
the car. as nearly all cars seemed
to be filled to capacity.
Many Singers Participate
The program of vocal music,
participated in by singers mostly
froin Haywood and Madison coun
ties and Cocke county. Tenn., was
begun about 10:30 a.m. Present
i were the Black Quartette of New
port, Lawson of Shut In, Piney
I Grove of Slabtown, Cocke County
! Quartette and Ford Family of
I White Pine 'all of Tennessee), and
I the Woodrow Roland family of
; Saunook. Then there was the
Salvation Army choir, and the
Worley choir, the latter being from
Pine Creek. Also taking part on
the program were: The Lee Sexton
Family of Hot Springs, Soulher
' land Sisters of Hot Springs, Shcl
1 ton Trio of Canton and the Sentz
1 Sisters 'with a young brother) of
! Asheville.
The Haywood Harmonizers and
t the Nough Trio, the latter of Del
, If io . Tenn. Some we did not get
i since the program was impromptt
and often rushed along.
Admiral Thomas Speaks
Admiral Thomas spoke on "Th?
1 Precious Values of Life"?how. wc
should appreciate these values
i "Some of these values," he said
(See Salvation Army?Page 6)
Town To Open
Bids Thursday
; On Timber Sale
Town officials will open bids
Thursday on the sale of two mil
lion feet of timber In the Cherry
Cove section of I he town water
shed.
This is the fifih sale of timber
from the Q.(M O-acre water shed,
and the timber rutting program it
being carried on under the super
vision t.f TVA, tnd State Foresters,
W. W. Davis, local timber expert,
is representing the Town of Way
nesville
The four previous sales hbve
brought in a total of $135,000 to
the town, according to the records
of G. C Ferguson, town manager
The water from the area where
timber cutting a carried on Is di
verted into the unused streams
from the watershed.
Iron Duff Homecoming
Set Sunday, Aug. 21
The annual homecoming in the
Iron Duff community will be held
Sunday. August 21 at Davis Chap
el Church, starting at 10 a.m.
A picnic lunch will be served on
the grounds.
, 175 Attend Farm Tour
? Held By Hereford Group
The annua! farm tour of the
Haywood County Hereford Breed
era Association visited three farms
in Haywood and another in Jaek
I son County last week.
\ The tour, attended by 175. began
at Dr. J. L. Reeves farm near Can
^ ton where 11 heifer* whoch have I
been consigned to the Western
j North Carolina Hereford Sale at
Hendersonvllle in September were
" exhibited. Also shown was a bull.
which was reserve champion at
e the American Royal show In 1954
and Tennessee state champion
last year.
r The tour then went to Jack Kel
10 met's farm in Ratcilffe Cove com
0 munity where purebred Hereford
d cattle purchased in Missouri last
d spring were displayed1 Also shown
was the baby beef that Mr. Fel
s. met's son, Jackie, is feeding for
a the baby beef show and sale.
At the Clayton Alexander farm
t purebred Hereford* and a recent
I ly purchased herd bull were ex
hibitcd.
! The final stop on the tour vai
at the farm of Dr. N. F. Lancastei
in Jackson County for lunch
which was served to the 175 peo
pie present by Dr. and Mrs. Lan
caster and theirfcon, Bobby. Water
melons donated by the First Na
tional Bank of Waynesville alsi
were served.
Dr. E. U. Dillard of N. C. Stati
College had charge of the after
noon program. duringl which hi
discussed performance testing
pedigrees, and a sound feedini
program.
Betty Felmet of Katcliffe Cov<
won the weight-guessing contes
by missing the correct weight o
the animal by only two pounds. Six
teen people placed the two classei
of heifers correct
County Now Has
8,148 Telephones,
Equipment Added
A total of 662 new telephones
have been installed in Haywood
County in the past 15 months, it
was disclosed today in a mid-year
[ report by C. T. McCuiston, man
ager of the Southern Bell Tele
phone exchanges in Canton and
Wayneaville.
The county telephone manager
also reported that both long-dis
| tance and local telephone calls
made through the Waynesville ex
i change have been at an all-time
I high this summer.
As of August 1, 1955. there were
! a total of 8,148 telephones in the
i county?4.125 in the Canton ex
change and 4,023 in the Waynes
ville exchange. Mr. McCuiston said.
The total for April 1, 1954, the
date of the last telephone direc
tory. was 7.486 in the county ?
of which 3,818 were in the Canton
exchange and 3,668 in the Waynes
ville exchange
Because of this expansion, cen
tral olTicc equipment costing $17,
500 was installed in the Waynes
ville exchange during May ta pro
vide for 400 new telephones.
Similar work will start this week
at the Canton exchange where
equipment costing $9,000 will pro
vide for 200 new telephones in that
area. Completion of this work is
expected by September 1.
In the Waynesville exchange last
month, an average of 749 long
distance calls were placed daily, in
comparison to only 630 last year.
I On local calls, the July average
this yeqr was 36.366 ? contrasted
, to only 27.500 last year.
On the other side of the pic
ture, Mr. McCtttaion said that
i storms and rains this summer have
; given the telephone company more
. trouble than It has experienced in
, a number of years.
I
Electrical Power
Will Be Off
Next Sunday
Work to increase the capacity of
Carolina Power & Light Company's
Western Division substation at
Canton will require a power inter
ruption Sunday. August 14 from 4
to 6 a.m. and from 6 to 6:30 p.m..
according to Hoy S. Wright, local
manager for Carolina Power,
t This will effect all CP&L custo
mers in Haywood and Jackson
, counties including the Town of
, I Waynesville and the REA.
' Mr. Wright pointed out thai all
preliminary work possible has been
* completed with the lines "hot."
' The interruption will permit de
' energizing the lines for the safety
of the men.
' These hours were selected for
" the interruption, Wright said, in
' the hope It would cause the least
inconvenience to customers.
ARC Bloodmobile
iTo Visit Canton
!|On Wednesday
The Bloodmobile from American
, Bed Cross regional headquarter
| at Asheville will visit this area
I Thursday, August 18, and set up
operations at the Hazel wood Pres
byterian Church, Hours will be
from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.
The visit will be sponsored by
I employees of the Wellco Shoe
Corp. The goal will be 125 pints
of blood.
" i The Gray Ladies, headed by
Mrs. Felix Stovall, will assist in
' the operations.
:! Highway
Record For
1955
In Haywood
(TO DATS)
* Killed.... 1
I Injured.... 64
| Accidents 117
Loss ?. $49,036
(This Information M?
plied from records oi
State Highway Patrol.)
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The Polls For The Bond Election On Recreation Open 6:30 A.M., Close 6:30 P.M,