? ? ? ITtfewsMostOf >X1 ttt *;JT todays smile brr The Waynesyille Mountaineer F ? Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat ef Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park D - , n pEAR NO. 68 2Q~PAGES Associated Press WAYNSSVILLE, N. C.. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 25,1955 $8.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties lywood schools ill Open Monday RAY HART Methods ighting Will Be i Tonight p.m. tonight on the park i in front of the Waynes 1 School, The Dayton ompany's Fire Brigade istrate methods of fight n industry. The Dayton lompany will have as Western North Carolina uncil and Fire Depart his area. die is Invited to attend onstratlons and accord tin A Moore, personnel >f Dayton's Waynesville program should be en and very informative to rt, Safety Director of plant of The Dayton impany in Dayton, Ohio, e speaker for the even Fire Brigade will per ediately after the talk rt. Shaw, Southeastern Di Fyr-Fyter Co., R. S. nd Robert Bynum, West i Carolina Representa yr.Fyter, will be on hand ' any questions about pment. They are furn equipment for the dem I on fire extinguishers, ighting requires great know-how, for the sec t in all fires and in in onds lost can mean days t person on the job. The lust think fast, act fast, ist always be correct, for move can spell disaster ire Fighting?Page ?> School bells will ring again in Haywood County Monday morning for 6,650 students and 229 teach 'ers in the county unit's five high sihools and 16 elementary schools. County Superintendent of Schools Lawrence B. Leatherwood predicted an increase of 4 per cent or 150 students in the county sys tem this year over last fail. The annual county-wide teach ers meeting will be held this year at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Hazel wood School auditorium. Teachers, principals, and super visors this year are: Wa.vnesville District M. H. Bowles, C. E. Weatherby, Virginia D. McClure, Ethel C. Sloan. Lou Belle B. Browning, Margaret J. Terrell, Frances F. Arnette, Maretta W. Campbell, Doris L. Moore, Helen C. Beraza, Thomas J. Scott, Jr., Harriett El len Phoenix, Mary Emma Weath erby. Margery E. Burrowes, Margaret Irene Chambers, Charles Lee Is ley, Jr., Robert A. Campbell, Alma Mae Jackson, William F. Swift, Jr., James Bruce Jaynes, Charles W. Edwards, Jr., Miriam F. How ell, Amelia B. Leatherwood, Marie Patrick, Lucy T. Boyd. Barbara H. Weiler, John H. Nes bitt, Rozelle S. Nesbitt, Harriet B. Webster, Margaret Perry, Janice Cowan, Robert C. Evans, Ova P. Ferguson, Mary Katherine H. Rob ! inson, Mary H. Whitener, Daisy Coralee Mozeley, Betty B. Cabe, Pauline D. Dillard, Fred Z. Har ris, Sam L. Queen, Jr., Roy Haupt, Sara W. Murray, William W. Mas se.v, Lojaun G. Cooper, Bessie *Boyd, Mary Moody Queen, Ruth B. Parris, Carl R. Ratcliffe, Annie P. Ledbetter, Eva P. Cole, Coretta A. Henson, Betty M. Phillips, Lois Harrold. Petra Kaye Lopes, Eula (See Schools?Page 8) Fire Truck En Route To Waynesville Waynesville's new 500 - gallon pumper fire truck is due to arrive on Friday or Saturday of this week, according to Fejix Stovall, fire chief. The new piece of fire fighting equipment was purchased about six months ago by the board of aldermen, and has every modern facility a fire truck can carry, Stovall said. G. C. Ferguson, town manager, said the new unit will represeit an expenditure of about $11,500. The town has two fire trucks at present, but firemen said there was a definite need for a larger pumper type truck. , Chief Stovall said a factory man would come here and explain the operation of the unit to the fire men, and special training periods would be held as soon as the truck is unloaded. Attend Annual Burley d Day At Test Farm liil U.._i i-t _ *? ? . [ -?.1 uui icy looacco neia eld at the Mountain Ex station Teusday, attend growers and agriculture Vhisenhunt, director of rm, opened the meeting uced visitors, including ner of Agriculture L. Y. who commented that > looking good in the and spoke of the con with the coastal areas Carolina which have ly hit by two hurricanes, entine also commended ment station for its as mountain farmers and rowers to take advantage 5 her 4 SUNNY ld warra today and Fri Wavneaville tempera ?rted by the Stat* Test Ma*. Min. Pr. f~ 88 61 - 82 61 r 88 ss ? L * ' oi the test farm facilities. Other talks before the entire group were made by two C. State College tobacco specialists: R. R. Bennett, who stressed the importance of proper management practices in burley production, and Harold Nau, who spoke on new equipment, including a humidifier for use in the sorting room. The audience was then broken into groups of five for a tour of the test farm's burley plots. At the stations Were: Dr. Luther G. Shaw of the expe riment station, who discussed dif- j (See Fjeld Day?Page 6) Family Life Conference Becrins Toniaht At Lake (See Pictures. Pg. 1, See. 2) i Bishop F. Gerald Ensley of Des Moines, la., will give the keynote address at 8 p.m. Thursday to open a Southwide Family Life Confer ence at the Lake Junaluska Metho dist Assembly. "The Christian Family ? the Hope of the World" will be Bishop Ensley's subject. He will speak again Friday and Saturday nights, ; and Bishop John Branscomb of Jacksonville. Fla.. will bring the closing message at 11 a.m. Sunday. T^ie Rev C l,eon Smith of Ros well. Ga., Is conference chairman, and the program director is Dr. Edward D. Staples of the Metho dist Board of Education headquar ters in Nashville, Tenn. Six work groups will include dis cussion of family life situations concerning community problems, world responsibilities, the church, spiritual life, Christian education . of children, and counseling guid- , ance for ministers in attendance i Discussion leaders will include , Dr. Edward R. Hartz of Boston | University. Miss Joy Bayless. edi- | (See l ake Program - fin ?) i t ? HAYWOOD BAPTIST ASSOCIATION OFFIC ERS elected at a meeting at the RatclifTe Cove Baptist Church Tuesday were (left to right) the Rev. W. N. Reece, pastor of the North Canton Church, chairman of the associational executive committee: the "Rev. T. E. Robinett, pastor of - - ? - I Waynesviile First Church, moderator; the Rev. Otto Parham. pastor of the Aliens Creek Church, vice-moderator; (bark row) Jack Medford, minis ter of music at Canton First Church, chorister, and the Rev. Elmer Greene associational mission ary. (Mountaineer Photo). Haywood Baptists Show Substantial Progress Bean Crop Here Nears Final Stage The last picking 01 beans is slat ed for this weekend, according to C. D. Ketner, grower Of beans and ether product on a luge scale here in Haywood. Ketner had about 100 acres in beans, and. the large majority of them have been sold in bulk, go ing to canneries in nearby states. The heavy rains in early July vashed off many of the blooms, which resulted in a small yield of about 100 bushels per acre for the early July crop. The present crop is yielding about 200 bushels per acre. Ketner has had as many as 100 people working per day picking beans. Prior to the bean crop, he had several hundred acres planted in onions. June Setzer Is Named Haywood Truant Officer Deputy Sheriff June Setzer has resigned to become truant officer of the Board of Education, effective September 1. Setzer will fill the vacancy left when Jerry Rogers resigned in May to assume the post as superintend ent of the State Prison Camp at. Hazelwood. Sheriff Fred Campbell said this morning that he did not have a re placement for Setzer, but felt he would name a deputy by the time Setzer assumes his duties as tru ant officer next Thursday. Haywood Young Democrats Will Meet Friday 7:30 Joe N. Tate, Jr., president of the Haywood County Young .Demo crats, announced that the group would meet Friday, 7:30, in the commissioners room, at the court house for an electioit of officers. In addition to electing officers, the group will make plans for the annual State Convention. I By ESTHER MAE GIBSON Staff Member Haywood's 11,340 Baptists set new records during the past year and also at the 70th annual As sociations! sessions which were held at three churches on Tuesday and Wednesday. The sessions attended by some 850 devoted their time to hearing reports of progress and discaaaed p'ans for the year's program ahead of continued development In every phase of the church work. Haywood Baptists gave a total of $419,OO0 during the past year, ac cording to a report compiled by the Rev. Elmer Greene. Associa tional Missionary and clerk. The report also shewed a total of 583 baptisms during the year w hich was a gain of 6& over the previous year. The Sunday school enrollment now stands at 10,630 which is a gain of a little over 1000 and the Training Union enrollment has in creased to a total of 3,545. Also gains were noted in the W.M.U. and the Brotherhood enrollment. Haywood Baptists contributed $53,001 to missions during the past year. Value on all Baptist church property in Haywood County has reached $2,000,000. This figure has almost doubled since 1952 figures were compiled. The Association adopted a bud get of $8,400 which will be the largest budget ever to be approv ed by the group. This exceeds this (See Baptists?Page 8) South Clyde Tour Will End CDP Program The 1955 program of CDP com nunity tours will come to an end Saturday when Iron Duff visits South Clyde. A tour of South Clyde will be held in the morning, followed by a picnic lunch and recreation in ihe afternoon. Edwin Jackson is chairman of 'tie South Clyde CDP, while Ray Id ilner heads the Iron Duff group. The tours started this year Wed l.csday, August 3, when Fines Creek visited Iron Duff. . ... .1 _ Annual REA Meeting To Be Held On Saturday A varied program will be pre sented at the 16th annual meeting of the Haytvood Electric Member ship Corporation from 9:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday at Waynes ville Township High School, ac cording to R. C. Sheffield, man ager. The program will include re ports of the officers and manager, the election of 11 directors for the coming year. Present directors of the Coop erative are: Ira H. Cogburn of East Fork, M. M. Kirkpatrick of Crabtree and Fines Creek, Roy B. Medford of Iron Duff and Jonathan Creek. Jack Harris of Beaverdam, Walker Brown of Pigeon and Cecil, Carter Osborne of Clyde and Waynes ville, C. W. London and Wiley M. Brendle of Buncombe County, J. N. Fisher of Macon and Rabun counties, Blaine Nicholson of Jackson County, and Dan Reid of Transylvania County. Illustrated talks by members of the Cooperative, electric equip ment demonstrations by 4-H Club boys, quiz programs, quartets, solo ists and string bands will be fea tured. (See REA?Page 81 William I. Millar Is Back With Law Firm William I. "Bill" Millar, who re cently returned to Waynesville af ter serving three years in the U. S. Navy in the Far East, has re-enter ed the general practice of law with the law firm of Millar, Medford 4c Millar. tir. Millar practiced law here in 1P52 prior to his call into the Navy. ? , Survey Set For Widening Wall Montgomery Streets A survey has been ordered on two street projects here. One sur vey will be for extending Wall Street one block ? from East to rigeon Street, and for widening Montgomery Street for the two blocks of its length. The surveys will be made in or der that the aldermen can study them with fe view of going ahead with the projects in the near future. G. C. Ferguson, town manager, said he had made arrangements [or Engineer Reagan, who survey ed Aliens Creek for water and s?wer mains, to make the two sur veys here. The board is considering widen ing of Montgomery Street, and ex tending Wall Street for the addi tional block. Neither project has been finally approved, awaiting the complete survey of the property of both projects. Street forces are completing the | v idehing of streets in the Dolan Poad section, and have made a street to Ray Street in order that school buses can get through. The street forces are to com plete a short section of building a sidewalk oq Pigeon Street, and t^ien begin work of building a 5 foot sidewalk along the two blocks of Montgomery Street. This side walk will be on the side of the street of the Park Theatre and Tlus Station. County Boards Name 7-Man Committee On Integration Petitioners Ask Hearing On Sale Oi Properties Petitions containing about 2.000 names have been given Chairman Faraday Green, chairman of the board of commissioners, asking that a public hearing be held before any personal or real estate of the County Home Farm is sold. K. E. Sentelle said he and W. K. Francis had been asked by a group of taxpayers to prepare the petitions, and present them to the commissioners. Sentelle said today there were 84 petitioins sent out to all parts of the county, and that 41 had been returned and given Chairman 'Green. The heading on the petitions reads: we ine undersigned citizens and taxpayers of Haywood county, here by petition your honorable Board of Commissioners for a public hear ing on the matter of the sale of the Haywood County Home land and personal property, at a time and place to be fixed by your board of commissioners, before you offer for sale any more of the said county home property, both real and per sonal.'' Chairman Green said this morn ing that he had the petitions, and that the board was holding a spe cial meeting Monday morning to (Sec Petitioners?Page I) >? *r_n maggie vaiiey Kiwanis Holds First Meeting The newly organized Maggie Valley Kiwanis Club held its first regular meeting Wednesday night at the Maggie Methodist Church, with 19 members and four visitors present. Visitors included Dr. Robert H Owen, president of the Canton Ki wanis Club; W. R. Strickland of Benson, N. C., and E. V. Peters and O. A, Brlce, both of Lake Wales, Fla. , During the meeting, short talks were made by visitors and commit tee chairmen were given work as signments. The club will meet each Wed nesday night at 7:30 at the Meth odist Church. DAV Plans Meeting Here Saturday Night The Waynesville chapter of Dis abled American Veterans will meet at 8 p.m. Saturday in the commis sioners room at the courthouse, ac cording to Guilford Taylor, com mander. All disabled veterans, whether members of the DAV chapter or not, are invited to the meeting. Bethel School Area Made Into Parking Site The front of the new Bethel school has been paved and con verted Into a parking lot, and playground. School officials decided the pav ing project was needed instead of the proposed flower plots, since trouble was being had with stand ing rain water in the area. Police To Check ; Traffic Around School Grounds Motorists were warned today by Chief Orville Noland to drive 1 vith extreme care and caution around school aoncs. "We are setting up signs a bout the schools, and will have them patrolled, and all motorists failing to obey every traffio law will be hailed into court. Driving near school aones is extremely dangerous, and also along streets used by school children." Chief Noland is working out a schedule whereby members of the police force will patrol the school areas daily. G. Brown President W.F. Alumni Glenn Brown, Waynesville at torney, was named president of the newly organized Wake Forest Alumni Asscciation in Canton. The organizational meeting heard Eugene Olive, alumni secre tary, and saw pictures of the new college campus. Mr. Olive said the colonial type buildings would be given the "added touch of old Wake Forest by the removal of magnolia trees from the campus near Raleigh to Winston-Salem. Dr. Robert H. Owen, Canton, was named vice president, and Mrs. R. J. Wilson is secretary. Plans are to have two meetings of the group per year lor the 75 to 100 alumni of the college now I residing in Haywood. J. R. Morgan, also a Waynesville attorney, attending the meeting, was recognized because be was the first Haywood native to attend Wake Forest. He.is a graduate of the class of 1905. A. J. Hutchins served as tem porary chairman of the meeting. New Road Nears Completion At Bethel School State highway forces are put ting the gravel on the new road which cuts through the school property at Bethel. The new road runs from US 276 to the old Bethel road in front of the old school. 1 lie road Is being built between the Bethel gym and cannery. Citizens of the Bethel area on several occasions petitioned the h'ghway commission to block the r<-ad running between the school buildings as it was a traffic hazard, s'rce. students had to cross the road getting from one building to the other. The new road has an entrance into the football field as well as the parking lot of the old build ing which is used to park school buses. Korean Vets To Hear Of GI Farm Program American veterans of the Ko rean conflict are invited to a meeting at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sep tember 6, at the Agricultural building at Waynesville High School where the Veterans Farm ing Program will be explained and other general information on GI benefits given. The announcement was made by John H. Nesbitt, vocational agri cultural teacher at WTHS. I Worthless Checks Flooding This Area, Says Sheriff "There is a flood of bad cheeks returns the check as not bcins any I being passed In Haywood," Sheriff Fred Campbell said this morning, as he showed a number of war rants which have been issued for the arrest of several people for passing the worthless checks. "We have two men who have checks scattered from here to Asheville and in Sylva, where war rants have been issued for their arrest,"Sheriff Campbell said. "Almost every case follows the same pattern. The person will make a small purchase, and the seller will accept a check for many times the purchase and give the balance in cash. Tn a Tew days the bank good, and then the warrant Is Is sued when the merchant realizes he had been beaten out of both merchandise and the extra cash." "I suggest that before taking a check from an unknown person that the bank be called to check on its validity," Sheriff Campbell continued. A 35-year-old man Is being held in jail on charges of forging a check against Frank M. Davis, former county commissioner. The man confessed to forging the S27 check against Davis, and is await ing trial at the November term of court, i' ? . ' 1 i A 7-man integration committee to study the subject ami advise ivith the two Boards of Education in Haywood was named today, rhe board has five white men. two Negro. Four members are from the Haywood school area and three from Canton School dis trict. The committee is: Harry Whisenhunt, Waynesvilie. W. M. "Bill" Ohbb, Waynesvilie. Homer Forney, colored, Waynes vilie. Roland Leatherwood, Clyde, Dr. A. P. Cline, Canton. Ernest Messer, Canton. Morris Lowery, colored, Canton. It was announced this morning by Lawrence Leatherwood, county superintendent of schools, that the committee would be called to gether soon and organize, by nam ing one of their members as chair man, and perhaps a secretary. The chairman of the two boards of education will serve as ex-offlco members of the committee. Jarvis R. Caldwell is chairman of the Haywood Board, and Willis Kirk patrick is chairman of the Canton Board. The two boards have been giv ing the matter of naming the coun T>-wi