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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 Q a
? ^ noTs2 12 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE. N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 3, 1955 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
>eting On Interstate Road
ght Be Held This Month
Haywood Men Elected
HfNC Highlander Posts
-i,?{ syiva, writer and
irector of the Cherokee
Association, was re
cent of the Western
dina Highlanders at a
nkv in the organiza
^arters in the Masonic
itt of Waynesville was
(irst vice president, and
i franklin was elect
vice-president. Named
ry-treasurer was L. E.
Clyde, president of the
jounty Highlanders,
d as members at large
native committee were
iof Fontana Village and
jaither of Brevard. Re
nembers at large on the
rectors were Garth Cate
Percy B. Ferebee of
nd Robert I. Presley of
er officials said that the
istrv of Western North
i a whole had a good
; pointed out. however,
ie areas cool and' wet
oad construction pro
arly opening of schools
verse affect on tourist
also were made on the
wmber of retired per
ig into the mountains,
perty and settling as
residents; new recre
elopments; construction
bis private swimming
akes. improved housing
ad other services,
(bensive report of WNC
(regional office activi
rde by Mrs. Edith Alley
Waynesville. who has
irge of the regional of?
be establishment of the
l Following her report,
?f directors expressed
tiation to Mrs. Empson
itribution to the High
bghlander?Page 6>
jh Held
Entering
mirches
Eollins. 23, of Waynes
I the Haywood county
jcharges of breaking and
Bed by Sheriff Fred
IThree of the places en
| churches.
Kit said that Collins
ltfce study of the Rev.
t of Long's Chapel
parch and took a vold
phich he tried to cash
pesday. Sheriff Camp
Id. Collins entered both
Pt and Baptist church
pie Cove through un
f> and also took a
pdt from the residence
palkway at Ratcliffe
P said the youth took
fly *14 from the bank 1
IBaptist Church, spent]
|at the Ratcliffe Cove |
P then boarded a bus
?*? However, he was
Fe Bus at Canton by
pent officials and
M here.
P*ked on two charges
1 >nd entering and put
I* Be failed to make 1
P* on each charge.
L. E. DeVOUS was elected presi
dent of tbe Haywood Highland
ers for the fifth consecutive time.
He is also secretary-treasurer of
the W.N.C. Highlanders.
DeVous To
Again Head
Highlanders
L. E. DeVous was re-elected
president of the Haywood High
landers here Thursday night at
the annual meeting. This will be
the fifth year DeVous has served
the organization in the capacity
as president.
Carl Henry was named vice
president, and Mrs. DeVous is the
| secretary-treasurer.
The executive committee is com
posed of M. L. Sadler, Bob Win
chester, A. B. Walker, John
Queen, Jr., and Floyd DeWeese.
S. E. Connatser is director of the
W.N.C. Highlanders, and J. C.
Seay was named as alternate di
rector of the regional group.
The organiation has 49 members,
and DeVous said the executive
committee would meet this week
and complete the planning pro
gram of promotion for the coming
>ear. The membership campaign
and promotion program will get
under way later, DeVous said.
Polio Vaccine Is
Made Available
To Doctors Here
The Poliomyelitis vaccine was
this week made available to the
physicians of Canton and Waynes
ville for administration in their
private practice. The Haywood
county physicians are recommend
ing that the vaccine be given to all
children after their first year of
age.
The physicians will begin giving
the vaccine on Wednesday, Oct. 5.
The physicians reaffirm that the
vaccine is safe and effective.
It is reported, that without ex
ception, the physicians are plan
ning to give the vaccine to their
own children. In general, the
second immunization will be given
about one month after the first
injection. The third injection will
be given about seven months after
the second.
The committee of the Haywood
(See Polio Vaccine?Page 6>
Federal Bureau
Asks Additional
Road Information
All indications in Raleigh this
morning was that a conference will
be held this month between offic
ials of North Carolina, Tennessee
end the Bureau of Public Roads
for a discussion of an interstate
route from Western North Caro
lina to Eastern Tennessee.
The Bureau of Public Roads, In
a recent memo, to state officials,
asked for a clarification for "an
economic justification" survey of
the Pigeon River Road.
State Senator William Mod
ford was in Raleigh today, en
route home from a trip to dis
cuss Smoky Mountains National
Park developments with the De
partment of the Interior. Senator
Medford and Commissioner Har
ry Buchanan discussed the Pi
geon River project at length
with officials during the past few
; days.
Chief State Highway Engineer
V.'. H. Rogers, Jr. said he had writ
! ten the federal agency requesting
j a conference of Tennessee and
North Carolina highway officials
with representatives of the Bureau
of Public Roads.
Rogers said the purpose of the
Pieeting would be "to determine j
what they want us to furnish
I them" and then "we'll try' to Rive
i them whatever information they
need."
The State Highway Commission
recently recommended to the
bureau that the proposed interstate
highway system from North Caro
! lina to Tennessee run along the
Pigeon River route.
After receiving this recommen
dation. the bureau sent word back
through its regional office at. At- |
lanta that it wanted the "economic
justification" survey.
Rogers said one of the points to
be clarified was whether the
bureau wanted data on the Pigeon
River route alone or for both it
and the French Broad route.
Big Crowd Seen
For Hearing Set
Here Saturday
Indications today were that
there would be a fu" courtroom
ol interested citizens attending the
hearing on the sale of the county
j home farm here Friday at 2 p.m.
Judge Dan K. Moore, resident
| judge, will hear the complaint, and
? answer in the case, which began
when Judge Zeb V. Nettles signed
an injunction order last week, re
straining the commissioners from
selling the property.
The case has been the source of
much comment, and from the dis
cussions heard in and around the
county, there will be a large gath
ering for the hearing Friday af
ternoon.
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Car, Truck Collide
On Hyatt Creek Road
The only highway accident re
ported during the weekend involv
ed a collision on the Hyatt Creek
load between a 1954 Ford driven
ty Mrs. Miriam Allen Green of
Kazelwood and a 1953 Chevrolet
pickup driven by Claude James
McLean of Hyatt Creek.
State Patrolman V. E. Bryson
reported that Mrs. Green stopped
her car to pick up a passenger
pnd was struck from the rear by
McLean's truck.
Damage to the passenger car j
was estimated at $50 and to the ^
tiuck at $100.
McLean was charged with fol
lowing too closely.
I Building Development
r Opened Near Lake
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'ucklph! Junaluska.
r2*en* Hill,- win
I slcl('nUal construc
?L^dln? to Mrs.
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Test Farm.
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Carl Mcdford, -co-owner with Mrs.
James Wells of Canton.
Mature timber is now being
cleared from the land, but a num
ber of trees will be left to provide
shade for new homes.
The property was purchased by
Mrs. Medford and Mrs. Wells from^
the estate of the late Judge M. C*
Ketchum of Memphis. Tenn., who
made his summer home here.
The former Ketchcm home, said
to be in good condition, is also for
sale. It has been occupied for the
past several summers by Mrs. W.
C. Kirkland of Evanston. 111.
Mrs. Medford said that "Huckle
berry Hill" will be an exclusive
development with restrictions on
the slae and kind of homes to be
constructed.
I Waynesviile water lines have al
ready been laid in the area.
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BARBARA MESSER, of Cecil reigned as queen of the seventh an
nual Pigeon Valley Fair at Bethei School last week. Here she poses
prettily during the half of the Bethel-Hendersonville football came.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Pigeon Valley Fair Sets
New Records Ai 7th Event
Crazy, Mixed-Up
Dogwood Blooms
In Ninevah Yard
Although fall is here and cold !
breezes are just around the corn- |
er. it's spring in the yard of
Bill Kelly of Ninevah. where a
dogwood tree has been in bloom .
for the past three weeks.
The tree is forked. Half of the
| tree is in bloom; the other half
| is not.
Mr. Kelly says the blossoms j
I are not as big as they were last '
spring, but adds that they are
| "beautiful with a pink center."
None of his dogwoods have
ever bloomed before at this time
of year, he said.
H. E. McCall
Joins Farm
Agent's Staff
Herman Eugene McCall. a native I
of Henderson county, joined the
staff of County Farm Agent Virgil
Holloway today, succeeding Homer
Sink, who resigned recently to ac
cept a position in Greensboro with
the American Dairy Association.
Mr. McCall was graduated from
Dana High School in Henderson t
county and attended Clemson Uni- :
versity. where he was graduated 1
with a degree in agirculture in
1951.
He also served for two years
I with a U. S. Army military gov- j
ernment unit in the Pacific, in
cluding 14 months in Korea.
Mr. and Mrs. McCall are resid
ing temporarily in the Stringfield |
Apartments on Walnut St.
Congressman Shuford
To Be Heard Tonight
By Young Democrats
Congressman George A. Shuford
will address the Haywood YounR
Deocrats tonight at 7:30, at the
Canton Police Department.
Walter Clark, president of the 1
county organization, said commit-j
?tees would also be named tonight
for the year's program.
Clark said he expected a large
attendance at tonight's meeting, as 1
plans will be completed for the '
program for the year.
Miss Quinlan
Is Named ACS
Representative .
Miss Betsey Lane Quinlan of 1
Waynesvillc has been named field
representative of the American
Cancer Society, N. C. Division, and
will serve county units of the So
ciety in Piedmont and Western
North Carolina, William C. Friday,
president, has announced.
Miss Quinlan began her new
duties on October 1.
As field representative, Miss
Quinlan will make regular visits
to county , units in her territory,
assisting in the planning of cancer
control programs embracing edu
cation, service and fund-raising.
Miss Quinlan has had extensive
experience with the American Red
Cross, having done hospital ser
vice with the organization in Icc
<Srr Miss Quinlan?P??e ??
The seventh annual Pigeon Val
ley Fair at Bethel last week was
the biggest and'best in history, ac
cording to M. C. Nix, general sup
erintendent of the fair.
The fair stretched through a
period of five days, beginning
Wednesday night with a commun
ity religious service at the Bethel
auditorium and ending Sunday af
ternoon with a community sing,
also at the school.
High points of the Pigeon Valley
I'air this year were the agricultur
al and home arts exhibits in the
school cafeteria; livestock and
poultry at the new FFA barn and
in tents nearby; the horse show
Saturday afternoon and the hound
show, pet show, and doll show,
and football game between Bethel
a n d Ifendcrsonville, defending
Blue Ridge Conference champions.
Crowned as queen of the rapid
ly-growing annual event was Miss
Barbara Messer of Cecil, Bethel
High School student and a mem
ber of the famous Bethel Belles
girls basketball team.
Greatly reduced in size this year
was the exhibit of Haywood Coun
ty apples, but 11 plates of fruit
that escaped the killing March
frost were on display.
The smaller apple exhibit, how
ever, was more than made up for
by attractive displays of other
fruits and the varied line of vege
tables grown in the county. The
large exhibit of flowers also was
called one of the best in years.
Perhaps the most attractive of
all the fair exhibits was the an
tique booth, which featured a real
chestnut split rail fence, complete
(See Fair?Page 61
Methodists Make But Few
Changes In Haywood Area
Park Work
Sought By
Two States
i By Associated Press i
The government was asked last !
. week to provide additional faciii- 1
ties in the Great Smoky Mountains '
National Park to handle an expect- '
I ed increase in visitors next year.
! A delegation from North Caro
' Una and Tennessee tuade the re
I quest at a conference with officials
? of the Interior Department and the
1 National Park Service. The dele
gation was assured that every con
sideration would be given to their
1 requests.
The group outlined urgent needs
they said should be met in the
two-state park. They asked that
funds to meet them be included in 1
new budget recommendations be- j
'?ing drawn.
in Washington for the meeting
were State Sen. William Medford
of Waynesville; Hobort I. Presley.
IAsheville city councilman; Frank
Brown of Cullowhee and John
(See Park?Page 6>
Shotgun Duel
Near Clyde
Wounds Man
j |
A shotgun "duel" in a home on
the Chambers Mountain rbad Sat-1
' urday night between two neigh
bors who live on the road result
ed in the painful but not oerious
I wounding of one and charges of
assault with a deadly weapon
against both.
Sheriff Fred Campbell reported
I that Claude Shelton hit Ernest
Green in the right arm and right
shoulder with six pellets from his
410-gauge shotgun, after Green
missed Shelton with a blast from
his 12-gaugc gun.
The sheriff said he had not de
termined the cause for the alterca
tion. but was told an argument
developed over squirrel hunting.
Green was drunk at the time, he
added.
Green was treated by Dr. fiugh
Matthews of Canton, but was not
hospitalized.
Both men were booked at the
Haywood county jail and released
; after they posted $500 bonds.
They will be given a hehring
| Saturday morning before Justice
I of the Peace Larry Cagle at Clyde.
Smathers To Be
Superintendent
Of This District
Frank fi">P?'n,,nl,;l? <* the Hev. j
5Tn'V," ""dESS
. -^n-nent, as Bishop gR
? Harrell announced the appoint
ments yesterday afternoon at the
annual conference in Charlotte
uSEOii'l? ***** from Grace
Methodist Church in GreensCo
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tired 'V- W M- "?thburn, re
The Rev V w am
nojnted to the H.yw^d Circuit
rie .If , . vacancy caused by the
AH" .It'll'1<? !l^v' ^ L' Bro?m<?
All other ministers in the counlv
v^cre retained, m the Urjer
churches the Hev. Earl II Brendail
returns to First Methodist Wa "
nesville; the Rl,v c G Haffner '
urns to Central, Canton: the Hev
Ivan Robert, to First Canton; the
'nd ,hTue SUrr' Clvd<' Central;
and the Hev. Don Payne, Longs
( hapel. Lake Junaluska.
alS0 named "I"?
ay and nine clerical delegates to'
he quadrennial conference to be
held next May i? Minneapths
clerical f, f't,""al Iav a,,d twelve I
' . delegates were elected to
complete the delegation to the
be helH i confrenc* which will
beheld next July at Lake Juna
*NC Conference
eierlcal delegation to the general
^uferenec in Minneapoiis will be
ral m. L Si"! ' pastor of Cent
ral Methodist Church, Aslieville.
I e has been mentioned as a pos
HarrehUCCeSS?r t0 rCt,I'in? Bish?P
Other clergy will include the
<See Methodists?Page 6)
2 Men Make
Perfect Sdore
In Grid Contest
A Waynesvilie man and Hazel-j
f,,od man both made perfect
cores on The Mountaineer's week
ly football contest last week and
ihevSP"t $.!5 fil'st-prize ?oney
} hey were Ray Brown, 306 Rich:
land St Waynesvilie, and Howell
Messer of Hazelwood. Both select
to 20 points as the combined
store of the Canton-Way nesville
game.
Last week's winner. Mrs. John
If. Payne of WaynesvilU', also
made a perfect score. Until this
season, no contestant had ever
made a perfect mark on the con
test.
U. S. Tobacco Chemists
To Hear Bob Francis
It. C. Francis of Ratcliffe Cove,
noted Haywood Coanty humorist
and after-dinner speaker, will ap
pear on the program at the an
nua! Tobacco Chemists Confer
ence banquet at Kalcigh this week.
He will leave Asheville by plane
Thursday for the state capital.
The tobacco chemists meet an
nually in different states.
W. HUGH MASSIE of Waynes
vllle la the lirst lay delegate west
of Aaheville to be elected to the
Jurtadictloiial conference of the
Methodist Church since the late
James Atkins went as a delegate
to the conference in Dallas. Tex
as In 1934. Also elected this year
was R. D. Coleman of Canton
whose picture was not available
this morning. Both Massle and
Coleman will attend the general
conference of the Methodist
Church In Minneapolis In May
and the Jurisdictional conference
at Junaluska in July. Massle is a
member of the board of trusters
of the Methodist Assembly at
Lake Junaluska and is chairman*
of the grounds committee. He is
district steward and lay leader
of the Methodist Church.
United Fund
Campaign To
Start 10th
Final details for launching the
First United Fund campaign in
this end of the county were ready
today. The two-week campaign will
: begin October 10. with Uave Fel
niet, campaign chairman.
The board of directors recently
approved 25 agencies which will
i participate In this year's drive,
with a budget of $38,641.60.
Dr. J. E. Fender, president of
the United Fund, said he was well
pleased with the splendid organi
zational work, and the interest
which is being shown in the pro
gram.
"We have had a number of peo
ple express appreciation for tlie
program which will enable them to
give one for all 25 services, which
simplified the work and the mut
ter of giving." the president point
ed out.
F c I m e t. campaign chairman,
named the division chairman and
(o-chuirman in some cases, of the
nine divisions of the camapign,
lie said they were as follows;
Advance gifts. Mrs. Bill Prevosl.
Industry, Joe S. Davis and Char
lie W'oodard.
Commercial (business district'
Fuel Tavlor and Connie L. Lyda
I Professional, Dr. Jack Dicker*
I son.
Public employees, Mrs. Fred
! Campbell.
I Residential, Hye Sheptowilch
> end Robert Winchester.
Rural and C D P , M. H. Wliiscn
hunt.
Colored area Henry Tuttle.
Schools, M. H. Bowles.
[Yanks Even Series
The New York Yankees de
feated the Brooklyn Dodgers.
5-1 today to even the World's
Series at three apiece.
.
Highway
Record For
1955
In Haywood ,
(TO DATE)
Killed...: 1
4195 4 ? 3)
Injured.... 76
(1954 ? 42)
Accidents 142
Loss .. $59,626 .
(This information com
piled from record* of
State Highway Patrol.)
Geese And Ducks Arriving
Daily At Lake Junaluska
Transit waterl'owl are returning to Lake Junaluska enroute
South for the winter
Three large geese are making the Lake their stop-over point
for the present, and already four flocks of ducks have arrived
at the Lake.
The Lake Boat Owners Association are cooperating in the
program of making the Lake a hird sanctuary, and are not oper
ating their boats during the visitation period of the waterfowl.
Supt. James W. Fowler, Jr., said arrangements had been made !
to again feed the waterfowls as they spend some time at Lake
Junaluska. Last fall and winter a large number of ducks remained j
at the Lake until late fall.
PAINTINGS AND OTHER ART WORK attracted
muck attention and comment at the Pi*eon Val
ley Fair. The portraits are by l,yman Reed, while
Mr*. Burt Carle, seated, painted the wooden trays,
and Mm. Ralph Kelly, standing, helped arrange
the bMth. Right back of Mrs. Cagle Is a flax spin
ning wheel over 290 years old.
(Monntaineer Photo).
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