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WBoard To Open Meeting Here Monday
IERNOR HODGES
BEN DOUGLAS
WO OFFICIALS will hrad the large group to Waynes
he 1-day meeting of the State Board of Conservation and
Mil The meeting will begin Monday morning. The group
i Ute Sunday.
I Parkway Link To Open
[Autumn Foliage Show
I Tobacco
I Leave
late Fair
I Club burley tobacco
L?one from Waynes
Httip High School and
K Fines Creek High
?ft here this morning
? Haywood County at
Kiroiina State Fair in
? judging competition
? of the Waynesville
Hbil James, Gene Mc
? James Hannah. The
? team includes Ber- I
Ben, John Evans, and
?wsville and Fines
Beams won the right to
Bkeoiuity in an elimi
?est last Friday, in
? from Bethel, Clyde,
Bw Creek community
?* represented.
??od countians will
? burley tobacco judg
?ate fair at 2 p.m. Fri
? return here .Saturday.
MEET MONDAY
B Lodge No. 259.
Hjl hold an emergent
??n at 7 p.m. Monday
Master Mason's de
?_Masonsare invited.
Visitors in this section for the
autumn foliage show will find a
new Parkway link open just as the
autumn eolor is approaching its
peak. It is an ll-miJe stretch of
smooth, paved highway from Wag
on Road Gap. on US 276. to Beech
Gap, in the high wild and hand
some Devil's Courthouse country
to the southwest. Tentative opening
date is tomorrow, October 21.
Autumn color is expected to be
at its best during the last ten days
of October. Color is increasing in
the Great Smokies and Nanfahala
National Forest, where color is usu
ally later and lasts into Novem
ber.
The Parkway's newest link is
situated at an average altitude of
4,500 feet and reaches 5,000 feet at
one point. From lofty overlooks
there are magnificent views of
Mount Pisgah, Looking Glass
Mountain and the forbidding crags
of the Devil's Courthouse.
At mid-October there was a bril
liant display of yellow, mingled
with the red of dogwoods, sour
woods and gums; maples were be
ginning to turn but oaks were still
green and their deep bronze and
rich crimson tones completing the
color scale usually appear during
the last part of October.
Visitors who want to see and
photograph, the color parade at its
best are advised to begin their
sightseeing early in the morning
or drive to high overlooks in ti.e
late afternoon when the slanting
(See Parkway?Page 8)
[Contract To Complete
|wood's Street Paving
B ot Ha7clwood will
? paving (if all streets
?limits In the next 30
? Lawrence Davis an
?"and board of alder
awarded a contract
^Vhe Alison Construc
? Haielwood for the
itreets or portions
Hd will be:
St . Unagusta
FAIR
? ' and a little
m- Friday fair and
BrUH,Ville temPer?
| a "y the SUte
? Min. Pr.
St., an extension of Carolina Ave.,
a connecting link between Oak
and Pine streets, and an extension
of Sunset Blvd. ?
Work started on the paving of
the streets today and is expected
to be completed within 30 days.
Governor,
52 Officials
Are Expected
The fall meeting of the North
Carolina Board of Conservation
and Development, to be held here
next week, will start informally at
6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Country
Club Inn where board members
and state officials will be Ruests of
the citizens of Waynesville at a
buffet dinner.
The meeting is expected to at
tract some 52 state leaders and
their wives?headed by Governor
and Mrs. Hodges. The session will
open Monday morning and adjourn
at noon Wednesday.
At 9 a.m. Monday, Governor
Hodges will call the meeting to
order, to be followed by the invo
cation by the Rev. Karl H. Bren
dall, pastor of the First Methodist
Church of Waynesville, welcoming
address by Mayor J. H. Way of
Waynesville and response by W.
Eugene Simmons of Tarboro, a
member of the C&D board.
At 9:20 a.m. a general business
session will get under way with
reports by Ben E. Douglas, direc
tor of the Department of Conserv
ation and Development, and these
division heads: Charles Parker, ad
vertising; Dallas T. Daily, com
merce and industry; C. O. Holland,
commercial fisheries; F. H. Clar
idge. forestry; Jasper L. Stuckey,
mineral resources; Thomas ,W.
Morse, parks; B. C. Snow, water
resources, inlets, and coastal water
ways^ and W. Ray Bishop, depart
ment auditor.
Governor Hodges will then com
ment on the variocs reports, stait
ing at 10;40 a.m.
At 11 o'clock, three public hear
ings are scheduled; a report from
the North Carolina National Park,
Parkway and Forests Development
Commission by Chairman William
Medford of Waynesville, a report
from the Cherokee Historical Asso
ciation by John A. Parris of Sylva.
(See C&D Board?Page 8)
N.C. Lions
Governors
To Meet Here
*
Governors of all six districts of
Lions International in North Caro
lina will be in Waynesville this
weekend for the fall meeting of
the Lions State Council at Spal
don's Restaurant.
Lawrence B. Leatherwood of
Waynesville, governor of District
31-A. will he host at the meeting,
which is the first such ever held
here.
Other Lions governors expected
for the council session are:
W. Roy Poole of Kinston, chair
man: Al Field of Hickory, Willie
Welborn of Thomasville. Henry
Price of Kannapolis. and Paul Lit
tle of Elizabeth City.
Norman Trueblood, state secre
tary of North Carolina Lions, will
he here along with members of
two statewide Lions committees.
(See Lions?Page ?>
Rules For Tobacco Festival
Beauty Contest Announced
Rules for the beauty contest In
be held in connection with the an
nual Tobacco Festival in Novem
ber have ?been announced by
county CDP officials.
The contest will be held dur
ing the festival's "Awards Night"
Tuesday, November 8.
Rules are:
1. Contestants must live in a
community in which there is an
active CDP.
2. Each community can entei
only one contestant.
3. Contestants must be single
and in high school.
* cnntoiianti must wear cottor
i drosses during judging.
5. Contestants' names must be
? submitted by their communities to
the county farm agent's office or
county home agent's office not
later than Tuesday, November I.
Judges have not been named,
but all will be men from another
county than Haywood.
Miss Jean Childtrs, assistant
' home agent, will be in charge of
the contest and will assist com
munity entrants;
The Tobacco Festival beauty
contest was dropped in 1953, but
, was resumed last year.
MAGGIE VALLEY KIWANIS CLUB received
their charter Wednesday night, as S. Preston
Douglas, governor of the Carolina district, pre
sented the charter to Sam McCrary. president of
the Maggie Valley Club. Looking on from the
left is Dr. Robert Owen, president of the Canton
Club, sponsor of the new club, and on the right
is Lt. Governor Early Lee, Asheviile. (Other pic
tures, Page i, Section 2.)
CDP Selects
Nominating
Committee
Five Haywood County residents
have been named to draw up a
slate of nominees for election of
county CDP officers and directors
for 1955-56. They are:
R. C. Sheffield of West Pigeon,
chairman; Lloyd Justice of South
Clyde; T. J. Fletcher of Thlckety;
the Rev. C. L. Allen of Aliens
Creek, and Mrs. Julia McClure of
Saunook.
Nominations for the CDP offices
may be made by contacting mem
bers of the committee, or by mak
ing nominations from the floor
during the Tobacco Festival
"Awards Night," November 8.
Jack Ray of Iron Duff is the pres
ent chairman of the county CDP
organization.
Hazel wood 4-H Club
Elects New Officers
, Geraldine Williams was elected
president of the Hazelwood School
4-H Club at the first meeting Of
the organization last week.
Also chosen were: Lillian Hyatt,
vice president; Ann Hill, secre
tary-treasurer: Donald Davis, re
porter; P. A. Donnahue and Teresa
Beck, song leaders.
Kenneth Hannah is adult leader
for the Hazelwood 4-H Club.
Charter Night Ot Maggie
Valley Kiwanis Club Is
Attended By About 200
Tank Company
To Have Federal
Inspection Tonight
Waynesville's Tank Company,
North Carolina National Guard,
will undergo its annual federal
inspection this afternoon and to
night at the Waynesville Armory.
The inspecting officers will be
representative^ of the inspector
general's section of Third Army
Headquarters, F t. McPherson,
Atlanta, Ga.
This afternoon the Third Army
group will inspect the physical
plant at the armory and Tank Com
pany's records, supplies, weapons,
and vehicles. Tonight from 7 until
8 p.m. an inspection of personnel
in ranks will be conducted, to be
followed by an inspection of
training from 8 until 9 p.m.
The inspectors visited Canton's
30th Signal Company Tuesday
night, and Sylva's Company I,
120th Infantry, last night.
Mrs. Adora Ra.vne experts to
leave today for Nashville, Tcnn.,
where she will visit her niece, Mrs.
Calvin Houghland, and Mr. Hough
land.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Almost 200 people attended the
charter night banquet and pro
gram of the Maggie Valley Kiwanis
Club Wednesday night. Nine clubs
of the area were represented, and
heard S. Preston Douglas, gover
nor of the Carolina district, out
line a 10-point program.
Dr Robert Owen, president of
the Canton Club, sponsor of the
new club, was in charge of the
meeting and gave the address of
welcome, with M. E. Gamble,
former Lt. Governor, of Hender
sonville, responding.
Dr. Owen stressed "service* un
limited" as he opened the meeting,
and pointed to the value of the
club to the community.
The audience was said lo have
been the largest charter night at
tendance in the two Carolines
Sam McCrary, president of the
new club accepted the charter from
Governor Douglas, and in accept
ing the charter, McCrary said:
"This is a challenge to us to help
build a better Maggie Valley."
The Canton Club, through Greek
Waddell, gave the new club an
American flag and a British flag,
a Kiwanis banner, rostum, and a
gong.
Gifts were given to ail the offi
cials, and following the formal
meeting, the officers and their
wives stood if) the lobby and bid
the audience goodnight.
Representatives of the following
Kiwanis Clubs were in attendance:
Canton, Asheville, Cherokee, Hen
dersonville, Waynesville. West
(See Kiwanis?Page 6)
United Fund Campaign Is
Now Over $14,000 Nark
The rod line on the United Fund
thermometer moved upward to
$14,388 this morning toward the
$38,841 goal as a partial report was
received from nine of the cam
paign divisions.
Scores of workers were carrying
out their assignments this morning
and Dave Felmet, campaign chair
man, said he expected the greater
part of the area would be covered
by Monday, the scheduled dead
line for the campaign.
A canvass of residences in this
portion of the canvass will be made
tonight and Friday night by 23
different organizations, including
civic clubs, fraternal orders, gar
den clubs, and CDP groups.
Hyc Sheptowitch and Robert H.
Winchester are co-chairmen of the
town drive, while Bud Whisenhunt
will head the campaign in the
rural areas.
I ; : / ' ; '
Mrs. Raymond Caldwell, office
secretary, said much interest was
being shown in the campaign,
which is the first for this area, and
that she would have more detailed
reports compiled by Monday morn
ing.
Dr. Jf. E. Fender, president of
the United Fund Campaign here,
said that with the workers carry
ing out their tasks thoroughly, the
campaign would reach the top "It
is gratifying to see such interest,
and the amount of hard work the
scores of people are putting into
the campaign," the president said
There are 25 agencies being
covered in the campaign, and it has
been expressed many times that
this method of raising money for
worthy groups will reduce the time
of both the workers and the donors.
Joint Conference Between
Public Road Group And
Officials Of Two States Held f
(Special to The Mountaineer)
CHARLESTON, W. Va. ? "The Pigeon River Road
should be built, and we are willing to place it on the Fed
eral Aid Primary System now," Joseph Barnett, assistant
deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Public Roads told
highway officials and engineers of North Carolina and
Tennessee at a special meeting here.
The meeting between officials of the two states and
officials of the Bureau of Public Roads, lasted for an hour
and a half, was arranged by Commissioner Harry Buch
anan of the 14th district, and a leader in the program to
get an all-weather highway connecting Western North
Carolina and Eastern Tennessee.
Thp oral i nc worn ? ??
Q.wufu ?V?V B?ICIIUI11? UIC
National Association of Highway
Engineers.
Commissioner Barnett told the '
highway officials of the two states,
that "we want some additional in
formation ? 'an economic survey'
? not a ground survey, before
making an announcement of the
interstate route."
The chief engineers of both
states, in attendance at the meet
ing, promised to have the joint
"economic survey" into the office
of the Bureau of Public Roads
within ten days. The officials and
engineers of the two states were
told hy the Bureau of Public Roads
commissioner that they could ex
pect announcement of an early
decision as to the interstate route.
Judge W. M. Leech, highway
commissioner of Tennessee, a po
sition comparable to the chair
man's post in this state, together
with Chairman A. H. Graham,
^forth Carolina, told Commissioner
Barnett that heretofore all projects
which had been unanimously ap
proved by state and bureau field
engineers had been readily adopt
ed. The two highway executives of
the states pointed out thry could
not understand the prolonged de
lay on the project.
Judge Leech also told the Bu
reau official that all the bureau
field engineers of Tennessee had
approved the Pigeon River route
for the Interstate system.
Commissioner Barnett was ask
(See Pigeon Road?Page I)
ASC Vote
Is Lightest
On Record
a total ol 348 votes-^-the lightest
on record?was cast In the annual
Haywood County ASC election
Tuesday, according to A. W. Fergu
son, ASC manager. The average
vote In the past has been BOO.
Jonathan Creek with 88 and
Fines Creek with 84 cast the heavi
est votes, while balloting was light
est at Pigeon with seven and Beav;
erdam with 11.
The number of votes cast and
the community committeemen
selected were (listing the man with
the highest vote first):
Beaverdam (11) ? Paul Sorrells,
Andy Worley, and R. M. Scott.
Clyde (21)?Wayne Medford, Jes
sie Green, and Albert McCracken.
Crabtree (22) ? Gay Bradshaw,
Hillary Medford, and Clarence
Green. ?
East Fork (21)?Woodrow Heath
erly, J. A. Poston, and C. C. Bur
nette.
Fines Creek (64)?John Fergu
son, David Noland, and R. A. Jus
tice.
Iron Duff (21.?Jack Chambers,
Hardy Caldwell, and Sam Craw
?See ASC Vote?Page ?>
Park Commission To Hold
Fall Meeting Here Monday
The North Carolina National
Park, Parkway and Forests Devel
opment Commission will hold Its
fall meeting Monday in the com
mission office at the Masonic
Temple, with chairman William
Medford of Waynesville presiding.
During part of the meeting In
the morning, members of the com
mission will appear before the
North Carolina Board of Conserva
tion and Development at the Coun
try Club Inn to discuss problems
concerning the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, the Blue
Ridge Parkway, and North Caro
lina National Forests.
In the afternoon members of
the commission will join the C&D
tour along the new link of the
-
Parkway from Wagon Road Gap
to Beech Gap. In addition to Mr.
Medford, other members of the
Park Commission are: Frank H
Brown. Jr., of Cuilowhee, vice
chairman; Kelly E. Bennett of
Bryson City, W. Ralph Winkler of
Boone, W. F. Osborne of Sparta.
Robert I, Pressley of Asheville,
John M. Archer, Jr., of Franklin;
C. M. Douglas of Brevard, secre
tary, and Mrs. Edith Alley Empson.
of Waynesville, clerk and budget
officer.
Visiting officials at the Park
Commission meeting will be Ed
ward A. Hummel, superintendent
of the Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park, Sam P. Weems, super
intendent of the Blue Ridge Park
way, and Don J. Morriss, super
visor of North Carolina National
Forests. ?
LO Communities To Compete
For $1,000 In CDP Awards
ten nay wood county communi
ties will bo judged next Monday
and Tuesday for a total of $1,000
in prize money award by the Coni
muniyt Development Program.
Kesults will bo announced dur
ing the Tobacco Festival "Awards
Night," Tuesday, November 8.
The communities will be judged
under the Danish system, in which
hlue, red, and white ribbons are
awarded, in the blue-ribbon group
one community will be named as
the first-place winner to represent
Haywood County in the WNC dis
trict contest, November 14-18. No
other ratings will be made withir
ribbon groups.
The schedule of community judg
ing is:
Monday ? White Oak, 10 a.m.;
Fines Creek, 11:15 a.m.; Upper
( Crabtree, 1:30 p.m.; Iron Duff, 3
p.m., Francis Cove, 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday?Allen's Creek, 9 a.m.;
Ratcliffe Cove, 10:30 a.m.; West Pl
( geon, 1 p.m.; Thickety, 2.30 p.m.;
South Clyde, 4 p.m.
The thre?> judges for the county
contest will include two farm
agents and one home agent from
Western North Carolina counties,
i In conjunction with the contest,
County Agent Virgil L. Holloway
said that competing communities
i either must turn in their scrap
i books at his office by this Satur
day, or else call the county agent's
? office to state that they are com
plete and will be turned over to
; the Judges on Monday or Tuesday.
Highway
Record For
? 1955
In Haywood
(TO DAT!)
Killed . ?.. 2
(1954 ? S)
Injured.... 82
(1954 ? 51)
Accidents 153
Loss.. $64,930
piled from record, of I
State Highway Patrol.)
The United Fund Campaign Has Started ? Give Generously For The Z5 Agencies