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NO. 89 18"PAGES Associated Press ~ WAYNESVILCE, N. C., THI RSDAY AFTERNOON. OCT. 27. 1955 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Count*I
D'S $56,000 HEALTH CENTER on Highway 19A-23 be
ynesvillf and Lake Junaluska will be dedicated at cere
night and open to the public for inspection Friday from
9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Ground for the structure was broken last
November and the building was completed in June.
(Mountaineer Photo).
alth Center To Be Dedicated
light; Open House Set Friday
ed Fund Contributions
118,179 Nark Ai Noon
td fund campaign naa
$18,179 at noon today,
it, campaign chairman
moon the chairman of
visions were to meet
airman to make pre
fer the last - minute
rt of the campaign,
is $38,841. which means
cent of the quota has
ri, Felmet said,
bqpse of the public
Ht gratifying," he said,
be solicitors have been
usy. but we feel that
irill be reached within
e We must remember
re 23 agencies depend
iis campaign for their
aids from 'his end of
" be continued,
lers of the campaign
K major part of the
be pledged this week
ly effort will be made
e campaign to a suc
t.
Felmet felt that sev
en would make reports
?n at the meeting.
?are now to show the
ed by each division by
iy, and give the report
untaineer for publica
y," Felmet continued.
' with everyone work
npaign itill be success
es angle."
and leaders in Canton
expected the greater
130.595 for the current
?uld be in by the last
L The campaign covers
atton is general chair
^ Highlanders
>ss '56 Plans
"f the Haywood Coun
ts will meet at 7 p.m.
?ne Lodge to discuss
t ""6 tourist season.
L E. DeVous will be
Ijhe meeting.
Fire Warden
Warns Forests
Now Very Dry
llaywood County has not had a
forest fire since last April, hut
forests are now dry and danger
ous, Fire Warden R. U. Caldwell
warned today.
The danger is being increased
of fires starting on the forest
floor as new falling leaves
cover old leaves and other un
derbrush, Mr. Caldwell pointed
out.
The fire warden urged caution
in the starting of firvs and warn
ed against throwing away light
ed cigarettes or leaving fires be
fore extinguishing them com
pletely.
Mr. Caldwell also explained
that permits are needed for the
burning of brush from midnight
until 4 p.m.
Teachers Favor
Social Security
Coverage, 182-19
Haywood County teachers voted
182-10 to be included in Social
Security coverage at an election
held yesterday, according to Sup
erintendent of Schools Lawrence
B. Leatherwood.
Preliminary results from over
the state indicated that Tar Heel
teachers favored Social Security
coverage by a 5 to 1 margin.
The new program will be made
retroactive to January 1, 1955. At
present deductions for Social Se
curity will be 2 per cent. Retire
ment deductions, which have hrcn
5 per cent, will be reduced to 3
per cent.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Harrod,
former residents of Waynesville,
who have been making their home
lh Darien, Georgia for the past six
years, returned here this week and
have opened their home on the
Dellwood Road.
i
cco Show To Award
To Burley Exhibitors
L .
? *195 In prize money
mW in the annual to
1 at the ninth annual
p"ity Tobacco Festival
fy November 7-9. ac
| FAIR
P mild today. Friday.
I ?nd mild.
Faynesville tempera
Fad by the State Test
Max. Min. Pr.
I- ? ? 50
I 65 23
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cording to County Agent Virgil L.
Holloway.
Grades or classes to be shown
will be flyings or granulators, lugs,
and leaf. Each class will be made
of four hands each.
Prize money to be awarded in
each of three classes is $12 for first
place, $10 for second place, $8 for
third place, $6 for fourth place
and $4 for fifth place.
In the individual exhibit f 12
hands?made up of four hands each
of the various classes) the prize
money will be $25 for first place,
$20, for second place. $15 for third
place, $10 for fourth place, and $5
for flfth place.
To enter in all classes and the
individual exhibit, farmers should
have 24 hands, Mr. Holloway point
ed out.
i
Ed Webb Named
District Highway J
Engineer
Kd Webb has been promoted to
the post of district engineer, it
was announced today by Harry
Buchanan, commissioner of the
14th highway Division. Mr. Webb
has been serving as maintenance
supervisor of the district, and has
heen with the department since
1927.
As district engineer he will have
four counties, Haywood, Hender
son, Polk and Transylvania, with
headquarters in Hendersonville, at
the District One office. The -other
district office is in Bryson City,
with the Division office in Sylva.
Paul DuPre who was district en
gineer has been ncmed to the post
of assistant division engineer, with
Cameron Lee, former assistant di
vision engineer now district engin
eer, succeeding the late G. C. Page.
Commissioner Buchanan said he
was leaving today for a commis
sion meeting in Raleigh where
project contracts would be let un
der bid.
He said he had talked to W. H.
Rogers, Jr., chief engineer, about
: the data the Bureau of Roads
wanted on the economic survey
for an interstate route to Tennes
see, and said the engineer told
him the report was nearing com
pletion and would be sent to
Washington soon. The engineers
told Bureau officials on the 19th
that the report could be in their
hands within 10 days.
I
Kiwanis To Buy
Half Of Beef
At Enka Sale
The Waynesville Kiwanis Club
Tuesday night at Spaldon's voted
to buy half of a beef during the
annual FFA - 4-H Fat Calf sale
at Knka in November.
Meat purchased will be auction
ed off to club members next
month.
The Waynesville High Key Club
put on the program for the Kiwan
is Tuesday night, featuring a talk
by club president Steve Woody
and songs by the Key Club quartet.
Chester LaFountaine, chairman
of the Kiwanis Key Club commit
tee, was in charge of the program.
Mrs. Robert Shook and son. Tim
othy, have returned from Oxford,
Mass. where they visited Mr.
Shook, who is-employed with Nello
Teer Co. of Durham.
Haywood County's new $56,000
health center, one of the finest in
North Carolina, will be dedicated
lonight at ceremonies at the cen
ter on Highway 19A-23, starting at
3 p.m.
Open house will be held at the
health center Friday from 9 a.m.
until 5 p.m.
Jonathan Woody, president of the
First National Bank, will be mas
ter of ceremonies at Thursday
night's program and W. Curtis
Russ, editor of the Waynesville
Mountaineer, will give the address
of welcome.
Presentation of the building will
be made by F. C. Green, chairman
of the Haywood County Commis
sioners and the dedication will be
made by Dr. E. A. Branch, director
of Oral Hygiene Division of th?
North Carolina State Board ol
Health Dr. Branch will be intro
duced by Dr. A. P. Cline. Cantor
dentist.
The invocation will be given by
the Rev. Cecil G. Hefner and the
benediction will be by the Rev.
William H. Marquis.
Ground was broken for the new
health center last November and
the structure was completed in
June and occupied June 26.
The building includes an assem
bly room seating 70 persons, three
treatment rooms, consultation
room, laboratory, X-ray room an
darkroom, clinical records room,
health officer's office, secretary s
office, nurses' office, sanitarians
office, storage room, and four rest
rooms. Total floor space is 3.80U
square feet.
The building was constructed by
the Clarence M. Morrison Co. of
Shelby. The architect was William
Moore Weber of Raleigh.
During the open house Friday
the public will be conducted
through the health center by mem
bers of the nine-man staff of the
Health Department.
Two 50-Year
Masons Awafded
Pins At Clyde
Fifty-year pins were presented
to two members of the Clyde
sonic Lodge No. 453 Tuesday night
at a special program at the lodge
hall. They were:
W P "Uncle Bud" Harris an
Robert Terrell, who was represent
ed by his son, R. H. Terrell.
Twenty-five-year certificates al
so were presented to H. N. Mease,
Jarvis Campbell, Glenn D. Brown,
and J- Ben Patton.
The presentations were made by
W Taylor Hawkins of Canton, dis
trict deputy grand master, J*11"
represented grand master Charl
H. Pugh of Raleigh. ?
Sharp Increase Is Reported
In U.S. Bond Sales In County
United Slates Savings Bonds
sales in Haywood County totaled
$41,975.00 during the month of
September, according to a report
reelased today by J. E. Massie,
county chairman.
The combined sales of Series E
and H bonds throughout North
Carolina were 15 per cent greater
during the month than in Septem
ber of last year and higher than
any September in ten years. This
is the eleventh consecutive month
the bond sales in this state hayc
increased sharply over the cor
responding months of the previous
year.
At the September month's end,
1955 sales totaled *41.451.408 25
which is 17 per cent ahead of the
first nine months of last year. The
three-quarter sales quota achieve
ment is 70.4 per cent of this year'i
quota of *58.800.000.00.
Sales of Savings Bonds continue
to exceed redemptions.
The United Fund Campaign Has Started
Five Area Projects Set Up By C&D.
Board Includes Trout Lake In Pisgah
Several Projects
Approved Here At
State Board Meet
Five major projects for this im
mediate area were proposed and
recommended by the Board of Con
servation and Development in
their three-day session here, which
ended shortly before noon Wed
nesday.
1. A trout lake on Yellow Stone
Creek, just ofT Wagon Road Cap
link of the Parkway in Pisgah was
proposed in a resolution adopted
by the board.
2. A $2,500,000 allocation for the
Wolf l.aurel-Ravensford link of the
Parkway recommended.
3. A new state tree nursery may
be established in Transylvania.
4. A survey to determine where
North Carolina tourists are from.
5. Plans for bringing more small
Industries into the state.
Several projects were of state
wide interest, including one of
providing a million tree seedlings
to the State Highway Commission
for highway beautiflcation. The
proposal of the establishment of
a nursery in Transylvania came
from State Forester Fred Claridge.
He recommended the nursery be
set up for production of white pine
seedlings, because, the demand, he
says, far exceeds the supply.
Tuesday the Advertising Com
mittee requested the department to
explore the possibilities of darn
ing the creek above the 5,000-foot
level of Yellow Stone Creek and
build a lake as a tourist attraction
Such a project would have to be
developed with the cooperation of
the Federal Government. The pro
, ject has been proposed for a num
her of years, and is shown on a
, Parkway map published in July
1945.
The committee heard Marvin
Melvin of Raleigh, speaking for the
recently-organized Travel Council
of N. C., propose a substantial in
crease in the State's advertising
budget.
Governor Luther H Hodges, who
came here Sunday to attend the
three-day meeting of the C & D
Board, left early Tuesday morning
for Raleigh.
He announced that directors of
Duke Power Co. voted Monday to
purchase 100,000 in stock of the
N. C. Development Corp.
Sam P. Weems, Blue Ridge
Parkway superintendent, announc
ed that he has recommended that
funds set up for the Linville-Blow
ing Rock section of the scenic road,
I be used to build an 11-mile stretch
(See C & D Board?Page 6)
?
Funeral Rites
Are Set For
Cpl. Cagle
The body of Cpl Kuzelle E.
Cagle, en route from Korea, will
arrive here Saturday morning for
final burial.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Fairview
Baptist Church. The Rev. Lee
Smith and the Rev. Mr. Scates
will officiate.
Military rites at the graveside
in Green Hill Cemetery will be
conducted by the American Legion
Post 47 and the Waynesville Unit
of the North Carolina National
Guard. 120th Infantry Tank Co.
(See Cpl. Cagle.?Pace 5)
. .? '
CPL. EUZELLE E. CACLE, kill
ed in action in Korea in 1950,
will be buried with military rite*
here Sunday afternoon. The body
will arrive Saturday.
GOVERNOR HODGES, an industrialist for 32
years, enjoyed talking to two of Haywood's in
dustrialists?A. L. Freedlander, left, president
and general manager of Dayton Rubber, and
Reuben B. Robertson, Sr., president and chair
man of the Board of Champion Paper and Fibre
Company. The three talked at the bullet dinner
given Monday night at Lake Logan by Cham
pion. Both Gov. Hodges and Mr. Robertson were
warm in their congratulations to Mr. Freedlander
over the announcement of the expansion of the
Waynesville plant. (Mountaineer Photo).
State And Aiea Leaders
Warm In Praise Of Davton
'Had Fine
Meeting'
"We can return to our homes,
refreshed, Inspired and enthus
ed," Mrs. Luther Hodges said
just before leaving here this
week for the return to Raleigh.
She apparently expressed the
sentiments of those attending
the CJcD Board meeting here,
judging from the applause given
her.
? The visitors were entertained
with a buffet supper Sunday eve
ning by Waynesvllle cltisens. On
Monday they were taken by
buses to the Farkway link In Pis
gah, with another buffet supper
at Lake Logan, as guests of
Champion Paper and Fibre Com
pany.
Tuesday evening the group
were guests of A. L. Freedland
er and Dayton Rubber Company
at the Country Club to a steak
dinner. Each of the visitors are
being mailed a Koolfoam pillow.
Monday night, Reuben P. Rob
ertson, president and chairman
of the board of Champion, told
the group of the existing cooper
ation in Haywood between indus
try and agriculture, and how the
two have worked hand-in-hand
for a greater county.
Tuesday night Mr. Freedland
er touched briefly on a topic (
(See Fine Meeting?Page 5)
Glowing tributes were paid to -
\. L. Freedlander, and associates,
[or their program of expanding
their Wayneaville Hart. A few of
them Included:
Reuben B. Robertson. Chairman
if the Board and President of The
Champion Paper and Fibre Com
pany?"We feel that the announce
nent made by Mr. A. L Freedland- I
?r, President and General Manager
>f Dayton Rubber Company's plans
or extensive expansion of its man- t
ifacturlng facilities is another ex- (
iression by that outstanding lndus
rlalist, and his fine organization, t
?f their confidence in the people
if Haywood County and our local J
ind State governments. A corp
iration could hardly make a more
angible and convincing revelation '
if its attitude. We are indeed i
ortuniate to have such an enllght- 1
>ned, progressive and .successful 1
:ompany in our midst.
"The modernized and expanded 1
ilant, and the Increased payroll 1
vill be a substantial contribution I
o the economy of the County, and
t am confident the people fully
inderstand and appreciate Its
lignificance.
"The announcement by Dayton
should serve as a springboard for
ill of us to redouble our efforts to
iring into our County other sub
stantial and reliable manufactur
ng enterprises. We have an at
ractive place for manufacturing
ind we must continue our efforts
.o find new prospects and make our
bounty's attributes known to them.
"The experience of the manufac
urers who are located here is
(See Tributes?Page 5)
Big Coverage
Given News
Of Expansion
News of the expansion of Day
on Rubber Company spread fast
ifter The Mountaineer hit the
itreets Monday afternoon carrying
he statement of A. L. Freedlander,
^resident and general manager of
he firm.
Mr. Freedlander, In private con
ference earlier, discussed his plans
vlth Governor Hodges and Ben
Douglas, director of the C&D
Board.
Early Saturday evening, Mr.
freedlander had told W. Curtis
Rum, editor of The Mountaineer,
:hat the statements of the expan
sion would be ready for publication
ibout noon Monday.
As The Mountaineer went on the
streets Monday afternoon, Wade
Lucas, public Information officer
iif the C&D Board, worked up a
story for newspapers in Eastern
Carolina and United Press, while
Russ wrote the story for the Asso
ciated Press.
In Dayton and New York, simi
lar releases were given the news
papers from the offices of Dayton
Rubber Company in both places.
Just as the 100 people arrived at
Reuben B. Robertson's lodge at
Lake Logan for dinner, after a
trip on the Parkway, there were
copies of The Mountaineer dis
tributed to the group, and the ex
pansion immediately became the
:opic of conversation.
Thousands of words about the
neeting were sent out of here to
newspapers over the state. At
:imes there were four newsmen
covering the meeting, several news
japer photographers, and two TV
cameramen.
Highway
Record For
1955
In Haywood
(TO DAT*)
Killed 2
(1854 ? S)
Injured?... 82
<1554 ? 51)
Accidents 153
Loss ? ? $65a730
(This tefonnatloa em
ptied from records of
State Highway Patrol.)
Many Roads Improved In j
County During September:
During September, the State
Highway Commission completed
50.82 miles of road improvements
in the Foui^eenth Highway Divi
son, Commissioner Harry Buchan
an of Hendersonvllle reported to
day.
With division headquarters ir
Sylva, the Fourteenth is compose.!
of Haywood, Henderson, Polk and
Transylvania in District One; and
Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson.
Macon and Swain counties in Dis
trict Two. C. W. Lee Is the newly
appointed division engineer, since
the recent death of former division
engineer G. O. Page. Paul DuPre
has been promoted from district
engineer at Hendersonvllle to as
sistant division engineer, the'posi
tion prevously held by Lee.
In Haywood, Highway mainten
ance forces strengthened the fol
lowing 14-foot wide county roads
and their lengths with additional
1
stone: Hemphill Road, 2.0 miles; ,
Jones Cove, 4.0 miles; and White .
Oak. 1.5 miles. 14-foot wide Nor- (
ris Drive was gi aded and paved ?
with traffie-bound macadam for
0.2 mile. Two 16-foot wide county
roads and their lengths were grad
ed, paved with traffic-bound ma
cadam and a bituminous surface
treatment as follows: Jones Cove,
1.0 mile, and Bethel School con
nection, 0.3 mile. Golf Course
Road, 16 feet wide, was paved with
traffic-bound macadam and a bitu
minous surface treatment for 0.3
mile. The following 14-foot wide
county roads and their ( lengths
'were graded and paved with traf
fic-bound macadam Hungry Creek
Extension, 0.35 mile; Head Cove
Extension, 0.2 mile. Worley Road,
0.3 mile; Campbell Creek Road,
1.2 miles, and Mauney Cove Exten
sion, 0.2 mile. All the work was
done by maintenance forces.
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