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STANDARD PTC CO !" P t ? 8" ' Comp 2*0-230 s'nits't s? T ' Pi | LOLTSVlLL? KV ? t] CI xB The Waynesyille Mountaineer =S? r Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Ehstern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park 1 _a K^'NoTyl 14 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. t\, MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 14, 1955 *3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties I Central School [perty Will Be lered For Sale n Sale Is v. 30th By | Board Central Elementary ?rty will be offered for on on Wednesday, Nov. [he Board of Education irty will be divided into nd will be sold first as len as a whole. The ves the right to con ect any and all bids, ell, chairman, said, j is offering terms to jof one-third cash, the two eaual payments in L years with interest, (by deed of trust, irty was the subject of |me mofiths ago. which to a law passed bv the hi Assembly providing ton of the property luilding was no longer rhool purposes. The tsDed the Town for the f the property after the ansferred the title to id Haywood Library, ras heard in court here t Dan K Moore, and reme court The court f Moore's decision that belonged to the coun iilver From Store with a lot of determt Kdfd in taking from n silver from the cash the Worlcy Store, in I according to Deputy L investigating officer. ? or persons, tried in entrance via the door K off the lock. After t, the front window it register was crashed mm wanting to gain to the building reach to the cash register it of its silver. t>weli said the investi antinuing. No arrests made. ilen From tamey Cove eal, of Stamey Cove, the sheriff's office had been stripped of harlie Jones investi d the car was near the e when thetooils were estimate of the value us on the report. 63 Attend Postmasters' Meeting Here Sixty-three persons ? including 31 postmasters and their guests? attended the fall meeting of the 12th District of the North Carolina Postmasters Association at the Towne House Saturday night. The principal speaker was R. G. Hawn, district manager of District 2 of the Atlanta region, U. S. Post Office Department, who discussed the new salary conversion of the postal field service. Congressman George A. Shuford of Asheville, also spoke on present measures before the U. S. Congress to improve the postal services. Reports were made at the meet ing by Mrs. Effie Brickhouse, post master at Columbia. N. C? on the recent national convention of the Postmasters Association at Detroit, and by Jimmy Martin, postmaster at Liberty, N. C., secretary of the North Carolina chapter of the Post masters Association. Joe Ray, postmaster at Murphy and district association chairman, was in charge of the meeting. Haywood countians at the session were Postmaster Enos Boyd, Her man Francis, and J. T. Russell, all of the Waynesville postoffice; Post master Thurman Smith of Hazel wood, Postmaster Clarence Burrell of Canton, and Postmaster Richard Harnah of Clyde, a^g Postnjaster Blny Medfon! of Lake Junaluska. New Grange Organized At Crabtree Haywood County's second chap ter of the Grange was organized Monday night in Crabtree com munity with 44 charter members, according to T. W. Fergusdn of Ferguson, N. C? special deputy for the North Carolina State Grange, who served as organizing officer. The first Grange chapter was es tablished in October at Fines Creek with 65 charter members. Elected officers of the new Crab tree Grange were: Craig *K. Reeves, master; B. F. Nesbitt, overseer; Mrs. Frank Med ford, lecturer; Gerald W. Best, secretary; the Rev. A. R. Davis, chaplain; Gay L. Bradshaw, stew ard; Bennett Best; Mrs. Bennett Best, lady assistant steward; E. E. Hill, treasurer; Jim Best, gate keeper; Miss Eddie Hill, Ceres; (See New Grange?Page 8) ??????????????? nesville Students Win Fair Exhibit Prize _ . " ;u> ana Tom Garrett, ;F Burgess' electron *?ynesville High, won for their exhibit of lls' at the recent na State Fair, accord nation received here Were won by the fol * f" evening classes 1 at WTHS; ">l>ers and Jim Sisk, second place, exhibit of transmis sion of sound by light; Luther Hall and Tommy Norris, third place, transmitting phonograph, and Tom- ' my Norris, fourth, automatic arma ture winder. The high school electronics clas ses meet daily, while those for adults meet three times each week in the evenings. 4 mild with scattered 1 few thundershowers mdey, considerable ?4 mild with widely men. f?e*ville temperature ?V the State Teat Ma*. Ml*. Pr. - 41 SO 45 LT. PHIL MEDFORD was releas ed from1 active duty and dis charged from the U. S. Naval Re serve, Saturday, November 12. He arrived in Waynesville the same day. For the past two years, Lt. Med ford has been stationed with the Dental Clinic at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S. C. Prior to his enlistment, he had been associated with his father, Dr. N. M. Medford, in the general prac tice of dentistry here. He will re sume his practice after November 17. Lt. Medford is a graduate of Davidson College and Emory School of Dentistry. He is married to the former Miss Mildred Houck of Cameron, S. C. and they have one young son, Houck Medford. Mrs. Medford and Houck will ar rive tomorrow, aocompanied by Mrs. Medford's mother, Mrs. B. C. Houck, of Cameron. The family will return to their home on Clif ton Street, Waynesville. Iron Duff To Dedicate New Center The new concrete block com munity center building at Iron Duff will be dedicated at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at a special meeting of the Iron Duff CTfP. Principal speaker will be Morris McGough, executive secretary of the Asheville Agricultural De velopment Council. Officers for 1956 also will be elected at the meeting, with Ray Milner, CDP chairman, presiding. The Rev. M. H. Raby, pastor of the Antioch Baptist Church, will pronounce the invocation and the benediction. Refreshments will be served af ter the business meeting and door prizes will be awarded. Carolyn Bischoif Wins Mountaineer Football Contest Miss Carolyn Bischoff of Hazel wood won The Mountaineer's weekly football contest and $15 first-prize maney by picking the winners in 11 out of 12 weekend football games. Her only miss was on the Way nesville-Owen game. Three other contestants ? Jerry Deweese, Winford Wright, and William O. Franklin ? also miss ed on only one game, but Miss Bischoff's prediction of 42 points as the combined total of the WJaynesville-Owen game missed the actual figure by only six points. * . Nineteen other contestants miss ed on only two games. Clyde PTA To Meet Thursday Night, 7:30 The Clyde PTA will meet at the school auditorium, Thursday night at 7:30 for their regular monthly meeting. The* South Clyde parents will serve refreshments in the cafeteria, following the program. Waynesville Area School Libraries Have 15,100 Books (See picture on Pace I) School libraries in th? one high school, junior high, and four elementary school in Waynesville and Hazelwood serve a total of 2,300 -students and contain 15,100 books. Miss Margaret Boyd, elem entary school librarian, pointed out today in connection with "Nation al Book Week," November 13-10. Waynesville Township High School, with an enrollment of 1, 500 in the senior and junior high schools, has 7,500 volumes in Its library, according to Mrs. Lou Belle Browning, librarian. At Hazelwood School, which has the largest library of the elemen tary schools, there are 4,100 books for an enrollment of 850. and 24 teachers. k At Central Elementary School of caynesville, a new library of 2,300 books serves 500 students and 15 teachers. At East Waynesville, there are 1,200 books for the school's 250 pu pils and eight teachers. Miss Boyd serves all three of the Waynesville area elementary schools?spending one or two days each week at each llbsory. United Fund Shows Gains For Weekend The United Fund total climbed to $26,359 this morning, and more is expected to be reported later today from groups which worked over the weekend, according to Mrs. Raymond Caldwell, office manager for the fund. A number of workers were out Friday and Saturday in behalf of ?he campaign, and were expected to report a substantial collection early this week, Mrs. Caldwell said. Several firms of the a^ea have made a 100 per cent contribution to the campaign, Mrs. Caldwell reported, and others are expected to be added to the list within the next few days. There are 25 agencies that will benefit from the campaign funds, Dave Felmet, campaign manager pointed out. "The future of these agencies for 1956 depend upon the success of this campaign. While it is our first campaign, the need is great, and the 25 agencies are look ing toward us for their support for the coming year." 'No Comments' Say Officials On Ihj unction County officials, and their law yers, this morning said they did not have any statement to make relative to the pending hearing on the injunction which stopped the sale of the county home farm for the second time. The injunction papers were sign ed before Judge J. Frank Huskins, and served on the commissioiyrs before dawn last Wednesday. The hearing on tl)e complaint Ls set for 10 a.m. here next Monday before Judge Dan K. Moore. The two-weeks term of superior "ourt will also convene that same time. Judge Moore dissolved the In junction which was signed by Judge Zeb Nettles in September. There were eight plaintiffs named in the first complaint, and 108 in the second. Cogburn and Cogburn are lawyers for the plaintiffs in the case. v Three Times That' Of Last Year Is Being Distributed Some 467 persons will begin get ting checks tomorrow totaling $44, 269.50 as their share of the Christ mas Club of the First National Bank. The checks range from $25 to $500, Mrs. Kege'nia Ferguson Rog ers, who is in charge of that de partment said today. The $44,269 ft the amount which the 467 persons have put into the Christmas Club since last Novem ber. The weekly deposits range from 50 cents to $10 weekly, and operates for 50 weeks. The new Club opens the 22nd of this month, and the goal for 1956 is $60,000, Mrs. Rogers said. Last year $15,557 was distribut ed, which means that almost 300 per cent more is being mailed out this year. The full amount of every ac count is included in the checks which are being mailed, Mrs. Rog ers explained. The checks are bright Christmas red with gold and black letters. The bottom of the check carries a spe cial message from the bank. County To Get $6,004.13 From Timber In Pisgah Haywood County will receive $6,004.13 as Its share of the re ceipts from the sale of timber in North Carolina National Forests during the past fiscal'year. The receipts were mainly from the sale of timber stiftnpage, but included minor amounts from special use and mining permits. The money paid to Hayyood was hased on the county's 63.482 acres in Pisgah National Forest. The top amount paid was to Macon County ? $19,022 76 for its 147.868 acres in Nantahala Na tional Forest. 'Golden Harvest' Prdgram Will Open Here Tuesday (See pictnre on Pare 5) At 4 p.m. Tuesday, 40 Waynes ville merchants and the Merchants Association will open a weekly program of "Golden Harvest" drawings at the courthouse to award cash prizes of varying amounts. No purchases are necessary. Par ticipants in the contest need only go into one of the sponsors' stores, obtain a ticket, put his name and address on it, and leave it with the merchant. All the tickets from the 40 con cerns will be put into a hopper and one will be drawn each Tues Winners will receive certain per centages of the pot?ranging up to 50 per cent. Tickets will come in several colors ? with each color representing a specific percentage of the pot?which will vary each week. The first pot will be $500. Ticket holders must be present to claim their prize, but those ab sent will receive token awards. Participating merchants in the "Golden Harvest" program are: Western Auto Store, Stovali's 5-10-25 cent Store, Belk-Hudson Co., Sheppe's Garrett Furniture ; Co., Parkman Hardware, Slack's Stores, Howell Hardware, Rogers 1 Electric Co., Crawford Gulf Serv ice, Dan's Drug Store, Firestone Store, L. N. Davis Co., Curtis Drug Store, Book Store and Haywood Typewriter Co., Martin Electric Co., Central Cleaners, Turner's Store, Taylor Motor Co., Parkway Motors, Richland Supply Co.. Kurt ' Gaas, Jeweler, Charlie's Texaco Service, The Smart Shop, Farmers Federation, Farmers Hardware and Supply Co., Massie Furniture Co.. Clifford M. Harrell and Associates, Haywood County Farmers Co-op, Watkins Motor Co., Scruggs Tex aco Service, Lee Oil Co., The Fash- \ ion Shop. The Cloth Shop. Eagle | Stores, The Toggery, Reliable Jewelers, Red Wing Gift Shop, Al- t lison & Duncan Co., and C. E. | Ray's Sons. i 1956 Agriculture Outlook ! Meeting Set Wednesday ; Earl Crawford Is General Manager Of Memorial Park Earl Crawford has been named general manager of the Crawford Memorial Park by the officials of the corporation. Crawford will have full charge of the 22-aere development, which is under state supervision and as sures perpetual upkeep. The Park is on the Dellwood Road, and Crawford said much of his time will be devoted to super vising and planting of additional grass and shrubs in an expanding landscaping, program. Haywood County's annual "agrl- ( culture outlook" meeting will be - held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the , courthouse, according to County Agent Virgil L. Holloway. A team of agriculture specialists 1 from N. C. State Cbilege will be J at the meeting to discuss the out look on livestock, tobacco, and vegetable production, anticipated r market prices,' and also the prices r that farmers will be paying next 1 year for their commodities such as feed, fertiliser, chemicals, farm ^ equipment, etc. All county fanners, agriculture leaders, and other Interested per- a sons are Invited to the meeting. n Last year's outlook session was held here December 7. a Bank Mailing Checks For $44,269 Today For Christmas Club Payments ALL SMILES and for a rood reason, as three peo ple get Christinas Club checks at the First Na tional Bank. This afternoon's mail will get the other 484 checks totaling $44,269.58, which is t& ing paid in cash to this year's Christmas Club members. Left to richt: Mrs. Retina Ferguson Rogers, in charge of the Christmas Club depart ment at the bank. Tempie Dulin, Mrs. Louise Ross and Hye Sheptowiteh. (Mountaineer Photo). Car Turns Over Four Times In Middle Of Road Three Marines had a close call with death about midnight Thurs day when their speeding 1942 Pon tiac turned ov?c Pvee or ?f font, times In the middle of #ffgh*4y 19 after hitting one of the traffic islands in the highway intersection at Lake Junaluska. Patrolman W. R. Wooten was not far behind the car when it started turning over. The speeders were making about 75 to 80 miles an hour, the patrolman said. The car started wrecking 134 yards before it came to rest in the middle of the highway, the officers said. Cpl. Pritchard Smith was on Highway 19 on another assignment and came to the scene. One of the passengers had a small scratched place on his knee. The other two were not hurt. The driver, Charles E. Webb, Knoxville, was charged with speed ing, and reckless driving. The car was demolished, with the value placed at $100. Two Arrested For Murphy Officers Sheriff Fred Campbell and SBI Agent P. R. Kitchen arrested two young men in Canton Saturday and returned them to Murphy where they were charged with breaking and entering a Murphy home and taking some valuable guns. The boys were thought to have left Murphy for Haywood after the breaking and entering charge had been made. Both boys admitted to Campbell and Kitchen that they entered the borne and removed the guns, one an antique. ' . Fines Creek 4-H'ers Hear Talk By Roy Beck The Junior and Senior 4-H Tlubs of Fines Creek School met ast week with Cecil Brown, as ;istant farm agent, and Miss Jean ' ?hilders, assistant horn# agent, 1 present. t Public Library, Schools Plan Observance Of 'Book Week' 18.06 Miles Of ] Roads bpprowtd In 14th District * " The State Highway Commission completed 18.06 miles of road Im provements in the Fourteenth Highway Division during October, Commissioner Harry Buchanan re ported today. With division headquarters in Sylva, the Fourteenth is compos ed of Haywood, Henderson, Polk, Transylvania, Cherokee, Clay, Gra ham, Jackson, Macon and Swain counties. C. W. Lee is the newly appointed , division engineer, who replaces the late G. G. Page. Paul Dupre, former district engineer at Hendersonville,' is the new as sistant division engineer. E. H. Webb, maintenance supervisor at Brevard, was promoted to district engineer at Hendersonville, for maintenance operations in Hay wood, Henderson, Polk, and Tran sylvania counties. E. L. Curtis is district engineer at Bryson City in charge of maintenance in Chero kee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Ma con and Swain counties. In Haywood, state forces regrad ed the following 12-foot wide roads to 26 feet and surfaced them, 16 feet wide, with traffic bound macadam: Crabtree Church Road, 1.1 miles; and Wrightsville Road, 0.0 mile. Two other county roads were graded to 26 feet wide and surfaced, 14 feet wide, with traffic-bound macadam: Clark Road, 0.4 mile; and Catholic Camp Road extension, 0.3 mile. Other Haywood work included strengthening the surfaces of the following 14-foot wide county roads, and their lengths, with ad ditional stone; Pot Leg, 0.9 mile; McEIroy Cove, one mile; Mingus Cove, 0 25 mile; Durnett Cove, 0.4 mile; and Coffey Branch, 1.2 miles. Beech Gap which is 16 feet wide was strengthened with additional stone for 0.5 mile. ? ? I Dr. and Mrs. Jim Stringfield at- ( ended the Carolina-Notre Dame 'ootball game in Chapel Hill Sat- I irday. Plans for observance of Nation al Book Week, Wtyttt opened' * s terday, have been < Miss tyjgrgaret Johnst<n$wlfcMp eratiotfrwith Mrs. Carl Rat' Mffe and Mrs. M O. Siamey. school sup ervisors, and Miss Margaret Boyd, school librarian. At Waynesville High School, the library, under the direction of Mrs, Lou Belle Browning, will have an exhibit of new books for students and an open house for teachers today. At the elementary schools li braries, special exhibits will be featured and an open house will be held for teachers at Hazclwood Tuesday. Classroom teachers also are l?e ing asked to have story telling and special Instruction during the week on the care of books. Throughout the week broadcasts will be carried over WHCC in cluding: Bethel 7th grade panel, direct ed by Mrs. Ruth Shipman; Central School Sth grade play directed by Mrs. Frank Brown; Hazelwood 3rd grades directed by Miss Elsie Mc Cracken, Mrs. Betty Noland Boone, and Miss Mildred Dean; a talk by Miss Boyd on books for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade pupils, and records on book themes. A special exhibit of new chil dren's books also will be on dis play at the Haywood County Li brary. Pigeon Valley Lions Hear C. C. Poindexter C. C. Poindexter, principal of the Bethel District Schools, discussed education problems ? including finances and the teacher shortage? at a meeting of the Pigeon Val ley Lions Club last week in observ ance of American Education Week. Garrett Smathers, chairman of the Lions Education Committee, was in charge of the program. The Pigeon Valley Lions will not meet next week as scheduled be cause of the Thanksgiving holiday. Ratcliffe Cove To Be Judged For WNC District Contest Ratcliffe Cove, first-place win ler in the Haywood County Com nunity Development Program con eat laat week, will be Judged from :45 p. m. until 3:30 p.m. Wednes lay In connection with the West rn North Carolina district con eat. Judges will tour the community nd examine scrapbooka and com nunlty summary sheets. Judges wil be Mlas Lucia Brown, ssociate home editor of The Prog res*Ivp Farmer. Birmingham, Ala.; E. Y- Floyd, director. Plant Food Institute of North Carolina and Virginia. Raleigh; W. M. Landess, Agricultural Relations Branch, TVA, Knoxville. Also in the contest are fop com munities In Burke, McDowell, Rutherfordton. Buncombe, Madi son, Yancey, Mitchell, Avery, Hen derson, Transylvania, Jackson, Graham. Cherokee Reservation, Swain, and Macon counties. j "leiiea snow) -? 60 24 " 67 34 _ 44 ... The United Fund Campaign Has Started ? Give Generously For The 25 Agencies' i ,V * ? . Highway Record For 1955 In Haywood (TO DATS) Killed i ?.; 3 (1954 ? 52) Injured.... 83 (1954 ? 51) Accidents 160 Loss.. $68,705 (Thta Information omh piled from records of Stale Highway Patrol.)