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??| The W4YNesyille Mountaineer p P Published Twice-A-Week In The Cpunty Seat of Haywood County At T ^ie Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ? p p 71st YEAR NO. 18 12 PAGES Associated Press * WAYNESVILLE, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 5, 1956 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Tornado Destroys House In Cecil Area x^mpiy nome Blown From Foundation The first instance in history of a house in Haywood County being destroyed by a tornado was re ported to The Mountaineer Sat urday by. Mrs. Alfred Johnson of Cecil community, who said that a "twister" last Monday night de stroyed an unoccupied summer dwelling and four buildings or} her ? husband's property on McClure Creek. The house, located two and a half miles from Mr. Johnson's grocery store on the Lake Logan Road, was lifted from its founda tion, twisted around, and hurled against a tree by the force of the wind. Of frame construction with brick siding, it was used by the Johnsons as a weekend retreat in the summertime. The same twister that demolish ed the house also destroyed a smokehouse, chicken house, crib and tool house, bowled over 20 beehives, and blew a bedspread and towel from the house into the top of a tree a quarter of a mile away. The property damage was not noticed until Thursday when a boy in the neighborhood ? Ralph Grooms, passed by the house and found it demolished. Mrs. Johnson said there were two storms in the Cecil area last Monday night and added that she was not sure just when the twister passed through that section. J. Edgar Burnette, who lives only seven-tenths of a mile from the damaged buildings, said he was awakened during the night by a roar which sounded like a large airplane flying low over the roof tops, and believes now that it was the tornado he "heard Mrs. Johnson estimated the damage at $2,000 and said that the property was not insured. Z specialists To Speak At Dairy School Two dairy specialists from N. C. State College ? F. R. Farnham and George Hyatt ? will be here Tuesday night to conduct the an nual county dairy school at the courthouse, starting at 7:30 p.m. . The specialists will discuss the new bulk-tank delivery method, feeding dairy cows for maximum production, and growing replace ment heifers. County Agent Virgil L. Hollo way urged all dairymen in the county to attend Tuesday night's meeting?especially to hear about the bulk tanks whoch are coming into use rapidly on dairy farms. Mr. Holloway said last week that the two major problems of Haywood dairymen are: (1) high er producing cows, and (2) grow ing silage and hay at home. Telephone Men To Receive Safe Driving Awards Four from the Waynesville office of Southern Bell. Telephone and Telegraph Company will receive safety awards, because of their ex cellent driving records. The awards will be sent to C. T. McCuiston. manager, for the formal awarding. The men to get the awards, in clude: Jim Chambers, plant fpre man, 14 years safety record; John E. Posey, installer, 12 year safety record; W. A. Green, installer, 4 year safety record and J. P. Auglin. three years of safe driving. The awards are pocket cards which the drivers carry at all times. The Weather rm Sunny and mild today. Tuesday, partly cloudy with scattered show ers. Official Waynesvllle temperature as reported by the State Test Farm: Date Max. Mln. Free. Mar. 1 : 50 20 ? Mar. 2 .57" 35 .15 Mar. 3 55 32 .38 Mar. 4 61 20 .01 C. F. Nichols Enka's Chief Engineer C. F. NICHOLS (Photo by Culberson) C. F. Nichols, Waynesville, has been named chief engineer of the Enka plant, according to an an nouncement just made by officials of American Enka Corporation. Walter M. Gaston, of Enka, has been named assistant director of engineering and rayon staple proj ect engineer. In his ncy position Mr. Gaston replaces A. A. Lahna, who recently resigned from the Company. Mr. Nichols, who previously was plan ning engineer in the general en gineering department, fills the vacancy created by Mr. Gaston's prbmotion. A successor to Mr. Nichols as planning engineer has not yet been appointed. Mr. Nichols is a native of Waynesville. After graduating from Waynesville High School and Brevard College, he obtained his B. S. Degree in cnemical engin eering at North Carolina State College. Since coming to Enka in 1946, he has been involved in a wide variety of engineering activi ties which have qualified him for his. new position. Mr. Nichols was an ordnance specialist holding the rank of lieutenant in the Navy during World War II. He also is married and has one son. Sale Of Dogwoods Set At Hazelwood Friday, Saturday The Hazelwood Boosterettes will conduct their second sale of dog wood trees this Friday and Satur day, it has been announced. Persons who desire to purchase the dogwood trees are asked to call Mrs. Frank Worthington, Mrs. Paul Bryson, and Mrs. C. N. Allen. The trees can be seen at the Hazelwood Service Station or the Fashion Shop. The sale and planting of dog wood trees was one of the major projects undertaken by the Hazel wood "Finer Carolina'* organiza tion last year resulting in the town receiving honorable mention and a $100 prize in the annual contest sponsored by the Carolina Power and Light Co. Contract Awarded For Enlarging Of Raccoon Creek G. H. Bishop of Asheville has been awarded a contract by the State for enlarging, deepening, and straightening Raccoon Creek to provide better drainage where it runs through the Mountairt Experi ment Station and the farm of John Morrow at RatclifTe Cove. Work on the project will start (See Contract?Page I) ? Ducketf Is_ GOP Head In Haywood Gudger Duckett, Canton, was named chairman, of the Haywood Republican executive committee, as the precinct chairmen met here Saturday afternoon. Duckett,suc ceeds Elmer "Red" Miller, who has held the post for the past four years. , The precinct chairmen named Miss Janice Smathers, Clyde, as vice chairman. Delegates to the district conven tion which meets Friday in Hen dersonville, and delegates to the State Convention were also named. The district convention convenes at 10 a.m. Friday, and a good rep presentation from Haywood are expected to attend. 3 Injured In Traffic Accidents Three persons were injured in two of four traffic accidents in vestigated during the weekend by the State Highway Patrol. Mir. and Mrs. Carroll Howard Carver of Thickety were hurt in the town of Clyde on old U. S. 19 23 at 5:15 p.m. Sunday when the 1949 Chevrolet pickup truck driv en by Mr. Carver struck a parked car and overturned in the street. Mr. Carver suffered lacerations on his nose and knee and bruises, while Mrs. Carver also sustained a cut on her kn^e. Their two chil dren, riding with them, escaped injury. / The parked car, a 1941 Chevro let coupe, belonged to Clyde may or Gerald Fish and was parked in front of his home. Damage to it was estimated at $100 and to the truck at $125. Mr. Qarver told Patrolman V. E. Bryson that he took his eye off the road momentarily to speak to his daughter, and struck the parked car before he could stop his truck. The Lake Logan road near Led better's store was the scene of a three-vehicle accident at 10:30 a. m. >aiuraay involving a l?4H ue Soto driven by Ben C. Fugate, 66, Route 2, Waynesville; a 1951 Chev rolet truck driven by Charles Lee Connor,, 26, Route 1. Waynesville, and an Esso gasoline truck driven by John Thomas West, 24, of the Hominy section of Canton. Patrolman Bryson said that Fu gate, g&ng toward Lake Logan, made a left urn in the path of Conner's truck to enter a private driveway. The force of the col lision knocked the passenger car against the gasoline truck, driving behind Fugate. 0 Fugate suffered a cut over his left eye and bruises and was charged with failure to yield the right of way. Damage to his car was estimated at ttOO, to the Con ner truck at $75, and to the Esso truck at $60. David Medford, 20, of Clyde lost control of his 1949 Ford in the Thompson Cove section of Clyde Thursday afternoon, causing the vehicle to run off the road and strike an embankment, according to Patrolman W. R. Wooten. Damage was estimated at $125. Julia Marcia Williamson of Thickety, 21, and her companion, Betty Jones of the Hyder Moun tain road, escaped injury at 11:30 p.m. Friday when the 1952 Ford pickup truck in which they were riding, driven by Miss Williamson, overturned on a curve on the Medford Farm road near the home of Otis Cole. Damage was estimated at $250 by the investigating officer, Pa trolman Wooten. Patrolman Relays Blood Patrolman V. E. Bryson of the State Highway Patrol made two trips Sunday from the Buncombe Haywood line to the hospital here to relay blood from the Asheville Regional Center of the Red Cross. One run was at 11 a.m. and the other at 1:30 p.m. Haywood County Had 13,905 Vehicles Registered In. '55 Haywood County had a total of 13.905 motor vehicles registered durirg 1955. according to figures disclosed this week by the North Carolina Department of Motor Ve hicles. , With this total. Haywood County ranked second among counties west of Asheville in the number of ve hicles registered. Henderson Coun ty was first with 14.048. Buncombe was first in the moun $ tain region with 47,558. Mecklenburg County (Charlotte)' leads the state's 100 counties with 09,839 motor vehicles registered. At the bottom of the list is Tyrrell County with 1,220. Totals reported (or neighboring Western North Carolina counties were: Jackson, 5,317; Madison, 5,127; Swain, 2,425, and Transylvania, 5,500. CARSON C. FOARD New Firm Will Open This Week The firm of T. S. Morrison-Foard. Inc., will open for business at the Depot on Saturday. March 10, it was announced today by Carson C. Foard, co-owner and general manager in charge. The address is 405 Depot Street. The firm will deal in a general line of hardware, farm equipment, tractors, seeds, feeds and tools, Mr. Foard said. The Allis-Chalm ers line of tractors and farm equip ment will be featured by the com pany. Mr. Foard said construction of a 35 by 75 foot extension to the building had 1t>een completed, and renovation of the 'other building has been finished. The new unit of the building will be used as a tractor shop, and for machines re pairing, he announced. The parent firm, T. S. Morrison, Asheville, has been in business for 65 years, Mr. Foard said, and has considered for some time the open ing of a store here. For the past 14 years Mr. Foard lias been with Biltmore Dairies, and was manager when he resigned to open the firm here. Prior \o going with Biltmore "Walrles he was with the Milk Control Board of Health of Raleigh. He was there 13 years. ne ana mrs. roara nave iwo daughters, 13 and 17 years of age. They plan to move here right after the current school year. Mr. Foard said that Neal Leath erwood would be affiliated with the firm in sales. Leatherwood is from Jonathan Creek. Jim Mills will be in charge of the shop, and Douglas Worsham will be parts manager. ? Here assisting in getting ready for the opening is Wm. L. Varne, district manager for the Allis Chalmers Company. Mr. Foard is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and a native of Statesville. His hobby is collecting rocks of the area. He is a member of the Southern Appalachian Mineral Society. HEAVY WEEKEND This past weekend was among the heaviest of 1956 for the police here. They arrested three for speeding, one for breaking and entering, and five on charges of being drunk. Mrs. West WiU Attend Democratic Meeting Thursday MBS. JACK WEST Mrs. Jack West of RatclifTe Cove will leave Wednesday to attend a meeting of'the Democratic Execu tive Committee at the state capitol in Raleigh at 3 p.m. Thursday. The executive committee is ex pected to set dates for state, coun ty, and precinct Democratic con ventions. While in Raleigh. Mrs. West will nominate an executive committee man to take the place of the late Tom Leatberwood.who died In 1964. Education Building Plans Are About Ready Plans for the new Board of Edu cation building, just back of the courthouse will be ready In about a week. Lawrence Leatherwood, county superintendent said today. The new building will have office space, and storage spare for the board and school supplies. About 6,000 square feet of storage space will be provided In the new struc ture. Funds for erecting the building will be from the sale of the Old Central Elementary school, which sold at auction for $67,000. Leatherwood said the work of converting the old gym at Clyde into shop rooms should be com pleted in about three weeks. Two other projects, the addi tion to the Cruso school, and the new Pigeon Street school have been delayed because of the bad weather, he pointed out. 370 Polio Shots Given In 3 Weeks In the past three weeks a total of 370 polio vaccine shots have been given at the Haywood Coun ty Health Center, according to Mrs.' Quitye Bryson, public health nurse and acting head of the Health Department. Of this number, 332 were first doses and the remainder second and third doees. Children who took their first polio shot recently, should have their second shot within four to six weeks, Mrs. Boson said. Third Shots are given from seven to nine months after the second. Polio inoculations are given free of charge at the Health Center each Wednesday during regular immunization clinics. Eligible for shots are children from the ages of six months through 19 years, and -expectant mothers. The vac-' cine will continue to be adminis tered until June when the "polio season" starts. , Polio shots also are available from physicians, who charge $10 for the series of three if privately purchased vaccine is used, but make no charge if government vac cine is utilized. The Health Center now has on hand approximately 600 cc's of Salk polio vaccine, Mrs. Bryson said, and additional stocks are ex pected to be sent by the State Board of Health by mid-April. In May, physician members of the Haywood County Medical So ciety and Health Department nurses will conduct clinics in coun ty schools to give the final polio shot to children who have had their first two immunizations. Polio clinics also were held in county schools last spring and this fall. Apple Growers To Discuss '56 Program Thursday Director! of the Haywood Coun ty Apple Growers Association will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday In the county agent's office to discuss the organization's by-laws and consti tution and plans for 1956 activi ties. Among projects considered by the apple growers this year are a fall apple show, advertising Hay wood County apples, and curbing damage from cedar rust. Officers of the Apple Growers Association for 1956 are: Herb Singlet* ry, president; Robert F. Francis, vice president; Zack Massey, secretary-treasurer. Directors are C. D. Ketner, Richard Barber, Robert Boone, Mrs. Cosby Frady, and Ira Cogburn. MRS. LEE IMPROVING Mrs. William I. Lee was reported in "good condition" this morning at the Haywood County Hospital where she has been a patient for seeral days. She became ill while teaching her class in the third grade at Central Elementary School. Officers, Citizens Ready To Work Out Safety Program Here Tuesday Night LT." H. C. JOHNSON 1'Wi i ')> iw i?rni????? 1 SGT. E. W. JONES CPL. PRITCHARD SMITH SGT. T. A. SANDLIN Lions Will Seek To Raise $1,000 For WTHS Band Trip I Landscaping Meeting Set Wednesday John Harris, landscaping specia list from N. C. State College, will conduct a county-wide meeting on landscaping at the courthouse Wednesday from 9:30 until 4 p.m. ?with time out for lunch. A group of farm men and women have been invited to attend the meeting, which will deal with the selection of the proper shrubbery for growth in Haywood County, planting, spacing, fertilization, and care of shrubbery. Mr. Harris will return here in two weeks, at which time he will visit several Haywood County farms to give specific advice on landscaping. Shrubbery in Haywood County was hard hit by the March freeze last year, but County Agent Virgil L. Holloway said that most of the growth has recovered. Encouraging Reports On C. of C. Campaign Encouraging reports from all teams of the Chamber of Com merce membership committees continued to come in. according to Ned J. Tucker, executive vice president of the organization. The campaign began last Tues day, with the budget set at $19,625. Waynesville Lions voted Thurs day night to raise $1,000 towards sending the WTHS band to the International Lions Convention in Miami June 27-30. The State organization is appro priating $1,000 to the fund, and ac cording to Charles Isley, director of the band, the $2,000 will pay for all travel, with each band member paying for meals and board, which would be about $40 each. M. T. Bridges was named chair man of the committee to raise the local fund. He said several projects were in mind, including a band concert, and other phases of entertainment. ' E. M. Williams of the Clineh fleld Coal Company, discussed the approaching atomic age and its possible effect on industry when the new agency is used for gener ating heat for power. Two new members were taken into the club: George Williamson, Bruce Alexander. Mrs* John Hildenbiddle is visit I ing relatives in Iowa. | Meeting Is Set For 8 At Courthouse Interest In the highway safety mass meeting set for Tuesday night is reaching a high peak. The meeting is set for 8 p.m. at the courthouse, with Lt. H. C. Johnson of the State Highway Pa trol the speaker. Assisting with the meeting will be three other patrolmen of the area: Sgt. T. A. Sandiin, Bryson City; Sgt. E. W. Jones, Ashevllle, and Cpl. Pritch ard Smith, Waynesville. The meeting is being Pushed by the ?Civic and Professional Divis ion of the Chamber of Commerce, with C. T. McCulston, chairman, with scores of others in the coun ty participating, including the Ministerial Association, all law enforcement officers, school au thorities, several PTA' groups, and others. < Plans for the meeting were worked out when a group of of ficers, school officials, civic lead ers, ministers and representatives oi the press and radio met and "decided something had to be done to curb speeding and racing on the highways." v Many of Haywood's ministers yesterday stressed from their pul pits the Importance of attending the meeting. The ministers are actively behind the movement to" curb racing aDd speeding on the streets and highways. The radio stations of tiie coun ty, as well as newspapers of the area have been publicizing the mnDlirirt one) +U?. ? i * ? lOWMMg, U"U 111C UCt'U lur 1111" mediate action." Lt. Johnson here over the weekend said "public sentiment is certainly against this menace on our highways. The citizens of Hay wood county are to be congratulat ed for their actions, and their feel ings in this matter of protecting those who walk and ride on the highways and streets." Edward Scheldt, commissioner of Motor Vehicles of North Caro lina, wasalso warm in his praise of the pVogram which has come to a peak since the wreck of two cars on Highway No. 19-A last Monday night. The patrol report showed both cars were engaged in a race down the highway, starting at Balsam. One car was demolished and the two passengers were pain fully injured. The four patrolmen will speak to some 2,200 high school students of the county Tuesday morning. The patrolmen will present each student with a duplicate safety pledge card. The student will keep one of the cards with their driver's licenses, and the other card goes into the files of the Highway Pa trol. The pledge card reads: "A Safe ty Pledge ? I hereby pledge that I will, to the best of my ability, abide by atl highway safety rules, as a pedestrian or an an operator of a motor vehicle." The speaking schedule is as (See Mass Meeting?Page II Three Teen-Agers Cited For Midnight Speeding Three teen-agers were cited to Police Court on charges of speeding on Waynesvllle streets shortly after midnight Saturday. Chief Orville Noland said the police cited three young men, all high school students, to court, after the trio drove at excessive speeds through the residential section of the Maple Street area. Chief Noland said that in addition to the speeding, the cars going ta a high rate of speed, and turning corners Sharp, woke up ' many residents in the section. The three will be tried by Mayor J. H. Way. December Tax Collections In Haywood Up $8,436.38 GLASS BROKEN The brakes on a parked taxi , gave way and crashed into a win- | dow of City Barber Shop, Sunday ; night, according to Chief Orvllle , Noland. The window was about | three by six feet. . ( The accident was listed as ac cidental. i HARRISON IN NEW YORK A. D. Harrison, owner of Sto vail's 5c and 10c Store, left yester day for a week's buying trip in \ New York. He will attend the | American Toy Fair and place ord ers for the 1056 holiday season. Harrison is president of the Merchants Association here. ! Sales tax collections In Haywood County during December, 1955 ex ceeded those tor December, 1954 by more than $8,000, according to figures cited in the January issue of "The Retailer," published by the North Carolina Merchants As sociation. Collections for December, 1955 were reported at $40,923.58, in contrast to $32,489.20 for Decem ber, 1954. For the month of November, 1955, collections were higher than those in December ? totaling 143,089.27. December collections In Hay wood County exceeded those In Henderson County by more than $8,000. I Highway Record For 1956 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed 0 <1955 ? ?) Injured ?.. ? 24 (1955 ? 9) Accidents... 47 <1955 _ 29) Loss... $14,924 <1955 ? $11,359) (Th)s Information compiled from records sf Stats Ddh
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