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71st YEAR NO. 23 12 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 19, 1956 |3.60 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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Young Folk Propose Safety Campaign Plans
Rogers Will Not
Seek Re-Election
Representative
Says He Cannot
Leave His Work
Rep. Jerry Rogers announced to
day that he would not seek re
election as a member of the Gen
eral Assembly this May.
Rogers is superintendent of State
Prison Camp 1404, and a $50,000
improvement program is under
way, and he said he did not feel
"it wbuld be fair to the state to
leave at this time, when the build
ing project is his responsibility".
Rogers said he had received a lot
of encouragement to seek re-elec
tion. "I appreciate the compliments
and requests to seek the post again,
but with the prison construction
work, and the fact that I am chair
man of the building committee of
the Hazelwood Baptist Church, and
that project is also under way, I
do not feel like taking time off
from them."
Rogers made many friends in the
1955 Legislature, and served on 10
committees, being one of the two
freshmen on appropriations. He
was also on the education and agri
culture committees and vice chair
man of the committee on justices
of peace.
There is a possibility that the ?
Legislature will be called into ses
sion early this summer, according
to remarks dropped recently by
Governor Hodges. With that pos
sibility facing the 1955 members,
Rogers pointed out that a special
ncsai? woo Id require time, and he
did not see his way clear to be
come a candidate, although he has
had lots of encouragement. Rome
political leaders said they did not
feel he would have any opposition
if he decided to seek re-election.
A number of potential candidates
have been hinted as probably get
ting in the race in the event Rog
ers did not run. Thus far no one
has officially announced, awaiting
the decision of Rep. Rogers.
Henderson HDC
Council Hears
Mrs. W. P. Ketner
Mrs. W. D. Ketner of Lake
Junaluska, president of District 3
of the Federation of Home Dem
onstration Clubs, addressed the
Henderson County HDC council
Friday on projects and activities
planned by the state federation for
county participation.
The meeting was held in the
Henderson County Agricultural
Building?a like structure which
has been planned for Haywood
County for a number of years.
Mrs. Ketner will appear before
the Transylvania County HDC
council March 28 to discuss the
state HDC meeting, which she at
tended at Raleigh March 7-8.
Car Plunges
Oil Soco Gap,
Strikes Trees
Charles S. Doster, Jr., 29, of
Anniston, Ala., escaped injury
when his 1955 Buick skidded on
ice and plunged off the highway
on U. S. 19 near Soco Gap.
Doeter told CpL Pritchard H.
Smith and Patrolman W. R. Woot
en of the State Highway Patrol
that he lost control of his car on
a sharp curve .on the highway,
causing the vehicle to go over an
embankment and strike several
trees. >
Damage to the car was estimated
at $500.
The
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Weather
PA* TIT O.OUDT
Partly cloudy and cool with snow
flurries today. "Tuesday, fair and
somewhat warmer.
Official Waynesville temperature
ai teported by the State Test Farm:
Date Max. Mia. Pree.
March 15 90 48 .59
March 10 58 36 .83
March 17 44 24 ?
March 18 52 36 .12
JERRY ROGERS
? Not Seeking Re-election ?
Haywood's
Herefords
Average $316
Nine Herefords consigned by
Haywood countlans at the WNC
sale at Enka last week averaged
slightly over $316, bringing a total
of $2,890. The entire sale average
was $246.
The show's Gfand C&unifllL,
Female, exhibited by Dr A.'P.
Cline of Canton, brought a prem
ium of $500. Another of Dr. Cline's
heifers went for $299, and bis bull
for $395.
Joe Reinertson of Rocky Knob
Farm, Waynesville, sold a bull for
$280, and three heifers for $290,
$260, and $200.
A heifer also was sold by Dr. N.
F. Lancaster of Waynesville for
$350, and a bull by M. C. Harkins
and Sons of Canton for $280.
At the sale Thursday, 11 bulls
brought an average of $330 and
40 females an average of $222.
The auctioneer was A. W. Hamil
ton of Lewisburg, W. Va.
Social Security
Agent Here On
AlternateMondays
Social Security representa
tives from Asheville are at the
Haywood County courthouse the
second and fourth Monday of
each month, it has been an
nounced.
The field arent is in the com
missioners' room, startinf about
10:30 a.m. or a little later, un
til about 4 p.m.
The local representative for
the Veterans Administration,
? Col. JaH. Howell, is In his of
fice on the third floor of the
courthouse (in the same room
occupied by the Draft Board)
every Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday.
$50,000 Is
Being Spent
Modernizing
Prison Camp
A $50,000 expansion and im
provement program to the State
Prison Camp (1404) Hazelwood is
under way, it was announced today
by Supt. Jerry Rogers.
An extension is being built to
the supply department of the camp;
a segregation cell installed, the
entire camp repaired, and three
additional guard towers erected.
The camp is one of the three
close security camps in the state
for Negro prisoners.
Twelve white prisoners from
other camps were brought in to do
the construction work, under super
vision of maintenance men of the
prison department.
Supt. Rogers said the new addi
tions will provide for better facil
ities at the camp, which has a
capacity of 80 prisoners. There are
now 75 at the camp. The camp has
15 employees.
About two or three months will
be necessary to complete the job.
41 Western Ewes
Ordered; Sales
Set To Continue
Orders from Haywood County
farmers for 41 Western-bred year
ling ewes were sent off Saturday
andwUi^griveaboutMay^jfl^M
Agent Virgil L. Hollo* ay.
Last Saturday was originally set
as the deadline for taking orders
in Haywood County for the Wes
tern ewes, but Mr. Holloway said
he has been informed that the
N. C. Department of Agriculture
has informed him they still have
125 ewes for sale and that orders
will be taken throughout the state
until they are all sold.
The animals sell for $24.50 a
head?with a $5 deposit required.
Cecil Farm Sold
Saturday, $14,800
The 31-acre W. R. Cody Farm,
in Burnette Cove, Cecil, brought
$14,800 at auction Saturday. The
property was bought by Wayne
Singleton.
West and Gossett handled the
sale.
Brownie Scouts Tour
Mountaineer Plant
Fifteen members of Hazelwood
Scout Troop 91 and two adult lead
ers toured The Mountaineer plant
last Thursday. They were:
Rosalie Prevost, Linda Phillips.
Joyce. Bryson, Linda Anglin, Donna
Fay Allen, Dora Ann Holloway,
Deanna Beck, Jo Ellen Dillard.
Linda Kan^s, Nancy Holder, Mary
Sue Haddack, Gloria Bishop. Caro
lyn Clubb, Brenda Gail Gentry,
Jeanette Davis, Mrs. Virgil Hollo
way, and Mrs. Charlie McCalL
Haywood UTD Farm Tour
Proposed For This Year
Haywood County unit teat dem
onstration fanners at a meeting
Friday night at the South Clyde
Community Center discussed pro
posals for a tour of UTD farms in
late summer or early fall to wit
ness the results of 1956 agricul
ture demonstrations..
The UTD farmers also named
three members and their wives to
represent Haywood County at the
Southeastern UTD meeting at
Muscle Shoals, Ala., July 26-27,
and voted to send one outstand
ing 4-H Club boy and one girl to
the 4-H resources - development
conference at Fontana Village
June 6-8. The 4-H representatives
will be selected later.
Representing the county at the
Alabama meeting will be Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Boone of Francis Cove.
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Brummitt of
fines Creek, and Mr. and Mrs. J.
f. Boyd of Jonathan Creek.
The principal speaker at the
meeting at South Clyda Friday
light was W. P. Collins of Ashe
rille, Western District farm agent,
who said that Haywood County
last year ranked fifth among the
15 WNC counties in the UTD pro
gram, which is sponsored by the
Tennessee Valley Authority.
Ae also pointed out that a sum
mary of UTD farm records book
for 1055 showed-that poultry was
the top money maker for UTD
farmers, and that dairy irg was
second.
Mr. Collins asserted that farm
ers must do a good Job to stay In
business and must have high-pro
ducing land, livestock, and poul
try, and excellent food conversion
with broilers.
The speakers lauded the new
valleywide association of UTD
farmers, which, he said, has done
much to change the thinking of
TV A officials in regard to the im
portance of the UTD program.
For the first year since 1946, he
added, the Tennessee Valley Au
thority is increasing its budget
for the test demonstration pro
gram.
NEW STREET MARKERS In Huelwood, like this one at the
corner of Main and Balsam atdeets, have been erected recently
under the town's "Finer Carolina" program for 1956. Inspecting
the marker here are Mrs. George Bischoff (left) and Mrs. C. N.
Allen. (Mountaineer Photo).
Board Hears Group Asking
For Exchange Of Property
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Masonic Banquet
Planned Tuesday
The annual Clyde Masonic ban
quet honoring Edwin Fincher will
be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in
the dining hall of the Clyde Cen
tral Methodist Church.
Fincher, a 33rd degree Mason,
operated a general store in Clyde
for a number of years. He is now
retired and lives on the Asheville
Road.
Philip B. Kline of Asheville will
be the principal speaker on the
program.
H. K. Terrell is chairman of the
arrangements committee, , which
also includes Glenn D. Brown,
Craig Reeves and Lewis Rogers.
The meal will be served by the
Clyde Eastern Star women for $1.23
per plate.
All Master Masons and their
families are invited to attend the
event.
^^^^oupolcivi^,.business and
morning
presented their views to the
Board of Commissioners on the
proposal to exchange the county
owned Welch Farm property for
the Horse Show site.
D. Reeves Noland, speaking in
behalf of the exchange, pointed
out that there is enough room in I
the horse show tract to accommo
date a small industry in addition I
to the Livestock and Home Arts
Buildings, as well as the show and
sale ring.
Noland further explained that
the county, in his opinion, could
utilize only about half of the
Welch Farm site for Home Arts
and Livestock buildings, and show
rings.
J. W. Fowler, Jr., served as
chairman of the group appearing
before the Commissioners this
morning.
Beekman Huger, official of
Champion Paper and Fibre Com
pany, said that the company had
given $5,000 towards the con
(See Board Hears?Page ?)
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WTHS Musicians Win Top
Ratings In District Contest
Waynesville Township High
School's musicians won top rat
ings in the annual Western District
Music Contest held Friday and Sat
urday at Western Carolina College.
Performing in the highest grades,
with regard to the degree of com
parative difficulty of music, both
the military band and the mixed
chorus received ratings of "super
ior." The band performed in
Grade 6, highest for instrumental
groups, and the chorus wag classi
fied in Grade 4. the most difficult
for singers. Lee Edwards High
School of Asheville entered the
only other band playing in Grade
B and received a rating of "good."
The WTHS Orchestra, playing in
Grade 4, received a rating of
"good," and the Junior Band, play
ing in Grade 2, received an "ex
cellent" rating.
A rating oi superior or excellent
is necessary to advance a unit to
the state contest in Greensboro.
The WTHS Chorus and the Lee
Edwards Chorus, both performing
in Grade 4, received superior rat
ings.
Excellent ratings for vocal solos
were given to Rosalind Ammons,
Bette Liner and Jimmy Fowler.
The only small ensemble, enter
ed by WTHS, a French horn yuar
tet composed of Shirley Bridges,
Salinda Dicus. Joel Rothermel, and
Sandra Scruggs, received a rating
of "good."
The musicians were accompanied
to Cullowhee by their directors,
Charles Isley, Jr., and Robert
Campbell.
Winter Reluctant To -
Leave WNC Mountains
Like most other visitor* to this area, Old Man Winter seems
reluctant to leave the Western North Carolina mountains.
Four times today, The Mountaineer's weather reporter started
to write a story about Wednesday being the first day of spring,
but every time be got started, someone opened the front door and
the cold winds from outside blew in and chilled ail his Insparatlons
about the coming of spring.
Snow began falling about >:M Sunday night, and was still on
the higher elevations at noon today, with the winds sweeping down
off the snow capped peaks a reminder that it was sure enough cold
up there.
The Sunday night snow was heavier In the Canton and Clyde
areas than in Waynesville.
Soco Gap had an inch and a half while Max Patch had three
Inches at noon and it was still snowing at that time.
Take Lead
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In Mapping
A Program
Br w. CURTIS RUSS
An enthusiastic and energetic
group of sound-thinking, level
headed young people came forward
today with several proposals for a
county-wide highway safety pro
gram.
The group said they were stimu
lated into action, and arrived at
the proposals after the county
wide mass meeting 11 days ago,
when some 600 citizens attended.
The young folk, reluctant to
make public their proposals soon
er, because they were waiting on
"the adults to act" decided to pre
sent their views, since, as' they
pointed out, "we have heard noth
ing more about a safety program."
The young people asked me to
write their story. They asked for a
conference in which they expressed
their views and ideas. They had
previously talked the program over
with their parents, and for various
reasons, to which we agree, they
asked that their names not be used.
We shall under no circumstances
reveal their identity.
Here is their story, exactly as
told to me:
First, we felt that some program
would have been formulated by
now, especially following the en
thusiasm of the mass meeting.
Since we have not heard of any
program, we have a few ideas.
> The large majority of us are 100
per cent for highway safety. This
majority is also dead set against
racing or speeding on the high
ways. The percentage ef young peo
ple that violate traffic laws are very
small?perhaps five per cent, yet
all of us are often Included *3 the
group at being violators.
we teei mat tne adults?tnose 21
years of age and older, are not as a
whole setting the proper example
for the younger drivers ? those
from 16 to 21. We have checked
the court records, and And some
interesting facts.
In the February term of crimin
al court here in Haywood, there
were IB convicted of driving with
out an operator's license; 44 for
speeding, and 12 for reckless driv
ing. According to the court, 85
per cent of those defendants were
21 years of age or older.
There were 51 cases before the
court whera the defendants were
charged with driving drunk. Not
a single person 21 or under was in
that group.
Three were convicted of driving
after their licenses had been re
voked, and not a single young driv
er was among the three.
We are not upholding the 15
per cent for violating the law, but
we feel the facta must be reckoned
with.
Not far from where two cars
carshed in a race, near Saunook, a
young girl was killed. Officers said
the driver was drunk. The case has
not been triad. Not very much of
anything was said about that in
cident. And here again, we are not
favoring or approving racing. It is
dangerous, and wa feel that young
drivers realise this more than ever.
Here Is what we propose:
Let's have soma cards printed,
and thereon list about 15 of the
most common traffic violations.
(Sea Safety Program?Page I)
Carver, Woody On
Board Of Elections
Three Boys
Break Into
Four Places
Three 14-year-old boys from
the Waynesvllle area had a busy
night last Wednesday. Engaging
in a spree of breaking and enter
ing, the trio forced their way in
to the WTHS band building, the
Moose Lodge hall, and two busi
ness buildings.
For all their trouble, they got
only a small quantity of food and
drinks, two electric clocks, and
money from a vending machine.
However, they also got a term
in the Jackson Training School at
Concord after being arrested by
Sgt. Arthur Paul Evans of the
Waynesvllle police, Sheriff Fred
Campbell, and School Attendance
Officer Carl Setzer, and then giv
en a hearing before Juvenile
Judge J. B. Siler.
They will be at the training
school at least a year and possibly
longer ? depending upon the
discretion of the school's super
intendent.
The three boys ? one from
Hemphill, one from Jonathan
Creek, and the other from Hyatt
Creek?told this story to the law
enforcement officers:
After slipping into the Smoky
Mountain Drive-In Theatre Thurs
day evening and watching the
show for awhile, the trio entered
(See Three Itoys?Page t)
Weather Curtails
Pipe Line Project
Town forces are awaiting fav
orable weather to cover the 3,000
foot ditch which was recently dug
through the Golf Course for an
8-lnch water main.
Bad weather has kept the work
men from completing the job, ac
cording to G. C. Ferguson, town
manager.
Filling the ditch, and re-seeding
is all that remains to be done on
that project, he said.
Commissioners To Start
Checking On Property
The county commissioners will
begin a review of the cases brought
before them last week when they
sat as a board of equalization and
review.
Faraday Green, chairman, said
he felt the board could complete
their survey of all the property in
question this week.
Schoolmasters Club
Meets Here Tonight
The Haywood County Scout
masters Club will meet at 6:30 p.m.
tonight at Spaldon's Restaurant.
Perry Plemmons, Clyde School
principal, will be in charge of the
meeting.
(By The Associated Press)
The State Board of Elections his
sided with the Haywood County
Democratic chairman in a disagree
ment among Haywood Democrats
over nominees for their county
board of elections.
Frank D. Ferguson, Haywood
County Democratic chairman, had
recommended John Carver, Jack
Woody and W. G. Byers, in that
order, as nominees for the Hay
wood board. State Democratic
chairman John D. Larkins also had
recommended the same three in
the order named.
Raymond Maxwell, executive
secretary of the state board. saM
a petition signed by 21 of 29 mem
bers of the Haywood Democratic
Executive Committee requested
that Woody and Byers be the
board's Democratic members. The
petition said Woody and Byers tied
for top place when the committee
voted and Carver was third.
The state board approved the
list of 100 county boards of elec
tions. The state Democratic chair
man and Republican chairman
each sent in the names of three
nominees for each county board.
The state board selects two Demo- *
crats and one Republican for each
county board.
FFA Land-Judging School
Stresses Soil Knowledge
A land-judging school to pick
teams of vocational agriculture i
students in Haywood County high i
schools to enter a district contest j
at Bryson City Tuesday will be
held at the Mountain Experiment I
Station today at 2 p.m. i
Four-man teams will be selected I
from each of the county schools
competing. Entered in the contest j
at Bryson City will be FFA mem- i
bers from the Balsam and Nanta- 1
hala federations of the Future
Farmers of America. The winning i
team in the district meet will go !
on to the state contest at Farmer, i
N. C? located 12 miles southwest
of Asheboro, The district and state (
contests are aponsored by the Car- i
olina Power and Light Co. and the t
North Carolina Bankers Assorts- i
tion in cooperation with the Soil I
Conservation Service. S
Conducting the land - judging c
school at the test farm today will \
be Jack King of Waynesville, soil
scientist for the Soil Conservation s
Service.
Roy Beck, Haywood County SCS
soil conservation specialist, explain
ed tbat the FFA members will be
isked to judge land in three ways:
1. Makeup of soil?including
thickness, texture, consistency, and
itructure and the soil's permeabil
ity, drainage, slope, and erosion.
2. Placing land in its "capabil
ity" class and discussing its haz
irds and limitations when used for
?ow cropping.
3. Determining the maximum
lse of land and specifying the con
servation measures needed when
ised in its capability class.
Mr. Beck explained that the Soil
Conservation Servian puts land
nto capability classes based on "n
ensity of use". He said the classes
nciudlng land suitable for. wildlife,
orestry, limited grazing, moderate
[razing, intense grazing, moderate
ultivation, intense cultivation, and
try intense cultivation.
Mr. Beck said that the Soil Con
ervation Service Is stressing the
(See Land School?Page ?>
Rural Fire
Protection
Meeting Set I
Rural Are protection and the pos
sible establishment of a volunteer
Are department In the Thickety
section will be discussed at 7:30
tonight at a meeting of the Thick
ety CDP in the Oak Grove Baptist
Church.
The principal speaker at the
meeting will be Jim Bailey, former
assistant Are chief at Asheville and
now a representative of the Ameri
can-La France-Foamite Corp.
Sherrill Jimison, chairman of the
Thickety CDP, worked at the
courthouse last week to prepare a
map of the community to be used
in discussing a plan of Are protec
tion.
Members of other CDP groups
in the county are invited to attend
the Thickety meeting.
Bridges Attends NCPA
Mechanical Conference
M. T. Bridges, co-publisher of
The Mountaineer, attended the
annual North Carolina Press Asso
ciation Mechanical Conference held ,
in Raleigh this weekend. He is
a member of the planning com
mittee for the conference.
At the close of the conference
he visited his son, Charles Bridges,
who is a student at Chowan Col
lege, Murfreesboro.
Girls' Reading Contest
Is Set For Tomorrow
The annual reading contest for
girls hi the Waynesvllle Township
High School will be held in the
school auditorium Tuesday at 9:45
a.m. The event is sponsored by the
Woman's Club.
Mrs. W. E. Carter, chairman of
the education department of the
club, will preside.
The public is Invited.
mmam?mht
Highway
Record For
1956
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed 0
(1?U ? 9)
Injured ? ?. ? 25
a?u ? id
Accidents.. ? 51
(1955 ? 32)
Loss... $15,824
(1955 ? >11434)
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