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71st YEAR NO. 25 12 PAGES * Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 26, 1956 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Parkway Project
Plans Announced
J. W. KILLIAN
J. W. Killian
To Re-Open
His Laundry
J. W. Killian announced today
that he would resume operating the ,
Waynesville Laundry, Monday,
April 2.
The veteran laundry owner-oper- ,
ator also announced that Kenneth
Stahl would be superintendent of
the business, and also in charge of
all pick-up and delivery of work.
The Waynesville Laundry has
been leased for the past several
years, Killian said.
The firm will do both laundry
and dry cleaning, he said, and will
begin with the operation of five
service trucks, and possibly add
others in the near future.
Mr. Killian began In the laundry
business here in 1007. The present
plant was re-built in 1937, follow- i
ing a disastrous fire.
Stahl has been in the laundry
business here for a number of
years, both as superintendent of
production and in charge of pick
up and delivery services.
Man Injured
In Accident
On Old 19-23
James Messer, 53, of Waynes
ville suffered lacerations of the
head in one of three weekend traf
fic accidents reported by the State
Highway Patrol.
Messer was riding in the 1941
Plymouth, driven by William H*.
Price. 26, of Hazelwood, which
skidded on a sharp curve and over-'
turned on old Highway 19-23 a mile
and a half west of Clyde at 10:45
p.m. Saturday,
Patrolman V. E. Bryson said that
Price's car skidded on the highway
for 270 feet and then went anoth
(See Man Hurt?Page 3)
Soco-Balsam
Link Slated
For 1957
Blue Ridge Parkway construction
now under way and that planned
lor the next three fiscal years was
iiscussed at a meeting of the Way
nesville Rotary Club Friday by
Robert E. Howe of Asheville, dis
trict ranger for the National Park
Service.
Mr. Howe spoke to the Rotarians
brieflly following the showing of
color slides on "Mission 66", put
out by the National Park Service
to publicize the 10-year program to
greatly expand and improve facili
ties in this country's national
parks.
The ranger said that work now
under way or soon to start on the
parkway includes: (1) construction
of a road from Wolf Laurel on
the Soco link of the Parkway to
Ravensford in the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, (2). a |
picnic area and visitors' center at
Craggy Gardens.
Mr. Howe said that, barring bad
weather, all portions of the Blue {
Ridge Parkway will be open for
the season April 15 and remain I
open until closed this fall.
The ranger said that the Na
tional Park Service operates by
the fiscal year, and will start its
1957 fiscal program on July 1,
1DM
Planned for the 1957 program,
he pointed out are: (1) Start of
construction on a new portion of
the Parkway froip Soco Gap to
Balsam Gap, (2) construction of a
visitors' center at Soco Gap. and .
(3) continuation on the road from
Soco Gap to Ravensford.
Scheduled for fiscal 1958, Mr.
kowe said are: (1) completion of
the Soco-Ravensford road/and (2)
completion of the Deep Gap-Grand
view section in the vicinity of
Blowing Rock, which will end all
construction on the Parkway from
the Shenandoah National Park in
Virginia to Asheville, with the ex
ception of the Roanoke and Grand
father Mountain sections.
During fiscal 1959, the ranger
said, the National Park Service
hopes that needed facilities along
the Parkway will be constructed by
private enterprise.
He explained that building of
by-passes around the two major
cities on the Parkway?Roanoke
and Asheville?will be deferred
(See Parkway?Pate 6)
Joe Jack McEvoy Wins
Hankins Scholarship
Joe Jack McEvoy, senior at Way
nesville High School, has been
named as one of the state winners
of a George Foster Hankins Schol
arship at Wake Forest College.
Joe Jack is the son of Mrs. Mable
C MfBvoy of WaynesviUe.
Other WNC scholarship winners
are from East Flat Rock, Cliffside,
and Asheville.
Thickety CDP To Discuss
Plans For Fire Department
Additional plans for the orga
nization of ^ volunteer Are depart
ment in Thiekety community will
bo made tonight at a meeting of
the Thickety CDP, with chairman
Sherrill Jimison presiding.
Last week, members of the CDP
voted unanimously to form a Are
department, purchase a Are truck,
build a Are house, and establish a
central alarm system.
Expected to take place tonight
or in the near future is the election
of 12 persons to act as a board of
directors for the Are department.
Appointed last week as a ways
and means committee to plan rais
The
Weather
FARTIY CLOUDY
Partly cloudy and wanner today.
Tuesday, partly cloudy and mild
with chance of showers.
Official Waynesville temperature
a* reported by the State Test Farm:
Date Max. Min. Free.
March 22 55 23 ?
March 23 65 23 ?
March 24 62 31 .16
March 25 57 10 ?
ing of funds to purchase fire-fight
ing equipment were Dock Cannon,
chairman; Mrs. Lloyd Parham, Sr.,
and H. E. Wright, Jr. Named as
a nominating committee to select
candidates for the board of dlrec*
tors were Earl Cabe, ohaifman;
Troy Ford, and Lloyd Parham, Sr.
RUSSELL E. FULTZ, right, manager of plant
accounting at The Dayton Rubber Company, is
shown receiving an award from the Western
Carolina Chapter of the National Association of
Cost Accountants for his recent article on "Dis
tribution of Factory Overheads". Presenting the
award is A. P. Jones. Director of Publications.
Western Carolina Chapter of N.A.C.A.
Series 01 Easier Services
Set For This Community
'Mission 66' ;
Showing Set *
Here Tonight
Color slides taken in U. S. Na- b
tional Parks by the Department s
of the Interior to publicize "Mis
sion 66". will be shown to the pub- v
lie at 8 p.m. tonight at the court- (
house, according to Ned J. Tucker, r
executive vice president of the b
Chamber of Commerce, who is
handling bookings for the show v
here this week. (
"Mission 66" is a 10-year plan r
announced recently by the Depart- '
ment of the Interior and the Na- I
tional Park Service to enlarge and '
improve .facilities in national parks 1
?including the Blue Ridge Park- '
way and the Great Smoky Moun- J
tains National Park. (
The color slide show?which also
includes a tape recording of re- '
marks by Conrad L. Wirth, direc- (
tor of the National Park Service I
?was shown to the Waynesville
Rotary Club Friday afternoon and s
was previewed recently at a WN <
CAC meeting at Cullowhee. \
Under the construction program !
of "Mission 66" are the following '
objectives:
Construction of more than 100
new visitor centers in the parks. 1
Construction, reconstruction, and .
realignment of 2,000 miles of park
roads, including construction of {
some 300 miles of new roads.
Construction or relocation of ap
(See Mission 66?Page 6) ,
Soco Highway
Being Repaved
Workmen have started re-sur
facing Highway l? from the foot
pf Soco Gap, on the Cherokee Res
ervation, towards the top of the
mountain.
A large asphalt mixing plant has
been put in operation at the
Cherokee foot of the mountain,
and work of putting down the
surfacing material has started.
This side of the mountain was
re-surfaced not too long ago.
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Big Freeze Came
Year Ago Tonight
Will history repeat itself?
It was just one year ago to
night that the temperature nose
dived to only 4 above sero ?
virtually wiping out Haywood
County's apple crop and caus
ing a loss of three quarter of a
million dollars.
The severe freese also killed
other fruits, spring flowers, and
caused heavy damage to tobacco
beds and oh rubbery.
The same cald snap destroyed
Henderson County's million-dol
lar apple crop and laid waste
to the big peach crop in South
Carolina and Georgia.
In Haywood County, the
freese was preceded by .87 inch
of rain over a two-day period.
The temperature reached Its
lowest point on Saturday nifht,
March 26, but remained under
freezing on Sunday and Mon
day nights. Thermometer read
ings varied over the county ?
depending largely on location
and elevation.
This year, heavy damage has
already been reported to peach
es in South Carolina, and it'a
possible that Western North
Carolina's apples may have suf
fered somewhat.
County Agent Virgil L. Hollo
way commented: "It's difficult
to say right now whether or not
our orcharda have been hurt."
He said, however, that the
danger of damage from cold
weather will continue in this
area through the first part of
May.
Annual Holy Week union ser
ices will be held by the Baptist,
resbyterian, Methodist and Epis
opal churches of Waynesville be
inning Wednesday night.
The service Wednesday night will
c at 7:30 o'clock in the First
laptist Church with the Rev. Cal
in Thieiman. pastor of the Pres
yterian Church bringing the mes
age.
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. a service
/ill be held in the Presbyterian
'hurch with the Rev. T. E. Robi
lett, pastor of the BaplUT Church,
ringing the message.
The annual Good Friday servile
? ill be held in Grace Episcopal
Church beginning at 12 o'clock
toon and continuing until 1:30 p.m.
ministers of the four churches will
>articipate in the service with the
lev. Earl H. Brendall, pastor of
he First Methodist Church giving
he first meditation and the Rev.
lames Y. Perry, rector of Grace
Church, giving the last meditation,
rhose who cannot be present for
he entire service are invited to
?ome at either the first or last
leriod. ,
On Easter morning the annual
ainrise esrvice will be held at the
?ross at Lake Junaiuska. The ser
vice, sponsored by the Haywood
sub-District of the Methodist
Kouth Fellowship, will begin at
(See Easter?Page 6)
Liner Starts
On 30-Unit
Apartment
4
Workmen have the old Central
Elementary School completely en
cased in scaffolding preparatory to
putting on a new roof and cornices.
Jerry Liner who is converting
the building into a 30-unit apart
ment. said today he plans to add a
third more windows to the build
ing, and will make it four stories
inside instead of three as at pres
ent.
A shipment of Indiana limestone
for the window sills is expected to
arrive any day and will be used for
the new windows.
Liner said he plans to stucco
the exterior of the building, and
use horizontal line for a modernis
tic effect.
The front porch and roof of the
building has been removed, as a
new front will be added.
Liner said he plans to add a
pavement to all entrances which
will serve the 30-apartment struc
ture.
Four Pre-School
Clinics Scheduled
For This Week
Pre-school clinics will be held
this week at four Haywood County
schools.
On Wednesday, children entering
fines Creek School this fall will
he examined at 9 a.m.. and those
entering Crabtree-Iron Duff School
will be examined at 11 a.m.
On Thursday, clinics will be held
it Aliens Creek School at 11 a.m.
ind at Saunook at 1 p.m.
Parents are asked to accompany
children to the clinics.
Fultz Wins
A National
Award
A national award has been pre
sented to Russell E. Eultz, man
ager of plant accounting at The
Dayton Rubber Company here,
who received an award from the
Western Carolina Chapter of the
National Association of cost ac
countants for a recent article he
wrote.
Mr. Eultz's article received the
second place national rating and
will appear in the monthly N. A.
C. A. "Bulletin". This article was
selected from entries of the 34,
000 members and 118 chapters in
the U. S.
The N. A. C. A. is an organ iza
I tion devoted to the study of the
problems of industrial accounting.
The objects of the Association are
to develop a better understanding
of the true nature and ^alue of
accounting, especially cost account
ing, in industry; to study and im
prove technical methods and to
establish sound general principles.
N. A. C- A. also studies the rela
tion of the accounting department
to the other departments of in
dustry and business and seeks to
develop the most effective means
of supplying usable information
to these departments; to supply to
its members information on the
most up-to-date methods and to
assist them in solving their in
dividual problems. It is essential
1 ly a cooperative movement for the
advancement of the science of in
dustrial accounting.
Three basic costs are considered
in determining the cost of a pro
duct, these being materials, laboi
and overhead. Mr. Fultz deals witt
overhead in his paper and the
method for arriving at a fair pro
portions of overhead to all pro
ducts manufactured.
Mr. Fultz first came to the Way
nesville plant of The Dayton Rub
ber Company in July, 1946 He ant
his wife, the former Miss Editl
Long, reside at Lake Junaluskt
with their two children, Sally ?n<
Elaine.
Mr. Fultz Is chairman of thi
Waynesville Chamber of Com
merce Industrial Council, a mem
ber of the Society for Advance
ment of Management and a mem
ber of the Tax Executive Instl
tute.
Larry H. Cagle, Police Cour
Judge of Clyde, has returned af
ter a 15-day cruise with the Navy
He is Chief Petty Officer with th<
Navy Reserve Unit 625, Asheville
Grace Episcopal Launches
*75,000 Building Program
jmrn ? !
campaign
Launched
Last Night
The congregation of the Grace
Episcopal Church formally launch
ed a building program last night
which is estimated will cost
$75,000. The project calls for a new
church and paring house.
A "Loyalty Dinner" last night,
with about 80 attending, and rep
resenting all of the Parish's 81
families. clHnaxed the Palm Sun
day program for the Church In
The Mountains in launching the
expansion program, which was ap
proved by unanimous vot^ earlier
this year. Yesterday's attendance
at all services was unusually large,
and enthusiasm reigned throughout
the day as plans were completed
for the formal start of the building
program.
A tentative floor plan of the new
church was presented last night by
the joint steering and finance com
mittee of the church.
Now the work of designing the
structure, drawing of plans and
compiling specifications will be
started immediately, in prepara
tion for letting the project under
contract. Leaders feel that the ac
tual construction can get under
way by late summer, or early fall.
The church will be built at the
corner of Haywood and Miller
Streets, and will face Haywood
street. All present buildings on the
church property will be retained
for the present and utilized in the
church program.
The proposal is for the church to
seat 214, with a number of small
rooms adjoining the church for use
of the rector and altar guild, also
a choi rroom. Rector's office, li
brary and lounge for smaller meet
ings. Included in the plans are a
kitchen, and a large meeting room
and classrooms.
A nursery and playground in
patio-type arrangement is a vital
part of the plan since nurserj
service is offered families everj
Sunday morning and on other im
portant occasions.
The patio is surrounded by i
cloister-type walk which, in turn
' connects with a similar coverec
walk surrounding the church. Ade
quate parking space is hoped foi
1 in the long-term plan.
The finance committee includes
1 E. M. Rothermel, chairman; Miss
Lou Elva Eller; Lyman Reed; anc
David Felmet.
The steering committee whicl
has so far worked on preliminar;
(See Grace Episcopal?Page 3)
Auxiliary To Observe
! 'Doctor's Day' Saturday
The Auxiliary of the Haywooc
County Medical Society will ob
serve "Doctors' Day" Saturday, ac
. cording to Mrs. J. Prank Pate.
I Auxiliary members will place
, red carnations in Haywood Coun
, ty Hospital and in offices of phy
1 sicians in the county.
HOME GROWN is this beautiful "cattleya mossiae" orchid with
six blooms?one of 14 orchid plants being cultivated by Mrs. F. E.
Worthington in her home at 300 Grimbali Drive, Hazel w ood. De
spite the delicate appearance of In orchid, Mrs. Worthington
says that they are as easy to grow at home as African violets or oth
er common household plants. (Mountaineer Photo).
Growing Orchids At Home
Easy Says Mrs. Worthington -
Safety Committee
To Meet Tonight
A county-wide committee of a
i bout 25 wilt meet tonight, 7:30, at
the courthouse, and discuss a
i safety program for Haywood.
I C. T. McCuiston, chairman of
' the civic and professional commit
' tee of the Chamber of Commerce,
- will be in charge of the meeting,
which will be attended by civic
i leaders, school officials, students,
, officers and others.
I .
; Another Morton Scenic
Card Ready For Public
Hugh Morton has just put into
| production, another local scene on
colored post cards for the retail
trade.
1 Morton made a scene from the
Wagon Road-Beech Gap link of
the Blue Ridge Parkway last fall,
showing Looking Glass Mountain.
The foliage was at Its peak when
Morton made the picture. He has
several other scenic post cards of
this area which will also go on
' sale this spring.
By BOB CONWAY
"Most people are afraid to try
growing orchids at home, but de
:ipite their delicate appearance.
they are as easy to grow as African
violets or other common house
plants."
This was the good word today to
local flower lovers from Mrs. F. E.
Wortbington, 300 Grimball Drive,
Hazelwood. who now has 14 of the
exotic plants in her home.
Her present pride and joy is a
"cattleya mossiae" orchid with
six beautiful blooms on it] The
flowers are white, with borders of
purple and a touch of yellow, and
have a pungent odor somewhat
like gardehlas.
Last year, Mrs. Worthington
said, this particular orchid bloom
ed for 21 days and came out this
year on Monday. March 12. She
has one other plant in bloom now
with a single orchid, and others
are expected to come into bloom
this spring and summer.
She explained that some orchids
bloom only once annually, while ?
others come into bloom from time
to time throughout the year.
Although there arc a large nunr
(See Man Hurt?Page 6)
s Iron Duff CDP
I To Hear Holloway
County Agent Virgil .L. Hollo
. way will speak on community co
operation and increasing farm
family income tonight at a meet
t ing of the Iron Duff CDP at the
- new community house.
Jarvis Caldwell, president of the
e Iron Duff CDP, will preside at the
(. meeting.
Next Lions International
President To Speak Here
John L. (Jack) Stickley, Char
lotte, who will become president
of Lions International in June,
will address members of the 44
clubs of district 31-A here Thurs
day night at the High School cafe
teria.
The occasion will honor district
governbr Lawrence Leatherwood.
Waynesville. with a "district gov
ernor program."
Mr. Stickley will be advanced to
the presidency of Lions Interna
tional at the Miami convention. He
has held many honors in Lions, all
the way from president of the
Charlotte club to International di
rector, and as third, second and is
now first vice president of the In
ternal lonnl organization.
JOHN L. STICK LEY
Ernest Edwards, president of the
Waynesville club, will preside. He
said the local club expects repre
sentatives from most of the 44
clubs in the district, which extends
from Ellenboro to Spruce Pine and"
west to the Tennessee line.
Mr. Stickley, born in Cambridge,
Mass., has lived most of his life in
North Carolina. He owns and
operates a textile business, and is
a director of several other Arms.
He is a Baptist. Shriner, and he
and Mrs. Stickley have three chil
dren.
He is the Arst man to hold such
a high office in Lions International
lo visit this area.
WNC Agriculture Officials
To Attend Meeting Here
A number of district agricultural
agents will be in Waynesville at 4
p. m. Tuesday to attend a meeting
of the Haywood County Agricul
tural Workers Council at the REA
building, according to County
Agent Virgil L. Hollo way.
Invited to the meeting have been
W. B. Collins of Raleuih. Western
District farm agent: Miss Mary
Harris of Raleigh, Western Dis
trict home agent; H. T. Gryder.
of Asheville, district vocational
agriculture supervisor; Miss Louise
Swan of Asheville. district home
economics supervisor; C. C. Pettitt
of Sylva, district forester; Jeff
Enloe of Asheville. district field
representative of the ASC; Joseph
B. Cash of Sylva.. area supervisor
for the FHA; Tom Bridges, dis
trict SC8 conservationist; Oral
Yates of Iron Duff, Farm Bureau
field_ representative, and a repre
sentative of the North Carolina
State Grange. ?
M. R. Whisenhunt. director of
the Mountain Experiment Sation
and president of the Agricultural
Workers Council, will preside at
the meeting Tuesday.
Highway
Record For
1956
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed ? a ? ? ? e 1
dm ? ?)
Injured .... 26
?ass ? id
Accidents... 55
(ltS5 ? .is)
Loss .. ? $18,579
(18SS ? $13,684)
(Tfcfa information compiled
boas records of State Hick
tray Patrol.)