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71st YEAR NO. 26 18 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 29. 1956 $8.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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HAYWOOD'S TRAFFIC Safety Advisory Committee, named Mon
day night, will meet Friday to formally formulate a county-wide
safety program. Seated left to right: Cpl. Pritchard Smith; Woody
Robertson, Canton, chairman of the committee; C. C. Poindexter,
county chairman; Larry H. Cagle, judge, Clyde police court.
Standing: Billy Leather wood, Bethel; Charles Green, Canton;
1 Luther Hall, Clyde; Ned iSicker, secretary; George Kirkpatrick,
Crabtree - Iron DufT; Jerry Rogers, Fines Creek; Jim Gaddis and
Steve Woody, Waynesville High.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Newly Formed Safety Council Will
Set Up Program Friday Morning
C. C. Poindexter was named
chairman of the Haywood Traffic
Safety Council here Monday night
? as a group of civic leaders, school
officials, students, officials of
town and cou officers met
to discuss a county-wide pro
gram.
An advisory committee of 10
was named to formulate a pro
gram. and present it to a group of
representatives of all organizations
in Haywood County at an early
date. The advisory committee will
meet at 10 Friday morning at the
Chamber of Commerce for the
purpose of working out details of
the proposed program.
The advisory committee is com
posed of Woody Robertson, chair
(See Safety Council?Page 6)
Highlanders Place
Order For 20,000
Pictorial Booklets
Haywood County's Highlanders,
through president L. E. DeVous.
have placed an order for 20.000
pictorial booklets on Western North
Carolina to be distributed to pros
pective tourists.
The booklet will contain pictures
and information on scenic spots and
accommodations ? complete with
the necessary maps.
The booklet, to be printed by The
Mountaineer, will be sent through*
out the U. S.
Dr. Lancaster
Closes Office
Dr. N. F. Lancaster closed his of
fice here yesterday, and has moved
?- ti. r i? (k. Mill* t?i
iU *1*3 *.?** *n til mc
ley near Hendersonville.
He plans to open his office in his
home there in the near future, af
ter a good rest, he said.
Dr. Lancaster came here 24
ygars ago, and announced that he
would only do a limited practice
at his Dew office in Mills River.
Miss Winnie Kirkpatrick who has
been Dr. Lancaster's secretary
technician since he came here, will
be associated with The Mountain
eer after about a two weeks' vaca
tion.
The
Weather
PARTLY CLOUDY
Ptrtl.v cloudy, not so warm and
rather windy Thursday and Fri
day. Official Waynesvilie tempera
ture as reported by the State Test
Farm:
Date Max. Min. Pr.
March 28 69 38
March 27 75 43
March 28 72 43
Series Of Easter Services Planned
In Area; Five Sunrise Programs Set
Two Streets
To Be Built
Much Wider
Plans have been completed for
widening Church Street 20 feet for
the block between Montgomery and
Haywood Streets, according to G.
C. Ferguson, town manager.
The Board of Alciermen have
also decided to proceed with plans
of widening Montgomery Street
from Church to Miller Street by
15 feet.
The wooden residence on Mont
gomery Street (between Church
and Miller) Is being torn down.
The two widening projects have
been under consideration by the
board for some time, and plans are
to start work just as soon as
weather conditions permit, Fer
guson said.
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Road Shoulders
Bolstered Between
Waynesville, Lake
Work was done on Highway
19A-23 between W'aynesville and
Lake Junaluska this week tn huild
up the shoulders for spring and
summer's heavier driving, accord
ing to State Highway Department
officials at Sylva.
The shoulders were strengthen
ed to prevent drivers from losing
control when their cars go off the
hard-surfaced highways.
Such work is ordinarily done
about once every three years, the
highway officials added.
Easter Holidays
Set For Schools
And State Offices
Schools in the Haywood coun
ty system will have a two-day
holiday for Easter ? Friday and
Monday, according to Lawrence
Leatherwood, county superin
tendent.
The schools of the Canton sys
tem will have a one-day holiday,
Easter Monday, it was announc
ed by W. R. Rk-kard, principal
of Canton High.
Also scheduled to be closed on
Monday are "state merit system"
offices including the Haywood
County Health Center, Welfare
Department, driver's license ex
amining office, and the Employ
ment Security Commission, and
Haywood County Board of Edu
cation, and county officers in the
Haywood courthouse.
The regular meeting of the
county commissioners, scheduled
for Monday, wilt be held on
Tuesday instead.
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3-Year-Old Kicked
By Horse, Better
Charles Allen, the three-year-old
son oi oir, ana mrs. uien Alien 01
South Clyde suffered a broken arm
and facial injuries when he was
kicked by a horse Saturday.
Charles was playing with his dog
in the pasture of his father's farm
when he ran under the horse and
received the blow which resulted
in the injury.
Charles is a patient in the Hay
wood County Hospital where he
was reported to be Improving to
day.
A series of pre-Easter and aun-1
rise services are being held
throughout the county by various
denominational groups.
On Easier morning the annual
sunrise service will be held at the
cross at bake Junaluska. The ser
vice, sponsored by the Haywood
Sub-District of the Methodist
Youth Fellowship, will begin at
6 o'clock. Dr. L. B. Hayes, pastor
of the Bethel Methodist Church,
will be the speaker. He will use
as his subject, "The Invincible
Surmise."
Chimes will be played by Miss
Ray Ballard of Lake Junaluska
as a prelude and the Call to Wor
ship will be by members of the
Waynesville MYF. Neal Kelly of
Bethel, president of the sub-dis
trict MYF. will read the scripture,
rod music will be by a choir of ,
the combined groups.
The program will be broadcast ,
over Station WHCC. Waynesville
and Station WWIT, Canton.
The East Waynesville Baptist
Church will have a Sunrise service
at 6 o'clock in the church conduct
ed by the pastor, the Rev. Hobert
Shope, Jr.
Members of the Red Bank Bap
tist Church will attend Easter Sun
rise Services at the Red Bank
Cemetery near the church. Mr.
Walter Bryson. a layman, will have
charge of tfie service.
The annual Sunrise Service at
(See Easter?Page 6)
Thickety Names Directors
For Rural Fire Department
A 12-member board of direc
tors was elected at a special
meeting Monday night to super
vise the organization of a volun
teer fire department in Thickety
community.
A nominating committee, head
ed by Earl Cabe, submitted names
of the folowing: J. B. Hipps,
Frank Cabe, S. B. McCrary, Lloyd
Parham, Sr., Harley Wright, James
Smith, Mrs. Robert Atkinson,
Hack Clark, Harold Moffltt, Lyda
Young, Jesse Ford, and Billy
ITaney.
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A report also was heard from
the ways and means committee
concerning methods of raising
funds to finance the purchase of
euipment for the fire department.
Jim Bailey of Asheville. a rep
resentative of the American-La
France Foamite Co., explained to
the Thickety group the necessary
steps for the organization and
maintenance of a rural fire de
partment, and related how these
departments are operating suc
I cesafully in a number of commun
I Ities throughout the state.
I
Rich Vein Of Ore Feund On Tom Lee's
6,000-Acre Tract In Balsam Section
I ? ' m
Smelter Is
Interested
In Discovery
Lee^wn ?f ?,e f:om ,he Tom
, Lee 6,000-acre trac, a, UaIsum
| showed it contained $46.65 of
I Tv Theer iTl " WaS ?>
day. The metals were gold, silver
copper and iron. over,
been * here1 /hi" a Heolo?ist has
check of th "lak< a ,horou?h
l'7* of ,he area where the
samples were taken The bad
Reettinr?hatdhPrnenU d from
been m rt r^ and plans ''ad
n made for a check-up later.
The rich vein where the samples
wene taken is )4 feet wide and
wart. feet high' a"d lu,,s doun"
vei JtUStfar " E(M S k what is
yet to be determined," Lee sairl
"and'that'* Vlf rpas?" we have the
cr check! rMSOn Ue hav<' lhe
The nearest smelter that can
handle the ore is El Paso, Texas
$46 65?'nted. ?Ut T,,,, ?,e will net
$46.65 per top at the smelter it
W?1 be $2,d9a l' W"iIe th" ,rei*ht
i mi^? Sa'd ,hat estimates were the
mining eould be done for $? per
LTTf
until ? SUth 'hinKs in stride
until we can check further with
e geologist, it could be a small
Zl and - lhe Other hand ^
could be one that gets richer as if
sur*into thc ,arth'"he
iu JZ t,he PreSCnt w? will hiv*:lo
just wait and get the answer ft%in
the geologist when he gets here
szr- *? -?"? ~
Lee has extensive mice and fel
unde * opera,i,,ns already
their,I*7 T the trart" Both of
vvu under a ,pasr operation
When asked if a survey had been
made for uranium on'the tract
Lee satd that it has just been start
made The *r.aS ?n th<> ,ract have
made the Gieger counter whirl
Lee said, but there are other ores'
besides uranium that will do that.
he explained. "There again we are
ent*? nbUt h8Ve but ,ltt,e af Pres
ent to base these hopes until we
Haywood Hospital
To Gel $3,736
persons during 1955. ind|6ent
toTbel'SdiSstr?r,Oa,40? 843 ?f funds
tutions in th , fm?n? 87 insti
tutions m the state for the past
year. The provision was made in
he will of the late James B.
Ihike. Durham tobacco magnate
C. T. McCuiston, Telephone
Head Here. Given Promotion
C. T. McCuiston, group manager
of Southern Bell here since Jan
uary, 1953, has been named divis
ion directory sales manager for
North Carolina, with headuarters
in Charlotte. He will assume
charge of the new post Monday
morning.
The announcement of the pro
motion of McCuiston came from
J. Lovell Smith, Asheville district
manager.
McCuiston joined Southern Bell
as directory advertising salesman
in 1940. He held various assign
ments In Asheville before being
appointed office manager there. |
Smith said a successor to Mc
Cuiston would be announced at an
early date.
McCuiston said he plans to
move to Charlotte after the end
of the current school year. He has
been active in the Lions Club, the
Presbyterian church, and is chair
man of the Chamber of Commerce
civic an/l professional division.
C. T. WrCITISTON ^
FIVE TEEN-AGED CANTON BOYS were riding
in this 1953 Ford on the four-Ian? highway rast
of Clyde Monday night when the driver lost con
trol, causing the car to skid 300 feet, cross the
center strip, and overturn three times. Fortun
ately, the Ave boys?all students at Canton High
School?escaped with only minor injuries.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Car Leaves Road
East Oi Clyde
Five teen-aged boys ? all stu
dents at Canton High School ?
escaped injury early Mon
day night when the car in which
phh j1 ma I* iid*H ?overturned three
times on the tour-lane highway a
half mile east of Clyde.
Ironically, the accident occurred
at 7:53 p.m. Monday ? while oth
er Cantoq High students were at
the courthouse helping to lay
plans for a county-wide traffic
safety program.
Stat* Patrolman W. R. Wooten
identified the five boys as Richard
Earl Holland. 16, tl>driver of a
195:1 Ford owned b>' Robert L. Hol
land; ltolantj.. Osborne, 16; Lane
IttcCracken, 17: Steve Sellars, 16;
and David Cochran. 15.
Patrolman Wooten reported that
Holland lost control of his car,
which then skidded 300 feet,
swerved across the 10-foot grass
center strip, overturned three
times, and came to rest in a
ditch on the north side of the
highway.
The patrolman said that Holland
admitted going 65 miles an hour,
but contended that the wreck was
caused by his driving up behind
another car with "weak" tail
lights.
Holland was charged with speed
ing and reckless driving. Damage
to his car, which was demolished,
was estimated at $1,000.
Sunday Will Be
Both Easter And
April Fool's Day
Practical jokers this year may
find themselves somewhat
stymied in their efforts to fool
people because April Fool's Day
and Easter both fall on the same
day ? April 1.
U'k.Ul*. k.'ll i* ?HI M-.?
day to poll his pranks, or try to
combine both days remains to
be seen.
But. to be on the safe side, if
you see anything lying on the
sidewalk while you're joining in
the Easter Parade, better leave
it alone.
Clyde Central Methodist
Church Installs Chimes
unurcn oervices
Now Set At 8 p.m.
Effective Sunday, evening
church service* will begin at X
p.m. Inatead of at 7:3#. This ap
plies to almost all churches.
The change is made every year j
on April first. The hours of wor
ship for morning services remain
the same.
Officers Get
99 Gallons Of
Moonshine
Two cars containing moonshine
whiskey were stopped at Cove
Creek Gap at 6 a.m. Wednesday by
i Highway Patrolman Harold Day
ton. who was accompanied by Chief
of Police Orville Noland.
I Two men and a woman in one
ear were placed under arrest, but
the driver of the other ear ran
from the officers and escaped into
a woods.
Patrolman Dayton Mid the first
car halted was a 1940 Ford, which
was found to contain 90 gallons of
moonshine. Howaver. the driver
jumped from his vehicle and was
able to elude the officers in the
rugged wooden terrain.
.Some 20 minutes later, the offi
cers halted a 1947 (jfeevrnlet coupe,
which yielded nine gallons of illi
cit liquor. The three occupants of
I ho nor ufnfo orrnctn/l nr.J 1 ../I nnr}
tf>? vui nviv HI I vcivu anu IWUJIU
in the Haywood County jail on
charges of transpofflng and posses
sion non-tax-paid liquor for sale.
They were identified as Piiilip
Taylor. Free^wn Canon Lambert,
and Miss Olive McCoy Welch, all
residents of the Cherokee Indian
reservation. Bond on all three was
fixed at $500 each.
Both car* were returned to
Waynesvilie and will be offered for
sale by the state at a later date.
Ltrnuat mcuiouisi Liiuun ui
Clyde ha* Just completed the in
MUtufhUnfiT^T* 2troa?-9Tt TWrronH
Tower Chime System. This system
is engineered for multiple use and
covers a listening radius of 1V4 to
2 miles.
The cost of the entire system was
about $2.U0?) and was pledged hy
the congregation and interested
friends within 10 days. The system |
is electrically controlled to play!
special Tower recording . records i
and will play almost, a week for 10!
minutes each day without person
al attention.
The organ and Vibraehimes in
the sanctuary have been wired to
the system and can be played from
the outside speakers. The entire
worship service'can be carried to
(he nursery from a microphone
at the pulpit. The recordings can
be played inside the sanctuary and
the nursery and not carried over
the tower. Two hearing aids have
also been installed With the equip
ment for the use of those who need
assistance in hearing the worship
services.
Six albums of hymns have been
purchased as well as a special air
raid signal which can be used to
arouse the community in case of
an emergency. Easter music is be
ing played this week and other
hymns and special music will be
added to the music library as addi
tional funds are available.
At the present time, hymns are
played for 15 minutes each evening
at 6 and on Sunday mornings at
8 30, 9 30 and 10.45. If there is
sufficient interest, It will also be
played each day at noon for five
minutes.
?1 1! V i! !?
ronce investigating
Theft Of Nine Tires
Waynesville police are continu
ing their investigation oI the theft
of nine new tires from the Hay
wood Tire Co. at the corner of
Marshall and North Main streets
Saturday night.
Chief of Police Orville Noland
said that the thieves gained en
trance into the business place by
knocking out a window and break
ing a lock from the inside.
Lions Of District Will
Hear Stickley Tonight
Representatives from almost all
of the 46 Lions Clubs of District
31-A are expected to hear their
next international president, John
L. Stlckley, as he speaks tonight
The district meeting will be held
at the High School cafeteria at
7 p.m.
The occasion will be to honor
Lawrence Leatherwood, district
governor, who has served since
last July.
Stlckley, a textile executive of
Charlotte, is schotfilled to be
i
elevated to international president
of Lions at the annual convention
in Miami late in June. He Is now
first vice president of the organi
zation.
Ernest Edwards, president of
the Waynesville club, will preside,
with music for the evening being
led by Charles Isley. Rev. John I.
Kiaer will give the invocation, and
Glenn W. Brown the address of
welcome, '
C. E. Weatherby, a charter
(See Lions?Psge 8)
Highway
Record For
1956
In Haywood
(TO DATS)
Killed.;;::: 1
(IMS ? t)
Injured ? ? ? I 26
(IMS ? 11)
Accidents. 1.56
(IMS ? IS)
Loss . ? ? $19,579
(IMS ? $13,684)
from nuKh ef State Brt
tray Mwl)
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