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71st YEAR NO. 36 18 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 3, 1956 $3.60 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
A SAFETY AWARD for completion of 112,000 man hours with
out a lost-time accident was presented to employes of the Hay
wood Electric Membership Corp. Wednesday morning by Jim Mo
Gee of Knoxville, representing the Employers Mutnals Insurance
Co. of Wausau, Wis. The plaque was received by R. C. Sheffield,
manager of the REA cooperative. The man-hours were accumulated
between July, 1953 and April, 1956, by the co-op's 13 employes in
the WaynesviUe area and six in the Highlands area.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Dayton Rubber Company Employees Set Safety
Record Of Over Million Hours, National Award Seen
On the eve of the Auto Safety
Inspection Program, the employees
at The Dayton Rubber Company
have reached a total of 1,000,000
man hours worked without a lost
time accident.
By establishing such a safe work
ing record, The Dayton Rubber
Company is eligible to receive tl\e
coveted Award of Merit from the
National Safety Council.
This 1,000,000 man hour mark
has only been reached once before
la the history of The Dayton Rub
ber Company in Wayneavllle.
In 1953, the people worked 1,
108,720 man hours without a lost
time injury gnd are now only a
very few days away from breaking
this old record.
"Seldom in industry does a group
of people establish such a record,
ar.d we are very proud of our em
ployees in attaining this accom
plishment. Only through diligent
and safe working habifk can a
group of employees reach this
mark and all employees at The
Dayton Rubber Company are to be
complimented on this achieve
ment. We are looking forward to
exceeding our previous record and
with everyone's diligent efforts it
can be accomplished," Mr. J. H.
Hildenbiddle, Jr., General Manager
of the Waynesville plant, stated.
Precinct Registrars
To Have Books
At Polls Saturday
?
County residents are reminded
by John Carver, chairman of the
Haywood County Board of Elec
tions, that registrars will be on
duty at their respective precincts
on Saturday from 9 a.m. until sun
set.
Registration books opened last
Saturday and will close May 12.
Persons unable to register .on Sat
urday are permitted to contact
tlieir registrars at their homes
during the week.
Reed Opens
Subdivision
Near Bethel
Lyman Reed announced this
morning that he has opened Pis
gah View, a new subdivision near
Bethel, just off Highway 276. The
14-lot sub-division is six miles
from Waynesville.'
Reed said he has named Kilpat
rick-Felmet Co. here as exclusive
sales agents for the property. The
lots average from three-fourths to
one acre each, and all have a water
line and face a gravel street.
The level lots. Reed said, consti
tute an exclusive residential sec
tion. and have an unobstructed
view of the mountains and the wide
Pigeon Valley.
The sub-division is now open for
inspection, and the selling agents
said they would accompany inter
ested parties to the site at any
time.
Teachers To Be
Named Next Week
Plans were being completed to
day in the board of education for
district school committees to meet
next week for electing teachers for
the coming year.
The board will also receive bids
on May 8th for the administration
building which is to be built on
the lot just back of the court
house.
DR. STRINGFIELD t
CONFINED AT HOME
Dr. J. K. Stringfield, who deyel
oped pneumonia about three weeks
ago, will be confined to his home
for an indefinite period.
New Four-Color Book
For C. of C. Printed
The largest and most elaborate
folder ever produced for the
Chamber of Commerce came off
The Mountaineer's presses today
for ultimate delivery to 10,000
prospective visitor*. The book
let contains I| double pages,
which fold into 24 pages of read
ing matter. The cover is printed
in four colors?the first time
that more than two have been
used.
Ned Tucker, executive vice
president of the Chamber, said
that 3.000 copies are earmarked
"to go immediately to the Chi
cago Travel Bureau for distri
bution throughout the Ohio
Valley Others will go to Jack
sonville, Fla., and to a number
of other strategic points from
which our visitors come."
The cover is so designed that
no matter which way the folder
may be tucked into a rack, the
reader aoes In Maek on snnny
yellow, a big "Welcome to Way
nesville. North Carolina." The
paper had to go through the
press four different times to pro
duce the soft autumnal scene of
the Balsams seen across the golf
course. (Those who see it may
be surprised to learn that the
top layer of Ink is black!)
Inside pages are printed in
black on white, with a sky-blue
trim. The first double sheet
features WaynesvUle "in the
(See Four Color Book?Page 6)
Workman Atop Phone Pole
Jarred As Truck Strikes
As Cpl. Pritchard H. Smith of
the Highway Patrol remarked this
morning: "It's getting so that it's
not even safe to climb a pole in
Haywood County these days."
The corporal was referring to a
traffic accident when a dump i
truck shattered a telephone pole <
Monday afternoon on the Ashe- j
ville highway while a Southern .
Bell lineman was working atop the <
pole. ]
The lineman was identified as J. 1
A. Holden of the Canton telephone
office.
The accident occurred at 4:30 :
p.m. Monday at the intersection of
the Asheville Highway and Rat
el iff e Cove road near the Waynes
ville Drive-In Theatre ? a spot
which has seen a number of wrecks
(See Telephone Pole?Pace 6)
ANN COMAN CRAWFORD has
been elected president of the
risinr settlor daw at Woman's
College of the L'nlrerslty of
North Carolina, Greensboro. A I
1153 trad ante of Waynesrllle
HI* h School, MJas Crawford Is
an English major at WC. She la
the daughter of Mrs. Charles
| Kirk Patrick of Ererett. Wash.,
and the late Walter Crawford.
Haywood Women
Injured In Wreck
Two Haywood County women
were hospitalized as the result of
in automobile accident Sunday
near MiHen, Ga. Mrs. Earl Price,
Jr., of Clyde and Mrs. James Har
lin of Canton were admitted to the
Mulkcy Hospital in Millcn, where
Mrs. Price's condition is reported
'fair" and Mrs. Hardin's, "good."
Mr. and Mrs. Price and Mr. and
Mrs. Hardin were returning from
a Florida vacation when it is said
that a car "loaded with teen-agers"
attempted to pass on a hill the
car driven by Price. The passing
car skidded an estimated 200 feet,
and despite Price's quick stop,
his car was hit. A 1956 Buick, the
car is reported a complete loss.
Mrs. Price suffered a fractured
right' knee and a fractured chin.
Mrs. Hardin received a fractured
ankle.
Both Mr. Price and Mr. Hardin
were dismissed from the hospital
dispensary after treatment for
bruises and lacerations.
Parkway Ranger
To Be Transferred
To Washington
Arthur *A. Henderson, ranger on
the Soco-Mlle High and Wagon
Road-Beech Gap sections of the
Blue Ridge Parkway for the past
eight months, has been promoted
to naturalist and will be transferred
to the National Capital Parks in
Washington, D. C.
The announcement was made this
week by Robert Howe of Ashe
ville, district ranger for the Park
way.
While in this area. Mr. and Mrs
Henderson have resided on Nation
al Park Service property at Socc
Gap.
Bill Orr, who was ranger here
(See Ranger?Page t)
Civil Court Will
Convene Mondav
Thirty-four cases are (listed on
the docket slated for hearing in
the May term of Superior Court,
which opens here Monday with
Judge J. Will Pless of Marion pre
siding. "
On the motion docket for Mon
day are four cases: Herschel Owen
vs. K. E. Browning; Ray Owens
B.N.F., Minnie Owens vs. K. E.
Browning; R. N. Barber, et al., vs.
N. C. State Highway and Public
Works Commission; Mary Ruth
Jenkins, administratrix of D. C.
Jenkins, deceased, vs. N. C. Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles.
On the trial calendar for Mon
day are three cases; Lyle W. Cof
fey T/A Coffe Motors vs. Ben
Messer and Lela Messer; Ruth Un
derwood Kelly vs. A. T. Ward, ad
ministrator of the estate of David
Underwood. Jr., deceased; J. E.
Rush vs. Frank M. Hampton and
Tate Daniels.
The trial calendar for Tuesday
includes these four cases: James
Mann, T/A Waynesvflle Art Gal
lery and Mrs. L. M- White vs. Rail
way Express Agency; G. W. Clark
vs. Robert McCracken and Billy
Newton MkCracken; Olson Led
ford vs. Arthur Clay Grant* Jr.;
C. B. Anderson T/A Aiken Build
ers Supply Co. vs. Robert Wallace
(See Civil Court?Page 2)
The
Weather
II .
Occasional scattered showers and
thunderstorms today and tomorrow
with above-normal temperatures.
Official Waynesville temperature
as reported by the State Test Farm.
Date Max. Mln. Free.
April 30 79 49 ?
May 1 . 72 53 .16
May 2 73 63 .50
New Balsam-Sylva Highway Survey
Shortens Distance About Two Miles
Auto Inspection Campaign Opens On
Saturday With County-Wide Parade
With a parade Saturday the
length of the county, two bands, a
bevy of beauty queens and an ever
increasing number of prizes being
donated by interested merchants.
Haywood County interest focuses
on Vehicle Safety-Check Week,
May 7-12 even before the official
kickoff meeting of the program
May 4.
Sponsored by the county's Traf
fic Safety Council, the meeting is
set for 7:30 p.m. Friday at the
Courthouse. The public is invit
ed. and delegates are expected
from civic, fraternal, religious,
social and professional organiza
tions throughout the county.
At the meeting, the Highway
Safety Advisory Council, headed
by C. C. Poindexter. will feport
on the program being developed
and details of the work going on
in the schools and in driver-train
ing.
At the same time, the meeting is
slated to bring before the public
the voluntary auto inspection pro
gram May 7-12 sponsored by Hay
wood's four towns.
For this car check, inspection
lanes will be set up at Canton and
at Waynesville, to be open from
7 a m. to 6 p.m. Monday through
Saturday. The Waynesville lane
will be on the Asheville road be
tween the hospital and Ketner's
and the Canton lane immediately
this side of the Canton town limits
on the 4-lane highway.
In addition a lane will be open
on Tuesday and Thursday during
the same hours on the Balsam
road near Five Points. Mechanics,
law enforcement officers and driv
er-trainees and other high school
.students will cooperate in getting
| the cars through the lanes in the
fewest possible minutes.
Saturday's parade is scheduled
to start at 10 a.m. from Bethel,
proceeding through Canton, Clyde.
(See Auto Safety?Page (I
Injured Man Has
Second Mishap On
Way To Hospital
A tangle Tuesday between a car
bearing an already Injured man
and a drove of cattle resulted in
no known additiopal injuries to the
man, slight damage to the -car and
no harm at all to the cow that
started it all.
Buster Edwards of Asheville,
injured at his job at the Vanwart
Lumber Company sawmill on Big
East Fork, was being taken to the
hospital by Bill Edwards (no rela
tion). The car met a drove of
cattle on the highway, striking one.
and was sufficiently damaged that
another car was necessary to com
plete the trip to Canton.
An ambulance took the injured
man to Memorial Misison Hospital
in Asheville. ?
Haywood Democrats Will
Hold Precinct Meetings
On Saturday At 2 P. M.
FRANK D. FERGUSON. JR.,
chairman of the Haywood Demo
cratic Executive Committee an
nounced today he could not ac
joept the iwilhalor another two
year term because of pressure
of his law practioe.
Haywood Democrats will hold
precinct meetings at each of the
29 polling places in the county,
Saturday at 2 p.m.. County Execu
tive Chairman Frank D. Ferguson,
Jr.. announced.
The present chairman of each
precinct will call the meetings to
order, and preside for the business
session, at which time a 5-mem
ber committee will be named. The
committee in turn will name a pre
cinct chairman, which will become
a member of the county Democrat
ic executive committee.
The County Convention is set for
fiy 12, at the court house, also at
p.m. The executive committee
will meet after the formal pro
gram, which Ferguson said will
likely feature a keynote speaker.
The executive committee will
name a chairman, vice chairman
and a secretary. If the chairman is
a man. a vice chairman will be a
woman. The secretary can be
either.
Mrs. Mary Robinson is present
vice chairman, and Mrs. Fred
Campbell is secretary.
Chairman Ferguson said the pro
gram for the 12th will be an
nounced later.
He pointed, out the extreme im
(See Democrats?Page 6)
Local Jaycees
Will Install New
Officers Monday
Charles "Buddy" Harris will be
installed as the new president of
the Waynesville Jaycees Monday
evening, at a dinner meeting at the
Lodge. He will succeed Elmer
Hendrix as president of the 22
member organization.
J. P. Brady, district vice presi
dent, and newspaperman of Frank
lin, will be the speaker of the even
ing.
F. Ferguson
Cannot Take
Demo Office
Frank D. Ferguson, Jr., announc
ed this morning that he could not
serve as chairman of the Haywood
Democratic Executive Committee
for the coming two years.
Ferguson's statement came after
a number of Democrats had ap
proached him, pledging continued
support, when the Democrats meet
in the county convention, Saturday,
May 12. Ferguson was elected two
(See Ferguson?Page 6)
Uontract tor
First Link
To. Be Let
A $1,250,000 relocation of U. S.
Highway 23-19A between Sylva and
Balsam Gap is expected to get
under way this summer. The lOVi
mlle stretch will be approximately
2 miles shorter than the present
highway.
Unless protests are filed by May
5, the plan now posted in the
Courthouse at Waynesville and
Sylva and drawn up by R. Getty
Browning, State Locating Engin
eer; W. H. Rogers, Jr., Stale High
way Engineer; and A. H. Graham,
State Highway Chairman, will go
into effect. According to the office
of C. W. Lee, 14th Division High
way Engineer in charge of this
area, the contract for the section
from Dillardtown, at the town lim
its of Sylva, to Willits will probab
ly be awarded in the July letting.
The remainder of the program is
slated to come up in the next ap
propriation.
The 150-foot right of way
statrs some 8 miles from Waynes
ville, about 2500 feet on the Hay
wood side of the Jackson county
line. A long sweeping curve takes
it past the entrance to the road
leading to the Balsam depot. The
road then leaves the present route
to cross Scotts Creek on the north
side and follows the creek to the^
foot of the mountain at the Ray
Brooks place.
There it picks up the general
alignment of the old highway, elim
inating numerous sharp curves un
til it reaches Willits, where it
crosses the railroad- Scotts Creek
and the old Dark Ridge Road near
Scotts Creek school.
The new highway parallels the
old road a* far as the W. O. Rob
inson property a short distance
beyond Willits, then swings out
until at Addie it lies between 1
and 1V4 miles south of the present
road.
It follows la general an old sec
ondary road toward Beta, coming
there within about 1000 feet of the
railroad and the present highway;
then swings southward, connecting
with the present highway at the
town limits of Sylva.
Haywood Highlanders
To Meet Monday Night
The Haywood County Highland
ers will hold their May meeting at
7:30 p.m. Monday at the court
house.
President L. E. DeVous will pre
side.
$49,931 In Contracts For
Cruso School Awarded
Contract* totaling $49,931 were
awarded by the Haywood Board of
Education last night to four bid
ders for additions and renovations
of the Cruso school.
The board did not accept any
alternates, according to Lawrence
Lcatherwood, county superinten
dent.
Jerry Liner was low bidder (or
the 'general contract, with a bid of
>36.690. The electrical contract
went to Martin Electric Company
for $4,823; while E. J. Hyatt was
awarded the heating contract for
$8,000. and the plumbing contract
for $3,418 went to the Farmers
Hardware and Supply Company,
all of Waynesvillc.
A new kitchen is being added
to the school, which has an en
rollment of 201 students and six
teachers. The present auditorium
will be converted into a cafetorum.
while a new boiler room, and heat
ing plant will be installed. The
rest rooms will be modernized and
enlarged.
The contractors told the board
that from 90 to 120 days will be
necessary to complete the job.
Henry Foy is the architect for
the project.
t - ?
DOGWOOD TREES like this one hare touched off
the parade of sprlnctime beauty In Western
North Carolina mountains?to be followed later
by the equally maenllleent mountain laurel, flam#
antra, and rhododendron. This particular tree is
situated on North Main St. in WayneorMe, near
the residence of Mrs. Tred Calhoun. Sr.
(Mountaineer Photo).
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Highway
Record For
1956
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed 1
(IMS ? ?>
Injured .... 31
(IMS _ IS)
Accidents... 76
IMS ? 47)
Loss... $25,379
(IMS ? S17JS4)
from row* ?C Stat* Hicfc