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71st YEAR NO. 42 22 PAGES Associated Press WAYNE8VILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 24, 1956 $8.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties'
Plans Completed For Sale Of
Stock In Recreation Center
Volunteers
Sought To
Sell Stock
A six-man committee has com
pleted plans for a "snappy, abort
and successful" drive beginning
June 11 to sell $30,000 in stock for
the proposed recreation center for
the Waynesville-Hazelwood area.
First of the commission's aims is
construction of a swimming pool.
Jonathan Woody is chairman of
the campaign committee. He an
nounced that John Hildenbiddle
will be in charge of all plants in
the area; Harry Whisenhunt, of
civic clubs, garden clubs, frater
nities and patriotic groups; Rich
ard Barber, of rural area; and El
mer Hendrix and Charlie Wood
ard of business houses.
A plea is being made for 240
volunteer workers to sell stock in
the new center. It is planned to (
divide the area into 80 sections; '
and it is estimated that three <
hours' work from each team will
be sufficient to cover the territory, j
Shares will be offered to every
in the area at $10 each, with pay
ment due on or before August 4th. ^
Each share gives the holder one
vote in the corporation, and share
holders will elect a board of direc
tors composed of four men and
three women who will have com
plete jurisdiction over the devel
opment an doperation of the cen
ter.
An office is to be opened about
June 7 at the former "Elen's" next
door to the Park Theater.
Chairman Woody stressed that
the campaign would be literally
"door-to-door" with 100 per cent
saturation of the section.
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David Swanger
Selected To Be
USAP Instructor
A/2C David L. Swanger, ton of
Mr. and1 Mrs. Frank Swanger of .
Hazclwood, has been designated to |
remain at Keesler Air Force Base, j
Biloxl, Miss., to instruct in elec
tronics after finishing the final
phase of his Air Force electronics ,
training, in which he ranked sec
ond in his class.
After a special 40-day course j
for instructors, Airman Swanger
wil], begin his new assignment at ,
the Mississippi base. Whi?e assign- j
ed there, Airman Swanger will live
on the base with his wfe, the form
on the base with his wife, the form- J
A former student at WTHS,
Swanger completed one year of
training in electronics in school be- ;
foro entering the Air Force.
Poppy Day Sale
Slated Saturday i
The annual Poppy Day sale will' J
be conducted here Saturday by |
the Auxiliary of Post 40 of the
American Legion. (
Mrs. Robert Hall is chairman (
for the sale. i
Proceeds are used for the re- |
habituation of American war vet- <
erans.
240 Volunteer Workers Needed
There is a need for 240 workers to sell stock in the Recrea
tion Center in units of ten dollars and up. Every business and
individual will be solicited in the Waynesville-Hazelwood area dur
ing the week beginning June 11. A snappy, short drive is planned.
Show your civic pride by giving a little of your time.
If you want to help build this Recreation Center with swim- j
ming pool, sign up below:
Address: . . .
Telephone: ....
Tear out, mail, or hand the above to either
Charlie Woodard John Hildenbiddle
Elmer Hendrix Richard Barber
Harry Whisenhunt ? Jonathan Woody
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I Farm Agents
Traveling Route
0! Farm Tour
County Agent Virgil L. Hollo
Afly and Assistant Agent Bob Tip
jett left here Wednesday morning
to travel the route to be taken by
-be annual Haywood County out
rf-state farm tour through 12
dates and Canada, July 19-29.
The two county agents are
traveling the route to make neces
sary arrangements for restaurant
ind room accommodations.
The tour will pass through the
states of North Carolina, Virginia,
Pennsylvania, New York, Connec
ticut, Massachusetts, New Hamp
shire, Maine, the Dominion of
Canada, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky,
and Tennessee.
Power To Be Off
In Waynesville
Sunday Afternoon
Power will be off in parts of
Waynesville on Sunday from 2 p.
m. to 4 p.m.. Town Manager G. C.
Ferguson said today.
Power will be off on Wall Street
from Garrett Furniture store along
the east side of Main Street to
Pigeon Street, including the east
Pigeon and Welch street areas, for
the two-hour period.
West of Main, power will be off
along Haywood and Church streets
for a short period.
The Interruption to service, Fer
guson said, was necessitated by the
town's street widening program.
Legion To Hold
Memorial Day
Service Sunday
Waynesville and Canton units of
the American Legion will hold a
joint Memorial Day service Sun
lay at 3 p.m. in Green Hill Ceme
tery.
The Rev. J. Clayton Lime, pas
tor of Canton Presbyterian
Church, will be the principal
ipeaker, the Rev. John Ivan Kizer,
pastor of the Hazelwood Baptist
Church, will assist.
The public is invited.
3 Students
Place First
At Roadeos
Stephen Woody of Waynesville
won the roadeo last week at Way
nesville High, while Billy Leather
wood and Marvin Howell McDow
ell of Bethel Tied for first place
in the etent at Bethel High School.
The roadeo events were design
ed to test the driving skill of high
school students ? to foster their
interest in better and safer driv
ing on the highways.
The tests were conducted and
supervised by the county's four
members of the State Highway
Patrol ? Cpl. Pritchard H. Smith,
Patrolman Harold Dayton, V. E.
Bryson and W. R. Wooten; Sgt.
Arthur Paul Evans of tbe Waynes
villa Police Dept and Joe SherriU
of Bryson City of the N. C. High* '
way Safety Division.
At the WaynesvlHe roadeo, Bill
Prevost, Jr. was second, Tom
Wayne Bridges was third, George
Williamson was fourth, and Ron
Muse was fifth. All are students at
Waynesville High.
Other contestants berg were
Bichard Messer, Lucius Jones,
Jack Farmer, James Marshall
Todd, Robert P. Gallogray, and
Harold D. Clark.
At the Bethel roadeo, Tommy
Vance of Bethel was second, Dale
Caldwell and Charles Clark of
Waynesville tied for third, Howard
Metcalf of Bethel' was fourth, and
Lynn Harkins of Bethel and Rod
erick Newton Rogers of Waynes
ville tied for fifth.
Other contestants at-Bethel were
John Joe King, Bobby Crawford
Charles Green, Vincent Hall, Rob
ert William Clark, Russell Terrell,
Walter Joe Burke, Harold Press
ley, Harry Buchanan,- and Walter
Galloway.
Contestants were Judged both
on driving tests and their answers
to 50 written questions.
Election Returns To
Appear Monday In
The Mountaineer
The Mountaineer plans to
carry in its Monday issue a com
plete tabulation og the returns
of Saturday's election. Aa far as
possible the news staff will
rather this material aa it comes
in Saturday night and compile
it for publication Monday.
Although this count is unof
ficial. it has always In previous
years tallied very clooely with
the final official returns.
Election officials are cooper
ating 108 per cent with The
Mountaineer tn making thia tab
ulation possible.
Blood Bank Saves Man
His Money And His Life
i _
"Having *the Red CroM blood
bank in operation saved one man
his life?and perhaps $200 for food
measure," declared Dr. A. Heyward
Smith today In speaking of the ap
proaching visit to Haywood County
of the Bloodmobile,
The man had been critically In
jured in an automobile wreck near
1 Five Points, "so badly hurt," said
Dr. Smith, "that I wont describe
his injuries to you. He was rushed
to the hospital here, and in less
than 30 minutes Ave pints of whole
blood, plus additional plasma, bad
been poured into his veins."
The $200 to which he referred,
Or. Smith said, was a^ rough guess
of what the blood would have cost
tf obtained anywhere except
through the voluntary Red Cross
program. He pointed out that any
hospital, laboratory or doctdr must
necessarily charge a fee for the
highly technical work involved in
administering blood, but that the
Red Cross never receives a cent
for the blood supplied through its
recruitment program.
Dr. Smith is chairman of the
Lions Club committee which is
sponsoring the Bloodmobtle visit
here Tuesday. May 29, at the First
Methodist Church. The unit will be
in operation between noon'and 6
p.m.
Transportation will be available
to donors through the cooperation
of the Haywood Chapter Gray
Ladies, assisted by The County
Medical Auxiliary and the wives of
Lions Club members,
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The
Weather
WOWSRS
Showers and cooler today. Fri
day, partly cloudy and tnlld.
Official Waynesvtlle tempera
ture was reported by the State
Test Farm:
Date Max. Mia Fr.
May 21 _ 82 42
May 22 84 49
May 23 83 80
Boys Unhurt
As Truck
Overturns
Five teen-aged boy* from the
Fines Creek area escaped injury
at 11 o'clock last night when the
1949 Chevrolet pickup truck in
which they were riding ran off the
highway and overturned on the
Fines Creek road.
The five boys had been skating
on the Asheville Road in a outdoor
rink set up near the Health Cent
er and were returning to their
homes. Two of the boys were in
the cab of the truck, the other
three were riding in the bed of
the vehicle.
The driver, Bobby Gene Haney,
17, of Fines Creek, told Cpl.
Pritchard H. Smith of the State
Highway Patrol that he went to
sleep at the wheel.
Damage to the truck was esti
mated at $250.
No charges were made.
Fultz Elected
Director Oi WNC
Cost Accountants
Russell E. Fultz, manager of
plant accounting at the Dayton
Rubber Co., was elected to the
board of directors of the Western
North Carolina chapter of the Na
tional Association of Co it Ac
countants at a recent meeting in
Greenville, S. C.
Mr. Fults is well known in the
held of industrial accounting and
recently received a second-place
national rating for his article on
"Distribution of Factory Over
heads".
He is presently chairman of the
Chamber of Commerce Industrial
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V/UUI1CU licit.
Growers Discuss
Plans To Advertise
Haywood Apples |
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Ib? Hayw*?pd County Apple
GiWers Association Wil M>i W1
organization's new conetitupM and |
by-laws and diacweqi advertising
plans at a dinner mooting Tues
day night at the Eg?t Waynesvllle
School cafeteria.
When the new apple crOp comes
in this August, the Orchardmen
plan to publish and issue maps of
county orchards to truckers, and
also to erect signs on entrances to
the county,, calling attghtion to
Haywood's prominence in the pro
duction of apples.
Herb Singletary. association
president, was in chargb of the
meeting Tuesday night.
Benefit Supper
For Little League
To Be Held Friday
The annual box supper for the
benefit of the Little League and
the Hazelwood Playground will be
held at the Hazelwood school cafe
teria on Friday at 6:30 pzn.
Dr. R. Stuart Roberaon, presi
dent, said that a special phase of
the program will be the presence
of a number of candidates for
political oi.ice.
This event each spring has
drawn unusually large crowds,
and it is expected that Friday's
supper will be no exception.
Through the efforts of Congress
man Geore A. Shuford, it was ap
parent this morning that equip
ment for better lighting the Little
League baseball field would be
given priority at an early date.
Bethel Student Wins
Poster Contest Prize 1
Billy Peek, fourth-grade student
in Miss Bess Barnhardt's home
room at Bethel, recently won hon
orable mention in a poster contest
on "Be Kind to Animals Week",
sponsored by the American Hu
mane Education Society.
Light Vote Of 5,000 Predicted For
Haywood Democratic Primary 26th
Four Seek
Nomination
In Assembly
(See Sample Baltota, Pace 1, Sec. S)
Estimates today were that about
5,000 Haywood voters would vote
In the Democratic primary here Sat
urday. This prediction came from
a number of seasoned political ob
servers throughout the county.
Haywood voters will nominate a
candidate for representative and
one member of the school board,
with four seeking the former nom
ination and three the latter.
Candidates for the office of rep
resentative are Charles W. Ed
wards, Jr., a member of the
Waynesville Township High School
faculty; Charles B. McCrary, FJnes
Creek farmer; W. Homer (Turk)
Owen, Waynesville businessman
and R. E. Sentelle, Waynesville at
torney.
The three seeking office on the
school board from the 4th district
are Frank M. Davis. Marshall Kirk
patricl. and Rex Messer. all farm
ers of the Crabtree-Iron Duff area.
Two town races are in store, one
for the office of constable in
Waynesville Township and the oth
er for constable in Beaverdam.
Waynesville candidates are Clar
ence L. Edwards, Eugene Wright
and A. F. Arlington. Beaverdam
candidates are Ted L. Woodruff
and Hubert Thompson.
John Carver, chairman of the
Board of Elections, said that the
polls will open at 6:30 a.m. and
will close at i:30 p.m. ^nd that
counting will start immediately
thereafter.
In View of the short countv hat.
tot, and the not-too^Tengthy'state
-ballot, the counting U not expected
io take too long. Carver explained
?hat a new State law permits the
fcounty ballot to be counted by one
set of tabulators with an election
Judge overseeing white another
group of tabulators ciO count the
state ballots, also under 4be super
vision of an election Official. This
new procedure will considerably
expedite the task of. ctmidlng the
ballots.
Candidates on the statja ballot are
as follows:
For governor: Harry P. Stokely,
Tom Sawyer, C. E. Earle, dr., Lu
ther H. Hodges.
For lieutenant governor: > Luther
L. Battidhardt, J. V. Whitfield.
Kidd Brewer, Alonzo C. Edwards.
Gurney P. Hood.
For commissioner of agriculture:
Kermlt U. Gray, L. Y. Ballentlne
For commissioner of Insurance:
John N. Frederick. Charles F.
Gold.
For commissioner gf labor: Frank
Crane, H. D. Lambeth, Jr., James
R. Farlow.
For United States Senator: Sem
J. Ervln, Jr., Marshall C. Kurfees.
Chairman Carver announced the
following registrars and judges for
the election Saturday.
(First name is registrar, second
name is Democratic judge, third
name is Republican judge, and
fourth name is Democratic alter
nate.!
Aliens Creek?Mrs. Bill Hem
bree, Dewey Brendle, Grady Farm
er. Eugene McCracken.
Beaverdam No. 1?Harley Ram
sey, Bryon Ray, Delmar Reed.
Mrs. Hobart Hardin.
Beaverdam No. 2?Joe Mease,
John Chapman, Troy Ford, Mrs.
Mae Weat.
Beaverdam No. 3?Mrs. Logan
White, Ruffner Jones, W. L.
Goolsby, Harry Hughes.
Beaverdam No. 4?Mrs. Wade
(So* Election?Page 2)
NINETY AGRICULTURAL OFFICIALS from 2Q 01
state* toured the Jule Boyd farm Tuesday morn- p
ing to see how the Jonathan Creek farmer eon- b
slstently makes a rood profit on his beef cattle t<
operations despite the drop in price of animals
n the market. Mr. Boyd told the rial tore that he
roduces all hi* own feed (atWsinf corn and rye,
at no hay), and calls his herd when cattle fall
9 produce a calf each year.
9 (Mountaineer Photo).
I
Smoky Park Cele brates
Anniversary This Week
Some of the oldest mountains -
in the world are having a birthday t
this weak, but like io*p*ra*r day s
babies, their official age is con- q
aider ably less than their actual
??f S
Tuesday marked the 30th an
niversary of the establishment of h
th< Great Smoky Mountains as a tl
national park, but the rugged n
peaks themselves, it is believed by t
Geologists, were laid down in the r
dim mists of the creation of the a
world. 1 c
It was with the aim of preserv- p
lng this lofty wilderness which f
had been developing since pre-his- ?
toric times that the creation of a
national park was proposed. ,
What is said to be the first a
published suggestion of a Smokies \
park was made in the Waynesville v
paper in 1880, in an article by c
the Rev. C. D. Smith of Franklin, c
Five years later a Massachusetts v
physician suggested setting aside s
"a large reservation of the higher t
range as a park," and in 1893 the >
North Carolina General Assembly s
requested the Tar Heel Senators *|
and Representatives in Washing- t
ton "to use their influence for t
the establishment of a National
Park in Western North Carolina." t
By 1899 the ball was rolling?
at least temporarily?as the Appa- -
lachian National Park Association
was formed at a mass meeting in
Ashevillc and Immediately peti
tioned Congress for a National 1
Park in about the same location J
as the present park.
In 1901 North and South Caro
lina, Tennessee, Georgia. Alabama
and Virginia joined in legislation
enabling the Federal government
to acquire land and hold it tax
free for national park purposes;
but also in i901 it was discovered
that Congress had already gone
on record as opposed to the estab
lishment of any national park.
Not until J 923-24 was the proj
ect given another impetus, with the
formation of the Great Smoky
Mountains Conservation Associa
Ion in Knoxville and of Great
Imoky Mountains. Inc., In Nnrth
Carolina to work together for the
Di-mation of the long-sought Great
moky Mountains National Park
By 1926 the two organizations
ad raised over a million dollars
award purchase of land; a com
tission appointed by Secretary of
he Interior Hubert Work had
cported favorably on the project;
nd on May 22, 1926, President
loolidge signed an act, already
tatsed by both houses, providing
or the establishment of the Great
imoky Mountains National Park.
Since all the lands in the pro- .
>osed park were privately owned, |
nd largely covered with valuable
?Irgin timber, this act of Congress ,
vas only the first step toward (
levelopment of the area. Lumber |
ompanles were naturally un- ?
villing to give up their rich re- ,
erves; families who had lived in j
he secluded coves for countless ,
-ears hated to give up their home- {
leads?as one of them said, "Hit
pears to me like an ornery scheme ]
o give the mountains back to the |
>'ars." I
However, a two-million-dollar 1
>ond issue by the North Carolina i
(See Park?Page 2)
TVA Tour
Group Sees
Boyd Farm
Ninety agrtailtural officials from
20 states andVWo government agen
cies visited the Jule Boyd farm at
Jonathan Creek Tuesday morning
as a stop on a tour which began
at Ashevilie and is scheduled to
end Friday at Muscle Shoals, Ala
bama.
The tour of outstanding test
demonstraUon farms is sponsored
by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The 45-minute stop at the Boyd
Farm was made primarily to wit
ness the beef cattle operations
there, which are considered among
the best in North Carolina.
Oft their arrival at the Boyd
place, the visitors were given fact
sheets on the farm, citing the fol
lowing information:
The farm includes 183 acres, of
which 139 are pasture land, 22
teres crop land, 20 acres of wood
land, and 2 acres for other uses.
The herd of Aberdeen Angus beet"
cattle is now 89?plus the calf crop.
Fifteen acres of corn, followed by
rye, provide all winter rations for
the cattle. (No hay is used.)
Cattle receipts for 1955 on the
Boyd farm were $4,882 (siightly
tiigher than previous vears), and
total receipts were $7,309 (about
the same as in the past). Total enrh
expenses were $2,292 isame as in
(See Farm Tour?Page I)
35 Prizes To Be{^en
In Area Cleanup Drive
A total ot 35 prizes?in cash and
nerchandise?will be awarded here
n connection with the current
Clean Up,' Paint Up, Fix Up" drive
n the Waynesville area.
Two ot the contests are especial
y for young people ? an essay
ontest. and a vacant lot cleanup
ontest.
In the essay contest, prizes will
le awarded to first-place and sec
nd-place winners among students
n the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades
t Central Elementary, East
VaynesvlIIe, Hazelwood, St. John's,
nd Pigeon Street schools.
First-place winners at each of
the five schools will receive a $10
savings account at the First Na
tional Bank. Second-place winners
will receive a fountain pen from
the Book Store of Waynesville.
Judges for the contest will be
Mrs. David Hyatt. Mrs. R. H.
Stretcher, and Ned Tucker.
The vacant-lot contest will be for
organizations ? with the winning
group to receive enough ice cream
for a party from the Pet Dairy.
In the general property-improve
ment contest, one prize of $30 In
nursery stock will be awarded by
the Council of Garden Clubs and
another prize of $20 In nursery
stock will be given by the Chamber
of Commerce. I
In Hazelwood. the cleanup cam
paign is under the direction of the
Finer Carolina program organisa
tion and the Boostcrettes Club. At
" '
Lake Junaluska, the drive will be
supervised by the Tuscola Garden
Club.
In Wayneaville, the Council of
Garden Clubs are conducting the
cleanup campaign and have divid
ed the town into 13 zones, with
chairmen in each zone. The zones,
their approximate location, and
chairmen are:
Zone 1, Charlie's Place and vicin
ity, Mrs. Irving Leather-wood
(See Cleanup?Page 2)
Haywood Commencements Will
Start In Six Schools This Weekend
innurcn 01 mna urniuim
m Pace >, section two: Fines
Creek rradnatea on pace fhre, sec
tion two).
High school days will end with
in the next 10 days lot nearly 400
Haywood County students. First
to graduate will be students at
Fines Creek High School, whose
exercises will be held tomorrow
night. Last graduates of this year
will be those of St. John's, where
ceremonies will be held June 3.
Fines Creek Hick School
Earliest to hold commencement
exercises is Fines Creek Hlph
acnooi, wnoM graduation * in oe
re Id tomorrow night at I p.m.
3accalaureate services ware held
last Sunday.
Guest speaker at commencement
will be Dr. Taft Botner, director
>f student teaching at Western
Carolina College. Mary Virginia
Ftogers will deliver the valedictory
ind Catherine Ferguson the salu
atory address Opening the pro
tram will be a processional played
jy Gail Bradshaw. This will be
Followed by greetings from Prin
cipal Charles W. Ross aftd a gradu
ation song by the glee club. The
i . -
saiuistory, ur. Botner's address
and the valedictory follow. After
another number by the glee club
and announcements, Mr. Ross will
present diplomas and Carl Painter
will present school awards. The
Kiwanls Club will then make
awards and the Junior Chamber
of Commerce will award a scholar
ship. A recessional by Miss Brad
shaw ends the exercises. '
At baccalaureate services Sunday
the Rev. Doyle Miller gave the
sermon and the Rev. M. B. Lee
the Invocation, Scripture reading
and benediction Music was fur
nishcd by MIm Bradshaw and the
glee club.
Waynes ville Tisnkip High School
Baccalaureate services for Way
nesvllle High will be held Sunday
at 8 p.m.. with the Rev. Calvin
Thlelman, minister of the First
Presbyterian Church, Waynesville,
delivering the sermon. The invo
cation and benediction will be
given by the Rev. John Ivan Klzer,
pastor of the Hazelwood Baptist
Church. Music will include two
numbers by the chorus and congre
gational singing.
Highway
Record For
1956
In Haywood
(TO DATS) *
Killed 1
(19U ? 1)
Injured .... 36
am ? so
Accidents... 82
(IMS ? 71)
Loss... $28,619
am ? sssam)
?f State Hta*