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_____ N0 44 20 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESV1LLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 31, 1956 *3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
HOUSE ON THE MOVE Monday was this frame
structure, formerly situated behind Ray's De
partment Store, which was moved to make way
for the store's enlarged parking lot. The house
was purchased by Dillard Howell and moved to
Fifth St. in the Sulphur Springs Road section.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Edwards Calls For Second Primary
In Race For Waynesville Constable
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A second primary in the race tor
constable of Waynesville Township
has been called by Clarence
"Foxle" Edwards, the runner-up in
the election last Saturday, accord
ing to John Carver, chairman of
the county board of elections.
Incumbent A. F. Arlington led
the field in the constable's race
with 797 votes, while Edwards
polled 752.
Mr. Cerver said that the second
primary will be held June 23 and
will involve the precincts of Cent
er, East, West, and South Waynes
ville, Aliens Creek, Saunook, and
Lake Junaluska.
Mr. Carver cMli?tLff- that the
holding of the second primary will
cost approximately $400.
He added that the deadline for
requesting second primaries is
Monday.
Mr. Carver disclosed that the of
ficial count of the primary returns,
completed Tuesday, showed a total
vote of 4.690 in Haywood County.
Eight absentee ballots were re
ceived from servicemen or their
(See Election?Page 8)
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Dr. Fender
Resigns As
U.F. President
Dr. James Fender resigned last
night as President of the Waynes
ville United Fund, at a meeting
of the Board of Directors at the
Court House.
Pressure of other duties was
given by Dr. Fender as the rea
son. He was elected last year for
the first United Fund Drive here,
apd re-elected in January.
A nominating committee will re
port at another Board meeting to
be held at 8:15 on Thursday, June
seventh.
Funds raised by United Fund
last year for polio will be allo
cated to the Orthopedic Hospital
in Asheville, by vote last night of
the Board of Directors. The first
installment of $5,500.70, refused
some time ago by the Infantile
Paralysis Foundation, will be given
tb the Asheville Orthopedic Hos
pital for use in treatment of Hay
wood County polio patients. If
there are funds remaining at the
end of the year, they will go to
the Orthopedic Hospital for use as
needed.
Lake Program Opens June 3
For 44th Annual Season
The upcoming 44th annual season
promises to be a banner year at j
the Southeastern Jurisdictional
Methodist Assembly Grounds, at I
Lake Junaluska according to the
Rev. James W.' Fowler, Jr., As- j
sembly Superintendent.
Total summer attendance is
estimated at over 40,000. ]
Based dh the present number j
of advance Fowl- I'
er predicts an attendance of over
16,000 delegates at the special
conferenees which open June 3
with the Ecumenical Institute Na
tional Council of Churches and
culminate in the Ninth World
Methodist Conference August 27 -
September 12.
Drawing the largest attendance
?possibly 5,000?is expected to be
Haywood County Day on Sunday,
June 10. The World Conference is
estimated at 2000-3000; the Fifth
Southeastern jurisdictional Con
ference opening July 11, 2000; the
Candler Camp Meeting August 19,
3000-4000 and the Missionary Con
ference and other activities of the
week of July 19, over 1000. Dr.
Billy Graham and Dr. William E.
(See Lake Junaluska?Page 8)
Jonathan Creek
Residents Report
U Tires Stolen
A rash of tire thefts in the
Jonathan Creek community is now
being investigated by Sheriff Fred
Campbell and his deputies.
Sheriff Campbell said that six
people in the area have reported
the theft of 11 tires and other
equipment during the past two
weeks. He explained that the tires
have been taken from cars, trucks,
and tractors by thieves who jack
ed up the vehicles and took both
tires and wheels. t
The sheriff related the experi
ence of a Waynesville boy who
went fishing in Jonathan Creek,
had a flat tire, and left his car
parked overnight. The next day
when he went back to get it, two
tires had been removed.
Also reported was the theft of a
new power saw and toojls from the .
porch of a residence.
St. John's Will
Graduate 12
Seniors Sunday
Twelve seniors will be graduated
Irani St. John's High School on
Sunday, June % at 8 p.m.
Regina Nakutis will give the rete
dlctory address and David Jeter the
salutatory, having the highest and
second highest scholastic average,
respectively. The other graduates
are: Teresa Fernandez, John Holtz
claw, Margaret Kinsland. June Mc
Clure, Barbara Miller, Myrna Mil
ler, Nancy Morrow, Patricia Reeves.
Nancy Underwood and Freddie
Wright.
Speaker for the evening will be
the Rev. Philip Thoni of Knoxville
Catholic High School. The Rev.
Lawrence Newman, pastor and sup
erintendent of St. John's, will con
fer the diplomas and awards.
The high school chorus will sing j
"Without a Song" by Vincent You
mans and "Farewell to Thee" by '
Queen Liliuokalani
Farming Products Valued
At More Than $3,000,000
The value of products sold in
1954 by operators of 2,818 farms in
Haywood County was $3,433,688.
according to a preliminary report
of the 1954 Census of Agriculture
published by the Bureau of the
Census, U. S. Department of Com
merce.
The value of all crops sold was
$1,980,130 and Included $1,444,935
for Held crops, $33,401 for vege
tables. $488,594 for fruits and nuts,
and $15,200 for horticultural speci
alties.
The value of all livestock and
livestock products sold was $1,392.
689 and included $459,632 for dairy
products, $364,033 for poultry and
poultry products, and $569,024 for
livestock and livestock products.
The value of forest products sold
from the county's farms was $60,
869.
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The
Weather
V/AIPM
Partly cloudy an<} warm with
scattered afternoon and early
night showers today and Friday.
Official Waypesville tempera
ture as reported by the State
Test Farm:
Date Max. Min. Pr.
May 28 . 78 92 .20
May 29 79 58 .06
May 30 ? 82 95
Rotary Club Establishes
ounty Student Loan Fund
Haywood County college stu
lents will have an opportunity to
jorrow money from the Waynes
dlle Rotary Club to complete
heir education, it was announced
oday. Establishment of a student
oan fund by the club will enable
'worthy students of Haywood
bounty" . . . to borrow the differ
:nce between their actual expenses
ind the amount that they are able
o provide out of their personal
?esources, the announcement said.
Loans will be administered by
;he Student Loan Fund Commit
ee, divided into a Financial Com
mittee and a Student Loan Com
mittee.
No student may borrow more
than $500 in any one year, except
in rare cases. Interest at 4 pef
cent will be charged beginning at
the time the student leaves col
lege. and repayment as a rule will
start at the same time as the stu
dent's earnings.
Chairman of the Financial Com
mittee is W. I. Dooley. Committee
members are Jonathan Woody and
William Millar.
The Student Loan Committee is
(See Rotary?Page 3)
O. B. Fanning ,
Named To Head
Methodist Office
A fourth Methodist Information
office on the general church level
is to be opened in Washington, D.C.
by the denomination's Commission
on Public Relations in September.
The plan was. made public today
by Bishop Richard C. Raines of In
dianapolis, president of the Com
mission.
O. B. Fanning an associate di
rector of the commission and head
of Nashville Methodist Informa
tion, has been elected director of
the new office, Bishop Raines an
nounced.
Fanning, a former city editor in
Huntsville, Ala., began his service
for the church six years ago after
lourteen years in the public rela
tions department of the Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company and two
years with the Red Cross. He be
longs to the Albllc Relations So
ciety of America and the Nations}'
Religious Publicity Council and is
a University of Alabama journalism
graduate. He is locally known for
his work at the Lake Junaluska
summer Assembly.
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O. B. FANNING, who has been
{ closely associated with the Meth
odist Assembly at Lake Janal oa
ks. has been named director of a
new Methodist Information office
to be opened in Hashiatfoa this
faB.
Pigeon River Road To Get Top
Building Priority From Stqte 1
Project
To Receive
Federal Aid
Completion of two section* of
the Pigeon River Road will be a
top project In the Improvement
and modernization of North Caro
lina highways planned as a result
of passage Tuesday In the Senate
of the Federal highway bill ap
proving construction of a 40,000
mile network of modern roads
connecting moat of the large cities
of the United Statea, according to
State Highway Engineer W. H.
Rogers, Jr.
Final passage of the multi-bil
lion dollar highway aid bill would
bring North Carolina about $633,
000.000, it is estimated. According
to the set-up of the interstate sys
tem, the state contributes 10 per
cent and the Federal government,
90.
As soon as the measure becomes
law,' it is expected that each state
will set up a list of projects for
Federal approval, and the Pigeon
River route will be given a high
priority, Rogers said. The sections
In question will run from the Ten
nessee line to Cove Creek, for a
total of about 12 miles.
Engineers have said that the sur
vey from the Tennessee - North
Carolina line to the mouth of
Jonathan Creek and the Pigeon
River has been completed, and
within a short time highway en
gineers can prepare for bidding
the project from Cold Springs up
to Fines Creek. The route is al
ready graded from the State line
to Cold Springs Creek.
From the State line to -Fines
Creek the right of amy and tlfc ac
cess problem hew^lJready been
taken care of.
The new road would be-a four
lane highway, consisting of two
24-foot lanes separated by a divid
ing strip of variable width.
The route would connect the
mid-West with the South by an all
weather road. R. Getty Browning,
the State's Chief Locating Engin
eer. at a public meeting several
years ago pointed out that the
highest point of a highway be
tween the Arctic Circle and Miami
would be at Dellwood, with con
sequently a very easy grade all
the way down the Pigeon River.
The new highway, according to
the engineers, will be comparable
to the road from Black Mountain
to Old Fort, often acclaimed a
masterpiece of highway engineer
ing.
rKUUKEMiiMU KAriiiLY is construction on ue new unarusta
Furniture Co. plant building to replace the one destroyed by fire
last November 30. A considerable portion of the steel for the mod
cm structure has already been erected, as evidenced by this pic
ture taken last week. The new building la being constructed on land
formerly a part of the Welch farm. (Mountaineer Photo).
250 Volunteer Workers To Assist
In Area Recreation Fund Drive
Measurement Oi Burley 2
Acreage To Start Monday ?
Highlanders ;
Distributing
New Booklet !
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"Mountain Vacationland," a.new ,
32-page, two-color booklet descrtb- |
ing the Waynesville area, is now |
being distributed by the Has wood I
County Highladers, L. E, DeVous.
president. Twenty thousand copies ,
of the folder have just come off the ]
Mountaineer press.
Mr. DeVous asked particularly
that persons in the area wanting
copies to mail out pick them up at
The Mountaineer office. He ex- (
plained that he himself is busy dis
tributing the issue by mail and will
therefore be unable for some tme
to deliver to individual members.
Designed to interest people in
the Waynesvlllf area, the booklet
contains pictures and detailed in
formation about the tourist facili
ties offered by members of the as
sociation.
One feature is a double-page
spread containing a map of the
Pisgah-Smokics area, accompanied
by a detailed map of the local area
showing the various guest accom
modations. The cover is printed in
green and black, showing a bear
at Mile High Overlook.
Dale Bramlett Wins
Jaycees Scholarship
Dale Bramlett, Fines Creek sen
ior, was awarded the annual
Waynesville Jaycee scholarship at
commencement exercises at the
school Friday night.
, The S290 scholarship was pre
sented by Bill Burgin, a past presl
Measuring by the ASC of Hay- a'
wood County hurley tobacco acre- s<
ige for 1956 will get under way
Monday, according to A. W. Fer- J'
?uson, ASC office manager. al
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A training school for the 30 re
porters and spot-checkers will be lt
held Friday al the ASC office. There (J
will be approximately three report- w
ers for each community. Mr. Fer- "
guson said, most of whom reside
In the community where they will
be working.
in
The measuring program will re- h(
quire about six weeks?depending U1
largely on the weather?the man- 0j
oger added. tc
Mr. Ferguson explained that re- st
porters report only measurements p,
to the ASC office and the actual -j
computations are made by office s(
personnel. This is done to reduce sl
the possibility of errors, he said. c.
Farmers found to be in excess
of their burley alloments are noti- u
bed the same day the overage is n
disclosed. These farmers are given (|
10 days in which to request re- Si
measurement or to declare their o
intentions to destroy their excess b
tobacco.
When requesting remeasure- h
ments, farmers are required to post
a deposit. If errors are discovered
in the original measurement, this
deposit is refunded. ^
A deposit (a minimum of $3 or
$1 per tenth, whichever is greater! y
is required by the ASC for the wit
nessing of destruction of excess to
bacco. ?
Farmers who fail to decldre their "
intentions on excess tobacco are
not eligible for price supports ? (
under a national regulation. h
Farmers feho do not destroy their *
excess tobacco must pay a penalty y
this year of 44 cents a pound (com
pared with 37 cents a pound last
year). ?
A tremendous response to the
lea for volunteer workers for the
?creation center campaign de
ghted the steering committee this
eek, according to General Chair
an Jonathan Woody. Approxim
ely 250 persons have offered their
??vices, he said.
The drive is scheduled to begin
jne 11, with headquarters to open
jout June 7 at the former
Ellen's" next to the Park Thea
?r. It Is hoped that every resi
?nt of Waynesvilie Township, as
ell as some neighboring areas,
in be contacted by the workers in
?e effort to sell the needed $50,
)0 of stock in the corporation.
Chairman Woody explained that
i addition to industry, business
duscs, civic groups, and rural
reas, a committee will take charge
F contacting individuals. The
?wnship has been divided into 79
?ctors, and teams of two to four
crsons will cover each sector. I
hree hours' time from each per-'
>n. Woody stressed, should be j
jfficient to give the area "100 per
i-nt saturation."
Shares will be offered at $10,
ith payment due by August 4.
ic work will get under way until
le goal has been reached. Woody
aid. Each share will give the
wncr a vote in the election of a
oard of directors.
Volunteer workers for the drive
ave been announced as follows:
INDUSTRY
J. II. Hildenblddle, Chairman
Dayton Rubber: Russell Fultz,
lobert Hipps.
Unagusta: Whitener Prevost,
i'oodrow Troutman.
(See Recreation?Pace 81
Widening Of
street Near
Completion
Work is being pushed as rapidly
s possible on completion of the
widening project on Church and
lontgomcry streets, according to
own Manager G. C. Ferguson,
'tiling in of dirt behind the newly
onstructed rock retaining walla
? expected to be completed this
cek.
Approximately 3000 yards of
arth will be needed for the fill,
erguson said. Both streets .are
eing widened for the length of
ne block. Church street will be
:icreased 20 feet, from Montgom
ry to Haywood Street; and Mont
ornery 15 feet, from Church to
filler.
In each case it was necessary
o build a retaining wall which is
ow being filled. Dirt for the pur
ose is coming from the new park
ng lot being built by Ray's, be
ind the supermarket.
Asiatic Beetles, Nematodes >
Reported Damaging Fields;
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Damage to Haywdbd County
farm lands from Asiatic garden
beetle! and stem nematodes has
been reported recently, according
to Albert L. Ramsey, assistant
county agent. /
Mr. Ramsey said that larvae
found in a Francis Cove pasture
appeared to be white grub worms,
but when sent to the state labora
tories at Raleigh, tt waa disclosed
that they are Asiatic garden beet*
lei.
The assistant county agent said
that the grubs have been attack
ing pasture grass in the county?
leaving behind bare spots in their
wake. Their presence is also sus
pected in the Jonathan Creek, Iron ..
Duff, Lake Junaluska, and Clyde' t
communities.
Suggested control measures for ?
the grubs and the beetles which 1:
wili emerge in three or four e
weeks are applications of arsenate 8
of lead or DDT, applied to foliage. R
The adult beetles are light tan
in color. b
Infestatiops of stem nematodes n
also have been found in the p
Francis Cove and Crabtree sec- ii
(See Beetle* Page J) h
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11 Leaders
Stress Need
For Center
Civic leaders were enthusiastic
over the proposed recreation cen
ter with swimming pool as the
Mountaineer conducted an informal
poll yesterday. "A very vital need,"
"an absolute necessity," and "some
thing we have needed all these
many years." were typical com
ments which summed up public
opinion. Benefits stressed were
those of providing a healthy out
let for the youth of the area and
offering an inducement to pros
pective industries and residents.
Following are statements of
those polled:
H. P. McCarroll: "Recreationally
speaking, the proposed center is
one of the greatest needs for
Waynesville right at the present
time."
Ned Tucker: "I think it is an
(See Comments?Page 8)
Bloodmobile Visit
Draws Over 100
One hundred and four prospec
tive donors were present during '
the visit Tuesday of the Red Cross
Bloodmobile, it was reported to
day by Dr. A. Heyward Smith,
chairman of the sponsoring com
mittee.
The unit operated at the First
Methodist Church between noon
and 6 p.m. The visit was sponsored
by the Waynesville Lions Club,
with the cooperation of the Mer
chants Association.
Next Bloodmobile visit to the
area is scheduled for July.
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Highway
Record For
1956
In Haywood
(TO DATK)
Killed 1
(1*05 ? 1)
Injured ?. ? ? 40
(IMS ? 37)
Accidents... 89
(1S5B ? 7C>
Loss.. . $29,812
(t?M ? M>.?7?)
from rorords W Stat* Hlcfe
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