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71st YEAR NO. 49 12 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE. N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 18, 1956 *3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
| Pool Blueprints In Final Stages; Money Raised
Over-Spent Road Budget Hampering
Highway Improvements In County
H. Buchanan
And Staff
At Meeting
More than 100 Haywood County
citizens learned Friday afternoon
that present chances of getting im
provements ot their roads are ex
tremely slim.
The reason: nfk money.
Commissioner Harry E. Buchan
an of the 14th Division and his
staff of engineers, held a two-hour
session in the courtroom, and
heard requests for more than a
score of road projects.
The only definite promise made
by the highway officials was "we
will do what we can, when we
can."
Commissioner Buchanan opened
the meeting by explaining that the
paving fund for the fiscal year is
exhausted, and the maintenance
fund is heavily overdrawn. He
states that the records showed Hay
wood is over-spent on maintenance
by $71,448, on the county level.
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emu uic sidic iuiiu in me tuuiu>
by $2,521.
"Last November we saw we were
going to run out of money, and we
eurtailed maintenance on every
hand, laying off temporary work
ers, and a number of permanent
ones.
, "The cost of prisoners gpse from
$3.60 per day to $4.50 per, day. and
this is charged directly against
each county. With some 400 pris
oners in the seven camps in the
district, it means a daily increase
from $360 to $400 per day.
"Added to that, we have had the
(See Road Budget?Page 4)
HIGHWAY OFFICIALS conducted a conference
here Friday for Haywood road projects, and heard
citizens cite needed improvements. Seated, from
left, C. W. Lee, division engineer; Harry E.
Buchanan, commissioner of 14th Division; Mrs.
Edith Sutton, office manager; Paul Dupre, assist
ant division engineer. Standing; E. H. Webb, dis
trict engineer of district No. 1; T. M. Austell,
maintenance supervisor, and E. L. Curtis, dis
trict engineer of No. I. (Mountaineer Photo*.
Survey Of Highway By-Pass
Halted From Lack Of Funds
Work on a survey from Lake Junaluska to a point west of
Dayton Rubber for a by-pass hiehway has been halted because ot
lack of funds, according to C. W. Lee, division eneineer.
The hiebway eneineer explained that surveyinc parties have
made several lines of the area, all west of WaynoovHle. The eneineer
said the proposed hichway is all outside of Waynesville, but r?ve no
other eeneral idea of the location.
The link of Hiebway 19A-23 from Willets to Sylva is slated to
be let in Aueust, and the remaining link from Balsam to Willets
about the first of the year. The new highway will reduce the distance
between here and Sylva by about two miles.
Entomologist Will
Make Survey Of
Beetle Damage
Dr. George Turnipseed, entomol
ogist from N. C. State College, will
be in Haywood County Wednesday
to check damage which has been in
flicted on pastures recently by the
Asiatic garden beetle.
The specialist is expected to
make recommendations for other
materials beside Parathion which
may be used to control the beetles.
Last week the county agent's of
fice advised immediate treatment
of infested pastures with a I per
cenl Parathion dust.
$5,500 United Fund Check
Accepted To Fight Polio
A check for $5,500.70 from the
United Fund was gratefully receiv
ed by The Asheville Orthopedic
Hospital for polio patients, accord- '
ing to a letter just received from
Charles M. Britt, president of the
executive committee.
The check is part of the $8,000
which United Fund pledged to
polio, according to J. B. Siler,
treasurer. #
Another substantial payment will
be made in July, and another
about October, when the current
United Fund fiscal year ends.
The letter from Britt was a
"thank you" to United Fund, and
he went on to explain that, "even
though this institution is called
Asheville Orthopedic Hospital, it]
(See United Fund?Page 6)
Physicians From 5 States
Due 21st For Medical Meet
Doctor* from several Southern
states will start arriving here
Wednesday for the third annual
Mountaintop Medical Assembly to
be held Thursday, Friday, and Sat
urday at the Waynesville Country
Club.
Several hundred physicians are
expected to attend the three-day
event.
The assembly will open at 8:30
a.m. on the 21st with registration
at the Country Club, and close at
noon Saturday.
Six of the leading doctors In the
South will speak during business
sessions at the assembly, includ
ing Dr. Julian Price, pediatrician
from Florence. S. C.; Dr. Kinloch
Nelson, professor of clinical medi
cine. Medical College of Virginia,
Richmond; Dr. Phillip H. Jones, !
professor of clinical medicine at i
Tulane University, New Orleans; (
Dr. William G- Hamm of Atlanta, c
past president of the American
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Society of Plastic and Recon
itructive Surgery; Dr. Robert G.
jreenblatt, professor of endocrin
>logy, Medical College of Geor
(See Medical Meeting?Page 6)
The
Weather
Partly cloudy, warm and humid
with scattered afternoon and
early night thundershowers today
and Tuesday.
Official WaynesviUe tempera
ture as reported by the State Test
Farm:
Date Ma*. Min. Pr.
June 14 .... 7t 54
June 15 _ 75 60 .60
June 1? 81 57
June IT 85 54 .01
Julian Price, M. D. K
F-A.A.P.
Practicing Pediatrician
riorence. South Catoli.ia
Former Dun Saluda
Seminar
Unloch Nelson, M. D.
F.A.C.P.
Professor of Clinical
medicine Medical
College of
Virginia
Richmond Virginia
Phillip H. Jones, M. d.
p.a.cp.
Professor of Clinical
medicine Tulane
University
New Orleans. Louisiana
William G. Hamm. M l*.
F.A.C.S.
Past President American
Society of Plastic and
Reconstructive Sureery
Atlanta. Georfla
Robert O. Grcenblatt
M. D.. C M.
Profeaaor of
F.ndocrtnokiey
Medical College of
Georgia
Augusta, Georgia
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Park Nlectrr, M D.
P ACS
Uroloflst. A cuff Clinic
KnorviUc, Tennessee
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Ballots Being
Prepared For
Runoff Primary
The Haywood County Board of
Elections is now preparing ballots
Wr delivery Wednesday to the 29
county registrars for the second
primary this Saturday, according
to John Carver, board chairman.
The runoff Saturday will be be
tween Charles B. McCrary of Fines
Creek and Charles W. Edwards,
Jr. of Lake Junaluska for the
nomination as state representative.
Polls will be. open on election
day from 6:30 a.m. until 6:36 p.m.
Precinct officials have been ask
ed to bring in their abstracts, regi
stration books and unused ballots
at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 26.
Waynesville
Art Gallery
Opens Thursday
j James Mann's Waynesville Art
Gallery will open for the 24th sea
' son at 8 p.m. Thursday, it has been
[ announced.
Preceding the opening, inspec
tion nights will be held from 8 un
til 10 p.m. this Tuesday and Wed
nesday. to show off the establish
ment's complete new line of mer
chandise.
Mr. Mann, owner of the Way
nesville Art Gallery, is now on a
tour of Europe, but is expected to
return to this coantry the last of
June and arrive here about July 2.
On his tour^Mr. Mann has seen
portions of England, Holland,
France, West Germany, Spain,
Greece, and Turkey.
Farmers Warned
Of July 1 Deadline
On Cattle Testing
Albert L. Ramsey, assistant
county agent, reminded Haywood
County farmers today that they
have only two weeks left in which
to apply for free tests of their
cows for Bangs disease.
The deadline for applying for
the tests is July 1, he added.
Farmers desiring to have the
free tests made are asked to call
the county agent's office, or to
contact county veterinarians.
Dollar Days Set Here For
Four Days By Merchants
The second community-wide promotion of the year will get
underway Thursday, when the Merchants stage Dollar Days, accord
ing to A. D. Harrison, president ad the organisation.
This is one of the events planned back in January for the year,
and merchants have been looking forward to this time for several
months, and will have some unusual bargains, Harrison said.
The dollar days will be for four days ? Thursday, Friday,
Saturday and Monday.
Hundreds of bargains will be listed in The Mountaineer on
I Thursday. * ,
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Work Seen By
July 1 On A
Modern Pool
Plans and sperifications from a
swimming pool engineer are ex
pected here today for considera
tion for the first unit of the Recre
ation Center, which was assured
as more than $50,250 was subscrib
ed to the program by late Satur
day.
The plans will be checked im
mediately by Henry Foy, local
architect, according to Richard
Bradley, president of the Chamber
of Commerce, and then plans will
be given to* contractors for bids.
Bradley said he hoped that the
bids would be opened within a
week or ten days, and actual con
struction started by July first.
Tentative specifications call for
a T-shaped pool. One section will
be 45 feet wide by 125 feet long,
for swimming and wading, with
the water level ranging from 3. to
5 feet. A diving "well" or the "T"
of the pool, will be 35 feet wide.
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oi-* icei lung ana u-ieci aeep.
A separate unit is being consider
ed for smaller children.
The committee, Bradley said, in
discussing plans with engineers,
have decided upon the all-concrete
and reinforced steel construction
type pool. The pool as tentatively
planned will hold 236,000 gallons
of water.
The committee held a confer
ence with local contractors Friday
night about building the pool, and
it was felt that construction could
be completed in about 30 working
days. This would Include a filter
ing house, about 12 by 35 feet, to
house the large filters necessary
for a public pool.
Bradley said plans were already
made for the Horse Show, August
10-11.
He said the charter and by-laws
for the Recreation Commission
were now in the hands of state
and federal officials who are
studying" them preparatory to
granting the charter. He said the
nine incorporators, 6 men, and 3
women, will elect officers when
the charter is granted.
Bradley said in connection with
the campaign drive:
?The response we had to the
fund raising campaign Indicates
that our people recognize the
need for a long over-due recrea
tion center.
"Our six-man committee work
r?H linlirlnfflv nc wpII ac nffiniont.
ly to bring the drive to a success
ful completion.
"I am finding that everyone is
interested in this project, and are
giving of their time and money.
In recent days we have had to call
on a number of people to assist us
with various phases of the project,
and every one gladly contributed
their time ? such as lawyers,
business men, surveyors, account
ants, and housewives."
TB X-Ray
Total Rises
To 5.411
Excluding Canton's Saturday
total, which has not yet been re
ported to the Health Department,
the total of chest X-rays made in
the county this month now stands
at 5,411.
Last week, the state mabile unit
in the courthouse parking lot at
Waynesville made X-rays of 1.499
persons ? a total of 355 over the
same week last year when 1,144
were examined.
Once again Saturday proved the
best day of the week in Waynes
ville when 425 got the free X-rays.
At Canton, the total for Thurs
day was listed at 392 and for Fri
day at 288.
The mobile units are open from
10 a.m. until 4 p.m. dally Tuesdays
through Saturdays.
MAKING A FINAL EFFORT that P?><1 ?ff In Ko
ine over the top in the drive to raise $50,004 for
a Wayneeville area recreation center were these
seven workers Saturday evening as the deadline
nearcd for the end ol the campairn: (from left)
Charlie Woodard, Richard Barber, Elmer Hendrlx,
Jonathan H. Woody, Miaa Joy Woody, Harry Whi?
enhunt. and J. II. Hildenbiddle, Jr. The six men
directed various divisions of the successful, week
Ion a drive. (Mountaineer Photo).
Kecreation (Jenter Uoal Ot
$50,000 Attained On Time
Colorado 4-H Club Group
Arrives For Week's Stay
Lions Put $1,100
Into Band Trip
At Miami Meeting
Waynesvilte Lions handed
Charles Isley. band director, a
check for $1,100 Thursday night for (
expenses of the WTHS band to the ,
Lions International Convention in
Miami later this month.
The club raised the money at a (
recent costume concert.
For the program Thursday night
the members viewed colored slides ,
by Dr. Phil Medford of favorite
Ashing spots in Western North Car- j
olina and upper South Carolina.
Scenic views taken by Wayne Rog- 1
ers on a recent trip to Western na
tional parks also were shown.
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Forty-two 4-H Club members and '
adult leaders from Weld County,
Colo, arrived in Haywood County
today at 1 p.m. via Soco Gap to be
gin a week's stay to repay a visit
made by Haywood 4-H'ers to Colo
rado last year.
At Soco Gap the westerners were
greeted by a larg{ motorcade of
cars representing Haywood County
civic groups and organizations and
escorted to the courthouse for
welcoming ceremonies.
At the courthouse, welcoming re
marks were made by master of
ceremonies Turner A. Cathey. 4-H
adult leader and principal of the
Pennsylvania Avenue School in
Canton; Jonathan H. Woody, pres
ident of the First National Bank;
S. L. Carter, Jr. of Asheville, dis
trict 4-H leader; Neal Kelly of
Bethel, vice president of the State
4-H Club Council, and Frank Davis
jt Iron Duff, a 4-H parent and <
(See Colorado 4-H?Page 6)
iik umiiw commuice 01 me
Recreation Commission went over
he goal by several hundred dol
lars Saturday night, to climax a
jusy, and well-organized week of
intense activity in getting $52,250
iubscribed for the Recreation
Center.
The six-man committee, and
?cores of volunteers put on the
most intensive drive this commun
ity has even known.
The committee had a well-plan
led, well-organized program that
-eached into every nook and cor
ler of the community, which meant
he success of the campaign.
Jonathan Woody, chairman, said
his morning,
"I am thoroughly pleased with
he success of the drive and think
t is wonderful. It shows what a
community can do when all the
>eople work together.
"Credit is due to at least 2,000
ndlviduals or families. The fol
ow who subscribed for $10 is
>robably entitled to more credit
Jian the man or women who sub
scribed for several times that be
cause his subscription probably
meant a bigger sacrifice for him.
"The whole committee enjoyed
doing this work. We appreciate
(See Recreation?Page 5)
To End Wednesday
The cancer drive in the Waynes- 1
ville area will end this Wednesday,
according to Mrs. Charles Edwards
and Mrs. Ray Ellis, co-chairmen of
the drive for the sponsoring Beta
Sigma Phi sorority.
Persons wishing to contribute to
the drive are asked to make their '
donations to Miss Edna Summer- {
row, treasurer.
Area Cancer Drive
Righi-Oi-Way For Canton
Viaduct Will Start Soon
Right-of-way men are slated to
move into Canton to work out de
tails for the viaduct within a week
or so, Commissioner Harry' E.
Buchanan of the 14th Division told
The Mountaineer Friday.
"Our plana call for a four-lane
highway, a 4-foot separation cent
er, and a 4-foot sidewalk," the
commissioner said.
The plans for the viaduct arc
completed, and' the Commissioner
said he hoped that work would
start on the project early in 19S7.
The viaduct is designed to car
ry traffic out of town and reduce
the present congestion. ,
Mayor Bruce Nanney told The
Mountaineer that the present traf
fic plan with a number of one-way
streets seem to be helping reduce
traffic tie-ups. He said the plan
was adopted for a 120-day trial.
Whether it will be made perman
ent remains to be decided, the
mayor said.
Highway
Record For
1956
In Haywood
(to DAT!)
Killed 2
(1?55 ? 1)
Injured .... 41
<1?5S _ 37)
Accidents... 94
(IMS _ 7?)
Loss... $30,706
(Thto litfnmt?3*479'
mt surSS
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R. L. 'POP' PREVOST (kneeling), president of the UsaiHta Fur
niture Co., sank two gold-plated anchor bolts in concrete Friday
afternoon at the construction site of the company's new plant,
where more than two-thirds of the steel has already been erected.
Looking on here are Ralph Preooet, Sr., Ralph Prevost, Jr., Harry
? Crawford, and Whitener Prevost. i
(Mountaineer Photo),
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