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r ? ? ? I "All the News Most Of The Time ? The Most News All The Time." D -? I ? ? ' - v ? . . ' s / * . i J ? The Wayne syille Mountaineer . - Published Twice-A-\Veek In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park * ' n i n TODAY S SMILE I It's always bettor to toll the truth than to try to re member what y?u said i ? 71st YEAR NO. 57 ? 12 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE. N. t\. MONDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 16. 1956 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Apple Crop Damaged By Cedar Rust Haywood County has a bumper apple crop this year, but the value of the harvest will be cut consider ably in some areas by severe cedar rust damage to apples. H. H. Eavenson of Saunook esti maes that he will lose from 200 to 300 bushels of apples ? worth be twe?^J400 and $500?because of rusFwJbge to three acres of Rome Beauty, Golden, and Stayman ap ples. Other orchards in the Saunook j community and also in Francis Cove have reported costly damage j from cedar rust. County Agent Virgil L. Holloway explained that cedar rust is a fun- ; gus harbored in red cedar trees j which is borne on the wind into ? orchards where it affects both fruit and leaves of trees. Wlien leaves of young trees are infested. the growth of the trees is stunted. The county agent pointed out that sprays are not effective against cedar rust, and added that the only way to prevent damage to orchards is to cut down all red cedars. He said this woulcf not seriously inconvenience property owners be cause there are only a few red cedar trees in the entire county. Mr. Holloway related that mem- i bers of the Haywood County Apple Growers Association have discussed j the problem and have offered to replace with other shrubs all red cedars which are cut down. The county agent said he under stands that Virginia has a law j which requires the cutting of all red cedars within the vicinity of orchards. North Carolina, however, has no such law, he added. Clyde Baptists To Hold Revival Revival Services will begin Sun day. July 22. at the First Baptist Church, Clyde. The visiting speaker will be the Rev. Charles Neal, pastor of Alexis Baptist Church, Alexis. Before re cently going to Alexis. Mr Neal was assistant pastor of First Bap tist Church, Charlotte. The weekday services will begin at 7:50 each evening and will con tinue every evening through July 29. Homecoming Day will be observ ed on July 29 and a record attend ance is anticipated for the services on that day. Rev. J. G. Goodwin, Jr., is pas tor. A SHORT TIME after this picture was tnadc Sat urday afternoon by a Mountaineer photographer, the f'.Vfoot smoke stack at the new I'nagusta plant crashed to the ground, and was mashed beyond i epair. The top of the crane twisted and buckled and the ?' -.'-ton stack, which is five fret in diameter fell. No one was injured. The crew left Sunday, and said they would be back with a new stack next Monday. The delay will not inter fere with the completion date of the plant. (Mountaineer photo) Asheville Man Bound Over To Court Here On Charge Of Cattle Rustling An unusual charge of cattle rustling at Fines Greek was given a two-hour hearing today before Justice of the Peace J J Fergu son, after which one of 'he three defendants named in the indict ment was bound over to Superior Court. Placed under a $5,000 bond for trial in the November term of Su perior Court was Ernest Beach board, 28, of Asheville. Absolved of blame in the case was Beach board's wife, Mrs. Nellie Ferguson Beachboard, and John Dillenger, both of Asheville. The hearing in the courtroom today, which lasted from 11 a ni until 1 p.m., was attended by some 75 persons?mostly farmers. In the indictment, Beachboard was charged with taking eight head of cattle, owned by Joe Davis of White Oak, and pastured on the land of Fred Ferguson of Fines Creek. On the stand. Beachboard ad mitted taking the livestock, but said he was under the impression the cattle belonged to his wife, (See Asheville Man-?Page 6) Health Board Asks 225 To Return For X-Ray Retakes The County Health Department has issued an urgent plea to all . persons w ho were not i tied to re- j t turn for additional free chest X- ) ra\ > to report for their retakes as , soon as possible. ?, During the drive, over 9.000 i count> residents were X-raved and j 225 ??were notified to return. Of j these 98 have come in. Hours for the plates to be made I are Mondays and Thursdays, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. j The department pointed out that ( no matter how many films are re- r, quired, there is no charge. Governor Discloses Plans For N.C. School Legislation ? ' '. ? ? ,? : ? ? ?? ?. ? . ? . 4 RALEIGH ? Governor Hodges mede public Saturday the steps he and his Advisory Committee plan to recommend that the Legislature and the people take in order to "preserve: public schools and help I preserve the public place.1' The gist of the school preserva- 1 lion plan would simply provide at- ' tendance expense grants, formerly \ referred to as tuition grants, to j citizens who do not want their children to go to school with a member of the opposite race, and ' allow a local school unit to sus pend operation of its schools, upon majority public vote, if the situa-1 lion is considered intolerable. If the Legislature approves, the people of North Carolina may vote un these questions, probably in September. The announcement followed a second round of conferences with | legislators. In April, most of them I visited the mansion for discus dons. During the past week, the ! Governor and his associates met with legislators in four convenient places in the State. The final meeting w as held Friday in Way- j nesville Here briefly is what the five sug- ; gested bills would do 1. Provide for a public vote on the question of amending the State Constitution to permit the Gen eral Assembly to provide local op tion and education expense grants. 2. Provide for the setting up of machinery for regulating the local option plan, which, of course, j would depend upon the people's , approval of the constitutional ; changes. Elections to decide whether a ' school or schools in a local' option I unit will be closed may be called ! upon petition of at least 15 per- | cent of the registered voters within | that local option unit. A like 1 (See Schools?Page 6) 'Friends' Features Cataloochee Shoot And Smoky Bears "Mountaineers' Shootin' Match" ! and "Great Smoky's Bears" are ! the titles of two picture stories in the August issue of "Friends," , distributed by Chevrolet dealers. The "shootin' match" is of course the far-famed annual beef shoot which takes place at Cataloochee Ranch each Aug ust. Seven black - and - white photographs and a sketch of a frontiersman accompany a brief text describing the event. With four photographs and a sketch of a somnolent bear re clining in a deck chair, the bear story points out that the moun tain park bears now lead "the life of Jliley." Two WNC Men Are Killed In fcAir Crash Fatal To 45 Tiijpfc(.'stern North Carolinian lost ffielr lives in the crash of a Military Air Transport plane near , McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey Friday in which 45 person* : were killed. They were <Oipt. Vance M. Spivey, 31. a graduate of Waynes ville Township High School, and Airman 2/c Richard Carlton Wil son, 19, son of Mr. ahd Mrs. E. W. Wilson of Canton. Capt. Spivey, son of Mrs. John M. Spivey of Asheville, was en route to Newfoundland to fly an other plane back to McGuire. He and his wife. Dorothy, and their1 two sons, 8 and 5. had moved into j a new 7-room house in Moorestown. ? N. J. only last Easter. Wilson, youngest of 10 children in the Wilson family, had ended a 30-day furlough at homo last Sun day and was en route to England for a three-year tour of duty. His (See Two Men Killed?Page 6) The Weather ~SUO>YERS j Partly cloudy, ?warmer and humid with scattered showers and thunderstorms mostly during the afternoon and early night hours Monday and Tuesday. Official Waynesville tempera tures as reported by the State Test Farm: Date Max. Min. Pr. July 12 . . 80 67 July 13 . - _ 77 63 .19 July 14 . .80 66 .35 j July 15 82 58 -1.181 f STEPHEN COX will be promoted to Eaele Scout tonight as the monthly Boy Scout court of hon or is held at the First Baptist Church. Canton. 7:30. Stephen has been a Scout for 3'-? years, I has earned 39 merit badges, and is a member of Troop 16, Canton, with F. F. Lawrence as Scout- , master. Botany Was his hardest merit badge to earn, the aggres sive scout said, lie is a member of the 10th grade of Canton High School. He is the son of Dr.-i James Cox. Siler City, and Mrs. Lewi* Drye. Canton. (.Mountaineer Photo). Gov. Hodges Approves Cove Creek Flood Control Project; Estimated Cost Dredging, Widening Set At $10,000 Group Told Decision By Executive I Governor Luther Hodges has ap i proved the? project for straighten ing and widening the channel of I Cove Creek. The Governor told a committee | I of Cove Creek farmers and others while on a visit here Friday after* noon that he was in sympatln with their project and would be glad to approve the suggestion of widen i ing and straightening the channel 'so as to reduce the potential dam age of further floods, A preliminary survey has al ready been made of the creek, which went on a rampage June 30, destroying an estimated $100,000 of property including much crop land, pastures, roads and personal property. It js expected that highway en gineers will make the survey for tlve project and the Governor said he hoped that work could get start- . ed us soon as possible. He gave no time as to when work might start. It was estimated that the cost would be approximately $10,000 and the Governor told the group that YV)' w ill take Care of it.'.' i The damaged farmers oi Cove Creek had met here a week ago j and made plans for a committee ; composed of Senator William Med ford. Representative Jerry Rogers. S Chairman of the Board of Commis- J , sioners Faraday Green and Jona- i : than Woody to present the needs i for the w ider and straighter chan-j nel of Cove Creek to the Cover- J I nor. The committee, using photo- i graphs made by The Mountaineer , I and news articles from this news- j paper, presented the facts to the I Governor. The Chief Executive im- i j mediately saw the need of the ! (See Cove Creek?Page 6> Pool Excavation 75 Completed Excavating for the modern swimming pool at the Ilerrra- I I tion Center is three-fourths rom- I pleted. according to W. C". Nor- 1 ris. contractor. 1 Norris said he would put in a pump in the diving well exca vation today which would enable 1 work to proceed on schedule. 90 To Leave Thursday On 13th Annual Farm Tour Niney Haywood County residents will leave Waynesvillc early Thurs day morning tor a 3.332-mile tour through 15 states and two provinces of Canada?returning here Sunday, July 29. More than 90 persons wanted to make the 13th annual tour, but County Agent Virgil L. Hoi to way explained that accommodations could not be found for more than this number at several points on the tour. The trip will he made in two air conditioned buses and Mr. Hollo I way's passenger tar. ! High points of the tour will be a visit to the Gettysburg Battle I held, tour of he Hershey Chocolate ' I Co. plant in Pennsylvania. trip to , j the Roosevelt Estate in Hyde Park. I -V. Y and the George Vanderbilt (See Farm Tour?Page 6) COVE CREEK FARMERS, and others heard good news froui Governor I Hither II. Ilodges as he told them he would make an appropriation for correcting the stream bed of Cove Creek to aid in preventing further Hood damage. From the left are: Jonafhan Woody, Faraday C. litem, Mrd tord Hannah. Governor lloders. George Boring, F.arl Poe. Rep Jerry Rogers and Senator W illiam Medford. i Mountaineer Photo). Soil Bank Aid Deadline i Is Friday Friday, July 20, is the deadline : 011 applying for soil bank payments ? on 1956 crops, \SC manager A W Ferguson reminded Haywood,' County farmers today. lie estimated that approximate-: ly 200 county fanners are eligible ' for soil bank payments, hut thus far only 20 have applied for the as- j si&tancc. liurlev producers can treceive J payments through one ot three provisions; tit if they did not plant !. Lheir crop or underplanted because | if adverse weather conditions, of | if they anticipated joining the -oil hank program; <2> if their crop wa Jestroyed by natural causes prior lo July 20, 1956, or (Si if they nil- i pntarily destroy their tobacco priot \ lo July 31. Mr. Ferguson pointed out that I' land put into the soil hank can- ] not he used for pasture or for crops this year, but can he plant ed with a soil-conserving chop, Clyde Couple To Sail For Korea . i Hcv. J. G. Goodwin, Jr., has re-! signed as pastor of the First Bap tist Church, Clyde, in order to ae- i cept appointment as a foreign mis sionary to Korea. Mr. Goodwin has been pastor of i (See Clyde Couple?Page til Next Jurisdictional Conference Of Methodists Also Set For Junaluska The Southeastern Jurisdictional1 Conference concluded a 5-day ses sion at Lake Junaluska Sunday night, after voting 378 to 6 to re turn to the Lake in 1960 for the next quadrennial meeting. Last night a large audience at tended the service which saw the ollicial retirement of Bishop Cos ten J. Harrell. Charlotte, and Bishop Clare Purcell. Birming ham. Their successors. Dr. Bach man G. Hodge of Chatanooga. and Dr. Nolan B. Harmon, of New York, were consecrated. In the only other major busi ness the Jurisdiction dedicated a new $100,000 youth center in mem ory of the late Bishop Paul B. Kern, who died in 1953. In preaching his farewell sermon. Bishop Harrell praised the "mood" of his conference but said, "There is nothing more tragic than for us to plan great programs and then become too busy to worship God. Sometimes we talk so much about j saving the world that we forget (See Bishops?Page 6| BISHOP B^CHMAN G. HODGE of Chattanooga, succeeds Bishop Clare Porcell, as head of the I Birmingham area. He was elect ed Friday hy the Conference, I BISHOP NOLAN B HARMON, j who snrrrda Bishop Costen J. j Harretl, of the Charlotte Area, was flfftwl to the post at the i I..ike TnrsHay nieht. Lightning Destroys Farm Water Tank At Jonathan Creek A water tank from the farm of Glenn James at Jonathan Creek was destroyed by a bolt of light ning which struck the tank shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday. The lightning bolt set the wooden structure of the water tank afire, but the water escap ing from the tank soon extin guished the llames. The tank was only a short dis tance from the James residence, hut the home was not damaged. PFC Frank Crisp Dies In Germany Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J Massif loute 1. Wayncsville, have beet lotifk'd by the Department of the \rniy that their son, PFC Frank L'ri.sp, :t8. died ill Germany July t is the result of a gunshot wound u lie chest. PFC Crisp a veteran of both World War II and the Korean ?onflict. had a total of 14 yea'r> n service and had been in Germany K-arly two years on his latest tout if duty H?> was serving with a tank anil near Heidelburg. The body will be sent here to the jarrett Funeral Home and burial a ill be in Buchanan Cemetery at Aliens Creek. Funeral arrange nents are incomplete. Hot Rodders' Forbidden To Drive Or Own Cars The July Criminal Tern, Superior t ourl an mn i i,, <1 ' 1 p.m Friday !i,?v 11 .,i <il< ? total of 295 cases. Judgments vu, ordered in 194 eases; cash bond [ were forfeited in 47 more: and | fendants were called and failed ' > : appear in 54 others. Judge Zeb V. Nettles presided. Edgar Lawrence 'Tobyi Ray and ! Andrew Dale Gilliland. driver- . m a race near Saunook February l~i ? were forbidden to drive or to w v. a ear for five years. A 12-inonUi road sentence was suspended. in the closing days of the term, cash bonds were forfeited in ti e following cases: Larry Ned Warren. ' speedn , j $75. Junior Paul Bolts, -peedii , S97 73. Hugh Rhinehart Bryant, permit ? ting unlicensed person to drive, $5(1.25. Jennings Stanley Coleman, speeding, $30. ' j George Theodore Hunter, speed* ' ling. $30. Ruby S. Smith, speeding. $31.25. 1 Ronald Martin Christian, spi ? - i ing. $50. j Bennie Boyee Fortner, speeding, l $50 i David Lee Hannah, speed11 , $50. Ralph R. Holder driving dvuu , ? $100. Troy Neal Paxton, -iH-edn g. $5 t, D. J. Payne, speeding, $50. ,Reece A. Stephens, Speedu i, $56.25. G. S Leatbertnan permit tii s' unlicensed persoii to opera':- nmt* (See Court?Page 6> Director Considering Opera For Waynesville Area In '57 The >ta?iiitj of opera in the ! Wayiwsville area next summer has | been proposed by Dr. Arturo Di Filippi. managing director of the Opera Guild of Greater Miami, who was a visitor here last week. In Wayhesville as the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K-er sten on Fairway Drive, Dr. Di Filip pi expressed the desire to stage one or two operatic performances with members of opera companies in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. He explained that the singers who would comp here are under studies to noted Metropolitan Opara and European stars. He said that these younger performers are very talented, but have not yet at tained the recognition accorded to the stars. Thursday afternoon Dr. Di Filip pi discussed summer opera for this area with three men: his host. Mr. Kersten. who heads the Ft. Lauder ' iScr Opera?Pace 2> - J ''] Highway Record For 1956 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed 2 (1955 ? 1) j Injured .... 43 (1955 _ 37) Accidents.. 102 (1955 ? 76) Loss .. ? $32,621 (1955 ? $36,179) (This Information compiled from records of State Hlcfc traj Patrol.) ?'