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Women usually have the
last word?and most of the
others, too.
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71st \EAR NO. .?H IS I A(iHS Associated Press WA^NESVILLE, N. C., THl RSDA^ AFTERNOON, JULY 19, 1956 "$3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
POLICEMAN COLMAN SWANGER, left, is keep
ing a sharp eye on handcuffed Ben Whitaker, the
object of a 6-hour search here Wednesday, fol
lowing Whitaker's alleged assault on his employ
er W. S. Furry. Policeman Swanger made the
arrest. after H'liitaker jumped off a trestle. On
the risht is Cpl. Pritchard Smith, one of the
several officers on the manhunt.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Parolee Assaults Man
Who Had Him Paroled
Final Lamb
Pool Slated
For Aug. 2 i
Haywood County's third and {
final lamb pool of the year will
be held at the Clyde stockyards |
Thursday, August 2, according to
County Agent Virgil L. Holloway.
Mr. Holloway advises producers
to sell lambs weighing from 70 to
75 pounds and over "if-they have
fat on them."
Animals will be brought into the
stockyards beginning .it 7 a.m. on
August 2 and all must be in by
10 a.m.
Farmers planning to sell lambs
must notify the county agent's of- I
ficc not later than Saturday, July !
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Tht last lamb pool, held June 25, |
was termed "the most successful 1
in county history" when 200 ani
mals were graded choice.
Ralph's Cash
Grocery Having
20th Anniversary
Ralvn s Cash Grocery, Hazel
wood, is observing this week, their !
20th anniversary.
Ralph Summerrow. owner, be
gan 20 years ago with 2 employees,
in a building just a fraction of to
day's 3,200 square feet store. There :
are now 13 employees at the store.
The store has been enlarged !
several times. The firm has mod- 1
crn equipment throughout, and ,
operates on the super market
self-service plan.
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Pigeon Valley Fair
Planning Meeting Slated
A planning meeting for the
eighth annual Pigeon Valley Fair ,
to be held at Bethel School will be j
held at 8 p.m. Monday in the Agri
culture Department of Bethel |
School.
Fair Manager M. C. Nix called
the meeting and asked that all I
members of last year's commit
tees and others interested attend
The Pigeon Valley Fair will be
held the latter part of September.
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A 44-year-old Negro parolee is '
being held in Haywood county jail '
for allegedly assaulting the man i
who assisted him to get a parole
from prison, where lie was serv- i
ing. a 30-year term for second de
gree murder.
Ben Whitaker. a 175-pound,
pocked-faee man. served 22 years
of his sentence mostly at the
Hazelwood prison camp, tl was
largely through the efforts of W.
S. Furry, operator of a summer
lodge here and in Florida, that
Whitaker was put on parole in
June 1955. The man went to work
for Furry at his place here in the
summer and in Florida during the
winter.
Whitaker was arrested by Way- ;
nesville police on charges of be
ing drunk, and lodged in jail. The j
hahdy man became infuriated ;
when Furry did not immediately ?
take steps to provide bail, accord- j
ing to chief Orville Noland. When I
Whitaker was later released from ;
jail early Wednesday morning, he '
first went to the Welfare Office ,
and sought permission to get a
new job. This procedure is neces- j
sary for those on parole. Whitaker j
told Welfare officials he had left j
his job with Furry.
Then, according to Chief Noland, '
the man went to Furry and pro
ceeded to assault the man with his I
fist, inflicting painful cuts and
bruises about the face and head, j
Attending physicians say the tour-;
i.-t lodge operator suffered a slight
concussion, and must remain in I
the Haywood County Hospital for
several more days.
According to ail evidence, Chief
Noland said the Negro used only
(See I'arolee?Page 6)
Lodge Dedication
Set Monday At
Boy Scout Camp
The David T. Vance Lodge at
the Daniel Boone Boy Scout Camp
in Pigeon Valley will be dedicated j
at 5 ii.ni. Monday, according to an
announcement by A. V. Allen, of
Asheville, Scout executive.
His announcement gave no oth- |
er details.
The Scout camp is reached by !
turning off the Lake Logan road ;
at an intersection in Cecil com- j
munity.
County Tax Sale
Set For Monday
| Haywood County property on j
which 1955 taxes have not been
paid will be sold at auction on 1
Monday. Tax Collector Bryan Med
ford today reminded owners.
The sale will take place at the
Courthouse, beginning at 10 a.m.
MRS. FERGUSON IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. .1 J Ferguson left Tuesday
for Winston-Salem where she has
entered Bowman-Gray Hospital
and expects to undergo surgery.
She was accompanied by her hus
band and her sister. Mrs. Joe Web
i ster.
The
Weather
Partly cloudy and rather warm
today and Friday with widely scat
tered afternoon thundershowers.
Official Waynesville tempera
ture as reported by the State Test
Farm:
Date Max. Min. Pr.
July 16 83 65 .06
July 17 _ 81 64 .28
July 18 81 58 .01
First Half i
Rainfall Tops
1955 Figure
You're right, the weather has
been somewhat on the moist side
lately.
In fart, figures at the Moun
tain Experiment Station here
show that the rainfall during the
first six months of 1956 topped
the same period last year by
4.19 inches.
Total for the January-June
period this year is 28.02 inches
as compared to 23.83 inches in j
1955.
Rainfall totals for the first six ;
months this year are:
flee not .later than Saturday. July
January. 2.00 inches: Febru
ary. 7-81 inches; March, 4.83 (
inches; April, 5.43: May, 3.55, j
and June. 4.40.
Thus far, July, 1956 is behind
July, 1955 in precipitation with i
2 83 inches recorded for the
former and 3.92 inches for the
latter.
Waynesville Area
Is Saluted By
Michigan Station
According to information receiv- j
ed here by the Chamber of Com
merce, the Waynesville area was j
saluted by radio station WABJ at
Adrian, Michigan recently on the j
program "Audioscope Holiday. j
The text of the broadcast read i
Audioscope Holiday is saluting
the popular state of North Caro-.j
lina, today, and highlighting a
wonderful town in the heart of
the Smoky Mountains ? Waynes
ville. North Carolina!
At 3,000 feet above sea level,
you'll find richly forested scenic
grandeur everywhere you look . . . j
with lakes in the sky . . ? thrilling j
waterfalls, camping and P|c"!c j
facilities, pure water . . . and No
mosquitos!
Waynesville is a town designed ;
for zestful living: For the sports- j
man, there's fishing and hunting
in season, picnicking, camping,
horseback riding, swimming, boat-1
ing. and golf. Whether you dance,
oi watch, you'll enjoy a real hoe
down. with fiddlin'. banjo pickin.
and square dancin' . . . in Way
nesville!
Nature lovers find much to in
spire them in the paradise of the
Great Smokies, about Waynesville.
Visitors are cordially welcomed in
this clean, wholesome town of
some 6,000 population. Waynes
ville is famous for its churches
... takes pride in its schools, hos
pital and community facilities, too.
There are grand old resort hotels
Ion Main Street, or on the moun
tainside, rustic inns and lodges.
I dude ranches, farms, motels, courts,
guest homes, private homes and
i boarding houses . with all home
urown. home picked and home
cooked food that everybody loves
1... in progressive and friendly
Waynesville. North Carolina!
Mrs. Aaron Moseley and da"Kt?"
iter. Sue, have returned to their
home in Jacksonville. Florida af
! tor a visit with Mrs. O. It Martin.
County Gets
$20,000 In
ASC Funds
Haywood County has received an
additional $20,000 in state ASC
funds to be given to farmers who
have not received all the assistance
due them under the spring pro
gram. A. YV\ Ferguson, county
ASC manager, announced today.
The money sent here came
from other counties which did not
use all their ASC funds for the
1956 program, Mr. Ferguson ex
plained.
The additional assistance can
be given to farmers for seeding al
falfa. pasture, and grass meadows,
and tile drainage, the ASC man
ager pointed out.
If all the $20,000 is not used, the
funds will be repooled and given
as added benefits ta farmers
which have already had all the
assistance due them under the
spring program, Mr. Ferguson
added.
Canadian Agency
Seeks Copies Of
Travel Booklet
Earlier this year 20.000 copies
of a travel booklet on Waynes- !
ville were sent out to agencies !
throughout the United States Now
a request has come from Canada
for copies of the publication.
Ned Tucker, executive vice
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, said the request came from
the Ontario Motor League in Tor
onto, Canada.
The Canadian agency said it had
been informed of the Waynesville
booklet and wanted copies with
which to furnish information on
vacations in this area.
Mr. Tucker said Florida and
most other Southern states were
"saturated" with copies of the
booklets and many more were I
sent to other states east of the '
Mississippi River ? especially in j
the Midwest.
The promotional publications al
so were sent to every state in the I
union to offices comparable to the !
Board of Conservation and Devel-,
opment or the Travel Bureau in 1
North Carolina, Mr. Tucker added, j
Burgess Named In
Group To Write
New Textbooks
Yates F. Burgess, electronics
instructor at WTHS, and state
chairman of the electronics train
ing committee, has been named to
serve as meetings and publication ;
director at an Asheville confer
ence August 4.
Murray D. Thornburg, state j
supervisor of vocational industrial !
training, has announced that Mr.
Burgess and other members of !
the committee are planning to
write four new books for state
school use, dealing with radio,
television, industrial electronics,
and broadcasting.
Mr. Yates said that considerable !
effort will be put forth to publish
improved books on these four sub
jects by including color illustra
tions, step-by-step sequences, Car- ;
toons, and other visual demon- j
stration material.
A second conference on elec
tronics will be held August 23 at
Lees-MsRae College.
MANY PEOPI-E were on hand at six this morn
ing to see the 8!? members of the Farm Tour off
on the first lap of their 3.:S00-mile journey. Stand
ins at th?> bus door, with back to camera is I.. N.
Davis, captain of one of the buses.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Local Postal Receipts Show
7.12 Pet. Gain Over 1955
A 7.12 per cent increase in postal receipts for the forst six
months of 1958 over the same period last year was reported today
by Waynesville postmaster Knos Boyd.
\lr. Boyd said total receipts for January-June, 1956, were ]
s3:.ok::.23 as compared with s34.598.94 for the similar period in
1955. lie termed this increase the largest the Waynesville postoffice
has had for the past three years.
The postmaster estimated that incoming mail showed an in
crease of 8 per cent and stamp sales an increase of 10 per cent for
the first six months.
He noted, too, a decrease of 2.5 per cent in money orders, and
commented: "This shows that less money is going out of the town."
Mr. Boyd predicted that if the present increase continues
through the remainder of the year, the Waynesville postoffice will
go over the S80.000 mark in receipts for 1956. Last year's receipts
were slightly under $76,000.
'Mystery Of The
Missing Ladder' !
Puzzles Painter
The "Mystery of the Missing
Ladder" has been solved.
It all started Tuesday when
Kiley Jones was painting outside
the former Slaek Stores building
and went to rlimb down a ladder
placed on the sidewalk on Main
St. The only trouble was that
the ladder was gone.
It occurred to .Mr. Jones that
even a light-fingered individual
would not attempt to pilfer such
a bulky object as a ladder from
Main St. in broad davlight and.
as it turned out. the ladder was
not stolen at all.
It seems that the ladder be
longs to Hoy Moseman and a
friend passing along Main St..
recognized the ladder and car
ried it back to Mr. Moseman's
store.
For Mr. Jones, however, the
absence of the ladder constituted
a temporary case of non-support.
Mr. and Mrs. Hie-hard Bradley
an? leaving tomorrow for Toronto,
Canada to attend a National Hard
ware Convention They expect to
be away about ten days.
Medford Is Reelected As
Park Commission Head
William Medford was rd-elected j
chairman of the N, C. National ]
Park, Parkway and Forests De
velopment Commission at the an
nual meeting held at Doughton
Park, on Monday. Other officers
were also re-elected for the year,
and included: Frank H. Brown.
| Cullowhee, vice chairman, and C.
! M Douglas, of Brevard, secretary.
Mrs. Hilliard B. Atkins was also
i re-elected clerk and budget officer.
A general review of activities for
' th" year was a feature of the meet
| ing. and various reports were made.
I Other members of the commls
| sion include: Dr. Kelly Bennett,
Brjson City: W. Ralph Winkler,
Boone; W. F. Osborne. Sparta:
Robert 1. Presslcy, Asheville, and
John M. Archer, Jr.. Franklin.
Attending the meeting in addi
tion to the commission members
were: Edward A. Hummell, super
intendent of the Smoky Mountains
National Park; Sam P. Weems.
superintendent of the Blue Ridge
Parkway and Charles Parker, di
rector of advertising of the State
WILLIAM MEDFORI)
; Department of Conservation and
I Development.
The commission maintains ~n
! office in the Masonic Temple here.
Singer May
Make Home :
In Mountains
Edward MacHugh, famed "Gos
pel Singer" of radio for more than | i
30 years, has been in Waynesvilte
for the past three weeks as a guest
of E. W. Sampson. Country Club I'
Road. 1
Mr; Maellugh said that he and
his wife. Who now live in Ft. Laud
erdale, Fla., are now considering
establishing a permanent home in
Western North Carolina and have
( been here to look at property.
A native of Dundee. Scotland, ;
Mr; MacHugh said that the moun
tains of Western Carolina "look !
I just like the Scottish Highlands."
which he left as a youth of 19 to
come to America.
. He added that "We have just
been getting away from the hot
j weather and enjoying the beauti- j
fui seeneery."
Mr. MacHugh reminisced briefly j
of his long career at Radio Center.
New Vjork, with two programs daily
five time a week, which brought ,
1 him an average of from 10,000 to !
30.000 fan letters a week,
The veteran singer said he.still
appears on radio occasionally, but
not regularly?Wishing to avoid
being "the richest man in the
cemetery."
With 31 years in the field. Mr
MacHugh said that he and news \
commentator H. V. Kaltenborn
have the longest record of exper
j ienee in radio.
Top Brass Receive
Maggie Chamber
Memberships
About a dozen of the nation's
| big - wigs, including President
j Eisenhower, Ed Murrow and Ar- ?
! thur Godfrey, are now officially
members of the Maggie Valley
Chamber of Commerce. In addi
tion. they each have a copy of the
recently published folder describ
ing the charms of the area.
Such a widespread distribution
of the literature was a brainstorm
of the Maggie Valley Chamber of
Commerce, which believes you
can't go wrong aiming at the top.
Shoot an arrow that far into the
air and there's no telling wiat it
may knock down for you.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lane and
their children, Sammy, Mary
Frances, and Linda, expect to leave
Sunday for a vacation at Myrtle
? Beach. )
Heavy Rains
Cause Damage In
Fines Creek Area
A lioavy rain at the head of
iVeslry Creek, in the Fines Creek
irca did some damage to crops
ilong the banks of the stream.
More damage was done to roads
n the area, it was reported, than :
o the crops.
The creek stayed within its
janks for almost the entire length,
nit left it at several places, caus- !
ng some damages.
The heavy rains fell about 6 pail.
Monday.
B.75 Miles Of
Roads Improved
In 14th Division
In Haywood County. State forces ,
strengthened the following 14 to j
It) foot wide county roads, and '
heir lengths, with additional stone:
layncs Hill Koad, 0.1 mile; Mauney
Cove Koad-, 0.2 mile; Eagle Nest
[toad, 02 mile: llemphill Koad.
) 3 mile; Price Koad, 0.5 mile: I
Black Camp (lap Koad. 0.1 mile.
During June, a total of 8.75 j
miles of roads in the 14th Highway
Division Were improved by Ha
state Highway Commission, report
ed Commissioner Harry Buchanan
of Hendersonvillc today.
The 14(h is composed of Hay-:
wood. Henderson, Polk. Transyl
vania. Cherokee, Clay. Graham.
Jackson, Macon and Swain coun- j
tics. Division headquarters are in
Sylva. An experienced engineer.
C. VV. Lee, is Division Engineer.
Paul Dupre Is Assistant Division
Engineer. The 14tli is subdivided
into two maintenance districts. E.
H. Webb is District Engineer at i
Hendersonvillc for, Haywood, Hen- !
derson. Polk and Transylvania
Counties E L. Curtis is District
Engineer at Bryson City for Chero- |
kce. Cliiv. Graham. Jackson, Macon
and Swain Counties.
89 Making
13th Annual
Farm Tour
Two large buses and a passenger
car rolled out of Waynesville
early this morning bearing 89 Hay
wood County residents on the first
leg '455 miles) of a 3.332-mile trip
through 15 states and the Domin
ion of Canada
After a rest stop at Arlington.
Va., the group went on to a point
near Pulaski, Va., where lunch
was served at the Shilo Commun
ity Center by a group of Virginia
COP members and extension per
sonnel.
In the afternoon, the Touring
Tar Heels were scheduled for a
rest stop at famed Natural Bridge
of Virginia, after which the group
was to go on to Winchester, Va ,
to spend the night.
Friday morning, after passing
through portions of West Virginia
and Maryland, the tour will enter
Pennsylvania for a stop at the
Gettysburg Battlefield, a trip to
the Summit Poultry Farm and t
tour of the Hershey Chocolate Co.
plant.
The New York state line will be
reached about 6:50 p.m. Friday and
the night will be spent at Pough
keepsie. N y
Saturday events will Include a
tour of the Franklin D. Roosevelt
and George Vanderbilt estates at
Hyde Park. N. Y., a stop at Ply
mouth Rock in Massachusetts, and
seeing "Cinerama Holiday" at the
Boston Theatre The group will
spend the night at Boston and set
the city the next morning.
On Sunday the tour will visit
the Bunker Hill Battle Monument,
have a rest stop at Augusta. Maine
and then go to the Bangor Fair
Grounds for a chicken barbecue
Scheduled Monday are a tour of
the Maine College of Agriculture
at Orono and a stop at a potato
and broiler farm in Penobscot
County, Maine. The gfouo will
cross into Canada about 3 15 p in
and proceed to Quebec to spend
the night
The Haywood countians will tour
the city of Quebec Tuesday morn
ing and then have the afternoon
free.
On Wednesday the Carolina
Caravan will move on to the eapi
tal city of Canada?Ottowa?where
the group will see the House of
Parliament and visit the Canadian
(See Farm Tour?Page 6)
Southern Iron Workers
Honor Ilazelwood Man
.1. Malcolm Clarke, son of Mrs.
Rufus Clarke of ilazelwood, re
cently was selected the outstanding
iron worker apprentice at the
eighth annual Southern Confer
ence of the International Associa
tion of Bridge Structural and Orna
mental Iron Workers, held recent
ly at Biloxi, Miss.
Earlier. Mr. Clarke was named
as the outstanding iron worker ap
prentice in the Charleston, S. C .
area and was sent to the Southern
Conference as a representative of
iron Workers Local 601, Charles
ton.
Two Lake Conferences To
Bring In 1,000 Folk Today
Approximately 1000 people will
open week-long meetings at Lake
Junaluska today.
The Missionary Conference of
the Southeastern Jurisdiction of |
the Methodist Church in coopera
tion with the Workshop for Chair- j
men of Commissions on Missions
in local churches and the Youth j
and Missions Conference will have
an attendance of about 600.
Dr. Walter C. Gum, president of
the Southeastern Jurisdictional!
Board of Missions. Richmond, and
Dr. J. A. Engle. general secretary j
of the Joint Session of Education
and Cultivation Division of World I
Missions. New York City, are in I
charge of the conference.
Approximately 350 Methodist
Youth Fellowship young people
will also arrive today to open an
eight-day session.
The section of Workshop for
cheirmen of Commissions on Mis
sions in local churches will ac- 1
quaint the chairmen with general
leadership as it relates to local
church mission work.
The Rev. H. Burnham Kirkland,
treasurer of the Division of World
Missions. New York, will speak
this evening at eight.
The groups will get dow n to work
Friday. The Rev. B. Dow Kirk
pntrick. pastor of the First Metho
dist Church. Athens. Ga.. wrill be
t
gin the days activities with de
votions at 9 a.m.
IJr. Gum will speak at 9:15 and
Dr. Engle at 10 o'clock.
The Rev. Mr. Kirkland will de
liver a sermon at 11 a.m. and Jose
Valencia, resident bishop of the
Philippines, will speak at 8 p.nv
Addresses by other prominent
Methodists will highlight Satur
day's activities.
Highway
Record For
1956
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed I 2
(1955 ? 1)
Injured .... 43
(1955 ? 37)
Accidents.. 102
(1955 ? 76>
Loss ... $32,621
(1955 ? 939,479)
(TUa Information compiled
(ram records at Stat* Hlgfc
way Patrol.)