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The Waynesville Mountaineer i
0 ? Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park u J
71st YEAR NO. 61 12 PAGES Associated Press WAYNKSVII.I K, N. C.. MONDAY AFTERNOON. JULY .10. 1956 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson'Counties
17th Beef
Shoot Slated
Wednesday
They'll be bringing home the
bacon again Wednesday evening,
but in this case the bacon will be
beef.
Winners of the all-day Beef
Shoot at Cataloochee will each re
ceive a quarter of beef, donated
bv host Ton^ Alexander.
The annual contest is open to j
mountaineer? and "foreigners" "
alike^jjrtt^ifiis year Alexander ex- I
pect.i^j^J|any as 150 entries, with I
prol)a^Ta~'fhnusand persons look- I
ing to He has already heard from ?
a large group coming up from At- ?
lanta; others are coming from ?
Clentson and from North Wilkes- J
boro; and inquiries pour in from
neighbor states Tennessee and Vir-ll
ginia.
The match, limited to users of |
the venerable muzzle-loading rifles ?
of pioneer days, will start at 9 a.m. ;
Between 7 a.m. and 1:30 p in. the
road to the ranch will bo kept one
way by the State Highway Patrol.
Five divisions are scheduled as
usual- boys through age 19, men
of 20-39. men of 40-59, men 60
and over, and women of any age
Spectators enjoy not only the
marksmahship contest hut the elab
orate preparations which include
(See Beef Shoot?Page 3, Sec. 2)
Waynesville
Eligible For
U. S. Benefits
RALEIGH '? Waynesville is one 1
of eight North Carolina commun-i
ities classified by the Federal Gov
ernment as areas of substantial I
labor surplus and thus eligible j
for certain benefits relating to
plant construction and production
contracts, Henry E. Kendall,
chairman of the Employment Se
curity Commission of North Caro- ;
lina, announced today.
Kendall said the areas eligible i
to benefit from the Defense Man
power Policy providing procure
ment preference and rapid amorti
zation are: Durham. Asheville.
Kinston. Rocky Mount, Fayctte
ville, Mt. Airy, Shelby - Kings
Mountain, and Waynesville.
It was explained that plants in
these towns may receive priority ,
when government contracts are a-,]
warded. This is in line with the
policy of channeling the govern-!
ment's buying towards firms locat
ed in labor surplus areas.
Further, industrial develop
ment Is encouraged by allowing |
(See I'. S. Benefits?Page 6)
Presbyterians Set
Evangelist Series
A one-week Presbyterian evan
gelistic mission has been set to
begin Sunday. August 5, at the
W'ayr/'le Presbyterian Church,
it wal%*"nouneed toda> by Rev:
Calvin Thielman, pastor.
The speaker for the week's ser
vice will be the Rev. Leighton
Ford, associate evangelist of the
Billy Graham team. Mr. Ford is
recognized as one of the leading
young evangelists of the nation to
day. He is a brother-in-law of
evangt Ust Billy Graham and
makes his home in Charlotte.
Mr Thielman said that Joe
Kmerson Rose would be soloist for
the series of meetings, which will
he held each evening at 8 o'clock,
and Jack Ward, an outstanding
evangelistic song leader would
lead the singing. Ward lives in !
Avon Park. Fla.
Mr. Thielman said he expects an i
unusually large attendance at
each of the services because of the
prominence of the leaders conduct
ing the series. A special invitation
is being extended to the public, to
members of all denominations, to
attend these services.
The
Weather
CLOUDY
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Partly cloudy and nof quite as (
warm with a chance of a few scat->
tcred afternoon thundershowers to
day. Tuesday mostly fair with
moderate temperatures.
Official Wayncsville temperature 1
as reported by the State Test Farm: I
Date Max. Min. Pr.
July 26 85 58 .251
' 27 88 60
" 28 88 59
" 29 86 56
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IT WON'T BK LONG NOW until Waynesville
area residents will be able to enjoy the new
swimming pool under construction on the Recre
ation Center grounds. Concrete was poured for
the middle section shown here Saturday morning.
Most of the concrete work will be completed this
week with the pouring of the diving well. Still
to come are installation of filtration eiiuipment
and liftings for the pool.
(Mountaineer I'Jioto)
Short Memory Proven 1
Bad For Check-Flasher \
\ convincing-talking "self-ap
pointed" Naval officer let his
imagination and tongue get out
of control, leading hini to change
his address from one of the best
known resort places in the sec
tion to become a resident of the
llavwood County jal.
Sheriff Fred V. Campbell said
that the man came here several
days ago. registered at the re
sort place and soon began telling
of his exciting and successful
Naval career. The man was sup
posedly here, he said, to rest for
a few days before going to Wash
ington to denounce severely the
Navy Department for assigning
him as an instructor at the Naval
Academy at Annapolis. He free
ly admitted that his services were
needed but felt that he had serv
ed his country long enough as f
a Naval officer, although he was (
only 46. ,
lie paid for his stay at the re
sort area with a check and then
asked for a second check to be
cashed in order to have "pin ^
money" for things such as tips
while flying to Washington. The
first check was for $61.15 for -j
room and board; S60 more was j ^
for pin money.
During the course of his stay
he visited the .Maggie Valley and
there made friends with a num
(Sce Check Flasher?Page 6>
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ASC Funds
Extended To
All Farmers
The Haywood County ASC com-,
mjttee voted Friday to increase the
assistance allowance on all county
farms because of an additional al
location of $20,000 given Haywood
rce.'titly hv the state ASC.
When the allocation was first re-1
reived here, the funds were given
to tanners who had not received
their full allowance under the |
spring program. j
A VV't Ferguson, county ASC
manager, said that his office still ,
has about $21,000 iinobligat"d -
which includes the a'locat.idn of
$20,000 and $3,000 the county had
previous};..
lie explained that the fund- now
on hand are available for any con
servation practice in the ASC
handbook, such as cover crop and .
small grains.
Aliens Hurt In Crash
Mr. and Mrs John H. Allen. Jr.. '
of Canton, received broken bones
and other injuries Thursday when
their car col tided head-on with
another near the Asbeville City i
limits, according to Mr. Allen's,
brother, Claude Allen of Hazel- j
wood.
They are now patients at Me- j
menial Mission Hospital.
Plans For Pigeon
Street School
Slightly Revised
Engineers of the State School
Boafd are making a few revised 1
changes in the cafeteria plans for j;
the Pigeon Street School, accord- <_
ing to Lawrence Leatherwood. i
county superintendent of Educa-i
tion.
Leatherwood said the revisions ,
would make the kitchen more (
convenient, and although it will
delay letting the contract, he felt
the change would meet with com- 1
plete approval of all patrons of the J
school.
indications, are that the bid^
w ill be let about August 20 for i
the modern structure on a 3-acrc
site on Pigeon Street.
Deputies Bring
In Two Stills
Two deputies brought in two 50
gallon stills last week from the
Stevens Creek section, according S
to. Sheriff Fred y. Campbell. One
of the stills was a Copper unit and
the other was made of sheet iron.
The deputies got 200 gallons of
mash in lour barrels in the raid.
Those making the raid were dep
ulies Gene Howell and Vernon
Mosser.
No arrests were made.
Plans For Paving Pisgah
Motor Highway Abandoned
Plans to pave the Pisgah Motor 1
Itoad from Magon Koad Gap to <
the intersection of NCI 12 have j
been abandoned, according to ]
Don Morris, supervisor of Pis
eah National forest. Morris said |
three projects were slated for
paving but increased costs now (
prevented thein from carrying ,
out but two of the projects. This ,
necessitated dropping the Pisgah (
Motor Road.
Supervisor Morris said that (
the motor road was destined to
become a part of the Blue Ridge
Parkway and would eventually
be paved in that area, and pre
dicted within a few years.
The road from Rosman across
Beech Gap through Sherwood
Forest to Lake Logan would not 1
be part of the Parkway and '
\ ?
I
tience the money will be spent
>n that project, as well as on
i short link of highway in the
Vantahala Forest.
Flans are also being completed
lor the construction of a recre
ation center on the site of the
old Sunburst mill in the Sher
wood area. Morris pointed nut.
with details to be worked nut in
the near future.
lie cited a general increase in
traffic through Pisgah and told
of improvements around the
laaoking Glass area on Highway
216 and other points along Da
vidson River.
He said that Pisgah this past
year had sold 55 million feet of
Limber, setting a new record for
tales out of the forest.
D.D.York To
5oon Open
Larger Store
D. D. York announced this moi;n
ig that lie expects to open .1 smalt
lanufacturing plant lor two items
1 tlie new home of his sewing 111a
hine firm which will op n Thuis
ay in the building lormerU or
iipied by Slack's on Main .Street
ere.
York did not name the two
ems but said both would require
1 itching and he hoped to gei the
potation going in the near future
'be number of employees will be
etfrmined by .several factors, lie
ointed out.
The new location of the firm is
our times the size of the pi'est nt
Wilding. York said, and lie will
dd an additional line of acces
ories plus a stock tif sewing .'ma-'
bines, as well as a modern repair
epartment.
Among the new features which
e plans to incorporate 111 the
iusincss is a sewing class which
ie hopes to open about the last of
ieptemher,
York opened his store here in
951 and has been dealingvin sew
ng machines in Western North
'arolina periodically since 1925.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Howell. Jr.
if Raleigh spent the weekend W illi
heir parents. Mr. and Mis. Joe
low ell. Sr. and Mrs J D Ezeil.
Construction To Begin In Fall On New
$300,000 Dormitory At Junaluska
Farm Tour
Covers Over
3,300 Miles
By \\. < . MEIIFORD
After 11 day of constant touring
and sight siting. Haywood County s
13th annual out-of-state farm tour
got homo at 7 p.m. Sunday
The opinion un both tin- Canton
and W'aynt'svilJe buses was that
this trip, from the standpoint of
interesting places visited and en- j
joyment, was;one of our host.
At Ottawa. Canada (from
where we last reported>. we had
an interesting visit to the Can
adian Experimental Farm. Here
the menfolk looked at strawber
ry, apple, and other fruit culture,
while the women visited flower
gardens. Ottawa is a very beauti
ful and clean city?perhaps the
most such We have seen.
The huge elevator ,it. I'reseott,
Ontario was next visited. It has a
capacity ot five 5.500.000 pounds of
grain.
Our boat ride through the
Thousand Islands region in the
St I awrenee was one of the high _
spots ol our trip Islands of mi- 1
mite si*i up to those of two or '
three hundred acres?1.600 isl
ands in all ?- dot the wide St. ?
Lawrence near Itoekport. I lie I
boat ride lasted more than two J
hours.
Tha large etty < a foront? t lie ! I
(See f arm Tour?Case 6i 1
Last Lamb Pool (
Is Slated Thursday j
At Clyde Yards ]
Approximately 200 sheep ? in-j
eluding 122 from Haywood- are 'ex-j
pceted to he sold at the county's 1
third and final lamb pool of the i
year at the Clyde Stockyards j
! Thursday.
All lambs must be brought in to
the stockyards between 7 and 10 j
a .in I
No animals will be accepted Un-;
; lis' they have been previously con- ?
signed for the sale. The deadline j
for notifying the county agent's
office, was at noon last Saturday.
I WW wm
VICE PRESIDENT Richard N. Nixon will speak at laike Junalus
ka, Sunday evening, AuKust ?. at K p.m.. it was announced today.
He will In- accompanied by Evangelist Billv Graham. Reuben It.
Robertson. Jr.. I ndersecretary of Defense, and Congressman
Charles Raper Jonas.
Trustees To
Study New
Cafeteria
Construction of a $300,000 lodge
to relieve housing problems Is the
next step in the development pro
gram of the Lake Junaluska Metho
dist Assembly,
Work on the first unit of the
dormitory-type building will start
this fall. Edwin L Jones. Charlotte,
president of the assembly boarxl of
trustees announced.
The 45-member board held its
annual meeting at the lake Sat
urday to map expansion projects,
review the year's work and plan the
1957 program.
The new lodge will accommodate
400 persons when all units are cone
pleted, Jones said The long-range
plan also calls for a new cafeteria
to replace the present building.
The new lodge will be built ad
jacent S'haekford Hall, principal
meeting place of youth and young
adult conferences and leadership
training schools. It will replace;
two old lodges that have (recti
in use for many years and are now
outmoded
The lodge represents another
step in the assembly's expansion
program This year saw the com
pletion of the $100,000 Paul It
| Kern Youth Center, the $75,000
archives building and the new wing
ol l.amhuth Inn, comprising mod
j ern hotel and conference room -
| Now that the new youth and
I children's buildings are in full ope
; ration, the assembly plans to de
; velop a program of special interest
j to older visitors. This was pro
posed by Dr. M. K Mobley, Flor
{enee. S. C.. physician and a Lake
' Junaluska trustee
tl) Other business, the board re
elected Jones president of the
. seinbly. and the Ret . James \\
[ Fowler, Jr.. treasurer and superin
tendent
New officers elected are Bishop
John Branscomb of Jacksonville.
Fla . vice president, and the Ret .
Lee Tut tie. Charlotte, secretary.
Bishop. Branscomb succeeds Bis
hop Costen J Harrcll, retired- for
merly of Charlotte and now. of De
catur. Ga. Dr. Tutlle succeeds Dr
Edgar II.' Nea.se' of Greensboro
The following trustees were elec
ted chairmen of committees.
(Sec Lake Junaluska?Page 6>
4-H Club Group
Opens 6-Day Stay
At Camp Schaub
Approximately 90 Haywood
County 4-H Club members and live
adult leaders were expected to en
roll today at Camp Schauh for six
days of camping and activities
While at the camp on the Moun
tain F.xperiment Station property,
the 4-H'ers will study swimminu
recreation, crafts, forestry, and use
of electricity.
Accompanying the 4-H group will
!)?? Miss Jean Childcrs. assistant
home agent; Cecil Brown, assistant
i farm agent; Mrs. Ray Seay of Fines
Creek, Miss Phyllis Hart man of
5-iunook. and Miss Mary Francos
McCrackcn of Lake Junaluska.
The Haywood countians were
rice President Nixon To
y dress Lake Audience On
Next Sunday Night, Aug. 5
furious Clog Road,
"iremen Unable
"o Reach Blaze
A fire alarm turned in at 9:30
p.m. Sunday turned out to be
relatively minor, and Waynes
ville lireinen were able to put
out without damage a blaze
started by tobaeeo sticks under
the burn of Etzie Caldwell at
i'lott Creek.
However, If the lire had been
a major one. the consequences
could have been very serious be
cause many of Waynesville's
firemen?including Fire Chief
Felix Stovall ? were prevented
from reaching the scene of the
blaze because the road was block
ed by people "chasing" the fire
trurk.
Chief Stovall warned that peo
ple following a lire truck too
closely are liable to arrest, and
added that property could be
destroyed by the fart that fire
men are unable to reach the
scene.
SCHOOL BOARD TO MF.F.T
The Haywood Board of Educa
ion will meet Wednesday night
nd formally approve the opening
nd closing schedules for Haywood
(hooks for the current term.
Vice President Itichard M. Nixon
Mill address the Lake Junaluska
Methodist summer assembly at 8
pjii. Sunday. Aun 5. during a
Southwidc leadership training
school for tlvureh workers
Appearing 011 the same program
will be Evangelist Hilly Graham,
who will he Nixon's host on a \ isit
to three chinch assemblies in this
atea.
The vice president will speak
earlier in the day at Montreal,
site of the Presbyterian (U. St
asscmbh add at Ridgeerest. South
ern Baptist center
Nixon, a Quaker, has not an
nounced liis subject hut indicated
that his addresses will be "setni
rt'ligious" rather than political
The vice president's party will
include Mrs Nixon and Mrs.
Graham: Reuben B Robertson. Jr
Undersecretary of Defense, and
Congressman Charles Raper Jones
of Lincolnton
At Lake Junaluska the group
will be guests oi Edwin L. .fonts.
Charlotte businessman and presi
dent of the Methodist assembly
hoard of trustees.
Another member of President
Eisenhower's cabinet, Dr. Arthur
S Flemming. director of the Office
of Defense Mobilization, will follow
Nixon a- guest speaker on Aug. ti
at 8 p m, An active Methodist
layman. Dr Flemming is or. leave
as president of Ohio Wesleyan
University
The leadership school will be
directed by the Hew M. Earl Cun
ningham of the Methodist Board
of Education. Nashville.
scheduled to camp with Northamp
ton County 4-H'ers, but the latter
county failed to make its quota lor
camp and will not be here.
Recent Term Of Court Did
ft. Rushing $12,319 Business
lew businesses in the state did as rushing a cash business in
live davs as the July term of Superior Court, according to the
records of .). It. Siler, clerk of the court.
The Court in the five-day period collected a total of $12,
319.58. Of this, according U? the report. $11,086.58 was turned over
to the county as above all Court costs.
The cost of the Court, iury and all details, according to Clerk
Siler's report, amounted to $1.233?
The report shows that lines amounted to $6,426: bonds and
forfeitures. S3.524, with miscellaneous accounting for the differ
ence.
WAYNESVHXES NEW DRIVE-IN MAILBOX
sot a tryout Eriday afternoon by Mrs. Shirley
Ray, Chamber of Commeree seeretarv. Towns
people and visitors were still making the mis
take of parking in front of the drive-in box t'ri*
day. but a sign is to be put up to keep the spot
clear of traffic so that postoffice patrons can de
posit mail without leaving their oars.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Balsam Postmaster Sees
1956 As 'Best Season Ever'
"Th<? hi?tf <PB?nn r*v<?r" fnr t hr? I 1 *? ? ? ,* 1 *??
* "v " ? ?
Balsam post off ice was predicted
Friday by Postmaster Louis En
gley. wiio said that the months of
August and September should be
especially good in the area.
Mr En.xley said that postal busi- j
ne.ss at Balsam thus lar this year j
is about on a par with 1955. but
said that the next two months
should bring an increase.
He explained that two hotels in j
the community ? the Balsam
Mountain Springs Hotel and the 1
Balsam Lodge ? both have a !
large number of reservations for j
August and September.
Mr. Ensley estimated that the
I Balsam postoffice is now serving ,
between 300 to 400 summer visit- i
ors and from 200 to 300 ptrman- J
j ent residents.
The new Balsam postolfice, a
concrete block structure, was con- '?
structed in 1954 after the former ;
building in which the postoffice i
was housed burned down.
Highway
Record For
1956
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed 2
(1935 ? 1)
Injured .... 46
(1955 ? 37)
Accidents. ? 109
(1955 ? 7?)
Loss ... $35,341
(1955 ? S3*,479)
(This information compiled
from iwnnh of Stat* Hlfb
way fratrol.)
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