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EuiS|The Waynesville Mountaineer
13 ? Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park D???????
71st YEAH NO. 62 16 PAGES "Associated Press WAYNESVILLE. N. C.. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 2. 1956 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Waynesville
Canton Get
Awards For
SafetyWork
The fifth safety award for
Waynesvilk1 was presented to the
Town by Captain C. G. Lewis, of
the State Highway Patrol, Monday
night, with Mayor J. H. Way ac
cepting the award in behalf of
the town. All the police force was
on hand to witness the formal
awarding of the plaque.
Waynesville has gone since Sep
tembt^l949 without a pedestrian
fata.i^Aand since February 1951
withH^an automobile death.
Captain Lewis told the town of
ficials and police that: "In my opin
ion there is no other way to keep
down accidents other than to rigid
ly enforce the laws. It is the only i
way to save lives. This award is j
the result of enforcement of the;
laws, and the officers being ever
alert."
Captain Lewis was accompanied
by Sgt. T. A. Sandlin and Cpl.
Pritchard Smith. ?
A similar Safety plaque was
awarded to officials of Canton, also |
on Monday night. Mayor Bruce
Nanney and Chief of Police W. N.
Stroup accepted the plaque on be
half of city officials.
Canton has won several such
awards in recent years.
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High School
Renovation
Bids Due
Bids will be opened in the office
of Lawrence Leatherwood, super
intendent of the Haywood County
schools. Friday at 11 o'clock on the
renovation work at the high school.
The plans and specifications call
for converting the present auditor
ium into a number of classrooms,
study hall and library.
The project was approved by the
Board of Education this spring
and it is estimated that it will cost
about $22,000.
Superintendent Leatherwood said
that the addition of new class
rooms was essential since several
teachers assigned to the high
school faculty would be without
classroom space for the current
year due to the heavy increase in
enrollment.
Tommy Norris
To Enter Hospital
In New York City
Tommy Norris of Waynesville.!
who was crippled in an accident
while diving at Lake Junaluska in
1945, will leave here either Sun
day or Monday to enter Bellevue1
Hospital in New York City.
While there, he will receive
treatment and physiotherapy in an
effort _Jo restore the use of his
lcgs.^^kcc his accident, he has ;
been^Pwble to walk.
During Tommy's absence, the
Norris television shop will be kept
open by his partner, Jim Sisk.
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Lions' Eye Clinic
Slated Monday
At Health Center
The birmonthly eye clinic at the J
Haywood County Health Center,
sponsored by the five Lions Clubs
of the county, will be held Mon
day morning, starting at 8:30 a.m.
The clinic will be conducted by .
Fir. Wayne Woodard of Asheville,
who will see 30 patients who have
been screened in schools and by
the Health and Welfare depart- \
nicnts.
In charge of the eye clinic pro
gram for the Lions of Haywood
County is F. E. Shull of Canton.
The
Weather
HUMID
Partly cloudy and sultry with
widely scattered afternoon thun
dershowers today and Friday.
OfTiclal Wayneaville temperature
a> reported by the State Test Farm:
Date Ma*. Min. Prec.
July 30 82 52 ?
July 31 81 65 .02
/U?T 1 85 60 .02
CAPTAIN' C. G. LEWIS, (left* of the Highway
Patrol, presents to Mayor J. II. Way. another
safety plaque for the town, covering 1955 with
out a fatal traffic accident. This is the fifth
such award received. Looking on is Chief Or
ville Noland, second from left and Assistant
Chief A. P. Evans, second from right.
i Mountaineer Photo'
Doctors Urge
Polio Shots
Taken Now
Plans were announced today for.
the emergency polio vaccine pro
gram in Haywood County
Dr. Heyward Smith, president of
the Haywood County. Medical So
ciety. announced appointment of!
Dr. James Fender as chairman of
the society's polio vaccine commit
tee to supervise the program to
bring the polio vaccina to all chil
dren and y oung people through 19
years and to expectant mothers.
The immunization program will
be two-fold, the committee chair
| man said:
1. Physicians will continue to
inoculate patients in their own
offices.
2. Free public clinics using
vaccine provided by the State
Board of Health will be estab
lished at strategic locations in j
the county.
| "Many children, young people;
'and expectant mothers in Haywood
County are as yet unprotected
: against paralytic polio " Dr Smith
j declared.
?! "We are now approaching the
I season of greatest polio incidence,
land it' |v imperative that as many
| Haywood County residents as pos
sible. receive the vaccine immedi?j
,alcly
The vaccinations are necessary !
for protection in the polio season.
; Dr. Smith pointed out. In the emer
| geticy program this summer, the
shots will be given two weeks
(See Polio?Page 8i
County Sales Tax
Collections bhow
$13,824 Increase
Sales tax collections in May
wood County for June, 1056,
showed an increase of S13.8 J4.32
over the total for June. 1055?
the sharpest such sain in sev
eral years ?' actording to fig
ures published in "The Retail
er." issued by the North Caro
lina Merchants Association.
^Collections for June. 1955
were only S30.687.38. according
to "The Retailer."
Also reported were collections
of S41.846.32 for May of this
year.
Haywood Schools To Open
On Tuesday, August 28
Haywood county schools will open Tuesday, August 28th.
it was announced today by Lawrence Leatherwood, county superin
tendent of education, following formal approval of the Board last
night.
The holiday schedule for the current term includes: Mon
day, Sept. 3, Labor Day: Tuesday, Nov. 6, election day: two days
for Thanksgiving and for Christmas holidays the schools will close
December 19th and reopen January 3rd.
Outstanding Speakers On
Lake Program This Week
Two high government officials
and Mi lot' internationally-known |
{Clergymen will top next week's
program at the Lake Junaluska 1
Methodist Assembly.
Sunday services in the main au- . ]
ditorium will have as guest speak
ers Bishop Ivan Lee Holt of St
Louis. Mo., president of the World
Methodist Council, at 11 a.m. and
Vice President Kichard M. Nixon
and Evangelist Billy Graham at
8 p.m.
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An eminent British churchman,
the Rev. Mr. Russell Shearer of ;
Birmingham. England, will be the
speaker at ll a.m., Monday
through Thursday.
Monday night at 8 o'clock the
guest speaker will be Dr. Arthur
S. Fleming of Washington, D. C. !
As Director of the Office of De
fense Mobilization, Dr. Fleming is
a member of President Eisenhow
er's cabinet.
Bishop llolt is visiting Lake
Junaluska to confer with Dr. El
mer T. Clark about the program
of the World Methodist Confer
ence. Sept. 1-12. As council presi
dent. Bishop Holt is in charge of
the conference.
Vice President Nixon's appear- i -
|ance Sunday night at Lake Juna
j luska will conclude his day-long
' visit to church assemblies in this
area. Earlier in the day he is due
to speak at Montreal and Ridge
merest. Nixon will be the guest of '
Dr. Graham, who will accompany
him to Lake Junaluska,
The vice president has indicat
ed that his subject will be "semi
religious" rather than of a political
nature. He is expected to arrive
in this vicinity Saturday to visit
Dr. Graham and other friends.
Mrs. Nixon and Mrs. Graham
I probably will be in the official
' party of the vice president at Lake
' Junaluska. His address will be
open to the public.
Recreation Fund
Pledges Are Due
rhis Saturday
Pledges of money made for
the Recreation Fund in June are
due this Saturday, persons who
have not yet paid their pledges
were reminded today.
.More than S50.000 was pledg
ed during the one-week cam
paign, but at II a.m. today only
$23,362 has been paid, accord
ing to Joe Davis at the First
National Rank, temporary treas
urer for the fund.
The Recreation Commission
has urged tliat pledges be paid
because the organization does
not have funds or personnel to
send out statements on unpaid
pledges.
The money is needed to pay
for the swimming pool, whieh
is now under construction on the
Recreation Center grounds in
Waynes ville*
Bernard Ferguson Named
To State 4-H Honor Club
rfrvyrd ffrgison
\
tjernara w. rerguson, son 01 \ir
and Mrs. Paul Ferguson of Fines
Creek, has been named to the!
North Carolina 4-H "Honor Club" i
?becoming the first Haywood i
County boy to be named to the \
honorary organization, highest in,
4-H Club work.
Betty Felmet of Ratcliffe Cove:
has been the only other Haywood
County 4-H member ever to be
named to the state Honor Club.
In 4-11 Club work for eight I
years. Bernard completed 32 dif
ferent projects. He was state w in- j
ner in bur ley tobacco in 1953. and
became the first and only burley
tobacco winner ever to attend a 4
H Club congress. He also was a
member of the county 4-H tobac
co-judging team for two years.
He is currently president of the
4-11 Club County council, and a
member of the Beta Club at Fines
(See Ferrnson?Pa?e 8)
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Swim Pool I
Ahead Of
*
Schedule
The ol swimmin' hole she ain't
what she used to be ? and ain't
what she's going to be pretty
quick either.
Work is progressing 'way ahead
of schedule" on the swimming pool [ I
on the recreation center grounds. J J
and it is hoped that it will be i ?
completed in time for use this , J
year.
Only a matter of short weeks i
ago. the land just acquired from j |
the Horse Show Association '
would have made a nice pasture
for a contented cow. Then came
the $50,000 fund-raising campaign,
and its success sent the 'dozers
to gouging huge bites out of
bossy's lunchroom
Then the ol' swinunin' hole did
become a mud hole in good earn
est Daily rains made mire of the I
excavation. If a pump had not |
kept the dry land above ground. I
so to speak. Noah's ark would have 1
stranded.
This week the digging is to be
done for the diving well while the
tinal stages of the main body of
the pool are well on their wa\ to- 1
ward completion Thick concrete 1
bottoms and walls, heavily rein- <
forced with steel, give promise of k
being brimful some day soon of 1
splashing pure mountain water, j
Suppliers of the concrete mix
estimate that nearly 300 cubic j
y ards of the aggregate w ill bq used
by the time the plan is carried out j [
\rid that, if you like a heavy
thought for a hot day. weighs l'ii'
million pounds, or more than 600 i1
tons. i
\\ lien that 61 tt tons of concrete j
is filled with water. there'lU be '5
enough water to keep the average ^ ^
family in baths and spotless id
clothes for a good many years ? !?'
nearly a quarter of a million gat- '
Ions. Depth Of the pool will vary'1
front a sale three teet for waders '
and beginning swimmers lo an U
equally safe 11 feet for high div- j I
Ji
Placed as it is in the middle of
a sizeable plot, the pool looks i
smaller than it is Its 43 by 123- I
foot dimensions would crowd the
? See Swimming Pool?Page 8> If
Two Hearings
Postponed On ]
Arson Charges j
Two hearings on charges of ar- '
son. set tor Tuesday morning be- '
fore Justice of the Peace J. J. Fer
guson, have been continued. (
One was continued because the
defendant ? Hack Arnold Sniath
ers of Caiiton ? failed to appear !1
and a capias was issued for his ar- '
? est. He has been under $1,500 j c
bond.
The other case ?involving Tom-1 !
my Conard of Plott Creek ? was
continued until TO a.m. Friday,11
with the defendant under $500 '1
bond.
SCHOOLTEACHER SHARPSHOOTER at the
Oataloochee Beef Shoot Wednesday was M rs.
Ruth Henry, teacher at Maggie School. Looking
on at right is Rufe Sutton. The annual event at
tracted 139 shooters and "well over a thousand"
spectators. (Mountaineer Photol.
FBI, And Others,
Seek Custody Of ,
Jad-Check Passer
Shcritl Krcd Y Campbell said:]
hat FIJI agents wore liiere Wed- |
icsday to check into the ease of ?
?eter M Kdward, now being held <
n Haywood County jail on charges i
if passing seven worthless eheeks j
11 Maggie Valley
Because he had identified him-I
elf as a former naval olTicer.I
Cdward may face charges of im- j
icrsonaling a federal officer The 1
?Til agents asked that Jie be plac
id under a $5,000 bond if he is
eleased from jail here.
Sheriff Campbell said that Ed
ward is currently being held here
or trial on charges of passing
jogus checks for a total of $421
Several other cities in the South
ilso want Kdward on charges of
lassing checks.
After investigating the case,
sheriff Campbell found that Ed
vard?far from being a former
laval ollicer?actually used to be
;mployed as a carnival barker.
Health Center
Scene Of Third
Traffic Accident 1
Highway 19A-23 near the Health ; ,
'enter was the scene of the third '
iccident within a week at 4.45;,
i.nt. when two cars were badly |
l.'.inagcd when a third made a sud
len left turn into a driveway. |
Patrolman W ft Woolen re- |
lotted that Andrews Pickens Mil
er. Sr.. 50, of Lcesburg, Fla.. driv- j'
rig a 1955 Mercury, made a left '
ui n into a driveway.
To avoid hitting the station
vagon, Robert McKirtley Hawkins.
12. of Route I. Clyde, driving a j
954 lord pickup truck, cut to the
eft and struck a 1954 Dodge ton (
ruck driven by Mack William ,
lall, 51 of Sylva.
Damage lo (he Hawkins truck j"
vas placed at $500 and to the Hall
trick at S400
Miller was charged with fail- |
ire to yield the right of way and j "
mproper turn.
Sraham Workers
Set Services At ,
Presbyterian Ch.
Two members of the Billy Cirri- '
iam evangelistic team will direct '
i week ot evangelistic- services at (
he W'aynesville Presbyterian (
Church August 5-12, it lias been >
ifMiounced by the Rev, Calvin 1
Tiielman, pastor. Soloist will be
lationally known radio singer Joe
Jrtierson Rose, now a local resi
lent and a Ruling Elder in the
Jhurch.
Tlie services will be held each
?vening at 8 o'clock, Mr. Thiol
nan sard, as he extc-nded a cor
lial invitation to the public to at
end.
The speaker for the week's ser
vice will be the Rev. Leighton
rord, associate evangelist of the
iilly Graham team. Mr. Ford is
?ecognized as one of the leading
?oung evangelists of the nation to
lay. He is a brother-in-law of
vangelist Billy Graham and
nakes his home in Charlotte.
Song leaders for the series will
re Jack Ward, a recent college
:raduate who has devoted much
imc to church music.
Mr Ford did considerable evan
jelistic and pastoral work during
(See Presbyterians?Pate 8)
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A WORKMAN does some last-minute adjusting to the 125-foot
stack at (Jnagusta. The workman is working from the crane which
lifted the 15,000-pound stack into place. (Mountaineer Photo*. S
Hawg Rifles' Echo Again
At Cataloochee Beef Shoot
Don't Let Fire
Siren Lure You?
Stay At Home
If voii arc otic of those who ??
can't resist the urge to fall in
behind a fire truck answering: a
call, you had better take a little
extra folding money with you
the next time, because it is lia
ble to cost you some money in
Police Court.
Thus warned firemen and of
ficers as they discussed the situ
ation on I'lott Creek Sunday
night when the heavy traffic
prevented a number of fire
men from reaching the scene of
the blaze.
The police gave 2'J citations
for one fire here in tVaynesville.
and other law enforcement of
ficers are working with the po
lice when the truck is called to
answer rural alarms.
The law enforcement officers
said that unless you have a good
reason for going to the fire, it i
will be cheaper to stay at home.
74 Members
Of 4-H Clubs
Now At Camp
Seventy-four Haywood County !
1-11 members and five adult lead
is opened a week of camping
ictiviUos at Camp Schaub this
?reek.
Boys in the group are:
Andy Boyd. James Mcsscr, Hon- :
j Id Rollins, William Clark, Ml las !
hiirkpalrick Donald Davis. John !
L'liarles Ducket t, Larry MeCracken,
harlcs Steven Reeves, Richard
say lcs. Jerry Henderson, Charles
itcvertson, Darrcll Fore, Gary Fore,
lift on Shook, Johnny James,
limmy Jla.vncs. Howell McKlroy. ?
lummy Leopard,. Richard Jones,
Jerry Ferguson Mark Morgan,
Harold Shook Curtis Green. Neat ?
\lliMin, Jimmy Cunningham, and :
Bobby Case.
Girls in the group are.
Marion Ann Mcsscr, -Terry Pless.J
Rebecca Chapman. Naomi Grant.
Carolyn Justice, Shirley Smart,
sherry Jones, Carolyn Hcnson. j
Andrea Rogers. Nancy Sale, Vicky
Hoveano, Jean Stephenson, Frances
laynes. Joyce Chambers,, Nancy
Clark, Imogene Hooper. Jo Ann
(laynes. Nancy Campbell, Iris
Cathey, Linda Moore. Pola Harrell,
tSec 4-11 Club?Page 8)
The peaks of Old Smoky echoed
yesterday to the crack of ancient
rifles, as the acrid tana of gun
smoke floated across the annual
Beef Shoot at Cataloochee Kancli
on Fie Top mountain.
All day long, from early morn
ing till mid-afternoon, the mark
men Lined up to take a shot at a
target 60 yards away. Between
shots they melted lead and pour
ed it into a bullet mold, or pain
stakingly cleaned the 4-foot bar
rels of their muzzle-loaders, Or just
visited around and compared tlx
fine points of their Buns.
Eventual winners among the Ili'.t
men. women and youngsters who
lined up included a teen-age. girl
who outshot 27 others in the un
der-20 age group, three membci
of one family, and several previous
winners.
Mercedith Shook of Bryson t t!
was the 17-year-old who won bei
self a quarter of beef instead of
the stiver bowl awarded to com
petitors in the ladies' group. It K
said that she "never did any shoot
in' to amount to until about three
weeks a?>!"
Becky Harper of Hettdersonvilh
also shot in the under-20 group
placing third However, she elect
rd to have her target judged in
the ladies' group, where she was
first-prize winner.
flint Hall and H. S. Hal! broth
ers, placed first in the 40-59 and
over-60 age groups, respectively
and H. S- Hall's daughter Margar
et Conian placed third in the wo
(See Beef Shoot?I'aee Si
10-Day Mission
Starts Sunday At
St. John's Church
The Rev. John Schultz Of Tie
Congregation of The Most Hop
Redeemer will open a ten-day
Mission at St. John's Church.
WaynesviLle, on Sunday, August
5th
Father Schu.ltz is an eloquent
preacher, known far and wide t<>r
his great successes ? his chose r
field of Mission preaching, an
for the beauty, strength arid a' ?
tractivencss of his masterly pi is
olation.
Father Schultz won an esc
tional reputation as an Army Chap
lain in the second World War and
was even commended for hero
ism on the beach-heads of Nor
mandy as he ministered to men
of all faith's under heavy and con
stant artillery fire. ?
The Mission services are held
(See St. John's?Page 8>
RFV. IFIGIITON FORD
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Highway
Record For
1956
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed 2
(1955 ? 1)
Injured .... 46
(1955 ? 37)
Accidents.. 110
(1955 ? 7b)
Loss ... $35,741
(1955 ? $30,479)
(Thli information compiled
from record* at Stat* Hl|h
way Petrol.)
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