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. ,1 Published Twice-A-\Veek In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
71st YEAR NO. 67 12 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C.. MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUG. 20, 195$ $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Haywood Baptists'
Annual Meeting
Opens Tomorrow
3 Churches
To Be Hosts
To Session
Dr. M. A Muggins of Raleigh,
;xecutive secretary of the State
Saptisi Convention. will be the
principal speaker at the opening |
neeting of the 71st annua! session ;
)f the Haywood Baptist Associa- j
ion. The assOciational meet will
~>e held August 21 and 22 at the
A'aynesville First. East Waynes
/ille and Richland Baptist
thurches.
Officers for this session are the
Rev. T E Robinett, moderator:
[he Rev Otto Parhant. vie? moder
itor; Jack Medford. Clerk and
?horister: and Esther Mae Gibson
and" Helen Gaddis, pianist- I
The program will open on Tues-?
day morning at 9:30 at the Waynes
ville First Baptist, whh its pastor, j I
Mr. Robinett calling the .meeting |
to order. The Rev. John 1. Kizer will '
lead in song, Scripture and prayer.
Following various reports and uth-l
er busine-s. the Rev. Otto Parham j
and the Rev. Elmer Green will re-j
pott on the local mission efforts
and Mr. Muggins will speak. The
annual sermon. by the Rev. J. G.
Goodwin. Jr.. will conclude the
morning's services.
Resuming at 1:30 p.m. the ses-!
sion w ill hear a devotional by the |
Rev Paul Mull, followed by re
port- from B A Morton, the Rev.
Gay Chambers. Mrs. M. K.. llipps j
and Ernest Mes.-er The election of j
officers will take place during the j
business session..
Tuesday evening al 8 those at
tending will move to the East j
Way nesvilio Baptist, to hear a de-1
votional by the Rev G 11 Shope.:
a talk on the American Bible So-;
ciet.v by the Rev. W. G. Rhinehart
and a message on evangelism bv i
(Sec Baptists?Page 61
Teachers Will Hold
Meeting Next Monday
A meeting of all Haywood Coun
ty Teachers will be held in the'
Hazelwood Elementary School j
Monday. August 27, at 9 30 a.m.
The meeting has been called by
Lawrence Leatherwood, county j
superintendent, who will preside.
The Rev T. E. Robinett. pa-t >r,
of the First Baptist Church, will
conduct the devotions.
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DR M. A. HUGGINS, executive *'
secretary of the State Baptist
Convention, will be a featured '
speaker Tuesday morning during
the 71st annual meeting of the
llaywood Baptist Associaion.
REA Meet
Set For 25th
At Bethel
Highlights of the program for
the 17th annual meeting of mem
bers of the Haywood Electric
Membership Corporation were an
nounced today by Roy B. Medford.
president.
The meeting will be held at
Bethel High School on Saturday.
August 25. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A day of business, entertainment
and free prizes has been arranged, |
Medford said. Of importance in the |
business .session is the election of j
directors for the coming year. ?
Nominees thus far are Ira 11. Cog- :
burn, M. M. Kirkpatrick. Mr Med
ford. Jack Harris. Walker Brown, i
Carter Osborne, C. W. London.
Connie J. Davis. J. N, Fisher,
Blaine Nicholson and Dan Reid.
Entertainment will include sev
eral -performances by the Hay
wood Ramblers String Band.
Door prizes will staid at the out
set of the meeting, with a deluxe
electric range topping the- list of
awards.
Included on the program will be j
demonstrations of "build-it-your
self" electrical equipment. '
5,000-Acre Balsam Tract
Is Bought By Miami Man j
A 5.000-aere tract at Balsam has j
been sold by the \Y T l,j,yv heirs
to .1 Ryder of Miami, owner j
of Great Southern Trucking
Lini """with headquarters in Jack-'
sonville.
Ryder could not be contacted as i
to his plans with the property in ,
the Dark Ridge and Cabin Flats'
area of Scotts township, which is in
Jackson County.
Tom Lee. local oil distributor,
one of the owners, negotiated the
deal. He said he retained the min
eral rights on a 50-acre tract on
which a sold vein was fliscovered
about six months ago. Lee is hav
ing the ore analyzed now. and
plans further investigation of the
area with the idea of starting min
ing operations if the studies war
rant.
According to the revenue stamps
on the deed filed in Sylva. the
transaction was for more than
$110,000.
Ryder operates under the firm
name erf the JAR Corporation.
CHARLES ISLEY BETTER
Charles Islev was reported some '
better today, at the Haywood
County Hospital. He was taken ill
right after the band concert on
Thursday night, and entered the
Hospital on Friday.
The
Weather
CLOUDY
Mostly cloudy with scattered
showers, cooler today. Tuesday,
partly cicudy with moderate tem
peratures.
Official Waynesville temperature
as reported t>> the State Test Farm:
Date Max. Mtn. Pr.
Aug. 16 85 57
17 85 53
18 87 57
" IB _ 85 j'J .22
I>R. HUGH MATTHEWS tries out a lire extinguisher on an elec
tric motor during a demonstration at the Safety Fair held Thurs
day at Camp Hope. This was one of several soch demonstrations
given. Other pictures page one, section two. of other fire light
ing demonstrations by the Dayton Rubber Fire Brigade.
(Other pictures second sectionl (Dayton Photo by I.nwery Gaddy).
SITE OF CHAMPION EXPANSION?Three new buildings to be
erected during the three-year expansion program at the Carolina
Division of the Champion Paper and Fibre Company will be lo
cated within the general area outlined in white in this photo of
the east end of the Canton plant. The low building shown in the
outlined area will be razed to make space for the buildings that
will house the huge new No. 20 Paper Machine and its auxiliary |
equipment. This old building onee housed equipment for extract
ing tannic acid from chestnut wood, a process that was discontinued
when chestnut blight removed the source of raw material. Also j
within the outlined area will be an addition to the finishing and |
shipping departments shown at the left of the photo
County REA
Gets $50,000
Federal Loan
The Haywood Electric Mem
bership Corporation has been
granted a loan of $50,000, it was
announced Friday by Congress
man George A. Shuford. The
loan was made by the Rural
Electric Administration.
R, C. Sheffield, manager of the
cooperative, said the majority of
the money would be used to en
able members to buy stainless
steel bulk milk tanks. Other ap
pliances can be bought under
the terms of the loan, it was ex
plained, but the majority of the
money will go to aid dairymen.
The money is loaned members
of the IIEMC, and is paid hack
monthly with their electric bill.
The application made to the
REA was signed by Roy B. Mcd
ford, president of IIEMC.
Canton Considers
Retaining One
Way Street Plan
Canton might continue their
present one-way street system in
an effort to relieve traffic con
gestion. it was learned today from
Mayor Bruce Nanncy.
The one-way street program has
been in effect for several months,
and has helped, but "has not solv
ed all the problems," Mayor Nan-1
ney said. He pointed out that the |
one-way system had been helpful i
on some streets but there were
still a lot of problems involved in
handling all the traffic.
\V. A. BRADLEY IN HOSPITAL
W. A. Bradley was admitted to
the Haywood county Hospital for
observation on Saturday afternoon.
According to his son. Richard
Bradley, he was resting very com
fortably this morning.
Two Overflow Audiences
Heard Dr. Billy Graham
Sidelights
Dr. William E. Sangster is one
of the world's greatest preachers,"
I)r. Billy Graham told an audience
of over 3.000 at the Lake Sunday
night. Dr. Sangster begins twice
daily series of sermons at the Lake
tonight.
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People began pouring into the
Lake shortly after noon Sunday
to he sure to get a seat in the
auditorium Sunday night. Some
brought a picnic dinner. There
were many in the auditorium at
4 p. m. By 7 p. m.?an hour be
(See Sidelights?Page 6)
Sales Training
Program Planned
By Merchants
An organizational committee
from the Merchants Association
will meet on August 28 with F. M
| Sinclair, training specialist of the
Distributive Education Service of
the State Deparment of Public In
strucion, to map out plans and set
up schedules for sales classes for
adults now employed as retail
clerks, as well as a possible course
for managers.
Purpose of the training program,
according to A. D. Harrison, asso
ciation president, is to increase the
efficiency of sales personnel and lo
enable them to give'better service
to customers and to their employ
ers.
Classes, in all probability. Har
rison said, will begin in September
or early October. It is planned to
hold both morning and afternoon
sections, and the managers' course
'slatetl tor the evening.
Cooperating in making the train
ing program possible is Carl T
Brown. State supervisor of dis
tributive education
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A record crowd heard Dr. Hilly
| Graham at Lake Junaluska last
night and again this inorning. when i
he brought the second of his two
addresses before a Candler Camp
Meeting congregation. The meet
ing will continue through next
Sunday.
This morning Dr Graham listed
lite pressures and problems...of the
world today and stresses the need
? for strong religious convictions in
their solution. ."History offers lit
tle hope." he said, "and even VVili
sten Churchill recently said,,Our
problems are beyond us ' " Dr. Gra
ham went on to say that the an
awer lies in putting the world prob
lems before. God and in acting ac
cording to His guidance.
Last night he addressed his re
marks mainly to the young people,
using as his text. Mark 10, starting
I with (lie 17th verse, lie said most
, young people today are ahead of
their elders in spiritual matters,
and pointed out specifically, "stu
dents, as a rule, are 10 years ahead
i of the faculty w hen it comes to
religion in most schools."
lie pointed out that to give up
sin one first had to be willing;
second lie emphasized the high
price of salvation and third, the
high price of commitment.
"A person pays for sin on the
installment plan. One has to pay
all this life and all of the next,"
lie said. "There is no victory at
a bargain price and there is no
short cut for the easy way. Every
in; n pays for every sin committed."
Young men and women need to
stand up and be counted for Christ,
the noted evangelist said, as lie
urged the students as they return
ed to high schools and colleges this
fall to stand up as a witness for
: Christ
in all my visits to colleges
I ain always impressed that the
students appear to lie more spiritu
al-minded, more dedicated Christ
ians than the faculty members."
(See Graham?Page fit
WNC Burley Field Day
Slated Tuesday, August 21
The annual WN'C Hurley Field
Day Will be held next Tuesday
afternoon. August 21, at the Moun
tain Experiment Station in ftat
clitTe Cove, it has been announced.
M. R. Whiscnhunt. director of
the test farm, will open the pro
dram at 2 p.m. with a welcome and
i introduction of guests. From 2:05
until 2:20 p.m . comments will be
made by John L. Reitzel. assistant
commissioner of agriculture; J. W.
Fitts, head of the soil department
at N. C. State College experiment
station and P. 11. Harvey, head of
! the crops department
| Orientation for a tour of experi
mental and demonstration plots of
I tobacco will be made by W. E.
jColwell. assistant director in charge
! of tobacco research at State Col
lege.
Demonstrations will include:
Old and new varieties, by R. R.
Bennett, tobacco specialist; chemi
cal sucker control and quality plants
I by S. N. Hawks, Jr , tobacco spec
ialist fertilizer placement, fertilizer
analysis, and manure, by Astor
: Perry, tobacco specialist; mosaic
and wildlife control, by F. A. Todd,
plant pathologist; and burley man
agement by Dr. 1+uther Shaw,
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JOIIN L. REITZF.L, assistant
commissioner of agriculture and
former Haywood County assist
ant farm agent, will take a lead
ing part in the annual Vt'NC bur
ley field day tomorrow afternoon
at the Mountain Experiment Sta
tion.
| Hurley research specialist at the
experiment station.
Registration
Heavier Than 1
For Primary ;
More people are registering for '
the owning September 8 eleetion
than registered for the Democratic '
Primary last May, it was learned.'
this morning from John R. Carver,
chairman of the Haywood County j'
Board of Elections
Carver said that Saturday at son- 1
set would he the last day to register
l'or the approaching election, at
(which time five constitutional
amendments will be voted on.
The five amendments were set
up by the recent special session of
| the General Assembly.
Registration ean be made with
I the registrars at any time between
now and Saturday sunset. Regis
trars will be at their homes at all
I times except on Saturday when
t'hey w ill be at the regular polling |
places. i
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Motorcycle Comes
Out On Top In
Auto Collision
A Buick came out second best J i
in a collision Saturday with a
inotoreycle at the West tiate of ;J
I.ake Junaluska on Highway lit. 1
, according to the report of Patrol
man llarold Dayton.
The impact damaged the car
an estinfcited $300?warping the
{ frame and doing considerable
damage to the body, while the
motorcycle was damaged $25?
the report showed.
Donnie Bransford Stowe, of
Spray, was riding the motorcycle,
going West, when the Buick.
driven by Mrs. Agnes Kyle Hall,
?lesup, (ia.. turned left to enter
the I.ake Junaluska grounds.
Stowe laid down his cycle and
slid into the car. 11c was badly
bruised and Ids side scraped
by the impact on the pavement.
He was treated at the Hospital.
Mrs. Hall was charged with
failing to yield the right of way.
| Town Of Canton Will
Buy Two New Vehicles
The Town of Canton is buying
a new police car and a modern self
I packing garbage truck, it was
learned this morning frqm Mayor
Bruce Nanne.v.
*50,000 Pool
Opening Slated
For Labor Day
Trial Run'
Set For Rest
01 Season
Tlif now swimming pool at tlm j
iecro.ition Center will be opened j
o the stockholders and their i
amilies and friends free of charge '
hiring this fall's operation. Hoc- !
cation Commission chairman Rich
ird Bradley announced today.
Me also announced that construc
ion of a wading pool for children
could start immediately.
The Commission hopes that the
tool will be ready to open by Labor
lay. The non-arrival of some of
lie filter equipment is tIn- only
mld-up to its completion. Bradley
aid
A committee headed b\ Mrs. Har
y Whisenhunt and Mrs. Howard ;
finer is working out details of the
all operation including the em- !
lloynient of qualified lifeguards
h adley asked any person interest
ed in this position to contact him 1
>r one of the committee members
The prospective children's wad-11
n 1 pool will range in depth from
me to two feet. It will be 16 feet
.
aide and 32 feet long and scparat
,'d from the main pool by a fence. ]
The Commission has also asked
for bids on a fence to surround the |
pool area Within tlie fenced area
will not only be the pool and the
concrete deck immediately around
it. but an outer section of grass j
and shrubbery
During a Commission meeting
Friday night, the group voted to
purchase the Lions Club lot at the !
quoted price of $1,600.
At tli>? same time it was decided
to request Charles M Graves, rec
reation engineer, to suggest the
most efficient lay-out for the re
mainder of the property. A new
survey of the property has dis
closed that it is a little larger than
was originally thought, and Graves'
recommendations will be aimed
for the greatest efficiency, and
maximum use of the land
Included in the plans will be a
lighted softball field, shuffleboard
Courts, tennis courts, and play
ground equipment including mina
turC golf and a "Totland." The
Com in is, ion plans to tear down
the fence around the present horse
show ring to provide more space
for softball The ring can still be
u- I'd for horse shows. Bradley said
MISS JEAN CHILDERS has ac
cepted a position as home dem
onstration agent in Watauga
County. She has been assistant
llaywood home agent here since
November 1949.
? Photo by Sherrill's Studio).
fean Childers
Accepts Position
In Watauga County
Miss Jean Childers. assistant
home demonstration agent for Ha\
wood county since November 1949
has resigned to accept a position
as home agent for Watauga Countj
She will be located in Boone, and
leaves here September lti.
Muss Childers, a native of Whit
tier. came to Ha.vwood following
her graduation from Bereft College
She has spent the major part of
her time here working with 4-M
clubs and assisting Miss Mary
Cornwell with the 29 home demon
stration clubs in the county.
She is a member of the First
Baptist church and has been active
in the church work as a Sunday
school teacher, a member of the
choir and the Business Woman -
Circle
She is a member of the Beta
Sigma Phi sorority.
Miss Childers succeeds Mis
Mary Helen Neil at Boone, who
recently resigned to take up home
economy work in a college.
There are now 19 home demon
stration clubs in Watauga.
No successor has been named
here.
Just Weapons Cannot Stop
Communism, Says Laubach
Mrs. Porter
Dies Following
Short Illness
?111
Mrs. VViliiani J Porter the
former Harriett Chambers, died in t.
the Haywood County Hospital Sat- j,
urday at 5 p.m. follow mg a short y
illness. She was 34. n
Funeral services were held this a
afternoon at 4 o'clock in the First j,
Baptist Church with the Rev. T t
E. Robinett. pastor of the church, r
and the Rev. George Starr, pastor 1
of the Central Methodist Church o
of Clyde, officiating. Burial was b
(See Mrs. Porter?Page 6) I r
"We people of the United States
aee our greatest decision--*?wheth
to continue trying to save our
elves or to start trying to save
he world"-?Dr. Frank C. Lau
lacli told a capacity crowd Sunday
riorniug at Lake Junaluska.
The world-renowned missionarv
ducator spoke at the opening serv
ce of the eight-day Candler Camp
deeting He will speak everv
norning at 9 o'clock in the main
uditoriurn. giving a series of spee
al lectures on his experiences in
caching uneducated peoples of
iiore than 150 countries.
"I am a desperate optimist, but
iur time i? running out." Dr. Lau
lach said yesterday. "'Guns and
nissles cannot stop the threat of
'ommunism. and other Eastern
ountries would have gone Com
munist already, like China, if it
(See Iatudbach?Page 6)
SI,300 Damages Reported
In 7 Traffic Accidents
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Tw? motorcyclists were injured I
and nearly 81,300 damage was done j
to 11 vehicles Involved in seven
accidents ThursdSv through Sun
day. according to Patrolmen Har
old Dayton and W. R. Wooten, In-1
vestigating ofTicers.
Haywood County this year has
had 63 persons injured in highway
accidents, compared with 37 at the
same time last year and financial
damage to vehicles totaling $40.-;
306. as opposed to $30,479 last
; year. The number of accidents has
risen from 76 last year to 128 this
year.
Thursday afternoon at 4:35 a
pick-up truck making A left turn
was struck by an oncoming car on j
US 19 in Maggie Valley. The truck. I
a 1949 Chevrolet, operated hy'
George Lindsey Marlar of Waynes
ville and belonging to the Massie
Furniture Company, made a left
turn into the Little Kanch Motel.
It was struck by the 1955 Mer
cury coupe of James J. Rayfield of
Asheville. who with his family was
driving toward Sxtco. The Mercury
struck the right side of the truck,
spinning around. No one was in
jured. but investigating officer
Harold Dayton estimated the dam
ages at $100 to the truck and $250
to the car. Marlar was charged with
failure to yield the right-of-way.
Patrolman Dayton investigated
a second accident at 4:35 the fol
lowing afternoon in the Iron Duff 1
section. James Edward Moody of
(See Accidents?Page ?)
Highway
Record For
1956
In Haywood
(TO DATS)
Killed 3
(1955 ? 1)
Injured .... 65
(1955 ? 37)
Accidents.. 128
(1953 ? 76)
Loss ... $40,306
(1955 ? 539.479)
(This information compile*
from records of Stat# Hi|h
way Patrol)
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