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71st YEAR NO. 68 18 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C? THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUG. 23, 1956 $aT50 1n Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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Saturday Is
Last Day
To Register
Haywood County voters were re
minded today that registration
closes Saturday sunset for voting
in the September 8 election. No
person who has failed to register
by that deadline will be entitled
to cast his ballot, according to
John R. Carver, chairman of the
county Board of Elections.
Carver said that Saturday at sun
set would be the last day to register
for ^[^approaching election, at
uhitll^ime five constitutional
amendments will be voted on.
The five amendments were set
up by the recent special session of
the General Assembly.
Registration can be made with
the registrars at any time between
now and Saturday sunset. Regis
trars will be at their homes at all
times except on Saturday when
they will be at the regular polling
places.
Two Marines Hurt
When Car Leaves
Road At Saunook
Twi Marines were injured about
2 a.m. Monday when the car in
which they were passengers left
Highway 19A near Barber's Or
chard and went down an embank
ment.
Cpl Pritchard Smith, investigat
ing officer, said that Delbert H.
DufTin, 19, of Cherry Point was
driver of the 1949 Ford, which was
damaged about $200.
Kussell C. Walker, 22. received
a cut arm and head and Lambert
Simeona, also 22, received a frac
tured ankle and arm.
Cpl. Smith said it was raining
and foggy at the time. The driver
was charged with driving on the
wrong side of the road and exceed
ing a safe speed.
The two Marines are being treat
ed at Moore General Hospital.
Envelopes slipping from behind
a sun visor in the 1952 Chevrolet
driven by Carson White Clark of
Bethel were said to be the cause
of an accident involving two cars
on the Sonoma road in the Bethel
area about 7:20 Wednesday night,
Cpl. Pritchard Smith reported.
Clark told the officer he was
trying to catch the slipping en
velopes and in so doing got over
on the left side of the road and
met a car driven by Jess Howell,
Jr.
Each car was damaged about
$150. There were no personal in
juries. Clark was charged with j
driving on the wrong side of the
road.
ISLEY RETURNS HOME
Charles L. Isley returned home
at noon today from the Haywood
County Hospital, where he has
'beer*^katient since last Friday.
World Federation Women
Meeting Set For Monday i
t
The annual Candler Camp Meet
ing at Lake Junaluska, which ends
Sunday, will be followed by the
quadrennial sessions of the World
Federation of Methodist Women,
beginning Monday night and run
ning through Aug. 31.
The women's meeting, expected
to attract about 300 officers, dele
gates and accredited visitors from :
34 countries. i? preliminary to the
World Methodist Conference to be
held at the lake, Sept. 1-12.
The camp meeting, considered ,
by leaders to be the most success
ful and inspirational in the series
which began in 1951. will bring to
a close the assemble regular sum
mer program. 1
Attendance this week has been I
greater than in any other week of j
the summer. Methodists from j
every southern state, as well as I
other sections, have registered for :
the eight-day program.
Meanwhile. Bishop Ivan Lee
Molt of St. Louis, Mo.. Dr. Elmer
T. Clark of Lake Junaluska, and j
the Rev. E. Benson Perkins of
England, all officers of the World
Methodist Council, are busily pre
paring for the big September ;
gathering of Methodists from 70
countries. More than 2,500 visit- i
ors are expected, and a great many
of them are to be housed in mo
tels. hotels, lodges and private
homes outside the assembly
grounds.
Beginning September 1, Lake
Junaluska and Waynesville will
take on a cosmopolitan look as the
temporary home of men and wd
! men from all nations.
B-r-r-r-r
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Overcoats, wraps and the frag
rance of mothballs were In evi
dence today and yesterday as the
official mercury dipped down to
49 for the lowest of the season.
A little more warmth from the
sun was promised today to those
whose teeth have been chattering
for the last 48 hours.
FAIR
The
Weather
Fair and a little warmer this
afternoon and Friday. Widely
scattered showers Friday evening.
Official Waynesville temperature
as reported by the State Test Farm:
Date Max. Mln. Pree.
Aug. 20 80 61 .01
Aug. 21 77 58 .50
Aug 22 75 49 ?
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OFFICERS of the Haywood Baptist Association
check on a few items at the close of the first ses
sion of the two-day meeting here. From the left:
Rev. Elmer Green, Association Missionary; Rev.
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Gay Chambers, moderator for the coming year:
Rev. Otto Parham. vice moderator, and T. K.
Robinett, who served as moderator for the past
year (Mountaineer Photo).
Chambers is
Moderator
Of Baptists
The Rev. Gay Chambers was
named Moderator of the Haywood
Baptist Association at the business
session Tuesday afternoon of the
71st meeting of tiie organization,
which now represents 53 Baptist
churches in the county. Mr. Cham
bers succeeds the Rev. T. E. Rob
inett. pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Waynesville.
Other officers and directors
elected for the 1957-58 term in
clude Otto Parham, vice moder
ator; Mrs. D. L. Wright, clerk;
H- M. Carter, chorister; and Mrs.
M. A Harvey and Mrs. Jack Chap
man, pianists.
Treasurer is M A Harvey; his
torian, W. G. Byers; chairman of
the Executive Committee. Otto
Parham; Association'^ Sunday
I School superintendent. B. A. Hor
ton; Training Union Director. Rob
ert Clark; Brotherhood President,
Ernest MCsser: W M U. superin
tendent. Mrs. M. K. Hipps orphan
age representative, H L. Smith;
i hospital representative, E. C. Rev
j is; home for aging representative.
I John Kizer; Biblical. Recorder rep
I resentative. Oder Burnette.
District Associational S unda y
? School officers are R, C. Deaver,
I Bethel; Dock Scroggs, Canton; Earl
Mashburn, Waynesville; Floyd
Fisher, Fines Creek: John Ruff.
(See Chambers?I'agc 6>
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W. A. BRADLEY' AT HOME
W. A- Bradley returned to his
home yestPrday after spending sev
eral days in the Haywood County
Hospital
He is reported to be greatly inv
proved and was out in his car this
morning.
Substantial trains
Made By Haywood |
County Baptists
Haywood County Baptists ^
showed substantial gains accord
ing to the official report of the
Kev. Elmer Green, associationa! 1
missionary, as the formal report r
was made to the list Associa- '
j tional meeting this week. <
With 50 of the 53 Baptist ?
churches in the county report- i
ing, Rev. Mr. Green said there : t
I were 500 baptisms, making a (
I total membership of 11,267. c
Donations to the cooperative c
program totaled $26,707, a gain \
of over $2,300 from last year, j
The total gifts to missions by i
' the churches were $55,821, j s
! which is $2,700 over last year, i ;i
j The churches gave about $70,- ! j
000 more this year than last <
year for a total of $488,726. ; j
The Association now has 54 |c
churches, as the Meadow Grove j
! Church with Rev. Carl Chastain, ! (
! pastor, was voted into the As- | j
sociation during the business v
session. j t
Second Case Of <
11
Polio Reported ;
In This County !?
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Haywood's second case of polio
in recent weeks was reported to- '-c
day, as little 8-monlh-old Deborah a
Lynn Smith, Houte 4, suffered from j
the paralytic type of polio.
The child is the daughter of Mr. (
and Mrs. Clayton Smith, and was j
taken to the Asheville Orthopedic j
Hospital Saturday where she re-|
| maincd in isolation until Tues- j ,h
(day. h
j The attending physician said the i [
i child's le{t leg was weak. She had
not had polio vaccine, the doctor
.said.
The Health Department report
ed this morning that 651 polio
shots were administered Wednes
day during the clinic hours of 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. This is the third
week of the clinic, which is held |
every Wednesday at the health
oil ice here and each Tuesday in
Canton, Through Wednesday there
have been 1,571 polio shots given
since the program began three
weeks ago. Mrs. Rubye Bryson.
public health nurse, said.
Local baptists
Close 71st j
Gathering
The Haywood Baptist Association
?losed what officers termed "the
nost successful of the 71 years",
is their meeting ended Wednesday
it let-noon with a memorial service
u the Richland Baptist Church.
The meeting began Tuesday
norning at the First Baptist j
"hurch here and during the two- i
lay session. State representatives
if every organization in Baptist ;
vork attended the Association and
ippeared on the program. These
neiuded Otis J. Hagler, assistant
iecretary of promotion, who was
i principal speaker Tuesday morn
ng. Others were Horace Kasom.
state secretary of brotherhood; i
sirs. W. K. McKee, State president
if the Woman's Missionary Union;
)r W. McGee. director of
lenominational relations, Baptist
lospital; Jack Bagwell, associate
litnday School director; William
ipradlin, associate Training Union
lirector; C. W. Bazemore, associate
?ditor. Biblical Recorder; Marsc
irant. editor of Charity and Child- j
en of the Orphanage; Zeb Caudle,
if the Home for Aged; Dr. lloyt
Jlackwell, r e 1 i g i o u s education,
iresiddnt of Mars Hill, and Dr. 1
ulian Hopkins, director of Evarige-I
ism.
Rev. T. E. Robinett, moderator j
if the Association, said the reports
iltd messages were "both itispir
ng and encouraging."
Rev. Paul Grogan Rase the i
loctrinal sermon Wednesday morn
ng at the session at the Richland j
iaptist Church.
The Association were luncheon
tuests of the First Baptist on
1'uesday and of the Richland i
iaptist Church on Wednesday.
Schools To
Open 9 A.M.
On Tuesday
School bells will ring Tuesday
morning at 9 o'clock for an esti
mated 6.600 students in the
Haywood County unit and about
3.000 more in the Canton school
district. F.ach unit expects an
(See Schools?Page 6>
Specialists Feel Haywood Burley
Slightly Under That Of Last Year
Average Per
Acre Seen At
1,850 Pounds
The hurley erop in Haywood
is estimated to be slightly under
that of last year, according to a
urou|> of tobacco specialists con
tacted by The Mountaineer Tues
day. '??
The specialists agreed that i
present indications show the
Haywood crop might average
1,850 pounds per acre, as com
pared to the 1955 average of
1,958 pounds per acre.
Those participating in the con
ference included Dr. I,uther Shaw,
specialist at the State Test Farm;
M. K. Whiscnhunt. director of the
State Test Farm: Virgil Holloway,
county agent; Hoy Bennett tobacco
specialist. State Extension; Dave
Boyd, a leadipg grower.
The group said there was a lot
ot late tobacco this year and the
average crop was very irregular.
Specialist Bennett said that the
Haywood crop was generally late
but seemed to be of very good
duality and the Type of tobacco
t h e companies w e r e seeking
because il had body.
The weather t li e specialists ,
pointed out. has damaged some of
the top grades but it was agreed
that careful handling and curing
would still bring Haywood's erop
near the top in the area
Holloway pointed out that farm
en that are now cutting their
tobacco that is too green stand to j
lose from SI50 to S200 per acre.
"Those who prime their togacco
that has ftred-uu will add from
300 to 400 pounds per acre on their
yield." Holloway said "To cut
tobacco that is too green is just
throwing that much hard-earned
money away."
Bennett added that the demand
for hurley with more body is in- i
creasing, which makes it important j
that growers keep all suckers out ,
Bennett also added that topping
was especially important to the
attainment of "the heavier body
tobaccos.
Most Haywood farmers have ,
gone over to the type "21" which |
i, resistant to wildfire that has i1
been so detimcntal to crops in the 11
past.
A large group of hurley growers (
from a wide area attended the |
annual hurley field day at the
State Test Farm and heard specia
lists and saw demonstrations on
fertilization, oils for sucker control,
different types of tobacco and
priming demonstrations through
out a three-hour period.
Bund Concert Nets
Recreation Near $200
Last week's band and choral j
concert at the WTHS stadium is ,
expected to net over $200 for the
recreation center, according to M,
R. Whiscnhunt.
A total of $183 has been receiv
ed from ticket sales, he said, and ^
more is due from tickets as well
as from sale of popcorn
Whiscnhunt is treasurer of the
YVaynesville Lions Club, which
sponsored the musical evening,
with proceeds going toward de
velopment of the new recreation'
area.
SPECIALISTS discuss Haywood's burley crop for
this year, as they attendrd the hurley Field l)a\
at the State Test Farm here. From left; M. K.
Whisenhunt. director of the Test Farm; Roy Ben
nett, extension specialist; Dave. Royd. Haywood
hurley grower: Virgil ilolloway. county agent and
Or Luther Shaw, director of experiments in to
bacco at (he Test Farm. (Mountaineer Photo*.
Farm Leaders To Discuss
Increased Farm Income
About 50 men and women from various parts of Haywood
County have been asked by the farm and home agents to meet to
night for the purpose of developing a long-range agricultural pro- j
gram for the county.
The meeting will be held at the Courthouse at 8 o'clock.
The program is designed chiefly to increase the total farm
income, according to County Agent V. L. ilolloway. Cast year's in
come was something over $3,000,000, he said, and the feeling of farm
leaders is tliat within a reasonable period of time it could be in
creased to between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.
The group to attend the meeting was chosen to represent dif
ferent sections of the county, different sized farms and different
farming enterprises. They are expected to study the present situation
with a view toward possible increases in sheep, vegetable, and apple
production, a better job with such items as beef and burley, an
increase per crow in dairying and more poultry enterprises.
Floridians
Purchase
Soco Land
About. 1 (i8 acres of land near
Soco Gap have been bought by
two Florida men for future de
velopment, it "was announced to
day,
l)r. I{ E. Lee of Mount Dora
and Dr. .James M- Dick of Venice,
both pharmacists, purchased the
acreage, which lies about 1*2
miles from Soco Gap, part of II K
Lance property on the south side
of the road.
The property contains trees and
streams and is described as suit
able for development for summer
homes.
Noted Speakers
On Lake Program
Or. William E. Sangster of
London and the, Rev. Thomas
Carruth of Nashville highlight
the program for the remainder
of the werk at l.ake Junatuska.
Dr. Sangster, often called the
Billy Graham of Great Britain,
speaks each morning at It and
each evening at 8. He is the
pastor of Westminister llall in
London.
The ReV. Mr. Carruth will
speak at 9 a.m. devotional ser
vices through Saturday.
He is field director for the
Department of Kvangelistic Mis
sions of the Methodist General
Board of Evangelism.
Dr. SangstLr will deliver the
sermons at both services Sun
1 day at the lake.
An Increase Of Students
Seen For The Canton Area
An increase of between 100 and 150 student* is expected this
fall in the Canton school system. Superintendent Itowe Henry said
today, with most of the rise occurring in the high school.
Canton schools open August 2K, with new students register
ing this week and former students having registered last spring.
Henry said that total enrollment was expected to be Close to
3,000. compared with last year's total of 2,830. The high school
alone is expected to enroll from HO to 100 additional students, he
said.
Six Road Jobs
Completed In
July In County
Commissioner Harry Buchanan
of Hcndersonville today reported
that the State Highway Commis
sion had finished 6.1 miles of road
improvements in the 14th Highway
Division during July.
In Haywood County, state forces
strengthened with additional stone
the following 14-foot wide coun
ty roads, and their lengths: Little
Cove Creek Road, 0.6 mile; Fines
Creek Road, 0.3 mile, Turkey
Creek. 0.2 mile; and Silvers Cove
0.2 mile. The Hemphill Road
which is 16 - feet wide, wa>
strengthened with additional stone
for 0 2 mile. NC 284 at Cove Creek
was also strengthened with stone
for 0.5 mile.
Haywood, Henderson. Polk,
Transylvania, Cherokee, Clay, Gra
ham. Jackson, Macon, and Swain
Counties comprise the 14th. C. W.
Lee is Division Engineer. Paul
Dupre is Assistant Division En
gineer. Headquarters for the 14th
are in Sylva. E. II. Webb is Dis
trict Engineer at Hendefsonvilie
for maintenance in Haywood, Hen
derson, Polk, and Transylvania
while E. L. Curtis is District En
; ginecr at Bryson City for Chero
; kec, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Ma
con and Swain Counties.
Two Miles
Of Streets
To Be Paved
The Town of Waynesville Wed
nesday awarded a contract to .Mil
son Construction Company for the
paving of approximately two miles
I of streets.
G. C. Ferguson, town manager,
said all of the streets in Green Hill
Ccmptery will be paved. This will
constitute about a mile of the pav
? ing project.
I A number of secondary streets
covering the other mile of paving
will be included, but Ferguson said
1 that the exact streets had not been
determined by the Board of Alder
I men. They are to be decided upon
within the next few days.
The total cost for the contract
was between $13,000 and $14,000.
RE A Meeting Set Saturday
ROY MF.DFORD, president of
thr Haywood Electric Member
ship Corporation, is urging all
members to attend the 17th an
nual meeting Saturday.
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The 17th annual meeting of
members of the Haywood Electric
Membership Corporation, with
headquarters in Waynesville, will
be held at Bethel High School,
Saturday, August 25, from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.. Cooperative Manager R.
C. Sheffield, announced today.
The meeting js the highlight of
the year for the Cooperative, and
the program this year will include
reports of the officers and man-1
ager, the election of 11 directors
for the coming >car. movies,
equipment demonstrations, music
by a string band, talks by mem
bers on uses of electricity, add the
awarding of over S600 worth of
door prizes. Lunch will be served
on the premises by the Bethel PTA
(See REA?Page 6)
R. C. SHEFFIELD, manager of
the llaywood Electric Member
ship Corporation, is announcing
plans for the Coop's 17th annual
meeting Saturday.
Pupils Musi Attend Schools
They Are Now Assigned
Under the new Stale assignment
law, all pupils are assigned to the
schools they attended last year, ?
according to Lawrence Leather
wood. county superintendent, with
I he ? following exception: "Those "
pupils who were promoted to a '
grade higher than the grades
taught in the school attended last 1
year are automatically assigned to 1
the school which they would nor- ! a
mally attend in such instances."
Students cannot go to a school
thcr than the one assigned except
y written permission on special
01 ms supplied by the State which
re available at the superinten
cnt's office.
The County suerintendent and
he principal of the school in which
he student is now enrolled must
pprove the request to go to
(See Students?Page 6?
SATURDAY SUNSET IS LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR SEPT. 8 ELECTION
Highway
Record For
1956
In Haywood
(TO DATK)
Killed 3
(1955 ? 1)
Injured .... 67
(1955 ? 37)
Accidents.. 130
(1955 ? 761
Loss ... $40,806
(1955 ? 530,479)
(Thin information compiled
(ram records *f Slat* Bcfc
mgr Patrol.)