E?! The Waynesville Mountaineer i*?!
3 g Published Twice-A-W eek In The County Seat of Haywood County At T he Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ^ C
71st YEAK NO. 71 8 PAGES Aviated Press WAYNESVILLE. N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEPT. 3. 1956 $3.60 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties""
Program Set To Raise Farm Income $4,000,000
"KITTY" SHOOK, 11. looks up with admiration from her hos
pital bed at her brother, Clifton. Jr., who pulled her from the
bottom of a Saunook pool late Friday. She was rushed to the Hay
wood County Hospital, and soon recovered from the ordeal. She
was under the water from three to five minutes.
(Mountaineer I'hoto).
Brother Saves Drowning
Sister In Saunook Pool
A no-pound WTHS lootball
candidate had just seated himself
on the front porch of his Saunook
home, to rest a bit after a hard
football workout, when he heard
cries for help 200 yards away at
the edge of a small pool.
He dashed across the highway,
saw three frightened hoys in the
pool pointing to a spot about four
feet deep, lie dived in, and in an
instant was under the muddy wa
ter, feeling and groping, unable to
see. His hands felt a body ? he
lifted and pushed for the surface
There in the late afternoon Fri
day sun, he saw he held his 11
year-sister ? "'Kitty" ? who was
blue and limp.
Clifton "Tony" Shook, 15, start
ed to give artificial respiration a>
he had just learned a few weeks
ago at 4-{l Camp at Camp
Schaub. He worked hard and fast,
and in a minute Eugene Belt re
lieved him. as a call went out for '
an ambulance, doctor, and equip
ment from the fire department.
"Kitty" a 6th grade student of
Hazelwoodfi soon began to move,
and try to struggle away from the
strong hands of Belt, and shortly
after wards she was put into am
bulance. given oxygen, and placed
under an oxygen tent at the hos
pital.
?itty" was swimming in the
,tf Mr. and Mrs. James Cald
with three young boys: a 13
old brother, Bill: Guy Queen.
Jr., 12. and Douglas Spatks, 11.
Two hours after the near-fatal
accident, "Kitty" felt she was
able to leave her hospital bed, and
go home, but remaining under ob- i
servation until Tuesday. She said
she remembered going down twice
sSee Brother Saves?Page 2)
More Pupils
In Haywood
Schools
Legist ration figures to date in
Haywood County a n d Canton
school systems indicate an increase
of 120-130 pupils this year
throughout the county.
Howe Henry, superintendent of
Canton schools, said that Canton
High School registration totaled
approximately 710, an increase of
60 to 70 over last year. Elementary
registration in Canton is approxi
mately 1950, almost ihe same as
that of the previous year.
Lawrence Leatherwood, super
intendent of Haywood Count;,
schools, offered tentative figures
of 6.540 pupils enrolled this year,
compared with 6,480 last year. He
pointed out that Cruso school has
not yet opened because of con
struction work and enrollment
there is expected to be about 200.
Figures for other schools are as
follows: Waynesville High (includ
ing junior high. 1547: Hazelwood.
821; Central Elementary. 454;
East Waynesville. 267; Hock Hill.
183: Lake Junalu-ka, 235; Maggie.
156: Saunook. 99: Aliens Creek. 85:
Fines Creek. 347; Clyde, 577;
Crabtree, 363; Bethel, 1114 Mt.
Sterling. 25; Cataloochee, 7; Pi
geon Street, 60.
Haywood schools enjoyed a holi
day Monday and classes will be
resumed Tuesday.
Road Safety
Citation To
Mountaineer
The Mountaineer today was
awarded the first state-wide Com
munity Service citation given by
I "Tarheel Wheels." The award was
I made in recognition of the leader
ship of the Mountaineer in the
county-wide safety campaign in
spired by near-fatal consequences
of a "drag" race near Saunook the
end of February.
The telegram announcing the
! citation expressly cites the Moun- I
j taineer story titled. "I Was a
Racer Until Last Monday Night,"
which helped to crystalize public
sentiment in the county toward
: curbing unsafe highway practices.
Signed by JefT B. Wilson, editor
of "Tarheel Wheels," the telegram
reads as follows:
"Congratulations ? The Way
nesville Mountaineer hast been
awarded the first state commun
ity service citation by "Tarheel
Wheels." monthly magazine
North Carolina Motor Carriers
Association, for the saving of
life, limb and property. The
citation is given in recognition
of the safety activities in Hay
wood County after the Moun
taineer took the lead in a recent
active safety campaign following
your publication of a story cap
tioned: 'I Was a Racer Until Last
Monday Night*.".
The story referred to was copied
by a large number of newspapers
in many states. A Navy magazine
called to ask permission to reprint
I it; and it was read over a number
: of radio stations, as well as being
mentioned on a TV newscast.
The story was a first-hand ac- |
count which the editor got from i
a "drag" racer in interviews at the
, scene of the accident and at the
: hospital. It pictured the feelings
of a teen-age driver who had
wrecked his car racing, when he
saw "a twisted, wercked car atop
my brother and a friend in the
raging cold waters of a swollen
? creek." It described his choked, |
d:y-moutlied reaction at the hos- ,
pital when he was told that his
I brother might have a fractured
| skull.
The same front page of the
: Mountaineer carried a five-column
! headline: "Meeting Set Tuesday To
(See Mountaineer?Page 2)
LABOR DAY Ql'EKN Miss Barbara Patujn, 17-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy I'atton. Canton, is reigning over the 50th
annual Canton Labor Da*- celebration. She was awarded a S'100
scholarship to Brenau College of Gainesville. Ga., as a prize for
topping the lield of 20 contestants. She appeared in the parade
! this morning. 120th Signal Co, Canton I'hoto)
Labor Day Being Enjoyed
By Homefolk And Visitors
Led by the smartly - stepping
band of the 30th Infantry Divi
sion, N. C. National Guard. Can
I ton's Labor Day parade was set
ting a lively pace along a route j
jammed with spectators as the'
Mountaineer went to press this
morning.
Besides the Guard band, the
crow.d lining the streets was to!
(See Labor Day?Page 2>
I)r. N. F. Lancaster
Suffers Heart Attack
Dr. N. F. Lancaster is a patient 1
at Mission Memorial Hospital. !
Asheville. which he entered Friday i
night following another heart at-I
tack. This is the second such at
tack in three years.
The latest word from his bedside j
is that he was not resting well, due I
to considerable pain. No visitors
are permitted.
Dr. Lancaster moved from here
in March and established an office
011 his Mills River farm and was
doing limited practice.
Senator Medford To Give
School Amendment Facts
I A large attendance is expected
Tuesday night to hear Senator Wil
liam Medford discuss the proposed
constitutional amendments to be
voted upon September 8, Superin
j tendent of County Schools Law
rence Leatherwood said today.
"So many parents and other in
terested persons in the county have
asked us for a full explanation of
the Pearsall plan," he stated, "that
we have asked Senator Medford to
| present it at a public meeting."
I A member of the Governor's
Committee for the Public School ,
Amendment. Medford is one of the !
two Senators who introduced the I
bill on the floor of the Senate. His
committee made the report in
which the steps were recommend
ed and drew up the amendments
and the laws which will go into ef
fect if the amendments are passed.
The Senator said that he expect
ed to discuss "what the amend
ments provide and how they affect
our schools."
The meeting will be held at the
Courthouse, beginning at 8 p.m.
Milk Producers Begin Tank System
A milk tank truck, purchased!
by the Haywood County Milk Pro
ducers Association at a cost of
$12,082, started runs in the county j
Saturday, according to James Kirk
patrick. president of the associa- [
tion.
Mr. Kirkpatrick said the tank
truck will serve 41 producers at
present and approximately 65 by
next spring?comprising the entire
membership of the dairy associa
tion.
He explained that the truck will
serve 11 producers selling to Pet
Dairy in Waynesville, and 30 to
Southern Dairies in Asheville. Milk
will be picked up at county farms
every other day.
The bulk tank on the truck is
of stainless steel and has a capacity
of 1:800 gallons. Drivers will be
Dee Crawford for the Southern
Dairy producers, and M. H. Kirk
!Patrick for the Pel producers,
i The dairy organization's presi
j dent said that members of the
i group have spent $70,000 to install
| stainless steel bulk tanks on their
farms. Tanks have ranged in cost
from $1,156 to $3,055 and in capa
city from 100 to 500 gallons (1
In 10 to 15 minutes after milking
(See Tank Truck?Page 2)
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The
Weather
WARM
.e:?l
I r it 1
Mostly sunny and warm today.
Tuesday, partly cloudy with scat
tered thundershowers.
( Official Waynesville temperature
as recorded by the State Test Farm:
Date Max. Min. Prec.
! Aug. 30 84 53 .13
Aug. 31 85 60 ?
' Sept. 1 84 58 ?
; Sept. 2 ...: 32 CI .14
THIS 1.800-gallon stainless tank milk truck was
put into operation Saturday by the Haywood Milk
I'rodurer* Association. The truck cost over S1J,? .
?V ? *
000 and picks up milk from the bulk tanks of pro
ducers and hauls it to processing plants.
(Mountaineer Photo),
1
Agriculture
Leaders In
One Accord
Haywood County agricultural
leaders are working out a program
which is designed to Increase the
annual cash farm income by $4,
000.000 within the next ten years.
The second meeting of some 50
workers Thursday night proposed
the long-range agricultural pro
gram in cooperation with Exten
sion service leaders.
The leaders divided into nine
groups and recommended a work
able program in the following fields
of agriculture: apples, hurley,
poultry, dairying, vegetables and
j small fruits, beef cattle, sheep,
forestry, and miscellaneous.
| ^'he recommendations for each
; unit as proposed by the Haywood
groups are as follows:
APPLES
I
To increase commercial orchards
from the present 74 to 100 and in
so doing have 100 000 trees in
stead of the present 70.400. Plant
preferred varieties, inmprove or
chard management, and work for
an Income of $1,500,000 instead of
the 1954 total of $468,600.
The orchardmen pointed out the
need of a horticultural specialist
or an assistant county agent who |
majored in horticulture Also, the
establishment of a local market
in a central location, improve the
pack, and stage an advertising
campaign of Haywood County
apples, put on a more comprehen- j
sive educational program for or- I
ehardmen, and eliminate all red
cedar trees;
BCRI.EY
Increase hurley production from
1,875 pounds per acre to 2,500
pounds, add 25 acres of Turkish
tobacco: stage soil tests and follow
known recommendations as pro
vided by the State Farm as to fer
tilization. cutting, housing, prim
ing and grading.
Also to see that every allotment
is planted, even if it is put out
on a lease or rental basis. In 1955
there were 100 acres not planted.
The income from tobacco last year
was $1,106,000. In 10 years it is
estimated will be $1,738,000
POULTRY
The poultry program calls for
increasing income from the cur
rent $409,000 to $1,000,000 in the
following manner: establish pout
try on 150 farms, have 50 flocks
loi hatching eggs ? producing
$300,000. 60 commercial flocks
producing $150,000 and 40 brooder
flocks?bringing in a cash income
of $550,000, establish a poultry
association, create a local market- i
ing plan, have a trade name for
See Farm Income?Page 2>
GOVERNOR LUTHER HODGES of North Carolina (renter) was
011 hand at l.ak<- Junaluska Saturdav morning to welcome dele
gates to the opening session of the World Methodist Conference,
now in progress on the assembly grounds. Among tin press corps
at the meeting is llolt McPherson (right) of the High Point Enter
prise, being greeted here by J. W. Fowler, Jr., superintendent ol
the assembly. (Mountaineer Photo).
World Methodists Building
Dedicated At L. Junaluska
> ? ?
j Dedication services for tht- ii< /
$100,000 World Methodist Council
headquarters building were t h..
highlights of Sunday's activitu
at Lake Junaluska. The boildi;
was formally presented to t 1
council on behalf of the bish o
of the church's Southeastern .1 -
risdiction, the trustees of l1 ?
! assembly and other friends ot
j world-wide Methodism by Bishop.
John Branseomb of Jacksonc die,
i Fla
! Dr. Elmer T Clark, secret..: y
of the council, spoke on what the
building would mean to the
council. Much of the histoi i. I
material of John Wesley, valy I
j at $100,000. which is in the library
of the new building, was present; t
by Dr. Clark. Dr. Clark pointed
| put that Lake Junaluska was ;r
logical site for the edifice in tl ai,
among other reasons, it can tie
reached by about 3,000.000 n ? tu
bers of the Methodist Church in 1
few hour's drive, and is a etna y
visited by between 20,000 and
30.000 such ever year,
Bishop Ivan Lee Holt of St.
Louis, Mo., president of the ?1 ... -
Joil. dedicated the building tj
: hchalf of the world organizati" ..
Today's program opened \. t
a Holy Communion service at, 7 ')
a.m. and will be devoted chi.
to adrdesses and discussion gn.ui .
; Tonight at 7:30 o'clock will sc. 1
hymn festival presided over 1 y
Bishop Odd Hagen of Sweden
Among the events scheduled 1 ?
Tuesday is an address at 10:15
a m, on "Christians and Race ft. -
I lations" by Professor C. Bi
j Camargo of Mexico. At 7:30 p
! a public assembly will be held,
with Bishop Richard C. Raines >
j siding.
Wednesday's program includ. i
! lecture at 5 p.m. on "Nun t .r
I Know ledge and Christian Re-: '? *
; sibility," by Dr. C. A. Coul- > ,
1 F.R.S., Professor of Mathematics
at Oxford University. Dr. J." f.
Mickel, president of Centei y
College, will preside. Musk by
(See Methodists?Page !
1
Highway
Record For
1956
In Haywood
(TO DATK)
Killed 3
(1955 ? 1)
Injured .... 67
(1955 ? 37)
Accidents.. 131
(1955 ? 75)
Loss ... $41,225
(1955 ? 535.479)
(This UfsrsMttM compiled
from records of State Hlfta
?r?T PstroL)
Haywood
Has A Good
Apple Crop
Trucks are expected to start roll
ing into Haywood County Tuesday
to pick up bulk apples from Hay
wood's 74 Orchards. x
It is estimated that Haywood's
1956 apple crop is 20 per cent a
bove the 1954 crop of 287,000 bush
els, which was valued at $468,600.
This year's crop should total about
344,000 bushels.
This is an encouraging factor to
orchardmen in view of the lack of
any crop in 1955.
The orchardmen this year told
The Mountaineer that they did not
expect a 20 per cent increase in
income, due to the havoc being
wrought by cedar rust. Estimates
given The Mountaineer by a num
ber of orchardmen were that the
(See Apples?Page 2)
I-OOKING OVER Waynesville's new swimming
pool, u hiih opened to the public this morning,
are Mrs. Ted Noland. Fuel Taylor, a member of
the Recreation Commission, and Richard Brad
ley. president of the commission. This picture
was made Saturday morning when workmen were
putting finishing touches on the pool.
(Mountaineer Photo).
$50,000 Pool Is Opened
Despite cool weather here this 11
| morning. Wa.vnesville's new swim
ming pool on the Recreation Center i
grounds Opened on schedule at ; i
10 o'clock?to remain in operation I 1
as long as weather perinitsj j1
For the time the pool will be 1
open this year, admission will be i
free to all persons who subscribed 1
to the recreation fund drive, their
*
Families and friends.
Still to be completed are instal
lation of diving boards and a wad
ing pool for tiny tots. Planned
later is a bathhouse, to be con
structed under a separate contract.
Kor the time being, patrons are
asked to wear their swim suits to
the pool.
The fart that the pool was open- '
ed today is a tribute to the speed
ut modern building since ground
was not broken for the project
until July 12. The problem of ob
taining steel during the steel strike
aiso presented a major problem.
The pool Js in the shape of an
"L", with a separate diving well
at one end, with a rope in between.
Providing for entrance and exit to
tSee Pool?Pa so ?)