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? ? Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At T he Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ^ O
71st YEAR NO. 78 v 12 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEPT. 17, 1956 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties^
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Prospect Seen For Early Pigeon Road Contract
United Fund To Seek $31,297 October 1-6
campaign
To Open On
October 1
Flans have been completed for
a <>Fund campaign in
this ci^Pnunity, with a goal set for
$31,297,37. The details were com
pleted at a meeting of the board
of directors, with Russell Fultz,
president.
The campaign will be October
1-6.
The goal is the same as last
year and will provide funds for 15
agencies, and operating expenses.
A new classification this year Is
the emergency fund, calling for
$2,500. This fund was established
last year after the Unagusta fire,
and the directors felt it essential
to have such a fund in case of
quick need.
The budget for the year is as
follows:
Boy Scouts of America $2,500.00
Girl Scouts 2,299.05
American Red Cross 5,175.00
Clothes Closet Assn. . 250.00
Waynesville High
School Band . 1,500.00
Waynesville Lions Club 2,900.00
Crippled Children Fund 800.00
Women's Club
Christmas Tree Fund 150.00
Hazelwood Lions Club 800.00
Clothing Fund for
Hospitalized TB Patients
Black Mtn. . 250.00
Kiwanis Club ? Under
Privileged Children 290.00
Crabtree-Iron Duff
High School Band . 500.00
Waynesville Area Polio
& Orthopedic Fund 5,000.00
Cerebral Palsy Fund 250.00
Carolina United 1,488.10
Emergency Fund 2,500.00
Operating Expense 1.800.00
Pledge Delinquency 2,845.22
$31,297.37
Division chairmen for the United
(See United Fund?Page 6)
8th Annual Pigeon Valley Fair Opens Thursday
The annual Pigeon Valley Fair
will opvn at Bethel Thursday for
a three-day program,
liighlight.s of the program this
year will be a festival or talent
show Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday nights, and the selection of
a "Fair Queen".
Candidates, representing the six
communities making up the Beth
el School District, are as follows:
Cecil, Elizabeth Messer and Gail
Inman; Center Pigeon, Edith Press
ley arid Joann Green; Cruso, Ger
aldeeiv Laymon and Marietta
Smith; East Pigeon, June Smith
and Peggy Kuykendall; Stanley
Cove, Shirley Putnam and Norma
Lou Rogers; West Pigeon, Jannette
Sheffield and Doris Johnson.
A record number of square danoc
teams, string bands and other en
tertainers will perform during the
three nights. Some of the square
dance teams scheduled to partici
pate are Bethel (6 teams). Cham
pion Y <2 teams), Valley Springs
(2 teams), Enka. Connemara Farms,
Emma. Bailey Montain. Swanna
noa Valley, Farmer Buss Mountain
(See Pigeon Fair?Page 6)
Bill Miller
Promoted By
United Press
William D. Miller, son of Mrs.
Clyde Hay. Jr., has just been pro
moted by United ITess as manager
of the Philippines hureau
The announcement came from
Ernest ltoberecht. UP vice presi
dent and general manager for Asia.
Miller succeeds Robert E. Udick
wha has been transferred to Singa
pore as UP manager for Southeast
(See Bill Miller?Page 6)
THE SMOULDERING remains of the two-story
Tassel Castle were all that were left this morning
of the log structure which burned last night. The
loss was estimated at about SI5,000 by Fire Chief
Felix Stovall.
(Mountaineer Photo). I
Tassell Castle Burned On
Sunday Night; $15,000 Loss
Many Letters To
Editor Today,
Cover Wide Field
On today's editorial pace read
ers will find a number of let
ters to the editor, including one
from Governor Luther Hodges.
Some are complimentary and
some are disagreeing with edi
torials published in The Moun
taineer.
Letters to the editor are al
ways interesting, and today's
wide "assortment" will provide
unusual interest to our readers, j
Fire destroyed the two-story tog
Tassell Castle on Chestnut Park
?Drive shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday
night.
Fire Chief Felix Stovall said
the loss was estimated at $15,000.
The firemen were able to save
part of the contents of the home,
which was partially insured.
Chief Stovall said the origin of
the destructive blaze was not
known, but felt it started in a sec
ond floor bed room. Mrs. Tas
sell. sole occupant, was in town
for dinner when the fire was dis
covered.
The street washing equipment
carried two loads of water to the
scene, but it was not sufficient to
combat the blaze which got a good
start before firemen arrived at the
scene. Firemen fought the blaze
until 11:30, and then left men on
duty to watch and see that nearby
woods did not catch on fire.
Chief Stovall said about 12 vol
unteer firemen helped in the bat
tle against the blaze.
Unveiling 01 J. Haywood
Porlrait Set Sept. 29th
Plans are being completed for
the unveiling of a portrait of John
Haywood, for whom Haywood
County was named, on Saturday,
September 29, at 11 a.m. at the
Courthouse.
A special Haywood County com
mittee met here Friday morning
and named Aaron Prevost? general
chairman, as plans were made for
the unveiling. The portrait is be
ing given by the family of Mr.
Haywood, first treasurer of North
Carolina, who was holding office
at the time Haywood County was
formed.
John Haywood Davis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Davis, will unveil
the portrait.
The portrait will be presented by
Archie Davis, chairman of the
board of directors of Wachovia
Bank and Trust Company, who is
married to the former Miss Mary
Louise Haywood, several times re
moved granddaughter of the first
state treasurer.
Several members of the Hay
wood family are expected to at
tend.
Senator William Medford will
accept the portrait on behalf of
Haywood County.
Dave Felmet is in charge of in
vitations and Senator Medford, of
(See Portrait?Page 6?
The
Weather
WARM
f/^S
Continued warm and partly
cloudy. Some chance ot showers.
Official Waynesville tempera
ture as recorded by the State Test
Farnf:
Date Max. Min. Pr.
Sept. 13 83 48
Sept 14 86 46
Sept. 15 84 49
Sept. 18 85 53
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WNC Firemen To
Meet Here 19th
Between 225 and 250 firemen
of Western North Carolina are due
to attend the WNC Firemen's As
| sociation dinner meeting at the
WTHS cafeteria here Wednesday
night.
The Waynesville and Hazelwood
departments will be hosts to the
! Felix Stovall, Waynesville. and
George Bischoff, Hazelwood, in
charge.
James Bailey will be in charge
of the program.
Awards Listed For Annual
4-H Club Livestock Show
Prizes awarded at the first an
nual 4-H Club Livestock Show on
the courthouse parking lot Satur
day have been announced by Cecil
Brown, assistant county agent in
Charge of 4-H work.
In the beef cattle division, blue
ribbons were awarded to Joe Jen
kins and Barbara Jenkins of Fines
Creek, Neal Allison and Larry
Ammons of WTHS, Floyd Rogers
of Clyde, and Charles Henson of
Bethel.
Red ribbons went to Tommy
Leopard of East Waynesville and
Jimmy Sloan of Bethel.
In the fitting contest, Charles
Henson won a show halter donated
by the Farmers' Co-operative to
the first-place contestant, and
Floyd Rogers was presented a
(See Awards?Page 6)
Schools To Be
Closed Friday
Friday will be a holiday for I
all school students in the county '
except the Bethel District, ac- j
cording to Lawrence Leather
wood, county superintendent of
education today.
The holiday is given in order
that teachers can attend the an
nual North Carolina Kducation
Association meeting in Asheville.
The Bethel District asked that
they not take the holiday since
the Cruso school was liter in
getting open due to construction
on the building.
161 Cases
Listed For
Civil Court
One* hundred and sixty-one cases
are listed on the docket for the
September civil term of Haywood
County Superior Court, which was
convened here this morning by
Judge Zeb V. Nettles of Ashevillc.
Scheduled cases will be heard
through Wednesday, while un
scheduled hearings will be con
ducted Thursday and Friday.
Next week scheduled cases are
listed for hearing on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Uncontested divorce cases will
be heard at the convenience of
the court and counsel.
Road Projects
Completed Here
Four road projects were com
pleted in Haywood County during
August, according to Commission
er Harry Buchanan of the 14th Di
vision.
There were 41.4 miles complet
ed in the division as a whole dur
ing the month, 1.6 miles of which
were in Haywood.
In the county, State forces
strengthened the surfaces of the
following 14-foot wide county
roads with additional stone: Wes
ley Creek Road, 0.5 mile; Plott
Creek Road, 0.6 mlie; Little Cove
Creek Road, 0.3 mile; Turkey
Creek Road, 0.2 mile.
$10,200 In Wellco Stock
Given Group 102 Employees
Preferred stock, worth $10,200 has been presented to a total
of 102 employees of Wellco Shoe Corporation.
II. W. Rollman, president of the company, announced that each
employee who has completed ten years of uninterrupted service
with the company was presented with one share of preferred stock
having a par value of $100. The stock earns a cumulative dividend
of 5' < per year.
The stock certificates were given to these employees free of
charge in recognition of faithful and devoted service to the firm
'blue RIBBON WINNERS in poultry at the 4-II
Livestock Show on the courthoune parking lot Sat
urday include (from left) Steve Henson, Ken
neth Farmer, Powell McElroy, all of Bethel, and
Jennings Plemmons of Saunook.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Buchanan
Optimistic
On Program
Prospects looked encouraging to
day for letting a contract for a
link of the Pigeon River Road this
fall, and a contract for the last
link early next spring, Harry E.
Buchanan, commissioner of the
14th district told The Mountain
eer today.
Commissioner Buchanan said
that the next link would have three
tunnels. Last week engineers of
the Bureau of Public Roads were
here checking on the tunnels and
making test borings along the pro
posed tunnel sites, in order to de
termine whether the tunnels should
be driven as one bore broad
enough to carry four lanes of traf
fic, or whether it would be better
to have two lanes of traffic.
Commissioner Buchanan said
that the plans for the remainder
of the link were ready and that
the $2,200,000 was already appro
priated and ready for the project.
"I see no reason for any delay
in getting the project under way
this fall." the eommissioner said.
"It is just a matter of the Bu
reau of Public Roads making the
decision on the tunnels, and then
we are all set to go.
"I hope to have the second
link let by early spring, which
would give us a complete project
from the State line to Fines
Creek."
These will be the first contracts!
to be let on the Pigeon River Road
since the formal approval, making
it part of the interstate system and
coming under the Federal program,
with the Bureau of Public Roads
paying 90 per cent of the cost of
construction and the State, 10 per
cent. The money for the project
has already been allocated.
Baptists To
Soon Employ
Educational
Director
The congregation of the First
Baptist Church voted unanimously
Sunday morning to employ an
educational director.
The proposal had been recom
mended by the Board of Deacons
and the pastor at a business ses
sion ten days prior to the Church
conference Sunday morning.
The Rev. T. E. Robinett, pastor,
explained that the position would
be filled as soon as possible, and
that the educational director would
devote most of his time to Sunday
school work, Training Union and
young people's organizations.
The church approved a salary up
to $4,000 for the position.
DR. LANCASTER IMPROVING
Word from Mission Memorial
Hospital, Asheville, this morning,
was that Dr. N F. Lancaster was
improving after his recent heart
attack. He is able to be propped up
in bed, but cannot have visitors.
ALBERT L. RAMSEY
Ramsey Resigns
To Become Agent
In Graham County
Albert L. Ramsey, assistant farm
agent in Haywood County since
April 1, 1955, has resigned to be
come farm agent in Graham Coun
ty with offices in Robbinsville, ac
cording to an announcement by
County Agent Virgil L. Holloway,
Mr. Ramsey, a native of Macon
County, will replace Denver Robin
son, former county agent in Gra
ham County, who was recently
named assistant district farm agent.
Ramsey, a graduate of West
Point and N. C. State College,
worked with Unit Test Demonstra
tion farmers during his stay in
Haywood County.
5 Injured
in Weekend
(Accidents
| Five teen-agers?four boys and
j a girl?were injured in two of five
traffic accidents investigated by
jthe State Highway Patrol during
j the weekend.
The boys were hurt at Ratcliffe
Cove at 12:45 p.m. Sunday when i
1951 Ford pickup truck driven by
Clarence Eugene Ford, 18. of Rat
cliffe Cove, ran off the left side of
the road, struck a culvert and over
turned, throwing three of the four
boys out on the highway.
Thrown from the vehicle were
Ford, who suffered a severe cut on
the left elbow, sprained ankle and
multiple bruises and abrasions of
the bodv; James Doyle Smith, 17,
(See 5 Hurt?Page 6)
AMON LEE SWANGER
FLIES TO EUROPE
Anion Lee Swanger left today
from Charlotte airport for a two
week trip to Europe. While in
Paris, he will visit his brother,
A 1/C Jackie Joe Sw anger.
The all-expense-paid trip was
won by Mr. Swanger in a Hotpoint
competition.
Methodist Conference To
Get Invitation To Lake
If Date Change Approved
MothnHkt minictorc frnm the ? ? '
charges in the Waynesville District
will attend the WNC Conference of
the Church opening Wednesday at
Winston-Salem. A lay delegate
has also been named to attend
from each charge.
The Conference Is expected to
to have brought to its attention
the possibility of changing the
Conference date from September
to June, with an alternate pro
posal of holding it the last week
in August. It was learned here
this morning that if the Con
ference date is changed to June
or August, an Invitation will be
extended from Lake Junaluska
to have the 1957 meeting held
there.
The Conference will close Sun
day with the official reading of
appointments for the coming year.
About one third of the District's
nearly 100 churches will probably
have changes in their ministerial
staffs.
Presiding over the Conference
will be Bishop Nolan Harmon of
the Charlotte area. The host
church will be Cententary Metho
dist.
In some cases, ministers will be
able to return to their churches in
time for Sunday morning services.
However, at the First Methodist
of Waynesville, lay leader M. 11.
Bowles will outline the program
for the coming year at the morning
service.
Highway
Record For
1956
In Haywood
(TO DATS)
Killed 4
(1955 ? 1)
Injured .... 76
(1955 ? 69)
Accidents.. 146
(1955 ? 137)
Loss . ?. $46,550
(1955 ? $54,226)
(This information eoMpOtl
from records of State High
way Patrol.)
Harrell, Associates
To Operate Former
City Laundry Here
The White Swan Cleaners and
Laundry, formerly the City Laun
dry, has been oponed by Clifford
Harrell and associates with Clif
ford Harrell as manager, at 315
Miller St. to serve Western North
Carolina from Canton to Frank
lin.
The new firm will offer a com
plete laundry and dry cleaning
service for all garments and lin
ens. Twenty-four hour service is
available on request, and pickup
and delivery serrvice can be ob
tained,JjH|
Mr. nSerell is also the president
of Harrell's Laundry and Cleaners
on Depot St.