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E?? The Waynesyille Mountaineer
j.. Q Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park L
71st YEAR NO. 92 14 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILI,E, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 5, 1956 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Haywood Set To Cast Record Vote Tuesday
CDP Meeting Set Thursday
To Announce 1956 Prizes ;
$1,000 In
P jze Money
Is^U Stake
? 1
A total of $1,000 in prize money
will be awarded to Haywood Coun
ty communities at 7:30 p.m. Thurs
day at the courthouse at the an
nual CDP meeting, which will al- ?
so include election of 1957 officers, |
a beauty contest, music, and a talk !
on rural development by an Ashe- i
ville man.
Competing for $800 in the com- '
munity contest and another $200 j
in the form of eight incentive j
prizes of $25 each will be Aliens I
Creek, Francis Cove, Ratcliffe '
Cove. South Clyde, Iron Duff, Up-1
per Crabtree, and Thickcty.
Judging Of the seven communi- j
tics was conducted last Thursdayj
and Friday bv Mrs. Marie Haynes
Buckner, assistant home agent in
Madison County; W. H. Flake,
county agent on the Cherokee In
dian Reservation, and R. L. Lyday,
county agent of Swain County.
Principal speaker for the meet
ing Thursday night will be W. F.
Algary, manager of the J. C Pen
ney store at Asheville. who has
been active in the work of the
Asheville Agricultural Develop
ment Council and the rural de
velopment program in Western
North Carolina.
Already entered in the CDP
Beauty Queen contest by noon to
day were Judy Ann Harris of
Thickety; Mildred Smith Of Aliens
Creek; Patricia Messer of Upper
Crabtree; Joyce Coward of Rat
cliffe Cove; Reva Jackson of South
Clyde; Frances Frizzell of East
Pigeon; Eva Stevenson of Iron
Duff; and Ann McClure of Sau
nook.
(See CDP Meeting?Page 3)
Three Vehicles]
In Accident In
West Canton
Mrs. Troy Stamey. Clyde, re
mained in the Haywood Hospital
today, where she is suffering from
painful lacerations and abrasions
which she Abstained about 7 p.m.
Saturday night, when her car was
hit from behind in a 3-vehicle ac
cident, West Canton, at the inter
section of the four-lane highway.
Police and highway patrol are
investigating the accident which
involved the 1951 Plymouth in
whichjJMrs. Stamey was a pas-v
sen "J J The vehicle was being
drivflPmy her daughter. Miss Sue
Stamey.
A 1955 Chevrolet, driven by
llenry Shook, was turned over,
and the front end of a 1951 Ford
driven by Jerome Scott was dam
aged, the officers said.
Mrs. Stamey was the only per
son hurt in the 3-car accident.
Gunshot Wound Victims;
Are Reported Improved
Two Haywood County residents
who suffered gunshot wounds last
week were reported by Sheriff Fred
Y. Campbell today to be in an im
proved condition In hospitals.
Mrs. Way Arrington. 45. of Pan
ther Creek, was wounded when she
tripped and fell while hunting with
a H-38 German pistol. She is in
.Memorial Mission Hospital, Ashe
vill"\
Oliver Hicks. 50. of Big Bend, in
a Newport. Tenn. hospital, suffered
a shotgun wound on his hand when
the weapon was discharged in his
home.
Black Sow Has Litter
Of 16 Snow- White Pigs \
There'll probably be a lot of
pork on the U. F. Clark farm, 1
Fines Creek, for a long time to
come.
His black Poland - China sow
just had a litter of 16 snow-white
pigs. The pigs are a cross of Pol
and-China and OIC.
Specialists point out that eight
pigs for a sow of this breed is
unusually fine.
Two of the pigs were crushed
by the mother, as she accidental
ly rolled on them during dinner
time. The runt of the litter died.
Because of the lack of feeding '
facilities. Mr. and Mrs. Clark
havr taken one of the smaller
pigs for a pet and are bottle feed
ing it, while two other pigs have
been given to a son and daughter.
This leaves the sow with 10
youngsters who never know when
they have had enough to eat.
The sow had six pigs in her ;
first litter, and nine the second
time, making a total of 31 pigs
in three litters.
When it is feeding time, and
the 10 white pigs nestle up close
to their black mother, it gives
an impression of ten snowballs
on a pile of coal.
Haywood Leads All W.N.C.
In Number Of Rural 'Phones
Haywood county leads all Western North Carolina, by a sub- i
stantial margin, in tlve percentage of farms with telephones. Hay- j
wood has 48 per cent, according to a recent survey, as compared |
with the state average of 18 per cent.
The percentage in Haywood would be much higher now, since
lines have been extended into the White Oak area ? the last com
munity in the county without telephone service.
Only three other counties in the state lead Haywood?Gaston,
Rowan and Mecklenburg.
Percentages of neighboring counties include: Buncombe 20.6:
Henderson 39; Madison 4.8; Transylvania 10.4; Jackson 13.4; Macon
8.2; Swain 5.3: Graham 3.3; Cherokee 6.5; and Clay 8.1.
Record Democratic Crowd
4 I
Hears Sen. Scott At Rally |
Rally
Sidelights
Senator W Kerr Scott will long
remember "covering" Haywood
county in the brief span of little '
more than an hour Thursday. He
was escorted on a fast-moving >
motorcade that carried him from !
the Buncombe-Haywood line, to 1
Canton, Bethel, Hazelwood, Way
nesville, Clyde and back to Can
ton.
About 50 vehicles made up the !
motorcade.
The Clyde school was decorat
ed with bunting in the front,
and stage. On the back curtain
of the stage, in 3-foot letters in
red, white and blue, were
"Welcome Senator Scott."
A pleasant surprise to many of j
the Democrats was the large num
ber of young people?many teen-,
agers attending the rally.
W. O. Byers, Glenn W. Brown 1
and Congressman George A. j
Shuford all made mention in
their introduction talks of the
much publicized "Joe Smith."
(See Rally Sidelights?Page 3)
(See pictures. Pate 3 and Page 1)
Senator W. Kerr Scott told Hay- j
wood's largest political rally audi- '
ence at Clyde Thursday night,
"We have a weak, wishy-washy
foreign policy that is dictated by a \
man who doesn't know the differ
ence between the brink of war
and peace," as he referred to Sec
retary of State Dulles.
Senator Scott hit at several ,
members of the Eisenhower cabi- j
net, but centered his most caustic
remarks at Secretary Dulles, :
whom he termed "widely traveled,
but apparently poorly informed." |
"One day Dulles tells us the I 1
United States is turning back the
tide of Communism. The next day
we get news that half of Indo
china has been gobbled up by the
Communists.
"Only week before last the:
American people were told there
was good news in the Middle East. 1
In a matter of hours fighting [
broke out between Egypt and
Israel. Either Secretary Dulles
was pitifully ignorant about what
was going on in that area, or he
was deliberately misinforming the
American people."
Senator Scott said that Dulles
"ought to resign or be forced to:
resign . . We are faced with the
(See Scott?Page 3)
The
Weather
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Partly cloudy and mild today
and Tuesday.
Official W'aynesville tempera
ture as reported by the State Test
Farm:
Date Max. Min. Pr.
Nov 1 72 49 .34
Nov. 2 73 41 .01
Nov. 3 ? fi9 45
Nov. 4 70 3d
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THESE ARE CLYDE FANS, and needless to say,
the picture was made just as the Clyde football
team made a touchdown Saturday night in the
Skyline Conference Championship game at Can
ton. Some 3,500 fans saw the two teams play an
excellent game, with Glen Alpine winning 20-14.
(Mountaineer I'lioto)
Election News
To Be Broadcast
The staff of The Mountaineer,
Board of Elections and WHCC
will compile the election returns
from Haywood's 29 precincts
Tuesday night.
The results uill be broadcast
throughout the evening, along
with news of state and national
races.
Registrants plan to announce
the results of each ticket in their
precinct immediately.
There is only one contest in
the Townships for constable, and
that ts in East Fork, where Clay
ton Pressley, Democrat, is op
posed by Frank lleatherly, Re
publican.
There are candidates without
opposition in IVaynesVille. Beav
erdam. Clyde and Fines Creek
townships.
Patrol Arrests
15 At Check Up
The highway patrol made 15 ar
rests while checking some 1.000
vehicles in a routine check-up <it
Clyde Friday afternoon.
Cpl. Pritchard Smith sani the
arrests included motorists with ex
pired operator's license, improper
mufflers and no turn signals
The check-ups are staged per
iodically.
Haywood Residents Realize
Gravity Of World Situation
Wherever Haywood County people are gathering today, there
is a tenseness and seriousness to their talk about the current con
flicts in Hungary and Egypt either one ot which could be a fore
runner to a third World Wai
County residents remember that Haywood had the nation's
highest percentage of volunteers in World War II, and the county
today has several hundred young men and women serving in U.S.
armed forces all over the world, and an additional large number
in reserve units* here and in Asheville.
Both Hungary and Egypt are a long way (rum Western North
Carolina, but Haywood countians are well aware of the grave sig
nificance of the crises in the^o areas overseas.
Cardinals Barely Nosed
Out Of Championship
Wiiil<> (lie scoreboard wasn't a
pleasing sight t<> the thousands of
Clyde football fans Saturday
night, the hard-fighting Cardinals
are still rated as ?Champs'' in the
j hearts of Haywood,
i The highly successful Clyde
team, playing against two major
bad breaks, and a heavier team,1
; never gave tip, and their spirit {
was only equalled by the support
poured out by their many backers.
About 3,50t) attended the game. i
; It was a good game, and a hard
ehampiouship crow n to lose by six
points, but the Cardinals can look
: back on the 1956 season as an era I
when football arrived in all its
i full glory at Clyde high.
Seldom has a team had more
ardent supporters than the Card
inals.
The Green Wave of Glen Alpine
was quick to capitalize on a fum-;
ble in the early minutes of the'
game, and marched on to Score j
and add the extra point.
The Cardinals played their best i
game of ihe season ? and until
Saturday night had won nine
straight games, with tlieir goal be
ing crossed for only 12 points.
Coach Brown Griffin. Cardinal
Coach, was quick to praise the
team as having put up their best j
light of lite season. The two bad
(See Clyde?Page 6)
428 Absentee
Ballots Issued
By County Board
As of noon today. 428 absen
tee ballots had been issued by
the board of elections.
Applications for absentee hal- |
lots can be made Tuesday, when
accompanied by a doctor's cer
tificate, until shortly after noon.
All absentee ballots must be in
the hands of the chairman by
3 p.m. Tuesday in order to be
counted. All absentee ballots
must be returned to the Hoard
of Elections office and not to
the precinct of the registered '
voter.
County GOP
Rally Set
Tonight, 7:30
W W. (Tonyl Candler, Ashevllle
attorney, will address a county
wide Republican rally tonight,
Clyde high school, 7:30. Plans for j
the meeting were made Saturday
night at a special meeting of the
Haywood County Republican Ex
ceutive Committee, and the Hay
wood County Young Republican
j Club.
Gudger Ducked, county chair
man, said all Republicans, Re
publican judges. independents,
and Democrats for Eisenhower,
wore expected to attend the party.
Post Office To (in
Renovation Job Soon
Work of painting the Post Of- j
fice. and refinishlng the floors is I
! to get underlay any day, it was i
{learned today from Postmaster
; Enos Boyd. i
The contract was signed October
IP, and the contractor has 00 days
in which to complete the job. The
renovation cost wilt be aboul
$3,100. the postmaster explained.
STEVENSON
For President <D)
EISENHOWER
For President (R)
GEORGE A. SHI!FORD
For Congress <D>
KK'IIAKI) C LARKE, JR.
For C'onerew (R)
CHARLES B. MoCRARY
I'or Krprrsrntativp <D>
WALTER SMATHERS
For Rrprrsrntatlvr (R>
Polls Open 6:30 A J*!. And Close 6:30 P.M. Tuesday-Be Sure To Vote Tuesday
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November
Term Court
Jury Named
The jury panel for I he Novem
ber term of Superior Court, which
will convene here Monday, Novem
ber 19. has been announced by
Jule Noland. clerk of the Board ot
County Commissioners.
Selected to serve during the first
week were:
Frank Curtis of Hazelwood.
Samuel K. McCrary, Route 2. Way
nesville: Charles A Ferguson,
Route 2: Roshelle Stone, Route 3;
Fletcher Ledford, Fines Creek;
Turner Harkins, Box 629, Canton;
Lawrence W. Miller, Route 1. Can
ton: Lexis Kaplan of Canton; A.
L. Taylor. Box 201, Canton; Paul
Jack Lauulram of Canton; Wiley
Galloway. Route 2. Joseph L. Med
ford. Route 1. Canton: A. W. Camp
ot Hazelwood: Guy Singleton of
Pigeon; Carter Parham of Pigeon;
Ray V\ . Anderson. Route 3. Canton.
James Rhinehart of Pigeon; Carl
Sprinkle of Canton; J. A. Burch.
Route 2. Canton: Henry Bumgartler
?r f t- . ? - "
..i .-n.T.' i um. v. . v . of.iicy or v ail
ton; .Charlie If. Henson, Route 2.
Canton; Tom Garrett of Hazelwood:
,1 It. Caldwell, Route 1; Jack Fat
ton. Route 1 Canton; Walter E.
Robinson, Route 1, Canton: R. C.
Francis. Route 3; F. R. Green of
Fast Fork; Marshall W. Jones of
Clyde. Charlie C. Fish. Box 389.
Canton; Arlie Phillips, Route 3.
Canton; K O. Carswell, Route 2,
Clyde; Craig Reeves of Crabtree;
W. W. Kelley, Route 1; and Mark
i Scott, Route 1, Canton.
Selected to serve during the
second week ot court were:
Morris K Bumgarner of Pigeon;
George P. Cable, Box 389, Canton;
Alley Tilley of Hazelwood; Rows
Lcdford of White Oak: V. M.
Rhea of Hazelwood; Jasper R.
Trull, Box 69, Canton; Kell Led
(See Jury?Page 3>
Dr. Underwood
Dies At 30
In Miami, Fla.
Dr. Russell Spaldou Underwood.
30. died Saturday morning in a
Miami, Fla., hospital of a kidney
infection He became ill last Sun
day and went into a coma Wednes
day.
Ho rallied briefly Friday night,
long enough to recognize upd talk
to members of his family.
A rosary was said at 8 a.m. Sun
day at St. Michael's Church.
Funeral services were held at
!l a.m. today at the same church.
Burial was in Miami.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Jean Bennett of
Miami, a daughter. Carpi; his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Spaldon
Underwood. Waynesville; and two
brothers. Richard of Asheville,
and Phillip of Waynesville.
Dr. Underwood, a native of
Waynesville, graduated front St.
John's High School ljere, was an
honor student at Notre Dame
University, and was graduated
from medical school at Duke Uni
versity. He served his internship
at St. Louis. Mo., City Hospital,
and was resident physician at
Jackson Memorial Hospital. Miami,
until two years ago when he be
came an associate of Dr. Robert
Michael of Miami
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16,000 Total
Is Foreseen
By Officials
' (Score Shret and Sample Ballots
Page 2)
Political observers here this
morning were of the opinion that
Haywood's voting Tuesday Mould
break all records, and reach the
16 000 mark, which will be 1.500
above the 1952 record,
i Interest in the election was
mounting on every hand, with both
political parties staging last min
ute workouts and optimism coming
i from both sides.
Mis. Fred Y Campbell, vice
chairman of the Haywood Demo- ?
cratic Executive Committee, said:
"We have set a goal of a 3.500
I majority in the presidential elec
tion ? this will be a gain of 800
over 1952. We believe we will
reach our goal, because we have
the workers who are ready to get
out a big vote."
Charles Hawkins. Reouhliean
member of the board of elections,
predicted that "if Haywood votes
16,000 ? and I agree that might
be the total, then the Democrats
will get nine and the Republicans
seven ?. for an overall margin of
2.000 in the presidential election
for the Democrats, This will be
700 fewer than the last presidents
ial election. I believe the Repub
licans have made that much head
; way in Haywood since the last
| election," Hawking continued
John R. Carver, chairman of
the board of elections, said evcry
J thing was in readiness, as far as
I he could tell, for the predicted rec
j ord vote. Chairman Carver stuck
j bv his original prediction of
' 16.000 votes to be cast Tuesday.
During the recent registration
i period over 1,000 new names were
(See Election?Page 3)
A. J. Green Makes
Perfect Mark In
Football Contest
Move over Don Larsen'
Arthur J. Green of Waynesville
pitched" a perfect game of his
own last weekend by correctly
naming the winners of 10 football
games, and predicting 20 points as
the combined score of the Wavn,?.
ville - Klizabelhton game Friday
night.
The Mountaineers blanked the
Cyclones 20-0. to establish Mr.
; Green as a pigskin prognosticated
without peer.
Eleven other persons missed
only one game, and 26 missed
only two.
Aliens Creek
Boy Unhurt As
Car Overturns
Walker Stuart Duckett, 16, of Al
iens Creek escaped injury when he
was thrown from his 1951 Ford a
Jit overturned on the Crabtree road
at 9:30 p.m. Friday.
Patrolman Harold Dayton of the
Highway Patrol reported that
Duckett lost control of his car on
a sharp curve, causing it to skid
'for 102 feet, and then roll over
I for another 138 feet.
The youth was charged with ex
? ceeding a safe speed, and driving
jon the wrong side of the road.
Damage to his car was estimated at
$300.
SOON TO RETURN HOME
Mrs. Maude Jones is expected
to return home early this week
from Mission Hospital, Asheville,
where she recently underwent an
operation.
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Highway
Record For
1956
In Haywood
(TO DATK)
Killed . . . ; 4
(1953 ? 2)
Injured .... 97
(1955 ? S2)
Accidents.. 175
(1955 ? 153i
Loss ... $57,355
(1953 ? SB4.930)
(This information compiled
I from records of SUto Hlck
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