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r? THE W\YNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
-j n Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat-of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ? ?
71st YEAR NO. 93 18 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C-, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 8, 1956 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
i Democratic Majority Cut To 638 In Haywood
All - Record
Vote Polled
On Tuesday
(S?t Tabulations. pages 4 and 6>
Haywood stayed in the Demo
cratic columns Tuesday by mar
gins ranging from (138 in the
presidential race to 3,H8(i in the
governor's race, according to the
unofficial returns tabulated by
the board of elections and The
Mountaineer stair Tuesday night
and Wednesday morning
Haywood was one of the three
counties in Western North Caro
lina to remain in the Democratic
column in Cie presidential race
?others were Jackson ; nd Swain.
About 300 more voter were cast
Tuesday than in 1952 The Tues
day vote wes about 1300 short
of pre-election predictions when
it was felt that Haywood would
cast about 16.000 votes. The ac
tual unofficial count was 14,784
Haywood voters turned down
the proposed agriculture center
by a m^ghi of 3549. The measure
carried in onlv six of the 29
precincts. Tl.e unofficial vote
was 4235 for, and 7784 against
The measure carried a proposal
for a tax minimum of three cents
per $100 assessed valuation.
Charles U. McOrary polled a
3.697 unofficial- majority over
Walter G. Similiters in the race
for member of lite House of Rep
resentatives.
Governor Luther Hodges led
tlie Democratic ticket in Hay
wood, polling 9.123 as against his
opponent Kyle Hayes, who got
5.237, giving Hodges a majority
of 3,886.
Stevenson carried 15 of the
29 Haywood precincts. The 14
precincts giving Eisenhower a
majority included: Aliens Creek,
all seven Beaver dam precincts.
Big Creek. Cecil, East Fork, Ivy
Hill. Pigeon and Center Pigeon.
Catalooehee was the only pre
cinct in the county not easting a
Republican vote in the presiden
tial election. Cataloochee was
joined in the Representative's
race by Big Greek and Fines
Creek No. 2. Cataloochee was
the only precinct going 100 per
cent for Hodges Fines Creek
No. 2 gave the governor all but
cue vote.
Tuesday's election will go down
in history as one of Haywood's
(luietest and largest Voting vas
steady throughout the day out
In a quiet manner.
Heaverdam No ti perhaps c?n
lay claim to having voted the
highest percentage of registered
\ oters of any precinct in the
county, and perhaps the state,
There are 970 registered voters
and 925 votes were cast.
Tabulators in election head
quarters Tuesday night got to
calling the agriculture tax pro
posal the "barn issue." It was
shorter, and added a little humor
to the tense 6-hours of steady,
hard, and nerve-racking work.
The returns were handled by a
staff who were veteran^ at such a
job. John Carver, chairman of
the hoard of elections, Mrs. Ray
mond Caldwell, clerk, Mr. Cald
well. were joined by Robert
Winchester, M. T. Bridges and W.
Curtis Huss, of The Mountaineer,
in getting the returns tabulated
while Ken Fry and H. C, Turner
of VV'ltCC, put the news on the
air
The results were sent out to
state and regional centers as fast
as substantial totals were avails
able.
Two people handled the two
phones and made the precinct
leports in triplicate, one copy go
ing to the two chart markers, one
to the two adding machines and
the third to the radio crews.
The Hoaru of Elections were
making a canvass of the vote in
their office; today.
I.oranzb Smothers. chairman of
the Haywood executive committee
was all smiles Wednesday morn
ing, a- he said; *\Ve stayed in
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the Democratic column ? even
though by a smaller margin than
we would like. But we shall be
back next time, and making a
stronger bid than ever for the
votes. I am proud of the work
done by so many loyal Demo
crats."
The Haywood board of elec
tions issued a total of 4.16 absen
tee ballots. Ten were issued
Tuesday to persons who became
ill and were unable to get to the
polls.
At least one. and perhaps two
complaints were filed with the
district attorney from Haywood
Tuesday. While details Were not
available, it was understood in
each instance the matter dealt
with only one voter as to a ques
tion of eligibility to vote.
Congressman George A. Shu
ford is expected to poll between
i',000 and 10.000 majority when
the official canvass is made of
the 12th district voting The
Asheville man was opposed by
Richard Clarke. Jr., Henderson
ville The unofficial returns.
'A rt h more precincts yet to report,
Rave Shuford 46.600 and Clarke
,37.500.
The Republicans Rained a State
Senate seat in the 28th, as Wil
nam K Cobb, Morganton. was
elected. Transylvania elected
James 'Gait her.. Democrat, as their
representative, giving that coun
ty a Democrat for the first time
in years.
Dr. Kelly Bennett. Bryson City.
Democrat, was re-elected state
Senator from the 33rd district
R Lee Whitmire. of Hender
son vi lie. and J. R. Stephenson.
Saluda, are the State Senators
of the 32nd distriet. Both Demo
crats and were unopposed.
The Haywood Republicans cut
the Democratic majority in the
presidential election by about
-'i lXM? over the 1952 election.
when the Democrats had a ma
jority of 2.(>27.
Tuesday's Democratic margin
was the smallest since 1928 when
the county went into the Repub
lican column by 299 votes The
county had 11 precincts at that
time Practically the same area
that went for Eisenhower Tues
day voted overwhelmingly for
Hoover in 1928, as he opposed At
Smith.
The results of the presidential
races in Haywood for the past.
24 years and majorities are as
follows:
Year Demo. COP Ma.i.
1028 4173 4472 299<R>
1932 (>790 3082 3708'D>
1938 8175 3331 4844(1) i
1940 8631 2357 6274' 1?>
1944 7755 2919 4836'D'
1948 7373 2684 46891)'
1952 8761 6124 2627'D'
DR. STRINGFIEI.D
RESUMES PRACTICE
Dr. J. K. Stringfield has resum
ed part-time practice of medicine
, after a six-months period during
which he has been confined to his
home because of illness.
PART OF THE more than 14.700 Haywood voters
who cast their ballots on Tuesday. This picture
was made just as they dropped their ballots in the
boxes at Center Waynesville. From left: Ned
Howell, Mrs. Z. II. Brown, Douglas Worsham,
clerk, Mrs. Mable Able and W. L. Matnev, and
just behind Hrs. Abie's hand is Mrs. Hill Mat
ney. (Mountaineer Photo).
! Engineers Cite Correction Needs Of Sewer Line
Cataloochee Park Section
Sets Up Low Fire Record
The fire record of the 45,000
acre tract in the Cataloochee dis
trict of the Smokies reads like
fiction ? only three fires in 13
years, and all caused by lightning,
but even at that, less than six
acres were burned.
This Is the record which is be
lieved to be unequalled in the na- .
tion.
Mark Hannah, Park Ranger, is
in charge of the area, and served
as county fire warden for two
years prior to taking the position
he now holds with the Park in
1943.
Ranger Hannah believes in tak
ing all precautionary measures,
and then cites he has the best co
operation of the folk living in and
near the area of any ranger in the
nation.
The fire tower at Mt. Sterling is
manned during the fire season,
and tests are made at 10 a.m. and
2 and 4 p.in. daily for fuel moist- ,
lire. These tests are made with ,
three balsa sticks, which are ,
placed about 12 inches off the
ground, and allowed to absorb all .
available moisture and then weigh- ,
ed. A balsa stick Will absorb twice
its weight in moisture.
"This has been the best fire sea- 1
son in many years." Ranger Han- 1
nah explained. "The foliage has
s on the trees longer, and
r< If .,med greener, as we have had
very little frost. The highest fire
index we have had Is about eight, i
and we consider 10 as the time to
start ?mannig the tower. The in
(See Cataloochee?Page 3)
HANGER MARK HANNAH
Legion Planning
Veterans Day
Dinner Saturday
Gold Star parents will be lion- (
ured at a Veterans Day dinner at j
Central Elementary School cafe- !
Lcria Saturday night at a program
sponsored by Haywood Host 47 of
the American Legion,
The Rev, John Ivan Kizer. pastor
of the Hazeiwood Baptist Church
r. ill be the principal speaker.
From Fayettevillo. Terry San
(See Legion?Page 6>
United Fund
Just $3600 |
From Goal
United Fund olTtclals today were j
making plans for the "last round
up" of the campaign, and were ,
\xihin $3,675 of the goal of $31,- j
237. according to Charlie Wood- i
ard. campaign chairman.
Woodard, in a formal statement |
today, pointed out that "the United !
Fund campaign workers are trying
hard to finish the drive as soon as
possible. We are about $3,600
short of our goal, but have every
reason to believe we will go over
the top wry soon.
in spue 01 iiic fiion i>\ oui
volunteer workers to contact i very
one for their share of the program, I
we know some people who are ;
interested in the United Fund |
program want to have a part have i
been missed. If you have not
In en contacted, won't you please
just mail your cheek to United
Fund. WaynesVHlP. or drop by
flie office in the courthouse. The
fact that you were miSsed was not
intentional, but rather the workers
with your name did not get to
contact you at the time the terri- !
toi.v was worked."
Hussell Kultz said today he felt !?
the campaign would be success- j
fully concluded, within the next
few days.
Crews Will
Begin Work
On Monday
Workmen are scheduled to start'
Monday morning on ('leaning the
trunk sewer line in the Vicinity of
I.ake Junaluska preparatory to
a thorough engineering survey to
determine the cause jf periodic
overflow.
Officials of Waynesville. ll i/el
\\ood and Lake Junaluska recently
ordered the engineering survey,
and instructed CI C. Ferguson,
town manger of Waynesville to
employ an engineering firm to do
the work.
W. K. Dickson. Charlotte, of the
firm bearing his ivalne. spent two
days here with his associates,
checking the 5-mile line from
Ilozelwood to Pigeon Rivet'.
Dickson in a letter to Manager
Ferguson pointed out several
phases ol the survey which would
be necessary, the first was clean
ing the line from about the llowell
Mill Hold-Southern Railroad inter
section to the shoreline of the
lake.
The engineer said he believes
the line is now carrying four to
live million gallons of sewage
daily. He recommends that the
survey be made to find the quan
tity of sewage flowing through the
line, by establishing a series of
gauges along the 5-mile line, and
checking them over a 24-hour
period.
Officials of the three communi
ties have known for years that
there is ascertain amount of sur
face water getting into the trunk
line, and the purpose of the gauges
would be to determine where most
of this excessive water enters the
li?A
CDP Beauty Queen Will Be
Crowned At Meet Tonight
Although only one top county,
winner will he named tonight at [
the courthouse at the annual ('1)1' t
awards meeting. all seven of the
competing communities will share
in the $1,000 prize money.
The No. 1 community will re
ceive only $25 more than other
communities selected in the blue
ribhon group in the contest, which 1
lias been judged on the Danish
system All communities in the
red ribbon group will receive the 1
same amount of prize money, as
will those in the wiiite ribbon ;
group. A total of $800 will he u
warded in the rural development
contest, while $200 more will he |
presented in the form of eight in
centive prizes of $25 each.
Communities competing for the
prize money are Aliens Creek,
Francis Cove. llatcliffe Cove,
South Clyde. Iron Duff, Upper
Crabtree, and Thickety.
Last year Halt-life Cove took
first place in the county CDI' con- I
test, and later placed in the top
10 of the WNC district contest.
Again this year, the county win
nor will enter tlie district event, |
Principal speaker on tonight's ;
program will be W, K. Algary.
manager of the J. C. Penney Store
at Asheviile, who lias been active
in the rural development program
in Western North Carolina.
(See Queens?Page 5i
Former Salesman
For Unagusta Is
Indiana's New Governor
Howard Handtey. former sales
man for the Unagusta Manufactur
ing Company, was elected gover
nor of Indiana Tuesday, Handley
served as lieutenant governor for
the past four years, a post to
which he was elected on his first]
j entry into politics He is a Itepub- I
j lican.
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Soil District
Board Adopts
1957 Program
A budget totalling $634 and sev-j
oral .-new project- for 1957 have,
boon adopted by Haywood County's
thi'co soli conservation district of
ficials. :
Items listed in the 1957 budget ;
liiciud'.': I
Prize money for KFA land-judg-j
ing oontest. $18. erection of dis-1
triot boundary sign on Highway 209
on th(> Haywood-Madison line, j
$18. awarding of a $50 prize to a I
('DP group for their work in high-,
way stahilizaiion and bdautificUtion, i
$50 state and national association '
dues, $70; trademark cancellation j
wheel for WayiKvsyille postoffiee
correspondence, $8; 35-mrn. auto
mat ie slide projector, $160: pur
chase ot 1,099 pounds of fertilizer
for i-oadbank trial plantings. $30:
expenses for one supervisor lit at
tend National Association of SCD
Sui rvisois' apnual meeting: pur
chase of 10,000 Christmas tree
Seedlings, $300.
The soil supervisors voted to,
hold thoir annual fund-raising
drive in January, 1957.
In addtiton to the awarding of a
CDP beaut ideation prize, the soil
supervisors also voted on two other
(See Soil I'lan?Page 5)
PATSy I.OUISE PALMER, I??55
Tobacco Queen, is expected to be
on hand to crown the 195(i ('I)P
Queen at the courthouse tonight
in a beauty contest sponsored by
the REA. (Mountaineer I'hoto).
Hospital
Chaplains
Aid Patients
Inaugurated this spring, the hos
pital chaplain program sponsored
by the Haywood County Minister
' ial Association lias won an ap
preciative response from both hos
I pital patients and the county's
I churches.
The prograpi began with seven
churches participating: there are
I now 22 in the program and more
j are expected to enter later.
The Rev. James Y. Perry, past
president of the ministerial associ
ation. explained the program this
way
When a patient enters Haywood
County Hospital, he or she is
visited by Mrs. Robert Breese of
Love Lane, naid bv the minister
ial association, who asks the
church affiliation of the patient,
and then notifies the minister of
the.particular church.
Ministers are notified by tele
(Sce Chaplains?Pane 6)
Five Haywood Men
' Enter Armed Forces
Five Haywood County men were
sent to Charlotte todav for induc
tion into the armed forces.
The group included:
Frank Glenn Clark, Route 1.
| Clyde: George Dennis W'illianpson.
Route 3. Canton: Jake Denver
RUrrell, Route 3, Canton; Roy
' Chambers Moody of Ha re I wood,
' and J. B Martin of Waynesville,
State And Federal Offices
Will Be Closed Monday
State and federal offices in the
Waynesville area will be Closed
all day Monday in observance of
Veterans Day i Armistice Day),
which actually falls on Sunday
this year.
To be closed will be the Way
nesville and Hazelwood postof
fices, driver's license office. Health
Department. Welfare Department,
and Employment Security Com
mission.
Schools, business places, banks,
and courthouse and town offices,
however, yvil be open Monday.
In observance of Veterans Day.
Haywood Post 47 of the American
Legion will honor local Gold Star
parents at a dinner Saturday night
at the Central School Cafeteria.
Iltpui 19 II UIII Ili.tr t dlHUll-DHUei- 1
Clyde United Fund headquarters
showed the campaign has about I
I $22,000 against the goal of $28,000. <
Dr. Carey T. Wells. Jr.. cam- I
(See United Fund?Page 6)
1.1? .
Dickson pointed out that this
shase of the survey would he nec
essary when the time comes?in
Lhe near future?for the three
(See Sewer Line?Page 5)
The
Weather
COOLER
Partly cloudy and cooler today.
Friday generally fair with moder
ate temperatures.
Official W'aynesville tempera
lure as reported by the State Test
Farm: .
Date Max. Min. Pr.
NOV. 5 71 38
Nov 6 64 37
Nov. 7 C3 41 .01
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THE FOI NDATION of the new S100.000 Pigeon
Street school is being built. The construction
crrirs are on the Job. and ready to pour the
foundations for the modern school. The old
school is in the background. The new school will
fare Pigeon Street. (Mountaineer Photol.
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County GOP Organization
Slated For Waynesville
Haywood Republicans have been
called to meet Saturday night. 7:U0
ai the Canton Town Hall, for the
purpose of setting up a perma
nent GOP organization in the Way
ncsville area.
Gudgor Duekett, chairman oi tiio
Haywood ?Republican executive
committee, said he was particular^
anxious that many representatives
of Waynesville attend the meeting.
"Everyone interested in the two
party system, and anxious to see
a?r active and permanent organiza
tion in all sections of Haywood art
asked to attend," Duckett explain
ed.
Highway
Record For
1956
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed . . . .; 4
<1955 ? 2)
Injured . . *. 97
<1955 ? 82)
Accidents.. 175
(1955 ? 153)
Loss... $63,355
(1955 ? S8O30)
(This information MMtpilrd
from rrrords ol State Hi*h
oay Patrol.)
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RECORDING THE CHURCH AFFILIATION ol a patient at Hay
wood County Hospital, Miss Maude Hmalhers of Canton (right), is
Mrs. Robert Breese of Waynesville. who is employed by the Hay
wood County Ministerial Association to assist pastors in the chap
lain program at the hospital. Miss Smathers. an employee of the
Chanftrion Paper and Fibre plant, was scheduled to leave the
hospital the day this pirtnre was taken, (Mountaineer Photo).
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