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i 1 i ? , ; . ? I . . * \ i - ' 5525 The Waynesville Mountaineer i =* a * Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ? - q 71st YEAR NO. 91 12 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESYILLE, N. C\. MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 12, 19.?6 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Cleaning Of Trunk Sewer Line Started Work began this morning on cleaning about a mile link of the trunk sewer line near Lake Juna luska. preparatory to engineers making a complete survey of the 5-mih^runk line. T-jMI crews, using machinery hougjsJk'vcral years ago for clean ing started setting up the drag Tine system this morning. Engineers plan to make a com plete inspection of the line, and to set up a series of gauges to determine the volume of flow through the lines at all hours of the day. G- C. Ferguson, town manager, said that as soon as the cleaning is completed he plans to call in the engineers to start their work on checking the entire area. The flow in the line, as check ed last week by the engineers, shows the flow of sewage moving at a fast pace until it gets to the Medl'ord bottom, near the creek at the head of Lake Junaluska. There the flow slows to a "snail's pace." About a half mile further< dow n the line, what sewage is : coining through moves rapidly a-: long the 24-iuch line, and on to Pigeon River. Car Plunges Over Bank; 2 Injured Two members of a Buncombe County family of four were injur ed at 3 p.m. Sunday when their 1951 Chevrolet plunged over a 50 foot embankment just west of Can ton. Highway Patrolman W. R. Woot en said that the driver of the car. Herschel Oscar McClure. 39, . of Route 2, Candler, was attempting tn fnlro off hie r?ni?t with hie w i f P holding the steering wheel when their ear struck the right curb of the highway and overturned down the embankment. Mr. McClure suffered lacera tions of the nose and abrasions of the head, while his son, Hersehel Dale, 9. suffered a fractured col lar bone. Mrs. McClure and an other son, Gary Dean, 4, escaped injury. Damages to the car was estimat ed at $350. Haywood NCEA Unit Sets Meet Thursday Night A meeting of the Haywood ? County Unit of the North Carolina I Education Association has been j set f ? Thursday. November 15, at , 7 30 in the Clyde High School, i Thm larks the first time the : unit held a night meeting and Mrs. Claud Rogers, president, has \ asked all school principals to stress ! the importance of attendance. Each school will be asked to 1 make a report on the current ! membership Drive. Third Reading Of Extension Of City I irnifc CJof 1 itVi AJAAAAAIM k/V I A * 111 The Board of Aldermen will have the third and final reading of the ordinance which will ex- '? tend the city's limits as to include j part of Chestnut Park. The owners of the property, and ! the board of aldermen, have al-1 ready agreed on the extension, and the third and final reading is a matter of technicality, it was ex plained. The new extension is that part of Chestnut Park where Joe Reinertson is carrying on a build ing project of new homes. He i hopes to eventually build about ' 200 homes in the area. The Weather ^ Partly cloudy and mild today. Mostly fair and a little cooler to night and Tuesday. Official Waynesville tempera ture as reported by the State Test 1 Farm. ? Date Ma*. Min. Pr. j Nov. 8 62 38 .39 i Nov. 9 47 26 Nov. 10 _ 57 21 Nov. 11 00 ft .03, ? 1 A TH1CKKTY CIRC?Judy Ann Harris?was crowned as Haywood County's 1956 CI)P Queen at the annual awards meeting Thursday night at the courthouse. Miss Harris, a student at Clyde High, was crowned here by Patsy Palmer of KatclifTe Cove, 1955 To bacco Queen. (Mountaineer Photo). Official Election Returns Show But Slight Changes The official count gave Steven-' son a majority of 643 in Haywood on Jast Tuesday's election. While; Charles B. MeCrary. Democrat, took a 3.370 lead over Walter G Smothers. Republican, in the race for Representative, as Governor j Hodges led Hayes in the race for governor by a 3,846 margin. The tabulations were completed Friday by the Board after Charles Hawkins heeamn it! Thursdav and had to go to the hospital for about 24 hours. John K. Carver is chairman, to gether with Jack Woody. other member of the board, and Mrs i Raymond Caldwell i- the board clerk. The otTieiai tabulation is as fol-' lows; . PRESIDENT Stevenson 7598 Eisenhower 6955 Democratic majority 643 STATE SENATE . ' J. R. Stephenson 8887 H. L/ce Whitmire 8i2i (No opposition). REPRESENTATIVE Charles B. MeCrary (Di 8653 Walter G. Smathers (R) 5283 Democratic majority 3370 TAX AMENDMENT For Amendment 4395 Against Amendment 8012 Majority against 3617 GOVERNOR Luther Hodges (D> 9131 j Kyle Hayes (Ri 5285 i Democratic majority 3846 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Luther Barnhart (D) 8945 ! .1 no A Tlur.n iRl S242 ! Democratic majority 3703j SECRETARY OF STATE Thad Eure <D) 8973 Grover C. Robbins iR> , 5242 Democratic majority 3731 STATE AUDITOR Henry L. Bridges <D> 8904 William White iR1 5220: Democratic majority 3684 STATE TREASURER Edwin Gill (Di 8909 C. M. Adams (Ri 5243 Democratic majority 3666 ATTORNEY GENERAL George B. Pat ton <I)> 8927 J C. E. Hyde'R) 5231 Democratic majority 3696 SI PT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Charles F. Carroll <Di 8903 T E Story (Ri 5232 Democratic inajoritj 3671 COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE L. Y. Ballenline iDi 8920 Fred R. Keith <H> 5218 Democratic majority 3702 COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE Charles F. Gold < L>> 8918 ' David VV. Lee <K> 5213 Democratic majority 3705, COMMISSIONER OF LABOR Frank Crane <D? 8921 .1 M. Stancil <Ri 5220 Democratic majority 3701 UNITED STATES SENATE Sam .1 Ervin, Jr. <T>? 8900 Joel A Johnson <R) 5262 Democratic majority 3638 CONGRESS George A Shuford i p> 8779 Richard C, Clarke, Jr. iR) 5503 Democratic majority 3276 tV WNESVILLE TOWNSHIP CONSTABLE A F. Arl ington <L)> 3052 iNo opposition) BE VVERDAM CONSTABLE Ted Woodruff (D) 2860 i Nine write-in votes'. EAST FORK CONSTABLE Clayton PrOssley (P> 130 Frank Heatherly ?Ri 236 Reoublitan majority 106 FINES CREEK JUSTICE OF THE pu a rr ? ixkv ma W C Price <D> 281 i No oppositioni. FINES CREEK CONSTABLE F. R. Xoland <D? 304 (No opposition). CLYDE CONSTABLE J. H. Thompson ID) 640 Kenncthy Lindscy (Write-in) 131 The following, all Democrats, were without opposition: J. Wallace Winborne. Associate Justice Supreme Court, 8926. (See Election?Page 6) Mercury Slid Down To 21 Saturday For Season's Low The season's first '"cold wave.'' which was really normal temper ature for November Rave way tt> warming temperature yesterday and tlie weatherman predicted a balmy 68 degrees as the high for today. The first sign of winter came Thursday night with a low temperature of 38 and a light snow. Friday's low was 26 and Sat urday's was 21, but mild weather returned Sunday with a high of 66. Today's pleasant autumn weather is indicated through Tues day. according to the forecasts. Thickety Takes Top CDP Honors At Annual Meeting; F. Davis To Head County Officers J Miss Harris Is County CDP Queen Judy Harris gave Thickets a ' clean sweep of top honors at the : CDP meeting last Thursday night j by being crowned 1956 CDP Queen from a field of 11 contestants. Judy, a cheerleader and member i of the girls basketball team at j Clyde High School, was crowned by Patsy Louise Palmer of Hat cliffe Cove, 1955 Tobacco Queen. Other contestants in the event were Frances Rector of Fines Creek. Pat Messer of Upper Crab tree, Frances Frizzell of East Pi geon. Eva Marie Stevenson of Iron Dull'. Linda Wells of West Pi geon. Reva Jackson of South Clyde, Joyce Coward of Rateliffe Cove, i Ann McClure of Saunook .1., Ann Caldwell of Cecil, and Mildred I Smith of Aliens Creek. Judges for the contest were W ! F. Algary, manager of the Penny j (Store at Asheville, Charles Pugh, j (farm management specialist at N. (, jC. State College at Raleigh, and , Denver D. Robinson, assistant dis- | trict farm agent. The beauty contest was spon- , sored by the REA and was super- , vised by Mary Cornwell. home demonstration agent, and Nancy Ilinton, assistant home agent. i Fat Stock Event Set This Week T...n-4.. >1 inillljr-llllTl' taiVt'S Will 1)1' entered by Haywood County 4-11 | Club and FFA members at the an i nual WNC Fat Stoek Show and Sale at the Hominy Valley Horse and Hound Pavilion at Enka this week. The show will begin at 1 p.m.: Tuesday, and the sale at 1 p.m. Wednesday, with about 120 ani mals expected to he entered by all the WNC counties participating in the event. County Agent Virgil L. Hollo-1' way said that Haywood civic clubs, i1 industries, restaurants, and otiier groups have given strong support to the show and sale in past years, and urged that this backing be | t continued this year with purchase 1 of animals or halves or quarters of beef. :, . _ .... j, MRS. BRIDGES HAS SURGERY | Mrs. M. T. Bridges underwent ' surgery this morning in the Hay I wood County Hospital. She was I I reported to be in good condition I at noon. ' i Rev. Robinett To Head County Ministerial Group The Ri'v. T. K Robinett, pastor if the First Baptist Church ol | WayiK'svillc. was elected president! of the Haywood County Ministerial I Association at a meeting last week! at the Central Methodist Church of Clyde. He succeeds the Kev. James Y. Perry, of Grace Episco pal Church. YVaynesville. Other officers elected were: the ' Rev. William H. Marquis, pastor of the Hazelwood 1' r e ? h y t e.ri a n Church, vice president, and the Rev. Grady Uarringvr. pastor of the Dell wood Methodist Charge, secretary -t reasurer. it was also decided that Rev. Perry will again head the minis terial association's chaplaincy pro gram at Haywood County Hospital. Principal speaker at the meeting last week was Bishop M. George Henry, Episcopal hi shop of West ?rn North Carolina, who discussed Protestant values of the Heiorma lion Parkway Links Closed For Winter 11 Both of Haywoo^County's links >t the Blue Ridge parkway-?from Wagon Road Gap to Beech Gap and from Soco Gap to Heintooga?- have been closed for the winter. The announcement was made hy Park Ranger Ted Boeder, who said lhat gates on the parkway were, rinsed Friday. iiir i-iti/.f. n in mo i?3?j naywood County Cl>l* judging contest, named last Thurs day at the courthouse, were Thickety coininunity, represented by Sherrill .limison fcenter), who re reived a check for $160, and South Clyde com munit.V. represented l>v K.duin Jackson (right), who received a check for $135. At left is It. P. Sheffield, retiring CUP chairman. (Mountaineer Photo). F,D "F.GG-F.YE" ADAMS, observed his 30th year with the M'aynes ville Mater Department Saturday. Here F.d is shown installing a 6-inch water main on the Last Street extension line. (.Mountaineer Photo). I Frank Davis Named Head Of Haywood CDP Group Great Smokies Visitation Sets Another Record The Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park reported a record j number of persons already lias visited the park this year. The count through October, park officials said, was 2.730.079. shat tering last year's all-time high ol 2.581,477. A colorful display of autumn leaves attracted 244,419 persons to the park in October to set a record for the month and top the previous figure for a 12-month period John H. Messer Wins Mountaineer Football Contest John H. Messer, 516 Dellwood Kd? Waynesville, won The Moun- ' taineer's weekly football contest last week even though he missed predictions on three different, games. However, his prediction of the combined score of the Waynesville- j Owen game was exact?26 points. Runner-up in the contest was' Tony llardwick Of the Balsam ( Manor Apartments, Waynesville. who also missed only three games, but predicted a combined score of 30 points for the Owen tussle. (Sim- Picture, Page I. Sec. 2) Frank Davis. Iron DulT dairy fanner, was elected president of Ilk- Haywood County CDP organi sation at the annual meeting of the community development group Thursday niglvt at the courthouse. He succeeds It. G. Sheffield of West Pigeon Other officers elected were: Mrs Herl ("agio of Bethel, vice president: Mrs Hoy Itohinson of Thickety. secretary: Sherrill .Ilmi son of Thickefj. treasurer, and Mrs. James Medlord of Ratcliff.j Cove. Chosen a.s directors Were: Jonathan 11 Woody of Waynes ville. chairman: H. C. Francis of Ratcliffc Cove, vice chairman; Mrs. Raymond Caldwell of Iron DulT. seeertary; Mi's, VV .1 Stone of Canton. treastn i Richard Bradlej of Waynesville, Tidy McCracken of Upper Crabtree. Phyllis Hartman of Saunook. Robert Francis of Francis Cove, Mi s Mark Ferguson of Fines Creek, Miss Kate Robin son of Clyde. Mrs J. M Wells of Canton, and Mrs, Kenneth I) Fry of Waynesville The slate of nominees wks pre sented by R C. Francis. MRS. WATKINS IMPROVING Mrs J>an Watkins. who under went surgery on Friday at Ouke Hospital, is reported to be "in good condition arid progressing nicely". She is a patient in 3239 Cushing Hall. Duke Hospital. Mr. Watkins, who accompanied her to Durham, expects to return home the middle of this week. 4Egg-Eye ' Adams Set For 30 More Years Of. Installing Water Lines _Kd iEgg-Eye) A prils, one of the best known employees of the Town of Wayne.sville did not work Sat urday. and for a special reason. Ed wanted "off" to celebrate his 30th year with the town on a full-time basis. Ed actually began working for the town in 1922. but he does not count his time until he went on full time. .Since 1926 Ed has participated in on all the water line installations within the town, and has had some exciting, plus cold and wet. experi ences on the -job. Ed began work on the water and sewer line construction iob 43 years ago?when he was a 10-year old boy in the red hills of Geor gia. He was a water boy al the time, and the contractor started calling him "Egg-Eye" and to this day he is better known by his nickname than by his real name. The 255-pounder likes his work, and takes it seriously. He feels the obligation that goes along with the job. and never leaves town with out his whereabouts being known at the town hall. Like other work men on public utilities, Ed dreads holidays, "That's usually when trouble starts, just like Christmas 1954, when someone ran into a fire plu at 1 a m. and wv started in t % J to fix i( and finished at 11 a.m. Christmas morning with the mer cury sitting on zero. We were cold and wet. hut people had to have water, and the tire mains had to be ready to work- -that's our job." said Ed as he took the tough break as a matter of course. Kd seldom refers to the master sewer and Water line maps. He knows where the lines are because he helped with the installation ol' most of them. lie think* the installation of the sewer line in the Country Club ar>:>a was about a* tough a job as the force has met. "We had rock. mild .111(1 UatPI* \\-Ail own pumpers almost all the time, and it was tough keeping on the grade under those conditions." Ed ex plained. Back in 1940. Ed worked from early to late during the "Big Freeze" trying to get people water. "1 would start early and work un til I could hardly drag, but 1 knew the people were needing water, so j I kept on going?that's my job. We got it all worked out." Ed admits that he does not Uread any phase of his work, whether it be a broken water main in zero weather, or a stopped up sewer line , in the heat of summer. "We take (See Ed \riams? Page R) I I Thickety To Represent Haywood Tlvickety community was named as the top winner and recipient <>i a $160 cash prize in the 193Q Ha> wood County CDP contest at a meeting Thursday night at the courthouse. Hunncr-up and the onh other community selected in the blue rib bon group was South Clyde, which received a chock for $135 ? Red-ribbon communities, award ed $110 each, were Iron DulT, Rat clifTe Cove, and Francis Cove. White-ribbon communities, which received $87.50, were Upper Crab tree and Aliens Creek. The awards were announced and checks presented by W. Beekman Hugcr, Champion Paper and Fibre Co. executive and president of Western North Carolina Associated Communities. As county winner. Thickety wilt me ? i\t> rural development contest and will be judged soon for t bat event. 'life sfvi'ti competing Haywood eommtinities were judged by Mrs Marie Buckner, assistant home agent in Madison County; R. I*. Lyday. county agent in Swain County, and William Flake, county agent on the Cherokee Indian Res ervation. In the competition for eighi in centive prizes, two communities captured two prizes, and four took one each Iron Duff won $25 prizes as the community having the largest per i centage of families attending more than half of Its CIJP meetings, and as the community having the lara I est percentage of families making j home improvements. Upper Crabtree also Won two prizes, one as the community with the largest percentage of families i showing an increase in income | front new sources, and a second j award as the community having the most ademi.-it w *uv/U Single- incentive prizes were won J by:. ? I < 11 Thickety in farm and home safety. <2> Aliens Creek in hospital insurance Coverage, <3i South Clyde ill the completion of family score sheets. and <4> Francis Cove in the j production of corn with yields of j 100 bushels per acre or more. Checks for the incentive prizes were presented by Jonathan H. Woody, president of the First Na tional Bank and chairman of the Haywood Count) CUP directors The principal speaker at the CDP meeting, W. F. Algary of Asheviile i active in the rural development program in Western North Caro lina. told the audience in the courtroom that CI)P "teaches us to work together and develops lead ership." . . . He added that cnP !>1?? ... ^ u IOU ICOVM'C^ uv to do things for ourselves be cause no one else can carry out a successful program except the peo ple in the individual communities. Picturing Western North Caro lina a> a large-scale communitj. Mr. Algarv said that this region has four major problems to face: il> lack of faith in ourselves and what can be accomplished, '2? lack of an area-wide plan of promotion. (3> lack of teamwork between com munities, townships, and counties and i4> lack of an understanding about WNC's needs and local needs On the credit side, the speaker pointed out. the mountain area ha-: ill God-fearing, liberty-loving peo ple w'ho are willing to work and are highly skilled craftsmen in the tradition of the old-time mountain (See CDP Program?Page 6i Highway Record For 1956 In Haywood (TO DATS) Killed ... II 4 (1955 ? 3) Injured .... 99 (1955 _ 83) Accidents.. 176 (1935 ? 15?> Loss ... $63,700 <1955 ? (This information compiled from records of State Hi|b my Patrol.)
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