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'BTSrl The Waynesville Mountaineer ^
j- _a ? 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. 104 16 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE. N. C\. MONDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. 17, 1956 $3.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
ABOUT $1,500 is being spent by the Lions Club
on clothing for about 150 ohildren in this area.
The program is one of the agencies of the United
Fund of this community, and merchants gave a
special discount on all merchandise sold for out
fitting the children. Ernest Edwards, past presi
dent, is shown with some of the children being
outfitted. This is an annual event for the (Tub.
(Mountaineer Fhoto).
Proposed Law Would Make
It Mandatory To List Car j
For Taxes Before Tag Sold
A new law is being studied
Which will mean $40,000 additional,
revenue to Haywood County, it
was learned today from Bryan
Medford, county tax collector and
supervisor.
The proposal, already adopted
by 52 counties, will go before the
General Assembly next February
for enactment into law.
It merely means that no person
can get a license tag for their
motor vehicle until the same has
been listed for taxes on the coun
ty books.
The plan will be a relatively sim
ple mechanical operation. Before a j
license tag is sold for any motor i
vehicle, the registration card will
have to bear a stamp from. the j
county tax collector showing that i
the vehicle has been listed for
taxes.
Of^Mursc listing for taxes and
payii^Bhc tax is two different1
mattexjo but that too, has been!
thought of b> those writing the
law for the state. After failure to
pay the taxes on the vehicle for a.
year, the tax office could refuse j
to issue the stamp on the registra- >
tion card for the next time, which j
would mean "no stamp, no license
tag."
Tax Supervisor Medford said!
that there are too many people
getting by now without listing
their cars, and that It is not fair
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to tax some and not others. Under j.
the present system, a list of the
car owners is mailed back here
from Raleigh, but it makes it al--.
most a matter of impossible check- i
ing to run down every one of the
some 12,000 motor vehicle regi
strations in the county. .
Under the new system, a person
would not dare attempt to drive
without a current license tag. and
the new proposed law would hold
up sale Of the tag until the vehicle
was properly registered.
"The new law would mean just
about $40,000 more per year to the
county, and it is money which we
are entitled to have," Mr. Medford
explained, as he said: "1 sure
hope the General Assembly passes
that law?We need it."
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Stores Open All
Day Wednesday
I/Ocal stores will remain open
Wednesday afternoon until 5:30.
The dry goods and variety
stores will remain open Thurs
day night, while all stores, in
eluding grocery stores will re
main open Friday night.
Regular hours will be observ
ed on Saturday and Monday.
Sheriff Campbell Starting
Junior Deputy League Here
Any Haywood boy in the 10th or
11th grade will soon have an op
portunity to get first-hand study of
"law enforcement".
Sheriff Fred Y. Campbell an
nounced today that the formal or
ganization of a Junior Deputy
League in each high school of the
county would begin right after the
holidays.
A meeting was held here last
week with 36 boys front the high
schools of the county, and the
general plan explained. The 36
representatives were keenly inter
ested. and asked the sheriff to pro
ceed with plans for the clubs in ,
each school.
"First of all. the club is not de
signed for the members to fur
(See Junior Deputies?Page 8)
6 SHOPPING OAyS
TO CHRISTMAS
The
Weather *
MJLD
Partly cloudy and mild today.
Tuesday scattered showers and
turning colder.
Official YV'aynesville tempera
ture as reported by the State Test
Farm
Date Max. Min. Pr.
Dec. 13 61 51 .08
Dec. 14 64 55 .93
Dec. 15 64 54 .75
Dec 16 ... 66 45 .03
Five Cars
Collide In
Heavy Rain
One driver was injured slightly 1
and tour cars were damaged in a j
five-car pileup on the Asheville;
highway two miles east of Canton
during a downpour of rain Satur
day afternoon.
The investigating officer, Pa-!
trolman W. R. Woolen of the High- i
way Patrol, said that the accident
occurred when Howard Thomas
Carter, 24. of Canton stopped on 1
the highway to make a left turn j
The car behind him. being driv- I
en by Betty Ann Burnetle of Can- i
ton, stopped and then was struck
from the rear bv a 1956 Ford pick- j
up truck, driven by Kenneth M: j
Mehaffey of the Greenhill section
of Canton.
Mehaffey's truck then was j
struck from the rear by a 1953
Ford pickup truck driven by Gar-,
land William Brookshire, 37, of j
Route 2, Canton, and the second
vehicle was in turn struck from
(See five Cars?Page 8)
Four Held
For Robbery,
And Assault
Four mon are being held in the
Haywood County jail for Madison
county officers. on warrants charg
ing robbery ar.d assault of an eid
eviy Balsam man early Saturday
night
Sheriff Fred Y Campbell said
early Saturday night, Patrolman
Haiold Dayton called in to the of
liee lor help to bring four men to
jail who were drunk. The patrol
man had stopped the men ill a car
near the intersection ot highway
19A and Ratcliffe Cove road.
Uiiue the tour were being lodg
ed in jail, a deputy from Madison
county called Sheriff Campbell to
report that Jim M May nor, of
Balsam, had been found beaten
and roobed just inside Madison
county. The Balsam man said lie
had been earned over Highway
2U9 from YVaynesviile through
Betsy Gap and thrown out after
being beaten and robbed ol be
tween $20 and $25, plus a knife.
The vague description of the
mey tallied with those just uirest
ed, Sheriff Campbell said.
Two of the men have told Sher
iff Campbell they beat the old
man, hut did not rob him. The
other two said they did not even
know Maynor
Mollis 11 Conard has been
charged with driving drunk, while
his three companions, a brother,
James R. Conard, both of Saunook.
Bill Aiken, Dolan Road and Fred
Parker, of Willets, have been
charged here with being drunk
Sheriff Campbell said the four
would probably be turned over to
Madison county officers Tuesday.
The Madison County sheriff was
here Sunday and talked to the
four men. Two ol the men Aiken
and Parker?-admitted to the Madi
son officer of beating the man. just
as they told Sheriff Campbell.
Sheriff Campbell said Maynor
suffered two black eyes, and sev
erafskinned places.
Rogers Adds
Furniture
To Stocks
Announcement is being made
today of the opening of the new
addition of Rogers Electric and
Furniture Company. The firm re
cently more than doubled their
sales floor space by adding a sec
ond -story. Electrical appliances as
well as a general line of furniture
will be featured by the firm.
The second floor is 38 by 50 feet.'
and is modernlv lighted, and has.
a tile floor.
Max Rogers and Jimmy .Messer
have been working on the plans!
for the expanded firm for some- 1
time, and have for the past lew
days been unloading a number "f
large shipments of furniture as
well as appliances.
'THE LITTLE SHEPHERD', a Christmas pageant
to bo prrsrnted tonight by llazelwood School pu
pils in the school auditorium, will be climaxed
with this Nativity scene. In the foreground are
Maxine Rogers as an angel, Monica I,eslie as
iMary. Ronnie Dean (standing) as Joseph, Ross
Prevost (kneeling) as David, the little shepherd,
and Kathy Islcy (knerlinit right) as another an
gel. In the background are Dick Kimball, Tom
my Carswell. Kddie Grooms, and Jackie I'arton
as shepherds; Jo Prevost (arms raised) as an an
gel, and Lynn Milner, as David's angel.
(Mountaineer Photo)
THREE Chamber of Commerce officials are
show n working on the annual report of the
organization, just prior to a meeting of the hoard
of directors. From the left: C. <? Thompson pres
ident: Mrs. "Tuck" Ray, secretary and II. M.
I)ulin. treasurer. The pens they are usins have
blue ink instead of red, it was learned as the re
port was made later to the board.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Wayward Geese Not Living
By 'Golden Rule' At Lake
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The, lour wayward geese which left a good farm and are now liv
ing at Lake .lunalusk,,. are i.ot living up to- the tradition of the
Assembly Grounds by following the "Golden Hole."
'rite geese have taken a certain dislike to several flocks of
privately owned (lucks on the -Lake, rhe mother goose fights the
1 ducks and keeps them trout getting to the corn thrown out by the
owners Some of the (lin ks have been badly bitten by the big hiss-.
ing guo.se. which left a good farm, and plenty of food after 11 years
| She was accompanied by her three ti-month goslings.
Since the Assembly is a bird and water fowl sanctuary, no
one is allowed to 'shoot the geese. Owners of the flocks ol ducks
are just hoping that a flock of geese will soon fly over, and induce i
the widowed goose and her three goslings to join them.
Teacher Shortage Termed
State's Crucial Problem
By W.C.C. Head W. E. Bird
"I set- no immediate solution id
the problem of recruitment and re
tention of teachers in out schools
and colleges," President YY K Bird j
told Rotarians here Friday
"The problem is double two
fold," the veteran college executive j
told the club members. "It i.s a!
problem of getting the teachersj
and holding them icain-t the keen
competition oi industry and liusi- !
n-.?.?s in general, largely because of j
the salary differences." lie con
tinued:
President Bird said the problem-j
Ls more grave than most folk think,
and filed it as the "most cru< t <1
matter facing North Carolina to
day."
Tlx- solution to the problem i
not simple, he said, in the lace ot.
increasing enrollments. He cited
that North Carolina public schools
have an increase of some 30,000
students per year, and thai the'
present enrollment of eight mil
lion college students in the nation
is expected to reach 14 million by ;
lbTO.
"In 15 years, there will he a need,
for almost double the housing for
classes and the present number ol
teachers. The present need of put)
lie school teachers in the State is
3.400. plus 1.000 per year I ruin
now on. The college needs arc in
the same proportion
"At Western Carolina College,
the studerit-teaeher ratio is the
greatest*in the history of the insti
tution. of 1 to 20. and in some
departments, 1 to 30. In many
schools the ratio is considered High
at 1 to 12." he said.
President Bird said experiments
were hoing carried on in a numbei
of colleges, but all the plait; were
"dehumanizing" the classroom, and :
pi -sented a grave problem.
Most of the experiments now un
der way deal with one professor,
lecturing a class via TV or radio. |
over a large area .The professor
(See Teacher?Page 8)
Appeal Taken
From J. Court
Judgement
Judge Dan K Moore Sylva.
will set a date soon lor hearing
the ease which Mrs. VV. (' Piercy
t'ahton, appealed front Juvenile
Court here. The lower court idl
ed that live minor Piercy children
be placed in state-approved homes.
J H Slier, judge of Juvenile
Court here, acting upon a petition
signed by Mrs. Sain Queen, super
intendent of Public Welfare, ruled
last week thai the five children be
taken front the Piercy home, and
placed in state-approved places.
The appeal was taken to Judge
Moore Saturday, and he announc
ed the date for the hearing will be
made soon
The two hour hearing held here;
before Judge Siler, involved 12
\ear-old twins, a girl and a boy.
and three other girls. 10. 7 and]
la-months old. The children were
placed in custody of welfare work
eis. who put. them temporarily iti:
a state-approved home in this
county
Piercy' Was sentenced to two
vein - Iti prison at the November
?term of court, after j) lead lug guilty
<ii assault Qti a female Piercy was
ai rested last summer, and had re
mained in jail without bond, until
lie (rial in November He is now at'
a prison camp hear Murphy
Schools Will Close
Wed nestlay For Holidays
Schools of Haywood will close i
Wednesday fur t he Christmas holi-1
day s Classroom work will be re- j
sumed January Jrd
Top Quality
Hams To Be
Produced In
This County
Plans for producing mnr.j top
quality country hams in Haywood
County were discussed la-t week at
two meat-cutting demonstrations
one at Crabtree-lroh Duff School
and the other at Bethel School.
The demonstrations were con
ducted by Sohn Christian, meat
specialist from N. C. State Col
lege, who discussed the cutting,
trimming, and curing of country
hams.
At the two sessions. County
Agent Virgil I.. Holloway pointed
out that the market lor country
hams in Haywood County?especi
ally during the tourist season ? is
"wide open".
To encourage the production of
more hams, he said, the county
agent's office is now making plans
for a ham show and sale for 4-11
Club and FFA members, to be held
next year either in June or July
Mr. Holloway said that only the
best hams will be sold at this sale,
and explained that all meat entered
wil first be tested by N. C. State
meat socialists for flavor, curing,
and color.
The county agent commented:
'We have sold too many sorry
hams in tho past, but we are plan
ning now on doing the job right
and hope to attain the reputation
for Haywood County of producing
hams that are as good as can be
obtained anywhere.
Mr. Hol|owa> said that informa
tion on the proper cutting, trim
ming. and curing of country hams
is now being compiled, and will be
published soon in The Mountaineer.
Almost 2 Inches
Of Rain In 4 Days
Almost two inches of rain fell
here froip Thursday through Sun
day, according to the official
weather report of State Test Farm.
The offciial reading showed 1.89
inches since last Thursday.
The ground was so dry, that
most of the heavy downpour was
quickly absorbed, and the run-off
was far below normal for that
much rain.
STILL C RITICAL
Marion C o w a r d. 99-year-oid
Spring. Creek man, remains on the
critical list at the Haywood Coun
ty Hospital, The retired farmer
underwent an emergency operation
for a ruptured appendix about two
weeks ago.
GALUSHA HERE
J. C. Galusba, former merchant
here, and now of West Palm
Beach, is here on business for a
few days.
Haywood County UTD
Reelects Three Officers
VII tin ee otlirers of tile Itaj -
wood County Unit Test Demon
stration i ,<rm program were re
elected Thursday night at a meet
ing ot the organization at the Iron
I>111 f community house
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Selected fur another term were
t{: il. Boone of Francis Cove,
president: Sam Jackson of South
Clyde, vice president, and Tom
Brummitt of Fines Creek, secre
tary-treasurer
Reports given at the meeting in
cluded those b>:
Leland Game It on ltf hurley varU
etiesj I) J. Boyd on potato vari
eties Herbert Singletary on hatch
ing egg production. Tom Bruiu
niitt on pepper growing. Robert
Francis on hatching egg flock.
Sam Jackson on alfalfa varieties,
and Mrs. Herbert Singletary on
canning and freezing of farm
foods.
The principal speaker on the
program, Denver Robinson, assist
ant district farm agent, showed
slides and discussed the progress
of the UTD farm movement in
Western North Carolina.
Approximately 45 persons at
tended the meeting, w hich was
held in the form of a covered-dish
supper.
$27,386 Paid County From
Three Terms Of Court Here j
A check for $7,524.18 has been turned over to the county by
Clerk of Court J. B. Siler covering collections for the recent term
of criminal court.
Of this amount, lines amounted to $4,825, while jury and sten- I
ographers fees were $442. Bonds and forfeitures amounted to $2,801.
the Solicitor's fees $560. and jail fees $894, making a total of j
$7,524 paid over to the county.
The $3,325 in fines and $2,801 in bonds forfeited went to the
school fund.
The report of the office shows that for three 1956 terms of ?
court, a total of $27,386 was paid to the county by the clerk's office.
The largest amount was $12,319 in July. The term last February
was within a few dollars of the November term.
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Highway
Record For
1956
In Haywood
(TO DATE)
Killed 4
(1955 _ 3)
Injured .... 100
(1955 ? 85)
Accidents.. 182
(1955 ? 17*)
Loss ... $65,775
(1955 ? $78,920)
(This information compiled
from records ot State Hitfc
wy Patrol.)