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  • WEATHER REPORT Week Ending May 25th Highest Temperature 87 Lowest Temperature 39 Rainfall Week 1 20" Rainfall Month 2^7 Rainfall for 1948 17^25 THE CANTON ENTERPRISE 14 Pages VOLUME 44—NUMBER 27 Published Weekly in the SouthVgreatest Pulp and Paper Town CANTON, NORTH CAROLINA, JH^RSDAY, MAY 27, 1948 14 Pages $2.00 PER YEAR—SINGLE COPY 5c More Than 3,300 COPIES This Week Home news, Church and School activities. Feature articles. A Good Advertising Medium CHAMBER COMMERCE LAUNCHES MOVE Memorial Will Be Dedfeted Here Sundayg. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEET—Fifty or more representative citizens attended the Chamber of Commerce luncheon Tuesday, when the membership drive was launched, and goals for a bigger and better town were set. Officers and directors are optimistic of a successful year with new objectives outlined by the program chairman.—Photo by June Glenn. MISSING IN T LAST- ttOALD W. Redden Will Speak Memorial Event Sunday Heavy Vote Expected In County Primary Saturday; New Chairman Prepares Materials For Event re 0\^^^^ Graves Of Service Men Will Be Visited Tho Varner-Rhinehart Post American Legion will conduct special memorial day services at the Locust Field cemetery Monday evening at 7 o'clock, in observance of National Memorial day. The Rev. D. O. Mclnnis, pastor of the Presbyterian church, will be the principal speaker, and appropriate music will be furnished by the Canton school band under the direction'of Robert Matthews. All members of the post are asked to meet at the Legion hall at 6:30 and march in a group to the cemetery. The procession will be led by the school band. Saturday and Sunday the graves of veterans of both world wars will be visited throughout the entire district by the graves committee, and flags will be placed on each soldier's grave. Flags will be placed on veterans' graves in Locust Field cemetery as a part of the Memorial Day Service Monday evening. In making the announcement Wednesday, a member of the post said, "It is our profound duty to pay our respect to our departed comrades on this day", and urged everyone, especially all veterans, to .attend and take part in the service Monday. CLUB PRESIDENT — John W. "Pinky" Stone was unanimously re-elected president of the Canton Exchange Club, at a meeting held here Tuesday evening. Mr. Stone was the club's organizer and first President, and has led in a number of atcivities during the past year. THREE FID FOR LICENIpKEN Number Charged For Public Drunkenness Pay Cost Three persons were fined in local police court during the month of May for driving drunk, and in each case were fined $100 and cost, and had their driving license revoked for a year. Public drunkenness headed the list of cases disposed of during the three-week period with 38 charges listed. There were four charges listed for speeding, and three counts Cor violation of the traffic lights were disposed. Court costs paid in the several cases amounted to approximately $500, the record she MRS. SHARPE HIT BY CAR SUNDAY FATALLY_HUHT Funeral Will Be Held Today Mrs. Tillie King Sharpe, 28, died Tuesday afternoon in the Haywood county hospital from injuries suffered about 2. o'clock Sunday morning when she was struck by an automobile just inside the city limits here, on the Canton-Ashevillei highway. James L. Cleere, 41, of Akron, Ohio, now employed ' here, was driver of the car which hit the woman police ' reported. He is being held under bond. Cleere was passing another car at the time of the accident, the officers said. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Jones Valley Baptist church. Sand; Mush section. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Wells Funeral home is in charge ol arrangements. Surviving arc. the father, Frank King of Canton; the husband, Shelton Sharpe of Canton; two daughters, Shirley and Ellen; four brothers, Garrett, James, Brice and Grover King, all of Canton; four sisters, Mrs. Rich Gibson, Mrs. John Matthis, Mrs Furman Surrett and Mrs. V/esley King, all of Canton. Jerry Ko'gers, the newly ap- |j pointed chairman of tlie county |' election board, succeeding the late 1 \ Gudger Bryson, predicts heavy I voting in Haywood county Satur- ■ day, and stated "everything is all ! set." More interest has been shown in the election during the past few days, leaders report, than at any other time, and it is predicted that more than half of the 12,000 registered voters will go to the polls Saturday. The voters will have three ballots—a state ticket, a county ticket, and township ticket where there is a constable's race. There is' one Republican ticket, for the commissioner of agriculture. The county ticket contains the names of three candidates for the house of representatives—Grover C. Davis, Charles W. Edwards, Jr., and R. E. Sentelle. Other-county candidates are for constable: Beaverdam township, J. A. Anderson, Billy H. Mehaffey, W. H. Scott and Hubert Thompson. Democrats; C. H. Jones and T. S. Grogan, Republicans., Waynesville township — A. F. Arlington and Verlin E. Smith. Fines Creek township—W. B. Murray and W. C. Price. The following candidates appear on the state ballot: For U. S. Senator, J. M. Broughton and William B. Urhstcad. For governor, W. Kerr Scott, W. F. Stanley Sr., Charles M. Johnson, Oscar Baker, R. Mayne Albright, and Olla Ray Boyd. For lieutenant governor—Dan Tompkins and H. P. Taylor. For secretary of state—Thad Eure and John T. Armstrong. For state auditor—Henry Bridges and Charles W. Miller (Continued on page 2) The Memorial marker, erect in honor of World war II veterai of Haywood county who were ported missing in action, whose bodies cannot be return* for burial, will be dedicarf^B special Memorial Day cerernwl.. Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock i Bon-a-Venture cemetery. Members of the Edwards-Clark Messer Post, Veterans of Foreign! Wars, who are sponsoring the] move, will be in charge. The granite memorial, purchas ed by the post, is approximately 13 feet long and six feet high and is said to be the biggest stone of its kind in this section. Names of the veterans reported missing in action will be carried; on one 24x24 inch bronze plaque while the other plaque carries a message of dedication to all de-. ceased veterans in this area. The seventeen veterans missing i tion are George Barnes, Jame; Coleman, Hoyt Edwards, Lewis Gibson, Paul A. Gossett. Ga M den, of Hendersonvftte. will be the principal speaker on the dedication program, while E. C. Sneed, of High Point, state commander of V.F.W., also will appear on the program. Members of the Canton school (Continued on page 4) F EDUEN TO SPEAK — Congressman Monroe Redden will be the 'incipal speaker at the dedication Memorial marker and plot in ion-a-Venture cemetery Sunday iternoon, as a part of the Memor- 4 Day Observance sponsored by *3.1 veterans' units. Truck Jammed Into Bus On Clyde Road TO BEGJ[N DRIVE Need For Members And Civic Pride Stressed ILL OPEN AT E9-11 fPfogram Will Feature Two Sessions Daily Iiool of Electrical Living" conducted here during Four residents of the Cherokee Indian reservation were seriously injured in a collision between a truck and a work bus on the Can^ ton-Waynesville highway near the Patton farm, Monday night about 10 o'clock. The four men were taken to the Haywood county hospital for treatment, and later were removed to the reservation hospital, it was understood here Wednesday. The injured: Arneach Toineeta, 54, head and foot injuries and possible internal injuries. Joseph Toineeta, 22, face lacerations. Sam Reed, 28, face and body cuts. Bascombe Queen internal injuries. «^P Cpl. E. V\ *^2hes of the State Highway patroi^Vho investigated the accident with Patrolman W. D. Sawyer, said the four injured men were passengers in the cab of a truck which struck the rear of a parked bus owned by the Palmer brothers of Waynesville and driven by Lewis Gilmer Hannah, when the bus stopped to pick up passengers. No one on the bus was COMMERCE SPEAKER — J. Col- vin White, president of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, was the guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Canton Chamber of Commerce here Tuesday. JAMES H. HAYNES RESIDENT DIES Was Active Church And Community Leader James H. Haynes, 81, retired farmer, active church worker and civic minded resident of Haywood county during his entire life, died ■irsday, j for An appeal to the citizens ^>f Canton for a greater civic pride, and for enrollment in the Chamber of Commerce, featured the annual meeting of the group held at the Imperial hotel Tuesday. More than fifty representative citizens attended a luncheon, which marked the opening of a membership drive for the organization. J. Colvin White, president of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, was the guest speaker. He was presented by Harry Winner, merchant and member of the local commerce board. The speaker declared that the Chamber of Commerce was originally designed for the purpose of improving environment. "The original purpose of the Chamber cf Commerce was to improve the environment of the community in which we live and this original purpose still stands today," declared Mr. White during the course of his 15-minute talk. "The main requirement in undertaking a special project is a starting point," the speaker said, "and man, through his span of years, is invariably faced with the problem of how to improve himself and his community. "Chambers, of Commerce today are working hand in hand with other groups and organizations in an effort to produce best results all concerned and we m The Watauga County Cooperative, Inc., did a volume bo in excess of $32,000 during its first yeaj i ion. L. HONORED AT STATEJEE1G Brown Was Named To National Convention Henry Accepts Bishop's Place In WNC Diocese Two Haywood Democrats were honored by the state convention while meeting in Raleigh last week, and a third Haywood man, a member of the platform committee made a strong plea to keep Prssident Truman's name in the state platform. Hugh Leatherwood, Haywood's clerk of court, was one of the 14 presidential electors named by the convention. Outside of one from Yancey, Mr. Leatherwood is the only elector from Weseern North Carolina. C. E. Brown, for 8 years chairman of the Haywood Democratic Executive committee, was named as a delegate to the Democratic National convention which will be held in Philadelphia. The delegates will go uninstructed by the state convention. The other delegate from the 12th district is Allen J. Bell, of Clay county. The state will have 32 votes at the national convention, and Mr. Brown will have a full vote. W. G. Byers, now chairman of the executive committee here and a member of the state platform committee, was much in the lime- on Y. by the id the Champion Paper Fibre company, at the request a number of Champion's young arried couples, wo sessions will be held daily, conducted by Home Service representatives of the Carolina Power md Light company, with Miss Elaabeth Greenwood of Asheville, dirlctor. Sessions will be held in the afternoon from 2 to 4 o'clock, and in the evenings from 7 to 9. pliances will be furnished by theRFreel Furniture company, and demonstrations will be given in the usaj of electric ranges, refrigerators, washers, ironers and home freezers. Food will be given away eaip day. and there will be prizes awarded at each session. The classes will be conducted by Miss Greenwood, Miss Grace Mc- Kenzie of Raleigh, Miss Cornelia Austin, Miss Elizabeth Tern; Mrs. Marion Gambrell. m A number of recipes are all inffluded in the program, and will beiused in actual cooking demon strations during the sessions. ^^HpPQnp quantity of beer was found on the truck, officers stated. No charges have been filed against the bus driver, who posted bond, pending the outcome of the injured persons. CHERRY FAVORS DECENT L L BE HELDJUESDAY Winthrope College Head Scheduled To Speak Approximately two hundred members and guests are expected to attend the 29th annual meeting of the Champion Y. M. C. A. Tuesday evening at 6:30. Y. M. C. A. Volunteers will be the general theme, and the 200 invitations have been extended to those who have served the local Y. M. C. A. The Rev. M. George Henry of! light when the 13 members of the j P so™ «Pacity since its 0rgan Charlotte, has accepted the bishopric of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Western North Carolina, it was learned here this week. He made his announcement to a specially called meeting of the Vestry ol Christ church, Charlotte, where he has been rector since 1943. B _^^^^^^ He was elected to the bishopricfthe only direct mention of Presi- committee discussed the final draft of the platform. The second paragraph in the platform under the heading "National Affairs," originally read: "While conceding to its individual delegates the right to disagree about details, this convention endorses the broad policies of the Truman administration." This was May 14 but will not assume his new duties until all technicalities dent Truman in the entire draft. The members decided to drop of taking the higher office have the word "Truman" and substitute been completed. in its sU.;ld -Democratic," but <)'>- His election and acceptance must ly, after Mr. Byers had urged that first be approved by a majority the original be kept, Mr. Byers of the bishops of the Protestant made an impassioned plea thai the Episcopal church in the United president's name be retain, States and then cor.. jn part: rnuat follow. 'Zatiorj Wheeler To Speak Dr. Paul M. Wheeler, president of Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S. C., will be the guest speaker. The Program will also include reports by L. E. Gates, YMCA president, Treasurer Tom Reeves, and G. C. Suttles, general secretary. Entertainment features are be- pro viried by a specially ar- Iged committee. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ie Champion YMCA not only ! fare who participated in the Governor Discusses Need At Welfare Meeting Gov. R. Gregg Cherry, speaking at a general session of the regional conference of the American Public Welfare association in Asheville Saturday stressed the role of present, welfare assistance in preventing future needs. "If we try to provide as best we can a decent level of living for our dependent citizens during the coming years, we will be making a wise investment in human resources—our most important resource", he said. "No public welfare program would be worthy of being called such if it did not use all possible effort, to keep out of local jails youthful citizens who have become delinquent. As adults", the governor stated, "it is really we who have been delinquent in that we have failed in part to provide for our youth proper training, recreation, and supervision". He stressed the great need for supplementary funds from the federal government to carry out public welfare activities, and he outlined state expenditures. The two-day conference ended with a regional business meeting of the.APWA. Sessions were devoted to studies and discussion in two general categories—administration and assistance. The pioblem of increased costs of welfare which lowers actual benefits of grants the fact that greater numbers of persons are seeking assistance because of i broken homes, and physical dis- | ability; and emei'gencies for which marginal incomes are not suffici- j ent were studied by case workers ! and-officials. Among the commissioners or di- ! rectors of state boards public 'wel- The furMRff was hS ^^^^ Clyde Baptist church afternoon, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. T. H. Parris, assisted by the Rev. R. P. McCracken, a former pastor, and the Rev. L. G. Elliott of Waynesville. Burial was in Pleasant Hill cemetery. Active pallbearers were grandsons and nephews: Van C, Gene H., William W., and Vanar Haynes, Lance Brooks and Frank Hutchinson. Honorary pallbearers were members of Mr. Haynes' Sunday school class which he had taught for almost a quarter century. Mr. Haynes was a son of the late Humphery Posey Haynes and Jerusha Owenby Haynes. He was first married to Elvira Terrell who proceded him in death Jan. 1, 1914. Surviving are the following children of his first marriage: Rev. Lowell Q. Haynes of Skowhegan, Maine; J. Carlisle, Clyde; Dr. French Haynes, teacher at Coker college, Kartsville- S. C; Orville of Canton; Curry, a teacher at Emory university, Oxford, Ga., Wayne of Pasadena, Texas and Frank V. Haynes of Fort Worth, Texas. Fifteen grandchildren also survive, with his second wife, Mrs. Norfleet Hunter Haynes; four sisters, Mrs. Kate Brooks, Clyde; Mrs. Pearl Wood, Mrs. Maude White, both of Greer, S. C, and Mrs. Etta Shook of Miami, Fla.; and three brothers, Mark P., Frank E., and Grover C. Haynes all of Clyde. Mr. Haynes had enjoyed the esteem and confidence of his community for a life-time' and was a deacon and clerk in the Clyde Baptist church for forty years. He (Continued on page 2) .Mll# WeceSb In conclusion, Mr. White said: "Your Canton Chamber of Commerce has a bright future and I can readily see that you folks are determined to produce lasting results from this very definite starting point." Frank I. Newman, lumber dealer and president of the local body, suggested that all members double their membership contributions of last year in order that a program involving between $5,000 and $10,- 000 during 1948-49.could be carried out without delay. (Continued on page 2) TELEPHONE CO. TO RURAL AREAS Equipment Added At Local Office 'es Champion, but is a com- lity center for various activi- i, and for local civic and church •grams. In the meeting Tues- Champion YMCA joins over 10 other YMCA's in celebration Sthe 104th anniversary of the ^CA movement, eral sessions and group conferences of the meeting were Dr. Ellen Winston of North Carolina: Miss Loula Dunn of Alabama; Arthur Rivers of South Carolina, and W. S. Terry of Louisiana. Fiscal controls were studied fe't (Continued on page 2) Stone Re-Elected President Of Exchange Club John W. "Pinky" Stone was unanimously re-elected president of the Canton Exchange club at the regular meeting held Tuesday evening at the Champion YMCA. Other officers are, A. B. Uzzle, vice president; Troy Bradley, secretary1 and Ted Furness, treasurer. The board of control is composed of: Howard Wells. Dr. G. W. Gibbins and Ernest Anderson. Wells Speaks Howard Welte, Interviewer in the local State Employment ol i ice. was speaker at the meeting. He summarized the services rendered the community by the North Carolina Employment Service, and gave a graphic picture of the local unemployment situation. He made a strong appeal to his listeners to make use of the Employment Service, and recognize its possibilities in furthering community advancement The addition of new equipment at the Canton office, and the extension of service to residents of the Bethel section, are among the expanisions announced this week by the Southern Bell Telephone company, in an effort to serve as many people as possible. The new equipment recently installed at the local office means the addition of 200 more lines to local services. A cable has also been extended to Clyde, providing service to 350 customers who have been waiting for some time. The extension of the rural program is being carried on in the Bethel community where poles are being set this week. In addition to these improvements, the long distance service has been increased to six circuits between Canton and Asheville, which greatly expedites the long distance service. During the past eight years, it was pointed out, the Southern Bell company has grown from 852 phones to 1,800 now in use. CURRENT WILL BE OFF SUNDAY P. M. I The Carolina Power & Light company announces that electricity will be off in Clyde, Lake Junaluska, Waynesville, Hazelwood, &EA, and all rural lines feeding irom this source, on Sunday, Maf JO, for a period of three and one half hours from 2 p.m., to 5:30 p.m. ■ This interruption is being made jto do maintenance work that could not be done safely without dimming service.
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