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Waynesville Mountaineer
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
$1.50 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY
NO. 16
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1939
.esMoodylsIn.
if Auto Accident
. , mien v
SofVar Driving Down
Boyd Avenue
., ..iTTTiellwood, son of
CjTciifton Moody, who is
U " -. F..iienn Pirn.
, J by the l. .-" -I
' .... ,.f,.00f was se
rin, w u r - , ...
Zndten o'clock o; Satur-
tv. whose skull was
.oc rushed to the Hay-
;oity Hospital, where It was
.Tktc yesterday aiternoon, iie
me better, but was sua in
.uJitinll.-
SUllu.w
as driving a '28 rora roadster,
hv two fnends, a Doy
rl. when, it is said, he lost
L control of his car, coming
incline of Boyd Ave-
jrtly after entering the street
, (Vntral Elementary scnooi.
m run into a? telephone pole
m into: a fence, during which
was seriously injured.
fMDanions escaped without
Buries, other than the girl re
some slight bruises.
No New Candidates
In Alderman Race
Saturday Is Last Day For Can
didates To File For Town
Election On May 2
Town politics remained the same-
no changes this week as no new can
didates formally announced for the
the. coming election on Tuesday, May
second.
Saturday is the last dav to file for
the coming electioi, and while rum
ors were somewhat slower this week
nhout Dotential condidates. it was
generally agreed in most circles that
the race for aldermen will be fought
out between the six announced can
didates with no opposition to Mavor
J. H. Way, Jr.
Candidates for aldermen, as an
nounced yesterday, were: Dr. W. H.
Liner, Norman Caldwell, Sam H.
Jones, T. L. Bramlett, C. B. Atkinson
and L. M. Killian.
The present board is composed of
Sam H. Jones. T. L. Bramlett. and
J. W. Ray. Mr. Ray is not a candi
date for re-election.
Sewer Line Workers
Hit Solid Rock At
Depot Street Unit
Work Is Still Ahead Of Schedule
As Two Crews Push Work
Along
To Address Class
Gao Dancers
To Washington
For Folk Festiva
toco Gap dancers, well known
lilt dance team, who have re
lational 'recognition, will leave
-
lednesday for Washingtro, D
Ir.thev will take part in the
knual National Folk Festival,
lill be held in the capital city,
il the 27, 28 and 29, in Consti-
Pall, the main auditorium of
festival, 'of which. Paul Green,
Ight, and faculty member of
versity of North Carolina,
Vis being held miner the
fchip of The Washington Daily
le of the city's largest dailies.
local team will hold the spot-
tthe second day, which is
arolina Day, and will appear
I afternoon and evening pro-
IQueen is caller and manager
son Richard Queen is assist-
ler and manager of the Soco
In. Music for the local group
furnished by the Pisgah Moun
nblers, who will 'also play for
Idler team.
members of ih. learn include.
Pferguson, Bculah Caldwell,
Pe Plott. f':nm, li Plotf Mm.
Hugh Clark. Corinne Allev.
mis. Kyle Campbell, Joe
, Rahih Momlv
rbert Plott. Bonev Franklin.
Nil Leatherwood.
peen has been notified that
P Gap team will he received
. .-- .
I A lute House
11. Roosevelt. :
f"l thP festival the l.ir.ftl
l; spend Sunday and Monday
" uty at the World's Fair.
benefit SOU.H'P Han will
this Week tr, Violn in.
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the trio, one in Svlva
I at the commnnitw vQ.a
!rmiT on Frida'v nio-ht. ami -
hic Temple on Saturday
pie's Purchase
rittingX-Ray
M Department Store are nn-
this u-ppW i, i
tlr'K X-Ray machine.
rmme machine takes the
J of fitting shoes, said
ZfT' "In the future'
cxPensive machine
:;mers just how the shoe
h'er cities using; the
Surfacing Underway
On Highway No. 284
Stretch Of Mile And A Half
Started By R. B. Tyler,
Contractor
Tho nrime coatinsf on, the mountain
V c
end of Highway No. 284 is being plac
ed this week by the R. B. Tyler Com
pany for a distance of a mile and a
half, it was learned yesterday.
After several weeks the finishing
coasts will be placed on the road.
Similar work will get underway
on the Transylvania side of the high
way immediately after the comple
tion of the Haywood work.
Crews are also working on the
Parkwav approach of Hichway No.
284, and a retaining wall is being
built to allow for the clover-leaf ap-
Lproach.
Work on thia oml of the Hazel-
wood-Junaluska sewei' line was slnwed
down this week, as the crew of 30
men, with a large shovel struck solid
rock just before Crossing Depot
street at the Richland Creek bridge.
engineers on the job, for Blythe
Brothers. Charlotte, anticipate "easv
going" after passing the Smathers
street bridge. The top of the ground
would indicate no rock, but sometimes
we are disappointed in what the sur
face reveals, one said.
The ditch at the Depot street cross
ing will be about nine feet deep, The
deepest cut so far has been in front
of the Junaluska Supply Company,
where it was necessary to go down
23 feet.
A crew of hand shovelers are work
blast out the rock at Depot street. The
right on the creek bank for a dis
tance of several hundred feet. The
machinery will pick up the line at
Hyatt's Coal Yard.
The work is slightly ahead of sched
ude, and the engineers expect to
make up for the time it has taken to
out the rock at Depot street. The
work in blasting has been handicap
ped by the lack of room and conges
tion of houses on the street.
A crew of thirty are working t
the lower end of the j'ob, and twenty-
five at the upper end.
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Commencement Exercises
For 95 Graduates Begin
Here On Sunday Evening
REV. W. L. HUTCHINS
Community Party
Promises Plenty
Of Fun Tonight
Professional Entertainer Will lie
HiffhliKht Of ToniRhfs
Gathering
Twenty-Three Will
Receive Diploms
From Clyde School
Rev. R. 1 Walker Will Deliver
Sermon, And Rev. W. L. Hut
chins Literary Address
Largest Graduation Class In
History of School To Hear
Rev. W. L. Hutchins.
MRS. ALLEY RETURNS
FROM STATE MEETING
Mrs. Dovle D. Alley, state presi
dent of the North Carolina Parent
Teacher Association, Mrs. George
Kunztj, president of the Haywood
Council. Mrs. O. C. Landrum, repre
sentative of the Hazelwood P. T. A.,
and Mrs. Smiley Carver, delegate
from the North Canton school, all
from thic countv. have returned from
Raleigh, where they attended the an
nual meeting of the state orgamza
tion of the P. T. A.
600-Foot Tunnel
To Be Included On
Next Parkway Unit
Contractors Forging Ahead On
Wagon Road Gap-Tennessee
Bald Section
Dramatics Teacher From
Springdale To Give Address
TopoViv teacher of drama t-
i?rcriiri fit the Sprimruale
its aim " -
School, will address the members of
the Woman's Club on "1'resent im
t,.,i in Drama." Mr. Jacoby has
had much experience in Little Theater
work in the New England state, and
has lived in New York City, since, a
small boy. . , .
He is a graduate of uoiumoia ;v'
itv nfl ha traveled extensively
in this country and abroad. .
Mrs. Dan Watkins, prcsuuni 'i
.i.'- nr'o rink, will Dreside, and
hostesses of the afternoon will be
Mrs. E. C. Wagenfeld, wrs. r,n, n
Hyatt, Mrs. Joe Liner, and Mrs. .
H. Luther.
t n Prau fnrd. Of Cruso,
;V Taken By Deatjh At 66
Information received here this week
from a reliable source revealed that
tentative plans are to let a contract
for the 7-mile stretch of the Bluo
Ridge Parkway, from Tennessee Bald
east towards Wagon Road Gap, and
that a COO-foot tunnel will be in
cluded in the road.
Work started several weeks ago
at Wagon Road Gap on the Parkway
and reports yesterday were that the
rough grading had gone about a mile.
The heavy machinery has struck much
rock, in tne mne sireicn, uul v";"'1-'-'
were pleased with present progress.
Arthur Stupka To
Give Illustrated
Lecture Tonight
Arthur Stupka, naturalist of the
Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, will give a lecture at the East
Waynesville school tonight at ?
o'clock. . ,
Mr. Stupka will speak on the shrubs
and flowers, for which this area is
so well known, illustrating his talk
with lantern slides.
tWp nuhlic is cordially invited to
attend, and there is no admission fee.
Giirirles and laughs drowned out
all seriousness yesterday afternoon
when a group of the directors of the
Chamber of Commerce gathered for
a few minutes to discuss last minute
plans for tonight's community party,
when one member told of tentative
pranks, Mrs. Fletcher, professional
entertainer, plans to pull at the Ar
mory tonight.
One director who Is familiar with
her brand of humor and comedy
nnti. lieeiim., a little snaky after
reading the heavy menu for the meal,
by pointing out that the entertainer s
sure-fire jokes would demand moie
room for laughter than such a heavy
mpfll would allow with some people.
Tonight's program, which begins
oi 7-15 will be void of speech-mak
ing. Eating, fun, and distribution of
prizes will be the evenings program.
The challenge of the North and
South Wards with the captains of
the winning group getting a wheel
barrow ride, will climax Mrs, Fletch
er's show. The South Ward captains,
K. I,. Prevost, J. W. Kay, and J. M.
Long are matching wits against J.
K. Massie, J. R. McCiacken, R. H.
Hlackwell and C. A. George. Both
groups are confident of the ride to
night. .
. In the absence of speakers, the di
rectors have secured prizes which
will be distributed. These in furniture,
clothing, foods, Oils (no castor) tap
estry and several pieces of inlaid
woods. All of these are valuable
prizes and will be given free tonight.
The one admission ticket is the
only cost for everything. The tickets
sell for GO cents, and will get you a
delicious meal, entertain you1, and
perhaps, if lady luck is on your side,
a nice Prize.
The advance sale of tickets indicate
a capacity crowd.
The directors are known to have
several surprises in Iheir bag of
tricks, but inasmuch as this is a
community party and not an old-
fashioned Chamber of Commerce
meeting, they assumed the attitude
of not being obligated to tell every
thing.; It looks like a swell time in the
making.
The commencement exercises of the
Clyde schools started last night with
the piano recital in which Miss Kate
Stillwell presented her music pupils
The next feature of the program
will be the baccalareaute sermon on
Sunday night, April thy 2I!rd, at 8
o'clock. The Rev. R. P. Walker, pas
tor of the Waynesville Presbyterian
church, will deliver the sermon.
On Tuesday night the Class Day
program will be given. On Wednes
day night the senior play will be
presented.
On Thursday mirht the closing ex
ercises with the awarding of diplo
mas to the twenty-three graduates,
Iwhos., nictures appear on page .i),
will be held. The Rev. W. L. Hutch
ins, presiding elder of t he Waynes
ville district, of thP Methodist church,
will make the literary address.
Other features of the program will
h the presentation of the valedictory
and the salutatory, awards made mid
the announcements by the principal,
C. C. Hanson.
Huggin Is Named
Rotary President
JiA(in' Neal Elected Secretary
And A. V. Ledbetter Named
Treasurer Again
.1 fj. Huircirt. Jr.. was elected presi
dent of the Rotary Club by the newly
elected board of directors last V i nlay.
.Jinimv Neal was named secretary
and A. P. Ledbetter was re-elected
treasurer.
The new officers will assume their
duties on July first. Mr. Huggin is
pastor of the Methodist church here
and will succeed M. H. Howie s.
County Sanitarian Attending
Lecture Course In Chapel Hill
George E. Kuiize, sanitarian of the
Haywood County Health (lepartrnent,
is spending this week in thapel
Hill, where he is attending lectures
of a milk seminar, which is being
held by 'the United States Public
Health Service.
LEGION AND AUXILIARY 1IILI)
MECTING TI KSDAY
fittin
f children's shoes. Of
mlw , ' ne machme for
S ? the fami-there is
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Last rites were held on Thursday
afternoon at the Baptist church at
Cruso, for James Davis Crawford, m,
of Crawford's Creek, who died at his
home on Wednesday. Burial was in
the Gwyn cemetery. .
o. or-, iiia wife. Mrs. Mat-
tie Crawford, three sons, T. M. Craw
ford, Virgil Crawford, ana
Crawford. TT , ,
The Massie Funeral Home had
charge of the funeral arrangements.
Mrs. Tine Massie, 62,
Is Claimed By Deatn
! Voice oi e People
TT w
" a Howell
v !'J .
"ln Brown.
Ch, r ueorgeflott
posed of -h Trr"
iCtM.8 in Asheville
'"re of tv "eeK" Ale pnn
W , lne Program .
ltle American T.o.,-
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t- i oonn'ooa were held at the
r unci ai ocm'- -j,.
Baptist church at Maggie, on Friday
afternoon, for Mrs. Tinie Massie, 62,
of Wyckle Fork, who died on Thurs
day, April the 13th, at o cioc. y. , .,
.i xt , ruin TV nuauiwii
at tne nayvrouu - .
ThP Rev. Setzer officiated. Burial
was in the Henry cemetery. .
o :: . nnp. son. Aaoiimu
Massie, of Maggie and Mrs. Dave
Nelson.
The Massie Funeral Home were
in charge of funeral arrangements.
What do you think Hitler's answer ,
will be to Roosevelt's message for .a
ten year peace term? j
Major J. Harden Howell- Postmas- j
ter "Every indication is that Hitler
will answer Mr. Roosevelt with art
emphatic 'No.' He has been allowed
to use his 'blurt, Diuster,
successfully, that the only remedy
fori his Napoleonic aspirations is an.
other Waterloo."
Harry M. Hall Owner and manag
er Waynesville Book Company "I
TT.-tioi- is coitip to side step a
tnimv xi.wv. e, - ..
definite answer, because he doesn t
dare to take a decided step oecau
troubles, and neither
01 .Ilia .
he nor Mussolini put any too much
confidence in each other.
t G. Massie Massie Furniture
Company-"I think that Hitler will
negotiate with other countries with
the idea that he will gain something
for Germany. I don't believe that he
will flatly refuse to enter some agreement."'-
(apt. W. F. Swift Woikl War
Veteran "I think Hitler's answer
will be unfavorable to Roosevelt's
ideas of peace."
Carl RaUliff Assistant athletic
coach, Waynesville High School "In
my opinion Hitler will reject Roose
velt's ten year peace plan, in tne
first tilace the Nazi eovemment con
siders it a trap and they supposedly
consider the insinuation that they and
Italy are responsible for world peace
an insult. In the second place
Hitler is riot a peace making man.
He is an aggressor and the pact calls
for non-aggression against some 31
territories of the world, as well as
disarmament and economic adjust-ment."
The American Legion and the Aux
iliary held their regular meeting .on
Tuesday evening at the Legion home.
The opening and the closing social
hour Were held in joint session.
During the business session of the
Legion, Hurst Rurgin, commander,
presided. Plans were discussed for
narticination in the Softball Leatrue.
! During the business session of the
j Auxiliary, Mrs. .1. H. Howell presided.
it was voted to sena carnations to
the boys allotted to the local group at
Oteen, on Mother's Day.
Plans were also formulated for the
annual observance of Poppy Day,
which will be held in May.
During the joint social hour, Mrs.
W. A. Bradley and Mrs. Hurst Rurgin
were associate hostesses.
Whitener Prevost Mayor of Ha
zelwood "Hitler and his brain trus
ters will refuse to sign the President's
peace proposal. The United States
should steer clear of all European en
tanelements. Give the Hitler govern
ment time and it will fall of its own
rotteness."
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RE-OPENS PROSPECT HILL
Mrs. C. E. Quinlan. who has been
on an extended visit to her daughter,
Mrs. Christopher Crittenden, in Kai
eigh, and another daughter, Miss
Mary Quinlan, in Norfolk, returned
to town during the week. She and
Miss Betsy Lane Quinlan, who have
fment the creater Dart of the winter
with Miss Alice Quinlan on Pigeon
street, have opened Prospect Hill lor
the summer. . : ,
JUDGE GRIMBALL HERE
Judge W. H. Grimball, of Charles
ton, spent the week-end here. He
and his family plan to return the
first week in July and will occupy
their home in Grimball Park.
The commencement exercises on
next Friday night, April 28, in the
auditorium of the Waynesville
Township High School, will bring to
a clos0 the most successful year in
the histoiv of the school, with the
largest graduating class and largest
enrollment ever recorded.
The Rev. W. L. Hutchins, presiding
elder of the Waynesville district of
the Methodist church, will deliver
the baccalaureate sermon to the mem
bers of the irraduating class at 8
o'clock on Sunday evening. There
will be no church services at that
hour as the various congregations
are giving way to this annual event.
The services will be opened with
the processional by the church choirs,
singing, "Rejoice Ye Pure in Heart,"
with Mrs. W. L. Matney accompanist.
The Rev. W. Herbert Mayer, rector
(if Grace Episcopal church, will give
the invocation. This will he followed
by announcement of the events of
the ensuing week, and a scripture
reading.
Prior to the delivery of the ser-:
mini, the choirs will sing an anthem,
"The Lord is My Light." The Rev
Hutchins has chosen for his subject
"Facing the Dawning."
On -.Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock the minimi class day exer
cises will bt. held, with the idea of
the pioneer spirit, "Seekers of New
Trails," lised throughout the pro
gram. At this time the attendance and
scholarship awards, and the junior
high certificates will be presented.
-Aft..,. IftvwVi fhi titoii3r will irn to their
home' room-. fr the final programs of
each .group,- and for the distribution
of report cards. The regular school
routine will end Wednesday afternoon,
the remainder' of the week being ,
taken up with the last check up of
reports and records.
On Thursday evening an operetta,
"The Enchanted Isle," will be pre
sented under the direction of Miss
(hiiiv. Ci-orkiT. The east has been
lilily selected and all those taking
part: are Well .qualified to play their
roles. The operetta is based upon the?
life and '.compositions of Chopin.'
On Friday evening the graduating
exercises, and awarding : of the
diplomas, by the district superinten
dent. M. II. Bowles, and other awards
will be made.
Dr. R. P. Coltrane, president of'
lirevai-d College, will make the an
nual literary address.
C. E. Weatherby, principal, will
present the members of the gradu
ating elass. The invocation will he
given by the Rev. R. P. Walker, pas
tor of the Presbyterian church. The
(Jills Chora) Club will give two
numbers. .
Joe Davis will give the salutatory,
and Virginia Kellett the valedictory.
Mrs. J, II. Howell will present tho
1). A. R. Good Citizenship awards,
and Major J. H. Howell will give the
American Legion awards.
Miss Eula Mae Thrift will give
a vocal solo, "Calni as the Night."
The class Will sing the Alma Mater
song, written by Miss Margaret
Stringfield. Miss Nancy Killian will
render the processional and the re
cessional. Members of the graduating class
which includes 57 girls and MH boys,
who will receive diplomas on Friday
night are as follows: Ronald Ad
kins, Frances Allison, Hilda Ammons,
Mildred Boineau, Nora Grace Brooks,
Thelma Edna Buff, Lila E. Burgess,
Edith M. Byrd, Ethel E. Caldwell,
E. R. Caldwell, Mary Mac Calhoun,
Sarah Carswell, Ernestine Clark,
Robert Lee Coin. Howard T. Collins,
Edith Creasman Caro&'n Curtis,
Ben Davis, Chester Davis, Joe V.
Davis.
Laura Ruth Davis, Myrtle Mae
Estes, Charlie F. Evans, S. Elizabeth
Ferguson, Wilma E. ; Finger, James
Frances, Troy Franklin, tred Callo
way. Myrtle Elizabeth Garrison, Es
ter Mae Gibson, Jane A. Grace, Wil
liam Capers Creen, iiOuise -Henry,
John Hill, William D. Holsonback,
Grady Vinson Howell, Jincie Carolyn
Hyatt, William Darwin Hyatt, Marion
Elizabeth Jaynes, Virginia O. Kellett,
Louise Leatherwood, Mary Emma
Leatherwood, Pauline Ellen Ledford.
Annie Mae Leopard, Lois Nan
Liner, Alma Long, Helen L. Marcus,
William Fred Martin, Juanita J.
(Continued on page 5) .