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The Waynesville Mountaineer
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
FIFTH YEAR NO. 51-A
WAYNESVILLE, N. O, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1939
$1.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
1 uaio
jii County Offices
Tomorrow in oon
L offices in the court house,
" .- - il. .v.-. (Ti
the exception ui mo Miciiu b
Lftjieni, win ciuse at ""
, of noon on aaiuraay una wui
spened again on Tuesday the
it the usual nour.
. Vitit National Bank will
Le the same holiday period.
L Waynesville post office will
lied on Christmas Day,
I'ttr publishing two 12-page
in four days, the staff of The
tl 1 lL. - 11
kt;neer wi.i ocgin mcir wen
Id holidays on Friday at one
tt The office whl remain
id until Tuesday morning.
iywood Baptist
Isso. Will Hold
ieeting Thursday
le following program of the
lerly meeting of the Haywood
list Association which will be
I in the Cove Creek Baptist
A on Thursday, December the
has been announced.
general theme of the meet
which starts at 10 o'clock in
horning and lasts through 2:30
;e afternoon will be "Magni
I Christ in Worship."
Rev. Thomas Erwin will
the worship period, which
le followed by a Sunday school
hip conducted by W. M. Gerald,
y Chambers will discuss
ning for Worship in the B. T.
which will be followed by
sermon, to be delievered by
iev. 0. P. Burnett
noon lunch will be served on
rounds of the church. L. T.
ts will conduct the worship
i of the afternoon on "Enlist
)w Members in Worship."
H, X Mas teller will talk on
kasixing Worship in Giving."
e Church To V
ive Christmas
Coming Events
For Christmas
The following is a schedule of
the various community and church
Christmas events that will take
place between now and through
Christmas night:
Friday 22.
6:30 o'clock, the annual Christ
mas tree for the employees of the
England-Walton Leather Company
on the factory grounds at Hazel
wood. 7:30, the congregation of Grace
Episcopal church will present
"Why the Chimes Rang," a Christ
mas play, in the Parish House.
7:30 a Christmas program wi'l
be given at the Barberville Baptist
church.
Sunday 23
6:30 o'clock, a Christmas pageant
will be presented at the First
Methodist church.
6:30 Community sing at the
Park Theatre.
7:30 White Christmas service at
the First Baptist church.
7:30 a Christmas play will be
presented at the Richland Baptist
chutch.
11:45 a midnight service
Grace Episcopal Church.
at
Monday 25
4:00 o'clock community Christ
mas tree on court house lawn, spon
sored by the Woman's Club.
8:30 o'clock square dance at the
Waynesville Armory, sponsored by
the American Legion Auxiliary.
Students Of St.
John's School
Give Program
A Christmas program was pre
sented last night in the school hall
at St John's Catholic Schoolwith
the play ""Santa Up-to-Date," and
the singing of Christmas carols. '
The cast of characters in the play
was as follows: Santa Claus.
Spalding Underwood: Elves. Toots
PI117 TVnSrt'k!Hannah and Richard Underwood;
1 laJ 1 Uitlgllli fairies, Kathleen Allison and1.
3 Christmas A
'J ' 5J JVr our - Christmas message !
I 5 ' K I tJ M Mowing bit of J ictm
t-iwlf 1 -j IB philosophy by Henry van i fifSSfVl
1 I "'Close your book of com- -
1 T Ufe plaints against the manage- iff lOttR
A MhXf fT XM ment of the universe, and IJiKflll
?t irKlML! f laok around you for a place
I H ?J NV? seeds of happiness." nrrful V
Manager Of Pet
(X. . SI
750 To Receive
Gifts Tonight At
Tannery Program
15th Annual Christmas Pro
gram To Begin At 6:30
At England-Walton Co.
R. B. DAVENPORT, recently
named manager of the Waynes
ville plant of Pet Dairy Products
Company, has been here all this
week going over the territory with
Fred H. Yearout, who has just com
pleted his 20th month here and
received a promotion in the com
pany at the time Mr. Davenport
was named local manager. Mr.
Davenport has been with the Pet
Company for a number of years.
Mrs, Tom Reeves
Was Gust Of Club
At December Meet
The 15th annual Christmas tree
program of England-Walton Com
nay, will be held Friday evening
at 6:30, around a 40-i'oot elabor
ately decorated hemlock tree in tho
yasd of the tannery.
The tree is said to be the most
beautiful in the 15 years that the
custom has been followed of hold
ing the programs at the tanneiY.
Over 500 yards of colored fe. toon
ing and tinsel, intermingled with
wreaths, bells and stars bring out
a brilliant display when the 150
colored lights of 25 watts are
turned on,
A bag containing candy, oranges
and nuts will be given to each
employee of the tannery, and to
each child of the employees. Plans
have been made to have Santa
distribute 750 of the bags after
the musical program, which will
begin promptly at 6:30. Choirs
of the community will take part.
L. M, Richeson, superintendent
of the tannery, announced yester
day that the public is cordially
invited to attend the annual
Christmas tree event.
iht at 7:30 th n1.u ww
f imes Rang," will be present
I the Parish House, bv the
ption of Grace Episcopal
r. naer tne direction of John
Hilda Way Gwyn
Monday will be Christmas Day . .'...There
Dorothy Martell; radio boy, Mark 's n0 8Urer test the act that one 13 gTOW
Dicus; radio girl, Eleanore Earley; ing Up . . . Or growing older . . . than the
realization of the swiftness with which the
seasons fly and bring us once again to this
most beautiful and significant celebration on
the calendar . . . from Christmas to Christ-
toys, Anne Mormino, Jimmy Cube,
Betty Brown, Bette Hannah, Wal
ter Taliaferro; Christmas fairy,
John Ratcliff.
Christmas selections were eiven
(e. nf r ...... unnstmas selections were
W & .?t"W00d' and Rosemary Herman. Joe M
KW. Herbert Mayers, rec
"c cnurcn.
Public is invited In BttonJ
Jeehow the faith of a child
wpmg with the simplicity
differ Child.
ended "Gone v
ith The Wind
Ball' In Atlanta
Nora Swift Atkins was the
of,Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan
"i Atlanta, for the ball
Dy the Junior Leacme if
P. which was held on Thurs-
S"t for the screen ttar
to the Dremipra nf W...
Vind," on the next night.
m? accompanied Mr.
Atk;ns accompan'eJ Mr.
no-e family has not yet
10 : W)vi1Dinll L..1 Li
Lorraine Ma'rtel. and Carl Mat
thews. The program also included
familiar Christmas carols and a
song by the following pupils fh
the kindergarten: Martha Ann
Todd, Nancy Francis and Sarah
Brown.
assie,' mas seems so far apart when one's age is
Special Service
Will Be Held At
Baptist Church
confined to the "tender years" . . . but after
maturity the time grows shorter . . . until
we are told it "takes wings of flight." . .
And we come back to the same old recipe
for Christmas happiness . . . it never changes
. . . it is as old as life itself . . . we find Christ
mas joy just in proportion ... as we strive
to kindle it in the hearts of others . . . for
it is well known . . . that only from the glow
of the Christmas fire that we ourselves have
lighted . . . can we catch the comfort and
satisfaction that makes the day worth liv
ing a year . . . to celebrate ...
F do
so somewhere around
Ist of the year
ad Mrs. Floyd Rippetoe,
Miami, Fla.. Will unenfi -thp
sholidays here a, the
''' the former's parents, Mr.
rJ b. Kippetoe.
Sometimes as nations and as individuals
we are not quite in the mood for Christmas
. . . and do not have our hearts in tune for
the gracious message that it holds for all
mankind . . . we fear that Germany is not in
a Christmas mcod this year . . . as for indi
viduals, perhaps there have been disappoint
monto rlnrino' th veflr that have shaken our
The members of the First Bap- , ... . t, a v,o
tist Church will have a special1 lau" 111 l,,use we ,uvcu a"u UJllu '
White Christmas" service at 7:3oIwe have had hurts that have cut beneath
o'clock on Sunday evening. A
candle lighting feature will be part
of the impres-ive service.
Sveral numbers will be given by
a choir of thirty voices under the
direction of Evander Preston.
At the regular Sunday morning
service at 11 o clock, the Rev. J. S.
Hopkins, pastor, will take as his
text, "Making room for Christ."
Only to the very young can Christmas be
a Perfect Day . . . only to the very young
whose faith still holds to the magic which
takes place on Christmas Eve Night . . .
but if we open the flood gates of our hearts
. . . and give this "magic touch" to some
child . . . and enter into the Christmas spirit
. . . we can almost forget that Christmas i3
not made for adults . . . for after all it is given
us the power of "making Christmas" perfect
for others . . .
MASS ON CHRISTMAS
St. John's Church. Waynesville,
Rev. A. F. Rohrbacher, Pastor.
On Chri-tmas there will be mid
night mass in Waynesville . and
mass at 8:00 a. m. in Franklin.
Vtice Ae Peofze
1 ' your earliest recollec
ssoctation of Christmas?
f V By "The Christmas
;.e Sl"all sister and brother
V With - .
uijj,uiiena ana ine
farantintrf n. t, aa
re antitoxin in ttin.a Jxi
i " terious thing to have
F18. One day a friend rod"
ports Ko.l i ii
"t to ak mv father if lie
'o anvft.;.n
ior nim. ne
'es nd mv father went
flard an1 Pnt some money
Wte post The man took
lev. t.j .
oania uiaus came
"it w.
Mrs. Will A. Hyatt "My first
recollection of Christmas is
Brother John Orr's Christmas talk
and the old fashioned Christmas
tree, (where everybody was re
membered), in the old Methodist
church."
the surface . . . that have not had time to
heal . . . perhaps the wounds are still fresh
. . . maybe we have been disillusioned about
life in general . . .
Mrs. Roy Campbell "We chil
dren had been put to bed, all ex
cited on Chri-tmas Eve. My old
dest sister and I had a hard time
getting to sleep. We heard mys
terious sounds coming from the
living room. She persuaded ne
to tiptoe out and see what it wa
all about, I was in such a high
(Continued om paga 2)
On the other hand . . . maybe the past
year has given us new zest for living
new interests to quicken and gladden our
days ... perhaps this year finds us richer in
the satisfaction of living . . . maybe we have
worked out a new philosophy to guide us . . .
it makes no difference . . . Christmas has come
again . . . with its promise to touch only the
cords of forgiveness and generosity . . (if
we will only let it) . . . and its opportunity
to shed happiness in the paths of others is
given us . . . regardless of circumstances . . .
even amidst the tumult of war that denies its
message of eternal peace . . . Christmas is
here . . . .
There seems to be no way out . . . if we
"take Christmas" ... to avoid doing extrava
gant thin-gs . . . things, we, perhaps would
not consider doing at any other season of
the year . . . and it seems to apply both to our
emotions and our pocketbooks . . , we must
give both materially and spiritually to really
get something out of the Day . . .
If we get in tune with the season . . . it
is surprising how many things we see along
the way to find joy in , . . we suddenly realize
that some hardboiled person . . . really has
a heart . . . we see touching evidences of
unselfishness and thoughtfulness . . . such
things are good for our jaded faith and our
weakening confidence in humanity . . . they
restore something that helps our attitude
toward people. . .
Mrs. Tom Reeves, of Morganton
and Canton, president of District
number one, of the North Carolina
Federation of Women's Clubs, was
th guest of the Waynesville Wo
man's Club at the regular Decem
ber meeting which was held yester
day afternoon at the Hotel LeFaine.
Mrs. Reeves outlined the plans
for the coming year in both the
state and local organisations. She
urged the club to compete for some
of the prizes offered by the Fede
ration, both as a group and as in'
dividual s.
She asked for nuggestiona as to
improving the district meetings
with special reference to the dis
trict meeting, which will be held
in Wavncsville next October, when
the local club will be hostess to the
fifteen clubs in this district.
Mrs. Tom Spurlock, chairman
of music, was in charge of the
program of the afternoon. The
meeting opened with assembly sing
ing of three songs: "Adesto Fide
lis," "Oh, Little Town of Bethle
hem," and "Hark the Herald Ang
els Sing."
Dorothy Richeson, high school
student, read the Christmas story
from the Book of Luke. Evander
Preston, accompanied by Mrs,
Preston on the piano, and violin
obligate by Mrs. Richard N. Barb-
jer, Jr., sang, "Oh, Divine Redeem
er," by Gounod, "Thine Eyes So
! Blue and Tender," by Lassen.
Miss Ida Jean Brown, accom
panied by Mrs. George A. Kunze,
sang "There's Music in the air."
Mrs. Fred Martin and Mrs. Fred
Calhoun, accompanied by Mrs.
Evander Preston, sang a special
arrangement of "Oh, Little Town
of Bethlehem," by Geild.
Each member attending brought
a toy for the collection for the
community Christmas tree. The
meeting closed with the singing
of "Silent Night" and "Noel."
Hostesses of the afternoon were:
Mrs. Robert H. Stretcher, Mrs. Dan
Watkins, Mrs. C. F. Kirkpatrick,
Miss Jessie Herren and Mrs. Geo.
A Kunze. 4
Mrs. Wiley Noland
Heads Fines Creek
Home Dem. Club
Mrs. : Wiley Noland was elected
president of the Fines Creek home
demonstration club at the all day
meeting which was held on last
Thursday at the home of Mrs. G.
W. Rogers.
Othe who will serve with Mrs.
Noland are: vice president, Mi's.
Waldo' Green, and secretary-treasurer,
Mrs.-E telle Trantham.
At noon a delicious luncheon
was served from a table festive
with Christmas greens and other
seasonal appointments. Holly and
evergreens were also used in the
rest of the house.
After lunch Miss Mary Margaret
Smith, home demonstration agent,
gave an interesting talk on Christ
mas gifts, and the members Bung
Christmas carols.
The day closed with an exchaige
of gifts by the members of the
club.
Ika tyJecMte Report
11. M. HALL, Official Obmrver
Dec.
14
16
16
17
18
19
20
Mean
Mean
Min 7:30 a. m..
15
14
15
41
25
25
37
15
16
41
48
25
42
37
Max
45
42
51
49
69
62
67
maximum
minimum
Mean for week ..
Mean for 7:30 a.
High for week
Low for wetk ......
Below December normal ...
Precipitation for week
Precipitation since Dec. 1st .
Below December normal .....
Precipitation since Jan. 1st .
Annual normal to date .........
Deficiency for year ............
Prec
0.1
m.
0.47
...62.1'
...24.6
...38.3'
...31.9:
.62.0
...14.0'
.00.3
...0.63
...1.24
...1.74
.38.70"
.44.70
. 6.00'
But even amidst the darkness cast by war
clouds . . . or our own tangled lives . . . the
Christmas message comes again to all the
world . . . even against the roar of a thous
and cannons and the clash of hostile armies
. . . it will be heard . . for its message is des
tined to live forever . . . soldiers at arms
against each other will pause on Christmas
Day . . ..we hope, with misgivings in their
hearts . . . and even in the war torn countries
little children will hang up their stockings
on Christina Eve. . . with hopes hung high
. . . looking for Santa Claus . . .
For the inevitable touch of sadness at
Christmas . . . we have no antidote to offer
. ... because it is a day of remembering . . .
a day to recall the happy celebrations of
other years . . . to be conscious of an empty
place at the table ... it is just part of life
. . . even at this glad season ... . that comes
to grown ups . . .
IS LOOKING OVER THE COUNTY
General Haywood
GETS A FEW THINGS OF COUNTY-WIDE
INTEREST OFF HIS MIND WITH LETTERS
And for that "zero hour" . . . that comes
late Christmas afternoon ... we also have
little to recommend . . . and the whole bouse
seems to be nothing but disorder . . . wrap
ping paper . . tinsel ground in the rugs . . .
(Continued on back page)- '
To the Citizens
Of Haywood County.
In spite of my maturing years,
I am glad to say that I still be
lieve in Santa Claus. In fact it
would be hard for me to think that
any citizen in Haywood County
could fail to have faith in the old
man.
On every hand we see evidence
that he thinks a lot of Haywood
County folks. Each year he has
brought this county new prospects
for better living, both in the towns
and the rural sections. .
During the past year there has
been a lot of changes. New build
ings about the town, new business,
and out in the rural sections they
i are lighting up with electricity,
1 1 understand if the folks down
(Jonathan Creek, Iron Duff, Fines
, Creek, Crabtree and in the rural
1 sections near Clyde are good he
! plans to put some "lines" in their
! stockings pretty soon.
So we would be a mighty un
grateful lot not to believe in the
old man jn these parts. In fact I
think as a part of "Christmas
giving" we ought to invite tha
outside world, including the folks
over in Jackson County to move
into Haywood to live.
With the best wishes for a happy
and merry day on Monday the
25th, I am,
- Yours truly,
GENERAL HAYWOOD.