North Carolina Newspapers

Way The Moun NESYILLE TAIN ?'. Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park EER Seventh year no. 11 Sixteen Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. O, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1941 $1.50 In Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties ivwood Will Plant d Can More Food Defense Program iItural And Civic A,r Inaugurate Pro- L fashioned After onal Plan Aers of Haywood county fS court house Friday o discuss the part that rural Unpeople should and could the national uw.c"o meetiivr was Ued by fte farm &entB omco. JT ,t the Secretary of Agri- L U agencies worldngun- l Department oi Agrieuu.u Uested to Participate. ... . discussion was "i r Cathey, State AAA com nn. and Fred S. Sloan, dis tent for the extension ser- ith J. C. Lynn, cuuuigr of the meeting. L pointed out by the speak- he alternoon inat vj. oblems that should be tack n, rural and urban people L,ntv to aid in the national f program would be to bring better conamuiw w ht the families during the summer. las lunner pumwu the greatest menaces to tne 1 defense in tne univeu : malnutrition of a high lage of the rural and urban ai suggested that one of st goals to be reached in d county in carrying out tional defense program is a adequate supply oi nome lanA such as would be pro- ly i better home garden, and e adequate supply oi mil a to be produced by the in- kla during the current year. ping the importance of tne at, it was deciaea w nave Continued on page 8) Scouts To brate 29th iversary Today local troop of Girl Scouts I a week's observance yester at will continue through the commemorating ; the 29th rsary of scoutin?, according r leader, Mrs. E. C Wagen- ngth week 'each Girl Scout josed to wea. her uniform, ich.mak a contribution of y for ea".n year of her age. ill be sent to the Juliet Lowe tion. yeai the Girl Scouts of 'a bought from the dona- this fund, 90 complete kits raid shelter equipment .vid unds of knitting wool, which resented to England for aid. ft was accepted by Princess ith, president of the Girl of England. afternoon at the meeting 1 troop the girls will hwe ial program celebrating the commemoration. - Following "gram a social hour will be d with refreshments served. fr Crawford Leaves amp Livingston r Visit To Mother Harry Crawford, U. S. eft Wednesday for Camp ston, La., after visiting his r, Mrs. w. T. Crawford, here eral days. " Crawford has been en during the past year in man t Fort Jackson, Fort Ben Camp Beaureagard, La., s Moines, 111., and Camp Mc VlS. He aln nont unnl training R. o. T. C. units "onai Defense t ia T- fga schools A- Hyatt Is Home P Veterans Hospital A. Hyatt. irVirt Y,tm In i U- S- Vetens Hos r. Jhnson City. Tenn ra- "ome on Friday much ira Mr. Hvatt f the hoBDital o at lonths. rtL. Gaddis Has Published pnt contributor to the Quiet "i e Biblical Recorder, I: Carolina Baptist state i nooert L. Gaddis, of fcty- His topic was Failing Light.- Forty-Seven Year Old Deed Brought For Registration A deed bearing the date of Au gust 25th, 1894, was brought into the office of Chas. C. Francis, regis ter of deeds during the week. The deed had been probated by the late John K. Boone, when he was clerk of the Superior court. It was from T. M. H. Reece and his wife, M. M. Reece, to Mrs. R. A. Burke, wife of W. J. Burke. Joe Burke, a son of Mrs. Burke, brought tne document into Mr. Francis for filing. The property lies on Little East Fork, and since there had been no question as to ownership, the filing: of the deed had been neglected these 47 years. With some divisions and changes in ownership hi prospect it became necessary at this late date to file the deed. Cinderella Girl While Juanita Stark was standing in line in Hollywood to draw her state unemployment insurance, she was sighted by a motion picture agent and in less than three days she was signed to a screen contract. A blonde, she's 6 feet 4Vi inches all. weighs 107 pounds and is unmarried. Interest Growing In Local Defense Work Two Will Leave For Ft. Bragg Harry Lee Ward and Walter Eugene Culbertson, are scheduled to leave here March 21 for Fort Bragg, as the first two men to leave Haywood under the selec tive service system. Although the two men registered in New Jersey and New Mexico, respectively, the government provided they were too far-away from their Jocl board to report, and were granted the priv ilege of reporting to the Waynes ville board. Ward's order number was 122 and Culbertson was 700. The Waynesville board is ex pecting a first call for its own reg istrants about July first Appli cations for volunteers to fill this call are now being received by the board, of which Dr. Thos. String field is chairman. Citizens Asked To Cooperate In Defense Program "Most of us may feel secure as to danger for the United States from foreign aggression. No doubt, we believe that America will never be invaded by any foreign military power. Perhaps, however, we do not feel so secure against the in vasion of ideas, of foreign prop aganda, of an ideology that will tend to destroy our democratic way of life," said J. E. Barr, chair man of publicity for the agricul tural group working out a program of national defense. Serving with Mr. Barr on the committee to put the program be fore the public are Bryan Medford and J. R. Boyd. Mr. Barr, pointed out that many persons seem to be disregarding entirely the effect of the present world conflict on America, but con tinue to go along in the same old way untouched by current events in the international field. "Our president has just signed the Lend-Lease Bill which brings us as a nation that much closer to actual war. It is now up to every patriotic American to do his part in making our defense strong enough to withstand any foreign invasion, not matter from what quarter it comes. Many of you have already sent your sons to (Continued on page 8) Second Series Of Classes Began Last Monday, With Several Trades Taught The first series of defense classes at the local high school have Just been Completed and a second series have begun. Two classes in automobile me chanics and one in electricity have been completed. On March 10th the second series of classes began. Classes in the above vocations and those is -woodworking,:, rock- and cement construction are being or ganized , both for beginners and for advanced pupils. Practically every person enrolled for the first eight weeks has enrolled again for further training. The classes are designed to train young men to take their places In industry in speeding up prepared ness of the country. Some of those who have received training are now ready to go into industry. An analysis of the group now en rolled indicates that they are of the type upon whom the defense of the country may well rest. The average of the group is 19 years and eleven months, 65 per cent are married and 95 per cent are native of .Haywood county. From the group of forty only three are un employed and those employed have been with the same firm or company for an average of five years and ten months. The type of employ ment includes furniture factory, tapestry mill, electrician, filling station employee, novelty shop, tannery and farming, One enrolled is employed by a government agency. Every person taking the course indicated that he expected to become engaged in the type, of work for which he is training. Formal schooling in the group (Continued on page 8) 5- Four Bills Presented V. I By Palmer No Major Changes Made In Government Of Haywood By The 1941 Legislature Four legislative measures have been introduced by Representative Glenn C. Palmer in the present session, which is slated to adjourn sometime Saturday. All of the bills received favora ble reports from committees, and it is expected they will pass and become law before adjournment. One of the bills provides that the county tax collector collect taxes for the Canton graded school dis trict for a nine month's school. This was made necessary inasmuch as some of the district is outside the town of Canton and the town tax collector there would not be authorized to collect the taxes on property outside the city limits. Another bill for Canton provides for the extension of the city limits to include the property of only about two people who desire to come in, Mr. Palmer said. In another bill, the law of 1919 would be changed, and allow the sale of witness tickets. This would put Haywood back under the gen eral law, which provides for their sale.' The bill which would provide for the commissioners to set up in the budget a levy for expenses for county accountant's and home dem. onstration offices will not mean any additional taxes, it was explained, but only a technicality in working out the budget. The constitution al limitation of a general fund is 15 cents, which Haywood now has. In addition to that 15 cents, the county has in its budget three and a half cents for building fund, which the supreme court recently held was the tame as a general fund. The law did provide, how ever, that certain offices could be set up in the budget and be taken from tins general fund, and that is what will be done in the case of Haywood. The three and a half cents that heretofore went to the building fund will in the future be desig nated for the expense of the county accountant's and home demonstra tion offices and will not come out of the gftieral fund. In other words, it is just a shifting of funds to meet constitutional require ments, without additional taxation on the taxpayer, it was pointed out. Donna Jo Queen Wins Honorable Mention In Nation-Wide Contest Donna Jo Queen, young daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Queen, of Newport News, but formerly of Waynesville, won honorable men tion in the Tenth Children's Na tional Photograph contest. The contest was held in August and September of last summer, but the winners were only recently an nounced. The contest was staged through the National association department store studios in 200 cit ies in this country. - Group Of Sculptures Placed In Post Office Building At Canton A group of sculputres depicting the paper industry has just been installed in the Canton post office. Samuel Bell, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., the artist who did this work, was commissioned by the Section of Fine Arts of the Public Building Administration as a result of com petent designs submitted by him in an open anonymous competition. The decoration consists of seven terra cotta reliefs. In choosing Canton's significant industry, the paper and fibre mill, Mr. Bell felt that his subject would be interest ing and familiar to the people of this section. He portrays the va rious aspects of the paper industry, such as the pulp, the mill, the chem ical and executive branches. Decorations for Federal buildings are executed under the program of the Section of Fine Arts. Ap proximately one per cent of the total costs of each building is al lotted for its embellishment More than 750 artists have participated in the decoration of Tederal build ings in 1,100 cities, : -f Baptists Organize Forces To Improve Sunday Schools Approximately 125 officers and teachers of the Sunday schools of the Baptist churches of the county and pastors attended the two ses sions of the Sunday School Asso ciation held here in the First Bap tist church Monday afternoon and evening. The sessions were held in con nection with the state-wide series of Sunday school inspirational con ferences of the 70 Baptist associa tions in North Carolina. The ob ject of the meeting was to form an intensive organization of the Sunday school workers toward building up larger and better Sun day schools. A. V. Washburn, assistant lead er of young people's work in the Southern Baptist convention, was in charge of the programs of the sessions. R. E. Sentelle, local at torney and superintendent of the Haywood Sunday School associa tion, presided at both sessions. Mr. Washburn's topic was "Plat forms for Progress," in which he outlined the aims, toward which he wished the group to work. ; Rev. E. O. Stevens, of Asheville, delivered an inspirational mes sage to the group. The Rev. Frank Leatherwood, moderator of the (Continued on page 8) Salvation Army Workers Establish New Church By Mrs. D. N. Rathbone. Under the supervision of Adju tant Cecil Brown, the citizen of Little Creek and Rolling Fork have at last a church in which to war ship. Adjutant Brown and Lt Thelma Colton, of the Salvation Army conduct services in the com munity each Sunday. - - The children of the section now have the advantages of religious training, from which they have been deprived on account of the great distance they have lived from church centers. . New Infantry Chief r 1 1 O. ft. Am? lieu! Corp Gen. Courtney H. Hodges (above), commandant of the infantry school at Fort Banning, Ga., will become the U. S. Army's new chief of In fantry when the four-year term of Major Gen. George A. Lynch ex pires this May, according to official Wuhington sources. Teachers To Hold Last County Wide Meeting Saturday The last of the four conty-wide teachers' meetings scheduled for the year will be held on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the Cen tral Elementary school. Legislation passed by the pres ent session of the State Assembly will be the topic under discussion. Mrs. Hilda Haliburton, of the Clyde schools, and president of the group, will preside. Homer Henry will talk on "The Retirement Fund," C. C. Hanson will discuss all other legislation en acted including the expansion of school work, continuing; contracts and other measures that will be definitely decided by the legisla ture by Saturday. W. P. Whitesfdes, principal of the Bethel schools, will talk on "Teaching Democracy in the North Carolina Schools." Jack Messer, county superintend ent of education, will make a num ber of announcements and discuss the closing of schools and phases of the work for the remuinder of the term. Measles Epidemic Closes Fines Creek Schools For Week The Fines Creek schools were closed on Tuesday for the remain der of the week on account of an epidemic of measles. It was learned vesterday that at least 38 per cent of the students were absent the first of the week. The school was scheduled to close on April the 4th for the 1940-41 term, having started early in Au gust, but the delay of this week put the date up to April 10th, ac cording to Jack Messer, county su perintendent of schools. Education Board Named In Bill The House of Representatives got the 1941 omnibus bill last Sat urday appointing members of the county board of education. Their terms of office will begin the first Monday of April. Those named in the act for Hay wood were; Homer V. Cagle for a six year term, R. T. Messer for a term of four years and John Best for two years. These three now comprise the county board. Haywood Would Get Senator Every Four Set-up Years Undei Rubber Plant Bids Will Be Opened On 19 Bids for the construction of a modern plant for the Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Compa ny near Haxelwood, will be opened next Wednesday, in the home office of the firm in Day ton, Ohio, it was learned here this week. Blue prints were recently sent to eight contractors, ask ing for bids on the modern building. Two local contract ors were ask to submit bids. The time limit and date of starting actual construction will be put into each contract it was said, which makes it impossible to tell until the successful bidder is determin ed, just the time it will take to erect the plant. From con versation with officials here on the last trip, it was indicated that construction would start immediately after awarding the contract School Band To Give Concert On First Anniversary The Waynesville band will give a concert on Friday evening at the high school aduitorium in anniver sary of their first concert. Last year the band had a mem bership of 56 high school students and 44 elementary students. This vear there are 67 hiirh school band students, and the Junior band, made up ox pupils irom tne fcasi Waynesville, Central Elementary, Hazelwood and Junior high num- ber 41.1 Thr latter win also play with the high school band. A bcurinniners' band which has been organised in the three ele mentary schools since Christmas, with 29 students, will also take part in the program, making a total of 137 students playing in the concert. ""he program will include: "God B'S8 America," march; "Legion naires on Parade," march; "Prince and Pauoer." overture: "Horizon," overture; "Military Escort," march, will be given by the high scnool students. The elementary group will play: "Cobbler, Cobbler," "Chimes," "Corporal Callahan," "The Clari net " "Polka." The beginners' band will play, "Paul on' the Hill,' "Hymn of Praise," "Cukoo," "Ura die Song," and "America." The program will be closed by a group of numbers Dy tne nign school band, "Color Guard," march; "Ferryboat Serenade," "Trepelo," overture; and a group of Ameri can melodies, including "My Old Vontupkv Home." "Old Folks at Home," "Dixie," and "The Star Spangled Banner." Walter Francis Opens New Store Walter Francis has opened the Francis Grocery on Church street, opposite the Masonic Temple. Mr. Francis has been a buyer of groceries in one of Waynesville's leading stores for the past five years. The new store will handle a complete line of standard brand merchandise in addition to fruits and vegetables. Employed at the store is Ken neth Stahl. Plans Completed For REA Festival In Waynesville On March 28 and 29 Details were completed this week for the REA festival which will be held here on Friday and Saturday, March 28-29, at the Waynesville Armory. Entertainment, exhibits and prizes will feature the event, with free admission. Electrical dealers of Haywood will have a display at the Armory for the two days, a complete line of electrical appliances, from curl ing irons to hammermills. Interesting programs have been arranged for the entertainment of the several thousand who are ex pected to attend both days. One feature of the event will be an amateur program, for which cash prizes will be awarded. Only high school students of the county will participate, and those wanting to take part in the event, and try for the 15.00 cash prize, should file application with J. Dale Stents at the Chamber of Commerce by noon of March 22. The Mountaineer and directors of the Cruso Mutual are sponsoring the event, and plans have been made to take care of several thous and twonlfl both da vs. Special decorative material will be brought in to fix the displays of the dealers in an attractive manner. Valuable door iprizes will be given on the evening of both days of the festival. Complete details of the entire program will be announced in this paper later. Senatorial District Would Include Haywood, Jackson, Transylvania, Henderson And Polk Counties The state senatorial district, of which Haywood will be a part in the redistricting plan, puts Hay wood, Jackson, Transylvania, Polk and Henderson together, with two senators. According to Representatlvo Glenn C. Palmer, the legislature will not have anything to do with who, or when the counties get sen ators, but the general understand ing is that Haywood will rotate with Henderson, thereby, getting senator from this county once every four years. Polk, Transylvania and Jackson would each get a senator every six years. Several here had expressed them selves as favoring a plan which would make a senatorial district of Henderson and Haywood, alternat ing with senators. Methodist To Hold Missions Institute At Long's Chapel A county-wide Mission Institute of the Methodist churches will be held on Sunday at 2.30 o'clock at Long's Chapel, with the Rev. J. W. Blitch, chairman of the Canton zone presiding. Dr. W. L. Hutchlns, superintend ent of the Waynesville district, will speak on "District Missionary Advances." Mrs. F. E. Branson : will present the work of til women, Rev. E. C. Price will conduct the opening service. Rev. W. R. Kelly will talk on "Missionary Cultiva tion" and the Rev. V. A. Morton will speak if "The Golden Cross." Others tuUng pert, o'tu the pro gram include; the Rev.' J. B. Tabof, who will have as his subject, "The Benevolent Dollar;" Rev." C. D. Brown, "The Fourth Sunday Offer ing;" and the Rev. J. G. Huggin, Jr., "Evangelism." A program of special music haa also been arranged for the after II. S. Ward Will Distribute - Sell Dayton Tires H. S. Ward, of Lake Junaluska, has just been named distributor for Dayton tires, a product of the Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Company, who will soon begin con struction of a plant near Hazel-wood.- Mr. Ward operates a service station at Lake junaluska, and will be distributor for Haywood and all counties in North Carolina west of here. The line of tires are now on dis play at his station at the lake. Yesterday Held Touch Of Spring The temperi'-i're did not go be low 18 deg.ees during the past week and reached 62 yesterday. High winds continued at intervals and late yesterday afternoon gave a promise of spring. Mar Max Min 7 p. m. Prec 5 60 18 29 6 48 19 43 trace 7 44 34 37 1.01 8 37 31 31 0.35 9 44 29 40 trace 10 63 27 61 11 62 31 40 0.50 Mean maximum ................. 47 Mean minimum Mean for week ......... High" for week . Low for week .......... Mean for 7 p. m. Below March normal ..... Precipitation for week .. Precipitation for March Above March normal ... Precipitation since Jan. 1st -7.02" Deficit for year .........i.66" ....27 .w.37 .; 53 .......18 ...39 9 1.86 ..3.01" .1.22" Dr. Gay Attending Five State Dental Meet In Washington Dr. and Mrs. S. P. Gay left Sat urday for Washington, D. C, where the former will attend a five state dental meeting. Dr. Gay will di rect a clinic on pyrrohea during the meeting. Dr. and Mrs. Gay will be out of town about a week. -1.