North Carolina Newspapers

W AYNESVILLE Mountaineer 'HE Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park LsvrHYEAR NO. 15 Sixteen Pages W AYNESVILLE, N. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1941 $1.50 In Advance in Haywood and Jackson Coontiea nf f!.tv Snds Gets Approval rJlB Reissued, With Maturity Stepped I P ( was i..ntacvill6 I"41,!, week to re- yffrLta.by the ?2nt Commission. I 20-year exten- .ny interest per- Lfc are .now toetn 'jjwiU be reissued Boon, i8ls got approval Good-Will Beauty mMaA "Firnt Tdv of El Salva dor" in a popularity and beauty 'contest, Ethel uanessa wiu repre sent her country on a good-will tour f t.oi. rfentral American repub lics. She is a member of one of El Salvador's richest families. Soco-Cherokee Road Project Moving Fast Rough Grading Completed Three Miles Down The Mountain Of 12-Mile Road tfiZ can be i,5e market at lower rate t!fi the $268,000 are iTwhich is five, five !Twd six per cent been made since i last year to get the tftt bonded I indeb .Tnow $488,000 01 i.,ewer bonds, bearing .Last interest The re C28.00O in bonds were disced. ' . . 'ilDefense 'a Program Underway 'jy Farm Family In The U Asked To Cooperate Program V I S endorsement and active 'm of Governor J. M. mi "food and Jfeea ior T?. h :M ! Vino ;.mrl North Carolina. U (arm families will be L ..i mliA Via v nro- IH1 w.u hmw - t 1 Cj , dost 75 per cent of their rvrf I n 'ail ted requirementsvfor 1 JI lJJVUUIt---' i ... . ' i j"' . . ' ' j i s nil receive nanusumcij Id certificates signed by the k inndred thousand enroll- on! ire now being printed, tartly each North Carolina will receive one of irds, together with a letter Amtion, from their county ud tome agents. There is v compulsory or binding lajniog the cards. It merely (lament of the intention of ,i family to aid in the Na Dtfense Program. A county there is being V a Agricultural Workers jaa assist fanners in their I produce the necessary food 4 All agricultural work- pduding white and Negro lathe Extension Service of Men. home demonstration K national teachers, AAA W and representatives of i Security Administration, :twrvatio. Service, Farm 1 Administration, Grange, brew, Forest Service and to Planning Committees f together to present a s frepam in 1941. 'arollment card which each H will be asked to sign follows; "In vie ot tne National T)pfpna now N country, I realize that ii Mould produce an abun- " konie grown food and iboine consnmntinn m.h JJ the farmers of North TO has a part in mak tj'neer, healthier peo- I! . . as pussiDie : i ) SMequate food to feed all J"" the farm. This rPfden of at least 1-10 acre Cp and poultry pro r Beat annnin .-j --p. iooqs lor an ade- Special Easter Services To Be Held In Community T)a1v THflRtjiF uarvwo urA Kpln held in all the churches of the com munity this week, with the pastors of each congregation in charge. This morning at 10 o clock Holy Communion services will be held in Grace Episcopal Chuch. To morrow on Good Friday, beirinnine at 12 o'clock and lasting until 3 o'clock services will be held at the church and again on Sunday morning the Rev. Raymond E. Mc- Blain, rector, will now a uoiy Communion service at 8 a. m. The Young People's Union of the Methodist Churches of the county will conduct their annual Hunrise service at the cross over looking Lake Junaluska at 7 o'clock. The Rev. E. C. Price and the Rev. C. D. Brown will be the speakers. In case of inclement weather the service will be held in Long s Chapel. Hn RunHnv mnrninir at 11 o'clock special Easter services will be held in all the churches. At t.Vie First Baptist Church a onnHlolivht Communion and Bap tismal services will be held in the nvoninir At the First Methodist Church th rhnW will nresent a program of 'Easter music, which will take the place of the regular evening service.; 7 . n TWv TinviR attended a den tal meeting in Atlanta during the 'week. . ' Blind 3Ian Plans Business Expansion i v x 7 I f:;rl SN 1 N . . jr a v.- . ww.s a v - v . .sv . . w . " vjj I , x 4 ASS J Candidates File In 3 of County's 4 Towns For Coming Election No Formal Announcements Have Been Made In Hazelwood To Date For Election May 6 4VI A rlofprminntion. Runvan Col- omi ling wiku imkiiiiiK iuv .uMiMh- - r - " lins, totally blind, will soon expand nis grocery Duamess in Mrs. Collins, shown with him m irom oi weir presenv ia tially blind, but her Vision is improving. Hazelwood Man Makes Success Of Business, In Spite Of Blindness By Mrs. J. E. Shields (. -wub ior an aae- w every person on the trow the necessary feed t - pvuury on me means prains. ha v. ana other sod f ,.ted Justice Of . -p Township ferd has recently &,usticeothe Peace -mcwine Townsh. m. tP??ltth ""expired has moved r--"1' w resiae. ED AT HOME . . w be lomA Ko Wi uiw High School Band WilLCompeteJ State Contests Plana nra heinsr worked out by which the Waynesville Township High School band will be able to go to Greensboro, where they will compete in the state-wide contests to be held there on April 17th and 18th. '.: ' The band recently won a "Super ior" rating in the district contest held in Asheville, which entitles the group to compete in the stale contest ' Tf 4-v,o ffrnnn wins in the Greens- boro contest the students will be eligible to enter the regional con test of the southern states which will be held in Richmond, Va., later in the spring. , , The band will travel by bus and cars, with a half dozen of the mothers of the band students go ing along to help L. T. Kew, jr., j;ra.tni. uritVi the resbonsibility ofi taking charge of the sixty-three students who are going. Presbyterian Women To Attend Meeting rm.7 annual meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of Ashe ville Presbytery wiu DL UCI" " the Canton Presbyterian Church on Thursday and Friday, April 17 and 181- t tj Reeson. of Johnson m nMttiHpnt-of the Syno jinni -r a nnniHCUiBi w - main speaker on Thursday after noon. . m, x i.v. .;r PHsion on Thurs day, there will be an ddbj ; . ;.s nnarv. Mrs. uari Sawyer of Asheville, wdl also speak at this session to the Business WS reports of Group Nu 6 will be given at 9:15 on Friday morning. Miss Nellie Mehaffy Is Assigned Position With War Department t it:- MAoffpv. who has Miss jNeinc . . itS- nrith the OffiCe 01 neia a posiu"" ' . . the county welfare department, left Wednesday for wa8. where she wfll be located m the fa- tore. She is unaer vice and was recently ajw- -work in the Munitions building of the War Department East Waynesville PTA To Hold Closing Meet The Parent Teacher AswcUtio" of the East Waynesville i school inU hold the last meetingot theschool year on Monday mgt. ilth. Mrs. Zeb Curtis, prtsident will preside. All members are urged to attend. . , The mucrh trading on Highway 293 from Soco Gap towards Chero kee has been completed for about tv.oa mWom dnwn the mountain, a representative of Ralph: B. Mills Co., contractor, saw yeirujr. Work on the 12-mile project is ahead of schedule, and present plans are to have the road com pleted by early fall Th roughest nart of the moun tain has been completed, with over 70 men on the job. A rock crusher at the foot of the mountain is being operated full time preparing stone for surfac ing. About 35 men are employed at this point. 7 . tu ...j iinuri fhp Cherokee side . X I1C wU " " ' ' " " . of the mountain will resemble in manv ways the highway on this side, contractors said. The moun tain road is about lour mnes, wiu. eight through a comparable level valley. All of the highway is through the CheroKee inaian ervation. Rantist Pastors To Meet Monday Uiiniatju-'n conference of all the state west UOWWo of here, will gather m Waynes ville for an all-day meeting aaon day, April 14. , . . The morning service at ten o'clock, with the general theme, "The Preacher and Modern Problems" being discussed by Rev. Fred Forester, of Cullowhee, Rev. Frank Leatherwood, of Waynes ville and Rev. C F. Rogers, of Franklin. . ..... ..-v. At 12 :30 the irsi iwpu "' of Waynesville will serve lunch, with a program afterwards. - The afternoon session will lea ture the theme; "The Layman Ad ..: . v,o Preacher." TIOCD ... - Those scheduled to appw that program are W. Curtis 1 Russ, ... T1,. Preacher and PUD- R. R. Sentelle will talk on "The Preacher As The Layman Sees Him. . . . . Rev. H. M. Hocutt is president of the conference, and Rev. W. 1. Cook is secretory. . Rev H G. Hammett, of the irst Baptist Church will be host pastor, and in charge of local entertainment. Although laboring under the handicap of total blindness for the past three years, Bunyan Collins of Hazelwood, has operated the small business that the State aided him in securing. He has expanded this business from a "peanut Btand" to a grocery store, purchased a modest little home on half an acre, and plans within the next few weeks to erect a 20 by 30 foot rock hnildine on the same lot with his house and handle a larger line of groceries. Mr. Collins, a son 01 Mr. anq Mrs. Roebrt Collins, has always lived here. He attended the Allen s Creek school. It was while in school there that one of his eyes was injured and he lost its vision. Disease attacked the other eye and file entered the State school for Jh Blid-aWghv "3 While in school at Kaieign ne bumped his1 eye with which he rnnld still see a bit, against the drinking fountain and entirely lost his vision. While there he met Miss Dorothy Dailey of Hayesville, a student there, whom he married two years later. In speakinir of their school work at Raleiffh, Mr. Collins said that he considers his vocational train ing the most valuable thing he learned while in school. He said that all students are taught braille, a system of writing or printing for the blind, and typing and the hnv were taueht hand work such as making mattresses, bottoming chairs and shop work. His instruc tors found that he excelled in sales manship and advised him to enter that line of work upon leaving school. As a hobby he studied piano ami he also plays a guitar. Mrs. .Collins whose vision is im proving was instructed as the blind i anil anid she considers braille the most marvelous thing she ever heard of. She said the gins in school were taught fancy work such as crocheting, knitting, sew ing and the making of hats. She said she can do anything anyone -on .nll nlan to keen her own house when they move into it about May 1st. Her nusnana say . makes beautiful tufted bed spreads (Continued on page 8) Aaron Prevost Named President Of Rotary Club Ernest' Withers 'la Secretary And Harry Millar Treasurer Aaron Prevost was elected presi dent of the Rotary Club, here and will assume office on July first. Ernest Withers was named secretary and Harry Millar as treasurer. The club on Friday named as a hoard of directors: Claud N. Allen, W. H. F. Millar. J. C. Lynn. Aaron Prevost, Dr. Thomas Stringfield and Jonathan Woody. .1 C. Brown, president this term will become vice president for next vflnr. At the meeting Friday, Fred "Scotty" Ferguson, a world war .... il. Intarnnflnnnl O'rders were received last week situation, pointing out that unity . . - , m 1 1 uAHA-n Mr according to G, C. Plott, county or a nation was " game and fish protector, to start factor in meeting todays conun transferring all legal size trout uous crisis from the Morrison Hatchery at Balsam, on Friday to streams in Riincombe. Henderson. Transylvan- ia ' Havwood. and all counties west The wort of transplanting the Kn.flOn fish is to be completed at the end of this week. The dis- -J aU Am (a Kalnff man A 1 inuuuun ui n.c ..... " Th pnndition of Clyde tt. Kay by Willis King, fish technician, o wh0 underWnt a major operation the State Department who Is be ng weV the Mission Hospital assisted in the work by the dis- Aihevni. was reported last trict protector 7 v- ' nlirht to be improving. Mr. Ray The fish Demg piaiKQ -, r,- ... foUowmfi the opera 50,000 Trout Are Beinir Planted In Western Counties ClvdA H. Rav Is .-7 . . tf . . Rv,- Improved After Operation quired to "be six mclies if .krook trout and eight inches if rainbow trout The fish are being hauled in 1,000 lots for distribution in the streams in the areas named. Mr. Plott pointed out that the floods of last year had completely depleted many of the streams in the Western counties and that there is a great demand for fish from the Morrison Hatchery. WM 51 .mvh-mvh. ,--. tion, but on Tuesday of this week showed a decided change. JOINS MOUNTAINEER FORCE L. W. Davis, of Bowling Green, Ky., has joined the force of The Mountaineer as linotype operator. Mr. Davis is an experienced man of many years on the type-setting machines. Mrs. Davis accompanied him hero where they will reside. President Of Rubber Company Pleased With Construction worn Candidates for office in three of Havwood's four towns had mada formal announcements this week as to their candidacy in the general municipal elections to be held on Tuesday, May 6th. No formal announcements have , been made in Hazelwood, and no indication has been made as to whether the present board and mayor will seek re-election or not. All other towns have had candi dates to file. In Wavnesville this week. Roy Tamnbell. well known insurance man made formal announcement that he was a candidate for a place on the board of aldermen, rrevious announcements have come from the present board T. L. Bramlet, Hugh Massie, and L. M. Killian. Mayor H. Way is also seeking re-elec tion. Down in Canton, Mayor J. Paul Murrav. elected 4 vears atro. will be opposed by J. T. Bailey, former mayor. The present board or aldermen in Canton have said they would not seek re-election. They are: C. Guy Hipps, C. L. Westmoreland and Carroll J. McCracken. Carl M. Blalock, police court judge, is seeking re-election. T. A. Clark, incumbent solicitor n nniip rnurt. is askinff for re election, and will be opposed by Roscoe Parris. Both are lawyers. Candidates for aldermen in Can ton are: Clyde R. Hoey, Jr., A. B. (Ab) Robinson and Roy H. Patton. An tha town officials of Clyde n asVlmr for re-election, and so .. far, no other formal announce ments have been made. Walter G. Smathers is mayor, Jud tha aldermen are Charles A. Mooney, Gerald Fish and Thomas H. Rogers. Judge Larry Cagle, oi Ihe Clyde police court, is also asking for re election.' canHidates in Hazel- wood have kept their plans to them selves, and no formal announce ments have been madeneither has there been much talk of the ap proaching town election. The present omciais oi nazei W. H. Prevost. mayor, with the board of aldermen com pos,! of Sam Knight, Grady Smith and John Blalock. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rung Have Returned From Several Months Absence Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rung have returned after spending several months out of town. They left Waynesville in November and visit ed relatives in Pennsylvania. From there they went to Arizona, and from there to California, where they spent the remainder of the winter with their daughter. En rolite they came the southern way and made stops in Tallahassee, and Clearwater,- Fla. They have as sumed management of the Green Tree Tea Room, which they left in charge of Mrs. Ruth Graves, who will remain with them as hos tess. . "I am well pleased with the way the construction of our plant is starting off," were the remarks of a t Freedlander. president and general manager of Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Company, on his two-day visit here last week-end. Architect Neuffer is expected to return sometime this week. He was here with Mr. Freedlander, Work has been progressing sat isfactorily, a representative of Merchant Construction , Company, general contractors said yesterday. About 25 workmen are on the job and the excavating for the main building has been completed, and some of the foundation poured. At present, with weather permitting, the workmen are pouring column footings. A crew of railroad workmen have about another day's work on the spur sidetrack on the property. They Work While We Sleep Central Elementary PTA to Eelect ana . Install Officers Monday The Central Elementary PTA will hold its last meeting of the year on Monday evening, at which time officers to serve during the coming ea will he elected andta stalled. All patrons and ttenda of the school are urged to attend. RAT IS IN RALEIGH Charles E. Ry w m Rlergh on business for the Department of Conservation and Development, of which he is a member of the beard. Editor's Not This is the sec ond in a series of articles about local people who "work while we sleep," by Hilda Way Gwyn. This week two men who serve food and drinks all night tell of their jobs and of the public they serve. Anoth er article will appear next week. Gay Manus, formerly of Staun ton, Tenn., and Wallace Anders, of Waynesville, night after night, keep the lights bright at "Charlie's Place," and serve food and drinks from sunset to early morn. Charlie Woodard, ownes the busi ness. "I really like to work at night better than in the day time. Peo ple are in a holiday, happy-go-lucky mood after dark and they are easy to please," says Gay Manue. The boys have one night off each week, but they must never take that on a Saturday or a Sunday night, for the week-end, ia always the peak of business. "Most of -the people are really hungry, but of course on the other hand there are a lot or ioiks wno just stop to have something to do --7 r 7 J ( u Howell Arrington Accident Victim Buried Thursday Body Shipped Here From Canal Zone Where Fatal Accident Occurred Funeral services for private Ha well Arringtoh, 20, who was ac cidentally killed by a locomotive in the Panama Canal Zone where he was located on March 13, will be held in the Hazelwood Baptist church on Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Rev. J. M. Woodard, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will follow in Green Hill cemetery. Young Arringtoh, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Arrington of Hazelwood, joined the army last July and arrived in the Canal Zone last September. The familv was notified by Army officials soon after the accident that private Arrington was acci dentally hit by a locomotive and died in line of duty. The body ar rived in New York on Monday and reached Hazelwood at 11 o'clock on Wednesday. He was a member of the Hazelwood Presbyterian church. The deceased is survived by his parents, three sisters, Mrs. William Robinson, of Newport News, Va., Patsy Arrington and Wilda Ar rington; and three brothers, Gor don, Lloyd and Billy Arrington. i Photo hy Patsy Gwyn . t "rtiorlio'a Plane" Readincr from left to right V . I. 9n J. miUIlllfUL W-tllC ill . - wh ridtor TnTght, and (standing), Gay Manus and Wallace Anders who work all night d.spens- (Contiaaed on page ) "B iwu " ' Dr. Hutchins Will Show Pictures On Holy Land At A. M. E. Church Dr. W r. Hntchins. superinten dent of the Waynesville District of the Methodist Church, will give an illustrated lecture on his travels in the Holy Land on Friday even ing in the Jones Temple, African Methodist Church in colored town. The Rev. J. J. Robinson is pastor of the church. The public and those of other denominations are invited to attend.