The
NESVILLE
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smokv Mountains National Park
fcgVENTH YEAR NO. 44 Twelve Pages
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1941
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Sugurate "Food For
tedom" Campaign
W Enthusiasm Shown
Vmers, Business Men
hvic Leaders Meet.
i little black mustache
lTe probably turned white
r had he listened in on the
hie meeting of farmers,
men and civic leaden nere
kday night at the Armory
iiistussed ways of staging
tful "Food for Freedom"
is Haywood.
Lmonstration farmers of
were hosts to the Rotary
Is Clubs, together with a
,f special invited guests.
i 125 people were present,
i bountiful feast of barbe
ll was prepared by Mr. and
us Siler, the group moved
drill hall of the armory,
le, in the military atmos-
krd shorrt talks that gen-
thusiasm to the point of
icing the success of the
to raise more vital food
in Haywood.
Agent Wayne Corpening
Iter of ceremonies, and af-
lormal introduction of the
nt, D. J. Boyd, chairman of
Ity AAA commit!
ess of welcome, ending his
with: "I know Haywood
kr Dart."
ynn, district county agent,
id that every producer was
Iked to increase his pro-
bl "defense foods" in 1942.
lart of the "food for free-
brnipsign through which
m hiking, jo protect JtJm
I Americans anisUDDlv nu-
jfoods, to the countries re
iaffression in Europe, he
ijiin continued by saying:
are worse than we think
r safety and freedom is at
id food will win this war."
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kal Lawson Summerrow
ate Joe Wakefield, of Fort
flaryland. who are nn man.
P South Carolina, spent the
f in Hazelwood with the
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.
perrow,
Committeemen
Instructed In
Defense Program
Forty Members Are Told
How To Aid Farmers In
"Food For Defense" Pro
jects. "I am depending on Haywood
county to lead in this work, for
Haywood is becoming a leader in
Western North Carolina," said J.
C. Lynn, district farm agent, and
former Haywood county agent, on
Thursday morning to the forty
AAA committeemen in an all day
session here to study the "Food for
Defense" program. '..
"If you go out and get figures
and they mean nothing, the work
will not amount to anything, but
if you work with each farmer and
help him along constructive lines
the program will be carried out
as intended. We want to exceed
our goal. Of course it will take
C-rt but we can put it over here
in Haywood," continued Mr. Lynn.
The meeting was in the nature of
a training school for the county
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Fire Department
Answers Two Calls
Week -
Methodist Pastor
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The fire department was called
out twice during the week. The
first call came in the middle of the
afternoon on Sunday when a blaze
broke out in the loft of the barn of
J. P. Dicus near the Country Club.
It was thought to have been start
ed by mice. Practically no dam
age was reported by firemen who
answered the call. '
On Monday around 1:40 in the
afternoon a fire caught from an
electric washer in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Gus Cochran on Killian
street, resulting with no damage
other than smoked walls,
20 Years Service
CUIV Drnne Twirn Tn TtAavinar In
t Week: L. Kerlev Is Observer
Pe first time since last
,vaynesville will have some
'eatner observations.
ily records are now being
Lawrence Kerley, chief of
"lie fire department, and
lrte reports will be pub-
in this newspaper,
eport for the past week
"t the mercurv dranned
pg or below twice this
F "topping at 32 and on
f went down to 99 TVi
Sthe week was the 22nd
! mercury touch 81. A
than an inch and a half
during the period
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81 60
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53
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Weather
Pair
Cloudy
Cloudy
Clear
Clear
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Fair
J G. Huirffin
Jsferred To
In Durham
Z' 3' G" HuS&in. Jr-. who
" Pastor of the First
: church here for the past
" Was transfa-J
ina Conference from
korth Carolina Con-
the
annual meeting of
kisHPhdd last week in
L f " Wfll & Durham,
; nasbeen assigned to
k han the local VOW-
i.h T at Duke Univer-
CSS servicea the
nw serve as pas-
3enfi haa heen Promin
bnJfie not only with the
I tall.0' the community,
n" &ctive Prt in
Jl ?i . e has served as
Wfairn"n of the Red
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L. M. RICHESON was honored
by employees of A. C. Lawrence
Leather Company Saturday night
upon his completion of 20 years
as superintendent of the plant at
Hazelwood.
L. M. Richeson
Honored For 20
Years' Service
Supervisory Forces Of
Hazelwood Plant Give Din
ner For Superintendent.
L. M. Richeson, superintendent
of the Hazelwood plant of the A.
C. Lawrence Leather Company,
was honored with a dinner party
on Thursday night by the super
visory forces of the local plant m
recognition of his twenty years
service with the company here.
The affair was given on the rooi
of the George Vanderbilt Hotel
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REV. J. C. MADISON assumed
his duties, as pastor of the First
Methodist church here today, suc
ceeding J. G. Huggin, who goes to
Durham. ..
Rev. J. C. Madison
Assigned To Local
Methodist Church
Was Pastor Of First
Church Of High Point For
Past Seven Years.
Rev. J. Clay Madison, Who has
served as pastor of the First
Methodist church of High Point
for the past seven years, was as
signed last week at the Western
North Carolina Conference to the
pastorate of the First Methodist
church here. -
Rev. Madison is a native : of
Iredell county, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Madison. ' He received
his education in - the Union Grove
high school of Iredell county, High
Point College, class of 1932, the
Divinity School of the University
of Chicago. He also studied at
Duke University in the summer
of 1939 and at the University of
Chicago in 1940.
Before serving the church in
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Membership Quota
Of Red Cross Set
At $1,200
The goal for the annual mem
bership drive of the local chapter
of the Red Cross has been set by
National headquarters at 1 1,200
this year, according to Rev. Mal
colm R. Williamson, roll call chair
man. Last year the chapter raised
$900 in the campaign for members.
Rev. Mr. Williamson has appoint
ed the following chairmen, who
will in turn appoint those serving
with them: Industrial groups, L.
M. Richeson; school groups, M. H.
Bowles; house to house canvas,
Mrs. Richard N. Barber, Jr.; Junior
Red Cross, Mrs. William Prevost;
business houses, Mrs. Whitener
Prevost.
Rev. R. E. MacBlain, rector of
Grace Episcopal church, is chair
man of the speakers group, whose
duty will be to have talks made in
the schools and various other
places, pointed out the great need
this year of helping the Red Cross.
The drive will start on Wednes
day, following Armistice Day and
will continue throughout the week
until the quota asked is completed.
The chairmen are meeting this
week to formulate plans for the
details of the drive.
Civic And
Park Men
At Work
On Survey
Park officials and civic leaders
of Waynesville and nearby towns
are making preliminary field in
spection trips to various sections
of the park this week, prior to a
meeting next Thursday at which
time recommendations for devel
opment of designated areas in the
park will be made for presentation
to Newton B. Durary, park director,
who will return in November for a
personal tour of the park.
Heading the civic group is
Charles E. Ray, chairman of the
North Carolina Committee To Aid
In The Development of the Park.
Others are Bill Prevost, president
of the Chamber of Commerce; A.
J. Hutching, of the Canton Cham
ber of Commerce; T. N. Massie, of
the Sylva Chamber of Commerce,
together with J. Ross Eakin, park
superintendent, John Needham,
park ranger, Thomas J. Allen,
regional director of the National
Park Service, of Richmond, Thomas
Vint, chief of planning of the Na
tional Park Service, of Washing
ton, and Bob Hart, chief engineer,
Gatlinburg.
The group spent Monday in the
Deep Creek section above Bryson
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Thirty Men Will
Make Up Fifth Call
Of Selective Draft
List Will Include Three Vol
unteers and Twenty-Seven
Draftees.
The fifth call of men under the
"elective draft from this area will
leave on November 7th. This
makes the nineteenth call from the
envernment. The group will in
clude thirty men, the largest num
ber yet called at one time from
the Waynesville area.
The group will leave at 8 o'clock
by bus for Fort Bragg. The
Dorcas Bell Love Chapter of the
DAR will send a group of mem
bers to bid the men farewell.
In the group will be three vol
unteers as follows: Jesse James
Moore, John Hampton, and John
Zebedee Rathbone. The drafted
men are Dewey Smith, John Thom
as Fowler, James Linwood Rog
ers Hugh Robert Lewis, Thad
Denton Howell, Chesley Lizier
Rrawner, Jr., Thomas Puckett
Griffin, Willard Medford, Robert
Take Moody, Hugh Rogers, Jack
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PATSY GWYN was chosen this
past week to represent the high
school and the local DAR in the
annual state Pilgrimage contest.
She- was elected from a list of five
locul girls. Photo by Sherrill's
Studio.
Patsy Gwyn Chosen
To Represent DAR
And High School
;.' Patsy Gwyn, senior of the Way'
nesville township high school, was
selected last week by the students
and faculty to represent the Dorcas
Bell Love Chapter in the State
DAR Pilgrimage contest. The
tudents nominate five girls and
frcm this list the faculty names
the representative who makes a
scrap book of her activities.
The winner in the state contest
in which the local jgiris compete is
durrhg t the week of thi ISTatfonal
DAR Congress with all expenses
paid.
Patsy Gwyn is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. Lenoir Gwyn
She has won scholarship awards
each year since entering school,
was winner of the American Le
gion Citizenship medal, of the
Lions Club medal offered for the
outstanding girl in the Junior
class ljst year, has won the high
rank of Curved Bar in Girl Scouts,
is member of the high school band,
editor of the school paper and
has held various offices in school
groups. -V.1. . v. '
Two Injured As
Truck Smashes
Into Automobile
Accident Monday Morning
Sent Driver To Hospital,
As Passenger Injured.
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Mrs. T. L. McDonald, of Tryon,
and her colored chauffeur, Warren
Pickens, were injured Monday
morning when the Buick sedan in
which they were riding was crash
ed into by a truck driven by Lee
Green, of Bryson City.
The accident occurred in front of
Jerry Medford's garage on the
Asheville highway around 10:15,
according to Patrolman E. W.
Jones, investigating officer.
Mrs, McDonald, who was on the
rear seat, was thrown forward
and received injuries to her back
and bruises about the face. After
receiving treatment she was taken
to the home of Mr. and Mrs. James
L. Stringfield, where she had been a
guest for sometime.
Warren Pickens, the chauffeur,
was more Beriousy injured, hav
ing suffering serveral broken ribs,
cuts and lacerations. He was rush
ed to the Haywood County Hospital,
where he has since been a patient
Officer Jones reported that the
road was slick from the rain and
that the truck skidded from one
side of the highway to the other.
Neither Green nor the other occu
pant of the truck, Odell Evans, also
of Bryson City, were injured.
Green was taken into Custody,
but made bond for $500. The pre
liminary hearing in the case has
been set for next Monday,
It was estimated that the dam
ages to the sedan would amount to
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Franklin Sailing
To War Zones
H. Reld Franklin is sailing this
week from Montreal for England,
where he will serve with the Cana
dian Air Force.
' He lost a brother who served
with the Canadians in the last war,
in which Re id also took an active
part. . '
The aviator is a brother of Mrs.
A. E. Peek, of Osborne's Farm.
Local Baptists To
Observe "Mission
Emphasis Week"
Beginning on Monday night,
November 3rd, and continuing
through the 7th "Mission Emphasis
Week" will be observed at the
First Baptist church, according to
an announcement made yesterday
by the pastor, Rev. H. G. Ham
mett. .
From 7:30 to 8:30 each evening
study classes will be held for the
men, women and children of the
congregation, and from 8 :30 to
9 : 15 a general assembly will be
held of all the groups. At this
time, movies will be shown each
night.The program of study and
entertainment offers both inspir
ation and interest to every mem
ber of the family.
A capable teaching staff com
posed of visitors and -local people
will be in charge of the studv
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Ferguson's Car
Smashed While
He Was At Cliurch
While City Manager Grayden
Ferguson was attending church
on Sunday morning he was called
out to find that the body of his
new Plymouth car had been cut on
one side as clean as if a can open
er had done the job.
The damage was said to have
been done by A. F. Arrington, who
was driving by the church when a
cloth that he had been wiping off
his windshield with, blew in his
face and he is said not to have
seen the car parked ahead,
The damages were estimated to
be about $40.
Truck Hits Bus,
Killing One And
Injuring Fourteen
Wet Pavement Sent Truck
Into Skid Down Hill; Wife
Of Truck Driver Killed.
A wreck causing injuries to the
largest number of persons ever
known . to have been hurt in one
motor accident on the highways
of this county occurred at 9:20
Monday morning on the last curve
this side of Cedar Top between
Lake Junaluska and Clyde, when,
a truck ran head on into a bus
of the Smoky Mountain Stages,
Inc.;'
One person was fatally injured
and thirteen suffered fractures,
lacerations and bruises as the two
motor vehicles crashed together
on the wet slippery pavement.
The bus en route to Asheville,
going east, was driven by Frank
Lewis Foster, of ; Asheville, and
the truck by Chas. Morris Mat
thews, who was en route from
Southport to Carlsbad, New Mexi
co, travelling west. The latter, ac
cording to Patrolman O. R. Rob
erts, who investigated the wreck,
saw the bus as he started down
the hill, and as he tried to slow
down he lost control of his motor
and the truck rode into the left
front side of the approaching ve
hicle. :
Mrs. Mary Matthews, 27, who
was riding in the truck with her
husband, was fatally injured. She
was rushed to the Haywood County
Hospital for treatment, but died
at 11 o'clock Monday night, never
having regained consciousness.
Her injuries consisted of a skull
fracture, fracture of the right
knee, a compound fracture of the
right arm, abrasins, lacerations
of the face and body and. internal
injuries. 1 . , ' '
Mrs. Matthews was a native of
Nebraska. She and her husband
had formerly lived near Wilming
ton, but had recently been residing
on a ranch in New Mexico. Mr.
Matthews had been offered a job
at Southport, and they had come
East to look over the situation,
leaving their two-year-old child in
the West. They had 'decided to
return to the ranch near Carlsbad
and were en route there when the
accident occurred,
The body was shipped to New
Mexico on Tuesday night, accom-
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3 Suffer Injuries As Speeding Car
Strikes Truck, Turning It Over
To Serve England
Haywood Ca Ives Wih First Place As
County Unit at Southern States Fair
District Governor
Of Lions Is Guest
Here Tonight
J. Milton Craig, of Mt. Holly,
district governor of Lions, will be
the principal speaker at the reg
ular quarterly Ladies' Night to be
observed by the local Lions Club
tonight at the Hotel Gordon.
The guests will enjoy a buffet
supper, followed by a dance. Frank
Ferguson, Jr., will present each
Lion with appropriate remarks.
Lauriston Hardin will preside.
All those attending are expected
to wear costumes and come mask
ed. Hallowe'en decorations will be
used throughout the appointments.
Haywood calves continued their
winning streak yesterday, as eight
were judged first place in the coun
ty group showing, according to
County Agent Wayne Corpening
who supervised the showing of the
Haywood animals at the Southern
States Fair in Charlotte.
All the Haywood calves were
graded choice.
Individual animals from Hay
wood won third and fourth places,
with Raymond Caldwell taking
third and Jonathan Caldwell
fourth, with a total of 45 4-H club
members and FFA boys exhibiting
calves.. ', , ;
The annual sale will be held in
Charlotte Friday.
This makes the fifth time this
fall that calves from Haywood
have made outstanding records. '
Dr. McCracken
Honored With 33rd
Degree In Masonry
Dr. J. R. McCracken was called
to Washington, D. C, during the
week where he was given the 33rd
Degree in Masonry by the Su
preme Council of the Scottish Rite.
Few Masons are awarded this
high honor. Dr. McCracken is
the only Mason in Haywood coun
ty to ever receive this distinction.
Dr. McCracken has been active
for many years in the York Rite
Masonry, and-is past Grand High
Priest of the Grand Royal Arch
Chapter of North Carolina, At
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KENNETH BRAMLETT leaves
today for. the first leg of his trip
to England where he will serve in
the British armed forces as radio
operator.
Bramlett Going
To England As
Radio Operator
Haywood Leaves Today For
Canada, And From There
To British Isles.
Kenneth Bramlett leaves today
for the "duration of the war" m
radio operator with British armed
forces "anywhere in the United
Kingdom" with the British Isles
as headquarters.
Mr. Bramlett goes from here to
Montreal, Canada, and after re
ceiving final instructions on life
in the British Isles, will sail for
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Three residents of Hazelwood
had a narrow escape from death
when their truck was struck by a
speeding car and turned over about
10 miles this side of Chester, S. C.
Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Cochran and
daughter, Rosalie, all suffered pain
ful bruises and cuts. Mr. Cochran
had several ribs broken, a crush
ed shoulder and bruises on the head.
Rosalie suffered cuts and bruises.
Mrs. Cochran had several ribs
broken.
Mr. Cochran was reported yes
terday to bt in a serious condition.
They were treated in the Chester
Hospital, and later were removed
to their home in Hazelwood.
The three had taken Louie Coch
ran back to his company now on
army maneuvers in South Carolina,
and were on their way home
when a car, said to have been filled
with soldiers, driving at an ex
cessive rate of speed, struck the
Cochran truck, which was de
molished by the impact. No arrests
have been made, as officers are
seeking the car which hit the
Cochran truck. The driver did
not stop.
Cruso REA Move
Offices To City
The offices of the Cruso Electric
Membership Corporation were
move yesterday from Clyde to the
new Noland build.ing on Main
street here. Business will be
transacted from the new offices be-
ginning this morning, according to
J. C. Moore, superintendent.
Arrangements have been made
whereby bills can be paid at the
; Crawford A McKinney Esso Sta
tion in Clyde, as well as at the
office here.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rung have
returned from a ten-day visit in
Pennsylvania, where they visited
the latter's mother in Hunting-
aon.