North Carolina Newspapers

The Way MOUNTAINEER NESVILLE Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park EIGHTH YEAR NO. 9 Sixteen Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. O, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1942 $1.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countha tans Made To Hold Livestock Home Arts Show In Fall ) Repeat Show metime In Fall (Beers Named At Meeting aturday In Preparation or Another Show. .... . .naiHerable discussion he advisability of staging the. wood County Livestock and ,e Arts show this year definite ... token at the meeting at the court house Saturday 0 forward with the plans. ,e matter was thoroughly shed out, with the obstacles nted by the emergency pushed e by the enthusiasm for the was brought out that in the ;ram of national- defense all iuction would have to be step up and that cattle would be important item on the list, not during the war but following war. number of the speakers stress he point that the show would e a double purpose as it would ulate food production and at same time serve as a stimulus etter cattle breeding, aul N. Davis, president of the mber of Commerce, and Jona- 1 Woody, of the First National k, pledged financial support of laude T. Francis was re-elected kident of the show in recogni I of the splendid work he had k itt the past. " Jthert elected to serve with him I vice presidents, Jarvis L. foer, W A. Bradley, Fred k, Albert , Abel, L. H. Bram l and Mrs, Paul Hyatt; treas v, Jim Roland, general super CimCUli, UUII.UUIU TT UUUJ irectors. and division heads wiu mamed at a later date by the feers elected on Saturday.. - Re-Elected t ' " J -";v . J iiiiiiw r Large Attendance Is Expected Sunday At Haywood Churches PT.ATIDE FRANCIS was re elected president of the Haywood Livestock and Home Arts anow a the annual meeting here Saturday. Crabtree FFA Win In District Ritual Contest The Crabtree chapter of the Fu ture Farmers of America won nrst fit -the ritual contest held at Clyde Wednesday aiiernoon, eo ruary M , between the eleven schools in the Smoky Mountains federated chanters. Svlva chap ter placed second, and Hayesville third. , . . .. i , tm contest was Judged on .kilif n amaaV noafcura. delivery. BUUtVJ f J - ' and abilAa j e carry out the has- ines procedure 01 a meeting, uasa rta wo mi awarded. . The Crabtree boys taking part (Continued on page 8) - 113,594 Paid Unemployed In aywbod, Major A. L. Fletcher pro council nerc i-usi nigii. nvisory Council palled Here jr Ma j. Fletcher 'he six-member county advisory ncil of the N. C. Unemployment npensation Commission, was in led last night by Major A. L. tcher, chairman of the commis i, as the Waynesville office held - (Continued on page 8) aywood Coming lit From Under Janket Of Snow Baywood was fast coming out p under a -4 H -inch blanket of w yesterday afternoon, until a - I mercury slid down past the Zing noint acrain loaf nierht. he snow started -falling about o'clock Monday night and con Jed until 3 o'clock Tuesday aft oon. . highways and streets were soon fned, but the melting snow on rsday afternoon left a film of I On mOTIV .fwit. TI7-J-i 1 rr t '" J dijXCTCWB . TV CUllCDUajl t made traveling dangerous. was tne heaviest snow of season Pages 12 and 13 U Find A Complete cultural .eview For 1941 icturea smA hriat innii ftements regardinfir the ac nplishments of the year on tywooa farms. We believe 1111 On inn -j; XV!- T4- .different. "Since the law became effective and through December 31. 1941 we collected from employers oper ating in Havwood county, unem- nlovment comnensation taxes of $533,101.34, plus tne lower raw taxes collected for l3b," major 4 T. Fletcher, chairman of the North Carolina Unemployment Hnmnpn nation commission, said hr last nieht. while attending the installation of the local advisory council. '"." "Sin Januarv. 1938. we nave paid out in benefits in your county $113,694.37. You ? nave , approxi- 41 mvpTpA emnlovers. Plus s tW Helinauents. in Haywood county and they have 8,725 pro tected workers. You win De in foofo tn know that the total pay mil a nf covered employers in Hay' wood county in the last five years was $19,744,494.07," he continued. "Tlio rcnrH also show consiaer- able claims activity in Haywood .nimtv. Our most recent computa linn ehnwl that residents of this county had filed 3,383 initial claims tno firat claim hied . wnen me nrnrkPT- becomes unemployed and 28,265 continued claims the claims tConunoea on page Draft Board Makes Reclassifications During Week The following reclassifications were made by the local draft board during the past week: Placed in m-A were: naioro. Sutton, from 1V-F; Award Clifton j Allison, from 1V-F, and William Clinton Medford was continued in class 111-A. . Reclassified in Class 1-A were: James Guy Caldwell, from 1V-F; Loranza mman, irom iv-x ; tuner Taylor, from 1-H; Frank Cald well from 1V-F: Bradford Eu gene Mehaffey, from 1V-F; Mon roe JtianKs, irom lv-t: wiuara Moore, from 1V-F; Lee Allison Gordon, from 1V-F; Joe Moore, from 1-H: Cowans Ledford, from 1V.TT. Jamen F.dward Tnman. from 1V-F: Tilford Lee Cooner. from 1V-F: Dewey Lee Cooper, from 1-H; William Deebeery Inman, from 1V-F; James Erwin Hen ann. from 1V.F. Jeff Daniel Reagan was reclass- HcA from 1V.P to daaa l.B. A' NAah AnHraw Catea anH Welton Reynolds wer placed in Class 1-A lor tb ant tune. Bob LeeJr. Wins Medal In DAK Contest Tuesday 9-Week Campaign Of Go- To-Church Somewhere Every Sunday Starts In County. V Reports from all sections of Haywood yesterday were that church attendance next Sunday would show a marked increase, since it begins the 9-week campaign of "Go-To-Church Somewhere Sun day". Twentv Haywood churches are cnoneratinir in the movement, and during the week several thousand pieces of literature were distribut ed by laymen to people in every nook and corner oi tne county urging them to attend church Sun dayand every Sunday. The castors of the twenty co- oneratinar churches will preach on the same theme each service. Sunday morning the pastors will use as their topic: -meune Unifying Force In the World". The eveninar services will dwell nrniind flhriat'a affirmations about - (Continued on . page 8) State Workers To Conduct County Baptist Meeting A. rnnnfavvkla Sunday school conference sf the workers of the IT avurnnA Ttant.iat Association will be held in the First Baptist church here on Thursday, Marcn otn. me meeting will start at 5 o'clock in Board To Hear Tax Complaints Week, March 16-20 County Commissioners To Serve As Board Of Equali zation and Review. The Havwood county board of commissioners will sit as a board of equalization and review, begin niar on Monday. March 16th. and continue through the 20th, it was announced this week by ueo. A. Brown, Jr., chairman. All tax complaints on real es tate will be heard during the five days, with special days of hearing designated for each township in the county. All adjustments in tax assess ment must, he made while the board is in session on the five days set aside lor this purpose, accora- ing to the law. Tha pnmnlainta for residents of Waynesville township will be heard on Thursday lth. Tk. anhniliila for other townshlns in the county is announced as fol lows? Monday lfith. Tw Hill. Jon athan Creek, White Oak, Cataloo- cnee, townsnips. Tueadnv 17th. has heen desiir nated for Fines Creek, Crabtree, ann iron iitifr townsmns. complaints irom ueaveraam ana Clyde townships will be heard on Friday 20th. f In Active Service Bob Leo, Jr., son of Mr. and the afternoon and close at 9:30, Mrs. R. L. Lee, was the winner of iwit an intermission at 7 o'clock Draftees In First Call For Negroes Lea ve This Morning xr.-na apo-ro men will leave on the regular bus this morning at 8:40 for Fort Bragg lnaucuun ecu-. ter for the group, tne nrst cau Wpd draftees from the. Waynesville area. The nine men going um '"- are a part oi tne jwra w men under the selective ser- .-11 - 4-Via vice, and the 8tn cau irom area. They are part of the call that left here last week composed of 14 white men. v Four of the men leaving m morning volunteered their services some months ago and include, Os borne H. Foster, Archie Alonze Snipes, Jack Obey and John Avery bOthers in the call are, Priestly Erwin Osborne, John Conroy Casey, James Martin, Thomas Ervin, and Eugene Edward Love. th medal in the 34th annual de lomoffon eonfeaf. held at the Waynesville high school during the regular chapel period on Tuesday morning, Billie Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Davis, won sec ond place. Young Lee, a member oi the senior class, has been an Outstand ing student in high school, and has attained the rank oi Eagie Scout in his Boy Scout work. Young Davis is a junior and a member of the high school band. The contestants and their de clamations including the winners (Continued on page 8) -r Examinations Of Boys In High School Begun Physical examinations of the boys in the junior and Senior classes of the Waynesville town ship high school were started on Tuesday mornine. They are being made by Dr. C. N. Sisk, district health officer, assisted by Mrs. Ruby B. Brysonn county public health nursST V There are 99 boys in the two classes. The examinations are be ing conducted as a part of the health division of the national de fense program which was inaugur ated in the schools two weeks ago, according to M. H. Bowles, district superintendent, , After the boys have been given a complete examination, a report will be submitted their parents, who are expected to cooperate, in remedying the defects.' for sunner and a social neriod. Three specialists in sunaay school work, representing the State Sunday School board and the Southern Bantist Sunday School board will be present and conduct the conference, rc, jj. eenteie, county associational superintend ent, will preside. Hiirh School Pupils And Faculty Aid National; Defense The Wlvneavilla tnwnahin hiih school "atndenta and teachers have responded to the national defense program with patriotic fervor, ac cording to Jack Messer, county su perintendent oi education. A total of tl.409.Aa haa hnen in vested in defense stamps and bonds by tne students and the teacners. There are now 226 students tak ing first aid courses. The three months' Intensive course featuring various phases of defense preparation is meeting with interest and enthusiasm, ac cording to the superintendent and the teachers. : .1 Following Men In Service Around the World This column is devoted to news of men serving their country. Such news is solicited from parents and ' friends of these men. When writing, be sure to sign your name. V "Remember Pearl Harbor" Freddie Crawford Famous Football Star Now In U. S. Army Freddie Crawford, first North Carolinian to make the Ail-American football team, who made history in his college days at Duke University, when he played left tackle, with Wallace Wade's famous Blue Devil's, is now tak ing his chances with Uncle Sam in the army. Crawford was a student at Duke University from 1930 through 1934. After he played on the All-American team against the Chicago Bears, he Was signed up with the latter the following year ing for Haywood Farmers Signing Contracts To Grow Beans This Year For Cannery "The farmers of Haywood coun ty have taken a patriotic attitude toward signing up for bean acre age," said J. E. Barr, manager of the Land 0' The Sky Co-operatives, who is in charge of the bean contracts for 1 the Haywood County Mutual Cannery at Hazel wood..; . "The Haywood folks seem to realize that the country is going to need food and they are respond ing by coming into thr office every day and signing up to grow beans," continued Mr. Barr in discussing to play against the All-American team. Turning down several temnt- inr offers for football he took a turn in Hollywood, where he play ed in the movies witn wiu nogers anA Khirlev Temnle. After "the movies he went into tfie business world,, and at the time of ms en listment he was floor manager of a department store in Atlanta, Mr. Crawford spent the week end ih town with his mother, Mrs. w. T. Crawford and left here Mon day morning for Fort McPherson for induction into the army. DR. N. F. LANCASTER left Saturday for Camp Gordon, where he will serve in the medical corps. He volunteered several months ago, i and is the third Waynesville phy sician to go into service. . Cant. Lancaster Enters Service At Camp Gordon Hantain N. V. Lancaster assumed Hut io with the medical corns at Camp Gordon, near Augusta, Ga., last Sunday, making the , third Waynesville physician to leave here and go into active military service. . '.5-v. He came to .Waynesville ten yeawwo . - ijaptam lancmairr ww ma - tlve part in district and state medical nouns, and often appear ed on the programs. Since October, ivw, ne nas served as physician for the Way nesville draft board. He volunteered his services to the army several months ago. About ten days ago he was no tified to report. He took an active interest in the Lions Club, and headed their work with the blind, and under his direction of the committee, scores of glasses were provided, several operations performed and numerous treatments given. Mrs. Lancaster and Bobby will remain here for the present. Their plans are to join Captain Lancas ter later. Miss Winnie Kitkpatrick will keep the office in the Masonic Tem ple open for the present; Tire Rationing Board Makes Weekly Report The tire rationing hoard has announced the granting of the fol lowing applications during the week ending Feb. 20th; To T. L Blalock, mining oper ator was granted his application for one light truck tire: to J. D. Liner, coal dealer, granted 1 passenger tire; to V. A. Campbell, hauling raw material, two truck tires. To Grace Lumber company, haul ' . (Continued on page. 8) - f Achievement Day Program Starts Here At Ten Lawrence H. McKay, Mas ter Farmer of District, Will Be lMncipal Speaker. a wnnl attendance is expected at Haywood's fifth annual Achive ment Day meeting here Saturday, when the county's 413 Demonstra tion Farmers and several nun dred 4-H club members and others gather at the court house at ten o'clock Lawrence H. McKay, of Hender sonville, master farmer of this dis trict, will make the principal ad dress of the meeting. Miss Anna Rowe, district home agent, will anealc briefly on the 4-H club work. A. J. McCracken, president of the demonstration farmers, announced that an open forum would De a new feature of the program. The president also said that a general discussion of farm problems wouia be the topics discussed. . Some 70 4-H club members will receive certificates of award. These will be given out by Howard Clapp, county agent, and Miss Mary Mar garet Smith, home demonstration agent. Mr. Clapp announced that about 700 defense garden awards had been received from Governor Broughton for distribution in Hay wood: These will be mailed in stead of being given out Saturday. Mr. McCracken announced that awards for the promotion of agri culture in Haywood during 1941 would be given to six Haywood firms and individuals. No an nouncement was made as to th winners of these. The election of officers for the year will take but a few1 minutes, it was said. Present 4sfficers are - (Ceatlnued en page 8) r - John Siler Serving; In Royal Canadian Navy John fiiler. son of Mrs. Emily Siler, who volunteered last spring and joined the Royal Canadian Navy, has recently finished a sev eral months course in engineering. Young Sner is now stationea on nig Majesty's Ship Venture, located somewhere in the waters near Halifax, Nova Scotia. the prospects for the 1942 bean crop. One farmer has siirned us to supply the cannery with the crop from fen acres, while several oth ers have contracted to grow beans on from five, six, seven to eight acres. ' Further proof of the increasing interest shown in the growing of uAnM. 41, a TTaraAoil Pannerv fa UCMU .111 U V ------ J - m . .m . 1 M M M tne lact tnac a numner oi larmens . - ; - .- - . . - .. . j . i .. I amlnat.ion for aviation cadet tram who nave never naa coniracis pe- - ----- ---, . " . ' Van fore are now signing up for bean ms -." w.i. DUU.. (Continoed on page 8) ' (Continued on page 8) W. IL Chandler ? - Claimed By Death Last Wednesday Wilson H. Chandley, S3, native of Baltimore, and former residence of Waynesville, died last Wednes day, Feb. 18th, in Memphis, Tenn., from a heart attack. Funeral services ' were conduct ed Saturday morning in Baltimore. Mr. Chandley Was engaged in the lumbering business here for sev eral years, and he and his family made many friends during their residence here. Surviving are two daughters, Miss Byra and Miss Mary Chand ley, of Richmond, Va., two broth ers, Theodore and George Chand ley, of Baltimore and one sister, of Connecticut. Dr. Gudger's Gifts To School Library Highly Appreciated One of the most popular centers in the library of the Waynesville township high school, is the scien tific section of the magazine table, due to the generosity of Dr. E. W. Gudger, of the American Museum of Natural History, of New York City, v Dr. Gudger sends regularly to the library the following periodic als, which after being read in the library are sent up to the science (Continued on page 8) Sugar Shortage Proving Serious To Illicit Distillers In Mountains James Leatherwood Now Aviation Cadet Private James Robert Leather rcood, of Waynesville, stationed at the U. S. Army air corps flvintr school at Albauercfue, N. has passed the qualifying ex First Inspection Of 30 Haywood Cafes Is Completed The survey of the thirty cafes in Haywood county which started last month under the supervision of I. 'E. Vrebal, county sanitarian, was completed on Saturday. On the first inspection tour the points of grading and the require ments as set forth in the new laws passed by the 1941 legislature were explained to all owners ana opera tors of cafes in the county. Those which did not have ade quate facilities and failed to meet the standards had these aeiecrs nnlnfjwl nnf. fh them and ways ex plained by which they could be remedied. , On the second survey, which will (Continued on page 8) - At least for the duration, it looks like com liquor will be sure enough corn liquor, and not the off brand of sugar liquor. Uncle Sam is trvine to Tjluflr ud the holes whereby illicit distillers can no longer get an average of five and a half train carloads ox sugar a day for their business, according to John D. Norton, dis-J trict revenue officer, who was here yesterday. The price of white liquor, which is almost all together ilicit liquor, has iumned in nrica above that of bottled and bond, according to Still- Smashing Norton. Prices on white liquor now average about $1.75 a pint, he said, and with this sugar shortage, it's likely to go higher. Sugar mash can be worked in 4 to 5 days, and will yield from 10 to 12 gallons of liquor from 60 j (Continoed on page 8) p' So-To-Church Campaign Starts Sunday