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FOR Wayne fHE SVILLE MOUNTAINEER ICTORY BUY UNITED STATU BONDS STAMPS Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park WAYNESVILE, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1942 $1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties UrTiGHTH YEAR NO. 26 Sixteen Pages t" , . i m DairyToHoldOpen lOUSe X rumy, v i u u Products Company open house from ten hold opt n . observ. tl0CKhTW,.J Month, and fcts i an nnnor- e r the latest improve. t" the modern plant We hajust cond ajpro- of making our p arirer-, ami tt ....... mt ,rovement program ""v J r. li. Davenport, manager, I" J. .' ,t nrnirnm of the Ke only n'u i will be at Rotary at 12:45, r. u rrnh.'im. acting dis- fcn r. a- ; , ', , . . ..mtv agent, nu u..., - Rotarians, and L Will - , 25 nu-mbers of the Haywood A" Producers ABswmwuw, the club as guesis It Stores To Close Monday, July 6th Merchants of Waynesville and Hazelwood agreed yester day to close all day Monday, July 6th, in observance of In dependence Day. The merchants division, headed by Charlie Ray, an nounced yesterday that a deci sion had been made to observe Monday rather than Saturday. Do Their Share for Scrap Rubber Campaign of the club and will attein Pet Dairy. ymen will adjourn iioih Green Tree Tea Room on the Lville road to the Fet plant (lock aay for inspection of the nt and refreshments. fell visitors to tne piani on ni L iii Ko criven ice cream. Mr. I mil P" . ' , Ivenport announced. ''... Lmbers of the staff of Pet will on hand to show visitors now (Continued on page 8 vs From 18-20 I Register For I ervice On June 30 The fifth registration under the ective training and service syS n will be held on June 80. All in born on or after January 1, 22, and on or before June 30, 24, will be required to register. This fifth registration Is advis le, according to President Roose It, "to insure victory,; final and mplete, over the enemies of the lited States." All those in the Waynesville, iielwod and Lake Junaluska rtiona are scheduled to register the office of the draft board in e court house. Other registration centers and cse in charge in the area served ' the local board will include: nathan Creek township, at the )ck Hill school house, with Jule )yd in charge ; Fines Creek, at nes Creek school building with red L. Safford supervising. White Oak, at the church with Irs'.;' A.. L. Bramlett: registering It men; Ivy Hill, at the school luse with J. A. Singleton in Iarge; Iron Duff, at the J. Man .Medford mill with Mr. Medford pitering-; Crabtree, at the school fuse with li. F. Nesbit in charge; ft Creek, at the Mt. Sterling fhool house, with Jack Pruett prosing the registration Dr. Gladys Osborne Accepts Position At Vanderbilt Dr. Gladys Osborne left Tuesday for Nashville, Tenn., where she has accepted a position at Vander bilt University hospital. She will be connected with the department of medicine, but will devote the major part of her time to research in nutrition. In the research work she will be associated with Dr. John You man, who spent last year in unoc cupied France with the Rockefeller Foundation. Dr. Osborne and her husband, Dr. W. Dudley Smith, came here in 1936 from San Francisco and both have established a wide prac tice. . ' Dr. Smith, who spent a year with the American Hospital for Britain near London, is a well known orthopedic surgeon. Imme diately upon return to this coun try he volunteered his services and is now a captain in the medical corps of the U. S. Army, and is stationed at a base hospital in Atlanta. Dr. Osborne is the daughter oi Mr. and Mrs. H. Arthur Osborne, of ..Canton, She is a graduate of the medical school of Vanderbilt University. Prior to her coming here to locate, she spent three years as a house officer at the Wo men s and Children s Hospital in San Francisco. KT'-l X mtl i) 'iff- "v .mmmmmmimmmmmm 25 More Tons Scrap Rubber Needed To Meet County's Quota Although the United States is badly In need of rubber, it still Isn't down to taking rubber pants from babies. So Manager Charles Nam of a Woodslde, L. I, service station returns the panto turned in by Carole Anne Schaller in the scrap rubber campaign Initiated by President Roosevelt who called on every citiiento turn in "every bit of rubber yon can possibly spare." It can be said that Carol Anne has done her gocnideed for the day. ittro tm) NYA Projects In Haywood County Closed Yesterday NYA clerical projects employ ing 20 girls and a home economics project on which 40 girls were .employed' in Haywood county were 'Automatically, closed this week when the National Youth Admin istration discontinued all similar projects in the'; western section of the state. . The NYA is being reorganized effective. July 1, to meet directly immediate war. training needs, and nil non-defense projects are being closed in every state in the union. All youths on projects being closed will be interviewed for place- ( Continued on page 8) Mr Raid Wardens o Take Red Cross first Aid Course masses in Red Cross first aid urses are scheduled to start F Mondav v,villUg , a L bllC wmber of Commerce office for ir wardens in the Waynesville a' 11 was learned yesterday m the town officials. Teachers "' be announrpd lnt A Hew ruliny has hocn msrlo fat all air wardpna arc rnmiiriul Iwve completed a 20 hour course "fst aid as irivpn K- ha naA fore another blackout is Tbe .following, air wardens are Ki to assemble at the Chamber umrnerce on Monday evening o cine for the initial lesson: a- bibson, H- W. Burnette, F. " aontinued on page 8) paywood Girl pointed To U.S. alth Service rlyo'f F,tnnie Wr'ght Sell, form nlJ county' has received "ited C6nt ?,PPointl"ent in the l! -B Public Health ser nited VVI10W 8taoned at the sfer at I !he 18 subject to Her . ny tlme- j ' m2Phmtment terminated a hich 2 "t Prlationary term her t ?-Uperv,sion to determ orsing abillty and efficiency in Mr. o,.i, . ." "."'' F orl cLweU 1ual'ned for her K (r2.:-he. ia 8 graduate of f - "uea on page 8 - Martin Electric Moves Into New, Larger Building Martin Electric Company have moved into their modern new build ing on Main street, opposite the post office. The building has been complete ly renovated, and a modern show room, stock room, shop and ga rage built, all under one roof. Extensive excavating in the basement, to make room for the heating plant is underway. Oddly enough, ' the firm is back in the same location where they started in business 26 years ago. The firm is the largest electrical company in Western North Caro lina outside of Asheville. The owners are Fred and Paul Martin. 0. Y. Kirkpatrick Addresses Rotary Former Haywood Man Re turns To Navy After Re tiring In 1940. Chief Pharmacists Mate O. Y. Kirkpatrick, of the navy address ed the Rotary Club here Friday, on 'Naval Officers Procurement." The office, with which Chief Kirk patrick, a Haywood man, is charged with procuring from civilian, pro fessional and business circles, men who are qualified for commisions in the naval reserve. : Chief Kirkpatrick cited the re quirements for entering the .naval reserve, which included such things as education, and minimum physical reouirements. Chief Kirkpatrick is the son of Dr. W. L. Kirkpatrick, and lives in Charlotte, and has had 16 years active duty, and twelve years in the Fleet Naval Reserve, and was retired in 1940. He recently vol unarily r:eturned to active duty for the duration of the emergency from his position as president of the Pure Oil Company oi tne Carolinas, and is on leave from his company for the duration. H is speaking to civic, business and professional groups throughout the two Carolinas. Cruso First Aid Group Completing Course This Week A group in the Cruso section is completing a first aid Red Cross course and the members are scheduled to receive : certificates, according to Rev. H. G, Hammett, president of the Haywood chapter. Miss Essie Sellers was the teach - (Continued on page 8) Large Gathering Hears Daniels As Lake Opens War Information Center Contains Much Of Interest 1 More than 1,000 persons heard Josephus Daniels, who has served 'the national government as Secre tary of the Navy, and who more ,recently was United States Ambas sador to Mexico, when he spoke Sunday morning, officially opening 'the 29th season of the Lake Juna- The War Information center luska Assembly, celebrated annu opened on Monday afternoon in ally as Haywood County Day. the Waynesville Public Library, j j)r w A Lambeth, superintend with a large number of pamphlets , ent 0f tne Assembly, presided and and books lor the convenience oi the public in general. Among th"e"new materials receiv ed this week at the center are pamphlets and folders listing the the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Clark, of Duke University, conduced the worship service. Special music was rendered by Mr. and Mrs Harold Dickensheets. A number qualifications and requirements for j of county and municipal officials were semeu, on wie dhihihiii. Rev. W. L. Hutchins, superin tendent of Waynesville district, fill ed the Junaluska pulpit Sunday evening. "Can a man tight and win victory unless he hates the inan he is fighting?" That whs the first ques tion Editor Josephus Daniels ask ed t he audience Sunday morning He asked two other questions which he said had given pause, particularly to Christian peo- enlistment in the army, navy, air corps, and marines. A chart show- ( Continued on page five) Prof. Allen's New State History Is In Hands Of Printer pi. Lions Club Continues To Do Excellent Work With People With Defective Eyes; Spread Cheer To 84 Families Christmas The Lions Club, through their secretarvi W. L. Hardin, Jr., made public this week, in a letter to the Editor of The Mountaineer, that 124 persons with defective eyes had been benefitted, and 82 families cared for at Christmas. The club spent $240.57 for those with defective eyes, and $279.50 for the Christmas cheer baskets. The letter irom the Lions C1UD is as follows: Editor The Mountaineer: You are always interested in the activities of the Waynesville Lions Club, therefore, if you would like to use the information below, we will be grateful. It is not publictiy we desire, but many, many people support our efforts at Christmas time in .pro viding for the needy, and it is heartiy appreciated by each mem ber of the Lions . Club. During the past year we disburs ed as follows: , ' 64 children's eyes -examined by medical oculists; 58 pairs of glass es furnished. 1 major eye operation Dr. W. H. MeCall, Asheville, made no charge for operating. Dr. ' Lan . (Continued on page 5) Waynesville Bakery Opens On Church St. The Waynesville Bakery opened -re Tuesday after being closed for .some time. The firm is on Church street. "Business is very good," Robt. B. Pearce, owner-manager, said. New equipment has been install ed throughout, and all baking is being done in the Waynesville plant. Mr. Pearce has been in the bak ery business for many years. "The Story of Our State, North Carolina," which, is an elementary school text book by W. C. Allen, will 1)0 ready for -.distribution about f,,-Kt was the last of August or early in faith of September, it was ' learned this week from the author. The book is to be handled by a new publishing company with headquarters in Raleigh. Officers of the company are as follows: chairman, Clarence W. Griffin, sec retary and treasurer, W. C. Allen, (Continued on page 8) - Gas Registration Set For July 9th, 10th and 11th Registration for gasoline ration ing will be held in Haywood county on July 9th, 10th and 11th it was learned yesterday from the clerk of the rationing board. AH owners of busses, trucks. taxis, ambulances and all vehicles other than passenger cars ; and motorcycles will have to register either in the office serving the Waynesville area or that of the Canton area. . Truck Owners should also be prepared to furnish the following information: Miles driven during May and June, 1942; mileage to be driven during July, August and September and average miles mad per gallon. Those who do not : have a state motor vehicle registration card are asked to apply now for duplicate to insure them of obtaining ra tioning book during registration period. The local draft board also points out the fact that the present ra tioning cards will have to last mo torists until July 22, instead July .1.1, ; as whs .previously plannei: (Continued on page 8) - 23 Tons Now In Bulk Plants; Citizens Urged To Send In AH Scrap Before First.,". Havwood citizens have gather ed approximately 23 tons of sal vage rubber in the past nine days. survey of the bulk plants of oil companies yesterday . reveaiea. Those heading the drive for scrap .runner, sum nisi nigni mm aywood should turn in 50 to 60 ons belore July tirst. W. J. Campbell, has been named v the state petroleum commni.ee o work with Clayton C. Walker, who was named by the county de- ense council, in getting vvery available ounce of scrap rubber turned in to any service station, who will pay one cent a pound. Canton Boy Scouts were start ing on their second drive toaay gathering in scrap rubber, and through Jack Cube, of Canton, on Wednesday had turned in 6,294 pounds. The three tons was brought to the bulk plant of the Texas company here. Rural areas were reporting good poundage as farmers entered into the campaign wholeheartedly. Any article of rubber can be turned in at one cent a pound, at any service station. The bulk plant serving the stations, in turn, haul the rubber to their plant, and from there it is shipped to plant that reclaim the rubber for further uses. Haywood bulk plants, had on hand last night almost 23 tons, according to the report as filed by the chairmen: Gulf Oil Co 10,480 Standard Oil Co. . 8,573 Sinclair OU Co. ...................... 8,800 Pure Oil Co 3,660 The Texas Co. 7,994 Shcjf. OiPCo. -r....... 1,600 Sent -iron Canton Asheville plants 9,600 Waynesville Art Gallery To Open Next Tuesday The Waynesville Art Gallery will open the season Thursday, June 30, with their first auction sale at 7:30. The firm this year is carrying the largest stock they have ever off ered for sale at the local store. Inspection of the stock will be held on Saturday from 7:30 until 9, and oh Monday afternoon and night. Two sales will be held daily 10:30 and 7:30, with Joe Benson and James Mann, as auctioneers. M. Stone, general manager, said yesterday that everything pointed to an excellent season in Waynes ville. "There will be a lot of people here. Many of our friends in Florida and other states have said they were coming," he said. The store has been completely renovated for the opening. Special Subscription Price Offered Those Now In Any Branch Of Service Effective July 1, The Mountaineer will make a special price of $1.75 per year to any person in the United States armed services regardless of whereabouts. Those who have recently subscribed will be given the benefit of this special rate. The publishers are making this concession to ONLY those in any branch of military service, and under no circumstances can it be granted to any other group, or person. in these tragic (lays. l no Has the war shaken the the people in the efficacy of the Christian religion, seeing they worship the Prince of Peace, whose gospel seems at least to have lost its hold in, fighting countries?" The other was: "Is civilization a failure in view of the fact that this war was begun by, nations having the largest per- . (Continued on page 8) Mr, and Mrs. Massie Co To New York for Merchandise Buying Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Massie are leaving Sunday for New York City where they will spend several days. They are going to buy fall mer chandise for The Toggery. Presbyterian Church To Hold Vacation School A vacation Bible school will be held at the Presbyterian church beginning next Monday and con tinuing for two weeks, it was an nounced yesterday by the pastor Miss Rhoda Craig, who is doing this type of work under the dir rection of the regional worker of religious education for the Synod of Appalachia, will be in charge. She will be assisted by the teachers from the local church. Classes for beginners, primary and junior groups will be held each afternoon at the church from 3 until 5 o'clock.: All the chil dren of these groups are invited to enroll in this school. Tearful Crowd Says Goodbye To Draftees Monday Morning Memorial Service Honors Robt. Welch Missing Aviator A memorial service honoring Robert Welch, 22, navy aviator, who was reported . missing last month will be held at the Bethel Methodist church on Sunday after noon at 5 o'clock. Officiating min isters will be Rev. E. Marvin Hoyle, Rev. Thomas Erwin and Rev. Mr. Peake. Young Welch was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Welch, of the Pigeon section. The last time his parents heard from him was on April 23rd, when he stated that he had recently been on pa trol duty between Seattle and Alaska and that he was then "somewhere in Califoria." He was a graduate of Brevard College and had been in the navy for two and a half years. Each group of draftees leaving this area takes their departure from a more tearful and serious crowd gathered to bid them good bye. On Monday morning with the last news from the fightin zones fresh from the radio there was a noticeable difference in th attitude of the spectators. : The men assembled in the draft board office at 7 o'clock for final instructions. In closing T. Green, member of the draft board spoke briefly, stating the respon sibility that they Were about to assume. From the draft office the men went to the W. W. N. C. Cafe, where Chrest George, World war veteran, was host of a morning cup of coffee, Doughnuts donated by Mr. Pearce, owner of 'the Waynesville Bakery, were serv- ed by members of the Hay wood, chapter of , the Daugh ters of the Confederacy. Before leaving the men were also present- (Continued on page 8) ' Total .45,047 Union Clothing Company To Open New Store Friday LInion Clothing Company will open Friday morning in their new and modern store, with a stock of ready-to-wear and men's clothing almost three times their present stock, according to E. S. Slack, owner. ;.. The Stubbs building, formerly occupied by Harold's Department Store, has been completely renovat ed and modern fixtures built throughout. The floor has been it-finished and polished and waxed to a mirror like finish. The ready-to-wear department will occupy the right side of the store, and many specially built racks through the center. Glass display : cases will be placed (Continued on page 8) American Legion Names D.Beaty To Tar Heel State Dwight Beaty, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Beaty, has been selected by the local post of the American Legion as its candidate to Tar Heel Boys State to be held in Chapel Hill the week of Au gust 23-30. Young Beaty who will , be a member of the senior Class next fall, has made a fine record in school. He, won the county decla mation contest one year, has been the winner of the UDC annual declamation contest and was chosen as the outstanding boy in his class in his sophomore year, in the con test held by the Lions Club. The purpose of the week is to train and inspire the youth of North Carolina to their responsi bilities of citizenship and to teach them something of governmental functions. : Sugar Stamp No. 4 Worthless After 27th ..''.:'-'' : Saturday is the last day that coupon number four war ration book one, can be used to get sugar. After Saturday midnight, the stamp is worth less. . hbber Is Vital To, Victory - Send In Your Scrap Today -America Needs It
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