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FOR 'HE ICTORY BUT JOTTED tTATXl NESVILLE BONDS STA?.:?3 Published In The Comity Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Eighth year no. 34 16 pages WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1942 (ONE DAY NEARER VICTORY) $1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties WAY Mountaineer- m m- Vavo been completed for Lout drive for scrap metals rubber m naywwu, of the nauon-wjue iom now so vital to ltion Bo gDOUg IAJ 5glhies4 Forces Detq US Yeairs ampaign Started For elling All Old Junk far scrap, :.jmtrieg. .-..a ri&DD. county chairman. )un(ed yesterday that "eyeral ,, 01 junk naa oeen n Wavnesville, and also Can md that highest prices were U paid for all Kinos oi jun. ,a V scrap Hiciaio. . - Li rural churches are gath Lnp metals and plan to sell o these junn ueaicis mim .eds going into the treasury. organizations are urged to en . the fathering of Bcrap. U mills have only a limited My of metal, and need this ,p Whicn IS Idle, in uiucr vu inue to operate, Mr. Clapp I'm) out. - . . ... . . Iany boys and girls will be able kike a nice sum oi money jubi Imthtrine up parts of old m . les, pipe, parts oi stoves, anu that have been discarded, trice has been as high as 85 It per hundred pounds for scrap Diuled information about the of scrap can be had by calling ud talking to Mr. Clapp or rf his assistant. ', m Arrington A PI AAA State Contest U Arrington, son of Mr. and W. A, Arrington, won sec place in the speakers contest ltd by the state F. F. A. ft mi last week. jhis is the second year that ft Arrington has won second ia the state contest, having on first place in his district two consecutive years. t made an outstanding record has been prominently, identi with various high school -ae ries during his school days. He been active m the work of the Smoky Mountains National fFFA chapter, and has done did work in vocational aerri- pre, under the supervision of ;teacher, J. C Brown. hey C. Carver, live Of Here. Is ten By Death ord has been received here of Wh of Derrv C. Carver AO t. r.... :.. . vvaynesville township. krD a"d reared in Waynes. .. - - - V DCIVCU 111 . Army for 27 years, was ln digabilifv Hic.v,o.. Band Director i AM CHARLES LEE ISLEY, Jr., Is the new director Of the Waynes ville Township Band. He will take charge September first. An article on the life of Mr. Isley will be found on page six. Commissioners Name Dr. J. F. Pate County Coroner Dr. J. Frank Pate, of Canton, was sworn in Wednesday as cor oner of Haywood county to take the place of Dr. J. R. Westmore land, of Canton, who recently vol unteered for the navy. v The ap pointment, was made by. tyie county board of commissioners. Dr. Pate has been a resident of Haywood county for the past 12 years and has been a practicing physician for the same period. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and the Medical College of South Carolina He has been medical examiner for the selective service board, No. 2, of Canton, since its organization. Death Claims Mrs. W. H. Liner; Rites Held Sunday USO Needs $700 Mere For Q u o t a Variety Show Nets $100; Boxes Placed Throughout Community For Donations. Ten attractive boxes were placed throughout the community yester day, for contributions to the Hay wood county USO fund, which is $700 short of the Waynesville quota of $1,100, according to a report : yesterday from Charlie Ray, county chairman. Some industrial committees have reported, and several individuals have contributed. These donations, added to the $100 cleared on the Variety Show Friday night, brings the total to $400. "Every family who has a man in service, should contribute gen erously to this fund. The USO is a vital need of our fighting men, and as they are giving their all, we at home should contribute our money for their welfare." Mr. Ray said. The ten boxes will be checked by R. E. MacBlain, treasurer, every day. In Waynesville the boxes are at the Chamber of Commerce, the First National Bank, The Moun- (Continued on page 8) C. B. McCrary To Head REA Group In County Heads REA Group I j CHAS. B. McCRARY was elect ed president of the Cruso Electric Membership Corporation at the annual meeting in Clyde on Mon day. Mr. McCrary ' has been a director and leader in the organi zation for several years. Sale Of War Bonds Is Above $44,000 To 15th Resigns At Clyde Funeral services were conduct ed at the First Baptist church Sunday afternoon for Mrs. W. H. Liner, 67, wife of Dr. Liner, who died at the Mission Hospital in Asheville at 7:30 o'clock on Friday night following an illness of several ICarver was the son of the weeks. nr. ana Mrs. J. A. Carver. He I lne ev- nammew, pas tor oi tne cnurcn, omciatea. jtsuriai was in Greenhill Cemetery. Active pallbearers were: Felix ility discharge a few Stovall, E. L. Withers, W. C. Bout- is apn unJ 1. i I ! v" BUlce nau uvea in hZr Skiers home in Nfton, D. C, where he died. p m service he served in every H ln the World cvixinf A .--.xwy HUB- t js survived by the follow- lhpn. j . ' iurs. r ranK fnwwd, of Hazelwood, Mrs. Ihen M P i canton, iQur D5!",of Winston-Salem, F'Vof ..Atlanro . ' i f1 was in ,.... rterv 1r w V- Aiungton 7 ln Washington, D. C. ' W" Condition ported As Not uood Yesterday '""dition of t.- ; "st nieht oo : v-j , mti lne wa8 aD n SOmetim d- "Plosion WCT burned In ioa of the SUndarrf ii V6 lr-Ktrl" N from heen dis- the hospital during Khfek8 to uwankee, Wis. Riw. sn K Me commercial on where she well, R. B. Davenport, Lloyd Kirk- patnck and Glenn Cuthbertson, Honorary pallbearers included: J. R. Boyd, Dr. J. R, McCracken, Dr. R. S. Roberson, R. T. Messer, Dr. N. M. Medford, Dr. S. P. Gay, Jack Messer, Richard N. Barber, "i " (Continued on page 5) , C. C. HANSON has resigned as principal of the Clyde schools, a place he has held for several years. Haywood Bond Committee Will Meet Tuesday Encouraged by the sale of more than $44,000 in bonds for the first 15 days of August, the county- wide committee named to promote the sale of stamps and bonds in the county, will hold their regular 'monthly meeting at the Hazelwood I Presbyterian church, Tuesday at 7:30, with the ladies of the church serving the meal. The Haywood County Medical The committee began active Society will hold the regular meet-'work last month, and this month ingtonight at 8 o'clock in the , will complete plans lor an ex nurses' home of the Haywood Coun- tensnve drive throughout the coun- County Medical Society Will Meet Tonight At Nurses' Home ty Hospital. Dr. Charles Owen, of Canton, will be in charge of the program. Dr. C-' N. Sisk, president, will pre side.' . ty. Charlie Ray is county chairman, and C. N. Allen is in charge of arrangements for the Tuesday meeting. A total of $44,423. 60 toward the August quota - of $57,400 of war bonds and stamps has been sold the first two weeks of the month, it was learned. . yesterday from Charlie Ruy, chairman of the war savings staff of Haywood county. It was thought by the commit tee chairman that during the last two weeks the sales would not only reach the standard set, but go beyond the allotted quota. The Haywood County Bank, of Canton and Clyde,' is leading in sales so far, with a total of $25,- 779.75 to their credit.' The First National Bank, of Waynesville, comes second with a sale of $13,-237.50. There has been a total Bale of $30,287.60 in E-Bonds made; $1, 036 in F-Bonds and $1,1,100 in G Bonds. ' ' Sales of other agencies in ad dition to the banks have been as follows: Haywood Home Building and Loan Association, $100; Can ton post office, $2,606.25; Clyde post office, 4412.50; Waynesville post office, $2,287.50. Dr. George W. Truett And Bishop Edwin H. Hughes Will Be Featured On Program At Lake This Week-End Hiwhliirritine the week-end pro gram at Lake Junaluska Methodist Assembly will be the preaching engagement Friday of two noUble churchmen, the Rev. Bishop Edwin H Hughes, of the Methodist church and the Rev. Dr. George W. Truett, outstanding minister of the First Baptist church, Dallas, Texas, who will speak from the auditorium nnlnit at 10:30 .a.' m. and 8 p. m-, respectively, Friday the 21st. Saturday evening will witness , mrMnMnn of Miss Louise Hol- comb, of Atlanta, Ga., queen-elect of Lake Junaluska. - Brilliant and colorful ceremonies are planned (Continaed en page t) Last Rites To Be Held Today For M. W. Hannah, 83 Last rites will be held this af ternoon at the Hannah cemetery in the Little Cataloochee section for Mack Wilson Hannah, 83, high ly respected - farmer, who died at the home of his son, Mark E. Hannah, in the Maggie section at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday night. The Rev. John Finger will officiate. Serving as pallbearers will be: Robert Brown, Eldridge Calwell, Americus Hall, Albert Hannah, Roy Hannah, and Claude Balentine. The body will remain at the Gar ret Funeral Home on Main street, which is in charge of arrangements, until it is taken to the Hannah cemetery for burial. Mr. Hannah, a native of this county, is the son of the late John J. and Martha Ann Hannah, also of Haywood county. He is a broth er of the late captain Wm. J Hannah, Spanish War veteran, and prominent Waynesville attorney. Mr. Hannah has been engaged in farming all his life. He was a member of the Haywood Council 817, Royal Arcanium, of Waynes- (Continued on page 5) A large and interested group ' of members of the Cruso Electric Membership Corporation attended the annual meeting of the organi zation which was held at the Clyde high school building on Monday, with Carter Osborne retiring presi dent, presiding. Chas. B. MoCrary, of Fines Creek, was elected president to succeed Mr. Osborne. Others elect ed to serve with him were: F. A Justice, vice president, and Mrs. t,. ft. Kicknian, was reelected as secretary and treasurer. Directors elected to serve during the coming year included: Ira H Cogburn, of East Fork; Mrs. E. B, Hickman, of Pigeon, Carter Os borne, of Clyde, W. A. Harris, of Beaverdam, Roy B. Medford, of Iron Duff, Chas. B. McCrary, of Fines Creek, F. A. Justice, of Crab tree, and Thomas Alexander, of Jonathan and Ivy Hill townships. W. R. Francis, attorney, of Way. nesville, made the principal ad dreRs. Mr. Francis stressed the great service the REA had ren dered the rural communities of the county, and the part electricity had played in raising the standard of living. He also brought out what REA had saved in time to the farms, and how it will aid in the new responsibilities of the rural folk in meeting increased produc tion problems. The program centered on the war effort and how the REA could further the efforts of the citizens served by the corporation. Howard E. Clapp, county farm agent, spoke on the Importance of the scrap collection in the war effort and stated that in the cam paigns to cojlect fats, metals and rubber, every citisen In the county should have a part. . ' James iE. Moore, who has served (Continued on page 5) About 100 Attended Guernsey Judging School Yesterday Dean H- II. Kildee. of Iowa State College, one of the outstand ing judges of Guernseys in the country, was in charge of the uernsey judging school which was held yesterday at the Osborne farm. Dean Kildee Was assisted by G. I'. White, county agent of Hen derson county, and Dr. A. O. Shaw, head of animal husbandry of State College. New Moderator REV. H. G. HAMMETf, pastor of the First Baptist church, was elected moderator of the Haywood Baptist Association yesterday at the annual convention held at Al iens Creek. Mr. Hammett succeeds. Rev. Frank Leatherwood. Rev. H.G. Hammett Elected Head Of Haywood Baptists Rev. H. G. ' Hammett, pastor of the First Baptist church of Way nesville, was elected moderator of the Haywood County Baptist As sociation at; the 57th annual meet ing which was held yesterday t the Allen's Creek Baptist church. Others elected to serve with Rey. Mr, Hammett during the coming year werii ylc "modvrator, W. L. Sorrells. pastor Of the len's Creek church ; clerk, Rev. J. Howard Hall, of Canton, pastor of Oak Grove Baptist church ; trea surer, Glenn Brown, of Clyde; As sociational Training Union direc tor, Mrs. Sam Knight, of Hazel wood; Associational Sunday school superintendent, R. E. Sentelle; historian, W. G. Byers, of Clyde; program committee, Rev. H. G. Hammett, J. Howard Hall, and Miss Madge Lewis, Haywood Bap tist Associational missionary. The West Canton Baptist church was chosen for the 58th annual meeting to be held in 1943, which will take place on the Wednesday after the third Sunday. Between 400 and 500 ministers, Others present were: Mr. and church leaders were in atten Bates, Southern representative of dance for the three sessions, held the American Guernsey Cattle in the morning, afternoon and eve Club, Dr. Wm. Moore, member of ning yesterday, with Rev. Frank the N. C. Guernsey Cattle Club. (Continued on page 5) and F. R. Farnham, district agent ' , :' -.. and extension specialist, also took t i i m part on the program KCpUDlICanS 10 Around 100 persons attended, in- it i j .l ' ; a. . T x eluding county farm agents from: jliOl (1 tOUnty Meet Haywood, Macon, Swain, Bun- s . Tl. l . , oOAl combe, Transylvania, Henderson, Utt T llUdY, OlII Madison. Yancey. Cleveland and I Mitchell counties, dairy farmers, I At a recent meeting of the exec-4-H Club boys and vocational stu- utive committee of Haywood Re- dents, publicans, it was decided to have Approximately 50 head of cattle a county meeting of the party at in six classes were judeed as fol- the town nan in canton on naay lows: aged Cows, two-year olds, Ih'ght, 28th, breed heifers, senior yearlings, Horace Sentelle, chairman, has junior yearlings, and old bulls, announced that the state chairman, These were judged by those tak- Sim A. DeLapp, oi Lexington, ing part in the school, which in- had been invited to attend, and eluded about 70 persons. After that Galo Ferguson, of Cullowhee, Cattle Men And Business Leaders Elated At Prices More Than 200 Head Sold Last Thursday At Clyde Stockyards; Buyers Seek ing Haywood Animals. Haywood stock raisers and busi ness men were elated this week over the prices that cattle brought on the market at the Clyde stock yards last Thursday. Old timers at the game in Hay wood county and officials of the stock yards who were contacted by The Mountaineer, stated that the prices on Thursday exceeded those paid at any time in the past fif teen years in this section. Around 200 head were sold on the Clyde market last Thursday. Heifers brought from 10 H to 11 cents a pound; cowg were sold from 8 to 10 cents; steers brought from 10 Vi to 11 W cents; hogs sold ai, high as 13 cents. "Two Virginia buyers were re ported in the county during the week, with plans to purchase around 500 head of steers. Stock men claim that Haywood county steers fatten better on Virginia pastures than those from any other section of the country. During the week T, L- Gwyn, who is in charge of stocking the state owned farms in ' Eastern Carolina and handles cattle sales held at the farm, shipped a car load of Haywood steers to the Eastern part .of the state. Leading cattlemen in the county are warning farmers not to sell all their stock, but to, keep suffi cient animals for breeding regard less of top prices offered at this time;.:' . Buyers at the Clyde sale last Thursday were from Atlanta. Go- ' lambda, Oaatonia, Greenville ad tAsk.viUe. they made their placings Dr. Kildee announced his on the various classes. Discussions of each judg ing were held. The Osborne farm was selected as one of three pldces in the state for judging schools. The selection was made due to the fine Guernsey (Continued on page 5) candidate for Congress, would be present. Mr. Sentelle stated that it is not the purpose of the Republicans of Haywood to undertake to put on a partisan campaign, but that he be lieves it is the best interest of everybody that there be a strong opposing party. Back To School Within ten days, hundreds of children will start back to school. Some for the first time others for the last year. For all of them, and their parents, it marks a big event in their lives. Following a custom of many years, The Moun taineer will issue the annual back-to-school edition next week. The special articles and features will be of special interest to parents and pupils alike. Wooden Tires Manufactured By Dicus Creating Much Interest Over Nation C M. Dicus, who has been work ing sometime on a wooden tire that will meet the emergency brought about by the rationing of tires and rubber, has announced the creation of a new wooden truck and automobile tire, new both in principle and design. Mr. Dicus, owner of the Wood Arts Company, has been building tires for the past several months. He claims to have recently develop ed something superior to any tire that he has yet worked on and states that he believes it to be the very best to be had in this field today. The War Production Board has asked that the tires be sent imme diately to the district offices in Raleigh and Atlanta for display. Harvey Firestone, of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, saw one of the early creations by Mr. Dicus and stated that if he could get a satisfactory tire and needed factory building space, that a large part of his tire factory could be converted over to this purpose. The following business firms have been using the tires made by Mr. Dicus in the routine opera tion of their work: the Champion Paper and . Fibre Company, of Canton, Hamilton, Ohio, and Hous ton, Texas ; Biltmore Dairy Farms, of Asheville; Beacon Manufactur- (Continued on page 8) 85 Men Under the Selective System Leave Here On 27th The quota for the month of Au gust for the local area under the selective draft system has been placed at 86, which is the largest number yet to be called in one quota from the Waynesville section. The men are scheduled to leave here at 7:30 for Camp Croft on Thursday, the 27th, it was learned from the office of the draft board. They will go to camp for exami nation and those who pass will be returned home for a two week's furlough, if they desire and if they prefer they may start their active duty with the army at once. Those rejected will be returned within a few days. Making up the order call for August are seven volunteers as follows: Vernon Hall, Charles Elmer Messer, James Allen Coch ran, LeRoy Mathis, Leeman Cole man Morgan, Benjamin Everett Cutshaw and Charles Rufus Scates. Others are Jesse Daniel Boone Jenkins, Cesear Morrow, Nathan Richard Messer, Paul Painter, Ed gar Owen, Robert Pink Trantham, John Wilbum Boyd, Victor Lee Lewis, James Higgins, Albrow Ma rion Wilson, Joseph Monroe Mas sie John Henry Ledford, Howard William Long, Albert Linell Hughes, Russell Graham Kirkpat rick, Troy Lee McCracken. William Garrett Gaddis, Lee Jackson Ferguson, Warren Harden Putman, Clyde Wilson Lyle, Les-, ter Wood, Robert Merritt Buchan an, Leo Daniel Messer, Jack Nel son Waldrop, David Gaddis, Clif ton Samuel Riggins, Frank Grif fin, James Hamilton Hyatt, Rob ert Lee Jolly, John Tull Tate, Paul Allen Smith, Homer M. Rathbone, Hugh Charles Palmer, Grover Col umbus Sherrill, William Allen Rathbone. , Montgomery Kenneth McElroy, Frank McDaniel. William Goble Rathbone, Joseph Casty Warren, McKinley Frank Parton. Joseph Taylor Campbell, Guy Shaffer How ell, Hugh Edward Price, Robert Clay McGaha, Kenneth Abel Clem ent, Spellman Garrett McClure. Eugene Jeff Lewis, John Hayes Alley, Anthony Wayne Bramlett William Conley Mehaffey, Arthur Ronald Coward, William Brvson Fulbright. Glenn Calvin Rabb. Fred Boone Moody, Thomas William Brown, Earl Stanford Bradley. Lathan Gillett, Robert Cleveland Plott, John William Caldwell, Lloyd Put- man, Joseph Liner Frady, Jr., James Lawrence Mills, Lowell Claude Browning, Marvle Rogers, Harrison Price, Dewey Edison Ford, Carl Woodfin Duckett, James Edgar Mehaffey, Vaughn Massie, and Coy Hamilton Wood.