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'HE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
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Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
EIGHTH YEAR NO. 36 20 Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. O, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1942 (ONE DAY NEARER VICTORY)
$1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
5l
n
reachers
rge Ban
laced On
ambling
U Ministers Sign
ngihy Letter Setting
it Conditions; Seek
ean-l'p-
,esville yesterday urged m a
hy letter to the editor, that
be placed on gambling,
, they said existed in ims
iiwity. The letter is publish
...w in this newspaper.
L ministers stated that they
presented the facts to the
nH the solicitor. The
ie contained extracts from a
t ruling of the state attor-
beneral on gambling laws of
h Carolina,
resolution similar to the let-
rittpn hv the four ministers
recently adopted by the Hay-
Ministerial Association,
liferent occasions the min
havf. mads mention of the
kt from their respective pul-
None of them made a state
u to what would be Said in
future. 1 v
lttr ets out. amon? oth-
Ykn. that the fouf writers
ht that many people fail to
through the 'false apparel'
I nmbling so often wears."
fty-Eight;Men,
August Quota
e Accepted
venty-three men left here on
Thursday in the August quota
r the Selective service system
Camp Croft. The group en
Ae distinction of being the
behaved and most co-opera-is
a body to leave this area,
fty-eight of the men were ac
d for active duty in the ser
and are scheduled to leave
for Fort Jackson in two
ps. The first contingent will
' here on Thursday, the 10th,
Hugh Palmer serving as act
corporal. The second group
leave Friday, the 11th, with
Rathbone as acting corporal,
e men accepted were given a
eeks furlough to return home
"lake their arrangements be
taking up active duty,
use accepted include the fol
Leeman Colman Morgan,
amin Everett Cutshaw, Cesar
'", Charles Ruf us Scates,
Owen, Robert Pink Tra
James Biggins, Albrow Ma
ilson, Joseph Monroe Mas
John Henry Ledford, Howard
iam Long, Albert Lin ell
a, Troy Lee McCracken.
"Mm Garrett Gaddis, Lester
i. Merrett Buchanan, Jack
fl Waldrop, David Gaddis,
Samuel Hamilton Hyatt,
Lee Jolly, John Tull Tate,
; Alkir Smith, Willis Allen
wie .Montgomery Kenneth
Frank McDaniel, Wil
wble Rathbone, Joseph Cas
McKinley Frank Par-
:?k Edward Price, Robert Clay
Kenneth Abel Clement,
' If DaviS( John "Hayes
'Anthony Wayne Bra'mlett,
I nley Mehaffey, William
kVTht, Glenn Calvin
am 1 Bne Moody. Thomas
' BroWn, Latham Gillett,
CaStVe, anTd, Pl0. John Wil
Caldwell, Lloyd Putman.
Mills, Marvle Roger9
, Carl i w Dewey E8011
s Fit AV,00dflnd Duckett,
cfiET rMehaffey. Vernon
JQiTotas
?r September
f e Announced
C.ywoodcomity
;tlt,rat,oning board for the
i,
U wynesville and Can-
Wins Contest
vis ;
n
? kit
CARMEL HOLLINGSWORTH,
outstanding FF A student, one of
winners in recent state sponsored
essay contest. :
September Quota
Of 65 Scheduled
To Leave On 12th
Sixty-five men are scheduled to
leave here on Saturday, the 12th,
under the selective service system,
making up the September quota,
it was learned from the draft
board.
In the group will be a large
number of married men, which
will be. the case in all future groups
leaving this area, as the majority
of the single men who are eligible
are now in the service.
The September group will be in
ducted at Camp Croft and will
leave here at 7:80 in the morning,
Making up the quota are: Claude
Grant Woodard, Vader Sutton, Al
vin Mills, Vance Caldwell, Loranzo
Inman, Carroll Mack Brown, John
Henry Ruff, William Herman
Francis, Glenn Rathbone, William
Everett Dillard, Shuford Greene,
Julius F. Davis, Thomas L. How
ell.'. Howard T. Collins, James Barb
son Liner, Wilburn Franklin Kirk
patrick, Sebe Taylor Bryson, Shel
by Cullen Bramlett, Louie Lee
Byrd, Lawrence Edward Under
wood, J ames Carmel Downs, Jef
frie David Freeman, Edward Eu
gene Francis, Jack Ervin Rogers,
Yates Randolph Bennett.
Nathan Richard Messer, Floyd
Chastin Griffin, Grady Vernon
Henry, Ernest William Early, Vic
tor Lee Lewis, Russell Graham
Kirkpatrick, Warren Harden Put
man, Talmadge L. Woodward,
Claud Penland, Wayne Milford
Owen, Loyd Cagle, Melvin Cling
man Messer, Matt L. Woodward,
James Denton McClure.
Paul Marvin Miller, Vernon
Jones Messer, Hubert Edward Gib
son, Donald Fuller McClure, Mil as
Curtis, Jr., Johnny Newton, Plato
Green, Dean Fleeniken Reeves,
James Thomas Maudlin, John Dil
lard Frazier, Earl Brannon Sut
ton, Robert Sisk, Lewis Lawrence
Williamson.
Melburn Lee Miller, Fred Green
haw Galloway, Dewey Rogers,
Samuel Grahl Winchester, Everett
Mitchell, Loyd T. Riddle, Paul R
Shelton, Thad Clingman Johnson,'
Robert Long, James Hilliard Tram
mell, Cyril Edson Williams, Dan
Ball, Virgil Lowry Putnam and
John Robert Glance.
Livestock And Home
Arts Show Called Off
$73,092 Put in
War Bonds For
Last Month
Haywood exceeded the Au
gust bond quota by over $15,
000 according to a report
from Charlie Ray, county
chairman yesterday.
Haywood invested $73,092.25
in bonds during August, the
report showed, while the quota
was $57,400.
The September quota has not
been received, but Mr. Ray
said he expected it would be
near the $C5,000 figure.
Local Unit State
Guard Receives
Guns This Week
The 40th Company, local unit
of the State Guard, has received a
supply of arms it was learned
from company officials.
"Hip unit ad in their possession
at one tirae' 30 calibre army rifles,
whic,h the government recalled ana
tH company was left without arms.
Received this week were 43, 12
Thompson Sub Machine gun, and
other equipment is expected to fol
low shortly.
The arrival of the arms comes
at an opportune time for the unit
which is undergoing rigid train
ing at present Officers of the
company who attended the state
camp at Gastonia have been busy
training the men, and the results
of the training are seen daily.
Within a short time it expected
that the local unit will be ready
to meet any emergencvy. - -
Out of the company funds real
ized from the dances held at the
: nr MMiTnftMi b rm V rsin-
armury, m JLfiu'"' ,
'coats have recently been purchased.
Lord's Acre At
Ratcliff Cove
Brings In $145.28
The returns from the Lord's
Acre movement which was inaugu
rated at the Ratcliff Cove Baptist
Church three years ago under the
leadership of Mrs. Frank L. Leo
pard has annually increased.
The first year a total of $65 was
realised from the one acre. Last
year $100 was raised from the sale
of crops grown on it, and this year
the high mark of $145.28 has been
realised on the sale of beans, it
was learned this week. ...
The one acre of ground has been
tended by all age groups starting
with the six year olds and even
those 75 have worked on the crops,
Durinc the session of the vacation
Bible schoA' Miss- Madge Lewis,
missionary for the Haywood County
Baptist Association and her stu
dents also helped pick beans. ,
The seeds and fertiliser were do
nated by interested friends. The
fertilizer' was contributed by the
Waynesville Hardware Company,
Farmers Federation, Hyatt and
Company and David Underwood.
The seed were donated by the Land
0' The Sky Cooperatives. C. C.
Francis and Mr. Coalsome, con
tributed $5.00 in cash with which
to purchase the bean dust for
spraying.
The second crop is now planted
on the acre, consisting of Crimson
clover and turnips. The clover will
be turned under and the turnips
will be put on the market for sale.
.The proceeds from the crop will
be applied on the church budget.
The Livestock and Home Art
Show, which was scheduled to be
held sometime this month, has
been postponed until transporta
tion conditions improve, the board
of directors recently decided, ac
cording to a statement just made
by Claude Francis, president. .
While the show will not be held
as scheduled, plans are going for
ward for holding the annual West
ern North Carolina Baby Beef show
and sale in Asheville. This move
ment is being sponsored by bank
ers of the area, with the First Na
tional Bank here taking an active
part.
A decision was made to carry on
this event, because many boys had
already started feeding their stock,
and some have put extra money
into their animals. Leaders felt
it unwise to disappoint the boys.
"Although the show has been
called off in Haywood, it docs not
mean that cattle raisers are loos
ing interest in better stock. They
will continue to improve their
herds in every way, and when the
war is over, and we have plenty
of tires and gasoline again, we
plan to go ahead with the live
stock and home arts show on an
even better scale than ever," Mr,
Francis said.
U.S.Bossin Solomons
$N - V ? v Xa
SL-i
This photo of MaJ. Gen. Alexander
A. Vandergrift, who commands the
U. S. Marines operating in the Solo
mon Islands, was made when he was
a colone!. He reached his present
rank last March. Gen. Vandergrift
entered the Marine Corps as a sec
ond lieutenant in 1909. He has
served in Cuba, Panama, Nicara
gua, Mexico, Haiti and China. He
is a native of Charlottesville, Va,
This is an official U. S. Navy pnoto.
Waynesville's Colored People Give
$30 Towards Haywood's USO Quota
Wynesvild's colored citizens
dug deep into their pockets, and
Are HinrOlieU contributed $,10 for the USO this
In Waynesville
Lt. Mary Francis,
U.S. Nursing Corps,
Arrives Overseas
Lt. Mary E. Francis, of the U.
S. army nursing corps, has arriv
ed safely somewhere" in England,
according to a message received
here during the week by her broth
er, Herman Francis,
Lt. Francis volunteered her ser
vices last spring. She is the daugh
ter of J. A. Francis and the late
Mrs. Francis and is a graduate of
the district high school. After
graduation here she entered the
nursing school of Biltmore hospit
al and at the time of her enlist
ment was assistant superintendent
of Biltmore Hospital.
)week. Delsie Love headed their
committee, and had several faith-
. '"...
. . r ' 1 iui workers assisting.
DlStriCt fcCnOOlSw, ha. a son, Edward Love.,
. .... ..... Fin service, ' : . -. .
The schools of the "Waynesville A committee of Delsie, Vallee
district opened Monday morning Peterson and Clifton Wheeler,
for the term 1942-43, with a slight Rave a chicken supper, and invited
decrease in enrollment, it was in everal white people. Those at.
learned from M. H. Bowles, super- tending reported much interest in
intendent. The enrollment at the the work amonir the colored group
high school met that of last year, ,n helping the men in service.
but the elementary grades fell
short by a small number.
"Students are entering fichool
this year with an excellent spirit,
and both the girls and the boys are
interested in the new courses that
are to be offered,' continued Mr.
Bowles, in discussing the opening. jn Bpile of rationing of tires
The total enrollment in the dis- and gasoline, travel in the park
trict is 2,743 with the following for August amounted to 144,2!9
number in each school: senior and persons in 39,613 vehicles, accord
junior high, 833; Hazel wood, 507; ing to '. an '''estimate ' made by the
Central Elementary, 253; East park service.
Waynesville, 245; Junaluska, 165; This is a decrease of 56 per
Maggie, 175; Dellwood, 60; Allen's 'cent under last August.
Creek, 105; Rock Hill, 290; and The count showed cars from 32
Saunook, 110. states, the District of Columbia,
The foregoing totals are the fig- and Parlania- Approximately 28
ures through Wednesday of this cen f thve travel was from
week. During the first month of "tates other than Tennessee and
school there are always a number 1Noh C"ols tl,
of students, who for various Tet
sons do not enroll on the opening . Zu"
144,299 People
Visited Park In
The Past Month
Gatlinburg; 23,000 through Town-
send, Tenn., and 33,000 through
Smokemont.
Dr. J. R. McCracken
Dam At Scout
Camp Is Now
Being Completed
Wnrir was started this week to
complete the dam at the Daniel
Boone Camp for Boy Scouts, and
empound the water of an 8-acre
lake. The dam will be 32 feet
high when completed, A. W. Allen,
district scout executive said this
week while in Waynesville.
"Tt'o ha A a successful season
at camp. We had 300 scouts to
participate m the camp Me, and
our average was 50 boys per week
for the -six weeks of camp," Mr.
Allen said.
Plans were made to build a mess
hall to seat 100, but since so much
interest has been shown in camp-,
ing, plans are now b'.ing made to
buiU the hall to seat 150 instead,
he reported.
"The eamp is a pig asset ut
Waynesville. Parents of most of
tv. inn uvnita visited them durinz
1,11V VW -
I the camp period, and that meant
quite a bit to this community," ne
continued.
The camp is near Lake Logan.
days, so the total is expected to
be some larger.
The vacancy caused by the
transfer of Homer Henry to prin-
befen filled, it was learned from OftlCS liy I'lane i roni
Mr. Bowies, but in rearranging Denver In One Day
iL 1 II n , . . . t W ' ; .
me scneauie or me xeacners all tne
classes are being taken for the
time being.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Cudde
back had as their guest this week
the latter's sister, Miss Florence
Kitchen, of Mills River, who is a
student at the Woman's College
of the University of Texas.
Dr. J. R. McCracken returned on
Friday from Salt Lake City, where
he attended a Masonic, meeting.
He stopped en route in Denver,
Colo., and took a trip to Pike's
Peak, H left Denver Friday
morning at 7 o'clock by plane and
from Knoxvillc, Term., motored
home, arriving here at 9 o'clock
the same day. :
Canton To Have
Parade and Full
Day's Program
Gasless Parade Will Be A
Feature Of Annual Cele
bration In Canton.
Canton is also planning a "gas-
less" parade for its 87th annual
Labor Day celebration, with C. C.
roindexter, serving as general
chairman of the program.
bpecial prizes are to be offered
for the best entries in the parade,
with buggies, saddle horses, and
wagons furnishing the principal
means of conveyance. Keen in
terest is centering on the unusual
features of the parade, which will
start at 10 o'clock in the morning,
traversing the main streets be
fore reaching the Champion soft
ball park on Park Avenue.
Where it is practical all prizes
offered will consist of government
bonds and stamps.
K general sports program will
be carried on throughout the day
at the Champion park. Sporting
events scheduled will include more
than 1,500 participants.
Various contests will be staged
during the afternoon. Square
dancing will be held at the park,
and several teams have already
notified officials of their intention
to enter the contests. ; , :
The annual Old timers Softball
game will be played Saturday night
as a preliminary event.
Concerts by the Canton school
band under the direction of Walter
Hoi ton, will feature the musical
program on Sunday afternoon and
Labor Day. Special religious Ser
vices will be held at the Colonial
theater on Sunday night at 8
o'clock. Rev. C. H. Moser, pas
tor of the Main Street Methodist
church, of Gastonia, will deliver
thsermon.
Dr. Stringfield
Arrives In U. S.
From England
Mrs, Sam L. Stringfield received
a telephone call from New York
Wednesday morning from her son,
Dr. Thomas Stringfield, who had
iust arrived from a year in Eng
land. Dr. Stringfield volunteered his
services with the Red Cross when
they asked for recruits from the
medical profession for service in
English hospitals, and has been
serving in an English hospital for
the past year.
Prior to his going, Dr. String
field had been associated with his
father and his uncle, Dr. Tom
Stringfield, in the practice of medi
cine here.
Dr. Stringfield is expected to ar
rive in town during the next few
days. ..
Break Record Today
The men who run the press which prints this news
paper are having to work overtime in order to print
enough papers to supply the demand.
A 52-year record was broken this week, as more
copies were printed for paid-in-advance subscribers
than ever before.
Because of the huge task involved in printing so
many papers, the press has to start on Tuesday after
noon. In the future, no guarantee can be given that any
advertising copy received after ten o'clock on Wed
nesday will get in, and no news after two o'clock. The
publishers will appreciate adherence to these deadlines.
This is necessary in order that the hundreds of sub
scribers get their paper on time.
Nephew of Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Jolly
Wins Distinction
First Lieutenant Hoyt A. Jollv.
Jr;, nephew of Mi", and Mrs. Hugh
Jolly, of Waynesville, and son of
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt A. Jolly, of
Atlanta, is making a name for
himself in his line of duty in the
U. S. Air Corps.
He was commander of a squad
ron of flying fortresses that blast
ed $5,000,000 worth of Jap bomb
ers and pursuit planes to bits in
five seconds action in the South
Pacific.
Lieutenant Jolly was one of
three men to receive the award of
Distingushed Service Cross dur
ing August from General Mac
Arthur, for heroism in the air war
over New Guinea and New Brit
ain in April and May.
In the attack on the Japs, press
dispatches reported that four long'
ic uuuiutrs were assigned io
get the airfield and flying at one
over 600 feet, they unleashed 20
high explosive bombs each as they
plunged over their targets. Not
only were the Jap planes destroy
ed, but valuable docks were left
in shambles.
Lieutenant Jollv was trained at
Love, Randolph and Kelly Fields.
and was commissioned in Mav.
1940. He became a first lieuten
ant in 1941. He was transferred
to the southwest Pacific theater
four or five months ago.
Business Will
Suspend Monday
For A Holiday
Parade Starts At Two
O'clock ; Ball Game After
wards and Street Dance
At Night.
Business and schools will sus
pend here Monday, as the county
joins in observing Labor Day in
a quiet program.
The committee in charge of the
program for the day announced
yesterday that formal activities :
would begin at two o'clock Mon
day, with a gasless parade, start
ing at the Hotel Gordon and
marching up Main street to the
Main street of Hazelwood, down
Brown avenue to the high school
stadium.
At the stadium, a brief pro
gram, with stress being put upon
the investment in war bonds and
stamps will be held.
" Following the program, a cork
ing good softball game between
Dayton Rubber and the Tannery,
league leading teams, will be
played.
The usual street dance in Hazel
wood will be staged, it was an
nounced, starting at nine o'clock,
with "Bug" Kuykendall call'ng.
R. B. Davenport, chairman, said
the high school band would lead
the parade, and that the State
Guard and other marching units
would participate.
The committee began work yes
terday in an effort to get firms
to enter floats in the parade. No
report was available last night.
A first prise of $10 in stamps is
being offered for first prise and
a prize o $5 in stamps for the
second prize. 4 Details as to entry
of floats in the parade can be had
by calling the Chamber of Com
mM, -., .-.:-'"-
All offices '-hi the court house,
except the sheriff's office, will be
closed. The - rationing board an
nounced their- office would be
closed for the day, as well as the
First National Bank.
The committee had announced
a union service on Sunday, eve
ning, but this will not be held,
the committee said yesterday.
Those in charge of the program
for the day includes R. B. Daven
port, chairman, Bill Prevost, Bill
Chambers, Jr., Felix Stovall, Leo
Weil, Charles Miller, Jonathan
Woody and Howard Hyatt.
Miss Mildred Phillips, who holds
a position with the State Depart
ment in Washington, D. C., is
spending this week with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Phillips,
on the Dellwood road.
Impressive
Program Dedicate
Mountain Chapel
In an impressive ceremony the
second church of the Mountain di
vision of the Salvation Army was
dedicated on last Saturday. ' A
large number of persons were pres
ent for the dedication, including
a number of the officials from the
Southern territory of the Salva
tion Army.
The highlight of the dedicatory
program took place when the Sal
vation Army flag was raised over
the building by Mrs- William Arn
old, wife of Commissioner Arnold,
head of the Southern territory of
15 states, and the breeze unfolded
it with the United States flag and
as one they floated over the chapel.
Commissioner Arnold gave the
dedicatory address and Brigadier
Cunningham, editor of the South
ern War Cry, led the dedicatory
prayer. Special music was provid
ed by Major and Mrs. Frank
Longino, leading officials from
Charlotte, on the trombone and
accordion.
Others taking part on the pro
gram were Colonel and Mrs. Al
fred Tyler, of Charlotte, and Har
ry Lee Liner, who raised the Unit
ed States flag, as every hand went
up in salute as the strains of
America were rendered.
The program was in chartre of
Adjutant Cecil Brown and Cap
tain Thelma Colton, of the Moun
tain division of the Salvation
Army. ..
Nephew Of Mrs.
Noble Garrett Is
Accidently Killed
Lyman Higdon, Jr., 20, of Frank
lin, was fatally injured Tuesday
morning around 11:00 o'clock while
working in a TV A tunnel at Farn
er, Tenn.
Youngi Higdony who is the
only child of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman
Higdon, of Franklin, is a nephew
of Mrs. Noble Garrett, of Waynes
viUe and the grandson of Mr. and
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