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FOB eer ICTORY BUT CNIlll) ITaTXS NESVILLE BONDS STA!.!?S Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park $1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties lggxHYEAR NO. 41 12 Pages WAYNESVELLE, N; C THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1942 (One Day N earer Victory) Mountain WAV t - ruin L jtjiiuuuuijps 4 laiwooa rignts innation tsy rurcnasing war nunus kooo During Member Put War Bonds Iwood 3lore Than Doub- September yuoia, o.,ri1 Arena jve in rwood joined whole-hearted-.v. .nti.inflation campaign L president this past month, f.,J nco 9? was invested in 'Ja. "which represented more double the September quote, tog to tnarue ivajr, ww fcian. iders in the drive to sell more i in the county were stressing nportance of buiding up sav or the period after the war. this connection, uie leacners . Mimtv.' under the direction Ld N. Allen, launched a pro 1 kpll S30.000 in bonds each I for the next three months. drive will be centerea mosuy t rural areas of the county. . ffcnsral meeting of the h committee in Canton last it was deciaea to noia ine ler meeting at some rural jin the county and have all er leaders present For the few months, more stress will Len to the sale of bonds in the lections. ': J. L. Reeves, of Canton, was m chairman of a committee Enote the sale of bonds among business and professional ... A similar committee will amed to stimulate interest if the merchants, ports from the industrial com- showed a decided increase 10 per cent - payroll .dednc plan. At Canton alone, more 400 signed up one pay day rticipate. a M. Robinson was toastmas ind Norman Freel was assist iost at the Canton meeting. t October quota is the same ptember $57,400. eselling agents of the county rted September sales as fol- pood Calves ink High At Beef Show Miss United Nations IT AnaiUsia Alaxandria Sevaitopou los, 18, waa chosen by New fork's Greek-Americana as "Miss United Nations" at a Greek War Bally and Bond sale. She to shown witk tkf flags at? tha United States ana Oreeee draped aver her ahoaldars. (Ctntnlfrml by k Haywood calves made a showing at the annual Fat Beef show yesterday in Ashe The calves will be sold at o'clock today. yne Stamey, of Canton, route on third nlace with his calf. f Jonathan Caldwell, of route Placed 10th: Max Best, of f, route one. held 27th and f a Francis 29th place. P Sherrill, of route one, Can- given a place in "Good" lues were not awarded yester- w the individuals, but in the of 5 in a countv eroun. the Nod calves were awarded a me. fte class for three home- P steers. Haywood ranked 'fl. and won another $10 ward Clapp, countv aerent. Warned the boys to Asheville, " wen pleased at the show e local animals made. A Pnce is expected at the sale went is sponsored by the mi of Western North Caro- fith the First National Bank using a leading part, untaineer ?med Official t co rvee u'u,-"" V JOT Wo, i it of a . the U. S. Depart rn T. V. A, and F8 gather Observer " Waynesvile Mountaineer has -'Knated the official weather S. Weather P1ln,.n W Slnce Sunday when ieer took over are as Max. 76 72 71 63 Min. 64 61 47 36 Prec, .38 5 Rev. R. E. McBlain Accepts Call To Florida Church Rev. R. E. McBlain, rector of Grace iscopal church, has ac cepted i" all to St. Mary's church, Jacksonville, Fla., and plansj-.tP take up his pastorate with the Florida church around October the 15th. : Rev, McBlain came here from Holly Springs, Miss., two years ago. He has served in addition to Grace church four missions, namely, Micadle, Balsam, Sylva and Cullowhee. Rev. McBlain is a native of Philadelphia, but has resided in the South since 1915, having re ceived his education in a prepara tory school in Lynchburg and later he graduated from Sewanee. During his residence here he has been active in both religious and civic affairs. He has been a mem ber of the Haywood County Minis terial Associatin and is sec -eta ry of the group. He is a member of the local Rotary club, and has served as chairman and co-chair man of a number of the war effort drives in this area, including the USO and the Red Cross special camoaiens. : Rev. and Mrs. McBlain and their young daughter, Aletha, expect to leave here sometime next weeK. His successor will be named by Bishop Robert E. Gribbin, of the Diocese of Western North Carolina and the vesteryman of the church, At the same time Rev. McBlain had the call to St. Mary's in Jack sonville. he received a call to a church in New Mexico. State Takes Over 12-Mile Highway; Soco To Cherokee Six Miles Of Road Down Mountain; Cost $375,000 To Build. The State Highway Commission has formally accepted the 12-mile highway from Soco Gap to Chero kee. The road cost approximately $375,000, and half is on the moun tain and the remaining six miles is through the comparatively level valley leading to Cherokee Reser vation. The Ralph E. Mills Company started construction on November 18, 1940, and excuvated about 500, 000 yards of rock and dirt in build ing the road. The steepest grade in the road is about eight percent. At times during the construction, as many as 100 men were employed on the job. The road is now surf aced with rock and gravel. Later the state will place a black top on it and make it comparable to this side of the mountain. H. R. Stewart was general su perintendent of the project for the contractor. ; v : . When Willkic Met Stalin w"d ra- Jonnny Cudde- fcto p , r" frm a week's k le,eh. where the latter Four Red Cross First Aid Courses Start Classes Four classes in first aid under the auspices of the Haywood Red Cross chapter in co-operation with tne civilian defense program were or ganized and began work this week, it was learned from Bill Prevost, countv coordinator. Two of the organized, were in the Waynesville area. On Monday evening the Waynes ville class being taught by Mrs. W. H. F. Miflar, met in the Cen tral Elementary auditorium. They will hold two meetings a week with a two hour class each night, for a total of five weeks with hours from 7:30 to 9:30. v - . Tn the class are the following Mm Frank Worthington, Miss Hester Ann Withers, Miss Steph anie Moore, Mrs. Ben Sloan, Mrs. Whitener Prevost, Miss n-uen Louise Killian, Mrs. Howard Hyatt, Mrs. J. E. Massie, Miss Edna Mc Kay Mrs. C. B. Atkinson, Mrs. J. C. Hoxit. Mrs. J. C. Crousier, Mn rha. fl. Miller. Mrs. S. P. Gay, Miss Helen Kay, Mrs. F' G. Rippetoe, Mrs. H B. Atkins, Mrs. R. Stuart Roberson, Mrs Geo. Bischoff, Mrs. Sherrill Leatherwood, Mrs. G- C. Ferguson, (Continued on page 12) Ferris E. Branson, Prominent Canton Citizen, Passes Funeral services will be held thiauafternoen. at 8 e'elock at the Central THethodist church of Can ton for Ferris E. Branson, 47, prominent Cslnton business man who died at his home in Canton at 1:15 Wednesday morning. The Rev. Walter R. Kelly, pas tor, will officiate, assisted by Rev, A. C. Gibbs, a former pastor of the Canton church, now superm tendent of the Elkin Methodist district of the Methodist church. Burial will be in Bon-A-Venture cemetery; , Pallbearers will be H. A. Helder, Dr. A. P. Kline, Sam M. Robinson, Louis E. Gates, Clyde R. Hoey, Jr., Herman Eskridge, T. A. Clark, and W. S. Burnett. Mr. Branson has been in the automobile business in Canton for the past 20 years and was senior member of the Branson Motor company. He was co-owner witn his brother, Charlie Branson, of the Ashton apartment burning m Asheville. He was a native of High Point, and the son of the late Charles E. and Alice Bolden Branson, of South Carolina. He had been a member of the Canton Central Methodist church for 14 years and had served on the board of stewards. He was a member of the Civitan ' Club of Canton, a charter member of the Canton Chamber of Commerce. He was also a member of the Pigeon River Masonic Lodge and belonged to the Scottish Rite and the Shrine, Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Carrie Envin Branson; two broth ers, Charles E. Branson, of Canton, and B. L. Branson, of Asheville, and a grandson. Local Baptists Will Observe Mission Week Mission Week "will be observed here next Week at the First Bap tist church, with meetings held each night. Among the out of town speakers who will appear on the program are Dr. E. F. Plain field, of Tampa, schoolmate of f iiM Min.- " ' ' " 11 President Roosevelt's personal representativ., Wendell I-WUlkie, U shown with Josef SUlin, Soviet leader, when they Hotjw to ing h current visit to the MJdfle Russia, and 0. Boxes Free To Pack Gifts For Men In Service Christmas packages to men in service must not be larger than a shoe box, the govern ment has ruled. Feeling that many people would be minus a box to pack their gifts in, the Wellco Shoe Corporation is today advertis ing that "ley We quantity of boxeaLi hand which they will give free ia anyone calling at the former Martin Electric Company building, on Church street, on Saturday between two and four o'clock. "No charge or obligation" said Leo Weil, president. Seven Excellent Shorthorns Bought By Haywood Men Nutrition Class At Hazelwood To Open On Fiiday The Haxelwood Parent-Teachers Association is offering a nutrition course covering buying, prepar ing, and planning proper meae, to be held at the Hazelwood school, Friday, October 16, at 3:00 o'clock. The course will consist of four meetings one to be held in Octo ber, one in January, another In Ma v. and another during th um- mer months. Th fall meatlhft -U1 concentrate mainly ', on. .proper packing of lunches, and preparing of lunches at home. The winter meeting will cover the importance of meat in diets, and the prepara tion of various kinds of meat. The spring meeting will deal with veg etables, and their preparation, and the summer meeting will deal with canning fruits and veg etables, etc. Miss Kathryn Lockey, of the Home Service Department of the Carolina Power & Light Company, of Asheville. will conduct the This is Seven outstanding Shorthorns were boueht bv Haywood cattlemen . meetings and discussions at the Shorthorn sale in Asheville a part of the Carolina Power & this week. Lteht Company's plan offered to Fred Thompson, of Lake Juna-1 industrial plants throughout this luska, bought the outstanding bull section. of the sale, and another animal. A mORt interesting meeting is Wallace Ward, a rscognized lead being prepared for October 16, and er in raising Shorthorns, also .the Unagusta Manufacturing Cor bought two animals. I poration will give a $25.00 bond as Sam Ferguson, oi tiyae, rouve a prize at the meeting Seventy-Five Men eave Here On 17th For Camp Croft Seventy-five men have been call ed in the October quota under the selective service from the Waynes ville area, and are scheduled to re port for examinations at camp Croft on Saturday, 17th. They will leave here at 7:30 in the morning. In the group are three volun teers as follows: Arthur James Hannah, Horace Wood, and Rome John Sherrill, Others are: Fuller Taylor, Lemuel Vannie Sheperd, Wit ford Carver, Kermit Moore, Jack Odell Chapman, Ray Cagle, Scott Ball. Arthur Dillard Woody, John Hall, Jacob Davis, Jack Jus tice. Ellis Willard Francis, Jr., Wil liam Garrett Roeves, Manson Ed ward Clark, Homer Cagle, John Dudley Moore, Arthur J. R. Moore, Marion Hubert Messcr, Albert Donald Hawkins, Howell Way Crawford, Lee Roy Beck, J. Q. Allison, Arling McGaha, Joe Stan ley Davis, Robert Walker Burgess Thomas L. Howell, i-ugene Franklin, Horace Eugene Messer, Hardy Smith, Faraday Banks Rathbone, Thomas Benjamin Wood ard, Clarence Jones Hyatt, James Dewey Wyatt, Gudger Yost Fal mer, Robert Ben Mooney, Dewey Edward Rhinehart, David Austin Taylor, William Henry Putnam. Frank Montgomery Saunders, Jesse Smith, Leo Leonidai Brown ing. Joseph Bryan Beat, John Way McCracken, Charles HaKal Ruff, Victor Lee Lewis, Wallace Rode rick Robinson, Robert Lee Jolly, Everett Albert ., Evans, .. Q t U Epreet WaddeH, Wayrie' Mtlford Owens, Brown Burgess, Lowell Claude Browning. Winston Franklin Davis, Ray mond Ray Noland, Clyde Lewis Sexton, Bill Graham Hill, Rufus McLean Green, Robert Fields Haynes, James Way Hendrix, Os car Hugh Burgess, Robert Frank lin, Dennis Joseph Hoyle, James Washington Messer, Carl Henry Stanley, Jack Sylvester Coleman, Paul K. Shelton, James Taylor Rathbone, James Hilliard Tram mull, llobert Crcasman, James Al len Cochran, Hobert Wyatt, Rob ert LeRoy Mull, and Marion Ed gar Norman. 80 Tons Bought By Dealer Since First Of October Huge Piles Being Gathered By School Children; Far Short Of Goal, Clapp Reminds. one, bought one; Gelnn Boyd, of routa two, bought one, and Jen nings Smathers, of Canton, bought one. The sale averaged $225 per animal. The American Shorthorn Breed ers' Association sponsored the sale. Surgical Dressings Rooms To Be Open Thursday Evenings ' The surgical dressings room of the Red Cross will be open one The meeting is free and any ladies interested are cordially in vited to attend. The lectures are being financed by the Unagusta Manufacturing Co. ' Nutrition Class Organized; Meets Twice Each Week The nutrititfn, class which is sponsored by the Red Cross is now taking regular work, it was learn ed from Mrs. Grover C. Davis, v.. u , .11 ZT L i.A President of the group. Miss Mar night each week to allow those who Jorie McManu teach of hom6 work to aauBt in -the making of Jeconomi in the hi(?h 8choolg is bandages, it has been announced hing th clagg( which ig being by Mrs. Ben Colkitt, chairman of h ,d court h'ou8e. the surgical dressings committee. enrolled included. Mr8. The rooms which relocated on jj. Barber, Jr., Mrs. S. P. Gay, the second floor of theason.c M Margaret Terrell, Mrs. M. G. Temple, will be open on Thursday am Robt Gibfl0 Mrg '"Tn'R" Green, Mrs. Chas Miller, Miss and Miss Margaret Terrellwill Eda patte Miss EUen Louise serve as supervisors for the rolling Kmi M J Siler, Mrs. R. of the bandages The hours w.U gtre'tche Mr8. Gr0Ver C. Davis, be from 7:30 to. 9 o'clock. Mr j ' Mr white.' The rooms are open every.dayln Prevost, Mrs. J. C. Patrick, jTSJKntt'faftr; Mrs- Woodson Jones, Mrs. C. M. 2:30 to 5 o clock in the afternoons. Di M p k Ferson Mr8. The response foi - workers has been Ben Sloan, and cTatifvincr. accordine to Mrs. Col-i,, , ' Mussolini, an exnea iianan, moHtf. who states that she feels sure ,- .-.. ,. o nntnrali ifiVn 1 .V jj - i. ine classes are neia eacn mes of the United States Others who will take part in the services are: Dr. J. B. Hipps, a returned missionary from China; Miss Bertha Smith, also formerly engaged in mission work in the foreign fields; Miss Madge Lewis, and Miss Elizabeth Cox, both work ers in the Haywood County Baptist Association. Classes will be held each night for every age group of the church, with a general assembly follow ing. During the latter period the present needs of the mission field and general world conditions. Mem bers of the churches in the county are invited to attend the services. JV pretnt 8fayo nnn harwT day and Friday rnoon t is kept up, the quota of 9,000 band-j . v . ages win ue uuutuicu 111 uttuuer. Ellen Louise Killian Is Named Chairman of Junior Red Cross Miss Ellen Louise Killian, who has been active in war work in the civilian defense activities, has been named chairman of the Junior Red Cross chapter. Billy Hannah, who is attending Belmont Abbey, spent the week end here with his mother, Mrs. William T. Hannah! J. A. Gwyn Appointed To Head Fuel Oil Panel James A. Gwyn has been named chairman of the advisory panel on fuel oil, of the rationing board serving the Waynesville area, The appointment was made by M. D Watkins, chairman of the ration ing board. Others who will serve with Mr. Gwyn are Ben Sloan and Rufus Siler. The group will also handle the rationing of kerosene.. They will assume their duties onjOct. 10. 15th Mrs. M. R. Ector, Dies In Oregon Relatives here have been notified of the death of Mrs, Martha R. Ector, 73, former resident of Hay wood county, who died at her home in Salem, Ore., on September 26th. Funeral services were held on Fri day, Oct. 2. Mrs. Ector was the sister of Mrs. J. T. Bridges, She was a na tive of this county, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Marcus H. Miller, also of Haywood county. She left this section with her hus band, the late W. Walter Ector, 39 year ago to take up residence in Oregon. V , She is survived by four sons, William, Winfrey and George Ec tor, all of Salem, Ore.; Hugh Ector, of Fort Knox, Ky.; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Curry, of Salem, Ore., and Mrs. J. T. Bridges, of Waynesville. Hutre piles of scrap continued to grow like mushrooms in every section of Haywood this week, as thousands of eager school children got into action and scoured every nook and corner for junk. Throusrh yesterday, more than than eighty tons had been turned in to one junk dealer since October first:- : . "'. WPA trucks started a house-to- house campaign in Fines Creek yesterday, after gathering 29,700 pounds in Crabtree. At east 60,000 pounds were on the school grounds at Canton last night, with a Bteadily growing pile at the scrap depot in Clyde. Huge quantities of scrap were gathered at all Waynesville schools, with more than 20,000 already haul ed off from the Central Elemen tary. The scrap pile at Hazel wood continued to grow, and at Bethel, it was reported that the work of the school children was very satisfactory. Similar reports came from every Haywood school. The citizens of Jonathan's Creek banded together and are taking1 all their scrap to the school. Many tons have already been gathered there. - The town truck was busy last Thursday, and will be on the job again today gathering scrap and taking it to the lot next to tha Armory here. G. C. Ferguson, town manager, reported that five or six tons had already been collected, and much more in tight . . Pressley Brothers, who operate a junk yard here and in Canton, were;;buy!rjr the majority or the hferap.. Mr. 'rtessiay, aald yeiter-.. day that since October first, his firm had gotten 81,490 pounds m the Waynesville area, and 82,636 in the Canton area. His forecast for scrap now in sight was above 800,000 pounds. From the 164,000 already col lected by Pressley Brothers, he said about 6,000 pounds was as essential metals, such as coppet, brass, alminum and some rubber. Howard Clapp, county salvage chairman, said yesterday: "Hay wood has made a good start, but we must remember our goal is 3,500,000 pounds. That is what Uncle Sam expects of us. We cannot disappoint him." "Haywood muBt get that flag, which will indicate We have turn ed in 100 pounds per person. Our patriotism won't allow us to do less. And right now, Haywood could use to a good advantage, any part of the $3,300 that many newspapers of the state, incuding The Mountaineer, are putting up as prizes," he continued. Champion Paper and Fibre Com. pany announced this week that they had turned in 880,000 pounds of scrap since January first Unagusta Manufacturing Com pany have also scrapped several hundred thousand pounds of obso lete equipment Anyone wishing the town truck to pick up scrap can call 163, the town hall, or The Mountaineer, (Continued on page 12) Mrs. Ruth Rotha Promoted ; Transferred To Hendersonville Mrs, Ruth Williams Rotha, who has been employed for the past year in the local office of the Unit ed States employment service as clerk-typist, has been transferred to the Hendersonville office. : Mrs. Rotha has been promoted and will assume her new duties there as interviewer, this week. Miss Almarine Robinson, formerly employed in the law office of Wil liam Medford, has been employed as junior stenographer-clerk to fill the vacancy created by Mrs. Rotha's transfer. Mrs. Sam L. Queen Leaves Saturday For Welfare Meet ; -Mrs. Sam L. Queen, superin tendent of public welfare of Hay wood county, leaves Saturday to attend the 23rd annual public wel fare conference which is to be held in Raleigh on Oct 11 through the Teachers Make Plans For Scrap And Bond Drives Plans were formulated at the meeting held here on Friday after noon at the Central Elementary school by the Haywood county teachers for the scrap campaign and the sale of war bonds and stamps in the schools. Approximately 100 teachers at tended the meeting with Dudley Moore, president of the group, presiding. The principal speakers were Charles E. Ray, county chair man of the war bonds and stamps committee, and Howard C. Clapp, county farm agent, who is serving as chairman of the salvage drive in Haywood county. Mr. Ray made a stirring appeal to the teachers to cooperate in the plans outlined to sell a total of $30,000 war bonds and stamps dur ing the coming three months. Each teacher will be asked to send in a weekly report to her principal and the latter will be asked to make out a monthly report to the county chairman. Mr. Ray asked that the $90,000 be raised in $30,000 quotas each month. Mr. Clapp spoke of the plans for the salvage drive which started , (Continued oa page 12)