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rgggfHYEAR NO. 42 16 Pages
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY 0,CTOBER 15, 1942 (One Day Nearer Victory)
$1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Fair
Stout
lira Scrap (Sampuogoii
Outstanding
Cjng For Week
y To Observe Mis
fi Week,-With Leading
Field Workers
pyticipating-
of the best known mission
Jfc America today is Dr. J, P.
Aid Italian-born field sec-
uthern bv
t Home Mis
( Board, whf
1 preach twici
, Sunday a'
i First Bap
j church and
1 remain ovei
help conduC
special Mis
i Week.
inUtine Dr.
anfield win . .
j, B. Dr. Plamfield
js,'of China, and Miss Bertha
Ik, also of China, who re
ad to America four weeks
wial services will be held each
ting at 7:30, according to the
ar,H. G. Hammett. .
m are being made to care
m over-flow crowd as people
many sections of this area
indicated their intention of
not these well-known mission-
S program calls for dividing
I wnpegation into five groups
.Jilt, young people, intermedi
V juniors and primaries. These
sji will bold an hour discus
M their respective topics each
X wd then for 45 minutes the
idoMriei will tell of their re
it uperiences in foreign lands.
3t Ptinfield was a schoolmate
wolini, snd. ha, soinet Jnte
insights on the dictator of
.- .'
r. PUinfield will lead the adults;
Bipps the young people. Hiss
itk the intermediates, Misses
Jp Lewis and Magaret Terrell
juniors, and Misses Elizabeth
i wd Erma Patterson the pri
ao. :
. Hipps is a native of Madison
Dtv. After graduating from
m Hill and Wake Forest, he
st to the Theological Seminary
Louisville, and from there to
ianbia University. In the fall
1913 he went to China and
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pt.s!r. Crockett
stalled As Pastor
Hazelwood Church
M. R. Crockett was installed
PMtor of the Hazelwood and
id Presbyterian churches Sun-
f night, at a special service at
Haielwood church.
"'M. R. Williamson was chair-
n the committee commission-
install Rev. Mr. Crockett. Mr.
amson preached the sermon
'. Charles M. Robinson, of
City, delivered the charge
Pastor, and Rev. George B.
JH of Canton, delivered the
w to the congregation. '
Mr. Crockett has served the
'Marches as supply for the
"jear, ..-
h , prevost was delegate
local church.
r Evening Church
r-s io atart At
Beginning On 18th
W5 TS es of
Ka i '" town will
tbeir hour of worship, it has
P jounced by the pastors.
Nm J Sunday, the 18th aU
P start Promptly at
14s I?1 yea" the hour
gi.as been changed
i5 To Good
ruig ...
S& MU J ... Guest
IVriai
city Fire De-
NErfn "If1 r"ilts in
I. acation Paw o.
Vg ry of Local Sportg
Grandmothers Do Their Bit
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f Is
Ever-increasing demands of the war machine for labor have even
brought grandmothers to the production line. Two of them, who are
helping to keep up production schedules are Mrs. Ruby Lawrence
(left) and Mrs. Earl La Roe. They are shown at work in the La Ro
family shop in Eustis, Fla., where they process vital war parts. TMs
is an official phonephoto from the Office of War Information -
Haywood Markets
Buy 4 Fat Baby
Beeves At Show
Show Averages 20c Per
Pound For Calves; Bankers
Sponsored Annual Event.
Four of the Fat Baby Beef
calves that were entered by Hay.
wood 4-H Club boys in the recent
show in Asheville were bought by
Haywood firms.
C. E. Rays' Sons bought one;
W. W. N. C Cafe and Baientine's
beagSJt . jointly and. Champion
Employees store bought two.
The sale averaged 20 Vi cents per
pound, ' with the buyers paying
the market price, and the bankers
of the section paying the difference
in market price and the prices
paid. The First National Bank
took a leading part in sponsoring
the show.
The five Haywood calves, their
owners, prices received and weight
were: :
Owner Wright- Price
Wayne Stamey 870 24c
Jonathan Caldwell .. 800 20c
Max Best 990 18c
Calvin Francis ........ 630 21c
Phil Sherrill ............ 760 19c
Travel In Park
Down 35 Percent
Under 1941 Record
Since last October, travel in the
Park has decreased 35 per cent,
according to J. Ross Eakin, su
norintonHfint. This decrease was
based upon the previous travel
year, which runs from October to
October.
Vnr Sentember 81.912 people
visited the Park in 20,680 vehibles.
This brought the total for the
year to 1,247,019 people in 382,-
133 vehicles.
More than 22,000 entered via
Gmnlromnnr. I7.nn0 via Gatlinburg
and 12,000 via Townsend. Of the
month's total, 48,199 were local
people from North Carolina and
Tennessee and the remaining 33,
71 a -araro rlassified as visitors from
places other than these two states.
J. D. Hyatt, who is attending
Mars Hill CoUege, spent the week
end lipre with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Dewey Hyatt.
October Quota Of
Draftees To Leave
Saturday Morning
On Saturday morning at 7:30.
o'clock 75 men making up the Oc
tober quota under the selective
service system will leave the Way
nesville area for examinations at
Camp Croft. They go by special
bus.;
The men will be served coffee
and doughnuts prior to their de
parture at the, W. W, N. C. Cafe
with Chreat George, owner, and R.
B. Peareu, , owner of the Waynes
vUU Biry, as hosts. ' Mr. George
and Mr Pearce aerve each group
of men leaving this area, regard
less of the hour .they depart.
There will be three volunteers,
Arthur James Hannah, Horace
Wood, and Robie John Sherrill
Others scheduled to go are: Fuller
Taylor, Lemuel Vannie Shepard,
Wilford Carver, Kermit Moore,
Jack Odell Chapman, Ray Cagle,
Scott Hall, Jacob Davis Jack Jus
tice.
William Garrett Reeves, Manson
Edward Clark, Homer Cagle, John
Dudley Moore, Arthur J, R. Moore,
Marion Hubert Messer, Albert
Donald Hawkins, Howell Way
Crawford, Lee Roy Beck, J. Q,
Allison. Arling McGaha, Joe Stan
ley Davis, Robert Walker Burgess
Thomas L. Howell, Eugene
Franklin, Horace Eugene Messer,
Hardy Smith, Farady Banke Rath
bone, Thomas Benjamin Woodard,
Clarence Jones Hyatt, James Dew
ey Wyatt, Gudger Yost Palmer,
Robert Bert Mooney, Dewey Ed
ward Rhinehart, David Austin
Taylor, William Henry Putman.
Frank Montgomery Saunders,
Jesse Smith, Leo Leonidas Brown
ing, Joseph Bryan Best, John Way
McCracken, Charles Hascal Ruff,
Victor Lee Lewis, Wallace Rode
rick Robinson, Robert Lee Jolly,
Everett Albert Evans, Greek Ep
rest Waddell, Wayne Milford
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, Debbis Joseph Hoyle, James
Washington Messer, Carl Henry
Stanley, Jack Sylvester Coleman,
Paul R. Shelton, James Taylor
Rathbone, James Hilliard Tram
mell, Hobert Creasman, James Al
len Cochran, Hobert Wyatt, Rob
ert LeRoy Mull, and Marion Ed
gar Norman.
Local Road Builders To Slart Work Soon
On Government Highway In Puerto Rico
Uncle Sam has a pretty teen
eye on men who build roads m the
mountains, because he has aeveral
places throughout the world where
he needs roads over mountains
similar to these right Aere in Hay
wood. Right now, severaLmen who
helped bufld the 12-mfle highway
from Soco Gap to Cherokee are on
their way to Puerto Rico, away
down near the northern tip or
South America. Other .members of
the local crew will leave soon, to
sUrt work on the 65-mile Interna
tional Highway. . .
Among those scheduled to leave
is H. R- Stewart, who was super
intendent of the Soco Gap-Chero
kee job. He plans to leave about
the 15th of November, probably
flying down from a Florida or
Texas airport.
The Ralph E.. Mills Company, of
Frankfort, Ky., has the contract,
and it is expected that two years
will be required to complete the
job. -
Mr. Stewart said the country
there was similar to the moun
tains here. Some of the mountains
are eight to 10 thousand feet high,
but where the road would cross
would be about four to five thou
sand feet elevation. Mr. Stewart
will be assistant superintendent of
the Puerto Rico job. His family
will remain in Waynesville.
Merchants Have
Until October 23
To File Prices
List and Price Of All Cost
Of Living Commodities
Must Be Filed With Local
Board.
The local war price and ration
ing board, with T. J. Cathey chair
man, announced yesterday that all
merchants or firms selling commo
dities defined as "cost-of-living"
items would have to file a report
with the board not later than Oc
tober 23, listing all such items, and
the selling price as of March, 1942,
Mr. Cathey pointed out that
some merchants had filed such a
list with the district board on or
before July first, but that all firms
must now file a similar report
with the local board, and before
October 23, or be subject to a
fine. :
The local board, known as num
ber N. C. 44-1, in the state set-up,
is headed by T. J. Cathey, with
Grover C. Davis and L. N. Davis
as members. The office headquar
ters will be maintained at Mr.
Cathey's office in the court house.
Any retailer can get further in
formation from him regarding the
new regulations.
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. SelsamOn
Tuesday Afternoon
Funeral services were conducted
at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at
the First Baptist church for Mrs
Sophia Shepard Selsam, 67, who
died at her homS at 1:20 Monday
morning. Mrs, Selsara suffered a
slight stroke during the week from
which she never rallied. . T
The Rev. H. G. Hammett, pastor
of the church, officiated. He was
assisted by the Rev. M. R. William
son, pastor of the Waynesville
Presbyterian church. Burial was
in Greenhill cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
Jake Love, Robt. Gibson, Jarvis
Campbell, Frank Underwood, Dr.
J. R. McCracken and C. B. Hosa-
flook.
Mrs. Selsam, who had resided
here many years, was a native of
Macon county. She was born on
August 4, 1875, the daughter of
the late Mr, and Mrs. Henry Shep
ard, of Macon county. She was
married twice, first to the late
Henry Abel. Some years after the
death of Mr. Abel she married
the late Edgar Selsam.
Mrs. Selsam is survived by two
sons Albert Abel and Henry Sel
sam, both of Waynesville, and
three grandchildren, also of Way
nesville.
Bishop Gribbin To
Preach At Grace
Church Sunday
The Right Reverend Robert E
Gribbin, of Asheville, bishop of the
diocese of Western North Caro
lina, will conduct services at Grace
Episcopal church on Sunday after
noon at 3:30 o clock.
Due to the absence of a rector
there will be no service at the
regular 11 o'clock Sunday morn
ing hour.
While the bishop is here he will
discuss with the vestry of the
church the naming of a successor
to the Rev. R. E. McBlain, for
mer rector, who recently accepted
a call to St. Mary's Episcopal
church of Jacksonville, Fla.
Haywood County Medical
Society To Meet Here
At Hospital Tonight
The Haywood County Medical
Society will meet tonight in the
nurses home of the Haywood Coun
ty Hospital, according to an an
nouncement by Dr. J. Frank Pate,
secretary. Dr. Robert Owen, of
Canton, will be the charge of the
program.
Carload of Hereford
Calves Brought Into
Haywcod This Week
A carload of Hereford calves
were brought into the county this
week by R. V. Welch and George
A. Brown, Jr. The calves were
shipped here from Forth Worth,
Texas.
Sheriff Welch and Mr. Brown are
feeders of calves in Haywood.
Local Fire Chief
si
ROBERT HUGH CLARK was
recently named fire chief for the
Town of Waynesville. He will al
so remain superintendent of the
light department
See page eight.
Robert H. Clark Is
Named Fire Chief
Of Waynesville
Robert Hugh Clark was named
fire chief for the Town of Waynes.
ville at a meeting of the town
board of aldermen held on Tues
day night. Mr. Clark succeeds the
late Lawrence L. Kerley, who had
served as chief for the past three
years. .
Sam Fitzgerald, who has been
a member of the volunteer firemen
group of the community, has been
named assistant fire chief.
Mr. Clark, who has been super,
intondeni ef HghU 1927, has
been filling the post of fire chirt
since Mr. Kerley 's death. Since
the resignation of Bradford Mehaf
fey, superintendent of the water
for the town, he haa also served
as superintendent of water.
Mr. Mehaffey left about two
weeks ago for active duty as a
mechanic in the air corps, in which
branch of the Bervice he had volun
teered. "
Junaluska School
Makes Progress In
War Effort Drives
The war bond, stamp and scrap
drives in the Lake Junaluska school
are making progress, according to
Tyson Cathey, principal. A total
of $119 has been realized in the
stamp sales, with the fourth grade
eading in amounts bought.
A large amount of scrap has
been collected, with the pile in
creasing daily. The children are
being paid for it in war stamps.
The following have bought war
bonds, Betty Noland, Betty Owen,
and Buster Brown. Those who
have bought at least $1.00 in
stamps are Edwin Terrell, Howard
Liner and Robert Fugate of the
sixth srrade.
Those buying $1.00 or more in
stamps in the fifth grade are: Vir
gil Early, Edward Palmer, John
Terrell, Alice Burgin, Bobby Owen,
and Roy Phillips; fourth grade,
Buster Brown, Jack Grasty, Lilian
Knox Medford, Ruby Parton, La
vada Riggins, Norman Putman,
Betty Underwood, Chas. Millwood
and Dewain Crawford.
In the second grade: Betty Guy
Fulbright, Linda Messer, Louise
Swayngim, Lillian Finney, Edwin
Grasty, Richard Hipps; first grade,
Wanda Lee Davis, Dewey Gaddis
and Jean Riggins.
Schools Taking Lead
Dn Gathering Scrap
Electric Current
Off For 2 Hours
Midnight Monday
The electric current will be
cut off front twelve o'clock
midnight on Monday, the 19th,
to two o'clock a. m., according
to an announcement by Rob
ert Hugh Clark, superintend
ent of the city light depart
ment. Mr. Clark stated that the
power would be off at that hour
in order to make some neces
sary repairs on the sub-station.
Decatur V. Phillips,
Local Contractor,
To Be Buried Today
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 2:80 o'clock at the
First Baptist church for Decatur
V. Phillips, well known contractor,
who died at 6:15 Tuesday after.
noon at his home on the Howell
Mill Road. The Rev. H. G. Ham
mett,, pastor, will officiate. Burial
will be in the Greenhill eemetery.
Pallbearers will be as follows t
T-i n . . ti OV.B.
J. K. Lowe, Odell Ross, Milliard
Howell, Clayton Walker, R. T.
Messer, and Melvin Ferguson.
Mr. Phillips was a native of
Madison county. He was born on
May 20, 1872, the son of William
Berr and Kate Edwards Phillips,
of Ma4iaon.. He csme to this sec
tiotf to, reside aoout lorty years
go. .
. Mr. Phillips and his sons who
were associated with him at one
time in the contracting business
constructed a number of the larg
er buildings about town. Including
in the number are the Haywood
County Hospital, the Masonic
Temple, and the Schulhofer block
on Main street in addition to a
number of the larger residences.
Mr. Phillips had been in ill
health for sometime and has been
confined to his home.
Surviving are his widow, the
former Miss Nancy Jane Brown
two sons, Clarence C. Phillips, of
Panama Canal, and Jack Phillips,
of Atlanta; six daughters, Mrs.
A. D. Herren, Mrs. W. C. Messer,
Mrs. C. F. McRorie and Mrs. Wil
liam Harrall, of Washington, D
C. Miss Kate Phillips, of Way
nesville, and Mrs. Robert Shook, of
Durham; twemy-inree ranacnu
dren and one great grandchild.
Bank Buys $80,000
Government Bonds
During This Week
This week the First National
Bank bought $80,000 of govern
mont KnnHH it. was learned yester
day from the officials, the bonds
will bear from one ana one-nan
to two per cent interest.
This makes a total of $325,000
in vnvprnment bonds bouffnt Dy
the local institution during the
current year.
Mr .Tra 5?crupB's left Tuesday
for Gulf Port, Miss., where she
will join her husband for an in
definite time, who is in service
there.
Highlights Of Scrap
Campaign In Haywood
Scrap is moving high and wide
in Haywood county. From every
section of the county comes re
ports of co-operation of all age
groups in participation . with the
nation wide movement to salvage
all scrap metal and rubber in this
area.
The Wellco Shoe Corporation
loaned its truck to the high school
for a day's hauling. It made good
time bringing m thousands 01
pounds. ,. .'.'.
The students visited Hugh J.
Sloan. They found Mr. Sloan short
of labor and he made a bargain
with them. He woud donate his
scrap to the high school collection
provided the boys helped him fill
his silo. Wednesday morning 22
boys reported - to Mr. Sloan for
work.
t. M. Wakins, of the Watkins
lOhevrolet contributed 1 0,00 0 0
pounds of scrap to the high school
workers.
At one school two small toy
trucks had been salvaged. They
were spied by a couple of young
sters, who wanted them. They
fished them out of the pile, but
the teachers explained their pur
pose and those small boys turned
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Average Now About 20
Pounds Per Capita; Quota
Is 100 Pounds Per Person.
Haywood must gather four time
as much scrap in the next five
days, as she has gotten together
in the past .15, if the goal as set
by Uncle Sam is to be reached.
Uncle Sam asked lor 100 pounds
of scrap for every woman and
child in Haywood. To date, Ilay
wood has gathered about 20 pounds
per person, or 629,660 as of last
night.
"If every person in the county
worked like those folks around
Bethel were working Wednesday.
there would not be any trouble to
reach our quota," Howard Clapp.
county chairman said yesterday.
Ten trucks were busy as ants
hauling scrap metals at Bethel
yesterday, and before night, it was
estimated that 150,000 pounds was
on the school yard.
Mr. Clapp and Jack Messer vis
ited every school in the county yes
terday, and reported brisk activ
ity in almost every section.
Mr. Clapp said yesterday that
he expected the total in Haywood
would between a million and a hall
and two million pounds by next
Wednesday, the dealine set in tho
campaign sponsored by the leading
newspapers of the state.
Trucks were busy at the high
school here as boys scoured the
country-side for scrap metals. Ac
tivity in gathering) scrap was
brisk down on Jonathan's Creek,
while Clyde had two tremendous
piles, ".: ....'.'
Crabtree's total climbed to 44,760
pounds yesterday, and the scrap
gathered by the town weighed al
most ten tons. Most of the scrap
w tewn" was being tarried to tho
school. V; A t .. Hasewood, 7,160
pounds had been gathered, 47,620
at the high school, and 40,000 at
the Clyde school. .
In some instances only estimates
could be made, in all estimates were
very conservative, Mr. Clap said.
The scrap committee will re
ceive 6 heavy boilers this week,
and they have a pile of scrap
weighing 25,000 pounds that will be
hauled in before, the campaign ends.
None of this is included in the
totals released i yesterday. "We
are only counting the scrap now in
official scrap depots, or already
sold' Mr. Clap said.
WPA trucks were still hauling
scrap out of Fines Creek, and
through yesterday had hauled
21,090 pounds.
Merchants of Waynesvile, Ha
zelwood and Lake Junaluska are
being called upon today to make a
renewed effort to clean their prem
ises of all scrap materials that
could be used in the war effort
The report of the committee on
scrap each school had gathered
through yesterday is as folows:
School Pounds)
Patton .. . .25,915
Beaverdam .. .. 12.70K
Pennsylvania ..
North Canton
Fines Creek
Bethel .. .........
.-20,7m
..60,360
..150,000
........47,620
.25,000
.. :.40,00O
8,600
6,000
.10,000
7,160
,. 4,800
Waynesville H. S. .....
Jonathan Creek
Clyde
Dellwood ..
Cecil .. ..
Cruso ...
Hazelwood .. .........
Saunook .. .
Lake Junaluska
East Waynesville ...............16.000
Central Elementary ...... ...29,560
Alien's Creek .. 4,760
Colored school 4,125
Crabtree (helped gather 44,750
in township)
Maggie .. .. ............. 5,000
Grand total of all scran collect
ed since October first, 629,660.
Miss Eueenia Martin, who in at
tending Brevard Colleen, unpnt
the week-end here with her moth
er, Mrs. O. R. Martin.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hyatt had
as their guest over the week-end
the latter's sister, Mrs. Frank
Jenkins, of Brevard.
WEATHER
The following, is the official
weather report for Waynesville, as
recorded by The Mountaineer:
Date Max Min Pree
8 70 86 .00
8 73 40 .00
10 74 44 J0O
11 69 41 .00
12 66 60 f .03
13 61 60 4 - .09
14 62 48 , .00