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(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, MARCH 4, i94J THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Pace 2 The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street r ,. Phne 137 Waynesvillc, North Carolina The County Seat of Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS " ' t-J Mrs. Hilda WAY GWYN Asaociate Editor W Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridge, Publishers I'UBUSllKD EVERY THURSDAY )ne Yea I, SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Haywood Ci.dtily Moii.iis. 1" ;ti n; O Ml jnly ay-II:, $1.75 . 90c ''.' i ."JO A. I -.a f Time To- We noticed some pertinent advice to farm ers this week, but many of the items could well apply to those who live in towns. No matter where you hang your hat and call it home, in town or on the farm, read the following : First ask yourself Will my farm plans enable me to do all 1 can to help America lick Hitler in 1943? Keep tractor goinj,' day and nijht if it will help you or your neighbors to produce more. -Use idlt: mu!e. in blower learns per plow hand for more eliVctive work unserve now min-ti i anu-r tin- earl plaii'iwl !ei:,;na- ;,r- r ady to funi "KILLED, WOUNDED, AND MISSING" a. red -Tan to (-.-. :: ,n:; i THURSDAY. MAKl'H 1, 1913 Reality A II. .. I., I t Last year there was a lot ol ta.K auuu. Victory Gardens. A great many people took their garedening more seriously than they ever had before, but they had a feeling that if they failed to conserve and preserve everything grown, they might fall back on the cans in a store. In 1943 there is no such relief offered for those who heed not the warning from the government, for that those who eat next winter will do so by the sweat of their brow in the hot summer sun. We are all drafted in the great army for increased food pro duction. It is as much the duty of the civi lian to carry this load as it is the men in the armed services to fight. In this great challenge for food produc tion we. "are very fortunate in Haywood County. We have no congested centers. The greater part of the population is rural. In the towns there is plenty of vacant land for every family to have a small garden, where : aa- i vra.-c-- a 'e iaiilt or n in- l.ea ' ini' tains i!'iii MK- ai.oiit likely boy:- from town n'lp at rush seasons. he countrv needs the i Mra milk and butter. I!e raising one or more heifers to replace tlie (!!.,,,!,; milkers. - Guard a'am-! -ore mule shoulder- with the first heavy work. -I!e training a new tractor operator for the one yon may lose. -Plan to produce twice your home needs for vegetables. -Sell walnut trees over 12 inches in dia meter. Top-dress the oats and barley and wheat. Bed only sound, treated sweet potatoes. Learn how to produce salable butter. Check up on supplies of all seeds. Treat seed peanuts, cotton, corn. Set a tree in honor of a soldier. Watch out for late cold snaps. Get needed bee equipment. Keep the pigs growing. Fertilize kudku fields. Sow lespedeza. r . s"i 1 rz m ia l mm, w Official And Timely Information On Rationed Items as cumiuled from records and data on file in the offir, ,t f)i mxi'illi not lui'ii-y c,ir II '""in. Coupon Good For A" Gal.-. Ku I'nunds I'.Hifi Voice or Tin: People ; N-uv .iig-r : tvc;i.s ( b.i:i,-,l 1'. In orI" -.. a r Uliat hwrra-e ill )ur Ban : u l. mi to mri'l die food ir i i 1 1 a-1 ion omoruiTic) ? Ion 'erti!':cai .1 ,a thai:l;'iiK all e -i--uiiiL" '. at i j n i j -, '"The work w. ..-aid in such , i;.-!i a easy ami I'M nau I, .. . , ... 'ac, th l- HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN ''.! 'i a -ev. ial year and i pian 1110riUoI1 w:ls laiio , 1(;.,.a fee-, -nuaiters of an acre I am, K(.ho()l ortloI., i v,Ketal.les and expict to workthe ,.unt of fil,jiu hard at cultivation and hope my 1 !lnd issu in the ha. wife i!! can the Veuctahl s." w nun Haywood i plan to Job to do, you can will be Mr I. L. Rlalm-k T tk eatfc. tot Well krals we are I" Have A inter . . . when nor lainii.v n--1 ,,ant more arid lo can nioie inn to turn hack the pajres ot time . . ..up and caned nei uiesseu . . . ""jyear. and step into our grandmother's she serves mem meais oaianceo miu 1rK. t Cradv ovd"l am eo- Jeepers With the problems of plowing and garden ing on every hand the following excerpts from an editorial from the New Xork times is of special interest: "Over in England there is talk of detail ing a fleet of jeeps, with American soldiers at the wheel, to help with the spring plow ing. Not a bad idea, from anv a.ritrli. Farm- vegetables may be grown for panning and ers over here have been itching to get their also for fresh vegewwes aurmg uie biuu- nanfj3 on a jep to piow yardenj brjng met months ' t In the cows from the "back pastures, mow Few families are so situated that they the front lawns and tote the eggs and milk cannot produce the major amount of vege- to town. A jeep would be a handy gadget tables for their own table in this area. It on the farm. is going to take work, and hard work. With "And the American boys over there, many the labor shortage, it will mean that sports of them Midwesterners, will no doubt corn will have to be neglected for the exercise pete for the plowman's job if only to smell to be had from gardening. again the tang of fresh turned fields, hear Perhaps there will be a silver lining in the spring birds clamoring for upturned the passing of the time honored custom of worms, know the satisfaction of a clean "joy riding." We admit that at the close of straight furrow. Farm boys make good a hot summer day, that little trip to "no- soldiers; but they also make good farmers, where", just for a bit of fresh air was a for they have spring rain in their blood, very fine thing, but it's gone. Plan to turn The nation that everybody raised on a farm your weary self to the garden in 1943 in the ffrows up with a deep-seated yearning to shoes . . . there is no way out . . . and it is not entirely the ri suit of the rationing of footwear either . . . but the whole pattern of the rationing of the necessities of life . . . and especially that of food . . . Uncle Sam tells us that if our families are to have well balanced meals, we will have to do many of the things that our grand mothers did to provide them . we are literally going to have to use "every bit of the pig but the sqtteal" . . . it's a challenge . . . Can you take it? ... Too bad, if you can't ... we hate to think of seeing you hungry next winter . . . for a can of beans or tomatoes . . . Keeping up with the Jones's this year, 1943, is going to be a differ ent story from the original one in the days of prosperity ... we are living in a period of constant change. . . . uone riL'ti' ,.n, H. . '"lie time, a spokesman Cr the U sain. ' :,r ku the. hiot sinrl IsirtrpsH Tl-.. fn...: f,... ,un v.aionin.- rrH is not iroinir . "c , . tire: v , " ., i garden I nave ever nau, ana i to carry tne iamiiy an aucquoic LXpect to work in it some myself." We may not be in the direct line of the racing battles . . . and our homes are safe from physical de struction . . ., but the war has come to our kitchens . . . just as surely as if the Japs and the Germans had dropped bombs on our colored linoleum floors . . . but we can fight this ravage on the food sup plies, if we will take the danger signals that aro being flashed in front of us . . . seriously. . . shank of the evening. For one thing we bet the health of the gardeners will be the best in years. Gardening in 1943 will be a self preserva- escape is not quite true. If it was, we'd have been importing all our food several generations ago. "If they put those Midwestern boys in tion measure, if you want to eat, you will Jf1? ? the En,iah farming, however, have to make your own food. hey d btter watch out- Those lads have Have you had your garden plowed? If "" to plowing in a country where an not, call 167 and the county farm agent will e,nty-acre farm is just a 'patch', where tell how it may be done. a furrow ,ess than half a mile lon is noth- Next winter, if our meals are not well in , more than a Practice run. balanced, there will be no excuse, for the of Jf18 hav bn heard to say government and local authorities have warn- tnat ' 8 hard'y worth a man's time to get ed us in plenty of time. Let's all get on the .ut ,tne trsu:tor to Plow twenty-acre field; job. County Agents We know that the offices of the county farm and home agents were primarily set up for the benefit of the rural population, but we fear that the agents will have to carry a new load. The town folks are go ing to need their advice this year just as much as the farmer down Cove Creek or the housewife up on Cruso. They can supply a lot of timely advice just now. In their offices are U. S. agricul tural department pamphlets on just about every subject you are going to need in this turning back of the calendar to the pood old days when we lived at home. It makes no difference to them where you live, if they can help you, they are glad of the opportunity. They are leading the way in the 1943 food production goals, so if you want to know how to work out your garden ing and food conservation problems carry them to them, for they know the answers. it's less bother just to spade it up by hand some slack morning. Turn a lad of that persuasion loose in an English field and something has to give. It might be a stone wall or a fine old hedgerow; it might be a tradition." Monday morning bright and early the one hundred workers in the area served by the Haywod Chapter of the Red Cross started their work to raise $4,000. Last week we urged you to take on your part of the re sponsibility of this drive. Again we remind you. We feel that the drive, however, will go over big, for there are too many homes in this area from whence men in the service have gone for the appeal to go unheeded. In these homes, people will realize that the sacrifice of the men must be met by a generous donation at home toward this great human agency, which is following our boys into the front line of battle. If we are patriotic Americans, we are going to change ... for if the events of thia critical era cannot makrnev persons out of our former wives . .-. w' aren't worth the fight those boys over in North ern Africa ... in Australia . . . or out in the Pacific ... are making for us to continue to enjoy our homes ... to meet this change, will take every ounce of energy we have to give ... the time lor leis ure is past ... the card table will have to grow dusty ... but the new point rationing system will take the same kind of mental exertion as the new bridge scoring ... so you will not be deteriorating mentally . idle talk among both women and men will grow laic . . . we are all going to be too busy this year running our own business to try to make suggestions to the other fellow . . . who most of time really knows his own problems better than his friends who sit in judg ment on him. . . "The coming year is going to be the hardest, toughest year our generation has had to endure. But we can make it, if we will, one of the most glorious years in our his tory" . . . recently said James F. Byrnes, director of fceonome atao- lization . . . (this from someone in a position to know the inside story of America today) .... We have been up against a lot of thines during the past year . such as trying to match up "wid owed stockincs" ... in our dwind ling collection of passe nylons . we haven't been able to buy hair pins . . . and a lot of small items heretofore considered absolute ne cessities ... but 1942 will be mild to the dramatic and drastic situa tions of 1943 ... A major crisis on the Home Front is the respon sibility of the individual civilian in the matter of meeting food shortages. . . . Now Grandma was a thirfty per son in her day . . . she had to be . for it was to create by her own hands ... or do without , . . of course she had been trained from early childhood . . . and brought up in the school of crea tive '-domestic arts" . . while we have been sunk tn small luxuries so 4ong that we had forgotten how of why they came to be. . ' If you think we are dramatizing the situation too much . . . take a tour around a grocery store . . . last Saturday ... it was a most depressing sight ... we don't know when we have seen so many serious looking housewives . . . that 'Frozen sign had suddenly brought the situation to their own home. . . Mrs. H. W. Burnett "My hus band has charge of the garden and he is planning to plant the largest one we have ever had and I imag ine I will can in proportion." W. Jan is Camppbell "I am go ing to plant more vegetables in my garden and on the farm I plan to plant an extra acre 'In beans and one in potatoes. I am also' plant ning to raise more poultry.'1 Mrs. L. N. Davis "I plan to plant more of every vegetable I grow in my garden and I also plan to can more than -1 have before, especially vegetables." Mra. J. F. DicHS "Well, I plan to plant more of everything. I have always had in my garden and to also add new things. In canning I expect to double the amounts of other years." Mrs. L. E. Green "I pl-.n to grow more vegetables and a greater va riety of them." Speaking of shoes and thrift . . . Chres George has a swell idea . . . having youngsters of his own . . he knows all about how they outgrow before they wear out shoes ... so he has suggested a shoes exchange . . . some central place where children's shoes may be brought and exchanged for a nominal sum ... he has quite a few ideas on how the plan could he operated ... we wish him luck in getting the plan worked out . . . for It would mean much not only in the conservation of shoes but also in supplying them. . . . Going back to the gardening and canning proposition . . . while it is too early to get the garden in full swing ... it would be a grand idea to get all your jars organized . . . and ready, so that when that day in the summer comes when you need them, they will be waiting . . . and no time lost. . . . Another thing ... we have never advocated slacks . . . not from any special sense of modesty, but pure ly because we have seen so very few females past the teen age H. S. Ward "I plan to plant a large garden and get everything we possibly can, canned. I believe that is the only way we are going to have sufficient food this year." Mrs. Felis Alley "We are going to plant everything that you can grow and eat in this country, and I plan to can all I can get." tuues nave been issued oani reiguson, civile, rout II new truck tire and tube; J. T.Gf ard, Cove Creek, 2 new truck M and tubes; Public Road8 Ail waynesviue, i truck recap; JJ mond MdCracktn, Clyde, rooul 2 new tubes; West Mining inc., waynesviue, i truck tire d tube; Richard Rhinehart. Rid wood, 1 truck tire; George id route 1, l truck tire; N. O guson, waynesviue, i truck q Cuso Electric Co., WayneniW truck recaps; wr T. Moody, Junaluska. 2 truck recaos. C. W. Minett, Waynesvilfc, new passenger tire; Waiteir Francis- Waynesville. 1 tma grade 2 tire; Milford Breecik x, l passenger gfrade 2 ' tire j passengr 'grade lire; Tom Waynesville,' i - new truck tire: bert Kirkpatrick, WaynesviOt, passenger grade 3 tire: I Franklin, Hazelwood. 2 Masai grade i tires' and tubes; Roy M route I, 2 passenger grade 3 1 Robert L. Ray, Lake Junaluih passenger grade 3 tire. Fuller A. Crawford. LakeJd luska, 1 passenger grade 3 If Lee Rich, Lake Junaluska, 1 M senger grade 3 tire: Faradyl land, Clyde, route 1, 1 grade 3tti tire; Jesse Williams, Erastm grade 3 passenger tire; Mui Arrington, Clyde, route 1, 2 pasil ger grade 3 tires; J. E. 8w Waynesviue, 2 passenger gm tires; Waldo Green, Clyde, roil 2 passenger grade 3 tires. The Scotchman and the Irish man went to the hotel together. They were asked to sign their names and nationalities on the register. The Irishman signed first: "Irish and proud of it." The Scot scribbled a moment and here's what he wrote: "Scotch and fond of it." Lucy I maintain that love mak ing is just the same as it always was. Pat But how can you know that? Lucy I've just been reading about a Greek maiden who sat and listened to a lyre all evening. nronounce them absolutely the per- tect attire. . . . And above all, let's don't feel sorry for ourselves when the per spiration rolls down our spines next summer from our efforts . who did not look "their worse" let's be glad that we too can have when so garbed . . . but for the a big part in winning Victory . . chief summer occupation of war even here at home in a Garden . effort on the home front . . .we and a Kitchen. . . If every housewife saved just one table spoon of waste fats each day, the armed forces of the United States would be well supplied with glycerine for vital war needs Gardening and the preservation of food are going to be the chief occupation of the women who are lucky enough to be able to in dulge in this essential war effort . . . this summer ... we admit both are back breaking ... for we have tried each one . . . but along with fatigue . . . there is a great pride in one's aecomphshmens ... so much so that the tired feeling pass es away . . . personally, we prefer the outdoor part of the gardening to the kitchen routine . . . for there is nothing that can play havoc to the tidiness of a kitchen as a day of canning and- preparing the fruits or vegetables . . . and work over a steaming canner . . . child's olay ... it is going to take both types of effort this summer, if families are to eat properly next winter. ... More Americans have been lost since pooi-t Wrhor to the war effort through acci dents " oh' the h6me f rdnt than have been such as gun powder, explosives, recoil mech killed wounded or captured in the war anisms, depth charge release equipment" and itself." oiner supplies THE OLD HOME TOWN By STANLEY We also admit that the job on the home front for the American woman will not be as glamorous as that of her lister in the armed service uniform ..but she will be just aajnuch honored . . next 4 HUH'. HERE ALL fdrT I WAS fei2L7, nff I3CWfl DREAM WEP HAVE Jj3! 7--0 - O -ItCT 1S si. Ff?iEE&os'-POR V - :o o r'6r!S I BACK (eOAO FLOOCtS I KTO t- TIMELY- Farm Questions and Answer? Question: When should head tuce be started? Answer: Seed should be pin in a coldframe at once. Manyi deners who seed early in the spr wonder why their lettuce will head, not knowing that the " table will not head after the w er gets warm. In securing! the gardener should be sun specify Imperial No. 44, Imp" No. 847. New York No. 515, or of the older recognized stuw heading varieties. Plant the thinly in a well-prepared i frame and take good care plants. As soon as they are' enough, they should be set in s well-prepared bed. Question: How should whtl fed tn rlairv rows? A naurar. Inhn A sion dairyman, sa- the ' should be ground o:i"-e ,,r. ! before e-iven to th' ouv. K ground fine, it vi!i tcmi-J'' ' an undesirable sticky nnvv'a nir,n-li H.u : . th1 ''1 er feed largely hmtrtatw trouble. (Customer have V'U for grey hair? Conscientious Druu'C -- ' madam, but the grct rt shut . i ..... . (..iline '-''I j local niaii waz - . his men friends at a luncheon: Local Man-1 can read m like a book. Friend But can yu up like a book? The old expression used j . , i I) H'nar it S 1 America rirsi. , .M can, first, last and all the t a...h,. ..io. rinnated in! The Allied forces are gn to It that they keep rising. A man who starts his wife who's bos? soon enough. oat to ofte I