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NATIONAL DITORIAL
North Carolina i
'PUSS ASSOCIATION)
THURSDAY, APRIL 1". 1943
(One Day Nearer Victory)
Big Drive On Home Front
"They five their lives, you lend your
money" should be kept before us as our
motto during the month of April, for with
this thought engraved on the hearts of
Haywood County citizens, they cannot fail
to reach the top set in the second war loan
drive to be staged by the government.
While we do not know all the inside story,
we do know this much, that when the gov
ernment at this critical stage calls on the
people to lend it that much money, condi
tions are pretty serious, and that it is im
perative for us to answer the call. It is our
duty to rake and scrap every penny we can
to buy bonds with, as it is for the man in
uniform to take it in his line of duty.
Let us bring the purchase of bonds down
to the personal angle. Think of your homes,
the security with which you go to bed at
night, while in the war torn centers there
is no peace day or night. Think of that boy
out there "somewhere overseas." Maybe he
is your son. Maybe he is your next door
neighbor. Maybe he is your husband. Maybe
he is just a boy atxjut'town we have known
since he played marbles. Those boys are
calling to us to lend them a hand.
While nothing we can do will match the
sacrifice they are making for us, lending
our money to the government at this time
is about the biggest thing we folks back
home can do.
If we don't win this war, what will our
money be worth to us ? Dig deep, Haywood
County folks. Go down into the toe of that
stocking, budget your needs a little closer,
forego some of the things you thought you
had to have this Spring. At present there
is nothing in our lives more important or
more demanding than to help Haywood
County reach her goal of nearly three hun
dred thousand dollars to back up our fight
ing men.
The money will be used to buy war equip
ment and to train millions of Americans
who will do the fighting for us back home.
Let us remember that it is easier to answer
this call than to take our turn on the battle
fields. The money is only a loan in our
favor to be used for our benefit and in due
time returned to us plus interest.
There is but one answer to this plea
from the government. Come across with
your savings and invest in war bonds.
Still On the Map
We read with satisfaction an advertise
ment in one of the popular weekly news
magazines this week of a retirement plan
'which would give a life income of $150 a
month. It was very convincing and all that
of the comfort of being "fixed for life," but
the thing that interested us most was the
place the couple in the ad sought after re
tirement, i
The picture showed a cottage in the moun
tains and underneath was the following
title, "How we retired to the Smokies." It
showed that war or no war, rationing of
gasoline or not, this section is not forgot
ten by the outside world that once rode up
to ourgates in such large numbers. When
was it, back in 1941? We feel certain they
will come again.
It Isn't Being Done
About the hardest work for a nian is
looking pleasant while his wife introduces
him to a fellow to whom she was once en
gaged. Los Angeles Times.
Harvest Of Purebreds
Ten of the sixty outstanding Herefords
to be offered for siJe at Wilson tomorrow
at the sale sponsored by the state breeders
association will be Haywood cattle.
Four of the ten will be sons of Lauire
Domino, the large bull brought to Haywood
two years ago last December. Those who
saw the animals grouped together Saturday
before being shipped, preditced big prices
would be placed on their heads at the sale
tomorrow.
It seems such a short time ago when
Lauire Domino was brought into Haywood
by Claude Francis, Frank Davis, C. N. Allen
and the First National Bank. The offspring
of the animal are just beginning to show
their value, and are convincing proof that
good breeding is still a good investment.
Easter 1943
We want to congratulate the ministers on
their plans for a community-wide observance
of Faster week. This high peak in the life
of the Christian with its depth of spiritual
significance should reach all this year.
The promise of the Saviour still shines
above the darkness of the war clouds and
sends its rays of hope to mankind here and
in far away places throughout the world.
Faster l'J-l; finds civilization hanging in
the balance, and men denying the teachings
of the Master. We, who hold to the faith,
must strive to keep the torch on high, so
that it will shine in the dark corners, "where
they know Him not."
ROMMEL
Rambling Around
Bits of this, that and the other
picked up here, there and yonder.
By W. CURTIS RUSS
Voice
OF THE
People
How has the rationing of meat
affected the meals served in your
: home?
Mrs. T. L. framcrf "We are
eating more chicken and it has not
bothered us one bit. We are get
ting along nicely."
Mrs. R. R. Campbell "I don't
know that it has affected us at all.
We just plan our meals according
to the situation."
Another interesting n,w. I
letter from Mrs r...,. , .n9
of Decatur. Ga. Mr. u. . ,UstM
the best press agent Um
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than anv averain. ii.. W I
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On the surface, it aif..-a,.s ,y
she does not intend t v.',.
mis summer out thi n t
year Jorgy is alway- i
of those "unusual
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muni niaiica eoilon pMl,
makes one yearn fi
breezes and blanket-
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HERE and THERE
By
HILDA WAY GWYN
Mrs. Harare Ferguson "I get
by now, but if I had any company,
I could not make it."
Pay As You Go
Despite the defeat of the Kuml tax plan
on the floor of the House, it has started
Americans thinking a great deal on the
subject. This business of having to hand
out lump sums has become very serious to
the average American citizen.
As one writer aptly put it the Kuml idea
"has taken the subject out of the musty
Treasury archives and the tortuous phrases
of the lawyers and legislators and brought
it out on the corners of Main Street, where
it belongs."
We feel sure that politics played a hand,
but even so Mr. Ruml started something
that the average citizen feels should go
through in sorne form.
Mrs. Fixits
Things have come to a pretty pass.
Women are not only going to be able to do
all the welding in the family when the men
come home from war; they're going to do
all the tinkering around the house, too.
If the boys ever find out what they're up
to, there's likely to be a big slump in the
morale of the Army, believe you us. Imagine
women learning, in qualified "tinkerers'
schools," how to fix drippy faucets, leaky
radiator valves, sticky doors, and balky
electric irons.
In olden days women used to swoon over
such a catastrophe. More recently they've
just yelled for the man of the house to come
quick. He responds like a rescuing knight of
yore. Only his act is to arrive with an im
pressive assortment of tools, make a few
menancing passes at the offending gadget,
and stroll off with apparent nonchalance,
caressed by the adoring eyes of his better
half, as knotty domestic kinks yield to the
magic of his masculine touch.
But alas and alack, the day of the mighty
male is on the wane. When the weaker sex
Jearns how to tinker, the myth of mascu
line superiority will hit a down-draft. Wo
men will no longer swoon and call for help.
They'll probably just grab the hammer out
of the hand of their once-respected spouse,
imd sputter, "Oh, let me do it!"
Well, anything can happen now. And it
may. Probably the next thing we know,
women won't even squeal at the sight of a
mouse! Christian Science Monitor.
Doggie, Doggie
There has always been a certain group
who have maintained throughout the years
that the country is going to the dogs. A
recent release by the Commerce Department
shows that perhaps this group is not far
wrong.
Last year 21,160,962 pounds of hot dogs
were produced, which is nearly a third of
a pound per person.
Even if we are not going to the dogs,
some one is certainly going after the dogs.
It helps to stop and think now and then
that there are a lot of more troubles you
have"n't than troubles you have.
1 We were Wiiitlllg ill the ill al l
; ) . : 1 1 1 nlliee to pick up the list ot
; eelassili-ations ... a weekly rou
1 1 tic assignment ... a couple of
young boys came in, one alter an
: ithir, to ask Kilna McKay, clerk,
j i question ... a- they passed out
! we asked them one . . . each t lie
! a me thing . . . "Well, i.- the
' uiny going to yet you'.'" . . . and
iheir answers, and the way I hey
, -ave them still warms our heart
iiiil arouses our patriotism . .
Kach boy's face lighted up as lie
said, "Well, I certainly hope so,
for I want to go" . . . and we
thought that is the spirit of the
American youth of today ... we
are depending upon these hoys, so
young, and untried in life's respon
sibilities ... to help save the
American way of life . . . they
are being cheated of their natural
youthful days . . . they are being
made men overnight, so to speak,
with no chance to be young . . .
for when they return they will be
mature men, no matter how young
in years they may be when they
leave home . . . they say that
men live years in minutes on a
battlefield.
We noticed the other day that
Cedar Chest Manufacturing Com
pany of Chicago, that makes hope
chests, has decided to dedicate the
week of May 1-8 to "National Fall-In-I.ove
Week" . . . Please tell us,
where the officials have been hid
ing during the past year . . .
when the girls and boys have been
falling in love on sight ... as
they always do under the tension
and emotion of a country at war
. . . in a desire to grab at happi
ness, plus the glamour of the uni
form . . . we have no objection
to a "Fall-In-Love Week" . . .
in fact, it might help those who
have fallen out, to get back, and
it might be the means of burnish
ing up a tarnished affection . . .
but as for the young loves, who
are filling hope chests, we don't
think they need any special week
. . . we advise the officials to read
the society pages more carefully
. . . and they will learn that Young
America is falling in love every i
week.
the N'avy ami Army have issued
handbooks on "survival food on
land ou eas on uninhabited shores"
. . . all animals are said to be
safe to eat. monkeys, bats, lizards,
land turtles, flogs, and snake- . . .
even poisonous snakes, if they
hae not bitten themselves . . .
three general rules to follow . .
'Kat anything that yo"u see a mon
key eat . . . Avoid everything that
iias a bitter taste unless you are
sure of it . . . Do not eat plants
with a milky sap" . . . we might
remember some of these things
when we hang over the meat coun
ter, and are a bit choosy about the
best meat we can buy . . . and
thank our stars that we are not on
"survival food."
Mrs. M. H. Reeves "So far it
has not bothered me, but I hate
for anyone to mention points to
me. At present I have only the
family in the house, hut if I had
guests I am afraid it would both
er me, but, of course, we have to
think of our boys, and the sacrifices
they are making. There are still
, a lot of thing- we could do with
out." Mrs. '. (' Wiujcnfi lil "We eat
I a lot of meat normally and it has
affected us a great deal. We are
: not complaining, for we can get
along, but it has affected our
meals, and it takes a lot of planning."
Mrs. Ruskin has bee:,
with the humor (?) in li
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aim eiiL several C"r'nt,'r
Her lead-off joke wa-:
1 The husband an a- . ..,
'phone said : "I don-'
the weather bureau."
"Who was that?" a , ,
"Some fellow ask,i. .,,
'whether the coast i- ,
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thai
Mrs. Ruskin added .-,
ited to Calvin Cuoli,!-,. ;
is OK, but frankly. i ,
before that Cal said
one time, when he i
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Mrs. R. I.. l'reront"tio, it has
not affected us much, as we do not
eat mi ch meat, and we have cured
hams and also have chickens."
"Well look where your son is
today ... If anyone had told me
a year ago that on March 11, 1943,
I would be marching into Trafal
gar Square to pass the reviewing
stand where Anthony Eden and
other leaders of the Allied Nations
stood ... in the American Wings
for Victory Parade in London, 1
would not have believed them" . . .
wrote Fred Crawford, recently in
a lev re r to his mother, in which
was enclosed a picture of the pa
rade . . . The drive was in behalf
of the need for more airplanes . . .
Fred Crawford . . . famous Duke
athlete, and former movie actor . . .
got into the right quicker than
most of our boys . . . exactly C7
days after his induction he was
on foreign soil.
.lra. .V. M. Med ford '"My prob
j lent is butter, as my family eat
I more butter than meat. At present
i my biggest meat eater is in college,
so if I can manage to get enough
butter for the others I am all
; right."
Mrs. ('has. Miller "It has not
affected us to any extent, because
! we are not big meat eaters, and
j there has been little difference. In
; fact I am sure we can get along
! without any meat, if it is neces-
sary."
Mrs. Hallet Ward "So far we
have gotten along beautifully, and
have had a sufficiency of everything."
What We ,Vt,'
We don't need more ma'.-:;,
velopnient ;
We need more spmtii.i. .j,.v,.;..jJ
mem.
We do not need m..t- u.i..;;n.
power ;
We need more moial power
We do not need nunc ktieuK.JjtJ
we neeu more character.
vv e no nov neeu more government4
We need more culture.
We do not need more law.
We need more religion.
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we uo noi neeu more ot trie thing!
that are seen ;
We need more of the thine- tha
are unseen.
Calvin Ceelidjj'e.
On this year s calendar with reJ
marks by noted men, 1 found I
i . . i i. i .
statement Dy our own Josepnui
Daniels. "The force of an ideal
is greater than the ideal of forcel
Something to ponder ever thesJ
days, I think.
One of the best jokes 4 tkJ
year
The Hotel Red Book still list!
the Kenuiore Hotel as among til
best hotels in Waynesvilk'. Yel
sir, its in the 1942 edition.
Fred, you are not the only one
surprised at what has happened to
them and to the world at large
since March, 1942 . . . here's hop
ing that you return to American
soil quicker than you anticipated
. . . on March 11, 1943.
We have known for sometime
that we were more apart from the
outside world than in days gone
by . . . with the gas rationing the
motorists have been few and far
between . . . and since we have
no camps here, we have not had
the number of service men seen in
other sections . . . but we did not
realize how much we were "rusti
cating" until Herbert Braren told
us he had gone ""possum hunting"
in Main Street last Monday short
ly after midnight ... he was com
ing up Main when he saw
two cats in front of the building
formerly occupied by Alexander's
Drug Store . . . they started across
the street and another, larger ani
mal, joined them ... a couple of
boys coming up street and Mr.
Braren passed along in front of
John Boyd's store at the same time,
and much to their amazement,
realized that the larger animal
was a 'possum . . . which they
soon caught . . . that 'possum is
nroof beyond any doubt that we
are still in the "sticks" which
should be a great asset ... to at
tract the hifhters.
Letters To The
Editor
SOLDI KR HITS GRI MBLERS
Editor The Mountaineer:
I listen to the radio and read
the papers daily.
1 must confess that it is very
discouraging to a soldier to know
how the folks back home fret over
such little things as meat ration
ing. They should take our places for
a time, and I think they would
change their minds.
I admit, I wasn't inclined to
grumble before I entered the
army, and I have certainly learned.
There isn't a man here who
wouldn't give a thousand ration
I'ards just to see his mother.
Whenever the grumblers on the
home front go to market they
should think of the soldiers on the
Tunisian front who would like to
Mrs. T. C. N arris "It has made
me plan my meals more carefully,
but I can still get by. As long as
I have chickens and country ham
mv family and guests will not suffer."
Wife I'm afraid, George, that
you don't love me as much as you
used to. You always let me get
up and light the fire now.
Hubby Nonsense, dear! Your
getting up to light the fire makes
me love you all the more.
have a small fraction of the Ameri
can civilian's quota of fresh meat.
You say you work hard and you
should buy what you want. Yes,
you work all day and hard, too
but at the end of the day you can
go home to your loved ones.
Just suppose you were in our
place, walking guard day and night,
rain or shine, to protect you.
We don't get to go home after
our work we just prepare for the
next day's duty.
So, folks, you can depend upon us
and we know you won't let us
down.
Just think of the boys in service
when you get irritated over con
ditions at home.
Remember that home is the
sweetest place on earth no matter
what the conditions.
A SOLDIER.
It's amazing to what limits som
people will go to get rationing
coupons. One man hinted at pro
posing to a member of the local
office the other dav. He was sine
cere as any Don Juan who evel
got on a bended knee.
Sailors have a language that;
pretty much all their own. "Scutl
tie butt," for instance, is Xw
slang for gossip: "boot" is thi
Navy man's word for a new i
cruit; and "smoking lamp's lit"
what they say aboard ship foj
smoking permitted.
Did you know
A soldier's outfit costs
A sailor's outfit costs $06.40?
marine's outfit costs ilw
platoon 48 men?
A company 192 nun'?
A batallion 768 men?
regiment 2,304 men?
division lli.OOd men.
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THE OLD HOME TOWN
By STANL
Speaking of animals just natur
ally brings up the subject of meat
. . . we read recently of an emer
gency diet for the marooned men
in service ... if you should ask
them "What's cookin'?" they
might answer you . . . "Filet of
snake, toasted grasshoppers and
monkey seak" . . . while the food
may not be appetizing to a civiliz
ed palate, it is said to be edible and
is filling . . . and that when you
are slogging through a jungle or
drifting on a rubber aircraft try
ing to beat the Fates . i . with
everything against you, on an
empty stomach, you are not -so
fastidious about your menus . . .
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"Coni-Da-nee. atten-sliun," 'l
ed the drill sergeant to the"
lift ud yea
left leg and hold it straight in fro1
of you."
held :
hi ricrlit luo- which lir.'Ught
out side by side with his neifj
hnr'a left- lpc I
"Aw right, aw right; who's 1
wise buy over there holding j
boiled sergeant.
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Customer "Are
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Grocer (to his ch i m 1
those eves. George. t:"i
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mey ie cooi enoun
No Com -at
"Well, Sam, I ya'
for fighting with y..ur IAj
again?"
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distime."
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"Why do you alv iy- Pu
two-pants suits?" t, j
"Because 'in my ot r Pa:'"'
a mighty useful alii i
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covering?"
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party dress, my son.
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Jack In almost every Jl
picture wnere a s1"
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