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J HE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER W ff PLACE HJ yy to uvt W Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park YEAR NO. 36 16 Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1943 (One Day Nearer Victory) $1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countic taut iy? m m mmm mwm a - . Ill I III. II I- ,, ., I. , ... I - , . , , ., I mn i rrn ituu 1 V CWt Tin VP Jis Morning Lborate Program Being L.l For Waynesville 0, Thursday, Sept. 16th. intensive Third War Loan will get under way officially Lvood today, as the county " ;.to started work UTZ- ren- individual and firm to . i' Jnuoutinir in mnrp 'A U Haywood's quota set at fJOfl. the commiuee pieugeu Stives to continue working un--riv to teach the goal in the uts ot tne campaign. il" of haul work, the goal can De iy," Charlie Kay, county jtan announced. ;it Massif ami Mrs. Blen Sloan L been named co-chairmen for Wavnesville area, it was an- Uj yesterday by Charlie Ray, Oi chairman. These two will L charge of selling bonds in irea for the campaign. of the highlights of the cam- Uwill be staged here on Thurs- ISeptember 16. Tentative plans for street parade, and an auc jtle of merchandise to be tot with the purchase of bonds .... ft the evening of the 16th, a will be given at the M Theatre when the new pic- kThey Came To Blow Up km," will be shown. Admis f to the show will be by purchase i bond or bonds on the 16th. A kulcansass will be made on the ping of the 16th in w."Vh bonds tic sold for admission to the Pit. J. E. Massie, owner of the kit is paying all expenses of Jicture and donating the the- t to the campaign. lit high school band will give a sat at the treatre prior to the k, and other entertaining fea rs are now being worked out Kit week. I: is the tentative plans of the pittee to have a street auc- sale of merchandise on the -noon of the show, and perhaps fire a string band. i booth at which bonds can be will be maintained at the Kft three nights a week. On y, Thurdsay and Saturday. f women's division of the com- lJ will have charge of sales. Pi member of the State Guard on hand at the booth as well 'firl and k booth is beinc o-iven tlio fWifll by P. E. Rav' .Vnna nnn If d Company. " former HavwnnH muting their money back here kinase ol bonds, and dur- Over $33,600 In War Bonds Sold Saturday At Federation Picnic Large Crowd Attended An- LftVfll To HflVWrtrtH nual Event At East Way- " " i :n.. oi i ii nr uic ri ihhii litre. Bombed Oil Fields lllWIMIllll.WIgillliMWIWTO,lWWW i II MRS. H. C. SHUMACKER is a former Haywood citizen and bet ter known here as Miss Jessie Massie. She has various business interests in South Carolina, and makes her home in Spartanburg. She has always loved Haywood, and while here on a recent visit, purchased $15,000 in war bonds in order that Haywood could get credit for her investment and ap ply against the county quota There are many other Haywood citizens now living elsewhere, whom the Haywood War Finance Com mittee believe will follow Mrs. Schumaker's patriotic action. the Jollan Nfn campaign, many thousands 8 are expected to be re- I iron, people now living else. r "no want HavinnJ ?" Ior their purchases. .J t . ov,,"VM Will UC ' durmg the drive. story of tho ; u. .t the Park Theatre on the he 16th, is based on the I"1 -Nazi spies at work in this atheVTT f heriC "viewer of 'the film said: 1 Ereat sahnton, ...u okum or counterfeit tricks "la intone.. fPKcitv. it l susPense and ngh anH f'u Germany m . V ana the SDeetatnT Vnno not exaggerate. It is Gwyn Goes ack To ool . . . her column, "Here 1" on the editorial -K today, i - vi oacK to your a'8 m school when you , ner column . . . you'll e te anxiety of the first "5 1H Vn. j. , UesK . . . I Mere an a n. County Baptists Training Unions To Meet On 14th New Officers For the Year Will Be Installed At Meet ing Here Next Tuesday. A meeting of all Baptist Training Unions of the county will be held Tuesday evening, S ptember 14 at 8 o'clock at the Waynesville Bap tist church. Installation service will be held for the new county officers. Following officers to be installed are: Director, Mrs. Sam Knight, Hazelwood; associate director, Mrs. H. K. Masteller, Canton; secretary Treasurer, Miss Eloise Knight. Hazelwood; chorister, Dr. H. K. Masteller, Canton; pianist. Mrs. H. G. Hammett, Waynesville; pas tor adviser, Rev. T. H. Parris, Clyde; adult leader in county, Rev. Thomas Erwin; county young peo ples leader, Mrs. Carl Painter, Can ton; Intermediate leader, Marion Bridges, Waynesville; Junior lead er, Mrs. Gay Chambers, Bethel; Story hour leader, Miss Dorothy Walker. Clyde; The group leaders will be, Horace Sentelle, Canton; Bill Carter, Clyde; Rev. Gay Cham bers, Bethel; and Harry Mashburn, Waynesville. Rev. Willis Bennett, pastor of the Oteen Baptist church and also Buncombe Training Union director, will bring the inspirational mes sage. There will be special music. All new officers are urged to meet at 7 o'clock. Members of all churches of the county are urged to attend whether they have a Training Union or not. An attendance banner will be given Local Unit Legion Auxiliary Given Honor Certificate The local unit of the American Legion Auxiliary has been award ed an honor certificate by the North Carolina State organization, it was learned here this week. The certificate is given only to unite having made an outstanding record during the past year, and have met all local, state and na tional obligations. Bond sales soared to .:?:?,(V.7.20 at the Haywood county picnic of the Farmers Federation Saturday. This brings the total war bunds and stamps sold at all the season's 15 Federation picnics to $81,724.55, with Haywood salus the largest in any of the counties. Bond sales at the picnics total almost four times more than last. Last year's sales were $22,000. The Haywood picnic, held at East Way nesville school, is the final picnic of the season. Getting under way at 10 a. m., the meeting was opened with pray er by the Rev. Miles McLean, pas tor of Longs Chapel Methodist church at Lake Junaluska. James G. K. McClure, president of the Farmers Federation, then explained the purpose of the Dicnic. Have Worked Hard "Farmers in Western North Car olina believe in work, and have been working harder this year than ever before," he said. "We know that by producing all the food we can, we are doing our part to help win the war. But we also believe in play, ad wenre all going to have n gooJ time here today. I "Through all that we do here, through all our fun, we are going to keep the war in our minds. I 'have heard that Haywood county has had more men enlist in the armed forces than any other coun ty in the United States in propor tion to its size. So it is likely that each one of us has a loved one in the service." Mr. McClure traced the history of the Federation briefly, from the days when the organization was composed of only six farmers until today, when the members total be tween 10,000 and 11,000. j He told of the poultry programs and other current programs of the j Federation. He was followed by Jean Coleman, home economist of the Carolina Power and Light com pany; J. H. Bailey, of the Farm Security administration; Max Rob erts, education director of the Fed eration; the Rev. Dumont Clarke, its religious director; Ernest Walk- j er. manager at Canton; and Roger Medford, manager at Waynesville. I c-.,i, t.,i, v,,.;nr i .f"'re ui irii, Bond Sales In the war bond and stamp booth, which was erected by A. C. Rey nolds, Jr., field secretary of the Federation, Misses Elsie McCrack en. of the Haywood Home Building and Loan association, and Miss Catherine Jones, of the First Na tional bank, gave their services to handle the cash bond and stamp sales. H. A. Osborne, of Canton, chair man of the Bond and Stamp com mittee, and other civic leaders in the county, stood beside the booth most of the day, aiding in the sale. C. N. Allen, of the committee, had announced a voluntary goal of $50,000 in bonds and stamps for the day. Other members of the committee were: Charles E. Ray, Jr., Jona than Woody, J. E. Reister, Glen Palmer. Jack Messer, W. P. WTiite sides, Mrs. H. G. Reno, Henry Francis, Kay Alen, D. M. Clark, Reeves Noland, A. J. McCracken, Roger Medford, Ernest Walker, Mrs. Alice Sellers, Miss Margaret Smith, Mrs. Hazel Alderson, A. I. McLain, J. C. Brown, John E. Barr, and Glen Boyd. Entertainment Program A stage full of good musicians were present to entertain. These included Willie Barnes, with his bagpipe, from Canton; Will Kirk patrick, of Cove Creek, and his 10-year-old fiddler son, Billy, and his two daughters, Maye and Faye; the Asheville Mountain Boys, Demp sey Cothran, Snooky Waddell, Jim Lunsford, and Red Rector; the Drake sisters, of Henderson coun- (Continued on page 4) - Second Annual Sale Of Purebred Herefords Set For October 23 At Clyde STAFF SGT. ROY . B. Mc CRAt'KKN, a top-gunner on a bomber, was one of the dtuing American airmen who heavily bombed enemy oil fields and refin eries in Rumania on August first. It was Sergeant McCracken's 22nd birthday, and more than 200 planes participated, according to released press reports. The Stars and Stripes, official army newspaper, reporting the daring feat, com mented that the planes flew so low going to and from their objectives that the tail gunners gathered roasting ears from corn fields as they few over. Sgt. McCracken han tt brother, Sgt. Wayne B McCracken, crew chief of a bomber, also in North Africa. When the brothers write each other, their mail is sent back to New York and then dispatched back to Africa. Tho boys are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Howell McCracken. The Haywood County Hereford Breeders association art. planning to hold a sale of purebred Here fords in the yards of the Mutual Stockyards in Clyde on Saturday, 1 October 23rd. I There will b' a total of 72 head of cattle offered in the sale with i 57 of the number bought from out standing herds in this country, the I remaining 15 having been consign j ed to the sale bv Haywood count v breeders of purebred Herefords. There will be 2(i voting bulls am 14(3 females in the sale and some of I the finest cattle ever put on tho 1 market in this section of the state will be includid. j The cattle were bought by C. T. Francis, president of the Haywood County Purebred Hereford Breed ers Association, who is also a di rector in the North Carolina State Association. The animals were purchased from the Grand River Stock Yards, near Trenton, Mo., Harris, Mo., and Greencastle, Mo. The sale will take the place of the one sponsored last year by the American Hereford Breeders Asso ciation which was held at the stock yards in Clyde in November. The sale is expected to attract buyers from several states as well as large numbers from this section and from Eastern Carolina. Be tween now and the date of the sale extensive publicity in advertising and news releases will be given to the event. Further announcement will also be made in the near future of des criptions of the animals to be offer ed an( the date of their arrival in the county. Gunner Buys Bonds W i k iff: if 1 Moore Is Named Number In August County Electrical Draft Quota Leave This Week Fifteen men under the selective service system in the August quota have left during the past week to their respective posts. In the group were the following here. Inspector James Moore, superintendent of the Cruso Mutual Electric Corpora tion, was named county electrical inspector this week by th county board of commissioners at their regular First Monday meeting held who have entered the U. S. Navy: Ruben Joe Justice, Orvillo David Messer, William Henry Justice, James Thomas Smith, Bobbie Jef ferson Stacy, Avery William Mes ser, all volunUers. Others in the group were: Reeves James Green, James Lawrence Singleton, and Allen Dee Clarke. They all re ported to Spartanburg. Rufus Harris, Jr., and Jack Davis Gibson, U. S. Army, both volun teers, left Tuesday for Fort Jack son. Yesterday Kenneth Wilburn Scruggs, James Bruce Jaynes, Troy Lee Messer, volunteers, and Junior Raymond Rhymer, reported to Fort Jackson for service in the army. Estal Price is scheduled to leave by bus tomorrow for Fort Jackson. Others in the August quota to leave soon are James Dicus and Jim Milner, both volunteers and aviation cadets, expect to be called in the near future. Mr. Moore will take the nlace of Kolx rt Hugh Clark who recently resigned from the post. Mr. Clark, who is superintendent of the light and water department of the Town of Waynesville was forced to re sign for lack of time to devote to the inspections. Mr. Moore will fill the unexpired term which will end on July .'II. 1!)44. Free Sheet Music Available At This Newspaper Office This newspaper has just receiv ed for free distribution, a limited number of copies of standard size, sheet music, beautifully illustrated in colors, of The Star Spangled Banner and The Marines' Hymn. The music was arranged by Wil liam F. Santlemann, leader of the United States Marine Band. Musicians here who have played both numbers report the arrange ments are much prettier than the average music available. This limited supply will be given free to adults only. Just call at this newspaper office and get one. The distribution is being made in an effort to get more patriotic music into American homes. Twelve Boys Reach Draft Age In This Area In August The following boys became eigh teen years of age during the month of August and have registered with the draft board under the selective; service system. They will be call ed during the near future for in duction. In the group were; J. D. Smith, Clyde, route 1; David Alney Put nam, Hazelwood; Carl Robinson Smith, Lake Junaluska; Luther Buff, Waynesville, route 2; Alden Hamilton Hall, Jr.; Ralph Swann Hendrix, Waynesville, route 1. Fred Lewis Moody, Waynesville, route 2; Joseph Jackson Sanford, Waynesville, route 2; Marion Len ora Burgess, Waynesville, route 2; Mark Eugene Howell, Waynesville, route 2; Charles Frederick Vaughn, Waynesville, and Roland Allen Buchanan (colored), Waynesville. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Ewart, of Waynesville route 2, announce the birth of a daughter on September 2, at their home. , Marshall Davis of Newport News, and Joe Davis of Wilmington, are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs". Spurgeon Davis of Hazelwood. TL. ROBERT LEE UNDER WOOD, a gunner of a bomber squadron, is going all the way for his country. Besides being a fighter aboard one of Uncle Sam's big bombers, he if putting his sav ings into bonds. He has already sent back $1,100 and plans to send more to invest in bonds. United War Fund I Committee Hears I Details Of Drive County Organization Com pleted Last Night For Drive Here On October 18. An enthusiastic and interesting meeting was held last night at the court house of the Haywood United War Fund committee, with prac tically all sections of the county represented. ('. N. Allen, county chairman, presided at the meeting, and Roy H. English, field representative of the t.ite committee, outlined the program and purposes of the Unit ed War Fund Drive, which starts on October IK. Haywood county has a quota of $10,908. Mr. A Hi n announced that W. Lee McElrath had been named as chairman of the Canton area. L. N. Davis was named secretary of the organization, and C. J. Recce was named treasurer. The executi- tive committee is composed of: Jonathan H. Woody, W. H. Massie, W. A. Bradley. J. I,. Worley, Frank Campbell, and A. J. Hutchins. Publicity will he handled by a committer composed of W. Curtis Uuss, chairman, Harley Wright, and J. E. Massie. The initial gifts committee is headed by Frances Massie. E. C Wagenfeld will head the survey and quota committee and the county-wide canvass committee will be under the direction of Jack Messer. Fourth Quarter Transport Units Now Available The rationing board announced yesterday that transport mileage for the fourth quarter can be had at any time by applying at the local office. The board urges every person using transport mileage to get their requests in at once, and save a rush and conflict with another rationing program which starts later in this month. Where it is at all possible, the board prefers to have requests by mail, as they can be handled faster and after the closing hours. Mr. and Mrs. Don Hyatt of Wil mington, arrived this week for a visit with the formers parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hyatt. Conservative Men Warn Of Getting Over-Optimistic Community Took News Calmly; Many Predict Early End Of European War. Optimism ran righ in the com munity here yesterday as the news came over the radio that General Dweight D. Eisenhower had an nounced the unconditional surren der of the Italian armed forces. For at least fifteen minutes after the glad tidings were released, the operators in the local telephone office wire rushed as calls came in such rapid succession. It appeared that everybody in town wanted to discuss the news with friends and family Coming on the eve of the Third War Loan Drive, local leaders were of the opinion that it would give impetus to the campaign through out the nation and help Haywood county citizens to reach their quota og $892,000. Lenders agreed that with the sur render of Italy the morale of other Axis nations would be so lowered that Victory would inevitably come, and that with this in mind people would gladly buy more bonds to help end hostilities as quickly as possible. For an hour or so following the radio announcement, conversations on every street corner and every where people happened to be gath ered centered on this latest victory for the Allied nations. While the majority were carried away with the cheerful news, the more co"ervaUve expressed the hope tliathe people of this coun try and of the Allied nations would not be fooled into thinking the war was won. It was pointed out by many that while the Italian surrender meant and advancement tward victory, it must be remembered that Germany, the most powerful and resourceful enemy of the Allied nations, had not yet surrendered and that the stiffest fight lay ahead. General Eisenhower stated he had granted a military armistice. The minor members of the Berlin-Tokyo-Rome axis met the stipula tion that has been insisted by Pre sident Roosevelt and Prime Minist er Churchill, which was uncondit ional surrender and nothing else. The stirring announcement came as the dispirited Italian troops sur rendered to British and Canadian troops, advancing up the Calabrian peninsula where the Allies landed last Friday on the heels of the 38-day Sicilian victory which sent the Germans fleeing to the main land. The capitulation af the Italians took place five days after the Brit ish Army invaded Italy. It came (Continued on page 4) Haywood's Bond Quota Is - - $892,000 $850,000 $750,000 $650,000 $550,000 $450,000 $350,000 $250,000 $150,000 $ 50,000 $892,000 $800,000 $700,000 $600,000 $300,000 $400,000 $300,000 $200,000 $100,000 I O Help American Boys Get To Berlin By Buying More War Bonds