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HE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER t L uve ?Jv Pablished In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park fc?uYEAR no. 10 x& rages wax inks VILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1944 (One Day Nearer Victory) 51.75 In Advance in naywooa nu mayweed T. Shelton, Civic U Business Leader Be Buried Today n 1 Linent Citizen 1'assea I Early Wednesday LgAtHisHometiere. will be held this after VoVWk at the First Meth l(h for William Taylor -5 nationally recognized ,ervice as superiniciiuci.i Juan Training scnuui w rajo Indians and well known ,int5 ami CIVIC leauei, "i.u h: home here at 6:30 UYdnilav morning, from rack. Mr. Shelton had L well f'lr some tlme and ,n confined to his home lor :;!,?. Rev. J. Clay Madl- ,tor will officiate, rsuruu in Greenhill cemetery. . ...ill lin. f"nl b pallneartrs win "c. Howell, Roy Keece, Mam . ... UI..J,, T TV fcv, Jonatnan v uuujr, m. J. E. Massie and u. l. :u 1 Irarv pallbearers win ue; T.. M. Killian, Clyde Jr. Tom Stringfield, L. N. v R McClure. John L. L R Rovd, R. V. Welch, Joe Ky. F. Swift, Walter Ketner, Botha. C W- Minnett, Mil- Iteate, Walter Hyatt, J. M. iGlenn Palmer, Boone Fer- Judce Alfred K. Nuppert, hcmnati, Hyde m. ciair, F. E. Alley, Dr. J. R. Mc- t and Paul D. Sossamon. Shelton was the son of Ste- and Mehala Shelton, of Iville. He was married to tattie A. Sledge, of South h in 1891, and three years le moved to Cherokee Indian lata where he was employ- agriculture teacher. Tom iee he was sent by the gov- It to Santa Fe, New Mex., he Taught farming to the boys for two years. Later sent to an Indian Reserva HavasuDia. Ariz. He held It of superintendent here for years, following which he ansfem-d to the San Juan whiti.l. He iv he was in if a reservation of thous- P mt- and s.OdO avaio In- rni'd -as sup- i intendent at w '' 1: years and his ,:-ti-tnl by the growth "ent of the plant. When iia'irt- thtre was a small i h"ust. and when he left en- m ,ie than forty build 'ii i xi-eutive offices, and a Cultivated f;i rm TTio wa rn illu - loroufrht not only a great rmatinn to the youth, but me older generation along s of manual training, agri- and handcrafts. he left the reservation he Shelton were showered ''S of Indian rraftn nnrl Vlio l0" of Indian relics is one ine privately owned in San Juan, he was invited 1 -ne honor guest of the :: at a Fair held by the a"d led a narado nf m nnn trsn'n 916 after 23 years in the In- lce he and Mrs. Shpltnn ' Wavnesvilln arA l,on 'ded in tho ahoU. i, ? built manv vaatr. v. Claimed By Death W. T. SHELTON passed away at his home on Pigeon street early Wednesday morning following a heart attack. County Democratic Executive Group To Meet Saturday Judge Felix E. Alley To Make Keynote Address Saturday At Two. The Haywood county Democratic executive committee will hold its biennial meeting in Waynesville at the courthouse here at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, according to an announcement made yesterday by Clifford E. Brown, of Clyde, county chairman. Judge F. E. Alley is scheduled to deliver the keynote address. Candidates for county as well as state offices will be present. Elections will also be held for chairman of the county executive group, vice chairman, and secre tary. Delegates to the state Demo cratic convention which will be held in Raleigh on May 4, will also be named. The usual resolutions pertinent to the meeting will also be adopt ed at the meeting. C. E. Brown, county chairman, will preside. Rules Governing Soldier's Ballots Are Announced r Annual Clean-up Drive To Start Monday, 8th Lt. Hunter Henry, U. S. Marines, Reported Wounded Lt. Homer Hunter Henry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer R. Henry, of Clyde, has been wounded, ac cording to information received last week by his parents from the headquarters of the I'. S. Marino Corps, Washington. The message from Washington read as follows: "Information has reached this office that your son. The annual Clean-Up, Paint-Up and Fix-Up Day for the commun ity will be held during the week of May 8-15, according to the town officials, who are urging co operation from every property owner in the area. The schedule of the town trucks will be used to haul off rubbish as soon as it is collected in the process of cleaning will be announc Churches Will Remain Open On Day Of Invasion People Given Opportunity Of Offering Prayers Throughout D-Day. Following the movement to have all churches open for the day when the Invasion of Europe takes place, which is being sponsored in a na tion-wide program by the Federal Council of Churches, some of the local congregations have gone on UK M ill Bllin-uin- . . . . 1 nvt ..f.W flthnr features of 1 record of adopting the plan. the campaign will also be made : The places of worship will re ! main open for the entire day ot the i... i... i u ., ' initial attack, so that the citizens season, it is ex- area will have public Since Florida record breaking lieeted that this of this country may stop their work and offer prayer for the cause Ji -" I ... . I ,,f A 1 1 mil Tvltimis Second Lieut. Homer H. Henry. W mimi.er 01 lourisw. ami,- - - - V. S. Marine Corps Reserve, sus- I the officials point out, having j On Sunday ev H (. Ha m u tt. tamed a gunshot wound in the I ,lu' town and surrounding area pastor of the l-.rst Hap t st thur h .... ,.l,u,n,,,l i,r ;t f ,r,-.,.,t imnnrlmiM llllllOUlll'l'l lllllt hlS ChUlCh W0UK1 shouU er and chest m action against " "i' " , , , , ,, , Mo,..i, i; iqji in 1 this season. , remain open on the day and ask. VIII V IIWIIV V'll i,llll II j rea. OS, ;ervi led resi was Maj. J. E. Moore Completes 133 Combat Flights Haywood County Man Holds Outstanding Record In Air Forces. Wearing a heavy tan from the relentless rays of a South-west Pacific sun, Maj. Joseph E. Moore, 24, pilot of a Havoc light bomber, is spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Moore, of Bethel, near Canton, after com Dieting 133 combat missions over enemy territory in the New Guinea theater. Maj. Moore is scheduled to report to Miami, Fla., air base Tuesday for a new assignment. T. Set. Wade Wright, of 10 Spears street, Asheville, a member of Major Moore's bombing crew as gunner, also is spending a furlough with his parents. Sgt. Wright also will renort to Miami for his new assignment Tuesday, Major Moore said Saturday. Mai. Moore has been lucky, he admits, to emerge unharmed from his many low altitude bombing and strafing missions in the Southwest Pacific during the past 18 months. However, he has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with one Oak Leaf cluster and the Air Medal. Maj. Moore, who celebrated his 24th birthday Saturday by chatting with friends and granting a brief interview concerning a few of his many activities in the New Guinea area, is a graduate of Bethel high school and Brevard college whene he specialized in engineering. A special birthday party in his honor was given at the home of his par- (Continued on page 7) .ny fro (Conti J O tig, VI Ho kni.. h's brother-in-law, E. J. 'he firm of Hyatt and A few years aero he '"i acuve business He miied on page 7) Pounds Of ra Canning je9r ... i0 be available only to make application Uay first rvr o j j. 3aesismatPd i. si, i 11 a" article f.10of this newspaper. ' unit of extra sugar t T Ut t0 10 Pounds Jrso-Plus the 5 pounds bie f Ration St ivrrt - - Alva New Britain.' In a V-Mail letter Lt. Henry wrote his parents not to worry, "I ran into a little trouble a few days ago and got banged up a ittle, however, I am getting along t i.. t., thni tin- members take time nil cooperate with the officials in work-j f'om their work to stop in and iig with them on making the j pray. most of the truck schedules due to j St. John's Catholic church here sbni-tiiin, nf n-iis Whim the truek i inul thi. lilaces of worship of the is due to their vicinity, they The following- information has been received by the Haywood county board of elections from Wil liam T. Joyner, chairman of the state board of elections, regard ing the absentee application by members of a family for a man in the service. While the manner of the deliv ery of the application to the chair man is not important, the manner of the delivery of the ballot to the chairman is quite important, according to Mr. Joyner, who states that the law requires the Si ... .... - ,. , , ,; asked to use it then, rather man l i e, leeiiuif koou umi v-hluiu i-- , .. ... i . v. i give another call, erything I can get my hands on. i " Lt. Henry, a graduate of tho local high school and of the North Carolina University, volunteered in the service and took the rugged officers' training course at the fa mous Marine base at Quantico, Va. Pollyana Gibbs Winner In Club Reading Contest Pollyana Gibbs was the winner of the first place in the 19th an nual reading contest held by the Woman's Club for the cirls of the township high school on H iday , honornry pallbearers. Last Rites Held Friday Afternoon For R. H. Blackwell Last rites were held at the First Methodist church at 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon for Rufus Hunter Blackwell, Jr., who was killed when his bomber crashed during a take-off at Oak Harbor, Wash., on Wednesday. April 12. The Rev. J. Clay Madison, pastor of the church, officiated. The local post of the American Legion had part in the service and ".'telVed as Burial was mission, which mciuiies, Murpny, Hry-on City. Sylva, Franklin and Wilch Cove on the Cherokee Reser vation, will also observe in the same manner the day of the invas ion, according to Kev. A. F. Robr bacher. pastor. It was also learned during the week that olh r churches in the community have the plan under consid ration and that tho move ment will be taken up by the Hay wood County Ministerial Associa tion at their regular meeting to be held on May 8th. The local Merchants Association went ,m record sometime ago to clone all places of business on the day that Germany falls. o Ltiufo mat uic law i triju 1 1 t:s lih." j mu iuh i-nv. absentee ballot to be delivered back j The prize was a $!i.00 book of de to the chairman by the U. S. mail, fense stamps. Her reading was Under the law, the rules adopted j "The Murder of Lidice," by Edna by the state board of elections for i St. Vincent Milay. the coming primary, an applica- j Joyce Underwood was the win tion for a soldier's immediate fam- : ner of the second place and was ily, (wife, husband, brother, sis ter, parent or child), addressed to the chairman of the board of elec- uuiio vi x liic oniiiiuin utiuit; iiiuntj. u,i,, u... ' - w .. . . . . T1 , I 1 The application does not have j by Kalgar Allen roe receiver, ihi to be made in person before the ( orable mention, chairman, neither does it have to : Other contestants and their read be made through the mails, but it i ings wre: Clarine Wiggins, "A may be made either in person or I Ballet of Reading Goal," by Oscar of tho Wilde: Frances Williams "White given $2.50 m delense stamps. Her number was "Down, Down the Mountain" by Ellis Credle. Ha Jean Evans, who gave "The Raven" family applying for the soldier. It is important in this kind of application that the written ap plication bear what purports to be the signature of the member of the immediate family of the soldier within the relationship set forth in parenthesis above soldier and such relationship must either appear on the application or be de termined by the chairman before it can become a valid application. Cliffs," bv Alice Miller; Betty McClure, "Mary Cary," by Bosher, and Joan Boone, "Mary White," by William Allen White. Serving as judges were: Mrs. W. T. Crawford, Rev. R. G. Tatum and Rev. H. G. Hammett. Mrs. James W. Killian, president of the club, presided. Faculty members in charge of the contest were: Mrs. J. C. Brown, chairman, Mrs. M. G. Stamey and Mrs. Inez Brooks. Fishing Licenses Sale 60 Per Cent Over 1943 tv, coin nf fishing licenses is I sixty per cent larger to date than and 2,051 in number of licenses flint, nf the same period last year according to G. C. Plott, county game and fish warden. Last year the- sales totaled $3,045 in money Draft1 Board Reclassifies 136 Men During The Past Week; 33 Put In 1-A One hundred and thirty-six men were reclassified by the local draft board during the past week, with thirty-three placed in class 1-A as follows : Robert F. Rich, Robert B. Hoyle, Harry L. Liner, Jr., Guy H. Gras ty, Robert Dixon, James T. Forga, faft W. Green, Thomas R. Killian, Dexter L. Bumgarner, Claude Nor man, Emanuel J. Schulhofer, Jr., Edward E. Thomason, Robert C. Bradshaw, Thomas V. Warren, Claude R. Crawford, Norman L. Bradley, Robert D. Suttenfield, Jr. Howard E. Sutton, James H. Leatherwood, Andy N. Sparks, Boone Price, Wiley Williams, Clar ence T. Taylor, Roy H. Auberry, James R. Stiles, Harvey E. Wright, Harry Swayngim, Ernest Medford, Hugh Leopard, Nathaniel Mehaf fey, William A. Lowe, Richard Bradley, and Kenneth D. Miller. Placed in class 1-A (H) were: Henry G. Clayton and Thomas W. Alexander; Class 1-A (L), Mack A. Garland and Glenn Haney. Placed in class 2-A were: Dan iel E. York, Dengim H. Stricklan, Queen D. Kent, Garrnett L. Wyatt, Lee Smith, Loyd L. Moore, Dewey F. Bryson, James R. Hill, Roy Hightower, David Parton, John H. Ruff, George M. Queen, John M. Mills, Vinson L. Smith, Hobert G. W'illiams and Jack E. Woody. Continued in class 2-A were: William C. Russ, Fletcher T. Hill. Harry M. Sullivan, Edward W. Moody, Ernest W. Greene, John L. Edwards, Robert B. Davenport, George W. Galloway, William H. Covington and Frank Phillips. Placed in class 2-B were: Rufus W. Melton, Thomas H. Rogers, Jr., Earl F. Kirkland, Fletcher Trantham, James Long, and Julius C. Riggins. Continued in class 2-B were: Frank Cochran, James R. Miles, Robert S. Millar, Rufus A. Reeves, Gilbert L. Gregory, Andy (Continued on page 7) sold. Haywood county's record of fishing licenses sold stood third in the state, it was also learned from Mr. Plott. The record of sixty per cent higher to date could not carry through the season, the game and fish warden pointed out, as there are too many local citizens out of this area at this time. There are more streams open than in any previous year since their use has been restricted, it was learned, and in addition the fishing will be better, as the streams have all been heavily stocked. The waters in Sherwood Forest will be open on Wednesday, May 10, and thereafter every Wednes day, Saturday and Sunday through out the fishing season. in Greenhill cemetery. I Active pallbearers were Col. J. ! Harden Howell, Capt. W. F. Swift, Vvv E. Martin, Grady Boyd, William Shoolbred and Chief J. C. Sittherwood, A. C. R. M., who ac companied the body here from the West Coast. The body arrived in Asheville at noon on Friday and was met by a Waynesville undertaker and i i brought to the home of the parents here and later taken to the church. Mr. Blackwell, son of Rufus H. Blackwell and the late Susan Byrd Blackwell, was a veteran of World War I. He volunteered in the U. S. Naval Reserve the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor and was serving as aviation chief ma chinist's mate at his post on Whidbey Island, when the accident that took his life occurred. During World Wrar I, he served many months overseas and was with the army of occupation fol lowing the Armistice. He was edu cated in the local schools and at Brevard College. At the time he entered the service he was em ployed at Brevard with the Ecusta Manufacturing Company. He is survived by his widow, of Asheville, one daughter, Susan Byrd, and one son, Rufus Hunter Blackwell, III, of Asheville; three sisters, Mrs. Harry Frehn, of Bris tol, Tenn., Mrs. Jeff Garrett, of Reidsville, and Mrs. James Mi chaels, of Durham; his father and stepmother, of Waynesville; one (Continued on page 7) Herbert Wright Here For 30-Day Furlough Herbert Wright, second class Petty Officer, U. S. Seabees, is spending a 30-day furlough here with his father, Joe Wright, and other relatives. Seaman Wright, who volunteer ed, has been in the service for the past eighteen months. He has served in Alaska and was in the Aleutian Islands for 13 months. This is his first visit home since he entered the service. Community Center Council Will Meet Friday Evening The Community Center Council will hold a meeting at 8 o'clock Friday evening in the U. S. Em ployment Service offices, according to an announcement by the presi dent. All members are urged to be present for the meeting, ns the final details of organization will be perfected. Officers of the coun cil are: president, Mrs. Rufus Siler; vice president, W. Curtis Russ; treasurer, Ralph Prevost ; and s.-eietary, Mrs. L. M. Riche-son. Pfc. James L. Yount Is Stationed In da. Private First Class James L Yount, who is stationed at the Oliver General Hospital in Augus ta, Ga., was recently awarded the Good Conduct Medal at appropriate ceremonies held in the Red Cross auditorium on the post. The medal is awarded "for ex emplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity," and was presented by Major James L. Rogers, Adjutant. Pfc. Young is a Projectionist in the Red Cross at the Oliver General. $2.20 Per Hundred Pounds Paid At Car For Potatoes About 10 Carloads Of Surplus Potatoes Will Be Shipped Soon. Randal B. Etheridge, head of the Markets Division of the State De partment of Agriculture, has an nounced that plans have been com pleted for the movement of appro ximately 80 carloads of Irish po tatoes from the mountain counties of North Carolina. Ten of the carloads are to go from Haywood county, the report from Raleigh said. Buying will continue through Monday. May 1. and all potatoes should be brought to the G-'orge-Itrown warehouse near the govern ment wheat storage bins. Under wood Lumber and Supply Com pany, and Farmers Exchange are handling the potatoes. He said that efforts on the part of the Department's marketing specialists to move the surplus of the 1043 crop from the Asheville Nnrth Wilkesboro area have re sulted in tho establishment of a plan by the Commodity Credit Cor poration to purchase all potatoes in this section, grading U. S. Number Cuv W. Canns. of Creeds, Va., will be in charge of the purchase program for CCC, according uj Etheridge, and the potatoes will be bought at a set price of $2.20 per hundred pounds on the car. No plans were announced rela tion to the disposition of the pota toes after their purchase from the growers, but it is understood tnat they will eventually go for military use. "They will be moved as rapidly as they can be handled by our in snoofnra." declared Etheridge. He added that farmers having pota- toy, . ill be assisted Dy tne inspec tor in grading, packing and load ing their product. Plans now call for the move ment of around 3,500,000 pounds, with each car bringing around $990. Potatoes are to be brought to Underwood Lumber and Supply Company. Howard Clapp, county agent, suggeste dth efollowing rules for Haywood growers to follow: 1. Be sure to sprout all potatoes. 2. Be sure to grade as near as possible into No. 1 potatoes and leave other potatoes at home. No No. 2 potatoes will be handled. 3. The potatoes must be firm. Shriveled or soft potatoes cannot be handled, if in doubt, please bring in a sample for inspection. 4. Please bring additional labor with you to help in the grading of potatoes. The locations from which pota toes will be shipped and the num ber of cars from each are as fol lows: Franklin 4; Sylva G; Way nesville 10; Asheville 6; Hender sonville 4; Brevard 3; Marshall 2; Burnsville 2; Spruce Pine 30; North Wilkesboro 5; and West Jefferson 7. Mrs. Noyes Long, of Old Hick ory, Tenn., is spending a fortnight here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hardin. The Waynesville District Of Methodist Church To Meet At Bethel On May 3 The Waynesville District Con ference of the Methodist church will meet at the Bethel church on Wednesday, May 3, at 10:00 o'clock, according to an announce ment made this week by Rev. W. L. Hutchins, district superinten dent, who will preside over the gathering. Rev. Hutchins is clos ing his sixth year and will, by the law of the church, move to an other field of work next fall. The Waynesville District com prises 30 charges and has 102 churches wi.th a membership of nearly 12,000. There will be in .ttendance at the conference around 200 people, including visitors from various institutions of the church. The pastors of the district will give their annual reports. The conference sermon will be delivered by Rev. Miles McLean, pastor of Long's Chapel, Lake Junaluska. Rev. R. G. Tuttle will read the report on missions. Mrs. David Hall, of Sylva, will speak on the missionary work of the women in connection with the report by Rev. Tuttle. Prof. O. V. Woosley, superinten dent of the Children's Home, will represent this work of the church, and Rev. J. B. Tabor will give a written report on the orphanage work of -the district. Rev. V. A. Morton will speak on the place of the young people in the church and Miss Louise Martin, of Way nesville. will also talk briefly on the work of the Young People. Kev. Morton will also speaK on a meetinc held in Evanston. 111.. last winter at which time Pro testantism was given a full con sider ition. Rev. Mac S. Richie will read a paper on Christian Education. Tn the afternoon the lavmen of the district will nresent a nrosram over which J. R. Long, district leader, will preside. At noon tbere will be a picnic lunch. The rublic is invited to at tend all the service. ' Florida Couple Buy Summer Home Of R. L. Lee's At Balsam Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Spooner, of Fort Myers, Fla., have purchased the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Lee. The home which is constructed entirely of logs is one of the most attractive summer places in the Balsam area. No announcement has been made of the purchase price. Mr. and Mrs. Spooner, who have spent the past several days here returned on Tuesday to Fort Myers, but plan to return here around the first of June to spend the summer. Rotarians Hear Dr. S. P. Gay Last Friday Dr. S. P. Gay was the speaker at Rotary last Friday, and told of foods and their relation to good teeth. By use of charts, Dr. Gay pointed out that an unbalanced diet caused tooth decay. He also told some of the inter esting happenings that take place in the practice of dentistry. Mrs. Burger Edwards, of Rio Grande City, Tex., has arrived for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Sorrels at their home in Hazelwood. Mrs. Edwards will be joined in the near future by her husband, Pfc. Edwards, and after his visit here they will return to his post at For? Ringgold, Tex.