North Carolina Newspapers

w Waynesville mountaineer Published In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park NO. 28 16 Pages WAYNESVILLE, X. C, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1944 (One Day Nearer Victory) $1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countie alth Officer Feels hat Danger Of Polio identic Is Slight Line Of Haywood's Case Will e iiicu Jbin A Week. (a feel that there is no dan- PeseD , tv .aid Dr. county neaim - the situation in this ... va that this county L penalized for conditions Lmrts ol the sun. is over 600 miles long. gt into tnree inner JL Histimce from here that L have to travel in order U the epidemic affected If Polio in this state, he led. , , , .... health officer staieu mat U been four cases in duu- cotnty, one in uenaerson, ie 0ne in Transylvania, ana of Haywood. the record e that of any year. Lre?er.t there is only one Haywood cuniy, a the Crabtrce section who but of quarantine in a weeK. it in a i v mud iorm. Id in Canton is out ol quar- and if there were to be from that case they formally have shown up be- ." he stated. advise parents of children Lelve years of age to keep home, away from public This is the safest way to b epidemic of any kind," added. the exception of the Young Leadership Conference Id by the Board of Educa te Methodist church, sche- ht July 20-August 1, no U church-sponsored assem- Iieen cancelled, and all other ki will be held as ache less far more severe con. jdevelop, Pr. Lambeth said, lambeth advised as a pre- ry measure thf, for lie ng, swimming in the 250- e be discontinued. b and Miller li New Motor ipany Here 'ott! and Henry Miller, two wn local vounir men. have the P. & M. Motor Com- Haywood Street. They lovated the building, which wiy purchased, and will ral repair work on all if car? and trucks. Fners have been in the au- neld for many years, and Mated with them as head f, Vernon Hill, a man who connected with local ga more than 20 years. general repair work, the I specialize in Wh oWf plene welding. FTScates Wed In France Fifth Grade Genre-e P as slightly wounded in "ance on the 18th of to word Just re ' MR. Ruth M. Scatesfrom otant General. page from the war de- v Mu runner aetans, "von will P his condition an. re- P1 ANNOUNCEMENT Mrs. Davirl t;i.. , - .-vim, at tneir Jul' 15th. f At Your Fiption iptions which ex- Ir f Aus will pn lned immediately W? Unless renewed at date. Khe first of thia laiediatplv Awarded Insignia DAVID ALEXANDER HIMES, 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. John N. Himes, of the Cecil area of the county who has been reported missing since March 18, has been awarded the Submarine Combat Insignia, for his splendid perform ance of duty in line of combat. The award was sent to his parents during the past week. Haywood Electric Membership Corp. Nominate Directors The following committee has been named by the board of direc tors of the Haywood Electric Membership Corporation to nomi nate a board of directors for the coming year; George C. Haynes, D. Reeves Noland, F. A. Justice, Oder F. Burnett, T. C. Davis, Bill Green, Arthur Cagle, Walker Brown, James T. Smith, C. W. London and Chester A. Cogburn. The committee has offered the following group for membership on the board of directors, subject to the election to be held at the regular annual meeting on August 26, at the courthouse here: T. W. Cathey, Pigeon; Carter Os borne, Clyde; W. A. Peebles, Upper Hominy; A. W. Ferguson, Crab tree; Chas. B. McCrary, Fines Creek; Roy B. Medford, Iron Duff; W. P. Harris, Beaverdam; Ira H. Cogburn, East Fork; L. N. Davis, Cecil; and N. W. Carver, Jona than Creek. From the list of the board of di rectors the officers for the coming year will be elected. In addition to Mr. Osborne, president, the other officers who have served during the past year are: L. N. Davis, vice president, and Cha?. B. McCrary, secretary and treasurer. Lions President (77.. DEAVER COMING HOME Cpl. Lawrence A. Deaver, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Deaver, of Canton, route two, has returned to this country after spending 26 months with the Marine Corps in the South Pacific area. He was one of 2,744 men to return from the area. Draft Board Reclassifies 130 Men In Waynesville Area During Past Week Rose Brothers Together After 4 Years' Separation Pictures on page four) Staff Sgt. James A. Rose and Pfc. Daniel Marcus Rose, sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Rose, of Way nesville, are visiting their parents. It is the first time the brothers have been together in four years. SSgt. Rose, with a record of forty-four months overseas duty, volunteered in the service in 1940 and is serving in the Signal Air Corps. He was first stationed in Charleston and from there was sent to Panama. From the latter he was transferred to Central America and then to the Dutch Guana, after which he was return ed to Panama, later serving in Trinidad. SSgt. Rose recently spent a 30-day furlough with his family here, and was granted the past few days extension to see his brother, Pfc. Rose. He is now stationed at Daniel Field, Augusta, Ga. Prior to entering the service he was em ployed by the A. C. Lawrence Lea ther Company. Pfc. Ros entered the service in March, 1942 and was inducted at Fort Bragg, after which he was transferred to the following camps in the order named: Camp Clai borne, La., Camp Hood, Tex., Sam Houston, Tex., Camp Maxey, Tex. When he leaves here he will re port to Fort George Meade, Md. Be fore entering the service he was employed by Alexander's Drug Store. Dr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Mc Cracken, and three (laughters, Miss Loreta, Miss Dolores and Miss Helen McCracken, of Ashe ville, spent Sunday with their cousins, Misses Robena, Maude and Evonia Howell. One hundred and thirty men were reclassified by the Waynesville area under the selective service system during the past week, ac cording to the clerk of the board. Four men were placed in class 1-A as follows: Roy Carver, Guy Her bert Canter, Frnest Daniel Estes and Alfred Wayne Price. Placed in class! 2-A were: Harry Lee Liner, Jr., Johnny Dee Moore, Lawson Van Haney, Jack "Willie Hoxit, Claude Colman Haynes, Clinton Cecil Mathis, Marion Thomas Bridges, Henry Paul Webb, and Doye Cagle. Continued in class 2-A were: Bulo Lesley Carver, and Benjamin Johnston Sloan. Continued in class 2-A(H) was Robert Clyde Kellett. Placed in class 2-B were: Edgar Denton Browning, William Taylor Wilson, Jack Blackwell Medford and James Duncan Bradshaw. Continued in class 2-B -were: James Clifford Moore, Albert Wes ton Harris, Marshal Wilson Han nah, Erman Francis Inman, Joe Carlyle Howell, Joseph Jackson At kins, Gordon Leonard Wyatt, Ben G. Plemmons, Willis Rector, Wil liam Grady Davis, Pless Presnell, Jesse Daniel Rose, David Noland Cabe, William Hooper Greene.. Sam Lloyd McCracken, William Henry Boone, Gaines Furr Mc Cracken, Jerry Morgan Rogers, Guy Henry Hannah, Frank Davis Ferguson, Jr., Vance Davis, Verner McKee Truitt, Evander Albert Preston, and Ben Patton Walker. Placed in class 2-C were: Hughes Messer, John Mull Caldwell, James Virgil Shuler, Paul Teague, Elmer William Sutton, Doyl Calvin Rath bone, Floyd Thades Caldwell, How ard Roscoe Green, Clyde Ray Jus tice, Sam James, James Robert Mills Warren, Robert Alna Lafay ette Hyatt, Jimmie Lee Wright, and Howard Ben Davis. Continued in class 2-C was H n ry Rufus Caldwell. Placed in class 3-D was Thomav Robert Killian. Placed 'n class 4-F were; John- inie Max risn, iroy uagie, jonn (Continued on page 4) Many Recreational Units Added by Council Much equipment was added to the collection being made by the community recreation Council dur ing the past week, and is now in use at the Armory, according to W. E. Tenney, director. Four ping pong tables, a kro nokle set, Chinese checkers, darts, bean bags, archery and badminton are among the things now in use. Regular practice of softball is going forward, and increased in terest is being shown. Mr. Tenney is meeting a group of youngsters daily at the Hazel wood school at two o'clock. At 4 :30 each afternoon he meets with the Girl Scouts at Central Elemen tary and at 7, the girls' softbaD teams meet at the high school park. A teen-age club is being formed, and will meet every Thursday night at the Armory, with Mr. Tenney in charge. The regular Friday night com munity dance, with square dance teams from Davton and Soco Gap will be featured in special exhibi tions. Welfare Workers Attend Course At University Mrs. Sam Queen, county superin tendent of welfare and Mrs. F. G. Rippetoe, case worker in the de partment, returned Saturday from Chapel Hill, where they attended a study course in public welfare at the State University. v: v X ,1 v V? f V ! MaHMaHaaA Miff fcthl J. W. KILLIAN, well known business man, who has been elect ed by the Lions Club to serve as their head for the coming year. Mr. Killian has been active in the local club since its organization. Storm Yesterday Caused No Damage But Brought Relief The hardest rain and the sever est electric storm of the summer occurred yesterday afternoon be tween 1:30 and 2:30. No serious damage has been reported, but on the contrary the volume of rain seemed to be welcomed after the dry weather. The official rainfall, according to Dorothy M artel, U. S. weather reporter in this area, was one inch for the past 24 hours. From 2:10 to 2:15 all calls over the telephone were suspended, due to the lightning and the cracking noise of the wires. A number of phones were reported out of order immediately foloiwing the storm. The surface water coming down the streets leading into Depot street caused that area to be under water for a short time, but with no serious results. WaynesvilleTaxRate Will Remain At ?L40 Mrs. Roosevelt At Lake Tuesday And Wednesday Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will make an address at the Lake Junaluska auditorium on Tuesday night, July 25th at eight o'clock. Mrs. Roosevelt will also ap pear in a conference hour from 9:30 until 11 on the morning of July 26th at the Lake. This is the first time that Mrs. Roosevelt has appeared at the Lake for an address. She has visited in this area before Bnd made public ap pearances on several occasions in Western North Carolina. Charles Ray On State Planning Commission Charles E. Ray was named by Governor J. M. Brouphton as a member of the state planning com mission, under the tourist and travel division. The commission will deal largely with shaping and mapping plans for the post-war era in North Carolina. Lt. Maybank, Nephew Of Mrs. Thomas, Wins Air Medal And Oak Leaf Lt. Burnet R. Maybank, Jr., son of Senator Maybank, former gov ernor of South Carolina, and great nephew of Mrs. James R. Thomas, has recently been awarded the air medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters for courage, coolness and skill while serving on heavy bombard ment duty over Europe. Lt. May bank is not yet 19 years of age. Marine Home After 27 Months In South Pacific Rate Same As Last Year, and Lowest In Past Thirty Years For the Town. Town of Waynesville officials yesterday reached a decision to re tain the present tax rate of $1.40 per $100 valuation for the coming fiscal year. The announcement was made by G. C. Ferguson, town manager, after the mayor, and board of aldermen had been in session with auditors in preparation of the an nual town budget. The present rate is the lowest in thirty years, and was cut last year ten cents, and in 1942 was reduced 20 cents. Mayor J. H. Way said that plans were being made for some essen tial improvements on the town water system immediately after the war, and that officials were now looking ahead to meet the costs of such needs. Boy Scouts To Resume Drive For Collecting Paper Save your waste paper! Plans are now being formulated for members of Boy Scout Troop to have a repeat drive to collect waste paper, it has been announced. The government has particularly issu ed a call for cartons and corrigat ed paper. These along with old newspapers, magazines and other scrap paper will be picked up by the Scouts. Detailed information regarding the new drive, together with phone numbers where persons can call to leave a message to have their paper picked up, will be issued in the near future, it was stated. So Save your waste paperl 1 I fM.IJUHU ,lw. , ''i ' ' ' ' "m"'v " Jf " o I o Lq I Cpl. Joseph C. Swayngim, who has served in the South Pacific area for the past 27 months with the Marine Corps, is home for a 30 day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Swayngim, of route two. At the end of his leave Cpl. Swayngim will report to the Ma rine Hospital at New River. Cpl. Swayngim has fought in three major campaigns. He was in the battle of Guadalcanal, and also took part in the Marine landing on New Britain. I Pvt. D. J. Faulkner Wounded In Action Wins Purple Heart Private David J. Faulkner, son of Mrs. Hattie Faulkner, of Way nesville, has been reported wound ed in action in France on June 6, according to a message received by his mother during the week. Private Faulkner has been awarded the Purple Heart for his bravery under fire. He entered the service in 1943 and has been serving with the arrmd forces overseas for the past seven months. Quick Action Saves AH County School Buses From Burning Reported Missing PVT. JAMES L. PAIGE, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Paige, of Waynesville, R.F.I). No. 1, who has been reported missing in ac tion in France since June 15. He entered the service on June 30, 194;i, and has been overseas since December 22, l!4.'i. He was at tached to the medical corps. Electric Service Off Sunday From Two Until Six Electric service will be discon nected throughout Hazelwood, Lake Junaluska and Balsam areas on Sunday, July 23rd, according to an announcement made today by J. E. Tate, manager of the Caro lina Power & Light Company in Canton. Service to the Town of Waynesville and the REA will not be effected by this interruption. "The interruption,'' suid Mr. Tate, "is to permit important re pair work which cannot be done with safety without disconnecting service. We sincerely hope that it is planned for hours when a minimum of inconvenience will be caused customers in the area to he effected." Service will be off from 2:00 p. m. to f:00 p. in. on Sunday after noon. Mr. Tate says, "We regret the necessity of disconnecting ser vice for even a short time, but it is essential that our lines be kept in good repair at a time when abnor mally heavy demands are being im posed on us by the war production program." Funeral Held In Winston-Salem For Dr. Dwire Dr. Henry R. Dwire, vice presi dent of Duke University and direc tor of public relations and alumni affairs at the University, died at Duke Hospital on Monday after undergoing an abdomonal opera tion. Brief services were held at the Duke Chapel and the body was taken to Winston-Salem, his for mer home, for services and burial. He was the last surviving mem ber of his family. Dr. Dwire, well known journal ist, was often a visitor at the Methodist Assembly at Lake Junaluska. Mrs. Winfred Baker, of Orlando, has arrived for the summer and is visiting her family on Love Lane. Police Court Breaks All Records For Year The annual report of the police court for Waynesville was com piled yesterday, and it was found that all previous records were broken, both for the number of arrests and fines and costs collect ed. The fiscal year which ended June 30th, was the heaviest on record here, with 711 arrests, or an average of about two a day. The court did a land office busi ness as far as collecting fines and costs, as $8,979.05 was handed across to Mayor J. H. Way, judge of police court. The fines which amounted to $2, 244.20 went to the county school fund, and the court costs of $S,- 734.85 went into the general fund officials made up the budget, they put in $4,500 as income to be re ceived from police court, and the records show that this amount was exceeded by $2,200. Out of every court case, one dollar goes to the county court library, and two dol lars to an officer's retirement fund. The most arrests made in one week-end was 28, the record shows. This was not a holiday week-end either, it was said, which puzzled officers as to the cause. Officers said that 90 per cent of the cases were for public drunk eness and the remainder for vag arancy, affray and reckless driv ing. Many of those appearing in court are "repeaters" who celebrate School Bus Garage Caught On Fire Early Saturday Night At High School. Fire from defective wiring broke out on the Northeast end of the Haywood county school garage on the high school grounds on Satur day night, with an estimated dam age of around $50. Had the fire not been discovered at its beginning the loss might have been around $75,000 as the buses and the equip ment at the garage is valued at that amount, it was lsrned from M. H. Bowles, county superinten dent of education. The blaze was noticed by John Haney, janitor, who resides near the grounds at 11:16, and he went to the home of Mrs. L. M. Richeson, who put in a call at once for the city fire department. "I would like to take this op portunity to thank the Waynes ville fire department for their promptness in reaching the scene and their efficiency in putting ou the fire at once," said Mr. Bowles, who resides near the school and stated that by the time he reached the garage the fire department had arrived. The lire, causi d from a B-X cable, the two wires in the cable causing a short circuit. Since Saturday night additional switches have been installed so that when the mechan ics and others leave the garage at nittht the electricity may be cut off. At the time of the fire there were ;S9 school buses in the garage and on the grounds. They are used to transport the rural children in the county to and from school. Had the buses been destroyed at this time, it would have been impossible to replace them, acrording to Mr. Bowles. Mrs. Chas. Tillett Is Daughter Of Former Resident Mrs. Charles W. Tillet, of Char lotte, who is serving as assistant chairman of the National Commit tee, the first women in the party's history to be so honored, is the daughter of a former Waynesville woman, Mrs. Sallie Thomas Avery, wife of the late Judge Avery of Morganton. Mrs. Tillet is the niece of Mrs. James R. Thomas, and the grand daughter of Col. William H. Thomas, who is so closely allied with local history. She is a gra duate of North Carolina Woman's College, where she made a record that gave promise of her future attainments. of the town. Last July when town too much over the week-ends. Pfc. Harry West Now In South Pacific Private First Class Harry West, son of Mr. and Mrs. Garfield West, of Waynesville, who is serving in the U. S. Marines, is now stationed somewhere in the South Pacific. He entered the service in Sept.,. 1941, and took his boot training at Parris Island. Upon completion of his course there he was sent to Portsmouth, Va., and then to Pana ma, where he was stationed for two years. When he was transfer red back to this country, he was stationed at Camp LeJeune, New River, and from there was sent overseas. At the time he was in ducted in the service he was em ployed at the A. C. Lawrence Leather Company. J July Court Adjourned Wednesday, 12th, After Three-Day Session The July term of Superior court, which convened here on Monday, July 10, adjourned late Wednesday afternoon of last week shortly after The Mountaineer went to press. Judge Zeb V. Nettles, of Asheville, presided over the three day session. Campbell Family To Hold Reunion On , Sunday, July 23rd The annual Campbell family re union will be held on Sunday, July 23, at the borne of John B. Camp bell in the Maggie section. All relatives and friends are cordially invited to attend and bring a picnic lunch, which wQl be served at noon. Charles F. Owen will be the speaker at the reunion which will start at 12:00 o'clock.