(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1944 (One Day Nearer Victory)
THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
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Library News
MARGARET JOHNSTON
County Librarian
Crawford Brothers In Armed Forces
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"Every book is a new book to
me until I have read it."
Among the books on the shelves
cf Haywood county library that
re popular with readers are the
following, and the list may con
tain one which you have not read
"Wild is the River," by Broirr
ield; "China Sky" by Buck; "Look
to the Mountain ' by Connor; Mar
tin Chuzzlewit," by Dickens; "Tale
vi Two Cities," Dickens; "Man in
the Iron,, Mask," Dumas; "Jamaica
Inn, DuMaurier; "Hoosier School
master," Eggleston.
",The Family" by Federove;
"Cimarron" by Ferber; '.'All ThU
and Heaven Too," by Field; "Men
of Albemarle" by Fletcher; "Quare
Women" by Furman ; "Cup and the
Sword" by Hobart; "Covered Waf
m" by Hough; "Hunchback .of
Notre Dame," Hugo; "Ramon,"
Jackson; "Shadow and Glory," by
Jennings; "Now In November" by
Johnson; "Swift Flows the River,"
by Jones.
"In the Years of Our Lord" by
Komroff; "Call of the Wild" by
London; "White Fang" by London;
"Leaf in the Storm" by Lin
Yutang; "Moment In Peking" by
Lin Yutang; "Hour Before Dawn
by Maugham; "Northwest Pass
age" by Roberts; "Oliver Wiswell"
by Roberts; "Our Miss Boo" by
Runbeck; "Rabble In Arms" by
Roberts; "Tap Roots" by Street;
"New Hope" by Suckow; "Chick
en Every Sunday" by Taylor;
"Man Miss Susie Loved," by
Tucker.
"Day Must Dawn" by Turnbull;
"Rolling Years," by Turnbull;
"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn",
Twain; "Adventures of Tom Saw
yer," by Twain "Kristen Lavrans
datter," by L'ndset; "The Vir
ginian" by Wister.
MR. AND MRS. COLBERT CRAWFORD have two sons in the
service, Pfc. Erastus H. Crawford, and Wallace B. Crawford, seaman
second class.
Pfc. Crawford entered the service in March. 1943. and took, bis
training at Fort Leonard Wood and from there was sent to.hreve
port, La. From the latter he was sent to Camp Breckenridge, Ky.,
and from there was sent overseas. He is nowserving in France.
Seaman Crawford entered the service in if ay of this year nd
took his boot training at Camp Peary, Va., and from there was sent
to Boston, Mass., where he is now on duty.
Pvt Wm. F. Swift
Stationed In Texas
Private William (Bill) F. Swift,
Jr., ton of Capt and Mrs. W. F.
Swift, of Waynesville, is now sta
tioned at Camp Wolters, Tex. Pvt.
Swift entered the service as a vol
unteer on July 10. At the time
he entered the service he was em
ployed at the Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock Company.
Pvt. Swift is a graduate of the
local high school and also attended
Presbyterian College. He complet
ed the ADDrentice School at the
Shipbuilding company in 1940 and
has held a position there since
that date.
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Pvt. Wm. Owen Hudson
lere On 10-Day Leave
Private William Owen Hudson,
son of Mrs. Irene Hudson, of the
Kellar Apartments, has arrived
from Camp Lejeune, where he is
stationed at present, fur a ten
day leave.
Private Hudson entered the U.
S. Marines as a volunteer following
his graduation from the Waynes
ville township hitrh school in the
early summer and was sent to Par
ris Island for his boot training.
From the letter he was sent to
his present fioft.
Sgt Venson Lemhi?
Serving: In France
Sgt. Venson Leming, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Rufus Leming, of Way
nesville, is now serving with the
army in France. Sgt. Leming left
Waynesville with the National
Guard unit in September, 1940,
and has been overseas for the past
23 months.
Sgt Leming took part in the
North African campaign, in Sicil
ian combat and was serving with
the first assault troops to land in
France on D-Day. His mother re
cently received two copies of the
Presidential Citation awarded the
First Engineer combat battalion
of which Sgt. Leming is a member.
Sgt. Leming has one brother,
Pvt. Joe Leming, who is in the
service and is now stationed at
Palmdale, Calif.
Bobby Coin, EM, 1c
Here On Leave
Bobby Coin, EM. first class, son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Coin, who
Is now stationed at Little Creek,
Va., spent a short leave here dur
ing the week. Young Coin entered
the service as a volunteer in 1939,
after graduating from the local
high whool. He has had over three
years sea duty.
NOTICE
To Haywood County Servicemen and Women
and Members Of Their Immediate Families.
We are anxious for everyone of Haywood county's
men and women in service to have an opportunity
to vote in the General Election to be held on No
vember 7, 1944.
We are now accepting applications for Absentee
Ballots and Registration for the 1944 General
Election by Servicemen and Women and urge
that you apply immediately.
Application for ballots can be made by the wife,
husband, parents, brother, sister or child of voter
by indicating relationship and the ballots will be
forwarded to the voter by the chairman.
The law requires that Servicemen and Women
have to be 21 years of age to be eligible to vote, a
resident of the state for one year and precinct for
four months, (or will have been by November 7,
1944), and that he or she will can read and write.
Published elsewhere in this issue of the paper,
with the compliments of The Mountaineer, is an
application blank that can be clipped out, filled in
and sent to us. Or you can apply at the office,
which is open each day from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
C. Gudger Bryson
' Chairman Haywood County Board of Elections
Second Floor Court House, Waynesville, N. C.
5 Amendments
To Be Voted On
During Election
Voters in the ereneral election
will pass upon five proposed
amendments to the constitution of
the state, Gudger Bryson, chairman
of the Haywood county board of
election, said yesterday.
The first amendment is a yes or
no vote on the proposal to make
the commissioner 'of agriculture,
commissioner of labor, and commis
sioner of insurance constitutional
officers and members of the coun
cil of state.
The second amendment vote is
on the proposal to exempt notaries
public from the prohibition'against
double office holding.
The third amendment concerns
the state board of education.
The fourth amendment would
authorize the general assembly to
provide compensation for the lieu
tenant governor.
Th fifth amendment would abol
ish the constitutional requirement
for private examination fit the wife
fo? the Balfj pf the homestead. ,,
Mr. Gudeer vaster j&v renewed
his requestor members of the fam-
tlies ,of men and women in the
afmed forces to .furnish the board
their latest addresses in order that
thpy may be certain to receive the
war ballots for the general elec
tion. ,. The board has on file some 2,
800 applications made last May in
connection with the primary and
it is not necessary for these to be
made again. However, it is nec
essary to have the latest address
in all instances.
In addition, the board has re
ceived from the secretary of state
some 500 federal card requests for
ballots. These are being checked
against the applications made be
fore the primary to prevent duplications.
The board is endeavoring to han
dle all of the war ballots for men
and women in the armed forces
in order to clear them before Octo
ber 8, so that the final 30 days be
fore the election can be devoted
to handling civilian absentee bal
lots.
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PFC. FLOYD E. MEHAFFEY,
U. S. Amy, ifi now serving with
the, armed forces in Italy. He left
here with.the tftionil .Giprd unit
In. Jjtepmber, 1940., ani w firat
stationed at Fort Jackson and then
sent, to L,Cmj Pjckejtk Yfr, after
which he was sent overseas. He
)S the. of !rv ahJ . Mrs.
M. Mehaffey, pf Ba'zelwood. Prior
to entering, the service he was en
gaged in farming in this county.
Seaman Walter J. White
SpeHlds Leave Here
Walter J. White, seaman second
class, has recently spent a ten
day leave in Hazel wood, with his
wife and other relatives in Hazel-wood.
Seaman White was inducted at
Camp Croft and from there was
sent to Camp Peary, Va., for his
boot training. From Camp Peary
he was transferred to Treasure Is
land, Calif., where he is now sta
tioned. At the time of his induc
tion Seaman White was employed
by the A. C. Lawrence Leather
Company.
Papa: "Now, Bobby, if you only
had a little more spunk you would
stand better in your class. Xow,
do you know what spunk is?"
Bobby: "Yes, sir. It's the past
participle of spank."
Pvt. Arthur J. L. Moore
Now In North Africa
Private Arthur J. L. Moore, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Moore, of
Hazehvood, who has been in Italy
with the armed forces, is now serv
ing in North Africa, according to
recent information received by his
parents.
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Tires Tubes and Accessories.
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Underwood
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Series opened July first, and still open, at f 1 per shut
a month.
Building and Loan Is a good investment for yosr
post-war plans.
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Building & Loan
ASSOCIATION
Phone 17
Main Street
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Tine Waynesville Art (Sallery
) Irk LIE!
Our Ninth Season In Waynesville
Two Sales Daily - - 10:30 AM-7 -30 PM
Our stock this season is the finest and largest collection consisting of
Fine Diamond Jewelry - Watches - Sterling Silver - Antique English
Silver - Oriental Rugs - Imported China - Such as - Wedgewood - Royal
Doulton - Royal Worcester - and Minton - Genuine Painting - Antique
Furniture - and hundreds of other items too numerous to mention.
Two Sales
Daily
10 30 am
and
730 pm
Located At
Massie Building
Three Doors From Park
Theatre
Sales
Daily
10:30 am
and
7-30 pm
Beautiful Gifts To The Ladies Given
Away At All Sales
This May Be Your Last Opportunity To Buy This Kind of Merchandise
At Your Own Price. Take Advantage Of It.
WAYNESVILLE ART GALLERY
To all Old Friends and Patrons we extend a personal invitation to say
"HELLO