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IJI FHE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Published In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park tefTYEAR NO. 41 16 Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THUKSDAY, OCTOBER 19. 1944 (One Day Nearer Victory) $1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties V- Af PLACE t ra TO UVB m'jijii'yilt ew Gas Coupons To e Issued By Boards upon No. 12 Is Worthless; m Make Application For plant Engineers North of Town i . coupon in your i0line bci'k i" wonniess. uie H-A COUPON.- cajjiic vii g;h 1 nese latis vicic liv the rationing noara r . ,. Lmran nranora. for 'k new A gasoline L procedure for getting a new tdk if very simple, juol Ku , service station and get an Ication form, ino. n-oo, ana D g few easy questions on me t hand fide of the form. The llions include iuu name, nu- BodeI, make ana year moaei car, and speeaometer reaa- ifter filling in these spaces, your name and either mail or I to the rationing iwmu. i due time your new A book t mailed to you. No books be issued over the counter, I takes too much time to work fthe details necessary for office U. was stressed that all applica- i be gotten in as soon as pos- s, all books will be issued Irder of applications Teceived. lere are approximately 1,500 Ids of A books from this ra ting board, it was said. J, Lilius Opens welry Store On ain Street Here . J. Lilius has opened his new j rtore here. Last spring Mr. Mrs. Lilius purchased the uidler building, and have re- eled the store and added speci- I made fixtures for their busi- i. It. Lilius has been in the jew- i business since 19Q7. He has fated a jewelry business in pa, and Forest City.. v . I was learned yesterday that he t decided to come here 20 ago, and ever since that has had "his eye" on this Imunity for his business. i addition to a large stock of Wry and the usual jewelry lines, the business will fea- a repair derjartment. with experts dtvoting full time Itne work. Resides Mr. Lilius. i T. K. McCracken. of Can- , and Hugh E. Griffin. P's. Lilius is devotine- her time pe sales end of the business. Engineers of the large tex tile plant are here making further investigation of the 55-acre site for the proposed plant, a short distance north of Waynesville, on the Howell Hill Road. No statement was made re garding the activities of the engineers other than they were making "soundings" to deter mine the depth of the rock bed on the property. Jonathan Woody, who has been in constant touch with the management, repeated his pre vious statement: "I feel we have better than a three to one chance of getting the large modern plant.'' The chairman of the board of the firm has indicated that a decision would be announced within a week or so. Heads FBI Meet YANKS POUND MANILA AREA ffJ ' -CX i i 1 7 f U Vy . -Sr3 o Mies f U) BATAAN Reeves Noland Plans New Building and To Modernize 3 Others Claimed By Death wn Reservoir ang Repaired fork has be'n started on nlaa- ES the outside of the 270,000 n city reservoir. A special 'Proof material is being used job, with W. O. Curtis, con- Of Svlvn. Hninc 4-1, ,..,1, ' " ft biJC wuift, e plastering is being done to F'M further Rmnll loalra -nri Fe develoned in th io fM Contrnptn.. j. in " jK"is it wm tnree or four P the job, which was let under I'M system a week ago. p reservoir is about 35 vears f.Md is on top of the hill over m? the golf course. pos Dean New , Mail Carrier fWo Dhflr, V, i. . ocvn namea mail rr fur c;.v ,. , . Pram tr, p. . . . ' r . "sunasier J. H. How Dean succeeds J. T. Rus 6n has gone to the army, master Howell also reported Bwu i . ""r post unite f"W over tU . , , . - -nine penoa last Community Center Discussed Here by The Kotary Club Kotanans discussed at length me proposed erection of a com munity center building as a me morial to those serving in World War II, at their weekly meeting last Friday. Different members discussed the plan, and general opinions were that work should begin at once in getting plans, a site and funds. President Charlie Ray said furth er discussion would be made Friday on the proposal, along with other matters of community-wide inter est. Two new..membera were received. Friday, Tom Lee and S- H. Bush nell, Jr. A committee was named to work out details for a joint barbecue on November first at which time F.F.A. boys and their fathers, 4-H Club boys and their fathers, and men from the Naval Hospital in Asheville would be guests, as the Kotary and Lions Clubs joined to' Ket her for a meeting. HOWARD SCHEIDT. head of i Charlotte office of F.B.I., will in charge of the district F.B.I. Coiifci once which meets today in Canton. All law enforcement of lucrs of Western North Carolina have been issued invitations to at tend. Those attending the confer ence will make a tour of the mill and later be guests of the Cham pion Paper and Fibre Company For luncheon at the Y. Yesterday Idus J. Lynn, local special agent, i i cdicted 200 would attend the con Ference. A number of Waynesville policemen plan to attend. Col. Mint W. Reed, U. S. Air Forces, Visits Parents Col. Minthorne W. Reed, U. S. Air Forces, son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Reed, spent several days here during the past week with his parents. Col. Reed, who entered the Air Corps after his graduation from Duke University in 1928, has made an outstanding contribution to the development of the Air Corps and has won for himself much recogni tion in this branch of the service. Col. Reed is now stationed at Borianquen Field in the Caribbean area, and is serving as base com mander. While here he was join ed by his wife, First Lieut. Branch Reed, who is serving in the Wo man's Auxiliary Corps and is at present stationed at Maxwell Field. Col. Reed stated that when he is retired from the service he plans to return h:re for his permanent residence as "Wavnesville will al ways be home." Paving Program On Local Streets Nears Completion Drive At High School and Court House Parking Lot Also Being Surfaced. The street paving program which began here about a month ago is nearing completion, and plans are to finish the city contract this week. In addition to paving two and a quarter hiiles of Waynesville streets, thf contractor has surfac 4 the eire)e .drive at the high sctrfol and is now at work surfac mi the parking lot at the court hotse. The board of education handled the .contract for the high school, whilfc the county is paying for the paving of the parking lot. I he Waynesville streets were graded, and rocked under the WPA' project of several years ago. The town budget carried the cost of the srfacing in the budget last year, and are paying cash for the work. CARRIER BOMBERS from the U. S. Third Fleet have struck at Jap airfields and military installations In and about Manila, Philippine Islands, de stroying at least 205 planes and sinking or probably sinking 37 ships, in cluding two destroyers Vessels were attacked in Subic Bay and Manila Day and explosives were poured on the famous Cavite Naval Base in Manila Bay and on Nichols and Clark airfields. (International) Hazelwood Men In Service To Get Gift From Boosters Club j ifa '-iiHWiini ,i ": if 1 V Local Masons To Entertain Masters The Waynesville Masonic Lodge will be host to the Past Masters Club here on Monday night at a supper meeting at the Maples, at 7:15. Special guests from Asheville, Andrews and Dillsboro have been invited to attend in addition to the 35 members. No Extra Sugar After Oct. 31st The local rationing board re minded citizens here that October 31 is the last day to get supple mental canning sugar. After that date, no extra sugar will be avail able, except by the specified cou pons In the ration book No. four. Those entitled to got extra can ning sugar should make applica tion at once. Wins Award ttf r j;, - Si'!'"" k'-' , o Periences. Of A "raier under Fire told ta Mrs. Pon the wi.w-i fk ',,tt' page 14 the food ft in the th experiences of a man who lost his invasion of Prance. s on page two. Tobacco Expert Sees Big Future For Area by the federal government and the Dr. Luther Shaw, tobacco expert, gtate told members of the Boosters Club Among the first things to be in Hazelwood Thursday of the un-i studied wij fertijzation, he limited possibilities in Western sajd The program will determine North Carolina for development in jwhat fertjlj zers make the best to- the agricultural field. bacco. Dr. Shaw briefly gave the his- j "In recent years, with high tory of state test farms and the i prices, the trend has been to pro- plans of the Mountain Test Farm ' ... ..rwti . ill near Waynesville. i ne iarm wm be used s a research unit for three major projects. These pro jects will be poultry, dairying and fields crops, with some attention to small fruits and berries," he said. The sneaker told that plans had been received for a 40-cow dairy barn as the beginning of the dairy- dace poundage instead of quality. It is the feeling of many, that after the war this will reverse it self, and quality will be sought again." Another field that will be given lots of study will be rotation of the crop; proper spacing, and top ping. Much interest is being shown in jthe possibility of growing Turkish : w nv flu farm tiprp Dr. Shaw told of the special work j ' he was doing in the burley tobacco Lnd as yet nothine definite ha' diyision,tt which is being sponsored I been decided upon on this project. STAFF SGI. LARRY C. AR RINCTON, son of Mrs. W. R. Ar riiigtun. of Balsam Road, Waynes ville, R.I-.D. No. 1, has been rec ommended for the Bronze Star award for meritorious action dur ing the period 7 to 13 August when Company "H" along with oth er elements of 2nd Bn. 120th Inf. was surrounded near Mortain, France. On the night of 6-7 Au gust Sgt. Arl ington directed motar fire against the enemy despite pres. ence of hostile aircraft directly overhead, and remained in position until the enemy overran his OP. He then re-assembled his section whose gun positions had been over run, contacted a friendly rifle com pany. He then used his own sights and fired a fit) mortar until the ammunition supply was exhausted. Sgt. Arrington, who farmed be fore entering the service was train- d at the -fullo-winc nosts! Fort Tackson. Can) Blanding, Va., ":min F'revt Tenn.. and Camp Atteih.n v. Ind.. prior to being sent overseas. Sg. Airington has four brothers in the service: S. Sgt. Wm. G. Arrington. now in France; Carl E. j Arlington .first class petty offier, now in South Pacific; Lt. Lowell Arrington. nou- at Officers Candi date School at Fort Benning, Ga., and Cpl. Sam Arrington, U. S. Air Corps at Tindale Field, Tampa, Fla weavkr h. Mccracken, 57, Havwood county auditor, whose death occurred at 3:15 at the Haywood County Hospital on Mon day afternoon. Weaver McCracken, County Auditor, Buried Yesterday Masonic Bodies Have Charge of the Funeral Services for County Official. Last rites yere held at 11 o'clock Wednesday mornipg at Long'ft Chapel, Methodist ' Church, for Weaver H. jJcCracken, 57, Hay wood county .Auditor and promin ent fiufttrerfr noliticnl affairs In The Wvb successrtiIwTlr11?rrjTm'Vecttotrtf T.re tai-M'.di& Names Needed By Com mittee To Send Each Man A $3.00 Gift For Christmas. The Hazel wo. xl Boosters Olub plans to send a year's subscription to the Readers Digest as a Christ mas gift to every man from Basel- wood now in servV, through the same project last yea and during the next three weeks plans to complete the details and enter the subscription for each of the approximately 200 men who have gone from the town. A committee of five is in charge of getting the names and finances for the project. ReJatives and friends of all Hazelwood men now in service are requested to get the names and addresses of the men to a member of the committee imme diately. The names and addresses of last year will not be used again because of the many changes since that time. The committee is composed of Dr. Stuart Roberson, Rufus Gad dis, L. N. Davis, William Chambers and Clyde Fisher. This committee is also making a canvass for funds to supplement the club's money for the project. At the meeting Thursday night, George Bischoff, president, named a nominating committee, composed of L. N. Davis, R. L. Prevost and Sam Knight, to report at the next meeting, on Tuesday, November 14th. Plans were also made for the club to meet at 7:30 on the 19th of October at the Armory for rec reational activities. The interest in the membership contest is gaining momentum, with five new members being added last Thursday night. The two teams in the race are captained by Dr. Koberson and Clvde Fisher. All Main Street Property Owned By Noland To Be Modernized Immediately. Construction of a new building, and modernization of three others on Main street is expected to be gin within the immediate future, it was learned yesterday from D. Reeves Noland. Mr. Noland recently purchased the 24-foot lot adjoining the build ing now occupied by the Employ ment Service. The building will be of one story construction, with sky lights, and cream tile brick front. Mr. Noland recently purchased the building now occupied by the Dixie Store from Dr. John Smath ers. He plans to combine the Dixie Store building, which is 20 feet wide with the Barber Shop build ing, which is 28 feet, and make a three-unit building, similar to the building he has on upper Main street and occupied by REA, Build ing and Loan and Nicholas Shoe Shop. A cream brick front will be used on this construction to match the adjoining building, Mr. Noland said. Plans have been completed for enlarging the building occupied by Burnette's Cafe. A kitchen fill be added, and the second floor n verted into apartmenJ Over the present Dixie Store and Barber Shop he plans a num ber oi modern offices, and perhaps second floor shops which are gain ing in popularity. Mr. Noland already has all the steel and essential materials to complete all the construction on these projects. at the Haywood County Hospital at 3:15 Monday. The Rev. Miles A. McLean, pas tor of the Chapel, of which Mr. McCracken was a member, and Rev. K. P. McCracken officiated. Burial was in the cemetery of the Crab- tree Methodist church. Members of the Masonic bodies of Clyde and Waynesville served as active pallbearers and escorted the body from the home to the church. They took part in the servics at the church and were in charge of the rites at the grave. Honorary pallbearers were: (ilenn palmer, Dr. J. R. McCrack en, Tom D. Medford, George A. Brown, R. V. Welch, Bryan Mod ford, Hugh Leatherwood, Earl Ferguson, Johnny Ferguson, Char lie Francis, Roy Francis, Lt. (jg) Javk Messer, Noble Ferguson, Dr. Sam L. Stringfield, Dr. Tom Stringfield, Doc Boyd, Albert Mc Cracken. Tom Fincher, C. R. Jaynes, J. D. Allison, Clifford Brown, J. R. Boyd, J. H. Way, J. T. Noland, Jonathan Woody, Col. J. H. How ell, Dr. R. Stuart Roberson, J. R. Hipps, D. J. Noland, L. H. Bram lett. C- N. Allen, Homer West, Dr. N. M. Medford, Lawrence Walker, John M. Queen, Grover Davis, C. R. Francis, D. Reeves Noland. T. H. Haynes, Edwin Fincher, Tom Rogers, W. G. Byers, Glenn Brown, Albert Walker, Charlie Hill, William Palmer. H. A. Os- (Continued on page 5) Road Committee To Meet Tonight Gr6up To Represent County . In Air rtighway"an44Uvv Matters In Future. The Haywood County Road Com mittee, recently set-up to cover all highway activities within the coun ty, will meet tonight in Canton for their initial meeting. The membership is composed of Charles E. Ray, Sam Robinson, George A. Brown, Glenn Palmer, D. Reeves Noland, and C. N. Allen. A seventh member from the Can ton area will be named tonight. The primary purposes of the committee is to develop a broad program of highway construction for the county; to serve as a clear ing house for all highway propos als; to represent the county before the highway commission and oth er agencies with relation to all. highway proposals. Park Theatre To Sponsor Picture Of Armed Forces The Park Theatre has signed I contract with the Progressive Pic ture Company to make up a picture titled "We Americans" to be run on their screen in the near future. The picture will be made up of pnotos oi local men and women in the armed forces, who are serving in all branches of the army and navy, it was learned from J. E. Massie, owner of the Park Theatre Anyone desiring a member nf their family or a friend or sweet- ( Continued on Page Eight) I Honor County With Name On LSM Ship Haywood county came in for her p"efr at th laing share of Horv t th ln,,n.i,inf, But we should remember that last week at the Charleston Navy I Yards of ten landing ships honor ing 57 counties of North Carolina that went over the top in their quotas for the Fifth War Loan Drive. J. E. Massie, chairman of the Haywood county War Finance Committee, and C. N. Allen, who served as chairman of the Fifth War Loan Drive in this area, were among the 100 prominent North Carolinians who were present for the ceremonies which took place at 6:40 o'clock on October 12th. The local men were much im pressed with the launching cere monies and the courtesies ahnwn the visitors from this state in Charleston. "Victory in this great struggle is now assured beyond anv donht or question," said Governor J. M. Broughton who was the principal attained and that complacency on tne part oi our civilian population engaged in producing the essen tials of war could dangerously de lay the day of victory and possibly hamper its fullest achievement," further stated the Governor. "It is hoped, therefore, that this occasion and others of a similar nature throughot the nation will stir our people to even greater ef- iorts to the end that complete and speeay victory may be achieved and that the foundations may be laid for a just and durable peace," wiiciuucq uovernor urougnton. Each ship slid into the quiet flowing Cooper river bearing on its prow a large shield carrying the names of six North Carolina coun ties, as the war bond chairman and other campaign leaders of the hon ored counties cheered lustily as the (Continued on page 5) Fifteen Men Leave Here, Making Up October Quote Fifteen men left here on Thurs day, 12th, for induction in the armed forces at Camp Croft. The group made up the October quota under the selective service system. Joseph Turner Russell, Jr., served as leader, with Homer Cathey Justice, Jr., as assistant leader. There were three men in the group who had been transferred from other areas, including: James Jackson Edwards, from Yorktown, va.; Koy Lee Henry, from Plotts burg, N. Y., and Wiley Buddy Rog ers, from Portsmouth, Va. Others making up the quota were: Charles David Mooo, Les ter Holcombe Eavenson, Frank Lawrence Ingram, Robert Benja min Chapman, Jr., Odell Rogers, Billy Samuel Crawford, Linuel Ray Miller, Joe Andrew Ward, J. W. McAmis, and Edwin Rogers Boone. Committee Named To Help Veterans Secure Work A clearing committer t .-. returning veterans has just been set nnlv v o telle, who has been namLt man for this county. The committee to act as the clearing unit is composed of Mr amtelle, J. W. Killian, of the Lions Club, N. W. Garrett of the Chamber of Commerce, James C Moore, of the Haywood REA. Gee Bichoff of the Boosters Club, R. c Francis of the Hay. wood AAA, and W. H. Burgia of the American Legion. Mr. Sentelle said otlim Lu be added from time to time. :'ilK in.1!