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WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1945
$2.00 in Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties
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Owners Adding
000 In New
inment To Shop
Lnediatc Future
vard. planing mill
dllvatt k Company was
k to 11. L. Liner, Sr..
L jr. and C. C. Daven
L 'Mw owners assumed
diargc Monday morning
tperatmt!
the firm under
d Builders Supply Co.
,iwr. jr., will be in ac-
1st
nf the nrm tor me
ias announced, and an
05.000 of modern equip-
it installed immediately.
high-speed 4-sidc planers
laonj tnc nisi pieces ui
C to he installed, and
Iwuled to start on these
owners plan other in
Its to the plant, in addl
truing a large stock of
(all tvpes. In their for-
Uncecnint today, they
Have at their disposal
and a quarter feet of
irober, which will be sold
the new firm here.
blower system will be
together with trim saws,
Mother items to speed up
0 of the plant.
In will operate 111 addition
toing mill, a large modern
18 all types of work, such
Ig doors, sash, cabinets
shelving and special or-
oodwork. The retail de-
will feature a general
Hints, builders hardware,
plasters and everything
instruction business.
p Company is owned by
It and the W. T. Shelton
which Charles E. Rav
povia Bank arc joint ad
ta.Thc sale included the
" 3"0 feet square. The
price was not made pub-
has a private side.
P Southern Railway, and
mi will lake 35 to 40.-
01 lumber per week.
tar. Sr., general man.
pe firm, announced the
0' C C. Davenport as
P. and m charge of the
f Lumber Cnmnnnv
owned jointly by the
Ps of Builders Supply
Mr. Daveiioorl was ulih
fcrvhr for 13 vrars. and
Nly wHIi the War Pro-N-
Mr anri M.- tw
six child
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ring there.
Members
Loins
Lne- mauaeer f th
' Store, and Howell
funeral director,
!? as new members in
,7 ,asl week. The
'""the dub now num.
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J f "'ties sponsored
o,.!aPtist church.
(h. "u,snay night at
meeting with the
Fosters at the Hazel-
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L urday afternoon
'.rSSwded to Chief
60, resident
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Civic Clubs To Hear
Details Of G. I. Bill
Tonight's Speaker
J. C. BROWN, of the State Vete
rans Administration, will discus
the G. I. Bill of Rights tonight at
the Hazelwood school before all
the men's civic clubs of the com
munity.
Haywood Enters
19 Calves In
Show And Sale
Annual Event Will
Take Place Next
Wednesday And
Thursday in Asheville
Nineteen Haywood calves will be
entered in the Fat Stock Show and
Sale in Asheville next week, it was
announced yesterday by Howard
Clapp, county agent.
Mr. Clapp said the show would
be held on Wednesday at 1 o'clock,
and the sale on Thursday at the
same hour.
Many Haywood people are inter
ested in attending the sale with
the view of buying one of the
choice animals and storing the
meat in a freezer food locker.
Several business firms and civic
organizations, as in the past, are
expected to have representatives
present to buy one or more of the
calves.
Mr. Clapp is a member of the
steering committee and also the
show committee.
Mrs. O. L. Yates
On Reception
Committee
Mrs. O. L. Yates has been ap
pointed a member of the state
wide reception committee for the
Set-together meeting of the Stale
Senate in Statesvillc on November
and 2, at which time President
Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the
Treasury Fred M. Vinson, and Sec
retary of War Robert P. Patterson
will address the members of the
North Carolina State Senate and
general public.
The appointment was made by
Hugh G. Mitchell, chairman of the
committee on arrangements. Mrs.
Yates is vice chairman of the Hay
wood County Democratic executive
committee.
4 ,, A
fe Hunting Saturday
into the case to be held before
Magistrate Wade Noland here next
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the court house. Dr. Pate
stated that his investigation indi
cated that the shooting was acci
dental. Young Deaver had gone hunting
with Billy Thompson, 14, and Cur
tis Thompson, 12, and Mr. Williams
was hunting along at the same
time. The officer said that Mr.
Williams informed him that he
saw a squirrel running along a
log on the ground and shot at it
When he went to pick it up, the
officer said, Mr, Williams contin
ued, he heard a commotion in the
valley below him and went to in
vestigate. He told the officer that
he found young Deaver shot in the
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Joint Meeting
Of Rotary, Lions
And Boosters Clubs
Will Be Held Tonight
Approximately 100 are expected
to attend the joint meeting of the
three men's civic clubs of the
community tonight at the Hazel
wood school at seven o'clock. This
is the annual .supper meeting of
the organizations I, ions, Rotary
and Boosters clubs.
J. C. Brown, member of the
State Veterans Administration, will
be the principal speaker and dis
cuss the CI. I. Bill of Rights. Col.
J. II . Howell will present the
speaker.
Several men who have just re
turned from battle stations around
the world will be guests of the or
ganizations. A brief session of entertainment
is planned on the program, which
will follow the supper which will
be served by the local chapter of
the Eastern Star.
The presidents of the three par
ticipating organizations are Jack
Felmel, Lions; W. Roy Francis,
Rotary and Dewey Hyatt, Boosters.
Alley Brothers
Receive License
In Supreme Court
Judge Felix E. Alley appeared
before the Supreme Court of the
United States and moved" the "ad
mission of his three sons to the
Bar of that court, according to
Howard Sultle, news commentator
of Washington, D. C. The motion
was allowed and a license was or
dered to be issued to each of the
sons.
The comment as reported from
Washington was as follows:
"Superior Court Judge Felix E.
Alley, of Waynesville, has estab
lished what is believed to be a new
record in the United States Su
preme Court. Judge Alley ap
peared before the high tribunal
yesterday (October 1st) and suc
cessfully moved for the admission
of the Supreme Court practice of
his three sons, all of whom were
with him and assumed the oath.
The sons are Felix K. Alley. Jr.,
John Hayes Alley, and Robert
Clinc Alley."
Hazel wood Y. W. A.
Will Meet Tonight
The Y. W. A. or the Hazelwood
Baptist church will meet this eve
ning at. 7:30 o'clock with Mrs. Bill
Kanos at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Blalock.
Gets Air Medal1
ADMINISTRATOR of Civil Aeronaut
ics, Dr.TheodoreP. Wright (above),
has been awarded the Daniel Gug
genheim Medal for 1945, "for out
standing contributions to the devel
opment of civil and military air
craft, and for notable achievement
in assuring the success of our war
time production program.' Dr.
Wrieht oredicts that 400,000 per
sonal planes will fly in the U. S.
within ten years. inieraitonw
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7 Bronze Stars
.rp?r
T4 CHARLES CAMP has just
been discharged after serving 38
months overseas with the Medical
Corps. His duties carried him
Into six countries, as he worked
with thousands of wounded men.
Charles Camp Is
Back Home With
7 Bronze Stars
Waynesville Man
Serves With Medical
Corps in Six Countries
Overseas 38 Months
After 38 months overseas with
the evacuation department of a
hospital unit, T4 Sgt. Charles
Camp is back home with his dis
charge, and seven bronze stars in
addition to a good conduct award.
.During the.38. .months overseas,
the work of getting wounded and
sick men "sorted" and sent back
to hospitals or other stations was
the job of Sgt. Camp. His duties
overseas took him to six foreign
countries, and into England twice.
The smoke of Pearl Harbor had
hardly cleared away when Mr.
Camp entered service, at Fort
Bragg, and later he went to Camp
Grant, III., and for a brief time
at Indiantown Gap. Pa., where he
took further training in medical
corps work. He first went to Eng
land, and then to Africa.
His unit made the landing with
the invasion of North Africa, and
after that campaign, sailed for
Sicily for a brief stay, and then
back to England to prepare for the
invasion of France. He followed the
army into France, Belgium and
then into Germany.
During the German break
through in Belgium, his hospital
was hit and a nurse killed. The
buzz bombs sent out by the Ger
mans were the greatest menace
during Hie Belgium campaign.
Of all the countries visited by
Sgt. Camp, he picks Belgium as
the number one for its cleanli
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Haywood Calves
Made Good Show
In Dairy Event
Haywood dairy calves received
high recognition at the first annual
Junior Dairy Calf Club show in
Asheville last week. The Danish
system of judging was used, and
Haywood had one calf to get a blue
ribbon; six got red ribbons and
three white.
Zone Wells, of Pigeon, won a
blue ribbon on his calf.
All classes paid cash prizes.
The show was termed successful
from every angle, and plans are
being formulated to have an even
larger showing next fall.
500 People At Opening
Of Freezer Food Lockers
More than 500 people attended
the opening of the Farmers Fede
ration frozen food lockers here
Saturday afternoon.
During the afternoon, a meeting
was held, at which time officials of
the firm, and others discussed the
importance of a freezer food lock
er plant. Among the speakers
were Guy Sales, general manager
of - the Federation, Church Crow
ell, vice president, Merit' Austin,
freezer locker supervisors, and
Howard Clapp, county agent.
The announcement was made
that 200 additional lockers will be
Drive To Start Mere
On United War Fund
Heavy Frost Here
Wednesday Morn
The county had the first
heavy frost of the season
Wednesday mornlne,, when the
temperature hoveled around
forty. Apparently little damage
was done by the frost, except
to a few early variety flowers.
Last Rites For
H. B. Atkins To
Be Held Today
Well Known Business
And Civic Leader
Stricken With
Fatal Heart Attack
Wednesday
Funeral services will be held
this afternoon from the residence
for Milliard Branner Atkins, 58
prominent business and civic lead
er who died at his home Wednes
day morning at 4 o'clock of a heart
attack. Rev. J. Clay Madison, pas
tor of the First Methodist church
of which Mr. Atkins was a member
will officiate. Burial will be in
Green Hill cemetery.
Pallbearers will be William Med-
ford, Dan Watkins, M. G. Stamey
R. N. Barber, Jr., M. H. Bowles
Joe Rose, D. Reeves Noland and
Dr. S P Gay.
Mr. Atkins, theson of the late
Bishop and Mrs. Sames AikfriSTwass
educated in the local schools and
in Nashville, Tenn , and was
graduate of WofTord College, of
Spartanburg. For a number of
years he lias been identified with
the community affais. He was Irust
officer and later president of the
Citizen Bank and Trust Company.
In 1034 he became liquidating
agent for the State Banking De
partment, which position he held
for several years, after which he
opened the Offices here of the At
kins Insurance and Real Estate
Company, in which business be
was engaged at the time of his
death.
Mr. Atkins served as mayor of
Waynesville and was a member of
the town board of aldermen. He
is a past president and charter
member of the Waynesville Rotary
rlub, of which he also served re
cently as secretary. He was treas
urer of the Haywood Red Cross
Chapter for several years, had been
active in raising money for the
Boy Scouts, was a former mojnber
of the board of directors of the
Waynesville Chamber of Com
merce and had been active in all
inc various war loan ana war
emergencies.
He was a former steward of the
f irst Methodist Church and had
held various other offices in the
church. He had recently been ao-
pointed an appraiser of proper
ties for the Tennessee Valley Au
thority by Judge J. Yates Webb.
Mr. Atkins had not been well
for some time, but had continued
active in his business and had
been at the office as usual all day
Tuesday and was suddenly strick
en around 3 o'clock Wednesday
morning.
Surviving arc his widow, the
former Miss Kathcrine Ray, of
Waynesville: one sister, Mrs. John
W. Shackford. of Greenville, S. C,
and a number of nieces and neph
ews. Garrett funeral home is in
charge of the arrangements. j
installed within the next two
weeks. Orders are now being
taken for these, as those original
ly installed have all been taken, it
was explained.
Patrons were shown throughout
the plant, and told how the food
would be processed and stored. No
food was accepted on Saturday,
but on Monday, holders of lockers
began bringing in food, and there
has been a steady flow of food
every day.
C. B. Hosaflook is the butcher at
the plant. j
Committees Given
Information,
Literature And
Territories
To Start Drive
Attractive literature and infor
mational tracts have been put in
the hands of all committees for
this area for the United War Fund
Drive, it was announced yesterday
by A. P. Ledbetter, county chair
man.
Some committees are scheduled
to begin work this week on the
quota of $11,500 for Haywood. The
Canton area is taking half the
quota to raise, and Waynesville the
other half.
Mr. Ledbetter said that some
committees would begin their work
today, while others will wait until
later in the week or the first of
next week. All committees are ex-
pected to compelte their canvas
and make a final report to the
treasurer, C. J. Reece, not later
than the 22nd.
The chairman has additional lit
erature if any of the committees
find further use for larger sup.
plies.
Mrs. G. Farmer
Heads Hazelwood
PTA For Year
Mrs. Grady Farmer will head the
Hazelwood Parent Teacher Asso
ciation for the coming year. Elect
ed to serve .with Mrs. JFarmer jjt
a meeting held In the auditorium
of the school on Monday evening
were the following: vice president,
Mrs. Wliitener Prevost; treasurer,
Miss Daisy Boyd; secretary, Mrs.
George BischofT.
Lawrence Leatherwood and
Jonathan Woody were the princi
pal speakers at the meeting. Mr.
Leatherwood spoke on "What the
Icacher expects of the PTA," and
Mr. Woody spoke on "What the
parent expects of the teacher."
Mrs. Sam Knight reported a
total of 220 paid members and also
stated that the membership drive
which has been In progress for the
past few weeks would continue
through October 12.
Announcement was made of the
Hallowe'en carnival which would
be held under the sponsorship of
the PTA.
It. was decided to hold the meet
ings on the first Monday evening
of each month.
Adding to the program was a
piano number by Francis Elder
and a vocal selection by Carolyn
Greer.
The half holiday award for hav
ing the largest number of parents
present went to the grade of Miss
Patterson.
After adjournment a social hour
followed during which the hospi
tality committee served refresh
ments. Gets New Post
SPRUIUE BRADEN, former D. S. Am
bassador to Argentina, has been ap
pointed by President Truman to the
post of Assistant Secretary of State,
replacing Nelson A. Rockefeller
who has just resigned. Bradan will
have charge of all Latin-American
affairs. J.,1 .(International)
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Conference Head
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EDWARD SCHEIDT, special
agent of the F.B.I., will be in
charge of the law enforcement
conference which convenes here
this morning. Mr. Schledt Is in
charge of F.B.I, work in the two
Carolinas.
National Fire
Prevention Week
"Millions of homeless and
bereaved people the world
over have now witnessed fire
destruction on such a stagger
ing scale as has never been
seen before in the history of
so-called civilization, most of
It because of military neces
sity A kind Providence has
spared us in the Americas, ex
cept for the destruction re
sulting from our own igno
rance or indifference. Yet in
the last twelve months in the
United Slates alone fire des
troyed more property than was
ruined in England during the
first two years of the German
blitz, and this United States
destruction did not cost our
enemies a single bomb, or a
single plane, or a single rocket.
"Much of this ruin could
have been avoided by adher
ence to the technical standards
developed so painstakingly
over the years by the able
Committees of this Associa
tion, and by greater emphasis
upon education of the individ
ual to I he real dangers of the
common lire hazards, neglect
of which has always proven
to be so costly. On the other
hand, there has been a great
use of the standards and rec
ommendations and educational
material of this Association in
many places and there is some
warmth in the thought that but
for the devoted efforts of all
in the fire protection and fire
prevention fraternity, Hie pic
ture would have been much
blacker In any event, our
charted course is to continue
to intensify our efforts."
RICHARD I". VERNOR,
President National Fire
Protection Association.
Charles Ray Attends
Director's Meeting
Of Carolina Motor Club
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Ray
returned yesterday from Charlotte,
where Mr. Ray attended a directors
meeting of the Carolina Motor
Club and also bought merchandise
for the store. Mr. Ray has been a
director of the Motor Club for the
past three years.
Miss Barbara Francis, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Fran
cis, is attending Meredith College,
Raleigh, She has recently been
elected to membership in the
Astrotekton Literary Society.
6,000 Paid Tribute To
Sgt. Max Thompson Sat,
Haywood county honored T.Sgt
Max Thompson, winner of the
Medal of Honor on Saturday after
noon in one of the most impressive
ceremonies ever staged in the
county when six thousand Hay
wood folks lined the streets in
Canton where the celebration took
place to cheer the approach of the
jeep that bore the hero and his
mother in the "Max Thompson
day" parade.
Mayor Sam M. Robinson, master
of ceremonies, opened the program
by introducing Reuben B. Robert
son, executive vice president of the
Champion Paper and Fibre com
pany, "and Canton's first citizen."
And Mr.' Robertson, at the con
clusion of his address, presented
the $350 Glycine wrist watch to
Sgt. Thompson. The watch, with
simple brown band, is of sold,
Semi-Annual
Conference
Starts At 11
Law Enforcement
Officers From Western
Carolina and Northern
South Carolina
Coming Here
At least 200 law enforcement of
ficers from Western North Caro
lina and Northern South Carolina,
are expected here today to partici
pate in the semi-annual F.B.I. Con
ference. The session will begin at 11:00
o'clock at the Armory, and at noon,
the officials of the town and county
will serve a barbecue luncheon.
Mayor J. H. Way, Chief O. R. Rob
erts, and G. C. Ferguson are offi
cial hosts of the town, while George
A. Brown, Jr., and Sheriff R. V.
Welch will act for the county.
Idus J. Lynn, special F.B.I, agent
of the Asheville district, is in
charge of all arrangements for his
organization, and will assist Ed
ward Scheldt, special agent in
charge of the work in the Caro
linas. Mayor J. H. Way will make the
address of welcome, and response
will be by Mr. Lynn.
Features of the program will In
clude a demonstration of proper
and Improper methods of testifying
in court, with F. B .1. men taking
the roles.
Special slides will be shown of
badly wanted fugitives with an oral
discussion of their background.
One of the highlights of the con
ference will be an address on
"Post War Planning for Police
Departments" by Mr. Scheldt.
An interesting feature of the
conference will be a discussion and
demonstration concerning the care
of firearms.
No special sightseeing or special
trips are planned in the community.
loe Shipley Gets
Army Discharge;
In Army 5 Years
Joe Shipley received his dis
charge from the army this week
after serving since September,
1940. He left here with the Na
tional Guard, and for the past 29
months has been overseas.
Most of the time overseas he has
been stationed in Italy, and as a
member of the C. I. D., an or
ganization similar to the F. B .1.
operating In this country. The in
vestigation of crimes, and clearing
out black markets took the major
part of their work, he explained.
Special Agent Shipley married
an army nurse in August, and she
is expected to land in New York
October 21st, and get her discharge
shortly thereafter. She is assigned
to a hospital ship sailing between
America and the European theater.
Mr. Shipley will be here with
his mother on Brown avenue until
he leaves to meet his wife in New
York.
Returned Service Men
Honored In Hazelwood
By Church Group
The Young Ladies' class of the
Hazelwood Baptist church gave a
chicken supper on Saturday night
in the Hazelwood school cafe hon
oring the returned service men of
the community and their wives.
A. J. Watkins, teacher of the Young
Men's class, was master of cere
monies. Short talks were made by
Hugh Campbell, assistant teacher,
and the pastor, Rev. Everett Mur
ray. with nine of the numerals on the
face done in silver, while the hours
12, 3, and 9 are marked in dia
monds. On the back is engraved:
"Presented to Max Tohmpson by
citizens of Canton area in recogni
tion of Congressional Medal of
Honor." ' ,
Leaders of Haywood and army
officers praised his courage and
heroism in formal speeches at the
ball park, but it must have been
the spontaneous cheering of the
crowd that surged right up to the
bandstand, the friendly smiles and
the hearty handshakes, of intimate
friends as well as those he had
never met, of the men and women
of all economic and social groups
who pushed their way, a little
shyly, up to his jeep to greet him
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