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Standard POINTING CO 220 8 First St LOUISVILLE KY , . The Mountaineer can take your sales messages to customers who want to buy. 0 People THE Waynesville mountaineer Published In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park jrfthin 20 mllei of ;SvUle-heir Ideal l0PPlng center. YTIRST YEAR NO. 24 16 Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1946 $2.00 in Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties Setts IPeirffccB: Kewd I L. i- L 1 i i t A j 111 sm ct Part Of Expansion ram In N. C. construction program to V . 1 11110 L-bn hv me uoiu id Light company which r expenditures totaling 3 Haywood county is to Ornately 25 miles of in rural areas, n.v"i ate, Haywood manager of iany- . i have been maae i Kt- ound Waynesvuie, ia-e . Hazelwood, Canton and d plans are to give rural to these areas, u w trnm Mr. Tate. Jrincipal item on the con- budget which was ap y the board of directors tine held in Raleigh on Wh, is rural line construc- ich will absorb arouna io of the appropriation. fcany expects this expendi- rural lines to bring aooui ion of approximately 10, customers. ... u. o cnrt m will proviue uuuui ,kuv rural lines over the areas by the Carolina Power and Inpany and will be a con- of the company s post al expansion program an- last fall. work already has been rural construction since and the release of con materials, with about 300 rural lines already com- wcre also approved at the of the directors for the of new automobiles, ind buses. The company ve been on order, for sev- s but those available were to defense areas. Delivery promised on several buses lie next few months. udget as approved, con- W different items, also in- lnds for high-voltage trans- lines, sub-stations, trans-sub-station improvements Iigements, additional llght- lotection equipment and Iprovement. wood Baptist hen To Hold In Clyde Roman's Missionary Union Haywood County Baptist ion will hold a leadership ec at the Clyde Baptist on Friday, January 18th, rR at 10 a. m. All presi- thcr officers, chairmen of fimiltees, youne tieonle's and counselors of each wty are expected to at- 1 all-day meeting. Each lative is asked to bring Yearbook. bers of the groups men S also urged to attend nnri H on the study program. i participating churches invited to be rjrpsont f flowing chairmen will lead perences: Mrs R A tt.ii ( " ,aj, cople s leader: Mrs. T. TvT stewardship; Mrs. Smiley community missions: Mrs or, mission study; Mrs. J. "!. literature, on parns, W.M.U. Training C . H. Green will bring the devotional message. Rev. "I'ott will give the noon ana Kev. T. H. Parris will ' closing message on the cnword. Miss Gretchen w'll talk of her wnrlr a. "jnai worker. fry State ege Club ts Tuesday nnual meeting of the Hay- "iy state College Club, s Composed of alumni nf Mroiina State College, will I at the -T' In Canton on f evening, the 22nd at 7 nn 1 according to an announce- " . viapp, secre- thenuP- Jt of chemical engineering --"cge, wui be the main t the evpnlnir ur t Efi'rt.01 Canton. President tT! veteri" who has , .7. u ?wte cege is in- "e"a "e meeting. 8 tn business session offi ce coming year will be n rolina Power To Build 25 Miles Rural Botarians To Sponsor Polio Drive In This End Of Haywood Soon Promoted JACK EDWARDS, son of Mrs. Tom Edwards, of Waynesville, has been promoted to the rank of Cap tain in the U. S .Navy, according to information received by his family. Captain Edwards is now serving as an instructor at the post-gradu ate school at Annapolis, which as signment was given last June, after serving for some time in the Pa cific theater as commander of the USS Brush. Captain Edwards Is a graduate of Annapolis in the class of 1930" and since that time his duties have taken him to all parts of the world. For his outstanding services dur ing World War II he has been awarded the Legion of Merit, Sil ver stars and a number of other citations. Mrs. Awa Mingus, Former Resident, Buried Sunday Last rites were held in Spartan burg at the First Presbyterian church on Sunday afternoon for Mrs. Awa Mingus, 73, retired school teacher, who formerly re sided here. Dr. A. W. Dicks, pas tor of the church officiated. Burial was in Oakwood cemetery. Mrs. Mingus was the widow of Cassius Mingus, of Canton. She was the daughter of the late J. L. and Rachel Killian Orr, of Brevard. After the death of her parents, she came here to make her home with her uncle and aunt, the late Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Killian, and lived here from 1888 to 1901, when she was married to Mr. Mingus. She was a graduate of the old Asheville Female college, and taught there two years following her gradua tion. Mrs. Mingus who spent her sum mers here was a member of the faculty of the West End Grammar school of Spartanburg for 35 years and had retired from teaching last year. She was the teacher of the Woman's Bible class of the First Presbyterian church in Spartan burg for 25 years, and was active in all phases of the church work. Surviving are two sons, Haywood Mingus, of Detroit and Cassius Mingus of Spartanburg; one sister, Mrs. M. C. Clark, of Spartanburg one granddaughter, Awa Noble Mingus. The funeral was attended by the following cousins from here: Mrs, L. M. Killian, Mrs. W. F. Swift Miss Nancy Killian and Mrs David Stentz. Dr. lames Cherry To Address County Society Dr. James Cherry, prominent orthopedist of Asheville and a vet eran of World War II will be the guest speaker at the meeting of the Haywood County Medical so ciety tonight at 8:00 o'clock, ac cording to an announcement by the secretary. Dr. Cherry will discuss "The Treatment of Compound Fractures in World War II." - During the business session an election of officers for the coming year will be held, and all members p h are urged to be present. Service Club Led In Drive Last Year, Helped Buy Iron Lung At Haywood Hospital The Waynesville Rotary club will again sponsor the Infantile Pa ralysis drive in this area of the county and plans to operate a coin board on Main street on February 1 and 2, according to an announce ment by Jonathan H. Woody, coun ty chairman. Each Rotarian has pledged to give two hours time in operating the board for the benefit of the campaign. At their meeting on Friday the Rotary club was host to several polio patients of the county. The program featured a demonstration of the iron lung which was pur chased jointly last year by the Haywood County Polio committee and the Haywood County hospital, which is in use at the local hos pital. C. J. McCracken will again serve as general chairman of the drive in Canton with Mrs. William Pal mer as chairman of the women's groups, it has been announced by Mr. Woody. Mrs. Charles E. Ray will again head the women in the Waynes ville area. A number of commit tees will work under the direction of Mrs. Ray and they will be' an nounced next week, it was learned from the general chairman. The quota assigned for the coun ty this year has been set by the state headquarters at $3,575. Half of the money is kept in the county for local work and the other sent into national headquarters. Due to the fact that there have been several cases of polio in Haywood, the county has received far more than money the people have con tributed in drives each year, it is pointed out by Mr. Woody, who is urging everyone to answer the call for funds to carry on the fight against this dreaded disease. Haywood County Included In Federal Survey A survey is being conducted in Haywood county by Linden S. Dodson, a social analyst of the bureau of agricultural economics with headquarters in Washington D. C. He is conducting studies on rural population migration, making inquiries as to the extent to which farm boys are returning to farm work after they are discharged from the armed forces. He is also making a study of the veterans adjustment after dis charge and the probable uses peo ple are making of accumulated savings of war years by rural fami lies. The survey here is part of a gen eral survey being made in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. In these five states, a total of 10 represen tative counties have been selected as "sample" areas and intensive studies are being made in these counties only. Haywood county is one of the three counties selected in North Carolina for the survey. Greatest emphasis is being made on the return of the veterans to the farms to determine whether or not the high production of food can be maintained. January Call Takes 11 Men From This Area Eleven men left here in the January call for active service in the armed forces under the Selec tive Service system for induction at Fort Bragg on Tuesday of this week. ' James William Bradshaw was named leader of the group. Others making up the call were: Ernest Shuford Coachran, James Robert Cutshaw, Bennie James Morrow, Robert Lee Smith, George Thomas Snyder, Roy Ralph Wood, Billy Carrol Mehaffey, Kenneth Charles Rhinehart, Yoder Lee Grayne, and Thoanthan Thomas Coward. Good Year ::" S:::; lt ?lv t-n, &a R. L. PREVOST, SR., president of the Haywood Building and Loan Association, reported to the stock holders Tuesday night that the as sociation had enjoyed a satisfactory year, and had had substantial growth during 1945. Mr. Prevost is a charter member of the asso ciation, and has held the office of president since 1921. Tax Listing Breaks Records Says Collector "People have never been known to be as keen on listing their taxes as they are this year," said Earl Ferguson, Haywood county tax collector. "I don't know how to ac count for it. It could be that they are more business-like than they used to be and on the other hand it might be be cause they have more money to pay their taxes with when they come due," he further commented. "At any rate in every town ship in the county the listers tell me that they are coming in fine," Mr. Ferguson concluded. fames B. Felmet Haywood Native Dies In Charlotte Final rites were held Monday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock in the Morris-Gearing Funeral Home in Asheville for James Bcnners Fel met, Sr., 69, of Asheville and Char lotte, native of Waynesville, who died in his sleep Friday night in Charlotte. Rev. W. Perry Crouch, pastor of the First Baptist church officiated. Burial was in Riverside cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were members of the Asheville Typo graphical Union and honorary pall bearers were members of the Charlotte Union: and others of Asheville and Charlotte. Mr. Falmet was born in Waynes ville on February 19, 1876, the son of the late Doris Hale Felmet and Rixie Battle Felmet. He was at one time employed by the local newspaper. He went to Asheville around 1900 and was employed on the old Asheville Gazette and News and at one time worked on both the Citizen and Times of Asheville. He had worked on other papers in Greensboro and Spartanburg. He had been employed for the past 12 years in the composing room of the Charlotte Observer, but continued to maintain his resi dence in Asheville. At the time of his death he was president of the Charlotte Typographical Union and had been a member since 1898. He was a delegate to the con vention of the International Typo graphical Union in 1944 and was in a large measure responsible for bringing the convention to Char lotte for their meeting which will be held in August of this year. Surviving Surviving him are his wife, the former Miss Artie Hunt of Ashe ville; two sons, Frank Grayson Fel met of Asheville and James Ben ners Felmet, Jr., of Coronado Beach, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Wil Ham Kerr of Ogdenburg, N. Y.; and four grandchildren, Frank G. Fel met, Jr., Donald James Felmet, Margaret Jean Felmet, and Mary Felmet, all of Asheville. BUYS MEN'S WEAR C. J. Reece, owner of Massie's Department Store, has returned from a buying trip at the Caro lina's men's wear showing in Char lotte. Haywood Home Building And Loan Has Successful Year, Stockholders Told To Hold Hearing On Hazelwood Bank Wednesday Several local citizens plan to attend the hearing before the North Carolina Banking Commission in Raleigh next Wednesday, at which time a decision will be made on the establishment of a bank in Hazelwood. Gurney P. Hood, commis sioner of banks, held a hear ing here several weeks ago, and will present his findings and recommendations to the state commission on Wednes day. J. W. Shook, Civic and Masonic Leader, Dies John W. Shook, 79, former mayor and postmaster of Clyde and for many years prominent in ac tivities of the Masonic lodge died unexpectedly at his home in Clyde Sunday. He had been in ill health for sometime, but had not been confined to his home. He would have been 80 years old this week. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock at Louisa Chapel Methodist church, in Clyde. The Rev. C. C. Williams, the Rev. W. H. Pless, and the Rev. O. C. Newell officiated. Burial was in Pleasant Hill cemetery near Clyde. Masonic rites were con ducted at the grave and the Clyde Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star were in charge of the flowers. Honorary pallbearers were: Dr. Thomas Stringfield, James R. Boyd, Jr., John D. Wright, Joe Wright, Charles Mooney, Claud Jones, C. V. Shook, James Jones, Joe Curtis, William Anderson, Ceph Jones, Joseph D. Justice, all veterans of the Spanish-American War; W. H. Terrell, James McDowell, Frank Haynes, James H. Ilaynes, J. M. Anderson, Cash Gudger, Wert Gud ger, John McNeely. Edwin Finehor, T. H. Haynes, W. G. Byers, Robert V. Welch, John Evans, C. R. Evans, C. V. Bell, P. S. Ensley, Matney Jarrett, N. C. West, R. C. Conner, and C. E. Brown. ' Mr. Shook had been a member of the Clyde Masonic lodge 55 years and was presented a 50-ycar but ton by the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. He was past master of the Clyde lodge and was one of its organizers and was the last surviv ing charter member. He is re ported to be the second oldest Mason in point of membership in Haywood county. He was a mem ber of the York Rite body of Masons at Waynesville and a mem ber of the Clyde chapter of the Order of Eastern Star. He is a veteran of the Spanish-American War. He served as postmaster at Clyde (Continued on Page Eight) Congressional Medals To Be Given Waynesville Draft Board By Governor Congressional Certificates of Merit and Selective Service medals are to be presented to Dr. Tom Stringfield, Thomas L. Green and Graydon C. Ferguson, members of the local draft board, serving the Waynesville area of Haywood coun ty, and to Richard E. Sentelle, at torney in recognition of their serv ices during World War II. I The presentation will be made at a ceremony held in the Bun combe county superior court room in Asheville at 2:00 o'clock Thurs day, the 24th. The awards will be presented ,by Governor Cherry, who will be assisted in the cere monies by Gen. Van Metts, North Carolina State director of Selective Service and the member.' of his staff. The public Is invited to attend, but seats will be reserved for all members of the draft boards at tending. Only those local board members who have served for five years or more In continuous service and are still actively serving are eligible to be given this recognition. All directors of the Haywood Home Building and Loan Associa tion were re-elected at the annual stockholders meeting here Tuesday night. A large number of directors were present, and heard reports that showed the association had a satisfactory year, with substantial growth. The directors will elect officers on the 28th, which is the next reg ular meeting date. H. L. Prevost, Sr., president of the association since 1921, made an encouraging and optimistic report on the work of the association. He felt larger gains would be made during the coming year. In his report, lie pointed out that more than 90 loans for the purchase or construction of homes were made by the association in 1945. L. N. Davis is secretary-treasurer of the asociation. The directors re-elected wore: J. R. Boyd, wilii 26 years service; R. L. Prevost, 26 years; L. M. Kil lian, 11 years; E. J. Hyatt, 24 years; Wilford Ray, 10 years; C. N. Allen, 13 years; O. H. Shelton, 11 years; W. H. Burgin, 12 years; A. T. Ward, 3 years, and L. N. Davis, 5 years. Woman's Club Is Sponsoring Clothing Drive The Waynesville Woman's club is sponsoring a clothing drive for the European countries in the na tion wide campaign. All clothing donated is asked to be left at the home of the president, Mrs. J. W. Killian, on Boyd avenue. The clothing should be put up in packages and the contents marked on the outside, so that the garments may be listed in the total collection. AH persons who have clothing which they can spare are urged to cooperate in the campaign for the suffering people of Europe. Smoking Oil Stove Brings Out Fire Truck An oil stove belching forth vol umes of angry smoke brought out the fire department, all ready to fight a real blaze on Tuesday night around 7:30 o'clock at the Acme Billiard Parlor on Main street. The stove which gave every evi dence of impending danger from an expected explosion was under control by the lime the fire chief and the truck arrived. No damage was reported, other than a brief period of mental anguish by those present. BUYS MERCHANDISE Hugh Massio spent the first of the week in Charlotte buying men's wear for spring and summer. There will be five such cere monies held in North Carolina, and others in addition to the one to be held in Asheville will be in Winston-Salem, Charlotte, and Green ville. Prior to the presentation at the various points in the state, the names of all elgiible members of draft boards were placed in a box and Governor Cherry in a public drawing before representatives of the press held in his office in Ra leigh, on December 27, drew the names of four men. The first drawn was entitled to go to Washington, D. C, and re ceive the awards for his state. The three others drawn were to serve as alternates in case the principal could not attend. Paul W. English, of Henderson county board was the lucky man drawn in North Caro lina and attended the ceremony at the capital. Others drawn as alter nates were J. E. O'Connell, of Wake county board, Frank W. Jar vis, of Rutherford county and Er nest P. Dixon of Alamance county. Lines Ex-Captain Enlists SWAPPING his two silver captain's bars for the stripes of a master ser geant, John Richard Schader is pic tured in his Yonkers, N. Y., home as he sewed on the new insignia after being demobilized as an officer and taking the oath as an enlisted man. He's a veteran of four years and two months overseas and husband o an English girl, (international) Whatever Snow It Was, Has Arrived Some say the 9th others more at least the nth or teenth snow of the season started falling about three o'clock Wednesday, preceeded by sleet. As The .Mountaineer went to press, a blanket of white cov ered the community, and a mixture Of sleet, snow and rain was fulling. Dr. J. L. Reeves Heads Hereford Breeders Asso. Dr. J. L. Reeves, well known Hereford breeder, was elected pres ident of the Haywood County Here lord Breeders Association at the annual meeting held here at the courthouse on Wednesday night. He succeeds M. (J. Galloway, who has served for the past year. Others elected to serve with' Dr. Reeves were: vice presidnt, R. C. Evans of C lyde; and C. D. Francis was re-elected secretary and treas urer of the association. Hoard of directors elected in cluded ,1. M. Pless, M. O. Gallo way, David Underwood, Roy Hayn es, and Howard Clapp and Dr. A. '. C'lmi", who were carried over from last year, having been elected for a two year term. Plans were made to work with other groups in the county in the revival of the annual livestock show which was held in the county prior to the war. All 1 lei cford breeders in the county who are not members of the association are being urged by the group to join and further the interest of breeding of purebred Hercfords in Haywood. Only Eight Men Reclassified During Week By Draft Board Only eight men were reclassified during the past week by the local draft board and they were all placed in class 1-A subject to call for active duty in the armed forces as follows: Willis Frisby, Joseph Blalock Compton, Lawrence Hugh Carver, Carol Douglas Smith, Walter G. Leming, William Newton Phillips Waller Revis and Charles Dowe West. Motorists Must Have 1946 Tags Traffic officers have receiv ed orders to stop all vehicles not properly displaying: 1946 license tags on and after Feb ruary first. A survey showed that scores of vehicles traveling the high ways are still carrying; 1945 tees. Victory Loan Quotas Met In Last Few Days Outcome Looked Dreary For Some Weeks, Then Last Minute Push Sent County Over Goal A heavy buying spree at Christ mas of E bonds put Haywood over the top of the Victory Loan quota, according to a report received here this week by W. Roy Francis, chair man of the campaign. Haywood lagged behind the quota until the last few days, and then nosed over the goal line of $365,000 by a one per cent margin, the report showed. The county made an excellent showing in the purchase of all type bonds during the drive, by more than doubling the quota of $584,000 with purchases totaling $1,202,225. J. E. Massie ,of Waynesville, has served as chairman of the war finance committee for some time, with Sam Robinson, of Canton, chairman of that area. The Victory Loan was the last war bond campaign to be staged, and every effort was made to keep Haywood's record perfect since all other quotas had been met. An extra push was made in the last few days by all leaders to meet the quota, and they worked untiringly until it was met. First Baptists To Conduct Clothing Drive On Sunday, January 20th, the Sunday School and the Baptist Training Union of the First Bap tist church will sponsor a clothing drive for the destitute millions of Europe, according to an announce ment by the pastor. Rev. L. G. El liott. All who attend any services of the church on this date are re quested to bring whatever clothing, shoes and any wearing anoarel which might be spared to help the unfortunate people of Europe. In the event that it is not possi ble for anyone to respond to this appeal on next Sunday they may bring their contributions in cloth ing on the following Sunday, Jan uary 27th, it was pointed out by Mr. Elliott. It is desirable that the clothing and shoes be clean and in wearable condition. Capt. And Mrs. Jennings Going To California Captain and Mrs. Gordon Jen nings, whose marriage took place at Long's Chapel, Lake Junaluska, on New Year's Day, will leave dur ing the week for Camp Mason, Calif., where the former has been assigned to duty. Capt. Jennings, who served in the American. Euro pean and Pacific theaters, is re maining in the service, having been transferred to the regular army. Capt. Jennings, who attended the Waynesville Township high school here, is the son of Mrs. Lucy Jen nings, of Boston and Lake Juna luska, and grandson of Mrs. George Washington, of Philadelphia and Lake Junaluska. Annual UDC Declamation Contest On 22nd The annual declamation contest held by the Haywood Chapter of the United Daughters of the Con federacy will be held in the high., school auditorium on Tuesday morning, January 22nd, according to an announcement by Miss Nancy Killian, who is serving as chairman of the contest this year. Rev. J. R. Boyd, Jr., president of the chapter, will preside, with Miss Killian assisted by Mrs. Frank Ferguson and Mrs. Chris Echoff in the arrangements for the contest. Miss Jane Kluttz Joins Staff Of The Mountaineer Miss Jane Kluttz has joined the staff of The Mountaineer as book keeper. For the past two years, Miss Kluttz held a secretarial po sition at St. John's, and was ath letic director for girls at the school. Miss Kluttz succeeds Miss Gladys Phillips as bookkeeper. Miss Phil lips is now in the sales department and is doing the bookkeeping of The Book Store division of The Mountaineer. - J I. S ; r ' ' I '", ' t - , ',:""k.' 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