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Standard PRINTING CL 220-230 S First S LOUISVILLE K The Waynesville Mountaineer People Give generously to the Polio Drive Help fight this dreaded disease with your donations.' 20 mi'4-"3 0 thin ille-their ideal Published In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park 16 Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1946 $2.00 in Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties ping cemer. j .HIRST YKAir'N ktensive Polio Fund Campaign Starts f IHaywood Seekina lothing Drive Is Extended Until Next Monday hi Truck I0f Clothing Jy Collected i p, Cluircnes, Fivic Groups g Every EiTort ( Carload , ., i.:., tli'iun is ,iry I. lOllllUK .,,. satisfactorily, ac- mncs li. ixcai, fcmc.u. ,l. campaign. Trucks lM-t. collecting Dunuies .,,11,-ilion depots, and m i hi- packing cen- II 00(1. lunches, and civic or Ime worked hard on n. and indications yes e that a carload of irn; would be sent from l( nt to national head- d Ihcn on to war-iorn and two men, con R. N. Barber, Jr., were J ((lions yesterday, anu r through Monday, Mr. (I mil. a group of Rotarians lacking the clothing at Mien building in Hazel- A-o Weill in charge - . HI nig and snipping, mi". iitributing cartons for making every effort to mpaign to a close Mon- will conform with the nlon on Sunday," Mr. "Bad weather has pre- c contributors from get- bundles to a collection wo are extending the nday in order that these n be brought in to us,'r (1. m A. Hipps ood Farmer Tuesday crvices were conducted cinoon at 2 o'clock at Plains Methodist church A. Hipps, 77, promi and slock raiser of the ad section near Canton, at bis home Sunday Hcv Carl Judy and the Uillups officiated. Burial church cemetery. remained at the home four set for the funeral. served as pallbearers. '! is survived by his Hatlie Mann Hipps; Hers. Mrs. VV. F. Cole, Davis. Mrs. Margaret all of Memphis. Tenn.. e Cogburn, of Canton; herald, of Memphis, and i Jacksonville, Fla.: four s- I!. L. Lance, of Ashe A. McGIothan, of Wash., Mrs. J. E. Willis, '' 'our brothers. H. V. e Crawford, of Cornelia. E. and T F 'Hon; nine grandchildren feai-grandehildren. Of Dayton F Co. Here fccdlander. president and fianager of Thr rw flanufacturi Tuesday and WnlnjJ tlne visit with fho ii 'be Comnant- !lcials expect him to re- J) 3 fPYT rnnb,, r in this section. Building & Loan Directors Hear Good Report - ,y ' '., 11 . 1 "JL l'"'!"! nm ,. iiiium i iiiiiim m jll I pi Hia jmiiiwuTinnmo v fP L The board of directors of the Haywood Home Building & Loan Association heard an excellent report on the completion of the 25th year's work at the annual meeting here this month. The organization opened for business in October, 1919, and two charter members are still on the board, R. L. Provost, Sr., presi dent, and J. R. Boyd. Mr. Prevost has been president since 1921. Shown here, left to right are A. T. Ward, J. R. Boyd, O. L. Shelton, J. W. Ray, R. L. Prevost, Sr., E. J. Hyatt, L. M. Killian, C. N. Allen, and L. N. Davis, standing is secretary. W. H. Burgin, another director, was out of town when the above photo graph was made by Wallace Marley for The Mountaineer. State Commission Grants Hazel wood Bank A Charter Homestead And Farm February Meets To Be Open To Public Ernest Edwards Back From Service Ernest Edwards has returned to Waynesville, and is again associ ated with Garrett Furniture Store and ' Garrett Burial Association, with whom he was associated be fore he entered service with the Marine Corps four years ago. Mr. Edwards spent 18 months overseas with the medical depart ment of the Marine Corps. He re sumed his duties here Monday. For the present his family is in Green ville, S. C. They will come here as soon as Mr. Edwards finds living quarters. Rollman Describes Trip To Europe Heinz Rollman discussed at length for Rotarians, his recent trip to Europe, and described eco nomic and political conditions in England, Belgium, France and Italy. Mr. Rollman, superintendent and manager of Wellco Shoe Corpora tion, flew to Europe and back in December. Inch Brown Proken Auto HrrrluM w A AVMVilii ill n old saying that one J11 what a woman will Creek. 1 ln rs and years flcK- P?rt have b h Z a. catch th. eedure Cn "Sing the nt icv . as , "'"B. wnen as the nnl., iu: .. . rwn solid w 8 lnal k h ' d- Wayne Owens un ,n0 . just a f , ' aa' Wlth H P, feet from nlvrflff arted Wd. in thl werUhad en he ley ater 0f the the put the driver was not Plunge did break one of the headlights. This brok en headlight attracted the atten tion of a 234-inch brown trout, and when the car was pulled out of the creek, the trout was firmly caught. The fish weighed about 4 pounds, and was a prize winner. The creek was stocked with brown trout several years ago by G. C. Plott, then county game war den, and J. C. Bradshaw of the department of conservation and development. The story came to light when a practical jokester told Lee Davis, district game and fish protector, that someone was killing fish on Jonathan Creek. Upon investiga tion, Mr. Davis learned the facts, and commented, "I am glaji no one Was hurt in the wreck, and also Interested to know of another pe culiar taste of brown trout." This Is Second Meeting Of Year Members Presented Hundreds of Haywood people are expected to attend the farm and homestead planning meetings which are to be held jointly in the county by all farm groups and the home demonstration clubs. The regular schedule of meetings of the women will be combined with the men and will continue through the first week in March. The meetings will be conducted by the county farm agents. E. M. Stallings and Mrs. Ruth D. Car penter, and Miss Mary Margaret Smith and Miss Helen Smith, home agents. The program will include ideas for selection of home sites, in ref erence to the farm and the lay of the land, also the proper relation of the farm buildings to the home, and the general landscaping of the grounds. The meetings will be open to all men and women in the county re gardless of whether or not they are members of a farm organization or of a county home demonstration club. Any person who is interest ed in building or landscaping their grounds are invited to attend the meeting which will be held nearest their community. The schedule of meetings will be held as follows: On Monday, Feb. 4, at the Morning Star school (Continued from page 1) Fire Destroys Work Table In School Shop A fire broke out in the vocational building of the Waynesville Town ship high school Monday night as the result of an electric solder iron having been left attached on one of the work tables in the shop dur ing the day. The janitor; John Haney, discov ered the blaze around 8:45, called the Waynesville Fire Department and the fire was soon extinguished with the loss of the work table, the only damage reported by M. H. Bowles, superintendent of the Waynesville school district. Application Now In Washington Before Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Wnth only one more hurdle to go over, the proposed First State Bank of Hazt-lwood can organize and prepare to open for business. Last Wednesday the State Bank ing Commission in Raleigh granted a state charter for the operation of the bank in Hazelwood, and now the application is in Washington before the Federal Deposit Insur ance Corporation. After passing this agency, the bank can proceed with its organization. All those connected with the pro motion of the bank are optimistic that no trouble will be experienced in getting the last technical mat ter cleared for early organization of the bank. A new building will be erected on Main Street in Hazelwood to house the bank. Indications yes terday were that it would take until about July to complete the building, and get ready to open for business. The application sets out that the bank would have capital slock of $25,000 and a surplus of $12,500. Those signing the application papers were: C. N. Allen, R. L. Prevost, Sr., J. E. Massie. Jona than Woody and Joe S. Davis. IN FLORIDA Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Davis, and Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Allen left Tues day morning for a vacation in Florida. Haywood County Hospital Again On Approved List The Haywood County hospital has again been included on the list of approved hospitals in the United States and Canada in an official announcement by Dr. Irvin Abell, of Louisville, chairman of the board of regents of the American College of Surgeons. The list was compiled from the results of the 28th annual hospital standardiza tion made in survey in 1945. The survey showed that 3.181 hospitals or 80.8 per cent of those inspected met the minimum stand ards for approval. This compares with a total of 3,152 approved hospitals following the 1944 survey. The approved hospitals in the United States, Canada and a few other countries are listed in the annual approved number of the Bulletin of the college just issued. On the list are hospitals of 25 beds and over which have complied satisfactorily with the require ments that assure the best of care of the sick and injured. The American College of Sur geons, representing some 14,000 leading surgeons in this country and Canada and other areas, car ries on extensive work each year in improving hospital service. Dr. Malcolm T. MacEachern, as sociate director of the college and in charge of its hospital activities, declares that the indispensability of good hospital care was forcibly impressed upon both civilians and military personnel in their war time experiences, which demon strated the contribution that scien tific medicine as practiced in hos pitals, Is making to health conser vation and restoration. U.S.E.S. Office To Be Closed On Each Saturday The local U. S. Employment Service office will be closed each Saturday, effective immediately, according to an announcement made yesterday by Mrs. Edith P. Alley, manager of the office. As Mrs. Alley pointed out, this i change is made in line with the policy following orders that all United States Employment Serv ices to go on 40 hour week sched ules. The office will be open the usual hours from Monday through Fri day, according to Mrs. Alley. To Open Studio To Run Book Store Benefit Tea To Mark Anniversary Of County Library Service The Silver benefit tea to mark the second anniversary of the es tablishment of county library ser vice in Haywood to be given by the Waynesville Woman's Club will be held on Saturday, February 9th, in the library on Main Street, it was announced this week by Mrs. James W. Killian, president. The public is invited to attend the tea and a special invitation has been issued to the members of the Haywood county home demonstra tion clubs throughout the county, the Haywood county officials and other groups. The hours will bo from 3 to 5 o'clock and light refreshments will be served. Today Is Last Day To Save Lot Of Time -Money Today is the last day to do several things that is if you care about saving money, time and trouble. Today is the last day to list your property for taxes. A penalty can be added to your tax bill if you wait longer than oday to list what you had on January first. Today is the last day to use your 1945 license tag, unless you want a patrol man or policeman to stop you on the highway. State tags are available at Canton or Sylva. Today is the last day to drive your car without a city tag they cost $1 and are on sale at the city hall. Those without a 1946 city tag will get a ticket to re port to police court, which means additional costs. Today is the last day to pay 1945 taxes without hav ing a penalty added to your tax bill. Today is going to be a busy day for a lot of folks but quick action todaylean save many an extra foliar in penalties and courf costs. Wallace Marley, left, professional photographer, and J. C. Galusha, right, a well-known business man of Waynesville, announced yesterday their plans for opening a modern Main street business place to take care of the individual business enterprises which will be in the building now occupied by Massie Hardware Store. The announcement set March first as the tentative opening date. Modern Book Store MA Studio To Open March 1 Wallace Marley To Open Large, f Modern Studio In Same Building Wallace Marley, a professional photographer, will open his studio in the same building with The Book Store about March first. Mr. Marley is well known here, and is the son of Mrs. F. II. Marley. He served as pilot of the 9th Air Force during the war, and was in service over four years. Prior to that he was society anil news pho tographer on the San Francisco Chronicle, and had a portraite stu dio in the Palace Hotel in that city He has had extensive experience in commercial photography, includ ing pictures for national advertis ing agencies, and feature pictures for Life Magazines, and oilier na tionally known publications. The studio will feature modern photography, including portraits, and commercial work of all types. Film of all sizes and kinds will be developed and a full line of sup plies, including cameras will be handled. Since getting back home in late fall, he has bought a large stock of equipment for his studio. J. H. HowelL Jr. Resumes The Practice Of Law James H. Howell. Jr., has re sumed the practice of law, opening offices this week on the second floor of the Massie Hardware com pany building. At the lime he entered the serv ice Mr. Howell was associated with Morgan and Ward, law firm. He volunteered in the army in 1940 and served over five years, two of which were spent in the European theater. He attended Officers Can didate school at Fort Benning. Ga., and was commissioned from there. Mr. Howell is a graduate of the Waynesville Township high school and holds an A.B. and an L.L.B. degree from the University of North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Howell and young daughter, Carey, have made their home with the former's parents since his discharge from the army. Read Pointed Paragraphs on the editorial page today. Written by Walter Allison, well-known humorist, and one who knows how to get a chuckle from his readers. This week and every week, read Pointed Paragraphs." J. C. Galusha Will Operate Book Store, Featuring Complete Office Equipment A modern book store handling a complete line of office equipment, office furniture, supplies, station ery, books and music, will open about March first, it was announced yesterday by J. C. Galusha, a well known business man here, who will tomorrow assume lull charge of the book store department of The Mountaineer, having purchased a .substantial interest in it on Jan uary first. Mr. Galusha said the firm would operate under the name of The Hook Store. The present stock of the depart ment will be moved to the ijuild ing now occupied by Massie Hard ware Store about March first, after the building lias been modernized for the new business. Part of the store has been leased to Wallace Marley, professional photographer, who will open at the same time, a studio to do general photography, including developing of all size and type film. Mr. Galusha is expected to re turn today trom a three-weeks southern trip, part of which was spent buying new lines of mer chandise for the store. The publishers of The Moun taineer opened Hie book store de partment of their business about six years ago. and have added lo the lines, and expanded IImco timer K'oiitiiiii(-(i or, page 8) H. C. Hale Given Promotion By Pet II. ('. Male route foreman of the Pet Dairy Products Company here, has been promoted to salesman of the Knoxville plant and will as sume his new duties tomorrow. Mr. Hale has been with the com pany for 17 years and has been with the local plant for the past five years. His family will remain here until the end of the present school term. Haywood Seeking To Raise $3,575 During The Drive Waynesville Rotarians Taking Lead in This End Of County In Soliciting Funds An extensive drive will be staged here this week-end in an effort to raise the Haywood quota of $3,575 for the Infantile Paralysis drive. The Waynesville Rotary Club is sponsor of the drive in this end of the county. Jonathan Woody, is general chairman. Special contributions are being made by students in the schools of the county, and during the past week donations have been taken by the women's division, headed by Mrs. Charles E. Ray, Jr., at the Park Theatre. The industrial plants will make special contribu tions, as committees have been named at Unagusta Manufacturing Company, A. C. Lawrence Leather Company, Royle & Pilkington Com pany, Dayton Rubber Manufactur ing Company, and Wellco Shoe Corporation. Members of the Rotary Club will operate the dime board on Main Street on Friday and Saturday, and during the two-day period, so licit funds from all business bous es and offices in the community. The dime board will go into ope ration Friday at 11 o'clock, with Dan Watkins and Dr. J. R. Mc Cracken in charge. Others to work on the board for the remainder of the day are James B. Neal, Hugh Massie, Ben Sloan and Dr. Walter West. Saturday's workers are: R. L. Sutton, R. L. Prevost, Jr., II. It. Clapp, Aaron Prevost, Leo Weill, L. N. Davis, Richard Barber, Ben Colkitt and W. Curtis Russ. The workers named to work the business houses and offices have been given designated territories and are: M. R. Williamson, Dr. Tom Stringfleld, N. W. Garrett, William Medford, James E. Massie, R. B. Davenport, Ed Williamson, H. S. Ward, Guy Massie, Charles E. Ray, Jr., Stanley Brading, Dr. Frank Lovef Dr. C. N. Sisk, M. H. Bowles, J. Hardin Howell, Dr. It. H. Stretcher, Dr. N. M. Medford, J. II. Way, and W. Roy Francis. In discussing the campaign, Mr. Woody pointed out that from June 1944, through March, 1945, the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis sent into North Carolina the sum of $623,502, and since March, 1945 an additional $59,12!) has been sent here, making a total of $682,631, coming directly into North Carolina from the National Foundation. In addition to this, North Caro lina local chapters of the National Foundation made available the sum of $51,807, swelling "March of Dimes" funds used in North Caro lina to $734,434. Since the hos pital has been moved to Charlotte, the additional sum of $165,184 has been given by and channeled through the local chapters, swell ing the grand total of $899,622. Other amounts used for rehabili tation purposes, including braces and orthopedic work, would swell this figure to somewhere within close proximity of the one million dollar mark. Howard Clapp Guest Speaker Of Asheville Lions Club Howard R. Clapp. assistant di rector of the Mountain Experiment Station here was the guest speaker at the Asheville Lions Club at their regular luncheon meeting held at the Vanderbilt Hotel on Wednes day. Mr. Clapp spoke on "The Agri cultural Industry of Western North Carolina." W. Curtis Russ Elected President Weekly Newspaper Association The annual North Carolina News paper Institute was held last Thursday and Friday in Chapel Hill with headquarters at the Caro lina Inn. The opening session was held in the Hill Music Hall, with Harvey Laffoon, president, presid ing. It was the largest gathering of the North Carolina press on record. Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson made the main address at the opening meeting. Also taking part on the program during the evening were: Dean Robert House, of the University, President Frank Graham, Mrs. Elizabeth Swindell, vice president of the N. C. Press, Josephus Dan iels and others. Friday morning separate sessions were held on the daily and weekly groups for a discussion of editorial and financial problems. Randall Harris, of Asheville presided over the daily group meeting. W. Cur tis Russ and Tom J. Lassiter were in charge of the weekly group meeting. W. Curtiss Russ, editor of The Mountaineer was elected president of the North Carolina Weekly Newspaper Association. Others elected to serve were Clifton Blue, Aberdeen, vice president, and Roy Parker, Chapel Hill, secretary treasurer. Two members in addition to the three officers, were named, to the board of directors of the weekly group, John B. Harris, Albemarle, and Al Resch, of Siler City. At the luncheon on Friday noon William R. Devlin, executive of the (Continued on Page Eight)