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provides mai "
Executive committee
.h election year on
Jarch 10 to fix a time
, Democratic conven-
conventions ana pre-
fcs.
March 9th, the Re-
tiic Congressional dis-
Ppt in Brevara ana
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ion is tnai naj
kill back 1. H. roweu
feovd. chairman oi me
feveeutive Committee
Expects to call a meet-
fommittec wnmii uic
d elect delegates to
tonal convention.
Powell, others ire-
Boned as possible can-
fce post include W. C.
Harold Saris, and
arrctt, of Asheville,
th and E. P. Stillwell,
uis Hamlin, of Brc-
lydc Jarrett of An-
piamlin and Mr. Jar-
n candidates for the
15th the State Board
kill meet in Raleigh
name the three mem-
bounty Board of Elec-
Ivides that the county
:ach party recommend
Board, the names of
at least by March
te Board selects the
fctions of three from
fx names, designating
The county board
the members as sec-
fcn outside person is
fclcrk.
Ian, a member of the
pf Elections, said the
id be held on the 15th
and that much of
would be spent in
:ounty board of elec-
ehairman has the re-
f registering all ab-
in the primary, which
ed to just members
forces.
Haywood Board of
composed of Gudeer
qpon, chairman; Wal-
of Waynesville, sec.'
race Sentelle of Can-
is the last dav ran
fg the nomination for
ress or any state of
with the State Board
ihe deadline is six
fmsiderablc comment
tthcr Monroe Redden,
muc, will make the
figrcss against Con
fulon Weaver. Cur
fon is that he will
re March 16th.
re frequently heard
it of John M. Ouppn
iction as solicitor of
Mr. yueen has made
pent, other than to
Plenty of time."
for countv nHp,
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fr'ake
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f ng for prc-inriiif.fm
fi'nations at Fort
f mcs Dean Kirkpat-
sroup:
bar Jenkins, David
"nest Dee Cham
lawyer, Theodore
George Wiit-
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tle refrigerator.
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ws Published.
FRebuilt, guar.
rar electric m.
5 cubic foot
'"eny Norman,
Garage.
The Waynesville mountaineer
SIXTY-FIRST YEAR
Special Gifts
Begin Work
Bed Cross Boll Call
Wins DAR Medal
V
AARON HYATT, winner of the
38th DAR declamation contest
medal last week. He repeated the
address before the Rotary Club last
Friday. Photograph by Wallace
Marley.
Aaron Hyatt Wins
Medal In DAR
38th Contest
Aaron Hyatt, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dewey Hyatt, of Hazelwood,
was the winner of the medal given
annually by the Dorcas Bell Love
Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution in the declamation
contest sponsored by organization
for the boys of the Waynesville
Township high school. The contest
on Friday, held in the high school
auditorium, was the 38th consecu
tive event conducted by the chap
ter.-
Cecil Fore won second place and
was presented a cash award. Wal
lace Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George A. Brown, Jr., was given
honorable mention by the judges.
Invocation was given by Rev.
S. R. Crockett, pastor of the Hazel
wood Presbyterian church. Mrs.
W. F. Swift, regent, opened the
program . after which Mrs. S. H.
Bushnell,, chairman of . patriotic
education, and in charge of the
contest, presided. She also present
ed the awards to the winners.
The speeches given and the con
testants were as follows: "Sup
posed Spcceh of Adams," by Dan
iel Webster, given by Ray Rogers:
"Call to Arms," Patrick Henry, by
Cecil Fore; "The Four Freedoms,"
by Franklin D. Roosevelt, by Bill
Richeson.
"The Soul of An American Sol
dier, given by Winifred Liner;
"Freedom From Fear," S. Benct
by Donald Rhea; "A Man Without
a Country," Hale, given by Aaron
Hyatt; "More Terrible Than All
words," Walter S. Slattoll, given
ny Jimmy Swanger.
"The New South," Henry Grady,
given by Wallace Brown; "Roose
velt's Speech to Congress, January
1943," by Bobby Harry; "The Black
Horse and His Rider," Leopard,
given by Carol Underwood.
Many Vacancies
In State Guard
There are many vacancies in the
Headquarters and Service Com
pany of the State Guard here, it
was announced yesterday bv CaDt.
James Davis, and First Lieutenant
rank Byrd.
An enlistment camnaien is beinc
staged, and many men are being
contacted to re-join the organiza
tion.
Word from Washington this week
pointed out that the postwar na
tional guard allotment has been set
for 10,970 men for the ground
forces, and 717 for the air forces.
Just when the State Guard will
be changed over to the National
Guard is not known, but it is ex
pected to be within this year. ,
Dellwood-Lake
Road Contract
To Be Let 12th
A contract is scheduled to
he let by the State Highway
Commission in Raleigh on
March 12th for the building
of structures and grading the
4.56. miles of road between
Lake Junaluska and Dellwood.
This project will be among
the 13,000,000 in work to be
let out on contract on ' that
date, it was announced.
Published In The County Seat Of
No. 30 14 Pages
Workers
For Annual
Committees Named
And Territories
Assigned Workers
For The Drive
The annual Red Cross drive for
the Haywood Chapter, covering
the Waynesville area of the county
was launched here on Tuesday with
n initial preliminary drive being
made by the Special Gifts commit
tee of which Joe Rose is serving
as chairman, according to Major
H. L. Baughman, general chairman
in charge of the campaign.
Serving with Mr. Rose are Alvin
Ward, as co-chairman, and commit
tee members, Mrs. W. A. Bradley,
C. V. Bell, Mrs. J. J. Ferguson,
Guy Mnssic, M. D. Watkins, Mrs.
Ben Sloan, Mrs. L. N. Davis, Dr.
N. M. Medford, and Rev. L. G.
Elliott.
The general drive will officially
open on Friday, March the first,
and it is the hope of Major Baugh
man and his workers that the cam
paign may be closed in a few days,
though the officii 1 end of the drive
has been set for March 8th.
With the quota of $2,750 for this
year being only half of that as
signed the area last year, Major
Baughman feels that the money
should be donated during the first
few days of the drive. He is asking
the co-operation of the public so
that the workers who give their
time may close the drive at the
earliest possible date.
A meeting of all who are serv
ing on the various committees has
been announced by Chairman
Baughman, which will be held in
the court house at 7:30 o'clock to-
( Continued on page six)
Hilda Fisher
Victim Of Fire
Escapes Injury
Miss Hilda Fisher, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Fisher, of
Waynesville Route 2, is one of ten
Red Cross workers in Seoul, Philip
pine Islands, who lost all their
personal possessions in a fire that
swept their wooden residence.
The seventh division gave
party for the girls, with admission
to party by one or more articles
of G. I. clothing, small size.
None of the victims received any
injury, all escaping, but they lost
everything they had with them
which among their clothes was re
ported to have included two dia
mond rings, a pet teddy bear, and
a set of talsc teeth.
In addition to Miss Fisher the
Kcd Cross workers included: Miss
Theodora Sedgewick, Boston
Mass., Miss Caroline Bridgman
Staten Island, N. Y., Miss Helen
Merenc, Hon, N. Y., Miss Ruth
Alexander, Grccneville, Tenn., and
Jeanne Stavins, .Watertown, N. Y,
Miss Fisher is serving as staff
assistant with the Red Cross. At
the time she was appointed to
work with the armed forces she
was a teacher in Newport News,
Va.
David Himes
Reported Missing
Declared Dead
David A. Himes, MoMm, 3c, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John N. Himes, of
Lake Logan, formerly of Waynes
ville, who was reported missing in
action in 1944, has been officially
declared dead by the Navy Depart
ment, according to information re
ceived by the family. The letter
continued in part the following:
"Your son, David Alexander
Himes, MoMM 3c, USNR, has
been carried on the official records
of the Navy Department in the
status of missing in action as of
February, 1944. He was serving on
board the USS Scorpion when that
submarine failed to return from
patrol operations in the Pacific
area.
"On January 2, 1944, the Scor
pion departed from Midway Island
(Continued on page six)
Little Is Principal
At Crabtree School
H. T. Little, recently discharged
from service, has assumed duties
as principal of the Crabtree-Iron
Duff school, succeeding J. T. Chap
pel who resigned at the mid-term.
Mr. Little is a native of the
Leicester section of Buncombe
county, served with the air corps
for three years.
Mr. and Mrs. Little are living
at the Crabtree Methodist parsonage.
Haywood County At The
First Haywood Couple To Pay Off FSA Loan
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MR. AND MRS. JOHN H. RATHBONE, of Crabtree, are shown here
gage marked paid in full by Thurman C. Davis, of Iron Duff, and a member of the FSA Advisory Committee
here Saturday. The Rathbones paid their $4,750 mortgage In seven years, although they had 40 years in
which to clear up the indebtedness. This Mountaineer photo by Wallace Marley.
Cannery Sought
For Crabtree-Iron
Duff Community
Parent-Teachers
Organization Given
Charter For Boy
Scout Troop Of Area
Hopes are running high in the
Crabtree-Iron Duff community that
a cannery will be established there
in the near future. The report was
made recently at a Parent-Teacher
Association meeting by N. -B. Nes
bitt, vocational agriculture teacher
of the school.
At the same meeting, the Boy
Scout charter was presented to the
Scout committee by Rev. M. R.
Williamson of Waynesville. The
committee in turn gave the charter
to O. L. Yates, president of the
P.T.A., the sponsoring organization
for the Boy Scout troop.
Frank Davis, scoutmaster of the
troop, presented each Scout with
a membership card,' and spoke
briefly on the work of the boys,
and some of their plans for the
future.
A committee also reported that
a moving picture machine had been
purchased by the organization for
the school and should be delivered
at an early date.
Mrs. J. T. Chappell's eleventh
grade and Mrs. James' third grade
won the half holidays for having
the highest percentage of parents
at the meeting.
AT ICE CREAM MEETING
Johnny Edwards has just re
turned from a week in Cincinnati,
where he attended an ice cream
merchandising school, which was
held for ice cream manufacturers
for more than half the nation.
Mr. Edwards is assistant mana
ger of Pet Dairy Products Com
pany here.
Car Smashes Into Store,
Narrowly Missing Several
Persons, None
A Studebaker sedan, old model,
owned by Mrs. W. C. Smithson, of
Lake Junaluska, in which she had
left her two small sons, two and
four years of age, parked in front
of the American Fruit Stand, with
out warning, smashed into the store
on Monday afternoon around 5
o'clock.
"I thought the world had come
to an end when the car smashed
into the counter in front of me, I
knew I would be killed," said Felix
Stovall, owner of the store, as he
swept up the broken glass follow
ing the accident.
The car was in low gear and
when the switch was touched the
motor automatically started. The
two small boys, experimenting with
the switch got unexpected results,
when to their surprise they found
themselves in the American Fruit
Stand, directly in front of the soda
fountain.
There were a large number of
customers in the fruit store at the
time and the car smashed into it
so suddenly that no one saw it
until they were startled by the
deadly sound of crashing glass and
Eastern Entrance Of The
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY,
Crabtree Couple Proves
Farming Is Profitable
Ration Book No.
Four Valuable,
Hold On To It
Housewives were advised to
day by the Office of Price Ad
ministration to retain in their
possession War Ration Book 4,
now used only to obtain sugar.
Although the currently valid
sugar stamp 39 is the last
stamp In War Ration Book 4,
that Is specifically labeled for
purchases of sugar, spare
stamps in that book will be
designated as sugar stamps
from time to time. For this
reason. War Ration Book 4
should be retained even after
sugar stamp 39 has been used,
OPA emphasized.
Sugar stamp 40 was used for
the 1944 home canning pro
gram, OPA explained.
Knights Templar
To Hold Special
Meeting Friday
Clyde II. Jarrett, Grand Master
of Masons in North Carolina, will
address the meeting of the Waynes
ville Commandry, of Knights Temp
lar on Friday night here in their
assembly rooms on the third floor
of the First National Bank, accord
ing to announcement by C. B.
Hosaflook, secretary. All Master
Masons in the forty-first district
are invited to attend.
There will be a special program
for veterans of World War 1 and 2,
which has been arranged to honor
the members of the Waynesville
Lodge, who served in the armed
forces of this country. Col. J. Har
den Howell will be in charge of
this feature of the program and
will address the group.
Are Injured
felt the impact of the car. Not
having time to get frightened they
let down their nerves afterward in
their realization of their narrow
escape.
Three of the six glass doors were
broken off their hinges and glass
was shattered out five of the doors,
but not a person in the store or the
small boys received even so much
as a scratch.
In the meantime Mrs. Smithson
was calmly shopping up-town and
did not arrive on the scene until
the car had been pushed out of the
store and the excitement had died
down. j
The boys belonging to a mechani
cal age, and sons of an overseas
veteran, did not appear to be one
bit upset by all the furor they had
caused ,but rather seemed to get
a kick out of the action they had
gotten from the switch, according
to one eye witness.
The mother, however, did not
take the accident in such a noncha
lant manner when she returned to
find what havoc had taken place
during her short absence.
Great Smoky Mountains
FEBRUARY 28, 1946
as they were handed their FSA mort
Bought and Paid For
161-Acre Farm, Many
Tools and Stocks,
In Seven Years
What are the chances of a young
couple making good on a farm
today?
That question has been asked
by thousands of young men and
women just starting out, and es
pecially among returning veterans.
An accurate answer to the ques
tion can be had from Mr. and Mrs.
John Rathbone, of Crabtree, who
on Saturday were handed the mort
gage on their farm marked paid in
full by the Farm Security Admin
istration, the agency that has
worked with them since 1939.
"What advice would you offer a
couple wanting to buy a farm and
pay for it as quickly as you did
yours? the Rathbones were asked.
"Make up your mind that it is
going to take a lot of hard work
and sacrifice, and then be willing
to listen to experienced and suc
cessful farmers and agriculture
leaders," they replied.
That is the identical course the
Rathbones followed from the day
they bought their 161-acre farm
on Crabtree, known as the Hardy
Silvers place.
Under the terms of the FSA
loan, the Rathbones had 40 years
to pay back the loan. That was a
long time, and lots of interest at
even three per cent could pile up
on the $4,750 loan in that time.
So the couple started working
hard, saving here and there, grow
ing over 90 per cent of their own
food, and all the stock feed for
their cattle. By careful manage
ment, and sacrifice, the loan was
paid off in full in seven years.
The loan on the farm wasn't all
that was paid, however, because
when they started they had to have
money to buy slock, seed and even
tools. Those loans have also been
marked paid in full, and the Rath
bones are out of debt, and have
quite a surplus of feed, food and
stock on hand, and making good
"What is your next project, now
that you are out of debt?"
'First we want to get electricity,
a washing machine and an electric
refrigerator. After that we want
more tools and implements and
cattle." From the ready answer
they gave, one can readily see that
the couple plan to continue to
work hard and improve their home
'and farm. They have a definite
plan they are working to carry
through.
The Rathbone farm has about
15 acres of croplands, and on this
was planted tobacco and beans for
a cash crop, In addition to feeds
and food crops for family use. On
the 25 acres of pasture land, graze
graded beef cattle for added cash
income. Mrs. Rathbone gave spe
cial attention to a poultry flock and
turned into the family treasury
considerable cash from the sale of
poultry and eggs. Mrs. Rathbone
prefers the Buff Leghorns and New
Hampshires. She now has a flock
of 75.
The 121 acres of woodlands have
not entered into the cash income
of the Rathbones. The timber is
still intact and he has not had time
to do anything with this part of
his farm to date.
In the early spring, summer and
(Continued on page six)
National Park
$2.00 in Advance in Haywood and Jackson Comities
Burley Acreage To Be
Cui 10 pc. For Next Year
Boy Scout Drive
Is $500 Behind
Report Shows
M. II. Bowles, chairman of
the Boy Scout adult member
ship drive in this end of the
county, reported yesterday that
the campaign was short about
$500.
"There are six committees
to make reports, and we expect
to have final reports in by this
week-end," Mr. Bowles said.
The goal for this county is
$2,500, with the Canton area
assuming responsibility for
half the county quota, and this
area the other half.
N. C. Symphony To
Give Concert
Here March 28th
Haywood Goes More
Than $100 Over
Quota On Symphony
Fund Campaign
Lovers of good music in Hay
wood are in for a real treat on the
28th of March.
It was announced yesterday by
Mrs. Hugh A. Love, county chair
man of the North Carolina Sym
phony Society, that a concert will
be given here on Thursday, March
iiB, at the high school.
The orchestra, under the baton
of Dr. Benjamin Swalln, will ap
pear in the afternoon of that date
for the benefit of the school chil
dren of the county, and this con
cert will be free for all school
children.
In the evening a full concert
program for members of the so
ciety will be given. Although the
concert will be open to members
of the society, especially those who
purchased membership tickets dur
ing the campaign in 1945, there
will be additional tickets sold for
the concert.
It was further announced that
a concert by the full orchestra
65 pieces will be held in Ashe
ville on the evening of April 24,
and all holding memberships in the
society will be entitled to a seat
in the city auditorium on that oc
casion.
Mrs. Love also announced that
Haywood had exceeded the quota
of $500 by more than $100, since
some last-minute collections had
been made within the past few
days.
Dr. N. F. Lancaster
Opens His Offices
Dr. N. F. Lancaster has opened
his offices at the corner of Hay
wood ad Miller Streets in the Gar
rett building. Many pieces of mod
ern equipment has been added, and
others have been bought and will
be added soon.
Dr. Lancaster recently returned
here after serving 47 months in
the medical corps of the army.
Miss Winnie Kirkpatrick, secretary-technician,
is in the office, a
place she has held since Dr. Lan
caster came here in 1932.
The office hours were announced
as 11 to 1 daily, and by appoint
ment only from 3 to 5. The office
is closed every Thursday afternoon.
Dr. and Mrs. Chapman
Purchase Shipley Home
Dr. and Mrs. W. Kermit Chap
man have purchased the home of
Mrs. Claude Shipley on Brown
Avenue. The new owners expect
to make some renovations on the
place before they move in.
Mrs. Shipley plans to visit rela
tives in Tennessee and this state
during the next few months, and
will then return here.
Dr .and Mrs. Chapman, and
daughter, are formerly from Sylva.
Dr. Chapman opened his dental
offices here after serving a long
period in the armed forces.
Mrs. J. C. Brown
Reported Improving
Mrs. J. C. Brown, who has been
confined to her bed fox the past
six weeks, as a result of a concus
sion and other injuries suffered
when en route from Asheville to
Waynesville, is showing some slight
improvement, it was learned yes
terday.
Rev. F. Leatherwood
In Critical Condition
Rev. Frank Leatherwood
was
reported yesterday as being in a
critical condition in the Veteran's
Hospital in Johnson City. He en
tered the hospital on Monday.
49,500 People.
Live within 20 miles of .
Waynesville their Ideal
shopping center.
Reduction Does Not
Apply To, Farmers
Having Less Than
One-Half Acre
The Haywood county AAA office
was notified by wire Saturday by
the North Carolina AAA office in
Raleigh of the ten per cent cut
in Burley tobacco aloltments for
the coming year in this county in
keeping with the national cut, ac
cording to H. M. Evulln, secretary of
the county organization.
The anticipated increase in pen
alties plus the ten per cent in
decrease of acreage will mean the
decrease of around 300 acres of
production of Burley tobacco in
Haywood county for the current
year, it was learned from Mr.
Dulin.
There was a total of 1,560 grow
ers in Haywood county last year
who produced 1,560.3 acres of to
bacco. Of this number there were
155 farmers who exceeded their
allotments or did not have allot
ments. This represented 222. S
acres of excess tobacco for which
all producers paid 100 per cent
penalties.
Of the 1,560 growers there were
150 who cultivated only one half
acre or less. The new ten par
cent cut will not affect these small
growers.
While the local AAA office has
not been officially notified, it is
generally understood that the pen
alties for growing excess tobacco
this year will be even larger than
last year in an effort to keep down
the production of tobacco to coun
teract the surplus of 1945.
State P. T. A.
Leaders Coming
Here March 25th
A one-day training school for
officers of Parent-Teacher Associa
tions of this school district will be
held at the East Waynesville school
on March 25th, it was announced
yesterday by Mrs. Albert Abel,
president of the association of the
host school.
Mrs. J. S. Blair, of Bryson City,
will be here and direct the activi
ties of the day, and will be assist
ed by state leaders in the work.
Tentative plans are to begin the
meeting at 10:30, and Continue
through the afternoon. The East
Waynesville P. T. A. will serve
lunch.
All officers of each P. T. A. of
the area are expected to attend.
Those schools in the district in
clude, Central Elementary, Hazel
wood, Saunook, Maggie, Rock Hill,
Lake Junaluska, Clyde, Bethel,
Crabtree and Fines Creek.
Flora Hyatt
Wins First Place
Cotton Contest
Flora Hyatt, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Rufus Hyatt, of Hyatt Creek,
was the winner of the first prize
offered in the cotton dress contest
annually sponsored by the Dorcas
Bell Love Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, as a fea
ture of the annual dress parade
held by the home economics de
partment of the Waynesville high
school.
Miss Mary Jane Swayngim,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grover
Swayngim, of Dellwood won the
second place.
The first prize was given by Miss
Patsy Gwyn, Good Citizenship
winner of 1942, and the second
prize was donated by the Joseph
Howell Chapter of the Children
of the American Revolution.
Fifteen girls, all students of the
home economics department of the
Waynesville Township, entered the
contest which was held last week,
with the winners announced this
week at the high school by Mrs.
W. F. Swift, regent of the chapter,
who presented the prizes.
Adult Scout
Course To Be
Given On 10th
There will be a Boy Scout Adult
Leaders course conducted at
Long's Chapel, Methodist Church
on March 10th, at 2 p. m., accord
ing to an announcement by Hallet
Ward, district chairman of the
Scouts.
The meeting is being held for
adult Scout leaders and parents of
the Scouts, who are interested in
promoting Scouting in the district.
W. S. Edwards, of Canton, who
is chairman of the District Scout
Leadership Committee, will be in
charge of the courses to be offered.
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