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Sfendwd PRINTING Ct) 220 80 S rinrt S IjOUISVILI.E rv THE Waynesville mountaineer 49,500 People Live within 20 miles of Waynesville their ideal shopping center. Published In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park SIXTY-FIRST YEAR No. 36 16 Pages" WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1946 $200 in Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties (AMuuKS minors dS l"n '"' not as g The ITICAL 3NTS i"0.: finally" rtrna I, to the a f elections on nan'" 11 . ... .nii'S 10 W ,nC." u ri- Ior me ..,. ., ,ii nrove a Wl .... nl IfTS SO"11' T " .. I(l h0 ,1 llICK - t..--tlifir fate ds 0f the voters of Lie n.utiiK- ground I i i . - MllsCllciii hni completed by anl , ,., ,T,-I In spend of hard labor," lld chiiinnaii oi mt after he and sec- C'rawlnrcl and ' A- named the rogis , i the 22 voting county, as follows: So. niie: Registrar. ill, ,n . .Indues, Dot (; I1 llauics. two: Registrar, ( lule. It r I'. IV". n: Smalliers and V. It. No. three: Krgisuai. hiains: Judges, Clonic I'. C'ha)ell. No. four: Registrar. Judges. George irs. Aci rcrry. No. five: Registrar. Judges, Charlie I'lcminons. No. six: Registrar, Wood: .Indues, Gir ts. Hank Allen. istrar. Jack West; rgan. 0. 1) Kusscll. iKcgistrar, Hex Plcss; Pless, Otis Massie. Ilrar. Perry G. Allen; I. Krancis, Charles jstiar. Waller Hrown; lik Wells, Howard nesville: liegistrar. Judges, J. I'. Dicus birt. inesv ille: liegistrar, Judges, Robert Me chanic Whitner. Registrar. Howard pges. W. II. I'rcvost lie I'gistrar. Alney Me J. 0. I'lolt and S. J. I'k: Registrar. Med fmxl, Judges, N. W. Pick Moodv. Registrar. L u s h faes. Levi Caldwell frown. registrar: Mack Cald- (.row Hawkins and Ilia. Registrar. Fred No- I'rank Medford and toy. Registrar. Mansnn Iws, Clover Hoidcn lie Registrar. Robert .A Baldwin and IlCL'isI f' fllftges, J. 11 f;,.nn MrCrarv pska: RpRistrar. J. T. s-u.v I'ulhnght and Mings an- ..ua..i-. v uuieu '"els i Haywood r,,"' Clifford E t'nof Ih, IIavwood . ' rxeeiilive com nea on April 20th letiiipi: ti,.. I - voters will L "-""in, either of II he ilj . I s,,,lfQ t0 ttlg r. at these precinct 1,., 'OU ; overnor in the last (, , "ne del- a"crnatc for each Cd Page Cl es In Court Week ainu . . d'riy conduct f -nays In jail Mayor', court Lr sc f public Ere as Kend the city Po. ts . lor PUD- hrce cases dis racilt of cosls. Pastors Announce Pre-Easier Services Leaving Bethel I. A. McLAIN, vocational agricul ture instructor at Bethel for the past 12 years, has resigned, effec tive July first, to enter business in Marion. Photo by Wallace Marley. I. A. McLain Has Resigned From Bethel School Has Done Outstanding Job At Bethel School During Past 12 Years I. A. McLain, vocational agricul ture teacher at Bethel for the past 12 years, has resigned, effective July first, and will enter the auto mobile business in Marion with his two brothers-in-law. Mr. McLain has made an out standing record while at Bethel, and the Future Farmers of America chapter of the school is the largest in the state with an enrollment of 90. Members of the club have won numerous state and district prizes, especially in judging seed and live stock. For seven years Mr. McLain has been a coach of basketball teams that have been successful through out the years in winning. For four years he coached the girls and for the past three years has been coach of the boys. He was instrumental in getting the Bethel vocational building, and also the community cannery. He is superintendent of the (Continued on Page Eight) Mrs. Lucilc Smith Is Seriously III At Home In West Virginia The condition of Mrs. Lucile Smith, of Sophia, W. Va., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Queen of Waynesville, is reported to be criti cal. Mrs. Smith was a patient at a hospital in Becklcy, W. Va., for a year and was recently taken by plane to Johns Hopkins Hospital, but was returned to her home. Weather Report Date: Max. Min. Rainfall April 3 85 50 4 81 51 5 63 83 6 59 37 7 73 35 8 71 52 .33 9 66 54 .34 Get Your Tackle Ready Trout Season Opens On Monday Morning, April 15 With the restocking of .streams for the past several years in this area the trout season which opens on Monday, April 15th, is being anticipated by isporlsmen in this county, it was learned from Rufus Ratcliff, county game and fish war den. Blshing, licenses, according to Mr. Ratcliff, may be purchased at the following places: Waynesville, Massie Hardware and Coffey Hard ware. Lake Junaluska, K. S. Ward; Clyde, Clyde Pharmacy; Canton, Nantahala Hardware Company and Haywood Hardware Company; Can ton, Route 3, W. A. Swanger, M. L. Millsap, and W. B. Postom. All state streams not under gov ernment control will be open on April 15, and close on August 15, it was learned from Mr. Ratcliff. Lake Junaluska will remain open Union Services To Be Held At Churches And At High School The annual union Pre-Easter services conducted by the pastors of the churches of the community will be held this year through the entire Easter week, starting on Monday and continuing through Good Friday, it has been an nounced by the pastors of the com munity. Services will be held at the churches each day through Thurs day at 12 o'clock noon and on Good Friday a service will be held at Grace Episcopal church from 12:00 o'clock noon through 3:00 o'clock. Services will also be conducted by the pastors of the town at 9:30 each morning of the five days in the Waynesville Township high school auditorium. Services in the churches, to which the public in general is in vited will be held as follows: Monday, at the First Methodist church with Rev. Hubert G. Tatum, rector of Grace Episcopal church as the speaker. Tuesday, at the First Baptist church with Bev. Paul Townscnd, pastor of the First Methodist church, speaking. Wednesday, at the Presbyterian church with Rev. L. G. Elliott, pastor of the First Baptist church in charge of the service. Thursday at the First Methodist church with Rev. Malcolm R. Wil liamson, pastor of the Presbyterian church conducting the service. Services at the high school will be conducted by the following pas tors on days assigned them: Monday, Rev. Paul Townscnd; Tuesday, Rev. M. R. Williamson, Rev. Everett Murray, pastor of the Presbyterian church; Thursday, Rev. R. G. Tatum, rector of Grace church. At the Good Friday service. Rev. Tatum will be assisted by a Waynesville minister, and Rev. S. R. Crockett, pastor of Hazelwood Presbyterian church and Rev. Bil lups, pastor of the First Methodist church, Canton. On Easter morning the various churches will conduct their own Easter service, but the season will be climaxed on Sunday night, when all the church choirs will join in the presentation of the Easter can tata, "Rabboni," which will be given at the First Methodist church at 8:00 o'clock. The members of the combined choirs will be assisted by guest soloists from Western Carolina Teachers College. Plans Underway For 3rd Annual Guernsey Sale Plans are under way for holding the Third Annual Guernsey Pro motional sain in the county, the event to take plare on Wednesday. June 5th, it was learned this week fsom Wayne Corpening. county farm agent. The sale will be con ducted at the state test farm. Between 35 and 40 purebred ani mals will be offered at the sale. Guernsey breeders from North Caroilna and adjoining states arc expected to attend the sale. Tentative plans are to hold a banquet the night before the sale for the out-of-town persons here for the event and county livestock and business leaders. until April 14, but will be closed to all fishing from April 15 until June 10. 1 Richland Creek from Lake Juna luska, down to the mouth of Pigeon River will also be closed at the time the Lake is as it will be thn spawning season for the type of fish with which these waters arc slocked. ' Free fishing for members of the armed forces has ended in North Carolina, according to J. A. Brad shaw, acting supervisor of the Western District of the division of game and inland fisheries of the State Department of Conservation and Development, it was pointed out by Mr. Ratcji:. A number of former soldiers and service men have misinter- (Continued on page 8) Manager I 0 LiHBWalHIHMsljilMMaHMWH JIM KILPATRR'K, manager of the E. L. Withers, Inc., and Atkins Insurance agencies. Two Insurance Agencies Operate From One Office Two well known insurance agen cies, E. I,. Withers and Company and the Atkins Insurance agency, both of which have changed owner ship during the past few months will operate as separate insurance firms in the offices formerly occu pied by E. L. Withers and Com pany. The K. L. Wot hers agency w &s purchased from the heirs of the late Ernest L. Withers and the At kins agency from the executor of the estate of H. B. Atkins, by Joe E. Rose, and his son-in-law, Jim Kilpatrick, William Medford and J. Aaron Prcvost. The firm of E. L. Withers vis established in 1004 and was origi nally known as Bass and Withers. Around 35 years ago the late Er nest L. Withers, well known insur ance and real estate agent, took over the business and operated it until his death in 1944. It is one of the oldest business firms in Waynesville. Following the death of Mr. With ers, his daughter, Miss Hester Anne Withers, who later became Mrs. II. L. Boyd, assumed the man agement and operated the business. After the present owners purchased the agency she continued as man ager until the last of March. Many of the original policy hold- (Continucd on Page Eight) 15 Building Permits Granted Since January 1st Building permits in the city lim its of Waynesville have totaled more than $60,000 since the first of the year, it was learned from Henry Gaddy, official building in spector. The sum will be more than $140,000 when the other building permits now pending are granted. Ten of the permits were for homes or remodeling dwellings and the other five were permits for business buildings. Anyone contemplating building in the city limits are required by law to obtain a building permit from the Town of Waynesville, or they arc subject to a $50.00 fine, it was pointed out by Mr. Gaddy. If materials were available, Mr. Gaddy stated that figures would be many times what they now sland, and that as soon as priori ties arc lifted and materials are put on the market, he expected to see an extensive building pro gram launched here. Haywood Hospital Receives $3,108 From Duke Funds The Haywood County hospital was one of .ri institutions in North Carolina to receive aid last year and to be appropriated funds from the Duke Endowment for the com ing year. The Haywood hospital received $3,108 last year from the fund which means that a dollar a day was allowed the institution for every charity patient treated in the hospital during the year. There were 2,469 patients treat ed at the county institution last year and of this number 292 were charity patients, the beneficiaries of the Duke fund. The trustees of the Duke Endow ment met last week in New York and appropriated $565,522.66 to 99 hospitals and 39 orphan homes in (Continued on Page Two) Dr. Thomas Slringfield Veteran Physician, Retires Served In Armed Forces During Spanish American and World War I, Member of Draft Board During World War II Dr. Tom Slringfield, 74, veteran of the armed forces, having ren dered service in three wars, and veteran of medicine, has retired after 47 years of aelive practice. "1 am going to spend my time just as 1 like. I am going to read, go to all the football games, or ganize my collection of historical clippings and help raise my grand children," he said, as bis two young grandsons, Johnny and Tommy Allen climbed on his knee, and he smiled at his one-year old grand daughter, Rebecca Hatcbell. "Of course I will still go out to the hospital and give anesthetics for some of the doctors, but that will be all," he added. "I have led a strenuous life. I started practicing medicine when you made one call a day on horse back, left home before daylight and got back after dark. And 1 have lived to see the time when you saw dozens of patients in your of fice and with your car in a day," be added. "I can remember when Hazel wood was the Welch and Norwood farms and the Del I wood and Ray Town section, the Howell and Love farms. I don't believe there are but three houses, with the excep tion of the Shelton home, the Brown house near the high school and the Dunham house, that I can't recall when they were built. The C. E. Rays Store and Bramlett stables used to be tobacco ware houses," he further commented. "Dr. Tom," as he is known over the county, is the son of Col. Win. and Marie Love Slringfield. He is by faith a Methodist and by poli tics a Democrat, having inherited both from his parents. He attended Old Trinity College, now Duke, took his first year of medicine at the University of North Carolina, and graduated from the School of Medicine at Vanderbilt University. He played football at all three colleges and still retains pride in the record made by Van derbilt in his last year when the (Continued on page 8) Merchants Meet And Make Plans For This Year The Merchants Association of the Chamber of Commerce met Fri day night at which time a con structive program of cooperation with the town officials and the Chamber of Commerce was out lined by its members. Carl Mon day, president, presided over the meeting. It was the unanimous opinion of the group to maintain the pres ent closing hours during the sum mer months and it was urged that all mercantile, jewelry and groc ery stores cooperate in the sched ule. Plans were developed at the meeting for an intensive clean-up campaign to be waged this spring, in cooperation with the town of ficials, the Chamber of Commerce and other civic organizations. A number of definite projects were mentioned. It was pointed out that a greater effort should be made by the town to keep the business streets clean er and it was also stressed that a more active cooperation should be given to the officials by the mer chants and the public ill general. II was brought out that each prop erly owner must realize their own personal responsibility in keeping his premises clean. Announcement of certain local improvements by the town were made by Hugh Massie, merchant, also member of the town board of aldermen. These improvements are to include the repair and painting of the Town Hall, the addition of lighting units on Main street, and the repair of Main street in co operation with the State Highway Commission. Traffic and parking conditions were discussed at length and it was the opinion of the merchants that a cooperative program should be undertaken to provide parking lots, and that business people; should not park on Main street except in rare cases where it was t Continued on Page Two) Retires sVVs DR. TOM STHINGFIELl), who retires from active practice of medicine. Outstanding Herefords Bought By Haywood Men Reelfoot Texas 8th, one of the outstanding Hereford bulls in North Carolina may be seen at the lumber yard of M. O. Galloway on Saturday afternoon, according to Wayne Corpening, county farm agent. The animal Is owned by C. T. Francis, M. O. Galloway, ('. N. Allen, David Underwood and the First National Bank. The two-year old bull was purchased from the Reelfoot Hereford farm at Tipton ville, Tenn., by Mr. Galloway, Mr. Allen and Hie county farm agent, who also bought four other ani mals, the total cost of all running (Continued on Page Eight) Head Of Inman's Chapel Arrives . From Canada Mrs. Rosalie West, wife of Dr. J II. West, medical missionary in India, arrived this week to take charge of the work at Inman's Chapel, Friendly House, in the Cecil section of the county. Mrs. West succeeds Dr Hannah Powell who recnetly retired and moved to her home in Maine. Mrs. West who Is studying for ordination as a minister in the Universalis! church has .,erved as a missionary in India for 23 years and has had extensive experience in religious and welfare programs She is a graduate of McGill Uni versity, of Montreal, Canada. Dr. and Mrs. West were en route to America at the time of the at tack on Pearl Harbor and as the latter expresses it "had to run from the Japs" as their ship made its way across the Pacific. In 1943 Dr. West returned to India to re sume his work, but Mrs. West re mained in America, doing mission ary work in a gold mining town in ! Northern Ontario, Canada. Mrs. West stales that she hopes to have the same fine cooperation of the people of the Cecil commu nity given Dr. Powell and that she plans to extend the work among i Continued on Page Two) Wildlife Conservation Program Launched Mere An organization was formed here Thursday nifflit at a nicot ine at the court house hy a croup of hunters and fisher men from the county for the urpnse of furthcrinc the ad vancemetn of wildlife conser vation in Haywood county. Felix Stovall, well known sportsman, was elected presi dent of the croup and serving with him will be Guy V. Mas sie, as vice president and Wayne Corpening, as secretary and treasurer. Ross O. Stevens, executive secretary of the North Caro lina Wildlife Federation, Inc., was the speaker of the evening, explaining the importance of a Haywood Citizens Asked To Aid In Food Emergency U.S. I). A. Organization Makes Plans to Carry Out National Program In Haywood County The local t'SDA group, com posed of all workers connected Willi the V. S. Department of Agri culture and other le:niers in the county met here Monday night in the county farm ae.eiii',, office for forming plans for conservation of food and to discuss what, aid Hay wood counts could contribute in the shortage of food for foreign count l ies. Howard Clapp, former chairman of the Haywood county t'SDA re signed, following which Wayne Corpening, county farm agent, was elecl(;d chairman and presided over the meeting. The purpose of Hie meeting was to cany on in Haywood county the program designed by Secre tary of Agriculture Clinton P. An derson who has designated state and county emergency groups to speed up the work. The main I heme under discus sion Monday nigbl was how to get the cooperation of Haywood county citizens in saving of fats and breads and an increase in production and consumption of vegetables. Various committees were named and asked to meel on April 22, and report on the plans and progress of their respective groups. It was also decided to carry on the pro gram through I he .schools. Letters are to be sent to the families through the .students, with the (cachers explaining In Hie students the details of the program. The following committees were named: Group to contact, all eat ing places in county asking cooper ation in serving two pieces of bread Instead of three; Dr. C. N. Slsk, Miss Mary Margaret Smith and E. M. Stallings. Garden cnmiiiillee: It. C. Francis, chairman and II. M. Dulau and .1. It. McDarris; Publicity commit tee; Howard Clapp,.!. L. Westmore land, G. ('. Palmer, and B. F. Nes hil; Public relations: Miss Bertha Proflitl, Miss Helen Smith and Mrs. Until Carpenter. It was pointed out the necessity of informing the people that mil lions are lacing starvation and must lie given immediate help from this country and this obliga tion can bo mot only through con servation of oil i. fats and wheat. Wade Franklin To Open Sheet Metal Shop Wade Franklin, recently dis charged veteran is opening a sheet metal shop, next to the Waynes ville Laundry. Since his discharge from the army in October, Mr. Franklin has boon connected with the Hyeis Shoot Metal Works in Hendci ioiivil le, where he has spe cialized in the installation of oil burners. The new firm will be equipped to make immediate installation of guttering, of coal furnaces and stokers as well as other shoot metal work arid arc accepting orders for oil and conversion burners. They will he aide to install warm air lieal jug plants, with air and coal as well as roofing as soon as material'; aic available. W. C. Hawkins, of Highlands will be connected with the shop. He has been in the .sheet metal and boating business for the past 18 years. prom. mi of conservation in the county. A committee composed of Carlton I). Weaihciby, C. N. Allen, and Francis Massie was appointed by Mr. Stovall to meet the oflicrrs and assist in drawing up the by-laws of the newly organized group and to formulate plans for the launching of a membership drive. The organization will meet on the second Monday of each month at 8:00 o'clock In the main court room of the court house. All hunters and fisher men and farmers arc invited to attend Hie meetings'. Ministers Set April 28th As Collection Day All Persons in County Asked to Give Canned Food For Nations Now Facing Starvation The Haywood County Ministerial Association voted at their meeting held on Monday at Long's Chapel, Lake Junaluska, to sponsor a coun ty wide collection of canned food in all the churches of I lie county to be distributed by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration to the hungry peo ples of foreign lands. The Association has designated Sunday, April 28th, as the day when all the people in the county attending services will he asked t- bring to their churches as much canned food as they feel I hey can afford lo spare. Only food :n tin cans will be acceptable, as (bis kind is the only type that can be packed and shipped. Those not able to attend church services are also asked to make contributions and send them in by others. The following committee wan named from the Ministerial Asso ciation to have charge of the col lections: Rev. Malcolm R. William son, Rev. Walter West, Rev. Carl Judy and Rev. L. G. Elliott. Central depots have been desig nated as follows: The First Meth odist church, Waynesville, the First Baptist church, Clyde, and the Cen tral Methodist church, of Canton. All the pastors in the county are being requested to set up a com mittee in their local churches whose duty it will be to sec that the food is brought in on April 28th and then delivered to one of the designated depots where it will be packed and shipped. "This is a united effort on the part of all the Christian people of Haywood county to come to the rescue of 4.he people who through no fault of their own are crying for food. Surely every person in this wonderful county can give a can or more and help save a life," said Rev. Williamson, president of the county association in his an nouncement of the drive. The program of the meeting on Monday was featured by a talk given by Rev. Paul Townscnd, who told the group of his experience as a chaplain In the U. S. Navy during the recent war. A revision of the roll of I be Hay wood county association was made the first of the month and contain; the following members: The Rev erends H. E. Benfield, E. P. Billups. Major Cecil Brown, G. B. Culbreth, S. R. Crockett, L. G. Elliott, C. H. Greene, Cecil L Heckard, C. W. Judy, R. A. Kelly, Dr. F. S. Love, D. O. Mclnnis, Doyle Miller, Ever ett Murray, C. O. Newell, Mrs. CO. Newell, T. H. Parris, Mrs. Rosalie A. West, C. A. Ramsey, W. M. Robblns, O. L. Robinson, John E. Rowell, W. B. West, M. R. William son, Paul Townscnd, Capl. Lillian Blackburn, and C. D. Sawyer. Woodard And Timbes Purchase Scruggs' Cafe Scruggs' Cafe, located on Main and Brown avenue, Hazelwood. ha, been purchased by Charlie Wood ard and Finnic Timbes, who are now operating the eating place un der the name of Charlie's tit ill. The Grill which was opened in August of 1015 by Earl It, Scruggs is located in he building formerly occupied by the Hazelwood theater and has a seating rapacity of from 65 to 70. It is being completely renovated by the new owners, in cluding the installation of new equipment. The hours of serving are from 6 a. m. to 9 p. m. every dav in the week, with food prepared by (Continued on Page Two) Electricity To Be Off Four Hours On Sunday The Carolina Power & Light Company announces that electric ity will be off in Waynesville ro'i Sunday, April 14Mfor a four hour period, 1:30 p. m. to 5:30 p ro. Electricity will be off in Hazel wood, Lake Junaluska. R. F. A. and Dayton Rubber Company fiom 1:30 p. m. to 2:00 p. m., and from 5:00 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. The interruption of service is being made to do maintenance work on lines that could not be done safely without diseonUiiuinj service. . ' )