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Sidni PRINTING Ci J?f 880 8 Firt 5 LOUISVILLE K ' T U A The Waynesville mountaineer iig 49,500 People Live within 20 miles of Wayneeville their ideal hopping center. 1TICAL bNTS J'ubUshed In The County Seal Of Hay wood County At The Eastern Entrante Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park SIXTY-FIRST YEAR No. 37 20 Pages V A 1 1 CS ILL !., N. (. ., THCKSDAY, APRIL 18. 1946 rf the fl""8 officially opened the m ' ..,,,-v campaign $200 in Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties tic pi . ,.j ...ndidates lii"""11 ..: ...... id (DtftUDBS Ir "M . .... lo take llclf. dictions are who Ilay- arte hy " the trends 111 ea-enr and ex icinatnt'i M- on fro. Hffk. those .1,., crolind kl f t ' ...". slake " 11 " 1 ' i, veil lift t- if - '" K.,r on flt'ctioii lla- SATl'KDAt i. .. ill nnp.1 tioll l"'"1 " '" ' . piccmc! and reman. jtur(av lor :m;.v t... V0I,.- have "m Ulcred vwll In- te ster on oiu' oi un klui'ilas. i:niN''S SATl'FDAV :.. II,. ..,! iprr , in i nv " hnlllll '1 meetings iii,n at - o clock rhftord y Brown. f h wixirl County .,,iiiu' committee, vim;;-., the voters miitiee of live ml hi he elected a a vice chairman, shall he a woman. H bo elected to 1 lie ion ai tnrsc prernici basis of one dele- alternate lor each fur governor in tialnnal elect inn and mrt one alternate for ill voles over 7ft. ol electing dele- inc lo Hie rules of ocralir parly, it was Mr. Brown. MKTT AT H0OL TONIGHT meet int; nf the Vel- lation will he held tool tonight at 8:00 meeting similar to me already held is last week the third rallies was held at ischonl, with all can- trd hy the veterans laking hrief talks. candidate for the cntalivcs also spoke. TO HEAD IMPAION H ERR den, candidate for here this week in political leaders of pt.v, who frankly told trs tney were sup- llden in Hie primary. iiniiimced this week Brown had been manager for Hav- fw in politics for dist church. y Co. Lunch I Agents a gents from . comprising the the Wa- leghany, Ashe. Hitcbcl, Yancey. Ion. Swain r-.rah- Macon, Transylva Riincomhe. Mr. f"1 and Rurke. held meeting here in ,ast Salurdav. f'ssinn was held in "nvening at 10:0(1 ussion nointino mi. (j.- - f"iona specialists ms m the Western n,,lds of horticul- 8ctivities, livpstnrk farm agents were ' 1 01 Dairy PrnH. I L ""He's Grill in lunch. '"""nil the ar;rn,s n 'he Statr. T. P1 .riPP. director. "fthrarPnlo e ils establishment Sports unppr is cover- POrts frnntc this week the '"Other favnr; the headlines ,h the W. M n rMoinfaiiinr.r !'X- fWoiHl SOC- Community- Wide Program Set Sunrise Service And Cantata To Be Highlights Of Day Representative c o ngregations have been present fur the noon Pie- Easter union services held at the Inn dies here din ing the week Today at 12 o'clock Rev. Walter H. West, superintendent ot the tVaynesville district ol the Melho dist church will conduct the ser vice. Services will also be conducted t his morning at 9.30 at the liif li school and at the same hour to morrow as part of the week's pro gram for the students. Tlie Good Friday service lo be held at (trace Episcopal will .start at 12 o'clock tomorrow and con tinue through 3 o'clock. The ser vice will be continuous and the public is invited to conic in and out spending as much time as they can give during those hours. In the absence of the rector, the Rev. Robt. G. Tatum, Charles San borne, of Asheville, lay leader of the Episcopal church, will be in charge. Other ministers taking part in the union service will be Rev. M. R. Williamson, Rev. E. P. Billups, of Canton, Rev. Paul Townsend and Rev. S. R. Crockett. i ne annual sunrise Easier morn ing service will be held at the Cross overlooking Lake Junaluska at 6 a. m. Sunday, sponsored by (he Methodist Youth Fellowship of Haywood county, with the youth groups from all denominations of the county invited to take part. The public is urged to attend. Miss Jessie Hipps, of Hockwood Methodist church, will be in charge of the program and will be assisted by Cora Mae Worley, of Beaver- dam and Miss Betty Lec Reno, of First Church, Canton. Music will I be furnished by the Canton high school glee club under the direc tion of Miss May Marshbanks. The Easter message will be pre- len and Mr. Brown ' senled by Rev. George B. Culbrcth, long friends and ' pastor of the Morning Star Met ho- Sunday morning all the churches (Continued on Page Fight) Annual C. of C. Banquet Will Bo Held On May 3rd Plans have been completed for the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet to be held at the Hazel wood school on Friday, May 3rd, with former Governor J. Melville Broughton the speaker of the eve ning. The Hazelwood Parent-Teachers will serve the banquet, starting promptly at 7:00 o'clock. The committee in charge of ar rangements and the program is composed of C. N. Allen, Charles Ray, J. E. Massie, Leo Weill, and Frank Rogers. The advance sale of tickets will begin early next week, the com mittee explained, with Leo Weill in charge. Approximately 30 out-of-town guests will be invited. Gommitiee Working On 4th Of July Program Contract Made For Rides To Be Set Up For County-Wide Program at Hazelwood The first step towards a counly wide observance of the Fourth of July came this week with the sign ing of a contract for rides to be crerted in Hazelwood for the week of Independence Day. Last fall a committee named by the Boosters club, consisting of Dr. It. Stuart Roberson, C. N. Allen and R. L Prevost, set to work to arrange for a county-wide program for the Fourth. Agreements worked out Mere that the Fourth of July Easte: Claimed By Death R. V. FI1K. well known business man, who died Tuesday afternoon at his home bete alter an ex'end ed illness. Last Rites Held This Afternoon For R. V. Erk Last riles will be held this aft ernoon at 1:00 o'clock at St. John'.; church for Reinhold Varnie Erk. !)2, prominent business mand of Waynesville, who died at his home here on East street at 5:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon following a long illness. Reverend Hugh Kennedy, first assistant pastor of St. John's will officiate. Burial will be in Green Hill cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be: William Medford. L. N. . Davis, Marion Holeombe, R. L. Prevost, (). H. Shellon, and Spaulding Un derwood. Last night a Rosary service was conducted at 7:30 o'clock at the Garrett Funeral Home where the body remained until the hour of the funeral at St. John's church, of which he was a member. Mr. Erk was a native of lloines dale, Pa., and was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Frk, of Pennsylvania and Waynesville. He came here from Tampa, Fla., in 1033 and was associated with his ralhcr in the F.rkraft Industries, well known wood products com pany. Following the death of his father several years ago the son look over the management of the plant which manufactured a high grade of prod ucts which were sold over the coun try. Soon after his illness Mr. Erk sold the plant in Hazelwood, which was originally located on Main street here. Mr. Erk is survived by his widow, wlio before her marriage was Miss Rockwell, of New Orleans. The Garrett Eueural Home will be in charge of the arrangements. program would be held in this end of the county, and Labor Day in Canton, w ilh all the county partici pating in both programs. The committee in announcing the rides said there would not be any side shows, carnival or gam bling outfits connected with the program in any way. "We have contracted with a reliable concern to operate four or five safe rides, and no other concessions or shows are in any way connected with the outfil. II is similar in detail to what Canton has every Labor Day," the spokesman said. Other details will be worked out in ample time, it was explained. The Fourth this year comes on Thursday. , v . rW.-.sW'.v.'.WUUJJlUJJMUBU U MUMBMIJ.IMII-JU if is. l . Boosters Club Seek Sidewalk Along Highway Hazelwood Civie Organization Points Out Definite Need Of Sidewalk On Highway Nos. 19-2:5 The Boosters club in session Thursday night enthused llie action of the town board in seeking a sidewalk along the highway from Main street in Hardwood lo the Dayton Rubber plant. The petition asks thai the sidewalk be built when the higliwav is widened this .summer. Clyde Fisher, mayor of Hazel wood, pointed out Hie increase loot Irallic on the highway, and the absence of any sidewalk makes "this stretch of highway one of the most dangerous in the slate." The club voted nil, ininiciu.lv In keep the matter before the atten tion of the highway commission. The 01 ganization also voted lo sponsor a team in the Softball league this summer. During the program hour, the membership was divided into two teams and Rev. M. H. Williamson conducted a Bible qui, asking each member questions about the Bible. The two teams were beaded by Clyde Fisher and Dr. It. Stuart Robinson. The latter's team won. Mrs. Grady Farmer Re-Elected Head Hazelwood PTA Mrs. Grady Farmer was re-elected president of the Hazelwood Parent Teacher Association Tues day night at a joint meeting of the Hazelwood and Central Elemen tary associations. Other officers included Mrs. Whitner Prevost. vice president. Miss Mary Davis, secretary, and Miss Daisy Boyd was re-elected as treasurer. During the business session, 'lie association named Mrs. George Bisrhoff and Miss Daisy Boyd as delegates to the state convention in Winston-Salem. The treasurer's report showed $330 in the bank No Solution Looms For Meat Shortage Central Cleaners Move To New And Larger Home Several Pieces Of Modern Equipment Added To Dry Cleaning Plant, Owned By Shelby Central Cleaners moved this week from Main Street to their new and enlarged home on Church Street, the property bought last year by Johnny Shelby, owner ol the business. The building has been renovated throughout, and several pieces of new equipment have been added. The building was bought from Senator William Smathers. It faces 43 feet on Church street and is 60 feet deep, with a full sized basement. All dry cleaning will be done in the hasenrnt. with the press" and Finishing work being done on the first floor. A large fireproof boiler room was constructed in the rear of the building. An air vacuum system to the presses is being in stalled and will do away with the noisy steam exhaust. Some modern presses have been installed .in addition to the' new puff irons and modern dress dryers which utilizes warm air to dry garments quickly and smoothly. Mr. Shelby said yesterday that plans were to begin operations in the new plant this week-end for test runs, and be in full operation by Monday. "The addition of new equipment and with more than twice our former space, will enable us to in crease production and greatly im prove the quality of work," the owner said. Mrs. Shelby will remain in charge of the office and receiving departments. Monroe Redden Calls For Progressive Shown here is Friday, al which benelici.il to the Robinson, mayor man ol program commit lee, and ( 'oniniittee Marleyi. and local manager Jack Frost Does Little Damage To County Orchards The heavy 1 1 osls of I he pasl week did little, if any damage, lo Hie Haywood county apple crop, according to III e county agents, who made a survey of the orchards following llie drop in temperature. Most of llie damage was on tiees below the I'rost line, while oichards thai were on hillsides 01 on mountainous lands seemed lo be very little Seveial of I he ov. nei s of lli' laiger orchards are uptime. tic over their piospeels lor a good crop and are of Hie opinion thai the results of the frost w ill be only a I binning on' piocess and no actual damage, aceoi ding lo I he c ouiity ago nl .. This wed: faded lo bring any develop. nrnls in the- rapidly worsening meat shortage of thi.. area and the nation at large. T he statement was made by .lamrs B Vt.lger, secretary of the North Car olina f ood Dealers Association ol Chai lolle. "ottlt (Vtiolina meat dealers ;ve simply wailino In buy meal al (II'A ceiling p. ices but such meat iia .n l shown up," Mr. Volger sard. "Willi the closing of Kill of the slate'-, slaughter houses and the letal'rl': delei mined to slav away li om the black m.okel, il looks ;.s if th" meat faioilli' is he. e lo sl.ty l.nlil I II ' price idling adjust 1 1 lent . are made which will allow legitimate dealers to opeiale again wi'hoot losine iiMUiev." Meat eases here for Hie iiiosl part had less meal than at any lime, even during the war. The slaughterers and packers claim I hat they must have a wider price margin between what thev pav for uie.it and what Ihev sell il for in order lo operate. If such an adjustment is made, price ceilings also will have lo he raised for the retailers, Mr. Volger predicted. In the meantime llie present week ill Ibis area, as well as many others to follow, will in all proba bility be meatless ones. Medical Society Hospital Staff Meet Tonight The Haywood County Medical Society and the Haywood County Hospital slafT wilL meet tonight al 7:30 at the hospital nurses' honip. Dr. C. N. Sisk. president, will pre side over the meeting of the first group. A business session of the county society will precede a meeting of llie hospital slalT. Mrs. Annie McCracken, of Way nesville, R.F.D. No. 1, is visiting at 1727 N. Huntington, St., Arl ington, Va. Monroe Redden, eandidale for Congress, addressing tunc lie pointed mil the delinile need for action In entire area. Shown at the speaker's table with Mr. of Canton, W. Koy Francis, president of 'the dub, Clifford K. Brown, chairman of the I A of Mr. Reddeu's campaign - Redden Sees Immediate Developmnt iOf Park On N. C. Side Carl Goerch Will Speak At Rotary Banquet On 25th Carl Goerch, well known publish er, speaker, radio commentator and author, will be the speaker for the seuii annual ladies night of the Kolaiy (lull here on Thursday. April 21I. The banquet will be held in the dinim: loom of the Melhoili.sl chinch, with the members ol llie li..lein Sl ir serving the meal. The banquet will begin at seven o'clock The committee in charge ol Hie event includes R B Daven poit. ( hail man, Charle:. Ray and Guy IMassie. 1 Vuion Hyatt Wins Second Place In Content i Picture on page 2i Aaron Hyatt, ion of Mr. and Mrs. De-vr-y Hyatt, won second place in the Oialoiical and Reading con ic . I held last Friday al Lrnoir Hbyue college, whit h is held each year lor high school students of Die westci n pai t of the stale. He was awarded a silver medal, having given the declamation. "A Man Without a Country." the same peoi h with which he won the DAR medal in Fcbiuuy of this year. I belt- was a l.uge number ol stu dent . ciiioiing the contest in which Hie local boy won second place. I'. I, Miller, State Director Test Farms, Here Yesterday F. E. Miller, director of the North Carolina Slate Trst farm .pent yesterday in town, Mr. Mil ler made a online inspection ol 1 1 it. lest t .t.iii located here, it was leai li ed liom llowaid Clapp, director. Meat Industry To Seek Belief From OPA Rules Caftlcmcn Will Ask That Subsidies Be Dropped, And New Price Structure Made A meeting of cattlp men, butch ers and packers is scheduled lo be held in Asheville at the new lo haceo warehouse near Hie Ashe ville Slork Yards at 10:30 Friday morning, the l!)th. The meeling is being held al the suggestion of W. Kerr Scott, Stale Commissioner of Agriculture. Similar meetings have already been held in other seel ions of ' he slate and resolutions adopted rela tive lo recent rulings of the OPA regarding the cattle and befe situa tion. Mr. Ikott feels that the future of Action In District the Waynesville Rotary Club last many projects 1 li.it would prove Redden aie fimn lelt lo right, Sam Mr. Redden, W. Curtis lluss, chair Haywood County Dcmoci'.ftic Executive Mountaineer photograph by Wallace Need For Candidate For Congress Tells Rotarians There Will Be No Progress Without Action "Now Is the tune for action, and not a lone lo be asleep at the switch." Mom oe Redden, candidate for congiess liom the 12lh district, told Rolai laus I. re F riday in dis cussing I In- mim e development ol Weslein No. II. Carolina. '"I'lii ie will be no progress with out action,'' be conlnuted as he pointed out llie accomplishments in Tennessee in the development of the Pai I: Mr. Redden included in his dis i ussion the progress made in agri culture and industry in H?ywood. His addiess. in pait. was as follows: "Sometime ago I tallied to the Civil. in ( lull at Canton on the sub led ' llavvood Counlv," and upon my return In ag .in address citizens of Ibis counlv I find (his same sub led too . I intei c ting to me per sonally. I or thai reason I wijh to continue a di uv.ion about your great i ini.it v which, geographically, is one ol the best located in the Male ' Iheie aie many things of inter est in 1 1,1 . ,, o, k County to the out sider. ami I poMcive thai the resi- deuls appi e posse the ol your county do not fully iale the vast wealth they I do not .efer solely to ..HI. ... doll. is and cents I hi . count , ,, . ion sc, g. eat. But your . hl.ewi .e, possesses a great ! oll!ei .l,l 1 lo a Mali w hu h would do credit i leuioiies older. In , fad. I doubt II... I all Wliel 0 v, II,,' I abo lid. I ol wit h i there is a people life is more oial courage, ln and unflinching t 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 I - spirit loyalty In the r ail' believe, than (he ... in which they people of Hay therefore, take wood ( 'omit;, , ( gi eat pi ide j n re county to dis'-uss urning to your a few of the things of iiilciesl. "You have long been a commun 'Conliinied on page 2 2nd sectionl tin horn llie business in the slate m eriouslv threatened and that the entire industry has drifted into a most chaotic state. The commissioner of agriculture plans lo be present al (be meeting, which will also be attended by T. I.enoir Gwyn and Harry Hamil ton, beef cattle specialists with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Everyone interested jn the pro duction or sale of beef eallle or beef eallle pniduds is invited to attend the meeling. Resolutions- have been adopted at other meetings containing the following points Sec. I and II: "We as citizens of North Caro lina interested in the production i Continued on Pase Eight) Every Office In County-Wide Unit Has Opposition Republicans Have One Contest In Constables Race In East Fork Township PICTURES OF 18 CANDIDATES ON PAGE EIGHT SECTION ONE Thirty-one Democratic candidat es are seeking the nomination for 31 offices in the Haywood May pri mary. There are contests for all county offices except coroner and board of education. The field, of candidates is limited to two for each office, except for member of board of county commissioner where three are running with two to be elected. In the district, three candidates are out for solicitor. The Republicans of the county have only one contest and that is in East Fork township. The Democratic constable race In Waynesville has four candidates seeking the post. The candidates filed with the board of elections are: CONGRESS Monroe Redden, Democrat. Zebulon Weaver, Democrat. Guy Weaver, Republican. SOLICITOR Dan K. Moore, Democrat. W. Roy Francis, Democrat. Thad Bryson, Democrat. STATE SENATE William Medford, Democrat. J. R. Boyd, Sr., Democrat. REPRESENTATIVE Glenn C. Palmer, Democrat, R. E. Sentelle, Democrat. Guilder Bonsdall, Republican. CLERK OF COURT C. H. Leatherwood, Democrat. Joe Sloan. Democrat. J. T. Powell, Republican. REGISTER OF DEEDS Bryan D. Medford, Democrat. Mark Ferguson. Democrat. Bill Boyd, Republican. SHERIFF R. V. Welch, Democrat. Fred Campbell, Democrat. Rex Mitchell, Republican. TAX COLLECTOR Sebe Taylor Bryson, Democrat. J. E. Ferguson, Democrat.. Max Thompson, Republican. CHM. BD. COMMISSIONERS George A. Brown, Jr., Democrat. George F. Plott. Democrat. W. A. Bradley. Republican. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS J. R. Hipps, Democrat. J. Ray Byers, Democrat. D. J. Noland, Democrat. Dave B. Mann, Republican. Elmer (Red) Miller. Republican. SCHOOL BOARD Homer V. Cagle, Democrat. CORONER J. Frank Pate, pemocrat. BEAVERDAM CONSTABLE Horace Mehaffey, Democrat. Scth Grogan, Republican. WAYNESVILLE CONSTABLE Sam H. Kelley, Democrat. Sherod Conard, Democrat. Clarence (Foxyl Edwards. Demo crat. A. F. Arrington. Democrat. JONATHAN CONSTABLE W. C. Sutton, Democrat. EAST FORK CONSTABLE J. B. Heatherly, Democrat. Shay Henson, Republican. Weldon Heatherly, Republican. Dr. Walker, Former Local Minister, Dies Dr. Robert Peter Walker, 73, former pastor of the Waynesville Presbyterian church died lar.t Wednesday, April 101 h in the Pres byterian Hospital, Charlotte, where lie had been ill since last Decem ber. Funeral services were con dueled at the Douglas and Sink's mortuary al 11:30 o'clock Thur-.d.iy morning in Charlotte with Rev. Jonas Barclay, officiating. The body was taken to McCor- miek, S. C, where il remained at (Continued on Pag Eight) Mrs. Dewey Hyatt Opens Dress Shop Mrs. Dewey Hyatt has opened a ladies' ready-to-wear shop in Hazelwood, on Main street, next to the post office. The firm will be known as Annie's Shop. Mrs. Hyatt has put in a stock of popular brands of merchandise, of many types and colors. I