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fiber of the con-
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member of the
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at the University,
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MEET
LYDE HIGH
are scheduled to
b rally lonight at
Clyde high school.
no of the regular
wirrd hy the vete-
fit campaign. The
tf speeches and
If! band, with ran-
i Iheir platforms
The public is
MAN
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?ad Sniathers, son
Frank Smathers
fayiiesville, eandi-
bcralic nomination
from the fourth
Fla , won over
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The Waynesville Mountaineer
Published In The County Seal Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Firsi National Bank
To Occupy Their New,
Larger Place
Will Be Cuoscd
All Day Wednesday,
May 15th, In Order
To Make Move
The First National Bank will he
closed next Wednesday, May IS, as
they move back to their larger,
and modernized home, which lias
been undergoing a complete re
modeling program since the first
of November.
The formal opening of the bank
will be held on Thursday, May 16,
Jonathan Woody, president, an
nounced. Workmen are putting the finish
ing touches on the new quarters,
which provides more than twice
the space of the old set-up. New
fixtures, two additional vaults and
a private room for directors have
been added during the remodeling
period.
A front of marble up to the sec
ond story, a marquee and a night
depository are among the changes
made on the exterior of the build
ing. The arrangement of the fixtures
has been reversed from the for
mer set-up, and the teller's cages
are now on the Depot street side
of the building, affording them
more light. The building is lighted
with indirect lights throughout.
Each teller will have a private
cage, with adequate facilities with
in reach to transact all details of
the work. At the end of the day,
the teller will have a separate com
bination locked safe in the vault
to keep money taken in during the
(Continued on page six)
City Hall Ready
For Summer With
Fresh Coat Paint
The town officials are receiving
congratulations on the renovations
on the Town Hall, which will be
completed the latter part of this
week, it was learned yesterday
from G. C. Ferguson, town mana
ger. "The brick just soaked up the
paint and some parts of the build
ing took four and five coats," ex
plained Mr. Ferguson yesterday in
pointing out the improvements.
The inside as well as the outside
of the building has been painted.
On the first floor, where the offices
of the town clerk and the city
manager are located, as well as the
section where fire trucks and other
(Continued on Page Two)
Williamson Will
Attend Convention
Rev. M. R. Williamsonfi chairman
of the local Red Cross Chapter,
has been named as delegate to
attend the international convention
of the organization in Philadelphia
on June 18 to 21st.
Policies of the organization and
plans for the coming year will be
decided at the convention, which
will be headed by President Tru
man. This is the first convention
since 1940.
Dorothy Whisenhunt
Named Clerk Of
Health Department
Miss Dorothy Whisenhunt.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Whisenhunt, formerly of Swan
nanoa, now of the State Test Farm,
has been named clerk and secre
tary of the Haywood County Health
Department.
Miss Whisenhunt, who assumed
her duties this week is a graduate
of the Swannanoa high school and
of Cecil's Business college of Ashe
ville. L. M. Killian Able
To Leave Hospital
The condition of L. M. Killian,
who suffered a broken hip three
weeks ago while stepping down
from a truck in front of his resi
dence, is reported to be much im
proved. Mr. Killian was taken to
the Haywood County Hospital for
treatment and remained there as a
patient. He is being removed to
his home today.
Saturday Is The Last Day To
Wo. 10 22 Pages
On 16ih
Waynesville And
County Schools
To Close May 24
The Waynesville Township
schools and the county schools
are schrdlued to close on May
24, according to an announce
ment made this week by Jack
Messer, county superintendent
of education.
With the addition of the 12th
grade the members of the
class of 1946 are rising seniors
and there will be no graduat
ing class this year. In view
of this there will be no formal
commencement exercises, but
there will be programs pre
sented at all the schools in
connection with the annual
awards and presentation of
certificates.
The usual exercises will be
given at the elementary
schools and by the junior high
school students.
39 Divorces
Granted In
Civil Court
Thirty-nine divorces were grant
ed during the first two days of
civil term, which convened Mon
civi llerm, which convened Mon
day with Judge Wilson Warlick,
presiding. There are still others
on the calendar for trial during
this term.
Among other judgments handed
down were the following:
In the case of J. H. Burnette and
wife, versus T. G. Burnette, which
involved a roadway, a compromise
was reached and the judge ordered
that the plaintiff and the defen
dant split the costs of the court
fifty-fifty.
In the case of J. D. Buchanan,
by his best friend, Iris Kincaid,
versus Roses' 5, 10 and 25 cent
stores, Inc. .and Ada Myers, man
ager, involving claims for injuries
sustained by the plaintiff, the sum
of $1,750 was ordered to be paid
in full to the plaintiff for complete
settlement, out of which the medi
cal expenses and the lawyers' fees
are to be paid.
W. Bowen Henderson, accoun
tant, was ordered paid $500 for
compensation for services render
ed in the case of the Citizens Bank
and Trust Company versus the
Waynesville Furniture Company.
In the case of William Brown
( Continued on Page Two)
Patrolemen Due to
Check Lights In
Haywood Soon
Highway patrolmen are sched
uled tn spend two nights cheek
ing lights in Haywood county.
There is a possibility that one
checking station will be set up
in Canton, and the other in
Waynesville.
Cpl. E. W. Jones, of the high
way patrol said yesterday that
all motor vehicles must have two
headlights that will operate both
on dim and bright, at least one
tail light, and a white light re
flecting on the license plate.
Failure tn have lights meeting
these requirements causes the
Mountaineer Completes
Plans For Giving News
On Night Of The Primary
The Mountaineer has com
pleted plans for giving the
primary election return in
front of the court house here
on the night of May 25th.
A large board will be erected
in front of the buildinr. and
flood lights directed on it from
several angles, so the large
letters and figures can be read
from the street.
A public address system will
be used in announcing the Im
Service Officer
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JAMF.S MADDEN HOWEI.I.. Jit.,
who assumed his duties the first
of the mouth as i-oiinly service
officer.
J. H. Howell Jr.
Assumes Duties
Service Officer
James Harden Howell, Jr., local
attorney, has been named Haywood
county service officer by the coun
ty hoard of commissioners to fill
the vacancy caused by the resigna
tion of Capt. John Williams.
Mr. Howell assumed his duties
the first of the month, moving the
olTice from the basement of the
courthouse, where it has been lo
cated since last September, to his
own law offices over Massie Hard
ware Company.
Mr. Williams resigned to accept
a position with the Veterans Ad
ministration with headquarters in
Aslieville.
Mr. Howell is a veteran of five
years active duty in the army with
two years tour of duty in the
Kuropean theater of operations.
He was discharged with the rank
of first lieutenant.
The duties of the service officer
include all types of assistance to
the veterans, in relation to ben
fits, and claims under the CJ. I.
Bill of Rights, and advice regard
ing employment problems. Mr.
Howell may he contacted at any
time during his office hours.
Two Charged
With Trespassing
On Watershed
While I hen- were only len ar
rests by the city police department
(luring (he past .week, the fines,
due to (he offenses totaled more
than usual.
There were two charges of tres
passing and fishing on the water
sed with the defendants required
to pay $25.00 each in fines and
costs of I he court.
One defendant was charged with
cariying a concealed weapon and
paid the fine of $50.00 and costs.
The other cases included six
charged with public drunkenness
and one assault. They were re
quired to pay the $12 00 fines each
and the costs of the court.
Five Acres Burned
By Forest Fire
Young timber on four lo five
acres of land on Piney Kidge was
damaged early Monday afternoon
when fire of an undetermined ori
gin spread rapidly through the pine
needles.
Fire Warden Caldwell and five
assistants put out the blaze that
leaped as high as 20 feet in places.
The fire burned over lands owned
by R. V. Welch and R. O. Allen.
mediate returns for each can
didate as each precinct reports.
The totals will be kept on the
large board at all times.
The plans are similar to
those used the past 15 years
by The Mountaineer in giving
this service on each primary.
As many as 5,000 people at one
time crowded the court house
yard and Main Street to get
the news when the candidates
were running neck and neck.
Register In
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 9. 1946
Pirate!! Twke
Resigns
JOHN WILLIAMS, who has re
signed his post as service officer
for Haywood county lo take over
a position with the Veterans Ad
minisli at ion.
Registered
Nurses Needed
County Hospital
"Our need ir desperate. We
have all the patients that the
hospital can accommodate, yet
we have so few registered
nurses that they arc all over
worked and even then cannot
get around to all the patients,"
said Mrs. Irene Hogers, super
intendent of of the Haywood
County Hospital.
"The only possible relief in
sight is to get some of the
graduate nurses in the commu
nity, who are not regularly
engaged in work now, to give
some of their time. I do not
mean give in the sense of con
tributing their services without
pay, for we would of course
pay them their usual fees,"
pointed out Mrs. Rogers.
"If I could get each of the
registered nurses in this com
munity to give one day or one
whole day each week, to the
hospital it would greatly re
lieve the situation. 1 sincerely
hope that some of them can so
arrange their home duties that
they can give us this part time
service. A few hours may not
appear to be much, but if all
the registered nurses in this
area would give that much, it
would mean that the person
nel would have some relief,"
t,hc further pointed out.
Emmett Green Is
Operating Former
E. C. Moody Store
An announcement is being made
this week of the purchase of the
K. ('. Moody store in llazelwood by
W. II liurgin and Kmniclt (ircen.
The new firm will be known as the
llazelwood Mercantile Company.
Mr .Green will he active man
ager in charge, and has already
taken over the operation of the
business . Mr. Crcen has been as
sociated with Hurgin's Department
Store for several years.
He announced yesterday that full
stocks of groceries, feeds, dry
goods, shoes, notions and hardware
would be handled. A delivery
system will be operated on Fridays
and Saturdays.
Personnel of the store, other
than Mr. Green, includes Miss Mary
McElroy and Miss Polly Case.
2 Bank Directors
At Convention
Jonathan Woody and Aaron Pre
vost are attending the North Caro
lina Bankers convention in Pine
hurst this week. Mr. Woody is
chairman of district No. ten, and is
a member of several convention
committees.
Mr. Woody is president of The
First National Bank, and Mr. Pre
vost is a director. They were ac
companied by their wives.
Boosters Club Will
Meet Tonight At 7:00
The Hazelwood Boosters club
will meet tonight at the Presby
terian church for their regular
monthly supper meeting. Rev. S. R.
Crockett is president, and an
nounced that the program will be
in charge of Paul Davis, Howard
Clapp and W. Curtis Russ.
The meeting will start at 7:00
o'clock.
Order To Vote
Broughlon Opiimisiic
Over Future Develop
ment In This Section
Engraver Delays
Banquet Pictures
The Mountaineer made a num
ber of pictures at the Chamber
of Commerce banquet last Fri
day night, and rot them to the
engraver in time for this edition,
but due to careless handling In
shipping by the firm making the
plates they were delayed in ar
riving. Jack Smith Heads
Veterans Foreign
Wars, Local Post
Jack Smith, of Hazelwood, was
installed as commander of the
Haywood Memorial Post, Number
fi7fi7, of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, at a meeting held at the
Waynesville Armory on Friday
night, with J. D. Cole, of Asheville,
district commander in charge of
the installation ceremonies.
Others who will serve with Mr.
Smith include: Adjutant, Rufus
Carswell; Quarter Master, Joe
Sloan; Senior Vice Commander,
J. B. Silcr; Junior Vice Comman
der, Roy Campbell; Chaplain, Gil
bert Reeves; Advocate, Sebc Bry
son; Officer of the Day, James
Davis; Patriotic Instructor, Robert
Plott; Historian Rufus Ratcliff.
Service Officer, Carter Shook;
Legislative Officer, Joe Davis;
Publicity, Charles Edwards; Trus
tees, three year term, James Rose,
two year term, Rufus Ratcliff, one
year term, Walter Franklin; Ser
geant Major, Robert Chafin; Quar
termaster Sergeant, Marcus Rose;
Color Bearers, Senior, Jack Rogers,
and Junior, Gilbert Reeves; Bugler,
John Lewis, and Guard, Thomas
Berry.
The first twenty-five members
of the organization by rules of the
group are considered charter mem
bers. E. W. Lawrence,
Well Known
Architect, Dies
Last rites will be conducted at
the Garrett Funeral Home this
afternoon at 2 o'clock for F.dmund
Wallace Lawrence, 78, native of
Ulverson, Lancastershire, Kngland,
and retired arcihtect and interior
designer, who died af his home in
Hazelwood on Tuesday night, fol
lowing a heart attack on Monday.
Rev. S. R. Crockett, pastor of the
Hazelwood Presbyterian church
will officiate. Burial will be in
Green Hill cemetery.
A graduate of St. John's Oxford,
Mr. Lawrence studied under Sir
Charles Norman, F. A. I. D. A.,
London, before coming to the
United States in 1890. Soon after
his arrival he aided in designing
a number of the principal build
ings at the Chicago World's Fair.
He was the son of Col. George
Brooks Lawrence of the British
Army and Louisa Powers Law
(Continued on Page Two)
100 Dozen Eggs, Bushels
Of Ramps Eaten At Meet
Some ate ramps raw.
Others liked them stewed.
Many liked them fried with
bacon, some preferred them fried
with ham. and almost everyone took
some with eggs. A few boiled
ramps were eaten.
In other words, ramps were eaten
every way that seasoned ramp con
ventioneers knew how to fix them,
as the first convention in four
years was held at Black Camp Gap
Sunday.
More than 500 people were
counted on hand at one time, and
there was a constant stream com
ing and going throughout the day.
Serving started at eleven o'clock
and continued until past two
o'clock.
More than one hundred dozen
eggs wgre served with the several
In May Primary - May 25th
$2.00 in Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties
Record Crowd
Attended Annual
Chamber of Commerce
Banquet Last Friday
"I predict that within 10 years
the present travel record of the
Park will seem itnghty small." said
former Governor .1 M Broughton
at the annual Chamber of Com
merce b.iniuet last Friday, which
was the largest ever held here, with
more than liM) attending, in spite
of the heavy downpour.
Mr. Broughton made the state
ment after (piotiug figures from
Blair Boss, supei mtendent of the
Park, that more than 70,000 people
visited the Park during April, and
over HiH.400 for the first four
months of the year.
"North Carolina never made a
sounder investment than in the
Park." the former chief executive
continued "I am proud to have
cast my first vote as a public ser
vant for the Park when I was in
the legislature in 197, " he said
proudly.
Mr. Broughlon then pointed out
that he wanted to sec the North
Carolina side of the Park offer
everything in the way of attrac
tions. "I think we h.tve ;i fine Vart
administration," he said, concluding
his remarks about the Park, but
also mentioned the value of the
Pisgah National Forests as a rec
reational center.
After citing the records of North
Carolinians in service, and the
work of the homo front during the
war, Mr. Broughton forcefully
pointed out, "The South of to
morrow will see 25 years of un
precedented progress. In order
to realize the fullest extent of this
progress, however, the South needs
more planning and less dreaming
less romance and more research.
"To many in the South are still
living along the romantic, and
senlimental lines."
The former governor then re
minded bis audience again of the
war records of North Carolina
(Continued on Page Two)
Weather Report
Dale
May I
2
3
Max. Min. Rainfall
do ri
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7.! 54 .20
8 b0 .57
71 48
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Electric Current
To Be Off Sunday
Fleet) ie current will be off
in the Waynesville area from
1 :.'!() to 2.00 o'clock Sunday
afternoon for the purpose of
making :;onic necessary re
pairs. Power will be off on the
Del I wood Road, Love Lane,
and ( best nut Park areas from
1 :.')0 to 5 .10, a four-hour period,
on Sunday according to G. C.
Ferguson, town manager.
bushels of tender ramps, scores of
pans of cornhread, and gallons of
black coffee.
Speech-making was cut to a
minimum, and a few songs were
sung for the entertainment part of
the program.
During the business session, the
crowd voted to hold the conven
tion again next year, same place,
same time. They also re-elected
their officers, with F. W. Woody
as president and C. E. Williams,
vice president.
People from every section of
Haywood attended, three from
Charlotte, and a majority of all
candidates who are seeking nomi
nations in the May primary were
on hand. Among the throng were
many children, who passed their
plates for second helpings of
ramps.
49,500 People
Live within 20 miles of
Waynesville their ideal
shopping center.
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New Schedule To
Become Effective
Tuesday, May 21
Better News Coverage,
And News Service
For Haywood Is
Goal Of Publishers
The Mountaineer will become a
semi-weekly newspaper on Tues
day, May 21, when the first issue
of the twire-a-week schedule will
become effective.
The Monutaineer will appear
pvery Tuesday morning and every
Friday morning. Each issue will
go in the mails, and on sale at the
various newsstands throughout the
area the afternoon before. A print
ing schedule has been worked out
which will enable the papers to
make early mails and be distrib
uted throughout Haywood county
by noon on Tuesdays and Friday ;.
The change is being made in
order to give better news coverage,
and quicker news service to Hay
wood county. Going twire-a-week
will give the readers more local
news, more pictures and feature:,
which have been developed and
added through the years.
The publishers of The Moun
taineer have had this plan in mind
for several years even before the
war, details were being worked out,
but were held up just prior to
Pearl Harbor.
In January of this year, it wan
decided to start the twicc-a-week
schedule, but additional room wa:i
needed for the extra personnel re
quired to gather and edit the news.
At that itme (in January) plans
were made to move The Book
Store from The Mountaineer build
ing by March first, and then start
the new schedule. Continued de
lays in getting glass to complete
the front of a building involved
in the move, necessitated a further
delay.
Subscribers now getting The
Mountaineer will get two issues per
week, at no additional cost to them,
until their present subscription ex
pires. On and after Thursday, May Hi,
the new subscription prices will
be in effect as follows:
In Haywood County $3 per year.
In North Carolina $4 per year.
Outside North Carolina $4.50 per
year.
Following a policy of many
years, all subscriptions will still
(Continued on page six)
Five Auction Land
Sales Scheduled
In Next Few Days
Five land auction sales are
scheduled in this area during the
next few days.
The first one will be held on
Saturday at the Meriford Farm,
when a number of residential sitrs
will be auctioned. Medford Leath
erwood will be auctioneer.
On Monday Penny Brothers will
auction the Jarvis Palmer 281-arre
farm on Jonathans Creek. The
farm is now owned by N. W.
Garrett.
Tuesday morning Penny Broth
ers will auction the J. V. Robinson
farm at Bethel, and in the after
noon will go to Cedartop, half way
between the Lake and Clyde for
a sale of 40 home sites.
Next Wednesday, May 15, the
T. R. Pless estate of 120 acres in
East Fork township will he auc
tioned. Medford Leatherwood will
be the auctioneer.
Haywood Wildlife
Club Votes To
loin Federation
At a meeting of the officers and
executive committee of the Hay
wood County Wildlife Club at the
courthouse on Tuesday night, it
was voted to become affiliated with
the North Carolina Wildlife Fed
eration, Inc., for the purpose of
promoting and protecting wildlile
in this county, it was learned from
Felix Stovall, presdient.
Plans were discussed at length
relative to launching a member
ship drive. It was decided to have
each member be responsible for
five new members of the club.
The following were named by the
president as a legislative commit
tee to serve the organization: Guy
Massie, chairman, Guy Rippetoe
and Jack Felmet.
Announcement was made of the
next meeting which is scheduled
to be held on Tuesday night. May
21st, when an outside speaker will
address the group.
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