2i()-2Ji S First S LOUISVILLE KY : ii 55 u fished 49,500 People Live within 20 miles of WaynesviU their Ideal bopping center. e Waynesville Mountaineer Published Twice-a-Week In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park .. t' Tuesday s ! Mia Way . 1 t ; No. 102 16 Pages Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1946 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Th ittees Complete 'or Homer L. on Day To Be ed Tuesday Homer L. Ferguson ,eled, with all com li unusual success Iscs of the program 51 next Wednesday U shipbuilders." as U Haywood ... .iviirman of the L employees of Mr. Lanced yesterday ibbonbtiao uee j ihom to wear all av. The ribbons can t after today ai nn.a L nf Coinmerce office bnton. Ther- are no Hyatt said. employees win group at the court tai nroeram. and tlUltUM' I u aized during the pro ud last details for has been completed, tickets have been put L four banks in the tbe two Chamber ot Bices. The tickets are onlv 600 are avail- ' -til J A hittance win De mctue Jecue at the Armory lets. The program at luse is free. kesville chamber of k which Ed L. Sims is sponsoring the gala old friends of Mr. k. Tom Stringfield of md Mr. Reuben B. resident of the Cham- kd Fibre company, are of the event. ps include a motor Pie county at large and Mrs. Ferguson b Canton, about 10 le morning of the 20th. ide will go on to and join a parade the 55-piece Waynes :hool band. After the Drmal program will be county courthouse, Itringfield master of nd Mr. Robertson pre- Ferguson, together pished guests and the Ferguson party. json plans to fly to the IHendersonville airport and spend the night He will be met in ednesday morning by Ion and other officials Won Fibre firm. They fried from the Hay- une into Canton by from Canton, and N later by the county Ne. The joint motor- lormed on Park street Ner the direction of roupe and the Can- :ad will proceed to 'Of the harlii, u v u ,: uaa 'd as including bar W pork, barbecued en, mixed vegetable cold sliced onions, 10(1 apples, coffee and 'eer is publishing special edition about Some 60 pictures J'Ps he has built la the edition. Many J bout the yard, its Jfte ships will also c"iion. fecHSKUNK PGH, When a the sto,. U. . 't w ith a bow That 1 sot rid of the the scent. The not Couldn't i 1 move out of thpir pause just - ' tnicKen kouse lumigate eport ?5J Mountaineer by "uieaui: kisaitertrClear col. T Tonight- bont th lowest tem- 1ifame as las 8ny lower in val- ?he!tr.ad m0d ' about 4 vternoon k night Not qulte Farm); Staff of 58 g -15 25 arbecue Included Iebralion To Honor ood's Shipbuilder Methodists Will Build New Church At Clyde Ground-Breaking Ceremony For New Building Will Be Held Sunday Afternoon A new church building and par sonage will be started for the Clyde Methodist church, with the ground-breaking to take place at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, weather per mitting, it is annoui'ced by Rev. J. E. Sampley, pastor, and Frank Chambers, member of the build ing and finance committees. The new church is designed to have an auditorium to seat 300, will be equipped with modern heating facilities, and on the base ment floor will have a kitchen and dining room for social affairs as well as several Sunday School rooms. A pipe organ is to be installed prior to the completion of the building, states Mr. Chambers. Stained glass windows will be placed in the auditorium donated by various families of the congre gation. The building will be of native granite, which already has been contracted. Total cost of the church and parsonage is estimated to be approximately $25,000. It will be located on property recently purchased from Hascue Haynes, near the new Wesleyan Methodist church. This location is expected to afford ample parking space. " "" """" Rev. Walter W. West, district superintendent, will be the princi pal speaker at the ground break ing ceremony. A short talk also will be given by Rev. Edgar Price of Asheville, a former pastor at Clyde. John Stamey, chairman of the building committee, and Boone Cagle, chairman of the finance committee, also will speak briefly. New members will be taken in the church on Sunday and baptism ceremonies conducted at the site of the new building. Th present church building and lot is now being offered to the pub lic for sale, states Mr. Chambers. New Hours For Employment Office Given The U. S. Employment Service, which returned from Federal to state control November 1, will in the future follow the office hours of other North Carolina agencies and be open to the public on Sat urday mornings. As announced by Miss DeBray da Fisher, manager of the Waynes ville and Canton offices, their schedule now is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Sat urdays. The change was made this week upon receiving instructions from the state office. Previously the employees work ed the same number of hours in a five-day week. R. E. Sentelle In Atlanta On Business for H.E.M.C. R. E. Sentelle, attorney for the Haywood Electric Membership Cor poration, left yesterday for At lanta, where he went on legal business for the corporation. Mr. Sentelle was accompanied by Mrs. Sentelle and while in Atlanta they will be the guests of their daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Smith. They plan to return home during the week-end. Five Service Discharges Received By Draft Board Five service discharges were re ceived by the Waynesvilel area draft board this week. SSgt. Charles Page, discharged Oct. 29 at Fort Bragg; T5 An gus McClain Best, Oct. 31 at Fort Riley, Kan.; SSgt. Arthur Smith, Jr., Nov. 1 at Fort Eustis, Va.; and Pvt. Brown A. Rhodarmer, dis charged Oct. 19 at Fort Bragg were the army releases, and GM 3c Jos eph B. Mllner was discharged from the navy on Oct. 30. Haywood I K ft & 1 Pictured above is the 500-pound bear killed Nov. 7 near Max Patch after being shot by Carl and Oliver Rathbone. The hunters are, kneeling, left to right: Rufus Sutton. Arthur Rathbone. F. R. Houston, and Hewitt Rathbone. Behind Mr. Sutton is William Parton. In the back row, left to right, are Larry Caldwell, Arthur Lewis, J. F. Plemmons, Vester McGaha, Carl Rathbone (holding his 300 Savage rifle), Floyd Miller. Ethan Evans, Oliver Rathbone, Willard Setzer, Alonzo McGaha, and Jarvis Rathbone. This is a Moun taineer photo by Ingram, Skyland Studio. Judge Zeb V. Nettles Will Preside it Criminal Court Opening Monday Home Destroyed By Fire In Cecil Township Tuesday ! A complete loss of house, house hold furnishings, clothing, and barn was sustained by the family of Carl Bridges, of the Cecil community, in a fire Tuesday morning. The fire was discovered by Mrs. Rridees. who was abed sick, and she escaped the house bringing her two young children, one 18 months and the .other four years old. Mr. Bridges "Was neat The 'house' get ting firewood, and came back in time to take their livestock from the barn. It has not been determined what was the cause of the fire. Loss is estimated at around $2,500. The house itself was covered by insur ance. Hazelwood PTA Hear Talk By Mrs. J. B. Neal UK-,-;,., ht,.c iinmc n v,t iiK-ori n(.'' m'acti. Livae. na.pn cn- .,, ,. ... the Waynesville Township his:ti school was the principal speaker at the regular monthly meeting of the Hazelwood Parent Teacher As sociation held on Monday night in the school auditorium. Mrs. Neal took as her subject. "Books as Bridges" and stressed the importance of the right books for children as bridges to a well rounded future life socially, spirit ually and mentally. She chose her subject in recognition of annual national book week. Mrs. Grady Farmer, president of the Association presided. The meeting opened with the usual ritualistic ceremony of the present ation and salute to the national and state flags, followed by the singing of The Star Spangled Ban ner. The Glee club under the direc tion of Miss Stephanie Moore gave several numbers. During the business session it was voted that the organization contribute a band uniform through the drive that is now being made for new ones for the high school band members. Announcement was made that the next meeting would be held on December 16th and the pro gram which will be given on Christmas will be presented by the students of the sixth grade under the direction of Mrs. Robert Palm er. Feldman, Jeweler Returns From New York Buying Trip Dave Feldman, owner of Reliable Jewelers, has returned from an ex tensive buying trip in New York City. Mr. Feldman bought a large assortment of holiday gifts which will be shown at an early date at his store on Main street. THREE DIE AS HOUSE BURNS CHESTER, S. C (AP) Three Negro children were burned to death near here Thursday when flames destroyed the rural home of their grandmother, who was away from the dwelling at the time working in a nearby pecan orchard. Hunters Kill Large One Of Heaviest Dockets On Record To Be Tried; Judges Are Exchanged The November term of Haywood county Superior court, criminal session will convene here on Mon day morning with Judge Zeb V. Nettles of Ashevilie, presiding. Judge Frank Armstrong of Troy was scheduled to preside at trie term, but he and Judge NelC.es ! made an exchange The docket is unusually heavy' and it waa thought ould last iirto th aceeod Mk.wftMn-are 1 number of major charges icvo'v- in automobile accidents and deaths The jury drawn to serve durm the term includes the following for the first week: Waiter Chambers, of Jonathan Creek. Rufe Buff, of Ivy Hili. E J. Schulhofer. Waynesville; Lav - rence Francis. Cecil. Zemerv Hog- len. Crabtree. J. Car'.yic Haynes. Clyde; Cleve W. Medford. Clyde, W. L. Amnions. Beaverdam. Frank i Rathbone. Fines ! Anders-on Civ de. Edd W. Brown Creek. Horace Clyde; J. Har- f!vev Beach. Clyde ley. Wav nesv llle. D. Ray Cathev. Plsoon: 0ral Y3lt,s. iri,n outT: Roy j a. Haynes. Clyde: John Caldwell, j jvcv Hill; Hilliard Mood v. Wavnes- ville; Howard Shook. Clyde; G. G Lcatherwood. Waynev:!le. Clar ence Medford. Beaverdam. W B Green. Fines Cretk. Odie Fi-li White Oak and Joe Michal. East Fork. Those drawn to serve during the second week of court were: Sam R Rathbone. Waynesville; Ben James Crabtree; Matt L. Burress. East Fork; Martin W. Suttles. Clyde: Charles B. McCracken. Fines Creek: Marl L. Cathev. Pigeon. Al len Burgess. Jonathan Creek J. F. Rogers. Crabtree: Edd W Wilson. Beaverdam; J. Manson .Veriford. Iron Duff; Joe M. Sta nley . Way nesv llle: Dave H. McEl roy. Iron Duff. J. Boone Swayngim. Waynesville; M. Hub Caldwell, Ivy Hill: Paul Derguson. Fines Creek; B. R. Lcatherwood, Cataloochee; Carmon Arrington. Fines Creek; and F: ed T. Pedcn. Beaverdam. ANNOINCE DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Davis of Waynesville. Route 2, announce the arrival of a daughter, Frances Man ning. November 7, by adoption. "Cornzapoppin", Local Talent Show, Is Sponsored By Haywood Youth Club Cornzapoppin. the local - talent ! marry no one but Bob Sandrock musical comedy sponsored by the j (Lester Burgin) the boy down the Youth club, went into production j way. this week under the direction of Pa Judkinfe decides to bottle the Miss Lillian Peckham. It will be j Skunk Creek water to gain riches presented the nights of Nov. 22-23! and become boss of the family, and at the high school auditorium. asks the help of Aunt Bessie (Rose The play is based on the antics j mary White), but this matriarch of of a hillbilly family attempting to the household has lost her pet bear get rich by bottling the "purtyjcub and can't be bothered. ;melline" water from Skunk Creek. Elmer and Mazie Mae (Jean two hours of laugh, tunes and! Hyatt) are no neip in mis crisis been eligible for release in approxi novelties. j and Miss Twitt' (Sue sPears) is 50 mately five months. Characters include members of ; the Judkins family where Elvira played by Dorothy Sloan, rules the roost, including her husband, Henry, and her daughter, Sue, whose part will be played by Luella Hall. Elvira wants Sue to marry the Squire (Dan Watkins), but her daughter is determined to Bear Chicken Real Opening Date Is Announced Announcement that the opening of the Chicken formal Real in its new building will be on Thanks g:v;g Day was made this week by J G Gcmnser, owner and man ager of the eat;r.g place by the highway in Haze! wood Opened this summer as a small , - - j P!ans call for the preMnt 1" ians. the first bufldizw wasiff)rTns ,0 ?fvrn fo member, of shoved into it new gray-white brick quarters 50 feet Ion ana Z j feet wide recently wt'.rs on.y a one- da;, stop ir. serv.r. the putnic Ail outside work on the building is complete, and workmen now are complet.r.e the interior. : The new buwdir.5 is built around ! the grill, with a modernly styled j Mmnter and four tab;os ln front. j Wa,,s are o( natura: colored white i A Iargc pnvatc dmmg room i , n( v,,,,m.t,o m, ill lilt 1' ai vi i. v. . v. . . ..... be reserved for couples only and opened in the evenings alter 5 o'clock. A niuuc box will be placed in the private room, with an amplifier in front. Chicken dinners, steaks and .-(..i food will be featured on the menu. Mr Gernner points to the large parking -"pace around his building to stre drive-in patrons. The public is extended an invitation to visit the Chicken Real, which is open for business now while final work is being carried out. Haywood P.-T. A. County Council Will Reorganize After being inactive for several years, the Haywood Parent-Teacher Association County council will be reorganized at a meeting to start at 2 p.m. today in the main court room at the Court House. Officers and members of all P.-T. A.'s in the Waynesville dis trict have been invited to attend the meeting by Mrs. Grady Farm er, chairman. Mrs. T. Allen Luther of Asheville district P.-T. A. direc tor, will be present to assist in getting the council reorganized. in love witn tne bquire sne is ot no assistance either, while Cousin Linney Pearl (Mary Hyatt) can think of nothing except collecting rocks and mountain music. How ever, Paw has a big idea and things begin to happen with the audi ence enjoying the situations that precede the happy ending. State Charter Is Granted For Haywood Radio Station Band Drive Hears Goal For 75 New Uniforms Drive Will Conclude Tonight After Much Favorable Response With funds for 74 uniforms pledged, the W. T. H. S. Band com mittee plans to conclude its drive at the football game tonight at which time persons desiring the op portunity to make small donations will get the chance. Hearty response has been given by Waynesville and Hazelwood firms and individuals to workers of the drive, which was begun at last week's football game by W. A. Bradley, committee chairman. Many additional pledges have been re ceived this week after reaching the half-way mark by noon Monday, and the order for the 75 new uni forms to equip the senior band will be placed within a short time, Due to the many splendid per formances of the band in its ap pearapces here and away from home, the drive has found favor able sentiment everywhere. Since returning to the hands of their popular director, Charles Isley, the band has been called upon to per form at practically all community functions: football games, parades, the county Livestock show, and i other large gatherings. ; the Junior Band upon receipt of the new ones. A complete list of donors to date is as follows: Athletic Association MOi, W. H. Burgin, W. A. Bradley and Rufus Siler, Builders Supply company, C. N. Allen, Cash Gro cery, Curtis Drug, First National Bank (4. Farm Agent's Office, Chess George iWWNC Cafe) Day ton Rubber company (one or more). Garrett Furniture company (2 i. M. O. Galloway. Junaluska Supply and Charlie's Place. Hallett Ward and Walter West, Hazelwood P.-T.A., T. C. Nor ris, Massie Furniture company, Martin Electric company, Joe Mor mino and John Boyji, L. N. Davis company. A. C. Lawrence Leather company (one or more)., Dr Kcr mit Chapman, J. H. Way. Haywood Democratic Executive committee, Dr. and Mrs. N. M. Medford, Pet Dairy Products, R. L.'s Taxi Serv ice. C. E. Rays Sons 2. Slacks, Sims Tire company, Twin City Bus company, The Haywood company. Dewey Stovall, Felix Stovall. C. J. Reece, The Toggery, Unagusta Manufacturing corpora tion 5 , Jonathan Woody, Watkins Chevrolet company, E. L. Withers company, Robert Welch, Wellco Shoe corporation (5), Waynesville Country Club (2). Underwood Lumber & Supply company, R. N. Barber and .company. The Moun taineer. Dr. Sam and Dr. Thomas Stringfield. Jr., Bryan Medford and Dr. J. R. McCracken, Morgan and Ward, and Mrs. James E. Massie. Tattooed Prisoner Gets Away From State Camp RALEIGH The tattooed motto on his arms pleads "Love Me, Will You." but the officers who hunted Claude Brewer yesterday weren't interested in romance. Brewer. 38-year-old honor grad er, walked away from Central pri son Tuesday morning, tattoos and all, and the warden wants him back. "He can be recognized easilv," State Prison Department officials said in reporting the escape, "by the 'Love Me, Will You' tattooing on his arms." Brewer was sentenced from Mecklenburg County in November, 1945, to two-three years for false pretense. If he hadn't ruined a good prison record by taking French leave. Prison Inspector Kyle Matthews said, he would have THREE KILLED IN EXPLOSION COLUMBIA, S. C (AP) A terrific explosion shattered a Co lumbia curb market wholesale building Thursday, causing six deaths and injuring at least three other persons, according to police. PALL 1946 5,773,000 1,500,000 US5.5.ARMV 20,000,000 (APfgomrATfiy) 5.000,000 An AP Newsfealurel Pictograph Fred Withers Died Friday Funeral Sunday Fred A. Withers, 61, well known operator and owner of the Withers Jewelry and repair shop in West Gastonia, died Friday morning at 6:30 in a Gastonia hospital, follow ing an illness of three weeks. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the West Avenue Presbyterian Church in Gastonia with the Rev. W. C. Neel, pastor officiating, assisted by the Rev. W. A. Hoffman, pastor of the West Avenue Baptist Church. Burial was in Hollywood cemetery. Mr. Withers was the son of the late William Andrew and Maticia Allen Withers of Waynesville. He left here around 25 years ago and had been in the jewelry business in Gastonia for the past 20 years. Mr. Withers is survived by his wife; two daughters, Mrs. John Shannon, of Charlotte, and Mrs Raymond Corvvin, of Endicott, N. J.; five grandchildren and a num ber of nieces and nephews. Attending the funeral from here were Mr. and Mrs. Porter McClure and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Withers, nieces and nephews. The Carat hers funeral home was in charge of the arrangements. Champion To Vote On Union Issue The National Labor Relations Board lias announced that thev will I conduct an election bv secret bal lot at the Canton division of the Champion Paper and Fibre com pany next Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 19-20. The election is to determine whether or not the production and maintenance employees of the firm wish to be represented by the A. F. of L. for purposes collective bargaining. The vote will be "Yes" or 'No and will be based on the majority of votes actually cast. The voting booths will be set up in Champion's new cafeteria, and all employees eligible to vote will be permitted to do so during their regular working hours. The NLRB has also announced that the C.I.O. has withdrawn their request to be placed on this bal lot. 4 Haywood Men Serving On h ederal Grand Jury Three men from Waynesville and one from Canton presently are serving on the Federal Grand Jury in U. S. district court. Asheville. Judge E. Yates Webb of Shelby is the presiding juige. with approxi mately 100 cases on the docket. Haywood jurors are as follows: Millard Howell. David A. Boyd and Joe H. Tate of Waynesville, and Wallror Rrnu n f n4nn Tu J foreman is C. W. Waldroo of Leicester. One of the first cases handled by the grand jury involved th' Charlote divorce mill." with an indictment made of Ward M. Blan ton, Charlotte on charges of violat ing the Mann act. ECLIPSE OF SUN ON 23RD A partial eclipse of the sun will be visible in W'estern North Caro lina Saturday, Nov. 23, shortly aft er noon, weather permitting, ac cording to officials of the U. S. weather bureau. I FALL 1945 Procedure For Getting License and Building Station Will Take Several Months A charter was granted on Tues day to The Smoky Mountain Broad casters. Inc.. for the construction and operation of a modern radio station in Haywood county. The charter was granted by the secre tary of state, Thad Eure. The new corporation has com pleted all engineering plans for the station, and formal application is being made to the Federal Com munications commission for a license for operating the station. Robert M. Wallace, a radio en gineer and broadcaster, has han dled all the engineering details, and will be in charge of the opera tion of the station. Mr. Wallace has been in radio for more than 20 years, and has met with success in all phases of radio work. He is now station manager of WOHS at Shelby. The stockholders of the corpora tion were slated to meet yesterday afternoon to elect officers. The stockholders include, besides Mr. Wallace, J. E. Massie, Aaron Tre vost, W. Curtis Russ, C. N. Allen, M. T. Bridges, William Medford, Wayne Corpening, E. S. Slack, and Holt McPherson, of Shelby, a news paper man and radio official. A thorough survey has been made of the field, and the en gineer's recommendation carries the full report, pointing out that a local station would afford ideal radio reception at all times. As a rule it requires several months for an application to be processed by FCC, and if approved about six weeks is required to construct a station. 17 Acres At Clyde Bring About $10,000 About 17 acres, or one third of the property at Clyde known as the J. L. Morgan land, was sold at auc tion Wednesday. The total for the 17 acres was approximately $10, 000. Medford Leatherwood was auc tioneer. Market Reports T.ggs and Poultry The Farmers Exchange; Eggs 55c a dozen. Fryers and broilers 25c a pound, hens 23c. Asheville mar ket: Eggs, market steady, receipts light, U. S. Grade A Large 57; A medium 47; B large 47; and Grade C 30. Live poultry, market about steady, receipts light, fry ers and broilers 36-38; hens 25-28: and mixed turkeys 35-37. Livestock Asheville: Livestock Auction Sale Nov. 8th: Receipts light. Demand good. Market about steady for steers and other classes stronger. Cows Fat butcher type 12.00 14.50; medium 10.00-12 00; can ners and cutters 7 OO-10.00. Heifers Good fat type 15.00-17.50; med ium to good fat 12.75 to 15.00; common and dairy type 9.50-12.75. Good fat vealers 18.00-20.00; medi um 12.00-18.00; culls and dairy type 9.00-12.00. Steers Good to choice butcher type 17 00-18.75; medium to good 15.00-17.00; fair to medium 12.00-15.00. Bulls Medi um to good 13.50-14.00; common to fair 10.75 to 13.00. Sheep & Lambs Asheville: Livestock Auction Sale, Nov. 8th Receipts light. Good fat lambs 17.00; medium 12 00 to 15.00; old ewes 5.00 to 8.75. Various Products The Farmers Exchange: Potatoes $2.10. Black Walnuts remain at $3.25. Atlanta, Apples, market steady, boxes of Va. 2" min.. Yorks $3.50; 2M" Staymans S3.50-S3.75; Delicious $3.75; bushel baskets of Va. and W. Va 2VV mih. York and ? i mm. $3.50. Bulk per bushel irum iv i,., va., w. Va.. mostly mostly d L3 - Snanhi ordinary quality $1.50 to Some poorer $1.15 to $1.25. Snapbeans, Market slightly stronger and poles steady. Ga. bushel hampers of green round type of ordinary to fair quality $3.00 to $3.75. Fla Bushel hampers of tendergreens, $4.00 to $4.25 and poles $6.00 to $6.25. Cabbage, market steady. Eastern N. C, 50 lb. sacks domestic round type, $1.15 to $1.25. Squash, market steady, Ga. Bush. ( Continued on Page 5) )' Ml :r t if . 'I ) (iuf i Mm i - -i t. i 1 if ? t