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KOVEMBEB 19, 1946 THE WAYNES HLLE MOUNTAINEER PAGE THREE (First Section) Ready one) baibecued & vegetable ,d Siia-d onions apple t0!lee ana of the pre' i wster- C d to a record rc-e , , he lu-re -" iv - U ail """ turneu i. " - al b0 placed ,( ,n Horn and at aiih .a? handled by Idurles t. iw '" ( committee mciuo- DaVli LIKieiuu. L C J. Keece, C. Lard Clapp. Mem- r ,nw-e class line ecuiiu"" ring- Wives oi me .Chamber of Com- of decorating . and parade com- ied of M. 1). Wai ns and Lloyd Kirk the barbecue are in Jiam Memo, juiu- t Richard Bradley, SS. A. Jones, sec-re- i tmber of Commerce, j I women s tommuiec j lone Mrs. Ferguson Ison include, Mrs. T. fchaiman, .Mrs. W. A. lacyMina". -wis. inii- I Mrs. Harry Rot ha, I.Quinlan. Miss S. A. !. W. F. Swift. I c luss is in cnarge oi National Bank will 1 o'clock on Wednes- lance oi noiner u. . Netties announced would adjourn court in order that the In could be held in tniels, a friend of Mr. scheduled to be here Ion the program. Yes- Ised friends here that i Mexico City to at- kuration of the pres- Id found it impossible rfsvillc. He has sent be read during the pesday morning. I club decided to hold beting at the Armory meet on Friday. band 16-page souve will be distributed Bebration on Wednes- and Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. E. J. Robeson. iere from Newport lude Mr. and Mrs. the former a brother '0. See v 1 1 vi u lj inn T7i Ui,lrj xawiviHi FERGUSON A . . W MmW.- .: v -.wv..v.-.yiViv.- '.vwiv Wv W Mm Coming For The Celebration J V mi - j MR. E. J. ROBESON, JR. E. J. Robeson, Jr. (Continued from page 1 ) here as a young mathematics pro cessor. It was then that he schooled the man that Haywood is honoring tomorrow. It was then that he married the late Fanny Fergson, cousin to Mr. Homer Ferguson and it was then that he raised a son, Ed. Somehow, he shares in Wed nesday's celebration, reaping richly the reward of satisfaction that can only come to those who have served and who have taught others to do likewise. It has been for almost 30 years that Ed Robeson, Jr., has been as sociated with the Newport News Shipyard. Now as a vice president and personnel manager he helps to turn the wheels of a great industry. He brought to the yard a superior engineering knowledge and a keen understanding of people and their problems. As personnel manager his handling of the company's em ployment and its policies has re sulted in a management and labor relationship in Newport News that is unique in American industry. Mr. Roberson returns to Waynes ville for the celebration with his wife, the former Miss Ruth Curtis of Augusta, Ga. The Robesons will spend Wednesday and Thursday at the family home in Waynesville before returning to Newport News. GETS GAS INSTEAD OF WATER DURANGO, Colo. Digging a well to secure water at his new home, Ralph Slade got, instead, a flow of natural gas. He piped the underground fuel into his home, but he still needed water. of Mrs. Ferguson, and Mr. and Mrs, Robert C. Cutler. Ml- We have secured a number of interesting pictures and have them on display in our window depicting the growth and development of the Newport News Shipyard and the significant role these ships played during the world wars. MRS. E. J. ROBESON, JR. AAA Group (Continued From Page One) more than one community group casting their ballots at some of the places: Beaverdam (3 groups Canton Chamber of Commerce. Cecil Messer's Store. Clyde 12 groups) Ed Finchcr's Store. Crabtree (2 groups) Crabtrec School. East Fork Massie's Store. Fines Creek (2 groups) N. C. James' Store. Iron Duff Jarvis Caldwell's Mill. Ivy Hill (2 groups) Burgin's Store, Dellwood; and Brooks' Store, Maggie. Jonathan Creek Rock Hill School. Pigeon (2 groups) Bethel School. Waynesville (3 groups) AAA office. White Oak P r e s b y terian Church. Lime - (Continued from page 1) Contractors have agreed to fur nish lime on a monthly basis. Any month's allocation that is not re quested will be cancelled and lost for the entire year. "We cannot afford to let this happen in view of the great need of limestone on our farms," Mr. Francis said. "If farmers will begin placing their orders now, shipping sched ules can be arranged so as to keep a steady flow of this material mov ing from the supplier and "end-of-t he-year-cancellations" witness ed in past years will be eliminat ed," he concluded. H. L Ferguson Was Just Average School Boy, h Schoolmate Here Recalls Dr. Tqitj Strijigtield., General Chajrjnan Of Program, Tells Of Ferguson's First Days In School Yes. Homer Ferguson and I were in school together and were i great friends in our boyhood days while we Were growing up; and our friendship has lasted through out the years," said Dr. Tom Stringfield this week when speak ing of the Homer L. Fergtison Day to be held Wednesday. "But do you know back in those days, I would not have thought that someday Homer would become world famous? We didn't have any thing then for fellows to shine in and show any special talents like the boys do today. We didnt have any bands for 'em to play in. We didn't have any Boy Scout troops to work for medals. A fellow just went to school back then and worked after school doing the chores around the place and got in a little play and fun on the side when he could get the time." "I remember how we always had a spelling match the last thing on the school program. Sometimes Homer would have to sit down on a word. But when it came to handl ing numbers nobody could beat him on arithmetic, not even the teachers. But you couldn't tell from that t hat he was going to be one of the world's best shipbuild ers, maybe the best, could you? "It makes me kind of sad to think of those old days. There are so many of us gone. In our class besides Homer there were Jule Welch, Sam Welch, Bob Welch, Harry Herren, Hugh Herren, Mitz Frazier, Will Tate, Frank Miller, and Harley Ferguson, a brother of Homer. Today, only Homer, Harley and 1 are left." "We went to school in the old red brick school house that stood where the street runs now between the Methodist Chruch and Central Elementary school. We never had over two teachers for the entire school. I remember that Prof. E. J. Robeson taught us one year. You know his son, Edward J. Robeson, Jr., is now one of the high officials in The Newport News Shipbuild ing and Dry Dock Company, a vice president. Seems kind of funny to think liliw things have worked around. "1 remember a Mr. Noland, who taught us and the other teacher that year was a Miss Webb and they liked each other a lot, which of course amused us children, but was a little tough on us too. She taught in a room upstairs and Mr. Noland down stairs. Sometimes we fellows would slip out of the room while the others were having a lesson and would pass a little ball. That Miss Webb would look down and see us, and she would never fail to report us to Mr. Noland. "I recall one time when there was a game going on, and for a wonder I was not in it, but I got the credit. Homer was sick and missed out on the punishment, but all the rest of us who had played hookey and were out of the school room, got one good sound whip ping. "You know then you did not have so many subjects, but what you did study you had to really learn it. Sometimes I think maybe that is just as good a plan for edu cation as this business of having your interests so scattered you just get a smattering of a lot of things. "Old Mr. Burder Ferguson, Hom er's father, was a great believer in hard work and he certainly taught his boys how to work, which may account for the high place they have made for themselves. "In those days you lived at home ! and I mean by that you had to grow and make your food. You didn't go to a store and order your meat and your butter and veget ables. You made your food. Your mother made your clothes and the whole family had to help with the work. "Just as soon as school was over the Ferguson boys walked out to their father's farm. You turned off at the Ratcliff Cove road on the road to Asheville. It is now the John Queen farm. They plowed the fields, fed the stock, and did gen eral farm work until dark and then walked back into town and did the work at home, helping chop the wood and milk the cows. We all had to do such things in those days. "The Fergusons lived right across from the schoolhouse on the present Ferguson place, but not in the same house. The house they lived In was rolled down onto the next lot and is now the Ash bury Howell place on Boyd Avenue. Of course, the house has been changed a lot since then. Their father built the present brick house after the children 'were grown.'1 "You see a fellow didn't ' have much time' for foolishness then. We didn't hear anything about youth organizations and the need for recreation 'for the children. They got plenty right at home. It was more of a question when they had time to play1, than trying to figure up something for them to girls when lie was growing up. They all liked him, and he went around with our crowd, but he didn't real ly fall hard until he met Elise Skinner and then he was off for good. They didn't go to school here togehter, lor she went to school in Kentucky and was here only in the summer time. In fact he did not meet her until he was at the Naval Academy. His falling so hard for Elise didn't suit some of us boys so well, for just betwen us, we were all kind of smitten with her." "Straw rides and mountain trips, and camping out were the great sports of the young folks back then. Everybody rode horseback and they had their own horses. In fact, now since I think of it, 1 be lieve Homer did most of his court ing on hayrides. We would take a picnic lunch and load up the wa gon with hay and all pile in and ride until the horses gave out on us. I guess it must have been pret ty bumpy riding over our rocky mountain roads then, but we never notcied such things. It might have been because we had never known anything else. "Another great sport, that you didn't talk about much, but if you could slip off you went that is to a chicken fight. But somehow I don't recall ever having seen Hom er at a chicken fight. "You know Homer was always just a plain and matter of fact fel low, (except when he met Elise Skinner) and he hasn't changed one bit. Today he is just as plain as when he was a boy, and all the famous people he has met have not affected him one bit. He never tried to be anybody but himself. I guess that is one reason why he has been able to handle men who have worked for him so well. He knows how to work himself for his father taught him, and they know he does, and is still able to put out." "I remember that his father, who had the highest principles about everything and to him a thing was either right or it was wrong, was not much pleased over Homer re signing from the Navy after the government had educated him. You see after he graduated from the Naval Academy the Navy sent him to Scotland and other places abroad and he studied for about three years longer. But finally Homer convinced his father that as a shipbuilder, he would still be working for the Navy, and that he felt that he could render a greater service to his country in building ships than being an officer in the Navy. "I have often wished, and may be he docs, that 'old man' Fergu son could know how right his son was in putting up that argument, for we all know that this country would have lost one of its best ship builders and who knows maybe a war or two, if Homer had not entered the shipbuilding business. The F'erguson family, tracing their ancestry back to a well known Scottish clan, represents the best of the American pioneer stock. The first of the family, Robin Fer guson and his wife, Frances Love Ferguson, who started the line in America came up to what is now Madison county, from South Caro lina. Robin, according to old fam ily records, died in 1826, but his wife Frances Love, lived until 1858. Their son William, was the grandfather of Homer Lenoir Fer guson. He and his wife Ruth Gib son Ferguson settled on Crabtree Creek, Haywood County. They had twelve children and their son Wil liam Burder, was the father of Homer L. Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs. William MAGIC BUTTON feeds new points like a No wonder they say an Eversharp Repeater Pencil speeds your writing-speeds your very thinking! When you need new points, just press the Magic Button wun youi uiuuw and Click! It feeds new points like a ma chine gun-from a 6 months' supply of Eversharp lead that you drop in the barrel . . . as easy as dropping sugar lumps imo coffee! EVERSHARP REPEATER PENCIL The Book Store C. GALUSHA Waynesville Main St. His Pupil Return.s MR. E. J. ROBESON, SR., re tired professor and long resident of Waynesville who will share the Ferguson Day spotlight. Although not able to leave his home on Love Lane to attend the court house ceremony and barbecue, he will be visited by Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson Wednesday. Mr. Robeson is the father of E. J. Robeson Jr., Vice-president of the Newport News shipyard, who is returning Wednesday for the occasion. Mr. Robeson Sr. is remembered as teacher and math tutor for Mr. Fer guson before his entry into the U. S. Naval Academy. Central P.T.A. To Meet 7:30 Tonight The Central Elementary Parent Teacher Association will meet at the school at 7:30 tonight. Rev. M. R. Williamson, program chair man, announced that Miss Margaret Johnston, county librarian, will be the speaker. A group of the students of the school will give a short entertain ment feature. Claude Rogers, principal of the school, will give a report on the Hallowe'en carnival which the school staged. A half holiday will be given the grade having the largest attend ance. Ferguson established their resid ence in Waynesville. Prior to this Mr. Ferguson had studied law, been admitted to the bar in Gilmer County, Ga., and in the same year, 1861, at the outbreak of the War between the States, enlisted in the Confederate Army as a first lieutenant. He served in Company E, 29th North Carolina Regiment under Command of Col. K. B. Vance. After the war he taught school for several years and was later ad milted to the North Carolina Bar. For years Mr. Ferguson and his son Herbert were outstanding law yers in this section of the state. Other children of Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson in addition to Homer L. Ferguson and the son Herbert, are Brig-General Harley Ferguson, who won fame as the man who raised the Maine, when others had failed and those engineering talents har nessed the unruly Mississippi; Wil liam B. Ferguson, also a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy; Ida L., wife of Rev. John C. Orr, a Methodist minister of Tennessee conference, and Marjorie, Mrs. W. T. Blaylock, who both reside in Orlando, Fla., and Maude Fergu son who married A. A. Shuford of Hickory. For years the Ferguson home here was a place where friends liked to gather and was the center of interest and hospitality. The parents, firm in their faith of their ideals gave their children certain qualities of stability and character that enabled them to win distinc Burder tion in their chosen professions. Machine Gun I J$5Q Drive 6oe (Continued From Page One) A man from a clothing concern is expected Here within the next 10 days to take meisurements for the new suits! ' Members of the band committee request that subscrip tions be tuned over to Hugh Mas sie, the cothmittee tre; surer, at The Toggery as soon as possible so there will be no delay in submit ting the order. Members of the band, school officials, and committee members have requested that their appreci ation be expressed to the many contributors. The response nf --very one was most commendable. In addition to the subscribers listed in previous issues of The Mountaineer, the follow ing contrib utors are announced: Lions Club 16 uniforms', Rotary club (3 uniforms), Boosters Club (one uniform), Grace Leatherwood ($5), Horace Duckett i$5i. Kyle Campbell ($1), Mrs. Thomas Gar rett ($5), Thomas A. Garrett i$5. Joe Campbell and Buddy Partis ($5 J. C. Seay $10), Elsie Graham t$l), Herman Francis $1, Mrs. Paul Young ($1, Joe Welch i$5. Waynesville Coal company i$lf, Walker Service i$.0), .1. R. Plott ($2), Master Rickey Muse ($1.50), E. B. Leatherwood ($1), Fred Camp bell ($5). Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Led better ($5), Dr. R. S. Roberson $l()i. Harry Lee Liner, Sr. $ 1 0 . Wal lace Blackwell ($5), L. W. Wilson .SLACK'S feC For men of Discriminating Taste Every man expects and wants ties for Christmas . . . whatever his preference . . . wool, silk or rayon . . . conservative patterns or really sharp designs ... Be assured we have the tie to please your man! 1.00 - - 1.50 - - 2.00 ($10). The following individual mem bers of the Lions Club wade con tributions of $5 each In addition to the club donation: J. W. Killian, Jo Jack Atkins, Claud Woodard, Ralph E. Fore, Joe S. Davis, Dr. Boyd Owen, Jack Felmet, Howard Hyatt. Snake Garringer, J. C. Pat rick, and Leon Killian. Among the'programs taken up at the football game there was $31.87 in cash, $11 of which has been ac counted for. Part of the remain der was given by that annonymous contributor. Kilroy. NOT TOO SUCCESSFUL PORTLAND, Ore While travel ing with his wife and two sons, John Craig, of Los Angeles, thought lie had hit on a way to lick the hotel room shortage he bought foui sleeping bags. He had to go hunting sleeping quarters, though when thieves stole the sleeping bags from his automobile. A Suggestion to Buyers of Country Hams Ask if the Ham have been protect ed from Skipper br CHAMBERS' ANTI-SKIPPER COMPOUND N. J. BODDIE Tht Ham laaoraocc Maa Durham. N. C- Bu 41 fjTMKIPF- play, like mey qo coaay. t "Homer "wa basMulbout ; th i r iiii mi m
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