TnE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
VGE, EIGIIT TSeeonff Seclfony
Highlights
or ime
News Events In Haywood
Many Interesting
Events Took Place
In County In 1946
JANUARY, 1946
Major Jack C. Lynn, former
Haywood County Farm Agent, pro
rooted to Lt. Col, while serving in
Germany,
, Bradley's to open new grocery
and super market.
Two hurt and two cars torn up
in Main Street wreck.
Haywool coal situation reaches
critical stage, and dealers here see
little relief.
Freakish weather hits area,
seems like Spring.
Haywood sets perfect record in
Bond Drive.
Carolina Power to build 25 miles
of rural line.
Congressional medals to be
given Waynesville Draft Board by
Gov. Cherry.
Three Haywood men instantly
killed when converted Army Com
mand car leaves Mooney Cove
Road.
Iron Lung added to Haywood
County Hospital equipment
through sponsorship of Rotary
Club.
State Commission grants Hazel
wood Bank a charter.
Extensive Polio Fund Campaign
starts to raise county quota $3,575.
and
two foreign
moving on
into 48 states
countries.
Haywood spinach
Southern markets.
Bankers representing nations
largest banks feted here at barbe
cue.
JUNE
FEBRUARY
United War Fund Drive goes
over top of quota, was more than
$11,500 raised.
Miss Catherine Jones, First Na
tional Bank Secretary, has pre
pared and written bonds totaling
$4,638,161.88.
New buses bought for Newport
Brevard route by Parkway Bus
Company.
Haywood exceeds polio fund bv
$1,200.
Women prefer registering for
nylons rather than taking chance
of hitting sale.
Haywood School Board plans to
install stokers in school build
ings. Model 4-H Club Camp to be
established here to accommodate
2,000 youngsters each season.
Milk bottle shortage is critical
here.
Car smashes into store, narrow
ly missing several persons but none
are ii.jured.
Crabtree couple pay off $4,750
farm mortgage under terms of
F.S.A. Loan.
100's sign papers asking for Air
port facilities in Haywood.
Plans to revive Livestock and
Home Arts Show in October.
Speeding truck breaks power
pole, throwing part of towu in
darkness.
Haywood Dairymen buy 35 ani
mals at Guernsey sale held on
Wednesday.
School faced with finding 23
teachers for vacancies in system.
3-ycar old child is hit by car
and suffers broken leg.
Wellco Shoe Company is ready
to expand plant when housing im
proves. Auction Sales bring $90,025
Tuesday.
Efforts renewed to get highway
to Newport, business, civic and
political leaders push hard for
project.
Rain and cold cuts Haywood Ap
ple Crop at an estimated 35.
J. G. McKinlcy succeeds Frank
C. Rogers as Dayton Plant Manager.
JULY
MARCH
Two large saw mills in County
to resume operations soon.
Haywood County gets four high
way projects contract let for
Lake-Dellwood Road and projects
to surface three areas ready.
Both Bethel teams win Enka
tournament Saturday.
County tax record is broken,
92 of 1945 taxes are paid.
Shortage of teachers in county
alarming with low salary chief
cause of situation.
Softball to be revived this sea
son after two years suspension.
Wayne Corpening resumes post
as County Farm Agent after four
years in Army.
Glenn C. Palmer seeks re-election,
Haywood Representative.
Haywood below state in welfare
payments.
June breaks birth record at Hay
wood County Hospital.
Record crowds attend county
wide fourth of July Celebration at
Hazelwood with Monroe Redden,
candidate for Congress, delivering
address.
Car accidents hit new high
record on week-end; one serious
injury and seven autos damaged
during 14 hours.
L. K. Barber named new super
intendent of A. C. Lawrence Leath
er Company.
Charles Ray named Vice-President
of W.N.C. Associated Com
munities Group.
Police began campaign on ex
cessive noises here.
Severe storm with high winds
and rains cause damage of large
farming areas.
Survey is made for county de
velopment program.
State Patrol to build radio sta
tion at Soco Gap.
Haywood Tax Rate remains $1.30
with valuation increased by a mil
lion dollars.
manager of Pet Dairy Products,
manage rof Pet Dairy Products.
Waynesville Tax rate to remain
SI. 40 with valuation increased by
$100,000 in past year.
AUGUST
APRIL
A $262,000 water project includ
ed new Alteration plant approved
by F.W.A. for Waynesville.
Arrests drop to low level in
March.
Ed Sims named head of Cham
ber of Commerce.
Champion's payroll and wood
purchases in area total over 11
million annually.
Haywood County Food drive
inaugurated with citizens asked to
aid in food emergency.
Laster traffic hits new high
record, state highway to tighten
on speeders.
31 Democrats in county seeking
jo unices.
Meat Industry seeking relief
irom u.r.A. Kule.
Haywood County receives $3,108
from Duke Funds.
1946 Easter parade here far
aoove ail others.
Haywood bean crop over a mil
lion pounds with quality ahead of
other years.
Enrollment at schools breaks all
records in district on Wednesday.
Workmen due to start surfacing
Highway 276 over Pisgah today.
Ground is broken at Lake Juna
luska for new Memorial Chapel.
Butchers exirt shm-tow.
UlCSb
supply in September.
Lake trustees approve several
big projects to be launched in
program.
Highway engineer recommends
early pavement of highway 284.
One killed three injured as car
leaves highway on Crabtree Road
near Walker Mill.
Governor Stassen s talk is well
received at Lake Junaluska by
large crowds Monday.
7 injured in head on collision of
two cars Saturday.
C. E. Brown is named Secretary
to Congressman Monroe Redden
Clyde Tax Rate stays $1.85 for
fiscal year.
Reuben B. Robertson succeeds
Logan G. Thomson as President at
Champion Paper and Fibre Com
pany. Plans for opening a college cen
ter here have been cancelled.
MAY
Workmen moving many thous
and yards of dirt daily on Lake
Junaluska-Dellwood highway.
Capacity crowd to
Broughton Friday at Chamber of
commerce banquet.
Three auto wrecks over week
endchild injured.
WJLL. 9 team Softball league
to open May 20.
Saturday marks 11th anniversary
of RJLA. In Haywood County.
.Waynesville Mountaineer to be
printed twice-a-week, new schedule
to become effective Tuesday, May
24.
100 dozen eggs and bushels of
rampi eaten at annual Ramp Con
vention at Black Camp Gap.
' First .National Bank to occupy
their new modernized home on
16th.
Haywood Farmers receive L
196,284 for 1945 tobacco crop.
Three land auction Mies total
1100,000.
Tons of. canned goods shipped
from Haywood County to hungry
nations abroad.
Unausta Furniture now going
SEPTEMBER
Crowd of 20,000 attend Labor
Day Program at Canton.
Automobile wrecks mount, sev
eral badly injured in cars in series
of crashes.
New funds available to expand
county R.E.A.
First State Bank opens in Haz
elwood. Find clue to plane lost in 1944
near Maggie, searching party re
ported on way from GreenvlUe to
look for 4 bodies.
One killed two hurt as liquor
truck turns over near Cruso.
Ernest McCracken becomes Di
rector of the State U. S. Employ
ment Service.
Waynesville will be host to
North Carolina Press Association
tonight at Barbecue Supper with
surprise program entertainment
Shortager of meat felt "in
Waynesville markets.
Bomber crashes on Cold Moun
tain with 4 dead as B-25 wrecked
Friday.
Out-of-state traffic hits high peak
in August.
Army party abandons ground
hunt near Maggie for plane Jost
since 1944 after unsuccessful
search for bodies.
Canton Dralt Board to meet
here Monday. ' .
Robert Jimpa nwoiu t
. n(i in
juries in auto accident
Davtnni Ruhhor tn.t i
mmu ' vcuil
rroaucuon expansion as many
workers are added
Items.-
to make new
OCTOBER
Over one million visited Park
last year.
Many new buildings erected in
Waynesville and Hazelwood since
first of year.
One killed when truck crashed
into Trailways bus here 'Saturday.
Hereford Sale Wednesday aver
aged $332 with 56 animals sold.
Large crowds and entries mark
Livestock Show with barbecue and
interesting program.
1,500 farmers are eligible to vote
in Haywood County for Burley
quota.
Plans underway for '47 Live
stock Show with exhibits to exceed
other years.
Mountaineers defeat Canton 20-
6.
Building limit lines put on four
streets in Waynesville.
Colored students to get new
school buildings.
Group to plan W.N.C. Industrial
Survey to meet here Monday.
Only ten schools make accredit
ed list from Haywood County
System.
Meat free of control on market,
western beef to arrive jn quantity
within week.
Woman killed, husband injured
in auto collision here Saturday
night.
Patrol nabbed liquor truck Fri
day with 600 gallon load.
Patrolman says beer is cause of
many auto wrecks here.
Direct air mail is established to
East on three local mails.
NOVEMBER
Apple industry could be profit
ably increased here specialists
point out.
Youth Club reorganized with
board of advisors.
Haywood Democrats have over a
thousand lead in election.
Stores close here for 2-hour pro
gram Armistice Day as war dead
are honored.
Two injured as auto overturns
Monday.
State Charter is granted for ra
dio station here.
Haywood County Honors Homer
L. Ferguson, master Shipbuilder.
W. Curtis Russ heads broadcast
ing firm here.
Basketball season opens with
clash between Bethel and Fines
Creek.
Union church service and foot
ball mark Thanksgiving Day pro
gram. Mountaineers end perfect foot
ball season, final game with Can
ton defeated second time, 27-6.
Bill Milner makes all-Southern
football team.
DECEMBER
fire-
Town gives warning
works violation.
Achievement Day of farm groups
draws large crowd.
Haywood man who lost life in
Winecoff Hotel fire buried here
Monday.
Grover C. Davis heads county
Bar Association.
Nancy Poston and H. R. Cald
well, Jr., get Major 4-H Club
awards.
Patrick Brothers to open new
and modern cafeteria.
Burley prices pick up with end
of cold strike.
W.N.C. Town officials meet here
for discussion of revised alloca
tion of gas tax funds.
Largest still ever captured in
county captured by officers near
Maggie.
Inspectors make survey of local
buildings for fire hazards.
Hospital expansion gains civic
support.
1,500,000 will be needed to mod
ernize Haywood County School.
County board- plans to clamp
down on personal property levies.
Salvation Army gives Christmas
Cheer to hundreds.
Lions club plays Santa Claus to
needy school children.
liaywood Draft Boards have sent
3,953 men into service.
Tithe Plan Proposed
To Pay Federal Debt
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an annual payment of the public
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personal request he ever made of
Congress his original commission
as Commander-in-Chief of the
army as a memento.
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