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Msr.dwd PRINTING CO iiO S First St MWISVIIAl KT Published The Waynesville Mountaineer Published Twice-a-Week In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park 49,500 People Liv within 20 miles of Waynesville their ideal shopping center. - fTwice-a-Week Every Tuesday and Friday ry-SECOND YEAR No. 5 12 Pages Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1947 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties rn liSJ 1 ME Is Bearing Down Faulty Auto Lights ftoad Safety Move blmen to Hold x ci..i: " AM oiauuns g Highways Fine Offenders fie in inc near miure, motorists are liable to highway patrolmen sta- iWaynesville and in Can- dark, checking the lights Ivehicle that passes. Iiil plan to hold two such in Waynesville and two within the next week h check-up will be about Irs, ana proDaDiy irom clock, The Mountaineer bis week. icle with improper lights will be liable for a fine, 10, plus $6 to $8 costs. or each offense lights s. ' icn yesterday pointed out r lights on a passenger Ics four headlights two vo bright. The tail light lect red, and be visible eet. The license plate lluminated with a white be visible for 200 feet. les 80 inches or wider, ay amber colored lights rout side, and red rear otorists are stopped for lights, a check is often lie vehicle's brakes. v a check-up station was Canton and 60 vehicles tied in about 90 minutes, lses were for improper the patrol reported. t-olmen are also checking Its who fail to deflect, or lights when meeting ncles at night. This of- ies a $10 fine plus costs to dim headlights when nother vehicle at night he most dangerous prae ght driving," Cpl. E. W. he patrol said. "It often hitting pedestrians, and g the approaching car, is checking on this of- night." lek-ups will be conducted tones, Patrolman O. R. nd Patrolman F. R. Har- Manages 3 Stores pi Orators World Peace" pete Jan. 22 vood Bar jciation Contest Be Held In t House Inty wide oratorical con- is being sponsored by )od Bar Association will ted here on Wednesday lie 22nd, at 7:30 in the room of the court house. jto Grover C. Davis, pres jlie association, who will be seven contestants. Nch of the hich schools fty, and will Include both Igiris. the contestants who by icipation in the rnnntv h has won in their high " ue presented with a medal. The winner in f event will be given in f $25 government bond Inner of the second nln 7 r " ROBERT A. BOWEN is general manager of the three stores oper ated by Slack's. Mr. Bowen as sumed his duties January first. The stores are here, Canton and Brevard. Robert A. Bowen New Manager Of Slack's 3 Stores Robert A. Bowen is the general manager of Slack's stores. The announcement was made by E. S. Slack, owner of the three stores, one here, in Canton and Brevard. Mr. Bowen began his new duties January first. Mr. Bowen had been with the advertising department of the Asheville Citizen-Times Company for 19 years. Mr. Bowen pla,ns to make Waynesville his home as soon as the Asheville schools close. His daughter is a senior this year. A graduate of the University of Georgia, Mr. Bowen is a veteran of World War I and was engaged in the construction business here for two years before joining the news papers. Before that he was a mem ber of the news staff of the At lanta Georgian. Mr. Bowen has had long experi ence in handling retail advertising. His office will be in Waynesville where offices of the company are now situated. ?ther Report led ti Mountaineer by iVeather Bureau): V, Jan. 16 Unsettled and and tonight with mod ers and probable thunder s afternoon and early to 'Ue change in tempera- y Becoming somewhat lent with lowest tempera pt about 40 degrees. San. 17 Partly cloudy by I noon and colder; becom jnd much colder Friday I Saturday. ( ' Waynesville tempera- tuiaea by the- staff of i-iest Farm): M. Mln. Rainfall 61 62 63 35 40 81 .21 .06 1.39 VFW To Discuss Leave Pay At Monday Meeting AH veterans with foreign serv ice are invited to attend the meet ing Monday night of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, at which provi sions of the terminal leave bill will be discussed. The meeting starts at 7:30 in the Court House. Members of the chapter also will take up the subject of erecting a building for a meeting place and recreation center, announces Com mander Roy Campbell. The 1947 membership drive is under way, and all veterans eligible to join the organization are urged to en list and participate in a more ac tive program as the second year of the local chapter begins. Waynesville Post Office Hours Issue Is Re-opened Rep. Redden Is Asked To Help Get 10 O'clock Closing Time Here Representative Monroe Redden took the matter of keeping the lob by of the Waynesvilel post office open until 10 p.m. each night to high officials of the post office de partmenl in Washington this week. Mr. Redden re-opened the case which was a Chamber of Commerce project and started more than year ago to get the lobby kept open later than eight o'clock on week days, and 7 p.m. on Sundays and holidays. Postmaster J. H. Howell told The Mountaineer yesterday that back in November the department sent in a request to him to keep the lob by open until 10 p.m. each night, provided he or some other paid employee of the office locked the front door, unless there was a spring lock on the door and in that event, the police department could close the door. Postmaster Howell notified the department that there was not a spring lock on the front door, and that he, nor any employees, would consider coming back and locking the present lock on the front door at ten o'clock. He suggested the department install a spring lock. He said yesterday that no further word had been received on the matter until he got a copy of Rep resentative Redden's letter to the department following a personal call by Mr. Redden. The request was made by the Chamber of Comerce about year ago, that the lobby be kept open in order that patrons having boxes (Continued on Page Six) Mrs. Alley Holds Place With Senate Finance Com. Mrs. Edith P. Alley is secretary to the Senate finance committee, of which Gordon Gray, of Winston- Salem, is chairman. Mrs. Alley re signed her position at Slack's here on January 4th, and went to work in the legislature at Raleigh a week later. Mrs. Alley was appointed by Lieutenant Governor L. Y. Balen- tine. She has closed her home here, and two sons, Zeb and Jack are at Oak Ridge Military Institute, and Charles is boarding here while attending school. Mrs. Alley has been closely asso ciated with the Democratic party, taking active part in county and state organizations. She is staying at the Hotel Sir Walter. Miss Cope Named To Post In N. C. Assembly Miss Willie Mae Cope, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Cope, of Hazelwood, has been appointed a committee clerk during the cur rent session of the North Carolina Legislature. During the last session, Miss Cope held a post with the Engross ing office in the House of Repre sentatives. At present she is clerk to the plant accountant at the Day ton Rubber plant here. January Fast Becoming A Month Of Rain January is apparently trying to become a month of rain instead of snow and cold weather. During the first 15 days of the month it rained at some time during 11 days, for a rain fail of 4.12 inches. One of the worst days was Wednesday, when 1.39 inches of water fell, according to records at the State Test Farm. And Thurs day it was raining again. Saturday Is Deadline In C. Of C. Board Vote Ballots Are Coming In For Members Of 1947 Board Of Directors All ballots for the Chamber of Commerce board of directors must be in the Waynesville office by 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon, states Miss S. A. Jones, secretary, who urges all members who have not yet done so to return their vote immediately. Votes will be counted Monday night by a special committee, and the new board is to be installed the following Saturday. Miss Jones remarks that a good number of votes have come in already. Mem bers who have not yet paid their 1946 dues may get a ballot for the election by paying their assess ment before the vote deadline. L. E. Sims, president during 1946, will automatically become a member of the board and repre sent auto sales. Other directors :Ut be carried over Include Charles E. Ray, merchants and highways; C. J. Reece, merchants; David Under wood, industry; Paul Hyatt, hotels; (Continued on Page Six) Patients At County Hospital Supplied With Books i-TWs1 wmmnummmMa'lm'mlmim A'HrWyinniniiii(MiHHflMiiMiwBiii Above is a routine scene each Wednesday afternoon at the Havwond Cmintv hernial ac msc ivr Johnston, county librarian, and Mrs. Thomas Stringfield, volunteer worker, check books and magazines io me pduenis irom me dook truck, made possible through the generosity of the Haywood County Nurses club. In the picture, reading from left to right are: Mrs. Stringfield, Miss Johnston, a patient, Mrs Jimmy Williams, Mrs. Irene Rogers, hospital superintendent, and Mrs. Rufus Ratcliff ih.. fnrmnr Mic Thompson, nurse, who was president of the Nurses club when they donated the book truck to the hospital K.u.c .,.u ui i"e yaueius. me irucK is Kepi supplied with books and magazines by the county library. Since the system was inaugurated less than three months ago, there have been 554 books and magazines checked out to the patients. (For more complete information see "Here and Thpre" (Photo by Ingram, Skyland Studio). VIJC Industrial Survey Group Will Meet Mere Members of the various agencies, j ticipated in the industrial develop- district, state and TVA, who held their initial meeting in Waynesville during October to formulate plans for an industrial survey of Western North Carolina, will meet here again next Wednesday. Plans for the meeting were an nounced Tuesday when the West ern North Carolina Associated Communities held their quarterly conferehce at Cherokee, when va rious other subjects pertaining to the development of this area were taken up. Charles Ray represented Waynesville tit this week's meeting. In addition to representatives of the TVA, State Planning Commis sion, State Department of Conser vation and Development, and the Associated Communities who par- ment conference here in October, the state Unemployment Compen sation Commission and Employment Service also will send a delegate to the meeting here Wednesday. At the meeting in Cherokee it was recommended by a sub-committee composed of Mr. Ray, chair man; Ross Caldwell of Cherokee, and Kelly Bennett of Bryson City, that future operations of the Kep hart fish hatchery at Smokemont be expanded to increase the stock of fish in the Park. A committee -spokesman! stated that in their opinion: "The Park service could materially increase fishing in the Park by increasing the distribution of fish from the hatchery and open (Continued On Page Four). Ministers Of County Baptist Churches Meet The Haywood County Baptist Ministers conference will be held at the West Canton Baptist church on Monday, January 20, at 7:00 o'clock, it was learned from an announcement made by Clarence T. Taylor, secretary or the group, Rev. C. H. Green, pastor of the West Canton Baptist church, presi dent of the Haywood ministers, will preside. The theme of the meeting which is scheduled to last for two hours will be "The Plan of Salvation." All the Baptist ministers of the county are expected to attend. Among those taking part on the program will be: Rev. George Mehaffey, who will conduct the de votional period and give the open ing prayer; Rev. Avery Peek, who will speak on "Conviction;" Rev. J. M. Woodard, who will talk on "Repentance;" and Rev. L. G. El liott, who will talk on "New Birth." Army Group To Set Out ffhis Morning In Search For Missing Aircraft G. C. PLOTT TAKES JOB IN ANDREWS STORE G. C. Plott of Waynesville. for mer Haywood county game warden, has accepted a position with the Battle Hardware store at Andrews, where he began working recently. Waynesville Area Lost $12,960 In 1946 Fires Fire Truck Records 38 Calls During Year, Most of Minor Nature Fire losses in the Waynesville area during 1946 amounted to an estimated $12,960, according to rec ords of Fire Chief Clem Fitzgerald. This was three times larger than the previous year, when losses totaled $3,947. Members of the fire department went on 38 calls during the period Dec. 18, 1945, to Dec. 20, 1946. Many of these were of minor na ture, such as burning tar barrel, a smoking stove, a bed or chimney set afire. Practically every kind of vehicle required their attention: automobile, truck, motorcycle, bus, and station wagon. The major fires include the Win- cnester nome in Hazelwood, a $6,000 loss; damage at the Hotel j the 1947 goals will be presented Party Of Eighteen Arrived in Waynesville Thursday to Renew Hunt for C-78 A party of 18, with Major T. J. Ilicatt in charge, arrived from the Greenville (S.C.) Army Air base yesterday, and planned to leave this morning to begin a systematic search of the mountainous terrain around Maggie in the hope of lo cating a C-78 plane lost three years ago on a flight from Charlotte to Knoxville. Major Hieatt announces that the group will remain here through Sunday, and possibly longer. They will be assisted by two small ob servation aircraft, L-5's, to be brought here from Greenville and based at the Sylva airport unless a suitable landing field can be found near to Maggie. "We plan to spend our time cov ering the most inaccessable tcr-1 rain in the vicinity of where the fabric was found last summer," remarked Major Hieatt, "and avoid (Continued On Page Four) BAPTIST ASSOCIATION WILL MEET JAN. 21 The Haywood Baptist association will hold their Sunday School mass meeting on January 21. when (Continued on Page Four) Rat Population Declines After Barrage Of Bait and final plans made for the Feb ruary church planning meetings will be made. Display Of '46 Car Tag Is Illegal After Feb. 1 Rules For Proper Placement of License Plate Stated By Corporal Jones Highway partolmcn are ready to start a campaign of stopping every vehicle displaying an old license plate, The Mountaineer learned yesterday. The 1947 plates must be in use by February first, and any vehicle displaying a 1946 lag as well as a 1947 tag will be subject to a fine of $10 and costs. The motor vehicle law says, "it is a violation to display an old license plate." Many truck owners nail their plates to the frame of the truck, and each year add the new plate. That practice will get drivers in trouble, the patrolmen said. "Only t he current lag must be shown." License plates in windshields or inside the car at the rear window is also in violation, patrolmen pointed out. "The plate must be placed where intended on the car, and illuminated by a white light at night. The plates cannot be illuminated as the law specifies when on the windshield, or in the rear window," the patrolmen said. The report of the patrolmen in Haywood showed they were aver aging slopping about JU vehicles daily for some traffic violation This figure does not include the large numbers that are stopped during a fight check-up. Rat killing got off to a good start Wednesday morning throughout Haywood county, when little wads of poisoned bait were placed around barns, basements, and other likely places where rodents congre gate. Results were apparent from this concerted campaign before the next morning, and "dead rats all over the place" was a common explanation of the decline in the county's pest population. County Agent Wayne Cor pening and a corps of helpers began mixing the bait Tuesday. Twenty-one hundred pounds of fish, bream and trout, were run through the grinders at the canneries here and at Bethel, then mixed with 275 pounds of the poison, 600 pounds of rolled oats, and 180 pounds of corn meal, with enough water added to make more than two tons of rat bait. The Waynesville mixing crew were up until 2 a. m. before their job was done. Next morning the bait was divided, with large quantities going to the town workers of Waynesville, Hazelwood and Canton to place about the bus iness and residential buildings, and individual packages being distributed through the schools to farmers. A number of last minute requests for bait re quired the mixing of an addi tional supply, which was dis tributed Thursday morning. What bait is not eaten by rats or mice should be removed within a few days, else the ground fish will decay and cause a foul smell. If chickens or cats eat, they may become sick for a short while but there is little chance of the poison being fatal to them. Two Civil Court Cases Appealed As Term Ends One divorce was granted Tues day in the second week of Superior court here, bringing the total for the January civil term to seven, and one divorce request was de nied in a judicial decision Wednes day on grounds of abandonment. Decisions on two other cases will be appealed to higher court. The court term came to a close Wednesday afternoon, with a few cases continued to a later docket. Judge William H. Bobbitt will re turn here Monday, Feb. 3, to pre side at the criminal session. Cases decided this week include: Robert D. McCall, a minor, by George W. McCall vs. J. Drake Edens (Edens Stores). The 19-year-old plaintiff had been injured in a collision between an auto and l motorcycle near here Sept. 2, 1946, and was awarded $100 damages. Millard Clark vs. Flora Clark. Divorce granted. Jack Redmond vs. Grover C. Clark. A technicality in this case was taken up in which an out-of-court compromise, agreed to by the plaintiff's attorney without the plaintiff's knowledge, was set aside on his objection. Edwin Taylor vs. Louise Tay lor. A contested divorce action. Evidence showed abandonment and non-support by the plaintiff, who was denied a divorce decree and ordered to pay the cost of defend ant's counsel. C. N. Stepp vs .Flower Holding Company. The plaintiff asked that (Continued On Page Four) Rotary Club To Sponsor Campaign In This County New Chevrolet Will Be Sold By Club; Lapel Tags For All School Children The annual polio campaign will get under way in Haywood today, as the Rotary club, sponsor of the drive, starts active work to raise a quota of $3,650, which is far less than half the actual money spent last year on polio victims in Hay wood, according to Jonathan Woody, county chairman. Three methods will be used in raising the money for the quota, according to those in charge of the campaign. First, a new 1946 Chev rolet has been bought by the Rotary club and will be sold, with the profits going to the fund. Sec ond, lapel tags will go on sale at all the schools throughout the county Tuesday for 10 cents each. Third, private donations can be made direct to the fund through the four banks in the county. M. D. Watkins is general chair man of the fund-raising campaign in the Waynesville area, and Lorenzo Smathers and Jack Woody are in cnarge of the Canton area. The sale of lapel taes in the school will be handled by Jack Messer, in cooperation with every school teacher and principal of the coun ty. The individual donations will be handled by Mr. Woody, and J. E. Relster, of Canton, treasurer for the county chapter. At present, there are seven Hay wood polio victims in being cared for by the funds, and 21 others receive treatment at least once a month, after Jiavine had polio. Last year Haywood raised about $4,000 for the campaign, and more than $8,000 was spent on polio victims here in The difference of $4,000 was sent in oy me National Foundation. The annual polio campaign will get under way in Haywood today, as the Rotary club, sponsor of the drive, start active work. The club has purchased the fully equipped Fleetline Town sedan 1946 Chevrolet, and will sell this car, with the extra profit realized going to the fund. Each member of the club has been designated as "A Polio Campaign Salesman." The car has a radio, seat covers, spare tire, oil filter, casoline fil ter, de luxe steering wheel, and me raaiaior nas permanent anti freeze. The car is on disDlav t Watkins Chevrolet company. Pink Francis Heads Local High FFA Chapter The organization of the Smnkv Mountains National Park chapter of the Future Farmers of A mprira has been perfected during the past week by John Nesbit, vocational agricultural teacher in the Waynes ville Township high school. Pink Francis has been named president of the chapter for the coming year. Others elected to serve with him are: Vice President, . Bobbie Queen; Secretary, Wayne Ferguson; Treasurer, Benjamin Latimer; Reporter, Don Moore; Watch Dog, John Patterson; Pro gram Committee, Burdette Mc Clure, Richard Howell and Lee Frazier. Highway Record For 1947 In Haywood (To Date) Killed- 0 Injured- 3 Vehicles Checked 464 (This Information Complied From Records of StaU High, way Patrol)