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fct-anijnrd PRINTING -, 2i:0-Hu S First S IOUISVILLE K , ,I The Waynesville Mountaineer asm tWeek 49,500 People Live within 20 miles of Waynesville their ldial shopping center. L J..., IublhcdTwitc-a-Wcck In The County Seat 01 Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park NO. 26 16 Pages Associated Press New WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1947 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties today I tONDYEAR Inquiries Reach C. Office; Big er Season Expected lion Being ed To All Of United In prospective sum- requests lor incia- , to the Chamber office daily. "'M nesvuie im mcr." states missi retary . i.i..n.' from ; the country wno their vacation, buy ild here," she rc- ier to these queries lis the new aceonio- the Waynesville Junaluska area, Legislature Is Hoping To Get Home For Easter Batch Of Bills To Be Considered During Last Days Of Assembly RALEIGH (AP) Lawmakers plunged into the legislaitvc hub bub Monday with afternoon corn- taring the Waynes-1 mittee meetings and a 4 o'clock the Great Smoky i house session to launch the 13th ional Park. week of the current assembly. Ition list, it is point-j The solons will have to plug hard to realize a pre-r.asier adjournment date. Most important issues still before the legislature are out of committees, but an avalanche of new bills last week are expected to slow up the legislative machinery and may make the session run past Easter. Rep. Glenn C. Palmer's bill to increase the salary of the Hay wood county sheriff, effective as of January 1, was passed Thurs day by the house and win re ceive senate attention this week. Alcohol legislation will claim prime place on committee dockets this week. A sub-committee of a house finance committee, consider ing four bills providing for local option elections on beer and wine, will meet this morning to draft a master bill to report to the full committee at 2:30 p.m. A sub-committee of a senate fi nance committee, with two "pat ter" bttlj .and; ; bosti of eoate (Continued On Page Eight!" fcs hotels, boarding houses, apartments, Iting establishments, of entertainment, bus schedules. ber of Commerce bureaus, bus lines ve requested tourist only in all sections States but Canada fell. The state pub- Bill Sharpe. has taiiest. 1,000 folders d from Raleigh. A of information re- be from Florida, as tries have come from Angeles. Chicago, other distant points. Iams, Lake Man, )urham . (or many years a ke Junaluska, died I his daughter. Mrs. in Durham Thurs- f" a long illness. ices were held at Methodist church at U Sunday afternoon pine to Lake Juna- Nth about the time assembly center was jre. He took a prom Ihureh work. the widow. Mrs. nd one grandson, esiding in Durham rs Revival Jl Attended rreachcr Revival of 0aPllSt Association Jl. as welt-altonrf- churches. PW-asant Nd. RatclifT Cove, I "i Lanton. The alters brought most nelDful nu, rts' Exalted in Our t'aW, state supcr rand Pastors .hi U, n,"PP'8ns and Isms. MLm r.r-.i.. c'atinal missionary, helpful isiancc during JJ- .V Pme on Fri,in,. IPoke Re' on "The Blood 5hthhoirand un a sermon "-u:.. " paration w Believprc and er Report k Mn....:.. ?" Fair and '"basing cloudi- N 1-M. ith show MncM.. eri," "-'oudy I - -"ernoon "t- t..,. Jfiesviii0 n y the tempera- rmi" stalT of the 59 57 Min. 20 21 23 31 Snow Si Rainfall 11 94 R IMolof Co, f 11 Typ Haywood Baptists To Meet April 8 At Barberville The Haywood Baptist Association is having a semi-annual associa tional meetings at the Barberville Baptist church on Tuesday, April 8, at seven o'clock, it was an nounced yesterday by Miss Grct- chen Johnson, general secretary. The theme of the program will be 'Soul Winning". Every church in the association is being urged to have a report ready, covering the period from August 1946 to March 31, 1947. Information to be includ ed in the report will be number of baptisms, number resident mem bers, number received by letter, Sunday School enrollment, aver age attendance of Sunday School, training school enrollment, and tot al gifts to funds, such as local, southwide, associational, and state. The closing message will be de livered by the new pastor of Cal vary Baptist church, Canton. One Injured In Saturday Night Road Collision Two Men Charged With Transporting Liquor Following Investigation Three vehicels were involved in an accident Saturday night, about 0:15 o'clock, on highway 19-23 be tween the Francis Cove curve and Little Rock filling station. According to the report of O R. Roberts, investigating patrolman, a 1929 Ford coupe, operated by May nard R. Cooper. 21. of Cove Creek, was said to have been traveling east along the highway with no lights on his car. Following behind was a 1938 CMC 1'i-ton truck, driven by Rufus G. Coffey, Jr., 16, or waynesville. The truck approached the Ford closely before the driver realized It was there, swerved to the left to avoid hitting it, and collided head on with a 1941 Ford, operated by Boyd Max Thompson, 23, of Clyde. Joe Thompson, father of Max and riding with him in the car, had his head thrown through the wind shield, receiving a number of faci al cuts. Property damage was es timated at $650. During tne investigation it was found that the late model Ford was carrying a load of liquor, with 18 unbroken, bonded pint bottles concealed in a floorboard 'trap; and eight broken pints also found. Tohmpson and his son were charg ed with transporting liquor, and made arrangements for bond prior to a preliminary hearing. Their automobile also is being held by authorities pending a court order to offer it for sale. DEFENDS GREEK-TURKEY , LOAN Special Section Printed For New Cafeteria Here Patrick's Cafeteria will hold "open house" on. Wednesday after noon and night, prior to their for mal opening Thursday at noon. Full details of the opening, and he new cafeteria will be found in the first six pages of the second section of this edition. Circuit Churches Hold Conference 5th Sunday Meet Rev. John Moore Is Principal Speaker Sunday At Elizabeth Chapel Rev. John W. Moore of the W.N. C. Methodist conference, preached Sunday morning at Elizabeth Chapel, emphasizing the work of the country church and pointing out that many leaders in business and city churches came from rural sec tions. This was the second Fifth-Sunday service held by the Dcllwood circuit churches of the present con ference year. The third Fifth- Sunday program will be given at Maggie on June 29th. All member churches of the cir cuit, Dcllwood, Elizabeth Chapel, Maggie and Maple Grove, rendered special music, vocal and instru mental, all being well-received by the congregation. Dinner was serv ed in the basement of the church following the service. During the afternoon inspiration al talks were made by Hugh Rat clifT, charge lay leader; Grover Davis, Waynesville attorney; and Howard Clapp, director of the State Test Farm. One of the most impressive features of the program was the dedication of the seed, the soil, and the sowers. Mrs. Hugh RatclifT presented the seed, using a glass of corn seed, symbolic of all plants; Mrs. Mark Galloway presented a tray of soil. With the Bible opened, the corn and soil were placed on its pages, and the pastor, Rev. J. E. B. Houser, then led the congregation in the dedication. f i . II V' V v- I i I 52: V UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE William L. Clayton (right) confer with Rep. Charles A. Eaton (R-N. J.) chairman of the House Foreign Aflairi Committee in Washington befort testifying regarding the $400,000 000 Greek-Turkej loan. Of the sum, $250,000,000 would go to Greec and $150,000,000 to TurkM to halt the sore&u ol Communists. ( International; Don't Believe It Today For This Is April 1st Haywood Is Still Investing Money In Savings Bonds February Sales Well Over $50,000 For Haywood County; The sale of Savings Bonds Beware Of Your Best Friend On This Dav Of April Fool's Pranks By Hilda Way Gwyn in Today is April Fool's Day and , well you may be suspicious of your I best friend and next of kin be i cause even your most beloved is likely to make you the star of some Havwonri flui'inc Fphruarv amniinl-1 Practical loke. Don t believe all er to $52,675.75. according to offi-!yu are told today, for it is apt to cial figures sent to J. E. Massie. geoeual. cljairjnan by - flip, treasury department. Sales in the state for February amounted to more than $8,545, 675.00, the report showed. The series E accounted for $41.- foamy soap on your dessert, in- 675.75 of Haywood's total in Feb- stead oi ncn velvety wiupped ruary. and $11,000 of the series cream wHich you in yaur innocence G. were bought. you thought you were being served. "Sales are still higher than the M&ybe someone will tell you total being cashed, Mr. Massie ex- KUtn 8 whopper that your eyes will nlaiiwri nftP,- rhprlcino th- chart 1 almost pop out of your head, and sent out by the department. turn, about and give you a kick in tnefacje as soma huae joke-r-in-It&d'ljrW'fccf foVwe'irl) guBMe 1 enough to swallow. , Maybe it will be salt in your i breakfast 'coffee. Maybe it will be Lions Minstrel Will Be Given To 4 Audiences "We have been pointing with pride to our Savings Bonds sales record of $1940, but if the present upward trend continues, we will uo even better in the year 1947," Mr. Massie stated. "The continued in crease in sales is evidence of the wisdom of our people in saving for their future security with the world's safest investment," lie concluded. J. E. Massie Is Easter Seal Sale Chairman Here ; when the truth is revealed you will feel like a perfect (April) Fool. Maybe it will be ;i "phony" phone call." an important message. No matter what comes, take it in the spirit in which it was dosed out to you. and find humor in be ing a guinea pig for somebody's fun be a good sport and laugh with your jokers, for nobody has sympathy for an April Fool. The origin of "All-Fools' Day." (Continued on Page Eight) Draft Board Ends Duties At Meeting Here Monday Clerks Will Maintain Files Until Sent To National Headquarters Members of the two May wood county draft boards conclud ed their duties with meetings at the courthouse Monday, the last day that the Selective Service Act was effective. Although records will be main tained by the two clerks possibly until June 30th by which time it is expected they will be consolidat ed in a national records flle yes terday was the official closing date af an era in the county's history. When the boards first began their job of supplying men, in October of 1940, to meet the national emer gency that congress proclaimed: when the Nazis had swept through Europe and were beginning the blitz of England, America's armed fortes were just beginning to take shape from its peacetime nucleus of trained men. The men of Haywood responded I to their country's call, and volun-! leers filled all quotas set for the ' county until July, 1941, when the j first regular induction was made. : On the basis of its population. Hay- i wood continued for many months to be the leading county of the nation in meeting its manpower j requirements, keeping the draft1 hnarvls hticv ii'itl, t.nrriclni;nnD ' classifications, "greetings" to those R f t y A i"l C selected lor service and making ! A lV lOA XCIHO arrangements to send men off for induction. I Approximately 4,000 men were processed on the way to active duty before the war ended, and many more were screened and classified. With the end of hostilities, de mand for replacements In the army, navy, marines and air corps de clined, and with this the work .of the draft board became less ar duous. Successful recruitment pro grams carried out by the services began filling the county's quotas, and allowed President Truman to recommend that the Selective Ser vice Act expire at its appointed time. Details of the closing out duties (Continued on Page Eight) Large Crowd Expected Here Wednesday To See Rural Water Exhibits Officials Named For May 6 Voting In Waynesville J. Hayes Alley was appointed registrar, and T. Henry Gaddy and Arthur Green were named judges of the municipal election to be held in Waynesville on May 6 at the meeting last week of the mayor and board of alder men. Registration bonks will open to newly-eligible voters on Sat urday, April 19, and rlose the following Saturday. The court house will serve as voting and registration place. April 22 is fixed as the final date for candidates to Hie with the town clerk, Mrs. Iledwig A. Love. Offices to be filled are those of mayor and three alder men, to serve for a four-year term. Patrolman Talks Road Safety To District Health Dept. Staff Hold Meeting Here Four performances of the Cotton Blossom Minstrels, the L4on8 Club black-face show, will be given to raise funds to assist schools in providing free lunches to needy students. The show will open Friday night, April 11, at the Waynes ville Township high school and return the following Friday to the East Waynesville school. Proceeds from these perfor mances will he, divided among the schools of the Waynesville district, where a goal of $1,000 has been set to fulfill the mini mum needs. On Tuesday night, April 15, the minstrel .will be given at the Crabtree-lron Duff high chool,. and on - Wednesday, April 16, at Fines Creek high school, both shows scheduled to begin at 8 o'clock. School officials at both communities will handle all financial mat ters relating to the minstrel and devote the entire proceeds to their respective free lunch programs. An original scrip has been prepared by Joe Casabella, director of the minstrel, with the accent on humor, music and dancing. Herbert Buchanan, the Interlocutor, will spar with four end men in a battle of wise cracks, Jim Killian, Tony Davis, Richard Gerringer and O. R. Roberts; and introduce the other special acts. (Continued on Page Eight) J. E. Massie has been named chairman to direct the 14th annual j Mrs. Margaret Squires Roper, Easter Seal Sale for the Waynes- j former supervisor of public health ville area, which is conducted an-1 nursing of the district health de nually under the auspices of the i partment was the guest speaker at North Carolina Leage for Crippled I the regular monthly meeting of the Children, and is sponsored locally J staff conference of the district by the Rotary Club this year. j health department, which was held The goal set for the area will be j in the lawyers' room in the court a sale of 20,000 seals, with plans i house here on Thursday, to make the sales through the j Mrs. Roper talked on the pro schools, with both the students and ject which she worked on in Obion faculty members conducting sales, county. Tenn.. on Family life, dis- The money derived from this sale j cussing the social and health prob each year is donated toward help-ilems which were met during the ing crippled children by-supplying i period. corrective shoes, braces, crutches,! Following the talk by Mrs. Rop wheel chairs, transportation tOjer. there was a general discussion clinics for treatment, to hospitals, of the problems in this area, which and to give surgical and convales-j will have to be handled by the staff, cent care. " ' Presiding during the all-day ses- Persons who may not be con- j sion at different periods on the tacted through the schools are ask-1 program were Dr. Mary Michal, ed to stop bv the Park Theater district health officer and Mrs Youth Arrested For Drunk Driving Taylor M. MeCracken. 22, of Itt. 1, Waynesville. was indicted for driving under the influence of in toxicating liquor following the smash-up of a 1936 Ford coupe about 11 p.m. Saturday. . As reported by State Highway Patrolman O. R. Roberts, the coupe got out of its driver's control just east of the county hospital along highway 19-23, running olf the road and tearing down a fence ;md light pole. With MeCracken in the car was Joseph J. Sanford, its owner. No one was injured. Jerry Rogers Joins Local Police Force Jerry Rogers yesterday after noon began duty with the Waynes ville police force, filling a vacancy caused by the resignation of Police man Hub Ruff who plans to devote full time to his taxi business. Policeman Rogers has, since Dec. 9, been chief of police at Clyde. During the past nine years he has occupied a number of simi lar positions, at Canton. Hazel wood, and Clyde. His home is in Waynesville. Roberts Tells Of Decline In Haywood County Accident Rates .. "The day you think you can drive without having an accident, is the time to look out, because chances are you'll have an accident before long." J'atholman O. R. Roberts told Rotarians here Fri 1 day us he discussed safety on the highways. Minor infractions of the law cause heavy losses of property, the i patrolman pointed out. Failing to i give proper signals for turning, i and slopping causes the most small j accidents "Drinking, driving drunk, and speeding cause most all the serious j accidents," the patrolman contin I ued "Our records show that in 80 per cent of the 15 fatal accidents. I in Haywood last year, that alcohol J in some form was the direct result! i of the crash. ; 1 "A drunken driver is the most , dangerous thing on the highway,", ! he continued. : The patrolman pointed out that j patrolmen had arrested at least am) in the county in the past two years for improper lights. Patrolman Roberts commended The Mountaineer for the educa tional program on safety on the highways. "We feel that the fine record accomplished thus far this year is due in a large measure to the publicity, and work of The Mountaineer in keeping constantly before the public the accidents and record of the county," he said. The Rotary club voted to hold their meetings in the private din ing room of Patrick's Cafeteria. I Speakers And Enter tainment Features Described By County Agent At least 500 persons are expected to attend the big Farm Water System display which will open to the public by 10 o'clock Wednes day morning at the Waynesville Armory and remain available for inspection through the afternoon. All kinds of water systems to serve people from wells or springs will be shown, offering the latest equipment in that field. People who attend are not obli gated to purchase anything, empha sizes county agent Way ne C'orpcn ing, who has organized the exhi bition. All rural folks who need a water system, or household and barn plumbing fixtures, are urged lo attend as a good chance to look over the different equipment avail able and. decide what will best meet their requirements. Dealers are advised that the Armory will be open today, and they may place their displays now if they wish to do so. Speakers from the state exten sion service and TVA will describe the advantages of different type systems, Howard M. Ellis, agricul tural engineer; Pauline E. Gordon, home management specialist: and Elmer Daniel, TVA engineer. Jonathan Woody, president of tin local bank, also will make a brief address. Musical entertainment will be i provided by the WTIIS double quartet, and all persons who attend the display will be eligible for priz es, to be given on the drawing of tickets. This is the best opportunity the rural people will have to select the right kind of water system," coni tnentsMr.' Cdrpettthg. "There i no shortage of eqiripnrpnt. alid peo ple who want a good water system can order one Wednesday if they want to. You'll have plenty of lime to look around and pick out exactly what you need." Pre-School Clinics Now In Operation Prc-school sponsored The Haywood county clinics which are being by the county health department and will cover a two months period before completion, were inaugur ated last Friday when clinics won j conducted at the Rock Hill and 'Maggie Schools, with Mis. Hubv ! Bryson and Mrs. Elaine Gill, lb wood county public health nurses i in charge. i The schedule for this Heck vvi!1 I include the following: Thurs'I.w. 'the 3rd. at the Cecil school build ing at 9:00 a.m.: at the Chimp school at 11:00 o'clock the -.nn-day. and at the Bethel school m 1:00 p.m. the afteronon of the 3rd. For Friday the cilnics will be a follows: Saunook school at 9:00 a m and the Allen's Creek school clinic will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. On Monday, the 7th the clinic will be conducted at Beavcrdam school. Other clinics will be an nounced later. Mothers are urged to bring all children of pre-school age to the ?-, ;., A i At u i ,.lii. ; ,i,, ,i i. -i"i.o UJ V1UC1 II1HI Nltl 1)1 given immunizations required li The club also received the resig nation of Stanley Brading as secre tary, as he is moving away. The board of directors met and nomi nated another secretary, and he will he voted on Friday by the club. Al- where seals will be on sale. Hazelwood Board To Meet Tonight The mayor and board of alder men of Hazelwood will hold their regular meeting for April tonight, reports Rudolph Carswell, town clerk. One major item of business will be to open the gate for candidates to enter the municipal election arena by setting dates and fees for filing. Pre-season rumors indicate a lively political race before the May 6 election. No candidates have yet filed for office in Waynesville, it was re ported at the town hall yesterday afternoon. Eight Pet Dairy Drivers Get No-Accident Awards Eight drivers for Pet Dairy a drop of approximately 58 per Products company were presented i cent in employ ee-injury accidents, safety awards and cash prizes on ; A. A. Boot he. with the sales de their record of no vehicle accidents partment of the Johnson City. Elaine Gill, who serve Haywood for one or more years at a safety j Tenn. Pet central otriee. was in county: Mrs. Jessie Lollis. of Brev- meeting held at the local plant on j charge of the meeting. Also present i March 21. was Perry Hunter of Johnson Citv. Drivers earning the award were ; an insurance representative, who Wilson Mcdford, Granville Mull ' credited the improvement in the the laws of the state for school entrance for the fall terms. Mothers of younger children arc also urged to attend and re ceive advice on the various immu nizations recommended for chil dren from a few months to six years of age. ma MeCracken. district supervisor of nurses. ' Public health nurses attending j the meeting were in addition to , Mrs. Howard Bryson and Mrs. J ard, Mrs. Lina Padgett, of Sylva. Miss Doris Hicks, of Bryson City and Miss Mary P. Oliver, of Cher okee Reservation. Attending as spe cial guest during the day were Miss Mary Margaret Smith and Miss Helen Smith, Haywood county home agents. AT MANAGER'S MEETING J. L. Edwards, manager of Pet Dairy Products Company here, was in Johnson City, Tenn., attending a meeting of managers of the Pet organization. Roy Tuttle. Albert Gibson. Clin ton Truit', Earl Gibble. Brice Crawford, and James Glance. In ad dition to pins showing the number of years of safe driving, they re ceived cash awards ranging from $10 to $25. J. L. Edwards, plant manager, announced that the company's 1946 figures showed a reduction of al most 50 per cent in vehicle acci dents over 1945, and that there was company record to an intensified program of safety and the whole hearted cooperation of the com pany employees. It was pointed out that, while the accident figures declined here a recent National Safety Council report showed that there has been a national increase in motor ve hicle fatalities of 19 per cent and no change in the rate of occupa tional fatalities. Highway Record For 1347 In Haywood (To Date) Killed-- 0 Injured - 11 (This Information Conwilrd From Records of Stale High way Patrol) USED CARS Lyda Motor Co. es, All Brands of Farm Water Systems at The All-Day Display Wednesday in The Local Armory