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TWELVE PAGES Associated Press News
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1947
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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Town
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Shape
lonfers With
Last Week In
Plans For
dget
Waynesville is in the
onditlon it has been
it 30 years. Mayor
Winced Friday that
; rate would remain
lit during the past
. per $100 valua-
U tor payments on
Uiess the tax rate
Mayor Way stated.
k that the property
estimated to bring
i coming year, and
M the town's debt
82,582.50. Routine
expenses could be
pluses on water and
wnsf erred to the
Ind from income oth-
such as privilege li
fe of cemetery lots.
budget was worked
p officials and Perry
Asheville auditing
(a Henderson, in a
ifertncea Thursday,
f feudist, will be
ejected to be re-
M for final adop-
property valuation
to totaled, but is es-
from $100,000 to
the $2,400,000 of
W Indebtedness has
pun a peak of $700,-
of today. This
1 series of bonds for
light and sewer im.
h oldest of which
Payments riur
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dependence is hp.
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EIGHT of the nine officers and directors of the Haywood County Farmers Cooperative, Inc., are
pictured above. VThey are, from left o right, Sam Ferguson, treasurer: J. L. Westmoreland,, prejsi--dent-
Hugh L. RatcUff, vice presided; George E. Stamey, secretary; R. H. Cogburn, J. Filogers audi
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Haywood County Farmers
Co-operative To Open Saturday
Fines Creek
Memorial To
Be Unveiled
On Sunday
War Dead Of Com
munity Are Honored
By Stone Memorial At
School Grounds
A memorial to . the war dead of
Fines Creek will be unveiled dur
ing a special ceremony Sunday
afternoon, at 3 o'clock, at the Fines
Creek school grounds, conducted
by the Veterans of Foreign Wars
chapter.
Hev. Paul Townsend, VFW post
chaplain, will be the principal
speaker.
The stone memorial features a
helmet and draped flag in bas re
lief, the names of the eight men
who made the supreme sacrifice,
(Continued on Page Two)
Paratroopers
From Famed
In the thick of action from the
Sicilian campaign through Central
Europe and tHe occupation of Ber
lin, America's crack 82nd Airborne
Division will be represented in the
Friday morning parade here. ,
Headfluarters company of the
503th Parachute Infantry regi
ment's second battalion, 100 men
and three officers strong, are sched
uled to leave their present station..
Fort Bragg, early Thursday morn
ing and arrive Here before dark, in
motdr convpy. They will spend
two nights at the local Armory and
return to Bragg Saturday.
. First U. Charles White of El
Paso, Tex., one of the company 'of
ficers, was here Friday to make ar
rangements for the Regular Army?
Tax Rate Will Remain At
C. Wants
Directors of Farmers Cooperative
Co-op Manager
H. M. DULIN is manager of the
Haywood County Farmers Cooper
ative, Inc., store which will hold its
formal opening Saturday. Mr. Du
lin has been chief clerk in the
Haywood AAA office for the past
four years.
To Parade
82nd Div.
troop s part in the July Fourth cel
ebration. Although many of the men in
headquarters company are recent
enlistments (Lieutenant White es
timates their average age at 19 .
several of the non-commissioned
officers served through six cam
paigns on the road to victory in
Europe with the regiment.
It was the first U. S. unit to make
a combat jump, flying from-Tu-nisia
to land in Sicily. July 9, 193.
Next mission was the Salerno
beachhead in Italy, after which the
regiment fought north and on Oc
tober 1. spearheaded the divisions
attack on Naples. ,
From Italy the division joined
the troops massing In the British
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To Start
H. M. Dulin, Former
AAA Man, Named
Manager of New Farm
Retail Unit
The Haywood County Farmers
Cooperative, Inc., will hold the for
mal opening Saturday, July 5 of its
large retail store on Depot street
here, with a cordial invitation ex
tended to the general public to at
tend. A program featuring music,
speakers and giving free prizes will
be conducted from 10:30 to 3:30
p. m. from the assembly room and
carried bv loudspeaker throughout
the large store, formerly the Bram
lett livery stable building, which
has been extensively remodeled
and finished inside in knotty pine.
Representatives of a number of
the suppliers will be present for
the opening, and are preparing
special displays of their products.
The nine officers and directors
of the recently-organized cooper
ative, representing as many town
ships in Haywood county, announce
the appointment of H. M. Dulin,
formerly chief clerk with the coun
ty agricultural adjustment adminis
tration for the past four years, as
manager of the store.
J. L. Westmoreland of Beaver
dam, cooperative president, will
(Continued on Page Two)
Ill Attend Lions Club
Installation Program
Claud Rogers, president, and oth
er officers of the Waynesville Lions
club were installed at a ladies'
night dinner meeting Thursday in
the Cherokee Inn, Lake Junaluska,
attended by 111 club members and
their guests.
W. J. Stone of Canton, Lions
zone chairman, conducted the in
stallation ceremony and presented
a master key to Lawrence Leather
wood for his work In raising the
club membership.
Rev. Malcolm Williamson, one of
the'guest speakers, gave an enter-:
taining review of his trip to the
recent Rotary International con-'
vention at San Francisco. He urged j
as many Lions as could to attend
CoHeg
Registration
01 Students
July 7 to 11
Supt. Messer States
That Minimum of 30
Freshmen Needed
For Center
The University of North Caro
lina has offered to establish a col
lege center in Waynesville, offer
ing regular nrst-year college work
beginning in September, provided
a minimum of 30 students will em
roll. Jack Messer, county superin
tendent of education, in making the
above announcement stated that all
persons interested in taking the
freshman college training here are
asked to register Monday through
Friday of next week (June 7-11 1
from 9 a. m. to S p. ni., at his of
fice in the courthouse.
Credit would be given by the
state university for all courses
completed.
Classes, If organized, would be
held after regular school hours at
Waynesville Township high school.
The center would open during the
first half of Seotember and con-4
3m te..,; ...si ,
Last summer an attempt was
made to organize a college center
here, but the initial registration
failed to get the required response.
Shortly afterwards Western Caro
lina Teachers college offered to
conduct a center of the same type,
but through lackuf time to work
out all difficulties that arose the
plans had to be abandoned.
The off-campus centers, state;
Mr. Messer, are not designed to
replace or compete with established
colleges. They will be set up to
offer the opportunity for the start
of a college education to student
who are unable to find a college of
their choice in which to enroll, and
to induce young people who other
wise would not go to college at
all.
Three Workers
Join Citadel
Salvation Army
Three workers have recently
joined the group in the Salvation
Army, Mountain Division, at the
headquarters who have joined Maj
Cecil Brown to serve this area,
according to an announcement this
week.
They are Lieut. Florence Wall of
Cumberland, Md., and Lieut. Zeta
Fleming and Lieut. Mildred Kirley,
the latter two of Waynesville.
All three graduated on June 2
from the Salvation Army training
college at Atlanta. They will re
side at the Haywood house next
door to the citadel, headquarters
at Maple Springs.
TO HAVE OPERATION
James Maun flew to Miami yes
terday to be at the bedside of his
wife who is scheduled to undergo
an operation today.
the Lions International convention
later this month, saying that the
places to be seen and experiences
are well worth the time and ex
pense. Following his talk, an inspira
tional address was given by Rev.
L. E;. Mabry, Methodist pastor at
Canton, expanding the theme that
the "power" of Llonism helps to
achieve the goals of Americanism.
At the close of the program, a
past president's pin was presented
Joe Davis by the newly installed
president, who commended the
outgoing officers for their accom
plishments. '
. Those installed were Mr. Rogers,
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e Center Mere
To Speak Here July 4th
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CHARLES M. JOHNSON, state
treasurer and a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for gover
nor, is expected to make an im
portant address in North Carolina
political circles as he makes the
keynote speech here Friday as one
of the features of the July Fourth
celebration.
Unit
In Haywood
Is Cut To
Sub-Office
State Drops 40 Per
Cent of Personnel;
McDarris Goes To
Jackson County
Haywood county's farm home ad
ministration office today became a
sub-office of the Buncombe FHA
to be visited each Monday in the
future.
Ten offices in North Carolina
vere eliminated ana vi per cent
of the county supervisors were dis
charged in an economy move
caused by the cut in Department of
Agriculture budget appropriation
when voted on in the lower house
of Congress. All farm home super
visors were released and the farm
purchase loan which has been a
primary function of FHA has been
eliminated.
Although the Senate may restore
some of the funds asked for by the
department, present plans are to
conduct only small scale loans to
low-income farmers for fertilizer,
livestock and seed.
J. C. McDarris, who has been
FHA supervisor here, has trans
ferred to Sylva to a similar posi
(Continued on Page Twoi
Safely Act Bears Bown
On Traffic Lav Violators
Suffer penalties for traffic law
violators go into effect today under
the Highway Safety Act passed by
the North Carolina legislature with
hihger fines set and drivers' li
censes revoked for longer periods
than were previously allowed.
In addition the new law provides
a 55-mile-per-hour speed limit on
state highways, regular inspection
of motor vehicles and the renewal
every four years of drivers' li
censes. As explained by Chief of Police
Orville Noland, reckless driving
now calls for a fine of $50, and
driving while drunk requires a fine
of $100 and suspension of license
for a year on the first offense. A
second offender for driving drunk
will be fined $200, and license re
voked' for three years; while a third
offender will have his license taken
away permanently, unless good be
$1.40
COL. VAN H. BOND will tall at
tention to America's needs for mil
itary preparedness in an Independ
ence Day talk here Friday morning.
A 1931 West Point graduate, he
helped activate the Ninth Division
in 1940, served with the unit for
four years in Africa, Sicily, France,
Belgium and Germany. His cur
rent assignment is assistant to the
Third Army executive for civilian
components of the Army, including
the National Juard. Organized Rt-
aerves and K. U T. c. tn the South
eastern states:.
Parking
Will Arrive Soon
Waynesville's parking meters
have been unexpectedly delayed,
but Mr. Street of the M. H.
Rhodes company, Inc., told The
Mountaineer this week that the
meters should be here "by July
15."
Parts for the meters arrived a
couple of weeks back, but not
the main meter, as was reported
recently in The Mountaineer
from information received at the
town ball. Their delivery had
been scheduled at that time.
Judge Alley Will
Preside At Court
During July Term
Judge Felix F Alley of Waynes
ville will preside at the Haywood
county criminal term of Superior
Court, which convenes on Monday,
July 7 here, having swapped dis
tricts "it h Judge Allen Gwyn of
Reidsville, it was learned last
week.
No major criminal cases are
scheduled to be tried, although sev
eral divorces 3nd wen civil actions
are expected tu be heard during
the July term.
IN NEW YORK
J. C. Jennings, manager of the
Belk-Hudson company, left Satur
day to bnv merchandise for the
firm.
havior is established after five
years.
An offender found emit v twice in
one year of speeding in excess of
55 and not more than 73 miles per
hour shall have his license revoked
for not less than 00 days nor more
than six months. Anyone convicted
of operating a motor vehicle at a
speed in excess of 75 miles per
hour, the license is suspended for
at least six months and up to a
year.
Auto Inspections
There is to be a regular inspec
tion of motor vehicles made by in
spection stations operated by the
department of motor vehicles. Un
less these stations issue to each
owner a certificate of approval the
inspected car may be taken from
the highways until such times that
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Meters
Johnson And
Col. Bond
Will Speak
After Parade
Religious Service
Began WeekLong
Celebration on Sunday
Evening -
A street parade will start from
the Presbyterian church here at 10
o'clock Friday morning, and lead
through Hazelwood to the high
school grounds to Inaugurate the
annual Fourth of July celebration 1
for Haywood comity, sponsored by
the Hazelwood Boosters club.
From a reviewing stand in front
of the football stadium Co!. Van
H. Bond of the Third Army head
quarters will review the parading
paratroopers. National Guardsmen,
Boy and Girl Scouts and the WTHS
band, and after the parade is hatted
make a short address. He will be
Introduced by Wayne Corpening,
president of the Haywood Reserve
Officers Association chapter.
Anomer military feature of the
day will be the appearance at 12:30
of a flight of planes from the 14th
Air Force, to soar here from the
Marietta (Ga. ) Air Base.
All Gold Star parents are invited
to the ..program as honored guests,
With a SDPClal Kprtinn nf tho car1
marked off In which they will Sit.
Charles M. Johnson, treasurer. -foe ? t
the state of North" Caoltp"d an
announced candidate: for ;tie 1946 ,
Democratic nomination. is gover- ,
nor, will be tna rJnclpaUfldependv,' i
Paul Davis will serve as master
of ceremonies from the speakers
stand, Rep. Glenn A. Palmer, the
mayors of Haywood's four incor
porated communities, Clyde Fish
er of Hazelwood, Bill Harris of
Clyde, J. H. Way of Waynesville.
and Paul Murray of Canton; and
George A. Brown, Jr., chairman of
the board of commissioners will be
seated on the platform.
During the afternoon a seres 1
foot racs and contests wH b$ held,
followed by a baseball game be
tween Hazelwood and Champion Y.
On Thursday evening choirs from
Haywood county churches will en
ter an old-fashioned singing ros
iest under the direction of To:m
Queen. Mr. Queen invites each
church in the county to enter the-r
choir and announces that rehears
als will be held in the Church of
God at Hazelwood
Six rides have been, installed cn
the school playground bv the Wil
liams Amusement company and will
be in operation through Saturday
night.
The week-long Independence Day
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Health Offices
To Be Closed
4th and 5th
The Haywood County Health De
partment offices in Waynesville and
Canton will be closed on both Fri
day July 4 and Saturday Julv f.
according to an announcement yes
terday by Dr. Mary Michal. district
health officer.
The two-day holiday is in li:io
with the state health and other dis
trict health offices, it was Pointed
out by Dr. Michal.
The Friday and Saturday clinics
will be conducted at both renters
on Thursday, July 3. so there will
be no interruption of the services
of the department, it was an
nounced. 1
Highway
Record For 1947
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed - 4
Inj'ured - 25
(This InfortWloo Compiled
From Records of State High
way Patrol)