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VOL. LV NO. 15
BRYSON CITY, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1942
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HYATT !S W!NNER )N
COUNTY PRiMARY RACE
FOR SHERiFF
Seay, Truttt, Estes, Shook,
ThomSts And Kirkland
Nominated
Most of the races in Saturday's
Democratic primary contests in Swain
county were pretty close, with about
a two-thirds vote of the county being
cast when 1840 of a possible 2800
votes in the county being cast in the
sheriff's race which was the highest
number cast. Frank Hyatt received
' 1059 against 781 for Comer Martin,
Hyatt's majority being 278.
In the other county races Henry
Truett won over Harold H. Sandlin
by a slight majority of 87 votes. In
the four cornered Register's race E.
J. Seay was high man with 580 votes
or a majority of 112 over the next
highest of 468 for Locke Woodard
Franklin D. Kirkland received 404
and Porter Styles 341 in this race.
R. D. Estes was winner in the three
cornered race for chairman of the
board of commissioners with a ma
jority of 278 over V. L. Cope who
polled 498 votes and Robert L., Hyatt's
438 votes. v
D. P. Shoo^ and Stokes Thomas
were unopposed for board members.
Shook received 9891 votes and Thomas
1103.
H & Welch for coroner was un
opposed and received 79? votes.
Woodard for township cpnstable by
350 votes.
In the State and District races Ed
win B. Whitaker received 1459 votes
against A. L. Pen land's 157 for the
State Senate from the 33rd Senatorial
District. Whitaker's majority in the
district was over ,1000 votes.
Baxter Jones carried Swain for
solicitor against John M. Queen of
Haywood. Jone6 received 1059 votes
to Queen's 701, or a majority for
Johes oi 3&9^ QT?eea won in^h* dis
trict with majorities in almost every
county.
Josiah W. Bailey, incumbent United
States Senator, Reived a big vote in
the county totaling 1003 to Richard
T. Fountain's 257. Bailey's majority
was 1340. Bailey won over the state
by a big majority.
LOCALS istbU.
Mrs. H. B. Lewis and Mrs. Reagan
Carson and daughter, Evelyn Carson
spent the past week-end in Atlanta
with Mrs. Lewis' sister, ^Mrs. Melvin
Cartledge.
Mr. H. B. Lewis, who has been
working on the Marine Air base at
Newport, N. C., spent the week-end
here with his family before going to
Durham on another defense project.
Ratmn'tg Board Office *
Moved; Mrs. Hyams Is
Fuil Time Cierk
The office of the Swain County
Rationing board has been moved from
Keetefs garage to the city hall build
ing, occupying the room back of the
city office. J. C. Keeter has resigned
as clerk to the board and Mrs. W. T.
Hyams has accepted the position,
which is now a paid job. Up until
June 1 the clerk acted without com
pensation, but with the increased
lim* demanded of the clerk the gov
ernment has had to make it a full
time job with pay.
Mr. Keeter and also Mr. Lathan,
who have worked so faithfully, giv
ing their time and the use of their
offices are due much credit and many
thanks by both the public and the
government. This is also true of those
helping with the sugar and gas ra
tioning.
Mr. Keeter and Mr. Lathan will
not he connected with the rationing
office and they wish the public to
know this and that all information
regarding rationing can be secured
from Mrs. Hyams in the new office.
The rationing hoard is composed
of Edwin B. Whitaker, chairman, C.
F. Myers and W. T. Jenkins.
M. C. Close Enters
Veterans Hospital
At Johnson City
Mr. M. C. Close left Saturday for
Johnson City, Tenn., where he en
tered the Veteran's Hospital for treat
ment. Mr. Close has been in ill
health for several months but he con
tinued up and about until going to
the hospital.
His hardware business here is in
charge of his son, Leland, and Messrs.
Nonnan and Bill Clumpitt.
Missing In Action
FRENCH O. CR!SP
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Crisp re
ceived a wire from the War Depart
ment May 21 stating that their son,
French O. Crisp, above, is now miss
ing following the fall of Bataan and
Corregidor.
French joined the colors bn May
28, 1941, and became a member of
Co. B. 803rd Engineers. Be sailed
from Angel Island, Calif., October 4
for the Philippine. The last word
his parents had from him was on Nov.
18, 1941. ;
Mr. and Mrs. Verlin E. DeHart oi
Needmore, this county, have contri
buted their share in manpower to
the defense of their country. They
have three sons in the Marine corp„
stationed at Paris Island, S. C. The
boys are Robert, 20; Troy, 21; and
Luther, 18. The boys volunteered
and were accepted on Dcember 19,,
1941, and have been in training at
Parrig Island since that time. They
jiMMTxmnns
tttX.S.MBtKS
Cbrp, 5th Defense Battalion Field
Marine Fleet.
The boys came home last Saturday
for a few days' visit and rethmed to
their company on WednMday. In
talking with Robert just bmore they
left for camp he said that they ex
pected to leave for some foreign
country within a few weeks. Of
course he did not know just when
they would leave or where they will
go. All three of the boys said that
they are anxious to get into the thick
of things as they are getting tired of
sticking around where nothinhg spe
cial is happening. Robert said, "The
war can't end wtihout a few of us
of us DeHarts in there to help, and the
sooner we get started the better it
suits me."
Nursing Course
To {Start tonight
The Home Horsing class oi the
Swain county chapter oi the Ameri
can Red Cross will begin tonight at
7:30 o'clock in the home economics
department oi Swain high school.
The classes will meet Tuesday and
Thursday nights oi each week ior a
period oi six weeks. Mrs. Elmer
Carlson, registered nurse of Cherokee
will have charge oi the classes.
The city of Bryson is preparing to
retire $300,000 of its bonded indebt
edness on August 1, 1942, according
to an announcement from the city
office this week.
Under its refunding plan the town
has published a notice of call for these
bends in "The Bond Buyer" a finan- j
cial magazine published in New
York. The call notifies holders of
the bonds to be called to present them
to the Chase National Bank in New
York City for payment on August 1.
The Nantahala Power and Light
Company which takes over the city's
municipal power plant July 1 will
make a deposit in the New York bank
of the principal sum of $300,000 and
an addiitonal sum to pay the interest
from July 1, 1942, the date they take
over the plant to August 1, 1942, the
date of the bond call.
With the .retirement of this $300,
000 block of bonds the town of Bry
son City's bonded indebtedness will
remain at only about $100,000.
ir ' " . ..
Bryson Man Enlists
For Naval Aviation
Atlanta, Ga., May 29, Thad James
DeHart, of Bryson City, North Caro
lina, has enlisted for Naval Aviation
training, joining the increasing ranks
of young Americans signing up to
man the nation's powerful Warplanes
of attack.
DeHart, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Lee DeHart, was enlisted Fri
day, May 29, at the Naval Aviation
Cadet Selection Board in Atlanta, for
the Navy's V-5 program of officer
pilot instruction now open to high
high school graduates who are single,
18 to 27, physically fit and mentally
alert. He is a student at the Uni
versity of glorth Carolina.
men who have enlisted for this train
ing, DeHart will soon be ordered to
begin his preliminary instruction at
one of the Navy's new indoctrination
centers at the Universities of Georgia
and North Carolina. Following will
be further instruction at one of the
Naval Reserve Aviation Bases. Suc
cessful cadets will then be transferred
to one of the three great Naval Air
Stations at Pensacola, Fla., Jackson
ville, Fla., and Corpus Christi, Texas,
for advanced training. Completion
of this advanced training qualifies
them for their "Navy Wings of Gold"
and commissions as Ensigns in the
U, S. Naval Reserve or Second Lieu
tenants in the U. S. Marine Corps
Reserve.
Preaching Services At
Presbyterian Church
The Rev. Charles Moore Robinson,
Jr., wUl occupy the pulpit of the Bry
son City Presbyterian church Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock to deliver
his first message as pastor of this
church.
All members are urged to be
present and a cordial invitation is
extended to all who will worship with
the members of this church at this
time. .
"TiyEETSIES" GOING TO
WAR AGAINST AXIS
Almost everyone in Western North
Carolina remembers the narrow
gauge railway which operated be
tween Johnson City, Tenn., and
points in Western North Carolina until
thejaoods of 1940 damaged so much
of dte road bed that it was discon
tinued. The locomotives used on this
line Were known as "Tweetsies", and
now they are off to some foreign
front^to haul supplies to the fighting
force# of the United Nations.- Two of
these! little fellows were loaded on
flat &rs at Johnson City this Week to
begirt their journey to end "some
where." .!
Six million pounds of expletive*
weT# dropped by the BrM&h Ahr
Fory on the German industrial, and
histaf&Eal city of Cologne Saturday
night. Three-fourths of the oHy Of
7M,OgO people was set afire and a
greats area flattened by the tremen
dous weight of explosives dropped by
l,25(jSalanes in the greatest raid in all
aeris^warfare, the British announced.
A!# again on Monday night the
British sent 1,036 planes with a load
of 6J20,000 pounds of bombs over
the industrial city of Essen. Great
fires #ere left burning throughout
the b^hed area.
Th§ planes used were all British
built^it was said. U. S. Army Air
ForQg§g&6^ander Arnold^^jjjMl
conference d London that U. S. flgHt=
er and bomber planes will soon join
the British Air Force in bombing
HU; S. pilots will have their
Germany.
own air fields and ground crews, he
said.
SCItn MSESMPtCLT
))) AflMY MKH
Thomas J. Scott, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. J. Scott of Cherokee, N. C.,
has recently been promoted from cor
poral to the rank of sergeant accord
ing to an announcement by the auth
orities at the Army Air Forces Prov
ing Ground, Eglin Field, Fla.
Sergeant Scott has been in the
Army since July 25, 1941.
The tremenodus increase in Army
personnel has created a great oppor
tunity for men who can prove them
selves capable of holding the ranks
of non-commissioned officers.
60,000 Pianes This Year
Under Secretary of War Patter
son reported the President's goal of
60,000 planes in 1942 will be sur
passed "by a substantial margin," and
tank and ammunition production are
keeping pace with schedule.
Nominated
FRANK HYATT
Frank Hyatt, above, was the sue*
cessiul candidate in the primary race
ior the nomination on the Democratic
ticket for sheriff. Hyatt, who has
served three terms as clerk of court
and before that served as register of
deeds, won over Gomer H. Martin,
who wiH have served six years as
sheriff when his term expires Dec. L
New Pastor And Wife
Arrive To Make Their
The Rev. Charles MobmRoMmmn,
Jr, and Mrs Robinson arrived in
Bryson City yesterday to make their
home here.
Mr. Robinson recently accepted a
call to become pastor of the Presby
terian church and will deliver his
first sermon at the 11 o'clock service
Sunday morning.
Mr. Robinson completed his course
at Columbia seminary, receiving his
B D. degree on May 26. He was
married to Miss Rosalyn Crispin, of
Gulfport, Miss, on May 28.
Mrs. Robinson recently has been
connected with the Research and pMb
ment in Washington. She is a grad
uate of Agnes Scott college.
Mr. Robinson received his A. B.
Degree from the University of North
Carolina where he was given the
Buchan philosophy award. He is a
native of Fayetteville. * ,
Bryson Splits Another
Double Header Sunday
Ernest Welch and his baseball team
went to Hayesville Sunday afternoon
where they played and split another
double header, the third game of the
season and the third time to spl$t
double headers. In the Hayesville
game Marlowe made 2 triples and I
heme rhn in three times at bat with
Bryson taking the first game 4 to 2.
In the second game Hayesville won
3 to 2. Babe Cole for Bryson made
4 hits in 4 times at bat Sumner
turned in a splendid game of pitching
for the locals.
Bryson will play Murphy on the
local field Sunday afternoon, the
game starting at 3 o'clock.
If you find starch spots on the bot
tom of your electric iron, try clean
ing it with a cloth wrung from soap
suds, using very mild scouring pow
der like silver polish.
OFFtOAL OEMOCRATtC VOTE !N SWAMT COUNTY
u. s.
Senator
State
Senator
<C1erk
Court
Comtn!*
tiontrt
Register of
Deeds
Edwin B. Whitaker
Franklin D. Kirkland
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Bryson City No. i.^. 344 59 260 155 357 34 200
Bryson City No. 2. 323 64 330 141 409 39 271
Aiarka ^ 185 35 125 115 M2 12 211
Almond !. 42 2 27 21 41 6 32
Bushnell .......7...- 33 5 23 16 30 . 5 )21
Crisp . M l? 10 21 21 5 9
Eia 167 26 58 1$9 152 23 99
Judson .-.. 41 2 27 19 36 2 29
Needmore ....-. 67 4 57 24 53 12 39
Proctor . 53 7 40 23 43 11 9
Wesser .. 34 4 13 29 34 3 32
White Oak . 45 2 35 ^3 38 5 24
Whittier ..:. 58 30 54 45 73 10 83
Total . 1603 257 1059 761 1459 157 1059
S' ' ' ., 4
217 335 Ml 160 134 152 109
201 257 138 322 282 95 78
35 99 115 120 163 45 16
14 42 19 28 12 4 28
19 33 23 14 11 9 16
26 21 18 12 5 17 4
104 139 116 74 73 57 58
15 31 42 2 19 12 7
41 64 69 11 5 42 M
52 42 14 36 17 10 28
10 33 27 13 25 14
24 36 33 13 3 4 40
24 77 58 31 28 51 16
781 1210 913 826 777 498 433
RW 72 117 107 113
261 275 107 51 IN 262
115 143 25 15 56 88
34 20 9 13 6 40
34 , 5 6 26 3 34
18 1 17 12 23
160 28 106 31 30 146
16 5 6 19 15 28
23 3 32 44 4
39 3 12 41 5 37
31 11 7 24 3?
22 7 6 26 9 35
63 8 34 14, 36 67
1103 580 468 404 341 792
255
196
84
33
26
15
160
19
41
38
36
28
57
988
SWAMMUMTY'SNNTA
WAR SAViNGS B3N3S
FOR JUNE )S 6500
Chairman Black Reports May
Quota More Than Doubled
Mr. S. W. Black, chairman of the
county War Savings Bond campaign,
has announced that Swain county's
quota for June is $6,500.00 and at the
same time he reported a total of $10,
162.50 in bonds sold during May. The
county's quota for May was $4,100.00
The four agencies in the county par
ticipating in the May sale of bonds
wgre the Bryson City Bank, Bryson
City postoffice, Whittier and Chero
kee postoffices. The bank sold
$5,943.75 of the total for May. The
last week in May the bank and the
Bryson postoffice each sold $750.00
in bonds.
47H S)GN PLEDGE
Mr. Black further stated that the
campaign for securing pledges far
War Savnigs Bonds carried on during
May has so far resulted in die signa
tures of 476 pledges amounting to
montly pledges of $3,3*336 or total
annual pledge of $44331.40.
Everyone who has not signed a
pledge card is urged to do so. The ^
cards can be secured from the local
canvassers in the county or at die of
fice of S. W. Black, county chairman,
in Bryson City.
MMUMSMSCMML
nuBD)ittmMi.n.;=
The annual Daily Vacation Bible
school of the First Baptist church will
begin Monday next and continue for
two weeks. The hoys and girls of
the congregation and any others of
the city who are not planning to at
tend such a schpol in their own
3^&aeh are urvited do attend. - ^
urged that all who plan to attend
come the first day if possible. Work
is arranged for ages from the inter
mediates down.
tMUSTRML WORKERS
BE!N6 EXAMtNEO BY
STATE PHYS!C!AMS
The Division of Industrial Hygiene
bus, under the direction of Dr* Jf.
A. Winstead, was in Bryson City the
first part of the week.
Dr. Winstead, assisted by Dr. P.
Spearer, of the Federal Bureau of
Health, Mr E. L. Babbs and Mr. C.
R. Matheson, has been examining
workers of the mines and other in
dustries in the vicinity who are ex
posed to the dust hazard. The dusts
to which the employes of the mica,
tac and copper mines along with
many of the men working at the Fon
tana Dam are exposed make these
physical Examinations at regular in
tervals necessary for prevention of
tuberculosis and silicosis.
About one hundred or one hundred
fifty men were expected to call at
the bus for examination. A com
plete physical check-up, X-ray and
serological tests were given these
men in the duster industries. Even
in these times of war and confusion
the health of men, women and chil
dren is of the greatest importance, ^
Rex Meadows Made
First Class Private ^
Rex G. Meadows, son of Mr. and
Mrs Em Us Meadows of Bryson City,
N C., has recently been promoted
from private first class to the rank of
corporal according to an announce
ment by the authorities at the Army
Air Forces Proving Ground Eglin
Field, Fla.
Corporal Meadows has been in the
Army sihce July 25, 1941.
The tremendous increase in Army
personnel has created a great oppor
tunity for men who can prove them
selves capable of holding the ranks
nt non-commissioned officers.
Roy Aldridge Visits Parents
Roy Adridge of the U. S. Navy has
returned to Norfolk after a ten-day
visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs
Floyd Aldridge at Alarka. Roy has
jeen in the Navy for a little more than
a year.