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FURNITURE FOR THE ENTIRE HOME AT BROWNING FURNITURE Bryson City Times _The Only Newspaper Published ip Swain County_ - / ■ . .. . i A M cut of tVNf ■JjSf IS OUf QUOTA W for VKTOtY wMi _V U.S.WAK BONOS VOL. LV NO. 21 BRYSON CITY, N. C., THOBSPAY, JULY 1«, 1942 $1.50 A YEAR LARGE ATTENDANCE AT FEDERATION PICNIC HELD HERE JULY 10 ' % Helping To Win The War Was Keynote Sounded In Program Helping to win the war was the keynote of the Farmers Federation annual Swain county picnic held here last Friday. Over 600 people turned out from the county and bought or pledged $609.00 worth of stamps and bonds at the Federation booth during a day of fun and friendship. Bonds were handed to patriotic citizens at the auditorium platform; and a race to spend their prize money bn war stamps was held between winners of the children’s relay rales. “On December 10,” explained J. K. McClure, president, “The Farmers Federation decided to do everything it could to help prosecute this war.” Because poultry is our fastest grow ing meat, the Federation has distribut ed 35,000 quality baby chicks from its hatchery since January, and it has been the Government’s agent in egg buying and tobacco parity programs. More supply flocks in Swain coun ty are urged, and Mr. McClure point ed out that every dollar of trade with the Federation strengthens an or ganization which finds new markets for farmers and upholds farm prices. There was plenty of time for fun, too, at the picnic. Guitars and ban jos made the air lively. 'Harry Tal lent, the Happy-Go-Lucky Boys, Jack Jones, Jr., and Nevil Cochran, who played on the radio, WAIR, Frank Reed of Fairview, and the mills boys -trio, Helen and 'Allene Cunning ham and Edith Drake sang. D. F. Millwood, ventriloquist brought his talking doll all the way from Ruth erford county, and the Federation string band, Johnny Rhymer, .Gaither Robinson and Gay Sluder played. An important guest was Ray C. Dent, of toe Colonial Mica Company, who explained the importance of clear mica, found in this region used in toe manufacture of airplanes. He requested samples of mica from Swain county farmers. S. W. Black, president of Bryson City Bank, and chairman of toe county war bond committee, urged everyone to contribute. H. C. Enloe, chairman of toe Federation commit tee, John Breedlove, committee mem ber, Friank Byrd, manager of the Bry son City warehouse, A. C. Reynolds, teaching toe Federation Training school, BUI Brawley, manager of the Federation Seed department, and Dumont Clarke, director of the reli gious department also spoke. Plenty of watermelons and “war lemonade” were served at lunch hour. Tom Jumper’s team of Cherokee Indians won toe tug-of-war cham pionship from three strong Swain county teams. James Jumper, end man, weighed 230 pounds. Mrs. Tommy Downs had the larg est family with ten children. Wiley Waldron brought the biggest truckload, 20. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Carson and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jump er wefe the longest and shortest mar ried couples respectively; Mrs. Eva Frady won the prize for boys in ser vice with 2; Mr, John Breedlove won the baldest head; and Mildred Frady won the bond contest. Winners in the children s relay races were Carl Bowers, Thomas Cochran, Christine Hyde, Barbara Parton, Evelyn Elliott, Hugh Seay, Jimmy Lewis, Roy Muse, Stanley Sitton, Wilfred Johnson, Earl Smith, Bert Williams, Helen Parrish, Thel ma Sawyer, Garnell Bowers, Dorothy Sitton, June Frisbie, Virginia Hyde, Leroy Stevenson, Edd" Brogden, O’Neal Muse, Dallas Messer, Anna Cable, Juanita DeHart, Ruth Ledford, Maxine Tallent, Bob Ensley, Hen ning Rochester, Desner Byrd, Alva Frisbe. Dr. E. W. Fisher Reports For Army Duty in Penn. Dr. Ernest W. Fisher has been com missioned as 1st lieutenant in the U. S. Army Medical corps, and reported for duty on July 1 at Carlisle Bar "ts is a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Fisher, of BushneU. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and received his M.D. degree from the Medical College of South Carolina at Charleston. He completed his internship at [Watts hospital in Durham. Personnel Of Morphy TVA Office Transferred To Bryson City The TVA Land Acquisition Office formerly operated in Murphy was transferred to Bryson City July 1st and . the personnel from the Murphy office is now located in the Land Ac quisition office here in the DeHart building on Main street TVA offi cials said that some land matters of acquisition in the Murphy area are yet to be completed but that the work would be handled from the Bryson City office. The principal work done in the Bryson City office in prepara tion for acquiring the. land of the Fontana reservoir. A number of tracks on Hazel Creek will be bought at once, official stated. It will be after the first of 1943 before much other land is bought, they said. CLYDE WILSON DIES IN AIRPLANE CRASH Bryson City relatives of Clyde Hen derson Wilson, 21, son of Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Wilson of Hayesville have been notified that he was killed in stantly in the crash o<f a training plane at Shaw Field near Sumter, S. C., at 9:30. Wednesday morning. Surviving are his parents; two brothers, Governor, of Bryson City; Jack, of the U. S. navy, stationed at Seattle, Wash; and six sisters, Mrs. Harry Marlowe, Mrs. Ethel Sherrill, of Bryson; Mrs. W. E. Ayers, of Dil lard, Ga.; Mrs. E. C. Franklin, of Fontana; Mrs. Neal Cabe and Miss Katherine Wilson, of Hayesville. Clyde is well known in Bryson City, having lived here before his family moved to Hayesville. He enlisted in June, 1941, and in January became an aviation cadet. Funeral arrangement have not been announced. BAKER TO BE SPEAKER FOR FIRST BAPTIST AU6UST REVIVAL ' i ' Rev. W. H. Covert, pastor of the First Baptist church, has announced that the Rev. E. F. Baker, pastor of the Andrews First Baptist church, will be the speaker during a two weeks’ revival to be held in the Bry son City church, beginning Sunday, August 9th. STATE COLLEGE HINTS FOR FARM HOMEMAKERS BY RUTH CURRENT State Home Demonstration Agent N. C State College Every garment in active service is a good slogan for the patriotic home maker. Keeping this slogan in mind, why not divide the family clothing into the following groups: (1) Those garments ready for use; (2) those garments needing repairs; (3) those garments that can be remodeled; and (4) those which can be used for oth er purposes. Not even hopeless garments should be discarded. -o When buying materials be sure what the fabrics are made of and whether they will fade, shrink or lose their finish when cleaned or washed. Appropriate, comfortable, durable clothes are necessary to every family’s efficiency and morale. In view of the shortage of new pres sure cookers and the absolute neces sity of canning all food possible, pres sure cookers—both old and new— should be looked upon as a trust from the Nation. Patriotic plans should be made, therefore, so that each pres sure cooker available will serve sev eral families. Not only will you be patriotic to lend your pressure cook er but help your neighbor or friend use it if she does not know how. -o-* Buy sparingly and carefully only goods necessary now for the health and welfare of your family. Carry packages. Shop for your neighbor and let her shop for you. Lend-Lease . y. • More than 5,178,000,000 pounds of American farm products had been delivered to representatives of the United Nations for Lend-Lease ship ment up to June 1. OXFORD ORPHANAGE CUSS WILL GIVE CONCERT TONIGHT The singing class of the Oxford Or phanage will present a concert in the school auditorium here tonight at 8:00 o’clock. The class is sponsored by Oconee Lodge No. 427 A. F. & A. M. |. History of the Masonic Orphanage dates back to 1872 when the training school and home was opened with an enrollment of 135. Since that time more than six thousand children have been benefited by the’ orphanage and are now in all parts of the world as useful citizens. For at least 50 years the singing class of the'Oxford Orphanage have made annual tours of the state, each year bringing a new class with a new program. The little visitors always present an enjoyable program. Everyone should hear it. Preliminary Surveys For Railroad Still In Progress By TVA • . •' s TVA engineers are still busy run ning preliminary surveys for reloca tion of the Southern railway track from .'Bryson City to Wesser Creek. Several routes are being considered which will take this line of road out of the Fontana basin. DRAFT BOARD GETS NEW POLICY FOR , SELECTING MEN Four Categories Separate Men For Selection For Duty State Headquraters of Selective Service has announced that all North Carolina local boards have been ad vised of the adoption by Congress of a policy which provides that regis trants be separated into categories and that all registrants in each cate gory be selected for induction before any registrant in the succeeding’cate gory is selected. • The four broad cate gories are as follows: CATEGORY ONE—Single men with no dependents. CATEGORY TWO—Single men with dependents. CATEGORY THREE—Married men who do not have children but who maintain a bona fide relationship in their homes with their wives, provid ed marriage took place prior to De cember 8, 1941, and at a time when seleotion was not imminent. CATEGORY FOUR — Registrants who with their wives and children, or with their children alone, maintain a bona fide family relationship in their homes, provided marriage took place prior to December 8, 1941, and at a time when selection was not im minent. Local boards in North Carolina have all been advised that they should fill their July and subsequent calls in ac cordance with this policy, if possible. But the boards have also been ad vised that the national interest re quires that all calls to meet the man power requirements of the armed forces must be filled on schedule. If any local board does not have a suf ficient number of single I-A men available to fill its call, it has been authorized to depart from the general rule of priority and use married men who ordinarily might be expected to be in category 3, if such departure is necessary to meet said call. Selectees are requested to carry with them to induction station one towel, razor, tooth brush, comb and soap. Red Cross Asks For . Sweaters For Men The Red Cross is asking the Swain county chapter for thirty-two men’s sweatres. These are to be shipped to the American Red Cross Warehouse in Middletown New Jersey as soon as possible. Will those women who are knitting sweaters please finish them as soon as possible and bring them to Mrs. Caney Myers? Stronger The United States is much stronger in the present emergency because of the large use made of farm machin ery, say experts of the U. S. Depart ment of Agrciulture. GCC BRINGS TO CLOSE 91-4 YEARS OF SERVICE IN CONSERVATION When the Civilian Conservation Corps closed its books on June 30, it had completed 9 1-4 years of service in conserving the natural and human resources, of America. During that period CCC camps under the jurisdic tion of the U. S. Forest Service and the State Forester advanced the cause of forest conservation in North Caro lina by at least a generation, both on the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests and on State and privately owned lands. A total of 4,900,000 man-days of work was done, of which about 60 per cent was on the national forests. Perhaps the greatest benefit ren dered by the CCC in North Carolina was to the boys, largely recruited within the state, who lived and work ed in the camps. They learned use ful trades and habits of industry and self-reliance and developed strong and healthy bodies. Army officers find ex-CCC boys who enter the armed forces to be in much better than average physical trim and, as a result of CCC training in first aid and in such specialized skills as truck and 'tractor driving and telephone maintenance, able in a short time to handle the machinized equipment of modem warfare. QN THE TAR HEEL FRONT IN WASHINGTON * _ BY ROBERT A. ERWIN AND FRANCE8 McKUSICK C. C. McGinnis, of Raleigh, State WPA Administrator, made a brief re port on the current WPA program in North Carolina when he stopped off at the United States Capitol on his way to Chicago for a meeting of State WPA executives from all over the country. “We have a lot of defense projects under way in the construction field,” he said, “while in the non-construc tion field we are staffing civilian de fense offices, sponsoring recreation programs for camps, maneuver and war industry areas, and conducting the child welfare program in the schools. An extensive gardening and canning program is now under way, the canned foods to be used for next 'Winter’s school lunches. The Administrator said a survey showed that during the past seven years WPA had constructed or aided in constructing of 22 airports in 21 North Carolina cities, including two at Elizabeth City, one of which is used by the Coast Guard. “The significant thing is the num (Continued to page 4) American Women Urged To Save All Fats “Out of the frying pan into the fir ing line.” That’s the motto for all patriotic American women to em blazen—at least mataphorically—on the walls of their kitchens for the duration. For our country is calling for the salvage of some 500 million pounds of fats and greases ordinarily thrown out from frying pans, roasting pans, and broilers into the garbage pail, and it intends to send those fats straight to the fighting fronts. Fats yield, glycerine and it is this that the war production boards needs in making explosives. Local meat dealers have been en listed to buy the fats and send to the proper place. Mr. Northington In Mission Hospital Mr. J. R. Northington, agent at the Bryson City office of the Southern for past few years, is reported not to be doing so well following an opera tion recently. Mr. Northington has been in the hospital for the past six weeks. Dr. Bacon Leaves Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Bacon left Wed nesday for Souhtem Pines where they will visit Mrs. Bacon’s father, Dr. E. T. Green before Dr. Bacon leaves to re port for Army duty on Friday. Mrs. Bacon will return to Bryson City ac companied by her father. ■ * ' 500 Men Working On Fontana Reservoir Clearance Project Officials of the Reservoir Clearance Division of TV A on the Fontana Pro ject stated Wednesday that 500 men working in six crews are now making good progress in the clearance work. All clearance work is now being done on the left hand side of the Little Tennessee river from Almond toward Fontana. Officials stated that this side would be completed during the summer months while conditions are more favorable, and that during the winter months conditions would be better on the right hand side than on the left. Some clearing, however, has been completed on the right side. All clearing and burning has been done on both sides of the Little Tennessee and the Nantahala above Almond. It will require a year or more to'com plete the clearing, it was said. Coming to Bryson City ■ Ray Whitley RAY WHITLEY, the famous sing ing cowboy of Use movies will be in Bryson City in person, Monday July 27. He will appear at the Fryemont Theatre with his Six Bar Cowboys— direct from Hollywood—and will give four performances, afternoon and night. Whitley, incidentally, stopped in Bryson City yesterday for a brief visit with his friend, William Pres tcn, manager of the Fryemont. Lions Club Sponsors Charity Case At Sanator ium In Black Mountain The Bryson City Lions Club held its regular meeting at Lloyd’s Motor Court last Thursday evening. Gwtn D. Franks presided. The attention of the club was called to a worthy charity case in sanatorium of Black Mountain that was about to be turned out for lack of funds. The club voted unanimously to pay the bill for the next two months which will be the approximate length of stay of the patient. The club has taken part in financing other patients from Swain county at Black Mountain Sanator ium. Social Security Official To Be Here Tues., at 4 P. M. A representative of the Asheville field office of the Social Security Board will be at the jury room of the courthouse here Tuesday, July 21, at 4 P. M. EWT. Wage earners who have worked in a job covered by the Social Security Act since December 31, 1936, and have attained age 65, may be eligible to file claim for themselves, their wives, or minor children whether they have an account number or not. Surviving relatives of deceased workers, such as widows, children, or parents, or if none of the above, per sons who paid funeral expenses, may be eligible to file claim. Persons who have need of social security account numbers or other in formation pertaining to the act are invited to meet this representative at the time and place mentioned. Joe Clouse With Bombing Squadron Joe Clouse, son of Mrs. Jennie Clouse, is stationed at Blythe, Cali fornia, with the bombing -squadron H. Q. S., S. . D. 46 B. G. Joe has been with the squadron since last Septem ber as mechanic on the bombing planes'. He writes hsi mother that he likes his work fine. WAYNESVH1E HAS DISASTROUS GAS TANK EXPLOSION Four Killed, Five Seriously Injured In Early Morning Blast A gasoline storage tank at the Standard Oil Company’s bulk station in Waynesville blew up early Tues day morning, killing four persons and injuring five others seriously. The terrific blast hurled the 18,000 gallon steel tank a distance of 300 feet, spewed burning gasoline high into the air, and knocked windows out of houses within a radius of 1,500 feet of the plant The family of Andy Caldwell, 57, including his wife, 40 and son, 14, and daughter, 9, were killed when their home was destroyed. The charred bodies of the mother and two children were found in the ashes of the home, Mr. Caldwell died in a hospital four hours after the blast Those injured were: W. L. Hardin, Jr., manager of the plant; Lawrence L Kerley, Waynesville fire chief. Thomas Dewitt and Fred Walkup, both of Spartanburg and both drivers for the Petroleum Transportation company of Gastonia, and W. C. Fin cher, ah employee of the town of Waynesville. Shortly before the huge tank blew up, Mr. Hardin telephoned the Stand ard Oil company officials in Asheville that it had sprung a leak and that there was danger of an explosion. Nearby families had been warned of the impending danger. The blast and fire that followed de stroyed the tank that exploded and four others containing gasoline, fuel oil, and kerosene oil; three dwelling houses; one 4,000-gallon tank truck; three trucks owned by the company; the pumping statiop house and ware house at the plant; a large pile of scrap rubber, complete stock of grease and oil and a few new tires. SCHEDULE FOR JULY H. D. CLUB MEETINGS Mrs. Geraldine Hyatt, Home Dem onstration Agent, will be out of the :ounty July 17. The curb market will be open each Saturday from 9 A. M. to 12 noon in the log building on Main street near Catholic church. Monday, July 20, at Bryson Branch with Mrs. Alice Perryman. Tuesday, July 21, at Judson, with Mrs. Mary Mashbum. Wednesday, July 22, Ela with Mrs. R. H. Hyatt. Thursday, July 23, Whittier, at the log hut. Frdiay, July 24, Arlington, picnic meeting at 6 P. M. Monday, July 27, Cold Springs, at the church. Tuesday, July 28, Grassy Branch, Mrs. Elizabeth Orr. Wednesday, July 29, at Needmore, with Mrs. John Breedlove. Thursday, July 30, at Almond, with Mrs. Edd Bates. Canning and drying fruits and veg etables will be the demonstration for this month, and canning problems will be discussed at these meetings. Jackson County S^eks Test Farm; Committee To Inspect Site ] When the United States Govern ment purchased a large part of th? State Test farm at Swannanoa for &« purpose of building a large army hos pital that meant that a new site for the farm would have to be selected. Several counties, including Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, and Jackspo immediately began to present their favored sites. Jackson county & splendid location at Cullowhee and the Jackson county people, aided by citizens of Swain county' are pressing their claim vigorously. A commit tee from Raleigh headed by W. Kerr Scott, Commissioner of Agriculture, will come to Cullowhee next Tuesday to inspect the proposed location. Following the inspection the Jack son County Chamber of Commerce will hold a banquet in Sylva for the visitors. Indications in June were that total supplies of the four principal feed grains hi 1942-43 may be about 4 percent below the nearl-record 1941-42 supply.
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