ROGER MEDFORD
July 40 Rt 2
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY
The
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
TVEAR NO. 40
$1.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
WAYNESVILLE, N. O, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1939
Mountaineer
WAYNESVILLE
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0 Tax For Town Of Waynesville Remains At $1.70
I ' -I - . '. i 1 . . ' I ' :
f) Paid On
jebtedness In
ast Fiscal Year
We For Coming Year
JaiidsTaxKau!"1'"
I Hundred valuation
.on .v rate for the town
Lville remains at .$1.70,
town officials siasneo. me
fond in half, and boosted
bt service fund from oa
c 11.01.
L the past fiscal year, the
its paid jeyzo-zo on '
;. rivar 441.000 of this
(ITU.C v.w T 1
. ivnH and retired notes,
(21,594 was for interest and
sions. .
saints for the Tear, in-
tht of the light and water
Lnta went. to SI 15.730.
disbursements in all funds
1 1138,197.60.
M H,.nartnipnt led all
tads for revenue for the
ith $40,776 paid in. irom
12,986.32 was applied to
Lrvifo nppnrrlinp to the an-
Ltement which is published
re m today s issue oi i ne
kineer. Operating cost oi
ht department was set at
it department collections
121,187.04. The operating
m 17,837.91, with the re-
i 114,029.13 going into the
inrice. :
administration and fire de-
bt of the town ran neck and
&g ': the town slightly
iWO each for the year.
Jpolice department was paid
k while the tax, legal and
peous department cost the
K664.70.
emetery department had the
It cost of the budget, bemg
with $692.47.
treet department spent
p during the year.
Imparison of the 1939 tax
wid that of last year:
1938
...... .85
.22
pice .......... .63
.........$1.70
1939
.44
$1.01
$1.70
trality Plan
proved By 214
fetitioners Here
Petitions bearing slgna
lf "f- prominent citizens
awed North Carolina', two
P nd Congressman Weaver
E week, urging them to
President's neutrality
titions were passed about
f Harry M. Hall last week,
j1 Persons asked to sign,
,w- and most of these on
' that they did not
.Kh about the proiwsed
to inteUigenOy sign the
a, of the opinion yes
"t if simiUr petitions had
ted in the county, that
Per cent of the people
"signed them.
has retained to Nash
77 spending the
J with his relatives.
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3 Page seven today a
mivag out a re-
.c letura ior
i Past vm j .
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ron week. Read
Sjtf the local
-page seven.
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Crabtree-Fines
Creek Road Get
ing Hard Surface
Highway forces are hard
surfacing seven miles of High
way No. 209 from a point near
the Crabtree school towards
Fines Creek.
The work is progressing
rapidly, but no definite time
has been set when travel will
be allowed on the road, was
extent of information available
here yesterday afternoon.
Citizens of that area have
been working on getting their
road improved for many years.
It serves one of the best agri
cultural areas in Haywood
County.
Max Patch Tract
Of 500 Acres, Sold
To Brown & Rose
Work To Start Soon
On Another Parkway
Section In Haywood
More Prizes Added
To List For Three
Day Cooking School
Mountaineer Sponsoring Free
Cooking School Here Oct.
19, 20 and 21
9 Fat Haywood
Calves On Way
To State Fair
Watauga Animals Took First
Places At Asheville Fat
Calf Show Yesterday
660-Foot Tunnel In 2.6-Mile
Letting At Beech Gap And
Devils Court House
Geo. A. Brown, Jr., And Joe
Rose Of Chicago, Buy Ideal
Tract For Development
Announcement has been made of
the recent purchase of Max Patch,
by George A. Brown, Jr., chairman
of the Haywood County Board of
Commissioners, and Joe E. Rose, of
Chicago, the radio artist, known
professionally as Joe Emerson.
The property, formerly a part of
the Boyce Hardwood ' Company
holdings in this section, was pur
chased from the Lynchburg Bank
and Trust Company, of Lynchburg,
Va., by the present owners, the
amount paid not being made public.
The tract consists of 600 acres,
the highest point of which is
around 5,000 feet. It is said that
the top of the mountain, which is
an unsually fiat area, for peaks in
this section, has been located by the
U. S. Government as an emergency
landing airport.
Three hundred and fifty acres of
the tract are cleared and in grass,
with the remainder in cut over
woodland. The property is well
watered and is considered to be
one of the best grazing proposi- 8th place and Boyd Messer 10th.
tions in this part of the state.
The property is strategically
located as regards both North
Carolina and Tennessee, and is
only six miles from the line of the
Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, about 25 miles from Waynes
ville. The highest point of the
Page of Picture of the Calves
on Page Ten
Seventeen head of cattle from
Haywood made a good showing
among the 113 head at the fat calf
show in Asheville yesterday, but
not sufficient to capture first places
from the outstanding Watauga cat
One beef cattle man yesterday,
after the show remarked: "It just
goes to show that Haywood has got
to get busy with better beef cattle
if we are to stay up among the
leaders."
All of the local owned cattle
shown yesterday were bred in Hay
wood, and today nine of the fat
calves are being sent to the State
Fair in Raleigh by truck, and their
owners, all 4-H Club boys, will
leave Friday.
Those making the trip to the fair,
In company with Wayne Corpening,
assistant county agent, are: Jack
Rogers, Boyd Messer, Richard
Bradley, Way Abel, John Abel,
Lloyd Buchanan and Kent Ketner.
In yesterday's show, in the light
weight class, with calves weighing
up to 850 pounds, Jack Rogers won
third place, Way Abel eighth, with
"Model" and David Smart, fifteenth.
In the medium weight division,
John Abel won tenth place, Richard
Bradley eleventh, Lloyd Buchanan
thirteenth, Way Abel fourteenth
and Calvin Francis fifteenth.
The heavy weight division, which
went to 950 pounds, gave John Abel
county
The five steers in the
group took third place,
John Abel won second place in
the get-of-sire group three ani
mals from the same sire.
Way Abel took second place in
the 4-H Club showmanship, which
was open to all counties in the
western division of the state
In the feeder calf division, F. M.
Noland took 10th and 16th places,
and Lawrence Carver took 15th
place.
Mr. Noland was given 3rd place
in the get-of-sire on feeder calves.
Sixty-seven fat calves were ent
ered in the show 12 from Haywood
and 46 feeder calves, with 5 from
this county.
tract is only one-quarter of a mile
from Highway No. 209. The Appa
lachian Trail goes through the
property.
The "Patch" commands a mag
nificent view, and all the park
lands in Haywood County 'may be
seen, as well as distant points in
other sections. For several years
a club house for guests was main
tained, with a swimming pool and
other features of amusement
The property offers many ad
vantages as a tourist development
and it is understood, that the
owners plan at some time in the
future to develop it along these
lines.' . .
For the present, Mr. Brown states
that he has leased front Mr. Rose
his interest in the property, and
that he will use the tract for grat
ing cattle, starting with about 100
head and a flock of sheep.
At one time there were plans
to erect a very high class tourist
hotel on the property. The late J Mrs. Davis died on Tuesday, and
C. Boyce, the owner, was to have funeral service were conducted on
(Continued on page 6) -1 Wednesday at four o'clock.
Mother .Of L.N.
Davis Is Fatally
Injured In Wreck
Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Davis were
called to Joe N. C, on Sunday af
ternoon on account of the serious
condition of the former's mother,
who suffered fatal injuries in an
automobile accident, which oc
curred on Spring : Creek, Madison
County Sunday afternoon.
IN LOOKING OVER THE COUNTY
General Haywood
GETS A FEW THINGS OF COUNTY-WIDE
INTEREST OFF HIS MIND WITH LETTERS
Rey. O. C. Landrum, President,
Haywood Ministerial Association,
Hazelwood, N. C.
Dear Mr. Landrum:
In the absence of any scheduled
program in this community for
Armistice Day, I suggest that your
association take things to hand,
and hold 11 o'clock services at the
court house on that day.
It seems to me that it would be
most fitting to have an eleven
o'clock prayer service, in order
that the citizens of this section
could gather and offer prayer for
continued peace in this nation.
I am afraid that the average
(Continued on page 2)
Confirmation is expected daily
from Washington on the low bid
made by Nello Teer, of Durham, on
the 2.6 miles of the Blue Ridge
Parkwav. from Beech Gap east
ward towards Yellowstone Falls
This will be the second section of
the parkway west of Asheville to
get under construction.
The pioneer road, and retaining
walls on the 6.2-mile section from
Waifon Road Gap westward Was
completed this week and with fa
vorable weather contractors expect
to have the rough grading complet
ed by Christmas.
Included in the contract, ort the
Beech GaD section, is a 660-foot
tunnel. Present plans are to keep
camp open all winter and push
work in the tunnel.
The heavy machinery that will be
used on the Beech Gap section will
be carried up the mountain via
Sunburst, although some concern
has been expressed over the small
bridge on the Sunburst road. It
was pointed out that in all proba
bility, the heavy shovels and heav
ier equipment will have to be car
ried through the beds of the creeks,
rather than over the bridges.
According to L. M. Harris, as
sistant landscape engineer, who
addressed Rotarians here last
week, no plans have been made for
lighting the tunnel, and it is ex
pected there will be sufficient light
reflected from the outside to take
care of the needs.
The letting of the Beech Gap
section; leaves a four-mile strip be
tween the Wagon Road Gap and
Beech Gap units. This will be up
for letting, it is generally believ
ed, as soon as the line is determ
ined. With this 4-mile stretch com
pleted, there will be a 12-mile sec
tion of the parkway completed, and
will make an easy loop from here
going up Highway No. 284 and
back via Sunburst.
Mr. Harris pointed out last
week that the average right-of-way
was 400 feet, running about 50
acres per mile. All the route along
the Haywood and Transylvania
lines is through the Pisgah Na
tional Forest.
"Work on recreational areas
along the parkway are going for
ward rapidly," Mr. Harris said
Picnic grounds, swimming pools
and numerous parking sites are
included in the program along the
600 miles from the Shenandoah
National Park in Virginia to the
Great Smoky Mountains.
The surface of the roadway, is 20
feet, with shoulders averaging two
to four feet. The pavement is in
creased on curves for safety.
"At present, there is no infor
mation as to the parkway being a
-'..- (Continued on page 5)
Jonathan Woody
Buys Controlling
Blocks Of Stock
Sells Bank Stock H?
rectors Of First National
The Mountaineer is certainly
fortunate in securing Miss Florence
Rogers as demonstrator for your
three-day cooking school," was the
unsolicited comment of a disinter
ested citizen who had recently at
tended a school conducted by Miss
Rogers.
The person making the statement
is in no ways connected with the
school, but has sponsored several
for his firm, and is anticipating
sponsoring others, had made it a
point to observe Miss Rogers' work
in a recent school.
Interest continued to grow this
week in the school which will be
held for three days at the Park
Theatre October 19, 20, and 21.
The Thursday and Friday sessions
will be at three o'clock and the
Saturday session at 10 o'clock.
The prize list continued to grow
this week, and there is every indi
cation that at least 25 prizes Will
be given away at each session.
The list of items going into the 15
market baskets continued to roll
in as news got around about the
school. Fifteen baskets will be
given daily, in addition to the O to
8 dishes prepared by Miss Rogers.
Lach day's session will be differ
ent, and printed programs contain
ing the . recipg used . by ; Mis3
Rogers will be given to all attend
ing the free cooking school.
Miss Rogers will point out time
saving methods in : the kitchen,
how to prepare new but easy
recipes, and give helpful demon
strations. Make arrangements now to be
on hand for all three sessions of
the cooking school. They will be
entertaining and educational there
is absolutely no cost to attend the
school, and no one will be asked
to buy one single item.
By staging the school in the
Park Theatre, every one attending
(Continued on page 4)
ll.ilMll.llllilli.l.MII ill
J R. BOYD, sold his stock in
the First National this week to
Jonathan Woody.
Local Boy Will
Have Booth At
The State Fair
James Francis Has Been
Asked To Itopict His Four
Years Practice Work
The State Department of Edu
cation bas selected the department
of vocational agriculture of the
Waynesville district high school as
one of the eight school departments
in the state to be responsible for a
booth at the State Fair.
James Francis will leave Friday
for Raleigh, to begin setting the
booth up so that it might be ready
when the fair opens on Tuesday
the 10th) according to J. Colvin
Brown, vocational agriculture
teacher of the local high school.
The booth is to depict the four
years supervised practice work of
the outstanding pupil in the de
partment. James Francis having
been declared the winner of the
state supervised practice contest,
: (t onUnued on page 6)
Community-Wide Fall Bargain Festival
Will Get Uunderway Here October 12th
High School
Musical Groups
Elect Off icers
The high school band, of the
Waynesville school district, elect
ed officers at a meeting on Tues
day to serve the group for the
coming year: Jack Richeson was
elected student conductor, and the
following other officers: Dorothy
Richeson, assistant student con
ductor, publicity manager, Billie
Davis, and Patsy Gwyn, historian
for the band.
On the same day the members
of the girls' chorus also elected the
following officers: student conduc
tor, Rv'H Burgin, assistant stud"it
conductor, Margaret Teague, b.s
torian, Katherine Leatherwood,
librarian, Merrill Green, secretary
treasurer, Lenora Mae Walker, ac
companist, Mary Stents, and as
sistant accompanist Roberta Nor
ris. ;
The program for the Fall Bar
gain Festival, which will be stag
ed Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
Monday, of October 12, 13, 14 and
16th, is now rapidly going forward,
with several committees scheduled
to renew their work again this
morning for completing final de
tails for next week s community
wide event. . '
At a meeting last week, N. W.
Garrett, chairman of the merchant's
division, named Chas. E. Eay, Jr.,
chairman of the entertainment com
mittee, and assited by F. G. Rippe
toe, O. L. Briggs and C. N. Allen.
W. Hugh Massie is chairman of
the finance committee.
L. E. Hudson and J. Dale Stents
are in charge of publicity for the
event.
On all four days of the festival,
merchants will give tickets without
charge, for the square dance to be
held at the Armory, and a series
nt other entertaining features for
the evening of October 16th. )
In addition to the dancing and
entertainments of the evening ,num
erous valuable prizes will also be
awarded.
This is the first community-wide
event ever staged, except at Christ
mas last year, when all merchants
grouped together and brought
Santa Claus here for several weeks
before Christmas.
During the festival, numerous
items of special merchandise will
be offered at attractive prices, as
will services of some business es
tablishments.
A mmnlftf nrorrim of the four-
day event will be carried in The
Mountaineer next week, together
with other outstanding features
that will be more than worth while
to read carefully.
Hundreds of extra copies of The
Mountaineer will be mailed next
week.
Jonathan Woody, of Atlanta,
formerly of Waynesville, has pur
chased the controlling interest in
the stock of the First National
Bank. Consumation of the sale
of the stock was confirmed by both
J. R. Boyd, president of the bank
and Mr. Woody, to a representative
of The Mountaineer yesterday, the
number of shares bought and the
purchase price were not made
public.
The present officers of the bank,
namely, J. R. Boyd, president, D.
Reeves Noland, vice president, J.
II. Way, Jr., cashier, and Jim No
land, assistant cashier, and
other employees will continue
to serve the bank for the present,
according to Mr. Woody.
The present board of directors
will also continue to function for
the present, , including J. R. Boyd,
chairman, J. H. Way, Jr., L. N.
Davis, and J. Wilford Ray.
Mr. Woody has not stated when
he will come to Waynesville to
become actively connected in the
management of the bank. It Is
understood that when he can wind
up his business aftiliatiins else
where he will return to Waynes
ville. '
Mr. Woody is at present an ex
aminer in the Federal Deposit In
surance Corporation which is an
agency of the Government that in
sures bank deposits up to a max
imum of $5,000. He has been with
the corporation since it was or
ganized in 1933. In his work for
the government, he has examined
banks in Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
The First National Bank was
organized in 1902 by the late
George W. Maslin, with a capital
stock of $26,000. In 1911 it Was
consolidated with the Commercial
Bank and the capital stock increas
ed to $50,000. It is generally rec
ognized as one of the soundest
banking institutions in the state.
It was the only bank west oi
Asheville to weather the storms of
the great depression in 1930 and
the bank holiday of 1933. It has
high rating in the Fifth Federal
Reserve district, of which it is a
member, being one of the honor
roll banks, that is having earned
a surplus more than its capital
stock. Its resources run over
million and its deposits today are
the largest in the history of the
instithtiin.
J. R. Boyd has been president
of the bank since 1911 when its
consolidation with the Commercial
Bank was perfected. At the time
i- (Continued on page 5)
Clip This For A Reminder
Every woman in Haywood County, and adjoining
counties, is invited to attend the three sessions of
The Mountaineer's Cooking School, featuring Miss
Florence Rogers, noted lecturer and home economist,
of Cambridge, Mass. '
THE PLACE Park Theatre.
THE TIME Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
Oct 19, 20 and 21 (3 p. m. Thursday and Friday,
and 10 a. m. Saturday.) 1
; THE ADMISSION FREE, as
Mountaineer. No tickets required,
ed. Come early.
guests of The
No seats reserv-
Death Claims
Mrs. Sentelle In
Her 91st Year
Was Widow Of Well Known
Educator And Preacher
Of This County
Mrs. Rebecca Adeline Sentelle,
91 years of age and native of
the East Fork township, of this
county, died at her home on Mon
day afternoon at 6:30 o'clock, fol
lowing a brief illness. '
Mrs. Sentelle was the widow of
the late Rev. R. A. Sentelle, for
many years an outstanding leader.
educator, and preacher in Hay
wood County,
Fnneral services will be conduct
ed this afternoon at 3 o'clock at
the Bethel Baptist church, with
burial following, at the Green Hill
cemetery in Waynesville. The Rev.
Thomas Erwin and the Rev. P. C.
Hicks will officiate..
Serving as active pallbearer will
be W. G. Byers, James Killian, R.
V. Welch, W. L. Hardin, C. C.
Francis, and C. A. Cogburn.
Friends have been asked to meet
at the Sentelle home, which is two
miles away from the church and go
from there to the Bethel church.
Mrs. Sentelle is survived by the
following children: Mrs, Zimri
Rogers, of Detroit; Mrs. W. .
Sheperd, of Denver; Mrs. C H.
Charablee, of Wake County; Mrs.
John McElroy, John E, Horace N,
Boone R., Ennis, and Mrs. Will
Boone all of Haywood County. '