The
Wayne
Moun
sville
TAINEER
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
YEAR
NO. 51
Twelve Pajes
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1940
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bberCo.SayWork
Start January 1
Bathing Blitz Baby
Atolls Cleared. Actual Construction
Be Pushed On Modern Plant
icials engineers and an architect of the Dayton Rub-
Wacturing Company were here yesterday completing
for the beginning of immediate construction of a
riant on the 20 acre site just south of Hazelwood.
to Diana are to begin moving dirt before Jaunary 1st,"
-wiknripr. resident and general manager told the
fiv, , g - -
tar Vottn tiAn wnh ua riii nrrftlifppt fiporcp
mew. c hoib utiB i 0-
who has been with as for 20 years, and also our plant
A. C. Sigmund, former city engineer of Asheviiie.
e expect to get everything in line for the contractor's
J iwlr tmylararoff of fYno
favorable weather, the building should be completed
!90 days," he continued.
iis is going to be a Haywood development as far as
e. We will want to buy as much, of the materials here,
e all Haywood labor where feasible," the president
led. 's
ie plant will be of steel and brick construction, with
ind glass sides,: with modern treatment throughout,
rantaineer was told. The plant lighting will be as near
r cent day light as; it Is possible to make, with.. very
eilings, and n -freevjaeorwhidh, means np. .supporting
is. The actual size of the building will probably be
lined before officials leave today. It will be approxi
80 feet wide and 400 or 500 feet long. Present plans
use buff brick.
ie building will be of the permanent type construction,
ne wall built for easy plant expansion, it was pointed
'resent plans call for 30,000 to 35,000 square feet of
pace. ""'
n independent power plant will also be constructed.
reedlander also announced
e heaviest machienry that
used in the plant has al
keea bought, with delivery
ght after the first of the
This was done in order that
ys would be made after the
was completed. The best
try that was in the firm's
te plant has already been
ud 1b ready for shipment
Mr. Preedlander said, ; MNo
be lost in getting ma-
placed the minute the
U completed."
J reedlander announced that
riouuuei director, a. !
ri would come here about
n first to make a survey
J labor and to make plans
wing applications for jobs,
eimer will co-operate with
employment office, it was
v. . : S
"1 -V "pl
While Nazi war planes drop their
cargoes of death on London, babies
go right on being born. This tot la
ihown a short time after his arrival
la the war-torn city during aa air
raid. He is being bathed by a mem-
! tor of the corps of nurses stationed
throughout the city.
22Nep
Families
Yet To Be
Cared, For
.
'Eighteen Christmas opportuni
ties have been taken from the list
of the 40 neediest Cases compiled
last week by the couity welfare de
partment, and sponsored h? The
Mountaineer. I
It is the hope of the .publishers
that the people of tf is community
open their hearts, fo these needy
families, and fiat bf Friday's edi
tion of the paper every name will
he taken either by ; Individuals of
organizations. "J
The : list has been Compiled with
great care by the lease workers
who know the conditions, and the
- (Continued on , page 7)
Wins DAR Award
MISS LOIS MASSIE. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Massle, who
was selected as winner of the Ruth
Bryan Citizenship award by the
students and faculty of the Way
, nesville District High School.
Mr
Pat people on slowly, and
tttensive examination. By
taJ we have a very small
mong employees. High
duates will be referred.
this is not essentiaL We
te education, and do aot
t ". the president con-'
the rubber plant we
irom 80 to 0 per cent
r we rest women. It will
I wicy to train local people
lZjition plant,
Jorman on dom
?qnestioned as to the arti
ber plant WW make,
',' .anoer d: "Textile
I. and roUers for the
W. H. Noland Named
Group To Revalue Prqperty For Taxation
Supervisor Of
Page 7)
Lois Massie Wins
Ruth Bryan DAR
Citizenship Award
Miss Lois Massie, daugnter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Massie, has
been selected as winner of the Ruth
Bryan Citizenship award, given
annually by the Dorcas Bell Love
chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
The selection is made each year
from the girls of the senior class
of the high school by a vote of the
student body and the faculty.
The award is given girls chosen
in this manner by every chapter in
the state and in the nation, with
the winner locally, then competing
in the state contest. The state
winners are given a week's trip
to Washington, D. C, during the
congress of the national society of
D. A. R., with all expenses paid.
Each girl contesting is required to
compile a scrap book giving her
activities.
The awarding of this coveted
honor is based on character, par
ticipation in religious, civic and
school activities, and general citi
zenship standing.
Miss Massie, a descendant on
both of her maternal and paternal
families from Revolutionary he
roes, , has been prominent in all
school affairs, and her church. She
is one of two girls who have been
awarded the high honor of a Curv
ed Bar in Girl Scouting,
Lioifs Sponsor
Dime Board As
Christmas Benefit
TH Lions Club is sponsoring a
Jime board as a benefit for Christ
mas cheer for the children of the
community, :
The board was Put UP riaay
afternoon and is located in front
f Ourgin's Store on Main street.
It will be operated by members of
he Lions Club, with the city po
lice department co-operating.
The board is 8 feet long ana
fpot wide, and will hold $250 In
dimes. The public is asked to stop
by in passing and leave as many
dimes as they can spare.
Howard Hyatt is chairman of the
committee and serving with him
are Carleton E. Weatherby and
G. C. Ferguson. A loud speaker has
been supplied through the gener
osity of Bill Toohey.
Another Edition
Of Mountaineer
Friday Morning
The Mountaineer will be
published again on Thursday
afternoon for early Friday
morning delivery. All news and
advertisments for this issue
should be in the office by noon
Thursday.
Again on Monday, The
Mountaineer will publish an
other edition, devoting it to
the annual custom of the sea
son, carrying greetings and
special Christmas features,
which have made this extra
issue each year so popular
with our thousands of readers.
News for the Monday issue
should be in by ten o'clock
Monday morning. The paper
will be delivered early Tuesday
morning.
dl-AfJc. fit rn.: Af Mimfninoor's
i "va vtjl tuples v1 iT.iuuiixttiivv..
P On Rubber Plant Sold Friday
I Jl0DUiner Pted the
iH nine years. Fri-
p, hen Bew the
tin enounced an
m "ewspaper to carry
WM ell-out Sev
tpd more copies than an
i ere printed and . num.
? "e sold.
that the new. might
' tay minute. Th Vm.n-
the extra, and printed more
than the regular run of Thursday's
papers. These additional papers
were held over, and then the re
made front page used, carrying
the news of the year.
Sharply at noon Friday, boys
in Waynesville and Hazelwood
started yelling "Extra" at the top
of their voices. Within an hour,
four hundred copies were sold and
calls for more. The news spread
like wild fire and became the chief
Professor W. C. Allen Observes
81st Birthday Friday The 13th
W. C. Alien, educator, autnor
and former editor, was honored
last Friday night, by the men of
the Firs, Rut"- -Vh. at a
supper, observing his 81st birth
day. ";'
Mr. Allen is the senior aeacon
of the church, and has held many
offices in the church and Sunday
school. ,
In a few brief remarks, before
blowing out the 81 candles on the
three tier birthday cake, ne "" ne
felt like he was 45. He recalled
having at one time taught many
of the men present, some who are
heads of leading business firm in
the county. '
Mr. and Mrs. Alien will soon
observe their 63rd '-wedding anni
versary, and have been in Waynes
ville since 1899. .Mr.-Alien nai
served as superintendent of the
Waynesville schools as well as su
perintendent of education of the
county.
He published "North Carolina
History Stories" in 1901, and a
few years later wrote a history of
Fairfax County.
In 1935 he published "The An
nals of Haywood County."
Wayne Rogers, president of the
brotherhood, presided with talks
being made by J. R. Morgan and
Rev. H G. Hammet.
Condition Of Calvin
Rutherford Struck
By Train Critical
The condition of Calvin Ruther
ford, 70, who was knocked from
his car when it was struck by the
train at th Sentelle crossing in
Clyde on Saturday afternoon, was
reported late last night by his at
tending physician and hospital at
taches, in a critical condition.
The accident occurred around
1:15 in the afternoon and as Mr.
Ruiherford was thrown "from Mf
car he suffered concussion of the
brain and serious internal inju
rips. He was rushed to the Hay
onn Cnrnitv Hospital where he
has been in a semi-conscious con
dition ever since.
The injured man was riding
alone when the East bound Ashe
villp train struck the car at the
crossing.
Mr. Rutherford is an encyclope
iia salesman, employed by a Ten
nessee nublishing house. Prior to
His moving to Clyde two years ago
he resided in Canton. ;
Miss Anno Albright, dean of
women, of Western Carolina
Teachers College, left Saturday
for Washington. D. C where she
will spend a week visiting friends,
after which she will return here to
spend Christmas.
W. H, Noland was name tax
supervisor, of the . assessin J
board for Haywood County for The
regular revaluation of taxes which
the law calls for everjr four yert.
at a call meeting of the county
board of commissioners held ofi
Thursday.
The last revaluation of proper
ty in Haywood County was in
1937. and the law sets forth that
there be every four years, either
a horizontal cut, or a horizontal
raise.' ". ...
: A number of factors have en
tered into the decision of the b'rrf
to have a revaluation rather than
a horizontal raise or cut in reval
uation, it was learned from Geo.
A. Brown, Jr., chairman of the
board.
Mr. Brown stated that the far
that there had been an unprece
dented amount of building and Im
provements made on property du
ing the past four years, which ne
cessitated a revaluation. :
He a'so pointed out that the
floods of last summer had done
considerable damage to farm lands
in certain sections of the county
that will have to be adjusted.
The assessors have been selected
with special view as to their
knowledge of values in their own,
communities. It will be noted In
the list that follows that there
ate both city and rural assessors
in the townships of Clyde, Beaver
dam and Waynesville. ;
Mr. Brown stated that it ws
Very difficult to finH nersons who
could give a perfect fair valua
tion of both the rural and city
property, and that the board con
sidered appointments for tne two
(Con tinned on page 7)
Special Type Shoes
WfflBeM
Women To Work
Machinery Purchased, Plans Made To
Begin Production As Soon As Rubber
Plant Starts Operations
A modern shoe plant, making a patented type of shoes,
of unusual design, will be established here this spring, start
ing production as soon aa the Dayton Rubber Manufacturing
Company starts production in their Haywood plant, it was an
nounced jointly here yesterday by A. L. Freedlander, presi
dent and general manager of the Rubber company, and I
Weil, owner of the shoe company, and bis associate Heina
Rollman. .,.-.'..
A decision will probably be reached today as to whether
the shoe firm will rent a suitable building near the rubber
plant, or whether the rubber plant will add enough space in
their building to house the shoe firm.
The shoe manufacturers have already bought their
machinery, and since it is the portable type, can easily set it
up and begin operations without delay. Mr. Rollman said he
expected to come here about the first or middle of February
to set up a personnel office for receiving application from
prospective employees in the shoe plant.
Mr. Weil is a former shoe manufacturer of Austria, and
MrUoUman's familywas in the shoe business there for Jy
fifty years. r Their special process id licensed W fb Torefgn
countries. Last year 4,500,000 pairs of their shoes were
made by the English lessee of their process.
The plant near Hazelwood will be their only American
plant.
Samples of the shoes have already been made, and will
be shown to the shoe trade in February and March for early
summer deliveries.
Enroute here from Asheviiie Monday morning, Mr. Roll
man showed C. N. Allen, Hazelwood merchant, some of the
advance samples and Mr. Allen placed the initial order to get
the first five dozen pairs produced in the local plant. In order
not to divulge trade secrets, Mr. Allen confined his remarks
to simply this: "They are beauties and if I know shoes, they
will sure sell."
Hueh J. Sloan and eon. Bobby
Sloan, returned on Sunday from
Sylvester, Ga where they nave
visted relatives. En route they
stopped in Columbia, S. C, where
they visited the former's ton. Ser
geant Joe Sloan, at Fort Jackson,
High School Band
Gave Christmas
Concert Last Night
The first concert for which an
admission charge has been made
by the group was given last night
bv the high school band in the
school auditorium under the direc
tion of L. T. New, Jr., director
before an appreciative audience. In
cluding visitors from other nearby
towns.
During the evening L. M. Riche
son, chairman of the band spon
soring committee, made a brief
talk, in which he gave the financial
report of the past year, which in
cluded a total of $2,719.00, in ad
dition to the $7,300 expended by
parents on instruments.
Of the total, $1,300 had been
spent for uniforms; $750 for large
horns, $400 for salary of director
during the summer months; music
. (Con tinned on page 7)
The shoe plant will employ a
number of women, besides having
some special piece work which
other women can do at home, as the
shoes have a special hand made
feature. ' .
The shoe plant has to be near
the rubber plant, because of the
special processed rubber sole.
The announcement that the snoe
plant would be established here
was given The Mountaineer while
Mr. Freedlander and his associates
were having lunch with a represen
tative group of local citizens.
Those accompanying Mr. Freed
lander here were:
C. D. Van .Hoovriv wee presi
dent and secretary auti one of the
founders of the company over 30
years ago. He was formerly presi
dent of the Hooven Manufacturing
Company, of Hamilton, Ohio and
a close friend of many officials of
Champion Paper and Fibre Com
pany. W. G. Pickrel, a director and
the Ohio bar association, and also
Democratic candidate for governor
of Ohio.
George Neuffey, the company's
architect for over 20 years.
A. C. Sigmon, plant engineer,
former city engineer of Asheviiie.
Local men present at the lunch
eon were: Jonathan Woody, E. J.
Hyatt, J. E. Massie, J. W. Ray, R,
L. Prevost, Charles Ray, Jr., Wil
liam Medford. Ben Sloan, C. N.
Allen, and W. Curtis Russ.
Condition Of W. G. Byerg
Is Reported Unchanged
The condition of W. G. Byers,
clerk of the Superior Court of Hay
wood County, was reported to bo
unchanged late last night. Mr.
Byers, who underwent an operation
some weeks ago, and who in the
meantime has been out about bis
work, was taken suddenly ill last
Monday and moved to the Norburn
general counsel, was president of Hospital in Asheviiie for treatment
Officers Confiscate One Supply
Of Strong Christmas Beverages
"It was one of the prettiest out
fits 1 have ever seen, and it was
certainly a 1940 streamlined model,
all pure copper," said Sam Cabe, in
speaking of the still that he and
Tom Gilliland. both members oi
the local police, captured around
9 o'clock last Thursday morning.
The ttill with a capacity of SO
gallons,, waa located in the home of
Dillard Jones on Johnson "Hill. It
had been in use, from all appear
ance, so the officers claimed, for
about two months.
It waa being operated In the
basement of the borne, and th flu
from the outfit was fitted into that
of the kitchen stove in the room
above, and the smoke of both went
out the same chimney. The offi
cers had been observing the place
for about three weeks, it was learn
ed. '
The outfit was still hot and 50
gallons of. beer were found in one
of the 7 barrels in the room. Two
hundred pounds of sugar were near
at band, and a food chopper, which
bad been converted , into a malt
grinder, was rigged up with an
electric motor. All was evidently
in readiness for a big run for the
holiday season, the officers stated.
In addition to the 60 gallons of
beer 6 jars of liquor vera also
found.
Jones, having gotten wind of the
officers proposed visit to him on
Thursday morning, bad ted tne
country and has not been located
as yet.. Only bis wife and small
child were at home
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