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Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smokv Mountains National Park
NO. 10
Twelve Pages
WAYNES VILLE, N. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1941
$1.50 In Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties
MOUNTA
NEEK
.1 Unit State
y Meeting
U Tuesday
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I u CIas8 Three w
Uft Are EhgiDie r ,
Lice ta State uuu
. . tv,p SUte Guard
according to Cap
rtSf Howell, who is in
Jti meeting every Tuesday
() in the WaynesvUle
" AU men in the draft in
. i.-;k1o tn service
three are b""- .
I m.finrd. it was pointed
fvOiptsin Howell.
Pfc ' . i'ninincr the
tone interest ... -- -II
w ...i,..,! tn males
any of the following
Paul N. Davis, Frank M,
0 ramnhell. Vaughn
Lt, Eaymond F. Swayngim,
1 Wyatt, raui uauuwnjr "
members of the company are
lorn- James F.Aldridge, Sam
Lfley, Chaucy H. Burress,
U r.mntM.11. Abe Cone. Paul
Ivij, Frank M. Davis, Ralph
teenian, Paul liaiioway, two-
Gibson, Frank J. James, Af
, Ledbetter, Ruius U l.em
Harry McCracken, James
I, Ralph L. Prevost. " -:.
Prevost. Robert Par-
A J Rhvmer. Vaus-hn R.
Lt, Jack H. Snyder, Ben J.
Raymond J. ewayngim,
Worthington, Gordon Wyatt,
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U sneenan, raauiaoii xi.
ud Hobart Wyatt.
Cabe, Native
Jackson County
ied Yesterday
rites were held vesterdav
kon at the First Methodist
for Jefferson Cabe, 65, who
today at 6 d. in. at the
M County Hospital follow-
pwonged illness. The Rev.
1 G. Hueein. Jr.. castor of
finrek and the Rev. H. G.
taitor T th Tirst Pai-
lurch, officiated. Burial was
Nnhil cemetery.
'in? as active nallbearers
pvid Underwood, Earl Cald
im Caldwell, Bradford Me-
ii&s rerguson, and W. F.
. ; .'. 1
'try pallbearers werp. Tr
isinjfield, John Ray, Floyd
Dr. W. V L. If irlf ntrji.V
lassie, John Jones, Linwood
n.. L. LSmnlfin Ho i thai.
I 1 UM'.IIV.
Dr. Tom Stri'iio-fiou' T,
U.M, KillianrT. L. Bram-
Ube, Robt. V. Welch,
oler,;and Dr. N. M. Med-
ICabe was a nar.ivo nf .TanV.
Fity, and was born on Au-
F n, 1875, the son of the
f ani Barthny Barron
uou' operated a shoe re
ft here for many years.
pr are two brothers, Rob-
rj Andrews, and Vernor
roummerville, S. C; two
1 Hub Oil- . ,
. ouag Nichols, of Way.
iana Mra Tiriii t .
'GfOVe, Ore.. ami . .v
P and nephews.
New Catholic Church Under Construction
Scouts Have
ial Programs
Jbservanrp
fcille; troop of Girl
sul , . ' at
1 memory of the birth-
plunder direction of
leME-C-Wagenfeld.
kafft , nal ceremohy"
itf ls in other landa
4!f,vy feting of the
fcial i;I "l'n lnere will
Julia t lne mem-
feionprs
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"st Monday
WaL0nev0ftheliShtest
"ttmeS,11? fr a flrst
meet,ng 8aid
"rd V,V lrman of
i thL61" meeting of
fJSvesUfor
of the h ard" Thebet
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Architect's drawing of St. John's Catholic Church, Waynesville. ' Construction of the church
will begin this week by Contractor August J. Durner, Asheville. The architect is Lindsay Gudger,
also of Asheville.
Medford Appointed
To Collect Taxes
From 1927 to 1938
William -Medford, local attorney,
has been appointed by the Haywood
county board of commissioners to
collect all delinquent taxes due the
county from 1927 to 1938, in an
effort to clear up all back taxes.
The county board has turned
over all tax collections during the
given period to Mr. Medford, giv
ing him full power and authority
to represent the county in collec
tions, including the power to bring
suit in the name and behalf of the
county and to foreclose the lien of
the delinquent taxes for the stated
years.'; :
The contract with the attorney
provides that he in turn is to make
every effort to collect the taxes
without resorting to foreclosure,
if possible. In the event he can
not collect the taxes, without fore
closure f theliMv Spit, he is to
start suit so that all uncontested
cases can be foreclosed and the
sale of property completed before
December the 1, 1943, the date set
for completion of collections.
In all contested suits Mr. Med
ford will prepare the case on be
half of the . county and appear in
the Superior court and represent
the county, in the trial of the suit.
The contract further provides
that Mr. Medford is to search the
records of the county prior to bring
ing suit to foreclosure and make
all persons, firms or corporation,
having an interest in the land; to be
foreclosed, so that the purchaser
will secure a clear title.
Since the work must be completed
by December 1, 1943, Mr. Medford
is to devote sufficient time to col
lections so that by the date set
there will be no collectable taxes
on the. tax records of Haywood
county for the years 1927 and 1938
inclusive.
The attorney is to receive a per
cent of the collections for his work.
He is to handle no money, however,
as the terms of the contract call for
all money to be paid into the office
of the tax collector and supervisor.
Work To Start On St.
Johns Church Here
Has Valentine
Day Lost It's
Magic Charm?
Valentine Day has lost its
magic, according- to Chas. C.
Francis, register of deeds.
Mr. Francis offers as proof,
the fact that he did not sell
but four marriage licenses in
the month of February.
This is the lowest record
ever made in the office.
Has the day been too much
. commercialized until romance
has lost its subtle meaning in
; the avalanche of gifts of candy
and flowers, or is it mostly due
to the easy marriage laws of
the neighboring states of Geor
gia and South Carolina ?
Mr. Francis seems of the
opinion that it may be a com
bination of the two, that has
decreased the number of mar
riages and sent others fleeing
out of the state to a speedy
entrance into the Holy state.
Jiido-e And Mrs. Smathers
To Visit Ambassador And
Mrs. Josephus Daniels
Judge and Mrs. Frank Smathers,
who have been spending the winter
in Pheoniv and Tuscom, Arizonia,
are leaving this week for Mexico
City, where they will visit Ambas
sador and Mrs. Josephus Daniels.
From"Mexico City they willgo to
their winter home in Miami, and
return here in the spring for the
summer months at their residence
here.
February Travel
In Park Shows
Heavy Increase
The opportunity to participate
in winter sports in the park, at
tributed to part of the record
breaking crowds of 18,594 persons
who visited the park in February.
The total number of visitors rep
resents an increase of 68 per cent
over travel for last February, act
ual counts showed.
Seventy per cent of the visitors
were from the local states of North
Carolina and Tennessee, 68 per
cent of the total number of visitors
being from the state of Tennessee
alone. The visitors came from 47
states,, the District of Columbia,
and Hawaii, with those from Ten
nessee leading the list, followed in
Order by North Carolina, Ohio and
Michigan.
Travel for the travel year to
date exceeds last travel year
through February, 1940, by 22 per
cent. .
The greatest amount of travel
for any one day during the month
was on Sunday, February 16, when
4,280 persons, in 1,190 vehicles,
visited the park, '
10 Fiw Theatre Tickets Are Offered
By Advertisers Today - bee 1'age
Another Blind
Man Helped To
Enter Business
Fred Vaughn, well known local
man, who recently lost his sight,
has onened a eeneral erocery store
on Boyd Avenue, under the spon
sorship of the Lions Club and un
der the supervision of the State
Commission lor Buna.
Mr. Vnne-bn is the fourth person
in Waynesville township who has
been "set up" in business by the
Commission for Blind.
Mr. Vaughn served as night-
watchman at the laundry until his
Tnn free theater tickets to the
Park are being offered today, in
a special announcement on page
seven.
In each of the 10 advertisements
on that page, there will be found
the name of some person. Those
whose names appear in the ads can
get a free ticket by calling at the
place of business using their name.
The names are chosen at random,
and the special offer will be con
tinued for a number weeks, which
means several hundred people ill
be given free tickets.
The tickets given jby the firms
are to be redeemed without cost
at box office of the Park Theatre
for regular ones. The tickets Jire
good for either Thursday or Friday.
If your name is not in the ad
;oiu.Tits this week, be sure to
look carefully next week.
Construction of St John's Cath
olic church on Church street will
begin this week. The plans of
the church were drawn by Archi
tect Lindsay M. Gudger, of Ashe
ville. The contract was awarded
to August J. Durner, of Asheville
The church will be erected on
the lot on Church street between
St' John's School ; and the Mrs.
Rufus L. Alien home. The lot is
90 by 140 feet and was recently
acquired from Mrs. Florence Busby,
New York.
The church will be constructed of
solid brick with dark red face brick
exterior. It will have a seating
capacity of 250. The exterior di
mensions are 38 by 72 feet A
lower story will serve as audito
rium to seat 250.
. The contractors estimate that it
will be four or five months before
the buildingi will be completed and
ready for use.
The following are charter mem
bers of St John's church:
Mrs. Rufus L. Allen, Waynes
ville; Mrs. Claude Allison, Waynes
ville; Miss Louise Beyille, Waynes
ville; Jesse Busbee, Hazelwood:
Daniel Earley, Waynesville; Marion
Holcombe, Waynesville; Miss Ann
Kramer, Waynesville; Leo J. Mar-
tel, Waynesville; Mrs. Crews
Moody, Dell wood; Joseph Mormind,
Waynesville; Mrs. Prendergast,
Waynesville; Leo Sansone, Way
nesville; Mrs. Spaldon Underwood,
Waynesville.
Mrs. Robert E. Davis, Canton;
Lester P. Dixon, Canton; Mrs. S.
S. Eagles, Canton; James Fallon,
Canton; Edward J. Gillespie, Can
ton; Mrs. Harold Hansen, Canton;
Matt Healy, Canton; James B.
Hurley, Canton; Mrs. Charles Sut
tles, Cantoa.
Charles Andres, Cherokee; Miss
Louise Bradford, Cherokee; Mrs.
Margaret Costo, Cherokee; Mrs.
William Ensor, Cherokee; Miss
Gertrude Flanagan, Cherokee; Dr.
E. N. Haller, Bryson City; G. Frank
Sauter, Cherokee.
Joseph Ashear, Franklin; Mrs.
W. D- Davis, Glenville; Mrs. Emil
DeCalfmacher, Franklin; Mrs. B.
C. Dorsey, Clayton,- Ga.; Walter
Kinney, Franklin; Raymond Kirk
wood, Franklin; Miss Fannie G.
Lucas, Highlands ; Dr. Franklin
Verdon, Frankiin ; John Wasilik,
Jr., Franklin. ;
William Baker, Nantahala; Ar
thur J. Steneri, Nantahala; Miss
Linetta Dean, Murphy; and Mrs. O.
E. Turner, Hiawassee Dam.
Review Board To
Hear Complaints
Week Of 17-21
County Board Of Commis
sioners Will Serve As Board
Of Equalization And Review
The Haywood county board of
commissioners will sit as a board of
equalization and review, beginning
Monday, March the 17th, and con
tinue through the 21st, it was an
nounced this week
All tax complaints will be heard
during the five days, with special
days set aside for each township.
All adjustments in tax assessments
must be made while the board is In
session on the five days designated,
according to the law.
.The complaints for Waynesville
township will be heard on Friday
the 21st.
The schedule for the other town
ships is as follows: Monday, March
17, Ivy Hill, Jonathan Creek, White
Oak, Cataloochee townships.
Tuesday the 18th, Fines Creek,
Crabtree, and Iron Duff townships.
Wednesday the 19th, Pigeon,
East Fork and Cecil townships.
Friday 21st, Beaverdam and
Clyde townships.
Construction Of
Boyd Building On
Main Underway
Construction on the John Boyd
building on Main street located on
the Willis property was started
last Thursday. The building will
have a frontage of 43 feet and ex
tend 125 feet.
The first floor will be used for
the Boyd Furniture Company. The
second floor will be made into of
fices and apartments.
The basement quarters will be
occupied by the Service Cleaners,
owned and operated by Mr. Boyd.
It will have an entrance and small
checking ofBdp on the first floor, so
that customers will not have to go
downstairs.
The Boyd i Furniture Company
was established about fifteen years
ago and nasleen located on Depot
Street.
The Service Cleaners is the old
est dry cleaning establishment in
town. It was started some twenty
years ago by James Thomas and
Gaither Briggs, who Sold out to
John Boyd 16 years ago.
8 Contractors Asked
To Submit Bids On ,
Rubber Plant Here
Game Specialist
f lAM
Bird Hunters To
Meet With Land
Owners Tonight
State Game Specialist To
Discuss Problems Confront
ing Both Groups
Tonight at 8:00, a meeting to
which the public is invited, will be
held at the court house to discuss
the quail situation in Haywood
county. Farmers, bird hunters, and
all persona interested in any type
of native small game are invited
to be present, "'
The meeting is sponsored ty
the Haywood county chapter of the
Hunters' nd Fishers' Association
of which Felix Stovall is president,
and Alvin Ward secretary. The
Lions and Rotary Clubs "are joint
sponsors.
Arrangements to have present
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Defense Program Will
Be Held Here Friday
Post Office Has
Good Increase
In Business
, Business last month at the
, Waynesville post office showed
an increase of $362 over Febru
ary of last year, according to
J. II. Howell, postmaster.
For December, January and
February, the local office show
ed a net gain over the same
months last year of oyer $1,288.
A general increase in busi
: ness was attributed to the
nice gain, Postmaster Howell
explained.
School Band To
Give Concert On
First Anniversary
The Waynesville band will give a
concert on Friday night, March the
14th, at the high school to mark the
anniversary of their first concert.
At the concert last year, the two
bands with a total of 100 students
played in the concert. This year
there will be three bands playing
with a total of 140 students.
The high school members of the
band will appear in full uniform,
and the elementary members in
white.
A small admission fee will be
charged. This goes toward de
fraying the expenses of the band,
the major part in taking care of
the purchase of sheet music.
A special program is being ar
ranged for the concert under the
direction of L. T. New, Jr., band
director. . . i '
Jim Milner Will
Represent School
At Music Event
Jim Milner and L. T. New, Jr.,
left yesterday for Charlotte, where
the latter will sing in the Southern
High School chorus, which is spon
sored by the Southern Conference
of the Music Educators National
Conference and attended by lead
ing musicians all over the United
States. '
Students singing in the chorus
will come from all the Southern
states from Maryland to Florida.
It is considered quite an honor to
be selected to sing in the 250 stu
dents who make up the chorus.
Young Milner, who sings bass, is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B.
Milner, of Hazelwood, a member
of the senior class of the high
school, and is prominently identi
fied with the various athletic
events of the school. He was se
lected to represent the local school
because of the natural quality of
his voice. ;
The students who will take part
in the chorus started rehearsals
yesterday afternoon and will work
each day until Saturday when they
will appear in a concert. There is
a possibility that the concert will be
broadcast around 8 o'clock.
Fred S. Sloan, of Franklin, dis
trict extension agent, and T. W.
Cat hey, state AAA committeeman,
will be among the speakers at the
meeting which is being called at
the court house on Friday the 7th,
at 2:30 o'clock to discuss and
plan an agricultural program to tie
in with that of national defense.
"We are sure everyone realizes
the situation as to national defense
in America and that they are aware
of world conditions as they exist.
The United States is spending bil
lions of dollars for defense and
business conditions have a bright
outlook," said J. C. Lynn, county
farm agent, yesterday.
"We believe, however, and we are
sure everyone does, that we must
prepare our farmers to meet any
emergency that might arise. Shquld
history repeat itself, we may have
another period of low wages and
farm income as that which followed
the first World War. The present
farm income is still low and the
war is effecting the export of some
of our cash crops, the prospects
for increased farm prices is not
so good," continued Mr. Lynn.
"The national defense board and
secretary of agriculture have asked
that all agencies working with
farm people come together for a
planning meeting so that we all
may put forth a united effort to
see that farm people plan to pro
duce sufficient food and feed crops,"
he added in explaining the object
of the meeting.
The following are among those
asked to meet at the court house
tomorrow afternoon; Jack Messer,
County superintendent of education;
M. H. Bowles, supervisor of Way
nesville district schools: W. P.
Whitesides, principal of Bethel
schools; C. C. Hansen, principal of
Clyde schools; A. J. Hutcriins, su
perintendent of Canton schools and
Fred L. Safford, of Fines Creek.
Berry Plott, county WPA super
visor; Mrs. Elizabeth Bird, of Ashe
ville, district WPA worker; Yates
Bailey, county supersor of FSA.;
Mrs. Jimmy Boyd, county NYA
supervisor; Dr. C. N. Sisk, district
health officer; Jonathan Woody,
president of First National Bank;
J.. O. Brown, president Rotary
Club; ' Alvin Ward, president of
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Contract Scheduled To Be
Awarded Within Ten Days,
According To Dayton
Rubber Officials
The Dayton Rubber Manufactur
ing Company mailed blue print
and specifications to eight contrac
tors asking for bids on their plant
on last Saturday night, according
to a letter received here this week
from an official of the company.
The Rubber Company officials
stated that the bids will be opened
in ten days, and the contract for the
large and modern building would
be awarded at that time,
A copy of the blue prints were
received here.
From a reliable source, it was
said that "dirt would be flying" by
March 20th.
Letters from interested contrac
tors who will bid on the project
have been received during the past
week, relative to the local supply of
sand, crush stone and other build
ing materials which will be needed
for the construction of the plant
just south of Hazelwood.
One Day Welfare
Institute Held
Here On Tuesday
Welfare workers from thirteen
counties attended a one day welfare
institute conducted here in - the
court room on Tuesday by Miss
Anna Cassatt, case work super
visor of the state department of
public welfare.
The program centered around
discussions and remedial measures
on "Nutritional Defects Among
Relief Clients" and the "Value of
Case Records."
The meeting here on Tuesday
was jpne of a- series that is being
sponsored by the state department
over the state.
Around fifty persons attended the
institute, including the county su
perintendents from the thirtee
western counties and a number of
workers from each county.
Workers from the following
counties were present: Polk, Yan
cey, Mitchell, Madison, Buncombe,
Haywood, Swain, Jackson, Chero
kee, Macon, Graham, Clay and
Transyvania.
Three Fires During
Week, But Only
Slight Damages
The city fire department was call
ed out 3 times during the week, with
only slight damages in the three in
stances.
The first call was around 10:35
on Monday morning from the Al-
den Howell residence on Woolsey
Heights occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Ferguson. Sparks from the
kitchen flu started a blaze on the
roof. It was discovered almost
immediately by a small boy in the
neighborhood and the alarm was
turned in.
The second fire occurred around
1 :20 on the lot where construction
of the Boyd building on Main street
is underway, and caught from a
piece of machinery.
The third call came around 1:30
Wednesday the Boyd building again
and the fire caught from the same
piece of machienry.
Haywood Baptists
To Hold Sunday
School Conference
There will be a special Sunday
school conference at the First
Baptist church of Waynesville,
Monday, March 10.
According to Rev. H. G. Ham
met t, pastor of the First Baptist
church, this is one of seventy such
meetings in North Carolina and
one of 910 scheduled for the South
ern Baptist Convention. This meet
ing is being promoted by the Bap
tist Sunday School Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention, Dr. T.
L. Holcomb, Nashville Tennessee,
Executive Secretary, and the Sun
day School Department of the
North Carolina Baptist Convention
Board, Mr. L. L. Morgan, Raleigh,
North Carolina, Secretary, and the
associational Sunday school organ
ization of the Haywood Associa
tion, R. E. Sentelle, superintend
ent ' '
The purpose of this meeting is
to map out plans for the expan
sion of Sunday school work in all
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