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Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Seventh year
no. 11
Sixteen Pages
WAYNESVILLE, N. O, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1941
$1.50 In Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties
ivwood Will Plant
d Can More Food
Defense Program
iItural And Civic
A,r Inaugurate Pro-
L fashioned After
onal Plan
Aers of Haywood county
fS court house Friday
o discuss the part that rural
Unpeople should and could
the national uw.c"o
meetiivr was Ued by fte
farm &entB omco. JT
,t the Secretary of Agri-
L U agencies worldngun-
l Department oi Agrieuu.u
Uested to Participate. ... .
discussion was "i
r Cathey, State AAA com
nn. and Fred S. Sloan, dis
tent for the extension ser-
ith J. C. Lynn, cuuuigr
of the meeting.
L pointed out by the speak-
he alternoon inat vj.
oblems that should be tack
n, rural and urban people
L,ntv to aid in the national
f program would be to bring
better conamuiw w
ht the families during the
summer.
las lunner pumwu
the greatest menaces to tne
1 defense in tne univeu
: malnutrition of a high
lage of the rural and urban
ai suggested that one of
st goals to be reached in
d county in carrying out
tional defense program is a
adequate supply oi nome
lanA such as would be pro-
ly i better home garden, and
e adequate supply oi mil
a to be produced by the in-
kla during the current year.
ping the importance of tne
at, it was deciaea w nave
Continued on page 8)
Scouts To
brate 29th
iversary Today
local troop of Girl Scouts
I a week's observance yester
at will continue through the
commemorating ; the 29th
rsary of scoutin?, according
r leader, Mrs. E. C Wagen-
ngth week 'each Girl Scout
josed to wea. her uniform,
ich.mak a contribution of
y for ea".n year of her age.
ill be sent to the Juliet Lowe
tion.
yeai the Girl Scouts of
'a bought from the dona-
this fund, 90 complete kits
raid shelter equipment .vid
unds of knitting wool, which
resented to England for aid.
ft was accepted by Princess
ith, president of the Girl
of England.
afternoon at the meeting
1 troop the girls will hwe
ial program celebrating the
commemoration. - Following
"gram a social hour will be
d with refreshments served.
fr Crawford Leaves
amp Livingston
r Visit To Mother
Harry Crawford, U. S.
eft Wednesday for Camp
ston, La., after visiting his
r, Mrs. w. T. Crawford, here
eral days.
" Crawford has been en
during the past year in man
t Fort Jackson, Fort Ben
Camp Beaureagard, La.,
s Moines, 111., and Camp Mc
VlS. He aln nont unnl
training R. o. T. C. units
"onai Defense t ia T-
fga schools
A- Hyatt Is Home
P Veterans Hospital
A. Hyatt. irVirt Y,tm
In i U- S- Vetens Hos
r. Jhnson City. Tenn ra-
"ome on Friday much ira
Mr. Hvatt
f the hoBDital o at
lonths.
rtL. Gaddis Has
Published
pnt contributor to the Quiet
"i e Biblical Recorder,
I: Carolina Baptist state
i nooert L. Gaddis, of
fcty- His topic was
Failing Light.-
Forty-Seven Year
Old Deed Brought
For Registration
A deed bearing the date of Au
gust 25th, 1894, was brought into
the office of Chas. C. Francis, regis
ter of deeds during the week.
The deed had been probated by
the late John K. Boone, when he
was clerk of the Superior court.
It was from T. M. H. Reece and
his wife, M. M. Reece, to Mrs. R.
A. Burke, wife of W. J. Burke. Joe
Burke, a son of Mrs. Burke, brought
tne document into Mr. Francis for
filing.
The property lies on Little East
Fork, and since there had been no
question as to ownership, the filing:
of the deed had been neglected these
47 years. With some divisions and
changes in ownership hi prospect
it became necessary at this late
date to file the deed.
Cinderella Girl
While Juanita Stark was standing
in line in Hollywood to draw her
state unemployment insurance, she
was sighted by a motion picture
agent and in less than three days
she was signed to a screen contract.
A blonde, she's 6 feet 4Vi inches
all. weighs 107 pounds and is unmarried.
Interest Growing In
Local Defense Work
Two Will Leave
For Ft. Bragg
Harry Lee Ward and Walter
Eugene Culbertson, are scheduled
to leave here March 21 for Fort
Bragg, as the first two men to
leave Haywood under the selec
tive service system. Although the
two men registered in New Jersey
and New Mexico, respectively, the
government provided they were too
far-away from their Jocl board to
report, and were granted the priv
ilege of reporting to the Waynes
ville board.
Ward's order number was 122
and Culbertson was 700.
The Waynesville board is ex
pecting a first call for its own reg
istrants about July first Appli
cations for volunteers to fill this
call are now being received by the
board, of which Dr. Thos. String
field is chairman.
Citizens Asked
To Cooperate In
Defense Program
"Most of us may feel secure as
to danger for the United States
from foreign aggression. No doubt,
we believe that America will never
be invaded by any foreign military
power. Perhaps, however, we do
not feel so secure against the in
vasion of ideas, of foreign prop
aganda, of an ideology that will
tend to destroy our democratic
way of life," said J. E. Barr, chair
man of publicity for the agricul
tural group working out a program
of national defense.
Serving with Mr. Barr on the
committee to put the program be
fore the public are Bryan Medford
and J. R. Boyd.
Mr. Barr, pointed out that many
persons seem to be disregarding
entirely the effect of the present
world conflict on America, but con
tinue to go along in the same old
way untouched by current events
in the international field.
"Our president has just signed
the Lend-Lease Bill which brings
us as a nation that much closer to
actual war. It is now up to every
patriotic American to do his part
in making our defense strong
enough to withstand any foreign
invasion, not matter from what
quarter it comes. Many of you
have already sent your sons to
(Continued on page 8)
Second Series Of Classes
Began Last Monday, With
Several Trades Taught
The first series of defense classes
at the local high school have Just
been Completed and a second series
have begun.
Two classes in automobile me
chanics and one in electricity have
been completed. On March 10th
the second series of classes began.
Classes in the above vocations and
those is -woodworking,:, rock- and
cement construction are being or
ganized , both for beginners and
for advanced pupils. Practically
every person enrolled for the first
eight weeks has enrolled again for
further training.
The classes are designed to train
young men to take their places In
industry in speeding up prepared
ness of the country. Some of those
who have received training are now
ready to go into industry.
An analysis of the group now en
rolled indicates that they are of
the type upon whom the defense
of the country may well rest. The
average of the group is 19 years
and eleven months, 65 per cent are
married and 95 per cent are native
of .Haywood county. From the
group of forty only three are un
employed and those employed have
been with the same firm or company
for an average of five years and
ten months. The type of employ
ment includes furniture factory,
tapestry mill, electrician, filling
station employee, novelty shop,
tannery and farming, One enrolled
is employed by a government
agency. Every person taking the
course indicated that he expected
to become engaged in the type, of
work for which he is training.
Formal schooling in the group
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Four Bills
Presented
V. I
By Palmer
No Major Changes Made In
Government Of Haywood
By The 1941 Legislature
Four legislative measures have
been introduced by Representative
Glenn C. Palmer in the present
session, which is slated to adjourn
sometime Saturday.
All of the bills received favora
ble reports from committees, and
it is expected they will pass and
become law before adjournment.
One of the bills provides that the
county tax collector collect taxes
for the Canton graded school dis
trict for a nine month's school.
This was made necessary inasmuch
as some of the district is outside
the town of Canton and the town
tax collector there would not be
authorized to collect the taxes
on property outside the city limits.
Another bill for Canton provides
for the extension of the city limits
to include the property of only
about two people who desire to
come in, Mr. Palmer said.
In another bill, the law of 1919
would be changed, and allow the
sale of witness tickets. This would
put Haywood back under the gen
eral law, which provides for their
sale.'
The bill which would provide for
the commissioners to set up in the
budget a levy for expenses for
county accountant's and home dem.
onstration offices will not mean any
additional taxes, it was explained,
but only a technicality in working
out the budget. The constitution
al limitation of a general fund is
15 cents, which Haywood now has.
In addition to that 15 cents, the
county has in its budget three and
a half cents for building fund,
which the supreme court recently
held was the tame as a general
fund. The law did provide, how
ever, that certain offices could be
set up in the budget and be taken
from tins general fund, and that
is what will be done in the case
of Haywood.
The three and a half cents that
heretofore went to the building
fund will in the future be desig
nated for the expense of the county
accountant's and home demonstra
tion offices and will not come out
of the gftieral fund. In other
words, it is just a shifting of funds
to meet constitutional require
ments, without additional taxation
on the taxpayer, it was pointed out.
Donna Jo Queen Wins
Honorable Mention In
Nation-Wide Contest
Donna Jo Queen, young daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Queen,
of Newport News, but formerly of
Waynesville, won honorable men
tion in the Tenth Children's Na
tional Photograph contest.
The contest was held in August
and September of last summer, but
the winners were only recently an
nounced. The contest was staged
through the National association
department store studios in 200 cit
ies in this country. -
Group Of Sculptures Placed In
Post Office Building At Canton
A group of sculputres depicting
the paper industry has just been
installed in the Canton post office.
Samuel Bell, of Bloomfield Hills,
Mich., the artist who did this work,
was commissioned by the Section of
Fine Arts of the Public Building
Administration as a result of com
petent designs submitted by him in
an open anonymous competition.
The decoration consists of seven
terra cotta reliefs. In choosing
Canton's significant industry, the
paper and fibre mill, Mr. Bell felt
that his subject would be interest
ing and familiar to the people of
this section. He portrays the va
rious aspects of the paper industry,
such as the pulp, the mill, the chem
ical and executive branches.
Decorations for Federal buildings
are executed under the program
of the Section of Fine Arts. Ap
proximately one per cent of the
total costs of each building is al
lotted for its embellishment More
than 750 artists have participated
in the decoration of Tederal build
ings in 1,100 cities, : -f
Baptists Organize
Forces To Improve
Sunday Schools
Approximately 125 officers and
teachers of the Sunday schools of
the Baptist churches of the county
and pastors attended the two ses
sions of the Sunday School Asso
ciation held here in the First Bap
tist church Monday afternoon and
evening.
The sessions were held in con
nection with the state-wide series
of Sunday school inspirational con
ferences of the 70 Baptist associa
tions in North Carolina. The ob
ject of the meeting was to form
an intensive organization of the
Sunday school workers toward
building up larger and better Sun
day schools.
A. V. Washburn, assistant lead
er of young people's work in the
Southern Baptist convention, was
in charge of the programs of the
sessions. R. E. Sentelle, local at
torney and superintendent of the
Haywood Sunday School associa
tion, presided at both sessions.
Mr. Washburn's topic was "Plat
forms for Progress," in which he
outlined the aims, toward which he
wished the group to work. ;
Rev. E. O. Stevens, of Asheville,
delivered an inspirational mes
sage to the group. The Rev. Frank
Leatherwood, moderator of the
(Continued on page 8)
Salvation Army Workers
Establish New Church
By Mrs. D. N. Rathbone.
Under the supervision of Adju
tant Cecil Brown, the citizen of
Little Creek and Rolling Fork have
at last a church in which to war
ship. Adjutant Brown and Lt
Thelma Colton, of the Salvation
Army conduct services in the com
munity each Sunday. - -
The children of the section now
have the advantages of religious
training, from which they have
been deprived on account of the
great distance they have lived
from church centers. .
New Infantry Chief
r 1 1
O. ft. Am? lieu! Corp
Gen. Courtney H. Hodges (above),
commandant of the infantry school
at Fort Banning, Ga., will become
the U. S. Army's new chief of In
fantry when the four-year term of
Major Gen. George A. Lynch ex
pires this May, according to official
Wuhington sources.
Teachers To Hold
Last County Wide
Meeting Saturday
The last of the four conty-wide
teachers' meetings scheduled for
the year will be held on Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock at the Cen
tral Elementary school.
Legislation passed by the pres
ent session of the State Assembly
will be the topic under discussion.
Mrs. Hilda Haliburton, of the
Clyde schools, and president of the
group, will preside.
Homer Henry will talk on "The
Retirement Fund," C. C. Hanson
will discuss all other legislation en
acted including the expansion of
school work, continuing; contracts
and other measures that will be
definitely decided by the legisla
ture by Saturday.
W. P. Whitesfdes, principal of
the Bethel schools, will talk on
"Teaching Democracy in the North
Carolina Schools."
Jack Messer, county superintend
ent of education, will make a num
ber of announcements and discuss
the closing of schools and phases
of the work for the remuinder of
the term.
Measles Epidemic
Closes Fines Creek
Schools For Week
The Fines Creek schools were
closed on Tuesday for the remain
der of the week on account of an
epidemic of measles. It was
learned vesterday that at least 38
per cent of the students were absent
the first of the week.
The school was scheduled to close
on April the 4th for the 1940-41
term, having started early in Au
gust, but the delay of this week
put the date up to April 10th, ac
cording to Jack Messer, county su
perintendent of schools.
Education Board
Named In Bill
The House of Representatives
got the 1941 omnibus bill last Sat
urday appointing members of the
county board of education. Their
terms of office will begin the first
Monday of April.
Those named in the act for Hay
wood were; Homer V. Cagle for a
six year term, R. T. Messer for a
term of four years and John Best
for two years.
These three now comprise the
county board.
Haywood Would Get
Senator Every Four
Set-up
Years
Undei
Rubber Plant
Bids Will Be
Opened On 19
Bids for the construction of
a modern plant for the Dayton
Rubber Manufacturing Compa
ny near Haxelwood, will be
opened next Wednesday, in the
home office of the firm in Day
ton, Ohio, it was learned here
this week.
Blue prints were recently
sent to eight contractors, ask
ing for bids on the modern
building. Two local contract
ors were ask to submit bids.
The time limit and date of
starting actual construction
will be put into each contract
it was said, which makes it
impossible to tell until the
successful bidder is determin
ed, just the time it will take
to erect the plant. From con
versation with officials here on
the last trip, it was indicated
that construction would start
immediately after awarding
the contract
School Band To
Give Concert On
First Anniversary
The Waynesville band will give
a concert on Friday evening at the
high school aduitorium in anniver
sary of their first concert.
Last year the band had a mem
bership of 56 high school students
and 44 elementary students. This
vear there are 67 hiirh school
band students, and the Junior band,
made up ox pupils irom tne fcasi
Waynesville, Central Elementary,
Hazelwood and Junior high num-
ber 41.1 Thr latter win also play
with the high school band.
A bcurinniners' band which has
been organised in the three ele
mentary schools since Christmas,
with 29 students, will also take
part in the program, making a
total of 137 students playing in
the concert.
""he program will include: "God
B'S8 America," march; "Legion
naires on Parade," march; "Prince
and Pauoer." overture: "Horizon,"
overture; "Military Escort," march,
will be given by the high scnool
students.
The elementary group will play:
"Cobbler, Cobbler," "Chimes,"
"Corporal Callahan," "The Clari
net " "Polka." The beginners' band
will play, "Paul on' the Hill,'
"Hymn of Praise," "Cukoo," "Ura
die Song," and "America."
The program will be closed by
a group of numbers Dy tne nign
school band, "Color Guard," march;
"Ferryboat Serenade," "Trepelo,"
overture; and a group of Ameri
can melodies, including "My Old
Vontupkv Home." "Old Folks at
Home," "Dixie," and "The Star
Spangled Banner."
Walter Francis
Opens New Store
Walter Francis has opened the
Francis Grocery on Church street,
opposite the Masonic Temple.
Mr. Francis has been a buyer
of groceries in one of Waynesville's
leading stores for the past five
years. The new store will handle
a complete line of standard brand
merchandise in addition to fruits
and vegetables.
Employed at the store is Ken
neth Stahl.
Plans Completed For REA Festival
In Waynesville On March 28 and 29
Details were completed this week
for the REA festival which will be
held here on Friday and Saturday,
March 28-29, at the Waynesville
Armory. Entertainment, exhibits
and prizes will feature the event,
with free admission.
Electrical dealers of Haywood
will have a display at the Armory
for the two days, a complete line
of electrical appliances, from curl
ing irons to hammermills.
Interesting programs have been
arranged for the entertainment of
the several thousand who are ex
pected to attend both days.
One feature of the event will be
an amateur program, for which
cash prizes will be awarded. Only
high school students of the county
will participate, and those wanting
to take part in the event, and try
for the 15.00 cash prize, should
file application with J. Dale Stents
at the Chamber of Commerce by
noon of March 22.
The Mountaineer and directors
of the Cruso Mutual are sponsoring
the event, and plans have been
made to take care of several thous
and twonlfl both da vs.
Special decorative material will
be brought in to fix the displays
of the dealers in an attractive
manner.
Valuable door iprizes will be given
on the evening of both days of the
festival. Complete details of the
entire program will be announced
in this paper later.
Senatorial District Would
Include Haywood, Jackson,
Transylvania, Henderson
And Polk Counties
The state senatorial district, of
which Haywood will be a part in
the redistricting plan, puts Hay
wood, Jackson, Transylvania, Polk
and Henderson together, with two
senators.
According to Representatlvo
Glenn C. Palmer, the legislature
will not have anything to do with
who, or when the counties get sen
ators, but the general understand
ing is that Haywood will rotate
with Henderson, thereby, getting
senator from this county once
every four years.
Polk, Transylvania and Jackson
would each get a senator every six
years.
Several here had expressed them
selves as favoring a plan which
would make a senatorial district of
Henderson and Haywood, alternat
ing with senators.
Methodist To Hold
Missions Institute
At Long's Chapel
A county-wide Mission Institute
of the Methodist churches will be
held on Sunday at 2.30 o'clock at
Long's Chapel, with the Rev. J. W.
Blitch, chairman of the Canton
zone presiding.
Dr. W. L. Hutchlns, superintend
ent of the Waynesville district,
will speak on "District Missionary
Advances." Mrs. F. E. Branson :
will present the work of til women,
Rev. E. C. Price will conduct the
opening service. Rev. W. R. Kelly
will talk on "Missionary Cultiva
tion" and the Rev. V. A. Morton
will speak if "The Golden Cross."
Others tuUng pert, o'tu the pro
gram include; the Rev.' J. B. Tabof,
who will have as his subject, "The
Benevolent Dollar;" Rev." C. D.
Brown, "The Fourth Sunday Offer
ing;" and the Rev. J. G. Huggin,
Jr., "Evangelism."
A program of special music haa
also been arranged for the after
II. S. Ward Will
Distribute - Sell
Dayton Tires
H. S. Ward, of Lake Junaluska,
has just been named distributor
for Dayton tires, a product of the
Dayton Rubber Manufacturing
Company, who will soon begin con
struction of a plant near Hazel-wood.-
Mr. Ward operates a service
station at Lake junaluska, and will
be distributor for Haywood and
all counties in North Carolina west
of here.
The line of tires are now on dis
play at his station at the lake.
Yesterday Held
Touch Of Spring
The temperi'-i're did not go be
low 18 deg.ees during the past
week and reached 62 yesterday.
High winds continued at intervals
and late yesterday afternoon gave
a promise of spring.
Mar Max Min 7 p. m. Prec
5 60 18 29
6 48 19 43 trace
7 44 34 37 1.01
8 37 31 31 0.35
9 44 29 40 trace
10 63 27 61
11 62 31 40 0.50
Mean maximum ................. 47
Mean minimum
Mean for week .........
High" for week .
Low for week ..........
Mean for 7 p. m.
Below March normal .....
Precipitation for week ..
Precipitation for March
Above March normal ...
Precipitation since Jan. 1st -7.02"
Deficit for year .........i.66"
....27
.w.37
.; 53
.......18
...39
9
1.86
..3.01"
.1.22"
Dr. Gay Attending
Five State Dental
Meet In Washington
Dr. and Mrs. S. P. Gay left Sat
urday for Washington, D. C, where
the former will attend a five state
dental meeting. Dr. Gay will di
rect a clinic on pyrrohea during the
meeting. Dr. and Mrs. Gay will be
out of town about a week.
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