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The Wayne sville Mountaineer
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
NO. 16
Sixteen Pages
UVENTHYEAR
Chers Of County
WAYNESVILLE, N. O, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1941
$1.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Coon tie
Honor Students of Bethel Senior Class
i ........
Have Not
ry Determined,
rj Be Made Law
( ment i being made tbia
flection of teacher
Kb of the county and
District for the com-
& yet fcf "y
fJI bat the teachers wUJ
J lt later date of
of White Mease,
,72 Hib School faculty
ld the board. Richard
Iltfthe Waynesville Dis
s year's leave of
'"i Vr to complete his
iS to teach h the
CtoPttrictwere: M. H,
C Bpemsing principal; U
Ciioby, Homer Henry, Mrs.
iJord, Miss Ethel Craig,
Jones. Mrs. Grace
lvv . .
j Mil. J. C. Patrick, miss
i Withers. Carl Ratcliff,
i s Kellett Miss Bessie
'in Margaret Terrell, James
kL T. New, Jr., Mrs.
lUed, Mrs. v. a. weain
liu Meredith Whitaker,
cmk J. a Brown, Mrs.
Snob. Jesse James, MiBS
In Turner.
iloB Campbell, Mrs. Frank '
i-wo, Hiss Mildred Rogers,
jSuey Killian, Lawrence
W Mrs. Louise K. Queen,
Knight, Miss Daisy Boyd,
pul Ratcliff, Miss Lois Har-
Harriet H. Withers, Mrs.
ITtifM Howell, Mrs. Annie
.dttf, Glenn Noland, Mr.
aMoodr, Mrs. Nell Howell,
tfkanto Moore, Miss Sarah
.it Buryin, Miss Frances
Xiu Sarah Jane Walker,
jk Dm Kirkpatrick, Miss
Said, Mrs. Bill Cole, Miss
.Pittawn, Miss Elisabeth
Ttmu Efcwin, Mrs. Ova
a, Xiu Thomasine String
aade Rogers, Juhr Beyd,
Medford. .:-- ,;.
y Campbell, Mrs. Claudia
latherwood, Miss Lucile
la Marearet Perrv. Mrs.
3n Boyd. Miss Iowa Lee
M,Jobn Dudley Moore, Mrs.
fWinght, Miss Mary Rath
ita, LaRosa S. Liner, Mrs.
Allison, Miss Ruth Moody,
WiG. Crawford, Mrs. May
1 Davis. Miss ("IntViorino
K Mn. Edna Rogers, Miss
MMiora, Charles Duckett,
Mil Boyd, Miss Stella
111 Edna Tom-oil W T.
I ff . J.
WW. C. Allen and Miss
iflmice.
p elected to teach in the
pool district include, C. C.
f principal, Mrs. Amelia
P Leatherwood, Eugene
f I Cole Cannon, Miss Sibyl
f Mri. Hilda S. Halibur
fj Sarah Anne Long, Miss
J Anne McCracken, Mrs.
IU Seay, Mrs. Mary B.
Mim Fay Bagwell, Mrs.
I'. Shook, Mrs. Ellen H.
Louisa Rogers, Miss
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Messer Re-Elected
To Head County
School bystem
Jack Messer was elected county
Bunerintendent of education for
the fifth consecutive time for a
two year term at a recent meeting
of the Haywood County Board of
Education.
Mr. Messer is a native of this
county and is a graduate of Car
an.Newman College of Jefferson
City, Tenn. He first taught in the
Haywood County schools alter
which he was a member of the
faculty of the Sylva High Scool,
prior to his returning to the county
eight years ago as county super
intendent of education.
Membership of the Haywood
County Board of education, elected
last November for a two year
term include, R. T. Messer and
Homer Cagle, who have both serv
ed eight years and John B. Best,
who has been a member for the
past six years.
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and Hazel Frady, who tied for honors of the valedictorian, with both
ICVCH1WJ SySaV IWVIlVlUIlt
No Changes Made
In Fox Hunting
Law In Haywood
A renresentative trrouD of Hay-
wod fox hunters this week. Dointed
out that the fox hunting law of 1913
was still in force and that no chang
es had been made.
Thn law. under which . Ha vwood
comes, provides a penalty for shoot
ing a fox unless the animal is ac
tually destroying property.
Hunters are permitted under the
law to chase fox with dogs, but
cannot shoot them, nor smoke them
from their holes at any time.
"Some people were of the opin
ion that the law had been changed,
, bu t3ii- is : esttfctake)'' they said.
The group had letters from Rep
resentative Glenn C. Palmer and
J. Dl Findlay, of the division of
irame and inland fisheries of the
State Department of Conservation
and Development, confirming the
fact that the 1913 law was still
in force. '. '
Traffic Light
Marks Intersection
Hazelwood Streets
A stop and go traffic light was
placed at the intersection of Main
Street and Brown Avenue in Haz
elwood the latter part of the week.
Town officials and other civic
minded persons have long felt the
need of this safety device,
Chief of Police, Jerry Rogers,
who has spent as much time as pos
sible nearby stated that drivers as
a etoud have been very careful to
observe the light signals.
Business Good
With New Firm
TtnninpRR for the oneninz of the
Union Clothing Company on last
week-end was "simply grand," ac
cording to Tom L. Campbell, mana
ger and E. S. Slack, owner of the
firm which features wearing ap
parel for men and women on credit.
The management and owner re
ceived many compliments on their
stock, its arrangement, and the
modern store; which is on Main
Street - :V .,
Mrs. Paul Davis is spending this
week with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. 0. V. Hamrick at Shelby,
arc Of Heavy Road Machinery
sror z-Hile Parkway Project
I cars of heavv mA
i unloaded yesterday
ruoermilV
' 'the Parkway project
to Bie mtrh r.
(7niaes. "
wen cars in aJJ that
tt here, and several
CT they said,
j?? ipment included 4
comPresor and
L'wt compressor. The
repressor is said to be
IT: 1le Contra rtnr.
of about roo
Clyde Seniors
To Give Play
Friday Night
The Senior class of the Clyde
high school will present their an
nual play in the Hazelwood school
auditorium on Friday evening,
April 18 at 7:30 o'clock.
The Clyde seniors will present,
"Feudin' in the Hills," by James C.
Parker. This play is a comedy in
three acts.
During this past school year,
while the modern new high school
building has been under construc
tion at Clyde, the school has been
housed in one unit of the Hazel
wood school.
One-fourth of the proceeds from
the play will be given to the Haz
elwood schooL
"W.tT nus- concrete
'r Pieces of equlp
nerved in fteship-
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... arriva f 4.1.-
? 5Lbev8ed on the Mrs. George A. Kilnze
r oe other flnmn Tarn A .4? pAtMinrv it oQl1
'4c.' Ule "west.
KfefT other
W !?m another iob
gprenutiye was
?Dhe Ck' hidl
Wwrp. m front. ov
iJmg nicely on
SoTrf m tte mounUin
Wngday,
alllOf jivww '
PTAfor Coming Year
Mrs George A. Kunse was elect
ed president of the Central Ele
menUry Parent Teacher Associa
tion at the last meeting. r the
school year which was held on Mon
day night. ...
Others elected to serve with Mrs.
Eunze include: vice president, Mrs.
Linwood Grahl; secretary, Miss
Anna Dee Kirkpatrick; treasurer,
Mrs. Bonner Atkinson.
vnnrami Ot election an instal
lation of the officers was held.
Hundred Per Cent
Increase in Sale
Fishing Licenses
Large Crowds Expected
For Week End Fishing
In Sherwood Forest
There has been a hundred per
cej incase-, in the sale of ftshi
ing licenses this year," as compared
wit the same date last year, ac
cording to G. C, Plott. county game
and fish protector. The sale also
includes a larcre nercent of out of
state and county purchasers. They
amounted to J250.00
Mr. Plott also states that he is
now receiving one hundred per cent
more co-operation from the public
in general and particularly from
the citizens of the county in the
conservation program under his di
rection. They are appreciating ine
tlint under the state board of
conservation and development that
there will be continued nsmng m
this section.
Thp fish were striking good on
the opening date so local fisher
men say. The largest eaten oi tne
nrooir in thin immediate section, ac
cording to Mr. Plott, was a fifteen
and a half inch rainbow trout irom
Jonathan Creek landed by Homer
Davis. All fishermen report tne
bag limit , .
People who have never before
bought licenses are purchasing
them this year and there has never
been more interest in the fishing
season, according to Mr. Plott.
Large crowds, many from dis
tant states, as well as hundreds
from this section are expected to
take advantage of the three days
fishing period in Sherwood Forest
from the 19th through the 21st.
Play By Seniors
Attracted Large
Crowd Tuesday
tv Tirooontntion ' of "Quality
Street," by Sir James Barrie, by
the senior class at tne waynesvine
Township High school under the
direction of Miss Hester Ann With
ers, dramatic coach of the school,
attracted a large crowa on
day night ; .
The members of the class chose
the play in their junior year and
have worked untiringly to present
this outstanding four act produc
tion by a famous antnor.
The cast was well chosen and
the stage settings remarkable for
an amateur performance. It re
quired both dramatic talent and a
love of fine literature on the part
of the cast to present the play with
the fine interpretation they gave
the lines. . - .
Those taking part included the
following seniors: Ruby Francis
Brown, Meta Dicus,' Jane Dudley
Francis, Winifred Rogers, Kath
eryn Blalock, Dorothy Richeson, J.
D. Hyatt, Charles Leatherwood,
Lester Burgin, Catherine Davis,
Richard Bradley, . Merrill Green,
Robert Ferguson, Lula Frank Med
ford, Virgil Smith, Ted Chambers,
and 'children, Aaron Hyatt, Jean
Anne Bradley and Anna Jean
Davis.
Commencement
Starts at Bethel
On Friday Night
Senior Class Will Present
"Feudin in the Hills" as
Annual Play Tomorrow
Night
Commencement exercises will get
underwav Bt the Bethel hieh school
on Friday night with the presenta
tion of the senior play and close on
Tuesday night the 23rd with the
graduating program.
The seniors have chosen a com
edy, ''Feudin in the Hills," by James
C. Parker. It will be given in the
high school gymnasium at 8 o'clock
on Friday evening.
The action revolves around two
families, the Martin and the Pruitts,
who have been feuding lor gene
rations.'. '. I y ..
The cast includes, Clovis Pipes,
Lillian Deaver, Burlyn Bumgamer,
Ruth Brown, Mildred Long, Ernes
tine Pruett, GuyXrogan, Norman
Pless. James Cafhey and Van
New Registration
CaUed For Town
Election In May
Registration Books Close
On April 26; Every One
Must Register to Vote
The onlv develoDment this week
in the coming town election was
the reminder of the new registra
tion.'
All TvPMtnn wanting to vote in
the city election on May 6, will
have to register between now and
tne afternoon of Saturday, April
26.' ::' "
The new rearistration was called
under the state law, and in agree
ment with the new county regis
tration last spring before the primary.
Frank D. Ferguson, is registrar
for the Town of Waynesville and
has the registration books at his
office in the court bouse.
Candidates who have made for
mal announcement for the town
election have been, Mayor J, H.
Way, Aldermen L. M. Killian, T.
L. Bramlet and Hugh Massie all
neekin? re-election, and Roy Camp
bell is a candidate for member of
the board of aldermen.
Petitions Ask 50,000
Bond Issue to Expand
Haywood C, Hospital
High School Band
Leaves Today
For Greensboro
Group Will Enter State
Wide Contests Tomorrow
At Woman's College
The Waynesville High School
Summer "Cannot
Be Far Away"
In addition to the balmy
weather of the week and the
bursting of flowers and shrubs
without warning into full and
luxuriant bloom, there are oth
er unmistakable signs that
summer "cannot be far away".
On Saturday, traffic officer,
Norman Caldwell reports that
he observed more foreign and
out of state cars than any day
this season.
There was one from Cuba,
another from Mexico, one from
down in the Panama Canal
Zone, another from up in Van
Cover, to say nothing of hund
reds from states all over the
U. S. A. According to Officer
Caldwell, thti travel has never
been greater at this early sea
son. ,
Rauschenberg To
Address Inter-City
Rotary Meet Here
Chris Rauschenberg, of Atlanta,
prominent business man, world
traveler and an authority on inter
national affairs, will be the princi
ple speaker at the lnter-uty meet
Band will leave at noon today forpng of the Rotary Cluba of Ashe-
The baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered On Sunday morning at the
school by the Rev. J. W. Blitch, pas
tor of theBethel Methodist Church.
The service will open with the pro
cessionaC Lead on 0 King Eter
nal," and the congregation joining
in the song, "Come Thou Almighty
King." Rev. Thomas E. Erwin will
give the invocation. .
The Drofirram is as follows on
commencement night: processional,
Lead On 0 King Eternal-; invo
cation "Gloria Patn"; Salutatory
address, by Norman York. Hazel
Frady will give the history of the
class.' '
A group of senior boys forming
. . i
a ouintette composea oi fMormun
PIpsr Van Mease. Guy Grogan,
John Berry, and Fred Grooms will
give a number. Hilda Blalock will
present the prophecy of the class.
Margaret Williamson is the gif
torian of the class, and Clovis
Pipes is the class Poet.
Claude Conard and Hazel Frady
who tied for the honors of vale
dictorian, will both give valedic
tory messages. They will be fol
lowed by the delivery of the di
plomas and awards.
Captain Mint Reed
Promoted to Major
In U. S. Air Corps
Captain Minthorne W. Reed, of
the U. S. Air Corps, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Reed of Waynes
ville, has been promoted to the
rank of Major during the month.
Major Reed has made a splen
did record since he entered the ser
vice. Following his graduation
from Duke University in the class
of 1928 he entered the Air Corps
Trininr School at Brooks Field,
San Antonio, Texas, and finished
his course the next year at Kelly
Fieldwith the rank of Second Lie
tenant. '
In 1939 he completed his ten
year regulation period as a second
and first lieutenant, and was pro
moted to Captain, and was trans
ferred from Barksdale Field,
Shreveport, La., to Mitchell Field,
N. Y. . -. ' . "' . ......
According to routine in the Air
Corps an officer must serve as a
Captain five years before promo
tion to a Major, but owing to the
increase in the junior officer per
sonnel, as the result ef the national
defense program, it was also neces
sary to increase the number of
higher officers. -
Major Reed, a Waynesville boy,
and Mrs. Reed often visit here and
both have many friends who will
be interested to learn of his re
cent promotion.
Mrs. S. P. Gay was the guest
during the past week of relatives
in Greeneville and Newport, Tenn,
r.rppnshoro where they will compete
in the State-wide Contests lor nign
school bands. In the party will
be 63 band students, the director
and six mothers. '
They will travel in six cars and
one large Queen City bus. The
schedule calls for arrival in Greens
boro at 7 o'clock, with all members
of the party required to meet the
HirMnr at headauarters fct-' 8
o'clock. At 8:30 they must report
daces, and at 10
o'clock are required to be in bed.
Vanh hand student has been hand-
qH a no 0P list of instructions of the
hours and rules that will govern
the trip, and a gentle reminder,
"that whether or not you respect
these suggestions will determine
whether or hot you will make any
future trips with the band."
Entrance in the contest involves
the playing of three contest num
bers, playing by sight, music they
have not seen or heard, and a mar
ching competition.
tVip nlan to return to Waynes
ville at 3 o'clock Saturday after
noon, spending two nights in
Greensboro.
Those going include: Dorothy
Colledge, Betty Bradley, Louella
Hall, Edna Ratcliff, Virginia Jack
.in rntWine Davis. Ruth Wagen-
ifeld, Patsy Gwyn. Bebe Medlord,
Ann Farmer, Eloise Martin, roiiy
Francis, Shirley Colkitt, Dorothy
Richeson, Betsy Siler, Thelma
Jones, Nan Liner, Betty Jo Noland,
Ann Edmonds, Barbara Francis,
Lois Massie, Velma McClure, Car
roll Bell, Evelyn Craig, Mary Jo
Green, Marianna Kunze, Nella Sue
Garland, Groyene Clark, Margue
rite Way, Doris Grahl, Dorothy
Milner, Doris Colkitt. -,Oren
Coin, Haywood Plott, Bill
Ray, Charles Way, Huniea Hart,
Eugene Medford, Bruce Briggs,
Dick Bradley, Fred Palmer, Rex
Hosaflook, Tom Davis, Bill Fish,
Bob Leatherwood, Joe Turner, Phil
Medford; Boyd Medford, Lyle Cof
fey, Jack Worthington, Carol Grahl,
Pink Francis, Henry Foy, Dean
Ledford, Virgil Hoglen, John Han
ey, Noble Garrett, Jr., and Bill
Dover.
L. T. New, director, Mrs. N. M.
Medford, Mrs. Linwood Grahl, Mrs.
Ruth Craig, Mrs. Aldeen Hall, Mrs.
W. A. Bradley and Mrs. T. Lenoir
Gwyn.
Archie MacFayden
Former Resident
Dies in California
Archie MacFayden, 71, a former
resident of Waynesville, died on
last Thursday at Red Wood City,
Calif. His body has been cremated
and is being shipped to Clarkton,
N. C, where the ashes will be In
terred in the family cemetery of
that place.
Mr. MacFayden was a native of
Bladen County, but resided here
for a number of years.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Jennie MacFayden, of Waynesville,
one son, Archie H. MacFayden, of
San Antonia, Texas; two daughters,
Mrs. Virginia M. Hall, of Williams
burg, Va and Mrs. "L. BL Hart
shorn, of Canton.
ville, Waynesville and Sylva, which
will be held here at the Gordon
Hotel on Friday night at 7:30
o'clock.
Aside from his "tore of infor
mation on international affairs, Mr.
Rauschenberg is also a pleasing
and entertaining speaker.
He and his family have msny
friends in this section, as they
have been coming to Lake Juna
luska for nearly twenty years, and
at present are erecting a summer
home there.
A proximately seventy members
of the three clubs are expected to
attend the Inter-City meeting.
Deplorable Crowded Con
ditions Prevail At Institu
tion; More Room Sorely
Needed
Petitions bearins about 1.600
names, and asking that an election
be called for the people of Hay
wood tn vote tsn.Ooo in bonds for
an expansion of the Haywood Coun
ty Hospital will be presented to
the commissioners here Monday
morning.
Signatures from residents fn
every section of the county hav
been secured.
The movement has been under
wav for several months, and was
brought to a quick climax during
the past few weeks, when the ave
rage number of patients at ths
hospital for April reached the new
high mark of 97. The hospital was
built as a 55-bed institution.
The increase in the number of
patients has grown from 632 in
1928, the first year tne institution
was open, to 2,423 in 1940.
The halls are even crowded with
patients, and the staff cannot under
such circumstances give them tha
proper attention, it was pointed
out
The number of charity patients
hn steadilv increased during tha
12 years, according to M. E. Davis,
business manager, who cited that
In 1928 only 62 charity patients
rra mxristered. while in 1940 tha
hospital had 853 charity patients,
who received 11,805 nospitai oaya
of care.
The proposed expansion wouia
give about 100 beds in the hospital,
which would relieve to some extent
the conjestion that now exists.
Who Was Right
Sam Cabe Or
Wade McDaniels?
Wiwl Mrnuniela. iailer. reports
that onlv three ceonle Were lodged
in the Haywood County Jail dur
ing the Easter week-end, the lowest
rernrd made, in the past 12 months.
The city police made one arrest
on Saturday night. The sheriffs
denartment another around 3
o'clock Sunday afternoon and along.
about midnight the third person
was put in jail.
Mr. McDaniels says tnat liquia
refreshments were running low.
Sam CBbe, of the city police force,
claims that the men had turned
over their week's pay checks to
their wives for the Easter shop
ping, and that many a Sunday
bonnet meant a thirsty man, with
his ;thirst unquenched. . .' ,'--
Easter Marked By
Perfect Day, Good
Congregations
Perfect weather with unusually
tnr rvinoro rat ions in the churches
of the community marked Easter
Sunday.
The highlight of the morning was
the sunrise service conducted at
the cross overlooking Lake Juna
luska by the. Young People's Union
of the Methodist Churches of Hay
wood County. The Rev. E. C
Price and the Rev, C. D. Brown
were the speakers.
Special services were also con
ducted at Grace Episcopal Church
with an early communion service
at 8 o'clock in the morning.
In the evening an impressiva
candlelight communion and bap
tismal service was held at the)
First Baptist Church.
The choir of the First Methodist
Church presented a program of
Easter music which took the plaea
of the regular evening service.
Special services and music ware
presented in the churches of Has-elwood.
Miss Grace Brooks is spending
this week with relatives in Lenoir.
Contractor Plans To Pour Walls Of
Rubber Plant Sometime This Week
Jule Welch Tate
Dies Suddenly At
Blowing Rock
Relatives were notied here yes
terday of the sudden death of Jule
Welch Tate, 41, at his home in
Blowing Rock, yesterday morning.
Immediately upon receiving the
message, his sister, Mrs. Woodson
Jones and his brother, Joe Tate,
left for Blowing Rock.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Tate, in Hazelwood. Burial
will be in Green Hill cemetery.
Mr. Tate is the son of the late
William Edward and Naomi Rat
cliff Tate, and is widely connected
in Haywood County.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Fannie Pearl Janes Tate, also a
native of this county; five children,
three sisters, Mrs. Woodson Jones,
of Waynesville, Mrs. Louis Rouser,
of Durham and Mrs. Joe Doggett,
of High Point; two brothers, Joe
Tate, of Waynesville, and Lloyd
Tate of Pinehurst and Blowing
Rock; and one aunt, Mrs. P. L. Tur
byfill, of Waynesville.
Dr. and Mrs. R. Stuart Roberson
had as guests over the week-end,
Miss Agnes Simmons, Miss Lora
Mathis and Neal Geer of Kanna-polis.
An extra crew of carpenters wera
put to work this week building
forms for the walls at the Rubber
Plant, and plans are to start pour
ing the walls the last of this week,
according to Merchant . Construc
tion Company, general contractors.
All the piers and footings have
been completed, and the building
is ready to "rise above the ground."
The contractor said he was up
with schedule, and would have been
farther along if he had not been
held up on some vital materials.
Freight cars loaded with mater
ial were on the new side track.
Wednesday, and other shipmenta
were enroute here.
Mr. Sigman, plant manager oi
the Dayton Rubber Manufacturing
Company, and others were here
Monday and received bids for tha
electrical work, heating and plumb
ing. No awards of the contracts
have been made to date. The plumb
ing specifications also called for
the construction of a water and
sewer line from the Tapestry Mill
to the new plant
Mr. Merchant stated that since
workmen were up to the supply of
materials, that only one shift was
being used at present Probably
later, two shifts will be employed.
Representatives of Carolina Pow
er and Light Company were hers
this week going over plans of tha
company, and getting specifications
for the erection of the power lines
to the property.
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