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TH sville ' Mountaineer Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park -TtrTTiFTn NO. 26 Twelve Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. O, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1941 $1.50 In Advance la Haywood and Jackson Coon tie WAYNE vyy uuul i Draftees Answer Gall 18th LMpnToBeDraft- Q two draft boards ftled upon to furnish .eschon July 18, for tmm to be called from the draft wasinau i iiSt fall. . L number of volunteers unty has given Hay- pro rata number, and lie first call. . L amen wfll go from each Q, there will be a large ! of them volunteers, it was Ijaterday. The volunteers touted against the draf- al the county record will uligh. . . . . . mb in Class 1-A, which In only tingle men with no aitj, will be called in this r31 be taken in the order ji they are listed and will CJ p for physical examina Vmi the next week or two, f ooe wishing to volunteer U to call at the draft board here and in Canton for information. 'tt Man vrill tAAVP. the COUtt- M UKU " " " ' jjuly 18 for the camps to ilex niay be assignea. , A. Campbell Tied By Death e Tuesday inl services were held yes iftanoon at two o'clock at Trie Methodist churth for t. Campbell, 70, prominent if the Maggie section of Mr. Campbell ,who a 81 for sometime, died at j loek Tuesday morning In V. an vawpbell, .-he y been a patient. r Ittinjr the services were the A. Groce, of Asheville, a lister, assisted by the Rev. ftpstor of the Clyde at church, and the Rev. C. fl, pastor of Maple Grove church of Dellwood. u in the Dellwood ceme- as pallbearers were the ( nephews: Hush Moodv. d, John Boyd, Wilburn Hiram Camnhpll. nriA 'wpbell. wpbeil is a native of this WSOn Of Hl lota TPi'lKnvn Kb oas a wide family eon- this section, where his been identified for gen- Wpbeirs home la located P fles. from Waynesville, !w gardens, especially of dahlias, attract- oi au persons visiting '17. irj r the widow, one Campbell; two IT!?? Wy,m Campbell Oregon; four grandchfl Pte following brothers ""jC- A. Campbell, Dell- Campbell, and J. B. Maggie; and Mrs. J. aynesvUle. Wee and Ralph Price "Wk-end in T n I - firvsnn ft n:-vs "o accompanied them "Come And Get 'Em Whfle They Last" Donald Dunham, owner and manager of the Dunham House, ' and well know local gardener, is making his annual contri bution to gardeners. After 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon he will give giant zinnia plants to any one who comes for them. Positively no telephone reservations. ';. "Come and get them, while they last" is his invitation. , Thirty-Two Take AAA Supervisor Training Course Thirty-two supervisor trainees took the examination Tuesday for work as field supervisors under the A A program this year. The field training will be given today, and the twenty-two supervisors making the best grades on office forms and field work will begin work In the various townships Wednesday, July 2. There are approximately 2,600 farms to check in Haywood county and it is expected that the job will be completed in about six weeks. It is the Job of the super visors to measure all tobacco and wheat and to check on all soil building practices. One of the main jobs is to assist the farmers in earning their full payment in 194L The allowance for Haywood this year is $62,600. It is hoped that 90 percent or more may be earned. Already uaywooa county farmers have used 9,200 tons of lime, which is 1,000 tons more than was used during the (Continued on page 12) Presbyterians To Install Officers On Sunday The recently elected officers of the Waynesville Presbyterian church will be ordained and install ed at the morning service on Sun day, according to an announcment by the pastor, the Rev. Malcom R. Williamson. t. m Pip.lipson will be installed Mor and the following will be ordained as deacons: John nie Cuddeback, Willam UhamDers, Jr., R. C. McBride, and Bill Prevost. George A. Kunze, wno was a aea-..-io ia moving to Leaksville, VV.-Vv.wf " . and will not be present for the installation service. Nolands Supervise Erection Of Own Tombstone '-TIC? iPTW 'tit, II 1 v . T 5S . X:-:1k .1. M Estimate 250 County Men Will Register Tuesday For Draft IT . Ji Haywood In Group Of Three To Have No Draftees Haywood has enjoyed, with three other counties of the state, the distinction of having had to date no draftees due to the large number of volunteers. The other counties belonging to this patriotic group are Lee and Brunswick. The foregoing statement was made by Major Thomas H. Upton, assistant to the State Director of Selective Service at a meeting held last Thurs day in Asheville," which was attended by the members of the local draft board. MR. AND MRS. J. W. "BILLY" NOLAND, while sitting on the base of their 18-ton tombstone they recently had erected, remarked: "The way to live is to keep everything ready to die," and apparent ly they have done that. The stone is tne largest oeiwecn Asnevuie ana bwdh, mra in "' Rogers cemetery in tines UreeK. rnoto Dy Joe wooarow wavis, (ood Soldiers It... Take 7 Sloan i - "UWUJJ L ;ie maneuvering Panda - , - Mxmpany H lessee tail. vj- " -iia 1U Ilia n week how LI1 nipany "H" got rth. the 20-mile through mud, f Chills. enjoy first hand direct from Vl P . . . by Bobby I . W fmm I? Another Lap Of ThePurkwayTo Be Started boon Bids will be let soon for con struction of another section of the Blue Ridsre Parkway, connecting the Lowdermilk contract from Big Witch Gap to a point z.v mues Northwest en Washington Ridge, it was learned this week from Fed-, eral authorities. The work will include three tun nels totaling 4U feet and the clear ing of 32 acres of land. Construction should start arouna Autrust the 1st if the bids are ac- ceptabld. Trips You Might Find Interesting This Week Hpintooca- is an ideal trip for t.hroue-hout the season. It commands one of the finest views in the Great Smoky Mountains Mntinn! Park. There are picnic r5iipk nrnvided that offer a com fortable setting for a leisure trip into the mountains. The asaleas are still in bloom . th. Cherokee Reservation. The mountain laurel is now at its best on Mt. Pisgah. Claude C. Browne To ' Open New Ueauty snop Claudette's. Beauty Shop wiU open at an early date, in Waynes ville, according to Claude C. Browne, who will be owner and manager of the new shop. 1r- corona annnnnced that new lur. wvn,,v - equipment throughout would fee used, and is expectea an early date. Chas. E. Ray Attended State Merchant's Ieet Chas E. Ray attended the state meeting of the North Carolina f i t. vbah held in High liiciLnaiiMi nuivu Point this week. Mr. Ray is a member of the board of directors. Operators Of Lingamore Arrive for the Season Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Rude and daughter, Miss Mary tugenia i -i t Fl. have ar rived here and will operate The Lingamore this season. ; This is their sixth season m Waynesville. . Visiting them for a month is Miss Amelia Bagwell, of Alachua, Fla. Miss Bagwell is a roommate of Miss Melton at Florida State College.' " Mr. and Mrs. Billv Noland Oversee Erection Of Their 18-Ton Tombstone Work Started On New Tea Room The foundation for a dining room and tea room is under construction on Depot street, in front of the Parkway Hotel. The building wiU not be complet ed until next spring, according to Mr. Hudson, owner, who will then discontinue dining room service in the hotel building. The building will be of painted brick, with a stone foundation. Plans For Live Stock Show Are Well Underway Plans for the livestock show are beginning to take shape. The prem ium lists are being made and de tails worked out for some new de partments. Plans are being made to add swine and poultry to the show this year. Over 65 animals are already fitted for the show. The date for the show has been set for September 19 and 20. The Waynesville Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the show this year and it is believed it will be the only 2-day agricultural fair held in the state without a carnival. All money for the show is being donated by the citizens contribut ing to the Chamber of Commerce drive. : ; The fine arts department, under the direction of the ladies of the county, is making progress. Indi cations are that this show will be the largest, ever held in Western North Carolina. Mrs. Paul Hyatt, of Pigeon, heads this department. Varipil Program Of Outstanding: Numbers Will Be Featured At Lake Anne Seawell To Head State NYA Personnel Division Miss Anne Seawell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. M. Seawell, left Monday for Raleigh, where she will assume her duties as personnel director of the NYA of the State of North Carolina. She will have headquarters in Wilmington. Miss Seawell received her mas ters degree from Duke University a couple of weeks ago, where she has made an outstanding record. Following her graduation she spent a week here with her par ents, after which she went to Plain fipld N J., where she attended the Se of Missive Hill, to Ed ward Snowden.--.Miss Hill is the daughter of Arthur Hill, vice pres ident of Johnson and Johnson, bne was a classmate of Miss Seawell at Duke University. :' Featured by a program of music and dramatic readings, "Artists' Night", scheduled for Friday, the 27th of June, will bring to the plat form of the Lake Junaluska As sembly three noted artists who claim Asheville as home. They are: Ruth Gutierrez, concert pian ist, director of music St. Lawrence Catholic church, Asheville, a native of Australia and graduate of Euro bean eanservatories : Anna Lee Styles, dramatic reader, graduate of the Curry School oi expression, Boston, and connected With the Plonk School of Creative Arts, Asheville; and Emil Medicus, cele brated American flutist, who was presented a medal in Queen's Mu sic Hall, London, by Madame Mel ba. Getting off to a good start last Sunday, the 1941 season promised a rich and varied program of edu cational and cultural attractions. A program Of negro spirituals (Continued oa page 12) . Fines Creek Couple Believe In Being Prepared To Die, Even To Burial Plans. By Hilda Way Gwyn. For years to come, no doubt for generations, the motorists travel ing the Fines Creek road will slow down as they pass the Hiram Rogers cemetery adjoining the Fines Creek Baptist church grounds. A blue granite monument tow erinar more than 8 feet high, count ing the base, which is 10 feet sauare. will arrest their attention and arouse their curiosity. It is startling to find such an impressive monument in a lonely country bury- ingr ground. It is said to be the handsomest marker between A she ville and Atlanta. The story back of the marker is also startling for it designates the final resting nlaee of thowe now living, not dead, which is an unusu al custom in this section. How would you like to have these post mortem arrangements com pleted while you are here to direct them? . Would von find comfort in those small hours of r the nights which come to us air at times when we are denied the blessed oblivion of sleep and We find ourselves at low ebb, to know that the final chapter in our life had already gone to nress. Would vou find peace in the fact that there would be no blick- orinc nr indecision amonff rela lives left behind about this final earthly home that was awaiting ready for its completion for the lnf ihnvel of clavT Or would that cold glimmering stone stir within your soul mis givings about that journey from which no traveler has ever return ed? Would you feel that its shad ows were coming to meet you and that death and eternity were prourhin on your earthly joys It all depends on the viewpoint 25 years ago Mr. and Mrs. J. W Noland. of Fines Creek, decided to erect a monument on the spot that they would some, day be bur ied. The word got about regard ing their' plans, and tombstone salesman beset them with designs and propositions, but it remained for H. B. Angel, manager of the Haywood Monument Co., of Way- (Continued on page IZ) To More Than 100 New Subscribers, Welcome Today's issue of The Mountaineer goes into the homes of more than 100 new subscribers all within 10 miles of Waynesville. '. - . The publishers welcome these among the ever-increasing number of readers. We shall continue to strive to make this newspaper welcome into your home every Thursday. We shall ' exert every effort to get and publish that which we consider should go into a complete newspaper. Out-Of-County Farm Tour Plans Are Announced Arrangements are being com pleted by the county farm agents for 150 farmers and business men to take the third annual out-of- county farm tour. For two years the tour has been made out oi the state, but this year it will be con fined to points in North Carolina. The party will leave Waynes- villa on Tuesday, July the 15th at 7:00 o'clock, going through Hen derson county to Lake Lure, Chim ney Rock, then to Charlotte. Near the latter place they will visit the famous Morocroft Farms owned by former Governor Cameron Mor rison. Here the farmers will see some outstanding Hereford breed' ing cattle and also Hereford steers on feed. Ths dairvhani and poulr try plants of the farm will, also be visited. - The tour will go through the Freezer Locker at Lumberton and thence on to the coast at Wil mington by Camp Davis at Holly Ridge, where certain features of National Defense program will be observed. They will ajso visit the marine base in Onslow county, then to Morehead City, and Beaufort to the coast. One-half day will be spent at the beach; Here they have their choice of deep sea fishing or a boat trip in the sound. On the tour they will see how flue-cured tobacco is primed and cured in Eastern Carolina. On the trip back they will stop in Raleigh. nd meet Governor Broughton at State College. In Durham the party will visit Duke University, and go through a cigarette manufacturing plant. They will visit Quail Roost Farms, one of the leading Guernsey farms in the South. Here they will study pasture improvement and observe Guernsey ' cattle. . The tour will last four days from Tuesday through Friday the 18th and the mileage will be around 1,050 miles. The approximate cost of the trip including travel, room, meals and the Raleigh sight seeing tour will be around f 14.00. A special invitation is extended to the farm women and the bust' ness men to join the party. Ap plication should be made at the county agent's office. All Men Who Have Become 21 Since October 16, 1940, Required To Register. Estimates yesterday were that between 250 and 300 young men of Haywood who have become 21 years of age since October 1, 1940, would register for selective train ing service on next Tuesday. The two draft boards of the county have completed all neces sary details for the registration, and will remain open from ? a. m. until 9 p. m. to register every male who subsequent to last October 16 has become 21 years of age. Haywood Draft Board No. 1 will be in their office on the third filoor of the court house, and will regis ter those of the following town ships: Waynesville, Ivy Hill, Iron Duff, Crabtree, Fines Creek, White Oak, Jonathan Creek, and Cata loochee. Dr. Thomas String-field is chairman of this draft board. The board in Canton, with J. T. Bailey chairman, will register men from Beaverdam, Clyde, East Fork, Pigeon and Cecil. In case a man is so far remov ed from his residence that it would cause him great expense and la convenience to return home to reg ister, he will be allowed to regis ter at the nearest local draft board. Last October Haywood had over 4,000 young men between the ages of 21 and 36 to register for the se lective service. NYA Center To Hold Open House This Afternoon , The NYA .center near Branner erest will hold v open hpusa this, afternoon from 3 to 4:30 o'clock in observance of the sixth anniversary of the National Youth Administra tion in North Carolina. Mrs. Paul Walker, director of the center, and the girls taking work this week will receive those calling. Visitors are cordially in vited to inspect ; the work of the center during the stated hours. Singer Sewing Machine Service Opens Saturday The Singer Sewing Machine Service, on Church street, will have their formal opening Satur day, according to Mrs. C. Camp bell, authorized distributor for this community. Special gifts are being offered' the first 20 adults entering the store, with souvenirs g i v ni throughout the day. Associated with the firm is A. N. Dillinger, salesman and service man.; '- The firm will handle a full line of sewing machines, electric irons and vacuum cleaners. A service department is maintained in con nection with each. Red Gross To Have Work Room In Community Center At the meeting on Monday after noon of the Haywood chapter of the Red Cross announcement was made that the county commission ers had agreed to allow the chapter the use of the rooms over the com munity center for war relief ac tivities. Mrs. William Medford was named as chairman of a committee to get the room ready for work. Plans were formulated for the committee to solicit furnishings from the public for the room. Tables, chairs, and sewing machines are among the major items desired. A report was also made at the meeting of the work being accom plised among the pellagra cases in this section under the committee headed by Mrs. Johnnie Cuddeback. Assistant Farm Ageiits Return From State Trip Wayne Corpening and John T. ReitzeL assistant county farm agents, returend on Friday from a trip through the state outlining and timing the stops for the third annual out-of-county farm tour. -. ! IN PIEDMONT CAROLINA Marion T. Bridges, co-publisher of The Mountaineer, and in charge of the mechanical department, is spending this week in the central part of the state on business. Want Ad Sold 500 Gallons Of Cherries . . . Two weeks ago, Henry Francis inserted the fol lowing 25-cent want ad In The Mountaineer, and had 75 people to come for cherries. He sold the 600 gallons. FOR SALE 500 gallons of ripe cherries at 20 cents a gallon. Now available. Bring containers. Henry Francis, route 1. It is easy to sell by us ing the want ad oolumna, It is easy to buy things you need by advertising in the want ad column. (25 word3 for 25 cents)
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