The Waynesvil
Mountaineer
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JfSEVENTH YEAR NO. 35 : Sixteen Pages
WAYNES VILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1941
I1.SO la Advance la Haywood and Jackaon Connate
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L (ah Prizes
idedAtAnnual
VerShovvnere
'bets of Asheville Men's
L dub Serve As
r(9 Of Annual Sum-
wnt
L i irv weather of "the
Lin the exhibits at the an-
kmer flower show sponsor-
tfae Woman's Uud were
by surprising quality and
as judges of the show
tl Gephart, Alexander
E Frank Nesbitt and C. B.
all pi ABuevuiOj i,tiv:
L of the Asheville Men's
Club, which croup is stag-
t second flower show next
Asheville.
idges were high in their
if the exhibits, a number of
drew special attention.
tre of one opinion regard-
outstanding entry, an old
d bowl decorated in a
fborder, containing dozens
rdias in shades of brown,
11 and yellow. "The exhibit
tired by the Junaluska Tan-
Id arranged by Mrs. E. C
troop of luncheon tables, all
itimg favorable corn-
was a center ox interest
ibit of Clyde Ray, Jr., local
while not in -.competition
amateur groups, attracted
visitors. .Also drawing at-
were the bowl of yellow
fctered by JN'ancy .. Francis,
miniature bouquets by Ann
iariQus committe.es assist-
! K Vpvy gf f r chair,.
fs. Frank Ferguson; entry,
k Sle8ser.'Mrs..Felix Stov-
ls Mary Barber, .and Mrs.
pmey; arrangements, Mrs.
p, chairman, Miss Robena
IJliss Caroline Alsteatter.
h Jere Colkitt.
list, Mrs. C. T Kirknat-
-Mrs. John M. Queen;
.lira. win. Jiannah, presi
de dub, and Mrs. J. W.
rifrer offering, Mrs. Troy
Mrs. R. K. "Barber nd
CDavig.
winners spi, n, JiV
jWilias, fitted basket award
wey, and -won by T. M.
prrancempnt' -i miuir
I1 i A ;,Hi,vvj
, 5 or more blooms, Clar-
lisplay of pompon or ain-
Richeson
Ned Mother's
ral Yesterday
Richeson left Tuesday far
, where he was called
ant of the death of hi
rs. Carrie Minor Riche
f1 occurred at the home
filter, Mrs. H. C. Bell,
lay. . ..
rites Were conducted at
, Va., at 10:30 o'clock
morning.
Ejtheson was the widow of
drew Jackson Richeson,
rel with a valiant record
n in the Army of the
7, the family now hav
w possession his discharge
signed by General
- tee.'' .
lhewB was born at Am
irUxKH, near Sweetbriar.'
m a representative of
lrof tteold South. She
11 much iSme during the
years with her son and
n-Iaw and had many
l are one son, L. M.
' superintendent of the
Walton Company of
HMrs.H.CBeJLof Nor-
ni Miss Mary XL Biche
Jchniond; and fiv jgrand-
Day To Be
N In Bethel
wy On Saturday
wuu Qean Up Day in
,7 netery will be beld
the 30th. All citizens
mmnnity and interested
l ked to co-operate in
nd to meet at
Va on Saturday to start
V timt H y be
day,
Baptist Moderator
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REV. FRANK H. LEATHER
WOOD was re-elected moderator
of the Haywood Baptist associa
tion at the annual meeting last
.week.. .
County Baptists
Tieep Letherwobd
LAslVltderator
Sme 500 people attended the
two' .-J ; ' ' Haywood
Bap Cv ' ..j . , ' i t week, and
Rev, ; eatherwood was re
elected iterator for the -year.
Rev. J. Howard Hall, of Clyde,
route tme, was named clerk, Dr.
H. K. Mastelle'r, of Canton, -was
named vice moderator, Rev. H. G.
Hamniett, of Waynesville named
chairman of the executive promo
tion committee. J. K Morgan
was re-eleid r". historian. ,' Glenn
Brown, was re-elected treasurer,
and Jt. . Sentelle will continue as
superintendent of the Associational
Sunday School work.
The association , voted to meet
next year with the Allen's Creek
church one day and at Mt Olivet
on Jonathan Creek for the second
day.
Young Democrats
Will Meet Here
On Saturday, 6th
Plans are being completed for
the annusil meeting of the Young
Democrats of Haywood on Satur
day, September 6, according to
Larry H. Cagle, of Clyde, presi
dent of the organization.
The Meeting will be a formal
business session, void of entertain
ment or banguet as in the past
Officers for the county organ
ization will be named, and 14 dele
gates to tie state convention in
Winston-Salem mamed.
Mrs. Crawford McCracken, of
Wnvnpsville. is vice Dresident, Sew-
ell Hipps, Canton, is secretary and
James Queen, of Waynesville, is
treasurer. .:.
Quiz Program
Attracted Large
Crowd AtC Of C.
IrnnnH ISO oersona attended the
rariv nartv enven at the Com
munity Center in the Chamber of
Commerce on Friday nignt wnen
a quh? program was presented.
J nl Stent served as master
of ceremonies and the interest was
so keen in answering the questions
that often several person volun
teered to give the answers u
in,. Amnv u also featured
by a group of songs by Miss Mary
Stentz, and tne uiu
singing, with Mrs. J. Dale StenU
serving as aecompanist
Opening Of Clyde
School Postponed
Until Sept 4th
of the
The o it " . .
Clyde schools which "bed-
uled for this wees r---pned
untU Thursday. September
the 4th, it was learned yesterday
from the office of the county super
intendent of education.
. i :il iido Ym new
The scnooi wm ----building
which ha, been tude con
struction lor sevenu --
a delay in .obtaining some mate
rial, for finishing had toJJ
completion of the work by sched
ule time.
605 Register
At High School,
238 In Junior High
The 1941-42 term of the Waynes
ville district schools opened yester
day with around 605 students in
the high school and a registration
of of 238 in the junior high school,
according to M. H. Bowles, district
superintendent.
Mr. Bowles pointed , out that
there will be a number of regis
trations after Labor Day and
throughout the next two weeks,
bringing up the total of each group.
A concert by the school band
opened the initial session, followed
by a talk by Superintendent
Bowleg. Mr. Bowles stressed ob
servation of safety rules on the
part of the students coming and
going home from school, especial
ly in cases where the student rode
in the school buses.
There was no formal chapel
program, the first to be held on
next Tuesday when a special
speaker will talk to the stu
dents,.'' : .
The greater part of the day was
taken up with assignments of
students to classes and home rooms
and general organization for work'.
The enrollment in the grammar
grades in the various schools was
not available yesterday afternoon,
but that of the high school and
junior high grades was as follows
7th grade, 239; 8th grade, 201; 9th
grade, 180; -,10th frade, 110; 11th
grade. 114.
Classes in Hible win be offered
in the schools for the first , time,
and there is the possibility of an art
course being offered hi the high
school.
The high school now can give a
student four years in agriculture;
tw years la industrial shop work
three years in home economics;
courses in bookkeeping, shorthand,
typing, bunsiness arithmetic, sales
manship, music, public school mu
sic, band 'instruction, physical ed
ucation, which is not offered in
many high schools; arts and crafts
(in junior bight) in addition to
the Tegular academic studies.
FDR And Churchill At Sea
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Elaborate Programs
Completed In County
Stations Have
Ample Supply Of
Gasoline On Hand
Indications last night were that
there would be sufficient gasoline
in the community to fill nil needs
over the week-end, and the general
opinion of service station opera
tors was that their stations would
remain open Sunday.
Waynesville's stations closed
last Sunday as a precautionary
measure, since some stations were
running low.
The price of gasoline has not
advanced here, as in some places,
although operators said yesterday
they would not be surprised at an
advance of one cent a gallon, sim
ilar to the new price in Asheville.
Local motorists were taking the
gasoline situation calmly, and op
erators reported that most peo
ple were keeping their tanks full.
Leaders of America's and Britain's war effort surround their
chiefs. President Franklin D .Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston
Churchill at their historic meeting aboard the British battleship Prine$
of Walet in the North Atlantic. Standing (left to right) Admiral E.
J. King, Commander of the U. S. Atlantic Fleet; Gen. George C.
Marshall, U. S. Army Chief of Staff; Gen, John G. Dill, Chief of the
Imperial British Staff. FDR holds a prayer book following services.
Bishop Gribbon To
Hold Confirmation
Services Friday
Rishon Robert E. Gribbin. of
the Diocese of Western North Caro
lina, will conduct a confirmation
service here at Grace Episcopal
church on Friday afternoon at 5
o'clock. The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Bishop Gribbin is now serving
with the army and is post chap
lain at Fort Jackson.
Evans-Massie Families
To Hold Reunion On
Sunday, August 31st
i lie annuo
Massie families of Haywood coun
ty will be held on Sunday, August
3 1st. at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
T. Guy Massie.
AH friends and relatives are in
rited to come and bring a picnic
lunch which will be served at the
noon hour. t
The program will start at ten
o'clock with informal talks and
other features.
- Mrs. Addie Proffitt had as her
quests over the week-end Mr. B.
U Dillinham, from Mt Vernon,
Ky., and his sister, Mrs. J. N.
Brown, of Asheville. ,
Price Of Milk
Raised, Effective
September First
The price of milk handled by
Haywood county dairies will ad
vance from 10 cents wholesale to
12 cents wholesale a quart, and
from 12 cents to 14 cents retail,
The new price will go into effect
on September the 1st,
The action was taken at a meet
ing recently held by the Haywood
County Milk Producers, due to
the increased cost of feed and
labor. The meeting was attended
by 25 of the leading dairy fanners
in the county.
It was pointed out that even with
the advanced price, milk in this sec
tion will be cheaper than in many
other parts of the state. It was
also learned that similar action is
contemplated for the same local
reasons in other neighboring conn
ties. -.
Addresses Of
These Men Wanted
By Draft Board
The local draft board is trying
to contact the following men and
anyone having 'any knowledge of
their present addresses are asked
to notify the board at once: Andy
Wood row Rector, Williard Daniel
Waldrop, Charles Gudger Med
ford, Andrew Haney, Frank Bur
ton Painter. Odell Crawford and
Paul Painter.
In some instances the question
naires sent but to the men have
been returned unanswered, while
in other cases the men have evi
dently received them but have
failed to fill out and return to the
local .board.
Rev. Williamson
To Deliver Labor
Day Sermon
The regular union Labor Day
service held each year on the Sun
day night before Labor Day will
be conducted at the First Metho
dist church this year at eight
o'clock.
The Rev. Malcolm Williamson,
pastor of the Waynesville Presby
terian church, will deliver the ser
mon, his subject being "The
Dignity of Labor."
Music will be furnished by the
choirs of the churches participat
ing In the services Which include
in addition to the Methodist, the
Buptist, Presbyterian and Grace
Episcopal church.
Deferred Draftees
Urged To Aid -Civilian
Defense
A number of new rulings have
been received recently from the
state director of selective service
Sv the local draft board relative
to the draftees.
All selective service, registrants
wKp hnve been deferred from mili
tary service are urged to offer their
full assistance to state and local
civilian defense agencies.
It was pointed out by the di
ertor that many young men have
een granted deferment because
if their occupations, because they
have dependents or because they
Are not physically ' capable-of un
dergoing service in the armed
forces, but are qualified to perform
some work in connection with civi
lian defense activities. '
A ruling has been made that any
nerson entitled to appeal the class!
fication of a registrant, either the
registrant or any person who
claims to be a dependent, or any
person who has filed written evi
dence of the occupational necessity
of the registrant may do so with
in ten days after the registrant's
notice of classification was mail
ed, unless the local board has ex
tended that time.
Anyone wishing to make such an
Bpoeal must take the matter up
with their local board and not the
tate director, as has recently been
done in some cases.
While both the state and nation
al headquarters have sympathetic
regard for every registrant, these
headquarters cannot assume the
responsibility of considering a
case, since the local board is
more familiar with the facts that
should determine action, it has been
explained. .-.- , "
Still, Improvised
From Grease Can .
And Churn Taken
A a ten erallon still improvised
from an old grease can with an old
fashioned wooden churn for the
cap and a water pipe for the thump
post was brought to the sheriff's
office Sunday afternoon by Gudger
Bryson, of Canton. .
Mr. Bryson was hunting for
som strayed sheep in the Black
Camo Gsn section near Mageie and
accidentaly ran on the still and
120 gallons of beer.
According to Mr. Bryson no
one was in sight, but preparations
showed that all was in readiness
to make a run the next day.
No elue has yet been found as to
the owner of the stilL '
Canton Has A Complete
Program For Occasion,
Starting With Sunday Night
Service.
Last night reports from Canton
indicated that all plans were com
plete for a big celebration on Labor
Day, with an unsually full pro
gram of activities, under the
chairmanship of the Dr. V. Howard
Duckett.
Plana for the annual parade fea
ture will include many human inter
est entries, according to C. S. King,
who is in charge of the special
Labor Day attraction. A, J. Reno,
past commander of the Varner
Rhinohart American Legion post
of Canton, is assisting Mr. King in
completing the arrangements for
the street parade in which more
than 300 persons are expected to
participate. The parade will start
at 10 o'clock near Spears' Inn and
end at the Champion Softball park.
faix of Western North Carolina
best square dance teams are book
ed and prospects for two others to
compete in a dance content. The
twilight square dance program
promises to be the most colorful
ever held on a Labor Day program.
Wade C. Hill, postmaster, is chair
man of this part of the program
and Fred Ferguson Is co-chairman.
String bands will accompany all
the teams for the cash prizes to
be awarded.
Mayor J, T. Bailey is chairman
of the Sunday night religious ser
vice and also treasurer of the cele
bration. He is assisted by Sam
McRobmson; The Rev. Dr.. R,! C.
Campbell, pastor of the First Bap
tfst church, of Columbia, . S. C,
win deliver the twilight address
from the Colonial Theater at 8
o'clock. Newell C. Carter, director
of the First Baptist church choir,
will have charge of the special
music for the service with all
Canton choirs co-operating.
Coach C. C. Poindexter. nhvsi
cat director of the Champion Y.
M. C. A., will have charge of the
general sports program. Various
contests will be staged on the
athletic field of the Canton high
school.
J. M. Deaton, publicity chairman,
will serve as master of ceremo
nies during the day and night. The
school band under the direction of
Roy Blanton, will give a special
twilight concert Sunday and will
play for the parade.
Sentelle-Huggins
Families To Hold
Sixth Reunion
The Sentelle and Hugging fam
ilies will hold their sixth annual
reunion at the Bethel Baptist
church on Sunday, September the
7th. The sermon will be delivered
by the Rev. R. E. Sentelle on the
same spot that his father, the late
R. A. Sentelle, was ordained a
minister in the Baptist church in
1876.
The program will open at 9:45
with Sunday school conducted by
the Rey. M. A. Huggins, executive
secretary of the State Baptist
contention, followed by the sermon.
The election of officers and spe
cial music by the Bethel choir and
the Parker quartet will conclude
the morning program.
Following a picnic lunch at noon
the devotional exercises will be
led by Nicholas Sentelle. The aft
ernoon will be devoted to a history
of the Sentelle-Huggins families by
the Rev. F. M. Huggins, of Hen
dersonville, and talks by others.
Among those who will speak will
be the Rev. R. P. McCracken, Jack
Messer, Roy Huggins, of Hender
sonville, W. G. Byers, Rev. Thos.
Erwin and others.
Around 400 are expected, and
those attending are asked to bring
a basket lunch with them.
Parade Here To Surpass ,
Anything Ever Staged, Ac
cording To Committee In
Charge.
Indications yesterday pointed to
the largest and best Labor Day cel
ebration ever staged in this com
munity, as committeemen reported
to General Chairman J. Dalo
Stents, of the success they were
meeting with on every hand.
Entries in the parade surpass
anything ever recalled in the com
munity. Last night the parade
committee reported 25 floats signed
up and 20 decorated cars.
The committee on athletic events
have a full program from the time
the parade disbands at the stadium
until the last out is called in the
softball play-off cahmpionship
game that night.
The street dance committee were
completing final details for a record-breaking
attendance.
Children were discussing their
entries in the mutt and pet parade,
with the "I've got a secret" air.
The parade will get underway
at ten o'clock starting at the Ho
tel Gordon, and going out to the
main street of Hazelwood and down
Brown Avenue to the stadium.
The committee urges that all en
tries in the parade be on hand at
9:30 and report to the person in
charge of the different divisions.
The committee in charge of the
parade is L. M. Richeson, chair
man, W. A. Bradley, Lawrence
Kerley and A. P. Ledbetter.
Cash prizes will be awarded for
the best and seoomi best in the .
two divisions floats, arid dtnwrated
cars. Cash prises will also be given
for the best decorated bicycles, and
also in the mutt parade. :
The order of the parade will be
state motor patrol, fire trucks, high
school band, state guard, city of
cials, floats, bicycles, mutt par2t?
decorated cars, and horses,
Those who had signed last night i
for floats .were: Town of Way- .
nesville, Martin Electric Company,
Park Theatre, Underwood Lumber -Company,
Reliable Jewelery, Land
0' Sky, Junaluska Tannery.
Royle and Pilkington, Dayton
Rubber Manufacturing Co., Pet
Dairy Products Company,, Waynes- -ville
Laundry, C. N. Allen & Co.,.
Cash Grocery, Boyd Furniture Co., .
(Continued on page 8) i .
Mrs. Bryson Takes
Over Duties As
County Nurse
Mrs. J. Howard Bryson, of
Statesville, has been appointed pub
lic health nurse of Haywood coun
ty to succeed Miss Clara McCall
who recently resigned to accept a
similar position in Burke county.
Mrs. Bryson as the former Miss
Ruby Bowles, of Statesville, was
connected With the Haywood Coun
ty Hospital here for three years,
and is familiar with the duties she
assumed in her new position with 1
the district health department last
week.'.- . i
Mrs. Bryson is a graduate of
the General Hospital of Nashville,
Tenn. ' She received her training
in public health work at William
and Mary College.
For the past two years she has
held the position of public health
nurse in Cleveland county.
Bridges Family to Hold
Rumon in Greenville
On Sunday, Sept 7th
The Bridges family will hold a
reunion on Sunday, September the
7th at the home of Miss Gertrude
Bridges near Greenville, S. C
There are a number of the family
connections residing r in this section.
Dr. Gudcrer Arrives For
Annual Summer Visit
Dr. E. W. Gudger, honorary as
sociate of the department of ichthy
ology of the American Museum of
Natural History, of New York
City, arrived during the week for
his annual vacation here at bis
home on Prospect Hill. Dr. Gudg
er plans to be in town around
three weeks.
Revival to Start Sunday
At Mt Zion Church
Revival services will begin at
the Mt. Zion Methodist church.
Sunday morning at 11:30.
Rev. W. R. Kelly, of Canton, will
do the preaching, according to
Rev. Wm. N. Neese, pastor.
Plana are for Rev. Mr. Kelly to
preach every night through the
week. The pastor extended a cor
dial invitation for all to attend.