The Waynesville Mountaineer
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entranct oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
m-EIGHTU YEAR NO. 6 Twenty Pages
WAYNESVILLE, N. (V THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1942
$1.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countle
& An EmgDinieeir T Stadly Airport
Snftos
DD
Work't
ard Decides
Go Forward
I.. -r Tkl a
th JNew nam
:w Building Would Be
instructed As A WPA
oject, Work Staring
I is Month,
county board of commis-
made application to tne
at their meeting on Mon-
to start woric as eariy as
nn the Saunoek school
Jng for which funds had been
fcved and allocated sometime
A officials have agreed to
nt.ruction of the $40,000
ing sometime during the last
Weeks of this month, It was
led yesterday.
h building will be constructed
fcnerete and will contain five
t-ooms. a cafeteria, and an
jorium with a seating capacity
tween 450 and 500.
11 VA kiifU am ill. t.M.
fof the present building, which
"be torn down, when the new
tture is completed, according
ick Messer, county superinten-
of education.
$4
00
Saunook School
Due Within Next
Few Days, Would
Be Defense Job
Haywood Will Adopt
Daylight Savings
Time Next Monday
Hospital Trustees
:n:ps Sold
.7ayncsvEh
hat will be two dollars and
M statement V.as been rep;t
'poet office, since the sa,le of
mtomobile federal stamps have
jonsale. The stamps are $2.09,
.the one-cent stamp to !' mail
Registration card to Greens
I makes the well known "Two
please." -
even hundred of the two
were sold at the Waynesville
Wednesday.
stamps will be sold here
igh February 27, and after
i motorists will have 1 to send
eensboro for them. In the
jtime, it is best to have the
t, which resembles an over
I green one-cent stamp some
f on your car, since Uncle
ays it must be there. A good
for the stamp is on the front
rear view mirror.
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AARON PRKVOST
A. Osborne
;ads Grand Jury
r Coming Year
A. Osborne was named fore
jof the 192 grand jury which
rawn in Haywood county Su-
' court here on Monday,
er jurors are: Fain Gaddis,
Caldwell, Frank Albright, C.
aland, J. A. Singleton, Wilford
H, George C. Summerrow,
on McCracken, J. P. Dicus,
.Moody, Millard Poteate, John
i Julius Davis, J. Mack
Troy Leatherwood, Joe
er, and Fred Tucker,
is expected that the grand
rwill submit their report to-
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W. H. McCRACKEN
t
Commissioners
Replace 2 Members
Of Hospital Board
Weaver H. McCracken and Aaron
Prevost were appointed to mem
bership on the board of the Hay
wood County Hospital by the coun
ty board of commissioners at their
meeting here on Monday.
The two new members take the
places of E. B. Rickman and Cap
tain George Plott, which were de
clared vacant on Monday by the
county commissioners.
Mr. Rickman has recently be
come a member of the ' Bethel
school board, and the law would
I debar him from serving on both
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General Survey Reveals
That Majority Of Places
Will "Work By the Clock"
Beginning next Monday morning,
everyone will start getting ad
justed to a nation-wide change of
dayight saving time.
A survey, completed yesterday
by The Mountaineer showed that
for the most part; Haywood could
turn their clock up one hour, and
then "work by the clock."
MERCHANTS CHANGE HOURS
The merchants in an advertise
ment today : are announcing new
store hours. Opening, hours for
Monday through Friday will be at
nine, and closing at six. Saturday
hours will be from nine until nine,
of course daylight time.
SCHOOL CHANGE TIME,
Yesterday a group of school of
ficials decided it best to open school
at 9:30 and close at 4:30, as it was
found that to keep same hours
under new time would be too early
for some children to wait for the
buses.
COURT HOUSE
, The offices of the court house
Witt ftljjw the clock at Current
hours. VV
INDUSTRIES ON NEW TIME
Royle-Pilkington Co., Dayton
Rubber Company, and A. C. Law
rence Company, all said: "We will
work by the clock."
CHURCHES HAVE SAME
HOURS
The ministers of the churches of
the community decided yesterday
that they would follow the clock,
and hold services accordingly.
Effective at two o'clock Monday
morning, all clocks of the nation
will be turned up one hour, and
from that time on, there will only
be one time daylight saving, and
all time mpntfnnoH n ovtrl
. - - u va. U1IU IUWI
that date, will necesarily mean the
"fast time" and without further
explanation.
resident's Ball To
3 Meld Friday Night
I
Local Bonds
Sell For Low ,
Interest Rate
Ten thousand dollars worth of
Town of Waynesville refunding
bonds were sold in Raleigh last
week at an interest rate of three
and one-half per cent. They were
purchased by a Winston-Salem
firm, which was among the seven
bidders for the bonds.
Town officials state that this is
the lowest rate of interest at which
a Waynesville municipal bond has
ever been sold.
The sale of refunding bonds cuts
down interest for the town of Way
nesville from five and one-half to
six per cent and is in line with
the refinancing program of the in
debtedness of the town which is
now underway, according to Mayor
J. H. Way, Jr.
Haywood Leads
All Counties
In The South
Haywood county must lead
the entire south in the gath
ering of scrap materials for
defense.
An Associated Press story
out of Raleigh yesterday stat
ed that Haywood so far led the
state in the count of scrap
gathered, with a million
pounds to her credit, and that
North Carolina was leading all
the state in the south in the
movement.
By simple arithmetic, it
would seem that Haywood is
the leading scrap-gathering
county in the south.
Third Registration
Of Selective Draft
To Be Held 16th
Local Draft Board Desig
nates Registration Places
In Area Served.
Plans are being completed by
the local draft board for the third
registration held in this country
under the selective service, which
will take place on Monday, the
16th, according to a proclamation
by . Governor J? M. Broughton.
All males who have attained the
age of 20 years before December
1, 1941, and those under 45 are re
quired to register at this time,
The hours of registration Jiave
been set by the United States gov
ernment from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m.
and all men are required to reg
ister in their own township at the
place designated by the draft
board.
Those residing in Waynesville
in both the north and south wards
will register in the office of the
local draft board on the third
floor of the court house; Lake
Junaluska, at Hallet Ward's fill
ing station, under supervision of
W. H. McCracken.
Hazel wood (regular voting pre-
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sale of tickets for the Pres-
's Ball which will be held at
f aynesville. Armory on Friday
I is progressing satisfactorily,
ding to Mrs. Doyle Allen,
al chairman of the affair,
f large crowd is anticipated,
has been the custom in other
to stage the ball one year in
n and the next in Waynes
but this year both com muni
re having a celebration, with
;r place attempting the elab
affairs of other years,
kets are being Bold in many
I townships in the county and
?e crowd is expected for the
which is an informal occa
ihis year.: The price of ad
n is being held to 50 cents
erson. '" . . . : v '.- -.J . -.': ' ;
h square and round dancing
enjoyed, with Sam Queen
is famous Soco team leading
e figures. Music will also
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PROCLAMATION
By The Mayor Of Waynesville
Whereas, the Congress of the United States has passed an
Act to promote the national security and defense by establishing
Daylight Saving Time, by the terms of which, beginning at two
o'clock, A. M., February 9, 1942, the standard time for the var
ious zones in the United States shall be advanced one hour; and
Whereas, it is thought that it is for the best interest of the
citizens of North Carolina and the Nation that the standard time
in effect in this State will be advanced in accordance with this
Act of Congress, and will greatly aid in the promotion of na
tional security and defense during the present national emergency.
Now, Therefore
I, J. H. Way, Jr., mayor of Waynesville, do by this Procla-
mation order and direct that all offices, departments and agencies,
business houses, and citizens in general from and after two o'clock
A. M., the 9th day of February, operate on the basis of Eastern
Daylight Saving Time; that is to say, that from and after said
time and date, the standard time shall be advanced one hour. '
(Signed)
J. H, WAY, Jr., Afojw.
Betsy Lane Quinlan
Red Cross Worker,
Arrives In Iceland
The family has been notified of
the safe arrival of Miss Betsy
Lane Quinlan, Red Cross recrea
tional worker in Iceland. There
were five Southerners among the
15 American Red Cross workers
who arrived for duty with the
American armed forces in Iceland
on January 28.
Included in the Red Cross Ice
land expedition from the South
were Lake F. Russell, of Atlanta,
Ga., former Mercer University
football coach, who is field super
visor in charge of all Red Cross
services to the armed forces in Ice
land; Miss Ettienna Baldwin, of
Atlanta, assistant Red Cross field
director at the Iceland station hos
pital; Miss Doris Thain, Birming
ham Athletic Club, of Birming-
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Funeral Services
For Will Carver
To Be Held Friday
There will be a solemn Requiem
High Mass for Will Carver at St.
Johns church Jriday morning
at 11:00 o'clock, followed by burial
at Green Hill cemetery.
' The Very Rev. Dr. H. Louis
Motry, dean of the Church Law
School, Catholic University of
America will arrive from Washing
ton, D. C, to officiate at the ser
vice. The Rev. Vincent J. Ma
honey, Waynesville, will be deacon
the the mass. The Rev. Ambrose F.
Rohrbacher , Waynesville, sub-
deacon.
Mr. Carver, 71, died at 8:30
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Waynesville Lodge
259 A. F. and A. M.
Will Meet Friday Night
The Waynesville Lodge, Number
259 A. F. and A. M. will meet in
regular communication on Friday
night at 7:30. The Fellowcraft de
gree will be conferred at this time.
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Campaign To Begin
In County March 1
County Agent
HOWARD CLAPP. newly ap
pointed county agent for Haywood,
assumed his duties here Monday.
McAlhaney Opens
Big Store Friday
In Hazelwood
Appointment Of
f A Tl A , ivrmu opening ui luvniimiic n, m
is tontirmed
The appointment of Howard
Clapp, former county farm agent
of Swain county, to fill out the va
cancy in the Haywood county
office caused by the call of Lt.
Wayne Corpening, former Hay
wood agent, to report to duty at
Fort Bragg was confirmed here
on Monday by the county com
missioners. .
Mr. Clapp !h the son of Prof.
S, C. Clapp, who for years headed
the State test farms at Swanna
noa, and is familiar with condi
tions in this mountain section in
which he has spent the greater
part of his life.
He was assistant county farm
agent in Jackson county for five
years and for the past two years
has served as farm agent of
Swain county.
His wife is the former Miss Lil
lian Fowler, who at one time was
a public health nurse with the dis
trict health department. They
have one child, a two-year-old
daughter.
Mr. Clapp comes to the county
work highly recommended by the
North Carolina state extension
service.
Hendrix Buys
Economy Store
Elmer Hendrix, well known
scholar of the Waynesville town
ship high school, has purchased the
Economy Food Store, Hazelwood,
from Fern Parris, it was announc
ed yesterday.
The new owner is the son ol
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Hendrix, of
Hazelwood. 1
Mr. Parris is now connected with
McAlhanev. a new firm which
opens Friday, in Hazelwood.
Pastors and Laymen At
Joint Meeting Work Out
Plans For "Forward With
Christ" Program.
A representative group of Hay
wood pastors and laymen in a joint
supper meeting here Monday night
made definite plans for the 9-week
cooperative "Forward With Christ
Campaign" with stress being
placed upon church attendance for
the period.
Several committees were named
to work out some of the details,
and among the reports made Mon
day night, was the committee on
pastor's subjects. The plan is for
all pastors to use the same sermon
subjects both morning and evening
throughout the campaign.
A decision was made to begin
the campaign on March first and
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Company at Hazelwood. according
to an announcement made in to
day's paper by L. F. McAlhaney,
owner and manager. ? ! :
The new firm has eleven com
plete departments, with each car
rying a full line of standard, and
nationally advertised lines ,the
owner said.
On Friday and Saturday, spe
cial "treat" will be given to all
ladies and children visiting the
store, Mr. McAlhaney Btatcd.
"There will be no obligations to
get these we are anxious to meet
the people," he explained.
Mr. McAlhaney has for the past
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George Brown Learns At
Conference In Washington
Haywood May Get Airport.
A CA A engineer is expected to
visit Haywood county in the next
few days to make a survey rela
tive to the feasibility of establish
ing a U. S. Army airport here, ac
cording to George A. Brown, Jr.
chairman of the county board of
commissioners. :
Mr. Brown spent several days
during the week in Washington in
consultation with the aeronautical
authorities on the proposed airport.
The construction of the airport
will be a joint project between
the WPA and the CAA with the
county asked to provide a site.
Mr. Brown states that no level
farming lands will be considered
for tbn proposed site, but ;hat the
government desires to construct
the airport on ridged land that
would not be suitable either for
farming or grazing.
In addition to the authorities in
Washington, Mr. Brown has also
consulted WPA officials in Aahe
ville, who will cooperate in the
matter of the site and allocation of
funds in this section.
The establishment of an air
port in this area is contemplated
by the U. S. army for two reasons.
It would afford the pilots experi
ence in flying over mountainous
areas and could be used as a pri
mary training base.
It is said that if constructed, the
field would cost somewhere between
$200,000 and f 300,000, and would
be equipped with the standard ar
rangement of concrete runways
and hangars.
Carl Underwood Is
Promoted and Goes
ToRaeford
Carl Underwood, son of Mrs.
R. L. Underwood of Waynesville,
who has been with the Carolina
Power and Light Company for the
past two years, has recently been
promoted. '
Mr. Underwood was connected
with the meter department of the
local office of the Carolina Power
:md Light Company for two years
and later located in Sanford. He
was transferred to Raeford last
week, where he was made local
representative of. the company's
office there.
Mrs. Underwood, the former
Miss Helen Hollowell, will remain
in Sanford for the present.
Fehriiary -Tefin
Superior Court
Convened Monday
Negro Sentenced To 30
Years In State Prison For
Second Degree Burglary.
Judge Allen H. Gwyn, of Reids
villc, presiding over the February
term of Superior court which con
vened here Monday, sentenced
Henry Lloyd alias Theodore Boyd,
negro of Waynesville, formerly of
South Carolina and Florida, to
serve 30 years in state s prison at
hurd labor.
Lloyd entered a plea of guilty
of second degree burglary on Mon
day afternoon. The evidence of
two witnesses was heard before
sentence was pronounced. Mrs. J.
Wilford Ray testified that the ne-
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Daw Ledford Member
Of Bombing Squadron
Private Daw Ledford, formerly
of Clyde, is one of the soldiers
stationed at Will Rogers Field,
Okla., Army Air Force bombard
ment base.
Private Ledford is assigned to
a bombardment squadron here as
a bombardier. He is the son of
Theodore Ledford, of Cyde.
Before reporting to Will Rogers
Field on November 5, 194.1, he was
on duty at Lowry Field, Denver,
Colorado.
Pet Buys Milk Routes
Off Biltmore & Osborne
Changes Made In Subscription
Rates
The publishers of The Mountaineer have made every effort
to keep subscription rates from advancing. The general and
steady rise in production costs, including paper, inks, metal, taxes
and labor, now make it necessary to make a alight increase.
On and after February 16, the rates shown below will go
into effect. All subscriptions received prior to that date will be
at ,v rate now prevailing.
INSIDE HAYWOOD COUNTY
One year .. . ...$1.75
Six months ...... .90
Three months . . .60
By carrier boy ...... 4c week
OUTSIDE HAYWOOD COUNTY
One year $2.50
.Six months ..... 1.60
All subscriptions are payable in advance. Paper discontin
ued upon expiration unless paid.
The tire shortage brought about
several changes in the Haywood
dairying field this week, as busi
ness officials sought to combine and
merge milk routes;
Last week the Biltmore Dairy
Farms bought the milk routes and
buisness of the Osborne Dairy, the
latter to continue as a milk produc
er for the Asheville firm.
Before the terms of the pur
chase became effective, the Bilt
more Dairy Bold all their old and
newly acquired milk routes west of
Canton to Pet Dairy Products Com
pany, and Pet in turn sold their
Asheville routes, both wholesale
and retail, to Bltmore Dairy Farina.
After the trading wa, over, it
found Osborne Dairy a producer
for Biltmore, - and the Biltmore
routes stopping at the western
edge of Canton, while Pet's routes
went eastern edge of Canton,
R. B. Davenport, manager of the
Pet plant, said yesterday that his
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