T HE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
fElGHTH YEAR NO. 7 Twelve Pages
WAYNESVILLE, N. O, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1942
rd Draft Registration
A II C& ICav T1flAHlair
5 Mil u
fvian Between 20 and 44,
fot Previously Registered,
Must "Sign Up" Monday.
.it fnv't.hff' reeris-i
hi-u a VP Hi! cv -
t on on Monday, 16th, of men
ween 20 ana j
,uXe. This will be the third
Oration held under the selec
j.ft service of this county.
the registration hours are from
m to 9 P- m- im la "
citizens born on or after
bruary 17, 1897, and on .or be-
December 31, 1921, who are
already registered for the
ft to register Monday.
t s expected that most of the
n who will register wm uo i-
OA anil 91
(sive, or 3b' and 44 inclusive, since
ni OK nraanmnKlv
un tne ukcb m
lose irom vj bu f .. -
Listered in one of the two pre-
pus registrations. :
The registrant is required to
B the following information, to
written on his registration
rd :
Full name, place of residence,
tiling address, if other than
tee of residence, telephone num-
r. acre in years, and date of birth,
Lee of birth, name and address
person who will always know
s address, should he move or
ve home, employer's name and
Idress, and registrant's place of
fcployment or business.
On the reverse side of the card
111 be noted: registrant's race,
proximate height and weight,
lor of eyes, color of hair, com-
exion and any other obvious phy-
Ical characteristics that would aid
identification of the registrant
It is estimated that the recus
ation on Monday will total about
per cent as great as that of Ot
her 16, 1940.
Places of registration will be as
Allows: Waynes ville, both north
hi south wards, draft office on
fcird floor of court house: Lake
linaluska, Hallet Ward's filling
on; Hazelwood voting precinct
''register at the school house
th Lawrence Lea therwood prin-
pal of the school, in charge. The
fiployes of the Unagusta Mau-
cturing plant. England Walton
fompany and Royle Pilkington
apestry Mill will register at their
spective plants. Employes of the
yton Rubber plant and the Well
Shoe Company will register at
tie former plant,
m - -
Fines Creek registrations will be
ade at the Fines Creek school
ith Fred L. Safford as chief reg-
Itrant. Crabtree. at Crabtree
hool with 0. C. James in charge;
on Duff at the mill of J. Manson
Bedford (regular nollinsr nlace)
ith Mr. Medford in charge.
ivy Hill township at the Dell-
food school house with Carol Mor-
fw as chief registrant; Joanathan
ree kat the Rock Hill school, with
ule Boyd in charge of registra
nt
White Oak, at the Presbyterian
reft, with Mrs. A. L. Bramlett
chief registrar ; Catalooche pre-
f net, at the main office of the
camp, with Dave Noland in
targe; Big Creek, which includes
aterville and Mt Sterling, at
lie
Waterville school with Horace
utton in charge. ..'
ax Collections In
unty Increase
uring January
A total of $56,477.46 in county
"xes was collected during the
honth of January, according to
e office of the county tax collec-
Collections had been stimulated
urng the mntlth Him in thn fart
hat a penalty is added to the tax
this month of one per cent.
" March the penalty will be mov-
' "P to two per cent.
"uring the previous month of
ecember, which is never a ban-
er month on .iu.;nn.
f J f.005.78 was collected, accord
PS to Tax Collector Earl Fergu-
ON VALENTINE'S
DAY...
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Also Give
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Annual Farm
Meeting Set
For Feb; 28
The annual county-wide meeting
of Haywood's Demonstration farm
ers, and achievement day for the
farmers and 4-H Club members
has been set for Saturday, Febru
ary 28, it was announced from the
county agent's office yesterday.
Details of the program were not
complete last night, but it is ex
pected that at least 1,000 persons
will be here for the annual meeting,
which has attracted large crowds
in the years past.
County Education
Board Hopes To
Add 12th Grade
A county-wide application has
been made to the state department
Of public instruction for allocation
of funds for a 12-year school pro
gram by the Haywood county board
of education, it was learned yes
terday from Jack Messer, county
superintendent of education.
The program passed by the 1941
general assembly adding an extra
year to all North Carolina schools,
will go into effect during this year.
Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, superinten
dent of public instruction, states
that it will take the program at
least five years to get into univer
sal effect, but that most schools
would begin the curriculum this
year.:
Mr. Messer stated that tenta
tive plans call for the addition of
the extra grade in the elementary
school with the eighth grade con
taining subjects which will give
the incoming high school student
a broader foundation for his higher
work. The .8th, 10th, 11th and
Zth grades wiirbe devoted to1 n
expansion of the. old high school
program. ' -
In the schoois which do not of
fer this plan and where students
wish to be graduated at the end
of the 11th grade, they may do bo
and still be qualified for enroll
ment in the state colleges. .,
Great Nephew Of
Local Woman Given
Carnegie Medal
Walter S. Brown, Jr., of Pine
Bluffs, Wyo., who is the great
nephew of Mrs. I. J. Brown, of
Waynesville,' has been awarded a
bronze medal for heroic service by
the Carnegie hero fund commis
sion. Mr. Brown entered a burning
potato cellar in a brave but futile
effort to persuade a man in the
cellar to come out, but the latter
became hysterical and suffocated
despite the heroic act of the former.
The tragedy occurred on March
6, 1941. The hero commission set
forth that Mr. Brown sustained
serious burns in his attempt to
rescue the man and was disabled
for four months.
Mr. Brown has often visited
relatives here. ;
Deputy Commissioner
State Department Of
Revenue Here On 19th
W. R. Palmer, deputy Commis
sioner, of the State Department of
Revenue, will be at the courthouse
on Thursday, the 19th, for the
purpose of assisting tax payers' in
filing their income tax and intan
gible personal property tax re
turns. : . , i '.
' Any persons subject to filing
either or both of the foregoing
state tax returns must file them
with the department of Revenut
on or before March 15, 1942 and
are required to pay the tax due
thereon.
Miss Freeman Makes
Good College Record
Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege was represented at the Seven
th Annual Forensic Tournament at
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege. Hatsie Freeman, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Freeman
of Waynesville, was one of the
representatives. Miss Freeman
joined two other students from
Western Carolina Teachers College
in qualifyinsr tor tne m"t oneaic-
- rioiift float. A minimum of
forty quality points is necessary to
obtain this awara. , i
Miss Freeman is also an active
member of other campus clubs, ;
belonging to the Western Carolina ,
Players and the Halcyon Chorus.
State Guardsmen
III
M. H. BOWLES
Sergeant Bowles
Is Promoted To
First Lieutenant
Sergeant Madison H. Bowles of
the local unit of the State Guard
has been promoted to first lieuten
ant and assigned as adjutant and
supply officer of the eighth North
Carolina battalion.
Sergeant Paul Davis also of the
local unit has been promoted to
V
Chamber Of Commerce Has $74.02
In Treasury As 1941 Books Closed
Defense Classes
Well Underway In
Local High School
National defense classes for stu
dents of the junior and senior
daises of the Wayaesvill town
ship highwchooPwhica weW start
ed last week are now well organiz
ed, with definite plans outlined for
completion of a three months'
course by the close of the present
term, according to M. H. Bowles,
district superintendent. A
The boys of the junior and sen
ior: classes, are first required to
have a thorough physical examina
tion by Dr. C. N. Sisk, of the dis
trict health department, and the
family physician, in cases where
the latter is desired.
Coach C. E. Weatherby and Carl
Ratcliff are directing the classes
in first aid and physical education
which are being taught the boys.
J. C. Brown is giving health in
struction and Miss Meredith Whit
aker, home economic teacher, is giv
ing courses in nutrition.
The classes are held one hour
each of the five days of the school
week and all students planning to
graduate are required to complete
the work in a satisfactory manner.
The work for the junior and sen
ior girls is divided into four units
as follows; Miss Ethel Craig is
teaching home budgeting, and the
art of consumer buying, with prices
going up, as well as safety in the
home and on the highways.
Mrs. William Medford is giving
instruction in home nursing; Mrs.
J. C. Patrick is teaching the girls
the value of proper nutrition ; and
Miss Margaret Terrell has charge
of tne courses in health instruc
tion, which includes first aid. -1
Home room teachers in the 7th,
8th, and 9th grades are giving a
more modified course of instruction
in the subjects covered more com
prehensively by the upper grades.
Former Pastor Of
Long's Chapel Now
Army Chaplain
Lt, J. H. Carper, former pastor
of Long's Chapel, Lake Junaluska,
who is now a chaplain in the U.
S. army, was in town yesterday
en route to Fort Knox, Ky.
Lt. Carper was returning from
Cullowhee where he left his family
for the duration of the war. At
the time he volunteered he was
serving the Thrift-Moore's charge
in the Charlotte district.
Haywood Girls In
College Musical
Essie Mae Hall, daughter of Mr.
George H. Hall, of Clyde, and Mer
rill Green, of Waynesville, have
been assigned solo parts ' in the !
concertized presentation of the,
opera "Carmen" by Bizet-Zamec-nik
which will be given early in
March by the Halcoyon Chorus in
the Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege auditorium. Miss Hall will
sing contralto and Miss Green will
sing soprano.
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PAUL DAVIS
staff sereant of the eighth batta
lion.
The eighth battalion is composed
of five units of the State Guard in
Western North Carolina, of which
Major J. Harden Howell is in
command.
Captain W A. Bradley announc
ed that there are openings for five
more men in the local company,
Those interested in joining should
see Captain Bradley.
The Chamber of Commerce did
not have to use red ink in closing
out their books for 1941, according
to Bill Prevost, president for last
year. The treasurer s report shows
a bank balance of $74.02 with all
bills paid.
Receips from sources totaled $3,
819.50, the report showed.
The organisation had to charge
among disbursements,' V $10" bad
check, but even with that, the
$74.02 was "a nest egg" an official
said.
The disbursements listed, were
as follows:
Livestock show ..................$1,000.00
Advertising 214.19
Band ( W. T. H, S.) .......... 60.00
Conventions 150.00
Labor Day 114.15
Office supplies, janitor .... 179.37
Postage 86.50
Rent 190.50
Secretary salary ,.1,250.00
Travel, mayor's tour 105.00
Telephone and telegraph .. 92.89
Lights, water, fuel 40.99
Hostess 200.00
Recreation ... . ................... 82.10
Balance on hand 74.02
Two Murder Cases
To Be Continued
Until July Term
, The February term of criminal
court over which Judge Allen II.
Gwyn, of Reidsville, presided, ad
journed sine die around noon on
Saturday.
The two murder cases scheduled
for trial last week, were continued
until : the July term of criminal
court, which included the cases of
Katherine Lenoir and Myrtle Culr
lins, colored, charged with the mur
der of their father, Oscar Lenoir,
and Charlie Woodard, Mandel
Woodard and Roscoe Messer,
charged with, dealing poisoned li
quor. Judgments handed down from
Thursday morning through Satur
day included the following;
George Jones, charged with lar
ceny, was placed on probation with
an eight months suspended sen
tence, Burt Greeg, charged with reck
less driving, was given a three
years suspended sentence on good
behavior.
Thurman Overman, charged
with assault, was given an eight
months sentence, suspended for
four years on good behavior.
Woodrow Green, charged with
assault, was sentenced . to five
months on the rdads.
Avery Silvers, charged with reck
less driving, and assault with a
deadly weapon, was given 12
months' suspended sentence for
ive years on good behavior.
E. W. Buchanan, charged with
issault with a deadly weapon, was
ned $25 and the costs of the
action.
Buster Williams, charged with
violation of the prohibition laws,
was given a six months suspended
sentence for a period of four years,
Glenn McDaniel, charged with
on-support , of children, was or
dered to pay the prosecutrix $20
(Continued on back page)
Will Friday 13th
Bring Good Or
Bad Luck In 1942?
Tomorrow is Friday, the
13th. One of the three such
fated days to fall in the year
1942, which from present indi
cations bids fair to be one, if
not the most eventful year in
the history of this country.
The other two Friday 13ths
come in March and November.
Even the most optimistic per
sons may find themseves ap
proaching these three days in
1942 with trepidation.
On the other hand those who
feel that Friday, the 13th is
a lucky day, may hold high
hopes for victories to the Unit
ed States and the Allies on
these three Fridays, which to
the majority of Americans
would mean the greatest luck
the days could bring.
At any rate black cats pass
. ing one's way may go unob
served as familiar bad omens
this year. They are out dated
in 1942 by the ominous wings
and bombs of Germany and
Japan that hang with threat
ening shadows over our "prom
ised land."
Rationing Of
Tires For the
Week Announced
The local rationing board grant
ed the following during the week,
with each applicant receiving full
number of tires applied for; to
Lowdermilk Bros., road construc
tion work, two truck tires; to Fred
H. Moody, wood and lumber haul
er, two truck tires; to Jess Revis,
log and lumber hauler, two truck
tires.
To C. V. Bell for transportation
production facilities and raw ma
terials, two light truck tires; to
Grace Lumber Company, raw ma
terial haulers, two truck tires; to
Joe Howell Moody, two tires, obso
lete; to Zeb Hooper, two obsolete
tires.'
To L. T. Trantham, 4 obsolete
tires; to Harold R. Brown," two
obsolete tires; to J. R. Justice, two
obsolete tires; to R. L. Lee, Jr.,
two obsolete tires; to C. W. Russell,
4 obsolete tires.
Eighth Group Of
Draftees Will Leave
This Area Monday
A group' of draftees are schedul
ed to leave this area on Monday,
the 16th. They will travel by spe
cial bus to Fort Bragg, where they
will be inducted into the service.
This is the 23rd call for men by
the government, and the eighth
for men from here.
Those who will leave in this or
der call are as follows: James
Vaughn Oliver, Bernard Hugh
Morrow, Robert Dee Haney, Henry
Fisher, Ralph Wilson Moody, Troy
Francis Teague, Spencer Iredell
Fisher, Ralph Wilson Moody, Troy
Joseph Early.
Also Edgar Lee Cook, Gursham
Gillett, Houston Jackson,' Manuel
Houston Moody, William Cagle,
William David Turner, Robert
Lowery Gunter and Guy Cham
bers.' James Rector Moody was sched
uled to leave with this group but
has been released so that he may
enlist in the army air corps. .
Henry Tuttle, of Camp Lee, Va.,
spent the week-end in town with
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Shelton. He
had with him as his guest, Pvt.
David Harris, also of Camp Lee.
Miss Jennie Greer, student at
Brevard College, spent the week
end with her parents. , ;
Service Men Want Reading Material;
Citizens Called Upon To Give Books
Men in the service like to read.
These same men want worth
while reading material for their
spare time. This material must
be donated by the folks at home,
and that means that Haywood is
to participate in the campaign to
gather suitable books and send to
I the men in service.
Charles Ray is chairman of the
Waynesville district, and the cam
paign, known the nation over as
the "Victory Book Campaign" is
on in Haywood, with Mrs. Hugh
Helder, of Canton, serving as Coun
ty chairman.
Waynesville's Rotary, Lions and
Woman's Clubs are co-operating,
and Mrs. W. L. Fitzgerald of Clyde
is chairman of that area, and W.
P. Whitesides is heading the Bethel
committee.
Arrangements have been made
whereby books can be left at the
$1.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Engineer Is Checking
Sites In Haywood For
Proposed
Back In Service
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GENERAL HARLEY B. FER
GUSON has been called back into
service, He is in Washington.
General Ferguson
Called To Duty
In Washington
- Genera) Harley B. Ferguson,
who was retired two years ago
from the engineering corps of the
U. S. army after a brilliant record
of distinguished service, having
reached the age limit for active
service, has been recalled for duty
by the government.
General Ferguson has been or
dered to report on the 20th of this
month to Washington, D. C, where
he will be connected with progra
of safety for civilians in the office
of the secretary of the i.'reasury.
General Ferguson, a graduate of
West Point, native of Waynesville,
has seen service in Cuba, China,
Philippines, and in France during
the World War.
Among the most notable achieve.
ments during his service was the
raising of" the battleship Maine,
which was sunk in the Havana
harbor during the Spanish-American
war, and his work as presi
dent of the Mississippi flood con
trol. In the latter project he
achieved one of the greatest en
gineering feats in this country.
General Ferguson has made his
home here in the ancestral Fergu
son residence since his retirement
two years ago, but will now be
located in Washington for the dur
ation. Haywood H.B.&L.
Extends Lending
Area Into Jackson
It was decided to extend the
lending area of the Haywood Home
Building and Loan Association area
at a meeting of the directors on
Monday night, according to L. N.
Davis, secy-treas., in charge of the
office.
The Association has been making
loans throughout the county ex
cepting the areas served by the
Clyde and Canton Associations, and
on Monday they decided to extend
their services into Jackson County.
The action was taken with spec
ial reference to the Balsam area
which it plans to serve. ,
J. D. Frady, Jr., left Thursday
for Newport News, where he has
accepted a position.
Waynesville Library with Mrs.
James Atkins.
Mr. Ray pointed out that the
most sought after books included:
Biography, modern history, poet
ry and drama, geography, travel
(of the last ten years), books about
music, good modern novels, sports,
photography, cartoons, novel-writing
and play-writing, business and
salesmanship.
And textbooks in arithmetic, al
ogy, calculus and tables of logar
gebra, accounting, applied psychol
ithms, current affars, geometry,
English grammar, and shorthand;
and books on technical subjects
(1935 or later).
Textbooks in present use in law
and medical schools are specially
wanted by men who have left pro
fessional schools for military duty.
Unbound issues of magazines are
not' wanted.
Airport
Plans To See More Places
Today; Looking Over Large
Number Of Sites.
"It's our business to help locate
airports and we hope we can aid in
locating one here in Haywood coun
ty, for after this war is over, a
town that does not have an airport
will be like a town without a rail
road," said George E. Garanflo,
airport engineer of the regional
district of the CAA, of the airport
division, yesterday afternoon in
discussing the possibility of the
location of an airport in this area.
Mr. Garanflo, who was accom
panied by Paul H. Stafford, air
port pavement engineer of the
CAA, both having headquarters in
Atlanta, came here at the request
pf the county board of commis
sioners to make a survey and pass
on a site for a proposed airport
for this section.
Mr. Garanflo stated that as far
as the CAA was concerned in their
survey the following aeronautical
features would be considered, the
slope of the land, obstacles about
the site and the length of the land
ing strips.
He further pointed out that the
size of the airport would depend
on the area served and the stops
to be made by airliners at the air
port'; The proposed airport would be a
WPA project and it is necessary
for the site to be approved by the
CAA. The county board of com
missioners are sponsors of the pro
ject, and it was pointed out that
it will be their responsibility to pre
pare plans for the airport which
in turn be approved by the WPA.
It is necessary for the sponsors
to secure a certificate of fair navi
gation facility necessity'which in-"
dicates approval by the" CAA, ac
cording to Mr. Garanflo. v
The two CAA engineers were
met here yesterday afternon by a
party of local citizens, who started
with them on a tour of feasible
sites which will be continued
through today. :
Mr. Garanflo expressed a desire
to visit Max Patch, of which he
had heard a great deal, and he
was promised a trip there by the
local men during his stay in town.
Draft Board Makes
Reclassifications
During Week
Reclassification of men in the
selective draft service by the local
draft board during the past week
are as follows:
Charles Putman from 1-A to
III-A; Edward Ray Rathbone from
I-H to I-A; Theodore iRoosevelt
Davis from I-H to I-A; Roy Elijah
Fleming from I-A to 1-0.
The following men were ori
ginally placed in I-B, but are
being reclassified for further ex
amination by army doctors and put
in class I-A: John Norvell Sutton,
T. L. Bramlett, Thomas Bradley,
Virgil Devada Franklin, Charlie
Love Cagle.
Also Gudger Yost Palmer, Wil
bur Roy Wright, Robert Rankin
Ferguson, " Ralph Tate, Gilbert
Theodore Davis, Henry Edgar
Selsam, Charles Edward Camp,
Woodrow Wilson Ferguson, Gar
nett Leon Wyatt, Franklin Day
Towles, Robert Welsey Howell,
Charlie Gibson, John Spencer
Fisher, Guy Underwood, and Rob
ert Carpenter.
Luther Del Yarborough, William
Walton, Jr., and John H. Humphrey
who were put in class T-C have en
listed. William Taylor Wilson has been
placed in III-A. Jesse Frank
Caldwell has been classified as
I-A.
Ralph Wilson Price, Francis
William McElroy, Dock Spicer and
Joe Woodrow Davis have been put
in class IV-F; James Edgar Price
in II-B; and Herbert Hershel Tate
in I-A.
George A. Brown, Jr.1
Expected To Arrive
From Washington Today
George A. Brown, Jr., chairman
of the Haywood county board of
commissioners, is expected to re
turn to town today from Wash
ington, D. C, where he has spent
the past several days on official
business.
Sergeant Bobbie Sloan, of Fort
Jackson, spent the week-end here
with his family.