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Wayni The SSVILLE ir rr MOUNTAINEER Published In The County Seat of Haywood Ct urrty At lh asttrn Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park byGHTiTYEAR NO. 14 Twelve Pag WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1942 $1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties -r ir a VWOOD'S JqVEB1u pOLITIUAL Cford Offers Services Xavy, Withdraws L Senate Race t pi! WILLIAM MEDFORD he continued call of the Navy ,on fnnnii attentative IIDUIC -in Haywood this week, and Ham. Medford, a canaiaaie m state senate, decided to w . i iTn.ia Ram instead services w "vv - - . the citizens of this senatorial tuvv. r. Medford's withdrawal leaves candidates in the race. I formal statement issued jterday he said: I am offering my services to United States wavy, withdrawing my & VUCitiVji - r. . . ..ntiintii for state sen- in the Democratic primary Te held on way jl appreciate the assurances of . lhat I nflVH rHLBIVCU T hplieve that .ovoo with me khA. S.iiS' ma nan marp effectively, serv r i licit v" - ir country in t&ese trying m"o uc , . The most important tasK oe- this country today is to wi war." :tv, H.;, krinf onH rnnrise state' Ibll una jl ia f Mr MpHfnrH remarked, and L.iu iuf for TvnVlipntinn. that jhad already contacieu me irding his services. Of uvviii rianes 11 vm iink Announced he resiernation of Edwin ynes, assistant cashier 1 01 tne frwood County Bank, which was jdered the institution the first January, became effective on sday, March 31. Mr. Haynes remain a member of the board .directors. . Mr. Haynes, son of Mrs. Claude cues, and the late Mr. Haynes, v aynesville, served as cashier the Haywood bank for three Irs. Prior to which time he was f ember of the law firm of Bob' n and Haynes in Canton. Be Has been indentified with pol- fel affairs of the county for a fiber of years. He served as fistant clerk of . the court for V years and was. register deeds two terms. . , . fr. Haynes had no statement to e at this time regarding ; his f re plans. ptrict Nursing Head Health Department tends Orthopedic Meet frs. J. R.; McCracken, head of public health nurses in ;he dis health denartmpnt. has re- iod after attending a two-day ion of an ni-t-Vinnoio TnstitntA P at the State Orthepedic Hos- m Uastonia. 'e institute wna anrvncnrerl bv North Carnlino ctof knorJ nf f th. Miss Ruth Council,, state f ultant of orthepedic nursing, F-iea the institute. n route home Mr. Mr fit the week-end in Chapel Hill, r6 She fnrmor.1,. : J j K John K. Boone Nvering From Illness ps. John K. Boone, who has flu iot the past fortnight at I noma t i . . . . feh r aau6nter, Mrs. Red Cross Sends Field Man Here To Teach Courses A first aid instructor course un der the auspices of the American Red Cross will begin on Monday night, April 6th. James B. Hall, of Alexandria, Va., field represen tative of the American Red Cross, will be in charge. The object of the course is to train instructors to teach first aid in Haywood county, it was learned from Jack Messer, chairman. There will be no charges made for the course outside of the purchase of necessary textbooks. On approved applications forty persons will be accepted for the course, it has been announced by Rev. II. G. Hammett, president of the Haywood chapter of the Red Cross, the co-operating group with the National headquarters. The classes will be held in the commissioners rooms in the court house and will begin promptly at 7:10. They will be held each night for a two weeks period. The following business firms and groups have made applica tion for representatives to take courses: Waynesville Laundry, Erkraft Industries, Wellco Shoe Corporation, Dayton Rubber Man ufacturing Company, Unagusta Manufacturing Company, England- Walton Company, Junaluska Sup ply, Underwood Novelty Company, Royle-Pilkmgton Company, local unit State Guard, Town of Waynesville. Waynesville Lumber Compahy, Champion Paper and Fibre Com pany, of Canton, County Farm Agent's office, Home Security Ad ministration, and Bell Telephone Company. Schools making applications for courses include: Uruso, Uetnel, Cecil, Fines Creek, Crabtree, Can ton high school, Clyde schools, East Waynesville, Rock Hill, Maggie, Hazelwood, Waynesville township high school. I Shall Do My Bestf Health Department Announces Pre- School Clinics The program of pre-school clinics which is to be carried out in all the schools of the county under the direction of the county health department began on Monday with the initial clinics at Fines Creek and Crabtree, where 38 children were examined. The nnrDOSfl of the clinics is to offer physical examinations to all children from 6 months to 6 years wifli nnW-iiMilni nrrpntirtn crivpn t.Vip. groups starting to school in the fall.; , ' Parents are urced to brine their children to the clinics so that physical defects can be corrected not only in the younger children but also in those who will enter school in September. All children are vaccinated for smallpox and given diphtheria toxoid. In the Fines Creek and Crabtree clinics a total of 38 children were examined on Monday. On Tues day 37 children were brought by their parents to the Cruso, Bethel and schools where examinations were made by Dr. C. N.sSisk and the county nurses. The schedule for the remainder of the Deriod is as follows: April 6, Maggie school at 9:30; Rock Hill school at 11:00 o clock; East Waynesville, at 1:30. On April 7th clinics will be held at Saunook school at 9 :30; in Allen's Creek school at 11:00, and at Hazelwood at 1:30. fin Ari1 13th. clinics will be conducted at Lake Junaluska, Cen tral Elementary and Clyde schools. On April 14th, Dr. Sisk ana tne nurses will be at the Beaverdam school at 9:30; Morning Star at 11:00, and Pennsylvania Avenue at 1:30. . - ' State Guard To Be Inspected By Army Officer Tho Incal unit. Comnany number 40, of the State Guard has been notified through General J. Van Metts by order of the Governor, Hint on insnection by an army officer would be made of the group at the Armory on Tuesday nignt, April 7th. Cnntain Bradlev states that on Monday night 6th, a preparatory practice of drilling win De neia ai the armory which all. members o-a ovnpptPri td attend. In case a member is unable to attend the practice he is required to notify Captain Bradley. Attendance at 1 . Bill Prevost Is Named Chief Air Warden Of County Bill Prevost has been named chief air raid warden of Haywood county to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jerry Rog ers, former chief, it was announc ed this wek bv Jonathan Woody. ' county chairman of National De fense. Mr. Rogers, who was' also chief of police of Hazelwood, has gone to Wilmington, where he has ac cepted a position. Mr. Prevost stated yesterday that he will announce a county wide blackout in the next month, in which all the towns and com munities of the county will take part. . Varied Services Will Mark Easter Sunday State Winner Here is one of the latest and hitherto unpublished photos of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, with the new United Nations commander at salute. Australia has given him a hero's welcome and has united all its defenses under his command with his promise that "I shall do my best ... I shall keep the soldier's faith." 45 Bethel Graduates To Get Diplomas Friday The graduating exercises of the Bethel high school will be held on Friday night at 8:00 o'clock in the school auditorium for the forty-five members of the class of 1942. Sue Kelley will deliver the sal utatory address and Mary Reece, the valedictory. Other members on the program include the proces sional followed by the invocation; the histpT' of tie class by Joe Hyatt? ',;class poem by, Halmond Handin. .. Blanche Henson is giftorian of the class, and Irene Russell, will give the prophecy. The delivery of the diplomas will be followed by the presentation of special awards. The class is one of the largest to graduate and includes the fol lowing: Howard Burnett, Max Bur nett, Robert Burress, Harmon Er- (Continued on page 12) - C. Of C. Board Mapping Plans The directors of the Cham r ber of Commerce were in ses sion last night working on the 1942 program, and also mak ing plans for opening the of fice at an early date.' - Paul Davis, president, said that several committees had already met on various phas es of the work for the year, and were scheduled to make a report last night. Good Attendance Marks Noon Day Daily Services Gratifying utU-ndanoe.hns niink i'd the noon day pro-Knstei- union services which are being held daily this week. On Monday and Tues day services were conducted at the Presbyterinn church with Rev, J. C. Madison preaching the hist day and Rev. H. G. Haniniett Tues day. Yesterday and today services are being held at the Baptist church with Rev. R. E, McBlain preach insr yesterday and Rev. Malcolm Williamson today. On Friday, beginning at 12 o'clock, a three-hour continued ser vice will be held at Grace Episco pal church with Rev. R. E. Mc Blain, rector, assisted by the other 1 Minlaf... TVinaA wVin nnnnnt Tp- main for the entire Good Friday service are asked to quietly drop in and leave as they please. i I A I k v Bethel Baptist Sunday School Group To Hold Convention On Sunday T)ie Bethel Baptist Sunday school group of the Haywood Cop ty Association will hold a conven tion next Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the East Fork Baptist church, it was learned yesterday from R. E. Sentelle, (Continued on page 7) PTSY ( VY.',' won the state wide pilgrimage contest at tne DAU meeting in Ashevillo last .veek. She will get n hve-duy tup to the national convention in Chi cago in May. She is the daughter f Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Uwyn. Patsy Gwyn Wins First Place in DAR Pilgrimage Contest 5,000 Miles Cannot Keep Boy and Girl From Talking To Each Other Distance is no barrier to ro mance in this day of telephones. One Sergeant Charles T, Brown, her soldier friend, 2,500 miles out in the Pacific Ocean. Eight and Number From Haywood Hear Gov. Broughton a . . Ml ' TkM A At ASneVllie Meeting " w7J,J.T A,t- J one-half, hours she waited in bus- Amone those from Haywood who ' Schefield Barracks, Territory of I f " oumUnl frd Governor XoughZ last , Hiawaii, had a birthday on March by her laates ahnost ex- 17th. No doubt he was thinking c"-eu . aB "c "-"""J greetings. The hours went by. At 11:30 a call came from San Francisco that Sergeant Brown was available, but heard Governor Broughton Cot.irHnv nio4it in Ashpville were: Charles Ray, Paul Davis, W. Curtis of home and his girl he had left Russ, Marion T. Bridges, J. D. behind, for the anniversary found Hyatt, John Queen, James Queen, him more than 5,000 miles from aU of Waynesville, and C. E. Brown, nis iriend, Miss itutn uotson,siu of Clyde, and R. D. Coleman and dent at uarson-w ewman uoiiege, Harlev E, Wright, of Canton. (Jefferson City,; Tenn., daughter of The Western Carolina Press As- Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Dotson, of sociation was sponsor of the meet- Waynevill. rout 9. ing. with 90 people from all sec- But he was not forgotten. For at tions of Western North Carolina 7:04 Tuesday night the 16th, Miss in attendance. Dotson put in a telephone call to when he answered his name was Brown and he was a sergeant, but not her friend. Then time went on into the small hours of Wednes day morning, and at 3:36 Sergeant (Continued on page 6) - Community's First Test Blackout Receives 100 Percent Cooperation Darkness and silence shrouded the communities of Waynesville, Hazelwood, and Lake Junaluska, as the first trial blackout to test the ability of citizens to meet the emer gency of an enemy bombing was staged here between the hours of 8:45 and 9:15 Friday night. City officials, civilian defense leaders and air wardens have ex pressed great satisfaction over the splendid co-operation in which the citizens and wardens of the three communities, supported the test trial. ' . : Robert Hugh Clark, chief air warden, stated that those in charge received practically one hundred per cent co-operation and, that with only few exceptions, a mantle of complete darkness fell over the area at the appointed hour. In a few instances lights were ap parently forgotten and left burn ing, but when property owners were called they were extinguished at once. ' Traffic was at a stand still on the streets and highways leading into the towns. AU motorists abided by the rules that had pre viously been announced as a nec essary part in the practice and in the case of actual blackout against (Continued on back page; Jap's-Eye View of Main Street i i i i i i i i i ! j I i ' li Patsy Gwyn was announced as the state-wide winner in the Pil grimage Contest conducted by the North Carolina State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution in their annual meeting held in Asheville last week. As the state winner, Miss Gwyn will be the guest of the national DAR society for a five-day trip to Chicago. She will join a group of girls, one from each state in the union, as a member of the citizenship pilgrimage, and tHiey will be extended numerous com tesies by the DAR, including pre sentation at the opening session of their national congress, which will be held in Chicago this year instead of Washington, D. C. For a number of years contests have been held in local high schools all over the country by the DAR. The students and faculty choose the outstanding girl in the senior class who is required to make a scrapbook of her activities. The scrapbook is entered in a state contest. The winner in the state is given a trip to the national meeting. . The scrapbooks are judged sepa rately by two state-wide commit tees. Patsy Gwyn's book was the unanimous choice of both commit tees for first place. Sunrise Services At Bethel and Lake Junaluska; Many Expected At Churches. The attendance at the churches in Haywood county participating in the Go-To-Church campaign, reach ed the highest record last Sunday since the: initial service four weeks ago. In view of the Easter services for the coming Sunday, the pastors and church leaders are making preparations for handling even still larger congregations. Counting on the fact that Eas ter Sunday always draws record congregations, and that this year the public will feel to a greater degree than usual the spiritual significance of the season, the pas tors are expecting to have the largest congregations of any Sunday to date during the cam paign on Easter Sunday. There will be special Easter music rendered by the choirs in all the churches. For the morning worship the ministers will preach on "The Risen Christ," and in the evening on "Ye Are My Witnesses." The Hazelwood Baptist church made the largest gain over the previous Sunday with an increase of 46, while the First Methodist church of Waynesville came sec ond with 45 gain. The Waynesville Baptist church showed the largest congregation which totaled 623 and had an in crease of 14 in attendance. The Canton Baptist church with 673, came second in attendance, having the same number present last Sunday that they had on the pre vious. Complete details of the attend ance records for last week will be found on page four of this edition. Bowles Hopes To Reach $350 Quota Easter Seal Sale In view of the excellent response that has attended the annual Eas ter sale of seals for crippled chil dren to date, Haywood county will reach its quota of $350, according to M. II. Bowles, county chairman in charge of the sale. The majority of those who were mailed stamps have already sent in their checks. Those who have hot done so are asked by the com mittee; to mail theirs in not later than Saturday of this week. During the past few days ar rangements have been made for the purchase of a wooden leg for a young fellow in the county who has not been able to get employ- (Continued on page 7) A Mountaineer photographer snapped the above picture at 9:01 Friday night, as the town was staging its first test blackout. The picture was made from in front of the court house, with the camera pointed towards the post offfce. Close scrutiny of the photo is required to make out even the dim outlines of the Park sign across Main Street. The community was blacked out as effectively as if it were a black cat in a coal mine at midnight on a stormy night. Sixteen Applicants Receive Grants Of Rationing Board Only one applicant, out of the seventeen asking for tires and tubes, was turned down by the Haywood county rationing board for this area during the week. In the case of M, B. Reeves, applying for four truck tires and four truck tubes, the local quota was exhaust ed. Those granted applications dur ing the week included: V. A. Campbell, hauler of raw forest products, 1 truck tire and recap and 2 truck tubes; Hilliard Jones, wholesale milk hauler, 1 truck tire and 1 truck tube; Chas. Rathbone, (Continued on page 12) Bethel Section Will HolfiSunrise Service Sunday The churches in the Bethel val ley will unite in a sunrise service on Easter morning to begin at 7:30 o'clock to be conducted on the Bethel cemetery hill. The Rev. Thomas Erwin, pastor of the Riverside Baptist church, will be the main speaker. The ser vice, which will be lead by the Rev. J. W. Blitch, has been planned by a joint committee from the congregations with representatives from each group taking part on the program. The following churches are par ticipating in the service: Baptist Presbyterian and Methodist of Bethel and the Baptist churches of Riverside and Dix Creek. The public is cordially invited to attend, whether or not mem bers of any of the participating churches. e. as,ter Program for Bethel Methodist church will be gin with the community sunrise service on cemetery hill at 7:30 and will continue with the Sunday school at 10:30 and the morning worship at 11:30. ,At 3 o'clock the woman's society or Christian Service will conduct a service at the county home. The day will dose with an evening communion at 8 o'clock. There will be special music at all ser The Public is invited to Communion Services To Be Held Tonight At 1 resbyterian Church SI'eciaI Communion service will be held at the Waynesville Presby-tenan- church tonight at 8:00 o clock according to the pastor, the Roy Malcolm R. Williamson. .The pastor will-be in charge of the service, assistc'd by the ruling elders of the. church, including II C. Lindsley, L. M. Killian, J. Rose, L. M. R.vt, ' Prevost.. tt,m All members of th u urged to be present t,.i 'V':."! are cordially invited. Series of Services Being: Held At TTiVh School this Week .-A series of chapel services are being held this week in the town! ship high school under the spon sorship of the Haywood County Ministerial AssnrioH On Monday, Rev. J. Clav uni son, pastor of the First MethnHi.f- i (Continued on page 7) . 1 " r'w'cu. the inspection is compulsory.
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