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Wayn HE ESVILLE IVI ICTORY EE BUT UNI I El) STATU BONDS STAMPS - -Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park EIGHTH YEAR NO. 33 Sixteen Pages WAYNES VILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1942 $1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties ounty Determined o Raise $2,200 In urrent USO Drive Lfit Show To Be Staged -riday Night At Chamber Commerce Building. w(itilens of Haywood county bine asuea 10 L for the USO, according to Ray. chairman of the Hay- u county committee, who nas uurated the urive uuwt.K i WRjy pointed out that there .nproximatey 1,500 Haywood now in the army' navy' and ,M branches of the service, ch of the men the Haywood .,1.1ml in rnnt.rihnr.fl ens are . ---- w This money is to be used Itarious ways, nut me general ipn is to provide lacniiies at y military camp, aim wnere rp in transient which will Ls to them the good will and rest folks back home, it was i.inui bv Mr. Kay. activities are designed to fcmen wholesome, sober instead drunk, -proud of their country id of rebellious towards it; filled with pride in their units. Ipppximawiy uiie-imii v tiie ti of $2,200 is to oe raisea jihe Canton area and the other in the Waynesville, Hazel- Li and Lake Junaluska sections. Y the Waynesville area Mr. Bay general chairman and in the Iton section, Lee McElrath is Iring as chairman, The Rev. cBlam is treasurer of the nty committee. .' Ir. Ray has appointed Mrs. wbeth Gibson, of Lake Juna ka, to head the drive in that In addition to those men- led others serving on the coun- icommittee include: Waynesville, Iher tlahoney, Bob Gibson, Mrs. C. Miller, and Jack Messer; bton, Miss Theo Jentz, and G. Suttles; and Adj. Cecil Brown, the Salvation Amny, in her :tion. - Pelsie Love, the mother of a iiier, has been named to conduct drive among the colored pop- t'on. irious groups in the county contributing their time and fnfe to raising money for the I'f. E. C. Wairenfeld. wJin ds the industrial group, reported to date he had received S2315 the USO from the workers of industries, Wellco Shoe Cor- htion employes gave $60 and tngiand-W alton employes have ributed a total of J! 175 Mier industries exnectd tn I-(Continued on page 8) irl Scouts Hold curt Of Awards: Badges Earned f ith impressive ceremonies, the nesvil,. Lone Troon nf fiirl t new a court of awards on Way night in the rooms in the f fclsmentary school, at P "me 73 merit badges were pented, . M to the interest of the , were the demonstrations -mey had heen enrnpH nhii, FPvenhy the Scuots, under the Fn of their leader, Mrs. E. "sueia, and assistant lead .. Stanley Brading. use receiving mrit k a P is follows; nrnmnto c,t Betsy Siler Ann Ed- -noyj.,nes and Anna Jean ring second class badges Ur n 4 lrouser- Jackie Sue rr, Dot m;ii... t . HW o j Jean Ann 12' d Piggy Janson. Bet,; r :"e present- se TW I ' ',iulcy Jones, Ann v yche Elsie Gren' '"Ann I T' Dorothy Martel. Bradley and Anna Jean rlVing.- hneic. ft. n " ""v f ntmued Reports For Duty ... . J " J DR. J. R. WESTMORELAND, coroner of Haywood, left yesterday for Charleston, and reported for duty on the staff of the U. S. Naval Hospital there. He has. received the rating of lieutenant, senior grade. Dr. Westmoreland has re lided in Canton for a number of years--' A successor will be named at the next meeting of the commissioners. s badges were: n page 8) G. Hammpff To South Carolina Pwwwv Ha.mmett w conduct- f iCh T,vaJ at the hi8toric Wg r in Anderson r a"d Plan8 the a&a? pu,pit fcmmett and two M, are r1" rrti, uuro- iDey -u lnu week-end. Guernsey Judging School To Be Held At Osborne Farm One of the three Guernsey judg ing schools in the state will be held at the psboi-ne Farm on Wednes day, August 19th, it has been anr nounced by J. A. Arey, state ex tension dairyman.' V ' - Other schools to be held in the state will be conducted at the Hill andale Farm near Durham, and at the famous Klondike Farm of El kin.' .; Mr. H. A. Osborne and his sis ters, Miss Florence and Miss Lou Osborne, have through judicious purchase and wise culling assem bled and built up a very fine herd of the best strains in the country. Their cows have established na tional records. Plans for the schools this year are being developed along the previous lines followed in other years. A fee of $1.00 will be charged each attendant, to assist in covering the expanses of the school. Each farm on which the schools are held will provide the lunches free this year. A large number of Guernsey breeders and farm leaders of this section of the state are expected to attend the school at the Os borne Farm next Wednesday. County Baptists Meet On 19th At Aliens Creek Annual Haywood Baptist Association Will Be Held Only One Day Instead of ' Two. The fifty-seventh annual session of the Haywood County Baptist Association will be held at the Allen 'i Creek Baptist church for a one-day and night session on Wednesday, August 19th. it has been announced by Rev. Frank Leatherwood, county moderator. The program will be as follows: Wednesday Morning 10:00 Worship. 10:20-Report of program com mittee, H- G. Hammett, chairman; roll call of churches. 10:35 7 Evangelism in Church and Association, W. L. Sorrells. 10:55 Baptist Training Union, Winfred Hughes. 11:10 Sunday School, R. E. Sentelle. 1 1 :30 General announcements- Appointment of committees. 11:45 Worship Sermon, T. H. Parris- r 12:30 Lunch. Wednesday Afternoon 1:30 Worship. 1:45 Religious Literature. Mrs. J. R. Morgan. 2:15 Benevolence (Reports not to exceed five minutes each), 1. Hospital, W. B. Sprinkle; 2. Or phanage, C- H. Green; 3. Minister's Relief and Annuity, H. K. Mas- teller; 4. Christian Education, Ho bart Rogers. 2:35Addresses on above King dom Benevolences By representa tives of these Kingdom courses. 6:00 Election of Officers Mis- (Continued on page 8) Marine Recruiting Unit Now In Town A Marine Corps recruiting party will be at the local post office today and tomorrow to examine appli cants for enlistment in the marines. Officers will interview any in terested man between 17 and 35 years of age. Claude N. Allen is spending this week in Baltimore on business. Draftees Granted Furlough Return To Camp On 17th The men accepted for service in the July .'draft quota, who were inducted into the service at Fort Jackion on August 3rd, and were given a two weeks furlough to return home and attend to any matters . they felt urgent before they take up active duty, are scheduled to leave here on Monday morning, August 17th, The hour of the departure has been set at 6:30 in the morning, The Dorcas Bell Love chapter, DAR, will be in charge of a brief farewell ceremony, assisted by oth er local groups. Acting Cpl. John E. Bramlett, who was leader of the group upon their return will serve in the same capacity upon their trip back to the induction center. Private James R. Wyatt, Jr., who was second in command will serve as assistant leader on the trip. Two members of the July quota . (Continued on page 8) Kerley's Condition Still Unchanged; Others Improving Though he had an uncomforta ble day on .Wednesday, the condi tion of Lawrence L. Kerley, was about the same as it had been for the past week, it was learned from the hospital last night. ' Fred Walkup and W. C. Fincher, two others burned at the time Mr. Kerley suffered his injuries, were reported to be much improved. Federation Picnic To I Draw Crowd Saturday An all-day war program for ed: ''All bonds and stamps sold Monday's Speaker ii "iiin.mmninik.il uiuiii.ii.ii.ikiwHk'wwMiw) W. ROY FRANCIS will address the third annual membership meet ing of the Cruso Electric Member ship Corporation on Monday morn ing at the Clyde school. State Guards Leave Sunday For Week's Camp Nineteen men of the Waynes ville unit of the State Guard will leave here Sunday morning for a week's encampment and training at Gastonia, it was announced yes terday by Captain W. A. Bradley, Those making the trip will in clude the three officers of the 40th ompany, 14 non-commissioned of ficers and two cooks. At camp the men will be drilled ,n modern warfare by officers from the army. The men will make the trip by ous, leaving here about 11 o'clock Sunday. Commander J. H. Howell, who is in command of the 8th Battalion, will also be in camp with his staff, which is composed of M. H. Bowles as adjutant, and Paul Ua- vis, staff sergeant Second Blackout Was Termed As Successful Township Farm Meetings Being Held In County The first of a series of com munity farm inspection gatherings, which are taking place of the an nual township farm tours, will be held today in Iron Duff, at the farm of Thurman C, Davis. After the inspection of the farm and modern practices, the group, which will be Composed of demon stration farmers and home demon stration club women, will go to the farm of E.-W. White for a picnic dinner. ' i . In the afternoon, the men will spend their ttme discussing plans for securing"" phrrfiphaU for next year, and filling out-y requisition forms for their needs, On Friday a similar group will meet at the farm of Sam Fergu son in Fines Creek. This will be just for. the men. Other meetings are being plan ned, but last night no definite dates had been set. All meetings tart at ten o'clock. The county-wide tour has been postponed for the duration, as have the township tours. Pictures Of Men In Service Will Be Displayed Here Pictures of jnen in service will be displayed in a special window display at the offices of the Cruse Electric Membership Corporation beginning at once, J. C. Moore, superintendent and office manager has announced. The pictures of the men, their names, and rank, will be shown Patriotic backgrounds will be s feature of the displays. The pictures will be cared for during the period they are on display. Any size picture will be accepted. farmers, together with entertain ment, contests and refreshments, will mark the annual Farmers Federation picnic at the , Bethel school on Saturday. Dr. D. W. Daniels, of Clemson College, will make the principal address of the day- He is one of the best known humorists in the South, and always delights his audiences with his unlimited sup ply of stories. A special committee nas oeen named to push the sale of war bonds and stamps for the day. This is being featured at all Fed eration picnics this year. 4Over in Macon county mey sold over $2,500 in bonds and stamps, and down at McDowell, the total was over $3,300. That means Haywood will have to hustle to beat both records," said Jule Noland, manager of the local ed eration, in discussing the program. Charlie Ray. county chairman for the sale of bonds and stamps, Saturday at the picnic will be credited to the Haywood quota for August. The committee set up for this occasion will be on hand to serve everyone with any amount of bonds or stamps they want." The usual contests which have always been favorites at the Fed eration picnics will again be fea tured. The committee named to promote the sale of stamps and bonds Sat urday is: Charlie Ray, chairman; Jona than Woody, J. E. Reister, Glen Palmer, H. A. Osborne, R. T. Boyd, Jack Messer, A. J. Hutchins, Paul Grogan, W. T. Whitesides, Mrs. H. G. Reno, Mr. and Mrs. Camp Adventure Having Excellent Season At Lake The total campers at Camp Ad venture for this season will double that of last year, according to Harrold Patrick, owner, yesterday. The senior camp enrollment has hit a peak of 80 campers, and a total of about 175 campers have been enrolled during the season from one to eight weeks. "The camp has had a very suc cessful year, and we have lots of encouragement for the 1943 sea son," Mr. Patrick said. Mr. Patrick has advertised this area extensively over the South, and continues his advertising cam paign throughout the year. Within two minutes after the Irst warning sounded in the black out that was staged in 19 Western North Carolina counties on Mon day night, the communities of Waynesville, Hazelwood and Lake Junaluska were' in total darkness. Reports from all sources stated practically one hundred per cent co-operation. "We noticed a big difference in the attitude of the people and the co-operation they gave in compar ison to the blackout held here in March. They were more serious about it this time," said Robert Hugh Clark, chief air raid warden. The warning came at 10:0O o'clock, and lasted until 10:80 Sixty-eight air raid wardens ' in the area which included, Waynes ville, Hazelwood and Lake juna luska were on duty Monday night. Members of the Stat3aTd were stationed at the . highways lead ing into the communities. They reported no traffic problems, Motorists stopped at the first sug gestion of a warn i no Only one motor vehicle traveled down Main street during the half hour blackout and it was a bus, which was allowed under the rules. The whistle from one fricght train broke through the silence of the darkness. When the warning came there were practically no pedestrians on the streets, as it was previously announced that the blackout would ! between 9 and 11 o'clock, and people were in buildings. Within ten minutes after the first signal, the wardens started calling into the town hall, head quarters for the blackout, and are said to have continued until the last warden had reported. While lights were to be allowed in hospitals for emergency oper ations, the Haywood County Hos pital Was shrouded in total .-darkness. '.; The only lights reported were those in two or three homes where occupants had left earlier in the evening and had not returned. In short order the wardens in the areas turned them out. County's War Deaths Now Three, As Man Gets Killed In Egypt Killed In Action .uMdtmu 'N-.v.--: 7 ff RICHARD CLEM JENKINS, machine gunner on U. S. bomber, son of Mr. and Mrs, 0. P 1 kins, of the White Oak section, .no met death in an airplane crash in Egypt on August 2nd, Hazelwood Sets Tax Rate of $1.60 For Coming Year The tax rate for the Town of Hazelwood has been set at $1.60 per $100 property - valuation' for.- the coming year, which is the same rate as that of the past year, it was l'.'amed this week from the town officials. The total budget is set at $23,750, which is a little less than $1,200 of that of last year which amount ed to $24,777. The reduction in in the budget was made through a cut in operating expenses. Richard Clem Jenkins, of White Oak Section, Was Machine Gunner On Plane. Haywood county's third casualty in World War number II was listed in the death of Private Richard Clem Jenkins, 17, of the U. S. Army air corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Jenkins, of White Oak township. The parents were notified on Monday of the death of their son who was killed on August 2 in an airplane crash jn Africa. They received the following message from the adjutant general in Wash ington, D. C: "The Secretary of War desires to express his deep regret that your son, Private Ricvhard Clem Jenkins, was killed August 2 in an airplane crash in Africa. No remains can be transported to the United States until after the ter mination of hostilities, when quar termaster general, Washington, D. C, will, if possible, and upon writ ten request of next of kin, bring remains to United States for final interment- Letter follows." Young Jenkins was born in Hay wood county on September 8, 1924. He attended the Fines Creek high school. On January 1, 1942, he volunteered in the air corps in the recruiting station in Asheville and was sent to Sheppard Field, Texas, and from there was transferred to McDill Field, Fla., then to Barks dale Field, Shreveport, La., and left this country fn m n Beach. He was a machint ; i .. on a bomber. The last letter received from him by his parents was dated July 24th, Egypt, and he told how much he was enjoying his experi ences in the air corps. V 't). P. Jenkins, father of young ieh-American War. Surviving in addition to his par ents are eight sister, Mrs. Sallie Snyder, of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Carrie Early, of Waynesville, Mrs Joe Rathbone, Clyde, route 1, Mrs. Henry Ruff, of Waynesville, route 1, Misses Nellie, Willie Bella, Mar garet Delia, and Olive Mary; and two brothers, Iolet Jenkins, of Waynesville, and Corporal William S. Jenkins, of Fort Jackson. American Legion Auxiliary Meeting To Be Held Tonight The regular meeting of the American Leirion Auxiliary will be held tonight at 8 oclock in the as- J Chas. Isley Fleeted Band Master Of District School Charlts Isley, of Coollemee, graduate of the music 'department of Davidson College, has been elected band master and director of music in the Waynesville district high school for the coming year, it has been announced by M. H. Bowles, district superintendent. Mr. Isley comes highly recom mended anl the school authorities feel that the work of the band and the musical activities of the school under his direction will reach a high standard, The hand has been dismissed until the opening of school on Au gust 31st. The director will not arrive here to assume his duties until the last of the month. sembly room in the Legion home. Mrs. Bradley Haviland, of San All numbers are urged to be pres- j Francisco, is visiting her sister, ent for the meeting- Mrs; Ernest L. Withers, Cruso Group Will Meet Monday, Clyde School Two Town Officials Attend Municipal League Meeting Grayden C. Ferguson, town manager, and T. L. Bramlett, member of the board of aldermen, in charge of the street department, left yesterday for Greensboro, where they will attend the annual state convention of the North Car olina Municipal League. The meeting this year promises to be of special interest. The pro gram includes a number of officials from Washington who will dis cuss priorities and how they will apply to necessary supplies for town maintenance- v Jennings Buying Goods For Belk In New York J. C Jennings, manager of Belk Hudson Company, is expected to return this week-end from New York;, where he has been for a week buying fall merchandise for the store. Most purchases are made through the New York office of the firm, and some of the goods Mr. Jennings bought the first of the week has already started arriving-. Mrs. Milas Ferguson Becomes Assistant Clerk Of Local Rationing Board 1 Mrs. Milas Ferguson, who was recently appointed assistant clerk to the rationing board, assumed hr new duties this week. Mrs. tTnnr Vranri Kiiv Allen. Harlev i Ferguson formerly held a secre ' . - ' . . , :. .. Williama itanai position ,wii.n ot. jonn s D. M- Clark, Reeves Noland, A. itarial position church. 1UI hue ouv ; . i T , . agreed with Mr. Noland and add- ' W. Noland. J. McCracken, Jule Noland, Ernest Walker, Mack Caldwell, Mrs. Alice Sell an, Mary Margaret Smith, Mrs. Hazel Alderson, A. I. McLain J, C. Brown, J. B. Medford, .J. Miss Mary Margaret Smith had as her guests during the week, her mother, Mrs. D. J- Smith, and her brother, A. C. Smith, both of China Grove. Pan-America Is Featured At Local Library This Week Pan America is the subject of feature display at the Waynes ville Public Library War Infor mation center this week. The dis play stresses the "Good Neighbor Policy," of the Americas and con tains posters, pamphlets, charts and magazines. Of special interest is the up-to-the-minute set of la-ge maps show ing the different war zones which has recently been added to the collection of war materials. Miss Katheryn Queen, who is now located in Raleigh, spent the week-end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Queen. An all-dav get-to-gether, fea turing a free lunch, music, en tertainment. prizes and an ad dress by W. Roy Francis, are headliners for the third annual membership meeting of the Cruso Electric Membership Corporation, which meets Monday at the Clyde school. A record breaking at tendance is expected. J. C. Moore, superintendent, an nounced the program would be gin at ten o'clock, and continue throughout the day. The annual business session, with reports of the officers, and election of officers will be follow ed by an address in the audito rium by Mr. Francis. A large number of valuable prizes will be given away Monday, Mr. Moore said. Carter Osborne is president, Chas. B. McCrary is vice presi dent, and Mrs. E. B. Rickman is eecretary-treasurer. Mrs. W. H. Liner, Patient Mission Hospital, Still In Critical Condition Mrs. W. H. Liner, who is a paJ tient in the Mission Hospital in Asheville, remains in a critical con dition, it was learned last night. Mrs. Liner underwent a major op eration about a month ago and has been quite ill Since. Mr. and Mrs. Pearce And Family Move Here Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Pearce and two daughters, have moved from Canton and are occupying the Braren house on Short street Mr. Pearce is the owner of the Waynesville Bakery on Church street. Mrs. S. R. Crokett and son, John. spent a few days in Franklin this week.
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