North Carolina Newspapers

fHE ' WAYNESVILLE OUNTAINEER Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park NO. 11 16 Pages $1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties WAYNESVILLE, N. C THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1943 (One Day Nearer Victory) M Y 7 TO LlVf Tk"V 1 . i. 1 torm Puts Out r Taipnhones; L Inches Rain .-;rtoi and rain L ..urn r Iff 1 1 I MV .a ,w. community Tues- r SV . , i..ed for several B;g!,t " " I aortiy ktning Pu- f comm. h in U the h- the job a1 , ,rc midnight the 35 to 40 telephones ,:0n. Most of them .-wood. Lightning ,wn Avenue cuuie, aid. He had a crew ree o'clock Tuesday Ki, and they were at work V m ri-t."-ing service as fast I M he exoected phones to l-e wonting V official weather station ne.e ,rdeii a rainiau ui 1.00 ...v...v. ,rdl -v:.. Tuesday until , Wcdne-'iay morning. t pth.r dan-age was reported Jterday. 1" ... , j .... i 705 vilian Service ock Leaders fre Announced Lck !...! r- 'h- women for Wavnesvilh- ana who will be Lnsi'ble for the execution of all gram under the citizens oer- fn, i.f which fJ. Li. witners Ducal thai! man, have been an- mce.l by Mi-.- Mary Margaret ith. chairman of food preserva- as ful'iiw-: iaynovilU, Mrs. Frank Fergu- Mrs. Hen rv Gaddy, Mrs. G. Pldtt. Mrs. Theodore McCrack- Mrs. I!. I. I-ee, Mrs. Robert L. In, Mrs. I Height Beaty, Mrs. M. (bu i ii. Mrs. (Jrover C. Irs. N. M. Me.lfi.rd, Mrs. Em- It Bal.iitine. Mrs. Hugh Wright, MiHar.l r.rguson, Mrs. A. McLaughlin. Mrs. Rhymer, fc. ('. M Picu-. Mrs. Lee Bram- M .1 M Mock, Mrs. H. G. Lucius Bramlett, .l..,e , Mi- J r S. !ay. Krs. c;.,- W-,,!. M V Mrs. Scott Eng- Killian, Airs. i, Mr... Horace i n ('. Orr, Mrs. Clark Medford, V.:i K. Strange. Mrs. Henry , :e .i Mi -. ., h Curtis. .ca M. 1 1. .well and Elsie Os- tie will I.. in charge of the red wi-:,x n, the community.. dim-.! ini irn t mzena Sprvifo ips in llaz.lwoud are: Mrs. Mrs. Leitha Knight, Mrs. Elsie Iddel, Mrs. R..v Rohin arm Mra k' Hyatt, Mrs. Raymond Sto- f. -"is. j . k. shields, Mrs. E. iWnivu, Mrs. Fred Allison, Mrs. R. S. Roberson p WAAC Booths i Up To Give formation Her 105th Birthday I Two Groups March Reservists To Leave This Week Two proups of reservists who left here last week in the March quota under the selective service system will report to camps for active service the last of the week. Twenty-four men are scheduled to leave here on Friday for Fort Jackson. Glenn E. Creep has been named leader of the group. The men are asked to report promptly at 8:15 at the office of the draft board for final instructions. After which they will be the guests at the W. W. N. C. Cafe of Chrest George, owner and manager, and Robert Pearce of the Waynesville Bakery for coff.-e and doughnuts. A committee from the Dorcas Bell Love chapter will present the nun with cigarettes as they board the bus. , Those sch.dule.l to leave are: Walter E. Sutt.m, Charles J. Justice, Cecil U. Kathbone, Louis ("handler, Lawrence K. Howell, William Phillips, Lewis Kirkppat rick, Raymond M. Silvers, Ernest M. Mess. r. Clyde L. Smith, Sikes Ledford, Ernest M. Sutton, Kaymond Hen ry, Eiastus H. Crawford, Milliard B. Sutton, James R. Boone, Thomas I. Ingram, Ho'nert L. Downs, Rob ert W. Sutton, Robert L. Jordan, Jr., Samuel H. Sherrill, Edward W. McClure, Jr.. and Francis M. Fie. On Saturday a group will re port to Spartanburg for duty in the U. S. Navy. They will be transferred to Rainbri.lge, Md., for boot training. The group who will serve in navy leaving Saturday at i;:.'(0 a. in. with Raymond Lister Wison, Jr., as leader, will be: James Oliver Car ver, William Teague Williams, Ted Hargrove Chambers, Sam Dewey West, Jesse Jenkins, James Kerr Boone, Charles Roper Leatherwood, and Elmer Coleman Maynes. This group will also bo guests of Chrest ;.-orgi- and Robert I'earce, of the Waynesville Bakerv hird Officer mam r.-onn lion ,,f th. . was he i-,. detail- f, PPaign in jjf hetu,., ACS. h inf'.niiMi lid - Ma P here hm.nt ; icat',., pecun-.l. rantr-m,.. f"r t hi f d at t),. Prir.t. ! , Kuth Merrylees of 'mg and induction WAAC's in Ashe last week complet- taging an active ywood to enroll -1 and 44 in the n booth has been -sie's Department at Hudson's De- Canton, where ail nl-s and data may have been made ' Scouts to be sta ' "th daily and give atorial to all wo- C Boineaih Jr. akes Talk To Peters Club G. Ren,.. , T- . nl cias. ' '-gunners mate, mee-i;VVhregular din" lazelw Booster's Club p. A' '" last Thursday night. I m i'n "aait' presided -er rv:,.., , u" lIe U. S. ted K. i ' wnen t was at- fanuarv t0rpedo Planes I not . V al-ury oi wnicn h .peat;' t!fj?.7 - ;d i -"'u as mucn as is intern- : r ae.Prtnient of r-as hf-cr, ei,txPeences since Kt . ",m he U-S- Navy and fj., ree Patrolino- . HS OPERATrnv 5 Lfor8Vi8 nndeient an op bttril ' aPPendicitis at the ,uif. All set to cut the cake is Mrs. Anna Main- Oswald Huber as she celebrates her 105th birthday at her home in Harrison, N. Y. She has two children, eight grandchil dren, thirteen great grandchildren and three great - great - grandchil dren. Happy returns. School For Food Preservation To I Be Held Here A school for the purpose of giv ing uniform instruction in safe methods of food preservation to all agencies that are responsible for food preservation programs will be held in the Welch Memorial Sun day school building of the First Baptist church here on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. The school will start each day at 10 o'clock. Miss Anna C. Rowe, western district home demonstration agent, will conduct the school. The pro gram conies under the county is under the Citizen.- Service Corps nutrition committee which in turn of fhc county de'Mse program. -cording to M .i .dary Margaret Smith, county home ag.eit, chair man of food conservation ..n.1 Util ization. On Tuesday home economic teachers, F.S.A. home manage ment supervisors, home agents and any other women who have had college home economics training are urged to attend the meeting. On Wednesday all the block block leaders for the Waynesville area and also Canton, all nutrition and health and food preservation leaders of home demonstration clubs and neighborhood leaders from all over the county are ex pected to attend the school. The program is designed to te, h the women who live in tht uv..s and the rural sections. The discussion will center around home drying of fruits and vege tables, preservation by salting and brining, and home food storage. at the W. W. . C. Cafe, owned by th.- former, for doughnuts and in-t before they board To Supreme Court I - ASSOCIATE JUSTICE WILEY BLOUNT RUTLEIH'.E, JR., is shown in his office in the United States Supreme Court Building, Washington, D. Justice James F. signtd to become at ion chief. C. He replaces Byrnes, who re economic stabili- Rose's Cattle Make Fine Show At Georgia Sale .-..Ifee. Meir I mi Among :h.i-e who are entering I he navy and did Hot return for th ir week'- furlough, but took up active duly at once were: Mark Kugeiie Carswell, Thomas Calhoun Davi-, James Wallace Burnette, A. J. (iarrison, Charlie Bryant Mc Call, Jack Haney and drover Hogan Fullbright. Walt.r Lewis Hyatt, who has entered the U. S. Marines, will re port for training at Parris Island on March 29th. Miss Sara Queen Placed on Dean's List At Women's College Miss Sara Queen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam L. Queen, was recently selected for the Dean's list a,) th.- Woman's College of the University of North Carolina. Only seniors and second semes ter juniors who make a certain scholastic average are eligible for this honor and those who are placed on it are granted special privi leges. Miss Queen is a senior home economics major and will graduate in June. $3,500 Of Red Cross War Fund Quota Now In Hand With a goal set at $4,000 for the Haywood chapter in the Red Cross war fund drive, workers have se cured in the two weeks time o'f the campaign, a total of $3,500, it was announced yesterday by Rev. M. R. Williamson, in charge. Contributions are still coming in and the committee members are urging that all reports be in by the last of this week. "We realize," said Mr. William son, chairman, "that the largest contributions have already been received, but we believe that we ran reach our original goal with a little extra effort when the final reports are in, and we expect to continue until our goal is reached." "In comparison with other chap ters in nearby towns and cities, our folks have done remarkably well. Some who have already contributed generously, have told us that they will do more if necessary to reach our iiiota. 'e do not believe that it will be nec.ssary to call upon those who have made contributions, but rather that ppeople will vol unteer in order that the remain der will be secured," he continued. "Anticipating this, we would like to announce that volunteer con tributions can be turned in to L. N. Davis, chairman of the local chapter, to Billiard Atkins, treas urer, or may be mailed in di rectly to me, as war fund chairman. All volunteer contributions will be promptly acknowledged," Mr. Williamson further commented. Red Cross Worker Speaks At Rally Tonight At 8 A large crowd is expected to night at the Red Cross rally, at which time Miss Jane Hashagen, the first woman to represent the American Red Cross in Australia, will be the chief speaker. The rally w ill be held in the court room of the court house, tonight at 8 o'clock, with Rev. M. R. William son, who is active in the work of the Haywood Red Cross chapter. Tho Waynesville township high school band will remder several numbers, under the direction of Chas. lilvy, band leader, while the audience is assembling. The Rev. H. G. Hammett, pastor of the First Baptist church, will give the invocation. The presen tation of the work of the Haywood chapter will be given under super vision of L. . Davis, executive chairman. ! There will be no solicitation of j funds or admission fees, as the .meeting is merely to acquaint the 'people of the community with the i great war program of the Red t russ both at home and overseas. There Wiill be special seats re served for the colored people in .the community, who are cordially invited to attend the meeting and .oe.ii Miss Hashagen tell of her experiences with the Red Cross in Australia and New Caledonia. American Legion Observes 21th Anniversary The Waynesville l'o-l of the American Legion held a dinner meeting here oi Friday evening in observance of the L'lth annivei sn i y of t be founding lean Legion in I'nii .1. Harden Howell. World Wat oioh, i 1. speaker. Major Howell revow 4 Fires In Two Days Keep Firemen Busy Flying Preacher toi y of t be A met i ' t.- oi can i.a I ion growth and inlluci t induced by W. II iutant of III. post it n md Kobe, I the Oust II. Gibson, presided. f the Amcr wilb Major veteran of ;i I be main .1 Hie l.l: Legion since (raced its He was in M ilia i. ad unman. I. i "I Rev. s. i; Crockett, chaplain, gave the invo- Flight Officer and Mrs. A. J. The five yearlings from the Davi- are spending a few days Balsam Aberdeen Angus farm, with the hitter's grandmother, Mrs. owned and operated by Joe E. Rose, I). V. Phillip-. Mrs. Davis is the made an excellent showing at the foimer Mi-- Margaret McRorie. large sale and show in Moultrie, 1 Ga., last week-end. Mr. Rose's animals averaged $317 each. The top price of tho sale was $1,000 with the average for 00 head being $359. Plans are underway to organize a southeastern breeders associa tion of the Aberdeen-Angus raisers, with the initial meeting being held in Birmingham pn April 6th. Mr. Rose is heading a Tar Heel group to the meeting. Rev. William Baker Goes To Murphy As Supply Rector Rev. and Mrs. William Baker have gone to Murphy, where the former will serve the Episcopal church there as a supply rector for the next three months. Rev. Raker, who is a retired Episcopal rector, served "Grace Church in the Mountains" here as a supply rector for three months, the period of time a retired rector is allowed to supply a church ac cording to the church regulations. Countv-Wide Nutrition Programs Are Set Up Under Dr. C. N. Sisk A county wide nutrition program has b en set up with Dr. C. N. Sisk, county health office, as chairman. The object of this work, which is state wide, is for each county to work to improve and maintain the health and morale of every inhab itant of the area through better nutrition. I .-, . i .. u r-.-..;..,n n y-v i i m T A I 1 He plan ,s unuei me lyivjian ie- Urdered 1 0 KeDOri fense program and is being spon- Mrs. Edith Lewis To Orglethorpe Mrs. Edith M. Lewis, who vol- whk-h will work under the super vision of the planning group: Publicity and information, Miss Lura Wright, for the Canton sec tion of the county, and Mrs. T. Lenoir Gwyn, of the Waynesville area. This committee will be re sponsible for the collection prepar ation and distribution of education al materials. J. C. Brown will serve as county chairman of food production. Miss Mary Margaret Smith will be in unteered for service in the Wo- the productive and conservation oi man's Armv Auxiliary Corps last a food supply adequate to meet the sored by tie State Board of Health. i .Vm'o ieec .if thp work will 'en- tail the promotion of better dittary ! charge of food conservation and habi f the people; insurance of utilization for the Waynesville area week at Charlotte, has been dered to report for duty at Fort Arglethorpe, Ga., on Wednesday the 24th. Mrs. Lewis is the daughter of Mrs. Ora Plott Mehaffey and at the time she volunteered was em ployed at the Champion Paper and Fibre Company. She is the moth er of two daughters, Miss Joyce Lewis, 17, radio technician at Fort Monmouth, N. J., and Rose May, 15, student at the Warren H. Wilson Vocational Junior College. Jtfrs. Gerald West, of Marietta, Ga., has returned to her home after a brief visit here with her sister, Mrs. Maria Love Mitchell. or-! nutritional needs; the conservation and economical use of available native foods, left overs and sur plus commodities. The county nutrition committee in each county will consist of rep resentatives from all organiied groups in the county whose work and interest can be utilized in a nutrition program. Jonathan Woody, chairman of Civilian Defense, of the county has named Dr. Sisk as chairman, and the planning committe of which the latter is head will be composed of Mrs. Sam Queen, Jack Messer, and Howard Clapp. Dr. Sisk has appointed the fol lowing chairmen of the committees of the county and Miss Ethel Bailey for the Canton section. Mrs. J. Rufus McCracken will be county chairman of public health and clinical nutrition services. A. J. Hutchins, of Canton, will serve as chairman of education in nutri tion. Under the latter committee will be groups appointed by Mr. Hutchins to work on: school lunch programs; nutrition teaching in the schools. Leadership training in nutrition: unit courses and demonstrations in nutrition; and food and nutrition consultation centers. Dr. F. M. Davis, of Canton, will serve on the committee for nutri tion for industrial groups. Other sub-committees will be an- Inounced at a later date. cation. Th. assembly singing of pat ri.it i- -.nig-, including many of the fax. .lit.- ..f lb.- First World War, wa- led by Miss Ida Jean Brown. Special guests of the evening in cluded the members .if the Legion Auxiliary and It. Page and Lt. Men lee. of the WAAC recruiting station in Asheville, who spoke briefly of the duties of the women in the armed forces. Others who were piesent-.l by Adjutant Miller and who also made short talks during the evening were: Mrs. J. C.lvin Brown, pres ident of the Legion Auxiliary, and Mrs. S. H. Keller, veteran army nurse of World War Number I. Will A. Mitchell Buried Yesterdav Funeral services were held Wed nesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Richland church for William Austin Mitchell, 67, well known carpenter, who died at his home on Dellwoo.l road at 4 o'clock a. m. Tuesday. The Rev. Jarvis Under wood officiated. Burial was in th. Turpin Chapel cemetery. Serving as pallbearer.- were: David Underwood, E. B. McClure, John Gaddis, Melvin Ferguson, j John Underwood, and Charlie Ed wards. Mr. Mitchell was a native of Haywood county and since early manhood had been engaged in con struction work. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Gertrude Mitchell; two daughters, Mrs. Russell Gilliland, and Mrs. Carl Ledford, of Waynesville; four sons. Brann. r, Bonard, and Johnny Mitchell all of Waynesville, and Pink Mitch! 11, veteran of World War, Number One, who is a pa tient at the government hospital in Johnson City, Tenn. The Massie Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. CADET HAROLD C. REN E G A R. of Co t Y..rlh, Tex., IX. is a licensed Baptist minister. He was called to a Dallas church a short time ago for a ministerial post, but he had already been ap pointed as a cadet. "The idea of killing," he said, "isn't appealing, but I like to considci it in the light of American lives I might help to save." Test Blackout Termed Perfect The lest I) lackout staged here Tuesday night was term ed by officials as '.l'.' per cent perfect . Two lights were leported ill ill.- coinniunitv one ..n Main street and one ii i. resident. Occupants of Hie place-; nnd lie I fori'ol t . ii and let I t hem bill 1 1 1 1 1 g . (Mlicial- here Were gratified at the splendid cooperation and ihioiigh undei -standing on the part of the public, since leports I'loni all sections of sections of the state had come in slating considerable confu sion bad resulted ill applying the new rules. Such was not the ease here. Industrial Salvage Committees Are Named This Week The organization which will su pervise collection of salvage mater ials in Haywood county industrial plant- was announced this week by II. R. Clapp, of Waynesville, county chairman. Members of the Haywood county group. In- said, are cooperating in a "'permanent, continuing effort by industry to keep the steel mills going." W. M Parsley, of Charlotte, lust rial salvage manager War Production Board, out that materials fre-..ii.-id. -red waste in one in iay be an original source Mrs. Alley Heard By Rotarians Mrs. Doyle D. Alley explained the organization and work of the United States Employment Ser- ivice to the Rotary Club here last .Friday. She went into detail in explaining how the service was 'being of value in securing needed workers for war plants throughout the nation. Under the regulations of the Federal Manpower Commission, it was explained that the services will be more important than ever. State I I'm t lii point. -,l fjllent 1 du-t 1 y ..f raw inatei ials in another. "In tin- case," Mr. Parsley said, "th. iinlii-try benefiting by this salvage collection is the steel busi ness, f lit- backbone of tho munitions industry." Ii Ii Gossett, of Charlotte, is t hi -ti.le chairman of the sal vage committee set up by the in dustrial division of the WPB. H. E. Buchanan, of H.-ndersonville, i- chairman of the Twelfth dis trict of which Haywood county is a part. "With this setup in Haywood county." Mr. Parsley said, "it ap pears that the salvage organization in this area is in competent hands." Plant salvage managers in Hay wood county who will supervise the collection of materials in their prospective areas have bee"n named as follows: Waynesville, Dayton Rubber Mfg., Co., R. L. Hendricks, Wellco Shoe Corp., Ott Ledbetter. Hazelwood, Royle and Pilkington Co., George Bischoff; Unagusta Manufacturing Company, Bill Pre vost; A. C. Lawrence Leather Com pany, W. B. Winchester; Canton, Champion Paper and Fibre Com pany, William J. Battison. Water Damaged Unagusta Tuesday Night and Fire At Sims' Home Monday Afternoon. The old superstition regarding the occurrence of "three ftrea is succession, 11 there is one in a community" failed to hold trua this week, as the fire department answered four calls from Sunday night to midnight Tuesday. Officials of Unagusta Manufact uring Company are still checking damages sustained about midnight Tuesday, when tire broke out in one of the five spraying booths of the finishing department at Plant No. One. The damage was from wa ter, which poured through from the second floor to the storage room on the first floor, whero a large stock of furniture was await ing shipment. It has not been determined how the lire started. The bate set off the sprinkler system in the plant, and that water together with the many gallons from firemen's hose Hooded the stock room. The fire did not do any damage, an official said. A nightwatchman checked the station at the booth exactly 15 min utes before the Are was discov ered by a workman at. the Tannery. All factory whistles sounded the alarm, and hundreds of people went to the scene in the hard downpour of rain. Aaron Prcvost, secretary-treasurer of the firm, said this was the heaviest loss caused by fire the company had ever had. Since the fire did not do any damage to the plant, work will pro ceed as usual. Yesterday was sMiit in moving the furniture. The first of the series of four lir.-s was Sunday night about eight o'clock, when a Ford coupe park ed near Fuller'- Repair SJ-op on .North M m net was discyure.l i-nvelope.l in a cloud of smoke. The lire was put out, and the car found to be minus a license plate and the firemen were unable to find the owner. The car was taken to Abel's Garage and stored. A damaging fire late Monday af ternoon practically runied the front interior of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sims on Pigeon street. The blaze spread rapidly from a defect in "the furnace pipe, it was said, and ran up between the walls to the attic. When discover ed the basement, first floor and attic were on fire. No estimate of the damage has been made. New floors, walls and partitions will have to he built, it was said. The house had just been renovated, and much of their new furniture was ruined. Mr. and Mrs. Sims have moved to the Clevewill until their home can be repaired. Mr. Sims is owner-manager of the Waynesville Gulf Service and Tire Recapping Company. Before the hose could dry from fighting the Sims' blaze, the fire men answered a call at the Way nesville Laundry about three o'clock Tuesday morning, when smoke in the stoker box was discovered by . the nightwatchman. No damage resulted. Public Asked To Let "Firemen Fight Fires" Due to the fact that thn flr which occurred in the community during the week were attended by large numbers of persons, who in their zeal to see what was hap pening interierred with work of the firemen, the town officials have asked the oolieempn to enforro th laws relative to this matter. A notice signed by Mayor J. H. Wav mav bp seen elsp-wberp in thin issue setting forth certain rules ana regulations whirh the public is asked to observe. The firemen -luted t.hnf. twn cars were driven over the hose and that in one case it was, almost impossible to fight the fire for the number of people crowding about. Robert H. Clark stated that prior to the explosion last July, the public had been careful to ob serve the rules of staying away from fires and allowing the fire men to take charge, but since that disaster the citizens of the com munity had apparently forgotten the rules. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Tyson A. Cathey announce the birth of a son, Tyson Moore Cathey, at the Emory Uni versity Hospital, Atlanta, on Thurs day, March 11. Mother and son are doing nicely. Mr. Cathey is principal of the Haselwood school. Mrs. J. B. Henry Is Reported Impproving The condition of Mrs. J. B. Henry, who has been quite til at her home on the Dellwood road, was reported to be much better yester day afternoon.