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Waynesville mountaineer Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park -TxHYEAR NO- 13 12 Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1943 (One Day Nearer Victory) $1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Conntiea fw to uve p C. Wagenfeld Named Personnel ana Officer Following Surprise Blackout Thursday. r Wagcnfeld has been named ' . mn,. and training officer ks P .' nrlc here, it civilian ueicuDv. -- k C1U ' d vesterday. Mr. CLnfeld wiU begin at an early ;,te to organs r the work. , civilian defense workers & on the need of further I . - .iinnnir the surprise Tkout last Thursday night, S was termed by BUI Prevost verv unsatisfactory. La . - if J ,-Vanv wardens and leaders aia lot unuerstanu ailed to carry out me mica iu ti'facto. v manner," Mr. Prevost aid He i coordinator of civilian (,fl,'si. f Haywood county. The blackout came as a sur 1 .... i- r;ij tric ami many ueujne a-piTt iht- signals. Scores of jg,tf "civ J 1 1 im unui me tec md signal , Sumo were never put lut. If jt had been a real raid, lr, Fn vust saut, mis commuimy LuKI hn vi- certainly lighted the m.Ui'.- av to the target last hursday nitrht.' Many wardens of the commun- ky have had special training, ana Ire ready to receive arm bands ith just a httlc more instruc ts, it was said, wnen a war- ion is riven an arm band he is liven authority to enforce all laws h connection with blackouts. Mr Wauenfeld is superintendent If the cut sole department of the ('. Lawrence Leather Company Hazel wood. Draft Boards To imit ruDiications Revive To Quotas The local draft board has been hotifiwl to withhold all informa- ion relative to the quotas and alls I'm men to be delivered to in duction cenu rs under the selective Service system. In the future the information eleased by all selective service wards will be limited to the names )f the reservists, the men who are icccpted for active duty. No in- ormation regarding the regis- I rants who have been registered at he induction stations and not ac epteil he given. The buard will continue, how- fver, i have published all lists pf classifications and reclassifica tions. Masons To Confer (Two Degrees On Jriday Night Thf WiKt (lain PliiK Aid Masonic District will meet here ""lay night at 8 o'clock, and raise two m(.mtwi.c 'ir w v Millar and E. A. Williamson", to the sublmie degree of nuster Ma- COM. The West Gatp ClnV. wn, nr. Wnizcd in li)33( and hag members iron the four following lodges: riP-n H:ver No. 386; Clyde No. Pig.-o:! Valley No. 472, and "ayncsville No. 249. The clllb has nnnforroJ V.n w,ac- I, JIa"n degree on rtore than rand dates in all actions of "esurn North Carolina and rth Cfi.rifia. Tho lnims Vmvp carried off stMe honors for seven J,urs and in 1939 contested in ,nr'-e st.a, s. A Abel is masta- of the TV .vnvillt. lodge and C. B. Hosa- nVk ir.structor. Sam IL RnhiiKnn Is Annoinf 5 or Of Canton Sam T r, , after omnson, rominent tin h k Cmc leade o Can" that n aPPointed itiayor of men T WV the board of alder Bai lv ; Robinson sucfreds J. T. p. who resigned lt winter vwu,, w mepiate sen ' "er tne terms of enact fem J 6 Jecent legi4ture, the cia'c , r mce of ?ted offi- ( anton have bn extend- CQ lor an o;: i I inat; 7. uu,u Fo years, the offices fourUstead of thiJlt terms- As result of thi' 11 no elecon Tttl be held "11S sprint in r T Horace Frost is arrived ' 'Perm cnni: I ... , sister ';e nerf witn ner ,str- Mrs. John N. Ihoolbred. Air Raid Wardens Here Wo Get Special Course Defense Officer E. C. WAGENFELD has been named personnel and training of ficer of civilian defense for this area. He is now formulating plans to begin a broad training program. Pines Creek Mines Are To Be Drilled In Near Future The Haywood Mining Corpora tion, which has been active inter mittently in the Fines Creek sec tion of the county for the past two years, will start drilling, it was learned this week. The corporation has recently been aided by a $6,000 loan grant ed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. In several locations plans are to drill to a depth of more than 20(1 feet to further ana lyze the ore which so far has rev-Mid po' nr. vragf of 38 per cent lead, according to one of the of ficials. Lead, zinc, and copper have been mined from time to time since the project was started. Recently, Tennessee Valley authorities ex amined the project, analyzed the ore. and, according to mining of ficials, reported favorably to Washington officials regarding its worth as a mining project. Indications point toward out standing results from the mining project as many mines are operat ed throughout the country today with the ore- analyzing far less than the Haywood county figure, Mr. Horton said. That lead, zinc, and copper can eventually be mined on a commercial basis at the project is shown in reports of expert miners who have investi gated the property, he said. B. D. Cassady of Charleston, W. Va., who now lives in Asheville, is president of the corporation. He is a mining engineer. The 125-acre mineral tract has been leased for a six-year period. It is 20 miles north of Lake Juna luska and is known as the old Redmond mine. When case drilling is completed the 200-foot holes will be dyna mited and further analysis of the ore will be made to determine more definitely the average per centage of lead, copper, zinc and other minerals, it was announced. WAAC Officer To Be Here Tomorrow Ruth J. Merrylees, 3rd officer of the Woman's Army Auxiliary I Corps, who is now located in Ashe i ville at the induction station of the iWAAC's there, will be in Waynes ville tomorrow at the Massie De : partment Store. i She will be on duty from 10:00 , to the middle of the afternoon and will answer any question regarding the service. The government is seeking to enlist 150 young women in this branch of the service who will re place that number of men. The Girl Scouts will assist at the recruiting booth and will be on hand to serve Officer Merrylees. CANDIDATE FOR ARMY CADET James Erskine Bass, of Canton, has been accepted in the regular army reserve. He is a student at Oak" Ridge at present. Among those nlisting in the reserve, unassigned, included Mack Evans, 'son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Evans. ..Marcus Mccracken here.. Marcus McCracken, of Newport News, is here for a two week's visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M T. McCracken. Mr. McCrackoi is on his first visit home in three and one-half years. r Tn nrmn nn n n iimi ntrwiihTimn rr iitewws u . iiwiijuibiiiiI Point Values Are Changed On Some Rationed Items Prunes, Raisins Can Now Be Sold Without Points; Other Values Changed. Point values of processed foods have been rejuggled by the Office of Price Administration and some foods will require fewer of your blue coupons while the point values of a few foods have been increased. Fruit juices now require fewer coupons while prunes and raisins take none. The point value of dried soups, was slashed 50 per cent, but canned beans, catsup, chili sauce, tomato paste and sauce, applesauce, fruit cocktail, peaches and pineapple. The fruit juice reductions range up to 60 per cent. These and the cuts in dried soups were made because the products .were not selling up to expectations, offi cials said. The greatest reductions are on 46-ounce cans of juice. This size can of grapefruit juice, posted for 23 points in March, will now take only nine points. A -iii-ounce can of tomato or pine apple juice will require 22 points instead of 32. Apple juice was opened to un restricted sales along with raisins, prunes and other dried fruits. Officials explained the dried fruits are in danger of spoiling in the coming warm months, while the country has a surplus of apples that can be turned into cans or jugs of apple juice. Dried fruits were left on the of ficial chart at zero value, as a reminder that they may be ra tioned again when new crop is packed. CPA said no overall increase in rationing is possible at present. Sample changes in point values: New Old Applesauce, No. 2 Can ... 14 10 Fruit Salad or cocktail No. 2 16 14 Peaches, No. 2V 24 21 Pineapple No. 2 '-j 28 24 Grape juice, pint 4 8 ijiapelruit juice No. 2 .... 0 10 Grapefruit juice, 46 oz. .. 11 23 Pineapple- juice, 46 oz 22 32 Other fruit juice, 46 oz 9 23 Canned fresh lima Deans, .o. 2 . Ill (J Canned dry beans, includ ing baked beans and poiK and Deans, No. 2 14 10 Tomato catsup and chili sauce, 14 oz 10 8 Tomato juice, 46 oz 22 32 Other vegetable juices, pt. 8 11 Dried soups, 2'i oz 2 4 Mrs. Conard Joins Distinguished Husband In London Lieut. Colonel George Bryan Conard, son of Msr. Hunter Mc- yuii-e of Winchester, Va., the for mer .Miss Janie Love of Waynes ville. who is with the United States Embassy in London has re cently been joined by his wife. Ai eording to an accohnt in a re cent British publication, Mrs. Con rad is the only American army otlicei s wife to be residing in London. I Colonel Conard is a graduate of I West Point and for a number of years following his graduation served as an instructor. For the past several years he has been in the T'. S. diplomatic corps, having ; gone to England with Ambassador rwrinooy. lie nas served at a number of army posts in this country and all over the world. I" .... 1. TT 1 Colonel Conard is the nephew of Mrs. Marie Love Mitchell and Mrs J. F. Abel of Waynesville and when a young man often visited relatives here. Former Local Man Dies At Home In Burlington, Wash. Relatives here have been noti fied of the death of George R. ai.ghn. 68. of Burlington, Wash., native of Haywood county, who died at his home on Saturday, Ma-ch 27. Xr. Vaughn, the son of the late William Pinkney and Elizabeth Newton Vaughn, of this count. , had resided in Burlington, Wash., for the past thirty-four years. He had not been home since he left here in 1909. Surviving are his wife; three children, arid several grandchil dren, all of the state of Washing ton: three sisters, Mrs. J. B. Siler, Mr?. A. T. McCracken and Mrs D. V. Francis, of Waynes ville; two brother, Wade Vaughn, of Brevard, and Ellie Vaughn, of Canwn. No. 1 Redhead s s YitTiMiWiBrrr hor the second successive year, Rita llayworth, Hollywood beauty, has been tabbed as America's "Number One Redhead," in a poll at the International Beauty show in New York. Trailway Line Opens Station In Hazelwood Beware Of Todav . . . It's A. F. Day Since today marks the first day of the fourth month of the year, the truth gives way to absurd and fantastic yarns and news. Things told today have to be carefully weighed and given the acid test for the truth tlu y con tain before one can take them at fact value. Beware of startling news. Think twice before you reply or give way to your feelings of any kind of news today keep your bead and tongue, because after all, this is April first, and that means it's A F Day. A few of the choice bits of news that will in all probability make the rounds will include: Hitler committed suicide late last night at his summer resi dence. The North Carolina Stale Guard has been called to active duty at. Fori Bragg. Chickens will be rationed next week. Women will have only one hat in two years, by outer of the gov ernment. All the stores in Waynesville will be closed every Monday. W. T. Shelton is not going to grow any more glads or dahlias. Haywood county is expected to go Republican in the next election. Jap planes were sighted over Pisgah mountain at 2 o'clock this morning. Hazelwood Food-For-Victory Club To Meet Friday As an aid to the homemakers in this vicinity in solving perplexing problems, the third meeting of the "Food For Victory" Club will be held on April 2nd, at the Hazel wood school at 3:00 p. m., under the direction of Miss Katherine Lackey, Home Service Represen tative of the Carolina Power and Light Company for this district. Miss Lakey has arranged an ex ceptionally interesting program for this meeting and will discuss many wartime food problems including rationing, Victory Gardens, proper preparation of vegetables, and the care of refrigerators in making them carry heavier wartime loads. The "Food For Victory" Club meetings are being sponsored by the Hazelwood school with Mrs. Harriett Withers in charge. Mrs. Withers pointed out that there are no membership dues, no admission charges, and everyone is invited to this third meeting regardless of whether or not the first two meet ings were attended. Valuable pam phlets and booklets will be distri buted free. Appearing on the same program will be Howard Clapp, county agent who will speak on the importance of a Victory Garden. As a special feature of the pro gram, R. L. Prevost will donate a f 25 war bond as an attendance prize. Hugh Massie Goes To New York City To Buy Spring Merchandise Hugh Massie left Sunday for New York City, where he will spend this week on business. Mr.'Massie has gone to purchase Spring mer chandise for the Toggery. Seven Pre-School Clinics To Be Held In April Seven pre-school clinics will be held in the schools of Haywood county by the county health de partment during the month of April, according to Dr. C. N. Sisk, health officer. The purpose of the clinics is to give examinations to children who will enter school for the first time next fall. Parents are t-sked to accompany their children to the clinics so that they may acquaint themselves with the defects, which should be corrected before the open ing of the schools. The schedule of the clinics is as follows: on Tuesday, April 6, Central Elementary school at 9:30 a. m. ; East Waynesville at 1:30 p. in. Tuesday, the 13th, Beaverdam school nt !) a. in.; Morning Star, 11 a. m.; Pennsylvania Avenue, 1:30 p. m. Tuesday, the 20th, North Can ton school at 9:30 a. m.; Patton school at 1 :30 p. m. All busses of the Smoky Moun tain Trailways will make regular scheduled stops at the newly es tablished bus station in Hazelwood. beginning today, it was announced yesterday by Joel Wright, presi dent. The bus station has been established at McAllianey'.s store, on Main street next to the post of fice. The Boosters Club aul the board of aldermen and mayor of Hazel wood have been working on the matter of a bus station in Hazel wood for several months. Mr. Wright was here Tuesday and made definite plans for the route the busses will follow to the Hazelwood station. All west bound busses will go rtovffi Boyd avenue on to Brown avenue and then to Main street and the bus station. East bound busses will leave the highway at Bradley's store and go to the station, and leave via Main street. Mr. McAlhaney said his present plans were to kei p tho station 'open from 7 a. m. until 8 p. ni. lor seven days a week. The an nounced fare from Hazelwood U Waynesville is 20 cents. Dr. Smathers, 94, Dentist, Minister And Farmer, Dies Funeral services were hold Wed nesday afternoon at the Central Methodist church in Canton for Dr. Henry A. Smathers. 94, Can ton dentist, Methodist minister and farmer, who died at a nursing home in Asheville at 8:45 Sunday night. The Rev. L. B. Abernathy, of Charlotte, and the Rev. E. P. liillups, of Canton, officiated. Serving as active pallbearers were: Lewis E. Gates. W. N. Frcel, W. W. Mitchell, J. I,. Worley, C B. Medford, Clyde R. Hoey, Jr., R. D. Coleman, Jr., and Willis Kirkpatrick. : Methodist ministers of the Ashe ville and Wnynosville districts served as a guard of honor ami as honorary pallbearers. Dr. Smathers was born in Hay wood county on December 15, 181, the son of Nelson A. Smathers who lived in Buncombe county the latter part of his life and Mar garet Henderson Smathers. He was the first and oldest den tist practicing in Western North Carolina, and practiced about 51 years before retiring at the age of 80. He was an ordained min ister of the Methodist church for 66 years, and was the oldest liv ing Smathers in this section at the time of his death. In addition to his other interests, Dr. Smathers operated three farms. He was the first man in Haywood county to farm with modern machinery. He preached 3,000 sermons in various churches, but never held a charge in the conference. He was first married to Miss Sophia Owenby, who died in 1893 and then to Miss Addie Stines, who died in 1938. He was the father of 21 children, 16 of whom survive. Surviving children are A. E. Smathers, of Opp, Ala., T. M. Smathers of Asheville, J. Bat Smathers, Asheville attorney; the Rev. M. T. Smathers, superinten dent of the Asheville Methodist district; E. J. Smathers, auditor with the internal revenue bureau at Columbia, S. C; Dr. H. A. Smathers, Jr., and Dr. H. W. (Continued on Page 12) Red Cross Quotas In County Been Raised Led Drive M. U. WILLIAMSON led the successful Red Cross iar Fund Campaign here, and this week the liiota of $4,000 was passed by $34. Additional Supply Of Feed Wheat Ready For Delivery Recent Congressional action free ing an additional 100,000,000 bush els of feed wheat will make it pos sible for Haywood County poultry and livestock dealers to obtain more federally-owned wheat for f ling purposes, it was announced yesterday by Glenn A. Boyd, chair man of the County AAA Commit tee. Release of this wheat. Chairman Boyd said, is aimed at relieving shortages of feed which have oc curred in many areas and assist ing farmers in meeting their pro duction goals for livestock, dairy, and poultry in the 1943 Food for Freedom campaign. An allocation of 125,000.000 bushels of wheat for feeding purposes was made last summer, but the last of this am ount was sold arlier this month. Of the first allocation. North Caro lina fa l iners purchased more than '.150 carloads, and none came to Haywood County. The recently released wheat will be available to Haywood County fe.ders at $1.12 per pushel, deliv ered in carload lots. Livestock, poultry, and other feeders may place their orders with the County AAA Committee, Mr. Boyd said. In placing orders, however, pro ducers must state the amount of wheat they now have on hand nnd their estimated monthly require ments, Orders will be accepted for a quantity which, together with the amount on hand, will not exceed a three month's supply. Local feed mixers and dealers w ill b required to state the unsold quantity on hand and estimated monthly requirements, and total amounts will be restricted to not more .than two month's supply Large feed manufacturers, distri butors, and County AAA Commit tees, also must state quantities of unsol dwheat on hand and weekly requirements, and total amounts they may have will be restricted to not more than two .month's supply. "These r. strictions are being placed on sales in order to assure an equitable distribution of sup plier which may be shipped imme diately.'' ( hainnan Boyd said. "It is possible that lack of freight cars will delay filling orders immedia tely, and those persons who have some wheat on hand should delay their orders as long as practical to do so. He said however, that when it is impractical to accept an order for bss thn nthe amount of wheat in a bin. a carload, or the amount of wheat represented by a warehouse receipt, the supply limitations may he increased to one of these amounts. Haywood Baptists Hold Contests and Winners Named The Havwood Associational R. T. TT .oU.! contests for the organizations of the churches was held at the West Canton Baptist Church on Tuesday ...,.., B numDer oi tne church, es represented. Winners in thn test are eligible to enter the re gional contests to be held Friday afternoon, night and Saturday morning at the West Asheville church. The winners in the lat ter will compete in the state con- vvvnuiwea on page iz; I Bother Chapters In Coun ty Exceed Quotas By $34 Each, As Campaign Comes To Close. The two Red Cross chapters in Haywood county passed their quotas this week in the War Fund Campaign, which has been under way since March first. The two chapters contributed a total of $10,768.99. The Waynesville area gave $4, 034.13. The quota was $4,000. The Canton area also passed the quota by $34, making a total given from that section of $6,734.86. Rev. Malcolm R. Williamson, lo cal chairman, said yesterday: "We opened the campaign on schedule, closed on schedule, set a goal and reached it." The chairman said further: "All of our people iive cooperated beautifully and responded gener ously. To all of you -many, many thanks." Many contributions were unsoli cited, and came from people who realized the importance of the Red Cross. Faithful committees worked many hours in every section of the county staging the drive. Last week the chapter was about $300 behind the quota. A commit tee composed of Guy Massie, Chrest George and W. 11. F. Millar staged n "clean-up" campaign and turned in $215.56. Of this amount $133 was contributed by members of the Rotary Club Friday when it was brought forcefully before the members that the fund was lag ging. Mr. Williamson expressed his appreciation to the following com mittee chairmen who carried through on the campaign: Mrs. Whitener Prevost, Mrs. Jenny Ray Rreese, Mrs. E. C Wagen feld, Mrs. J. R. McCracken, Mrs. W. L. McCracken, Miss Mary Margaret Smith, Mrs. T. L. Gwyn, Aaron Prevost, R. L. Ilendrix, J. E. Shields, June Smathers, Bill Chambers, M. O. Galloway, Bob Davenport, Clay Madison, Jack Messer, Howard Clapp, J. E. Mas sie, Guv Massie, Chrest George, and W.'lL F. Millar. Rotarians Elect New Directors Rotarians elected directors for the coming year last Friday. The 1913-44 board is made up of: Howard Clapp, Guy Massie, Hugh Massie, W. H. F. Millar, Joe E. Rose, M. D. Watkins, and M. R. Williamson. H. G. Ham melt, present president, will also be a member of the board and will serve as vice president next year. The new president is elected by the board from its membership. William Hannah Appointed to U. S. Naval Academy William Hannah. TIT hat raialv. ed an appointment to enter the TJ. tx Naval Academy at Annapolis in July. He will enter on a certificate. He is now a freshman at Belmont Abbey College near Charlotte, and finished from St. John's School last spring. He has made outstanding records, and has been accepted as avia tion cadet in V-5, Naval Reserve. Mr. Hannah is the son nf Mn William T. Hannah and the late Mr. Hannah, well known Wvn. ville attorney. His grandfather was Captain W. T. Hannah, who was a prominent member of the Waynesville bar. He was a veteran of the Spanish American War, and served as Cap tain of the local company. Hospital Gets $7,211 From The Duke Endowment The Haywood County Hospital will soon receive from the trustees of the Duke Endowment, $7,211 for charity work done in 1942, ac cording to an announcement yes terday from Charlotte. The trustees appropriated $769, 545 to 105 hospitals and 40 orpha nages. Of the total, $637,787 went to hospitals and the remaining $122,758 to orphanages. IN NEW YORK Father Rhinehart Gutman, priest in charge of the Grace Episcopal church here, is visiting in New York.