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1 M ';!' ! ! ' 1 ' I 1 h ' i ill . ' .' i r I : . r t - . - j i, i i , t (THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER i . '. r ) i. f . i i Published In The County Seat of Hayrood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park NINTH YEAR NO. 24 8 Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1943 (One Day Nearer Victory) $1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Co untie Bond Sales Pass Half ffay Mark For June f.rst fifteen days of .1 citizens bought a -t-.. v,a t nT rnp .nine oiore T-n;'" " . . War Bonds, a survey of ? Mine agents revealed last trl' according to Charlie nay, .v sales chairman. "I" through the 15th totaled J49.SST.50, against a quota ui Canton area showed a decid ed over this end of the county, iT having aimoM i.c - us.. oein (in againsi TV amount? lor 1 n.....,-. S a? JOlluws; Wavnesville tw Nat.oiiiu Office iu.iu ;5d:: :g and Loan o,w.vv tnion agency Pi Waynesville's each selling Bak 29,062.50 one nn Iflvde Bank o.u.ou Mdine and Loan 168.75 Pos: Office 3,093.75 local for county r....$49,897.50 Young People Of Methodist Church To Hold Service At the R:00 o'clock hour, Sunday .1 1 . v evening, me young peopie oi mc First Methodist church are pre OTtinp a unique program. They are conducting "A Tour of -the Sanctuary" wMch is a study of the memorial windows and furnishings of the church auditorium. This service should be of especial interest to nil those who nave friends that have been memorializ ed by gilts to the church. A roll of those who have been so honored wfli be called, and a brief state-. sent will be made aoout eacn. In keeping with this service the ast'i will speak briefly on the adject, "Symbolism and worship. Tht purpose of the whole program is to help the individual appreciate men lullv the sanctuary in whicn tf worships. banning Program Will Be Given At Hazelwood On 24th Rosemary Herman Selected To Attend Miss Katherine Lokav. Home Economist for the Carolina Power Light Comnanv. will firive a demonstration on canning. Thnrs- Junt 24. at 3:30 o'clock at tie Hazelwood school. She will be :sist(d i,y .Miss Marjorie Me an is. Home Economic Teacher of e Waynesville high school. Tn;s demonstration is being giv 1 -n connection with the Food reservation and Utilization of the Lilian ripfpnso Tnis will he a ioint. mpt.inc wmhined of Hazelwood, Aliens Creek and Saunook. the Unaeusta lUaniifaptiirina- will sponsor thp meptiTiiT onH five a $25 War Bond. Co, fc. Killian falls For Volunteer Red Cross Knitters Knitters are needed for Red , L. "'"ik- according to Mrs. L. Kilhan, who is chairman of "'g m the Haywood chapter. Killian has on hand at fer.t iarpo quantities of wool for "vt-aters and mufflers for th tht army and the navy. -le is urging that anyone who '""e to do so to take out wool nit the required garments. jtorSiSion Of Holiness Church Will Completed Saturday The H. eri StI'l Trh:Ch ? ' at a sPecial service bc'ein at e'ght o'clock, P'eackil Carl Stacy doing the announeed that services t'tiT everv Saturday night c. g onurch, all starting at eight Department To Square Dance W ednesday Night SeIrI d?,artment here'is spon ne,l k'!y.square dMT'very trtiro mght at the Afrtrory, K w! "'.ne o'clock, with Sam dancp famous Soco Gap AsrnaTVnd band lending ed. TC admission will be charg- mi,SteWi11 last fr(? nine . -i X church of Smath- t(t will be reorganized Sat- Prominent Canton Physician Is Claimed By Death Dr. Wiley C. Johnson, 56, of Can ton, prominent Haywood county physician and civic leader, died on last Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in an Asheville hospital, following a week's illness. Funeral services were conducted at the Canton Central Methodist church on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Rev. Dr. E. P. Billups, pas tor of the Central church, officiat ed. He was assisted by the Rev. Dr. H. K. Masteller, pastor of the Canton First Baptist church, and Rev. George B. Hammond, pastor of the Canton First Presbyterian church. Burial was in Locustfield cemetery in Canton. Serving as active pallbearers were H. A. Hekler, J. E. Hender son, Robert L. Atkinson, J. T. Bailey, F. V. Vetoe, W. Norman Free, Charles A. Rhodarmer and Dan Wild. Dr. Johnson was a native of Canton and was the son of the late William Henry and Emma Smath ers Johnson, pioneer settlers of this section of the state. He re ceived his preliminary education in the Canton schools and attended the University of Chattanooga for three years, the University of North Carolina for two years, where he studied medicine. Later he attended the medical school of Tulane University for two years. He was graduated from the latter institution with the doctor of medi cine degree in the class of 1912 with high scholastic honors. Heg was a member of the Delta Omega Alpha fraternity. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ora Chalmers Matthews JoiiilsoriJ four daughters, Mrs. T. R. Barnes of Canton, Misses Dor othy Jane Johnson of Canton, and Mrs. J. H. Fall, Jr., of Harve de Grace, Md.; one son, W. C. John son, Jr., of Canton; one grandchild, Nancy Carroll Batnes, of Canton ; and one brother, George H. John son of Highland Park, Canton. Killed In Europe Missing In Africa STAGG SERGEANT GLENN E. HARDING was killed May 21 in European territory, probably over Germany. His parents were notified Sunday. F ' 9ft i County Casualty List Now 12, As Bethel Gunner Is Killed and Waynesville Pilot Still Missing Seventeen 18-Year Olds Registered In Month Of May Tlere were seventeen registra tion! made during the month of May by boys who had become eigh teen years of age during the month. After becoming eighteen they are subject to draft under the selective service system, and a number of the May registrants have reported for examinations. In the group registered were the. following: Frank Junior Sorrells, Herschell Homer Caldwell, Char les Lewis Grayne, James Lewis Morrow, Harry Willis Evans, Jr., James William Mehatfey. William Hicks Allison, Deneilo Cagle, William Theron Hyatt, James Bruce Jaynes, Harry Mel vin Sheehan, Medford Smith, Ed gar Ernest Best, James Thomas Smith, Clyde Teaster, Paul Ray Clark, and Jay Mark Rus.sell. Thirty-Five Men Left This Week For Camp Croft Thirty-five seltctives left here Tuesday morning for examinations at Camp Croft under the June quota of the selective service sys tem. The men reported to the local draft board office at 7:00 o'clock and at 7:30 left by bus for camp- Lynwood McElroy was named leader of the group and William Wilson James was named assistant leader. Two men, Finis Bradford Stroud and Hermit Galen Purcell, who were scheduled to leave with the group Tuesday, wire transferred to other draft boards. George Franklin Walls, Jr., was transferred to the local board from the Hampton, Va., ana and Larry Livingston Williams from the Portsmouth board, both leaving with the June grojjp from the local board. Others leaving Tuesday were: James Logan Frady, L. J. Wood, Floyd Woodrow Conard, Clyde Birchfield, Charles Henry Gibson, James David Smith, Virgil Wil son, Herbert Hershel Tate, Elmer Leming, Thomas Hunter, Wor sham, Jr., Jack Elmer Wright, Kenneth Earl Walker. Russell Larry Bur chtield, Wil liam Eldridge Riddle, Robert Steve Williams, Henry Sutton, Wallace Jackson Anders, Jack Ledford, Kenneth Goodson, Marshall Hen drix. Paul Aris Palmer, Ralph Rob- Rosemary Herman, daughter of loperation with the Haywood Coun-1 ert Mathis, Herman Edgar Downs, ty Civilian Defense Committee on Oscar Lee Messer, Carmel Rogers, Food Preservation and Utilization. ' Joseph Daniel Underwood, James "Girls State" Demonstration Of Food Preservation To Be Held Here A demonstration of the conser vation, preservation and dehydra tion of food will be held at Gar rett's Furniture Store here at 8 o'clock in the evening on Thurs day the 24th. The demonstration is being sponsored by the Carolina Power and Light Company in co- OAPTAIN DAVID S. STENTZ has been missing in North Africa since May 25, according to the war department. Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Herman, is at tending "Girls State" at the Wo man's College of the University of North Carolina this week. The course offered at "Gills State" is sponsored by the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary and includes training in good citizenship and government. The girls are chosen for their qualities of leadership-" in their community, and one girl is selected each year by the local American Legion Auxiliaries in the state for this honor. Miss Kathryn Lokey, home eco nomist of the Carolina Power and Light Company, who was formerly with the REA, will be in charge of the demonstration. Mrs. Bass Medford Buried Here Monday Morning Funeral Rev. Robt. G. Tatum To Conduct Services At Episcopal Church services were held on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Allen's Creek Baptist church for Mrs. Sadie Medford, 45, wife of Bass Medford, who died at the Haywood County Hospital at 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, fol lowing a short illness. Burial was in Green Hill ceme- Rev. Robert G. Tatum, of Knox-, tCry. The Rev. Kay Allen offi ville, will conduct the Sunday ser- j ciated. vices at Grace Episcopal Church j ir;i Medford was a native of in the Mountains, on Sunday, it Haywood county and had resided has been announced by Bishop Robt. ; alI her ,fe in tne Allen's Creek E. Gribbin, of the diocese of West-: sf.ctjon. she is survived bv her em North Carolina. husband; five daughters, Misses Rev. Tatum will hold commun- wilma, Myrtle, Ethel, Ruth and ion service at 8 o'clock in the morn-: patPV Bedford, all of Allen's ing and will deliver the sermon atir,..,.,k. f n willard. of the Louis Page, Frank Junior Sorrells, William Hicks Allison, Harry Mi-1-vin Sheehan, and Medford Smith. $2 Increase Is Expected For Cattle This Year Today at two o'clock marks the opening of the Haywood Stockyards at Clyde. Cattlemen here yesterday pre dicted an average of two cents a pound increase on cattle over last year, which would make the sell ing price for the average steer about $12.50 to $13.00 per hundred. More interest than usual is being shown in cattle this vear. Sgt. Harding Was Gunner On Bomber; Thought Killed Over German Territory. ENLISTED AS A GUNNER IN NOVEMBER OF 194 1 Report Says He Died May 21 In The European Area; Once Reported Missing. StatT Sgt. Glenn E. Harding, better known by his friends as "Pee Wee", 21 years of age, form er resident of Canton, was report ed by the war department to have been killed in action in the Euro pean area May 21. His death was announced in a telegram received by his mother, Mrs. Mary Harding of Canton, on May 27. His mother believed her son "Pee Wee" was killed in Germany, although no de tails as to manner or place of death were given, other than the statement as follows: "Report now received from the German Govern ment through the International Red Cross that you son, StatT Sgt. Glenn E. Harding, previously re ported missing in action since 21st of May, died May 21 in the Euro pean area. The Secretary of War shares your grief and extends his deep sympathy. Letter follows The Adjutant General.'' Sgt. Harding was a gunner on a B-17 bomber. He graduated from Los Vegas, Nevada army gunnery school November It!, l!t.J2, and re ceived his wings as an aerial gun ner. He took bis training in most all the western and mid-western states. At the completion of his training, before being assigned to oversea duty, be came home on his first furlough March 1st, of four days. After returning to his base in Kansas City he wfl immediately assigned to oversea duty. Sgt. Harding was believed to have Down over in one of the largest contingent of bombers to ever reach England. "Pee W'ee" graduated from Intli el high school with the class of lil.'lti, at the age of Hi. After grad uating from school he was then em ployed by American Enka for 5 years. Hut when he saw that war was coming he gave up his work for a gunner to enlist November 21, p.m. He was a member of the ('anion sol'tball team for several years, and a member of his basket- ! ball team in the class of l!'.;i!. Surviving in addition to his mother are his two sisters and one brother. Miss Mildred Harding, who is a dental assistant in Mi- I ami, Fla.; Mrs. Walter Roberts, j beter known as Nell, formerly "f I Jacksonville, Fla., who is; now home with her young son two months old, Walter Mac Roberts ; Nell's husband, Walter Roberts, of the U. S. Navy, is a third class petty officer in radio and is sta tioned somewhere in Africa; Hal mond Harding, who is employed in Jacksonville at the present, will enter the navy sometime in August or September to be a cadet. A grandmother, Mrs. Emma Rboda mer, of the Stamey Cove section, who is approximately U4 years of age, who has lived to see four wars the 11 o'clock morning service. Major And Mrs Lancaster And Son, Return Home Major and Mrs. N. F. Lancaster, and son Boby, left yesterday for their home in Augusta, after spend ing several days as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Kirkpatrick and Miss Winnie Kirkpatrick, here. U. S. Army, now serving in North Africa, Earl of Gastonia, and Da vid and Robert of Allen's Creek. Crabtree Resident Is Reported Critically 111 The condition of Ector B. Mc Cracken. of the Crabtree section, who is ill, was reported critical Major Lancaster is with the base last night. Mrs. Linton E. Mc- announced (! stination on May the hospital at Camp Gordon, which is Cracken and son have arrived to 29th. near Aueusta. be with the family. j James R. Thomas, Jr., Arrives Safely At Post In South America James R. Thomas, Jr., has ar rived safely at his destination "somewhere in South America," it was learned yesterday from a wire ;sent his mother, Mrs. James R. Thomas. I Mr. Thomas is with the Southern Mapping ami Engineering Company jwhich is engaged in defense work, j the natur- of which has not been made public. He left here two months ago and spent several weeks in Miami, leaving there for his un- Records Broken In Shoe Business As Customers Sought To Use Stamp No. 17 The rush to spend stamp No. 17 out of war book No. 1, brought about record-breaking business for all shoe departments here during the past week, and through Tues-1 day night. The steady rush shot sales above 1 the average Christmas some stores reported customers made themselves at home, found the shoes they wanted, fitted themselves, and paid the cashier and went on their way with out aid of a clerk. Heavy shoes led in sales, it was business, reported, and m some of the larg ' er departments, customers stood One shoe salesman said dozens of pairs were sold without the cus tomer even trying them on. Other in line waiting for a seat. Stamp No. 18 is now valid, and will be good until October 31st. Rev. J. Doyle Miller To Conduct Revival In Tent At Hazelwood Rev. J. Doyle Miller, pastor of the Dutch Cove Baptist Church near Canton, will begin a revival at a tent in Hazelwood on Sunday. The tent is located in front of the va cant lot directly across from the drug store. The public is cordially invited to attend. Rev. Miller is a native of Madison County and has been residing for some time in Haywood. He has re cently completed a union revival in Canton. Last Rites Held Friday For Jimmy Ramsey Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Baptist Church at Maggie for Jimmy Ramsey, two and one half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ramsey, who died at the Hay wood County Hospital on Wednes day. The Rev. Jarvis Underwood, assisted by the Rev. John Finger, officiated. Burial was in the Lowe cemetery. IN MEMORIAM Haywood County Casualties In World War Number II DALLAS RHEA CLARK Machinist Mute First (7 ss, V. S. Xir:y ROBERT HIRAM WELCH A cidtiiDt Miicluiiist Mate Second Class, f. S. Xary RICHARD 01. EM JENKINS Machine (iiiinirr ni Homber '. S. .lir Cordis MACK STAMEY, Jr. A fipreittice Seaman F. S. Xary CARROLL EDWARD TRAN TH AM Carpenter's Mate First Class, V. S. Xary WILLIAM SYLVESTER JONES Third Engineer V. S. Merchant Marine PETE JOHNSON MOORE SccoihI Class Seaman I'. S. Xary GLENN EDGAR SISK First (7(1.8.1 Frirate V. S. Arm i JACK RATH HONE Private V. S. Army JOEL BLAINE JAMES Seaman First Class U. S. Xuvy GLENN E. HARDING Staff Sergeant C, a nner On Army Homber DAVID S. STENTZ C a fit it i n A rmy A riatvr Campaign To Buy Cigarettes For Men Overseas Last night only $18.50 was need ed to complete the fund to send 2KMK)0 cigarettes from here to men in the armed forces overseas. The collections tak'n at the Park Theatre on Monday and Tuesday nights, netted $81.50 of the re quired $100. The campaign is being sponsored by the Rotary Club, and through a co-operative plan with a cigarette manufacturer, a rack of popular brand cigarettes will be sent to the men in service for five cents. The nianuiaciurer sni me tinan in nrivate ships, and the smokes are distributed by chaplains. Small tabs are attached to eacn package, showing where the money was raised to buy the cigarettes, and when as many as 200,000 ciga rettes are bought, a small card is attached for the service man to fill out to mail back to the sponsor, telling who got the smokes. Donations for this campaign can be made at the. box office of the Park Theatre, or Mr. Massie, man ager, or left at the Mountaineer. Monday night the plan was ex plained to the theatre audience by J. C. Brown and Tuesday night by Jonathan Woody. Information Blanks On Men In Service Continue To Pour IiFor Special Edition Information on men m service continued to pour in this past week, as the staff of The Mountaineer continued working on many phases of the special edition dedicated to the men from Haywood now in the armed forces. No definite time limit has been set for the edition to go to press, since several factors now envolved have to be taken into consideration. Due notice will be given as to the deadline of the edition. Parents and friends, however, who are try ing to get pictures of men in ser vice from the men in distant places should make every effort to get the photographs at once. Plans are to start printing some sections of the paper this week-end. Every effort is being put forth to make this a complete edition in every detail, and one that will be read with interest, and preserved as an authentic and historical pub lication. In the past 24 months, this news paper has published the picture and stories of hundreds of men. These same articles and pictures WILL NOT be used again unless some fine properly fills in one of the in formation blanks. Many of the men have had promotions and mov ed since the last articles appeared and we want the latest information available for this edition. Captain David Stentz Report ed Missing From His Base In North Africa. RECENTLY MADE BOMB HIT ON AN ITALIAN SHD? Was Instrumental In Working Out Methods For Fighter Plane To Carry Bombs. Captain David Sullins Stentz, of the Army Air Corps, has been missing in North Africa since May 25, according to a telegram re ceived Sunday afternoon from the War Department by his wife, who is residing with her parents. Captain Stentz has been in North Africa on combat duty since October. 1942. He was recently awarded the air medal for bravery in action in the Tunisian cam paign. He has also been made executive officer, second in com mand of the first fighter group of the U. S. air forces in North Af rica. The Mountaineer carried a story of the promotion of Captain Stentz a few weeks ago to the rank of major. About the time the papers were ready for his promotion he was transferred to another group, and due to his transfer there was a delay in the technicality of the orders for the promotion. Captain Stentz had recently written his family that it would be straightened out by the first of June and his majority would be confirmed. In April he distinguished him self in a bombing raid on enemy vessels in which he scored a hit on a warship. The story of his action in the raid was included in an article in Newsweek in April en titled "Final Tunisian Battle Pitched on Rugged Last Stand i Plateau." i In May, Captain Stentz, work l ing with his commanding officer, L. Col. John W. Weltman, perfect ed a method whereby Lightning I fighters could can y bombs. The last letter received by his family here was dated May the 20th, and in the letter he referred to being stationed at headquarters, where he was in charge of check ing the combat planes in and out He wrote of his anxiety each time when the planes came back from the fighting areas as he rechecked them, and counted his men. Captain Stentz was a graduate of the Waynesville high school and a member of the class of l!:i7. He also graduated from Brevard Col lege. At the age of twenty in J!4U he volunteered in the U. S. air corps. He received his pri mary training at Hicks Field, his secondary training at Randolph Field and his wings and commis sion at Barksdale Field in Feb ruary, 1941. After being commissioned he was sent to Selfridge Field, Mich., where he remained until the attack on Pearl Harbor, when he was transferred to the Pacific coast. Here he did patrol duty for several months. In March, 1942, he was promot ed to first lieutenant and appoint ed flight commander of the 27th pursuit squadron. In August of 1942 he was transferred to Wash ington, D. C, to the headquarters of the twelfth air force with which he was sent to North Africa. Captain Stentz was married to Miss Haseltine Swift, daughter of Captain and Mrs. W. F. Swift, the former a veteran of World War 1. in August, 1941. They have one child, David Sullins Stentz, Jr. Captain Stentz is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Dale Stentz, of Way nesville. The telegram which was sent by the war department and received here Sunday afternoon was as fol lows : "I regret to inform you that the commanding officer of Norjth Af rica has reported that your hus band, Captain David S. Stentz, missing in action since May 25. If further details or information of his status is received you will be notified promptly." F. M. Ledflar Joins L. N. Davis Company F. I. Ledflar has joined the L. N. Davis Company and will handle real estate and rentals, according to Paul Davis, manager of the firm, Mr. Ledflar came here about two v-ars ago from Cincinnati, and built a home in East Waynesville. 1 r . 1 . f . ; I j 7 A- i '