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1 'I HE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER vvlVTH YEAR Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park NO. 27 w A7 PLACt a HI V to uve Lv rfrv jurist - 12 Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. G, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1943 (One Day Nearer Victory) $1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Soosnmioss Imrapirovedl voir Last Vear Extension Workers County Renamed NEAR-EAST ARMIES AWAIT INVASION DAY II Howard Happ, Wayne Franklin Are Continued ts County Agents, And Smith As Home jgent. J..'' ir't'- m: ;r,:v me '! Cr'JIl'.V Ml this five veal'- a Mi tis:h v ar a ,j:p wa? reappoint ment by the coun vnniissioners here 'lapp was appoint V42 tn fill out the , f i aptain Wayne v farm agent, who iv.' -twice in the i- :'io son of Prof. , .u s head of the ..: Swannanoa and with the Farmers ht-.v from Swain r,i- held a similar unty farm agent i(. year?, prior to :-t:ii't county farm County lor rive Margaret Smith, ii. mstration agent, ilso at the board k. She has served s capacity for the this week starts gent. Name M. G. Stamey County Attorney Commissioners M. G. Stanny was appointed county attorney by the county board of commissioners at their meeting hero this week. Mr. Stamcy succeeds Walter T. ('raw t'otd, who recently resigned the post to accept a position with the I n-u la nee ( '0111 miss inner s rial favr- if t tit Titf Fiaik'Jn. assistant coun will receive his appoint- ;;irh the state extension i;:h the approval of the anl nf commissioners. liu ittice in Raleigh. Mr. Stanley, well known Ideal attorney, was a former member of the film of Morgan, Stanley and Ward. For the past few year- hi' has been- practicing alone. Mr. Stanley holds an A. I!, de gree from Wake Forest and also graduated from the law schoe of the college in the class of 1025. Ho will immediately assume his duties in the new position. toner Of Gordon decides Not To Pen This Season aynesville Art allery To Open uclion Friday Tit W; WMI! A,i,l,il m - ille Art Gallery is : teilay their opening for "ii Friday night, July a1, marking the eighth Wayne. ville. " the line this year is uniiie. genuine paint 'a i u :th the usual large .aria diamonds, silver ai rugs which the firm '1 .it auction for the Local Boy Wounded In Overseas Combat Now In America Private ( ail Head, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Head, of Way nesville, who was wounded while in combat duty in North Afii,-:. has arrived in this country and is now a patient at Moore Gen leral Hospital, it was learned from i his family this week. I . vt. Head was wounded about 1 two months ago and was first in a hospital in North Africa. He was brought to the Hallason Gen eral Hospital on Staten Island and from there to Moore Hospital. Pvt. Head' was inducted in the service on November 15, 10-42, at Fort Jackson and from Jackson was transferred to Shenango, Pa., and from the latter to an em barkation port and overseas. Prior to entering the service he was employed by the A. C. Law rence Feather Company. -m vrj-: B lac k $ e " ? y BUIGARIA ----T V lu Behind Turkey, in Syrio and Iran, a large Brit iih and Polish army waits for a Balkan front fo open. If Turkey enters war on Axis, Allies will have a Turkish bridgehead for drive on Naii Bulgaria. If not, Allied offensive may by-pass Turkey for the Creek mainland. rquisn TMum : u1 i r r 2 NIUtlAIS U AXIS THE BALKANS remain one of Hitler's most vulnerable points In his Fortress Europe. Whether Turkey enters the war on the Allied side or not, the Nazi leader must depend lor the most part on defense by troops of the satellite Axis nations, interspersed with German divisions. Communications in the B.ilka: are poor and roads are bad. Saboteurs can be expected to aid when the Invasion starts (Jntcrnn'm-n-i Cannery Began Packing (keen Beans Yesterday ill be held daily, announcement 1 7::!0 p. m. ili'eil opera seats ided for the eom toniers this season. Mr. and Mrs. Hush Massio And Daughter Keturn From New York City ; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Massio and (laughter, Miss Mary Ann Massie, have returned from New York, where the former went to purchase fall merchandise for the Toggery. ' En route home they stopped over i in Washington for a brief stay. rv P. iHim was reached Mrs. Rosalie J. !' the Hotel Gor- 'e would not open "f Black Moun- intaineer yester ans now were to "s early next '- hotel' for the 'tow to attempt wderson Cots Health . t ri From The ii'th Department - ached king of as he the goal we for," R. C. Henderson's, proudly dis- Sanitary rating Death Claims Mrs. J. Bat Smathers of Asheville Mrs. J. Rat Smathers, wife of J. Bat Smathers. prominent Asheville attorney, died Tuesday afternoon at her home in the Charlotton anavtmcnts. Asheville, following a long illmss. 1 ii i .1 will In in the Lewis Me morial park, Asheville. ii, -ides her husband. Mrs. Smath ers is survived by a son, Pvt. James Carroll Smath is. of the I. S. army stat;.n'd at ('amp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark.; two daughters. Mrs James B. Neal of Waynesville. and Mrs. Robert G. Schupp of San Bernardino. Calif.; two sisters. Mrs. Thomas J. Abbott of Ashe ville. and Mrs. Phillip H. Gadsden of Philadelphia, Pa.; and two grandchildren. July Superior Court, Criminal Term, Convenes Judge F. Donald Phillips, of Rockingham, will preside over the July term of Superior Court which will convene here on Monday the 12th. Judge J. Hayden Clement was scbedul'd to be here for the crimi nal term in July, but has made an exchange with Judge Phillips. Members of tne jury drawn for the first week include the follow ing: W. H. Owens, Waynesville; Joe P. Rigdon, Pigeon; Shuford Howell. Waynesville; Gobel Mc Cracken. Beaverdam; J. R. White, Iron Duff; W. T. Kirkpatrick, Way nesville; T. J. Medford, Iron Duff; J.sse James, Waynesville; R. N. Barber, Jr., Waynesville. James L. Jackson, Clyde; Ben H. Williams. Beaverdam; Paul B. Clark. Beaverdam; Dave C. Plott. Ivy Hill; Guy Singleton, Pigeon: (has. B. McCrary, Fines Creek; Ralph Cob-, Beaverdam; Flee Mc Cluie. White Oak; Howard Inman. Cecil: la nnie W. Cogbiirn. Fast Fork; Wdl R. Meser. Clabtree: Clover Kathbone. Fines Creek; Ko!ii Boyd. Jonathan Creek; F.i.'s'us Robinson, Clyd and Turn er Russell. Waynesville. Drawn for 'he second week were: .lack Chambers. Iron Duff; Fred .. I."i;g. Pigeon; Robert V. Haynes, Finis Cr ek; Amos Moody, Ivy Hill; Ge-uge W. Justice, Pigeon; Hugh RatclifT, Waynesville; Joe Teagne. White Oak; Sam Sutton. Beaverdam; T. Hascue Haynes. (Continued on page 12) The first beans of t he llM.'f crop contracted to the Haywood Mutual Cannery wire brought in about midnight Monday, the 5th, by Sam Ferguson of the Fines Creek section. They were put in the cooler and kept until Wednesday, when the niachiin ry of the cannery was in iiailiiii s-. for packing. Yesteiday tile cannery started its P'j:: pack with around .'i.lllMI pounds of beans having been (nought in I'm canning by tin grower. At piisenl the lieims ali biing paeke.l ni number two cans. I' i noy until t he first of Au gust the d.iily total of beans lii-oiight into the cannery will in crease, until thi peak product inn will be reacted at that time, ac cording to I. F. Hair, manager of the I.and O' The Sky Cooper atives of wlieh the local plant is a member. There a re a I present around 50 peiMins employed at the Hay wood Mutual Cannery. The number will be increased as the pack grows, it wih learned from the management. There an still a few growcis who have tut bought their seed and they are li ged to do so at once by the ma na .'ement , so that thir crop- v. : 1 1 nature In fere frost nips t In in. Brevard Bov Is Re-elected Head Of Methodist Youth Date For Special Edition Is Still Indefinite Stage So Many Saturday perienced Made. Cuts Received That Delay Kx In (letting Them W e k on t he special edit ion to Men in S rvice is moving along at a rapid pace. The press has been grinding out papers day and night. Fast Saturday almost 100 photo graphs were received of men ill service, and the engraver is making these as fast as possible, but then is a possibility that it will take almost a week to complete the task. How ever, the staff and plant of Tin- Mountaineer are working lung hours daily to bring the edition to completion. Plans have been made to have the edition out on Wednes day afternoon of July 14th, but in the event of delay of the engrav ings, the edition will he n week late. Tile edition will contain nmre than 500 pictures of men in ser vice perhaps i'iOO before tin las' page ale printed. This edition will be one devaeil n'iielv io 'be men in service, and las been di 'Signed 'o he a valuable keep-aike for every Haywood family. Sales On Auto Tax Stamps Lagging ! The sale of federal auto tax stamps at the local post office is falling far short of the sales at the same period last year, it was learned yesterday from Col. J. Harden Howell, postmaster. To date the sales have reached $:!,L'n0. which means stamps have been bought for tUO motor vehicles. I :ist year the sales for the month totaled $S, 0(1(1, but it is thought doubtful if they reach that amount this year. Any owner of a motor vehicle failing to purchase a stamp by July .' ; 1 s t will have to take the matter up with the federal reve nue department, if they want to use their car, as no stamps will be sold locally to those who owned motors prior to July 1st. The owner of a motor vehicle purchased after July lilst, will be eligible to buy a stamp after that date, based on the regular reduc tion per month. Local State Guard Unit Will Train At Fort Bragg ! The local unit of the North Caro ,lina State Guard, which is Head quarters and Service Company of the Second Regiment, will leave sometime early an Friday morn ing, the Hi, for Fort Bragg, where they will join the stale units for a training period. Approximately -15 men and three oHicers who make up I be head quarti is and service company, will go to Bragg. All members with the exception of those who might iindi rgo a severe hardship or sick ness will go with the unit. The camp does not officially open until the IStli, for the combat units of the state, bill the local company being a headquarters and service unit are required to report two days earlier and remain two days long r ilia n the regular ten day training period. 'l ac local unit will have a part in selling up and organizing the equipment and rations preparatory for the arrival of the other groups. They will have things ready and all supplies on hand to issue sis the oiiipanies arrive. The men will receive a stiff in tensive military training during the time at Fort Bragg given by regu lar army officers, People Staying Longer; Retail Business Better Prediction Of Visitors Is That Larger Crowds Com ing Middle Of Month. Tourist business in this com munity is far better than for the same period last year, it was learn ed by The Mountaineer after an j extensive survey yesterday of the ' places of business catering to tourist trade. j Many of the hotels and board i ing houses reported) "full houses" and retail business said that buy ing was brisker than this time last year, i (hie hotel manager reported that guests ueie staying longer this .war, and that gross business was away ahead of the 1012 figures for t the 7th of July. In spite of the gasoline ration , ing, the people have flowed stead ily into the mountains. Most .owners of summer homes have been in several weeks. in contrast to previous years, many of the visitors sue taking daily walks over the community rather than the famous loop drives that proved so popular prior to the war. Rural boarding houses have found business thriving, with prospects for continued good busi ness until fall. Fating places throughout the community have felt a decided up tiend in better business than the 1012 level. Taxis sue sharing in the better business program, as busses and trains continued to be crowded with people seeking the cool atmosphere of the nlountains. Boys and girls camps in this section are filled, with some camps hiiving to turn away tearful appli cants. One visitor from Florida stop ped in The Mountaineer office to predict : "A lot more people from the Sunshine state sire coming op after the loth you'll have" a ban ner season." It begins to look like he knows what he's talking about. Gilreatk G. . a i d. was toda -.f the Young e he Western ?.' dams. Jr., of Bro-o-eterte! pl'esid lit ople's Assembly of nil Carolina run- 1 told that this is -' giwrn this quar Naturally we 1 the rating, and ' aider than ever '"ie by the time !H mils around." fM Ad Sells V lCU . . . Wi:,, . s l'vo hours - -'iou Vs. , J sold -Ha o- N rvi 11 aa 111 the Want it's . "L seinng, Haywood Goes Over Bond Quota For June gV over ference prior after Whoopee! Havwood County did "P in bond sales for June. Last week the figures released by a selling agent failed to include ; riCt-l- the went on the ,jwner of a bahv - 11 y inserting a -'-cent nA mri. a vprt;.-.; day that the July quota had been set for Haywood at SS!U20 an increase of almost $11,000 over June. This is for the "E" types sales of $11,100 made prior to June series oniy. 15th. This error mad the total' Mr. Ray also announced a din less than the quota for the month, j ner meeting ef the tw-iity-member After The Mountaineer appeared -entity committee on Tuesday last week, showing total sales be-; night at the Piedmont Hotel, at low the quota, the cl rks of some ; which time plans will be complet selling agents began rechecking cd for continuing to reach the their released figures and the error ; monthly goals in the county, was found. ! The twenty members are from S84.- all sections of the county.' with about ten from this end of the ' "ountiy and ten from the Canton ! area. of th. Methodist Church, i 'he tdjournment of the meet, attend' d ty .'!00 young Metho dists of Weste-n N'orfh Carolina. Miss Mary Tiling Kirkman. of Pleasant Card' l. . was elect ed secretary. The vice president and ass,,ciat -"cretary are to be the Young Pe-ph's Assembly of elect ! by the s- nior Assembly, which will be ii session her.e July 7-11. The senior and young people's groups have th- same officr per sonnel. The Salisburj district led in the number of delerates attending. Delegates f ro m Waynesville Dis. Delegates fron Waynesville Dis ers. Caroline Cites, James Freel, William Alexamer. From Murphy, Jean E. Davis, Mary Fain. From Sylva, Sue H'dlen, Anne E. Warren. W. I, a soil of M fmd. of I budge. tion. I1 h- was lege. i l in e Medford, A. S., r. and Mrs. c. ; M,.,. .ake Junaluska. has end- no-ilay f u i b nig h w it h hi. and re' ii i ned to Ba m Md.. for further instiue i fore entering the -i l ice a -tudeiit at Brevii'd "o- All Male Persons Bequired To Register When 18 II. i local diafl board is warn all mali per ns to register under the selective service system ti tiair e:ghteenth birthday. A untie- f i r ,m state headquar 1 1 i ; eci n ly point id out the reg it v.li'ih ii 1 1 1 i i is all young to register upon reaching eighteenth birthday anniver- 2.38 Inches Rain Fall Here First 7 Days Of July Since July 1, Waynesville has hsid 2.. 'IS irvhes of lain, according to the ollicisil weather observer here yesterdsiy. Yesterdiiy was the hottest day since July first, with the official thermometer registering 8.'i. The highest the mercury climb ed on July second was (19. The lowest registered this month was also on the second, when the mer cury slid down to 50". The otlieial tabulation for the mont h. M !.. Min. Rainfall 1 70 58 .71 i' on 5; .:i7 I '! 71 5!) .05 4 so ;;s .4.-, ' 5 HO 05 .i;) r 82 00 .05 7 83 61 .15 illati. nan t heir -a rv. All to n colli'- I'OI'se in i! boar Average Maximum Average Minimum . .70 .60 male persons ister on the ighteen. and s have failed ai ' a served are required 'lay they be in some cases to registered by the local Ortk , ocuui, us, Haywood actually bought i am--.:- . .. n.. i i t m the ' "onus ior June. i Charlie Ray, county chairman i f bend sales, announced yester- Miss Lora aid Miss Don and Bryan Burnett' spent Wednesday with Mr. and rlrs. Loyd Phillips at thir home on the Dellwood road. Copies Of Extra Edition Going Fast Several thousand extra copies of The Mountaineer's Men In Service Edition are being printed. We felt this would be sufficient to take care of the demand. From the rush of orders it now appears, that the supply will be ex hausted soon after the edition is completed. Every subscriber will get the special edition, and at no extra cost. Those wanting extra copies of the special can give their orders in at the office and have them mailed by our mailing force! A charge of ten cents covers cost of paper and mailing. Special labels have been provided for customers to write in the address of the persons they wish to receive the paper. When the supply is exhausted, it will be impossible to get others, as the type is being melted as soon as the page forms come from the press. Retired Army Officer Buried In Arlington On Wed. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at Arlington national cemetery for Captain Charles E. Grace, 50, I'.S.A., retired, who died at the Veterans' Administra tion facility at Mountain Home, Tenn., Sunday m.i--it". . he had been ill for -ometime, but had been a patient al the hospital for only ten days. Captain Gi;:ce, a native of New Orleans, retired from the army seven years ago after having com pleted thirty years of -ervice. He came to Waynesville and resided here about a year, and then built a home in Hazelwood where he had since lived. The body was taken directly from Mountain Home to Arlington national cemetery where funeral services were held. Captain Grace is survived by his widow, one daughter, Miss Jane Grace, and two sisters, Mrs. B. Thomas, of Louisiana, and Mrs. E. Eaven, of Texas. If . . '-4. it i !; ii C f: : i -.1 ' t ' I. 1 ' Ol ! t i 4 ! i S I I? ' J I I MC I !. f. I It : 1 - I ? U i i 4' 'A f - A 1 '