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Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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NO. 30 12 Pages
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1943 (One Day Nearer Victory)
$1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Coontiea
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jbptismal Scene Is Placed
Mind Baptistry u
Church; Other Improve
pents Made.
;.,in(r "The First Baptis
iK jameW-J-nn, of Asheville,
1 tlv been installed behind
jS&ry of the Clyde Bap
it church.
nf central figure is Christ and
J'iL. descending upon Him as
ff Reps upon the shore of the
"River. He la surrounded
jlup of people. In the Jor
11 John the Baptist is receiving
wnv,rt. The painting, which
,he entire space behind the
r'istfVy, shows the Jordan River
Sing around low hills and palms
v other trees growing upon the
ujis. The dominating colors of
painting e green, yellow, blue,
d white. . ,
Besides installing this painting
my other improvements has
Jjj'tten madu in the church
jtce the arrival of Rev. T. H.
irr:s tw" years ago. The base
nt of church has been divid
j jjw intertainment hall, a
when, d seven class rooms,
i ibf .'.orium the choirs loft
u bcrh remodeled, new pulpit
airs and an electric organ in
jW, and a purple carpet laid,
prior to installing the painting
soiorial windows of stained glass
rtre put in place of most of the
a ones. Before the entrance to
laditorium "A Book of Remem
irnce" containing the names of
xn in service. A silver star has
m placed under the name of
fate J. B. James, of Clyde, in
juring he is missing,
in a recent Baptist Sunday school
(Bus taken of the community
kc result showed 613 possible
Btmbers, 269 enrolled members,
ij prospective members, 88 un
bred. At present there are 17
pday school classes and 5 more
lit to be added.
I There are 72 Baptist fVutiTng
mmi s;uiy courses, wnicn nas
m under way since Sunday, July
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Interview New
Recruits Here
It. Elizabeth Dobbin, Corporal
wtrice Dixon and Auxiliary Bes-
Mabius. of the Asheville WAC
wnming office, were here on
Way interviewing local wo
M interested in joining the Wo
""Arrny Auxiliary Corps.
Vw that the corps has become
of the army of the United
jtas. there is a greater need
" ever for women to take over
now done by men who are
W for combat service. The
JAC's will receive the same bene
o as soldiers, such as free mail,
prance and hospitalization.
nun are eligible for en
7!n; the WAC who have the
j'? qualifications: between
kim of 21 and 50; must have
10 .ye" of high school; no de
e"nts; no children under 14
rs ,f aKe. a cjtizen of the
1 States; of good moral char
"f: able to pass the physical
tntal examinations.
"r further information those
ted are asked tq stop at the
recruiting office, room 23,
"ice building, Asheville.
onual Decoration Day
Be Held At Buchanan
netery On August 8
Th annual Decoration Day will
l at the Buchanan cemetery
Allen's Creek section on
according to those in
? Rev. Will Massie will be
w , leaker of the day, with
Ar; by others
?V Person who has a member
cr family buried in the ceme
'l " sked to bring their own
1Ja an,doJ0ln the workers on Fri
, r Saturday in the cemetery
nrds.annUal lean UP of the
Kretary of C C
'lrialr6 vJones "wtory
10 W? cham&er of Commerce,
as been qiaite iU t her home
"tout street for the past ten
i 'ZlT to be improving
Pects to be back in the
t the 1 beeB at the office dur
e "Wnce of Miss Jones.
iS!rLHober80n and Mrs.
Cherokee Inn, Lake Juna-
Railroad Yards In Rome Bombed By Allies
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THIS PEACETIME AIRVIEW shows part of the railroad yards In Rome, Italy, which were bombed by tha
Allies after three years of war. The city's rail center, according to Gen. Eisenhower's communique, was
of the utmost Importance to the Axis war effort, particularly for the movement of German troop.
Allied airmen were ordered to avoid damaging religious or cultural monuments. (International)
Special Edition Has Been Well
Received By Readers Everywhere
Wellco Employees
Have Bought
1,000 War Bonds
Regular Pay Roll Deduction
Plan Enables Employees
To Purchase 1,000 War
Bonds.
Employees of Wellco Shoe
Corporation have purchased
their 1,000th War Bond from
their payroll deductions, it
was announced this week.
The employees have invest
ed more than $18,750 in War
Bonds through their payroll
deductions of 10 per cent.
Some employees are putting
more than 10 per cent of each
pay check into bonds. The firm
is 100 per cent on the pay roll
deduction plan, and as in every
other war campaign, have met
their quotas.
Shoe Departments
Enjoy Thriving
Business Here
Shoe departments have been the
scence of much activity during the
last ten days, as odd lots of shoes
were offered the public ration
free, under the OPA odd lot re
lease plan.
Most departments had about
cleared out all sizes, while others
did not put their shoes on sale
until the last week of the two
week period designated by OPA.
Some departments reported a
ush equal to the time just before
he expiration of Stamp No. 1",
which broke all records for shoe
sales.
Congratulations on the special
edition of The Mountaineer con
tinues to come in from people in all
walks of life, civilians, men in ser
vice, newspapers, and state offi
cials, together with Governor
Trot 1
Along with the many messages
of congratulations came some criti
cism from three or four whose
sons or brothers were not includ
ed in the edition. The failure on
the part of some member of 'the
family to provide us with current
infor mation vs the reason.
The more than two thousand
extra copies have been almost ex
hausted. There are less than 100
on hand.
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J. H. HAYNCS, Clyde "1 think
it was the best newspaper ever
published in Haywood County, and
as far as I know, in Western North
Carolina. I have been in Haywood
76 years, and have been reading
newspapers since I was a small
child."
M. D. WATKINS "That was a
knock-out edition, Congratulations."
DR. C. N. SISK "The special
was interesting and very fine in
every way."
E. L. ARMOUR "I know it
must have taken lots of hard work,
luit it was worth it to w readers. I
-rjoyed it very much."
J. C. JENNINGS "That was an
extra good edition, far better than
anythings I've seen yet."
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MRS. W. T. CRAWFORD "A
lendid edition in every way."
BEN COLKITT "Congratula
tions on the special edition. It
was fine."
JOHN HARRIS, president North
Carolina Press Association, Albe
marle News-Press "Cotrgratula-
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Governor Likes Special
July 26, 1943
Mr. Curtis Russ, Editor
The Mountaineer
VVaynesville, N. C.
My dear Mr. Russ:
I have just been reading with great interest the
special edition of The Waynesville MOUNTAINEER
under date of July 22nd, containing a salute to the
twenty-five hundred Haywood County men and women
in the armed services of our country. This is one of
the most comprehensive and attractive special editions
that it has been my privilege to see. I am certain that
it will be deeply appreciated by the people of the coun
ty; and it will also constitute a valuable historical docu
ment in connection with the records of this war. '
I congratulate you and your associates most heart
ily on this outstanding achievement.
With best wishes, I am
Cordially yours,
- J. M. BROUGHTON.
BENITO MUSSOLINI, deposed
premier of Italy, was reported to
be under arrest and held incom-
i municado in Koir.e, following his
ousting Sunday night as head of
I the Fascist government. Further
reports were that Fascist party
members had been killed in Ital
ian riots, as rumors of Italy pre
pared to ask for peace with the
Allied N.'ition. Mussolini had rul
ed Italy with a firm hand for 21
years.
Cove Creek Man
Fatally Injured
In Auto Accident
S 'mud Elbert Hall, 78, native
of Tennessee, who had been resid
ing in the Cove Creek section of
the county for the past four years,
was instantly killed about 7 o'clock
Thursday evening, when the au
tomobile in which he was riding
with his son, Hobert Hall, left the
narrow Cove Creek road and rolled
down a 75-foot embankments
The condition of Hobert Hall,
who rushed to the Haywood County
Hospital, was reported improving
last night by hospital attaches, and
it was thoutrht he would be dis
charged in a few days. He suf
fered lacerations, bruises and pos
sible internal injuries.
Investigating officers said Mr.
Hall and his son were en route
from their home to a small store
nearby, when they met a car driven
by Mrs. Frank Kirkpatrick also!
of the Cove Creek section.
Mrs. Kirkpatrick, seeing the Hall
car approaching, is said to have
stopped and tried to pull to one
side so that the other car could
pass, but the other machine, went
over the embankment. The officers
said the road at that point where
the accident occurred was about
12 feet wide. State patrolmen and
the sheriff's department investi
gated the case and no charges have
been made.
Mr. Hall's body was taken to
Newport, Tenn., where the funeral
services were held.
Judge and Mrs. Grimball
Arrive. From Charleston
Judge and Mrs. W. H. Grimball,
of Charleston, arrived this week
and are occupying their summer
home in Grimball Park. They
plan to remain for several weeks.
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Mrs. George S. Coble, of Char
lotte, is visiting Mrs. V. C. Nfcbeck.
Bond Sales In
Haywood Little
Over Half Quota
Treasury Report Shows
Over $35,000 To Be Sold
During Last 15 Days Of
July.
The treasury department gave
Haywood credit for having bought
$53,231.25 in E war bonds between
July 1 and 15th. This against the
July quota of 89,129 leave a bal
ance of $35,897.75 to be invested in
bonds during the last 15 days.
A tentative check of selling
agents yesterday revealed that
sales were-"holding their own" in
the county, and that Haywood
would likely maintain her perfect
.record of meeting every monthly
quota.,
Tbejsale of F and G bonds dur
ing thp first 15 days of July were
representedby a "goose egg", ac
cording to the treasury depart
ment ' report. Since that time,
members f the Haywood war bond
sales committee have been hustling,
and there is every indication that
most of this will be sold before
August first.
Charlie Ray, county chairman,
has been in contact wjth treasury
officials in an effort to get the
famous Memphis Belle to fly over
Haywood towns when the much
publicized ship visits Asheville on
August 12th. Tentative plans are
to have the ship fly over Haywood
on the morning of the 13th. Defi
nite details will be completed later.
Local Boy Enters
$6,000 Scholarship
Farm Contest
Clyde Methodists Plan
Extensive Remodeling
Program For Building
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nf New York, cultivation secretary,
joint division of education and
cultivation of the Methodist church,
who will be on the program Mon
day morning at the Missionary
Conference at Lake Junaluska.
Two Thousand
Hear Negro Singers
At Lake Junaluska
Carmel Hollingsworth, of Way
nesville, route 1, has entered the
$6,000 scholarship contest of the
National Vegetable Growers As
sociation, it has been learned from
L. R. Harrill, state 4-H Club lead
er at North Carolina State College.
J. C. Brown, vocational agri
culture teacher, is sponsoring the
entrance of Young Hollingsworth
in this contest which is producing
much needed food for victory in
vegetable projects.
Participants are competing for
i $500 grand national award, four
regional awards of $200, and .'(.
ectional awards of $100 from the
6,000 scholarship fund provided
'iy the A. and P. Tea Company
or the National Junior Vegetable
rowei-R Association. The .fund
also provides two $25 war bonds
is prizes for high-ranking con-
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"Young vegetable gardeners are
ngaged in a course of study which
lot only gives them the oppoitun
ty to win cash for agricultural
ollege expenses or farm nia'ingr
nent," explains Mr. Harrill, "but
also the opportunity to learn more
about marketing North Carolina
farm produce efficiently and profit
ably." Winners of the awards which
ire based upon grades achieved in
a five-unit extension course in farm
production and marketing and up
n accomplishment in vegetable
iroject woik, will be announced
his fall.
Mrs. C. W. Turpin.
Pleasing one of the largest au
diences of the season a concert
by Negro singers from Asheville
and Lake Junaluska, was the audi
torium attraction at Lake Juna
luska Monday night. The Negro
musicale was a substitute for the
Wings Over Jordan chorus origi
nally programmed but which could
not take place on account an Office
of Defense Transportation ruling
which prevented them from keep
ing the engagement.
Composing the two choruses of
65 voices were the Baptist Assem
bly 42-Voice Jubilee chorus, of
Asheville, and the Gilbert Center
Sweet Chariot singers, of Lake
Junahiskn. In the group were some
splendid voices coming from many
parts of the United States. The
program opened with the singing
of the Star Spangled Banner in
which the audience of 2,000 persons
nd closed with the sing
ing ol the Negro National Hymn,
composed by the late .lames Wel
don Johnson, of Nashville..
I The Rev. E. V. Dixon, of Ashe
v ll . moderator of the only Negro
Assembly in Western North Caro
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I group as manager.
Pianist for the Asheville Jubilee
j Chorus was George L. McClain,
soloists w re: Quentin Miller, bar
itone, Doris Byrd, Helene Murphy
and Jamie P. Greenlee, soprano, a
maid from the Ivey store in Ashe
ville. Accompanist for the Juna
luska Sw et Chariot Singers was
Modern Church Building
Will Be Available When
Program Is Completed.
The plans for remodeling the
Clyde Methodist church were ac
cepted by the members of the
church Sunday.
The estimated cost is $7,465, ex
cluding labor, electrical and plumb
ing as the costs of them are not
available.
The salvage material of the
present building is worth at least
$1,000, it is estimated. The mem
bers of the church will have to
raise $4,500, leaving the balance
to be paid by the Duke Endow
ment. The plans call for bricking the
outside of the church, plastering
the walls and ceiling, and putting
six class rooms, a kitchen, a furn
ace room, and an auditorium in
the basement.
Electrical fixtures and plumbing
will be installed. The ceiling of
the auditorium will be lowered and
top windows will be taken out;
stained glass will be used in the
remaining windows. A door will
be placed at the side of the vesti
bule of the church that will lead
to the basement. The basement was
dug and the foundation raised in
the spring of this year. Rev. C.
C. Washam is pastor of the church.
The plans were drawn by Carlise
Haynes of Clyde,
Connatser Has Good
Record With Insurance
S. E. Connatser, local represen
tative of the Jefferson Standard
Life Insurance Company, has be n
a member of the "Application-a-week
club" for 222 consecutive
weeks, the firm announced this
week.
Mr. Connatser has led in sales in
this territory many times.
2 Local Boys Win
Future Farmers of
America Award
Two Haywood county boys, Bob
Francis and Roy Arrington, re
ceived their State Farmer degree
at the recent meeting of the State
'Convention of Future. Farmers of
America. Both boys are members
of the Smoky Moutains National
Park chapter, and both are mem
bers of the incoming senior class of
the local high school.
Each boy has served as presi
dent of his chapter of Future
Farmers. Young Francis has also
served as president of the feder
ated chapters and treasurer of the
local chapter. Young Arrington
has served as secretary of the local
chapter. Both have been active in
the work of the chapter. Each boy
owns and operates his farm inter-
prises.
Young Francis has a labor in
come of $2,156.40 for two years
wo k and an average of 12 pro
jects per yearj which incudes
fruiis, vegetables, livestock and
general farm crops. He is special
izing in truck crops and beef
cattle production.
Young Arrington has an aver
age of seven projects per year,
which is also the average of the
chapter and has a labor income of
$557.65 for the past two year. He
is specializing in general farming.
The local chapter now has forty
odd state Farmers and seven Fu
ture Farmers among its member
ship. Due to war activities and in-
f Greenville, S. C. i creased food production program
Alivea lnt' extra curricula activities of
the chapt r have been somewhat
curtailed for the past year, accord
ing to J. C. Brown, teacher of vo
cational agriculture in the high
school.
Daphne Mates
Singing lead parts were
Akins, Samuel Heron, and Hattie
Black, of Charlotte, and Harnetha
D' voe, of Washington, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Huston
Lease Minett Residence
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Huston,
of Miami, have leased the Minett
home on Pigeon street for the re
mainder of the season. Mr. Hus
ton heads the Tom Peanut Company.
Former Residents Sending Money Back
To Buy Bonds So County Gets Credit
"Here is my check for $1,500. Please invest it in war
bond!) and mail them to me. I want Haywood to get credit
for my purchases ... I read the plea of the editor of The
Mountaineer, so I am doing my part to help Haywood reach
her quota."
Thus read a letter from a former Haywood citizen who
is now working elsewhere, but loves Haywood enough that he
is buying bonds here to help the county reach the monthly
quota.
A second letter read:
"Haywood deserves lots of credit for the work she is do
ing to reach her monthly bond quota. My check for $1,000
for E bonds is enclosed. I'm still a loyal citizen of Haywood,
although many miles away."
Another letter read:
"I read the suggestion in The Mountaineer for former
residents to send their bond money back to Haywood in order
that the county we love get credit. Here is my check for
$93.75 to be invested in five $25 E bonds ..."
All these letters were received by the First National
Bank' here. .
With hundreds of former Haywood people working in
war plants all over the country, it is believed that scores of
others will begin sending their bond money back home for
the1 purchases. This will give Haywood credit, and keep the
record high for' this county. To date, Haywood has always
made the quota.
Masons Pay Honor
To Members Now
In Armed Forces
The Waynesville Masonic Ixidge,
A. F. and A. M. honored the mem
bers of their ETOun now in th
armed forces at their meeting held
on Monday. W. A. Abel, past mas
ter, opened the meeting and stated
the purpose, after which C. B.
Hosaflook, secretary, took over the
program.
The men in service from the
lodge include the following: Gen
eral Harley B. Ferguson, Lt. Col.
William V. Dorsey, Lt. Col. Wil
fred Jackson, Major George F.
Plott, Major N. F. Lancaster,
Major J. C. Lynn, Staff Sergeant
Joseph A. Osborne, Cpl. William
H. Francis and Cpl. William P.
Campbell, of the U. S. Army.
Those serving in the Navy in
clude Chief Petty Officer Paul W.
McElroy, Chief Petty Officer Chas.
J. Davis, First Class Petty Officer
Robt H. Gibson, who was present
and spoke briefly during the even
ing, and First Class Petty Of
ficer Paul R. Launer.
Harry Clay, a member, is now
employed in Pearl Harbor.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Milner hav
as their guests two nieces, Misses
Betty and Patsy Milner. ol n.
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