North Carolina Newspapers

HE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Km ranee of The Great Smoky Mountains National PArk llNTH YEAR NO. 33 12 Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1943 (One Day Nearer Victory) $1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Coontie rati WflMWtt )ans Made For Bond )rive In September Liv Sales Committee jjolds Initial Meeting To 'jet County urgiucu. I r ,umhprs of the Hay- flnty bond sales committee Id at length the coming "tee in September, at a meet- Uled plans were made for iiuvunotl's ouota, which 'Z,(i 'to be about $350,000. ..-no urn rts September 9th. (Edition to the regular bond lib the sales commiuee was norr in frtrmii- m..nit UT UK III u w.-. Ff definite plans' for the cam- tfhe women at uie meeting 'jlrf. Martha Mock Medford, U (.-.airman, Miss Mary Mar- r .1. , .. . Tnni Doaima on1 Vnrman Freel. fce'lighliirht of the meeting was seriousness of the memDers in riwnric undertaking ahead. Int a oii it of optimism Dre- L in that Havwood had never Ei to meet the monthly bond tils art underway to get com bs at work in every township l fimntv for the SeDtember k These will be announced fi the opening of schools, the ! stamps and bonds tnrougn schools will hp renewed. Jack set is in charge of the Way rifle area and A. J Hutchins in we of the Canton area. W Rnhin-iiin, was in charge i-Jie meeting, and is assistant p thaii mini. Charles Ray is man .ii :!k' work m the county. pWur.lay. M". Kay, Mrs. Med- n Wooffy, k-:sa -tern North Ca ro ute ml a meeting ocuss plans in w inkers. -lay night decid Meeting at the i en October 5th. Driver's License Examiner Will Not Be Here Next Week B. B. Higgins, examiner for driver's license, with the State Highway Safety department, will not be in his office on the second floor of the court house on Tues day the 24th, on his usual official visit here. He will resume his office hours from 9 to 5 o'clock each Tuesday on September 7th. Mr. Higgins covers seven counties west of Buncombe in his work with the state highway safety department. tot 'i l: I Mr -, r.-uv T sf Canton p. Transport M "Pt. Jn-iiiiLN It. Men., for. iwitnt df Canton and the f the late I)r .T H Mo I - u - -., ' C O U Hester L. Mease, of Can- nas Decn reported missing in " since April 14. it ho Wn N this week by relatives of lease family, which now rp- P ' Greenville. S C. Mease, a transport pilot ;the India-China wing of the lon-rs. pVod in Green- J rmt' ,in after leaving From (iivunvill.. K nt N'"'l. Tex., whl.,.c he wag a Pt instniM..,. r" war w-w w,. .-. NOTKl tn tk f ' , j , hi iy cummana, n he served in this country Vir befm-r. v,.l, ,,,(,.; "i China. 8 letter t., Mrs. Mease, Col. Alexainloi- n i: , of the ;Jln? "1- Ii ""im-iiina wing, at the last word received l .Mease was when his ; ,. .-Ma irom China to In '' mdicat P that t , , . r N: ,c- lne misnap in an nr.. f iOIlp-! n-a 'lOIIl WI11CI1 to date "0t beenobtain- counti-v i..- . I Sea.. J wnicn ine 7j mountainous, has J, only a few trails and is Populated. D,iufe f CaPt. Mease resides 57;' X'' where the officer tervi efore volunteering h me lnaia-Uhma KttTDserr tot Form M At Onpft re fift,, for UTIZens who use fuel Jte of 7 Purposes stand a s l. Ketung a renewal 3t B'1,,eiu thair appli- Fifteen Out of 20 Quota Leaving 17th Were Volunteers Fifteen men out of the quota of twenty for the month of August leaving here Tuesday morning und er the selective draft system from the Waynesville area were volun teers. There were six additional men leaving with the group who had been transferred from other draft boards. The men assembled in the draft board office on the third floor of the court house for final instruc tions at 6:30 o'clock and left by bus at 7:30 for physical examina tions at Camp Croft. James Lee Milner was named leader of the group on their trip to Camp Croft, and James Anderson Dicus was assistant leader. Vflunfv -s frying were; '.Villiam Lucius Siske, Jack Charles Cagle, Kenneth Wilburn Scruggs, James Anderson Dicus, James Lee M in. i , Orville David Messer, Joe Howell ( ope, W'illinni Henry Justice, James truce Javnes, James Thomas Smith. HoMwe JeilVrson Stacy, Troy Lee Mess- r, Hufus Harris, Jr., Avery William Messer. transferred from Castonia, and ,Jac Davis Gibson, transferred from the Newport Xews, Va., hoard. Others in tie g nun wire: Estal Price, Jesse Will'' ams, Fuller Lewis Long, Bernard Ray Caldwell, Carl Woodrow Shuler, D. L. Caldwell, Ruben Joe Justice, and transferred from other boards, Junior Reynolds Rhymer, Reeves James Green, James Lawrence Singleton and Allen Dee Clarke. Youth Of Today Better Than A Generation Ago Religious Worker and Edu cator Sees Youth As Cap able Of Carrying On. "We're turning over to the youth of the world today, a world that is in a mess a chaos from which they must work out the future, and we expect them to make a lot of it," Harold M. Patrick, director of Camp Adventure told Rotarians here Friday. "The youth of today is definitely better than a generation ago," waa the opinion ol the ipeaker, which has served ns stiperinterdent of public schools j yta.s, as chip lain of a reform school for 4 yea it, as religious director in church work for about 5 years. Mi. Patrick sees the need of an international youth movement for iiaiity of peace and all interna tional inter-racial problems of the world. High School Band In Concert Tonight At Hazelwood The Waynesville township ban I wiil give a concert on the Main .street of Hazelwood at 7:30 o'clock Thursday evening, accor n."g 'o an announcement made yestioday by Chas. Isley, band director. The following program will be given: "The Footlit'ter", march, j by Fillmore; "Military Escort", I march, by Bennett; "De Molay Commandery", march, by Hall; "American Patrol", by Meacham. "Star Dust", by Carmichael ; "Vienna Dreams", by Sieczynski; "Teddy Bear's Picnic", by Bratton; "His Honor", march, by Fillmore; "National Emblem", march, by Bagley; and "The Star Spangled Banner" will close the program. Mrs. Barr Hears From Son, Who Is Japanese Prisoner Mrs. Cornelia Barr had a card from her son Lt. Col. Alvin Barr, this week. Col. Barr was taken prisoner by the Japanese in the Phillipine Islands around 18 months ago. It is the first communication she has had directly from her son since November, 1941. The card was typed, but the sig nature was in the Colonel's own handwriting. The only other mes sage Mrs. Ban- has had concerning her son was received last December i when the war department notified i her that lie was being held a pri soner by the Japs with 197 other I Americans. The information came I by way of the International Red Cross, which supplied (he war de pa 1 ' a n; wi: h : he data. I 1.'. C-d. Bare is a native of Eas oii, I 'a . .ii ! !- the son of Mrs. (''' ' ia B.i it. f Wayie sville and t he late John Bur. He has been in the army -inco HU7, having lift Lafayette College i'- Kaston, I'a. to ! enter oflic- rs train eg camp. After receiving his commis-i ,m as second lieutenant he was sent overseas where he seivd for many months. He was with the army of occu pation in Germany for some time, and later completed his education at the University of Toulouse, France, from which he received a degree. Col. Barr's duties in the anny took him all over the world and he has been stationed in a number of places in this country, including, two years in charge of a CCC camp in Northern California, several years at Fort Slocum and four I years in Honolulu. In i;;i) lie was transferred for a second time to ' Corregidor. He was listid with the war department as missing in Ii'ly. 1H42. His wife and young son wera in ;. Manila when it was la-. ri by the laps. No word has been heard I from them since Col. Barr's letter 'in 1941. There is also a daughter, , .Mi.a- r....ii.s Bail, who attended .Manhattan College, Witchita, Kan. last vear. Made Record Leap -4 IT. CH. W. R. LOVELACE shows how he leaped at 40,200 feet from a Boe ing Flying Fortress recently to set a new American record. The strat osphere Jump gave valuable data to researcher (International) sent out by the "iup1 in trntity is not BL. ,,p ln 'he regional officp hi tin "e aPPHcations are re- SIW i'WM,n will be made H v0;Jn. b0d had been re- Ht severaiy' and they were Veral weeks ago. Mrs. Jack Elwood and son, Jim my, who have been visiting the for mer's mother, Mrs. H. L. MacFay den and sister, Miss Louise Mac Fayden, left yesterday foV their home in Canton, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ray have returned from a business trip to New York City. Rev. Oder Burnett Pastor Announces Revival In Ratcliff Cove Church Revival services will begin on Sunday, the 22, at the Ratcliff Cove Baptist church, according to an an nouncement by the Rev. Oder Bur nett, pastor. Services will be con ducted each evening at 8:15 by the Rev. H. G. Hammett, pastor of the First Baptist church of Waynes ville. The public is invited to at tend all the services. Applications For Tires And Tubes Hit High Mark The request for (ires and fillies his i .-reapud tah uch an extent, , thai c'aiii'mnnT'o'e E. Rose had to seek relief from the district oflice this wi e! in order la keep many essential trucks on the road. 1 Tin' ri ipiots were no! granted in til i i en'.i'-ity, Inn enough extra tires w ' - allelfi! Haywood fo re lieyc -e n... of ;he w urgent cases. All lube n-iUosN were tilled. The hot pav i : i ii ! s and aging I res nere ;t: : i i','eil as the cause for - tinny tip '" give way dur ing : ae pas', few weeks. Noel Phillips Is In Charge Of Pet Distribution ; Noel Phillips has been put in charge of distribution for Pet Dairy Products, R. B. Davenport, manager, annoui.od yesterday. Mr. Davenport will devote the greater part of his time in the field, working on production of more milk. He was field man for the Pet Milk ( ompany prior to assuming inanag rship of the Way nesville plant for Pet Dairy Pro ducts Company. Mr. Phillips is a native of Sylva. and is well known in this section. .Mrs. Phillips is the daughter of the late A. V. Reynolds, county sup erintendent of Haywood schools. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips and daught- er are making their home in Hazelwood. Cowles And Seay Win In Tennis Tournament Here Miss Cowles Defeated Miss Haller, and Seay Won Over Greer In Finals. In the finals of the second An nual Haywood County tennis tour nament on St. John's court last week-end, Miss Helen Cowles of Tampa, defeated Miss Edwina Hal ler of Waynesville, 6-2, 6-0; and Curtis Seay of Waynesville de feated Clyde Greer of Waynesville, 6-4. 6-4. Miss Cowles won the cup for the second time this year. She is former Florida State Champion in tennis. The other finalist in the women's division, Miss Haller, was champion in the junior division last year. Because of rainy weather some of the games were postponed a ftw days, and the tournament, scheduled for Thursday until Sun day, did not end until Tuesday ! afternoon with the women's cham pionship match. Miss Mary Stentz of Waynesville, was in charge of the tournament play, scheduling matches and acting as referee. In the men's semi-finals Greer defeated V. J. Mahoney, 6-1, 6-1. Seay beat Bruce Jaynes, 6-2. 6-1. Cowles defeated Bett Panill, of Tampa, in the women's semi-finals by a score of 6-3, 6-2; and Haller defeated Jerry McKinley, 11-9, 6-4 in the other semi-finals. Two cups were awarded to the winners on Tuesday afternoon. Each cup is to have the name of the winner and the year won en graved on it, and then he display d in some public place in the winner's home town. The tournament is an annual af fair, and participants enter from the summer camps in this vicinity, as well as from th" immediate count y. Oren Coin, Seaman 1st Class, SulTer ; Injury In Accident The condition of Oren Co". Seaman First Class, IJ. s ay. who was hurt in a truck inenlent last week in .Savannah, was report ed critical late last night by mom Ii is of his family. Young Coin, the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Coin, volunteered m the service in May, when he became 17 years of age. He received his , m training in Bainbridge, Mil., and from there was transferred to New Orleans. He had been sent from N'i w Orleans to Savannah, where the accident occurred, which re sulted in concussion of the skull for young Coin. He was riding in a truck with several other sailors at the time of fhe accident. He is now a patient in the 1'. .S. Marine Hospital in Savannah. His parents 1, ft. immediately for Savannah after receiving the mes sage of his scrhitis condition. Seaman Coin was a memle r of the incoming senior class at the local high school when he volun teered in the navy. He has a broth er, Robbie Coin, Electrician's Mate, first class, in the Navy, wlm has been with the Pacific fleet for the past three years. Mrs. Marvin P. Terrell and small son, of Radford, Va., are visiting the former's mother, Mrs. R. L. Kerley. Hardest Rainfall Of Season Fell In Torrents Saturday The hardest rainfall of the year 'came down in torrents on last Sat ; urday afternoon, with no serious results according to the local au thorities, except the knocking out of a few lights and transformers. I During the heaviest downpour there were registered 1.05 inches for a one and one-half hour period at the peak of the downfall. County Farmers And Woodsmen Urged To Increase Production Rose Finds Washington Predicting End Of The European War By Jan. Joe E. Rose has just returned from a business trip to Washing ton, ami was surprised as well as interested at the open predictions hi arc! on every hand in the Capi tol ;is to the end of the European war. Mr. Rose frankly admitted he would not venture a guess, or form an opinion on the subject, but un official . Washington expects the European war to be ended by Christinas, he said. Commissioners Draw Jury For September Court The county commissioners drew the jury for the September term of Superior court which will con vene on Monday, September the 20th, with Judge J. H. Clements, of Walkertown, presiding. Drawn for the first week were: Chester Owen, Jonathan Creek; llerschell C. Shook, Clyde; T. M. Pressley, Beaverdam; Verlin Nol and, Waynesville; Guy M. McElroy, Crablree; Frank J. Reiger, Way nesville; Dewey R. Goodwin, Bea jveidani; Dave Brown, of Jonathan Creek. ! .lames II. Ilayn.s. of Clyde; L. C. Moody, Cecil; W. 11. Burnett, j East Fork; l.ee Caddy, Jr., Way: 'nesville; S. .1. Ii civ, a nesville Luther .1. Hall, Beaverdam; ,Ioo ! 1 1 1 n. hall. I ' i , - , n: V MeKI i y. White (l,i l.'alph 1). K ih v. P-i ; .lohn I'. While. Ivn III!; Will Km on. !'"ii HulV; Kr-'d II. Ni land. iVab " ; I hai l. I'. Mc( 'i ii-i.i m. Faies ' " ' k; C. K llo-alleo.. ,y Mill; 1 I n i Sinai he i , ',ea . i .la in , and I'l'iu ( ll iniliei . Ea-t fork. I haw n Co the -ecoiul week wen - ( ha i I. : .1, Palm r, Waynes- i ih ; 1 1 en rv I la vis, Way !-'V ille ; . II, livid. Ihaverdam; Bradford I!. Mi a -ii . Pigeon; Allen ('. Kowe, Iteav nlam; L. .1. ('onaid. Wiiite Oak; Charlie Wondanl. Waynes ville; Lewis Cegliiirn, East Fork; Frank West, Pigeon. Itiiheri E. W.dk Crabtree; T. C. M h i is. Waynesville; R. J. Smath-er-. Iteav nlam; J. C. Patrick, Way. ue.-ville; Willis Rector, Fines (reek; Lahoene Winchester, Ivy .Hill; If. F. Davis, Iron Duff; Den nis Singleton, Pigeon; and Herman Noland, Fines Creek. Boys rd Girls From 10 To 17 Are National Campaign Urging Farmers-Woodsmen To Cut Three Extra Days This Year. There is a definite and acute shortage of pulp woods and chest nut acid wood, according to the National Pulpwood Committee, an agency working closely with the government and mills. A campaign Is now being waged in all areas of the nation that produce pulpwoods, urging farm ers and woodsmen to spend three extra days this year cutting wood. A special coupon is carried else where in this newspaper. This county is listed as one of tin principal areas producing pulp woods and chestnut acid. wood. Both of these are essential raw materials for war uses and are so defined by government agencies. A representative of this news paper has discussed the problem with at least three mills, and one large wholesale paper broker, and the facts and figures they present ed as to present stocks of pulp woods, and the sharp decline in the past few months is ample proof of the seriousness of the situa tion. The government has listed the paper industry essential in that 85 per cent of all pulpwoods now used go (briefly into war. "Farmers and woodsmen who have pulpwoods and idlest nut acid wood can contribute much towards the war elVorf by pulling their mis oft f hi ma rki t a :h time," e bujei ol" piili'wi.ods said, 'uch a move w ould n I only con- ii t tn . - info i a-h, I ,,( w old add In I ' fa I dim 01 1- h : i' o i pply of . o i ,' 1 1 i "oh Cm aim. and navy i ei p 1 1 e- la : ipiant it K-s to keep ' In a i no d fores moving.'' A I'leakdiiwn of where pulpwood a now being used, is shown by the olheial table recently relen-ed hv tin government: L'.'i 1 .' for containers, for shells, fin ni. blood plasma, packing field : at ions. I'a'i for wrapping paper for use be aimed forces and essential war indii-fries. for smokeless powder. .V; for rayon, for parachutes, uiil tarv clothing. '' shipped to lend lease. 2't to hospitals and sanitary waddings on battle front. 5'r structural boards for erect ing military buildings hurriedly. t'i'i newsprint. ft'"', for fine writing papers. 1? r? l Beans Several of the throughout the hate alieade f hi' n, and w ill only a a " ' i : s 1 1 1 ilmi1 shortage and n crop ever irrown Mr. and Mrs. Jake Newell, of Charlotte, are expected to arrive this week and spend some time here at Halltop, visiting the lat ter's father, A. C- Black and sister, Miss Diana Black. Feeder Calf Sale Is Set For Saturday, Oct. 2 Elaborate plans are being made (ViT. tho annual Fppder Calf Sale to be held at the Clyde stockyards on October 2nd. Much interest is being shown by prospective buyers from the east ern part of the state in the sale. Many letters and calls have been made from that section, as they want the calves to take to that area and fed all winter. Howard Clapp, county agent, suggested that all owners begin now making plans and preparing for the sale. Calves should weigh between 300 and 600 pounds at the time of the sale. Last year about 250 calves were sold at the sale, and indications are that 500 should be entered for sale this -year. Medford Leatherwood, regular auctioneer of the stockyard, will be auctioneer for this sale. Appollo Choir Will Be Heard At Lake On Tuesday, 24th Due to the illness of Dr. George Truitt, famous Baptist minister of Dallas, Texas, who was to have preached at Lake Junaluska on Tuesday evening, the 24th, the Appollo Boys Choir, will be heard according to an announcement by Dr. Walter Lambeth, superinten dent of the Methodist Assembly, The Appollo Choir, under the di rection of Coleman Cooper, of Bir mingham, Ala., is an outstanding musical group, and the program will bs one of unusual merit. Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon Davis and family, had as their guest over the week-end, Everett Brown of Asheville. Despite th the largest 1 in Haywood county, the beans are getting picked on time, it was learn ed y sterday from the county farm agents oflice. This week there has been between thirty and forty boys and girls be tween the ages of ten and seventeen years busy over Haywood county- farms picking beans to feed the Haywood Mutual Cannery and to aid the farmers harvest their 1943 Victory farm production quotas At least fifty-five bushels of beans per day have been picked by this youthful army of civilian vol unteer service. Hiah School Students To Register Next Week Hich school students will begin registering next Wednesday for the 1943-44 term of school which will open on Monday, .August 30th. All iuniors and seniors will reg ister on Wednesday, August 25, between 9 and 4 o clock, according to M- H. Bowles district superintendent. Tho snnhomores will register on Thursday, at the same hours. All frpshmen will renort to the school for registration between 9 and 4 on Friday. The incoming seventh (Trade will register on Monday, 30th. The entrance ages of children remains the same. All children who will be six years old on or be fore October 1, can begin school on the 30th, Mr. Bowles pointed out. According to the law, no exceptions can be made. For the first month of school, all schools in the district will begin at 8:35 and the dismissal hour will be two o'clock. This early open ing hour has been set in order that a number of the children will have a longer afternoon to help on the farms and at home during the can ning and harvesting season. A new schedule will be put into effect October first, it was pointed out. la rger newspa pel s 'ate and nation ozen their circu . ke new subscrip i old one fails to pla 'i n i ng to f ni si mil. i r mi an- soon, i a pi esentat ive of several pa-mill- was here yesterday dis ng the situation, and pointed I.C.V per en-- out that some had closed, and oth ers v re on the verge of closing unless more pulpwoods were forth coming. As to chestnut acid wood, this s most essentia in the process of tanning leathers for the men in service. A concerted campaign will be staged in Haywood in order that this county will maintain her rec ords of successfully carrying out every request in the war effort as part of the appreciation of the work of the 2,500 men from here now in service. No. 7 Gas Coupon Not Valid Here The rationing board pointed out yesterday that gasoline coupon No. seven were not valid in this area, al though they are good in some sec tions of the nation. Service stations were warned not to accept the No. seven stamps, as the board cannot redeem them. Motorists who have been using the number seven coupon in their home area, must go to the local board and get the coupons exchanged for a series that will be valid in this section. Mrs. R. L. Kerlev SDent laat week-end at Fort Oglethorpe, as the guest of her sister, Sergeant Edith Lewis, of the U. S. Woman's Army Corps.