North Carolina Newspapers

1 ' ? " fHE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Pablished In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 4R NO. S 2 Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1944 (One Day Nearer Victory) $1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Ountie XOXui 1 1 nlirrilnnli' Beth v fa m wmm& 4)0,000 To Go To Meet Bond Quota Mew Owners T Enlarge Novelty Flaunt ht top itt of fhe f i k-ting '.a' boud $100,000 Mit's tfougnt iCoiintyTo Date Committees Plan Extensive rive) In Order lo ueacn rh. 4tfc War Loan drive got off "nbisy" start in Haywood Idayjae whistles and sirens in .j,l,i Wavnesville and can , jet fj.r'th at 10 o'clock. Selling Lnts fir bonds in lne county an" vPstiTdav morning mar. i , m 1 U fori, January, tnrougn luesuay ftuh d JH,U agamsi. uic $700,000. unty-wid? bona commuwe at the Maples here Mon- ;Mt registered 99 per cent entente, and in an enthusiastic I . i 1 j. il tiwr 1 made no Dones auoui me h nutfta this time, DUl wim ue- minatfion, lots of hard work, and riflcel willingly assured &am M. insom, chairman of the drive, thei quota would be reached. rhis and of the county voiun- nd ti sell $350,000 m bonds, le Canton took the other hall the county quota, ihrougn yes- day tnis end of the county had srht S48.618.75 in bonds and kiton $9,4S0.25. the coiunty committee felt that irge bju'k of the bonds for this would have to come from mers this time. "During tne t drive we had tourists to help but pis time we must rely a on farmers putting their to co mioney into honris, jonatnan tody, j district chairman of the Bolnd Sites told the commit "Hjaywood farmers received at $900,000 for their tobacco (i, ami a lot oi trm i"jui-r g bonds this month," he contin- ol. J, H. Howell, made a stir- jg appeal to the committee, when told (.hem "so few people real'.ze t what we're in. This is a war It is worse than any ever before wn to man. Veterans of the ft war who are now Sfrvine in one say there is no comparison to the hardships, and difficulties erw ich our men are fighting.'' lans were made to have all dis- rged wounded men in th coun- to meet with a committee and n a meetirg to be held in several ions of the county. The m2n I- (Continued on pace 7) y cai 'iiig for physical ex- ler. prty Men Leave pesday, Making p January Call rty men under the selective fVlCe System mnkino- nn tV,o Jon. from the Wavnpsville f the countv left, hpro rv for ( amp Croft at 8-0(1 o'rlork 'Srtay morn nat'nn Pliam Lafayette Balent:ne wea M leader of tVi o- o,1 ert Hector Puff oJotof In the ptoud were eie-h- f1 Volunteers J ...I,. been transferred from other ft boards "e volunteers included? James 'lrRon Cone. Po.,1 r:o'l,n, via i i y . man Sp7.f.r Pk-i rrf. r. """Civ ' j0n Berrv RhmaVltirt Tnnm. Hnw.iM Ripker Willi. T u Ml, Wayne Sylvester McClure, "Tee r.'bert. Honi H, K " V'lUllA, IICIIIJ f enn Carvrr Nool r-o,Kn er- 'Yi I Tn.;i r j r vui ivitvmunu ivie ey, Billv Tct:. n.j ..n .T'MTI.c. TT" 1 T 1 T v x, " 1 ' i x-arKer, jo " 'N'w nn Tt. t t ,. .., dairies ar J1'lls. and Pol;., aii tth 'U'J nucy nan. ?e trrmsferrpH fm nfkor Staff Sgt. Constantin Is Listed As Missing Mrs. Edward Thomas Constan tin, has received a message from the War Department stating that her husband, Staff Sergeant Ed ward Thomas Constantin, of the Moody Farm, has been missing in action in New Ireland since De cember 30. The message read as follows; "The Secretary of War desires me to express his deep sympathy that your husband, Staff S rgeant Edward T. Constantin, has been reported missing in action since Thirty December in New Ireland. If further details or other infor mation are received you will be promptly notified,'' signed by the Adjutant General. Sgt. Constantin was serving as a waist gunner on a Liberator and had been overseas since March, 1943. He had volunteered in the Air Corps July 6, 1942 and receiv ed his training at Buckley Field, Denver, Colo., Davis Monthan, Tucson, Ariz., Alamagorda, New Mex., and at the Topeka Army Air Base, Topeka, Kan., prior to being sent oversfas. Sgt. Constantin is the son of Mrs. W. A. Nave of New York and the late Albert Constantin, also ofj jrv?s York. He was a graduate of the Manual high school of Brook lyn and attended the Dral Conser vatory of Asbury Park, N- Y. Be fore entering the service held the position as salesman with the Na tional Biscuit Company in New York. The last communication Mrs. Constantin received from her hus band was on December 24, and was dated Dec. 18. He had told her of two decorations he had recently received: the Purple Heart for be ing wounded in combat duty and the air medal with two oak leaf clusters. He also told of the thrill he had in getting his first Jap. Mrs. Constantin, who before her marriage was Miss Martha Moody, was employ d at the Kaiser Ship yards in Portland, Ore., at the time she received the message which was first sent to her h:re in care of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Moody at Moody Farm. She came homo at once upon receiving the message, but plans to return her work in the near future. Missing In Action ... . STAFF SGT. EDWARD THOM AS CONSTANTIN is mi-sing in action on New Ireland, according to word received from the War Department by his wife, the for mer Miss Martha Moody. to hose 1 innlnlrt .mint fs ere: Harrv Lee Ward frnm .'arnes rnn rarKer, v'va : .Iiilinn tti. r iork r;i. t , . .. .iv. josenn rvewtin c Jr.. from ... ; "iningion; james vl)l from T,i,o . trV'TT'l Shelton. from Greer, m,:rg;;n:e"X Alley Hal1' from ''hers lpnv; , .... I, "enneii Uavis. Ken- Mr , Cllani. i nomas Ben ic racken. M-dford Ade Ilin, f ljtulra, tiimer Kuble re rv f.wr"nce Wi;am Me Charlie Cliftnn st tir- .TnVin 7-i KZ Tr Carver. Blin Ke"t t're. Prank n:iii-.j i itt ni. Charles Evfcr trnest Shuford Cochran. UDC Declamation Contest Held At High School Today The annual declamation contest -ponsored by the Haywood Chap ter of the Daughters of the Con federacy in their observance of the birthdays of Generals Robert Lee and Stonewall Jack-on wil1 be held at 10:55 this morning in the auditorium of the high school, according to Mrs. James R. Boyd, president. The public is invited to attend. The contest is onen to the boys the junior' high school. Mrs. Will A. Hyatt, historian of the -hapter, will preside and be in charge of the program. The medal will be presented the winner Dy Mrs. Mark Ferguson, who inaugu rated the cone"t whn she served is historian of the chapter. Materials Arrive, Red Cross Surgical Rooms Reopened The Red Cross surgical dressing rooms, which were closed the firs of December, due to lack of ma terials caused by a delay in ship ments, were re-opened yesterday afternoon, according to Mrs. Ben Colkitt, chairman. The regular days and hours wil be resumed for the workers which include every afternoon from Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 o'clock; Thursday night from 7:30 to 9:30 o'clock; Wednesday evening for the colored women of the community from 8 to 10 o'clock. Work on the December quota of 18,000 four by four sponge-, which should have been started a month ago was begun yesterday afternoon. Due to the unavoidable delay in the shipment of materials a larger number of workers than is usuallv in attendance will have to work at the rooms during the next f w week?, if the quota is completed in time, according to Mrs. Colkitt, who is urging the women of t.e community to respond to the call. Walter Crawford, local attorney who is now residing in Raleigh, where he holds a state position, ent cfx-er.-d days in town with his family during the past week. Local Novelty Company Sold To 2 New York Men New Owners To Step Up Production and Enlarge Plant Soon As Possible. The Underwood Novelty Com pany has been purchased by Frank A. Fox and G orge Kessler, pro minent New York business men, who plan an expansion program of the business as soon as materials are available. The new firm will be known as the Inlaid Wood Prod ucts Manufacturing Company. The new owners are now in charge of the business, having bought the firm from Charles Underwood, who founded the busi ness several years ago. Mr. Under wood will d vote most of his time to his lumbering operations and farm, although he will act in an advisory capacity to the new own ers, it was announced. The new owners plan to also retain the old firm name, "Underwood Novelty Company" as a subsidiary of the n; w firm. The same stuff of workmen have been retained by the new owners, and they plan to add others in the near future. "Our plans are to work on large infers. We now have enough orders on hand to keep us busy ten months," Mr. Fox said. Mr. Fox will be the resident manag.r, and plans to move his family here from Macon, Ga., where he has made his home for the past two years. Mr. Fox owned one if the largest Army stores in the south in Macon. He and Mrs. Fox have two sons in service. Mr. Kessler's home is in New York. He owns a number of mer chantile firms in several states, including Georgia, Ohio, P(nnsyl vania and New York. Mr. Fox is from Monticello, N. Y., where he served as magistrate, is president of the hospital board, a member of the board of health, ind member of the town board. Mr. Fox announced that all men who were employed by the Under wood Novelty Company when they went into service would be offered their jobs back upon their dis charge. "We want all of them to come back to their jobs," the new manager-owner said. The plant of the firm is on the highway between here and Lake Junaluska. $815 Will Be Sought OnTagDayJan.29th Saturday, January 29, has been set as Tag Day in Haywood coun ty for raising the $815 quota for the annual Infantile Paralysis cam paign, it was announced yesterday by Jonathan Woody, county chair man. The drive here in this end of the county will be under the pergonal supervision of Mr. Woody, and Mrs. S. P. Gay, vice chairman for the county. The campaign in the Canton area will be under the direction of Car roll McCracken and Mrs. Bill Palm er, Mr. Woody announced. In years past, a dance has been stag d in Haywood as a means of raising the quota. This was not considered practical this year, and the Tag Day method will be used instead. Half of all the money raised in Haywood will be kept here for work among crippl s. The remaining half will be used by the Warm Springs Foundation, a national re search organization devoted to the study and cure of infantile paralysis. Cannery Head A: - . Rv. W. L. Hutchins ExDected Fome From Elkin Hospital Rev. W. L. Hutchins, superinten dent of the Waynesville District of the Meth'idist Church, who attend ed the Bishops Crusade me: ting held in Winston Salem last week, is expected home today. Rev. Hut "hins went to Elkin from Winston Silem, where he entered the Hugh Chatham Memorial HosDital for treatment. He was a patient there for several days. Frady Brothers IVBeet In London For First Time In Sixteen Months Brother Of Mrs. Allen Dies At Fome Of Daughter In Washington Mrs. W. C. Allen has received news of the death of her brother. George L. Wilkinson, who passed jway last Thursday at 6:20 p. m . it the some of his son-in-law and -laughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor, of Washington, N. C. Mr. Wilkerson, well known in astfrn Carolina was a retired farmer of Beauford county. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Siler hid a their guests over the week-end Mr. and Mrs. James Nicholson, of Rockingham. CPL. JOSEPH LINER FRADY, JR., AND PFC. JAMES EVER ETT FRADY, sons of Mr. anJ Mrs. J. L. Frady, of route 1, re cently met on the streets of Lon don. Ne ther had any idea that the other was in England. They had not seen each other since Cpl. Frady had entered the service on September 11. 1942. They at once soueht out a photogranher and had the ab-ve taken for their parents j n celebration of the happy meet ing. Cpl. Frady was inducted at Camp Croft and from there was ent to F"r Jackson and then to Vort McClellan, Ala. From the latter he was transferred to Tampa, Fla , and then overseas. He was a mechanic prior to enter ing the sprvice. Pfc. Frady has been in the ser vice rine January 23. 1943, and was inducted at Camp Croft. From Croft he was sent to Camp Young, Calif., and then to Los Angeles, Frady Brothers I f S jf : v j w.i' f M ' " Commissioners Draw Jury For February Court Jury members for the February term of Superior court, criminal term, which will convene on Feb ruary 7, with Judge F. E. Alley presiding, have been drawn by the; county board of commissioners. From the jury list will be drawn the members of the grand jury. Drawn for the first week ate: II. L. Morgan, Beaverdam ; Glenn Hipps, Waynesville; Frank Davis, Beaverdam; Zeb Curtis, Waynes ville; L. B. Hooper, Wavnesville; Ed I.edford. Fines Creek; Norman Hoglan, White Oak; H. O. Cham pion, Waynesville; Owen Murray, Pigeon; J. Medford Williams, Beaverdam. Way M. Meae, Pigeon; Bruce Sellers, Clyde; Luther Be-t. Crnb- tree; Will L. Clark, Beaverdam; Wi'liam Chambers, Wavnesville; Frank Compton, Waynesville; Ho race Anderson, Clyde; Glenn How ell, Beaverdam; E. I). Medford, Tron Duff ; J. II. Beach, Waynes ville; Mark Ferguson, Fines Creek. J. P. Dicus, Waynesvil'e; J. T. Bailey, Beaverdam; Cash Edwards, Pigeon; Sam Ledford, White Oak; Burn Leather-wood, Catalooehee; Guy McCracken, Beaverdam; D. Reeves Noland, Fines Creek; Loyd Ledford, Crabtree; R. V. Fisher, White Oak; Pat Cole, Clyde; Will Iiryson, Iron Duff; Clifford K. Brown, C'lyde. Bob Reeves, Jonathan Creek ; Jim Rich, Ivy Hill; Cordell Evans, Ivy Hill; Hugh Cathey, Pigeon; Robert Boyd, Jonathan Creek; Dewey Pless, Fast Fork ; Carl Moody, Cecil ; R. L. Davis, Jona than Creek; and Olis D. Massey, East Fork. Drawn for the second week are: T. T. Noland, Crabtree; J. F. Rogers, Crabtree; Oral Yates, Iron Duff ; Carey C. Smathers, Beaver dam; Matt Davis, Crabtree; Hugh J. James. Waynesville; J. H. Pax ton, Beaverdam; W. E. Worley, Reaverdam; Harley Medford, Clyde; Ben J. Sloan. Jr., Waynes ville; Clayton Walker, Waynes "'lle; W. E. Nichols, Waynesville; Glecin Belt, Waynesville; Fred Buchanan, Waynesville; John D. "''p-don, Pip-eon; Norman C. James, Fines Creek; Frank Howell, Jona ,l"r1 Creek, and Verlin Evans, Ivy Hill. J. E. BAKR, general manager of the Land O'The Sky Association, has just announced the expansion of the Haywood Mutual Cannery at Hazelwood for the 1944 season. Sixty-Ore Men Are Placed Inl-A This Week By Board Sixtv-oiK' nun wiri' placed in cliis 1-A iluiinir the week by the local draft board serving the Way nesville arou. of the county. In the group were the following: Walter C. Henderson, Clarence K. Ilen lrix, William W. Moore, Ralph L. .unimei row, Paul Galloway, L. C. McKinney, Samuel S. Frady, Fred Westlet Fish, Robert Vaughn Hoyle. Oliver Hicks, Frank Nor man Pcnland. James McClure, Edwin Hugh Caldwell, iitn- Williams, Bulo I esley Carvrr, Wood row Wi!s n Waddell, Wayne Sylvester McClure, William Finney, Frank Leon Smith, Claude Norman, Walter Jarres White, Robert Vincent Fisher, Cor- (Continued on Page 12) New Equipment Being Brought In For 1944 Season J. E. Barr, General Man ager, Announces Cannery Can Pack 40,000 Cases Of 1 Jeans. The capacity of the cannery at Hazelwood will be doubled this spring by the addition of nw equipment alreudy bought and by mergir of the Cranberry Can nery eqirpmeiit soon to be brought here, it was learned from J. E. Barr, general manager, y: sterday. The cannery at Cranberry is be ing dismantled and the equipment will he installed at the Hazelwood plant, in addition to a number of pieces of new equipment which is scheduled to arrive at an early date. A contract has also been let, and ground work started, on an addi tional warehouse at the cannery site. The new warehouse will be 50 by t(5 feet, and is being built, by Ben Sloan. "The Hazelwood Cannery will be equipped to handle the entire crop f n m 5(!0 acres of beans. During the season, th cannery can pack 40,000 cases," M-. Barr said. The increased capaci'y will ne cessitate added personnel, Mr. Birr stated, but would not make any statement as to how many i xtra people would be given work dur ing the canning seasen. Among the new pieces of equip ment to bo added will includ' a 180 horsepower boiler, another snipping machine, large coolers and retorts. The cannery will be in a position to can blackberries if th crop this year warrants, Mr. Barr said. Other than blackberries, no other crops will he canned other than liear.r ),V present. Part of the ex pansion program of the cannery is in keeping with the post war pro gram. Hugh Jolly managed the opera tion of the cannery last year, and will again supervise the work this seaMin. The Cannery is own'd by The Haywood Mu'u'tl Canning Asso ciation, a subsidiary of the Land ()' The Sky Mutual Associa ion. The cannery was established here in 1934, and each season has pack ed thousands of cases of beans, and at times oth r prrduce, espec ially spinach. The products packed here are known for quality throughout Eastern America. During the past two years a large percentage of th: annual pack has been going direct to the armed forces. after which he was sent overseas. At the time he entered the service he was a student in the high school. 'V. T. ShJton Reported Definitely Improved The condition of JV. T. Shelton who was taken ill dur:ng the wek, wis reported to be improving last night. Mr. Sheltnn has been a patient in th; Haywood County Hospital for the past several days, but he is ejected to go to his home on Pigeon Street in the near future. Bethel Girl Scout Troop Sponsors Paper Scrap Drive The Girl Scout Lone Troop of Bethel community is staging a scrap papr drive on next Wednes day, th- 26' h, according to Eliza beth Church, reporter for the troop, of which Mrs. Maude Peek is leader and Mrs. Florence Garner, assistant leader. The drive will start at 10 o'clock W dnesday morning and continue until late in the afternoon. The girls will call at the homes in the area and they are asking that those expecting to make contribu'ions pf magazines, newspapers, old books and other scrap paper, have them ready to hand out to the girls. Pictures Of Men In Service Wanted For High School Annual Pictures of all the boys now in the service who would have b en members of the 1944 graduating class from the local Township high school are being sought from their families by the editors of the high school annual. The editors are also wanting pic tures of all men repirted missing and all reported killed in action, who at any time were students at the local high school. The pictures are to b used in the high school annual and the deadline for receiving them has been set at Feb. 15. according to Charles Way, editor-in-chi.f. Health Clinic To Be Sponsored Here Each Month A general health clinic, serving Wavnesville and vicinity will be held regularly at the Health De partment offices in the court housft on the 4th Wednesdav of each month from 2:00 to 4:00 o'clock, it has been announced by Dr. C. N. Sisk. district health officer. Special examinations and care of :nfants and exp c'ant mothers will be given at the clinic. At the same time all types of protective vac cinations and inoculations will be given including diphth ria, small pox, typhoid and whooping cough. The clinic which will be open on this r gular date each month will be conducted by Dr. Mary B. H. Michal, assistant health offi cer. The prevention of illness will he stressed. Cases will be accept ed only as ref rred by the family physician to whom a report will subsequently he sent, except that expectant mothers who plan to employ a midwife should avail themselves of this service. Since serious disorders can de velop durirg pregnancy with li'tle or no warnine sign to the mnrher, the heal'h authorities particularly urge that attention b given ex pectant mothers, including a com plete physical examination each montn. It was pointed out by the health authorities that repeated examina tions of all babi s is important in keeping them well, and in check ing their development and watch ing for early signs of disease. It was also stressed by the henlth work rs that the state law requires he immunization of all infan's six months of age or over against diphtheria. In offering this service it was pointpd out that every roTer should guard her own health and that of h-r family- I f i J