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HE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
Published In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of , The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
"yEAR NO. 31 16 Pages
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1944 (One Day Nearer Victory)
$1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countie
mood Baptists To
V W-
Id Two-uay session
rknrsrfav and Friday,
L 17 and 18, At Olivet
lock Spring Lhurcnes.
L j Tjnntist Associa-
bold their 59th annual
on Thursday ana '""j.
and 18. witn trie congre
' niivet and Peach-
Lm as hosts on Thurs-
the Rock Spring Ditpust
ioct on Friday, xiev. a.
sett is the moderator and
oward Hall is clerk,
erseting program has been
for the two-day session,
.nminff and afternoon pro-
L. held each day.
fcjj session will begin at
ll at the Olivet cnurcn,
16-minute devotional. After
L hnsiness session, a pro-
lith the general theme:
Our Faith Through Mis
t-ill be given with five
taking part as follows:
fooperative Program," by
is. R. Erwin.
iff. M. U-," by Mrs. H. G.
:iational Missions," by
1!ge Lewis,
rn North Carolina Mis-
y Rev. J. C. Pipes.
Home and Foreign Mis-
ly Rev, Hobart Rogers.
30, Rev. M. A. Huggins of
will deliver the missionary
The Association will ad
12:15 for a picnic dinner.
ttternoon session will con-
1:10. with a 15-minute
Mriod. followed bv ft 45-
iscussion of, "Proving Our
hrough Christian Educa-
Sam Knight will discuss,
laptist Training Union."
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uson B. White
kmously Gets
pie Heart
urple Heart has been post
s' awarded Ferguson Bur
i'liit, 23. Quartermaster.
lass, U. S. Navy, son of
Mrs. Charles Rov White of
kille, who received the rec-
of their son's bravery
re from the War Depart
Is week.
White, a native of Dar-
Wash., whose parents were
ives (if Haywood county,
rrted killed in action on
1943 in the South Pacific
lter- He was a student at
'on Sta:e I'niversitv when
Iteered in the service and
d in Seattle.
Mt his traininer in Snn
N was at the naval base
Harhor when the Jans
fn attack on Dec. 7, 1941.
aiso on combat dutv in
was of the Pacific and
:h the forces nn nnoHal.
a? are h:s narents nno
h- Wilson Howell nf thB
Road.
Construction
py Opens
aynesville
pood Company, Inc., has
r business here to do a
contracting business in
rendering plumbing
,n? service
, , 'SUICI Willi
of coal and fuel.
floan
President of the
' and S. H R.i,i t
12 an,( vi"e president.
r " ni do general build-
n as well as handle
l's of
ltems in that field.
'"fated in the former
al Company yard and
Knal Citizens
41 action Group
I n,Wi"iam H. Smath
f feC!f. N. J., for-
fi Kational citi-
' Action Committee,
v' "Wnitttion for the
mittF?88-.
h Bii m n 18 beaded
Killed In Action
r
PVT. JAMES A. CLARK, who
was reported seriously wounded on
June 6, and then later the War De
partment wired his wife that he
had died on the same day from
wounds received on Invasion Day.
Pvt. James Clark
Reported Dead.
From Wounds
Private Jamse A. Clark, who was
reported seriously wounded in ac
tion on June 6 on Invasion Day in
France, has since been, reported as
having died on the same day from
wounds received. "
His wife, the former Miss Mar
garet ''L!elyn rtiilllps, received the
following second message during
the week:
"The Secretary of War asks that
I assure you of his deep sympathy
in the loss of your husband, Pri
vate James A. Clark. Report re
ceived states that he died six June
in France as result of wounds re
ceived in action. Letter follows."
Pvt. Clark entered the service on
October 1, 1943 and was inducted
at Camp Croft. From Croft he
was tansferred to Fort Jackson
and then to Camp Blanding, Fla.,
later to Fort George Meade, Md.,
and overseas. He has been in
England since March of this year.
At the time he entered the service
he was employed by a Waynesville
taxi company.
Pvt. Clark is the son of J. I.
Clark of Clyde. Surviving are his
wife, his father, one sister, Miss
Ruth Clark of Canton; one broth
er, Hardy Clark of Clyde; three
half sisters, Mrs. Thelma Crabb
of Canton and Miss Betty Jean
and Miss Dorothy Clark of Clyde.
Land To Be Sold
At Auction Here
Next Monday
Three tracts of land will be auc
tioned Monday by Penny Brothers,
the world's original twin auc
tioneers. The first sale will be held on
Jonathan Creek, when the 80-acre
Albeit Howell farm will be sold.
This will be sold as a whole or in
small tracts. This sale will be
held at ten o'clock. Immediately
afterwards, a 6-acre tract on the
Soco Gap road, near Dellwood, will
be 'old.
At four o'clock, part of the C.
H. Ray estate, known as Waynes
ville Heights, will be auctioned.
Cash prizes are to be given at
each sale.
Wellco Has
A Perfect
Production
Record Here
The Wellco Shoe Corporation has
made an outstanding record in the
production of over a million and a
half units for the government, and
not a single item has been rejected.
'The recognition received by the
local manufacturing plant is one
of the highest tributes that can be
paid for precise workmanship.
The plant manufactures hos
pital slippers for every branch of
the government, in adding to leg
gings for the army. The plant has
also made other items for the gov
ernment. The record of the plant places
it in a class almost by itself.
Leo Weill, president of the firm,
said yesterday he was highly pleas
ed with the record, and was especi
ally proud of his employees that
were so carefuL and painstaking to
see that every item was made per
fect. The plant started production
about three years ago, and at that
time, no local people knew anything
about the manufacturing processes
which the plant uses.
"We have over 200 employees,
and they learn quickly, and turn
out beautiful work," said Heinz
Rollman, executive in charge of
production.
Sgt. Wm Medford
Reported Killed
In Action 'July 11
Sgt. William Medford, Jr., who
was reported missing in action in
France on June 6, has been report
ed killed in action on July 4, it was
learned in a message from the
War Department to his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Will Medford, of
Waynesville.
Sgt. Medford, according to the
War Department, rejoined his out
fit on June 11, after he had first
been reported missing.
Sgt. Medford entered the service
in August, 1942, as a volunteer
and was inducted at Fort Jackson,
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Pvt. C. W. Sutton
Reported Killed
In France July 18
Private Charlie W. Sutton, 23,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sutton
of Waynesville, is reported as
killed in action on July 18 in
France, according to a message
received by his wife, the former
Miss Faye Green, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. V. B. Green of Clyde,
R.F.D. No. 1.
Pvt. Sutton was inducted in the
service at Camp Croft on Oct. 1,
1943 and from there transferred
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Fewer War Bonds
Are Being Cashed
"Fewer people are cashing war
bonds now than at any time in
many months," according to James
T. Noland, cashier of the First Na
tional Bank here.
Those bonds that were cashed
were only by people who really had
an urgent need for the money, Mr.
Noland pointed out.
Haywood Goes Far Over
Topln WarBondQuota
Boyhood Friends Killed In Same Battle
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Sergeant Cecil Yount, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Yount, and
Technician Fifth Grade Claude Underwood, who were killed in action
on July 11 on Saipan, according to information sent their parents
by the War Department.
Two Waynesville Boys
Die Together OnSaipan
Two Waynesville men, Sgt. Cecil
Yount, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
Yount, and Technician fifth grade,
Claude W. Underwood, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Rufus Underwood of
Waynesville, R.F.D. No. 1, were
reported killed in action on Sai
pan on July 11.
The messages from the War De
partment were received by their
families here within one hour of
each other. The men had been
friends during their lifetime and
had entered the service at the same
time and had served nearly three
years in the Hawaiian Islands and
were both killed in the game com
bat area on the same day.
The message from theWar De
partment to Mr. and Mrs. Yount
read as follows: "Secretary of War
desires me to express his deep re
gret that your son, Sgt. Cecil
Blaine Yount, was killed in action,
11 July, in Saipan. Letter follows."
Sgt. Yount entered the service
on Sept. 10, 1941, and was inducted
at Fort Bragg. From Bragg he
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Boy Scouts Will
Collect Scrap
Paper Wednesdays
Scrap paper collections will start
next Wednesday afternoon and
continue each Wednesday after
noon for several weeks until all
the paper is collected. Collections
will be made by members of Boy
Scout troop 3, sponsored by the
Rotary Club.
Every member of this troop is
now working, necessitating the
Wednesday afternoon collection,
it was pointed out, and the coop
eration of the public will be ap
preciated. The paper, if possible, should be
tied in neat bundles ol a size easy
to handle. If everyone who has
paper will cooperate to this ex
tent it will speed up the time for
the Scouts and enable them to cover
more territory.
Persons having paper of suffi
cient quantity on hand for col
lection arc asked to phone 202, or
drop a card to "Troop 3," P. O.
Box 175, Waynesville, and a trip
to that place will be scheduled.
The August War Bond quota for
Haywood county is $83,303, accord
ing to J. E. Massie, war finance
chairman.
This week Mr. Massie and his
assistants in the Fifth War Loan
Drive were' completing all details,
as final reports came in. Haywood
went over the Fifth War Loan
quota by $427,141.75. The total for
the county was $1,249,141.75,
against the quota of $822,000. C.
N. Allein was chairman of the
Fith War Loan Drive.
In the E bond division, the quota
was $429,000, while $500,428.75 was
bought, giving $71,428 above the
quota.
Haywood county will be listed on
a bronze plaque together with nine
other counties and placed on a
LSM ship that is now being built
in Charleston. The date for the
launching of the ship has not been
announced.
State and county committee
members were happy over the out
come of the drive, and look for
ward towards meeting the August
quota.
Bishop Garber To
Be Sent By Church
To Geneva Area
Dr. Paul Neff Garber, until re
cently dean of the Divinity School
at Duke Univtrsity, and former
director of the Lake Junaluska
summer school, who was elected
a bishop in the Methodist church in
June, has been assigned to the
Geneva area and will leave Durham
in October. He learned of this
assignment in Chicago, where he
spent last week at a board and
council meeting of the Methodist
church.
Dr. Garber became director of
the Like Junaluska summer school
in 1936 and held the post until the
closing of the summer school. He
has been connected with the Metho
dist assembly since appearing on
the program from time to time.
The Geneva area includes Poland.
Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Jugosla
via, Italy, Spain, Switzerland. Bel
gium, Hungary and North Africa.
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Robert James, 55,
Electrocuted In
Coast Cloudburst
Native Of Fines Creek, In
stantly Killed When He
Stepped On Third Rail.
Funeral services will be held this
morning at 11 o'clock at the Fines
Creek Baptist church for Robert
Cleveland James, 55, native of
Haywood county and former farm
er of the Fine Creek section, who
was instantly killed when he came
in contact with an electrically
charged rail Monday afternoon in
Wilmington, where he has been
employed for the past four years.
The Rev. R. P. McCracken and
the Rev. Thomas Erwin will of
ficiate. Bruial will be in the
church cemetery.
Serving as active pallbearers
will be: Glenn James, Carl Green,
Mark Ferguson, Hiram Green, Way
Fisher, Hugh Ferguson, Link
Ensley and William James.
Honorary pallbearers will be:
Tom Medford, Weaver McCracken,
Reeves Noland, Dave Cabe, Don
Hyatt, Hubert Ferguson, Frank
M. Davis, Frank Ferguson, Jr.,
Vernon Ferguson, Jesse Justice,
W .B. Mooney, Malley Woody,
Lawrence Fisher, Charlie Mc
Cracken, John Hipps, Wiley Green,
Fred L. Safford, Bobby Green,
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7 Haywood Men Post
Bond On Charges By
OPA In Sugar Cases
Killed In Action
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PVT. ERNEST B. MESSER,
son of Mr. and Mrs, L. Z. Meager,
of Waynesville, R.F.D. No. 2, who
was reported missing in action on
June 11 in France, was Inter re
ported killed in action on June 15.
He was the first reported casualty
with the invasion forces in France
from aris area.
Haywood's 6th
Polio Case In
Hominy Section
1$. Sisk Urging Parents
To Use Every Precaution
With Their Children.
The sixth case of polio in Hay
wood county was reported during
the week, it was learned from the
district health department yester
day afternoon. The quarantine has
been lifted from the other five
cases, which are reported to be im
proving.
The last one, a boy of six years
of atr' who resided in the Hominy
section of the county, is the bul
bar type, which suffers from re
stricted breathing. The child was
rushed to the polio emergency hos
pital in Hickory immediately fol
lowing diagnosis, where it was
placed in an iron lung, according
Dr. Risk.
"1 still feel encouraged despite
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First Lady Visits Waynesville
Special Crew Of Investiga
tors Being Brought In T
Run Down Violators.
With eight defendants under fed
eral bonds of $300 to $5,000 each
and all charged with dealing in or
accepting counterfeit sugar cou
pons, Ralph V. Kidd, OPA enforce
ment attorney, said Wednesday a
large force of investigators was
ordered into the Western North
Carolina district yesterday to de
termine the source of the coupons
and to "clean up the deplorable
conditions in both sugar and gas
in Haywood county and points
west."
Mr. Kidd said Tuesday that all
defendants, who were served pa
pers Tuesday and Tuesday night,
had posted bonds and hearings will
be held for them Tuesday, Septem
ber 19th in Waynesville. Seven of
the defendants are from Haywood
county, and one from Buncombe.
The only Asheville man arrested
was G. F. Aiken, manager of the
Nash-Aiken Brokerage Company,
arraigned before U. S. Commis
sioner Eugene Taylor.
Others Included
Other defendants are: T. G.
Boyd, owner and operator of the
Boyd Wholesale company, Waynes
ville; Ned Carvei', Cove Creek;
Robert Davits Cove Creek; Bill
Honeycutt, Clayton, Ga. ; Henry
(Redworm) Miller, Waynesville;
Sam Potts, Waynesville; and Da
vid F. Underwood, Jr., owner and
operator of the Underwood Lumber
and Supply Company, Waynesville, f
Tlyi warrants charge illegal;
practice in the handling of sugar,!
which is claimed to have turned
some half-million pounds of sugar
into illicit channels through the
use of counterfeit coupons. Evi
dence on which the warrants were
issued was worked up by Walter
C. Folger, investigator for the of
fice of price administration. Mr.
Folger has been engaged in this
work in Haywood and other West
ern North Carolina counties for
the past month.
Mr. Kidd and Worth McKinney,
assistant district attorney for the
western district, conferred Wed
nesday morning and it was decided
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MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (rieht) recentlv addressed
an overflow Adience of 3,500 people at Lake Junaluska, and the next
morning was the guest of the Chamber of Commerce at breakfast at
the Piedmont Hotel. Mrs. Roosevelt is shown here with Mrs. M. T.
Tilley, jurisdictional secretary of Christian Social Relations of the
Southeastern Conference, who sponsored Mrs. Roosevelt's appearance
at the Lake. This photograph was made by C. E. Grennell. of Lake
Junaluska.
Bond Posted
In Rationing Case
There's a difference between
"canning" and "canine" sugar, Mrs.
Rufus L. Allen was informed when
arrested Tuesday on a charge of
making a false affidavit in con
nection with her rationing appli
cation for sugar. She had a war
rationing book and sugar coupons
issued to "Jackie Allen," her dog,
OPA investigators said.
Mrs. Allen was placed under
$.'!()() bond for her appearance in
V. S. district court in November.
The defendant was given a nre-
liminary hearing.
Walter C. Folger, investigator
for OPA, got the two books and
the canning sugar coupons from
the defendant several weeks ago.
Property Being
Advertised For !
Unpaid Taxes
Property on which 1943 county
taxes have not been paid are being
advertised in this issue, with notice
being given that the property will
be sold on Monday, Sept. 4, unless
the taxes and cost sare paid before
that date.
The town delinquent list will
be advertised next week and sold on
Monday, Sept. 11th.
Fifteenth Annual
Cataloochee Reunion
To Be Held Sunday
The fifteenth annual Cataloochee
reunion will be held on Cataloochee
at Palmer's Chapel on Sunday,
August 13th. All the former resi
dents of the Cataloochee area, most
of which is now in the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, gather
once a year to renew old associa
tions. All those attending bring
a basket lunch which will be spread
on the chapel grounds at the noon
hour.
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