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Published In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
NO- 50 16 Pages
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1944 (One Day Nearer Victory)
$1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Jvation Army Aims; Hcads Boosters
) Cheer 700 People
ch-ation Army is staging
juive Christmas Cheer pro
B this area, preparing be
600 and 700 baskets and
Jhe needy in the rural sec
fll receive gifts of clothing,
10!t of those in town will
kets of food.
'hriftma? kettle is now on
it daily, and through that
the Army plans to get
0 carry on the work this
(o gift boxes for the army
lound at the stores this year
.past, it was explained, and
ey to the Christmas cheer
11 be raised through dona
mi the money given the
Sunday the Army gave a
is progTam at Shelton
md Bonnie Hill. On Fri
ning they will give a pro-
1 Millers Gap school, and
temoon at the Grace Lum
ip in the Gulf. On Sunday
at Little Creek, and later
Japle Springs Citadel.
ieed for more money this
eds last year, since prices
ier, it was pointed out by
iak
i School Chorus
live Concert Af
lodist Church
Waynesville high school
lub will Rive a concert of
is music at 4:30 o'clock
afternoon at the First
i church, to which the
cordially invited to attend,
'ogram will be as follows:
carols by organ and brass
i; processional, "O Come
Faithful"; Invocation by
R. Williamson, pastor of
i'aynesville Presbyterian
choral response, "The
rayer," Mallotte, by Girls
So Loved the World,"
by the Girls Chorus;
' reading, Isaiah 9:2-8, by
n Messer; "O Come, O
manuel," by choir; Scrip
ding, Luke 2:1-7; "Here
Beasts," "O Little Town
hem," "Silent Night," by
Scripture reading, Luke
Shepherds Watched their
!' choir; Scripture reading,
0-H; "It Came upon the
Clear," "Gloria In Ex
!." by choir; Scripture,
2:1-12; "O Holy Night,"
tie World," by choir with
Gibson as soloist,
ristmas Story, as told by
' Herman; the offering;
"7 Laud and Honor,"
by choir; benediction by
!-tllintt; "As With Gad
of Old." Choral Response;
stlude.
f Comdr. Lee
rted Killed
ermany
Culpepper William Henry
5- Army, son of Comdr.
U- S. Navy retired, of
ue and Mrs. Gertrude Z.
'I'lwaukee, was killed in
wnrmny on December 2,
information received
imiI' from the War De-
en'er.d the service in
? of 1043, following his
.BIrm the Lawrenceville
mBo-s in New Jersey. He
tthed to the Ninth
j; 18 grandson of the
Lee, for many yearg
i the North Carolina
Tation Commission, and
H ra,nesvil,e- He had
father and grand-
Parents and one
ommy Lee, u. S Navy
jGreat Laes Naval
First National To
Have Two-Day
Christmas Holiday
The First National Bank will
be closed on Christmas Day
and Tuesday, 20th, following,
in accordance with a procla
mation issued by Governor J.
Melville Broughton, on De
cember 6, it was learned this
week from Jonathan Woody,
president.
Under the proclamation no
banking business may be law
fully transacted on those two
days. During the period of the
holiday, all the ordinary and
usual operations and business
of all banking corporations,
State and National, in this
state shall be suspended as
authorized by the proclamation.
Woman's Club
Sponsor Annual
Community Tree
The community Christmas tree
Uvhiri- .i 4 ponsored ea.'h year as
a p-it of the Yuletide observance
of the Woman's Club will be staged
on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the court house, according to an
announcement made by Mrs. J. C.
Brown, chairman of welfare of
the club.
A tree will be decorated from
which gifts, fruits, candies and
nuts will be distributed to the
children from this area who are
present for the program.
Rev. L. G. Elliott, pastor of the
First Baptist church, will give the
invocation. This will be followed
by the singing of Christmas carols.
Mrs. Brown will be assisted by
the following committee: Mrs.
James W. Killian, Mrs. A. E. Wil
liamson, Mrs. John M. Queen, Mrs.
James R. Boyd, Mrs. John R.
Hipps, and Miss Jane Wyche.
All members of the club are ex
pected to attend and assist with
the distribution of the gifts.
Fewer Drunks In
Police Court
Since the closing of the majority
of the wine and beer places in Way
nesville, the police record shows the
number arrested for being drunk
has dropped more than fifty per
cent.
Over the past week-end four
were hauled into police court charg
ed with being drunk. An average
of the past has been ten to fifteen.
DEWEY HYATT was elected
president of the Hazelwood Boos
ters Club at the Deccmbsr meet
ing at the Hazelwood Presbyterian
church. The meeting was the an
nual Christmas party for wives of
the members, with W. H. Prevost
in charge of the program, assisted
by Lawrence Leatherwood.
Mr. Hyatt succeeds George Bis
choff as president. Mr. Hyatt
served as secretary last year. Other
officers are John W. Taylor, secre
tary, and Frank Compton was re
elected treasurer of the 20-year-old
organization.
A group of students from the
Hazelwot rchool gave a Christ
mas program of songs and recita
tions, and Mr.. Leatherwood show
ed pictures illustrating the work in
"visual education" which is being
started in the school.
Benefit Motion
Picture With
Admission By Toy
There will be a benefit showing
of "Storm Over Lisbon," with
Vera Ralston and Eric Von Stro
hcim, at the Park Theatre on Fri
day afternoon, as a courtesy of
James E. Massie, owner of the
theatre.
Admission to the theatre will be
by the presentation of a good old
toy or a new one. Children of the
grammar grades will be admitted
in this manner. Older groups will
pay the regular admission fee.
These toys will be donated to the
Woman's Club by Mr. Massie to
be used on the community Christ
mas tree to be staged on Saturday
afternoon at the court house.
All the children in the commun
ity are urged to attend the per
formance, and if not able to be
present to send a gift to be used
on the tree.
Elementary Schools
To Present Christmas
Programs This Week
The Wavnesville Township ele-
Presbyterian
Church To Have
Christmas Pageant
The Your.g People of the Pres
byterian church will present a
Christmas pageant-on Sunday even
ing at the church at 7:30 o'clock.
Living
m.rt.r,, cVmnla will nresent their The title of thi pageant,
annual Christmas programs this ' Picture?", will be under the di
week. The programs will be in rection of Miss Dorothy Richeson
Scripture and Song. The gl e clubs and the characters will be portray
and rhythm bands of each school ; ed by groups of young people,
will give the programs under direc-1 During the pageant the voices
tioa of Mrs. John Carver. I of children will be heard singing
East Waynesville program will some of the most beautiful and
be given Thursday, 11 o'clock. Haz- j best loved Christmas carols. The
elwood program will be given public is inv.ted to the service.
Thursday, 2 o'clock. Central pro- I The service Sunday morning will
gram will be given Friday, 11 be featured I by special music by the
o'clock. All patrons of each school j church cho.r undr the direction of
are invited to attend the programs, i Charles Isley.
$250 Needed By Lions
For Their Cheer Fund
The dime board operated by the
Liong Club for their annual Christ
mas cheer fund had about $350 on
it yesterday afternoon, with con
tributions continuously coming in.
The officials of the club are anx
ious to get at least $600 since pric
es on many items are higher than
last year, and there is a greater de
mand for their services in their
sight conservation program.
The money will be used either
for Christmas baskets, or giving
medical attention to people with
impaired eyesight.
W. Curtis Russ
Elected President
Community Council
Plans formulated for coming
year's work at annual
meeting on Monday
W. Curtis Russ was elected presi
dent of the Community Council at
the annual meeting of election of
officers held on Monday night. Mr.
Russ succeeds Mrs. Rufus Siler.
Others elected to serve with Mr.
Russ were: vice president, Clyde
Fisher; secretary, Mrs. F. G- Rip
petoe; and treasurer, Joe Davis.
Different phases of the work were
discussed at length at the meeting
Monday and new policies for the
coming year's activities were for
mulated. The group in reviewing the work
of the past year were elated over
what had bten accomplished and
enthusiastic support was pledged
to the new executive board mem
bers. A meeting will be held of the
council about the middle of Janu
ary. In the meantime the execu
tive board will meet and make plans
to be presented to the general
council meeting.
The Community Council was or
ganized last year and an extensive
recreational program for the com
munity has been inaugurated since
that date, with an all-time director
in charge of activities. N
Pvt. Jack Wright
Reported Seriously
Wounded, Germany
Private Jack E. Wright, U. S.
Army, has been reported seriously
wounded in action in Germany on
November 22, according to infor
mation received by his wife, Mrs.
Catherine T. Wright, of Hazelwood.
Pvt. Wright entered the service
in June, 1943, and was inducted at
Camp Croft and from there was
transferred to Fort George Meade,
Md., and then overseas, where he
has been serving with the First
Army for the past year.
Prior to entering the service he
was employed by the A. C. Law
rence Leather Company, Hazel-wood.
Miss Meta Dicus, who is a stu
dent at Lee's McRae college, has
arrived to spend the Christmas
holidays with hor parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Dicus.
Killed In Action
Killed On Street
"iiu.jtyr pps
if '
DORETTA JOYCE BALEN
T1NE, 11-year-old daughter ol
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Balentine,
who was instantly killed on the
10th by a taxi as she started
across the street in front of her
home.
Police To Deal With
Traffic Violators
Town's
Fire Loss
Only $236
Waynesville-Hazt lwood had
the lowest fire loss in 1944 of
any period on record, it was
learned this week from Clem
Fitzgerald, chief of the local
department. The records of
the department show a long of
$236 for the two towns during
the past 12 months.
Numerous calls have been
answered, but all had small, or
no loss reported.
Felix Stovall is assistant fire
chiif, and there are sixteen
volunteer firemen in the two
towns.
STAFF SERGEANT WILLIAM
EARL LEATHERWOOD, 23, son
of Mrs. Mattie Byers Leatherwood,
of Clyde, and the late J. T. Leath
erwood, who has been reported
killed in action in England on
November 21. He was serving on
a B-24 Liberator Bomber at the
time he was reported missing. He
volunteered in the service on Sept.
15, 1943, and had been overseas
for the past five months. He is sur
vived by his wife, the former Miss
Harriett Chambers, of Waynesville
and Clyde, his mother, one brother,
Tom Leatherwood and two sisters,
Miss Emelyn Leatherwood of
Clyde, and Mrs. Hugh Ratcliff, of
Waynesville.
Sgt. R. E. Turpin
Wins Third Oak
Leaf Cluster
Technical Sergeant Richard E.
Turpin, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John T. Turpin, of Waynesville,
radio operator and gunner on the
B-17 Flying Fortress, "Hit Pa
rade," has won a third Oak Leaf
Cluster to his Air Medal for merit
orious achievement . . . coolness,
courage and skill" during Eighth
Air Force bombing attacks on mili
tary and industrial targets in Ger
man and Nazi occupied Europe.
The information was received
from the headquarters of the
Fighth Air Force bomber station
in England.
Strt. Turpin, a show horse train
er and exhibitor was employed by
the W. F. Buckley Shows, before
entering the Army Air Forces. He
is a graduate of the Waynesville
high school.
He is a member of the 34th Bob.
Group, a unit of the Third Bom
bardment Division, the division
cited by the President for its now
historic England - Africa shuttle
bombing of Messerschmitt plants
at Regensburg, Germany. He has
participated in aerial assaults on
a variety of objectives, including
enemy airfields and aircraft plants
and oil refineries and front line
positions.
Six High School
Rooms Go Over
95 In Bond Drive
The Waynesville Township
schools and the county schools will
close tomorrow for only a two days
Christmas holiday, due to the de
lay in starting the schools last fall.
The classes will resume work on
Wednesday, the 27th.
In the Waynesville high school
six home rooms had a half holiday,
making over 95 per cent purchases
in the sixth war loan drive.,
Two of the home rooms, that of
Miss Margaret Terrell and Mrs.
Mary Ann Loflin made a hundred
per cent sale record, while four
other home rooms rated as follows:
Mrs. J. C. Brown, 98 per cent; Mrs.
Hugh Sloan, 97 per cent; Miss
Amelia Leatherwood, 96 per cent;
and Miss Margaret Perry, 95 per
-er
All students who 1 d boug '
bonds were given a holiday the en
tire day on Friday.
On Tuesday the annual Christ
mas sermon was delivered by Rev.
L. G. Elliott. On Wednesday even
ing the band gave their annual con
cert. Today at the assembly per
iod the tchoral clubs will tive t
program under direction of ChasiJ
Isley.
The regular Christmas luncheon
will be served the students in the
lunch rooms today. The usual
Christmas programs will be given
today and tomorrow in the gram
mer grades.
Gifts For Veterans
To Be Sent To
Hospitals Saturday
The collection of gifts for the
veterans in the government hos
pitals in Asheville will continue
through Saturday afternoon, it was
learned from Mrs. J. C. Brown,
president of the American Legion
Auxiliary.
The collection of gifts for the
men who have served in the Amer
ican armed forces has been spon
sored by the American Legion and
Auxiliary.
Anyone wishing to add to the
Christmas cheer for theRe men is
asked to have their package mark
ed with its contents so that the
hospital workers can know how to
distribute the gifts among the
men.
The gifts will be taken to the
hospital in Asheville late Saturday
afternoon.
County Offices
Will Have 2 Days
For Christmas
All offices in the courthouse will
be closed both on Christmas Day
and the following Tuesday, it was
learned from George A. Brown,
Jr., county manager, and chairman
of the county board of commis
sioners. The closing of the offices does not
apply to the sheriff's department,
which will remain open as usual,
both "day and night," throughout
the holidays.
There will be few if any calls
at the offices the day after Christ
mas, seemed to be the general
opinion of the heads of the various
offices.
Double Parking, Over-Time
Parking and Speeding To
He Watched By Police.
Drastic measures regulating traf
fict here were put into effect this
morning, with a full-time police
man on duty to issue tickets to all
violators. The town officials ord
ered the "clamp-down" in order te
curb double parking on Main Street,
parking over the one hour limit,
and speeding.
Norman Caldw 11 was put in
charge of the traffic and instruct
ed to give every violator a traffic
ticket to appear at the city halL
where the penalties as provided by
law will be imposed.
Traffic has increased during the
past few months, and many moto
rists have made a habit of double
parking without giving the matter
any apparent thought, it was point
ed out.
Motorists who park longer than
an hour on Main Street, between
the hours " "in the rea
between uio Hotel and
Pigeon Street will be tagged and
given a ticket.
The action was taken as a safety
measure, both to motorists and pe
destrians, and to relieve the conjes
tion j.n Man Street
(j?r thttt week-end traffic Jams
were created by double parking that
held up the flow of traffic for ten
minutes at a time, a town official
pointed out.
Haywood Far Behind
With E Bond Sales
War Bond officials were concern
ed yesterday over the failure of five
townships in this area failing to
meet thetr war bond quotas in the
sixth drive. The county was lagg
ing about $105,000 in E bonds yes
terday, and special effort will be
made to increase the sale of this
type bond between now and Jan
uary first, in order to get credit on
the county quota. The Waynes
ville area yesterday was credited
with having purchased $587,05525.
Haywood is credited with buying
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Sgt. Cecil Yount
Posthumously
Given Purple Heart
Sgt; Cecil H. Yount, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Oliver A. Yount, of
Waynesville, who was killed in ac
tion in the Saipan Islands on July
11, of this year, has been post
humously awarded the Purple
Heart for bravery and heroism in
action. His parents have recently
received the award.
Sgt. Yount entered the service
on September 10, 1941, having re
ceived his training at Camp Wel
ters, Tex., Fort Ord Calif., and
the Hawaiian Islands. The fol
lowing letter has been received by
his parents from the chaplain of
his company:
"May I extend to you my deep
est sympathy, for the great sorrow
that has come to you in the lose
of your son, Sgt. Cecil Yount.
"Sgt. Yount was a good soldier.
He had won the affection and re
spect of his officers and his fellow
soldiers. The bravery shown in
his daily actions against the enemy
proved his courage and loyalty to
his task. By his refusal to seek
his own safety, choosing rather to
fight it out with the enemy, reflect
credit and honor, not only to his
country, but to all who loved him.
I shall never forget the heroism
and vaior, displayed by our men
on Saipan. He died in the faith
ful performance of his duties. No
man could do more for his country.
"He was given burial respecting
the tenets of his church with mili
tary honors.
"May the God of all mercy and
comfort, bless you for having given
so much to your country in its hour
of need. Having committed him
to His care long ago, I know He
will not fail you now.
"If I can help you in any way,
please do not hesitate to write."
Haywood Tobacco
Growers Get
$56.60 Per 100
Two Haywood tobacco growers
"brought home the bacon" from the
market this week. Roger Medford
and J. Manson Morrow sold 1,434
pounds of Burley which averaged
them $55.60 per hundred pounds.
The total amount received was
$789.14.
The tobacco was sold in Morris
town, Tenn.