North Carolina Newspapers

The Waynesville Stav By His Side By Giving Generously To The Red Cross OUNTAINEER Published In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park SIXTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 11 14 Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1915 (One Day Nearer Victory) $1.75 in Advance in Haywood and Jackaon Counties M tyluch Interest Jhown Here In Ivil Air Patrol Classes Being Held Every Thursday Night At The Local Armory For Cadets. adet and adult enlistment in ,1 ajr patrol is now under way, ing been launched iecently h a talk to the Waynesville high Wl tsudents by Lt. Emory this of the Canton flight. ,enior CAP enlistment is open hose 18 to 80 years of age and et enlistments are open to high ool students of 15 to 18. The anization meeting of the Way ville flifiht of the Civil Air rnl was held Thursday night, rrh 8. in the armory with Dan Ikins aclinp. commander, pre n At this organization meet the staff officers from the Can dlelit assisted in completing enlistment of 60 senior mem 5 and cadets. For the present classes will be held weekly Thursdays at 8:00 p. m. at the i atalk to the Waynesville high ounce the staff of the Waynes : wing. he CAP program being current nost stressed is the formation, ning. and processing of cadet ips. A complete course in army inization, drill, military cour sy and dicipline is offered: ory of flifiht, navigation, met orv. flight rules, service and ntenance, and radio communi ng. The training is designed irepare the youtns utKing me se for service with the army navy when they reach the age 8. ii the senior personnel, com e ground school in aeronautics ivailahle, covering everything t of actual flight training. The se. it was pointed out, would about $300 in aviation schools, ihrought material, training aids assistance available through army air forces and the CAP, inly cost to the student is time interest plue a willingpess to e use of the knowledge acquir n training others. le CAP is an auxiliary unit of army air forces and the impor- e of the AAF attached to the i of the CAP was emphasized i message last month to the iht Day dinners by the North lina Wing of Civil Air Patrol General H. H. Arnold, Com rling General of the Army Air es. who had this to say about 'Continued on page 8) Reported Killed t. Trantham sported Seriously wiided In Action ivate Grover C. Trantham, of e. R.F.D. No. 1, has been usly wounded in Belgium, ac ing to information received by nfe. t Trantham has been in the ce since December, 1943, and inducted at Camp Croft. He stationed at Fort Jackson, and transferred to a post in Texas 'e being sent overseas. He first stationed in England and in France. ' Trantham ,'s the father of children, six of them old gh to attend school. At the oed by the North Carolina building Company, Wilming ne entered the service he was Posthumously Awarded S-SGT. RICHELYN HOMER HOLT, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Holt, who was first reported miss ing in action last August in France, has been officially declared killed in action tins week, according to a message to his parents from the War Department. Sgt. R. H. Holt Reported Killed In Action Staff Sgt. Richelyn Homer Holt. U. S. Air Forces, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Holt, of Hyder Moun tain, who was reported missing on August 8, 1944, in France, has been officially declared killed in action by the war department, - Sgt. Holt entered the service in July, 1942, and was inducted at Camp Blanding. Fla. From the latter he was sent to Atlantic City, then Denver, Colo., and later to Salt Lake City before he was sent overseas. He arrived in North Africa in February, 1943, and from there went to Italy and later to France. At the time he entered the ser vice he was employed by the Jones Construction Company of West Palm Beach, Fla. He is survived by his parents: two brothers, Captain Jack Holt, now with the 7th Army in Ger many, and Thomas Carleton Holt. STM 2-c, U. S. Merchant Marines, stationed at Sheepshead Bay. N. Y.; and his grandmother, Mrs. S. F. Hightower. of Wrightsville, Ga. Calvin Francis Meads 4-H County Club Council County Organization Per fected Here During Week Of l-II Clubs. Calvin Francis was elected presi dent of the Haywcod County 4-H Club Council, which was organized at a meeting at the court house during the week. Others elected to serve with young Francis includ- H tUr. r.ll i Nice president, Edith Noland, Fines Creek: secretary and treas urer. Hirawatha Shook, Bethel; historian, L. J. Cannon. Canton; chairman program, Joan Boone. Waynesville, with H. R. Caldwell. Crabtree. Nancy Walker, Fines Crock and Raymond Tathani, Can ton as members. The purpose of the organization of the council is to make plans for the various phases of the work to be done in the individual clubs as well as in the county projects. These will include county camps, tours, achievement days, club pro grams and projects. Membership in the council is composed of all officers of the nine 4-H clubs in the county. When new officers are elected in the clubs they automatically become mem bers of the council for the com ing year. The organization was perfected under (he supervision of Howard Clapp, county farm agent, and Miss Mary Margaret Smith and Miss Jewel Graham, county home agents. The next meeting of the council will he held in the court house on Saturday, March 31, at 10:00 o'clock at which time. Rev. J. Clay Madison, pastor of the First Me thodist Church, Waynesville, will address the group. Hoisting Old Glory Over Iwo L. who was killed m action last uw ' UKVa post 1 and two citations. Purple Maj. E. L. Withers Arrives From kalv For 30-Day Leave "One of the chief concerns of the men overseas is what will take place at the peace table," said Major Ernest L. Withers, of the AAF, who arrived home this week after 17 months of service in Italy. Major Withers is serving with a heavy bombardment group of the 15th Air Force. He volunteered in the service in 1941, and is en titled to wear the Pre-Pearl Har bor ribbon, American theatre, F.u- ropean-African-Middlc East ribbon, three battle stars for two Italian campaigns and one German cam paign, and a unit Presidential Cita tion. "I would like to tell you what a wonderful job the Red Cross is doing overseas for the enlisted men especially. They are giving them a touch of home as well as enter tainment. And every man in the armed forces gets homesick the minute he leaves this country," said Major Withers. "There is nothing that affects the morale of the men as much as to pick up a paper, and they arc all old Tjy the time they reach us and read where some plant in this country has had to close down on account of a strike," he said. "The newspapers back home (Continued on page 8) George D, Aiken Called Home By Death Of Father George D. Aiken, of the com posing department of The Waynes ville Mountaineer, was called to his home on Tuesday by the death of his father, R. S. Aiken, at a hospital in Gastonia. Mr. Aiken had been in ill health for sometime and his death was not unexpected at this time. Pvt. R. C. Fleming, Canton, Reported Killed In Action Private Russell C. Fleming, hus band of Mrs. Hester Stamey Flem ing, and son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Fleming, of Joe, was killed in action on the Philippines Decem ber 18, awarding to information received by his wifq. ;- . ., Pvt. Fleming," who was Employ ed by the- Jones Wood Working Shop in Canton at the time he entered the service, was inducted on June 3, 1943, at Camp Croft and took his basic training at Fort McClellan and was later sent to Fort Ord, Calif. He had been serving overseas since November, 1943. He first served in Austra lia, and was in combat in New Guinea. Netherland East Indies and was with the invasion forces Oil L-ilTC. He was active in religious affairs in his community. Surviving are his parents, his wife, one small daughter, Charlie Sue, and three brothers, Sgt. Ray Fleming, now in Germany, Pfc. Plato Fleming, also in Germany and Sam Fleming, of Indiana: and several half broth ers and sisters: His wife and small daughter are making their home with her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Stamey, at their home in Joe. k.MM...W,qfr l, W .BlWSIA.lllll. I ,;i y v m 7 him & Chapter Needs $3500 to Meel Cross Goal Red This history-making photo, radioed from Guam shows U. S. Marines of the &8th. Regiment, 5th Division hoisting the Stars and Stripes on the rocky summill of Mt. Surlhachi. Iwo .lima. While the marines were planting Old Glory out in the Pacific, the Yanks were crossing tho Rhine and the Russians were making a powerful drive toward Berlin. The American First Army were driving through heavy German lire five miles North of the Hemagen Bridge. General Patton and his Third Army were forcing close death traps upon pocketed Nazis on the hank of the Hosel. Fines Creek Is Ahead On Red Awarded Oak Leaf And Purple Heart PVT. JOHN HILL, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hill, of Waynesville. R.F.D. No. 2, has been awarded the Purple Heart and an Oak Leaf Cluster, according to information received by his parents. Pvt. Hill has been wounded twice, the first time in Italy on November 4, 1943, and the second time in France on December 23, 1944. He has also been cited for bravery in combat on Anzio beach head. Pvt. Hill volunteered in the ser vice and left here with Company H-' in September, 1940. He was first stationed at Fort Jackson. Be fore being sent overseas he was further trained at Fort Ord. Calif., and Camp Pickett. Va. He took part in the invasions of Arfica, Sicily. Italy and France. At the time he entered the ser vice he was employed by the Waynesville Laundry. The Fines Creek .school over - subscribed their 1? c d Cross quota six times, accord ing to Fred Stafford, principal. The quota was $78 and the school turned over $402 to the Red Cross treasurer The contest in the school ended in a tie between I he fifth and seventh grades, with donations totaling $35.26 each The school recently raised $131 for the polio fund, which was also above their quota. Pfc.lliadlTou-cll Listed Slight! v Wounded Feb. 20 Private First Class Thad D Howell has been slightly wounded in action in Germany on February 20, according to a message receiv ed by his mother, Mrs. Oarmel O Howell, of Cove Creek, which came from the War Department during the past week. Pfc. Howell entered (h- service in September, 1940. and war, in ducted at Camp Croft. He train e"d at a number of posts in this country prior to being sent over seas, where he was first stationed in England and later in France. At. the time he was wounded he was attached to the ):t h Divi sion of the Third Army in Germany. Capt. Geo. Plott Officially Declared Pfc. Robt. Sutton Listed Wounded In Action In Italy. Private First Class Robert W. Sutton, son Of Mr. and Mrs Robert L. Sutton, of Waynesville. was wounded on February 22 in Italy, according to information received by his parents. Pfc. Sutton entered the service on March 19, 1943, and was in ducted at Fort Jackson. He was sent to Camp Hood, Tex., for his basic training and then to Camp Hale, Colo. From the latter he was transferred to Camp Swift, Tex., and then overseas. He has served in the European theatre for the past three months. His condition is reported to be satisfactory, according to reports from the hospital where he is be ing treated. At the time he entered the scr vk!e Pfc. Sutton was employed by the TV A at Fontana. Miss Ann Osborne, who spent several days here, has returned this week to Chapel Hill, where she will resume her studies at the University of North Carolina. Captain George K. Plot I. son of John A. Plod, and the laic Mrs. Plott. of Way lies-, ille, wbo v-a.s re ported missing in action in the European war Ihcalre on Decem ber 2f. 1!I44. has been declared killed in action in a message re ceived In his father. Captain PloM. 1 1 S. Infantry, was active in the National Guard unit for several years before the local Company "II" was called in to active .service on Sep! ember Mi, He was staf imieil ,il the follow in;; posts helore be was s nl over se.i , in November. 1914: Fort J.n k- ron ' ;onp Hl.iM'ling. ( amp l or vet. Camp Car: on. Colo . Camp Robin .on. Ark . and Camp Hucker, Ala. Capl Plot wa-; a well known fanner and -loikman In Haywood county at the time he left here in HMO. lie is survived by hi:, father, his f.tepinoth'T, and one sister, Mi.ss Gia- Plotl. of Washington. D. C He is a nephew n Major George Plott. C :, Air Force, veteran of World War I. who is now .station ed at Dycrshurg. Teiin. Mrs. C.ilvin M Daniel, daughter of Mr and Mrs .1 II Matney. has gone In San Kei nalo. Calif., to visit her hu Jiand who is stationed at a post there Missing In Action iiiunium.mi.un ili.h nmmmuiimu) miuiimi. W'fc - - v- ' '"''' - 4 - iifcii i, I, iiiiifiT'--m urn , STAFF SGT. CLARENCE E. ARRINGTON, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar T. Arrington, of Waynesville, R.F.D. No. 1, who has been re ported missing in action over Yugoslavia since January 15. He volunteered in the service in Sep tember, 1943. At the time he en tered the air corps he was employ ed by the North Carolina ShiD- building Company, Wilmington, Crahtree School Has Outstanding Attendance Marl The xenlors of the Cialilree Iron Duff school Net up what n believed a utate record dur ing (he sixth month, with 1 00 per cent attendance. Not only did the seniors establish a line record, hut the entire liixh school had an average atten dance of 99.41, which meant lh.it only six absence were recorded during the month for the :HIi. 10th and l!th grades. .1. T. Chappel is principal and Mrs. Chappel is sponsor of the senior class. Nearly TOO Men Reclassified During Past Week Nmely-eight men were reclassi fied during the past week by the local draft board with thirteen oi the group placed in class l-A at follows: Roy F. Arrington. Eugene C. Rotiscr. Rufus G. Arrington, .lack L. 'Riddle, Roy Riddle. Mark W. Sutton, Curtis Young, Marshall C G.n land. Dexter James Orr. Wil U;.'in Fredrick Lmpley, Hay Wind ford Rathbone. Henry Rufus Cald we'l. and Louis Edward Moore. Placed in class 2-B I-' was Frank Edwin Leatherwood. Continued in class 2-A (Fi war, Dvid N. Smart. Continued In class 2-H weie: Herman Francis Inman. .loe Car lyle Howell, Pless Pressnrll. Celo vis ('. Boone, Hugh I- Walker, Grady VV. Overman. Dewey A. Scruggs. Willie D. Sherrill. Cleve land (J. Parks, Ira McCliue, Gay L" Rradshaw, Jack H. Snyder, James V. Oliver, Thomas M. Gra ham. John F. Moore. Hugh Iv Leath erwood, Burl E. Nichols, .lack E. Burnette, Vernon C. Winchester, William M. Janes. Tliiirman E. Smith. Jacob D. Hasketl. Joseph M. Carver, Horace F. Crawford. Clarence O. Green. Many I. Scruggs, Clifford C. .Stanley, Al ton Rathbone, Roscoe Overman, Charles K. Allison. Ralph B. Wood Bid, William H. Howell, Guy H. (Continued on page Hi Pt. J. 1 1 Rogers Reported Killed In Action In Italy I'm .it'- "lies 1 1 Roger.s son of Mr .in I Mi s .lames II Rogers, of U;i; nr .i ilir I; I' I). No, 1, was kilh-'l hi M't.,ui iu 1 1 ,i I . according lo a m- .if r 1 1, mi the War Depart ment l" In . p.r tnI -. I hi., week IM H, us i s entered I he service on pii l:l.i and was induct ed it I'uiip Cintt e took Ins bn .ii' i .' H 1 1 1 1 i : ; at ' ".imp Hood, Tex , ami li"Mi there was sent to Fort Gcoi-e Mi .Hie, Mil , and then over see . whin- hi ha. served for the past ii ni.'ii'lis l the nine lie entered the ser vice In- i. i-mploveil b a ship hiiiUinii' ii'i'.p.iiu in Ne,v Orleans. He w.-e i i;i "laate of I he Fines Creek liii'h i liin'l IM Um'.ers is survived by his parents lour Listers, Mrs. Dewey Cooper. a nrs ie, Mrs. Lloyd P. Campbell. Shai psliurg, Md.. Mrs. Charles U Owens, of Travel's Rest. S C. and Miss Anne Dee Roi'ers. V a-, ne .ville: two brothers. Pvl Ei nest Rogers, who has been behl as a Geii'iaii prisoner since October. I!(l . and Graham Rogers, of Clyde 7 Men Report For Prc-lnduct'ion Examinations Thirty seven men left here on Wednesday. morning for pre-lnduc-tion physical eaiitiiialioiu at Fort Rra.';g from the area under the V::., iH'sville draft .board- !iu Tii-V C.-rii ("-"Was ti! tilid leader of I he ronp. and fcimer Uavnl lli ii hiN served as assistant leader no I he trip lo the induction center There v. as one Iransler in I he group. Lewis Carver, who was 1 1 ansleireil from the hoard ill Rol) hiusvillc (It hers were: li'iv .lolui Tran th.iio. .lolui pi I's.-.li'v. Jr., Floyd Edwin I i .her. Paul Edwaid Craig. Tiny Lee Vil. on. Leo' Garnet 1'iilry. 1 1 1 1 l.i i I Me I, a iii Sheehan. Roy Erlvv.o-ds. Fmil Walter Wright. ( ' V I'.M k Knlii 1 1 Austin Morgan. Leonard llin n. .lanies Carl Stacy. limine .lenlnns. rt'illiam Albert MeCi ael.t-n. .lolui 'ei non Anders, William lov hiH'ii. John Roy Carver. ' T.dc Smith. VVinfred James Hannah. I dwurd Earl Nel son, .la' Ii Hay Ferguson. Brown A.ibcr.v lihoil n iner. Roman Mas sie, William (Mi'ui Davis, Charles Loin, (ield Hnv, nil I .mil . Blown, Leonard M I Ih", . I iiiene 'arniichael Hous er. IVI.u I ill. nu : iutton, Marshall 'ahe ( ;.o land. C'-ril Earl Owenby, Rui ns . 1 1 L .ii Arrington. Jack I einiiinl Ki'lillr. and Ro.' Lee Riddle. I Some Groups Have Mot Re ported, Seeing To Reach Their Designated Goals. "I am urging the people to makt their contributions and asking al committee members to contact each person on their list or ii their vicinity so that the campaigr may be completed this week," saw R. B. Davenport, chairman of th( War Fund drive of the Haywoor Chapter, American Red Cross. t The Waynesville area quota which was set at $7,800 is $3.5011' behind, with only a total of $4.3l)(i turned in to H. B. Atkin3. chapteij treasurer. "I feel sure that it is only ; j matter of calling the attention ot the people to the drive, for I fori f that each person in thi:; entirp community would like to oontrr- ; bute to the Red Cross this year ' , said Mr. Davenport, who pointed; : out the great urgency for wor?. ; among men overseas. In cases where persons have no' s been solicited for funds thev an , asked to send their donations m hi H. B. Atkins, treasurer, or sloni at his office on Main Street am leave their contributions. The plans in the beginning call cd for a ten-day drive, but ar falling far behind the time srhed tiled. In a number of instance it was pointed out, that chairmt: had not turned in their donations.; but were waiting, hoping that their i quotas would be increased. ; "We have more men in the scrl j vice han ever before and the need i has never been so great for Red Cross work both at home and over-; seas, so I am making a plea with j the people of this area to clos the drive this week," said Mr, Davenport. ' j The students and faculty of St. ; John's i School raisedft in a ' J thr.ie(i' drive they niiductn, froirr (2th' throtftaV-the 15th The i' students were asked to make the call for Red Cross funds their I mi ; number one Lenten sacrifice. 1 (Jet: lr onc Star ji Major Lancaster Will Return Here After Duration Major N. F. Lancaster will rc turfi to Waynesville and resume practice of medicine immediately after the duration, it was learned Tuesday while-hc was in town on business. Major Lancaster entered service three years ago -last month, and is on the hospital staff at Camp Gor don, near Augusta, Ga. STAFF SGT. KINGTON, son riiiglnu Iii one WILLIAM G. AR of Mrs. W. R. Ar- li is been awarded the Star for "meritorious achievement lioiu 14 June, 1944, to 21 November. 1944, in France, Belgium. Holland and Germany." He left here with Company "H" National Guard unit, in 1940 and has been overseas since February, 1944. tie is serving as mess ser goanl and is attached to the 30th ! Division. His wife and two sons live at their home on the Balsam Road. Sgt. Arrington has four brothers in the service: Lt. Lowell Arring ton, now in France; S-Sgt. Larry C. Arrington, patient in Walter Reed Hospital; Sgt. Sam Arring ton; and Carl E. Arrington, S 1-c. Draft Board Seeks Information About ; Ten Registrants The Waynesville draft hoard i: seeking the Whereabouts of l"n men registered with the board to whom all loiters have heeii re turned. The last location of the men with their addresses given the board were as follows: Dock Wr.a- -er Clark. Glendora Chews Land ing, N. J.; Clinton H. Caldwell. Lake Junaluska; Jess Scrugp, Highland Park, Gastonia; John Pinkney McElroy, Wa riesville, H. F. D. No. 1: George Graham Ste wart, Box 15, Van Deyhe. Mich Samuel Joseph Hall. Trailer No. K 312, Site 2, Defense liousin? Project, Middle River, Md ; John Riley Mathis. Waynesville; Sid Gibson, Waynesville; Eugene Ed ward Love. Waynesville; .less Rav Duckeet. Clyde, R.F.D. No 1; and Carl Nelson Valentine or Carl Nel son Sharp, Livingston, Montana, formerly of Waynesville Nine Men Make Up March Quota; . Go To Fort Bragg Nine men, making up the March quota under the selective service system for the Waynesville area, left here on Monday morning, re porting to Fort Bragg for active , service. William Carroll Whitner served as leader of the group. Others were: Fred Herbert Cal houn, Frank Benjamin James. Hampton Webb, Hector Clyde Fob inson, Walter Kelly Stame Stephen Joe Cogdill, Joe Edga1 Young, and Carroll Baxter Mea- dows. I Chicago Business Man Visitor Here Mr. and Mrs J H Trantham Chicago, are visiting the former's J mother in Asheville. and other rel-cj atives and friends in Haywood. , V Mr. Trantham is manager of the, Chicago office of tho Charle3'. Scribner's Sons. He has been with the firm 37 years. if' IIa nnrl Mrs Tranth.nn 1p3Vl? here Saturday for a brief business trip to Atlanta and then back to Chicago. I "I'm coming back to Haywood to live before too long," Mr. Trantha msaid. "This is one spot 1 1 dearly love, and am proud to call. it my native county." .- i ?r j