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V The Waynesville Mountaineer. Published In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park rv His Side By ving Generously r The Ked Cross .FIRST YEAR NO. 13 12 Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1945 (One Day Nearer Victory) $1.75 in Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties al Estate Sales In laynesville Active Wins In Contest Lber of Pieces of perty Sold Here Eing Past Few ks. it sales were unusually j ........ l.o nast two re OHM" r ith several large t the latest sales was that Dr ano mi a. -j. home in Grimball Park ind Mrs. Joe E. Rose. La Mrs Heinz KOiiman (the Rose home and three property at Balsam. m Crawford and Howell L hotifiht the Theodore W Lne oti Main Street for 1 home. Morgan bought 15 acres creek and Verlin Noland ... . ii .... 3 acres, an irom myn and Alvin T. Ward. This If the Green Valley Farm, nsists of 57 acres. Medford, J. K. Ferguson Welch bought the Clark licli has a brick bungalow :res this week. This place n the Lake and Clyde. Reeves bought a house rom Jim Moody in Hazel- Pfc. Herman Fie Listed Wounded In Action Feb. 24 Private First Class Herman Fie. son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Fie, of Waynesville, has been re ported slightly wounded in action in Germany on February 24, ac cording to information received by his parents. Pfc. Fie entered the service in July, 1944, and was sent to Camp Croft for induction in the army.. From there he was transferred to Camp Wolters, Tex., and then to Fort George Meade, Md., and over seas. At the time he entered the ser vice Pfc. Fie was employed by C. E. Ray's Sons Department Store. AX iSy - Of CAP ;es Changed 8:00 To 7:30 lectins date of the CAP in classes which are held igh school each Monday has been changed from 7:30, it was learned this bm Dan Watkins, acting Her of the group. pnday night special pic- Btricted) which have been by the Army Air Corps, wn as part of the course fered. arc around 75 adults and polled in the course and ly all of them plan to I the eighmffJIIs Jerlpt ttion. ..' xtbooks have arrived and coarse is now underway, jarned from Mr. Watkins, iM. Sutton ' -led Bronze ledal rifth Grade Ernest M. Sut- 9f Mr. and Mrs. George C. f Waynesville, has recent- awarded the Bronze Star ir heroic achievement in ccording to a recent war nt announcement. also been awarded three attle Stars for Normandy, France and Germany s. ation accompanying the :ar Medal read as follows: M. Sutton, Technician ide. Troop C. Cavalry Re pce Squadron (Mecz.) States Army, for heroic ent in action on 17 Sep 1944, in Fauconcourt, His armored car moved :oncourt, with orders to he town. The car was 'to position and the re of his team was in the lf setting up their posi md the vehicle. A Ger "vWheeled armored car f" a 75 mm cannon, ap- a range of less than s- Technician Sutton, we turrent, and without pened fire immediately, 5 we car and killing three ot the crew and seriously the fourth. His alert heroic action saved the nlrs of his section and members of his platoon the time taking up po oler parts of the town, red the service on March nd has served overseas ast 12 months. I Forty Men Are Reclassified By Draft Board Forty men were reclassified by the local draft board during the past week with the following placed in class 1-A: William Malcolm Janes. James Carlton Davidson, levn Jackson Rathbone, Roy Lee Trantham. Wil burn Junior Rogers, John Wesley Murphy, John Francis Gillett, James Robert Gentry, and Joseph Lloyd Leopard. Continued in class 1-A were Elmer Jenkins Buchanan, and Lemuel Wilson Leopard. Placed in class 1-C (inducted were: Fred Herbert Calhoun Frank Benjamin James, Frank Bur ton' Painter, Hampton Webb, Wal ter Kelley Stamey, Joe Edgar Young, William Carroll Whitner and Carroll Baxter Meadows. Placed in class 1-C (discharged) William Lafayette Balentine, Troy Lee Justice, and Frank Carroll Truitt. Continued in class 2-A was .tfrtmor TlnvM WrlaM Charles Wilbur Grasty. ' Continued in class 2-B (F) were Wilburn Messer and Carl Mc Cracken, Jr. Continued in class 2-B.vwere: Lacy Kermit Rowland and William Clinton Bryant. .-..'. ' Placed in class 2-C was Jack Ray Ferguson. Continued in class 2-C was Jack Howell Snyder. Placed in class 4-A were Joe D. Medford and Charles William Head. Placed in class 4-F were: Arthur Nath Phillips, Edward Woodrow Green, Frederick Hamilton Saun ders, Jr. Hector Clyde Robinson, Stephen Joe Cogdill, and Raymond Scates, Jr. Only Three Bethel Injured Students In Hospital Six of the Bethel school students who were injured last week when the school bus In which they were returning home skidded and went over an embankment, have been discharged from the Haywood County Hospital, the list inclug- ind: Lela Stewart. Troy Hargrove, Cleo Pinkerton, Frank Sorrells, Louise Ledford, and Morris Mc Neill. Those remaining in the hospital who were brought to the hospital here and were seriously injured but reported improving yesterday include: Thurman Goodson. Louis Pinkerton, and Gerald Owen. The accident took place in the Love Joy section of the county and the remainder of the 21 injured were taken to the Medical Center at Canton where they were treat ed and allowed to return to their homes. rchants To Study w Rationing Rules wentative of the Char- "ct office of OP A will )night "t eight o'clock at Pri and Rationing explain the new regula rmng retail prices of furniture and other mer- rto3Lfirms in thls to atteh(1 the meeting Im! neW re8ulations. win airman of the will be in charge of to study the regulation idto hH atndin the n With them. They are to ve their personnel responsible for preparing the charts required to attend the meet ing, and to prepare any questions they may wish to ask. All retailers, even those who feel that they are entitled to ex emption from the regulation, are urged to be present at the meet ing. , The regulation stipulates that pricing charts must be in the dis trict office at Charlotte by April 20, and acknowledged by May t5, or businesses will not be allowed to operate. The district office has required the local board to report all store to whom maximum price regula tion 580 was mailed in order to ( follow them up for enforecement. , MISS EDITH NOLAND, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Reeves Noland, who has made an excep tional record in her 4-H Club work, and was recently awarded a $25 bond in a contest and also pre sented a medal. Kdith Noland Wins War Bond In 4-H District Contest Edith Noland, senior of the Fines Creek high school and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Reeves Noland, lias been awarded the $25 war bond offered in the Western district in the Food For Figtiters contest which was sponsored by the Colonial Store, Inc., in cooper ation with the N. C. Agricultural Extension Service of the state for 4-H Club members. Miss Noland has made an out standing record in her work in the Haywood 4-H Clubs, which has been under the direction of the county home demonstration agents, Miss Mary Margaret Smith and Miss Jewel Graham. She had poultry for her 4-H Club project and during the past four years after investing part of her money derived from poultry in cattle she has received a total income from poultry and beef cat tle of $1,4$5.32. Her 4-H record inchidesr' for 1938, membership of finance com mittee and attendance at 4-H camp; 1039, group captain and attendance at 4-H camp; 1940, group captain and attendance at 4-H camp; 1941, county poultry champion and at tendance at 4-H camp. For 1942 she was: elected dele gate to 4-H short course; county poultry champion; won county achievement records; finished cook inc project started in 1941; in 1939. was county poultry cham pion; in 1944, made radio talk during 1944 Mobilization Week county poultry champion; won book for leadership and won 4-H pin for best records for 1944; was pre sented medal by Montgomery Ward on her 4-11 county records. Miss Noland will graduate this spring from the Fines Creek high school and will enter Peace Junior College. Raleigh, in the fall. Easter Union Services AtFirstBaptistChurch Sunday Evening 8 p. m. A mixed chorus from the high school under the direction of Charles Isley, will give a program of Easter music at the First Bap tist church on Sunday evening at 8 o'clock in a union service of all the churches in the community. The following program will be rendered, according to Mr. Isley. with appropriate scriptures read before each number: "1 Wonder As I Wonder", Niles; "All In the April Evening", Diack. solo, Char les Isley; hymn. "Tis Midnight and On Olive's Brow", Bradbury; 15 Women From Haywood Sought For Army Hospital A quota of 15 women from Waynesville and Haywood county will be recruited with in the next 30 days for assign ment to government medical positions at Baker General Hospital, MartlnsburKi. W. Va., and Oliver General Hospital, Augusta, Ga. Applicants must be between the ages of 20-49, and have at least two years of high school education. Rerruiters are at the Way nesville Chamber of Commerce and may be contacted there cither personally or by phone. chorale. "O Sacred Head Now Wounded". Hassler-Bach; hymn, "There Is A Fountain Filled with Blood," Cowper. Spiritual, "Were You There," Burleigh); "In Joseph's Lovely Garden," Dickenson; "By Early Morning Light", Dickenson; "Alle luia." Palestrina; "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today". Wesley; "Cal vary". Rodney, 'Hallelujah Chorus' from "The Messiah", Handel. The public is cordially invited to attend the service. Crawford s Buy Main Street Site For Funeral Home 'She sale of the Theodore W. Moore property on Main street here was completed Tuesday when Ralph M. Crawford and Howell Crawford bought the property and announced it will be converted in to a modern funeral home imme diately. The property is almost across the street from the LeFaine Hotel, and faces 100 feet on Main street. The house is a two-story 12-room structure, with 2'4 acres of land. Renovation of the house will be gin this week, and plans are to open it as a funeral home by April 5th. The place will be kept open 24 hours a day, offering com plete ambulance service as weli as the funeral service. The place will also serve as the Waynesville office of the Crawford Burial Association, with the other Crawford Funeral Home and of fice in Clyde. This was opened January first. No purchase price was made as to the sale of the property. Local Presbyterian Church To Observe Communion Tonight In keeping with the observance of Holy Week the Communion ser vice will be held at the Presby terian church tonight at 7:30 o'clock. A special feature of the service wil lbc a roll call of all men and and women in the service at which time a member of the service man's family will participate in the candle light service honoring UhWj.sep'lng.. our. country, . The sarvice will be conducted by the Re Malcolm R. Williamson, pastor df the church. The Session of the. Church will meet at 7:15 for the reception of members. I fJillkntliL 5 The annual Easter Seal sale of the National Society for Crippled Children got under way in this area on Monday morning, with Dr. J. Rufus McCracken serving as county chairman. Due to the fact that there have been so many drives recently and others to follow, the seals are be ing sold entirely through the schools, it was Jearned from M H. Bowles, county superintendent of education. If any one wishes to aid this worthy cause they may purchase seals at any of the schools in the county or from the office of the county board of education. Fifty per cent of the money derived from the sale will be used for local work among crippled children. Guy Massie is chairman of the Work for this section, and any one knowing of crippled chil dren who ned -help-Bw -asked to contact Mr. Massie. The drive will close on April 9th, and the public is urged to buy at least a small amount of the Easter Seals. Killed In Action 10 Clothing Sought For War Victims PVT. JAMES H. ROGERS, son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Rogers, of Waynesville, R.F.D. No 1, who was killed in action in Germany Pvt. Rogers entered the service on April 29. 1943 and was inducted at Camp Croft. He took his basic training at Camp Hood, Tex., and from there was sent to Fort George Meade, Md., and then overseas He had served for ten months in the European theater At the time he entered the ser vice he was employed by the New port News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Surviving are his parents; four sisters. Mrs. Dewey Cooper, Way nesville, Mrs. Lloyd P. Cainpbeil, Sharpsburg, Md., Mrs. Chas. W Owens, Traveler's Rest, S. C, and Miss Anne Dee Rogers, Waynes ville; two brothers. Pvt. Ernest Rogers, who has been held a Ger man prisoner since October. 044. and Graham Rogers, of Clyde. Community Wide Clean - Up Drive Set For May 1st To 15th Noel Phillips Is risoner of Nazis i Noel I'lnllipv fiirmer sales man for Pet Dairy Products Company here, is now held a prisoner by the Germans, ac cording in worn received I Ins week from him This is the first message since the war de partment nelilied his wite th.it he was declared missing on December Kith. Mr Phillip:, entered service on March 15, 1 1 1 C:gc I ournament For Klementary Schools Start l()th All Schools In District To He Invited To Participate Change In Subscription Rates On and after April 15th, the following subscription rates will be In force for The Mountai neer: In Haywood County One Year . Six Months 1-25 Outside Haywood One Year ....$2.50 ' Six Months 1-50 (Paper to service men at county rate) ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS PAY ABLE IN ADVANCE. J. Yates Bailey has been named chairman of the drive for the col lection of clothing in the Way nesville area of the county which is sponsored by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Adminis tration and various voluntary war relief agencies of the United States. The purpose of the drive is to secure the maximum quantity pos sible of good used clothing for free distribution to needy and des titute men. women and children in war devastated countries. Official ly through the united nations the drive will open on April 1 and close on 30th. In this section the drive will open on April 2 and close on April 16th. according to Mr. Bailey. The national headquarters of Uie United Clothing collection is in New York, with Henry J. Kaiser, appointed by President Roosevelt, as chairman. An appeal is being made to every person throughout the community to contribute to the collection for the needy in the war torn areas overseas. Millions of people do not have enough clothes to keep them warm and in occupied Europe almost as many people have died from ex posure due to lack of adequate clothing as have died from sarva tion, is the reason as explained by Mr. Roosevelt, for the United Na tional Clothing Collection. Mr. Roosevelt further points out that the manufacturers are busy with war and civilian needs at home, so it remains for the Ameri can people to help the men, women and children from whom the war has taken everything. In every home will be found garments that are good, but for some reason are not being worn, and the. people of this area are urged to give these to the drive in answer to this urgent call for the suffering millions overseas. The types of clothing needed is good substantial garments for both winter and summer wear. Although clothing need not be in perfect repair, it must be useful to the people who will receive it. Under clothing and alt types of cotton garments should be washed before donated, but need not be ironed. Most urgently needed are; in fants garments, all types in urgent demand particularly knit goods. Meats and boys' garments: over coats, top coats, suits, coats, jack ets, shirts, all types of work cloth es, including overalls, etc., sweat ers, robes, pajamas and knitted gloves. Caps and knitted headwear: ser viceable heavy duty caps and knit ted headware (such as stocking caps) are needed, woman's hats, dress hats, and derbies cannot le used. Bedding: blankets, a f g h a n s, sheets, pillow cases, and quilts are all needed urgently if in service able condition. Shoes: Either oxfords or high shoes, of durable type with low or medium heels are desired. Shoes with high heels, open toes or open backs, evening slippers and novelty types cannot be used. All shoe collections should be mat ed and tired securely into pairs. Usable remnants, piece goods: Cut or Uncut materials, (cottons, rayons, woolens, etc.) one yard or more in length but not rags or badly damaged dirty or worn out fabrics. Guy Massie is chairman of the collections committee whose duty it will be to see that the collections are delivered to the main storage place which will be the basement of the Chamber of Commerce. Serving With Mr. Massie will be .T. W. Killian. John Boyd, David Underwood, W. A. Bradley, W. H. Massie, Stanley Beading, and G. C. Ferguson. Places to which garments may be brought in the area are as follows: Rock Hill school. Dell wood school, Waynesville colored school, Ejst Waynesville school. Fines Creek School, Saunook school Ward's Service Station. The Tog gery, Massie's Department Store, Boyd's Furniture Store, Waynes ville Laundry. Burgin Bros. Store, C. N. Allen's Store, Unagusta Manufacturing Company, Dayton Rubber Com pany, Royle and Pilkington, Inc., Maggie school, Hazelwood school, Waynesville high school, Central Elementary v school, Oabtree school, St. John's school, Junaluska Supply Company, C. E. Ray's Sons Dept. Store, Belk's Depart ment Store. Smith's Drug Store, Central Cleaners, First National Bank, W. -. 1 i". , " - (Continued on page 3) 107 Examinations Made At Lions Club Eye Clinic One hundred and seven exami nations were made at the Eye Clinic held Monday and Tuesday of this week, which was sponsored by the Lions club in cooperation with the county health department and the county welfare depart ment. One hundred of the group were children; and sevan were adults. Dr. Paul Massengill, specialist from the Eye, Ear and Nose de partment of Duke Hospital made the examinations. He was assisted by Miss Kate Johnson, medical case worker from the State Com mission of the Blind. Others assisting with the clinic were Mrs. Ruby B. Bryson and Mrs. Fannie Wright Sells, Haywood county public health nurses, Fran cis Massie, chairman of the Lions club sponsoring committee, Law rence Leatherwood and Mrs. Alvin Ward. Forty-three of the children were fitted for glasses. A .representa tive of an optical company of Ashe ville was present and the glasses were fitted before the children left the clinic. All expenses of exami nations will be defrayed by the Lions club and with a few excep tions all glasses paid for by the club. Examinations revealed that nine of the caser needed surgical care; and eight needed both glasses and surgery; Iwenty-five cases did not need glasses but were advised to have a check during the next six months by Dr. Massengill. The clinic was conducted in the auditorium of the Hazelwood school. Children and adults from the following communities and schools in the Waynesville area of. the county attended: Saunook, Al len's Creek, Hazelwood, East Way nesville, Lake Junaluska, Central Elementary, Maggie, Fines Creek. Crabtree, Mt. Sterling and Rock Hill. Red Cross War Fund Quota Is $1,100 Short The quota of $7,800 assigned the Waynesville area of the county in the annual War Fund drive of the Red Cross is still short $1,100, ac cording to H. B. Atkins, treasurer for the Haywood chapter. Mr. Atkins pointed out, however, that the amounts collected by the employees of the Dayton Rubber plant and the Wellco Shoe Cor poration had not as yet been turn ed in, but he felt that they would bring the donations near the goal set. If anyone has not contributed to the Red Cross War Fund and wish es to do so, they may leave their money with H. B. Atkins at his office on Main Street. : In Tournament The All Star basketball tourna ment was .ni b ,i success that plans are undcrw.iv In hold a tournament for the elemental 'c M'honl:, ot the Waynesville ile.linl. to lie spun sored by the ( 'oimniMiitv Council as have been I he last two tourna ments this iiionlli. The boys and girls teams of each elementary school in the district will receive an imitation to play in the tournament which will begin on April, according to tentative plans of Iv W. Tenncy, director of I he Council. Elementary schools in the Can ton dish ic l are playVig in a lour nameul this week, and plans arc to have a county-play-off between the winners of the two districts. Emily Silcr Named Executive Red Cross Secretary Miss Emily Si lor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Siler, has been named executive secretary of the local chapter of the Arberican lied Cross by the executive board to succeed Mrs. Joe Liner, former secretary of home service, who re signed the lirsl of March, acuord- ing to an announcement by -Rev. M. H. Williamson, chairman of the boa id Mrs. Liner served for three yea' as home sei vice secretary, two o, which she nave her time without receiving any compensation. As executive secretary. Miss Silcr will not have only the home service .section but the entire acti vities of the chapter under her di rection. Due to the fact that the work has grown to such a heavy case load during the past year and is steadily on the increase the board fell tl was necessary to em ploy a (rained lied Cross worker at this lime Miss Siler resigned her post as executive secretary of the Red ('loss chapter of Rockingham to accept the position here with the Haywood chapter and will assume her new duties the first of May. Miss Siler is a graduate of Peace Junior College. Woman's College of the I 'diversity of North Carolina mid did giaduate work at the University of North Cam illa. Hefore cut "i in;; the Red Cross field she was employed as a case worker in I auuhei Ion with the Roherson count v welfare board. Waynesville and Haz elwood To Stage A Thorough Campaign In Cleaning Up. The first two weeks in May have I been officially declared as paint- up. clean-up time for Waynesville and Hazelwood. The mayors of the two towns, J. If. Way of Way nesville. and Clyde Fisher, of Ha zelwood. in a joint announcement this week named the time, and stressed the importance of an ex tensive and thorough campaign. All civic clubs of the commun ity have entered into the project by naming special committees to work with officials in making the. two-week period a success. A community-wide program cov ering the two weeks will be worked out by this special committee, rep resentatives of all civic clubs and announced later. "This year, more than ever, we need to give our community a thorough house-cleaning. Special stress will be placed on residen tial as well as business properties during the two weeks," the mayors said. "Vacant lots will come in for their share of being beautified. This campaign will be more than just the announcement of an ob servance it will actually see some cleaning done. Perhaps business will be suspended for a half day, like we did in the scrap drive, and everyone lend a hand to the gi gantic task before us," the offi cials of the two towns pointed out. Committees named to work out details of the campaign are: Lions Club Herbert Buchanan. Roy Parkman and G. C. Ferguson. Rotary Club J. H. Way, J. E. Massie, D. Reeves Noland and W. Curtis Iluss. Boosters Club Clyde Fisher, G. ('. Summerraw, and R. A. Gaddis. Woman's Club Mrs. N. W. Gar rett and Mrs. Grover C. Davis. Civic L'eague Mrs! T.'Oi Norris. Mrs. M. H. Reeves and Mk R. It. Campbell. Chamber of Commerce-Henry Davis and C. J. Reece. Lions Club Will Sponsor Local Troop Girl Scouts The Lions Club will sponsor the local troop of Girl Scouts, accord ing to a decision made at their meeting last week. Lloyd Kirkpatrick was named chairman of the committee to work with the Scouts and serving with him will be: Lawrence Leather wood. C. E. Weatherby. Bill Cham bers and Tony Davis. They plan to start work as soon a feasible on the erection of the Scout Hut. At the meeting it was also de cided to aid in the collection of clothing in the campaign which will start in this area on Monday. Claude Gilslray and John Boyd were named to woik with the group. S-Sgt. Joe N. Tate Awarded Air Medal For Achievement Staff Sgt. Joseph N. Tate. Jr.. of Waynesville, has won the Air Med al for "meritorious achievement. Since Mr,. Liner':, resignation coolness, courage and skill." in Mrs. C. K. Maiming has been carry- aerial warfare. Sgt. Tate is a ing on the work of the home ser- waist gunner on the B-17 Flying vice section, assisted by Mis Jona- Fortress "513" participating in than Woody, chairman of the home Eighth Air Force bombing attacks service. on targets in Nazi Germany. Legislature Enacts 10 Laws For County AT RATIONING MEETING Miss . Winnie Kirkpatrick and Miss Edith McCracken of the local War Price and Rationing Board, at tended : an all-day conference in Bryson City Monday. All of Representative Pal mer's Measures Were En aeterl Into Laws By Assembly. Ten of the even thousand bills introduced in the House of Repre sentatives of the General Assem bly which adjourned on the 21st. were bills by Glenn C. Palmer, Haywood representative serving his fourth consecutive term in the Legislature. All ten of Mr. Palmer's bills were ratified and are now laws. The first bill had to do1 with validating marriages performed by a colored preacher, now deceased, who failed to make proper reports to the register of deeds. , Became a law February 22. The corporate limits of Canton were enlarged. Became a law on ! February 28th. The bill to allow the county commisisoners to, adjust the salary of county accountant was ratified on March 13th. On March 3rd Mr. Palmer intro duced a bill which will permit the county commisisoners or govern- cr ing body of any town in Haywood, to refuse to issue a license to sp!1 beer and wine. This bill became a law on March 20th. On March 7th two bills were in troduced, both dealing with extend ing the term of office for the towns of Clyde and Hazelwood from two to four year terms. This bill became a law on March 19th. and extends terms .of present of ficials of the two towns until May, 1947. . Also on March 7th, three similar (Continued on page 5) i