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7 The Waynesville Mountaineer Polished In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park .rP, Beautify ii.o and YEAK NO. 17 12 Pages '.FIRST WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY. APRIL 26, 1945 (One Day Nearer Victory) $2.00 in Advance in Hayw.wd and Jackson Counties -r ration Will Plant to An r Completion It and Property Represent Invcst- t Of Over $50,000 Farmers Feder- Lt ion of the 400-lockcr L,d plant for me farmers L i,r. rnt underway LrniiiR The plant is be- next to the present ted retail store, and will oc- of the buildings purchas- all fur the Federation. nlitniK to house the frozen iier plant is ucimb imu- ,.,uvalrd in preparation installation of the vast I machinery necessary to he plant. ,nt of the huilding facing ,. street will be bricked entrance to the locker he through the store of i at inn on the corner of i and Depot streets. :;. K McCluro. president deration, told The Moun ,at (iriEinal plans were to ,ti iirtioii soon after Janu hnl there had been a de- celt ing some priorities trough a governmental II wasn't that they did Hie plant constructed, but Inad of applications ours delayed the project Bring promptly," he said. Haywood Company was the contract to prepare ling for the plant. Ben esirient of the firm, said take about 60 days to the job. Another firm given the contract to in uuiumcnt and machinery. of about 20 men will be (he job. Ing the purchase price of r-rty, the outlay will rep n investment of about Mr. McClure said Ilant Vlyill hn trmrtnrn in fctail, according to Mert eezcr locker specialist for (ration, who was horn consulting with engineers factors on pushing the last as possible. Itkcrs will have about six Intinupd on page 6) her U. of Va. h To Direct Jhn's Program P Gharrity, M. A., for- fvtield coach at the Uni- f Virginia, has been nam- lootball and baskethall 1st. John s School, accord- Pt announcement by ath- ector, Rev. Thomas a W. Tennev Tlirneini- f Jiesville Community Rec fentpr 1, i r utcn appoini- wnt football and baskct- filiarrity visited St .inW fcently. He will conduct training camp for St. "Mors at his mnnlrv 1..h Jno Lake. Wis., during the - '"fsusr, atter which he " ' residence from Sept May St Wll.c,rlll T t - inc. ill nt'nto, Assistant Coach giving thp athi)o tt lr"ig workout, and begin I ' another 6 weeks sum- ftlut. fyterians LeadershiD ol Here biow . ,raining School Field at tr, r. t . the ,- , resDyierian 10 of May 7th, ac- t "v.uineni Dy the pTRcv. Malcolm R. Wil- mi. Periods will . "( curing the L 7 taught by I open t0 nned Cnd but are esPe- aaTy. schol officers and Ire tiZLS 0U1J "ke le r: ""r-lves tor teach- Pes. u 10 laKe fork Started CommunityClean-UptoaB- Ana Deauuiication Campaign Starts 1st Heads Program G. C. , FERGUSON, town mana ger, was named as general chair man of the clean-up, beaut idea tion program here, which starts May first. Mildred Phillips Secretary At World Conference Miss Mildred Phillips, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Phillips, of Waynesville, who has held a posi tion with the United States De partment of State for the past three years, is serving as one of the special secretaries to Gerald Drew .prolocal officer of the Unit ed Nations Conference which is being held in San Francisco. Mr. Drew who was serving in the foreign office of the State De partment in Paris, was called hack to this country especially to serve as protocal officer of the confer ence. Miss Phillips, accompanied Mr. Drew and his other secretary, Miss Johnston, former private sec retary to Sumner Welles. They made the trip by plane with others who were attending the conference, arriving ahead of time on Tuesday, 17th. in order to have things in readiness for the meeting. There arc to be around 75 sec retaries and typists employed at the conference, all of whom were being taken from various offices in Washington governmental posts. Six hundred applied, and from that number the desired 75 were select ed on the basis of qualifications. In a letter to her mother, Miss Phillips wrote that the pilot of the plane from Washington to San Francisco was Major Richmond, who flew the plane that took Presi dent Roosevelt and Secretary Stct tinius on the Yalta trip. Miss Phillips graduated from' the local high school in the class of 1938, as salutatorian. She was first employed by the NYA here and later was a clerk with the Haywood county welfare board. During the three years she has been in Washington, she has at tended Straycr Business College at night, taking special work to better equip her for her position in the State Department. The office of Mr. Drew has been assigned to the Fairmont Hotel, according to Miss Phillips. Legion To Sponsor Junior Baseball Team From Here The American Legion is orga nizing a Junior baseball team, and invite all boys who are interested to contact E. W. Tcnney at the armory immediately, as practice is due to begin this week. Any boy born on and after Jan uary 1, 1928, is eligible to try out for a berth on the team. Dr.. Mary Michal has as her guests this week. Mrs. Robert Hick erson and Mrs. Elizabeth Rothe, of Ronda. If " YJ p To Glean-Up, On Local Freezer School Children Will Solicit Pledges Of Business and Residen tial Sections To Do Thorough Joh. A central committee represent ing every civic organization in the community, together with officials of the two towns, have formulated a detailed and extensive clean up, beautificat ion and paint -up pro gram to hcEiu May first and con tinue for lTi days. The committee in session 'lues day night, mimed G. ('. Ferguson, general chairman .and announced the following plans: Every business (inn and resident in the community and out lying districts will be contacted by school children with pledge cards. The children will be credited with points indicated on the cards, and the home room in each school get ting the most points will get a half holiday. The room in the area getting the most points will be given a picnic on their half holiday by the committee. For the residential sections, the pledge cards will carry the follow ing things to do and the point value to the child getting the card signed. Clean oui guttering 20 Trim shrubbery . 1b Put lime around garbage 15 Wash windows 10 Plant flowers ...... .5 Paint up when possible 10 Cut off weeds 10 Clean my vacant lots 20 The cards for the business dis tricts will have the following. Wash fronts of business 10 Renovate signs if needed 10 Install outdoor trash con. 'M) Clean-up premises 20 Continue program all year HO The trash trucks of Waynesville and Hazel wood will pick up all garbage and trash put on the curb for them. If the truck fails to get up the rubbish, a call to the city hall or police department of either town will be all that will be necessary to get the truck on the way. The towns are putting special crews to work in cleaning the streets and some places that need special attention. Among the sponsoring groups, besides the two towns, are the Chamber of Commerce. Rotary. Lions. Boosters. Woman's Clubs, and the Civic League. Chas. Swayngim Reported Missing, Prisoner of War Private Charles R. Swayngim. son of Grover C. Swayngim. Way nesville, R F.D. No. 2, who was reported missing in action in France on January 2 of this year, was reported a German prisoner this week, according to informa tion received by his sister, Mrs. Frances McElroy. Mrs. McElroy received a card from her brother dated January 17. 1945, stating that he was be ing held as a prisoner of war by the Germans. Pvt. Swayngim entered the ser vice in April, 1942, and since then has been on two tours of duty out side the States. He received his training at the following camps be fore being sent overseas the first time: Camp Robinson, Ark., Camp Gordon, Ga., and Seattle, Wash., and from the latter was sent to the Aleutian Islands. He was returned to the States in March, 1944, and after a fur lough at home was sent to Fort Jackson and then Camp Campbell. Ky., and from the latter to the European theatre in November, 1944. At the time he entered the ser vice he was employed at the ship yards in Philadelphia. Pvt. Swayn gim has five brothers in the service. And Beautify Your Heads Bond Drive V if W. KOY FRANCIS has accepted chairmanship of the Seventh War Loan Drive for Haywood, with the quota of SiiOO.OOO Mr Francis suc cesslully directed the sixth drive Draft Board Puts 27 Men In Class 1-A This Week Of the (it men reclassified during the past week by the local draft board 27 were placed in class 1-A as follows: Joe Davis Smart. Krastus Rath bone. Spencer Walker, Elmer Da vid Hendtix. William Dewey Me haffcy. Joseph Meek Allison. Yoder Davis Messcr, Glenn Fran cis Boyd. Marion Lenora Sutton, Henry Lee Green. Gilbert Turner Ferguson. Jack Hay Ferguson. Roy Ellen Arringlnn, Fred Vin son Sutton, Franklin Thomas Rog ers. Joint Leslcr Edwards, Ralph Hicks Tiii lev . Thomas A. Etlisim Messcr, .lames Wilson (i.iddy. Cebpas Fraier. Everett l.ce Moody. HasNcl Ray. Itrowiilow ( 'nii ard, Thiiinian Evans. Ilobert Long, and James Robert Davis. Placed in class I -C 'discharged! were: Dewanl McElroy and Ray mond Francis Swayngim. Placed in class 2 A ( Ft w ere: .1. intes Vciiin OUT; and Edward Sherrill. Placed in Ned Robert Lee Edward: Placed in George Hug Continued (lass 211 ii were Messcr and William cla: :in. in s 1-1) Jr. class was James -A were: James Fiddly Moore, Harry Lee Masliliiirn. John Wesley Sparks. Garnet! l.eon Hyall. Lewis Gib .'.on. Lee Smith. Clarence Hns-.ell Philbrirk. Arville Aden Caldwell, and Phil Mcliae Medlord. ('out miied in class 2-A iFi was Johnny Dee Moore. Continued in class 2-1! weie: Fred Mance McDonald. Amos Lee llaney, James Glenn Norris, Mil lard Spencer llaney, Russell John Warren. James Rulus Queen. Gra ham Robert Beasley. Richard Gar land Mashlnirn. Vardy Fugate. Johnnie Kiikpatrick. Dalm.i Eus lice Smith. Malt Richardson Ket ner, James Clinton Bracket!, How ard Wilson Cho.de. Paul Davis Best and William Vester Walker. Continued in class 2-B iF was Lowery Lee Caldwell. Continued in class 2-C were: Carl Taft Ferguson. Jr.. William Harrison Fisher, Robert Wesley Howell and Len Ralhbone. Quiet Week-End In Haywood; Five Drunks Arrested "The quielesfr wrck-rnd on record in Haywood," was the comment of law enforcement officers here this week. Five arrests were made over the week-end, all charged with bring drunk. Two arrests were made here and three in Canton. Officers were surprised at the few drunks over the week end, when it was known that a large quantity of "white liquor" from Georgia and Tennessee was brought into the county. The liquor was priced from $3 to $4 a pint, it was learned by investigators. Heaviest E Quota Ever Given This County; $609,000 W. Hoy Francis Will Again Head War Loan Drive In County After Successful Campaign Of Sixth Drive. The treasury department assigned Haywood (lit- largest bond quota for the Seventh Loan campaign ever given has "E" Wat this county. The "E" bond quota is $(iO!).l)00. and all oilier type of bonds and $I!H .000. making a grand total of $1100.000 for the campaign. J. E. Massie. war finance chair Mian, announced that W. Roy Fran cis would serve as chairman of the drive. Mr. Francis served in the same capacity for the Sixth, and made an outstanding record. Sam M. Robinson, of Canton, is vice chairman of the permanent war finance conmiillee. Mr. Massie said yesterday thai the county committee would meet within Ihe next low days for final plans for the campaign. "This is a large quoin, bill after being shown an advance proof q the Haywood county casually list by The Mountaineer. I feel that we are going to realize what a small part we are doing by loan ing Uncle Sam our money as com pared with so much many of our men have given," the chairman said. Mr. Francis only agreed to take (he chairmanship again, saying. "This is a time lor ail of us to give of our time, and money to win victory. I appreciate the splendid cooperation given me dur ing Ihe Sixtlt drive, and shall ask this same undivided interest given this time, in order thai we may reach the large epiota given us." Last Rites Held Sunday Afternoon For M. S. Ferguson Funeral services were ((inducted at Ihe First ltapti:.t church here at 2:11(1 o'clock Sunday afternoon lor Melvin S Ferguson, 7(i, well known Havwod county farmer, of Ihe Fine.", Creek r.eetion, who died at his home at (i .'iO o'clock Satur day night. Rev. J Clay Madison, pastor of Ihe First Methodist church, assist ed by Rev. D. A Kelly, pastor of the First Baptist church of Can Ion, ollii i.ited. Burial was in the l ines Creek cemetery. Serving as active pallbearers were: W. T. Kiikpatrick. Lee Da vis. W. V. Elliott. R T. Messcr. Lloyd Kiikpatrick. Z V. Price. Grover C. Clark, and Claude Wil liams. Honorary pallbearer; were: members of the Men's Bible Class of the First Baptist church of Waynesville. B. V. Welch, W. II. Noland. T. L. Branded. J. C. Fer guson, George Brown. Jr., Charles C. Francis, A. V. Phillips, Ben Sut ton, J. R. Boyd. J. R. Boyd. Jr., John Boyd, Bryan Medford, Frank Bradshaw. Dr. W. L. Kiikpatrick. Grover Davis, John Bennett Medford, Sam Bradley, Dr. Charles Owens. .1 H. Way, J. T. Noland and J. S. Black. Mr. Ferguson, a native of Hay w'od county, is widely connected in this section. He is the son of the late Andrew Jackson and Emaline Rogers Ferguson, of Fines Creek. He had been in ill health for the past year, but had been confined to his bed for only the past two weeks. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. George Jones, of Canton; two sons, Grayden C. Ferguson, city manager, Town of Waynesville. and J. J. Ferguson, assistant county tax collector; one brother, Andrew S. Ferguson, Hazelwood. Garrett funeral home was in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. E. A. Greer and daughter, Caroline, of Hazelwood, left Sun day for Charlotte where they will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Biggcrs. Place During First Locker Canning Sugar Will Be Issued May 8 - 9 Reported Missing SERGEANT FRANK F. WIL LIAMS, JR., son of Mr. and Mrs. F S Williams, of Lake Junaluska. w ho has been reported missing In action over Germany since March 17, according to information re ceived by his mother. Sgt. Williams, a graduate of the Canton high school, was employed In Akron, Ohio at thj.tiw he volunteered in the servit? He was Inducted at Camp Croft in May, 1943, and from (here sent to Keesler Field, Miss lie trained at a number of fields in this country and received his wings from the, gunnery school at Las Vegas, N. M. He was .sta tioned in England at the time he was reported missing in action. Sgt Williams has two brothers in the service: Sgt. John J Wil liams, now in llaly, and Pfe. Larry L. Williams, who is serving in France. 27 Men Left Here Yesterday For Army Induction Twenly-seven men left here Wednesday morning making up the April call under the selective serviic system from the Waynes ville area of the county. The group rrpoited to Fort Bragg and will be assigned from there to their prospective training centers. John Roy Carver was named leader of the group and David Russell Hi ley was assistant lead er Two men were transferred from oilier hoards as follows: James Raymond Abernathy. from Blaiis ville. Ga., and John Robert Fer guson. Iiom Newport News, Va. Olheis included: Charles Clin ton Towles, Henry William Sut ton. Paul Edward Craig, Roy Ed wards. William Foy Creen, Claude lloglen, Earl Reno Franklin, Henry f ii f us Caldwell, Herbert Junior Fanning. Paul Ray Clark. Julius Jones, Clarence William Harrell, Doyie Sutton, Lawrence Vaughn Fullbrighl, Charles Ellen Parton Mehaffey. Roy -Ray Morgan. Orville Fish, Howard Lee Sutton. Winfred James Hannah, Berlin Columbus Shelton. Brown Asbery Rhodarmer, and Howard Louis Brown. Junaluska Boys Meet In Pacific Lawrence Medford, 3c. and Sam Tate, R. M. S 2c. met both of Lake Junaluska, recently 'somewhere in the Pacific." Medford is serving as radioman aboard an LSM, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Medford. Tate is seaman second class on an LST, and is the son of Mrs. Lizzie Tate. The boys were together for two or three hours. Plant May 8 and 9th have been desig- noted as tin for getting two legist rat ion days annul,; sugar in the area. The schools of the area will he used, and Ihe hours have been set trom one through five for the two dav.s. ,it the following school,: Fines Creek, Cr.ilitree, Rock Hill. Maggie. Dell wood. Lake Junaluska, East Wax in s ille. Central Ele mentary. Il.ii Iwood. Allen's I 'reek. Saunook. anil Wax uesv ille colored It is neeess.u to h ue War Ration Book No. I for exerx mem ber of family requesting sugar for lioine canning as No. 1J spare Stamp mo, I he attached lo appli cation. II is important thai von know how ninny pounds of sugar used in Hill lor making jams and jellies and how many pounds x ou will use in UlITi, also how many quarts of canned fruit you canned Willi sugar in lit 14 and how many will he canned in 1!M5. It has been pointed out to h board that canning sugar quota for this board has been greatly reduced and fact has been em phasized I hM sugar issued must be used at rale ol one pound for each four quarts of fruit canned and must not he used ou the table, for cooking or baking. Ben T. Ferguson Slightly Wour&ed In Germany Cpl. Ben T Ferguson, son of Mr. and Mrs. It. L, Ferguson, of Waynesville. R F.D. No. I, has been reported slightly wounded in action in Germany ou- April 3, ac cording to infot iiialion received by his parents. This is Ihe second lime Cpl. Ferguson has been wounded in acl ion, for which he has been awarded the Purple Henri. He al so holds the Silver Star tor merit orious achievement. Cpl. Ferguson, a graduate of the class of 1 9 10 ol the ( i .iblree high school, entered Ihe service III March, 1942. He received his training at Camp Polk, La. Camp Young. Calif, and Foil Penning. Ga. From the latter he was sent to embarkation poll and overseas. He was In . I .stationed in Fug laud and has been on ionili.it in France, Holland, Belgium and Ger many. Cpl. Ferguson has two brothers in the service. Pfe. Mas Ferguson, now in Frame, and Pvt. Joe Fer guson, stationed al the Norlhitigton General Hospital in Alabama. Cpl. Chas. Russell Wounded In Italy Cpl Chai li s L. Russell, son of Mrs. Sallie Russell, of Waynesville. was wounded in Italy on February 28 and is reported to lie much im proved. Cpl. Russell r, serving as a radio operator and gunner on a B-24 bomber of Hie 15th Ail Force. Cpl. Russell lias been oversea:; since November. I9t4. and has been in the son ice since January. 1943. Before entering the service he was employed at Lcusta plant in Brevard. Cpl. Russell has been awarded Ille Purple Heart and is also en titled to wear the Mediterranean theatre ribbon, the Good Conduct medal, and the Air Medal He is an alumnus of Wake Forest Col lege. Rosemary Herman Honored Al College Miss Rosemary Herman has just been named a member of the Cabi net of the Woman's College Y. W. C. A., at Greensboro. Miss Herman is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Herman of Waynesville. 2 Weeks In May 87 Haywood Men Have Been Killed In World War II July, 1944, Was Heav iest Month Of War, Most Casualties Oc curring During Euro pean Invasion. Haywood county, which claims to have the largest number of volunteer men and women per capita of any county in the United States in the armed forces, is pay ing a tragic price in World War II, as evidencej in the growing cas ualty lists Through April 19 there have been 319 Haywood men counted among those killed in action; missing in action; wounded, or prisoners of war which means that out of every 100 Haywood men i i service eight have been casualties. To those of the staff of The Moiinta, ieer who handle the news week in and week out in routine coverage, the total figures have leached a staggering number as realized after the recent compila tion Days were spent by the staff of this paper in compiling this In formation. The li t appears on page 7 of this issue, Though sad to contemplate, since these lists were compiled less than a week ago, other names have be come eligible to be added It will continue to grow as long as Ihe war lasts. No one knows the next name to be added and in the meantime there is the heart break ing reality on the one hand and the nerve wracking suspense on the other to the families and friends of those in service. There are around 4,000 men in service from Haywood county, with 2,200 reported by the Canton draft board from that area and approximately 1,800 from the Waynesville section. The casualty totals show: :fllrd in action , 87 I. Prisoners of War It ' ' Missing In Action 24 Wounded in Action 187 Last July as the armies of th? Allied Nations swept through France on their way to Berlin in the European theatre and the U. S. Navy, Marines and soldiers were fighting the Japs on Saipan and other islands out in the Pa cific, marked the largest toll of any one month. I" the month of July. 1944. alone there were af'-ied 37 names to this list which has brought so much sadness to haywod county homes. There were 14 killed in action: 22 wounded and one reported miss ing in action in the 31 -day period. Since the fir-' of 1945 the casu alties have total 50. with 20 kill ed in action; 25 wounded, 3 miss ing and 2 prisoners of war. I These lists bring the war in Ihe far-flung corners of the earth, I very ( lose lo Haxwnod county. I hey bring a realization of the j tragedy of countries taking up arms against each (her. The lists nave been compiled from the county papers, and yet since they were compiled it has I been learned of several that have ' not exer been reported through the press. I lie tanfies throughout the county of men in service are asked to coopertte in reporting the casualties and also in making any eorrections that may be found in the lists given. The Mountaineer plans to keep the lists iq -to-dale each week and this will bi possible only through the interest and aid of the families of t he men in servire. . During the week there have five calls for the Haywood casualty lists. The information as found on page 7 is all that is available from this office. Mrs. W.H. F.Millar Heads Volunteer Survey Workers Mrs. W. H. F. Millar has been named supervisor of volunteer workers to maki surveys for the local war price and rationing board, it was announced this week. Representatives of the Charlotte office were here and held a con ference with Mrs. Millar rgarding the work, which will also include extra clerical assistance in the office in filling out blanks. The volunteer workers will make surveys of all goods to see that ceiling compliances are being met. Volunteers are being sought for this work and should contact Mrs. Millar to offer their services. . t X t km tf'sKI i - s, i. s - . 4 r: - 'V?L- ? Mr: