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Infantrymen In Show Coming Here On 23rd
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Intry Will
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Baltic Will Be
Bv Men In Part
ond-Selling Pro-
For Haywood.
csdav afternoon 81 bat
faiitrymcn will arrive in
f ,n preparation for the
Ihc sham battle on the
I athletic field on Wed-
jjjht. The aemonsu
much ncraiaeu ncit
nL ..1...... il'ill Kn
nlrv . IHC M1UV "V
connection with the 7th
Drive:
fifaiitrvmrii win arrive
three o clock luesaay
... . ... iMIfllc
ID Yi large aim uums,
m front of the court
. . i
he men win set up anu
llieir equipment lor a
hours that afternoon, and
Ligurd to homes through-
immunily wlicrc they will
night. J. E. Massic, gen-
i-man is asking inai any
it can provide lodging for
Ind Wednesday nights for
ore men coniaci mm i
day morning at eleven.
V will give a parade, led
ron 29-picec band. Ten-
08 are to assemble at
Kubbrr during nud-after-
lalrolnicn and officers will
soldiers somewhere west
id escort them to Waynes
day afternoon,
idiers will spend Wednes
won preparing their "bat-
at the stadium, and will
Ir hair-raising demonstra-
ght o'clock.
tn uet bcic .from "the
s. Germany, France,
everywhere that Infan-
ght this nation's battles
Create their experiences
anslrate their weapons,
enting every war theatre,
of ground action from the
of Africa to the battles
wit doors of Japan, these
iien bring to Waynesville
iturv of Doughboy courage
that fighting spirit is back
h the best weapons in the
ntinued on page 3)
it Urges Pulp
1 Producers
tend Meeting
Clapp, Haywood county
nt. lias announced that the
arolina Agricultural Ex
Service is sponsoring a
'atkin of improved saw
i'd pulpwood producing
" t be held near: Ashe
f'nday, May 18. 1
have been a number of
''Pwood saws, and bos
id Mr. Clapp, "and we
improved, equipment
to increase the output of
"ducts.
luPe that all interested
Pulpwood operators, saw
J'ors. and timber cutters
a this demonstration and
equipment in use. The
0 will demonstrate this
Pt arc experts In its oper
Pc believe they will be
P. . "s its proper place
Pain timber operations,"
PP added. The county
ftcd out that power saws
saws have been used in
P'ons of the State for sev
P' out have not been in
lu m the mountain area.
Ponstration will be held
north of Asheville on
Pay No. 630 about one
Wow the steam clectric
ne French Broad River,
unch win be served at
pobt. Warren
pnton, Rt. 1
Med in Action
ofM Cl3ss Robert War-
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ul Canton n p n . .
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Canning Sugar Stamps
Night Be Hailed Here
Within Next Two Week:
On Textbook
Commission
MISS jfttSIE UNDERWOOD,
daughter of Mrs. Robert L. Under
wood, who has been appointed on
the new North Carolina Consoli
dated Textbook Commission, auth
orized' by the recent legislative en
actment. Miss Underwood
On State Textbook
Commission
Miss Jinsie Underwood, of Way
nesville, instructor at the Gaslonia
high school, and former president
of the North Carolina Classroom
Teachers Association, has been ap
pointed as one of the 12 members
of the new state Consolidated Text
book Commission, authorized by
the recent legislative 'enactment,
it was announced during the week
by Governor Cherry in Raleigh.
Miss Underwood participated in
the Cherry - for - Governor primary
campaign last Spring, making sev
eral addresses on behalf of the
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'Where's my cnnning sugar?"
That is the question of the dav
at the rationing board.
According to information learned
by The Mountaineer yesterday, it
will be ten days, maybe two weeks
before many local housewives will
have the answer
Almost 14.000 applications were
made for canning sugar from this
board on the llth and !)th of May.
Many others are yet to be received.
In fact, a new ruling says that
those failing lo get their applica
tions in on the 8th or 9th can
now get a blank from any store
and mail their application, togeth
er with spare stamp No. 13 lo the
board.
All that adds up to this -the
board has bad its allowance of
"sweeten" cut, and applications
continue to pour in. They have
burned midnight oil, and have
checked only half through.
And while it is not a sweet
Story, all The Mountaineer could
learn, was "we're knee deep in
applications, not much sugar in
sight, and it will be ten days or
more before the first sugar stamps
can be mailed out."
A personal visit, and a "sugar"
plea to the office personnel only
delays matters, instead of hurry
ing the needed canning coupons
on their way.
Pfc. Paul Buchanan
Oi Canton Is
Killed In Action
Trivate First Class Paul J. lluch
. i
anan, son oi Mr. ami ivu..
Buchanan, of Canton, is reported
to have died of wounds in Italy
on April 22, according to lnior-
mation received by his family irom
the war department.
Pfc. Buchanan had been in the
services for the past two years,
but had been overseas only since
January of this year.
Surviving are his parents, his
widow, the former Miss Mabel
Leatherwood. two sons, William
Davis, 6 years old, and Jerry Keith,
4; two brothers, C. A. and R. L.
Buchanan; and three sisters, Mrs.
Roy Suttles, Mrs. Helen Herndon.
and Miss Maxine Buchanan, all of
Canton.
1944 Feeder Calf
Sale Creates
Demand For More
Buyers of Choice Steer
Calves At Clyde Sale
Pleased With Records
of Animals.
There will be a demand for
more choice steer calves this fall
due to the success of Ihc feeder
calf sale which was held in Clyde
last September, it was learned
from Howard H. C'laip, county
farm agent, this week.
The buyers of the valves last
fall have been pleased with the
animals purchased from this sec
tion and it is anticipated that
there will be a good market for
this type of stock Ibis year.
One car load of choice steer
calves were shipped to the Eastern
part of this state where they were
distributed among 4-H Club mem
bers who fed them out for the
Kinston Fat Stock Show and Sale
on April 18 and 19th. The record
of these calves has created a de
mand, according to Mr. Clapp.
Calves Should Be Dehorned and
Castrated
"Eastern North Carolina buyers
want heavy calves weighing from
450 to 500 pounds and they want
them dehorned and castrated. If
we expect this market, we must
give customers what they want.
It is urged therefore, 'that we see
that these two operations are per
formed, and that we hold back our
good early spring calves for the
Clyde sale, which will probably
hp held September 20th," said Mr.
Clapp in discussing the outlook for
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i)
Local Boy Heard In World
Wide Program From Britain
"I want to get back to Waynes
ville, North Carolina, and farm,"
is what SSgt. Joe N. Tate. Jr.
told the world over the British
Broadcasting Company and the
Mutual network recently. Sgt
Tate was on the program of
"American Eagle in Britain."
His family here have received
letters and long distance calls
from numerous states. Some lis
teners had taken down the inter
view between the announcer and
Sgt Tate, who was 22 on the day
the broadcast was made. The re
cepUon waa clear, and his voice
waa so natural that his mother ad
mitted she hugged the radio. He
told of his many missions as waist
gunner on a B-17 over Germany.
He was recently awarded the
second oak leaf cluster to the Air
Medal for meritorious achievement,
coolness, courage and skill during
Eighth Air Force bombing attacks
on Nazis held strongholds in the
path of the Allied troops advancing
on the Western front,
i Sgt. Tate, a graduate of the Way
nesville Township high school, was
a driller supervisor for the North
Carolina shipbuilding Company at
the time he entered the ASF.
He is a member of the 34th
Bomb. Group, a unit of the Third
Air Division, which was cited by
the President for its historic England-Africa
shuttle bombing of
Messerschmitt aircraft plants at
Regensburg.
Posthumously
Awarded
fiui Virt 'iV'' i n iinnttmifliniifffr -
PFC. CECIL R. ROBINSON, who
was killed in action on Corregidor
on February 23, has been awarded
the Purple Heart, according to in
formation received by his wife, the
former Miss Emma Louise Leather
wood, of Newport News, Va.
Pfc. C. E. Robinson
Posthumously
Gets Purple Heart
Private First Class Cecil ft
Robinson, son of Mrs. Ernest E
Robinson, and the late Mr. Robin
sdn, of Ha.elwood, has .been .post
huniously awarded the Purple
Heart, which has been forwarded
to his wife, who is residing in
Newport News, Va.
Pfc. Robinson was killed in ac
tion on February 23, on Corregi
dor by a Japanese sniper. He was
attached lo the 503rd Para. Inf.,
and had served in New Guinea a
year prior to the lime his com
pany was sent lo Corregidor to
lake part in the invasion.
Pfc. Robinson entered the ser
vice in March, 1943. and was in
ducted at Camp Croft. After tak
ing his basic training at a Texas
post hewas sent to Fort Bcnning.
Ga., for special training as a para
trooper. He hail served a total of III
mouths in the South Pacific thea
tre. Surviving arc bis wife who
will continue to make her home in
Newport News; three brothers,
Pfc. William Earl Robinson, and
Pfc. Johnny Robinson, both serv
ing in the European theatre, and
Donald Robinson, of Ha.elwood;
four sisters, Mrs. Howard Pass
more, Mrs. Max Cochran and
Miss Betty Jo and Miss Ernestine
Robinson, all of this section.
Prior to entering the service
Pfc. Robinson was employed by
the Unagusta Manufacturing Company.
Grace Church Will
Be Host Of Diocese
Meeting In 1946
The 24th annual convention of
the Episcopal church of the Dio
cese of Western North Carolina
will hold their 1946 meeting in
Waynesville, it was announced at
the meeting held last week in
Hendersonville.
The members of Grace Church
in the Mountains here will be
hosts to the convention, over which
Rev. Robert E. Gribbon, bishop of
the diocese, will preside. i
William M. Redwood, member
of Trinity Church, Asheville, was
re-elected treasurer of the con
vocation at the meeting in Hen
dersonville. The standing commit
tee of the diocese, was re-elected
with the addition of A. B. Stoney,
of Morganton. and Rev. J. P.
Burke, rector of St. James Church,
Hendersonville.
Haywood
Casualty List
As of Today:
Killed 90
Wounded 200
Prisoner 22
Missing in Action 26
Total . .. . ... . 338
Ordinance Is
Passed To Ban
Wine Sales
Officers Find Wine
Causes "Fighting Spir
it" To Arise In Many
Customers.
The legal sale of wine in Way
nesville will be unlawful alter
the first of June, according to an
ordinance passed by the board of
aldermen last Thursday night.
This action will alTect three
places in town where wine Is sold.
The operators of these places will
be given a thirty-day period in
which to dispose of all their stock
now on hand.
On the other hand any place
entitled to sell beer may continue
to operate, according lo the law
so long as it does so in an orderly
manner, and in compliance with
the regulations.
The ordinance was passed by
the aldermen in view of the in
creased consumption of wine mid
due to the fact that the ollicers
report that most all drunkenness
results from wine.
At present there are four places
in the town in which beer Is sold.
Town officials are Issuing warning
that all places now handling beer
will be carefully 'scrutinized'' be
fore licenses are Issued or renewed.
Women To Have
Large Part In
7th War Bona Drive
Mrs. Bonner Ray,
County Chairman, and
Mrs. Den Sloan In
Charge of Waynesville
Area.
Due to the increased quota as
signed', to Haywood county in the
Seventh War Loan Drive, the Wo
men's Division under the leader
ship of Mrs. Bonner Ray, county
chairman, the women of the area
are taking a more active part in
the sales than in Hie previous cam
paigns. Mrs. Ben Sloan is serving as
chairman of I he drive in (he Way
nesville area.
A booth will he maintained at
the First National Bank for the
next several weeks with some
member of the women's committee
in charge each day.
Those who will sell bonds at
the booth in the First National
National Bank include: Mrs. Carl
Hill, Mrs. Jonathan Woody, Mrs.
James Kilpatrick, Mrs. Ben Col
kitt, Mrs. Whitener Prevost, Mrs.
Felix Stovall, Mrs. June Smathers,
and Mrs. Charles Ray.
Much interest is being manifest
ed in the workers who are com
peting in the Blue Star Brigade
for recognition for number of
bonds sold. The minimum of ten
bonds will entitle a bond sales
woman to be rated a second lieu
tenant and a number of those sell
ing bonds will gain even higher
ranks if the sales continue as they
have started out this week.
Electric Current
To Be Off Sunday
6:00 to 7:30 a. m.
Electric service will be discon
tinued throughout Hazelwood, Lake
Junaluska and Waynesville areas
on Sunday morning, May 20, ac
cording to an announcement by
J. E. Tate, manager of the Carolina
Power and Light Company. '
"The interruption," said Mr.
Tate, "is to permit important re
pair work which can not be done
with safety without disconnecting
service. We sincerely hope that
it is planned for hours when a
minimum of inconvenience will be
caused customers in the area to
be effected."
Service will be olf from 6:00 a.
m. to 7:30 a. m. on Sunday morn
ing. Mr. Tate stated that while
he regretted the disconnection of
service for even a short time it
was essential that the lines be kept
in good repair at a time when
abnormally heavy demands are be
ing imposed by the war production
board.
Town Requires $10,000
Insurance On All Taxi
Cabs And Buses Here
An ordinance requiring $10,000
insurance on every taxi and bus
operated on the streets of Way
nesville. became effective this
week. The ordinance was passed
by the board of aldermen at their
meeting on May 10th.
The ordinance is published in
lull in this issue, and sets out
'.hat $10,000 insurance or surety
bond must be carried -on every
motor vehicle operating here and
engaged in the business of trans
porting passengers.
Town officials have had the mat
ter under consideration for the
past several months, and went In
lo every phase of the plan as op
crated in other communities.
The policies shall he subject to
the approval of the mayor and
board of aldermen, and shall he
kept in force as long as the ve
hicle is operated.
Now in effect, is a slate law
which requires that each driver
of a. taxi or bus get a permit
from the town. Drivers make ap
plication for such permit, and they
are granted provided the appli
cant has a good record, and has
never been guilty of a felony, or
violated ; stu .or federal liquor
law, pitlip In prostitution,
delt in nare.MIc:! never violated
trallic laws, "ind u, not a habitual
user of i"
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Plant Manager
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Dr. R. H. Bennett
Methodist Minister
Dies at Lake Home
Lasl rites wen. conducted Mon
day in Richmond, Va., for Rev.
Richard II. Bennett, 79, retired
Methodist minister, who died at
his home in Lake Junaluska Friday
nlulit. Prior to the body being
taken to Richmond services were
conducted here at the Garrett
Funeral Home at 4 o'clock Satur
day afternoon. Burial was in the
Hollywood cemetery, Richmond.
Dr. Rennet was born In Black -stone,
Va.. in 1800 and was edu
cated at Randolph-Macon College
and Princeton University, lie
joined the Virginia Conference in
Iftl!!). His first appointment was
Monument Church, Richmond, Va.,
and alter serving that church he
held pastorates in both Norfolk
and Lynchburg.
In 1903 Dr. Bennett was elected
professor of Moral Philosophy at
Randolph-Macon College where he
spent four successful years in the
teaching field. During that period
he also served as State Superinten
dent of the Anti-Saloon League of
Virginia.
Feeling the call back to preach
ing, he accepted the pastorate at
Court Street Church, Lynchburg,
Va.. where he served for four
years, after which he was appoint
ed missionary secretary of the
Virginia conference for a three
year period.
Following this work with the
General Board of Education elected
Dr. Bennett secretary of Minister
ial Supply and Training. His bus
iness was to recruit and train
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FRANK ROGERS, plant manager
of The Dayton Rubber Manufac
turing Company, was ,told yester
day the firm had won the coveted
Army-Navy E production award.
The flag and pins will be given
Three Howard
Brothers Listed
War Casualties
Three suns 1 Mr nnd Mrs. A.
1). Howard. l ("anion, R.F.D. No.
2, are reported as war casualties
Sgt. A, 1). Howard, IR. is re
ported missing over Germany since
April 22. lie entered the service
last August aiiii spent a 10-day
furlough at home Hie latter part
of December, alter which he re
ported lo Fort George Meade. Md.,
for his overseas assignment.
Private lliiherl I.. Howard was
wounded on April l(i in Germany,
according to a message received
by his pa renin He is now in a
hospital in England and is report
ed to be making normal improve
ments. He entered the service in
May, 1944, and alter training al
Camp Wheeler, Ga., and Fort
George Meade. Mil., was sent to
Italy.
The third brothel-, Private First
Class. Jesse R. Howard, has been
in the service since February,
1942. He was wounded in Belgium
on December 2I. I!)44, and has re
covered and is back with his com
pany. He took training at Fort
Jackson and Camp Alterbury, Ind.,
before being sent overseas.
Returns To Sea Duty
After Leave At Home
James Tutvvilei. merchant sea
man, has returned to his ship after
spending a leave here with his
mother at I heir home on the Ashe
ville road.
Awards To Be
Given June 5
At Ceremony
Plant Here Has Been
On War Production
Since Pearl Harbor;
Made Excellent Record
In recognition of an outstanding
I achievement in the manufacture of
I war materials. The Dayton Rubber
j Manufacturing Company here has
I won the coveted Army-Navy Pro
i duction Award, it was learned yes-
terday from Col. Thomas H. Chap
man, commanding officer of the
Warner Robins Air Technical Ser
vice Command. The news came
through the command's regional
representative, Lt. Col. Edward A.
Wine, of Raleigh.
Company officials were in con
ference yesterday with military
men completing detailed plans for
the ceremony on Tuesday, June 5,
at which time the "E" flag and pins
will be presented to employees
and company officials. The awards
will be made by representatives of
the Army Air Forces and the Navy
The time has been set for 2:4r
p. in.
As far as could be learned, this
is the second firm in all Western
North Carolina to receive the high
production award.
The plant went into production
of vital war materials shortly after
Pearl Harbor, and has lost no time
during the war period because of
strikes, shut-downs or any other
delays as far as workmen were
involved.
Col. Chapman said, "The high
award has been granted to The
Dayton Rubber Manufacturing
Company, which employs approxi
mately 600 workers, on the basis
of excellence In quality and quan
tity of production."
Converting from rubber products
for th textile industry prior to
the outbreak of the war, the com
pany has been producing pneu
matic rafts, oxygen breathing tubes
and pneumatic pontons for the
Army Fir Forces, Navy and Army
Engineers.
Frank Rogers is plant manager
of the firm.
FBI Group Will Be Invited
To Hold Fall Meeting Here
A formal invitation will be ex
tended the FBI conference in ses
sion in Brevard Monday to hold
their fall meeting in Waynesville.
All indications yesterday were that
the invitation would be accepted.
A large number of Haywood
law enforcement officers plan to
attend the conference in Brevard
Monday, which is one of a series
of such meetings being held
throughout, the two Carolinas by
the FBI as part of Its instruction
program for law enforcement of
ficers during Ihe war emergency.
Special demonstrations will be
made of firearms, the use of new
and improved weapons, special pic
tures and exhibitions.
Edward Scheldt, special agent in
charge of Charlotte, will be in
charge of the conferences. Judge
J. w. Pless will address the group,
and Ecusta and the Town of Bre
vard will be host for the occasion.
Tentative plans are for the fol
lowing from here to attend: Mayor
J. H. Way, G C Ferguson, city
manager. Chief J L. Stringfield,
and two policemen. Sheriff R. V.
Welch, Patrolman O. R. Roberts,
Chief John F. Evans, of Hazel
wood, and N. W. Ferguson, of Day
ton Rubber.
Chief B. H. Holland, of Clyde,
and the following from Canton:
Chief W. N. Stroup, Cpl. E. W.
Jones, Mance Tate of Champion
Paper, and perhaps Mayor Sara
Robinson and several aldermen.
Odus Lynn, special agent of this
district, was here in the interest
of the conference, and reported
much interest among Haywood offi
cers and officials In attending.
Cables May Be
Sent To Europe
And S. America
For the first time in five years
personal and business international
messages may be sent to Italy, it
was announced this week by Miss
Hilfa Keener, manager of the local
office of the Western Union Tele
graph Company.
Government and press messages
have been permitted for sometime,
but only with the improvement of
conditions in Italy has it been pos
sible to reestablish communications
for the general public, it was
pointed out by Miss Keener.
The new rate for international
communications established on May
1, make It possible for Waynesville
and Haywood county citizens now
to communicate not only with Italy
but with other European countries.
South America, Central America
and the West Indies for twenty
four cents a word for a full rale
message; thirteen cents a word for
a deferred message and eight and
two-thirds cents a word for over
night messages.
Sgt. J. F. Caldwell
Awarded Silver
Star For Gallantry
Technical Sergeant Jesse F.
Caldwell, son of Mrs. T. H. Cald
well, of Waynesville, has been
awarded the Silver Star, according
to information from headquarters
He is attached to the 23rd Armor
ed Infantry Battalion and has
served for several months in the
European theatre.
The citation accompanying the
award in part read as follows.
"Tech. Sgt. Jesse F. Caldwell, for
distinguishing himself by gallan
try in action on 19 December, 1944.
in the area of St. Vith, Belgium.
When communication was cut, T.
Sgt. Caldwell repeatedly braved
death to deliver fire-orders to the
supporting mortar. Moving back
and forth across the fire-swept field
to observe fire and make adjust
ments, he made possible a barrage
which knocked out enemy guns
that had hampered reorganization.
Even when wounded, he continued
on his hazardous mission, allowing
himself to be evacuated only when
the hostile shelling had subsided.
TSgt. Caldwell's courageous de
votion to duty, even when injured,
reflects the highest credit upon
himself and the armed forces."-.