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Waynesville OUNTAINEER Pnblighed In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park 12 Pages WAYNESVILLE. N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 21. 1945 (One Day Nearer Victory) $2.00 in Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties M 4WgrLoan j pr . $3 1$? L0 n '..lA Riiarnroirp ! Killed On Ryukyu Sale Here Wednesday Test Farm; 1 O'Clock rcit In Sale Is Run j High; Haywood Ijmcn Interested toying- j i running li'Kli ' "" T;isliTfl (iuernscy cat jjKh i" be held Wcd m, 27. al Mm- Slate Test ai mic o'clock. Pro ud yesterday dial 35 se pals wuuhl Ix' offered jelion sale, and rr-sale IS ncir Huil iiiHiiy of the dairymen planned to buy ore hoad. IfConl, r Montgomery. serve as auelioiiecr of Cforce Salley. .secretary iilli Carolina cattle eluh, the pedigrees. Me will 4 by J. Frank Johnson, ulliein regional field man n Guernsey, inc.. and It. ughlin. field man for Guernsey Cattle Club, n-Salcni. expected al the sale arc '.head of dairy extension alcigh. and J. II. Hilton, nimal husbandry, also of suing the future of dairy Davenpint. district man pt Dairy Products Com lted out yesterday that plant was paying more 100 per month to milk for milk. The prices of now the highest ever cording to Mr. Daven- the consignors to the he following: four head Osborne herd; and ani thc herds of J. P. Mc icester; James L. GUI, Iclver, of Marion; from rings Farm, Concord; and Blackwcll Farms, ; M. F. Shore, Cycle; isnn. Morganton; W. W. oncsville. S. C; Arch s. Kings Mountain; Sky rm. Ilendersonvillc; A. Franklin; John Smath V. Meal, Waynesvillc, tent will be erected at 'arm and the sale will The new dairy barn the animals until time lc to begin. 'ing organizations are ! in staging the sale: nsion Service, Pet Dairy Company, State Test ational Agricultural De American Guernsey b and Haywood County 'Mrs Association. red heifer will be given bv the Pet Dairy Pro Pay and a number of abc prizes will be pre- H'e Haywood County lurs Association and Hub and FF A boys are attend I hc sale by eiapp, county farm Points out that they an opportunity to pur " for their project. s men in the county stockmen are urged to Me and invited to in Property of the State eY Sells il House E-Henshaws W. E. Henshaw, . "ey- have purchased "ouse. 20-room popu ;ouse. from D. D. Perrv .'"S closed on Saturday! L : ienry Gaddy. of e L "d ConW, who e '"nsactions. tm?' Wh0 rmerly ft Place i Cash r th L mana8enient on this week. For the le y is making his palmer House. ; y was sold for $12,- rifr nthPH- s- Henshaw Is k w months- late m" 8nd ho eh, MJS- Ud B. Billy. Hoyle, EM 3-c Wounded In European Theater Hilly lloyle. I'.. M. 3c who was wounded while in the European theatre this spring, has recently been awarded the Purple Heart, according to information received by his family. Young lloyle, the lirsl draftee student from the Waynesvillc Township high school, entered the service in April. 1943. and was in ducted at Camp Croft. He was sent to Bainbridge. Md., for his boot training and later transferred to Norfolk, Va.. for advanced train ing. Before being sent to sea he was also trained al Orange Field. Tex. lie has been in three major coin bats in the Kuropean theatre. He is now stationed in Seattle. Wash . where he is taking advanced training. if-, f I Sewing Classes To Be Given At High School Instruction in sewing will he given on each day of the week with the exception of Saturdays from -2 to 5 o'clock in the rooms of the home economics department Of the high school, it was announc ed .yesterday by Mrs. Herbert L. Buchanan, head of the department, who will ' conduct the sewing classes. The classes will be open to adults and out-of-town school stu dents and will be free to anyone wishing to attend. The classes are hem?! sponsor ed by the State Home Economics Department. Anyone wishing to enroll are asked to get in touch with Mrs. Buchanan at tier resi dence. Classes will begin on Mon- day, June 2.'i. I.T. I.OGAN M. WHITE. .11!.. son 1 of Mr. and Mrs Logan M. White, I of ('anion. I'. S Marine Corps avia j tor was killed in action on June II on Hyukvu Island in Hie Pacific theater, according to a message received by liis parents. Lt. L. M. White, Jr. Killed In Action June 8, In Pacific First U l.ogan M White. Jr . 2:i. U. S. Marine Corps, aviator, was killed in action on June II. on Ryukyu Island, in the Pacific the atre, according to a message re ceived by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Logan M. While, of Canton. Lt White had been serving in the Pacific theatre for about two months when he was killed in ac tion. lie entered the Marine Corps on January 7. 1942, taking his boot training at Parris Island. Later he look his basic pre-flighl work at the University of Georgia. His primary flight training was com pleted at Memphis, Tenn., and his advanced training ' was taken at Pensacola. Fla., where he was commissioned a second lieutenant in October, 1943. Lt. White is survived by his parents and two brothers, Cpl. Jack L. White, who is with the Army Air Corps in the Pacific, and Seaman Second Class Charles Diipree White, with the navy in North African waters. War Products Made In Haywood To Be Exhibited After Being Displayed Here Will Be Sent As Permanent Collection To State Museum. War items manufactured and processed in this area are being collected for local display in the U. S. Employment Service Office before being sent to Raleigh to form a part of the State-wide per manent exhibit in the State Mu seum, according to information re ceived from Mrs. Edith P. Alley, local USES manager. Dr. .1 S Dorton. State WMC director, has recently released the plan tor such an exhibit under the auspices of the War Manpawer i Commission for North Carolina. A i brochure, containing the letter to Governor H. Gregg Cherry, out lining Ihe plan. Governor Cherry's j response, a response from Com missioner of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott, endorsements of (he plan by the State Management-Labor .Committee, by representatives of government procurement agencies and by the labor branch of the War Department, along with a plan for collecting Ihe war products, has been sent to the local ollice ' of the U. S. Employment Service 1 of WMC and to government pro- ' curemeiit agencies. A display of locally produced items will surprise many people in the community, even some of the ' employers and workers who par- j ticipatcd in their production, it was pointed out by Mrs. Alley, According to the local USES of- flee this area has recently been reclassified to a No. 1 critical la bor shortage area. The problem of labor shortage is further aggra vated by absenteeism and workers quitting essential jobs withuut justifiable cause. The local fice of the USES continues inten sive recruitment of applicants to fill urgent orders for war produc tion workers. Job releases are being granted only in cases of definite established personal hard ship or for other justifiable rea sons as provided for in the stab ilization program. Killed In Action ! v .?s ; H O V .S v, . s I PF x--s h At i 1 Again The Public Is Reminded All applications for gas. tires and siloes must be in the office of the rationing board on Monday, Ihe public is again reminded by the clerk of the board. The members of the board meet on Tuesday and unless the applications have been put in the day before and classi fied they will not be brought to the attention of the board until the following week, it was pointed out by the clerk. Dies Of Wounds First National Declares Semi Annual Dividends The directors of the First Na tional Bank held their regular meeting yesterday and voted the usual semi-annual dividend, it was learned from Jonathan H. Woody, president. Satisfactory reports were pre sented by the officers and the re sources were declared matching any peak period in previous years. Pvt. J. H. Burnette German Prisoner Is Liberated Private Jesse Howard Burnette. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Burnetlu, of Canton, U.F.D. No. has been liberated from a German prison camp, according to a message re ceived by his parents. Pvt. Burnette was captured on December 20, while serving with the Engineers in Luxembourg. He was freed by the Russians on April 23 of this year. Record Crowds Expected To Attend Movie Premiere Every Effort Is Being Made To Bring Sale of E Bonds To Quota; Ad mission By Bond Only. A record breaking crowd is ex pected to attend the War Bond premiere Friday night to be held at the Park Theatre, when , the showing of the famous technicolor picture, "Meet Me In St. Louis'' will be on the screen. With Haywood county more than $300,000 behind the assigned quota in the purchase ot War Bonds in the 7th drive, the county commit tee is making a hard last minute campaign to bring the total pur chases up to the goal set during this week-end. W. R. Francis, war loan chair man, said yesterday that every effort would be made by the en tire county committee to make more contacts knd increase sales of the "E" type bonds. The sale of other type bonds is going fine, it was reported, but a continued lag in "E" bonds is bringing the county far behind the schedule and quota. . J. E. Massie, permanent war fi nance chairman, said that facili ties' would be provided in the lobby of the theatre Friday night for the purchase of bonds and that admission to tbe popular and high ly rated movie would be by pur chase of bonds only. The booths will be open by (i:30. according to Mr. Massie and sales will continue until 8:30. the open ing of the theatre for showing the picture will depend on the rapidify with which the sales are made. Admission will also be made to the show with a bond dated June 22. which may have been bought from any other of the bond sell ing agencies in this area early in the day. A couple will not be admitted on one band, according to Mr. Massie, who stated that one bond will admit only one person to the show. The picture which is being hail ed throughout the country as one of the best of the year, deals with the life of a typical family back in the gay nineties, and carries an unusual high-type of humor and wit, in addition to some of the most beautiful scenes ever screen ed. The story portrays the trials and tribulations of a large family, including the problems of their two daughters who are in love, and the smaller chidren who are al ways into mischief add to the em barrassment of their older sisters. Starring in the picture are Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor. LucUIe Bremer, Tom Drake and Marjorie Main. Parker Children Have Twelve Grandparents The three small children of Mr. and Mrs, Charlie C. Park er, of Chestnut Park Drive. Charles Hay, 7, Polly. 4. and James Hugh, 2, arc believed to be the only children in Western North Carolina, who have twelve living grandpar ents. All of Mrs. Parker's grand parents and parents are liv ing. They are: Mr. and Mrs. James W. Edwards, of Waynes villc, parents; and Mr. and Mrs. Verlin Gibson, of Dell wood, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edwards, of Waynes villc, all grandparents. The parents of the father are Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Parker, of Asheville, It.F.D. No. 2; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Parker, of Mountain Rest, S. C, and Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Nichols, of Franklin, R.F.D. No. 2. PFC. W1NF11EI) PHILLIPS, son of Mrs. Cora L. Phillips, who was killed in action in Germany on May 2. where he was serving with the 30111 h Engineers of tbe 1Mb Army. Winfred Phillips Killed In Action In Germany May 2 Private Firs! Class Winfred Phillips, who was serving with the 30th Engineers of the !)th Army, was killed in action in Germany on May 2. according to a message received by his mother. Mrs. Cora I. Phillips. Pic. Phillips entered the service on April 12. 1943. and was induct ed at Camp Croft and from there transferred to Fort Belvoir, Va lie was sent overseas in July, 1943. and had served in France, Belgium, and Germany. He had been wound ed twice. At the time he entered the service he was employed by the U. S. Engineers in Norfolk. Va. " Surviving are his mother, one small daughter, Eleanor June Phillips, four sisters. Miss Lillian Phillips, Mrs. T. W .Berry. Jr.. and Mrs. Fred Marcus, of Waynes villc. Mrs. T. U. lloyle. of New port News, Va.; five brothers, Guy. Lloyd, and Arthur, of Norfolk. Va.; Private Sidney Phillips, of U. S. Army, now in camp in Missouri and Hoy Phillips, of Waynesvillc. Federation Picnic To Be Held On August 18, Clyde The Farmers Federation picnic for Haywood county is scheduled for Saturday, August 18, at Clyde high school, James G. K. MrClure, Federation president, announced. II begins at 10 a in., lasts through Ihe afternoon, anil everybody is invited. A new feature of the picnics Ibis year will be the awarding of a prize to the biggest family re union at the picnic, The it-union group will he assembled on the lawn some lime during Ihe dav I min him v in mi' am., hi t-iji rtwjLwii CORPOUAL HARRY EDGAR GODFREY. 21. son of James W. Godfrey . and the lale Mrs. God frey, nl Hazel wood, who died in Germany on May 27 from gunshot wounds, according to information received I nun the War Depart ment. Hi- entered the service in June. 1941! and bad been serving in the European theater for nine teen Farmers Federa will take a pic pielures. (i by 10 to the and Bob Brown, lion news editor ture. Three free inches, will he presented reunion as a prize Other prizes, as oll'ered in the past, will be given again this year. Other new af tractions to be pre sented at the picnic will be an nounced later. All string music makers, choirs, and quartets have a special invitation to attend. Killed In Action T5 GORMAN ROBERTS, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Roberts, of Canton, whose death was reported on Maw 26 in Germany. He died from accidental gunshot wounds he received on May 13, according to information received by his par ents fro mthe War Department. Haehvood Methodist Church Will Have Revival Services Revival services will begin at the Hazolwood Methodist church on Sunday evening, June 24th. al 8 o'clock. The Rev I) II. Dennis, pastor, will conduct the services. The public is invited to attend Ihe meetings. Hravery Of Haywood Man Saves Entire Platoon From Dealh Through a daring ITiO-yard sprint made by Sgt. James Coch ran, an assistant squad leader in the 382nd Infantry, an entire rifle platoon was saved from possible annihilation on Okinawa, according to information received from the 96th Infantry Division. Sgt. Cochran's platoon was pin ned down by intense enemy ma chine gun fire during an assault on a primary target on Okinawa. For an hour the members of the unit lay in the cover of shell crat ers and the need for aid became more urgent as the number of casualties grew. It was then that Sgt. Cochran came to the rescue and made a dash for help. Hc sprinted into the open with two Jap machine guns peppering slugs all about him. Both his combat pack and his cartridge bell were badly ripped by bullets and one creased his back but he made his way to a nearby Yank outfit and gave' information which led to the rescue. Memorial Services Conducted Sunday For PvM-G.Davis Memorial services were held at ! the Meadow Grove church on East i Fol k of Pigeon at 2:30 Sunday afternoon for Private James Guy I Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lur-1 man Davis, who was killed in i action in Ihe Philippines on March 1 Li. j Rev. L. F. Clark was in charge of the service. i Pvt. Davis had been in the ser- 1 vice for four years and had been in the Philippines for three years, j He was serving with the Air Corps j and was killed when his plane I crashed. ! Surviving besides his parents are a brother. Cornelius Davis, of Fas! Fork and a sister, Miss Pearly Davis, of Spartanburg, S. C. Miss Anne Osborne is expected to arrive on Saturday from Chapel Hill, where she is a student. She; will be accompanied by her room- i mate. Miss Mary Holt Drewey, of I Henderson, who will visit her for! several days. Farm Slaughterers Required To HaVe Permits Farm slaughterers in Haywood eounly were reminded yesterday by W R Siler. chairman of the War Price and Rationing Board, that July I is the last date for ob taining a permit if they wish to slaughter or have animals slaugh tered for sale during 1945. Mr Siler defined a Class 3 slaughterer as a resident operator of a farm who sold less than 6,000 pounds of meat resultior , tri-fi slaughter of his own"flvMliich wst' year. Farmers who did not slaughter meat for sale last year may obtain a permit to market up to 400 pounds during 11)45. he explained, but no permit is requied to dress meat for Ihe fanner's own con sumption. No provisions have been made for lale registrants. If you ex peel to slaughter at all you must register by July 1st. Mr. and Mrs. Massie Return From Buying Trip In New York Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Massie have returned from New York, where they spent a week buying fall mer chandise for The Toggery. They were accompanied as far as Balti more by their daughter. Miss Mary Anne Massie. who spent a week there as the guest of Miss Nancy Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walker, loriucrly of Waynes-ville. Miami Business Man Buys W. L Bradley Farm Mrs. James Harden Howell, Jr., and young daughter, Carey Howell, have arrived from York, S. C, to spend the summer with Col. and Mrs. J. H. Howell at Windover. Haywood Casualty List As of Today: Killed In Action . 97 Wounded 214 Prisoners : .J 6 Missing In Action 25 Liberated 20 TOTAL ......362 Sale Brings Holdings of New Owner, Joe Keinston, Up To In vestments of $70,500. The W. A. Bradley farm of KiO acres located on the Eagles Nest Road was bought during the week by Joe Keinston, prominent busi ness man of Miami, Fla. The sale was made through T. Henry Gaddy of E. L. Withers and Company and the purchase price was $25,000, it was icarnca yesieruay. This brings the total investments in this section of Mr. Reinston, who came here for the first time two years ago, up to $70,500, all of which has been handled by Mr. Gaddy. "I feel that this country is just being opened up and I predict a great future when the war is over," said Mr. Reinston in discuss ing his latest investment here. The first property bought by Mr. Reinston was the Stiefel home on the golf course at the Waynes ville Country Club, which was purchased last summer. Other property acquired at that time included the Citizens Bank building on Main Street, now oc cupied by the Chamber of Com merce; 205 acres from D. Reeves Noland, adjoining the Sloan prop erty on beyond the Southern Railway station; and 18 acres of the Poteat land joining the Noland I acreage. Last fall Mr. Reinston bought i 137 acres from Hugh J. Sloan. which also joins with the recently acquired Bradley farm on the Eagles Nest Road, which gives the owner a continuous holding from the properly overlooking the Southern Station through the Eagles Nest Road In the sale of the Hradlev farm j were included all farm equipment, two houses and 25 bead of cattle. Mr. Reinston is making exten- sive improvements on bis property ! here. He is building a road from the Noland land on through to the Eagles Nest Road and then to Rocky Knob. He plans eventually to operate a rock crusher at Rocky Knob and crush stone for gravel ing the road now under construc tion. When this road is completed it will be- one of the most scenic in the county, according to those familiar with the area. When con ditions will permit the Floridian plans to erect a rock home for his own occupancy op the Noland property on the hill overlooking Waynesville, it was learned from Mr. Gaddy. At present he is starting con struction on a new barn and silo on the Noland farm, which will be completed this summer. Mr. Reinston plans to spend from four to five months out of each year in this section. Construction Bids To Be Opened In Office Here Friday Additional Applica tions For $715,000 Approved By Stale Authority For Exten sions In 6 Counties. A total of $304,0000 will be spent in the near future on extension of lines of the Haywood Electric Membership Corporation in Hay wood county and into Buncombe. Jackson, Swain and Transylvania counties, according to J. C. Moore, superintendent. In addition to the foregoing al locations on June 4. the local corporation submitted In the State RE A Authority an applica tion for $715,000 for further ex tension of lilies into adjoining counties, with other counties nam ed, including Macon and Graham, covering an area of 484 miles. This application has been approv ed by the State Authority and has been submitted to the Rural Klecv trification Administration in SI Louis for allocation. Mr. Moore has been assured tha at least part of the $715,000 wil lie granted during 1945 so tha the work will be started during the current year. With the present system of the Haywood Electric Membership Corporation representing an ex penditure of over $200,000, the total outlay promises when all funds are granted to be a $1,081,- 000 prcjeet. according to IV Moore. Of the $304,000 funds in hat) $279,000 has been appropriated' I the Rural Electrification Admini.V tration for 223 miles of extension construction In untouched areas in Haywood, Buncombe, Jackson. Swain and Transylvania counties. ..Bids fur this project wHP.be '.upen- voJi hwe- at the' local office at 11 o'rlbvu. 1'i'iday .morning J June 22. The money was allocated in 1541. but due to war conditions the funds, while earmarked at the time for the proposed extwision were withheld. The restrictions have been lifted and the money is now available. B. O. Vannort. engineer of Char lotte, and N. D. Shull. resident engineer, are now at work .staking out the proposed lines which will extend into the three counties and widen the service of the REA in Haywood county. The remaining $25,000 of the appropriation has been alloted to the Haywood Corporation for I be purpose of member service exten sion on existing lines, it was learn ed from Mr. Moore yesterday, mak ing the total of $304,000 for in creasing the service. At present there are 1,200 rural members, who are serviced with power for general household ap pliances, farm equipment, water systems and refrigeration. There are in the local office at present over 400 applications for service in Haywood and Buncombe coun- I ties. j In the counties which will even I tually be served by the Haywood ! Corporation there are in hand over 2.000 applications with 790 prospects, it was learned from Mr. Moore. The Haywood Electric Corpora tion was organized in 1938 and energized in 1939. with 250 mem bers, the original lines covering 32 miles in the Pigeon area. In 1941 an extension was made and 135 miles were energized, extending to the balance of Haywood county. Since then extensions have been built totaling around 60 miles, to other points in the county, includ ing Maggie, BeSverdam, RatctifT Cove, and other short scattered areas. The corporation also owns 30 miles of lines in Buncombe coun ty in the Upper Hominy section across from Cruso and these exten sions are now in the process of be ing reconstructed, work to be com pleted in the near future. In the present coverage of the area serviced by the corporation there is a density of four and eight tenths homes per mile. Prior to 1936 there was only 16 per cent of the rural homes electrified, but today there is 80 per cent using electric power, it was pointed out by Mr. Moore. r Miss Bernice Harrell Student At Stetson University On Honor Roll Miss Bernice Harrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Harrell. of Waynesville, is among students listed for exceptional scholarship at John B. Stetson University, De Land, Fla., according to the honor roll released this week by uni versity officials, V IS s I