Standard PRINTING CO Adv 220 S First St LOUISVILLE KV The Waynesville Mountaineer maklnc a upon must PnedjnThe County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1915 $2.00 in Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties 1 twkm NO. 35 24 Pages Udit Pa is 1 (SDite ' LiLa Riff Hr3 rf7Bnna nn a i chine lo Installed hansion 10 uci Canton Plant Of T nMJ impion rapcr aim re Company. .ar expansion program, to increase the daily ca- tho Canton division 01 me Caper and HDre com mtal of more than 1,000 chemical pulp, paper and oducts and involving an ex , of approximately $5,000,- oftaally announced Satur- nben B Robertson, cxecu- .presidnit of the Champion :d Fibre company. ie completion of this pro- Ipansion program which is ltd during 1946, chemical niBc will be stepped up than 600 tons daily, while tad board products will oial daily capacity of more luns, Mr. Robertson ex- k the past 10 years the division of the Champion pud Fibre company has jiarkable strides in the in- paper, board and chemical Iduction. During this per- las announced, paper and loduction was increased by lately 60 per cent, while .netimc chemical pulp pro- was increased by approxi- per cent. fg ahead into the post-war lans now call for the con- of the sulphite pulp pro- a bleached sulphate pulp where southern pine wood, as hardwoods, can be suc- used Present wood sud- adequatc. it ws said, to present and future opera te to fully round out these n Plans, many alterations 'ions in the plant will nec- navc to be made. Mr. Rob- Pid. and chief among these the completion of a mical recovery unit which under construction anri M likely be completed wooer. Also included In is the installation of pip bleaching unit, a 7.500 p. as well as the instal- J new high pressure steam Bit. cl,a"Ees. Mr. Robertson Permit an increase in nuin ot 50 tons per dav. while F a"d board production weased by approximately w uay. ler to handle this substan "i paper production, a "fuer paper manufactur ,ine iH be installed at a proximately $2,000,000. machine will hp similar f N No. 2 machine in the -wiuiacturing area which Haywood Farm Acreage Increases; Number Of Farms Show Decrease Expands Plant , " ? IK? V. RUBEN B. ROBERTSON, vice president in charge of Champion Paper and Fibre Company, an nounced Saturday that a five mil lion dollar expansion program had been started by the Canton plant. Census Of Agriculture Show Trend Of Farm In County Over 10 Year Period. Haywood county has Hi) fewer farms this year than in 1940. ac cording lo a report by the census bureau. At present there are 3,030 farms in the county, as compared with 3,119 in 1940. Back in 1935 there were 3 .11)7 or 167 more than today, the report showed. The report should not be dis couraging, however, because there are more than 10,000 acres in farm lands today than back in 1940 when there were more farms. Today Havwood lias 168.73(1 acres in farms as compared with 158,781 in 1940 and only 200.028 in 1935. The average farm in Haywood today consists of 55.7 acres as com pared with 50.9 acres in 1940 and 62 6 in 1935. In announcing the 1945 census totals of farms and land in farms in Haywood, Supervisor llerndon pointed out that the figures are preliminary and subject to correction. Reported Missing Trains And Buses Still Taxed To Capacity In This 'Plenty-Of-Gas Era' Chas. L. Ferguson Medical Officer Promoted To Capt. Captain Charles L. Ferguson, medical officer, U. S. Navy, son of Mrs. Horace C. Ferguson and the late Mr. Ferguson, has been pro moted to his present rank from commander, it was learned from his family this week. Capt. Ferguson is serving now in the Pacific theatre, but has been ordered to the States and assigned to duty as medical chief of the "Naval Hospital at Farragut, Idaho. Captain Ferguson has been in the navy for several years. He is a graduate of the Waynesville Township high school, the Univer sity of North Carolina, and Har vard University, receiving his com mission soon after his graduation in the medical school at Harvard. At the time he entered the navy he received the highest grade out of 1,200 taking the Naval exami nations. He also graduated from the University of North Carolina with the highest scholastic rating in his class. Miss Mable Pugh, of Raleigh. who has spent the greater part of tho L.mimni' hnrp as I he EUCSt of - o triiivii i au v . . . . Ule largest whitp nnr Mrc .inhn M Queen, has rclurned "toucd on naee a homo . hi Forces Tteadv lap Surrender f'Jfrthur arrived in M Admiral Chester W. f to Tokvn t, Wro hnnr u.j Allied IT1"" v " sea iana- i,;. "yo area for 'ichwni ul l"e Japa" ?ok;,v ne? .isian la? . naval base in f this morning t 1 "1. General m--a L5 thousands of air ffen at Atsuei ir. Cuth of Tokyo, and L ore from ships at fUon mr ,h . .... the greatest air Km gathered ln the KKn8 last minute ',uvm mues MatAi h5 .hcw from M- ir-borne troops him climb in-1 to their transports on Okinawa's airships. Nearly 1,000 miles to the north east Admiral Nimitz landed on the green waters of Tokyo Bay off Yokosuka in a gient Coronado sea plane escorted by fighters. The white haired commander of the Pacific fleet immediately board ed the battleship South Dakota, which will serve as his flagship. He will represent President Tru man and the United States at Ja pan's formal surrender aboard the battleship Missouri and General MacArthur will sign the document as the supreme Allied commander. Admiral William F. Halsey brought the 45,000 ton Missouri, his flagship, into Tokyo Bay with scores of other Allied warships, transports and hospital ships in preparation of today's landing. General MacArthur left Manila after inviting Lt Gen. Joanthan M. Wainwright, his successor on Ba taan and Corregidor in the dark days of 1942, to be his guest at the surrender ceremony aboard the Missouri and Wainwright ac cepted. . A check up of local transporta tion facilities this week revealed that Hie lifting of gas rationing has bad little eliect on the amount of traveling to and from this section. The Southern Railway agents at the local depot report that over crowded conditions still prevail, both going into Asheville and from Asheville. A conductor on the Murphy Branch recently reported to the local agent that his train had left Asheville with 225 passengers on a car that was supposed to seat 72. II was pointed out thai perhaps there might have been some dif ference had the restriction been lilted earlier in the season, before so many visitors had left home, making the trip here by train and bus. If they could have come in their own cars, the conditions might not have been so crowded on the trains. it was also learned that those seeking reservations from all points out of Asheville were having diffi culty in getting what they desired due to the continued heavy travel conditions. There has been very slight dif ference in bus travel, it was learned from the local bus station, but it 'Continued on page 51 LT. (jgi PALI, A. GOSSETT. son of Mrs Ethel Gossett, of Clyde, and the late ,1 II Gossett, who has been reported missing since August 13 He was serving on the submarine Bullhead. Lt. Paul Gossett Reported Missing In Pacific Theater Lt ( j k Paul A. Gossett, son of Mrs. Ethel L. Gossett. and the late .1. H. Gossett. of Clyde, has been reported missing in the Java sea since August 13, according to in formaton received by his wife. Lt. Gossett has been in the ser vice for the past nine years, and for four years was aboard the USS Mintro. He was then placed in submarine training and took spec ial courses in New London, Conn. Later he was assigned to the Car ibbean area. At the time he entered the ser vice Lt. Gossett was employed by the American Enka Corporation Surviving are his mother, and wife, the former Miss Catherine Moody, of Waynesville, R F.I). No. 2; one brother. .1. H. Gossett of Portland, Ore.; two sisters, Mrs. A. C. Jackson, of Everett, Wash , and Mrs. Frank Bowman, of Waynes ville. Lt Cosset I wa sserving aboard (Continued on page 51 Groups From Two States Meet Today To Discuss Road Down Pigeon River Some fifteen civic and business leaders of Haywood and other points in Western North Carolina, will meet with a similar group of Tennesseeans today at Wateivillc for the fust joint-session on the proposed water-level highway down Pigeon river to Newport. The Tennessee group have charge of plans for the meeting and will have with them highway otliclals to discuss details of gel ling groundwork started for early const nut ion on the proposed road. The project was thrown into the limelight several weeks ago when Chairman A. H. Graham of the North Carolina State Highway Commission at a meeting of Park officials here announced he was ordering an engineer's survey to be made in North Carolina on the proposed road. Since that time, U. Getty Brown ing, chief locating engineer of the highway department, has made a tentative survey of the area, but has not sent in a crew to get a detailed report. Tennessee is definitely interest ed in the building of the road, and would have to construct about 18 miles to the state line while North Carolina would have about HI'v miles to build from the end of the present state road down the Pig eon River Gorge. Charles Ray, chairman of the roads committee here, will lead the North Carolina delegation to day. Since the state highway com mission is in session, it will not be possible for them to attend the meeting today, however, a repre sentative of the department is ex pected to attend. The road from here to Newport, via Cove Creek and Wateivillc would be about 51 miles, with 33 niles in this state, and the re mainder in Cocke county, Tennessee. First At Lake yJiM Miss .lane Dudley Francis, who holds a position with Tomilnson's of High Pom;. Is expected home for (he week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Francis. Dinner In Paris, August 12, In Army, Dinner At Home, Aug. 19, Discharged Private First Class Dewey Mc Kay, of the 82nd Airborne Divi sion, had dinner in Paris on Sun day, August 12, and one week later on Sunday, August 19, had dinner with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther McKay, in Hazelwood as a discharged veteran. Pie. McKay flew to Newcastle. Del,, and from there was sent lo the separation center at Fort Bragg, where he was discharged from the armed forces and headed for home. Pfc McKay entered the service on March II. 1912, but when he went overseas be did not make such record time His sli'p was one of the "big convoy'' and bad lo drop out for repairs twice en route, with the trip covering four teen days Pfc. McKay had many varied ex periences durinc his months of combat in the European theatre, as a member of an Infantry glider outfit. At the time he entered the service he was employed by the Unagusta Manufacturing Company. USS Missouri To Be Scene Of Historic Jap Surrender DR ROflERT E. SPEER, was the first speaker to deliver an address from the Lake Juualuska platform over 30 years ago. He is now giving a series of lectures at the Lake. (Story on page six). Nothing New On Hotel Project Is Given Out No new developments have hern announced concerning the proposed hotel here. Gov. R. II. Gore, of FUrlda, who made the community a propo sition last week, is still in Florida, and is expected back shortly. Ills proposition was that he would put $180,000 into a $300,000 hotel if the rommunity would put $120, 000. Dr. Stuart Robcrson, presi dent of the Chamber of Com merce, who recently named a committer to work on the matter, said yesterday, "There Is no delinite statement lo make at this time. The nerd for a modern hotel is more acute than ever, and the Chamber of Commerce realizes this. Kleht at this time, there is no statement that ran be made," he continued. Business To Suspend For the Day Mere ; .j. .u .m rT7, .im I,. .... i ii ..rflrnii f III Jl If" I ll II l Iff Iffy7 lll H IIWIIWIMIIMI -.(. . St "W V XkJI m - ft t t p r ' I ' rn B -V The above is the 45,000 ton battleship Missouri, flagship of Admiral Halsey, of the Third Fleet which anchored yesterday off the port city of Tokyo with the Tokyo skyline visible to the north. The USS Missouri will end her World War II career in a blaze of glory September 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bav when she serves as the scene of the historical unconditional surrender of Japan lo the United Nations. Proudly bearing the name of the home state of President Harry S. Truman, the fighting USS Missouri has been named by General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, supreme Allied commander, as the locale of the formal ending of the war in the Pacific. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nemitz, commander-in-chief of the United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific ocean areas, will sign for the United States, Gen-i eral of the Army MacArthur, for the Allied forces which fought in the Pacific. The USS Missouri was launched January 29, 1944. Construction was ordered June 1, 1940. Her keel was laid on January 6, I 1941. at the New York Navy Yard. . k.ihin that uill an ilnuin in h istnrv ss rempmhprpd for the surrpnder arp thrpp CSCOI Ullg wie uaiiicoini ..... r," ... - - - destroyers, the Nicholas, O'Bannor and Taylor. Tra veling behind the battleship Missouri, was her siste r ship the Iowa. In turn came the South Dakota, to serve as Admiral Nimitz's flagship while he is in thit area to sign at the surrender ceremonies as the representative of the United States. With her came the destroyers Buchanan, Lansdowne and Lardner. Next in line was the battleship Duke of York, flagship of Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, commander-in-chief of the British fleet. With her were the British destroyers Whelp and Wngner. Pfc.R.C.Bradshaw Is Awarded The Purple Heart Private Fust Class Robert Craig Bradshaw, son of Mr and Mrs. W L. Bradshaw, of Crabtree. has been awarded .the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Ger many on March 29. of this year, according to information recently received by his family. Pfc Bradshaw entered the ser vice in July, 1944, and was induct ed at Fort Bragg. He took his basic training at Camp Blanding Fla , and from there was sent to Fort George Meade, and overseas, where he has been since January of this year. At the time he entered the ser vice he was employed by the Hous Ion. Tex., branch of the Champion Paper and Fibre Company. His wife and small daughters arc re siding on Fines Creek while he is in the service. Much Property Sold At Auction Considerable property was sold here last Friday by Penny Broth ers, as they staged a full day of auctioning property at Clyde and in Hazelwood. The 330-acre Jarvis Campbell farm was sold, as were 12 lots at Clyde and the six stone cabins at Belle Meade in Hazelwood. Haywood Casualty List As of Today: Killed in action 108 Wounded 221 Prihoners J. 4 Missing in action 24 Liberated 22 Total 379 Canton Will Stage Dual Observance All Haywood County Invited To Participate In Gigantic Celebra tion. Canton will lie the (inter of Labor Day activities in Haywood county on Monday, as ,i mial cele bration is .staged, combining Labor Day with a Victory observance Mayor Sain Hohinson, of Canton, yesterday extended a formal invi tation "to all Haywood to come lo Canton and celebrate both Labor Day and Victory. We extend a cordial invitation to all citizens of the county to be with us for our entire program, which starts Fri day, and continues through Mon day night. We are especially in terested in hav ing with us all mili tary personnel, whether now in service or discharged,'' the Canton mayor continued The event has been evidenced all week by Lee's Ruling devices at the Champion Park, giving a festive holiday approach to the ac tivities. World War veterans are display ing in the windows of the stores souvenirs of their combat exper iences, along with hobby and other interesting collections The streets have been decorated by the Ameri can Region post, and the entire town bf Canton has spruced up for I he celebration Today the colored population of the Canton area will celebrate, with the rides on Lee's riding de vices reserved for them up to 8 p. m. Badminton, golf, tennis, ele mentary soltball and other tour naments will feature the program for this group. On Friday there will be a dance ihoth 'round and sijuarc) staged at the Canton armory at !);00 p. in , sponsored by the business and pro fessional women's club and the stale guard Various athletic con tests will continue throughout the day. On Saturday hoys swimming, diving, checkers, hillard, table ten nis and other contests will be held at the Champion V. while high school girls will lake part in a snfthall tournament at the Cham pion Park Other features will include girls .swimming, diving, checkers, table (Colli lulled on page 5) Representative Of Veterans Adm. Here On Sept. 3 A representative from the Vet erans Administration will be in the office of the Haywood Red Cross Chapter on Monday , September 3, according to an announcement by Mrs. Barbara Seaman, who is serv ing as secretary of home service of the local work Any veteran of either World War I or II is invited to consult the representative at the office in the court house relative to anv problem which they may wish to nave adjusted Announcement will also be made at later times when the representative will be here. No Formal Public Program Planned For This End Of The County On Monday. Labor Day will be observed in this area by complete suspension of business, it was learned from the Merchants Association of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. The closing of all business firms on Monday, however, will not affect the usual half holiday on Wednes day, which will be observed. The sale of property on which the 1944 taxes have not been paid will be held as advertised at the court house on Monday morning, and since the community will have a holiday and there is much inter est in real estate at this time, a large crowd is expected to be pres ent for the routine procedure. All eating places in the area will remain open until three o'clock in the afternoon, serving breakfast and the noon day meal, but will be closed for the afternoon and evening. The bank will join the other business firms and observe the na tional holiday, it was learned from the president, Jonathan Woody. The Waynesville post office will be closed also, according to Col. J. Harden Howell, postmaster. All industrial plants in the com munity will have an extended week-end from Saturday to Tues day, it was learned from the heads of the organizations. All offices in the courthouse will be closed over Monday with the exception of the sheriff s depart ment, which never observes a holi day, according to Geo. A. Brown, Jr., county manager. The Wcllco Shie Corporation is observing the day with a picnic at the Waynesville Armory which will be attended by approximately 400 employes and guests. The af fair will start at 5 o'clock with James W. Reed, master of cere monies. One highlight of the program of the event will be the award ing of certificates to the employes of the firm who have been with the corporation for four years, since the establishment of the plant here. Wilson Rathbone Wounded In Action On Indianapolis Wilson RaUibone, seaman sec ond class, was wounded in action on July 30, at the time being one of the crew aboard the USS In dianapolis which was lost after delivering its famous cargo to Guam. The Indianapolis was damaged by a suicide plane off Okinawa on March 31 and had been at the Mare Island Navy Yards for re pairs just before leaving for her last historical mission. Seaman Rathbone spent a leave with his wife and two children in May of this year. School Enrollment Is About Same As 1944 "You are growing older now. You have reached the age where you should develop a sense of re sponsibility, where you can decide the right and wrong of things and adapt your conduct accordingly," said M. H. Bowles, superintendent of the Waynesville school district, at the opening exercises on Mon day morning of the current school term of 1945-4G at the Township high school. 'We strive here for a goal of self-discipline, and we want the pupils to appreciate their part in making our year's work a success, but if a student fails to enter into the cooperation of the school life we teachers have to take a hand," he explained to the 796 boys and girls enrolled on the opening day. The enrollment this week is slightly larger than that of last year with a greater increase in the seventh grade. Enrollment figures by grades were as follows: Seventh grade, 225; eighth grade. 161; ninth grade. 152; tenth grade, 140; eleventh grade, 118. The enrollment at the other schools in the district were not available yesterday but will be announced next week, with that of other schools in the county, it was learned from the superintendent. The general spirit of the stu dents is fine and they seem willing and cooperative, according to Mr. Bowles and the teachers. There are still three vacancies in the county schools as follows; vocational agriculture teacher for the Waynesville Township high school; history teacher for Clyde high school; and vocational agri culture teacher for the Fines Creek school. The positions are expected to be filled during the next 30 or 60 days, according to Mr. Bowles, who stated that the vacancies , would no doubt be filled with men from the armed forces who are being discharged. While there are a number of adjustments to be made in the schedules at the high school this week, by Friday it was nprtri that they would be ironed out and ready to start on Monday morning of next week with a nor. manenl organization. I