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Standard PRINTING CX 220 S First St LOl'ISVILLE KV The Waynesville OUNTAINEER throogn We flXS t cross on tneir chip. carry a Published In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park fJrst year NO. 36 12 Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1915 $2.00 in Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties M Uood Observes Big br Day Events At ton; Quiet Here Lville Was v" . i n t Throughout vay 'lanv People Went anion. vlne business resumed Tuesday after a two ' . in which the com- rved o'ie of the quiet' Davs in history, advantage of the non r rAsoline, hundreds u c j,v in Lanvoii, int to ttic r - Uville the ay wa5 " tlv with no special iu- Lcd The ponce icyuii Uciy quiet day, while s department saia oioy lodged in jail for the formal program of the :p fourth annual picnic Wcllco Shoe Corporation employes and invited i . J , Art Mi ini'iuaea iuu - m.c .it the Armory. Jimmy master of ceremonies. L the program presented president, ana neuu wm'ial manager, for kr cenincaies weic yie 24 employes, and Mrs, ff thanked the manage' behalf of the group of kitlon. s Blanton received the v bond for naming shoe the firm is now ring. jp enjoyed square and ,cing following the pro- while Lindsley lied Here ay Afternoon ti were held at tnree (Sunday afternoon at the n church here for Hal- Ice Lindsley, 86, native Minn., resident of for the past 45 years. et his home on Pigeon a. m. Saturday, after Id illness. llcolra R. Williamson. Rev. S. R. Crockett, fhe Hazelwood Presby 'ch and a former pastor fedslcy, officiated. Bur- recnhill cemetery. as active pallbearers and Whitencr Prevost, Ming, R. L. Gibson Mbred and Bill Cham- Pallbearers were the Wers and deacons of J- C. Rose. L. M. Kil- Frcvost, E. A. William- iosaflook, C. R. Eckoff. i'. Ledbetter, R. C. H F. Millar, and Hal- id the follow Blackwell. Dr. R. H M. McCracken, H. Allen and J. R. pcy came to Wavnes. from PhilaHplnhio N resided for ten years, fw and manager of the B"0k Comnnnv until he retired from active eld nc wuld be honored K for years as super- tne Sundav Srhni j 5 "is death was a rul- greatly belnvpri of friends and Ie his widow, Mrs. Fndsley, one Ha ,.. 'u i,inis C. ey, one Allen, of i, , naisev alif. r from out of town F Amoral were: Mrs '"s "f Mrs. Lindsley, f - "'im rsrownie - ..uuie was in rangements. Upwards Towards 14, 000 People Participate In Annual Events At Canton. By JIMMY DEATON (Special To The Mountaineer) Before an estimated Labor Day attendance of between 12,000 and 14,000 gleeful and victory-minded persons, Canton Monday unfold ed the most colorful and entertain ing program in the 38-year his tory of these annual celebrations. Despite the burning rays of an early September sun, more than 4,000 persons representing all sec tions of Western North Carolina, enjoyed the concert of the Canton school band on Park avenue im mediately after the conclusion of the street parade which attracted an estimated attendance of 10,000 persons. By mid-afternoon Monday all concessions had sold out of vir tually everything edible and peo ple were left wondering just where they would turn next for the sand wich they needed to "bind" them over to tfae next meal. Persons who have observed these clebra tions here for the past 30 years openly declared they had never witnessed anything like it. Under the general supervision of Coach C. C. Poindexter, local recreational enthusiast and coach of athletics at Canton high school, the program was handled smooth ly from the very beginning of Victory Week which started as a preliminary to the Labor Day pro gram proper last Thursday with a special program set aside for the Negro residents of Canton and other areas of Western North Car olina. Friday found more than 200 couples attending the pre-Labor Day dance at Canton's armory building under the supervision of Miss Muriel Cavanaugh, of Clyde. Saturday furnished much enter tainment for thousands of persons who witnessed a baseball game at Canton high school athletic field, a pet show, sponsored by Canton Cub Scouts on Champion park during the late afternoon and the annual Champion Old Timers' Softball game played under the arcs on Champion park at 6:30 o'clock. The Tull Jamison team, handled by Jim Hardin, defeated the Frank Smathers team, handled by D. E. (Lige) Morgan. These Old Timers ranged in ages from 44 to 70 years. Many visitors from as far west as Murphy declared the event was one of the most unusual they had ever witnessed. Canton continued to follow through with her pre-Labor Day program Sunday with a union adult Sunday school class meeting at Champion Y. M. C. A. Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. A record crowd of Sunday school workers (Continued on Page Six) Again Heads REA No Increase In Tires Given To Rationing Board Although gasoline is plenti ful, there seems to be a defi nite shortage of tires or at least they are hard to get. Local dealers reported slow shipments, and back orders were being delayed about com ing in, and many said stocks were at a low ebb. The tire quotas for this area remain about the same for Sep tember as for August, the ra tioning board reported. For September there are 123 pas senger tires, and only 48 truck tires. It was learned that many summer visitors were having tire troubles, and under rat ioning regulations, were not allowed tires from the local quotas, but would have to get tires through their home boards. LAKit.K UatiUttNE, who was re-elected to serve as chairman of the board of directors of the Hay wood Klectric Membership Corpor ation lor the coining year at the annual meeting held on Saturday Haywood Electric Holds Annual Election Officers Carter Osborne was named presi dent of the Haywood County Elec trict Membership Corporation at the annual meeting held on Sat urday at the Haywood county courthouse, with L. N. Davis presiding. Other members of the board of directors elected at the meeting were: L. N. Davis, vice president Ira H. Cogburn, secretary and treasurer; W. T. Cathey, W. I Harris, Hoy Medford, Albert Fer guson, Mrs. C. S. Green and C M. Moody, all of Haywood county and H. W. Davis and C. W. Lon don, of Buncombe county. Carlyle Sheffield was named act ing superintendent to take the place caused by the resignation of James K. Moore, whose resignation took effect last Saturday. hxtensive improvements are to be made on the present lines and an expansion of the present sys iein win get unaerwav, as soon as materials are available. A total of $304,000 has been al located for extension of rural elec tric lines of the Haywood company, which will go into Buncombe, Jackson, Swain and Transylvania counties. This program will get underway as soon as materials are available. At present there are 1,200 rural members in the Haywood corpor ation served with power for gen eral household and farm equip ment, and applications from 400 person for service now on file in in the office. The proopsed extension would cover around 228 miles of lines into the counties named. Enrollment Tn U.,,.r J CU, IS . xaa iiuy W JJJl uuvw f1 Them Filled To Capacity "ents in ,.. Nhin 1 e waynes- and tho acpnM! "lose oi TOintprt ri this county 10S M. H, out that tho r., as 'he transfer... sections fCW Weeks "irolimo,, , . Pntto rtt u nts-The U.h 5,302 fides: 1 accorJing to hien. sew, t .. Junior ' 001,1 - eu Hazelwood 631 Central Elementary 311 East Waynesville 249 Rock Hill 250 Maggie 120 Lake Junaluska A 158 Saunook 89 Dellwood 53 Allen's Creek 93 Pigeon St (colored) 89 Crabtree 418 Clyde 518 Fines Creek 375 Bethel 740 Cruso 185 Cecil 121 Spring Hill 64 Mt. Sterling 48 Cold Springs 66 Cataloochee 9i 717 Served Lunch Opening Of High School Cafeteria From 11:30 to 1:40 was a busy period at the Waynesville high school cafeteria on Monday when 717 students and faculty members were served lunch on the initial opening for meals for the current school term, according to Mrs. Rufus Siler, county lunch room supervisor. The number fed the opening day was reported to be above the average for last year. The organization was so perfect that there was no confusion of any kind, and the hundreds filing in and out were quickly ser.ed, ac cording to C. E. Weatheruy, prin cipal. The huge supplies of steaming hot dogs, hot rolls, salad. Devil's Food cake, and cold milk, grew smaller and smaller as the lines filed through. Other cafeterias opening this week were the Hazelwood, Bethel and Clyde schools on Tuesday, and Central Elementary on Wednesday. There are twenty-one cafeterias in the county schools, including four in Canton and 17 in Wavnes- ville system and rural schools. The opening of the other cafe terias in this area of the county will be made as soon as they are approved by the Child Feeding program of the State Department of Public Instruction, it was learn ed from Mrs. Siler. New Price Regulations To Be Explained Here To Merchants Tuesday All business firms are scheduled .tended to firms in Canton and Sylva to be represented at the court house Tuesday night, Sept. 11, at eight o'qlock. at an information meeting sponsored by the War Price and Rationing Board. ' Dis trict officials of Charlotte will be on hand to explain some new fea tures of regulations on price con trols, and other vital information which businesses will need during this period. A large attendance is expected, since an invitation has been ex- to attend the meeting. A similar meeting was scheduled two weeks ago, but due to the end of hostilities, and the many chang es that have been brought about in the past few weeks, it was decided to postpone the meeting until Tuesday. Many people who are not in busi ness are expected to attend, as the information will bo pf special intc rest to everyone. Was Held By Japs Capt. John Williams Named County Service Officer For Veterans Cove Creek Man Has Outstanding Service Record, Named By Cimmissioners. Captain John Williams was nam ed county service officer by the Haywood county board of commis sioners, al their meeting here on Monday, it was learned from (ieo. V Brown. Jr., chairman. His office is in the basement of the court house, with hours from 9 to 5 o'clock, but may be contacted any time al his home. Captain Williams' appointment to the post was made possible through an appropriation made by the General Assembly this year for the creation of county officers in the state to aid veterans in their rehabilitation program and also to help the dependents of the men who have served in both World War 1 and II. 1 want to see the veterans and especially those who have served on combat get a square deal. A lot of boys will come back who have been wounded and cannot work at their old jobs. There are also a lot of boys who left school who will need to return for more education. I hope they can get proper training," said Capt. Wil liams yesterday in commenting on his work. Captain Williams will work in cooperation with the Red Cross chapters in the county, the Veter ans Administration, the American Legion, U. S. Employment Service, and other agencies serving the vet erans and their families. The service officer is the son of Mrs. W. II. Williams and the late Mr. Williams of Cove Creek. He owns a farm and resides on Jona than Creek. He was in the U. S. Army Reserve and was called to active duty in Feb., 1941, and was (Continued on page 6'J Arrives Home f x " - I A jt I Miss Fisher Accepted For Red Cross Duty Miss Hilda Fisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Fisher, of Jonathan Creek, left Monday of this week for Washington, D. C, where she reported to the national headquarters of the American lied Cross for assignment for overseas duty. Miss Fisher volunteered in the service in Juno of this year and has been assigned as recreational worker in the foreign field. At the time she was a member of the faculty of the Newport News schools of Newport News, Va., priorto which she taught in the Fines Creek school. She is a graduate of Western Carolina ' Teachers College. LT. JAMES HARDEN HOWELL. Jit., son of Col. and Mrs. J. Har den Howell, has arrived from nearly two years spent in Africa and Italy, where he has been at tached to a replacement and train ing command for the Mediterran ean theater He has joined his wife and young daughter here al the home of his parents and alter a 30-day leave will report to Camp Gordon for reassignment. LI. Howell entered tho service on December 1, 1940, as a volun teer and was inducted at Fort Jackson and from there sent to Officers Candidate School, Fort lienning. Prior to being sent over seas in September, 1943, he had further training at Camp Bland ing, Fla., and Camp Forrest, Tenn. He served first in Africa and from there was transferred to Italy and has been stationed al various times in Home, Naples and Florence. At the time he entered the ser vice he was practicing law here, associated with the firm of Mor gan and Ward. Lt. Howell is en titled I owear the Pre-Pearl Har bor ribbon, .Mediterranean theatre and two campaign stars. Howard R. Clapp Represented 19 Counties At Meet Howard R. Clapp, county farm agent, spent four days last week at the Millstone 4-11 Club Camp where he represented 19 Western counties at a conference of farm and extension workers. The purpose of the meeting wa to make post war plans for the work of the county agents with the aid and advice of the state and federal specialists in the various lines of agriculture. Leaders Of Map Plans flew Road Two Stales For Getting Constructed Open New Business Firm Here Haywood Casualty List As of Today: Killed in action 108 Wounded 221 Prisoners 4 Missing in action 25 Liberated 22 Total 380 iji,jiwwhijiii.h trmmmmmmmmmmmm FIRTH Public Service Appliance Company To Offer Varied Sales-Services Announcement is being made this week of the opening of Pub lic Service Appliance Company, with J. R. (Snake) Gerringer and F. L. Firth as owners and opera tors. The firm is located in the Allen building on Main Street, Hazel wefbd. The new firm offers sales and service in commercial and house hold refrigeration, plumbing, heat ing, air conditioning and radios, as well as a general line of elec (Continued on page nix) DALLAS RHEA CLARK, MM 1 e, Haywood county's first re ported casualty, who was listed missing in action in the Battle of Java. February, 1942, and has rc cently been liberated by the Americans from a Jap prison camp. Clark Liberated After 3 1-2 Years In lap Prison Dallas Rhea Clark, machanist mate, first class, U. S. Navy, .son of Mrs. Nellie Clark and the late Dee Clark, of Waynesville, who was the county's first reported cas ualty, and later a prisoner of war. has been liberated and is now safe in Calcutta, India, according to in formation received by his mother from the War Department. Yesterday Mrs. Ciark had a cable from her son stating, "Let ter received. Home soon." The letter referred to is one which the Red Cross asked that the family write, immediately following the surrender of the Japs, so that the American prisoners could have a word from homo as soon as they were liberated. The letters were flown by the government to the prison camp areas in the Pacific. He was first reported missing after the Battle of Java on Febru ary 28. 1941, and after 21 months of silence with no word from either the government or her son, Mrs. Clark received a card from him stating that he was a prisoner of the Japs. During (his time she has receiv ed four cards, all one year alter they had been written. On the first card he was listed as a "Pris oner of Ihe Imperial Japanese Army, 4, P. O. W. Camp, Thai land." lie enlisted in the U. S. Navy in January, 1930, and received his boot raining al Norfolk Naval Base, after which he was put aboard the U. S. S. Texas where he served for six years. Following this tour of duty he attended the Naval Optical School in Washington, and upon completion of this course was as signed to duly on Hie U. S. S. Houston, lt was while aboard the latter that he look part in the Battle of Java and was captured. He was born in the White Oak section of Haywood county and is a gradate of the Fines Creek high school. He is a member of the First Methodist church of Way nesville and his last visit home was made in 1938. V-I Day Like Any Other As August 14 Ends Global War The surrender of the Japs was observed locally by a great outburst of feeling on August II, but the reality of V-J Day came as an antl-cli-max, when the news was flash ed around the world on Satur day. There were no indulgences in public demonstrations lo cally.' It was just any other day. The war was over, but families gathered around the radio to drink In every word of the colorful ceremony over in the Pacific that marked the signing of the terms of sur render and brought to a dra matic close the great world struggle. The sign' -g of the peace terms locauy seemed to be only a matter of form, for the war was over to them. Rationing Office Has New Hours Two Members To Com plete Their Work By October First, As Work Eases In Office. The War Price anil Rationing board announced new office hour schedules yesterday, which are now in ell'ect. The office will be closed every Saturday. I lie lirsl live days of the week Ihe office will be open from 8:30 to 12:30, and from 1:15 to 3:30. District officials announced that in keeping with the national policy, all clerks that bail been handling rationing of gasoline and fuel oil would complete their work by Oc lober first. The gasoline rationing here was handled by Miss Marie l'lott, and the fuel oil by Miss Wil- lard Sue Lindsley. T-4 A. G. Knight Is Awarded The Bronze Star Tech4 Alford J. Knight, son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Knight, of Ha zelwood, has been awarded the Bronze Star for heroic achieve ment in action in Germany on March 27, according to informa tion received by his parents. In March in Germany when he was informed that the battalion's commander's vehicle which con tained valuable radio equipment had been disabled by artillery fire Tech. Knight and another me chanic made their way to the ve hicle quickly and repaired it with parts from another vehicle while enemy artillery fire continued to fall in the area and then drove it to a safe position. Their skill and courage were .responsible for saving a valuable piece of equipment. Tech. Knight left here with the National Guard in September, 1940, and has served overseas for the past 20 months. He was em ployed by the Central Cleaners at the time he entered the service. Don D. Cogdill New Manager Of Gulf Service Don D. C ogdill is the manager- operator of the Waynesville Gulf Service and Tire Recapping Com pany here, located on Main Street Mr. Cogdill has been ticket agent and telegrapher at the local depot here for live years, and has been with Souhtcin Railroad for 24 years. He said yesterday that plans had been completed for renovating the station throughout, in addition to making some changes in the tire recapping department of the firm. The company handles all size pas senger and truck tires in their re capping plant. Community Sign Changed On Road A large colorful welcome sign of the Chamber of Commerce has been repainted and moved to a higher elevation on the highway at the intersection of Highway 19-23 and Main Street of Hazelwood. The sign carries a large welcome, and gives the altitude of the com munity. Tennesseeans and Tar Heels Meet and Dis cuss Plans For Road Down Pigeon River. Tennesseeans and Tar Heels of this immediate area formally Join ed forces last Thursday to push plans for the construction of the Waynesville-Newport, water - level inter-state highway, down the fa mous Pigeon River via the Water ville Lake. Some sixty civic, business and highway men met last Thursday for a picnic luncheon provided by the Tennesseeans at the Walter Bottoms at the head of Big Creek near the foot of Mt. Gyot. The three special cooks provided steaks, trout, and all the "trimmings" that went to make a bountiful and de licious meal. During the discussion of the im portance of the highway, which would put Newport and Waynes ville only 51 miles apart, it was pointed out the highway would increase the flow of travel from Tennessee south through here to Asheville to tne east. The road would serve advantageously from both a commercial and tourist standpoint. The Tennessee group formally named Judge George R. Shepherd, of Newport, as chairman of their committee to work with officials of that state and North Carolina, in getting the project underway at the earliest possible moment. This section is being represent ed by Charles E. Ray, together with George A. Brown, Jr., and D. Reeves Noland. All three have spent much time on the matter, and were responsible for the meet ing last Thursday. Also working out details on arrangements were H. D. McDonald, in charge of the Carolina Power and Light plant at Waterville. The meeting was termed a suc cess from every angle as all pur poses for which the meeting was held were accomplished, and the delegations from both states were unanimous in approving the gen eral program and plans of the high way project. The highway would open up the Cataloochee area and Big Creek area of the Park, and only this week a letter from a Park official pointed out that the Park looked with favor on the Cataloochee area as an auto camp ground, and that studies are now being made of the possible development of the Big Creek section. Among those attending the meet ing from North Carolina last week included: Charles E. Ray, J. H. Way, Jr., R. L. Prevost, C. N. Al len, George A. Brown, Jr., J. E. Massie, G. C. Ferguson, O. R. Roberts, George McKinley, R. T. Messer, Mack Caldwell, H. D. Mc Donald, C. C. Brown, Roy Patton, A. B. Robinson, J. C. Hopkins. Charles Moore, Ruben Ford and Hollis Sutton. From the Park Service were James P. Light, assistant chief ranger, Mark Hannah and Hardy Phillips, Park wardens. Those attending from Tennes see included: Judge George R. Shepherd, M. O. Allen, former highway chairman, Charles T. Ryan, John Rubble, Horace Bur nett, Walter Layman, James A. T. Woods, Oder Armitage. district highway commissioner, Walter Brown, Cocke county road com missioner, E. W. Prater, district highway engineer. State Senator R. W. Smith, Oscar McMahan, and J. L. Caton. County Game Protector Announces Open Hunting Season For Area Mr. and Mrs. Frank Albright and son, Jimmy Albright, signal man, first class, U. S. Navy, are visiting relatives and friends in Charlotte, Mooresville and other points in that section of the state. Hunting licenses for sale in this county had not been received yes terday by G. C. Plott, county game protector, but Mr. Plott stated that he had been assured that they would be here in plenty of time for the sportsmen who wished to take advantage of the opening date of the hunting season which starts with squirrels on Sept. 15. The season for squirrel will be from Sept. 15 to December 15, and six per clay are allowed, with no limit for the season. The bear season opens on Oc tober 15, and closes on January 1, 1946, and a hunter may get in al- loted kill in one day, with two al lowed per day and only two per season. The deer season opens on Oc tober 15, and closes on December 15. The area to be opened starts at Balsam and goes to Turnpike, covering the east side of Waynes ville Township, and Cecil, Pigeon, East Fork and part of Beaverdam Townships. Oppossum and Baccoon season starts on October 15, closing Feb. 15, with nd limit as to hunting area or number bagged. The rabbit season opens on No vember 23 and will continue through Fejb. 10( with six per day and no restrictions as to territory. Quail opens on November 23 and continues to Feb. 10, with 10 per day and 150 per season. Ruffed Grouse, from November 23 to January 1, with two per day and 10 per season. The hunting for wild turkey will be closed for season in this county. Federal migratory Wildfowl reg ulations for North Carolina which affect this area include: Dove season, split, open from Sept. 16 to Oct 15. with daily bag limit 10 and season limit 10, also open from Jan. 2, 1946 to Jan. 31. Duck open from November 2 to January 20, with 10 per day and 20 per season. Geese and Brant from Nov. 2 to Jan. 20, with 2 per day and four per season. - ;