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Standard PRINTING CO Adv 220 S First St LOUISVILLE K The Waynesville mountaineer Published In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Mountaineer Circulation Now Over 3,400 (An A3.C. Paper) 'i: 1-n ' UXYEAR NO. 44 16 Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1945 $2.00 in Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties ! m uywood Real Estate Sales Show Big Increase Owens Buys fl Street Lot Build Soon tmbcr Of Farms Residences Elided In Sales tie During Week L., salt's were active this L many sales of business, u aml farm properly . .... ..... .... jesl sinfiU' saie was urc . .i . itiiinritt nf Mr 01 U 1 l 31v" , jiugii Jolly on Main street f F Owns of Canton. The It laws u ictti " jod extends back 139 feet, tas has architects and engi ow at work on plans for the of business buildings on Ifffty Just tne type puna- be determined wnen me have finished their sur saici The property was Irom the heirs of the late Man and Mrs. James M. The purchase price was ;aW. jf the best auction sales the I'lUiuy was conducted U last Saturday by Bryan and Joe Tate. All the was sold at satisfactory Lis sold his home on Pigeon io David Underwood, who sold It to Mr. and Mrs. W. of Clyde. Mr. Under bought a service station in the deal Mr. and Mrs. (ill make their home here bear future. Merwood also boueht the tampbell home here, as the pas plan to move to the Homer Caglc farm at Clyde. py bought last summer lid Mrs. Ed Sims have pur- homc from the Woosley i Cenlral Street. Thev paling the property. and Robert James have the former John Boyd Fur- orc building on DeDot prom Ed Sims. They will com mill in the building. Redmond has boucht the frguson home on Boundary ir Kcdinond is a native 'led. and lias been a tpri. fcwport News for the Dast Krs, N Mrs. Luther Shaw have H 'he John Vanrfcnhi I Auburn Road in the Nlne- fw Dr. Shaw is a tobacco P connected with the State irm. Planing Is Being led Here 15 being pushed on a plan- 1 Builders Snnni,, 'f 0 begin installing ma o the very near future to that already in opera- additional building - according to r"r. Jr., manager of the an.- ucing aaaea J. d the capacity of the 41 De mnro J-..1.1-J line larger machines will W to tho mo.r.. r nie numprmu r1" speed up production. wod Boosters N Tonight Si!!001 Boslers club will :o mectgIOrUlef SthedgThasbcenpre 1 7 oo , ln?er meeting will fient V , Dewey Hyatt nd John Taylor is Town To Start Soon On Extending Bach Alley Resigns v 1 G. C. PLOTT, who has served as county game warden for the past 11 years, has resigned frorr the post due to ill health. G. C. Plott Haywood Game Warden Resigns "People are becoming educated along the lines of conservation and appreciate generally the govern ment preservation of our forests as time goes on," said G. C. Plott, county game warden, who resigned the first of the month after serving in this capacity for the past 11 years. "While people arc changing in their attitude toward the conser vation of our forests and wildlife, every man who carries a gun and wears hunting clothes is not a sportsman and there are still pco Dle who resent the government controlled lands. They think it takes away from their rightful privileges, he continued. "On the other hand if the gov ernment had not taken over the lands, the average man would never be able to hunt and fish today, for there would be no wild life left except in the dub owned preserves which only a few would (Continued on Page Eight) Miss Rose Tatum Dies Suddenly In Knoxville Funeral services were conducted in Knoxville on Sunday afternoon, October 28th, at 2 o'clock at St. James Episcopal church, for Miss Rosa L. Tatum, sister of Rev. Rob ert G. Tatum, rector of Grace Episcopal church, who died at the Knoxville General hospital Thurs day, October 25th. Rev. E. N. Hop per, rector of the church officiated. Burial was in the Old Gray ceme tery. Miss Tatum had made her home with her brother there at the rec tory of Grace church and had been an interested worker in all the ac tivities of the Waynesville Episco pal church and had many friends here. She was on a visit in Knoxville at the time she suffered an acute heart attack from which she did not rally. Miss Tatum is survived by two brothers, the Rev. Robert G. Tatum, rector of Grace church here and Walter Tatum, of Knoxville. Ncan Legion To r All Veterans Pa iZ tt post the TV, rJ.T veterans and e affi Blght at tne "feet. annual Armis- t a attendance Is ffjiiaJ i 81 Program' has ndVnV- c- Patrick, nl?. will be master of venTPrlncipal speak- vvMiunanaer. The Legion Auxiliary will pre pare and serve the meal, starting at 7:00 o'clock. The Legion is now staging a nation-wide membership drive, and officers of the local post are striv ing to get several hundred mem bers during the campaign. The committee working on de tails of the banquet, and meeting is composed of W. F. Whitman, Hal Crawford and Bryan Medford. Will Run From East Street To Point In Front Of LeFaine Hotel; Town Buys Lot Actual construction of a 30-foot alley back of The Mountaineer block is scheduled to begin within 30 days by town workmen, It was learned yesterday from G. C. Fer guson, town manager. The survey Is being completed this week, and calls for an exten sion of the present public alley from the back of the Garrett Fur niture Store to a point beyond the Ferguson BuUding, then running Into Main street on a 24-foot street. The town recenlty bought a 24 foot lot across the street from the LeFaine Hotel as an entrance to the back alley. As soon as the alley is completed, all loading to business houses on the left of Main street will be made from this alley, which will extend from the entrance in front of the LeFaine Hotel to East street. The present survey shows the alley will be about 125 feet off Main street all the way through. Heavy grading machinery will be put to work on the project, Mr. Ferguson said, as there are several deep fills and considerable grading on the route. The alley will be back of the Ferguson building, tb Stringfleld building, Waynesvillfl Harwarc, The Mountaineer building And the Purol Station. At present, traffic to the alley is being made over a private drive way between Garrett Furniture store and the Purol Station. Bank Moves To Temporary Quarters The First National Bank opened as usual on Monday morning after moving from their buUding at the corner of Main and Depot street over the week-end to the Chamber of Commerce Building with no Interruption of business. The bank will be operated in its present quarters during a three months period of remodeling and modernization of their building. The plans call for completion of the reconstruction and installation of new equipment around the first of February. Work on the modernization and changes in the building got under way yesterday with the contract given to the Merchants Construc tion company of Ashevillc. When the construction company completes their work the Wade Manufacturing company of Char lotte, bank specialists, will install the new banking equipment, which will include eight cages for tellers, with a safe to each cage, in which the money for each teller will place his money for that day. The plans call for the addition of 410 lock boxes and the present capacity of the vault will be en larged not only to accommodate the additional increase but several hundred more boxes as they are needed. There will also be storage space added for large supplies, as well as the banking room enlarged to give better service to the patrons. Grovcr C. Davis, attorney, has moved his offices from the bank building to the Crawford building, and this week-end the barber shop will be moved temporarily to the Boyd Furniture Store, on Main street. Power Will Be Off Sunday P. M. The Carolina Power & Light Company announces that elec tricity will be off In Waynes ville, Hazelwood, Lake Juna luska, R. C. A- and Wrroand ing areas on Sunday, Novem ber 11th, from 2:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. The interruption of erviee is being made to do mainten ance work on lines that could not be done safely without dis continuing service. . Haywood Man Given Party At Center , . JL" "V so , i iff: .sil 6f, J I : s 1 1 , LT. AND MRS. WILLIAM HAYDEN JUSTICE, cutting the cake at the party given in their honor at Sampson Naval Training center, Geneva, N. Y., following the announcement of the former's retirement from the Navy after 35 years of service. Lt. W. H. Justice Retires After 35 Years In Navy Lt. William Hayden Justice, U. S. Navy, native of the Fines Creek section of the county, who enlisted in the Navy in 1910, has recently retired from active service, and spent several days here in the county visiting relatives prior to going to California, where he plans to make his permanent home. His record is one of unusual interest, starting as apprentice seaman he worked his way up to a commissioned officer. He was one of only five men serving in the American Navy during World War I to receive the British Dis tinguished Service medal. This award was given in recognition of bis service- on the destroyer Cum mlngs, when he spotted the first German submarine. Orphaned early in life Lt. Jus tice was reared by Ills uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Brown and Mr. and Mrs. H. L. (Continued on Page Eight) Stores To Close Here Monday For Armistice Day Business in general will suspend Monday in observ ance of Armistice Day, it was announced by the com mittee on closing of the Merchants Association here yesterday. No formal program is planned for the community on Monday. Haywood Agents Are Honored At State Conference The Haywood county farm agents were given recognition at the an nual conference of the farm and home demonstration agents held in Raleigh last week. Howard R. Clapp, farm agent, was elected to serve as second vice president of the North Carolina County Farm Agents Association of which M. A. Morgan, of Johns ton county was named president. Both Miss Margaret Smith, Hay wood home demonstration agent, and Mr. Clapp were elected to membership in the Epsilon Sigma Phi, national honorary fraternity, which recognized their ten years work in the Extension Service. Miss Smith and Mr. Clapp serv ed on a number of committees during the conference, which was reported to have been the best meeting ever held during the 31 years of extension service by Di rector I. O. Schaub, of the exten sion service. Pfc. J. B. Siler Honorably Discharged Private First Class J. B. Slier, who entered the service In Sep tember, 1943, and was inducted at Fort Jackson has been honorably discharged from the service. Ho was trained at Camp Bland ing, Fla., after which he was sent to Fort George Meade, Md., and overseas, where he served for near ly 20 months in the 45th Infantry Division with nine months combat duty. He is entitled to wear the Euro pean Theater ribbon with three battle stars, the Good Conduct medal and Infantryman Combat badge. County Groups Begin Active Campaign To Sell Victory Bonds The county - wide committee meeting here Tuesday night, made final plans for a successful drive to meet the $584,000 Victory Loan quota in the war loan campaign. New chairmen named included Aaron Prevost to head the indus trial group, and Mrs. J. E. Massie to head the women's division, suc ceeding Mrs. Bonner Ray, who re signed because of illness. J. E. Massie is permanent war finance chairman, and for the Vic tory Loan, W. Roy Francis is chair man and Sam M. Robinson is co chairman in charge of the Canton arex The Waynesville and Canton areas again divided the county quota, including the $365,000 E bond quota. Those attending the supper meet ing here Tuesday night and par ticipating in mapping plans for the campaign, were Mr. Massie, Mr. Francis, M. H. Bowles, L. N. Davis, Aaron Prevost, Howard Clapp, J. H. Woody arid Mrs. J. E. Massie. The Canton delegation Was head ed by Mr. Robinson and included Edwin Haynes, Wade Hill, A. B. Robinson, June Reistell, and Roy Patton. Test Farm Jersey Herd Gets National Awards Second Successive Year That Herd Given National Recognition For the second consecutive year, the Jersey herd at State Test Farm here has won the national "Con structive Breeders Award," it was learned from Dean Colvard, dis trict director of the farms. Only one other herd in North Carolina has won this award. There are 60 head of cattle in the herd, and about 30 are milkers. The cows averaged 412 pounds of butterfat, or about 500 pounds of butter. This is about 40 per cent higher than the average cow, lt was pointed out. R. L. York is dairyman at the farm, and has been with the Stale Test Farm dairy since it was es tablished in 1922. Harold Sl.sk, a Haywood man, Is assistant to Mr. York. Three cows in the herd have a "ton of gold" awards, which means that they have produced more than a ton of butterfat In four succes sive years. One heifer has made a silver medal record since the herd was moved here from Swannanoa. Besides the Jersey herd, a herd of Guernseys Is being established. Six heifers from leading herds of the State, including one from the Osborne herd at Canton have been bought. Given High Award Aft 14 1 J. M. Long Buys Building In Hendersonville The following taken from the Western Carolina Tribune, of Hen dersonville, will be of Interest here, as Mr. Long Is a former resident of Waynesville, and former owner and operator of the Waynesville Country Club golf course and hotel. "The Commercial building at the corner of Main Street and Fourth Avenue West has been sold, ac (Continued on Page Eight) Local Merchants On Buying Trips Several merchant were on var ious markets this week buying mer chandise. C. J. Recce, of Massie Dept. Store and E. S. Slack, of The Union, attended the rcady-to-wcar convention In Atlanta this week, while Charles Ray was at a men's clothing show in Columbia buying goods. Hugh Massie attended a similar sales convention in High Point last week. Dr. J. W. McKay Is in Atlanta buying merchandise for McKay's Pharmacy. Dr. Duckett Elected Vice President District Medical Group Dr. H. V. Duckett, of Canton, member of the staff of the Hay wood County hospital, was elected first vice president of the 10th district medical society, at the fall meeting held recently in Hender sonville. Dr. Frank Howard Rich ardson, of Ashevllle and Black Mountain was elected president. Dr. Duckett presented a paper at the meeting on varicose veins. Pranksters Take 42 Gas Tank Caps On Hallowe'en Did you lose a gas tank cap on Hallowe'en? There is a possibility that it is among the 18 that are still unclaimed at the police de partment. The morning after Hallowe'en, the police bad 42 caps on hand. It is believed that two girls made the raids on Hallowe'en and removed every cap that wasn't locked. They were thoughtful enough to leave them in convenient places in lots of 10's and 15's for the police to get. As a rule, there was far less celebrating on Hallowe'en than usual, and the police reported no property damage, or arrests. 1 '.A J k- s. ' 9 COMDR. JOHN ELLIS (JACK) EDWARDS, U. S. Navy, son of Mrs. Tom Edwards and the late Tom Edwards of Waynesville, who has been awarded The Legion of Merit, the second highest award given by tho Navy.' Comdr. Edwards Given The Legion Of Merit Award Commander John Ellis Edwards, U. S. Navy, son of Mrs. Tom Ed wards and the late Tom Edwards, of Waynesville, has been awarded the Legion of Merit, the second highest award given by the Navy. Commander Edwards, graduate of Annapolis, in the class of 1930, who Is now an instructor in the post-graduate school at the U. S. Naval Academy has served in waters all over the world. He has recently been awarded the Silver Star and three other citations. The citation accompanying the Award of the Legion of Merit read in part as follows: "For exceptionally meritorious conduct In the performance of out standing services to the Govern ment of the United States as com manding officer of the U.S.S. Brush during our carrier-bourne strike against the enemy, Japanese-held areas of Luzon in the Philippines, Formosa, French Indo-China and the China coast during December, 1944, and January, 1945. Exercis ing sound judgment, superb pro fessional ability throughout this period of intensive action against the Japanese, Commander Edwards skillfully maneuvered his ship (Continued on Page EighU Lt. Lucile Plott Promoted To Chief Nurse Lt. Lucile Plott. U. S. Navy, who has been stationed at the Naval hospital at Pensacola, Fla., for some time has been transferred to the Naval Dispensary at Atlanta. At the Florida hospital Lt. Plott has been serving as assistant chief nurse. In her transfer, Lt. Plott be comes chief nurse at the Naval Dispensary- She has been in the service lor the past six years and has to her credit 22 months serv ice in the Pacific theater. She is a graduate of the Newark City hos pital, of Newark. N. J. Lt. Plott is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Plott of this county. She has a sister who is also serving in the Nursing Corps of the U. S. Navy. 150 Miles Of Lines Will Be In 4 Counties 650 New Customers Will Be Added To Haywood Electric Membership Corp. By Project Approval of a $186,000 expansion project for the Haywood Electric Membership Corporation was sche duled to have been made late yes terday In the national REA office m St. Louis, it was learned yester day from R. C .Sheffield, manager of the local organization. Carter Osborne Is president of the co operative. Everything is in readiness to be gin the construction of 150 miles of new lines In four counties, It was learned. The contract has been awarded to Moore & Shull Com pany, local power line construc--ors. The contract calls for 120 calendar days to complete the pro ject. About 650 families will be -.erv-ed by the new lines, and will bring ibe total customers to 2, COO for Jie Haywood cooperative. The contract calls for 15 miles of lines in Haywood, to rtach aoout j0 now customers. Thirteen miles will be added to ihe lines in the Hoimny section of Buncombe county, where 24 miles are already In operation. About 90 more customer will be added there. Jackson county will get 23 miles in the Caney Fork section, serving about 100 customers. This will be the first REA lines In that county. The major part of the project will be in Transylvania county, with the construction of 93 miles in and near Rosraan, Lake Toxa way and Glouster. About 400 cus tomers will be added in thac coun ty. Headquarters will remain here, with offices on Main Street . The cooperative now has 240 miles of lines energized, and With the expansion will have 390 Jiiilcs In operation. The contractors plan to put 150 men on the Job, and will start work on several sections. An en gineering crew have been In the field staking the routes of the lines for the past six weeks. Patrol Stops 76 Cars In 2 Hours On Friday Night Patrol Checked Lights On Cars Here Friday Night; Coming Back Soon For Further Check In about two hours, the High way Patrol stopped 76 cars on Main street here last Friday night for improper lights. The service stations on South Main were kept open to take care of the offenders before being al lowed to go on their way. Six motorists were given tickets to appear in court, since evidence showed the lighting system had been out of order for some time. The Highway Patrol continued on west working each night, and are expected to be back here "be fore long" it was learned from a reliable source. AU cars are required by law to have these four lights in good working order the two front head lights, the left tail light, and the tag light Cars failing to comply with this are stopped and ordered to have them fixed before going on the highway again. AWNING CATCHES ON FIRE A cigarette tossed on the awning of the Goose Creek Crafts shop on Main street Tuesday afternoon set it on fire. The blaze was extin guished by the fire department be fore further damage was caused. Fire Department To Hold Annual Outing The Waynesville Fire Depart ment will hold their annual barbe cue Friday night at the Armory, when they will serve the Grand Champion of the recent Fat Calf Show, donated by David Under wood. Along with the extra fine 1,060 pounds of beef, will be a 300 pound corn-fed hog, and all the trim mings of a barbecue. Rufus Siler Is preparing the meaL The program will get under way at 6.-00 o"dock. and about 300 special invited guests have been issued tickets. After the meal, a brief program will be held, with Mayor J. H. Way as master of ceremonies. The final feature of entertain ment will be a square dance for the guests, with Sam Queen call ing, and music by the Soco Can string band. i : t : t ! I ! Si'- u;.' 'if I t li :, .,-.-;! - ! 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