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KJikST YEAR NO. 16 16 Pages
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1945 $2.00 in Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties
usiness Will Suspend For Thanksgiving
High School Essay
Mountaineer
Canton Enterprise
ring $52.50 In
WOod County
E WINNER WILL
bOO BOND
lb school students in nay-
iiinty are invitea to com-
b essay contest sponsoreu
orth Carolina Press Asso-
ill orgalUZiluun vi an mr
U weekly newspapers of
A detailed announce-
lules and prizes was mailed
to the principal of every
ool, public and private, in
!)'
irpose of this essay contest
Is the interest of the pres-
schonl student generation
place and importance of
trs in modern society. All
the competition must be
on the subject: "News-
lcrvini! the Community."
I a state-wide contest and
awards will be made by
:h Carolina Press Associa-
expedite the handling of
s each county in the state
Wuct a county-wide contest
gh school students within
By. The prize winning es
ich county will then enter
wide competition for the
:zes.
Prizes Announced
wood county the contest
conducted by The Moun-
knd The Canton Enterprise,
fc the Haywood county
be given by these news-
prize essay $25 Victory
pria- essay $15 in Vic-
P.amps.
pri- essay $7.50 in Vic-
wmps.
prize essay $5 in Vic-
tamps.
ate-wide prizes offered by
li Carolina Press Associa
te essay $100 Victory
Prize essay $50 Victory
h school students in Hay-
ply wishing to enter cs-
tnis contest must do so
their own schools. Evcrv
N principal in the county
11 sent full information
ft contest. The plan is
Plan Kxplained
,;gh school, public or pri
"ough its nrincinal. nr a
selected by the principal
purpose, will conduct a
within itself, making its
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Cash Prizes Offered
ilesis By Newspapers
Saved from Sea
BANDAGED AND FEASTING aboard
the UJSJS. Casablanca after his res
cue from the Pacific, Army Sgt. Al
bert J. Johnson of Lakewood, Ohio,
counts himself lucky to have sur
vived the crash of an Army trans
port plane 460 miles from Hawaii.
He was In the water nine hours be
fore help came. (International)
ABC Organization
Will Meet Twice
Every Month
Newly Organized
Civic Group Discuss
Civic Projects
For Coming Year
Officers and directors of the
newly organized American Busi
ness club held a business session
Tuesday night at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul McElroy. at which
time plans were completed for bi
monthly supper meetings and a
membership drive.
The president, Clyde Fisher, pre
sided at the meeting, and an
nounced the club would meet Tues
day night at Scrugg's Cafe, Hazel
wood, for the dinner, and then hold
the business session at the Mc
Elroy home again.
Several community-wide projects
were discussed by the officers and
directors, and one or more of these
will be adopted for the club's pro
gram for the coming year at the
next meeting. The club will meet
every first and third Tuesday night
of each month.
Much interest is being shown in
the club, and a large membership
is expected within a short time.
Opening Hours
County Library
Are Changed
The Haywood County Library
will be open for circulation and
ready every day from 10 to 12 a.m.
and 12:30 to 5:00 p.m. according
to an announcement this week by
Miss Margaret Johnston, county
librarian. The change was made at
a recent meeting of the county
library board.
These hours will make it possi
hlp fnr shoDDers to get books in
the morning and those working to
get books during the luncfi nour.
An invitation is extended the pub
lic to make use of the many serv
ices offered at the county library.
C. E. Brown Heard
At Rotary Club
Clifford E. Brown addressed the
ko .inh last Friday on the
work of his office, as school attend
ance official. He explained the
duties of the office, and some of
the results that have already been
accomplished since the inaugura
tion this school term.
Rogers Bros.
Start Main
St. Building
Will Open Electrical
Company Within
Next 60 Days
In New Building
Work started this week on the
construction of a Main street build
ing, opposite the LeFaine Hotel, by
Rogers Brothers, who will open an
electric company as soon as the
building is completed.
The three brothers in the firm
include T. Hugh. Wayne and Max
Rogers, sons of Mr. and Mrs. T. H.
Rogers.
The building will be of concrete,
with a full-size basement. The
building will face 38 feet on Main
street, and go back about 50 feet.
The contractor has promised com
pletion of the building within 60
days, it was said.
The firm will handle a complete
line of electrical equipment, both
household and commercial, in ad
dition to a general repair depart
ment and outside maintenance and
construction work.
T. Hugh Rogers has been in this
type of work for 12 years, having
worked at Enka, Dayton Rubber,
Durham and Duke University.
Max Rogers has just received
his discharge from the army, after
serving five years as an electrician.
The third partner, Wayne Rog
ers, is a rural mail carrier, and for
the present will not be active in
the firm.
Ward Reelected
Chairman Of
District Scouts
Hallett Ward of Lake Junaluska,
Was re-elected chairman of the
Pigeon River district of the Daniel
Boone council of Boy Scouts at
the annual district meeting held
Monday night at the Y. M. C. A.
in Canton. Fred J. Ferguson of
Canton, was electdd vice-chairman,
William Medford of Waynesville,
district commissioner, and Lewis
Gates of Canton, assistant district
commissioner.
In making his report for the
year, Mr. Ward slated that there
are 16 Boy Scout troops and Cub
packs in the district which covers
Haywood county with 544 men and
boys officially enrolled in the move
ment. Members at large elected to the
district committee included W. P.
Whitesidcs, Hugh K. Terrell, Hugh
Roberts and the Rev. Clark W. Ben
son of Bethel, the Rev. George B.
Culbreth. Guy Roberts, E. A. Wil
liamson, Dr. V. H. Duckett, Dr. A.
P. Bottoms, T. R. Barnes, W. P.
Lawrence, Charles Hawkins, and A.
M. Kairbrother of Canton.
Dan Watkins, B. E. Colkitt, Dr.
C. N. Sisk, M. H. Bowles, Howard
D. Clapp. the Rev. M. R. William
son of Waynesville. George Bis
choff of Hazelwood, and Edwin
Potts of Lake Junaluska. Troop and
Pack representatives on the com
mittee are Glenn Howell, Stanley
Brading. W. S. Edwards, L. C.
Davis, Ivan Justice, R. H. Terrell,
Glenn D. Brown. I. A. McLain,
Wayne M. Smathers, John L. Reno,
the Rev. O. L. Robinson. J. W.
Ledford. J. A. Barron, J. M. Alex
ander, G. Dewey Stovall and Low
cry Ferguson.
Rotarians To Hear
District Governor
Stanley Black, district governor
of Rotary, will pay the Waynes
ville club the governor's official
visit Friday at one o'clock.
Mr. Black is a banker of Bryson
City, and a civic and business lead
er of this area.
Soldier Hits Three
Cars On First
Furlough Home
A soldier home on his first
furlough since retting back to
the States had more than his
share of hard luck in driving
his car this past week.
First, he started off by
speeding from Lake Junaluska
and was arrested later that
night. Early the next morning,
he ran into J. E. Massie's car,
doing about $50 damage. While
on the way to the garage to
have Mr. Massie's car fixed,
he ran over a red light, and hit
two other cars, doing about $15
damage to each.
In discussing the events with
i officers, he aid: "Wonder
where I can buy a garage.
lAtoks like I II need onc.
Both Veterans
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MOTHER AND SON, WAC Pfc. OtU
lie Johnson and T5 Harvey John
son are shown in their New Brigh
ton, N. Y., home as they arrived to
gether after being discharged at
Fort Dix, N. J. By chance they'd
been sent to the same separation
center. (International)
Schools To
Push Sale Of
Victory Bonds
Week of December
3rd to 8th Will Sec
Much Activity
By School Children
An extensive drive to sell Vic
tory bonds will be pushed through
the schools of the county during
the week of December 3rd to 8th,
according to W. Roy Francis, coun
ty chairman, as a grand climax to
the last war bond campaign.
Mr. Francis and J. E. Massie. war
finance chairman of the county,
will discuss plans with teachers of
the county, when they meet the
28th.
The program calls for each grade
in the town schools, and units ol
several grades in the rural schools,
to sell $3,000 in bonds during the
week and get their name on a hos
pital bed in some military hos
pital. The students will be given a
free-hand to sell bonds anywhere
during the week, and special stress
will be put on the E type bonds.
Mr. Francis said the sale of E
type bonds were lagging behind
the county qouta, but felt that
the extra campaign and attention
given by the schools during the
last week of the campaign would
bring Haywood near the top. The
entire quota for the county is
$584,000.
Nine Men Make
Up November
Quota Inducted
Nine men left here Monday
morning for induction in the armed
forces, making up the November
quota under the selective service
system. Jackson Bradley served as
leader of the group on the trip
to Fort Bragg, the induction cen
ter. Others reporting were: Louie
Richard Gibson, Kenneth Trau
tham, Hubert Lee Hoglen, James
Allen Plemmons,, James Dewey
Rose, William Anderson Trull,
Tommie Mills, Jr., and Roy
Hannah, transferred from Newport
News, Va.
Massie Kills
With A Well
All types of new and fantastic
ammunition was developed during
the war. but Guy Massie resorted
to Mother Nature to provide him
with deadly ammunition while on
the Parkway in Pisgah last Sunday
afternoon.
Riding along the road with his
son, Robert, and nephew, Tom
Ray, Mr. Massie saw two dogs and
an unidentified animal fighting in
the banked leaves in the gutter.
They started to investigate, and
found a 36-inch wildcat and one of
the dogs battling it out for their
lives.
Mr. Massie got a rock about the
size of an apple, and with deadly
H-
feline
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Many Cases
Disposed Of
By Court
Officers See Chances
Of Completing Term
Of Court This
Week-End
The November term of Haywood
County Superior Court, criminal
session, which convened Monday
with Judge J. A. Rouscnu, of
Wilkesboro. presiding, is taking no
recess for Thanksgiving, it was
learned from the Judge as The
Mountaineer went to press.
During the first two days 11 di
vorces were granted, with others
scheduled for trial, and a number
of other cases tried.
Through Tuesday the following
sentences had been handed down
in addition to the eleven divorces
granted.
In the case of the Stale versus
M. D. Rohinson. charged with non
support of his son, the defendant
was ordered to pay $22.50 on the
first and 15th of each month and
$37.50 to cover the remainder of
payment, and the costs of the court.
Lloyd Worley, charged with
house breaking, larceny and re
eiving was sentenced to 18 months
and not more than 36 months, and
assigned to work as provided by
law.
Wayne Carlton, charged with
breaking and entering and larceny
was sentenced to not less than 2
or more than 5 years, and the court
suggested that the defendant was
an addict to narcotics and that the
case be investigated by medical
examiner.
Jeff Brooms, charged with driv
ing drunk was given 12 months
suspended sentence, fined $50 and
the costs, and licenses revoked.
Aby Lee Dyke, charged with
driving drunk was given a two
years suspended sentence, fined $50
and the costs, and licenses revoked.
Louie Jones, charged with (hiv
ing drunk, was given two years
suspended sentence, lined $50 and
costs, and licenses revoked.
Ereell Riley charged with driv
ing drunk, was given a two years
suspended sentence, fined $50 and
the costs, and had licenses revoked.
Honda Henderson, charged with
carrying concealed weapon, was
lined $50 and the costs and his
pistol was ordered destroyed by
the Sheriff.
Charley 1'enland. charged with
driving drunk, was given a two
years suspended sentence and fined
$50 and costs, with licenses revok
ed. Inez Williams, charged with as
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Bulbs In Cross
At Lake Remain
Untouched Now
Some thief got the shock of
his life recently, when he at
tempted to take light bulbs
from the large electric cross
at Lake Junaluska.
After 32 bulbs had been
stolen one night, an electrician
offered his services in fixing
a device that would discourage
further theft of the bulbs.
Several nights after the elec
trician finished the job, the
night watchman saw a car
stop near the cross, a man
went over and climbed up the
cement foundation and started
to help himself to the burning
bulbs.
Before he got the first bulb
out of the socket, he tumbled
to the ground, using a lan
guage that could not very well
be repeated on the Methodist
Assembly grounds.
No more bulbs have been
stolen.
Big Wildcat
- Aimed Rock
aim, hit the wildcat between the
eyes. The animal let out ear
splitting yells, and then slumped
to the ground.
"He was about the- meanest look
ing rascal you could imagine, and
if he had run out at me, he could
have ripped off my leg before I
could have turned around," Mr.
Massie related, as he told the story.
The game warden in the area
was shown the dead animal, and
then, it was brought on here in the
hopes of collecting a bounty of
$3.00.
Early Monday Mr. Massie
learned that a wildcat is very, very
worthless, so off to the incenerator
went the carcass.
Thanksgiving Union
Services To Be Held
Rev. M. R. Williamson
Will Preach At
Services At First
Baptist Church
At Nine
The annual union Thanksgiving
service will be held at the First
Baptist church at 9 o'clock Thurs
day morning, with the ministers
of the churches and the combined
choirs taking part, with Rev. L. G.
Elliott, pastor of the church, in
charge of the service.
Rev. Malcolm R. Williamson,
pastor of the Waynesville Presby
terian church will deliver the an
nual sermon.
Dr. Frank S. Love, superintend
ent of Lake Junaluska Assembly,
will read the Proclamation of
Thanksgiving.
Rev. Robert G. Tatum, rector of
Grace Episcopal church will lead
in the responsive reading.
Rev. Waller B. West, superin
tendent of the Waynesville district,
will give Iho benediction.
Mrs. Henry MacFayden will
serve as soloist. The choir will
sing the anthem, "For Thy Gifts
Untold."
All members of the participat
ing churches are urged to attend
and the public In general Invited
to join in the Thanksgiving serv
ice, which is held early in the
day so that those who wish to join
their families out of town will
have time to make the trip.
Three Cars Collide
At Clyde Sunday
One Car Attempting
To Pass Army Car
Crashed Head-On
Into Third Vehicle
Walter Russell McCraeken is
charged by the Highway Patrol
with reckless driving, growing out
of a three-car collision just east
of Clyde about 4:40 Sunday after
noon. Considerable damage was done
to two of the three ears, and sev
eral occupants, suffered cuts and
bruises.
Corporal Jones of the Highway
Patrol, investigated the accident,
said McCraeken, driving a 1941
Ford, attempted to pass an Army
Command car and crashed head-on
into a 1938 Chevrolet driven by
James Cope, of Sylva.
All three cars crashed in the
center of the road, with the Ford
and Command car leaving the road
going down a 6-foot embankment.
The Chevrolet remained on the
highway. It was estimated (he Mc
Craeken car was damaged $300,
the Command car $50 and the
Chevrolet $200.
McCraeken was placed under
$400 bond to appear Saturday be
fore Magistrate Ralph Mease in
Canton. The other two drivers
were summoned as witnesses.
Traffic jammed the highway for
a half mile, creating a problem
for officers on the scene.
Mrs. Jack West
Buys Beauty Shop
Announcement was made this
week of the purchase of Claudcttc
Beauty Shop by Mrs. Jack West.
She has been with the firm for five
years, and will be assisted by Miss
Mildred Ray.
The firm was established by
Claude Brown, and is located on
Main street.
Big Drop Here
In Arrests; Only
12 This Month
It looks like a new low rec
ord for the police department
this month In the number of
arrests. So far only 12 have
been, arrested, as compared
with 56 during October.. Two
of those arrested were charged
with fighting, and the other ten
for being drunk.
This is a big improvement
over November, 1944, when 55
arrests were made.
Riddance of wine and beer
was attributed as one of the
reasons for fewer arrests, of
ficers pointed out. The record
also showed that bootleggers
fared hard In October since
three were brought in by the
police,
Gravy for Turkey
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IN HOUYWOOD, where a turkey
gives considerable attention to
dressing, Angela Green, film ac
tress, presents a pin-up-girl ver
sion of the prim Puritan maiden,
and the bird seems likely to lose ita
head long before Thanksgiving day
rolls round. (International)
Grading Finished
On Alley; Will
Put On Gravel
Town Forces Grade
Extension Of Alley
Back Of Business
Block and New
Entrance
The grading of tho extension al
ley behind the buildings in The
Mountaineer block will be com
pleted Friday, according to G. C.
Ferguson, town manager.
A large bulldozer started grad
ing the first of the week, and cut
an alley-way 30 feet wide behind
the buildings, with a 24-foot en
trance to Main street near the
Wayside Lodge building.
Gravel will be put on the alley
immediately, giving trucks a dual
entrance and belter access to the
back of the business buildings.
Extra fill-in dirt was gained from
back of the buildings, and an ex
cavation of a basement. One fill
was more than 24-feet deep, but
was made without having to haul
any dirt from outside the immedi
ate area.
Gunn To Enlarge
Business; To Add
Luncheonette Unit
Henderson's Corner
Seeking the United
Whelan Agency
For Waynesville
R. C. Gunn, owner of Hender
son's Corner, has just returned
from Philadelphia where he con
tacted officials of the United
Whelan Agency for his local store.
This is a national organization,
operating throughout the nation.
Mr. Gunn also announced yes
terday that he would open a mod
ern luncheonette about December
first, with a seating capacity of
fifty people. New booths, an exten
sion to the fountain, steam tables,
and sandwich making equipment
are now being installed.
He plans to make other changes
in the store within the next few
weeks.
IN CHICAGO
E. J. Lilius left Monday night
for Chicago where he will buy mer
chandise for his jewelry store here.
Union Services
Will Be Held
Baptist Church
Waynesville And
Canton Meet
In Annual Football
In Afternoon At 2:15
Thanksgiving Day here will be
marked by time honored routine
of many years precedent, starting
off with the early morning union
service, which will be held this
year at the First Baptist church, at
9 o'clock.
The day will be climaxed in the
afternoon by the annual football
game between the teams of
Waynesville and Canton high
schools, which always attracts rec
ord breaking crowds, and will be
played on the local field, with the
bands of both schools adding color
and music to the afternoon con
test. A number of family reunions
have been planned, which will be
of greater significance this year, as
many of the men who have been
overseas will be with their relatives
this season.
A check-up among local sports
men also revealed that a number
of hunters are planning to take
advantage of the day's vacation
from work and take to the woods.
All places of business plan to
observe Sunday hours. The offices
in the court house with the excep
tion of the sheriff's department
will be closed for the day. The
industrial plants will close for the
day.
Christmas Sale
Tuberculosis
Seals Open 28th
The annual sale of Tuberculosis
Christmas Seals which is sponsored
each year by the Woman's Club,
will be launched on November 28,
in the Waynesville area of the
county, according to Mrs. Frank
Ferguson, who is serving as chair
man from the club.
The principals of the schools will
serve as chairmen in their areas
and they will name those who will
serve on their committees, it was
learned from Mrs. Ferguson. These
will be announced during the com
ing week.
As has been the custom for tho
past several years, the major sales
will be made through the various
schools.
The mailing committee will be
named this week and those who
are in this list will be mailed seals
for which they are expected td send
checks to members of committee
from whom they were received.
The quota for last year was $400,
but this year it has been boosted
to $460. Three fourths of the
money raised is kept for local work
and is usually administered through
the schools and the Haywood coun
ty health department.
Heavy Storm
Sunday Night
But No Damage
A sudden wind and electrical
storm, accompanied by heavy rains,
hit here late Sunday night.
Sharp lightning and heavy thun
der at the height of the storm, re
minded citizens of summer thun
derstorms. A few limbs were broken about
the community, but no serious
damages reported.
County Service
Office Closed From
Nov. 22 to Dec. 3
The office of the County Service
Officer in the basement of tho
courthouse will be closed from No
vember 22 to December 3rd, ac
cording to an announcement by
Captain J. T. Williams, officer.
Capt. Williams will go to Chapel
Hill where he will attend a special
course designed for county service
officers in the state.
Ruby Frances Brown
Goes to Work For
Greensboro Daily News
Miss Ruby Frances Brown, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Colvin
Brown, is now with the Greensboro
Daily News. Miss Brown recently
graduated from the University of
North Carolina, from which she
received the degree of Bachelor of
Arts. While in college she took
special work in journalism.
Mr. and Mrs. James Coman, of.
Sanford, are visiting fr. and Mrs.
Paul Launer, of Lake Junaluska.