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.1! 1,500 People The Waynesville mountaineer Mountaineer Circulation Now Over 3,400 (An AJC. Paper! UthinZO miles of pping center. V '1 ( Published In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Monntaing National Park rSTYEAR NO. 18 16 Pages MTV iX-tiiiii! a. u, inUKalJAi, INUVEMBKK Z1945 $2.00 in Advance in Haywood and Jackson CountU ogm daft ff w I ' f. kndredsExpected For Achievement Day Wood Farm tups To Meet L Saturday ate Leaders To jdress Three Joint roups al Court House May Morning L continues to grow in the Achievement day program Home Demonstration clubs, 1 A tT Lstration farmers ana t-a tf the county wnicn win flue here at the courthouse (iirday morning, opening at loci, according to tbe county and farm agents. nation to the address to be M by Dean I. O. Schaub, lor of the North Carolina Ex- i Service there is much In to the exhibits which will display at this time, and to be offered in the vari- ilds of activity. re will be eight prizes given i Home Demonstration club is follows, with a prize given L best and most outstanding in the classification desig Foods. including cookies, takes, biscuit and bread. furnishings, quilts, table- scarfs, towels, crocheted hen, a collection of vege- fag, suits, dresses,, hats, sand slips. llry. one dozen eggs. ly. butter, one print. uig, pints or quarts. First Three jar exhibit, One oil , r ,-1-1--, -.i.l. "ik ui n-geuiuies, ana one pit Second prize: Two jar one of fruit and one of Ible. pti, includine rutfs. fsnrv and other hand-made arti- club member in good stand- cugibie to enter the con- Pwill be two prizes offered Hi club group: one to the M another to the girl having i outstanding exhibit on I Some of the suaaontfA S that the 4-H members nuv I tiie contests include corn. presentalive ears; Irish po- vuie ot live; Sweet pota aate of five- AddIm. rrfnfp nf garden, display of what f1 m garden now or is now W out of garden. Clothing, any garment Project: f.flnnincr lruit and Quart nf mm. Room improvement "ude for the room; Poultry, Main Speaker pirn '-' sks m ...r.m DEAN I. O. SCHAUB, director of the North Carolina Extension Service, who will make tbe main address at the annual Achievement Day of the Haywood county farm groups. Here Saturday Williamson Heads Ministerial ; Association At tbe regular monthly meeting of the Haywood County Ministerial Association on last Monday the Rev. Malcolm R. Williamson was re-elected president to serve for the year 1946. Other officers elect ed were the Rev. T. H Parris of Clyde, as vice president, and the Rev. Carl Judy, pastor of the Rockwood Methodist church, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Judy suc ceeds the Rev. R. T. Jtouts who has moved from the county. Mr. Williamson has served the association as president for this year. The association has about ! 35 members representing the Bap tist, episcopal, Methodist, Presby terian, and Universalists denoml nations as well as the Salvation Army. The association meets once each month and interests Itself in the moral and spiritual welfare of tbe county. During the past year the association has provided a chaplain each week to visit the County hospital and has been in strumental in bringing about bet ter social and moral conditions in the county. The next meeting will be held the first Monday in January at Long s Chapel at which time the morticians of the county will be the guests of the association. (or en ecus- 9 one-half rinn ki u. rs of the 4-H huested to send in their F woks at oncp if thov F SO. so Ihnv . .Jf'cate and their records -yor county championship Cerent nroiert ""tstandinir mJ. - MUPS paitirinnti 4U- , 00 S'ven as follows: R. W. SHOFFNER, district coun ty farm agent, who will attend the annual Achievement Day here to be held at the court house on De cember 8th. R- Caldwell, Jr, --."..sirauon clubs, by t-abnon. anH ri itrr- , 111 openea by J'ckcn. president of the Mun,y Demonstration and hp uin -i .j. tho msu fvesiae --v. uevotea to tne UI bis Kroup. Mrs. Mark Prcadent of the County 01 homo ... . . the rik UU5 Preside ancv Pnot ...!,, , of ik win oe in ines, .I club Program. am ,olssln WlU follow am, at which tim. nffi,.or arn lnun?.?'ea- .. Mil aw ""'"ee, ot tne Cecil dct the assembly sing- iat ' ' give Fleet r lowea bv e followed home cl the 4-H groups. of th u-J " . V 'edtp ; r-1,ome ciuds and Steve Nicholas Native Of Greece Buried Monday Last rites were held on Monday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock at the First Baptist church here for Steve D. Nicholas, 58, native of Greece, who died at the Haywood County hosDital at 12:30 P. M. Friday. Rev. Aemilianos Pouleropoulos, pastor of the Greek church of Greenville, S. C, assisted by Rev. L. R. Elliott, pastor of the First Baptist church officiated. The impressive burial service 'of the Orthodox Greek church was used. Interment was in Green Hill cemetery. Pallbearers were: Jack McClure, Henry Francis, Robert MeCracken, Mark Edwards, Bob and Pink Fran cis. Mr. Nicholas had worked as usual at the WWNC Cafe on Thursday and was stricken shortly after he arrived home with a heart attack. He was rushed to the Haywood County hospital and regained con sciousness before his death oc curred at noon Friday. Mr. Nicholas first came to Amer ica in 1909 and when Greece de clared war against Turkey he re turned to his native country and volunteered in the army. After peace came with Turkey Greece was soon at war with Bulgaria and he also served in the armed forces against the enemy. He returned to America in 1914 and resided in New York until 1922 when he came to Waynesville, where he has since resided. He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Addie Boone; one son, Jimmy Nicholas, Coxswain, U. S. navy, who is serving on a destroyer- one daughter, Miss Helen Nich olas, who is a student at Berca College, Berea, Ky.: one brother Nick Nicholas, of Greece; and a cousin, Chrcst George, of Waynes ville. . MARRIAGE LICENSES Ernest Monroe Suttles. of Waynesville to Bertha Elaine Queen, of Hazelwood. John Reness, of Chicago, to Vir ginia Kaylor Hartshorn, of Canton, i Merchants Set Holiday Closing Hours For Stores The merchants ia ssion here Friday night set holiday store hours, starting Wednesday, Dec. 19th, the stores will remain open all day, instead of observing the usual half holiday, On the 20th, 21st, and 22nd, the closing hours were set for six o'clock. For Christmas eve, tbe stores will remain open until seven o'clock. The merchants also declared a two-day holiday for Christmas, (Tuesday and Wednesday) in keep ing with the general observance by the state as just proclaimed by Governor Cherry. A number of matters were dis cussed, incdludlng that of lighting the streets, but it was found nec essary materials were not avail able. A committee was named to work with the Woman's Club iri ela lxrately decorating the Christmas tree in front oi the court house about two weeks before Christmas. Not All Veterans Can Get Special Coal Allotments Capt. John Williams, Haywood service officer, announced yester day that in connection with the special shipments of coal for vet erans, that only veterans who have set up housekeeping since their discharge are included on the list eligible for coal. "It does not mean that a man who is living with his parents can get the coal, because tbe parent should have made application for coal months ago," Capt. Williams said. "The 100 tons coming into Hay wood earmarked for veterans, will be used for those men who are starting housekeeping since their discharge," he concluded. Victory Bond Sales Are Lagging Far Behind In ESayvood County Tobacco Sells For Over $52 The tobacco market opened Monday with sales averaging $52.84 on the Asheville market. The first sales yesterday on the same market aver aged $53.37. Sales were brisk, and Haywood tobacco was rated "a little above the floor average" according to some leaders from here attending the opening. Haywood Baptists To Launch Year Campaign Friday The Haywood Baptist Associa tion mass meeting of Training Unions, will be held at the Clyde Baptist church Friday night at 7:30. This will be the launching of a century of Christ campaign, which is starting throughout the south on Friday. Plans will be made for a 12 month campaign, and all units of the Training Union will hold sepa rate conferences after the general meeting, it was announced by Rev. Gay Chambers, president of the Associational work. Among the speakers will be Rev. Mr. Chumbers and Rev. L. G. F.l- liott, pastor of the First Baptist church here Haywood Schools Will Have Two Weeks Vacation Christmas The Christmas vacations will begin in the Waynesville town ship and county schools on Tuesday afternoon, following a regular scheduled day on the 18th, according to an an nouncement this week by M. H. Bowles, county superintend ent of schools. The holidays have been ar ranged so that the students and teachers will have one week before Christmas and on week following. Srhnn ni open on Tuesday, January 2. . C. Brown Promoted To Regional Office J. C. Brown, a district officer of the Veterans Administration, has recently been promoted to Senior Training Officer in charge of all Agricultural phases of the work of the administration in the state. His new duties will include tbe organization and training of veter ans in the state who are interested in agricultural pursuits and also institutional training. Mr. Brown reported this week to Atlanta for a conference with agricultural and veteran adminis tration leaders, after which he will report to the Regional office at Fayetteville. Mr. Brown formerly taught voca tional Agriculture In the Waynes ville Township high school. Mrs. George A. Brown III In Asheville The condition of Mrs. George A. Brown, Jr., who is a patient in Aston Hospital in Asheville, was reported to be improving, it was learned yesterday. Mrs. C. F. Klrkpatrick and Miss Robins Miller spent the past week visiting their sister, Mrs George A. Niles and her family in Grif fin. Ga , and their brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. David Miller, in Atlanta. Haywood Is Now $245,000 Behind On E Bond Quota The sale of Victory bonds will be climaxed on December 7th, the annlversay of Pearl Harbor, ac cording to J. E. Massie, war finance chairman for Haywood county and W. R. Francis, county chairman of the drive. To date Haywood county is $243,000 behind with the sale of E bonds, the county having been assigned a quota of $365,000 and culy $120,506.25 sales have been made to date. While the sale of bonds will continue through the month of December, and the area will be credited for any sale made during the month, the leaders of the cam paign will officially close the drive on Saturday of this week. The total quota for sales in the Victory campaign was set at $584, 000, with the amount equally di vided between the Canton and Waynesville area of the county. Climaxing the drive on the an niversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor the leaders feel that in appreciation of peace the citizens of this f area will cooperate and bring the drive to a successful close with all auotas met in full. "While it to expected that all the larger schools in the county will make $3,000 sales and be eligi ble for a hospital bed to be named in their honor in some government institution, we are falllug far short of what we ha hoped in the drive," said M. H. Bowles, superintendent of the county schools. The students of the schools were given a free hand to sell bonds to any person in the county during the drive with special stress placed on the sale of E bonds. C. M. Smathers, sales agent at Canton, announced today that Standard Oil Company of New Jer sey had purchased Victory Bonds in the amount of $500,000 in North Carolina in connection with the Victory Bond drive. In lUie with the company's policy of allocating this purchase among the 100 coun ties of North Carolina in propor tion to each county's quota, Hay wood county has been allotted $3,000. Assigned Here CAPT. LILLIAN BLACKBURN, of tbe Salvation Army, has been transferred to the Mountain Divi sion from the Jacksonville, Fla., area. She will assist Major Cecil Brown, and serve the Little Creek community, one of the seven churches In the Mountain Division of the Salvation Army. Eighteen Year Olds Are Still Registering The following boys in the Waynesville area became 18 years of age during the month of No vember and have registered with the local draft board, according to the requirements of the selective service system, are now eligible for call for duty in the armed forces: Yoder Lee Crayne, Hazelwood; Alvin Green, Waynesville RFD No. 2; Leon Neal Sanford, Clyde, RFD No. 1; James Edgar Williams, Hazelwood; Earl Jefferson Smith, Clyde, RFD No. 1; Robert William Ferguson, Clyde, RFD No. 1. Paul Ledford, Waynesville, RFD No. 2; Lawrence Robinson, Hazel- wood; James Abraham Suttles Waynesville; Manuel Hugh Messer, Waynesville, RFD No. 2; and Gor don Eugene Hendrix, Waynesville RFD No. 1. Eye Specialists From Duke To Conduct Clinic Here on 11th, Sponsored By Lions Eye specialists from the Duke hospital, famous in their profes sion, will come to the Hazelwood school next Tuesday, December 11, to conduct a sight clinic for the benefit of school children and adults who need this attention. The clinic will open at 8:30 a. m. This clinic is being sponsored by the Lions club of Waynesville as their chief civic activity. A considerable sum of money has been ear-marked for this work out of the club funds. Mrs. Bryson from the county health department will supervise the clinic. Members of the Lions club will be on hand to assist in this work. Some 40 or more school children have made application to take ad vantage of this clinic. Tbe names were tabulated through the office of .the principals of the various schools. Also, the clinic person nel would like to have some five or six adults who need eye attention to be at the clinic for treatment at 8:30. Lee Davis, chairman ot the Sight Conservation Committee of the Lions club is confident of a most successful clinic.' Davis Becomes District Game Fish Protector Lec Davis, of Waynesville, who was named district game and fish protector by the State Department of Conservation and Development to succeed G. C. Plott, who re signed several weeks ago, assumed bis duties on last Saturday, De cember 1. The work schedUlo , has been changed1 and instead of county protectors there will be district protectors who will be In charge of five counties. Mr. Davis will have headquarters for the work of the Ave western counties, including Haywood, in the courthouse here. The appointment of Mr. Davis to the post was made by John D. Findley, head of the North Caro lina State Department of Conser vation and Development. There were 1 1 applicants for the position for which competitive examinations were held. , Mr. Davis is the son of Mr. and Mi-s. R, A. Davla of Jonathan Creek section and has been employed by the Champion Paper and Fibre company for the past 10 years. "Heretofore a lot of people have tried to hunt and Ash and then after they are caught will buy their license. They must realize that they have to face trial for break ing the law and will not bo able to get their license before I he trial in held," he said when speaking of the law enforcement angle of his work. "I will appreciate the coopera tion of the public in the work of the department, and I trust that I can count an the people of Hay wood to aid me in conserving the natural resources of this area, so that everyone may enjoy them," he added. ported, as cars going at a snail's pace, fiently slid into each other on the glazed streets and roads. Details wore not available, but a report was that a Mr. Grasty was Blightly injured on the Dcllwood road earlry Tuesday night when his truck was hit ly a falling pole. While Hundreds of residents were without lights and telephone service, and others inconvenienced about getting to and from their work, the Southern Railroad depot here reported every train ran right on time Wednesday. The telegraph lines of the road were down In sev eral places from Balsam to Canton. Officials thought the repair crews would have service restored by last nigm. Power Started Going Off Here Tuesday 2:30 Current began to go off In differ ent sections as early as 2:30 Tues day afternoon and from then on until long past midnight, hundreds of calls were received by the town electricians. A large number of business places were noted In total dark ness after nightfall on Main street and as fast as the electricians could work relief was given, in some only temporary so that business would not suffer. Shortly after dark the Fire De partment was called out to ex tinguish a fire on the hill over looking the Waynesville Country club, where brush In the woodf had caught from a broken wire. The fire truck answered the call and ran Into the wire, but no one was hurt and the wire was soon repaired. Hundreds of residences were In darkness and without electricity until late Wednesday afternoon when the majority of had been re paired. Many persons who cook exclu sively by electricity were at a loss as to how to manage to eat for a few hours. The majority of furnaces were kept going by hand which did not heat homes adequately, but at least kept the hot water flowing in bath rooms and kitchens. The lights were off at the Hay wood County hospital from 10:30 to 1:30, but there were no emerg ency operations or work. Since The First National Bank is of- j bed no Inconvenlence was report ed from the institution. Haywood Was Center Of Storm, Power And Phone Lines Heavily Damaged Power and telephone repair crews were working around the clock in every section of Haywood yesterday in an effort to restore utility services by tonight after the flnow storm of Tuesday had snapped hundreds of lines. The snow, heavily laden with moisture, clung to everything it touched, and soon had wires covered as much as two inches. The fall was measured at five inches. The snow started fall ing about 11:00 o'clock and continued until after 6:00 Tues day afternoon. The temperature averaged 40 degrees during the period. Poles were twisted by the heavy coated wires and wind lashed wires together, cither breaking them or shortening out the circuits. Every section of the county was hit by the storm, and where power lines remained intact, citizens were given a display of fireworks seldom seen, even in an electrical storm, as blue Hashes raced up and down the lines. Up to 4:00 o'clock yesterday afternoon, no reports had been received of anyone being injured by broken wires. several minor accidents were re- Bank Offers $100 To Farmers For Best Tobacco fenng $100 in prizes this year in a contest for Haywood tobacco growers who average the most for their entire tobacco crop. In making the announcement, J H. Woody, president of the bank, pointed out that four prizes would be given. The first prize will be $40, the second $30, the third $20 and the fourth $10. In case the winner is a tenant farmer, the prize will be divided between ten ant and owner of the farm, the rules of the contest stated. The warehouse bill and checks must be presented to the bank for official entry in the contest. To Organize A Unit Of Veterans Of Foreign Wars John W. Lewis announced yes terday that applications are being received each Tuesday night at the Armory for membership in the new chapter of Veterans of Foreign Wars which is being organized here. Any veteran of either the first or second world wars, who served outside the United States is eligi ble to join. , Many Streets Of Town In Darkness Tuesday Among the streets In almost total darkness for several hours Tuesday and Wednesday were Pig eon, Love Lane, Church, North Main, Killian, Boundary, Dellwood Road, and Balsam highway, and part of Haywood street. Much concern was given the residents on Killian street over an abandoned State Highway truck. which had run into a fallen wire and the driver had left the truck. wnicn among oiner things con tained a barrel of gasoline. While the alarm for help was given the town authorities early in the evening Tuesday, it was midnight before the electricians could get there. They had to turn off the power while working on the wires and in a short time the people on the street were relieved of any fear. Evergreens were bent to the ground, and some' large balsam trees looked as if they would snap any minute under the 'terriffle load of heavy moist snow. Many a resident was seen with! a broom brushing snow from choice pieces of shrubbery. The town had a crew clearing the sidewalks in the business area by 7:00 o'clock Wednesday morn ing, and later into the residential sections. Snowplows went to work by the time the snow stopped and had center driveways cleared on the streets and highways. Waynesville Cut Off From World By Phone Late yesterday afternoon it was reported that there were 250 tele phones out of order, and the cir cuits to Asheville were completely . out by 4:36 Tuesday p. m, A fe emergency messages were con veyed by way of Sylva until 8 00 o'clock and after that there was no outside connection. It was thought yesterday after noon by the local Southern Bell Telephone company officials that the wires would be open sometime late last night for emergency calls only. People have been most consid erate about the conditions of the telephones and patient about re pairs, according to the local office. Buses Continued to Run; Some Hours Late All buses of the TralJway lines coming into Waynesville have made the regular trips through here with the exception of the bus leaving Knoxville at 10:00 o'clock Tuesday night which was reported to have been stalled somewhere in the Park area. While some of the buses were as much as an hour late on Tues day they made their scheduled trip, and by Wednesday tbe long est delay in arrival here was around one half hour. Some of the drivers reported two and one half feet of snow at New found Gap, but after coming down the mountain and entering the state highway there was no snow reported. Yesterday afternoon while the streets and highways here were still snow-banked, the streets in Sylva were reported to be perfectly dry and a bright winter sun was shining. A number of motorists who had planned to make Asheville and other points Tuesday night decided due to the condition of the high ways to remain in Waynesville and it is said that rooming places were taxed to capacity. Schools Will Remain Closed Until Monday All schools in the Waynesville district and throughout the county closed Tuesday afternoon, follow ing the heavy snowfall and will not re-open until Monday morning, the 10th, according to an announce ment yesterday afternoon by M. H. Bowles, county superintendent of education. In the Waynesville Township schools, students are brought by bus from a radius of eight miles, and the conditions of the rural roads were such as to make travel hazardous, according to Mr. Bowles. There are 3,327 students in Hay wood county and Waynesville schools who are conveyed to school by the 40 buses operated by the county board of education for this purpose. The time lost this week will have to be made up either in the spring or taken from the Christmas hou- (Continued on Page Eight) If I ' ; t .v H , us