North Carolina Newspapers

V' jjj People mi If 1Ui1b20 nulea of. Ule-thelr ideal plus center, (. LfiRS fYEAR7 , 20 Pages lartment Will Have Board Rather Five County rds Under , k Program 'ting has been called for uf organizing the ais- ddf health, of the, five lof which Haywood Is a I . at the Jarrett Hatel on Friday evening, tt TOO o'clock, according Ta. Brown, Jr., who has 'Ad chairman by Dr. Carl LUretary of the State itueihin the district be- fafcood Include, Jackson, Jj Slain ana iryauw By 4ich county naa us uwu fetation which worked tbn 'supervision of the dis- !aJiolficer. r-ttfinew legislation passed lAll General Assembly, a ot the district health life Wfcflhei V mMi'ICOI ;f. to (required, in a t$ Uiere are five coun- thcre is to De one entire area, rath- ea&icbunty having Its th board. atule designates the nam- lesl one ex-offlcio mem- esch of the participating miff state health offi- nitafaie with this ruling, hafe named the fol- VjWWV" ""f ' (tt-cJlcia jmembers in addi tataaiiiii of Bryson City, nd?nt' of Swain county Walter Ash, of Sylva, pan oi the county board of issione of Jackson county; P, Clsmenti mayor of Bre find W.E. Baldwin, of Franks airman of the Macon county of conmissioners. M five Will Meet Frlday to i permanent chairnjan and to the othiir four members of krd whoiwill be required by oe a pai. uiqia is one aenust, altered if hiiinacist, and one sphlM These tog will U known as the pub tabers, according to the law. br will de ippointed for dif- periods o tenure: one for years, one ': for three years; two yeari and one for one Thereafter Jne member shall feted each yiar for a term of fears. ... I a!" s district boafd of health will its own chafrman. who shall ave the right to vote exceDt ft of a tie; a (majority of the pra of the district board of Shall constitute a nimriim he district heJth officer shall secretary of tie board. district boar J of health will health officer meptin? the fications set forth hv Hip System Council as provided state requirements, who will peel .the approval of the State n omcer. The term of nfflop be at the nleasul-P nf th 'board of health. Emergency temporary aDDoIntm.nt m Me when necessary with the "t oi tne state health officer. 01; i ompiey is Staff Of the untainee .... onipiey. wpli 1 In,.,., i las joined the I let n,. tauiere as a melter of the tishig departmenll and will 2"um w Pori kiews lor ouipiey rpentr ft j 1.1. able disfE? et u,erving forlle years, h? J . . lune spen.verseas. "e past 12 . P criminal Investillion-ai. L, f army ln Italft . anlplny was rononfinXiui-U.j Pwife. who i:T,71351'ffi. .ey t sC- , nome wn Mrs. , i, orawn avBnilA. 5 Review Headlines The Mountaineer k tn. fx giving a special review a;.fw,that made fthe Klines ina945. All news "ts have been covert h CS4 rnatiotial on Page f3, section n national tml i nn.t n WKIUH- rrn Published rJrijanizalibriilMe Of Promoted ,LT. JASPER MORGAN, U. S. navy, son of Mr, and Mrs. J. R. Morgan, has been promoted to commander, according to informa tion received here. He Is serving with the experimental diving unit, with headquarters In Washington, D. C, his work being of a highly scientific nature, At the time he volunteered In the service, in Sep tember, 1941, he was physicist at Duke hospital. Most of the exper iments undertaken by the depart ment With which Commhader Mor gan is serving have taken place on the Atlantic coast area. Tax Listing Is Started; poard Names Personnel All Taxes Are To Be . Given In To Tax Month of January ; The listing of taxes in Haywood county began on January the first and all property owners and tax payers are required to return to the. list-takers for taxation for the year 1945 all real estate, personal property and other property which they owned on the first of the year. All persons between the ages of 21 and 50 are required by law to list their polls during the same period. Any person who owns property and fails to list or who is liable for poll tax and fails to give it in will be guilty of a misdemeanor, according to the law, it was point ed out by Earl Ferguson, county tax collector. There will be no revaluation of property this year as the four-year revaluation program, which is in accordance with the state laws, was made last year, it was learned from George A. Brown, Jr., county manager. Township listers, with whom the property owners are expected to list their taxes in their own town ships were named by the county board of commissioners at a recent meeting, and announced this week by George A. Brown, Jr., chairman, as follows: Ivy Hill, Dave Plott; Jonathan Creek, Fred Allison; Cataloochee, Ed White; Fines Creek, Cauley Rogers; Crabtree, Wallace Hill; Pigeon, Gay Burnett; Waynesville, S. S. Black; East Fork, Rex Pless; Iron Duff, Manson Medford; Cecil, Perry Allen; Beaverdam, Vaughn Byers; Clyde, C, R. Francis; White Oak, Odie Fish. Miss Louella Hall, student at Western Carolina Teachers Col lege, has returned to Cullowhce after Spending the holidays with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Alden Hall. I Hiteh Compton, son of Mr. and Mrs J Pink Compton, of Hazelwood, has! returned to North Carolina State College, Raleigh, after spend ing the holidays with his parents. Underwood And Carswell Open Auto Parts Firm aynesville Auto Parts opened for) business here Tuesday morning, with Frank Underwood and Rufus Catswell as owners. The firm Is wholesaler of standard brands of auJomobile, truck parts, and access sorties, and Is located at the depot ' JMr. Underwood has been in the utomotive business as pai u uiu- ager, for the past twenty years. He will have charge' of outside sales, and Mr. Carswell will be in the store. Mr. Carswell recently WAYH In The Grant? Seat Of Bradleys To Open New Grocery And Super Market Soon Have Built New Store Adjoining Present Building To House Enlarged Business A large grocery store and super market, of the W, A. Bradley & Company, Hazelwood, is scheduled to stage their formal opening on January 10th, although the store will be open this week-end, it was announced jointly yesterday by W. A. Bradley, and his son, Richard Bradley, who will be active mana ger in charge. The store moved this week into a new and modern building, just completed, which is 30 by 80 feet. New fixtures have been added, and the floor arrangement planned for quick service throughout the store. The store will also feature a grade A market. The present store bulldng, which connects with the new store, is 32 by 100 feet, in addition to two ware rooms for storage. Mr. Brad ley said the stocks of dry goods, hardware and paints would be en larged in the present room. The firm is on the highway, in Hazelwood. Details of the opening will be carried next week. Methodist Young People To Meet Here On Monday The Haywood County Methodist Youth Fellowship wiU -hold Its regular monthly meeting at the 1st Methodist church in Waynesville Monday night at 7:30. The host church will be in charge of the devotional and refreshment parts of the program. Miss Dorothy Janes, president, will conduct the business session. Mrs. Caroline Plemmons, chairman of the com mission on Recreation and Leisure, will be in charge of- recreation. C. C. Poindexter, adult counselor for the county organization, will conduct a round-table forum on the Methodist Youth Fellowship pro gram in Haywodd'TOunty7!f He1 has made a survey of the county. Prob lems will be listed and suggested solutions discussed. The problem-fact-action method will be used in conducting the forum. V All local units in the county are urged to bring as large a represen tation as possible. A banner will be awarded to the local unit having the largest attendance excluding the best unit. Methodist churches in the county that do not have ac tive Youth Fellowship units are especially urged to have represen tatives at the meeting. No More Trucks Allowed On Lake Roads, Streets No more trucks will be allowed over the roads in the Junaluska Assembly Grounds after January 5th, according to a formal state ment being published in this paper today by Dr. F. S. Love, superin tendent of the Assembly. Dr. Love pointed out that the roads and streets on the grounds were constructed for light loads, and that the heavly loaded wood and cattle trucks were causing the pavement to break, and already heavy damage had been done. Mercury Slides To 5 On Wednesday The mercury took another big tumble here Wednesday morning, when it slid down to 5, according to the official reading at the State Test Farm. The official weather report for the past week is: Max. Min Pet. Dec. 25 -...S3 30 .94 Dec. 26 53 37 Dec. 27 42 20 Dec. 28 43 33 .10 Dec. 29 55 37 Dec. 30 54 33 Dec. 31 46 30 Jan. 1 39 20 Jan. 2 k - 5 received his discharge from the army, after serving for more than five years. Prior to entering the service he Worked for mercantile firms here. ' Mr. Underwood was with Abel s Garage 18 years, and remained with the firm after it was sold to Davis-Liner Motor Sales. Many nationally known lines are being featured by the firm, which win aervlce fiarages. car dealers. service stations and others who buy automotive lines wholesale. . Haywood County At The WAYNESVILLE, N, C THURSDAY, VICTORY PULPWOOD CAMPAIGN WlM 'lf Stopfsoulf itunmtauuw lijlf ! !Pa!11 In recognition of the valuable contribution this slPy jgjj newspaper ha$ made to the nation's war pro- jig focl! j3pi? gram by its efforts to increase the production SpBIPv i J(i ofpulpwood. A'-:K$i l JI&Hl WAR fROOUCTIOM ioaw j&p y Declared Dead PFC. WILLIAM R. FRAZIER, JR., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Frazier, of Waynesville, who was reported missing in action in France on January 7, 1945, has been officially declared killed In action by the War Department, ac cording to recent information re ceived by his family. Pfc. Frazier was attached to the Seventh army and has been overseas since Octo ber 12, 1944. He entered the serv ice on May 23, 1943, and took his basic training at Fort Knox, Ky., and was later sent to Camp Camp bell, Camp Chaffee, and maneuvers prior to being sent overseas. At the time he entered the service he was just graduated from the Waynes ville Township high school. He Is survived by his parents; three sist ers, Misses Mary, Nina and Mar garet Frazier, all of Waynesville; two brothers, Marion Frazier, Waynesville, and Staff Sergeant Thomas E. Frazier, who is serving with the army of occupation In Germany. pup- jw f . " x Jf " J Open Waynesville Auto Parts FRANK UNDERWOOD has had RUFUS CARSWELL,- just dis 20 vears experience ln the automo- charged tJom the Army after five five field, is one of the owners of the new firm which opened here Tuesday morning. - - Eastern Entrance Of The JANUARY 3, 1946 Donald Lee Cooper Born As '46 Was 2 Saturday Night Busy Time For City Police Force "Saturday night was a bad night here. The officers were pretty busy for several hours," said Chief of Police Orville Noland, yesterday. "We arrested 11 drunks in addition to an automobile ac cident, which might have re sulted as seriously for the five occupants in the cars as it did to the cars," the Chief pointed out. "I just don't know what's got into the people around here," Mr. Noland concluded. New Cleaning Firm Opens In Hazelwood The Hazelwood Cleaners have opened for business in the Esso building on the highway in Hazel wood, with Mrs, B. H. Holland and Mrs. C. H. Rhinehart, as managers. A completely new and modern Hoffman lay-out of equipment has been installed, and in operation. Experienced cleaners are in charge of all work, and th firm will fea ture one-day service. The owners wanted to open, about a year ago, but were unable to get the better equipment, so they waited until new machines were available. Every piece of equipment is brand new, .v- years sertice, is the other owner of the nev firm. lace Mareyv t ,. . Photos by Wal- Great Smoky Mountains Minutes Old Donald Lee Cooper, on of Sea man First Class ana Mrs. uecu Cooper of Lake Junaluska, is a lucky baby at least he arrived in this world at a lucky hour. Master Cooper was, according to information received at The Waynesville Mountaineer office, by noon yesterday, the first white baby born in Haywood county in 1946. Donald Lee arrived two minutes after Father Time had turned the first page of the Book of the New Year. By coming so soon after Father Time had rrfadc the change from 1945 to 1946 he fell heir to gifts from seven Waynesville firms as follows: A complete outfit from Belk- Hudson Co. An electric bottle-warmer from Garrett Furniture Store. A blanket from Ray's Depart ment Store. Fifteen quarts of pasteurized milk from Pet Dairy. Two weeks' laundry service from Waynesville Laundry. Six cans of Gerber's Baby Food from The Food Store. A year's subscription and 25 birth announcements from The Mountaineer. Donald weighs eight pounds and three ounces, has black hair and blue eyes. He is the third son of his parents, and has two broth ers who are four years and two years of age. His father has been in the serv ice for 22 months and is now sta tioned at Little Creek, Va., where he was sent after he received his boot training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Great Lakes,. 111. His mother was before her mar riage the former Miss Annie Mae Searcy, of Brevard. Betty Frances Newspaper Essay Contest Miss Betty Frances Tuttle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Tuttle, of Waynesville, member of the junior class, of the Waynesville Township high school, was tne win ner in the newspaper essay con test sponsored by The Waynesville Mountaineer and the Canton Enter prise in Haywood county. Miss Tuttle by winning first place will be awarded the first county prize of a $25 Victory Bond. Her essay has already been sent in to the headquarters of the North Carolina Press Association, spon sors of the state-wide contest, in which she will compete with other county winners. There are two state prizes, first, a $100 Victory bond; second, $50 Victory bond. Miss Martha Raye Smathers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Smathers, of Pisgah drivet Canton member of the junior class of the Canton high school won second place and will beware" the prize National Park $2.00 in Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties 5 Hurl 2 Cars Torn Up In Main Street Vreck Lt. Colonel MAJOR JACK C. LYNN, former Haywood county farm agent, who entered the service in January, 1941, and is now serving with the Food and Agriculture branch of the military government in Ger many, with headquarters in Berlin, has been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, according to information received by his wife who resides here. Col. Lynn was district county agent with headquarters in Ashe ville at the tmie he was called into active service, holding a commis sion as second lieutenant in the Reserve Corps at the time. He re ported for duty at Fort McClellan, and from there was sent to Fort Benning and later Camp Hood, Texas, prior to being sent overseas six months ago. Father Of Mrs. Gill Taken By Death P. H. Jenkins, 88, of Dallas, Texas, father of Mrs. Joe Gill, of Walnut Cove Farm, on the Jona than Creek road, died on Monday, December 24, of a heart attack at his home in Dallas, according to in formation received here from his daughter by friends here. Mr. Jen kins had suffered an attack during the fall and had not been in good health for several months. Funeral services were conducted in Dallas on Wednesday, December 26, with the Welland Funoral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Jenkins, retired lumberman and well known leader of Dallas had often visited his daughter here and had many friends in this sec tion. He was active in the work of the Presbyterian church in Dal las and also a leader in the civic and Masonic affairs of the city. In addition to his widow he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Gill, of Haywood county and Dal las Texas; Mrs. Konald Vincent of San Antonio, Texas, and two grand sons, Haywood Vincent, of New York CitI, and William Gill, of Dallas, Texas. $910 Raised On The Dime Board The Lions club realized $910 from the operation of the Dime Board this Christmas season. This was $5.00 more than the 1944 board brought in. The club cared for a large , number of needy children, and final tabulations will be made tonight at the meeting of the club. Tuttle Wins the two papers. Miss Betty McClure, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. McClure, mem ber of the junior class of the Waynesville Township high school won third place and will be given $10.00 in Victory stamps. Miss Dorothy Martel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Martel, member of the 11th grade at St, John's school, won fourth place and will be the winner of the $7.50 offered in Victory stamps. Miss Anne Mormino, the young est contestant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mormino, of Waynes ville, member of the 9th grade of St. John's school won fifth place and will be given the prixe of $5.00 in Victory stamps. . The contest was open to all high school students In the county and alsb in the state where sponsored in the counties by local newspaper, for Vhe purpose of focusing t vin W ' Vtwl: hit V The Mountaineer ca take your sales message to customers "who want to buy, ' " Accident On Main . Street Saturday Night Caused ; Considerable Damage j , Five DPrsnna vnk fn4M,l .M J -. v 4 -w mijuicu BUU r '( :. ':.( taken to the Haywood County hos- ' . - i pital for treatment following 7 L imu-vu I'uuisiua oi iwo cars lq front of the Le Faine hotel here on Main street around 10:45 Sat urday night, according to Chief of Police Orville Noland. and O. K. Roberts, state highway patrolman, who investigated the case. Amos Moody, one of the drivers was in a 1941 Ford and Troy Mc Cracken, the other was driving a 1935 Ford. Both cars were dam aged almost beyond repairs ac cording to the officers. There were five occupants of the two cars, three men nd two girls. All five received bruises ani lacerations, with the exception of ?1 Amos Moody, who suffered a J DroKen jaw m addition to cuts!'1 S i and other minor Injuries. Only one ft '? of the party, a Miss Barton, re-J t mained in the hospital, following , trPAtmAnf oluati than ' "1 ihlui, auq sua WW able to leave the next day. No legal action has been taken according to the officers and it was th.U .L -A. 1L - . . . ... iiiuugui. iuai me case wouia De set-, s j tied out of court. j District And v County Schools , Reopen Monday t K The Waynesvlllo district and Un Haywood county school reopened on Monday of this week following ? the Christmas holidays, with a fair- M. H. Bowles, acting county super- 1 , ,i 1 lntendent of education. I "We hope to continue now" " straight through the schedule until '"A; , the closing of the school term, the j, ; t ;? weather permitting." said Mr. -.if Bowles yesterday in speaking ofj me opening or me scnooia and the days, missed on account of 'tho re cent snows. Mid-term examinations in the district and county schools are scheduled for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week, it was announced by Mr. Bowles. Secretary Of C. Of C. Thanks The Public The Community Christmas Carol Sing, which was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and held at the First Methodist church the &unaay net ore Uhristmas was a most successful affair. The fol lowing expressions of appreciation was sent into The Mountaineer by Miss S. A. Jones, secretary: , "The Chamber of Commerce as sponsor of the Community Christ mas Carol Sing, the Sunday before Christmas, wishes to thank each and every one participating in the event. The cooperation is appre ciated, of the leader, the directors, tne soloists, the combined church choirs, the Junior choirs, the or ganist and the committees; and es pecially the very thoughtful anoni mous Santa Claus who "sent" the children- and directors such truly Christmas-spirited gifts. We also thank the audience who braved the snow and rain and Showed their ap preciation for the efforts made to bring the community the Carol Sing. "We hope this event will con tinue each year henceforth, and be come a beautiful, enjoyable Christ- mas affair. Furniture Store Opens In Clyde A new furniture store is open for business at Clyde under the name of Mehaffey-Cagle Co. The business Is located in the D, M. Cagle brick building on the square Larry H. Cagle will be manager . of the new firm. He has recently been honorably discharged from the navy Sea Bees. Mr. Cagle was in service 40 months with 30 months in the Southwest Pacific. The associates in the firm will be Clayton R. Mehaff ey, who is owner and operator of the Cash Store, at Clyde. , The third partner, Boone F. Cagle, who is connected with the Champoin Paper and Fiber . company for a number of years. Mr. Cagle states everything to fur nish a home will be handled, and a popular line of refrigerators and appliances will be carried. ' . Miss Ann Edmonds, who 1st student at the Southern Colic Lakeland, Fla., wljfere she 1' " -ing n intM-w ing . her m . Id, f 1 1 11 I f ,1 A, fr J 5 ; I i 1 5t r4 V