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Standard PRINTING CO 2X0-230 S First S l.OUISVILI.1 v- The THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Published In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ng 49,500 People Live within 20 miles of Waynesville their Ideal shopping center. LrricAL ONTb I ' ' . cinrdaV. it SIXTY-FIRST YEAR No. 32 16 Pages Fhe carta " on the yAe L 'n.ical field WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1946 $2.00 in Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties 6t primary, (,ie 4 f 01 .,,, iwiiioencd Lirket P'otcd and Ccn IVat be would - .... jl SIX u -""-" of Judge Guy Wcav- Lville. as 'tu' lr Congress , 0f the couiiu v the State board on DQiiieh. U Republicans get rention on nu'i" iricf, sums up i m- jitical events lor .- ,en, spokesman for .nun. announceu Lt tlii? group would county ticket on rn- at :, mtvlma at tne Miniftov nialit of this lattdidatcs were named: ipbell, uf ivy Hiu, js a lor shenll. of Wayncsville, i; a clerk of court. 35, sucnt 30 months the Eurnuean theatre, recent discharge, has line to fanning ana Before entering ser- las emnloved lor live f Champion Paper and any. also a recently dis- :wan, is a member ol illc police department, at the meeting frans lryan Medford. a vete- fid ar I, and present I deeds ; fur rp-Herlion. alsn announced thev provide any opposition Mcttlurd, veteran ol 11, who recently an a candidate for state in said yesterday, "The bf a full ticket will be lay night." John M. Queen, now his 15lh year as soli- ig been elected four The Mountaineer yes he would not seek re- lis time, commenting the people of the f been good to me, and all they have done. I January first before mv f , and 16 years is long 'nor to this, Mr. Queen iio statement as to his pointing out "there's pne " By that, the vct- p meant he had until to file if he eared In late. board of elections arc Raleigh this week-end (an, ol Wayncsville, a the board, leaves inH he meeting, at which ward of elections will h'icf here k ih:,t Mt board, if not all lamed Saturday. The d is composed of Gudg--anton, chairman, Walt wd, Wayncsville, scere 'orace Sentelle, Clyde 'he Republican mem- vard Saturday night of Uie district 5e Guy Weaver, Ashc ""diditc for Con- 12th district. Judge r uj, mown- orrncr state chair. 1jCW1s Hamlin, was iuitikh u-i. ,U?C ? the Na,n manage, Duf. 1af , . '"" nian, Sim fcthn, uu"amg the J"" young people. P'OOd T?rl.l:. iav m "-''"""eans will fit A? 30th-at the 1 J'30' aecording to m by Glenn Boyd! " o" Page 2) . V Churches hir Weekly tts in This h churches from f.7"8. ot Haywood uwr announce 1 on th "ecu a -n Pae-e rn d section. Will find tx. ten ""-i. 0 chnrnV, 6 very Sunday." Town Ready Larger Water Line To Reservoir Candidates For Congress ,V 'N- V' ZEBULON WEAVER, a member MONROE REDDEN, active in of Congress for 28 years, is seeking civic and political affairs, is seek-re-clection. ing the post. SEE POLITICAL FRONTS County Tax Record Is Broken, 92 Percent Of 1945 Taxes Are Paid Heinz Rollman Will Talk To Lions Tonight The Lions committee on Com munity Betterment, under the chairmanship of Lion Paul Davis, will present Heinz Rollman, of the Wcllco Shoe Corporation, in a travel talk on Europe. Mr. Roll man will discuss the economic and social trends of Europe as com pared with those of this country. Having spent most of his life in the European countries, Mr. Roll man is well qualified to speak with interest and authority on the sub ject. At the last minute it was neces sary to change the program as previously announced. The Civic Improvement and Community Bet terment committees are swapping dates due to the inability of the former to secure the speaker. All members are urged to attend and boost the attendance percent age of their teams. The hour is 7 o'clock, tonight, at the Maples. Second Regiment Officers Attend State Meeting Col. J. Harden Howell, command er of the Second North Carolina Regiment and Lt Col. M. H. Bowles executive officer, attended the meeting of the advisory board of the State Guard which was held in Raleigh during the week. Plans were completed at the meeting for the summer camp of the State Guard which is scheduled to be held in Wrightsville Beach from July 4 to July 14. General Van Metts, commander of the State Guard, stressed the fact at the meeting that the State Guard was as vital now as during the war and he urged that all units be present at the summer camp. Equalization Board To Meet Next Week The Haywood County Board of Equalization and Review, which is composed of the county board of commissioners will meet on Mon day, March 18, and continue through Friday, faarch 22, at the courthouse for the purpose of ex amining and reviewing the tax list of each township for the current year. By virtue of his office, Earl Fer guson, county tax collector, will serve as clerk of the board. This is the only time the com missioners, according to the law have the authority to change the valuation of real estate, In com y v ft "Ninety-two per cent of the 1945 taxes have already been collected and we have until October lut to collect the re maining 8 per cent," said Earl Ferguson, Haywood county tax collector, yesterday In discuss ing the early payments. "Never has such a thing happened In Haywood county before. People have the money this year, and they want to get their taxes behind them," he continued. "The penalty of one per cent went on February first and then two per cent on March st, but through Tuesday of this week, March 12th, So many had paid that we will have a small amount of penalties to collect for this year," he said. "I think I am serving as tax collector at a fine time, with no worries. I often think of those who served in the de pressions, when people just didn't have the money to pay with, for you know there have been times in Haywood county when money was so hard to get that folks could not make their payments on time," Mr. Ferguson commented. Tickets Go On Sale Today For Symphony Show Tickets will go on sale here to day for the concert to be given in the high school auditorium on March 28th by the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, it was an nounced yesterday by Mrs. Hugh A. Love, county chairman of the Symphony committee. The tickets will be sold at The Book Store, in The Mountaineer building. The price for admission is one dollar, plus 20 cents fed eral tax. The orchestra will give a special concert on the afternoon of the 28th for the high school students. pliance with the Machinery act of 1937. Property owners may present their claims from the various town ships on the following dates: J 4 Monday, March 18 Ivy Hill; Jonathan Creek, WhUe Oak and Catalooche townships. Tuesday, March 19 -Fines Creek, Crabtree, and Iron Duff townships. Wednesday, March 20 Pigeon, East Fork, and Cecil. Thursday, March 21 Waynes ville townshfp. Friday, March 22 Beaverdam and Clyde. ' ' H. I' ' To Build A New, 8,700 Feet Of 10-Inch Line To Be Installed Engineers Have Completed Survey On Project; Additional Water Needed A contract is scheduled to be let soon by the Town of Wayncs ville for installing 8,700 feet of 10-inch cast iron pipe from a point on Allen's Creek to the city reser voir as the first step towards in creasing the water supply here. Engineers were here last week making the final survey for the project which will co6t about $311, 000, it has been estimated, accord ing to G .C. Ferguson, town man ager. The 10-lnch line would run par allel to the present 8-inch line. Later the 10-inch line will be ex tended further up the creek. The new line will take care of the increase in water consumption here, which now exceeds 600,000 gallons daily for nine months a year, and in the summer the de mand is far above that figure. One of the town reservoirs holds a million gallons and the other holds 275,000 gallons. The two lines will feed into both reser voirs, it was explained. Tentative plans are to build an other filtering plant near the in take to supplement the work of the plant now in operation at the reservoir. Mr. Ferguson said the work would be done this spring and early summer, provided no diffi culty is encountered in getting the cast iron pipe. Home Schedule For Last Two Weeks In March The March schedule for the Home Demonstration clubs of the county for the last two weeks in the month is as follows, according to an announcement made by the home agents, Miss Mary Margaret Smith and Miss Helen Smith. Ratcliff Cove club at 2:00 o'clock with Mrs. R. C. Francis on Mon day, the 18th; Home Demonstration County Council at 2:30 o'clock in the County Home Agents' office in the court house on Tuesday, the 19th; Bethel club with Mrs. Bert Cagle on Wednesday afternoon, the 20th at 2:00 o'clock. Beaverdam club with Mrs. Roy Robinson at 2:00 o'clock on Wed nesday, the 20th; Maggie club with Mrs. Jack Campbell at 2:00 o'clock on Thursday, the 21st; Junaluska club with Miss Elizabeth Glosser at 2:00 o'clock on Friday after noon, the 22nd. Clothing leaders school will be held in the Home Agents' office on Monday, the 25th; Clyde club will be with Mrs. Fred Noland on Tues day morning at 10:30, on the 26th; Jones Cove club with Mrs. Linden Smathers at 2:00 o'clock on Tues day, the 26th; Cecil club with Mrs. Thomas Erwin on Wednesday, the 27th at 2:00 o'clock; West Canton club at the Patton school at 2:00 o'clock on Thuisday, the 28th. Killians Attend State Conventions J. W. Killian attended the meet ing of the North Carolina Laun dryman's and Dry Cleaners Asso ciation in Raleigh last week. The attendance was the largest in the history of the organization, with many of the nation's leading au thorities in the field on the pro gram. Leon Killian attended the con vention of the North Carolina Ice Manufacturer's Association at the same time. Dr. Ellen Winston Welfare Commissioner To Speak At Rotary Dr. kllen Winston, state welfare commissioner, will be the speaker at the Waynesville Rotary Club at the luncheon meeting on Friday, 15th. at the Maples, at 1:00 o'clock. Dr. Winston is making a trip in this 'area, visiting the various county offices. Heads Boosters REV. S. R. CROCKETT, pastor of the Hazelwood Presbyterian church for the past four years, is president of the Hazelwood Boosters club, only civic club of the town. He was pastor of the Wayncsville Presbyterian church from 1920 to 1929, and has always taken an active part in civic af fairs. The Boosters club will meet tonight at 7:00 o'clock in the dining room of the Hazelwood church. Patrolmen Stop Many Because Of Improper Lights Highway patrolmen operat ing in Haywood, reported yes terday that they were averag ing stopping at least ten motorists each night because of improper lights. "The majority of the vehicles stopped do not have proper tail lights," Patrolman O. R. Roberts said. "It is a good idea to check all lights before driv ing at night," he continued. The patrol plans to have a night checking station in the near future and check lights of every vehicle passing the station. The date and the loca tion of the station was not given. Weather Fails To Stay "Spring-Like" Spring weather slid a little be hind that of last week, as the mer cury slid down past the freezing point on three of the seven days, according to the official weather report compiled by the State Test Farm. During the week, more than two and a quarter inches of rain fall. Inches DATE Max. Min. Rainfall March 6 67 44 March 7 64 55 .21 March 8 60 52 1.96 March 9 56 33 .12 March 10 49 22 March 11 52 29 March 12 61 23 Red Cross Behind The Quota More Than $700 Of the quota of $2,700 assigned to the Haywood Chapter of the American Red Cross, only $2,000 has been raised in the annual drive, according to Major H. L. Baugh man, chairman of the campaign, who is urging that all contributions be brought in during the week. The advanced donations made by the business men in the community with Joe Rose and Grady Ferguson in charge have been completed, but other committees have not fin ished their solicitations. Chairmen who are still working on their part in the campaign in clude, Miss Mary Margaret Smith who has been in charge of the rural contributions; Mrs. Whitencr Prevost who has been making a house to house drive; J. Aaron Pre vost, who is in charge of the indus trial donations; and M. H. Bowles who has been making the drive in the schools. Rev, M. R. Williamson, president T. Rowley Pless, 88, Passes Away At Cruso Home Life-Long Resident Of Haywood, Was Known Far and Wide As Expert Bear Hunter Last rites will be conducted at 1 1 o'clock this morning at the home in the East Fork section of the county for Thos. Rowley Pless, 88, well known Haywood county citi zen who died at his home Wednes day morning at 6:30 following a long illness. Officiating at the serv ice will be Rev. W. H. Pless, Rev. Oder Burnette and Rev. Thomas Erwin. Burial will be in the Gwyn cemetery. Taking part in the service will be the Bethel Masonic lodge of which he was a member. He was also a member of the Cruso Meth odist church in which he was ac tive for many years. Grandsons will be active pall bearers and granddaughters will be in charge of the flowers. The body will be taken from the Wells Funeral Home in Canton late Wednesday afternoon. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ella P. Pless, and four sons, Nelson, Lulner, Rex and Dewey, and three daughters, Mrs. Nettie Kuykendall, Mrs. Clyde Clark, of Haywood county, and Mrs. Ncalie Osborne, of Asheville. There are also three step-children, Molney Pressley, Mrs. Dorha Buress, and Mrs. Clyde Crawford. Also 33 grandchildren, 36 great grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Wells Funeral Home of Canton will be in charge of the arrange ments. Friday Last Day For Filing Income Tax Have you filed your income tax with the government? If not, this is a reminder that tomorrow is the deadline the last day. Headaches will soon be over for those who have labored over their income tax blanks. After figuring and trying to trim down and yet get by, most people will heave a sigh of relief at the passing of March 15, that day which has loomed on the calendar with the same agony it did the year before. lackson Home Damaged By Fire The residence of Mrs. Alice Jack son on Daisey avenue was consid erably damaged by fire Tuesday night, according to the local fire department. The fire was said to have origi nated in a bedroom on the second floor of the residence, and all the furnishings on the room were com pletely destroyed before the fire was extinguished. The city fire department was called out around 9:00 o'clock p. m. of the chapter, is making a special appeal to all committee chairmen and workers to meet the goal set for the chapter. Mr. Williamson also pointed out the fine work that was being done by the Ipcal chapter and the con tinued need for the services of the Red Cross. He also stressed the fact that discharges of men in ,the armed forces had recently dropped off, which meant that there would be little decrease in calls upon the local chapter for help and assistance to the men overseas and their families at home. St. John's school contributed $62.70 to the Red Cross drive con ducted during the first week of March. The detailed contributions were: Senior high school, $2.35; Junior high school, $9.48; third to fifth grades, $855; first and second grades, $9.12, kindergarten, $7.00; faculty, $26.50. Contract Let For Lake Dell wood Road; Projects To Surface 3 Areas Ready Within a few weeks, much highway construction will be under way in Haywood county, with new highways being built, and extensive repairs and improvements are being made to others, The Mountaineer learned yesterday from J. C. Walker, division engineer of the State Highway Department. Within 20 days, work is scheduled to start on the 4..r6 mile section of the new highway from Lake Junaluska to Dellwood. The new road starts near the Connatser home on highway 19-23, and crosses the Southern Railway tracks on a 150-foot reinforced concrete span and then around the southern end of Lake Junaluska, on to a point near the school, and con necting with the present Dellwood road (highway 281) near the present back entrance to the Lake. Highway Projects These "are the highway pro jects scheduled to get under way at an early date in Hay wood county: New highway from Lake Junaluska to Dellwood, to cost about $25,000 for the 4..r(i miles, including bridges. Surfacing the highway from Soco Gap to Cherokee, to start at once, and be com pleted in 2 or 3 months. Resurfacing Main Street with sheet asphalt, schedul ed to start late spring or early summer. Widen and resurface High way 19-23 from Hazelwood to Balsam. Increase width two feet, surface with asphalt. Scheduled to start late spring or curly summer. lames A. Gwyn Retires For Second Time James A. Gwyn, who with Mrs. Gwyn arrived in town last week from Wilmington, Del., has retired as manager of the research division of the Public Relations department, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. His retirement became effective on February 28, which is the sec ond in a career of 30 years with the company. He joined the Arlington Company, now the Du Pont Plas tics department, as a sales execu tive in 1914, and was subsequently assistant treasurer of the Arling ton Company. Mr. Gwyn was a special execu tive assistant to the general man ager of the plastics department when he first retired in June, 1941. Recalled to active service in No vember, 1942, he entered the Pub lic Relations department, ultimate ly heading the research division. Mr. Gwyn attended Ravenscroft school, Aslieville. and was grad uated from the University of North Carolina. Two years later he re ceived his law degree from the same university and was admitted to the North Carolina Bar. Before joining the Arlington Company, he was successively prin cipal of Asheville city schools, a teacher at Bingham Military school, Asheville and editor of law publi cations for publishers In North port, L. I., and New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Gwyn are occupy ing their home, the former Hardin residence on the golf course. They were extended a number of courte sies from the company prior to their return to Waynesville. Mrs. Gwyn is the daughter of the tate Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Lee, of Waynes ville. No Available Men For March Draft Quota Tuesday of this week was the day for Draftees from the Waynesville area of Haywood county to be sent to an induc tion center for the March quota, but the call was un answered, due to the fact that there were no men available in class 1-A with the necessary qualifications. It is the first time since the selective service system was inaugurated in 1940 that this .area has failed to answer the call for the armed forces. Dur ing the first nine months the calls were made up of volun teers and since then each month a group has been sent. The highway follows to some ex tent the present route of the high way to Dellwood. The pavement will be 20 feet wide, with a 30-foot graded section from ditch to ditch. Bids on the project were received Tuesday by the commission in Ha leigh, and the low bidder on the roadway work was Subcr and Com pany, of Whitmire, S. C, with a bid of $147,620.30. The low bidder for structures was the firm of A. S. Wllkstrom of Boundbrook, N. J., for $09,388.30. Soco Gap-Cherokee Section Machinery is now being moved to the job for surfacing the 14 miles from Soco Gap to Cherokee. This contract was awarded some months ago, but bad weather hns not permitted more than filling in holes, and getting ready for ac tual surfacing. This project will take about two or three months, Mr. Walker estimated. Main Street Project Ready Engineers were here Tuesday measuring Main street from the Hotel Gordon to the cemetery en trance for a project which calls for a new surface of sheet asphalt, which will replace the mixed rock and tar surface put down several years ago. This work is scheduled to get under way during late spring or early summer, Mr. Walker said. The new surface will be far supe rior to the present surface, and should stand up for many years. Hazelwood to Balsam Highway Also scheduled for an early sum mer project, is the widening and resurfacing of the five miles of highway between Hazelwood and Balsam. The width will be in creased from 18 to 20 feet. Mr. Walker said, and surfaced with sheet asphalt. Mr. Walker would make no esti mate as to the time that would be required for this job, due to the acuta shortage of machinery and labor. "We have only received four trucks in this district, and have worn out many more than that number," he said. We have nu merous applications for truck driv trucks," he continued. "I have on trucks, he continued. "I have on file, enough applications from vet erans to drive 2,000 trucks, but no one to load them." The 20-foot highway between Hazelwood and Balsam would make it a standard width highway. Haywood Electric Service Now Open An announcement is being made today of the establishment of the Haywood Electric Service at Hazel wood, doing a general line of new building installations, repairs and alterations. The firm is owned and operated by Houston Swanger, Kimberly "Red" Parham and Bill Prevost. Political News OF HAYWOOD OF THE STATE OF THE NATION The Mountaineer is making a special effort to cover the political news this year, giv ing in detail the events of everything that happens. "Along Political Fronts" cov ers Haywood, and the district, as no other newspaper is doing. From1 Raleigh we have a spe cial writer, Thompson preen wood, giving the happenings along the state fronts, and on the editorial page each week, we have a special Washington column, covering that field. Keep up with the political news through THE MOUNTAINEER.