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WAYNESVILLE. N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1.1, 1916
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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peeled
becue
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itertainment
fcroup Due
At Six
icady for the out-
the lawn of the
inniehl at 6:00
members of the
Press Association,
74th annual con-
ille. The Waynes-
nt is being spon-
iiambcr of Com-
Ibers of the press
arrive here short-
clock from Bre-
kavel in six Trail-
ins across Pisgah,
I at Wagon Road
f) R. Roberts will
from Brevard to
si ill bo made on
leave from the
o direct to the
( group arrives at
supper, the 54
band under the
lies Isley, will be-
kelcoming" music
!hile the barbecue
served.
peal, "a surprise"
led for the guests.
Is been arranged
wards, and Jona-
serve as master
l!ter the program,
She press will re-
and hold their
ie convention Sat-
f will go to Ecusta
four of the plant.
py will start for
fees of the Way
ir of Commerre
f 11 o'clock today
'o serve as hosts
I f trip to Waynes-
as hosts nn
ft: Charles Ray,
H- Williamson,
IV Allen M n
J. Reece. These
"ill Point nut
enroute over tlm
brief st on u-iii h
f Glass Falls, but
not get out. They
out of the buses
fP. and be met by
mgineer of ho
fa'. who will point
rs and give the
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f table of fresh
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wen strung
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par,y will be
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f an autographed
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book, "The
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ynesville Will Be
Officers Of Press Association
"
HARVEY LAFFOON, president MISS BEATRICE COBB, seere
of The North Carolina Press Asso- tary-tieasurer, of The North Caro
ciation. Mr. Laffoon is from Elkin. Una Press Association.
Large Crowds Attend
Opening Of First Stale
Bank Tuesday Morning
Ideal Weather
Predicted For
Press Event
Thursday afternoon, the
weather bureau felt sure that
"ideal weather" would prevail
for the out door barbecue sup
per for the Press Association
tonight.
A check will be made affaln
this morning, and if the fore
cast Is unfavorable, the event
will be held at the Armory.
Legion Members
To Meet Sept. 19th
And Not Tonight
Due to the fact that tonight is
the date for the opening football
game at the high school, the regu
lar monthly meeting of the local
American Legion post has been
changed to Thursday, Sept. 19.
All members of the Legion and
Auxiliary are reminded of this
change by William Medford, post
adjutant, and make plans to attend
the meeting next Thursday night
at the Legion Home.
A prominent speaker, James W.
Tisdale of Asheville, will feature
the program and explain in detail
new plans made by the State De
partment. All new members and
veterans who are eligible to join
this organization are cordially in
vited to be present.
Wage Increase Is
Given At The Pet
Dairy Plant Here
All hourly employees of the
Waynesville plant of Pet Dairy
Products company, received an in
crease of ten cents per hour, as
of Sept. 2, according to J. L. Ed
wards, plant manager yesterday.
The new wage increase affected
28 employees of the plant.
Tom Ray, son of Mrs. Bonner
Ray, left yesterday for Rome, Ga.,
where he will enter Darlington
Military school.
Committees Work Over
Plans For Oct. Show
Three groups connected with the
Haywood County Livestock and
Home Arts show that will be held
Oct. 8-9 at the high school grounds
here, met this week to work out
details for certain phases of the
show.
In the woman's division of the
Home Arts exhibits, it was decided
at the U. S. D. A. Council meeting
Monday, to allow entries from
home economics students and girl
members of 4-H clubs as well as
Home Demonstration club exhibits.
The opening of the First State
Bank at Hazelwood on Tuesday
was termed "very successful" by
officials yesterday. Hundreds of
people attended the opening which
was held from 10 until 6 o'clock.
Jonathan Woody, president, said
that total resources on the opening
day exceeded $101,000.00. Of this
amount, $26,000 was deposited
within the first 30 minutes after
the doors were open.
More than 20 baskets of flowers
were sent the new institution by
other banks and business firms.
Approximately 750 people were
served refreshments during the
course of the day.
Officers of the bank include Mr.
Woody, Joe S. Davis, vice presi
dent, C. N. Allen, vice president,
John B. Smith, coshier. The board
of directors are R. L. Provost,
chairman, Mr. Woody, Mr. Allen,
L. N. Davis, and J. E. Massle.
Taxi Driver Is
Charged With
Reckless Driving
Claude Wiiiam McCreary, driver
for the Whiteway Taxi company,
Canton, has been charged with
reckless driving by the Highway
Patrol, on charges growing out of
testimony offered by Alvin Wyatt
Nodine and Colton Morrow, occu
pants of the car which wrecked
late Saturday on the Waynesville
Brevard highway.
The cars did not hit, according
to Patrolman O. R. Roberts. The
Nodine car, a new 1946, Ford,
turned over, killing Harvey Jeffer
son Pittman, 22, of Greer, S. C.
The officers found that the Nor
dine car had 12 cases of tax-paid
liquor.
Nodine was released under a
$1,000 bond, on charges of man
slaughter and transporting liquor,
and Morrow was released on a $600
bond on charges of transporting.
Chief Of Police
Noland Quite 111
Chief of Police Orville Noland
remained quite ill yesterday in an
Asheville hospital, where he is tak
ing treatment preparatory to un
dergoing a serious operation.
Chief Noland entered the hos
pital several days ago.
Winning booths in both new class
es would draw prizes of $15, $10.
$7.50 for first three places, and
$5.00 to all booths determined as
"creditable" by the judges.
Special canning prizes for entries
by home economics and 4-H club
girls also were decided on, and
plans for girls clothing exhibits
were made.
Monday night the committee in
charge of the opening night pro
gram gathered at the county agent s
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Host To N. C.
Civil Court
Will Open
Here Monday
Morning
Judge Alley Makes
Exchange With Judge
Armstrong and Will
Preside Over
September Term
The September term of Superior
Civil court will convene Monday
morning in the Haywood County
Court House, with Judge Felix E.
Alley presiding.
Among the cases scheduled for
trial on Monday include English
vs. Bingham, et al: Browning vs.
Warren; Clark vs. Francis; Watson
vs. Candler and Stall vs. Stall.
Tuesday's docket includes, Mill
wood vs. Nichols: Insurance Com
pany vs. Southern Railway System;
Burns vs. Hooper and Arlington
vs. Caldwell, et al.
Cases on Wednesday's calendar
are: Duvall vs. Kiser; Arlington
vs. Allen; Brown vs. Smoky Moun
tain Stages and Norris vs. Coin.
The list of cases on Thursday's
calendar are: Research Institute vs.
Clark; Shubert vs. Moody; Brown
ing vs. Farmers Federation, and
Banks vs. Wright.
All uncontested divorce cases
will be heard at the convenience of
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London Business
People Visiting
The Millars Here
Jack Imber, business man of
London, and his secretary, Miss
Joyce Thurgood, are guests for the
week of Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. F.
Millar.
Mr. Imber is an inventor as well
as a business man, and made sev
eral valuable contributions to the
War Department of his country in
both World War I and World War
II.
The Britishers plan to fly back
home about the 20th.
School Crossings Will
Be Zoned In Waynesville
Warning signs to slow down
automobile traffic at intersections
crossed by school children will be
placed by officials of the Town
soon, it was announced Thursday.
G. C. Ferguson, town manager,
has been approached by parents
of school-age children to institute
such a program. He states that
the signs have been ordered, and
plans are being made to hold traf
fic to a slow pace during school
hours. The usual speed allowed
in school zones is 10 miles per
hour.
Canton Street
Bonds Are Sold
The Town of Canton this week
sold $18,000 in bonds to finance a
street resurfacing program. The
bonds carry less than 1.5 per cent
interest.
The project Is expected to get
under way in the near future.
Shortages Of Meal Felt
In Waynesville Markets
Waynesville market counters re
flected the shortage of meat which
prevails over the nation, since price
ceiling returned Tuesday.
One of the largest markets had
cold cuts, and sausage, but no beef,
pork or lamb.
Another market received a ship
ment of 1.400 pounds of native
beef Thursday morning, with the
promise of more within a week, if
livestock could be bought.
None of the markets had pack
er's meats other than cold cuts and
processed meats such as sausage.
This Is Where The Press Is To Have
This is the lawn and pool of Hie Piedmont Hotel where the 200 members of the North Carolina Press
Association will have barbecue supper tonight, with weather permitting. The group shown here are highway
and park ollicials, together with civic leaders, eating lunch during an all-day conference.
New Equipment For Local
Phone Exchange to Be
Installed at Early Date
State Forest Men
Hold 2-Day Meet
At Lake Logan
Many Angles
Of Forestry Work
Discussed Monday
And Tuesday
The North Carolina Forest Serv
ice held a statewide meeting al
the Champion Fibre company's
Lake Logan lodge near Waynes
ville, Sunday through Tuesday.
Thirty-one foresters and rangers
from Raleigh and district offices al
Sylva, Asheville, Lenoir, Rocky
Mount, Rockingham, Fayetteville,
Whileville, New Bern, and Eliza
beth City attended. Members of
U. S. Forest Service, National Park
Service. Weather Bureau, and
State Highway Patrol were also
present.
Mr. Heichler, state forester, dis
cussed plans for developing state
wide forest fire protection. At the
present lime 14 million acres of
privately owned forest land in the
stale are under organized fire pro
tection and 4 million acres are
unprotected.
F. II. Claridge, assistant forester
in charge of forest management,
outlined plans to increase the crop
of tree seeds for reforestation.
Forest management demonstrations
are being developed throughout
the state to establish the proper
logging and cutting practices.
A discussion was held on use of
radio in fire detection and fire sup
pression work. The state forest
service plans to adopt radio com
munication as soon as proper radio
equipment Is available.
Butchers here have been notified
that the large packers have closed
j until some adjustments can be
made as to prices. ;
At least two local markets own
and operate livestock farms, and
plan to butcher as much meat as
the present OPA regulations pro
vide and sell it over the counter at
present ceiling prices.
A number of hunters have prom
ised their wives they will keep the
meat larder filled with sqyirrels,
as the season opens Sunday.
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Press Tonight
Market
Reports
Kegs and Poultry
Receipts of local eggs at the
Farmers Exchange are very light,
and prices remain al 50c a dozen.
At Asheville the market is reported
firm, with A large eggs 54-55, A
medium and U large 45, grade C
'A2, checks and dirties 30, current
receipts 38-40. Live poultry, mar
ket firm on fryers and broilers
Receipts light. Fryers and broilers
31-35 a pound, heavy breed hens
25-27, light breed hens 20.
Apples
All varieties at the Farmers Ex
change bring from 2.00 to 2 50.
On the Ilendersonville market, re
ported steady with moderate re
ceipts, bu. Red Delicious 2.25,
Rome Beauties 1.60, Stamin Wine
sap 2.75. Atlanta: market steady.
S. C. Stamin Winesaps, 214 inch
minimum 2.75-3.00. Bulk per bu
various varieties, Ga., N. C. and
S. C. 1.25-1.75 best 2.00, poor
1.00. Va. bu. boxes, medium to
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V. F. W. Changes Hour
Of Weekly Meetings
When the Veterans of Foreign J
Wars held their regular meeting (
in the Haywood County Court j
room on Monday night at 8:00'
o'clock, it was voted by the mem- (
bers to change the meeting hour in
the future to 7:30 p. in. instead j
of 8:00. j
Roy Campbell, post commander,1
states that: "We are at all times;
ready to help any overseas veteran
in any way possible. Join your
local post and help make this a
progressive organization in your
community." 1
Knecht Building Large
Tabernacle In Hazelwood
Construction has started on a
tabernacle in Hazelwood for the
Seventh-Day Adventists, with Evan
gelist L. P. Knecht, pastor in
charge. The tabernacle will be
used until such a time when build
ing restrictions are lifted, and a
modern church can be built, Rev.
Mr. Knecht announced.
Plans are to have the tabernacle
ready for use by October first, and
in the meantime, meetings will
continue to be held three nights a
week and Saturday afternoons at
Barbecue Supper
Additional
Switchboards To
Be Ready For Service
In Late November
New .switchboards and additions
to the present equipment ut the
Waynesville olliee of Soul hern Bell
Telephone company will be in
stalled beginning in October and
upon completion in laic November
will bring phones to many resi
dents of this ana who have been
on the waiting list for some lime.
.1. Lovell Smith of Asheville, dis
trict manager for I he company, also
stales thai new loll (longdistance)
facilities are to be installed here,
which will rase the situation on
outside calls that has been con
gested duo to the large increase
in number of calls made in recent
years.
The demand for telephone serv
ice here has been growing steadily.
Due to the material shortage and
other factors, the local system in
the same situation as all other
towns could not expand as rapid
ly as did the demand of users.
The Way ni svilcl olliee, of which
W. L. Lampkin is manager, has
six local switchboards in operation,
each capable of allowing 100 indi
vidual lines or the same number
of parly lines. Practically all lines
have been doubled up to allow as
many users as possible. With 599
lines, there are more than 1,200
phones- more than two per line on
an average.
200 Lines To Open
The additional switchboard plus,
extensions to the present boards,)
states Mr. Smith, will allow 200,
additional indiivdual lines, or 400
two-phone lines. Mrs. Fay Toy,
business manager here, explains
thai Waynesville has gained nearly
200 new phones since the first of
the year, but that their waiting list
has grown as fast as their work
men have made installations.
Surveys are being made and
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the tent as long as weather permits,
or until the tabernacle is complet
ed. Rev. Mr. Knecht has conducted
a revival in the large tent in Hazel
wood for the past several weeks,
and recently purchased the lot ad
joining the former location of the
tent for the tabernacle.
The pastor has just returned
from the 18th bi-annual confer
ence session of Seventh-Day Ad
ventists held at the Blue Ridge
Assembly grounds.
Ving Strip
Is Located
Wednesday
During Hunt
Army Searchers
Follow "Line of
Flight" in Thursday's
Trip To Hills
Editor's Note: Part of the in
formation below was obtained by
a staff writer, F.d Spears, who
accompanied the party making
thf search for the lost plane.
Major T J. llieatl, in charge of
the searching party sent from the
Greenville, S ('. Army Air Hase
to look for the wreckage of a plane
lost since January 31. 1U44, re
ported at 1 p. m. Thursday that his
parly was continuing the hunt
No further clues had been found
since Wednesday, when additional
pieces of plywood and a large part
of the fabric -identified as having
come from the upper half of a
wing were picked up These anil
the first finding were 11 in a line
about a quarler-mile up from the
base of ' Dirty Britches'' mountain
in the Caldwell Creek valley south
of Maggie.
The party Thursday began hunt
ing at either end of the places
where fabric had been found on
the theory that they established a
"line of flight" followed by the
plane when trapped in the valley.
During Wednesday's search, the
party went from the bottom to the
top of the peak.
A thorough search of the area,
due to the thi.ck undergrowth of
ivy, laural and briars; the sharp
ness of the slope would require a
hundred or more men at this time
of year. Maj. Hieatt, when con
tacted by officials in Washington
Wednesday night, expressed some
hope of finding the wreckage and
was told to continue his search
another day or two longer. Upon
leaving Greenville, their orders
had been written to authorize a
three-day trip, time for two days of
searching. Developments Thurs
day afternoon and today will de
termine whether the parly will re
main here or not.
From Hie church in Maggie a
road leads into the valley along
Caldwell Creek, one of the most
rugged sections in Haywood county.
Like the palm of a hand with fing
ers cupped upwards, the mountains
rise sharply on either side to form
pari of the ridges that lead into
Plolt Balsam.
The small army plane, a twin
engine trainer and small transport,
C-7H Cessna, bound from Charlotte
to Knoxville on Jan 31, 1944, was
heard over this area during the
snowstorm of thai day . There have
been various reports about the oc
cupants, but officers in the army
parly now .searching though giv
en no ollicial list believe that the
plane was carrying two army dyers
and an Oak Ridge scientist
Part of (he Army party arrived
In Waynesville Tuesday, and made
a preliminary trip intu the valley.
By the lime the main search began,
Wednesday morning, there were
12 Army men and seven civilians
present, including John and Ear
nest Smathcrs, the timber cutlers
who found the first piece of fabric
when working in the area a few
weeks back.
Having been assigned by The
Mountaineer to cover the search,
I joined the party and Miller In
gram, our semi-official photog
rapher, had been unable to resist
the opportunity. Two others with
the Smathers brother, and Ralph
Barron, press relations man for the
air base, made up the civilians
present; and the Army party in
cluded Maj. Hieatt, assigned to in
telligence work, two Air Corps fly
ers, two medical officers, and a
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Weather Report
(Furnished The Mountaineer by
the U. S. Weather Bureau):
Thursday, Sept. 12 Fair and
mild and rather windy today and
cooler tonight.
Friday, Sept. 13, Continued fair
and mild but not quite so windy.
(Official Waynesville temperature
as recorded by the staff of the
State Test Farm):
Dale Max. Min. Rainfall
Sept. 9 86 58 .08
10 81 58
11 79 59
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