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WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1946
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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County,
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Jnendments
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and 11,000 Hay-
Lre expected to cast
on Tuesday between
id 6:30 p. m. There
Ks on the county Dai-
in the district, for
race.
tats have a nominee
e on the county bal-
Rcpublicans have
nees.
re, Democratic nomi-
!or, is without opposi-
iam Medford and
lement, Democratic
slate Senate from the
f strict. Dr. J. Frank
ithout opposition, as
fciocratic nominee for
laper is today publish-
which will be voted
The county and state
in page one of the
and the amendment
page two of that see
ks of most all candi
parties are also being
lay.
ifour township ballots
but races are in only
In Beaverdam town-
Beatherly is the Dem
ee for constable, and
by Seth T. Grogan,
In East Fork town-
atherly is the Demo-
and is opposed bv
Republican.
Ington is seeking re-
V aynesville township,
pve opposition. Down
Creek W. C. Sutton,
lomincc, is also with-
P for the post as con
both parties have
interest in the elec-
png the past few days
nas been noted by the
1 Republicans have
pnpaign around vet-
ttlc Democrats have
''me and time again
:eand qualifications nf
ites.
'e being distributed to
iesterday by election
Mon books contain
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od Marine
By Death
inawa
ftpson Orrell, 24, of
states marine corps,
W13, on Okinawa of
fording ot informa
1 members of his
county. Funeral ar
ave not been com
n? the arrival of the
rre" entered the serv
w duty with the
Ropers and. the
before this he was
D Greensboro.
Zl Ahe widw. Mrs.
Ofrell, and a son,
.we Crabtree section
w-and Mrs. D B Or-
Ss nCk rrel1- and
O?,0ns rre11 and
11, all of Greens
bothers, Mrs E
'0!cMree and
0rre", of Greens-
1 services are con-
i fil e held at the
' B Mist Church and
in the
community
'strict
lIeet in Marion
attendi
ins IV, ni.
ln Marion
rson and Dr and
Heightens
Controls Atom
DAVID E. LILIENTHAL has
been appointed to head the five
man Atomic Energy commission
by President Truman. The former
TVA chairman is known in Hay
wood county, where he has visited
in recent years.
Lilienfhal
Takes Over
Atom Energy
Development
Former TVA Head
Appointed By
President To Direct
Civilian Atom Control
David E. Lilienthal, T.V.A. chair
man since 1941, stepped up to one
of the most important assignments
in the nation as head of America's
Atomic Energy commission, whose
five members were announced Mon
day by President Truman.
Mr. Lilienthal had been rumor
ed to take charge of the Manhat
tan project, which developed the
atom bomb under military control
during the war, since Congress ap
proved legislation to place the fu
ture development of atomic energy
under a civilian group. He had
headed a group of state depart
ment experts who drafted the
Acheson - Lilienthal report, on
which Bernard Baruch's official
plan for international control was
based.
The former T.V.A. chairman is
known in Haywood county, hav
ing given an. address at Waynes
ville in recent years. He vacationed
this summer at Cataloochie Ranch.
Other members of the commis
sion are Dr. Robert Fox Bacher,
Cornell university physicist; Wil
liam Wesley Waymack, Des Moines
(Iowa) editor and director of the
Chicago Federal Reserve bank;
Sumner Tucker' Pike, member of
the securities commission; and
Rear Admiral Lewis L. Strauss, re
tired, former secretary to Herbert
Hoover, now a partner of a New
York banking firm.
Gordon Rufus Clapp, who has
been general manager of TVA since
1939, will replace Mr Lilienthal as
chairman on November 1. All six
appointments are subject to Sen
ate confirmation in January;
meanwhile, the nominees will serve
under interim appointments.
It may be months before the
civilian commission takes over com
pletely from the army due to their
need to study the problems con
fronting them and making plans
for an orderly transition. Mr. Lili
enthal wrote President Truman in
accepting the position that "The
consequences of our work, for good
or for evil, are awesome. With this
poignantly in mind I shall enter
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Weather Report
l
(Furnished The Mountaineer by
the U. S. Weather Bureau):
Thursday, Oct. 31 Partly cloudy
and warm today and tonight with
fog in valleys around midnight.
Friday, Nov. 1 Partly cloudy to
cloudy with little change in tem
peratures. (Official Waynesville tempera
tures as recorded by the staff of
the State Test Farm):
Date - Max. Min.
Oct. 28 ' : 75 38
29 J 74 45
30 78 42
V v t, ;-. . . .7 .. .. . ..7 . '
Miss Quinlan
Returns To
Germany
Red Cross Worker
Returns As Special
Representative In
International Activities
Miss Mary E. Quinlan, special
representative of the American Red
Cross recently sailed from New
York with the largest contingent
of Red Cross workers to be as
signed abroad since V-J Day. She
returned to duties in a rone where
she had been stationed a year and
a half.
Bound for Bremerhaven, the 125
Red Cross workers, most of them
members of the club and recrea
tional staff, will be stationed in
U. S. occupied zones In Europe to
continue in peace-time, the over
seas troop program begun during
the war and to which the Ameri
can National Red Cross has allo
cated more than $25,900,000 this
year. There are now 3,500 work
ers overseas serving the armed
forces.
Miss Quinlan, however, went as a
special representative in Interna-
(Contlnued on Page Three)
Peggy Dock
Wins $25. Bond
In Contest
' -
Peggy Dock, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Leroy Dock of Balsam, was
the winner of the $28.00 govern
ment bond, offered by E. L. With
ers and Company in a Safety essay
contest sponsored by the firm in
the high school.
Theresa Alley won second place
and Elsie Green made the third
place.
The presentation of the bond was
made during the regular chapel
period on Tuesday morning in the
high school auditorium by James
Kilpatrick, manager of the firm. ,
Seventeen students of the high
school entered the contest and all
submitted essays of exceptional
merit, it was learned from Mr. Kil
patrick, who stated that the job of
judging was a difficult one.
The contestants were given 75
points on material and ideas out
lined with 25 points on composi
tion. Among those entering the con
test in addition to the three named
were, Margaret Jones, Delores Hol-
lifield, Nancy Jones, Joe Morrow,
Barbara Hale, Jackie Sue Messer,
Betty McCIure, Virginia Francis,
Dorothy Miller, Theresa Alley,
Frances Leatherwood, Elsie Gla
vich, Kenneth Dillard, Jimmy
Swanger, Ann Townsend and Betty
Sue Berry.
Town Police Arrest
Eight Persons This Week
Eight arrests were made by local
police this week. One person
charged with speeding was released
upon paying $10 costs.
Of two persons arrested for pub
lic drunkenness one still is in jail,
and the other has been tried and
released upon payment of $12.60
costs. Five colored men arrested
for gambling one of them also
charged with resisting arrest will
be brought for trial ln Mayor's
court on Monday.
Caldwell Hearing To Be
Held This Week-End
Preliminary hearing for Buster
Caldwell, 30, on the charge of
breaking and entering, a suspect
in the robbery of Massie's Depart
ment store last December, will be
held this week-end.
Deputies Wade McDaniel and
Claud Davis brought Caldwell back
from South Carolina, where he had
been arrested last week, on Tues
day night, and he presently is in
the Haywood county jail.
SCHOOL MASTERS TO MEET
The School Masters club will
hold their second meeting of the
year Monday night, starting at 7:00
p. m at the Fines Creek school.
All men teachers of Haywood coun
ty schools are invited to be pres
ent. 7,..;' :.. '.'
As Election
MOLOTOV VIEWS 'MISS LIBERTY1
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COMMODORE Sir James BIsset, captain of the Queen Elizabeth, points
out the Statue of Liberty to Russian Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molo
tov as the giant British liner arrives at New York on her first postwar
luxury voyage. The Queen brought in 2,241 passengers. (International)
Heihodisls Set Goals
For Year At District
Meeting Here Thursday
FSA Goes Out;
FHA Takes Over
The Farm Security Adminis
tration is no longer in exist
ence, being absorbed today in
the newly - created Farmers
Housing administration which
in the future will be the fed
eral lending agency serving
farmers.
Administrative personnel
from Waynesville have been
attending the three-day meet
ing in Asheville to go over final
details of the transfer. J. B.
Slack, formerly regional direc
tor of the FSA, has assumed
duties as state director of the
FHA in North Carolina, and
announced that the present
offices and personnel will be
maintained.
Pre-Armistice Day
Community Sing
Announced By Y. C.
A Community Sing in honor of
Armistice Day will be held Sunday
afternoon, Nov. 10, at the Court
House. The general public, and
especially veterans, are invited to
attend the program. Veterans are
urged to wear their uniforms for
the occasion.
The Waynesville Township High
School band will be present. The
program is sponsored by the Youth
club, with Bill Ray serving as chair
man, and will last from 4:00 to
5:00 p. m.
Highway
Record For 1946
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed - - 14
Injured 155
(This Information Compiled
From Records of State High
way Patrol)
Approximately 125
Pastors and Lay
Leaders Attend
Annual Institute
Approximately 125 lay leaders
and pastors attended the Waynes
ville district Missionary and Stew
ardship institute, which was held
here on Thursday at the First
Methodist Church. Various reports
and goals for the coming year in
the MethodL.t churches of the dis
trict were included in the day's
program.
Opening the meeting at 10:30,
Rev. Walter B. West, superintend
ent of the Waynesville District,
led the devotional. He was followed
by Rev. Fletcher E. Howard, asso
ciate superintendent of the pro
posed Home for the Aged, an insti
tutc which is to be erected six miles
out of Charlotte.
The Home is to cost around
$625,000 and is to be built on land
given by the late E. M. Coic prom
incut Methodist leader. The need
for the home and the great benefit
it will be was pointed out by Mr
Howard.
Rev. Paul Townsend, pastor of
the local church presided during
the period devoted to missions, at
which time llev. Frank C. Smathers
of Lenoir pointed out the two main
needs in the missionary field in
the church. He stated that the
Methodist Church at this time
needs 500,000 pastors and religious
workers to carry forward the pro
gram of the church.
P. F. Evans, lay leader of David
son county spoke on "Steward
ship and the laymen's part in the
church '. He cited the responsibility
which rests with the members of
the church, and urged that the
leaders be informed of the needs
of the church. Dan K. Moore of
Sylva presided during this part of
the conference.
R. D. Coleman of Canton gave a
report of the district stewards and
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Four Haywood Men File
Discharges This Week
Four Haywood county service
men filed their discharges this
week with the Waynesville draft
board. These were: Manson Clay
Sutton (discharged at Ft. Bragg),
Robert Lee Brown, and William
Arolo Hunter, all bf Rt. 2, Waynes
ville; and Floyd G. Henry bf Cove
Creek, who was dicharged at Ft.
Meade, Md.
Draws Near
Armistice
Day Parade
Is Planned
For Nov. 11
American Legion
And VFW Jointly
Sponsoring Main
Street Parade
An Armistice Day parade and
program in Waynesville is being
sponsored by the local Ameican
Legion and Veterans of Foreign
Wars posts.
All veterans, whether members
of the sponsoring organizations or
not, arc urged to join in the parade.
It is desired that the veterans wear
their uniforms, although that is not
required, and assemble before 10:30
o'clock Monday morning, Nov. 11,
around the First Baptist church,
from where the parade wall start.
The Waynesville Township high
school band, directed by Charles
Isley, will be at the head of the
parade, followed by the color bear
ers of the American Legion, the
Legionnaires, the Veterans of For
eign Wars and other participants.
D. F. Whitman, post commander
of the American Legion, urges the
former service men to join in the
parade, and says "Don't wory
about keeping step. There'll be a
lot of World War I men in the
parade, and we're out of practice."
The parade will lead down Main
street to the Court House, where
a short patriotic program will be
held starting at 11a. m. All Gold
Star mothers and fathers are es
pecially invited to be present for
the program, and other special fea
tures for the day including a ban
quet will be announced when ar
rangements have been completed.
Lions Club Host
To Orchard Men
Of Haywood
The Lions club was host last
night to about 15 orchard men, and
four apple specialists from State
College. The occasion in observ
ance of National Apple week.
Wayne Corpening was in charge
of the program, as chairman of the
Community Betterment committee,
with associate members of John
Boyd, C. C. Davenport, and Ralph
Fore.
The specialists coming here from
Raleigh for the special program
were Dr. Charles Clayton, plant
pathologist, State Experiment Sta
tions; Dr. Jensen, entomologist, of
Stale Experiment Stations ; Dr.
Smith, entomologist, in charge of
DDT, State Experiment Stations,
and J. F. Conner, Extension Enta
mologist. The four specialists will be on
the program at Rotary today, also
at Wayside Lodge, with Dr. R. H.
Stretcher, program chairman, in
charge.
Haywood Welfare
Records Audited
By S. E. Forbes
S. E. Forbes, federal auditor
from the Bureau of Public assist
ance, Washington, D. C. on Thurs
day completed an audit of the pub
lic assistance records in the Hay
wood county Public Welfare de
partment. According to Mr. Forbes, the
records were found in fine shape
and no exceptions were taken on
any cases which is very unusual
in a county having as large a case
load as Haywood. The public assist
ance cases in this county number
approximately 750; including such
phases as old age assistance, aid to
dependent children, and aid to the
blind.
All other records in Mrs. Sam
Queen's office were found to be in
order and up to date by Mr.
Forbes.
MR. AND MRS. RUNG HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rung ar
rived in Waynesville Wednesday
from California, where they have
been for more than a year. They
will be here a few days before
going to Georgia to visit friends.
They plan to return to California
in a few weeks.
Rally Speaker
I'fr 'Y i
MONROE REDDEN of Hender
sonville, Democratic nominee to
Congress, is the principal speaker
at the Haywood county rally here
tomorrow. His address will be giv
en shortly after 3:15 p.m. in the
court room.
Major Brown
Heads Mt.
Missions
Haywood County
Woman Named
District Officer
Of Salvation Army's
Mountain Missions
Major Cecil Brown, of Haywood
county, has been designated by
Commissioner William C. Arnold,
of Atlanta, as the district officer
of the Mountain Missions of the
Salvation Army.
The appointment was made at a
meeting of the Salvation Army in
the Carolinas which was held in
Charlotte last week. Major James
Klaas, Carolinas' divisional secre
tary of the Salvation Army told
the workers in the meeting of the
history of the program carried for
ward by Major Brown in the moun
tains of the state.
Major Brown, who is a native of
Haywood, returned to the county
12 years ago and started her mis
sion at The Citadel at Maple
Springs.
She has organized in addition
to the main headquarters of the
army at The Citadel nine missions
in Haywood and Madison counties
They include: Shelton, Laurel, Bon
nie Hill, Little Creek, Miller's Gap
Big Bend, White Oak, Spring Creek,
and Cold Springs Lumber Camp
At each of these missions preach
ing is regularly held for the people
in the area. In addition to preach
ing and supervising work in these
missions she conducts open air
meetings in larger centers of the
mountains of this state, Tennessee,
and Georgia.
Major Brown became interested
in the work of the Salvation Army
while residing in Asheville and fol
lowing her conversion to the faith
was sent by the army to Atlanta
where she had special training for
her work, after which she was as
signed this section to organize.
Annual Firemen's
Barbecue Enjoyed
By 600 Wednesday
Nearly 600 persons attended the
annual Firemen's barbecue held
Wednesday night at the Armory.
A delicious meal was served, with
both pork and beef (from one of
the prize animals at the County
Livestock show) having been bar
becued by Rufus Siler and his able
assistants, and accompanied by slaw
and potato salad.
Music was played during the
meal by Tommy (Snowball) Mil
lard and his Blue Ridge Hillbillies,
popular radio entertainers from
Asheville who had volunteered
their performance. After the meal
the tables were moved back from
the center of the floor, and square
dancing was enjoyed.
One of the features during the
entertainment was a buck dance in
which Aunt Ida Mullis was joined
by Mayor J. H. Way.
Volunteer firemen and their
families assisted in all preparations,
which were organized under Fire
Chief Sam Fitzgerald and G. C.
Ferguson, town manager.
Motorcade Of
Democratic
Voters Ks
Organized
Party Officials
Look For Big
Crowd To Hear
Redden's Speech Here
Several thousand Haywood Dem
ocrats are expected to attend the
county-wide rally here Saturday,
which will begin with a band con
cert at 1:45, according to C. E.
Brown, chairman of the Haywood
Democratic Executive Committee.
The Waynesville Township High
School 55-plece band, under the
direction of Charles Isley, will
provide the music.
At 2:00 o'clock, a motorcade of
fifty ears, headed by Cpl. E. W.
Jones of the highway patrol, will
leave here and go to the Haywood
Buncombe line to meet Monroe
Redden, Democratic nominee for
Congress, who will be the principal
speaker of the rally.
The motorcade will pause long
enough in Canton to be joined by
a large number of cars there. Mor
ris Brooks is in charge of the Can
ton delegation on the motorcade.
Working on the motorcade from
here are Mr. and Mrs. Fred Camp
bell, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Cagle,
and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rogers.
The motorcade is expected back
in Waynesville at 3:00 o'clock and
the group will go immediately to
the court room where the formal
part of the rally will begin at 3:15.
Mr. Brown will preside, and W.
Roy Francis will present Mr. Red
den. W. G. Byers will present John
M. Queen, solicitor, who will make
a talk, and the concluding part of
the program will be a brief talk
by R. E. Sentelle. The entire pro
gram in the court room is expected
to take about an hour and a quar
ter, Mr. Brown said.
Saturday night, the Democratic
Executive Committee will be host
to a free square dance at the Arm
ory, featuring three string bands.
the Soco Gap String band, The
Carolina Partners band, and The
Carpenter String band. Sam Queen,
Jr., is in charge of the dance.
All cars entering the motorcade
will be given placards and as
signed places in the line.
Bethel Cannery Ready
To Close Year's Work
The Bethel Community Cannery
will be closed for the remainder
of this year unless there is enough
public demand to justify its con
tinued operation, announces R-. L.
Edwards, vocational agriculture
teacher.
Anyone in the community who
still desires to use the cannery is
asked to write Mrs. Joe Beverage
or to call Canton 4713.
Market
Reports
Eggs and Poultry
The Farmers Exchange: receipts
of eggs very light, with prices
steady at 55c a dozen. Poultry re
ceipts good, prices steady at 25c a
pound for fryers and broilers, hens
23c. Asheville: egg market weak,
receipts light; A large 58, A
medium and B large 48, and grade
C 30. Market firm on live poultry,
with light receipts. Broilers and
fryers 35c to 38c, heavy hens 24,
and old roosters 15 to 18.
Various Products
The Farmers Exchange: Rereinta
of potatoes strong this week, with
price holding at 2.10. Black wal
nuts have not yet arrived in quan
tity, many now belne drid nut
hulled. Price 3.25 per 100 lbs.
Atlanta: Apple market steady.
Boxes 2W inch minimum. Delicious
and Staymans, No. 1 medium to
large, 3.50 to 4.00. Bulk per bu.,
various varieties, mostly poor to or
dinary quality, 1.50. Cabbage mar
ket steady. N. C. and S. C 50 lb.
sacks, domestic round type mostly
green 125 to 1.50.