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KglYEAR NO. 100 14 Pages
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1946
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mistice Day Will Be Observed Here Monday
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Program
ed By
ic Groups
kerving Day
L for the Armistice
and program at the
were announced this
joint sponsors, the
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igion ana veterans ui
less places in Way
id Hazclwood will
I 10 o'clock until
Monday during the
6ervance. This an
it was made by C. E.
, N. Allen, and Dave
the Merchants As
losinj committee.
e will start at 10:30
ning. Nov. 11th, from
aptist church. First
iroeession will be the
: Township high school
ted by the national
ical N. C. State guard
! American Legion and
roup with other men
veterans, the Legion
id the Gold Star moth
behind in autmoblles.
urt House the parade
I a short patriotic pro
ike place. The band
concert from 10:45 to
, after which a minute
ijer will bo observed.
Irockett will lead the
'er, and Rev Paul W.
II speak on the Armls
me. Jdford, adjutant of the
an Legion post, an-
in case of rain the
not be held, but that
will be given inside
Juse.
ns are urged to join
le, whether members
ping organizations or
preferred, but not re
Pmiforms be worn. All
Icipating in the parade
Jo assemble by 10:15
(Baptist church, where
ell will organze the
mothers are especially
Wend the service, and
pmpbell in regards to
I Parade.
V n'Sht a banquet will
W Hazelwood Elemen
jafcteria, starting at 7
f veterans are invited,
' o be a "Dutch sup-
fDr Gold Star mothers,
quests. The Legion
sponsoring the ban
state senator from
yeteran of World War
f Political leader, will
at the banquet.
h a CamPbell- Glen
ifnd James H. Howell
F of the ticket sale.
Wor
(lls- E- S. Slack, of
Mnnounce the birth of
Hebecca Tn - i,.
n November 5th.
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secretary-treasurer
"j 'company, was here
six r 18 cretary-
Bdk stores.
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Father Bureau):
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Ministers To Sponsor
Clothing Collection
For Europe On Sunday
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MISS THERESA ALLEY, who
has been selected by the students
and faculty of the Waynesville
Township high school to represent
the Dorcas Bell Love chapter of
the Daughters of the American
Revolution in the state Good Citiz
enship and Pilgrimage contest.
The state winner in the contest is
given a five days trip to Washing
ton, D. C. with all expenses paid.
(Story on Page Four)
AT SHOE CONVENTION
Several Waynesville merchants
attended the southern shoe show
in Augusta on Monday and Tues
day, where most shoe manufactur
ers had displays and sales forces.
Among i those attending were
Charles E. Ray and Bobby Plott,
of C. E. Ray's Sons, C. J. Reece
of Massie's Department store, and
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Massie of The
Toggery.
The Haywood County Ministerial
Association is sponsoring another
clothing collection for the desti
tute people of Europe. Rev. Paul
W. Townsend, pastor of the Way
nesville Methodist church, brought
the matter to the attention of the
Ministerial Association at their
monthly meeting. It was endorsed
by the group and each minister
agreed to conduct the collection of
clothing in his own church and
community.
The campaign will open Sunday,
November 10, and close November
25. Each person attending church
next Sunday is asked to bring some
article of clothing, shoes, sox, or
bedding. The only requirement is
that whatever you bring must be
clean and useable. The local
churches will be responsible for
the processing and disposition of
the collection.
"Many childrea and old people
will suffer this winter because of
inadequate clothing. Your discard
ed suit, dress, sweater, overcoat,
shoes, sheets, blanket, or quilt
might help to save a life. Look
through your belonging and see
what you can spare for less for
tunate people," Rev. Mr. Townsend
said.
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Among those merchants attend
ing a showing of men's wear in
Winston-Salem were Emmett Bal
entine, of Balcntine's, and Ralph
Fore of Slack's.
GOING TO NEW YORK
Cecil Jennings, manager of Belk
Hudson company, and Mrs. Mary
Hall, in charge of ready-to-wear,
will leave Saturday for New York
where they will buy merchandise
for the firm.
ENSIGN ZEB WALTON CUR
TIS, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Zeb
W. Curtis, of Waynesville, who has
been reported missing by the Navy
Department.
Navy Lists
Ens. Curtis
As Missing
Haywood Flyer Was
Returning From
Practice Mission
With 5th Squadron
At Time of Accident
Ensign Zcb Walton Curtis, Jr.,
U. S. Naval Air Corps, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Zeb W. Curtis, of Waynes
ville has been listed as missing by
the Navy Department, according to
information received by his par
ents around 10 o'clock Tuesday
night.
The message read as follows:
"We sincerely regret to inform
you that your son Zeb Walton Cur
tis, Jr. was killed in an aircraft
crash at sea in 50 fathoms of wa-
(Continucd on Pago Two)
Committees Named For
ESomer L. Ferguson Day
Here On November 20th
Haywood Masons
To Have Meeting
Monday, Nov. 18
The regular business meeting of
the West Gate club, composed of
members of the four Haywood
county Masonic lodges (41st dis
trict), will be held Monday night,
Nov. 18th, in the Canton lodge
room, starting at 7 o'clock.
A supper will be served with
scats being prepared for. 100, re
ports C. B. llosaflook of Waynes
ville, secretary and director of the
club. The club history, during its
14 years of existence, will be given
by P. B. York, past master of the
Pigeon River (Canton) lodge, and
all members of the district special
degree team are to be present.
Members of the lodges at Canton,
Clyde, Waynesville and Pigeon Val
ley are all invited to the meeting.
Harry Cabe of Canton is president
of the West Gate club.
Three-Year Old Boy
Injured Running
In Front Of Car
Terry Garwood, three - year - old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Garland Gar
wood, suffered bruises and other
minor injures Tuesday afternoon
when he darted from behind a
parked truck on Assembly street
in front of an automobile, which
was unable to keep from hitting
him.
Kenneth Dillard, driver of the
auto, took the little boy to the hos
pital for first aid, and he was re
leased later that night.
Much Interest
Is Being Shown
In Event; Full
Day's Program
Is Being Planned
Committees have been named for
staging Homer L. Ferguson Day in
Haywood on November 20th. The
internationally known shipbuilder
will be honored by his native coun
ty, with Dr. Tom Stringfield and
Reuben Robertson as chairman and
co-chairman in charge. The event
is being sponsored by the Waynes
ville Chamber of Commerce.
Yesterday Dr. Stringfield and Ed
L. Sims, president of the Chamber
of Commerce, announced commit
tees for staging the event.
A barbecue will be given shortly
after noon on the 20th, and those
in charge are Rufus Siler, David
Underwood, C. J. Reece, C. N.
Allen and Howard Clapp.
A motorcade and parade will be
staged in connection with the cele
bration, and the committee in
charge includes M. D. Watkins,
Paul Davis and Lloyd Kirkpatrick.
Decorations and street banners
will be In charge of a eommittee
composed of Clyde Fisher, Charles
E. Hay and O. C. Ferguson.
Tickets for the barbecue will be
handled by William Medford, treas
urer of the Chamber of Commerce,
together with Richard Bradley and
Jonathan Woody.
Dr. Stringfield and Mr. Robert
son will be in charge of the pro
gram at the court house, while
Lachlan Hyatt will be in charge
of getting all former employes of
Mr. Ferguson to attend the cele
bration in a body. Mr. Hyatt went
to Newport News Wednesday in
connection with the celebration,
and yesterday in discussing the
(Continued on Page Two)
GOP Wins
Control Of
Congress In
Tuesday Vote
An unexpected landslide swept
the Republican party in control of
both houses of Congress and gave
them the governorship in numer
ous key states in Tuesday's off
year general election.
In the house, the GOP gained
54 seats;, a total of 24G representa
tives to 180 re-elected by the Dem
ocrats. There were 23 Republican
senators elected, which with their
28 holdovers gave them 51 mem
bers. There are now 42 Democrats
In the upper house, a loss of 11.
Two races for representative and
three for senator still were in
doubt as The Mountaineer went to
press, but majorities were assured
the GOP in both houses of Con
gress, which they will reorganize
in January.
Republicans picked up two gov
ernorships, electing 20 of the 34
offices being voted on Tuesday.
The outstanding gubernatorial race
was held in New York, which re
elected Thomas E. Dewey with a
wide margin over his opponent,
Sen. Thomas E. Mead,
Extension Staff
Going to Raleigh
For Conference
Members of the extension staff
in Haywood will leave Sunday for
the annual conference at Raleigh,
which will last through all of next
week.
A general discussion of the state
wide program, and refresher
courses are part of the conference
programs.
Among those going from here
include Wayne Corpening, E. M.
Stallings, W. D. Robinson, Ruth D.
Carpenter, Mary Margaret Smith,
and Helen Smith. The group will
return here on the 17th.
OFFICIAL ELECTION RETURNS FOR HAYWOOD COUNTY
Congress ll SHcl f State House of Clerk of r,L , Reg:. Tax Chairman IT . Coro- Amendments
12th Dist. tor Senate Rep. Court Sh"iff Deeds Col. Of Board Board ef Comm U"ioners Jier No. 1 No. 2
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BeaverdarnNo. 1 148 178 143 148" 122 128 187 122 207 115 219 148 146 124 191 124 121 202 196 143 " 147 68 " 159 72
Beaverdam No. 2 181 129 164 168 147 152 149 146 " 154 141 177 161 165" 152 150 143 142 156 146 174 194 56 1 18 100
Beaverdam No. 3 280 136 267 261 246 25!5 1511 242 167 238 18TT64 259 249 155 243 244 166 163 262 187 155 157 H2
Beaverdam No. 4 220 154 201 192 191 182 17() 169 187 145 222 196 202 202 190 164 152 199 19(5 206 225 68 121 151
Beaverdam No. 5 " 136 119 134 138 116 118 134 126 133 99 160 133 138 119 127 U3 123 131 135 136 123 39 64 70
Beaverdam No. 6 257 1(52 253 254 117 230 185 209 204 18l 241) 253 245 225 181 202 204 199 202 254 243 130 135 192
Big Creek 40 40 39 37 38 19 39 2() 36 24 43 4() 42 18 38 36 19 20 36 36 21 31 24
Cataloochee 7 0 7 7 7 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 7 7 0 7 7 0 0 7 7 0 7 0
4I 4 44 43 39 38 89 38 90 3rJ H) 4!5 43 4() 8l 38 39 86 88 43 49 52 32 43
36) 230 360 360 320 333 247 332 253 319 274 365 364 341 242 331 327 253 231 359 364 162 283 205
Crabtree lil 52 167 163 142 17) 69 140 83 140 101 170 166 14l 95 146 156 79 80 152 51 55 61 45
Fines Creek 237 41 219 215 175 221 62 202 6l 207 812 208 209 220 63 202 213 51 55 199 124 103 1H 74
East Fork 201 98 94 99 86 98 168 98 162 89 201 101 96 93 159 9l 98 157 157 88 30 140 17 143
Iron Duff ' 0 90 94 49 90 50 83 65 125 127 86 57 86 8!) 56 52 102 28 99 24 91
Iyy HiU 38 102 237 239 208 222 213 211 116 201 141 241 236 225 m 208 212 110 106 220 104 173 81 108
Jonathan Creek 167 145 6 163 138 165 139 185 162 164 143 160 126 140 163 160 143 71 128 44 124
Hazelwood " 219 52 205 206 160 181 75 160 97 148 m 203 207 178 87 166 159 81 87 187 134 M ill 74
p.geon 2li 226 273 276 240 245 241 248 23l 224 274 271 370 24l 231 245 248 2301 230 263 170 268 U3 275
Lake Junaluska " 183 34 163 158 114 137 66 110 98 101 123 161 156 137 68 120 123 73 69 151 123 50 89 60
North Waynesville 84 129 982 991 831 889 210 819 272 785 338 965 978 854 248 859 880 219 189 928 441 390 655 84
South Waynesville 1057 119 1070 1068 999 1029 138 998" 272 994 198 1062 1064 1013 157 1008 1017 158 137 1036 330 770 440 660
White Oak " 35 16 32 33 20 27 22 28 14 27 24 36 32 25 27 23 26 21 78 26 4 19 5 13
TOTALS 5580 2240 5329 5539 4539 4930 2807 4677 3041 4457 3447 5320 5414 4867 2711 4686 4756 2809 2717 5115 3185 3046 2271 2750
Democratic
Majorities
Range From
1,010 On Up
Little Interest
Shown In Election,
As Only 8,00p Votes
Cast Tuesday
Haywood county remained in
Democratic control, carrying the
full ticket of candidates for county
offices in Tuesday's general elec
tion in which approximately 8,000
voters participated.
Closest race on the Hayvtood
ballot was for sheriff, in which
the Incumbent Democratic candi
date, R. V. Welch, led his Republi
can opponent, Max Thompson, by
1,010 votes. The total official vote
was 4,457 for Welch, 3,447 for
Thompson.
C. H. Lcatherwood, Democratic
nominee for clerk of court, received
4,677 votes to 3,041 for the Republi
can candidate, Rex H. Mitchell a
majority of 1,637.
George A. Brown, Jr. (D), polled
4,867 votes to continue as chair
man of the county board of com
mlsisoners, defeating Sam W. Fer
guson (R), who received 2,711.
In the race for state representa
tive, Glenn C. Palmer (D), led
Walter G. Smathers (R), by a vote
of 4,930 to 2,807.
The two Democratic nominees
for membership on the board of
commissioners, J. R. Hipps and
D. J. NolanoV received 4,686 and
4,736 votes respectively. They re
ceived twice as many ballots as
Dave V. Mann, with 2,809 votes;
and Elmer (Red) Miller, with 2,717
votes, their Republican opponents.
Final votes from all Haywood
precincts for the unopposed Demo
cartic candidates were as follows:
Dan K. Moore, for solicitor, 5,329.
William Medford, for state sena
tor, 5,339.
Vincent P. Clement, for state
senator, 4,539.
B. D. Medford, for register of
deeds, 5,320.
Sebe Bryson, for tax collector,
5,414.
Dr. J. F. Pate, for coroner, 5,115.
Monroe Redden carried the 12th
district Congressional race with a
majority of nearly 12,000. In Hay
wood county he received 5,580 votes
to a total of 2,240 for Guy Weav
er. The first proposed constitutional
(Continued on Page Four)
Market
Reports
The Farmers Exchange: Egg re
ceipts light. 55c a dozen. Poultry
market steady, with fryers and
broilers 25c a pound, hens 23c.
Asheville Market: Eggs, receipts
light, U. S. Grade A large 58; A
medium 48; B large 48; and Grade
C, 30. Live poultry, market about
steady, receipts light, broilers and
fryers 35 to 38; heavy hens 25;
roosters 15 to 18c a pound.
Various Products
Atlanta: Apples, market steady,
boxes of ZW min, Yorks 3.50, 2W
min. Delicious and Staymans, U.S.
No. 1, med. to large size, 3.50 to
3.75. Bus. Baskets of Va. and W.
Va. 2W and 2Vi" York, 3.50; 2V4"
min. Grimes, 2.30 to 2.50; Bulk
per bus. from Va., W. Va., and N.
C, various varieties, poor to or
dinary quality, 1.50 to 1.75 Few
best, 2.00.
Snap beans, Market steady, Ga.
(Continued on Page Four)
Highway
Record For 1946
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed - - 14
Injured 157
(This InfonnaUoa Compiled
From Records of State High
way Patrol)
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