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A!Gl TWO Second Section) THE 'WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER TUES THE) MOUNTAINEER Published By THEVWAYNES VILLE PRINTING CO Main Strwt Phone 137 Waynesville, North Carolina ' The County Beat of Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS Editor MRS. HILDA WAY GWYN Associate Editor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY HAYWOOD COUNTY AND SERVICr MEN One Year $3.00 Six Months 1.75 NORTH CAROLINA One Year $4.00 Six Months 2.25 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA One Year $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Does The' Honors "FIVE O'CLOCK1 SHADOW" Entered at the post office at Way? .esville, X. C, as Second Chi SB Mail Matter, as provided under tlie Act of Murth 2, l7y, November 2u, 1V14. Obituary notices, resolutions nf lespect, card nf thinks, ana ftl not ices of entertainment for profit, will be charged for at the rate a' one and a half cents per word. NATIONAL DITORIAL ASSOCIATION North C iHma 3L FT is s AiJociAndTr, ,0 TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 26. 1946 Thanksgiving 1946 As our National Thanksgiving day arrives, we have wondered if we. as citizens of one of the greatest nations on earth are grateful enough for our blessings. We have endured and suffered much during the past few years, yet. our misfortunes have been small- to those of many other nations. It is true we are deep in the problems of a postwar era, which offers complex conditions which test our strength and faith to carry on. We had expected it all to be so different. We thought when peace was declared, that it would not be but a few months until we were back where we Were in 1941. Things do not work that way. We will never go back where we left off. We are not the same people. The war years have changed us to some extent. We may not realise it but we have a different outlook. Yet we know that things will work out, and that the future is full of promise. That is the American way of life. That is our heritage handed down from those pioneers who observed the first American Thanks giving. They had much to be grateful for back then, that they had survived the hard ships of the new country was to them a miracle. We have much to be thankful for today. We survived the war. America still stands. This is a free country, and no matter how much discord there is today, we know that the fundamental construction is firm and strong. This year there will be more families united in homes thorughout America than there have been during the past five Thanksgiving Days. For this we should be grateful and as we review conditions in European countries to day, we should take stock of our blessings and give thanks to our Heavenly Father that despite changes we still have that rich heritage of the American way of life. Our harvests have been abundant and slow ly the suffering of the war years is slipping into the background. Our great nation is peculiarly blessed. Thanksgiving Day 1946 should be one of the most thankful ever observed in America. Satisfied Readers We read with interest of the poll of public opinion recently taken in South Carolina, sponsored by the State Press Association. The poll sought to determine how well lead ers in agriculture, labor, business, education, religion, and other fields thought of their local papers the news service, the price, edi torial interpretation, columns, pictures and crime news. Questionnaires were sent to 5,000 outstand ing men and women and the tabulations were made from approximately 20 per cent of the questionnaires which were returned, accord ing to Wilton E. Hall of the American Inde pendent and the Mail, who is president of the South Carolina Pfess Association. The survey was conducted by Charles L. Allen, assistant deari and director of Research of the Medill School of Journalism of North Western University in Evanston, 111. On the Whole our neighbors over the line seem to like their newspapers. Some perti nent things were brought out, in the survey, HW..W. -A J. Waynesville's gala homecoming celebration yesterday in honor ox Homer L. Ferguson, master builder, set a note of praise and tribute which the rest of Western North Carolina will echo. Mr. Ferguson is a native son who won his spurs on a scene far though not too far from the mountain region. At least, Hay wood and other western counties could send sturdy builders in wartime to the great yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company, where rose many of the great steel vessels which formed the nation's "bridge of ships" to the war fronts. With hands more used to the feel of the plow on the mountainside field, ships were built in prodigious number and with a speed which astounded a nation quite accustomed to miracles of war production. Learning from scratch by the side of the salt water, men of the mountains and the plains built ships for victory. Homer Ferguson presided over this tre mendous effort. Waynesville and Haywood have every right to be proud of his accom- j plishment. The company which he heads! enjoyed little of the publicity sometimes man ufactured for others, but when postwar ac countings were made its record hardly ad mitted of any rival. A parade, a special edition of the Waynes ville Mountaineer, street banners, speeches such as are made on these occasions and a round of barbecued corn-fed pork and baked Haywood county apples were all part of the j The part that Prof. Robert Lee were throughout the county, of Mr. manners of a friendlv and grateful-American Madison lias ;l;:ved in the educa-1 Josephus Daniels that he made to communitv honoring its own. More than one tion:i1 l" Western North Mr Homer L. Ferguson -thai they , , , ,, Carolina would be hard to estim- , retire and come to Haywood eoun- oauie oi me laxe war was won on tne pro- atfol. it ,,,., IoIll, h(,f()..e his 1 ty to live. Both have homes here HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN ate for it heean loni; before his LV to live, uotn nave Homer L. Ferguson is rightly .work at Western Carolina Teach-i n the county and they would give ers College at t'ullowhee. In many ; lo our communiiy me in uieir f..,;i;., ,,,...! ,,,....,;.,.. u contacts with us here. II would he r . . , ... ' i (.Weill cn M.'.ti i: hi la uiiums iirtvir, iront. .sneville Lltizen. conK, un(lo. hjs tuiidjn h;ind Xakc : nice to have the Ferguson home I for instance in the case of Miss ; occupied once again by the lamily The duction line. acclaimed for his generalship on that vital Regret Action ; Mary Helen lmoi'e. member of i the Faculty of the Waynesville ! Township high school, who is prom iinenllv identified with the YnnnP While we would not favor any action which Denioor.il:;. Her grandfather, the would denv a veteran material for building laJttl Willi .1. Jenkins, who serv- ' ' ed lor 2! years m the North Caro housing quarters, we do regret the necessity ; lina Senate and was the author of of the action of the CPA which will delay : "Rhy,"os and Hh-vht,,nis," t by H.a J i Mnuntaineer. was a student in his the proposed improvements to the Waynes- early life of Prof. Madison at Qual- ... ,-, . i i la. Later the mother of Miss El- vide Country Club. ; morCi Mrs B Emore was a While the Country Club is privately owned, student also of this venerable . . x J ... "... , teacher in Franklin. Mrs. Elmore it is a tremendous asset to Waynesville and , taught aiUTWar(i in th(, Sf.houls of the county. There is great need in our com-', Swain and Macon counties. Miss munitv for more eating facilities, for in the Elmolc' tho ll:"'-ht-'''. is a former , , & . , ' I student of Prof. Madison at West- peak of the summer season, it has become a ! ern carolin i tv u-hers College serious problem, which in time, if not rem edied, will react apainst us herp. With the , , ,. . , , suggestion opening of the dining room to others outside the guests in the club would have been an added attraction in the community. There are many rooming houses in the area where meals are not served, and often these guests like to spend their day on the golf course, and to be able to get their lunch at the club would make them much better satisfied spending their vacation here. We trust that it will be possible for the Club to make these improvements in the near future. We wei i greatly pleased at the a;; wc; are siuv people older generations associated them so completely with the brick house that sets back from the street with, its spacious grounds The Ferguson and Daniels families with their background of accom plishments will ever lend inspira tion to us here. It would be much nicer to say to visitors in the sum mer time Yes, that is the Fergu son residence, the same family of the president of the Newport News Shipbuilding, and of Brig. General Harley Ferguson who raised the Maine and did that marvelous piece of engineering on the Mississippi and, Mr. Ferguson since his retire ment is making his home here" than to say "yes, it is the Fergu son place, but none of them live here." And instead of fnyin, "Yes, there is where Mr. Josephus Dan- (Continued on page 3) TON Lilienthcl Popular Choice As Atom Control Chairman Behind - the - Scenes Battle 'Twlxt Braden, Messersmith We Hope He Is Right Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, of New York, president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America stated in a sermon in Des Moines during the week that "war with Russia can be avoided without compromise of basic convictions." "Energy expended in fighting communism, if devoted to preserving and extending de mocracy would make totalitarianism undesir able and democracy impregnable." He declared that men "who summon us to a hoi' war against communism are not only declaring war on Russia, but are diverting our attention from the primary obligation to democratize our own economic, political ecclesiastical and social life." The Bishop may have something there. If the time we spent bemoaning the fact that the country was going to the dogs was spent in demonstrating what a fine thing it is to live in a great democracy and pointing out its advantages, we might have more influence in combating communism. We, however, be lieve in keeping an eye open and well informed. Befitting Memorial We note with gratification the gift of the A. C. Lawrence Leather company of five new uniforms for the Waynesville Township Band to be dedicated as a memorial to the late L. M. Richeson, former 'superintendent of the company. We recall that much of the success of put ting across the organization of the band and raising the initial' funds was" due to the n- In regard to postwar 'period they answered thusiasm of "Rich,"' is1 he'- was affectionately the queries about news rating as follows, in known in the community, order named: better local government headed .. : " 1 ' the listpnew nd better-housing and better '( The promise of relative freedom from India schools; ewJindttej higWays;-recrea is producing a"strange series of riots between tional centers; 'and better state and national the Hindus and Moslems, with more throat government.. . ...... , rutting .than cooperation. ......... Ft ,;': 4. & j?: ' 1 i.Sofc. David Lilienthcl Special Central Press WASHINGTON As the five men who will manage the nation"s monopoly on atomic energy begin to take hold of their all-important jobs, it appears probable that at least for the present there will be no political opposition to their appointments. Selection of David Lilienthal as chairman seemed to riave been generally acceptable. While extreme leftwingers regard him as an internationalist, Lilienthal has taken a hard-headed view of the t- international aspects of nuclear energy as a weapon. In speeches he has said flatly that agreements to "outlaw" atomic warfare are worthless. Like wise, he sees Iron curtains in the world as pre venting inspections of the various nations' peace ful applications of atomic energy from safeguard ing against secret conversions to war purposes. The atomic chief declared that only an interna tional body, with a full, airtight world monopoly on atomic energy, sources of material, and processing facilities, can save the world from future atomic war. On domestic policies, Lilienthal is expected, even by those who have not approved the prin ciples involved in the Tennessee Valley Authority, to do a good administrative job. As chief of the TVA. Lilienthal has been on a tight rope, with the enmity of smart, able Senator Kenneth McKellar (D) of Tennessee, as an ever-present threat to trip him up if he took an awkward step! If anyone can manage the nation's atomic monopoly without get ting in trouble with private industry and Congress, sure-footed Dave Lilienthal would seem most likely to succeed. STATE DEPARTMENT OBSERVERS are watching a behind-the-scenes conflict between Assistant Secretary of State Spruille Braden, former "tough" United States ambassador to Argentina, and the present ambassador, George Messersmith. Messersmith favors a minimum, of compliance from the Peron regime in its commitments to string along with other American republics; Braden wants almost complete compliance. An early determination of the struggle is expected and newsmen are waiting for it to break. FIORELLO H. LA GUARDIA, director of UNRRA. is the current subject of fun-poking among agriculture department employes in view of "Butch's" recent statement' to a news conference that UNRRA is shipping mules to Yugoslavia for breeding purposes. Better biologists than Butch immediately pointed up with delight the irrefutable fact that mules art hybrids and cannot breed. A Detroit newspaper editorial on the subject was circulated among employes to add to the merriment, particularly this "belly laugh" paragraph: "It just goes to show that an UNRRA director can't make a jack ass out of a couple of mules, but a couple of mules sure can make a jackass out of an UNRRA" director." La Guardia himself once said, "Whenever I pull a boner, it's always a beaut." DESPITE HIS 'THRHE-STAR'" AUTOMOBILE, Senator Ehner Thomas (D) of Oklahoma says he was stopped for an inspection of . his credentials "at almost every turn" of the road when he drove 200 miles InrGermany from Frankfurt u. $ p .g to Nuernberg to attend the closing ession of the top Nazis' trials. Tol N Just back from, a European tour, Thomas told a Chances reporter , that "members of my party had special cards of identification but American military authorities took not chances on permitting unauthorized persons to reach the trial."' Thomas viewed the high Nazis before they were executed and!' said he saw Goenng s cell. He said he was particularly impressed 'by the trim appearance of American military guards at the trial. ij V'OIQE Of THE Pe&MLtE The recent Livestock and Home Arts Show was a recognised sue cess and in view of this fact would you favor the county enlarging and improving the present facilities to ward making' the event an annual affair? Bryan Medferd ."I think the innntv fihriiflri'. -fKMiimf1 !:thia finan cial obligation, for ! it is badly neeaea. Jack TWe8ser--"If -the1 show is to be held I think wetshould have adequate" facilities. ' The last show demonstrated the -need." Mrs. W. t: Crawford "I think the county should tinancethese im provements and encourage our people toward greater accomplish ments." K. E. Sentelle "! would positive ly approve of such a project and encourage our people irt these in dustries." Rev. M. R. Williamson "I think the show was a credit to the entire county and that the county should make adequate provision for the displays and entries in the show." Letters To Editor THANKS Editor The Mountaineer: The Chamber of Commerce wishes to express to you, publicly, their sincere thanks and gratitude for the very splendid issues of The Waynesville Mountaineer and the publicity given to our Homer L. Ferguson Day. We feel that we can, also, speak for the citizens of Hay wood County, in thanking you and each member of your staff, for the tireless cooperation showh in mak ing this Day a great success, and one that will be remembered as history in our Town and County. Your personal efforts towards this November 20, 1946 have been unsurpassed. We know that Mr. Ferguson and his affiliates also ap preciated all that was done for them, and will cherish the memory of the Day, and the historical pa pers from your office that so very thoroughly gave the interesting facts and details in the life of one of America's greatest men and a son of Haywood County. We thank you again for all that you have done. We wish to assure I you of the cooperation of the Chamber of Commerce at all times. Very sincerely, L. E. Sims, President (Miss) S. A. Jones, Secretary For the Boar dof Directors of The Chamber of Commerce 'All For One And One For All' Aids" Government Girls By JANE EADS WASHINGTON The Govern ment Girls Club meets regularly to think up ways to make life in the nation's capital more pleas mt fur their sisters, whose top salary is not more than $2,000 a year. Mrs. Lucille Butler. 2fi ,. came from West Pittslon. Pa r- years ago to work in the Bureau ot internal Revenue, is president of the club. She says the girls are really "nn against it" now with living costs rising the way they are. She points out, for i that lunches at government cafe terias have gone from 35 cent tr. 55 cents, and she says she can't have her usual sausage cake for breakfast any more because i.n. cake now costs 22 cents. At that, she and a lot of ohnn like her have to pay 40 cents; w breakfast and about 60 cents for lunch. "As for dinner," she savs "mnci Of us just hope we'll get invited out by a boy friend. "There's nothing left for extra any more. We need all we've got just for living. Most of us cant go home for Christmas this ve.,r let alone buying gifts for the folks." Since their organization in Mav 1943, the group has sponsored many projects to keep the girls in terest, j :. ., own THIS. ieipation T f -smuts. lion fln,l rv r"1 "lovement u-k" 'K sue Pitch , a dollar fighter p ,Jvhe gi'ls seI1ed c-v Personnel offic ' "'? P!anes , Wsentprl ,l . td,the clubs "win, Last fall Ik. chnic for fedel . purcnasabl. 1 ""It'll wer. wearable. "We arc also n J"R Prices down," ,vvu gins set " -i,,uf wne things at reduced e nara to get nyions 10 c than anywhere inter! UD where rad we I cents : : else: t i t two For the oast lia.S given rhr!rf..' orphanage here, d mat nrnhnnc old people in i ins Lhr and snprxl mate nf iho " Old People, were - H homes iristmas ttJ evei Blue PI Banana oil is made from pota toes, beets and grains. Lunch For Famous Is Duly Recorded In Gotham Town NEW YORK In Sardi's, Rich ard Rodgers and Oscar Hammer stein 2nd, writers of "Oklahoma." 'Carousel," producers of "Happy Birthday," "Show Boat," "I Ke-1 member Mama" and the town's big-, gest smash, "Annie Get Your Gun," having their weekly Thursday , luncheon with Theresa Helburn ' and Lawrence Langner, directors j of the Theater Guild . . . Two of; the best liked guys on Broadway despite their raining dollars . . . Usually Broadway talks viciously 1 about such successful fellows, but Dick and Oscar aren't the usual Broadway types; much nicer. In the Stork's Cub Room, Geor gie Jessel beauing Anne Jeffreys. . . . Falstaffian Dick Flanagan, 31 year-old general manl Carlo, one of the toJ cessful glitter jointsl Dick is the daddy i sters ... In the CJ looks at Columnist i chell, who is there e the week, commenlii i as if he were built i i In Lindy's. Songl : Davis (Margie1, the I gin rummy piayer , I i Comic Henny YouiJ ' harmonica from his I j a discordant note, i off all the imprompi Eddie Duchin called! Larry Youngman." . gio quickird, "Lookitl ncvilch" ... and sol the sudden funny 1 ed every possible si names of Larry Adll Minnevitch . . . All (Continued on Pal Add enjoyment to you by serving 1 L
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