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220-230 S Fir ; S LOUISVILLE K Published 1 T I, U Tuesday Cnd Friday plRST YEAR The Waynesville Mountaineer No. Ill 14 Pages Published Twice-a-Week In The County Seat Of Haywood Connty At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Associated Press News 49,500 People Live within 20 miles of Waynesville their ideal' shopping center. WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1946 , Bailey L Sunday Weigh i Illness lessor Expected Named f Week By Jemor Cherry Ijosiah William Bailey L North Carolina U. S fLi nf i cerebral hemor ! . . his home in Kaieign sun .. i i ..rr ling, ne nau suuwtu a lMrt illness eignt monms ,ural service were held It the First Baptist church L- R. Gregg cnerry nas. that he will appoint sometime this . week to that oortion oi senator tprm running until the Lral election in November i Warrenton, the son of minister, Senator Bailey his early education in and finished Wake Forest After this he served as Recorder, taking over the formely by his father, lalth had declined. be studied law, and began I in 1907. He was a Sun Jol teacher and a leading against liquor. He cam- tor Woodrow Wilson, and 'as candidate for governor, seated by the late Angus Ian. In 1930 he entered ary contest for senator, over the late Senator F. ions, who had refused to Alfred E. Smith in the ition the year North Car- lit Republican. Federal upper house Sen :ey was classed as a con Although he supported on election years, he Igainst many New Deal principally the proposal pnize the Supreme court, s consistent advocate of in governmental SDend Happy Ending For War Vet and Bride Lt- Governor Wilkins P. Pittsboro; former Gov. f ughton, Lindsay C. War- iroiier general, and Ken- jRoyall, undersecretary of been mentioned as pos sessors to fill Senator nexpired term. TOSS Is jng For pywood Ked Cross Chapter W an appeal this week for either old and still usable Recording to Rev. Malcolm Puson, president nf fho arc a number of neodv ich have come lindor tho p home service section of Fr activities and the chan 10 supply these needs, wiamson is askine that !"S OC lelt W th Mre niMi - fea cross Chapter secre ... Iflliui p the Red Cross chapter Hume yon mav find an nrv make some real Christ m keeping with the sDirit said the Ttv Mr chanter appeal. 1 1 1 I if , wcin-1 O lev tlo - l "t ,; ellilr-- Kept from the altar for years by war regulations, Charles Calvert, 20, Bridgeport, Conn., wounded in the Battle of the Bulge, finally slips a wedding ring on the finger of Jean Parkin, 19, Nottingham, England. The happy ending to the romance came as the result of efforts of Mrs. Paulette Foley, wife of a Canadian business man, and a New York news paper. They arranged to bring Miss Parkin, whom Calvert had not seen since the early war days in England, to Montreal, Canada. There, few hours after Miss Parkin's arrival they are shown being married by the Very Rev. Kenneth Evans, Dean of Montreal. Mrs. Foley (right was matron of honor. Best man was Earl Barnes, head of eamD shows Copyright by N. Y. Mirror. (International). Haywood Schools Prepare Christmas Programs On Eve Of Annual Holidays fain Division 'on Army On The Air """main D v sinn nf the. Armv Will onnnnw am ll'7e the Peple" on F nd, at Ashevllle over I e Lhnstmas program to " e Little Crook rhnrnh Presented heme win u i j Ik- uc cemereo Fne WnrW r,t tt ul me army en- Mieperdess of the 'The pther Report Slled Thf Mnn(.l K Weather Bureau): ' Dec. 16-Partly cloudy ('"y warmer today and to- V, Dec. 17Mostly cloudy w'th some likelihood of "oon rain; considerably Ui nesd"y morning. Waynesvllle tempera. ecordod by the staff of Test Farm): - Mai Mln. Rainfall 63 . 54 Jl 61 41 .16 - 57" 25 56 24 Theresa Alley Winner In 3rd Health Contest Miss "Alley Entitled To Compete in 4th Contest To Be Held In Greensboro Jan. 10 Miss Theresa Alley, who has won in the county, and district oratori cal contests sponsored by the Good Health Association of the state, came out winner in the re gional contest which was held in Asheville on Friday afternoon. Miss Alley' is now entitled to enter the fourth contest which will be held for the pntire western part of North Carolina in Greensboro on January 10, 1947. At the same time this contest is being held there will be a similar one con ducted in Durham for students from high schools in the Eastern part of the state. In Greensboro and Durham there will be four girls and four boys from each section of the state com peting. The next contest will be held in Durham, the date to be announced later, when two girls and two boys from the West will compete with the same grouping from the East. The final winners will receive the $2,000 offered in scholarships and the four RCA-Victor console model radio-phonographs. Salvation Army Kettle Invites Help The Kettle of the Salvation Army is again on Main street giving the citizens of this area an opportunity to contribute to the Christmas cheer fund, which is spread by the Mountain Division of the Army, un der the direction of Major Cecil Brown. Hundreds of persons are remem bered each year in the remote sec tions of this and Madison counties by the Salvation Army. This year they plan to have tne annual Christmas trees in their various churches including Miller's Gap, Maple Springs, Shelton Lau rel, Bonnie Hill, Big Bend, Cold Springs, Spring Creeic and iittie Creek. The trees wilf be held starting December 22nd, and con tinue through the 29th. Firecracker Shooters At Bethel Are Fined Three young men, Troy Lanning, Dick Chambers, and Roy Cogburn, were each fined $10 and costs by Migistrate Wade Noland on the charee of shooting firecracKers. The firecrackers were exploded in the Bethel school gymnasium dur ing a basketball game eany mis month, and the case was tried at the court house last Thursday. Special Programs Announced In Waynesville And Nearby Schools Christmas programs are being presented in the schools of the Waynesville District and through out the county, it was learned from Jack Messer, county superintend ent of education. Some of the programs were held last week while others arc being given this week. Last night at the Hazclwood school the students of, the sixth grade presented a play, "The Story of the First Christmas," which was given under the direction of Mrs Robert Palmer. It was given as-the main feature of the regular PTA meeting. Last Friday morning during the chapel hour "The Toy Shop" was presented by the children of the second and third grades home room under the direction of Mrs Fred RatcliiT, teacher. On Friday morning of this week Christmas programs with an ex change of gifts will be held in each of the rooms at the school. At the meeting of the East Waynesville Parent Teacher Associ ation to be held tonight the fourth grade under the direction of Mrs S. E. Connastcr will present a Christmas program. Mrs. Albert Abel, president will preside and all members are urged to be prcs ent. There will also be programs of seasonal, nature in the East Waynes ville schools on Friday, before dis banding for the holidays. Central Elementary school will have a Christmas program during the chapel hour on Friday. There will also be an exchange of gifts among the students, each one hav ing drawn a name from the room list of students. A special program will be given at the High school at 9:30 under the supervision of Charles Isley and Mrs J. M. Kellett, with both musical and reading numbers. CRABTREE PROGRAM Each grade in the Crabtree-Iron Duff school plans to participate in the chapel program Friday morn ing at 9 o'clock. Following the scripture reading, the songs "Oh Little Town of Beth lehem" and "Hark the Herald An gels Sing" will be given by the 6th grade. Larry Ferguson, Jr., 12th grader, will present a solo, "We Three Kings of Orient Are"; and fourth grade students will re cite two Christmas poems. The eighth grade will present a one-act play, "A Son Is a Star," after which the first grade will sing three favorite songs. The third grade will give the poem, "Christmas Time," with the sec ond graders also offering a vari ety of poems and a song. The tenth grade will give the playlet, "Santa Plays Cupid", and the third, fifth and ninth grades will sing Christ mas carols. i Francis Is 1947 Leader In Haywood AAA Group Committees In Each Community Arc Announced After Annual Election R. C. Francis was elected chair man of the 1947 AAA committee by delegates from the various com munity groups, with A. W. Fergu son elected vice-chairman, and J. B. Hipps as regular member. Complete results of the recent election in the communities are given below, with the first named person in each group the chairman, followed by the vice-chairman and regular member: A-l Bcaverdam: W. P. Harris, John L. Reno, and W. Sam Robin son; A-2 Bcaverdam: M. M. Duck elt, D. M. Clark and Noel Fisher; A-3 Beaverdam: Thomas Mann, John Allen, Jr., and T. A. Rhodar mer; B. Cecil: J. E. Bumctte, Ned Moody and G. H. Massie. C-l Clyde: F. E. Hayncs, M. A. Leatherwood, and W. J. Campbell; C-2 Clyde: J. R. Medford, J. C. Trantham, and C. W. Enslcy; D-l Crabtree: Willard Best, Fred Nol and, and J. C. Haney; D-2 Crabtree: J. M. McElroy, R. G. Sanford, and Ray Best. , E East Fork: I. H. Cogburn, L. W. Clark, and T. C. Heatherly;"F-l Fines Creek: M. M. Kirkpatrick, R. A. Justice, and Homer Tran tham; F-2 Fines Creek: Paul Fer guson. Hugh L. Rogers and Grov er Rathbone; G Iron Duff: Joe Medford, J. R. Caldwell, and J. M. Morrow H-l Ivy Hill: C. F. Owen, Hugh Moody and D. J. Bovd; H-2 Ivy Hill: Wilburn Campbell, Carl Setzer and Frank Mehaqffey. 1-1 Jonathan: Fred Allison, W. T. Rainer and R. W. Howell; 1-2 Jon athan: Vinson Morrow, Boyd R. Hannah, and William Howell; J-l Pigeon: Jim L. Welch, J. F. Justice, and Joe Sisk; J-2 pigeon: Fred Long, J. G. Robinson, and George E. Stamey; K-l Waynesville: C. R. Liner, Albert Abel, and Guy Full bright; K-2 Waynesville: Claude T. Francis, R. H. Boone, and P. D Turner; K-3 Waynesville: John A. Plott, Lowe Allen and C. L. Allen White Oak: Rowc Ledford, Mel vin Messer, and Ned Clark. $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Film Discovery I A SPOTTED by movie talent scouts when she came from London with her mother for a holiday visit to New York and Toronto, Katherine Beaumont, 8, is shown arriving in Hollywood for a try-out. Katherine has been on the stage in England tor three years. (International) J. C. Brown Home For Christmas J. Colvin Brown, chief of aericul- ture training of the State U. S Tticiaua jiuimnisirauon nas ar rived home, from Winston-Salem, where he maintains headauarters Mr. Brown, former teacher of vo cational agriculture in the Wavncs- villc Township high school, will spend 15 days vacation here with his family on Pigeon street. Boosters Name Committee For Hospital Improvement R. L. Prevost, Claude Allen and John Blalock were appoint ed last week as the Boosters Club committee to work with the Lions, Rotary, and Ameri can Legion committees in pro moting the badly-needed ex pansion of tha Haywood Coun ty hospital. A meeting of the groups from all four civic organiza tions was called for Monday night in the L. N. Davis office building. At that meeting plans were to review the status of our hospital facilities, to clari fy the program for improve ments, and decide on the best method of getting them. Flu Shots Are Taken By Students Of Haywood Vaccination Program Expected to Immunize Half of 6,000 Pupils In County A large portion, expected to be half of the approximately 6,000 school children in the Haywood county district, will be vaccinated for influenza during the current program being carried out by the school and health departments. Vaccinations will be given this (Tuesday) morning at Maggie, and at Dellwood, Rock Hill and Lake Junaluska schools later in the clay by Mrs. Howard Bryson, public health nurse. Wednesday thi; flu shots will be given at Cecil, Spring Hill, and Cruso; and on Thursday at the Bethel .school. This will complete all schools in the district. There were 4,000 doses of influ enza vaccine obtained for Haywood county. About Inlf of this has been given already, and after the im munization of students at the .schools is completed, there will be a supply left over to vaccinate those persons who wish to get this protection on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings at the health office in the court house. Each person is charged the cost of the vaccine, 50 cents, and is given protection against influenza for one year. Similar vaccination programs are being carried out in the remainder of this health dis trict. Stores Here Will Begin New Hours Wednesday Merchants To Remain Open Longer Period For Pre-Christmas Holiday Season Beginning Wednesday the mer chants of Waynesville and Hazel- wood will keep their stores open for longer than usual hours for the convenience of pre-Christmas shoppers. Instead of closing at noon, the stores will remain open until 5:30 p. m. tomorrow, accord 1ng to plans announced by the Merchants Association. During the remainder of this week, and on Monday, Dec. 23, the stores will be open an extra half hour: following the schedule of 8:30 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. On Christ mas Eve, Tuesday, the hours will be from 8:30 a. m .to 7:00 p. m. All stores will close December 25-26 for a two-day Christmas holi day, and resume the regular hours of business the following Friday. On New Year's Day they will close at noon. Two Clyde Men Injured When Hit By Automobile On West Canton Highway Music Club To Hold Open Meet Friday Program To Be Given At First Methodist Church, and Public Is Invited to Attend The December meeting of the Waynesville Mur:c club will be an open meeting and will be held at the First Methodist church on Fri day evening, the 20th, starting at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. John Taylor, president, will preside and Miss Stephanie Moore, director of the Juevenllc Music Club and Charles Isley, director of the Junior Music club, both clubs under the supervision of the adult group. A program of special Christinas music will be given by members of the two younger groups. The public Is cordially invited to attend the presentaton of the program which has been arranged by the directors of, the two groups. Highway Record For 1946 In Haywood (To Date) Chamber of Commerce Board To Meet Tonight Th cdircctors of the Chamber of Comcrce are scheduled to meet to night to complete plans for the annual election, and complete somq projects for this year. High School Glee Club Christmas Program Is Given A program of Christmas music was presented by the Waynesville Township High School Glee club at the First Baptist church Sun day afternoon, fully enjoyed by the crowd that filled the church auditorium. Under the direction of Charles Isley the young singers offered a pleasing selection of the holiday songs, with Jackie Sue Messer giv ing the background of the carols, and Jean Hyatt, pianist, and Theresa Alley, organist, accom panying the singing. Betty June McCracken sans the solo, "O Holy Night." The Rev. L. G. Elliott, Baptist pastor, presided. The invocation was given by Rev. Malcolm Wil liamson, pastor of the Presbyterian church, and the Rev. Paul Town send, of the First Methodist church, spoke the benediction. Killed-- 15 Injured 164 (This Information Compiled From Records of Stale High way Patrol) Child Is Bruised When Hit By Car In Town Saturday A small child, Waller Hannah, 5, received bruises and apparently no serious injury when crossing Main street towards Smith's Drug store and being hit hy a Buick sedan about 2 o'clock Saturday after noon. Mrs, Elmer Hannah, mother of the little boy,' had two oilier small children with her up town that aft ernoon. According to the report of Chief Orville Noland and Police man Paul Cough, who investigated the accident, the family had started to cross the street. Walter darted across after a vehicle had come down the street and the sedan was going up (south). The driver ap plied brakes immediately but was too close to keep from hitting the child. The boy was tnken to the hospital and given first rid. According to the doctor who examined him he had sustained only bruises, and was taken home shortly afterwards. Driver of the esdan was Kenneth E. Turner, 20, of Hazclwood. There have been no charges filed against him. Teachers Hear State Official The slate employees and teach ers retirement plan was explained at a meeting Friday afternoon in the W.T.H.S. auditorium, well at tended by teachers of the Haywood county district. Nathan Ycllon, executive secre tary of the retirement system, ex plained benefits depend on the years of each employee's and his, or her, average snlary while work ing for the stale. Those persons who have been retired, as a rule, have drawn 45 per cent of their average salary. A teacher may retire at the age of 60, he explained. She has the right to continue teaching until 65 if she wishes, and at the re quest of her employer may teach until the age of 70, when ment is compulsory. In ease of serious disability, added Mr. Ycllon. a teacher, if she has completed 10 years work for the slate, may draw retirement compensation thereafter. In such an instance the benefit would be 75 per "ent of her normal retire ment fund ."I the age of CO. Lawrence Leatherwood presided at the meeting. Men Taken to Hospital With Leg Injuries, In "Satisfactory" Condition Now The two Clyde men who were struck by an automobile on the WaynesvilleCanton highway early Friday night, just outside of Can ton, were reported yesterday by their attending physician, as "their condition is satisfactory." Both men are in the Haywood County hospital. Junior Clyde Clark, 21, and James Clark Mathis, 26, wen struck by a car, said by investigat ing patrolmen to have been driven by Waller B. Phillips, 29, an in surance man of Marion. Clark suffered a crushed left leg, numerous cuts and bruises. Mathis has a broken thigh, and also cuts and bruises about the head. Cpl. E. W. Jones, and O. R. Rob erts of the State Highway Patrol, investigated the accident, and bound Phillips over under a bond of $1,000 for hearing before Magis trate W. H. Noland here on Janu ary 2nd. Patrolman Roberts said "evi dence showed that the two Clyde men were crossing the highway from Henson's place to a place operated by Troy Gaddis on the op posite side of the highway. The men crossed from behind a car go ing cast, into the path of Phillips car which was traveling west when the men were struck." Patrolman Roberts also pointed out "further evidence showed that the two men had been patronizing beer joints in tha vicinity all after noon, and drinking heavily of beer." The investiffatinp officers noinl- ea uui inuL oraKe marns irom ine Phillips' car showed he skidded 54 feet, and then went 22 feet further before the car stopped. Witnesses at the scene said the men were picked up six to 12 feet in front of the car. Mr. Phillips brought both men to the hospital. The 1946 gray Studebaker sedan had a crushed front left fender, as well as a crushed hood, and a place on top where one of the vic tims had apparently hit the top of the car. Patrolmen also found blood splattered on the trunk of the car. Both windshields were shattered. Mr. Phillips was not hurt. Mr. Phillips told patrolmen he was traveling 35 miles an hour when the accident happened. F. T. Plemmons Active Mason Dies In Canton Officers Bag Another Big Liquor Still Plus A Small One In Drive Last Week Haywood county is going to have a dry Christmas if the officers keep up their record of the past seven days. Two more still? have been taken since the mammoth outfit on Sun day, the 9th, according to officers. The first one was a 35 gallon cop per outfit captured on Wednesday, the 11th on Chambers Mountain near Clyde. Roy Reece, revenue officer, with Patrolman E. W Jones and John Dills, of the Canton city police found the still, which had evident ly been recently, set up for busi ness, but had not been operated. The second still was taken on Sunday afternoon, in the Evans Cove, Maggie section by Roy iels, and John Kerley of the coun ty sheriff's department. The second still was only 20 gal lons under capacity as compared to the first captured a week ago, which could turn out 120 gallons. However the last one has it over the first in quality, as it is made entirely of copper, and has a con denser. The officers thought that the still had been in operation from six to eight months. They heard of its operation around 10 o'clock Sun day morning and by 1 o'clock had found its location and taken it over. Thfire was no fire, but near the still were found 200 gallons of corn mash and sugar, all ready to make a run within a day or so, the offi- Reece, and Deputies Wake McDan- cers stated. Burley Prices Remain Good As 3rd Week Starts Burley prices continued to hold up at the selling started in the third week Monday morning. Top grade leaves were getting 57 cents on the Asheville market, and there was a little stronger demand gen erally for lower grade tobacco. The house average picks up or drops in proportion to the quality of tobacco on the floor, with but small changes in the price paid for the various grades since the open ing of the season. Selling in Ashe ville moved to the New Planters ware house Monday after finish ing the remaining rows at Carter No. 2. According to the weekly market news report issued by the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, the season through Dec. 13 maintained an average price of $40.80 per hun dred, with 140,651,776 pounds sold throughout the Burley growing states. Kentucky and Tennessee were averaging slightly higher than the other states. Central P. T. A. Meets Tonight i A discussion of additional safe I ty measures and a program on the I operation of the lunch room, will be I featured at the Cnctral Parent Teachers Association tonight at 7:30. Jack Messer. county superintend ent of education will lead a dis cussion on improvements which the school board have underway for the building. Mrs. Rufus Siler will discuss the lunchroom work in Haywood schools. Police Arrest 13 During Week-End Thirteen persons were arrested by local police during the past week-end: 10 for public drunken ness, two for being in a fight, and one for disorderly conduct. Their trial was scheduled for Monday afternoon. Fines given in Mayor's Court the past week included one of $10 for speeding, $25 for reckless driving, and $10 for operating a car with improper license. Seven drunks were released upon payment of court costs. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at retire-1 Calvary Baptist church, Canton, for Floyd T. Plemmons, 44, who died at his home in Canton on Friday following a brief illness. The Rev. Doyle Miller officiated and burial was in the Bon-A-Venture ceme tery. Members of the Pigeon Masonic Lodge No. 386 served as active pall bearers, and honorary pallbearers were members of Masonic Lodges from the 41st district. Mr. Plemmons was a native of Madison county and naa Deen em ployed by the Champion Paper and Fibre company for the past twenty years. He had been active in Masonic circles for many years and was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Pigeon River Lodge. He was a past mas ter and served for many years as instructor. He was also active in the work of the Westgate club. Surviving are the widow. Mrs. Addie Plemmons; two daughters, Mrs. Edith Clark and Mrs. Lois Ball, of Winston-Salem; two sons, Jack, of the U. S. Navy and Jim, at home in Canton; four step-daughters, Mrs. Wayne Clark, Mrs. James Blaylock, and Miss Anna Catherine Stone, of Canton, and Mrs. Charles Moore of Georgetown, S. C; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Plemmons, of Leicester; three sisters. Mrs. Albert Reno and Mrs. M. K. Hipps, of Canton, and Mrs. L. L. Jones of Weaverville. Crawford Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. GADDY NAMED APPRAISER T. Henry Gaddy has been ap pointed by the mortgage loan de partment as local appraiser for Haywood County. Mr. Gaddy is a real estate man here, and building inspector.