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WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1947
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Program To
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num m o.w j
fTonight !
Carolina Utile Sym- j
present a cumeii .
at ts.M u . ... r
Lim. iintl.T tlu- di'-w- j
jamin Swan" i
(or school t liildrtMi. j
,hrt,iled (or 2:3(1 p.m. 1
boon postponed mini
'riday. because oi ine
,( inllueiua in mis
announced yesterday
than Woody, cnaiuiidii
Lhony membership
V llie second appeal -
Little Sympliony here,
ving played last year
nesville audience.
Carolina Symphony
fas founded in I9il as
ie federal project, but
:ed in 1939 when tak-
Its present director. II
ndtr patronage of the
s ago on the ground
educational institution
free concerts it gives
children and its ob-
lomoting the love and
kg of good music
;he state
when operating its
a professional basi.s.
concerts, more lhan
were special, free
73,000 school chil-
mphony Society aims
operate a full-time
to encourage the
of native talent, to
the appreciation of
and to create a profes-
with ducent living
musicians.
Symphony. 24 niein-
B till orchestra, have 65
give this spring and
ger group for concerts
cities. Selections arc
fcially for the smaller
and with their able
have been en invert
lard.
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Arrested
uurien. teller and
lee ot the Kontana Fac
r national Rank
f. is being helrl in
f'w an unexplained clif-
IPProximately $5,000 in
! the facility.
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ns. .
and the invpstinntint.
pd by the FBI, since
rc " a member of (hp
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been arrestert . 'i.
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Symphony To Play
Tonight; School
eri Friday Morning
Director
DR. BENJAMIN SWAUN will
conduct the North Carolina Little
Symphony orchestra in its appear
ances here tonight and Friday
morning at the WTHS auditorium.
Dr. Swalin began his musical stud
ies at the age of 7, with a violin,
and when he reached 16 was teach
ing in a St. Paul, Minn conserva
tory. His career includes playing
with the Minneapolis symphony,
study for an M. A. at Columbia
and the Ph. D. at the University
of Vienna. He and his versatile
wife have, since 1939, dedicated
themselves to bringing the best
of symphonic music to the people
of North Carolina.
More Boy Scouts
Than Ever Will
Camp on E. Fork
Plans for the largest Boy Scout
camp ever held in this area were
discussed at a meeting of the
camping committee for the Dan
iel Boone Council. Saturday
night in Asheville, reports Ben
Colkitt, general chairman of the
council.
Eight hundred boy scouts from
all of Western North Carolina
are expected to attend the Boy
Scout camp on Little East Fork
of Pigeon. Camp will last for five
weeks, from June 23 to July 26,
Mr. Colkitt announces.
More complete details of the
activities planned for the camp
will be reported soon.
Three Men Taken
In Connection
With Auto Theft
Three men were arrested Satur
day in connection with the theft of
an automobile here and breaking
and entering a small rural store
in Jackson county, Vance "Buster"
Caldwell, his brother, Bobby Cald
well, of Waynesville, and Raymond
Green of Hazelwood.
The trio is charged with taking
a 1937 Ford sedan, the property of
Gerald Mooney of Canton, when
parked in front of a home on
Welch street, about 1:30 a.m. Fri
day. The ear was abandoned with a
burned-out clutch in Jackson coun
ty and recovered bv Sheriff Mid-
clleton and Patrolman Lindsey.
Green and the two Caldwells are
said to have caught a ride in a
truck to Sylva and returned here
in a taxi. They were arrested by
Deputies Wade McDaniels, John
Kerley. Chief' Orville Noland, and
Policemen Bill Sawver and Paul
Gough.
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Lions Club Minstrel To
Be Given Here April 11
First performance of the Lions
Club minstrel for the school lunch
Program benefit will be given Fri
day. April 11 at fhp WnvriPRville
Township high school auditorium,
jt was announced at the meeting
last week by joe Casabella of the
committee in charge. Shows will
e given thp fnllnwinu wppIt at
East Waynesville and Crabtree.
WO minstrel honks will hp rnn-
densed, additional script and spots
for specialty numbers worked in,
ana parts distributed to members
of the cast as soon as possible.
"ave K. Maunev. Lions district
governor from Cherrvville. was
Schools Are
Still Closed
To Prevent
Spread Of Flu
Bethel Added To List
Of Closed Schools;
All May Open
This Week
The Waynesville District schools,
which were closed last Thursday af
ternoon by order of the health de
partment, due to an epidemic of
influenza, will remain closed
through Wednesday, according to
Dr. Mary Michal, county health of
ficer and Jack Messer. county sup
erintendent of education.
Crabtree-Iron DulT school
also will close from today until
Monday of next week.
An announcement will be made !
over WWNC Wednesday as to the
opening date of the Waynesville
schools, which will depend on the I
stage of the epidemic, it was point-
ed out by the officials. i
It was necessary to close the j
Bethel school yesterday due to ,
similar conditions. Mr. Messer j
stated that the Bethel school would !
definitely not open before Monday
the 24th.
The spread of the disease has
about reached its Denk in the
Waynesville area, due to the fine
cooperation of the public and the
school authorities ,il was learned
from Dr. Michal.
While hundreds of students were
out of school and many who were
ill were attending classes, when
the Waynesville schools were clos
ed last Thursday, the disease has
continued, despite the discomfort
of the infection, to be in a mild
form, and there have been few
cases resulting in complications or
relapses.
Stockholders Of
Federation Hold
es$ Meeting
H. Arthur Osborne
Nominated To Succeed
Himself On Board
H. Arthur Osborne was nominat
ed to succeed himself as a director
of the Farmers Federation, as some
-!5U stockholders of the Waynes
ville and Canton warehouses met
here Saturday morning for the an
nual business meeting. Nomina
tion is equivalent to election, al
though the formal election does not
take place until this Saturday.
James T. Bradshaw, of route 2,
was added to the governing com
mittee of the Waynesville ware
house. Other members of the com
mittee include: Mr. Osborne, Henry
Francis, route 1; Glenn A. Boyd and
J. B. Medford, route 2; Glenn C.
Palmer, Clyde, route 1; R. F. Davis.
Dave Boyd and N. W. Carver, route
2; C. S. Green, Clyde route 1, and
W. A. Bradley, Hazelwood.
Members of the Canton ware
house committee were re-elected as
follows: Charlie Evans, Monroe
Silver, Mrs. H. G. Reno, O. B. Wil
son, D. M. Clark and J. L. West
moreland, of Canton, route 1; W. T.
Hipps and Dave Sharp, Canton,
route 2; Virgil McClure and Miss
Florence Osborne, of Canton.
James McClure Clarke, field sec
retary of the Federation, conducted
the meeting in the absence of
James G. K. McClure, who is re
covering from an operation. Mr.
Clarke reported on the 1946 busi
ness of the Haywood warehouses.
Max M. Roberts, educational di
rector of the Federation, spoke of
the quality hatchery now operated
by the cooperative, and Rev. Du-
mont Clarke, head of the Federa
tion's religious department, ad
dressed the group. Short talks
were made by Howard Clapp, di
rector of the state test farm here,
and E. W. Stallings, assistant coun-
ey agent.
Music was by the Federation
string band and coffee and dough
nuts were served.
the principal speaker at the club
meeting. Thursday night. Mr. Mau
ney spoke of how the Lions Inter
national helped bring together men
of many nations, and as a frame
work for creating good will was in
valuable. He described how the
organization had helped make
North Carolina a leading state in
the care of blind persons, by assist
ing with medical care, training for
and placing the blind in suitable
employment, and promoting help
ful legislation..
He commended the club for un
dertaking the project of raising
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AFTER TRUMAN
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S Congressional advisers on foreign affairs and appropriations are shown u they left a
White House conference, called by the Chiei Executive to discuss American policy in Greece. They are
(l. to r.): Sea. Tom Conn ally. Texas, former chairman Senate Foreign Relations; Rep. Sam Rayburn, (D)
Texas; Chairman C A. Eaton, (R) N. J House foreign Affairs; Rep. Sol Bloom, (D) N. Y.; House Speaker
J. W. Martin, Jrn (R) Mass.; Rep. J. W. McCormack, (D) Mass., minority whip (at rear of Martin); Rep.
Charles A. Halleck, (R) Ind., House majority leader; Senate President Arthur Vandenbers, (R) Mich.,
chairman Senate Foreign Relations; Rep. John Taber, (R) N. Y., chairman House Appropriations; Sen.
Robert A. Taft, (R) Ohio, and Sen. Scott Lucas, (D) 111, Senate minority leader. (International Soundphoto)
Red Cross
Drive Near
Year's Goal
Of $3,122
Chairman Plans To
Conclude Drive This
Week; All Reports
Are Not In
Additional contributions report
red during--4.be weekend brtiughtf
the total for the annual Red Cross
drive- in the Waynesville area to
approximately $2,800, it was an
nounced yesterday by James Kil
patrick, general chairman.
As of noon Monday, the driv.'
lacked only $353 of reaching the
assigned quota of $3,122, with sev
eral of the rural areas and the pro
fessional group committee not hav
ing turned their reports in.
"We hope that from those returns
and additional contributions we cm
close the campaign by the end of
this week,'' stated Mr. Kilpatiiek.
Persons who have not been soli
cited and wish to contribute to the
American Red Cross may mail or
bring their gift to the office of the
Waynesville chapter, in the third
floor of the courthouse.
Hearing Date Set
On Ratcliff Cove
Case Of Forgery
The hearing in the forgery case
against Bennie Mae Early and Mrs.
Howard Clark, both of the Ratcliff
Cove section, has been set for 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, the
19th, before magistrate Wade No
land. Bennie Mae Early is alleged to
have cashed a check for $60.00 on
February 15th, forged with the
name of a well-known Haywood
county citizen. The forgery was
discovered during the afternoon of
the day it was passed out, at the
First National Bank.
Last Saturday, Mrs. Clark, at
tempted to cash a check for $150.
signed in the same handwriting,
on the same man, which was in
stantly discovered by the bank tel
ler. Mrs. Clark later claimed that
she was cashing the check for Miss
Early, who had promised to pay
her $5.
When Mrs. Clark was delayed
in returning to the street, Bennie
Mae Early is said to have run into
a store, but both she and Mrs.
Clark were soon after arrested by
Sheriff R. V. Welch and deputy
Wade McDaniels. Bond for the
former was set at $500.
Edith Camp Takes Part
In Meredith Dramatics
Miss Edith Camp of Waynesville
is announced as one of the cast
of the one-act play, "Azteca," a
story of pre-conquest Mexico, giv
en Saturday evening at Meredith
college.
Three plays were presented at
the time, featuring the annual Phi
Astro competition between the two
literary societies, and accompanied
by the freshman play. Miss Camp
is a member of the Astro society.
REVEALED U. S. POLICY IN GREECE
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I WTHS Musicians Take
Honors In VIM Coniesi
Balloon Makes
Flight From Here
To Wiiiiamsion
Ed Rhodes of Dell wood filled
a small sausage shaped balloon,
which he bought for live cents.
with a gas made of aluminum.
lye air -water. He attached a
note to the balloon asking that
the finder write to him.
The balloon was sent on its
mission to "unknown parts '
lust week and in a few (lavs
Mr. Rhodes received a letter
from Ernest Godard of Wil
liamston. saying he had found
the balloon the day before,
fourteen hours after it had left
Dell wood, having travelled
nearly 400 miles on its way (o
the coast.
Garrett's Will
Re-Open Store On
Thursday Morning
Large Selection Of
New Home Furnish
ings Will Be
On Display
; Garrett Furniture Stoic
j open Thursday morning
large stock of new home
I ings. The store sullered
! destructive lire on January
will
re-
with i
furnish
from i
28th
j Workmen have pushed the build
I ing to completion, and large stocks
' of merchandise have been put on
display ready for Thursday's re
opening event.
The staff of the firm started right
after the fire contacting manufac
turers in order to get a large selec
tion of merchandise for the open
"We have met with success, and
have a good selection of available
merchandise." N. W. Garrett said
The store has three large floors.
The basement is used for storage
and unpacking, while the street
floor and second floor are used for
displaying merchandise.
The store is owned and oper
ated by a partnership, composed of
Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Garrett. N. W.
Garrett. Jr., and Herbert Braren.
Plane, Hunted In
Haywood, Found
On Va. Mountain
LEBANON. Va i,Pi State
Trooper R. L. Williamson said to
night the bodies of two persons
found in a wrecked airplane on
Bear Town mountain 10 miles from
here had been identified as John
R. Brite, 35, and his mother, Mrs.
C. C. Hollon, both of 2217 Cole
avenue, Waco, Texas.
(The plane described above was
the one that was lost February 22
during a snow-storm. An intensive
search was carried out in the moun
tainous sections of Haywood county
since that time when it was be
lieved that the plane crashed in
this vicinity.l
School Band, Choruses
And Soloists Get
Coveted Rating
Of "One"
Students from the Waynesville
Township high school came home
with more than their share of hon
j ors from the Western North Caro-
Una district music contest, which
j was held in Asheville on Saturday
: and atte'ndfcdty' more than800 stu
I dents taking part in the events.
Taking part in the contests were i
students from Canton, Waynesville, I
Hendersonville. MariQii. North'
Cove, Mars Hill, Burnsville, St. I
; John's. Bethel. Sand Hill. Lee II.
; Edwards, David Millard, Mall I'lel
: cher and the Plonk School of Cre
ative Arts.
Judges were Oliver Cook of
j Harding high school, Charlotte, and
I Miss Birdie Hollaway, Woman's
, College of the University of North
! Carolina. Mr. Cook judged the
instrumental section and Miss Holl
away, the vocal section.
The winners from Waynesville.
j w ho were awarded a rating of "one"
and will be given an opportunity
to participate in the State Music
I contest to bo held in Greensboro
; April 20-25 include:
Girls Glee Club; mixed chorus:
vocal solos, tenor, Aaron Hyatt;
the high school band, one of the
three receiving ratings of "one":
Solos, trombone, Ray Rogers; K.
Flat Sax, Joe Morrow: piano solos,
rus,ap,!,:-"1'-. Hllr;
i nil i.illllun . . l U 1 1 1 1 o MlllfUI.
Others from Haywood county
winning were: Solos, trombone. Bob
Matthews. Jr.. Canton; tenor sax.
David IlafT. Canton.
Rotarians Reject
Daylight Saving
Time For Section
The members of the Waynesville
Rotary Club voted against daylight
saving time for this community, at
their weekly meeting here Friday.
Several members spoke in favor
of the plan, while others pointed
out "confusion would result in
making the change." Eight favored
the plan, and 31 were opposed.
The speaker was W. Curtis Russ.
who discussed news gathering and
the modern trends of journalism.
Jack Messer is chairamn of the pro
gram committee, and was in charge
of the program.
Duties Of Draft Boards
Lessened By New Orders
Instructions from state Selective
Service headquarters reaching the
Waynesville and Canton draft
boards, at their combined office
here, were to discontinue the clas
sification of registrants and mail
ing of questionnaires last week.
Registration of 18-year-olds, how
ever, will be continued through
March 31, stated J. Van B. Metts,
state director. Discharged service
personnel also will continue to re
port to their draft board through
that date.
The Selective Service Act will
expire automatically March 31.
'President Truman recently sent a
Number Of Haywood Bills
Introduced To Assembly
By Bedford And Palmer
Conference Set
To dut Burley
Warehouse Costs
A con fere nee arranged by
(.It nn V. Palmer, was scheduled
to be held in Katcich late Mon
day afternoon, to formally ar
range for a '!3 per cent reduc
tion in warehouse commissions
for the sale of burley tobacco.
Mr. Palmer has pending in the
legislature a bill which would
reduce the commission on hur
ley sales from lour to three per
cent.
Those slated to attend the con-
feience were representatives of
! the operators of burley ware
! houses. Mr. Palmer, and officials '
of the state board of agricul
, tun.
It was pointed out that Ten
nessee warehouses charge three
; per cent, and in the bright leaf
belt, only 2 1 -j per cent commis-
' sion is charged the growers.
Boosters
Hear Talk
On Town
Bond Vote
R. L. Provost Discusses
Proposed Street,
Water And Sewer
Improvements
R. I.. Prevosl addressed the Haz
elwood Boosters club at their meet
ing Thursday nig'lit in the Presby
terian church, describing the street,
water and sewer improvements
"iamRU 101 ,m' ''iminiuniiy oy me
,own hoartl.
Ml' '''evost. one ol the llael-
! wood auirrhcu. discussed the hn-
ancial condition ol the town and
explained how it was in sound
enough shape to repay a $50,000
bond issue for the improvements
without raising the present tax
rate.
A general discussion of the fed
eral social security act was led by
John Smith, centering around the
sections of the law dealing with
workers and employers.
George Uischoll'. who was busi
ness manager for the Hazelwood
baseball club last scar, asked that
the Boosters raise funds for new
uniforms and equipment lor the
team. Mr. Provost was appointed as
the committee-of-one to secure this
money.
Lt. Ben Colkitt
Given Permanent
Citations
Lt. Benjamin K Colkitt. Jr..
VSNH. son ol Mr. and Mrs. B. E.
Colkitl. of Waynesville. has re
ceived the permanent citations for
his Air Medal and Gold Star in lieu
of the Second air medal from Sec
retary ol the Navy James Forrest a 1
for the president, according to in
formation received bv The Moun-
taineer Ironi the Navy News center.
Lt. Colkill, who is currently serv
ing with the Fighting Squadron
1-A attached lo the Pacific Fleet,
earned his awards by flight attack
and photographic missions against
Japanese forces in the vicinity of
Honshu and Hokksido. Japan, while
serving in Fighting Squadron 1,
attached to the USS Bennington.
Lt. Colkitt volunteered in the nav
al air corps while a student at Da
vidson College, and was allowed to
graduate before he was called to
(Continued On Page Four)
message to congress saying he did
not believe the draft would be
necessary alter that date, if vol
untary enlistments in the army and
navy continued at a high enough
rate.
A plan of universal military
training is being studied by the
War Department which will event
ually be presented to congress to
fill the need of the armed forces.
It is anticipated by clerks at the
local board that their office will
be closed on or shortly after March
31, and all records turned over to
a federal department to be cre
ated fur that purpose.
Two Measures Deal
With County Finances;
Bills In Senate
Committees
Senator William Medford intro
duced two bills in the legislature
this past week, both dealing with
: finances.
One bill, relating to the county
I poor, would remove Haywood from
j a state-wide law. and permit the
! county board of commissioners to
approve for indigent work,' sucl.
as sick and the poor, a sum not to
exceed $10,000 per year.
The other bill would authorize
the county commissioners to laU"
all money collected from delm
quent taxes of more than two yoar
old ard put the money into th'
general fund of the county, in
stead of breaking it down into the
several funds on which the levy is
based.
The county commissioners con
suited with Senator Medford about
these matters on their recent trip
to Raleigh.
Senator Medford was home for
the week-end, and said no action
had been taken on either of the
bills, which are now in committees.
Three bills relating to the Town
of Canton were introduced into
the state General Assembly last
week by Rep. Glenn Palmer. One
related to regulations governing
municipal elections, one would
authorize the Town to enter pri
vate property for public purposes,
and the other bill would give the
Canton aldermen the right to set
the salary "from time to time" of
the Town clerk of police court.
The second bill is written to
grant the Town of Canton power
to "enter upon the property of , any
person, firm or corporation within
the corporate limits . . . for the
purpose of surveying and Inspect
ing said premises expected (o be
used by said town for streets .side
walks, water lines, .sewer lines, or
for any other public purpose."
If the property owner and town
authorities cannot agree upon the
amount of damages, the bill con
tinues, three disinterested parties
shall make an inspection and de
termine the amount of payment.
Should this not be satisfactory,
either of the principals involved
may appeal to the Superior Court
The bill making changes in mu
nicipal elections would set up a
three-person municipal board ol
elections, only two of whom could
belong to the same political party.
Members of the present election-;
board would remain in ollice un
til their term expires. Aonoint-
ments would be for six years by
I the aldermen, who would select the
j chairman.
J Terms of the election board
j members would be staggered, with
a new appointment being made the
; first of June on each year follow
i ing a municipal election,
i Regarding candidates for local
ollice. the bill specified that a no
! tiee of candidacy must be filed at
least 10 days before the election
I and a filing fee of $5 paid,
j Section 3 of the bill orders a
new registration of voters for the
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Fiddlers Convention
At Maggie On April 5
The second annual Fiddlers Con
vention will be held at the Maggie
school on Saturday. April 5, it is
announced by Roger Ferguson.
There will be a number of new
bands taking part in the conven
tion this year, reports Mr. Fergu
son. "We are planning to make
it much better than the first one."
he states, "and want as many bands
to enter as possible."
A cordial invitation is extended
the public to attend.
Highway .
Record For 1947
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed-- 0
Injured -10
(This Information Compiled
From Records of State High
way Patrol)
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