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The Waynesville Mountaneer
Published Twire-A-Week In Tl r
,. . bounty Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
-.'H-o tress and Associated Press News
Published
Twice-a-WeeE
Every Tuesday
and Friday
WAYNESVILLE. N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1947
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Thieves
Agricultural Shop Is Completed 2 MgH HdfJ
For Taking
Money From
Rural Siore
'Give That Lady Five Silver Dollars'
m . - - t a ; -
l is
Two Phillips Men
Being Held In Jail,
$1,000 Bond Set
Tlw robbery of $1,640 in cash
from Heid Sutton's store at Mount
Sterling on Monday night resulted
in the arrest of Elmer Lackie Phil
lips, 22, and Guy Lackie Phillips,
24, the following morning after be
ing tracked to their home by a
bloodhound, and the recovery of
.. 1 1 . .
i uii money lanen alter the men
confessed Wednesday and led offi
cers from the sheriff's department
to where the loot had been hidden.
The two men were arrested at
their home near Mt. Sterling a few
hours after the sheriff s office was
not i lied of (he theft. Deputies
, Wade MrDaniels and John Kerley
j made the arrest, after a blood
hound under (he direction of Cal
Hahh of the state prison camp at
Hazelwood led them from a broken
i window in the store to the Phillips
! home.
At a preliminary hearing Thurs
j day, the young men were bound
over to Superior Court for trial
nship high school and veteran farm courses here!01' un,s breaking and enter-
a considerable improvement in its physical plant j Evidence was "waived during the
appearance before Magistrate
Wade Noland, and the defend
ants are being held in jail. Bond
has been set at $1,000 each.
The two men, wood cutters, had
visited the store Monday and learn
ed that the manager planned a trip
to Newport, Tenn. that night, ac
cording to information told to
Deputy McDaniels. The theft pc
curred during the night,, $1,646
being taken from a small locked
metal box and $300 left in it.
After learning of the loss on
Tuesday morning, Mr. Sutton and
i his father-in-law, J. M. Caldwell.1
, owner of the store, notified the
sheriff's department,
i Following the arrest later that
j morning, a fingerprint expert from
i Asheville, Earl DcWcese, was taken
to the store to get evidence in the
case.
The brothers confessed to taking
Hie money Wednesday afternoon,
and guided the deputies to where
they had hidden it. It was loun 1
rolled in two packages, covered
with sawdust, about a half-mile
from the store on the road to the
Waterville powerhouse. Tbe money
was all in bills of $20 denomination
and smaller.
JULTURAL students at Waynesville Township high school
lis enrolled in farm training here now have a new shop
lictured above, in which to learn the fundamentals of
and farm-equipment repair. The concrete block structure
leside the bus sheds at the high school grounds, A Mmin-
jto by Ingram's Studio.
Vocational Shop Is
pleted At High School
Agriculture Classes
Ideational phase of, agricultural training at Waynes-
bompletion of a new shop building on the school
bd the installation of some $15,000 worth of power
Swing late October ex-
I of the wiring and oth-
betments, the concrete-
ure has 30 by 75 feet
divided into a main
V tnd-electrical; room.
Ira, and tool room.
high school and veter-
will have use of the
S for classes in wood-
smithing, electric and
'elding, and at a later
kity. The classes were
keek from the old shop
the new one.
schools in the county
r courses under their
fwational agriculture
abtree-Iron Duff high
1 new shop of similar
The new power tools
Pie make this shop one
equipped in Western
pna.
pre such items as pow-
prs, a lathe, drill press,
laner. joiner and shap.
p various hand tools.
ling is one of the pro-
leted by the veterans
herp; in which the
carpentry students of
"re and the house wir-
of Yates Burgess built
wal shop with mate-
by the HavwonH
dof Education.
"self is USed only by
l0ol vocational depart-
's directed bv John
ued on Page Six)
r Is Taking
aining Now
on County
f er, who recently ' com
feeks of basic training
I Hghway Patrol after
from the Waynesville
Fent, is now taking a
I Period of
llraan Pritchard Smith,
fi county.
P Sawyer joined the lo
pe after his discharge
jny, and served here 17
F to
Joining the State
it.., '
'' Basic training was
1 Institute of Govern
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(Nov 6-Fair this af-tomght.
r-7--Increasing cloud
F much temoerature
Jcasional light rain
(jynewille tempera
by the staff of
M"- Mln. Rainfall
52 j 40 ....
87 '39 .07
Dress Show
And Student
Fair Planned
By Teachers
School Officials Meet
To Discuss FFA
And FHA Activities
Plans for several projects, in
cluding a county-wide fashion show
and music festival for high school
girls in Future Homemakers of
America units, to be held during
January at Waynesville. were
discussed Tuesday afternoon at a
meeting of school officials in the
county superintendent s office
Taking part in planning session
were home economics and agricul
ture teachers, district principals.
superintendents and the ciiaiiman
of the county Board of Kducalion.
A revival of the annual fair, in
which project work of Kill ure
Farmers and Future lloim niakei s
will be exhibited, also was dis
cussed, with a tentative decision
to stage it about October I ol next
year. The last county-wide fair was
held at Clyde high school in I'M I
Such items as calves, tobacco and
home-canned goods would enter
the exhibit on a compel it ive basis
John Nesbitt. agriculture teach
er at Waynesville high and chair
man of the county group, presided
at the meeting. The executive com
mittee: W. T. Hawkins. Belhel.
Mrs. Glenn Noland. Crabtree: and
Bob Evans, Clyde, gave their re
port and appointed chairmen of ;
the various committees ior the lair. I
HeAds of the departments art
Jack Messer. fine arts; Bob Kam., j
livestock: B. T. Hender ;en. imliv-
;,i.,-,l whihi'.- mi field cnii'
Nesbitt, FFA chapter exhibit . V . ,
T. Hawkins. ..nop exhibits B '
Nesbitt. individual exhibits in
fruits and vegetables: Mrs Doris
Reeves, home economics ind 'virtu
al displays; Mrs. Marjorie Buchan
an. FHA chapter exhibits: Mi -Glenn
Noland, handicraft; Mrs. 1
Dorothy McCracken, food preserv- j
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AiTDDDflstDce Day
Be Obseirvedl Taoesdlay
Program On
Tuesday Is
Completed
By Veterans
DR. I. Q. is shown here in action at the microphone during tbe
program period of the barbecue recently given jointly by the Lions,
and Rotary Clubs in cooperation with the First National Bank at the
,1rmory. Dr. I. Q., in private life. Lew Valentine, was the guest of
the sponsors of the banquet, and staged a 30-minute typical Dr. I. Q.
show, which was broadcast over WHCC. Dr. I. Q. is shown standing
on the Stage at the Armory, with part of the autumn decorations in
the background. (A Mountaineer photograph- by Ingram's Studio.)
Business In
Canton Will
Suspend All
Day Tuesday
Special Program
Planned For Sunday
Night At Canton
Methodist Church
Armistice day will be observed
by Canton business firms Tuesday,
it was announced following a busi
ness meeting of the Merchants'
division the first of the week.
Stores and other business places,
including the bank and post office,
will be closed throughout the day,
according to plans made at the
meeting. The day will be observ
ed quietly for the most part, with
Preaches Sunday
if
ST.
Police Radio System
Test Farm Photo
Featured In Nov.
Agriculture Paper
Tlie November edition of the
Agricultural Review published by
the North Carolina Department of
Agriculture, featured a large front
page picture made at the State
Test Farm here during the tobac
co field day.
The picture shows six leaders in
the work standing in front of a
rack of Turkish tobacco being sun
cured at the station. Among those
in the picture were Fred E. Mil
ler, director of stale test farm'.
Howard Clapp, superintendent of
the station, D. Reeves Noland,
member of the state board. Roy
Dennett, extention specialist in to
bacco, Commissioner W. Kerr
Scott, and Dr. W. E. Colwell, State
College tobacco research specialist.
Operating In Haywood
Haywood county's scven-st.'ition police radio network is
installed now, with final adjustments made this week by 11.
E. McKinney, engineer for the State Highway Patrol station
at Swannanoa, who has served as technical advisor in the
project since it was formally adopted this .summer.'
At the pre.enl Inn,- the station
provides immediate two-way enm
i municalioMs between law enforce,
j ment oHicer ol the police depart-
incuts in W.iynrsville and Canton,
and the sin riff , doparlmr.il. Mem
bers of all agi in ic are w i II plea:. -it
mill the riMipim nl . and l( r that
I it will loi 1 1 e I heir i ITo ii iicy in
'ralrhmg l.iwbre.iliiT. ;nd provid
l)H. I. K. BARTON of Alabama,
a minister who is widely known
and highly esteemed throughout
Jtbe South, will preach at the First
jHaplist Church Sunday morning at
11:00 o'clock. Dr. Barton is a re
tired Baptist Minister who is glv-
nnrKnn, 1 . , f ""I'l- rt I 1 1 1 CIICIICS O II1C
e.haps spee al patriotic programs j chuiTh(-s of North Carolina in the
cause of temperance. II
Another Electric
Class Is Begun At
Vet Trade School
been cum- i ,
Arrangements have
plelcd for two classes of 70 veter
ans each in the repair of electrical
appliances at the trade school
here, announces .lack Mrsser. sup
erintendent ol schools, and there
' are openings lor l.'t more students
Vales Burgess, who has been
j leaching the house wiring class, is
j instructing the two electrical ap
plianee classes thai started Tlturs
j day. One is given during morning:,
land the other during afternoons, at
the F.F.A. house on the high school
grounds. K. N. McKlroy has been
secured as instructor for the house
wiring class.
When the appliance (lasses are
filled, the Haywood trade school
for veterans, which is being ear
ned out under the CI Bill, will
have five trade courses for 100
students in ('instruction trades.
IN HOSPITAL
Shelby Edwards, daughter of
Mr and Mrs. Mack Edwards, is a
patient at the Haywood County
Hospital. She is progressing nicely
following an operation.
Merchants Unpacking
Christmas Merchandise
Merchants here have been H?m?leU.
..nj,lr II K. IIIC Idll, WBIiiii
rturinir the past few days
ing merchandise for the Christmas
hntiHv frade With the season
formally opening on the 14th. most
every firm expects to be ready for
the six-weeks' event.
Last minute details for the
broadcast of Santa Ltaus uve.
WHCC to all school children on
Friday morning, the 14th is near-
to fly into Waynesville and greet
the children at the court house.
Tentative plans are for Santa to
have a "treat" for each child on
Saturday morning.
Many of the merchants here are
already displaying their Christ
mas merchandise, and by the 14th,
the complete lines in almost eyery
store is expected to he on display.
Local Paratrooper
Is Taking Part In
'Snowdrop' Tests
Waynesville Paratrooper. J. W.
Kinney, arrived at I'ine Camp, New
York, this week, to participate in
the cold weather "Exercise Snow
drop.'' being conducted by the 505
Airborne Battalion Combat Team,
of the famed 82nd Airborne Divi
sion. (Pfc. J. W. Finney, son of Bert
Finney, of Waynesville. has been
training at Fort Bragg, North Car
olina, preparing for the over-snow
exercise. Extensive cold weather
experiments, featuring personnel
and equipment reaction to unusu
ally cold weather will outline the
training plans for the winter
maneuvers.
ing sei ices ot an emergency na
t ure
Mr. Mi ls nine i rin.u k . I hat I he ,
equipment tie i e in ol Hi- la I -si I pe :
anil tin- mir I modern .ivailahlr
Of the f requeue,- nioiliilal ion
type, the llavwood w.Jrin consists
of Ihree main 'or rontrnh slalions.
and four molnlr noils The main!
stations are located in the sherill s'
olliee 'WKKUi at I he police olfiee
here ' WBKQ, and at ('anion
'WBKiii, rail Idlers having been J
assigned by I he Federal ( 'nmmtini
catious commission. Mobile units
are in police ears of the two com
munities anil ears ot the sheriff's
department, -one assigned In each
town.
Receivers in the ( ai remarks
Sgt. McKinney. are as strong as
those in the main slat ions. How
ever, since the mobile radios have
small antennae and the main sta
tions operate through towers: one
atop the courthouse and one on
the Canton police department
building the control units have a
larger . ,nge of transmission
The three main units have re
ceivers tuned in to the Haywood
network frequency and the Slate
Highway Patrol frequency as well
Messages from mobile
in the schools, and religious ser
vices on Sunday preceding the
holiday.
Memorial services honoring Gold
Star mothers and veterans who lost
their lives during World Wars I
and II will be conducted at the
First Methodist church here Sun
day evening at 7:30 o'clock with
the pastor, the Rev. L. K. Mabry,
delivering a special message on
"Can Christianity Prevent Wars?"
Tho Dnnnl nl ...IU I
. nfmBi Bcivia- win ins t-
cndV91y Wefnbet-s of thir Ameri
can Legion post and member of
Ihe Veterans of Foreign Wars. A
J. Reno, active member of the Firsl
Methodist church, has charge of
arrangements for the memorial
service.
Veterans Meet
Members of the Varner Rhine
harl Post, American Legion and
Ihe Veterans of Foreign Wars, with
the auxiliaries of the two units,
will bold (heir annual Armistice
day dinner at the Champion YMCA
Tuesday evening al ti:30. It was
announced yesterday by Jeter P.
Williams, past commander of the'
post j
Cold Star mothers of both World I
War I and II, will be special guest.;.
A program is being arranged forj
the occasion, and will include
special music by Joe Pressley and
his orchestra: speaking, and other
entertainment features
Ladies of the VFW auxiliary will
be in charge of Ihe banquet menu,
and will be assisted by members:
of the Legion auxiliary.
Jack Sentelle is commander of
the Legion post, and Jack Abbott :
heads Ihe VFW unit. Committees'
Irom both organizations will serve
in arranging the program.
Leaders of the four organiza
tions met last night to outline defi
nite plans for the program, and ad-
is an
eloquent speaker who informs, in
terests, and stirs his hearers.
Dr. Barton's subject for Sunday
morning is: "Brains. Sobriety and
Politics ". This community - wide
meeting is a part of the New Cru
sade for National Prohibition. You
know w hat liquor is doing in 'this
community, now hear what it is do
ing in the nation, in an up-to-the
minute address. For the benefit of
those .wMCrrin nqajUejid lji. serv..
ird in .person tbitr: address -will be
broadcast over slatiun WHCC.
Shoe Salesman
Hurt When Car
Turns Over On
Main Street Here
William liovd Oardncr. about 33.
of Waynesville. manager of Ihe
shoe department of Massie's De
partment Store, was injured when
the automobile he was driving col
lided willi a parked coupe on Main
Street, in front of the Towne
House, and overlurned, about 1:15
Thursday afternoon.
Taken to the Haywood County
Hospital Irom inside the vehicle,
where he was pinned under a seat
cushion for several minutes, his
injuries were described by the at
ti'iiding physician as shock and
bruises
According to Cpl. E. W. Jones
of Ihe Stale Highway Patrol, tire
marks indicated thai Gardner,
who was driving the 1 94 1 Chevrolet
sedan of C. .I Recce, was traveling
from the business district, hit the
1932 DeSoto coupe parked on the
left side of the si reel pushing it
back about eight feet and knock-.
ing olT the left front wheel and !
Business Here Will
Close For One Hour
During Program
On Tuesday
A number of Armistice Day ac
tivities will be carried out over
Haywood county on Tuesday, with
special programs planned here and
at most school chapel periods
The Waynesville Township high
school band will parade down Main
street at 10:30 a.m. to inaugurate
the observance here, being spon
sored by the American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars. The
parade will end at the courthouse
lawn, where a musical concert will
be presented.
At 11 o'clock a minute of silence
will honor the anniversary of the
arrival of peace following tbe
World Wars. Rev. R. L. Young, pas
tor of the First Methodist church,
will given the main address in the
courtroom afterwards.
All business places are requested
by David Felmet, head of the Mer
chants Association, to close for
one hour before, njooin. Puhjle of
fices at thV- eourtljouse, the Tjatifl,
employment service, and post of
fice will be closed all day.
Schools will conduct classes as
usual, announces Supt. Jack Mes
ser, with most of them to hold
special Armistice Day programs
during their assembly periods.
Flags are to be displayed along
the streets.
The veterans organization Bnd
auxiliaries will hold a banquet on
Tuesday evening in the dining
room of Welch Memorial building
at the First Baptist church, with
Rev. S. H. Crockett, pastor of the
llazelwood Presbyterian church, as
speaker.
"Buddy poppies will be sold
during the day bv the Veterans of
Foreign Wars and their auxiliary.
As pointed out by President Tru
man in a letter to the VFW na
tional commander, the poppy sale
supports the VFW National Home
at Eaton Rapids, Mich., for orphan
ed children of veterans. "The
wearing of a Buddy Poppy this
year is an excellent way to express
approval and participation,'" he
stated.
oiuonai eommiuees were named to ,,, M,,;)ll Verturned and rolled
assist in the final plans for the ob-l jnl (ho ,ron, part f a I941 Ford
servanee. j coupe, parked behind the DeSoto.
Those who expect to attend the
banquet are asked to contact Mr.
Williams or some member of his
Arrington Named
President Of W. C
Freshman Class
Jack Arrington of Waynesville
has been elected president of the
No one was in either of the : freshman class at Western Carolina
parked cars. The DeSoto coupe is 1 Teachers college, and Tom Grogan
the properlv of Andv Conard and I of Canton, vice-president. Mus
committee early, so the ladies vill ;tn(, (.Mupe. j which the front Jane Callison of Black Mountain
know how many guests to prepare jjfinls wcrl. h,ken, belongs to II. i was elected secretary, and Frank
ior. h. Holt. Hi" of Smithfield, treasurer.
, i Officers for the other classes
FARMERS MEET AT FFVES were elected prior to the end of
.... , , u ......... -,i pwi- i,ne last scllool year. Jack Allison.
(RFKKMKKl IHIRSDAI another Waynesville student at
farmers, at which CUllowhee. is the current president
of the student body.
COl'NTY BOARD HOLDS
REGULAR MEETING
Classes lor
movies are shown, are held every
Thursday night al Ihe Fines Creek
HAZELWOOD BOARD TO
HOLD SPECIAL MEETING
Routine business was conducted
Tuesday evening at the Hazelwood
town board meeting. Mayor Clyde
Fisher states that a special meet
ing will be called later this month,
but the date for it has not been
decided.
Al their regular semi-inonl lily
meeting on Monday, the Haywood
county Board of Commissioners
passed on bills presented for cur
rent expenses during the previous ' school. Claxlon Henderson, teach-
units must j mon(, anfj adjourned with nothing ier of agriculture, has charge of the
I unusual beine taken ud. 'meetings.
main units to reach the Slate Pat- j
rol station at Swannanoa. from;- 1
where the message can be sent to
SHP cars.
Applications have been sent the
Federal Communications Commis
sion for a station license and in
dividual permits. The construction
permit and call letters already have In one of three test cases of na-, on. Pa . including about 50 em
been granted, however, and this is Hon wide importance, the National ployees and the ClO-Steel workers:
considered the primary step in i Labor Relations Board made its and Tennessee Chair Co.. Inc., Eliz
securing approval for operating the first move Tuesday to enforce the abethton. Tenn.. in which the
system. 1 non-Communist oath requirement I mine workers' subsidiary, the
AnnrI i iu- inu-; ol tne lall-tiariiev act in laDor i unuea onsirucuon worxers. nuu
there are around 25 similar police ! bargaining elections by throwing
systems in operation in the west- j ul tne ClO-Furniture workers re
ern half of North Carolina. Only for an election among the 400
two others at Rutherfordton and I employees of Unagusta Manufac-
Unagusta Is Involved In
Test Of Taft-Hartley Act
Hendersonville, are FM and the ! turing company at Hazelwood
remainder are the older amplitude
(Continued on Page Six)
sought an election among 65 em
ployees. After the Taft-Hartley law was
passed during the last session of
Congress and went into effect on
The other two cases involved the , August 22, one requirement for
Rite-Form Corset Co Inc.. Shar- 'Continued on Page Six)
Highway
Record For
1947
(To Date)
In Haywood
Injured - - - 50
Killed---- 8
(This. Information Com
piled From Eeeords of
State Highway Patrol)