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Assistant Agent
MISS ELSIE DeLOZIER of Bun'
cotnbe county, has assumed her
duties here as assistant home
demonstration agent for Haywood.
jaynfsulle buys slu' ,lils ,i,kln the place of Mrs.
from Carolina Sam larlner. the lormer Miss Mar
tompany and re- fiiirvl Corwin. who recently re
.sit; tied.
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led lor the light-j 01 ev. ana ivirs. l.. u
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ville Vote On 26th
books for the!- - t
Mm qu.iise.s-if OkTner Lake Man
to
Dies In Florida
L. Y. Redwlne, 70, former resi
dent of Lake Junaluska, died last
week at his home in St. Peters
burg, Fla., following a heart at
tack. Mr. Redwine was a prominent
Florida attorney and one-time
county judge. He lived on Lake
Junaluska for two years and was
associated with the L. N. Davis
Realty company here.
Mr. Redwine practiced law in
Fort Myers after graduating from
a Louisville law school and also
served as mayor, judge and attor-
jv I ney in Jackson, Ky. He moved to
Oly S Florida in 1925.
He is survived by his wife; his
mother. Mrs. Belle Redwi np: two
general sec- brothers, Virgil Redwine and Ten
th Bantisl nyson Redwine of Knntnrkv- a
sister, Mrs. Guy Strayhorn of
Fort Myers.
Pless Farm Auction
Is Very Successful
The auction held last week at
the J. Marvin Pless farm in the
Pigeon section near Cruso was a
great success, according to the
West & Gossett Land Auction Co.
A large crowd, said the auction
eers, attended the event. Lunch
was served on the farm during the
auction.
Election Officials Calls
For Fair, Impartial Vote
Jerry Rogers, chairman of the
Haywood board of elections, in a
letter to each registrar of the 22
Precincts in the county, yesterday
Pointed out that "while some com
plaints were made as to the pri
mary May 29, it is felt that they
are groundless."
Mr. Rogers has called upon ev
ery official to conduct the elec
tion on Saturday "in accordance
with the law, and as fair and im
partial as possible."
The following letter was mailed
yesterday to each election official
"i Haywood by Mr. Rogers:
"On June 8, 1948, the State
Board of Elections met to tabulate
and declare the results of the pri
mary of May 29. The chairman of
we State Board of Elections asked
for any protests or any dissastis
t action as to the conduct of the pri
mary. There was no one present
who made any protest. This was
sratiiymg to the chairman and to
the State Board of Elections.
"However, there has been some
mplaints made privately to the
Waynesville Mountaineer
Published Twice-A-WeekJnThe County Seat of Haywood
WAYNESVILLE, N. C ,
New Draft
Law Sends
Enlistments
To Guard
Heavy Enlistments
Expected This Week
Before Truman
Signs Measure
The local unit of the National
Liuarc Mart a tew recruits yester
day, as word fro.n Washington an
nounced that recrdVing offices
throughout the country were set
for a rush business from men eager
to take advantage of the "escape
hatch" in the new draft machinery.
The United Press report from
Washington yesterday said:
The 19-through-25 draft bill
passed by congress exempts those
who join the guard or other active
reserve outfits before President
Truman signs the measure into law.
The persident has 10 days in which
to act.
Though normally closed on Sun
day, National Guard headquarters
in Washington, St. Louis, Boston
and elsewhere opened their doors
yesterday in response to hundreds
of inquiries. Many would-be draf
tees signed up for stay-at-home
duty. Others indicated they would
enroll today.
Recruiting otlicers looked for rec
ord turnouts within the next few
days when the draft exemption fea
ture becomes known. In San Fran
cisco and other cities, recruiting
staffs were enlarged to handle the
anticipated rush.
Meanwhile, army officials esti
mated that between 200,000 and
230,000 men would be inducted
during the first year of the draft.
The exact number, they said, will
depend to a great extent on the
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By- vukMrteeii'ftg for one year's
service, 18-year-olds could avoid
being drafted later on.
As finally approved by congress
on Saturday, the selective service
bill Would make men in the 19-through-25
age group eligible for
21 months' service. The first draf
tees could be called up three
(Continued on Page Eight)
Lodge 259 Meets
To Give Degrees
Masonic Lodge 259, A. F. & M.,
held a communication last Friday
to confer Fellowcraft Degrees on
several members.
The following candidates were
given degrees: Claude G. Wood
ward, Henry C. Hale, and Lovie B.
Nichols.
Another communication was held
last night to confer the Third De
gree on a class of candidates.
Eleven Local Scouts
Attend Camp Opening
Eleven Boy Scouts from Waynes
ville left yesterday morning for the
opening week of camping at Camp
Daniel Boone on the Pigeon River.
The eleven Scouts were Ken
neth Lyles, Johnny Patterson, Red
Parhorn, Charles Bridges, Stanley
Williamson, Charles Alley, Bruce
Lantz, Fred Burnett, Wilbur Davis,
Phil Sutton, and Roy Phillips.
chairman and to the board mem
bers, as to the conduct of the pri
mary in a few places. The most
of these complaints, I feel sure,
are groundless according to the
state chairman, but we want to
conduct the second primary which
is on June 26th in compliance with
the law and as fair and impartial
between the candidates; and their
supporters may feel, insofar as
possible, the same has been held
in compliance with the law, rules
and regulations of the state board
of elections.
"There has been some com
plaints made as to when a chal
lenge is made. The Election Law,
Section 182, provides that "Such
challenge may enter the election
space to make good such challenge
and then return at once when such
challenge is heard."
"I want to thank every precinct
official for the fine job they did
during the first primary, and feel
sure that you will so cooperate in
the coming primary T am."
TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1948
TREXY IKE' GOES ON NEW JOB
MINUS ANY FORMAL CEREMONY or fanfare, Ccn Dwight Eisenhower is
shown on his way lo Columbia University, New Yoik, to lake over his
new job as the 13th president of that institution. Walking with him are
rcpoitcrs who met him as he left his residence. Academic ceremonies
will be held after opening of the university next fall, (iiteniclioiia')
Republicans
Of Selecting
PHILADELPHIA. June 21.
(AP) Banners waving. Republi
cans streamed into their conven
tion hall today cockilv confident
they are picking the next president
but still as uncertain as ever over
who that man is.
Arl the preliminary sparring be
fore the first gavel s fall left the
race for the coveted nomination
apparently still wide open.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Sen
ator Robert A. Taft acknowledged
ly were out in front, but lacking
the votes at this time to assure
the nomination. Each said he
teit certain of winning.
NSo did Harold E, Stassen. Slas
sen said he would be a "strong
third" on the first ballot and the
winner on the ninth.
Senator Arthur A. Vandenherg's
friends were not calling their shots
in that manner. But they claimed
Vandenberg is in a good position
to step out toward the end and
run off wilh the big prize. Back
ers of half a dozen others talked
similarly.
The actual balloting will not be
gin before Wednesday or maybe
Thursday. Meantime, the GOP"s
biggest oratorical guns will be
labor the Democrats and the party
will adopt its platform.
Today's first session was just a
sort of warm-up for that prayer,
song and welcoming talks, plus
whamming of the Democrats by
GOP National Chairman Recce.
Hard Work Has Become A
Habit For Andy McClure
Working is a habit wheh Andy
McClure of Canton has never been i
able to shake oft recently he
celebrated his 76th birthday by
putting in a full day's work at his
job with the Champion Paper and
Fibre Company.
Mr. McClure has earned the title
of the oldest active employee at
! Champion. He has missed few days
because of ill health in the 41 years
he has been in Champion's service.
According to "The Log." official
organ for Champion, Mr. McClure
was born in Jackson county in 1872
and moved to Canton in 1907. He
was working as a pipe fitter when
the plant was built. Later he took
over the job as foreman of the boil
er and furnace repairs, a job he
held until 1940. They began easing
Andy off then, offering him a job
which would require less exertion,
but soon he was back at work as a
salvage and repairman in the pow
er department.
Mr. McClure has two daughters.
Mrs. Charles Smith of Canton and
Mrs; Hug! Monteith of Sylva. His
wife, Miss Annie Brackett of
Waynesville, died in 1944. He has
been living as a bachelor at 66
North Main street ever since,
spending his time gardening and
"keeping up the place," he says.
A great slice of Haywood coun
ty's Jiistory has passed before Mr.
McClure's eyes. He says that he
blew the first steam whistle in the
county when, as a boy, he pulled
the cord on the whistle at the Sau-
County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains
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Nominees
PHILADELPHIA, June 21 KJI'i.
National Chairman Carroll Recce
kicked oil the GOP convention to
day wilh a declaration that the
nation must choose between the
Republicans and the Communists.
He told the assembled delegates
that there is no doubt ,in his mind,
that the country will go Republi
can this year, after Walter S. Hall
anan, chairman of the arrange
ments committee, gaveled the con
vention to order at 10:27 a. m. E.
S. T. Hallanan shouted that "we
are here to name the next presi
dent of the United States " Dele
gates and spectators cheered, cam
era lights flashed and the conven
tion was on.
Reece was the principal speaker
at the first session of the conven
tion. In his address, as prepared
for delivery, he made it plain that
his party intends to make commu
nism a major issue again.
He said the Democratic party is
"torn by philosophic and sectional
differences" and "is incapable -if
offering an effective resistance lo
the march of radical aggression."
The New Deal, he said, opened
the door to radicals in government.
Describing the Irepubfkans as
the "undeviating defenders of the
principles of our representative
government," Reece defended Ihe
GOP-controlled 80th Congress
against President Truman's criti
cism of its record, lie said it had
"stood for principle rather than
expediency."
nook saw mill He remembers rid
ing on the first train to go from
Asheville to Murphy. The engine
burned wood: he used to cut wood
and pile it along the (rack for the
train at 60 cents a cord.
Says "The Log" of Mr. McClure's
work: "Though he has done lots of
hard work in hot. dirty, dangerous
places ne has never had a time-lost
accident. He has a way of keeping
steadily at his job that many much
younger' men could well copy. All
in all he has been, and still is, a
mighty good workman."
150-Acre Farm
Sells For $22,000
The 150 acre farm of Steve Fer
guson on Fines Creek, was sold
at auction by Penny Brothers yes
terday morning for $22,10440, it
was announced here yesterday aft
ernoon. The farm had a modern home
and was in a high state of culti
vation. It was divided into sev
eral tracts.
Canton Engineer Named
As Waterworks Officer
Canton's newly appointed city
engineer, A. B. Uzzle, Jr., has been
elected vice president of the Nortji
Carolina Waterworks Operators
Association at a meeting of the i
group at Chapel Hill.
and Associated Press News
Big July 4th
Event Slated
A varied program includine
band concerts, State Hound Bench
show, musket shooting match, car
nival rides, a religious service, and
an outstanding address will fea
ture one of the biggest Fourth of
July celebrations Haywood county
has seen in years.
The program will get underway
on June 29 at the high school
grounds, according to R. L. Pre
vost, general chairman of the
Boosters Club.
Dr. Paul W. Hoon. of Philadel
phia will be Hie featured speaker
al 10 on Monday morning. It was
previously announced that Dr. I.
G. Greer would be the speaker,
but he had to cancel his engage
ment here.
The churches of the community
will join in the union services on
Sunday evening. The ministerial
association will announce the
speaker soon.
Musket shooting will be held at
l-ataloochre ranch June 30. A
band concert will be given by the
high school hand Thursday night.
A series of Softball games will be
held Friday night. Saturday aft
ernoon will have a Hazelwood
baseball game, with a Softball
game that night.
The hound show is expected to
draw 500 people from several
states. Some 300 hounds will be
entered in the show.
Scouts Move
Into Camp
Daniel Boone
Camp Daniel Hoone, the Boy
Scout camp located about twelve
miles south of Waynesville on the
Pigeon River, opened yesterday
with Scouts from all over this area
trooping into the bivouac.
C ourts and meetings have ended
their work In this section so that
Scouls may take honors thev have
earned to camp. The Pigeon River
district council of honor will meet
tonight at Crabtree at 8 o'clock. An
Eagle awi-d be- made to
Charles Duckett of Canton Troon 4
and Paul W. McElroy of Waynes
ville will receive a Lif hmti
Nine Star scout awards be
made.
Opening day ceremonies at Camn
Hoone include the dedication of a
new camp flag by Troop 12 of
Asheville. Two new canoes are be
ing donated by the Asheville Ki
wanis cluh and the Canton V Men's
club is also featured in the cere
monies.
Sixty-five Scouts will be at the
camp the first week.
Hazelwood Baptists
Hold School, Revival
The Hazelwood Baptist church
will hold its second week of daily
vacation Bible .school this week.
The Rev. M L. Lewis, pastor, and
Mrs Sam Knight, principal, are
in c harge of the school.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Hovis of
Lincolnton are leading the music
for the school.
The school had 130 children en
rolled. Last week an average of
113 children attended daily.
The church is also conducting a
regular revival service which will
be continued through this week
The Rev. . W. Rotan of Gastonia !
is leading the services.
Outstanding
Being Heard
Dr. Roy Short, editor of The
I'pper Room, will speak tonight
and tomorrow night at 8 p. m. in
the auditorium at Lake Junaluska.
Dr. Short is one of the promi
nent men in Southern Methodism.
He held appointments in the
Louisville Conference for over 20
years and since 1944 he has held
his present position as editor of
this bi-monthly periodical of de
votions. He is the author of "Your
Church and You."
This week of preaching minis
try will be concluded when Dr. W.
A. Stanbury, superintendent of the
Gastonia district speaks Thursday
and Friday nights. Dr. Stanbury
received degrees from Duke and
the University of North Carolina
and for nearly 40 years has held
appointments in the North Caro
lina Conferences. He is the au
thor of ''Victories of the Cross."
Dr. Short is the third of four
speakers to address congregations
at the Lake this week. Dr. C. Ray
Jordan, a professor in the Emory
University Candler School of The
ology opened the week's activities
with two sermons on Sunday. Rev.
Clav Madison, pastor of the First
National Park
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Keen Interest Is Being
Shown In Second Primary;
5,000 Votes Are Predicted
Body Of Pfc. Glenn
Sisk Arrives Today
For Final Service
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The body of Pfc. Glenn E. Sisk,
who was killed in North Africa on
January 1 i). liMH. is expected to
arrive in Waynesville Wednesday
afternoon, l-'uneial arrangements
under the direction of Garrett
Kuiii ral Home were incomplete
yesterday .
Pie, Sisk was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Will M. Sisk of Route I.
Waynesville, and was a native of
Haywood County, lie was born on
May 25, 1SJ20. He attended the
Waynesville Schools and. onor to
entering the service, was employed
By watkin enevi-oJer Company:
lie received his basic training ..t
Fori Bragg and Fort Knox k'v
and sailed for the European Thea
ter in June. 1!)42 The iiody was
first interred in the Ameritnn
cemetery near Algiers. Al the time
of his death Pfc. Sisk umlnu
jwith the 9!st Field Artillery Uat-
talion
Suivving in addition to the par
lent. s are two brothers, William and
James Sisk. and one sister, Mrs.
Willard Fnincis. Jr.. all of Waynes
ville. Travel Talks To
Be Given For
Reading Club
Tin- firM of a series of travel
talks will be guen at the Haywood
C 'ou nt I. ilii ary tomorrow morn
ing al lft 30 o'clock for members
of the Travel Heading Club.
Mrs Raymond Lane and Miss
Louise Ballard will be speakers
lor the occasion and the program
will he designed especially for the
older members of the reading
(lull I to in fourth grade up.
The regular weekly story hour
for Ihr younger group will be held
Friday morning at 10 o'clock wilh
Mis Lane in charge.
Speakers Are
At Junaluska
Methodist church in Hickory, N.
C, spoke last night on his recent
trip to China where he attended
the Centennial Celebration of the
Methodist Missions.
Dr. Jordan's subject on Sunday
morning was the "Power of Chris
tian Imagination." In developing
this theme Dr. Jordan said that
the hope of our social order rests
with those people who have the
imagination to see and feel what
others see and feel, and to put
themselves in other people's skins
and then lo aef accordingly.
"The church as it is, is hopeless
in the world as it is. The church
is terribly dull and hopeless be
cause its members have no imag
inations. In 1948 the most fate
ful year in our history, we are
thinking about committees, elec
tions and politics and not about
the world and what must be done
if it is to survive.
"It is an apparently hopeless
world. But if we had the eyes of
God and the vision of God to see
what God wants us to see and the.
vision of Christ, we might have a
world fit to live in."
49,500 People
Live within 20 miles of
Waynesville their ideal
shopping center
Heavy Vote Seen In
Beaverdam On
Next Saturday's
Election
Interest is grow ing in I lie .eiend
primary to be held here Saiurda;,
in a two-man run-oir for the Dem
ocratic nomination lor gowrnoi
Friends and supporters nl hot i
candidates here in Haywood h.t,
planned a hard-fought last -minute
campaign, and Indication, mudc
yesterday were that Haywood
would poll 5,000 voles under l iv
orable weather conditions next
Saturday.
Political observers predicted '
that Beaverdam would poll a heav
ier vote Saturday than in the pi iin
ary on May 29th. "Intel est is real
ly growing in that area," one dose
observer reported.
Johnson Forces Stage
County-Wide Pep Meet
On last Friday nighl about, 150
supporters of Charles M JoIiikoii
met al the court house for a pep
meeting. Plans for getting out the
Johnson vote, and the campaign in
general was discussed. Among the
speakers were Judge Felix E. Al
ley, Charles M. McCrary, Mrs. W.
A. Hyatt, and J. W. Kil'lian. The
meeting was presided over by
Jonathan Woody, county manager
for Mr. Johnson. There wei rep
resentatives from every precinct of
the county present. Co-mHiiagei ,
with Mr. Woody include Bryan I).
Medford, W. G. Byers and Fred
Ferguson.
Scott Sets Up An
Organization Here
For the UrsL Umu sice 'Kw
Scott announced foi' governor. m
organization has been set up in
Haywood in his behalf. The an
nouncement showed thai ,1 N
Tate and Tom Rainer were co
managers. The farmers committee mien-sled
in the nomination of the lormer
state commisisnner of agrieull in
includes: Albert B. McCrat ken. T.
B Medford, Roy Haynes, .1 !.
Westmoreland, George Slatney,
Glenn Tate, T. Lenoir Gwyn and
Robert McCracken.
The co-managers announced that
other members of the farmers
committee would be anoiiaced lit
er.
Haywood polled a total of 5. MO
votes on May 2!)th. but thie wa:,
not quite the interest in tlir gov
ernor's race then as now There
will only be one ticket lo be voted
in Haywood on next Saturday, and
it is expected thai the result, will
be known shortly after the polls
close at 6:30.
Jerry Rogers, chairman of the
board of elections, was lakini; out
ballots and books to the election
officers in the 22 precincts in Ihe
county.
Rev. John Harper
Named Assistant
At St. Johns
The Rev. John J. Harper anivfd
this week to assume his duln a
assistant pastor of SI. Johns
Church. He succeeds the Rev J.
Paul Byron who was transferred to
St. Catherine's Church, Wake
Forest. N. C.
Father Harper was born Febru
ary 17. 1922, in Syracuse. N V .
where he attended SI. Anthony's
grade and high school He hold j
bachelor of arts degree from Mount
St. Marys college Emmilsl.oig.
Md . was ordained May 15. 1!M7 at
Sacred Heart Cathedral. Raleir.li.
Since his ordination he has
served as assistant pastor ol Sacred
Heart Church. Whiteville, N. C.
Highway
Record For
1948
(To Date)
In Haywood
Injured .... 22
Killed....: 2
(This information com
piled from Records of
State Highway Patrol.)