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ffc-ir- 1 H h oYLVA JtlERALD
' AND RURALITE? CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943 =====
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VOL. XVIII NO. 24 SYLVA, N. C.. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1943 $1.50 A Year In Jackson and Swain Counties? 5c Copy
Local Teachers Indorsed Bu OP A
Listed As Nation's Best
In Issuance Of Ration
Book In Third Release
State Office Is
Outspoken As It
Joins In Praise ?
Recent Letter To Moses
Declares Jackson County
Teachers Highest As Na
tion's "Interpreters' Of
OPA Policies.
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Acclaimed by the Washington
Office of Price Administration as
having: done the most outstanding
job of all ration bookc workers in
the nation in issuance of Book
No. 3, Jackson county teachers on
- October 28 completed release of No.
4, accomplishing the latter task,. it
is believed with the same effi
ciency that won them first place
thfik assignment last spring.
A recent letter to County Super
intendent C. Moses, from the
state office .in Raleigh, signed by
Miss Ruth Vick Everett, and out
lining the program for the work
on book 4 4 which has just closed,
emphasized the ifact that Jackson
teachers had already done the best
job in the country, and were offi
cially recognized by Washington
as holding top place.
Mr. Moses said that he felt the
greatest pride in his staff and that
he is confident that the last lap
will justify the same top rating.
However, he added that
not surprised, emphasizing the fact
that for efficiency, all-out effort,
and all round performance he will
always back his staff against all
comers.
All data, Mr. Moses explained,
has cleared through his office, as
regards the various book series.
The Raleigh letter states that it
was not merely a mechanical pro
cess, but that the Jackson educa
tion office had been definitely in the
role of "interpreter" to the citi
zenry of this county.
Dan M. Allison, head of the lo
cal OPA, and Chief Clerk Edwin
Allison, likewise gave the highest
praise to the teachers, though both
added, with Supt. Moses, that they
were not surprised. They said that
North Carolina is a recognized
state of superlatives, and that for
progressive Jackson to be a leader
is entirely logical.
Executives of the local OPA wish
it announced that any resident of
Sylva, or of Jackson county who
failed to receive ration book 4
may obtain it from the local office
Monday, November 1, through Sat
urday, November 6.
This, it was pointed out, should
. enable every one to be supplied
with the required ration coupons.
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Dillsboro Women
Are Employed In
Making Bandages
Every Tuesday afternoon betwe
en the hours of 2 to 5 o'clock, the
ladies of Dillsboro are busily en-1
gaged folding bandages in the Red
Cross Surgical Dressing Room, in
the banquet hall of the Masonic
Terete.
For the five week period, begin
ning September 20th to October
26, 142^ hours were devoted to
this work, and 5,311 bandages were
folded. Everyone with a moment
to spare is asked to come on Tues
day afternoons to take part in this
essential wark.
Watch For The
Expiration Date
On Your Label
It is important that sub
scriptions to The Herald be
renewed immediately upon ex
piration.
The expiration date of your
paper is stamped right under
your name. Check on this
date, and be sure your renewal
reaches this office before the
expiration date.
Hooper Wins Wings
And Pilots Plane
Over Home Here
The following account s of the
rapid progress of a popular young
Jackson county service man has
been received at the Herald office.
It will arouse keen interest i?n
many readers; ^L__
Lt. Ewart C. Hooper of the spec
ial Pilot Wing, Lockbourne ? Army
Air Base, Columbus, Ohio, recently
spent a 10-day leave at home with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. M.
Hooper, of Tuckaseigee.
Lt. Hooper enlisted in the Army
Air Corps August 17, 1942, and
was classified as an Aviation Ca
det at Nashville, Tenn. He. re
ceived his pre-flight training at
Maxwell I'ield, Alabama, basic af
Door Field, Fla, primary at Bain
bridge, Tfd., and advanced flying at
Columbus, Miss., where he received
the coveted Silver Wings on July
29, of this year. He wears the
good conduct medal, also the expert
pistol and machine gun medals.
After being commissioned, Lt.
Hooper was sent to Lockbourne for
bomber pilot training on a B-17.
He is now being instructed as a
pilot inatructor^
Pilots of the mighty Boeing
B-17'b can trace their training tn
Where combat pilots are taught to
fly the "Queen of the Air," and it is
the place where pilot instructors
are instructed. You might call it
a post-graduate flying university.
All the gas an A-bookholder
would get in 16 years would just
fill the tank of one B-17.
At 8 o'clock one evening last
week, Lt. Hooper swung his Fort
ress into the air and headed South
on a cross-country mission. At
9:10 he flew over Asheville. 20
minutes later, by way of Canton,
Waynesville, and Sylva, he circled
over his home at Tnckaseigee. Then
he nosed his plane to Lockbourne
by way of Knoxville. In a letter
to his parents, he said that he
could see Sylva, Cullowhee, and
the Glenville Power House.
Lt. Hooper is one of the Army
Air Corps' youngest Bomber pilot
instructors, not yet being 21 years
old.
Future Farmers Of
Sylva High School
Are Winning Group
Jackson County Future Farmers,
last week, held an elimination live
stock judging contest at Franklin.
Prof. Phillips and. John Corbin,
teachers of tKe two vocational Ag
riculture Departments of the coun
ty, decided who would represent
the county at the Fat Livestock
Show in Asheville, November 3rd.
The Sylva team won by a small
margin. Fred McLain, EdVard
Cooke, Jack Cope and Phillip Jones
with John Corbin, coach, will rep
resent Jackson county. Some 200
to 300 Western North Carolina
Future Farmyr usyuciutiuri ? mew
bers will participate. Sears-Roe
buck will give the boys a banquet
following the contest.
Miss Deitz Gains
Advance In Rank
Fort Mason, Calif. ? Promotion
from Private to Private First Class
has just been awarded Elizabeth
C. Deitz, daughter of Ransom V.
Deitz, of Greens Creek, who is a
member of the 107th Women's
Army Corps Detachment stationed
at Fort Mason, headquarters of the
San Francisco Port of Embarka
tion.
Pfc. Deitz, a former cosmetolo
gist, joined the WAC'a last Oc
tober and came to Fort Mason with
^he first detachment of WACs to
be stationed on the Pacific Coast.
She is serving as a clerk-typist.
A little horseradish and lemon
juice mixed with mayonnaise
makes a good sauce to serve with
tongue. - .
Child Injured In
Motor Crash Will
Probably Recover
Little Joan Williams, of
Bryson City, Who Lost Leg
October 24, Has Rallied and
Is Thought To Have Good
Chance of Life.
Little Joan Williams, of Bryson
City, 6-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar F. Williams, is re
ported to be recovering satisfacto
ily at Harris Community Hospital,
where her leg was amputated Sun
day, October 24, following an acci
dent at. Gateway, near Qualla.
While playing near a filling sta
tion of the^^Villiams child and little,
companion Sammy Sutton, son of
Mr. and Mrs. James Sutton, were
both struck by a car which wit
nesses said left the road - andr>
plunged into the rear wall of the
service station, practically sever
ing, at the knee, the leg of the
little Williams girl, but inflicting
only slight injury to her playmate,
who left the hospital immediately
after "first said treatment.
Hospital attaches say that, bar
ring complications, the little Wil
liams patient will recover.
Still Unconscious,
Jarrett Improves
Slightly, Is Hope
No significant cTiange has been
noted in the condition of R. P. Jar
rett, Dillsboro native and former
resident, as he still lies in Henry
Grady Hospital, Atlanta, after a
motor wreck in which both he and
his wife were injured.
A phone message received Sun
day from the Georgia capital re- |
vealed that the patient was still
unconscious, nearly eight weeks 1
after the accident.
It was said that his strength,
which has held up remarkably well,
had increased somewhat, and that
he used his left arm a little. It
was also seated that there was some
ability to rffi^e the head. For some
time after the accident, there was
apparent total paralysis.
Mrs. Jarrett, who left the hos
pital several weeks ago, is reported
as now strong enough to walk, with
good prospect of complete recovery.
Cullowhee Church
Has Special Meet
For Anniversary
On Sunday morning special ser
vices were held at the Cullowhee ,
Baptist church for members and
visiting alumni of Western Caro
lina Teachers College, which cele
brated its 54th anniversary this ?
week-end.
Dr. H. T. Hunter, president of
the college, filled the pulpit.
Special music for the service was
planned by the choir, which is di
rected by Dr. H. P. Smith.
Since it was Homecoming Day
for a large number who had their
letters in church during their resi
dence at Western Carolina Teach
trs College, a large number of for
mer members were present as well
as all the regular members.
The Youth Fellowship of the
TfuTTowjfiee M e t h oHTsF "cmjrcfi gave
a social hour following their regu
lar hour of worship on Sunday ev
ening for former members who
were visiting the college for its
Homecoming celebration.
Dillsboro Masons
Will Be Asked To
Help In Donation
R. F. Jarrett, secretary of Dills
boro Masonic lodge, has announced
that, at the joint meeting of the
local unit and district body Thurs
day, November 4, 7:30 p. m., there
will be a special Thanksgiving of
fering requested for the Masonic
and Eastern Star home, Greens
bor, and for the Oxford Orpha
nage.
Mr. Jarrett said that his lodge
has always given generously to
both these institutions, and that
there will doubtless be a liberal
contribution at the coming gather- !
ing.
Re-appointed
-?ylya and Dillsboro Methodist !
churches, who was re-appointed to
the local charges at the recent an
nual conference.
Tuttle Declares
Satisl action At
Re-appointment
Feels Deeply Affected By
Community-Wide Expres
sion Of Pleasure Upon His
Continuation In Local
Pulpit.
? Rev^ ? R; ? Gv Tuttle, ? pastor of
Sylva and Dillsboro Methodist
churches, is being welcomed by the
entire community, upon his return
from the annual conference at
Statesville, which re-appointed him
for another year. The cordial good
wishes constantly being offered are
truly affecting, the minister said.
It was expected that he would
continue to serve his two present
charges, though numbers of local
residents declare they felt relieved, j
upon hearing the news, the war i
effort being responsible for many
emergency changes at times '
throughout all Methodism.
Mr. Tuttle, in commenting upon
his return, said that he and his i
family are more than pleased. He
pointed out that this is the begin
ning of the third year, and that
two years are often required for a
minister to become thoroughly ac- I
quainted with the details of the
work, the many problems, the
countless opportunities for service.
."I am looking forward to two,
objectvices," said the pastor: "first,
and most important, added spiritual
progress. This should be facili
tated as congregation and preacher \
know each other more intimately." i
The second object Mr. Tuttle has |
in view is the beautifying of the ]
church building and premises, a
project that must, of course, await
developments along the war fronts.
"Just say," smiled the minister,
in conclusion, "that my family and
I are happy at remaining among ?
you, and that w^ are deeply touched
by the cordial expressions upon my
re-appointment."
Eastern Star Has
Hallowe'en Meet
Oce Chapter No. 139, 0. >E. S. met (
at a regular meeting on Wednesday
evening; , October 27th.
During the social hour, the spirit
of Hallowe'en was artfully display
ed by the attractive and delicious
refreshments served by Mrs. Emma ;
Kincaid and Mrs. Rosa Cannon.
Oce Chapter meets every second
and fourth Wednesday of the month
at 8 o'clock, and all visiting East
ern Star are cordially invited to
attend.
Twin Hereford Heifers
Born On Wilson Farm
The Hereford population of Jack
son is steadily on the increase, and
the recent event which took place
on the farm of S. E. Wilson, of i
Speedwell, tends to prove that the |
increase is doubling.
* Twin Hereford heifers werfe born |
on the Wilson farm recently. This
is rather unusual in the animal j
kingdom.
Clean powder puffs are handy
for cleaning silverware; use one j
to apply the polish and another to |
do the buffing.
Noted News Man
Comes To Sylva
For Visit Home
John A. Parris, Jr., United
Press War Writer Of Inter
national Repute, Will Spei^d
Four Weeks With Parent^.
C
John A. Farris, Jr., Sylva na-|
tive and very definitely a favorite
son, internationally known war cor
respondent for the United Press,
Co-author of "Springboard to 1
Berlin," and other widely read !
books and articles; arrived here j
yesterday at noon, from Washing- j
ton, -for a four week's stay with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. j
Parris.
The former Sylva Lad, after
flying from London to New York,
spent a week in the latter city. A
j host of residents of his native sec
tion have been listening t^o his re
icent broadcasts from th?*~'metro
polis. An equal degree of interest
has been accorded the volume,
"Springboard to Berlin," but a few
weeks off the press.
College Business
Department Plans
Club Operations
The Business Education Club of
.Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege met on Thursday evening to j
plan its program for the year.
The club decided to have formal
initiations for its new members. No
changes were made in the original
constitution.
j The club also decided to review
, a series of parliamentary rules giv
ing actual demonstrations. The
members plan to give some busi
ness education plays both in the
I club and before the student body
and to give a series of programs
concerning office personality.
Invitations are to be sent soon
[to people who are taking business
education work. Club membership
for some time has consisted of up
per classmen in the business edu
cation field; but freshmen and
transfer students in the business
education field will be taken into !
the membership of the club in the
near future.
Officers for the Business Educa
tion Club are: President, Clara Mae
Gantt, of Kings Mountain; vice
president, Vivian Muse, of Bryson
City; secretary, Zelda Gentry, of
Marshall; and treasurer, Ruth
Hooper, of Horseshoe. Faculty
sponsor is Dr. W. A. Ashbrook.
Young McClure Is
Now Sharpshooter
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McClure,
of Addie, have been informed that
their son, Jack W. McClure, 20
year-old Jackson county lad, is
now a first class private.
Serving with the infantry, Pfc. j
McClure received basic training in
Camp Blanding, Fla., where his
skill with the rifle not only gave
him the grade of sharpshooter, but
the coveted "expert rifleman" rat- j
ing was missed by only five points, j
Mrs. McClure, who was a visitor I
last week at The Herald office, said
that she was as surprised as pleas
ed at her son's accurate shooting,
inasmuch as he had seldom used a
gun before entering the army. 1
"He writes that he will soon
rate 'expert'," she smiled, "and I
believe he will. Just takes a little
more practice."
Pfc. McClure is now at an Ar
kansas military base.
Another of the McClure boys,
Clarence, 22, is in the navy, hav
ing enlisted last July. Boot 4Jain~ .
ing was given him at Bainbridge,
Md., and he is now serving at a
destroyer base on the west coast.
Prior to that, the young sailor
was employed in the Norfolk Navy
Yard. Both he and Pfc. McClure
are graduates of Sylva high school,
and they have many friends here.
Roy McClure, their brother, now
nearly 18, will join the army as
soon as he passes his next birth
day, his mother said.
Asked by a caller at the Herald
who heard her tell of her sons, if
she worried much at the thought
of giving three stalwarts to the
servfoe, Mrs. McClure said simply:
"Naturally, a mother can't help
worrying some? but if they didn't
want to go, I'd be heart-broken.
Mead Executives Urge
Farmers Of This Area
To Supply Vital Item
Sutton Delighted
With Townships'
Response To Drive I
Declaring himself proud to serve j
a citizenry so alertly conscious of I
civic obligations, R. U. Sutton,
Jackson county chairman of the
National War Fund, announced that t
the canvass is progressing splend
idly.
Mr. Sutton also stated that the ;
campaign, which began October 19,
will end Saturday, November 6.
The county has a quota of $4,
099.00 in the nation-wide effort to '
collect $125,000,000.00 for the var- ;
ious agencies represented. Each i
Jackson township^ has its organiza- '
tion, and a number of these have I
already exceeded their allotments, 1
Savannah having subscribed and
paid more than its requirement the j
day before the drive began.
This was followed quickly by
Willits, Addie, Dillsboro and East !
La Porte.
At the present rate of subscrip- j
tion, it was expected that Jackson !
"Will Have imjl't1 lllHll !m lULJll 111 llif"1
bag before the soliciting ends next
Saturday.
Parent-Teacher
Group Of Sylva
Has Monthly Meet
Mrs. E. N. Howell, of Swan
nanoa, State Field representative,
presided over a study course for
the P. T. A., on Friday, October
29, at the Sylva Elementary School.
Mrs. Howell st**gsed the neces
sity for more awareness on the part
of parents and teachers in the
matter of juvenile delinquency and
recreational facilities for the chil
dren and young people. She told of
the many stimulating courses to 1
be outlined for the studies, in all '
fields, from pre-school child on
ward, through the Parent-Teacher
magazine and bulletins.
Mrs. Howell has been in eleven,
counties on her tour and is most
enthusiastic about the work being
done, and especially the nine re
organized or new clubs now ope
rating.
Aft^r the class, Mrs. E. L. McKee
entertained the members at a de
lightful luncheon at the cafeteria.
Truck Owners Are
Warned Regarding
Sunday Operation
Numerous truck operators are
violating the new ODT delivery
restrictions which went into effect
on October 11, Robt. G. Carter, Dis
trict ODT manager, warned last
week.
Many of the violations were un
intentional, he pointed out, in urg
ing all t-ruck operators and the gen
eral public as well to familiarize
themselves with the new regula- '
tions.
A spot check in numerous com
munities disclosed violations were!
particularly pre valent on Sunday, i
Mr. Carter said.
Virtually no Sunday deliveries
are permitted, Mr. Carter empha
sized, except ice trucks and certain
ofher carriers who have been ex
empted by general or special per
mits.
A recent cHni'k by UDT mpresen*
tatives, however, disclosed - that
many truck operators were found
to be hauling members of their
families to visit relatives, or to
picnics; others were found drving
their trucks down to the office to
look over the books, and some
laundry, and a few ice cream trucks
were in operation.
The recent curtailment of deliv
eries means in effect that with cer
tain exceptions, streets shall be
clear of all retail and wholesale
delivery vehicles on Sunday.
The exceptions include ice trucks,
which may deliver daily, vehicles
delivering certain perishables or
essential items and trucks loaded
to capacity moving from a single
point of origin to a single desti
nation to a single consignee. Such
capacity loaded trucks moving from
one point to another may deliver
on Sunday or any other day.
The drastic new regulations were
issued to preserve vehicles and
tires for essential uses and all truck
operators were urged by Mr. Cart
er to cooperate in the program.
Tannic Acid Must
Show Increase To
Aid Armed Forces
Fernald and Ellis Announce
Local Plant Ready For
Seven- Day Schedule, De
? pendent Upon Chestnut
Cutting Before Severe
Weather Inteferes.
_J- ^ ? Fernald, of jfhillieothe,
Ohio, vice-president of the Mead
Corporation, ha< announced that
the local plant, the Sylva division,
which ha? jb"en partially shut
_ow n for t\vy> weeks, is now ready
to resume /full operation.
On his Wgular monthly visit
here, Mr. Fernald, and the local
manager, Paul Ellis, pointed out
that every effort has been made,
in production of tannic acid, so
vitally needed for the war" effort,
to proceed forthwith upon a seven
day schedule, 24 hours a day.
Both he and Mr. Ellis explained
Jhat the cutting of chestnut wood
W """"'"ll to
themselves, to Office Manager R.
U. Sutton, to every other Mead
official, and to all other firms in
the nation having part in tannic
acid production.
Voicing their message to farm
ers of this section as an appeal
to their traditional patriotism,
Messrs. Fernald and Ellis said
that the urgency of th? need could
hardly be exaggerated.
"We hope to run on the schedule
just outlined," said the vice-presi
dent "and pur ability to do so is
directly dependent upon the cutting
of acid wood ? chestnut wood."
"The time to cut is NOW,"* add
ed Mr. Ellis, "before severe weath
er sets in, before some of our
roads are closed by rain and snow
to the logging."
Tannic acid is necessary for
leather tanning, it was pointed out,
and every man in the service,
overseas and on this side of the
ocean, needs leather as a vitallv
important item.
"Of course it's an old story "
declared Mr. Fernald, "but one that
fairly cries for repetition, that
equipment furnished our service
men at the right time saves lives
tflat delay? wean
the UNNECESSARY killing of
more of our men. Could any ap
stronger than that?"
Fernald, now in charge of
Mead s southern division, with
headquarters at Chillicothe, Ohio,
IS well known here, being recalled
1929?" ^ Sy'Va fr?m
A native of Massachusetts, he
and Mrs. Fernald, who before Aiar
riage was Miss Gwendolin Moore,
Still Visit Western North Carolina,
where friendships made during
their years' residence, are still
maintained.
An honor guest at last week's
Rotary dinner, Mr. Fernald spoke
?f^a,sion with a reminiscent
smile. There were just five at
c m ing, out of the* old group when
was a member," he mused.
He spoke of his son, a mere tot
mvphT when the Fernald fami'y
? r of?' n?W 1,1 ^he a'r Corps,
at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
li y u","? air man is Fern aid's
only child, since the loss of a little
*irl, who died in infancy
Concluding Mr. Fernald said
T'l lht service men hold ~
spotlight, as they deserve to,
we must never for a moment under.
J?. the home front, the office
er, the laborer, the business
man.
If we don t make money and *
pay taxes we can't pay for the
war, said the vice-president.
Important
Information...
will be found in thia
newspaper, about rationing,
new price changes, and mat
ters of general interest about
the war. This information Is
authentic and should prove
valuable to all families.
The rationing guide will be
of special interest.
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