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The Sylva Herald
AND RURALITE ? CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943
The Sylva Herald , winner of
First Place of N . C. Prm
Association 1943 General Ex
cellence Award.
TOL. XVIII NO. 37 SYLVA, N. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1944
$1.50 A Year In Jackson and Swain Counties ? 5c Cw
Bond Sate* **
Movie
PremierSlatecL
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For-Bond Buyers
Admission Upon
Purchase Of Bonds
Set For Feb710tfi
Tickets Will Be Given To
Purchasers Of Bonds On
8th, 9th and 10th.
The Ritz Theatre management
and the Bond Drive Committee
have arranged for a free show to
every person in Jackson county
purchasing a bond on Monday,
Tuesday or Wednesday ? February
7, 8, 9th. The show is on Wednes
day.
The title of the picture is "The
Good Fellows." "Be a Good Fel
low by backing the good fellows
who are fighting for us on the
battls fronts and do not have the
privilege of buying a bond to see
this movie," said T. N. Massie,
chairman^ of the drive in Sylva.
"When you purchase your bond
have them give you a slip with the
number of the bond, this slip will
be your ticket to the theatre on
February ninth. You may buy your
bond at the theatre that night or
you may finish filling out your
stamp book and cash it in Wednes
day at the theatre, bank or post
office," he said.
"Don't miss the opportunity to
Bee this movie and also show the
boys that you are backing them,"
be urged. 4
The only persons who will be ad
mitted to the theatre on February
ninth will be those who buy a bond
on one of the following days, Mon
day, Tuesday or Wednesday, Feb
ruary seventh, e'ghth, and ninth.
The management must under gov
ernment regulations charge three
Cents federal tax; but they are
paying for the picture themselves
BO that you may have this oppor
tunity to ahow your colors, and
buy a bona as your ticket to see
"Good Fellows" on February 10th.
Music In Schools
Discussed By The
Webster Teachers
The faculty of Webster school
held its sixth professional teacher's
meeting at the school last Thurs
day afternoon.
The subject: "Music a Nerd or a
Frill" was introduced by Mrs. J.
B. Madison who spoke on "Music
is Fundamental."
A series of discussions were
given by the following: "The Evo
lution of Music Education in North
Carolina," by Miss Hannah Cowan;
-"Music Builds Citizenship," by Mrs.
Maude Ensley; "Toward American
Unity Through Music," Miss P S:
gy Morgan; "Music Time," Miss
Sara Belle Hooper. "Music Study
now a Great National Asset," by
M iss Mary B. Simmons; "A Prac
tical Crime Prevention," Mr. John
Crawford and "Music and the Bat
tle of Life," Miss Lora Alice Long.
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FBI To Hold Conference Here March 1
Infantile Paralysis
Campaign Is Success
In Italy
SGT. HOWARD NATIONS, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nations,
of Barker's Creek, is now serving
with the armed forces somewhere
in 3taty. -
Sgt. Nations enlisted in 1940 at
Fort Meade, Md. He spent 15
months in North Africa and has
been in Italy for about six months.
The last time that his parents
heard from him he was in good
health.
Sgt. Nations is a graduate of
the Sylva high school. Prior to
his enlistment he was employed in
Newport News, Va.
Mayor And Clerk
Now In ChargeOf
Community House
A meeting of the Commun
ity House Committee, who was
recently appointed by the
Board of Alderimn, was held
in the City Hall recently, and
it was decidfd that Mayor
Herbert Gibson should auto
matically become chairman of
the committee, also R. C. Alli
son, town clerk, would become
s:cretary.
The office of this committee
will be in the Town Hall. Any
one wishing information re
garding the Community House
should contact this office.
Farm Betterment Was
Discussed At Meeting
Jackson county Farm Security
administration home owners held
their annual me ting at *he Svlva
c^mmuni^y clubhouse Thursday.
William T. Brown, Jr., FSA sup
ervisor presided.
The meeting wg attended by a
majority of the FSA home owners
which consist of 30 former tenant
and shars cropper farmers who
have become home owners in the
past six years.
Speakers on the program includ
ed G. R. Lackey, county farm agent,
who spcke on "Pasture Improve
ment."
Miss Mfcrgrret Martin, county
home demonstration agent spoke
briery. Her subject was "Food is
?> a Weapon, Don't Waste it." Fol
lowing Miss Martin, Mrs. Dennis
? Higdon d Wehster told Jtha
ers and their wivrs how baby chicks
eould be grown successfully and
profitably. Mrs. E- L. McKee, who
spoke preceding the lunch hour,
sprke on "The Value of Home
Ownprship.**
Following the lunch hour, Ray
Orr. county forestry pgent, spoke
on "Forest Products" and the vital
part they play in the conserva
tion of land ard how they could
furnish a steady income if prop
erly taken care of. He also pointed
out that forest products are now
a vital war material.
S veral reports on growing dif
ferent farm products and the suc
cess with each was driven by FSA
hrtme owners. Following which the
different phases of the program
was discussed hy Paul Laughjrum,
district associate supervisor, Th?
success of the FSA program was
emphasized when it was pointed
out that FSA home owners in Jack
son in 1943 owed payments amoun
ting to $2,870 but actually paid $7,
257.75.
? Mi" ftrcraftt FSA home
supervisor, explained the import
tance of keeping record books ac
curately and presented several
prizes *iven for the most perfrct
record books^- A number_of merit
awards were also presented to
qualifying home owners.
Mrs. Margaret Fuller, associat?
district home supervisor, explained
a plan whereby farm families could
carry hospital insurance for a
nominal fee.
A number of books of interest to
farm families and availabl?
throucrh the Bookmobile or at the
? library, was displayed by Mrs. W.
G. SUllcup county librarian.
Mrs. E. L. McKee, County
Chairman, Reports Quota
Reached In Jackson.
Mrs. E. L. McKee, chairman for
the Infantile Paralysis drive, and
R. U. Sutton, co-chairman, report
that the drive was a success. The
quota for Jackson county was $300
and Mrs. McKpe reports that they
have gone well over that.
The total will be better than
$500, Mrs. McKee reported yester
day
Mrs. McKee stated that every
one was very generous in their
contributions, and she wishes to
thank each person who contributed
to this cause. The Jackson coun
ty schools come in for special men
tion as th = y did a magnificent
job and went "all out" to help in
(Continued on page four)
16 Men Pass The
Pre-Induetion Test
For Armed Forces
Sixteen Jackson county men
passrd pre-induction physical ex
aminations and were found accep
table by th? armed forces in Jan
uary, according to report by the
local Selective Service Board.
Five of the men were assigned
to the army, eleven to the navy.
During the month, twenty men
became eighteen years of age.
Those assigned for duty in the
army, and awaiting call are:
George Wayne Brown, Clarence
Haven Bryson, John David Smith,
Verlin Massingale and James Guy
Williamson.
The group awaiting further or
ders frcm the navy are:
Virgil Leamon Norris, William
Hardin Nicholson, William Else
Dillard, Bobby Justice Parker,
Ward Cleveland Rice, James Earl
Childers, Carol Evan Pell, Avery
Manual Wood, Frank Earl Wil
liams, Burlas C. Ash, Raymond
Homer Jones.
The 20 men just reaching the
age of 18, includes: Robert Nelson
Jones, Jr., Robrrt Harold Wilkey,
William Thomas Bird, Wesley Ru
fus Hoyle, Kenneth John James
Parris, Charles Lee McLaughlin,
William Earl Extine, Fred Napol
eon McLain, Jr., Edgar Reddell
Monteith, Ellis Dock Nations, Nor
ton Brown, Raymond Jos:ph Pan
gle, James Oscar Queen, Edgar
Arwood, R. L. Nations, Charles
Ottie Browning, Raymond Morris
Hooper, Benlee Bryson, Daniel Lee
Hooper, James Clayton Turpin.
Law Enforcement
Officers West Of
Asheville Coming
Local Officers Will Be Hosts
To Ou t-Of -Town Delegates
Attending Meeting.
The FBI Law Enforcement Con
ference will be held at the Ritz
Theatre here on March first, start
ing at two o'clock, it was announc
ed yesterday by Ed Schiedt, spec
ial agent in charge of the Charlotte
office. Details of the conference
were being completed this week by
Idus J. Lynn, resident agent for
this districts
All law enforcement officers west
of Asheville will be expected to
attendr~Mr. Lynn said. An at
tendance of at least 75 are expect
ed for the conference, which is the
first ever held in Sylva.
Local law enforcment officers
will act as host to the out-of-town
officers, Mr. Lynn said. Those here
working with the FBI in making
all arrangements include, Griffin
Middleton and Don Davis, of the
police department, Sheriff Leon
ard Holden and Highway ' Patrol
man Jess Sullins.
Judge Felix E. Alley, native of
Jackson, will make the address of
welcome. The program will be in
charge of Mr. Schiedt, with de
tails to be announced later.
Mr. Lynn pointed out that all
officers and auxiliary poUce win be
invited to attend the conferee :e,
although it is not open to the pub
lic, due to some of the subjects
discussed.
Methodists To Visit
All Homes Of Members
Of Local Church
During this week there will be
a complete visitation of all of the
homes of the Sylva Methodist
church. This will be carried out
by the members of the Woman's
Society of Christian Service, and
the Board of Stewards. The pur
pose of these visits will be to pro
mote individual effort in behalf of
a christian peace.
ON COLLEGE COMMITTEE
Miss Mary Mtinteith is a member
of the student committee at Mere
dith College assisting in making
arrangements of Religious Focus
Week. Miss Monteith is the dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Mon
teith.
HOOPER IS ON LEAVE
D. D. Hooper, Jr., S. A. A., has
.iust finished his boot training at
Bainbridge, Md., and is spending
several days with his family her?.
He* will return to Bainbridge for
further/ assignment.
Two First Cousins From Jackson
Meet On Battlefront In Italy
Two first cousins from Jackson
county met in Italy a few days
ago and spent four days together.
Lt. Roy D. Phillies, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. D. Phillips, an intelli
gence officer in the Infantry, who
has been in the service for two
years and in- North Africa and
Ttaly since last October. Lt. Phil
lips learned through another of
ficer that his cousin, John Phillips,
Tr , son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Phillins, of Cullowhee, was in the
j combat zone not very far away.
Johnny is with a tank unit and ,
has spent the past twenty months
in overseas duty, going through the
North African campaign with Gen
eral Clark. |
Roy Phillips is a graduate of
W.C.T.C. and received his com
mission at Fort Benning, Ga. Both
boys are well. With them, also,
was "Shank" Reno, of Canton, who
attendee! Western Carolina Teach
ers College and was an outstand- j
ing football player while there.
Given Air Medal Award
LT. HOWARD M. PLEMMONS was recently awarded the Air
Medal at his base somewhere in England. He is known here as "Rock"
and is pilot of a B-17.
Lt. Plemmons lived in Sylva for several years, and attended West
ern Carolina Teachers College. He is the son of Roy Plemmons, of
Asheville, and the late Frances McClure Plemmons.
Gardening Theme Of
Demonstration Clubs
Dillsboro Soldier
Back In Action;
Received Wounds
Pvt. Guy W. Bumgarner, of
Dillsboro, injured in the shoul
der in action in Italy; has re
turned to duty, his ? mother,
Mrs. Vadie D. Bumgarner, Ms
been informed. He has been
in the army about 10 months
and trained at Camp Wheeler,
Ga.. b:fore going overseas.
His brother, Calvin D. Bum
earner, is at present a patient
in the Naval Convalescent hos
pital, Kenilworth, where he is
recovering from an injury sus
tained while on leave at his
home.
Mrs. Brvson Was
Buried Saturday
Mrs. Dora L. Bryson, 76, promi
nent resident of Cashiers, di:d
Thursday morning at the home of
a daughter, Mrs. R. F. Bryson, at
Cashiers, after a lflng illness.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday at 11 a. m. at Cashirr's
Methodist church. The pallbear
ers were Walter C. Wilson, W. T.
Hughes, John P. Fortune, J. Walton
WhaMey, Robert A. Hughes, and
| Bradford F. Pell.
I Mrs. Bryson was a life-long
member of th? Cashiers Methodist
church. She was the widow of
| Alex S. Bryson, who died in 1939.
i Surviving are five daughters,
Mrs. Bryson, Mrs. John P. Fortune,
Mrs. W. C. Wilson, Mrs. W. T.
Hughes, Hartsville, S. C.; four
sons, Howard, Newport News, Jeter
L., Greer, S. C.. Brvson, Glenville,
and 15 grandchildren.
Moody Funeral Home had charge
of arrangements.
Sleepu Mr. and Mrs . Groundhog To Come Out Today
And Make Their Annual Forecast Of The Weather
? V
* By Frances Gilbert Frazier
Staff-Writer
This is Wednesday, February the
second, and a date that tradition
has set aside for an important
decision. On the outcome will He
rend the whole arrangement of the
seasonable ward-robe, plans, and
what-have-you? Will Mr. Gro -nd
Hog see his shadow today? That
;s *he bier question before the
minds of those hardy follow rs of
weather forecasts such as thick
fur on the squirrel; heavier bark
on the north side of trees ? and the
shadow that the Ground Hog sees
? or does not see ? on February the
second.
Mr. Ground Hog is supposed to
onen a pair of fleeny eyes on this
traditional morning, call as he
yawns to Mrs. Grourd Hog and
ask, "Well, my dear, how does it
look outside this morning?V Mrs.
Ground Hog, as an obedient wife
'hould do. lavs down whatever she
is doing, orens the door very cau
tiously and peeks out. So far, so
good but that will not sat;sfy Mr.
Orotrnd Hoy atrd "weTT Kftf Wtfe
knows that. So out she goes, her
apron thrown over her head, for
it is a long ways from Spring yett
regardless of what her hu?band
decrees later in the day. She looks
up, and she looks around and then
she sighs deeply as she agiin turns
back toward the house. What can
she report, for above her the sky
is as tantalizing a blue as a baby's
(Continued en paft 8) ?
Horre Demonstration Clabs of
Jackson county will hold meetings
by the following schedule as an
nounced by the Home Demonstra
tion Agent, Miss Margaret Martin.
The program for all meetings
will be centered around the food
production goals for 1944. Empha
sis will be placed on Farm and
Home Gardens and as special guest,
County Agent G. R. Lackey, w ll
be present to discuss gardening in
Jackson county and to answer in
dividual questions on garden prob
lems. All club members are urged
to be present and to invite the
whole community both men and
women to attend.
Cullowhee and Speedwell, Febru
ary 1, 3 p. m., with Mrs. H. T. Hun
ter. ?
Gay, February 2, 2 p. m., with
Mrs Dave Sutton.
Power House, February 3, 3 p. m.
with Mrs. Bf-atr ce Bryson.
Cashiers, February 4, 3 p. m.
Dillsboro, February 10, 3 p. m.,
with Mrs. C. C. Mason.
Balsam, February 11, 3 p. m.,
with Mrs. Potts.
Webster, February 14, 3 p. m.
Beta, February 14: 7:30 p. m., at
school.
Qualla, February 15, 3 p. m., at
school.
Johns Creek, February 15, 3 p. m.
at school.
Pressley Creek, February 14, 3
(Continued on page four)
Extra Effort Is ,
Called For By
Chairman Ariail
Four Townships In Jackson
Appear To Have Quotas In
Sight, Others Behind.
Jackson county has approxi
mately $140,000 to go in order to
reach the Fourth War Loan Quota
of $225,000, according to the lat
est report from R. L. Ariail,
chairman of the county war finance
committee. Sales shown in the re
port totaled $82,703.
In his report, Mr. Ariail showed
that ,'37 . per cent of the current
quota has been purchased, and less
than two weeks to pro in order to
keep the county's perfect record of
attaining all war goals.
"I sine rely urge that every per
son in Jackson county will person
ally assume the responsibility of
helping in every possible way, to
make the Fourth War Loan Drive a
complete success in our county,"
the chairman said.
"Hack up your township chair
man, give him your financial and
moral support. H? cannot do all
the work that must be done in the
short time that we have to go.
"It appears at this -time that
Hamburg, Cullowhee, Dillsboro
and Qualla townships will go well
over the top before the end of the
drive.
Sylva with a quota of $100,000,
has about 38 per cent of its quota
and Sylva will really have to re
double its efforts to reach its quota
by the end of the drive.
"The Jackson County Bank has
sold $80,F28 00.
"Cullowhee Post Office has sold
$693.75.
"Whittier^ost Office has sold
$1,181.25.
"Sylva Post Office and Cash
iers Post Office have not made
their report on sales.
"Township chairman and co
workers are urged to redouble their
effort to put Jackson county over
the top before February 15th.
"It is going to take the hardest
kind of work on the part of every
one to raise our quota by that date.
"I am sure that everyone in our
county would like to do something:,
would like to fe 1 that he or she
had some part in helping to make
the Fourth War Loan Drive a com
plete success in Jackson county.
"I earnestly hope that every per
son in our county who has any
money set aside or any income at
all will buy a War Bond of some
(Continued on page B)
Four Sylva Men
Serving Overseas
Meet In London
Four Sylva men met in London
on January seventh and had din
ner together. They were Lt. John
O. Buchanan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Buchanan, C*pt. W. Jack
Warren, First Lt. M. E. Brown, son
of Mrs. E. E. Brown, and John A.
Parris, U. P. Correspondent, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Parris.
They report a wondrrful time
ard that it was almost like being?
home, Capt. Warren is a brother
of Walter, Paul and Raleigh War
ren and Mrs. Frank Clouse, of
Sylva, and was formerly employed
1 by the Parson's Tanning Co., here. ?
Permits Required Now
To Burn Any Brush,
Effective February 1, burning
permits will be required of per
sons burning leaves, brush, or any
trash on, or immediately near,
woodland areas under protection of
the North Carolina S'ate Forest
Service, it was announced by Mack
Ash, county Forest Warden.
Permits may be obtained by
c^lliner Mr. A?h at phone 0904. at
the County Commissioners office
or from Charlie Evans at Lovefield.
Mr. Ash pointed out that such
permits are required to let the for
est service know where the fires are
where the "legal" fires are started
Mr. tffcsh said, wtH
keep a check on blazes and save
needless investigation in many
casts. Permits will be required
through May.
The County Warden pointed out
that the proper time for burning
trash, etc., is following a rain or in
the late afternoon or at night when
the air is damp and fire is more
easily controlled.
Instructions for burning were
outlined as follows:
1. Clear strins ? Plow a clean
strip all around a field when burn
ing land off, and making the strip
' wide enough to k ep the fire from
getting away.
2 . Pile brush ? Mak- small pile*
in the open away from woods and
fences.
3. Have tools and help. Have
rakes and water ready. Don't burn
on a windy day.
4. Burn against the wind ? Set
fire in gra?s along the edg? of the
plowed ?trip to burn into the
wind; Burn brush piles from the
aid* of the field first, Burn one
pile to test th? wind; then onIy~a*
many p les at one time as you know
you can handle.
5. Burn on quiet, moist day??
Burn after 4 p. m. when air mois
ture .is increasing. Be particular
ly careful during the worst 4| re
months ? March, April and Novem
ber.
6. Out before leaving ?
at least one man on the job until J
every spark is out. - - _