Many Books Added
? To Tri?County
Library Group
Many new books have just been
added for regional service in th >
Jackson, Swain and Macon library,
according to an announcement
made by Miss Blanche Nisler, li
brarian.
Allen ? The Sun Trail.
Asch ? The Apostle.
Baldin ? You Can't iEscape.
Barrows ? Fraidy Cat.
Baura ? The Weeping Wood.
Bechdolt ? Junior Air Raid War
den. *
Bristow ? Tomorrow Is Forever
Brock? -Topsy Turvey.
Buck ? The Promise.
Carlisle ? Wartime Opportunities
For Men. " ? ? ;
Carlson ? Undercover.
Caudill ? Barri'e And Daughter.
Corbett ? Golden Grain.
Coryn ? The Incorruptible.
Curie ? Journey Among War
riors.
Davis ? Stand Fast And Reply.
Dawson ? She Came To A Valley.
DeLeeuw ? Personality Unlimit
ed.
Downey ? Dog of War.
Farson ? Going Fishing.
Franken ? Another Claudia.
Gates ? Sensible Kate.
Gray ? Adam Of The Road.
Habe ? Kathrine.
Hackett ? The Senator's Last |
Night.
Hader ? The Mighty Hunter.
Heilbut ? Birds Of a Passage.
Hemingway ? For Whom the Bell
Tolls.
H oyer ? Penhallow.
Hilton ? The Story of Dr. Was
sell. . ?
Hitler ? Mein Kampf.
Hobson ? The Trespassers.
Holt ? George Washington .Car
ver.
Hoke ? The Furry Bear.
Idell ? Centennial Summer.
Ingersoll ? The Battle Is The
Pay-Off.
Johnson ? I Married Adventure.
Keyes ? Also The Hills.
Kinert ? Fighting Planes In Ac
tion.
Knight ? Trade Mark Of Traitor.
Llewlyn? -How Green Was My
Valley.
Llewlyn? None But The Lonely
Heart.
McHugh ? I,Am Thinking Of My
Darling.
Marquand? So Little Time.
Marshall? The Great Smith.
Meader ? The Sea Snake.
Mendelssohn ? Fortress In> The
rV^Skies./^" ^
Mi^i*8 ? Vall)ey In Arms.
"^Nathan ? Jpurnal For Josephine.
Neikirk ? -All About Oscar.
O'Hara-^Thunderhead.
Petersen ? Old Bones.
Pollock? Sky Mongoose.
Pope ? Maxim Litvinoff.
Priestly? Daylight On Saturday.
Hitter ? Parasols Is For Ladies.
Robinson ? In And Out.
Sauer ? Fog Magic.
Scott ? God Is My Co-Pilot.
Seager ? Equinox.
Seagrave ? Burma Surgeon.
Selkirk ? Blue Smoke Mystery.
Shiber ? Paris- Underground.
Siegmeister ? The Music-Lover's
Handbook.
Smith? Life In a Putty Knife
Factory.
Sousa ? My Family Right Or
Wrong.
Starr ? Foremanship Training.
Steiner ? Kiki and Muffy.
Summers ? The Battle of the
Sierras.
Tarkington ? Kate Fennigate.
Temple ? Web Adams.
Thurber ? Mary Moons.
Tutt ? Yankee Lawyer.
Von flager? Chico of the Andes.
Voyetekhov? Last Days of Se
vastopol.
Wadelton ? Maggie No Doubt.
Yates? Patterns On The Wall.
TO JOIN NAVY
' Morris "Buddy" Bryson, Jr., who
has been working in defense work
in Portland, Oregon, is visiting his
mother for a few weeks. He plans
? to join the Navy in the near future. 1
v?i 1
Thomas T. Hall Is
Serving Overseas
Thomas T. Hall, of Greens Creek,
has been promoted to the gr ade oi
private first class. As a member
f the army airways communica
tions system wing of the army
\ir force, he has an important as
signment in connection with its
world-wide operations. The AACS
?ontrols take-offs, landings, and
raffic at airdromes; provides com
iiunication with planes in flight
ind exchanges aircraft movement
nd weather information with oth
j r stations; locates lost or ground
d ships; and maintains and oper
ates the range and other radio
navigational equipment that guide
> i 1 ot s safely to the furthest corners
)f the world.
Pic. Hall Was a farmer. ? He is
low serving overseas.
Seaman Wayne Stanford
Finishes Naval Course
Wayne C. Stanford S 2/c, of
Sylva, completed his recruit train
ing February 10 at the Naval
Training Station, Sampson, N. Y.
on the shores of Seneca Lake and
will be granted leave.
Upon his return to Sampson, he
will be eligible far further assign
ment which may qualify him for
a petty officer rating.
RETURNS TO POST
George E. Woodward has return
ed to Fort Knox, Ky., after spend
ing a week with his father, Oscar
Woodward of Tuckaseigee. He has
been in the service for 16 months
having been inducted at Camp
Croft, S. C., and he has had train
ing at Camp Campbell and has
been on maneuvers in Tenn. He is
now with the heavy artillery unit at
Fort Knox. .
NAVY MAN HERE
Troy D. Davis S 2/c, has spent
seven days with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Nath Davis, of Sylva. He
left last Thursday to return to
Bainbridge, Md., where he had fin
ished his boot training prior to his
leave. He entered the Navy Aug
ust 19, 1943. He was working at
Fontana before entering the ser
vice.
IN SOUTH PACIFIC
Thomas H. Frady S 2/c, serv
ing in the South Seas, writes in
teresting letters on the beauty of
the islands and of the many coco
nuts and bananas they eat. He
wants his friends to know where
he is and that he is anxious for
the war to be over so that he can
get back home.
RETURNS TO BASE
Ben Lee Davis, A. S., returned
to Bainbridge, Md., after visiting
his family in Sylva and Speedwell.
He is the foster son of Mr. and
| Mrs. R. L. Knight, of Speedwell.
His wife, the former Miss Helen
Mashburn and two children live
| with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. 0.
E. Mashburn. ?
HOME ON FURLOUGH
Charles S. Bumgarner, who is
serving with a medical detatch
ment at San Francisco, Calif., is
spending a furlough with his wife
and other relatives.
He entered the army last August.
His wife, the former Miss Violet
Deitz, is a member of the staff of
nurses at the Harris Community
H ospital.
AT FLORIDA CAMP
Pvt. James Kindley, a former
resident of Sylva, is now stationed
at Camp Gordon Johnson, Fla. Mrs.
Kindley and children are with her
parents at Indian Train, before
entering service last fall, Mr. Kind,
ley was employed by the Coca-Cola
Bottling Co.
Back the attack. Buy War Bands
and Stamps.
She's a Big Girl Now
PREMATURELY born Bonnie Hadley
weighed 29 ounces at birth. Dec 28.
When Navy d??clors ol Norfolk
Naval Base Hospital put hei in an
incubator, she dropped to '24 ounces.
Fed through a tube she picked up?
and ii*?k at hei n<?w fivt- pounds
and ten unites to pr??vf- she can
? fighi like her daddy Bernard Had
ley, aviation machinist's male USN,
of Nnrfnll* Va (International)
Lt. Edgar Duckett
Now\In Oakland
Lt. Edgar J. Duckett,* who has
been stationed at Norfolk, Va., has
recently been transferred to Oak
land, Calif.
Lt. Duckett received his commis
sion in September, 1942, and re
ceived his basic training at New
port, R. I. He is" the son of Mrs.
E. T. Duckett, of Waynesville.
Lt. Duckett and family resided
in Jackson county for several
years. He was employed by the
Western Carolina Teachers College
and the Mead Corporation.
Mrs. Duckett and two children
will join Lt. Duckett in California
within the next few weeks.
Seaman Fobbins Has ?
Finished Course In
Naval Recruit Training
Howard Robbins S 2/c, of East
La Porte, completed his recruit
training February 10 at the Naval
Training Station at Sampson, N.
Y., on the shores of Seneca Lake
and will be granted leave.
Upon his return to Sampson, he
will he eligible for further assign
ment which may qualify him for a
petty officer rating.
Henry Manous Completes
Recruit Training On 10th
Henry Glenn Manous S 2/c, of
Norton, completed his recruit train
ing February 10, at the Naval
Training Station, Sampson, N. Y.,
on the shores of Seneca Lake and
will be granted leave.
Upon his return to Sampson he
will be eligible for further assign
ment which may qualify him for
petty officer rating.
RETURNS TO POST
Harry Allison A. S., has return
ed to Bainbridge, Md., after spend
ing a week with his wife and son
at their home here, and with his
father, Joe Allison, of Webster.
Allison has just finished his boot
training.
Qualla P. T. A. Has
Interesting- Talks
On Current Topics
The Qualla P.T.A. held an aU
day meeting- in the school audit~r
um on Friday, Fefruary 4th, with
i social program. Mrs. Lawrence
Cordell, president, called the meet
to order and the group sang
"America", follbwed by a prayer
>y Rev. J. L. Hyatt.
After the business session, S i- j
oerintendent A. C. Mo*es di^cucs
^d "Homes and Schools" and the
^art they are plaving in this pres
ent dav crisis, after which Rev. J.
L. Hyatt gave an interesting dis
cussion on the part the churches |
are taking to hold up the morale of
he country. (
? Other ? g-uests ? were ? recognized, |
Mrs. Harry Ferguson, president of
"he Jackson County Council, Mrs.
Tom Ferguson, president of Bry
son City Y\T.A.f Mrs. A. S. Pat- i
terson, of Bryson City, and Mrs.
Huston, of^COlorado.
Founders Day was also observed.
Mrs. Haynes Reagan gave a brief
history of the Qualla P.T.A. and
^nch of the past presidents and
the present president, also the na
tional president were honored by
a candle lighting service, using a
birthday cake for the occasion.
Mrs. R. U. Sutton, director of dis
trist No. 1, gave a very interesting
outline of how the P.T.A. was first
started and a history of the work
up to the present.
A delicious lunch was served in
the lunch room by Mrs. Poorer
and Mrs. L. Reagan, assisted by
the teachers. The lunch room was
decorated. car rying out the Valen- j
tine motif.
Addie School
Sells $2,426 In
4th War Bond Loan
Despite the fact that many of
the patrons of Addie school work
at plants where money is taken I
out for bonds, they have respond
ed whole* heartedly to the call to
buy extra bonds. Teachers and
pupils had sold through last Friday
f2 426.20 in bonds and $36.00 in
stamps.
Twenty stamp books were either
started or added to at the school.
In selling stamps at school the
pictures of Hitler and Tojo were
drawn and when a stamp was sold
a square in the face of one was
stamped out. The first grade suc
ceeded in stamping out Tojo. The
tpachers have not relented in their
efforts to reach their goal, but will
continue to back the attack.
IN NORTH PACIFIC
In a letter to his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Knight, Edwin
Knight stales that he is in the
North Pacific. He entered service
in November, 1942, and after tak
ing his boot training in Rhode
Island, was sent into the North
Pacific.
He says that he has already been
through nine months winter and
has just been issued a new outfit
of fur-lined clothes. His wife, the
former Miss Mary Frances Sut
ton, is teaching in the Willets
school and living with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Sutton.
FINISHES TRAINING COURSE
Private Clifton H. Smith, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W.'H. Smith of East
La Porte, has completed training
and has been graduated from the
school of the Army Air Forces
Training Command.
While attending this Army Air
Force Training Command school he
received instruction in the teletype
operator course and in variou
technical operations vital to th*
maintenance of the country's fight
ing planes.
Back The Attack ? Buy War
Bonds And Stamps.
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r
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SYLVA, N. C.
CI NAP
HOTS
BY
FRANCES FRAZIER
Start Writer
My dear Son:
^ f course I knew that it would
nave to happen but mother-like, I
have used every available method
t? P?stP?ne the full realization of
what this event would mean to
you-and to me. I have tried that
age-old cheering suggestion that
otner mother* have had to go
through this travail. I wasn't the
only mother in this huge world of
str_uggl ing souls trying to under
stand what tKe whole ? tiling"
amounted to in the long run.
Somehow, that gave me very lit' 1 e
consolation. Naturally, I was sym
pathetic toward the other mothers
but this was my world thal^yoiL
were taking part in and I could
not see further than the scope of
your presence.
Then to-day, it happened. You
put on your new uniform and the
glory in your eyes made me asham
ed of the misgivings I had held
so long. Two thoughts racei
through my mind, and heart, eac^
one of such vital importance that
it was hard to give preference,
flow like your father you looked;
straight, stalwarth, eager, and
handsome. The other thought, pre
dominate, was how proud your
father would be to know you were
following in his footsteps so soon.
I he last letter from your father
came three weeks ago, you remem
ber, and gave little information be
yond the fact that he was seeing
service; and continue to address
Care Postmaster, New York, N. Y.
Yes, you put on your new uni
orm and I knew that, regardless
of whatever else might happen, I
was already giving you up. Of
course, you couldn't see it that way
now but you would grow to that
uniform until it became so closely a
part of you that nothing else on
earth would mean so much. You
walked up and down the room;
you saluted, you. marched to un
heard music of victory; in your
eyes was that splendor of triumph
ant success and the happiness of
conquest.
Then, suddenly, my son, I knew
why mothers are called upon to
make the greatest sacrifice a wo
man can know. It is their part in
the war. Every mother who sends
her son forth is doinq: as valiant a
part as the soldier bearing arms.
Her part is never written up in
the headlines; she is never given
a medal of honor; never decorated.
The years she has given to that
sons life, the hours of anguish she
has suffered, the days of worry
and work, all play their important
role but she takes it in its stride
and stays at home.
Yes, it happened today and I
knew that I had lost my son to the
cause for which his father was
fighting. This was your third
birthday and your grandmother
had given you a complete service
uniform. Only three, yes, but can
there be an assurance that in twen-.
ty years from now I won't be giv
ing you up! Will any mother be i
able to count away the coming '
years without the dread fear of
the future? Every milestone that
you, my son, pass will bring you
that much nearer manhood and
the responsibilities that go with
that estate. Will you enjoy them I
Size And Shape
Of Seed Potatoes
Affect The Yield
The size of the Irish potato seed
pieces has a definite influence on
the resulting yield of the crops,
says J. Y. Lassiter, Extension hor
ticulturist at State College.
Research has shown that the po
tato should be cut so that the seed
pieces vfrill be of uniform si*e, ave
raging from 1% to 2 ounces each
This is particularly important if
the seed are to be planted with
mechanical planters. Seed pieces
of various sizes and shapes will
not feed properly and will cause
poor stands. Small, thin seed
pieces dry out rapidly and do not
produce strong plants. The seed
piece should be blocky and have as
evaporation, Lassiter says.
Mechanical cutters have been
used to some extent by North Caro.
linia growers, but due to the abun
dance of labor in the past most of
The cutting has been done by handT
Now that farm labor is extremely
scarce growers are now v looking
for a mechanical cutter that will
do a good job. Such a cutter is
shown on a leaflet which has re
cently been prepared by the Ex
as any normal man should; or will
you don the uniform of which you
are so proud and go forth, as your
father is doing, to do what your
part calls for in response to the
needs of the country?
But today, my son, I am seeing I
you in your uniform for the first
time and I am justly proud that I
am '
Your devoted
Mother.
tension Service at State College*
and a copy will be mailed to any
one interested in securing a simple
mechanical potato seed cutter. In
quiries fui this diagram aheuld be -
addressed to the Horticultural De
partment, State College, Raleigh.
Ask for a copy of the information
of cutting Irish potato see<L
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