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AMERICA t. Lmt Always The Sylva Herald AND RURAL ITE ? CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943 The Sylva Herald, winner ?/ First Place of N. C. Free 0 Association 1943 General Ex cellence Award . VOL. XIX NO. 3 SYLVA, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1944 $1.50 A Year In Jackson and Swain Counties? 5c Copy Jackson Takes News Of Invasion Calmly ? * * + + + + ^ v ^ * County Has War Bond Quota Of $264,000 i Active Campaign Will Be Waged To Reach Goal ' Women's Division Organiz ed Throughout County To Sell More War Bonds. Jackson county hag a quota of $264,000 for the 5th War Loan drive, according to K. L. Artattr permanent war finance chairman. An active campaign will be stag ed in the county and every effort will be made to maintain the per fect record^Qf the county meeting the special war loan quotas. Hugh E. Monteith has been nam _ ed vice chairman and is in charge of the sale of E. bonds. Mrs. Dan K. Moore is chairman of the women's division. The county quota includes $127, 000 in E bonds and $137,000 in all other type bonds. Based on the 1940 census, this means an average investment of $13.60 for every man, woman and child in the county, Mr. Ariail said. "It is going to be a big job to raise more than a quarter of a million dollars in the county," Mr. Ariail said. "The money is in the county several times, and I am confident that the people of Jack son will back the men who are participating in the invasion and all other theatres of war to the ex tent of investing heavily in\J>ond8 between June 12th and July 8th, the period of the drive." Other workers appointed: R. U. Sutton, in charge of industrial plants in the county; Paul Kirk, in charge of merchants and sales ? people in the county. T. N. Massie, chairman of Sylva Township. A meeting of the War Loan Com mittee for Jackson county will be held during the present week at which time a chairman for each township in the county will be ap pointed and quotas will be allocated to each township and announced in next week's paper. Mr. Monteith said he hopes that every person in Jackson county who has any income at all will buy a bond of some denomination during the 5th War Loan Drive. Our slo gan: "Every Person Bay A Bond." We must not fail our boys at this time. Mrs. Dan K. Moore, chairman of the woman's division said, booths will be set up on the street and bonds will be sold from these booths. The following women make up Mrs. Moore's committee in Jack son county: Barkers Creek, Mrs. Ralph Ward, Whittier; Canada, Mrs. Mitchell Shelton, Argura ; Caney Fork, Mrs. Luther Stephens, Cowarts; Cash iers, Mrs. Joe Wright, Cashiers; Cullowhee, Mrs. David Brown; Dillsboro, Mrs. P.. W. Kincaid. Greens Creek, Mrs. Joel Whit more; Hamburg, Mrs. Lyman Stewart, Norton; Mountain, Mrs. John A. Stewart, Erastus; Qualla, Mrs. Jessie Cordell, Whittier; River, Mrs. Joseph Keys, East La Porte; Savannah, Mrs. Sue Bry son, Gay; Scott's Creek, Mrs. Clem Cogdill, Sylva, R.F.D.; Sylva, Mrs. Jeter Snyder; Webster, Mrs. D. D. Davis. Baptist To Meet Sunday With The Hamburg Church The Tuckaseegee Baptist Sunday School Convention mfeets with Hamburg Baptist church, Sunday, June 11th, at three o'clock p. m. All churches in the association are expected to be represented. The following program will be given,? ^ Devotional, Rev. C. C. Welch of Hamburg church. Reports from Vacation Bible Schools and Training Courses. Sftecfa! music by Cashiers choir. The Ridgecrest Sunday School Assembly by Joleen Patterson. gpegUfl music by Loredale Quar tet. Secretary's report and announce ments. ? Evangelism in the sJunday School, Rev. B. S. Hensley, pastor Scotts Creek church. ATTENDED FUNERAL Mr. and Mrs. Harry Crumley, - Mrs. Roy Crawford and Mrs ' Martha Snyder of Canton, and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ayers of Ashe ? Tille, were here last week to attend the D. L. Bryaon funeral. Two Jackson Men Meet In England Raymond Glenn, Jr., Phm. M. 3/c (right), and D. M. Tallent, Jr., G. M. 3/c (left), both of Sylva, met by accident in a theatj^in Eng land. They did not have a chance to see each other for long; but have planned to get together again real soon. ,D. M. Tallent entered the Navy in December, 1943, and took train ing at Bainbridge, Norfolk and , Washington . He graduated in the class of 1943 at Sylva Central high school. He has been serving over seas for sometime. R. L. Glenn entered the Navy in April, 1943, and received his training at Bainbridge, Fort fierce, Fla., and Norfolk, Va. He went overseas in March, 1944. He is a graduate of Sylva high school, Mars Hill College and finished pre-medical school at Emory Univer sity in Atlanta, Ga. 84 Men Enter Service From Jackson In May Two Webster Teachers Resign Misses Susie B. Tatham and Mary Simmons have resigned their position as teachers of Webster high school. Both have been elect ed to teach in the Burlington city schools the next school term. Miss Simmons is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Simmons, of Yadkinville. She attended Court ney high school, and is a graduate of Woman's College, University of North Carolina. She has taught four years at Webster high school. Miss Tatham is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Tatham, of ? Sylva. She attended Sylva high school and Western Carolina Teachers College. Miss Tatham took and active part in public speaking and extra curricular ac tivities during l>oth high school and college days. She has taught two years in^Nahunta high school, Wayne county, and one at Webster high school. Coward Reunion Set For 11th The Coward reunion which has always been held on June 12th will be held this year on Sunday, June 11th, at the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. George Coward at Whit tier. All friends of the family are invited to attend. Twenty-Five Men Go To Army, While Navy Gets 57 Others; Twenty Are Volunteers. Eighty-four Jackson men were inducted into the armed forces dur ing May, according to the list just made public by the local se lective service board. Of the group, four volunteered for duty in the army, and 16 vol unteered for duty in the navy. A total of 25 went to the army, while the navy received the remainder of 57 men. Those volunteering for the army were: Luther Clarence _ Carroll, Charles Griffin Middleton, Frank Clingman Corner and John Paul Nordon. Others going to the army were: George Wilson Bryans, Lewis Arnold Pressley, Mitchell Madi son Conner, Henry Marion Prince, Charlie Thomas Estes, John Wash ington Blanton Robert Lee Bry son, Ralph Odell Oxner, Clyde Cleveland Dobson, Claude Harold Tallent, Robert Lee Patterson, William If a Ashe, Thomas Little john, Fred Hansel Bryson, Wood row Higdon, Vaughn Owen, Quin dell Queen, Wesley Rufus Hoyle, Benlee Bryson, Charles Dallas Parker, Grady Clifton Frizzell. The volunteers to the navy were: Franklin Eugene Justice, Winston McKinley Williamson, Dudley Van diver Frye, Joe Clyde Fisher, Harey Glenn Mull, James Edgar Moore, Frederick Alexander Wil liams, Richard Osborne Wilson, Harlan Jack Reed, D. J. Franks, ? ? (Continued on page 4) Gasoline Dealers And Distributors Pledge To Fight Black Market The Gasoline Distributors and Service Station Oweners and em June second, at the Community House in Sylva. The distributors "Iff this -cotmty r-ndc \ip ft** *?nm niittee: J. C. Cannon, Shell Gaso lin; J. C. Allison, Standard Oil; Roy Reed, Gulf; Leon Sutton, Puroil. J. C. Cannon, chairman, called the meeting to order and introduc ed Edwin Allison, district OPA supervisor, who told the 31 men present what the OPA expected o f them. Mr. Allison stressed the fact that if the attendants would always ask for thelfetfam book before deliver ing the gasoline, . and then detatch the coupon himself that this would help to make certain that the coun terfeit coupons would Tiot be used. Mr. Allison also brought out a J>oint that haa jiot been ^too riear that when coupons are given to others that is (TeaTIng in black: market. "Any gasoline that we use that was not issued for our own use is Black Market Gas," he said. After Mr. Allison's talk the meeting was open for discussion. Another meeting will be held on Friday, June 9th, at the Jack son County Court House, all gaso line distributors, employees, ser vice station owns re and employees are urged to attend, and tfce public is invited. Pet Officials On Visit To Plant; Seek More Milk High Officials Of Milk Firm Make Annual Inspection Of Pet Plant In Waynesville. Officials of the Pet Milk Com pany and Pat Dairy Produoto Com pany were well pleased with the program being carried on at the Waynesville plant, which they vis ited last week, for their annual in spection. The officials were also impressed with the general increase in milk production in this area, and Stress ed to R. B. Davenport, general manager, that with an unlimited market, even larger quantities of milk could be handled. The Waynesville plant is now handling five times as much milk as five years ago, and two and a half times more ice cream. Those visiting the plant includ ed John Latzer, president of Pet Milk Company, John Naylor, vice president, C. H. Reynolds, district manager and secretary-treasurer of Pet Dairy Products Company, L. A. Ballew, general manager and vice president of Pet Dairy Pro ducts Company, and R. O. Jenkins, assistant general manager of the Pet Dairy Products Company. The dairy officials spent the night in Waynesville after making their inspection of the plant. They were well pleased with the plant and its operation. Lions Given Story Of Life Rafts At 16th 100% Meeting The Sylva Lions were shown how a 5-man life raft operates at their meeting last week, when two officials of The Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Company in Way nesville gave a demonstration with one of the rafts similar to the one used by Captain Eddie Ricken backer and his six companions on the Pacific. The demonstration was given by Ned Tucker, personnel director, and Clyde Fisher, production offi cial. The life raft was inflated, and the members were shown the var ious items which each raft is equip ped. The bottom of the rafts are "sea" blue to keep sharks and other devastating fish from biting the rubber boats. The top part of the rafts are bright yellow, which can be easily seen from the air. The meeting was the 16th con secutive meeting in which the club had 100 per cent attendance. Officers will be elected for the coming year at the next meeting. RETURN TO MISSOURI Sgt. and Mrs. Loyle Nash and daughter, Sandra, have returned to Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., after spending sometime with Mrs. Nash's parents, Dr. and Mrs. D. D. Hooper. In Maryland HENRY ALVIN MOODY, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Moody, of Erastus, entered service Decem ber, 1943. He was inducted at Fort Jackson, received training at Fort Blandfog, Fla. Ho recently ?pent 12 days at borne. He return ed to Fort George G. Meade, Md., for further orders. Study Conference On Education Resources Underway At WCTC In Marines GEO. N. CRAWFORD, JR., 19, has recently been given a corpor al's promotion in the Marine Corps. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in September, 194.3, took boot training at the Marine base in San Diego, Calif., and was then transferred to gunners school in Norman, Okla., and passed this and was then sent to Purcell, Okla., where he attended an aerial gun ners school and was graduated from this school recently. He is now stationed in Marine base in Edenton for advanced training. A graduate of Cullowhee high school and son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Crawford, of Cqllowhee. . Closman Carolina Grille To Open Thursday Night Mrs. Louise S. Closman, of Knoxville, is opening the dining room of the Carolina Hotel on Thursday night, June 8th. It will be known as Closman Carolina Grille. The dining room has been completely redecorated, new fix tures installed and is very pleas ing and attractive. In addition to the dining room service she will specialize in pas tries which will be offered for sale daily at a date to be announced later. Mrs. Closman is especially quali fied to cater to special parties and clubs, and will gladly assist in making arrangements. A small gift shop in connection will feature LaPere Pottery. Miss Verna Vaye Hooper is in Chattanooga, Tenn., visiting Mr, and Mrs. Clyde Pruette. Plans for the six weeks study conference on resource education to be held at Western Carolina Teachers -CoHege J uly 5- J uly ? 1 5, are nearing completion, it was an nounced by' W. E. Bird, director of the summer session for the Teachers College. Realizing that the immense res ervoirs of research findings which define - and attack problems and opportunities of people in* the Southern mountains need to be channeled into an action program of education, educators of this sec tion have resolved to translate these great bodies of assembled facts into accessible forms adapt ible for instructional purposes in our elementary schools and high schools. The purpose of the con ference is to work out wavs and means for insuring the continuous flow of research on Southern re gional resources and problems in to active educational processes and thus cause research findings to be come vital forces in the thinking and action of the region. Those initiating the idea and participating in the conferences and discussions that have eventuat ed into the work study conference are faculty members and adminis trators of Western Carolina Teach ers' College, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the University of North Carolina, the training staff of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the follow ing sixteen county and city supei1 intendents: A. B. Bell, Clay coun ty; Floyd W. Hendrix, Cherokee; Floyd Griffin, Graham; W. L. Lathan, Swain; Guy L. Houk, Ma con, J. B. Jones, Transylvania; A. C. Moses, Jackson; M. H. Bowles, Haywood; T. C. Roberson, Buncombe; ? Mrs. Edna G. Rhodes, Madison; Miss Hope Puck, Yancey; R. G. Anders. Henderson; H. (Continued on page 4) GOES TO CALIFORNIA Jack Norton, A. O. M. 3^c, re turned last Thursday to San Diego, Calif., after spending a week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Norton, at Cullowhee. He has served for 14 months in the Naval Air Corps. He is now an instructor in gunnery school. ? * ? GOES TO MAINE M iss Edith Alley, of Canton, has been spending several days with M rs. E. A. Bumgarner at Sunset Farms before leaving for Portland, Maine, where she will be employ ed this summer, ? * ? BACK FROM WEST Ray Jones and Dewey Nations have returned .to their home on Nations' Creek, after spending some time in Darrington, Wash. Operators Pledge To Fight Black Market The following pledge is being signed by all service station opera tors of North Carolina in an effort to break th" gasoline black market. At a recent meeting held here by OPA directors, this pledge was given to all operators to sign : L black market gasoline shall pass through my filling station; Therefore, in handling gasoline ra tioning coupons, I pledge my gov ernment that I will: i Always ask ___for_ rationing rbuuk lwfui e delivering gasoline. 2. Always be sure correct Ration Sticker is properly displayed on the vehicle. | 3. Always be sureTlre is the same as described on the ra tion book cover. 4 Always detach coupons from the book. 5. Always see that coupons are endorsed as follows: A, 6, C, Dt and T coupons (except those issued to fleets) must show on front of coupon* : (1) Vehicle license num ber and state af registration. B, C, D and T coupons issued to fleets must *kov> on front of ecu pottx: (1) Name and address of ! fleet operator showing state and town (or) (2) Certificate of War j Necessity number and state and | town Cor) (!]) License number of | vehicle and state. E and R Cou~ | pons mitxt show on front: (1) Name and address ?>f ration holder plain fy written. - ~ 6. Always, as soon as possible, place coupons on gummed sheets and complete information request ed on face of sheet; name and ad dress; "Date gummed sheet as of date transferred to distributor. 7. Always safeguard my coupons as I do my money. 8. Never deliver gasoline unless there are enough coupons for cur rent^, period to cover purchase. 9. Never deliver gasoline unless the coupons are properly endorsed on the face by purchaser. 10. Never accept loose coupons. 11. Never remove coupons once they have been placed on a gum med sheet. 12. Never be a party to any black market transactions. | Church Services Held Throughout County Tuesday ? - Scores Of Jackson Men Are In European Theatre Of War At This Time. Jackson county took the news of the invasion of France by the Al lied nations in a calm and prayful manner Tuesday. Citizens turned to the churches throughout the conuty for comfort, and to pray for the scores of Jack son men who are in the invasion area, as well as for all allied fight ers. , ? The news was received calmly, although it caused tl^^lephone operators to work faster as rush calls were made. Citizens gather ed in groups in all public places and discussed the news, with radios going: full tilt. Special prayer services were held in the Sylva churches from noon until one o'clock, with many inte rested persons attending. Church hells were run^ in East Sylva about six o'clock, although none were runpr in Sylva. Cullowhee churches remained open, but no special services were held. At Webster the church bells were rung, and special church services h< Id Tuesday ni^ht. At Dillsboro the bells were rung, and a special service was held at noon. People in all walks of life took a k"*n interest in tbe news, which | announced t ,e invasion started about 2:30 a. m. Tuesday morning, I our time, along the coast of France. The allied troops made satisfactory landing from 4,000 ships, while an umbrella of 11,000 planes protected them from light German tighter planes. In the first few hours of fighting, the Allies threatened to take a railroad which ran from the coast toward Paris. W. Lawson Allen , Accepts Post Of 1 Religious Training W. Lawson Allen, son of Mrs. L. L. Allen, and the late Mr. Allen, of Sylva, has accepted the chair of religious education at the Gard ner - Webb College of Boiling Springs. Mr. Allen is a former religious director of the First Baptist churches of Asheville and Jackson ville, Fla., and the Highland Bap-? tist church of Louisville, Ky. He is a graduate of Western North Carolina Teachers College and of the Baptist Theological Seminary of the class of 1943. Mrs. Moody Returns From Attending Funeral Of Sister In Virginia ?Mrs. Martha C. Moody, of Whit tier, returned home Wednesday from Winston-Salem, and Culpep per, Va,, where she attended the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Sarah Ann Queen, who died at the home [of her daughter, Mrs. Edd Floyd% formerally of Whittier. Mrs. Queen, who made her Home with her daughter in Culpepper, had been in ill health for several months. She was the widow of Rev. Haynes Queen, of the Ravens j ford section. j Surviving are her three sons and | three daughters, one sister and one brother. | - Home (>n Furlough 4 After 2 Years In S9 Panama Canal Zone | Floyd E. Carden, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Carden. is home on a I twenty-one day furlough after I spending two years in the Panama 1 Canal Zone. Carden, who is attached to a Signal Col of the U* S- Army, kts , been doine- construction work in the Canal Zone. He was inducted into service In January, 1942, and this is his first trip home since entering the ser vice. UNDERGOES OPERATION Mrs. Carl .Tone* of T daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Miller, who underwent an opera* tion at the Haywood County Hos pital last week, is improving and the attending physician says that she may return home soon. TO PREACH SUNDAY ? Rev. Joe Daniel of Stat Marto**/ win preach at Jute Messex^^flr Sunday, June 11th at V efelodBn, >,/ Everyone is urged to alien iL
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