The Sylva Herald
AND RURALITE?CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943
The Sylva Herald, wi*ner ?/
First Place of N. C. Free*
Association 1943 General Ex
cellence Award,
VOL. XIX NO. 48 - SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, April 18, 1945 $1.50 A Year In Jackson And Swain Counties 5c Copy
BURIED SUNDAY
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Tremendous Burden
Assumed By Nation's
New President
PRE-SCHOOL ROUND-UP
TO BE SPONSORED BY
P. T, A. MEMBERS
HON RECEIVES TRUMAN'S FIRST OFFICIAL
EECH WITH APPLAUSE AND CONFIDENCE
iv President Pledges
II Cooperation In
itinuing FDR's Policies
Mrs. C. C. Buchanan
Speaker At PTA
The Sylva PTA met Tuesday after
noon in the Sylva High School build
ing. After the business session Mrs.
C. C. Buchanan gave a most interest
ing talk on the use of books for cul
tural education. She had arranged
an exhibit of books and music, art,
nature study and manners as w?ll
as posters on' these subjects.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
33rd PRESIDENT OF U. S.
President Harry S. Truman dedi
cated his administration to war and
peace ideals of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt in his first official speech
before a joint session of the house and
senate in Washington Monday after
noon.
He emphasized with humility the
great task which faces him as he as
sumes the tremendous burden cast on
bis shoulders by the sudden passing
?if Franklin Roosevelt, but in his
need for cooperative backing he
ffiedges his entire effort to the carry
ing out of the plans for pushing the
war to a conclusive and victorious
end, and a lasting peace. He said
that he takes this program as ? 4uty.
Bfcth Bdbocrats and kepuflWSihV
received his speech with applause, as
ene full of humility and earnestness.
Senator Minority Leader White of
Maine summed up in four words the
common reaction of Democrats, Re
publicans and diplomats?"I have
only commendation." ,
President Truman's speech in part
is as follows:
Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Mem
bers of Congress:
It is with heavy heart that I stand
before you, my friends and col
leagues, in the Congress of the United
States.
Only yesterday, we laid to rest the
mortal remains of our beloved
president, Franklin Delano Roose
velt. At a time like this, words are
inadequate. The most eloquent
tribute would be a reverent silence.
Yet, in this decisive hour when
world events are moving so rapid
ly, our silence mfrght be misunder
stood and might give comfort to our
enemies.
'A Tremendous Void' j
In His infinite wisdom, Almighty
Gid has seen fit to take from us a
great man who loved, and was be
leved by all humanity.
No man could possibly fill the
tremendous void left by the pass
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SANDHILLS PEACHES
ESCAPE DAMAGE
Raleigh, April 14.?Although the
temperature went down to 34 degrees
In some sections of the sandhills l?st
week, no frost damage to the peaches
is apparent, the State Department of
Agriculture is informed.
No damage to strawberries in the
Wallace and Chadbourn areas has
been reported.
Rev. John L. Hyatt
Suffers Stroke
The many friends of Rev. John L.
Hyatt of Qualla will be sorry to learn
that he is paralyzed in his right arm,
leg and face as a result of a strq^e
suffered last night.
Mrs. N. B. Davis Reelected
President of Webster P T A
? *rs. N. B. Davis was reelected
President of the Webster Parent Tea
chers Association for the coming 1945
-1946 at the hieeting held Tuesday
Jriternoon at the Webster school
bouse.
Other officers elected were, Mrs.
Carl Stanford, Vice-Pres., Miss Lora
Attoe Long, Sec, and -Mrs. R. P.
Buchanan, Tret.
A pre-school round-up will be
conducted in Jackson County under
the auspices of the Parent-Teachers
Association for the purpose of enroll
ing children who will enter school
next fall for the first time. In con
nection with this round-up the Jack
son County Health, Department will
make a physical examination of all
children in attendance to determine
the presence of physical defects that
may be a hindrance to the child's
progress in school. Parents will be
notified of existing defects in order
that they may have an opportunity
to have them corrected before the
opening of school in the fall. The
Health Department will also admin
ister vaccinations for smallpox and
diphtheria and whooping cough in
children not having previously re
ceived immunization against these
J^-State Law recently enacts
ed by the legislature of North Caro
lina prohibits the enrollment of a
child in school who cannot, furnish
evidence of having had smallpox vac
cination and diphtheria and whooping
ccugh innoculations.
The schedule of-pre-school clinics
in Jackson County is as follows:
Webster School?April 17, at 10:00
A. M.
Cullowhee School?April 17, at 1:30
P. M.
' Beta School?April 30, at 10:00 A.
M.
Sylva School?April 30, at 1:00 P. M.
Glenville School?May 9, at 10:00
A. M.
Cashiers School?May 9, at 1:00 P.
M.
John's Creek School?May 21, at
10:00 A. M.
Dillsboro School?May 22, at 9:30
A. M. *
Qualla School?May 22, at 10:30 A.
M.
Savannah School?May 22, at 1:30
P. M.
NATION OPENS WAR
ON BAD BRAKES
Sgt. T. Armond Sandlin of the
North Carolina State Highway patrol
of this district has announced the
participation of the patrol and other
law enforcement officers in the Na
tional war on bad brakes on passen
ger automobiles. Sgt. Sandlin stated
that there will not be a general brake
inspection but all cars involved in
traffic violations will be checked not
only for proper brakes but the driver's
hcense will be checked.
The purpose of the drive is to save
passenger cars and the lives of many
persons. The unique check will be
made by placing a one inch block
under the brake pedal and if the
brake does not start to grip before
reaching the block they are then con
sidered unsafe and in need of ad
justment or repair.
Local motorists may save them
selves embarrassment and money
later by having their brakes checked
now.
Capt. Carl Byrd Fisher
And James Ainst
Whittier Visitors
Capt. Carl Byrd Fisher and Capt.
James B. Ainest of Bobbins Field, Ga.,
were week-end guests of Mrs. J. O.
Fisher of Whittier. Wljile here they
also visited Charles A. Barker who
is a patient at Moore General Hos
pital
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Entire Nation Mourns Death
Of Franklin D. Roosevelt;
Vast Tasks Face Truman
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT ? ?
JANUARY 30, 1883?APRIL 12, 1945.
Rotarians Hear Interesting Account
Of Trip To War Fronts By Major Brown
Bryson City ? Despite nearly
four years of German occupation,
Paris is still the showcase of France
and manages to carry on a number of
traditions for which it was famous
in peacetime, Maj. Alexander G.
Brown, chief of the services division
af the AAF Weather Wing in Ashe
ville, told Rotarians of Sylva, Bry
son City and Cherokee at a dinner
meeting of the Tri-City Rotary club
here Thursday night. ( April 12. )
Speaking on the general subject.
"The Last Time I Saw Paris," Maj.
Brown based this talk on observa
tions and impressions of war-time
England and France collected in a
recent six-weeks familarization visit
to the European theatre of operations.
Areas of extreme devastation mark
scenes of the bitter fighting for the
coastal sections of France, but the
zone of the interior and Paris itself
show little effect of the war, he said.
Black markets in France, which
have created an extremely difficult
problem for allied authorities from a
practical and moral standpoint, were
an economic necessity and a patri
otic operation during the period of
occupation, for they diverted a large
portion of the available merchandise
from German hands, Maj. Brown
pointed out.
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"Now, with the Germans out of
Paris and other French cities, the
Frenchman is unable to adjust him
self to the moral concept tha"t the
black market is wrong," he explained.
Food is very scarce in France, and
it is a constant struggle to obtain
enough to subsist on, Maj. Brown re
ported .
Despite the extremely low value of
French currency, the francs-for dodl
lars exchange rate makes merchan
dise cost the American about four
times as much as it costs the French,
he said.
Turning to his visit to England,
Maj. Brown reported the British jvere
still surprisingly well dressed de
spite strict rationing.
"Bank messengers still wear their
traditional silk hats and long frock
coats, and the staffs of such hotels
as the Savoy, the Mt Royal and the
Cumberland are immaculately attir
ed at all hours in their striped trous
ers, morning, sack or evening coats
and stiffly starched shirts and collars,
he recalled.
Stores in England are still well
stocked with merchandise, but there
Die few customers, Maj. Brown said.
"This can be understood when you
study the very severe rationing pro
gram under which the British live,'
he said. "A civilian is allowed only
45 clothing coupons a year, and these
must also serve for the purchase of
linens. Two handkerchiefs cost one
coupon, a suit of clothes about 24, a
shirt four or six. Without overcoat or
hat, the average Englishman can pur
chase one change of clothes a year
under his coupon allowance. With all
these limitations, they still appear
well dressed, though somewhat shop
worn and shiney at the elbow."
The Weather Wing in Asheville
serves as administrative clearing
house for the Air Forces' far-flung
Weather Service, which forcasts for
air and ground operations through
out the world.
S. Sgt. George W. Jones, Jr.
War Prisoner of Germany
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Jones of Loris,
S. C., have received a card from their
son Staff Sgt. George W. Jones, Jr.,
saying that he is a prisoner o( war in
Germany. The card was dated Feb.
4 and sent from Stalag V 111 A.
S. Sgt Jones was previously re
ported missing in action since Dec. 21
while serving with the 423 Inf. 106th
Division. He entered the army
March, 1943, and received basic train
ing at Fort Jackson and was on ma
neuvers in Tennessee and at Camp
Atterburg, Ind. George, Jr., and his
daddy have almost a parallel induction
experience. Both attended sthool at
Cullowhee, (W.C.T.C.) George, Sr.,
in 1918, George, Jr., just priof to his
induction. Each entered ttfe* army
in the same month and at the same
army camp; but twenty-five years
apart.
Sgt. Jones is the grandson of the
late Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Jones of Gay.
Here is a list of the grandsons and
great grandsons of this couple who
are now in defense of their country.
Nelson Tatham, Corsey Tatham, Ed
win Almond, Robert Jones, Jr., Claude
Jones, Francis Jones, Coleman Jones,
Lyle Jones, all of Gay and Asheville,
and George W. Jones, Jr., of Loris, S.
A
CHIEF EXECUTIVE DIED FROM CEREBRAL
HEMORRHAGE AT WARMS SPRINGS COTTAGE
SYLVA PAYS TRIBUTE
TO THE LATE PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT
Sylva" honored the late President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt with a
memorial service held at the Baptist
church Saturday afternoon at 4
o'clock. All churches participated in
the service.
H. Gibson, 'Mayor, opened the meet
ing with a few well chosen words De
fore turning it over to the following
pastors who represented their respec
tive churches, Rev. T. F. Dietz, Bap
tist, Rev. R. G. Tuttle,' Methodist,
Rev. Rufus A.^Morgan, Episcopal and
Rev. McCullum, Presbyterian.
Music was furnished, by a joint
choir from the churches.
All business in town was sus
pended for an hour'between 4 and 5
o'clock.
JACKSON SOLDIER
HELPS BLOW UP
JAP SUPPLY DUMPS
WITH THE 38TH DIVISION ON
B ATA AN?"We blew up at least a
dozen ammunition dumps in these
mountains," Pl'c. Clarence O. Austin,
of Sylva, North Carolina, told an
Army Combat Correspondent.
Pt'c. Austin was a member of a
platoon of the 151st Infantry which
was assigned, in addition to their
other missions, to cj^strny the enemy
ammunition supplies cached deep in
the hills of Zig Pass on Luzon.
"You could see the debris going
sky high after our. demolition charges
set off the Jap dumps," Austin said.
"It was a regular Fcurth of July cele
bration." he concluded.
Pfc. Austin, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Austin, Route 1,. Sylva, and
husband of Flora Austin, (same ad
dress) has been overseas fifteen
months in the Central and Southwest
Pacific theaters, arid now holds the
Combat Infantry Badge, and the
Asiatic-Pacific and Philippines Lib
eration ribbons with one campaign
I star.
Pvt. Nations War Casualty
The remains, of President Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt were buried Sun
day morning at 10 o'clock in a sim
ple grave in the sunny garden of his
family estate overlooking the Hud
son River.
For a brief time, the great of the
nation?the new president, the cab
inet, the members of the Supreme
Court, the leadex's of Congress, the
representatitves of foreign powers?
were gathered about the open grave.
Mrs. Roosevelt, her son, Brig. Gen.
Elliot Roosevelt, her daughter, Anna,
son-in-law, LL Col. John Boettiger,
ancL wives of her three other sons,
Mrs. Franklin, Jr., Mrs. James and
Mrs. John Roosevelt and other rela
tives and close friends of the family
gathered about the grave as the sim
ple burial words were spoken by the
President's 76-year-old pastor, Rev.
W. George Anthony, rector of the
Hyde Park church.
Immediately following the burial
rites many of the officials, including
Mrs. Roosevelt, son, Elliot, and daugh
ter, Anna, returned to Washington on
the Presidendt's special train.
DIED SUDDENLY THURSDAY P. M.
The Nation w a s shocked and
plunged in sadness when word was
Hashed to the world that the Presi
dent died at his Warm Springs cot
tage at 4:35 P. M. (E.W.T.) Thursday
following a cerebral hemorrhage suf
fered a short time eariler.
In Washington at 7.09 P. M., Vice
President Harry S. Truman took the
oath as the Nation's 32nd Chief Exe
cutive.
"I hyve a terrific headache" were
the last words spoken by President
Roosevelt-to'?omdr. Harold Bruenn,
naval physician. A few minutes later
he was unconscious.
The body was taken from Warm
Springs by train to Washington where
it arrived early Saturday morning.
Funeral services were held in the
East room of the White House Satur
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J. R. DILLS FUNERAL
HELD SATURDAY P. M.
Funeral rites were held Saturday
afternoon at 2 P. M. at the Jarrett
Memorial church for J. R. Dills, 72,
who died at his home in Dillsboro
Thursday April 12th, following an
illness of several weeks. Rev. F. P. ?
Blankenship, Rev. T. F. Deitz aixl
Rev. B. S. Hensley were in charge of
the service. Burial followed in the
Parr is cemetery.
M.\ Dills was a life-long resident
cf Jackson County. He was married
to Miss Octa Fowler in 1896. Mr. Dills
is survived by the widow, one son
Ralph Dills of Dillsboro, two half
brothers, Thurman Dills of Dillsboro,
Jessie Dills of Cullowhee, one sister,
Mrs. D. M. Tallent of Sylva.
Active pallbearers were: Claude
Pangle, Claude Queen, James Wike,
Weaver Mashburn, Howard Dills and
Theodore Snyder. Honorary pall
bearers were: Walter Ashe, W. C.
Queen, S. W. Enloe, Cole Cannon,
Mont Cannon, Elias Monteith, Capt.
Weaver, C. B. Thompson, R. F. Jar
! rett, Dr. A. S. Nichols, Dr. A. A.
Nichols, H. L. Hol^en, Glenn Hughes
Roy Cowan, Rass Barrett, Mr. Press
ley, P. W. Kincaid, John A. Parris,
Dr. D. D. Hooper, Dr. Grover Wilkes,
and Dock Sutton.
Flower girls were: Mrs. P. W. Kin
caid, Mrs. Ossie Sutton, iMrs. Ruth
Buchanan, Mrs. Ed Curry, Mrs. Ruby
Middleton, Miss Nina Bumgarner,
Mrs. J. A. Parris, Mrs. Mont and
J. C. Cannon, Mrs. C. C. Mason,
Mrs. Virginia Coxe and Mrs. Rass
Barrett. 1
Training Union To Be .
Held With The Scott's *
Creek Baptist Church
The Tuckaseegee Baptist Trianing
Union Associational meeting is to be
held with the Scott's Creek Baptist
Church Tuesday night, April 24, 1945,
at 8:00 P. M. AH Training Unions
throughout the south are holding
Similar meetings on this night and it
is hoped that all church in our as
sociation will be respresented at this
important meeting. ,
Pvt. Rufus D. Nations was reported
killed in action in Germany, March
12, 1945.
He is survived by the widow, the
former Miss Ruth Bumgarner, his
father, Baxter Nations, one brother,
Vivian Nations and two sisters, Mrs.
Lovell Hipps, of Barkers Creek and
Mrs. Earl Henson of Canton.
Mrs. R. U. Sutton Principal
Speaker At Savannah PTA
The Savannah PTA held its regular
monthly meeting last Thursday after
noon with Mrs. Bragg Allison, presi
dent, presiding.
Mrs. R. U. Sutton, past district
president, was the speaker, using as
her subject, "What the PTA Means
to the Home and the Community."
Mrs. Fisher's first grade and the
sixth grade tied for having the most
mothers present.
At the conclusion of the program
refreshments were served.,
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.If so, I know you'll want to buy a
chance for this quilt soon.