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SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, Aug. ?2, 1945
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South Carolina High
way May Be Paved
In Very Near Future
Road Is Important
Link In (4-C) Highway
North To South
Keowee (8. C.) Courier
One of the post-war roads plan
ned by the state highway depart
ment will toe route 107, the Turn
pike road from Oconee state park
to the North Carolina state line,
where it will connect with a paved
highway, already constructed, lead
ing direct to Cashiers Valley.
This road will pass through one
of the most picturesque sections of
South Carolina mountains, and will
provide the shortest all paved
route from Walhalla to Knoxville,
Tenn.
The tentative route is by the
Walhalla fish hatchery, one of the
largest hatcheries for trout fish in
the country. This scenic road will
afford a direct route into the resort
area at Cashiers.
Already paved from the North
Carolina line, the road proceeds
through Cashiers, Sylva, the Cher
okee Indian reservation in North
Carolina, Gatlinburg, Tenn., and on
to Knoxville.
The unpaved stretch of the old
Turnpike road by Oconee state -park
measures about fifteen miles. It is
now a narrow gravel road of al
most continuous curves and is pres
ently maintained by the United
States forest service and the state
highway department. The road was
laid out by a German engineer
three-quarters of a century ago.
Civic clubs and influential citi
zens of Oconee county have long
sought to have the road paved.
JACKSON CITIZENS
ENJOY SH0PPIN6 FOR
RATION-FREE FOODS
Citizens of Jackson county went
on a joyous spree of buying this
week when it was announced that
certain commodities had been
taken off the rationing list. Motor
ists, who had been thrifty with gas
tickets once again, could drive up
and say, "fill it up". Housewives,
to whom, canned fruits and juices
had become a luxury, bought
again. Stores did a rushing busi
ness this week as many people had
gotten caught with the two-day
holdiay and had not stocked up.
Merchants report a thriving busi
ness.
Many other items are slated to
come off the list of rationed goods
? in the near future. It has been
reported that meats may come off
this list by the last of September,
but the government has warned
that an uncontrolled buying spree
by the American public may
v result in a drastic shortage of cer
tain commodities.
Priorities have been lifted on
some building projects and many
o I the other wartime restrictions
have been removed. In other words
it's all right to go ahead and buy
some things. The only require
ment is that you may have to Search
to find it.
Father of Former W.C.T.C.
Teacher Passes
Friends of Miss Laura Jean Mc
Adams, Due West, S. C., who for
several years was head of the
Romance languages at Western
Carolina Teachers College, have
recently learned of the death of
her father, who lived with his
family in Due West.
MORE AND BETTER
GAS COMING SOON
With ft? endinf of hostilities
with Japan rationing officiate
in Washington announced that
gasoline ie now off the ration
list and you can drive up to '
your favorite eervice station
and again a ay, "fill'ar up".
Gas producers, st the asms
time, announced that the qual*
ity of gae for motorists will
soon be improved.
Roy S. Dalton Receives
Discharge After Five Years
Service
Roy S. Dalton, of Sylva, Rt. 1,
alter serving in the armed forces
since 1940 has recently received
his discharge. After thirty months
spent in Europe he returned to this
country in July and was discharged
soon after. He took part in the
campaigns in North Africa and
Sicily and the D-Day invasion and
was with the army that met the
Russians at the Elbe river in
June.
Dr. W. B. Boyd Dies
Of Heart Aattack
According to word received at i
Western Carolina Teachers Col- '
lege, Dr. W. B. Boyd, former dean
of Milligan College and uncle of
Miss Charlotte Watson, who teaches
art at the college, died of a heart
attack on Tuesday morning.
Jackson Schools
Opens Thursday
Thursday morning will begin a
new year for Jackson county. All
county schools with the exception
of Cullowhee Training scHool will
begin their work at that date. The
training school is scheduled to
open August 30th. The two days
of this week will mainly be devoted
to organization, registration and
the distribution of available sup
plies.
Jackson County Men,
Prisoners Of Japs
The following four men are the ,
latest reports gvien on the Jackson
county Japanese prisoners.
Cpl. Plummer P. Lowe, Camp i
No. 13 of "the Philippine Islands. I
Pvt. Talmadge W. Middleton, Hoten
Camp, Manchukuo; T. M. 2-c
Samuel Robert Owens, Fukuoka
prison camp, Japan and Phm. 2-c
Claywell Thomas Hyde, Fukuoka
Sgt. Sherrill Returns To
Spokane Army Air Base
Evelyn Sherrill who has
ibeen spending a twenty-day fur
' lough with her parents Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Sherrill has returned to
j the Spokane Army Air base where
she is stationed Sgt. Sherrill was
cnlled home due to the illness of
her mother.
Sylva Plants Expect No Cut In
Production In Immediate Future
Mead Corporation and Armour
Leather Co., Sylva's two largest
industries do not anticipate any
immediate cut back or reconver
sion, due to the termination of the
war.
Armour officials state that the
civilian consumption of leather will
be high and keep their postwar
rate of production^ at about the
same level. With the return of
added manpower, labor shortage j
will be slightly offset.
Mr. Paul Ellis, general manager
of Mead Corp., Sylva ^Division,
says that there will be no immedi
ate change in that company. Paper,
listed as one of the most vital of
war commodities, will continue to
remain as an important postwar
product and while Mead ran at
peak production during the war,
there will be little slowing up for
some time to come.
Dean W. E. Bird Receives
Appointment By
Governor Cherry
W. E. Bird, dean of instruction
at Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege, has been appointed by Gov
ernor Gregg Cherry, to serve as a
member of the North Carolina Re
source Use, Education Commission
of the State Planning Board.
It is the function of this group,
Governor Cherry's letter stated, to
assist all efforts toward develop
ing an understanding by all of the
people of the importance of con
servation and wise use of our re
sources ? human, natural and so
cial. "It is my firm conviction that
this is of utmost significance to the
future prosperity of our state", the
letter went on to say, "and I trust
you will find it possible to accept
this appointment."
Dean Bird is director of the sum
mer school session at Western Car
olina Teachers College, and has
been mainly responsible for the
organizing and administering, for
two consecutive summers, gradu
ate work study conferences on re
sources education.
J. C. Whitmire To Be
With Sylva Supply
After September 1
Mr. J. C. Whitmire, well known
sales promoter and dry-goods
salesman, who has been with Ma
loof's Department store in Bryson
City for the past several years, has
accepted a position with Sylva
Supply Company, effective, Sept.
1. Mr. Whitmire will have charge
of the Dry-goods Department
of the Supply company. He is a
native of Brevard and his family
still makes their home there on a
large river farm near the Tran
sylvania city. Before the war Mr.
Whitmire conducted successful
sales for department stores all over
Western North Carolina.
Marine Sherman J. Lillard
Wounded At Okinawa
Mrs. Doyle Robinson of Dills
boro has been notified that her son,
A. C. Sherman J. Lillard, USMC,
was wounded in the left shoulder
during enemy action on Okinawa.
A. C. Lillard entered service in
June, 1941, and of this time spent
four months overseas. He trained
at Parris Island, S. C.
GEN. WAINWRIGHT
MAY SEE JAPAN SIGN
SURRENDER ARTICLES
Corregidor's hero, Lt. Gen. Jona
than M. Wainwright, liberated in
the past few days from a Jap pri
soner of war camp in Manchuria,
will probably get to see the signing
of the surrender by Japan, as un
?onfimed reports indicate he will.
Gen. Wainwright, along with
other officers and enlisted men of
the Army taken prisoners by the
Japs when Corregidor fell to the
Japs in 1942, were found safe by
U. S. parachutists who dropped in
side Japanese held territory on
August 16. Wainwright and his
gallant men will go down in history
as bravest of the brave. The great
commander was given the terrible
assignment of holding an unten
able position as long as possible
and then suffered the nightmare
oi surrender.
It will certainly please all Amer
ica it the General is allowed to be
present for the surrender cere
monies oi tne Japs.
S. G. Claude J. Morris
Returns To States
Sgi. Claude J. Morris, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Morris of Sylva
and husband of Ella M. Moss oi
Cunowhee, has returned to the
States alter serving 42 months in
the European theater of operations.
He wears the i/TO ribbon with
four major battle stars and an
arrownead. Sgt. Morris served in
the 5th, 6th, and 7tn armies, Ai
trie time that he received his dis
cnurge ne was witn tne 7 in army
at Marseille, France. He had lit
points to nis credit. He liew to
Moraine, Fla., coming uy way oi
Li 1 U4.ll.
Beiore entering service he was em
poiycu by tne Farmers federation
?n ojivu and Canton.
r'ic. James Ltavis
Returning To States
According to woru received by
his wife, Pfc. James Davis, who
has been stationed :n .*iui.i.u, sailed
for the States August 1.
Pfc. Davis has beep in service
for the past eighteen months
and is married to the former Miss
Arnestine Russell of Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Edward Eugene Bryson
Returns To Camp After
Furlough At Home
Edward Eugene Bryson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bryson of
Cullowhee, recently spent a week
end with his parents, after com
pleting graduate work as a corps
man at Quanitco, Va. Bryson re
ceived a promotion at the end of
two months trainnig in the hospi
tal at Quantico, having been pro
moted from S 2-c. He left August
14th, to report for further assign
ment and is slated for overseas
duty.
K. CARINA IS BRIGHT SPOT M
POST -WAR EMPLOYMENT PICTURf.
States Industries Ready
To Resume Large Scale
Peacetime Production
"North Carolina, with the WMC
USES daily list of job openings,
known as N C-10, which is current
in each office in the State, is in
a strategic position to find and
publicize job opportunities through
all local offices in the State.
"Our offices are also equiped to
flash to each local office the quali
fications and experience of those
who for any reason are not able ;
to find suitable employment in
their local office areas. This sys
tem offers any person in the State
seeking employment an opportuni
ty to have his or her qualifications
listed and available to every em.
ployer in the State who may be in
need of the services of just such
a man or woman.
"We can contemplate the post
war future of North Carolina with
satisfaction. It is undoubtedy true
that we will have some unemploy
ment due to change-over from
war to peace-time production. But,
it is our considered opinion that
North Carolina has less to fear in
that respect than any State in the
Union. The reason is obinous. Our
war-time industries are our prin
cipal peace-time industries, such
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One Hour Parking
Ordinance To Be Enforced
The Town council voted at its
last meeting to enforce the one
hour parking law for the town of
Sylva, as of Sept 1st.
This ordinance had been sus
pended during the war but due
to increase in traffic it has been
found necessary to enforce it again.
The one hour parking limit ap
plies to main street * from the
intersecton of mill street on the
east to the intersection of Walnut
on the west, from 9 AM to 4PM.
It is desired that those Who u$e
their car for business purposes
during the day, park them on side
streets.
All Night Peace Service
At Wilkesdale Church
Wilkesdale Baptist Church is
planning to have an all night ser
vices Saturday nght, August 25.
It will be a thanksgiving service
for the peace mat now prevails.
Every one is cordially invited
to come, especially the singers and
preachers from everywhere.
Farmers are headed for postwar
disaster, if price controls are re
laxed now. Guard against a run
away price situation.
Tells the Japs
GENERAL DOUGLAS Mac
ARTHUR with firm but quiet dig
nity, has given the 16 Japanese
emissaries who flew to Manila, the
conditions under which their gov
ern is to sign surrender terms. Gen.
MacArthur; named by President
Truman, and accepted by Russia,
Britian and China as Supreme
Commander in the occupation of
Japan, remained aloof from the
conference which lasted for several
hours and was carried out by his
staff members. The formal sign
ing of surrender will, of course, take
place in Japanese waters or on the
mainland, perhaps in Tokyo itself.
It won't be long deferred now that
the preliminaries are over.
Dan B. Hooper Is Improv
ing At Norfolk Hospital
According to word received by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. V.
Hooper, Dan Bryson Si-c who has
been a patient at a naval hospital
in Norfolk for several weeks is
improving sufficiently to spend
the week-ends in Newport News
with his wife. S. Hooper was taken
sick while returning from his last
cruise and has been confined to
the hospital since. He hope* to get
home soon for a visU&V v
Sylva High School Foot
ball Squad Starts Practice
Once again our thoughts can
turn to pleasures and the neces
sary activities of our younger
gereration. To the youth of high
school age we have a great deal
to make up for time they have
sacrificed during the war.
As the mornings get cooler and
winds begin to rustle the leaves
we begin to think along with the
boys and girls and that thought is
football.
At Sylva High school this yea'r
there are great plans on the way
for having a winning team. What
are you going to do toward help
ing your child forget war torn
days and give him a pleasant past
to remember, as you had?
An athletic committee is to be
appointed to help our team have
new uniforms and put their lights
back up lor night games. This com
mittee hopes to function as much
or more than the old "Smoky
Mountain Association."
The Lions are responsible for
this movement and have been
promised large donations from
Armour and Mead.
The goal set to begin with is
$6.00.00 and must be obtained in
a short time to make the season
a success.
The boys at school plan to do
their share by turning all money
made at Sylva High into equip
ment.
Sylva-r-Lets back them and make
them forgets the heart aches of
war for a bigger and better future.
Six Boys Awarded Junior
Life Saving Certificate
The following boys have been
awarded the Junior Life saving
certificates: Jack Hennessee, Phi
lip Jotie&j Kenneth Keller, Walter"
Allison Jones, Danny Allison and
Joe Ryan.
Jimmy Madison, life guard at the
Municipal Pool is instructor for
this course.
Guard rails in the farrowing
house save badly needed pigs.
Three Negro farmers of Caswell
County reported $210 in losses in
one week.
August 15th, a bright sunny
afternoon brought our up and com
ing "Hurricanes" out on the foot
ball field at Sylva High School for
their first practice.
Football for 1945-46 looks very
promising with the following boys
fiom which to pick a team; Jack
Hennessee, Hal Wilson, Ben Sum
mer, Randolph Goldman, "Cub"
Dillard Jimmy Nicholson, Kent
Coward, Danny Allison, Jim Ryan,
O. H. Martin Harold Morgan, Cecil
Franklin, D. C. Hughes, Perry
Rhodes, Donald Cooper, R. L. War
renreu, Jimmy Warren, Jack Cun
ningham, Charles Warren, Kermit
Harris Tommy Farmer Mack Craw,
ford, Joe Wilds, Edward Dillard
and Zollie Fincannon.
Coach Leonard Huff is very
pleased with the prospects for the
season and hopes to give the fans
a team to boast about.
A. J. Dills Announces
Message May Be Sent To
Japanese Prisoners y -
A. J. Dills, home service secre
tary of the American Red Cross,
has announced that parents having
sons who are prisoners of the Jap
anese in the Far East may now
send messages to those prisoners.
These messages must be in by Auf^
24 as they are relayed through San
Francisco, Cal.
Notice To Persons
Mailing In News
The publishers of The Her
ald regret to again have to call
to the attention of those tend
ing in newt items that the
writer's name must be signed
to the items. This does not
mean that we will publish
the writer's name, but we must
have it as proof of good faith
on the writer's part and for
our own protection. All news
sent in without the writer's
signature attached goes to the
waste basket immediately.
Items that have no newt value
but concerns person a II ties only
will not be published even
tho the writer signs the letter.
THK PUBLISHERS
n
Claude Young's Body
Removed From Lake
STATE MANPOWER
CONTROLS 60 WITH
END OF FIGHTING
er controls in North Carolina were
automatically removed at the
moment last week when President
Truman announced the end of the
war with Japan, Dr. J. S. Dorton,
State director of the War Manpow
er Commission, said in a statement
issued at that time. He discussed
the State's future in this statement:
"Lifting all manpower controls
means that all ceiling and employ
ment stabilization regulations, in
cluding the 48-hour workweek, are
removed and all employers mlay
hire as many workers as they want
ond can get. Workers are per
mitted to accept any job they may
choose and to change jobs as they
wish.
"While controlled referrals of
males no longer exists, we offer
full and complete service of our
trained and specialized personnel
throughout the State to both em
ployers and workers alike and
pledge our continued efforts and
cooperation toward a sound pro
gram of reconversion and full em
ployment for all North Carolin
ians.
"With the relaxation of controls
and the tremendous work load that
this involves, more time will be
1 made available for our personnel
1 of more than 500 in 92 U. S. Em
ployment Service Offices in de
veloping job opportunities and in
placing returning veterans *nd re
turning war workers on (peace*
Raleigh, Aug. 20. ? All manpow
time jobs.
11 Year-Old Youth
Drowns When Steps
Into Deep Water
The body of Claude Young, 11,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Tad Young
at Glenville, who was drowned in
the Glenville lake late Friday night,
was recovered by divers at noon
Saturday.
The child accofnpanied by a play
mate, Frank Watson, had gone
swimming and is believed to have
stepped into deep waters and was
unable to swim out.
Sylva firemen were called to the
scene and they and other vounteer
workers searched all night but it
was not until noon that the body
was recovered. He was found by
DeWitt Leopard and Earl Bryson.
The body was brought to Moody
Funeral Home and Funeral ser
vices were held Monday, 2 o'clock,
at the Glenville Baptist church.
He is survived by hik parents,
five sisters, Carolyn, Florine,
Muriel Reba and Winono, and two
brothers, Horace and Candler.
4-County School
Administration
Group Meets Here
Four counties, Haywood, Macon,
Swain and Jackson were repre
sented at the school administration
group meeting which was held at
the Sylva elementary school, on
Tuesday. A. C. Moses, county su
perintendent of Jackson, presided
at the meeting which was held in
order to get all principals to stress <
ac< ? dited elementary and high
schools.
Vocational guidance was stressed
at this meeting, which was attend
ed by seventy-five people. These
meetings are being held all over
the state.
T/ie program consisted of a thir
ty minute talk by Dr. Arnold H.
Perry on Standardazation of Ele
mentary Schools. Dr. Perry is
state supervisor for elementary
schools.
I Dr. A. D. Combs, Associate Su
I perintendent of High schools spoke
| on Standardazation of High School
Education. Miss Barrett spoke on
Vocational Guidance and empha
sized its importance in a child's;
life.
After the meeting the speakers;
were entertained at Jarrett Spring*,
hotel.
COUNCILL-HALL PROP
ERTY TO 60 UNDER
PENNY 6R0S. AUCTION
SAURDAY P. M.
Mr. George T. Penny, State Sen
ator of Guilford county, and mem
ber of the famous team of twin,
auctioneers, of Greensboro, was in
Sylva Saturday arranging adver
tising and other matters in con
nection with the big land sale they
will conduct in Sylva Saturday,
August 25. at 2 P. M. Seventy-five
choice building sites are to oe of
fered the public at this sale. In
his talk with a Herald representa-~
tive Saturday Mr. Penny said that :
he was very much struck with the
progressive spirit exhibited by the :
people of Sylva. He paid the city .j
a compliment when he said that \
his advertising men had posted
their signs over the city and adja- ^
cent area and that in all the towns ?'
in the entire county Sylva was 1
j the first that they had not found
their advertising torn down or 1
marred in someway. He felt that f
this speaks highly for the type of j
citizens found here, who respect ?
property and other people's Inter? t? ?
With the shortage of rental 1
property, both in business housafcJ
and homes fomhose now seekla#^
places to live the sale and davakpNgl
ment of this property wfll
much to the future pfofraw o?tbi||
town. It is indfcattvt of a bmUkfM
steady growth now
Jackson county.