'I The Sylva Herald
Published By
THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Main Street Phone 110
Sylva, Norm Carolina
The County Seat of Jackson County
J. A. GRAY and J. M. BIRD .Publishers
MRS. CAROL THOMPSON News Editor
MRS. JOHN H. WILSON Office Manager
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Entered at the post offcie at Sylva, N. C., as
Second Class Mail Matter, as provided under the
Act of March 3, 1879, November 20, 1914.
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FRIENDS
"These arc the things I prize,
And hold of dearest worth,
Light of the sapphire skies,
Peace of the silent hills,
Shelter of forests, comfort of the grass,
*'? Music of birds, murmur of little rills,
Shadow of clouds that swiftly pass,
And after showers,
The smell of flowers
And the good brown earth ?
And best of all, along the way,
Friendship and mirth."
Serving The Auto Owner
The automobile and truck owners of
Jackson county and vicinity are fortunate
in having located in Sylva so many
well equipped automobile agencies. These
dealers have kept an unusually big stock
of parts and accessories and maintained
well-manned repair departments a 1 1
through the war period which has en
abled car owners to keep their equip
ment in good running condition. A survey
recently showed that the dealers here
carry around $100,000 worth of automo
bile, truck and tractor parts and acces
* sories, a record for towns of much larger
size than Sylva.
Now that the war has come to a vic
torious end and with the return of plenty
. of new cars our Sylva dealers are prepar
ing to, take care of the demands for* new"
cars and trucks, which according to all
^ indications will be heavy.
OUR FLYING SCHOOL
Johnny Watson is to be congratulated
on the work he is doing in connection with
providing for Sylva a flying school. Mr.
Watson has two small planes which he
keeps in good condition. He has had
much experience in the air and is plenty
-capable of teaching our citizens to fly.
The picture of Mr. Watson, some of his
students and one of his planes, shown in
this issue of The Herald, shows the trend
of greater interest in the air. As condi
tions return to peace-time normalicy and
hundreds of thousands of young Ameri
$ can airmen return to their homes we
can expect more interest in flying by
| many people. We expect to see progress
in air transportation, both for private
and public travel, as well as freight and
I express, leap ahead in rapid strides in the
f near future. The cities and small towns
| without adequate airport facilities will
y be like those without paved roads back
in the 20's. Sylva should be making plans
along this line.
What Is Really Wanted
i The Full Employment Bill is needing
| protection from both its friends and its
enemies. Its sponsors have recently given
f Some help by inserting in the text the
words "and full production" after the
words "full employment." For employ
ment, as defined in terms of the manifest
purpose of the bill, cannot be considered
apart from production.
What the American people really mean
by " full employment" is a higher stand
ard of living for all. They do not mean a
standard at which housewives, young
sters, and oldsters must ? and hence "de
sire"to work. They do not wish full em
oyment on a forced spread-the-work
The kind of full employment Amer
icans want spring only from full pro
duction, a full production which prompt
ly shares the fruit of its efficiency with
through rising wages, and with the
er through cheaper prices. Full
production without this sharing soon
feBdemfmr its own nuurfa fit and both
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workers and capitalists suffer. Full em
ployment without commensurate pro
duction must rest heavily on govern
ment-made jobs ? a redistribution of tax
.money on such a scale that it tends to dry
up its source, ?
It is, perhaps both essential and under
standable that the issues underlying the
Full Employment Bill should be present
ed in term of jobs. To only the very few
who live off investments can the word
"production" have even a comparable
appeal. And a job to most means more
than just a pay check. Even at its humb
lest it helps to satisfy the universal wish
to play a purposeful part in the world.
For this very reason, because jobs do
mean so much, it is important that there
be straight thinking and straight talking
about them.
About To Blow Out
Will the present government attempt
to balance the budget or will it continue
the orgy of public expenditure:;, ever in
creasing the pressure on the values of
inflation? At the present time we are like
a tea kettle under full steam with the
spout covered with a potato now greatly
softened and about ready to blow off.
The inflation already caused by our Fe
deral policies Will certainly blow out of
the keetle; whether we can hold it to that
pressure alone remains with our future
government policy.
Strikes And Reconversion
The period of reconversion is here.
Since 1942 we have conserved, done with
out, saved and have accepted rationing
of products which normally are display
ed on shelves and show rooms.. Prod
ueers of these articles had spent huge
sums on advertsising these products in
order to make their articles more attract
ive to the consummer then those of their
competitors. Cheerfully they switched
from peace time products to the making
of war articles. Recently leaders of certain
labor groups have taken the atitude of
clicators, laying down rigid rules and
and regulations whefein employees are
r stricted to certain conditions. These
organizations are defeating their purpose
and the goal at which they had originally
aimed, protection of the working man.
In this period of reconversion we have as
vital a problem of reconstruction as we
did of peace winning a few short months
ago. We can not haphazardly achieve re
habilitation unless some of the things re
stricted before before be loosed. This
can not be done by striking. Even now
there is beginning to arise certain dis
satisfaction and dissention in the very
groups mentioned. Internal strife can
lead but to one thin; internal crumbling
and deterioration. It would behoove
America to be watchful now in this
period of reconversion.
JOBS!
All of us believe in the future of Amer
ica. We believe that the present uncer
tainty is only a temporary period be
tween war prosperity and an era of
peacetime plenty.
But believing is not enough. That,
alone, is not the answer to unemploy
ment and -the other hazards of recon
version through which we are passing.
The only solution for unemployment is
?JOBS.
We, in this community, are fortunate.
Of course, the national situation is bound
to have some influence on each State
and County of the nation, but by and
large we have no reconversion problems
here. Our farms and forests are produc
ing commodities as necessary to the well
being of the country and as urgently
needed now as during the crucial years
of war. A job is waiting for most anyone
who wishes to work.
Of course, working on a farm or cutting
pulpwood in the forests does not pay the
swollen wages obtainable from some of
the big city war industries before V-J
Day. But living and working here does
not cut wide gaps into a paycheck either,
with everything from rent to recreation
at inflated prices. In fact, taking all
things into consideration, it is possible to
live better and save more at current
wages here than could be done with con
siderable higher big city wages.
If anybody wants good living, doing
healthy and invigorating work at good
wages, he can find it on one of our neigh
boring farms or in cutting urgently need
ed top quality Pulpwood for one of our
neighboring pulp mills.
There is no reconversion problem here.
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The Everyday
Counselor
Rev. Herbert Spaugh, D.D.
r
| Here is an inexpensive aid to
those thousands of men and women
living under the tension of modern
days GET A PINCUSHION. I
have a red pincushion on each one
of my desks, where I can see it
at all times. They are placed there
to remind m$ that the only way
I can get through a day comforta
bly is with a "pincushion" attitude.
To me these pincushions are
symbols of one thing by , various
names ? acquiescence, resiliency,
tolerance, forgiveness, peace.
The story of my pincushion is
interesting. One day I met a min
isterial friend who had just re
ceived a vigorous tongue- lashing
from one of his parishioners, who
took exception to one of his ser
mons. As he told me of the inci
dent he concluded with these words,
"I suppose one of the jobs of a
minister is to be the pincushion for
disturbed and ill-tempered peo
ple." The thought stuck with me.
Ii doesn't hurt a pincushion to stick
needles or pins in it; that's its pur
pose. It is so constructed that it
can safely absorb a goodly number
of pins and needles.
Most of us are not born with a
pincushion disposition; we have to
acquire it. The task is not easy,
but the results are highly satis
Captain Jon Irwin
Honored At Dinner
Honoring her son, Captain John
Irwin, recently returned from
overseas duty, and Mrs. Irwin,
Mrs. Oris Hoiman, entertained
with, a dinner party at Sunnybrook
Farms, Saturday night.
Guests included in the courtesy
were: Capt. and Mrs. Irwin, Mrs.
Tom Kelley, Mrs. Ed Baldridge,
Mrs. Jack S^ene, Bob Garrett, Sgt.
Joe Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. D. D.
Hooper, JrM Dr. and Mrs. C. Z.
Candler, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs.
Roger Dillard.
Cullowhee Woman's
Club Holds Annual
Picnic At College
Cullowhee. ? The annual picnic
for the Cullowhee Woman's Club
will be held Thursday evening at
6 o'clock on the college picnic
grounds*. Hostesses for the occasion
are BCrs. M. K. Hinds, chairman,
Miss Geneva Turpin, Mrs. H. P.
Smith, Mrs. McMurray Richey,
Miss Anne Hammond, Mrs. W. A.
Ashbrook and Mrs. Carl Killian.
Members, by making arrangements
with hostesses, may bring guests.
LADY NEARLY CHOKED
WHILE LYING IN BED
DUE TO STOMACH GAS
One lady said a few days ago
that shhe used to be afraid to go to
bed at night. She was swollen with
stomach gas, which always got
worse whehn she went to bed, and
the gas would rise up in her throat
after she lay down and would
nearly choke her. She couldn't lie
flat. "Had to prop herself up on
pillows. Recently this lady got
INNER- AID and now says gas is
gone, stomach feels fine, bowels are
regular and she can go to bed and
sleep soundly.
INNER-AID contains 12 Great
Herbs; they cleanse bowels, clear
gas from stomach, act on sluggish
liver and kidneys. Miserable peo
ple soon feel different all over So
don't go on suffering! Get INNER
AID. Sold by all Drug Stores here
in Jackson County.
factory.
The world is full 4>f poor un
fortunes who take an unholy de
light in needling other people,
pushing pins into their feelings.
They like nothing better than the
satisfaction of feeling that they
have inflicted a hurt. If they
don't accomplish that, they will
I soon stop. These people are to be
pitied; they are ill, physically, men
tally or spiritually. Uusually they
can be healed by proper treatment.
I find it quite an interesting game
to try to disarm those who make
such attacks. Then I try to help
them if I can. They are usually
very unhappy; the peace of God is
not with them. I try to bring them
to know our Lord, who took the
insults and abuse of men and
women long since forgotten. He
prayed for them, "Father, forgive
them for they know not what they
do."
There is a wealth of wisdom in
the old prayer, "Father, give me
the serenity to bear the things I
can't change; the wisdom and cour
age to change those things which I
should; the ability to recognize the
difference between the two."
GET A PINCUSHION, AND KEEP
IT BEFORE YOU EACH DAY.
THE EFFECT WILL BE GRATI
FYING.
Pat's Idea Of Board
Of Health
Strolling along the quays of
New York harbor, an Irishman
came across the wooden barricade
tliat is placed around the inclosure
where immigrants suspected of
suffering, contagious diseases are
isolated.
4,hwat's this boarding for?" he
inquired of a bystander.
"Oh," was tfie reply, "that's to
keep out fever and things like that,
you know."
"Indade " said at. "Oi've often
heard of the board of health, but
ti's the first time Oi've seen it."
Accurate records have an im
portant place in improving in
comes from farming. They also
help in developing farm plans.
KIRK-DAVIS AGENTS FOR CHEVROLET
CARS AND TRUCKS IN JACKSON COUNTY
I
In 1939 Paul Kirk came to Sylva
and went into business as Burrell
Motor Company. ? in 1941 w. c.
Burrell and Kirk combined their
i business and remained as partners
j till 1943 when Homer Davis bought
I out Burrell and the firm now is
known as Kirk-Davis Motor Com
pany.
At the present with no new cars
on the market this company fea
tures service. They are able to
obtain very few new trucks but
keep used cars on the move.
In the future. Mr. Kirk says, with
the cars and trucks they will ob
tain they expect to give the very
best service to the citizens of Jack
son and surrounding counties.
Kirk-Davis has plans for the
future which will help make Sylva
a bigger and better place to receive
the necessary service in owning
and maintaining a post-war Chev
rolet.
SYLVA FLYING SERVICES PAVES WAY FOR ..
REGULAR AIR SERVICE IN JACKSON COUNTY
Sylva Flying Service is here to
be of service to Sylva and her
neighboring towns. Due to the
: efforts of Johnny Watson, who has
I been at a Naval War Training Ser- j
vice and an Army Training Ser
' vice for the past 24 months as an
1 instructor, we now have a good
beginning for future progress if
the Sylva citizens will back the
I work he is trying to do.
Johnny has great plans yet to
i mature. Some of these are new
| planes that are being put on the
I markjet today, for the purpose
| which is being offered you. By
I Oct. 1 there will be a new iper Club
I Cruiser on this field for students'
| use. Then more planes later on.
A new hanger is to take
the place of the crude construction
now used to store the planes. This
is to be built in the near future
and will accommodate visiting and
personally owned planes.
Service for all planes with
Standard Oil Products will be
rendered and many other im
provements on the field.
Johnny now is giving Instruc
tions to 25 pupils and he stated
that he finds special aeronautical
talent in the young boys of this
section. At the present he only
has four girl students but is in
hopes that more will become in
terested.
This is one of the most progres
sive privileges that has been of
fered to this section in a long time.
Don't let it die and pass slowly out
of the reach of the coming genera
tion. You, yourself, should take
a personal interest and do what
you can in putting your town on
the aerial maps as well as the road
map.
RITZ IS FINEST
THEATRE BUILDING
IN WESTERN N C
! The history and the progress of
the theatre has been a marvel to
all generations. This art has come
to us from the old theatre in Eu
rope hundreds of years ago.
Sylva's theatre also has it's his
tory which began in 1937 when
J. E. Massie of Waynesville
bought the old Lyric theatre then
located, in the Harry Buchanan
I Building.. The late Frank Massie,
i son of J. E. Massie, was manager of
i the Lyric during its existence. At
this time Mr. Massie owned and
operated three theatres in Canton,
one in Waynesville, and one in
Gatlinburgh in addition to the
one in Sylva.
Excavation on the Ritz Theatre
began Aug. 1941 and was dedicated
. i-.ank Massie April 1, 1942.
The Ritz Theatre, one of the
most modern theatres in western
North Carolina, managed by Mrs.
Frank Massie, was built for the
purpose of providing a better place
of entertainment for the people of
SyLva and Jackson County. It has
a seating capacity of 712. A novel
feature of this building is the cry
room or nursery which was an
original idea. The management is
doing their best and hopes to con
tinue to serve the public in every
possible way.
School libraries to * serve adults
as well as children are wanted by
two farmers out of three in the
United States. Hot lunches served
at school were favored by four out
of five.
MR. GREENARCH IS
OWNER OF BILL'S
GARAGE, SERVICE
Bill that owns and operates Bill's
Garage is Mr. W. H. "Greenarch.
He has been in the garage business
about five years., in Sylva and
caters to general shop work, new
and used auto and truck parts.
Connected with his garage he
buys and sells used cars which is
'operated by Mr. J. T. Bird.
The location of this business will
be even more popular in the fu
ture than it has in the past. The
new highway No. 119 from Ashe
ville will find Bill's Garage at the
junction of 119 ?nd 107.
Mr. Greenach expects to put a
new front on the present building
and to install gasoline and filling
station equipment.
N. Y. Paper Has Carrier
Pigeon Service
A newspaper in New York has
its own carrier pigeon service.
Its star pigeon had been sent
down to Washington for a big cere
mony. An important official had
agreed to send a brief patriotic
message to the paper via pigeon.
The city editor waited and wait
ed while the editions rolled by,
the bird didn't show up.
Finally a taxi driver arrived in
the city room holding the pigeon.
"You owe me $16.60," he told
the city editor.
"What for." yelled the city
editor.
The prodigal little pigeon hung
its head apologetically and mur
mured "It was raining when I got
to Philadelphia, boss, so I took a
cab."
? Capper's Weekly
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