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VOL. XX NO. 30 , SYLVA. N. C., Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1945 $1.50 A Year in Jackson And Swain Counties? 5c Copy
Sylva Merchants To
Close Two Days For
Christmas Holidays
Due to the illness of the presi
dent, Boyd Sossamon, and sick
ness among the members, there
were only a lew present at the
meeting of the Sylva Merchants
Association Monday evening. The
group met at the Carolina hotel
at seven o'clock for the purpose of
discussing the by-laws for the or
ganization which were to have
been adopted at this time but no
action was taken.
The members of the organiza
tion agreed to keep the same afore
hours as are now in effect except
to remain open until 7 o'clock
Monday, December 24th. They
also voted to take two days for
Christmas holidays, Tuesday, De
cember 25, and Wednesday, 26th.
The secretary reported mem
bership fees collected in the
amount of $410.00.
LOWER HOUSE PASSES
ANTI-RACKETEERING
LABOR BILL
The lower house of the United
States Congress passed President
Truman's anti-racketeering labor
union act on a voice vote. The
measure now goes to the Senate,
which has previously refused to
pass such a measure,
President Truman said that he
was confident that the congress
would pass his labor law by
Christmas despite current indica
tions that committee hearings
would be lengthy.
And just as confidently the
president appointed his .iact-f indu
ing board for the General Motors
strike and predicted both sides
would cooperate.
Dime Board Will
Be Open Saturday
The Dime Board, which has not
been open for several days, will
be open Saturday. It wil again be
sponsored by the American Le
gion and Legion Auxiliary, and
the money raised will be used to
provide Christmas cheer to fam
ilies of veterans who were killed
or wounded in World War II.
Remember to make your dona
tion to this worthy caus6.
Old Paper Found By
Chick Young During
Repair Of Baptist Church
An old paper, The Republic, St..
Louis, Missouri, and bearing the
date line, June 25, 1900, was found
this week by Chick Young when
some new flooring was being laid
in the Baptist church. It was dis
covered directly under the base
boards and is in a fair state of
preservation. The paper is stream
ered with war news, war news
now almost four and a half dec
ades old. Trouble in China, with
the uprising of the Chinese against
foreigners, resulting in the Boxer
rebellion, is reported and while it
states "that no official declaration
of war has been made, American
blood has been spilled on Chinese
soil." Competing with this news is
that of the foremost American
news of the day; the forthcoming
election, that of William McKin
ley for presdent and Theodore
Roosevelt for vice president. |
Roosevelt in his campaigning
throughout "enemy" territory,
meaning at that time to the Re
publican party the great west was
also to attend a reunion of the
"Rough Riders" famed group of
the Spanish -American war.
It seems as if the same ills and !
ails that are among mankind to
day were about the same fifty
years ago, according to the reports
in the ppaer so it may serve to
prove that human nature doesn't
change very much.
Men honorably discharged from
the Army in the grade of Private,
who have served as long as six
months may now be enlisted with
the Regular Army rating of Pfc.
Sylva Elementary School
Has Christmas Program
Despite numerous absences due
to the flu epidemic and several
substitutions of characters having
to be made at the last moment, the
pupils of the Sylva Elementary
school presented a splendid
Christmas program today at 1
o'clock just before adjourning for
the holidays.
i
Songs and recitations, individ
ually and in groups, made up the
Lirst part and a Christmas play
''Merry Christmas" concluded the J
exercises.
School work will be resumed!
Dec. 31st. ?
i
Speedwell, Cuilowhee
lieme Demonstration Club
Hold Christmas Dinner
The Speedwell, Cuilowhee Home
Demonstration club, of which Mrs. j
Frank Brown is president, ? held
its annual Christmas dinner Thurs
day evening in the Student Union
3'iilding at Western Carolina
icichers College. Mrs. Brown,
. cUng as toastmaster, presented
Miss Josephine Johnston, Jackson
bounty Homa Demonstration
agent. She then recognized Mrs.
.4. T. Hunter, who showed the
jroup cook books which had been
jcmpiled and published by the
iroup with Mrs. W. A. Ashbrook
r.nd Mrs. Maybelle Campell edit
.ng it. Two gilts were presented
, :o Mrs. Ashbrook and Mrs. Craw
j .'ord in recognition of their serv
.ces.
The Reve^nd Mr. Mark Os
borne, Jr., pasr^r Oi.tfr'.r Cuilowhee
Baptist church brought the group
n Christmas message and >ne Rev
jsrer.d Mr. and Mrs. Houts of the
Cuilowhee Methodist church sang
Chr.stmas solos and Mr. Houts led
the group in singing Christmas
carols with Mrs. Houts accom
ranying them on the piano.
Two Arrested For
Transporting Whiskey
Roy Owens of the State High
way Patrol captured a truck about
six miles south of Sylva on the
Atlanta .highway yesterday which
was carrying sixty gallons of non
tax paid whiskey. Two were held
in connection, Guy Robinson and
Estus Bradley, both of Asheville.
The men were driving north in a
1933 Chevrolet truck' which had
a hidden compartment in the bot
tom of the bed. Owens stated that
the men looked suspicious and he
stopped them. Both were held and
Robinson made a $200 cash bond.
I
Mrs, Ruth Hinds Resigns As
Bursar At Teachers College
John Worth McDevitt,
Recently Discharged From
Navy, To Fill Position
Mrs. Ruth Oliver Hinds has re
signed as Bursar of Western Caro
lina Teachers College after having
served in that capacity for seven
teen years. She received her busi
ness education at the Woman's
College in Greensboro and coming
to Cullowhee in 1924 she worked
for Mr. J. N. .Wilson and Dr. H.
T. Hunter. Upon the death of Mr.
Will N. Coward in 1928 she was
made acting bursar for the college
for one year and at the end of
that time was appointed bursar,
which position she has retained
up until the present time.
Mrs. Hinds has been a valuable i
member of W. C. T. C.'s adminis- |
| strative staff, taking part in the ,
affairs of the college and its
growth throughout the years she
has been employed there. She was
married in 1934 to A. K. Hinds, a
member of the faculty and since
that time has made her home at
Cullowhee, adding much to the
community progress. Mrs. Hinds
is resigning in order to devote her
entire time to her family which
consists of her husband and young
daughter, Edith Irene. Mr. Hinds
served twenty nine months in the
United States navy and held the
rank of Lt. (j. g.) at the time of
his discharge, the first of Decem
ber of this year. He will resume
his former position as head of the
math departments at W. C. T. C.
Mrs.' Hinds will be replaced as
bursar by John Worth McDevitt,
who, when he entered the United
States Navy two and a hall years
ago was alumni secretary at the
college for five years. He was re
leased from active service on Dec.
1st of this year, with the rank of
lieutenant.
Mr. McDevitt received his edu
cation at Mars Hill College and
W. C. T. C. and during his time
in service received training at
Cornell University under the na
val program. He also was director
of Correspondence at Cullowhee
and was connected with the North
Carolina Adult Education program
with headquarters in Raleigh. In
1943 he was reading clerk for the
North Carolina Senate.
Mr. and Mrs. McDevitt and
young daughter make their home
at Cullowhee on Faculty How.
The college tendered Mrs. Hinds
a lovely banquet last Friday night
in recognition of her loyal service.
As yet the position of alumni
secretary is unfilled.
Lt. and Mrs. Hooper at Home
It'.* Mr. and Mrs. Hooper now.
rA. John L. Hooper was released
from active duty of the U. S. N. R.
N " 12 at the Naval Air
r..u i . I'1 Vie, Wash, and Pvt.
Helen T? "oer received an hon
orable c.-.c t . ^e at Fort Bre.?g
this week.
Lt. Hooper, wit'i 28 months ac
tive servie:, attended Babson
Park at Vel'sley Hills, Mass. and
*r.j jw :t "overseas October 10,
?y a3. lie was stationed at Kabului
Naval Air Station on the Island of
Maui, T. H. He returned to the
States in July 1945 and has been
?!:? 4i ori i:'. O klird, C;il:forni:i
and oer.tt'e. Wa.-.i. l* r > t;> the l.mc
y .... f-eltrse.
: ? Hooper joii.cci the
WACS November 12. IJJ44 ana re
ceived her basic training at Fort
Oglethorpe, Ga. Sne was sent tc
Camp Atterbury, Ir.d. where she
' trained for fourteen weeks as a
Lab. Medical Technician. For the
past four months she has been
stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash.
Prior to entering the service, Pvt.
Hooper was connected with Syl
va Herald as News Editor and
Advertising Mgr.
Only 55 Per Cent of \
County's "E" Bond I
Quota Purchased
Bonds Bought During
December Will Count
Jackson county has reached
only C5 per cent oX its E Bond
"quota in the big Victory Loan
drive, recording " to an announce
ment by county War Fund Finance
chairman, R. L. Ariail. Jackson
was assigned an over-all Victory
loan quota of $175,000.00, and an
E bond quota oi $ 108,000.00. Mr.
Ariail stated this week thr.t he is
very anxious for Jackson county
to make this quota in order to
make the record of having ful
filled its obligation as we did dur
ing the previous war bond drives.
All bonds bought during the
month of December will count on
the county's quota, Mr. Ariail said.
Victory bonds will make splendid
Christmas gifts this year. They
will grow in value, as the years
pass and at maturity provide a
neat sum that can be used in many
useful ways. ,
Every citizen of the county is
urged to buy E bonds between
now and December 31, thus help
ing make Jackson's quota in this
last, and final bond drive.
Sylva Takes Pair
From Ct 'owhee
Sylva h \h school trimmed
Cullowhee .:4h in b :th c ^ds of a
twin bill iiwe tom^ni, tne ynis
sCJring a 28-9 triumph and the
buys winning, 20-14.
Girls' lineup:
Sylva (23) Cullowhee (9)
r ? Crisp (S) Deitz (5) ? F
F ? McClure (18) Woods (3)? F
F ? Ward (9) Adams (1) ? F
G ? Bess Nichols ? G
G ? Kstes Sutton ? G
G ? Snyder Zachary ? G
Subs: Sylva, Bryson (2), Ashe,
Buchanan, Ensley; Cullowhee,
Mashburn and Crawford.
Boys' lineup:
Sylva (20) Cullowhee (14)
F ? Nicholson (2) D. Norton ? F
F ? Cagle Hooper ? F
C? Ryan (12) Taytor (10)? C
G ? Wilson (3) Tilley? G
G ? Farmer (3) Pressley (2) ? G
Subs: Sylva, Sutton; Cullowhee,
L. Norton (2).
Referee: Cope.
Sylva To Have Christmas
Lights Again This Year
For the first time since the war
the Christmas lights go on in Sylva
this year and the star at the court
house will shine again. Main street
will be beautiful at night and with
the string of lights going up the
hill to the courthouse. We can lay
claim to the prettiest Christmas
town in Western North Carolina.
Due to some replactment that
can not De made at this time be
cause of the shortage of materials
the lights can not be strung the ,
entire length of main street but
:he two center blocks will be
gaily decorated. Also the restric
tions have been lifted against resi
dents decorating the outside of
their homes and the trees in the
yard. While no elaborate display is
expected it will be a lovely sight
to see the gay decorations again.
FIRST HEAVY SNOW
FALLS IN SYLVA
Sylva is having its first winter
snow today, Thursday. Snow be
gan falling early in the morning
and by 8 o'clock was about one
inch deep. Milder temperature'
came in with the snow fall re
lieving the intense cold snap of
the first few days of the week,
when the temperature dropped as
'low as 12.
Disabled Veterans
Remembered With
Dime Board Gifts!
Mrs. Harry Ferguson and Mrs. '
J. A. Parris will go to Oteen to
morrow to take 500 gifts, which
are being furnished by the Red
Cross of Jackson County, the
American Legion and the Legion
Auxiliary. A large amount of the
money to buy these gifts was do
nated through the local dime
board, which was sponsored by
the last two organizations.
These gifts consisted of scarfs,
pipes, shaving sets, playing cards,
handkerchiefs, stationery and
other things and will be distrib
Jted to sick and wounded veterans
tn cilferent army and navy hos
pitals. *
SEVERE WEATHER
HITS THE COUNTY
Syiva and Jackson county sat
; id shivered this week with the
coming of the coldest spell ex
perienced this winter. Snow on
Balsam and the Smokies brought
down icy blasts. Snow and drop
ping temperature is predicted by
weather experts for the coming
week.
Coming with the cold weather is
'.l:c usual headaches of motorists,
with frozen cars and residents
with frozen water pipes. With
none too much coal in the county
citizens are asked to cooperate in
the consumption and make the
supply last as long as possible.
Closing off unused rooms and
dressing warmly in the house will
help to conserve the amount now
available.
Masons At Glenville
Choose New Officers
Clay bourn Bryson has been
ilected master of Glenville lodge,
No. 551, A. F. and A. M. at a
meeting Saturday evening. Other
.;icers elected were Sam J. IJry
son, senior warden; Franklin
Fowler, junior warden; W. S.
Fowler, treasure!-; J. H. Rogers,
secretary.
Olik-ers appointed were Bill
Bennington, senior deacon; G. F.
Bryson, junior deacon; M a c k
Breedlove, chaplain; C. W. Paxton,
senior steward; Jones Fowler, ju
nior steward; and Buren Reynolds,
tyler.
New officers will be installed at
a special meeting Dec. 27.
Officers To Be Elected
For Dillsboro Lodge
A regular communication of
the Dillsboro Lodge No. 459 A. F.
and A. M. will be held at Dills
boro, N. C. on Dec. 20th at 7
o'clock p. m. at which time offi
cers will be elected for the en
suing year. All members of the
lodge are asked to be present.
An additional twenty per cent of
base pay is still paid to our sol
diers serving overseas.
William H. Smith , Prominent
Jackson County Citizen, Passes
William H. Smith, 61, of the
Tuckaseigee section and former
member of the North Carolina
general assembly from Jackson
county, died Friday at 2 a. m. in
the Angel Hospital at Franklin
following a long illness.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at 2 p. m. at
the Tuckaseegee Baptist church
with the Revs'. Edgar Willix and
J. E. Brown officiating. Burial
followed in the church cemetery.
For many years Mr. Smith was
in the merchantile business in |
Jackson county, and was a com
missoiner of the State Highway.
He has been an outstanding, citi
zen in Jackson county, taking part
in many activities in his commu
nity.
While serving in the general as^s
sembly in the 1928^29 sessions,
Mr. Smith was coauthor of the
Smith-Galloway bill which made
Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege at Cullowhee a four-year col
lege. At the time of his death he
was serving as land appraiser of
the Tennessee Valley Authority,
but was inactive in his duties for
th past several months due to fail
ing health.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Emma Coward Smith, three sons,
Jessie of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Pvt.
Clifton Smith of the U. S. Army
in Panama, and Pvt. William H.
Smith, Jr., of Fort Bragg; four
brothers, J. T. Smith of Tuckasei
gee, Ernest of Brevard, John B.
Smith of Waynesville, and Thad
D. Smith, attorney, Gatlinburg,
Tenn.
Honorary pallbearers were
Hon. Frank Jarrett, Dr. A. A.
Nichols, Dr. A. S. Nichols, Cyrus
Nicholson, Mcltinley Hooper, *H.
E. Monteith, E. P. Stillwell, John
B. Ensley, Charlie Allison, Claude
Allison, Will Bryson, Tom Simp
son, Dock Moses, Jr., Dr. W. H.
Woody, Ralph ' Hunter, Dillard
Wood, Hut Middleton, Roy Tritt,
Albert Jackson, Edgar Stillwell,
Dr. John Painter, Thomas Wike,
C. A. Hoyle.
Active pallbearers are: Junto
Hooper, Monroe Hooper, Dec
Dewton, Baxter Houston, Lee
Freeman, Ferry Middleton.
Jackson Farm Men
and Women Hear
Dean ScKaub Here
T. B. Seal Sale Still
Progressing Satisfactorily
The T. B. Seal Sale, which is
being sponsored by the P. T. A. is
Still continuing satisfactorily ac
cording to report of Mrs. J. H.
G il lis, county chairman.
The school sales throughout the
county are being conducted by Mr.
W. D. Cope, superintendent of the j
Sylva Elementary school.
The business section of the town
has been canvassed by members i
of the committee appointed to
handle this work. Everyone is i
I
ur;;od to buy as many seals as they
tan. Ninety-five per cent of the
money made on these sales will I
be kept in the state to aid the
tight against tuberculosis.
SYLVA, WEBSTER
SCHOOLS CLOSE
FOR CHRISTMAS
Grammar and high schools at
Sylva and Webster will close for
the Christmas holidays with the
completion of classes Wednesday,
it was announced Tuesday night.
The closing date originally had
been set for Friday, but was ad
vanced two days because of the
large number of cases of influenza
in the schools. ,
School officials said that ap
proximately 300 of the 800 stu
dents of Sylva schools were ab
sent Tuesday and the absences
were attributed to influenza. The
schools will resume work follow
ing ;he holidays on Dee. 31.
Officials of the school at Cullo
whee said classes would be con
tinued there through Friday.
Rev. Hadaway Acccpts
Call To Glcnville Church
Rev. J. H. Hadway of Coral
Ridge, Ky., has accepted the call
to be pastor of the Hamburg Bap
tist church of Glenville, N. C.
The former pastor was the Rev. C.
C. Welch. Rev. Hadaway is now
attending the Baptist Seminary at
Lousiville, Ky., and will preach
his first sermon at the Hamburg
church the first Sunday in Jan
uary.
Jackson Men Accepted
For Armed Forces
Among those accepted for the
Army and Navy during the month
of November were, Army: William
Herbert Smith, Roscoe Heasting.
Hooper, Willard Francis Nelson
(V), James Harvey Gass and
Lewis Olin Keener. Navy: Samuel
Willard Beck.
The demonstration farm men
' and women held their annual
meeting in the Sylva Court House
at 10:30 a. m., December 6, and
presented a. splendid program to
a representative group of farm
men and women.
Blame Nicholson, acting chai*- ?
man, welcomed the group and out
lined the purpose of the meeting.
D. C. Higdon discussed progress
' matftr-on the demonstration farms.
I Mrs. Ben Nicholson spoke on
progress made in the demonstra
te. ;i lann homes. Mrs. D. C. Hig
uuii outlined plans for improve
ments in demonstration farm
homes. Blaine Nicholson presented
goals for the demonstration pro
gram in the county.
The County Committee elected
for 1946 consisted of the follow
ing: Blaine Nicholson, Chairman;
J. Steadman Mitchell, Vice Chair
man; Mrs. D. C. Higdon, secretary
treasurer; T. B. ' Buffigarner, C. P.
Shelton, V. C. Buchanan and Mrs.
Brady Parker.
Out of County guests included
I. O. Schaub of the North Caro
lina Agricultural Extension Serv
ice; Mr. R. W. Shoffner, District
Agent; and Mr. W. B. Collins,
Farm Management Supervisor.
Director Schaub, the guest ,
;vr l:e:\ gave the group a very
i:H* talk outlining future lm
'?jvements desired on the farm
'ind in the farm home.
MILLIONS A R E
SUFFERING FROM
HUNGER AND GOLD
United War Fund Only
Source Of Relief For
Unfortunate People
The State Department has just
released figures showing that
354,000,000 people in the world are
suffering from hunger, disease,
idleness and poverty, according to
a report just received by J. A.
Bryson, chairman of Jackson.
County War Fund Organization.
"These staggering figures give us
some idea of the immensity of the
problem of foreign relief and the
urgency of the need for aiding
war victims during the Winter
months ahead," said Mr. Bryson.
Emphasizingg that "sickness
and hunger breed political unrest,
internal strife, demagogues and
sometimes dictators," the State
Department listed 140,000,000
men, women and children hun
gry and homeless in Europe, 84,
000,000 in China and 130,000,000
in Southeast Asia.
"The most desperately situated
of these 354,000,000 unfortunate
people," the report stated, "are
the displaced persons ? now ap
proximately 1,300,000 in Germany
and Austria, and. 40 million in
China, who were taken or fled
from their homes or whose fami
lies and cities were wiped out."
American agencies for foreign
relief represented in the National
War Fund are maintaining and
even increasing their shipments of
relief supplies through the sup
port of contributions to Jackson
County War Fund, Chairman Bry
son added. Although the drive is
over in the county, Mr. Bryson
said that any and all further con
tributions to the fund would be
greatly appreciated.
Standard Oil Company
Allots Jackson County
$1,000.00 In War Bonds
Mr. W. A. Goodson, field super
visor with headquarters in Bry
son City, announced today that
Standard Oil Company of N evr
Jersey "has purchased Victory
Bonds in the amount of $500,000.00
in Norti Carolina in corinectloi}
with the Victory Bond Drive. Xn
line with the company's potic&fff
allocating tfrtf purchase aflBtfig
the 100 counties of North Cat**
Una in proportion to each gwHyl
quota, Jackson County hie been
allotted $1,000.00.