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AMERICA First, Last and Always TME SVLVA H ERALD The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. VOL. XX, NO. 46 SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, April 10, 1946 $1.50 A Year in Jackson And Swain Counties?5c Copy Building Activity Going On In Sylva Despite Shortage Chamber of Commerce - Seeking To List Tourist Accommodations Here , Indications Point To Huge Influx Of Visitors In Area This Summer At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce it was de cided to prepare a new list of tourist accommodations of Jack son county before May 1, and the organization has given everyone | who keeps tourists or has the man agement of places keeping tour iss, or is planning to keep tourists, until April 20 to list their places so that the Chamber of Commerce can be in position to direct tour ists when the rush season begins, to the places available in the The organization will not make any charge for listing places but ?is doing this as a service due you from the office. They do, however, urge you to list your place, giving what accommodations ycAi have, such as rooms, cottages, meals, etc., with the secretary. The list last year included, in Sylva?Hotel Lloyd, Carolina Ho tel, Mrs., rJohn A. Parris, Mrs. G. K. Bess, Mrs. C. Z. Candler, and Mrs. J. F. Freeze; Whittier?The Martin House, Sunset Farm, Green Acre Farm; Dillsboro ? Jarrett Springs Hotel, M. B. Cannon, J. C. Cannon; Webster?Miss Lucy Hed den and Ernest Penland; Cullo ^ >rw^ee Mrs. B ^r'.y Parser, All these have not been contacted this year but it is hoped they will again wish to be listed. There are others in the county that should be listed. Some of them not on last year's list have already listed as follows: Mrs. Mailous (Walter Bumgarner's home), Mrs. Faye Varner, Hall's Tourist home, Sylva Hotel. Old Mill Inn, Carl's Cottages, Redwing Tourist Cabins and Maple Springs Tourist camp. As all indications point to a rec ord breaking tourist season it can be expected to have many visitors -who will be unable to find places to stay unless everyone in the county co-operates in furnishing ?Continued on page 4 * TRAINING SCHOOL SENIOR IS WINNER OF SCIENCE AWARD Clinton Dodson Chosen To Receive Honorary Science Award Medal Clinton Dodson, senior in Cullo whee Training school has beer, se lected to receive the Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award medal for achieving the highest scholastic record in science courses during high school. Established in 1932, this award has been recognized by educators as a national honor in scientific "studiesTAwarcl winners are eligible" to compete for the five annual Bausch and Lomb Science scholar ships at the University of Roches ter. These scholarships have a value of $1500 each, payable $500 a year for the first three under graduate years. The university will - provide loan funds, if necessary, I for holders of these scholarships I for the fourth year of college I study. In commenting upon the schol arships, M. Herbert Eisenhart, president of Bau:-ch and Lomb Op tical company, sel^: "In these post jwar years, America s progress is rejated in no small degree to its progress in science and technology. It is our hope that the science awards and scholarships will prove o be a stimulus and con tribution to national progress." JACKSON COUNTY PTA COUNCIL TO MEET ! A call meeting has been issued I for ihe Jackson County Council of i Parent-Teacher Association to be held in the Sylva High school Sat urday, April 13, at 3 o'clock. All P.T.A. officers and interested per sons are requested to be present, as some very important matters of business will be transacted. Town Board Approves New Street Lights9 Water Extension Roy C. Allison, town clerk, has announced that several improv ments for the Town of Sylva have been Approved by the Board of Aldermen. ,In anjeffort to relieve the conges tion of traffic, taxis have been notified to stop parking 9*/Main street by May 1. Arrangements have been made to use the vacant lot next to Massie Furniture com pany as a parking center. Meeting with the Board, the Dillsboro and Sylva Power and Electric company have agreed to remodel lighting fixtures on Main street and to add additional lights, these to be placed at alternate points. Also, more lights will be added at strategic points other than on Main street. The beginning of this project has been delayed due to the shortage of material. The Town Board has approved the project and ordered materials to extend the water main to the town limit on Cullowhee road. One-Hour Parking Limit , To Be Enforced Due to the increased traffic, town officials have announced that effective May 1, the one-hour parking regulation in Sylva will be enforced. The district included in this zone runs from the Lloyd hotel in the west end to the inter section of Mill and Main streets in the east end. , Citizens who expect to need longer than the ho*r allowed^ are requested to co-operate by park ing their cars qn the side streets. WARNING AGAINST CROTALARIA GIVEN Raleigh, April 8.?A warning against the use of crotalaria as a cover crop on acreage to be grazed by livestock comes from Dr. Wil liam Moore, head of the Veterinary division of the State Department of Agriculture. He said that it has been found that the plant contains a powerful alkaloid poison, the effects of which do not show up immediately on farm animals. Rather, he ex plained, it accumulates in the sys tem over weeks and months, fin ally killing them. "The insidious thing about this is that the owners, not knowing the effects of the poison plant, may blame other causes for the losses. Crotalaria is a good cover crop?when livestock are not in volved," said Dr. Moore. Scout Court Of Honor Is Scheduled For Thursday John F. Corbin, advancement chairman, has announced that a number of advancements are scheduled to be made at the Court of Honor for Scouts of the Smoky Mountain district which will be held at Sylva Methodist church, Thursday night, at 7:30 o'clock. Benny Reece will receive Star rank and Charles Cope of Sylva and Jimmy Waldroup of Franklin will be made Life Scouts. ARCHITECT'S VIEW OF WCTC STADIUM The above picture is the architect's plan for the Memorial Stadium to be erected at Western Carolina Teachers College in honor of its students and I alumni who served in World War II. The site of the new stadium will be just back of the present Hunter Ath letic field. The stadium itself will face the main college campus and the in tervening State highway. The mini mum contemplated cost is 40 thou sand dollars. FILING DATE FOR MAY PRIMARY ENDS NEXT SATURDAY Filing dale for candidates enter ing the May primary will close Saturday, April 13, according to an announcement by the Jackson County Board of Elections. Anyone having intentions of entering the prin^fy race will have to be qual iiied'on or before that date. * Candidates who have announced through The Herald tor county offices so far are: For Sheriff? Leonard Holden, incumbent; Charles Griffin Middleton and Jack H.jReed. For Representative? Ben Queen and Dan Tompkins. Commissioner of Finance?Jen I nings A. Bryson. Board members? Ed Fisher and J. C. Passmore. Clerk of Court?Roy Cowan, in cumbent. Register of Deeds?Glenn Hughes, incumbent. Frank F. Hall, who announced for sheriff has withdrawn from the race due to pressing business matters. Three candidates have filed with the State Board in this district lor Solicitor?Dan K. Moore, of this county; Roy W. Frances, of Hay wood, and T. D. Bryson, Jr., of Macon, are the candidates. Monroe Redden, of Henderson ville, is opposing Zebulon Weaver in the Democratic race for Con gress. The Jackson County Republican convention will be held in the courthouse Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Hon. Guy Weaver, of Ashe ville, Republican candidate for Congress, will address the con vention. DALLAS P. HENRY GETS ^DISCHARGE Pfc. Dallas P. Henry, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Henry of Sylva, Rt. 1, was given his discharge from the Army March 18, and is at home with his parents. He had been in service for 37 months, the last seven months being spent in the Pacific theater. He arrived in Okinawa shortly before the sur render of Japan and has been sta tioned there until he was sent home. W. E. Elisor Improving Following Operation William E. Ensor, chief clerk of the Cherokee Indian Reservation, and president-elect of the Sylva Rotary club, is improving rapidly following an appendix operation which he underwent Tuesday, April 2. Mr. Ensor was stricken suddenly and taken to the Reser vation hospital for the operation. Previous to this illness Mr. Ensor had an unbroken attendance rec ord at the Sylva club of 11 years. Robeson County tobacco far mers seeded 75 to 100 square yards of tobacco bed for every acre of tobacco scheduled to be set this year. VELDEE C. ASHE WORLD WAR* II VET KILLED IN ACCIDENT MONDAY MORNING Veldee C. Ashe Pinned Under Bulldozer As It Was Being Unloaded Veldee C. Ashe, of Cullowhee, a veteran of World War II, was kill ed almost instantly Monday morn ing at Highlands when a bulldozer being unloaded from a truck fell and pinned him to the ground. According to information re ceived, Ashe, along with seven other men, was removing the bull dozer from the truck when it top pled over on him. His body was [removed immediately and a physi ician summoned, but he died short ly afterward. | His body was taken to Moody j Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Cullowhee Baptist church. He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Mae Potts, one daughter, Betty Jean, and his moth er, Mrs. Eva Conner, of Cullowhee. Ashe entered service in Jan., 1944, and received his military training at Bainbridge, Md., and was later sent to Fort Pierce, Fla. He was stationed in California for a short while before being sent to the Pacific theatre of operations. Ashe received his discharge from the Navy three months ago. PRE-EASTER SERVICES TO BE AT METHODIST CHURCH NEXT WEEK Pre-Easter services will be con ducted at the Methodist church next week with services beginning at 8 o'clock, Monday night, and continuing throughout the week, at the same hour each day. The pastor, Rev. W. Q. Grigg, will do the preaching. Special music is planned lor each service and everyone is in vited to attend. SOSSAMON'S... in Sylva BINGO PARTY TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY FOR CANCER FUND Roscoe Potent,"chairman of the Jackson County Cancer Control Fund drive, has announced that a bingo party will be staged at Sylva High school auditorium next Wed nesday night, April 17, for the pur pose of raising funds for the work of control ol cancer. A good pro gram being arranged and a large number of pri/.es will be available for the winners. Mr. Poteet has requested that I contributions to the fund be left at The Herald office. Thus far ihe bingo party next Wednesday night. AMERICAN RED CROSS MAKES REPORT ON DRIVE FOR FUNDS In launching drives for funds during World War II, I have worked through the schools in the several communities of Jackson county. I list below the name and (quota set up for each community j and the amount of gifts turned in up to this time for the 1946 drive: ? Community QuoU.. Amount Sylva High School $150 $ 98.77 I Sylva Elementary 150 15o!oo Colored Consolidated 40 32.55 $3235.83 Respectfully submitted, A. J. DILLS, Chairman. William V. McCall ~ Joins Coast Guard William V. McCall, son of Mrs. Zadie McCall of Cashiers, left Tuesday for Norfolk, Va., where he will be sworn into the Coast Guard and given his assignment. Mead corporation is the only con tributor, with a check for $10. Your donation may help save a iilo. S? .id it ;n at once and attend Webster Cullowhee W.C.T.C. Dillsboro East Laporte Johns Creek Tuckaseigee Rocky Hollow Charlies Creek Sols Creek Wolf Mountain Tennessee Gap Rock Bridge Hamburg Cashiers Double Springs White Rock Beta Addie Willets Balsam Barkers Creek Dicks Creek Wilmot Qualla Green Mountain Savannah 175 219.03 175 116.71 150 161.25 150 175.00 100 18.64 150 9.10 50 67.07 25 13.40 20 NONE 20 NONE 20 NONE 20 *11.00 20 NONE 200 117.21 75 40.85 20 NONE 20 6.91 100 114.82 75 40.00 50 25.00 75 15.00! 75 75.00 20 6.10 50 13.80 175 94.55 10 NONE | 250 265.15 ) General Other Gifts Kirk-Davis9 Moody Funeral Home Are Two Large Com mercial Buildings Nearing Completion, Others Planned BAPTIST PASTORS CONFERENCE WILL MEET AT MURPHY Theme Of Program Is "The Preacher And His Preparation" The Western North Carolina Baptist Pastors conference which will convene at the First Baptist church in Murphy, April 15, will use for their daily theme: "The Preacher and His Preparation," the theme for the year being, "The Preacher and His Mission." The program for the morning conference will be opened with the" devotional at 10:30 by Rev. Tom , Truitt of Murphy, followed by bus iness and introduction and the ex planation of the program by Rev. C. M. Warren of Sylva. At 11:15 Rev Clarence Vance of Sylva will be heard on "The Preacher Needs To Prepare," and at 11:45 Rev. i Robert Barker of Murphy on "The Preacher Preparing a Sermon." The morning conference will be j concluded by a message from Rev. ; Charlie Parker of Franklin. The devotional for the afternoon conference, beginning at 1:45, will | be led by P, G. Ivie of Murphy, I followed by a report of the com mittees. At 2:15 Rev. J. C. Pipes | of Asheville will speak on "The ' Preacher's Opportunity for Prep aration Today," and will also lead I an open discussion. The message ' by I>ev. T. Earl Ogg of Andrews i will conclude the day's program. j\Vhittier I?T A To Hold !Box Supper Friday j The Whittier Parent-Teacher j; -sik i..lioii [.-> sponsoi ing a box sup j per in the school auditorium Fri I ciay n;ght at 8 o'clock. Proceeds | from the shipper will be used for building a projection room booth for use in the audi-visual educa : tion program at the school. Cafes, Hotels, Stores, Private Homes Making Many Improvements Despite the many handicaps of doing business under present con dition of material and supply shortages much progress has been noted in Sylva during the past sev eral months To look around town today, we find the following: Moody's Funeral home almost complete, which will be one of the finest in Western North Carolina. This building, located on Main street, was started last winter. It ii of concrete, steel and brick con struction, with a large basement housing the heating plant and storage for the funeral cars. The chapel, cffices and wofk rooms occupy the first floor with living quarters on the second floor. Kirk-Davis' Chevrolet company h;t've just rru.ved into their modern iu'.v home at the east end of Main .-t.eet on Cullowhee road. This too, j.- s;ue of the most modern build .of its kind in Western North C. ; ulina. CJi-; und has been broken for a concrete, brick and steel building .. ini- b?.ck street for J. D. Moore's T..c She p and Firestone store. v\...i.on E.others have remodeled i'.v.. . t.?i c and taken on the Good Near agency. Lt. Woudy Hampton, recently - god fi'otn the Avmy, is mak ing plans to construct a modern I i/.iikhng next to Hall and Norton 'Ti:e company tor the Ford auto ,ig? i;cy. Phil Stovall has ejected oil ices and warehouse ouiidiii^ to house the Southern ! C< ;?! .uid Lumber company. C rl Buchanan has mpved his ' eJc v.-: .t-.11 supply business into the ' bu: Idiag lcrrnci ly occupied by ! Kirk-D..v?s, and plans to do con ? aider;.ble remodeling for the home ci the i.ew Hudson automobiles and pick-up trucks. Le v. is W. Bumgarner is now fir ! charge of the Sylva Jackson Motor ' company, a new agency formed here for sales and service of the* | ?Continued on page 4 WCTC Plan Memorial Stadium In Honor Student-Alumni Vets ASKS SUSPENSION BEEF REGULATION Raleigh, April 8.?Acting on his declaration that "our beef supply in in a chaotic condition because of new OPA regulations," State Agriculture Commissioner. W. Kerr Scott has sent a letter of protest to OPA Administrator Paul Porter urging suspension of all legulations for 30 days and a re vision of OPA prices and regula tions "to a more practical basis." The new OPA regulations, which went into effect on April 1, are designed to curb the growth of the black market in meat. They call ; for the withholding of subsidy pay ments to packers if a packer's re ported monthly average of prices paid for cattle exceeds the legal maximum by more than two per jcent. Varying percentages of the : subsidy are to be withheld if ex I cess payments below the two per cent level are reported. In his letter to OPA Adminis trator Porter, Scott said: "With in the last six months, 138 small slaughters have closed, and now since the new order of April 1, most of our larger independent packers are closing because of their inability to comply with the reg ulations. He enlisted with the local recruit ing office and had passed all nec essary examinations before leav ing. Plans are well under way at Western Carolina Teachers college lor the proposed $40,000 Memorial Stadium to be erected to the honor of students and alumni who served their country in the armed forces of World War II. Announcement of the progress on the project was made by Dean W. E. Bird, who says that a spirit of optimism pre vails at the college following the initial drive being made among the faculty and students of the institution. According to Dean Bird, the fac ulty, other employees, and students of the college, on a canvass which as yet is not complete, has already pledged approximately $6,000 of the total amount being sought. Of this sum the faculty and other em ployees have, to date, pledged $3 300, the students $2,600. Almost without a single exception the en tire college population have re sponded with pledges; however, several have not yet been given an opportunity to pledge gifts. It is predicted that when the canvass is completed the amount to be raised from the college will equal or exceed the $6,000 mark. The next move, according to Dean Bird, is the get-to-gether meeting including a buffet supper at the McKee Training school at the college, Friday evening, April 19, at 7 o'clock. This meeting is to be strictly a Jackson county affair. It is felt by all the members of the stadium committee that those of the college and the community in which the institution is located ?Continued on page 8
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