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AMERICA First, Last and Always The ylva ERALD The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. VOL. XX, NO. 50 SYLVA, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1946 $1.50 A Year in Jackson And Swain Counties?5c Copy Chamber of Commerce j Membership Drive Will Get Underway May 15 President Picklesimer J And Board Of Directors Ask For Co-operation President Felix Picklesimer and the board of directors of the Jack son County Chamber of Commerce will start their 1946 membership drive on May 15, according to an announcement by President Pickle simer this week. The officers of the organization urge the hearty co-operation of the business firms and individuals in their prompt ness when the solicitors, call. The organization has already been to quite a bit of expense this year in securing folders, tourist accommo dation list and road signs, etc. "This is your Chamber of Com merce and without your help we cannot put across the things we should. We not only need your financial support but we need the complete co-operation of everyone pulling together as a unit in order to accomplish the most good for the community as a whole. If we will do this Sylva and Jackson county will be a more thriving place than ever before. We are sure that everyone wishes to see our city and county grow and de velop into the best in Western North Carolina. Your Chamber of Commerce can help bring this about. "There are always different drives on and there always will be. We do not fancy our task of soliciting our merchants and busi ness men for money to carry on the work, but this is the way it has been done before, so this time if anyone will join as an individual it will help out wonderfully and will go a long way, no matter how small your contribution. "Please see Miss Carolyn Lewis at the Information office and give her your membership, or mail it to the Chamber of Commerce office." PARTY RETURNS FROM WEST VIRGINIA Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ward, Mrs. V. E. Ward and Mr. and Mrs. Clif ford Holcombe have returned from West Virginia where they attended the funeral of Mrs. C. M. Givens, mother of Mrs. Ward. SATURDAY IS LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR MAY PRIMARY Saturday, May 11, is the last date on which the Registration book of the county will be open for registering voters for the May 25th Primary. The books will close Saturday night and all persons eligible to vote who have not reg istered must do so on of before that date if they wish to vote in the coming primary. Challenge day will be on Sat urday, May 18, one week before election day. With the large number of can didates seeking nomination for the various offices the vote is expected to be heavy. Candidates are busy rounding up support and it is not likely that they will let eligible voters fail to register, if they know about them. The books will be open at the city hall for those of the North ward, and at the home of Mrs. Walter Jones for the south ward. 0 P A AND RATION NEWS OF THE WEEK Sugar Stamp No.* 49, good for live pounds, expires August 31. Sugar Stamp No. 9, good for five pounds of sugar for canning, expires October 31, 1946. New Meat Price List New meat retail price lists, the strongest weapon of retailers and housewives in fighting the black market, are now posted in all butcher shops, OPA Director T. S. Johnson has announced. These price lists, already fa miliar to millions of housewives, are printed in green ink for easy identification, Johnson said.. They Niow the new increase of retail prices for every cut and grade of 1 meat, he added. ! Johnson pointed out that through ! effective use of these price lists ! by shoppers, black market over charges can be eliminated. WOW Members Have Formal Opening of New Lodge On Monday Night, May 13th Hugh Monteith Was J Speaker For Occasion; 150 Members Present One hundred and fifty members and guests were present Monday night for the banquet and formal opening of the new fraternal lodge ot the Woodmen of the World. Jeff Hedden, council command er, presided over the evening's festivities. The invocation was led by Rev. C. M. Warren. Prior to the banquet a mock wedding was performed' by Mr. Warren, who joined together the bride, Howard Allison, and the bridegroom, Andy Allison, at the insistence of an irate father, J. D. Moore. Following the dinner, Hugh Monteith delivered the address of the evening, using as his subject," "Responsibilities of the Average Citizen in the Average Commu nity." He stressed the importance of home making, church activities and civic affairs with" particular emphasis on the youth of the com munity. "No community will reach high er than the standards of the homes in that community; no church can wield its proper Influence in a community without an alert, ag gressive and conscientious mem bership." RESPONSIBILITIES TO YOUTH 18 EMPHASIZED He added, "What the youth do in any community is largely de termined by the attitudes of the adults in that community toward the young people. It is not enough ?Continued on page 4 EMBARGO ON RAIL SHIPMENTS STARTS THURSDAY MIDNIGHT An embargo will go into effect on all railroad shipments except mail, livestock, food, coal, gas, oil and fuel oil, and perishables, at midnight Thursday, Herbert Gib son, agent for the Southern at the Sylva station, said Wednesday. The Government has ordered the embargo in order to conserve the nation's coal supply, now reaching critical low stages. The only freight trains running will be those carrying the above mentioned items. Passenger trains 17 and 18 will continue as usual unless the coal situation becomes worse. The Southern has stopped a number of passenger trains on some of its branch lines already. Baptist Sunday School Convention To Meet With Hamburg Church The Tuckaseegee Baptist Sun day School convention will meet Sunday, May 12, at 2:30 p.m. with the Hamburg Baptist church. A good group from each Sunday School in the association is ex pected to attend the meeting. First noted 100 years ago as a "harmless weed" in this country, lespedeza now is recognized as one of the nation's greatest soil build ing legumes. SOFTBALL LEAGUE TO GET INTO ACTION WITH GAME MAY 20 Sylva Lions Will Play j Cherokee Indian Team On Sylva High Field , The Smoky Mountains Athletic association will start its schedule of softball games on the Sylva High school athletic field Monday, May 20, at 8 p.m. The first game of the season will be the Sylva Lions vs. Cherokee. The next two games for the week of the 20th will be on the 22nd, when Paperboard will meet the Tannery, which will be on j Wednesday night, with the third game of the week on Friday night ! when Reed's Grocery team meets the Webster boys. The entire schedule for 1946 will be made up and published in an early issue of The Herald. PEACH HARVESTTO BEGIN SOON IN N. C. I RALEIGH, May 8.?Marketing of this year's crop of Nort^jCaro ]ina peaches should begin in about two weeks, according to D. S. Matheson, fruit and vegetable mar keting specialist with the State Department of Agriculture. Pointing out that growers pro duced around 1,629.000 bushels in the 15,000-acre Sandhill peach country last year, Matheson said tiiat production should be equally as high this season, provided fa vorable weather continues. He reported that "vigorous ef forts" are being made to -have the price ceilings on peaches discon tinued this year. OPA Sets Dollar-and-Cents | Ceiling Prices On North Carolina Brick Sales RALEIGH, May 8.?Dollar and cents ceiling prices have been set lor all .-ales of brick in North Car olina in an effort to aid home builders to determine quickly the cost of their brick and at the same time encourage brick makers to deliver the brick to the construc tion site, Theodore S. Johnson, State OPA director, said today. The ceiling price for brick in North Carolina was set at $20 per thousand for sales at the brick plants and from carload rail sales nnd a ceiling price of $25.75 per thousand for brick delivered to the construction site, Johnson said. Johnson explained that the price of common brick delivered to the construction site has been adjusted from $21 to $25.75 per thousand in order to encourage brick sellers to make delivery to the projects. This apparent increase will result in lower total costs by brick buy ers because formerly the buyers were forced to hire high-priced truckers to go to the plants and deliver the brick. Some truckers charged as much as $10 per thou sand to deliver brick. The new I dollars-and-cents ceiling price of I $25.75 per thousand wlil enable brick sellers to deliver their own/ brick to construction projects and stop the high-priced trucking fees buyers have been forced to pay when brick makers did not de liver brick. The new prices for North Caro lina are now in effect in all of the state's 100 counties. Thirty Children Attend Pre-School Clinic Here Mrs. Charles McMahan, chair- ? man in charge of arrangements for the Pre-School Day at Sylva Elemtntary school, reports that 30 children attended and were given physical and dental examinations and inoculations for diphtheria, whooping cough and smallpox by Dr. Mary Michal, assistant district health officer, Dr. Wayne McGuire, dentist, Mrs. Alma McCracken, district nurse, and Mrs. Doris Hicks, nurse from Swain county. Following the examinations, the children were given a party and served ice cream and cookies. The Philco company has in stalled a logging railroad with gas oline locomotive, a crane at the mill and many othehr labor saving devices in the Simmons Bay area of Columbus county where it has bought timber rights. WEDNESDAY IS BIG CIRCUS DAY IN SYLVA PRETTY CIRCUS STARS?Star white horses as well as lovely, 1 graceful riders, such as shown above are among those to be seen in Sylva unJer the "Big Top" of Beers-Barne! Circus in their shows scheduled here Wednesday, May 15. j Wednesday is circus day in Sylva! Shortly alter sun-up I Wednesday morning the large car r.van of Beers-Barr.es oig one ring circus will arrive in town and proceed to the show grounds, where i the carnival is exhibiting this | week, and give two performances. I On the show grounds workm*^ will be engaged in the task of erecting the huge tented city, which, like a mushroom seems to spring from nowhere. The first major activity of cir cus day will take place in the aft Mrs. W. O. Soderquist Is Elected Director Of U.D.C. District No. 1 At the annual meeting held last Friday at the George Vanderbilt hotel, in Ashevile, Mrs. W. O. | Soderquist was elected director of j (i.strict N?j. 1. United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Mrs. , Harry Ferguson was elected dis trict :,ecrota.y. Mrs. Pre.-ton Thom as, ot A>heville, was chosen his torian. Mrs. Soderquist and Mrs. Fer guson are members of the B. H. Cathey chapter, Sylva. The for mer is now president while the latter'is a past president. Mrs. Charles Fortune, retiring director, presided, and the princi pal speaker was the North Caro lina Division president, Mrs. Paul Lambert Borden. When the reports were made from the different chap ters making up the distrcit, the Sylva chapter won the attendance prize which is counted on a per centage basis, considering distance and number of members. Following the business session a luncheon was held. The Fanny Patton chapter was hostess. The meeting next year will be held in WavncsviU'e. I ornoon around 2 o'clock when j Sylva will witne-s its 1:isl circus street parade in 16 yea.'.-. The pa ' rrdc will wind .ts wav ovc the business section of the city. In he line of march will be found alj Jin- thril..* a:ui Oeatures which niovie t!;e parades of a generation -4<#n--rnch an i7r.portant"~pnrt 01 cir cus d,iy. They will all be there? the prancing horses to the .-creecr.ing calliope. Performances being presented by Bcciv-Barncv th.s season are said ?Continued on page 8 Sylva C. Of C. Members Guests At Waynesville Banquet Friday Night Sewn na nln the Sylva C'hamoer :?!' C<'mme.ee were spe .* 1 : i??*' ' tin- Wayne^viile I'n.a ? . v' v.mr :ce o.imjaft v.'.iici: \,.jv .i' ki i,.M Friday ni'.;nt. I\\-G vi'. r : '? \ ? uy'iton deTiV" ?. . t d \ v p:...ci; . i ad.i/e.-s oi the (ver.i.iu and >p ./.c on the luture .*? >lc <-!' We-'.e.n North Carol.na in :nc South. Those attendmg lrom Sylva were: Felix I'it klesimer, Ro>coe Poteet, Evmett Harris, Harry Fer guson, Harold McGuire, Roy Reed rind Mack Ashe. Pageant At Cullowhee Wednesday Evening A pageant, "A Legend of the Weaving Wind," written and di rected by E. V. Deans, Jr., will be presented Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock on the Woodland stage at Western Carolina Teachers col lege. It was originally planned to give the pageant in conjunction with the crowning of the Queen of the May on la>t Friday, but be cause of rain, it was postponed until Wednesday evening. 4-H CLUB ORGANIZED AT COPE CREEK ! f \ ' '! r? Eleven girls and boys met at the home of Mr?. Johnnie Wataon, April 19, and under the leaderahip of Miaa Josephine Johnston, Home Demonstration agent for Jackaon county, organized a Cope Creek 4-H Club. The following officers were elected. Hattalean Frlzael, president; Nsncy Hartman, vice? president; Dorothy Jean Chester, secretary, and Shirley Hartman, traaurer. The program of the afternoon waa on the importance of keeping record booka and 4-H club work. Shirley Hartman and Dorothy Jean Chester were winners of prizea in the contesta. Mrs. Johnnie Watson and Mrs. Bill Wilson ara the leaders of this club. The meeting adjourned to meet with Joanne Wilson in May. | The Herald Subscription ! Commission Gives 4-H Club Funds For Cabin COAL DELIVERIES ARE SLASHED AS STRIKE HOLDS NATION IN GRIP i " Tne Solid Fuel administration is now prohibiting delivery of soft coal to any householder having more than a five-day supply. Deliveries to public utilities, railroads, hospitals and other sim ilar users were restricted to those having less than ly days supply. These restrictions were an nounced by Fuel Administrator J. A. Krug as the 37-day strike of 400,000 soft-coal miners reached a critical point. Sylva coal dealers are entirely i/Ut of coal at this time. Mead Corporation and other industrial users have a supply on hand and are able to continue operation. However, Mead expects to be cur tailed in production because of the inability to secure certain supplies now short due to the strike. President Truman met with top I labor and reconversion aides Mon I day to discuss the situation, which lie described as most serious, which may cause the rationing of coal next winter, even with the strike ending soon. John L. Lewis is keeping his .?oft coal miners off the job trying to force his demand for a royalty >n coal production, i Club Boys And Girls Busy on Various Projects To Help Raise Funds As a means of assisting the 4-H club boys and girls of Jackson county in raising money with which to build their cabin at the 4-H club camp at the test farm ! r the Western district,. The Sylva Herald is elid ing to the club mem beis a percentage of all subscrip tions to The Herald they secure during the rmnth of May. The va rious clubs ol the ccurvty are al ready at work on the project and they seek the co-operation of the public in their efforts. A special prize will be awarded the club turning in the largest number of inscriptions. A number of the clubs are work ing on other projects, _also, for raising money for their cabin. The 4-H girls of Webster have chal lenged the Campfire girls to a ball game Friday afternoon. The club boys will play the Boy Scouts im mediately following the girls' game. Miss Lucy Hedden, 4-H club neighborhood leader, will make cup cakes to be sold at the game. All proceeds will be used for the cabin. Other clubs have sold eggs, seeds, and other items from the farm homes. Box suppers and va rious plans are to be sponsored by tiic clubs. Cope Creek members ..re to sill chances on a quilt made by them. The young folk arc really work ing to raise the funds for their camp cabin and should be given all the encouragement possible in then undertaking. It is good that they do earn their own money for 4hi* Ce??.Tip, as it will give them a greater pride in the cabin when it is completed. Sylva I'.T.A. Will Meet Tuesday Afternoon T..f f:v,i P..rent-Teacher asso c.alien wiil meet Tuesday after iiniiii '2 ;j(> n'clock m the audi torium <>i tiie Sylva Elementary .?ennui. Rev. W. Q. C.ngg will be the .?in- kit. All members are urged ;<? .'ttend. as this is the last meeting u! thi.N >cnool year. LAST RITES HELD FOR MRS. GIVENS "x Funeral services wore held April '2'd ,.t the First Baptist chd"?t in v.. \a., jCu' .\1 i'i. Cl.ruivs U.ven.-, who died April 24 while va-iling her daughter, Mrs. Joe Ward, at Whittier. Burial followed n t:.e family cemetery. M.-. CJivcns became ill while vi-.tm.14 her daughter and was lc tin- :ii)<n::..i WHCi.e .-no (i ? (i a lew Hays late:.*. S.ie i.? -invived by her daugh ter. Mi'.-. Wurd; her hu.-band, C. M. (?iveil.-, <>\ Wo.-* Virginia; her ' :n >';a . . Mr.-. V. la lilaukenship, 1 ; ::<i t.aie .-?.-'ers, a!! <<: West Vir Large Per Cent of FSA Loans Now Going To The Veterans That Are Returning To Farms GROUND IS BROKEN FOR NEW BUILDING TO HOUSE FORD AGENCY Workmen are busy preparing the site for beginning of construc tion of a new building by Woody Hampton to house the Ford auto m futile office, sales rooms and parage. The new building will be located on Cullowhee road nearby the firm of Hall and Norton Tire company, and will be similar to the new building of Kirk-Davis just across the street. Mr. Woody plans to rush con struction as fast as possible under present condidtiodns. He was in the Ford business here before en tering service four years ago. After .^pending two years overseas he returned and was recently dis charged, holding the rank of first lieutenant in the Army. New Fruit Stand Being Constructed In Sylva J. D. Gillespie, of Georgia, who hos been operating a fresh fruit and vegetable business in this county for the past 15 years, will reopen for the season some time next week. Workmen are rapidly complet ing a building to house the stand. It will be located on Main street adjacent to the Baptist headquar ters and the Sylva Supply Hard ware company. SOSSAMON'S ... in Sylva % Money Being Used To Purchase Livestock, Equipment & Expenses Requests from veterans account ed for 24 per cent of the 1,397 ap plications for Farm Security Ad ministration rural rehabilitation loans received from farm families during March in FSA Region, IV, comprising Kentucky, North Car olina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. In North Carolina there were 385 applications, 92 or 24 per cent of them from veterans, according to William T. Brown, Jr., FSA ' Supervisor for Jackson, Swbin, and Graham counties. I Mr. Brown said that many of the veterans returning to farms find rural rehabilitation loans use ful for operation expenses and the purchase of livestock and equip ment. Loans are repayable in one to five years and bear five per cent interest. About 1,000 loans averaging $648 have been made to veterans in this region. Applications on hand in this region for farm ownership loans total over 10,000, of which about eight per cent are from veterans*' In North Carolina there are 1,715 of which 14 per cent are veteran applications, Mr. Brown stated. Farm ownership loans may run 40 years at three per cent interest oa unpaid principal. To date 39 loans averaging $5,810 have been mtcto to veterans in this region. The scarcity of farms for Ml* on the basis of long-time earning capacity values accounts for the ?Continued on page -4
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