AMERICA First, Last and Always The Svlva Herald The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. VOL. XX, NO. 51 SYLVA, N. C? THURSDAY, MAY 16. 1946 $1.50 A Year?5c Copy Six Teams Enter Softball League, First Game May 20 Jackson Schools Hold Field Day Exercises Here May 10 Six Elementary And Four High Schools In Track, Game Contests All four high ^schools in the county and six elementary schools" were represented in the field day meet held at the Sylva campus irst Friday. Elementary schools participating were: Qualla, Beta, Dillsboro, Sylva, Webster and Glenville. Winners in the high school ath letic events included: Girls' 100 yard dash, Bryson of Sylva, first place; Tolbert of Cullowhee, sec ond place, and Allison of Webster, third place. Boys' 100-yard dash, Ryan of Sylva, first place; McCoy c* Glenville, second place, and Lewis of Webster, third place. 3oys* 100-yard dlasfi, R^an f guiripri missiles to America which seems destined to supersede bombing planes, aircraft carriers, and heavy artillery as the prime weapons of the world's arsenals. Trailing a seething flame and with a roar which reverberated across the sky, the V-2 rose slowly at first, accelerated, and finally streaked out of sight almost di rectly overhead but tilted slightly north, news reporters stated, who witnessed the experiment. It was a perfect launching, they said. The Germans failed in many of their lr.unchings. ADAMS SEES WEAVER GAINING IN DISTRICT J. G. Adams, Jr., District cam paign manager of Zebulon Weaver ior Congress, on his return from 1 recent trip through the 10 coun ties of the Twelfth Congressional district, reports- that he sees a s-.eady increase in Weaver strength. "Mr. Redden, in his early trav els," says Mr. Adam^, "created a wide interest and undoubtedly made a considerable impression on a number oFcourthouse groups. Any candidate opposing a consci entious incumbent must naturally have this early advantage, be cause the incumbent is never able 4.o leave his official work for cam paigning purposes until compar atively late in the campaign sea son. But, I feel that Mr. Redden hes reached and passed his peak, and by Primary day Mr. Weaver will be still further out in front than he is today." Buncombe county, Weaver's home ground, is believed by Mr. Adams to be solidly behind him in both the city and county areas. Adams says that Mr. Weaver hopes to be able to return home from Washington by the end of this week for at l>east a few days' personal campaigning, and renew ing contact with some of his old iriends and supporters. He ex pects to get to Jackson and Swain counties early next week. C. A. Hoyle Talks On Experiences Of A Veteran Principal C. A. Hoyle, principal of the McKee Training school at Western Carolina Teachers college here, spoke to the college student body Thursday. The topic of Mr. Hoyle's address was ''Experiences of a Vet eran Principal." In his talk, Mr. Hoyle cited numerous cases with which he had dealt as an adminis trative official in this state's school program. The philosophy of a good, principal, according to Hoyle, should be to make pleasant experiences and continue smiling in the face of adversity. The Yancey County Guernsey ?ssociation recently sold 26 good animals of that breed for an aver age of $261 each. IRISH WAR BRIDE ! DELIGHTED IN NEW ! HOME NEAR SYLVA ' Mrs. George M. Hoxitt Arrived Two Weeks Ago To Join Husband Here By CAROL THOMPSON She's pretty, she's an Irish col- | leen, and she's crazy about i America. * We're speaking about Gladys j Hoxit, war bride of George M. Hoxitt who arrived in New York \ I on the Queen Mary two weeks ago I and who is now completely at home in her adopted community l\t Love's Field. This love story began in Belfast, i I Ireland, almost three years ago' when Mrs. Hoxit was an usherette j in a theatre and young Hoxit was stationed there. After seeing him ground each week for some time~ an introduction was arranged and | she began inviting him to her home 1 because she thought he might be lcnely. It ended in marriage one year and 10 months ago. Commenting on her trip over, (t-he said, "It was grand, there was only one or two rough nights on the voyage. After I had received my papers saying I could come, we had a week's wait in Ted Wyth, a camp just out of London, then were allowed to board the Queen Mary and everything was arranged tor our comfort. I had to wait rJwfisrd^hip in New York a day bccause George could not meet me there. He met me in Asheville." Mrs. Hoxit dealt only briefly with the war-torn years over there, because she was too full of enthusiasm and plans for the fu ture here. When questioned about the conditions in her native land j she stated simply, "It was, and is, bad. There are so many things j nere that we haven't seen in years." Her expressive voice (and hands) went on to add, "But the shops in Sylva?they're wonderful. High heel shoes, frocks that are beau tiiul, and so many lovely things." She seems delighted with every thing, particularly the people and the friendliness of her neighbors. And from what we observed, her ! I'.ew people seemed equally de-1 lighted with her. TV A FISH CULTURIST TALKS TO ROTARIANS Members of the Sylva Rotary club heard Dr. Eshelmire, fish cul turist for Tennessee Valley author ity, tell of the authority's research work on the fish of the lakes of Western North Carolina. Dr. Eshel mire told his audience that West ern North Carolina has the best prospects for becoming the sec tion's greatest fishing area of any part of the country. He warned,! however, that this will only come | about through an educational pro gram for the conservation and proper take of the mature fish. He told of the research work the au thority is doing on Hiawassee lake ia which much valuable data is being assembled for use in the educational program to be put on 10 help make TVA lakes centers of recreation for the fishermen. A weekly program will be car ried by the Knoxville Journal on Lome of the findings of the survey that will be of interest to those who enjoy the sport of fishing. Jackson Men Enlist In U. S. Military Forces According to records of Army Service Forces. Asheville Military District, William A. Brown, son of William Brown, of Dillsboro, en listed in the Army April 24. He will be on duty with an ordnance company. The records also show that A. C. Gibson, veteran of 34 months service, has re-enlisted in the Army Air Force as of May 1. He is the. ot. airs, Per.li&Jiibson of Dilhboro. REDDEN S DISTRICT CAMPAIGN MANAGER DOiM S. EL I AS, vice-president of the Asheville Citizen-Times' company, has been appointed District manager of Monroe M. Redden's campaign for nomina tion for Congress in the 12th District. Mr. Elias in a recent statement, said: "It is my upper most ambition to see Western North Carolina develop, prosper and progress. I feel that Mr. Red den's nomination and election | will help bring this about." Recitation-Declamation Contest To Be Held At jCullowhee Monday Night 1 The ? annual redtation-declara , tion .contest, sponsored by the B. ' H. Cathey chapter, United Daugh ters of the Confederacy, will be r held Monday evening. May 20, at 18 o'clock, in Hoey auditorium at Cullowhee. I The tour high schools or the , county will have representatives I who will compete for the Ger jtrude Dills McKee medal?, given each year by Mrs. E. L. McKee, Sr., to the boy and girl giving the 'best recitation and declamation. | This is the second year that th:s event has been county-wide, open to all high schools of the county '??The public is invited to attend. Sylva Parent - Teacher Group Installs Officers Installation of new officers to serve for the ensuing year one of Lie principal events of the meeting of the Sylva Parent-Teacher asso ciation Tuesday afternoon at the auditorium of the elementary school. Mrs. Dan Tompkins acted as installing officer and those to take office at this time were, Mrs. J. P Stovall, president; Mrs. Wal ter Jones, vice-president; Mrs. Frank Crawford, secretary; and Mrs. W. J. Fisher, treasurer. Mrs. J. H. Gillis presided and c'lso gave a report of the state meeting which she attended in Winston-Salem. Miss Bertha Cunningham, sec retary, gave a resume of the year's work as compiled from the min utes for the year. Miss Madison's room won the prize for having the most parents present. Rev. W. Q. Grigg was the speak er. He spoke on the three quali ties of the child?mental, physical and spiritual, and stressed the reed of developing all three. This was the last meeting for this school year. The report showed a splendid year's work had been done. Initiation Ceremonies Held By Oce Chapter Oce Chapter No. 139, Order of the Eastein Star, held a special meeting Wednesday evening, May 8, in the Masonic hall at Dillsboro, for the purpose of initiation of the following: Mrs. Edna Hooper, Mrs. Gertie Moss, Mrs. Helen Hooper, Z^bulon Moss, Charlie Snyder and Delos Buchanan. The hall was beautifully deco rated with spring flowers. A delicious sweet course was served by the hostesses, Mrs. Elou ise Picklesimer and Mrs. Lou Bryson. The soft coal strike has already been reflected in the reduced sup plies of fertilizers coming into North Carolina. SOSSAMON'S... in Sylva 4-H CLUBS STUDY GLOVER AND EGGS Clubs Plan To Raise Funds; Will Observe 4-H Sunday May 26 The May meetings of the 4-H _clubs of the county are proving to be very interesting as well as help ful to the boys and girls. The in formation on the varieties of clo vers, which comprise tfftf' month's study by the boys can be applied to farm practices of their homes. These lessons also contribute to their knowledge of nature, thus making for happier, fuller lives of the individual. M. L. Snipes, farm agent, directs the work of the boys. The 4-H girls, under the direc tion of Miss Josephine Johnston, home agent, have for their month's study, eggs?their value and meth ods of preparation. This study, too, is carried into the homes from which the girls come, since they are required to prepare a definite number of meals. Both the boys and girls are required to keep re sults of their work in record books which are checked by their leaders. Announcement is being made at each club meeting of the offer of [ the Sylva Herald to assist the clubs in raiding money with which to build a Jackson county 4-H club cabin at the test farm in Haywood | for thMi ivt jrl, v. no died in liic C. J. Harris Community hospital Sat i'.d. y morr..:4 : (lowing a ii ngiiiy illness, were in lei Sunday alter rrun ;,t 3 o'clock in Scott's Creek Lii.-t ciHi.cn. The Rev. li. S. Hen.-ley and the Rev. C. M. War ren ul licia'.ed. The body was taken to the church halt an hour before the funeral. Burial followed in Old Field cemetery. Mrs. Reed was a native of Jack son county and was a daughter cf the Rev. and Mrs. T. F. Deitz ci Beta. In addition to' her husband and parents, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Betty Reed Cope and Mrs. LeRoy Dalton of Sylva; ' two young sons, Bobby and Billy, i it Sylva; four brothers, Frank I Deitz of Asheville, A. M. Deitz of i Weaverville, Sgt. Thad Deitz of i Pensacola, Fla, serving * in the I Army, and Chief Charles Deitz ! of Hutchinson, Kas., serving in the i Navy; three sisters, Mrs. Ollie j Banks of Sylva, Mrs. A. M. Toth I erow and Mrs. Charles Fowler of Asheville. i Active pallbearers were Roscoe Foteet, Dennis Barkley, Dennis Fisher, Don Fisher, Vernon Cope I and Homer Davis of Sylva. Honorary pallbearers were mem bers of the Men's Bible class and Adult Bible class of Scott's Creek Baptist ichurch. Flower bearers were members of the Homemakers class of the church, of which Mrs. Reed was a member. Lt. Enloe Gets Discharge From Army At Ft Bragg Lt. W. R. Enloe, who volun teered in the Army about four years ago and spent the past two years overseas, arrived in the States Saturday, and received his (discharge from the service at Fort Br^sg Wednesday, where hh par ents met him to return to his home in Dillsboro. Lieutenant Enloe served with the Army Ordnance in England, France, and for the past year in Germany. Before entering service, Lieu tenant Enloe was the Gulf oil dis tributor in the Jackson and Swain county area, and will again man age his company on return to civilian lift. Sylva, Cherokee and Webster Prepare For A Big Season LIONS CLUB'S SHARE IN LAST WEEK'S SHOW TAKE IS OVER $700 The Sylva Lions' share o"f the money taken in by the Florida Amusement company, which ex hibited for six days here last week, amounted to $766.29. The carnival was sponsored by the Lions club lor the purpose of rasiing funds v.ith which to carry on the work among the blind of the county, which is one of the main projects of the club and is doing ?*T~much to help the less fortunate people with impaired vision. W. T. Wise is chairman of the committee foi the blind. Members of the club co-oper i-ted splendidly in ticket sales a the carnival and in seeing that the show was properly conducted. The carnival committee was composed of 0* E. Brookhyser, chairman (Frank Fricks and Felix Pickle simer. i The committee headed by Mi J Wise hopes to arrange for a clinic j lor the blind in the near future, a this clinic is now much overdue The club arranges for examina tions at the clinic free to those at tending, and in some cases where persons are actually unable to pur chase glasses when needed, they will buy the glasses. I H.D. Club Has Dinner Meeting At McKee School Cafeteria T!.e Cullowiice Hume Demon stration club, of which Mrs. Frank H. Biown is president, held a din m r meeting l.sst Thursday evening . i > tiie cal'eteiia ol tile McKee IVa.niiiH sch.t !. with over 70 ^ue>:> attending. T.ie piv^ram for :>nii. ? C ludniMi, ,. revit a ?.i H ane Dem Diis;..itiun act.vitics in the county i;y Mi.-s Ju.-ephino John-ton. and , i.ic minute? i)t tiie Ki.-t meeting by '.Mrs. .J./c Wallen. Miss Alice Ben ' ).i, iiead u, the Physical Educa !i?m department oi Western Car ,<11.na Teachivi's college, gave an ad jdie.-s, "Building the Future for Children and Youth," in which she ! discussed the bill of rights for , children. In charge of arrangements for i the dinner were Mrs. Frank Ad ams, Mrs. Louis Smith and Mrj. ? W. H. Woody. A number of ladns | of the community assisted, them. I JACKSON BOY WINS ITRIP TO RALEIGH Allen Fisher of Sylva was among the high point winners in the live stock judging contest held at the ? Osborne Farms in Haywood county | last Friday. Fisher placed in the [cattle and swine judging unit. These boys, in company with the two top point winners, will go to Raleigh in late August to com pete in the state judging contest ; and winners in this will go to Kan- | as City for a national judging. ?Charlie Bird Receives Discharge From Navy | Charlie Bird, SSMT 2-c re I ceived his discharge from the Navy | at Jacksonville, Fla., May 11, and (arrived at the home of his parents, j Dean and Mrs. W. E. Bird at Cul ! lowhee, May 12. Young Bird was in the Navy for 32 months. He plans to re-enter school at Cullowhee next fall. Some Farmers Helped By Rain, Others Hurt | Tobacco growers of Jackson I county are pleased with the show |ers which provide ideal condi | tions for setting their young, ten der plants. On the other hand, the excessive rains prevent planting of corn and other crops, and is j causing grass and weeds to get ahead of the farmer in the fields already planted. Pastures and small grain show thrifty growth at this time. Lights Expected To Be i Ready For Use First Game Monday Night The Svlva, Webster. Cherokee 2:\Jt bail league, in the Smoky Mountain Athletic association, will begin play Monday night, May 20, according to Felix Picklesimer, secretary of the league. Mr. Picklesimer has announced that six teams have entered the league this year with 36 games scheduled to be played, six games lor each team. The teams in the league include: Sylva Lions, Paperboard, Tannery, Heed's Grocery, Cherokee and Webster. Secretary Picklesimer stated that the flood lights are expected to be ready for use at the first game, Monday night, but in the event they shouldn't this game will be played in the afternoon, or on some-special date. It is expected that a number of special events, such as all-star fames will be played during the season, between the regular sched uled games. Tiie complete schedule of games tc be played is printed in this is >ue of The Herald, giving the op posing teams and the date of play. Directors of the league have given ; >.-ur;.nce that all scheduled games will be played. If rain or some ( 'her reason prevents the playing i-l a certain game on a given date, 'hat game will be set for another date, and the regularly scheduled ^anus played as announced. Officials of the association are: Roscoe Poteet, president; Felix IVSvleMmcr, secretary; John Hen con, treasurer; W. G. Crawford, Veil Wilson, Grayson Cope and liill Wis*1, directors. M n.-gi-rs of the teams arc as : I\.pe:-board, George Lee; Tannuy, Paul Warren; Webster, S Grocery. Clyde Fish . C .t. < . Blake Sneed. SCHEDULE OF GAMES F?ill..A-inu is the schedule of f.oiiu.- l'?if the entire season: LV.f. '.iice v . . Lions, May 20 and July K. P;.p(ib?i rcl vs. Tannery, May 22 and July 10. Intel's Grocery vs. Webster, May 24 and July 12. Tannery vs. Reed's Grocery", May 27 and July 15. Webster vs. Cherokee, May 29 and July 17. i Lions vs. Paperboard, May 31 ! and July 19. Paperboard vs. Webster, June 3 | and July 22. i Cherokee vs. Tannery, June 5 ! and July 24. Heed's Grocery vs. Lions, June 7 and July 26. j Tannery vs. Lions, June 10 and ' July 29. Paperboard vs. Cherokee, June ; 12 and July 31. ! Webster vs. Heed's Grocery, June 14 and August 2. Cherokee vs. Reed's Grocery, June 17 and August 5. Tannery vs. Paperboard, June 19 and August 7. Lions vs. Webster, June 21 and August 9. Reed's Grocery vs. Paperboard, June 24 and August 12. Cherokee vs. Lions, June 26 and August 14. Tannery vs. Webster, June 23 and August 16. Second Food For War Sufferers Drive Is Conducted At St. John's A second Food for War Suffered drive, sponsored by the War Re lief services of the National Cath cllc Welfare conference, is being conducted in St. John's school this week from May 12 to 19. In the first campaign under the above auspices last December 9-16, a total of 23,375,000 pounds of food was collected in the United States. Of this, 33,651 pounds were col lected in North Carolina and Sit* v pounds in St. John's Parish. Th? food was allocated to 21 war stricken countries of Europe*and Asia.