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: ~ AMERICA First, Last and Always The Sylva Herald The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son .... A progressive, we!! balanced.county. VOL. XXI, NO. 7 SYLVA, N. C., Thursday, July 18, 1946 $1.50 A Year?5c Copy Claude Allison Succumbs At Home To Heart Attack Was Entertaining Friends'! At Time Of His Sudden Passing; Funeral Held Tuesday Morning Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock 'at the Sylva Methodist church for J. Claude Allison, 59, well known civic and business leader of Syl va, who died of a heart attack at his home early Sunday morn-, ing. The Rev. W. Q. Grigg, pastor r of the church, officiated. Burial followed in the Keener cemetery, with members of the Masonic or der in charge of the rites. Pallbearers were S. A. Carden, B. E. Harris, Clyde W. Fisher, Coy Franklin, Dan K. Moore and Dil lard Coward. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. W. P. McGuire, T. E. Reed, V. V. Ensley, R. L. Ariail, R. C. Allison, E. L. McKee, A. O. Weidleich, R. H. Kress, W. C. Queen, S. W. En loe, Robt. W. Harris, Raymond Glenn, Dr. T. D. Slagle, Lewis Cannon, J. C. Cannon, D. D. Hooper, W. J. Fisher, R. W. Enloe, W. A. Goodson, M. D. Cowan, Woody Hampton, Paul Kirk and S. C. Cogdill. Mr. Allison was visiting with his family and friends at the time I he was stricken and died within a few moments of the attack. He was the son of the late Sam uel C. and Magdalene Fisher Al lison and was a native of Jackson county. Mr. Allison had been manager and part owner of the Builders' Supply and Lumber Company since its establishment in 1921; he was distributor for the Standard Oil Company since 1920; director of the Jackson County Bank, and in 1933-34 served as president of the Sylva Rotary club. He was j active in the Methodist having served as steward and as j Superintendent of the Sunday 1 school. He was also a member of j the Board of Directors of the C. J. j Harris Oommtfnity Hospital. I Mr. Allison served as chairman i of the Selective Service Board: through the war years, was chair- j man of the crippled childrens com- 1 mittee and was active in Boy Scout! activities. He was also assistant ? treasurer of the Log Cabin Asso- . ciation and had been a member J of the Masonic Order for many i years. He took an active part in j all civic, religious and educational j activities. The esteem in which he was held by his many friends and fel- ( low townsmen was attested by the< large crowd at the funeral and the many beautiful floral offer ings. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Florence Barrett Allison; his step mother, Mrs. Blanche M. Allison; ?Continued on page 10 J. CLAUDE ALLISON LEGION MUSICAL TO BE HELD TOMORROW The American Legion pott of Sylva will present an old-time fiddlers' convention arid moun* tairt music festival tomorrow night at eight o'clock at the Syl va Elementary school. Proceeds from the musical will be used by the Legionnaires toward the construction of its new memorial building. ' Read Wilson of radio station WWNC in Ashevil le will serve as master of ceremonies, and it will be his first appearance in Sylva. Among the musicians to ap pear will be Joe Preaaley, cham pion old-time fiddler, the Caro lina Mountain Boys, Aunt Sa mantha Bumgarner, the Carpen ter family, James Haynie, Alex Houston, child ventriloquist, and Neal Ann Allen, young acrobat dancer. Ail musicians and entertain ers are invited to participate for the several cash prizes that are to be given, and are urged to sign up with Larry Mull at Velt's. Admission will be fifty ccnts for children and 75 senta for adults. O.E.S. Chapter Will Have Joint Meeting A joint meeting of Oce Chapter No. 139 and Glenwile chapter No. 222 will be held Friday, July 19th, at 2:30 o'clock p. m. in the Ma sonic Hall at Gienville. The Wor thy Grand Matron of North Caro lina, Mrs. Reta Henley, of Rox boro and the District Deputy Grand Matron, Mrs. Mary Swann, of Andrews will make their offi cial visits to the chapters at this time. All members of both chap ters are urged to be present and all visiting Stars are cordially in vited. Late "Ma" Bishop Is Recalled For Kindness and Aptitudes Funeral rites were held almost two weeks ago for Mrs. Dan Bishop, 81, formerly of Caney Fork, but she will be vividly re membered by all her friends and relatives as a remarkably kind and industrious lady. Her primary delight throughout life, along with a driving desire to help others, was her spinning wheel. When she was fourteen her mother taught her to card, spin and make cloth, and Mrs. Bishop spent much of her time since then in making rag rugs, sweaters, crochet pieces, and patchwork quilts, most of which she gave away to anyone who expressed a like for them. When she was taken sick a few weeks ago she was in the process of making sweaters for two of her great-grandchildren. Born the daughter of Jack Phil lips in Caney Fork 81 years ago, Mrs. Bishop was the oldest of ten children, and, coincidentally, later became the mother of ten children herself, six of whom are still liv- f ing and are past sixty. On September 19, 1886, she be came the bride of Dan Bishop, and by then was on the wcy toward be coming famed throughout Jack son county for her spinning and MRS DAN BISHOP ! weaving. She was interested in fsaving everything in the form of I old clothes and pieces of cloth, I and utilizing them in making something new. Mr. Bishop passed away in 1919 and left "Ma" Bishop, as she was called by most of her friends. Later Mrs. Bishop moved into the j , home of one of her daughters, Mrs.' B. E. Harris, and lived with her1 ?Continued on pag* 10 PLANS BEING MADE TO SET UP STUDY CENTERS FOR FROSH SVLVA GROUP IS 'ENTERTAINED AT ! FONT AN A -DAM ; Plans for study centers at the j ifreshman level have been worked, i out by Governor Cherry's com-1 mittee on Veterans Education | through its Steering Committee, and centers will be set up. wherever there is a demand for them, according to D. E. Sigmon, J representative of the North Caro- j lina Veterans Commission. In order that the committee may 1 know where the demand is, it is : requesting that all veterans who1 are interested in securing a col lege education to make applica tion at the offices of the city and j county superintendents of schools; | on July 22 and 23. The superin 1 tendents will be furnished forms I by R. M. Grumman, secretary of the steering committee at Chapel i Hill, on which the veteran will .make his application. ] Tr.ese on-campus college cen-> j ters will not be confined to vet | erans alone, but can be used by ! non-vets as well. I | The classes will run in the late 'afternoon and evening, and li i braries and laboratories will be I those requiried by college stand ards, the report states. Interested veterans and non veterans are urged to contact T. I ! W. Ashe or D. E. Sigmon at the courthouse. ! i O.E.S. District Meeting To Be At Robbinsvillc I The meeting of the 12th district, of the Order of the. Eastern Star ' j will be held at Rj'ou*n.?v lile Satur day, July 20lh, with the Robbins j ville chapter No. 224 as hostess. I | The Worthy Grand Matron and I District Deputy Grand Matron will j be present. Tnose attending from ; the Glenville chapter will be Mrs. I Viola Bryson, Mrs. Kate Bryson, ! Mi's. Lizzie Russell, Mrs. Iola Pax | ion and Mrs. Dena Bryson. A ; gi ire ill Geo Chapter, Dills | boro, will attend. FIRST SESSION AT WGTG TO CLOSE The : . st summer school session | for tiiv current year 'at Western5 Carolina Teachers College will; cicse tomorrow with an enroll- ? merit ci 442 students, 185 of them ! veteran.-, according to an an- . nouncement this week by Dean W. E. Bird. The second session will begin Monday, July 22, which is regis tration day, and will be headed by Dr. W. A. Ashbrook as acting j director in the absence of Dean j Bird. The Smoky Mountains Music I Center will be a feature of the sec ond session for two weeks of the session's total duration and will be again headed by Dr. Ilse Hueb ner, director. It is learned that a consider able number of the student body in the first-session are in-service teachers who will not attend the second session because of early school openings. This is expected to leave a large number of dormi tory vacancies. HONORS AWARDED TO FOUR SYLVA SCOUTS Four Boy Scouts from Sylva re ceived awards last Thursday eve ning- at a court of honor held at Cherokee. Frank Crawford, Jr., received a merit badge in Pathfinding, Neil Wilson, merit badges in Safety and Home Repairs, Tommy Queen, merit badge in Safety, and Bruce j Carden received his Tenderfoot badge. Scouts and leaders had a picnic supper on the island at Cherokee before the court convened, and ? 7 John Corbin of Sylva, advance ment chairman of the district, pre sided. The Scout District Committee will meet tomorrow night at seven o'clock in Dillsboro. Four Local Lions Attend Philadelphia Convention Four members of the Sylva Lions Club left last Monday to at itend the annual convention of the | Lions International in Philadel phia. Those attending are: Jennings A large number of Western North Carolina civic leaders and^ individuals were luncheon guests Saturday at Fontana Dam of the board of trustees of Government Services, Inc., of Washington, D. C., which operates the large rec- i reation center at Fontana. Among those attending the' event, held for the purpose of ac- j quainting mountain area leaders with the new project there, were I mayors, chamber of commerce o"f- | ficials, and a number of high of- | ficials of the Tennessee Valley Au- 1 thority. A. E. Demaray, of the National J Park service and president of the board of Government Services,! Inc., welcomed the Western North j Carolina and Tennessee leaders to; the Fontana Dam area. Felix Picklesimer, president of the Jackson county- Chamber-of Commerce, end his wife; Miss j Carolyn Lewis, secretary of the or-' ganization, and Mr. and Mrs. E. L.1 McKee were Sylva representatives. I Mr. Picklesimer expressed enthu-1 siasm over the new project, and I the cooperation the officials were' showing in the recently organized1 "Western North Carolina Associa- i ted Communities'* club which is! holding a series of joint meetings, oi regional cooperation between the counties of Western North Carolina. The object of the new organi-1 zalion is to unite member com munities into an association equii3 ped to work for and promote the betterment of the Western North Carolina area in all civic matters of regional interest. Among the special guests was David E. Lilienthal, Tennessee Valley Authority chairman. Luncheon was held at 1 p. m., at the Fontana Village cafeteria. A tour of the Fontana Dam and lake region was al^j a feature of the day's entertainment. The TVA, with the approval of President Truman, has leased the whole town of Fontana to Gov ernment Services, Inc., which is a non-profit, private corporation. Government Services arranged for operation of a large recreation cen te after the TVA had completed construction of the power dam. The Government organization operates Uncie Sam's cafeterias, tourist camps, sight-seeing boats and similar facilities in Washing ton and in the capital area. The corporation expects that in the near future as many as a mil lion persons will visit Fontana each year. Fontana Dam is the fourth high est dam in the. world, rising 480 feet from its base. FOUR INJURED WHEN TRUCK GEAR LOCKS Four Glenville men were in jured, two seriously, as the steer ing gear locked on a truck oper ated by Fred Homer Sims, 26, near the Glenville powerhouse last Saturday afternoon, sending the vehicle head-on into a telephone pole and turning it over. Alec Wilson, most seriously -in jured, with two broken legs and internal injuries, was riding in the cab with Sims, who received cuts on the head and arms, as the steer ing gear locked, sending the truck along the embankment for fifty yards, into a light pole and over turning it into the Tuckaseigee river. R. V. Anders and Louis Sims, riding on the bed of the truck, were thrown against the cab and received head injuries, but they were discharged from Harris Com munity hospital after receiving first-aid treatment. Hospital authorities yesterday reported that Homer Sims' condi tion is "good" and that Wilson's is "fair." Bryson, who is international coun cilor; Hugh Monteith, D. E. Harris, and Roy Reed. Representatives of almost every country in the world will attend the meeting, at which new inter national officers will be elected. The last convention was held in Chicago in 1944. SOSSAMON'S... in Sylva ? ?i????~ lErwin Speaks On Shortages In People At WCTC Assembly DR. HUNTER SPEAKS 1 AT ALUMNI MEET i u t i_r.? .:-j * ?f I Dr. H. T. Hunter, president of WCTC, spoke at a meeting of j alumni of the college last Friday j evening in Asheville in connec- ; tion with the school's proposed memorial stadium. The president said that the sta- I dium is to be constructed in honor I of the students, alumni and faculty | who gave their lives in the war as j well as in honor of the living vet erans from WCTC. i Dr. Hunter stated that the board I of trustees as well as the faculty I of the institution concurred in the choice ? of a stadium rather than any other type of memorial such as-library" or theatre because "the State Legislature does not fi nance/ athletics as such, nor the construction of stadii, and because athletics are financed out of stu dent fees and gate receipts." "We want a living memorial to serve both men and women and the people in the surrounding area who want to attend our athletic events," he continued. President Hunter pointed out th^.t "more than half of the men who gave their lives weir aihletes. The rest were fans 01 athletic events, and we fee! that t'.ie >ta oium w'll in reality represent ? ;:ncti;inq that was close to their, hearts." The colit^o hope.-; to jvi-e funds totalling $50,000 through the so licitati jii ui friends in Western North Carolina and alumni in the first move to solicit funds for a major project in the history of the college. j Dr. Hunter diseh sed that Slfi, j 000 has already been ??' djvd v j su.T.v \s '.I -l.e .>,? . ? y lic ;in?.l several alumni and it e !.?rmal drive for funds w.!l bo yj'n in about ten days. COMMUNITIES GROUP MEETS IN . . u ?'. i/. ' i 'i !'ii* f11:" . i? ? ir?u I t^.C i C.-rvA'i'ui ? ;i!!<! .'lUiac!! II..' li > Wo.-tri n N'oi t:i Car-,lina wa. si 1 up in i5ry.-(m City 1.1 Wednesday j night unck'i tlie luiiui' of We.-tern ' North Carolina Associated Cum- j muni ties. Percy Ferebee of Andrews was elected chairman, Charles Ray of j Waynesville was elected vice- ! chairman, and C. M. Douglas of; Brevard was chosen as secretary- 1 treasurer. i Communities represented at the i meeting included: Asheville, Bre vard, Waynesville, Sylva, Chero kee, Highlands, Franklin, Andrews, Murphy, Robbinsville, B r y s o n City, and Cullowhee. The group formed a set of reso lutions which follow: To cooperate with agencies of the state government such as the Department ol' Conservation and Development, the State Planning K ,a;d, ami others. I . r To cooperate with agencies of the federal government in order to promote and expedite the full .est possible development of pro jects such as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway, the national for ! ests, and Fontana dam. To advertise Western North | Carolina as a whole in coopera 1 '.ion with the state news bureau. I To endeavor, in cooperation with | the State Industrial bureau, to at tract more industries to the re gion. To further the development of regional highway systems in co operation with the State High way and Public Works commis sion. To promote hunting and fishing in the region in cooperation with the State Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. And to better tourist facilities in the region through an educa tional campaign. The next meeting of the or ganization will be held on August 8 at Cullowhee. Among certain peoples of In dia, only the oldest son of the family is permitted to marry. COUHTT UEATH RATE PLACES SIXTY-THIRD According to a recent bulletin of the N. C. State Board of Health, Jackson county rates sixty-third place out of the 100 counties in the state in relation to the deaths of children under one year of age in 1945. Jackson's death rate for chil dren in this category is 50.5 deaths per one thousand live births. The state average is 44.4, and the rates for the surround ing counties are as follows: Swain, 18.9; Macon, 29.1; Hay wood, 31. C; Transy Ivania, 33.7; Graham. 34.0; Cherokee, 47 6; and Clay, 78.4. Jackson, with its 50.5f~ falls after Cherokee and before Clay, which, has the next to the high est death rate for infants under one year of age, being followed by Dare with 126.9. Swain, with 18.9, has the third lowest rate in the state. STILLWELL OBSERVES BIRTHDAY QUIETLY IN HARRIS HOSPITAL Zell St ill well of Whittier ob served hit sixty-first birthday in tne Harris Community ho.-pi: : quietly hist Sunday. Stilhvell was admitted to the hospital last week alter acciden tally catching his arm in the re..: bumper mi a car owned and op erated by J. M. Reagan ol Gatc --v ji.i i.;tor being dragged l'or . mile by the vehicle. Upon being queried 4,s to birth day presents, .Mr. Stilhvell d- - Clare ! that, "to ^et to live \\ biriiKl.iy present enough." He was banged up quite, bad'y in in. c:.e-!? 111 e di .* ;. < ..?. tn 11 included ^v? 1 ; ? a ?11 i ,i - ??'! i':;:d, iucl incuired a - -? .'ii. case Oi">nork, but he re covered from shock in a matter ?>; ? a: s a! a /*un^ m.itVed t1lae hospital. ' 1 to a b./ihd.iy party, Mr.. Still v. ell .- . ;: ? . j, ? ''>? ? in the e ,. i i: U. rd to say. 'well., we'll w r . :I have a Christmas wl. . tin,. . U'. iiie >anie way wi'.h on t;, day --wo'li just wa;i ';,1 , .? m r time." Dealership For Freezer Units Given To Firm The Buchanan Auto and Elec tric Co. ol Sylva has obtained a dealership for home freezing units for the storage of perishable foods, including loods of the quick-freeze type. The company expects to stock a sixteen cubic-foot and an eight cubic-foot size in the near future. 1 State Education Head Decries Scarcity Of Human Materials Superintendent . Public In struction in North Cw.olina, Clyde Erwin, was the featured speaker at the regular chapel assembly period at WCTC on Tuesday morning and decried the lack of high caliber leadership in America as well as in the rest ut the world. Introduced by Dean W. E. Bird, Mr. Erwin stated that people have reaped a material reward from education, but he pointed with alarm to current shortages in ma terial?, mentioning school equip ment, books, teachers and build ings, and added that: "We still have plenty of boys and girls, and it is out ol that resource that we shall make our state bigger and better tomorrow." "We shall keep faith with our boys and girls, who are to be the citizens of this state in the post war world," lie declared, and con tinued by saying that we must veer away from the accent on averages, undercutting trie weak and per mitting the gap between them, and the strong from growing uut of propoi lion. Erwin pointed out the tact that the average student n* North Carolina in time- past received training through the iour>h grade but tnat today he finishes the eighth grade, "but we must have better qualified leader- wnom the pliOiiC Wiiiil.g to lxiiOvV.. The superintendent said that "there is a shortage t<*K.y m lead ci.-hip as based on tne increased amount o! ti\iin.ng " He gave as examples the shortage? m teach er.-, minister.-*, uusiness men, and I r\ uiid. nurse.-. i T:.e raker .-aid C.a.t' present _ u.v. soloc".'i.' , 'or etlU 1 <?;*! ? - to mink ao< lit n t.iey wish ; t i .-T:Migt:ien tne masses. and that \,e ln.;-1 pi.-*.e i:: :: ^nt ut the peo ple !?? ?. ,.- W > ? i. ! ie: ;ge tneir lnti 'We .lis.* ? t i;..'v e well -in. ,i .-j \&\ w- - well -as iti i , - . . ,e c >ntin ll? l *?, > ' i . r. j 11. e 1 er. L S u - ' ;>i . . ? ;, ;.i <i . ??.,eud that *t;.* v *! .. i.veil iii Ctermany ancs 11..iv !.????.,ai e in le.ifiersr.ip as it ' >i; '?k! t aave Dtt ! v. not avail able. We say wo r.ave outlawed : war. I wonder it Wi nave. Wc i haven't until we present a cnal i lenge that will divert the peo 1 pie into areas of human service?? 'not human destruction." - . ?r? & Mr. Erwin cited the Case of all ? the races in America, "working to ? gether to make the country great," and declared that we have bor ; rowed music, for example, from jail nations. He mentioned moun ?Continued on page 10 Southern Scouts Win Aivards For Membership Increases T"c* Daniel Boone Boy Scout O I composed of the fourteen We-tern North Carolina counties was one 01 the 37 councils which helped to win for Region Six the! Lorillard Spencer Award in Scout ing this year. The award was made to Region Six, composed of councils in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, at the 36th annual meeting of the National Council in St. Louis for showing the larg est increase in membership by percentage made by any one of the twelve Boy Scout Regions in the country. Region Six has had its name in scribed on the trophy and will keep it on display at Regional Headquarters in Atlanta for a year. The Region won the trophy pre viously in 1942 and 1943. The group recorded a 14.1 per cent increase in membership in 1945 by growing from 116,834 Cubs, Scouts and adult leaders at the end of 1944, to 133,258 by the j end of last year. The Spencer Award is a silver pitcher, one of a pair that was given to Mrs. Lorillard Spencer, Sr., of New York, as a wedding gift in 1882. Mrs. Spencer present ed it to the National Council in 1940 in honor of her son, the late' Major Lorillard Spencer, a mem ber < t the National Executive J Board from 1912 t-j 1914, and who \va> president and ^cout commis sioner of New York City in the early days of scouting there. Mrs. Spencer hopes to present the other pitcher to scout groups in the Philippines, where she lived for more than 25 years. Mrs. Spen cer, who was called "the best friend the Moros ever had," was reported to have intervened on occasions of trouble between the authorities and the Moros, ar ranged settlements and prevented bjpodshed. FARMERS FEDERATION WILL HOLD PICNIC The annual Farmers Federation picnic will be held all day on July 27 at the Sylva Grammar school, and all are invited to bring a lunch and spend the day. Speeches will be given, athletic ? contests held, and prizes will be awarded for the baldest head, the largest family, the biggest truck load, the oldest married couple, and the newest married couple. | A special feature of the occasion will be a number o?-musicians and musician groups, and all such in dividuals and groups are invited to attend and participate.
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