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VOL. XXI, NO. 9
SYLVA, N. C., Thursday, August 8, 1946
$2.00 A Year?5c Codv
Ensor Says Scouts Are
Vital Force In America
Member Of Executive ,
-Board is iieard At
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Lions Club Meeting
In an address at the regular
meeting of the local Lions club |
last week, W. E. Ensor. member of
the executive board of the Daniel
Boone Council of Boy Scouts, de
scribed the Boy Scouts of America
as a vital force in America for the
building of character and training
of citizens.
"The basic virtue cf the Boy
Scout movement lies in its teaching
-of self-reliance and the true mean
ing of service to others, from which
they (the youth of the world) will
gather the richest fruits of living,"
Mr. Ensor declared.
The speaker said that Scouts of
the world can be a major force in
building the unity of brotherhood
that is the one hope of humanity,
?and that "what happens to our
hopes of world peace for the next
50 years depends upun what hap
pens in the lives of boys growing
up here in America and in the
countries of Europe/'
Mr. Ensor asserted a belief in
the "extension of youthful hands
across th borders and across the
seas" and stated that it is evidence
of a co-operation that will imple
ment agreements that nations are
attempting to make among them
selves.
"Lasting peace must be based
upon mutual respect," he contin
ued. "The Boy Scouts of America
have the respect of the world for
their 36-year record in war and in
peace."
Speaker Ensor cited the 1946
motto of the Scout group: "Scouts
of the World?Building Together,"
and declared that the boy of today
is the man of tomorrow, "and if
we give that boy the strong founda
tion of training withm th* 25oy
Scouts, we build for tomorrow."
The Scout executive, in conclu
sion, quoted the words of Bing
Crosby: "All the big brains in the
world today are working overtime
to find a cure for international
headaches. The cure is right in
front of them?the Boy Scout set
up contains the answers. Everybody
should be a 'good Scout,' that's
all."
Mr. Ensor, also president of the
Sylva Rotary club, presented a
charter to Troop 1 and preset" (.
cards to the troop committee for
1946. * ?
Roscoe Poteet, I T hs president,
presided. : *
?4 ^
Lee Leopard, } J underwent an
operation at the -cingel Hospital in
Franklin last *k is reported to
be progressing ^sfactorily and is
Expected to re* Jf to his home this
week. r
AREA UGC HAS NEED
OF 3 INTERVIEWERS
Three claim# interviewers are
needed by the North Carolina
U n e m p loyment Compensation
commission to work out of Bry
son City, E. E. Bates, senior rep
resentative of the Bryson City
office, announced last week.
College graduates are prefer
red, but Individuals with busi
ness experience and one year
of college work will be consid
ered, Bates said.
The salary for a claims inter
viewer is 145 dollars per month
at the beginning and rises to a
maximum of 165 dollars after
. raises of ten dollars at the end
of the first two six-month pe
riods.
Application blanks may be
| obtained from Representative
Bates at the Jackson County
I courthouse on Mondays and
I Thursdays from one to two p. m.
Both men and women are
eligible to make application for
! the positions.
LICENSER AVAILABLE
FROM DISTRICT FISH
AND GAME WARDENS
The State Department of Con
, servation and Development has
j announced that hunting licenses
! for 1946-47 are now in the hands
| of district fish and game protect
j ors and their agents and those
; wishing to do so should purchase
; them now. The licenses are valid
from August 1.
Following are the licenses offered
i and the cost:
State resident (statewide), $3.10;
nt (statewide), $15.75;
! county resident (resident county
'only), $1.10; state resident trapper,
$3.10; county resident trapper,
!$2.10; resident combination hunting
'and fishing (statewide), $4.10; and
hunting guide, $5.25.
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New Forester To
Begin Work Here
The State Forest service an
nounces that three technical for
esters reported for duty with the
1 Division of Forestry and Parks on
1 August 1.
Edward H. Ward of Blackstone,
Va., a graduate in the class of 1943
at State college, is being assigned
to handle a special cooperative
forest fire control project in Jack
son and Transylvania counties.
The project is being conducted by
the State Division of Forestry and
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What us Name of Street On
Whic* You Live In Sylva?
"On wh, ? sfcreet do you live?"
Ask the av^n??ge person in town
that question ^nd they are apt to
get a slight*/ bewildered expres
sion. r
Directions can be very vague to
an outsider unless they have defi
nite markir^s to follow.
The is in town are named
on th * } f map; many of them
acqui. -neir names from long
time ' ents, others from indus
try a? -me few, just named.
For ix convenience here are
a few \ the streets. To better
identify them, neighbors and land
marks have been added.
It's Spring street that crosses
Main between Bowers and the
Sylva Supply. That is, until it
passes the City Hall, then it be
comes Allen street.
Mill street runs parallel with
Main from Ernest Lewis' station
to the intersection at the Gulf Sta
ticm. ??
Turning left at the courthouse
fountain and following around the
curve, you're on Keener Street.
Should you walk up the hill to the
hospital, that was Ridgeway. Had
you turned right at the fountain,
you would have been on Savan
nah road, going past Tilghman
Bass', T. E. Reed's, Dillard Cow
ard's and Mrs. Claude Allison.
Jackson street claims for its
residents Walt Jones, Charlie
Reed, Mrs. George Sutton, Ben
Lessing, Sol Schulman, Bob Long,
Chester Scott, Don Cowan, Mayor
Gibson, Carl Buchanan, George
! Womack, Jimmy Buckner, Bart
1 Cope, Grayson Cope, Mrs. M. H.
Morris, and Dr. A. S. Nichols. Also
the Methodist and Episcopal
churches are located on Jackson
street. The Baptist church is at
the corner of Main and Walnut.
The old Welles home, now be
longing to Sheriff Holden is on
the corner of Main and Maple Ave.
King, Davis and Morris streets
are the classic names for what has
long been termed "Possum Hol
low."
4
Hugh Monteith gives his city
address as Hampton street. That's
going up on College Hill.
North Central Ave., South Cen
! tral Ave. and Brendle street form
a triangle to inclose the city park.
T .N. Massie and W. J. Fisher
built their homes on this street a
. fpw vparn son
* ^ J vai a f 0V ?
About the longest street is Dills
i boro Road. Beginning at the rail
jroad crossing at highway 19-23 it
'winds with the creek until it in
tersects Spring, then swings
j slightly northward, to come back
down the Freeze Hill and left to
iDr. Wityces', Dick Green's and W.
j R. Sherrill's.
i (This information was obtained
' from a city map, dated 1927 and
surveyed by H. R. Queen and the
late Thomas A. Cox.)
\ iew of "Able Day' Atomic Bomb Explosion
JUVT RELEASED Dw THE JOINT ARMY-NAVY TASK FORCE, this photo apparently made from a caihera tower on
ilium's beach, shows the first atomic bomb exploding over the target fleet on July 1. A fe^ armament ito;;is
l.e in prepared spots along the shore as the bomb was exploded. In the foreground, huts from which Bii i
natives were evacuated, can be seen on the beach. Joint Army-Navy Task Force photo. (Internatiou- >
Community Reps
Will Gather At
College Tonight
A dinner meeting cf the West
ern North Carolina Associated
communities will be held this eve
ning at 6 o'clock in the college din
ing room at Cullowhee for the pur
pose of lining up projects to be
fostered by the group, W. A. Ash
brook, the unit's Cullowhee repre
sentative, announced last week.
The organization, which is com
j prised ""*^S?gates from the 10
i westernmost counties of the state
as well as from the Indian reserva
tion and the college, was formally
instituted at a meeting in Bryson
City three weeks ago for the pur
pose of lurther development in the
resources and attractions in the
western part of the state.
Percy Ferebee of Andrews is the
group's chairman, Charles Ray of
Waynesville is vice-chairman, and
C. M. Douglas of Brevard is secre
tary-treasurer.
The association has embodied its
aims in a set of resolutions and
plans to co-operate with various
state and Federal agencies in ef
forts to further projects in this
section of North Carolina.
Among its aims are: more ex
tensive advertising for the region,
the attraction of more industry to
the western sector, the promotion
of hunting and fishing in the vicin
ity, and better tourist facilities.
PRICE POSTERS WILL
BE USED UNDER
EXTENDED OPA ACT
RALEIGH, August 7. ? Ceiling
price posters, used by housewives
as shopping guides for three years,
will still be used under the extend
ed OPA act, Theodore S. Johnson,
district director, said today.
New food prices for stores
throughout North Carolina are now
being prepared, Johnson said, add
ding that all community food price
lists in effect on June 30 have been
revoked.
"Many of the foods included
on those community price lists a.*e
now decontrolled, others must be
granted mandatory increases, and
removal of subsidies has made
other price changes necessary,"
Johnson explained.
Butter, meats, poultry, eggs and
cheese will not be on the new
price lists, since these foods are at
present decontrolled, he said. If
and when controls on them are
reinstated, they will then make
their appearance on the ceiling
\
Inoculations Given To
Seventy-three Persons
Seventy-three inoculations were
made at clinics held at Erastus and |
at Hopkins store last week by the j
District Health department.
Thirty-two vaccinations were
given for typhoid, four for diph
theria, 33 ,for dipjptheria and
whoopinj? cough combined, and
lour :or v/hooping cou^n.
FUNERAL RITES ARE
HELD FOR PHILLIPS
ROY, WRECK VICTIM
Funeral service* were held on
Wednesday afternoon at the Cullo
whee Baptist church for Dan Phil
lips, 16, of Cullowhee, who was
killed early Saturday night when
the pick-up truck he was riding
overturned on the Sylva-Cullo
I whee highway.
] The Rev. Mark Osborne, pastor,
the Rev. Phil Elliott of Boiling
Springs, and the Rev. Forester of
Dre>:el officiated.
Pallbearers, classmates of Cullo
whee, were Denis Norton, Luther
Norton, Richard Mashburn, Lewis
Pointer, Marvin Smith, and Billy
Simpson. Flowbearers were mem
bers < i the Cullowhee Bap:i.-:
church Sundry' school cla.-s
which yoi:ng Phillips was a mem
ber.
Surviving cirt? his parent.-, Mr.
.inc.; Mrs. Ra: : > P'vllips; 11;rcfe si
U-rs, Mrs. Mary Pearl Gallagher
oi' Los Angeles, Misses Ruby and
Laura Belle of Cullowhee; two
brothers, Roy and Jimmie of
Cullowhee; and several aunts and
uncles.
stateIraft roard
WARNS OF LIABILITY
Miss Thelma Ashe, clerk of the I
Jackson County Selective Service
board, announced this week that
thie State board has issued a warn- |
ing in regard to the liability of:
citizens in relation to registering
under the Selective Service Act of
1940 . |
The report stated that: "The lia- j
bility of every male citizens of the ?
United States and every other
male person residing in the Unit- j
ed States, including those who be- [
come 18 years old, to register as |
provided in section 2 of the Se- !
lective Service Act of 1940, as ?
amended, remains unchanged, al- j
though none may be inducted until i
he is 19 years old unless he vol- I
unteers.
"Any such person becoming 18 !
years old is required by the law to !
present himself immediately for'
registration by the local board for I
the area in which he has his per- !
manent home or for the one in j
which he may happen to be on that
day. Failure to register is punish
able, upon conviction, by fine or
imprisonment, or both."
Agnes Wilson Is New
Treasurer At AAA
Miss Agnes Wilson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilson of
Sylva, became treasurer of the
Jackson County AAA after the?
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resignation of Miss Grace Parks,
who is leaving for Sedro Woolley, i
Wash., this week, with her sister
and h^f husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Delos Buchanan. She will join her !
parents there.
Smith Recovering
After Scrap At
Woodfin Creek
Arv.l Smith, 27, four-time es
caped convict from the Newton i
penitentiary who was shot through
;he chest with a .22 long rifle bui
lt! by S. T. Gentry at Woodfin
creek last Friday afternoon, is
progressing satisfactorily at the lo
cal hospital.
Reports from the principals in
the case indicate that the shooting
was an outgrowth of a shooting
incident last April 13, when Smith
jand his father, J. V. Smith, al
legedly poured about 20 rounds of
1.22 bullets into the home of Ralph
Gentry because Smith is said to
have believed th..t Ralph reported
, him to the polite on his thiid es
cape from Newton.
Ar\.i Sm tii ;.nd his father have
been o'n the Superior court docket
: >.* the pa.^t few months in eon
lection wi'h the April shor.tinr
; r.rj mt due to oe tried for the
:.crapc? at the October session o!'
the court.
I Arvil was sentenced to a t(;rn
!
i of from four and one-half to seven
i years in 1944 for stealing an auto
mobile in Waynesville.
At the time of the shooting last
I week, Smith stated that he was on
| his way back to his house from
picking berries when he saw S.
T. Gentry standing beside his barn
with a rifle.
Smith suffered from extreme
loss of blood and is now conva
lescing at the Harris Community
hospital.
ROOMS FOR 56 VETS
PLEDGED BY CITIZENS
Felix Pickles'mer, Chamber of'
Commerce president, has an- ,
nounced that he h,.'S received '
pledges of room space for 56 vet
erans for this fall's opening of the !
regular school year at Cullowhee.
More rooms will be needed after
September 15, and those having an
additional room in and around
Sylva are requested to notify
Picklesimer or Carolyn Lewis at
the Chamber of Commerce as to
the number of rooms available,
the number of men that can be
accommodated, and the approxi
mate rent per month per veteran.
SINGING CONVENTION
AT BALSAM SUNDAY
The annual Two-County Sing
ing convention, to be an all-day
affair this yeaiV-WiH he. held next
Sunday at the Balsam Baptist
church from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Several trios and quartets are
expected to attend, including the
Smith quartet of Spartanburg, S.
C., the Melody quartet of Marion,
the Jamison quartet of Henderson
ville, the Shelton quartet of Lake
Junaluska, the Pressley trio of
Canton, and other singers from
Jackson and Haywood counties.
Those attending are urged to
bring, a basket lunch.
Bailey Post Of Veterans
jForeign Wars Instituted
GA8S FORBIDDEN TO
PARK ON MAIN ST,
An ordnance that went into ef
fect on Monday was passed by I
the Town Board lact week for- !
bidding the parking of taxicabs
cn Main street.
Cabs will be permitted to
park on side streets and in the
lot next to the Massie Furni
ture company.
The aldermen also considered
the purchase of a street-sprink
ler, but felt that the town's
water supply was inadequate to
meet the additional need. Con
sequently, the group plans to
drill a well and pipe additional
water to the reservoir from the
well. The project is hanging
fire pending the arrival of a
well - dril ler, officials said.
The board granted permis
sion to the Sylva Supply com
pany to flatten a section of
curbing at their driveway en
trance, and granted permits to
operate cabs to Harold Hall,
Harold Morgan, Virgil Mull, and
Harry Hamilton.
STATE COLLEGE WILL
BE SCENE OF ANNUAL
FARM, HOME WEEK
M. L. Snipes, county farm agent,
; nnounced last week that the first
Faim and Home week in four
years will be held at State college
on August 19-23.
The gathering's four nights rnd
three days will include discussions
of agricultural problems, several
speeches and group meetings, and
a visit to the experiment station.
All farm men and women are
inVited to attend.
Mr. Snipes stated that rooms
will be provided in dormitories ?'?t
State college and at Meredith col
lego, and a registration fee of two
dollars will be charged. Those at
tending the meeting will have to
luinsh their own bed linen.
The agent requested that all
tin\-e planning to attend the meet
ing notify him if they (!e-i.: to
tr. vel to Raleigh in groups.
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lh><rillh Dopl. SI<is
Siif[f Conference
The regular staff conference of
the District Health department
was held at the courthouse last
Thursday and plans were made for
work during the coming year in
the light of the department's lim
ited personnel. Dr. Mary Michal
presided.
Others present were: Mrs. Alma
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- Joe Fwher Is Elected
Commander Of Group
At Initial Meeting
Forty-two Veterans of Foreign
V/ars oi Jackson county met in the
couit house last Thursday evening
to institute the Frank and Herman
Bailey post 8060 and to elect Joe
Clyde Fisher its first commander.
The post was named after the
two Bailey brothers of Sylva, both
paratroopers and only sons of Mrs.
1 ? C. Cannon. Frank, the older
brother, met his death after a prac
tice jump at Fort Benning, * ancT
Herman, a member of the first
paratrooper contingent to bail out
for the invasion of the Continent,
was killed in action on D-day in -
Normandy.
Britton Moore was chosen senior
vice-commander of the post, Lloyd
Cowan was chosen junior vice
commander, and the quartermas
ter assignment went to Fred Wil
liams. Trustees ate Felix Pickle
simrr (3-year term), Jarvis Craw
ford (two years), and Carl Corbin
(one year). The -Rev. W. Q. Grigg,
was selected post chaplain.
On hand for assisting in the in
stitution of Post 8060 were Coy
Newport and James T. Davis, both
of Department Headquarters in
North Carolina. The meeting was
? inducted by Davis, who told of
the aims and the general structure
of the VFVV and gave the group a
brief description of the VFW com
munity in Eaton Rapids, Mich.,
for the children of deceased vet
erans.
Davis told the organization that
no individual should take the at
titude, of "what good will I get
out of it?" He added that the unit
should operate for the benefit of
tV.e V/iany rafher than the individi*
ual alone.
The department representative
said that "if we were capable of
lighting on foreign soil for our
country, we are capable of helping
to run our country" and of helping
to better the world.
Davis then obligated the group
rn maw"M? and congratulated tlieni
on tlii !r n< w p<:>?t.
The pr.st elected officers ancf
v. led to meet en the first and
;h-ird I-Vdajs of c eh men'h.
Rev. Mr. C;x i>4U was ihe first
n>rml.' i of the p<> y to bo obligated
by Commander Fisher, and he is
the only member of the VFW
group who is veteran of both:
world wars.
One business organization of
Sylva, the Cannon Brothers Good
year store, turned up 100 per cent
to become members of the new
veterans' post as Lewis Cannon,
Bill E. Haskett, Jarvis Crawford,
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Jackson County Schools To
Open On August 15 and 22
A. C. Moses, county superin
tendent of schools, announced this
week that all one-teaqher schools
will open on August 15 and others
will open on the twenty-second.
Mr. Moses stated that the list ol
teachers for the county is still in
complete, and W. H. Crawford,
principal of Sylva schools, said
that there is a vacancy of one
teaching post at the Dillsboro Ele
mentary school.
The education heads announced
that 4,000 dollars' worth of science
equipment has been purchased by
the Board of Education and will
be used in the county high schools
with the commencement of the fall
semester. The equipment includes
four "see-o-scopes," one for each
high school in the county. These
instruments are microscopes with
projection equipment that enables
a whole class to view microscopic
slides at the same time.
Mr. Crawford announced nu
merous other improvements for
the coming year at the Sylva high
school. These include broader
courses in the fields of general
science, biology, chemistry, and
physics, the latter two being of
fered for the first time in 15 years.
"There will be a new science,
laboratory," Mr. Crawford dis
closed, "and at the same time we
will have new home economics
equipment, and the home ec de- 1
partment will be moved to the
vocational building/'
The school cafeteria, now being
repainted, will have a new 35-foot
refrigerator, Principal Crawford
revealed, and the cafeteria itself
is being enlarged.
Other new courses at the high
school this fall include the fol
lowing: shorthand, bookkeeping,
general business, voice, drawing
and designing, general art, ad
vanced algebra, and Latin.
A new pick-up truck, purchased
by the members of John Corbin's
class in vocational agriculture with
funds earned through selling sal
vage paper, will be put into use
by the class this fall.
Mr. Crawford said: "The coop
eration we have received from the
Board of Education has been ex
cellent."
Following is the teacher list for
the Sylva High school: Math, Miss
Doris Long; Science, Mrs. Venoy
Reed; History: Leonard Huff and
Mrs. Mary Cowan; English and
French, Miss Alice Weaver; Com
mercial, Miss Agnes Henson.
Vocational Agriculture, John F.
Corbin; English and History, Mrs.
Frances Donnahoe; History, Mr.
Crawford; Home Economics, Miss
Louise Henson; English and Latin,
Mrs. Nell Potts.
SOSSAMON'S... in Sylva.