Welcome Western Carolina Alumni The Sylva Herald The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. VOL. XXI? NOi 33 SYLVA, N. C., Thursday, Nov. 7, 1946 A Year?5c Copy Jackson Democrats Elect Full Ticket Tuesday Heavy Vote Cast Here In Quiet Election; Democrats Pile Up Lead; Congress Goes GOP Redden Wins In Race For U S Congressman From Twelfth District Both Democrat and Republican voters flocked to the polls in Jack son county Tuesday in one of the quietest elections of recent years. No disorder of any Icind occurred during the day, which speaks well for the high type of citizens mak ing up the voting population here. While there was little doubt of the final outcome among the can didates and voters, each side worked hard to get the vote in or der to make as impressive show ing as possible. The entire Democratic ticket led the Republican opponents by ma jorities ranging from over one thousand to over twelve hundred. In an unofficiaKcount Monroe M. Redden, Democrat, led his Repub No dsorder of any kind occurred by around 1200 votes. Dan K. Moore was unopposed in his race tor scUcitor^of the 20th district, as also were William Med ford, of Haywood, and Verne P. Clemment, of Transylvania, demo crats for the State Senate in the 32nd District. A tabulation of the vote by pre cincts in the county will be found in this issue of The Herald which is unofficial as the board of elec tions had not met for their can vass as we go to press. The official vote will be published next week. Fire Burns Three Acres At Bee Tree Gap A fire which is believed to have originated from the carelessness of hunters was discovered by Ranger Mack Ashe on Nov. 2, at Bee Tree Gap and was brought under con trol by County Warden Charles Evans. Three acres of young Balsam and Spruce were burned over. The land lies one. mile southeast of Balsam Gap and is the property of the Champiori Fibre Company. Gulf Oil Men Meet Mr. W. R. Enloe, wholesale dis tributor of Gulf oil products, was host last night to some 20 retail service men at Jarrett Springs hotel. D.W. Johnson of the district office at Hendersonville was in charge of the program which show ed moving pictures for the dealer training program. Sylva, Diils boro, Waynesville, Franklin and Bryson City were represented. GREATER EXPANSION OF PLANT AT W.C.T.C. SEEN RY DR. HUNTER President H. T. Hunter of West ern Carolina Teachers College is enthusiastic over the prospects oi an appropriation by the next legis lature for the physical expansion of the plant. He recently, upon the authority of the Board of Trustees, requested an appropriation for a large Science and Classroom build ing, for a dormitory, a library, a laundry, an expanded d^iry, and for much needed equipment. The request also included an appropri ation for enlarging the space in the Auditorium building now occupied by the music department. "If these requests are granted, and I have reasons to expect most of them," says President Hunter, "the Great er Western Carolina wil be in sight. The growth of the College may of ten gem alow to.Uc friers, who have watched its career with gen uine interest. But it takes time to build a great college. Remember that the physical plant has been doubled within the past ten years. Now, we feel confident of another large step toward the rounding out of what may legitimately be called the Greater Cullowhee." In 1938 and 1939 the following new struc tures were provided: The McKee Training School, Hoey Auditorium. Breese Gymnasium, Madison Hall, Frank Graham Infirmary, and Stu dent Union. Furthermore, the old Training School was remodeled as a classroom building, while the steam plant and water system were doubled in capacity. U. N. Members Pay Respect To Late President Russian Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov placed a wreath on the grave of the late President Roose velt at the National Shrine and then issued a statement calling for "eternal memory to the great pres ident." The Foreign Minister stepped to the grave after the president of the United Nations Assembly placed flowers for the U. N. Dele gates from the 51 United Nations, | including many of the top diplo imats, clustered around the monu jment in the rose garden of the : Roosevelt home for the ceremony ; and bowed their heads in silent ! tribute. Cherryville Band To Play For WCTC Home-Coming Parade The Concert committee and the | Athletic association of Western j Carolina Teachers college will j bring the Cherryville High School i band to Cullowhee for the Home- j coming celebration at Western Car- j olina Teachers College next Sat- j urday. This band with more than 75 students playing, is one of the best in the state. As a part of the celebration the i college will put on a parade in Syiva Saturday afternoon at 3:30. [ The parade will form in front of j the Chevrolet and Ford places of j business in the east end of town j and will march down Main street to the foot of the courthouse steps, where the band grouped on the steps, will give a concert for the people of the town and county. The order of march will be the colors, the band, sponsors and their I escorts from each class from the 1 student body and from several of the clubs on the campus. The Monogram club will march as a group: Western Carolina players will clress up characters to repre sent the different plays that have been given in the past years and the Baton girls and cheer leaders will be a special feature of the oarade, which will be very color ful with banners and flags. Special cars will carry the presi dent, dears, and other officials of the college. ^ This parade and concert is given especially for the people of the town 1indt county who may not be able to be at th^ college in the ! evening and it is hoped that they jwill come in large numbers for [this occasion. 1 In the evening beginning prompt ly at 7:00 o'clock, a patriotic show ?Continued on Page 7 / These Men Responsible For WCTC Grourth fpw % TTPt- . ' '?**" V ^ - .... . *i ; ? V? ' > : V > ? ! ' ' .* * ^ Jr . >.;? ??!**?;'. ;?* t:J %? .> V & V' ..'?.V? President H. T. Hunter, who has served as president of the college since his appointment in 1923. Un der his supervision Western Caro lina Teachers College has grown from a small institution to one of North Carolina's ranking schools. Dean W. E. Bird, who has been with the college since 1920. Aside from serving as Dean of W. C. T. C., he is Professor in the English De partment and is Director of the Summer school sessions of the col lege. Professor R. L. Madison, founder of Western Carolina Teachers Col lege and President Emeritus of the institution. Oldest man in rank of service at the college, Professor Madison continues to watch its growth with the same pride as in 1889. Cooperative For 1 Jaefcton Farmer* To be Discamsed \ All demonstration farmers of Jackson County are urged to be present at a meeting to be held in the Courthouse beginning prompt ly at 1:00 o'clock, Saturday, No vember 9. Mr. Blaine Nicholson, chairman of the Jackson County Mutual Soil Conservation Association, Inc., states that this is to be a very im portant meeting. This meeting is being called for the purpose of discussing and taking action on a proposed Jackson County Farmers' Cooperative to be set up in the fif teen counties covering Western North Carolina. LT. HUNTER RETURNS HOME Dr. and Mrs. H. T. Hunter will go to Asheville Friday to meet their daughter, Lt. Martha Lou Hunter, who has just returned from two and one-half years service in the European area. DRIVE STARTED IN JACKSON THIS WEEK FOR STADIUM FUND The citizens of 8ylva and Jackson County will be ap proached this week for contribu tions to the Memorial Stadium at Western Carolina Teachers College. Official canvassers have been designated. R. C. Sutton, Business Manager of the College, Is chairman of the canvassing committee. The goal for Jackson County is $15,000. Of this amount nearly $5,000 has already been contributed or pledged. It is the hope of the committee that the entire balance of the Jackson County quota can be secured, in cash or pledges, this week. Upon completion of the Jackson Coun ty canvass, it is the purpose of ths Memorial Stadium Commit tee to carry the campaign into other Western North Carolina counties. ?fi M99 Village in Rapidly Filling Up With Familivtt By JOB LANCE With work completed on the pre-fabricated housing project at Western Carolina Teachers College, thirty-three ex-GI's and their i wives and families have already made their homes in GI Village. | Some of the wives are attending college with their husbands, sev eral are teaching school, some have part time jobs, and some are busy at keeping house. Two families have two children, and four fam ilies have one child, making a total baby population of eight. The houses are in units of six apartments, some of which are two-room and some three-room. An electric hotplate, a fuel oil burner, a hot water heater ,two occasional chairs, a dinette set, and an Army type, double-decker bed are furnished. The college supplies electricity, water, and garbage dis ?Continued on page 12 WCTC First Training School CHEROKEE COUNTY MAN KILLED WHEN HIT BY TRAIN The Southern Railway passen ger train came into Sylva al most an hour late Sunday morn ing. The delay was caused when Carl Keener, 43, was hit by the train near his home at Tomotla, five miles east of Murphy. He died a short time later in a Murphy hospital. Keener is said to have been fox hunting Saturday night with Col lie Wells and his son, also of To motla. Mr. Wells said that he let Keener out of his car at the rail road crossing about 3 o'clock Sun day morning and expressed the opinion that he sat down on the railroad track and went to sleep. He had two fox dogs on a leash with him and his hand was in his packet. It was reported that the dogs apparently had tried to pull across the track but they were killed also. Extra corn in the field can be produced at a ct)st of only 5 cents a bushel, where the hybrid seed cost $1.50 an acre and the gain is 30 bushels of corn. SOSSAMON'S ... in Sylva [ Western Carolina Teachers Col-* lege was the first white institu tion for the training of teachers in North Carolina. On August 5, 1889 Professor R. L. Madison, an in spired young educator from the State of Virginia, opened the doors ! of the Cullowhee school. The school had little to go on except courage and the backing of the people of the Cullowhee village who saw the need for a higher type of educa tion than had previously been af forded in this district. In 1891 the State of North Carolina was pe tioned for a charter and in 1893 the first state appropriation w;s secured for the struggling school. Standing with the founder of the school are the names of the original trustees of the school, who with the cooperation of their wives, made possible the future progress. They are: William Wilson, Thomas A. Cox, D. D. Davies, R. H. Brown, J. D. Coward, L. J. Smith, R. L. Watson, W. A. Henson and W. C. Norton. Mr. Norton is the only surviving member of this board. With the enlargement of '.he physical plant and the increase in jthe student b:>dy, a wider and richer educational offering has de veloped. In the earlier ; stages of the institution it was known as "Cullowhee High School." Its pro gram was of the academy type, on a preparatory and largely aca demic basis, with some emphasis ?Continued on pag? 6 RUSSIA SEEKS TO DOMINATE WORLD, SAYS REV. TARZIER | The members of the Sylva Ro ?tary club were privileged ri:.l contests WCTC Grows To A Four Year Standard College With Large Enrollment II mdri of Western Carolina Teachers L'< Uege zlumni are ex pectc;! to centf on this college village Friday and Saturday morn ing tc? take part in the annual home-coming events of their Alma Mater with visiting friends, sfuder.u 1 returned GI's who have c'v.^ b?ek to complete their edncMior. Fc.-tivil.es will begin in earnest with Opt* ; House at 1 o'clock p. m. wita prize ol'ered by the Student Senate IV r 11?e best dec orated dormitory. This will be fol at 2 p. by a meeting of high school coaches in the gymnasium. At 3 o'clock the activities will be transferred to Sylva where a parade will take place at 3:30, led by the Cherryville band, and fol lowed with a concert by the band on the court house steps. At 7 p. m. a program wiU fee given on Hunter Field at the College, followed by a football game at 8 o'clock be tween Tom Young's Catamounts and Appalachian State Teachers squad from Boone. This is expect ed to be one of the best games of the season. At 10 p. m. a social get to-gether with informal dancing will be held in the gymnasium. A Growing Institution . Western Carolina Teachers Col lege celebrates Home-Coming this year under circumstances which mark it as an up-and-coming in stitution. It is no longer a little cross-roads school, struggling to gain recognition from the public. For instance, from the stand point of size, it boasts o? an en rollment of 496 students this fall,. 340 men and 158 women. They come from 16 states as follows. North Carolina 453, South CardU lina 5, Georgia 2, Virginia 5, Ten nessee 2, Texas 2, Massachusetts 7, Indiana 2, New York 2, Kansas 2, Pennsylvania 1, New Jersey 1, Wisconsin 1, Alabama 1, Missis sippi 1. Two students come from Cuba. When the summer school is taken into account, the total num ber of different students enrolled for the year will approximate 800. Only limited facilities prevented the college, according to the best estimate., from pushing this lat ter figure to 1,000 or more this cal endar year. The 453 students from Nortn Carolina represent 46 coun ties. Jackson leads with 102, with ?Continued on page 12 Jackson To Observe Armistice Day With Parade and Program vti.uam ?. Dillarri Post, Amer ican Legion, has planned an Ar mistice D.iy celebration for next M^-vlriy, and has solicited the co operation of all civic organizations, the Sylva Merchants Association, and the public generally. The stores and business places in Sylva will closc at noon, and the afternoon will be devoted to the celebration. ; A parade has >hoen planned to begin at 2 o'clock, forming at the Sylvr. Central Hi^h School, and will proceed up Main street, and return to the high school by way of Mill street. Members of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and all veterans' or ganizations are requested by the committee to participate in the parade. Boy Scout Troops, Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, and other youth organizations are in vited to join in the parade. Fol lowing the parade there will be a football game at Mark Watson Field between Sylva High and some other High School team, to be announced later. At 7:30 the annual Armistice D:;y dinner of the American Legion will be held at the High School, at which Prof; E. H. Still well, head of the De partment of History at Western Carolina Teachers College will de liver the principal address. The committee feels that Mr. Stillwell is perhaps the best informed man on the two world wars who could be found to deliver the addresft. The committee on arrangements for the celebration is Composed of Dan Tompkins, Keith Hinds and Dr. Harold McGuire; and O. E. Monteith is in charge of the pin ner, which will be prepared and ?Continued on page 12