AMERICA First, La$t and Always The Sylva Herald The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. VOL. XXI, NO. 46 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, April 24, 1947 $2.00 A Year?5c Copy OFFER REWARD OF HALL KILLERS 111 City Primary Election ~"v, ?iiniyr-? i ' World War II Veterans Are Unopposed In May Election * i Mayor Gibson And Present Board Did Not Seek Reelection Sylva voters nominated a full Veteran's ticket for Mayor and Board of Aldermen in Saturday's municipal Democratic primary. This was the first Municipal pri mary to be held in the town irv many years. Jack C. Allison, heading the Young Democratic or G. I. ticket, was nominated for mayor with a vote of 203 to 164 for his opponent, W. J. Fisher. Nominated for board of alder men were Joseph F. Wilson with 218 votes, Edward H. Baldridge, 218; Lloyd W. Cowan, 193; R. R. Nicholson, Jr., 193, and Dr. Harold McGuire, 176. Unsuccessful candidates for the board seats were Paul Kirk, 160 votes; James E. Crawford, 171; James T. Bales, 161; H. E. Fergu son, 156, and Roscoe Poteet, 154. Dr. Harold McGuir?, veteran of 42 months with the Army, was one of the candidates on the licket headed by Mr. Fisher. James E. Crawford, also a veteran, was on the ticket headed by Mr. Allison. This was the only switch the voters made in their balloting. The successful candidates will be unopposed in the general elec tion on May 6. Tne retiring mayor, Herbert Gibson, and board members, W. T. Wise, Chester Scott, Walter Alli son, and S. A. Carden, did not seek re-election. Mayor Gibson, agent for the Southern Railway here, has been in office for eight years. A brief service of the new nom inees 1s as follows: ? Edward H. Baldridge entered service August 10, 1943. and was discharged November 5, 1945. He was engaged in three major cam paigns, the Rome-Arno, Southern France and Rhineland. He was taken prisoner by the Germans on the Moselle River crossing Septem ber 21, 1944, and remained in the t hands of the Germans until libera tion by. Allied forces April 26, 1945. Mr. and Mrs. Baldridge and son, Eddie, make their home in Sylva. Mr. Baldridge holds a po sition with XJie Herald as-licptyae operator. Joseph F. ? Wilson, son of Mrs. T. O. Wilson and the late Mr. Wil son, served with the 8tn air force as a gunner on a B-24. He and his crew made 31 missions over Euro pean territory. They all came through alive but were forced- to bail out of their ship as they were over England returning from their last bombing mission. He held the rank of Staff Sergeant and was in ?Continuing on page 7 SYLVA SENIORS TO PRESENT COMEDY PLAY MAY SECOND i i "A Million Dollar Joke," a comedy in three acts by Pauline Phelps, will be presented by mem bers of the sehiof class of Sylva High School at 8:00 Friday nite, Miy 2, in the Elementary School Auditorium. Rehearsals for the play have been in progress for several weeks under the direction of Mrs. Luce and Mrs. Reed, sponsors of the senior class. . The plot involves a modern youth who is really a worm, Per cival Smith, and his million dol lars in a terrific joke. The worm is made to squirm by a young lady, Peggy Eustis, who Shows him his fault. He reforms and it not trampled on by his room mates any more. Percival receives a million dollars *bnd the money gives him the confidence to run for mayor. He has many funny experiences .which will be worth' a million dol lars to the audience. Combined with the experience of the** directors and artistic skill of the stage .director are the varied talents and acting abilities of the senior class. Such a combination indicates a successful performance o<" "A pillion poJlar .Toke." iwo performances will be given; The mating foV the elementary children will be presented in the afternoon, and admission will be 15 cents. At the Friday night per formance, admission will be 25 cents and 50 cents. Svitut Vamparee To Be Heftl 31ay tU At M^umpkin The regular monthly meeting of the District Committee of the Smoky Mountain District, Boy Scouts of America, was held at Jarrett's Springs Hotel, Friday evening at 7 o'clock April 18th. Reports of scouting activities were heard from practically all sec tions of the District. Mr. Hugh Monteith, Chairman of Advance ment, of the Smoky Mountain Dis trict who attended the Regional Scouters Convention, held in At lanta, March 30th, gave a very in teresting report of this meeting. Camporee for the Smoky Moun tain District will be held at Camp Lumpkin, ten miles west of Frank lin on the Wayah Road, May 16th and 17th. It is hoped this meeting will be well attended by Scouts and Scouters of this section. Those present at the meeting First Secretary of the British Embassy Speaks WCTC 29th Mr. Frank Darvall^First Secre tary of the British Embassy, will speak at ttoey auditorium, Cullo whee, Tuesday, April 29, at 11 a. m. instead of at 1:30 p. m. as previous ly announced. Mr. Darvall's talk, on "The British Commonwealth and Em pire," will be the regular chapel program for that day. The time has been moved ahead to fit in with Mr. Darvall's schedule. He has an urgent appointment in Washington on Wednesday, which will necessi tate his leaving on the 3:45 p. m. train from Asheville Tuesday. The First secretary's address will be primarily for the students and faculty members of Western Carolina Teachers College and the Cullowhee High school, but there will be about 200 scats available to the public. Admission is free and the fix it *1-00' persons' win get the seats. It had- originally been planned to have Lord Iverchapel, British ambassador, give a talk, but be cause of pressing official business, he was unable to come and desig nated his First secretary, Mr. Dar vall, to speak in his place. Mr. Darvall will arrive in Ashe ville Monday, April 28, where he will be the guest of Mr. John F. A. Cecil at Biltmore House. Mr. Darvall has had wide ex perience in the United States. He attended Columbia University and was formerly British Consul for Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. He is considered an entertaining and effective speaker. BETTER BABIES IS PART OF COUNTY HEALTH PROGRAM By MRS. LINA PADGETT Jackson County Nurse To the parents of the young in fant belongs the care that insures the physical and mental growth of that child into happy, useful citizen. The Jackson County Health, de partment carries out the following p:v,r.v.m to help the parents of these infants and pre-school chil dren: Clinics for mothers and babies are held as given below for exam ination in order to'discover any' deviation from good development and health. Conditions needing corrections are pointed out and referral made to the family phys ician, or if needed to available clinics. Clinics are held in the spring at the various schools for inspection of the child who is to enter school for the first time in the fall so that parents may take the child to the health department or the family physician for further ex amination if found necessary. Immunization clinics are held where advice is given as to what should be done and when to pro tect the child from communicable diseases and immunizations are offered. Those required by sUite law during the first year are stressed, and later those required for school enrollment. ! The nurse goes into the home * ??, . ^ ' as muoa a*. sue can to help the mother with suggestions and to demonstrate the home care of the child. The Sanitarian carries on his program that sale living conditions may prevail at home, school or in the cafe; and that sale milk, clean drinking water and food are pro vided. WNC Groups Go To Washington About Park Development Representatives of Western North Carolina Associated Com munities will meet in Washington next Tuesday with A. E. D^maray, associate park director, to discuss ways and means of insuring con tinuing development of Great Smoky Mountains National Park despite the prospects of a sharp cut in federal funds Of this pur pose. Mrs. Grover Wilkes Will Have Recital On Thursday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock in the Sylva Elementary school auditorium Mrs. Daisy Franklin Wilkes will present her music pupils in the annual spring recital. Twenty pupils will pre sent a varied program of musical selections. The public is invited to attend this recital. Chamber Of Commerce Membership Drive Felix Picklesimer, president of the Jackson county chamber of "commerce, has announced^that the annual membership drive will start Thursday, May 1. The membership drive committee will begin can vassing the businesses of the town for their membership at this time. It is hoped, Mr. Picklesimer stated, to complete the work within a few days. were: Bill Wall, Assistant Scout Executive; Gaston Means, Field Executive; John Archer, Everett Harris, Dr. Harold McGuire, Paul Kirk, O. E. Brookhyser, Sam Gil lim, A. F. Neely, T. A. Willets, Rev. j A. Rufus Morgan, John Allsup, E.! W. Reneshaw, Hugh Monteith and i W. C. Hennessee, District Chair man. ? ' Will Represent El Salvador At Lions Meet MISS BRYSON ? * MISS POTfcET Miss Thelma Poteet, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Poteet, aiM Miss Jenneane Bryson, a* daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jennings A. B. VMin. will represent the county of El Salvador at the Lions Silver Jubilee Convention in Asheville May 25, 26, and 27. Miss Poteet'> father is president of the Syiva club, and Mr. Bryson is a p; st pre>ident :?:?? !t. 1.. A; . il (Vi.:ir..v J ?>.:! H. * i . J\ K. En I ;o. Fr. n!< H. I>r *...'. .1 . % and Edward Fowler. nn ; in .. ; .??es-iui on Tiiur.-ii. y. An.'.] I V < : elected Fran'; M. ( '? ..j?*. : - ir/endi nt <.f n '/mimy .-chools 1 . ^T-?. C';*:iv."<>i\i w.ll take officc July 1 l a' the h*ming of the now 'ic;11 yc;u , Ho succeeds i;.m i Mots, wliu resigned sonit''i;r.c ;'g ?' in become tlloctive ? t on.'; o1 : his present term June 3 t:\ M Moses has ni>t announce t his pi. n-> ; for the future alter lt.:\iiig office. Mr. Crawford is well known, throughout the county and t ern North Carolina, t school circles. Ho h: - i>?.??. n in :iio tci.coing pro.e.^ion t.-r^ine pa.-l 20 years, teaching in J.ick>on county schools all of this time except one year in Buncombe county. He was principal of the Sy.va Elementary school for 10 years and is now in his third year as district principal of the Webster high school. Mr. Crawford is chairman of the D.s trict Legislative committee of the North Carolina Education Associa tion. He is immediate past pres ident of the Sylva Lions Club. He is a native of Jack.-on county, the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Craw ford of Sylva Route 1. He receive*; I his college twining at Wes'ern i Carolina Teachers College and the j University of North Carolina. DISTRICT COM M ITTE EM EN At the meeting la.-t Thursday'the 'board named the following dis'rict committeemen: Sylva District?O. J. Beck, R. U. Sutton, Lawrence Reed, Ira Jones, Kenyon Moody. Co n odft-DrHr i 1t? "M ay. Luther Owens, James Daves. Cullowhee District?Ralph Sut ton, Blaine Nicholson, Victor Brown, Clinton Hooper, and Tom H. Simpson. Glenville District ? Lawrence Cooper, Dallas Mills, Tom Holden, L. L. Allen, and Lynch Dillard. Qualla District?Thad Patton, Jode Hoicombe, and Alton Ed wards. Webster District ? Ernest Le .vis, Joel Wetmore, D. D. Davis, Hd.ley Buchanan, and Dan Cowan. A slow-acting nitrogen fertilizer [that feeds crops over a long grow ing period has been developed by [soil scientists of .the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture. The Murder of Jack Hall And Wife W as Most Brutal Crime Ever Committed In County Tin- Sylva Lions Club plans to ?-..At' KM) jut cent registration at '.he State oiiivciitt'in wnich meets j in Ashes ille May 2a, 2(5 and 27. Tni> i.nr.ua! convention will be known as the 25th, or Silver Jubi- 1 lei', in celebration ol the 25th year <)i tite organization. North Carolina js divided into three districts kncwn as .'51 A. B. & C. and all three districts will be represented at the .Jubilee meet ing. Wolev W. Brown, ol Ashe ville, i< chairman of the consen .an. He and hi.- committee has .rranged a lull thr<^e day program .or the occasion, with plenty en tertainment Ioj* t.ie ladies who at tend. The prineipaf speaker \wll be Hon. Dr. liamini Colhrtrzo, ol' Havana, Cuba, ss i o is immediate P .>t presideut ?j 1 Lions Interna *.i ia I. He will make his talk at ' e la>t .e.-.si?n <>l the la>t day. ot ; c ns enti< >n. F ;vinn c.' inti ?? having- Lions ?' >a -. ss .T i e !a ;u red with 1 lag .?? . eiroi.'es. Tie Ss Is a Club has ? i .v ,s ado.-, with Miss Thelm ?v tee!, daughter ol I.ioji Pro ident '!< re l'ftiet, 11*,;resen11ng. Mi-. .!? a-u ,i'ir ,rry>ui.. daughter ? ol A. Hi ss mi. pa>t pre.-iden? i\i p. st uMrict pivcrnor, will 1a v.i. alternates /(if/iNoii Farmvrn t.OOO Avrvn To Xvtr l*attiurv '...gloved pastures is where the basis is being placed this year ;.y the Jackson County AAA com n .ttee. Good pastures conserve soil results in larger yields. Approximately 4.000 acres of pasture have been seeded this spring in Jackson County, accord ing to good pasture practices. This include.*! reseeding of depleted land nrd planting new pastures. Also the application of lime and phos pnate and a season-long system lor preventing overgrazing. The \AA t;iis year h.is furnished pas ture .-eeds to farmers through the local dealers by issuing a purcha.-: order slip which the farmer take to ti.e dealer of his choice and pays ?Continued on page 6 ...UA COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICERS PROBING SLAYING Sheriff Griffin Middleton an nounced Wednesday that a reward of $600 has been posted for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of party or parties connected with the brutal killing of Jack Hall and his wife, Margie Maples Hall. funeral rites were held at 11 o'clock yesterday morning at East Fol k Baptist church for Mr. Hull, while services for Mrs. Hall were held at the same hour at Pigeon Forge Baptist church at Sevier ville, Term. As The Herald goes to press county, state, nnd federal officers are pushing t ho probe into the slaying of the Sylva taxi operator and his wife, winch took place ?bmetime around o'clock Mon day morning at a .secluded spot on t&Pe Id Dilisboro road, just outside the city limits. The body of Hall and his wife were discovered about six o'clock Monday morning by Homer Green, Jud Robinson, and James Clonyz when en route to woi k at Mead Corporation. Sheriff Middleton was immediately noti ir d ar^J ni rived on the secene a , .v moments lt#teriV-Mi^- Hall vvas 1 i'otind lying .on - the floor, of the Iront seat ol his taxi and Mrs. Hall was sprawled across the front seat. li..ll was already dead l'pfn brutal blow* about the head, which left pails of his skull and brain <>n the roadside and running bo.ml of the car. Mrs. Hall was still al.ve but died at 3 o'clock Mond hnit in tow. : e. t of a baby, to oe placed in a I I I osier home, it is the responsibility | of the Welfare Department to lo cate and supervise these place ments. Quite oiten tins service is needed for a child born out of wed-lock. The protective rights lor the child, the mother, and foster family are carefully guarded. Su pervision of children in their own home is often requested and we are interested in giving advice that wiil be helpful to a parent and a child. We hela families ir learn ing of resources which are pro-, vided for good health and mental welfare. Baby Week emphasizes the good care and protection that every child needs and' that is our interest for every Jackson countf baby." Remember Babies - - National Baby Week, April 27- May S-- Better Babies