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VOL. XXII, NO. 44 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, April 1, 1948 $2.00 A Year 5c Copy
Sylva Merchants To Start Closing Half Day April 7
Funeral Rites For Sylva
Bank Official Tuesday At
Sylva Methodist Church
R. L. Ariail Died Sunday1
P.M. In Local Hospital, |
Buried in Willington, S. C.
Funeral services for Robert Lee
Ariail, executive vice-president
of the Jackson County Bank of
Sylva and Highlands, and chair
man of the Jackson county board
of education, were held at 10
o'clock Tuesday morning at the
Sylva Methodist church, with the
pastor, Rev. W. Q. Grigg, officiat
ing. The body was taken to Wil
lington, S. C. fcr internment at 3
o'clock.
All Sylva business establish
ments closed at 9:45 and remained
closed until after the services out
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SYLVA PROGRAMS TO
BE BROADCAST OVER
WAYNESVILLE STA.
Sylva's first commercial radio
broadcast will be carried over rad
io station WHCC at Waynesville
from Sylva April 1 from 2 to 3
o'clock from the high school gym
"What Fools We Mortal Be" will
"what Fool We Mortal Be" will
be in full swing.
The program will include com
mercials from Jackson County
Bank, Hooper Drug Store, Reece
Hampton Motor Company and
other business firms of Sylva.
The program will feature the
high school band, glee clubs, mix
ed chorus, the new Alma Mater,
written by Messrs. Crawford and
Beacham, and another originn'
composition by Mr. Beacham. The
Webster high school will be pre
sent according to plans announc
ed.
From 4 to 5 o'clock on Sunday,!
April 4, from the Sylva Metho
dist church a Sacred Concert, also
sponsored by the Sylva Chamber
of Commerce, will be presented.
Director Beacham announced that
he hopes the Baptfct church ? will
present this program under the
direction of the Rev. Mr. Warren.
However, it will go on the air any- ;
way and be good, he stated.
Sylva People Attend '
Moravian Easter Service
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Parker and
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Bales and son,
Jimmy, were among the 40.000
worshipers who attended the
Moravian Easter Sunrise service
at Winston-Salem.
At the 11 o'clock hour they at
tended services at Centenary
Methodist church in Winston-Sa
lem. Between the hours they
visited the Methodist orphanage
and the Reynolds estate and iiow
er gardens.
Johnson For Governor
Names Frank Hall As
His County Manager
Char'.cs M. Johnson, speaking
at Burgnw, to his home folks,
with the spcech carried on all the
net v;orl;s of radio in the State.
beg;;.n his active campaign for
the nomination for Governor,
Tuesday night, according to Frank
Hall, Mr. Johnson's Jackson coun
ty campaign manager. "Mr. John
son will carry his campai^i to
every p.rt of the State, in per
son," Mr. Hall stated. Notice to
his supporters, and to the gener
al public of when he will be in
Jackson county will be announced
later, Mr. Hall sa:d.
Mr. Johnson is the present State
Treasurer ard 'Chairman of the
Local Government Comnis:on,
and as such has wif'e acquaintance
throughout North C roltna. "He
was the first candidate to an
ncune that he would be a candi
date for Governor in the priimry
to be held on May 29," Mr. H:.li
stated.
'LEGION auxiliary
TO SELL VICTORY
BOOK ON SATURDAY
The local American Legion Aux
iliary will have a table on Main
street en Saturday, and will offer
copies of General Marshall's Vic
tory Report, giving a complete ac
count of the campaigns of World
War II, and including a roster of
the service men and women from
this county, and a list of the killed
and missing from this county.
The bcok, a valuable historical
document, with the local roster?
included, sells ior $1.00. Th,e
Auxiliary has only 100 copies to
sell, and no more will be avail
able.
JOHN GRANT PARKER
DIES AT AGE OF 82
John Grant Parker, 82-year-old
prosperous farmer and cattle rais
er of Canada Township, Jackson
county, died at his Wolf Mountain
home Tuesday afternoon following
a short illness. He was a civic i
I
leader in his community, and has
been a deacon of the Baptist
church for more than 50 years, j
He was also a charter member of |
the Sol's Creek and Nettie Mcun-1
tain Baptist churches.
Mr. Parker married Miss Joyce
Wood 60 years ago, who survives
him.
There are 64 direct descendants,
the widow, ten children, 48 grand
children, 5 great-grandchildren.
Five sons are: W. O. Parker of
Mills, River; Ja^nes* Parker of Bre
vard; Earl S. Parker of Asheville;
Charles and Dewey Parker of
Argura; five daughters, Mrs. Ben
Nicholson, Cowarts; Mrs. Fleet
Shipman, Lake Toxaway; Mrs.
Avery Mashbum, Cullowhee; Mrs.
Terry Galloway, Wolf Mountain,
and Mrs. J. B. Painter, Cullowhee.
Funeral services were held at
the Wolf Creek Baptist church at
2 o'clock Wednesday, the Rev. W.
N. Cook and Rev. Dillard Wood
officiated. Burial was in the
Woods cemetery at Wolf Creek.
Grandsons of the deceased were
pallbearers and granddaughters
served as flcwer bearers. Honor
ary pallbearers were deacons and
officers of the above mentioned
churches. Moody Funeral Home
svas in charge of funeral arrange
ments.
SOSSAMON RESIGNS
AS PRESIDENT OF
MERCHANTS GROUP
Boyd Sossamon, of Sossamon
Furniture Company, tenderd the
iollow.ng resignation to the mem
bers of the Sylva Merchants As
sociat on at a called meeting on
lrst Thursday afternoon.
"It has been a pleasure to serve
you in the capacity of president
the past three years, but I feel
*like it's time we had a new presi
dent.
'?Seeing this organization grow
from it's infancy to the valuable
organization it is today justifies
somewhat the hard work, worry
and the bald spot on top of my
head.
"You may be sure that I will do
my utmost to cooperate with the
new officers of this organization
in any way possible."
Boyd Sossamon
8OS8A M ON'8
In 8ytva
NO MAN POWER SHORTAGE HERE
Shown above is the family group of Mr. ?nd Mrs. L. C. Wilson of the Savannah community of
this ccunty. The group includes Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and their fifteen sons and daughters as folu
lows:
Front row, left to right- Jerry, Hazel, Mr. Wilson, Calvin, Mary, Mrs. Wilson, Helen and Dewey.
Back row, left to right - Dearl, Billy, Clint. John, L. C., Jr., Woodrow, James and Charlie, The age
of the children range from six to 31 years. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were married October 16, 1914. She is
now 49 and he is 52.
Six of the sons served in the various branches of service during World War II. They were'
Woodrow, John, James, Clint, L. C. Ja., and Billy. Clint and L. C., Jr., are still in the Navy.
One unusual thing about the wilson family is that of the two generations, comprising 30 members,
there has never been a death. The thirty were together during the past week.
Of this large family of children .there is only one set of twins. They are Hazel and Helen.
Cullowhee High School
Has Spring Festival
On Thursday evening, March
25, the Cullowhee high school held
their spring festival. This was
sponsored by the Junior class, of
which Miss Nell Bond is sponsor,
tc ra.se funds to finance the Junior
Senior banquet.
Each class had chosen a repres
entative to be voted on for the
Queen of Spring and one fcr the
Bachelor of Ugliness or the most
unpopular boy. Those voted on
were: 8th grade, Betty Jo Watson
and Kenneth Rogers; 9th grade.
Jo Ann Hodgin and J mmy Phil
i iips: 10 grade, Karene Bryson and
Hcmer Wike; 11th grade, Norma
Jean Wood and J.imes Cole, 12th
grade, June Parker and O. V.
Cagle, Jr.
Winners were Karene Bryson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Bryson, for the Queen of Spring
and O. V. Cagle, Jr. for the Bache
lor of Ugliness.
Other features of entertainment
during the evening were cake
walks, selling of drinks, pies, can
dies and other things.
Approximately $130.00 was
made.
Visits Western Counties
W. KERR SCOTT, candid;.te for
Governor, carried his campaign
into the far western counties of
the state this week, stopping in
Car.ton, Waynesville, Sylva, Bry
son City, Andrews, Murphy, Hayes
ville and Franklin. He spent a
few hours in Sylva Monday after
noon conferring with political
le: ders in the interest of his can
didacy. He has nc.t announced a
^ampaign manager for Jackson as
yet.
Gardner Memorial At
Gardner-Webb College
To Cost $150,000.00
Construction on the new $150,
000 memorial O. Max Gardner
Student Building began on Mon
lay, March 29, the contractor,
R. H. Pinnix of Gastonia, moved
.?xcavation equipment in mi Sat
.< i y, and the job ?il remi vmg
.ie dirt s.ar;ed eaily M?>nda>
.ornir.g. College oM.cials have
:e.t r.< pes that this build.rig will
e re cly/""for use by the next
chool year.
WNCAC GROUP"WILL
MEET IN BREVARI)
TUESDAY, APRIL 13
The regular quarterly meeting
of Western North Carolina Asso
ciated Communities will meet in
Brevard "April 13 at 1 p.m. for the
purpose of discussing fishing and
hunting in the National Forests,
Advertising Booklet.-, Indian Pag
eant, Music Fe>tival and National
Editorial Convention which will
b"e a six-day state event in May.
Members of the Chamber of
Commerce, Mayor, Chairman" of
the Board of Commissioners, as
well as other leaders in the com
munity are urged to attend.
Scene At Presbyterian Ground-Breaking
Shown above are the pastor, elders a nd visiting minister at the scene of the
ground-breaking for the Presbyterian c hurch soon to be erected in Sylva. Read
ing left to right are elders Jackson Dun n and J. A. Gray; Rev. Paul P. Thrower
of Charlotte, who organized, .the Sylva church in 1941; Elder Vernon
McHan and Rev. W. H. Wakefield, present pastor. Elder Martin C. Cunning
ham is using the pick and little Johnny M cHan, son of Elder and Mrs. Vernon Mc
Han, is standing by ready to shovel the d irt to be removed.
Half Holiday To Begin
Wednesday At 12 Noon:
Continue-Through Sept.
BONNETS AS WELL AS
VEGETATION NIPPED
Easter dawned clear and cold
in Sylva but a goodly number of
people biased the biting wind t<*
attend the sunrise service at the
v eim tery. All the churches report
large congregations lor the morn
ing services which were centered
n the Easter Spirit of our Lord's
it surrection.
A much larger crowd gathered
at Parris cemetery at 2:30 p. m.
for the Easter and Memorial serv -
ice there.
A h w of 28 brought heavy frost
. nd iee on Monday morning to do
cons.derable damage to early buds
and other vegetation.
MISSING PLANE
SOUGHT IN AREA
The search for two Durham air
men, missing for more than a week,
focused on this mountain com
munity following the first clue to
their disappearance.
The North Carolina highway pn
trol last night said it had received
a report that the light plnne in
which the two men were flying
?or one similar to it?was seen
near here the day ol its disup
,earar re. The plane, the patrol
? aid, was apparently in trouble
.jt the time.
The two men, I).m K. Bryan, 44,
cteran Durham pilot, and Phillip
Pearson, a (J.I. aviation trainee,
left Durham Tuesday. March 23,
.'.route to M?..nroe, La
Tj e highw; v pMrol report placed
e si eh ted plane, identified as a
Cessna 140- tiie s?ime as the mis>
ing craft between Hazclwood and
Sylva. At the time it was llymg
south in a strong tail wind ahd was
believed to be coming down, the
patrol said it wa.s informed.
Attendants .it the Sylva airport
said they would scour the area toe
tween Caney Fork and Tuckaseigee
today. An air search of the moun
tainous area yesterday was ham
! pered by high winds.
Several army and civilian air pa
trol planes over Western North
Carolina and South Carolina yes
1 terday in an attempt to locate the
1 missing craft.
DAYTON. OHIO. March 31 ?
The ;.:.*in;.i r? p ?r1 o* The- Mend
Cot; I.. ' '??! r* !<? s?-i 'Vednesday
rcpoj'<.| - !? n! - 7'-' L'73.000 com -
jx rc.fi '?J'< (Km) in 11>4f>.
T' y... : ? ?. ci fro;;,
494,200 ?' r>^j.r>oo.
The c ny j. i?s consider
able png:e s durrj tnc ye: r in
extending lae j>: >oia :;ve capacity
of its fou:tcc.\ papei mill.-, more?
than $6,000,000 having been ex
pended for .-uc:. ni;v: o e. An aci
ditional inve> 1 mc-r.l of $3,000,000
was made in \1..ron Kraft Com
pany, a sixty p.ecent owned sub
sidiary which ha under c< nstruc
tion i?l Macon. Georgia, a lmer
board mill expected to come into
operation early in April.
After a provi-ion oi S3.698.000
for federal and state income taxes
and a contiibution ? >;' $1,186,000 to
the Mead Retirement plan tor em
ployees of the company and its
subsidiaries, earnings from opera
tions amounted to $5,685,386 be
ing $7.33 on the common shares.
Additional earnings of $771,000 of
a non-recurring nature were also
reported. Out of these earnings
$1.55 was paid in dividends on the
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Cope Elected New
President For 1948,
Fricks Is Vice Pres.
A large group of Sylva merch
ants met in the city hall at 4 o'clock
p.m. last Thursday to discuss clos
ing hours for the summer months
and to elect officers for the new
year.
President Boyd Sossamon open
ed the meeting and called for dis
cussion on the question of half
day closing period. Motion was
made that the stm'es close each
Wednesday afternoon which was
voted unanimously.. Motion was
then made as to whether to close
at 12 or 1 o'clock. The 12 o'clock
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MRS. NICHOLSON IS~
OWNER OF VALUABLE
By LARRY W. MULL
i A textbook written by hand May
22, 1791, by John Gregg, a school
teacher?during President George ?
Washington's administration, has
been handed down to Mrs. Alda
Nicholson, great-great grand
daughter of the author. The book
is titled "John Gregg's Cyphering
Book."
The picturesque book was hand
bound in jeans cloth and appears
to be written on several types of
linen paper. Despite its 157 years
it is in almost perfect condition.
Eduflftors, lawyers and others
who have chanced to view the con
tents of the textbook have deemed
it "an education within itself."
Many stated that its value could
hardly estimated, and that it
should be placed in some museum.
The book is beautifully- done in
oiukball ink which was manufac
tured by the author. He used a
quill pen to assemble the flowery
letter.^ that appear on each page
of the 12 by 24 inch volume. It
contains approximately 50 pages
of examples from the reduction of
apothecaries to the complete mul
tiplication table which the author
painstakingly assembled in the
form of a figure 7. It is unique in
that it contains the pence table,
addition of time, addition of whole
numbers, land measure, and liquid
measure?unique because at that
time there were no textbooks pub
lished. '
, Also to be found in the prehis
toric textbook is a part of the fam
ily tree of the Gregg family. It
shows that Mrs. Nicholson's pater
nal ancestors were of English
descendants; her maternal parents
were of German. They were na
tives of Avery county.
Mrs. S. W. Turpin, mother of
Mr.-. Nicholson, said the book was
g.vcr. her by Mrs. Harry Oxner,
son's grandmother who
ha-i'p'n/.e'd the bi?ok upon the death
o! t.ie author.
Mrs. Nicholson siiid she valued,
the textbook, and had thought of
plac.ng it in a museum.
Sarah Jean Sutton
Wins Four-Year
Scholarship
Miss Sarah Jean Sutton, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Sut
ton, and granddaughter of Mrs.
W. D. Wike of Cullowhee, a sen
ior at Cullowhee high school, has
been selected by Duke University
and Miss Alyse Smith of Burling
ton as the recipient of a four-year
scholarship at Woman's College of
Duke University. This is a re
cently widowed scholarship by
Miss Smith. Miss Sutton was
selected from a field of some fif
teen possible recipients, on the
basis of her excellent showing
in the Angier Duke Scholarship
Price Competition and the splendid
impression which she made during
the finals on March 19 and 20.
Miss Sutton will enter Woman'?
Col.ege in September.