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VOL. XXII, NO. 52
Sylva, N. C. Thursday. May 27, 1948
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Election Officials Preparing For
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Fifty-Ninth Commencement At W.G.T.C.
To Begin Sunday Morning
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Seventy-Six Candidates
For Graduation Will Be
Awarded Diplomas Mon.
Dr. Ralph A. Herring *
Will Deliver Sermon, ,
Senator Hoey To Give ?
Graduation Address
Four presidents of Western Car
olina Teachers college will figure
in the school's graduation exercises
Sunday and Monday.
Present President W.*E. Bird will
preside. Prof. A. C. Reynolds,
Sylva, a former president, will de
liver the benediction at the bac
calaureate sermon Sunday' morn
ing, and Prof. Robert Lee Madi
son, founder and first president of
the college, will give the invoca
tion at the commencement Monday
morning. And, although the late
Dr. H. T. Hunter, who was presi-l
dent at the time of his death last
fall, will not be present in person,
a period of silence in his memory
will be observed during the com
mencement program.
Clyde R.- Hoey, United States
Senator from, and former gov
ernor of, North Carolina, will make
the commencement address in the
college auditorium, which was
named for him. Some weeks ago
Senator Hoey announced that he
was accepting no more invitations
to speak in the near future, but
that he would make an exception
in the case of WCTC.
Dr. Ralph A. Herring, pastor of
the. First Baptist church, Winston
Salem, will deliver the bacca
laureate sermon, also in Hoey au
ditorium.
In addition to the baccalaureate
sermon at 11 a. m. Sunday and the
commencement program at 10 a. m.
Monday, graduation exercises will
include three other events.
At 4:30 Sunday afternoon faculty,
members will give a tea for seniors ;
and their guests in the parlor oil
Moore dormitory.
At 8:30 Sunday night there will |
be a commencement concert in the i
auditorium. Miss Mary Jo Beimer,j
of the school's music department,'
and Ihe Rev. R. T. Houts, Jr., 1
pastor of the Cullowhee Methodist
church and also a faculty member
in the music department, will pre
sent the concert.
At 8 o'clock Monday morning
there will be a senior-faculty
breakfast on the terrace of Moore
dormitory.
Seventy-six students will be
graduated Monday, 70 with a B.S.
degree and six with a B. A. degree.
Some of the graduates will not be
present at the ceremonies, due to
the facts that they finished the
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NOTICE
Due to the shortage of water
all persons are notified not to
use town water to wash cars,
water lawns or gardens, or to
allow faucets to run.
Many of our residences in the
higher parts of town have been
out of water for the past week.
Please help us conserve water in
every way possible.
Signed: Jack C. Allison, Mayor
WEBSTER METHODIST
HOLDING VACATION
SCHOOL AND REVIVAL
Rev. John Kincaid, pastor of the
Webster circuit of the Methodist
church, has announced that the
Webster church began a daily va
cation bible school Monday of this
week which will run in conjuc
tion with the revival services which
started at this church on Sunday
and which will continue through
May 39. . \
All parents in the community
are urged to sen<? their children
to the school which is in session
each day. A cordial invitation is
extended everyone to attend the.
revival.
Rev. Kincaid is doing the
preaching during this series of
messages.
Jackson Home Agent Makes
Tour With State Group
Miss Mary Johnston, Jackson
county home agent, returned Sun
day from a State planned tour to
the Federal Experiment Station
and the Bureau of Home Economics
in Beltsville, Maryland, for the
hom^ agents of North Carolina:
In Washington, D. C., the group
was shown through the Senate
chamber by N. C. Senator Clyde R.
Hoey, and also shown through the
White House. They visited the
National Art Gallery, Mount Ver
non, Arlington Cemetery, and a
number of other points of interest.
In view of the fact that the Home
Demonstration clubs of Jackson
county are planning to operate
a curb market in the near future,
Miss Johnston said that the visit
to Bethesda Curb market in Mary
land was most interesting to her.
The whole trip was most beneficial I
in the work of the home agents as
they were shown the processes in
the latest developments and ex
per.ments in research of plants,
foods, clothing, etc., of which their
work in the counties consists.
N. C. Men Attend
Cleveland Meeting
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph B. Parnell
of Dillsboro, Mr. and Mrs. Leonora
Newton of Sylva, Mr. Bill Warren
and Mr. Pete Plyler of Charlotte
are in Cleveland, Ohio, to attend
the annual meeting of the Mid
land Brass and Copper Company
While in Cleveland they plan to
see the baseball game between the
Cleveland Indians and the New
York Yankees.
Bake Sale To Be Held
Saturday, May 29
A bake sale will be sponsored by
the ladies of the Auxiliary of the
Presbyterian church on Saturday
morning. May 29, at the Profes
sional Drug store beginning at
9:30 o'clock. Cakes, pies, and can-<
dies will be on sale.
June 15 And 16 Dates Set For
Tonsil And Adenoid Clinics
The. Jackson County Health De
partment will conduct a two-day
clinic at the Sylva High School
building on June 15 and 16, 1948,
for the purpose of removing tonsils
and adencids in school children
from homes where parents are fi
nancially unable to, secure this
service in the usual way.
We should like to call attention
to the fact that diseased tonsils and
adenoids may retard progress in
school and physical development,
may cause repeated colds, deafness,
r
etc.; and by the absorption of
poisons into the blood may cause
rheumatism and heart conditions.
We recommend to those that re
ceived clinic applications blanks
for their children to have the fam^
ily physician examine them and
advise concerning treatment. 11
removal of the tonsils is advised
and the physician signs the appli
cation blank, thus giving his ap
proval for clinic service, please get
the application blank to this office
immediately. First come, first
served. .
SUBMERSIBLE CRAFT WAX INTO ADULTHOOD
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The U. S. Navy's first submarine, the USS HOLLAND, was invented and designed by John P. Holland and
accepted by the Navy in 1900. In the npper photograph the HOLLAND is shown buttoned up and starting
to submerge. In the past 48 years of the Navy's century and a half of existence as a Department of the
United States Government, development of undersea craft and warfare has culminated in such post-war
submarines as that shown In lower picture. She is the USS Pomodon, SS-486, improved fleet-type U-boat
following conversion under the "Guppy" program. (Official Navy Photograph)
ALBERT DEE-PARKER
LAID TO REST-AT
3 P. M. TUESDAY
Prominent Business Man
Dies Suddenly While
Showing Customer
Suite of Furniture
Funeral services for Albert Dee
Parker, 57, one of Sylva's most]
popular and best loved business
men, were held Tuesday afternoon
at 3 o'clock at the Sylva Methodist
church with the pastor, Rev. W.
Q. Grigg, and Rev. C. M. Warren,
pastor of the Sylva Baptist church,
officiating, Interment was in
Keener cemetery.
Mr. Parker, a member of the
firm of Jackson Furniture Com
pany for the past 18 years, had
gone to third floor to show a cus
tomer some furniture when he was
stricken with a heart attack and
died instantly.
Born at Cullowhee September
24, 1891, he was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Parker. He re
ceived his education in the Cullo
whee schools and graduated from
Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege. He taught in the schools of
Jackson county for 15 years and
also served as chairman of the
school board for some time.
Mr. Parker studied law for a
year at the University of Cha-j
ttanooga and later graduated from:
the University of North Carolina'
Law School and was admitted to
the North Carolina Bar August 31,
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Sister Of Sylva Woman
Drowned At Beach
Mrs. Vernon Painter received
word Tuesday afternoon that heri
sister, Miss Emily Farrior of Wal
lace, N. C-, had been "drowned at
a beach on the Carolina coast. Mr.
and Mrs. Painter and Mr. and Mrs.
George Lee left that afternoon for
Wallace.
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Don Davis Now Head
Of Whittier State
Prison Camp
N* Don Davis, former chief of
police of Sylva, and property own-'
er and business man of Webster,
took over his duties as the new su
perintendent of State Prison camp
near Whittier, in Jackson County.
Mr. Davis was appointed to this:
position recently by the State \
Prison Commission at Raleigh. , j
co. inmii. jr. iveu cross
Gives Annual Report
Miss' CSrdelia Camp, Jackson
county chairman of the Junior Red
Cross, has listed the following ac
complishments of her group in
her annual report to headquarters:,
1. Almost all schools in the coun-j
tv contributed to the general fund.
The Junior Red Cross Magazine
went to most classrooms in the
county throughout the year.
2. Children of the county's
schools filled 100 gift boxes for,
shipment to children in war-torn
countries.
3. The home eccnomics classes of j
i the Cullowhee high school made 20,
pairs of bedroom slippers, which,
were sent to headquarters.
4. Many high school* students:
solicited funds for the Senior Red
Cross drive.
NOTICE
A representative of the Asheville|
field office of the Social Security!
Administration will be at the post
office in Sylva, Thursday, June 3
at 10 o'clock a.m. for the purpose'
of consulting with anyone wishing
information.
Professional And Business
Offices Move Into The New
Ferguson Building
Several professional men, busi
ness firms and the Jackson county
public library all have moved into
new quarters in the past week. Dr.
R. W. Kirchberg and Dr. T. D.
Slagle have moved into rooms on
the second floor of the new build
ing recently completed by Harry
Ferguson. C. C. Buchanan, at-\
torney, has moved into one of the I
rooms in the same building.
The W. C. Hennessee Lumber |
Company has also moved into the
same building and has four nicej
rooms in the rear of the building.'
The Jackson County Libraryl
has moved into the offices recently I
vacated by Dr. Slagle and now
have five rooms for the library.
The library will be closed for about
two weeks while all the shelves
are being painted and everything
cleaned before the books are cata
logued and put on the shelves. An
nouncement will be made later as
to the exact date of the opening
of the library in its new home.
To enable the library to have
better, cleaner and roomier quar
ters Dr. Slagel agreed to pay $10
per month for three years toward
the rent of the building.
SOSSAMON't
In 8ylva
SYLVA PHARMACY IN
NEW LOCATION, NEW
FERGUSON BUILDING
Had Been In Old Location
For More Than 40 Years,
Is Rexall Agency
After serving the people of Jack
scn County as a drug store for
morp than 40 vear? in the Evans
building, one of the first brick
structures on Main >treet, the Syl
va Pharmacy moved their stock of
goods and fixtures this week to
their new location in the modern
new building recently constructed
on Main street by Harry Ferguson.
The new location will be modern in
every respect. A new fountain
and new booths are being installed
All the fixtures have been newly
painted to give the entire store a
new appearance.
Although the Pharmacy has
changed ownership a number of
4itmes it has been Sylva's oldest
drug business.
Since its beginning Sylva Phar
macy has been owned and managed
by a number of different people.
The late Dr. J. K. Bess and asso
ciates operated the business until
Dr. Bess's death. Mrs. Bess and
associates now operate the busi
ness.
Although mo.-t of the stock has
been moved and the store is now
open for business, Mrs. Bess stated
that the formal opening in the new
building will be held next week.
Children To Register
For Summer School
Any children wishing to attend
summer school at the training
school at Cullowhee may register
at any time at the office of the
county superintendent. There will
be a fee of $10.00 to cover all ex
penses, including registration and
transportation. *
The school bus will pick the chil
dren up in town and bring them
back in time for lunch. Further de
tails will be announced later.
Jackson County Bank
Will Be Closed May 31
Officials of The Jackson County
Bank have announced that this
bank will be closed for business
Monday, May 31, for the obser
vance of Memorial Day which
falls on Sunday and which is a
legal holiday.
The bank will open Tuesday,
June 1 for the usual banking hours.
County And State Ballots
Printed And Ready For
Precinct Registrars
DAILY VACATION
BIBLE SCHOOL
AT BAPTIST CHURCH j
The Daily Vacation Bible* School!
will begin at the Sylva Baptist j
Church Monday, May 31 at 9:001
a. m. All children who are nearly'
three years old and through 17
years old are urged to attend.
Please let the parents see that then
children attend Vacation Bible
School. All children are invited
and urged to attend. The School
will continue through June 11. A111
boys and girls are urged to come'
to the Church Saturday from 10:00'
tnrough 11:30 a. m. and register
in order that this may be taken
care of for Monday.
Building Gets Face
Lifted, Has New Look
The three-story brick building
on Main street occupied by the
Farmers Federation underwent a
face lifting operation last week1
which improved the looks oi the1
building, as well as the street in
t.'iat block, more than any re-j
modeling job of an old buudi*'g
here in a long time. Removal of;
the balcony, or porch, hanging out:
uvcr the-sOsj^et, did the j< b. Since|
this has been removed a new paint |
job on the front of tiie building as'
well as the inside of the show win-!
dows, has al.-o added to the im
proved appearance.
Woodmen To Sponsor
Midway And Carnival
Camp No. 5()0 Woodmen <>f the!
World will sponsor the Crystal
Exposition shows here one weekj
May 31 through June 5, featuring
rides, fun booths and death defy-!
ing high pole act. This will be the"
first time this show has ever play
ed in Sylva.
A special matinee for children!
will be held Friday, June 5, from
1 to 6 p. m.Avith all shows and rides
at half-price.
The show will be located on the
vacant lot by Chevrolet garage.
A percentage of the show-take
will go into the WOW treasurey.
Lime In Bags Now
Available For
Jackson Farmers
D. C. Higdon, Chairman of Jack
son County A. C. A. states that
bagged lime is now available for
farmers. Any farmer who has not
taken his entire 1948 allowance in
conservation materials can get a
purchase order for lime at the AAA
office. This lime comes in 100
pound bags. Mr. Higdon also states
that both 18% and 45r'r. phosphate
are now on hand.
Candidates Making Final
Plea for Votes, Cross Cur
rents Leave Results In
Doubt Until Count-Out
Jackson County Election offi
cials have announced that every
thing will be in readiness for hold
ing the Democratic Primary elec
tion Saturday and that the official
time fur opening the polls will be
at 6:30 a.m. and closing at 6:30 p.m.
The county and state ballots have
been printed and delivered to Os
car Lovedahl, chairman of the
county board of elections, who will
distribute them to the precinct
registrars at the proper time.
Due to the wide-spread interest'
and many cross currents entering
into the campaign un unusually
heavy vote is expected.
The various candidates are now
headed down the home stretch,
with all of them claiming to be in
the lead. Final results, however,
will be uncertain in most races
until the count-out, due to the
many factors injected into the is
sues.
In the local county contest most
of the interest centers around the
race for State Senate and member
of the House of Representative
and in the State races most of the
interest Ls in the Governor's and
United States Senator's races. A
cc?npl*te list-of the candidates will
be found on a copy of the ballot
printed in this issue of the Herald.
The onJy Republican race in
which there is opposition in the
State races is that for Commis
sioner of Agriculture which is
sought by Watt H. Gragg and G.
L. Willard. The only local Repub
lican candidate is Hugh Monteith
lor Representative and having no
opposition he is not on the pri
mary ballot.
Jackson lias one candidate on the
state ballot, Dan Tompkins for
Lieutenant Governor. Mr. Tomp
kins is running against H. P. Tay
lor, of Ashboro.
County Agricultural
Council To Work
Out Joint Aims
At the regular May meeting
of the Agricultural Council,
Friday, May 21st, th? group de
cided It would be a wise thing
for the paid agricultural work
ers to have a Joint platform of
goals. It was felt that greater
service could be given the farm
ers and their families of Jackson
County if each agency knew
what the other was trying to do
and where It would fit In th?
overall program. The spirit of
the meeting seemed to be for
greater cooperation among a
gencies and their workers for
more service to the farmers and
their families.
Those present were John F.
Corbin, Chairman; J. C. Mc
Darris, secretary; Dennis Hlgdon;
W. T. Brown; Mack Deitz; Wal
ter Ashe; M. L. 8nipes; Roscoe
Poteet; and Mr. 8uder of the
Indian Agency.
Museum Of Indian Relics Is
Opened By Beck At Cherokee
The Museum of the Cherokee
Indian, founded by Samuel E.
Beck of Asheville, a native of the
Qualla section of the Cherokee In
dian Reservation, was opened to
the public May 15. It is located in
the heart of the Cherokee Reser
vation end the Great Smoky Moun
tains National Park and is housed
in the quaint old building at the
junction of Highways No. 107, the
scenic highway through the park
and No. 28 leading to Bryson City.
The public is cordially invited to
'isit the Museum at any time.
The museum has been made pos
sible by the generosity of Mr. Sam
uel E. Beck, a citizen of Asheville,
who acquired the great archeolo
gical collections of Mr. Burnam S.
Colburn as well as his comprehen
sive library on IndianHistory and
Ethnology. These collections rep
resent the work of more than twen
ty years and assemble rare and im
portant materials bearing on the
life history of this once powerful
nation.
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