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1 *=== Population Jackson County?20,000 Sylva and. Area ? 4,000 '' ' ? VOL. XXIII?NO. 37 Sylva E Mrs. Moore F Drive Still ? ) Of Quota A Schools of County Raised $1,200.00; Round Dance To Be Held February 19 At a meeting of the various chairmen of the county groups directing the current Polio Fund drive Wednesday noon, County j Chairman, Mrs. Dan K. Moore, re- j ported actual cash collected to date $2481.00 toward the county's quota of $3,872.00, leaving a balance yet to collect, if the quota is met, of $1391.00. Mrs. Moore urged the chairmenof the various communities and the town of Sylva to push the drive during the balance of this wee'* | in an effort to try to complete the quota by next Monday when the chairman will again meet a1 5:30 p. m. at Joe Wallin's Shoe store to survey the results. Some of the communities ar* ^ planning special entertainments j this week-end for the purpose of raising funds for this drive. On Feb. 19 a big Round Dance with a B special volunteer orchestra will be held in Sylva. Every cent de rived from this dance will go to the polio fund. The schools of Jackson county, under the direction of SuperinV tendent W. V. Cope, have certainly come through with some fine work during the past two weeks. Mr4 Cope reports the sum of $1,152.47 collected by 4Jie schools. If ottie? ^ ka/4 rlnno ac wall oe t Via ^ 51 11HU UViAV <S0 TT V*? MO ? ?! schools, the quota would now be completed. Other groups doing | well in the drive are: Mead employees, $239.00; Boy Scouts in selling bread, $103.00; square dance held on February 1, $97.50. All firms or individuals who have signified that they will contribute to this cause are asked to send in their checks or see a member of the committee as soon as possible. " , Everyone is urged to make a contribution, whether it be large or small. Building Program At Mead Draws Skilled Men From Other Plants In order to assist the local force in the current construction program at The Mead Corporation, there are a number of skilled workmen here from other Mead divisions. From Harriman, Tenn., r are E. W. Swicegood, J. S. Phillips, C. G. Bradley and M. P. Childs. From Kingspcrt, Tenn., are Quentin Church, Frank Morgan and i A. S. Davidson. H. O. Matlock ' and Howard Moore are from Nashville, Tenn. Frank Marcus, E. J. Coleman. E. M. Nicely and C. J. Reams come from the Lynchburg, | Virginia Division; and down from Chillicothe, Ohio, are George Holyman, Eugene Charles, F. A. Duffy, H. W. Oyer, Earl Holcomb, George1 it McGee and Dawn Pack. ' J. Service engineers from various Mn/tklna mannfo^fiirinff cnmnaniPSi UiawilUJC itianuxavkuj titg vvi?|rH?>?? j , also are on hand to supervise some i of the changes. The construction program consists mainly in re-1 vamping and relocating certain machinery and equipment. i Cashiers 2 Lunchroom Imj The Cashiers Parent Teacher Association is sponsoring a school lunch room improvement program. Last fall Mr. Charlie Tho- j mas. district sanitarian, who was' a visitor at one of the meetings, pointed out some of the very urg- ; ent needs of the lunch room and made recommendations as the type of equipment which should be ad- | ded. Recently the PTA purchased a 3 compartment galvanized steel sink with the sterilizer which has * been installed with the aid of the A. County Board of Education. A lin* oleum rug for the kitchen was do' nated by Mrs. Howard Zacfeary. Some of the ladies have made new curtairs for the windows. At pres I Thi it. loyScoi leports Polio! hort $1400 issiffned Co. ? I SYLVA LOCAL U. M. ! W. A. CONTRIBUTE TO POLIO FUND Jesse F. Brown, president of. Sylva Local No. 12866, affiliated with the United Mine Workers of* merica, was appointed by the: Jackson County Infantile Paraly-! ds campaign committee to solicit funds for the drive from the em- j ^loyees of the Sylva Division of1 The Mead Corporation. Mr. Brown j announces that he has collected a otal of $239.67 which was conributed by the following: Sylva j Local No. 12866, $151.72; Plant I supervisors, $16.75; Construction workers, $32.35; Plant personal, $25.00 and other other employees, $13.85. ^r. Brown states on behalf of he committee and of himself personally that he wishes to thank veryone individually and collec ?iveiy for their contributions to his most worthy cause as we all realize fully the importance of! raising funds for this cause. I Coon Hunters Organize Clnb For W. N. C, Ed A. Bumgarner Elected President, Other Officers And Committeemen Named Western North Carolina Coon < Hunters Club was the name selected at an organizational meeting of Jackson County coon hunt- < ers held Monday night in the din- < ng hr 11 of Dillsboro Masonic lodge. Ed ^A. Bumgarner, of Whittier Route 1, one of the county's most', irdcnt sportsmen, was elected r esident of the new club; R. L. ' '"crren, Sr., vice-president; J. A. Robinson, seceretary and treas- j rer. - , It was decided to make the ini- ; iation fee $2.00 per member and ( he ye arly dues $3.00 per member, j< Investigating committeemen elected were Edwin Brown, Tucka- j seigee; Quinlan Holcomb, of whit- j tior* .T R FdcIpv nf millsHnro and Robert Shuler and Bill Crawford, of Sylva. The club will have as one of its ob erts the restoration and preservation of coon in Western North: Carolina. It plans to order pairs j 'rom which to rear young for re- >1 stocking the area. \{ By-Laws and constitution will be discussed at the next meeting to be held Tuesday night, Febru- ' ary 22, at the same place. Haywood, Jackson, Swain andi Buncombe counties are interested in the club. Sponsoring provements ent a campaign is under way to raise funds to purchase a refrigerator which is urgently needed as there is now no means of refrigeration available. Several memers have agreed to donate five dollars on this for every child they have in school. #Cash donations which have been received on this fund to date are: Bill Passmore, j 15; Howard Zachary, $10; Lynch j Dillard, $5; L. L. Allen, $10; Ed-j ward Fowler, $15; Tom Madden, -.15; Delias Mills, $5; D. C. Webb, 5; Mrs. Ralph Hawkins, $5; T. 3. Lance, $5; Dick Jennings, $50; Cannon Brothers Oas and Oil, $25; Cashiers WOW Camp, $25; Doug(Continued on page 10) z S-s uts Ob No 'Appeasemen Rep. Sol. Bloom CHAIRMAN of the House Pore Affairs Committee, Rep. Sol Bio of New York is shown in his Was lngton office as he Wasinterviev concerning Soviet Premier Stalii announced willingness to meet w President Truman for ,4peace" tal Rep. Bloom urged the Administ tion to "explore all possibilities peace" while shunning "any sort appeasement.^ \imernano7u ? Webster And Savannah PTA's Hold Joint Meeti The Webster P.T.A. was hcsl to Jhe Savannah P.T.A. at Founders' Day meeting held Webster school, February 8. After Mrs. Mack Hall, presid of the Webster organization, v corned the guests, which inclu Mrs. Raymond Sutton, past dist P.T.A. Dresident, Mrs. Kate Rhi hart introduced the program. In recognition of her untir work as a mother and as a tea er, Mr. J. E. Brown read an eul to Mrs. R. L. Madison, deceasec Mr. Hugh Monteith, the spea of the afternoon, gave to the gr< a most vital discussion of fundamental principles p a ents should instill into their c] dren. The Founders' Day silver of! ing, taken at the close of the p gram, was divided equally betw the Webster and Savannah I A.'s. At the beginning of the soi hour, candh s were lighted on birthday cake in honor of A R. L. Madison, the past preside of both local organizations, i the founders of the national P.l Coffee and cake were served all of the group in the home e nomics room. CAPTAIN BUCHANAN IS ROTARY SPEAKER Captain John O. Buchanan, the United States Army Eng eers, stationed at Fort Word iit 1_ J w ttsruiiglull, (tuu SUU U1 nvvwr and Mrs. C. C. Buchanan, of Sy and Cullowhee, was the speakei ihe Sylva Ro:ary club dinner me ing Tuesday night. Captain Buchanan related experience i$ directing Army r cue work immediately follow the Texas City, Texas, explos disaster in April, 1947. Cj Buchanan was in command of Engineers stationed at Housl Texas, some 45 miles from Te City. The captain has had ot cescue work experience, last y he directed work on the Colum River Flood and left Sylva yest day to assist Army Engineers rescue work in the blizzard a of the West. Captain Buchanan came to S va lest week ot be with his mc er who has been ill in Harris h pital. The 1947 Maine forest f caused losses of more than 30 n lion dollars in property and tural resources. Many lives i* lost?all because somebody 1 careless with fire. Don't you guilty of starting a forest t Help keep North Carolina gr< rLVA 1 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, Feb. 1 serving Court Of Honor, J Church Services |j Part Of Program / j! Citizens Urged To kd. Participate In These Special Meetings jjj Sylva Boy Scouts are joining other scouts in the Daniel Boone B Council, in the National celebation SB, of tho 3Qth Annivnrsnrv of Rov I Scouting in America. National Boy Scout Week is February 6-13 and special emphasis is being j placed on this work with the youth of the Nation during this time. The celebration will start here n earnest tonight, Thursday, at 7:30 when the Smoky Mountain District Court of Honor will be held in the Methodist church. The court will be charge of W. E. Ensor of Cherokee. Mr. Ensor is ad- vancement Chairman of the Disign trict | om Boys of the Sylva troop to make ih- advancement are: Tenderfoot Joei 'fd Ginn, Joe Hall, Gary Neal Carden, | Tommy Ginn. Second class, Joe j Davidson, Wayne W^ard. First! ra- class, Lewis Eckstein, Frank of Stephens, Ed Sumner. Merit 1 badges, Lambert Hooper, Dickie Wilson, Frankie Fricks, Robert Allison. Star, Dickie Wilson, Robert Allison. Life, Bennie Reece. | ng Local scouters will make the, tessI awards. the' Officials of the Npaniel Boone at, Council of Asheville will assist in i the courts lent! Sunda/^evening at 7^30 the an-j /el? nuol nknrnVi coptrioo hnnnpina thp iiuai wuui a??b ? ? ded scouts, will be held in the Methor*c* dist church with Rev. C. M. War- | ne~, ren delivering the message. All' ' churches of the town will join this ing service. % | ? ROUND DANCE TO BE ; "i HELD FEBRUARY 19 FOR POLIO FUNDS David "Buddy" Hall, and Rober ert Allison, in charge of arrangero ments for a big benefit round een dance to be held in the Legion 5.T. Home on Saturday night, February 19, announced Wedc?ial nesday that plans are just about the complete. Advance tickets are Irs. now on sale at $1.25 per person, ntff Door sale of tickets will be $1.50 and per person. Mr. Hall stated that \A. everything is being donated free [ t0 for this dance, even a volunteer co- orchestra of 10 pieces, made up of professional musicians, will be on hand for the occasion. It I is hoped that ticket sales will swell the county's polio fund several hundred dollars. Remember the date, February 19, and keep it open for the big round dance, [in >en' Cashiers Clinic To Be Held ^ | Friday, February 25th r at' count? health department ^ has announced that the regular clinic at Cashiers Health Center his wi^ no* held on February 18 but will be held on Fridajf the 25th. r. The change is made due to the per>io? sonnel of the department having to . attend a health meeting on the 18th. apt. ton6 Bowles Talks To xas Future Teachers At WCTC her M. H. Bowles, Superintend 'ear of the Wavnesville Citv Schon s ibia spoke to the Western Carolina :cr- Teachers College chapter of the in Future Teachers of America at irea their regular meeting last week. Paul Monroe, president of the or>yl ganization, presided. >th- The speaker was introduced by ios- Bill Swift, a former pupil of the Waynesville schools. Mr. Bowles told the prospective teachers that ires the first requirement for a good oil- teacher was a thorough knowledge na- of his subject. He ranked personrere ality as the second most importwas ant factor. be A number of the faculty memIre. bers of the college hi addition to ten. the students were present. Her i 0,1949 Nationi / \ Got Stalin Reply . i?gB|^Hpk jj^jl^ V ^pp 'v- *.!''^ v^y ..wHK ^SIb)bBwK^3 J INTERNATIONAL News Service manager in Europe, J. K ngsbury Smith (above) received the statement from Premier Josef Stalin in which the Soviet leader declared he is willing to meet with President Truman to achieve a "pact of peace.** Stalin also declared htfs would discuss the possibility of im piementing the pact with measures of cooperation including "mutual disarmament." (International) tugkaseFgee community will have bingo party The Tuckaseigee community will sponsor a bingo party, cake wfclk, guess cake and other attractions and entertainment Friday night, February 11, at 7:30 at the Tuckaseigee school building for the purpose of raising funds for the Jackson county polio drive. The public is cordially invited to come out and enjoy an evening of j fun and help raise this communi- I ty's part of the Polio quota. Sylva Camera Club Holds Regular Meeting The Sylva Camera Club held its regular bi-monthly meeting on Monday night in their club rooms over the old Ferguson building with ten members present. Bobby Allison, president, conducting a routine business session, after which a demonstration of tray developing was given by Mr. Wakefield for those interested in this phase of photography. The members of the club noted with great interest that the Supreme Court has ruled that a commercial license is not necessary for photographers. This opens the una 01 picture making <)riu u-'iung a great deal for the amateur, who may now take his pictures without fear of encroaching on the grounds of the professionals and being called to task for lack of a license. The next meeting will be held Monday night, February 21, at 8:00 o'clock. All persons interested in photography are cordially in. vited to be present at the next meeting. COPE BUYS GULF SERVICE STATION Grayson Cope has announced the purchase of the Gulf Service Station at the intersection of Main and Mill streets, from Don Fisher, ar.d that it will known as Cope's 7/uif Service in the future, with himself as manager. Mr. Cope took over operation of the station Monday. Allison On Castle Heights Honor Roll Lebrnon Tenn. ? Special ? Cadet Sgt. Dan M. Allison, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan M. Allison has been named on the academic Honor Roll for the grade period just ending. ^ The honor roll lists all cadets who have maintained an average of 85 or above and who have failed no subjects. i ? | SOSSAMON'8 In Sylvs \ \LD | il Annn 'Check Forg? And Abettin Against 4 Je BUDGET OF $1939 ADOPTED BY JARRETT MEMORIAL CHURCH ; The members of Jarrett Me- > I moiial Baotist church at Dills- ( bro, at their regular worship hour I c Sunday morning, February 6,1' adopted a budget of $1939.00 for 11 ti e coming year, this being the < first financial budget to be adoptvi by the church. < Mr. Vance Blanton was elected 11 as Training Union Director. He 11 plans to organize the department < at an early date. *At the evening worship service * the church ordained the following Deacons: Mr. Ralph Parnell. Mr. * Dewey Blanton, Mr. Walter Bak-|< er and Mr. Andy Sherrill. The c ordination committee was com-* "pnsed of the pastor, Rev. Wayne Deitz, Rev. T. F. Deitz, Theodore t Snyder, Will Crisp and Joe Wilkey. 1 1 Rpv. T F. Deitz delivered the! charge. | ^ Founder Of WCTC To Be Honored Or ; 82nd Birthday j; College Will Observe 1 Anniversary Of Professor Madison February 18th ] Professor Robert L. Madison, | ] j President Emeritis of Western j Carolina Teachers College, will be 1 honored by a birthday dinner at' the college on the evening of Feb. 18 18. His birthday is on the seven- * teenth but, due to the appearance * of the Firs: Piano Quartet, it was 1 decided to celebrate both on the i same day. ,J 11 Professor Madison was the | | founder and first president of \ j Western Carolina Teachers Col- , lege. He saw its birth some sixty . years ago and has watched it ma- 11 j lure since then. One of the dormi-j, tories and the little pool that oc- ^ cupits the site of the first college | j building now bears his name and give mute testimonial to his glory. This year marks Professor Mad- 1 son's 82nd birthday and the con- 1 i tinuance of the practice, begun 1 many years ago, of the college hon- < oring his birthday and in an in- < direct way the honoring of the birth of an institution. For the past few years Profes- , sor Madison has devoted much of his time to writing poetry. Some (; of which, it is planned, will be, < read at the dinner in his honor, i Music and speeches will compose the other parts of the program. ? ' J l- I A\ iv^onumiea 10 page iw; First Piano Qu Program At W Music lovers of Western North Carolina have a treat in store for them with the coming of the "First Piano Quartet" in a program at Western Carolina Teachers College on the evening of February 18 at 8:00 o'clock. The First Piano Quartet is reputedly the first musical unit of its kind in the world. The four artists composing the Quartet are Adam Gamer, Valdimir Padwa, Frank Mittler and Edward Edson. Each is a renowned musician in his own right and has played and appeared as soloist with most of the leading European symphony orchestras. It was at the suggestion of and under the inspiration and guidance of Ed f s / Jackson County Ideal For Farming, Industry, Tourist $2.00 A Year?5c Copy rersary ery, Aiding g Is Charge tckson Men Signature of John Watson Forged On Ten Checks In Amount of ld24fi.nft. Cashed Here Four Jackson County white men ibout 25 years of age were bound n*er to the February 21st crimilal term of Jackson Superior ?ourt at a hearing Monday at 11 D'clock before Justice James A. Turpin, on charges of check forgery. aiding and abetting. Bonds )f $500 were required in each case. Roy Lewis and Adam C. Harris )f Sylva were named in 10 warrants charging forgery. Oliver ;^ne of Tuckaseigee, posing as Jlyde Franks, and Fred McCoy, rr., are charged with aiding and ibetting. According to officers the signaure of John Watson, ^sawmill-op ?rator, of Cullowhee, was forged )n ten checks, amounting to $26450, all cashed in Sylva. Lewis has served a previous erm for forgery, and Oliver Paine las been up before. The men will be tried before Tudge Dan K. Moore at the crimnal term of Jackson Superior tourt which will convene Febru?ry 21, and over which Judge Woore will preside. Thad D. Bry on, solicitor of Bryson City will cpresent the State. Lewis and McCoy were arrest* ?d Feb. 2 by Chief of Police Robert Ensley and deputy sheriff, Warield Turpin. Harris was arrested py Sheriff Middleton near Sylva jn Thursday and Paine was pick* ?d up on Saturday. Beta PTA Observes Pounders Day At Regular Meeting February 2 Twenty - four members were Dresent at the regular meeting of ;he Beta Parent-Teacher Associa:ion which was held Wednesday ifternoon at the school building. Founders Day was observed with several very interesting talks nade by some of the members. The membership drive was Drought to a close at this meeting and 17 new members were idded to the organization's memDership. Mrs. B. S. Hensley's room again won the $1 for having :he most parents of her students present. Corsages were presented Mrs. Joe Davis and Mrs. Allen Ginn, past presidents of the organization. During the social hour the Founders Day birthday cake was cut and served to the guests. Miss Camp To Attend Meeting In New York Miss Cordelia Camp will attend a regional meeting of the Directors of Student Teaching in New York City on Saturday and Sunday, Feb* 12-13. She has been asked to serve on a national committee of this organization. artet Will Give CTC Feb. 18th win Fadiman (who still remains +Vioir arfictir anH mmmprvifll man* tor), that they first pooled their talents into the First Piano Quartet with the result that they offer a sensational ensemble that has repeatedly demonstrated its ability to create unusual, brilliant, and beautiful tonal effects. The group started its career as an air feature over the National Broadcasting system network, with an entirely original program form and scripting idea originated by Mr. Padiman. It was accorded immediate and widespread ae- _ claim. Than followed aJoUg series of radio performances, culminating in its first concert tour, since when sold-out houses haVe been the order of the day.
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