f .1 ? Population Jackson County?20,0C Sylva and Area ? 4,0C > VOL. XXIII?NO. 40 Film On N. To Be Shov 1( Teachers IV I Smith And Madison To Conduct^ Program on Educational Problems, General Public Invited A film picture based on th I TP Paiv A ^ KJl if A A VQ1 Uiina UUULa IA U11 WV1I B mission's report along with a lec *J ture on the subject conducted t Prof. Ralph L. Smith, principj of Sylva high schooTand Prof. A B. Madison, principal of Webstc high school, will be the pj^pgraj for the Jackson County teachei meeting to be held in the Sylv school auditorium at 7:30 tonigh The public is earnestly requeste td see the film and hear the lec ture on our school problems. The film shows the education) situation in North Carolina as rc vealed by the finds of the Educe ..." tion Commission appointed by e> governor Cherry at the request < . the 1947 Legislature, j? Mr. Madison will also give short resume of the meeting h attended recently in Raleigh whic included the North Carolina Ed ucation officialsr superintendent principals, legislative chairmei and-local unit presidents of N.C E.A. Mr. Madison represented th I Jackson county legislative com mittee as chairman, in place < Mrs. Dan Tompkins, County Pres j ^ ident, who was prevented froi going to Raleigh because of illnej in the home. The county-wide meeting hs been called by Superintendent V V. Cope to meet tonight for th regular monthly meeting. This wi be one of the outstanding and mo.4 important programs of the yes ' as it deals with the subject now s alive with interest throughout tb stae and in the legislature assembled in Raleigh. Friends and patrons of the coun ty schools should attend this meet ing. j * Jim Cannon Returns From Winter Sports Center In Canada Jim Cannon, son of Mr. an Mrs. J. C. Cannon, and membc of the Cannon Brothers Oil and Gc firm of Dillsboro, returned th * week from a ten-day vacatic spent in New York, Boston an Mont Tremblat, Providence < Quebec, Canada. He spent a fe days with friends in New Yoi then in Boston he visited Kir Bassett and his mother, Mr Serffe, who have a home in Dills boro, He then went to Mont Trem blat for the sport of skiihg whic he enjoyed for several days. M Cannon learned to ski while J school in Switzerland during tl war. Warren-Wilson President To Be Club's Guest Speakc Dr. Arthur Bannerman, pres dent of Warren-Wilson college wi be the guest speaker at the Twer tieth Century club meeting on ne: Thursday, March 10. The meetir will be at the home of Mrs. Mai Cowan at 3:00 p.m. I Shell color has no relation wha' ever to the interior quality of egg World War I Rebuilt By Let MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN Page Plans for the rebuilding of t] Memorial Fountain, Jackson Coui ty's memorial to her service m? and women of the First Wor War, were presented to the Ame ican Legion Auxiliary at its mee * "?*? T at ing, Friday nigm, oy mi?. rence Cordell, the president. The plans presented by Mi Cordell for the new fountain, whi include electric lighting to ac beauty to the sprays, were pr pared by Charles C. Lester, arch tect of Knoxville, Tenn., who wi Mrs. Dan K. Moore, chairman the Auxiliary's committee for s curing plans for the fountain, M: Dan Allison, Mrs. Walter Jom and Mrs. John A. Parris, visited t | site of the memorial fountain 1 cated at the foot of the coi house steps in Sylva, and with t suggestions of the committee, h t 1 TH] C. Education en At County leet Tonight HOMER GREEN GIVEN 6-8 YEARS TERM FOR MANSLAUGHTER Appeal Bond Of $3,000 J1 Set, Green Is At Liberty ;r Pending Supreme Court m Judge Dan K. Moore, presiding rs over the February term of Jack'a son Superior Court, sentenced t. Homer Green, 36, to State prison *1 for a term of 6 to 8 years after a verdict of guilty of manslaughter was returned bv the iurv. All the aj evidence was completed late Wednesday afternoon of last week and sentence was pronounced Thursr_ day morning. ff The State alleged Green fatally stabbed Judd Stanberry during an argument following a drinkie ing party near the latter's . home September 19, 1948. Both men, employees of The Mead ^ Corporation, had been pals for ' a number of years, alcohol being the evil enemy to rise up ' between them. I Couhsel for the defendant filed notice of appeal to the State Su._|preme court and appeal bond was L set at $3,000. Green is now at libii is erty- : SPRING HOLIDAYS ! WCTC BEGIN MARCH " 10, END MARCH 16 [O The winter term at Western ^ Teachers College will end I on1 March 10. Three days of final tests will proceed the close of the quarter. Nine students will complete their work at this time: John Beam, Cherryville?B.S. in Physical Education. Morris Bumgarner, Hendersonville?B.S. in Math. ^ Don Cabe, Otto?B.S. in Science.) 5 Floyd Cunningham, Bryson City [g ?B.S. in Business, j- .Daniel Glenn, Andrews?B.S. in ,n Math' Freda Hall, Franklin?B.S. in Grammar Grade Education. I Florence Houts, Cullowhee?B.S. .jj in Music. ^ Mike Plemmons, Marshall?B.S. s< in Business. Juanita Smith, Murphy ? B.S. in Primary Education, jjj' New students may begin their r>' college work at this time and a number of new students are exie pected to arrive with the beginning of the spring quarter on March 14. Coleene Bumgarner ;r Wins $25 Bond Coleene Bumgarner of Glenville ^ was winner of the 725 War Bond , in the contest sponsored by the William E. Dillard Post, American jgl Legion. "The Priviledges and Resi oonsibilities of an American Citizen" was the subject of the essay given by Miss Bumgarner at the t- regular meeting of the Legion on ;s. last Friday night. Mom/irmi Tn Rp J. fJL C/ M B a v ? ?- ^ gion Auxiliary drawn his plans to fit in with the beautiful setting. The present fountain was begun ru in 1920, shortly after World War en I, but it was never completed, ld although the memorial tablet was r" placed upon it. It has deteriorated through the years, and the Legion v~ Auxiliary, seeing the necessity for its rebuilding, began to take action rs* in 1946 while Mrs. Dan Tompkins was president of the unit. Two committees were appointed at that e" time. The one to investigate the ll" plans was composed of Mrs. E. L. ^ McKee, Mrs. Dan Allison, and ?* Mrs. Walter Jones. Following the e~ death of Mrs. McKee, Mrs. Lawrence Oordell, the present presies* dent, appointed Mrs. Dan K. Moore he(to the chairmanship of the com?" mittee. The committee, appointlrtj ed in 1946 to raise funds for the he | ad ?Continued on page 12 I z Sy: Sz! Blames Marshall P. H^K H Bs ^KgXjfl^^B I^HHHH - IP1 H|^BH| . if j Bhifci : y ";^WB AT A PRESS conference in Washington, the Reverend JohnT. S Mao (above), chancelloi of the Archdiocese of Nanking, declared that General * George C Marshall must be blamed for the Communist vie* tories In China He said that the ill-fated mission to China which Marshal) undertook before he became Secretary of State caused the oresent crisis. (International) First Sunday Singing To Be At Addie The regular first Sunday singing convention will. be held at the Addie Baptist church beginning at 1:30 in the afternoon, Sunday. Vernon Hoyle, president, states he is well pleased with the good attendance of the past meetings and urges everyone to come and enjoy the afternoon of singi ing . All singers are invited to ' come. SYLVA LIONS HEAR OR. T? D. SLA6LE National Health Insurance Is Topic The Sylva Lions Club held its regular meeting February 23 at the Jarrett Springs Hotel, with dinner being served by the hotel. During the business sessioif it was voted to hold a Ledies' Night in the near future. The exact date and place will be announced later. During the program hour Dr. T. D. Slagle, of Sylva, was pre(sented by Lion Hugh Monteith, | and gave a most interesting discussion on both the advantages and the drawbacks of the proposed National Compulsory Health Ins. bill. Dr. Slagle quoted from the official committee reports on the findings pertaining to the bill, presenting the latest facts and figures. The talk was greatly enjoyed by the full attendance of Lions present. Jackson AAA Officers Attend State Conference In Winston - Salem The members of Jackson County AAA attended a state conference of County Committeemen and " 1 : ? a n H secretaries ui me w...~. Administration held in the Robert E. Lee hotel in Winston-Salem March 2 and 3. Among those appearing on the program were: Hon. W. Kerr Scott, Governor of North Carolina; Hon. L. Y. Ballentine, Commissioner of Agriculture;^Mr. W. B. Crawley, Assistant Administrator of Production for PMA; Mr. Elmer Kruse, Manager of Commodity Credit Corporation: Mr. Alvin V. McCormack, Director of Agricultural Conservation Programs Branch; Dr. J. H. Hilton, Director of the Experiment Station and Dean of Agriculture at North Carolina State College; and Mr. G. Tom Scott, Chairman, State PMA Committee. The committee attending from Jackson Co. was composed of D. C. Higdon, Chairman, Blaine Nicholson, Vice-Chairman, C. P. She^ ton, regular member and Mrs. len N. Corbin, Secretary. Hooper Announces Price Reduction On Pontiacs Dexter Hooper, Pontiac and Buick Automobile and GMC trucks dealer of this area, has announced a $15.00 reduction on the list price of all Poniiac models effective immediately. This, he said, was in ( accordance with General Motors price reduction of the Pontiac I Motor Division. LVA ] va, N. C. Thursday, Marcl MRS. FANNIE GLENN, 80, DIES SUDDENLY AT SALISBURY HO(AE Funeral For Mother Of Raymond Glenn Held ? H$re Sunday, Burial Service In Henders'ville "XFyneral services for Mrs. Fannie Glenn, 80, who died suddenly at '.he home of her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Morris in Salisbury on Thursday, February 24th, were conducted Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Sylva Methodist church. Rev. W. Q. Grigg, pastor, assisted by Rev. C. M. Warren, pastor of the Sylva Baptist church, officiated. Mrs. Glenn has been a member of the Sylva church for 19 years. Following the service here the body was carried to Hendersonville for interment in Oakdale cemetery. The Hendersonville Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, of which the deceased was a life member, was in charge of the graveside rites. A large number of relatives and friends accompanied the body to Hendersonville. Bryant Funeral Home ofFr^nk lin directed the funeral service. Pallbearers* were Chester, Scott, Felix Picklesimer, Dillard Coward, W. J. Fisher, Raymond Sutton, and Hugh Monteith. . Mrs. Glenn was the former Miss Fannie Loop, native of Mocristownf Tenn., until her marriage to John Glenn, also of Tennessee. They moved to Newport, Tenn., where they made their home and reared thir family until Mr. Glenn's health failed and they moved to Hendersonville and made their lome there until his death. Since (Continued on page 12) Newspapers Sf Drive For Seei For McLeans < Keen disappointment was felt by Mr. and Mrs. Lyle McLean, of Whittier, a few days ago when they learned from the American Tobacco Company that the company was not giving seeing-eye dogs in return for collected red ribbons from Ludky Strike cigarette packages, as had bten thought by Mr. and Mrs. McLean. Mr. and Mrs. McLean's ambition in collecting these ribbons had aroused interested people from various parts of the United States and thousands of ribbons were received by them daily. The Sylva Herald, the Mountaineer of Waynesville, and Times of Bryson City are voluntarily promoting a movement for securing a seeing-eye dog for Mr. and Mrs. McLean. Many people have already indicated their desire to donate to this worthy project. Those wishing to do so may bring or send their donations to this newspaper, or either of the other sponsoring newspapers. As the money is collected it will be turned over to the Sight Conservation committee of the Bryson City Lions Club which will arrange ror the purchase and delivery ol the dog to the McLeans. The first donation to this fund in Jackson county came from M A. Burns of Whittier who gave I $5.00. Mr. Bums kindly volunteerPotash Available To Jackson County Farmers The AAA office is now in position to issue purchase orders foi 50% Muriate of Potash. Soil test: lhave continued to show that thi larger percent of the soil in thi county is deficient in potash, there, fore, the AAA office feels that thi majority of farmers will be in< terested in securing purchase or ders to fill their needs. The pr.ci of the potash is $2.70 per hun dred, the farmer will pay $1.0 and the government will pay $1.62 Dr. A. S. Nichols Now Back At His Office * Dr. A. S. Nichols, accompanies by Mrs. Nichols, returned to Sylv last Wednesday night after a sta; of three weeks with their son, Di G. C. Nichols and daughter, Mrs Odell Bankhead, and their fam ilies in Chester, S. C. where Di Nichols rested following a recer illness. Dr. Nichols is now bac I at his office and calling on his pa HERi / M li 3, 1949 Wins In FFA Contest i MARVIN ALLISON, son of Mr and Mrs. Bob Allison, of Qualla representing the Sylva Chapter o Future Farmers of America in the Nantahala Future Farmers Federation, won the public speakin* contest over five other entrant! of the Federation in Sylva Wednesday afternoon of last week Young Allison's subject was, "Tht Challenge To Farm Youth." A boy from the Bryson City chaptei won second place find a Hayesvillc Chapter boy won third. I Having won first-place in tht Nantahala Federation which hai 13 schools, Marvin will go tc Statesville May 6th to compet* , with the Western District of Fua. . n _ n 1 A. * lure f armer r eaerauons. Young Allison has had three ' years in Agriculture at Sylva High , school, and plans to continue hi; , studies at Berea College aftei graduating from Sylva high. He > is classed as an outstanding stu| dent by his instructor, John CorI bin. >onsor Fund ng-Eye Dog )f Whittier ed to accept donations from anyone to be turned over to The Herald and then to the Lions club o! Bryson City. It is understood that a trainee seeing-eye dog costs $500 or more and as soon as sufficient funds arc collected the dog will be presented to Mr. and Mrs. McLean, who arc totally blind. Mr. and Mrs. McLean, both ovei 50 -years old, are deserving people They have never depended on charity, and the proposed gift ij not to be presented as charity, bu1 a gift of appreciation to these peo. pie. Mr. McLean earns his livelihood by tuning pianos and building mattresses. He has beer blind since the age of 12 years and Mrs. McLean has been totally blind for several years. They arc both graduates of the North Carolina school for the blind at Raleigh. They have no children anc '.ive rn their own comforta"bl> | furnished home at Whittier. Mr McLean is a native of Whittier 1 Mrs. McLean of Clinton, N. C. The Lions clubs of the three towns, already doing much ir sight conservation and aid to the \ blind, are fully in sympathy anc ' cooperating with the newspaper in this cause.I Send in your donating at one . in order that these people ma; ; have the pleasure of a seeing-ey dog as soon as possible, Jackson Schools Do Good Job For Polio The teachers and students c B Jackson county schools are to b r? e commended for the big job the g did in helping raise Jackson March of Dimes quota. Out c g the $4,335.67 raised in the count . the schools raised $1,335.36. tv-io schools and amounts raise s are as follows: Savannah, $101.25; Addie, $15.0' 5 Sylva high and elementary $239.8; ' Tennessee Gap, $6.00; Webste $140.70; Qualla, $84.50; Dillsbor $48.55; Wilmot, $12.55; Willet $25.50; Beta $37.85; Cashier $78.15; Cullowhee, $183.27; Gler j ville, $206.65; John's Creek, $30 a i 00; Charley's Creek, $2.00; Roc VI ' r\f\. T?.C47 n rtioge, ^o.uu, x uLftdacigct, v *?.v ' Sol's Creek, $6.00; Wolf Cree 5" $5.00; Balsam, $15.65; Barker $13.27; colored consolidated, $30.5 r. _________________________________ it k ticnts, his many friends will I -' pleased to know. ? nx r.'-w?w our part toward a better, cleaner * and more prosperous county fo . its citizens. : DEANS AND WILSON : WILL TOUR ENGLAND, ; SUMMER VACATION ? Professor Ernest V. Deans, Jr, i of the English Department of West5 ern Carolina Teachers College an< r Coleman Wilson, a student fron ? Marion, are planning to tour Eng. land during the summer vacation The purpose of the trip is t< visit olaces of historic and literan backgrounds. They are schedule* to sail on the luxury liner, Queer Mary, from New York City or June 6. The trip came about as the result of a conversation the two hac last fall. Mr. Wilson, who wa; stationed in England during t^j last war, made the suggestion an< * Professor Deans agreed. Professor Deans, currentl; E working on his doctor's degree does quite a bit of traveling. Ii I the summer of 1947 he drove t< , Alaska on the new Fairbank, r Highway and returned via th< I West Coast. Forester Pettit Says Tree Seedlings Exhausted ' | Forest tree seedlings at the N. C Forest Service's two nurserie ' have been completely )exhauste< and no more orders are being ac ' cepted, District Forester C. C. Pet tit, Jr., announced today. Mr. Pet tit said orders for one-half millioi 1 trees cannot be filled and thi * money is being returned to th 1 applicants. The Forest Service's Clayto and Hendersonville Nurseries pro duced more than 6 million seed * lings this year and the entire stocl has been sent out to more tha * 1500 cooperators. Because of th ' tremendous demand for the fores seedlings Mr. Pettit urges all land - owners planning to plant ne> 1 year to get their orders in to thi - district forester's office early i 1 the Fall. s Fewer persons were working o e farms in January of this year tha y in any J?nuary during the pa: o five years. Catalog On S . At WCTC Reh e Plans for the two summer se , 1 sions at Western Carolina Teacl ers College are complete, Dean \ B. Harrill announced. The ceil log for the summer has been n leased. J All courses taught may be a] ^ plied to four-year degree wo: ' and the graduate work to be often ' will be considered as residen ' crdit at the University of Nor ' Carolina. It will be possible f ' high school graduates to beg ' their college work at this time. The special feature of the sur '. mer school known as the Smo > Mountain Music Center will ent its 7th consecutive program. T1 / feature, directed by Dr. Ilse Hue 2 ner of the Siesta Key School Sarasota, Fla., has been high satisfactory during the past s x years. Courses will be offered in buj 1 ' ~r Jackson County Ideal For Fiarming, Industry, Tourist $2.00 A Year?5c Copy riggSaysRed e Plans Are Completed County's 1949 Quota Is $1900; Half To Remain In County For Local Use Plans" for the 1949 American Red Cross Drive have been practically completed, and the plans 1 are to comnlete the drive as early r as possible. Throughout the United .. States the drive is on during the _ month of March, and quotas have ? beep set up for each state and . county. The goal for the United 2 States is $60,000,000, and the goal ic C 1 OHO Of thio 1U1 1J1U U.1UII id y It/VU. Vi lllid ^ amount half will be retained in f the counh^for local use, and the _ other j^ru will be sent to the nas tional foundation. y The uses of this Red Cross fu\d 1 'are well known to most of our ) people. A portion is still used in - connection with the Armed Forces. t r. In .time ,of_war . this was one of the major uses of Red Cross funds, and most of the members of the Armed Forces were helped by it at one time or another. The second great Use of the fund in peace time is that of taking care of people in disaster. This is well known by most of us although those who have been through disaster can ap? preciate help more than those who have not. No one knows where ^ lisaster will strike or when. It ^ is the business of the Red Cross to be prepared for the emergency. The third great peace time use of the Red Cross is that of providing blood banks. More than $100, j 000 has just been spent in Ashse1 ville to provide a building and 1 personnel for a blood bank which will serve the twenty Western North Carolina counties. When this j blood bank is in operation (which is expected to be soon), it is expefttd that free blood for trans* * fusions will be furnished all hospitals of this area including Sylva. The public schools of the county are expectecKto take part in the J* raising ofthe county's quota. The 3 schools have always performed g a good job in drives of all kinds. They recentyl collected over $1, 300.00 in the county March of Dimes campaign. Let us join the Red Cross and lend our help in this important undertaking. We may be the ones ' who will need help this time, s d I Dr. Slagle Speaker For ~ Recently Organized Group Dr. T. D. Slagle was the guest speaker for the Business and Propi fessional Woman's club which met e' at Jarrett Springs hotel Monday I evening for their regular monthly dinner meeting. Dr. Slagle gave some very convincing facts, which were most informative to his list* ? eners, on his appointed subject. n This was the 2nd monthly meeting e for the 19 charter members of the ;t club _which was organized in November when Mrs. Lillian B. Mad- . ison was named president. is e n There are very few farms in North Carolina that cannot raise one or more of the small fruits to n supply their home needs, says H. n, R. Niswonger. in charge of hor stiticulture extension work at'State I College. * > ummer Sessions ?ased By Harrill s- ness, English, health and physical i- education, mathmatics, foreign V. language, science, social science, a- music, art, and industrial art. Rece reational activities will include boating, swimming, camping, hikp_ ing, dancing, and movies, rk ed ce WOW Making Plans For Spring Activities ;in Spring activities was the main topic of discussion at the meetn ing of the Woodman of the World ky on Monday evening at the halL ter A social hour with refreshments lis followed the business meeting, b- It is hoped that as many memin bers as possible will be present at ily the meeting on Monday night, ;ix March 7, at which time definite plans will be made for the orsi ganization's spring activities. % r 1