North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XXIV?NO. 33 State 1 Thomas Alei Of Jackson < To Rabies 0< All Tuckaaeigee Doft t* Placed Under Stria ] Quarantine Yesterday * T An outbreek Rabies threaten- I ed Jackaon county this week ee 1 the result of the discover? of e I "mad-dof" et Tuckmaeifce. A poe- I ed from the State laboratory at Raleigh on Tueeday concerning the dog owned by C. B. Houston. The dog had run loose and bitten several others in Tuckaseigee that authorities were able to trace and confine for observation. It is feared'that other animals in the area may also be infected. C. B. Thomas, District Sanitarian, was hopeful that the disease would not reach such proportions as was the case in Asheville recently when 85 persons were required to take the painful and expensive Rabies treatment following contact with infected dogs. Thomas said that the' Sheriff and Highway Patrolmen have been advised to destroy any dog found , not bearing the tags which evidence Rabies innoculation. At the same time Thomas asked that any dog which shows suspicious signs should not be killed immediately, but confined and the health authorities notified since confine- I ment and observation are the only I sure ways of diagnosing Rabies. It was also pointed out that any I do* which has not been innoculat- | ed lor Rabies should be given the I shots at once. The Farm Agent's * ' Office can give full particulars. i J. W. Blanton Dies; ' Burial At Ochra i Funeral services for J. W. Blanton, who died Saturday, were held Monday in Ochra Hill Baptist 11 Church with the Rev. Robert Par- 1 ris and the Rev. H. L. Crawford I officiating. Burial was in the y church cemetery. The deceased ' was 52 years of age. * * He is survived by the widow, < . Mrs. Sadie Blanton; two daugh- } ters, Mrs. Lee Ensley of Cullo- ? whee, and Burnice Blanton of the { home; one son, Emitt Blanton; , four grandchildren; 5 brothers; 3 ] sisters; and a host of relatives and ( friends. . ^ < The flower girls were nieces. Pallbearers were nephews of the 1 deceased. The Moody Funeral f home was in charge. j t Legion To Sponsor ^ March of Dimes Dance 1 On Friday, January 27, the William E. Dillard Post No. 104, of < Sylva, will sponsor a March of ] Dimes dance at the Legion Hall, formerly the Community Building, in the City Park. J Music will be by the Soco Gap , String Band, playing from 9 till 12. Advance tickets, now on sale, ( are $1.00 per couple. At the door ] tickets will be 75c per person. All proceeds are for the Polio Fund, to aid in the battle against : infantile paralysis, so let's all turn j out and have a good time, while : supporting this worthy cause. . < Sutton And Mo Jackson County The Jackson county Polio Drive ; is now underway with a goal of $4,000 set for this year. Mr. R. U. Sutton is secretary and Mrs. Dan K. Moore is the county campaign director for this drive. Committees will be set up to take care of advance gifts, special eyents, dime boards, schools, house to house solicitation and other means of raising funds. During the last campaign more money was raised thru the schools than by any other means. Several of the county officers j The fo Let ts Citizens J r> . UUUlilJ utbreak | USE SEE0UN6S < lENTIFULj ORDERS ; IEIN6 TAKEN ! Landowners who still plan to c riant tree seedlings for reforests* . ion purposes are urged by Disrict Forester Pettit to place their orders as soon as possible with ; he Department of Conservation J ind Development. Mr. Pettit says * here are plenty of loblolly, slash, J hortleaf and longleaf pine left at * he Clayton Forest Nursery, but T lew orders are arriving daily for 1 hem. * The Forestry Division expects o sell nearly 10 million seedlings his year to more than 2,000 landowners throughout the State. Dis- t rict Forester Pettit says order >lanks for trees may be had by vriting to him at Sylva or to the . State Forester's Office, Departnent of Conservation and Developnent, Raleigh, N. C. County Forest Warden Charles Evans, will ilso take orders and forward the ; ipplications to the proper authorty. j r? nnui n.H UT.U.H. un Fie Claims Now Forms for making application or prisoner of war claims will be ivailable at the American Legion lall in Sylva on and after January 10, according to an announcement >y Dan Tompkins, Jackson County ! /eterans Service Officer. An Act of Congress provides for sayment of these claims at the rate of $1.00 per day for military personnel who were prisoners of par in any theatre of operations luring World War II, and to certain civilian internees of the Japanese in the Philippines, Midway, 5uam, Wake Island, or in any ter- , ritory or possession of the United States invaded by the Japanese . m or after December 7, 1941. Sur/ivors may be eligible for the >ana/Ue In roca tVio fnrmep nris> I ^VAIV44lrO M? VMMV j ? . mer of war or internee has sub- I sequently died. The payments will be made by i 'he War Claims Commission on < the basis of first come first served, < and all claims must be filed prior / io March 1, 1951. The county 1 service officer will be glad to assist anyone in preparing and filing ] ihese claims. , < i Accident Not Serious To !' Little Miss Waters '(* Audrey Waters, 5 year old t daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. { Waters of Sylva, who was acciientally hit by a truck while crossing the highway near her home cm the Cullowhee road Sunday ^ morning, is reported to be doing fine at her home now. She was taken to the hospital ] immediately and following an ex- I amination it was found she had no broken bones, but only received some bruises. j ore Head r Polio Drive attended the District luncheon 1 held in Ashevillc last week and ' heard Dr. Ralph McDonald, State director from Chapel Hill, make a very Interesting address. He gave suggestions and plans for raising funds in the 1950 campaign. A great deal of money has already been spent on North Carolina patients and in view of this fact it is urged that all persons, when contacted, give liberally to this fund. , i \ : Syi Sjbi Contr lackson C. ef C. hps Drive For il^.. J *J,n ICW MDH5UH3 The chief goal of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce for 950 will be the attempt to pro* ure the establishment of new la* Lustrial enterprises in the county, this decision was made at a meet* of Monday night presided over by he Jackson County Chamber of Commerce's new president. Felix Hckletimer. The Board of Directors decided hat without neglecting the tourist >usiness and various proposed civc improvements, the greatest need it the county as a whole is new business firms, whose payrolls vould provide livelihood for many >eople as well as stimulating trade hroughout the county. President Picklesimer appointed i committee to carry out the pronotional activity in connection vith the organization's plan to Ob* ain new industry. Serving on the committee will be Sol Schulman as chairman, Dr. W. A. Ashbrook and N. D. McKee. Other deoteions rendered included one to continue efforts to >ring about the hard suriacing of he presently unpaved 4 and a lalf mile section of the South Carina Highway joining with N. C. Highway 107. It is also planned to cooperate with certain civic organizations in Tennessee with the Hm of petting this highway as signed a national highway number. The annual membership drive which is beginning this week is to be under the direction of the membership committee headed by Flix Picklesimer and composed of r. A. Gray and Joe Wallin. All susiness men are invited and urgid to cooperate in this membership drive so that adequate funds :an be raised to insure the success of the proposed projects. Directors installed in addition to VIr. Picklesimer were: Mr. Roscoe Poteet as Vice-President; W. D. McKee as Sec.-Treas.; and Dr. W. A. Ashebrook, Dr. David Danel, J. A. Gray, H. J. Landis, Ed Nicholson, Sol Schulman and Joe Tallin. PRESBYTERY MEETS, NAMES NEW OFFICIER The winter meeting of the Ashe/ille Presbytery was held on Tues iay at the Sylva Presbyterian Church at which time J. H. Flagman of Hendersonville was elected noderator. Ministers to the General AssemDly were elected and included J. C. Lime of Andrews, J. C. Nevelle Df Mills River, with P. P. Thower d 1 Hazelwood and W. H. Wakefield Df Sylva as alternates. G. C. Summerow of Hazelwood, J. S. Gray of Franklin were elected as Elders with J. H. Flannagan of Hendersonville and S. A. Mann df Oak Forest as alternates. 43 ministers and elders were present for the opening sermon vvhich was delivered by Rev. Thomas of West Asheville. The Lord's Supper was administered by Rev. Wakefield and Rev. Lime. A dinner was served by the women of the church at which time it was announced that the next meeting of the ffrouD would be at Kenilsworth in AsheviUe on the 18th of April. RICE SPEAKS SAT; SEEKS SOLICITOR'S OFFICE A. A. Rice, Sylva attorney, will make a campaign speech at the Post Office in Sylva on Saturday at about 10 in the morning. Subject to the Democratic Primary to be held in May, Rice will enter the race for Solicitor of the 20th Judicial District. If the weather is unfavorable he will speak at the courthouse. LVA ] ^ N. C. Thursday, Jan. 11 act Fe Makw Ccnctr Find mm AN ASSOCIATE at tha InsUfciU cf Ctoc<f Rtmrch 1a PhllAdilpkiit Dr. Irene Corey Dillor It picture at a meeting of the American Aaloclation for Iho Advancement o4 Science la Now York. Dr. Coroy reported finding fungi preoent In ovary typo of human cancor atudiet In her laboratory during past II months. Sho warnad that tho tasti woro not conclusive. (international) It Happened HERE AND TIME Wimpy Hyatt cutting loose wit one of his sneezing exhibition that rattles store windows for 10 feet! Roscoe Ramsey complaining tha he wished some cafe in tow 14 ; ^ nrinlfflrr WUU1U SCI V C OOibtliV >. (! his soup! Oldtimers sitting on bench ii front of David Hall's tradin pocket-knives. Quay Grigg, John Parr is am Charlie Reed participating in Main street "bull session." Two small boys at odds con cerning the abilities of Charli "Choo Choo" Justice. -One says "Aw, he ain't so hot. Pee We Hamilton is twice as good!" During the Murphy - Sylv basketball game, Perry Rhode becomes confused during an ex citing moment and tackles th Murphy "ball carrier"! Bloodmobile In Sylva On February 8th The Bloodmobile will return to Jaekson next month and give county citizens an opportunity #111 w#arlv auota which %W I IM %MVII / ./ is 125 pints short at the present time. The Mobile will be in town for one day, February 8. MERCHANTS VOTE TO CLOSE STORES WEDS The Merchants Association of Sylva voted at their January 4th meeting that the stores of the town would close on Wednesday afternoon beginning or February 1st. The doors will be shut at 12:00 noon. This practice will con* tinue on thru the spring and I summer months until next November. I BOX SCORE 0? I.c.NIOHVATS Killed Jan. 3 thru Jan. 5?2 Injured Jan. 3 through Jan. 5 62 Killed thru Jan. 5 this year?9 Killed through Jan. 5, 1949?10 Injured thru Jan. 5 this year?133 Injured thru Jan. 5, 1949 ?106. SOftlAMON'8 ..... .in Syh Her/ J, 1950 >r 14 5 Hatching E& ( ExpsioaSea : h Jackson County. Further expansion of the hatch* C ing egg program in Jackson coun- I ty was recommended by the Poul- ? *r~v oAmmiHM mt (hiir /recent V meeting held in the Vocational Ag- " riculture Department at Cullowhee. J Progress of the program to date was reviewed by Winston Cabe, chairman of the committee. He pointed out that hatching eggs are now flowing in volume to the E Gainesville area. The current price ^ being received by flock owners 0 i is 75 cents per dozen. The outlook a for an increase in the price of * | hatching eggs is favorable. i] Chairman Cabe also pointed to i the interest, being shown in this c I section by the large hatchery men 0 1 and predicted that we will gradu1 ally see the hatching egg industry J expand in this section. d C. T. McMillian, flock super- ? visor stationed in this county, at- * tended the meeting and reported ^ I on the progress of blood testing I to date. He pointed out that of the e ' six thousand birds tested to date l< there had been only one reactor, c This bird is being taken to the t ? Georgia State Laboratory to determine whether the reaction was p caused by pullarum or some other ^ type of organism. Mr McMillan stated that he was I h blood testing around 6,000 birds per week and that as soon as the I job is completed a report will be n made. There are around 25,000 I g birds being tested, and the tube | ' method is being used. He expressed a great deal of satisfaction d with the fine jqb the present flbck r a owners have dona'in growing good * pullets. * McMillan pointed but that more - - - - - . 4 pullets will be avaiiaoie for jbck- * e son county farmers the last of j, January, February and March, t e Pullets coming to the county in * January will be mated with Cor- C nish Cockerels. r a Farmers planning to get pullets s within the next 90 days should * - contact the county agent, vocatione al teachers, or FHA Supervisor. SCOUTS PUN FOR S LARGE INCREASE AT ASHEVILLE MEETING I A large number of Jackson f county Scouters traveled to Asheville on Monday afternoon to at- j tend the Twenty-Ninth Annual Scouters Convention there. For 4he 4th consecutive year, the J Smoky Mountain District, oi which < .lafksnn rountv is a Dart, won thCi aUendanr.'eship aware*. I i i , Hugh Monteith, president of the ' Council, reported to the gathering ^ ' upon the past year's worK. A gau. of 204 scouts was made in the Council, bringing the total of 2. 533 at present. A goal of 3,000 was i set for next year in the 14 W.N.C. * counties which make up the Coun- c i cil. ^ The Silver Beaver Award, giv- | i en each year to the Scouters who h have done the outstanding work * for the year, was presented to Dr. " S. Robinson of Asheville, chairman of the Rhododendron District; and 1 F. B. Gardner, Henderfconville, president of the Land Of The Sky District. < More than 200 were present for he banquet at the Central Methcxiist Church on Monday night, ' which followed an afternoon of committee meetings on Advancement, Health, Safety, Finance, Or ganization, Extension, l^eaaersnip Training, and Camping. Health Clinic Date Changed Due to the large number of people who failed to tee laet week's statement concernlngX the changing of the Health Office Clinic, Dr. Janowsky announced again today that the "* Clinlo which was formerly held ^ on Tuesday has bssn changed to Friday. 4 LLP liles I Contracts W January 31 Roads Read1 0 SEVEN HIGH SCHOOL WIS CHOSEN IS OUTSTANDING Seven students from Sylva cenral High School have been seeded as the most outstanding tudents for the year and will be ncluded in the 1949-50 edition f the High School Register, an nnual publication containing liographical sketches of outstandng high school Juniors and senors selected from ^ohools acredited by regional associations r by the several states. Nell Elizabeth Green, Theresa oarrne Moody, Doris Love Midlleton, Eddie Lou Terrell, Frank floody Crawford, James Derel Aonteith and William Eugene Mc'lure were those chosen. These seven students were chosn on the basis of scholarship, j eadership, service to school and ommunity, personality and protable future usefulness to society. The High School Register is tublished in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. IETA P.T.A. HOLDS MEET; GIVES FUNDS Afl M II A i IIn un 4-n UAinr The Beta P.T.A. met on Wedlesday, January 4, at 1:30 pjn. in he lunch room with a ?pbd atendance. For the afternoon's program a Dm on "The Child's Byes", and We Go To School" was shown toj he P.T.A. and the school children y Jesse Flake of the Guidance Clinic from Cullowhee. The busiiess session was presided over by he president, Mrs. Joe Clyde 'isher. The attendance award for anuary was won by Mrs. Lucy Crawford's room. Plans were competed for the Founders Day Proram next month. A donation of money was made o the Beta 4-H club on their amp at Waynesville in appreciaion of their social work to the VT.A. The organization was preented a membership certificate or 1949 from the state office. The next meeting will be in "ebruary. fackson Association ioutheastern's Youngest The Jackson Artificial Breedng Association is probably the 'oungest in the State, having been >rganized in October, 1949. It is omposed of 100 members and is tported to be growing steadily. Velt Wilson is chairman of the >oard of directors and members )f the board are Kenyon Moody, Walter Ashe, R. M. Bryson, John iVill Hooper and Mack Johnson Stewart. Robert Varner of Whitier is technician. Girl Scout SetJones Andjoh New life has been breathed iftt< the Girl Scout movement as la; as Sylva is concerned. The setu] has been completely reorganize! with the Junior Woman's club a the sponsor. The actual change was begui in early December. At that tinrv Mrs. Edward C. Jones and Mis Eugenia Johnson assumed th duties of leaders and an advisor; board was elected as troop com Ynittee members consisting of: Mri Jimmy Buckner, Mrs. R. U. Sut ton, Mrs. Dan Moore, Mrs, Walte Jones, and Mrs. John Parris. Since that time three petrol have been organized and e four \ i mmm* j mmm / I2.M A Year?5c Copy 'aving ill Be Let For County y lo rave ' IM Saya Work Will Befia As Soon As The Contractors Can Start A large number of Jackson county citizens and the *Go Forward" road program committee lor the county met with X* Dale Thrash, 10th Division Highway commissioner, and Z. V, Stewart* Division Engineer, in the county courthouse Thursday afternoon to discuss certain roads the Stele plans to let to contract soon for black top surface. Mr. Thrash said that approximately 14 miles of Jackson county roads will be let to surface con* tract January 31. These are certain roads in the county that are now ready for surface, the commissioner said, and they include all the mileage that is now ready for black top surface. All surface will be 16 feet wide. The roads ready for surface are: Monteith Branch road .5 mile; Allen Branch road .6 mile; Dillard Cove road 1.37 miles; Cope Creek and Beta road 2.8 miles; Speedwell road 2.3 miles; Shoal Creek 2.2 miles; Norton, Yellow Mountain and Glenville Dam road 2.9 miles; Glenville School road .9 mile; Cashiers School road .6 mile and Whittier Church road .25 mile. The only thing the contractors will have to do on these roads is to place more rock on them, pack it down and then black top. Contractors placing the lowest bids will get the job, said the commissioner. Contractors will be paid by Hie ton for the rock and by the mile for the black top surface. A State Inspector will be on the job all the time to see that State specifications are maintained at all times. The following is a list of other roads that the State forces will start working on as soon as possible with the view of getting them ready to let to contract for blacktopping in 1051. This group includes some 24 miles of roads and nr? nc follower Camp Branch 4.1; Barkers Creek road 1.4; Greens Creek road 1.4; East Fork Savannah 2 miles; Cullowhee Mt. road 2 miles; Norton, Yellow Mountain, Glenville Dam road 1.7; Big Ridge road 2.3 miles; Caney Ford road .4 mile; Balsam road .7 mile; Whiteside Cove road 2.5 miles; Punkintown road 2 miles. The question came up regarding xock now being hauled from Swain countv and being placed on Jackson roads which is considered by local people as inferior material* Thrash and Stewart both said that tht material meets State and Natic i\ specifications and is as good as ny material to be found in N' h Carolina. nrash said that the mud roads of the county will be rocked *ust ' as fast as state forces can get to ' th m. 1 The number of persons at work i on farms in late November totaled ' slightly more than nine million, about the same as a year ago. mi iispA: nson Leaders one is almost complete. All inter* > mediate girls, ages 11 to 16 are r eligible to join and are invited to * do so. It has been decided that the 8 regular meetings will be held in the scout room of the Presbyterian n church at 730 p. m., on each e Thursday. , s Young ladies who have become e Girl Scouts as of this date are: y Patsy Buckner, Ann Gather, Jean * Cogdill, Elizabeth Dunn, Rom Marie Dunn, Nancy Hartnai^ - Shirley Hartman, Audrey Jonee, r Janice Holdenf Edith Moore, Mary Morris, Jean Nicholson, JojMt i Nicholson, Leah Sutton, and Joan th Wilson.