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Page 2 THE SYLVA HERALD Published By THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Sylva, North Carolina The County Seat of Jackeon County J. A. GRAY and J. M. BIRD ? -Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Entered at the post office at Sylva, N. C., as Second Class'Mail Matter, as provided under the Act of March 3, 1879. November 20, 1914. ????? ; .SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Jackson County 42.0ft Six Months, In Jackson County ? 1.25 One Year, Outside Jackson County 2.50 Six Months, Outside Jackson County..**. 1.50 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance I ^^Morth CaroliMjA ^j*I?AS$OC 1 AT^p) Goals For 1950 (1)?New industry. (2)?Improved school facilities. (3)?Hard-surfacing as many roads as possible. (4)?An expanding Health policy. (5)?A County Fair. (6)?Continuing emphasis of tourist trade. (7)?Development of Hatching Egg, Turkish Tobacco, and Castor Bean crops. (8)?Honest, efficient government on all levels. o Your Child and The School A ?~ ~ J i? ^ 4-Urt itrnnlfltr orllllf" Are you reciumg mc wccxvijr auu^ school lessons in The Herald? But more than that: Are you studying and learning them? We refer to the column published each week, "Your Child and the School", by Miss Lucille Hunt, Jackson County School Supervisor. Parents, both mothers and fathers, whether we are or are not psychology students or whether we have or have not had' teacher training courses (the majority of us have'not), aspire for more and better education for our children. If we want to understand our teachers and the work the sincere teacher is trying to do that our child may enjoy and get the most from his attending school, then we \yould urge you to read Miss Hunt's weekly column. In her article this week she starts out by showing the interest and companionship shown among a group of students where there's a sense of "belonging" or Wmm#* o nor + nf o tfrmin Tmnartiallv we UVUIg B [/W V W* ? g* .. ? as parents can judge whether or not our child is participating in such a program at his school. Read the conversation as told this week by Miss Hunt of two children discussing characters in their reading story lesson. By engaging in a similar discussion with our child about his home work we can stimulate in him a happier attitude toward school, interest in what he is studying, but most of all we'll be helping ?teaching?him to develop a thinking attitude in not only his reading but other school subjects as well. If parents will cooperate, fall in line with their child, school, and teacher on all "cylinders" as Miss Hunt is trying to get him to read on all cylinders, then our schools will progress and our children will be educated. o Your Stake In Government : _ A 1 + r\f irruir intPTPSt. in wnai is iiif cAiciu ui j w your Government? Do you know just how much you are paying to keep up some 15,000,000 Federal employees and other Government beneficiaries? If you are not taking some interest then you should or else you will awake some morning to lind yourself living in a Socialistic State. Socialism versus capitalism has become one of the biggest peacetime issues in this country. And yet voters have never had an opportunity at the polls to express a clearcut preference. Everyone appears to be against socialism, Euro * - ?i? ^ pean stylfv At tbo snmo time us pny.sicai manifestation here in our own land is steadily growing. At present the Federal government > costs us close to $50,000,000,000 a year out of our total income of about $200,000, 000,000. The Federal, State, and local governments combined take one-third of everything we produce. We work for ourselves only two out of every three days. With a 40-hour work-week, we have less than 27 hours, or about three ifiit L J ? THE S' Special Privilege? A news photograph shows Vice-President Alben W. Barkley sitting comfortably in the kitchen while Mrs. Barkley washes the dishes on the maid's night out. Some will notice that at the moment the camera shutter clicked it was Mrs. Barkley who was talking, and the "Veep" was doing an attentive and respectful job of listening. Quite a few wives and perhaps an equal number of husbands will feel, nev" % ? 1 1 _ _ _ ertheless, tftat Mr. cariaey is getting away with something at, the expense of his recent bride. In the foreground of the picture are a couple of tea towels?hung over the back of a chair. How about it, Mr. Vice-President? We rise to a point of order. The VP may even be a VIP, but who does he think he is that he doesn't have to dry the dishes? ?The Monitor. o Our Firemen Do Get Paid We were mistaken . . . our firemen do get paid by the town. This was called to our attention after our editorial of last week appeared in which it was stated that the firemen do not get one cent in salary. We are informed that the town pays the boys 50 cents for each call during the day and $1.00 for each call at night. For the fiscal year July 1, 1948 to June 30, 1949 the twenty members drew $55.50 in salaries. o The Cow^Story Up-To-Date ft doesn't make any difference wheth "D til~ yuu ell e d ncpuuiiv.au, a iycuiuuat ui an Independent, the following article from the Bern ice, News-Journal is good for all to read who wish to see our American system of representative government survive. Capitalism: If you have two cows, you sell one and buy a bull. Socialism: If you have two cows, you give one of them to your neighbor. Communism: If you have two cows, you give them to the government and the government gives you milk. Fascism: If ypu have two cows, you keep the cows and give the milk to the government. New Deal: If you have two cows, you shoot one, milk the other, then pour the milk down the drain. Fair Deal: If you have two cows, you let them starve so you can buy your milk in cans, thus making business better. n w You're Telling Me! An Astronomer estimates there may be a billion other planets in the universe just like this one. Hmmm, even so?it's no consolation that there may be another billion guys with problems just like' yours. f t t In Paris, France, a girl has been permitted, by order, to keep a pink python as a pet. As long as she doesn't let it get loose on Saturday night! ? ? ? A Missourian, we read, has just suffered two cut fingers in a^n electric fan. It's been a warm winter, sure?but isn't that pushing the seasons? f ! f A Nigerian newspaper calls for a "ceiling price" on bride's dowries. At last, it seems, the upkeep has been exceeded by the origin^} cost?in African marriages. 1 /J n*Tf? Ttroolr + nrnrlii/^i3 cinu UIltJ-LIllI Ll Kiay S> pci VYCCft i,\J ^iuuuvc our food, clothing, and shelter, and to maintain our health and education. Government already owns one-fourth of all the land in the United States. It has also become the biggest employer in the world. It now has more than 2,000, 000 civilian employees. They receive a cold half-billion dollars per month. Many more million citizens havfc become dependent upon payments, benefits, subsidies and handouts. One out of every six adult Americans receives chocks regularly from Washington. A United Press dispatch sets the figure at 15,830,899. If each check went to a different family, that would mean that 42.7 percent or nearly half of the American families now balance their budget with money from Washington. Each year our tax burdens increase. Each year others join the ever-increasing ranks of the 15, 830,899 who are directly dependent on Washington's management of their lives in whole or in part. ifLVA HERALD AND RUR SWEET ( The Everyda By REV. HERBER "Thank you" is a short sentence which brings long results. The editor of NOW magazine tells of seeing a newsstand in the lobby of a hotel, over which was suspended the following slogan, "Your Purchase Free If We Ever Forget To Thank You." Being curious, he explored the origin and made an interesting discovery. "Back in the nineties, two brothers named Hickey, one twelve ^the other sevenmHfc. "wB: teen, sold news ''When they had saved $745.00 they decided to open a newspaper stand of their own, and to use as their slogan, 'Your Purchae Free If We Ever Forget To Thank You.' They prospered to such an extent that today they have one hundred establishments in fifty-four cities throughout the United States and one in Havana, Cuba. This ^slogan is faithfully lived up to by all their employees." The editor comments, 4This business built on courtesy is a standing rebuke to the prevalent spirit of unthankfulness." Not all people are unthankful, but too many are. Much of it reflects home training. Recently we have had several good examples of good home training. My son, a college student, brought into our home several of his fellow students as dinner and over-night guests. Each time there came promptly to my wife a carefully penned note of appreciation. As thev were away from home at college, the parents couldn't have told them to do it. It reflected good home training. Sometime ago I read a surve^ made in a large city as to the number of people who took time to offer table grace. The results were depressing?not more than 10 percent. How rarely do we thank God for health, strength, soundness of mind, food, clothing, shelter, freedom, crops and harvest, prosperity, and for all good things, even for trials and troubles which' lead us ^loser-to Him? Too many of us are "too busy" to even say "Thank you" to those about us, to those who serve us, the paper boy, the postman, the delivery boy. Stop and think about those you should thank. Perhaps you should write a letter. Do it now! Then when you sit down to your next meal, don't forget to bow your head and thank God. When you lie down to sleep tonight, don't close your eyes until MUGGS AND SKEETER WSKEETER IS SICK, DOCTOR!* IT HE ATE A DOZEN COOKIES. N MX) COME OV^RPj^ ALITB ?t - mm iy Counsellor T SPAUGH, D. D. you have thanked God for His goodness. EDITOR'S NOTE ? The third edition of Dr. Spaugh's little book on successful living "The Pathway to Contentment" is now available. Orders may be sent to The Everyday Counselor, Box 6036, Charlotte 7, N. C. The price is $1.00 postpaid. It may also be secured from your bookstore. CAN YOU REMEMBER? 5 Years Ago? */r t r .i j *#?n.i...? mrs. naruiu mtuuue anu iwu children of Winter Park, Fla. are spending some time with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. P. McGuire. Mrs. Dan Bryson Hooper of Newport News, Va. is spending some time with her mother, Mrs. James Bennett. Mrs. Herbert Gibson, Jr., formerly of Sylva and Baltimore, Md., has moved to Waynesville and opened a Ladies Ready-To-Wear Shop. Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Brookhyser, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Thompson and Sgt. Evelyn Sherrill wears' weeny end guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shraler in Greenville, S. C. T/4 Joseph M. Alison (Major) is spending a furlough with his father, Joe Allison at Webster and other relatives in the county. Major has been in service for more than 2 years, spending eighteen months overseas in the European Theatre. Since returning to the states he has been a patient at Finney General hospital, Thom _i osvuie, ud. ne acivcu ui ciuxupc with the 811 Ord. Base Depot I Company. WCTC will present Mark Hoffman in a piano / recital on Feb. 24 in Hoey Auditorium at 8 o'clock. Mr. Hoffman, Dean of Music at Greensboro college, studied piano in Chicago with Rudolph Reuter as well as with Ernest Hutchenson of New York City. 15 Years Ago? The February term of court of Jackson county convened Monday with Judge J. A. Rousseau, presiding. The recently appointed ennumerators of the farm census in Jackson county have begun on their new duties and are making a splendid showing on gathering the data required in the National Farm census. Plans are complete for the second Jackson county basketball tournament which is to be held ; March 1 and 2. Cullowhee, Gleni ville, Webster, and Sylva will en ter. The tournament is sponsored by WCTC with Coach Poindexter i in charge. 20 Years Ago? Cannon Brothers at Dillsboro r... AND BRING SOMETHING FOR ^jl A BLACK EYE.' IT'S A SORT OF J AFTER-EFFECT OF 7V OX>K|ES!~I]]f I /? WHAT OTHER Wayneaville Mountaineer When you get 97 people to sit for three hours and a quarter, discussing regional promotional plans, you have interest of the highest degree. That is exactly what took place here Tuesday, when the annual meeting of the Western North Carolina Associated Communities met and presented numerous plans, ranging from agriculture to increased tourist travel. This organization, which started out against serious odds for succeeding, has proven time and time again to be a progressive and alert group steadily promoting and Dlanninff for a bi*eer and better Western North Carolina. There is nothing commercial about the group. The only product they have to sell is Western North Carolina to the outside world. And they are doing a good job. N The" men and women in the organization pay their own way, give^ of their time, and energies, and receive no salaries of any kind. Their compensation i^ the realization that they are civicminded citizens trying to help build up the area in which they live. Two projects, one of which is already a reality, was the establishment of the N. C. Park Commission, and the other is the Cherokee Historical Association, charged with staging the Cherokee drama this year. Other projects nearing completion include a mobile soil analysis laboratory, and a survey of tourist and recreational facilities in Western North Carolina. The association acts as a clearhave recently secured the right to sell Shell gas and oil products in Jackson, Swain, and Macon counties. The Baptist ministers of Jackson county will meet at the Baptist church in Sylva Feb. 24 for me purpose 01 organizing a permanent Baptist minister's conference in Jackson county. Scout Sunday was observed last Sunday, the service being held at the Methodist church. The Scouts of the Sylva troop sat in a body. On Saturday evening the Boy and Girl Scouts entertained the other boys and girls of Sylva who are not scouts of the Intermediate BYPU and Hi League. Games, contests, songs, and yells were the features of amusements. Ice cream and cake were served. The second annual Boy Scout banquet will be held Thursday evening in the Chamber of Commerce hall. The Rotary voted to support the banquet by buying two tickets each, one for himself and one for a scout. CAR-TUNES i i h? ^ vv * Cv e * ? Local Advertising Co. ?x "So what? Now we can have it cc CHEVROLET CO., INC!" * ' I NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A P TW1MS.MUSSS.'APBJ90NC4NT. < SETA BLACK?YE FROM JTTtl C ||^EAT1N6 OOOKIES/^([JJJj| ^ Thursday, Feb. 16, 1950 : PAPERS SAY ing house of regional problems, and has proven itself as a valuable asset many, many times over. Some of our People's Opinions What's yours? What It your preference in regard to the cloaing of the atorea on Wedneaday afternoona? (Ed. note: The Herald has tried to poll representative groups for opinions on this question that seems to have the merchants up m arms.) BOYD SOSSAMON ? I think 4 months sufficient. However, if the majority of the members of the Merchants Association want a longer?or shorter?period I'll cooperate. ED NICHOLSON ? I prefer a , six-month period, but will abide * by a majority vote of the Association. LEON SHOOK (Bower's Store)? Six months strikes me as a good period for closing. This gives all of us a chance to work a garden, go fishing, or what not. BENNIE REESE,? Personally, it would be very convenient to see an 11-month closing period. Most of the clerks in the stores do have private affairs they could care for with a half-day off. CLIFTON CRISP ? Six or eight months would be fine. A fellow could take care of his garden and lots of odd repair jobs around the house on his half-day off. Or even go fishing. LLOYD COWAN ? I think ten months would be wonderful! But I'd like to see the whole squabble settled one way or the other, once and for all. If the merchants in the Association don't intend to cooperate, why join in the first place? TILGHMAN BASS?I'd like to 1 see the stores closed for at least six months. Ten months wouldn't make me mad. MRS. BERT LLOYD?Keep them open the year 'round. I think it costs the town money to close for half a day. How can they ex* pect to make money if they are closed? Household Hint Keep s pad and pencil hi you apron pocket whoa jroi pack away summer clothes or equipment for winter, or winter things for summer. Jot down as yon work what' you put away and where. YouH , are yourself trouble and eonfsaiou when you weal is unpack ths > article*. Use Hsrsld want sds for result** by KlrkoDsvIs . ^ I III jL^ U ^ ? MPW ?iVV//i i4 *VUh ' )J >mpletely rebuilt at KIRK-DAVIS - BY WALLY BISHOP WELL, SKEETEtfS GOlNG to H! SET OME... HALF OF TWOSE XX)KIE WERE SUPPOSED TO
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