kHELP 0URJ1 VOL. XXV?NO. 8 H. L. Holden Dies Of Heart Attaek Here Former Sheriff Died At 1 A. M. 1 Wednssday Funeral services are incomplete for Homer Leonard Holden, 47, who died suddenly at his home here Wednesday morning at 1 o'clock. However, the funeral will m be in the Sylva Methodist church of which the deceased was a member. Mr. Holden had been in usual . health all day Tuesday and had attended a rehearsal for the toed-, ding of his daughter at the church that evening. He complained of not feeling well about midnight and on retiring just before 1 o'clock he died almost immediately, Mr. Holden was the son of Mrs. R. L. Holden of Speedwell, and the: late Mr. Holden. He was born j and reared at Speedwell and was educated in the Jackson Countyj Schools. He served as deputy sheriff of Jackson County for two I years and Chief of Police of the; Town of Sylva for 18 months. In) 1938 he was elected Sheriff of Jackson County and served for two 4-year terms. Surviving are the widow, the former Miss V I^iby Tucker, of Speedwell; five children, Jac- j qulian, - Loqueta, Janice, Homer ( and Bobby; four brothers, Robert, Sylva, Arthur of Speedwell, La% brun, of Bristol, Tenn., and Antle with the U. S. Armed Forces in the Far East; four sisters,1 Mrs. John Ferguson, Whittier,! ; unvnTnnPFN HEW TOURIST^UNITS THIS WEEK-END E. M. Lloyd, local contractor, hotel and tourist court operator, will open 10 new units Saturday which he has just completed on the site of the Pioneer Tourist Village. On opening the new building Mr. Lloyd is changing the name to Sylva Motor Court. The new building, Southwestern Ranch Type, contains 10 rooms, with 10 private baths and 14 beds. The building is of block construction, with interior decoration of light blue and light green, tile floors, baths with showers, with all colored plumbing fixtures. The court includes seven of the Log Cabins in use for the past several years. These are to be replaced later with the same type of buildv inc as the new one iust opening. Mr. Lloyd stated. I 58 County 4-H1 Week Of Work Last Saturday, fifty-eight Jackson County girls and boys returned from a week's stay at the new 4-H Club Camp near Waynesville. The boys and girls had a full schedule fro^ reveille at 6:45 A.M. to 10:00 P.M.Hliey enjoyed swimming, handicraft and forestry classes, recreation periods, soft- , ball games, and square dancing. They had vesper programs and demonstrations led by boys and ?rli?le olon aninvpH a visit and tour at the Test Farm. Three club members from Jackson County received certificates lor being best campers. They were Joe Shepherd, Webster; Joanne "Wilson and Edward Bain of Sylva. Those attending Camp were: Marcie Snipes, Lois Blanton, Polly Allen, Nancy Jane Parris, Joyce Carter, Peggy Hall, Mary Nell Hall, Eula Lee Pruitt, Barbara Watson, * Norma Nicholson, Marlene Nicholson, Carolyn Martin, Barbara Beck, Lois L. Edwards, Mary Doris Howard, Leah Sutton, Grace Buchanan, Kate Deitz, Patsy\ Collins, June A I Thi DIES SUDDENLY || ' I? ' ' P^J k HOMER LEONARD HOLDEN, former Sheriff of Jackson County and Chief of Police of Sylva, died of a sudden heart attack at his home here Wednesday morning at 1 o'clock. U. S. FORCES MAKE STRONG AMPHIBIOUS LANDING IN KOREA Heavy Air Power Aiding Yanks In Halting On Rushing Communist Under an umbrella of U. S. | nlanae anH l?nv#r rtf WflTShitlS. U. UtAM VW v w?? v S. troops made their first amphib- I ious landing operation of the Kor- I ean War on Wednesday, Tokyo j time. The fresh troops drove inlamd, forging ahead for at least seven miles. The landing was unopposed al- ( though Korean Reds were known < to be in the vicinity. The U. S. ^ troops drove ashore on the East Coast of the peninsula. The move to rush more Ameri- r cans to the fighting front came as t the invaders were knocking on the { door at the city of Taejon. The Reds apparently were catching t their breath after taking a ham- r mering by air and infantry resis- z tance aground at Taejon. i ; The beachhead was quickly es-1 ? tabkshed. Strong forces built up j along the beach as advance forces ( speared inland, i j. The convoy moved in under j x cover of U. S. and British planes. Navy warships kept watch on the sea on the lookout for Russian ? submarines that have been known (Continued on Page 7) 1^ j Clean-up Day Scheduled s At Curb Market In complying with the beautifi- * cation of Sylva and making it at- N tractive to tourists, Miss Mary s Johnston announced that on Fri- * day, July 21, after regular selling ? hours, the Sylva Curb Market r would undergo a thorough clean- ing. 1 All those who sell or are in j anyway connected with the market are urged to make plans to be there with weed cutting tools, r nainf KrncKoc anH HrPCCPH for ? potltv WA liWMVW )? % work. 5 Members Enjoy 1 : And Play I Cooper, Gaylc Painter, Rachel Paxton, Jannette Queen, Linda g Moody, Joane Wilson, Janet Holden, Anne Hutchinson, Annette _ Cagle, Anne Hooper, Charles ^ Snipes, Gordon Lovedahl, Lemar J Wood, Bud Parris, J. D. Stephens, T {A Hillc r'rmrftM H rvrirvy VUiUillV V Vii* vrj AAWWfrv* y ^ David Pruitt, Jr., Kenneth Watson, c Edward Bain III, Charles Baker ^ Reed, James C. Holder, Tommy i. Walter Mason, Fred J. Brown, Jr., ^ Robert Alexander, Mark Deitz, Jim Rhinehart, Dannie Cowan, Joe t Shepherd, Joe Hall, Marion Jones, | Harold Crisp, John Wilbur Smith, John Calvin Standingd&r, Mitchell Taylor, Gilbert Taylor, Al- j vin Chiltoskie, Ned Smith, and ^ Wayne Ward. | j During the week several parents!. and friends of 4-H Club members | visited the Camp. Those Mrs. Thad ! Beck, Mrs. Lois Martin, and Mrs.! ? Alton Edwards of Qualla; Mrs. * g Mack Hall of Dillsboro; Mr. and ? Mrs. Lawrence Reed, Mrs. Edna ^ Hooper, William, Pete and Mack . Hooper, Mrs. John Parris, and Mr. | and Mrs. B. E. Parris all of Sylva. . e: Sy] Sylva ). E.BROOKHYSER i NJUREO IN AUTO OCCIDENT ON FRIDAY O. E. Brookhyser, office managr of Armour Leather Company lere, suffered a slight fracture of lis left hip bone about 1 p.m. last 'riday when the Dodge automo ile in which he was traveling lone, slipped off the wet highway ibout 3 miles west of Sevierville, Tennessee, and overturned down i 75 to 80 foot embankment . Mr. Brookhyser hailed a passng motorist who picked him up md carried him to Broady hospial in Sevierville where he has >een under treatment since. He s expeciea to oe aDie to return o his home here this week-end. At tb* time of the accident Mr. 3rookhyser was on his way to ?noxville where he was going to rtore his car and take a plane for y Chicago to visit relatives and at- y end the National Lions Conven- 1 ;ion. 1 Mrs. Brookhyser and children ' vere visiting relatives near Charotte at the time and upon being lotified went immediately to Serierville to be with her husband. 1 She returned to Sylva Monday ^ vith Mr .and Mrs. W. T. Wise y vho visited Mr. Brookhyser at the lospital. t ( WHIPOORWILL IS PART OF CAST OF "UNTO THESE HILLS" ; CHEROKEE, N. C., July 14?A vhippoorwill forced Kermit Hunt- j ;r to change a line in his great j Cherokee Indian Drama, "Unto rhese Hills." I The whippoorwill appeared suddenly on the night of the dress -ehearsal and wormed his way into ( he cast. He's been appearing on ( schedule ever since. In scene mine of the play, with :he Cherokee hoping that some , niracle will occur to prevent their -emoval to the west, Wilani, the ^ vife of the martyr-to-be Tsali, has i premonition- of the disaster a- [k lead. ah aay?me oiras nave noi >een singing," she comments to jer white friend, Mrs, Perkins. That's where the whippoorwill ntered, crying his lonesome cry?j 'These old hills, these old hills."! Kermit Hunter changed the line o: ' "All day?the birds have had itrange voices." Thus, the whippoorwill entered he cast?an unpaid member. Also ery exclusive. He comes uneen to the tree back of the oener stage at Mountainside Theatre, tnd leaves unseen. And he's only nissed his cue once. Marking Meters Vet $6,568.70 t Mr. Carl Corbin, City Clerk, anlounced that the receipts collectid from meters for the fiscal year inding June 30, 1950 totaled $6, 68.70. The monthly receipts for j he year just ending are as fol- x ows: July, 1949, 504.61; August, j 523.35; September, 550.91; Octo- i >er, $460.24; November, $529.26; f )ecember, $537.49; January, $498.- a 6; February, $520.39; March, ^ >644.80; April, 535.95; May, 682.18; c nd June, 581.36. j c Head Officials Attend i ndustrial Conferences s Officials of the Sylva Division if Mead Corporation attending the iouthern Industrial Executives . Conference at Battery Park hotel _ n Asheville Wednesday were: * tamsey Buchanan, general manger and Ralph Kemmerer, direcor of public relations and per- * onnel director of the Corporation. r Following the meeting in Ashe- * ille Mr. Kemmerer went on to 1 Hue Ridge to attend the Southern Conference on Human Relations n Industry, which is in session here all this week. Don't sprinkle lawns lightly evrry day "to cool things off." Light sprinkling encourages shallow roots ind helps crabgrass more than >ermanent grass. I08SAMON'l in tylva - LVA ] i, N. C. Thursday, July 20, ] lev. J. L. Lane To *peak At Buff Creek The Rev. J. Lester Lane of Cal;ary Baptist Church, Asheville, j vill be the guest speaker at the egular county-wide deacons meet. . ng of the Tuckaseigee Baptist As- j >ociation which will meet with the 3uff Creek Baptist Church Thursday evening, July 27, at 7:30 p.m. The topic of Rev. Lane's address s "Living For Others". Mr. H. 1*. McGlamery of West Ashevile, .vill introduce the speaker. The meeting is to convene with ;he Buff Creek church upon cordial invitation by their pastor, Rev. Sdgar Willix. A supper served by ;he ladies of the host church will precede the meeting. Special music will be rendered Dy Andy Blanton, Bud Stanford, Vernon Jamison, and Bobby Shuer. Plans have been completed to iccomodate a record attendance I for this important meeting. The First Sei Summer Sch tb Registration For Second Session Starts Tomorrow Cullowhee ? Final examinations A^ill be taken today by the stu- 1 tents attending Western Carolina reachers College marking the end >f the first session of summer ;chool. The first session has been n progress since June 12. Graduate md undergraduate courses were >ffered. Registration for the second ses;ion will start at nine o'clock tonorrow morning in Joyner Buildng. Graduate and undergraduite courses are being offered durng the second session. "Guidance n the School", ''Community Education", "Mental Hygiene in the School", and "Educational Hisory" are few of the graduate :ourses offered that will be taught )y Dr. C. D. Killian, Dr. N. Turner, and Dr. H. P. Smith. Faculty members for the regular college courses will be: Mr. Leftvich, Art; Dr. W. A. Ashbrook, Business, Mrs. Charles Mickay, Business; Miss Smith, Education; tfr. W. Harrill, Education; Mr. L. raff and Miss Tyree, English; Miss Jenton and Miss Cartledge, Health ind Physical Education; Mr. J. 'rum, Mathematics; Mr. C. Curtis, Spanish; Mrs. Jones and Mr. Cupp, tfusic; Mr. V. Painter and Mr. T. ^athey, Science; Dr. Taylor and )r. Murray, Social Science. The second term of summer , chool is scheduled to end on Augist 31. j )an Cupid Busy n Jackson County From the Register of Deeds of ice comes the announcement that hus far this month thirteen mariage licenses have been issued, ^or the whole month of July, 1949. he total licenses was?one. CANCER CLINIC TO MEET at C. J. Harris Hospital, in Syl* va Friday, July 21. Reglatra- f tion from 9 to 10:15 a.m. Tha Diviaion of Cancer Control Tha N. C. Stata Board of Health provides axaminationa for can* car to woman abova 36 and man above 40 years old and to any ! person of any age with aymptoma suggestive of cancer. ^ om.vm .mm.mm m..sm - . ?. mnm *9 " *~m **>,J ' ' tfER/ 1950 FUNERAL RITES FOR ii MRS. A. G. PARRIS ' HELD SATURDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Allen | C. Parris, who died Thursday at her home following an illness of uwo months, were held at Jarrett . Memorial Baptist church Satur- I day at 2:00 p.m. She was a native and life-long j E resident of Jackson County, the H former Miss Lina Frizzle of Web-||] ster. Burial was in Parris ceme- [ tery near Dillsboro. Mrs. Parris, one of Jackson County's best loved women, was industrious, an artist in all lines of work, a great reader of the Bible and all current literature. She joined the River Hill Baptist church at Webster in her early teens and remained a faithful member until death. Her hospiA ? A _ _ A. 1- _ 1_ 1 laiuy in ine nomc was Known throughout the community. r Surviving are the husband, Allen a C. Parris; four sons, Edward of Asheville, Tom of Sylva, David C and Buford of Addie; two daugh- 1 ters, Mrs. Maggie Parris Moore of * the horn# and Mrs. Frank Clark of Asheville. Also eight grand- t children. C Moody Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements . * J. W. Tallent Di^ * At Franklin Home J. W. Tallent, 86, brother of Mr. Riley Tallent, of Sylva, died at.c the home of a daughter, Mrs. Delia i Stamey, Franklin RFD 2, Tuesday afternoon following a brief illness. ^ Funeral services were held at 2:30 ^ _?_i i_ avannah, Ga. 8ubject: "The Lord Is My Sheperd" at worship service, 6:30-7:15 Sunday afternoon at local Driven theatre. Fill your car and drive n. Worth Caroline Home Week St Farm families of Jackson Couny are invited to attend Farm and -Jome Week to be held at N. C. State College, Raleigh, during the veek of August 31st. The week's urogram will be held in honor of Dr. I. O. Schaub who will soon reire from the position of Director, ^orth Carolina Agricultural Extension Service. Dr. Schaub has ievoted a life's work to "helping ural families to obtain the necesla ry information, training, and guidance in order that they would >e better prepared to earn and ?njoy a fuller and more satisfying *ural life." The week's program will include id dresses by nationally . known speakers as Dean Rusk, Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark, Treasurer of the } [PATRONIZE! ? LOCAL 4MB ? MERCHAKTCy $2.00 A Year?5c Copy h Succumbs tack While l Last Week I Funeral For Mead Official Held In Macon County The citizens of Sylva were shocked and saddened on last Friday morning on learning of the sudden death of Charlie Elbert Smith. Mr. Smith died of an acute heart attack at 9 p. m. Thursday, July 13, at a cottage of the Hitching Post Motel, near Roanoke, Virginia, where he and Mrs. Smith, together with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harris and family were spending a part of their week's vacation. During the day they had visited the Lynchburg plant of Mead Corporation and he was apparently in his usual good health but complained of some indigestion during the day. He died within a few minutes after retiring. The party had left Sylva on Sunday for a week's vacation at various points of interest. The body was brought to Canton Funeral Home Friday and to the home in Sylva on Saturday where it remained until Monday afternoon. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Ridgecrest Baptist church in Macon County with the pastor, Rev. Mr. Holden, assisting the Rev. C. M. Warren, and Rev. Lee Crawford and Rev. C. C. Welch, former pastors of the deceased, officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. The property for the church and much of the material and help in building was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Pallbearers were members of the Dillffboro Masonic Lodge, of which the deceased was a member. Tne Masons also had charge of the graveside rites. Nieces of the deceased were in charge of the flowers. Surviving are the widow, the former Miss Elsie Moore, of-Van- . dalia, 111; three brothers, Gordon, of Franklin, Robert of Canton, and [ (Continued on Page 7) 4-H CLUB MEMBERS TO GATHER FOR WEEK AT STATE COLLEGE Jackson County 4-H Club members who are 14 years of age or older have the opportunity to attend 4-H Club Week which is held ^ n.n ? T> _ 1 ^! ?1^ at in. i_. siaie ^oiiege in naieign. next week. The girls will see demonstrations in clothing, room improvement, frozen foods, and dairy foods. The boys will see demonstrations in poultry, dairying, soil conservation, and swine production. The Club members will go on a tour of the College Farm and the City of Raleigh . Club members will be required to wear the 4-H uniform during the entire week. Any 4-H member who is interested in attending this program should contact the County Agent's office immediately. i Farm And arts July 31 United States. Demonstrations will bring those attending exhibits of the latest developments in machinery and equipment for the farm and home. Field trips and tours during the afternoon will take groups to the Morehead Planetarium at Chapel Hill, to Duke University, the State Capitol, i Governor's Mansion and other 5 points of interest in and near Raleigh. The rural families of Jackson County are encouraged to attend the program. Persons planning to attend should contact the County Farm and Home Agent's office, t who will organize transportation and make room reservations. ; Rooms and meals will be availably on the college campus to those at* tending the program. , ,i