fhelp ourj rommuwn ^ r.ttOW J| VOL. XXV?NO. 25 rofc I Eagle Scout Awards Given 6 Sylva Boys Awards Made At Court Of Honor Last Week, Over 100 Attend The November Court of Honor of the Smoky Mountain District. Daniel Boone, Boy Scouts of Amer? t - i - ^? r?..l lf.lL.J.'.i ica, neia in me oyiva iviemuuiai church on Thursday evening, Nov. 9, was an occasion of much interest and importance to a number Of Sylva people. At this time six boys from Troop 1, Sylva, were advanced to the rank of Eagle Scouts. The boys were Eddie Buckner, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Buckner; Lloyd Kirk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kirk; Tom Morris, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Morris; Tommy Reed, | son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence i Heed; Jimmy Stovall, son of Mr.' and Mrs. Philip Stovall; and Dickie Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard O. Wilson. After bugle call, sounded by Jimmy Stovall, the colors were advanced and the pledge to the flag was led by Bill Crawford. The invocation was given oy lit. L. B. Hayes, pastor of Sylva Methodist church./ Don Eure, Field Scout executive, called the court to order. Jimmy Houser, of Franklin, Advancement Chairman, prea sided and Tommy Reed was court clerk. Songs were led by Bennie Reese. Field Scout Executive Eure conducted the tenderfoot investiture for the boys entering scouting. Edwin Allison presented the second class rank and the first cl?ss awards were presented by W. jC. Hennessee. Herbert Gibson presented the merit badges and life Scout awards were presented by John F. Corbin. The Eagle Palm was presented by Dr. R. David Daniel to Bennie Reese of Sylva who had earned 4 merit badges to attain this rank. The main event of the evening, ?Continued on page 12 AMENDMENTS GARRY 2 T011N COUNTY According to the official returns certified by the Jackson County Board of Elections the people of the county voted two to one in favor of all five propsed Constitutional Amendments. A*my Orders 40,000 Drafted For January The army has called for 40,000 ; draftees in January and said it would have summoned more if * it had training facilities available. 1 ^ Although the Army has called for 250,000 men since the fighting broke out in Korea last June; 50,000 in September, 50,000 in 1 October, 70,000 in November. 40,1 000 in December and now 40,000 J in January. ' 1 Republicans Mc lyjnt A e (Zront A J. ^ au w -m. On the basis of complete official t returns for local county races in 11 the November 7th election it is t shown that the Democratic ma- < jorities ran all the way from 800 i to 1098. In the race for Commis- I sioner of Finance J. A. Bryson i polled 829 more votes than Jerome r Phillips, while Glenn Hughes for t Register polled 1098 more votes than Glenn Ward, his Republican 1 opponent. In the 1946 races Bry- _ son's majority over his Republican ' cpoonent was 1648 and the other offices carried approximately the 1 same majorities. All of the Dem- j ocrats polled more total votes this c { election than they did four years 3 ago, Mr. Bryson's total vote for f 1946 was 4006 against 4299 this v TT n 1 _ * ? 1 r year. xvir. nugnes puneu a iuiastor of the church, will meet , vith the young people for a plan- ] led program and for the purpose , >f reorganizing the group into a j fouth Fellowship. Following tne neeting a social hour with re- j reshments will be enjoyed. e: Sy: Syb ifll fnit IU1 Vvll REPARING TJ LEAVE FO h passenger bus ready to carry the 1 aers of Sylva school band. Several 1 automobile and were not present fc follows: Flute, Melba Cordell; Cla etty Jones, Ann Cathey, Leah Sutto ennis Monteith; Trumpets, Jim Stc k, Charles Reed and Franklin Frick [erron Cabe; Sousaphone, E. P. St: Janice Holden. ?Photo by Kal. Sylva High f Carrying Or Program Of JACKSON TB DRIVE GROUP MAPS PUNS Jackson County's 1950 Seal Sale and TB Fund Drive Committee met with a number of interested citizens for a dinner meeting at Jarrett Springs last Thursday night to map plans for the current drive for funds. Mrs. Dan K. Moore, President of the Jackson County Chapter American Red Cross, presided and introduced Scott Venable of Raleigh, executive field worker, who introduced the speaker for the evening, Dr. W. J.. Schwartz of Veterans Administration at; Oteen. Also introduced were the County l Committee as follows: Mrs. Ralph i L. Smith, chapter seal sale chair-j man; Vernon W. Cope, superintendent of county schools; Miss Lucille Hunt, county school supervisor; J. C. Cannon, Mrs. Walter Jones, and Miss Alice Benton. A number of the committee were not present. ELECTION BOARD ; CERTIFIES VOTE RESULTS HERE I The members of the Jackson County Board of Elections met last Thursday to canvass the Nov. 7 election returns for the county and to certify the vote to the 6tate Board. They reported little change in the original returns as published last week. The official county vote is carried in The Herald this week. Boot Petty Officer Billy Cagle Called Home Returns To Base Boot Petty Officer Billy Cagle. son of Mr. and Mrs. Holmes Cagle, 1 i#?ft Ashpville bv Diane Tuesday. morning for Chicago to return ts the U. S. Naval Base at Great Lakes, 111., after having been granted a few days emergency leave due to the illness of his mother. Mrs. Cagle returned to her home Sunday after 21 days at C. J. Harris hospital. Her condition is much improved at this time. . BYLVA CITY MARKET . . In AAP fl ^ I LVA I ra, N. C. Thursday, Nov. 16, 11 imittee R ROBBINSVILLE U ka|p||igjM||MB pt E|k||||B^^PIMPE5^^H dt :: ' ^ m ^ ". ':< .. ty I: ' | \: :|';.j' ! '; i ' : j! ;; , m i i ' ' j ' ; ' ' . J : '. di : ; :!i!, n U"' 1 di w b< ^vnHEn?9^W^^^3Ka9BHBnHBBBH9l band to Robbinsville on last Satur- P? band members and the band major sc . . r? >r the picture. rinets, Pat Montague, Mary Still- ^ n, Tom Morris; Saxaphones, Jeanivall, Lloyd Kirk, Dick Ginn and :s; Baritone, Homer Holden; Trom- || Lllwell; Percussion, Bruce Carden, p School Band Z dll i Varied " Activities ' Yeager Reports * *1 /A /? Y1 V frogress uj io> Since Early Fall in< J mi With the close of football sea- Bu son which was marked by Sylva's stunning upset victory over Bryv- rej son City by the score of 6-0 last w Friday night, the Sylva school band climaxed a very busy two and a half months of activities. jU] The band did not follow the team ^ to Robbinsville and was rained rec out at the Ben Lippen 'game but played and marched for the other < games. 00c Trips were made to Waynesville. ros Murphy and Canton. Many thanks j the are extended to the people who | gra gave their time, took their cars' > and furnished gas to carry the 0f band members to the out-of-town $5] games. Ro, The football games required the in most time from the band but sev- enc eral other events during the fall season asked for and received the rr services of the organization. Other X events in which the band participated were a Parent-Teacher Association meeting, the local Democratic rally parade and barbecue the Red Cross blood donation pro- X gram, the Western Carolina Teachers College home-coming parade, 1 the Cherokee Fair, the departure soc of the first local group of service ber inductees, an elementary school tici concert to arouse interest in in- flu strumental training among the 1* (Continued from page 7) ! nil FIREMEN HAVE 1951 ? I CITY TAGS ON SALE f W. B. Cope, chief of Sylva Fire^ Department, has announced the arrival of 250 city automobile tags which the Department sells at $1 each with the net proceeds used ^ai for the benefit of the Department. * Mr. Felix Picklesimer stated Tues- :Q1 day that anyone wishing to display one of the city tags on thei. me car and to help the Firemen in rev their work can secure the tag from any member of the department. *? ? div CANCER CLINIC TO MEET dU* fol at C J. Harris Hospital, In 8yl- . va. Friday, Nov. 17. Registration from 9 to 10:15 a.m. The ^ Division of Cancer Control The _ urc N. C. State Board of Meaitn provides examinations for can- s^c cer to women above 35 and man agz above 40 years old and to any person of any age with symp tome suggestive of cancer. go 4 iERi >50 Makes i PwnPRQnw nniiwTY AISING FUNDS FOR EW PLANT SITE Hendersonville ? A total of ,600 has been raised in the drive secure $10,000 to aid in the irchase of a site for a new inistrial plant in Henderson CounH. B. Crowder and Jack Schulan are co-chairmen of the drive jing conducted by the merchants vision of the Chamber of Comerce at the request of the inistrial committee, of which J. r. Duff is chairman. Drive lead's expressed hope the goal would ? reached by Wednesday. Duff said officials of the cornany are expected to arrive here >on to complete preliminary aringements. 9.2 MILES OF ROADS IMPROVED IN JACKSON URING OCTOBER The State Highway Commission mpleted 29.2 miles of road im-! ovements in Jackson County iring October under the accelered road construction program. L. Dale Thrash, Tenth Division >mmission, has announced the [lowing projects finished: (1) Resurfacing on NC 107 from Iva to Cashiers for 26.2 miles. (2) Grading and surfacing with iffic bound macadam the Craw'd Cemetery Road, 0.8 mile. (3) Stabilizing and strengthen I of the Old State Road for .9 le; Blanton Branch Road, 0.1; izzard Boost, 0.2. . [n a special quarterly pregrew x>rt issued recently. Dr. Henry Jordan. Highway Commission airman, announced the paving 4,658.5 miles of secondary road ring the last 20 months. This s a new all-time roadbuilding I ord for the State of North Carna. Dver $54,000,000 of the $95,000,) in bond money allocated to 1 id projects has been spent since i start of the $20,000,000 pro- ' im last year. Vm. Corkill, Division Engineer the Asheville office, reports that!1 9,595.40 of the State Highway^ ad Bond money has been spent 1 Jackson County thru the period ( iing September' 30. ( ourist Asso. [aking Plans or New Year rhe Jackson County Tourist As-i, iation began a concerted mem-j( ship drive Wednesday in an- j pation of a record tourist in- ( x in 1951. , Members attending the meeting the association at the Legion j t Tuesday night were urged enlist new members and seek' ser community cooperation be-( ise of the expanding competi i in this area. ohn Parris, a director of the stern North Carolina Tourist ] sociation, said that the tourist lustry has become far and above , 1 biggest industry in North rolina. , ie explained that filling stats, cafes, drug stores, grocery r^s and markets, and departnt stores are reaping additional 'enue from the tourist industry. 'Actually," Mr. Parris said, cal businesses receive double idends from the tourist initry ? they not only sell to the ks who cater specifically to i tourists but sell to the tourists mselves." At. Parris said that official fig- | s for National Park Service ] vel year which ended Sept. 30 , ?w that the ureat fcmoKies i^arK ( rin leads all with 1,598,886 ?Continued on page 12 } SSAMON'8 In tylva ? i \LD j A 1 Annual Chairman Sc Many Contac Demands Ar * Board Chairman ( ; IPdH ( PI||H j BeIb i1 SYDNEY FERGUSON, Chair- : man of the Board of Directors of Mead Corporation with offices in New York City was among Mead : officials on a short visit to the Sylva plant Wednesday of this 1 week. l MEAD CORPORATION i OFFICIALS VISIT SYLVA DIVISION Get Acquainted Luncheon 1 Held At Jarrett Springs 1 Wednesday At Noon. WoasJoH Viif RnarH Phnlf?T*n **v.?*v ? Sydney Ferguson, of New York * City, a group of Mead Corpora- ? tion officials visited the Sylva Di- I vision plant Wednesday afternoon | for an inspection tour. Accompanying Mr. Ferguson were, Ford T. Shepherd, Director of Public Relations of Mead Corporation, Washington, D. C., Leonard R. * Growdar, Lynchburg, Va.; O. B. 1 Mason and G. H. Pringle, of Chil- ( licothe, Ohio. < This group of officials, along with a number of Sylva business ] Tien, were guests of the officials t of the Sylva plant at a luncheon f at Jarrett Springs hotel at 12:30 ( o'clock. Mayor Hugh Monteith welcom- j E>d the Mead officials to our city , and Mr. Ferguson responded for j the Corporation. Mr. Ramsey , Buchanan, general manager of the 1 Sylva plant, acted as toastmaster. Glenville OES No. 222 i Will Meet Saturday Night i It has been announced that I Glenville Chapter No. 222 Order i of the Eastern Star will hold a 1 regular meeting in the hall Satur- 1 day night, November 18, at 7:30 ] o'clock. i Plans For Impr Tim 0 a wu* JL W /*>?/ CHEROKEE, N. C., Nov. 11? s New spark and color, added com- ] fort and entertainment, are be- 1 ing planned for the 1951 audiences < which attend Kermit Hunter's Cherokee Indian drama, "UNTO : THESE HILLS". 1 As work began this week to ef- 1 feet these plans, The Cherokee < Historical Association announced 1 that America's foremost play of history win open its second season June 23 and will run nights i weekly, Tuesday through Sunday, < until Labor Day. ; Producer Harry Davis of the i University of North Carolina Play- ; makers said minor revision of the < play would be made to bring the first dialogue scenes and the two ] final scenes into "more exciting I relationship to the absorbing Tsali < story." 1 The producer's plans also call 1 for enlarging the cast which was 1 stretched thin numerically last i season and necessitated consideri4 0 PATRONIZE! PLOCAL ifBCHamq $2.00 A Year?5c Copy Report huJmanSays ts Made, But e Very High Will Take Full Cooperation Of All Citizens ? Now that the year 1950 is about to close its fiscal year for the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, many citizens and friends of the county will want to know iust what has been done in the way of trying to induce new injustices to locate in Jackson :ounty, what means we used and results attained in doing so, why we haven't been successful in securing new industires, etc., and what we must do, if we expect to *et new firms to locate in our county. Can we just sit back and wait for factories to come to Sylva? Will they just come to Sylva and build a factory just because a few people want them to come here? Is it just luck when a factory locates in a community? Or is it through the efforts of the whole community, every one pulling together and working out plans for a bigger, and better Jackson bounty? We, the whole community, must plan our work and then work our plans. We know what we need to bring industries iere and with everyone working :ogether we can reach our main objective?"Industries". The Industrial Committee ran many ads in leading newspapers and many inquiries came in, many (Continued on page 12) IACKS0N WAR BRIDE RECEIVES HER CITIZENSHIP Mrc .T P DillarH nf Dillshnro. Decame an American citizen Wednesday when she was awarded her ;itizenship papers by District Federal Court in Asheville. Mrs. Dillard is the former Miss Eileen Whittington, daughter of :he late William Whittington, of South Hampton, England, and Mrs. Eharles Snyder of Dillsboro. She was married to J. C. Dilard on June 14, 1943 while he was serving in England with U. S. Forces. She and her son, Paul,, who was 15 months old at the time, came to Dillsboro in 1946. Mrs. Dillard, who was in the woman's division of the Royal Air Force at the time she was married, is very enthusiastic over having t>ecome an American citizen. Her mother, married to Mr. Snyder while on a visit to see her daughter more than two years ago. exoects to file for citizenship papers in the near future. 'oved Cherokee Early Opening %/ M. C7 able doubling-in-brass The company will be enlarged by ten to fifteen persons to provide larger erowds and more dancers Meanwhile upon Davis1 recommendation Jack Kilpatrick, the * the Cherokee Indian who composed the music for the drama, has been engaged to revise the score for the play. "I feel, as many do," Davis said, 'that the music last season was not up to the required artistic and dramatic level. Part of this was in the score itself, part in the insufficient volume of the organ and chorus, and the lack of experience on the part of the organist." Kilpatrick, whose home is in Dallas. Texas, was unable to at tend rehearsals last season and iid not get to Cherokee until the 'inal week of performances. After lis first attendance he admitted hat the score needed revising and mmedlately announced that he (Continued on page 12) . v :* r.