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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,
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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 iui<u *
f vote of 4106 in 1946 as against c
4456 this fall. 1
The difference in the majori- r
ties came about by the interest f
IThi
Industi
SYLVA BAND P
Shown standing by a Trailways
day morning are most of the meml
and one of the majorettes went by
The personnel of the band is as
well, Edith Moore, Audrey Jones, B
ette Queen, Patsy Buckner and D<
Dickie Wilson; Horns, William Kir
bones, Tom Ginn, Tom Reed and h
Marion Jones, Linda Moody and ?
AREA GIRL SCOUT
UrrlUtno tltUItU
County Council Meeting of the
Nantahala area of Girl Scouts
was held Saturday, November 11
in Sylva. The principal item of
business was the election of officers
for the year. Officers elected
are as follows: President, Mrs.;
Dan Moore, Sylva; vice president,
Miss Mary Ulmer, Cherokee; secretary,
Mrs. William Tyndall,
Cherokee; treasurer, Miss Helen
Hartshorn, Cullowhee. Chairmen
of Standing Committees elected
are: Staff and Office, Mrs. W. L.!
' i
Jones; Program, Miss Lucille Hunt,,
Sylva; Training, Miss Frances Barr,
Franklin; Camp, Rev. A. Rufus
Morgan, Franklin.
County Chairmen: Jackson ?
Mrs. J. G. Eller; Swain ? Mrs.
W. E. Ensor; Macon ? Mrs. Lich- 1
tstein; Cherokee ? Mrs. E. H.
tfrumoy; L,iay ? Mrs. rerren renland.
Other matters passed on was
that the Area Campaign Fund
Drive will be held annually' in
August. Area wide sale of Girl i
Scout cookies will be held each I
February. Part of the funds raised
will be retained in the local troop
and the rest to be given to the
Central Fund.
It was announced that the next
regular meeting of the Board of
Directors will be held in Murphy
December 12 at 6:30 p.m., the
place to be announced later. Mrs.
Inez Kahn, area assistant, of
Hayesville, and Dr. L. B. Hayes,
of the Sylva Methodist church,
were also present for the meeting.
The TVA is offering more than
three and a half million free tree
seedlings to farmers in 15 western
mountain counties ior planting
this season.
ike Gains But
s Anticipated
:aken in the election by the ReDublicans
and their getting out
heir regular voting strength. How- <
?ver, neither party got all of the
/otes out. There seems to a number
of people so little interested
n the affairs of their county and
lation that they fail to exercise
heir privilege to cast their ballot.
Weslcyanna Young
People To Organize j
The young people of the Wes- j
eyanna Methodist church will en- 1
oy a social get-to-gether Satur- 3
lay at the church at 7:30 p.m. l
*lrs. S. J. Lawrence, wife of the ;
>astor 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.
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REPARING TJ LEAVE FO
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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
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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. .
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band members and the band major sc
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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
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i Varied "
Activities
' Yeager Reports *
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frogress uj io>
Since Early Fall in<
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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*
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FIREMEN HAVE 1951 ?
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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. *?
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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
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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
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Makes
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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
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SSAMON'8 In tylva
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Annual
Chairman Sc
Many Contac
Demands Ar
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Board Chairman
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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