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FURNITURE FOR THE ENTIRE HOME AT BROWNING FURNITURE The Only Newspaper Published in Swain County A out twy HOUR CMOM hr VKTMY wWh (H.W4CMHM VOL. LV NO. 20 BRYSON CrTY.N. C*, THURSDAY, JULY 9,1942 $1,50 A YEAR SH6M FM CAXKWC PimPOSES TO K MHMEH It) HE CW)WXITIES Neighborhood Committee Members To Act As Registrars The neighborhood Program Plan ning Committee members from rural communities of Swain County have leid plans to ration sugar to their neighbors for canning purposes. The Swain County Workers Council (made up of representatives from the Coun ty Farm and Home Agents' Office, Farm Security, Health Office, WPA Office, Welfare Office, Supt. of Public Schools, and other offices working with the public of Swain County) will act as supervisors for the regis tration at the 28 registration points in Swain county. AMPLE SUGAR AVAtLABLE Mr. Philip E. Brintnall stated that the local ration board—Mr. Oscar Martin, chairman; Orville Calhoun, and W. T. Jenkins—was very much in terested in seeing that Swain county families obtained an ample amount of sugar for canning, and that each fam ily could obtain their purchasing cer tificate without having to travel too far from home. The local ration board stated, ac cording to Mr. Brintnall, that each family could obtain a maximum of 20 pounds of sugar for each member of the family. This total of 20 pounds includes the amount of sugar rationed for canning in the first two regstra tions for canning sugar. CREDENHALS NECESSARY AT REG!STRAT!ON The person who applies to the registrar for the family to obtain can ning sugar purchasing, certificates MUST present to the rgeistrar ration book originally issued to each mem ber of the famly. In addition the ap plicant must bring to the registration all purchase certificates previously issued for canning sugar. UNLESS the applicant presents these creden tials to the registrar he will not be able to obtain additional sugar for canning except by going to the ration board office in Bryson City. Mr. Brintnall further stated that - the person appearing before the reg^ (Continued on page 8) MRS. JOHN W!86!NS TAKEN BY DEATH AT HER H8ME NEAR ELA Funeral services will be conducted this morning at 11, o'clock at the Ela Baptist church for Mrs. Minnie Con ley Wiggins, 67, who died Tuesday morning at 11:45 o'clock at her home following a long illness due to com plication of diseases. Burial Mil be in the Randall cemetery on Deep Creek. Mrs. Wiggins, a native of Swain county, was an active member of the Ela Baptist church and a good neigh bor in her community. She is survived by her husband, John J. Wiggins, three sons, Fred,.of Hampton, Va.; Conley, of Bryson City; and Roy J., of Ela; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Ruth Mullins, Portsmouth, Va.* Mrs. Bessie Miller, Canton; and Miss Nina Wiggins, of Phoebus, Va,; two brothers, Corley Conley, of Whit tier, and Willie Conley, of Sylva; one sister, Mrs. Mary Swangum, of Hilton Village, Va.;. 12 grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Stamp and Bond Sales Committee For Federation Picnic Announced The Swain County Farmers Feder ation Annual Picnic will be held at the high school building here in Bry son City tomorrow, Friday, July 10, beginning at 10:30 and lasting till well in the afternoon. Other than talks, contests and other entertain ment a committee has been appoint ed to sell stamps and bonds. The members of the committee are as follows: S. W. Black, chairman of committee; Senator E. B. Whitaker, Mrs. J- A. Gray, W. L. Lathan, Mc Kinley Edwards, J. A. Franks, Mrs. Lillian Thomasson, Bryson City; John Breedlove, Needmore; Tom Jumper, Cherokee; D. P. Shook, Bushnell, H. C Enloe, Judson; Miss Ruth Fergu son, Mrs. R. C. Evans, and Mrs. Ger aldine Hyatt, Bryson City. NYA To Train For Defense The National Youth Administration s continuing to train boys and girls in various trades for job placements in war industries. Local project ac tivity has been discontinued and the training is offered at various stra tegic points in North Carolina. Courses in sheet metal, welding, machine shop, electrical work, radio mechanics and code, woodworking and auto mechanics are offered. Im mediate placements are made when youths acquire the necessary 480 hours of training. Miss Inez Calhoun, Area Youth In terviewer, will be in Bryson City at the Courthouse on Wednesday and Friday of ea<:h week and will be glad to discuss the matter in detail. The age limit is 17 to 25. 25 Boys Wanted For Welding Course At Wilmington Miss Inez Calhoun, who has just come to Bryson City as NYA super visor for the five Western counties, has recived a call for 25 young boys to be sent to Wilmington/for training in welding. The boys must be in Ashe ville at 7 o'clock Tuesday morning, July 14, from where they will leave in a group with transportation paid. Any Swain county youth interested in learning this trade with pay while training and high wages when com pleted and in defense work, should see Miss Calhoun at her office in the courthouse Friday, or Saturday until moon. ^ L ____ 4-H CLUB MEMBERS AT U!STR!GT CAMP A group of Swain county 4-H club boys and girls, accompanied by Mrs. Geraldine Hyatt, Home Demonstra tion agent, Paul Fish, assistant county agent and Philip E. Brintnall, county farm agent, left Monday morning for the 4-H Club District camp at Swan nanoa to spend this week. Mr. Brint nall returned Monday afternoon and will go back Friday to bring some of the boys and girls home. * Members attending this year are: D. C. DeHart, Needmore; Catherine Totherow, Wesser; Jay Lee Ashe, Louise Enloe, Winfred Ashe, Judson Enloe, Moline Ashe, Judson; Evelyn Herron, Alarka; Neal Ledford, Alarka; Betty Jean Gass; and Inez Monteith, Bushnell, Richard Lambert, Chero kee; Alden and Cecil Ray Childers, Whittier; Joyce and Jean Sandlin, Bryson City. Dr. Bacon To Leave On 17th For Army Duty Dr. Harold L. Bacon, recently com missioned a 1st Lieutenant in the U. S. Army Medical Corps has been or dered to report for duty at Bowling Green, Va., on July 17. Dr. Bacon announced yesterday that he will close his office here Sat urday the 11th in preparation for leaving next week. Dr. Bacon is a native of North Da kota. He completed his medical course at the North Western Univer sity of Chicago. Dr. and Mrs. Bacon came to Bryson City in December, 1835, from New York City. In this space of a few years they have won for themselves many ^ friends and, it is with sincere regret of ?11 who know him that he leaves our town. Mrs. Bacon was the former Miss Isabel Green, daughter of Dr. E. T. Green, a retired minister of Southern Selective Service Official Here Major Chas. R. Jonas, of State of fice of Raleigh, visited the local selec tive service board here Monday. Major Jonas had been invited here for the purpose of giving official in structions to the new board members who took office recently. The new board members are: J. B. Nixon, chairman; B. H. Gregory and D. M. Marlow. Plans are being made to move the Selecitve Service office from, the court house to the offices over Browning Furniture store, which wee formerly occupied by Dr. Bacon. EMPLOYMENT SERV!GE GOES ON WAR-TtME BANS !N PRtONTY Activities Of State s 46 Of fice To Be Given Over To Supplying Labor For War Production Raleigh, July 7—Converting the United States Employment Service to a war-time basis by establishing priority in service to essential em ployers and eliminating or curtailing other services to meet the require ments of Chairman Paul V. McNutt of the War Manpower Commission, is announced for the near future by Di rector John J. Corson. A fundamental change in the pur pose of the Employment Service from the^ operation of a full functioning labor exchange to one of supplying labor for industry essenital to the war effort is outlined in the prelimi nary conversion plan information re ceived by Mrs. Gertrude K. Clinton, acting director for North Carolina. The changes indicates for the Em ployment Service offices may be de icribed in President Roosevelf's re lent words that "We must be pre pared to do altogether unheard of things." Under it, the Employment Service will become almost solely a manpower agency and will devote practically all of its time and effort to the war program. The priority in service means that war industry will be served first and that many of the activities formerly carried on will be either curtailed or eliminated altogether for the duration of the war. The work will be stream lined by eliminating many of the reg istrations, reports, and other activi ties which do not contribute directly to the war effort. Essential activities to be served by the Employment Service include es tablishments holding war contracts or sub-contracts or those providing equipment and supplies for such con tractors; all phases of agriculture; and essential civilian activities, such as public utilities, transportation, hos pitals, and the like. Other classifica tions will be served if time permits, and still others not at all for the dura tion. Mrs. Clinton will be directed to resurvey the activities of the 46 em ployment offices in North Carolina in the light of the war and farm effort. Personnel not actually needed in one office may be transferred to another of greater war placement activity, or transferred to another State. ' It is even possible that, after such a sur vey, it may be necessary to close some of the employment offices, or limit their operations, if it is found that they are not contributing substan tially to the war effort. SWAM H!GH SCHOOL PR!NG!PAL 0!ES OF HEART ATTACK ON 4TH James L. Dennis, 45, Had Taught Here Eight Years, Native Of Newberry, S. C. Bryson City citizens were shocked and saddened late Saturday evening when they learned of the sudden death of James L. Dennis, which oc curred in a downtown drug store in Asheville that afternoon, about 4:30 o'clock. Mr. Dennis, who had been a student at Western Carolina Teachers College at Cullowhee where he was working on his masters degree, left Cullowhee about 2:30 Saturday afternoon and drove to Asheville with a friend, Ernest Deans. Mr. Deans was stand ing at the entrance to the store, and when he wondered what was keeping Mr. Dennis so longy-entered to find him lying on the floor. An ambulance which meanwhile had been called, came in a minute or two and he was taken to the hospital. The body was later removed to the Berryman fun eral home. tMr. Dennis, a bachelor, had been principal of Swain High school and principal of district No. 1 of the Swain county schools for 8 years. He graduated with the A. B. degree from Newberry college, Newberry, S. C., and had done work toward the M. A. degree at the University of North Carolina and Columbia uni sit. This summer he was taking graduate course offered at Cullowhee under auspices of the college and the University of North Carolina. He was a Mason, a Rotarian, and a member of the Lut^ran church at Newberry. He had taught in the schools of North and South Carolina .for 19 years. A native of Newberry, he is sur vivde by his father, James T. Dennis, of Newberry; three sisters, Mrs. C. C. 'JSthumpert, of Newberry; Miss SucBe Dennis, of Newberry; and Mrs. S. B. Churchwell, of Asheville; and one brother, J. A. Dennis, of Clover, S. C. Funeral services were held at the heme Monday at 11 o'clock and burial was in Rosemont cemetery. Attending the funeral from Bryson City were: W. L. Lathan, superin tendent of Swain county schools, Mrs. Lathan, Mrs. Carrie Abbott, princi pal of Bryson City elementary school, Wallace Martin, Max Abbott and Le land Close. Peaches Because of lack of interest in the recent referendum, the proposed peach marketing agreement in the Carolinas will not be put into effect by the U. S. Department of Agricul ture. . ' MOVE STAR GOMtNB! RAY WHITLEY, popular singing cowboy of the screen, will appear in person at the Fryemont Theatre Mon day, July 27. Whitley, who co-stars with Tim Holt, will bring his company of musical six Bar Cowboys direct from Hollywood. Ray is said to have the most en tertaining stage show of any other movie star. He is incidentally a very close friend of Fryemont manager William Preston. Dies From Heart Attack James L Dennis above, principai of Sixain High schooi for the past eight years, died suddeniy whiie standing in an Asheviiie drug store Juiy 4th. Orphanage Singing Class To Make Annual Appearance Here On July 16 At 8 P. M. The Masonic sponsored Oxford Or phanage singing class will make its annual appearance in Bryson City at the school auditorium on Thursday, July 16, at 8 o'clock P. M. This class needs no introductoin to the people of Swain county. If has been coming every July for years and is always well received, not only for the good cause but for the high type of entertainment presented. Remem ber the date and be sure to hear this class a week from tonight. CURB MARKET TO OPEN SATURDAY OM MAM SI. Twenty-three members of the Home Demonstration CJubs of the county met in the courthouse Wednesday, July 1, t oplan the opening of a curb market in Bryson City. Mrs. Hyatt called the meeting to order, and Mrs. F&irie Moore gave her impression of the Franklin curb market. Miss Higdon talked about some of the "mistakes which we do not make." The following rules and regula tions were agreed upon: 1. Only Home Demonstration Club women can sell on the market. 2. All must have health certificates. 3. All have uniform aprons. 4. All products to be graded ac cording to size and color. 5. Use uniform bags and containers. 6. Use standard bottles for bottled juices. 7. Use standard jars for canned products. * 8. 4-H club members may sell on market, if they wear their uniforms and obey market rules. 9. All members pay 5% of total sales. This goes into market fund. Should curb market be discountinued, proportionate amount goes back to individuals, after all dues are paid. 10. Rules for setting price for baked products—count cost and double it. The market will have its first open ing Saturday, July 11, from nine until twelve o'clock, in the log hut opposite Catholic church on Main street. ETHEL COOPER, Secretary Mrs. Henderson Dies At Daughter's Home In S. C. Funeral services for Mrs. Elura J. Henderson, 74, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Hughes in Spartanburg, S. C., Saturday, June 27„ here held at Thomas Chapel Meth odist church near here at 2:30 o'clock Monday, June 29. Mrs. Henderson was the widow of George 1. Henderson and was a na tive of the Sandy Mush section of Buncombe county. She is survived by four sons, E. T. of Hendersonville; Willard, of Bryson City; Floyd of Canton; and J. H., of Converse, S. C.; two daughters, Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. Bessie Bossett, of Spartanburg; four step-children, M. O. Henderson, Bryson City; J. E. Henderson, Spartanburg; Mrs. Will Ford, of Clyde; and Mrs. W. W. Ball, of Hendersonville. Dr. William A. Godsey To Speak Sunday P. M. Dr. William A. Godsey, of Ashe ville, will speak in the courthouse Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to hear him. LARGE CROWS ENJOYS JULY 4 GELERRATtON STAGED HERE SAT. * * "* Idea! Weather Adds To Enjoy ment Of FuH Day Program; Mayor Makes Report (Perfect weather added greatly to the enjoyment for hundreds of per sons who came to Bryson City for the July 4th "Victory Day" celebration. The crowd began to gather early Sat urday morning with many remaining well into the night to enjoy the public square dance, the movies and the carnival. „ The day's program began with a parade at 10:30 o'clock, led by the fire deportment's equipment, Swain High school band, boy and girl scouts, Veterans of Foreign Wars, carrying the colors, legionaires on foot, cavalry members of former wars, presenting the colors, and other organizations. The parade ended on the square where band music was played. Talks were made from the porch of the community buildnig by Mayor E. H. Moody, McKinley Edwards, S. W. Black and Edwin Whitaker. The afternoon program consisted of a singing contest in the courthouse, the athletic contests on the baseball field, which consisted of a greased pig race, sack race, greased pole and baseball game. The ball game was between West Asheville and Bryson City, with Bryson winning 7 to 5. A golf tournament was also played. The carnival, sponsored by the fire department, and the two movies did continued business all day. Mayor E. H. Moody makes the fol lowing financial report on the receipts disbursements of cash for the ex pense of the program: Donations— Jay Allen Glenn, $2; H. P. Browning, $3; Farmers Federation, $5; Ash Thomas, $1; Charlie Branton, $1; J B. Nixon, $2; W. E. Elmore, $1; A. M. Simons, $2; Pyron's, $2; Kephart Tavern, $5; Bryson City Bank, $10; Belk's, $5 A. H. Myers, $5; Bennett's Drug Store, $5; G. G. Wright, $3; Sisk Drug Store, $1; Swain Furniture, $5; Fryemont Theatre, $3; Maloof's, $5; Mrs. W. A. Mitchell, $3; W. T. Hyams, $2.50; C. F. Myers, $5; M. C. Close, $5; Slayden-Fakes Co.; $5; Dent's Cafe, $3; Z. J. Hyatt, $1; Harry's Cafe, $7.50;, and G. D. Franks, $5. Paid for prizes—Decorations, $5; ball game, $35.00; pig, $10.00; golf $10.00; greased pole, $6.00; 50 yard race, $4.00; sack race, $2.00; singing contest, $10.00; square dance, $3.00. Balance of $18 donated to Red Cross. JURORS ARE DRAWN FOR JULY-AU6UST TERM OF SWAM SUMMER COURT Swain county board of commission ers, in regular session Monday, July 6, drew the following names as jurors for the July-August term cf Swain county superior court, which will convene on Monday, July 27, with Judge Don Phillips, of Asheville, presiding. First week—Harvey McHan, Har old Young, J. R. McGaha, Grover Sjmonds, Mark Cathey, Dan Shuler, Claude Nelson, Zell StHwell, W. B. Parris, W. W. Breedlove, Raj Davis, A. E. Bradshaw, Dover Dean, Pierc? Barker, R. A. Collins, M. A. Wiggins, Thad Watkins, Bill Bailey, S. E. Davis, Oscar Shuler, John Southards, Bert Crisp, Andy I^aney, Roy Nelson, Norman Jenkins, Harrison Wal#rc up, J P. Plemmons, Claude Tallent, E. C< Passmore, Burgin Medford, Wiley Lakey, Bob Sandlin, Arthur Watkins, J N. Buchanan, Rollins Thomasapo and John Cochran. Second week—S. T. McIntyre, W, R. Pegg, M. M. Reeves, Bill Byrd, J. O. Freeman, Will Jenkins, W. F, Green, E. O. Hall, Ranson Hyatt, Charlie Hyde, Hunter Piikington, Bowers Phillips, Clarence Burchfield, Holland Wiggins, Gler Conley, Ross bavis, W. C. Woodard, and H. C. Enloe. Are you entit ed i wear a 1))^ "target " iape! button? Ton are if yon are investing at eMt** least ten percent of your in /HK come in War Bonds every pay day It's your badge of pa triotism.
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