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VOL. LVI NO. 6 ‘ BRYSON CITY, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 1,1943 . VlJSO A YEAR
TOWN AND FIRM
WARTIME
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SOLDIERS BACK TO FARMS
The War Department has announced
procedures by which North Carolina
soldiers, as individuals, may obtain
discharges from the army to return to
their farms. Soldiers on active duty
in the continental U. S., who are 38
years of age and over, may be dis
charged upon favorable consideration
or written applications submitted
prior to May 1, 1943. These requests
■Mist be accompanied by a letter or
statement from local farm agents to
Ike effect that the soldiers will be em
ployed in essential agricultural ac
tivities if discharged from the army.
Such requests are made by the sol
dier to his immediate commanding of
» Hcer. A. soldier meeting these re
/ quirements will be discharged prompt
ly unless his release will seriously
sdfect the efficiency of his unit
NO INSPECTION, NO GAS
The ODT reminds Tar Heel oper
ators of commercial motor vehicles
taet the deadline for tire inspection
was February 38. So far, less than
2$ per cent of siich operators have had
tktar tires inspected, and now the
State OPA is moving to correct this
•tirelessness on the part of truck op
erators by ruling that no second
quarter allotments of gas will be given
.iwipca a tire inspection certificate is
presented. The ODT urges North
Carolina operators to save themselves
unnecessary trouble by having their
tires inspected immediately.
ANY TIME, NOW! j
State OCD headquarters Was repre
sented in Atlanta this week for a
regional conference by State Director
R. L. McMillian. Coming back to
North Carolina Director McMillian
brought one of the l?est statements to
be issued in many a day—Major Gen
eral U. S. Grant, III, said “We keep
in touch with the-Army and if the
time comes when we can let down
we will ten the piibfi* b*fr*hat time,
has not come yet. It is necessary that
we continue on the alert.”
From here on out air raid alarms
might be called by the' Army at any
* time in North Carolina. The training
period is over and surprise tests
might come at any time. General
Grant’s statement made clear that
OCD is—and must stay—on the job.
FARM MACHINERY
The government freeze on the last
item of farm machinery needed for
food crop production has now been
lifted, according to the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. Distribution
directives for all haying and harvest
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FARMERS ASSURED
UNIT OF GAS FOR
FARM OPERATIONS
Farmers may schedule their 1943
crops with the assurance that they
will be able to obtain enough gasoline
lor all necessary- truck operations,
local fuel supplies permitting, Joseph
B Eastman, Director of Office of De
fense Transportation, said today.
“The ODT’s mileage control pro
cram for commercial motor vehicles
S completely flexible,” Mr. Easteman
said “Farmers may request adjust
justment of their Certificates of War
Necessity whenever conditions war
rant. _
Move To Farm Near
Cold Springs
Mr and Mrs. • Carroll Gibson and
lamily are moving today to their farm
*ear Cold Springs church on U. S. 1».
They have sold their home here to
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hyams. Mr. Gib
son will continue his work as sales
man for Slayden, Fakes and Co., and
Miss Helen Gibson Will continue as
assistant cashier of the Bryson City
Bank, driving in each day.
State Doctor To Examine
Men Working In Industry t
Mr. Simon P. Davis, manager of the*
local United States Employment of
fice, has announced that Dr. T. Fi
Vestal, Director, Division of Industrial
Hygiene, State Board of Health will,
come to Sylva in the near future to
hold a clinic for -examination of in
i' dustrial workers, especially men
K whose jobs subject them to dust. Any
«ne interested in going to this clinic
must make application to Mr. Davi$
and. he will notify them of the date to
go to Sylva.
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His Pigs Go to War
Tmmi Johnny Clay of Bocky
Mount, North Carofina, is typical of
farm children raising victory pigs
and devoting profits to War Bonds.
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SUMMED ANNOUNCES
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
FOR SWAIN HI FINALS
Mr. O. F. Summer, principal of
Swain high school, has announced an
outline of the program for the finals
of the school. A more detailed pro
gram will be announced later.
The exercises will get underway
on Friday, April 23, at 1 P. M. when
the class holds Class Day exercises.
This; pt-dgfam wftrbe put oh by -the
studehts, and is original with them.
They are being directed by Miss Mar
garet Messer, assisted by Mrs. Berlin
Thqmasson.
The baccalaureate sermon is sche
duled for Sunda'y morning, April 25,
at 11:15 o’clock with the Rev. Chas.
M. Robinson, Jr., pastor of the Bryson
City Presbyterian church, bringing
the message. Miss Mary Long will
be in charge of and direct the music
for the service.
The final graduating exercises will
be'held Monday, April 26, at 11 o’clock
A. M. This part of the program usu
ally held at night, is being held dur
ing thcv'day this year due to transpor
tation and other \yartime problems,
and at the request of the Senior class.
Speaking for the graduating occas
ion will be by six seniors, Miss Ruth
Patterson will give the valedictory
address and Miss Mary Ellen Cole the
salutatory. Four other seniors, se
lected by the faculty, to speak are:
Louise Edwards, Martha Katherine
Sandlin, Ted Bishop and Edwin Mon
teith.
The class is composed of 58 mem
bers this year, 19 boys and 39 girls.
The class of ’42 had 53 member and
the class ’41 had 61 members.
MARSHALS SELECTED
Marshals selected from the rising
Senior class are—Chief, Lacy Stall
ings, Dorothy Davis, Helen Franklin,
Jackie Lewis and Ralph Cody, Jr.
From the rising Junior class are:
Bobbie Lee Keeter, June Wright and
Earl Martin.
U. S. Civil Service
Representative To Be,
In Town April 5-6
Frederick Sheetz, representative of
the United States Ciyil Service Com
mission, will be at the employment
office in Bryson City Monday and
Tuesday, April 5 and 6, for the pur
pose of taking applications foi- per
sons interested in taking government
work at Pearl Harbor.
Moody Is Chairman Of
Compensation For CD
All firemen, auxiliary firemen and
auxiliary police are covered toy the
State compensation commission and
if'anyone suffers an injury or acci
dent of any kind during a blackout or
while performing any other duties
connected with Civilian Defense work
can get the benefit of this, protection.
Mr. E. H. Moody has been appointed
chairman of a committee to pass on
any such claims that may result under
this phase of work.
Farm Youth of U. S.
Looks to Tomorrow
' f 'OMORROW’S farmers and farm
homemakers are second to no
school group in their enthusiasm
for investing in War Bonds and
Stamps to make sure their future
is secure. Through the Schools At
War program they are investing
what they save and earn in War
Stamps and Bonds.
First evidence of this is the
amount the 4-H Club boys and girls
and the FFA boys invested in war
.savings in 1942 from “Victory Pig"
and other projects. A million and a
half 4-H Club members put $6,000,
000 of their own savings in War
Bonds and Stamps and sold $2,500,
00O worth of War Savings to their
neighbors. Nearly a quarter mil
lion members of Future Farmers of
America invested more than $1,
500,000.
Spurred by the realization that
the financial welfare of farm fami
lies the next 20 ^ears depends on
how wiselv they use today’s higher
incomes from increased food and
other wartime production, both
groups'have set their goals still
higher for 1943.
These farm- youths are building
financial reserves, and urging their
parents to do the same, for after
the-war necessities, to meet finan
cial emergencies and to help them
get started in college.
They’re building reserves today
for tomorrow’s farm buildings and
for the other things they will need
when they’re tomorrow’s farmers
and homemakers.
MAYOR, BOARD Or
ALDERMEN TO BE
ELECTED MAY 4 •
Registration Books Open
April 4; Two For Mayor And
Three For Board Filed
Election of city officials has been
ordered by the Board of Aldermen^ for
the town of Bryson City .cn Tu^Jay,
May 4fft. Officers to oft at
that time will be mayor afid three
aldermen.. The election will be held
in the courthouse in Bryson City.
Little interest has been evident so
far in the coming election, two can
didates have filed for mayor, incum
bent Bill Moody and Harley H. Welch.
Thurman Leatherwood, and R. Q.
Woody, incumbents and J. H. Coffey
have filed .for the board of aldermen.
The board has appointed Mrs. T. A.
Sandlin as registrar. Judges have
| not been appointed as yet. The regis
tration bdbks will be open in the
courthouse Saturday, April 4.
The present town officials are: E.
h (Bill) Moody, mayor; Thurman
Leatherwood, Carroll Gibson and R.
Q. Woody compose the board. Mr.
Gibson will move outside of the cor
poration this week and will not be
eligible for the race at this time.
First Moil On Railroad
Was Carried In 1831
More than one hundred and eleven
years ago, in November, 1831, a little
woodburning locomotive puffed its
way along the tracks of the South
Carolina Railroad between Charles
ton and Hamburg,.S. C. Trailing be
hind were several dinkey little cars.
One of them carried the first United
States mail to be handled by an
American railroad.
Today, the transportation of mail,
particularly mail addressed to men
in uniform, is an important job for
the Southern Railway System of
which the South Carolina Railroad is
a part.
“The men and women of the South
ern know what mail from home means
to a fighting man”, Ernest E. Norris,
president of the Southern Railway
System, said recently in a statement
which is now appearing in newspap
ers. “That’s why we keep it moving,
day and night, regardless of its vol
ume, and regardless of the thousand
and one difficulties a railroad faces
in time of war.”
“We know, too”, Mr. Norrts added,
“that the same faith and hope and
courage which today enrich this mail
to America’s fighting men, will to
morrow inspire a new and a greater
Southland.”
Swain Co. FSA Agents Attend
Meeting In Hayesville
An area poultry demonstration was
held in Hayesville Tuesday. H. P.
Wood, area poultry specialist, Ra
leigh, was in charge. W. R. Choate,
Swain ciounty Farm Security super
visor, and Miss Daisy Caldwell, home
sueprvisor, attended the meeting.
SWAIN COUNTY MEN
TO LEAVE FOR FORT
BRAGG THIS WEEK
Men Accepted For Army,
Navy, Manne Corps
And Coast Guard
. Twenty-five Swain county men ac
cepted for service in the Army will
leave by special bus, 19 of them today
and -six on Friday morning for Fort
Bragg to begin their training. Seven
men accepted for service in the Navy,
two in the Marines and one with the
Coast Guard will leave at later dates.
The men leaving Thursday morning
are:
Wayne S. Southards, Warren H.
Chastain, James W. Stanberry, Ver
non M. Lollis, Glenn D. Brown, Sam
uel D. Lambert, Roy L. Gibby, James
jT. Green, William C. Cable, acting
corporal; Walter N. Seay, Robert L.
Sherrill, Thurman S. Walls, Carter
A. Cable, Leonard L. Roper, George
[B. Cothran, James R. Woodard, John
[H. Tallen, Mark Grant, Willard J.
Plemmons.
Those leaving Friday, April 2, are:
Jesse J. Seay, James R. Lambert;
Albert L. Watkins, Leonard Williams,
James W. Laney and James C. Lowe.
Accepted for the Navy are:
James Clint Brogden, Kermit Madi
son Johnson, Carroll Tabor, Johnny
Butler Sneed, Kenneth Osco Sneed,
Ralph ftebert Johnson, Buel Raymond
BrendSfe."
Coast Guard — Hasting Barnard
Buchanan.
Marines—Charlie Elex Randall and
James Denning Rochester.
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RECAPS NOW AVAILABLE
WITHOUT ORDER
Holder? of gas ration books can now
securing a purchase order from a local
ration board. To keep necessary auto
mobiles on tbe road during 1943, car
owners will have to guard against
tire damage and have tires recapped
as soon as the non-skid tread wears
off their tires. Recapping saves rub
ber by preserving the tire carcass and
requires only about one-third as mucli
rubber as is used in making the “Vic
tory Tire.” This means that you may
be able to get, in terms of rubber, as
high as five tires for one. Most tires
can be recapped. Ask your local re
treading shop about yours. The
cost is moderate—ceiling price for
recapping a 6.00x16 tires is only $6.50.
Specifically, the new eligibility rules
as released by theh Office of Price
Administration are:
1. There is no restriction on the re
capping of passenger car tires with
“passenger type came 1-back.”
‘ Camel-back” is any rubber com
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Final Warning To
Blackout Violators
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Mr. W. T. Hyams, coordinator of
civilian defense activities in Swain
county and chief of the Bryson City
fire department has issued to final
warning to all persons failing to ob
serve blackout regulations in future
blackouts. The violators will be ar
rested and subjected to a fine or im
prisonment. Authority for the ar
rests comes through United States
Army.
Several violations were noted dur
ing the surprised test last week, Mr.
Hyams stated. These will not be
tolerated in the future, he said.
Blackout Violators
Feel Teeth
A few people who did not comply
with blackout regulations in the state
last week found out that here are
teeth in the air raid regulations. A
Durham automobile, driver who re
fused to park and extinguish his lights
when ordered to do so by an auxiliary
policeman was fined $25 and the costs.
In Kinston a woman who refused to
extinguish an oil lamp was sentenced
to two days in jail.
County Health Nurse
Goes to Florida
Mrs. Jack Courtney Smith, county
health nurse, left today for a month’s
vacation with her husband in Tampa,
Fla.
Mrs. Doris Hicks, former county
health nurse, will be in the office
during Mrs. Smith’s absence.
PROBLEM OF PROPER RECREATION FACILITIES
FACING CITIZENS OF BRYSON CITY
April 10 Last Date To *
Get Ration Book No. 2
The local War Price and Ration
Board, R. O. Martin, chairman
has announced that next Satur
day, April 10, is the last and final
date oh -which anyone can regis
ter for food ration book No. 2.
This is the book with the blue
and red points for buying canned
goods and meats. Those who
have not registered for this book
should do so at the local ration
office at once,
April Meeting Of Woman’s
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Club Monday Afternoon
The regular monthly meeting of the
Bryson City Woman’s Club will be
held in the library on April 5, at 3
o’clock. Mrs. Harold Bacon is chair
man of the program on Victory Gar
dens. Mr. Philip Brintnall will be
die speaker. All women of the com
munity are cordially invited to the
meeting.
TOP RANK 4-H’ER
SALUTE 4-H’er Louise McPherson
19, of Camden, N.( C., for her
war and peacetime efforts! In five
years she made 25 household con
veniences, sewed 78 garments,
raised a garden and poultry, canned
2,798 pints, took part in judging and
demonstrations, won $20 on exhi
bits, was a junior leader one year
and made seven radio and other
talks on 4-H. * * * Named by the
State 4-H Office at Raleigh winner
in the national girl’s record con
test, she received a trip through
Montgomery Ward, to the first war
time National 4-H Ciub Congress
held last December in Chicago. The
contest is continued tor the twenty
first year. •
GOOD NUTRITION MEANS
EATING RIGHT KINDS
OF FQODSEVERY DAY
Good nutrition—eating the proper
amounts and kinds of food—is essen
tial for each of us if we are to make
the greatest possible contribution to
ward winning the war. How can you
get the proper foods? Experts say
you only need to be sure you eat
something from each of the “basic
seven food groups every day.”
' These seven nutrition groups are
your guide to health and energy:
Nutrition Group One—GREEN AND
YELLOW VEGETABLES. Eat them
raw, cooked, frozen or canned.
- Nutrition Group Two—ORANGES,
TOMATOES, GRAPEFRUIT ... or
cabbage or salad greens.
Nutrition* Group Three—POTA
TOES AND OTHER VEGETABLES
AND FRUITS .>. . the way you like
them best—raw, cooked, dried, frozen
or canned. \
Nutrition Group Four—MILK AND
MILK PRODUCTS . . . fluid, evapor
ated, dried milk or cheese. *
Nutrition Group Five — MEAT,
POULTRY, FISH OR EGGS. If these
are hard to get have dried, peas,
nuts or peanut butter.
Nutrition Group Six — BREAD,
FLOUR, AND CEREALS . . . Natural
whole grain, or enriched or restored.
Nutrition Group Seven—BUTTER
AND FORTIFIED MARGARINE
(with vitamin A aidded).
Of course, in addition to these basic
seven, eat any other foods you want.
USE UNRATIONED FOODS
When you go shopping, try to fill
nutritional requirements with unra
tioned foods as far as possible. And
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Hundreds of New Comers
With TV A With Times On
Hands; Mass Meeting Called
For Tuesday Night, April $
At 8:30
Bryson City has never had ade
quate recreation facilities for summer
outdoor entertainment and with the
coming to town of hundreds of young
men and women with TVA the prob
lem has grown acute. However, steps
are being taken to see if some plans
can be worked out to relieve this
situation. The members of the Bry
son City Lions Club are taking die
lead in the matter, and they have the
backing of a large group of TVA of
ficials. A committee from the Lions
Club to work with committees from
the Rotary and other civic clubs and
organizations, has been appointed.
This committee bas called a public
meeting for next Tuesday evening at
8:30 in the courthouse for the purpose
of hearing expressions from the gen
eral public on the matter and to set
up a working organization to carry
out what plans may be decided upon.
Every public spirited citizen of the
community is invited and urged to
attend the meeting Tuesday night.
FARMERS FEDERATION
HAS ANNUAL STOCK
HOLDERSMEETING
H. C. Enloe Reelected To
Board; $2,000,000 Business
Report For Year 1942
H. C. Enloe of Judson was reelected
, t° the bo^rt ol dirertcc at ttej'arm
ers Federation for a period of two
years when Federation stockholders
held their annual meeting Saturday
in Asheville. C. T. Parrish, of Bry
son City Route % is also a director of
the cooperative, but did not come up
for reelection since his term does not
expire for another year.
A number of Swain county stock
holders attended and heard James J.
K. McClure, Federation president,
and Guy M. Sales, General Manager,
report an exceptional business year
for the organization. Retail sales
amounted to more than two million
dollars during 1942, the officials re
ported.
Mr. Sales premised the utmost co
operation of the Federation in the
packaging and marketing of all food
farmers of Western North Carolina
can produce this year for the war ef
fort.
Mr. McClure elaborated on his
statements. It must be the first ob
jective of the cooperative and of every
farmer to produce every pound of
food possible.
Charles R. Brown, head of the
Marketing Department, reported that
right now the egg and poultry of the
farmers marketed represents the. be
ginning of a large industry, and at
the same time is a great contribution
to the war food production.
Mr. Browning said that income
from this source has already passed
the $60,000 mark during March, and
this represents 72,000 pounds ox
chickens and 4,000 cases of eggs. This
year, he continued, the Federation’s
dressing plant has processed 187,000
pounds of poultry and graded and
shipped more than 250,000 dozen eggs
—more than 20 cars. The money
value he set at $141,000.
Jack Gattis, hatchery manager, re
porting on progress of the hatchery.,
said that in 1941 there were 50 supply
flock owners in 11 counties; in 1942
there 71 owners in 13 counties; in
1941 the incubator capacity was 83,000
eggs; in 1942 it was 171,000; and now
it is 313,000.
During 1942, he said, 1,158,874 cer
tified baby chicks were hatched and
distributed, and the income to the
fiock owners averaged $732. Plans
for 1943 call for 100 flocks in 14
counties.
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Boy Scouts
There will be a meeting of the Boy
Scout Board of Reviews Friday even
ing at 8 o’clock n the offices of Dr. J.
L. Woody. All members are urged to
be present. Scouts wishing to pass
Second and First Class, and Merit
Badge tests are to report promptly, at
that time, bringing with them the
proper qualifications for presentation
to the board.