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Times
The Only Newspaper Published in Swain County
BRYSON C!TY, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 8,1943
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VOL. LVI NO. I
WORMNG COMMiTTEE
FOR RECREATMNAL
FAC!UT!ES NAMED
Much Interest Shown At
Meeting Of Citizens,
And TV A Personnel
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Prospects look good for adequate
recreational facilities for all kinds of
pleasure and recreation, to suit all
ages and desires of Bryaon City citi
zens and our TVA men and women
' now residing in our city. Definite
steps were taken at a meeting of citi
zens and TVA people in the court
house Tuesday evening. Mayor E.
H. Moody was named to head a work
ing committee composed of the fol
lowing: Mrs. H. L. Bacon, represent
ing the Woman's club, R. O. Padgett,
TVA; W. E. Elmore, chamber of com
merce; W. T, Martin, Hons club; and
Philip E. BrintnaH, Rotary club. This
committee will meet Friday night to
make plans for carrying out the work.
The meeting was opened by Mayor
Moody, who introduced W. T. Mar
tin. Mr. Martin acted as chairman
and called on various ones fbr their
comment on what Bryson City might
de toward supplying the much need
ed recreational facilities. Many good
suggestions were brought out. Mr.
S. W. Black told of the fine golf
course and suggested that more peo
ple use it this season, and also of the
possibilities connected with develop
ment of the island. Few small towns
can boast of a city park, but Bryson
City has one—one of the prettiest
anywhere. All that is needed is a
small outlay of time and money for
repairing the foot bridge, rebuilding
furnaces, picnic tables and making
other improvements. Mayor Moody
said that this was to be done right
away. Mrs. H. L. Bacon told of the plan
for shuffle boards. Mr. W. E. El
more brought out the swimming pos
sibilities. Mh Padgett, manager of
1 TVA personnel office ,told of the def
inite need for such facilities and that
TVA would do all its could do coop
erate in making them possible. Mr.
Marvin Smith of C & M division TVA
also stressed the need for recreational
facilities and offered TVA's coopera
tion.
* E. S. Christenberry, head of recrea
tional and educational work for TVA
in this area, told of the possibility of
a TVA recreaitonal director for this
section to help develop the things
discussed in the meeting and to di
rect a planned program for the area.
This, he said was not official, but
merely a possibility which he would
try to help bring about. Gwen Franks
told of parties planning to install a
bowling alley here, which would be
operated in a manner that men and
ladies would enjoy playing.
Since TVA is vacating the auditori
um of the community building the
fire department plans to hold a square
dance there on each Monday night
during the summer. The local or
chestra will also hold regular round
dances in the building this summer.
Dr. J. L. Woody, Miss Catherine
Ogden, Philip Brintnall, Chas. M.
Robinson, Jr., and a number of others
brought out the possibility of soft
ball league, tennis, badminton and
other forms of recreational advan
tages. One of the finest types of rec
reation already developed and serving
the public is the Marianna Black Li
brary, with its several thousand of
latest and best books for all types of
taste in reading matter. The library
is serving a very definite and vital
need in the community. It is one of
the largest and best in Western North
Carolina.
Swain High Band played a number
of popular pieces preceeding the meet
ing.
Methodist Revival Meeting
About two months ago we secured
Dr. J. L. Stokes II of Franklin Meth
odist Church to do the preaching for
us during our Pre-Easter revival.
Though we knew that he could help
us at this time yet we did not know
until this week just how many days
he could be with us.
The date is April 14-25.
' The Rotarians remember he was
here to address them about three
months ago.
Dffe public is cordially invited to
attend. _,,
Snelson Appointed Registrar
For City Eiection
It was announced in last week's
Times that Mrs. T. A. Sandlin had
been appointed by the town board of
aldermen to serve as Registrar for
the coming city election. Mrs. Sand
lin would not accept the job and Mr.
P. L. Snelson has been appointed in
stead. V. L. Cope and W. T. Hyams
were appointed judges.
For all who have not registered and
are entitled to vote in the May 4
election, the books are open at all
times in the city office.
The election Will be held on Tues
day, May 4, at which time a mayor
and board of three aldermen will be
elected.
CITY OFEKMLS AM
CMMCtl EMMS MOVE
MIMPROVE CEMETERY
Mayor E. H. Moody stated yester
day that a committee ofmembers of
the churches in town had been ap
pointed to work with city officials in
carrying out plans for beautifying
and keeping up the Bryson City ceme
tery. The members of the church
committee are: W. B. Bostic, Bap
tist; Kelly E. Bennett, Presbyterian
and W. T. Martin, Methodist.
Mayor Moody said that a caretaker
is to be hired by the month to take
care of the graves and see that' the
grounds are trimmed and flowers and
shrubs planted. The citizens of the
community are requested to make
their donations now in order to help
get the work started. Mr. Moody Will
accept the donations and turn the
money over to secretary-treasurer^
after the cemetery association is or
ganized and such an officer appoint
ed.
TVA LETS 7 MtLES OF
RAtLROAO GRACE 10
UTAH CONST. COMPANY
Machinery To Arrive This '
Week To Start Construction
At Once
A contract has been signed between
the Tennessee Vailey Authority and
Utah Construction Company whereby
the construction company gets the
contract for buildiny seven of the 14
miles of new grade for die Southern
Railway TVA is building West of
Bryson City. The section that Utah
will build starts near the home of
Sherman Crisp on Buckner Branch
and extends to Patterson Springs.
Machinery is expected to arrive
this week to begin the work at once,
officials said. Many new families and
workmen are expected to come
to Bryson City to carry on the work.
TVA will build the link of rail line
from the Bryson City yard limit to
Buckner Branch, and the link from
Patterson Springs to Almond, where
it connects with a five mile link al
ready well underway by TVA. The
entire length of the new location for
the road from Bryson City to Wesser
is around 14 miles. The old line by
way of Byshnell is about 22 miles.
The new location for the road, tak
ing it out of the Fontana reservoir
area, will cross the Tuckaseigee river
at the mouth of Bryson Branch, on a
450-foot bridge. The bridge to be of
concrete piers and steel girders, 30
feet above the water. It will con
tinue across wher!e C & M office and
shop now stands, crossing highway
No. 1^ and will follow the highway
ai 100 feet distance on the south side
to about Jenkins cemetery where it
will again cross the highway, follow
Buckner coming back through a gap
and follow the highway 100 feet on
the north side through the Jackson
Line conununity and then go down
Alarka Creek and old highway No.
10 to Patterson Springs and Almond.
The section of Highway No, 19
where the rail line crosses just after
it crosses Tuckaseigee river, will be
rebuilt, locating it 100 feet to the
South of the rail line. This is the
section of road from near C & M of
fice to Jenkins cemetery.
BIGGEST FINANCING JOB IN HISTORY
We have read of "Millions and Billions" until those
terms are about as familiar as "hundreds and thousands"
were at one time. But 13 Billion Dollars is something
our mind almost fails to comprehend, yet this huge
sum is what the United States Treasury Department
will open its Second War Loan Drive for on April 12,
constituting the biggest financing campaign ever un
dertaken by any government in world history.
This staggering sum of money is necessary for the
Victory Drive of America and other Allied Armies and
Navies—Swain County's part in this big job is to raise
$133,100.00, another sizable job for a county of this size.
This means that every idle dollar in the pockets of every
man, woman and child in the county must be brought
out and put to Work for Victory. The task and cost of
providing arms, ammunitions, transportation and food
for millions of men of our own Army, Navy and Marine
Corps and providing for lend-lease shipments of guns,
tanks, planes and ships, and other war materials for use
by our Allies—must be borne, in a large measure, by the
American^eople left here at home.
Americans have been buying more and own more
government securities than ever before in the history
of the nation, and still that isn't enough. We are going
to raise this staggering sum of 13 billion dollars if we are
to match the sacrifice of our brothers, sons and fathers
out there giving their lives every day that America
may remain the free land of liberty and justice that we
all want.
"They Gave Their Lives—You Lend Your Money."
April 10 Last Date To
Get Ration Book No. 2
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The !oca! War Price and Ration
Board, R. O. Martin, chairman
haa announced that next Satur
day, Aprii 10, is the iast and final
date on which anyone can regis
ter for food ration book No. 2.
This is the book with the biue
and red points for buying canned
goods and meats, those who
have not registered for this book
shouid do so at the iocai ration
office at once.
Bryson Rotarians WiH
Attend Dist. Conference
Greenville, S. S., April 6—(Special)
—Rotarians from North and South
Carolina will gather here Tuesday,
April 13, for a one-day, streamlined,
war-activated district conference^ ac
cording to L. Pete Hollis, local con
ference chairman.
The 49 clubs comprising this 190th
district of Rotary International have
in excess of 2,000 members, apd dur
ing the past year all of the clubs have
been actively engaged in multiple
phases of wartime activities.
The conference will have as its prin
cipal speakers, Hon. James C. Derieux,
regional director of OPA, Atlanta;
Hon. Porter W. Carswell, Waynes
boro, Ga., director of Rotary Inter
national; and Irving Morgan, Jr.,
Farmville, N. C., past officer of Ro
tary International.
Opening at 10:45 A. M., all sessions
will be held at the Hotel Poinsett here.
The final session will colse at 4:30 P.
M. The theme of the conference will
be "Rotary Serving in War and in
Peace" Dr. O. Sylvester Green, presi
dent of Coker College, is district
governor this year, and will be in
charge of all sessions of the confer
ence. ^
Sgt. Robert Almond Returns
To States Following injury
Sgt. Robert Almond, son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Almond, who vol
unteered in the Army in June, 1940,
trained at Fort Bragg and was sent to
a foreign front in February, 1942, has
been wounded, according to a mes
sage received by his brother, Gove
Almond, last week. Sgt. Almond has
been sent back to the States and is
now in the U. S. Lettergien hospital,
San Francisco, Calif.
It had been several months since
relatives here had heard from Mr. Al
mond, prior to the message of his in
jury.
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Fellows Returns To Base
After 9 Day Furlough
Mechanist Mate 2nd Class Robert
Fellows, member of the Naval Sea
bees, (Construction forces), returned
to his base at Gulfport, Miss., on Sun
day after spending nine days here with
his wife, the former Miss Bobbie
Nichols.
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Young Part-Time Workers
May Apply For Social
Security Cards
Many students now have part-time
jobs. They may be working in stores,
or in shops after school and on Satur
days. As more men go into the armed
forces, and as more men and women
find jobs in war and other essential
industries, added numbers of boys
and girls will obtain social security
cards and go into after school work.
Social Security Board officials say
that every pupil who takes a job
should realize the importance of safe
guarding his account number card.
The card represents his insurance
policy with the Federal Government.
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN EO!TOR FEATURES N. C,
.AGRICULTURE AS OUTSANOING !N NATION
Raleigh, N. C., March 31.—A splen
didly written story which brings
Nroth Carolina's agricultural story
into more than two million homes and
before a readership of some ten mil
lion persons appears in Country
Gentleman, April issue out
today. This story is a direct result
of the national advertising being done
by the state of North Carolina under
the direction of the Department of
Conservation and Development.
The managing editor of Country
Gentleman, Arnold Nicholson, came
to North Carolina and visited many of
the officials and private citizens who
have become identified with the state's
requickened interest in her agricul
tural resources.
Editor Nicholson called his story
"Agriculture-Senior Partner."" In it
he paints a cameo-clear picture of a
state wherein industry and agriculture
go forward hand-in-hand, with agri
culture rather than manufacturing
given the leading role. He points out
that two-thirds of the state's citizens
live on farms, although some are
right now driving into nearby cities
where they are working in war-goods
production.
Governor Broughton's interest in
lending every support to agriculture
is stressed, with honorable mention
to many others whose names are well
known throughout the state. State
Senator L. Y. Ballentine, Dr. L. D.
Baver, Irving F. Hall, Legislator
Thomas Persall, R. Bruce Etheridge,
Paul Kelly, Josh L. Horne, Dr. A. O.
Shaw, Harry B. Caldwell, Commis
sioner Kerr Scott. What these men
ate doing to increase the effective
ness of North Carolina is becoming
known beyond the confines of the
state, and the story which leads'off
for the April issue of Country Gentle
man will spread the message of the
state throughout the nation.
Swain County Almost
Doubles'Red Cross Quota
Swain county men in the armed
forces can took on the homefoik
with pride, satisfaction and as
surance that their weifare is of
first importance back here. The
home front in Swain county
proved this when its citizens went
out and aintost doubted its Red
Cross War fund quota of $3,300
in a short time iast month. The
treasurer has* received to date
over $6,000 with some sections
yet to turn in funds coiteeted
which is expected wi!) more than
doubie the amount of the quota.
NUMBER OF FOREST
FtRES BEtNB FUUBHT
!N COUNTY TH!S WEEK
County Fire and Game Warden,
Dover Dean, has reported that local
citizens and TVA personnel are fight
ing a number of fires in the forest of
the county this week.
The largest reported was on Cham
bers Creek with 70 men combating it.
It has burned over 600 acres of wood
land. The area is outside of the park.
Fire is still burning on Rattlesnake
mountain which can be seen from
town.
Mr. Dean said farmers clearing
gardens and pasture are responsible
for at least two of the fires.
A large fire has been in progress on
Cable and Matt branches in the Hazel
Creek section. Another fire in that
section is between Bluff branch and
Calhoun branch. Both are said to be
under control and were fought by
TVA crews.
Sunday night a fire started on
Land'^CreeKf Endangering the Bry
son City watershed, but was soon put
out by Mr. Dean and his men.
All persons who bum brush or old
fields should notify county fire war
den, Dover Dean, before they set the
fRe. He can be reached over phone
No. 7208.
Earwood Has Put Golf
Course Kn Good Condition
Get out our "old" golf balls, if you
have any and your favorite irons,
Harlin Earwood says that he has the
Bryson City golf course in excellent
condition. Mr. Earwood must have
known that the warm spring weather
would give the boys the old yearning.
The season opened April 1. The
tee-offs and greens have been im
proved and put in fine shape. Some
of the greens have been mpde larger
and the roughs have been cleared off
and fairways put in good condition.
If you don't make par now, it won't
be the fault of the course, Mr. Ear
wood thinks.
Mr. A. L. Martin Has Three
Sons In Armed Service
Mr. A. L. Martin, who lost his wife
some ten years ago and has raised his
family practically alone, now has
three of the boys serving with the
various parts of armed forces. Annis
L. Martin is stationed at Camp Rob
inson, Ark., in charge of issuing food
for different camps in that vicinity.
Floyd A. Martin is in the Coast Guard
at Jamestown, R. 1., and Jack Martin
is stationed at Ipfwick, Mass. An
other son, just coming 1&, is expected
to be in serice soon.
Jack is at home on a ten-day fur
lough this week. He will return to
his base Saturday.
John R. Jones, Sr., Is
Jefferson Standard Agent
Recently the Jefferson Standard
Life Insurance Company carried a
large 60-inch advertisment in The
Times, which included the name of
John R. Jones, Jr., as Special Repre
sentative of Bryson City. The name
should have been John R. Jones, Sr.,
Special Representative, Sylva. Bry
son City and vicinity is included in
Mr. Jones' field. Mr. Jones comes to
Bryson City quite often to contact
his clients. He can be reached by
letter or phone at Sylva at any time.
Charlie Baynor and his son, Lester,
3f Beaufort County have 1,100 chicks.
At four weeks of age, they had lost
only 17 which is not as many as the
extra chicks supplied in the shipment.
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Drive Starts Monday,
Swain Has Gone Over
Quota Every Month
S. W. B!aek, County Chm.,
Organizing Workers To Go
Out After Every Idle DoHar
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The government of the United States
is asking its citizens to lend it 13 bil
lions of dollars in the next few weeks.
We can do it. And we must do it, says
the"Secretary of the Treasury.
Swam County's quota of this
gigantic sum of money is set at $133,
100 and it is to be raised beginning
Monday, April 12th through April
30th.
Thirteen billions of dollars is a lot
cf money for the nation to raise, and
so is $133,100 for Swain county. In
fact, only four Western N. C. counties
have a larger quota than Swain. They
are: Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson
and McDowelL
Mr. S. W. Black, chairman of the
war finance committee for this coun
ty, is completing hi3 organization for
making a successful campaign to raise
this quota. He has asked that every
citizen of the county be willing and
ready to put every idle dollar to
work for Victory. Don't wait for the
workers to come to see you, he said,
but go down to your bank, postoffice
or any other place selling war bonds
and buy to the limit at once. This is
to be a campaign in which workers
will call on everyone who can possi
ble buy bonds and stamps. These
workers are giving their time free.
Be ready and help them complete the
work just as quickly as possible.
"This is our toughest war, we've
made a good start. We've trained q
IBt of MeM—made a lot of weapons—
built a lot of ships. But it's only a
start. No man or woman among us
would contend for a single instant
that we re doing enough to win this
war!" These are the words of our
Government. t
COUNTY SCHOOL BOARO
ORGAMiZES AMO ELECTS
LOCAL CQMMtTTEEMEN
The Swain County Board of Educa
tion met in an organizing meeting
Monday, April 5, at which time S. W.
Black was named chairman. The
other members are G. L. Redmond
and R. E. Breedlove.
Warren L. La than was re-elected
superintendent of county school for
a term of two years. "Mrs. James Cor
dell was re-elected office secretary.
L. V. Davis was re-elected county
mechanic, and Mrs. Noralee Calhoun
as attendance officer.
The board named the following lo
cal committeemen: <
District No. 1, Bryson City and
Alarka—J. R. Long, K. E. Bennett,
H. P. Browning, G. B. Ledford, Alarka,
and Mrs. G. D. Franks. McKinley
Edwards resigned his place on the
committee as he is a member of the
legislature and has a part in making
laws affecting the schools. He con
sidered it best that he not be a mem
ber of the board. Mrs. Franks wag
appointed in his place.
District No. 2—Almond, J. O. Free
man, Ed Bates, J. R. Carson, Norman
Totherow, and L. M. DeHart.
District No. 3—Proctor, L. B. Cal
houn, Ike Welch, and A. H. Herron.
District No. 4—Whittier, T. T.
Vamer, G. W. Beck and Frank Red
mond.
BOARD APPROVES 9 MOS. TERM
The board approved the ninth month
addition to the term of all Swain
county school, beginning with the
fall session. The last legislature
passed a bill providing for a nine
months state school term, but left it
optional with the various systems as
to whether they increased their terms
or remained on the eight months ses
sions. It is gratifying to know that
Swain county is to have nine months
terms hereafter.
Red Cross Workers Needed
Woman's gowns and men's
shirts, cut and ready to be sewed
may be found in Miss Caidweii's j
office in the courthouse. These
Red Cross garments must be $
made. Who wiii votunteer? j