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VOL. LVI NO. 9 ~ BRYSON CITY(nTC.) TIMES THURSDAY, APRIL2271943 _R1.50AYEAR
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Will Americans Be More Tender With
Their Money Than Lives of Their Sons
Washington, D. C. — A blunt challenge—whether Amer
icans will be more tender with their money than with the lives
of their sons — confronts U. S. citizens as they prepare to
meet the appeal of the government to put an additional 13 billion
dollars into the fight in the next three weeks.
American dollars wnicn run off to
some cozy shelter to hide while
American boys are dying to defend
our cities and towns from destruc
tion and invasion will face a rising
demand from all classes of patriotic
1 citizens to come out and fight.
Millions of workers who now are
buying War Bonds, regularly out of
current income must lend extra
money to their government during
the Second War Loan campaign
(Which started April 12).
In recognition of the spirit of sac
rifice which is sweeping over the
land as our troops swing into of
fensive action in Africa and await
the signal for a landing in Europe,
■ the Treasury Department is offering
>• series of government bonds to fit
every pocketbook.
No matter whether Americans buy
the familiar Series E Bonds or 2%
per cent bonds or 2 per cent bonds
Ux tax certificates, they will be doing
the|r part to make the Second War
Loan drive a success.
Consumer Spending Too High.
Consumer spending in 1942 was
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much too high to meet the war situa
tion of 1943. Last year more than
82 billion dollars of our soaring na
tional income went tq feed the de
sires of Americans for clothes, rec
reation, foods and luxuries. As these
items grow scarcer, more of our in
come must be diverted from such
expenses into government bonds.
During 1942 millions of our fathers,
sons, relatives and friends were, in
training here and abroad. Some
were already in action. Casualties
were beginning to bite into every
community. War Bonds became a
vital link between the home and
fighting fronts.
Today sacrifice has become a way
of life for America’s fighting men.
Civilian spending on the 1942 scale
must go out the window if the home
folks are to attempt to'match the
heroism of our boys at the front.
Not every American can take his
place in a bomber or in a foxhole
or on a fighting ship but he can fire
away at the enemy by lending
money to the government.
LOCAL MOOSE LODGE
TO INSTALL NEW
OFFICERS FRIDAY P« M.
Bryson City Lodge No. 152 Loyal
Oeder of Moose will hold its annual
installation of officers Friday night in
the lodge hall on 2nd floor of the old
Citizen Bank building.
Officers to be installed are: £. C.
Wright, Governor; R. F. Woody, Pre
late; J. A. Franks, Junior Governor;
Fred Cope, Sergeant-at-Arms; Claude
Patterson, Secretary; Frank Byrd,
Treasurer; J. W. Medford, Inner
Guard; S. C. Wiggins, Outer Guard;
B. F. Mashbum, Trustee. Mr. Mal.f
Smm’s term is for three years. All
other officers’ terms are for one year
except the secretary who serves for
two years.
Past Governor J. L. Woody will
install J. A. Franks, who will install
the other officers.
All members of the lodge are. urged
to attend this meeting.
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ADDITIONAL SUPPLY
OF FEED WHEAT NOW
READY FOR DELIVERY
Recent Congressional action freeing
an additional 100,000,000 bushels of
feed wheat will make it possible for
Swain County poultry and livestock
dealers to obtain more federally
owned wheat for feeding purposes, it
was announced today by Herbert C.
Enloe, chairman of County AAA Com-'
rnittee. ,
Release of this wheat, Chairman
Enloe said, is - aimed at relieving
shortages of feed which have occurred
ii\ many areas and assisting farmers
in meeting their production goals for
livestock, dairy, and poultry in the
1943 Food for Freedom campaign. An
allocation of 125,000,000 bushels of
wheat for feeding purposes was made
last summer, but the A lastof this
amount was sold earlier this month.
The recently released wheat will be
available to Swain County feeders at
$1.13 per bushel. Livestock, poultry,
and other feeders may place th sir or
ders with dealers, the County AAA
Committee or directly with the Com
modity Credit Corporation, Mr. Enloe
Local feed mixers and dealers will
be required to state the unsold quan
tity on hand and estimated monthly
requirements, and total amounts will
be restricted to not more than two
months’ supply. Large feed manu
facturers, distributors, and County
AAA Committees, also must state
quantities of unsold wheat on hand
and weekly requirements, and total
amounts they may have will be re
stricted to not more than two months
supply- . .
“These restrictions are being placed
cn sales in order to assure an equit
able distribution of supplies which may
be shipped immediately,” Chairman
Enloe said. “It is possible that lack
of freight cars will delay filling of
orders immediately.
Pasture _ .
The permanent pasture of Brady
Parker in Jackson County shows a
carnet of green with blue grass and
white clover while the check plot,
without lime and phosphate, is brown,
reports C. H. Kirkman.
Sheriff Frank Hyatt
Undergoes Operation
Sheriff Frank .Hyatt was taken to
the Sylva hospital last Friday where
he underwent an operation for the
removal of his appendix. He is re
covering nicely and expects to be
back in his office in a few days.
REPORT ON BOND SALES
With the usual pay roll deduction
purchases of War Bonds the credit
from the purchase by the State Treas
urer which is allotted to the one hun
dred counties and the reports that are
available from the postoffices the Bry
son City Bank and the various voluri-'
teer workers, it is estimated by S. W,
Black, chairman for Swain county of
the War Finance Committee, that
there is now in sight at least of $90,
000.00 of Swain’s quota of $133,100.00.
We have a long way still to go to
reach our objection and all patriotic
citizens are urged to invest every
dollar in these bonds. If you have
obligations to pay, try to arrange
to car/y them another month
and devote this month’s surplus in
come to purchasing war bonds. Don’t
put off your purchases but buy NOW.
Everyone who has assisted in the 2nd
War Loan campaign in the sale of
bonds—also the postoffices and the
bank are requested to send reports by
April 30th showing sales either thru
pay roll deductions or otherwise to
S. W. Black, couny chairman, in order
that a tabulation of th results of the
campaign may be made.
4-H CLUB ADVISORY
COUNCIL SET-UP
At a recent meeting of the 4-H club
adult neighborhood leaders at „ the
courthouse, an advisory council was
elected. This group will work with
the 4-H County Council and also plan
the work that the neighborhood 4-H
leaders can do to help the 4-H Club
boys and girls in their 4-H Club work.
The advisory council will act as
judges or select the judges who will
select the winners of the 4-H projects
this fall. There is $250.00 in cash
prizes to be awarded and it was felt
that this money could be awarded
more fairly to the deserving 4-H Club
project winners by this group than
by anyone else. A big responsibility
rests on: the shoulders of the 4-H
neighborhood leaders this year, since
the 4-H enrollment of Swain County
has been doubled over 1942. It would
not be possible for all of them to be
reached individually by the County
Agent’s office due to the large enroll
ment.
All -4-H Club members must start
early and work hard on their project
if they intend to win a county prize.
The following group, the advisory
council that was elected and will say
who wins the county prizes, are.
John Breedlove, Needmore—Chair
man
Candler Childers, Whittier—Vice
Chairman
Mrs. Vergie Tabor, Almond—Secre
tary „
Claude Parrish, Route 1, Bryson
City
Mrs. H. C. Enloe, Judson
Mrs. Lula Bates, Lauda
SWAIN HIGH SCHOOL
FINALS BEGIN AT
10 A. M, FRIDAY
Swain High school final will get
underway tomorrow at 10 o’clock
when the members of the 8th grade
will be awarded certificates of pro
motion to high school. This is the
first group to graduate from elemen
tary school under the new twelve
year plan which the schools of the
state have adopted.
At 11 A. M. on Friday the Seniors
will hold their class day exercises.
The Reverend Charles M. Robinson
of the local Presbyterian Crurch will
preach the baccalaureate sermon at
11:15 A. 'M. Sunday in the school audi
torium. Music will be furnished by
the High school girls’ chorus under
the direction of Miss Mary Long of the
high school faculty. During this ser
vice a Testament will be presented to
each senior. Mr. X. Robert Long,
chairman of the local school commit
tee, will make the presentation.
The final graduation exercises will
be held Monday, April 26, at 11:30 A,
M. There are 58 students in the senior
class, 39 girls and 19 boys,
finals are to be held during the day on
account of transportation problems.
Swain County High School
Graduation Exercises
Monday, April 26,11 A. M.
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Prelude
Processional
Invocation—Hon. McKinley Edwards
Spring Morning, Czechoslovakian Folk
Song
Nocturne . Mendelssohn
Song to A Statuette .... Gustav Klemm
Girls’ Chorus
Salutatory—■
Our Pricess Heritage—Mary Cole
Addresses—
Freedof Of Speech—Louise Edwards
Freedom Of Worship—■ Martha
Kathryn Sandlin
Freedom From Hant—Ted Bishop
Freedom From Sear—Edwin Monteith
Blossom Time .. Terman
Betty Hall and Katherine Covert
Presentation of Awards—'Mr. O. F.
Summer
Presentation of Diplomas—Supt. W.
L. Lathan
Early One Morning—English Folk
Song
Spring Song .. Ira B. Wilson
Girls’ Chorus
Valedictory—Ruth Patterson, Read by
Ruth Carolyn Hyatt
Benediction—Rev. Charles M. Robin
son, Jr.
Recessional'.. Seniors
Members of the class are: Christine
Breedlove, Hazel Brown, Willie Mae
Buchanan, Mildred Cagle, Etta Clark,
Norma Codispoti, Mary Ellen Cole,
Frances Cooper, Kathryne Covert,
Nellie Crisp, Frankie Lee DeHart,
Talitha DeHart, Louise Edwards,
Anne Gilliam, Lexie Howard, Mary
Elizabeth Hunt, Ruth Carolyn Hyatt,
Mary Nell Leatherwood, Gladys Jen
kins, Violet Dee Long, Pauline Lov
ingood, Bennaneal Monteith, Bonnie
Martin, Sally Sue Mincey, Beatrice
Monteith, Moquetta Monteith, Reva
Muse, Louise Parrish, Ruth Patterson,
Oberia Seay Read, Maggie Alice Sand
lin, Martha Katherine Sandlin, Mary
Margaret Seay, Aileen Shook, Rosa
Lee Shook, Lexie Shuler, Eloise Stev
enson, Helen Swann, Annie Belle
Welch, Max Abbott, James Ammons,
Ted Bishop, Iverson Bradley, Leland
Close, Odas Crisp, Porter Crisp,
Jimmy Cope, Floyd Cunningham, Ray
DeHart, John Goodson, Harold Grant,
Herbert Hyde, Wallace Martin, Ed
win Monteith, Walter Nelson, Fred
Stanberry and Harold Swann.
Donald Grant Home
On Furlough
First Sergeant Donald Grant of the
ordnance department of the U. S. army
stationed at Honolulu arrived home
Thursday for a visit with his parnts,
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Grant. This is
Donald’s first visit home since he vol
unteered in the service Dec. 15, 1939,
except a short furlough on Dec. 28,
just thirteen days after he enlisted.
After a six months’ training period
at Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S. C., he
was sent to Honolulu where he has
been since that time.
Sgt. Grant, together with 27 men
of his department, was sent back to
the States to be stationed at Camp
Cook, California for the purpose of
organizing another company. He says
that he likes his work so much that
he doesn’t want to change for any
other.
He expects to leave Sunday for
Camp Cook.
SUMMER RE-ELECTED
TO HEAD RRYSON CITY
DISTRICT SCHOOLS
Other County School
Principals Named by Boards
School committees for Swain
county met recently and re-elected
principals for the various county
schools except Proctor where Mr. Hu
bert Queen has resigned. No succes
sor to Mr. Queen has been made as
yet.
Mr. Otto F. Summer was re-elected
to head the Swain High school and
Bryson City district No. 1. C. B.
Butts was re-elected at Almond; H.
F. Lovingood at Alarka; Cowan Wikle,
at Whittier, and Wade Gass at Bush
nell. *
No general teacher election has been
made for any of |he above schools.
This usually follows close on the clos
ing of the school. All county schools,
not already out, will complete, this
year’s work this week with finals be
ing held over the week-end.
OPA TRIMS POINT
VALUE ON FROZEN
FOOD AND SOUPS
The office of price administration
Tuesday ordered sharp reduction in
point value, ranging up to 50 percent
deductions on all frozen fruits and
vegetables and all rationed soups be
cause retail stocks of these items have
not been moving in normal volume.
SWAIN CHAPTER MORE
THAN DOUBLES RED
CROSS WAR FUND QUOTA
By .MRS. D. R. BRYSON
Treasurer Swain Chapter
The gong hasn’t sounded yet and
some donaions are still being received
in the Red Cross War fund. To date,
Wednesday morning, April 21, the
amount collected is $7,773.36.
A few more dollars will come in.
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This very splendid report has been
made possible by the inclusion of the
money received from the sale of
scrap. From the gift of the Tenn
essee Valley Authority, $2,714.85
From the Cherokee Indian Reserva
tion, $880.00. By the donation to pay
the debt paid by he Red Cross on the
Community House, $331.00 and from
all the citizens in Swain ounty, in
cluding the Carolina Wood Turning
Company’s gift of $462.00.
To show the spirit of the people I
would sight the gift made by the
people of Brush Creek. They have
turned over to the treasurer $91.18.
There are so many instances where
the gifts made were truly a sacrifice;
as true a sacrifice as that recorded
in the Bible when the widow gave her
mite.
Isn’t this true when a family hav
ing only, fifteen cents in the home,
gave it all to this fund? When a very
small boy, from a family without,
money, and yet desiring to help,
earned two pennies and brought them
in. Two school girls here saved 16
cents, and gave that evidently going
without part of their lunch to make
the gift.
The spirit noted is one that assures
victory for the Allied Nations. This
same spirit was shown in the gather
ing up of scrap last October, It will
be shown in the second War Loan
campaign, now on for $133,100, Swain
county’s part of the $13,000,000 asked
for this month. Buy bonds and then
| buy more bonds. Keep our soldiers
supplied with esuipment.
WHITTIER PTA HAS MEETING
The Whittier Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation met Friday afternoon with
Miss Catherine .Ogden as the speaker.
Miss Ogden, head of the tri-county
library project, spoke on^recreation.
Mrs. Vrna Parton, presidnt of the or
ganization, presided.
Ovr 12 dozen fruit jars formerly
filled by WPA workers to be used in
the school lunch room, were distri
butd among the PTA mmbers to be
refilled for use in the lunch room next
year. ^
Th 6th, 7th and 8th grades were
hostesses and served refreshments of
sandwiches, cookies and coffee.
Pfc. Jack DeHart returned Sunday
to Camp Breckinridge, Ky., after a
ten-day furlough here with his fath
er, S. A. DeHart, and other relatives.
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY STARTS WORK
ON MODERN TRAILER CAMP WILL PROVIDE
FOR 100 TVA AND PRIVATE TRAILER UNITS
HP’s Check Food Waste
In Army Mess Halls
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'Atlanta, Ga., April 20.—Food check
ers at Army mess halls are the latest
move in the war against waste and
their theme song is—“eat what you
want, but don’t let your eyes get big
ger than your tummy”, it was reveal
ed at the Quartermaster Branch,
Headquarters Fourth Service Com
mand.
A mess food checker is a cook or
KP, especially detailed for the job
and he watches closely as the soldiers
file past to scrape thfeir plates into the
receptacle for left-overs. If he spots
a GI whose plate shows too much un
eaten food, he gives a short, sharp lec
ture to the offender and the result
officers say, is that Joe Doake—who
was on the receiving end of the talk—
will think twice before he again heaps
his plate with more food than he can
eat.
SWAIN COUNTY HAS
WHOLE MILK ROUTE
Pet Dairies working in cooperation
with the County Agent’s office has
started a whole milk route in the
county. This route at present goes to
Brush Creek, Needmore, Almond,
Bryson City, Deep Creek, Galbreath
Creek and on to Whittier. It will go
up Conley’s Creek in a few days. It
is our hope that the route will cover
the entire county. As soon as the
milk supply in any section will justify
it a route can be started in it. ,
The results are gratifying and it is
anticipated that the milk supply will
increase all the time. The Needmore
commnuity has already bought nine
cows since the route started. It is up
to us, the farmers of Swain county, to
support this route and to keep our
market for surplus milk. This market
will be here forever if we support it
as it should be supported. The people
who live on the present route should
make every effort to sell all the milk
they possibly can, because not only
does it give us a market and a steady
cash income at present, it will also
cause us develop better pastures and
grow more legumes, which we need in
the county. At present, this milk is
going to our armed forces—they need
it badly and need 11 percent more
milk than they are able to get now.
So in getting this market started and
established, we are at the same time'
helping win the war.
Anyone living on the route who is
not selling milk and can now or in
the near future, get in touch with the
County Agent’s office or Mr. Claude
Parrish, the hauler, as soon as possi
ble. Grade C milk is the highest price
it has ever been and it is thought it
will be even higher by July It.
ROOSEVELT MAKES
TRIP TO MEXICO
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President Roosevelt has made an
other surprise trip out of the con
tinental limits of the United States.
This time his trip carried him deep
into Old Mexico, visiting President
Manuel Avila Camacho at Monterrey.
Both Presidents made radio addresses
Tuesday night. In their joint inter
national broadcast they appealed for
a world wide good neighbor policy to
prevent the faults of ambition, im
perialism and privilege from ever
causing another war. The presidents
of the two American neighboring na
tions rode back North Wednesday
with the Mexican President returning
Roosevelt’s visit immediately.
A spirit of good neighborliness pre
vailed as the two executives traveled
over United States territory on their
special train.
N
H. G. Singleton In Duke
Hospital At Durham
Mrs. H. G. Singleton returned last
week from Durham where she spent
a week at the bedside of her husband,
who is in the Duke hospital recovering
from a very serious operation which
he underwent on Friday, April 9. Mr.
Singleton’s condition is reported to
be very favorable at this time. Mrs.
Singleton also visited her father,
Judge T. D. Bryson, and brother, Ed
C. Bryson, while in Durham.
Fifteen Acre Tract
Leased From T. D. Bryson
Estate on Black Hill
The C. & M. Division of TVA, under
L. M. Ragsdale, began work Monday
morning on the 15-acre tract of land
lying back of S. W. Black and extend
ing to the Ball Park for the construc
tion of a modern trailer village to
provide for 100 trailer units. One
section of the camp village will pro
vide for parking places for privately
owned trailers of workmen on the
TVA and Utah job. TVA will bring in
some of their own trailers to rent to
workmen and their families who do
not have their own trailers.
Water, sewer and lights are being
installed on the property, providing
for connection for each trailer. Sew
age connections will be arranged to
hook up to trailer sinks. Three large
wash houses, with hot and cold show
ers will be built to begin with. The
plan calls for twelve of these wash
houses.
Each trailer will be allotted a lot
of 35 x 65 feet and also a spot for a
victory garden if they want one. The
garden lots are all at the back side of
the camp site. Streets will be laid out
and surfaced with a light coat of
gravel.
Plans call for completion of the
work so that the first trailers may be
received around May 10.
A care-taker and safety officer will
be provided by TVA for the camp.
Supervision of the camp is under
the Property Management division of
TVA. Mr. W. T. Hunt is in charge of
the local office.
WHITTIER SCHOOL TO*
HOLD EXERCISES FOR
8TH GRADE FINALS
Graduating exercises for the 8th .
grade of the Whittier school will be
held Friday morning, April 23, at 11
o’clock in the school auditorium. “The
Gateway of Progress” is the theme of
the program to be given at this time.
Virginia Redmond, making highest
grade in 7th grade is the keeper of
the “Gate of Progress.”
Miss Jean Sandlin is valedictorian
and Miss Joyce Sandlin is salutatorian
of the class. They are the twin daugh
ters of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Sandlin ot
Bryson City. Mrs. Sandlin in a mem
ber of the faculty. Max Reed is
president of the class. Members of
the class are: Max Reed, Tracy Lom
inac, Bonnie Sue Lominac, Bobby
Beck, Curtis Revis, James Beck,
Bobby Ayers, Carl Hass, Ernest Seay,
Dozle Chastain, Percival Clyne, Paul
ine Plemmons and Loraine Bowman.
Mr. Cowan Wikle is principal of the
school.
Second War Loan Drive
Victory is worth whatever it costs!
We are all asking the question,
“What can I do to help win the war?”
The answer is simple. The second
War Loan Drive is now at hand, and
millions of men and women are serv
ing their country in all corners of the
earth. Millions are safe at home,
whether they are doing war work of
running homes, paying taxes or buy
ing bonds.
How many battles must a soldier
fight? No one can answer, but the
American soldiers, sailors and marines
will fight until the enemy is defeated.
Howf many bonds should a citizen
buy? Only you can answer that, but
American citizens will keep buying
bonds so that American soldiers can
keep fighting until the enemy quits.
Remember—They give their lives—
You lend your money.
This week and every week let’s put
every idle dollar to work by buying
bonds at your local postoffice, bank or
from your Block leaders in your com
munity.
MRS. JOE SINGLETON, Chm.
Swain County Women’s Division
War Savings Staff.
Mahoney To Conduct
Service At St. Joseph’s
Church Here Friday P. M.
There will be sermon and stations
f the Cross at St. Joseph’s church
n Main street at 7:30 P. M.,Good Fri
day. The service will be conducted
by the Rev. Vincent JJdahoney. 4