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v - *mmi y ' | : it 12.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE OUTSIDE^THE COUNTY Star Shining Tonight For The First Time The Star of Sylva, placed in \ n I the dome of the Court House hfiQrO'P FfKl0l/ fllOC ' each Christmas by the County . UlOlUj lilcS I srfnstM ta Automobile Crash1 the first time this season, its J ' | beams are the first thing thatl Friends and relatives in ?,?'! one sees when approaching Syiva county have learned and it can be observed from I death of Georee Ensw nearly every part of the city. automobileac^Lm ? We^ I 'I he lights for the streamers I Virginia, Tuesday night from the star down the court Mr En*w ? , * house steps, and the lights along f. B." Ensley' of Dillvh ^ the streets have been put up by oeen living in West Virvmln^ county and city officials; but some time. He was born a ?d the current has not yet been reared, and grew to young man turned on. In the next few night I honri in t ? manthe Christmas dress of the town of Dillsboro to^nsWp 86011011 will be in all its glory, to the de- Mr P . hlp' tieht of the people who live here Mrs w n ai.WaS ? br?ther of I Mrs. w. O. Allen of Sylva. and the pleasure of those who ' pass this way in the night-time. 1 It is worth the while of any DAnrn QpplfC | 00 person to travel many miles and VUC1I U VOUAO Villi" drive down Sylva's Main Street, fopt ttfith Holm Deneath the vari-colored lights, Idvl If I III UClllr and look up at the star in the 4? n X X court house above the street and QUCIII K6Q1S uSdlS the lovely streamers, appearing * ? as a Jacob's ladder from the Star down to the street. The Selective Service Board of Jackson County is seeking con_ - , _ tact with some twenty-one Production Credit y?ung men wh? ^ whom questionnaires were mailIAccnoiotinn Tn ed> and wh0 have faUec*/<* *enddUvluUUIr I v turn them within the five daprs II.U specified in the selective service nuiu meeting ^ The board has no desire to Stockholders of the Asheville reP?r^ these young men as deProduction Credit Association linQuents, and is using the will hold their annual meeting j means of the newspaper pubin the Court House at Asheville, licitJ *n an effort to get contact N. C. on Thursday morning, Jan- Wlth them' before 14 ls compelled nary 23rd at 10 o'clock, ccording under the law t0 make such re" to an announcement by John A. ^ Hudgens, president of the as- These men are requested to sociation. &et in touch with the board at Af fKio r-intc once: James Albert Mullins, At this meetmg, complete and _T _T ' detailed reports will be made by X*no1 Roy ^cGonnell. Hubert the officers of the association on omas Boley, James Walters, sa. ^ Willie Rudolph Rice, Ottis A. lis operations iui mc Bivins George B. Stephens, directors will be- elected, and CecU T 'Barron Jonah William other important business trans- Hager? Sam clark Hollifield. , acted. Martin George Geisler, Lester In announcing the date of the Woodri,-r- neorge Curtis, Robert annual meeting, Mr. Hudgens Glenn Miller Fred T Moody, said that it was hoped to make R h Waldo Buchanan,-William fhe attendance of the stock- Fenry Jugtice, Harold David holders at this year's meeting Fressley> Berris Bryson Penningthe largest in the history of the tQn A' Lee womack, Jack association. He said that the an- p^arles Logan. nual meetings of the association * "* afford stockholders an opportunity to learn every detail of Lin'hfppll the operations of their organi- Llgllluvl The A s h e v i 11 e Production I Vo'unteers Credit Association, which makes Aiiinit Poll short-term loans to finance all AW3II lldll types of farm and livestock , operations, serves Avery Bun- . combe, Burke, Cherokee, Clay, Eighteen Jack??". * Graham, Haywood, Henderson, voung rnenareawaitmg callto Mlt- ,r.e colors by the Selective Ser VWV/IVOUH, IVlctUUIl, . chell, McDowell, Swain, Tran- vice Board. These men a sylvania, and Yancey Counties volunteered their services walvand to date in 1940 has made ?* all exemptions and those of loans totalling $110,000.00 to its hem who are found Oua 625 members' wil1 ^ make up the next . quota that the county is called D ~ ~ upon to furnish. Plans Are Made For It is anticipated that a call Methodist Christmas will be made in January. The men who have volunteerPlans were made, Tue^daj in addition to the three who night, at a meeting of tKo Board 'eft on Monday morning for Christian Education' of the Fort Brage, are.' Dennis Roy Methodist church, held at the Ensley, Svlva; Mack Hensley, home of Mrs. Harry Hastings Dillsboro; Dillard Lloyd Robinf?r the annual Christmas cele- eon, Sylva; Paul Nathaniel Fishcation by the Sunday School, er, Sylva: Glenn Hooper, CowThere will be a candle-lighting ar.' s; Alvin ?Woodrow Allen, ^rvice and singing of Christ- Sylva; TTomer Tinsley Shelton, mas carols, at the church, on Wolf Mounts in; Verlin Hoyle Sunday afternoon, December 22, Owen/ Sylva: Ellis Pressley at 5:30 in the afternoon. Galloway, Volf Mountain, Jesse Mrs. David M. Hall, superin- Franklin B/chanan, Gay; Lloyd Itendent of the children's de- Painter, Sylva; Finley Denton, Partment of the Sunday school, Whittier; John Hershel Fergu-'s general chairman in charge son. Whittier; Ray William Cunarrangements for the cele- ningham, Sylva: and Ralph ^ oration. j John Connor, Dillsboro. k SYLVA, NORTH CAROl ? " ' ' .A g> S "' % r Fifty Miles Away, Quarter Pure! VIUU1U X. The other day, a young lady your charities. T from this county went to a town , a single dime in that is larger than Sylva and, i support of your among other things, bought a town or county, box of Christmas cards, for cent invested in ; which she paid 25c. She made ment, your chur< the remark that she couldn't Anything that m? have gotten half that many sylva and a 1 cards of the same quality in c o u n t y. If evei Sylva for the same price. The COunty were to q Journal checked that statement, the Sylva shops t and located many boxes of the t0 close their d< same identical cards, same qual- person and ever; ity same number, same pictures, the county would everything identical, and at the them would with same price. that isnlt the If anybody else wants those started out to n same cards, we can tell you in Sylva, this C where you will find them, and we intended to i save you the trouble and expense nlac 3 is that w of traveling 50 miles. And, by neve tnat it will: the way, the store where we saw save you time, si them is one that never adver- to visit the wel tises in the Journal, or anywhere of gyiVa and do e*se* shopping there. The purpose of this article is yQU try , not primarilly to boost the buy^ ing at the shops that advertise convinced that tl in The Journal. It is to advise in and Present trying Sylva shops first. Our ad- the contrary, co v.ertisers, we hope, will be the you saved eithe greatest beneficiaries of the troubie or wear Buy-At-Home drive the Journal ^gewhere t0 bu is putting on tms unnsnnas, but those who do not advertise Print y?ur side will ride along on the tail of the and never say a kite. The Journal at What would Sylva be like if Sylva. there were no churches, no newspapers, no fire department, Hear All no police, no water-works, no , town government, no county * government, no charities of any * kind? And yet, none of these Judge Felix things could be, or if they were, tinguished North could function properly and ef- and a native oi ficiently if it were not for the will deliver his 1 support that they receive from "The Son of Go< the business peonle of Svlva. Man", at Scott'; The shops in other towns do chuich, at Beta, not contribute a cent to the sup- the afternoon o port of your newspaper, your Everybody is inv church, your fire-department, address. - -r-,^w. IT-" .,: : 7 ' '}' ' if. ;. ' * >" " ountn Is LINA, DECEMBER 13, 1940. Girl Makesg ' lase That She lave Got In Sylva 1 ,hTax': % sz Annual Cbrismas > government in ^ ] They haven't a rnnQPrt f /our fire equip- v w < ;h buildings, or 1 ikes for a better The Music Department, under ] better Jackson the direction of Mrs. Charlei i rybody in the Gulley, Mrs. J. W. Fisher, and j uit buying from Mr. George Tracy, presented the J Vi?v wmiifi have annual Christmas Concert Sun- j Dors, and every day evening, Dec'ember 8, in the \ y institution in College Auditorium at 8:00 \ t suffer. Most of o'clock. i er and die. But, The following program was t argument we given: lake for buying Our Director March, Bigelow; t hriatmas. What Nottingham Guards, Johnson; \ say in the first Sleepers Awake, Bach?by the t e honestly be-' College Band. I save you money, Voeal Duet Oh Divine Redeem- s ive you trouble, er, Gounod; by Jean Bennett * 1-stocked shops and Mary Jane Edwards. v your Christmas Sonata Pathetique, Beethoven; c Fies and movement?by Dorothy out, and aren't Thompson. J lis is true, come Trumpet . Solo, Carnival of our evidence to Straiger; by Sam" i iivince us that . Lyric Overture, Taylor; Pre- j r time, money, lude, Guilmont?by the "College { iness by going Orchestra, y, and we will Panis Angelicus, Franck?by \ .. ^ Schubert Glee Club. * ' String Trio, Children's Prayer, fc nother word m Humperdinck?by Jane Elliott, * >out buying in Helen Bird, violins, Mrs. Fisher, * viola. ? f My Faith Looks Up to Thee.. J ipV 1 Schnecker;?Halcyon Chorus. J, Silent-Night, * tseia i^nuruii | Adeste Fiaens, Hallelujah Chorus, Handel;? c E. Alley, dis- Halcyon Chorus. Carolina jurist, The decorations of the audi- I ' this county, torium was in charge of Miss iamous address: Helen Patton, chairman, assist1 nd the Son of ed by Carlton Wells, Ned Bur> Creek Baptist leson, Jaunita Porter, Frances at 2 o'clock in Allison, and Catherine Walker. r n December 22. Marshals for the occasion were r ited to hear this John Jordon, Elsie Avent, and j 1 Frances Allison. j l . I * I : : : ; i r-v j ? / lUOVfti l| $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE IN THE COUNTY : ' ? J <H Three Volunteers 11 Leave For Fort ? I iM#iAAtiD?iiNfl Hiiah John Henry Sitton, of WebLinOSaY BOlinQ UYBr ster; Kay Sluder, of Willets; and A ti , James A. Cannon, of Erastus, On Murder Cher?e Jackson county's first three ? volunteers to be accepted under the selective service act, LINDSAY BOUND were gjven a r0using send-off by Henrv Lindsav. voune white r i.i^ ^ n?i Dawwiaa ' Z ... . " nieinuers ui uie oeiecuve ocivitc ? man of this community, was Board the M Qf s lva; mem. given a preliminary hearing be- b f Datriotic organizations fore Justice W. O. Calhoun Mon- ^ 10tlC oreanlzatlons. >i? day afternoon and bound to In an impromptu program at Swam county Superior court un- the bus station the men were der a $500 bond, which he has addressed b Mayor H. Gibson, "IB faded to file and remains m the on beha]{ of the cUy and by county jail. . Dan Tompkins, commander, and Lindsay is charged with reck- T Walter Ashe adjUtant of the less driving and murder which wmiam E DiUard Post Ameri. grew out 01 tne aeatn on sun- T a v. *r um j ^ . , , tt can Region. A number of Legionday, December 1, of Harvey . , b TT v. 10 1 Y naires were present. 'j Cunningham, 18, also of this ?110 . f, ^ . .. ?u jJj i.i? ? 1 Due t0 examinations at ;i\ section, who died m the Sylva ,UQC,for? ~ . ^ Western Carolina Teachers Col- t > hospital Sunday from a crush- ?roo - , . , , . . ? . , , ,, lege, it was found impossible to ifl ed skull received when the car . .. u j u * , . . T j ^ 44.^ have the college band here for driven by Lindsay and with the Qcca as had Cunningham and others as pas- ne(J b ^ Legion. 1 1 sengers skidded off the highway ?^ and turned over several times -- pi into the Nantahala river at Wes- N(| rjrpWRrk^ ser. The accident occurred about Jl wff Ul liO 10 o'clock Saturday night, No- THlC Vlllafiffo /ember 30.?Bryson City Times. I lllO IlilCllUu HB Utfnmon'c fMnh At There wiU be no fireworks? vTUIIIdlI O UlllU HI cap pistols, Roman candles, sky a 11 u, 1 ll IJ rockets, or any other fireworks ^ CuilnwItAA Hnlri<: fired orsold_inJacksoh coun^- . VUIIV VVIIVV IIVIWW , B ?B% this Christmas, unless It^is done 3.i rfl Annual Partu 111 vi?iati?n of me law. flllllVHIl I HI(J A Christmas without fire-* ' ? crackers may not seem like Cullowhee, Dec. II, (Special)? Christmas in the South, or (as Meeting in the parlors of Moore Don Elias would say: "any part iormitory at Western Carolina thereof"). Nevertheless it is the | Teachers college, the Cullowhee law. .1 Roman's club held its annual The prohibition of fireworks in gentlemen's night" Christmas this county was first enacted in jelebration with' Miss. Helen 1929. In 1933, Dan Tompkins, 3atton directing. having once been a boy himself,' Mrs. Charles Gulley began the and knowing the delight that H jrogram with a solo, "Cantique Southern boys have in shooting '9 foel," and was followed by the fire-crackers at Christmas, injinging of "Oh Little Town of troduced a bill repealing ' the 3ethelehem" by the married ire-cracker prohibition, and the adies, "Silent Night" by the act was removed from the gentlemen present, and "I t statute books. M Jame Upon a Midnight Clear" In 1937 the bill was reenacted Jfl jy the single ladies and gentle- and still stands on the law books, nen. Professor P. L. Elliott read applicable to Buncombe, Hayi number of modern Christmas wood, Jackson, and some other poems, and quoted several lines counties of the State. :rom Shakespeare's "King Lear." The law says: "That it shall md "Hamlet" on the Christmas be unlawful for any person, { iieme. The program concluded firm or corportion to sell or ofvith his reading of "The Morn- fer for sale, shoot, fire, discharge, ng of Christ's Nativity" by Mil- display, or otherwise use or ;on. have possession ot any lire- .ih Refreshments of fruit cake crackers, torpedoes, can pistols, *1 I md creamed sauce with coffee sky rockets, Roman candles, or vere served on plates decorated other articles commonly known vith holly and . red ribbons, as fireworks in the County of Decorations for the parlor con- Jackson. Any person violating 3 I listed of boughs of holly and the provisions of this Act shall .J I vhite .pine, a Christmas tree be punishable by a fine not ex/ith blue lights, and red taper ceeding $50.00 or imprisonment :andles. not exceeding thirty days." Men present for the occasion It may seem- strange to the ^ h 1 vere: Professor Elliott, Reverend large number of Yankees now ?red Forester, Dr. Frederich among us that a Southern feuman, Mr. James Whatley, Christmas is celebrated without Dr. H. P. Smith, Reverend Wal- fire-works; but the above is the :|1 I ,er Lee Lanier, Professor John reason. 3. Seymour, and Dr. W. A. Ash >rook. Hoyle Reads Hostesses for the .evening rhric+mac P^rnl vere: Miss Anne Rabe, Miss Ma- CHriSt^as Carol , .,I el Tyree, Mrs. D. H. Brown, Miss 10 &luaen!? I .eonora Smith, Miss Anne Al- CuIlowhee D ' ? ,SDecial) >rieht. Mrs. W. E. Bird, and Miss ? ' ,Spec,~ v A XJrtTrlo r-tfrhrtirto 1 r?f f)-?o . ' __ , J, *-/. XX. IlUJflC, {>1 w??v, Jordelia Camp. The committee Wegtem Caro]ina Teachers C(J]_ n charge of the program was. lege trajning SChool presented a Ais$ Helen Patton, chairman, reading "Christmas Carol" by diss Margaret Reid,Mrs. James charles Dickens, to the high /Vhatley, and Miss Maude Ket- and gramm9r grade de_ ' partments of the trr ining school ~~~ ~ ~~ Wednesday afternoon in the col- .'jfll Presbyterians ^ lege auditorium. Plan Service The lights were off during the program, which is presented an- , The Presbyterians of Sylva nually, and two candles burned trill hold a service at the Com- on the rostrum for the only nunity House, Sunday after- nght. | loon. The minister, Rev. Paul ' . , ' , ?-? thrower, of Bryson City, will Ladies' Auxiliary will give a 11 >reach; and the members of the Christmas program. ' a i'r iir/1^ tu'- 'n'?' i ' i
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