North Carolina Newspapers

I f y I I porkers Coi I Defense Wor I Of This Cou i - The Jackson County Worker's i I councilmeeting with W.H.Pierce | I of State College, and Fred Sloan, I District Farm Agent, yesterday I I afternoon, considered the pro- ' I motion of the production of food I and feed as a part of the Nation- 1 I al Defense program. It was I pointed out that the rural popu* I lation of the State (and all JackI son county is rural), can contrib- I I ute much to the common cause I I by raising food and feed on the i] I farms and in the gardens, and v I preserving those foods and feeds i: - ro 11SP I y ior luiwiv ~? The Council is an effort to ^ ' coordinate the efforts of all the E agencies in meeting the sitna- n tions as they present themselves The point was made that the * United States Government will |] radicaJK' reduce the appropriations for relief work in the im- e mediate future, and that the sup b plies of surplus commodities will soon be exhausted, or practically r' so. thus making it imperative a I that many people who have been obtaining surplus commodities S from relief agencies or who have c been employed on WPA projects, c begin to produce more food and 0 feed than they have done here- k to-fore. ^ Great quantities of food and a j feed will have to be shipped to v Britain and her allies under the v Lend-Lease Act, and every avail- v I able piece of ground, suitable for a the purpose, in the State, should v be turned by farmers and gardeners to producing food and feeds, b or for pasture use, making ready o for living at home. Further, it c was pointed out, the picture does d not look bright, and it behooves * f everyone to produce and store up c as much food and feed as possi- ? ble, against the eventualities that may be in store. The health s of the people,and whether or not y we eat regularly, may rest upon producing as nearly a balanced . diet jp.t home as is possible. G..R, Lackey was elected chair man of the council; T. Walter i Ashe, vice-chairman; and Mrs. ' l Mary Cowan, secretary. J The council is composed of T. W. Ashe, chairman of the Board nf Pnnnftr Pnmmiccinriors TTarrv S ui VUUillJ J VUilUliiUOAVii v* W) Nicholson, of the WPA office and g the demonstration farms com- "v mittee; G. R. Lackey and Jesse t Giles of the Farm Agent's de- t partment; A. W. Wilson and Mrs. s Wesley Vrable, of the county r health department; Mrs. Harry L. Evans, Home Agent; William f Davis and Miss Estelle Powers, of s Farm Security; Mrs. Whit Davis, t of the NYA; Adam Moses, Coun- t ty Superintendent of Education; ' 0. E. Brookhyser, of the Lion's t Club; and Dan Tompkins, editor t of The Journal. c Letters and. cards, for return ing to the county agent, enrolling in the National Defense pro gram, have been mailed to 2,000 farm families in the* county, and * it is planned to enroll everyone j in the county who can join in 1 the movement. In the letter, sent out by Mr. 1 ' Lackey and Mrs. Evans, it is stated: " This is the start in a move- { rcent through which we hope the ] farm sof North Carolina will be- ) come more nearly self-support- j Jng ,as a part of our effort to j aid in National Defense. We , shall be disappointed if less than an average of 1,000 farm faml- | ]ies in each county of the State enroli in this fight. It is simply an attempt to produce our own food and feed at home in 1941. It *s a Statewide movement, and those families who produce as much as 75 per cent of their fam f Uy living from the home farm this year will be awarded a certificate signed by the Governor, officials of the Extension Service, and of the Vocational Education department, showing that the owner of the certificate has had J Part in assuring security on N?rth Carolina farms, this year. "It is good citizenship for us to Prepare ouselves for the present ernergency. Adequate food by means of good gardens, fruits, eSgs, butter, milk, meat, and the s . -i >- - . Ity J< iincil Plans kOn Farms nty In 1941 1 Evans Recovers Natch Lost In Train Wreck 21 Years Ago Twenty-one years ago, Harry .. Evans, member of the Sylva toard of Aldermen, and promnent Sylva citizen, lost his jatch and almost lost his life n a freight train wreck. The zatch was a gold Hamilton, ought in Sylva, and which Mr. ivans had carried trough 13 lonths' service in the A. E. P. Saturday Mr. Evans got his ratch back. It had been buried i the earth since the wreck, but swelers said it could be repaird, and the crystal was unroken. On June 5,1920, Mr. Evans who eturned t0 the railway in 1919, nd Engineer D. G. Porter were aking freight train No. 88 (Enine No. 4617) through Moore's ut near Coleman in McDowell ounty. The engine struck a rock n the track and overturned, :illing the engineer and pinning fir. Evans beneath the wreck,ge. When he was rescued the /atch was missing. Mr. Evans /as in a hospital 18 months and /as convalescent for nine years ind then returned to the railway. Last Monday, members of a iridge crew doing repair work n the right-of-way in Moore's ut, found the watch buried unier four feet of earth. Ike EngLsh of Asheville, member of the rew, took the watch back to Mf Fvonc upst.prdav -*-? t ^ vmww ^ . Mr. Eyans has been in the ervice of the Southern for 25 ears. 100 Teachers To Attend Banquet Friday Night At least one hundred of Jackon county teachers and a few quests are expected to be in Syla for the annual banquet of he Jackson County Education Lssociation, which will be held Lt the Community House, tomorow (Friday) night. The affair will be strictly inormal,. and there will be no iet speeches. On the contrary, he evening will be given over o a general good time. The dinner will be served by he Woman's Society of Chrisian Service of the Sylva Meth>dist church. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL Attorney W. R. Sherrill has re - * - i? | urned tG his home in oyiva. ax;er having spent several weeks n an Asheville hospital, followng an operation. Slightly improved, Mr. Sherrill was brought lome in an ambulance, Tuesday morning. like, means that the family can oe maintained in good health at low cost. Adequate feed for our livestock means that we will adopt a well-balanced system of farming which will provide more fertile soils, control erosion, and plenty of grain, hay and forage. "This is the kind of farming | i.uof mo chnnld do. It is the only | 1/llCV U n v ?? kind of farming that will make I and keep us independent. It is I the patriotic, sensible thing to I do". ' i It was suggested at the meeting that the problem of obtaining seed, livestock, chickens, and the like can be solved through the farm security or other agencies; that of farmers with no work-stock getting their plowing done, by swapping work for work And that other problems can be solved as they arise. In other words, that "where there's a will there's a way"; and that "there are more ways than one of skinning a cat". - ; ' ?7&W>Xr *J SYLV. CONCRETE CUT 1 ||g||S||^^ pipi ib? m r ^ * j l ^ p v lil \ ' - f?-% " ' f* v . ' '' V "" Ik If:.^... j^H B A new development in conc vermiculite as the aggregate ins the Department of Ceramic En* 18 as one of the scores of exhibi neers Fair. The vermiculite concr handsaw, and nails can be driver Shown here demonstrating Scholes, ceramic research engin ducting experiments with the cc Authority. He is hopeful that it 1 lowcost prefabricated houses.. T sound insulation values. Deposits are in Jackson, Buncombe, Maci and Clay counties. BRYSON CITY CAST WILL GIVE PLAY AT QUALLA SCHOOL The Swain County High School band and a play "A Mock P.T.A" which consists of Negro spirituals, a clever reading, which has once taken a gold medal, a play, "The Train To Mauro", and a string band, presented by Bryson City P. T. A., under direction of Mrs. Tom Ferguson, will be presented at Shoal Creek school house, Saturday night, sponsored by the Qualla Parent-Teachers Association. . The program was so successful at its first appearance in Bryson City, that it was demanded a second time. The singing will be by the Earwood boys and other prominent people of Bryson City. In the cast of the play will be Mrs. Bob Leatherwood, Mrs. Tom Ferguson, Mrs. Pat Colville, Mrs. Martha Patterson, Mrs. Queve Woody, Mrs. John Ashe, Mrs. T. T. Stallings, Mrs. E. N. Haller, Mrs Dent Enslev. and twenty one other well known people. There are forty people in the band and thirty in the cast. STENTZ WILL LEAD SONG SERVICE FOR METHODIST CHURCH The evening service at the Methodist church, next Sunday, beginning at 8 o'clock will be given to devotional, and to the singing of Gospel songs led by Mr. J. Dale Stentz, of Waynesville. Mr. Stentz was for years 1 ? oinrrincr and a soloist icauui v/x UA**O*a"O ??? ? at evangelistic meetings. I Baxter C. Jones On State Elections Board Governor Broughton has appointed Baxter C. Jones, Bryson City attorney, and a former representative in the General Assembly from both Jackson ant} Swain counties, as a member of the State Board of Elections, to succeed R. Ben Prince of Hendersonville, who was appointed Chairman of the State Highway and Public Works Commission. SINGING CONVENTION The Lower District Singing Convention will be held at Barker's Creek Baptist church, beginning at 1:30 in the afternoon, next Sunday, April 27. A .* . f ! . I i ou ) ' ' NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDA WITH HANDSAW I ^ I m I J 3 ,S\ V ' >'\J. / '"in TT3 rete, made with North Carolina tead of sand, wds on display in jineering at Stale College April ts in the annuall students' Engi ete can be cut \^th an ordinary 1 1 into it as in a Board. the new material is William A. : eer at the college, who is con- < >ncrete for the innessee Valley will come into widespread use in he concrete hasihigh heat and 5 of vermiculite, m type of mica, on, Avery, YanciJ, Transylvania :MRS. MOSES HEADS P. T. A. AT EAST j LA PORTE SCHOOL ______ The East LaPorte ParentTeachers Association, in its meeting on Monday, elected Mrs. John Moses as president, to succeed Mrs. Thomas Wike. The other officers elected are: vice| president, Mrs. Blanche Wike; | secretary-treasurer, Mrs. RqjD! ert Fisher, Jr. The meeting convened with ! Mrs. Thomas Wike presiding, and Mr. D. M. Hooper leading the devotional. 1 The secretary-treasurer, in a i brief report of the year's work, revealed that the association has raised $145 to be used in work and improvement of the 1 school. 1 The principal, Mr. D. M. Hooper, suggested some of the ' nrnnlH lilrp tin .?!#?<> Ullllgd unau lie r* \j uiu ?UV the association do in the school during the coming year. JUNIORS WILL HOLD DISTRICT MEETING IN SYLVA MAY FIRST The First District of the Junior Order United American Mechanics will hold its annual Spring District Meeting at the Junior Order Hall of Sylva Council No. 144 at Sylva on Thursday night, May 1, at 7:30 P. M. This will be a business meeting with the election of a trustee to serve the district next year on the Junior Order Childrens Home at Lexington board of trustees. sfoto nmmcilor. Mr. J. L. White of Oxford will be the principal speaker of the evening. Other State officers who will be present and take part on the program will be George W. Wrenn, Field Secretary of Black Mountain and Hugh Monteith of Sylva, Trustee of the Junior Order Childrens Home. . The First District is made up of the counties of Jackson, Macon, Graham, Cherokee, Clay and Swain. Dr. W. P. McGuire of Sylva is the District Councilor of the First District arid will 'preside at the meeting. ' | j . Dewey Wa)llinv of Marshall, Route 3, believes more clear profit can be received from beef cattle by raising and fattening (steers at home. ; . ' j . I ; V ' ? ? . utn 3< Y, APRIL 24, 1941 Centenarian Dies ! At Caney Home Sunday, 20th j Mrs. Saphronia Huffman rones Page, died at the home of ler son, Lee Jones, on Caney | finnHav i li cf nno nrpplr ' ; uia, wuiiuwj, j MWV ifter her descendants and I 'riends had gathered to cele- I jrate her one hundredth birth- i iay. 'I Born Saphronia Huffman, in 3urke county, on April 9, 1841, Mrs. Page's parents brought her \o Caney Fork when she was two fears of age, and she has resided 5 n that community ever since.' s Mrs. Page first married Nelson t Fones, and after his death, mar- $ :ied John Henry Page. She has mothered seven children, three 3f whom are still living. She a leaves 31 living grandchildren, c 39 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren. t Mrs. Page was an exceptionally v well informed woman, and des- i pite her advanced age, kept ( abreast of the trend of the C times. She spent many hours I reading. She read the entire I Bible through a great many times, and read everything else L that came to hand, including i the newspapers, the magazines, and the school books of her c grandchildren and great-grand p children. Funeral services and interment were at the cemetery on Caney Fork Tuesday. East La Porte School Has Closed Successful Year The school at East iLaPorte closed a successful year last night, with an address by Rev. P. L. Elliott, of the Department of English at Western j Carolina Teachers College. ' Jean and Joy Woody, daughters of Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Woody, are valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, of the grad uating class. East Laporte is in ^ the Cullowhee consolidated district, and takes pupils no further than the seventh grade. Charles B. Thomas Will , Operate Carolina Hotel Hotel Carolina will be operated by Charles B. Thomas, beginning May 1, according to announcements made here this week. Mr. Thomas, a son of Mrs. Isula Thomas, of Sylva, graduated at high school in Hot Springs, Ark., and took a course ?r? management at Cornell University. Since that time he has been connected with hotels in New York, St. Louis, Phoenix, Hollywood, Log' Angeles, and Tampa. He came to Sylva from Tampa. He was recently married to Miss Louise Moson of Dillsboro. The hotel is the property of Mrs. Harry Hastings and Vernon V. Hooper, as joint owners. It has been operated successfully since 1936 by Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Thompson, after having been ] closed for several months. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson will take a long vacation; but have not revealed their plans further than that. 1 < n Han iic rresilient IIUUKI uvuuo j District Rotarians < . j Hiram T. Hunter, president of j Western Carolina Teachers Col- < lege was unanimously elected * District Governor of Rotary In- J ternational, at the meeting in | Camden, S. C., the first of the week. Mr. Hunter is a member of J the Sylva Rotary Club, and a { past president. He will assume ( his duties after his election is i confirmed by the International T Convention in Denver, this sum- \ mer. ] This is the 190th Rotary Dis- ] trict and includes the two Caro- I linas. ( ' - ) mm $1.00 A YEAR IN State Leadei 4t Meeting C Of Conleder CAIiaaI jdOIIICI 5 OUIUUI s Holding Final Exercises Tonight With June Edwards as valedictorian and Parris Colton as alutatorian ,the Cashier's chool will hold its final exercises onight, and will hear an adIress by Dan Tompkins, Editor 1 Tne JacKson uounty journal, .nd Commander of the Amerian Legion Post. Miss Edwards is the daugher of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Edwards. Mr. Colton is the son of ilr and Mrs. George Colton, of Cashier's and Boise, Idaho. A.J. 21oer is president of the class, 'arris Colton vice-president, and jillian Burnette, secretary. Faye Allen, daughter of Depity Sheriff and Mrs. Frank Alen, is mascot of the class. Class superlatives chosen re:ently are: Prettiest girl, Mary vie Call; most handsome boy aarris Colton; smartest girl, I jillian Burnette; smartest joy, A. J. Cloer; most courteous girl, Bernice Clark; most :ourteous boy, De Lois Mc2all; most dignified girl, Mary McCall; most dignified boy, \lvin Ray; most intellectual jirl, June Edwards; most intellectual boy, Parris Colton; most studious girl, Lillian Burnette; most studious boy, Alvin Ray; friendliest girl, June Edwards; friendilest boy, A. J. Cloer; juietest boy, De Lois McCall; most athletic girl, Maxine Moody; most athletic boy, David Pa 'ton, Jr.; neatest girl, Mary McC? U; neatest boy, Alvin Ray; - n J nost popular girl, JUM Mvard : most popular boy, A. J. ?loei bset all around girl, Lilian iurnette; best all around >oy, . J. Cloer. Jetiring Highway Commissioner H HHHIHi C. L. McKEE ?errebee Succeeds McKee [)n Highway Commission Percy B. Ferrebee, Andrews aanker, capitalist, and hotel jwner, has been appointed by governor Broughton to succeed S. L. McKee of Sylva as Highway pommissioner for this district. R. Ben Price, Hendersonville ittorney, member of the State 3oard of Elections, and former Senator from Henderson, was ippointed as chairman of the. State Highway and Public Works Commission. The new commission will assume its duties on May 1. Mr. ferrebee has made no intimation is to whether he will more the iivision offices from Sylva to Andrews. The offices and shops vere located at Andrews until ;he present Commissioner, Mr. 5. L. McKee was appointed. He noved them to this county, since 3ylva is much nearer the center )f the division than Andrews. , . ' 'J . x ADVANCE IN THE COUNTY rs Expected >f Daughters acy Tuesday A number of State figures are expected to be present for the district convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, to be held in Sylva next Tuesday, April 29. Among them are Mrs. R. O. Everett, State president, and Miss Anne B. Wilson, district director. The meeting will begin at 10 o'clock, Tuesday morning at the Methodist church, with Miss Wilson presiding. On the program are Mrs. Grover Wilkes, Mrs. W. G. MacFarlane, of AsheviUe, Rev. A. P. Ratledge, Mrs. Dan Tompkins, president of B. H. Cathey Chapter, Mayor Gibson, Dan TompHnc Pmmmon/lor r\-f fVin AA.AA.AtJy VV/lUUlUXXU^l VI l/lig ? ican Legion, Mrs. Preston Thomas, Mrs. W. T. Wright, Mrs. L. E. Fisher, Mrs. A. P. Ratledge, and Mrs. John H. Morris. The pages wil be Misses Agnes Wilson, Margaret Bird, Annie Nell Brown, and Mary Catherine Monteith. At one o'clock there will be a luncheon meeting at the Community House. Miss Wilson will preside. After the blessing by Mrs. Charles L. Allison, there will be a quartette composed of Elizabeth Rogers, Gertrude Car- i ter, Charles Frazier and Walker Freel, directed by Mrs. Inez Wooten Gulley, and accompanied by Dorothy Thompson. After "Dixie", by Mrs. Helen /"I _ i-l- 4.V>A?n mill V/UUicy umaiu, uicic win uc toasts, "To Our Confederate Fathers", by Mrs. Frank Buckner; "To The Men Of Confederate Ancestry Now Training for the Defense of America", by Mrs. Grover C. Davis; and, "The Birthday of the North Carolina Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy", by Mrs. E. L. McKeev Tommy Ferguson will sing, "God Bless America", and the entire group will join in singing, "America." ? Coltrane, Cook Were Heard At r> i :n_ c: i_ uienvmc i iiiaid President Coltrane of Brevard College delivered the address t0 the graduating class at Glen- \ ville High School last night, and diplomas were presented to fifteen graduates by Floyd Griffin, principal of the school. The commencement exercises started at Glenville on Sunday morning, when the baccalurate sermon was delivered by Rev. W. N. Cook of Webster. The class day exercises were held at the school on Tuesday, by the graduating class. Members of the class are: Mary Sue Rogers, Verna Lee Reid, Edwin McManar, Priscilla Cloer, Tom McGuire, Laura Joe t Davis, Leona Fowler, J. C. Robinson, Malba Robinson, J. C. Fisher, Bertha Blackburn, Cora Frank Moss, and Sam Parker. TOWN BUYS LAND FOR RECREATION CENTER PARK The Town of Sylva has bought the ground upon which the Community House, the Welfare Offices, the Highway Shops, and the burned school bus garages stand from the County Board of Education. The purchase gives the town the ownership of all the property near the Town Hall, down the creek to the Monteith property, and between Scott's Creek and Dillsboro Road The officials of the town are planning to make a park and community center and playground of the property. Recently, in view of the negotiations between the town and the Board of Education, the erection of new garages for the school buses was begun on property that the town traded to the board, just off Highway 107, on the Jim Love Cove Road. r J *2 A* ^ ?;?