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I HoeyAddres
I Before Crov
I Last Tuesd
..jn this dark hour in history,
go forth to do whatever task
your hands may find to do, no
matter how humble, with, faith
in y0ur country, faith in her in-stitutions.
faith in the perpetuity
of the Republic, and faith
in God", Governor Clyde R.
Hoey advised that 51 graduates
0f sylva High School, before an
immense gathering of citizens 1
Tuesday evening. "And remember",
said Governor Hoey, '*no
matter how limited the means 1
possessed by your parents, each
of you is a millionaire in the
heritage that our ancestors
I * bought and paid for with their
toil and blood, and have handed
down to you. No people anyI
where have had a richer herit- 1
age than that which you possess. 1
It is valuable above all com- 1
putation. more precious to us 1
than life itself." The former
Governor advised the young 1
H ?fn i>amoin in MrtrfV> Porft. I
ptUpiC lu luiiiaiii ii* iiuiui vaivlina,
for, he said, nowhere will
you find greater opportunity to '
exercise your capacities than in
your own State. 1
Governor Hoey was introduced
by Mrs. E. L. McKee, and prior
to the exercises at the school
was the guest of Mr. McKee at
the Sylva Rotary Club luncheon,
at Hotel Carolina.
The exercises opened with
the graceful and thoughtful ,
salutatory by Miss Margaret
Bird. The Sylva High School
chorus sang two selections, "Vilia",
and "By the Bend of the
River."
Miss Maxine Reagan delivered
a inagnificent valedictory ad-_
dress.
The diplomas to the graduates ]
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auu uic wic 01- t > i
enth grade students, were pre/
sented by Superintendent A. C. :
Moses. ]
Principal Louis Hair presented achievement
medals. That for J
athletics, went to Miss Helen
Jones; for athletics, Hadley Kil- 2
Patrick; dramatics, Margaret
Bird; citizenship, John Hyatt; ^
commercial courses, M a x i n e
Reagan and Ethel Reed; 1
scholarship, Maxine Reagan;
Twentieth Century Club medals
for essay, Maxine Reagan; t
short story; Joan Barrett. <
Certificates for perfect at- i
tendance during graded school 1
years were presented to Bonnie c
Tolley and Walter Dillard. 1
The graduates who received (
diplomas are: (
Herman Bailey, Sylva; Milas 1
Crawford, Sylva, R 1; John Robert
Mills, Sylva, R 1; Roy Ensley, \
Sylva, R l; Weston Ensley, Syl- *
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tier; Robert Ferguson, Whittier; i
Homer Franklin, Sylva; David (
Howell, Whittier; Fred Holcombe.
Whittier, R 2; John Hy- <
att, Jr., Whittier; * Coleman i
Jones, Sylva; Hadley Kil- i
Patrick, Sylva; Rex Muse, Sylva; 1
Wade Messer, Sylva, R 1; Jack
McClure, Sylva, R 1; Troy Martin,
Dillsboro; Sam Pruett, Dills- \
boro; Walter Warren, Jr., Sylva;
Kenneth Ward; Whittier, R 2;
Annis Robinson, Sylva, R 1; ,
Dora Beasley, Sylva; Margaret
Bird, Sylva; Kathryne Cog- !
Ml, Balsam; Ozell Crispe, Syl- 3
Va. R 1; Dorothy Dal ton, Sylva; J
?ypsy Dietz, Dillsboro; Ruth
Dietz, Sylva; Irene Dillard Syl- .
^a; Lucille Ensley, Sylva, R 1;
Sarnie Ensley, Sylva; Mildred .
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?..vj, oyiva, tt i*? KUtn tfTee ^
I man, Whittier;- Birdie Galloway,^
I Whittier; Nannie Sue Hedden, .
I Sylva; Inez Howell, Whittier, ,
.Helen Jones, Sylva, R 1"? Mary .
I Katherine Monteith, Sylva? i
Mary Moon, Sylva; Bertie Moore, (
Sylva; Kathleen McGinnis, Sy ^
va; Elizabeth Osborne, Dills-1
boro; Maxine Reagan, Whittier; ,
Christine Ridley, Sylva; Pear*e |
Shenill, Whittier; Betty Stai- ,
*ord, Sylva; Mildred Watson,
Dillsboro; Agnes Wilson, Sylva.
The exercises began with the
H baccalureate sermon by
H . Qeor^e B. Clemmer, at two
O'clock Sunday afternoon.
Monday night the
^encement play, "The Little
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;iDE THE COUNTY *
ss Graduates
yded House
iay Evening
U. S. Supervisor
Of Indian Affairs
Speaks Here
Samuel Thompson, supervisoi
of Indian education in the United
States, who is visiting at th<
Cherokee reservation, and former
Governor Clyde R. Hoey wen
among the guests at the Sylv?
Rotary club which met Tuesday
night at the Carolina Hotel.
Mr. Hoey spoke briefly aftei
being introduced by E. L. McKee
but in order to be at the higl:
school in time to address the
senior class at the graduating
exercises, he was forced to leave
prior to the program.
Mr. Thompson was the speak
er 01 me evening, a man 01 wicu
experience and great knowledge
Mr. Thompson brought out several
interesting facts in connection
with the war in Europe. He
compared ,Hitler's campaigns
with those of Alexander the
Great and showed where ir
many ways they are similar.
"Hitler and his forces musl
and will be defeated", he said
"but obviously either he or some
of his generals are good students
of history."
Mr. Thompson was of the
opinion that in spite of the dari
days through which we are nov
passing, eventually right wil!
triumph and our nation will be
greater than ever. He statec
that whether we liked to believ*
it or not,, it is a fact that Iran
the dawn of history, the worM
has moved forward on wars, ai#c
this is just another one.
Other guests besides Messrs
Hoey and Thompson were the
Rev. T. F. Deitz, of Beta, A. C
Moses, superintendent of Jackson
county schools, and Dan
Tompkins, editpr of the Jackson
County Journal.
CITY OFFICERS ARE
INSTALLED MONDAY
The board of aldermen for
,he town of Sylva, were installed
it the city hall, Monday evenng,
and proceeded to organize
>y electing W. J. Fisher, Jr., as
chairman of the board. Charles
VI. Reed was reelected town
;lerk; Griffin Middleton, chief
)f police, and John O'Kelly,
patrolman.
The street committe is composed
to W. T. Wise, W. J. Fishir,
and Walter L. Jones. W. E.
3rindstaff, W. T. Wise and S.
Carden compose the water
lommittee.
The committees were appointed
by Mayor Herbert Gibson,
mmediately after he was installed
for this third term as
nayor.
Annual Bible School
To Begin On Monday
The annual vacation Bible
School' at Sylva Methodist
;hurch will begin Monday morning
at 9:30, with Mrs. D. M. Hal]
director. The teachers are Miss
Mary McLain, intermediate;
Mrs. A. P. Ratledge, juniors;
Mrs. Phil Stovall and Mrs. Harry
Lawrence, primary; and Mrs
Dan K. Moore, Mrs. Paul -EUis:
Mrs. Robert Fisher, and others
The school is for children from
four years of age through the
intermediate department. The
sessions of the school will be twc
hours in length for five day?
each during the next two weeks
Clodhopper", was presented before
a large audience. The plaj
was directed by Mrs. Chestei
Scott and the principal characters
were John Robert Dills
Geneva Frady, Maxine Reagan
David Thomas, Hilliard Revfc
Dorothy Mae Ledford, with Kate
Harris playing the lead as, "The
Little Clodhopper."
The class day exercises were
held Tuesday afternoon.
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SYLVA NOR'
51 Last Rites Are Held
> For Mrs. Ensley
At Beta Church
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^ Funeral services for Mrs.
" Coleman Ensley, will be held at
Scott's Creek church, today at
2:30. Rev. Thad F. Dietz and
Rev. L. W. Crawford will conduct
the obsequies. Mrs. Ensley
died at her home early yesterday
morning, following a long
illness. She was a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett
Henson, and was a member of
r one of the county's oldest families.
Mrs. Ensley is survived by her
husband ,two sons, Bedford and
5 Humphrey Ensley, four daughL
fore Mpc Pn rl
a tax o? vail vailipucily ui
7 Canton, Mrs. Albert Anderson,
Mrs. C. A. Crawford and Mrs. T.
: C. Bryson, Jr., by one sister, Mrs.
' Sallie Phillips, and by a number
1 of grandchildren and other relJ
atives.
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J QUALLA
[ (By Mrs. J. K. Terrell)
The little daughter of Mr. and
' Mrs. Lewis Cabe died last week.
She was buried Thursday at the
[ Sherrell Cemetery, Olivet.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Troy
J Gunter, a daughter, Effie, on
' May 18.
1 Rev. W. E. Andrews preached
t at the Methodist church Sunday
morning. His subject was
I "Belonging" He was accom[
panied by Mrs. Andrews.
5 Several Qualla -folks attended
the commencement exercises at
Sylva High School^ They are
gratified at the honors confer[
red on the Qualla graduates, as
reported in last week's Journal,
j Mrs. Paul Ferguson attended
the District Conference at Hay-.
; esville on May 13.
, Miss Gertrude FergUson spent
| the week end with relatives in
Canton.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hoyle, Mrs.
[ Thad Beck and daughter, Bar- |
' I bara, made a trip to Cleveland,
Tennessee Sunday, returning
Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Hughes
caled at Mr. JVK. Terrell's Sunday.
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This group is giving a pro
1 -Gap, Ga., Saturday night.
This play won the Pulitzer
Two Objectives In
. i BattleOf Crete Keep
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. Two objectives that may seriously
affect the outcome of the
- great war, loom large in the
r 1 thinking of the world as it
-watches the mighty conflict be
ing waged for the Greek island
, of Crete, in the Mediterranean.
, IFirst and foremost, Crete is the
s outer defense of the vital Suez
f canal. If the German invasion
i of the island dislodges the British
and Greeks, a most serious
ij menace to Suez and all of the
I ( Mediterranean Area will have
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rH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 2
| Plans Are LaidFor
Red C^oss Sewing,
For British Relief
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A number of Sylva women
met in the Home Ec Room of
the Sylva High school, Wednesday
afternoon, and made plans
for sewing for the Red Cross '
for garments for Britain and
her aines.
Mrs. E. L. McKee presided at '
the meeting, and it was decided 1
chat the sewing room will be
open each Tuesday, at ten o'- i
ciock in the morning. Miss Lou- I;
lse , Henson, home economics 1
teacher will have charge of the 1
sewing, Mrs. T. N. Massie band- '
age making, and Mrs. Walter *
Jones, of the knitting. * 1
All materials will be furnished
by the American Red Cross. ?
The garments will be cut at the 1
sewing room, and the sewing c
and knitting can be done either
j at the school building or at
home, as the individual women
l'ind most convenient.!
Mrs. Harry Hastingi is gener- c
ai chairman for Red Cross production
for the county. (
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Cogdill Moving Tb j .
New Building Toqay t
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The Cogdill Motor Company, <
local Dodge and Plymouth deal- ?
ers, is moving to its new Quarters,
in the building; just com- (
pleted at the eastern intersec- ?
tion of Mill and Main Streets. ;
The building, which is two r
stories of brick, adjoins the ^
Standard Filling Station, which j
is also owned and operated by j j
the Cogdill Motor Company. It j j
has offices, store rooms, display,
rooms, parts rooms, jand garage j j
?.nd repairs rooms. * ,
^ JRfetiules M. KeetT III l~:
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Charles- M. Reed, town clerk 11
of Sylva, and one of the town's t
best known citizens, went to an t
Atlanta hospital for diagnosis 1
and treatment, last night. He
became ill at the | town hall 1J
Tuesday afternoon, and was j J
| taken to his home. Mrs. Reed , ?
land Alderman Walter L. .Jones c
' accmpanied him to Atlanta. ?
"ast And Production Staff \
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Suction of "You Can't Take It WitlB
Prize in 1937 and is the third PulitB
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the British Empire in defeating! <
the Germans will have been 1
greatly increased. Also, it is be- I
lieved that the landing of thou- i
sands of troops in parachutes t
and motorless gliders, is a prac- 1
tice maneuver for the contem- 1
plated invasion of Great Britain t
itself. The island of Crete, located
as it is off the German- (
occupied Greek mainland, is j
ideal for trying out the new j
kind of invasion across the nar- ^
i row seas. I I (
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The attack began when a 11
number of German troops, un- I (
lawfully clad in the uniform of ' \
;New Zealand soldiers, began to >
silently descend upon Crete from i
the skies. For three days now i
the battle has been gaining in j <
, intensity. Thousands of. Ger- 11
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2, 1941
WCTC Band Making
Contribution To1
College, Community
The band at Western Carolina
Teachers College, under the ,
direction of Mr. George- Tracy,
has been making a contribution
to college and community life i
in" Cullowhee, Sylva, and the I
county. y.
For many years j the county I
has had no band, neither has '
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hhp pnl i offo onH rtn m nnrr nnn qo_
JA?\s VViiVJjVj Uliu Oil Ai&ailJ VVVtttJ"
ions when a band would have
idded much to the pleasure of r
,he people, one has either had i \
;o be imported, or none was f
, $ !
ised. I j c
The need of a band at West- j t
irn Carolina has been apparent e
'or a long time, and with a j i
:ompetent leader and director 1 i
ike Mr. Tracy, the work has g
3een making rapid progress. r
No longer can Western Caro- i
lina be called one of the few e
colleges without a band. i:
COLEMAN LUCK WILL .<?
CONDUCT SERVICES \
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Mr. Coleman Luck will bring
:he message and conduct/ the s
service at the Methodist church
Sunday night next, the service s
.tarting at 8 P. M.
Mr. Luck is an advanced stu- e
lent at the Dallas Theological |L
Seminary, Dallas, Texas, and *
vill be engaged during the sumner
vacation in evangelistic
vork among the young people
n Texas. He will arrive today for .
i short vacation with relatives 1
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MRS. PADGETT IS
VEW COUNTY JN UKSK i
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Mrs. Wesley Vrabel as county j
lurse, on June 1, it was learned f
;oday. Mrs. Vrabel has been ?
ransferred to Haywood coun- j
,y, where her husband practices \
aw, having an office in Canton.
Mrs. Padgett, a native of
rackson county, is a daughter of;
r. C. Hayes of Qualla, and is a; *
graduate nurse with a great deal *
>f experience-in the work. She ; c
md her husband live in Sylva. c
vpstpm Carolina Players
i You" at Cullowhee tonight, and
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zer Prize play the Western Caroli
Tians have been shot down, 1
Dther thousands killed after 1I
;hey landed, and many more I c
thousands sunk into the .seas c
vhen the British navy attacked r
;heir convoys, attempting to f
and them from ships to rein- j r
:orce the glider and parachute ' *
;roops. t
Each day the battle has gain- 8
?d in intensity, and the Gernans,
following their well- i
mown tactics of mass .attack, r
vith utter disregard for the loss t
)f their soldier's lives, continue t
jO pour men into and against f
2rete. The attack is but a new s
:orm of the mass attack of world
var days, described to this'
vriter, back in 1918, by a British 1
soldier, who said, "They were *
joming oyer like the waves of 1
:he ocean. You'd think the dead |
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Building Ne
To Sylva Bei
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Threshers Should
Get License From
Register Of Deeds
' Raleigh?North Carolina has
noie than 7u,u00 farms growing
theat to oe threshed. This in
ormation was secured irom i
>peiaiors of threshing and com- j
)ine machines, Vho are requir- ' ;
;d by law to report all acres and ,
)ushels threshed. These records ;
lave been of3 great value to the ;
state in that only through this ]
neans could the Crop Report- ;
ng Service convince the gov- 1
jrnment that North Carolina ]
naue good yields of grain. j
In addition, the Department
?f Agriculture thresher records
)i*ovide acceptable evidence for i
arm allotments, comparing very
avorably with the Farm Cen- ,
ius records reported to tax listirs.
When sucfrf records are not .
:ecured, much valuable evidence ,
s missing. In order to secure
;ood records, we must have the ,
ooperation of growers, threshirmen,
and county Register of
Deeds. Since farmers are enitled
to this advantage and as
V?o law rprmires it. all should
AAV, v. _
ake active steps to insure maxmum
reports being obtained.
This year's prospective operitors
should get permits from
heir Register of Deeds immedately,
for only a nominal fee
s made for threshing license.
~v private operator*must,
lave licenses, no fee is charged.
parmers should also insist on
;uch records being kept and rejorted
as required by the State
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A large number of Transyl- ; I
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rania County farmers are realzing
the value of potash parti- 1
ularly on the black bottom soils
>f the county. ' |3
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at Rabun Gap College, Rabun <
na Players have produced.
lad come to life. We killed them ^
>y the thousands, and still they
:ame, wave on wave." The only
iifference between then and ,
low is that they are coming .
rom the skies and by ships, j
afts, small boats; and as the ,
iirst come and are killed, the \
nass attack from sea, sky and |
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Lir continues iu uibcuoujr. ,
If the tactics prove effective I
n Crete, the belieef of the Ger- <
nan command that Britian can <
ie invaded in that manner will i
lave been proved t0 their satis- |
action and we may expect to <
ee it tried out against the ]
rie:ht little, tight little island." <
In the meantime, the entire
French Empire seems to be (
hrown into the scale against j
Britain. At least the puppet gov- ?
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^ANCE IN THE COUNTY
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iug Held tJp ill
1 Relocation i||
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The construction of the new
entrance to Sylva over Highways
23 and 19 from the east,
is being held up by Commissioner
Percy B. Ferrebee, pending
a survey to test the feasibility
of a relocation.
The preseut plans, and the
ones upon which it was believed
that the new road would be immediately
constructed, call for
leaving the present highway at
a point opposite Brookside Court
and coming into Highway 107
near the store building of John
B. Ensley. However, Mr. Ferrebee,
after hearing objections
from property owners along the
present highway, has ordered a j j,|
new survey, and is attempting
to work out a plan for leaving
the present highway a short
distance nearer town, and then
following the same route, coming
into 107 at the same points
as was originally planned. |
Mr. Ferrebee has takfen this
aspect of the matter up with city
and Chamber of Commerce officials,
and there has been no
Dbjection raised, provided the illl
change is feasible from an engineering
standpoint. However,
the city and chamber officials
have urged that "the construc- < * ,'
tion get under way at the earliest
possible moment.
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Fight inside Party I
Instate looms Oyer
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An internal fight among democrats
of North Carolina is
growing more intense over the
post of National Committeeman.
R. J. Reynolds, Jr., of
Wmston-Salem was offered as
a, candidate for the service postt
shortly after the recent death
jf A. L. Folger. The party leaders
who were opposed to the
idea advanced former Governor
Clyde R. Hoey, and the fight was
Lon Folger, National Committeeman
and Congressman, died
aiier an automobile accident, as
tie was on his way to Person
>r,nntu tn make a commence
v~ -
ment address, and Dick Reynolds
cast covetous eyes upon j|
t h e Committeeman position.
Reynolds, a member of one of
North Carolina's wealthiest
families, has not long been
active in politics. He jumped into
prominence when he made
i large loan of money to the
Democratic National Committee
i short time before the last
election, thus filing a financial
need in the Roosevelt camp.
One Dr. Ralph McDonald,
erstwhile candidate for governor
and leader of a most liberal
?roup, is said to be most active
in promoting Dick Reynolds.
rhat is strange coming from the
McDonald, who a few years ago
wa.s rather mouthy against the
corporations. Since then, the
Hoey administration got Dr. ?H|
Ralph placed as associate di
rector of extension at the Uni- . JIJ
versity of North Carolina. Operating
from that base, Dr. Ralph
has been extending his political } 9
machinations rather rapidly
Just where he stands in the
present administration is a
problematical matter. It was
said back in last year, that
there were some political debts
to McDonald piling up. But now
McDonald and the administration
appear to be working at
:ross purposes in the National
Committeeman fight. At any
rate, wherever ' and whenever
politics is mentioned in North
Carolina, the name, if pot the
person of Dr. Ralph is sure to
jome up.
It is generally agreed that the
eleventh Congressional District
s voting almost solidly for Hoey
ind against unnatural Reynolds
-McDonald combination.