I I <* ^ i * i I (1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE OUTS 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 ] *V*/v AAwf f fKo cntr < 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- * Vft P 1 TTnKorf am TXfViif _ ( ?? -.v a, t r ciguoun, vt xaxv- * 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 . Enclotr r?..i i? ^ J ?..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 \ El)c 3 ** ** ' I * ;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. I . > * ' . " r-yt " / 7/** acfsoi SYLVA NOR' 51 Last Rites Are Held > For Mrs. Ensley At Beta Church f ^ 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. r ) ___________ 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. I This group is giving a pro 1 -Gap, Ga., Saturday night. This play won the Pulitzer Two Objectives In . i BattleOf Crete Keep tu? *u?|. I worm un me high >1 . . 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 "P!'!"^ '"tf ...I. :y''' 4?f *' * ! v ? o? rH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 2 | Plans Are LaidFor Red C^oss Sewing, For British Relief . j 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. ( ??H : < Cogdill Moving Tb j . New Building Toqay t * j 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~: i 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 \ mmmy /S? , <&&&?% >>-> >$8 IS Suction of "You Can't Take It WitlB Prize in 1937 and is the third PulitB V/l 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 ( I I *? 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 ... _ < '1 \ e. .. v * ' -1' ' v I r . ' '* "I * nto li 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 ' * ^ 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 .f experience-in the work. She ; c md her husband live in Sylva. c vpstpm Carolina Players i You" at Cullowhee tonight, and . ; '/ I 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 | m_m f - - . . ourto \ i . ) . . . $1.00 A YEAR IN AIT Building Ne To Sylva Bei Pnnrlirinr l+ ?9 j_ ^nuiiig jl m 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 aw- f < A large number of Transyl- ; I 1 i 1 rania County farmers are realzing the value of potash parti- 1 ularly on the black bottom soils >f the county. ' |3 _ , mBmm - 1 MMHMi 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 | - A- . 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- ? Continued On Pa*e 5) ( . . ?maammmmmmmm?m I I - IB IB ^ANCE IN THE COUNTY 1 w Entrance |||j iug Held tJp ill 1 Relocation i|| 11W9 . j l.ji 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. I ! Fight inside Party I Instate looms Oyer /% * M i-:i ' r* / L uommiuee mi ? 7 - | 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.