North Carolina Newspapers

ft Tveak in advance ou1 wge Ens P^perbo ndition h c Enslcy is in the ComHospital, after having critical injuries, while at the Sylva Paper-' [ant. about noon, on ay. Young Ensley was )yee of the Chillicothe mipany. which concern ig: the improvements I and enlargements at the paper mill. A heavy stand, upon which machinery was t0 have stood, fell some four feet, striking the the local hospital, last ihest. ft is said- He was rushed ^ the hospital and is in a critical condition, from head and hest injuries. The yonn.tr man is a son of [r and Mrs. Bedford Ensley, tool Ba^rd Bans today Ball Games n Local Grounds tie Jackson County Board of j nation turned thumbs down on the proposal for the use of the High School property,injsyln for Sunday baseball, 'it was learned Monday afternoon. The first baseball game ever to be played m Sylva on Sunday, was on the High School grounds last Sunday afternoon, between Sylva and Hazelwood teams of the Blue Ridge League. A protest against Sunday baseball' was filed with the I board by the Baptist Ministerial Association of Jackson County, in a letter signed by Rev. Thad F. Deitz, the moderator of this Association, by Rev. Fred For- i ester, and Rev. W. N. Cook, pastors at Cullowhee and Webster, as a committee from the mini- j sterial association. On the Sun- j day previous, the First Baptist j church of Sylva had passed a ] resolution against Sunday baseball. and had appointed a com- i mittee to approach the Board of Aldermen of the Town upon the subjecf. Chairman Charles E. Smith, j of the Board of Education was not present at the meeting, it ! was stated; but a vote was tak- j en on the matter, and John B. ! Deitz. Hutt Middl \ >n, and D. H. Stephens, three out of a five member, board, voted to offer the use of the school grounds for baseball on any days during me summer that the league may wish to play, except on Sunday. A member of the board stated that the board had taken the position that in the opinion of the board, the people of Jackson County would not approve of the use of their property, which belongs to the people of this county' for Sunday baseball. tonsil clinic to be held next week Because of the Tonsil Clinic be held in the High School building on Tuesday and Wed, nesday of next week, the meeting of the Red Cross which was scheduled to be held on Tuesday. will be deferred until Tuesday following. Officials of the local Red Cross arp iim.: J-1- - < ? uifcuig mat me women 01 the community and the county generally attend the meetings and helf with the sewing and knitting that is being done. Materials are furnished by the national Red Cross and may be Qlade into garments at the Meetings which are held each Tuesday, in the home economics rooms of the high school, or ^ken to the homes and made UP there. The meetings begin at 10:00 o'clock on Tuesday mornings an(i continue throughout the toy. ' x ' ' 'X jtyt It 'SIDE THE COUNTY ley Is Hurt >ard Plant; 3 Critical Madison's Portrait Will Be Unveiled AtWestcrn Carolina . ! Two errandchildren nf Prnfps sor Robert Lee Madison, presi- ' dent emeritus of the college, Virginia Madison and Louise | Madison, will unveil Professor Madison's portrait' at com-j; mencement exercises in Hoey Auditorium next Monday morn- 1 ing. I, The portrait, a gift of the sen- ] ior class of 1940-41, is the work ! ~of W. H. Conroy, noted New York portrait painter. Because President H. T. Hunt- , i1 er will not be present at the; | exercises, D. Hiden Ramsey of"i Asheville, chairman of the;1 board of trustees, will accept the j portrait from John Henry Ges- ' ser, president of the senior class. Mr. Ramsey is managing editor '< of the Asheville Citizen-Times ' and a prominent North Carolina ' citizen.^ 1 Details for the painting were I arranged by Mrs. Lillian Bu- ' I chanan on a recent visit to New ' 1 York. ? The Senior Class is making I the initial payment for Professor Madison's portrait and it is hoped that succeeding classes i will complete the project as 1 planned by painting the por- J traits of the other twQ presi- I dents, Professor A. C. Reynolds, I | of Asheville, and encumbent I President H. T. Hunter. I After the unveiling of the por- I trait, it will be placed, in the J Student Union Building. i i f DR. H. T. HUNTER \i j j j Hunter To Attend i National Assembly i Of Rotary Clubs | ? ? I Dr. H. T. Hunter, president of ( Western Carolina Teachers Col- ( 1 or-./* crrwprr) OT"-Plfif! t of the j icgc, auu gvtv..... 190th district of Rotary Inter- 1 national,' will attend the Inter- ( national Assembly of Rotary at ( I Colorado Springs, June 9-14. 1 About nine hundred persons will j attend the assembly including ] the governors-elect of the 144 i1 I 2 districts of Rotary Internationa al, the international officers, and specially invited guests of the secretariat. ' !l From June 15-20,-Mr. Hunter |( ! i will attend the Rotary Interna- | i tional Convention at Denver.j Five thousand delegates from twenty-five countries, some as ; far away as China, will attend this convention. , ? i, President Hunter has acceptJ ed the invitation to serve as secretary for the College Edu * cational Crafts Association di- j vision of the convention at Den ver. D. Hiden Ramsey, Asheville, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Western Carolina Teachers College, will preside at the fifty-second annual commence- ; , ment exercises, June 9 afcid 10,at, Cullowhee in Mr. Hunter's ab- I i sence. [ / icksoi SYL All Registrants Must Answer Call Of Draft Board Warning to all Selective Service registrants that they must respond to notices issued to them by local boards or become liable to severe penalties was given today by General J. Van B. Metts, State Director of Selective Service. The State Director pointed out that Section 11 of the Selective Service Training and "Service Act of 1940 provides that any registrant who fails t.n pnrifnrm to the law or regulations shall be liable to punishment "by imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than $10,000, or by fine and imprisonment." "Most of the cases of delinquency as far reported," State Director Metts said, "have been found due to ignorance or carelessness on the part of registrants." He pointed out that heretofore it has been the policy af the Selective Service System to be lenient in cases where it is apparent that there has been n0 willful intent to avoid service. "But the investigation of such cases is taking up much valuable time of local boards md of Department of Justice igents, when these agencies should be devoting their time to the more urgent work of national defense," General Metts said, and then added: "Registrants had better not count on in indefinite continuance of this policy of leniency." . In an effort to correct this situation and to avoid the possibility of prosecution for delinquency, registrants were reminded by General Metts that ;hey must complete and return :heir questionnaires within the ;ime stated in the notice and ;hey must report for delivery to ;he induction station when notified to do so. General Metts varned that failure to respond ;o any of these legal notices will >ubject the registrant to pos;ible prosecution in the Federal 2ourt. F. H. BAILEY SPEAKS TO ROTARY CLUB TUESDAY EVENING J. H. Bailey,, assistant chief )f the Asheville fire department, idtiressed the Sylva Rotary club it its regular meeting Tuesday light in the Carolina Hotel. Mr. Bailey pointed out the >reat increase in the number of fires since the defense program ^ot under way and explained this increase by stating that people are in such a hurry that :hey are getting careless at a ;ime when they should be more *..1 nicn font nn t.he case ./dl Hi. lie axovs }f sabotage in connection with the increase in fires and said ;hat arson is the best weapon 3f the saboteur. He urged those in charge of industrial plants ;o be vigilant at this time in Drder to prevent a fire of this origin. Mr. Bailey said that those who think that because a fire happens in another state it does not affect them are sadly mistaken because they pay in added insurance premiums and other 30StS. In connection with fire prevention, Mr. Bailey pointed out that the correct method of home construction will go a long way toward fire prevention and reduced damage in case a fire does start. Jack Walters toasted Reggie Enloe whose birthday occurred on June 1. Besides the speaker, the only other guests was W. E. Ensor, Sr., of Baltimore, father of the club's secretary. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our appreciation of the kindness of our relatives and neighbors, following the tragic death of our son and brothel*, Allport Breeding. Mr. and Mrs. Walker BreedJove and family. f VA NORTH CAROLINA, THURSD Church Organized By Presbyterians In Sylva Sunday On last Sunday at four P. M. the Commission appointed by Asheville Presbytery for the or! ganization of a Presbyterian Church in Sylva, met at the Community House and organirrs\?4 n rrKAiirt of Proshuforionc in_ l^cu a glUUfl UI i4VUWJ.Vm.HU U1 to a church. Rev. Paul P. Throw; er, of Bryson City, who has been serving the Sylva congregation, i was given evangelistic powers, ' until the regular meeting of Presbytery, for carrying on the 1 work of the new church. Members of the Commission ; who were present were: Rev. r R. D. Bedinger, D. D., of Ashe- ?' ville, Chairman, Rev. R. F. Campbell, D. D., of Asheville, Rev. H. L. Paisley D. D., of Mur- 1 phy, the Rev. G. B. Hammond, ' of Canton, who preached the ! sermon, the Rev. Paul P. Throw- j er of Bryson City; and Elders |J.,T. Bailey, of Canton, S. W. Black and J. A. Gray, of Bryson jcity; members of the choir, and 1 Dr. P. R. Bennett were present from the Bryson City Presbyterian Church. The following people became charter members of the church: Mrs. R. P. Potts, Mrs. W. M. Fowler, Miss Peggy Bivins, by certificates; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Potts, Mrs. F. L. Hooper, Mrs. Grayson Cope, Mr. Vernon McHan, by reaffirmation; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Davis, by profession and baptism. Others who were expecting to become members were unable t0 be present. Beginning this coming Sunday, Mr. Thrower will be assisted by Mr. James B. MacLeod, of Lumberton, N. C., a recent grad uate of Presbyterian College, Clinton, S. C. Mr. MacLeod will begin the work* of a Sunday G?v?r*/-ki Qnr?Hav mnrnin^ at ten 11 ULIiWWi UUiiUMj w?.-0 o'clock. He will preach at eight P. M. Weekly services will continue through the summer months. r Sylva Young People Are Attending Meetings In' Ridgecrest This Week I I j l Miss Edna Allen, Councillor of ' the Girls' Aiikiliary of the'Bap- ; I tist church. Misses 'Barbara ( Bess, Rebecca, Ann Wilson, Ethel , Reed, Peggy Ramsey, Dorthy | Hennessee, Betty Ann Robinson, . Thelma Poteet and Jean Monteith, members of the Auxiliary, < and Miss Lucille Reed, pianist ] for the group, have returned ( "Dlz-Jn-o^rost. wtlPrft theV j liUUl ..... ? spent the first few days of this i week in the Girls' Auxiliary en- i campment. i This morning, Rev. G. C. '] Teague, pastor of the church, 1 accompanied by Philip Jones,. 1 Kent Coward, Sonny Fincannon j and Gene Coward, left for the i encampment of Royal Ambassa- < dors, which will last for a few 1 days at Ridgecrest. i ] Revival Meeting Being j Held At Webster < A revival meeting is in prog- . jress at the Webster Baptist : Church, which the pastor, j ,Rev. W. N. Cook, says are being 1 I well attended. The services are 1 being held each night, , with ministers from nearby commun- i ities doing the preaching. On Monday night, Rev. G. C. Teague,v pastor of the Sylva Baptist Church, preached; on j Tuesday night Rev. E. S. Hens- j ley, pastor of the Scott's Creek < church was the preacher; last i 1 night,, Rev. T. F. Deitz preached 1 3 ADotr TTroH FnrPfifpr. 1 anu tuingxiu ivtt. - ~ ^ ??,, pastor of the Cullowhee Bap- j 1 tist Church will be the speaker.)1 Mr. Ed Powell, of Gastonia, is i directing the music for all the services. j In connection with the series of services, a Daily Vacation Bible School is being held each i afternoon, with Miss Mildred, | Bryant, of Clinton, in charge, i The Bible School, also, is being ; iwell attended. 1 .j.. nto h _____ AY, JUNE 5, 1941 G. T. Nicholson Died Tuesday At John's Creek Home G. Thomas Nicholson, one of the county's best known farm- ~ ers, died at his home on John's Creek early Tuesday morning, ' after an illness of more than ten years duration. . I Funeral services and interment will be this afternoon. i Mr. Nicholson, a splendid farmer and businessman and one of the county's best citizens, is survived by his widow, six e sons, Raymond, Harry, Ed, and h Eugene Nicholson all of Jack- y son County, and Berder and n Jack Nicholson, of Akron, Ohio; o by one daughter, Miss Lenoir p Nicholson, a teacher in the a Jackson county schools; by sev- a eral grandchildren, and other C relatives and friends. t] ? c HARRY BUCHANAN v 0e n V Li o vs d ;j; P s< ( HARRY BUCHANAN I PRINCIPAL SPEAKER * AT ALUMNI BANQUET a g Harry E. Buchanan. Hender* ^ aonvilie, a member of the Board ji Trustees of Western Carolina xeachers College for eight years, c rtiii De the guest speaker at the * annual alumni banquet, June I I, sponsored by the Alumni As- jj sociation of the college as a ^ ^omDliment to the graduating seniors. The banquet will be held v in the college dining hall. Mr. Buchanan has been active 1 in furthering education in West- f ern Carolina Teachers for many a /ears and has shown genuine understanding of the problems of young people. Members of the d Alumni Association, the student n body, and the faculty will be quests at the dinner. p Professor E. H. Stillwell, head 3f the history department and ? president of the Alumni Association, will be toastmaster. Business of the day will include , the induction of the graduating ^ seniors into the Association, the election of officers for the com- ? ing year and the selection of . t h e general Alumni Council i which is composed of ten per- | ^ sons taken from the Association r it large. Special music for the ,. Dccasion will be furnished by I ^ the music department under the supervision of Mrs. Charles Gul- ^ ley. b Following the banquet the ^ alumni will be hosts to the Alumni Dance in the Breese ^ " ?' " for t.his OC Lxymna.3iu.ui. xvxuaiv - 3asion will be furnished by Jim- n my Livingstone and his eleven piece orchestra fresh from a ten weeks' engagement with the y roof garden of the Waldorf- J Astoria Hotel in New York City. i. - . Building Bus Station ? On Maple Street p The Estate of David M. Hall fc] is erecting-a bus Station on Ma- e pie Street, just back of the PurDil Station. The building is of brick and when completed will be leased to the Smoky Mountain Stages for a station for its S bus lines running through Sylva to Atlanta, Knoxville, Chattanooga and Asheville. o: ih - ? ww /\ni?v fi BOWLING ALLCi urcai ?? IT Phil Stovall and Felix Pickle- et simer are opening a bowling al- It ley in the building recently va- o cated by the Cogdill Motor Com- ii pany, on Main Street. The alley if will open Saturday of this week, n * >urtto $1.00 A YEAR IN A Balsam Schi Erected Im Education B Syiva High Schoolj, Mill Teach Farming:; 4t Coming Session i l< Vocational agriculture teach- 1 rs will be placed in two of the { igh schools of the county this J ear, according to an agree- ( lent reached by the board 1 f education and the State deartment of education, it was 3 nnounced today. Vocational ! griculture has been taught at ! rlenville for several years, and * he subject will be added to the 1 urriculum at Sylva, giving Syl- 1 a High an additional teacher. <' At the same time, it was stat- j1 d that vocational home eco- 11 omics will be added to the ( ifebster school under the plan ] f the Reid foundation. This 1 ill give Webster High an ad- ' itional teacher. j 1 The board of education has 5 urchased two more school buss, giving the county a fleet of ' wenty-one, for use when the chools open for the next term. Jreene And Miller ?o Be Principal Speakers j The Reverend Sylvester Jreene, President of Coker Colege, Hartsville, South Carolina, /ill deliver me Daccaiaureate ;ddress Sunday, June 9, to the ;raduating class of Western Carolina Teachers College. V I Mr. Greene, a former student if President Hunter, at Wake 'orest College, received his A.; i. degree from that institution n 1922. He took his M. A. at Trinity College, (now Duke Uni- ' ersity) in 1924, and received Lis B. D. from Duke in 1930. In 934, Washington and Lee con- IJ erred the D. D. on Mr. Greene j j ] ,nd the University of South j Jarolina will confer the Ph. D. j < iegree on him at their com- j1 (lencement this spring. Before assuming duties as j (resident of Coker College, he /as pastor of the Grove Avenue laptist Church, Richmond, Virinia. Julian Sidney Miller, editor-in hief of the Charlotte Observr, one of the outstanding news tapers in the South, will deliver h e commencement address, londay morning, June 9. Mr. Miller received his A. B. legree from Erskine College,' >ue West, South Carolina, and Lis LL. D. from the same instiution in 1930. He has been editor-in-chief of tie Observer since 1935, and has een on the editorial staff since 906. He was director of public elations for federal relief in forth Carolina in 1932, chairlan of the Governor's Commision on Education in North Carolina in 1938-39; and elected ice-president of the North Carolina Press Association in 939. He is also president of the ' Torth Carolina Conference of tocial Service and an honorary aember of Omicron Delta Kap- J a, Davidson College. D. Hiden Ramsey, chairman of 1 he Board of Trustees of West- ! m Carolina Teachers College 1 rill award the degrees to 125 raduating seniors. Jew Mail Service For J lylva Is Announced i < An additional daily dispatch ? f mail from Sylva t0 the east 1 as been inaugurated. Postmas- r jr Charles M. Price stated. The c lail will leave Sylva at 3 o'clock i ach afternoon, except Sunday, t t will be necessary for patrons 1 f the office to have their mail i \ the post office by 2:30 if it I ; to leave on the three o'clock t mil, the postmaster said. s [ . ldvance in the county [)ol Will Be imediately loard Says The Jackson Countv Board of Education has asked for bids for the construction of a new school building at Balsam, it was learned today. The building, which is designed t0 house the Balsam elementary school, will be 5f brick veneer, and will have four class rooms, in addition to Dther facilities, it was stated. Balsam is in the Sylva School district, and the high school students attend Sylva high. Another school building that is under consideration, and which it is stated will be constructed in the near future, is X) be at Barker's Creek. It is proposed to constructs this Duilding under the WPA plan, md if this is done, the structure will be of stone. A large delegation of Barker's Creek citizen* iiscussed the project with the Board of Education, on Monday, ind was assured that the building will be erected as soon as plans are accepted and money s available. Other building plans of the x>ard include gymnasiums at Webster and Sylva. The present school buildings it Balsam and Barker's Creek are antiquated, and entirely unsuitable to the needs of the communities. ARIAIL HEADS BUNDS DEFENSE COMMITTEE Mr. C. H. Robertson, o f Greensboro, State Admistrator, Defense Savings Staff, announces appointment of Mr. R. L. Ariail, as Chairman of the local committee for the county of Jacksorf Other community leaders who have been asked to serve on this committee are, Mr. A. C. Moses, Sylva; Mr. G.. C. Henson, Sylva; Mr. Aaron Hooper, Co warts; Mr. S. W. En[oe, Dillsboro; Mr. Daniel K. Moore, Sylva; Mr. Dan Tompkins, Sylva; Mrs. E. L. McKee, Sylva; and Mrs. Jessie Cordell, Whittier. In announcing this new program t he Honorable Henry Morganthau, Jr. Secretary of the Treasury, said, "Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps give us all a way to take direct part in building the defense of our Country?an American way to find the billions needed for National Defense. The United * 3tates is today as it has always ? ?? in JCCa, U1C UtSb 1I1VCOI/U1V11U u> un. vorld. This is an opportunity tor each citizen to buy a share n America." The success of the Defense Savings program will be measlred by the number of men, vomen and children who serve their country by saving. The Secretary of the Treasury has ;aid repeatedly that his chief >bjective in this program is to spread the cost of defense as videly as possible among the American people. His main purpose is t0 give every American i sense of direct participation in ;he financing of national defense. If the Defense Savings pro^ jram is to be brought to the attention of all Americans, in all parts of the country in all walks' 3f life, the effort must be made in every local community. It to io be done in a manner coivsistent with our democratic traiitions, thfe active support of jublic-spirited citizens must be jnlisted everywhere. For thege easons, the Treasury has created State committees in every State, and will encourage the 'ormation of similar local comnittees reaching into every part >f-the country. This Committee or Jackson County is a part of ;his nationwide organization, rhe all important task of this md other like committees will >e t0 spread information about lie Defense Savings program imong 130,000,000 Americans .