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I '''^TTVFAR IN ADVANCE OCTi
I 4_ A. Nicho]
Head Of M<
I For Jacks*
I Dr. A. A. Nichols was chosen
I 3S chairman of the Medical
I unit Civilian Defense in
I Jackson county, at a meeting of j
I [he physicians and surgeons of
I the county, held at the ComI
' -itv HosDital.
IliUW".' ? Every
doctor in the county j
was enrolled as a member of
.^e medical unit committee, and'
jjje community hospital was
designated as the Base Hospital, j
with First Ai(* Stations designed
as the Infirmary at
Western Carolina Teachers College,
the home of Dr. Woody at
East LaPorte, and the home of '
Dr. Stoddard at Cashier's Valley.
Other First Aid stations will
be named within a short time,
and it is planned to have a reg- |
istered nurse or a doctor in 1
charge of these.
All the doctors expressed great 1
interest in the defense work, and
m forming a co-operative medial
unit to be ready for any
I /nergency that might arise in
I ne county.
A registration of persons
volunteering for civilian defense
ui the county will be held in
:he near future, and stretcher ,
bearers, ambulance drivers, and
I first aid assistants will be asI
signed to work with the mediI
ral unit.
I The nurses in the county will
I work in co-operation with the
doctors in this important phase
of the work.
I HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
I GIVE DEFENSE BOND
I TO LOCAL SCHOOL
I The Senior Class at Sylva
High school is buying a $75 Defense
Bond to be presented to
I the school at graduation time. J
I The bond will be held in trust
I for the school until its maturity,
I ten years from now, when it will
I be ^'orth $100, which will then
I be spent for the benefit of the I
I library of the school.
K During the year a new heating
iumt has been instailea at tne
school. To this the seniors contributed
$25, and the remainder
of the cost was paid by the
Parent-Teacher Association.
sylva basketeers
to enter tourney
Sylva High School boy's basket,
ball team has won ten straight
sames with opposing schools, j
and will enter the Western
^'orth Carolina High School
Basketball Tournament at
Cullowhee with high hopes of |
winning the trophy. The girls
from Sylva High have lost but
two games during the season,
^nd will enter the tournament.
Mark Watson is coach for
basketball and expects his teams
'o give an excellent account of
themselves in the tournament,
n?xt month.
. marvin s. giles dies
w home in old fort
Marvin Stamey Giles, promineducator
of McDowell county.
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I-. ? uu iMunaay nignt a.t
home in Old Fort. Mr. Giles
laught in the Webster school
several years ago and while
lh"e married Miss Mary BrySOn
a daughter of S. T. Bryson.
Surviving are his widow, and
sons.
founder's day to be
kept this year by
P T ASSOCIATION
The Sylva Parent-Teacher Asi
^0ciation will celebrate Foundvw^ay
on Wednesday evening,
7>ruary 18, at 7:30, at the high
I ^??1 building. Refreshments
'lU ^ served. This will take the
I ace the regular monthly
eetlng, and it will be noted
at ^ meeting will be held
I ednesday evening, instead
I 01 Tuesday.
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SIDE THE COUNTY
Is Is Named
idical Unit
311 County
5697.22 Pllll III
COUNTY FROM
FOREST TIMBER
Tnnlrpr\r\ norflnn nf
uaLiiouii vuuiiujr o pui uiun ui
the receipts from sales of timber
on the National Forests this
year will be $697.22, according to
a statement issued today from
the office of the Nantahala National
Forest, in Franklin .This
money goes into the general
fund of the county. The forest
office reports that the Governor
of North Carolina has recently
received a check from the United
States Treasury in the amount of
$19,654.17, representing one
fourth of the value of timber
cut in the National Forest in
North Carolina during the year
ending June 30, 1941; which
amount is $4,559.64 more than
that received a year ago. The
Nantahala National Forest con- j
tributed $13,100.89 of the total, |
which is more than two thirds
of the total sum, although the
I acreage of the Nantahala Na1
tional Forest is only about one- j
third of the total acreage of |
| National Forests in the State, j
Jackson county's proportion of
j the total revenue from the Nai
tionai Forests was $697.22. In
i officials said:
i making the statement, forest
officials said:
"One-fourth of all the receipts
. for. the timber cut on the Nantahala1
National Forest is returned
to the counties. Protect your forests
from fire?keep them green. |
Sound green timber sells better,
brings better prices. The more
timber the National Forests sell
! the greater the receipts. This
means more money for schools
and roads.
All nations now realize that to
be without wood in time of war
is almost as bad as being without
bread. Be patriotic! Be loyal
to your country and protect her
forests!"
RITES FOR MRS. WIRE
HELD LAST THURSDAY
AT TUCKASEIGEE
Funeral services were con- j
ducted last Thursday * at the j
Wesleyan Methodist church, at j
Tnnto coinroo fr?r 'Mrs T.aiim Wike
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who died at the home of her son,
Claude Wike, in Canada. The
service was conducted by Rev.
J. E. Brown and Rev. John j
Youngblood, of Walhalla.
Mrs. Wike, who was 88 years j
of age, was the widow of the 1
late Jack Wike, prominent!
j farmer and well known citizen :
I of River township. She had
spent her life in this county,
and has many relatives and a
large circle of friends.
Mrs. Wike is survived by two
sons, Claude Wike of Argura,
and Lambert Wike, of Asheville,
| by three daughters, all of whom
live in Chicago, by a number of |
grandchildren, and other relatives.
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LIONS TO GIVE
MINSTREL SHOW
The 56 members of the Sylva
j Lion's Club, each appearing as a
i black-faced comedian, will pre|
sent a Negro Minstrel at the SylI
va Graded School, next Thursday
evening, February 12, beginning
at 8 o'clock, war time.
The show will include songs,
dances, and jokes, and a good
time is promised to all. Proceeds
will be used for benevolent pur
poses.
PROMINENT
The vegetable garden fills a
I prominent place in the farm
program, since it serves the
(double purpose of providing a
health insurance policy and a
savings account for the family.
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SYLVA, NOR'.
CANADIAN lAT
BE* | / ",:
^'v;:; 0;>y 'l&EffifBl
QINCE the outbreak of war, the
3 Royal Canadian Navy which Is
owned and maintained by the Dominion
wherever It is serving, has
established an enviable record. It
has convoyed ships carrying more
than 27,000,000 deadweight tons; it
has fought In the North Sea and it
has captured several enemy vessels.
At the declaration of war the
{strength of the Canadian Navy was
about 1.600 men and IS ships. ToMEN
20 TO 45T0
REGISTER FOR
grnuifc era 1C
(JLHTIbL I LU. IU
All men between the ages of
20 and 45 will register for selective
service on February 16,
according to announcement
made by the Selective Service
Board. And registrars for the
various parts of Jackson county
have been appointed.
The order for registration in
Jackson County, signed by
Chairman J. C. Allison, Secretary
Lewis Bumgarner, and
Board Member Edward Bryson,
is dated January 30, and reads
as follows:
Whereas: The President of the
United States and the Governor
of North Carolina have declared
that February 16, 1942 is to be
registration day for all men who
have attained the twentieth anniversary
of the day of his birth
on December 31, 1941 and has
not attained the forty-fifth anniversary
of the day of his birth
on February 16, 1942 and has not
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heretofore Deen registeicu mmu
the Selective Training and Service
Act of 1940 and the regulations
thereunder.
We, therefore, appoint the following
persons and name the
following locations for registration
of said men. Registration
places will be open from 7 A. M.
until 9 P. M. Daylight Saving
Time.
Buren Terrell, Cashiers School
House; F. I. Watson, Glenville
High School; Mrs. Fannie M.
Brown, Tuckaseigee School
House; G. C. Cooper, Johns
Creek School House; Edward
Bryson, Cullowhee Training
i School; R. P. Buchanan, Webster
School House; R. O. Higdon
Savannah School House; J. C
Allison, Sylva Club House; D. M
Hooper, East LaPorte Schoo]
House; Elwyn Queen, Wolf Creek
School House; R. U. Sutton, Sylva
Paperboard Office; O. E
Brookhyser, Armour Leather
Oo. Office; Mrs. Kathleen F.
! Jones, Barkers ureen l/llUibti I
W. H. Crawford, Qualla Schoo.
House; S. J. Phillips, Willetf
School House; Cornelius Deitz
Balsam School House; Mrs. Hazel
Caldwell, Canada, Sols Creel
School.
How To Register
Have pocket card or piece ol
paper with your name and ag<
on/ |t in legible handwriting.
Be sure to know correct dat<
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rH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEB
LANTIC CONVOY
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Passed by Censor.
day, it musters more than 20,000
men and 200 vessels, including 13
destroyers, several of which were
secured from the United States in
the destroyer deal. By March, 1942,
the Royal Canadian Navy, two of
whose destroyers are pictured
above, will be manned by some
27,000 men and the fleet will consist
of more than 400 ships of various
types. Many of Canada's seamen
come from the prairie provinces.
Sylva .Boys Have
| Won 10 Straight
Games This Year
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(By Orvil Cowar4)
Sylva High' boys have won 10
straight basketball games this
season. They have had no diffijculty
in overcoming any aggre'
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won six games and lost two.
Both teams have defeated Web|
ster, Cullowhee, Hendersonville
and Waynesville. In addition the
! boys have conquered Canton,
I Bethel, Cherokee, Candler and
W. C. and C. B. The girls tied
Candler 14-14.
The starting lineups for the
girls have usually been: Guards:
Ward, Mills, Ensley; forwards:
Parker, Keener, Price, Poteet,
Bryson, Fisher, Pannell, Gunter
| and Hall.
The boys have lined up thus:
Seay, f, Smith, f, Phillips, c,
Aiken, g, Rector, g. Fisher, Nations,
Morris and Norris have
I substituted for the team.
So far this season Kector anu
Smith are tied for the first place
in scoring honors with 50 points
each. "Bouncer" Seay is third
with 41.
Keener leads the girls scoring
with 58, while Parker is second
with 55.
Last Tuesday night the Golden
Hurricane defeated Bethel
boys (the winner of the Gold
Medal Tourney at Canton) 36-17.
The Bethel girls rolled over the
home lassies 25-11.
Friday night the Hurricane
will engage Canton on their
home court. This will be the second
time the four teams have
met. The Sylva girls will seek
revenge for their defeat at Canl
ton on January 20.
i MELVIN JACK BURIED
AT TUCKASEIGEE
Funeral services for Melvin
Jack, son-in-law of J. T. Smith,
were held at Tuckaseigee Sunday
' afternoon, at the Baptist church.
: Mr. Jack, who lost both of his
iptrs in a train accident, died
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on Monday, January 26, in a
hospital in Arkansas.
He is survived by his widow
formerly Miss Elizabeth Smith
1 The body accompanied by hif
5 widow arrived at Tuckaseigec
? last Thursday.
: ONE-TENTH
One-tenth of an acre will prof
vide sufficient vegetables for one
; person; hence a farm family ol
five'should plant at least one?
half acre to meet their requirements.
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5? 1942
DEFERMENT IS
ON ACTUAL BASE
OF DEPENDENTS
In an effort to dispel some of
the confusion which seems to
have arisen throughout the
State as a result of publication
of the new Selective Service
Regulations, State Headquarters
of Selective Service today issued
the following statement:
i There seems to be widespread
| misunderstanding of the Selective
Service Regulations regarding
married men. The following
provisions of the law and regu
lations are pertinent on that
subject:
1. Section 5 (e) of the Selective
Training and Service Act of 1940
provides: "No deferment from
training and service shall be
made in the case of any individual
except upon the basis of the
status of such individual, and
no such deferment shall be made
. of groups of individuals
. . This provision in the law
itself would prevent the blanket
! deferment of "married men"
simply because they are married.
Neither National nor State
Headquarters has ever authorized
the automatic deferment
of married men, regardless of
the date of their marriage. On
the contrary, local boards have
repeatedly been cautioned that
each individual cases must be
considered on its own merits.
2. Deferment in Class III-A
must be based on dependency.
Section 622.32 of Selective Service
Regulations defines a dependent
as follows: "A person
shall be considered a registrant's
dependent only when all of the
following conditions are satisfied
"U Sucfc person must be the
! registrant's wife, divorced wife,
child, parent, grandparent,
brother, or sister, or must be a
person under 18 years of age, or
a person of any age who is physically
or mentally handicapped,
whose support the registrant has
assumed in good faith; and
"(2|) Such person must either
be a United States citizen or live
in the United States, its Territories,
or possessions; and
"(3) Such person, at the time
the registrant is classified, must
depend in fact for support in a
reasonable manner, in view of
such person's circumstances, on
income earned by the registrant
by his work in a business occupation,
or employment (including
employment on work relief
projects but excluding employment
as an enrollee in the Civilj
ian Conservation Corps and sim
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nar employment in me ruauunax
Youth Administration).
"(4) Such person must in fact
regularly receive from the registrant
contributions (including
payments to a divorced wife) to
the support of such person, and
such contributions must not be
merely a small part of such person's
support. Even though the
registrant is unable to furnish
to such person money or other
support for temporary periods
because of the registrant's physical
or economic situation, he
may be considered to be regularly
contributing to such person's
support if such person and
the community look upon the
registrant as the normal source
of such person's support."
3. Section 622.31 of the Selective
Service Regulations provides
that no registrant shall
be placed in Class II-A if he
acquired dependency status on
, or after September 16, 1940 (the
date of the adoption of the Se- I
lective Service Act) and before
. n^omhpr R 1941. unless he Dre- I
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[ sents information which con,
vinces the local board when
classifying him that such status
, was not voluntarily acquired at
. a time when his selection was
; iirtminent or for the primary
s purpose of providing him with a
basis for deferment. No regis
trant shall be placed in Class
m-A if he acquired dependency
status on or after December 8,
j 1941, unless he presents infori
mation which convinces the lof
cal board when classifying him
i | that such status was acquired
] I under circumstances which were
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$1.50 A YEAR IN A)
Local Troo
National S
Beginning
TIRE BOARD HAS
ALLOTTED FULL
JANUARY QUOTA
The full quota of five tires for
passenger cars and light trucks
for the county for the month of
? nllAfa/1 tVlfl Tirp I
JitnUiAiy wao ttuutvu uj uiib xuv
Rationing Board, and but one
truck tire out of the quota of
30, was not allotted during the
month, according to the monthly
report made by Chairman W.
R. Enloe, Secretary Harry E.
Ferguson, and M. B. Cannon, the
other member of the Board at
the close of the month.
One automobile tire was issued
to Garland S. Owen, Wolf
Mountain, two to Horace B. Hyatt,
Whittier, one to A. B. Queen,
Sylva, and the fifth to R. E.
Dills, Sylva. All but one of these
men is a carrier of the United
States mail, and the other uses
his car exclusively for hauling
necessary farm produce to market.
The truck tires were issued to:
Kelly Bradley, Whittier; John
Bryson, Erastus; Robert Chastain,
Tuckaseigee; W. C. Jennings,
Glenville; Zeb Buchanan,
Norton; John D. Broom, Argura;
M. E. Hooper, Cullowhee; Alton
Holden, Glenville; J. E. Cabe,
Green's Creek; H. A. Pell, Cashier's;
Robert Bradburn, Whittier;
Lon Harris, Argura; Ferber
Nicholson, Cowarts; J. 6. barker,
Cullowhee; D. H. Queen,
Whittier; Hall & Potts, Dillsboro;
J. H. Bryson, Glenville ;L
Kelly Hall, Green's Creek; Wal
lace Moore, Glen vine; j. *xeeman,
Whittier; Wallace Wood,
Argura; Ebb Hall, Green's
Creek; E. L. Chastain, Tuckaseigee.
Most of these truck tires were
allocated to trucks used in exclusive
business of transporting
raw materials to manufacturing
plants, or farm produce to market.
Both of these classes of
trucks are in the preferred rating
list, as being engaged in essential
industry.
SCOUTS TO HIILDi
RALLY FRIDAY
AT CULLOWHEE
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The more than 250 Scouts and
leaders in Macon, Swain, and
Jackson counties will hold a
Rally at Western Carolina
Teachers College on Friday,
February 6th, with a program
that will include swimming,
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gaiuco itiiu uv/iiwwvu) ??Court
of Honor, and attending
the W. C. T. C. and Atlantic
Christian College basketball
game.
Ralph J. Andrews and M. G.
MacDonald of Cullowhee will direct
the Rally. They will be assisted
by the other Scout leaders
of the district and by Floyd New,
assistant Scout Executive of the
Daniel Boone Council.
The Rally which is being held
on the first day of the national
Boy Scout Week will start with
a swim at 5 o'clock. After the
swim the boys will have supper
and then join in Scout games
and contests. The District Court
of Honor will be held at 7:15 ana
at 8:00 the group will attend the
basket ball game.
AH Scouts and leaders are invited
to take part in the Rally.
IDEAL
The ideal garden soil should
be fertile, well-drained, retentive
of moisture and soil nutrients,
should warm up quickly
in the spring and should not
bake after hard rains.
DVANCE IN JACKSON COUNTY j
ps Observe j
cout Week
rj
Tomorrow
The Boy Scouts of our local
troop which is under the lead- \ership
of George Lee joins with
11? ? man
me mure uian ten iitiutuu wvh
and boys that have been Scouts !
in observing the 32nd birthday
of Scouting in this country during
week of February 6-12.
At the present time are over
one million members of the Boy
Scouts of America. Here in
Western North Carolina we now
have over 1550 active Boy Scouts
and Cubs.
"Strong for America" was selected
by the Boy Scouts of
America as the keynote for all
the activities during 1942. This
carries out the motto of Scouting
which is "Be Prepared."
In order to be "Strong for
America" the Boy Scouts take
the position that they must be
strong in Leaders, Strong in
Numbers, Strong in Skill, Strong
in Will, and Strong for the Sake
of America.
The Scouts of the Daniel
Boone Council which embraces
14 counties have planned a week
of activities which will include
a special troop meeting program
on emergency service training,
school and civic club programs,
a house to house waste paper
collection, a "Parents' Night"
meeting, and all Scouts will attend
church on February 8th
which has been designated as
Scout Sunday.
As part of the program for
the week the president of the
United States, James E. - West
the Chief Scout Executive, and
Walter W. Head, president of the
Boy Scouts of America will speak
to the Scouts during a special
radio program.
The Scouts and the leaders of
this council are looking forward
to a very active year. All the
troops are starting on a five
months emergency service
training program for all Scouts,
the older Scouts are being organized
into Emergency Service
Corps. Many more Scout
Troops are to be started this
year, and the Scouts are expecting
to make extensive use of the
new Boy Scout Reservation. During
this month the dam which
is being constructed at the reservation
will be completed and the
Scouts will then have an 8 acre
lake.
The Scout leaders have started
our boys all over the country on
a program of training and activities
that will make them
"physically strong, mentally
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that will equip them to "Be
Prepared", and will indeed make
them "Strong for America".
FERTILIZER MEN
URGE ECONOMIES
Raleigh, Feb. 2?Paper bags
will be used by the'fertilizer industry
this year "because of the
shortage of burlap" and use of
higher analysis grades is being
urged "in the interest of national
defense and economy," D.
S. Coltrane, assistant to the
Commissioner of Agriculture,
said today.
North Carolina farmers use
; one-seventh of the Nation's output
of fertilizer.
"While the fertilizer situation
is not critical at this time, farmers
may well acquaint themselves
with war conditions that
will necessarily effect many
changes in grades, manufacture
and shipment of plant food,"
Coltrane said, emphasizing that:
1. Paper bags and secondhand
burlap bags must be used
wherever possible as a result of
the government burlap rationing
program.
An increase in freight rates
has been proposed, therefore
fertilizer orders should be placed
as soon as possible.
3. Tire shortages and transportation
"tie - ups" resulting
from the increased defense programs
may delay shipments.
| 4. Nitrate of soda, an essential
plant food, is being allocated by
'the government on a monthly
basis and adequate deliveries
are questionable,
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