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Neal Bishc
During Sno
Truck Skidf
TradQgy struck during the
snow storm Monday afternoon,
as the old Tuckaseigee claimed
another victim for its turbient
waters. Neil Bishop, 51 year old
pmployee of the State Highway
Public Works Commission
was drowned in the cab of a
highway truck, that slid off a
tUrve on the Franklin highway,
above the Dillsboro bridge. Mr.
Bishop and Hampton Pell, Jr.,
were on duty helping to keep
the highways clear for traffic,
and had been to the supply room
at Svlva for material for the
workmen, and were returning
to the Cowee Mountain scene of
action, when the accident occurred.
Mr. Pell managed to escape
from the cab of the truck
and make his way to the river
bank. He gave the alarm, and
when a wrecker arrived at the
scene and lifted the vehicle
from the river, the body of Mr.
Bishop was still in the cab.
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Air. DISIlup, a naiivc ui viiuuwhee,
and a son of the late Dan
Bishop, had been a citizen of
this county all his life. For several
years he has been associated
with the Highway Department.
Funeral arrangements are
held in abeyance pending the
arrival from Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
of Mr. Bishop's son, Daniel
Bishop, who is in the United
States Army. However, it is believed
that the service will be
held at the Baptist church at
Cullowhee, Saturday, and interment
will be in Cox cemetery,
near Cullowhee.
Mr. Bishop is survived by his
widow and seven sons, Daniel
Bishop, who is in the United
S ates Army. Martin and Harley
Bishop, both of whom are
Highway employees, and four
younger sons. Surviving also
are two brothers, Grover Bishop
of Svlva. and Jack Bishop of
Smithport. Pennsylvania; his
mother. Mrs. D. S. Bishop, of
|vJva. and the following sisters:
Mrs. Louis Galloway, Limestone.
New York; Miss Sophia
Bishop. Sylva; Mrs. Everett
Harris, Sylva; Mrs. O. V. Cagle,
Webster; Mrs. Milas Ward and
Mrs. Milford Jenkins, Sylva.
REPUBLICANS. WILL
NOMINATE CONGRESS
CANDIDATE MARCH 12
The Republicans of the 12th
Congressional District will nominate
their candidate for Congress
at a convention to be held
in Sylva at 2 o'clock next Thursday
afternoon, accprding to a
call issued by John B. Ensley,
chairman of the Republican
Executive Committee. The counrv
convention will be held one
hour before the Congressional
convention begins, Mr. Ensley
stated. The time used will be
war time.
Mr Ensley's statement follows:
The Jackson County Republican
convention is hereby
called to meet in the Court
House in Sylva on Thursday
afternoon March 12, 1942 at 1
o'clock. (War Time) for the
purpose of electing a county
Chairman and delegates to the
various conventions and to
transact such other business as
may come before the Convention.
At two o'clock on the same
afternoon the Congressional
convention will be held at the
Court House in Sylva for the
Purpose of nominating the Republican
Nominee for Congress
lro'n this District.
Every Republican in Jackson
County is not only invited but
l,rS?d to be present at both of
meetings. ^ All precinct
Committeemen will take notice
of this meeting and see to it
that their precinct is fully repented.
Thi.s March 2, 1942.
J. B. ENSLEY,
County Chairman
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The heaviest snow this region
has seen since the St. Patrick's
Day blizzard of 1936, tied up
traffic and virtually brought all
business activity to a standstill,
the first of the week. Although
the snow was lighter in Sylva
than in most parts of Western
North Carolina, it reached a
maximum of 13 inches here,
early Tuesday morning. At
! many places in the county where
I the altitude is higher than at
Sylva, it is stated that the depth
of the heavy snowfall reached
to 30 inches. Back of the Balsams
and Smokies, on the north
sides, it is stated that the depth
of the snow may have been four
feet or more, since there was
much snow from previous falls.
and the snow began falling in ?
the mountains earlier than in .
the vallies, and continued longer, j
Few people hereabouts have
seen a continuous snowfall for ,
so long a period of time. Be- .
ginning in Sylva about an hour j
before daylight, Monday morn- (
ing, the flakes continued to fall ,
with scarcely an interruption j
for about 30 hours. At one time "
Monday night, shortly after the 1
moon came out from eclipse, ;
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SCHOOLS IN COUNTY '
CLOSE UNTIL MONDAY ]
ON ACCOUNT OF SNOW 1
All schools in Jackson county '
have been ordered closed until
Monday morning of next week, '
| according to Adam C. Moses, su- |1
perintendent of education. Mon- 1
day has been set as the tentative
date for the reopening of the i
schools, Mr. Moses said; but if )
the condition of the roads is
such as to make reopening im- I
practical at that time, in any .
part of the county, the date for
that particular region will be
moved forward. . 1
CLUB PLANNING
FOR DELEGATESi
AT I. R. C. MEET
Cullowhee, Mar. 10 (Special)?
I The International Relations ,
I Club had a call meeting Tuesi
day evening to perfect plans for
! the selection of delegates to at- ,
tend the South Eastern District i
meeting March 13-14, at Georgia .
Tech., Atlanta. It was decided,
at the meeting, that those wish- ,
| ing to compete for the trip
would write a paper on one of
: the following topics: "The Total|
itarian Challenge to Democracy";
"After the War?What?";
I "American Solidarity CooperaI
tion in the Far East"; and make
i a brief talk based on the paper, j
These talks will be judged Tues
| day evening in the Student Un- '
ion Building.
An imnnrtajit Dart Of the
j ?M ? spring
program will be the at- |
I tendance of four lectures which i
have been arranged jointly by,
the Sylva Rotary Club and W. i
C. T. C., a part of the Rotary
International program. The lec- !
tures, with the exception of one, j
will be held in the Auditorium :
of the Sylva Graded School. On
March 13, at 8:00 P. M., Mr. F.j
Wilhelm Sollamn will speak in
the Hoey Auditorium. On Feb;
ruary 27, at 8:00 P. M. in Sylva,
I Dr. Allen D. Albert will speak; j
on March 6, at 8 o'clock Mr. j
Wayne Hanson will speak; and ,
1 on March 20, at 8 o'clock Man- J
oah Ledie-tedesco will speak.
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Despite the heavy snow, the
:old weather and the war, politics
in Jackson County is beginning
to warm up, with spirited
races in the offing for the
Democratic nominations in the
primary to be held on May 30.
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jyi. u. i/uwan, veteran punucai
leader of the county, and former
slerk of the superior court, announced
his candidacy for the
affice of sheriff, several weeks
ago. J. Fred Sutton, World War
veteran, and a former candidate
for the office, announced
his candidacy last week. Sheriff
Leonard Holden has made no
formal announcement as yet;
but The Journal has it on excellent
authority that he will be
i candidate to succeed himself.
Mrs. E. L. McKee is this week
announcing her candidacy for
the nomination for State Senator;
and his friends say that
Dan Tompkins will be a candidate
for the office. Mrs. _
McKee, the only woman ever to ~
jerve in the North Carolina f
Senate, represented the district
the last two times that it was ?
Jackson's turn to nominate the
Senator, under the rotation i
agreement. Mrs. McKee - was
nominated without opposition in
1930. When Jackson's turn came fc
around again, in 1936, she de-!w
feated Adam Moses in a spirited tt
primary. She has been prominent
in North Carolina for many ^
years, having served as State b<
President of the United Daugh- 01
ters of the Confederacy, State sl
President of the North Carolina eI
Federation of Woman's Clubs, ei
and having received many other
honors, both local and State-- ^
wide. She is the wife of the ^
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Democratic uounty unairman oi *"
this county, and her husband
was a member of the North tc
Carolina Highway and Public G
Works Commission, until last re
/ear, when Governor Broughton w
appointed Percy B. Ferrebee to
succeed him.
Dan Tompkins, who served in
the 30th Division, American I
Expeditionary Forces, during the
First World War, has been edi- f
tor of the Jackson County I
Journal for the past thirty years. I
He was a member of the General Assembly
in 1933, was Reading I
Clerk of the House of Repre- |j
sentatives in 1937, and was
again elected to the House in
1938.
The entire present board of
education of the county has
frw ronnminatinn in
dllllUUllLLU lUi A VliUtltAiiM v?w*a Ma
an announcement signed by j\
each member. The board is ^
composed of Charles E. Smith, .
John Hooper, D. H. Stephens, u
John B. Deitz, and J. H. Middleton.
John H. Long, of Mountain
township, has announced ei
his candidacy for membership p
on the board. ?
No announcements have been
made for any other of the Sl
county offices, although every ?]
office in the county will be in- P
volved in the election. This is
the year for the election of a JjJ
State Senator, a member of the
House of Representatives, a p
sheriff, a clerk of the superior n
court, a register of deeds, all ^
three commissioners, and all five
members of the board of education,
as well as a coronor, and e1
a county surveyor. ?
A solicitor for the Judicial
District and the resident Judge
of the district &re t< be elected t(
this year, as well a^ . member ^
of Congress. It is presumed that
Congressman Zebulon Weaver c
will offer again for the post he Jj
now holds. Judge Felix E. Alley
has oir#>adv filed notice of his
candidacy to succeed himself. It *
is believed that Solicitor John
M. Queen will again be a candidate,
and it is being intimated v
that Baxter C. Jones, of Swain s
and Thad Bryson, of Macon, will E
both probably be candidates for
that position. r
So far, nobody has come 1
forward to oppose Congressman , c
Weaver or Judge Alley. It is now n
believed that nobody will op- t<
pose the Judge, ^nd with about C
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Canadian armed forces have embai
joint defenae of North American soil
South, on both sides of thfe border,
proceeding and any potential invade
among the peaks of the Canadian R<
The photograph shows a Universal (
pieces of mechanized transport worl
the Rockies. These machines whi
Britain's North African drive againsl
ver the roughest kind of ground.
Ierring?The New
Saptist Pastor
Cullowhee, Mar. 10 (Special)? ;
After being without a pastor j
>r several months, the Cullohee
Baptist Church has .called
le Reverend James A. Herring
i Greenville, South Carolina, as
s new pastor. Mr. Herring has
?en in the United States for
ily the past two years after
sending five years as a South n
Baptist Missionary to South
:n China, Kwangsi Provence.
Mr. Herrir^Et^ded^ F^p^an
gious instruction at the South*n
Baptist Bible Institution.
Mr. and Mrs. Herring moved
) Cullowhee ladt week from
reenville. They have two child;n:
Sarah, three; and Jimmy,
ho is six and a half years old.
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SECOND
IF RECITALS IN
USERIES
Cullowhee, Mar. 10 (Special) ?
A group of students from the
lusic department took part in
recital in the college auditorim
last Thursday afternoon,
he program marked the second
i a series of recitals this quar?r.
First in the recital was Kathrine
Cox, of Asheville, who
layed on the violin "Allegro Non
roppo" from Concerto number
by Seitz. Clinton Brookshire
mg "Silver Caravan" by Lockiv.
Helen Painter played on the
iano "Ballode" by Burgmuller.
lizabeth Ann Hunter played a
3II0 solo, "SwaniTe River", by
oster. Ruth Border, of Hickory,
layed as the piano an arrangelent
by John Thompson of ex?rpts
from the light opera,
Pinafore", by Gilbert and Sulvan.
Leila McKeithan,, of Fay-'
tteville played on the piano
ilbro's "Happy Pickannies" and
Tarantella". Helen Bird gave
Intermezzo" from the "Concerd
Grosso in D Minor" by Vivaldi,
ncille Reed played on the piano
Nocturne in E Flat Major" by
hopin and "Dance from henry
tie VIII by German. Following
his was a vocal duet "Oh! That
iJe Too Were Maying," by Smith
nd sung by Kimrey Perkins and
Irs. Charles G. Gulley.
Concluding the recital was a
iolin solo, "Walther's j Prize
ong" by Wazner played by Jane
lliott. | j
All students taking part in the
ecital were presented by George
'racy, teacher of piano and
hairman of the music depart-,
lent; Mrs. Virginia G. Fisher,
eacher of violin, and ' Mrs.
,'harles G. Gulley, teacher of
oice.
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Passed 6y Censoi
ration with the United States, th?
rked upon a plan of campaign for the
I. From East to West and North to
preparations are quietly but steadily
r can expect a hot reception. Even
;ckies, battle practice is taking placed
Carrier, one of Canada's sturdy, swift;
cing ifi way through a high pass in
ich were used with great effect in
t Italy, can move at 50 miles an hour
FUTURE FARMERS OF
AMERICA CONSTRUCT
NEW LAMP BROODER
The Sylva Chapter, Future
Farmers of America, under direction
of Mr. Corbin, teacher
of vocational agriculture in the
Sylva high school, have constructed
a lamp brooder, with
sun-porch, in which they are
raising 100 chicks, of cross breed
Barred Rocks and New Hampshire
Reds. The brooder and
chicks are on display in a window
in the Hotel Carolina building.
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and sun porch was less than $5,
and all the work was done by
the bdys, to demonstrate the
law cost of constructing and
operating this type of brooder,
in the hope that they would
thu? encourage poultry production
in the county during the
present emergency.
STOCKHOLDERS MEET
OF FARM BODY PUT
OFF UNTIL MARCH 14
The annual meeting of the
Jackson County stockholders of
the Farmers Federation, which
was to have been held at Sylva
on March 7, has been postponed
until 2 o'clock in the afternoon
of March 14, according to a
telegram received Wednesday
from James Clark in Asheville.
Music will be furnished by the
Farmers Federation String Band
and refreshments of hot coffee
and doughnuts will be served.
Short talks will be made by a
number of the Federation officials,
and a report on the
year's business will be made by
President James G. K. McClure.
EMPLOYMENT MAN TO
SPEND TWO DAYS A
WEEK IN THIS COUNTY
John M. Betmett will be at the
court house in Sylva pn Wednesday
and Thursday of each
week, representing the North
Carolina State Employment
Service.
Simon P. Davis, in charge of
the Bryson City employment office,
stated that the additional
day in Sylva has been arranged
in order to give better service
to the people of Jackson county,
now that men are needed and
the employment office has so
many calls for persons of all
skills.
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STATE INCOME TAX
MAN TO BE IN SYLVA
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W. R: Palmer, deputy commissionerof
revenue will be at
i the city hall in Sylva on next
j Tuesday, March * 10, for the
purpose of assisting taxpayers
in filing th^ir State income and
intangible personal property
i tax /returns.
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TIRE BOARD OF
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uuurui lTiiiuLu
FEB. REPORT
The Jackson County Rationing
Board, composed of W. R.
Enloe, Harry E. Ferguson, and
M. B. Cannon had a total of four
tubes and five tires for passenger
cars, and forty tubes and
twenty six tires for trucks and
buses for rationing during the
month of February, according
to the monthly report made to
the county chairman of civilian
defense. In addition, fourteen
truck tires were rationed for
recapping.
Of the passenger and light
truck tires and tubes, D. C. Higdon,
of Webster received one
tire and one tube. D. D. Hooper,
of Sylva, was certified for purchase
of 2 tires; and the Nantahala
Power and Light Company,
Glenville, was allocated 2 tires
and 2 tubes.
In th truck and bus class, Jan
Allen, Cullowhee, got 1 tire; R.
C. Buchanan, Green's Creek, 2
tires; Ebb Hall, Green's Creek, 1
tube; Houston Cagle, Sylva, 3
tires, and 2 tubes; D. G. Bryson,
Sylva, 1 tube; Bernard
Brown, Cowarts, 2 tires; J. F.
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Fowier, Lrienvnie, % ures <uiu &
tubes; Dewey Broom, Argura, 1
tire and 1 tube; Hall and Potts,
Dillsboro, 1 tube; Sam Owen,
Wolf Mountain, 2 tires; R. L.
: Tom
tubes; John W. Blanton, Jr.,
Balsam, 2 tires; John Bryson,
Erastus, 1 tire; Aaron Parker,
Wolf Mountain, 1 tire; Jess Clabough,
Cullowhee, 1 tire; W. N.
Potts, Norton, 2 tires; Ferber
Nicholson, Cowarts, 1 tire and 1
tube; Carl Snipes, Norton, 1
tire.
Recapping service was certified
to Wallace Moore, Glenville,
1 tire; Henry ^aU, Jr,,
Green's Creek, 2 tirefc'R. L.
Cabe, Gay, 4 tires; Ferber Nicholson,
Cowarts, 3 tires; Claude
Buchanan, Green's Creek, 4'
tires.
KM IS
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Cullowhee, Mar. 10 (Special)?
By a majority vote the faculty
passed at its last meeting a rule
saying that: Before receiving
credit in a methods course, each
student must do at least five
hours of independent observation
in the Training School under
a critic teachejr.
Mr. P. L. Elliott, head of the
English department, was appointed
chairman of a committee
composed of the English
Staff to work out rules and regulations,
whereby students who
have passed Freshman English,
but who later are found to be
below the accepted standard in
their written English will be required
to bring their written
English to a standard satisfactory
to the English department
before they will be granted a degree
from this institution.
TWO FROM COUNTY
JOIN U. S. MARINES
! Frank Bailey, Jr., left Monday
for Raleigh, having recently
enlisted in the United States
Marines. He will go to the Marine
station for training.
Another new marine from
Jackson is Woodrow Middleton,
j who enlisted in the - Marine
; Corps this week. He will begin
his training at the Marine sta~
i tion immediately.
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Funeral services for Frank Massie,
who was killed early
Sunday morning, when his automobile
left tftie road on a sharp
curve near Dillsboro, were held
at the Methodist church here,
Wednesday afternoon, conducted
by Rev. R. G. Tuttle, pastor
of the Methodist church, and
Rev. J. C. Madison, pastor of
the Waynesville Methodist
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The members of the Lion's
Club attended the service in a
body. Active pall bearers were
Grayson Cope, Frank Moody,
Johnny Watson, Charles Ballantine,
Charles Campbell, and
Cary Reed Snyder. Hononary
pall bearers were Velt Wilson,
Charles Thomas, Harry Parker,
W. P. McGuire, Harry E. Ferguson,
and Roscoe Dills. During
the service J. Dale Stentz sang
Abide With Me; and the choir
sang Rock of Ages, and God
Will Take Care of You.
Mr. Massie, who way 25 years
of age, and had been manager
of the Lyric Theatre in Sylva
for several years, lost his life
when his automobile failed to
make the curve and plunged
over the bluff early Sunday
morning. His two companions,
William Allen and Joe Wilson,
escaped with only minor cuts
and bruises. The automobile, almost
demolished, stopped 100
feet from the highway in an
open field near the railway. Mr.
Massie was thrown from the car,
and suffered a broken neck, a
fractured skull, and a crushed
chest.
Following the service at the church,
interment was in Keen
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Mr. Massie was born and rearmed
in Waynesville, and came to
Sylva a few years ago to take
charge of the Lyric Theatre. He
married Miss Elsie Geisler of
Sylva, who survives him. Surviving
also are his father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. James E.
Massie, of Waynesville, two sisters,
Mrs. Howard Choate, of
Humbolt, Tenn., and Miss Eileen
Massie, of Pasadena, California;
two brothers, Joe and Ottls
Massie, of Waynesville, and a
large number of other relatives.
HOME AGENT GIVES
SCHEDULE FOR WEEK
Miss Margaret Martin, Homfe
Demonstration Agent, has announced
the following schedule
of activities for the week beginning
March 16. All hours
given are War Time.
Monday, March 16?Tuckaseigee
4-H Club at school, 10 A. M.;
John's Creek 4-H Club, at school,
11:30 A. M.; Webster 4-H Club,
at school, 1:45 P. M.; Webster
Home Demonstration Club, 3 P.
M.
Tuesday, March 17?Sylva 4-H
Club at school, 10:00 A. M.; Qual
la Home Demonstration Club
with Mrs. Ed Bumgarner, 3 P. M.
Wednesday, March 18?John's
Creek Home Demonstration Club
at school, 3 P. M.
Thursday, March 19?Qualla
4-H Club at school, 10 A. M.;
Barkers Creek 4-H Club at
school, 11:30 A. M.; Savannah
4-H Club at school, 1:00 P. M.;
Dlllsboro Home Demonstration
Club with Mrs. Ras Barnett, 3
P. M.
Friday, March 20?Beta 4-H
Club at school, 10:30 A. M.;
Cullowhee 4-H Club at school,
12:35 P. M.; Pressley Creek Home
Demonstration Club with Mrs.
Roy Pressley, 3 P. M.
Saturday, March 21?Office.
Mnndav. March 23?Office.
HUNTER SPEAKS AT
LENOIR MEETING
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President H. T. Hunter, governor
of the 190th Rotary district
spoke at the Lenoir Rotary
club's ladies night program last
Thursday night,. February 25.
The program was held at CarJheim
hotel.
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