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I ,N ADVANCE OUT
I jjprvices Foi
I 4nd Easter
I Churches of
I plans have been made for'imI
prpssivc services in the churches
I ,?! Sylv:i i>n Sunday. Beginning
I a! o clock in the Keener
I ipim'ti'iy will be a sunrise serv
|(.t, in winch all the churches
uill participate. Rev. MacMurray
I Kitcluf. pastor of the Cullowhee
I Methodist church, will speak.
I Kev G. C* Teague, pastor of the
| sylva Baptist church, will read
fhe Resurrection.
i,lIld prawr will be offered by
[ Rev k (-J Tuttle, pastor of the
Svlva Methodist church. The
combined choirs of the Sylva
churches will sing the Easter
music, and the band from Westem
Carolina Teachers College
will furnish the instrumental
music. In the event of rain, the
service will be held in the Methl)(ii.st
church. There will be special
Easter services at 11 o'clock
j{! butli the Baptist and Methc?di-s:
churches. %
At five thirty in the afternoon
the Sylva Choral Club will sing
an Easter cantata, to which the
public is invited. The club has
been working on this cantata
for several weeks, under direction
of Mrs. Charles Gulley, of
the music department at Westt-rn
Carolina Teachers College.
I During: the week there have
been a series of services especially
ior the young people at
the Methodist church. On Monday
night at a supper service,
[here was a general discussion of
Christian subjects led by Rev. R.
0 Tut lie. and on Tuesday night
Mr Tut tie answered questions
asked by the young folks. The
two circles of the Woman's Society
ot Christian Service served
the meals on these nights. On
Wednesday night there was a
candle-lighting and consecration
service; and tonight the
Lord's Supper will be observed
the young people 'taking the
communion together.
A group of young people will
be admitted to the Methodist
church. Sunday morning.
General Lauds
War Service
01 Buchanan
Brigadier General George L.
VanDeusen. in a letter to the
editor ol The Journal, gave high
tribute to the war record of M.
Buchanan, Jr., whose funeral
ft as held here last week.
General VanDeusen was the
ornmandin^ officer of the 105th
Held Signal Battalion, of which
Mareellus Buchanan was Supply
y^ge&nr. during the First World
Wur
General VanDeusen is n<*w in
command of the signal corps
school. Fort Monmouth, New
Jersey. His letter follows:
"Headquarters, Fort Monmouth,
RhI Bank, Now Jersey, Office
1,1 ft'inniandine General.
March 30, 1942
iJrar Dun. I was in Washing
lu" I) ('. fur several days last
We*k and on my return found
your telcv'.r;im informing me ol
Murrt-iHi Buchanan's death. 1
:,ni indeed sorry to learn
I Buck's passing. His loyal and
able .service during the last wai
Reserved a better reward thar
,he received on this earth. It if
sad to see so many of out i)lc
comrades leaving us and a ne\*
feneration becoming 'veterans
I 'n their place.
Please convey my deepest sympathy
to Buck's family and m3
,efcret that. I was unable to atiend
the funeral.
I 1 trust that Mrs. Tompkins anc
I y?u well and happy.
are all busy turning ou1
jjtal men. There are over 13,
^ at this post now, but w<
can'1 turn em out fast enough U
the demand." V.
Sincerely yours,
I I.. VanDeusen,
Gen. U. S. Army."
I em Flying?Buy Defensi
^ and Stamps.
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SIDE THE COUNTY
Holy Week
Planned In
Community
Mrs. Dillard
i
Has Position
At Army Post
Mrs. Helen Dillard, who has
been in charge of the Jackson
County Recreation center iur
the past several years, has been
placed in charge of Soldier Activities
at Camp Sumpter, Monroe,
North Carolina, as supervisor,
it was learned today. "This
is an advancement for Mrs. Dillard,"
said Mrs. Ara Hamlin,
District WPA Recreation Supervisor
w-ho continued, "She has
proved her ability by developing'!
one of the best recreation pro- j
grams in the district."
Miss Sophia Bishop, who has
| been associated with Mrs. Dillard
in the Jackson county project,
; as physical activities leader, has
been transferred to New Bern,
; wfcere she will serve as physical
i activities leader in one of the
j Defense Housing projects.
Members of the Jackson Coun|
ty Recreation Lay Committee,
' meeting at the home of Mrs. E.
L. McKee on the evening of
March 25, made plans for the
soonsorship of the continued,
limited recreation program, al- j
though it has been determined j
that appropriations for WPA as- !
sistants will be greatly curtailed.j
Mrs. McKee stated that in an |
earlier conference with officials I
from the WPA district office she j
had been advised that the need j
in military and defense areas j
for recreational leadership had
necessitated'calling upon nondefense
areas for trained personnel
in this work.
It was decided for the present
to continue the pre-school
play center at the Community
House, with Mrs. Banks and Mrs.
Buchanan in charge. Lex Young
will continue as attendant for
the grounds and building. Mr.
John A. Parris was appointed as
sponsor-supervisor to check the
building and property and to as- j
sist with such activities of the ;
program as he has helped to j
carry on in the past. Mrs. Hamlin,
from the Asheville office,
will work closely with the local
committee and will supervise the
program for the present, it was
stated.
The members of the committee
expressed regret at losing
| their supervisor, and wished her !
continued success ana aavance|
ment in her new work, for which
her work in Sylva has trained :
her.
['Funzapoppin'
j Show Here On
April Eighth
?
j "Funzapoppin", a three act
comedy, accompanied with musi- I
,: cal specialties, will be presented
[ I at the,School auditorium in Syl
va, next Wednesday evening,
; ; April 8, under sponsorship of the
jSylva Woman's Club. The pro[
t ceeds will go to the funds of the
. I Community Hospital. The play
l I will be directed by Miss Helen
. I ShemealJ.
I There are twelve main speakT
ing parts, which will be taken
' j by leading amateur actors and
, actresses of Sylva. They are
. | Marjorie Baldridge, Betty Blair;'
j! Bobby Hall, Vic Trueman; Jim
. I Cannon, Bobby Blair; Mary Henson,
Bridget O'Brady (Irish
I i Maid); Noracella McGuire, Ambrose
(colored cook); Myrtle Pot
teet, Gabbie Gooney (gossip)
Rprtie Alma Brookhyser, Mrs.
? Snappett (landlady); Margaret
3 Wise, Trudi Browne; Helen Stovall,
Mrs. Worthington Browne;
Herman Bailey, Sylvester Fogg
III; Hugh Monteith, J. Edgar
Dunwiddie; Margaret Roane,
Aunt Ida from Idaho; Mrs. Paul
P Ellis will be the accompanist.
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SYLVA, NOI
faster
Once agai
around. Despit
themselves an
continue to coi
constant stars
' ation.
As Easter
to sacrifice the
out for centur
again begin h:
toward civiliz
about its sacre
draws us mor
sweat and bloc
that we might
As men by
in the image 01
new onslaught
and little chilc
Jesus towers i
brings us to r
Resurrection.
From out
the voice of Jol
again?" And t]
that my Redee
The avowe
made a sorry r
their eternal t
enforced conf(
great things o
tively trivial. ]
humility aboul
ians can meet
a common, ho
hem, the Rugg
in the Garden
Another y
more we com
friends and tli
numerable car
neying into th
storm-tossed s
tropical sod oJ
wind-swept pr
cities, beneath
of Norway, un
the peaceful h
too, are one ye
tion.
There is n
of life and deal
but that our \
from which tb
behold the fac
We have t
of Joseph of Ar
Tomb, from w
own might, rfi
by faith in th
tribe of Judah
ruptible, and 1
shall I see Go
Be of gooi
of us, where <
where our pu
where we sha]
scars upon ou
wounded spiri
in Gilead, whe
and where th<
to bind us to t
This is th
tidings procla
Empty Tomb,
about its sacri
tp hope. In H:
from the Toml
will command
dead. All na
spring, summ
hails the Mig
chant His pra
of men find ii
WILLIAM SAUNOOKE
DIES AT CHEROKEE
4 William Thomas Saunooke,
leading Cherokee Indian, died at
his home near Cherokee Sunday
evening after an illness of
several weeks. Saunooke, who
lived a long and useful life in
the Cherokee Nation, is survived
by his widow, Minnie Saunooke,
and the following children: Edward,
of Oteen; Cowney of Norfolk,
Va.; Mrs. Sevier Crow, Mrs.
Mack Sneed, and Evelyn Saunooke,
all of Cherokee; and Osley,'
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ITH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AI
3rt A Marring'
V,
By DAN TOMPKINS
n the glad Easter season
? the cataclysms that nlen
d God's beautiful world, 1
me and go, as they have doi
sang together on the morr
comes, in a world that is <
it truth and justice may no
ies, and mankind turned b
is weary, toilsome, tortuoui
ation, the Cross gathers.
d head; and the garden of C
e and more toward the p
>d of the Redeemer, so genei
; live and live more abundj
millions are niacins their b
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' God, between their civilizal
; against the rights of men
Iren to be free and happy, 1
ibove the wrecks of time,
tew contemplation of the ?
of the dim distance of antic
3, inquiring: "If a man die, i
hen the mind of faith asser
;mer liveth."
?d followers of the Nazarem
ness of things in this sorry
>ickerings, division of creed
)rmity, and decadent neg
f this life for the small an
But there are three homeh
t which every sect of trinita
on common, holy ground, ?
ly God?the Manger-Cradl*
;ed Cross of Golgotha, the E
of Joseph of Arimathea.
par a frightful vear is passe
e to the Easter season. ]
tose we love have gone on i
avan of the sons of men, t
^Somewhere. Xbey sleep 1
eas; in the frozen northlam
f the islands of the Pacific
airies, amid the dusty ruins
the poppies of France, alon
der the sands of the deserl
illtops of the pleasant cour
ar nearer our fast approach
o reasonable explanation of
th. We know not, by the lig*
todies shall return forever
Ley came, and that we shal
es of those we have loved ai
10 hope but in the Tomb in
imathea. But, looking upon
hich the Nazarene, by the {
lised Himself from the dea?
e redeeming power of the
i, that our bodies shall be r
we can say with Job: "Yet
h "
u
d cheer. The Land of Prom
Dur frustated hopes will fi
ny efforts will become mi
11 again greet those we love
r hearts shall be obliteratec
its shall be healed by the I
re all tears shall be wiped fr
3re shall be no restraining,
he islands of our exile.
e message of Easter. These
imed by the thundering si
Once again all Christenc
ed precincts to worship, to
is own good time, the Chris
b and cast off the body of de;
I the earth and the sea to g
ture proclaims the return
oning the dead things to lif
hty Conqueror. Hosts of ar
,ise, and the dying and dist
i Him their only hope.
SYLVA MAN IS MADE
rnttPORAL RECENTLY
The family of Joseph C.
Thompson, who is stationed at
the Army Air Base at Alberquerpue,
New Mexico, has received
notice that he has recently been
promoted to the rank of corporal.
Corporal Thompson is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Thompson
of Sylva township. He has been
in the service since August 1941.
a professional wrestler, of Boston,
Mass. Surviving also are
fourteen grandchildren.
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?RIL 2, 1942
World ~
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0
?
has rolled
bring upon
;he seasons
fie since the
ling of Crecalled
upon
t be blotted
?ackward to
s trfek back
new lustre
jethsemane
irayers and
ously spent
mtly.
todies, made
iion and the
and women
the Cross of
and Easter
'lory of the
I
juity comes
shall he live
ts: "I know
; have often
world, with
, attempted
lect of the
d comparaj
shrines of
rian Christmd
worship
3 in Bethlempty
Tomb
id, and once
More of our
tfith the in
hat is jourDeiieatiuthp.,
...
1, under the
, under the
of ravished
g the fjords
I, and upon
itryside. We
ing dissoluthe
miracle
it of reason,.
to the dust
1 nevermore
id lost.
the garden
that Empty
)ower of His
d, we know,
Lion of the
aised incorin
my flesh
ise is ahead
nd fruition,
ghty works,
?, where the
I, where our
Salm that is
om our eyes,
, angry seas
are the glad
lence of the
lom gathers
wonder, and
>t who arose
ath, can and
;ive up their
of eternal
e again, and
lgelic choirs
draught race
.
CLAUDE MORRIS IS IN
BRITAIN FOLKS TOLD
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Morris
have received a message from
their son, Claude Morris, that
he has landed safely in Great
Britain, where he was sent by
the government in the Expeditionary
Force for the defense of
America. His home is in Sylva.
The U. S. Navy plans meals
by determining quantity and
kind of each food needed for a
balanced diet.
rartial
$1.56 A YEAR IN AD
Opening Oi
Yesterday In
Finest Theat
Plan Sendoff ,
For Forty Five I
Men Monday \
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Forty-five young men from a
Jackson county will leave Sylva f
next Thursday morning, April 9, e
for induction Into the United p
^ ? ?A. n ? mu ? ^
States Army ai r oru ontg^. c
biis bearing the selectees will
depart from the Community t:
House at 7:30, Eastern War Time a
it is stated. b
A going away party for the v
soldiers is being planned by the J
American Legion, and other civic u
and patriotic organizations. Hot r
coffee and doughnuts will be u
served the men by members of p
the B. H. Cathey Chapter, United p
Daughters of the Confederacy, e
Two men in the group are F
volunteers. They are Elcie Love- s
dahl and Ernest Burch. The F
other forty-three are selectees. ^
They are: Ralph John Connor, a
John Clayton Pressley, Martin "
Patrick Broderick, Dewey Clar- f
ence Henson, Clyde Emerson P
Townsend, Walter Osten Cogdill, f
Daniel Clifton Franks, Claude R. F
Nelson, Floyd Emory Austin, t
Been Lee Long, Jack Charles Lo- (
gan, Garland Wikle, Relis;
Brooks, John Gossett Ensley, j v
Harry Koren, John Charles | s
Chrismaric, Bill Wright, Alvin i t
Asbury Cogdill, Franklin Francis a
Tnrkal. William Lenoir Enloe, j g
Woodrow Wilson Smathers, Willian
Fain Taylor, Homer Mc- J
Mahan, John Talmang Wood, (
Thurman Eston LaweSj Leonard s
John Hicks, Edward Thomas 1
Pitts, James Loyd Rogers, Clif- t
ford Weaver Buchanan, Columbus
Allison Crisp, Hardy Luther ,
Duvall, Harley Haywood Palmer, J
Ernest Troy Bryson, James Paul
Swayngim, Thomas Marion 1
Wright, Jack Shepherd, James J
Frank Cowan, Hyman Dan Sutton,
Thomas Weaver Nation, 1
Cadeskey Catolster, George Eugene
Monteith, John Arthur
Echols, Enloe Frizzell.
Tribute Paid j
Memory Of I
CI ay well Hyde1
I
A crowd of nearly one thou- l
sand persons from all parts of i
Jackson county gathered In the ]
school auditorium in Sylva, Sun- $
day afternoon, to pay tribute to
the memory of Claywell Hyde, j
first man from Jackson county j
to sacrifice his life in the pres- 5
ent world conflict, at a memorial (
service held under the sponsor- }
ship of William E. Dillard Post, .
American Legion. Claywell
Hyde's parents, his brothers and j
sisters, his widow and child were (
all present for the service,, and
members of his class at Sylva
High school, Mrs. Chester Scott, j
one of his teachers, Edward Bry- ^
son, commander of the Legion
Post, and Walter Ashe, Legion (
Adjutant, occupied the rostrum. ,
Members of the Legion and other
veterans attended in a body, and
occupied seats near the stags.
Claywell Hyde lost his life, '
along with 125 others of his
shipmates, when an American
hosnital shin was sunk bv the
Japanese in the Java sea on
March 1.
Judge Felix _|J. Alley of Waynesville,
spoke at the service. He
said that Mr. Hyde will be re- membered
100 years from* now,
as well as now being the best
known young man in Jackson
county.
The judge said that men from
North Carolina, especially those
from the western part of the
state, have always distinguished
themselves in the wars in which
our country has been engaged,
and gave as the reason for this
the North Carolinian's love of
freedom. Judge Alley said there
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VANCE IN JACKSON COUNTY
fRitz Held jf?
The State's \1
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The Ritz, Western North Carolina's
newest theatre, held Its
rand opening last night. Contrue
ted and equipped by the
lassie Theatres, owners and
perators of theatres in Sylva,
Vaynesville, Bryson City and
Jatlinburg, the Ritz represents
, $100,000 investment, and is by
ar the finest theatre in Westrn
North .Carolina, and is surlassed
by few theatres in the
ntire South.
Work on the construction of
he Ritz began last fall. The
rchitect who designed the
uilding is H. I. Gaines of Ashe
ille. The general contractor was
unaluska Supply Company, of
jhich Jerry Liner is general
nanager, and the work was done
mder Mr. Liner's personal sulervision.
Martin Electric Comtany
furnished and Installed the
lectric fixtures and the wiring.
I. E. Miller of Waynesville intailed
the plumbing. Pritchard
'aint and Glass Company of
LSheville furnished and installed
.11 the glass and similar work
,i the building. The seats came
rom American Seating Ccmiany,
of Atlanta. Supplies were
rom the National Theatre Sup>ly
Company, Charlotte, and the
ile work was by Blue Ridge Tile '
Company, of Asheville.
A large part of the entire
vork was the tieavy and exten;ive
excavation necessary before
he building could be erected,
md this work was done by Fer- 4
,ruspn and Parks, of Sylva.
Located on the East end of
A a i n Street, opposite Hotel
Carolina, the new theatre will
;erve all this part of North Caroina
as fts principal motion picure
palace and play house.
n i
[Negro ttreaKs
[nto House
Here Sunday
Sheriff Leonard Holden and
Policeman John O'Kelly arrested
Larson Harper, Sylva negro, in
i house on Freeze hill here
vhich contains the belongings of
;he late Mrs. W. M. Fowler, about
I o'clock Sunday afternoon.
- Policeman O'Kelly said that
le saw the negro near the house
is he passed by on his way to
jown and decided later to go
jack and investigate. In the
neantime he picked up Sheriff
iolden and they went back together.
When the sheriff and police
man reached the house they *
found a window broken. The |
sheriff crawled through the winlow,
which was at the back,
vhile Policeman O'Kelly went
iround to the front of the house.
.O'Kelly said that when he
looked in at the front he saw
he negro, and after the sheriff
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Dpenea me irum uuin mcj
searched the house and found sg
him in one of the rooms. He had
five tow sacks with him.
Thfe negro, two weeks ago, had
completed serving a two-year
sentence for breaking and enter- .
ing. $
Odell Dillard I
In Hospital J
Odell S. Dillard is very seriously
ill In Aston Park hospital, in
Asheville, his friends will regret
to learn. Mr. Dillard, a native of
Scott's Creek township in this
county, has taught in the schools
here, and was for several years
county superintendent of Jackson.
Later he was superintendent
01 Maaison county scnucus, ana
is at present principal of the
Candler High School, in Buncombe
county. <M
Mr. Dillard is suffering from
stomach ulcers and complications,
and his condition is described
as very grave.