I G 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. - . Ehe Jt Br ' 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. ?Continued on Page Three i ' ! ;5 ' *~7\ ' Si! ; icksl'r i * ' .. i 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,' Vl _ - '"i: - ' -<1 j i Com 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 ? - X ' 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. i . * -v..'. - -.atei ntn m " ? ?RIL 2, 1942 World ~ - / 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 \ ; c 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 ?Continued on Page Two ' , J ' ~, U S * ' *. - -;V' ' J ... VANCE IN JACKSON COUNTY fRitz Held jf? The State's \1 re Building | ? p -i'i 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 J 1 ?A J'*'*" 4-V* AVf 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.