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0. s. DilJard. principal of Can I
dJer school district for the past
seven years and a well known
western North Carolina educa
lor, died in an Asheville hos- I
pjtaJ toiii-ilt of a: stomach ail- I
^nt. He had been ill for some |
(ij,ie and had been a patient at I
|j)(. jiospifal tor two weeks He I
c" ""us old ' J
iHe served as president of the
western district, North Carolina
Education Association, in 1938
39 He had spent all his adult
l,ft as an educator.
c' Roberson, county superintendent
of public instruction,
announced tonight that all
schools in the Candler school
district will be closed out of respect
to Mr. Dillard. All other 1
county schools will close at 2 '
o'clock, on Friday.
Mr. Dillard was born at Willits
in Jackson county October 24,
!<?91. the twelfth child in a family
of thirteen children. He at!pnrie<t
m one-teacher school for
four or five months each year
until he had completed the
grammar grades.
As soon as his age permitted
he entered the high school department
of Cullowhee Normal
iand Industrial school, now Western
Carolina Teachers College
walking seven miles to school
on Monday and walking home
again on Friday. During the
week he did most of his cooking
and during the summers
worked on the farm and in lumber
camps to get money to buy
book.-; and clothes for another
term.
Before he was 18 years old he
passed the state examination for
it leather's first grade certificate
and started teaching in a oneroum
school far back in the
mountains of Jackson county.
His salary was $32.32 per month.
Mr. Dillard taught and attend- j
ed school until he graduated i
from Cullowhee and then ob- |
lained a principal's certificate, i
His first job as principal was at i
Sylvu hitih school in 1915. Later '
he was principal at Flat Rock j
in Henderson county.
He was elected superintendent J
ot .schools of Jackson county in
1920, remaining there five years.
iJunnn 11 ?'11 limn marvrkPrt nnt
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u county-wide plan for school
consolidation. The Sylva high.
school was built during the five
years as was the school later ,
used u.s the training school for '
Western Carolina Teachers Col- j
l?'8c. He introduced the first bus
transportation tor school children
in Jackson county, one of
'lie 1 irsr in the western part of
the state.
Elected as superintendent of
Madison county schools in 1925
Mr. Dillard worked out a countyv>'idv
plan for that county, and
saw the construction of the
Marshall, Beech Glenn and Hot
Springs schools in the county.
Durin? his administration plans
Wt'e made tor the consolidation
01 Sprint* Creek, White Rock and
kbbs Chapel schools.
Mr. Diliaid went to Buncombe
f'uuniy as principal of Leicester
I"*'! -school ill 1927 ana was
lllm- :;ix years before going to |
Marsiia.ll ax principal of Mar- I
^ 1 hinh .school. In 1935 he was
f!ei'tecl principal of Candler high
school.
ill,* first World War he
sei'ved as a Red Cross chairfood
administrator and
Liberty bdiicl chairman. He was
KSI^cialiy interested in welfare
,l"cl_social work and helped or^nize
the Hominy Valley Social
rv^?e committee, of which he
Was president three years. He
*as a Member of Hominy Bapchurch,
Candler, and taught.
Men's Bible class in the SunMr
Dillard was first married
!? Betty Henson, daughter
01 Mr and Mrs. B. R. Henson,
5J they had one child, Olin S.
Jr. Mrs. Dillard's death
rrt'd in July, 1919.
Surviving are the widow, the
5^er Miss Annie Patton, of
JratR?ck; a son, Olin S. Dillard,
two daughters, Caroline and
e> five brothers, Price and
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Hard Dies;
erintendent
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In County
JUDSON DILLS'
BODY IS FOUND
ill IN WOODS
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The body of Judson Dills, 48year
old veteran of the World
War, was found hanging on a
tree, on the mountain above the
home of the late S. W. Henson,
on Wayehutta, at ten o'clock
this morning. Mr. Dills had been
missing for eleven days, and a
searching party was organized to
search for him. Members of the
party found his body hanging
from the tree by a seagrass
string.
Mr. Dills was a bachelor and
lived with relatives at Cullowhee,
on Wayehutta, or on Caney
Fork, as suited his fancy. It was
for this reason that he was not
missed earlier. His relatives at
Cullowhee, where he was last
seen, presumed that he was at
the home of other relatives^
Roy Dills, a cousin of the deceased,
discovered the body of
his cousin, it is stated, and he
and other members of the
searching party went to the
place.
Officers were notified and
Coronor C. W. Dills empanneled
a jury, which returned a verdict
of suicide.
Funeral arrangements have
not been made.
FORMER JACKSON
WOMAN PASSES AWAY
IN WASHINGTON
Relatives here have received
information of the death in
Sedro-Wolley, Washington, of
Mrs. Myrtle Snyder Herbert. Mrs.
Herbert, a native of this county,
went to Washington 32 years
ago. She is survived by a 19 year
old son, a student in college at
Seattle; by two sisters, Mrs. Lula
Dills, of Beta, and Mrs. Flora
Franklin, of Sedro-Wolley; and
by five brothers, Rev. George C.
Snyder, and Robert Snyder, of
this county; Ferry Snyder, East
Flat Rock, and John B. Snyder,
Cornelia, Georgia.
CHOIUL 01 IS
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A large crowd assembled in
the Methodist church Sunday
afternoon to hear the ' Sylva
Choral Club in the Easter Cantata,
"Light From The Tomb",
by Ira B. Wilson.
The rendition was well received
by the assembly, ii^ the
club's first public appearance.
For the past several weekjs the
club has been practicing oh the
cantata, under direction of Mrs.
Charles Gulley, and Mrs. Grover
Wilkes as assistant director and
accompanist.
Soloists were Mrs. Louis Hair,
Miss Margaret Candler, and Mrs.
Dan Tompkins. Mrs. Paul Ellis
and Mr. Dick Wilson took the
duet parts of the cantata.
Dies In Washington
ivyfr tv e. Beaslev of White's
Creek, Term., died last Thursday,
April 2. Burial was in Franklin,
Tennessee. Mr. Beasley is well
known in Webster, where he and
Mrs. Beasley have visited their
daughter, Mrs. Bannister jMadison.
Emory Dillard of WillitsJ Garland
Dillard, teacher at Djillingham,
Cleveland Dillard of Cullowhee,
and Napoleon Dillard of
Rabun Gap, Ga., and a sister
Mrs. Marie Almon, of West;Asheville.
Funeral arrangements, i under
the direction of Dunn-Groce, are
incomplete.
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A large crowd of men aa&.
women was present this morning
at the Community House ti>
see thirty-seven young men
leave for Fort Bragg. Of this
number, Ernest Burch, Elcie
Lovedahl, -Ralph John- Connor^
Thomas Marion Wright, Georg^
Eugene Monteith, and FranklinJ
Taylor Fowler were volimleers.it
The other thirty-one^ were se-J?
lectees. They were,- John Clay-*'
ton Pressley, Martin Patrick Boderick,
Dewey Clarence I|enson,V
Ben Lee Long, Garland'Wikle,5;
Relis Brooks, John Gossetfc Par-J
ley, Walter Austin Cogdill, Dan-t
iel Clifton Franks, Bill Wright,!
Alvin Asbury Cogdill, William?
Lenoir Enloe, Woodrow Wilson
Smathers, William Fain Taylor, [
Homef McMahan, John Tal- j
madge Wood, Thurman Estes \
Lawes, Harley Haywood Palmer, \
Ernest Troy Bryson, James Paul I
Swayngim, Jack Shepherd, Edward
Thomas Pitts, James Loyd
Rogers, Clifton Weaver Buchanan,
Columbus Allison Crisp,
James Frank Cowan, Thomas
Weaver Nation, Cadeskey CatolI
sker (Cherokee Indian), John
Arthur Echols, Enloe Frizzell and
James OT)ell Brooks.
Doughnuts, coffee, chocolate
bars and cigarettes were served
j the boys by representatives of
B. H. Cathey Chapter, United
| Daughters of the Confederacy.
I A new testament was presented
to each man by the Sylva Meth!
odist church. Small gifts of toilet
! articles. Such as not issued by
the Army were given each one
j by William E. Dillard Post,
American Legion; and postal
cards for the boys to write home
r\v? nroro rrivon thpm hv the Par- L
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ent-Teachers Association of the'
Savannah school.
| Just before the buses left the
I community house, a group of
women sang patriotic songs.
Although the news just received
from Bataan cast a gloom
over the crowd that gathered for
the farewell, there was no note
other than of cheer and determination;
and the buses pulled
out with the men calling out to
their friends with wise-cracks
about "I'll see you in Tokyo",
and similar expressions.
The crowd was the largest that
has yet gathered for the farewell
to the men leaving for service,
and people were present
from nearly every township in
the county.
PRODUCTION CREDIT
WILL HOLD MEETINGS
To further acquaint the farmers
of Jackson County with the
methods by which they can finance
their farm operations, the
Anv,n,tiiia PrnHnpf.inn Credit As
noncviiK. * ivv>uv??
sociation, cpoperating with your I
County Farm Agent, will hold
meetings on Tuesday, April 14,
at the following places in Jackson
County, and at the times indicated:
Sylva High School, 1:45 P. M.;
Cullowhee High School, 10:00 A. |
M.; Savannah High School, 7:00 '
P. M.
Interesting moving pictures
,,will be shown at each of these
meetings.
B. S. U. ELECTS ITS
OFFICERS FOR YEAR j
Cullowhee (Special) The Bap- !
tist Student Union. at Western
Carolina Teachers College has,
elected for the coming year the
following new officers: Lucille
Meredith, of Guilford, president,
Doris Gibbs, of Swiss, first vicepresident;
Bob Reese of Black
Mountain, second vice-presii
j^ nnnoviovo Tate, of Grover,
UCIi b , ucilbflbiv , _
j corresponding secretary; Wanda
Lee Hicks, of Bryson. City, secretary;
Roselle Ayers of Robbinsville,
treasurer; Dorothy Jeane
Ensley of Bryson City, reporter;
Henry Galloway of Qualla, community
representative; Gaynelle
Sparks of Belmont, pianist; and
Pauline Baldwin of Asheville, di
rector of the Baptist Training
Union.
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rV Hamilton, Ontario, the Canadian
Itrade school where 2000 bright, yc
their final grooming in the trades at i
ge of mechanical warfare. They ru
carpentry to electrical engineering a
examinations at the end of the gruel]
tlmost immediately to join the 110,00<
abroad. The photograph shows two me
tibeir distinguishing berets, working on
<*igine at the school in Hamilton.
Red Cross To
Begin Class In i
Home Nursing '
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Quarters hlv^ been secured |
|roin J. T. GpbbJe in the SylyaJ
Collegiate Institute Btrtlafngs for
a Home Nursing Class, whicl^
will begin next Monday after-j |1
noon at two o'clock, under thq '
auspices of the Jackson County ?
chapter, American Red Cross 1
according to announcement j11
made by Mrs. Earl Padgett^ j1
county health nurse. ! |'
Mrs. J. R. McCracken, of Wayj j
nesville, will teach the classes' !v
which will continue for twelv<p 1
weeks, meeting at the same houf
each week, and including a tw(j>
hour session each Monday. ;
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CULLOWHEE CLUBS j
SPONSOR PROJECTS )
Cullowhee, April 7 (Special)? c
Dean Colvard of the Agricul- s
tural Experiment Station at *
Swannanoa will inaugurate a
community civic bettei;meii|t ]
program at Cullowhee, Friday .
evening, April 10. This program,
which is being sponsored jointly f
by the Cullowhee Men's Club
and the Cullowhee Woman's
Club, consists of three projects? e
victory gardens, home betteij- {
ment, and campus-community r
highway beautification. I t
According to H. P. Smith of ^
the History department at W. (p. j
T. C., chairman of the pfannir^j
committee of the Men's Club and r
Mrs. W. A. Ashbrook, chairman t
of the committee of the Wo- j
man's Club, the purpose of this ,
program is to make a definite t
contribution to the war effort *
and to further community spirit c
Plans were completed Monday j
night providing for awards io j
the winners in various projects s
in victory gardens and horrje f
betterment contests. In carrying {
out the' highway beautification (
program, property owners will
be asked to plant shrubs ar^d
trees on their property alorg
the highway from the Wil:e c
bridge through Western Carolir a ]
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Teachers College campus ana i
Cullowhee, The Men's * Cliib
plans to build stone columns 1
each entrance to the Cullowhee 1
community from the new route
107, and to cooperate with the (
business men of the village in *
developing parking space and 1
landscaping the business dijs- 1
trict. *
The Woman's Club will spon- *
sor the home betterment pro- J
ject and men Men's Club will
sponsor the victory gardens and 1
the highway improvements.
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Active Army maintains a technical r
mng soldiers at a time are giver '
vhich they must be experts in this1
n the gamut of instruction from J
nd when they have passed theit, ]
ing course!they are sent oversea? /
) Canadians' now on active service
mbers of the Tank Corps, wealing
a special cutaway model of a tank I
WEBSTER HAS
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Webster, April 9?At the final I
neeting of the Parent-Teacher
Association for the school year, 1
4is. Ernest Lewis, president, J
>resided. The association heard 1
l short talk by the county su- 1
>erintendent on "Vocational Education."
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Miss Edna Allen led the do- <
otional after which the officers 1
or 1942-43 were elected as fol6ws:
President, Mrs. John Morris; i
^ice-president, Mrs. Fred Mc- *
Cee; Secretary, Mrs. Bill Lewis; 1
Treasurer, Mrs. L. H. Cannon. <
It was announced that the
Vebster pre-school clinic will be
leld April 16, beginning at ten
('clock <E. W. T.) in the Web- |
ter High School elementary detriment.
5APTIST MINISTERS
rO HAVE QUARTERLY
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The Baptist ministers of West- c
;rn North Carolina will hold ^
heir quarterly meeting in Mur- *
)hy next Monday, April 13, in '
he First Baptist church, of (
vhich Rev. A. B. Cash is the '
jastor. *
These quarterly fellowship ]
neetings grew out of the initia- (
ive and planning of Rev. H. M.
iocutt, when he was the pastor ,
)f the Sylva church. The two exreme
western associations of .
he State were taken into the ;
:onference last year. Rev. Mr.
Iocutt was the.first president.
,ast year Rev. W. H. Covert '
;erved in that capacity; and at ,
jresent Rev. B. S.' Hensley is '
jresident, and Rev. E. P. Baker j
)f Andrews is secretary. At
these meetings some vital ]
;ubject or church problem is ,
liscussed. At the Murphy meet- ]
ng the discussion will be about <
Wnrshin."
It will be discussed as fol- j
ows: "The Meaning of Worship" ]
)y W. H. Covert of Bryson City; i
"The Gods We Worship and the ?
3rOd We Worship" by H. K. Mas- 1
;eller of Canton; "The Place of i
Worship" by C. F. Rogers of i
franklin. These discussions will i
je in the morning session.. Ed- j
?ar Willix of Andrews will con- ?
iuct the morning Devotion, and
:he Rev. L. C. Cutts of Copperlill,
Tenn., will bring the In- i
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11.50 A YEAR IN A]
Regisratio
Fortv-Fivc T
To Be Held
RATION BOARD
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HIES ISSUED
The Jackson County Rationing
3oard,- with a quota of six pas;enger
car tires, 5 passenger car
ubes, 42 truck tires, and 18 re
reads, reports tnat mere were
f3 applications received during
he month. Three applications
vere disapproved, one for fail- j
ire to establish classification,
ind two for other reasons.
During' the last " week in
vlarch one passenger car tire
vas issued to Western Carolina
Telephone Company, of Sylva. ,
New truck and bus tires were
ssued as follows:
D. H. Queen, Whittier, 1 tire
tnd 1 tube; A. L. Harris, Argura,
[ tires, 4 tubes; George Massie,
Sylva, 1 tire; J. A. Mehaffey,
3alsam, 2 tires; S. G. Queen,
2owarts, 1 tire; J. M. Connor,
Tuckaseigee, 2 tubes; George
Stewart, Norton, 2 tires; Elsie
3uchanan, Green's Creek, 1 tire;
Robert Cabe, Gay, 2 tires.
Retreads in the truck and bus
;lass were issued to Claude Bu!hanan,
Green's Creek, John B.
Deitz, Green's Creek, and J. M.
Tucker, Cullowhee, for two tires
jach.
The quota for April is 8 new
passenger tires, 32 retreads, and
JO tubes; 36 new truck tires, 32
-etreads, and 34 tubes.
During the first week in April,
Elsie Buchanan was issued 6
ruck tires; and J. E. Cabe, 3.
William G. Davis was allowed
I new passenger car tire; Dr. A.
Nichols, two; and Moody
Funeral Home, 2 tires and two
iubes.
For retreads in the truck class,
Furman Woods was allowed 2;
2. S. Smith, 3, and the light Department
of Western Carolina
Teachers College, 2.
Recaps for passenger cars
vere allocated to C. H. Kirkman,
Jr., 1; O. L. Cop&, 2; William
3rown, 1; William G. Davis, 2;
md Margaret Martin, 2. i
SCHOOL LUNCH
IS DRAMATIZED
I
"School Days" a special radio
dramatization of the community
school lunch program was given
3ver WPTF, Raleigh, at 1:15 P, 1
VI. today. The program was
sponsored by the North Carolina |
JSDA War Board and the Agricultural
Marketing Administraion.
Taking part on the program
vere four members of the Hugh
VIorson High School Radio Club
>f Raleigh, under the direction
jf Miss Lucy Gilmore, Faculty
Sponsor for the club.
"The School Lunch Program
in Raleigh and North Carolina is
an dutstanding success, because
of the splendid cooperation the
Agricultural Marketing Adminis-.
tration is receiving from the
State Board of Charities and
Public Welfare, local school officials
and local sponsors", Oldson
L. Bateman, Agricultural
Marketing Administration Representative,
North Carolina
USDA War Board, Raleigh,
stated.
"During the month of February,
for example, school
lunches were served to 221,252
undernourished North Carolina
school children in 2,902 schools.
We hope to materially increase
this figure before the end of
this school year and we hope
to reach the majority of the
States' needy children when
school opens this fall."
This special dramatization was
the first of its kind in the state
using school children to explain
lunch program benefits. 1
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D'VANCE IN JACKSON COUNTY
n Of Men
o Sixty-Four f|?
On April 27 . B
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The fourth registration of
male citizens of the United
States will be held on April 27
and includes men from fortyfive
to sixty/-four. The call issued
by the local Selective Service
Board follows: -N il
"The Fourth Registration of % ; r.Mj!
male citizens of the United
States of America, by order of
the President, and applying to
those of the ages of forty-five
tr\ civfv.fniip vpqts will hp.hpld
w '?
on Monday, April 27, 1942, from
7:00 A. M. to 9:00 P. M? E. W. T. > W'
The Jackson County Selective
Service Board No. 1, encharged
with this work, is asking for the
same fine co-operation in the
coming Fourth Registration as
was received in the Third and K; ]
previous Registrations; and that
all those persons who assisted
in the Third Registration report
at once at the Selective Service
Office in Sylva and acknowledge
their willingness and availibility
to assist the Board in the Registration
of April 27th.
We urge that all persons to
whom the foregoing request may
apply report immediately, as we
must effect an organization
quickly. A meeting for the purpose
of completing our organization
will be held in the office
of the Selective Service Board in
Sylva at 11:00 A. M., E. W. T.,
Tuesday, April 21, 1942. jj'
All registration places within
this Board's jurisdiction are to
be the same as those used for
the Third Registration.
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J. C. ALLISON, Chairman.
LEWIS BUMGARNER, Sec."
DAIRY FARMS 1
PLAN NOW FOR
NEXT WINTER
If normal rainfall occurs this
summer, dairy farmers of North
Carolina will produce the extra
79 million pounds of milk asked
of them in the "Food-for-Freedom"
program, says F. R. Farnham,
Extension dairyman of N.
C. State College. He predicts that
a better feeding program, a pasture
improvement program
based on applications of lime
and phosphate, and an increased
? 1 ?lll? "rttiio nrill onohlp
uuinuei UI llliift. tuwo Will
the milk goals to be met.
"However," he added, "if we
are . to follow through with a
continued increase of dairy production,
it Is of the utmost importance
that farmers plan now I
to grow those crops that will
furnish feed for cows next win- ''M
ter. The dairy herd must be *1|1
adequately fed after the fall
frosts kill the grass in pastures."
Farnham says that every
farmer who plans to milk five or
more cows will need an acre or *11
more of good silage corn. Each "1%M
cow will need at least three tons
of silage to carry her through
next winter, when the feed ration
includes, also, a good qual~
ity of legume hay and a liberal
grain ration. ?
"Silage is a cheap source of
succulent roughage," the Extension
dairyman said. "A yield of
from 10 to 12 tons of silage corn
per acre is quite common in this
state. There is probably no other
crop that will produce more di- *1
gestable nutrients than an acre
of corn yielding 10 or more tons
of silage per acre."
Farnham reports tnat miiK
production is being increased rapidly
all over the State, especial- , .'c3
lyin the Piedmont and Western
North Carolina. He says that
milk receipts at the Shelby receiving
station of one off the
large dairy manufacturing ^9
plants showed an increase of 68 _
percent in one week, over the
corresponding period of 1941. .
For Defense buy U. S. Bonds
and Stamps.