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AMERICA First, Last and Always Herald THE SYLVA HERALD Dedicated To Progressive Service To Jackson _____ ? ' County AND RURALlTp ? CONSOLIDATED JULY, 19^3 VOL. XVIII NO. 11 SYLVA, N. C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 4, 1943 $1.50 A Year In Jackson County; $2.00 Outside The County ' New Newspaper Is Launched For Jackson County T, " " ? -K" ^ ^ ^ ^ A ^ ^ f ^ | Marker To Honor Local Men In Service Beautiful Unit Being Erected By Legion Here Will Contain Name Of Each Of the 1,200 Men Prom 1 Jackson County In ServicS. A beautiful memorial marker^ containing the names of all Jack yon County men in service, la sche? duled to be erected thia week on the lot adjoining the post office. " ? - The project js^ being sponsored - ?? by the William E. Dillard Post of the American Legion. J. P. Corbin is post commander. The Selective Service Board of : Jackson County is cooperating with the Legion by providing the Dames of the 1,200 men from this county now serving Uncle Sam. The name of each man will be listed in alphabetical order, qnder double plate glass. The marker ? - will be sunk in cement and will frtiuid about seven feet high. Plans are* to keep the marker ' lighted at night, as a permanent record of those who have inawer ed the call to arms. ... The American Legion and the Selective Service Board are -ask ing the public to. cooperate and check the list carefully to see that no name is left off. Some Jackson ^ County men^registered v other places and have entered -service ? yithout coming under the "juris '?-t y mfction of the local board. In such H^tances many times, thci local botft^ias no record of the men in sern38>> JuClaude Allison is chair man of thi?< Jackson County Selec ; tire Draft feoard. * v. "The narmT of e&cji molk* w?IT typed on a s^ip of pa?er and part ed in a space in alphabetical order, it was explained. Regis^n^to^At ? & Indie Stud At C The roads in ern Car the com> H. T. H "Pref en roll r cent of we hav< dents, i have> 40 to 'head1 Pi that t become wi owe**: itljjhj rep( ton ed n ix de; be hefid n< in of dr * *V [That 250 le Enrolled V Year;" le heavy in Ition of West ^'s College for !ording to Dr. |dent. is are that our fa bout fifty per average years le over 500 stu looks like we'll Of these, some fien," the college iter announced was in line to training unit iths. Encouraging le from Washing [ege is being look ivor. down from nor the eight major the institution will and a competent Dr. Hunter an Jents can still major eight departments >ence of several hun annual football p#D fen cancelled for the Afferent 100I janitors are said han the teachers, but Sans they are promised iburg News. y Remain $1.39 Jackson Citizens Are Victory Scholarships Bagged Five Zeros -*?teO?<aCv. C, ?INCE holds his* five fingers up to indicate the num ber of Jap Zeros he knocked cut. of the sky in an aerial battle near Lae, New Guinea. Ince, a mem ber of the U. S. Fifth Air Force, comes from Boulder, Colo. Rotarians Pay Tribute To Their Former President The Sylva Rotary Club honored their immediate- p-*- st president last night, in a program designed as a tribute to Phillip Elliott, h^ad of the English department at Western Carolina Teachers college at Cullo whee has been elected by the board of trustees of Garner-Webb college^ to become president of the college. Mr. Elliott is a graduate of Wake Forest college and has done gra duate study at the University of North Carolina, Duke University, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He has been a member of th? faculty at WCTC 12 years, iv before that time was dean and vice-president of Mars Hill college. He holds A. B. and M. A. degree?. Mr. Elliott will take over direc tion of the institution in time for the opening of the fall term in September. He has taken an active part in the civic and religious life of West ern North Carolina during his 12 years at Cullowhee. He has served as supply pastor for numerous churches, in this area, during the time he has been here.' J. Cole Cannon Is In A Knoxville Hospital ! J. Cole Cannon, general manager 'of Cannon Brothers, was reported slightly better yesterday in a Knoxville hospital, where he re c ntly underwent an operation. He has been in ill health for nine months. ;t and mail or bring in today BSCRIPTION BLANK Iva Herald, N. C. Date e enclosed $ send The Sylva Herald to or Box No and State _ SUBSCRIPTION RATES Jackson County ? Outside Jackson County $1.50 1 Year $2.00 . 80c 6 Months 1.25 411 Subscriptions Payable In Advance Thirty Scholarships At $100 Each Are Sought In Jackson For Deserving: Students. Indications yesterday were that Jackson county woujd reach the quota of providing? $3,000 for the Western Carolina Teachers College special Victory Scholarship Loan Drive, which has been in progress for the past ten days. Dr. H. T. Hunter, ^president 6f the institution,, explained that ef forts were being made to get 75 scholarships for this year, and a continuation of the plan for next year. The scholarships are $100 each. "The citizens of Jackson county are enthusiastically responding to tftte call. No Jackson county per son we have contacted have failed i to participate,'! the college presi dent "said* 7 I The>>pJans of the college officials ^are'fo complete'the drive in Jack son county before carrying the cam j paign to adjoining counties. All counties in this area have v^een given quotas, and the "ground work" laid in most of them, j President Hunter pointed out that the response of Jackson \vould in a large degree determined re sults in other counties. V "Jackson county has always rallied to the support of Western I Carolina Teachers College, and wo j feel confident of this campaign," he concluded. ' 7 The scholarships wfll be used for deserving students who other wise would not have the opportun ity of a year in college. Most of the citizens giving scholarships have signified their intentions of renewing them again next year. Bishop And Mrs. Purcell And Others Spend Week End At High Hampton Mr. and Mrs. E. L. MeKee had as ? ru ir gtfests at High Hampton from ; Sunday to Tuesday the following: Bishop and Mrs. Clare Purcell, Sup erintendent and Mrs. \\V L. Hut chins, of the Waynesville District of the Methodist Church, and Rev. and Mrs., R. L. Tuttle. YES, WHERE? If Lapland's people are Lapps, And Ja^atrs"pe'ople are Japs, , Then where on earth *} Is the land of birth Of all our millions of Saps? No Changes Made In Structure Of Tax Set Up Here ?. X' Debt Service Largest Single Item In Budget, Calls For ? 62 Cents, The board of commissioners of Jackson county have adopted the county budget for the coming year, which calls for the same tax Tate as last year~$1.39 per $100 valu ation. Y There are no changes in ttte budget' structure, and each departs merit of the county gets the same proportionate part of every dollar as last year. Debt service lead all athfii: items* with ,62 cents o? the $1.39 going to retire bonds. The current valuation o? tax able property in* the county is set at ten millions. The budget sets out the follow ing items: General Fund I .15 Poor (special purpose) 06 Wealth ! 04 Schools .29 Debt Service 62 Special Court 10 Public Assistance 12 Hospital 01 Total Tax Ratti $1.39 i Ja&so;?. -founty War Bond Quota | Set At $27,287 Chairman Ariail Sees Need . F*>r Harder Work In Order To Meet Quota For August* Jackson County lias a quota' of $27,287 in war bonds for August, according to R. L. Arial, chairman of the war bond sales committee. The county has been meeting^the quota monthly, but with an increase for August, Mr. Arial pointed that i additional work would have to be done to meet the quota as set by the treasury department. The ten p r cent deduction plan I from each payroll has been supple. 1 men ted with the slogan of "Ten Per Cent and More." i There are four placcs in the county selling bonds: The Jack sun County Hank, Sylva; The Sylv-a Post Office, and the post offices at , Cullowhee and Cashiers. Jackson Man Goes To Fort Knox* To Study Pvt. James Vernon Painter, son | of Mr. and Mrs. B. 0. Painter, is now at Fort Knox, Ky., where he is a member of the Armored Re | placement Training center to learn (the secrets of mechanized warfare. vThe 15-week training program* will give Pvt. Painter and his fellow .soldiers, time to familiarize them I selves with the fundamentals of jarmy life, and to use weapons and | vehicles which make up the arm lored division. Your Newspaper - Y our Friend The Sylva Herald and Ruralite appears today for the first time as a combined unit. The Ruralite has been pub lished continuously for 17 years, while The Sylva Herald is a new newspaper. For us the day is one of pride tempered with a con sciousness of the grave responsibilities that lie upon any newspaper. Not the least of the responsibilities is th$ obli gation to present the news, and to present it honestly and fairly. ? ^ p? ? This newspaper Is an intregal part of Jackson County. This newspaper will support any and all movements which are good for the county, and will flight unceasingly for those things which are bad for Jackson County. We intend to publish the best newspaper we can. yte intend above all things to make it fair, to make it just as complete as possible and certainly strive to make it inter esting. - - ^ This newspaper is dedicated to progressive service to Jackson County. The Sylva Herald and Ruralite is your newspaper pour friend. THE PUBLISHERS. Remaining Schools^ In Town and County To Open Thursday 19 Schools At Savannah and Webster Open Thursday Morning; Several Opened Monday. By Thursday, August 19th, all schools in Sylva and Jackson Coun ty will be open, with an estimated enrollment of 4,500, according -fa Mr. Moses, county superintendent of education, yesterday. Monday saw the opening of 15 rural cchools that do not have bus facilities. Thursday morning the schools at Savannah and Webster will open, Mr. Moses said. The schools of Sylva, Beta, Dills boro, Qualla, Glenville, Cashiers, | John's Creek, Tuckaseigee and I Cullowhee Training School will I open on Thursday, August 19th. j Cyrus Phillips, of Berry College,^ has been named as vocational in i structor of the Cullowhee Training School, which gives a vocational <kv.Hrtment in each* of the. fori: ?high school districts of the eoumy. The schools opening Monday in cluded: Willets, Balsam, Addie, | Barker's Creek, Dix Creek, Wil mont, Double Springs, Green Moun tain; La Porte, Rocky Hollow, Oak IJdgi , Wolf Creek, Sol's Creek, Tennessee Gap andjCharley's Creek. Mr. Moses announced the list of teachers for the county as follows: L\ A ? J. L. Hair, J\I rs? M.'iry Scott, Mrs; Nell Potts, Mrs. Jiili-i Chapman, Louise Henson, Mrs. Mary R. Cowan, .J. F. Corbin, 0*sa B. Galloway,- Mrs. Lula N. Bryson, Frank Crawford, Mrs. J. F. Ft -.?Vnnie Louis*.- Madison, Rhoda W ; ? i - "son/ Selma P. Middleton. X - n Geisler, Belzora Holdi n, Mr*. Norma Lee, -Evelyn Parker. Mr**.. Emily Tompkins, Mrs; Bailey Whjtt, Wanda Dills, Bertha Cu. - ningham, on^_ vacancy. DILLSBORO ? Ajliney Bryson. Mrs. Louise Thomas, Mrs. Virginia Terrell, Mrs. Dorothy Higdon, Mis. Stella Bryson. BETA ? Vernon Cope, Mrs. Maude Reed, Mrs. W. G. Dillard. | Mrs. Juanita Farmer Davis, on; vacancy. # QUALLA ? II O Higdon, Lucy M. Hall, Ann** Lizzie Hoyle, Mrs.' Louise Kil van!/. Mrs. Mary J I)il iard. CULLO'A'HEK ? C. A. Hoyle, ? Mrs. Winnie Murphy Killian, Nell [Bond, Maude K tchem, Dr. A. L. Branrlett, Fannie Goodman, Mrs. Miriam Allen, Geneva Turpin, "Myth JJ&lker, Mrs. Mae WVtMey, N. Coward, Anne Rabe, >ne| vacancy. OJINS CREEK - Alvin F :l bright, Leonora Slack, Mrs. Mar jguerite Revis, .Janie Hooper, T. F. Midf'lf'ton. ! T .{ KASEEGEE ? Mr*. J. E. Brown, Mrs. Lessie Reid P?ll, Mrs. Inez Wachob. CASHIERS ? M. B. Madison, Mrs. Madge Merrill, Mrs. Agnes ( . Rice, Mrs. Lillian Madison. GLENVILLE ? F. I. Watson, Homer Wike? Mrs. Melfca Simpson, Mae Dowdle, David Pruitt,? Mrs. Kate V. Bryson, Viola P. Bryson, Arlin Evans, Elaine Norton, M rs. Emily Parker, Marie Smith, Mrs. Minnie Breedlove, Mrs. Maude Hutchinson. I BALSAM ? G. C. Cooper, Mi*s. Or, a Monteith, Mrs. Louise McClure L^LIIS?S,J. Phillips, Mrs. Katharine Knight. ADDIE ? W. G. Dillard, Louise Davis, Mrs. Clem Cogdill. PIX CREEK? -A. C. Dillard. BARKERS CREEK? Mrs. Dem erris Cowan, Ethel Collins, Jennie Cathey. . WILMONT? Hoyle Deitz, Har riet 'Jenkins, Gertrude Moss. ROCKY HOLLOW- ? Mrs. Maude Sherrill. OAK RIDGE ? Troy Rogert, SOLS CREEK ? Lucy M. Brown. CREEK ? Mrs. Nannie McGuine . TENNESSEE GAP? Mrs. Olivia (Continued on pt(e 8) First Subscriber I : 1 *> .. . ' \\"{. OTA 3 It. MAf4GlL-, oi\ Kee-der Field, Miss., was the first t<> subsci *b? ? in The Syl\a 1 1 : Pvt. .Massif managed the Uitz Theatre here until he volun teered for duty in June. Hv heard 'of the new newspaper several week*"a ?;?<>, and immediately placed ? is subscription even before many of t ho business details had been completed. P. Wyche to Manage, Edit Heralcl The publishers of The S\Sv+*-' rierald have named Pierce Wyche as manager and editor of this news. paper. I Mr. Wyche is now a member of th staff of Tho Charlotte Observ er. and will arrive August 15th to assume his duties. He has been in ..D'-wspaper work for many years, and has had a wide range of ox p rienc in evry department- of editorial, ru \v> and advertising. While he is working on the larg est newspMp'M1 in the two Carolina:*, Mr. Wyche has had experience on i newspapers in towns the size of -Sylva. -^f^)th Mr. and Mrs. Wyche will take- an active part in the civic, and I 'iigious life of the community. Mrs. Wyche was here Monday and secured a home for them to niuve to sometime about the 15th. Let every man be occupied, and occupied in the highest employ ment" of which his nature is capa ble, and die with the consciousness that he has done his best. ? Sidney Smith. The Ruralite ls ? - Purchased And _ Combined With The Sylva Herald Publishers Plan To Make This A Newsy and Modern Newspaper For Jackson County. A - . Today marks the beginning of ; i t he av e.p-kly publication of a new paper for Sylva and Jackson Coun ty by the Herald Publishing Com pany, which has purchased the 17 | year-old Ruralite, and combined it | with The Syiva Herald. \ The new newspaper will be 1 known as The Sylva Herald, and -? the fuihlishers., W. Curtis Russ and . i.M. T. Bridges, plan to make it as 1 newsy, and as modern as possible. The purchase of The Ruralite from Mrs. E. E. Brown, owner and publisher, was effective last Satur day. Mrs. Brown will continue to operate the Print Shop at it's pres- " ;ent location. The subscription list of The Rotf* alite will be carried on by The Herald, and all business for the paper, news, advertising and sub scriptions, will be handled w the new offices now being completed on Main strqet in the building for merly occupied by the 'Western AcUto Associate Store ? across the street from the Jackson County Bank. The new newspaper will be seven ; columns wide and every page will,, have local news- or local features. In another article on this page, the publishers are announcing the appointment of Pierce Wyche as manager and editor. He is now a member of the staff of The Char lotte Observer. Until he arrives ? on the 15th of August, the manages ing and editing will be done by Curtis Rusb, editor-manager of Thjp^ Wayju-sville Mountaineer fi>r the past 12 years. The Herald plans to add a num ber of features during the next few months, nnd starting with today's* J issue, are presenting some features s which wilLbe found each week. On the editorial page, a column des-^ tined to create much interest, will* b< the "Voice of The People-' in which eight or ten "local people 1 answer some questions on a topic * of the (lay. The editorials will fair and square to every one. timely editorial cartoon, and ah on us drawing "The Old I Tn-'<n" will be a regular v I feature of the paper. | w- A special semi-editorial | - re and There" by Hili. I G.vyn, will add much to th I torial page. This writer toK* J deals with a recent five-hour stnj(N ^in Sylva, and you will enjoy comments on the editorial page, j j Every week a column devoted tm news from the C. J. Harris Cdn|? munity Hospital will be carried in' this newspaper. This feature will he made possible by the coopera-?j tion of Mrsr Pa* -GggteT, superfii-J tendent of the~m*Hfctrtion. ^ ^ The subscription prices for Xh?l Sylva Herald will be only $1.? per year in Jackson County; and a year outside the county. Due to ! restrictions on newsprint, and strkifei postal regulations, all subserip-j tions will be payable in advance. 1 The Herald is anxious to get; competent correspondents- -eaeV community of the county to handle I the news for their^fereas. Those who are interested are urged to call by the office on Main Street and get details. | The ministers of the county will , have available to them, the cot umns of this newspaper for all an nouncements of church activities* As the publishers want to make this a newsy newspaper, it felt that a standing announcement <rf (Continued on page 8) w*. Phone, Mail or Bring In Your News - ^ ^ The telephone number of The Herald is 110. ' Just $ call in your news, or if that is not conveniehtr^drop it ' in the mail, or bring it by the office. No news will be published that is mailed unless the person sending it in signs their name; This i& an j ironclad rule. ' This is YOUR NEWSPAPER and you will faffj us ready to cooperate with you in every way. Just give' us the facts, and well save you the troubte <rf writing your news out in detail. Thanks for cooperating. - ^ 5 ? J*, 'il.*1 ^