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AMERICA X
First, Last and
Always
YLVA
AND RURALITB? CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943
ERALD
... M, IS
THE SYLVA HERALD
Dedicitcd To PrornailTt
Service To Jackson
^ CouBty
$1.50 A Year In Jackson County; $2.00 Outside The County
Jackson County Merchants
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Hear OPA Man Tonight
A A
Shortage
Of Pu/p Awrf Acirf FFoocfe /s Getting Acute
Sharp Increase
In Production
Sought In County
.There is a definite and acute
abortage of pulp wooda .and chfit
nbt acid wood, . according to tho
National Pulp wood Committee, an
agency working closely with the
government and mills. *
A campaign Is now being waged
in all areas of the nation that
produce pulpwoods, urging farm
ers and woodsmen to spend three
extra days this year cutting wood.
A special coupon is carried else
where in this newspaper.
This county is listed as one of
: the principal areas producing pulp
woods and chestnut acid wood.
Both of these are ~ essential raw
materials for war uses and are
so defined by government agencies*
A representative j>t this- news
paper has discussed the probftiri^
with at least three mills, and one
large wholesale paper broker, and
the facts and figures they present
ed as to present stocks of pulp
woods, and the sharp decline in
the past few months is ample proof
of the seriousness of the situa
tion.
The government has listed the
paper industry essential in that 85
per cent of all pulpwoods now
used go directly into war.
"Farmers and woodsmen who
have ptilpwoods and chestnut acid
wood Can contribute much towards
the war effort by putting their
woods on the market at this time,"
one_ buyer of pulpwoods said.
"Such a move would not only con
vert trees into cash, but would add
to the fast diminishing supply of
pulp which the army and navy
requires large quantities to keep
armed forces moving."
-A* breakdown or WFiere pulp wood
-as now being" usfed, is shown by
the official table recently released
by the government:
25%' for containers, for shells,
food, blood plasma, packing field
rations.
25 "% for wrapping paper for use
by armed forces and essential war
industries.
6% for smokeless powder. .
5% for rayon, for parachutes,
military clothing.
5% shipped to lend lease.
?? 2% to hospitals and sanitary
waddings on battle front."
5% structural boards for erect
ing military buildings hurriedly.
6% newsprint.
6 % for fine writing papers.
Several of the larger newspapers
throughout the state and nation
have already frozen their circu
lation, and will take new subscrip
tions only as an old one fails to
renew. Others are planning to fol
low similar means soon. *
A representative%pf several pa
per mills was here yesterday dis
cussing the situation, and pointed
out that some had closed, and oth
ers -were on the verge of closing
unless more pulpwoods were forth
coming.,
As to ches'tnut acid wood, this
is most essential in the process of
tanning leathers for the men in
service.
A concerted campaign will be
staged in Jackson in order that
this county will maintain her rec
ords of successfully carrying out
every request in the war effort as
part of the appreciation of the
work of the 2,500 men from here
now in service.
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Rationing Boatd
Swamped" With
Tire Requests
Hot Sun Causes Many Old.
Tires To Give ^Way^ Board
Asks For More* r
-ft pavements have played havoc
with old tires, especially truck
tijves doping the past 80 days, and
dfoe local rationing board has found
(itself with many times more ap
plications for tires than the state
office gave the county.
Terming the situation critical,
the board sought a new allotment,
and were successful in getting a
little more than 60 per cent addi
tional tires and tubes for August.
Even .with the additional tires
and tubes, many applications could
not be filled. The emergency caser
were handled first, it was explain
ed.
The applications for grade one
passenger tires are far ahead of
normal, while truck tire requests
took a sudden upshot /ts the broil
ing sun caused many to blowout.
- The summary of allotments, for
August is as folows:.
Grade Orig. Extra
Grade I 44 25
Grade III 27 , 18
Passenger tubes 32 ' 15
New truck tkea 52 25
Truck tub** JBT\ 20
Motorists Being
Checked On For
Federal Stamp
Representatives of the Collector
of Internal Revenue office were
working in this area this week
checking on all motor vehicles to
s=e if the little yellow $5 jevfcnu^
stfcmp was on the windshield.
Many motorists who had forgot
ten about the $5 stamp, found them
selves notified as to the penalties
for failure to have one on the wind
shield at once.
The stamps for cars which were
in operation on July first can only
be bought through the Greensboro
office. The Post Office only has
stamps for cars bought or put into
operation on and after August fifst.
?The price of such a stamp is $4.59.
The post office reported yester
day that the total sales of the
motor vehicle ? stamp was abput
ihalf of that of last year.
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Meade Officials Here
On Few Days Business
T. W. Fernald, one of the vice
, presidents of the Meade Corpora
tion, left yesterday after spending
several da'ys here on business.
$r. Fernald once lived in Sylva
'and has many friends here.
I
| "Imagination was given man to
| compensate him for wh^t he is not;
; and a sense of humor was provided
| to console him for what he is."
Majority Of County's
Crops Best In Years
Corn and Hay Lead All
Other Crops For Being
Above Average.
Jackson county farmers are
starting to harvest one of the best
all-round crops in the history of
the county, it was reported by the
county agent's office yesterday.
The com and hay crop in the
county is exceptionally fine. While
potatoes will not be dug until lat*
er, all indications are that the yield
will be high.
Small grain suffered due to un
favorable weather, while pastures
have come out in a satisfactory
manner after getting off to a bad
start, it was said.
The tobacco crop is low because
of acreage, and lack of plants last
spring. What crop there is has so
far brought encouragement to the
farmers.
Green beans are beginning to
come ih for the green vegetable
market this week, and a good yield
is expected for the season. Some
of the beans will be sold to the
cannery in Hazelwood.
The cabbage crop is normal, al^
though acreage is somewhat off.
Due to a shortage of high protein
feeds, it is expected that a large
proportion of the beef cattle will
be sold as soon as taken off the
grass this fall.
The general farming picture of
the county is good, it was report
ed, and Jackson county farmers
have done a large part in carrying
out the agricuture program in keep,
ing with the war farming cam
paign.
Announcement To Be Made
Later Relative To Lnneli
Rooms For Local Schools.
County Superintendent of Edu
cation, A. C. Moses, announces that,
all Sylva and * Jackson coupf^
schools opened last week, on^che
dule, with each unit now in full
operation witn approximate grand
total of 4,500 pupils.
Mr. Moses state<%that it will be
impossible, for some days, to Rive
the exact figures due to the irregu
larities exceptionally numerous this
year of intensive war effort, cou
pled <with the inevitable teacher
shortage. He added, however, that
the local school system is much
better supplied with instructors
than many others.
There will doubtless be some
changes but there is good pros
pect of filldng nearly all vacancies.
Mr. Moses ffctnted out that, white
this" year's enrollment will prove
about the same as last year's, there
is every reason for satisfaction, at
many schools throughout the na
tion will reveal substantial losses
because of war conditions.
The superintendent said he was
pleased to announce an excellent,
practical course called "Basic Math
ematics" for the tenth grade*, with
probability of offering this as an
eleVenth grade elective. Mathemat
ics, science, and physical eulture
will be stresse# as never before,
he stated.
Another addition announced is
a vocational) course at OtiHewbce,
an innovation planned for -some
time, with student interest already
at a high level. Such study is now
available at Sylva, Webster, and
Glenville, as well as at Cullowhee.
Mr. Moses pave as further cause
[for satisfaction the good condition
of transportation. The school buses
have been given careful mechanical
service, with recent inspection by
the Safety division, and a full corps
of drivers all of whom are licensed.
_ The school executive cited anoth
er item as certain to interest all
patrons, the matter of lunch rooms.
These will probably be under state
supervision, as indicated by a letter
from ' State Superintendent Clyde
A. Erwin. Definite decision as to
this is expected to be announced j
by September 15th.
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4 Catamounts On
Newberry Eleven
Four former Catamounts of
Western Carolina Teachers College
i are slated to see action this fall at
j Newberry College, which has a l
iV-12 navy unit.
Those former Catamounts slat
ed for action on the team include
i Back Roberts, Tackle Smith, Guard
Brown and Back Olsen. !
Jackson's Bond ?
Quota Is Set
At $124, OOO
Jackson county has been given
a quota of $124,000 to invest in
War Bonds for the third war loan
drive. ~
North Carolina has a quota of 146
millions, while the national quota
is 15 billions. *
R. L. Airial, county chairman,
is going forward with plans to
perfect his sale* organisation prior
to the opening hi tne campaign on
JSeptepaber 9th. VM
Quotas for th<? 15 counties in
this district are:
Buncombe $3,553,000
Cherokee ? ? 232,000
Clay 10,000
Graham 16,000
Haywood 892,000
Henderson 609,000
Jackson 124,000
McDowell ' 391,000
Macon 145,000
Madison 255,000
Mitchell ? .. , 175,000
Polk 271,000
Swain .. 189,000
Transylvania 432,000
Yancey _ 69,000
DiUard Stationed
At California Post
IVt. Avery DiUard, son of T. P.
Dillard and the late Mrs. Dillard
of Syfcffe* is now stationed at a ma
rine basS^in California.
Pvt. Dillard i# a graduate of
Sylva high school. NHe was a star
player on the championship high
school team in 1938. Prior to
enlisting in the marine corps, ho
spent a year in construction work
in Trinidad.
The farnv, offers a .flne oifcport
tunity rorxtrfs yomig ifriui--io%?ajr.
oili of the army.
Red Cross Women
Have Made 238,000
Surgical Dressings
In South Pacific
LT. (jg) FRED L.1 THOMAS, a
graduate of ,Western Carolina
Teachers College, 4s flow station
ed somewhere in the South Pacific.
He volunteered for Navy duty
while working in Washington.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dave~Thomas, and for three years
taught school in Burke county.
Miss Pauline Ward and Miss
Pauline Freeman have returned
to Washington, D. C., after spend
ing. u: two weeks yfteataoiv uvJSylva
with their parents.
Holders Of Old Style
B and C Gas Coupons
M list Get New Books
Motorists having old-type "B"t
iand "C" gasoline rationing books
I are required to exchange them for
'new type books, the county war
price and rationing board has an
nounced.
The exchange will be accom
plished by mail, it was explained,
and all old type books must be
exchanged for the new series by
Seotember first. Old type coupons
wilj be invalid after August 31st.
The action is intended to halt j
the use of invalid coupons from
expired books, and to nullify any
counterfeit coupons which may be
in circulation. Expiration dates'
and the number of stamps in the
old-type book will remain the j
! same; "
The local board has for the last
month been issuing new-type
books, and holders of these will, of
course, be exempt from making
any change. Each stamp in the
new books reads, "Mileage ration
B (or C)." The old coupons read:
"Permits delivery of one B (or C)
unit of gasoline at time of sale.
Office of Price Adm."
In making the exchange, motor
ists will be required to mail their
old.Jt?ooks together with their tire
inspection record to the county
war price and rationing "board.
The new books then will be return
ed by mail. If the mailing address
of book holder has been changed
since the old book was issued, the
n<?b address should be clearly
shown.
Starting Today, (he Most Popular Story To Come Out Of the War ? A Best Seller For
Many Months. Read It Today and Every Week In This Newspaper.
? . See Here
Private
fey Marion. Hargr
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W.M.U.
ftft RVICI
I IF FIRST SERGEANT CLAR- ,
ENCE A. GOLDSMITH, back in |
the old battery where I was sup
posed to have learned the art of
cooking for the army, ever gets
his hands on this, it will provide
him with amusement throughout a
long, hard winter.
i When he reads that Private
Edward Thomas Marion Lawton
Hargrove, ASN 34116620, is giv- <
ing advice to prospectiva soldiers,
I his derisive bellow will disturb the
training program in the next regi
ment.
"My Goodness!" he will roar.
"Look who's learning who how to <
do what! My Stars! The blind lead- .
ing the blind!"
! It was once said, Sergeant Gold
smith, by the eminent vegetarian
George Bernard Shaw that he who
can, does; he who can't teaches.
This, dear sergeant, is my con
tribution to the army and to pos
terity. Please go away and leave
us young people to our studies.
CHAPTER I
If I were giving advice to the
boys who have already been called
into the Army and will go away
in a few days, I'dHum it all up in
this: <4Paint the towiw red for the
rest of your civilian week. Pay
no attention to the advice that is
being poured into your defenseless
ears for twenty-four hours a day.
Form an idea of what Army life
is going to be like. Leave your
mind open.''
Two weeks from now, you will be
thoroughly disgusted with your
new job. You will have been herd
? ed from place to place, you will I
have wandered in nakedness and
I bewilderment through miles of phy
1 sural examination, you will look
upon privacy and individuality as
things you left behind you in a
golden civilian society.
| Probably you will have develop
ed a murderous hatred for at least
one sergeant and two corporals.
You will writhe and fume under
what you consider brutality and
sadism, and you will wonder how
an enlightened nation can permit
such atrocity in its army. Take it
easy, brother; take it easy.
r Keep this one beam of radiant
hope constantly before you: The
first three &eeks are the hardest.
For those first three ? or possibly
four? weeks, you will bear the
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Need For More Helpers, Is
Urgent Plea Of Mrs. Dan
Allison.
One hundred and thirty thous
and surgical dressings shipped;
1108,000 more ready to ship ? that's ;
Jackson county'*' 'Red Cross record j
for the past few months, as an- ?
nounced yesterday by Mrs. Dan
Allison, county chairman.
' \V! ile Mrs. Allison readily ^admit
ted there is cause for elation at
such a record, ?he dismissed the
past with but few words and spoke
of plans for the future. Besides
the group at Sylva, there are three
other surgical dressing units in
Jackson ? at Cullowhee, Dillsboro
and Cashiers, organization at the
latter place having just been ef
1 fected.
"There is urgent need for more ,
workers," declared Mrs. Allison,
who is determined, if humanly pos
sible that the volunteers maintain
their already excellent record.
Ably assisting in the effort are
Mrs. H. T- Hunter, at Cullowhee,
Mrs. Has Barrett, at Dillsboro and
Mrs., M. - B. . Madison, recent ap
pointee at Cashiers.
Mrs. Allison explained that, be
sides* preparation of dressings,
there are also knitting and sewing
to be done. Evefjr^voman in Jack-1
son county, she said, who has even !
a few hours leisure, should com
,municate with her or visit Ameri
can Red Cross headquarters, withj
I rooms over the Western Union, in i
the old gylva Chamber of Co m
mercA suite/
The place is oj)en from 2 to 6
every week-day, and a fresh ship
ment of material is expected soon,
! the chairman said. The Jackson
county group has been functioning j
less than a year, and has done a 1
?line job; ? "but send us more work- !
ers," urged Mrs. Allison in con
clusion. "Have any woman who
can pr pare dressings, s^w, or knit,
communicate with me."
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Many Attend The
Memorial Service
For Lt. Lovedahl
A memorial service was conduct,
ed Sunday at Johns Creek school
for Lieut. John Lovedahl, with the
Wiliam E. Dillard post of the
American* Legion in charge. John
Corbin is post commander.
The musical program was in
charge of Jennings Bryan, accom
panied by Mrs. Wilks.
Rev. R S. Hensley, chaplain of'
ithe post, gave the principal ad
dress, whil Dr. H. T. Hunter re
viewed the life of the soldier for
whom the service was held.
A larjce number of people at
tended the service.
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Representative
To Explain Price
Structure Here s
(
100 Retailers Of County
Expected To Get Details At
Court House Tonight.
All merchants and retailers of
Jackson county are to meet tonight
at the court house at 8:30 and hear
L. R. Hamilton, field representative
of OPA explain ceiling prices, rat
ioning and #11 rules and regtola
tioifs governing sales under the
OPA.
Mr. Hamilton will have with him
two members of the Charlotte of
fice, and after he has fully explain
ed all details the meeting will be
thrown open for questions, accord
ing to Edwin W. Allison, of the
local rationing board.
- ? All Iiinttrvn whirh ?rp Tlfny npfc
clear in the minds of merchants
will be cleared Wednesday night,
Mr. Allison explained.
There are approximately 100 .re
tailers in the county, and a repre
sentative of each firm is expected
to be present.
The price pannel of the Jackson
rationing board is completing this
week, in time for the meeting, the
instructions to 16 volunteers who
will work with the merchants in
every section of the county in car
rying out OPA rules and regula
tions.- Ten of these volunteers are
ready for their tasks, and six others
will be given their duties before
the meeting, it was explained.
The local price pannel is compos
ed of Hugh Monteith, chairman,
Robert G- Tuttle and Mrs. Julie
Chapman.
The rationing board is made up
of Dan Allison, chairman, Harry
Ferguson and M. B. Cannon.
? Miss Irene C. Bradley is price
clerk of the board;
Town To Start
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Delinquent Taxes
'Property own^xs in Sylva who
have not paid their 1942 taxes have
the rest of this week to make set
tlement before their property is
advertised, according to R. C. Alli
son, town tax collector, who com
piled the delinquent list yesterday
for* publication.
Mr. Allison is giving final notice
in today's paper, and the first ap
pear:1. ::ce of the names of delin*
que nt property owners will appear
next week, and the property sold on
September 27th, the statem^it said.
Former Teacher
| At WCTC To Keep
Up War Records
Dr. C. *C. Crittenden, in charge
of North Carolina's archives and
history collection, announces the
appointment of Nell Hines, for
mer Asheville high school teacher,
as an assistant collector of war
records.
i M iss Hines was also formerly al
i teacher at Western Carolina
Teachers College.
52More Jackson Men!
Have Entered Service!
10 Of Group Were Volun
teers; 28 Went To Army,
19 To Navy, 4 To Marines.
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Fifty-two Jackson county men i
were accepted for service in the '
four branches of military service
during August, the local Selective
Service Board has just announced.
Ten of the group were volun
teers.
Of the 52 men, 28 went to the
army, while 19 entered Naval duty,
four joined the Marines and one
went to the Coast Guards.
The list given out by the local
board is as follows, with the volun
teers designated by a "V" after
the name:
Array
William Gerald Davis (V), Rob
ert Corcie Tatham, James Oscar
Fisher, Jr., Willard Glenn Stall
cup, Jr., Frank Weaver Moody,
Lester Lee Woodard, Ralph Wade
Shuler, Woodrow Wilson McCall,
Paul Revere Womack, Clyde Jas- ;
per Manous, William Frank Bar
ron, Edward Harvey Baldridge.
Ashford Hamilton Broom, Wil
liam Davis Buchanan, ?dward
Joseph Wells, Kussell Daniel
bert, John C. Estis, James K<
Messer, Don Haven Sutton, Ml
Junior Stiwinter.
John Carey Qope, Johnny
Sullivan Sneed, J. P. Suttoi
vin Dealis Frady, Jasper
Fisher, Alvin James Green,
comb Simeon Hensley, Jr. (V),
bert Wesley Dean.
Navy
Carol Clayton Deits (V), CI
Lyndon Bumgamer, 'Edmtlnd
ton Asher (V), Horace W1
Alexander (V), Bnrrell
bert Javan Wood, Troy Det _
Edgar Thomas Tarpin (V),
Walter Hooper (V), Billy
Ensley, William Lloyd
Lon Henry Brooks, Earl ,
Norton, Howard Tatfcem Bu<
Jack Wade Denton, Calvin
Gunter, Robert Lee Haskett
George York Painter,
Glenn Ward, Jr. (V).
Marines
Raymond Junior Moody
Charles Coleman Morgan,
liarn Franklin Horn, Jr., G?
Beasley. . '?vjj
' Coast Guard
Charles Vernon Haakett