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First, Last and
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VOL. XVIII NO. 15
The Sylva Herald
AND RURALITE? CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943
THE SYLVA HERALD
Dedicated To ProfreMir*
Service To Jackson
County^
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SYLVA, N. C., WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 1, 1943 $1.50 A Year In Jackson County; $2.00 Outside The County
Roll Shield To Be Dedicated 14th
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Is Ready To Launch War Bond Campaign
Chairman Ajriail
Names Committee
For The County
Campaign Will Be Taken
To Schools and Churches
Throughout the County. ^
"With every adult In Jackson
county buying a war bond o f any
denomination, will mean success
in the coming drive" was the opin
ion oi TT^tr ATisit chaii man~of the
war finance committee and chair
man of the third war loan cam
paign, which opens September 9th.
Mr. Ariail was confident that the
citizens of Jackson county would
respond readily, and the quota % of
$124,000 would be met during the
, month of September. Much time
_ and preparation has been put "on
the coming campaign by Mr. Ariail
and a county- wide organization is
ready to function to attain the
quo$a.
i T. N. Massie has been named in
charge of the drive in SyWav?a|ut
Dillsboro. He will name his cof*.
workers during the week.
A. C. Moses, county superinten
dent of education, will head the
campaign work in the* schools.^1
dents will be urged to buy
and to sell bonds. In this
iio'n, two prizes ,^of life ari<
in war stanjps will fo offers. ?
the students in Jackson for selling
the largest amount of war bdndei
The $15 will go to the one selling
the largest amount, and $10 will
to Second prize
Jpejiocu. , ,
amount ofbontfg^will be given
= in stamps. The sales will be base*!
on proportion to the number of stu
dents in the school, which gives
equal opportunity to the smallest
school to win tj^e prize.
R. U. Sutton is in charge of sales
of war bonds to corporations and
individuals having pay rolls. Mr.
Sutton will name his co-workers
during the coming week to assist
him in this campaign.
Garland Lackey will head ? the
campaign to make sales in the
rural section of the county. Mr.
Lackey is appointing workers in
every section of the county to carry
out this work. He is county agent,
and can be contacted at the county
agents office.
The campaign in Cullowhee, East
LaPorte and immediate area, will
be under the supervision of Dr. W.
A. Ashbrook, instructor of business
education at Western Carolina
Teachers College. Dr. Ashbrook
will have his list of associates nam
ed this week.
Mr. Ariail pointed out that each
school in the county would stage
a bond rally day during the cam
paign, in which special interest !
would be stimulated among the stu
dents and patrons of each school
to buy bonds and stamps.
Furthering the interest of the
campaign, Mr. Ariail said that
plans were being formulated to
carry the program into every
church in the county, .with a special
service devoted to. the campaign
during the month. Several pastors
of Jackson county have been con
sulted and all have been favorably]
impressed and assured the county
chairman of their cooperation.
Jackson County's heart and soul !
are in this war to win and back
our boys on the fighting fronts.
The people of Jackson will do what
is asked of them. With hard work,
cooperation, and plenty of determi
nation, we'll attain our goal," the
county chairman said.
BUILDS HOME
Mrs. Talmage J. Vaughn from
Oregon, has built a home near
Dillsboro and is now living there.
Ronnie Russell
Has The Right
Patriotic Spirit
Ronnie L. Russell is a thrif
ty 5-year-old youngster of
Dillsboro. He has saved 750
pennies, and when he heard of' !
the copper shortage, he went to
the bank and exchanged his
savings for war stamps.
Now he is happy. Uncle
Sam will have 750 more pen
nies to use, and that many less
to make, and the war stamps
will be worth more th*n the
pennies some day.
Ronnie is the son of Mrs.
Margaret Queen Russell and
the grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
R. G. Queen, , of Dillsboro.
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Sylva Baptists Launch
Expansion Program,
Successful Year Ends'
Church Grows
ItfSVVW. E. PETTIT 'tmafcvr
Student Officers
And Faculty Of
WCTCTo Meet
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Conference Starts Today,
Will Continue Through Sat
urday Night.
Tile pre-sessinn conference held
annually by stufi.nt officers and
faculty members at Western Caro
lina Teachers college will begin
today and continue through Satur
day. Due to travel conditions, the
conference is being held at the col
lege this year instead of at Lake
Junaluska.
The college school year will be
gin September 7. Judging from
the number of rc?>m reservations
and applications, the administra- 1
tion believes that the incoming
freshman class will be considerably I
larger than in several previous
years;
Student leaders to participate in
'the pre-session conference include:
Roselle Ayers, Robbinsville, presi- j
dent of the student body; Martha j
Perkins, of Goldsboro, president of
the Women's House government;!
Agnes Henson of Cullowhee, presi- j
dent of Day Students' government;
LucileH. Paris of Spring '-Creek,
chief counselman for Moore dormi
tory; Sara McMillan of Campo- j
bello, S. C., chief councilman for
| Robertson hall; Hope Edwards, of
Bald Creek, chairman of the Big
Sisters organization; Helen Harts
horn of Asheville, editor of the
Western Carolinian; Margaret
Rentz of Whittier, president of Al
pha Phi Sigma; and sponsors Eliz
abeth Anne Hunter of Cullowhee,
(Louise Tweed of Marshall, and
Kenneth Terrell, Robert Hennslee
and Billy Cope of Sylva, who have
been invited to assist with the
planning.
Faculty members to participate
include John S. Seymour, Dean W.
E. Bird, Miss Anne Hammond and
Miss Anne Allbright.
Morning, afternoon and evening
sessions -Will be held during the
meeting. \ *
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50 Merchants At
iend^PA^Mfteting
Much interest was shown in the
OPA meeting held last week for
Jackson county merchants. Prob
lems concerning prices were dis
cussed at length, with C. D. Parker
and F. E. Carlton of the Charlotte
office and L. R. Hamilton of the
Asheville office presenting the facts
for the Office of Price Administra
tion.
Approximately 50 local mer
chants and business meVi were in
attendance.
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The Sylva Baptists have just
closed a most successful church
year, and have definite plans for an
expansion program, which is now
underway. '
Under the leadership of Rev.
W. E. Pettit, pastor, the church
has shown remarkable grains, and
the program mapped out for the
future growth has started* in an
encouraging manner
The report of the churph to th^
114th annual meeting of the Tucka
siegee Association showed many
encouraging gains. ; *
been 62 adcHtftyfts to ^toe^church
membersnip. Contributions for the ,
church year totaled $8,780. Forj
the previous church year the total
was $3,831. The financial gain in
a twelve months period was ? $4,
949. Of the total contributions
$1,183 was given to missions and
benevolences.
The church now fats -282 mem
bers in Sylva and a total member
ship- of 410. There are 30 mem
bers of the church serving in var
ious branches of the armed ser
vice, and many" are~ working In
defense centers.
During the church year a con
siderable amount of repair work
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A new set of puTpit chalVs was
presented to the church by the
Business Women's Circle of the
Woman's Missionary Society. Some
finishing work was done in the
new Sunday school addition, and
! repair work and painting in the
I 'Mder Sunday school section. A
mpply of new chairs and tables
? was purchase?^ for the Sunday
I school.
A new bulletin board has been
'erected in memory of Mrs. H. M.
| Hocutt, wife of the Rev. H. M.
| Hocutt, a former pastor, who died
| during the year. Mr. Hocutt has
i presented the church with a read
ing stand for the junior depart
ment of the Sunday school in mem
ory of his wife. A new pulpit
Bible was presented the church by
Mrs. T. C. Cannon in memory of
her son, Frank Fred Bailey, Jr.,
who died while in the service of his
country.
The church, now in the first
month of the new church year, is
undertaking an ambitious program.
A lot back of the present church
building has been purchased as
one step toward the erectionr^of a
new church building after the war.
A budget of $121.95 per week has
been adopted and all contributions
beyond this amount are to go to the
building fund. During the month
of September pledges and contri
butions on the new church build
ing are to be received. These
pledges are to be paid either im
mediately or over a period of
twelve months, depending upon the
desire of the individual member.
In October a "Church Loyalty
Campaign" will be launched to
continue until Christmas, \ during
which time a concerted effort will
be made to enlist all resident
church members in active partici
pation in the worship services and
work of the church, and to increase
the enrollment and effectiveness of
the various' church organizations.
Being Fed
Daily In School
Cafeteria Here
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Approximately 350 students are
being fed daily at the cafeteria
in the Sylva school, is was an
nounced this week by J. L. Hair,
superintendent.
A slight increase is having to
be made in meals this year, since
no provision has been made for
providing labor for the cafeteria.
This work was ^Formerly done
under the supervision of the WPA.
Mr. Hair pointed out that stu
dents could bring canned goods
from home, and receive credit on
them for their meals in the cafe
teria. ^ *
Part of the food now used by
the school lunch rooms come from
the surplus commodities unit of
the government. 0
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James C. Cannon
Called To Active
Duty With Navy
Dillsboro Man Was A Naval
Reserve Student At Norths
v, western University, Chi
cago. ?
Midshipman James C. Cannon,
Jr., of Dillsboro, has been called
to active duty with the Naval Re
serve, and is a student at tne U. ?.
Naval Reserve Midshipman School,
which is a part of Northwestern
University in Chicago, 111.
He has been a member of the
reserve force for more than a year,
but was not called to duty until he.
had been graduated from Western
Carolina Teachers College last
iJune.
Cannon is. the son of Mr*, and
Airs. J. C. Cannon, of Dillsboro, and
received his education at Sylva
high school, Georgia Military
Academy and Emory University
before entering Western Carolina
Teachers College.
Donors Thanked
For Contributions
To New Church
Jim Wells and the members of
the Riverview Baptist church (col
ored) wish to thank the following
churche9nfor their liberal donations
th&t. have peen piven for the new
iUebpf o ? Rfferview*
Tuckaseifceir ijpplist c ft u rch[
Ghnville Baptist church, $39.50
Cashiers Valley church, $38.45
. Yellow Mountain church, $23.65.
Greens Creek church, $20.77.
Old Savannah church, $13.45.
Little Savannah church, $8.29
"We also wish to thank our many,
many white friends who have given
us personal donations 'for our new
church," R v. Jim Welhr said.
Webster 4-H Club
Elect Officers
The Webster 4-Hv" Club elected
officers recently, with Joe Evans,
as president, Bobbo Parker was
named vice president; Gladys Sut
ton, s:cretary and Mary Bob Cle
ment, reporter. * *.
Local leaders are Miss Mary B.
Simmons, Paul Buchanan and Miss
Margaret Martin.
The members were urged to bring
in their record books at the next
meeting.
Programs for the year will cen
ter around homemaking. The Sep
tember lesson will be based on mak
ing and repairing clothes. The
girls are requested to list the things
they do between now and the next
meeting, as the accomplishments
will be incorporated in the annual
reports.
Property Will Be
?Taxes
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Monday
'perty on which 1942 county
taxe5\have not been paid will be
offereJrfor sale at the court house
door Monday.
Selling will begin Monday, and
what is not sold then will be con
tinued until the following day. '
The number of pieces of prop
erty advertised and to be sold this
year is not as large as in the past
few years.
It's all right to think what you
will if you have will enough to
keep some of your thoughts to
yourself.
Eleven 4-H Clubs
In Jackson County
ffcroll 609 Members
Cjfficers Elected In Clubs*
Under Leadership Of ?Ex
tension Workers Here.
4-H Club meetings were held in
11 communities in Jackson county
during: the month of August by
the County Extension Agents, Mar
garet Martin, Home Agent, G. R.
Lackey Farm Agent and C. H.
Kirkman, Assistant Farm Agent.
The purpose of these meetings was
to -get clubs organized, elect offi
cers if necessary and make plans
for the years work.
The general program in all clubs
will be centered around "Production
and Conservation for Victory" and
what the club members can con
tribute to the war effort.
All 4-H meetings were held in
the schools with teachers and in
cipals cooperating with thte agents.
In the majority of the ^ommimities
the teachers 'also serve as/ local
leaders. '/
About 609 boys and girl\ be
tween the ages of 10 and 2/ were
iNi rolled, clubs at East Lf Port,
Sylva, and anumber ofothf ^com
munities will be organized^ later.
The officers were elected in the
various clubs throughout t&c coun
Qiialla? President, GeneUIoWetl ? *
vice president, Hayes Hall*\ secre
tary, Nezzie England; reborter,
,Zelba S^anian. \
Wilmont ? President, D. K.\Den
I ton ; vice president, Jack Hav^kins:
secretary, Hilda Haga; reporter,
j Bert Bradley.
Barkers Creek? President, Lar
>y Nations; vice president, Virgil
i Elders; secretary, G. W. Revis;
reporter, Cora Helen Gibson.
I Savannah ? President, D loras
Allison, vice president, Darling Cotr
jdill; secretary, ? Lorjne_ JHoHand ;
j reporter, Elaine Higdon; local
j leader, Miss Middkton.
Johns' Creek ? President, Ray
Parker; vice president, Norma
"Woodsy-secretary, Gypsre Steph ns;
j local leader, Mrs. Reavis; local -
leader, Mr. Fullbright.
Glenville ? President, Dorothy
Watson; vice president, Carmen1
Henderson; secretary, Marion Hen-'
son; reporter, Jacqueline Moody;!
local leader, Mrs. Norton; local
leader, Mr. Wike.
Cullowhee ? President, Daphane
Nicholson; vice president, Luther
1 Norton ; secretary, Ruth Pressley;
, reporter, Rebecca Ann Smith.
Beta ?? President, Jimmie War
den! vice president, Dan Moore;'
secretary, Jo Ann Curry; reporter,
Edna Fay Ensl-y.
Webster ? President, Joe Ed
wards; vice president, Bob Parker;
j secretary, Gladys Sutton; reporter,
jMary Bob Clemmons; local leader]
Miss Simmons; local leader, Mr!
Buchanan.
Tuckaseigee? President, Mildred
Ashe; vice president, . Bertta Lee
j Middleton; secretary Auston Hoop
er- Reporter, Otella Parker; local
lead^, Mrs. Brown.
Oak, Ridge ? President, Sanford
Melton; vice president, James
Broom; secretary, Ella Mae Mat
thews, local leader, Troy Rogers.
W. C. T. C. Opens
Tuesday, Sept. 7
Western Carolina Teachers
College will begin September
7th. Registration and reserva
tion of the freshmen class so
far surpasses that of the past
several years.
J acksonCounty Singers
To Meet September 5th
Regular monthly meeting of the
Jackson County ? Singing Conven
tion has been announced by R. D.
Phillips, president, for Sunday
afternoon, /September 5, at 2 o'clock
in Sylva graded schooK auditorium.
Mr. Phillips says that everybody
is invited to come and bring a song
book where all will enjoy an infor
mal musical occasion. There will
be no contests, just a general ren
dition of the songs people like to
hear and sin*.
Unusual interest has been ex
pressed in the coming meeting, the
president stated, because of invi
tations to residents of adjoining
counties and beyond, a Georgia
group ,being expected as special
guests.
Mr. Phillips says that the orga
nization, which has long been an
important factor in the community
life, is over 40 years old.
Coming Here
CREGG CHERRY, prominent
North Carolinian, of Gastonia, will
make the principal address here
Tuesday, September 14, at the dedi
cation and unveiling of the Honor
Ldgion. > ? '* - '?
R. G. Sehwanebeek
Leaves Here For
Seminary Work
Presbyterian Pulpit Will
Be Filled By Rev. Mr.
Robinson, Of Bryson City.
Rev. Robert G. Sehwanebeek, who
has been acting: pastor of the Sylva
Presbyterian church, left yester
day for ^Columbia Seminary,, I) -
catur, Ga., where he will resume
Tiis theological studies.
! Although Mr. Sehwanebeek was
! n Sylva for only three. -months he
made a lasting impr.ssion* not only
'upon the local congregation but
iupon the community at~large.
A native of Savannah, Ga., an
A. B. graduate of- Presbyterian
college of Clinton, S. C., he is a
young minister of exceptional
promise. Upon relinquishing his
duties here, he said that the people
of this section would always be
remembered with "the warmest es
teem, and that he fully expects to
return, if only as a visitor.
Mr. Sehwanebeek announced
that b inning September 1, as a
temporary measure, the Presbyter
ian pulpit will b;j in charge of Rev.
G> M. Robinson, beloved pastor of
Bryson City and Sylva, who will,
hold night services twice a month,
beginning with Communion ritis
next Sunday, September 5.
New Production
Record Set By
Fontana Workers
F? C. Chelemmer, project man
ager of the Tennessee Valley Au
thority's Fontana dam project, sent
congratulations to his construction
organization for establishing a
new TV A record for concrete pour
ing and quarry production in a 24
hour period last Tuesday.
For the period ending at 7 a.
m., the workers placed 9,218 cubic
yards of concrete (more than 18,
000 tons) and blasted, drilled and
screened 20,670 tons of rocks.
Fontana dam will require 6,
000,000 tons of stone for 3,000,000
cubic yards of concrete needed.
No Football For
Sylva High School
In the absence of a coach, the
Sylva high school wilL not have
a football team this season, it was
announced by J. L. Hair, super
intendent.
The routine physical education
program will be continued, with
Mr. Hair taking over these duties.
Cregg Cherry To
Be Speaker For
The Ceremony
Shield Will Contain Names
Of About 1,200 Jackson
County Men. "
The dedication and unveiling of
the Honor Roll Shield, recently
erected by the William E. Dillard
I Post of the American Legion here,
will take place Tuesday, September ,
14th, at two o'clock, with Cregg ,
Cherry, former speaker of the
House of Representatives, as prin- .
cipal speaker of the occasion.
Final details of the program,
which will attract several thousand
people, is now being worked out by
?Trthw. T? Pnrhin, fftrnmomfcr
| Legion and his associates.
A platform will he erected in
front of the Honor Roll Shield for
the speakers. The shield is on the
lot adjoining the post' office, and
in all likelihood, traffic on Main
Street will be stopped during the
program. ' * -y#.
The finishing touches are to be
put on the shield this week, and .
t h* ? names ? oi thp 1,200 Jackson
county men will be put on the
shield.
Mr. Corbin reminded all parents
of Jackson county men in service
that went from any other selective
service board other than the one r,
here to get the man's name to Miss - *
Holden at the draft board.
TWo daughters of men now in
service will be named to unveil the
shield, Mr. Corbin said. ^
Old Phonograph
Being Gathered
Here .By Legion
county .student .
rwoul^colTecr-100 pounds : old
phonograph records like Ruby
Queen, of Dfllsboro, recently djd,
this county would provide enough
records for every man in service
to enjoy new records.
M iss Queen got thi> records from
Mr. and Mrs. H. l\ Cornor, of Dills
boro, who have two sons and a
grandson in service.
Jhe records are being collected
by the American Leg.on here, and
sent to a record manufacturer who
melts the old rt cords and makes
new ones that are sent to the men
in all branches of service every
where.
The American Legion is asking
every school child to gather up all
the old records available and bring
to their respective schools. The
school officials in turn are to get
the ri cords to Walter Ashe, at the
court house.
The men in service request more
music and entertainment, and
through records is the most prac
tical way to get it to them, it was f
pointed out.
The condition of the records does
not matter, since they will be melt
ed for new ones anyway.
John F. Corbin, commander of
the American Legion here is in
charge of the work of collecting
these records.
Sgt. Allison Arrives
Safely In England
Word has been received here of
the safe arrival of Sgt. Major
Allison at an American army post
somewhere in England.
Sgt. Allison is the son of Joe Alli
son, of Webster, and the late Mrs.
Allison. He left here in March
of this year as a volunteer in an
ordnance company organised by
the automobile dealers association
of North Carolina. All officers and
men of the company are volunteers
and all are from this state. Before
entering the armed services, Afli
son was employed for several yean
by Allison Motor Company in Sytau
He received his basic army train
ing at an ordnance depot in Red
River, Texas.
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Bill Arp Lowrance, genial pub
lisher of The Mecklenbnff Times,
live Charlotte weekly p*per? ?
a visitor at the Herald Office last m
Friday. ?
Frances BrysoU ~
Leads All Girls
In 4-HProjects
Frances Bryson, a member
of the Webster ,4-H
recently declared^ i
completed more pro
any other i-H g&H
county. v.
The 4-H Clnb
the supervision ?
sion work in tfe*
rest i?