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AMERICA First, Last and Always The Sylva Herald THE SYLVA HERALD Dedicated To Progressive Service To Jackson * Countj ? AND RURALITE? CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943 = VOL. XVIII NO. 28 . Nf . SYLVA, N. C.7~WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER- 1~ 1943 ^0~A~Year In Jackson and Swain Counties? 5c Cow ?? r ? ? Mrs. Dan Tompkins Heads Leg. Auxiliary, - Mrs. Dan Tompkins was elect ed president of the newly organized American Legion Auxiliary to the local post at the initial meeting of the group held in the grand jury room of the Courthouse on last Fri day evening. Others elected to serve with Mrs. Tompkins include: vice president, Mrs. Posey Cathey; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. O. E. Monteith; chaplain and historian, Mrs, Fred Williams; sergeant at Arms, Mrs. John A. Parris. Mrs. Walter Jones was named temporary chairman and presided over the meeting. During the even ing application blanks were filled out for the members and various plans for perfection of the organi sation were discussed. Announcement was made of the next meeting which will bF held sometime in January. Charter members of the Auxil iary include: Mrs. Dillard Coward Mrs. G. K. Bess, Mrs. Darnce Tal lent, Mrs. Raymond Sufton, Mrs. Posey Cathey, Mrs. Fred Williams, Mrs. Dan Tompkins, Mrs. John A* Parris, Mrs. O. E. Monteith, Mrs. Walter Jones, Mrs. John Corbin, Mrs. Walter Ashe, Mrs. Joe Davis Mrs. Ed Bryson, Mrs. B. B. Morgan Mrs. Jessie Cordell and Mrs. Frank Jones. Bantist Women Will Hold Two Special Services Special services will be held at the Baptist church here tonight and also Thursday night, in ob servance of the annual Week of Prayer for Foreign Missions. The women's organizations of the church will have charge of the programs, with the various circles taking part. Rev. W. E. Pettit, pastor, is urging that all members of the Woman's Missionary Society and nights. s Mrs. C. L. Allison is president of the Woman's ^Missionary So ciety. Bennie Reese Is Assistant Manager At Belk's Here Bennie Reese, well known mer chandising man, has just b?en named assistant manager of Belk's Department Store here, it was an nounced this week by Mr. Landis, manager. Mr. Reese has been connected with Sylva department stores for the past sev^n years, and prior to that time he conducted special sales throughout Western North Caro lina. He also assisted in opening several stores in this area. Mr. Reese ? w;ll known through out this entire section, having spent some 22 years in the merchandising Held. Thanksgiving Services Well Attended Here Large congregations attended the sunrise services at the two Sylva ehurches here Thanksgiving morn ing. It was one of the largest at tendances remembered here in^ many years. The day passed quietly, with most business places observing Sunday hours all day. PROTECT YOUR HOME FROM TUBERCULOSIS BUY and USE Christmas Seals Adopts U. S. Army LCI CHOW. Chinese boy liberated from the Japs when U S forces took a Pacific island, has gratefully "adopted** the U S Army espe cially its ill shoes, in which he flops ?bout so proudly thai he wear* them even into his bath Signal Corps photo. ^ { International) Last Rites Here For Mrs. Floyd Sumner Thursday Funeral services were conducted Thursday for Mrs. Floyd Sumner, 43, who died early Tuseday morn ing, following a lingering illness., Service*vwere h?ld at Creek Baptist Church, with Rev. B. E. Hensley and Rev. W. E. Pet tit in charge. Burial was made in the Old Field Cemetery. , Mrs.. Sumner was a native of Haywood county. Pallb:arers were: Hershel Cabe, Dennis Fisher, Dan England, John C. Brown, John Henson and Grady Smith. Honorary pallbearers were: Fred McLean, Homer Cope, John Smith, John Ashe, Ham Ashe, Jesse Brown, Dr. C. M. Hooper, Dr. D. D. Hooper, Andy Green, Griffin Robinson, Raymond Deitz, Ray mond Sutton, Charlie Smith, Ros cce Poteat, Crawford Smith, Claude Jones and G. S. Painter. The deceased is survived by her husband, Floyd Sumner; three daughters, Miss Eloise Sumner, of Ashevilb, Mrs. Robert Phillips, Newport News, Va., and M ss Helen Sumner, of Sylva. Two sons, Ben and Edward, of Sylva. Also her parents, ,Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cogdill, of Sylva, and one brother, Ray Cog dill. . v Mis. Sumner also had six sis ters: Mrs. Ernest Jones, of Canton; Mrs. Hunter Worsham, Jr., Way nesville; Mrs. J. B. Case, Jackson ville; Mrs. Everett McCracken, Mrs. Joe Deitz and Mrs. Paul Womack, all of Sylva. Lt. Guv Ensley Spends Leave With Father Lt. Guy Ensley, son of H. P. Ensley, spent a few days leave here with his father. Lt. lEnsley volun teered for service in November, 1942 and took a course in meteol 1942 and took a course in metsrol tember of this year. He is now atAt.innpri at. Orlando, Fla Lt. Ensley is a graduate of the Sylva high school and Western Carolina Teachers College. At the time hs volunteered he was teaching in the Weaverville schools. Six Colore 1 Men Enter Service From Jackson During: Past 2 Months The following colored men from Jackson County have been accepted for service in the armed forces dur ing the months of October and No vember, according to the local draft board. Entering the army were: Sambo Sheohsrd, Paul Aberhan Dorsey Lewis Minzirs, and Warren Mc Dowell. Serving wifh the U. S. Navy are Charles Homer Whiitenbrg and Leon Fredrick Conley. Jackson To Get 150 Cases Of Milk Will Be Used In Lunch rooms of the County; Due To Arrive Soon. Jackson county is scheduled to get 150 cases of evaporated milk allocated for free distribution in the school lunchrooms. ? The shipment is due to arrive in Asheville soon. Each case contains 48 of the 14-ounce cans. The milk is suppli:cLthrough the Food Distribution^ Administration to schools in counties using the j federal lunchroom program. Local Cagers To Meet Bryson City Here Friday Night Practice on the local basketball court is being held consistently, in preparation for the return game with Bryson City here Friday night at the local gymn. In the absence of a coach, the Sylva cagers are being coached by Wade Wilson, a high school boy. The team made a fine showing in their opening game last Friday night when they met the st:ong Bryson City group. The closs score of 21* to 18 was in favor of the Swain county cagers, but the game was exciting throughout, and never once did either team have the game "in the bag." The probable starting line-up for Sylva here Friday night will in clude : Wilson and Ryan at guard; Bryson and Cooper as forwards, and Hughes at center. Substitutes during the Bryson City game last week included: Madison, Henry and Keener. Kent Coward Is Speaker At Lions Club Meeting Here Kent Coward, local high school .student, ha* a. talent of being able. !tw re*dt?e war news' and refnembe? what he reads. Furthermore, he is able to assemble the facts and relate them to others in the manner of a news commentator, although covering periods of months. Young Coward entertained as well as enlightened the local Lions Club at their last meeting, by start ing with General Rommell's retreat in North Africa, up to the present heavy bombing of Berlin. Kent started this unusual hobby when as a newsboy he read enough of the headlines to sell his warts. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dillard M. Coward. Lions To Sponsor Another Clinic On Blind Work Plans are going forward for the defective eye-sight clinic to be held here in January. The clinic is spon sored by the Sylva Lions Club as their main project. Details of the clinic will be announced later. The4 club lost three members to the armed forces recently, cutting their membership down to 44. Those entering service soon from the club includes: Dexter Hooper and George Lee, to the navy, and Ralph Elkins, to the army^ To Remain Here REV. W. E. PETT.T, pastor of the Sylva Baptist church, has turn ed down a call from a large Bap tist cjxurch near Wa h ngton to become their pastor. He V as been n Sylva exactly one year. Rev. W. E. Pettit Turns Down Call To Large Church Local Church Has Grown ership During Past Year, ship During Past Year. Rev. W. E. Pettit, pastor of the Sylva Baptist church, has turned down a call from one of the largest Baptist churches in the Washington area, and will remain here as pastor, he announced this week. * Rev. Mr. Pettit has had several opportunities during the past few months to go to larger churches, but he has decided against all of them, in order to carry on his work here. * , The {Latest call came if rom the church tin BaUa Church,* Ya^ just six mile4 from Washington. The churcfi is much larger (than th^ local church. Rev. Mr. Pettit observed his first anniversary with the Sylva church here last Sunday. During the year, 47 additions have been made to the church. The contributions during the year showed a gain of $9,000 over the previous year. Tfie total for the year was $12,600. A num ber of improvements have been sonage during the year, and new made to the church plant and par equipment added in several depart, ments of the church and Sunday school. The church now has 216 resident members. There are more than that on the church roll, but many are in the armed forces, or now at defense plants throughout the nation. The church has a financial goal for the current year of $16,400. Of this amount, $10,000 has been earmarked for the building fund. With a third of the church year passed, the goal is being attained, it was said. Mrs. George Crout and daughter, Nell, left Saturday for Tampa, Fla., where Mrs. Crout will accept a job with the Civil Service Com mission. Dr. Katherine Cox Honored By Medical Group To Dp Research The many friends of Dr. Kathe rine E. Cox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. A. Cox, of Cullowhee, wil be pleased to know she has been made president of the Pan American ? Association of Labora tory Directors and has recently at tended very interesting meetings in New York. She was selected as one to go to the Army Medical Center to do research work on tropical diseases, the only woman among 150 army doctors doing this work there. For some years she has had charge of the Laboratory of Hygeine for the State of West Vir ginia. Dr. Cox is a graduate of Vasaar College, having majored in chemis try and bacteriology, has done graduate work at the University of Chicago, where she received her | Ph. D. degree. She has served as assistant to Drs. Krumwide and Parks of New York City health department. She has served a? technician in the North Carolina hygienic lab oj-atory at Raleigh. Served as re search bacteriologist at the "Desert Sanatorium Research Institute" of the University of Arizona, at Tuc son for three years. While at Tuc son Dr. Cox collaborated with Dr. Donald Hill on the study oi arth ritis. Her article on this subject was published in a prominent American medical journal and has brought to her letters of recognition from medical authorities from all over the world. She has addressed several medi cal conventions in different states, once having been asked to go to Cuba' to address one of their medi cal conventions there. While at Vassar College she wag happy to be asked to go with Ma dam Curi's daughter to prepare the laboratory for Madame Curi's lectures. After the lectures she was asked by Madam Curi to go with she and her daughter to lunch. She is now hoping to do her part for the health of our many brave soldier boys serving their country ;n troni^a! countries. Ariail Will Head Fourth War Loan Drive In January Named By State Chairman To Continue 4]lood Work In Directing Sales In Jackson. R. L. Ariail was named campaign chairman of Jackson county for the Fourth War Loan Drive, which be gins January 18th. Mr. Ariail has served in that capacity since tin sale of war bonds was started in the country, and under his direction Jackson coun ty has met her quotas for every month and for the past three spec ial drives. The request that Mr. Ariail con tinue in the capacity as chairman, came frcm C. T. Leinbach, chair man of the North# Carolina War Finance committee. In a wire to Mr. Ariail this week, Mr. Lin bach said in Dart: "I a/n depending on you for your continued support as campaign chairman of Jackson County for the Fourth War Loan Drive, which starts January 18. h. I know I can count on ycu for this most vital part of our war effort." The sale of war bonds and stamp * in Jackson continues to hold up, and the monthly quotas are b.ing met, Mr. Ariail reported. Allison Honored At Engineering School, At State Robert E. Allison, was one of thirty-five outstanding seniors in the school of engineering at State College recently inducted into the order of St." Patrick, named for the legendary saint who, in chasing the snakes from Ireland, "invented the ifirst worm drive" and thus became the patron of engineers the world over.. Mr. Allison is a student in the aeronautical school. Mrs. Sam Deitz Burled Tuesday Last rites were held Tuesday at the East Fork Baptist Church for Mrs. Annie Lee Deitz, 37, who pas*ed-aw*y^at Webster Saturday. The funeral services were conduct ed by Rev. Thad Deitz and Rev. W. N. Cook. The deceased was a member of the East Fork Baptist church, and a charter member of the mission ary society there. She is survived by her husband, Sam Deitz, Webster; her mother, Mrs. Will Morgan, also of Webster, and five sons: Paul Deitz, with the army in Engnnd; Walker Deitz, with the navy, stationed in Cali fornia; Freeman Deitz, of Newport \ News, Billie and Morgan, Webster; three daughters, Emma Bell, Edith and Peggie Sue, all at home. Burial was in the church ceme tery. Moody Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Brookhyser Gets 125-Pound Bear Six Sylva hunters staged a bear hunt in the Davidson River area of Pisgah National Forest last Tues day, with 0. E. Brookhyser, bring ing back a 125-pound bear. /The bear was about 18 months old. Those making up the party in cluded: Mr. Brookhyser, Walter Jones, Dexter Hooper, Garland Jones, Tom Arwood and Ray Cog dill. Post Office Has ^riatnma^Iail The Sylva Post Office is feeling Christmas business more every day, according to Chas. Price, postmast er. Many people are mailing early, and getting their cards and pack ages out of the way. ? With the shortage of manpower, there is only one sure way of get ting mail to its destination this Christmas, and that is to mail it early, Mr. Price pointed out. ? ? Condition Of Secretary Of C. of C. John R. Jones Remains Unchanged The condition of John R. Jones, secretary of the Sylva Chamber of Commerce, who is confined to an Asheville hospital, is reported to be unchanged. Son Of World War I Veteran Is Missing Lt. Colonel at 24 IT. COL. FRANK A. Mill, 24. a fighter pilot with the U S Anpy Air Forces, rides <>n top of the auto tak ing him to reception given by his home town. Hillsdale. N J The young hero has been on Ififl mis sions over Europe. He enlisted at a private in 1940 ( International ) 127 Men Are Reclassified By Jackson Board The local draft board has an nounced the reclassification of 127 men under the selective service sys tem during the past week. Placed in class 1-A were the fol lowing; Kenneth L. Wood, Ralph Q. England, Thomas B. Pannell, William James Dorsey, James R. Wilson, Earnest Sneed, Estus G. Casey, Vearl V. Ensley, Robert D Jacobs, John D. Smith, Phillip Trantham, James D. Henry, Sherl e L. Moss, Felix A. Hooper, John G Sneed, Charles H. Fugate, Roy Mathts, William J. Fish:r. \ ' J. B. 8tiwlntei\ Samuel J. Cole, Homer Passmore, Len H. Higdon, Jr., Land T. Olivey, Walter Brooks, Brodus Gibson, George L. Hooper, Grover F. Rice, Roger C. Monteith, ^AttiriHy- Hr Bryson^^Clyde D. Ashe, Felix E. Bumgarn r, Criss A. Rice,! Robert M. Queen, Henry G. Casey, Frank H. Allison, Charlie B. Dal ton, Cecil G. Queen, Howard M. Childers, Alvin D. Fullbright, Adam E. Mathis, Roy L. Pressley, Lewis W. Messer, Charles M. Bry son, Lloyd C. Brown, Ulys Hoxit. Dudley V. Frye, Claude H. Tay lor, Claude H. Young, Lemond J. Hicks, Ruben H. Stephens, Sh rley R. Beck, Wiley R. Ammons, Leon ard R. Tolley, Colfie Franks, Ted R. Worley, Jr., Roy D. Woodard, Peter Reed, Clyde R. Bryson, George E. Mull, Geary D. Lusk, Furman A. Winstead, Frank H. Buchanan, Leroy Watson, Aude Jones, George R. Green, Joe D. Wallin, Gordon R. Jones, Claude E. Winstead, L-wis M. Moody and Albert Brown. Class 2- A: Arthur B. Cabe, John H. Bumgarner, Arthur W. Frizzell, Noah L. Ensor, Walter M. Johnson. Oliver M. Matthews, and Roy H. Reed. * Class 2-B: Robert W. Kelley. Holmes Cagle, Wade F. CoVdell, David T. Parker, Cecil A1 xander, Julian H. Stephens, Henry M. Myatt, Lyda Caldwell, Wayne C. Staford, William H. WhitFon, James C. Bumgarner, Cecil Fel Deweese Bradley, Phillip Kalonuheski, D ivid R. Saunders, Holland W. Stewart, Clyde H. Ledford, Hary L. Parker, Claude H. Allison, Charlie Sheflfer, Jr. Class l-A(H) : Don E. Dills, Al bert McCall. Class 3-D: Cenley L. Nations. Class 2-C: James R. Raby, Rufus D. Nations, Clarence E. Parker, Dewey Louie Biui,ynt Wallei Na tions, Cas Galloway, Berlin L. Na tions, Richard H. Wike, Dallas R. Mills, Hubert J. Blanton, Fred C Smifh, David S. Pressley, John T. Kinsland. Class 2-B(H): Avery Green. Class 4 F: Randolph Churchill. Class 4-D: Lewie H. Broom. Orville Coward Sworn In Navy Ori- ille Coward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dillard Coward, left last week for Atlanta where he was sworn into the U. S. Navy. From there he was sent to Memphis, Tenn. He finished at Sylva high school, at tended Mari Hill College and was a student at W. C. T. C. when ailed into service. Robert Lewis Perkins, 17, Sea man First Class, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Perkins, of Dillsboro, is reported missing sinee Septem ber 25th, according to a message received from the Navy Depart ment hv his parents. The message stated that he was missing following the collision of Ihis ship with another, and that when further details were learned the family would be notified. | The last time the family heard I from him was around Sept. 19, and his ship is supposed to have left this country around Sept. 22. Seaman Perkins volunteered in the U~ S. Navy while a student in the Webster school and entered the service on June 25, 1942. He took his boot training in Newport, R. I. Aft^r completing his training he ?was given only one week-end leave at home before he was sent on sea duty. He was for a time in the North Afr'can waters and later in the Sicilian ar:a. i His father, W. O. Perkins, local inursreyman, is a veteran of World War One. I Seaman Perkins has a brother in the service, Aviation Cadet George B. Perkins, who is now stationed | at Hem.t, Calif. He volunteered in the service, enlist ng in Ashe ville and frrm there was sent to Miami Beach, Fla., then to Milli kin University, Decatur, 111. From there he was sent to Santa Ana, Calif., and from the latter to his present post. He has recently spent a two weeks furlough with his parents, returning to his post on last Saturday. He entered the service shortly after his gradua tion from high school. 15 Boys Become 18 Years Of Age During November Fifteen boys in Jackson Com ty became 18 years of age dying the month of November, according to the clerk of the Jackson^Coonty Draft Board. The boys have registered with the local board and a e now subject to ca& for active s rvice in the armed forces. In the group were the fol lowing: Roy Blackburn, James Weldon Shuler, Thomas Bragg Cowan. Lyman Ashley Powell, Lee Roy Aiken, Leroy Jackson. Henry Glenn Manous, John Willia Pierce, William Thomas Fisher, L. C. Hoxit, Joseph Russell Lambert, Claude Buchanan, Wirren Hording Phillips, Ward Cleveland Rice and Roy Candler McClure. Wallace Swann Is Now Manager Of StovalPs Cafe Wallace Swann, well known local cafe man, has taken over the man agement and operation of Stovall's Cafe, succeeding Raymond Glenn, lessee. Mr. Swann has been in the cafe business for the past 12 years. Ten of thepe he snent in Sylva, and the last two years he has been operat ing a large cafe in Wavnesville. He moved to Sylva in 1929. Mr. Swann plans to move h*s family here at an early date. Mr. Gl:nn did not announce his plans for the future, other than a well-earned rest of a few weeks, and then something to help the war effort." Mr. Swann said no changes would be made in the nam? or policy of the business at this time. F!d?r<?r Thomas Turpin U. S. Naw. Here Edgar Thomas Turpin, seaman ? second class, is spending a 14-day leave here with his mother. Mrs. Mamie Turpin. Seaman Turpin was inducted at Spartanburg and from there was sent to Bainbridsre, Md., for his boot training. Prior to entering the U. S. Navy he was employed at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com pany. Monteith Will Address Savannah PTA Thursday The Parent Teacher Association of the Savannah school will observe Father's Nicht Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. The glee club will fnrn ish music. H. E. Monteith will be the speak er. Do Your Christmas Shopping And Mailing Earl *? This Year
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