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T H E S Y L V A II ERALD
THE SYLVA HERALD
- AND RURALITE? CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943
VOL. XV1H NO. 35 SYLVA, N. Ci, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1944
Dedicated To
Service To
Coonty
$1.50 A Year In Jackson and Swain Counties? 5c Copy
$225,000 War Bond Drive Starts In County
20 Children Aided By
Lions Clinic For Blind
Held Here Recently
Each year the Sylva Lion's Club
has as their project several clinics
for the purpose of giving treat
ment to the eyes and glasses to
children and adults in this county
who cannot receive this attention
otherwise. They have helped many
people in this manner.
On Friday, January 14, with the
cooperation of the Jackson coun
ty Welfare Department, Jackson
County Health D?partment, and Dr.
Perry, of Asheville; the Sylva club
had a successful clinic at the Bap
tist church. Dr. Perry examined
twenty children and of the twenty
children examined seventeen will
get glasses and the other three will
have further tr lament of their
eyes'.
One of the children who was ex
amined by Dr. Perry was found to
have defective vision and it may
be that she will loss her sight com
pletely. It is the aim of the club
to give this child individual atten
tion and do everything in their
power to preserve her sight. She
will be sent to one of the leading
eytf specialists in this section. This
case is typical of the help that the
club is giving in this county.
Methodist Honor
Men From Church
In Service Sunday
The Sylva Methodist church
dedicated a Roll of Honor for the
members of their church who are
in service here Sunday morning
with a very impressive service
led by the pastor, Rev. R. G. Tat
tle.
? The evening service was held in
the form of a fellowship, supper.
At this4ig&$ Paul Kirk and 0. &
Brockhy-^r gave refrprt* on ttie
meeting they attended in Charloftte
last we:k and then Rev. R. G. Tut
tie spolce on The Crusade for a
New World Order.
Wildon Ginn Is
Due Home Soon
Wildon Ginn who has been serv
ing in Italy has be?n sent back to
the United States due to sickness.
He is now at' Fletchor General
Hospital, Cambridge, Ohio. His
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Ginn,
are expecting him home soon.
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Mr. And Mi*s. J. Claude
Allison Entertain The
Directories Of Rotary
The directors of the Sylva Rotary
Club recently met at a dinner meet
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Claude Allison. Those attend
ing were: S. W. Enloe, T. N. Mas
sie, Paul Ellis, Dan K. Moore,
Herbert Gibson, all of Sylva, and
^Bill Ensor, of Cherokee.
W. J. Fisher is a director but
was unable to attend.
CLUB TO MEET FRIDAY
The Twentieth Century Club will
meet Friday evening with Mrs. W.
K. Chapman.- Mrs. Frank Craw
ford and Miss Ethel Hitt will be
In charge of the program.
John Parris And
Capt. Jack Warren
Meet In England
John A/ Parris, .Jr., top
ranking newspaper man in
London, and Capt. Jack War
ren, also of Sylva, spent the
week-end together and report
ed having a "wonderful time/'
according to a cablegram receiv
ed here Sunday by Mrs. John
Parris, Sr.
Mr. Parris was here for a
six-week vacation recently, and
returned to his post in London
just before Christmas.
9 From Jackson
On Honor Roll At
Western Carolina
The honor roll for fall quarter"
at Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege has been released by Miss
Addie >JReam. registrar.
Out OT^the thirty-eight students
on the hofior roll, Jackson county
was represented by nine students.
Those making the Alpha Honor
Roll were Mrs. Anne Bird Eng
man, Cullowhee, and Jeanne Hamp
ton, of Cullowhe.
Those making the Beta Honor
Roll were; Helm Bird, Cullowhee;
i Mary Alice Cowan, Cullowhee:
Phyllis Dillard, Sylva; Frankie
Ferguson, ? .Cullowhee; . - Eli^abet^
Ann Hunter, Cullowhee; Marion
Madison, Webster; and Kenneth
Terrell, Sylva.
. To become eligible fof Alpha,
the. atudeifa' nuBst make a mini nnm
of -forty Quality points; students
with a minimum of thirty-two
quality points are eligible for the '
Beta honor roll.
Powells Have 2
Sons In Service
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Powell have
two sons in the service. Pfc. Wor
1 ley W. Powell who entered the ser
vice March 10, 1943 and was sent
to Ontario, Canada where he spenL
six months. He was transferred
, to Camp Edwards, Mass., where he
is now stationed. He spent a short
furlough with his parents and wife
and small daughter in December.
Lyman A. Powell was inducted
at Spartanburg, January seventh
and sent to Sampson, New York for
his boot training.
President Of Brevard
College Will Be Here
For Address On Sunday
On Sunday, January 23, the
Methodist church will observe Bre
vard College Day. Dr. E. J. Col
trane, president of the coll:ge will
speak at the morning service, and
a young lady from the college will
sing.
On Sunday, January 30th, Rev.
R.~G. Tultle announced the Metho
dist church J* ill observe their own
Commemortnion for the Methodist
I Crusade for Christian World Order.
Cpl. Harvey Fisher Is
Convalescing From
Jap Inflicted Wounds
Cpl. Harvey G. Fisher is spend
ing: a 60 day conval: scent leave
with his father, Webb Fisher, and
other relatives. He was inducted
? WW Fnhmary 13. 1942 at Fort Jack
son, S. C., from there he was- sent
to Camp Shelbv, Miss., and then
Fort Ord, California, from ther?
to a port of embarkation. -He has
been serving In the Pacific area
since then. .
On July 18, 1942 he received a
]e* wound while fngaeed in battle
with the Japanese. He was iij a
Naval hospital for two months. He
has almost complete use of his lejr
now but still wears a brace and
uses a cane.
CpL Fisher is modrst and hesi
tated to tell of his experiences.
His coat and garrison cap were
hanging in the room and we noticed
his campaign bars had two stars
denoting that he had served in two
major campaigns, wK?ir aske4
about this he told us that he had
served at Guadalcanal and Central
Solomons campaigns. He said he
hoped he could stay in the Army
until the war is over; but he is
afraid that he will not be sent back
into activ? service.
He is leaving on February 18
for Fort Houston, Texas, where
he will receive further treatment
at the Brook General Hospital.
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Here Are Five Generations
This interesting picture was made recently, when Pfc. Lloyd B.
Dillard, now stationed at Fort Bragg, was noine on furlougn. Pfc.
Dillard is shown holding his two-month-old daughter, Martha Sue
Duiard. Mrs. Dave Dnlard is the grandmother of Martha Sue;
while Mrs. R. C. Bumg&rner is the great-grandmother. Mrs. Mary
B. Schuler, front row, is the great, great-grandmother. She is 95
years old and the widow of a Confederate veteran.
Infantile Paralysis
Drive To Start Here
Today, List Workers
W. E. Pettit
Resigns As
Pastor Of j
Baptists
Tendered Resignation Last
Night; Leaves March First
For Forest City.
Rev. W. E. Pettit, pastor of the
Sylva Baptist church, tendered his
resignation to the board of deaconsv
?^t the monthly business session.
The resignation becomes effective
March first, when Rev. Mr. Pettit
assumes pastorate of the First
Baptist church in Forest City.
Rev. Mr. Pettit succeeds Dr. W.
Av Avers, who was pastor of the
church in Forest City for twenty
y'ars. The church has a member
ship of approximately 1,000 and
one of the most modern plants of
any church in the state.
The church will have a full-time
educational director. The Forest
City church is recognized as on?
~f th? most progressive Baptist
churches in the state.
Mr. Pettit came here in the fall
flf 1942, and under his leadership,
the Sylva Baptist church has
shown much progress. A large
'-ost-war building program wag re
cently adopted, and several thous
ard dollars have already been rais-f
ed.
Since coming to Sylva, Mr. Pet
tit hag takcn an active part in the
religious life of the district, as
well as the civic affairs of th:
community.
Rev. and Mrs. Pettit have one
son.
ON FURLOUGH HERE
Thomas Burl Pannell, CM 1/c, is
spending a t*n-dny leave with his
wife and children.
Petty Officer Pannell wag an
October volunteer for the Naval
Construction Battalion and hag
takn hii basic training at Carrp
Va., training center for
Saab***.
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Mrs. McKee Points Out
Need For Work Here In
Jackson County Among
Cripples.
The annunl Infantvle Paralysis
Campaign for Jackson county gets
rnderway today, when soVcitations
began in all sections of the county
by chairmen of various groups
which were named this week, by
Mrs. E. L. McKee, chairman, and
Raymond U. Sutton, vice chairman
of the drive this year.
Mrs. McKee announced that
there is an urgent need here in
Jackson county for funds with
which to work with crippIrB, and
reminded the contributors, that
half of all received during the cam
paign remains here for local work,
while the other half goes to the
Warm Springs Foundation, which
is making much progress in re
search for the cause and cure of
the dreaded infantyle paralysis.
The campaign will b* for a 10
day duration, Mrs. McKee said,
ending on January 29th.
On one of ths Saturdays coming
during the period, Tag Day will
be staged here in Sylva, with Mrs.
John A. Parris, Sr., in charge.
Others who have been named by
Mrs. McKee to mak? a drive for
funds, include the following chair
men;
Dr. Noracella McGuire, business
and professional groups.
Adam Moses, all schools of the
county.
? Everett Harris, Lions Club.
J. Claude Allison, Rotary Club.
T. Walter Ashs, court house,
G. C. Henson, all governmental
agencies.
Roscoe Poteet, Mead Corpora
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Sylva Man Is Killed
On Italian Battlefield
Sgt. Lewie Henry Shuler
Killed In Action On De
cember Eighth; Had Just
Recovered From Wounds.
A telegram was sent to Mrs.
Alma Shuler on January 10th from
the War Department stating that
her husband, Sgt. Lewis H:nry
Shuler had been killed in action on
December eighth. Mrs. Shuler is
in Baltimore, Mr., working at the
Glen Martin Airplane Factory and
her sister, Mrs. Lowell Ensley re
ceived the telegram and sent the
message to Mrs. Shuler,
Mrs. Ensley said that Mrs.
Shuler would return to Sylva just
as soon as she is able to trav.l.
her father, Mr. Haskett is with
her.
Sgt. Shuler had been wounded
in November and had been in a
hospital in Italy for sometime. In
a Utter to his wife on December
first he told her that he had re
covered from his wounds and would
return to the front soon, this was
the last letter "Mrs. Shuler had
from her husband.
Sgt. Shuler has been in service
for eighteen months, he first went
to Camp Croft, S. C., and from
there he was transferred to Camp
Edwards, from Camp Edwards he
was sent to North Africa, and then
to Italy. He has been overseas for
seven months.
Sgt. Shuler was the son of Mrs.
Treasie Shuler, of Sylva.
Last Rites Held
For 2- Year-Old
Shepherd Lad
. ? Funeral Services 4or Jerry D^n-]
ton Shepherd, two, small son -of
Mr. and Mrs. Wil:y Shepherd werr
held Saturday afternoon, January
I 8'h, at East Sylva church. The
Rev. Mr. Brown and the Rev. Mr.
Jamison, conducted services.
In addition to his parents he is
survived by one brother, T. C., his
Grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T
Shcph:rd and another grand
mother, Mrs. W. C. Denton.
Pallbearers were: Louis Mon-*
teith, Gene Mitchell, Edward Hen
son and Bofcby Robinson.
Flower girls: Carolyn Mae Cur
ry, Joan Curry, Cloyce Lorain'1
Bryson, Billy Fincannon, Wanda
Greene, Mary Morris, Marailia
.Howell, Betty Sue Jamison, Jean
Harris and Pauline ^hepherd.
Out of town attendants were: Mr
j and Mrs. C. L. Elmore, of York, S
C.; Bill and Buddie Shepherd, of
Oastonia; Mrs. Don Shepherd_and
0(1.11, of Gastonia; and wTcx
Shepherd, of Hillsboro; Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Shepherd, of Canton;
and Miss Inez Harris of Canton.
Moody Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Last Rites Held
For J. D. Davis,
Bid Ridge Farmer
J. D. Davis, 75, of Glenville, died
on Wednesday, January 12, at hi?
horns in Glenville. He was the last
son of the late E. Douglas Davis,
^f Webster, who was the first sher
iff of Jackson county. Mr. Davis
was a prominent farmer of the
Big Ridge section.
Surviving are the widow, one son
John D. Davis, Jr., of Glenville
four daughters, Catherine and Jor
Davis and Mrs. Alva Holden, of
Glenville, Mrs. Ruth McCoy, of
Svlva, Seaman Nancy Davis, of
Washington, D. C., four grand
children and a number of relatives
and friends.
The officiating ministers were
Rev. Fred Forest: t% of Drexel and
Rev. W. C. Reed, superintendent of
the Kennedy Home in Kinstcn.
Garrett Funeral Home of Way
nesville was in charge.
Pictures Of Lt. Malcolm Brown And
Bombing Crew Given Much Publicity
The picture of . Lt. Malcolm
Browrt, pilot of ? bomber, at
tion in England, showing. His crew
;ust after they had completed their
50th mission over en* my territory,
has been given wide publicity.
The larce picture wpn carried in
The Herald several weeks ago, and
sire? then the picture has been
distributed by the Associated Press
and publisVed Hi Charlotte, Ashe
ville, New York, Washington, and
several oth?r eaate.ni cities^
This we k The Herald receiver!
a copy of the picfure as printed
in the Los Angles Times on Jan
uary Second. The California pap
er devoted four columns to the pic
ture.
Lt. Brown is the ?on of Mrs. E.
E. Brown, of Sylva. Before ent
ering the service he was employ
ed at the Jackson County Bank.
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County Chairman
ROBERT L. ARIAIL, chairman
of the Jackson War Ftmrtlce Com- I
mittc-ii- a?d in charge of the sale j
of War Bonds in the county, has j
completed setting up an organiza
tion in the county for the promo
tion and sale of bonds for the 4th |
War Loan Drive. The county
quota is $225,000.
Jackson Leads In
Enrollment This
Quarter At WCTC
Enrollment Now Stands At 1
211, S^lldents From . ,
32 .Counties ana>6 States.
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The enrollment for the winter
quart, r at Western Carolina Teach
ers College, which was recently
released hy Miss Addie Bean, reg
istrar, shows a slight decrease over
that of the fall quart r because of
enlistments in the armed forces.
At present there are enrolled, 21 1
students who come from 32 dif -
fennt counties and from six dif- |
ferent states. North Carolina coun
ties represented are: Alamance, 1;5
Anson, 2; Ashe, 1; Buncombe, 10;
Carter:t, 1; Catawbi, 1; Cherokee.
6; Clay, 6; Cleveland, 7; Forsyth,
i; Gaston, 11; Graham, 5; (Jail
ford, 1; Haywood, 23; Henderson,
10; Jackson, 44; Jones, 1; Lincoln,
1; .McDowell, 0; Macon, 14; Madi
son, 16; Mitchell, 1; Nash, 2; Polk,
1; Richmond, 1; Rutherfordton, 6;
Stanley, 1; Swain, 8; Transylvan
a, 2; Wake, 1; Wayne, 3; Yuncey. j
\. Other stats represented are:'
South Carolina, 2; Virginia, 1;
Florida, 1; Kansas, 1; Illinois, 1.
Freshmen: men, 21; women 90.
Sophomores: men, 2; women, 26
Juniors: men, 2; women 31. Sen
iors: men, 0; women, 39. Total,
211.
ON FURLOUGH HOME
Joe H. Ward, M. M. 2/c, visited
his parents, Mr. and ^Mrs. O. E.
Ward at their home in' Whittier,
last week.
He entered the service Jn March.
1943 and tock his boot training at
Bainbridge, Md.
He was transferred to St. Louis,
Mo., and then to Norfolk, VaM
where he was assigned to combat
:?uty and has sirtce served with an
overseas unit.
Leaders Named In
Every Township
To Stage Campaign
The Jackson County War Finance
Committee in session here Thurs
day afternoon, completed plans for
a county-wide campaign to Bell
$225,000 in war bonds between^
January 18th and Ecbruary 15th,
for the Fourth War Loan Cam
paign.
Township committeemen were
named at the meeting, .which was
wtll attended, and presided over
by R. L. Ariail, county chairman.
Thy campaign was discussed at
length, and it was the consencus
of opinion that Jackson county
would maintain her perfect record
of meeting all war campaigns, but
that with the quota almost doubled
over previous campaigns, it wis
going to take lots of hard work.
Chairman Ariail pointed out
that the bulk of the bond purchas
es during the campaign would have
to come from the salaried people
and small purchasers. "We jpan
not depend on a Santa Claus, or
any extra large purchasers to help
much .in this drive. They have
been buying in the 'off 'campaign
months' and now.it is left to the
small purchasers^ ^tho^e "who buy
T>ne, two and three bonds at a time
to makj up the greater part of
the purchasers this time/' he
pointerKotatT
M rs. Harry Ferguson was re
appointed to head the women's di
vision in the county. Also present
as the meeting was Mrs. Walter
Jones.
The county chairman named a
Planning committee to work out
details of special events. This
committee is composed of R. U.
Sutton, chairman, A. C. Muses, S.
C. Cogdill, T. W. Ashe, T. N. Mas
sic, and Garland Lackey.
Mr. Ariail announced that any
community wishing a speaker for
^uomotional wo/k .during the cam
paign, should get in contact with
any of the following: Dr. H. T.
Hunter, Mrs. ?. L. McKee, .Hugh
Monteith and Dan Tompkins.
The chairmen for' the various
townships in the county to be serv
< <1 for the duration of the cam
paign are:
Sylva, T. N. Massie; Canada,
John Brown; Caney Fork, Blaine
Nicholson; Cashiers, J. C. Pass
more; Cullowhee, Dr. W. A. Ash*
brook; Dillsboro, J. C. Cannon;
CJreens Creek, Ransom Cowan;
Hamburg, Frank I. Watson; Moun
tain, .Marion Moody; River, Mrs.
Joseph Keys; Quilla, T. T. Varaer;
Savannah, Napol on Higdon;
Scott's Creek, Carey Henson; Web
ster, Rev. W. N. Cook.
The planning committee met
Tuesday night and made detai'ed
plans for carry'ng the campaign
into every township in the county.
The quotas for each township
were mapped out, and suggestions
for staging a successful drive were
discussed at length.
Two Sylva Boys
Meet In England
D. M. Tallent, Jr., Seaman 1/c
and Felix Picklesimer, Spec 1/c,
U. S. Navy, discovered through
mutual friends that they were near
each other.
Felix wrote to D. M. and they
arranged a meeting. In writing to
his mother, D. M. said that he had
never known just how grand it
was to see someone from "your
hometown."
D. M. Tallent was engaged In
the North African campaign. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. M.
Tallent. Felix Picklesimer is th#
son of Mrs. S. W. Bryson.
Roy Hamilton Listed
As Missing By Navy
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hamilton, of
. Cullowhee, received a telegram on
January sixth, from the Navy stat
ing that their snn Russell Hamilton
A.M.M. 2/c was missing following
action in performance of his duty.
Petty Officer Hamilton enlisted
;n the Nflvv May 27, 1941, on his
rvfr 'Mrtnuayj WTO n'Bt')?fU Hf*r
boot training at Norfolk, Va., frnm
"h^re he went to Jacksonville, Fla.,
wWre he tork his aviation train
ing. He was h^me on a 15-day
l ave in Anril, 1943. He was very
?*n*hu?iastic abotft his work and
Md hi* father not to worry about
him that everything would be all
right.
The last letter that Mr. and Mrs.
Hamilton had from their son was
dated December 28th. He said that
on Christmas day he had prone to
church, and then he had been Ilk
svimminpr and saw a frood movie,.
"Mission to Moscow." He had re
ceived the presents that his par
ents had sent him and was very
ploQBcd with th?m. Hg aetmBfrtgrr
be in very rood spirits and in the
best of health.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton lived In
Whittier until a short time asro and
Russell graduated from the Brv?nn
City hi*h school. H? had a paper,
route for the AshevfUe Citlten
Timet for a long time.
He wa? very active in
especially basketball*