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ft -e- The Sylva Herald ? ===== AND RURALITE? CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943 ? VOL. XVIII NO. 36 SYLVA, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1944 : $1.50 A Year In Jackson and Swatn Counties? 5c Co wj Boy Scouts To Gather Old Papers Saturday i Local Troop One Will Call At Homes For Papers; Housewives Urged To Have Bundles Ready. An extensive campaign will be staged next Saturday in this com munity by members of the Sylva Boy Scout troop No. one, in gath ering scrap paper. The campaign is part of a na tional war movement to get scrap paper to be converted into many paper items that are so vital to the war program. Any type pape?* can be used as long as it is clean and not greasy. Newspapers, cardboard and wrap ping papers are especially suited for making needed war articles. The members of the troop wi'l make a house-to-house canvass of the community and collect the waste papers. All housekeepers are urged to cooperate with the Scouts and the war campaign by having their bundles of papers when the Scouts call on Saturday. Similar campa;gns are being staged throughout the nation, and Scouts are gathering thousands of tons of waste pa^er as their p?rt of the ail-American slogan: "Vic tory in 1944." Svlva P.T.A. Has Varied Pre gram At January Meet The Sylva Parent Teacher Asso ciation held their regular monthly meeting Tuesday. January 18. Mrs. Dan Allison, president, urged yie school to participate in thr sale of stamps and bonds; and to also aid in the coming Red Cross and infantile paralysis drives. The association voted to hold a food sale and to use the proceed* & derived frcm this to pay for the painting of the rooms in the ele mentary school building. " The sixth gradw won the prfte for having the largest number of parents at the meeting. At the close of ths business ses sion, Mrs. J. R. McCracken ad dressed the members on the sub ject of maintaining the health of the school child. Webster P.T.A. Has- Interesting January Meeting ? The Webster P. T. A. met Jan uary 20 at the school with Mrs. Fr:d McKee, the president, presid ing. She announced the organi zation had attained the gold leaf honor roll because this year's mem bership was an increase of four teen per csnt over last year's record. Instead of the regular program the second unit of the study course en "The Family's Stake in Free dom," was held. Mrs. Kats Rhine ^art and Mrs. D. D. Davis sum prized the study articles that ap peared in the November and De-( cember issues of the Parent Tea ch r magazine, after which Mrs. Davis led a general discussion of the questions that arose in connec tion with the topics. Miss Barnett Is Home Management . Supervisor Here ? ^ ifaiss Martha B. Barn'tt has ar rived in Sylva to take over her du ties as Home Management Sup ? eryisor for the Farm Security Ad ministration. She succeeds Miss Marian L. Morrow. Miss Bamett has had wid* ex perience in Federal work, having formerly served as Home Manage ment Supervisor in Cherokee and Clay Counties. Miss Barnett assumed her duties in Jackson County on January 10. i Her duties consist of home plan ning with rural families and con- j ? nervation of food, improving home practice and general home super- 1 vision. l eorard Allen Chief Clerk Of ^Rationing Boards Leonard Allen replaces Edwin Allison as chief clerk of Jackson . County War Price Ration Boa'-d. Mr. Allen is well known in Jack son County. He W3S a former partner in The Radio Shop. A man shouldn't leave powder on '? his coat. It is Hkely to explode if his wife touches it. Largest Cherry Tree In U. S. In Jackson County What is believed to be the largest black cherry tree in the United States is on the Ravenel property about 36 miles from Sylva, according to Ray Orr, forester here. The property is between Cashiers and Highlands. Mr. Orr said the tree was 5 to 6 feet through, about 15 feet in circumference, and that it was all three men could do to reach around the trunk of the tree. The first limbs are about 60 feet from ths ground, he ex plained. Paralysis Drive Is Moving Along Satisfactorily Mrs. E. L. McKee, County Chairman, Sees Successful Drive If Hard Work Is Maintained. The Infantile Paralysis campaign i'n Jackson County is progressing satisfactorily, according to Mrs. E. L. McKee, county chairman. Committees in all sections of the county have been hard at work, ac cording to ths county chairman, and have been satisfactory reports on the work done so far. Mrs. McKee termed "Tag Day" which was held here Saturday as a success. The event was in charge of Mrs. John A. Parris, Sr. Numerous jars have been placed in retail places throughout the community, in which citizens are being urged to make lib ral dona tions. This phase of the campaign ?is under thT5 dire<5t ion of Mrs. John H. Wilson. The campaign will continue Saturday, and Mrs. McKee said yesterday that there is every indi cation of 'the quota here being reached, if the continued hard work is followed through. Half of all the funds raised her? will be retained for work among the cripples of Jackson County, it was pointed out. Last Rites Held For Mrs. Thomas Here On Saturday ^ Funeral services for Mrs. John son Thomas, 68, were held Satur day afternoon at two o'clock at her home. Sh: died at her home here Thurs day morning following a long ill ness. Rev. O. J. Beck and Rev. Ralph Bradley officiated. Burial was in the Barker's Creek cemetery. Surviving are her husband and one daughter, Mrs. Roy Cames o* 'Barker's Creek, two sten-daught ers, Mrs. Jim Sitton, of Qualla an-' Mrs. Ed Carnes, of Sylva, twr grand daughter, Mary Carnes am' Iris Sitton; two sisters, Mrs. Joe Brooks, of Barker's Creek, aiv Mrs. C. P. Gibson, of Dallas, N. C ? and one brother, John Jonts, o' Alarka, and a number of nieces nephews and other relatives. PTA Food Sale Was A Success On Saturday The food sale h:ld by the Par ent Teacher Association of the Sylva schools on Saturday wa a success and the money raisec' will be used to paint the rooms ol the Sylva elem.ntary school. Special Observance To Be Made By Methodists A local commemoration of the Crusade for Christian Peace will be observed at 11 o'clock Sunday morning at the Sylva Methodist church. Award Presented The Sylva Herald General Excellence * A, " V>: . MB A',7? Y? v ;'s i V /vV > v ? ;,r3-; j !L/m^ w. I * ill- j _ ?' in .?... imam .? r n-'...-..,, 5 ^ U j ' ' :'^i\ J . AWARD k ' y Wnrth (Earn Una tyrwir JWnrtatimt HERALD. SYLVA N. C This is a photograph of the award received la?t week by The Herald at the North Carolina Press Institute in Chapel Hill. The award measures about twelve by eighteen inches and will be displayed at the office. The first prize also carried with it a $2> War Bond. The Herald Given First Place In General Excellence At Meeting Reported Missing Rl'SSEi, HAMILTON has been reported Hv the Navy as missing following action. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hamilton, of Cullowhee. He enlisted in the Navy in May of 1941. The last time he was home was in April of 1943. Woman's Club To Back County Library For '44 The Woman's Club of Sylva has taken the Jackson County Library as its major civic project for the year. The January meeting of the clrb was held at the library Tues day evening with Mrs. Mae S'all cun, librarian, as hostess. Mrs. Walter J^nes, president was in the chair during the business session. It was decided to send a collec *i^n of books and magazines to Moore General Hospital. Mis* Gertrude NHslee, librarian for the bookmobile that serves '-rkfo^. Swpin pnd Macon coun ties, was present and spoke to 4he club on h r work. The hostess, served a salad course and coffee. Seventeen members were present. The Svl 'a tjerald was awarded ?rst prize in the general excellence "'roup of newspaners with circula f;^n under 1,?00, by the Nort^ Carolina Press Association ir "hapel H'll last week, d'r'ng th annual mid-winter institute. The awards were presented by ^overnor J. M. Broughton, at r uncheon session of the institute. The jtif'g'ng of the newspaper f the state was done by student . f the journalism department ^embers of the faorlty of the Uni -ersity at Chapel Hill. reriod of the content cover ed 1943, and there were four divi ion ; on the contest: general e" "^lenoe. community service, spe ,;al editions and general excellence for semi-weeklies. The erne t^ are annual event* nonror?d by the North CaroTi~p v^re'-s Association in an e^ort t" * ncuirago a higher . standard o' \ct^ods used in publishing news papers in the state. In the division in which The j Herald won first place, every pva "e f newspaper work is taken into | considerat;on. Each phase is given a ?-core, and the paper mak'ng the ! highest score is given first place. The Southern Pines Pilot receiv ed second place in the same divi sion, with The Aberdeen Citizen and the Spindale Sun getting hon orable mention. i 0*.hor awards presented by Gov ernor B rough ton included: I For general excellence among l weeklies over 1,500 circulat'en: Fl | kin Tribune, firrt; WaynesvTe t^if'mntameefr second; "Transylvania I T'mes, Prevard, and Cleve^nd I Times, Shelby, honorable mention, j Ft general excellence among ! semi -weeklies: Morganton News Herald, first; Lexington .Dispatch. ,-oc^nd; Albemarle Pre?-g and i Smithfield Herald, honorable men i tion. For special editions: Sile*?s?ity (Con tinned oa paft S) ? Sylva Man Killed SGT. Li^WIiS Hr.NHi SHUL KU wa.-> reported killed in Italy. He had been wounded about a 'nonth before giving his life. He is shown here with his wife. Sfct. S:uler was the son of Mrs. Treasie Shuler, of Sylva. County Has $188,0G To Sell In War Bonds To Reach Her Quota All Bank Officers Re-EIected Here; Had Good Year All the officers and directors of the Jackson County Bank were reelected at the annual stockholders meeting recently. The report of the bank show d a gain in assets of a half mil lion dollars during 1943, ac cording to the report given by R. L. Ariail, executive vice president. The board is composed of: S. W. Enloe, E. L. McK e, Thomas A. Cox, R. W. Harris, W. R. Snyder, E. P. Stillwell, J. C. Allison and R. L. Ariail. In an executive session of the board of directors, the offi cers of the institution were re el, cted. They are: S. W. Enloe, president; R. L. Ariail, executive vice presi dent; E. L. McKee, vice presi dent; R. \V. Harris, vice pr. si dent; W. J. Fisher, cashier; W. W. Bryson, assistant cashier; ? ard Thomas A. Cox, secretary. MrsTw. A, Stillwell Will Be Buried Thursday At Two Prominent Citizen Passed Away At Her Webster Home Early Tuesday Morning. . Funeral services will be held on Thursday afternoon at two o'clock for Mrs. W. A. Stillwell, prominent citizen of Jackson county, who passed away at her home at Webs ter following a long illness. The services will be h Id at the Webster Baptist church with Rev. Forrest Blankenship and Rev. W Cook, officiating. Burnl will be made in the Stillwell cemet ry. Mrs. Stillwell was the former Miss Octa Holden, and a native of this county. She is survived by her husband and two daughters Mrs; Jessie Latta, of Hillsboro and Mrs.-Gr-WrT)rTlard, of Sylva. Also two sons, A1 x Stillwell, of Macon, fJa., and Earl S illwell, of Webster. There are also fourteen grandchil dren. Moody Funeral Home of Sylva s in charge of arrangements. It. Edith Sutton Here On Visit Lt. Edith K. Sutton of the Wo man's Army Corps, spent a f:w lays last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Sutton at Wil ^ets. She was en route from Daytona 3each, Fla., to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Lt. Suttcn entered the WACs a v ar ago and was sent to Daytona leach and frcm there to Des Moines, Iiwa to Officer's Candidate School, where she received her com mission. She was stationed near Boston f ir a f .w months and then return ed to Daytona Beach. V. T. A. To Sponsor Food Sale Saturday The P. T. A. will have another food sale next Saturday at the lining room of th: Lloyd Hotel. There will be home baked cakes und pi s as well as canned goods and other foods. This sale will be sponsored by the grade mothers of both th? high and elementary schools. TO OPEN COFFEE SHOP Cicero Bryson plans to open th: Coffee Shop here about February first, according to announced plant here yesterday. Hospital Directors, Committees Named At the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the C. J. Harris Community Hospital on Tuesday, January 18, the difTrent committers were electrd, and f^ur new me^^rs were plect'd. T^e new m^rrb^rs were Chester Scott, Paul Kirk, T. N. Massie and Harry Ferguson. S. W. Enloe is chairman of the board, while J. B. Ensley is vice^ chairman; E L. McKee, treasurer, and W. E. Bird, secretary. The board of directors is com posed of: T. A. Cox, H. T. Hunter, M. D. Cowan, D. G. Bryson, J. C. Allison, Dan K. Moore, Sol Schul ? (Continued en pifc 8) ? Lots Of Hard Work Needed, Chairman Ariail Points Out To Citizens Here. As the figures stood last night, Jackson County had $188,000 to go Tn order to meet the Fourth War Loan Drive quota. R. L. Ariail, chairman of the war finance com mittee, reported sales of $37,000 thrn"trh Monday night. "With only about one-sixth of the quota sold, it means a lot of extra hard work between now and February 15th, if Jackson county Is to maintain her perfect record of reaching every war bond quota," the county chairman said yester day, as he urged renewed efforts be put forth by every citizen of the county. "Our committees/ are working hard, but it is th: individual that must really put this drive across," he raid. Those heading the campaign in Jackson are looking to the small buyers to purchase an extra bond this week and next in order to reach ths goal. The large pur chasers have already invested heavily during the three previous drives, it was pointed out. "We still have far more to sell than during the entire third war loan drive," Mr. Ariail declared, as he compared quotas of the two drives. "It is going to take lots of hard work, but that is a small matter as compared to what our fighting msn are doing on all the battle fronts," Mr. Ariail said. "After all, this drive and all other drives are being made for the boys over there ? our loved on s. This patriotic county will not let them down," the county chair man concluded with an air of con fidence that the citizens of Jackson would rally to the caU and invest (Continued on page B) January 31st Last Day To Use Old 1943 Licence Tag M ore than 50,000 Carolina auto mobile, truck and trailer owners have not bought their 1044 license rlates, according to Cogdill Motor Compainy, who are operating a branch office of the Carolina Motor Club. This lag is in sp?te of a hirty-day extension granted mot orists by virtue of a bill enacted by the North Carolina G:neral As sembly at the 1943 session. A recent notice received from the Department of Motor Vehicles ;n Raleigh, in which d: finite com mitment was made that no exten sion of time beyond January 31 would be granted motorists this year. It was also announced that orompt and vigorous prosecution by State Law Enforcement Ag:n cies would be started February 1 o see that all cars operating on State Highways display new 1944 license plates. Local Men Give Musical At Ritz Theatre Wed. On W dnesday evenine, opening night of the Fourth War L"?an Drive at the R:tz Theatre was fea tured with some special music be tween shows. Larry Mull and Wallace Swann with their guitars ard James Howell at the piane played several numbers. Methodists To Fold Vesper Service Sunday Rev. W. L. Hutchins, District Superintendent of the Waynesville District, will preach at the Vesper Service at five p. m. Sunday at the Sylva Methodist church. The second quarterly conference will be held immediately afteT th# service at which meeting four dele gates will be elected for the district conference. American Legion And \u Tarv To Meet Friday Night At Eight: The regular meeting of the American Legion ; and the Lgion Auxiliary will be held at the court house Friday evening at eight o'<^ock. Fehni"rv First Last Day To Get Barley Allotment The AAA office wants to call to 3 the attention of all farmer* who '-f.: want to apply for allotment to raire hurley tobacco must mikt ; : application before February first. . j H&m
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