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?PL. XVIII NO, 43 SYLVA, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1944
The Sylva Herald , wimntr ?/
First I'laee of .V. C, iVtu
Association 194S General Mx
cellence Award.
$1.50 A Year In Jackson and Swain Co on ties? 5c Cap?
Capt. Nations Praises
Work Of The Red Cross
Editor's Note ? The following ar
ticle on the advantages of the
led Cross and the work it is doing
among the men and women in ser
vice, was written by Capt. Oscar
Nations, of Whittier, route two.
Captain Nations is with the Medi
cal Corps of the army, and knows
whereof he speaks.
One of the most helpful organi
sations to the soldier of World War
II is the American Red Cross,
whose services deserve the highest
praise of every individual.
The American soldier knows
that when he needs assistance, par
ticularly \vhen unforseen emer
gencies, arise, the Red Cross will
aid him. He also knows that
among other services, the Red
Cross sponsors entertainment and
recreational programs, to mention
only a few of the other activities
of this great organization.
The Red Cross maintains an or
ganization at all army hospitals
to further the -welfare of patients
and personnel of all classes.
It is divided into two depart
ments, which are under the direc
tion of a field director. These con
sist of Medical Social Service,
which concerns patients and Social
Service for the enlisted men on
duty in the hospitals. These in
clude recreation facilities for both
patients and men, which is under
the direction of trained personnel.
Medical Social Service is of the
greatest importance to the patient
and of inestimable value to the
physician in the treatment of tl*e
patient. Treatment in the hospital
does not consist merely in hospital
izing the patient, but he must also
be kept in a reasonable tranquil
frame of mind.
The Social Service to the men
of military forces assists in the
adjustment of social and personal
difficulties thus strengthening of
ficial, family and civilian contacts.
It might also be said that it con
cerns any personal or family prob
lem which disturbs the man and
interfers with his function as a
soldier.
To provide these facilities for the
soldier, the American Red Cross
requires funds. During wartimes,
these duties are tremendous. The
purpose of the Red Cross War
Fund drive is to help finance and
extend these services to the sol
dier.
Every soldier, at home or over
seas has a Red Cross organiza
tion near him at all times and
upon which he can depend for as
sistance. Your contribution dur
ing the War Fund Drive will aid
this program.
Cullowhee Drops
Double-Header
To Webster
?
On Tuesday night, February 7,
Webster boys and girls took a
double header from Cullowhee.
Girls line-up:
Webster (23) Cullowhee (12)
F Parris Sutton (4)
F Crisp (8) Holderman (8)
F Smathers (15) Bryson
G Alexander Hooper
G Reed Bryson
G Buchanan Houston
Subs: Webster, Turpin, Lewis.
Boys' line-up:
Webster (22) Cullowhee (19)
F Davis (6) Hooper
F Deitz (1) Norton (1)
C Cowan (4) Moss (8)
G Angel Norton (3)
G Bryson (4) Pressley (7)
Subs: Webster, Frizzell (7). Cul
lowhee, Simpson. -
Two Jackson Men
New Navy Recruits
New recruits of the U. S. Naval
Training Station, Great Lakes, 111.,
are two Jackson county men.
They are now receiving instruc
tion . in seamanship, military drill,
and naval procedure. Soon they
will be given a series of aptitude
tests for determining whether thry
will be assigned to one of the
Navy's schools, or to immediate
active du t~y at sea .
Upon cortipleting ^iheir recruit
training, these men will be home
on a nine-day leave. They are:
Cecil Alexander, Green's Creek,
and Harry L. Bradley.
ON BREVARD HONOR ROLL
Miss Anne Cowan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cowan, of Sylva,
made the honor roll for the first
iemester at Brcvferd college, ac
cording to an announcement from
the registrar's office this week.
Miss Cowan is a member of the
freshman class at Brevard.
CAPT. OSCAR T. NATIONS
Webster School
Gives $250 For
Red Cross Drive
Webster school passed its Red
Cross qouta, $250, Thursday,
March 9. The school was the first
unit to get its full quota in. The
third grade room, with Mrs. Mary
Cowan, teacher, collected $27.72.
The next highest amount collected
was $25 61 from Miss Lora Alice
Long's fourth grade.
The school is still receiving con
tributions and expects to turn in a
great deal more.
WAC Recruiter
To Be Here 18th
A WAC booth will be opened on
March 18th at the post office from
9 a. m. until 2.:30 for the conven
ience and enHsttnent of the women
of Sylva and community in the
Women's Army Corps.
PlSins for the booth were com
pleted this week by Lt. Opal E. ,
Brindle. "Women are urgently
needed in the WAC, particularly a*
this time," she said, "in view of
the plans being made for the in
vasion and tbex great need of men
for jobs that only men can do."
The Army of the United States
has 239 kinds of jobs for women.
Qualified women enlisting in the
Women's Army Corps at this time
may choose the job and station of
their initial assignment.
To be eligible to join, a woman
must be between the ages of 20 and
49 inclusive. Myst be a citizen of
the United States, have no children
under 14, good health, excellent
character and two years of high
school or its equivalent.
If you are ineligible because of
age, health or family responsibili
ties take over a job at home and
free some oth:r woman who is
eligible to join the Women's Army
Corps.
Qualified women may now choo*e~
the station and job of their initial
assignment, and they may choos'
the branch of the service they
desire ? the Army Service Forces,
Army Ground Forces or the Army
Air Forces.
Also Kills Time
IT. LLOYD MILLIOAN, Navy torpedo
bomber pilot from Fredoma. Kans
who saw carrier plane service over
Kwajalein and Tarawa, finds tt re
laxing to drop a stitch after drop
ping a few inn* bombs Any
male who considers sewin* "sissy
stuff" is invited to go atone on one
of his air missions {International)
Soldie* Cuts Off
Three Fingers
While On Furlough
Rasho Phillips of Cowarts,
has been spending a ten-day
furlough at home. He was sup
posed" ro catcft five oMock^
bus on Sunday to go back to
his station, and at three o'clock
while chopping wood the axe
slipped and he cut three Ang
lers off one hand. He was tak
en to Moore General Hospital
for treatment.
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Henry G. Brady
Is Promoted To
Lieutenant-Colonel
Word has been received of the
promotion of Henry G. Brady,
Army Air Corps, from the rank of
Major to Lt. Colonel. Col. Brady
has been in the service for more
than three years, the past year
having been spent in China with
the Air Force.
He is a pilot and for a while be
fore going over seas was an in
structor at Taft, Cali|.
Col. Brady's home is in Colum
bia. He graduated from Cl-mson
in 1940. His wife, the former Betty
Bain, is the grand daughter of Mrs.
J. W. Keener and has spent much
time here.
Mrs. Brady and young daughterv
Patty, are in Atlanta with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bain.
Lt. Hooper And
Seamiin Dills Meet
In South Pacific
It is amazing to find out jus*
"What a small world it is after
all."
Somewhere out in the Pacific,
Lt. (jg) John L. Hooper, Aviation
Officer, was supplying a plane for
another visit to those "Little Yel
low Sons of Heaven." He noticed
a young fellow aboard and started
a conversation with him. As al
ways they started talking about
"home," an* aince t,t* HoOper is
the type of person who could find
'kin folks" in darkest Africa. V
he were there long enough. The
conversation got around to Sylva
The young aviator said that he
has just received a letter from
Nancy Jane Allison, of Sylva, of
course this was unusual because
Nancy is Lt. Hooper's sister-in-law
Lt. Hooper later found he wa?
talking to Andrew Dills, Jr., ARM
J/c, who had once lived in Sylva
and had a lot of relatives here in
cluding R. E. Dills, his uncle, and
Mr. and Mrs. Dorence Tallent and
others. Seaman Dills wanted al'
of his friends and relatives to know
that he is OK.
Lt. Hooper said that the boy wa?
doing a wonderful job and tha+
everyone in Jackson county could
be very proud of him.
Webster P.T.A.
Have Meeting
The Webster Parent-Teacher
Assoctattorr held its regular meet
ing Tuesday, March 7, at th? school
Mrs. Fred McKee, president, pre
sided.
R. P. Buchanan reported that
$44.46 was realized by the school
from the musical programs recent,
ly sponsored by the Webster P.T.A.
for the benefit of the school lunch
room.
A committee, composed of Mr.
Buchanan, Mrs. D. D. Davis and
Miss Hannah Cowan, was appoint
ed to nominate PTA officers for the
yeaf 1944-45.
At the close of the business ses
sion, three dollars was contributed
by the PTA members to the Found
ers Day fund.
The program for the afternoon
was divided into two parts. Thj
jrst part, given in the form of a
radio broadcast and directed by
Mrs. Kate Rhinehart, was a one
act play, "Harvest Home." The
students appearing in the play
were: D an Allman, Vance Blanton,
Evelyn Davis, Libby Cannon, Bet
ty Davis, Patsy Ensley, Mary Bob
Cements, Judy Davis and Patricia
MeKee. For the second part of the
program, Mr. Buchanan read the
history of the Webster PTA, which
had been written_hy_Miftft Hannah
rowan and Mrs. Kate Rhinehart.
During the social hour which
followed, the PTA members pre
sented Mrs. Rhone Bradley, a re
cent bride, with a number of lovely
gift?. Cake and punch w$re serv
ed.
RETURNS TO CALIFORNIA
Cpl. John W. Shelton is on his
way to Fort Ord, Calif., after
spending a few days with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shelton
of Cullowhee. Cpl. Shelton finished
his basic training at Fort McClel
lan, Ala.
Red Cross
Campaign
GoingFine
. The Red Cross drive in Jackson
is making satisfactory progress
according: to A. J. Dills, who fell,'
butL? thCOnt,nU'<1 r"te of contri"
butions, the quota will be reached.
The campaign has been carried
into every section of the county
gratifying"""1 r<>SPOnSe has bc,en
The county quota is $6,800
Hi.f'-. i? 8aid that seve" school
and that h T iPaas:d their 1uota
and that he feels confident that the
and thTS i.dr'Ve Wi" be a
and that all quotas will be reached.
Many StudentsT
On Honor Roll At
Webster School
smchool.the r?lt|Ui"nWebsatIr
LttUmJ raKUa7- Helen Buchanan,
Vprno ' Caro,vn Lewis, La
Verne Crisp, Arpy Beasley, Thel
CathlTPnrk<,r' J?ary Etta Wilson.
C thleen Crisp, Dexter Deitz Ruth
Morgan, Mildred Potts. '
February: Helen Buchanan, Lil
Crisn /' Car?lyn Lew's. LaVerne
pill?' *Ty BeasleV, Thelmalen?
leenkCrispary E"* Wi'30n' Cathl
12B: January, Mary Smath?ra
Gwendolyn Cagle, Loraine Bishop'
BessicT; J?r P?ttS' Joe Gree"-'
Kate ,^eitz. Genette Buchanan.
w , Alexander, Earl Frizz?U
Margie Dillard.
osss-cjiriutssf
Pauline Cleric Alexander. a"<*
Dalton Ritl?n<5 ?fneVa Hal1' Arthur
f ? Bl'' Sutton, Pauline Allen
vSia rrndley' i"n Buchanan
ei ^ ~ 90,,In8' Bethel Cowan
Phvlhs Deitz, Jolene Elders
?es pZ?BLf"! 0wens' Pra?
' Potts, Barbara Parris Bpttv
if' r ?6nlVa Ha"' Pauline A\
Ruth Gre^i" Bethel Cowf
UrinL ^a"uary> Aileen Barron
Brittle Deitz, Agnes Allison, Clei*
Erne^Up'^naM Harry Buchanan
Ernest Frizzell, Eyelyn Davis. .
n?ary: Al,ecn Barron, Brit
tt Deitz, Agnes Allison, Clemard
Prizzenan,E^ary B"chanan- Ernes'
Mason! y" DaV,s' Doroth"
?,?B:^nUary- D an Allman, Ham
r ? yson? Gene Cowan, T C
Lewis, Barbara Allen, Mkrgaret
ColehEd8nn; *"??
Buchanan, Reba Green, ftffi
8A: January, Elizabeth Ann Can
non, Betty Davis, Frances Potts
Nancy Owens, Clara Lou Sutton.
February: Elizabeth Ann Can
non, Betty Davis, Frances Potts
Nancy Owens* Clara Lou Sutton
Louise Crisp.
8B: January, Edith Dalton, Jim
Evans.
February: John Bryson, G rover
Bishop, Edith Dalton, Jim Evans
7th: January, Pat McKee, Nellie
Morgan, Mary E. Hall, Coleman
Stillwell.
February: Pat McKee, Mary E.
Hall, Coleman Stillwell.
6th: January, H^l'n Frady
Claudia Stanford, Wilma Buch
anan, Clarice Higdon, Ralphine
Nicholson, Jackie Morris.
February: Claudia Stanford
Wilma Buchanan, Clarice Higdon
Ralphine Nicholson, Jackie Morris
6-7: January, Jo Ann Davis, Sal
ly Cowan, Lahoma Deitz, Bessie
Allman, Patsy Ensley, Judy Davis.
5th: January and February: Jack
Allison, Louise Barnes, Nancy
Ensley, Frances Morgan, Sue
Vance, Betty Lou Shuler.
5th: January and February: Ed
ward Henson, Barbara Blanton.
Joan Blanton, Grace Buchanan.
Betty Cowan, Nancy Davis, Lona
McKee, Patsy Parris, Mary Sue
Stillwell, Doris Vance, Doris Alex
ander.
February: Dale Coward.
HERE ON WEEK-END
Lt. E. K. Sutton, of the Woman's
Army Corps, stationed at Ft. Ogle
thorpe, Ga., spent the weekend
v h her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Sutton, at Willets.
DEITZ SERIOUSLY ILL
Friends of Rufus Deitz of Maple
Springs, regret to hear of his ser
ious illness for the past week. Mr.
Deitz has been in bad health for
some time. Before his illness he
worked for Cogdill Motor Com
pany.
Encyclopedia Is
14 Years Behind
It is rather embarrasing to
know that after 30 years some
people still think the Webster
is the County Seat of Jackson
county. In fact, it is stated in
- the- Efteyelopodia Britannica
that Webster is the County
Seat of Jackson county. Just
to keep the records straight
the county seat was moved to
Sylva in 1914.
Helen Buchanan
Is Valedictorian
Of Webster School
Mary Smathers Attained
Highest Records For Time
In Webster School.
The grades for three and a half
high school years of the entire sen
ior class have been worked out on
a percentage basis, and the seniors
have b-en ranked accordingly. Out
of the thirty-seven ranks, the first
eleven were girls.
Mary Smathers ranked the high
est, but as it is the policy of most
schools to give the places of vale
dictorian and salutatorian to those
who have spent all of their high
school years in the same school,
Mary was not eligible for the place
of valedictorian. Helen Buchanan,
who ranked second, earned the
honor.
The difference between the grad
es of Loraine Bishop and Kate
Alexander was so slight (a matter
of hundredths per cent) that the
class voted to give the title of
salutatoriafi to both girls.
Loraine and Kate will draw to
decide who will give the salutator
ian's speech at the commencement
exercises.
, 1 \
Mrs. Pressley
Buried Monday
Mrs. Margaret Pressley, 19, wife
of William Henry Pressley, of
Canton, died at a Waynesville hos
pital Saturday morning. She war.
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T
Snyder, Dillsboro.
Funeral services were held at
he Jarrett Baptist church, Dills
boro, Monday afternoon at 2:3r
^'clock, the Rev. C. H. Green ot
Canton, officiating. Burial follow
_>d in the church cemetery.
Schoolmates of the deceased act
>d as pallbearers.
In addition \o her husband ant'
parents, she is survived by five
listers, Miss Lucille Snyder, of
Dillsboro; Miss Ruth Snyder, of
lellmont; Misses Betty Ann and
Jackie Su? Snyder, of Canton, and
Mrs. Fred Cagle, of Greenville, S
C. Two& brothers, Roy Snyder, of
Spartanburg, S. C., and R. H.
Snyder, of Dillsboro.
Mrs, Roy Norton
Taken By Death
Mrs. Roy Norton, of Cullowhee
lied at a Sylva hospital at 7:30
p. m. Sunday.
She is survived by her husband
Roy Norton, now serving with thr
navy in Washington, D. C., her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Smith
me brother, J. p. Smith, of th
navy and one sister, Thelma Smith
Funeral arrangements are in
complete. Moody funeral home is
in charge.
1943 Tags Should
Be Removed Now
State Highway Patrolmen hav
issued a warning to all motorists
to remove frcm vehicles all old
1943 license plates, including front
ones. Under State law the one
1944 plate is to be displayed on the
rear of vehicles. Motorists may
think their old front plates are
ornamental and do not matter, bu4
patrolmen point out that the old
numbers are confusing when dis
played along with new ones and
t^iey are stopping all the front
plate displayers with whom they
come in contact.
HERE FROM OKLAHOMA
tTrfigy E. L. McKee, Jr., and
Mrs. McKee arrived" last week
from Norman, Okla., to spnd a
few days with Lt. McKee's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McKee.
From Sylva they will go to Rhode
Island where Lt. McKee will be
stationed.
ON FURLOUGH
Pvt. George L. Sutton of Camp
Shelby, Miss., spent five days leave
with his family in Dillsboro.
Pvt. Sutton was inducted into
the army in December, 1943 and
is stationed with an infantry unit
at Camp Shelby.
Monteith To Address
District Republicans
Wins '43 'Oscar'
JENNIFER JONES of Tulsa, Okla.,
won the 16th annual Motion Pic
ture Academy award as the best
movie actress of 1943 She received
the much coveted "Oscar" for her
work in the "Song of Bernadette."
This is Jennifer's first appcarance
in films. ( International )
Firemen Here Are
Sponsoring Play
Friday Evening
"Victory Vanities" is the title of
the play to be given here Friday
vening, and is being sponsored
by the local firemen, All local
| talent is being used.
In Connection with the play, a
nopulnrity contest is being staged
to determine the most popular fire
man. Pictures of the firemen have
been placed in business places
throughout town, and votes for the
contest cost one cent each.
Much interest is being shown in
the contest.
Two Jackson Men
Meet Overseas
Thomas C. Cogdill S 2 /c and Cpl.
John C. Dillard, both rf Sylva, met
'oin1 where in the British I^les a
-hort time ago. Seaman Cogdill
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. B
Cogdill. He is a gunner on a battle
ship.
Cpl. Dillard is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dave* Dillard. He enter
ed service in January, 1948, and
has been overseas since last No
I vember. He graduated from Sylva
high school in 1940 and served as
J president of t hi? senior class. Be
fore proing into service ho was em
I ployed by Morrison Knudson Co..
I Inc., and the Parton Still Co./ of
| Asheville.
Men often say tiny seek justice
when all they are after is Revenge.
Patriotic Hen
PROUDLY displaying one of her
bomb-Fhaped ejus is "Fertile Myr
tle," who is named after the fimed
bombing plane of the Eighth Air
Force Ever since the war started
"Myrtle" has deviated from the
usual shaped egg U? that of the mis
siles dropped bj our airmen on
enemy targets. (international)
Jackson County Republican* will
play important part. In the dia
trict convention which will be held
in Asheville today.
The meeting will start at one
o'clock with R. Frank Jarrett, of
Dillsboro, district chairman pre
siding.
The keynote speech of the con
vention will bg delivered by Hugh
E. Monteith, prominent Sylva at
torney, and member of the State
executive committee since 1934.
A lively contest is being predict
ed in the selection of delegates to
the national convention in June,
and also the naming of a nominee
for Congress.
At least fifteen from Jackson are
expected to attent the convention
this afternoon. Those definitely
decided to attend were listed yes
terday as Mr. Jarrett, Mr. Mon
teith, E. P. Stillwel), county chair
man of the Jackson County Con
vention, J. R. Long, W. C. Hen
nessee, M. B. Cannon, J. B. Ensley
and Gola Ferguson.
Mr. Monteith told The Herald
that his address would be, "The
Principles of the Republican
Party."
The district is entitled to two
delegates and two alternates to the
Republican national convention in
Chicago in June, and the names of
at least half a dozen Republican
leaders are expectcd to be proposed
as candidate for the honor. Among
those considered likely to be nomi
nated are Clyde ? H^ ? Jarrett of
Cherokee county, Ike Powell of
Haywood, Ralph Fisher of Tran
sylvania, and Thomas Harlyns,
Herbert Lamb, and M itchelK F.
Loniinac of Buncombe.
Three or four ? possibly half a
dozen ? are being discussed as the
Party's candidate for representa
tive from this congressional dis
trict. Among them are Louis P.
Hamlin of Brevard, former con
gressional candidate and former
Republican leader in the lower
house of the North Carolina gene
ral assembly; Halsey B. Leavitt of
Asheville, former candidate for
congress and former state sena
tor; George Pritchard, of Ashe
ville, who served in the lower house
of congress in 1929-'30, and in the
latter year was his party's nomi
nee for U. S. senator, and Judge
W. C. Meekins of Asheville, fos
merly of Hendersonville, who has
served the Republicans as state
chairman.
In addition to the nomination of
a candidate for congress and the
s: lection of the delegates to the
national convention, today's meet
ing of Republicans from the 10
counties in this district also will
elect delegates to the state con
vention, to be held in Charlotte
Thursday.
Indications yesterday were that
the convention will be largely at
tended, party leaders said, and
many of the delegates to the dis
trict meeting are expected to drive
to Charlotte for Wednesday even
ing's dinner of Young Republicans
j of the southeast and the state con
vention on Thursday. The latter
will be keynoted by Joe R. Hanley,
lieutenant-governor of New York.
Savannah PTA
Holds Meeting
The Savannah P.T.A. met Thurs
day, March ninth. Mrs. Bragg
Allison, presided at the meeting.
Mrs. Evelyn Sutton gave a dis
cussion, "Why Have a P.T.A?"
M iss Thelma Middleton discussed
"Health and How the Lurch Room
Aids the Children in Securing a
Hot Lunch."
W. H. Crawford mad? plans for
planting shrubs and trees on the
school ground during the month of 4
March. This is a project for the
P.T.A. to beautify the school
grounds.
The following officers were elect
ed: Mrs. Bragg Allison,, re-elected
as president. Mrs. Fay Deitz to
follow Mrs. Hoyle Deitz as vice
president. Mrs. Ralph Tatham was
re-elected as secretary.
Refreshments were served in the
lunch room by the social committee. ?
Th stxth grade won for having tb?
most parents present.
GOING TO NEW ENGLAND
Pfc. Joseph F. Wilson arrived
Sunday to visit his mother, Mrs.
T. O. Wilson. He entered the ser
vice in September, 1943, at Fort
Jackson and took his basic train
ing at Keesler Field, Miss., and
has just graduated at TyndaU
Fhld, Fla., where he received his
wings as an aerial runner.
At the conclusion of his fur
lough he will report to Westovcr
Field, Maas.