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VOL. XVIII NO. 46
SYLVA, N. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1944
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Jackson Republicans
To Meet On Saturday
A Republican organization meet
ing has been called to meet at the
Court House in Sylva at 2:30
o'clock, Saturday, April 8, for tKe"
purpose of electing a chairman and
?ther officers for the ensuing two
years.
"Every township or precinct in
Jackson county will please send
delegates to this convention, so that
we will have a full representation
present," E. P. Stillwell said.
With this organization meeting,
is combined a rally, and Frank Pat- j
ton, republican candidate for Gov- j
ernor of North Carolina, will be j
present for an address.
Everybody is cordially invited to
be present and the ladies are es
pecially invited. Hugh E. Monteith
is secretary.
Pre-School Clinics
To Begin In County
An April 11th
The regular pre-school clinics
sponsored by the Parent-Teachers
Association and the Health Dept.,
will begin on April 11, at 10:00 in
Webster. The following schedule
will continue through April as fol
lows:
Webster, April 11, 10:00 a. m.
John's Creek, April 11, 1:30 p.
m.
Savannah, April 13, 10:00 a. m.
Qualla, April 14, 10:00 a. m.
Sylva, April 18, 1:00 p. m.
Dillsboro, April 19, 10:00 a. m.
Beta, April 27, 10:00 a. m.
Cullowhee, May 9, 10:00 a. m.
Glenville, May 9, 1:00 p. m.
The clinics are held each year
In order that the children who are
entering school for the first time
in the fall may be given a thor
ough check-up and be immunised
for small pox and diptheria. All
parents are asked to come with
their children so that they may be
informed of physical defects and
bave them corrected by the open
ing of the fall terrfi of school. The
clinics will be conducted by Dr.
Mary Mubal.
All children from the age of six
months to six years are invited to
come for the diptheria immuniza
tion. I
John's Creek School
At Cowarts, Gives
. Red Cross $158
The quota for Caney Fork town
ship in the Rod Cross drive was
$250. Here is an itemized report
of the amount raised by John's
Creek School:
First prade $ 5.85
Second jrracle 6-32
Third grade 15 00
Fourth grade 3.66
8ixth grade 10.70
Fifth and .Seventh grades .... 25.31
Collected by Vance Hooper 12.00
Proceeds from program 79.35
Total
$158.19
Travel In Park
Shows Increase
More people are coming to the
Park in 1944 than in 1943. For Che
fourth consecutive month travel to
the park has shown an increase
over travel during the correspond
ing pc nod of 1943. In March, 1944,
an estimated total of 14,713 p?r
sons, in 3,451 vehicles, visited the
park, an increase of 33 per cent
over estimated travel during
March, 1943.
Travel is estimated by compari
son of actual travel counts made at
certain periods of the month with
actual travel counts made at the
corresponding periods of the pre
ceding year.
JOINS MARINES
Maurice E. ^Bryson (Luddy), son
of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Bryson, Jr.,
left last week for Parris Island
where is is taking his boot training
hi the Marines.
Buddy graduated at Sytva higl\
school in the class of 1943, and has
been employed in Portland, Oregon,
until he came home to enter ser
v ice.
Mrs. James E. Jones arrived last
Friday to spend a while with her
parents. Mrs. Jones has been in
New Orleans, La., for the past
three months with her husband,
James E. Jones MM 1/c.
Mr. Jones hag been transferred
to Virginia where he is to take a
special training course. Mrs. Jones
expects to rejoin her husband
shortly.
Pvt. Williams
Wounded In Italy
Pvt. Lloyd B. Williams of
Jackson county, who is now
serving with the armed forces
somewhere in Italy, has been
reported wounded by a mes
sage from tha War Depart
ment., sent to his father, John
B. William's.
The message stated that he
was wounded February 28,
1944, in action in Italy.
Baptist Sunday
School Group
To Meet Sunday
The Sunday School convention of
the Tuckaseegee Baptist Associa
tion will meet at the Webster Bap
tist church Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock.
The devotional will be led by
Paul Buchanan, superintendent of
the W'ihster Sunday School, with
special music by . Miss Mildred
Cowan.
Rev. C. V. . Brown will make a
report on the Sunday Conference
held at Hickory an April 6th.
Rev. W. N. 6&ok will discuss,
"Can Every Church In This Asso
ciation have a Daily Vacation Bible
School ?"
Miss Gretcheri Johnson will dis
cuss the "Opportunities offered us
in our second quarter Sunday
School Lessons." This will be fol
lowed by special music by Miss
Cowan and Miss McConnell.
Savannah 7th Grade
Presents A Play
The seventh grade of the Savan
nah school presented a play,
"Brown Eyed Betty," in the school
auditorium last Saturday evening.
The members of the Parent-Teach
er Association sold wuners, coffee,
cake and lemonade. About $75.00
was raised. This will be used for
the school.
Mrs. Frady Undergoes
Operation In Durham
Mrs. Blanche Frady, who under
went a major operation in January
at Duke Hospital,, is improving
slowly in Durham at the home of
her sister, Mrs. H. T. Cotter. Her
mother, Mrs. Fannie Buchanan, of
Cullowhte, has been with her since
her operation.
CLASS MEETS
The T. N. Massie Sunday School
class of the Methodist church met
with Mrs. Phillip Stovall on Fri
day, March 24th. Eight members
were present.
The hostess served delicious re
freshments.
The next meeting will be Friday
after the second Sunday in April
at the home of Miss Lucile Wilson.
All members are urg:d to attend.
CIRCLE TO MEET
The Annie Cowan Circle of the
Woman's Society of Christian Ser
vice will hold its regular April
meeting at the Red Cross room
Wednesday afternoon, April 5th.
All members are urged to be pres
ent.
Two Jackson Men Cut Wood In The
Rain For Benefit Of The Red Cross
James Cabe and his truck driver,
Bill Jones, went out in the pourinj?
rain last Friday to cut a load of
wood, sold it and grave the money
to the Red Cross.
Mr. Cabe said: "I knew that th?
boys over in the war zones would
be happy to be home even to cut
wood in the rain, so we just decid
ed to do this for the Red Cross,
since they are doing so much for
our boys, and, too, the government
needs all the wood vfe can supply
them." He said thai he had no
sens in service hut boj/s were .fight
ing for him.
When we hear about incidents
like this one we feel that we can't
loose.
Farmers Have A
Choice For Filing
Income Reports
Farmers may file their declara
tions of estimated tax April 15 or
may wait until December 15, Jos
eph D. Nunan, Jr., commissioner of
internal revenue, said this week.
Farmers are defined by the tax
laws as those who receive 80 per
cent or more of their income from
agriculture. They are the only
taxpayers who have this choice of
filing dates.
"Before you make your decision,
however," Commissioner Nunan
advised farmers, "you ought to rea
lize that if you file April 15 you
can make your income tax pay
ments in four quarterly install
ments, but if you wait until De
cember 15 you will have to pay the
whole year's estimated tax in one
lump sum."
The law requires farmers to file
declarations if they expect their
income this year to be $500 or more
in the case of a single person or
more than $624 in the case of a
married person.
24 Jackson Men
Reach Age Of 18
Twenty-four Jackson county
men become 18 years of age during
March, according to the Selective
Service Board here.
The men were listed by the board
as follows:
?s Gordon Owen, Maxwell Clement
Hensley, Lester McDonald, Jr.,
Howard Orvale Ensley, Western
Carrie Coggins, William Henson
Potts, Lyle Galloway, Joel D.
Woodard, Wesley Hughes Y6ung,
Wilford Phillips, Leonard Clem
mons, Edward Eugene Stewart,
Felix Oscar Jones, Grady Hamp
ton Bradley, Hoyt Conway Bryson,
Robert David Bishop, Raymond
Robert Coggins, James Troy Rob
inson, Robert Bruce McCall, Wil
liam Clyde Pressley, Howard Eu
gene Allman, William Hubert
Wood, Talmadge Newton Phillips,
William Marion Ashe.
In Trinidad
TFC. B. F. PRESSLEY is in
Trinidad, and recently met Johnny
Clayton, of Cullowee, there.
Two Jackson Men
Meet In Trinidad
Pfc. B. F. Pressley of Speedwell,
and Johnny Clayton of Cullowhee,
met in Trinidad. Both boys enter
ed the service in Sept., 1942 and
have b:en in Trinidad for some
time. Pfc. Pressley is with an M.
P. Co., in Trinidad and Johnny
Clayton is in the Navy, stationed
there. They were former school
mates, and were really happy to see
each other.
Pfc Pressley is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jake Pressley, of Speed
well. He entered the service in
1942. He receivd his basic train
ing at Camp Wheehr, Ga., and was
then sent to port of embarkation at
New . Orleans, La., before being
s:nt to Trinidad.
Johnny Clayton is the son of
Mrs. Nan Clayton, of Cullowhee,
he entered the Navy in September,
1942. .... He has been stationed in
Trinidad for some time, with a
Naval painting- job. Pfc. Pressley
is shown in picture.
Made 8 Successful Runs On Submarine
JACK C. ALLISON, Mo. M. M. 1/c, is home on a brief leave
ffr)m the Pacific, where he has been on submarine duty.
Jack Allison Has Had Many Interesting
Experiences On Submarine In Pacific
Jack C. Allison Mo. MM 1/c, son i
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Claude Allison,
is spending a thirty-day leave with
his family.
He enlisted in the U. S. Navy in
January, 1941, and received his
four months boot training at the
Naval Training Station at Norfolk,
Va.,. and then took a 16-weeks
course in Apprentice Machinist
School at the Naval Operating Base
there. He was then transferred to
New London, Conn., for six weeks
Submarine school and then took 12
weeks Submarine Deisel school. He
was then sent to Portsmouth, N.
H., to become a member of the
U. S. S. Halibut.
Jack left the States on June 10,
1942 at which time the boat was
assigned to the Pacific Fleet. Sine?
that time he has completed eight
successful patrol runs which have
bfen in various parts of the Pa
cific. He has been commendated
by Admiral Lockwood, Command
er of the Submarines Pacific Fleet,
for his part in the success of the
patrols. The commanding officer
of his boat have received five Navy
crosses and two silver stars. He
was awarded the submarine combat
insignia with stars denoting the
successful patrol runs he has made.
When we asked him to give us
a story of some of his experiences
he said there was not much to tell,
then we asked him what had been
the biggest thrill, since Vie had been
in submarines. He said, "My big
gest thrill was when I saw Mount.
Fujiyama through the periscope,
and then that night we saw the
lights from the houses and the au
tomobile lights of Japan reflected
on the anow." "That same night
we sank two large and heavily
loaded Japanese transports." This
incident has been reported many
months ago, and that was the only
reason he told us. about it. He
went on to say, "The next night
after the sinkings, Tokyo Rose, a
Japanese news commentator, re
ported the sinking of an American
submarine which had unsuccessful
ly attacked two innocent Japan :se
troop ships. We listened to the
report of our sinking as we lay
safe off their shore. "Tokyo Rose's
motto is 'You build- them America,
and we sink them., Ths skipper
was so mad that he sank another
small freighter before daybreak,
just to prove we were still there."
When asked about the life aboard
a submarine, Jack told us that
there i? no distinction as to rank or
rate, except the respect the crew
holds for their officers. "We have
everything on board from a sewing
machine to an automatic ice cream
freezer," he said. He told us that
the food was delicious and after
each successful attack the cooks
treat the crew to some favorite
di?*?.
While serving in the Pacific he
h;?s taken Baer Dillard S 1/c
George McLain, M. M. 1/c and
Johr^ McLain M. M. 1/c, all of
Sylva, on a tour of his boat. In
turn John and George have tak?n
him through their ship, they also
have good living quarters and very
good food, but Jack says that he
will still take the under sea Navy.
He would not disclose the number
of ships his sub has sent to Duvy
Jones' Locker.
In closing he said, "The Japs will
try their best but they will never
outsmart the American submarine
skippers."
Musicians Give
Two Performances
Wallace Swann and Larry Mull,
well known musicians of Sylva,
gave a performance Tuesday after
noon, March 28th at the Sylva high
school auditorium. This was spon
sored by the Junior class and the
proceed? will help defray the ex
penses of the Junior-Senior ban
quet.
That evening they again played
at the Red Cross rally at the Sa
vannah school. They have- added
four more to th:ir cast of players
and in the near future will put on
programs at other schools.
Sunrise Easter
Service Planned
There will be an Easter Sunrise
Service on Sunday at 7:00, at tHe
Old Field Cemetery. Rev. B. S
ftensley, pastor, will be in charge.
Monteith Addressed
Hendersonville Club
Hugh E. Monteith was guest
speaker at the Kiwanis Club in
Hendersonville last Thursday, his
subject was, "The Effect of Adult)
Delinquency on Community Life."
Miss Margaret Martin Accepted Into
Woman's Army Corps; Here 3 Years
M iss Margaret Martin, home
demonstration agent for Jackson
county for the past three years has
been accepted for service in the
Woman's Army Corps.
Miss Martin is a graduate of
Duke University and received the
M. A. degree at Columbia Univer
sity, New York City. After finish
ing school she was employed in
South Carolina for fourteen years
and came to North Carolina three
years ago.
Miss Martin has made many
friends in Sylva and Jackson coun- ]
ty and will be missed by everyone.
She is proud to state that her
family is now a "Four Star Fam
ily, her brother, Lt. (jg) J. A.
Martin, is stationed at Fisher Is- ,
land, N. Y. Lt. Martin recently re
turned. from a yearV service over
seas. Another brother, Henry E.
Martin, C- M. 1/c, is stationed in
the Pacific area, and James B. Mar
tin reported to the Navy on Mon
day.
Miss Martin said that she was
very happy to be in the Women's
Army Corps, but that she hated
to leave Sylva and would miss all
of hsr friends.
M iss Martin met her sister, Miss
Isabelle Martin, in Knoxville on
Joins WAC
MISS MARGARET MARTIN,
for the past three years home
demonstration agent in Jackson
county, has joined the Woman's
Army Corps.
Saturday and spent the day with
her.
Much Activity Shown
In Scout Work Here
Pastors To Meet
Monday Morning
In Bryson City
The Western North Carolina pas.
tor's conference will meet Monday,
April 10, at the Bryson City church,
starting at 10:30.
The general theme of th^ pro
pram will be: "The Doctrine of Sin
in the Epistle of the Romans."
R v. A. B. Cash, of Murphy, will
preside.
Among those to appear on th"
program will be: Rev. Horace Dor
sey, of Bryson City, Rev. R. Lana
Aikens, Hayesville, and Rev. John
Freeman, Almond.
The meeting is schduled to ad
journ at 3:30.
Savannah Town
ship Goes Over
Red Cross Quota
Savannah township has gone
over the top in it's campaign for
the R d Cross War Fund. With
?\ quota of $500, the amount to date
is nbout $75 over that sum.
The teachers and pupils made
donations amounting to $117.00 and
nlso raised the same amount at a
benefit amateur program given on
Tuesday, March 14th.
On Tuesday, March 28th the.
township committee composed of
J. Lessley, G. C. Turpin, Mack
Hall, Goldman Gwyn and Howard
Coward, held a Red Cross rally at
the Savannah school house.
Hugh Monteith of Sylva, made
a talk on Red Cross work and
Larry Mull and Wallace Swann,
assisted by other musicians, gave
a pirformance. Cake walks, a
beauty contest and other forms of
entertainment were included in the
program. The ladies sold cake and
coffee and other good things to eat.
$131.87 was raised at this time.
The citizens of the community do
nated so that the community would
be able to do more than had been
asked of it in this one of the most
important of war activities.
Webster Seniors To
Give Class Play
The senior class of the Webster
hiph school will present for its an
nual clnss play, the three act com
ply, "Johnny on the Spot," at the
Savannah school Friday, April 7,
at 8:00 p. m. Admission will be
fifteen and twenty- five cents.
HOME ON LEAVE
Cpl. Lyle Clark arrived last Fri
day from Courtland, Ala., to spend
a few days with his parents. Cpl.
Clark and Mrs. Cash Clark left
Monday for Newport News, Va.,
where Mrs. Clark's husband, S. S?t.
Cash B. Clary, of Boston, Mass.,
will joi nthem and they will visit
their brothers, Clay and Ray Cl^rk
and sister, Miss Virginia Clark.
Cpl. Clark entered service in Sep
tember, 1942, and was inducted at
Camp Croft and has been stationed
at Fort Jackson, Smyrna Air Base,
Smyrna, Tenn., and at Camp Mc
Clellan, Ala. He will report to
Greensboro the latter part of the
week.
The Damiel Boone Council, Boy
Scouts of America, reports that the
year of 1943 showed the greatest
increase in Cubbing and Scouting
Tn Western North Carolina than
any year prior. At the end of the
last year there were more than 1812
boys participating in this program
of "Learning by Doing." Already
in 1944 there has been an addition
al enrollment of 149 Scouts and 30
Cubs with prospects of many, many
more in the very near future.
The Smoky Mountains District,
which is composed of the three
counties of Jackson, Macon and
Swain, has set a rapid pace in help
ing to swell the above council total.
A Cub Pack has been organized at
Franklin, sponsored by the Lions
Club. The second Cub Pack of the
district has held it's three organi
zation meetings at the Methodist
church in Bryson City and it's ap
plication for charter is expected
momentarily as is the charter for a
new Explorer Troop which is to
be sponsored by the Rotary Club
of Bryson City. The district has
also rt gistered its first Lone Cub,
John (J. Owrns, Jr., and his Friend
and Counsellor, Clyde N. West, of
West's Mill.
A Scout troop at East La Porte
is about ready to be registered
under the sponsorship of the Meth
odist and Baptist churches, with
Homer II. Wike as the Scoutmast
er. Plans are being' made for a
Scout troop at the Cowee school
sponsored by the Parent-Teachers
Association.
Under the leadership of Hugh
Monteith, District Committee
Chairman, this district has gone a
long way in fulfilling its obligation
to its youth. Mr. Monteith believ
es that "there is no such thing as
child delinquency, it is adult de
linquency in the leadership of
youth" and is doing his best along
with other volunteer leaders, Scout
masters, assistants, troop commit
teemen and merit badge counsel
lors, to prove that in the Smoky
Mountains District the adults are
not delinquent in this leadership.
Three Scouts earned the highest
rank of Scouting during the last
year, Thty were John Corbin, Jr.,
of troop 1, Sylva and Harold Brad
ley and Frank I. Murray, of troop
1, Franklin.
Camping and hiking activities
have increased and already the an
nouncement has been made by John
Archer, the District Camping
Chairman, that Troop Camporce
will be held during April or May.
This affair will be conducted at a
central place in the district by all
troops simultaneously.
The District Finance Chairman,
J. S. Conley, of Franklin, and Hugh
Monteith, the District Committee
Chairman, of Sylva, have announc
ed that the Annual Adult member
ship enrollment will be conducted
in each community the week of
April 10th. They urge all Scouts,
parents and friends of Scouting and
Cubbing to attend a Scout rally in
their community on the evening of
April 10th where all will witness
a real show of Scouting.
Regional B. T. 13.
To Meet 7th and 8th
In Franklin
Regional conference of the West
ern North Carolina District of the
Raptist Training Union will be held
with the Franklin church Friday
afternoon, evening and Saturday
morning.
It is hoped that a good represen
tation from the Jackson County
Training Unions will attend.
R. L. Gamewell Is
Now A Captain
First Lt. R. L. Gamewell has
been promoted to Captain.
Capt. Gamewell and his wife, the
former Kitty Dean McGuire, dau
ghter of Drs. W. P. and Daisy Mc
Guire, are living at North Camp
Hood, Texas where he is stationed.
Pvt. Cornell Returng
To Maryland Camp
Pvt. Jackson Lee Cord 1 11 left on
Tuesday to return to Fort George
G. Meade, Md., after spending a
seven-day furlough with his wife
and baby daughter and other rdfc- _
Jives at Quail a.
His wife, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Cordell and Melba, with Pvt. Mon
roe Murill, accompanied him to
Fayette ville. where he and Pvt.
Murill left by train for Maryland*
He was inducted into service at
Camp Croft, S. C-, on Sept. lf 1943,
and was *ent to Port Jackson, &
C., and later to Fort Bragg where
be graduated froh heavy field art
illery unit. . >rior to entering tke
service he will employed fef tfee
Asheville Concrete Ofc