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AMERICA Ftot, Last and Alwsja The Sylya AND RURALITE? CONSOLIDATED HT^ B ^ BT V ^ The Sylva Herald, winner of M I I ? First Place of A\ C. Pr?% A B y % B ^ B W Association 1943 General E? cellence Award. JULY. 1943 ' VOL. XIX NO. 1 SYLVA, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1944 $1.50 A Year In Jackson and Swain Counties? 5c Copy Interest Is Keen, But Light Vote Expected Political Leaders Predict Around 1,500 Ballots Cast On Saturday Against 3,400 In Last Primary. While the majority of political leaders in Jackson county have pre dicted a light vote due to war con ditions, keen interest centers in the nomination for United States Senator and the gubernatorial race. There were approximately o,400 votes cast in the last Democratic primary held in Jackson county, but this ye^i according to politi cal authorities, there will be around 1,500 voters going to the polls on Saturday. Them ata nn local races, as Dan Allison, the only candidate on the local ticket, who is running for rep resentative from Jackson, has no opposition. The polls are scheduled to open at 6:30 a. m. and to close at 6:30 p. m. Due to the anticipated smaller number of voters, it was thought that the returns would be in earlier than usual. Poppy Day To Be Observed Here On Saturday, 27th "Every penny from poppies that will be sold on the streets of this and thousands of other towns, villages and cities in the country, is contributed to the welfare and rehabilitation work of the Ameri can Legion and Auxiliary," Mrs. Dan Tompkins, president of the Auxiliary Unit 104, said today. "Because this work is being done by volunteers the money goes a long way." "Many people have wondered what will become of the money collected by the volunteer wooers Saturday, May 27. I wish every one could see what help this money brings to the disabled and. their families. Children left fatherless by two world wars are the special concern of the Legion and the Aux iliary. Their needs are often great, especially their human needs. We try to give them comfort both for the body and the mind. "Of course the government looks after the physical welfare of the disabled men who are in hospitals in almost every state, but there are things which the government can not provide, such as * the under standing aid and the personal at tention that so often helps a dis abled man and which often helps to keep a family together when the chief breadwinner is incapacitated. "This is what the money from the poppy sale helps to accomplish. 6 And we hope that this year more and more people will buy the pop pies and show their interest in and their sympathy for the men who. have fought for thein and are now struggling to get back to the point where they can again become self supporting." Mrs. John Parris, chairman of Poppy Day, and a group of workers will sell poppies on the streets of Sylva. Sylva Lions Club To Sponsor Show On Saturday, 27th The Sylva Lions Club will spon sor a show on Saturday, May 27, at 8:30 p. m. at the Sylva graded school, by Larry Mull and his players. There will be string music, tap dancing, hula dancing, black face acts, monologues, featuring popu lar and hill billy songs. The Pressley quartet of Canton, will sing sacred songs. One and a half hours entertain ment. Admission 15 and 35 cents Notice On News __ For The Herald .. . News should be in this of fiee not later than noon Mon / day. We can take it up until lix o'clock, but this puts a strain on the entire staff. \ No assurance can be given for publication of any news received after six o'clock Mon day. Wounded 4)AVIS REESE has been in the army for two and one-half years. He has been in England for a year and was wounded in one of the raids, and was in a hospital in England. He was then sent to a hospital in New York, and is now in the Oliver General Hospital in Augusta, Ga. Davis is the brother of Bennie Reese, of Sylva. May Term Superior Court Convened Here On Monday ? The May term of Superior court, civil term, convened here on Mon day with Judge Felix E. Alley, of Waynesville, presiding. Members of the jury drawn to serve during the term include the following: . Clyde Bryson, B. C. Buchanan, Steve Queen, J. M. Shook, J. C. Patterson,. T. Posey Black, Pete Sorrells, Baston Buchanan, Charles Dillard, W. R. Atchley, Ernest Lewis, Louis Monteith, Sam Buch anan, Robert Jones, J. E. Hooper, Walter Higdon, L. T. Watson, S. L. Parker, Sam R. Fisher, John Ward, Lawrence Wilson, Dillard Hooper, D. H. Rogers, Ernest Jones. Miss Daisy Smith Graduates With High Honors Miss Daisy Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Smith of Sylva, was a member of the graduating class of the State School for the blind, Raleigh, last Wednesday Six girls and one boy were in the class, Daisy was the only one from Western North Carolina. S>he had the highest grades and will re ceive a scholarship for further edu cation. She entered the school when she was seven years old. She was totally blind at three years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Smith attended the graduation exercises and Daisy ac comanied them home for the sum mer. She plans to enter college this fall. Besides her diploma she was given a certificate for skill in fancy work such as knitting, rug making and other arts taught in the school. VISITING IN VIRGINIA Mrs. Cicero Bryson and Mrs. Lawrence Schuler left on Friday for Portsmouth, Va. Mrs. Bryson i is going to visit her brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Greene. Mrs. Schuler will visit Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Queen. Closing Program Of Cullowhee High School Announced According to an announcement made this week by C. A. Hoyle, principal of the Cullowhee high school, Clyde Pressley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Pressley of Speed well, is valedictorian for this year's graduating class, having made an average of 93. 8 for the last four years. Salutatorian is William Herbert Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Smith of Tuckaseegee, who has made an average of 92.25. | These two young men will make the principal addresses of the even ing. Class speaker, a person chosen from the class each year by its members is Miss Ruth Sutton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earle Sutton of Cullowhee. Presiding at the program will be Tommy Moses, vico president of the claaa. At the graduation exercises President-emeritus Robert Lee Madison, founder of Western Caro lina Teachers college, will present gifts to class members whose par ents or grandparents were former ly his students. Ushers for the occasion who are chosen from the junior class on the basis of scholarship are: Dorothy Tilley, chief marshal, Juanita Dills. | Joy Woody, Charles Cotter, and Kenneth Wike. Candidates for graduation are: Doris Bryson, Vergie Bryson, Vir ginia Craft, Mary Louise Craw ford, Jacquelynn Gaylor, Clara Sue Holderman, Ella Frances Hooper, Jean Houston, Hazel Jackson, Martha Jane Lovedahl, Daphna Nicholson, Anna Norton, Lessie Queen, Tressie Queen, Roberta Robinson, Dorothy Lee Romine, Rebecca Nan Smith, Janle Ruth Stephens, Dorfcthy Jean Sutton, Ruth Sutton, Jessie Swayngim, Ruby Mae Taylor, Ardath Tritt, Mildred Wilkes, Doris Wood, Ger*? trude Wood, Gloria Ann Zachary, Ned Brown, Eugene Bryson, Emert Cole, James Hooper, Charles Moses, Tommy Moses, Billy Moss, Clyde Pressley, Billy Rogers, Billy Smith, Willard Simpson. Special music for the commence ment sermon will be sung by the Glee Club under the direction of Miss Alice Weaver. Playing the processional and recessional and accompanying the glee club will be Mrs. H. P. Smith, piano teach er at the training school. Class Day Exercises for the sen iors will be held on Saturday morn ing at 10:30 o'clock in the college auditorium. Patriotic Groups Sponsor Memorial Day Prayer Service A prayer service on the after noon of Memorial Day, May 30, is being sponsored by William E. Dil lard Post, American Legion, and the Auxiliary Unit. The service will be held at the Baptist church in Sylva from five until six o'clock, and all the people are invited to stop in at the church during the] period and offer silent prayer for the armed services of our country The meeting will be opened with prayer by Rev. B. S. Hensley, chaplain of the Legion Post, and will be closed with prayer by Rev. T. F. Deitz. During the hour hymns will be played as the people pray. IN NEW GUINEA Pvt. John R. Womack, son of Mr. i and Mrs. W. G. Womack of Sylva, j is now serving with the Signal i Corps in New Guinea, according ! to word received by his parents. | Pvt. George L. Sutton is spend- | ing a seven day furlough with his family at Dillsboro. Pvt. Sutton has been in the army since Decem ber, 1943. He is stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss. Chairman Of County Election Board Announces Registrars and Judges i ? Grover S. Bishop, chairman o? the county board of elections, an nounced yesterday the following would serve as registrars and judg es for the primary to be held on May 27thr ^ Cashiers ? C. L. Dillard, E. G. Lombard, Burns Alexander. Hamburg ? Fred Bryson, De Witt Leopard, Q. Xu^Lanning. Mountain ? Walter Bryson, A. C Edvfrrfrds, Marion Moody. River No. 1 ? L. D. Moody, Fred C. Smith, Ottis Parker. River No. 2 ? Oscar Wike, Lon nie Watson, H&gan Hamilton. * Canada No. 1 ? Mrs. Lucy Brown, Claude Melton, Ambrose Fortner. Canada ft*/ 2 ? Mrs. Oma Sfcel ton, Fred' gallwjij. Cleve Woody. Caney Titts, Sen* ?? ard Btown, DflbWHoepe*. Cuftowh i^dhoi# Wilson, John Watson. Webster ? Jim Cowan, Harlie Lewis, W. C. Cagle. Savannah ? Harlie Buchanan, W. D. Bishop^ Herman Cabe. Greens Creek ? J. B. Whitmore, Lindon Cabe, Elsie Sutton. loe, Dave Worley. Barker's Creek ? Ben Jones, Dewey B^fk, Jack Sutton. Dillsboro ? W. A. Sutton, Boyd Brown, A. H. Weaver. Sylva, south ? Mrs. Wilma Jones, Henry Curtis, S. C. Cogdill. Sylva, north ? Ben N. Queen, J. M. Reed, Dewey Ensley. Scotts Creek No. 1 ? Roy Blan ton, Roy Jones, W. H. Snyder. Scotts Creek No. 2 ? C. P. Dil lani, Rufw 'Keener, H. J. Henry. \y, flMtlB DHk Ko. M3?orgc Bry mrnH 0#l|i Knight, Bry son Beck Presented Distinguished Flying Cross To: The Sylva Herald, Sylva, N. C. AN EIGHTH AAF COMPOSITE STATION, ENGLAND.? Capt. Malcolm E. Brown, of Sylva, N. C., is seen at the left, above, being presented the Distinguished Flying Cross by Col. Howard Moore, of Llano, Texas, commander of his heavy bomber group, in a presen tation of awards ceremony held at this station. Captain Brown, a Flying Fortress pilot and veteran of 22 mis sions over Nazi Europe, was awarded the D. F. C. in recognition of his extraordinary achievement in bringing back his badly damaged Fortress from a bombardment mission to Germany and skillfully landing in an English farm field probably saviftg the lives of a number of his crew. ? ? In addition to his lecent deuuiatiun lie also holds the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters. He also led formations in some of the toughest missions of the Eighth Air Force, including two aerial as saults on Berlin and attacks on targets in Stuttgart, Frankfort, Munich, Gelsenkerchen and Kiel. With Gen. Robert H. Travis, of Savannah, Ga., in his plane he flew as the lead pilot of the entire Eighth Air Force in its March 16 attack on Augsburg. The son of Mrs. E. E. Brown, of Sylva, Captain Brown graduated from Carson-Newman College in 1940 and before enlisting in the Air Forces in January, 1942, was employed as a clerk by the Jack son County Bank at Sylva. He has been in the European theatre of operations for the past year. Smoky Mountain M usic Center Will Be Held June 5th To July 15th Widow Of the Late J. L. Broyles Was Buried Yesterday Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Webster Methodist church for Mrs. Lillie Allison Broyles, 83, widow of the late J. L. Broyles, of Webster, who died at fhe home of her daughter, Mrs. Slsie Hall, in Hattiesburg, Miss., after aaextended illness. The Rev. E. A. Fitzgerald, pastor of the .church officiated. Burial was in the Webster cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were the following nephews: Scroop Enloe, Will Enloe, J. C. Cannon, E. L. Wilson, Lewis Cannon, Bragg Alli son, M. B. Cannon, J. H. Wilson, Wes Allison and Tom Cannon. Mrs. Broyles was a native of Jackson county and is widely and prominently connected in this area. She is the daughter of John and Mary Bryson Allison and was born on April 3, 1861. Her husband, the late J. L. Broyles, was a native of Tennessee. A few years ago Mr. and Mrs. Broyles observed their golden wed ding'" anniversary. Mrs. Broyles ha<l spent most of h^r life in Jack son county. Two years ago follow ing the death of her husband, she went to Hattiesburg, Miss., to live with her daughter. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Elsie Hall,- one grandson, Bruce Hall, and one granddaughter, Bar bara Hall, all of Hattiesburg, Miss. The Moody Funeral Home was in charge of the funeral arrange VACATIONING HERE Miss RutKaTene~Sima of ton, is spending her vacation here with her father, M. V. Sims and Mrs. Sims. HERE FROM ALABAMA Pfc. Beauford H. Sutton was here t Of the week-end from Camp Ruckar, Ala., visiting his wife, the former Miss Ida Ann Khinehart, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sutton of WMttie*. He re returned to Camp Rocker on Bin ,4% "? Illustrated folders announcing: the Smoky Mountains Music Cen ter to be held at Western Carolina Teachers College June 5 to July 15, have just been received from the printers and are being dis tributed by the college among alumni, music lovers and educators throughout the state* The folders describe the varied musical program which will be carried out at the college during the summer term and announced the schedule of courses in piano, voice, choral ensemble, orchestra, and band, for which credit will be given or not as the participants desire. Short sketches of the music fac ulty are included in the announce ments. Teacher of piano will be Dr. Isle Huebner, piano-composer of world-wide reputation, who was graduated from the Music Stoats Academy in Vienna, Austria, and who later was a student of Auton Duroak and Edward Grieg, playing at the age of thirteen the latter's "Concerto"* under his own direct ing. Teacher of voice music educa tion, and choral ensemble, will be Mrs. Charles G. Gulley, head of the music division at Western Carolina Teachers College. Mrs. Gulley was trained at the South ern Conservatory of Music, was a [Student of the late Herbert Wither spoon, and has done graduate work in music at Columbia University. Teaching violin string and band (instruments will be Miss Rachel Rosenberger of the regular music staff at Western Carolina Teachers College. Miss Rosenberger graduated in band and orchestral music from Iowa State Teachers College and took her masters de ^ee at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York. The folder has for illustrations scenic attractions near Cullowhee. Jackson 1944 Egg Production Set At 547,890 Dozen Jackson county poultrymen are asked by the government to pro duce approximately 647,890 dozen eggs this year, four per cent more than in 1943, as their part in the Food for Victory program. W.C.T.C: Graduation Exercises Will Be Held May 27 To 29th Jackson Farmer Turns Truck Farm Into Good Profits F. A. Holder), a farmer in the Glenville section of Jackson Coun ty, according to a release from the state Agricultural station, Raleigh, has demonstrated that a combination of vegetable produc tion, livestock raising and poultry results in one of the most profi table types of fanning and gives a better distribution of labor throughout the year, says H. R. Niswonger, horticulturist with the Extension Service at State Col7 lege. Holden's total ? gross income in 1943 from the sale of his produce was $2,457.96, divided in this way: Vegetable crops, $1,897.76 and livestock, poultry and eggs, $560.20. His cash outlet for hired labor, fertilizer and other farm supplies was $798.37, leaving a net income of $1,659.59. His farm consists of 104 acres, of which 45 are classed as culti vated land and 20 acres are in pas- I ture. In 1943, he had two and a half acres in potatoes, one in cab bage, one in snap beans and three in turnips and cucumbers. He grows most of the feed for his livestock and poultry as well as most of ttre fnod for hl.k family. He follows a practice of crop ro tation in growing his truck crops on land that has been limed and phosphated. Crimson clover follows corn, snap beans and other cultivated crops as a winter cover crop that is turn ed under in the spring and the land is then used for some other cultivated crop. Another rotation is the sowing of a winter cover crop consisting of eight pounds of red clover or crimson clover, four pounds of herd grass and ten pounds of orchard grass. This crop remains on the ground for two years with one cut ting for hay and the next year is turned under and planted to truck crops. Navy Recruiter To Be In Sylva On Tuesday, 30th <? A restricted quota for enlistment of 17-year-old boys in the U. S. Navy was announced yesterday by Lt. Comdr. C. B. Neely of Raleigh, officer in charge of recruiting and induction for North Carolina. Under the new quota, Command er Neely said, a maximum of only 100 youths will be accepted weekly for at least the next three weeks. The quota was set by the Bureau of Naval Personnel but no indication was given as to whether the res trictions would extend beyond the three-week period. Recruiter C. J. Rhinehardt of the Asheville station, will be in Sylva May 30, to interview boys and ac cept applications. He also will in terview young women interested in joining the WAVES. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Deitz Observe 25th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. .Joe Deitz celebrat ed their 25th wedding anniversary on May 11th. The house was beau tifully decorated with spring flow ers and the dining table was cover ed with a hand made crocheted table cloth with the centerpiece of pink roses in a silver bowl flanked on either side with silver candle sticks holdingrwhite candles. Sixty-four guests signed the guest book and Mr. and Mrs. Deitz received many lovely gifts of silver^ Pvt. George Cochran Receives Promotion Private George Cochran of Greens Creek, Jackson county, has recently been promoted to the grade of Technician, 5th grade," at the Army Service Forces Training Center in an army service force installation commanded by Col. Holland L. Rabb, CE, at Camp Claiborne, La. At the time of his promotion T/5 Cochran wag serving in the {Engin eer Base Equip. Company under the command of Lt. Peter BeU. Tfce army service forces training center at Omp Claiborne Is the largest single concentration of engineer troops in the nation. j Dr. Olin Brinkley and Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, Principal Speakers. Guest speakers for the com mencement exercises at Western Carolina Teachers College, which will take place May 27 through May 29, will be Dr. Olin T. Brink ley, professor of religious educa tion atj Wake Forest College, who will preach the baccalaureate ser mon on Sunday morning at eleven o clock, and Clyde A. Erwin, state ?superintendent of public instruc t ion , who will deliver the literary address to the graduating class on Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock. Dr. Brinkley, who was born in H a rmony, recel ved his B. A. de gree from Wake Forest College, his Th. B. degree from the South ern Baptist Theological Seminary, his B. D. degree from the Yale Divinity School, and his Ph D. degree from Yale University. From 1933-1983 Dr. Brinkley was pastor of the Baptist church in 1 Chapel Hill. Since 1938 he has been professor and chairman of the music department of religion at Wake Forest College. Dr. Erwin, who attended the University of North Carolina, has served in the state as a teacher, as a principal, as superintendent of Rutherford county schools, as president of the North Carolina Education Association, na member of several national edu cational committees. In 1934 he was appointed state superintendent to which office he was elected and reelected in 193f> and 1940, Cataw ba College awarding Dr. Erwin with a Ph. D. degree ^n 1935. Dr. Erwin is a Mason, having taken all degrees, including Shrin$. He has been outstanding not only in the field of education but also in the Methodist church and Sunday school work of that denomination. "A Pageant of the United Na tion," the first program of the commencement, will be given on Saturday evening at 8:30 o'clock in the Hoey auditorium. This patriotic production planned, writ ten, and produced by faculty mem mers of the music, art, physical education, dramatics, education, and modern language departments will present with a speaking choir, a singing choir, the college orches tra, dances, and numerous tableaux three colorful episodes, Before the War During War, and the Hope of the Future. Other features of commencement include the president's address to the seniors which will be delivered by President H. T. Hunter on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the Student Union Building. Upon the conclusion of Dr. Hunt er's talk, the faculty members will compliment members o?-the senior class, their parents and friends, and alumni with a tea in the recreational hall of the Student Union Building. At two o'clock on Monday after noon the annual meeting of the board of trustees will be held in the Joyner Building. Members of the board are D. Hiden Ramsey, o? Asheville, chairman; Harry A. Buchanan, of Hendersonville, Mor gan Cooper, of Forest City, Frank Hyatt, of Bryson City, cienn C Palmer, of Clyde, Mrs. E. L. Mc Kee, of Sylva, Mrs. J. S. Silver steen, of Brevard, Mrs. D. H. Til lett, of Andrews, and E. E Wheel er, of Asheville. Government Jobs Open In Norfolk ' And Washington Workers are being sought for positions in government work in Washington and Norfolk, Va. area. Clerks, typists and stenographers ane asked to get in touch with Frederick Sheets, civil service rep resentative, who will be at the post office in Sylva on Wednesday, 24th. Transportation to the job will be paid by the government. Teach ers will be accepted for work dur ing their summer vacations, but they will have to pay their own transportation. Persons classifcdlnl- A who are over 30 years of age will be ac cepted for positions in the Norfolk area, it has bean announced. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT fa*
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