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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
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