AMERICA
The Sylva
AND RURALITE? CONSOLIDATED
ERALD
The Sylva Herald, winner ?/
First Place of N. C. Prme
Association 1948 General Ra
ce Hence Award .
JULY. 1943
VOL. XIX NO. 4
SYLVA, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1944
91.50 A Year In Jiduon and Swain Comities 6c Cap J
BOND QUOTA IS
$13.63 PER CAPITA
Prominent Speakers
On Study Conference
On Education, WGTC
"The greatest resource we have
5s our public schools if we but use
them purposefully and meaning
fully," said Dr. H. Arnold Perry
of the state department of educa
tion, before members of the work
study conference on resource edu
cation, being held for graduate stu
dents, teachers, principals, and
superintendents at Western Caro
lina Teachers college on Thursday
morning in the McKee Training
School, where the conference is be
ing held.
"In order to make our school
serve more purposefully, we should
establish a course of study involv
ing the five fundamental classifi
cations of resources: natural re
sources, human resources, tech
nological wealth, institutional
wealth, and capital wealth. Are
we going to teach our young peo
ple exclusively from great bodies
of knowledge from the dear, dead
past, or are we going to teach them
out of their experiences from the
here and now? And how shall we
in y these areas of \ learning?" he
asked.
"We start with our institutions
of learning ? the public schools.
? We must improve the teaching that
goes on in that institution," de
clared Dr. Perry. "We must have
better instruction in our schools.
If you build a curriculum on only
that which is in the textbook, then
you are never going to deal suffi
ciently with the fundamental re
sources of mankind. The state of
North Carolina expects you as
teachers to build a curriculum of
study to use in the classroom. Until
we get a functional curriculum in
our public schools, we are never
bring in these areas of learning?"
he asked.
W. J. McClothlin, chief of the
training staff of the TVA, was
then presented to the entire stu
dent body, which met in the Hoey
auditorium to explain the plan and
purpose of the work study confer
ence on resource education, which
has as its chief aim the channeling
of important scientific data into
translations available to school
children and their parents.
At the second session held for
graduate students on Thursday
morning, Mr. McGlothlin discussed
the question What Are We To Get
In This Democracy of Ours? Ans.
wering this question by numerous
illustrations, the speaker inumerat
ed the minimum securities: oppor
tunities, equality, individual ini
tiative, and freedom. The central
problem of this conference, he
pointed out, is to form effective
ways through which schools will
eject resource education into their
curriculum of study."
Federation Pays
Semi-Annual 3%
Stock Dividends
Directors of the Farmers Fede
ration declared a 3% dividend on
the common stock, James G. K.
McClure, president, announced this
week. This is the regular 3% divi
dend which is paid every six
months and it will be paid on July
1 to all stockholders who held shar
es on June 20.
The directors also declared the
regular dividend on preferred stocltf"
More than 5,000 farmers will re
ceive dividends on common stock.
They are requested to pick up their
dividends at their nearest Farmers
Federation warehouse.
Mr. McClure annonced that busi
ness of the Federation from Jan
uary 1 to June 1 has been greater
than in any other year in the Fede
ration's history. During that per
iod the cooperative handled 29,
803 cases of eggs and also shipped
the first carload lots of dressed
polltry ever to be shipped from
Western North Carolina.
Josepr JHigdon* office manager of
the Farmers Federation, was ?lect
ed assistant treasurer at the meet
ing of directors, Mr. McChrre an
? Bounced.
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Mrs. J. C. Jones and grandson,
. BHlie Burl Pannell, are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Wimbish in Scranton,
Penn.
Pvt. Jerald L. Panel} has re
turned to Camp Stacker, Ala^ after
spending a short furtoofffc with his
father and other relative* Hove.
Father and Son
LEE DILLARD, S. 2/c, and
his son, '? Roy. This picture was
taken while Seaman Dillard was
home on leave. He has just com
pleted his boot training at Bain
bridge, Md. He recently spent five
days with his wife and four chil
dren. He returned to his base to
receive further orders.
115 Register For
Six Weeks Summer
School At W.C.T.C.
I^gi^ration f Qt the six weeks'
summer school at Western Carolina
Teactij^rg college, which includes
undergfcaqi&tp' work, a hobbyshop
j and crafts school, a graduate work
I study conference, and the Smoky
Mountains Music % Center, has
reached a total of 115, it was an
nounced today by Miss Addie Bean,
I registrar. Although students will
be allowed to enroll later for work
in the music center and hobbyshop
or even for special courses, those
expecting credit toward graduation
[ or certification can register no
later than Monday morning, June
12, W. ?ird# director of the sum
mer school stated.
Outstanding features of the first
week of the work study graduate
I conference included a talk by W.
J. McGlothlin, Chief of the Train
ing Staff, TVA, Knoxville, on "Re
sources and Opportunities of the
Southeast," as a challenge to teach
ers to build a more vital school pro
gram; an account of recent efforts
to make the results of research
available to the people of the
South, by Dr. John E. Ivey, Jr.,
executive secretary, Commission on
Southern Resources and Educa
tion, and a discussion by Dr. H.
Arnold Perry, the State Depart
ment of Education, on the means
of utilizing local resources in the
program of the school.
Next week will be devoted to
analyses of area and community
problems and the organization of
participants into work groups. In
vited speakers will include: Dr. J.
K. McClure, of the Farmers' Fede
ration; a representative of the
State Department of Public Health,
and W. T. Brown, representative
jA the FSA, and Miss Dora Ruth
Parks, regional librarian," Murphy.
20th Century Club To
M^et Thursday, 22nd
The Twentieth Century Club
which is scheduled to meet next
Thursday, has been postponed un
til Thursday, June 22nd. The pres
ident urges all members to bring
their garments for Russian Relief
to the Red Crosa room sometime
this week.
Missionary Group
Holds Monthly Meeting
On Monday evening Mrs. Ken
yon Moody, with Mrs. Mary Cowan
as joint hostess entertained the
Carrie Rhodes Circle of the Wo
men's Society of Christian Service.
The vice president, Mrs. P. M.
Williame, was in charge of the
busineaa vets km.
lira. Walter Hartroan had both
the IjyuHoiil and pracrara of the
Prong .the social hoot 0* has
tees .a sweet coarse*
New Auto Stamp
Now On Sale
All Vehicles Must Have
New $5 Use Tax Stamp On
Or After July First.
The federal auto use tax stamps,
which is required on all motor ve
hicles used on highways, are now
on sale at all post offices and offices
of collectors of Internal Revenue.
The stamps cost $5 each, and
each vehicle must display the new
stamp on or before July first."
The stamps are to be stuck on
the windshield, with the make,
model and serial number and state
license written on the back of the
stamp.
^jrD7Nunam,~Jr., commissioner
of revenue, stresses the fact that
the use tax law has not been re
pealed and cautions^ motor vehicle
owners that , failure^ to purchase
and display the new use stamps on
all vehicles using the highways on
and after July 1, will be subject
to severe penalties imposed by law.
Serious Feed
Shortage Predicted
By Farm Leaders
According to information receiv
ed in the Jackson County FSA
Office, a serious shortage of feed
is facing the farmers in North
Carolina. This is especially true
of corn and roughage. The na
tion's corn supply is now the lowest
it has been in the last 15 or 20
years and much of the present sup
ply is being diverted to the war
effort for the manufacture of alco
hol. In normal times corn and other ,
feed grain can be imported from
the middte west but there are no
surplus supplies at the present
time and likely will not be any for
the duration. This means that the
farmer who depends on buying feed
may of necessity sell his livestock
unreasonably cheap.
Double Yield of Corn ....
What can be done at this late
date to increase the yield of corn?
Since most of the corn has already
been planted it is doubly impor
tant that each farmer do all he can
to increase the yield on the acres
planted and thereby reduce the
need for Ijj^ing feed.
Tlf& most effective means of in
creasing the yield of corn is by top
dressing with nitrogen materials
and cultivating to keep down weed
competition, it has been pointed
out by Jackson county farm lead
ers.
Recent experiments have proven
that land which will produce 20
bushels of corn per acre (approxi
mately the state average) can be
made to produce 40 bushels per
acre by side dressing with 250
pounds of nitrate of soda or its
equivalent. It is important that
this be applied when the com is
about knee high or 6 or 8 weeks
of age. This amount of soda will
cost about $5.50 per acre or ?8c
per bushel for the increase.
There is no shortage of nitrate
of soda and the FSA still has funds
for the purchase of this material
where it is necessary that a farm
er borrow.
It appears now that many farm
ers may need to buy hay again next
winter at an extravagant price.
Plan now to grow your feed, is ad- !
vised by leaders. Plant an extra
patch of feed cane to feed the cat
tle. thereby making your1 hay go
further. Fertilize the cane patch ;
and plant it thick so the stalks will
not get too large.
Jackson county must not give up
its livestock program because of
a feed shortage. The necessary |
[feed, except protein supplement,
can be grown in this county to I
maintain the present number of i
livestock by increasing the yield
per acre of corn and roughage.
Mrs. TWOe" H oh tess
To Circle Meeting
Mrs. R. G. Tuttle was hostess on
last Wednesday for the meeting of
the Annie Cowan Circle of the
Methodist church. Mrs. J. H. Gillis,
president, presided over a session
of routine l>ii sin eg g . Mrg. GUlis
led the devotional and Mrs. Dan
Tompkins had the program using
as her subjeet, 14 A Salute To Our
Boys in Service."
Mrs. Tuttle served a salad course.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Tweed of i
Lynchburg, Va., are visiting Mr*.
Tweed's parents, Mr. and Mrs.' J.
H. -Wilson.! Mr. Tweed will return
to XjnchWir next fenMtey; Htn*
Tweed will rej*aln fot%i longer
?irft ' ' H
Sylva Trio Sing At Sanatorium
MRS. CARL WORTHAM, who has been in the Black Mountain
Sanatorium for the past 18 months, enjoyed the beautiful singing of
the Jamison Trio who visited her Saturday. The Jamison Trio, Helen,
Betty and Jean, are the daughters of the Rev. Ernest Jamison, of
Sylva. Mrs. Wortham is the daughter of W. M. Wortham, of Sylva.
Mrs. Wortham is improving. Mrs. Nathan Bumgarner was also a
guest of Mrs. Wortham.
Mrs. T. 0. Wilson
Has Four Sons
In The Service
Mrs. T. O. Wilson of Sylva, has
four sons serving in the IT. S.
Army. Three of th^m were here
i to spend her birthday, June fifth,
with her.
Sgt. W. O. Wilson, who is sta
tioned at Camp Edwards, Mass.,
and Mrs. Wilson, who lives in
Bryson City, were here for three
days.
Pvt. Thomas C. Wilson spent !
eight days at home, returning on
Thursday to New York where he
is stationed with the Postal Dept.
Cpl. Joseph F. Wilson was here
for two days. He is stationed at
Chatham Field, Savannah, Ga.,
where he has just completed his
training as an aerial gunner and
has been assigned to take a course
in Radar.
The fourth son, Pvt. Lewis C.
Wilson, who is stationed at Lowry
Field. Denver Col., called his moth
er that night.
Tennessee Couple
Entertained Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wise and
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Poteet enter
tained Saturday evening, honoring
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Tweed of
Lynchburg, Va., and Mr. and Mrs.
0. 0. Williams of Harriman, Tenn.
They served their guests a picnic
supper cooked on the out-door fire
place in their yard.
Those attending besides the
honorees were, Mr. and Mrs. Gor
don Reed, Charles Thompson, Paul
Ellis, Mrs. Ralph Tatham and Miss
Hicks Wilson.
Business Women Hold
Monthly Meeting
The Business Women's Circle of
the Woman's Missionary Union of
the Baptist church met Monday 1
evening at the Red Cross room
with Miss Margaret Wilson as
hostess. The president, Mrs. Frank
Crawford, presided over the busi
ness session. The remainder of I
the evening was spent in folding
surgical dressings. Miss Hattle j
Hilda Sutton had the program, us
ing as her subject Middle Amer- '
ica.
The hostess served an ice course, j
I
T Sgt. Russell Paul Maxwell,;
who has been stationed in the 1
Aleutians, spent several days with 1
his father, W. S. Maxwell, of
M iami, Fla.. at their summer home
in Beta. Loraine Haughy, of
Washington, D. C., daughter of Mr.
Maxwell, was here for a few days |
to see her brother.
Mrs. Dan K. Moore and young
aon, Danny,, and Mr*. Coy Coulter
are spending several days in Chat
tanooga, Tenn. Mrs. Moore's
daughter, Edith, is spending ten
days at Camp Adventure at Lake
Jnnalviaka. 1 ?
Jimmie McLain, Mo. M. M. 1/c,
who ha* beerr rtatton?d on Sub
Chaser in the Atlantic, is home for
a 30-day leave. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs, John McLain of
Sylva.
: Mrs. D. M. Hall is spending a
few days in Franklin with ber
grcn? cfc&dr&i, Mark and Carolyn :
pW&a, wMe their mother is vis
its* in Virginia. '
Sgt. Jackson Is
Reported Missing
Over Germany
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jackson of
East LaPorte, have received word
that their son, S/Sgt. Junnie O.
Jackson, has been missing over
Germany since May 28th.
Sgt. Jackson has participated in
a course designed to bridge the
gap between training in the Stat
es and soldiering in an active
theatre of war. Before going into
service he attended school at' Cui
lowhee.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have
another son in service, Cpl. Thomas
A. Jackson, who is stationed some
where in the Pacific.
R. C. Henderson
Passes Away In
New England
Richard C. Henderson, 56, of
Brookline, Mass., a son of John
C. Henderson, of Wabster, died
after a short illness at the Faulk
ner Hospital at Jamacia Plain,
Mass. Funeral services were held
at Delanos Funeral Home, and he
was laid to rest in Brockton, Mass.
For 25 years he was an executive
in the production office of the
Ford Motor Company plant at
Somerville. He began his work
with the Ford Company in Seattle,
Wash., 25 years ago and was trans
ferred to Philadelphia, Penn., and
was then sent to Boston and per
manently placed with the plant at
Somerville, Mass. He was a veter
an of World War I.
He leaves a wife, Helen M.
Goldie Henderson, and a daughter,
Patricia, of Boston, Mass., his
father and two brothers, V. M.
and John L. Henderson, of Nnoko
mish, Wash., four sisters, Mrs. F.
M. Nicholson, of Granite Falls,
Wash., Mrs. Wiley Nicholson, of
Webster, Miss Stella Henderson, of
Cashiers, and Mrs. John W. Nich
olson, of Pisgah Forest.
State Officials
To Discuss Food
Production Goal
The Community Convention
meeting of tho Jackson County A.
C. A. will he held June 15th at the
Court House in Sylva. N. L. Wil
son, field officer of N. C. State Col
lege Station and T. W. Coths, of
Raleigh, will be here to discuss
1944 soil coservation program and
food production.
Pvt. Carl Corbin Is
On 15-Day Furlough
i
Pvt. Carl Corbin is spending a
15-day leave at his home here. He
entered the service in November,
1943, at Fort Jackson, S. C., and
revived further training **
Lee, Va. (
He will return to Greenville, Pa.
Corbin, who has been with htm
for the past few months, will re
main mt her home here for the
present.
Prior to entering the service he
was employed by the Mead Corp.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
And Mrs. Engle Wood of
announce the birth of a
daughter on Ju?? 12th.
County Has Quota Of
$342,000 For Fifth
War Loan Campaign
Quotas Set Up For Every Township In The County
In Order To Meet Heavy Quota.
The oth War Loan Drive started on Monday morning, June 12th,
and will run for four weeks, till Saturday night, July 8th. Jackson
county's quota is $264,000 in cash. This amount invested in E bonds
represents $342,000 face value of bonds. The break down of the quota
is: $127,000 must be sold in War Savings Bonds generally known as
V. hnrnU. nnH anrna tinyu th^? "pr?npl<^ 'f and thp balance
of $137,000 to be sold in other types of bonds.
The quota is put on a per capita basis and represents $13.63 for
every maiu woman and child in Jackson county, based on a popula
tion of 19,366 as shown by 1940 census.
The quotas assigned to the fifteen townships in Jackson county
have been put on a $10 per capita basis, excepting Sylva township,
which has been put on a per capita basis of $28.23. The name of the
chairman, population, and quota for each of the fifteen townships
in Jackson county is given below as follows:
Township and Chairman Pop. Per Cap. Quota
Barker's Creek, Kelly Bradley 1,099 $10.00 $10,990.00
Canada, John Coward 977 10.00 9,770.00
Caney Fork, Blaine Nicholson 894 10.00 8,940.00
Cashiers, W. S. Alexander 797 10.00 7,970.00
Cullowhee, H. E. Battle 1,603 10.00 16,030.00
Pillsboro, J. C. Cannon 1,077- 10.00 10,770.00
Greens Creek, R. ?5. Cowan r. 623 10.00 6,250.00
Hamburg, H. H. Bryson 1,379 10.00 13,790.00
Mountain, Mrs. Peari Stewart 460 10.00 4,600.00
Qualla, T. T. Varner 2,385 10.00 23,850.00
River, Charlie Stewart 979 10.00 9,790.00
Savannah, N. Higdon 838 10.00 8,880.00
Scotts Creek, W. H. Snyder 1,439 10.0<) 14,390.00
Webster, Mrs. D. D. Davis .., 906 10.00 9,060.00
Sylva, T. N. Massie .",,858 28.23 108,870.00
The committee who worked out the above figures felt that it was
entirely fair to all the townships. Sylva was given a larger propor
tionate quota than any of the other townships.
While the quotas are based on population in each of the fifteen
townships, it goes without saying that a great many women, children
and some men cannot buy any bonds at all. It is going to be neces
sary, therefore, for those who have any income at all ? any available
funds, to buy bonds to their very utmost in order to raise the large
sum of $264,000 in Jackson county. This job must be done in just
four weeks. * It is going to be necessary to get more people to buy
Bonds in this drive than has been done in any of the four 'former
bond drives.
"It is urged that township chairmen call meetings of their com
mittees immediately and make plans to appoint as many workers
as may be needed to cover and contact every person in every part of
the township you represent," R. L: Ariail, chairman said. Hugh Mon
teith is co-chairman of War Finance Committee for Jackson county.
Charter Granted
To Boy Scouts
Of Troop 12
On Thursday, June eight, Troop
No. 12 received their Charter. The
nine members receiving their cards
were: Roy Allen Waters, J. Ralph
Cole, Troy Queen, James Wike,
Robert Monteith, Donald Romine,
Harold Waters, and Homer H.
Wike, Jr. The Scoutmaster is I
Homer H. Wike and his assistants I
are Wm. B. Moses and Ralph
Queen. N
The troop is sponsored by the
Lumberton Baptist church and
East LaPorte Methodist church.
The Charter was presented to
E. A. Fitzgerald by F. V. Smith,
Assistant Scout Executive of the
Daniel Boone Council, and Hugh
Monteith, chairman of the Smoky
Mountain District.
The troop committee is composed
of members of both churches:'
Thomas L. Wike, chairman, T. D. L.
Waters, .James F. Robbins, C. R.
Moses and John T. Moses.
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T)r. W. P. McG uire's throe broth
ers are visiting him for several
days. Roy McGuire, who is an en
gineer with the Gas Company in
Laure 1, M iss., F?. B. McGuire, M.
I 7)., of Spruce Pino, and A. R. Mc
Guire, owner of Aston Manor in
i A.-hevillc. This is the first time
j that J he brothers have seen each
' other in over a year and they are
'enjoying a fishing trip at Nan
j tatala.
Mi*, and Mrs. Charlie Chambers
| and children have returned to Pas
cagaula, Miss., after a week's visit
with relatives ' at Dillsboro and
j Sylva.
Mrs. Quentin Monteith is in
Ohio with her mother, Mrs. George
Gibbs, who underwent a major op
eration there a few days ago. The
friends of -Mrg. Gibbs wiftbe glad
to learn that sbe is making satTff
factory improvement.
Mrs. Harold Stephens and small
son, Harold, Jr?,fcave returned to
her mother's Vre. Will Dillard,
after a visit wtth her sitters, Mrs.
Jake Phillips and ffrisa Alice Dil
lard, at Newport News,
Miss Nancy -Jfene mud
Miss Anne SoMtaij?iK$ppon
dav for Atlanta*!,^)*., me they
will employe* tfefc ?tt? |?r,
Chief Of Training
Staff TV A Talks To
Study Conference
The South has soil, climate,
mineral resources, and people ? the
basis of a great civilization, said
W. J. McGlothlin, chief of the
training staff for the Tennessee
Valley Authority, who ntade the
initial speech, "What Kind of
South Do We Want?" for the woTk
study conference on resource edu
cation being held at Western Caro
lina Teachers college, June 5 - July
15.
"We must know where we are
going and how we are going to get
there. First," he said, "we must
stop the waste and loss of resourc
es; and we must see, second, that,
we use these resources better for
the welfare of man. In order to
accomplish these two objectives,"
he went on to say, "we must know,
the facts and apply them." Dis
cussing the potential value of each;
of the fundamental resources,, Mr.
McGlothlin stated in regard to
land that approximately 20,000,000
tons of plant food wash away an
nually in our Southeastern states,
and we buy back something like
five and a half million tons of
fertilizer containing much of the
same elements which were wash
ed away. At least 22,000,000 acres
of land, an area the size of South
Carolina, he pointed out, have been
lost in those same states through
erosion. "Unless these simple
facts are made known to all, none
of us can be free. We shall be
caught in the blind downward rush
of a driverless car that plunges to
its own destruction," th? speaker
concluded, "and without these sim
ple facts, we can never have the
South we want.*"
Welcoming the group of teach
ers, principals, superintendents and
state officials attending the confer
ence was W? E> Bird, director of the
summer school. Presiding over the
meeting and directing the open
jforum at the conclusion of Mr*
McGlothlin's talks was Dr. Paul
Irvine, of Alabama Polytechnic In
stitute co-ordinator of the work
shop. Then followed a round table
discussion of bow the facta pre
sented by Mr. mcGtothtiB may he
channeled into aai aette nuiiie
foe our school ~ "
of this and siaiikt
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