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VOL. XIX NO. 5
SYLVA, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1944
$1.60 A Year In Jacluon and Swain Conntl? 6c Capj
BOND SALES ARE LAGGING
IN JACKSON
JenningsBrysonHeads
Lions Of This District
Popular Sylva Civic Leader
Elected Head Of District
At Recent Meeting.
Jennings A. Bryson, Jackson
county auditor and past president
of the Sylva Lions Club was elected
district Governor of District 31A
of Lions International at the State
Convention held in Charlotte last
week. This is the first time that
any Lion living west of Asheville
? has been elected to this office and
the members of the Sylva Club are
elated that this honor should be
bestowed on one of their members.
District 31A includes the 30
western counties of North Caro
lina, in which there are 1415 mem
bers. Lions International now has
clubs in 14 counties and the total
Internation membership is more
than 175,000.
Lion Bryson has been a member
of the Sylva club since May 26,
1939, and has done more work for
the cause of Lionism than any
other member of the club. He is a
past president of the clubv and has
held the position of Zone Chairman
and deputy district Governor. He
is the holder of a Grand Master
Key whichf is only presented to
those members who have brought
into their club 50 new members.
Only 52 other men in all of Lions
International hold this key.
Lion Bryson will head the dele
gation from this district attending
Lions International Convention in
Chicago the first of August.
The Sylva club will observe
Ladies Night at the meeting to
night, at which time officers for
next year will be installed by Gov
ernor Bryson. B. E. Harris is the
retiring president and Allney Bry
son is the incoming president.
Jackson Gifts
Feeding Hungry
War-Tom Greece
A fantastic rise in prices of
foodstuffs and clothing, ranging up
to almost 1,000 times pre-war
figures in some instances, has been
one of the tragic results of the
Axis occupation of Greece, R. U.
Sutton, said yesterday.
The Greek War Relief Associa
tion, one of the participating agen
cies in Jackson county and the
United War Fund of North Caro
lina, has reported a letter from
a Greek refugee which illustrates
vividly the gTeat difficulties of
even bare existence in Greece to
day, Mr. Sutton declared.
According to figures quoted in
the refugee's letter, milk costs 666
times its pre-war price; the price
of meat has gone up 800 times,
butter 920 times, rice 120 times,
* eggs 500 times, and shoes 929
times.
Between September, 1940 ? the
Fall prior to the Axis occupation
? and September, 1943, the price
c i one pound of butter rose from
?7 cents to $825,
One egg costs $20 in Greece to
day compared to four cents before
the war; one cucumber $30against
three cents; one pair of shoes $3,
250 compared to $3.50, and a sum
mer suit $7,500 compared to $20
before the occupation.
This almost unbelievable infla
tion, Sutton pointed out, means
that when the ordinary items of
food and clothing needed can be
found, prices are so prohibitive as
to be completely out of reach of
the average Greek family. And*
be added, most consumer goods are
extremely scarce even at high
prices, and starvation as well as
inflation stalks the country.
According to the Greek War Re
lief Association, which uses funds
allocated it by the United War
Fupd of North Carolina to send
supplies to Greece on Swedish
mercy ships, the economic chaos
brought about largely by the is
suance of tremendous amounts of
currency to meet demands of the
Germans for occupstion costs and
by other disorganization of public
finances as a result of the inva
sion* Athanese J. Sbarounis, di
rector-general of the ministry of
finance in Athens, who escaped to
London last Fall, says that the
sum of 2,000,000 million drachmas
has been extracted from Greece by
Nazi authorities for occupation
costs. These payments have been
net by the issuance of more and
mole notes, leading the nation to
inflation.
District Governor
JENNINGS A. BRYSON was
elected district governor of Lions
International at the state conven
tion held last week. Mr. Jennings
is the first Lion west of Asheville
to hold this position.
Otis Q. Cole Is
Missing After "
Ship Goes Down
Webster Boy, Reported
Missing Since November
27, Was Aboard Ship.
Otis Q. Cole, son of Mrs. Texas
Cole of Webster, was reported in
a casualty list Tuesday, June 14th,
to have been lost in the sinking of
an Allied ship as a result of enemy
action in the North Atlantic, ac
cording to a message received by
his mother. He was reported miss
ing November 27, 1943.
He formerly resided near Bush
nell, but his mother now makes her
home at Webster. He was a mem
ber of the Webster Baptist church.
Jackson Man
Killed In Wash.
Word has been received by W. B.
Styles of Sylva, of the fatal shoot
ing of his son, Carl M. Styles and
his wife, in Washington, D. C. No
particulars of the shooting have
been learned, the bodies were be
ing held at a funeral home in Silver
SpringB, Md.
The body of Carl Styles will be
sent to Sylva for burial.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete at this time.
Singing Group To
Meet Sunday P. M.
I The singing convention at the
Gay school house will be held on
the fourth Sunday in this month,
June 25. There will be special
singers and everyone is cordially
invited. The convention will start
at 2:30 p. m.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Captain and Mrs. H. A. Tid
marsh announce the birth of a
daughter, Christie, at the Harris
Community Hospital on June 17.
Mrs. Tidmarsh is the former Miss
Marjorie Miller, of Junction City,
Kansas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A- A. Miller.
' Captain Tidmarsh is the son of
Mrs. A. H. Carter and the late Dr.
Tidmarsh. He is now serving with
the U. S. Army somewhere in the
Pacific theatre of war.
ON FURLOUGH
Pvt. J. B. Stiwinter is spending
a 15-day furlough with his wife
.and two children ?and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Stiwinter of
Erastus. He was inducted in Jan
uary, 1944 at Camp Croft, and re
ceived further training at Fort Me
Clellan, Ala. He will report to
Fort Meade, Md. for further orders.
Before entering the service Pvt.
Stiwinter was a farmer.
HERE FROM MICHIGAN
Mr. and Mrs. William Curtis
left Saturday after spending a few
days hen with his father, H. O.
Curtiss, sad sister, Mrs. J. X.
Buckner. They will visit, in Cin
cinnati before returning to their
home la Grand Rapids, Mich.
Last Rites Held
Friday Afternoon?
For R. R. Fisher
Civic and Religious Leader
Of Jackson, Was Merchant
In County 40 Years.
R. R. Fisher, who for more than
40 years was a merchant and civic
leader in Jackson county, was laid
to rest Friday, June 16th, in the old
Scotts Creek cemetery by the side
of his beloved wife, Lillie Smith
Fisher, whom he outlived a little
more than a year. Funeral services
were conducted at the Beta Baptist
church by the Rev. B. S. Hensley,
pastor, 'assisted by the Rev. Thad
Deitz, Rev^W. M. Cook and Rev.
Ben Coleman Fisher, grandson.
Active pallbearers were: Fisher
Sprinkle and Robert Wilburn
1 Fisher, grandsons, Jimmy Morris.
John Parris and Lee Bryson. Hon
orary pallbearers were deacons of
the church. Flower girls were:
Betty McClure, Sara Sue Jones,
Betty Parris, Florence Lettrell,
Mrs. Don Cogdfill and Mrs. Henry
Miller.
| Mr. Fisher was an active member
of the Beta church up to the time
of his death having been a deacon
for many years. In addition to this,
Mr. Fisher was instrumental in
organizing the Tuckaseegee Bap
tist Sunday School Association. He
also served for many years on the
Jackson County Board of Educa
tion. Mr. Fisher was known
throughout the county for his char
itable deeds and love of people. He
will be greatly missed by his many
friends and acquaintances.
He is survived by six children,
Mrs. Carrie Bell Jones of Asheville,
Mrs. Herman Bolen of Canton, Ben
Fisher of Fontana, Alden Fisher of
Addie, Paul Fisher of Addie and
Robert Fisher of Asheville; and by
eight grandchildren and one great
grandchild. The grandchildren are
Fisher sprinkle of Waynesville,
Anne Fisner of Asheville, Allen
Bergen, Lawrence and Sara Belle
Fisher of Addie, Rev. Ben Coleman
Fisher of Nashville, N. C.f Robert
Wilburn Fisher of Columbia, S.
C., and Marion Fisher of Washing
ton, D. C.
Out of town people attending the
funeral of Mr. Fisher were; Bruce
Fisher of Andrews, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Miller and father, Jim Mil
ler, of Waynesville, Rev. Ben Cole
man Fisher and family of Nash
ville, N. C., Mr. and Mrs. Wib
Fisher of Columbia, S. C.f Mr. and
Mrs. Fisher Sprinkle of Waynes
ville, Mrs. Dolph Patterson of Bry
son City, Mrs. John York of Can
ton and Mr. Crumley of Canton.
ON VISIT HERE
Cpl. Harry Merck, of Gaines
ville, Ga., has been visiting his
sister, Mrs. Curtiss Garrison. This
is his first visit to his sister since
he entered the U. S. Army four
years ago. During this time he
has served in New Mexico, Miss
issippi and Tennessee as a mem
ber of a quartermaster company
and will return to duty after a 15
day furlough with his sister and
mother, Mrs. C. C. Merck, in
Gainesville, Ga.
HOLDING REVIVAL
Rev. W. N. Cook, of Webster,
left Saturday for Morganton,
where he will spend a week assist
ing Dr. F. A. Bowers in a revival
meeting.
Missing In Action
S/SGT. JUNNY O. JACKSON,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jack
son, of East LaPorte, has been
missing in action over Germany
since May 28th, according to word
received by his parents.
Before entering the army, he
was attending school in CnOowhea.
Jackson Agricultural
Authorities Heard At
Work Study Meeting
Given Citation
RUSSELL HAMILTON, missing
since January, has been awarded
a presidential citation for braevry.
?
Russell Hamilton
Given Air Medal
By The President
Cullowhee Man, Missing
In Action Since January.
Russell Hamilton, aviation ma
chinist's mate, second class, USN,
listed as missing in action Jan
nary 2, 1944, of Cullowhee, has
been awarded the Air Medal by the
President of the United States for
"valorous conduct and unswerving
devotion to duty" while engaged
in a counter attack with the enemy
in the South Atlantic area.
The citation accompanying the
Air Medal award reads:
"For meritorious achievement
while participating in aerial flight
as Plane Captain of a Navy Bomb
ing Plane against an enemy
blockade runner in the South At
lantic Area. When his plane, en
gaged in a carrier sweep, was sum
moned to the vicinity of a sighted
enemy blockade runner and was
hit almost instantly by a barrage
of antiaircraft fire from the wait
ing hostile vessel, Hamilton per
formed his duties throughout a
vigorous counter attack with calm
courage and efficiency until the
arrival of a relief plane. Although
on the return course, his plane and
all hands plunged into the sea be
cause of damage to the engine
suffered in the fierce encounter, the
valorous conduct and unswerving
devotion to duty displayed by
Hamilton throughout tfyis hazar
dous engagement contributed to
the destruction of a valuable enemy
ship."
Hamilton, the son of Roy Wayne
Hamilton of Cullowhee, enlisted in
the Navy in June, 1941.
Lt. Col. Brady
Back In States
Lt. Col. Henry Brady, after
spending more than a ylear with
the 14th Air Force in China, has
returned to the states. He spent
some time visiting in both Atlanta
and Columbia, S. C. He and Mrs.
Brady, the former Miss Betty Bain,
who has spent much time in Sylva
with her grandmother, Mrs. J\ W.
Keener, are spending several days
in New York before Col Brady re
ports to Atlantic City, N. J. for
further assignment.
VISIT NAVY MAN
MramTMrs DiTTarrf CoWirfl,
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Dillard and
Kent Coward were in Johnson
City Sunday to visit Orville, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Coward, who is
very fll in a hospital there. Or
ville has been stationed at Mille
gan College, Tenn., where he has
been taking V-12 U. S. Navy train
ing when he was suddenly stricken
with rheumatic fever. As soon as
he has improved sufficiently he
will be sent to a Southern Califor
nia hospital where he will receive
further treatment.
All of Orville's friends wfll be
glad to know that be is making
some improvement.
Cullowhee. ? Addressing the
work study conference now being
held at Western Carolina Teach
ers College on Wednesday morn
ing were five representatives from
various agricultural, forestry, and
farm agencies who had been invit
ed by the director, Dr. Paul Ir
vine, to discuss with members op
portunities through which class
room teachers may cooperate more
adequately with agencies which
are improving farm~Hfe; ? ?
John F. Corbin, vocational agri
cultural teacher of Sylva high
school, speaking first, discussed the
role of the vocational agriculture
teacher in determining needs for
his community as the kinds of
farms arid practices used, getting
acquainted with students and par
ents through churches and social
activies, setting up a program of
work, gathering materials for in
structional purposes, assembling
tools and supplies for making
simple farm equipment and home
furnishings, working out prob
lems of marketing, buying and
grading, and orientation and guid
ing young people in the classroom,
shop, clubs and home through a
four-year course that will make
them resourceful citizens.
J. Hay Orr, assistant county
agent in forestry for Jackson coun
ty, tracing the history of forestry
in this country from the seven
teenth century, told how the first
forestry school in America was
established at Biltmore. He dis
cussed specific problems of forestry
in Jackson county where the aver
age of 2,565 farms is one of fifty
eight acres and on which the rel
ative wooded area is forty-one
acres. He pointed out that rudi
mentary knowledge of forestry will
enable farmers to harvest valuable
crops of timber every few years.
One acre of land in trees properly
cared for7 will yield as much or
more than - any other acre in the
farmer's place, fie "declared. Mr.
Orr then discussed the importance
for forest products in war. Over
1,200 uses for wood have already
found their place in the service
of the army and navy. As an
example, he stated that it takes
250,000 broad feet of edged grain
Douglas fir to put a landing strip
on one aircraft carrier.
W. T. Brown, Jr., supervisor of
the Farm Security Administration
for this section, discussed the work
that is being done by this agency
to lift the standard of living for
low income groups. He outlined
the program as it operates locally
through a special committee in ob
taining supervised credit for tools,
stock and special loans. Both credit
and teaching, Mr. Brown pointed
out, combined and coordinated in
to a specific program for each in
dividual farm, are necessary to
obtain the maximum from the
families resources. Credit extend
ed through FSA loans gives the
family the tools it needs to do
? (Continued on page S) ?
Gets Purple Heart
MRS. BERRY GAITHER has
received word that her brother,
Pfc. Winston Cabe, wounded in ac
tion in the Pacific area, ha* been
awarded a Purple Heart. He en
listed in the Marines in October,
1942, and took training at New
River and Camp Pendleton, Calif.
He left for overseas doty about
the middle of January. He baa an
other brother, Pfc. Carlin Cabe,
also in the* Marines.
Heads Bond Drive
R. L. A HI AIL, permanent war
finance chairman of Jackson coun
ty, asks for undivided cooperation,
and renewed activity in bond pur
chases in order that this county
can reach the quota of $204,000.
Canning Sugar
Certificates
Are Available
Jackson county citizens who
failed to register and get cer
tificates for canning sugar can
make application at the ration
ing board on Saturdays and
Tuesdays, according to Leon
ard Allen, clerk of the board.
The new registration starts
J illy -first. .
Extra sugar is also available
to those who have used their
first allotment of sugar, it was
said, when sufficient proof is
given that the original allot
ment has been used.
Jack CordelMs
Now Overseas
Pvt. Jack Cordell has arrived
?safely overseas according to the
word received by his wife, the for
mer Hazel Cooper of Whittier.
He entered the army last Sep
tember and was inducted at Camp
Croft, S. C., and took further train
ing at Fort Jackson. He graduated
from Field Artillery Unit at Fort
Bragg in Mach, 1944. He spent a|
seven day furlough with his wife
and baby daughter before going to
Fort Meade, Md.
Prior to entering the service he
was employed by The Asheville
Construction Company.
Catholic Evidence
Guild To Give Talks
On Religious Subjects
The Catholic Evidence Guild of
Rosary College, River Forest, 111.,
will again deliver open air address
es in Sylva during the week be
ginning Monday, June 26 and end
ing July 1.
The speakers will he three under
graduate girl students of Rosary
College. The meetings will be held
each night from 7:45 to 8:45. Talks
will be given on various religious
subjects.
Sales Last Week
Reach Only Ten
Percent Of Total
Chairman Ariall Urging
More Bonds Bought During
Coming Week To Reach
Goals.
The sale of war bonds for the
first week were disappointing in
Jackson county, according to R. L
Ariail, county chairman yesterday,
who reported that the total sales
for the first w-ek was $28,431.25*
or just a little over ten per cent of
the $26^.000 quota.
*
In view of the slow sales, ela
borate plans are being made to
stage Jackson county's biggest war
time rally on Friday, June 30th,
with a movie premier at eight
o'clock at the Ritz Theatre, where
admission to see the actual filming
of the Battle of Russia will be by
purchase of war bonds only.
Other details of the rally are
being worked out by a special com
mittee in session here the first of"
the week.
Qualla township led all Jackson
townships in the purchase of bonds,
having purchased $10,950 the first
week, which represents nearly 50
per cent of the township's quota,
which is $23,850. Qualla sold more
than a third of all bonds bought in
the county last week.
-Reports from the 15 townships
will be given next week, Mr. Arial
said, when he hopes a complete re
port of an encouraging nature can
'he published.
^ At least three township rallies
have been planned for this week,
according to Mr. Ariail.
A patriotic bond rally will be
held in the Wilmont Baptist church,
a<$ Wilmont, at eight o'clock Wed
nesday evening, June 21. Hugh
Monteith, attorney of Sylva and
co-chairman of the 5th War Loan
Drive, will be the principal speak
er of the evening. Every citiaem
in the Wilmont section is lnvittd
and urged to be present at this
patriotic meeting.
A community patriotic meeting
will be held in the Barkers Greek
school house at barkers Creek, at
eight o'clock on Saturday even-"
ing, June 24th. E. P. Stillwell,
Sylva attorney, will be the princi
pal speaker of the evening. Every
person in the Barkers Creek sec
tion is invited and urged to be
present. Kelly Bradley will pre
side.
A bond rally has been planned
and will be held in the Glenville
high school building at Glenville,
at eight-thirty on Tuesday, June
27th. The meeting is being spon
sored by the leading citizens of
Hamburg Township and every per
son in Hamburg is urged to be
present. E. P. Stillwell will be the
principal speaker of the evening.
Also, it is hoped that Sgt. BlMI
V. Reynolds will make a short talk
during the meeting. Sgt. Reynolds
is at home on leave from overseas
service.
RETURNS HOME % j
Mrs. Willie Sellers and children,
Gary and Jay Nell, have returned
from Hattiesburg, Miss., where
they have visited her husband for
three weeks. Pvt. Sellers, who is
stationed at Camp Shelby, has been
with an Infantry Division there
since Dec. 22, 1943. He was induct
ed at Camp Croft, S. C., November
23, 1943.
War Bond Quotas and Chairmen Of All
Townships In Jackson County For Drive
The quota is put on a per capita basis and represents $18.63 for
every man, 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 coun^f
have been put on a $10 per capita basis, excepting Sylva township,
which has been put on a per capita basis of $28.28. 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 Cwp.
Barker's Creek, Kelly Bradley" 1,099 $10.00
Canada, John Coward 977 10.00
Caney Fork, Blaine Nicholson .. 894 10.00
Cashiers, W. S. Alexander 797 10.00
Cullowhee, H. E. Battle 1,608 10.00
Greens Creek, R. S. Cowan .. 625
Hamburg, H. H. Bryson ........ ...1,379
Mountain, Mrs. Pearl Stewart 460
Qualla, T. T. Varner 2,385
River, Charlie Stewart - 979
Savannah, N. Higdon 888
Scotts Creek, W. H. Snyder 1,489
Webster, Mrs. D. D. Davis ? 906
Sylva, T. N. Massie 3,858 *om iub^7V.09
The committee who worked oat the above figures fait that it WH
entirely fair to all the townships. Sylva was gfwn a larger propar?
tionate quota than any of the other townships. *
"It is urged that township chairmen call meetings of thsir
mitteee immediately and make plant to appoint as ttapy
as may be nssdsd to ootor and asntact every parson fat mry f f
the township yon represent," R. L. Ariail, chairman nil Hi
teith it co-chairman of War Finance Committee for ImIms
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28.28
Quote
$10,990M
9.770.0S
8^40
7,970 M
16,080 M
10,770.00
6,250.00
13,790 Jt
4,600.00
28380.00
9,790.00
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