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AMERICA 4* Lftft mm ilviyi The S y l v a He r a l d Ths Sylva Hirmld, winnm Firwt Plac? of N. frwm Ametatton iVtsGm *rxd B+ cellenc ? Award* AND HURALITE ? CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943 VOL. XIX NO. 6 SYLVA, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28. 1944 $1.50 A Year In Jackson and Swain Comtki 6c Of f Gray And Bird Purchase The Sylva Herald Big Bond Rally Set For Friday Parade To Be Held At Four; Movie At 8:80 Wounded Soldiers From Moore General, Together With Military Band Coming. A gigantic parade, 40-piece band, army units, soldiers who have seen action, and a movie bond premiere, will be held on Friday, June 30th in an effort to stimulate interest in the lagging bond Bales. \ ? Less than $71,000 of the $264, 000 given Jackson county has been purchased, according to R. L. Ariail, Fifth War Loan Chairman. Through Saturday sales totaled $70,732 in the county. The parade will form on Main Street and begin moving promptly at four o'clock, Paul Kirk, chair man of the county bond committee said. The parade will go up Main street and proceed to the Commun" ity House for a program featuring talks by several wounded soldiers who have just returned from the battlefields and are now at Moore General Hospital. These and similar units have toured different counties in the state and the reports from their huge spellbound audiences are that they have a message that we should all hear. Included among the visiting service men from the battle fronts, will be some 15 men, also patients of Moore General, who have re cently received the Purple Heart award. Among the visitors will be General Layman Miller, Col. Quinn, Col. Dawson, Lt. Don Currie, Sgt. Camarucci, who recently was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and Lt. Golden. Representatives of all bond is suing agencies will be set up and deliver bonds, to purchasers during the afternoon. * rV * All Legionnaires are urged to gather at the court house steps wearing their caps, a short time before the parade. The bond premiere will be held at the Ritz Theatre at 8:30 with ad mission by purchase of a bond on Friday. No tickets will be sold. All bond issuing agencies have the admittance tickets for the show, ing of the actual filming of the Battle of Russia will be seen by purchasers of war bonds only. Township Quota Sold Barker's Creek ..$ 10,990 $ 165 Canada 9,770 295 Caney Fork 8,940 1,410 Cashiers 7,970 3,476 Cullowhee 16,030 5,620 Dillsboro 10,770 985 Greens Creek 6,250 545 Hamburg 13,790 786 Mountain 4,600 70 Qualla 23,850 11,508 River 9,790 1,831 Savannah 8,880 1,330 Scotts Creek 14,390 956 Webster 9,060 641 Sylva 108,720 41,251 TOTALS $264,000 $70,732 Rev. Joe Smith has been named chairman of the 5th War Loan Drive to work with the colored peo ple of the county. He has named a committee of six to assist him. Bond Rally to be held in Sa vannah township next Thursday evening. A township-wide com munity meeting and bond rally will be held at the Wesleyana MAho dist church on next Thursday, June 29th. The meeting will begin promptly at nine o'clock Thursday evening. E. P. Stillwell, attorney, and Hugh lfonteith, at tovaty, both of Sylva, will be the principal aptahcri of the evening. Every person in 8nvannah township la in vfts4 mud urged to be present at the meeting. 2-Day Holiday For Sylva The following stores of Sylva fig asd apetKiea yeeterday slating that ti hey esvli he closed all day 4th, fa My. Tbeee signing the pe tKlsn were: Hewers', Mahum's, Dave Karp, The Leader, Jackson Furniture Ce^ Eagle State, The Leader, Maaoie PinHart Cfe, Farmers Ptdorartoa, Dixie Heme Store, Steven's Five and Ten, Hale's, Balk's, and The A * P Tte Ce. Ne formal | planned for the Rev. C. M. Warren Is Baptist Pastor Here Union Services Will Be Held Sunday Night At Sylva Baptist Church. The Rev. C. M*. Warren, of Cowpen*, S. C., Baptist church, has accepted the call as pastor of the Rev. Warren is a graduate of Fur man University and the Southern Baptist Seminary at Louisville, Ky. He also took post graduate work at the Seminary. He has had several years experience as princi pal of schools in South Carolina and also a few years experience with the Sunday School Board in South Carolina. Rev. Warren comes to the Sylva Baptist church very highly recommended. He arrived in Sylva on Monday with his wife and small daughter, Sybil. A welcome service was held at the Baptist church on Tuesday at 8:30 p. m. A number of the pastors in the county attended this service. Rev. Mr. Warren will preach his first sermon on Sunday morning at the Baptist church and Sunday evening there will be a union meet ing with the Sylva Methodist church in welcoming Rev. Mr. Warren to Sylva. Dance For Men In Service Set Per Friday Night * There * will be a dance at the Sylva Community House on Friday, June 3Qth, ,ait nine .-.-o'clock p. m., in honor of the soldiers. This dance will be sponsored by the Jackson County American Legion Chapter and the Auxiliary. Music will be furnished by the band from Moore General and Wal lace Swann and his Gingleers. Ad mission will be fifty cents per per son. Everyone is urged to attend. This dance is given to help with the dinner that will be given at | the Allison Building of the Meth . odist church for the soldiers from I Moore General who will be here for jthe bond rally Friday afternoon. 'Jackson Singers To Meet On 9th I The Central Jackson Hinging Convention will be held at the East | Sylva Baptist church on July sec . ond . The public is cordially invit | ed. jSgt. Hugh Ferguson Rated As An Expert An outstanding honor, the Ex pert Infantryman Badge, has been awarded to S/Sgt. Hugh V. Fer guson. He attended Sylva Central high, graduating in 1938. He entered service Oct., 1942, and was assigned to Camp Van Dorn Aug, 1943. Ha is the toll of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Ferguson. Scout Court Of Honor To BeHdd Monday The Smoky Mountain District Court of Honor will be held hare Monday ftfffct, July 3rd, at the Allladft Building, the troop chart" er will Ipi jENiented and three new troOf# tato the district. In Italy LT. WM. G. JACKSON, pilot of a B-24 and his crew just before taking: off on a mission in Italy. Lt. Jackson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jackson, of East LaPorte. He entered the service in 1941, and has been serving over seas for six months. During that time he has made 41 missions over occupied territory. He has receiv ed the Air Medal and one oak leaf cluster. , , His wife, the former Lom Black, is living in Winston-Salem. Methodist Women Hold Meeting The joint quarterly meeting of the two circles of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church was held last Monday evening in the Allison Building. The vice president, Mrs. A. D. Parker, presided over the business session. Reports were given of the quarter's work by the chair men of the various committees. The society voted to buy a $100 bond during the 5th War Bond Drive. Mrs. Dee Parker gave the devotional and discussed some in teresting articles from the church' magazines. Misses Hicks Wilson, Noracella McGuire and Lucile Wilson served refreshments for the Carrie Rhodes Circle which was hostess for the evening. LANDS IN PACIFIC Mrs. Thomas B. Pannell has re ceived wtord that her husband, Thomas B. Pannell, C. M. 1/c, has landed safely somewhere in the South Pacific area. Lions Combine Ladies Night With Installation Of Officers On 21st The Sylva Lions Club entertain ed their Lionesses at their annual Ladies Night meeting on Wednes day, June 21, in the Allison Build ing of the Sylva Methodist church, which was beautifully decorated in honor of the occasion. An evening of fun was enjoyed by the members, their wives and guests. There were several out of-town guests at the meeting, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Tweed, of Lynch Post Office Business iffiM Percent Gain Bmte lt the Syhrt poet oftee continues to show * rabetentiftl increase, *ec6t4ins 16 reports of C. N. Priee, |Mtetiter. the Ittrtef for March, April end If*p of this year showed ft 29 percent increase orer the seme ported Htfirfftftf. Jane of this yeer is fftr fthftod of Iftst yeer, Mr. Prteft refWHi. ' The .pti* ?Soe here hee' shewn ' ' ' * . ... a steady increase for the pest sev eral years, with each mocfth sheer in* a rain over the same month of the past fear. Business at the poet ofice is a , good business barometer for the oommnnityr and With the steady rise, it is Indicative, that general business conditions here are en the upgrade. . . W.N.C. Druggists Pledged To Sell $270,000 Bond^ Druggists of Western North Carolina have pledged the sale of more than a quarter of a million dollars in E bonds as their part in the state-wide effort of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical As sociation in the Fifth War ESaFT Drive. The association has pledged to sell sufficient E bonds to buy seven hospital ? planes at air estimated cost of $125,000 each. Western North Carolina's part will be ap proximately $270,000, of which more than one-third has already been subscribed, it was announc ed. The quota for each of the 1,500 stores in this area has been set at $300 in E bonds for each em ploye. G. K. Bess, manager of the Sylva Pharmacy, is chairman for Jackson county. Mr. Bess urges that his customers come in and make application for bonds. Your druggist, regardless of where you live, will be glad to take your ap plication. When you buy your bond from him you're not only lending your assistance to the ef forts of his association but you are Also making the soundest in vestment in the world today. As each $125,000 in bonds is sold, an ambulance plane will be purchased and will be named in this order: 1. N. C. Pharmacists; 2. NCPA Woman's Auxiliary; 3. NCPA Traveling Men's Auxiliary; 4. North Carolina Wholesale Drug-, gists; 5. North Carolina Retail Drafgfeta; 6. County (yours) sell ing largest total "E" bonds per capita; 7. City or town (yours) selling largest total 44E" bonds per capita. Club Members Go On Park Picnic Instead of the regular monthly meeting, the members of th? Twentieth Century Club, with their husbands and several other guests, enjoyed a picnic last Thursday evening at the Smokemont picnic grounds. At the supper hour Rev. R. G. Tuttle returned thanks and the women served hamburgers, cooked on the outdoor fireplaces, and all the other picnic food. Work Study Group Studying Recreation Members of the graduate work study conference on resource edu cation held at Western Carolina Teachers College have begun in tensive group conference work in the fields of recreation, thrift and conservation, basic data, soils and farm life, standards of attainment, and culture and folklore. Working out units applicable to the problems in their own sections or schools for recreation. burg, Va., Mr. and Mrs. Carl Henry, of Detroit, Mich., Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Waters, of Dallas, Texas, and Lacy Meredith, of Ashe ville. | Jennings Bryson, district gover inor of 31A, performed his first official duty as governor by in stalling the officers in his home club. He did this job very effi ciently and proved the confidence his fellow members have had in his ability to be district governor. | Allany Bryson succeeded Ever ett Harris as president; Frank Crawford, first vice president; Roe coe Poteet, second vice president) j Walter Ashe as third vice presi dent; Edwin Allison, secretary and 'treasurer; John Hen son, as assist ant secretary; Claude Jones, ae assistant treasurer; Fred Williams as Lion Tamer, and John Corbin as tail twister. The board of directors, who are elected for two years were Hugh | If onteith and Ray CogdiD who I were elected last yet r will serve another term,, and W. T. Win sad O. E. Brookhyser were elaHai far the text two years. AH ef the of ficer* autoiicNrelly leMM N?? bers ef the beard ef octets. ? i * '? ?-rn--* ' i Killed In France LT. JAMES TERRELL BIRD, JR., was killed in France on June 10th. He had been over for only ten days. He was a pilot and was killed in action, details have not been announced. He was the son of J. Terrell Bird, of Sylva and Mrs. R. J. Ham ilton, of Atlanta. He is survived by his wife of Atlanta, two sisters, Mrs. Oland B. Ferguson, of At lanta, and Mrs. Douglas Edwards, of New York. Lt. Bird volunteered for service in February, 1943, from Atlanta. He was stationed at San Antonio, Texas, and received his wings De cember, 1943. He was a native of Jackson county and spent his childhood in Sylva. Jackson Man Wounded While On Invasion The first telegram received at the Sylva office telling of a casualty of '.a Jackson county boy in the present European invasion reached here last Friday, when Mrs. Robert T. Garrison received a message stating that her husband, Pvt. Robert T. Garrison, had been slightly wounded on June sixth the first day of the invasion. The message said she would be advised as to his condition as other information was received. Pvt. Garrison is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtiss Garrison of Sylva. He has been in service since September, 1940, having trained and served at Ft. McClellan, Ala., Camp Shelby, Miss., ^ort Benning, Ga., and Camp Dix, N- Y. He took his overseas training at Johnson City, Fla., be fore sailing last February for duty with an Infantry unit. John Smith Returns To Work In India John Smith, who has been here for the past four months with his wife and son at the home of Dr. and Mrs. C. Z. Candler, left last Friday to return to Bombay, India. He has spent several years in India as a representative of the Standard Oil Company. ' Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Candler accompan ied him to Atlanta. Baptists Have Victory Sunday School Class The Victory Bible Class of the First Baptist Church of Sylva meets each Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. This class is composed of young business men of Syhra. John Corbin is the teacher of this class and W. C. Hennessee is presi dent. New members aad visitors are always welcome. Rotary Club Has Ladies Night At High Hampton Inn ?OIL .Wednesday, June 21, the Sylva Rotary Club entertained their Rotary Anns at High Hamp ton. T- ? M ass ieJ p resident, wel comed the ladies and asked each Rotarian to present his Rotary Ann and quests. Mr. Massie then thanked his committees' for the past year for the cooperation that they have tfiven him during his term of office, and then presented Paul El lie, who is to succeed him as president, Ralph Sutton, vice president, Paul Kirk, secretary and treasurer, Don Cowan, as sergeant at arms, and the new directors, D. D. Hooper, Ty Hunter, Robert Ariail, Sam Gilliam and Wayne McGuire. After the installation of new officers, Mr. Massie, with the help of Nancy Ruth Allison, daugh ter of Rotarian Dan Allien, pre sented Rill Ensor of Cherokee with a. pin for his attendance rec ord of 1 1 years without missing a meeting. Dr. D. D. Hooper was presented a pin for six years at tendance without missing a meet ing. The meeting was then turned over to Scroop Enloe, program chairman, who presented Rev. R. G. Tuttle who addressed the club on "What Can Rotary Do In the Facing of This Hour?" Checks To Be Mailed Teachers At An Early Date Jackson county teachers will get $18 in back pay, based on $2.00 per school month, according to A. C. Moses, county superintendent of education, who stated the extra amount is due to action taken by the state board of education at its June meeting held in Raleigh. The action which will effect all teachers who have taught as much as six months during the past year and all building principles with six teachers or less is as follows; "A hesolution was passed which provided that the 1943-44 maximum teacher's salary schedule be in creased $2.00 per school month for each bracket, effective July 1, 1943, and this $2.00 for each full school month shall be paid immediately to all these teachers and building principals who have been paid in one administrative unit a minimum of six months during the 1943-44 school term and that this increase shall not affect the war bonus. Mr. Moses said that the checks would be mailed out to the teachers in the very near future. Sgt. Tatham Is In New Guinea Sgt. Corcie Tatham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tatham of Gay, has arrived in New Guinea accord ing to a message received this week by his mother. He entered the army last Septem" ber and completed hi* training at New Orleans, La., and Gulfport, Miss. His wife, the former Eloise Deten, now lives at Robbinsrille. His brother, Pfe. Nelson Tatham, is serving with the Infantry in Eng land. Prior to entering the serriee Sft. Tatham was employed hy the TVA at Fontana. 84 Jackson Children Have Tonsils Removed Two Tonsil Clinks have been hold in Jackson county during the month of June, in the Homo Eco nomic rooms of the Syhra Central hifh school. The first clinic was held lane 18 and 14 and the seeond June M and 21. Eighty-four chil dren from all sections of Jackson willy IMKI WIT tOBSlIS NBOtML Dr. J. ft. McCracken of Waynes ?ilk, performed the operation*. hy Dr. Tbcmmi 8trinf M d of Wayniivflk, Md Dr. C. N Sink, district H?*Hk dftnr. Notms assittfalf Kn. Sari Padtfott, county With tnm, Hit Alma M?Cnta, tfiMik Mth Mbi Mm7 OIW.T of Bryant CHy. New Publishers Take * Charge Of Paper Far Next Issue, July 1st No Changes To Be Made In Policies Or Standards Of Paper By New Owners. The Sylva Herald was purchased this past week by J. A. Gray and J. M. Bird, well known and exper ienced publishers of Bryson City. The new owners of The Herald publish The Bryson City Times. The Herald will change hands as of July first, with Mr. Gray as editor and general manager. He announced that Mrs. Helen A. Hooper will remain as news mana ger, and Mrs. John H. Wilson in charge of the circulation depart ment as well as the stationery and office supply department of the firm. The new editor plans to devote almost his entire time to the publication of The Herald, he said yesterday. The Herald was bought from W. Curtis Russ and M. T. Bridges, of Waynesville, who founded this newspaper last August, after buy The Ruralite from Mrs. E. E. Brown. "Due to the heavy demand of our time in the operation of other business, we found we could not devote the attention in the future | to The Herald that we wanted in order to maintain the high stan dard which we had set," the foun ders said, in explaining their rea son for selling. Besides publish ing The Herald, the former own ers publish The Waynesville Moun taineer and have other business interests. The Herald has steadily grown during the past eleven months, and today has a paid circulation of over 1,800. News coverage has been extended to include every phase of the county's life. This has been supplemented by brief reports of national and state news, with pictures from one of the lead ing news agencies of the nation. Hundreds of local pictures have been published in The Herald dur ing the past eleven months. It was with pride that the pub lishers of The Herald were award ed first prize in the annual contest staged by the North Carolina Press Association last January, for gen eral excellency for newspapers with 'ess than 1,500 circulation. Since January, several hundred new sub scribers have been added to the list. Mr. Gray announced yesterday that no changes would be made in the policies of The Herald in any way, and that the same features, and high standards would be car ried out. The same business poli cies will be continued, with all sub scriptions payable in advance, and discontinued immediately upon ex piration. One of the best advertising ser vices available to newspapers of the country will be available for the use of advertisers for illustrations, as has been the practice. The Herald will continue to pub lish pictures of men in service under the same plan as heretofore followed. Plans are already underway to enlarge the stock of office supplies and stationery. In fact, a large order of new games, books, papees, cards end general office suppttee was recently purchased and are tm hand and will be pnt into stack within the next few weeks. Mr. Gray came to Western North Carolina in 1924, and for the pact ten years has been genera! manfr? ger and editor of The Ttan# Ji Bryson Citifl Mr. Bird pmtoMN# Th? Times in 1928, Mid has tag* active in the busimss ever Age. Beth publishers take a keen taif rest in civic affairs and are aeHtn in their gsspssttae shaiehes, 2 Jackson Girls ' ninlimmu uti mpiuuuut Two Jackson county girls were lng, i ntfce gie Inst lag unilgii at All Bonis false st el chureh nt Btit more Ust Friday evening. They were Mfcs Helen PrfJU daughter el lfevaad wm. J. BUtMMr Somital fehani tw
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