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First Plac ? of N, C.
Association 1943 GfiuraJ
celience Award*
VOL. XIX NO. 8
SYLVA, N. C., WEDNESDAY, July 12, 1944
$1.50 A Year In Jackson And Swain Counties ? 5c Copy
Jackson Exceeds Bond
Quota By $155,548.25
Oxygen Tent Presented
Local Hospital By Friend
A much needed addition to the I
equipment of our hospital was re
cently made by the gift of the best
and most modern oxygen tent manu
fa< tured.
The hospital and the people whom
it serves are grateful to Mr. Shepard
Saltzman, president of the Piedmont
Shirt Company, Greenville, S. C. for
h j generosity in making this gift. It
was one thing we needed to help save
lives that might otherwise be lost.
With a new and modern x-ray an
- e ectric elevator, an incubator and
l?.st but by no means least, this much
needed oxygen tent, we feel that the
cauipment in this hospital is second
none in the state. It is through the
generosity of such men as Mr. Saltz
r. f.n and others that these valuable
additions have been made possible,
and to them we wish to here express
our deep felt appreciation.
Mrs. Pat Carter, R. N.
Superintendent
FINAL RITES FOR H. M.
HOOPER HELD THURSDAY
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Funeral services for Herschel M.
Hooper of Akron, Ohio, who died in
an Akron hospital on Thursday, June
29th following a fall a few days be
fore, were held last Thursday after
noon at three o'clock at the Sylva
Baptist Church.
Rev. C. M. Warren, the pastor of
ficiated, assisted by Rev. R.G.Tuttle,
pastor of the Methodist church.
Active pallbearers were Walter
Jackson, Albert Jackson, John Wike,
Thomes Wike, Walter Ashe and
Frank Hooper of Asheville.
Honorary pallbearers were Claude
Wike, E. L. Wilson, J. C. Allison, I.
H. Powell. J. H. Wilson, H. O. Curtis
V V. Hooper, Charles Price, Claude
Parker, Dr. C. Z. Candler and Till
man Powell.
Flower girls were Nancy Ruth Al
lison, Mary Soderquist, Dorothy Sue
Parks, Margaret Ann Ryan, and Ar
bie Sue Ensley.
Mr. Hooper is survived by his wid
ow, Mrs. Bertha Ensley Hooper, and
<T,e son, Lt. (jg) John L. Hooper, his
mother, Mrs. Annie Wike Hooper and
f ,ur brothers, Dr. D. D. Hooper, Fred
Hooper, of Sylva, and J. J. Hooper
ard Monroe Hooper of Tuckaseegee.
LT. WM. 6. JACKSON IS
MISSING IN ITALY
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jackson of
*.his county received a message Sun
day informing them that their son,
LI. Wm. G. Jackson is missing in Italy
Lt. Jackson was a pilot of a B-24
bomber and had just about complet
ed his allotted number of missions
over enemy territory. Prtem to June
15 he had made 41 bompirfg missions
over Italy, Germany arid other enemy
territory.
Lt. Jackson entered service in 1941
2nd had been serving overseas for
s;x months. He had received the Air
Medal and one oak leaf cluster.
His wife, the former Loree Black,
is living in Winston-Salem.
S6T. JUNNY 0. JACKSON
KILLED IN ACTION OVER
GERMANY MAY 28TH
A few weeks ago Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Jackson, of East La Port, received
a message stating that their son, Staff
Sergeant Junny O. Jackson had been
missing after a flight over Germany
on May 28. The parents received a
second message Monday informing
them of the death of their son.
Sgt. Junny Jackson is a cousin of
Lt Wm. G. Jackson, Pilot of a B-24
bomber who has been reported miss
ing in Italy.
A CORRECTION
We are glad to make a correction
o? error which occurred in re
porting the Band Rally held in Sylva
on Friday, June 30 wherein it was
stated that the ladies of the Method
ist Church prepared and served din
ner~to^ the personnel from the Moore
General Hospital taking part in the
parade and Rally program. This was
s mistake as the dinner was prepared
?nd served by the American Legion
2rd Legion Auxiliary, however, it
was served in the Methodist church
annex. We regret the error and ex
tend our apologies to the Legion and
Legion Auxiliary members.
The Legion and Legion Auxiliary
were also sponsors of the dance held
for Jackson county service men in
the community house that evening.
Sylva Scouts Receive Awards
At Court Of Honor Here On 3rd
The Smoky Mountains District Boy
Scout Court of Honor for July was
held in Sylva Monday night, July 3,
with Scout executives from Asheville
sxd Scout leaders from nearby towns
present.
Awards were made to the following
Sylva boys of Troop 1: TENDERFOOT
- Tommy Nicholson, C. J. Cowan, Jr.
Jack Morris, Neil B. Wilson, Jack
Green, and Frank M. Crawford
SECOND CLASS ? Thomas Queen
ard Dan M. Allison, Sylva Troop 1;
Alden Childers, James Robert Hall,
ard Hilary Wiggins. Whittier Troop
10. MERIT BADGES ? Boyd Sutton,
Sylva Troop 1, Carpentry; Francis
Buchanan, Sylva Troop 1, Swimmings
Athletics; Jack Hennessee, Sylva l?pT
1, Swimming.
Scout officials present were:
Hugh L. Monteith, District Chair
man Smoky Mountain District; W. A.
Andrews, Scout Master of Whittier
Troop; Dennis Barkley, Scout Master
of Sylva Troop; Rev. A. R. Morgan,
Ij-strict Commissioner, Franklin; F
V. Smith, assistant Scout Executive,
Afheville. /
C. E. Campbell J. _E* _Corbin? O, E,
B* oondyer ? and ? Herbert Gibson,
members of Sylva Troop Committee
Allney Bryson, president Sylva Lions
Club was presented the Troop Char
ter for the year 1944-45. The Sylva
Lions Club sponsors the Scout work
here.
A number of parents were also
present.
The next Court of Honor will be
held with Whittier Troop the first
Monday in August.
Mr. Hugh L. Monteith, District
Chairman, presided.
Methodist Church School
Enrolls 60 For Opening
Session Monday
About sixty children attended the
opening session of the Vacation Bible
School at the Methodist Church ^Ion
day morning. Mrs. J. H. Gillis is di
rector and Mr. L. P. Jackson, student
from Duke Divinity School has charge
of the worship and recreation
periods.
Those assisting are Miss Anne
Cowan in charge of the beginners,
Miss Elizabeth Warren, assisted by
Margaret Anne Ryan, 1st Primary
group, Mrs. J. H. Gillis, assisted by
''Nancy Ruth Allison, 2nd primary
group, Mrs. O. E. Brookhyser and
Louise Madison, Juniors, and Mr. L.
B. Jackson and Mrs. Monroe Madison
Intermediate Department.
The school will last for two weeks.
Cpl. Claude Frady
Goes To Camp Kohlei
CpL Claude Frady arrived home
Wednesday June '28th to spend ten
days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam B. Frady. He has been
armed forcer ^incr Feb . 1944.
last Friday to return to Camp Kohler
CaL where he finished his basic
training just before coming home.
Pvt. Fate Wall
Wounded In Action
Mrs. Cora Wall of Speedwell re
ceived word Sunday , that her son,
Pvt. Fate Wall had been wounded in
actidb. No particulars were given.
Pvt. Wall has been in service lor two
years and overseas since September
1943
NAVY FLYER KILLED IN
CRASH AT SEA JUNE 8
ANDREW CICERO DIC.L8, JR.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Dills of 507
Franklin street, Johnson City, Tenn.
received word that their son, Andrew
Cicero Dills, Jr., aviation radioman
2-c of the U. S. Navy was killed in
action June 8th.
The message from the Navy de
partment said young Dills' death oc
curred from drowning in a plane
crash at sea on June 8th while in the
performance of duty and in the ser
v.ce of his country. He was buried at
se. with full military honors.
Andrew was the son of Cicero Dills
a native of Jackson county and a
former resident of Sylva. His mother
was the former Miss Rosa Woody
of Bryson City. He was the grandson
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Grant Dills, who
made their home in Sylva for many
years and a nephew of R. E. Dills, lo
cal merchant.
D^lls was a native of Asheville, a
graduate of Emma High School and
an active member of the Calvary
Baptist church in West Asheville. He
moved with his family tbAjpknson
Cit/ in 1?39, He enlisted In me Navy
in August, 1942.
Surviving besides the parents are
a sister, Cieo, and a brother, Glenn
Dills.
DR. GEO. W. TRUETT
IS TAKEN BY DEATH
AT TEXAS HOME
Was Native Of Clay Coun
ty, Rose To World Fame as
Pastor Of Dallas Church
The Nation paid tribute Saturday
to the life of its greatest pastor,
Dr. Geo. W. Truett, known as the
"Prince of Pastors," who died at his
home in Dallas, Texas just before
midnight Friday. He had suffered for
a year with a bone marrow infection.
Ha was 77 years of age.
For 47 years he had led the congre
gation of the First Baptist Church of
Dallas ? a record unequaled in any
other Baptist pastorate.
He had visited every continent of
the world in a lifetime of devotion to
the Christian faith. During the last
war he was one of 20 American pas
tors chosen by the ynited States to
preach to soldiers in France.
He served as president of the World
Baptist Alliance 1934 to 1939. Dr.
Truett preached and spoke in every
state of the Union.
Dr. Truett was born in Clay county
only a few miles from Hayesville. He
attended public school there in his
early boyhood days. At the age of 18
he began teaching school at Hiawas
?ee, Ga., where after a few years he
established the Hiawassee high school
and was its principal for a number of
years.
His old home place near Hayesville
has been converted into a shrine as a
memorial to his life of usefulness.
RFC. NELSON TATHAM
WOUNDED IN FRANCE
According to word received by Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Tatham of the Sa
vannah section of Jackson, their son, I
Pfc. Nelson Tatham, was wounded
by a piece of falling shell, after he
had served the first two weeks in the
invasion of France. He was taken
to a hospital in England where he is
recuperating.
He has been in the service for two
years and has spent the past twenty
two months in England before going
in France with the invading forces.
FIGHTER PILOT
George B. Perkins, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. O. Perkins, graduated May 1
from single engine fighter school at
Luke Field at Phoenix, Arizona, and
was given his commission as a 2nd
lieutenant. He volunteered in Janu
ary, 1943 and was sent to Miami
Beach for his first training. He next
went to Decatur, 111. where he atten
ded Millikan University. His parents
vjsited him while he was there.
LL Parkins is now stationed at Math
er Field at Sacramento, Calif, and is
serving as a fighter pilot.
GOES TO CAMP RUCKER
WILLIAM F. MONTEITH entered
service December 15, 1943, at Fort
Jackson, S. C. From there he was
sent to Camp Blanding, Fla., where
ne completed his basic training. Hed
recently spent a 15-day leave with
his family in Sylva. He has been
sent to Camp Rucker, Ala., for furth
er training.
BODY OF THREE WEEKS
OLD BABY FOOND IN
SCOTTS CREEK HERE
Officers here are investigating the
finding of a three weeks old baby in
Scott's creek, near Armour Leather
Company's plant late Saturday af
ternoon. The baby was fully clothed
with the exception of a sock and
bootie off one foot.
An inquest was conducted by cor
oner C. W. Dills Saturday night but
It was undetermined whether the ba- j
by came to its death as the result of
a wound on the back of the head or
by drowning.
The baby was found by a boy fish
ing in the creek. The baby's face and
part of the chest was above the wat
er when it was found. It is thought
the body had possibly been in the
water for about three days. The
creek has recently been up and the
body may have washed down from
another point.
The baby was buried Sunday af
ternoon.
Sheriff Hoi den and the city police
department urgently request the co
operation of the citizens of Jackson
county in giving any aid or clue that
might lead to the arrest and convic
tion of the part? or parties, guilty of
disposing of the baby.
Permanent Employment
Office Opens In
Stovall Building
The permanent offices of the U. S.
Employment Service and war man
power commission are upstairs in the
Stovall Building in Boom Two (2).
There will be a representative in the
office from 8:30 to 12 A.M. 1:00 to
5:30 P. M.f with the exception of Sat
urday afternoon.
Series "E" Bond Quota Over
Purchased; Leaders Are Gratified
Jackson County's Filth War Loan quota of $264,000.00 has been ex*
ceeded by $155,548.25 according to tabulation oi* bond sales to the close at
business, Saturday, July 8, 1944.
The County's quotas broken down as follows: Series E bond quot^
$127,000.00 and quota lor other types of bonds $137,000.00. Actual amount.
of aggregate sales: Series E Bonds sold $150,789.25 and other bonds soldi
$262,758.50.
Before the beginning of the Fifth War Loan Drive quotas were allocated
to each of the fifteen townships in the county. During the drive a complete
record of bond sales has been kept for each township and a tabulated list oC
same follows:
Township and Township Chairman Bond Quota Bonds Sold
Barkers Creek, Kelly Bradley $10,990.00 . $ 4,283.75
Canada, John Coward. 9,770.00 5,445.00
Caney Fork, Blaine Nicholson 8,940.00 7,278.75
Cashiers, W. S. Alexander 7 7,970.00 12,838.75
Cullowhee, Ed Battle 16,030.00 20,684.50
Dillsboro, J. C. Cannon 10,770.00 72,558.75
Greens Creek, R. S. Cowan 6,250.00 3,919.00
Hamburg, H. H. Bryson 13,790.00 7,780.00
Mountain, Mrs. Pearl Stewart 4,600.00 1,663.75
Qualla, T. T. Varner 23,850.00 32,571.25
River, Charlie Stewart 9,790.00 13,787.75
Savannah, N. Higdon 8,880.00 11,205.00
Scotts Creek, W. H. Snyder 14,390.00 12,506.00
Webster, Mrs. D. D. Dayis 9,060.00 10,674.25
Sylva, T. N. Massie 108,720.00 202,411.75
TOTALS? Quota S264,00x0.00 Sold 419,548.25
I am greatly pleased with the success of the Fifth War Loan Drive
in Jackson County, I am proud of the patriotic response of the citizens of
our county and I am greatly indebted to the Township Chairmen and other
bond workers for their untiring efforts in making the 5th War Loan Drive
a wonderful success.
I wish to remind the people of our county that the sale of Series E Bonds
will continue and that all Series E Bonds bought during the rest of July will
count on the 5th War Loan Drive. Some townships have not yet made their
quotas. Those townships that are behind still have an opportunity to make
their quotas during the rest of July by the purchase of Series E. 'Bonds. It is
hoped that the people will keep on buying bonds^and that every township
in our county will make its quota and go over the top before the end of July,
A final report of bond sales in Jackson County will be made about
August 1st.
I am glad to report that Jackson County has gone well over the top and
it is now entitled to have its named inscribed on a bronze plaque affixed the
hull of an LSM Boat. These boats cost one million dollars and they ar<)
. launched from the Charleston Ship Yards at Charleston, S. C.
R. L. ARIAIL, ?rairnha*- War Ffaance Committed
CHICK PRODUCTION
DOWN 40 PER CENT
Raleigh, July 11. ? North Carolina,
hatcheries reduced the output of
chicks 40 per cent in M;iy as compar
ed with a year ago, the State De
partment of Agriculture reports. ?>e
partment officials attributed the sharp
decline to diminished feed supplies
and the decreased demand for chicks
f Hatcheries produced 3,300,000
chicks during May, over 2,000,000
less than May 1943. The output of
hatchery chicks from January 1st
through May was 22,563,000 against
20,887,000 for the same period last
year ? a decline of 16 per cent.
Herbert T. Vance Is Pro
moted To Staff Sergeant
An Eighth AAF Bomber Station,
England. ? The promotion of Herbert
T. Vance, 23, of Webster, N. C., from
sergeant to Staff sergenat was an
nounced recently at the Eighth AAF
Flying Fortress base commanded by
Colonel Earl Truesdale, Jr. Tfre ser
geant is tail gunner on a flying Fort
ress.
Sgt. Vance, the son of Mrs. R. O.
Vance of Webster, N. C., entered the
service October 2, 1942, prior to
which he was a welder in a Newport
News, Va., shipyard.
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R. C. BAUMGARNER
CLAIMED BY DEATH
LAST RITES TUESDAY
WHITTIER ? Funeral services foi*
Robert C. Baumgarner, 72, who died
of a heart attack at his home near
VVilmot Sunday morning were held
at the Wilmot Baptist church Tues
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, the Rev,
John L. Hyatt, the Rev. Henry Coch
ran and the Rev. Thad Watson offi
ciating. Burial followed in Baum
garner cemetery.
Active pallbearers, nephews of the
deceased, were Burton, Claude,
Charles, Fred and Ed Baumgarner
and Vance Sutton.
Surviving are his widow, four
daughters, Mrs. L. B. Hooper of Ha
rdwood, Mrs. Kenyon Hyde of Mary
ville, Tenn., Mrs. Oscar Bryant of
Franklin, and Miss Frankie Baum
garner of Wilmot; three sons, Sgt,
Marshall and Pvt. Glenn Baumgar
ner, both in New Guinea, and Pfc,
Glenn Baumgarner of Camp McCain,
Miss.; three brothers, John, Nathan
and Penn, all of Wilmot; and two
grandchildren.
Moody funeral home was in charge of
arrangements.
DEAN BIRD SEES CREATIVE SPIRIT AROUSED
BY SMOKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC CENTER PROGRAM
Cullowhee ? "The creative spirit
has been specially evidenced at Cul
lowhee this summer in the varied
and highly qualitative productions
from students in the Music Center,"
said W. E. Bird, dean of Western Car
olina Teacher* CoUegp, at th* final
concert of Smoky Mountain Music !
Center, given on -Friday morning in
the Hoey auditorium at 10:30 o'clock.
'The enjoyment of life finds its
source for many in nature love, for j
others in the reading of good books,]
and to r a few in other pursuits; but it
is almost universally found in the
realm of music with its varied types
of appeaL"
The sort of success achieved in
the Music Center here this summer
involves those distinct factors repre
sented by the three types of people
we have had: (1) capable music
tcachers, (2) apt students, and (3)
appreciative audiences. We have had
all three.
MIt is my hope that the program
b'^gun here this summer may prove
to be the first in a continuing or se
ries of summer programs for W.C.T,
C. for years to come," the dean con
cluded.
The first number on the final pre
gram was a violin quartet by Dorothy
Sue Sutton, Winona Cotter, Ruth
Hooper, and Sara Jean Sutton. Other
numbers included a piano duo by
Doris Burns and William Mathin; vq? _
cal solos by Gertrude Sloat and Vlr*
ginia Giguere; a vocal frio fey Mar.
garet McColley, Christine Pinch and
Mary Brown, with violin obligato by
Carolyn McColley, and piano accom
paniment by Mrs. Grant McCoUey;
and a piano duo by William Ifathis
and Dr. Ilse Huebner, director of tht
center.
Concluding remarks were mad#
by Mrs. Charles GuHey who led tht
assembly in singing the national an*
them.
Ushers for this program were Alio#
Weaver and Geraldine Sloat*