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AND RURALITE ? CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943
cellence Award.
VOL. XIX NO. 13
SYLVA, N. C., WEDNESDAY, AUG.- 16, 1944
$1.50 A Year In Jackson And Swain Counties ? 5c Copy
Overseas Gift Packages Must
Be Mailed Before October 15
Walker Stresses Need For
More Care In Wrapping
Packages
"Save strong string and box mate
rial and start to plan shopping." Post
master General Frank C. Walker ad
vises Americans in announcing the
rules for mailing of Christmas gifts
for Army and Navy personnel over
seas.
This year the Christmas mailing
period for both Army and Navy over
seas forces is the same ? September
15 to October 15. After October 15
no gift parcel may be mailed to a
soldier without the presentation of
o written request from him.
The great demands upon shipping
and the need for giving preference to
arms, munitions, medicine and food
is the prime reason for the early mail
irg date. Moreover, gift parcels must
travel great distances to reach Army
and Navy personnel who are located
at remote points, and frequently the
transfer of large numbers to new sta
tions necessitates forwarding of the
' packages and additional time is re
quired.
"The response that our people
made last year during the overseas
mailing period demonstrated that
they will cooperate in any measure
designed for the welfare of our arm
ed forces personnel," Mr. Walker said.
"It is not easy to concentrate on
Christmas gifts in the midst of warm
weather here at home but our people
recognized the need, and because they
v ant the men and women who are
absent from their homes to know
that they are not forgotten at Christ
mas they took pains to assure prompt
. - 4elivery of Christmas giftr.
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"I know that our people will ob
serve the overseas mailing schedule
once more this year but I do wish to
stress this fact: More care must be
taken in wrapping and packing par
cels securely and addressing them
cjearly and correctly.
It is not a pleasant thing to visit a
postal concentration center and see
the numbers of Christmas parcels
which will never reach servicemen
rnd servicewomen. Post office person
r.el have orders to do everything they
can to effect delivery of such gifts,
because we know how importnat
they are for the happiness of the
armed forces. Too frequently, nothing
can be done.
JACKSON COUNTY
SCHOOLS GET NEW
EQUIPMENT
The schools in Jackson county were
very lucky to get the "Audio-Visual"
equipment that is being placed in
high schools in the county", said Mr.
Moses. This equipment will be used
ior the more modern method of
teaching certain subjects.
Two new school buses have also
been added, they were released by
the Federal Government to replace
cider buses. This is the first replace
ment that Jackson County has had
in two years. The buses are Ford
V-8's with 21 foot bodies.
WOUNDED
Pvt. Glenn D. Moore, son of Wal
lace Moore, of Glenville was wound
ed on June 6th in France.
Pvt. Moore entered service in Sep
tember, 1942, and received training
at Camp Wheeler, Ga., Camp Living
ston, La., and Camp Swift, Texas. He
was sent overseas last spring. Pvt.
lA&arA nag thTHP bmlhern in service.
Charles, Claude and Jimmy Moore.
OP A Changes
Point Values
No more ration points for utility
grades of beef and lamb will be re
quired through September 2, and for
the same period point-values have
been restored on pork loins, pork
hams and canned fish, the Office of
Price Administration has announced.
Cheeses were Increased from two to
four points a pound and farm or
country butter from eight to 12 points*
a pound.
Pfc. Joseph R. Green
Slightly Wounded In
France July 26
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Green of Gay
have received word from the War
Department that their son, Pfc. Jos
eph 'R. Green was slightly wounded
on July 26, in action somewhere in
France. They were informed that
"tHey wurd be advised as reports 6f his"
condition were received.
Pfc. Green has been in service
since December 10, 1942. He was in
ducted at Fort Bragg and received
further training at Camp Phillips,
Kansas. He was in Tennessee on man
euvers. He has been serving overseas
since last November. Before going
into service he was a farmer.
FARMERS URGED TO
SELL POTATOES IN
MONTH OF AUGUST -?
Mr. G. R. Lackey, Jackson County
Farm Agent, urges all farmers in
Jackson County to sell their potatoes
in August. The following is a tele
gram he received from the N. C.
Dept. of Agriculture:
"OPA announced new ceiling price
three dollars sixty cents ($3.60) per
hundred for North Carolina white
potatoes based on U. S. number one
grade effective this date for August
cnly. Growers should market all of
crop possible during this month as
present ceiling price for September is
two dollars fifty cents per hundred.
All rates now moving at ceiling price
if movement should get relatively
heavy later on market-price will de
cline considerably below ceiling price
same as last year.'
RANDALL B. ETHERIDGE,
N. C. Dept. of Agriculture
RETURNS TO CAMP
George E. Woodard has returned to
Camp Chappel, Ark., .after spending
17 days with his father, Oscar Wood
ard, and his two sisters. He is con
nected with a machine gun squad.
Graduates From Gunnery
School
According to a message received
from the War Department Air Corps
Public Relations, Cpl. Thomas A. Mc- .
Guire, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Mc
Guire of Heiskell, Tenn., was gradu
ated last week from the Army Air
Forces Flexible Gunnery School, La
redo Army Air Field, Laredo, Texas,
rt member of the AA-F Training Com
mend. He is now qualified to take his
place as a member of a bomber com
bat crew.
Aftmfr willi Ms diploma, he received
a pair of Aerial Gunner's silver wings
and a promotion in grade at brief
graduation exerriseg held there.
He was prepared for his place in
America s stepped -up air offensive by
a comprehensive six weeks course in
every phase of aerial gunnery war
fare. Besides learning to fire every
type weapon from camera guns to
t*e deadly caliber .50 Brownings, he
studied turret manipulation, aircraft
icentiflcation, stripping and reas
sambling of machine guns while
blindfolded. He climaxed the course
by air firing on towed targets.
Cpl. McGuire is the nephew or Dr.
W. P. McGuire of Sylva.
\M C2KTGR.CF BALKAN CRISIS
WITH TURKEY highlighted in the Balkan arena following the diplomatic
break with Germany, as indicated in black on the map, Washington
sources insist that Bulgaria and Romania ? and possibly4 Hungary ? are
expected to join the Turks within a short time. In fact, the break was
reported as timed to suit a general Balkan program. ( International )
PROMINENT JACKSON
COUNTY CITIZEN DIES
George Washington McConnell, 84,
retired Jackson County mining oper
ator died at^his home in Webster on
Monday, August seventh, following a
lengthy illness. **
Funeral services were held at the
Webster Methodist church, the Rev.
W. N. Cook, the Rev. Forest Blanken
sliip and the Rev. Earnest Fitzgerald
officiated. Burail followed in the
Webster cemetery. Moody Funeral
Home was in charge of arrangements
Active Pallbearers were Roy Cow
art, David Cowan, Alvin Fulbright,
Bannister Madison, Clint Morgan.
Honorary, E. L. Wilson, J. H. Wilson,
D. D. Hooper, Chester Scott, R. L.
Madison, Joe Allison, Scroop Enloe,
A. B. Fulbright, E. L. McKee, M. D.
Cowan.
The flower girls were: Pearl Gro
&ran, Helen Cowan, Hattie Cowan,
Dorothy McConnell. Nell Fulbright
and Hannah Cowan.
Mr. McConnell was born in Hayes
ville, but for a number of years has
been a resident of Jackson county.
He was a member of the Webster
Methodist church and for many years
was a member of the board of stew
ards. He also was a former sheriff of
Jackson county and also served in the
capacity of deputy sheriff.
He was married to Miss Sarah E.
Keener in 1889 and to that union
11 children were born, nine of whom
survive., They include four sons Will,
Burch, Fred and George McConnell;
five daughters, Misses Callie, Ida Bell.
Anna Laura, and Maggie Jo, all of
Webster and Mrs. Myrtle Crips of
Abbeville; 19 grandchildren and a
number of nieces and nephews.
Now Serving In France
According to word received by
Mrs. Ray Dillard, her husband Cpl.
Lyle Ray Dillard has landed in
France. Cpl. Dillard has been in the
army for 26 months with the Ord
nance Division, and has been serving
overseas for the past 10 months. He
was formerly stationed in England.
He is the son of Mr. C. P. Dillard of
Sylva.
Date For School Opening
To Be Set On Thursday
Mr. Adam Moses has announced
that he is awaiting the decision of the
Board of Education before making
any further statement about the open
ing date of Jackson County schools.
The board will meet on Thursday,
August 17.
Clean shavings rmike a very satis
fy etory hen -nest litter. ,
Lumber Restrictions
Explained, Higdon
Jackson County farmers who desire I
to make necessary repairs to farm '
buildings will, in the future,
fTid it necessary to apply to the AgrL
tiiral Adjustment Administration for
a certificate permitting the purchase
of lumber, It was announced la&t week
by D. C. Higdon, Chairman of the
Jackson County Agricultural Conser
vation Association.
Due to the critical lumber situation,
certain regulations have been set up
which limits the use of material to
absolute necessities. The AAA is ad
npnistraitng this program as it affects
farmers. Jackson county farmers
who neeed lumber for building or re
pairing fram buildings, excluding
farm dwfenmgs, wfttree t&epe build
ings are necessary to prevent loss of
form products or where greatly in
creased production can be had, make
application at the AAA office in the
courthouse and receive lumber cer
tificates up to the $1,000 limitation or
up to the county quotas. Mr. Higdon
said that certificates will~Ere Issued
only for such purposes as construc
tion necessary to prevent loss of farm
product*, maintenance and repair of
farm implements, rebuilding and re
storing farmhouses destroyed after
July 1, 1943, by fir, flood, tornado or
the like, if the cost is less than $5,000
and other essential construction con
tributing to food production. Farm
ers who have their own logs and can
tet them sawed at a mill producing
>rs than 100,000 board feet per year
will not require a crtificate.
President Hunter Announces
m'
Ten Year Program For College
Awarded Oak Leal Cluster
AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOMB
I.R STATION, ENGLAND. ? Staff
Sergeant Herbert T. Vance, 23. of
Webster, N. C.,, tail gunner on an
Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fort
ress, has been presented an Oak Leaf
Cluster to -the Air Medal for ''meri
torious achievement" while participat
ing in heavy bombing assaults on vi
*al Nazi targets; in Germany and the
Occupied Countries of Europe. The
presentation was made by Colonel
Karl Truesdale, Jr., of Washington,
D,. CM group commander.
Sgt. Vance, the son of Mrs. R. O.
Vance, of Webster, N. C., entered ser
vice October 2, 1942, prior to which
he was a welder at the Newport News
Va., Shipyard.
EDISON J. SAUNOOKE
AWARDED AIR MEDAL
AT CHEROKEE HOME
The Air Medal with three Oak Leaf
Clusters was awarded to Edison J.
Saunooke during a ceremony Sunday
at his home on the Cherokee Indian
Reservation; The award was presen
tee! by Major Nevins and Captain
Furger of the Greenville. S. C., army
air base.
The award was for duty as a gun
ner on a bomber in the South Pacific
area where he spent 20 months. He
will later be awarded the Distinguish
euFlying<_Cross. Saunooke was rec
ently given 7 an honorable discharge
He has two brothers, Richard and
Welch Saunooke in the armed forces.
Graduates From
Storekeeper's School
U. S. Naval Air Station, Jackson
ville, Fla. ? Theodore Joseph Murmil
lo, recently graduated from the
Aviation Storekeeper's School in
Jacksonville and was promoted to
Aviation Storekeeper Third Class in
the U. S. Navy.
Entering the Navy December sec
ond, 1943, he received his recruit
training at Sampson, N. Y., before be
ing transferred to the Naval Air
Technical Training Center here.
Murmillo is now a qualified Avia
tion Storekeeper and will probably
iee service with a Naval Air Unit.
His wife, the former Miss Vergie
Purris lives in Sylva.
Serving Overseas
Sgt. Medford R. Deitz has landed
safely in England according to word
received hy his wife, the former Miss
Haiti? Harris.. Stf U Dfciu. wa* inducted
at Camp Croft, S. C. in November
1943. He took his basic training at
Camp Plauche, La., and was then
-sent to Montgomery, Ala. for further
troining- being? senL-overseas.
Before entering service Sgt. Deitz
was employed by T.V.A.
Serving In California
Sgt. Frank E. Parker, son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. M. Parker of Sylva, of
the U. S. Marines is now stationed in
California.
Sgt. Parker volunteered in the Ma
rines January first, 1942. He was first
at Parrii Island, S. CM Quantico, Va.,
Newbern and Kingston. From King
ston he was sent to his present station
in California where he is a cook.
Before entering service he was em
ployed at Stovall's Cafe.
I Cl'LLOWHEE. ? A half million dol
lar expansion program for the pUmt
of Western Carolina Teachers Coliego
here covering a 10-year period ha.
been approved by the college board
of trustees and an application for tao
necessary funds will be filed with the?
general assembly, it has been an
nounced by H. T. Hunter, president.
In addition to the plant expansion,
Dr. Hunter revealed plans also arei
be'ng made to expand the number of
courses offered to make a four-year
college education available to stu ?
dents desiring to take other than
teacher training. At present only
teacher education is offered on the
four-year level.
Anticipated Demand ^
Plans for the expansion are being
made, Dr. Hunter revealed, in view
of the anticipated demand in the post
war period. He said that estimates of
future enrollment show that 650
boarding students and 150 day stu
dents, a total enrollment of 800 is not
an unreasonable expectation for th*
college.
He said that in the post-war period
short courses with scientific vocation
al emphasis will be imperative. Cour
ses in science, economics, government,
inter-American relationships, rural
life and the like, are planned, he said.
Dr. Hunter explained that if the
program is carried out as now plan
ned, from one-third to one-half of
the students could be given work as
sistance, which he declared would
be of tremendous value in case of an
other economic depression.
The plant expansion program at
approved by the board follows:
Included In Plans
Biennium of 1945-47: Farm expan
sion, vocational self help unit, with
additional lands, buildings, equip
ment, freezer-locker installation and
livestock; science - vocational shop
ur.it with building and laboratory
equipment for all the sciences, also
equipment for mathematics, business
education, home economics, fine arts
and vocational shop; laundry building
and equipment; cafeteria and bakery,
including conversion of the present
d ning hall and kitchen; completing
i nd equipping the basement of Hoey
auditorium for music department,
including dressing rooms and stage;
I resident's house, building and staple*
furnishings for reception-room and
two other rooms; and general equip
ment.
Biennium of 1947-49 ? Library
unit; dormitory for men; service
plants, including heating system,
sewage disposal plant, extension of
boating mains, electric clock and
bell system, inter-communication
phone system, driveways and land
scaping.
Biennium of 1949-51: Classroom
unit to accommodate social sciences,
English, modern languages, dramat
ics, creative writing, education, phiU
o.sophy and religion; physical educa
tion and health unit; and faculty
apartments.
Biennium of 1951-53: An adminis
tration unit, repairs ancT extension ?
ol' present facilities are recommen
ded.
Biennium of 1953-55: Home eco?<
nomics cottages; training school ex
T ansion unit, and miscellaneous re
p-iirs and replacements are proposed.
mrs7fore diesat
HOME IN EAST LAPORT
Mrs. Horace Fore, 54, died at her
home in East LaF&rta. Shi? wan th* ?
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hous
t.~n of Macon county.
Funeral services were held at the
Fast LaPorte Baptist church, the Rev.
j. Edgar Bishop and the Rev. Ernest
Fitzgerald officiated. Burial was at
the Cullowhee cemetery.
She is survived by her husband, on#
son of Camp Sill, OklahomaTand three
daughters, Miss Geneva, Mrs. Howard
Stephens and Mrs. Woodford, all of
East LaPorte; seven brothers and sis*
ters and five grandchildren, also a
host of relatives and friends who will
miss the courageous and faithful Mrs,
Foree.
The enrichment of bread and tho
increased use of milk an improving
the diet in important vitamins and
minerals.