The S y l v a Herald
AND RURALITE? CONSOLIDATED JULY. 1943
The bylva H*raldt winif mi
First Place of N. C.
AsBuiiutivn 1943
cellence Award.
VOL. XIX NO. 14
SYLVA, N. C., WEDNESDAY, AUG. 23, 1944
$1.50 A Year In Jackson And Swain Counties ? 5c Copy
LIONS SPONSORED EYE
CLINIC TO BE HELD
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25
On Friday, August 25 the Sylva
Lions' Ciub will sponsor an eye clinic
lor underprivileged children of Jack
son County. Those to be examined
have been notified when to come.
The clinic will be at the Sylva Bap
tist church. At no time during the
day will the children be together in
large groups as the appointments have
been set so as to avoid this.
This eye clinic has been scheduled
fnr a number of months but due to
the shortage of doctors it was post
poned pnitely. The county board
of heaith ^ave permission for this
clinic.
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? Sylva Rotary Club
Has A Meeting Tuesday
The Sylva Rotary Club had an out
standing meeting on last Tuesday
evening. Including visiloi*>s there
were 41 present. The guests were
Capt. John H. Carper, Lt. Roy Hunt
er, Charles M. Reed, John Gibson,
Mort Saule, Ed Christenberry, John
Orr, Victor B. Montgomery, A. R.
Babcock, Mr. Rabb, and Lt. (jg) John
McDevitt.
Capt. Carper was guest speaker of
the evening, and he gave a ? 5ery in
teresting account of some of 2^s ex
periences as Chaplain in the U. S.
Army. He has served overseas for 27
months. * ,
Lt. Hunter, nephew of Dr. H. T.
Hunter, gave a short talk on the air
force. Lt. Hunter has made 52 mis
Rinns nvpr enemv territory.
OPA WATCHING FOR
BUCK MARKET IN
CIGARETTE MARKET
Mindful that scarcities of popular
commodities, in the past, encouraged
tlack marking, the Office pf. Price
Administration is carefully watching
^ the present cigarette situation.
District Enforcement Attorney,
Ralph V. Kidd, said today no black
market dealings in cigarettes have
yet been reported to the Charlotte
office. But, he added, popular brands
of cigarettes have disappeared with
surprising rapidity from retail count
ers in some areas, indicating the pos
sibility of hoarding by some indivi
duals with the intentions to profiteer.
To prevent such ac^vities, which
v/ 111 only mean greater scarcities for
most people, Mr. Kidd called upon
f.ll smokers to cooperate with OPA
?nd to report any evidence of viola
tions of cigarette price ceilings.
Recovering From Wounds
Cpl. Robert Woodard, son of Mr.
?nd Mrs. Oscar Woodard, of East La
Porte, is a patient in a hospital in
Italy. This is the second time that
Woodard has been wounded. His
mother had received word that his
condition is very favorable and that
he is recovering.
Cpl. Woodard was inducted into
service in 1942, and he has been serv
ing overseas for five months.
Before entering service he was em
ployed by a construction company,
and helped build the Cullowhee
"fcTttfge; ___
He has a brother, J. B. Woodard,
A. S., in the U. S. Navy. Seaman
Woodard is stationed at Camp. Peary,
Va., and has been in the Navy for
three months.
North Carolina's flue-cured tobacco
crop, hard hit by early drought, is
estimated to yield 22 per cent more
than last year.
MAKE WITH JIVE IN RENNES
WHILE HIS BUDDIES supply the rhythm, Rosario Talliento, a GI from
Brooklyn, N. Y., and a French girl overjoyed by the liberation of hei
native Rennes, do some of the latest American jive steps. Similar scenes
were repeated in other streets of the freed Breton capital. Official U. S.
SignaJ Corps Radiophoto. ( International Soundphoto )
Cadet Lewis Spends
Furlough With Parents
Cadet Ernest Duane Lewis has re
turned to Brooks Field, San Antonio,
Texas, after spending a fifteen day
furlough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Lewis, of Webster. From
Brooks Field he will enter Pre-Flight
at S. A. A. C. He completed his basic
training at Miami Beach, Fla., then
had a nine weeks course at Texas
A. &. M. College, from there he was
moved to Brooks Field. Before vol
unteering for the Army Air Corps he
, attended North Carolina State College.
Mr. And Mrs. W. N. Davis
Three Sons In Service
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Davis of Bark
er's Creek have three sons in service.
Pvt. Homer T. Davis is stationed
at Camp Howzie, Texas; Pfc. Troy
Davis is stationed at Morris Field, j
N. C.; Pvt. Howard N. Davis has been
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stationed in New Mexico but was re
cently sent to Camp Barkley, Texas.
All three boys have been home on
furloughs recently.
Pvt. Denver T. Bryson
Dies From Wounds
Pvt. Denver T. Bryson, son of Mr. i
and Mrs. W. W. Bryson, of Speedwell I
who was reported wounded on July
10 in Italy, died July 16 according
to a message received or* August 5th
by his wife, Mrs. Pauline Pressley
Bryson. The message read as follows:
"The Secretary of war asks that I
assure you of his deep sympathy in
the loss of your husband, Pvt. Denver
T. Bryson. Report received states
he died 16th July in Italy as the re
sult of wounds received in action.
Letter follows."
Mrs. Bryson had previously been
iioti t ied that her husband was seri
cusly wounded. Before she receieved
the telegram which stated that her
husband was wounded, Mrs. Bryson
received a letter which he had dic
tated to a Red Cross nurse telling her
that he had been wounded by shell
fiagments in the left leg, hip and
shoulder. He said that he was re
ceiving the best of care, but that he
would probably be in the hospital for
some time.
?vt. Bryson entered service in 1943.
He trained at Camp Blanding, Fla.,
and Fort Meade, Md., he was sent to'
North Africa in March, 1944, and from
tnere he went to Italy in time to take
p?;rt in the battle for Rome. At the
time he was wounded he was with
J-.o 351st Infantry.
He was a graduate of Cullowhee
high school and of Western Carolina
Teacher's College. Prior to enter
ing service he was employed by the
Meade Corporation in Sylva.
Besides his wife and parents he is
survived by one sister, Willa Mae
Biyson, of Newport News, Va.
Andy Lee Parker S 2-c
Returns To Camp Peary
Andy Lee Parker S. 2-c has return
ed to Camp Peary for further assign
ment. Seaman Parker recently com
pleted his boot training there, and
vas home for a ten-day leave with
his wife and small daughter. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Parker
of East LaPorte.
MISS JOHNSON TO HAVE
WORK WITH JACKSON
BAPTIST CHURCHES
The executive committee o i the
Tuckaseegee Baptist Association met
Monday morning and along with the
ether matters of business made plans
for the work of Miss Gretchen John
son. Miss Johnson comes from Mag
nolia, Sampson County, N. C., and
will do full time work as associational
missionary in the churches of Jack
son County.
Pvt. Denver T. Bryson
"Joe" Dowdle Wounded
Mrs. C. N. Dowdle of Franklin re
ceived word last Wednesday that her
husband, "Joe" Dowdle, has beer,
wounded in performance of his duty
with the U. S. Navy. In a second
communication iast Saturday she
learned that he was in a hospital in
Newfoundland suffering from a brok
en ankle and injured back.
Mrs. Dowdle is the former Miss
M urgaret Hall, daughter of Mrs. D.
M. Hall, of Sylva.
SERGT. REYNOLDS
AWARDED HONOR
FOR HIGH VALOR
Washington, Aug. 12. ? The
department today announced
the award of the Silver Star to
First Sgt. Buren V. Reynolds,
Infantry of Glenville.
Sgt. Reynolds' citation reads in
part:
"On October 15, 1943, while at
tacking toward a town in Italy,
the advance guard of his battal
ion encountered stiff resistance
from an enemy stronghold, con
sisting of three Mark IV tanks
and supported by entrenched ma- ^
chine guns. He voluntarily
braved enemy fire which caused
three casualties, and took control
of the situation. He took a squad
and attacked two enemy ma
chine-gun nests. His action, in
the face of automatic fire at a
range of 50 yards, knocked out
the two machine guns, killed two
Germans, wounded three, and
caused the capture of eight more.
The tanks withdrew, and the bat
talion continued its advance."
JACKSON SCHOOLS TO
OPEN SEPTEMBER 18
Adam C. Moses, Superintendent of
Jackson County Schools, received an
order from the State Board of Edu
cation as follows:
"TO ALL COUNTY AND CITY SU
PERINTENDENTS:
"Greetings:
"The State Board of Education had
a special meeting held Thursday
afternoon, August 17, after hearing
Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, Representative
of the State Board of Health state
that an emergency situation has de
veloped with reference to the Polio
molitis epidemic in th^tate and that
his board recommended that public
schools be closed until Sept. 18, de
cided to declare an emergency under
provision of Section 115-351 of Gen
tial Statutes of North Carolina 1943,
cr.d passed regulations as follows:
"1. No school shall open with re
ception to children prior to Septem-;
ter 18, 1944. ^
"2. Two days may be taken for
Teacher's Work Conference prior to
the opening of schools.
"Signed,
"CLYDE A. ERWIN, I
"State Superintendent of Schools." |
Says Hitler Will
Never Surrender
Dr. Eduard Benes predicted
this week that Hitler probably
never would surrender but that
the German Army would "dis
integrate into small units which
will fight singly to the end."
The Czecho- Slovak president
forecast German trends accurate
ly before.
"This will be the real Wagner
ian goetterdaem meru ng," he said.
Hitler will drive the German na
tion to destruction. That will be
a terrible end. Fighting for every
place will be necessary even after
the allies invade German."
TliCKASEEGEE BAPTIST ASSOCiATiQN HELD
115TH ANNUAL SESSION AT BARKERS
CREEK THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AUG. 17 AND 18
The Tuckaseegee Baptist Associa
tion convened last Thursday and Fri
day in its 115th annual session with
the Barker's Creek Baptist church.
Kev. T. F. Deitz served as moderator
and Rev. W. N. Cook as clerk.
The introductory sermon was
preached by Rev. C. M. Warren, pas
ter of the First Baptist church of
Sylva, his subject was Baptist Heri
tage.
A large number of prominent vis
itors were present and took part in
the program. Dr. I. G. Greer of
Home-, Thomasville, presented
tne work of the Baptist orphanages.
Dr. Smith Hagaman of Winston -
Salem representing the Baptist Hos
pital and Bowman Gray Medical
School, told of the work of these two
institutions.
Dr. Satterfield, field worker for
Meredith College, spoke very favor
ably of the growth of the college and
told of its plans for the future.
M. A. Higgins, executive secretary
of the State Baptist convention spoke
in an enthusiastic way on the mis
sion work in the state.
L. A. Martin of High Point, chair
man of the dry forces in North Caro
lina, spoke on Temperance.
The following officers were elect
ed for the following year:
Moderator ? T. F. Deitz
i Vide-Moderator ? J. E. Brown
Clerk? W. N. Cook
Treasurer ? W. H. Smith
Supt. of Sunday Schools ? Jennings
"ATBryson
Associational Missionary ? Miss
Gretchen Johnson
B. T. U. Superintendent ? Miss
Dorothy Edwards
W. M. U. Supt. ? Mrs. C. M. Warren
The executive committee is made
.up of T. F. Deitz, D. G. Bryson, R. F.
Garrett, W. H. Smith, W. N. Cook,
Mrs. Chas. L. Allison and G. H. Cope.
Chaplain Says Our Soldiers
Feel Grave Responsibilities
Missing In Action
Mr. and Mrs. Berry Ensley have
received a message from the govern
ment stating that their son, Sgt. Julius
Alvin Ensley, has been missing in
action since July fourth. Sgt. Ensley
was serving in France.
He was in service before Pearl Har
oer and has been the Infantry since
March, 1944.
Before going into service Ensley
was employed in Washington, he_
volunteered there.
Sgt. Ensley's wife, the former Bon
nie Mitchell, lives in Sylva.
FRENCH BATTLE TO
RID PARIS OF NAZIS
French forces of the interior now
r.re operating inside Paris, the Algiers
radio has announced, and the capital
"is liberating itself" from the Nazis
who, during the week, reported "vio
lent battles" within the city.
As the French took up the task of
ridding Paris of the Germans the
allies gave details of arms deliveries
to the FFI deep within France by
means of big planes both before and
after the invasion.
The allies announcement said that
Americans by day and the British by
r.ight delivered thousands of tons of
supplies to the French, supplies the
Partisans now are using in their up
rising against the Germans.
From the Spanish border came a
report that uniformed officers of the
French army had tiiken possession of
the international bridge at Hendaye,
completing French occupation ot the
entire Purenees.
Axis reports said American tank
columns were bypassing the capita!
which suggested the allies might leave
Paris' liberation to the French.
YANKS ESTABLISH
TOEHOLD ON EAST
BANKS OF SEINE
American doughboys in an opera
tion which caught the Nazis completely
by surprise have established a bridge
head across the vital Seine river 25
miles Northwest of Paris.
The fiist troops crossed by ferry
iind assault boats Saturday night in
the vicinity of Mantes and Glassi
court and now are firmly established
that they have no fear of a Nazi
counter-attack .
"We are all set and waiting for
them? with plenty of that artillery
?hey met before," said Lt. Col. A. C.
Dorhmann. of Nebraska, who said
that the first hours of the attack
across the river American infantry
outflanked and captured eight Ger
man 88-miliimeter guns overlooking
Mantes and Glassicourt.
One German company was caught
in a heavy barrage as it was trying to
move in from the East to strengthen
the garrison in Limay, a small village
across the Seine northeast of Mantes.
"One German who gave up as soon
as he could find someone to take him
prisoner said we had destroyed 75
per cent of his company," said Sgt.
Leon Moss, Canton, 111.
Glenn Cable Wounded
In France
Mrs. Bill Cabe of Green's Creek
received a message last Saturday from
the war department stating that her
son, Glenn Cabe, has been slightly
wounded in action in France.
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John H. Carper, Recently
Returned from European
Theatre, Finds Men Are
Looking To God For
Strength.
Chaplain John II Carper.' of Cullo
whee and Charlotte, who has recent
ly returned from the European theatres
of operations to spend a furlough
with his wife and family -at Cullo
whee, was kind enough to grant u.-j
.in interview this week. He has spent
27 months overseas, serving in Ire
land, England, Scotland, Africa and
Italy. Chaplain Carpenter has the
rank of Captain in the U. S. Army,
and the three stars on his campaign
ribbon denote three major campaigns
5n which he has served.
Chaplain Carper was reluctant to
speak of himself, he seemed to be
more interested in telling of his. boys
and the work being done by the chap
lains. It is comforting to know that
our boys have religious leaders such
as Chaplain Carper. We asked him
to tell us something of the general
attitude of the boys over there. He
looked thoughtful for a minute and
Sc*.id:
"One of the outstanding general at
titudes of our men overseas is their
consciousness that they are in a
momenteous phase of our clviliz ac
tion. They are conscious that they
have a big part to play and they are
seeking to play manfully. They love
ihe things that they have always
loved, and want to keep these things
the same after this is over. They
still like to recall the happy and
high experiences they had prior to
tnis conflict, and hold them as ideals
toward which they are striving, for
the enjoyment of people of the entiro
world. For the most part they be
lieve in the democratic institution,
sanctity of the Christian home, the
;ree interchange of speech and ideas.
They want every man to have an
opportunity to express himself as he
see* fit; and if necessary die for that
li^ht. They are grieved and hurt
when some at home seem to use their
liberty as license in undemocratic
activities. Many of these men have
expressed themselves to me as de
sirous of furthering their educational
pursuits upon return home, and many
have been most eager for any typo
of literature that would keep them
abreast of the trend of national and
international life."
As Chaplain Carper talked it was
evident that he was very proud ol
his boys, he said:
"I want to tell you a story that
will show you just how much our
worship services mean to the men.
One cold winter morning in a spit
t ng blue snow, I stood with the boys
out in the open with only the .'hell
of an enemy blasted building for shel
ter. I was telling them of a recent
letter from home, in which I was told
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Serving In Pacific
Cpl. Woodrow Middleton, son of
Mrs. W. N. Middleton, of East La
Porte and husband of Mrs. Ruby
Davis Middleton, is now with the
fighting forces on one of the islands
in the Pacific. He is a member of
the 77th Division Medical Battalion,
L CpL Middleton has been in service
for two years, having been inducted
at Fort Bragg, and trained at Camp
Chaffie, Ark., Camp Pickett, and took
desert training in California for a
year.
He has had a varied life in the army,
having served with the heavy artil
lery. task fore?, infantfv and ana.
phibious forces before being put la
the Medical corps.