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. _c ~ _ _____________ ? 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 ' - ? ? - - 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. / 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 (Continued on page 4) 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.

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