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| AND RURALITE? CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943 - =====
VOL. XIX NO. 18
SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1944
$1.50 A Year In Jackson And Swain Counties ? 5c Copy
FIVE PARACHUTE TO SAFETY, WHEN PLANE
CRASHED ON HEAD OF LOCUST CREEK
Five members of a B-25 medium
bomber attached to the Gf^nville
Army air base parachuted to safety
about 2 o'clock last Thursday morn
ing near here when the "fuel supply
became exhausted in unfavorable fly
? ing weather. The plane was on a
routine training flight at the time.
The pilot^ess plane crashed at the
head of locust creek near Sylva. The
first pilot was the last to leave the
plane, and he came down near the
crash, he said that he walked wf our
hours before reaching Sylva. The
plane was completely demolished. . i
The plane was seen circling over
Sylva shortly before the crash. Th<^se
who saw it thought that it was some
boys from Sylva passing over. Mem
bers of the crew came down in differ
ent sections of Jackson County, one
of them fell into a tree and hung,
there until daylight.
The Public Relations office at the
air base sent a board of officers here
to investigate conditions surrounding
the crash.
FUNERAL HELD FOR
ROYAL BRYSON MONDAY
AFTERNOON AT BETA
Royal Bryson, 30, died Saturday at
his home in Beta following a long
illness.
% Funeral services were held at the
Seotts Creek Baptist church with the
Rev. T. F. Deitz and Rev. B. S'. Hen
sley officiating. Burial was in the
old field cemetery at Beta.
Pallbearers were: Glen Blanton,
Guy Blanton, Don Blanton, Loy Bry
son, Buford Parris and Joe Davis.
Flower girls: Mrs. T. C. Bryson,
Mrs. p. M. Taltent, Ray Or^jtf ^
Roscoe Poteet, Mrs. M. Buchanan in,
Mrs. Cordon Reed, Ruby Middleton,
Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Jess Jones, Eloise.
Kirkpatrick, Willa Mae Blanton, Car
rie J. Hoyles, Mrs. Landis, Mrs. Jen
nings Bryson, and Mrs. Loy Bryson.
He is survived by his wife and
mother, Mrs. D. L. Bryson, two broth
ers, Pan T. Bryson S 2-c U. S. Navy,
Fred Bryson of Fort Smith, Ark., four
sisters, Mrs. John Reed, Mrs. E. M.
Lloyd, Mrs. Ed Curry of Sylva and
Mrs. Dean Tainter of Marion.
Moody Funeral Home was in charge
of arrangements.
FATHER AND SON ARE
DROWNED IN LITTLE -
TENNESSEE RIVER
The bodies of~Charles H. Case and
his eight-year-old son, Roy, were
recovered ircm the Little Tennessee
River late Monday night by Tennes
see Valley Authorities Employees and
Bryson City firemen. Case and his
son were drowned about 5 o'clock
Monday evening.
Officers said they were informed
that Harvey Case, 18, half-brother of
the drowned child, had started across
the river with the youngster on his
shoulders were ^the child became
frightened and choked him. The old
er boy called "to his father for' help,
they were told.
The officers said that they were In
formed that Mr. Case went to their
assistance and took the smaller boy.
He started ashore with him and they
both disappeared. " The older waded
to safety.
The bodies of both' were brought
to Moody Funeral Home in Bryson
City.
Mr. Case, a native of Polk county,
t had been employed by TVA 10 years.
He planned* to terminate his work
with the Authority on Saturday to
move to a farm he owned near Mur
phy.
Surviving are his widow and three
sons.
SINGIN6 CONVENTION
TO MEET OCT. EIGHT
The Singing Convention of the up
per district of Jackson County will
meet at the Baptist Church at Cash
iers, on the second Sunday in Octo
ber at 2 o'clock. Everyone is wel
come and all singers are cordially in
vited.
Memorial Service To Be Held
For Denver T. Bryson
A memoriaf service will be held.
Sunday, October first at two o'
clock a$ the Speedwell Baptist
Church for Pvt. Denver T. Bry
son who died in Italy July 16f as
the result of wounds received in
action.
Precision Worker
INTfNT on her job is Helen Schmidt
of Newark, pictured in the West
Inghouse plant at Bloom6eld, fihr-J..
as with blowpipe and torch she
seals the vacuum in an electronic
tube? one of the most delicate op
eration* involved in the manufac
ture of this product (interna tio* " ' N
SYLVA ROTARY CLUB
HOST TO FARM FOREST
ERS AT THEIR MEETING
LAST NIGHT
The Sylva Rotary Club had as their
guests last night the Farm Foresters
who are attending the Farm Foresters
Conference being held at* the Log
Cr.bin Association this week.
R. W. Graeber, who is in charge
of Forestry Extension at State Col
lege, and leader of the Farm Forest
ers Conterence was guest speaker,
his subject being "Program for De
velopment of Farm Forestry in North
C. rolina."
Lt. Dillard Visiting
His Family And Relatives
Lt Jesse L. Dillard, Jr., of the Army
Air Force is visiting his wife, the
former Mary Gaylor, and small
daughter, Billie, at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Gaylor.
Lt. Dillard has been stationed at
Smyra, Tenn. He will report to Lin
coln, Nebraska, for further duty.
Wallace W. Deitz Returns To
California for Further
Assignment
Wallace W. Deitz S 1-c returned
last Wednesday to San Francisco,
Cal., after spending three weeks with
#his father, Sam W. Deitz, at Webster.
Seaman Deitz has been in service for
seventeen months and has spent thir
teen months of that time in the South
Pacific. Mr. Deitz has another son,
T- 5 Paul B. Deitz, who has served
in the European theatre for the past
16 month with an engineer. He took
part in the Invasion.
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Jackson Superior
Court Opens Oct. 9
The Following Names Have
Been Drawn As Jurors
i
The October term qf court will
cfren Monday, October 9. Judge Zeb
Mettles of Asheville will preside over
the term of courts
Thk following is the jury list for the
I first week:
Lawrence Reed, E. M. Lloyd, Char
les Passmore. Ransom E. Hooper, Al
vin Ashe, C. C. Jones, Walter H. Jack
son, Frank Dills, Curney Webb, John
H. Hooper, Jim Rice, Dave Dillard,
Ralph Ashe, Oscar Lovedhal, W. J%
Galloway, Dave Bishop, Charlie Ed
wards, Dallas Mills, J. H. Painter, J.
R. Dills, Burch McConneil, John W.
Buchanan, Louis Ashe,. Calvin Wil
son, T. C. Ledbetter, Fred Beasley,
Thad Reed, Ransom Bryson, J. R.
Long, Willie A. Sutton, D. A. Mon
teith, Milt Bryson, Jack Pressley, L.
II Watson, Ed Oxyner, C. W. Deitz,
F. A. Bryson, N. M.'Evitt, T. E. Luft,
Bedford Ensley, Jeff Hedden, Harry
?. Ferguson.
TWO PET DAIRY MEN
ARE PROMOTED
Two promotions have just been
niude by Pet -''Dairy Products Com
pany, that will be of interest to W. N.
C. counties.
R. B. Davenport has been, made
district supervisor, which puts him
in charge of the Pet plant here and
aiso in Greenville, S. C. Mr. Daven
port will reside here, and spend a day
or so a week in the South Carolina
territory.
Fred Yearout, former manager of
the Waynesville plant, and later in
charge of the Johnson City plant, has
i been put in charge of public relations
for the entire company. He will
maintain headquarters at Johnson
City. ? Waynesville Mountaineer.
Pfc. James R. Sellers
Now Serving In France
Word had been received by Mrs.
James R. Sellers that her husband,
Pic. James R. Sellers, has been moved
from Italy into Southern France, He
has been overseas since May, 1944.
Woodrow Dillard Is Spending
20 Day Leave With His
Parents, Relatives
Woodrow "Baer" Dillard S. 1-c is
iprrriing a 20-day leave with his
parents-, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Dillard,
and other. .relatives here.
"Baer" entered service in January,
1942. He took his boot training at'
Norfolk, Va., and from there was as
signed to a ship. He has been in the
Pacific area for the past 26 months.
He graduated in the class- of 1932 at
Svlva Central High School, and at
tended Western Carolina Teacher's
College. Before enlisting in the Navy
he was was employed in construction
work in Virginia and Tennessee.
Sgt. Ensley Is Reported
Prisoner Of War In
German Hands
Mr. and Mrs. Berry Ensley recently
received a letter from the Govern
ment stating thatjtheir son, Sgt. Julius
Alvirr Ensley, "was* nttssing. in ^ action
iii France. They have rec&jved word
now that he is a German prisoner of
war.
Sgt. Ensley was in service before
Pearl Harbor and has been in the
Infantry since March, 1944.
Before going into service Ensley
was employed in Washington where
he volunteered.
Sgt. Ensley's wife, the former Bon
nie Mitchell, lives in Sylva.
Now Serving In
?
Southern France
Mr. and Mrs. J. Edgar Buchanan
have recently received word that
their son, Cpl. Ervin C. Buchanan, is '
:'.ow- serving in France. He has been
in service for over three years, serv
ing sixteeh months overseas. He
has served in North Africa, Sicily,
Italy, and was then sent into France.
He says that France is the nicest place
he has been since he has been over
seas; but like all of the other boys he
will be glad to come home.
LEADING SAVANNAH -
CITIZEN DIES FOtLOW
ING SHORT ILLNESS
Funeral services for James W.
Cabe, leading citizen of Savannah
township, who died on Saturday
morning following a short illness,
were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock at the East Fprk Baptist
Church. Rev. Ernest Jamison, pas
tor, assisted by He v. T. F. Deitz and
Rev. Lawrence Crawford (Officiated.
Burial was in the East Fork cemetery.
Active pall-bearers were Frank
Bryson, Bill Jones,- Harrison Bradley,
Bert Buchanan, John Wilson and
Hamilton Bryson.
Surviving are the widow, two
daughters, Alice and Jimmie Sue, and
two brothers, Loney Cabe, and Lyn
don Cabe, of Gay.
Mr. Cabe was a farmer at the time
of his death, but for several years was
employed by State Highway Com
mission. Moody funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. C. L. Allison Is
Improving At Norburn
.. The many friends of Mrs. C. L.
AllisorPvvill be glad to know that she
is improving following an operation
at the Norburn Hospital in Asheville
iast Saturday. s
Captain Carper Speaker
At Methodist Church On
Sunday Evening
Capt. John H. Carper of Cullo
whee left Tuesday for Camp Chaffer,
Ark., after spending a few days with
hvs family. Capt. Carper is 'a chap
lain in the U. S. Army and has spent
27 months in -the European area of
operati6ns!" He recently spent thtfee
weeks at home before being sent to
Miami for reassignment. He will
r.ow be stationed at Camp Chaffer,
Ark.
Captain Carper was guest minister
at the Sylva Methodist Church on
Sunday evening.
22 W. N. C. MEttWITH
34TH IN ITALY
Twenty-two Western North Caro
lina servicemen are now serving with
"the ? 133id ? infantry ? regiment of ? the
34th division in Italy, according to a
dispatch reeei v ed here. .
The 34th division, having been
oversea5^i4H~~tfiepast three years, has
mtJfecombat hours to its credit than
any other division in the Mediterra
nean 'area, the dispatch said.
Western North Carolina members
cf the division are:
Pfc. Fred R. Davis of Candler, R.
F. D. No. 1, Pvt. Joe W. Ramsey of
Canton, Lt. Ralph Little of Conover,
Pfc. Fred M. Icard of Connelly Springs,
Pfc. Lester M. Carter of Canton, Lt.
v
Roy D. Phillips of Cullowhee, Pfc.
Glenn P. Gibbs of Dana, Pfc. Lee R.
Whitener of Hickory, Sgt. Charles E.
Potts of Highlands, Pfc. James A.
Gibbs of Dana, Pvt., Wilbur H. Brit
tain of Lenoir, Pfc. Marion C. Hogan
of Marion, Pvt. Paul H. Whitney of
Lenoir. Cpl. Thomas H. Hunter' of
Marshall, Pfc. Joseph B. Hallyburton
of Motfgantpn, Pvt. Thomas M. Allison
of Old Fort^ Pv? Richard C. Gregg
of Swannanoa, Pvt. Robert L. Gunter
of Waynesville, Pvt. Virgil L. Press
ley of Old Fort, Pvt. Earl J. Medlin
of Ashevilie, Sgt. Clifford W. Frizzell
of Webster, and Pfc. Shelton Carpen
ter of Hemlock.
Troy O. Davis Completes
Specialized Training
Pfc. Troy O. Davis, of Whittier
Route 2, this week completed a four
weeks course in specialized training
a* the Military Police Training Center
(Aviation), Barksdale Field. La., and
returned to his, home station at Mor
ris Field, Charlotte.
Jackson War Fund
Drive Starts Oct. 23
The date for the Jackson bounty |
United War and Community War
Fand Drive has been set for October
23 and will run until November 20.
The chairmen in the different town
ships and communities will be furn
ished with pamphlets, etc., explaining,
4'r,e nature and purpose of the drive.
The chairmen have the. right to ap
j l/oint anyone whom they see fit to
i help there irr this drive. It may be
j that they will wish*to include more
women and school teachers on their
: committees.
I The following chairmen have been
! appointed by the Executive commit
! tee to help with the Drive in the dif
i ferent townships, also showing the
i committee members and the town
Lhip quotas:
BARKERS CREEK? $122.00, A. O.
Weidlick, Chm.; Alonzo Sutton.
CANADA ? 1 45.0<X, Will Middleton,]
chm.; Cleve Wood. ~
CASHIERS? 145.00, Mrs. Minnie
Cole, chm.; J. C. Passmore.
CANEY FORK ? 181.00, Luther
Phillips, chm.; Blaine Nicholson. Ran
som Hooper.
CULLOWHEE Regular, 508.00;
Boy Scouts, 125.00, Dr. W. A. Ash
brook, chm.; C. F. Dodson, Ed Battle,
iEd Bryson.
DILLSBOR? 363.00, S. W. Enloe,
chm.; Cole Cannon.
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Sylva Lions Club
Holds Regular Meeting
The Sylva Lions Club h:.d their
regular meeting last Wednesday even
ing in the Allison Building of the
Methodist Church.
Francis Buchanan was given a life
line membership to the Boy Scouts
cf America, the reason for this was
that it is impossible to hoid a court
of honor during the Polio epidemic,
and Francis is leaving soon to enter
Oak Ridge Military Academy and
would not be here for the next Court
of Honor.
Boyd Sossamon, manager of the
Sossamon Furnitur Store, was taken
in as a member.
After the meeting the club attend
ed service at the Mthodist Church in
a body.
Joe Ward Visiting
Parents In Whitfier
Joe Ward M. M. 2-c is spending 20
days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
O. E. Ward, of Whittier. He entered
service ia February, 1943, served a
a few months on the Atlantic before
being transferred to the Pacific area
in January, 1944. He was in the first
group to land both on Saipan and
Tinian and also saw action in the
Marshall Islands.
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STATE AND REGIONAL FOREST HEADS TO BE
HEARD ON EXTENSIVE PROGRAM AT
MEETING ON ASSOCIATION GROUNDS
The Farm Foresters who sfcrve the
North Carolina farmers under the
"Farm Woodland Marketing Project"
are attending a training conference
September 18-23 as guests of thfc Log
Cr.bin Association. v.
The "Farm ^Woodland Marketing
Project". is a cooperative undertaking
between the North Carolina Agricul
tural extension service and the U. S.
Forest Service. The purposes of this
work are to:
1. Help in getting farm timber
harvested to meet the war needs.
2. Encourage farmers to harvest
the timber in a manner to give
profitable return and at the same
time maintain a productive grow
ing forest for future crops.
3. Aid farmers in scaling tim
ber to determine the volume ? -
which they have for sale.
4. Assist in developing a mu
tual working relationship "be
tween the farm timber owners
the timber operators.
In short thf, broad purpose Is ?
to aid in developing and main,
taining a permanent forest indus
fry throughout North Carolina.
OBSERVE WORK OF ASSOCIATION
The reason for bringing this group
of foresters to Jackson County is iff
give them an opportunity to study
and observe the forestry work of the
Log Cabin Association, where for the
past 15 to 18 years u program of
forest development has been in prog,
res s. The forest planting to stop
erosion and reclaim idle acres; the
cleaning of cull trees from natural
forests, followed by under planting
with white pine, thinning of crowded
stands of young pine, the harvest of
over mature hardwoods, and tho
pruning of pines to produce higher
quality timber are object lessons
v/hich can be followed by thousands
cf farmers throughout the state.
GRAEBER IS LEADER
H. W. Graeber, in charge of Fores
try Extension of State College is the
leader of the confcrence assisted by
C. F. Evans, Assistant Regional For
ester, and Edward M. Gaines, both
of the U. S. Forest Service, Atlanta,
Ga. The Farm Foresters in atten
dance are: E. J. Sylvester, Windsor
R. E. Reed, Clinton, N. CM H. E.
Blanchard, Whiteville, F. J. Cook,
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Jackson Students At WCTC
Dorothy Hennessee, Ida Ann Bain,
Soderquist, Lela Moore Hall, Nancy
Allison, Dorothy Sue Tallent, Dorothy
Mae McKee, Virginia Madison, Ethel
Reed, B. Jane Harris and Jimmy
.VI ad i. son are all students c*f Western
Carolina Teachers College this year.
1944 Hunting Seasons For
Western North Carolina
As a guide for 'the? hunters in this
section, Mr. J. A. Bradshaw, District
G.ime Protector, Asheville, releases
the following informtoian:
DEER SEASON ? Buck deer only.
1. In Buncombe, Henderson, Tran
sylvania and in that portion of Hay
wood County south of Highway No
ifi, the open season shall be October
1") to December 15, bag limit 1 per
day or 3 per season. ?
2. In Avery, Caldwell, Jackson.
Madison, Mitchell, McDowell and
Yancey counties, the ope:n season shaU
br November 1 to November 30. Bag
limit 1 per day or 3 per season.
3. In Macon. Clay, Cherokee and
Swain counties the open season shall
be November 1 to November 15. Bag
limit 1 per day orlp?r season.
QUAIL ? Nov. 23toFebNo. Bag lim
it 10 per day.
GROUSE! ? Nov. 23 to Jan. 1. Bag
ijmit 2 per day.
RABBIT? Nov. 23 to Feb., 10. Bag
limit 10 per day.
SQUIRRELr? Sept. ;5 to Dec. 15. Bag
limit 6 per day.
BEAR ? Oct. 15 to Jan. 1. Bag limit
2 per day or 2 per season.
OPOSSUM, RACCOON? ( With gun
and dogs) Oct IS to Feb. 15.
OPOSSUM, RACOON, MINK. MUSK*
RAT ? (trapping) Nov. 15 to Pet). 15,
J. A. BRADSHAW,
District Game Protector* L
MACK ASHK,
Jackson County Game Wardem