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Ths sylva Herald, winner ?/
First Place of N. C. Pra M
Asavciation 1943 General Bu~
celience Award.
VOL. XIX NO. 21 . - SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, October 11, 1944 $1.50 A Year In Jackson And Swain Counties? n? nv
BUCHANAN BROTHERS
HAVE ALL HAD OVER
SEAS DUTY WITH ARMY
Pvt. Wm. Davis Buchanan,
Wounded In France July
19, Is Improving
Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley Buch
ar.an of Savannah have three sons in
- service.
Pvt. Wm. Davis Buchanan of the
U. S. army was reported to be mak
ing normal improvement in a hos
pital In England, according to in
formation received by his parents. He
was wounded in France on July 19.
Mrs. Buchanan has received the Pur
ple Heart which was awarded her.
"Bill" has been in service sirice Aug
ust,- 1943. He received his basic
training at Fort Jackson, S. C., Camp
Blanding, Fla., and Ft. George G.
Meade in Maryland. Pvt. Buchanan
went overseas in June of this year.
S. Sgt. John W. Buchanan, Jr., has
been in service for more than three
years, having spent 21 months over
seas. He received his initial training
at Fort Bragg, N. C., Camp Croft, S.,
Ft Oglethorpe, Ga.; and Camp Sut
ton, N. C. * He is now serving in Italy.
He was previously stationed in North
Africa. John wrote of having seen
the ruins of the fallen Empire and
has been in Rome on different occas
ions.
Sgt. Morgan Buchanan of the U. S.
Marine Corps has been in service for
more than three years. He was given
a transfer in December, 1943, after
serving two years in Puerto Rico and
the Vieques Islands. He is now sta
tioned at QUantico, Va.
The Buchanan brothers are all
graduates of \^^e^^ster High school.
OXFORD ORPHAGE
GIVES 214 TO SERVICE
Some Of Its Members Have
Already Been t)ecoral^H
For Valor ?
The Oxford Orphanage at Oxford,
North Carolina, has a record of sev
er.ty-one years of service to the child
ren of North Carolina. Over five
thousand have been cared for and
trained. its graduates and former
pupils are in all walks of life and
there is no record of a former pupil
having been convicted and sentenced
for committing a majov^flT^je in North
Carolina. It is the oldest Orphanage
in the State and receives children
other than those -of membership of
the supporting order.
At the present time less than forty
pt. cent of the population of the Or
phanage'is of Masonic parentage. The
home possesses valuable buildings,
grounds and equipment and has had
no operating deficit for several year.
The annual budget of the Orphan
age calls for an expenditure of $170,
000.00. This provides shelter, cloth
ing, and food, recreation, heat, light,
books, school supplies, health pro
gram, staff of trained workers, vo
cational training in several depart
ments, laundry, repairs and upkeep
to grounds, buildings and equipment,
and experienced case work for a fam
ily of 308 children. ' ?'
Superintendent C. K. Proctor an
nounces that liberal gifts are needed
this year for operating expenses in
crder to maintain the Home.
The Oxford Orphanage more
than a philanthrophy ? it h an in
\ estment in the lives of North Caro
lina") boys and girls who would not
ctheKvise have a chance. It pays to
the State and its citizenship the high
dividends in character and trained
young people. It is an opportunity
today f9r North Carolina citizens to
express in a substantial way tljeir
desire to help others.
The orphanages of the State use
the Thanksgiving season as an occa
sion to appeal to the citizens of the
State for so much needed assistance.
The Superintendent of the Oxford
Orphanage announces that the home
is open for visitors each day, and
hundreds of North Carolina citizens
visit this historic spot every year.
Pfc. J. O. Fisher Reported
Safe, After Being Missing
For Tewenty Days in France
Pfc. J. O. Fisher, who was report
ed missing on August 29, has rejoined
his company. Pfc. Fisher is serving
in Franc#. His wife, the former
Ethel Hayes, received word from her
husband and also the war dept., that
he was safe. He was missing for 20
days before he rejoined his company.
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AS THE ATTACKS od Manila (1) point to an early Philippines invasion
thrust and as Japan presses its drive to cut China in two c2) and sc;j!:s
a fii^ner grip on the southeast China coast, Under-Secty. of Navy Kali h
Bard warns that the" loss" of both the Philippines and the Indtes
not be a fatal blow to Japan. On this map, the black area indicates
territory into which Japan can finally withdraw and find necessnry^vap
materials and equipment Lined areas are those held or dominated by
lanan a/hr?B? rlriv?? nn Kweilin is cansinc much cnnoflro. ' International)
THROAT INFECTION IS
FATAL FOR WENDALL L.
WILLKIE AT NEW YORK
1940 GOP Presidential
Nominee Passed Away
Unexpectedly In Sleep
The nation paused Monday to pay
tribute to the passing of a great
American, Wendell L. Willkie, who
passed away unexpectedly in his
sie:ep in a New York hospital Satur
day night. Physicians said death was
due to coronary thrombosis. Dr. Al
exander GhisJin, a throat specialist
said a streptococci infection affected
the heart muscles and that Willkie
aftpr suffering thrpp
attacks the last of which occurred at
2 A. M. Sunday morning. He died at
2.30 A. M. , , *
The body of the 52-year-old poli
tical leader and industrial head'<Qiy
in state in the Fifith Avenue, Pres
byterian church from 2 P. M. Mon
day until time for the funeral at 3 P.
M. Tuesday; Burial will be in the
deceased former home at Rushville,
Indiana, a date to be announced later
upon the arrival of Willkie's only son,
Lt. (jg) Philip Willkie, who is on
convoy duty somewhere in mid-ocean.
The 1940 Republican nominee foi
president, who polled over 22, 000, "000
votes, entered the hospital Septem
ber 6, for a physical check-up and
rest. The throat infection developed
last week and he became critical at
pjidnight Friday night.
Willkie's passing brought the fol
lowing comment from President
Roosevelt: "The nation will long re
member Wendell^^^iikie as a forth
right American. Earnest^ honest,
whole-souled, he also had tremendous
courage. This courage which was his
dominating trait prompted him more
than once to stand alone and to chal
lenge the wisdom of counsels taken
by powerful interests within his own
party. In this hour of grave crisis
tne country loses a great citizen
through his untimely death."
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, Republican
presidential nominee, described Will
kie as "one of the great men of our
liine."
- "His death will be mourned through
out the world," Gov. Dewey said upon
his return tu New York from Char
leston, W. Va.
Dean W. Colvard To Speak
At Community Fair At
Cullowhee On October 20th
Mr. Dean W. Colvard, assistant di
rector of Test Farms * of the* NortH
Carolina Department of Agricultiyp,
will speak at the Community Fair to
b*- held at 'Cullowhee on Friday Oc
tober 20. Mr. Colvard will speak at
11:00 A. M.
Wallace W. Deitz In
California For
Further Assignment
Wallace W. Deitz S. 1-c, son of Sam
\V. Deitz. of Webster has arrived
safely in California for further assign
ment. He recently spent a leave with i
his father. Seaman Deitz has been
in service 18 months, and has been in
the Pacific area for 12 months.
For satisfactory home storage of
onions over a period of several
months: 1. Selcct good, fully dried
4-nions. 2. Keep in a cold dry place,
but du not let them freeze. 3. Pro
vide for circulation of air by spread
ing. Never pack Closely in a closed
container.
JACKSON WOMEN ARE
ASKED TO FURNISH
PILLOWS FOR ARMY
HOSPITAL PATIENTS .
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Jacv.^on County has been asked by
! ho Western Camp, and "'Council to
Hr. nisii quite number ?oi* rest 'pill'
lows for patients in various govern
men. hospitals in Western Carolina.
Srvemi? of these hare trhxntdy beerr
mnde and sent in," but many more
are needed. Some of the civic or
ganizations of the county have given
money to buy material^ to make the
pillows and slips. Some feathers have
been donated', but more' are needed,
so this is a request for any one who*
has some, feathers that can be used
for this purpose to please contact Mrs.
Harry Ferguson, Sylva, phone 251.
This is a small service which the
women of Jacksgn county may render
our wounded soldiers and sailors; so
let s go over the top again by getting
the feathers, making the pillows and
sending them to the places - where
where they are needed.
FBI QUARTERLY LAW
ENFORCEMENT SCHOOL
TO BE HELD AT CANTON
Local Offices Plan To
Attend Meeting On 19th
Sheriff Leonard Holden, Chief of
Police Griffin Middleton, officer Don
Davii' Hay Owens, of State Highway
PairoJ and probably otKers of ~SyTva
and Jackson county are planning to
attend the FBI Quarterly Law 1 En
forcement Conference School at Can
ton, on Thursday, Oct. 19.
The officers will be guests of the
City of Canton and the Champion
Paper and ^ibre Company at the
11 A.
M. to 4 P. M.. At 11:30 through the
courtesy of the officials of the paper
company the visiting law jwatorce
mcnt people" will be shown through
the paper a p 1 a_nj. Knllowing
tnis is scheduled what promises
to be one of the highlights of the con
ference in the form of a luncheon put
on by'tne Champion Paper and Fibre
Company which will be served free
at the YMA. The conference pro
gram will begin promptly at 2 P. M. at
the Strand Theatre.
J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the
FBI, has designated Special Agent
\\ . G. Kimbrough, oMiie^XBI office
?p. Miami to participate in the con
ference. Mr, Kimbrough is an ex
pert in the art of defensive tactics and
ft TYn?nf jpctrnrinvc on Director
Hoover's staff.
Edward Scheidt, Special Agent in
charge of the Charlotte FBI office,
and other agents will be present.
REA reports that its borrowers have
reserves of $110,000,000 in approved
"loans that will be available for con
struction as soon as materials are re
leased when the war is ended.
State acreage goals for rye harvest
in 1945 totaling 2,515,000 acres for
'.he country as a whole, are announced
by War Food Administrator Marvin.
Jones.
The week of October 8-14 should
mark concentrated fire prevention
work on every farm in North Carolina,
lays Dean I. O. Sphaub.
Mrs- UseB?ll0t
\Vomen
Vice-Chairman of Democrats
Says Women Are Not Taking
Enough Interest In Gov'ment
North Carolina women do not take
the interest in affairs pf Government
that they showed a decade ago, in
the opinion of Mrs. B. B. Everett, vice
chairman of the State Democratic
Executive Committee.
Pointing to the pride which women
in this State showed in their first op
of State and ? National government
twenty-five years ago, Mrs. Everett
declared that the prediction at that
time was that women would bring
about great changes and reforms.
"Although possibly for a time we
tried to live up to our new oppor
tunities, in recent years we have suf
fered a lapse in interest. Not only
have we failed to show the proper
interest in public affahrs, but we have
neglected to use our right to vote,
and we have failed to train our young
women 10 realize ineir oppununnes,
n.id Mrs. Everett.
She explained that women this year
rre expected to cast more than sixty
per cent of the vote and warned this
year's goal will not be met unless each
women in the "smallest, most remote
precincts of North Carolina registers
and votes."
"In this year of decision it is- every
v/oman's duty to get out and help.
We must not leave this matter en
tirely to the registrars and the elec
tion officials," asserted Mrs. Everett
in pointing to the opportunity wom
en of North Carolina have to play a
part in the decisions of Government.
Mrs. Everett reminded Democratic
women of the State that registrars
will be in designated places in their
respective precincts with books open
for registration on October 15, 21, and
23. She urges all women of North
Carolina to keep these dates In mind,
but in doing so not to forget election
d?*y ? November 7. %
Jernigart Heard By
Rural Ministers At
* , ?* ' ? '
Cullowhee Meeting
Cpl. Kay W.* Cunningham
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Awarded The Purple Heart
Cpl. Ray W. Cunningham, son of
ill-, and Mrs. George Cunningham, of
Sylva has been awarded the Purple '
leart for 'wounds received in_act ion.
n France on July 17. His mother has
eceived the medal.
Cpl. Cunningham entered service
n January, 1941, and has been over
;eas since Feb r uarv, li)44. He no w
serving somewhere in Holland.
FOREST BREAKS OWN
TIMBER PRODUCTION
RECORD LAST QUARTER
Nantahala Timber Production
With 19,000,000 Feet-Cut
The Nantahala Forest, with head
quarters at Franklin, has again broken
lis timber production record. Dur
ing the three months ending Sept. 30,
1044, 19 million feet of timber we're
Dili from the Forest. This marks the
7/catest production for a thrce
rionths' period in the history of the
Vantahala.
The cut included saw timber, ve
icer stock, pulpwood and shuttle
slocks, all vitally necessary in satis
faction of the war effort. In addi
tion; 855 tons of chestnut oak t;nd
lemlock tunbark were moved.
Turing 4'T period the Nantahala
nade 72 sales. It now has on lis buoks
>75 active sales,' ranging in size frorr\
jne tree, suitable for a special pro
duct, to millions of feet of quality
>U wtimber.
ALFRED E. SMITH.IS
TAKEN BY DEATH IN
IN EMPIRE STATE CITY
1928 Democratic Nominee For.
President Died Wednesday
o
Death closed the chapter of a color
ful, political life^.-f<Ar Alfred E. Smith
at 6:2(LA^ M. *tast Wednesday morn
ing as the 1928 DemocratTcT noTrTTrrerr
far president, lay ill In Rockefeller
Institute in New York. The "Happy
Warrior" of American politics, had
been ill since h is wife passed away
last May. He was 70 years old. Death
was due to lung congestion and heart
disease, his physician stated.
The body of the prominent Catholic
layman lay in state in St. Patrick's
cathedral from 2 P. M. until 11 A. M.
Saturday.
Smith began, his political career
as a clerk and subpoena server for
Lhfe commissioner of jurors at the age
3f 22 and rose to representative in
Lhe New York legislature and to Gov
ernor of the State. He was defeated
\n 1928 for president by Herbert
Hoover.
Rev. C. M. Warren Conduct
ing Revival Services At Scotts
Creek Baptist Church
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The Rev. C. Warren is conduct
ing a revival service at the Scott's
Creek Baptist church. The service
started last Sunday night and will
continue through the week. Services
start each evening at 7:45 P. M. The
public i a cordially invited to attend.
TVA Cooperates In Rural
Ministers Work Course
? G ULLQ W H EE- ? E. C. J e rni g rrfv, ? - ?
sistant state Conservationist of Ra
leigh, spoke -today to the student body
of Westcrh Carolina Teacher*; College
r.nd members the Rural Minister^
Work Conference, now being held at
the college, on the subject, Saving *
the - Soil. At thiq conclusion of his
talk M^r. Jerniga^ showed a film in
;olor on soil conservation. *
Accompanying Mr. Jernigan was
W. G. Simpson, assistant state conser
vationist, U. S. Soil Conservation Ser
vice, Auburn, Alabama. Intrduc
ng both Mr. Jernigan and Mr. Simp
son was the Reverend Vladimir Hart
nan, director of the ministers' con- '
ference which is being held at the
:ollege for the purpose of research and
fellowship and to study intensively
ihout resources ? natural, human, and
spiritual.
After enumerating* the purposes of
^he ministers' <?onfe?ence, Mr. Hart
nan spoke briefly concerning the ? .
three kinds of resources. He em-*
phasized the fact that- by knowing
nore of these three resources minis*
Lers will be- better able to help men
v/ith whom they come in contact tq
build better houses, better communi
ties, and better lives.
At 4he beginning of the programT
which was attended by thirty-five
ministers and almost three hundred
s-udents, the Reverend William Pad
dock of the Episcopal Church of Fon- *
tana Dam read the scripture, and the
Rt verend George Br Culberth of the
First Methodist Church of Canton
prayed.
On the third day of the Conference
(Wednesday) the Reverend R. G-.
Tuttle, pastor of the Methgdist church
in? Sy4vnr~tecT the devotional service
His subject for the morning was '
"Spiritual Resources."
Other speakers on Wednesday
morning's program included G. R.
Lackey, Jackson County Farm Agent,
W. M. Brown, F.S.A. supervisor, Miss
Martha Barnett, Associate F.S.A. su
pervisor, Miss Mary Cromwell, Home
demonstration agent of Murphy, Ray
Orr, forestry representative for tho
Department of Agriculture and the
Tennessee Valley Authority. Each of
these representatives gave resumes ot
his work and how it is carried on in
hii: area.
On Wednesday afternoon , the par
ticipants of the conference wen I to
[FIT Ki'osk Us Lilt' between Sylva and
Bryson City to study the reforesta
tion program being carried on there
l nd to one of the many test demon
stration farms which are under the
supervision of the county farm agent
The Ministers' Conference which
began Monday and will continue thru
Friday is being sponsored by Western.
Carolina Teachers College, by the
Council of Southern Mountain Work
ers, and by the Tennessee Valley
.Authority, each being represented
respectively by W. E. Bird, the Rev
erend Vladimir Hartman, and E. S
Christenberry.
POSFoFFICE IEASE
ON PRESENT BUILDING.
EXPIRES NOVEMBER 4
The lease for the Post Office Build
ing will expire on November 4lh
Anyone having a building, suitable
for the Post Office, for rent will
please place their bids before that
time. The proposals are to be sub
mitted to Robert Ovcring, Post Office
Inspector in Raleigh. For further in
formation see Charles N. Price, Sylva
Postmaster.
Hubert Bumgarner Now
Serving In England
Hubert Bumgarner S. 2-c has ar
rived m England according toward
received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John O. Bumgarner.
Seaman Bumgarner entered service
in April, 1944. He took his basic
training at Camp Peary, Va., and the '
was then sent to New York to a port
of embarkation.
Bumgarner has two brothers in ser
vice: Pvt. Garsie Bumgarner who is
now stationed in France; and Pfc. Earl
Bumgarner who is stationed at Jack
sonville, Miss. He is now spending a
five-day furlough with his wife, the
former Eula Mathis, and his parent*, -