The Sylva Herald
AND RURALTra?CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943
SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, April 11, 1945 $1.50 A Year In Jackson And S
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Fir$t Place of N. C. frm
Association 1948 G#n#reU
celleitce Award,
wain Counties?5c Copy
Rotarians-Lions
Sponsoring Clothing
Collection
Jackson Goes Over Top
For Red Cross War Fund
Mr. A. J. Dills, chairman of the Red
Gross \yar Fund Drive, has announced
that Jackson county has reached its
quota of $6500 and has exceeded that
amount by raising $6720. As yet
three small districts are unreported.
Mr. Dills spoke of the fine coopera
tion and support he has received in
this drive and wishes to thank those
who worked with him .and to those
who contributed so generously.
PVT. RUFUS D. NATIONS
KILLED IN ACTION
. Pvt. Rufus D. (Deforest) Nations,
fcu^band of Mrs. Ruth Bumgarner
Nations, was reported killed in action
in Germany March 12, 1945.
Pvt. Nations entered service April
7, 1944, and received his training at
Camp Wheeler, Ga., before going
overseas in September of the same
year.
He was in Co. D. 47th Infantry when
reported killed.
Pvt. Nations is survived by his
widow, his father, Baxter Nations, of
Barkers Creek, one brother, Vivian
Nations, two sisters, Mrs. Lovell Hipps
of Barkers Creek, and Mrs. Earl Hen
son of Canton.
POSTHUMOUS AWARD
OF THE SILVER STAR
MADE TO JOHN V. HOYLE
./WITH THE 36TH "TEXAS" DI
VISION, ALSAGE?Staff Sergeant
- V. Ho}2e, son of Mary J.
Hoyle, Sylva, North Carolina, was
awarded the Silver Star Medal, post
humously, for gallantry in action
while serving the 141st Infantry Reg
iment of the 36th "Texas" Division,
Sighting in France.
The citation states, "Sergeant Hoyle,
forward observer for his mortar
platoon, (2 to 4 January 1945), was
assigned the mission of establishing
an observation post with a rifle com
pany. A large hostile force launched
a violent counterattack against the
friendly troops. Not satisfied with the
observation afforded by his position
within the rifle company lines, Ser
geant Hoyle courageously worked his
way beyond the company area to a
spot within 75 yards of the enemy
lines. From this vantage point he
skillfully adjusted effective mortar
Sire on the hostile positions. During
the entire three days of the attack he
maintained his 'post, constantly trans
mitting fire orders to his mortar pla
toon. He frequently braved heavy
artillery and sniper fire to repair his
communication lines when they
were shattered by the hostile shelling.
On the day he was relieved from his
poet; Sergeant Hoyle, although fati
gued by his previous exertions, vol
unteered to lead a new observation
post team across a mined, shell-blast
e<i field to the position. While ad
vancing toward the objective, he was
killed by hurtling fragments from an
artillery shell."
FISHING LICENSE
NOW ON SALE
Game Warden Mack Ashe has just
given out the information that fish
ing license are now on sale at the
following places:
Bowers, Allison Hardware, Sylva
Supply Hardware, Weavers Filling
station at Dillsboro, Doyle Hoopers at
VThittier, Knight's store at Balsam,
Evans Service, Love Field, Postoffice
at Cullowhee, Wike& Store at East
LaPorte, O. D. Moses store at Tucka
seegee, Moore's Store at Glenville,
Passmore's Store at Cashiers, W. S.
Alexander, Grimshawes, Bryson Store,
at Norton, Fred L. Bryson, warden, at
- Brastus and Waite Reed at Sapphire.
Season for trout fishing opens Sup
day, April 15.
Bass season closes on April 15 ex
cept in certain lakes. Santeetlah and
Nantahala lakes open for trout and
bass April 15. Hiawasee and Catuche
lakes will not close but be open all
fummer.
It will be illegal to catch bass in
BUMGARNER WOUNDED
IN GERMANY
T-Sgt. James Olin Bumgarner was
wounded in action in Germany on
March 19th according to a message
received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
T. B. Bumgarner of Speedwell.
Sgt. Bumgarner was inducted at
Camp Croft, S. C., and received his
Gaining there and at Camp Butner,
N. C., and Camp Pickett, Va., before
going overseas in Nov., 1944.
He was attached to the 78th "Lightn
ing Division" and had been with the
American First army in Germany
since Dec., 1944.
Mr. and Mrs. Bumgarner have an
other son in service, Pfc) Fred W.
Bumgarner of Mac Dill Field, Fla.,
who was spending a fifteen-day fur
lough with his parents when they
recieved the message. .
Rev. C. M. Warren To Speak
At Webster Church
Rev. C. M. Warren, pastor -of the
Sylva Baptist church, will conduct
a meeting *at the Webster Baptist
church next Sunday' night, April 15.
The public is cordially invited.
Rev. Forest Blankenship is pastor
ot' the Webster church.
PVT. JESSE CLINE DIES
IN FRANCE
Pvt. Jesse Cline, son of J. H. Cline,
of Cullowhee and husband of Irene
Shelton Cline of Cullowhee died in
France March 12 from wounds re
ceived in Luxembuorg on Jan. 28.
Pvt. Cline received training at
Crmp Wheeler, Ga., and Fort Meade,
Md. He entered service April, 1944,
and went overseas in September, 1944.
Before entering service he was em
ployed by W. C. T. C., Cullowhee.
FUNERAL RITES
HELD SATURDAY
FOR W, KIMSEY HALL
Cullowhee?William Kimsey Hall,
67, died suddenly at his home in Cul
lowhee on Wednesday morning, April
4. Mr. Hall, who was born at Hazel
Creek, Swain County, for a number
of years has made home in Jackson
county where he owned a farm near
the Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege Campus. Mr. Hall was buried
on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the Cullowhee Baptist Church, where
he was a member. , The Reverend
Thad Deitz and the Reverend Jess
Mill?aps o-fficiated.
Surviving Mr. Hall are his widow,
the former Miss Clementine James;
two sons, Scott Hall of Murphy and
Dick Hall of Cullowhee; and one
daughter, Mrs. Rebecca Black, of At
lanta, Ga.; six grandchildren, Mrs.
Lois F. Garrett, a member of the
WACS in Alaska, James Hall Frizzell,
Rex Frizzell, Martha Gay Frizzell,
John Scott Frizzell, and 3etty Pauline
Frizzell; five brothers, Judd Hall, Cul
lowhee; Dillard Hall, Townsend, Tenn.;
Oscar Hall, Marble; John nan, Mur
phy; Napolean Hall, Almond; and
Mrs. Texie Higdon, Tuskagee.
The Moody Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Glenville lake until June 10th.
He urges that everyone be careful
about campfires and anything else
that might start fires.
AGAIN IT'S PARIS IN THE SPRING
t '*? A
YANKS AND THEIR LADIES throng a sidewalk cafe and others stroll in the
sunlight past budding trees on the Champs Elysees in Paris as the camera
illustrates reports that the French capital is returning at last to its old
time glamor and gaiety and joy in living. (International)
PFC. JAMES W. WILSON
WOUNDED ON
GORREGIDQR
Mr. and Mis. Lenore Wilson of
Dillsboro have received word that
tneir son, Pfc. James E. Wilson, was
slightly wounded in action Feb. 17 at
Corregidor.
Pfc. Wilson had been in service
three years, two years of that being
overseas duty.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have thre*
other sons ia service. Clinton Kr
Wilson S 1-c somewhere in the Pa
cific, Pfc. Woodi*ow Wilson in Ger
nany and S-Sgt. Johnnie Wilson who
is an instructor in Tuscon, Ariz.
Senior Class To Present
Play At Glenville High
The senior class of the Glenville
high school will give v two one-act
plays namely. "To Tommy With
Love" and "The Third Plate" Thurs
day night at 8:00 o'clock in the audi
torium. Members of the cast are:
June Edwards, Mary Robinson, Jac
queline Moody, Lelia Wiggins, Lois
Wilson, Kathryn Bryson, Ruth Franks,
Dorothy Watson, Dixie Watson, Anna
Belle Newman, Mary Bess Galloway,
Colleen Nicholson, Allen Bryson, C.
F. Reid, Padgett McCoy and Tommy
Bryson.
The plays are being coached by
Mrs. Ella iVfae Morris of Cullowhee.
Everyone is invited to attend.
McCracken Arrives
At Pearl Harbor
PEARL HARBOR, T. H.?Willaim
W. McCracken of Sylva, North Caro
lina. has arrived at Navy Yard Pearl
Harbor to assume his duties as a
civilian war worker.
Mr. McCracken has signed a con
tract to remain at this large Naval
blase for 18 mos. to support the great
Pacific Fleet. He is residing in the.
large civilian housing area adjacent^
to the Navy Yard which is operated by?
the Navy for the thousands of work-j<
ers. ?
PVT, HERBERT WEBSTER
DIES FROM WOUNDS
RECEIVED IN ACTION
Pvt. Herbert Webster, Jr., of Tuck
oseegee has died from wounds re
ceived in action in Germany on March
19 according to a message received by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Webster.
Pvt. Webster was with an infantry
unit. He entered service Dec. 15,
1943, and received basic training at
Ctwwp Croft, S. C., and Fort Meade.
He was wounded in October, 1944,
and received the Purple Heart which
was forwarded to his mother recently.
Pvt. W^bste* had been back in ac
tion a short time when lie was killed.
He is survived by his parents, two
brothers, Floyd and Earl, and three
sisters: Mrs. Troy Powell, Mrs. An
nette Passmore and Virginia Webster.
MATHIS RECEIVES
BRONZE STAR
Sgt. Jasper H. Mathis of the U. S.
Army, son of Mr. and Mr^. Baxter
Vnthis, of Argura and husband of the
former Miss Rozell Higdon of East
LaPorte, has been awarded the Bronze
Star medal.
Having been overseas for three
years, Sgt. Mathis is now stationed in
the Philippines and is serving with a
tank destroyer Bn.
He entered service in January, 1942,
and received training at Fort Bragg,
Indiantown Gap, Pa., Fort Devers,
Mass., and San Francisco, Calif., be
fore going overseas in April, 1942.
Sgt. Mathis has three brothers who
are seeing with the armed forces.
T-5 Shirley Mathis in France, Pfc.
Ranzie L. Mathis in France, and. Pvt.
Vessie C. Mathis in Lawrenceville,
111. ?
, Miss Emmie Nelson, representative
jot the National 4-H Club Commit
itee, will come to Raleigh on April 16
-to discuss 4-H club awards with L. R.
[Harrill, State Club Leader.
Sylva Marine Helped Clear Mines
In Path Of Comrades On Iwo
Pfc. Frank W. Parris, a Jackson
county boy serving with the Fifth
Marine Division was one of two North
Carolina men to set a record on Iwo
Jima for front" line fighting?except
the word "front" doesn't describe
where they served?or how.
He was a member of a mine test
ing team which walked into no-man's
land as much as une liundrtfU yards
in advance of front line tanks and
infantry.
Probing every four inches of
ground witj^rtarpened rods, they
walked aoross open spaces and scram
bled up ridges followed by huge
armored bulldozers gouging out nar
row paths for Marine tanks.
Parris, with other members of the
ten men team had no protection other
than the rifles they carried and these
necessarily had to be lugged on their
snoulders.
They were prey to concealcd Jap
automatic weapons and had no fore
knowledge of the ravine cut, cave
siudded territory before them. With
the ranks of friendly Infantry be
hind them, often out of sight behind
jagged ridges, they met an eerie si
lence, broken by sudden echoes of Jap
Nambus light machine guns?shat
tering down dozens of rock sided
gorges. But they went on, found and
destroyedthe mines which were hold
ing up Marine units; converging on
Iwo's northern tip.
Pfc. Parris is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Z. V. Parris, of Sylva.
COOPERATE WITH
YOUR CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
A
It is necessary that every per
son interested in the progress and
improvement of Jackson County
cooperate fully with the Cham
ber of Commerce. This organiza -
tion functions solely for the bene
fit of you. Mrs. Jones, acting
secretary urges that anyone hav
ing rentable space, either for
tourists or permanent occupants
please list it with her. The Cham
ber of Commerce is daily receiv
ing inquiries of this nature and
they can not operate efficiently
without your support.
D. L. LANNING WOUNDED
AT IWO JIMA
D. L. Lanning, U. St M. C. ol" Glen
ville, was wounded on Iwo Jima
march 1st. His wife, Mrs. Mary
Lanning, was informed that her hus
band had received serious chest in
juries, but was improving in an army
hospital.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs/N. L.
Lanning of Glenville. Ho is a gradu
ate of the Glenville High school the
class of 1939.
Entering service in May, 1944, he
took boot training at Parris Island,
S. C., had further training at New
River, N. Cr, and Camp Pendleton,
Cal., before going overseas in Nov..
1944. He is now serving wtih the 4tn
division. His wife and two small sons
reside in Glenville.
C. C. Buchanan To Resume
Private Law Practice In Sylva
Mr. C. C. Buchanan, prominent
Sylva attorney, who has been with
the Unemployment Compensation
Commission for the past seven years,
has returned to Sylva to resume his
private practice of law. Mr. Buch
anan's law offices will be in the Sto
vall Building adjacent to the AAA
offices. He will open his office April
15th.
Mr. Buchanan has served in the
capacity of District Deputy, Head
quarters for the Commission being in
Raleigh. His first offices were lo
cated in Asheville, at which place he
remained one year, going from there
to Hickory for three years and then
to Morganton where 'he served for
two and a half years, having ten
counties of that district under his
supervision. The nature of Mr.
Buchanan's work consisted of con
ducting hearings for the Commission
where matters of controversy between
employers and employees existed, and
to decide whether claimants were en- |
titled to any benefit and further, in
case claimant was at fault, whether
penalty was to be invoked against the
claimant either partial or entire bene
fit.
Since the enactment of the G. I.
Veteran Bill of Rights Mr. Buchanan
stated that since September he had
investigated 130 hearings of discharg
ed Veterans. Duties in this line were
to pass on claims filed by all enlisted
men who had been discharged, for the
purpose of determining amounts of
benefits they were entitled to receive.
Mr. Buchanan resigned March 1st
to be effwtiv-A April tho let
one of the ten Claims Deputies for the
Commission for the state of North
Carolina.
About May 1 give all gfifeep, except
lambs, individual doses of Cu-Nic.
Keep a mixture of 1 part of powdered
phenothiazine and 12 parts of salt
before the sheep during the grazing
season.
United Clothing Drive Being
Conducted Throughout
Jackson County *
The nation-wide united clothing
drive whiel^ will be conducted
throughout the month of April is
being sponsored in Jackson county
by the Sylva Rotary and Lions clubs.
T. W. Ashe has been named chairman
and A. J. Dills, co-chairman. Also
serving on the committee are: Rosooe
Poteet, Roy Reed, C. A. Hoyle of
Cullowhee and J arret t Blythe of
Cherokee.
In Sylva a committee of two, Paul
Kirk and Everett Harris, have been
appointed who will have charge of
organizing and collecting the cloth
ing in Sylva and will also be publicity
committee.
In Dillsboro, J. C. Cannon has been
named as being in charge and in
Cullowhee C.< A. Hoyle and Mrs. W.
A. Ashbrook. A. J?L_Moses, Supt^_oI
schools and the teachers of the various
schools will be responsible for the
collection of these clothes.
At^a later date Mr. Ashe will an
nounce the committees for the sorting
and packing of these garments.
What is needed in this drive is
good substantial used clothing for
summer and winter wear. Although
clothing need not be in perfect repair
it must useful to the people who re
ceive it. Underclothing and all kinds
of cotton garments should be washed
before they are donated but need not
be ironed. Particularly needed are
infants' garments ??1 any kind; Men's,
boys' women's and girls plain sub
stantial garments. Evening and cos
tume clothes cannot be used. Caps
and knitted head wear, bedding, and
unliable remnants or piece goods will
be accepted. Shoes of the plainer
and more substantial type are urgently
requested. These .should be securely
tied and mated.
Throughout the war torn countries
clothing is very scarce or thread bare
and worn out. More than 125.000,000
are in libera mi* or to be
erated nations ot Europe which are
in dire need of clothing. Of these
more than 30,000,000 are children
and it has been estimated that as many
have died from exposure as from
starvation. From America must come
130,000,000 pounds of wearable
clothes.
It is urgently requested that every
person in Jackson county contribute
toward this drive. An hour or so
spent in >orting out clothes which
you no longer have need of will as
sure Mr. Ashe and Mr? Dills success
in this campaign. Clothing should
be left at any schoolhouse or at the
county courthouse.
WHAT CAN YOU SHARE THAT
THEY CAN WEAR? ,
GPL. WINSTON M. CABE
RECEIVES GOLD STAR
Cpl. Winst )ii M. Cabe of Sylva last
week received the Gold Star and
Commendation from the Commanding
General of the Fourth Marine Division
with the following citation:
4,For excellent service in the line
?f his duties while serving us a squad
leader of a 1 iMe squad during the
invasion and capture of Saipan,
Marianas Islands, from 15 June to 9
July. 1944. His courageous leader
ship, initiative, and devotion to duty
were an inspiration to those in whose
charge he had been placed and his
willingness to give battle aided ma
terially to the success of his organi
zation. * ,
"C. B. Cates, Major General. United
States Marine Corps, Commanding
Fourth Marine Division."
Cpl. Cabe had served in the Ma
rine Corps for twenty-eight months,
nine months of the time being spent
in the Central Pacific area.
Entering service in October, 1942.
he took boot training at Parr is Island
and advanced training at New River.
N. C., and Camp Pendleton, CaL
Leaving fhe States in Jan., 1944, he
went directly to the Marshall Islands.
Here he was wounded. After recov
ering he was in engagements on both
Saipan and Tinian where he was
again wounded. Both timrg hg nuf
Tered injuries to his eyes. He spent
some time in the New York Institute
for the Blind, before receiving his
medical discharge, in February, r
He is the son of the latk Mr. and
Mrs. Ottis Cabe of Greens Creek ahd
n brother of Mrs. Berry Gaither and
Miss Lillian Cabe of Sylva. He has
one brother, Cpl. Carlin T. Cabe, also
serving with the Marines in the Pa
cific Theatre.