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The Sylva Herald
AND RURAUTE?CONSOLIDATED JULY. 1943
The Sylva Herald, winner #/
First Place of N. C. Prem0
Association 1943 General Em
cellence Award*
VOL. XIX NO. 49
. SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, April 25, 1945
$1.50 A Year In. Jackson And Swain Counties?5c Copy
Store?s To Observe
Half Holiday Again
During Hot Months
Local Merchants All Agree To
Close Tuesday Afternoon at
12 O'clock For May, June,
July And August
Beginning May 1st all local mer
chants will close their places of busi
ness at 12 o'clock noon and will re
main closed for the day. This is be
ing done in order that employees of
Ihese businesses may have half a day
vacation each week. This will be
effective throughout the months of
May, June, July and August.
Those who have agreed to do this are:
A & P Tea Co., Sanitary Market,
Schulman's Dept. Store, The Leader,
Bowers, Belk's, Karps Dept. Store,
Jackson Furniture Store, Massie
Furniture Store, Sossamons Furni
ture Store, Lawhead Store* Cannon
Brothers* Lawrence Reed, - Farmers
Federation, Cope Feed Store, Dan Al
lison Hardware and Feed Store,
Hale's, Eagle 5-10, StovalTs 5-10,
Charlie Hensleys, Sylva Supply Co.,
Dixie Stores, Ensley's Store, McNee
ley's Store, Bert Grant Grocery Store,
Campbell Electric Store, and Blue
E^tabon Shoe Shop. ,
CULLOWHEE SENIORS
WILL PRESENT THE
PLAY "LITTLE WOMEN"
Cullowhee?The senior class of Cul
lowiiee High school will present for
Itaeir class play Jearue's adaptation of
Louisa iM. Alcott's immortal classic,
"Little Women", on Friday evening,
April 27, in the Hoey Auditorium at
Western Carolina Teachers College.
The well known characters will be
played as follows; Jo, Dorothy Til
ley; Meg, Dorothy Sue Sutton; Beth,
Lorine Hamilton; Amy, Martha <B?Uey;
Mrs. March, Mary Alice Bryson; Mr.
March, William Hooper; Laurie, Roy
AJlen Waters; Mr. Lawrence, Marvin
Smith; John Brook, Kenneth Wike;
Hannah, Mary Ann Parker; Aunt
.March, Hettie Burrell; Professor
Bbear, John Nelson Shelton; girls,
Juanita Dills, Ruby Taylor, Annie
Ro6e Talbert, and Joy Woody.
Production staff for the play con
ja?ts of Jean Woody, Business mana
ger; Richard Mashburn; stage mana
ger; prompter, Juanita Dills; costume
mistress, Annie Rose Talbert; director,
Mrs. Carl Killian.
Ushers for the play will be Eula
Mae Parker, Sue Middleton, Betty
Zachary, Ruby Craft, Venons Houston,
Bdith Moses.
Mrs. C, M. Warren Returns
From Hospital
Friends of Mrs. C. M. Warren will
be glad to know she is making sat
isfactory improvement at her home
at the Baptist Parsonage. She re
turned last Wednesday from Mission
Hospital in Asheville where she has
been a pateint for two weeks follow
ing an operation.
Davis And Robinson
Meet In Pacific
Pfc. James T. Davis and S. Sgt.
Bill Robinson, both of Sylva, met in
the Philippines recently. Pfc. James
j Davis entered service Jan., 1944. He
received his training at Camp Van
Dorn, Miss., and has been overseas
since July, 1944. His wife, the form
er 'Miss Arnestine Russell, is employ
ed at Stovalls Cafe.
WIDOW RECEIVES
MEDAL AWARDED PVT.
DENVER T. DRYSON
The Purple Heart medal, awarded
posthumously to Pvt. Denver T.
Bryson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Bryson, of Speedwell has been
received by his widow, the former
Miss Pauline Pressley, of Speedwell.
She has also received a citation of
honor in memory of his service, signed
by the President as further recogni
tion for his bravery in combat.
Pvt. Bryson entered the service in
September, 1943, and received train
ing at Camp Blanding, Fla., and Fort
Meade, Md. He was sent to North
Africa in March, 1944, then to Italy
in time- <U> tfrke to the battle foj
Rome. He was serving with a com
bat Ranger Division when he was
wounded July 10, 1944. He died July
16 as the result of these wounds.
Pvt. Bryson, a graduate of W.C.T.C.,
was employed in the chemical lab
oratory of the Meade Corps, Sylva,
prior to his induction.
He is survived by his widow, who
teaches in the Candler High School,
both parents^ and one sistei\ Mrs. A
R. Cline, of Sanantonio, Texas.
CANNING SUGAR FOR
COUNTY WILL BE
ISSUED IN MAY
Dan Tompkins, chief clerk of the
Jackson county War Price and Ration
Board, has announced that registra
tion for 1945 canning sugar will be
had some time early in May. The
date and place of registration will be
announced later. Plans are to secure
volunteers to conduct the registration
iit each community in the county.
tMr. Tompkins informed a Herald
reporter that the county's quota for
canning sugar has been greatly re
duced this year over what it was in
1944. The total amount issued for
canning purposes in the county for
1944 was 316,890 pounds. For 1945
the county will only get 156,126
pounds. For this reason, and for the
purpose of distributing the sugar as
evenly as- possible, the applications
for the sugar this year will be exam
ined very carefully by the Food
pcMmel board, before -Certificates are
issued. The food pannel board is
composed of Chas. M. Reed, chair
man, Mrs. D. M. Hall and Mrs. Mary
Cowan, members.
The application for home canning
sugar must be filed by an adult mem
ber of the family for all other mem
bers of the family and must be ac
companied by spare stamp No. 13 in
War Ration Book Four. In the event
that spare stamp 13 has been lost or
destroyed it is necessary that appli
cation on Form R-315 be filed with
the local rationing board before re
placement will be made.
That Texas cat which dines on
corfi on the cob is also remarkable
for being able to ruth the sason.
Pfc. Odas V. Shelton
Awarded Bronze Star
Pi'c. Odas V. Shelton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Farida Shelton, of Norton
has been awarded the Bronze Star for
heroic- achievements. Pfc. Shelton
is with the 1st Army and 1st Infantry
Division in Germany. He had previ
ously been awarded the Purple Heart
tor wounds received in Germany.
The citation reads in full, "When
fr.ilure of mechanical communications
impaired his oattalions defense against
enemy counter attacks, Pfc. Shelton
made numerous trips across exposed
terrain and despite heavy enemy fire
carried important tactical messages
for his commanding officer. Pfc.
Shelton's exceptional courage and
devotion to duty exemplify the finest
traditions of- the service.
Mr.^and Mrs. Shelton hav two other
sons and son-in-law in the service.
Cpl. Verlin Shelton, with the Quarter
masters Corps in France, Pvt. Doyle
Shelton with the Field Artillery in
the Philippines' and Pfc. Charles La
Rue Boyer with an Anti-Air Craft
division in France. v Another son,
James Lloyd Shelton, was honorably
discharged after 10 months service
with an Infantry Division.
Pvt. Daniel T. Smith, husband of the
[ former Miss Geneva Ashe, of Webster
was reported killed in action in Ger
| many March 30.
He was graduated fipm the James
A. Gray High School of Winston
Salem in 1936 and was a member of
the Waughtown Church since the age
cf 13. For two years prior to enter
ing the service he was employed at
the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth,
Va.-?
Pvt. Smith entered service- July,
1944, and received his training at Fort
McClellan, Ala., and Fort Meade, Md.
He spent a six-day furlough with his
family in Winston-Salem before go
ing overseas in January of this year.
Surviving besides Mrs. Smith are
two children, Winaona and Michael,
his parents, Mrs? Mabel C. Smith of
Winston-Salem, his father, C. J.
Smith, of Pleasant Garden, one sister,
Miss Betty Jane Smith, Winston
Salem, one brother, Pvt. C. J. Smith,
Jr., Camp Roberts, Cal and the pater
nal grandmother, Mrs. J. T. Smith,
Kernersville.
PVT. DANIEL T, SMITH
KILLED IN GERMANY
ROSS APPOINTED
SUPERINTENDENT
OF SMOKY PARK
WASHINGTON, April. ?Blair A.
Ross today was named superinten
dent of the Great Smoky Mountains
National park.
A native-ot-Naveltjv Mo^he^suc-^
ceeds J. Ross Eakin, who retired be
cause of illness after a long career in
the National Park service.
Ross has been superintendent of
the Shiloh National Military park for
the past four years and for 20 years
previous served with the war de
partment in the Memphis and New
Orleans districts of the corps of en
gineers. He is a veteran of the first
World war.
Eakin, superintendent of Great
SmoIvA'- park since its creation in
1P30. Reived previously in the 'Dark
service at Grand Canyon and Glacier
parks. He is now a patient at the
If. S. veterans hospital, Johnson City,
Tenn.
James W. Holland, row custodian
jf Andrew Johnston Natoinal monu
ment, Tennessee, will succeed Ross
:n the Shiloh -uperintendency. \
County To Complete
United Clothing Col
lection On Saturday
It hjs been announced that the
United Clothing Drive which has beer,
conducted in Jack.-on County, through
the iriunth of April will be completed
Saturday, April 23. Clothing may oe
left up until that time at the various
sxhool houses or at the County Cfourt
House in Sylva. Those in and around
t!'\P town rlre town ui Sylva will caV.
one of the following men and arrange
ment will be made to pick clothes up.
A. J. Dills, T. W. Ashe, Paul Kirk and
Everett Harris. Please have your
clothing ready in order that the truck
may lose no time.
Garments needed are woolen and
cotton wearing apparel, bedding
shoes and usuable piece goods. All
articles of clothing must be in reason
able repair. Cotton clothes should
be washed but do not need to be
ironed. Take an hour or so before
Friday and Saturday and clear your
clothes closets and attics of clothes
that you are no longer using and help
make this drive a completely success
ful one.
Mrs. Hazel Sue Blanton
lUiried Wednesday Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Hazel Sue
Blanton, 30, who died in Lyman,
Wash., April 18, were conducted at
the Scot's Creek Baptist Church Tues
day, Ap' il 24, at P. M. with the
p; .-tor, Rev. B. S. Hens'ey, C. V.
Brown and T. F. Deitz officiating.
Burial was in the Old Field Cemetery.
Mrs. Blanton is survived by her
husband, Guy Blanton, a daughter.
Susan, and and an infant son, Max
David, her mother, Mrs. Carry Crisp,
two brothers, Clifton Crisp of the U.
S. Army in Germany, Allison Crisp of
Sylva, three sisters, Mrs. Charles Sut
ton of Lyman, Wash., Mrs. Frank Bar
ron, Enka, and Mrs. Richard Brown
ing of Sylva.
Pallbearers were: Hershel Ashe,
Carl Smith, Roy Dalton, Homer Cope,
Vernon Cope, Dillard Cope, Verle
?nsley and Jake Frizzell.
SGT. SELLERS WOUNDED
IN GERMANY MARCH 22
Sgt. William R. Sellers was slightly
wounded in Germany on "March 22
according to a message received by
his wife, the former Miss Fannie
Moore. . """* ? - .
Sgt. Sellers entered service Dec.,
li)43, and rfc:eived training at Camp
Shelby, Miss., and Fort Meade, Md.
He went overseas in July, 1944.
He has served in Italy, France and
Germany with the 36th (Texas) Di
vision of General Hatch's 7th Army.
He has been wounded once before, it
occurring the early part of last De
cember.
Funeral Rites Held x
For Mrs. Carl Wortham
Funeral services were held for Mrs.
Carl Wortham, 28, who died after a
long illness, at ;he East Sylva Baptist
church Saturday afternoon at 2 P. M.
with the Rev. Edgar Bishop officiat
ing. Burial was in the Keener ceme
tery.
She is survived by her husband,
two small sons, William Andrew and
Peyton Eugene, her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Jamison, six brothers,
Carl, Earl, L^wif, WUjflrft aftef "Hoy of
Sylva, and James serving with the
U. S. Army overseas, and four sis
ters, Mrs. Lloyd Queen of Dillsboro,
Mrs. Richard Harman of Warrenton,
Mrs. Ralph Galloway of Tampa, Fla.,
and Miss Ruth Jamison of Sylva.
Active pallbearers were: Engle
Wood, Burt Grant, Jesse Moore, M.
B. Painter, Lawrence Painter and
Natham Bumgarner.
FRED COPE WILL BE
ASSISTANT MANAGER OF
FARMERS FEDERATION
Mr. Verle Ensle-y, manager of the
local Farmers Federation, has an
nounced that beginning May 1st Fred
Cope, who has been employed at the
Lenoir Federation, will replace Mr.
Gene Frizzle. Mr. Frizzle has been
transferred to the Federation in
Franklin where he will assume the
(duties of assistant manager there.,
Mr. Cope is well known in Sylva
and has had much experience in this
line of work. He comes well qualified
t ") render efficient and courteous ser
vice.
E Bond Quota For
Jackson In 7th Loan
Is Set At $180,000
Jackson Com tv Men
Meet In Paris
Sgt. Oss;e L. v'.n;on. husband ni
Mrs. Annie and Robert Mc
Mahail, son o? iJu'.o MeMahan, re
cently met in the -t.eets of Paris. S^t,
Sutton wrote his wile that it was u
great thrill to run into someone l'rom
home. He has been in the service for
two years, six months of this being
overseas duty. Sutton received
his training at North Camp Hood and
Camp Barkley. At the present time
he is assigned to the X77th Genera]
Hospital in France.
GIBSON AND PARKER
ARE CANDIDATES FOR
MAYOR OF SYLVA .
Democrats And Republicans
Announce Ticket For May
8th Town Election
Both Democrats and Republicans
have announced their line-up of can
didates for the offices of mayor and
board of aldermen to be voted on in
the town election which will be held
Tuesday, May 8.
The Democratic ticket is composed
of the incumbent officers, H. Gibson,
mayor; Chester Seott, W. T. Wise, \V.
L. Jones, W. E. Grindstaff and S. A.
Carden as aldermen. The Republi
cans have named A. D. Parker for
mayor; J. R. Long, DHlard Coward,
Bryson Dillard, Lawrence Monteith
and T. J. Painter for aldermen.
Ben Queen is registrar and Charlie
Reed and S. H. Monteith are the
judges.
MRS: OULD Will LEAD
METHODIST TRAINING '
SCHOOL HERE MAY 611
Contl Drive Officially
Opens May 14 And Last
Through Month Of June
Jackson county's quota l'or the 7*;t
War Loan Drive for "E, F. and G"
Bonds is $180,000.00. Chairman R. L.
Ariail announced this week.
This is $69,000.00 more than tne
"EM bond quota for the sixth loan of
last November and December. All
sales made from April through July
71 will count on the loan drive.
The drive will officially open on
May 14 and last through June 30. Irr
the meantime. Chairman Ariail is
urging everyone to buy E bonds.
Mr. Ariail said that everyone in
the county must buy to the limit dur
ing the bond drive period if we are to
meet this huge quota. He plans to
hold his organization meeting next
week in preparation for an intensive
campaign in every community of the
county. The various community
chairmen and workers will be an
nounced later. v
The E bond quota for the seventh
drive is about 60 per cent higner
tnan it was for the sixth drive.
The national quota is 14 billion and
the state quota is $134,000,000, of
which $55,000,000 is in E bonds.
Our men in service are doing a
grand job and we must back them
up with our War bonds, Mr. Ariail.
declared.
PFC.T.J.GRra
PRISONER OF GERMAN
GOVERNMENT
Mr.and Mrs. Lawson Grifcfin of
Sylva have had a letter from their
son, Pfc. T. J. Griffin, last week tell
ir^g them that he ha.? been a prisoner
of the Gern^n Government since J a a.
18. It had been more than three
months since his parents had heard
from him.
Pfc. Griffin had been in service for
three years and serving overseas with
an infantry unit for nine months. Pfc.
Griffin and Sgt. Robert V. Reed of
Sylva, Rt. 1, are prisoners in the same
camp and have had opportunity of
| seeing each other often.
Mrs. L. H. OdM. of H moke. Vn.,
will he*; r! a c.r. ion '>:"i "Christian
Hi)mom;ik:i'{r in '.he Sylva M< t:?? >?' 1st
church each-evening Sunday through
Friday. May 6 to 11.
Mrs. Ould .s Mi oulstan.lin;?,spea!:er |
and wo are *Mpln:$ tnat ai: parents
and other inicrested adults of our
clv.reh w iil p an ;?> take par:, in these |
c!i-1 uss:o:\>.
T*.f nur-ery v ? 11 be eared for each
evening so that, partnts wil'l have a
place to !ea?e small children.
Tiii- is tiu: annual ir nnir/; school
and our friends irom Cherokee, Bry
son City, Whittier, Weu.-.ixr, I^ilsboro
ar.d Cuilowhee are invited to join
with us.
Mrs. Ould will spe; k to the young
people and intermediates at supper
meetings on Monday, Tue-d: y and
Wednesday evening.-?, May 7, 3 and
9.
Mrs. Ou'jl is a coun.-elor ?>:' the Los
Anggt?; ?r":tiiU*nl Family Ralatiins.
M. P. Garland Writes;
flease Toughest Censor
M. P. Garland C. Led ford, after
landing in France, wrote a short note
tc Larry Mull, having the censor in
mind. Led ford was a former Public
Safety officer at the Fontana Dam
project before entering the service.
Hr was with the invasion troops in
France.
"After leaving where we were be
fore we left for here, not knowing we
were coming here from there, we did
not know whether we would arrive
here or not. Nevertheless we are here
and not there."
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ? Scenic Fon
tana village in the mountains of
Western North Carolina next year
would become a three-season rec
reational center if the Welfare anct
Recreation association, Washington.
D. C\, assumes operation, according
to F. W. -Hoover, general manage--..
Mr. Hoover, who with the board
of trustees of the non-profit or
ganization. toured ihe TVA village
area recently, says it is a "be;:?.*
than even" bet the association would
sign a TV A contract.
Much Interested
"We are \ erv much interested
and deeply irvnessed v ith F.):i!:tn.>
village and it: recreational possibili
ties," he added. "It is an ideal spat
for a vacation pan:disc, which could
operate in the spring, summer and
fall.' TVA liltcly wouldn't >
contract with u< that would beorrc
operative before May. 1^40. We
should know within six week.- if tne.
deal will go through."
Mr. Hoover .-aid swimming portIs.
and riding stables would be installed
if Welfare arc! Kccrcalion as.-^xati >n
takes over, adding that al' othe
facilities wore on hand. T\ A wi:
abandon tin: village. vv.lh its T..eat
stores, dgrraitunes-wid nornc-.., aite?
completi ?n oi' Dam .-oon.
C ?r tc r Desired
The authority v/t.uld like t:> see
some responsible organization t..ke
over managcrnc.it <?' /nutana village,
turning the SI,000.000 mount aintop
community into recreational center.
The Washington association op - <?
crates 56 cafcteras in the capital,
aiong with a tourist court and tne
rlike. Its membership composes
Washington federal officials, many of
S whom might want to vacation in the
Southern highlands.
The'man at the next desk says
what really happened to that "Watch
on the Rhine" was that the- Allies
simply shot the works.