VOL. XIX NO. 51
The Sylva
Herald
The Herald is dedicated to
progressive service to Jack
son ... A progressive, well
balanced county.
AND RUBALITE?CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943
SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, May 9, 1945
$1.50 A Year In Jackson And Swain Counties?5c Copy
German
Surrender
Proclaimed By
Truman
7th War Loan Drive
r
Starts May 14, County
Quota Is $240,000
With a view to getting ready for
Hie 7th War L<oan Drive which begins
?11 Monday, May 14th, a meeting of
Hie War Finance Committee for Jack
sen ^County was held in Sylva last
Saturday afternoon.
On motion the following county
wide officers were renominated and
lamed to handle the 7th War Loan
Drive in Jackson County:
R. L. Ariail, Permanent County
Chairman
' Hugh Monteith, County Co-Chair
man.
Mrs. Dan M. Allison, County Chair
man, Woman's Division.
Paul Kirk, County Chairman Retail
Merchants.
R. U. Sutton, County Chairman,
Payrolls.
A. C. Moses, County Chairman,
School System.
Township Chairmen ior the fifteen
townships in Jackson County were
then nominated and named and a
quota was assigned to each township
as follows:
TOWNSHIP
BARKERS CREEK
CANADA
CANEY FORK
CASHIERS
CULLOWHEE
DILLSBORO
GREENS CREEK
HAMBURG
MOUNTAIN
QUALLA
RIVER
SAVANNAH
SCOTTS CREEK
WEBSTER
SYLVA ?
CHAIRMAN
Kelley Bradley
John Coward
Vance Hooper
T. S. Lance
H. E. Battle
J. C. Cannon
R. S. Cowan
H. H. Bryson
Mrs. Pearl Stewart
T. T. Varner
Charles Stewart
N. Higdon
W. H. Snyder
fttrs. D. D. Davis
??T. N. Massie
QUOTA
$ 7,693.00
6,959.00
6,258.00
5,579.00
14,427,00
10,770.00
4,375.00
9,653.00
3,220.00
16,295.00
6,853.00
6,216.00
8,663.00
6,342.00
126,697.00
Two or more co-chairmen have
been appointed to assist the chairman
in each township inthe county.
Of our quota of $140,000 the sum
#f $180,000 must be sold in E Bonds,
almost double the amount assigned
tc Jackson County in past War Loan
Drives. The committee, realizing the
tremendous job ahead in the coming
"7tti War Loan Drive, agreed to give a
$5.00 prize to each of the thirty
schools in the county and one $50.00
Bond as a county-wide Grand prize
to the pupils selling the most bonds,
worked out on the following basis:
The thirty schools in Jackson County
axe being asked to put on a bond sale
campaign whereby the pupils selling
the largest amount of bonds will be
given a $5.00 prize. Conditioned,
however, that the pupils must sell at
least $100.00 worth of bonds in order
to enterthe race. This plan gives every
school in Jackson County equal op
portunity to win a prize.
In addition to the45.00 prize offered
to each school in the county a $50.00
War Bond, county-wide grand prize,
SYLVA CIVIL AIR
PATROL UNIT SEEKS
MORE MEMBERS
The Sylva Unit of the Civil Air
Patrol met at the Sylva High .School
Tuesday, May 1, with a number of
Cadets and adult members present.
Classes are being conducted in First
Aid and Communications.
The Civil Air Patrol is an Auxiliary
?f the Army Air Forces. The course
includes Communications, First-Aid,
Meteorology, Navigation, and many
ottoer interesting subjects. Time is
devoted also to military drill.
This unit is striving to increase its
membership in order to become a
squadron. Anyone between the ages
of 15 and 65, male or female, who is
interested in enlisting is urged to at
tend the next meeting which will be
held at the Sylva High school, Thurs
day, May 10th, at 7:30 P. M.
FARMERS URGED TO '
GROW BETTER HAY
AND PASTURE CROPS
Farmers of Jackson county are
strongly urged to give as much at
tention as possible to their haycrops
and pastures this year. The pasture
grasses and legumes do much better
on land that has been limed. More
good hay crops and better pastures
are greatly needed to provide more
good local feed for livestock.
M. L. SNIPES, County Agent
will be given to the pupil selling the
largest amount of bond9\jn the county.
The offer of these prizes only apply
to the sale of E Bonds. Each pupil
will be expected to keep a complete
record of bond sales by recording
each sale, amount and to whom sold.
No other record will be kept. Mr. A.
C. Moses, Supt. of Education, will
announce the winners at the end of
the drive.
It is sincerely hoped .that there
will be great interest and enthusiasm
in putting over the 7th War Loan
Drive in every township in Jackson
County. The war in Europe is over
but the war with Japan goes on.
Every person is urged to get behind
the 7th War Loan Drive, back up
your township Chairman, encourage
him and help him in every way you
can, help him to make your township
quota.
Bond application blanks, folders
and other bond literature can be had
by applying for same to Mr. Ariail at
the Jackson County Bank in Sylva.
LIST OF JACKSON MEN
GOING INTO MILITARY
SERVICE REVEALED
The following Jackson county men
have been accepted for military ser
vice and have left to begin thier
training:
NAVY
Wade Franklin Cordell.
7 ARMY
Charlie Daniel Bishop, Jasper Ben
jamin Green, Richard 'Hayes Wike,
Homer Ray Bryson, Vernon Loransey
Coggins, Furl Hues Gates, Zernie Ed
ward Dills, Hilan McKinley Loftis,
Rufus Clayton Chastain, Roy Hubert
Nations, Edward Henry Shook, Sam
uel Ray McGuire, George Washington
Dillard (V), Ray William Owen (V),
Clarence Ray Barron, William Dil
lard Robinson, Glenn Wilburn Dillard,
Clyde Eugene^Rabb (V), Earl Gallo
way, James Harris, Homer Elbert
Dills, Ray Wiseman, Claude Mathis,
Clifton Edward Connor.
List of men who became .18 during
April:
George Clayton Suchanan, Charlie
Cline Anders, Charles Howard Ben
nett, Jr., David Eugene Parker, Mont
Candler Hall, Jim N. Seay, Joe Tuck
er Evans, Charlie Alexander Hooper,
Harvey Crawford Powell, William El
bert Watson, General Fillmore Stepp.
Legal Holiday To Be
Observed By Bank
Being a legal holiday the Jackson
County Bank will transact no business
on Thursday, May 10, Confederate
Memorial day.
LIBERATED FROM
STALAG B-1 P. W. GAMP
Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Griffin of
Sylva have receieved official notice
from the Government that their son.
Pfc. T. J. Griffin, has been liberated
jfvom the prison camp Stalag B-1. The
notice read, "The Secretary of War
desires me to express his pleasure that
your son, Pfc. T. J. Griffin, returned
to military control. Date unreport
ed."
Pfc. Griffin had previously been
reported missing in action and at a
later date reported as a military
prisoner. Pfc. Griffin has been in
service for over 3 years and served
overseas with an infantry unit for
nine months.
Mr. and Mrs. Griffin have had a
letter from their son since his release
stating that he was^ alright and hoped
to be home soon.
220 CARS CHECKED IN
BRAKE TEST HERE
Sgt. T. A. Sandlin, of the State .high
way patrol, stated today that he and
local Jackson county officers made
220 passenger car brake tests in Jack
son county on April 30. Of this num
ber they found 57 cars with defective
brakes and ordered the owners to
have their brakes adjusted to comply
with traffic laws. Sgt. Sandlin said
that two arrests were made in con
nection with the test.
A nation-wide brake check is being
conducted at this time for the pur
pose of bringing about greater safety
OA ?ur highways with lowered ac
cident casualties.
D. 6. BRYSONS OBSERVE
GOLDEN WEDDING
'Mf. and Mrs. D. G. Bryson of Beta
observed their golden wedding anni
versary quietly at their home last
Saturday. Mr. Bryson, retired farm
er and traveling salesman, is 71
years of age and Mrs. Bryson, the
former Miss Hattie Frizzell, daughter
of Thomas and Magdalene Dills Friz
zell, is 72. Both are life-long resi
dents of this section. Mr. Bryson is
the third brother to live to celebrate
their golden anniversaries. Mr. and
Mrs. Bryson still own and operate the
same farm where the Bryson ancestors
settled 146 years ago.
Owing to war-time conditions Mr.
and Mrs. Bryson did not have a
planned observance, but many friends
called, extending their congratula
tions and they were the recipients of
many gifts.
They have one child, Mrs. V. V.
Hooper, three grandchildren, Mrs.
Eloise Kirkpatrick, Dan Bryson
Hooper, U. S. Navy, and Verna Vaye
Hooper, and two great grandchildren,
Sara Frances and Bill Vernon Kirk
patrick.
Captain Malcolm E. Brown
Home From England
Captain Malcolm E. Brown arrived
last week to spend twenty-one days
with his mother, Mrs. E. E.. Brown.
He has just returned from two years'
service in the European Theatre.
Capt. Brown volunteered for ser
vice in January, 1942, and was ac
cepted in the Air Corps. He trained
at Maxwell Field, Ala., Arcadia, Fla.,
frnd Gunter Field, Montgomery, Ala.,
before receiving his wings and com
mission at Columbus, Miss. He took
advanced training at Selmig, Fla., and
Montgomery and combat training in
Texas and Colorado. He went over
seas in June, 1942. ,
He was stationed in England with
the 8th Air Force and served as a
pilot on a B-17. He completed his
missions, on one of which he was
forced to land in a field with only one
motor.
Captain Brown -holds the Distin
guished Flying Cross, the Air Medal
with three Oak Leaf clusters and the
Presidential citation.
He will report to Miami for further
assignment.
"There is a greater need now than
at any time since the war began for
more gardens and better gardens,"
says President Truman.
PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN told a listening America yes
terday morning at 9 o'clock that the Nazis had laid down their arms
and surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, thus ending almost six
years of the greatest bloodshed and human misery tha*t the world has
ever known. . He designated Sunday, May 13, as a day of prayer and
thanksgiving, and urged all to work harder than ever for victory over
Japan.
Military Might
Combined Strength of
The Allies Drives
Naziism To Defeat
Victory for the Allies in Europe?
the most anxiously awaited event in
modern history?means the liberation
of a continent which has been under
the domination of military might ever
since the German blitz rolled into
Poland in the fall of 1939.
Starting with Hitler's bloodless
conquests of trusting neighbors, the
threat which has hung over the wJrld
has finally been dissipated by an
overwhelming superiority of the Al
lies in men, materials, air power, sea
power and the overwhelming desire
of free peoples to rid the world of the
tyranny which has '^blacked out the
lights of Europe."
The Allied victory and the capitu
lation of Germany has once more re
stored freedom to Europe. Victory is
sweet after the period of despotism
which has prevailed but, as in 1918,
the world must appreciate that vic
tory is one of arms alone so far and
must be followed by a peace that will
ensure the world against anything
like the rise of National Socialism
again.
June Invasion Started It
Today the Allies have beaten Ger
many to her knees, something that
was beyond the comprehension of
most of the world little less than a
year ago. The invasion of Europe
started it in June, 1944, and the
quick success in France and the drive
to the heart of the reich itself blasted
the theory of a "European fortress"
that Hitler said was impregnable.
Battle-hardened veterans of Brit
ain who stopped Rommel in Egypt,
the husky young Yanks in their su
perb equipment Frenchmen fighting
to win back their homeland, the bitter
Poles who remembered how they tried
to fight the Wehrmacht with nothing
but rifles?all these are responsible
fcr the downfall of what was sup
posed to be an "invincible" army.
And hammering away on the other
sjde of Germany were the Russians,
who took the best the Germans could
strike them with, and then came
beck to drive the hated Hun out of
Russia and 'beat him back until there
was no retreat and there finish off
Germany as a military power.
The victory in Europe is won but
what years of suffering that conti
nent has seen since the day that
Adolf Hitler first became chancellor
ot Germany in January, 1933.
GIBSON ELECTED MAYOR
FOR 5TH TERM IN CITY
ELECTION TUESDAY
The Democrats of Syh^a cartied
their entire town ticket in Tuesday's
election with around 137 votes ma
jority over their Republican op
ponents.
The vote was as follows:
Democrats: H. Gibson for mayor
282 votes. For Aldermen, W. T. Wise
289, Chester Scott 293, W. L. Jones
289, W. E. Grindstaff 285, and S. A.
Carden 286.
Republican: A. D. Parker for mayor
170, J. R. Long 170, T. B. Dillard 156,
Dillard Coward 165, L. H. -Monteith,
and T. J. Painter 166.
This is Mr. Gibson's 5th term as
mayor of Sylva.
Prisoner of German
Government
Pvt. Homer C. Sellers, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Sellers, and husband
of the late Margaret Louise Sellers,
who was previously listed as missing
since Dec. 23, is now a prisoner of
the German Government.
Pvt. Sellers, who has been overseas
six months, was attached to an in
fantry unit. He entered service in
Nov., 1943. Mr. and Mrs. Sellers have
two other sons in service overseas,
S. Sgt. William R. Sellers, and Pvt.
Albert J. Sellers.
Pvt. Sellers is the father of two
small children, Larry and Clyde.
Sylva Observes V-E Day
With Thanksgiving Service
A thanksgiving service was held at
the Sylva Methodist Church Tuesday,
May 8, at 12:30 observing V-E day.
All churches of the town participated
in the gathering. Rev. R. G. Tuttle,
Methodist pastor, and Rev. C. M. War
ren, Baptist pastor, directed the ser
vices.
WORLD HAD KNOWN OF
SURRENDER 24 HOURS
EARLIER FOLLOWING
AP BROADCAST
Announcement By Truman.
Churchill And Stalin Make
Peace Terms Official
President Harry S. Truman spoke
the words at 9 o'clock Tuesday A. M.
which the Allied World had awaited
lor the previous 24 hours, that of the
official announcement proclaiming
the unconditional surrender of the
German Army, Navy and Air force.
The President spoke for a few minutes
Irom his office in the White House
and told the awaiting "world the
Nazis had surrendered to the Allied
Military leaders the day before. He
told hjs listeners the war in Europe is
over but a long hard battle still faced
the nation, and would until the last
of the Japanese had followed in Ger- ^
many's steps of unconditional surren
der. He urged every American citi
zen to work, work and work, harder
than ever before in order to bring
Japan to her knees at the quickest
possible moment. When this is ac
complished then we can celebrate
victory as it should bo celebrated.
There is little cause for wild excite- -
ment and jubilation even at the news
let Germany's surrender when there
is still so much suffering and dying
of our brave fighting men. Thousands
of them have made the supreme sac
lifice, many thousands more lie on
hospital beds from which ttiey will
never leave, others will return maim
ed of limb. Hospitals are crowded
with those suffering from mental dis
tiipbances, the most pitiful of all our
i
'hefct S/undJy ?is a day oi' prayer alirl
thanksgiving for the entire nation.
FORMING OF AXIS
WAS FIRST PHASE
OF LONG STROGGLE
Hitler made his ,first move in the
long chain of events that was to
lead to World War II in 1936, after
he had secretly built up a German
army and hf.d rearmed the country
in direct violation of the Versailles
treaty.
In March, 1936, Hitler ordered the
first of his goose-stepping legions
into the Rhineland, cutting France
olf from her eastern allies and set
ting up a barrier that could not be
circumvented by anything short of
total war?which he knew France
was not ready to declare.
Then in October, 1936. Hitler and
Mussolini formed the Rome-Berlin
pact, giving both fascist nations the
agreements they needed to bully the
world. Musiolini' had already taken
Ethiopia ar.d had defied the British
navy to try to enforce sanctions
against him?the only threat which
the democratic nations of the world
were able to make.
In March, 1938, Hitler grabbed
Austria and he now found himself
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STATE AERONAUTICAL
COMMISSION TO BE
GUESTS OF SYLVA *
The State Aeronautical Commission
with Senator Roy Rowe of Burgaw as
chairman will meet in conference
with the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce, County and Town officials
May 15.
Tuesday night they will be the
guest of the Sylva Rotary club and a
meeting will be held afterwards.
Wounded In Action
Pfc. Ranzie L. Mathis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Baxter Mathis, and husband
of Mrs. Janet Melton Mathis of Ar
gura was wounded in action in Ger
many April 1.
Pvt. Mathis is now in a hospital in
England recovering from wounds.
[He entered service in October, 1942,
land received training at Camp Camp
bell, Ky., and Camp Berkley, Tex.,
before going overseas in September,
1044. He baJythree brothers in serv
ice. w .