AMERICA
First, Last and
Always
VOL. XIX NO. 52
The Sylva He
AND BURALITE?CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943
SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, May 16, 1945
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RALD
Airport For Jackson
Considered At Meet
state Aeronautics Group
Attends Session Here
Tuesday Night
Members of the North Carolina
Aeronautics commission visited sev
eral proposed airport sites in the
vicinity of Sylva Tuesday afternoon
and Tuesday night attended a meet
for developing airport facilities.
Members of the commission indi
cated they will recommend develop
ment of the landing field situated five
miles from Sylva on the Asheville
tiighway in view of the prohibitive cost
involved in an attempt to develop a
field on any of the other proposed
sites.
The commission members were
guests of the Sylva Rotary club at
dinner Tuesday night. Others at
tending the meeting were town and
county officails, officers of the Lions
clufo and members of the chamber of
commerce.
Mrs.- E. L. McKee, former state
senator, introduced Hoy Rowe, chair
man of the commission, who made
the principal talk of the evening.
Following the dinner, members of
the commission met with the cham
ber of commerce airport committee
and others to discuss plans for further
developing the landing field here/^
In addition to Mr. Rowe, members
of the commission attending the meet
ing were Tom Davis and Paul Mc
Murray. George Franklin of the
North Carolina League of Municipali
ties and Joe Norwood of the airport
division of CAA, also were present.
RADAR POSSIBILITIES
CITED BT PATERSON
It has been predicted by Undersec
retary of War Robert P. Patterson
that after the wfcr there will be jet
propelled transport planes flying
faster than sound?a product of scien
tific advances during the war.
In the United States and Britain
already are jet-propelled planes in
the 500 mile an hour class with only
certain areodynamic problems to be
solved before planes can develop
"supersonic" speeds. This accom
plished would mean 700 miles an hour
travel.
In speaking of peacetime possibili
ties of radar, Mr. Patterson cited the
fact that radar helped to save Britain
from the Luftwaffe in 1940, and add
ed that the radar possibilities "almost
outstrips the imagination." He also
predicts that electronic devices will
"sharply reduce" accidents in trans
portation and industry.
Mr. Patterson's prediction was
given in an address read for him at
a conference on research and regional
Welfare at our State University.
Memorial Services. To Be
Held At Webster Church
On Sunday afternoon, May 20, at
2:30 o'clock, memorial services will
be held at the Webster Baptist church
for Pfc. Thomas Bragg Cowan, Pvt.
Otis G. Cole, Sgt. John Calvin Friz
7ell and Pvt. Earl McLuckie, members
of the church who have paid the su
preme price on the field of battle.
Pfc. Cowan is the son of Ransom
Cowan; Pvt. Cole is the son of Mrs.
Texas Cole; Sgt. Frizzell is the son of
lftr. and Mrs. Charlie Frizzell and Pvt.
McLuckie is the grandson of Mrs. Flor
ence Buchanan.
The American Legion will be in
charge of the following program:
1. Present colors.
2. Quartette.
3. Remarks by Commander.
4. Scripture Reading, by Rev. B. S.
Hensley, Chaplain.
5. Prayer by Rev. Corsey Hooper.
6. Song.
7. Eulogy, Rev. F. P. Blankenship.
8. Address by Rev. W. N. Cook.
9. Talk by Dan Tompkins.
10. Presentation of Flag by Chap
lain.
11. Period of silence.
12. Closing Prayer.
13. Retirement of Colors.
14. Legion marches out.
The Commodity Credit Corporation
will purchase crimson clover, hairy
retch, and common ryegrass seed
meeting the specifications of tfce 1945
Seed Purchase Program.
COUNTY'S WASTE PAPER
INTO "SUITS OF ARMOR"
Residents of Jackson county can
supply enough waste paper for 64,553
"suits of armor" for 105 mm. shells,
if they will buckle down and save an
average of 10 pounds of newspapers,
wrapping paper and boxes a month.
The 105's aie the big ones that have
been helping American forces in their
advance toward Berlin and Tokyo.
Last year Americans saved \Q?\'2
pounds of paper per capita, or enough
for about 35 containers each for the
105 mm. shells.
For each ammunition container or
"paper suit of armor" used to protect
the shells from salt water, dents, nicks
and corrosive dirt, approximately
three pounds of waste paper are re
quired, according to W. J. Wardell,
vice-president of the American Can
Company, which is manufacturing
millions of the containers. Ammuni
tion container board, one of the prin
cipal materials used in making the
"suits of armor," is made from mixed
paper and old corrugated boxes, Mr.
Wardell said. Another material used
is called "tube and can stock," which
is made from all types of waste paper.
Has Arrived In Germany
Pvt. Charlie N. Morgan, Jr., has
arrived in Germany according to a
letter received by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie N. Morgan, of Web
ster.
S. S6T. GEORGE JONES,
JR., LIBERATED FROM
GERMAN PRISON CAMP
Mr. and Mrs. George Jones of
Loris, S. C., have been informed that j
their son, S. Sgt. George Jones, Jr.,'
has been liberated from a German
prison camp. He had previously been
listed as missing, then a prisoner of
the German Government.
Sgt. Jones had written to his par
ents from General Hospital 4318 in
[Paris. Taken prisoner in December
the sergeant had lost much weight
and the following is taken from a
letter home:
"Since I wrote you last I have
traveled quite a way. I'm now in a
General Hospital in Paris. It surely
is nice to be in the hands of American
doctors and nurses. I'm getting along
alright. Guess you have seen in the
papers what kind of shape we were
in. This G. I. food really agrees with
me. If I just had some of your pecan
pie for dessert everything would, be
perfect. The Red Cross has been
good to us, they have given me every
thing I need. I surely don't regret giv
ing to the Red Cross."
At the time of his capture. Sgt.
Jones was in the 423rd Infantry, 106th
division.
Pvt. James L. King Home On
Thirty-Day Furlough
Pvt. James L. king, husband of
Mrs. Opal Calhoun King, of Norton is
spending a thirty-day furlough with
his wife and small daughter.
Pvt. King entered service Nov. 17,
1943, and has been overseas since
July, 1944. He was a member of the
engineers attached to the 3rd army.
Pvt. King will report to Batty Gen
eral Hospital in Rome, Ga., where he
will be treated for injuries received
while in France.
HOW WAR STOOD AS NAZIS SIGNED
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FRANKFURT
DEAD WARRIORS TO
BE REMEMBERED RY
WEARING THE POPPIES
ON SATURDAY, MAY 26
Poppies to honor America's dead
warriors of two World Wars will be
worn in Sylva on Saturday, May 26,
Mrs. Dan Tompkins, President of
William E. Dillard Unit of the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary, announced to
day.
The-little red flowers will pay tribute
both to those men who have died for
their country in the present war and
to those who fell 27 years ago in
France and Belgium among the gwby*
ing poppies. The money that is re
ceived for the flowers will be used
to aid the afflicted veterans of both
wars and their families.
Extensive preparations for the ob
servance of Poppy Day are r being
made by the William E. Dillard Unit
cf the Auxiliary here under the lead
dership of Mrs. Tompkins and Mrs.
John Parris, Unit Poppy Chairman.
Everyone in the city will be able to
buy the flowers of remembrance from
the many volunteer workers from the
Auxiliary who will be on the streets
all through the day.
The flowers are made of crepe
paper on the pattern of the wild pop
py of Flanders. They have been or
dered from Fayetteville where dis
abled veterans made them under the
direction of the North Carolina De
partment of the Auxiliary. Making
the poppies has helped these veterans
keep minds and fingers occupied,
causing the otherwise tedious months
to pass quickly and at the same time
furnishing the men with a means of
livelihood.
This year it is expected that more
Americans than every before will
wish to wear the poppies as a salute
to the dead soldiers and their bereaved
families, and as a financial aid to the
living but disabled soldeirs and their
needy families.
GPL. J. R. COOPER KILLED
IN MID-AIR COLLISION
Cpl. Joseph Raymond Cooper, 19,
cf Rome, Ga., formerly of Sylva was
killed in the mid-air collision near
Alexandria, La., Sunday, May 6. The
planes collided in a combat training
flight and crashed near Esler Field.
First reported missing the War Dept.
later notified his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Grady T. Cooper, that he had
been killed.
Born in Sylva, February 28, 1926,
fce had been a resident of Rome for the
past 11 years and recived his educa
tion in the Berry schools. He enlisted
in the Air Corps July of last year.
Besides his parents, he is survived
by four brothers, Ensign Dewey Coop
er U. S. Navy, foreign service; T. Sgt.
G. H. Cooper of Fort Logan, Colo.,
Reeves Cooper, Newport News,
Va., and Carroll Cooper, Rome,
Ga.; three sisters, Mrs. S. R. Sherrill,
Sedro Wooley, Wash., Mrs. S. B. En
sley of Sylva and Miss Florence Nell
Cooper of Rome, Ga.
Shortage of peroxide. Does this mean
gentlemen will have to give up prefer
ring blondes until after the duration?
America Turns Her Eyes
To The Pacific
Now that Germany is a fallen enemy
America has turned her eyes and full
attention to the Pacific Theatre of
Operations. The war effort in the
European Theatre has slipped into
reverse and the vast and tremendous
job of transferring the bulk of men
and materials has begun. Gen. Eisen
hower has stated that the soldiers
who have fought in both North Africa
and Europe shall not be sent to the
Pacific area. These men should be
left as an occupational army and not
sent to fight another campagin. How
ever, th? forces which will go to the
Pacific will begin the long trek just
as soon as an effective organization
can be put in action. The armies in
the Pacific will "be greatly enlarged"
and strengthened. Japan is to have
heavier bombing and more destructive
forces thrown against Her than she
has experienced before.
Notice
John F. Corbin, commander of the
American Legion states that all mem
bers are expected to be at the mem
orial services at Webster Sunday af
ternoon and ahve a part on the pro
gram.
FIVE N. C. MARINES PARTICIPATE IN AIR
OPERATldNS IN OKINAWA INVASION
By Sot. James H. Dritcoll, a Marine
Corps Combat Correspondent
OKINAWA (Delayed)?Five North
Carolina Marines were among the
first Marine aviation men participat
ing in the initial phases of the-battle
here. They are:
First Lt. Thomas A. Mott, Jr., 35,
son of Major and Mrs. A. Mott (USMC
Retired), 1605 12th Ave., Hickory;
Technical Sergeant Donald Jones, 33,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim K. Jones,
Sylva; Sergeant Wallace M. Littlejohn,
30, husband of Mrs. Helen F. Little
john, Cherryville.
Corporal Charles R. Styles, 20, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Styles, R. F.
D., 1, Gastonia; Private Charles F.
Sigman, 36, son of Mrs. Robert P.
Sigman, Conover, N. C., and husband
of Mrs. Fern M. Sigman, 317 45th St.,
Ashland, Ky.
The assault echelon of the air unit
> i
landed on the western coast of Okina
wa, close on the heels of the infantry
and moved 1200 yards inland where
I they established operations on the site
of the former Jap bomber strip at
i Yon tan Airport.
The airfield operated by the Ma
rines is strategically situated 330
miles southwest of the Jap city of
Kagoshima. Shanghai is 400 miles
to the northwest.
When not using their carbines and
rifles, the North Carolina Marines are
engaged in the operation of the Air
base and the servicing and repair of
the planes.
Sugar Registration
At Schools May 21,22
BOND SELLING CONTEST
NOW OPEN TO STUDENTS
A contest in selling War Bonds,
Seventh Issue, is being inaugurated
by county officials, beginning Mon
day, May 14th, and closing the last
d&y.-ol school. This contest is to be
conducted as follows:
To the boy or girl in each school
who sells the most bonds, five dollars
will be awarded, provided that the
winner in each school sells a mini
mum of $100 war bonds or equivalent.
Any pupil who solicits prospective
buyers is responsible for seeing that
the purchaser gives credit to the
pupil who makes the sale.
The committee sponsoring this con
test was appointed by Mr. R. L. Ariail,
County Chairman, and is composed
as follow^: Paul Ellis, Paul Kirk, R.
U. Sutton, T. N. Massie, and A. C.
Moses.
District principals act as a commit
tee to determine winners in the vari
ous schools.
Rev. Fred Forester
Pastor At Revival
The old time revival meeting being
held at the Sylva Baptist church is
well under way with the Rev. Fred
Forester, Armor pastor at Cullowhee,
conducting it. Floyd Carden is di
recting the choir and congregational
singing, Blanche Morgan is at the
piano.
Up through Sunday night 15 con
versions and many r^dedications have
been experienced. The count show
ed between 400 and 450 Sunday night.
Many of the churches of the c >?mty
[were thew with large gr?iu.ip^.
day night it.was necessary to move
extra seats in for the largest crowd
to ever attend the East Sylva church.
Rev. Forester is bringing many stir
ring messages and the revival is an
nounced through Wednesday of this
week.
New fats and oil quotas for house
hold bar and package soaps and for
industrial soaps have been reduced.
This means to save more salvage fat
in the kitchen.
Registration for canning sugar will
be conducted at the several school
houses in Jackson county on Monday
tnd Tuesday of next week, May 21
and 22, at hours convenient to the
teachers in the various schools, who
have patriotically volunteered their
services for this work.
The sugar will not be issued at the
school houses, but the application
will be returned to the office of th
War Price and Rationing Board ii
Sylva. There each application will
be considered on its merits by the
food panel of the board, and the sugar
coupons will be mailed to the heads of
the families, in the amounts passed
by the food panel. ?
It was pointed out today by OPA
officials in Sylva that the maximum
any person can receive for jellies and
preserves is five pounds, and this is
issued for the specific purpose of
making jams, jellies, preserves,
pickles, using in canning vegetable.%
and for curing meat next fall.
It is the purpose of the panel, it was
stated, to try to see to it that the limit
ed amount of sugar that is available
for canning purposes is used for those
purposes and is issued to people who
will actually utilize every ounce of
the sugar for the preservation of food
for consumption next winter.
The maximum amount of sugar that
any one person can be issued in this
county for canning has not yet -been
determined, nor can it be determined
until the applications are received by
by food panel. It is known, however,
the food panel. It is known, however,
that the total amount of canning sugar
available for the county is fifty per
cent of the amount issued last year,
less approximately 90,000 pounds tvW.
was obtained in 1944 by the validation
cf sugar stamp No. 40.
It was emphatically stated that
there will not be and cannot be, a
blanket issue of a certain amount of
sugar to each person, as was done in
1944 and in 1943. The regulations
now require careful screening of each
application by the food panel, and
the issuance upon the merit of the
application in reference to canning
and preserving foods.
All persons, who register for can
ning sugar next week, will take the
No. 4 ration books of each member of
the family with him at the time of
the registratin. No applications can
be filled unless the No. 4 books are
presented at the time of registration.
SMOKY MOUNTAIN
COURT OF HONOR
IN SYLVA MAY 7
- The Smoky Mountain District of
the Daniel Boone Council, Boy Scouts
cf America, held their May Court of
Honor at the Sylva Baptist Church,
Monday evening, May 7, at 8 o'clock.
John F. Corbin, District Advancement
Chairman, was in charge. Scout
Troops from Sylva, Franklin and
Highlands were represented. The
court opened with the advancement
ot the Colors. The pledge to the flag
was led by Ray Davis. Songs were
led by John Gibson. Charles Stillwell
was clerk of the court.
The Tenderfoot candlelight investi
ture ceremony was conducted by
Francis V. Smith, Assistant executive
of Asheville.
The following Sylva Scouts received
promotions: The Second Class awards
were presented by John Henson to
Robert Quigley, Billy Sutton and
Lewis Monteith. ?
Hugh Monteith presented the First
Class certificates to R. L. Madison,
Buddy Cunningham and Billy Barnes.
Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, District
Chairman of Frar^klin, presented
Merit Badges to the following Scouts
of Troop 1, Sylva: John Gibson, Path
finding and Home Repairs. Frank M.
Crawford, Jr., Athletics and Hiking*
Philip Jones, Wood Turning. Derei
Monteith, Home Repairs. Tommy
Queen, Woodworking. Ray Davis,
First Aid and Home Repairs. John
Robinson, Home Repairs. Dan Alli
son, Swimming. R. L. Warren, Jr.,
First Aid to Animals. Boyd Sutton,
Wood Turning.
Special awards for completing part
7 of the Scout Leaders course were
presented to Rev. A. Rufus Morgan
of Franklin and W. C. Hennstee and
Herbert Gibson of Sylva, by Francis V,
Smijh. ' * .V
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