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VOL. XX NO. 5
The Sylva Herald
AND RURALITE? CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943
The Herald is dedicated tm
progressive service to Jack
son ... A progressive, well
balanced county.
SYLVA, N. C.. Wednesday, June 20, 1945
$1 .50 A Year. In Jackson And Swain Counties ? 5c Copy
Farmers Federation Annual
Picnic Will Be On July 21st
EXERCISES WILL BE
HELD AT SYLVA GRAM.
MAR SCHOOL BUILDING
The Farmers Federation picnic for
Jackson county is scheduled for Sat
urday, July 21, at Sylva Grammar
School, James G. K. McClure, Federa
tion president, announced. It begins
at 10 A. M., lasts through the after
noon, and everybady is invited.
A new feature of the picnics this
year will be the awarding of a prize
to the biggest family reunion at the
picnic. The reunion group will be
assembled on the lawn some time
during the day, and Bob Brown, Far
mers Federation News editor, will
take a picture. Three free pictures,
8 by 10 inches, will be presented to
the reunion as a prize.
Other prizes, as offered in the past,
will be given again this year. .Other
new attractions to be presented at
the picnic will be announced later.
All string music makers, choirs, and
quartets have a special invitation to
attend.
JACKSON MEN RETURN
TO STATES WITH 86TH
INFANTRY DIVISION
Among the half thousand Caro
linians landing Monday at Camp Kil
mer, N. J., with the famous 86th In
fantry Division from the European
theater of operations were six from
Jackson county. They are: Pfc. Ellis
D. Mattson, Whittier; Pfc. John W.
Jones, Sylva; Pfc. Frank J. Moore,
Sylva; Pfc. Clifton W. Crisp, Speed
well; Pvt. Bennie Queen and T-5
Paul J. Bryson, of Whittier.
FUNERAL FOR WILLIAM
M. CARROLL, 70, HELD
AT EVITT CEMETERY
Funeral services for William M.
Carroll, age 70, who passed away at
his home Saturday morning, June 9,
at 6:30 o'clock, were held Sunday,
June 10, with Rev. Carsey Hooper and
Dan Tompkins officiating . Burial
was in Evit cemetery. Moody Funeral
Home was in charge.
Mr. Carroll was a veteran of World
War I and a member of the American
jr Legion Auxiliary. He was respected
and loved by everyone who knew
him. He leaves to mourn his passing:
his wife, Mrs. Belle Calhoun Carroll;
three step-daughters, Mrs. Claude
Rogers, Mrs. Jim Watson and Mrs.
James L. Ring; one step-son, Charlie
Calhoun, all of Newton; two sisters,
Mrs. Mary Hooper and Miss Sallie
Carroll; one brohter, Emery Carroll
of Erastus.
AAA Office Will Not Handle
Applications For Farm Trucks
And Gas After July 1, 1945
?Mr.*D. C. Higdon, Chairman Jack
son county AAA, announced that the
Jackson County Farm Transportation
Committee which has been serving
the farmers in the county in connection
with the Offices -of Defense Trans
portation and Price Administration
in handling applications for off-high
way gasoline, trucks, truck and
tractor tires for replacement and con
versions, will be discontinued on June
30, 1945. The services of the County
Farm Transportation, County and
Community AAA Committees will not
be available for this purpose after
this date because the Budget Burea^
did not approve the War Food Ad
ministration's request for the alloca
tion of funds to be used for this pur
pose and does not mean that there
Is a plentiful supply of gasoline, new
trucks, or truck and tractor tires.
This program waa designed at the
beginning of the war in an effort to
eliminate any holdup in the wartime
food production job and, beginning,
July 1, all functions of this commit
tee will be handled by the Office of
Price Administration and the Office
of Defense Transportation. All prob
lems that arise in the future in con
tion with these programs should be
taken up directly with the Offices of
Defense Transportation and Price
Administration. We feel sure that
these agencies w u continue to render
to farmers the same helpful services
that they have had in the past
SYLVA LIONS CLUB
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
At the last meeting of the Sylva
Lions club the following officers were
elected to serve for the new year.
Frank M. Crawford, president; Roscoe
Poteet, vice-president; T. Walter
Ashe, second vice-president; Roy
Reed, third vice-president; Howard
Crawford, secretary and treasurer;
John Henson, assistant secretary; Fred
Williams, assistant treasurer; Bud
Brown, tailtwister, and Dick Green,
iiontamer. Directors are Bill Wise,
Ray Cogdill, Claude Campbell and W.
C. Hennesey.
T. SOT. BENJ. BOWERS
KILLED ON LUZON
T. Sgt. Benejamin A. Bowers, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Bowers
died on Luzon, Philippines June 2,
according to a message received by
his parents.
Surviving besides his parents are
two sisters and live brothers.
Gets Promotion
ARTSMUS L GATES, 49 (above), of
New York, has been named by
President Truman to succeed Ralph
A. Bard as Under-secretary of the
Navy Gates was formerly assist
ant secretary of the Navy tor Air.
Appointed by the late Pres Roose
velt, Bard had long planned and
waited to retire. (International)
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HOME DEMONSTRATION
CLOBS HOLD DISTRICT
MEET AT ROBBINSVILLE
The District Council meeting of
I Federated Home Demonstration
Clubs was held in Robbinsville last j
Wednesday. Delegates from Jackson I
County districts were: Mrs. Dennis
Higdon, Sylva, president of the Jack
son County council, Mrs. Frank Brown
Cullowhee, Mrs. Robert Bradburn,
Whittier, Mrs. Louie Allen, Cashiers,
and Miss Josephine Johnston, Home
Demonstration Agent.
Guests at the meeting were: Miss
Ruth Current, State Home Demon
stration agent, and Mrs. Anna C.
Rowe, District Home Demonstration
agent.
The morning meeting was devoted
to open discussions on phases of the
home leaking program, led by the
home agents of each county. Ten
tative plans were made for the Home
Demonstration program for 1946.
After lunch reports from these com
mitteees of discussion groups were
given.
Miss Current spoke in the afternoon
on the progress of Home Demonstra
tion work and the outlook for the
future. She stated that the program
belonged to the individual and that
there was need to put more of your
self into it.
"North Carolina ranks second in the
Home Demonstration program, Texas
being the first," said Miss Current.
There are 1,903 clubs in the state with
a growth of 257 new clubs this year,
and a total membership of 54,199.
"To gro wwe must depend on pro
ject and neighborhood leaders." In
regard to the youth program, Miss
Current stated that the youth of the
state need us and look to us for
leadershp. 'The 4-H organization is
the greatest, finest, biggest character
building organization in the whole
world."
YOUNG BAPTIST OF
TUCKASEEGEE ASSO.
WILL MEET JUNE 25
A meeting of the young people of
the Tuckaseegee Baptist Association
will be held at Scotts Creek church
Monday evening, June 25, at 8 o'
clock. Two special features on the
program are: Group of young people
from the first church of Sylva and .an
inspirational message by one of our
trained state workers.
All Young Peopled Leaders, W. M.
U. Presidents, Pastors, and young
people of the community are expected
to attend.
Sgt. Bruce Revis Receives
Oak Leaf Cluster
T. Sgt. Bruse B. Revis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Revis, of Whittier re
ceived an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air
Medal while serving the Eighth Air
Force in England. The Sgt. had
flown a number of missions as en
gineer on a Liberator bomber.
Miss Buchanan Wins Scholas
tic Award At St. John's
The medal for highest scholastic at
tainment in the Senior class of St.
John's High school, Waynesville, was
awarded to Mary Katherine Ensley
Buchanan of Sylva at St. John's com
mencement exercise Thursday, June
14.
Schulman Returns From
New York Markets
Sol Schulman has just returned
from New York . and Philadelphia
where he has been buying fall mer
chandise for Schulman's Dept. store.
80 PER CENT OF JOB
PLACEMENTS ARE IN
ESSENTIAL WORK
Raleigh, June 18. ? Nearly 80 per
cent of ?11 workers placed in jobs in
Nofrth rCarolijafcVtftirlng May by the
local offices uf the U. S. Employment
Scrvice of the War Manpower Com
mission went into essential or locally
needed jobs. Dr. J. S. Dorton, State
manpower director, reports that 17,
819 placements were made and that
14,160 were in job contributing to the
war effort or to essential civilian
economy.
A summary of the reports of activi
ties of local U. S. Employment Ser
vice office show that 103,571 visits
were made and that 87,773 visitors
were given special services by mem
bers of the office personnel. ,
Review units in the local offices
made determinations in 23,206 cases
of requests for statements of avail
ability ? or permission to change jobs j
? from workers were ineligible to
change jobs in 1810 cases.
* iv. iuaunte e*. ^ ouaay j
Bryson Pays The Supreme
Sacrifice In The Pacific
Buddy, as he was generally known,
was a member of the 6th Marines
in the invasion of Okinawa on Easter
Sv-r.day and in continuous battle until
he met his death on May 30.
Buddy was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
T. C. Bryson, Jr., of Beta. He was
born May 22, 19?6, graduated from
Beta graded school and then from
Sylva Central high school in 1943. In
school Buddy was an excellent stu
dent in scholarship and deportment
displaying those qualities of citizen
ship which can come only from a
real Christain hdme. Buddy was a
member of the Sylva Chapter of the
Future Farmers of America and dis
played qaulities of leadership and
exactness in his study and his pro
jects at home.
A unique jcondition in Buddy's
school life was his mutual friendship
with James Lee Ensley. All through
high school the two boys were even
closer than twins. The joys and un
pleasant moments of one was that of
the other. After finishing school
Euddy spent sofne time working in
defense plants and then volunteered
for service in the Marines in February,
1944. He took training at Parris Is
teixli New River, . and Camp Elliott,
fCaiif. Buddy believed in the Marines.
He sailed in August, 1944, and finished
his training at Guadalcanal.
Buddy joined the Scotts Creek Bap
tist Church early in life and attended
services regularly, being a member
of that large group of young men in
Mr. Dan Bryson's Sunday School
class, which the war has so nearly
torn up. Buddy is another example
cf the big price we are paying in this
country for the privilege those of us
have who are left behind to be of
service to our God and our country.
In addition to his parents, Buddy
is survived by one brother, Carroll
Bryson, who is in the U. S.Navy and
is stationed in Africa, and a sister,
Miss Mary Cecil Bryson, a Cadet
Nurse, in the Erlanger Hospital, Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
COUNTY BARELY OVER HALF WAY MARK IN
7TH WAR BOND SALES AS DRIVE NEARS END
$125,000 Of County's Quota
Of $240,000 Sold Thru June 16
Jackson County's sale of War Bonds
in the 7th War Loan Drive, now en
tering the final days of the campaign,
is barely over the halfway mark,
according to a report of County Fi->
nance Chairman R. L. Ariail.. Mr.
Ariail said Monday that the Federal
Reserve Bank reports that $125,000.00
had been credited to Jackson county's
quota of $240,000.00. This report
covered all bond sales through Satur
day, June 16. Only two weeks re
main in which to raise the balance of
$115,000.00.
The 7th War Loan drive will close
Saturday, June^ 30, and the sale of
Series E Bonds to individuals thus
far has been very disappointing, the
chairman said. This condition pre
vails not only in Jackson but through
cut the State. Jackson county, how
ever, is not up to the State's average.
A report received Monday showed
that the State of North Carolina has
sold 82% of its over all quota and
56% of its quota of E bonds. Jack
1 son county has barely passed the
halfway mark of its over-all quota
and has only sold about 40% of its
E bond quota.
Considering the fact that so much
of our quota is yet to raise and so
short a time in which to raise it, every
citizen in Jackson county is urged to
get behind the drive and assist in
every possible way in helping put
our county over the top before the
drive closet June 30.
A report of tales in each township
in the county will be published after
the close of the drive.
Edward Eugene Bryson
Spends Short Leave At Home
Edward Eugene Bryson, who com
pleted his hospital Corps training
Friday, June 8, at Bainbfidge, Md.,
recently spent a seventy-two hour
pass with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Bryson, at Cullowhee. Young Bry
son had been at Bainbridge since
Jan. 21, having Volunteered at that
time.
Sgt. and Mrs. Gray Visiting
At Cullowhee
Sgt. and Mrs. Charles Gray and
small daughter, Cynthia Lou, of Perry
Court, Ga. have been spending a week
with Mrs. Gray's mother, Mrs. Eve
lyn Coward of Cullowhee.
Jackson Health Department To
Hold Annual Tonsil Clinic Here
HOWARD E. ALLMAN
KILLED ON OKINAWA
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Allman of
Webster have received a message from
the War Dept. stating that their son,
Howard Eugene Allman, S. 1-e, was
killed in action on Okinawa. No date
,was given as to the time he met his
death. 0
Seaman Allman entered service
July 14, 1944, and received his train
ing at Camp Peary, Va. He had
spent eight months overseas.
Surviving besides the parents is one
sister, Miss Elizabeth Allman, who is
employed by the War Dept. in Wash- j
ington, D. C. ,
U.S.E.S. PLACES 1500
WORLD WAR II VETERANS
IN POSITIONS IN MAY
Raleigh, June 18 ? Nearly 1500
placements of war veterans in non
agricultural jobs were made in May
by local offices of the U. S. Employ
ment Service of the War Manpower
Commission, 1463 in local jobs and 21 I
were sent to jobs at a distance, Dr. |
J. S. Dorton, State manpower direc
tor, announces.
The placements do not include those
returning to their former jobs or go
ir,g into agricultural vyork. Usually
between 90 and 95 percent of the
veterans are of World War 11. During
May 11, 264 veteran visits to local
LSES oi l ices were recorded, many of
them for information on phases of i
\eteran activities other than job
placements.
Assistance was given in 468 other
cases in i getting veterans into jobs.
Local USJ&S offices directed vet$ry,ns
to other Agencies for service th*y
render, as follows: Veterans Admin
istration, 562; State Vocational Re
habilitation, 43; Selective Service, 68;
training agencies, 82; and to other
agencies, 382.
STATE'S WHEAT CROP
OFF 28 PER CENT OVER
LAST YEAR'S YIELD
Jackson county farmers have begun
to harvest their wheat crops which
a^ong with the average state yield
ishow a decline over last year's crop.
According to the N. C. Department of
Agriculture 28 per cent lower yield
is seen this year which is attributed
to a* sharp reduction in acreage for
harvest, together with lower yield
prospects, from the previous yfcar.
Combining of wheat is now in progress
over most of the state.
St. John's Summer Camp
For Girls Opens Fifth
Season
The sisters of St. Francis will open j
the fifth season of St. John's summer
camp for girls this summer, on Mon
day, June IB.
St. John's camp combines the .active
iife of a camp with the comforts ol a
city home. Under the direction of an
experienced camp staff and counsel
lors, the girls are insured a happy,
balanced life. Every effort is made to
maintain health through correct diet,
exercise, and rest.
The girls live in the comfortably
furnished homes on St. John's cam
pus. The camp has an enrollment
capacity of one hundred.
The camp season will last eight
weeks from June 18 through August
12.
Sgt. Julius A. Ensley
Returning To Thfe Stales
Mr. and Mrs. Berry Ensley of Car
tersville, Va., formerly of Sylva, Rt. 1,
have received a message from the
War Department that their son, Sgt.
Julius A. Ensley, is being sent back to
the states soon.
Sgt. Ensley has been in service three
years, and a German Prisoner for the
past eleven months. He was serving
with an Infantry unit in France.
Mrs. Reed Buys Fall
Merchandise For Store
Mrs. Charles Reed has just return
ed from a week in New York where
she has been buying mid-summer and
fall merchandise for Hale's store.
Large Number Of Children
Registered For Operations
On June 26, 27 and 28
Dates for holding the annual Jack
son county tonsil clinic has been an
nounced for June 26, 27 and 28 at the
Sylva high school building in Sylva.
Dr. J. R. McCracken, eye, ear, nose
and throat specialist of Waynesville
will be the surgeon in charge, assisted
by Dr. Tom Stringfield of Waynes
ville, and Dr. C. N. Sisk, District
Health officer, also of Waynesville,
and Dr. Mary Michal, Assistant Health
officer; Mrs. Alma McCracken, Dis
trict supervising nurse; Mrs. Guffey,
of the State Board of Health, Raleigh,
and district nurses, Mrs. Sell and
Mrs. Bryson of Haywood, Mrs. Lollis
of Transyvania, Mrs.. Hicks of Swain,
Mrs. Mary Oliver from Cherokee
Reservation and Miss Ethel Wise of
the Jackson County Health office.
Mrs. Alma McCracken was in Sylva
Friday making arrangement for the
clinic and stated that)/registrations for
the first two days ha^ been completed
and enough for the third day is ex
pected.
The Woman's Club of Sylva will
furnish comic and picture . books,
games and other forms of entertain
ment and amusement for the children
.vhile they are awaiting their turn for
operation.
The club will also serve hot col'fee
to the parents and others attending
the clinic.
GAGLE SERVING ON
VETERAN SHIP OF
MANY ENGAGEMENTS
ABOARD A U. S. BATTLESHIP
IN THE PACIFIC (Delayed ) ?CI ar
Cagle. ? ?e?fnan, secoixT clas^
soixof Mrs. E. B. Cagle, Greens Creek,
N. C., fought at Okinawa aboard this
venerable battleship, which, through
33 action-packed years, has never
been hit by enemy shells.
The Okinawa action was her fifth
major engagement of World War II
and one of the most dramatic in her
long career.
For more than a month her main
and secondary batteries blasted at
pin-point targets on the island. It
was not a one-sided battle. At one
time she won a duel with a shore
battery that was hurling shells pre
cariously close. At another an enemy
bomber made a run on the ship, go
ing down with a terrific exposion as
the Navy guns found their mark.
The ship saw action in Europe and
also took part in the I wo Jima bom
bardment.
Sgt. Reed Released From
German Prison Camp,
Arrives At Home Here
Sgt. Venoy Reed, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. N. Reed, of Sylva arrived
home Monday, June 18. He had spent
five months in a German Prison
Camp, having been captured Jan. 20.
He was first reported missing in
action and later declared a prisoned
of war. Sgt. Reed entered service
Oct. 27, 1942, and was attached to a
Medical Division. He holds the Sil
ver Star for gallantry in action and
also holds the Purple Heart for
wounds received.
During his stay in prison he was
with the aid station and helped care
for wounded prisoners.
Sgt. Reed will be here for a sixty
day furlough and af the completion
of this he will toe sent to Miami, Fla.,
for reassignment.
Paul Kirk Winner
Of Victory Quilt
Mr. Paul -Kirk was the winner of
the Victory Quilt which members of
the Junior Woman's club have had on
display art Anne Enloe's Florist Shop.
The quilt has been the source of much
interest for the past month, and was
given to Mr. Kirk Thursday night at
the Lyric Theatre. The proceeds
which amounted to $96.95 will be used
by the club to buy War Bonds.
Mr. And Mrs. Ensley
Return From Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Verle Ensley have
Just returned from a week's vacation
which they spent in the mountains
fvahing They were accompanied toy
Mr. and Mrs. 9mm Potts of Wl|?
ville. Mr. Tiirt ?9 aborts m mtf
lent catch.
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