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VOL. XX NO. 20 SYLVA* N. C., Wednesday, Oct. 3, 1945 ^ $1.50 A Year in Jackson And Swain Counties ? 5c Copy
FOOTBALL FIELD TO BE DEDICATED TO MARK WATSON
Free Press-Torch of World Peace , Newspaper Theme
Herald Joins Press
Of Nation In Ob
servance of Nation
al Newspaper Week
The Sylva Herald joins the thou
sands of other newspapers through
out the United States this" week
in observance of the Sixth Annual
National Newspaper Week. The
theme of the papers for this special
week is, "The Free Press ? Torch
of World Peace."
President Truman made the fol
lowing* statement in rjtference. to
National Newspaper Week: "Na
tional Newspaper Week has a
deeper significance in this hour
* of victory than through the war
years now happily ended. In this
hour of exultation we should dedi
cate ourselves anew to the per
petuation of one of our cherished
hertitages ? freedom of the press.
It is with a sense of genuine
pride that I can emphasize to all
* ,American editors and publishers
and bring to attention of Ameri
oans everywhere one singular tri
um^h of our war experience. That
that the American free press
^through stress of the most hor
* rible of all wars Withstood sub
versive and open attack and
operated under a voluntary code
of censorship. .*
Egff ' -v Ours then is the plain duty, as
lace the grave days ahead, to
^?F^k without ceasing to make a
Hree press the true torch of world
Beace."
P'J Paul A. Sutton With
?i%iitial Landing
Force In Japan
According to news contained in
a certificate award and sent to
his parents, Pfc. Paul A. Sutton
of the 4th Marine Corps, as a mem
ber of the Tokyo Bay Occupation
Force (Task Force Thirty-One)
participated in the initial landing
and occupation of the Tokyo Bay
Area and the capture of Hijms
Nagato, which act symbolized the
unconditional and complete sur
render of the Japanese Navy.
Pfp. Sutton is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Sutton of Sylva. He has
been overseas 18 months and his
division was selected from all the
marines to witness the signing of
Peace on surrender at Tokyo.
Cullowhee Baptist Church
Having Revival Services
The Cullowhee Baptist church
is engaged in the fall series of re
vival meetings this .week with
Rev. Nance Starnes, pastor of the
West Asheville Baptist church
doirfg the preaching.
Rev. Mark Osborne, pastor of
the Cullowhee church, is conduct
ing the congregational singing and
assisting with the special music.
Much interest has been shown
from the first in both the morning
and evening services, which are
held at 11:00 A. M. and 7:30 P. M.
The Sunday evening service will
concluded the series.
W00DMEN0FW0RLD
TO START HOLDING
' REGULAR MEETINGS
The Sylva Camp No. 560 of the
Order of the Woodmen of the
World have resumed their meet
ings since the close of the war and
the lifting of restrictions. The
first meeting was held Monday
evening, Sept. 24, and will meet
again Monday evening at 7:30 in
the regular Woodmen hall.
Interest is growing and every
mamhar <c roqnogt/>H a+tonH
Jeff Hedden is Commander and
B. E. Harris is secretary.
The officers are: Jeff Hedden,
Council Commander; David Cagle,
Post Council Commander. Bennie
Reese, Advisor Lieutenant; T. F.
Dillard, Banker; D. L. Robinson,
Escort; John Shepard, Watchman;
and R. D. Smith, Sentry.
This year the U. S. has one of
the largest cabbage crops on rec
ord. ? <
HERALD TO OBSERVE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER
WEEK WITH OPEN HOUSE TO CITIZENS OF CO.
i
As a special feature of National
Newspaper Week, October 1 to 8,
The Sylva Herald is holding Open
House Saturday afternoon, Oct. 6,
from 3 to 5 o'clock that we may
become better acquainted with
our readers, advertisers and
friends, and that you may learn
more of the inside of the publish
ing and printing of your news
paper. During this hour you will
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD SAT. FOR MRS.
JANIE B. COWAN
Funeral services for Mrs. Janie
Bradley Cowan, 87, who died at
the home of her son, Thad Cowan,
at Greens Creek were held Satur
day evening at . the _ East. ..Jfprlt
Church with the Rev. Ernest Jami
son and Rev. Thad Deitz officiat
ing.
Mrs. Cowan is the widow of the
late Rev. R. D.- Cowan and the
last surviving child of Mr. and
Mrs. Isaac Bradley. She was a
devoted member of the East Fork
Baptist Church till the time of her
death.
Pallbearers were her grandsons.
Surviving are five sons and four
daughters, Mrs. Albert Smith and
Robert Frady of Sylva; Mrs. Dock
Sutton of Dillsboro; and Mrs. Roy
Buchanan of Greens Creek; Jasper
and Coleman of Cullowhee; Thad
and Roystan of Greens Creek; and
Harrison of Hazelwood; 56 grand
children and 23 great grandchil
dren.
PRESIDENT URGES
SUPPORT OF WAR
relief fund Drive
President Truman on Sept. 17,
in a sattement on European relief,
said:
"This government has abundant
evidence that the American people
are aware of the suffering
among our Allies. They have also
made plain their determination
that this country shall do its full
part, along with other supplying
nations, in helping restore health
and strength to those who fought
at our side both in Europe and the
Far East. It is an American re
sponsibility not only to our friends
but to ourselves, to see that this
job is done and done quickly."
Commenting on the President's
remarks J. A. Bryson, chairman of
the Jackson county War Fund
Drive ?aid: "We are glad to know
that some of the funds which we
raised last year in our county have
gone into Relief for Holland. The
National War Fund informs me
that we have recently shipped
219,375 pounds of canned veget
tables, 1067 cases oleomargarine,
2,500 cartons of oatmeal, together
with clothing, fabrics, kitchen
utensils and portable stoves.
"If over half a million acres of
North Carolina's best farmland had
been flooded with salt water, as
has been true in Holland, we'd be
facing a major catastrophe for
years to come. That's one reason
why the people of our county will
help generously in the United War
Fund campaign in October,' said
Mr. Bryson.
be shown the actual workings of
our entire plant ? preparation of
the news, linotype oper%*ion, make
up and printing the news of your
community.
This is your invitation to be
guests of The Herald Saturday
afternoon, October 6, during the
hours of 3 to 5 o'clock. Refresh
ments will be served.
JACKSON SUPERIOR
COURT WILL CONVENE
MONDAY MORNING
Judge Rousseau Will
Preside Over Week's
Mixed Term
-The October term of Jackson
county superior court will convene
Monday morning, October 8, with
Judge J. A. Rousseau, of North
Wilkesboro, presiding. John M.
Queen, of Waynesville, will rep
resent the State.
Mr. Roy Cowan, CleFk of Court,
stated Monday that the criminal
docket will be very light' this
term, wth only 30 new cases of
minor nature coming up for trial.
He also stated that there are so few
civil cases docketed for trial at
this term that the court will hold
a mixed term for only one week.
The county has a two weeks court
scheduled at this time, and jurors
for the two weeks term has been
drawn but the second week will
not be needed.
The jurors for the first week,
drawn by the commissioners, are
as follows:
Frank Shelton, Cullowhee; John
W. Cope, Cowarts; Felox Hooper,
East LaPorte; T. L. King, Whit
tier; Duff Mathis, Argura; Carl
Fisher, Sylva, RFD; John W.
Blanton, Sylva RFD; Ula Ensley,
Cullowhee; Ira Broom, Glenville;
Frank Jacobs, Dillsboro; Dee Den
ton, Whittier; T. N. Massie, Sylva;
C. J. Brendle, Cullowhee; J. B.
Galloway, Glenville; John H. Hall,
Greens Creek; Boyd Brown, W. C.
Cagle, Sylva; Herbert Landis,
Sylva; Tillman Bass, Sylva; L. D.
Rice, Cashiers; Fred Dhularm,
Sylva; Elbert J. Watson, Cullo
whee; Robert Nicholson, Cullo
whee; Paul Kirk, Sylva; Claude
Stanford, Webster; C. W. Paxton,
Glenville; Robert N. Bryson, Cul
lowhee; Robert Crawford, Sylva;
John D. Norton, Sylva; George
Crawford, Cullowhee; J. B. Mon
teith, Sylva; Herman H. Cabe,
Gay; Bill Wilson, Sylva; Lee Mon
teith, Sylva; Gola Ferguson, Cul
lowhee; Dock ' Gibson, Dillsboro;
Alvin Deitz, Webster; George Mc
Mahan, Greens Creek; J. M. Shook,
Jr., Tuckaseegee; Dewey Wilson,
Sylva; Fred A. Bryson, Glenville;
and Bennie. Reece, Sylva.
iLanning Is A wauled
Purple I^eart Medal
Pfc. Douglas F. (Buster) Lan
ning, husband of Mrs. Mary Lan
ning of Glenville, now at the naval
hospital at Camp Lejeune, has
been awarded the Purple Heart
medal for wounds received in ac
tion on I wo Jima Feb. 28.
Hit wife recently ipent a short
vacation at Jackson, N. C., to be
near him to visit him at the hos
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Silver Star- Award
ed Posthumously
To Mark Watson
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence T. Wat
son have received a letter from the
War Department at Washington
which reads as follows: "I have
the honor to inform you that by
direction of the President the Sil
ver Star and the Bronze Medal
have been posthumously awarded
to your son, Staff Sergeant Roy G.
Watson, Infantry. The citation
reads as follows:
8i|vep Star
"For gallantry in action in Ger
many on 19 February 1945. Dur
ing a fierce assault on strongly de
fended enemy bunkers, Sergeant
Watson repeatedly exposed him
self to intense fire to inspire and
encourage his men. When shells
from an enemy mortar caused
heavy casualties, ignoring raking
machine gun and small arms fire
he crawled to within ten yards of
the position, threw two grenades,
knocked out the gun and forced
the surrender of 15 Germans. .The
supreme courage this intrepid sol
dier displayed and his determina
tion and loyal devotion to duty
exemplify the highest' traditions
of the military service."
The decorations will be forward
ed to the Commanding General,
Fourth Service Command, Atlanta,
Georgia, who will select an officer
to make the presentation. The
officer selected will communicate
with you concerning your wishes
in the matter.
EDWARD F. WITSELL
Major General
Acting The Adjutant General
Evangelist Smith Will
Speak At Tuckaseegee
Baptist Church Oct. 14
Rev. J. Harold Smith of Knox
ville, Tenn., will be at the First
Baptist church in Bryson City,
Oct. 9-18 and on Sunday, Oct. 14,
at 2:30 he will deliver a message
at the Tuckaseegee Baptist Church.
The public is cordially invited
to attend. Rev. Edgar Willix is
pastor of the Tuckaseegee church.
MRS. A. L. LOWE
DIES AT HER
HOME MONDAY A. M.
Mrs. A. W. Lowe died at her
home Monday morning at 7:50 at
Cullowhee. Mrs. Lowe was 65
years old. Before her marriage
she was Dora Bridges and a native
of Jackson county. She was a
member of Shoal Creek Baptist
church at Qualla.
The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 in the Cullowhee
Baptist Church with the Rev.
Mark Osborn and Rev. McMurray
Richey officiating. Burial was in
the Cullowhee Baptist cemetery.
Garrett Funeral Home of Waynes
viiie wag in (jn&rge.
Surviving are her husband, Mr.
Mr. A. L. Lowe, two sons, Marshall
of Swannanoa, and Hermon of
Canton. Nine grandchildren, and
six brothers, Anderson of Ashe
ville; Ervin of Qualla; Wiley of
Tuckaseegee; Taylor of Qualla;
Jesse of Robbinsville; Richmon of
Waynesville.
October 7 to 13 is Fire Preven-.
tion Week. About 85 per cent of
farm fires are preventable.
PROMINENT JACKSON
CITIZENS PASSES AT
HIS WEBSTER HOME
George Cope, 70, Buried
At Beta Wednesday
Funeral service for George Cope,
70, who died at his home at Web
ster Monday evening, were held
at the Webster Baptist church
Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'
clock, and burial was in the Beta
cemetery at Beta. The Rev. W.
N. Cook officiated. |
Mr. Cope suffered a heart-attack
two weeks ago and continued to
weaken until his death followed
Monday.
Active pallbearers were: Vernon
Cope, Verlon Lee Cope, Grayson
Cope, Fred Cope, and Dillard Cope.
Honorary pallbearers were: Dr.
W. A. Nichols, Dr. A. S. Nichols,
Dr. G. C. Wilkes, Dr. W. P. Mc
Guire, M. D. Cowan, J. T. Gribble,
D. G. Bryson W. E. Campbell, Don
Frizzle and Miles Ward.
e
Mr. Cope retifed a few months
ago after selling his feed business
at Sylva. Previously he had op
erated a lumber business at Mur
phy.
He was active in church and
civic affairs being chairman of the
board of deacons of the Webster
Baptist church at the time of his
death. He was also teacher of the
! Men's Bible class of the church
and served on the executive board
of the Tuckaseegee Baptist rsso
ciation. % ,
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Lela Rogers Cope; three sons, J. O.
Cope of Newport, Tenn., Lieut. C.
L. Cope of Quonset Point, R. I., and
W. B. Cope of Sylva; one borther,
J. W. Cope of Sylva, and three
half-sisters, Mrs. George Mashburn
of Bryson City, Mrs. Ross Ensley
of Sylva, and Mrs. Oscar Ensley of
Sylva.
Corn earworms have damaged
soybeans in Hyde County from 10
to 50 per cent. Cryolite has given
good control of defoliating insects
and fair control of the earworm.
EXERCISES WILL FRECEED SYLVA-SPRUCE
PINE FOOTBALL GAME FRIDAY EVENING
r<* Ue Honored
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The citizens of Jackson county
will honor the memory of the late
8. Sgt. Roy G. (Mark) Watson,
former coach of Sylva High school,
| i n appropriate ceremonies In dedi
cating the athletic field "Mark
Watson Athletic Field."
Pfc. N'ison Tatham
Rccc'v^ Discharge
Pfc. Nrlson D. Tatham arrived
at hisvhonv; ir. the Savannah sec
I tlon cr J cliFin county Sunday
after r?i?.vir.g his discharge at
jFort Bragg. After three years
1 service in the European theater,
' a member of the 29th Imantry
1 Division, he landed in New York
; Sept. 20.
Pfc. Tathrm holds the Purple
Heart, (our Battle Stars and the
Presidential Unit cftati?-~ Btfbre'
entering service fye was employed
by the Sylva Supply Hardware
Co.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Tatham, who have another
son, Sgt. Corsey Tatham, in the
armed forces, now stationed in
Majiila.
Upper Jackson Singing
Convention To Meet
The Upper Jackson singing con
vention will be held Sunday, Oct.
14, with the "Yellow Mountain Bap
tist church. This will be an all
day meeting with dinner on the
grounds.
Mark Watson Ideal
Of Boys; Friend To
Everyone In Community
Sylva High school football field,
recently equipped with flood lights
for night games, will be dedicated
to the memory and honor of a
former coach, Roy G. (Mark) Wat
son, who served as athletic coach
of this school for four .years, dur
ing which time he became the ideal
of every boy, and the friend of
everyone who knew and came in
contact with him. Coach Watson
gave up his teaching and coach
ing career in order to join the
armed forces to fight for freedom
and liberty, that our boys and girls
might continue to enjoy free edu
cation and athletics, such as he
loved to direct. Mark made the
supreme sacrifice with his life,
dying in action March 7, 1945,
while fighting the enemy in Ger
many. Young Watson entered ser- -
vice December 12, 1943, and after
training at Fort Bragg, Camp
Phillips, Kansas, and Camp Mc
Cain, Miss., he went overseas in
August 1944, and saw action in
France, Belgium, and Germany
before he was killed. He was
awarded several medals ar<5 these
are to be presented by a.i army
| officer from Atlanta to his parents,
Mr. and iMrs. L. T. Watson at the
dedicatory service Friday evening.
The dedicatory program is spon
sored by the Sylva Lions Club.
Rev. B. H. Hensley, pastor of Scotta
Creek church, will give the open
ing prayer. Superintendent A. H.
Moses will deliver the dedicatory
address. Mr. Hugh Monteith, ^
member of the Lions Club and
4<kq1 attorney, will make the md- S
dress for the sponsoring club.
The field will be lighted by the
new flood lights recently installed.
The goal post will be decorated
and loud speakers placed at points
on the field so that everyone can
hear the program.
Following the program Sylva
High football team will play the
Spruce Pine team. One of the
features of the game will be a play
by play description of the game by
Ralph Sutton. The 'game will be
called at 7:30 o'clock.
Final Campaign For Funds For United
War Relief Agencies Starts Oct. 8th
National Goal, $115,000,000
Jackson's Quota Is $6,200
J. A. Bryson, chairman of the
Jackson county United War Fund
Drive, has announced that the
final campaign for funds for this
purpose will start Monday, Oct.
8, and will continue for two weeks,
ending Oct. 20.
Mr. Bryson said that the Na
tional goal this year is $115,000,000
with Jackson's quota remaining
the same as last year $6,200.00.
Mr.1' Bryson has appointed county
and community chairmen and
workers and is urging them to be
ready to start the drive on October
8 and to complete it just as quickly
as possible.
Mr. Bryson stated in a meeting
with his workers recently and in
letters to his community workers
that this was a patriotic, volun
teer job and asked them to join
him in undertaking to see that
Jackson county does its part as
usual, so that when the starved,
naked, homeless despairing mil
lions of the world lift up their
heads wtih any say of "Thank God
for America", each one of us can
honestly say, "They mean me".
As in all previous drives during
the war when money was being
collected a large proportion of the
funds will be allocated for the
USO and the United Seaman
Funds, as the activities of these
two organizations will continue,
its well as increase, for some time
to come. It will require at least
a year to move the millions of
troops oversew and the slogan
(Con til to page 8)
District Director Will
Speak At PTA Meeting
Mrs. Allen Luther, district presi
dent of the First district of the
Parent Teacher Association, will
be the guest speaker at the October
meeting of the Sylva PTA group,
which will be held Tuesday, Oct.
9, at 7:30 P. M. ,
All members, especially the
fathers, are requested to come.
Jaskson Service
Men Get Discharge
Three more Jackson County
boys, who have terminated their
services with some branch of the
armed forces, are: John H. Clay
ton, Pharmacists Mate 2-c, Rob
ert Ray Snyder, Machinists Mate,
1-c, and Captain Malcolm E.
Brown.
Phar. Mate Clayton had served
on foreign duty with the U. S.
Navy for more than two years.
He has been discharged and has
returned to his home at Cullowhee.
M. M. Snyder, the son of Clark
Snyder of Whittier and husband
of Mrs. Maybelle Ferguson Snyder,
saw more than two years service
with the 61st Seabees in the Pa
cific area.
Capt. Brown entered the U. S.
Air Forces in January, 1942, and
served wtih the 8th Air Force In
England as pilot on a B-17 lor
two years. He received his dis
charge last week at Fort McPher
son, Ga., and is now at home with
his mother, Mrs. ?. E. Brown,
WILLIAM H. OXNER ]
PASSES AT HOME IN
iQUALLA COMMUNITY ;
Funeral service were held Tues
day, September 25, at the Hyatt's
Chapel Baptist church, for William
H. Oxner, 84 who died at his
home there Monday. Burial was
m the Shoal Creek cemetery. Rev,
O. J. Beck, of Balsam, and Rev. J.
L. Hyatt, of Whittier, officiated.
Pallbearers were: George Trout
man, Ellis Troutman, Luther
Hoyle, Carl Stepp, Kelly Bridges
and Taylor Bridges.
Honorary pallbearers were: Dr.
A. S. Nichols, W. M. Quiett, J. R?
Messer, J. K. Terrell, Jack Buch
anan, R. C. Howell, Andrew Ward,
W. H. Hoyle and Jim Sutton.
Mr. Oxner was born in Hay
wood county January 22, 1861,
where he lived until January, 1915,
when he moved his family to
Jackson county and remained here
until his death.
I He married Miss Laura Bell
Messer April 10, 1892, and to this
union were born four children;
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Future Farmers Hold 2nd
Annual Fair at Cullowhee
The second annual fair will be
held at Qjllftrahon Trnining
Friday, Oct 5. The program for
the day which will begin at 10
o'clock will include visitation to
class room, addresses by speakers,
lunch, inspection of displays, ath- v
letic contests and awarding of *
prizes.
. The guest speakers will be Mrs. J]
T. Allen Luther of Asheville, who ???
is district president of 1toe FT A, *
Mr. Dan TompldM <rf Sylva, and
Mr. Cyrus o. PMfflai ' "Omm'Sk
whee, who is AgricvUml
at CuUowbM Traintaf Seheet-nt"