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VOL. XX NO. 21 SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, Oct. 10, 19-15 SI. 50 A Year in Jackson And Swain Counties ? 5c Copy
homecoming Planned At W.C.T.C.
To Dedicate Football
Field Friday Night
Postponed From Last
Friday Due To Rain;
Sylva To Play Cran
berry High School
Dedication of Sylva High school
athletic to the memory and honor
of former Coach, S. Sgt. Roy G.
(Mark) Watson, who was killed
in action March 7, 1945, will be
held with appropriate ceremonies
Friday evening a i 7 o'clock. The
program for the dedication was set
for last Friday evening but the
heavy rain at that time made it
necessary to postpone Jhe occasion
until this week.
The dedication of the field is
being sponsored by the Sylva
Lions Club and members of the
club will be on the program. The
new flood lights were installed a
few weeks ago in order that night
games can be held.
The dedication program will
open at 7 o'clock with the invoca
tion by Rev. B. S. Hensley, chap
lain of the local American Legion
post. Mr. Hugh Monteith will
speak for the Lions Club and Mr.
Charlie Smith, chairman of Jack
son County Board of Education
will also talk. . Superintendent
Adam Moses will make the dedica
tory address. On the speaker's
platform will be Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Watson, parents of
Mark.
Following the program Sylva
High school will play the Cran
berry eleven at 7:30. The game
promises to be good as Cranberry
is said to have a good squad and
the Sylva boys have been doing
some good playing. They defeated
the Spruce Pine team last Friday
6 to 0, playing on a rain-soaked
field. They have been getting in
trim this week for the battle with
Cranberry.
T-S. Bailey Z. Wliitt
Returns To States
T-S Bailey Z. Whitt will arrive
in the States November 1st. He
I^as been in service for three years
and overseas for 16 months. While
in the Pacific he was stationed on
Kauai, Palau and Okinawa with
the 7t.h Air Force. I
CHURCiTlUOlAY
AN COMMUNION TO
BE HELD BY GUL
LOWHEE BAPTIST
"On He-educating Our Ameri
ca" will be the subject for the
Rev. McMurray S. Richey's ser
mon at the Cullowhee Methodist
on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
The church will observe Church
School Rally Day on Sunday morn
ing and world communion Sunday
in the morning worship hour at
which time new officers will be
installed for 1945-1946. Names of
the officials include, Stewards, W.
A. Ashbrook, H. E. Battle, W.- E.
Bird, D. H. Brown, Mrs. Carrie
Bryson, T. A. Cathey, Mrs. W. N.
Coward, C. F. Dodson, and R. C.
Sutton; honorary stewards in the
armed services, R. L. Brown, A. K.
Hinds, and W. N. Turner; district
steward, R. C. Sutton, and reserve
steward, C. F. Dodson; recording
secretary, and communion steward,
D. H. Brown; trustees, F. H. Brown
for three years with Mrs. Carrie
Bryson remaining one more year
and W. A. Ashbrook remaining
iwo more years; church school su
perintendents, general > D. H.
Brown; children's division, Miss
Le'onora Smith; Youth division,
the Reverend . Richey; Adult di
vision, W. E. Bird; board of educa
tion, member* at alrge besides the
superintendent, Mrs. D. H. Brown,
Miss Anne Hammond, and Miss
Mabel Tyree, golden cross director,
Mrs. W. E. Bird; church treasurer,
R. C. Sutton; church school teach
ers, adult Bible class, W. E. Bird;
college class, Miss Mabel Tyree
and C. F. Dodson; primary and
beginner classes, Miss Leonora
Smith; nursery roll and literature,
Mrs. Lloyd J. Enjman.
Sylva PTA Meets
Tuesday Night
The Sylva PTA held its second
monthly meeting at the High
school auditorium, Tuesday, Oct.
9. Mrs. J. H. Gillis, president, pre
sided over the business meeting.
Mrs. Dan Tompkins spoke on
"Membership" and Mr. W. H.
Crawford and Mr. Vernon Cope
gave brief talks on the progress
being made at the school.
M. 2-c Cecil McClure
Present At Seizure And
Occupation Of Honshu
Cecil C. McClure, M2-c, USNR
of Rt No. 1, Sylva, N. C., parti
pated in the seizure and occupa
tion of the Japanese home island
Honshu, and was present with the
U. S. Naval Submarine Units in
Tokyo Bay at the time of the
signing of the ? surrender docu
ments on September 2nd.
McClure has been in the naval
service for two years and has
served on board the U. S. S. Pro
teus, (AS 19) since 31 Jan., 1944.
MRS. ROSA BRYSON
DIES AT HER HOME IN
SEDRO W00I.Y, WASH
Mrs. Rosa Bryson, former resi
dent of Jackson County and wife
of Zeb Bryson died after a short
illness at her home in Sedro V'ooly,
Wash., on Tuesday, Oct. 2.
. Mrs. Bryson was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs* Burr Allen of
Macon county, where she resided
until her marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryson lived at
Balsam for a number of year be
fore moving to Washington about
1918.
She was buried in Sedro Wooly.
Wash.
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North Carolina
Pharmaceutical Asso
ciation At Chapel Hill
State-wide advertising and pos
ter displays in every drug store
in North Carolina feature a pro
motoinal plan inaugurated this
week by the North Carolina Phar
maceutical Association in support
of the National War Fund. North
Carolina's quota is $1,900,022. This
amount does not .include money
for local agencies, the appeal for
which is combined with the Na
tional War Fund in many counties.
The county chairmen were ap
pointed' and Dr. S. B. Burrus,
Sylva Pharmacy. Sylva was ap
pointed to represent Jackson
County.
Sgt. Evelyn Sherrill
Terminates Army Career
Sgt;. Evelyn Sherrill, who has
:ornpleted two and a half years
in the Woman's Army Corps, has
jeturned to her home here with
an honorable discharge. A former
teacher in the Jackson county
-chools, Sgt. Sherrill volunteered
her services in May, 1943, and re
mained in the Corps after it had
been switched from an Auxillery
group to that of a regular army
corps. She received her basic
training at Daytona Beach and
later graduated from tne Army
Administration School in Russel
v- . lie, A rV... Tran. Lc:"'ed to Spok.- r.c
Wash. Sgt. Sherrill has been
serving in the postal division o:
the air base located there. She
holds the good conduct medal.
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Major Tidmarsh visiting
His Mother Here
Major Harold Tidmarsh arrived
last week from Beatty General
?!ospital, where he iute beVn
patient and will spend some time
with his wife and his mother, Mrs.
A. H. Carter.
funeraTservices
FOR JAS. R. BLANTON i
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at Addic
iiapt is! cnurch for James Hoy
Blanton. 48, who. died at his homo
in Jackson county Friday after
noon. The Rev. Robert Parrish
and the Rev. Nando Stevens of
ciated and burial was followed in
the church cemetery.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Cora Parrish Blanton five sons,
Sgt. Cecil Blanton, in the Pacific
Vernon Blanton, with the merchant
marine S. 2-c Anderson Blanton,
Camp Peary, Va., and Max a*nd
Robert of the home; one daughter,
Mrs. Isaac Brooks of Addie; four
brothers. Ransome, and Louie of
Addie, and Fred of Darrington,
Wash.; four sisters, Mrs. Loftae
Shuler of Sylva, Mrs. Ed Moore of
Waynesville, Mrs/* Rufus Keenbr
and Mrs. BillJZnristopher of Syjv^:
and three grandchildren.
JACKSON CABBAGE GROWFBS SELL $1 5,000
WORTH OF KRAUT CABBAGE TO BUSS! BROTHERS
Cabbage growers of Hamburg
and Mountain townships have
been able to 'market their kraut
oabbffge to advantage this season
through Bush Brothers cannery at
Dandridge, Tenn. These cabbage
had passed the stage for the fresh
market since the supply on the j
market was unusually large.
M. L. Snipes, county agent, and
W. T. Brown, FSA supervisor,
state that the growers are appar
ently well pleased with the way
Bush Brothers has handled the
deal.
Mr. Hobart Moore field man for
the cannery states that growers
^nd truckers have been very co
operative in moving the cabbage to
the cannery in an orderly manner
without unnecessary delay.
Farmers and truckers of the
Olenville section of the county
have received approximately
$15,000 for kraut cabbage within
the last two weeks. Mr. Moore
states that Bush Brothers would
be interested in handling kraut
cabbage from Jaekeon county in
the fixture. ' J
Ffc. Ton Kelly Receives
Honorable Discharge
From Army
Pfc. Tom Kelly has received an
honorable discharge from the army
after serving more than two years.
Entering the service in Sept., 1943,
he received his basic training at
Ft. McClellan, Ala., and was sent
overseas in Feb., 1944.
Pfc. Kelley saw action Italy,
Anzio,_ Rome, France. C^rmanv
and Austria and was in the Invas
ion of Southern France.
He served with the 36 Texas
Division, 141 Infantry and holds
the Bronze Star, Arrow Head,
Presidential Citation and 4 battle
stars. ,
He is the grandson of Mrs, T. H.
Hastings and his wife and small
son have been living in Webster
while the soldier was away.
Mr. J. C. Allison, who is in the
Duke Hospital for treatment, in im
proving and will return home this
week. *
CLYDE L. CARROLL
WAS DROWNED SUN
DAY AT 6LENVILLE
Funeral services for Clyde Lewis
Carroll, 34, who was ? drowned
when he fell from a boat on Glen
ville lake last Sunday afternoon,
were conducted Wednesday after
noon at Pine Creek, Jackson coun
ty.
Officers who investigated the
drowning said they were informed
that Mr. Carroll, who recently was
discharged from the service, was in
a boat with his borther, Vernon
Carroll, and Elmer Bryson when
he fel]^ from the craft. Death,
which was termed accidental, was
attributed either to a heart attack
or drowning. The body was in
the water for only a short time.
' ? Surviving are his mother and
lather, Mr. and Mrs. Emory Car
i oil, and several brothers and sis
ters.
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Sylva Merchants To Hold
Meeting October 11th
Mrs. John R. Jones has announc
ed that the merchants of Sylva
will hold a meeting at the Sylva
school Cafeteria Thursday, Octo
ber 41th at 6:30 P. M. There will
be a charge of $1.00 per plate. All
merchants are urgently requested
,o attend this meeting.
Champ G*rl Hurler
Connie Wisnlcwskt, of Detroit, ace
hurler for the Grand Rapids Chicks
of the All-American Girls Profession
al Ball league, broke a pitching rec
ord with 34 wins for the season, as
well as for the three years the k'ague
has been in existence.
Junior Women's Club
Holds October Meeting
The Junior Women's Club mot
with Mrs. Cicero Bryson Wednes
day, October 3rd. The president,
ATarjorie Buldridge, presided over
the business meeting. The Secre
tary, Martha Barnett, reported that
the club had a one hundred dollar
bond bought with the money made
*.n the quilt. Sfye also gave a very
interesting report on the District
meeting in Andrews October 1st.
The club enjoyed a very inter
esting program on the life and
work of Sidney Lanier given by
Mrs. Frank Freeze.
A salad course was served.
Herald Observes National
Newspaper Week
With Open House
The Sylva Herald observed Na
tional Newspaper week, by having
open house at the shop and office
Saturday, Oct. Business men and
women of the county attended an <L
were shown through the entire
newspaper offices. Actual demon
strations of the workings of a
paper were given and the guests
w4re invited to examine any
and all' machinery used in the set
ting of type or the printing of the
paper. Souvenir newspapers were
presented to the guests and cookies,
apples and. coffee were served
through out the evening.
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Memorial Services To B<
Held For Pfc. Lyman
Jones i
Memoiial services wiil be hclcl
for Pfc. Lyman L. Jones, at the
Zion Hill Baptist church, Oct. 14,
at 2:30 P. M.
Pfc. Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Columbus Jones, was killed in ac
tion in Germany, Nov. 25, 1945,
having spent one month overseas
when he met death. He entered
service in Dec., 1943, and received
his basic training at Camp Shelby.
Miss.
He was married to the former 1
Miss Maybe lie Johnson <>? (?; y.
Buchanan Receives
Honorable Discharge
R. L. Buchanan, son of Mr. Dan
iel Buchanan, of Greens Creek re- !
ceived an honorable discharge
October 4.
Cpl. Buchanan entered ?crvie*?
February, 1942. received his train-*
ng at Parris Island. * S. C.. and
New F^iver, N. C. He spent 25
months overseas and has been sta
i>ned at -Camp Lejuene -since,
) 944.
CARTER REID FAT A! LY
HURT ON OKINAWA
Carter How., rd Reid, 1!), radoi
man first class, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ford Reid of Cashiers, was killed
in an airplane crash on Okinawa
September lf>. according to in f or
mation received here.
Details of the accident were not
? variable.
A graduate of Glenville high
school, Reid enlisted in the navy
in March, 1944. At the- time of his
death he was serving with a patrol
bombing squadron based in Oki
nawa.
He received training at the naval
air technical training center at
Jacksonville, Fla., and Lindburgh
Field, San Diego, Calif.
He is survived by the parents;
three sisters, Mrs. Vernu Lee
Smith, Miss Fairy Sue Reid, and
Miss Lessie Ann Reid, and a broth
er, J. T. Reid.
Annual Affair, Dropped
During War, Resumed
SYLVA ON NEW
POSTOFFICE LIST
Sylva was included in. the list
of 24 western North Carolina towns
and cities to be benefited by a
$10,000,000 post office construc
tion program for North Carolina,
proposing new postoffices, exten
sions and remodeling in 105 Tar
Heel towns and cities, according
to a post-war building program
submitted to congress Tuesday of
last week by the Federal Works
agency.
The amount set up for the Sylva
post office was $90,000 provided
the legislation is enacted and the
program is undertaken.
Mrs. Cordell To Serve On
Reception Committee
To President Truman
Mrs Jessie M. Cordell of Quulla
has been invited to serve as a
member of the State Woman's re
ception committee at Statesville
when President Truman addresses
a meeting of the North Carolina
State Senate there Nov. 2.
The invitation was extended by
State Senator Hugh Mitchell of
Statesville.
HAMPTON HEADS
LOCAL UNIT OF N. C,
E. A, IN JACKSON
Tho .Jackson County local Unit
<>! the N. C. E. A. held its first
isen'jral meeting Friday afternoon,
rj* at the Sy!\n
ouilding.
Dr. C. D. Killian of W. C. T. C.
v as tho speaker for the occasion. A
very timely discussion on "Pro
fessional Growth" was given.
The following officers were
i looted for tho year; president, G.
I\ Hampton, vice president; Miss
|'i.?mi CoyMer; .-v?\x?tary. Mrs,
.luanita Davis.
Miss Cordelia Camp of W. ('. T.
t met with tho Advisory Council
and discussed tho general plans
to rtho year. A very definite and
constructive program is planned
with its themo centering around
Professional Growth through va
rious activities. With our atten
tion again turned to peace time
interests we are hoping to enter
"our new year's work with vigor
;md pre-war standards of educa
t onal affiliations.
Lt. and Mrs. W. C. Ramsey,
brother of Mrs. J. P. Stovall and
Mrs. W. C. Anderson, grandmoth
er of Mrs. Stovall and Lt. Ramsey,
;11 of Mars Hill spent part of last
week with Mr. and Mrs. Stovall at
their homo on the Waynesville
Road. Lt. Ramsey has just received
his discharge from the Marine
Corps.
The main hunt will open on the
Davidson River Area on Novem
ber 12th 13th, and 14th, and the
Big Creek Wilderness hunt will
start at the same time. On No
vember 15th, 16th and 17th the
main hunt will shift to the North
Mills River area, and the Pisgah
Ledge.
Fire-arms permitted on the
rifles of a calibre 250-3000 or 25-35
or larger, with the exception of
the 32-20. ?hotguns, bows and
arrows, and tracer bullets will not
be allowed.
Each hunter will provide him
self with a red hunting cap. Hte
twill also furnish his own trans*
porta tion.
Applications can be received
from the N. C. Division of Game
& Inland Fisheries, Law Building,
Asheville, N. CM The Forest Su
pervisor Pisgah National Forest,
Building, Asheville, or the District
Ranger, Pisgah Forest, N. C.
Captain R. L. Ariail, Jr.,
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Returns To States
After three and a half years of
hard fighting from the New
Hebrides Islands, through the
Solomons, Saipan and Okinawa,
Captain Robert AriaiL..Jr.? hag ro~
turned to the United States.
Landing in San Pedro, Cal., Fri
day afternoon, Oct. 5, he left by
train for Fort Bragg and called his
parents enroute. . ? _ _J
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Captain Ariail, a graduate of
1940 class of Clemson College, re
ceived his commission as 2nd Lt
and was placed in the reserves.
In Dec., 1940, he was called to
active duty and wa^ assigned to the
24th Infantry, with which group
he has remained ever since.
He it the ton of Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Ariel], of 8ylve.
October 20 Is Ten
tative Date; Foot
ball Game In P M
Cullowhee ? Tentative plans lor
a Homecoming Day celebration of
the sort observed before the wai
are being worked out at Western
Carolina Teachers College. 1
For several years Homecoming |
Day festivities have been suspend
ed because of the war transporta
tion restrictions; however now that
many alumni are being released
from service and are coming home
ifom defense plant areas, a large
number of former students and
friends of the college are expected
to return for this gala occasion to
be held on Saturday, October 20,
at the college.
According to an auuoncement
be Dr. W. A. Ashbrook today, the
following schedule of events is to
take place: 10 A. M., Open House,
arrangements to be announced
later by Miss Judy Owings, presi
dent of the Women's House Gov
ernment and Lynwood Hallibur
ton, president of the men's House
Government; 2:30 P. M. a football
1 game between High Point College
I and Western ? Carolina Teachers
? College; 6:30 P. M. a picnic on the
back terrace of moore Dormitory
with Mrs. Carrie Bryson in charge;
and 8:30 P. M. a dance at the gym
nasium with Miss Helen Hart*
| shorn and the Marshall Club in
charge.
In preparation for the Holne
coming Day celebration, a pep
rally will be held on Thursday,.,. .
< to> ;r 18, at the reg
ular Chap-/! hour, with C. F. Dod
son in charge. On Friday evening
the student body, led by Miss
Hartshorn and the college cheer
! leaders will light a bonfire and
have a pep rally on the athletic
field.
Other members of the commit
tee working with Dr. Ashbrook
are Mss Addie Beam, Mrs. Charles
Gulley. Miss Charlotte Watson,
I and Miss Helen Hartshorn.
I
I Stewardship
School of Mis
i
sions Planned ;
Sylva Baptist Church
A Stewardship School of ?
sions will begin at the Sylva Bap
tist church Monday night at 7. A
period of study and discussion has
been arranged for all groups. Miss.
Olive Lawton a returned mission
ary from China will bring the in
spirational message during the
worship period, and will lead the
ladies in the study of the book*
"He That Giveth" Rev. J. Jeter
Johnson, who has charge of our
mission work at Cherokee, will
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iead our men in the study of the
book, "Our Lord's and Ours." Rev,
Mark Osborne, Jr., Pastor of the
Cullowhee Baptist Church, will
lead our Juniors in the study of
the book, "Trail-Makers in Other
Lands." Mrs. Mark Osborne, wife ,
of Rev. Mark Osborne, will lead
our Intermediates in the study of
the book, "Not Your Own." The
Young People will be led by the
Pastor, C. M. Warren, in the study
of the book, "Investments in Chris
tian Living."
These services will continue {far1
^Friday night. "Services each even
ing at 7:00. The public is cor
dially* invited to attend ell of these
services.
Postmaster At Tucjtaseigee
Is Leaving Office
Mrs. Gathie M. Hooper, pott
master at Tuckaseifee for 17 years
and four months, is retiring from "
the office because of ill health, It <