.V VOL. XX NO. 22 ? _ SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, Oct. 17, 1945 $1.50 A Year in Jackson And Swain Counties ? 5c Copy Sylva Athletic Field Is Dedicated To Memory Of Former Coach Watson Corbin, Madison And Smith On Program Spon sored By Sylva Lions , In an impressive ceremony held Friday evening at 7 o'clock, the athletic field used .by the Sylva high school and the Smoky Moun tain Athletic Association was dedi cated to the memory and honor of a former coach, S. Sgt. Roy G. (Mark) Watson and was named' the Mark Watson Athletic Field. No more fitting memorial could be erected to Mark than this, for he spent his few years in instruct ing boys and girls and as a coach for four years at Sylva High school and later at Edenton High school, he always set the example of fair play and was the ideal of every boy and girl on the teams. The program, held on an im provised platform decorated in the national colors was opened wtih | the invocation by Rev. B. S. Hen- j sley, John F. Corbin, master of cere monies then presented H. E. Mon teith, who spoke on behalf of the Lions club, the sponsoring organi zation. Prof. R. L. Madison, president emeritus of Western Carolina Teachers College, and former teacher of Mark Watson, paid tribute to him and told of his splen did work, both in the class room and on the athletic field while a student, at that institution. Charles Smith, chairman of the Jackson county Board tion made the dedicatory address. Follpwing this. Colonel E. C. Smith from the Redistribution Station in Asheville presented the Silver Star and the Bronze Medal, which has been awarded post humously to Sgt. Watson, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Watson of Sylva. He read the citation j which accompanied the medals. These were given for gallantry and courage displayed in action in January and February, 1945. In one instance exposing himself and ignoring the fierce fire from enemy machine guns and small arms, he crawled close enough to throw two grenades to destroy the gun and force the surrender of 15 Ger mans. Sgt. Watson gave up his career as teacher and coach and entered service in iDecember, 1943, to do his part to assure the youth of our country that they could still have the privilege of free educa tion and free athletics. Going overseas in August, 1944, he saw action in France, Belgium and Germany, before he made the su preme sacrifice, being killed in ^ action in Germany, March 7, 1945. After this program a football game between Sylva High and Cranberry High was played, the local team winning 13-0. Loud speakers were placed at various points on the field and Ralph Sut ton gave a play by play descrip tion of the game. FATHER OF SYLVA WOMAN CLAIMED BY DEATH Funeral services for Thomas S. Evans, prominent Murphy business man and father of Mrs. Harry Ferguson of Sylva were held Mon day afternoon at the First Baptist church in Murphy at 3:00 with the Rev. J. Alton Morris, pastor, as sisted hv the Rev Hnlnh Tmiliw, * pastor # of the First Methodist church officiating. Burial follow ed in "the Sunset cemetery. Mr. Evans, who for 31 years had been the Ford distributor In Mur phy, was a native of Cherokee county. He died following a Very brief illness. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Myrtle Dickey Evans, one son, Tom Evsffis, Jr., with the U. S. Coast Guard si Sail ? FrancisCoT Cal., one daughter, Mrs. Harry Ferguson of Sylva and one grand son, Tommy Ferguson. P Stewardship School Of Missions Held At Baptist Church The Sylva Baptist church is holding a stewardship school of missions, each evening this week, beginning at 7 o'clock. Those conducting the school are: Rev. J. Jeter Johnson of Chero kee, Miss Olive Lawton, returned missionary from China, Rev. C. M. Warren, pastor of the Sylva Baptist church, Rev. Mark Os borne, Jr., pastor of the Cullowhee Baptist church and Mrs. Osborne. REV. TUTTLE AND FAMILY MOVE TO NEW PASTORATE Rev. and Mrs. R. G. Tuttle and children will leave Thursday for Elkin, N. C.t where he will begin his pastorate of the Elkin Meth odist church next Sunday. Rev. Tuttle has been pastor of the Sylva Methodist church for 4 years, during which time the church has had an unusually success ful era. Besides the progress made in the spiritual life of the church and the number of members added, two outstanding things have been accomplished. The Allison edu cational building was built and paid for and plans have been drawn for the remodling of the main tfcnicfcu&fy with approximately $9,000 of the money already raised. 4 with the business since that date. His plant business will be turned over to his brother, Robert Queen,, upon his return from the Euro pean theater, where he has been, stationed for the past four years. Mr. and Mrs. Queen also sold their home, known as the Brown House to B. F. Reed and plan to spend this winter In Florida. Upon their return they plan to erect a new home. The new Owners state that there will be no changes made In the operations of the business at the present ? Robert Sherrill Receives Discharge From Seabees S. F. ' 1-c Robert Sherrill, who has completed more than two and a half years service with the Sea bees, received his discharge in Shelton, Va., last week and re- 1 turned to his home in Sylva Oct. 11. S. F. Sherrill entered service in March, 1943, and w:s attached to the 126th Con. Bn. in the Pacific area. He saw overseas ElQty from Oct. 15, 1943, until he entered the States in Oct. of this year. His wife, the former Miss Iris Holden lias held a position in the Jackson County public school sys tem and she and their small daugh ter, Mary Katherine, have lived in Sylva since S. F. Sherrill has been gone. U. S. Army Recruiting Rep resentative Now In Sylva ? Salted tmte are nuw open to men 17 to 35 years of age. Under the new voluntary recruitment act passed by congress recently, 17 year olds may now enlist by obtaining written permission of their parents. The new act also gives greater benefits to the dis charged veteran who wants to make the army a career. For in formation on the act call at the recruiting office in the post office bldg.t in Sylva this w? lo Monday through Thursday. , Enlistments may . now be made for 18 months, two yean or three years. SYLVA HUNTERS BAG TWO BEARS IN HUNT A group of hunters from Syiva enjoyed a successful hunting trip this weekrend at Mount Mitchell. Hunting on ground covered with two inches of snow they managed to bag two bears, weighing ap proximately 200 pounds each. Those included in the trip were: T. N. Massie, Robert G. Tuttle, W. P. McGuire, Frank Fricks, Everett Harris, Hay Cogdill, Jonah Dills, S. W. Enloe Ras Barrett and friends from Asheville, Newland, and At lanta, Ga. JACKSON COUNTY TRANSIT COMPANY BEGINS OPERATION Beginning Friday morning, Oct. 19, a new business, known as the Jackson County Transit Company, will begin operations. A 21 pas senger bus will furnish transpor tation to all shifts of the paper board and tannery and schedules will be arranged for all shows. This bus service will operate within the incorporated city lim its and on one mile beyond the city limits of all highways. Merchants and Professional Men Hear Asuefile Merchants Asso. Official Around 50 Attend Dinner Meeting And Consider Organizing Asso. for Sylva Around 50 Sylva merchants and professional men gathered at the Sylva high school cafeteria for a dinner meeting last Thursday night and to hear Arthur M. Jones, exe cutive secretary of the Asheville Merchants Association in a talk on the organization and operation of a Credit Association and Mer chants Association. ?Mr. J. A. Bryson, president, of the Jackson county Chamber Com merce, opened the meeting by stat ing its purpose. In his remarks Mr. Bryson told the group that the Chamber of Commerce offer ed its support and cooperation in the work of the Association if they wished to organize. Mr. Jones told the merchants of the hene^its^to their .business to be derived through an association, the cost of operating same, and the necessity of complete coopera tion of all the members if it 'is to function properly. He also ex plained the workings of a credit association, how the records are secured and kept in file for the benefit of the members. The many questions asked Mr. Jones by the men present indi cated their interest in an associa tion, which thfey stated by their vote that they wished to organize. A meeting will be held again next week to go further into the matter. Pecans furnish a generous amount of fats and protein, and also B vitamins, together with small amounts of iron and calcium. C-45 Plane Wreckage Believed To Be Found On Smokies Peak The wreckage of a plane be lieved to be that of the C-45, miss ing since Oct. 5 has been found on one of the towering peaks of the great Smoky Mountains. Rescue parties are camped oh Mount Guyot arid are making an effort to get in to the almost inaccessible mountain terrain. A spotter plane is scneduled to lead the rescue party in if flying conditions will permit. The lost plane is one that left from St. Louis, Mo., for Charlotte, N. C., late in the afternoon of Oct. 5 with six men aboard. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR BARBARA JEAN BALES Barbara Jean Bales, 12 year old daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. J. T. Bales, formerly of Sylva but liv ing now at Fontana, passed away at the Oak Ridge hospital Friday morning at 7:30 o'clock, following a long illness. Funeral services were held at. the Sylva Methodist church Sat urday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with Rev. R. G. Tuttle, pastor, of ficiating. Boy scouts acting as pallbearers were Walter Allison Jones, Frank CfrawijdrcL, Jr., Jack Hennessee, Jack Green, Boyd Sutton and Charles Stillwell. Honorary pallbearers were Ray Cogdill, George Painter, Philip Stovall, Fred Hooper, Posey Cath ey, Frank Fricks and 1-. N. Massie. JACKSON COUNTY LIMESTONE-PRO^ ? GRAM ANNOUNCED In preparing for an outstanding limestone program in Jackson county next year, D. C. Higdon, Chairman Jackson County AAA j Committee, announced here today that all persons interested in bid ding on furnishing liming mater ials under the 1946 Agricultural Conservation Program should con tact the Jackson count AAA Of fice prior to Oct. 20, 1945. Mr. Higdon pointed out that bids will be accepted on a deliv ered-to-farm basis, and for the first time, delivered-to-farm-and spread-on-field basis. Meetings have been scheduled throughout the State to familiarize suppliers with the 1945 Liming' Materials' Program. Mr. Higdon urges all interested i persons to attend these meetings. Schedules of dates and places of meetings may be obtained by con tacting the Jackson County AAA Office. Memorial For Pfc. Lyman Jones Due to a conflict in plans of the American Legion, memorial ser vices which were scheduled for Octo. 14, for Pfc. Lyman Jones, will be held this Sunday, Oct. 21, at the Zion Hill Baptist churcfl at 2:30 P. M. Pfc. Jones lost his life in action in Germany Nov. 25, 1944. Air Medal Awarded Posthumously To Lieutenant J. F. Dwyer W'!!W Mrs. John F. Dwyer has received ihe Air Medal awarded post humously to 1st Lt. J. F. Dwyer. The citation Yeads, "For meritor ious achievement while participat ing in sustained bomber combat operations over Germany and Ger man occupied countries." Lt. Dwyer was bombardier on his ship which was shot down near Nurnberg, Germany, on the 12th mission. Lt. Dwyer was killed Oct. 3, 1944, and other members of the crew taken prisoner, but at home now. He was a member of the Inter national Guards before Pearl Har bor and first served with the In fantry, then being transferred to '.he Air Corps. He received his training at Santa Anna, Cal.; Las Vegas, Nev., Carlsbad, N. Mexico, and Avon Park, Fla. He received the Presidential Group Citation and Mrs. Dwyer has also been pre sented the Purple Heart. Mrs. Dwyer the former Miss Bleaca Dee Painter of Cullowhee, is now employed in W;.shinj*ton, D. C., as a Public Health Representative. 'I Did No Wrong' ''Tokyo Rose," did nothing more than entertain G.I.s, which despite her statement, and that of her rela* lives in Chicago, is not what she in tended. Any weak or rickcty chair is a menace. Keep furniture in re pair. Anchor small rugs. At WGTG Saturday DR. ASi'BROOK ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE OF EVENTS TO TAKE PLACE ON PROGRAM; CATAMOUNTS TO PLAY HIGH POINT COLLEGE 3 Germans Condemned For War Crimes Three German were condemned this week by an American mili tary tribunal for the parts they had played in the murder of more than 400 Russians and Poles in the infamous Hadamar insane asylum. Alfons Klein, Heinrich Ruoff and Karl Willig were convicted of administering fatal doses of mor phine to those who had been im pressed into labor service for the Reich. Three otjier men, and an elderly nurse, also convicted of crimes at -this asylum were sen tenced to long terms at hard labor. DISTRICT FORESTRY OPENS OFFICES HERE Chosen because of its strategic location, Sylva is now headquar ters for a new District Forest of fice, which is to serve eight west ern countids. Officially opened, Oct. 15, the office is located in the Lloyd Hotel. Mack Ashe, District Rang | er will be in charge and Mrs. Hugh Quick has accepted a position in the office. , The office is a branch of the division of the North Carolina De partment of Conservation and De velopment and will serve the eight adjoining western counties. This office, one of nine thorugh cut the state of North Carolina will primarily serve as headquar ters for forest fire control in these eight counties and is a division ot the Asheville office. At a later date there will be an appointment made for a District Forester, who will work through out the counties the office is in tended to serve*. SOSSAMON OPENS NEW FURNITURE STORE IN FRANKLIN Sossamon Furniture Stores, with home offices in Statesville, North Carolina, have leased the new store building recently completed by J. H. Stockton, in Franklin, and will open for business on Saturday October 20, it has been announced. Mr. "G. J. Wilson, from the Bry son City store, will go to Franklin as manager of the new branch. Mr. Wilson plans to move his fam ily to Franklin later. In addition to Franklin, Sossa mon Stores are in Sylva, States ville, and Bryson City. They operate a direct van service from factory to store, and handle a com plete line of household furnishings and appliances. Mr. Leroy Sossamon, head of the Sossamon Stores, and Mr. Wilson have Deen in Franklin this week getting everything ready for the opening Saturday. LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERS RETURN FROM PREVIEW SHOWING OF NEW CHEVROLET I Mr. Paul Kirk and Mr. Homer Davis, Chevrolet dealers at Sylva, returned from Charlotte, today where they attended a preview of the new 1946 Chevrolet at the Company's headquarters. They were reluctant to discuss the mechanical and style features of the new car, but by their eager attitude it was apparent that they expected the formal announce ment and public showing of the new car to be at an early date. ~ Mr. - Kirk and Mr. Davis said that they and other dealers in the area were confident that the 1946 Chevrolet will maintain the record of top volume sales, which Chev lolet reached in the 10 of the last I I prewar years of automobile production, to m? t the unpreoe dented pent-up demand for new cars. Following the same policy as in former years, the new Chevrolet will be displayed simultaneously in the dealers's showrooms throughout the country, Mr. Kirk and Mr. Davis said. Radio and,Jocal newspaper an nouncements will be made, telling when prospective customers may see the new car for the first time. These announcements are expect ed to be good news to motorists ana to dealers alike. Throughout the war period, car owners have been forced to get along with their old automobiles. At the same time dealers have ex pended every effort to service these cars, and to keep them roll ing for the duration. Mr. Kirk and Mr. Davis stressed car care, with the warning that motorists should not expect the 1W6 Chevrolet to be available in great quantities immediately. The supply to dealers will increase as production in the Chevrolet plants permits* v 6:30 Picnic Followed With Dance Will End Day's Festivities Western Carolina Teachers Col lege will observe its 56th annual Homecoming at the college Satur day, October 20, according to an announcement this week by the college officials. Dr. W. A. Ashebrook has an nounced the following schedule of events to take place: 10: A. M., Open House, arrangements to be announced later by Miss Judy Owings, president of the Women's House Government and Lynwood Halliburton, president of the men's House Government; 2:30 P. M. a football game between High Point College and Western Carolina Teachers College; 6:30 P. M. a pic nic on the back terrace of Moore Dormitory with Mrs.Carrie Bryson in charge; and 8:30 P. M. a dance at the gymnasium with Miss Helen Hartshorn and the Marshal's Club in charge. In preparation for the Home coming Day celebration, a pep rally was held Thursday after noon, October 18, at the regular Chapel hour, with C. F. Dod son in charge. On Friday evening the student body, led by Miss Hartshorn and the college cheer leaders, lighted a bonfire and held a pep rally on the athletic field. - Other members of the commit tee working with Dr. Ashbrook are Miss Addie Beam, Mrs. Charles Gulley, Miss Charlotte Watson, and Miss Helen Hartshorn. Indications are that many stu dents will return for the occasion. MRS. FLORA WATKINS TAKEN RY DEATH Mrs. Flora J. Watkins passed away Wednesday P. M. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Can non, in Dillsboro, following an ex tended illness. Mrs. Watkins was one of Jackson county's oldest and best known citizens. She wits bom in Cashiers Val ley, the daughter of Mortiga and Elvira Keener Zachary. She later moved with her parents to Whit tier, where she was living when she was married to John C. Wat kins, who preceded her in death by a number of years. She lived her entire married life in Dills boro, and was known and loved by everyone in the town and sur rounding community. She was a member of the Dills- * boro Baptist church and the Oce chapter, 139 Order of the Eastern Star. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. J. C. Cannon of Dillsboro; two sons, J. D. and P. A. of Asheville; two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Boyd of Rose ville, Cal., and Mrs. Rose Fisher of Oroville, Cal.; seven grandchil dren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Dillsboro Baptist church with Rev. T. F. Deitz and Rev. W. N. Cook officiating. The body will lie in state from 9:30 to 10:30. Burial will follow in the Parris cemetery, Oce chapter O. E. S. will have charge of the rites at the grave. Effort To Halt Strikes A Failure President Truman and his ad- ' visory board have made little progress in efforts to settle strikes. Five separate offers have been placed before laboi units bj Set" retary of Labor Schwellenbach and all have been rejected. The way was left open, however, by the labor secretary to resume , negotiations ii disputing partus should find some common ground. 200,000 miners are idle and more > than half of normal bituminous productions at a standstill due to'.;, strikes. V./?Vji Mrs. M. Y. B alien tine of RjMfh was in Sylva 410 lirst of 1te ?Mk vi*lting