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VOL. XX NO. 27 . SYLVA, N. C.? Wednesday, Nov. 21, 1945 $1.50 A Year in Jackson And Swain Counties ? 5c Copy
Mead Has Broad and
Liberal Policy For
Re-employing Vets
The Mead Corporation, Paper
Maker to America, has issued a
beautifully printed booklet from
its home office at Chillicothe,
Ohio, setting forth tjie policy and
procedure for the reintegration of
servicemen returning to hourly
rated jobs in their various plants,
including the Sylva Division.
It is the policy of the Corpora
tion to provide for the orderly
reintegration of servicemen into
the organization who were em
ployees o f the firm before they
went into service. It is their policy
to return the veteran to his for
mer job, or provide a job which
will enable him to engage Jn job
activities while adjusting to, or
recovering from a service dis
ability, or assist the veteran in
securing the additional medical
care to which he is entitled as pro
vided for by the Veterans Ad
ministration.
In the event a promotion has
been given that the veteran would
have been entitled to try for he will
be returned to his former job for
a period of not less than ninety
days to become acclimated to the
work. At the end of the period of
^cclimination, if it is the opinion
of Management he is qualified, he
will be promoted, in accordance
with the seniority plan in effect
at the time of his return, to the
job he would have been entitled
to try for had he been present.
When a serviceman, who is a
former employee of the Corpora
tion receives . his discharge, the
first step he should take after
visiting home is to contact the se
lective service board showing that,
he has been properly discharged.
He then visits the company "and
is interviewed by a plant repre
sentative and reviews Mead's pol
icy for reintegration. Following
this he is given a physical exami
nation and then welcomed back
into actual job duties.
SYLVA STUDENTS ON
WGTG HONOR ROLL
Forty-three students at Western
Carolina Ttachers College last
quarter rated high enough schol
astically to be named for either
Beta or Alpha honor rolls recent
ly announced by Miss Addle
Beam, registrar. Of the 43 stu
dents 13 were eligible for the al
pha roll: "Mildred Ensley, Bryson
City; Thelma Joyce Finch, Bailey;
Josephine Fox, Morganton; Doris
Long, Cullowhee; Vada Lyda, East
Flat Rock; Ruth Lyerly, Lowell;
Rachel McAllister, Lowell; Jessie
Potts, Highlands; Nancy Potts,
Highlands; Dorothy Ramsey, Bel
mont; Joan Rhodarmer, Canton;
Annie Bell Trott, Stella; and Sadie
Wallin, Marshall.
The thirty who were eligible for
the Beta roll were: Hazel Annis
Morganton; Wyona Arrington,
Cullbwhee; Jo Anne Barrett, Dills
boro; Helen Bird, Cullowhee;
Carolyn Blankenship, Fairview;
Mildred Cherry, Belmont; Charles
Cotter, Cullowhee; Barbara Dil
lard, Sylva; Phyllis Dillard, Syl
va; Christine Finch, Bailey; Clara
Mae Gantt, Kings Mountain; Fay
Garren, Hendersonville; Beverly
Godfrey, Black Mountain; Daph
ine Goodman, Marion; Lynwood
Halliburton, Hamlet; Jean Hamp
ton, Cullowhee; Virginia Hill, Le
noir; Mary Johnston, Larned,
Kansas; Rebecca Lee, Tryon; Mary
Moody, Canton; Roberta Moore,
Hayesville; Mabel Morgan, Ma
rion; Annie Laura Mulkeyl Mur
phy; Evelyn Norton, Franklin;
Betty Perkins, Hendersonville;
Virginia Reed; Weaverville; Mary
Smathers, Gay; Daisy Smith, Syl
va; William Herbert Smith, East
La Porte; and Mary Ruth Webb,
Andrews.
Jackson Singing
Convention To
Meet At Webster
? ' ?
The Central Jackson County
Singing Convention will meet at
Webster, the first Sunday of the
month, Dec. 2. All singers are cor
dially invited to be there.
Dillsboro Lodge To
Confer 3rd Degree
There will be a special commu
nication of the Dillsboro Lodge
No. 459 A. F. and A. M. to be
held at Dillsboro on Saturday,
Nov. 24th at 7 o'clock.
The purpose of this meeting is
to confer the 3rd degree.
, Mr. Clyde Jarrett, Grand Mas
ter of the Grand Lodge of N. C.
A. F. and A. M. will be present
with the Andrews degree team to
confer this degree.
All masons ar invited to attend
and refreshments will be served.
MISS RHODES RED
CROSS WORKER, KILL
ED IN PLANE CRASH
Miss Mary Caroline Rhodes, 34,
sister of Mrs. H. L. Patrick, of At
lanta, was one of three American
Red Cross young women killed
in an airplane accident recently
near Turin, Italy, American Red
Cross National headquarters stat
ed ^eisterday, following official
notification from the War De
partment.
Miss Rhodes joined the Red
Cross in February, 1945, and ar
rived in France in June. Before
her overseas service, she was
employed by the Nash-Kelvi
nator Sales Corporation, in At
lanta. She was a graduate of Wo
man's College, Greensboro, N. C.,
ain d ' Hardbarger's secretarial
school, Raleigh, N. C.
Miss Rhodes was born in Chapel
Hill, N. C., and was the daughter
of the late Prof, and Mrs. W. H.
Rhodes of Sylva, N. C.
She is survived by a brother,
Leland B. Rhodes, of Raleigh,
N. C.
This brings to 67 the total of
those who have died in Red Cross
service abroad since the begin
ning of the war. All three of the
young women were staff assist
ants in American Red Cross clubs
on the continent.
The other two young women
were Miss Ruth B. Murdock, of
Upper Montclair, N. J. and Miss
Naomi Steed of Candor, N. C.
LT. HOWELL IS
DECLARED DEAD
BY WAR DEPT.
Husband Of Sylva Girl
Missing Since Nov. 11,
1944 While On Air Mission
Mrs. Carolyn Gibson Howell of
Sylva, has just been advised by
the war department that her hus
band, 1st Lt. Richard M. Howell,
navigator on a B-24, has been de
clared dead after having been
missing since November 11, 1944
in Italy.
A member of the 98th heavy
bomb group of the -344th bomb
squadron of the 15th air force,
Lt. Howell failed to Return from
a mission to the Avisio River Via
duct in northern Italy. En route
to the target his plane encoun
tered adverse weather, conditions
and the last time it was seen fly
ing over trie Adriatic Sea. Since
that time none of the crew has
been heard from.
Lt. Howell attended Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, Auburn,
Ala. and before entering the serv
ice was employed by the Ten
nessee Valley Authority.
He received his air force train
ing at Miami, Fla., Maxwell field,
Ala., Clewiston, Fla.,. and St.
Petersburg, Fla., after which he
received navigation training at
Selman field, Monroe, La., where
he was commissioned on March
18, 1943.
After completing combat train
ing at Westover field, Mass., and
Charleston Army Air Base,
Charleston, S. C., he was sent to
the Mediterranean theater in
August, 1944. While overseas, he
was awarded the Air Medal with
cne oak leaf cluster for "meritor
ious achievement in aerial com
bat against the enemy."
Surviving are the widow; his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. U. G. How
ell of Bexar, Ala. and one brother,
Maurice, a student at Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, Auburn,
Ala.
Sylva Merchants To
Close For Thanksgiving
Announcement has been made
by Boyd Sossamon, president of
the Sylva Merchants Association,
that all stores will be closed in ob
servance of Thanksgiving.
W. R. Sherrill
Returns To Office
The Herald is glad to announce
to the friends and clients of W. R.
Sherrill, Sylva attorney, that he
is back in his office at work after
a vacation of several weeks.
AAA Committeemen To
Be Elected November 30
J ackson County farmers will <
take time out from seasonal work
on November 30 to elect AAA
community committeemen for the
coining year. Three community
committeemen and two alternates,
as well as a delegate to the coun
ty convention, will be elected in
each community in the county:
The delegates will later elect the
three-man committee which will
administer AAA activities within
the county.
"The problems of reconversion
require the best farm leadership,"
D. C. Higdon said, "and if the
present committeemen are meas
uring up to their jobs, then farm
ers should turn out and give them
a lot of confidence. If new blood
is needed, farmers have an equal
duty to elect the best leaders
available."
In Jackson County, Mr. Hig
don said, approximately 2300
farmers are eligible to vote for
committeemen this year. Eligible"
farmers are those who partici
pate in the 1945 agricultural con
servation or crop insurance pro
! gram.
"Solution of the postwar prob
lems ahead of us is the vital con
cern of every farmer. Consequent
ly, it is to his own best interest
to vote in the coming elections ?
to make sure that the men admin
istering AAA programs in the
county are the ones he wants to
represent him."
Watch next week's paper for
announcements of time and place
for each community election.
MRS. LAURA ALLISON
DIES IN AKRON, OHIO
SATURDAY, NOV. 17
Mrs. Laura L. Allison passed
away at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. E. L. Barker of Akron,
Ohio on November 13th. Funeral
services were held Saturday, Nov.
17th at 2:30 with the Rev. E. M.
Lewis and Rev. John Turner of
ficiating. Burial followed in the
Lakewood cemetery.
Mrs. Allison is survived by two
sons, John B. of Akron and Burch
H. of Cleveland; three daughters,
Mrs. Lucie Brauer of Cleveland,
Mrs. Hallie Hudgins and Mrs.
Stella Parker of Akron, six grand
children and two great grand
children.
Carl Brooks Returns
Home From Overseas
Sgt. Carl Brooks, who has
served with the U. S. Army since
October, 1941, arrived home after
receiving his discharge at Fort
Bragg November 7th. He arrived
in New York from three years
and three months overseas duty.
He served with the Ordinance
Mechanical Depot, which duties
had taken him into England and
France.
He holds the American Defense
Service Medal, Good Conduct
medal and EAMET Campaign
Victory Medal.
Sgt. Brooks is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dillaid Brooks of Whit
tier.
Brothers Meet In California
Willard W. Anthony, A. M. 1-c
and W. O. Anthony, C. M. M.,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. An
thony of Whittier recently met
in California. -
Willard W. Anthony entered the
Navy December, 1939, and re
ceived his training at Norfolk, Va.,
NEW HOME FOR
KIRK-DAVIS MOTOR
COMPANY UNDERWAY
Construction work is well un
derway on the modern new brick
building for Kirk-Davis Chevro
let Company. Mr. Paul Kirk an
nounced this week that if the
weather hold gjod and materials
can be secured as needed they
can complete the building within
sixty days, however, materials
will probably be hard to get on
*ime and the opening will be de
layed.
The new home for the Chevro
let Sales and Service is located
on the Cullowhee road between
Mead Corporation and where the
new U. S. 19 intersects 107. The
building will be modern in every
respect. The front will be of cream
face brick, two stories. The first
floor will provide show room and
office space with parts and ac
cessories on the second floor. The
service department will be one
story at the rear with side en
trance from the Cullowhee road.
The entire building will be heated
by hot air and equipped with
modern lighting.
Paul Kirk and Homer Davis are
the owners.
Series Of Meetings
At Dillsboro Church
A series of revival services will
be held at Jarrett Memorial Bap
tist church at Dillsboro, beginning
Monday evening, November 20th
at 7:30 o'clock and continue each
evening during the week.
Rev. W. C. Sledge, pastor of
First Baptist church of Lenoir, N.
C. will be the guest preacher.
Special Thanksgiving
Program To Be Held
At Baptist Church
There will be a special Thanks
giving service at the Baptist
church Thursday, November 21st
at 8 a. m. This will be a service of
Thanksgiving and Praise to God
lor His blessings. The public is
very cordially invited. A special
oftering will be taken for the or
phanage.
JACKSON'S VICTORY
WAR BOND DRIVE
BEHIND SCHEDULE
Mr. R. L. Ariail, chairman of
Jackson County War Finance
Committee, announced Tuesday
that the county is behind its us
ual schedule in buying war bonds.
Mr. Ariail said that only 30 per
cent of the "E" Bond quota has
been purchased to date and that
there is only a few weeks left in
which to raise the other 70 per
cent if we are to make our quota
as is Jackson habit of doing.
The Treasury Department has
issued a $200.00 special bond
known as the Roosevelt bond,
honoring our Dormer President.
The last week of the bond drive,
December 3 through the 8th will
be known as Roosevelt Bond week
in Jackson county at which time
a special drive wtll be mad? to
sell this bond.
later being transferred to Califor
nia. At the present time he has
received an honorable discharge
and has returned to his home in
California.
His brother, W. O. Anthony
entered the navy Feb., 1929 and
saw action in the South Pacific,
He is now stationed in California.
Roy E. Stephens Receives)
Discharge From Navy
? Roy E. Stephens, 38, seaman,
first class, USNR, of Cullowhee,
N. C., attached to the Naval Am
phibious Base, Little Creek, Va.,
is being discharged after 22 months
of duty.
Stephens, who is married to the
former Ruby Pressley, was em
ployed by the Timpkin Axel Co.,
Detroit, Mich., before entering
the service.
MRS. MARY CLAYTON
TAKEN BY DEATH
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
Buff Creek Baptist church for
Mrs. Mary Polly Clayotn, 93, who
died Saturday at her tu*tne at Ad
die. The Rev. Lawrence Crawford
officiated and burial followed in
the church cemetery.
Grandsons acted as pallbearers
and granddaughters served as
flower girls.
Surviving are five daughters,
Mrs. John Berry of Edmonds,
\rash. Mrs. Perry Snyder of East
Flat Rock, Mrs. Atriha Cogdill,
Mrs. Hattie Almon and Mrs. Beu
lah Bennett, all of Addie; a son,
Bob Clayton of Hazelwood; 37
grandchildren; 52 great grand
children; one great great grand
child; a brother, Jim Cogdill of
Gaffney, S. C.; and a sister, Mrs.
Laura Davis of Spartanburg, S. C.
Garrett Funeral home of
WaynesviUe was in charge of fu
neral arrangements.
Labor Survey Being:
Made By Corset Co. s
SYLVA HUNTERS
SCORE AGAIN
Participating in the Pisgah big
game hunt, a party of five of Syl
va's leading sportsmen consisting
of Ray Cogdill, Grady Henson, J.
F. McAlehaney, O. E. Brookhyser
and Roy Owens, hunting in the
Mills River section, showed their
usual skill by bagging four buck
deer ranging from TU5 to 145
pounds. The first kill was made
by Cogdill While the last but
largest kill was made by Brook
hyser. A large bear was sighted
and fired upon but the distance
was too great to make the kill.
In view of the few deer brought
in from the Pisgah area, lour deer
for a party of five, - is what's
known in any man's language ?
"Good Hunting."
The hunt runs from November
12 through November 24.
PETTIT ARRIVES AS
DISTRICT FORESTER
Charles Pettit, Jr., recently dis
charged from the Marine corp
has arrived to assume his duties
as District Forester of District 9,
which was recently divided from
the Asheville district. Mr. Pettit
will serve the eight western coun
ties which comprise this area.
Mr. Pettit served three years
in the Marine Corps and has been
stationed at Cr.mp LeJeune, N. C.
He is a graduate of North Caro
lina State College, class of 1936
and prior to entering the service
had been engaged in the same type
of work that he is doing now,
most of his work having b^en done
in the 'eastern of stsKe,
with three years of this in Johns
ton county.
Mr. Pettit states that the work
done by the Forestry office here
will consist of fire control and
aiding landowners in the manage
ment and cutting of timber
lands. It is hoped that a program
of selective cutting can be worked
out in the near future.
Mrs. Pettit and small daughter,
Elizabeth, are at the present time
living in Jacksonville and will
join Mr. Pettit at a later date.
A Bronze turkey hen in the
Agricultural Experiment Station
flock at State College has laid 204
eggs Since January 1. The aver
age turkey hen lays from 25 to
45 eggs.
The Minister And His
Community Is Subject
at Cullowhee Conference
The Minister and His Commu
nity is the theme of the sec
ond annual Ministers' Conference
being held at Western Carolina
Teachers' College, Cullowhee, No
vember 1,9-23. The conference is
being sponsored by the Council of
Southern Mountain Workers and
Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege.
Tre ministers of all denomina
tions from the eleven counties of
wertern North Carolina west of
and including Madison, Buncombe
und Henderson are invited to at
tend and participate in the con
ference. Room and board will be
provided, in the college dormi
tories. Room and board will be
covered by free scholarships 'jtor
the first fifty ministers who ap
ply. There will be a one dollar
registration fee, payable by each
minister in attendance. Applica
tions for scholarships can be made
to Dean W. E. Bird, Western
Carolina Teachers College, Cullo
whee, or Viadimir E. Hartman,
Box 1861, Asheville.
The purpose of this conference
ist to study and discuss the re
lationship between the minister
and his community and the re
lationship of the human natural
and spiritual resources. Several
leaders of agencies which minis
ter to the people of this area will
participate in the coherence.
There will be devotional each
morning at 9:00 o'clock. Dr. Aaron
H. Rapking, Director of Commu
nity Development Program, Hi
wassee College, Madisonville,
Tennessee, will give a series of
talks on Building the Kingdom of
God in the Countryside. Rev. Don
ald F. Pielstick of the Home Mis
i sions Council of North America
I will give five lectures on the Bible
land Agriculture. Other speakers
and leaders will be Dr. H. T.
Hunter and Dean W. E. Bird of
Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege; W. M. Landess, Head, Pro
gram Exposition Unit, Agriculture
Relations Department, TVA; Dr.
T. S. Buie Regional Conservator,
Soil Conservation Service, Spar
tanburg, South Carolina; Dr. Du
mont Clarke and Dr. James G. K.
McClure of the Farmers Federa
tion, Asheville; Mr. Charles B.
Weaver, Contact Representative,
Veterans Administration, Ashe
ville; Mrs. Esther C. Spencer,
Chief Social Worker, Veterans
/Akfcninistration Hospital, Oteen,
Dr. Mildred Morgan, Family Li te
Council, Asheville; Mr. J. A. Glaz
ener, County Agent, Brevard; Miss
Velma Beam, Home Agent,
Hayes viDe; and pr* Harold D.
Meyer, Director of North Carolina
Recreation Commission, Chapel
Hill, N. c. and Mr. w. r. Brown,
Farm Security Administration I
Suprvieor, Byhra. |
LaResista Company Of 1
Conn. Considering Sylva
For Location Of Plant
A labor survey is bieng made
by W. F. Davenport, represen
tative of the LaResista Corset
company of Bridgeport, Conn., in
view of establishing a factory
branch of the company in Jack
son county. Mr. Davenport stated
to a representative of the Herald
that his being here was in no way
indicative that the factory would
be established here in the i^?*>
.mediate future, but that it would
depend on the type and amount
of labor available, and on a busi
ness location being secured. He
further stated that he was well
pleased with the applicants inter
viewed and with the results of the
labor survey made.
In the event that the factory
should be brought here it would
mean a sizable payroll for Jack
son county as Mr. Davenport in
dicated that quite a large person
nel would be required to operate
the business.
CHILDHOOD EDU- 1
CATION DISCUSSED >
BY ASSOCIATION
A regional meeting of the Ashe
ville and Cullowhee chapters of
the Association for Childhood
Education was held at Western
Carolina Teachers College last
Saturday. Lunch was served at
12:30, after which the group in
spected an exhibit of old and new (
books. ?
. The meeting convened at 3:00
o'clock for the regular srodoa^
Words of welcome were extended
by Hasseltine Stentz, president of
the Cullowhee chapter. Following
the devotional by Mrs. H. T.
Hunter, some special musical
numbers were rendered. Evelyn
Norton, 1st vice-president, pre
sented Mrs. Evelyn Coward, dem
onstration teacher in the train
ing school, who spoke on "Illus
trators of Children's Books.
Mrs. C. C. Buchanan, librarian,
led an open discussion. The theme
of the meeting centered around
Book Week.
The aiternoon's entertainment
was concluded with a tea in the
foyer of the Student Union build
ing.
Beta Home Demonstration
Club Meets November 14
Mro. Joe Sutton was hostess to
the Beta Home Demonstration}
club on Wednesday, Nov. 14tku
The President, Mrs. Don Fisher,
?presided.
Officers elected for the follow
ing year were: President, Mrs. Don
Fisher, Vice-President, Mrs. Fred
Williams and Secretary-Treas
urer, Mrs. Albert Ginn.
A general business discussion
and plans for the annual Christ
mas dinner were made by the club
members.
A social hour followed with the
hostess serving a sweet course
with coffee.
SYLVA COUSINS
MEET IN MANILA
Sgt. Lewis C. Wilson and James
E. Keener Jr. S 1-c, cousins from
Sylva, met recently in Manila and
were together several times in one
week. Lewis, the son of Mrs. T. O.
Wilson, had been a patient in a
hospital and on leaving the hos
pital was sent to a replacement
depot at Manila. While waiting he
decided to check the states' list
and see if he could find someone
he knew. To his surprise he found
the name of Jimmy, whom he had
not seen for almost a year.
Sgt Wilson was going to Tokyo
for a few days and then go to Ky
ushu to again join his old unit,
the 98th bomb group. He has been
in the U. S. Aii* Force for two and
one half years and served as gun
ner on a B-25.
S. Keener, the son of J. E. Keen
er of Oak Hidge, Tenn* ad gratot- i
son of Mrs. J. W. Keener of Syl
va, has been in tbe Wavy foe 4?
months W I lit
in the PhUUpptoW for :v*v?i jp