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VOL. XX, NO. 36 SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, Jan. 23, 1946 $1.50 A Year in Jackson And Swain Counties 5c Copy
Plans Made For Clothing Collection
Returning Veterans
Seeking Jobs Thru
Employment Offices
RALEIGH, Jan. 21 ? Indicative!
of the speed with which the armed
forces are being demobilized is
the fact that almost half, 47.7 per
cent, of the visits in which services
were rendered in December in lo
cal offices of the United States !
Employment Service, were made
by veterans, approximately 99 per ;
cent of them of World War II.
Robert M. du Bruyne, acting
director of the USES, reports that
116,838 visits were made to local
USES offices in December, about |
an' average month for 1945. Of
these visits, additional services ,
were rendered in 109,605 cases,
and 52,326 of these cases were j
those of veterans, a veteran in- j
crease from a proportion of about
one out of ten in the early months
of last year.
This does not mean that 52,000 j
different veterans visited the local
offices in December, for many of
them return for further informa
tion or help "and those drawing
servicemen's readjustment allow
ances visit the offices each week
to renew their claims, Mr. du
Bruyne explains.
However, this report shows that
almost half of the activities of the
personnel of local offices are con
nected with war veterans and their
problems, and the proportion will
increase as more veterans return
borne. That is why so much stress
is being placed in local offices on
handling the problems of return
. in$?g?$erans, Mr. V
That also explains in part, why
there has been a decline in refer
rals to jobs since the war ended
in August. The referrals to jobs in
December numbered only 13,809,
which is much less than half the
average number referred in the
first eight months, war months, of
the year.
Loc. l USES offices verified non
agricultural placements of 6,194
workers in local jobs and 132 in
jobs outside their home areas in
December.
Job openings registered by em
ployers with local offices declined
in December^ from 25.993 at the
. beginning to 23,828 at the end of
the month, Mr. du Bruyne reports.
At the same time an average of
about 6.000 workers were drawing
State unemployment benefits and
approximately another 6,000 vet
erans were drawing servicemen's
readjustment allowances, each
week in December.
? Army Creates Twosome
Of Depot Men
The story of two incidental army
careers came to light this week in
the persons of Pfcs. Joe T. Evans
and Thomas R. Hyatt, both mem
bers of Company K, headquar
ters Batallion, at Camp Pickett,
Va.
Inducted at Ft. Bragg, N. C. on
July 25, 1945, the two men were
strangers to one another. But not
for long. Six days later they were
transferred to Camp Wheeler, Ga.,
for ..basic raining. Upon their ar
rival, they were assigned to A- 10
3 and both landed in the same
platoon.
After completing their basic,
they were both put on the same
shipment order with the same
number of days delay enroute. Ar
riving at Camp Pickett on the
same day, they thought that the
team of Evans and Hyatt was
surely due to break up this time.
However, fate found them both
assigned to K Company, who in
turn, assigned them to the same
barracks, same cadre room.
On January 1, they were both
promoted to Pfc. on the same or
der. They both work in the Com
pany orderly room, doing what we
don't know. We were afraid to ask
for fear it might be different
things. And to top it off, they both
live in North Carolina.
Pfc. Evans is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Evans of Sylva tad
Pfc. Hyatt is a Canton boy.
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Recent Changes Made In
Faculty At Sylva School
Three changes have recently
been made in the teaching per
sonnel at the Sylva school. Miss
Alice Dills Weaver is taking the
place vacated by Mrs. Edwin
Knight, who resigned when her
husband returned from overseas
duty; Mrs. Mark Osborn of Cullo
whee Is replacing Mrs: Anne Bird
Engman, who also resigned when
her husband was discharged, and
Kenneth Terrell who is substituting
for M. B. Madison who has accept
ed a position in the Belmont
school.
WATAUGA DAIRYING,
LAMBS KIT UPGRADE
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Watauga County farmers in 1945
sold milk for an aggregate of $100,
000 more than in 1944 and mar
keted 2,426 lambs of which more
than 44 per cent graded "choice,"
it was reported by County Agent
H. M. Hamilton, of Boone.
Hamilton said that last year
dairy farmers in the county had
made "more progress than in any
previous year" and attributed the
increased milk sales to improved
pastures and an increase in the
number of farmers who turned to
dairying. Principal outlet for milk
\s C^blc Receiving* Station.
One hundred and fifty three more
farmers sold milk last year than
in 1944.
Dairy herds are getting better
housing and care than ever before
and are furnishing a regular
monthly income to .a big block of
the Watauga farm element, Ham- j
ilton added, indicating that the
erection of many new silos, the
production of high-quality legume
hay and the establishment of grade
A dairies also had contributed to
the upswing in the milk business.
Of the total number of animals
marketed through the county's
lamb pool, 1,076 were "choice,"
778 were "good," 414 were "medi
um" and only 6.4 per cent were
graded below medium. Phosphates ,
and other Extension service prac- I
tices improved pastures and in turn
produced choice meat for which
higher prices were received, Ham- !
ilton said.
WCTC Provides Two
Beds At Moore General
According to Mr?. W. A. Ash- j
brook, secretary to president H. T.
Hunter of Western Carolina Teach
ers College, word has been re
ceived that stamps and bonds pur
chased by the faculty and stu
dents of the college have provided
fro the maintenance of two hos
pital beds at Moore General Hos
pal. Upkeep for a hospital bed for
one year is approximately $3,000,
Mrs. Ashbrook has received dupli
cate copies of the placards to be
placed at the foot of each of these
two beds indicating that Western
Carolina Teachers College has pro
vided them.
J. B. Parker, Charles
McMahan Buy Lease
On Stovall's Cafe
J. B. Parker and Charles Mc
Mahan of Sylva recently purchased
the lease on Stovall's cafe from
Tilgham Bass and Shelton Brad
sher. They assumed management
this past week.
The new owners are veterans of
the past war, Parker having been
in the army for thirty four months
and McMahan in service for the
past four years. Each have twenty
months overseas duty to their
credit.
The new management announces
that there will be no changes in
the personnel or in the policy of
the cafe.
GOVERNMENT MAY
TAKE OVER STRIKE
BOUND MEAT PLANTS
Washington has indicated that
the Government would seize the
strike-bound meat packing plants
and White House sources indicat
! ed that the order would go out to- i
day.
This action to end an already
widely-felt meat scarcity, will be i
taken, the White House spokes
man said, despite lack of assur
ance that the CIO meat packers '
will go back to work for the gov
ernment. AFL meat workers have
promised to do so.
WSSF Representative
Visits Campus
Miss Judith Austin, representa^
tive of the World Student Service
Fund, is here on the campus of
I Western ' Carolina Teachers ? Col
lege this week. Miss Austin, a
graduate of the University of Ver
mont and an official in the Rich
mond office of the WSSF, is at
Cullowhee primarily to assist stu
dent leaders under O. R. McDon
ald, student body.? president, ? ta .
raise funds for needy young peo
ple overseas. This is Miss Austin's
second visit to Western Carolina
Teachers College. Last year she
helped in raising $175.00 on this
campus for the WSSF.
DRIVE FOR USED
CLOTHING NOW ON
Ann Albright, dean of women
at Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege here, has announced the open
ing of a campaign to secure used
clothing to be shipped to the un
fortunate people overseas. Solici
tation of articles in under the su
pervision of the different dormi
tory presidents. Last year Western j
Carolina made a sizeable contri- j
bution to this worthy cause.
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Attends General Pattern's
Funeral
Lt. William N. Turner
To Receive Discharge
I NAVAL STAGING CENTER,
PEARL HARBOR, T. H.? Lt. Wil
liam N. Turner, of Cullowhee, N.
C., is getting ready to rejoin the
, ranks of civilians, together with
thousands of others going through j
jthis Naval demobilization center
! headed for the States. *
I At this staging center, the pros
pective dischargees are grouped
according to what separation cen
i ter they will report to for their j
; final papers. They are placed
aboard cargo ships headed for the ,
States as soon as shipping space is
available. i
Pfc. James Harris who is
serving with an M. P. Bn. stationed
in Bad Tolz, Germany was one of
the fifteen men chosen to attend
General Patton's funeral in Lux
emburg. They made the 500 mile
trip in General Truscott's train
and also ate in his dining car. He
was serving with Patton's Third
army when Germany fell and had
been an honor guard for General
Patton on a few other occasions.
Pfc. Harris entered service Nov.
17, 1944 and received his training
at Camp Wheeler, Ga. and was
then transferred to Fort Meade,
Md. and from there sent overseas.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wes
Harris of Sylva and the husband
of Mrs. Betty Price Harris of
Cullowhee.
sfflnrEHvnris
NEW CONGRESSMAN
FROM 10TH DIST. I
Sam J. Ervin, Jr. of Morganton
was elected Tuesday to complete
the unexpired term of his late
brother, Joe W. Ervin, as repre- J
sentative of the 10th congressional j
district.
Ervin is a former superior court
judge and his name was the only
one on the ballot and had no op
position. He had been nominated
by the Democrats for the remain- j
der of his brother's term. The Re
publicans did not offer a candi
date.
Joe Ervin, well-known freshman
congressman, was found dead in
his gas-filled kitchen of his Wash
ington home on Christmas day.
Jackson County Promised
Six Car Loads Of Coal
In response to a pnone call to
M. L. Burtlesg, distribution man
ager of this area, from Mayor H.
Gibson and County Commissioner
Chairman, T. Walter Ashe, the
dealers in Jackson county have
been assured of six car loads of
run of the mine coal. Action was
taken at the request of several
citizens of the town and when Ma
yor Gibson explained the critical
fuel situation, these six cars were
transferred to this area.
Committeemen For Polio
Drive Announced
Mrs. E. L. McKee, county chair
man for the 1946 Infantile Pa
ralysis Drive, has announced the
appointment of the committeemen
to serve with her this year.
A. C. Moses, county superin
tendent of schools, has been
named on the school committe, In
dustry, Paul Ellis and W. T. Wise,
Business men, Paul Kirk, H. G.
Landis, and A. J. Dills, Govern
mental agencies, T. Walter Ashe
and Carey Henson, Professional
men, Dr. Hooper, Civic clubs,
Ralph Sutton, F. M. Crawford,
President's ball, Mrs. Walter Jones,
Mrs. A. H. Carter and Mrs. John
Parris, Dillsboro, Mrs. M. B. Can
non, Cullowhee, John Worth Mc
Di\itt, Theatre, Mrs. Frank Mas
sie.
Jackson county's quota has been
sot at $780.00.
The Cullowhee Parent-Teachers
Association met Thursday after- !
noon in the cafeteria of the Train- :
ir.g School of Western Carolina
Teachers College, with Mrs. Wiley
Crawford as hostess. Miss Annie
Knotts, supervising teacher of the
first grade in the Training School,
discussed Religion in the Life of
the Young Child. Miss Leonora
Smith, president of the group,
presided over the meeting.
New Building For
Lumber Firm Nears
Completion Here
a
W. O. W. To Have Special
Meeting For Returning
Veteran Members
The Sylva Woodmen of The
World will hold a special meeting ;
on Monday night, February 4, for j
the members of the organization
who have been in service and who \
have now returned home. The na- j
ture of the meeting and program I
was not disclosed but officials j
stated that it would be of great
benefit to these returning veteran
members.
The lodge continues to gain new
members with 65 new ones to come I
in right soon, it was said. The
membership is now around 200.
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Attend District Meeting
Of American Red Cross
Mesdames John Parris, Harry
Ferguson, W. O. Soderquist and
Mr. A. J. Dills were in Asheville
Monday attending the District
Meeting and Luncheon of the
American Red Cross held at the
George Vanderbilt Hotel. !
I The new building which is be
ing erected by the owners of the
Sylva Coal and Lbr. Company is
rapidly being completed. Located
directly across the street from the
offices of the Coal and Lbr. Com
pany, the new building, a three
story structure, will be finished in
asbestos siding. It is a thirty by
seventy foot building with lum
ber sheds etxending from the back
to the street between the Sylva
Laundry and 'Sylva Hotel.
The property on which it is
built was recently acquired by the
owners, J. E. Wilson, J. E. Pop
perwell and V. L. Cope from Ben
Queen in a deal comprising the
entire Sylva Hotel property.
The basement floor will be used
for storage at the present time,
the second or street floor will be
used as a store house and storage
and the upstairs will be used to
rent to fraternal organizations as
meeting places. .
Messrs. Cope, Popperwell and
Wilson purchased the Sylva Coal
and Lumber Company several
years ago and have made many
improvements and are constantly
expanding their business.
Ashe IN ames Committees,
Sets Time and Selects
Depots For Collection
Last Rites Conducted
For Erastus Ensley
Funeral services for Mr. Erastus
Ensley, 62, who died Sunday
morning Jan. 13 at the home of
his son, were held Tuesday after
noon at the Lovedale Baptist
church with the Rev. F. P. Blan
kenship and Rev. B. S. Hensley
officiating. Burial fololwed in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Ensley is survived by his ?
widow", the former Miss Rebecca
Cope of Swain County, two sons, !
Roosevelt of Sylva and Dennis of
the U. S. army; three daughters, j
Mrs. Grady Painter and Mrs. Har- j
ley Sellers of Sylva, Mrs. Max
Snipes of Asheville; four brothers,
Oscar and Elsie of Sylva, Henry
of Balsam, Tolvin of Tenn. and ten
grendchildren.
Garrett Funeral home was in
charge of the arrangements.
NOW IS THE TIME TO
WORK WITH ORCHARDS
Now, and for th6 next few weeks
of Winter, is the time to prune,
spray and thin orchards, accord
ing to Burke County Agent R. L.
Sloan of Morganton who offers the
following orchard suggestions for
Western North Carolina farmers:
"Some pruning is helpful each
year in shaping young trees and
thinning crov?ded Vmbs or. older
trees. Spraying is also helpful in
killing scale and other parasites !
on the bark. For small orchards, i
one can buy a ready-mixed liquid [
lime-sulphur solution which mixes I
with water at the rate of one gal
lon of lime-sulphur to eight gal
lons of water. This spray is good
for Winter apples, peaches and
other fruits. ]
"Fertilizer or manure is needed
by trees in late Winter. Nitrate i
of soda is one of t ho best fertili- ?
zers, though any such preparation
will help. From two to five pounds
of fertilizer per tree is usually ap
plied. Brushy mountain orchards
which formerly were productive 1
every other year, now bear each j
year since regular fertilization has i
been made. Young trees also need
cultivation. Digging or plowing |
around them will keep down grass
and weeds.
"Some of the fruits best adapted j
to this section of the state are:
Early Harvest, Yellow Transpar
ent, Bonum, Golden Delicious,
Stayman, and Winesap apples;
Golden Jubilee, Belle of Georgia,
Elberta, and Hale peaches; Con
cord, Niagara, Portland, Lutie, Ca-.
co, and Sheridian grapes; Early
Richmond and Montgomery cher
ries. Now is a good time to plant."
Webster 4-H Club
Has Meeting
The 4-H club of Webster school
met last week in the ninth grade
class room with thirty six mem
bers present. An interesting pro
gram was given on table man
ners with the following pupils
participating. Harold Potts, Nola
Higdon, Claudia Stanford, Clyde
, Bumgarner, Billy Joe Cowan and
I Alice Buchanan.
A delicious breakfast of ham,
I eggs, jelly and toast was served.
| Joyce Hooper and Jo Ann Davis
were waitresses.
I Nellie Morgan made a talk on
i things that should and should not
' be done at the table. Miss John
ston concluded the meeting by
discussing more fully the impor
tance of table manners.
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Five Jackson Men
Accepted By Army
The following men were accept
ed by the army during December.
James Jesse Jones (V), William
Perry Lark, Glenn Dale McCall,
Allen Eugene Norman, and Wood
Higdofn.
Cites Need Of Quick
Action In Bringing
Drive To A Close
The central committee of Jack
son County's Victory Clothing
drive met in the Herald office
Monday afternoon and completed
plans for conducting the drive in
the county. The committee is com
posed of T. Walter Ashe, county
chairman, Dilalrd Coward, John
Cm-bin, of the Lions Club and " J.
A. Gray of the Rotary Club. Named
to assist on this committee were,
C. F. Dodson, Cullowhee, William
Ensor, Cherokee, T. N. Massie,
Sylva, and all the school teachers
of the county. The Lions Club and
Rotary Club are co-sponsors, and
will assist in the drive.
The collection drive is to begin
at once and to end Saturday, Feb.
2nd. Since the drive is late in get
ting started in the luunty, Chair-'"
man Ashe has urged the citizens
to make their collection and bring
the clothing to one of the clothing
depots just as soon as possible in
order that the drive may be com
pleted on time.
The following places have been
selected as collection centers where
clothing can be deposited: Sylva
Coal and Lumber Company, Sol
Schulman's store, Sylva Supply
Company store, Sylva Herald,
county school houses, and Battle's
Store at Cullowhee. When the
drive is over the clothing will be
brought to a central place ai>d
jackets oh VnjSm&nt to the needy
peoples of Europe, China, and
other devastated places in the
world.
All merchants having old stocks
ot clothing, shoe.-, etc. they wish
to donate to the collection will
please get these garments together
iii bundles or boxes at their stores
and notify Mr. Ashe so that they
can be collected when the drive is
over.
Kind cf Clothing Wanted
The committee makes a special
request for the following type of
garments to be collected: coats,
suits, trousers, skirts, dresses,
shirts, sweaters, underwear, shoes
(also galoshes, overshoes, rub
bers), pajamas, night gowns, knit
wear, blankets, bedding, piece
goods, remnants, draperies, infants'
clothing of all kinds.
The clothing given in this drive
rrtust be of servicable type, that
is not too worn or in bad condition
otherwise. The items must be clean
but not ironed. Dresses and this
type should be washed and suits
etc. cleaned. Uncleaned items can
not be accepted for shipment as
they will cause damage to those
that have been cleaned.
Continuing Need
By Christmas approximately
25,000,000 children, men and wom
en in the war-torn countries over
seas had received clothing donat
ed by the American people in the
United Clothing drive of last year.
But 25,000,000 is only a small per
centage of the destitute, homeless,
and looted people of Europe, the
Philippines and the Far East.
Devastation and want in those
countries are on so vast a scale as
to be almost beyond comprehen
sion. Millions there are even now
inadequately clad for winter wea
I ther, for health and for self-re
spect. It is estimated that in China
alone 200,000,000 people are in
desperate need of clothing.
Among the threadbare millions,
there are people of every age and
from every walk of life. These
people are not asking for us to give
them Utopia ? but only servicable
things like your old coat ? the one
with the frayed edges but a warm
. lining, or the baby blanket 90 long
stored away.
Mehaffey Enlists
In Regular Army
James A. Mehaffey, Jr., toil of
Mrs. Maude Mehaffey of
enlisted in the regular amy oo
January 11th.