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AMERICA First, Last and Always Svlva Herald The Huald ? dedicated In progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. VOL. XX, NO. 40 SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1946 $1.50 A Year in Jackson And Swain Counties? 5c Copy Big Class Of World War 2 Veterans Join Ameican Legion Post Legion Auxiliary J Host To Veterans At Meeting Last Week The American Legion Auxiliary, meeting at the court house Friday night, served refreshments to the Legion post, which had a large at tendance for the initiation of a big class of World War II veterans. The auxiliary donated $10 to the National Auxiliary fnnH fnr ih* orphaned children of St. Die, the town in France where this land was first given the name America, and where, during the war, the en tire adult population was taken into Germany, where fnost of them died as slave laborers. Mrs. Raymond Sutton an nounced that plans were going forward for the American essay contest in the high schools of the ' county, for a $5 prize. Mrs. O. E. Monteith, chairman of the poppy poster content reported that a large | number of children in the schools have been interested in this con- , test for a county prize of $5.00 each to the high school and graded school classes. The unit officers meeting for the State will be held in Raleigh on March 2, 3, and 4, at which time, Mrs. Walter Craven, of Charlotte will deliver a broadcast address, on March 4, at 9:15 to 9:30 in the 'morning, from station WPTF. The district meeting of the aux iliary will be held in Henderson ville on March 29, and a number of delegates from the local unit are planning to attend this meet ing. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. J. F. Freeze, with Mrs. IJowar<| Crawford as joint hostess. All the women in the county who are eligible are invited to join the auxiliary. Those eligible to membership are wives, mothers, sisters and daughters of members of the American Legion, and wives, daughters, sisters, and mothers of , men who lost their lives in either ( of the world wars, or who have died since receiving an honorable discharge following such service; and women who themselves served in the armed services during either of the world wars. Lofcal U. S. E. S. Offices To Be Closed Feb. 28th Mr. C. E. Thompson, supervising interviewer of the Sylva U. S. E. S. office has announced that the of fice will be closed for business as jf Fep. 28th. Beginning Monday, March 4th, Jackson county will l?e served as an itinerant point from Bryson City. There will be a representa tive of the Employment service and the Unemployment Compen sation Commission working in the courtroom of the courthouse Mon and Thursday of each week. Per sns who have previously been re porting in the office in the Stovall Building will report to the Court house any Monday or any Thurs day. At the present time approxi mately 700 unemployment claims' a week are being taken through the local office. Robert Guy Sutton . Given Discharge Robert G. Sutton, after serving in the medical corps of the army for about three years, has been given an honorable discharge and has returned to his home at Wil lets. Going into service early in 1943 'he had eight months' train ing before being sent to the Pacific theaters where he served from Australia to Japan. Serving with the 42-Medical battalion he help ed to care for 17,000 Americans who hadN been Jap prisoners and get them started on the their way homft. Mr. Sufton was a graduate of Sylva High school and Western Carolina Teachers College and hatf taught and served as athletic di rector at Sylva High and at An drews High school before enter ing service. The nation's total cropland rose only about one per cent from 1940 until 1944. I. Sylva District Has Teachers Meeting A two part program featured the teachers meeting of the Sylva District which was held Monday afternoon in the Sylva Elementary school. ? The first part of the program dealt with lesson planning for the tparhgrg Mrs J ? G ? Fortner and Mrs. J. - F. Freeze were speakers for this phase and Mrs. Dan Tomp kins and J. F. Corbin spoke on the sceond part of the program, "Grading Students". Following the program an in formal open discussion was held. LAST CALL TO FIX FARM MACHINERY Declaring that the condition of North Carolina farm machinery to be used' in the production of this year's crops is even more vital to farm efficiency than in war years, Agricultural Engineer D. S. Weav er of the State College Extension advisory statements to farmers:* "Now is the time to check over all field equipment which was used during the past season and pre pare it for 1946 use. There is more time for repairs during the next month before field work becomes too pressing and the jobs can be done with a great deal more care. Repair work pays tremendous div idends. The old blacksmith shop is gradually fading from the picture and it is necessary for farmers to do more and more of their own re pair work. A workshop which can be used nay feuid night, winter and summer, should be a part of every modern farm. "Frequently, equipment repair is left until just before the gear is scheduled to be used. In many cases this means not only that a new machine must be bought in order to meet the seasonal work load, but also that a good piece of used machintry is discarded. The rush season for spart parts is just befpre planting time. Mailing delays and the consignment of wrong parts make it doubly essen tial that orders be placed early. "In regard to painting, polish ing and greasing implements, it may be safely said that there is no more important job on the farm. Literally, machines suffer from 4ab-use' rather than use." County Wide Horticultural Dr. (Clifton J. Allen To Meeting To Be Held Here SP"ak 0n Baptist Hour It is time for the farm people of Jackson County to make plans to feed their share of the large num ber of tourists due to spend time year after year in Western North Carolina. County Agent, M. L. Snipes, says these tourists will in sist on buy.ng locally grown small fruits like strawberries and rasp berries. In fact the local demand is much greater than the supply to say nothing about the tourist trade. Snipes states that there will be a county wide horticultural meet ing held in the Sylva Court House at 10 a. m. March 6th with H. R. Niswonger, in charge of Horticul tural Extension in North Carolina, prpspnt Mpn anH womon intProct ed in horticulture are especially | urged to be present at this meet ing. Pfc. Harley Powell Arrives In Germany M.. ? S. Mrs. Harley Powell of Tuc.ii... . . ,,v /.uve received word that ine.. s > , I'^c. Harley C. Pow ell, arrive^ in Germany January 24th. Another son, Cpl. Worley W. Powell, afte. spending 60 days with his parents, has reenlisted and reuiri.ed to Fort Bloss, Texas lor assignment. A third son, Ly man A. Powell, S. M. 3-c, is serv ing with the U. S. Navy, stationed at Norfolk, Va. Republicans To Meet Saturday, March 2nd The Jackson County Republican Convention will meet at the Court House in Sylva on Saturday, March 2nd at 3 o'clock for the purpose of selecting delegates to the Congressional and other con ventions, and to transact such other business as may come be fore the convention. All Republicans in Jackson County are urged to be present. J. ROBERT LONG, County Chairman. McDevitt Is Sponsor Of Alpha Tau Kappa Dr. H. T. Hunter, president of Western Carolina Teachers College has appointed John Worth McDev itt, bursar of the college, sponsor of Alpha Tau Kappa, forensic fra ternity, which is being re-organ ized here. Members of the fratern ity are being drawn principally from the pre-law group. Already the group has met and discussed tentative plans for a series of de bates of local interest. Officers are to be elected next week. The North Carolina Hereford Breeders Association will conduct its annual show and sale at States ville on March 18-19. !? Dr. Clifion J. Allen of Nashville, Tennessee, will bring to the Bap tist Hour in his message next Sun day morning, March 3, a combi nuiion of radio ministry, pastoral experience, and editorial service, which will render him most help ful and attractive, as announced by the Radio Committee's B. C., S. F. Lowe, Director, Atlanta, Ga. The Nashville pastor-author gives a weekly discussion of the Sunday school lesson over WSM of Nashville every Saturday af ternoon, it was disclosed in the At lanta statement. ! In addition to his duties as Edi torial Secretary of the Baptist i Sunday School Board, Dr. Allen | serves as a member of the Com mittee on the Uniform Series and also as member of the Committee on the Graded Series of the Inter national Council of Religious Ed ucation. ? The music in the Baptist Hour broadcasts is by the Baptist Hour Choir, John D. Hoffman, director ' and George L. Hamrick, organist. , The program can be heard in North Carolina over Radio Sta- j , tions WWNC, AsheviUe, WPTF, Raleigh and WSJS, Winston-Sa i lem, 8:30 a. m. ! Farmers To Be Paid For Establishing Permanent Pastures Farmers will be paid for estab j lishing a permanent pasture in 1946 by seeding adapted pasture grasses and legumes. Payment rates under this practice are bi.sed i on clean seed equivalent as fol lows: Per Lb. Kentucky biuegrass 40 j Orchard grass 35 | Redtop 20 i Korean Lespedeza 08 j j Common Lespedeza 14 White clever 60 Ladion clover 1.50 i Low hop clover 60 i lAlsike clover 35 j Sweet clover 15 | A mixture conatining at least 1 one perennial grass and one or more adapted permanent pasture legume must be properly sewn on a well-prepared seed-bed. D. C. Higdon, chairman of Jack- | son County AAA Committee, urges that all farmers who intend to do , any seeding in their pastures this year contact their community j committeemen for further details | and instructions, or come to the ; county AAA office for informa- ! tion. Receipted bills of seeds J bought must be kept by the far mers and turned in with their report this fall in order to secure payment for seedings made. Lions And Rotaria *s Will Play Scout Benefit Cage Game One of the fastest games even scheduled to be played on Sylva boards will be Thursday night at 7:30 when the Sylva Lions meet the Sylva Rotary club in an all-star special. All proceeds of the game will go to the Scout Club. Starring for the Rotary club will be T. N. Massie and H. T. Hunter of Cullowhee, whose expert shooting is expected to give the Lions some uneasy moments. On the other hand it is expected that the fast floor work of Lions Hugh Mon teith and John Parris will do much to offset this. In order to preserve order and insure a fair game, an impartial referee has been secured. Garland Jones, who is a member of neither club will call the game. Refreshments in the form of mountain water, will be served to the members of the team by John Corbin. If you want to see the fastest funniest game of the season be right there Thursday night at 7:30 and see the game from the start ing whistle. Lyman A. Powell, S. M. 3-c Returns To Norfolk Lyman A. Powell, S. M. 3-c has ?etumed to the Naval Air Station a? Norfolk, Va. after a short visit with his wife, Mrs. Beulah Jones Powell of Sylva and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harley Powell of Tuckaseegee. Signalman Powell will be sta tioned at Norfolk until he is dis charged some time in May. j I Hooper Motor Company Making Improvements Mr. Dexter Hooper is having some improvements made on the Hooper Motor Company Service Station, garage and sales office at the East end of Main street. The shed over the pumps is being re moved and office equipped in the room formerly occupied as a bar ber shop, with the old office space being added to the parts depart ment. Mr. Hooper is local dealer for the Buick and Pontiac cars. HOLD ON TO RATION BOOK NO. 4? MORE SUGAR COUPONS IN IT RALEIGH, Feb. 27 ? House wives were advised today by the Office of Price Administration to retain in their possession War Ra tion Book 4, now used only to ob tain sugar. Although the currently valid sugar stamp 39 is the last stamp in War Ration Bo<5k 4, that is es pecially labeled for purchases of sugar, spare stamps in that book v/ill be designated as sugar stamps from tiirie to time. For this reason, War Ration Book 4 should be re tained even after Sugar Stamp 39 has been used, OPA emphasized. Sugar Stamp 40 was used for the 1944 home canning program, OPA explained. North Carolina's 1946 egg pro duction goal is 80,935,000 dozen. Childhood Education Meeting To Be Held In Greensboro Miss Donna Lee Loflin, State President of the Association for Cniidhood Education, announces j the place and date qf the State ' Convention of Childhood Educa- i tion. The convention will be held ! in Alumnae House at Woman's I College, Greensboro, on Saturday, April 27th, 1946. The sessions of tne convention open at 10 a. m. with 'luncheon on the campus, and adjournment at 4 p. m. State and national leaders will participate in this meeting. Miss Evelyn Norton is president of the Childhood Education chap ter at Western Carolina Teachers College. Farm machinery suffers from "ab-use" rather than use and should be protected by grease and paint during periods of rest, ac cording to D. S. Weaver, engineer of the State College Extension Service. Schools Continue To Contribute To Polio Drive Mrs. E. L. McK.ee, county chair man for the 1946 Polio Drive has announced that additional funds huve been contributed to the amount already collected. The' McKee Training school a l Cullowhee has turned in $30.28, Willets school $13.60 and Profes sor R. L. Madison of Webster 50 cents. The county well exceeded 'the quota assigned to them and Mrs. McKee wishes to thank all those who helped make this drive suc cessful with their generous con tributions. N. C. Symphony Orchestra T? Ro A* WPTP M^rrh 9S Instead of February 25th, as stated in last week's paper, the North Carolina Symphony Orches tra will appear at Western Caro lina Teachers College March 25th in two performan<?vs. An afternoon concert beginning at 3 o'clock will be free and open to all Jackson County children. Another concert rt 8 o'clock p. m. will be for the college students and for adults. GRAND JURY MAKES REPORT ON COUNTY OFFICES, BUILDINGS Jackson County? Superior -court adjourned Wednesday at noon of last week after two and a half days of work. Judge Wilson War lick cleared the docket of a num ber of minor liquor violation cases, with a few defendants drawing frnes and suspended sentences. The Grand Jury ma^Je the fol lowing report at the end of the ses sion: To His Honor, Wilson Warlick, Judge presiding, at the February term of Jackson county Superior court. We, the Grand Jury at this term of court Wish to submit the fol lowing report: We find all offices in the court house kept in an efficient man ner, with all records up to date. We are pleased to report that a good paint job is being done to the court house and is to be finish ed soon. The county jail is in good clean, sanitary condition. We inspected the prison camp at Whittier and found it in excel lent condition. We found the county home with plenty of good food and the in mates, 12 in all, well cared for. We recommend that some repair be made on the water system im mediately. Respectfully submitted, T. T. Bryson, Jr., Foreman. Herald To Publish Service Record Book "? ? A On Jackson Veterans Mrs. John Smith And Children Leave For India M.s. John Smith arid two chil dren. John and Anna, lei t Tues day for New York and w.'A ta;l for Bombay, India Thursday on the Belle of the West to join her husband, who is connected with Standard Oil Co. in India. This is Mis. Siniili'y fourth trip to inaia >mce her marriage to Mr. Smith in November, 1934. She has been home for four years, having been sent back at the beginning of the war. Mrs. Smith and children expect to be gone 16 months when Mr. Smith will get to come home with them. Cullowhee P. T. A. Meeting Has Founders' Day Program The first evening meeting of the Cullowhee Parent-Teachers Asso ciation was held on Thursday eve ning in the high . school cafeteria and music room with Miss Lenora Smith, president, in charge, as sisted by Miss Fannie Goodman and Miss Geneva Turpin. A play let, "The Shining Road" in com memoration of the Founders of the organization was presented by members of the Future Teachers of America and children of the training school. The Rev. J. T. Houts, Jr. accom panied by Mrs. Houts led the group in singing patriotic songs and the Parent-Teachers Association song. Miss Smith gave an inspiration al talk concerning the aims o 1 the organization and Miss Edythe Walker discussed th^^prowth of the movement in America. Mr. C. A. Hoyle, principal, spoke briefly concerning specific tasks of the group. The president appointed Mr. Ru fus Phillips, Mr. Hughes and Mr. Lewis to make recommendations concerning how returning veterans should be reorganized oi\ enter- ! tained. Six Jackson Men Enter Army In February The following men were induct- 1 ed into the army during Febru ary: 1 William Gene Gibson, William Monroe Moss, James Ernest Cope, Cecil Coy Franklin, Hughie Na tions and Christopher Garland Lusk, (V). i W ill Be Complete War Record With Pictures Of County's Heroes The Sylva Herald is making preparation to issue a book con taining pictures and war records of every service man and woman of Jackson county, and to do this -we must have pictures * and the war record or gpruirg rprnrri q? our veterans. Elsewhere in this is sue of the Herald will be found a page advertisement announcing the book, and containing a blank which, when tilled in, will give us the information required. The books will be printed on heavy enamel stock with an . at tractive cover which will stand use and service. The boo"k will be of such a nature that every serv ice man and woman and their families will want a copy, some thing you will cherish in years to come. Jackson County's young men and women answered the call of our country in large numbers, some 2500 of them being in serv ice at one time or another during the war years. Over 1200 Of our boys have already been discharged and have returned to civilian life. But it doesn't make any differ ence whether they are now at home or still in service, we want their pictufes and. the record.' If Thelma oPteet,- Edaleen Curry and uniform this will not make any difference as civilian clothes will do as well, since his record will speak for him as a soldier, ma rine, sailor or in whatever branch he may thave served. ? ' ' Since the editing and printing of the book will be quite a Jot> we Urge every ct?e to the pictures and service record to us just as soon as possible. Stewart Brothers Receive Discharges Two more Jackson County boys have received their discharges re cently and have returned to civili an life. They are George J. Stew art, S 2-c arid Pfc. Conrad L. Stew art, sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Stewart of Norton. S. Stewart has served with the Navy since July, 1944 and haa been in the Pacific theatre for the past year. Pfc. Stewart had been in serv ice for about three years and served with the Army Air Forces in the Philippines. iV. C. Wildlife Federation To Sponsor State Wildlife Dept. RALEIGH, February 26 ? TheJ North Carolina Wildlife Federa tion, incorporated, has reaffirmed its determination to sponsor a new state department of game and fish to be financed entirely from hunt ing and fishing licenses and to be run by persons who have a defin ite interest in the state's wildlife resources, President P. K. Gravely of Rocky Mount said today in a prepared statement which pulled no punches in the present wildlife controversy. President Gravely also empha sized in his statement on federa tion policy that his organization is having no part in the proposed game scarcity and shortened sea son proposal of the state depart ment of conservation and develop ment. Gravely recalled that just be fore the federation's annual meet ing in Greensboro last month Gov ernor Cherry made some remarks to the department of conservation and development board which newsmen interpreted as an expres sion of opposition to the federa tion's separation proposal. Denying that he had taken such a stand, Governor Cherry was quoted as saying " I told the board no such thing; I merely pointed out to the board that segregation is not the answer but that co-op eration will bring results." "There is a great difference in the meaning of 'segregation* as or dinarily used," commented Grave ly, "and the word 'separation* as it has been used in this issue. ^Separation' has been used to refer to the wildlife federation's plan to remove the game and fish pro gram from its present status and to elevate it to a lull-fledged state department, to operate with and pull alongside all the other state departments." "Segregation as ordinarily used means to take away and set apart from. Neither the WildlUe Fed eration or the huntsmen and fish ermen want to set up a new de partment of wildlife resources and then segregate it from other state departments. They want this new department so that they can ac- , complish effectively the very thing that Governor Cherry says is prerequisite to success? -co-op eration. They want this depart ment which, let me remind you again, they are willing to finance without asking the general tax payer for one penny in order that 'they may co-operate effectively with other official groups and agencies, including the forestry and parks division of the depart ment of conservation and develop ment, tl*e Department of Agricul ture and the Soil Conservation Service." Gravely said that the federa tion recognizes the need for co operation between wildlife agen cies and forestry agencies. He em phasized the federation's conten tion that an effective game and fish program can only be develop ed through constant and whole hearted co-operation with forestry ? Continued on page 6 Laymen's Day dbserved At Methodist Churches Last Sunday was observed as, Laymen's Day in the Methodist I churches of the country, and under { the leadership . of Charge Lay Leader the laymen conducted the ; services, speaking on matters of j vital interest to the church. | At the morning worship" hour i Dan K. Moore was in charge at 'the Sylva church. Fehx Picklesimer iread the scripture lesson and H. > Gibson, Sr. led the prayer. Dr. Harold McGuire spoke, especially the seven point program adopted by the church for the evangelis j tic revival to be carried on as the 'second and most important part of the Crusade for Christ, He was' followed by A. D. Parker, who spoke along the same line, but ; added several * pertinent facts to \ those given by Dr. McGuire. He stressed the fact that knowing what we have to do and personal service will win any battle. Mr. Moore in speaking of the imprint made on the lives of peo ple by the training received in churches told of a combat division in the European theater, which in taking a town as ordered had to destroy a church. The next day | the men of this unit raised $8,000 to rebuild the church. Special music was rendered by the choir. In the evening the Dillsboro church held its Laymen's Dlj service with Dan Tompkins as the speaker. George Evans' Return Home Mr. and Mrs. Geoiyt Evans have returned to their home In Glenville after having spent some time in Akron, Ohio.
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