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AMERICA First, Last and Alwaja TME SVLVA ERALD The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well bate need county. VOL, XX, NO. 41 SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, March 6, 1946 $1.50 A Year in Jackson And Swain Counties?5c Copy Lions-Rotarians Battle To Tie In Furious Basket-Bail Game Game Was Big Source of Fun As Well As A Good Money Raiser For Boy Scouts Practically every member of the; Sylva Rotary and Lions clubs were seen on the court at some time during the basketball game which was played by the two clubs last Thursday evening as a benefit for the Sylva Boy Scouts. The game was a source of amusement and fun from begin ning to end from the standpoint both of the costumes donned by many of the players and from the action exerted by them to try to put the ball in the basket and make a score for their side. During the second quarter the basketball disappeared through one of the doors, but some one procured a football and the game proceeded without delay. As an other stage of the playing a step ladder was placed under one of the goals to enable the players to put the ball in the basket. Dr. h. t. Htffiterwas credited with making one of the first scores of the evening. Throughout the game it was a nip and tuck af fair, with first one club leading and then the other. The final score was 70-70. Garland Jones acted as referee. The game was also a financial success, more than $100 being taken in at the door. Though many of the men were barely able to walk the next day and we understand few were seen visiting their doctors, both players and spectators voted it one of the best evening^ e^ertainnjent. in Sylva in sometime and think it should be made, an annual affair. As long as the preachers, teach ers, lawyers, doctors, merchants, and other business men can take an evening off and spend it in this manner to help the youth of our community, we feel that all is jwell and many perplexing prob ' lems will be solved in the right way. 2 p New Trailers Delivered m ^The Mead Corp. of Sylva have * recently added 5 new 12-ton Fruehauf trailers to their fleet. These are the latest type 26-foot Platform model units, and were purchased through the Fruehauf Branch in Charlotte. ROY FRANCIS OUT FOR SOLICITOR W. Hoy Francis,, of Waynesville, has announced his candidacy for the office of Solicitor of this dis trict, an office now held by John M. Queen' of .Waynesville, and sought by two other candidates, Dau K. Moore, of Sylva, and T. D. Bryson, Jr., of Franklin. Mr. Francis is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and began, the. practice,olJLaw in 1923. He represented his dSrcrot in the State Senate in 1933-34, and was assistant district attorney of the U. C. court of the Western District of North Carolina for 6 years and on the death of District Attorney Marcus Erwin, he was named by Judge Webb as District attorney, but resigned to resume the^prac tice of law in 1943.' He is a veteran of World War I, active in the American Legion, having held several posts in the organization. Farmers in Maryland and Con necticut have indicated intention of adopting curved row practices used to good advantage in North Carolina for the control of erosion. World Wnr Two Veterans May Receive Vocational Training In High Schools Veterans May Receive J Farm Training Under Farm Training Program Veterans of World War II, through departments of Vocation al Agriculture in rural high schools, may receive training to fit them as farmers, according to Tal H. Stafford, * District Super v.sor ot Agricultural Education. | Qualiiifcd veterans, it is staled, who enter this training program," ? will receive irom the Veterans Administration a monthly subsis tence allowance >i' ii s.ngie, a..^ ? oU.OU, ii married. The coordinated ' instruction, which 'aill tupplemen. o^-the-joo training cn the farm, will be plan ned to fit the incividu?-.l needs and educational background of the veteran, and it will be handled by teachers of Vocational Agriculture in special groups made up entire ly of veterans. These groups will not be mixed with regular high school students in agriculture, ac cording to Mr. Stafford. The veterans' farmer training program is supported by PublicJ Law lb and Public Law 346, pass ed by the 78th Congress, and it is made possible by an agrement, re cently signet, between the State Board for Vocational Education and the Veterans Administration. Under the North Carolina plan the veterans fanner training pro grams will be administered and ?Ceiltinned on pate ? Woodworking And Blacksmithing fourse In Progress At Cullowhee An educational course.in wood working and blacksmithing 01 the local high school chapter at Culio whee is being conducted eac.-. Thursday afternoon by Cyrus G. Phillips, vocational tcMcher. An earnest request is m^de to any householder or iconic, ta ... either line to the shop, lo cated on the school ground, ..ny I HUl Sd liC Jam 1 C . . 1 ? ? V *?. ....... It is necessary to bring replacement parts bu. t.-.o . is i.ee. Li. ..horses or mules . . . wS . ..a na.'s, these a ill be placed without cost. ? Lewis Wilson Receives Discharge Lewis Wilson, third son oi Mrs. T. O. Wilson to be discharged from the U. S. Army, arrived home Sunday. Leaving Tokyo, February 11, he arrived in Cali- , fornia the 23rd and was sent to Augusta, Ga. where he was given his discharge. Volunteering for service in May, 1943, he was assigned to the air , corps. He served as an aerial gun ner and held the rating of sergeant when dismissed from service. He; has spent the past 8 months in the Pacific theatre, part of the time since the close of the war being in, Japan. Don't Delay, Send Or Bring Your Picture And War Service Record To Herald Office For Memorial Book As announced in last , week's J Herald we am preparing to pub lish a Memorial book of every World War II service man and woman in Jackson county. Many have already brought in their pic ture and service record. Hundreds of others in the county have not gotten theirs in. We urge you not to delay as the big job of editing and printing the book will take some time, therefore the sooner we get all this information togeth er the sooner the books will come off the press. W particularly want a complete record of all those who were killed in action or died from any cause while in the service of their coun try. The front part of the Memo rial book will contain the Gold Star section. Books will also be available for those wishing a copy but did not have relatives in service. You are requested to make application for your copy early in order that we will know/ to reserve one for you. ?i Wild Life Club To Meet Tuesday Night The March meeting of the | Jackson County Wild Life ! Club will be held in the court house Tuesday night, March t 12th. At this time plans* >\jil j be made for the April meeting whjch it to be held at some point out~ in the county with a barbecue. A good attendance j of the members is desired at I the Marctv,, meeting. President Dodson will preside. English Girl, Warbride Of John C. Dillard, In Sylva 1 Some of England has come to Jackson county. Warbride Eileen , Dillard, and small red-headed Paul, fourteen months old son ar rived Friday, February 22, on the Zebulon B. Vance, in New York, and coming straight to Asheville they were met by their husband and daddy, John C. Dillard and! Drought to the home of his par- ; ents, Mr. and Mrs. David Dillard. Young Mrs. Dillard, small, i blonde and very blue-eyed, is from South Hampton, England. Com- 1 menting on the fourteen day voy age over, she gave a rueful shake of her head and said, "Not so good, we were both a little seasick." Meeting this English girl and Paul was a pleasure. Full of en thusiasm for her adopted coun- ? try she spoke of the kindness and giacioia-ness of . ner new neigh bors. "Tne food, too, is so good, i ve had so many things to eat that we, in England, haven't seen for so long." Paul cuiuented him<eii by s.t ?a :.ia mother s lap aau guv iu& a- a thorough looking uver. \. ,,ij . iVf leit, Airs. D:lia.d and ? - ..V vd MS c?. a * i' 1 . ? .iC. Cj l * 4i ^ < i 'J U 11 i L ? Vv utiiCl % III* O. "?." ?ex - T < ? 1A ? 1*1 ? ? * * * * ? J * ? ? *? ? ? w ^ ^ ^ vJ much/' lhl-.Lt. li*ace Monloith visiting Parents 1st La Grace Monteim oi the Army Nurses Co;ps arrived a few days a^> i,o spend tnirty days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Monteith. Entering service 2G months ago she had her basic training at Camp Rucker, Ala. She was then stationed at Foster Gen eral Hospital, Jackson, Miss, for 18 months. On August 12, 1945 she left for overseas duty with the 307th General Hospital and has been stationed in the Philip pines for six months. She arrived in the states February 7th, and at the expiration of her furlough, will report to Lawson General Hospital, Atlanta, for reassign ment. CITIZENS URGED TO MAKE RED CROSS DONATIONS EARLY . ? Jackson County's? 1946? Red Cross fund raising drive is now in progress, with a number of firms having already met their quotas 100 per cent. Our over all quota is not as much this year as ; in . former years. However, the need is still great and our citizens are urged to contribute generous ly at once in order that our drive may be completed as soon as pos sible. it is too early to get reports from the entire county but we feel that our people are appre ciative of the work that has been done by the Red Cross in Jackson county through all these years and will want to contribute 4'or the support of this work. There is a great amount of home service and hospital assistance work to be done for our service men, which your Red Cross dollars helps carry on. If you have not made your con tribution do so at .once. LEGION SPONSORS PICTURE MARCH 9 AT RITZ THEATRE "A Square De.il for Every Child" is tne title of a six-m:nute motion picture to be shown under tne sponsorship of the American Legion at the Ritz Theatre Satur day, March 9. The picture is a public service dedicated to the Children of Vet erans. It was produced by a well known cast of radio and motion picture stars and presents a story ; of a wounded American soldier,' his family, and his chaplain. The purpose of the picture is to stim ulate the program of the Ameri- i can Legion in the work of service to veterans' children. FELIX PICKLESIMER IS NEW PRESIDENT OF COMMERCE BODY The new directors of the Sylva Chc.mber of Commerce met last wiek and organized by electing Felix Picklesimer, president: H c?;e Poteoi, Y.ct-presidt-nt and Ev ere:: Harris, .><. (.votary-t: ec.- urer. fiiC new '.i!.cors v.i.i . n iti.llua i.i.-i . .:c ?>ver tne v ... <>. .."lC "n .. I ti.c ; l\...;esimer .s .vc-i L. .... -i n'.- ... ;? II, .nw:.,, ea .ii i.;e . ile was ci..a ? ? ? ... Sylw. ..-l ?j'. 2 * C c. i;aui Buchanan LnUs Naval Career Ll. I\.ul Buchanan of Web ster. alter .-pending several days with his family went to Charles ton, S. C. where he was given his discharge on March 3rd. For two years he has served with the com munications department of the U. S. Navy. He had training at both Prince ton and Harvard before going to the Philippines where he saw duty on several of the islands making up that group. Before entering service Lt. Bu chanan was principal of the Web ster school district. Mrs. Buchan an and children lived in Webster while he was away. Monroe M. Redden Will Oppose Weaver H EN DERSON VILLE, Mar. 5? Monroe M. Redden, 44-year-old Hendersonville attorney and for mer chairman of the North Caro lina democratic executive com mittee, announced today that he was a candidate for the democratic nomination for congressman in the -12th congressional district. His announcement was made two days after Congressman Zeb ulon Weaver of Asheville' an nounced that he would seek the oiiice for one more term. In announcing, Mr. Redden said: "I have decided to become a can didate for the office of Represen tative of the 12th Congressional District in the coming primary, subject to the action of the demo cratic party. "At this juncture of our nation al life I feel that it is a great op portunity to be of service to the people of my district and the na uon as a whole. Never before have our national affairs called for sterner action. We need men now ?not two years from now?to for mulate our future policies who have the courage of their convic tion and a spirit of aggressiveness rather than an attitude of pas siveness. There has already been too much doing nothing and say ing-notl$ing?too much inaction and nut enough action. "If elected, I pledge to give my i best efforts to the promotion of tne. needs of our district and the,^ welfare of our nation/' Mr. Redden has been active in the democratic party for more than 20 years but has not pre viously sought an elective oflice. He was named chairman of the Henderson county executive com mittee in 1930 and in the election ! that year the entire county demo- 1 cratie was elected ? for the first! time since the Civil War. Lt. W. R. Hampton On Terminal Leave Lt. Woody R. Hampton, recent- t ly returned from the European I area, arrived in Sylva Monday to j visit his sister, Mrs. Roger Nix, j and friends. Lt. Hampton enter- | ed service in November, 1942. Af ter training at different places, in- | eluding Aberdeen, Md. and Camp I Barkley, Texas, he was sent over seas with an ordnance unit in Jan- 1 uary, 1944. His service took him into France, Beigium, Chechoslo vakia and Germany, rie is enlitled t. wctu live bait.It >tars. Lt. Hamp : on ; emu.'.til leave until April 15th, when he will receive hi- discharge and be pk ceci >r? an :?t-i entCiij?.; ;-i?rvice .it. v*??.*. ..l. .L'yi in t.it.* t ? >i '.1 ou.-ine.-s in . . . i..( ?. . ; M.. iv.'t i J. .Ti.it Alld< A . , - . ;i\ .vk-iion Is . Lii.viu At iHarris r'. m. ? 11,<.. . as i:. .. ,a.t.? ?.: ...c C. -J. Ham.- n - ...j, ;;.c . ? .-on or, Fto.j ;..y *.{. She developed pneumonia and pleurisy and will have to re ceive treatment for some time. The j\,ung son is doing well and bears the name of James P. The Mel tons have several otner children who have been ill at their home. A, A. Rice Locates Law Office^Here Mr. A. A. Rice has opened of fices in the Stovall building for the practice of law. Mr. Rice ar rived in Sylva last week to ar range for office space. He prac ticed law in Asheville and Hen | dersonville for the past twenty 1 years. Higdon Says Jackson Bnrley Tobacco Allotment Reduced 10 Per Cent For 1 In Effort To Hold Prices In Line 'PRIZE offered for NAME* FOR SERVICE MEN'S RECORD BOOK The Sylva Herald is offering a prize of $5.00 and one free book for a name for the Serv Ice Men's book to be publish? ed as announced in the Her ald last week and again this week. Send in your name sug gestion at once. In case more I than one suggestion for the satuoo ioa|as saBpnf am aiueu comes in the one tearing the in, the one bearing the first date on the envelope in which it is mailed will be awarded the prize and the book. Red Cross Officers Elected February 28 At a meeting ol' the Jackson County Chapter American Red Cross on February 28 the follow ing minutes were recorded: Meeting called to order by Dr. G. C. Wilkes, Chapter "Chairman. On motion the following officers were elected: Dr. G. C. Wilkes, Chairman; Mrs. E. L. McKee, Vice-Chairman1 1 W. W. Bryson, Treasurer; A. J. Dills, Ex-Secretary; Dr. W. P. McGuire, Disaster Chairman; Mrs. G. W. Soderquist, Production Chairman; Mrs. H. E. Ferguson, Camp and Hospital Chairman; Mrs. J. A. Parris, Kit Bags and Gilts; Mrs. Mary Ray, Sewing Chairman; Mrs. T. O. Wilson, Ban dage Chairman; Miss Louise Hen son, Nutrition; Miss Alice Benton, First Aid & Nursing; Miss Cor delia Camp, Junior R%d Cross; Mrs. J. H. Gillis, Knitting Chair man. Cullowhee Graded Students Visit Cherokee Reservation Mrs. Allen Hembree and Mr. L. H. Higdon carried *tudents of the Cullowhee Training school third grade, with their teacher, Miss Rand and student teacher, Miss Wallen, to the Cherokee Reserva tion. There they visited in the new dormitory. The children observed the way the baskets were made, the way the looms were set up and how the cloth was woven. 'County's 1946 Acreage Will Be 55.2 Acres Including New Growers Individual farm acreage allot ments of Burley tobacco in Jack son County lor 1946 will be re duced by 10 percent below 1945 in accordance with a recent an nouncement by the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture of a decrease of a similar amount in the 1946 marketing quota, it was stated to day by D. C. Higdon, chairman of the Jackson County AAA commit tee. This reduction, he said, was made possible through a recent amendment to the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, and is considered advisable at this time in order to bring supplies of Bur ley tobacco more nearly in line with demand. "During the past two years, we have seen available supplies of Burley tobacco increased by ap proximately 200,000,000 pounds because of the record crops of 1944 and 1945," he declared. "Many Burley producers have ex perienced sharp drops in the prices of some grades of the 1945 crop and have expressed their fa vor of a reduction to prevent ac- * cumulation of a tremendous sur 'plus of Burley, such as we saw several years ago." The reduction will result in a total national acreage allotment of 558,000 acres, compared with al lotments of 610,000 acres in 1945. 11 yields are normal, and if grow ers again plant about the same percentage ol the allotment as they have in the past, the 1946 crop of Burley should amount to about 498,500,000 pounds, as compared with approximately 603,000,000 pounds produced in 1945. The 1946 acreage allotment for Jackson county, he said, will be about 55.2 acres, compared with 55.7 acres allotted in 1945. Mr. Hidgon also announced that the new legislation increases the late of penalty imposed on tobac co marketed in excess of the farm's marketing quota to 40 per cent of the national average sales price during the preceding market ing year. On the basis of a sea son's average tfVice of 40 cents, the penalty rate in 1946 would be ?Continued on page 8 Jackson County Lady Receives A Letter of Appreciation From An Italian Family Farmers Federation Declares 5 Percent Dividend |Mrs. Phillips Enclosed Note Of Encouragement In Clothes Donated In Drive A five percent patronage divi dend has been declared on the o! the Farmers Federa in 194.1, according to an an . .i:;vc:nc:il oy James G. K. Mc i j).cMcU'nl of the Western uhii.. :arm ct-operalive. ..I li'.'v" c, u VI:! .d t VMb: .IK <j jk ; ru: Hi j;Ci tc-... . ie ijt4 ive. it:.a1 .. .... declared ia>i ye-.r iilC.-'ij Oi IMC </iip ? Cpi. Dorothy Bumgarner \rKsits Mother Cpi. Dorothy Bumgarner has returned to Atlanta, Ga. after spending a 3-day leave with her mother, Mrs. Maude Bumgarner, at Beta. Cpi. Bumgardnef, enter ing service nearly two years ago, took her basic training at Fort Ogelthorpe, and was then sent to Finney General Hospital, where she was stationed until last De cember when that hospital was discontinued. She was then sent to Law son General, Atlanta, where she is now serving. When Mrs. R. G. Phillips of' Cullowhee began her collection o? clothes for the overseas clothing drive, she believed the slogan of the campaign, "What can you spare, that they may wear." Into the pocket of a gray skill she tucked a note with her name and aa?.iiess. That sKirt and. note came ii.i-> t/ie possesion oi' a needy and gi?..ei'ul Italian woman and last v. *.-ek Airs. Pniihps received a let u, ..v;m ner, written in a beauti ..>?nd. the letter was taken to Al.. L.-.risman, language instruc ts. at Cullowhee, ,or translation c.:vi jk.veh beioxc ;s a copy of the It lie;- wnich may be the beginning oi a very "Qood Neighbor" pol icy. Mrs. Phillips has organized her houi>enold and neighbors into a private clothing drive and is send ing the Italian lady a box of the requested garments. Caltanissetta, Sicily January 7, 1946 Mrs. Burlie Phillips Dear Gentle Lady: Today I am able to write you to tell you that your gray skirt which you sent to Italy has come into tny possession. With all my heart I thank you for your ktndneii to me. May God reward the good that your country does. Now that I have ?Continued en page ? i .
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