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VOL. XX, NO. 43
SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, Mar. 20, 1946
$1.50 A Year in Jackson And Swain Counties?5c Copy
A. J. Dills Has Served
Red Cross 24 Years
Office Is Clearing House
For Troubles Of Service
Men And Distressed
Citizens
Perhaps there's no man in
Jackson county that knows more
about the American Red Cross
than A. J. Dills, executive secre
tary of the Jackson County chap
ter. That's because he's been do
ing this kind of work for the past
twenty lour years, ever since
World War 1. And he's done an
excellent job of it too, the coun
ty has never failed in raising the
quota assigned to them and the
hundreds vof service men that it
has aided testify to the good job
being done out there.
Primarily the Bed Cross, during
a national emergency, serves as
an agency between home and the
service man at camp or on the
battle front. It is the lifeline be
tween the man in his new life and
that life he's left behind. Some
of the services rendered is the as
sistance in getting allotments for
families, aiding in getting fur
loughs for the army ,navy, mer
chant marines, coast goard, ma-1
rines and other branches of serv
ice, securing information required
for hospitals for any person in
service, and special history of
service men which is required by
the military.
Mr. Dill's office is a busy place.
They come there confidently to
ask if he can get a message
through to a son, brother or hus
band, who hasn't written in a long
time, the baby's sick at home,
4tCan you please arrange to get
his daddy home," "the moneys
run out on this furlough, Can l|
borrow some until I get back to
camp" Mr. Dills listens patiently,
already- 'ttaif "vifch >.
his Red Cross plans or the tele
phone. If he can't do any more
than just listen to and talk to
them he does that and to a wor
ried service man or an anxious
parent, this alone can mean a lot.
During peace time the work of
the Red Cross goes right on.
Switching from war work they
move in to meet any-disaster that
occurs and provide food, medi
cine and replacements. Jackson
County in 1940 had an actual
working example of the Red Cross.
During the disastrous flood of
those days the American Red
Cross spent $21,000 here helping
the county get back on its feet.
Forty nine per cent of the money
raised in these drives remain in the
county for aid and fifty one per |
cent is given to run the national!
work. j
During the past war the Ameri- j
can Red Cross set up a station at
every military camp. Ask any re
turned veteran, particularly those
who spent long months in enemy!
prison camps, about the work of j
the Red Cross. They'll tell you that
. it meant the difference of life or i
slow starvation. They don't have 1
to be contacted during these drives.!
They're right there with their
contributions at the very begin
ning. I
Mr. Dills estimated that he had !
driven an approximate 300 miles !
a month in his work. Wheh asked
abdut how many telegrams or
phone calls he had sent, that had
gone into such large numbers he
had lost all count. j
They're going to keep coining
to that office for a long time yet
for help and they're going to get j
it there, so when you are called i
on to raise the money for this or- :
ganization, remember the scope of
its work goes the world over and
it takes cash to run it. i
Delegates Attending
W, N. C. Conference
Rev. and Mrs. W. Q. Grigg and
Mrs. H. R. Hastings left Tuesday
morning for Charlotte where they
will represent the Sylva societies
ol the Methodist church at the
sixth annual meeting of the Wo*
mans Society of Christian Service
of the Western North Carolina
Conference.
The Hawthorne Lane church will
be host for the sessions which last
through Thursday soon.
Speakers will include Bishop
Clare Purcell of Charlotte.
LUMBER COMPANY
STARTING URGE
BUILDING HERE
Excavation having been com
pleted a few weeks ago Sylva
Coal and Lumber Company is now
pouring foundation and basement
walls for a large building 72 by 80
feet on the croner of Railroad
Street and Allen Street, purchased
recently next to Sylva Hotel. The
building will have a basement
and first floor, and will be of con
crete, concrete block and brick
construction. The owners, Messrs.
Bill Wilson, Joe Popplewell and
V. L Cope, plait to rush construc
tion as fast as materials are avail
able, and when completed will be
1 used as a general store for their
building supply and hardware
business.
j This company recently con
structed a large building on the
same lot bordering Sootts Creek,
facing Allen Street, which will
house lumber and building ma
terials.
Lions Club Plans
For Ladies Night
The Sylva Lions club will ob
serve Ladies night at their next
regular meeting which is sched
' uled to be held at the Sylva school
| cafeteria Wednesday nighT at 7
o'clock, March 27.
Plans are being mace to se
cure one of the International di
rectors as guest speaker for the
evening.
At the last meeting of the Lions,
a mock funeral was featured for
| the evenings entertainment, the
V?diior of th#. T4n&?:j?*iUetin h^v
j ing died, and no bulletin had been
published for that week,
i Following this, Dan Tompkins
spoke on the program advocated
by the American Legion for mili
! tary training.
STRESS EFFICIENCY
AND QUALITY IN '46
4-H DAIRY PROGRAM
In converting to peacetime
dairying, 4-H boys and girls are
emphasizing efficiency and qual
ity of milk production. This is re
flected in the preliminary reports
of members participating in the
1946 National 4-H Dairy Produc
| tion Program.
I Through the program, 4-H'ers
| receive not only valuable training I
and profitable experience, but an
[opportunity to win county, state,
'sectional and national recognition.
iThey learn how to select founda
tion animals, develop a construc
{tive breeding program to increase
milk production, balance rations,
provide adequate pasturage, and
| keep records. They also learn how
Bang's disease, mastitis, grubs and
parasites may toe controlled.
Incentives to achieve outstand
ing records in 4-H dairy produc
tion are provided in the form of
merii awards. These comprise
medals to first and second place
county winners, and $25.00 U. S.
Savings Bonds to eight state cham
pions. Trips to the 25th Anniver
sary National 4-H Club Congress
are also offered by Kraft Foods
Company to 10 sectional winners,
?sa.\ ox whom will be selected to re
ceive the national award of a
I $200.00 college scholarship.
! This is the 10th consecutive year
of the prograto, which is directed
Services. County extension agents
in North Carolina will furnish
complete information.
Prichard Smith
Released From Navy
Prichard Smith has received his
discharge from the navy after
more than two years service. He
held the rating of S. K. 2-c at the
time was stationed in Norfolk, Va. j
arated from the service at Camp
(Shelton, Va. j
I He served aboard the USS Sat
urn for a year and tiie re*t u? the
time wass tationed in Norfolk, Va.
| Mr. Smith has returned to his
old job as State Patrolman. For ]
(the. present time, he and Mrs.
Smith and small daughter, Linda
Kay will live in Sylva.
Weaver Named Candidate For
Congress At GOP Meeting
In Brevard Saturday, March 9
Number Of Idle On
Strike Dwindle As
Settlements Are Reached
As the week-end settlements of
strikes in various parts of the
| country brought the end to work
i stoppage in many plants the num
ber of idle workmen now out on
strike has dropped to a new low
since the walk-outs began to oc
cur last winter.
| The General Motors and Gen
eral Electric settlement sent thou
sands of men back to the produc
tion lines, which will soon cause
a flow of consumer goods to ap
pear on the markets, thus easing
the threat of inflation as the in
dividual dollar finds an outlet for
its pent-up spending energy.
Most of General Motors plants
have re-opened, however a few
remain strike-bound as local un
ions hold out for settlement of lo
cal differences.
Maj. Nations To
Serve Overseas
Major Oscar T. Nations, execu
tive officer at Moore General hos
pital since February 19, 1944, has
received an overseas assignment
and will leave about the 25th of
this month, according to a state
ment issued by Colonel Frank W.
Wilson, commanding officer of the
hospital.
Maj. Nations has been in the
army since 1928, and previously
served overseas in the China
Burma-Indida theater in 1943.
Mrs. Nations and their three chil
dren plan to join the major in his
overseas assignment after the cur
rent school year. The children are
enrolled in David Millard Junior
High school, and have made their
home on the post at Moore Gen
eral.
Major Nations is tha ton of Ton
Nations and the late Mrs. Nation*
of Barkers Creek.
+ Judge Guy Weaver, prominent
Asheville attorney and veteran Re
publican leader, was unanimously
nominated as the Republican par
ty's candidate to congress for the
12th district at the congressional
convention in the Transylvania
county courthouse, Brevard, last
Saturday afternoon.
Brownlow Jackson, of Hender
son ville, nominated Judge Weaver
for the post and told the conven
tion that the Judge could not at
tend the convention because of
pressing .business matters, but he
could assure the Republicans that
Judge Weaver would accept the
nomination.
Hamlin Chairman
Lewis P. Hamlin, Brevard law
yer, was unanimously elected con
cessional chairman of the execu
! tive committee of the 12th district
and will direct the campaign for
Judge Weaver.
"If every delegate to this con
vention will return to his commu
nity and elect precinct officers as
directed in the Republican plan
of organization, we will win the
next election," Hamlin said.
Sim De Lapp, of Lexington,
chairman of the state Republican
executive committee, was the prin
;cipal speaker at the convention
(and said, "we must build the Re
publican party with the youth of
today and we must see to it that
our great country, which is a great
country because it is a free coun
try, will remain a free country
and that free enterprise will re
main forever."
Chance for Gains
"In the last election,1' Mr. De
Lapp continued, "the substantial
< gains which are usually made by
the l^epublicans in the Western
part of the state were made in the
Piedmont counties, but with the
nominations made here, the West
ern counties this year have the
best opportunity of making the
?Continued on page 8
NORTH CAROLINIANS HONORED?Pictured above are three promi
nent North Carolina residents who have been honored with national
offices In veterans organizations. Halsey B. Leavltt (left), of Asheville,
Is commander-in-chief of the United Spanish War Veterans; Col. Edgar
H. Bain of Ooldsboro, Is national chaplain of the Legion of Valor; and
Mrs. Walter O. Craven of Charlotte Is national president of the American
Legion ?Auxiliary. Leavltt is an Ashevllle insurance broker; Bain is state
director of North Carolina Committee-United States Brewers Foundation,
and Mrs. Craven is active In club and political circles.
BETA H. D. CLUB HAS
JOINT MEETING WITH
| FARMERS IN AREA
Watershed Committees
Named At Meeting, Lee
Bumgarner Chairman
The Beta Home Demonstration
club met Wednesday, March 13, at
the home of Mrs. E. L. Erwin. The
members were taken by car to the
Beta school^ lunch room for a joint
meeting with the farmers for the
purpose of electing~a committee for
the Beta Area Watershed, and for
farm and home demonstration.
Mr. Snipes, Jackson county farm
agent, gave an interesting talk and
explanation of the meeting topic
after which the following com
mittee was elected: Lee Bumgar
ner, chrmn.; Ed Fisher, vice
chrmn.; Mrs. Joe Davis, Sec.; Mrs.
Mary Jones, and Dewey Ensley.
Miss Johnston, home demonstra
tion agent, then took over the
meeting to explain the Farm and
Home Demonstration. Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Bumgarner wefe selected to
put on a joint demonstration of
their farm and home.
After the meeting adjourned the
club members returned to the
home of Mrs. Erwin for a discus
sion of the step-saving kitchen.
At the conclusion of the meet
ing the hostesses served delicious
refreshments.
Poppy Poster Contest
To Close March 25
The poppy poster contest, spon
sored by the American Legion
Auxiliary, in the various schools
of the county, will close on next
Monday, March 25, and all the pos
ters entered in the contest must be
in the office of the Board of Edu
cation of Jackson County, in Syl
va on that date, officials of the
auxiliary have stated. Officials of
the Auxilairy have expressed
gratification at the interest that
has been shown in the schools of
the county.
A prize of $5 will be awarded to
the best poster from the fourth,
fifth, and sixth grades, and a sim
ilar prize will be given in the sev
enth, eighth, and . ninth grade
groups.
The winning posters will be for
warded to Raleigh for entry in the
State contest.
April 1 To 13 Is
Clean-Up Period
Making Sylva a cleaner and
more beautiful town*will eon
tribute to our own health and
happineaa aa well aa to that
of the large number of tour*
lata who will atop In and paaa
through our town. For the
purpoae of working together
in aeeompliahing thia, the two
weeka of April 1 - IS hava been
deaignated aa CLEAN'UP
WEEKS. The atreeta will be
cleaned and an effort made
to keep them clean. All citi
zena are urged to elaan up
reaidential and buaineaa pram*
I tee, aleo vacant Iota.
For thla campaign, the town
haa been divided Into aactiona
and a achedule la given In thia
week'e Herald for pioklng up
traah by the town truck on
the daya aaaignad to the va
rloua aactiona.
The whole-hearted coopera
tion of everyone la requeeted
in thia project to make Sylva
more attractive.
H. GIBSON, Mayor.
J. D. MOORE BEGINS
CONSTRUCTION OF
BUSINESS BUILDING
Mr .J. D. Moore has started ex
cavation for a building on his lot
between the back street at rear of
Belk's, Schulman's and others and
Scotts Creek. A heavy rock re
taining wall along the creek is now
under construction and will be the
back of the building, which is to
be 40 x 100 feet. The building will
be of concrete for the basement
the street level floor. When com
plete it will .house a Firestone
Rubber Store, Recapping shop and
filling station. It will set 26 feet
from the street to enable parking
and servicing cars and trucks in
front of the business and still be
out of traffic.
Mr. Moore said that completion
of the building depends on his
success in securing materials.
Mrs. Painter And Dills
Return From Knoxville
Mrs. Lucille Painter and Anne
Dills have returned from Knox
ville, Tenn. where they went to
buy Easter flowers and supplies
for the Sylva Flower and Gift
Shop. ?
N. C. Symphony To Be
At W.C.T.C. March 25
ANNOUNCES RACE
FOR SHERIFF
Charles Gril'fin Middleton an
nounced his candidacy tor Sheriff
of Jackson county today. Mr. Mid
dleton has been considering mak
ing the race for some time and his
friends are delighted to see him
get into the campaign.
Mr. Middleton is the son of Mr. '
and Mrs. John L. Middleton, is
married and has three children
His parents make their home with
him and his family at ther home at
Webster junction on Cullowhee
road.
Mr. Middleton was reared in
the upper end of Jackson county.
He came to Sylva a good many
| years ago and operated Shell
Service station for Cannon Bros,
for seven years, then held the of
| fice of Chief Deputy of Jackson
county for 12 months, after which
he resigned to become Chief of
Police of the Town of Sylva which
he held for six years. He resigned
| as Chief of Police last summer to
, enter the mail service and is now
Sylva Route 1 carrier.
'jack REID ENTERS
RACE FOR SHERIFF
Jack H. Reid, World War I vet
! eran, and influential citizen of this
county, has announced that he
will enter the race for the nomina
tion on the Democratic ticket for
! Sheriff of Jackson county. Mr.
Reid served 11 months overseas
in the first world war and re
ceived an honarable discharge. He
served as superintendent of the
State prison camp at Whittier for
six years. He is now employed as
shift foreman with Tennessee
Eastman Corp., at Oak Ridge,
Tenn.
Smoky Mountain District Boy
!Scouts Has A Larne Court
\Of Honor At Franklin
Seventy three boys received a
total of ninety three awards at the
Smoky Mountain District Court of
Honor held in Franklin at the
Methodist church, on Thursday,
March 14.
j Francis V. Smith, assistant scout
executive, served as chairman of
the program. Scout Frank Henry
was clerk court. James Waldroup
, and Howard Baldwin advanced the
'colors and John Archer led in the
pledge to the flag.
I The Rev. E. A. Fitzgerald pro
nounced the invocation and group
i singing was led by Scout Burton
Leach.
Jim L. Hauser conducted the
Tenderfoot investiture. Those in
vested were Franklin, Troop 1,
Bobby Myers, Jack F. TiUey,
George H. Phillips, Bill Waldroup,
Sylva, Troop 1, William H. Queen,
Webster, Troop 4, Otho V. Cagle,
Jr., Billy J. Cowan, Billy Mason,
Franklin, Troop 6, John C. Wal
lace, William-Dills, Thurman L.
Blaine, Robert ?. Green, Daniel F.
j Moore, Edward B. Waldrop, Tur
! ner H. Blaine, Charles E. Wallace,
JCullowhee Troop 14, Barthell T.
Bryson, Joseph E. Allen, George
M. Bryson, Jesse R. Dills, Charles
W. Ingram, Robert L. Brindle.
Thirty one boys were promoted
to the rank of second class by Rev.
\Y- J. Hunneycutt of Franklin*
Four scouts were promoted to
j the rank of first class by R. E. Mc
'Kelvey of Franklin. Bergen Hall,
|Max D. Cruise of Franklin, Troop
1 and Charles Tolley and Zollie
Fincannon of Sylva Troop 1.
Sixteen boys received thirty six
merit badges from John D. Alsup
of Franklin. They were John D.
Alsup, Jim Waldroop, Charles
Thomas, Charles Baldwin, Frank
Henry, Burton Leach, Howard
Baldwin, Stanley Sutton, Mack
Monteith, Boyd Sutton, Charles
Cagle, Benny Reece, Charles
"Cope, Zollie Fincannon, Phillip
Jones, Charles Tolley.
District Meeting Of
Wildlife Clubs To
Be Held March 22nd
The 9th District of North Caro
lina Wildlife Clubs will be held
in Asheville Friday evening, Mar.
22nd at 8 p. m. at the Langren
hotel. A number of the 100 mem
bers of the Jackson county club
have indicated that they will at
tend the meeting.
Art Exhibit Presented By
Fourth Grade Students
An interesting feature of the
meeting of the Sylva Parent
Teachers Association, held at the
high school, Tuesday afternoon,
was an exhibit of art, presented by
Miss Annie Louise Madison's art
class. The pictures, which many
people who saw them stated would
do credit to a college art exhibit,
consisted of landscapes, still life,
nature studies, and originals. They
were made with pressed crayons,
oil crayons, colored pencils, oils,
and water colors. No student has
been enrolled in the class for
more than a year, and they range
in scholastic years from the sec
ond through the ninth grade.
The boys and girls whose work
was on exhibit were:
Ninth Grade: Jackie Robinson.
Eighth Grade: Jenette Moore. Sev
enth Grade: T. C. Shepherd. 5th
Grade: Edward Buckner, Delos
Hooper, Lambert Hooper, Billy
Crawford, Doris Moody, Betty
Hall, and Betty Joe Davis. Fourth
Grade: Gail Martin, Kenneth Gil
lis, Jimmy Stovall, Joseph Mail
hos, Charles Candler, III, Shirley
Hartmann, Dorothy McCracken,
Rachel Karp, Audrey Jane Jones,
Robert Allison, and Billy Sutton.
Third Grade: Joanne Wilson, Ed
ward Bain. Second Grade, William
Hooper. Pre-school: Alice Mc
Guire.
Will Render Two Pro
grams In Hoey Auditorium,
WCTC, Monday, Mar. 25th
For the first time in the history
of Jackon couniy a symphony or
chestra will be heard when the
North Carolina Symphony orches
tra, under the direction of Dr.
Benjamin F. Swalin, appears in
two concerts on Monday afternoon
and evening, March 25th in Hoey
auditorium at Western Carolina
Teachers College. The afternoon
performance at 3 o'clock will be
lor all the school children in the
county. Transportation will be
furnished to take the children to
Cullowhee.
The concert in the evening will
begin at 7:30 o'clock and will be
open for the college students and
all adults. Both performances will
be free.
SOUTHERN REMOVES
RESERVATION CAR
RESTRICTIONS
The Southern Railway System
has announced the removal, ef
fective on March 15, of all re
strictions on advance reservations
of sleeping car and assigned-seat
coach accommodations.
Lifting of restrictions on mak
ing advance reservations for rail
road passenger accommodations
was authorized by the Office ol
Defense Transportation which also
removed all limitations placed
during the war on passenger traf
fic operation, it was pointed out.
Special tours, group travel and
special convention trains, so popu
lar before the war, are again bje
ing handled, the Southern an
nounced.
%
On March 15, the railway is al
so restoring sleeping car service
between Washington, D. C., and
Roanoke, Va., and between Knox
ville and Nashville, Tenn. The
Southern has already resumed
sleeper service on runs between
Greensboro, N. C., and Atlanta,
Ga.; Charlottee, N. C., and Jack
sonville, Fla.; Cincinnati, Ohio,
and Asheville, N. C.; Louisville,
Ky., and Asheville, N. C.; Knox
villc and Memphis, Tenn.; Atlan
ta, Ga., and Memphis, Tenn.; At
lanta and Brunswich, Ga.; Atlanta,.
Ga., and Columbia, S. C.; Rich
mond, Va., and Charlottee, N.
Raleigh and Asheville, N. C.; Nor~
folk, Va., and Charlotte, N. C.; and
between Chattanooga and Mem
phis, Tenn.
Notice To Legionnaries
And Auxiliary Members ,*
Of American Legion }
Due to matters unforseen, the
American Legion Post in Hender
sonville felt that they could not
accommodate the 5th Division Or
atorical contest and the Auxiliary
meeting on March 29th and re
quested that Asheville take over,
and we are happy to say that all
arrangements have been complet
ed to hold both meeting here on
Saturday, March 30th, and the
program is as follows;
Saturday, March 30th
i Legion Division Conference S
& W Cafeteria?4 p. m.
Auxiliary Meeting (18th Dis
j trict, First Presbyterian Church,
26 Church St. (Just around the
corner from the S & W Cafeteria)
?4 p. m.
| Dutch Supper, S & W Cafeteria,
56 Patton Ave.?6 p. m.
Division Oratorical Contest*
(Buncombe County Court House,
5th floor)?7:30 p. m. #
, There will be many prominent
speakers at both meeting!.
The committee for the Legion
and Auxiliary extend to all m
most cordial invitation to attend.
Please get in touch with every
body who might be interested in
coming, and if possible arrange to
bring the parents Of the contast
ants from Jour district Left give
the youngsters wtat they J wive
?a great welcome and a large
audience to greet them.
The New York Cotton Exchange
has declined an CPA request for
increased margin requirements la
cotton trading.