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ylva erald
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VOL. XX, NO. 44
SYLVA, N. C.* Wednesday, March 27,1946
$1.50 A Year in Jackson AncUSwain Counties?5c Copy
Millions Face Starvation In War-Wrecked Countries
Chamber of Commerce
Sees Need For Clean-Up,
Fix-Up Campaign Here
Citizens Are Urged To 1
Co-operate In Making
City More Beautiful
President Felix Picklesimer and
the board of directors of the Sylva
Chamber of Commerce have en-'
dorsed the Clean-up, Fix-up cam
paign for Sylva 100 per cent. The
officials of the organization urge
every citizen in the city to make
a special effort to co-operate fully
with the town officials by cleaning
up their premises and having the
trash out where the town trucks
can get to it to haul it away. Also,
by mending fences, out-buildings,
and making other repairs that will
add to the usefulness of the prop
erty and make it more attractive.
Then after cleaning and mending
up the place, a good coat of white
paint will make the job complete.
From all indications this will be
a banner tourist season when hun
dreds of visitors will be stopping
and passing through the city. The
only way we-can be sure that they
will remember having visited here,
and will tell others about us, is
to have a town that will be so at
tractive to them that they won't
forget it.
Other communities in Western
North Carolina are making prepa
rations for the tourist. If Sylva is
to reap the tourist dollars that will
be available* we will fcav^t^ pre
pare also. Clean-up, Fix-up and
Paint-up, is one way we can get
started toward that preparation.
Sylva Girl To Do
Graduate Work At
Peabody College
Miss Phyllis Dillard, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Dillard of
Addie, completed her four years
college course at W.C.T.C. with the
ending of the winter* quarter,
March 14, and will enter Peabody
college in Nashville, Tenn., where
she will do graduate work in phy
sical education.
Miss Dillard has been very active
and outstanding in college activi
ties at Cullowhee. Among her hon
ors are president of Alpha Phi
JSigma, national honorary frater
nity; Student senator, vice-presi
dent of Moore House Government,
business manager of the Cata
mount yearbook, Dean's list, Who's
Who in American Universities and
Colleges, Treasurer of Baptist Stu
dent Union and member of Mar
shall club.
For three years Miss Dillard has
been a student instructor in the
physical education department,
teaching swimming and life saving
classes.
FIRST PEACE TIME
ARMY DAY WILL BE i
OBSERVED APRIL 6 j
Army Day origin: The Military
Order of the World Wars, and or
ganization of commissioned offi
cers of World War I and II, origi
nated, organized, and annually
! sponsored Army Day throughout
the nation. The day, chosen because
it marks our entry into World
i War I, was inaugurated in 1923
and was officially recognized by
'Congress on March 17, 1937, when
' the President of the Senate and
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives affixed their signatures
to "Senate Concurrent Resolution
No. 5-75th Congress, Providing
S Annually for Army Day."
| Army Day has not been cele
years for on April 6, 1942, the
| American soldier was fighting a
I losing battle on Bataan, and build
ing bases in Iceland.
April 6, 1943 ? The American
soldier was fighting in Africa and
bombing Jap supply lines in
Burma.
April 6, 1944 ? The American
soldier was slogging through the
Italian mud and about to establish
a beachhead on New Guinea.
April 6, 1945 ? The American
SOiiier was drnrtng through Ger
many, a single month away from
Victory, and pushing deeper into
Okinawa.
In none of those years did the
American soldier have time to
pause in battle for observance of
Army Day.
On April 6, 1946, he is to receive
the plaudits of the nation on Army
Day for the first time in five years.
World War II veteran joins his
dad or uncle in the Army Day pa
rade, as the nation honors the vet
erans of the past two years. Just
as the world can never forget the
sacrifices of those buddies who will
never again march in such parades,
so also will the nation always re
member the contributions our sol
diers have made toward a better
world order.
In honoring the veteran, the na
tion this year will also honor the
peacetime Army of the United
States, whose mission is greater
than ever before. Today?in the
midst of peace so dearly won?
honor is bestowed not only on
those who wrested victory on the
battle field, but also those who
will preserve that peace.
J. M. Hawkins of Sandy Ridge is
supervisor of the Dan River Soil
Conservation District.
T. N. Massie To Head Wild
Life Group In Ninth District
T. N. Massie, local furniture
dealer and sportsman of Sylva,
' was elected chairman of the ninth
district, North Carolina Wild Life
Federation, Inc., by representa
tives of the Federation at the 9th
district meeting in Asheville Fri
day night. Ronald Everett, of Bre
vard, was elected vice-chairman
and W. O. Soderquist, of Robbins
ville, secretary-treasurer at the
same meeting.
About 250 men from eight of the
eleven counties in the district at
tended the meeting at which much
enthusiasm '- as evidenced for the
program as planned by the Fed
eration.
The principal speaker for the
occasion was Clarence L. Redings,
of Forest City who spoke on "The
Need of Better Game and Fish
Management in North Carolina."
Mr. Redings cited the rapid de
pletion of our game life and stress
ed the importance of immediate
action on a long range program for
bringing the game and fish back
in numbers where this state can
take its rightful place as a para
dise for hunters and fishermen.
Ross Stevens, State secretary of
the Federation, read the proposed
bill to be placed before the next
General Assembly for the estab
lishment of a Department of Game j
and Fish, creating a nine man
board, of men who know game and
fish and who are interested in in
creasing our wild life. This would
be a staggered board and not sub
ject to a four-year turn over in
personnel as is the case in a poli
tical set-up of the present Board
of Conservation and Development.
Those attending the meeting from
Sylva included: T. N. Massie,
Harry Ferguson, Dan Tompkins,
Dr. W.*P. McGuire, O. E. Monteith,
Fred Williams, J. A. Gray, Dillard
Robinson, and from Cullowhee, C.
F. Dodson, Stedman Mitchell and
Ed Battle.
The eight counties represented
at the meeting were: Jackson,
Swain, Macon, Graham, Polk, Hen
derson, Transylvania and Bun
combe.
SUGGESTIONS FOR
RECORDS OF WAR
MEMORIAL ROOK
MR. JOHN SUTTON
I HONORED ON 72ND
ANNIVERSARY
An important announcement
was made in The Herald two weeks
ago?an announcement stating that
April 1 would be the deadline for I
sending in photographs and ma
terial for "Vererans War Record
Book" for Jackson county. Be
cause of the increased interest and !
enthusiasm by our friends and cit
izens we have been able to have i
the deadline extended for their
benefit. We feel that this gesture 1
to secure more photographs and
more war records will be appre- j
ciated to the extent that a more j
complete and finer memorial book
for the county will be forthcoming.
What would be a finer or more j
lasting contribution to the history
of our county and to the record oi
its valorous men and women dur
ing this period of great crisis than
such a book as this War Memorial
Record? However, the worth of this I
' I
timely contribution will be meas- 1
ured by its completeness as well
as the courage and valor shown
in the faces and war records of
those men and women included
withm-its pages. We must not and
cannot fail to get each photograph
and each record of each person who
so valiantly served. This complete
record will include those who are
in service and those who have been
discharged, died, killed, or missing
in action, both men and women,
with all races included. Not only
will it be a source of pleasure to
the veteran but a pride of his
children in years to come. While
there will be a thrill for those who
make their contribution today,
th^re will also be a regret for those
who failed or delayed too long in
making theirs.
In order to help our friends and
veterans to get their material in
without delay or confusion here
are several suggestions:
Bring both photograph and war
record. If you do not have both,
bring or mail whichever you have
available. A blank space will be
left at the side of the record for
a later photograph to be pasted, if
necessary. Likewise, the war rec
ord ci>n be written in by the vet
eran later, if necessary.
All photographs will be re
turned. Write in ink the name of
the veteran and address on the
back of the photograph. Photo
graphs do not have to show vet
eran in uniform, although this is
preferable.
You may submit as many photo
graphs and records as desired with
out obligating yourself to purchase
books; however, we would like to
see the family of each veteran have
this valuable record.
If you need additional records
to fill out or mail overseas to be
filled out by a veteran, you may
obtain these at The Herald office.
Your prompt attention to this
will be appreciated. Please do not!
delay!
Walters Is New
Manager At Bower's
J. F. Walters, of Asheville,
arrived last week to assume man
agement of the Army store. He will
replace Mr. Longmire who has
been here for the past two months.
Mr. Walters comes to the Sylva
store with fourteen years expe
rience in Bower's Department
store work.
A native of South Carolina, he
came to Asheville in 1924 and has
made his home in Western North
Carolina since that time.
He and Mrs. Walters and two
children are making their home
at the Brookside courts. Both are
active members of the Baptist
church. ?
Scotts Creek G.A.S
Have Meeting
"*The Intermediate G.A.s of the
Scotts Creek Baptist church met
at the home of Miss Lucille Thorpe
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
There were 12 members present.
The meeting was opened and
closed with prayer. Delicious re
freshments were served.
Garden fertilizers are in adequate
supply this year.
Mr. John Sutton was honored
with a birthday dinner and the
presence of all his children and
grand-children on his 72nd anni
versary March 17, at the home of
his son and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond U. Sutton.
This was the first time that all
of Mr. Sutton's children had been
together in 15 years, and it was
a joyous occasion for them all.
Mr. Sutton makes his home with
his son, Mr. Leon Sutton. He is
quite active and in splendid health.
There were 34 present for the
celebration, including the follow
ing: Mrs. Charles Cathey, a daugh
ter, her husband, their daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Griffin, and small daughter, of
Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs.
Freeman Sutton and children, of
Fontana Dam; Mr. J. B. Sutton
and family, Sylva; Mr. J. A. Sut
ton and family of Bryson City; Mr.
Ralph Sutton and family, of Cullo
whee; Mr. Leon Sutton and fam
ily, Sylva; 17 grandchildren and
one great-grandchild, and the
.hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond U.
Sutton and family.
ROTARIANS ELECT
ENSOR PRESIDENT
At the annual election of officers
for the new year held at the regu
lar Tuesday night meeting the
Sylva Rotarians elected Bill Ensor,
ot Cherokee, for president of the
coming Rotary year which begins
July 1. Others elected were: Dr.
D. D. Hooper, vice-president; Ray
mond Sutton, secretary-treasurer;
Stedman Mitchell, sergeant-at
arms. Directors elected were: Paul
Ellis, Bill Fisher, Harold McGuire,
Paul Kirk and Keith Hinds.
The club will have ladies' night
at the April 2 meeting.
Rotary Club To Sponsor
Easter Seal Sales
The Rotary club is sponsoring
Easter Seal sales for the benefit
ot the crippled children of Jackson
county and the state as a whole.
A . committee from the club was
appointed to conduct the sales in
the town and county between now
and Easter. Fifty per cent of the
money remains in the county for
use by the crippled children's com
mittee, and 50 per cent goes into
the state fund for such work as
research and aiding cripples and
for the fight against polio.
DOBBINS TO OPEN
STUDIO- MONDAY
Ralph Dobbins' Photo studio will
open Monday in The Herald buHd
ing on Main street, with Mr. Ralph
Dobbins, experienced photographer
and veteran of the Air Corps of
World War II, in charge. Mr. Dob
bins has equipped his studio with
all new equipment and is prepared
to do all kinds of photographic
work.
Mr. and Mrs. Dobbins, natives of
California, have moved to Sylva
to make their home. They express
themselves as being delighted with
the scenery and climate of West
ern North Carolina, and see Sylva
as a progressive town with a
bright future. ?
popptposters made
BY STUDENTS WILL
BE ON display
The Poppy posters made by the
boys and girls of Jackson county
schools will be displayed in Mas
sie Furniture store window Fri
day. The posters will be there for
that day only. The public is urged
to see the exhibit.
The work of the boys and girls
shows careful planning, originality,
neatness and artistic ability.
The William E. Dillard unit,
American Legion Auxiliary, wishei
to thank Mr. Moses, the school
principals, teachers, and pupils for
their co-operation and interest.
United States Again Looked To For
Grain and Fats As World Tries To
Rebuild For Peace and Prosperity
DISTRICT FORESTER
MAKES REPORT
Nine Western Counties
Covered In Report
Issued By Pettit
Forest fires in the western dis
trict of North Carolina burned
over 18,062 acres of timber land I
during the last six months of 1945,
causing much damage to merchant
able timber and the young growth,
not including damage to soil, wild!
life and other principal values of i
the forest, according to the semi
1 annual report just issued by
Charles C. Pettit, district forester,
of Sylva. The number of lires to
taled 16.
The western district includes
the counties of Cherokee, Graham,
Jackson, Haywood, Macon, Swain
-and?Transylvania, officially oper=~~
ated since July 1, 1945. This dis
trict co-operates with the division
j of forestry, North Carolina depart -
j ment of conservation and develop- \
ment in its work of forest fire
control.
I Of the Tbtal forest area, 903,108
acres, under protection, two per
cent was burned. Most of the fires
| were caused by campers and j
I hunters, and careless smokers.
1 Campers and hunters were respon
I sible for six, and careless smokers
I for live of the IS fires; tw* "~vro
! of incendiary origin and the trains
! were responsible for three.
With the coming of the spring
! season this should be a warning to
. campers, picnickers, fishermen and
careless smokers who discard their
i cigarette, c.gar or pipe ashes in the
: woodi: or grass.
| In the fall three responsible per
jsons were determined ol' the 16
I fires. During the spring from Jan
uary 1 to the present date there
have already been a total ol' 57
fires and nine responsible persons
nave been determined anct have
\
had to pay suppression costs or
have been lined for violation ol
forest fire laws.
! During the fall of 1945, 147 burn
ing permits were issued and to
date, this spring, approximately
300 have been issued as are re
quired by law between February
jl and June 1 and October 1 and
j November 30.
j The number of fires occuring in
, District 9, according to counties, to
date this spring are as follows:
Cherokee, 18; Graham, 12; Hay
wood, 6; Jackson, 9; Macon, 1;
Swain, 7; and Transylvania, 4.
Most owners of forest lands have
been made more forestfire-con- j
! scious during the past few years1
by the increasing amount of forest,
products necessary to continue ]
1 production of essential wartime
materials, and now the need is just
as great to have these materials
; for reconsruction and peace time
building,
j
Eligible Women Urged
To Join Auxiliary
"A total of 13 new members have
been added to the roll of the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary but more
women of veterans' families are
needed," said Mrs. W. L. Jones,
membership chairman, in a call
for enrollment of Auxiliary mem
bers issued this week.
"This is a chance whereby
| women of the Auxiliary may push
' the cause of the Legion and ex
tend its influence in this county
j and all over the United States. We
I need increased membership to
I carry the responsibility assigned
I us by the Legion, and a part of all
! their work is turned over to us."
Mrs. Jones stated that the year
1946 will be one of the largest of
all years for the Legion and the
Auxiliary is offering the oppor
tunity of joining to mothers, Wives,
sisters and daughters of Veterans
of World War II.
SOSSAMON'S ... in Sylva
PRICES WERE HIGH
IN 1836 AS OLD
BILL REVEALS
Mr. Raymond Sutton is in pos
sion of an invoice written in long
hand of August 21, 1836, to John
Gibson, a distant relative of Mrs.
Sutton, which notes the follow
ing items at prices: 2 sets wagon
tyres, 414 lbs. at 8c, $33.12; 187
lbs. bar iron at 7c, $13.09; 2
bunches No. 8 yarn, $4.50; 2
bunches No. 6 yarn, $4.00; 2 hand
kerchiefs at 43c doz., 8c; 11 lbs.
sugar, $2.00; 8 lbs. coffee, $2.00;
1 lb. pepper, 1 lb. ginger spice, 75c;
1 pr. shoes, $2.00; 1 bolt sheeting at |
33c yd., 25 yds., $8.25; total bill j
was for $70.58.
But there was no sales tax men- 1
tioned. !
Sylva Scouts Rescue
Pal From Drowning
Ben Sumner was saved from
drowning in Glenville lake by
the quick thinking and prompt j
action of two of his pals while on
a camping trip last week end. Four
Sylva boys were spending the
week end at the camp of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Jones in the Hamburg '
section of the county. They in- |
eluded Walter Allison Jones, Jack
He*n*w?eee, Bin Sumner and.Philip
Jones. Young Sumner was play
ing at the lake's edge and slipped
into deep water. The other boys,
thinking he could swim, made no
effort to help him until they real
ized that he was in trouble. Walter
jumped in to help and was about
to be dragged under by Ben when
Jack came to the rescue and the
two boys succeeded in getting Ben
out before serious trouble hap
pened. The training the boy< re
ceived as Buy Scouts probably
a.ded in saving Ben's life.
Ben now wants the others to
volunteer to teach him to swim,
as he certainly doesn't want an
other experience like this.
Velt's Cafe Having
Tile Floor Laid
Velt's Cafe is closed for the first
four days of this week because of
improvements being made in the
building. The most important part
of these is a tile floor which is be
ing laid by the Asheville Show
case company.
Mr. and Mrs. Velt Wilson, own
ers and managers of the cafe, have
been in business in Sylva for about
15 years.
Jackson County USDA
Council Making Plans
For Our Part In Job
By M. L. SNI PCS
County Agent
Jackson County USDA council
met Friday afternoon, March 22,
1 or the purpose of making plans to
put the county "over the top" in
carrying out the nation's policy
to prevent widespread famine in
the liberated countries of Europe.
It is estimated that, even with the
aid of wheat, fats and oils from
America, more than 100,000,000
people in those countries will have
to exist during the next 90 days
on a diet far below a reasonable
nutrition standard. The world laces
the tremendous emergency of fam
ine among 500,000,000 people due
to war exhaustion of agriculture
and drought. A great human cry
has come to the people of America
starvation until next harvest.
Plans were worked out at the
USDA council meeting to request
each of the 5,000 families in Jack
son county to save the equivalent
of two loaves of bread per week
and one and one-half pounds of
fats and oils per month for the next
three months. This would mean a
saving in Jackson county alone of
516 bushels of wheat and three and
three-fourths tons of fats and oils
per month. A similar amount of
wheM. fats and oils saved per fam
ily by the people in the 5,000 coun
ties in the United States will mean
that millions of people can live
that would otherwise die of
starvation.
The people of Jackson county
hr.ve never failed to respond to
worthwhile causes, and they will
not fail to do their full share within
the "next liU days by saving wheat
pi ucluits, fats and oils, in order
that more of these foods may be;
m.ide available immediately for
shipment overseas to desperately
hungry men, women and children,.
It is hoped that every family in
Jackson county, when informed of
the urgent need, will begin imme
diately to substitute other food for
wheat products of all kjnds, fats
and oils. The people are^requested
by the USDA council to use less .
of wheat products, fats and oils,
by using various substitutes and
by the elimination of waste, 1
We people who live in Jackson
county can save part of the wheat
products, fats and oils ordinarily
used and at the same time be well
fed, healthy and happy. Corn
bread, potatoes, vegetables of va
rious kinds, eggs, etc., could be
?Continued on page 8
Chamber of Commerce Moves
Office To Lloyd Hotel Bldg.
The office and information cen
ter for Jackson County Chamber
. of Commerce is now located in the
j District Forestry office in the
Lloyd Hotel building on Main
street. Miss Carolyn Lewis, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lewis,
of Webster, has been employed as
acting secretary o^ the organiza
tion. /
The directors sj^fted that the pur
pose of makijrg the change in loca
tion is to better serve the tourists
who will flock to Western North
Carolina this summer and better
serve the members of the organi
zation and the citizens of the town
and county.
Due to pressing work of her
office, Mrs. John R. Jones, Sr.,
who has been doing the work of
secretary of the organization, has
found it necessary to give up the
work which she carried on very
capably and satisfactorily for the
past few years.
The officials of the Chamber
have asked that every person In
Sylva and Jackson county who
have rooms, cSbins, apartments or
other tourist accommodations,
list them with the office so
that as visitors flock to town they
can be taken caret of. Anyone keep
ing tourists who has advertising
folders or other information about
their place are also requested' to
leave this material with the office
so that the Secretary will have all
the information possible when
these visitors ask for it.
The organization seeks the full
est co-operation of the citizens in
order to function more fully for
their benefit.
John R. Womack Goes
With Veterans Bureau
John R. Womack, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Womack of ?ylva, who
saw thirty nine months service
in the Signal Corps of the U. S,
Army, twenty one months of this
Being in the Pacific area of war,
and who recently was discharged
with the rank of Sgt, has accept*
ed a position with the Finance De
partment of the Veterans Bureau
Regional Hq. and is bow in WlM*
ton-Salem.