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VOL. XX, NO. 45
SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, April 3, 1946
$1.50 A Year in Jackson And Swain Counties?5c Copy
Sylva Boy Scout Troop Divided
Into Two Age Group Units
McGuire And Barkley
Elected Superintendents,
Committes Appointed
In an effort to separate age
groups and to provide for a larger
membership of younger boys Syl
va Scout Troop one has been di
vided into two units. Troop one
will consist of the younger boys
and a Senior troop has been set
up for the older members.
At a meeting on Friday night,
March 29th committeemen were
appointed and a Scoutmaster and
Assistant leader were elected.
Dr. Harold McGuire was named
Scoutmaster and James Cunning
ham and Ray Jones as assistant
leaders. The committeemen to
serve this unit are: H. Gibson,
chairman; Paul Kirk, secretary
treasurer; T. N. Massie and Harry
Ferguson. The Senior group is
sponsored by the Sylva Rotary
club. The activities of this group
of boys will center around more
mature projects, the committee
said.
Twenty boys have registered for
Troop one for the year 1946-47
with Dennis Barkley as Scout
master and Claude Campbell as
sistant. The committee is composed
of W. C. Hennessee, chairman; B.
E. Harris, vice-chairman; Alliney
Bryson. secretary; O. E. Brook
hyser, Treasurer, and Frank Craw
ford, Willie Monteith, Grayson
Cope, Edwin Allison, Felix Pickle
simer, Sam Cannon, Jr., and John
F. Corbin, committeeman. This
group is sponsored by the Sylva
Lions Club. |
At the meeting on the 29th it
was decided that the monthly
troop committee meetings will be
held the first Monday in each
month.
The next Court a* Honor is
- scheduled tc rr.eec AI'
ll at 7:30 p. m. at the Sylva Meth
odist church. * (
Last Rites Held
For Hugo Stein
Funeral services were held for
Hugo Stein. 70, who died at his
home Monday night following a
lengthy illness, at the Sylva Meth- j
odist church Tuesday afternoon. !
The Rev. W. Q. Grigg conducted
the services and burial followed
in the Keener cemetery.
Mr. Stein was born near Frank
furt, Germany and was married to
the former Miss Dora Lance of
Buncombe county. For many years
""he has owned and operated a
monumental service in Sylva.
Pallbearers were K e n y o n
Moody, Gi;ady Henson, Ray Cog
dill, Homer Davis, Bill Fisher and
Dick Wilson.
Honorary pallbearers were H. R.
Green, A. A. Nichols, Cole Cagle,
Hugh Monteith, Earl Padgett, A.
S. Nichols, Lewis Cannon and
Frank Fricks, Don Cowan, Charlie
Price, Sam Cogdill, Ed Grindstaff
and Bennie Reece.
,Surviving are the widow and six
daughters, Mrs. R. T. Queen of
San Diego, Calif., Mrs. J. D. Park
er of Advance, Mrs. C. C. Denny
of Nashville, Tenn., Mrs. H. M.
Myatt of Purvis, Miss., Mrs. Beat
rice Stevens of Boca Grande, Fla.
and Mrs. James T. Bales of Sylva
BRYSON ENTERS RACE
FOR BOARD CHAIRMAN
Jennings A. Bryson has an
nounced that he will make the
race for nomination for Commis
sioner of Finance of Jackson coun
ty, the office now held by T. Wal
ter Ashe. Mr. Ashe will not seek
reelection.
Mr. Bryson is now county audi
tor and is familiar with the af
fairs of the coynty. .He is an ac
tive worker in the Baptist church
and former District Governor of
the Lions Club.
E. H. Stillwell To Speak
At P. T. A. Meeting
The Sylva Parent Teachers As
sociation will meet Tuesday after
noon, April 9 in th auditorium of
the Sylva elementary school at 3
o'clock.
Professor E. H". Stillwell of
Cullowhee will be the speaker for
the afternoon.
SYLVA CHAPTER GRANTED CHARTER
BY NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION
WASHINGTON, April 1?A rifle'
club for junior shooters in Sylva
has been granted a charter by the
National Rifle Association, guiding
body for the rifle and pistol fra
ternity in the United States. Mem
bership is open to boys and girlg
under 18 years 6f age.
Instructions will be in the hands
of J. B. Young, who will lead the
/
youngsters through the various j
phases of target shooting under
the official rules of the National
Rifle Association. All of the shoot
ing will be "small bore" or .22
caliber, one of the most accurate
types of rifles.
President of the new club is I
Claude Campbell. Two of the ma- ^
jor purposes of the group, accord- !
ing to Instructor Young, are to
give boys and girls instruction in 1
tht fundamentals of rifle shooting j
and to train them how to handle
firearms safely.
Othei^club officers are Dennis
E. > Barkley, Jr., vice-president;
James B. Cunningham, evecutive
officer; Charles Stillwell, secre- '
tary; Philip Jones, treasurer.
Competitions in target shooting
are expected to be held at a later
date.
KIRK-DAVIS AUTO
F!3M MOVES INTO
{iODEBN NFW HOME .
Paul Kirk and Homer Davis of 1
the firm of Kirk-Davis Chevrolet j
Company have announced the re
moval of their business from the
eld stand on Main street to their !
modern new home on Highway j
107 Easi of Mead Corporation. '
The change was made over the
week-end.
Messrs. Kirk and Davis began t
breaking ground early in the win- i
ter lor their new building and j
alter much delay due to material j
shortages, the weather and other j
things, they have almost com- ;
pleted the new plant, which is far '
enough along to do business in.
When completed the plant will
be one of he most modern in j
Western North Carolina. Design- i
ed for light and convenience and
constructed of steel, brick and
tile it makes an imposing appear
ance. The front part of the build
ing, housing offices, show rooms
and storage, is two stories of
cream brick and sits well back
from the street allowing ample
room for their customers to park
off the main line of traffic. The
large repair department is one
story with high ceiling and open
glass sides affording the maximum
of natural light. Modern heating
equipment is being installed with
showers and dressing rooms for
employees of both shop and office.
They extend an invitation to
the citizens of Jackson county to
visit their new home.
"Surplus" Buyers Urged
To Check On Prices
RALEIGH, April 2.?Buyers of
surplus war goods for resale were
urged today to check with the
district OPA officials in Raleigh
for the specific dollar-and-cent
ceiling prices on these items.
Resale ceiling prices at all levels
of trade have already been set by
OPA on approximately 500 dif
ferent war surplus commodities
according to T. S. Johnson,. State
OPA Director.
With the heavy flow to the mak
et of many surplus commodities
made scarce by war, OPA's esab
lishment of definite ceiling prices
on each item makes it easier for
both wholesaler and retailer, John
son explained.
Consumers may readily ascer
tain the proper price of these com
modities since OPA requires all
surplus materials to be preticketed
at the retail level, he said.
PLANS FOR SAVING
FOOD OISGOSSED AT
USDA MEETING HERE
Dr. Hunter And Mrs.
McKee Head List Of
Speakers Monday Night
A group of Sylva people met at
the courthouse Monday night and
heard talks on food conservation
by Dr. H. T. Hunter, President of
Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege, Mrs. E. L. McKee, County
Agent M. L. Snipes, John Corbin,
Mr. Phillips, of Cullowhee, Rev.
H. Q. Grigg and Rev. W. N. Cook.
^ Tne mooting was in charge of D.
C. Higdon, chairman of Jackson
county AAA committee, and had
as its purpose to arouse interest
among Jackson county citizens in
the National plan for saving grains
and fat for shipment to the devas
tated countries of the world where
millions of people are on the verge
of starvation.
It has been estimated that if
each of the 5,000 families of Jack
son county would save the equiva
lent of two loaves of bread per
week and a pound and a half of
fa> per month, along with the
other 5,000 counties of the nation,
sufficient food could be shipped
to the various countries to save
ihes^ people until their harvest
?/orres ir ?hree to four months from
4 v % ' i?'
America, with its plenty, has a
moral obligation in the effort to
save the lives of these .starving
people. It has been said that we
won the war with our gun but
that the peace will be won with
food. The truth ol' that statement
is brought home to us more and
more each day. If we, as Ameri
cans, sit back, eat, drink and be
merry, while the rest of the world
i& hungry we can not expect much
consideration when we try to talk
about a world of peace and hap
piness among nations.
Before the development of the
atomic bomb American was the
most powerful military nation on
earth, but after its development
we weakened ourselves. Our two
great oceans are no longer bar
riers to an enemy that might wish
to destroy us. As Mrs. McKee
commented in her talk, "the
smallest nation with a bushel of
these little bombs could wipe
America out in little time." Un
less Americans do a little sacrific
ing in this hour of world food
crisis we may expect trouble in
the future.
In an effort to get the program
before the people of the entire
county the schools, the churches,
clubs and groups are urged to ex
plain the need for saving food
now, and how it can be done.
People will not be asked to
gather up food and bring it in as
they did in the clothing drive, but
are urged to eat less wheat and
corn products and use less fats I
so that the supply will be available i
for the government to buy and j
ship overseas.
Applications Being
Received For Job
In Veterans Administration
Applications will be received by
the Andrews office of the Veterans
Administration for a secretarial po
sition beginning from this date and
continuing for ten days. All those
interested please call at the near
est postoffice and secure an appli
cation blank (U. S. Standard Form
57), fill out, and either mail or
bring to the Civil Service Repre
sentative at the Andrews post of
fice. These applications will then
be given consideration by the Con
tact Representative in charge of
the Andrews office of the Veterans
Administration and applicants will
be notified when to call by this
office for a personal interview.
McCLAIN COMMENDED BY
PACIFIC FLEET COMMANDER
The last act of Commander H. .
S. Bonney, Jr., before relinquish
ing his command as Commander |
in Chief of the U. S. Pacific Fleet J
was to present a commendation to !
John E. McLain, CMM, son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. N. McLain of
Sylva. This presentation was
made March 18, 1946, before all
hands at parade and just prior to
the change of command ceremonies.
The following is the Citation |
awarded to Chief McLain:
The Commander in Chief, Unit
ed States Pacific Fleet, takes pleas
ure in commending
John Eagleton McLain
Chief Machinist's Mate
United States Navy
j for service as set forth in the fol
I lowing citation:
| "For meritorious service in con
| nection with operations against
the enemy serving as Chief Ma
chinists Mate of the amidships re
j pair party 6; s United States De
j stroyer under heavy aei iul attack
; by enemy forces on April 12, 1945,
| in the vicinity of Okinawa. After
i his ship was damaged by the ex
plosion of an enemy plane and. its
bomb above the forward fire
room he directed the securing of
the lireroom from the topside, tnen
entered forward engine room and
aided in removing a man over
come by gas. He directed shift
ing of feed Wdter from the for
j ward lireroom by means of
i hoses avoiding any possibility of
I shortage of feed water in the after
DR. T. 0. SLAGLE
OPENS OFFICES HERE
Doctor T. D. Slagle, who has
recently been released from the
Navy with the rank of Comman
der after five years service has lo
cated in Sylva and will practice
medicine and surgery in this coun
ty. He is in the offices formerly
used by the late Doctor C. Z. Cand
ler.
Doctor Slagle, a native of Ma
con County, is the son of Mrs. J.
H. Slagle of Franklin and the late
Mr. Slagle. He is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina and
the School of Medicine of Cor-*
nell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Dr.
Slagle is a Fellow of the American
College of Surgeons.
While Doctor Slagle was Direc
tor of the Presbyterian Hospital in
San Juan, Puerto Rica he was
called to active duty by the Navy
in 1941. He served with the Naval
Air Station at San Juan as surgeon
for twenty months and was then
transferred to an A. P. A. where
he was senior medical officer for
twenty three months.
Called back to the United States
he served for awhile as surgeon
at the Navy Pre-flight school Dis
pensary in Chapel Hill and was
then sent to Fleet Hospital 116 at
Okinawa where he remained un
til the close of the war.
Immediately following the out
break of the -war, Mrs. Slagle and
two children were evacuated and
have made their home in Chapel
Hill while Doctor Slagle was in
service.
Dr. and Mrs. Slagle will make
theirhome in Dillsboro. Mrs.
Slagle and children will join him
in the immediate future.
SOSSAMON'S ... in Sylva
boilers which enabled the ship to
reach port for repairs. His con
duct, alertness and professional
skill contributed materially to the
success of this operation and were
at all times in keeping with the
highest traditions of the United
States Naval Service.
"C. W. NIMITZ,
"Fleet Admiral, U. S. Navy."
Chiel McLain, after graduating
j from Sylva High school, served
I 2 1-2 years in the U. S. Army. In
June. 1940, he enlisted in the U.
S. Navy and completed a course
oi instruction at the Naval Deisel
school, San Diego, Cal., graduat
ing in the upper half of his class.
He received the advanced rating
l (>[ Machinist's Mate 2-c in Febru
ary. 1943, for meritorious conduct
' in i.ction.
Chief McLain has participated
in til teen engagements beginning
| Dec. 7* 1941, wtih the attack on
; Pearl Harbor and th'''/jgh tSo
f.nal stages in the PaciLc area
.until Jap;>n surrendered.
j He is autiio.-ii.ed to wear Com
i R.bbor., Presidential
'Ur.it Citation, American Defense
' Riobon with bronze star, Ameri
can A.ca Ribb.jn, Asiatia-Paciiie
Ribbwn with three silver stars,
| Philippine Liberation Ribbon with
j Two bronze stars and the Navy
Good Conduct Ribbon.
I Chief McLain is now spending
r 15-day leave witn his parents,
t and will go to Camden, N. J., for
j fur.her duty. ., ,
CARL BUCHANAN TO
HANDLE HUDSON CARS
Carl Buchanan, owner and man
ager of Buchanan Electric Com
pany has announced the agency
for the sales and service of the
Hudson automobile. His firm will
be known as Buchanan's Auto and
Electric Company and will be lo
cated in the building he now oc
cupies as the electric company and
will include the part occupied by
Kirk-Davis Chevrolet Company.
Mr. Buchanan stated that the
building will be remodeled and
made ready for the general re
I pair of all makes of cars about
May 1st. He expects new models
of the Hudson in the near future.
REPUBLICANS TO
HOLD COUNTY
CONVENTION
J. R. Long, chairman of the Re
publican Executive Committee,
has issued a call for a county-wide
Republican convention to be held
in the courthouse on Friday, April
12 at 2:30 p. m.
The convention will be addressed
by the Republican candidate for
congress, Hon. Guy Weaver, of
Asheville. All citizens of Jackson
county are invited to hear Judge
Weaver.
APRIL 1-13 IS CLEAN
UP WEEK IN SYLVA
April 1-13 has been proclaimed
as Clean-Up week in Sylva, in or
der to beautify and make more
attractive our town. Effort ha*
been made by the town and coun
ty officials to arrange a schedule
of the trucks for the individual
convtnience. Please have your
trash ready for them to pick up.
Rat Extermination Cam
paign To Be Conducted
From April 1 To 13
KAISER-FRAZER
AUTOMOBILE AGENCY
OPENS IN SYLVA
Lewis W. Bumgarner Is
Manager of Sylva Jackson
Motor Co., Incorporated
Mr. Lewis M. Bumgarner has
announced the opening of the
Sylva Jackson Motor Company.
Inc., as a new automobile agency
for Jackson county and vicinity
for sales and service of the new
Kaiser and Frazer automobiles.
The new firm will have its ga
rage and sales room in the building
now occupied by,the Trailway Bus
terminal whose lease expires July
1st. The firm is now using the base
ment of this building until the bus
company vacates the main floor,
j Mr. Bumgarner stated that they
j will begin to receive the new cars
within a very short time and that
j they are now booking orders for
these cars.
The production schedule for the
Kaiser-Frazer company is: April
100 cars, May 500, June 2,600,
July 8,000, August 15,000, Sept.
25,000, and a monthly pace of 33,
j 000 starting October. Kaiser
j Kaiser-Krazer manufacture their
I own steel and were the first to
i come to an agreement with the
steel workers.
i
JACKSON 4-H CLUB
MEMBERS PLANNING
CABIN AT CAMP
Jackson County 4-H Club boys
* rr! girls are making plans to
Liiild ;r cabin on the new 4-H Club
camp grounds near Waynesville.
, Thr l.md acquired lor the new 4-H
C !ub (', mp i> the North
Carolina Experiment Station prop
erty located ju>t out 6, Waynes
ville i.nd will replace the camp
t; ken over early in the war by
Moore General Hospital.
This 4-H Club Camp wil/ be
; available to the 4-H Club mem
bers m Western North Carolina
wid will have adequate facilities
to take care of the needs ot the
,bovs and girls attending the 4-H
iClub Camp. Plans worked out call
for assembly hall, an auditorium,
j dining room and kitchen, bath
, house, craft shops, swimming pool,
staff cottages and infirmary, and
(cabins.
The boys and girls are fortunate
in having a new 4-H Club camp
located in this area and should be
encouraged in every way possible
in their endeavor to build a Jack
son County 4-H Club Cabin.
The Beta 4-H Club girls are
making a wool Afghan for the Red
Cross as their club project.
j The Savannah 4-H Club hit upon
the idea of selling seeds to raise
money for the club. Some of this
money will be used for some kind
of recreation for the club, but
1 most of it will go toward the Coun
ty fund for the district 4-H Club
? Camp which will be in Haywood
j County.
All of the 40. 4-H girls of the
Savannah 4-H club were present
in March.
j Hattieleen Frizzell is carrying on
'her 4-H activities outside of an
organized 4-H Club under leader
ship of Mrs. Johnny Watson,
Neighborhood 4-H leader, and the
Home Agent. Hattieleen was an ac
tive member of the Beta club while
in school there.
Sylva Stores To Close At
6 O'clock On Saturdays
Beginning with Saturday^ April
6, all stores will be closed at six
o'clock instead of seven o'clock as
has been in the past. The new hour
was set at a meeting of the Sylva
Merchants Association, which was
held two weeks ago. It was also
agreed at this meeting that begin
ning in May, the stores would have
a half day closing period 4t\ each
Tuesday throughout the summer
months.
Chamber Of Commerce
Sponsoring Campaign,
Citizens Urged to Cooperate
The Chamber of Commerce is
-pcnsorlng with the aid of the
Tyvvn of Sylva, Merchants Asso
ciation, Rotary Club, and Lions
Ciub, a rat killing campaign dur
ing the first half ol the second
week of the month, April 9 and 10.
The rat campaign will be con
ducted under the direction and
supervision of County Agent M.
L. Snipes, and District Health De
partment. and all people living
within the city limits are urged
to cooperate with the crews put
ting out the bait in every way 0
possible.
Hate are extremely destructive
to property as well as carriers of
diseases of various kinds. During
the food and feed shortage espe
cially, every reasonable effort '
should be exerted towards the
elimination of waste and the main
I tenance of a high standard of
health in the community.
j Bait mixtures to be used in this
rat killing campaign are harmless
to cats, dogs and chickens but very
effective in killing rats. The peo
ple are requested to report all dead
rats found on their premises to
Miss Carolyn Lewis, Secretary of
the Chamber of'Commtrce.
SOYBEAN CEILINGS
SAME FOR 46, SAYS
OPA'PECTOR
| RALEIGH. April 2.?Prosposed
.ceiling pi ices for the 1946 crop of
' >.< ybeans are the same as those now
in effect lor the 1945 crop, Theo
dore S. Johnson, OP A District Di
' iect<>r >aid today.
Since the law requires that
'growers be given notice of pro
p >sed maximum prices 15 days
ahead < f crop planting, Mr. John
' .-on sa.il, the following prices U>
the producer are proposed for raw
and unprocessed soybeans:
Maximum price per bushel of
60 pounds for U. S. Grade No. 2
cL.sses I (yellow) and II (green),
$2.10; U. S. No. 2, classes III
! (brown), IV (black) and V .mix
; ed), $1.90.
I Johnson pointed out that these
I proposed prices do not apply to
I sales of soybeans for use as seed
for 1947 planting nor to sales for
use in makinng products for human
consumption that do not involve
oil extraction.
Jackson People In
jured In Car Wreck
Four people are in the hospital
as a result of a serious auto mis
hap on Highway 19 early Sunday
morning. Those injured are Miss
Becky Ann Wilson, daughter of
Mrs. T. O. Wilson, Kit Zachary,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Zachary
of East La Porte, Tommy Davis,
employee at Davis Jewelers and
Father A. F. Rorhbacher, of
Waynesville, N. C.
The young people from Sylva
had left early Sunday morning for
Oak Ridge, Tenn. and Father
Rorhbacher was returning from an
early Mass in Bryson City when
the two cars met in a head on col
lision six and a half miles below
Sylva. Both cars, a 1941 Chevrolet
and a 1940 Buick were completely
demolished. Cause for the acci
dent is said to have been the dense
fog at that hour in the morning.
Occupants in the cars were
brought to the C. J. Harris Com
munity Hospital where they were
treated for their injuries which
are listed as Miss Wilson, severe
face and leg lacerations, Tommy
Davis, lacerations, Kit Zachary,
lacerations and possible chest in
juries and Father Rorhbacker, la
cerations.
Farm incomes are showing some
decline but thus far this Is due
principally to the small cotton erop.