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VOL. XX, NO. 49
SYLVA, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 2,1946
$1.50 A Year in Jackson And Swain Counties?5c Copy
Governor Cherry Calls On The
Citizens of North Carolina To
Provide Jobs For Veterans
"On The Job Training" 1
Given Special Emphasis
For Disabled Veterans
It's Veterans' Opportunity Week
in North Carolina.
Governor R. Gregg Cherry pro
claimed the week as a period in
which North Carolina's citizens
are asked to give special thought
to the matter of providing jobs
and job-training opportunities for
the state's 330,000 veterans of
World War II.
In a formal proclamation issued
last week, the governor pointed
out that North Carolina's veterans
are "refitting themselves for peace
after fighting to a victorious con
clusion the greatest of all wars"
and that many thousands of them
"stand in the need of vocational
rehabilitation as they seek to re
establish themselves in the eco
nomic and social life of their com
munities."
Governor Cherry called on all
citizens "to make victory mean
ingful for our veterans by provid
ing opportunity for them to achieve
their foxhole dreams."
"If we content ourselves with
good intentions rather than the
good works needed to accomplish
this," the governor declared, "then
we shall not only dishonor the
promises held out to our veterans,
but we shall also deny ourselves
the opportunity of achieving in
peace the greatness we showed in
war.
"Let lis meet the challenge of
today by providing jobs and job
training for our veterans?by in
vesting in their future and our
own."
The need for additional on-the
job training facilities for the state's
ex-servicemen was reflected in j
figures released by the Veterans |
Administration showing that more ;
disabled veterans are awaiting1
placement than are actually in j
training.
J. D. DeRamus, manager of the
Veterans Administration regional (
office in Winston-Salem, reported ?
that a survey last week showed
7C4 disabled veterans enrolled in !
on-the-job training, compared !
with 746 whose placement was j
pending. Chief reason for this j
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SUGAR STAMP 49 NOW
GOOD FOR 5 POUNDS
RALEIGH.?Spare stamp 49
became valid May 1 for five
pounds of sugar.
Announcing this, OPA said
the new coupon will expire
August 31. Sugar stamp 39,
the last specifically labeled
"sugar," expired April 30.
OPA said that on the basis
of latest surveys it expects the
present sugar ration of five
pounds every four months can
be maintained. In that case,
another sugar stamp will be
validated September 1.
Spare stamp 49 is in ration
book fqur, as well as in the
special sugar ration books is
sued to veterans and as re
placements.
Jackson Club Women
Plan For District Meet
To Be Held June 7th
The County Council of Home
Demonstration clubs met at the
court house April 18 with Mrs.
Dennis Higdon, president, presid
ing. Plans were made and dis
cussed for the district Federation
meeting to be held June 7, in the
Allison building. A plan of work
for the clubs of Jackson county
was also discussed.
Mrs. Higdon presented Miss
Anna Rowe, district president. She
gave a summary of the work done
in Jackson county. "We have ac
complished much but much more
is to be done," she said. "We need
' to stress the 4-H club work. Rec
jreation and home life can't be sep
! arated?let's do more for our
j young people."
The council voted to give a prize
of S15 to the 4-H club that com
pletes the most record books. The
cash prize will be turned in toward
their gift to add to their 4-H club
'cabin to be erected on the grounds
of the Extension farm in Haywood
county.
Immediately following the coun
cil meeting the program commit
tee met for the purpose of plan
ning the program for the District
Federation meeting.
Elliott Will Deliver Graduation
Address To WCTC Graduatesj
WOW Banquet Scheduled
For Monday Evening
Hugh Monteith will deliver the
principal address at the W.O.W.
banquet which is scheduled for
next Monday night at the frater
nal lodge in the new Sylva Coal
and Lumber Company building.
An informal evening of fun and
music has been planned by the
committee in charge.
Those who have yet failed to
notify Benny Reese that they are
planning to attend, are requested
to do so at once, in order that
definite arrangements may be
made for the number of plates to
be served.
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Mrs. W? W. Cox Honored
With Birthday Party
Something new in the way of
birthday parties was held last
ThuVsday night, when W. W. Cox
and friends helped Mrs. Cox cele
brate her birthday with a Bendix
washing machine party.
Mr. Cox presented his wife with
a Bendix washer from Sossamon
Furniture company and Mr. Sossa
mon and members of the store
came down to install and demon
strate the machine. Other friends
had gathered and a real party with
birthday cake and ice cream was
enjoyed.
Those present for the occasion
were, Mr. and Mrs. Cox, Mr. Sos
samon, Mr. and Mrs. Delos Buch
anan, Miss Grace Parks, Mrs. J.
H. Petty, Miss Gladys Bramlett
and Mr. and Mrs. Felix Potts.
1 Gardner-Webb Head
Is Former Professor
At Western Carolina
Philip L. Elliott, president of
Gardner-Webb Junior college, will
make the commencement address
to the graduating class of West
ern Carolina Teachers college on
June 3, according to a recent an
nouncement by President H. T.
Hunter. President Elliott, head of
the department of English at
Western Carolina Teachers college
lor 13 years, became president of
Gardner-Webb in 1944. He holds
his A.B. degree from Wake Forest
college and his M.A. from the
University of North Carolina. Mr.
Elliott has also done graduate work
at Johns Hopkins and Duke uni
versities.
The Rev. Lee F. Tuttle, pastor
of Central Methodist church in
Asheville, will deliver the bacca
laureate sermon on Sunday, June
2, to the graduating class. A grad
uate of Duke university, Mr. Tuttle
holds his B.D. degree from Yale
University Divinity school and has
done graduate study at the Gen
eral Education Seminar of Yale.
He has been director of Christian
Education at High Point and pas
tor of churches at New Haven,
Conn., Charlotte, Concord, and
Thomasville. Mr. Tuttle is a mem
ber of the board of trustees of
Brevard college and the Children's
Home at Winston-Salem.
An increase of 15 cents per hun
dred pounds has been made in the
government's support price for
Irish potatoes, bringing the total
pric^ offered for No. l's to $2.25,
f.o.bj shipping point.
I
FIRST PLASTICS
EXHIBIT POINTS UP
ROLE OF PULPWOOD
Previews of hundreds of new
plastic articles, most of them never
before exhibited, are currently be
ing shown to the public in a na
tional plastics show in New York,
the first of its kind ever held.
The average housewife attend
ing the show is seeing products?
many of which are fashioned from
pulpwood and pulpwood products
?that will soon be commonplace
on retail shelves all over the
country.
The list of plastics displayed in
cludes new gadgets for almost ev
ery, phase of living, ranging from
women's shoes to window blinds
and from toys to dress materials.
Among the novelties is a new
draft screen that admits ultra vio
let rays while filtering dust that
falls in a little trough at the bot
tom of the screen.
A new rayon upholstery satin is
on display, as are spongeable dress |
materials also derived from pulp
wood that are supposed to be al
most indestructible.
i A new plastic made of pulpwood
bears the lengthy technical name'
of cellular cellulose acetate, and
| is so strong and light that its use
jin new trailer bodies seems cer
l tain.
Paint brushes with bristles made
of cellulose acetate are competing
for attention with transparent
boxes made from the same mater
ial. These boxes are guaranteed by
"Meir manufacturers to package
flowers for an indefinite period
without loss of freshness.
' Radio cabinets, made of paper
I plastics, are almost shock-proof
in spite of their feather weight,
| and plastic-lined refrigerators that
j will rem; in odorless and stain
proof arc among other novelties at
the show.
New luggage made of pulpwood
plastics is much lighter and more
durable than the kind now in use.
Theie Lire plastic rowboats and
even hammers whose heads are
plastic, processed from pulpwood.
The future importance of pulp
wood as an annual crop, along with
the present importance of the
peeled top quality pulpwood, seems
to be well reflected by this national
plastics exhibition.
Doctor-Nurse Banquet
Held At Old Mill Inn
The nurses of the C. J. Harris
hospital entertained the doctors of
Swain and Jackson counties with
a dinner party at Old Mill Inn last
Thursday night.
Those enjoying the evening were
Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Kirchberg, Dr.
and Mrs. T. D. Slagle, Dr. and
Mrs. Grover Wilkes, Dr. and Mrs.
Harold McGuire, Dr. D. D. Hooper,
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Carter, Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Leatherwood, Mr.
and Mrs. Joel Wetmore, Miss Beat
rice Jones, Mrs. Maise Spears and
Mrs. Lyda Moody Davison.
Shuford Paxton Gets
Discharge From Army
Shuford Paxton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Paxton of Sylva, and
husband of Mrs. Evelyn Welch
Paxton, received his. discharge at
Fort Bragg, April 10, and has re
turned to his home. Of the two
and one-half years he spent in
service one year was spent on
Okinawa and in the South Pacific
with Headquarters Squadron of
the 301st Fighter Wing. Mrs. Pax
ton lived with her parents in
Bryson City while he was away,
but they plan to make their home
in Sylva.
Lon H. Brooks Returns
Home From Navy
Lon H. Brooks, who has been
serving with the U. S. Navy, was
given his discharge at the Naval
Personnel Separation Center, Jack
sonville, Fla., April 25, and has
returned to his home at Whittier.
AT FONTANA VILLAGE, AMERICA'S NEWEST VACATION
LAND, soon to be opened to the public by Government Services,
Inc., of Washington, D. C., there are modern cottages, trailer cot
tages, trailer camps and space for tourists wishing to pitch tents.
This photo shows two young visitors passing one of the modernly
equipped cottages. Fontana Village, adjacent to the famous TVA
Fontana Dam and Fontana Lake, will offer overnight and weekly
accommodations and a planned recreational program. The Village
will have a modern shopping center consisting of a grocery store,
cafeteria, drug store, dry goods store, post office, bank, beauty
shop and barber shop.
Helen Bird Will Be Crowned
May Queen In May D iy Stiver t
STATE MEETINGS
I Dr. Carl Killian, head of the
j educational department of West
ern Carolina Teachers college, has
I gone to Winston-Salem where he
; will attend a state meeting of the
Association for Children's Educa
tion at which he will take part on
me piogiam. Later in the week he
will attend the 'state meeing of
the Parent-Teacher association for
which he is chairman of audio vis
ual education. Before returning to
Cullowhee Dr. Kiliian will also
, attend a meeting of the North Car
i ohna Health Society and a meet
j ing of the Academy of Science.
Legion Auxiliary Sponsors
{Repair Of War Memorial
| Mrs. Lawrence Cordell, chair
man of the American Legion Aux
iliary Fountain Fund, reports that
j much progress is being made in
raising funds for repairing of the
j fountain. Originally built as a me
j morii.l lor veterans of World War
I, the fountain has been allowed
to run down and members of the
Auxiliary have taken the restora
tion of it as one of their year's
projects.
The following contributions have
been made: Jennings Bryson, $5;
T. W. Ashe, $5; Glen Hughes, $5;
Grover T. Bishop, $1; Roy M.
Cowan, $5; A. J. Dills, $5; H. Gib
son, $5; Harry Ferguson, $10; Car
olyn Lewis, 25c; Mrs. E. M. Lloyd,
$5; Don Cowan, $1; T. E. Reed, 25c;
R. V. Jenkins, 25c; Sylva Phar
macy, $5; J. F. Walters, $1; Dr.
Grover Wilkes, $5; George Painter,
$1; Walter Bumgarner, 50c; Tuck
seegee Beauty and Barber Shop,
$5; T. N. Massie, $5; Chester Scott,
j$5; H. L. Holden, $5; Sol Schul
jman, $5; F. G. Brown, $1; Boyd
Sossamon, S5;^ Fred Hooper, $5;
Cogdill Motor Co., $5; Ben Lessing,
$3; Mrs. W. O. Soderquist, $1; Mrs.
Glenn Hughes, S2; Miss Louise
Henson, 25c; Mrs. Dan Tompkins,
$10; Mrs. Roger Dillard, 50c.
Dean Bird Returns From
University Conference
W. E. Bird, dean of Western
Carolina Teachers college, returned
last Saturday after attending a
six-day conference at the Univer
sity of North Carolina, where more
than 80 educators, research ex
perts and administrators from 11
Southern states studied the re
sources of the South. The purpose
of the conference was to work out
practical, effective ways of tail
oring our school systems to meet
community, state, and regional
needs and interests.
William E. Fox Is Given
Discharge From Service
Pfc. William E. Fox ha$ been
given an honorable discharge and
has arrived at his home after 18
months in service, one year of the
time being spent in the Pacific
area. He and his wife, the former
Miss Ollie Belle Jones, of Gay,
and their children, have moved
into their new home near Sylva.
\ Bee Jean Harris Is Maid
Of Honor In Ceremonies
To Be Held At W.C.T.C.
Miss Helen Bird, senior at West
ern Carolina Teachers college and
daughter of Dean and Mrs. W. E.
t3ird, w^l be crowned May Queen
in elaborate ceremonies to be held
in the Woodland stage Friday.
Miss Bee Jane Harris, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Everette Harris,
of Sylva, will be maid of honor.
Miss Bird and Miss Harris are both
prominent in campus activities,
the former being listed currently
in "Who's Who Amgn Students
in American Colleges arid Univer
sities," and the latter now serving
a> secretary-treasurer of the junior
class.
Attend mce in the May Court
and their respective escorts are:
Seniors ? Carolyn Blankenship
with Tummy Kl!i , Mary Denton
with James llarrj.-, K\elyn Norton
with Don Cabe; juniors?Kathryn
Powell with Ralph Humphi ies,
Anne Soderqui.-t with Hay Seay,
Betty McMahan with Bob Colquitt,
Mary Brown with Carl Painter;
sophomores ? Margaret Rhodes
with Richard Dillard, Nancy Potts
with Orville Coward, Joyce Cherry
'with Howard Barnhorst; fresh
men?Agnes McClure with J. B.
Beam and Jean Patton with Bob
Pittillo.
School Masters Club Meets
At Jarrett Springs Hotel
Members of the Jackson County
School Masters club met at the
Jarrett Springs hotel last Wednes
day night.
Prior to the club meeting, A. C
Moses, county superintendent of
schools, stated to the principals
that since his eighth year and
present term as county superin
tendent would expire June 30.
1947, he did not expect to break
the precedent which his predeces
sors had set up. Mr. Moses added
that he felt it was fair to make
this announcement a year in ad
vance.
During the business session of
the meeting representatives were
selected to attend the meeting of
principals to be held in Charlotte.
C. A. Hoyle of Cullowhee was
named chairman of this group. A
committee was appointed to make
plans for a field day to be held
in the near future.
John Crawford was elected to
serve as president for the coming
year, and W. V. Cope was elected
secretary and treasurer.
The next meeting of the club
will be a picnic, to be held at Cul
lowhee some time in May.
Wesleyan Service Guild
To Meet Monday Night
The Wesleyan Service guild of
Sylva Methodist church will meet
Monday evening, May 6, at 7
o'clock with Mrs. Ed Baldridge.
The meeting will be a pot-luck
supper and each member is asked
to bring a dish of food.
SOSSAMON'S ... in Sylva
Redden Sees?Need For
Federal Aid For The
Public Schools System
JACKSON WILDLIFE
CLUB BARBECUE SET
FOR JUNE 18,7 P.M.
Members of Jackson Wildlife
club held its April meeting Tues
day night at the court.house with
President C. F. Dodsofr presiding.
Report on the proposed barbe
cue set for May 7 was heard and,
jdue to conflicts, it was decided to
I postpone the meeting to June 18,
| and hold it at Fairfield Inn, at
7 o'clock p.m.
The only business transacted
was the appointment of a legisla
tive committee composed of Dan
Moore, chairman; John McDevitt
and T. N.-Massie.
The club has been instrumental
in securing 600 speckled trout for
restocking Norton creek. These
fish were placed in the stream this
week.
Total Of 1,772 Jackson
Farmers Participate In
1940 Faun Program"
A total of 1.772 Jackson county >
farmers have agreed to participate 1
in the 1946 farm program and have j
requested various practices in-^
eluded in this program, it was
.learned from Mrs. Ellen N. Cor
| bin, AAA secretary.
These 1,772 farmers have ap
proximately 23,275 acres of crop
land and 34,274 acres of nondrop
pasture land.
Of the 3,462 tons of lime re
qut sted by the 1,772 farmers, the
county committee approved 2,853
tons. A few cars of lime have al
j:c\dy been delivered to "arr ts
(and more is expected to arifVe
Jsdon. Requests were made for a
jtotal of 1,37(5 tons of phosphate
j and the committee approved 1,326
: ;.>ns. To date, six cars of phosphate
'have been received by farmers.
The county will have an allot
ui ..pp..?xim.r.e'.y 2.COO a* re.
| hi winter cover crop.", 100 acre.- oi
'permanent pasture.-, and 800 acres
| it!' pa-tn. e improvement.
I Tiie county's allotment for the
I ve r is $41,597, while the total re
? oai -t- amounted to $44,513.12.
Candidate For Congress
Declares In Favor Of
Further Aid To Schools
ASHEVJLLE, May 1.?Asserting
tfTiU education is the loundation
.stone of democracy and must there
lore be regarded as a national re
%
spuntibility, " Monroe M. Redden,
candidate for congress, has de
clared him sell in favor of federal
aid for schools.
"In my opinion federal aid is
the one vhope of standardizing and
equalizing educational opportunity
and teachers pay throughout the
nation," Mr. Redden said. "The
economic condition of the South _
will n^)t permit us to match the
great industrial wealth of the
North and East except through
federal grants. If this can be done
without the federal government
dictating our school policies, I
think it will be a great educational
move in behalf of our entire south
land.
"It is not enough for a congress
man to s;iy '1 will vntr for tho hill.'
He must be active and energetic
in its behalf. Passive support is
not often rewarded with accomp
lishments.
"Already the teachers' load in
the school rooms of North Caro
li;.ti lias become so great that it
is an unusual buiden on the teach
ei and a hardship on the pupil.
W:,t.) ;i teacher is required to have
.n her class room more students
th;in she can teach, it is a condi
tion in which both teacher and
student sustain a loss. On the
.ther hand, we realize our stat4
about reached its maximum
< )mv -cs for school purposes, un- .
Ifss our economic conditions im>
prove.
"The teacher is perhaps tho
most unrii rpaid of all professions,
and vet the teacher does not stand
t<< g.-m much from federal aid as
cii? ,ill the people as a whole.
? Eiiia. u ?n. i - .i national respon
Moiity and ft./ tlut reason the fed
eral government should make
grants t- ? states for educational
purpoo. ll elected to congress Z
shall actively support federal aid
tu; t;... purpose."
Syiva High F. F. A. Father and
Soil Banquet Well Attended
The first Father and Son ban-J
quet of the class of Future Farmers
of America was held in the lunch
room of Sylva High school, last
Thursday night, with 35 members
of the class and 40 fathers and in
vited guests in attendance.
The banquet was prepared by
the girls of the Home Economics
class under the direction of their
] instructor, Miss . Louise Henson.
The menu consisted of fruit juice
cocktail, vegetable salad, fried
chicken, gravy, mashed sweet po
tatoes and marshmallows, string
beans, olives, pickles, celery, home
made rolls, ice cream, cookies and
coffee. The chickens used for the
banquet were raised by the class
as a classroom project. The vege
tables were home grown and home
prepared.
The program opened with the
ritual of the class. String music
was furnished by Perry Rhodes,
O. H. Martin, Charles Tolley,
Charles Martin and Kenneth
Rhodes, members of the class. The
boys rendered numbers during the
meal.
The president, Douglas Jordan,
welcomed the fathers and visitors.
Prof. Howard Crawford responded.
Marvin Allison gave a reading of
| "Down on the Farm." Lawrence
Case gave a very interesting talk
on "Man and Soil." "Our Shop
Program" was given by the class
secretary, Jimmy Arrington.
John Corbin, instructor of the
class, introduced the guests and
talked on the work that the boys
are doing. He expressed a desire
to make the banquet an annual
affair, which every one present
agreed would be a fine thing.
?Continued on page 8
Plot Against General
MacArthur Revealed By
Intelligence Officers
American Intelligence officers
have revealed a plot to assassinate
General Douglas MacArthur at the
May-Day celebration scheduled to
be held in Japan today.
Tipped off by an unidentified
informer, an intensive search is
being made by intelligence offi
cers, for Hideo Takayama, arch
leader of the plot. Takayama, fear
ing disclosure from the lieuten
ants he had chosen to help with
the plan, poisoned one of his con
federates, who survived and gave
out the information.
Money amounting to the sum of
$7,000 had been collected to carry
through the work. The plan was
to shoot the general and throw
hand grenades and in the confu
sion of the crowd the killers
planned to make their escape.
Intelligence men expect to have
all the suspects under arrest in
short order.
President Hunter Is
Speaker At Brevard
Dr. H. T. Hunter, president of
Western Carolina Teachers col
lege, spoke to the Brevard college
faculty at a dinner meeting Mon
day night at 9 o'clock. The subject
of Dr. Hunter's address was con
cerned with the much discussed
Harvard Plan. Invited with Dr.
Hunter to the dinner were Dean
Anne Albright and Miss Cordelia
Camp, director of the Training
school.