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VOL. XX, NO. 52
SYLVA, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1946
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Memorial Building Honoring World War Vets Planned
Chamber of Commerce
To Sponsor Dance And
Floor Show Monday Eve
Fund Will Be Used In
Work Of Organization
Round and square xlancing and
a real floor show will be put on
by the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce Monday night, May
27, in the new brick building of
the Sylva Coal and Lumber com
pany, opposite the Southern depot.
The activities will begin at 8:45
and last until 12 o'clock, accord
ing to an announcement by Felix
Picklesimer, president of the or
ganization.
Dancing will open the evening's
entertainment with Wallace Swann
and his music makers furnishing
the music. An intermission for a
special floor show will follow, the
girl team of "The Champion Hill
billies" performing. A picture of
this group is on display in Hoop
c.-'s Drug store. This team of
entertainers is in demand by va
rious groups because of their
popularity.
The program is being sponsored
by th^
conjunction with its 1946 mem
bership drive and the proceeds
will be used by the organization
for the work in the county.
Admission will be $1.00 per
couple.
I ?per Will Get. Hearing
state Hignway patrolman Chas.
D. Lindsay stated Tuesday that
a hearing would be held Thurs
day for Raymond D. Hooper,
driver of the 1^2 ton truak whcih
figured ir<- vl*e- collisic^r . i't' t
himself and the car in which
Grover Bishop was driving when
Ml*. Bishop received injuries from
which he died Monday night. On
the spot investigation indicates
7that both drivers were blinded by
the lights from the opposite ve
hicle.
Pvt.Grover C. Bradley
To Eustis, Virginia
Pvt. Grover V. Bradley, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bradley,
has been transferred from Fort
Bragg, N. C., to Fort Eustis, Va..
where he will complete his basic
training.
Pvt. Bradley enlisted in the reg
ular army on May 6 at Fort Bragg.
KENSON APPOINTED
CHAIRMAN BOARD
OF ELECTIONS
Upon the recommendation of
the Jackson County Democratic
Executive committee of which Mr.
E. L. McKee is chairman, the State
Board of Elections, has appointed
Mi;. John Henson as chairman of
the Jackson county Board of Elec
tions for the unexpired term of
Grover Bishop, who died Monday
right following injuries received
in a truck-automobile collison
Saturdady night. The other mem
bers of the Board of Elections are:
J. C. Brown, Democrat and A. D.
Parker, Republican.
Mr. Henson took over his duties
immediately and is making prep
arations for holding the primary
election on Saturday, the 25th.
Toyce f isher, Sara
Jean Sutton Winners
In Essay Contest
Joyce Fisher of the Sylva High
school and Sara Jean Sutton of j
the Cullowhee High school were'
winners in the recent essay con- '
test on Americanism, sponsored by
the American Legion Auxiliary.
* Members of the Auxiliary wish
to thank the high schools for com
peting in the contest and to espe
cially thank Professor E. H. Still?
* rf the Western Carolina
Teachers College faculty for his
efforts.
R. R. Nicholson Discharged
From Navy
Raymond R. Nicholson, Jr.. after
32 months service with the U. S.
S. Navy received his discharge last
Wednesday at the U. S. Naval Per
sonnel Separation center at
Charleston, S. C. He was sent
into the Pacific theater in Septem
ber, 1944, and served in Okinawa,
the Philippines, Guam, Wake and
the Mariannas. He arrived home
Saturday and is with his parents, I
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Nicholson, Sr.
He plans to return to school in the
iall.
Redden Urges Stronger Unity
In Developing Potential Re~
sources of Western Carolina
Asheville, May 23?Urging aJ
stronger regional unity and a
vigorous program to build and de
velop the potential resources of
Western North Carolina, Monroe
M. Redden, candidate for the dem
ocratic nomination for represen
tative from the 12th congressional
district, made an election-eve
statement in which he urged the
citizens of North Carolina to shake
off the shackles of inaction and go
after some of the opportunities that
are offered now.
"Those who ask you to wait
two years before you undertake to
get a more vigorous representa
tion in congress, are asking you to
postpone for two years the steps
that should be taken now if this
section is to keep pace with other
resort areas," Mr. Redden de
clared.
"They are asking you to stay on
xhe sideline and watch the parade
go by instead of pitching in and
going after the things this section
should and must have.
?"We need more industriol plants
which will mean more jobs for
cur people and less taxes against
our property.
"We need to expand our tourist
business and develop the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park
and construct proper highways
leading into the Park. To this
end I propose a meeting of the
Congressmen from North Caro
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PRIMARY POLLS OPEN
6:30 A.M.; CLOSE 6:30
Mr. John Henson, chairman of
?.he Board of Elections, stated
Tuesday that the official voting
hours for the Saturday primary
will be from 6:30 A.M. until 6:30
P.M. Eastern Standard time. The
polls will be open continually dur
ing these hours.
Art Works By Margaret
Wilkes To Be Shown
In Annual Show
Margaret Wilkes, of Sylva, is
among the students at Shorter
College whose work has been ac
cepted for the annual May Art
Show sponsored by the Depart
ment of Art. Her entries include
a stylized treatment of a Victorian
house done in ink wash and an
abstract in water color.
Miss Wilkes is the daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Grover Wilkes, of
Sylva, and is a member of the
Freshman class.
Carey Henson At Raleigh
Meeting This Week
Carey Henson, superintendent of
the local Welfare office is in Ral
eigh this#week attending a refresh
er course in welfare work. This
coursc is offered to the superin
tendents of each county.
This is the architect's drawing of the
proposed Memorial building the Wil
liam E. Dillard Post No. 104 plans to
erect in 1947 to the memory of Jackson
county men and women who served
in World Wars Nos. I and II. The esti
mated cost of the* building is $35,000.
It will be located on the property near
the Sylva community center, and will
house a library and recreation hall.
CLASS ROOM WORK
IS JUST BEGINNING
FOR F. F. A. BOYS i
With the closing of Sylva High
school this week there will be one
class that does not stop work, it is
the beginning for the boys of the >
Vocational Agricultural class, or j
*he Future Farmers of America !
a*, they are called. On the day j
| following the close of the class j
rnnrrw.ynylf Mr John Coibill, in- I
I struct oi\k>6k his 25 boys to Clem- |
son College, S. CM to observe the i
| demonstrations being carried on !
there. /
Mr. Corbin stated that he is not i
only taking his class of this, year
but is including veterans, former
high school students, in the trip, j
Mr. Corbin stated that he follows j
t.ie boys right on through the year
111 their projects on the farm. He
also works with the boys who
graduated in former years in help
ing them further their efforts in
their farm work. He stated that
the class room work is just the
| beginning of a foundation for the
work to be carried on throughout
I the summer months.
Winners Named In
Contest At Cullowhee
Elaine Higdon of Webster- was
named winner in the reading con
test and Lowell Bryson of Cullo
whee was declared winner in the
declamation contest held Monday
evening in Hoey auditorium at
Cullowhee. This contest is an an
nual event, sponsored by the B.
H. Cathey chapter, United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy and par
ticipated in by students from the
four high schools in the county.
Miss Higdon, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Higdon of Webster,
won with her reading, "The Fail
ure," and Mr. Brown, represent
ing the Cullowhee school, won j
with the declamation, "Lee in De- j
feat". They were awarded the1
Gertrude Dills McKee medals,
?iven by Mrs. E. L. McKee each
year.
^Others taking part were Oleta
Howell and Lawrence Case of
Sylva, Aileene Pennington and J.
T. Reid of Glenville, Jessie Ray
Bryson of Cullowhee and Earl
Morgan of Webster.
Violin and piano solos were
played by Ruth Hooper, accom
panied by Nelson O. Schreiber.
Mrs. W. O. Soderquist, president
cf the chapter, presided, Mrs. Mc
Kee presented the medals, and
Mrs. J. H. Giliis, A. u. marker and
H. E. Monteith served as judges.
Sylva Firemen To Attend
School In Charlotte
Bart Cope, John Sorrels, Delos
Buchanan and Felix Picklesimer,
members of the Sylva Fire De
partment will attend the Fire Col
lege and Drill school, scheduled
to be held in Charlotte on May 20,
21 and 22.
HOW DO YOUHWFE?
FOR SAFE DRIVING?
Chief of Police Don Davis
adds his endorsement to the
Police Traffic Safety Check
now being made throughout
the nation as an effort to cut
down the high figure of traffic
deaths and injuries which is
causing alarm on a nation
wide scale.
Read the ..safety driving
chart sponsored in this issue
by Kirk-Davis Chevrolet Com
pany and then see how you
rate in the answers to the 10
questions on safe driving.
Jackson county is having its
share of fatal accidents. Ob
servance of the rules for safer
driving cet out in the adver
tisement will help save lives
as well as maimed bodies of
those who are lucky enough to
survive these crashes.
scout camporee
CAMP LUMPKIN
MAY 17 AND 18
The. annual Camporee for the
Gov Scout? of Die Smoky Moun
tains district, (Jackson, Macon,
' i.iid Swain counties) was held Fri
i cay and Saturday* May 17 and 18,
I at Camp Lumpkin in Macon coun
!ty
Tirteen patrols representing
Troops from Sylva, Webster, Cul
lowhee, Bryson City, Franklin,
Highlands and Wests Mill attend
ed.
The Camporee was under the
direction of H. H. Gnuse of Frank
iin, chairman of the camping com
mittee. He was assisted by Fran
cis V. Smith, field Scout executive
of the Daniel Boone Council, and
the Senior Scout Troop of Sylva.
Twenty three scouts from Troop
1, Sylva, under the leadership of
Dennis Barkley, Scoutmaster, at
tended.
The Scouts camped by patrols
under boy leadership and demon
strated the proper methods of
pitching and ditching tent?, out
door cooking, with and without
utensils, and handling of knife and
axe. A study was made of identi
fying birds and trees in the vicinity
of the camp. A campfire was
held at which the different patrols
put on s t u n t s. The patrols
which made a required standard
will receive tre Camporee emblem
to wear on their uniforms.
A Scout leaders training course
was held in conjunction with the
Camporee. One of the highlights
cf this course was a demonstra
tion of fly tying by Cowan Wikle
cl Smokemont. Rev. A. Rufus
Morgan and John Edwards, U. S.
Foreatjer, conducted the leaders
on a nature study hike.
Sout leaders from Jackson who
attended the Camporee were: W.
C. Hennessee, T. N. Massie, Harry
Ferguson, Claude Campbell and
Dennis Barkley of Sylva; Rev. Tom
Houts of Cullowhee and John Mor
ris of Webster.
lEGIONTWtO
| MEMORIAL PROGRAM
THURSDAY, MAY 30 !
I The William E. Dillard Post No. '
I
i 104 American Legion of Jackson
[county will hold a memorial serv
ice Lne Ri.z Theater Thursday
rooming,- May 30. at 10:30. Ac
cording to Boyd Sossamon, presi
! d'jnt of the Merchants As-socia
j ii' n, all stores will be closed for
the service. The Legion urges all
i ..'.tend the sei v'ice at thia time.
' A very interesting program is be
ing arranged which will last for
L.:>'.i:t ?}.") minutes.
!
' Major Warren Spends
! Furlough At Home
y. i.i . W. -J. \\ . . ren, fter a vi>it
! to :!! - > is to.". A! . A. F. C "1 -u. *
. ; i. i brethe: s, V.\.Kei, Paul and
!?. ?t'U*h Wa/ien. left Sunday to
; . ? i:;. :i t. > ,> . .>2 duty at F. 1t
ljli Texas, Ho also visited his
? .*i*ter, Mis. H. K. Smathers, in
' A'^nia. M.v. Smothers, the
i former Helen Warren, is convlesc
I my following an operation at an
! Atlanta hospital several days ago.
j Major Warren has served in the
1 army for several years, much of
! tr.e time being spent as finance
officer in the European theater.
He is now in the finance office at
Fort Bliss.
! Sylva Delegates Attend
Regional Meet in Asheville
Felix Picklesimer, president of
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce, H. Gibson, J. A. Bry
so.n and Boyd Sossamon were
among those attending the regional
cooperative meeting held at the
i Battery Park Hoel last Wednes
day.
j Twenty-three counties comprise
j this western regional district and
. thirteen were represented at the
meeting which was called to dis
cuss the possibility of coordinated
cfiort and cooperation among
counties of this district.
Another meeting will be held
in the immediate future for the
purpose of electing officers arid
committee members.
Savannah District Singing
Convention To Be
At Barkers Creek
The regular fourth Sunday sing
ing convention of the Savannah
district will meet with the Bark
ers Creek church the fourth Sun
day, May 26. All singers are cor
dially invited to attend.
Reverends Warren And
Cook Return From Miami
Rev. C. M. Warren, pastor of the
Sylva Baptist church and Rev. W.I
N. Cook, pastor of the Webster
Baptist church, returned home
Monday from Miami, Fla., where
they spent last week attending the
Southern Baptist convention.
SOSSAMON'S ... in Sylva
William E. Dillard Post 104
Ready To Begin Raising Funds
FUNERAL RITES HELD
FOR GROVER BISHOP
WEDNESDAY P. M.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Cullovvhee Baptist church
for Grover Bishop, 58, who died
Tuesday morning as a result of
injuries sustained Friday, May 17.
when the car in which he was rid
ing collided with a truck near
Cullowhee on Highway 107.
Rev. Mark Osborne, Jr., pastor
of-the Cullowhee church and Rev.
F. A. Blankenship were in charge
of the rites. The body lay in state
.at the church from 1:30 until 2
o'clock. Interment was in the
Cox cemetery.
Mr. Bishop was a native of Jack
sun county, a son of Mrs. Dan
Bishop, and the late Mr. Bishop.
He received his education at the
schools in Cullowhee and was em
ployed at the North Carolina State
Prison camp for several years. He
was active in political circles and
lor the past four years was chair
man of the Jackson county Board
of Flections.
Survivors include: the widow,
the former Miss Mattie Morgan,
mx sons, Edgar of Sylva, Charlie,
n >bert and Ray of Cullowhee,
Locke of Gastonia. Jess of Sapulpa,
Okla.; two daughters, Mrs. Elma
"Hooper of Fast La Porte and Mrs.
i Garner of Hampton, Va.,
his mother, Mrs. D. F. Bishop of
i Sylva, one brother, Jack of Smith
| port, Pa., six sisters, Mrs. Louie
| Galloway of Rosman, Mrs. Everett
I Karris, Mrs. Milas Ward of Sylva,
! Mrs. Milford Jenkins of Cullowhee,
'Mrs. O. V. Cagle of Webster and
Mrs. Howard Adams ol James
I
t > a";i, N. V. and a number of
i.i.ndchildren.
FIREMEN GET $120
FliOM CIIICUS FUNDS
The Sylva. Fire Da; a. .iaent's
!t-?. ,i: y w.is swelled bv $120.2.)
? i ' f? t.i; > pro
uri'd? ct the circus which tli^ de
j . .linrni' >[>t?n.-v?c(t la>i week.
Ca.c. C'.iinpb.-ii . t. .tvi .. .it I.il.l
| were enough people out to fill the
| t >p four times. Or.Iy two perform
ances were given, as the circus
I m rived too late for an afternoon
| matinee.
Proposed Building To
Be Permanent Home Of
American Legion
The William E. Dillard Post No.
104 of the American Legion of
Jackson county plan to erect a
modern building in Sylva as a
memorial to the memory of the
gallant boys of th^ county who so
willingly sacrificed their all in
World Wars No. 1 and No. 2, The
plans for the building have been,
drawn by an expert architect and
a picture of the proposed building
is shown on this page of The
Herald.
The memorial building will be
permanent headquarters for the
American Legion post and will
also provide recreational facilities
for the veterans and the young
people of the town and county.
| A site for the building has been
purchased by the Legion Post and
it adjoins the present community
center. This location was chosen
unanimously because it requires
no excavation and has more park
ing space in a place where traffic
isn't congested and also provides
loom for a larger building than
any other locatoin available.
Plans for this building were
started more than five years ago
but were delayed due to the sec
( nd World War interrupting they
were postponed until recently. A
small per cent of the members of
the Post have already pledged
more than $3,000.00 toward the
(.instruction of the memorial build
n,<*. and more pledges are coming
in daily. Officials of the Post
said that these pledges may be
1 aid at any time before January
1, llJi7.
Oificers of the Legion said that
they are now ready to approach
luc c.ii/tus of the county for dona
tion-" r.d pledges toward reach
ing the goal of S35,()()().()() which is
apDi't?.\innate cost of the pro
ject. . t .> in>ped, they said, that
. !i.ial will respond
I i c e 1 y.
In quitting the members of the
T.i'u,' who have to say: "This
builciiii:; i> *') encourage a cleaner
type o. i <-ei?. ationa 1 pastime for
the y i:;..' !>e -pie of the county and
also t.i encourage more and better
sports as well a greater civic
p.-idc. Tiie building will be usfed
tor all gatherings and banquets
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Higdon Says Veterans Housing
Program Designed To Furnish
Low Cost Housing Units
HEAVY VOTE EXPECTED
IN PRIMARY ELECTION
Political observers forecast an
unusually heavy Democratic vote
. ? the primary to be held Satur
day. Thirty-two hundred votes
were cast in the primary two years
rgu. Now with hundreds of re
turned service men and the ac
tivity of the candidates a much
larger vote is expected Saturday.
Sylva Women Attend
District Conference
Mrs. E. L. McKee, Mrs. D. M.
I Hall, M rs. Dan Moore, Mrs. R. U.
Sutton, Mrs. C. Z. Candler, Mrs.
Harry Hastings, Mrs. Fred Williams
md Rev. W. Q. Grigg were repre
sentatives of the Sylva church at
the annual district conference of
the Women's Society of Christian
Service, held with the Franklin
MethodisT church last Wednesday.
This was the first post-war
meeting of the group and the at
tendance was much larger than
lor the past few years. Two con
ference officers, Mrs. Davidson of
Gibsonville, superintendent of lit
erature, and Mrs. Harbison of
Shelby, superintendent of supplies
were present and made interest
ing talks.
The Franklin ladies served a
splendid luncheon to the visiting
ladies.
Under the Veteran's Housing
Program designed primarily to
furnish housing for veterans, re
strictions have been placed on the
construction of buildings costing
more than $1,000 and all dwellings
costing more than $400, D. C. Hig
tion, chairman, Jackson County
AAA Committee said here today
in explaining that the main ob
jective of the restriction at this
time is to get low-cost living units
built as fast as possible.
"Applications for the construc
tion of all farm buildings in Jack
son County should be filed at the
local AAA office," Mr. Higdon
said, "and the final approval of
the applications rest with the State
AAA Committee in Raleigh."
"Data such as materials needed,
total cost of all new materials,
labor costs, and the necessity for
the building will be requested,"
Mr. Higdon explained.
The AAA chairman pointed out
that approval of the proposed con
struction will be based on whether
it is essential to increasing or
maintaining production of food
cn the farm; whether present fac
ilities on the farm are being utilized
to maximum capacity; and wheth
er the proposed construction will
be fully utilized upon completion,
A copy of the approved appli
cation will be returned to the ap
plicant accompanied by a placard
to be posted on the construction
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