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AMERICA First, Last and Always Herald The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack sorv ... A progressive, well balanced ccunty. VOL. XX, NO. 53 SYLVA, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1946 $1.50 A Year?5c Copy New Type Building Material To Be Manufactured At Dillsboro; Have Three County Coverage Dunbrik-Dunstone Is J Name of Materials v Developed By Dunn Sam R. Owens, World War II veteran, Charlie B. Gray and Sex ton Vinson have been granted a franchise by W. E. Dunn Manu facturing Co. to manufacture their new Dunbrik-Dunstone building material. The franchise covers Jackson, Macon and Swain coun ties, and Dillsboro has been se lected as the site of operation. This building product is made of concrete and is suited to all types of buildings from modest cottages to pretentious public structures?residences, farm build ings, schools, churches, stores, gasoline stations?every kirid of commercial and industrial build ing. Dunbrik and Dunstone are mod ern masonry units, exclusive in character and suited to an almost unlimited range of use. They are superior to the older and more conventional maconry'products and although they have color, style, accuracy, highly stressed form and flexibility, they still offer vast economies to prospective builders. Dunbrick is the modern brick of standard size, production and cubic content, but with a recessed de sign which offers several specific advantages. To the mason it means better workmanship with less ef fort and time as Dunbrik is light er in weight because of the recess ed design. This recessed design offers anchorage between brick and mortar. Instead of floating on top, as in ordinary brick, its edges press into the mor tar locking the brick into position. Dunstone multiple brick pos sesses all the qualities of Dunbrik strength, density and accuracy, with the added advantage of cost reduction and greater flexibility of construction. The units can be made in different sizes and colors, all in the exact multiples ot Dun brik, plus the built in mortar joints. Dunbrik and Dunstone can be made in an almost endless va riety of colors and shades, thus providing prospective builders op portunity to secure a wide range ?Continued on page 4 OUTDOOR WRITERS 1 ENTERTAINED DY i WESTERN COUNTIES Barbecue And Program Held Saturday At V Cherokee One hundred and fifty members of the Outdoor Writers Associa tion of America from seven South ern States were guests of the chambers of commerce in towns and counties of Western North Carolina at a barbecue dinner in Cherokee Indian village Satur day. Those representing the Jackson county chamber of commerce who attended were: President Felix Picklesimer, Vice-President Ros coe Poteet, Griffin Middleton, Sheriff Leonard Holden, Patrol man Charles Lindsay and J. A. Gray of The Herald. Groups from Asheville, Waynes ville. Franklin, Bryson City, An drews and Murphy, also attended. McKinley Edwards of Bryson City was master of ceremonies at the barbecue. He extended the welcome to the visitors and L. B. Locke, president of the writers re sponded. The motorcade in which the group came from Chattanooga, was in charge of Bert Leiper, for merly of the Asheville Citizen staff. Blair Ross, superintendent of the park, and Arthur Stupka, park naturalist, gave brief summaries of work being done in the park. They said that the rose purple rhododendron is now in the height of bloom. Following the barbecue ^fid pro gram the writers drove on to Newfound Gap where the motor cade officially ended. From there the cars separated, with the indi \ 'duals going home or visiting other sections. Francis Buchanan, who attended school at Oak Ridge Military In stitute, has arrived to spend the vacation with his mother, Mrs. M. Buchanan, Jr. More Firms and Individuals Send In C Of C Membership President Felix Picklesimer hasJ announced a list of additional memberships to the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce which have come in since last week's list was published in The Herald. The directors are pleased with the fine response the citizens are giving to the membership drive this year. They are anxious for as many firms and individuals to become members as possible in order to have a strong, effective organization. Memberships received since last week are: Herbert Gibson, Mary Cowan, Frank Cowan, F. M. Wil liams, Heden's Barber Shop, Sylva Pharmacy, Sanitary Market, Hotel Carolina, Sylva Electric company, Dr. Grover Wilkes, Mack Ashe, Moody Funeral Home, Howard's Esso Service, Builders Supply and Lumber company, Sylva Hotel, Dr. W. F. Russell, E. O. Mashburn and McNeeley's Store. Sylva Supply Company, Clark's Place, Glenn's Tourist Home, Dixie Home Stores, Redwing Tourist Cabins, Sylva Bus Station and H. E. Monteith. All who have not sent in their merbership are urged to do so at once in order to bring the drive to a close. Since it is impossible for the workers to see everyone in person they do not want anyone to feel slighted, so if you have not been called upon, send in your membership and it will be duly recorded. The Tri-County Mutual Market ing association at Spruce Pine ex pects to begin permanent opera tion June 15. FISHING RULES FOR PARK ANNOUNCED Fishing regulations for streams in the Great Smoky Mountains National park have been an- j nounced, according to park offi cials at Gatlinburg. Artificial bait only is permitted, but plugs and spinners should not have gang hooks. The trout season is open now. j Bass season opens June 16. The I open season will continue through August. Daily Vacation Bible School To Be Conducted At Sylva Baptist Church The Daily Vacation Bible school j of the Baptist church will begin Moftday, June 10, at 9 a.m. This school is for all boys and girls from the ages of three through 17. All boys and girls in Sylva are invited to attend. The school will continue through June 21. A good faculty has been secured j by the ladies of the W.M.S. F.S.A. Employees Attend District Meeting W. T. Brown, Dennis Barkeley, : Miss Martha Bamett and Miss Sue \ Tatham, employees of the Farm j Security Administration in Jack- i son county, will be in Asheville j Thursday and Friday of this week , attending the Farm Security dis-?| irict mteting. JACKSON BOYS AND GIRLS ARE AMONG W.G.T.G. GRADUATES Thirty-Seven Receive Degrees At Graduation Monday Morning Western Carolina commence ment finals were concluded Mon day morning at 10 o'clock when thirty-three candidates for the de gree of bachelor of Science and two bachelor of arts, received their diplomas. The graduation exercises were held in Hoey Auditorium with President H. T. Hunter presiding, and P. L. Elliott, president of Gardner-Webb college giving the J literary address. The candidates for the degree of bachelor of science included: Miss Jo Anne Barrett, Dillsboro; Miss Helen Gertrude Bird, Cullowhee; Charles W'ayne Bradburn, Cullo whee; Miss Christine Breedlove, Glenville; Miss Phyllis Olene Dil lard, Sylva Route 1; Mrs. Hazel Hooper Lewis, Webster; Miss Doris Long, Cullowhee; Miss Alice C. Weaver, Dillsboro; Miss Wynona Arlington, Cullowhee. Ray Allison, Swannanoa; Miss Carolyn Marie Blankenship, Ashe ville; Miss Hattie Dolores Boykin, Fairview; Miss Mozelle Cherry, Belmont; Mrs. Emogene N. Eddins, McFarlan; Miss Elizabeth Evans, Mooresville; Miss Katherine Mae Gillespie, Leicester; Miss Mollie Broadus Godwin, Meysville; Miss ?Continued on Page 4 HUNTERS OPPOSED TO CLOSING DEER SEASON Jackson county sportsmen are 1 opposed to the action of North j Carolina Game and Inland Fish eries in closing the deer hunting i season for Western North Carolina inext season. The department says that this is to be done in order to trap and redistribute the deer. The Sate Wildlife Federation also ' opposes the action and spokesmen say that law enforcement at this time is not strict enough to enforce a closed season. "When a closed season is decreed but is not strictly enforced, game supply is jeopardized by unlawful hunting by violators," Federation officials say. Sylva War Dog Gets Honorable Discharge "Foots," German Police War dog, owned by Harley Stanley of Sylva, received his honorable discharge, along with a certifi cate of faithful service, from the Quartermaster Corps K-9 section U. S. Army on May 27, and ar- | rived in Sylva this week. Foots served for 34 months, most of the time in the South Pacific on scout duty. He was trained and handled most of the time by Mr. Stanley himself, who also served in the South Pacific for 31 months, Mr. Stan- | ley received his discharge four months before his dog was dis charged. Foots is a large, intelligent looking animal, and is said to have rendered valuable service on scout duty against the Japs. Over 200 dogs were working in Foots' section during the war. Fourteen Jackson Men Become 18 In May The following registrants of the county became 18 years of age during May: Jimmy Griffin, Jr., John William Hawkins, Andrew Jackson Wood, Morton Roy Chil viers, John Lee Bentley, Walter Louie Sims, Jimmie Bryson, Charles Edward Hensley, Earl Ce cil Crisp, Buston Lusk, Talmadge Earl Powell, Hardy Dills, Arthur Ray Denton and Turner Huel Stephens. To Get Top Medal FOR REPEUINO attack by a force of 75 Japs, killing 25 of them, during the battle for Okinawa, Beaufort T. Anderson (above), of Beloit, Wise., has been awarded the Congres sional Medal of Honor. He won it in April, 1945, and was notified of the award on May 23, 1?46. Anderson will be presented the decoration by President Truman. (International) SPECIAL CRIMINAL TERM Or JACKSON SUPERIOR COURT Judge Warlick Will Preside Over One Week's Term Opening Monday Judge Wilson Warlick, of New ton, will convene a special term of Jackson County Superior court Monday morning, June 10, for the purpose of hearing criminal cases. The term is scheduled for only one week. Clerk Roy Cowan 'stated this week that a large docket of minor criminal offenses will be tried. There are no serious cases for trial at this time. The Jackson County Jury com mission drew jurors on the l'irst day of April to hear the cases of this court. The 42 men drawn to ^srt i;s jurors ;.re as follows: John N. Reed, Sylva; James H. Bryson, Glenville; John D. Davis, Glenville; J. W. Burnett, Norton; David Cowan, Webster; Miil'ord Jenkins, Cullowhee; Frank Cole, Webster; Preston O'Kelley, Sylva; Bert Franks, Glenville; Solomon Schulman, Sylva; Homer Davis, Sylva; Clarence Lusk, Glenville; Clarence Bumgarner, Glenville; Sam P. Cogdill, Sylva; Jack Has kett, Sylva; Will McConnell, Web ster; Ellis Wiggins, Glenville; Dan Tompkins, Sylva; A. L. Harris, Ar gura; Eugene Parker, Sylva; D. D. Davis, Webster. R. A. Pangle, Dillsboro; Dick Green, Sylva; W. C. Jennings, Glenville; Lyndon Buchanan, Gay; H. G. Beasley, Sylva; Robert Bishop, Sylva; Claude Bryson, Sylva; R. C. Queen, Sylva; Robert D. Holden, Sylva; V. C. Buchanan, Greens Creek; G. C. Crawford. Sylva; Lawson Zachary, Norton; Cicero Cowan, Greens Creek; Perry Parker, Sylva; Frank Buchanan, Sylva; W. L. Enloe, Whittier. Eu gene Lar.ning, Tuckaseigee; Frank Smith, Tuckaseigee; Bryant Hill, Sylva; P. H. Ferguson, Whittier, General Jones, Whittier. SEVENTY-FIVE SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS BOYS ENJOYING VISIT HERE Seventy-five boys between the ages of eight and 16 years, are spending four days at Carolina Hotel here this week. The boys are under the leadership of J. C. Sted fole and W. K. Bannister, and they are from Anderson, S. C. The boys are earners for the Anderson news papers and won their trip on the merit system. The newspapers have sponsored these trips for the past several years, each time coming to Sylva as their outing headquarters. Sylva was chosen because of its head quarters facilities and for the many nearby places of interest for the boys to visit. They arrived Monday at noon and will leave Friday. While here they are enjoying the swimming pool, trips to Cherokee, Glenville Lake, Park, Fish hatch ery and other points of interest. SOSSAMON'S ... in Sylva SMOKY MOUNTAIN ! MUSIC CENTER WILL OPEN NEXT MONDAY Dr. Hucbner To Again Head Music Faculty At Western Carolina The Sin <ky Mountains Music wA\ soon be in session for ? t.- ! )iir;ii summer at Western Car olina Teachers college, it-cording to Dean W. E. Bird. June 10 Music center vlil open with five well-known musicians on its faculty. An integral part of the regular summer t^rm, the Smoky Mountain Music center has for the past several years attracted a large number of mu.-ie lovers from all over the east to Cullowhee. Courses in sight singing and ear training, opera technique for sing ers, directors, and conductors, song repertoire, music therapy, orches tration, ensemble, folk music of the Appalachian Mountains, and late Romantic and Modern Music history will be offered. Dr. Ilse Huebner, director of the Out-of-Door school at Sarasota, Fla., will be director of the Music center again this summer. An Aus (trian by birth and graduate of two i Viennese conservatories, Dr. Hueb \ ner was a former student of Grieg .mil Dwnak. Slit' Is widely known in music circles all over America, her students coming from prac tically every state in the union. | Also on the faculty of the Music I center t.nis summer is Clifford Ed .vin Balr, menpber of the faculty at Salem college and specialist in voice, song repertoire, and opera. His appearances in this country and abroad include leading roles with the Chicago and Detroit Opera companies and performances at the Festpiel Hans and Stadt the atre, Salzburg, Austria. Mr. Bair is the organizer of the Festival Opera group, devised to give young ' singers in this section of >pe c^un ?Continued on page 4 FIRE DEPARTMENT PLANS CELEBRATION .A Fxii th .1. .July celebration .to include a g:*;.-y p;u, grea.-v pole ciimijin^ ci.nie.-t, a balJoon-jump, and a painde of floats was an nounced ve.- .e.'day by C"il..; 1 i?1 ('ampbc j 1, coa f oi the Sylv.i Fire .?;epa. trnert. The program, still in lent>i' .ve lorm, i- al.-o scheduled to include a .ire equipment dem onstration. I j Chief Campbell cautioned, how ? ever, that much co-operation 'would be needed from the local | citizens in order to assure a suc cess in the celebration. All organizations interested in entering a float in the parade are urged to see Mr. Campbell. To Have Assistant Home Demonstration Agent Miss Helen Sossamon of Mid ? land has arrived to begin her du i ties as assistant Home Demonstra 1 tion agent of Jackson county, ac i cording to an announcement by ' Mis.* Josephine Johnston, Home ; Demonstration agent. This is the 'first time that the county has ever had an a.-sistant in this line 'of work but due to the increased I number of clubs in the county it is believed that more service can j be rendered under this set-up. Miss Sossamon is a graduate of Appalachian State Teachers col lege, having completed her train ing there in this year's class. She is enthusiastic .about the field of work in Jackson county. Miss Sossamon is a sister of Boyd Sossamon of Sossamon Fur niture company. Annual Coward Reunion To Be Held Next Sunday All connections of the Nathan Howard family are expected to be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Glenn in Sylva next Sunday, June 9, when the annual reunion will be held. This is the 54th an nual reunion. It is held each rear on the Sunday nearest the birth day of the late Nathan Coward father of Mrs. Glenn and Miss Jane Coward of Sylva. A son-in-law, Will Norton, who has attended all previous reunions, plans to be present this year. Elliott Finals Speaker For Seniors At Ciillowliee * W.C.T.C. SPEAKER P. L. ELLIOTT FUTURE FARMERS SPONSOR CONCERT AT HIGH SCHOOL The Sylva High School Future I Fnrmoi1:*?e>f-Americ!i will sponsor The Friendly Five of Asheville in concert at the high school on Fri day night, June 7, at 8 o'clock. The concert will consist of gospel hymns, spirituals, secular numbers and patriotic songs. The program twill feature Miss, Deanna Joyce Osnell, America's youngest gos | pel singer and Miss Bobby Ann Brock, soprano. This will be a program of enter tainment for the entire family. A 'i-mall admission charge will be 'made. Benefit of the F.F.A. cU'sj. i Hotel Swept By Fire ' t- F:ft:-se\?i\ people are i .mci 2o() injured us a result 01 one ; ,[ Chicago's worst hotel fires in history. / | / 1 Fire, waun 1- >a:d to have >'arted ii: iji i lev. i<a .-}).!: .ind rapidly 1 -prvad ? a, ougn t!.e c-.cl;:. il >unge .aid loony, lei; tin- 1 ?wc.' part <>t Uu? La S.dle hotel charred .. ? * i \ i?H i ?. i t a t' 1 . jak i i Vic l.;nwe; ?? , ,ia ie.? 1 ,'oy ta:'< ? ? ! .va'.ciu ; 1 1. '<> t: eatre-goers. M,.\v ..: v.eai .l ed h. ;n .<? pavNa. ti-in and I'mm ieap.ng ir<m upper .-tories in an ell >rt to c. capt the flames. 57th Commencement Of W.C.T.C. Concluded Last Monday Morning *1 come 111 ]: i k to you about .he i'<igi: ariventu: e of living today .?iiu the elements m vital prepara ! 'U for it." s.od P. Li. Elliott, pres .cient of Gardner-Webb college, who delivered tne literary address before the graduating class of the 7: ii commencement at Western Carolina, Teachers college in Hoey auditorium Monday morning. Recalling the chaotic conditions J7 years ago following World War I with its false evaluations, self i.-hrrrys, immorality, and greed, President Elliott pointed out par allels in this post-war period when a lew vicious and unprincipled men tie up the whole economic process while an impotent govern ment that was able to harness the industry of this country for war and send 11 million men to the ends of the earth to die, sits by powerless to do anything. "There is really no shortage," the speaker declared, "except that of integrity and unselfishness." "Essential needs for the race and individual which religion and edu cation can give," OTe speaker stated, "are faith, courage, and the capacity for suffering." Paying tribute to the 25 young men from the college who paid the supreme sacrifice, Mr. Elliott said, "1 stand here enjoying this price less privilege, the freedom to think and speak, because warm young blood of a million men but re cently stained the jungles of Guad alcanal and New Guinea, the beaches of Salerno, Anzio, Nor mandy, and I wo Jima, and Oki nawa, and the forests and plains of Europe. I am persuaded," he went on to say, "that it is far g'-eater to have bought the privi lege foi another 'than to enjoy the privileges thus bought." In conclusion, Mr. Elliott said, "It all adds up to the fact that the only p-.ii values are human per sonality. intelligence and integrity." The c*uTimencement program be :;an'wiii. the invocation, by founder and President-Emeritus Robert L. Mado-n. H. T. Hunter intro-. ciuci-d Mr. Elliott, who attended Ma..- Hill college. Wake Forest c?.ilege. University of North Car olina. Johns Hopkins university, ?Continued on Page 3 Sylva To Be Host To District Federation Club Meeing On 7th LEGION POST HAS MEMORIAL SERVICE Sylva, with other parts of the nation, observed its first peace time memorial day in five years. The service, sponsored by the Wil liam E. Dillard post, American Le gion, was held at the Ritz Theatre at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morn ing. The stage, decorated with red poppies and United States and North Carolina flags, made an ap propriate setting for the speaker and officers of the Legion, town and county. The service was opened by the audience singing "America." Rev. W. Q. Grigg pronounced the invo cation and Rev. Mark Osborne read the scripture lesson. This was followed by the song "It Singeth Low in the Heart." Dan Tompkins,'master of cere monies, presented Hon. W. K. Mc 1 Lean, of Asheville, veteran of both World War I and World War II, who delivered the memorial ad dress^ The congregation stood in rev erent silence for one minute and taps for the war dead was sounded by Rev. Mark Osborne. The program was concluded by the singing of "America the Beau tiful" and the benediction by Rev. B. S. Hensley, Legion post cftaff lain. The Franklin County Extension service is promoting a drive to stimulate the increased production of home gardens and forage crops. I A District meeting of the North Carolina Federation of Home Dem onstration clubs will be held Fri day at 10:30 o'clock in the Meth odist church, with the club women of Jackson county as hostesses, Miss Josephine Johnston, Home Demonstration agent for the coun ty, has announced. Club members from Haywood, Mi.con, Clay, Cherokee Graham and Swain counties will attend. M rs. Henry Francis of Waynes ville will preside. Included on the program are: Miss Ruth Current, State Home Demonstration agent of North Carolina State college: Mrs. A. W. Pierce, Pikeville, Wayne county, president of the North Carolina Federation of Home Dem onstration clubs; Miss Anna C. Rowe, Western District Home agent. Mrs. Frank Fry of Bryson City is secretary of the District federation. Marie Wagner Serving As Relief Manager At W. U. Miss Marie Wagner, employee of Western Union is serving in the local office as relief manager until Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Moore .return- fram their vacation. Miss Wagner arrived May 26 and will remain for an indefinite length of time. She received her education at Rockwell High school and her training in Western Union work at Rockwell branch office, and Salis bury. She received her manager ship training in Hendersonville and for the past several seasons lias been relieving regular em ployees in this capacity. Miss Wagner is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Wagner.