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AMERICA First, Last and Always The Sylva Herald The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. VOL. XXI, NO. 4 SYLVA, N. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 20, 1946 $1.50 A Year?5c Copy Jackson School Equipment Described As Inadequate In Report By The Grand Jury Recommend Additional 3 Buildings, New Buses, Highway Improvement The Grand Jury of the Superior Court declared in a report last "week that much of the equipment of the county's school set-up was totally inadequate to meet the needs of a modern educational system. The most glaring fault that the jury pointed out is the lack of a high school and leek of access to a high school in Canada town ship. "Although there is a primary State highway traversing the township from Tuckaseigee to the Transylvania county line, it is un surfaced," the report informed. "The precludes either the erection of a high school building in the township or the transportation of the children to a high school else where." The jury's report stated that the deplorable condition of many of the county's roads, particularly during inclement weather, prevents many children from attending school, and "is impeding the educational ,agri agricultural, and industrial growth ! of the county." The Sylva high school was tab- j bed as lacking facilities necessary | to a first-class high school, and | the report cited the need for drinking fountains in the local elementary school. Deficiencies were declared ex istent also in schools at Webster, Beta, Willitts, Addie, Dillsboro, Qualla, and Glenville. V The jury recommended the^pur- ' ? chase of ten new btlse*, thorS^/'J examinations for the drivers of all j school buses, the improvement | of roads, the construction of such | equipment as auditoriums and sanitary facilities, and an over- i all plan of school expansion and : improvement. The group recommended that ' plans for a bond issue or some other fund-raising arrangement be made as soon as possible. Colored Boys Now Eligible For Corps Charlotte, N. C.?Doors of Marine Corps recruiting offices, temporarily closed to them dur ing the post-war stabilization period, have been reopened to col ored youth, according to an an nouncement by Marine Corps Headquarters, Washington, D. C. Colored enlistments had been limited to ex-Marines until ap propriations, quotas and other considerations had been settled. Drill fields and classrooms as well as the extensive recreational facilities of Montford Point, part of the Marine Base at Camp Le jeune, are being readied for the Negro 17 to 29-year-olds who en list from the Southeast. Qualifications and other infor mation may be obtained at all Ma rine Corps recruiting offices in cluding the station at Asheville, for any colored youths who may wish to enlist. FRANCHISE REFUSED TOTRUCK CONCERN At a meeting last Thursday evening in the Community House a group of Sylva citizens includ ing business and professional men voted almost unanimously against awarding a franchise to the Blue Ridge Trucking Company on the grounds that the present line serving this territory is sufficient. The group, under the chairman ship of Felix Picklesimer, presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce, was informed that it would- be possible for a hosiery mill to be located in Sylva, but the organ ization is asking the town to sub mit 20,000 dollars, to be paid back over a set period. After deliberating, the group de cided to contact the hosiery mill before making any commitments, and resolved to encourage as many of the better plants as possible to establish branch factories in the vicinity of Sylva. T~ Other mills mentioned were the Huffman Mills of Morganton, and the the Glen Raven Knitting Mills. of Altamahaw. ^ Tommy G. Fisher Receives Naval Discharge Tommy G. Fisher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Fisher, arrived home last Thursday, having received his discharge after 35 months service with the U. S. Navy. He served [for some time in the Mediterranean 'ilteati?%later going to the Aleutians for^ajDeriod of service. In October. 1945, while sta tioned in California, he suffered a broken leg in a motorcycle acci dent and spent the time since then i in naval hospitals. He has re I covered sufficiently to have the 1 steel brace removed and be given i a medical discharge. At the time of his discharge he I had the rating oi Coxswain. He 1 plans to return to school this fall. CLINIC OPERATES ON FORTY YOUNGSTERS Nearly forty Jackson children underwent operations on Tuesday ana Wednesday at the county's annual Tonsil and Adenoid Clinic at the Sylva high school. Dr. J. R. McCracken, Waynes ville surgeon, was assisted by Dr. Tom Stringfield, Waynesville anesthetist. Dr. Mary Michal, Mrs. J. R. McCracken, district nurse, Mrs. Doris Hix, Swain, Mrs. Jessie Lollis, Transylvania, and Mrs. Ruby Bryson and Mrs. Fannie Sell, both of Haywood. The Parent-Teachers Associa tion kept the group of children supplied with books and magazines and nightly rounds of coffee. An ice-box obtained through Boyd Sosamon was used by the medics for the storage of supplies. Home Economist Will Hold Demonstration At School "Food production and food pre servation is an important part of building the peace. Victory gar deners and home canners are called on to remobilize at once to help in the .campaign to increase food supplies at home and fight famine overseas" says Miss Margaret Mur phy, well-known Home Economist who will lecture and demonstrate home canning at Sylva school cafeteria on June 28 at 2:00 P.M. The meeting is being arranged by Miss Martha Bamett, Associate FSA Supervisor, and Miss Jose phine Johnston, Jackson County Home Demonstration Agent and is open to all interested homemakers. Miss Murphy is a graduate of Iowa State College at Ames where she received her B.S. Degree in Home Economics and for several years has been a staff member of the Educational Department of the Kerr Mason Jar Company. She has devoted years to the study of food preservation and making easier the daily tasks of home makers who are .striving to serve well-balanced and appetizing meals to their families. *** In addition to her scientific knowledge, Miss Murphy has a very practical knowledge of the purposes, methods and procedures in home canning. All methods of canning will be demonstrated or discussed and no homemaker who struggles with the problem of serving weii-balanced meals or who is planning to can the surplus from her garden can afford to miss this opportunity to gain pointers that will be helpful the year around. STEVENS SPEAKS AT WILDLIFE MEETING The Wildlife Club of Jackson county held its first dinner meet ing Tuesday night at the Fairfield Inn and heard Ross Stevens, exe cutive secretary of Wildlife Clubs in the State, sound the need for changes in the conservation and development system in North Car olina. Mr. Stevens, who was introduced by club president, C. F. Dodson, stated that the conservation and development of fish and game has become a pcliical fooball and that it is the system that is wrong, not the individual." The speaker add ed that it is the purpose of the Wildlife Clubs to do something about it. A committer was sent to study the fish and game situation in o:ner stales a few years ago, and they perceived two major faults in the North Carolina Stevens informed the group, irst, the fifteen-man committee that administers the Department of Conservaion and Development has little or no interest in wildlife resources; they vote on game and iijh laws without proper knowl edge, Stevens said. The second fault, he continued, is the four year political turnover. The speak er cited the case of a program that was stranded several years ago because it was slated by the pre ceding administration." Mr. Stevens said that legislation that has been set up by the Wild Oj\ ;vould divide the State into nine se'enions with one man in each section. Each man on the board would have to be a hunter or fisherman. The program would be made self-supporting, through license fees, and would need no financial aid lrom the general tax payer. In order to defeat the evil of political turnover, the speaker added that a ruling to retain at least live experienced men on the pi oposed nine-man committee would enable the group to continue programs of conservation and de velopment more easily. "We can get this thing through," he stated, "your club and all the other clubs of the State. I am confident." Approximately one hundred members and guests were present and heard brief talks by C F Dodson, T. N. Massey, John Mc Devitt, Mike Jennings, and Dan Tompkins. Two films on fishing were shown to the group after the speeches. District Deputy Grand Master To Visit Dillsboro Lodge Gordon Moore of Franklin, Dis trict Deputy Grand Master of the 42nd district of the Masonic Lodge will be guest of the Dillsboro' Lodge Thursday evening, June 20, at 8 o'clock at their regular meet ing in the Masonic hall. This is Mr. Moore's first official visit to the Dillsboro lodge since being elected as district deputy grand master last April. The lodge is giving the entire time of the meeting to Mr. Moore, who will lecture and discuss mat ters pertaining to the work of the lodge. All Masons are especially urged to be present at this time. Florists Return From Convention In Chicago Mrs. Lucille Painter, Miss Sue Hooper, and Mrs. Ralph Dills re turned last Sunday from Chicago, where they attended the first na tional meeting of the Telegraph Delivery Service. Mrs. Painter and Mrs. Dills were students at a flower design school, and the group visited exhibits, made a sightseeing tour, and at tended two dances held during the week. SOSSAMON'S ... in Sylva White and Schreiber At Music Center Alfred M. White, left, specialist in piano at the Smoky Moun tains Music. Center this summer, has recently been discharged frcm the navy. He was graduated from Furman andTh?as done graduate work at the University of North Carolina and at the Julliard School of Music under James Frisbin. Nelson O. Schrei ber, right, recently discharged from the Army Air Forces, is a specialist in violin and band music for the Center. He holds an M. A. degree from Columbia and was made a member of the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra this year. \ Highway Fund Is Adequate To Finance Road Program Petroleum Committee * Executive Says Available Funds Will Meet All Possible Needs If Used Exclusively For Roads Members of the Jackson county Petroleum Industries Committee I and other interested citizens held a dinner meeting Monday at the Jarrett Springs Hotel to discuss the development of secondary roads in the county. J. C. Cannon, chairman of the local unit presided and introduced the speaker, S. Gilmer Sparger, | Executive Secretary of the North | Carolina Petroleum Industries 'Committee who stated that avail able highway revenues are ade iquate to finance the state's most i ambitious road building program | over the next three year period.. | Using- charts to illustrate his subject, he showed that only 84.8 of Jackson county's roads are all weather roads. Mr. Sparger furth er declared, "with the highway iund surplus already available and current gasoline tax revenues ex - i ceeding all previous estimates I North Carolina's road systems can be improved and expanded. The only thing is to make sure by lecessa^y legislation that these revenues are spent exclusively for road construction and maintenance. To do otherwise would be a breach of trust with the motorist who pay taxes annually for this purpose." $100,000,000 Available For Road Construction And Maintenance Basing his figured on reports from the State Highway and Pub lic Works Commission ani the U. S. Public Roads Administration, he said that more than $100,000,000 would be available for road con struction and maintenance over the next three year period, the major portion of this amount to come from the 6 cents per gallon road tax on gasoline. The fund i would also be supplemented by motor vehicle fees and Federal Aid. "From these figures it is obvious that North Carolina can as soon ! as equipment and trained per sonnel are available embark on a sound highway program with the assurance that the highway de-! partment is able to finance a com- ! pletely adequate road system, and without any increase in the present rate of gasoline taxation." Stating that it was squarely up to the oilmen of the section to en list the aid of all interested people, he concluded with the statement that the condition of secondary roads must be improved now. The local committee went on record in favor of repeal of sub section whereas funds derived from the gasoline tax and Motor Registration Fees will be used for the Administration of the Highway fund and not transferred to the General Fund. W. R. Entoe Named New Chair man For The Local Unit Mr. Cannon named W. R. Enloe, recently returned from the Euro pean area, to serve as the new chairman for the local unit. The S. Gilmer Sparger (above), i executive secretary of the i North Carolina Petroleum In ; dustries Committee, stated at i meeting of the Jackson county Petroleum Industrie? Cornrr.it ? 1 tee that highway revenue now available is adequate to fin nance the rt-ite's most ambi | tious road - building program for the next three years. | New Traffic Meter Installed On Dillsboro I Highway The North Carolina State Mid way Commission installed a traffic meter approximately cn the h;<lf way mark of the highway between Sylva ;md Dillsboro, last Monday. These markers which are to be [placed on strategic 'points on the majority of highways in North Carolina will record traffic in or der to determine the amount of travel, particularly during the summer months. The meter is an electrical ap pliance which automatically marks each passing car. At a later date the town of Sylva will place a similar meter on the Ashevilie highway, directly op posite the Mead Corporation. Dillsboro Man Injured In Freak Sawmill Accident Ernest Dills of Dillsboro lost a toe off his left foot last week in a sawmill accident at Dillsboro. Dills was walking along the log track and slipped on a small, piece of wood that was hidden by saw dust, and nearly fell flat on the saw wheel, which was revolving slowly after the power was cut off. He was rushed to Harris Com munity hospital for treatment. Grains saved through the 50 percent reduction order affecting brewers will be used for feed purposes, say Washington officials. nomination was unanimously ac cepted. Members attending the dinner meeting included, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Enloe, Charlie Bumgamer, Sam Cogdill, Ernest Lewis. Howard Al lison, Claude Allison, Art Good son. Dave Cagle, Lewis Bumgarner, Paul Ellis, Gilmer Sparger, Neal Crawford, Carroll Bell, E. J. Leary and M. B. Cannon. Music Center To Present Operatic Work Saturday New Strmv Vote To Be Taken On Sunday Movies Feiix Pickle?imer, president of t.ie J^c.-isen County Chamber Comnjrye, annoixd^d Wedne. day that a new straw ballot would oe taken Saturday, June 22. to deieimine whether the people (if Sylva want Sunday movies. ^ The voting will be held at the Sylva Fire Department. The polls will be open from 7 A.M. until 7 P.M. Persons oi ]G years of age and over living within the city limns will be eligible to vote. It was stipulated, however, that in the interests of a fair flection all ballots must be handed in indivi dually by the person voting. Picklesimer explained that due to exponents and proponents so liciting votes was the reason the other ballots were not counted. The straw ballot was initiated in an effort to give eveiy citizen an opportunity to express his own opinion without pressure from any outsider, ^L'L'"u'c ?-<inipt;jgi)ing rnrr w>te soliciting it was leit that the first ballot was not a Tree i^d true expression of the majority uj ,? v '! inte:e>ted in the issue. Under the new plan, it \vt.s pointed out, theie would be no opportunity inr one person to gath er Lip hundreds < : votes and plavt jt.am personally in the ballot b< \. ! Tho.-e connected with the straw id tr.ey a balloting held for one day a the file de partment?where each voter would I Have to come to get a ballot and thert place it in the box just as in tiie regular elections?would be , the best way ui obtaining thfe' true' .vcntiments ?f the people. j In this way, the results would 'give the S^lva Hoard of Aldermen an opportunity to act in behalf of iiie majority oi tne people, with out prejudice. TWO BADLY CUT IN WEEK-END FRACAS I-ather and Corlnn Hen-It y, both ' i ni!l.-b?';o. ,vere badly cut by ?J in I'angle of Sylva la.-i Saturday -Jteriuii.n near SuttonV, M.ll in fracas that followed a traffic argu ment. Patrolman Charles Lindsay, who made the arrest .stated that the Hensleys had stopped their truck on the road, and Pangle, follow ing was unable to pass for several minutes due to the oncoming traf fic. A fight ensued and the Hen ley brothers incurred serious cuts. They were rushed to Harris Com munity Hospital for treatment. Pangle was taken to the Sylva jail and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Corbin Hensley was discharged from the hospital on Monday, and Luther is still undergoing treat ment. Festival Opera Group To Give Performance Of Mozart's "Figaro" The Smoky . * vjntains Music Center will p; _ lhc. Festival Opera Group ;14 a production of Mozart's opera, "The Marriage of Figaro , in Hoey Auditorium at \\ CTC on Saturday evening at 8:15. The opera, under the direction of Clifford Bair of Winston-Salem, will feature many * singers and technicians prominent in western North Carolina music circles. Miss Jane Frazier of Winston Salem and New York, who has the leading role as Susanna, has sung many feature roles in pro ductions given by the Piedmont Festival, and was the leading ooloratura soprano last season with the New Orleans Opera Company. She has been acclaimed one of the few true coloraturists of the day, Lewis Marsh, baritone, now of Winston-Salem, will sing the role of Figaro. Marsh Was a member of the Opera Comique of Paris, and has had some leading roles in other cities of France and Belgium. He is at present developing live talent shows through the facili ties of radio station WSJS. I The Countess will be "sung be sung by Miss Amelia Cardwell, lyric soprano of Greensboro. She (has worked in Piedmont Festival l music and art production.* for |l"Ur years, and ha.- been prominent j?n opei iitic and oratorio presen ts !ion> throughout tin- State. Tiie role of the Count will be | filled by Ted Bodenhamer of Win U'.on-Suleni, recent returnee from I the armed forces and well known to music lovers in wc>:ern North Cati-lina for hi> work in produc 'v>kv the Mozart Fotival in | Abbeville. Mi>s Elizabeth Dickman, torm erly t>t Florence, S. C\. ; nd now ? ?'"ai'h I'.-r operatic role.-, under iF-:(-t<i.. S;i.ore in New York, will p.?rt of Cherubir.o. Miss DiekiiK.ii has had wide experience as an I'SO trouper overseas. i :?>' altei j'.Me role tor Ciierubino w?ll be executed by Miss'Marie Van Hoy .>i Winston-Salem, who ha. done much solo work in church circle* and the Piedmont F<:-;iv;.l. She is at present choir director at Christ'* Moravian Church in Winston-Salem. A. J. Fletcher, bass of Raleign, organizer, director, and performer in the music group of that city, and Harold Moag, bass, of Greensboro, received recognition for his per formance in the opera. "Bianca". produced by the Euterpe Club, will alternate in the role 6f Doctor Bartolo. m^: The roles of Antonio and Don* Curzo will be sung by Louis Bianco buffo tenor, of Mt. Airy; the role of Barberina by Dora Allcorn and Betty Lou Ball, both of Winston Salem. Singing the part of Basilio will be Clifford Bair, president of the National Association for Opera, ?Continued on page 8 Geoffrey To Head Summer Players At Waynesville Maurice Geoffrey, well-known stage director and designer, will open Waynesville's first summer Theatre in July, Miss S. A. Jones, Secretary of the Waynesville Chamber of Commerce, announced yesterday. The company will be known as the Waynesville Summer Players, and the opening date is Tuesday, July 16. The plays will be pre sented in the Waynesville High School Auditorium through the cooperation of M. H. Bowles, Su perintendent of the Haywood Coun ty Schools. Special scenery and | lighting effects will be installed in the auditorium for the series of productions. Geoffrey is the Director of the Tampa Little Theatre, one of the South's outstanding theatre groups. Released from service last No vember, he served with the Army Air Corps and in addition to his regular duties he was director of the Third Air Force Theatre Guild, a dramatic organization presenting entertainment for mili tary personnel. He was formerly with "The Vagabond King" and the Manhattan Opera Stars Com pany and has spent a number of seasons in dramatic and musical comedy stock before the war. Geoffrey plans a series of out standing plays here with a select ed cast of well-known players The complete reperoire and cast will be announced in the near future., The Players will be sponsored by the Waynesville Chamber of Commerce, in the interest of bet ter summer entertainment. An advisory committee in charge of public relations is composed of: Mrs. T. L. Gwyn, Mrs. J. W. Tay lor, Mrs. Charles E. Ray, Mr*, Ben Colkitt, Mrs. W. F. Swift, Mrs. Jimmy Boyd, Mrs. Roy Campbell, L. E. Sims, Paul Davis, James L, Kilpatrick, C. N. Allen, Paul Mc Elroy (chairman), and J. W. Kfted. Jr. .A';
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