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VOL. XXI, NO. 17
SYLVA, N. C., Thursday, Sept. 26, 1946
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fisher Announces Plan
for Returning Remains
Of American War Dead
A. J. Dills Will Assist 1
Relatives In Preparing
Communications
Details for the program for re
patriation of American war dead
of World War II were made pub
lic this week by Commander Joe
Clyde Fisher of V.F.W. Pest 8060,
who said the information was
given to the Veterans of Foreign
Wars by the Quartermaster Gen
eral of the Army, who is in charge
of the task.
Return to the country of the
bodies of approximately 300,000
servicemen ar^d civilians in gov
ernment service who were killed
overseas and now lie in the ceme
teries abroad was authorized re
cently by Congress. 'The gigantic
repatriation prpgram will be car
ried out for all branches of mili
tary service by the Quartermaster
Corps.
A. J. Dills of the local Red Cross
will be glad to assist relatives of
the war dead in preparing com
munications and filling out forms
for the office of the Quartermas
ter General. Anyone having a son
to be brought back and who has
changed their address is requested
to notify Mr. Dills at once.
In the program as explained by
Commander Fisher, next of kin of
each fallen hero will be asked by
the Quartermaster Corps if they
want the remains of their loved
ones to be returned to the United
States. The Quartermaster Corps,
he said, expects to send out let
ters to next of kin in the near fu
ture to determine their wishes.
"The relatives concerned will be
given four options," Fisher ex
plained. "They will be asked to
select one of the four options,
which are as follows: (1) to have
the remains interred in a perma
nent United States military
cemetery overseas; (2) to have
the remains returned to the United
States for burial in a private ceme
tery; (3} to have the remains re
turned to the United States for
final burial in a national ceme
tery; (4) to have the remains sent
to a foreign country, the home
land of the deceased, for inter
mert in a private cemetery.
4,When the next of kin request
burial in a national cemetery or in
a Uniied States military ceme
tery overseas, the War Depart
ment will pay all expenses. If in
terment in a private cemetery in
the United States or overseas is re
quested, the government will pay
transportation costs to the city or
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We are entering the season 'of
lowered milk production but not
the season of lowered milk con
sumption. Therefore, fall and win
ter feeding should not face a slump,
says Dr. W. M. Roberts of State
College.
SYLVA OPA OFFICE
WILL BE MOVED TO
ASHEVILLE ON 27TH
Edwin Allison, price board su
perintendent, has announced that
the local OPA offices will be liqui
dated and moved to Asheville on
September 27. All price business
heretofore handled at this office
will be transacted through the
Asheville Area Price Control
Board, located at the Buncombe
county courthouse, and all ration
ing .business will be handled!
! through the Raleigh District office, j
at the Capital Club building in
Raleigh.
The OPA board opened in Jan
luary 1942, headed by W. R. Enloe
| as chairman and M. B. Cannon, H. j
t E. Ferguson, members of the
'board. In 1942, Mr. Enloe entered
service and was replaced as chair
! man of the board by Dan M. Alli
son.
| In January 1946 the Sylva Area
| Board was organized, taking over
i the work of Jackson, Macon and
Swain counties and has operated
as such until the present time.
Approximately 75 volunteer
workers have been connected with
the board since the opening in
such positions as panel members,
price panel assistants and other
offices.
Clerks who have served include:
Edwin Allison, Irene Bradley,
Mildred Cowan, Eloise Picklesimer,
Leonard Allen, Olive Wilson,
Elizabeth Ryan, Katherine Gunter
and Dan Tompkins.
The present Price Control Panel
is made up of H. E. Monteith,
chairman, A. D. Parker, Chester
i Scott, H. J. Landis and Roy Alli
ison; and the present personnel in
| eludes Mrs. Irene Bradley, Mrs.
Olive Wilson and Edwin Allison.
ENKA SEEKS PERMIT
TO BUILD HUGE
PLANT IN TENN.
American Enka Corporation of
ficials were scheduled to meet
with federal authorities in Wash
ington Tuesday afternoon in an ef
fort to obtain Civilian Production
administration clearance for con
struction of a proposed $20,000,000
synthetic yarn plant at Morris
town, Tennessee.
Those sitting in on the confer
ence were Enka officials, Senators
McKellar and Stewart of Tennes
see, OPA Administrator John D.
Small, and others. ?
Cherokee Indian Fair To Be
Staged October 1st, Thru 8th
The 29th annual Cherokee In
dian Fair will be staged at Chero
kee beginning October 1 and con
tinuing through October 5. This is
the first year the fair has been
held since the war began and such
events were discontinued for Na
tional security. The Fair Associa
tion has made plans to make this
year's event one of the best yet
held.
The fair has grown in 29 years
from a small community exhibit |
to one comparable to a District ag- !
ricultural fair. The agricultural!
displays now occupy a large fair I
exhibit hall recently built in the
fair grounds.
A great variety of handicraft
work, such as baskets, pottery,,
beadwork, bows and arrows and |
hand-woven articles, will be on !
display. Visitors may see many of j
them being actually made.
A good show within itself is the
women's department. The various j
women's and girl's clubs will have
exhibits of their work, as well as
displays by individuals.
The native games and sport j
events put on by the Indians dur- i
ir.g the fair are free attractions for \
visitors. This feature is one that
distinguishes the Cherokee Indian
Fair and puts it in a class of
"something different."
And of course there is the mid
way or carnival on the grounds to
furnish rides, show amusements,
and other attractions.
Reeves Gives Prizes
At Square Dances
Mr. Dave Reeves, plumbing con
tractor on the G. I. housing units
at Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege, has been giving some nice
prices to members and groups at
the American Legion sponsored
square dances held each Tuesday
night. This week he gave several
pairs of Nylon hose, six steak din
ners, Stetson hat and $35.00 in
cash. Next week will be Mr.
Reeves last week here and he plans
to give a $50 cash prize. He has
been doing this to stimulate in
terest in attendance and to help
swell the fund for the proposed
memorial building to be erected by
the Legion.
CIO-NMU And Shipowners Confer In New York City
ALTHOUGH EARLY REPORTS INDICATED that the CIO-National Maritime Union and the shipowners were close
to a solution of the CIO maritime strike, this picture (top) was taken just before Joseph Curran, head of the
NMU and co-chairman of the negotiating unit of the Committee for Maritime Unity, led his colleagu- out of a
conference in New York with Frank J. Taylor, spokesman for the East and Gulf shipowners. At he: ? ? f table
?re (1. to r.): Frank J.Taylor; Fred R. Livingston, Federal Conciliator and Joseph Curran. In bou > to
AFL longshoremen are shown operating cranes back anc- forth through CIO-National Maritime Union t
lines at pier 97 in New York. No serious clashes were reported as picket lines grew. (lnu. ')
Western Carolina Catamounts
Held To 6-6 Tie By High Point
Citizen* is in//
Early Train
The citizens along the Murphy
division of the Southern appear to
have received the change in sched
ule of Train No. 18 very well. Lo
cal agent Herbert Gibson said that
a number of passsengers were on
Sunday morning going through to
Winston, Raleigh and other East
ern points. Before the change was
made, which began on Sunday,
this train did not make direct
eastern and southern connections.
Mail going out of Sylva for the
east and south now leaves at 8:30
and is transferred direct at Ashe
ville. The 7:30 a. m. mail car con
tinues to operate. It is expected
that a change will be made in this
schedule since it runs so near the
train schedule.
The eastbound train now leaves
Sylva at 8:30 a. m. reaching Ashe
ville at 10:30 instead of 1:10 as
previously. It connects with No. 22
going east and No. 28 going south.
The westbound train leaves
Asheville at 10:15 a. m. 15 minutes
later than before, reaching Sylva
at 12:15 as usual.
ROTARIANS HEAR ASHE
ON TAX MATTERS
County Finance Commissioner T.
W. Ashe was the principal speaker
at the meeting of the Sylva Rotary
club Tuesday evening. Mr. Ashe
explained the purpose of taxation,
the amount of money necessary to
carry on the functions of Jackson
county and how the funds are
raised and allocated.
President William E. Ensor an
nounced that the hour for meeting
will be moved up to 6:30 next week
in -keeping with the usual custom
of changing the first week in Oc
tober. The club has been meeting
at 7:00 o'clock each Tuesday eve
ning, and will now meet half hour
earlier.
A number of visiting Rotarians
from the Clearwater, Fla. club
were introduced by Mayor Her
bert Gibson.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Ariail have
returned from Charlotte, where
they spent a few days as guests
of Dr. and Mrs. Hunter B. Blakely
of Queens College.
SOSSAMON'S ... in Sylva
' The Catamounts were tied in the
third quarter of last Friday's game
at High Point, when McDonald.
150-pound quarter back, ran 03
yards for a touchdown. The CM.
I were completely in charge of the
[game at all times with the ex
ception of this one run. The Panth
ers were unable to crack the line
of Cats at any time. They regis
tered only one first down to eight
! for the Cats and were never in
i scoring position except the "lucky"
| long dash from deep in the High
? Point territory.
The Cats received the kick-off
to start the game and Henry of
Waynesville returned it to the Cats
40. The Cats kicked on third down
and gained 15 yards on exchange
of punts. Late in the first quarter
Tipton of High Point attempted to
punt out from his own 7 yard line,
and got off a weak kick, due to
the hard charging tackles and
guards of the Cats, going only 9
yards to the 16. The Cats took over
at this point and Yount scored on
a reverse of 11 yards go.ng over
i standing up. The rest of the first
! half was piayed in High Point ter
ritory but the Cats failed to reach
pay dirt.
The third quarter opened up
?with Hi.trh P' int in possession
i the U!'- they we.e unable ?
gain, and the Cats took over on a
pass interception. Coach Young's
| Cats fell short of a first down by
two yards ; nd kicked on jourth
down. The kick by Henry was: cie; d
on the Panthers' nine yard line,
j At this point McDonald made his
j long run. This didn't put a damper
jon the spirit ot those Cats; tney
j again marched deep in Panthers'
|territory during the fourth quar
ter, and the game ended with
; Western Carolina in possession of
j the ball on the Panthers' 40 yard
I line.
The Catamouns were rated as
the underdog, and had been picked
by the experts to lose by 20 points,
but the spirit to win and the faith
ful effort of Coach Young in his
practice sessions proved the ex
perts wrong.
Cats meet Tusculum College of
Greenville, Tenn., at Cullowhee on
the 5th of October and some real
football is on the docket. The Cats
are going to give the fans some
real football this year. The sched
ule of the home games for the re
mainder of the football season is
as follows: Tusculum 8 p. m. Oc
tober 5. Hiwassee 8 p. m. October
12. Miiligan 3 p. rn. October 13.
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T/.e c.ti;;er> CuIIowhcc -villi.no i
.'?"'ou!''! prep;;ie ?; j)n cc along the!
rivei lor '.?<? Sylva lire truck to j
got tc, . : ]'? \! . Bart Cope, chief of!
, i
the Sy.v.i v?C',)u!'imeiit. Mr. Cope j
made tn.s .statement on learning
that a building i> now going up on
the river at the only place where
'the truck could get to to pump
| water in case of fire. He says that
1 there is absolutely no other place
:whe.e the truck could reach water
(from the river and unless some
! pli.ee is prepared there will be. no
use to call the department in case
| of fire. The Sylva department is
j always glad to help in fighting
; fires out of town, but that it can
do no good unless water is avail
able. He is in hopes that Cullowhee
citizens will see that another place
I is made available.
MRS 0. B. COWARD
TAKEN BY DEATH
! Funeral services for Mrs. Nora
I
Zachary Coward,who died Friday
morning in a Black Mountain hos
pital, were held Sunday afternoon
at 2 o'clock at the Webster Metho
dist church, with Rev. F. A. Fitz
gerald officiating.
'
Mrs. Coward was the widow of
j the late Q.-car B. Coward of Web
Uter, where she had lived for many
!years. She vas the daughter of the :
| late Dr. and. Mrs. J. M. Zachary of
J
i Cashiers.
*
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs.
Charles E. Englisn of A^heville; one i
'son, Rogers Z. Coward of Webster;
'two step-sons, W. R. Coward of
|New York City and J. O. Coward
! of Jacksonville, Fla.; the following
! sisters, Dr. Daisy Z. McGuire of
Sylva, Mrs. Kitty Stevens of Pen
dleton, S. C., Mrs. Pearl Henion
and Mrs. Lucy Cochran of Can
ton, Mrs. K. E. Bennett of Bryson
City, and Dr. Jessie Moreland of
Highlands, six grandchildren and
a number of nieces and nephews.
Pall bearers were Dr. Kelly
Bennett. Tom Wilson, Dr. H. S.
i McGuire, Wiley Nicholson, Joe
Rhinehart. and N. D. Davis.
Alabama^ State Teachers 8 p. m.
November 2. Appalachian State
Teachers (Home Coming) 8 p. m.
November 9.
Sylva High School has Seven
New Departments This Year
MEDICAL SOCIETY IS
SEEKING LARGE SUM
FOR STATE HOSPITAL
U looks as ii" the 1947 and 1949
general assemblies will be called
on to appropriate quite a large
Him of money to support a "North
Carolina hospital building pro
gram" as set forth in a resolution
adopted by the executive commit
tee of the North Carolina Medical
Society in Raleigh on Saturday.
The society plans to ask for $i0,
000,000 installment at the forth
coming session ol' the general as- |
sembly, and will ask the 1949 ses
sion for a similar amount.
The Medical Society seeks to
have the state program of hos
pital building insure to every per
son the advantages of a hospital or
health center within one to 25
miles. Assurance that every coun
ty will have a hospital or health
center, and additional beds for
m e n t a 1, tubercular, orthopedic,
blind, spastic and other groups.
Hunter On Vacation
{'resident H. T. Hunter of West
ern Carolina Teachers College is
spending a short vacation at pres
ent in Moorehead City. On Octo
ber 4 he will meet with the State
Budget Commission at Raleigh,
ami will return to the campus on
October 7.
In his absence, A. K. Hinds, dean
ot men, is acting president and
acting chairman ol' the executive
committee.
NEW VOTERS MAY
REGISTER IN 0CT08Eii
FOR COMING ELECTION
Klig.ble voters in Jackson coun
ty who have changed precincts
since they last voted, or who have
come of age recently will have the
opportunity to register during Oc-v
tober and vote in the November
general election.
Vo'mg regulations in North
Carolina requires residence in the
state for one year and residence in
the voting precinct for four months
prior to the election. When a per
son changes his residence from ore
[precinct to another, he is required
to transfer his name to the books
at the new precinct.
I Registration books will be open
on three Saturdays, October 12, 19
and 26. November 2 is challenge
day, and the election will be on
November 5.
Veterans will have the oppor
tunity during October registration
days, if they did not do so prior
to the primary election this year,
to check the registration books
i.nd see if they are enrolled on the
correct book.
Very Popular With
22 Members Enrolled
Seven new departments have
been a titled n> me curriculum of
the Sylva High school, according
to an announcement matle this
week by W. H.- Craw lord, prin
cipal oi' the school. They include:
Chemistry, Guy Sutton; Shorthand,
Miss Agnes Henson; General busi
ness, Miss Agnes Henson; Advance
algebra, Miss Doris Long; Latin,
Mrs. George Luce; Glee club, Miss
Alice Weaver, and Art, Mr:;, P. A.
Donnahoe. *
Much interest is being shown in
ihe Glee club, which now has a
total of 22 members. Miss Weaver
stated that tlie club will be ready
to present programs within the
next two or three weeks and that
the members are making their own
choir robes. Students enrolled in
this course are Annie D. Barnes,
Nettie Jean Bradley, Wanda Davis,
iHazel Dillingham, Loris England,
Susie Ensley, Joyce Fisher, Erice
jFrxx, Helen Gutley, Jacquelin
|Holden, Loquita Holden, Oleta
j Howell, Jonetta Mnnteith, Jean
j Moses, Kato Pannell, Betty Pax
j ton, Naitla Seaman, Geneva Shultz,
j:?dith Sims, Mary Cole Stillwell,
j Rachel Ann Sutton, and Eddie Lou
I Terrell. Olfieers for the Glee club
|are: Ercie Foxx, president; Susie
Ensley, vice-president; Eddie Loii
; Terrell, Secretary-treasurer; Mary
!Cole Stillwell and Jean Moses, ac
companists and Kale Pannell, Li
brarian.
i Mrs. Donnahoe, of the art de-*
'partment, stated that elementary
work in pencil drawings has be
gun and when .materials arrive the
students plan to commence char
coal etchings of historical charac
ters and later on will study oil
ypaiiitior; Twelve students are en
oljet' f*' this class: Jimmy Arling
ton, Jack Hipps, Marie Beasley,
Thelrna Bradley, Ila Buchanan,
Bobby Joe Cook, Evelyn Craw
' ford, Eilith Extinc, Jeannette
j Moore, Anna Ruth Nations, Peggy
? Painter and Jackie Robinson.
Lake Fairfield Owner
Visiting In WNC Section
Tatem Wofford of Miami Beach,
Florida, who recently purchased
'the Lake Fairfield property con
isisting of some 6,000 acres from
the E. H. Jennings estate is visit
ing in Western North Carolina with.
| Mrs. Wofford. ?? ^
Immediate npkm? for the devel
opment of the Fairfield property
are underway and the new season
is expected to open around June 1.
The improvements will follow the
early Colonial style of architecture
and will include an 18-hole golf
course, a landing strip for planes
and an outdoor ice-skating rink.
It was announced that Thomas
A. Cox, Jr., of Asheville and for
merly of Cullowhee has been
named as engineer for the prop
erty.
Distrist Women s Clubs Elect
Mrs, T, A, Case
Approximately 125 women of the
First District of the North Carolina
Federation of Women's Clubs met
at Cullowhee Saturday to hear ad
dresses by state officers of the
Federation and to elect Mrs. T. A.
C;jse of Murphy, president of the
Fir:-.t District, which is made up of
14 clubs, representing nine towns
in Western North Carolina.
Registration for the meeting be
gan "at 0:30 and then the guests
were served coffee by Mrs. M.K.
Hinds and Miss Annie Knotts at
the Student Union building of
Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege. The meeting convened at 10
o'clock with Mrs. Case presiding.
Greetings were thought by: Mrs.
Carl Killian, president of the
Cullowhee club, to which Miss Jean
Cristy of Andrews responded; Miss
Josephftie Johnston, Home Demon
stration clubs; and Mrs. Ruby Bry
son of the Nurses' Association.
Following the reading of the
minutes of the last meeting, Mrs.
Case appointed committees for the
district and gave her annual re
port. Presidents of each club made
their yearly report and Mrs. Stew
New President
art Eroding of Waynesville spoke
briefly on the National Conven
tion held in Chicago.
State Officers Address Group
Mrs. John M. Council, 2nd vice
president of the North Carolina
Fedeiation of Women's clubs, ad
dressed the club women on "Effi
cient Functioning of Districts."
She stressed the importance of
members banding together for mu
tual benefit, and the need to grow
numerically and spiritually. Mrs.
Council also emphasized the need
for efficiency in a complex organi
sation.
Rev. R. T. Houts, Jr., pastor of
the Cullowhee Methodist church,
rendered a vocal solo, "The Hills,"
by Meidlinger. The principal ad
dress of the day was made by Mrs.
Karl Bishopric, president of the
N.C.F.W.C., who told of the work
of the federation, and outlined
plans for the coming year's work,
stressing youth conservation, con
servation of natural resources, and
education and health. Mrs. Bish
opric advocated the cooperation of
international units and the support
of a world wide economic plan. At
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