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VOL. XXI, NO. 18
SYLVA, N. C., Thursday, October 3, 1946
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"Newspapers As A Servant Is Theme Of Newspaper Week
George Luce Arrives To Direct
The Syiva High School Band
New Director Is Well
. Qualified; Says Outlook
Here Is Very Bright
Mr. George E. Luce, and Mrs.
Luce, of Nashville, Tennessee ar
rived in Sylva Friday night to
make their home and to be mem
bers of Sylva High school faculty.
Mr. Luce comes as director of
band for the school and Mrs. Luce
will teach Latin and English. Both
have already begun their work.
Mr. Luce received his A. N. de
gree at Western Kentucky Teach
ers College, Bowling Green, Ky.,
and his M. A. degree from Peabody
Teachers College, Nashville, Ten
nessee. He has also had two years
beyond his M. A. degree in Doc
tronate in Musicology. He has di
rected bands at Henderson and
Pacucah, Ky. and was assistant di
rector of the army band at Camp
Shelby with the 149th Infantry of
the 38th division.
Mr. Luce expressed himself to
a Herald representative as being
very ^optimistic over the outlook
for a good high school band, at
Sylva high school. He stated that
it is possible that concerts of the
more simple pieces will be given
by Christmas and that more ad
vanced concerts will be held by the
close of the school year.
Quite a number of students have
indicated their desire to become
members of the class, Mr. Luce
said. Some already have instru
ments and others can now secuie
instruments in a limited quantity,
he stated.
Mr. Luce said /that it was the
general policy to start child, en in
band music in the 4th and 5th
grades, so that by the time they
reach hi?h school and duiing then
high school years they can perform
as a first class band^ one which
would do justice to the school and
which the community could be
proud.
Mr. Luce received his A. B. de
gree at Western Kentucky Teach
ers College, and her M. A. degree
from Vanderbilt University at
Nashville where she majored in
English.
Dedication Of Double
Springs Church Sunday
Beginning at 10 o'clock Sunday
morning and lasting all day, dedi
cation of the Double Springs
church will be held. This church
replaces the old one which has
been torn down recently. Several
ministers will be present and also
a good choir to lead the singing.
Everyone is invited to come and
bring a "basket dinner and enjoy
an old fashioned picnic dinner at
the noon hour.
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Postal Officer
Gives Rules On
Army Gift Mail
Christmas packages for army
personnel overseas may be mailed
without request slips between Oc
tober 15 and November 15, Maj.
George F. Heinz, postal officer of
the Seventh army, has announced.
That gives relatives and friends
of the GIs a month longer to mail
packages to insure their arrival
overseas by Christmas day than
was the case during the war, Maj.
Heinz stated, due to the great re
duction of soldiers in foreign fields
since the shooting stopped.
Only one package may be mailed
by any one person to any individ
ual overseas in any one week dur
ing the mailing period specified.
The weight limit per package is
70 pounds, and the package may
measure not to exceed 100 inches
in length and girth combined.
For Army personnel sent over
seas shortly befor^- or subsequent
to November 15, packages will be
accepted up to December 10, but
the sender must present a change
of address card from the addressee,
received subsequent to October 30.
and these packages must be
marked "Christmas Parcel." Only
one such parcel will be accepted
from any one individual.
A change from the war years is
noted in the fact that parcels may
be insured or registered, but they
must be securely packed or wrap
pei to be Rccer'pble.
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No liquor, matches, combusti
bles, ammunition, revolvers or
| other firearms may be mailed, and
no perishables.
iSYLVA HURRICANES
TO MEET ANDREWS
HERE OCTOBER 11
After meeting the strong Rob
binsville football squad at Rob
binsville this week, Sylva Hurri
canes will play their next home
game October 11 at 7:30 on the
Mark Watson Field against the
Andrews eleven. The Sylva boys
will have an opportunity to show
their football skill during these
two games as both the opposing
teams are reported to have "what
it takes," but our boys are not let
ting this worry them too much and
expect to hold the Andrews and
Robbinsville teams to a close score
if not a win over them.
The Sylva Fire Department is
the sponsoring organization of the
Andrews-Sylva game on the 11th.
Hines and Newberry Are WOW
Speakers At Meeting Here
Members of the Tuckaseegee
Camp 560 Woodmen of the World
met Monday night at the fraternal
lodge to hear addresses by Nick
Newberry, of Charlotte, State
Manager of W. O. W. and Charles
W. Hines, of Greensboro, Chair
man of the Board of Auditors of
w. o. w.
Mr. Newberry, who was intro
duced by Field Representative
Britton Moore, spoke on the gains
made by Woodcraft in North
Carolina and stated that there are
now more than 25,000 members in
the state.
Hugh Monteith introduced Mr.
Hines who made the principal ad
dress of the evening. Mr. Hines
spoke on Fraternalism and told his
audience "To be the right kind of
citizen a person must have the
proper attitude?a community ' is
good or bad depending on the at
titudes of the people who live in
it. Regardless of what position we
hold we must constantly bear in
mind that we owe duties to our
fellow citizens that we cannot
shirk."
Mr. Hines continued, "It is not
enough to have the right attitude,
but we must put our attitude into
action?we must work?we must
carry our part of the community
responsibility. We must not be
afraid?fear is man's greatest ene
my?to be afraid is to admit fail
ure."
"The time has come when we
must recognize that we are not just
'citizens of our community, but that
' we are citizens of the world. We
must realize that all people are
entitled to engage in the pursuit
of peaceful living and that if we
in America are to be free the rest
, of the world must be free," he
I added. In conclusion Mr. Hines
said, "We must work, hope, and
.pray for a permanent peace?
among nations and peace in the
'hearts of people throughout the
world.
At the present time the member
ship of the local post is 265 mem
bers, a gain of 147 members in the
past nine months. A new drive is
being launched for the next sixty
days, whereby an additional 100
members will be added.
Post 560 has gone on record as
(donating $100 toward the furnish
?Continued on page 4
BROTHER OF WAYNE
TERRELL KILLED IN
MOTORCYCLE UPSET
Funeral services were held at the
Bethel Methodist church Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock for Henry
Charles Terrell, 27, who was killed
Sunday afternoon when the motor
cycle he was riding failed to make
a curve on the Waynesville-Bre
vard highway. The Rev. S. R.
Crockett "and the Rev. V. W. Ben
son. officiated, and burial followed
in the church cemetery.
Terrell served for eight years in
the navy and was discharged nine
months ago. At the time of his
death he was employed by the
Jones Construction company on a
pro.iect at the Champion Paper and
Fiber C.i.
Surviving are the widow; a three
months old daughter; the parents.
Mr. and Mrs. \V. T. Terrell of
Bethel; three sisters, Mrs. S. A.
Masters of Asheville; Mrs. James
Lazenby of Bethel, and Miss Louise
Terrell, student nurse at the Ashe
ville hospital; three brothers, Clif
ton of Bethel, Wayne of Dillsboro
and James of Los Angeles.
MEN'S GLEE CLUB AT
WEST RN CAROLINA TO
BE HEADED BY HOUTS
The music department of West
ern Carolina Teachers college has
appointed the Rev. R. T.'Houts,
Jr., pastor of the Cullowhee Meth
odist church, to direct the college
Men's Glee club and to teach music
theory in the college. Mr. Houts is
a North Carolina native, a gradu
ate of Salem college, Winston-Sa
lem, and taught at Ferrum junior
Ferrum, Va., for one year.
He was pastor of the Bethel com
munity, near Canton for two years,
and has been the local pastor for
one year.
JACKSON MINISTERS
ATTEND CONFERENCE
Rev. W. Q. Grigg of Sylva, Rev.
R. T. Houts of Cullowhee and Rev.
E. A. Fitzgerald are the Methodist
pastors from Jackson county leav
ing Wednesday to attend the an
nual session of Western North
Carolina conference which opens
in Central Methodist church, Ashe
ville, Wednesday evening.
Bishop Clare Purcell of Char
lotte will be the presiding offi
fer. Business sessions, banquet
meetings, addresses and special
programs will be held throughout
the conference, which will close
Monday at noon following the
reading of appointments and a
statement of objectives for the
coming year by Bishop Purcell.
Two public rallies have been
planned to be held at the city audi
torium Saturday and Sunday
evenings. Bishop William T. Wat
kins of LouisviMe, Ky. will be the
speaker Sunday evening. The Sat
urday evening rally will be a spe
cial youth program, with Dr. Roy
L. Smith of Chicago speaking on
"That Young Man, Jesus." At this
time a special program will be
presented by students of the band,
glee club and speech choir of Lee
Edwards High school. A special
feature for Sunday evening will be
a musical program by 75 voices se
lected from the choirs of the Ashe
ville Methodist churches.
Lav a I Hvlvffutvn
Attend \ivt?tinq
At Fontanel Today
Dan Moore, Felix Picklesimer,
Boyd Sossamon of Sylva and Dr.
and Mrs. W. A. Ashbrook of Cullo
whee will attend the Western
North Carolina Associated Com
munity meeting held at Fontana
Dam today.
These meetings, under the di
rection of Percy Ferebee of An
drews, are for the purpose of pro
moting and furthering interests of
Western North Carolina. Resolu
tions have been set up and adopted
in which the group pledge to co
operate with state agencies, for the
economic growth of the section.
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THIS DRAMATIC PHOTO shows one of the survivors of the Newfoundland
plane crash being strapped to the bottom of an Army hclieopter that
landed on planks dropped by a PBY on the marshy ground. The rescue
of the crash victims by 2 helicopters and 3 Catalina flying boats, was
one of the most hazardous but successful operations of its kind to be
undertaken in history. Official U. S. Army photo. (International)
Three Murder Cases On Next
Week's Superior (hurt Docket
Judge Nettles To Preside
At October Term Of
Jackson Superior Court
The Octobcr term of Jackson,
Superior court will convene next
Monday, October Tlh, with Jud^e
Zcb V. Nettkv-vor A.src^l-'e, p . -
siding. A switch has been made ir.
the presiding judge, L :i::sL beir;^
announced that Frank M. Arm
strong of Tryon would be here, but
he is being sent to another county.
R?>y Cowan, Clerl; oi Jackson
Superior court, has announced that
the trial docket contains over 50
cases, including three murder and
one manslaughter case. Those
jcharged with murder are Corsey
Brown, for the murder o! Kuias
,Hoxit. Hoxit was killed last June
9th. Cecil Lovedahl, charged with
I the murder of Cecil Shuler on Au
gust 22, and Paul Dorsey, negro,
for the fatal clubbing of Bill Jor
|don on September 15th.
The case of Frank Conner,
charged with rape of a 12-year-old
girl is also scheduled for trial.
Numerous cases involving vio
lation of prohibition laws, driving
drunk, wreckless driving, carrying
concealed weapons and assaults,
will be tried Mr. Cowan stated.
This is a two weeks term and
the following men have been se
lected as jurors:
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|A BUSINESS association has bios
jsomed into romance and secretary
Ethel Evans will marry her boss,
Sen. Elbert D. Thomas, 63, CD
Utah), on Nov: 6 in Salt Lake City.
The ceremony will take place in
the temple of the Latter Day Saints
(Mormon) Church, of which both
are members. (International)
Miss Margaret Wilson has re
turned to Oak Ridge, Tenn. after
spending two weeks with her
mother, Mrs. T. O. Wilson.
GURLEY HAS LIGHTS
READY FOR GAME
SATURDAY NIGHT
I CULLO\ VHEK?.1 -? d e r "the .-u
i :>i.in <\ N. H. Cu/iey, college
c.i^ir.cir. work is nearing comple
'..?n -in iin411?l; facilities !'?.r ti e
Western Carolina Teacher* College
::!hle1;c !icl:i, and the first home
? j:'." S 1 iv v.ii! i ?< ?
iji.i} . ' ii . it. Tne. e a iil -be t uiit
pole-. '2 Wi'h eigiil 1 ">?'??)
watt ii.ui:ts t'.t f >r <i total ? >!
96,000 watts. Electricity will I?o
taken 1;' in the college p >wer plant
which is supplemented by the .\an
tai >a!a I'owe: and Light ('??. The
; work is being d'-ne completely by
I college employees with materials
! purchased from Mill-Power Sup
ply Co. of Raleigh.
In conjunction with lighting fa
cilities, temporary bleachers to
'seat approximately 2,000 persons
iare being constructed. With com
pletion of work this week, all of
the major athletic events at Cullo
whee will'be at night.
ACTING COMMITTEES
FOR SCHOOL BAND
FUND ANNOUNCED
Acting committees have been
announced for the Jackson county
i band fund and include an over all
committee, which has been broken
down into sub-groups.
Mrs. Grover Wilkes has been
named chairman of the over all
group and other members include:
T. W. Ashe, Mrs. Paul Ellis, W. H.
Crawford, Adam Moses, Dr. Harold
McGuire. Lawrence Reed and Mrs.
Dan K. Moore, secretary.
The finance committee includes:
Dr. R. W. Kirchberg, chairman, J.
P. Stovall, R. U.- Sutton, Harry
Ferguson, Charlie Reed and W. H.
Fisher, treasurer.
At the present time about twen
ty-five instruments have been se
cured for the band.
SYLVA PTA TO MEET
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
The Sylva Parent Teachers As
sociation will meet Tuesday, Oc
tober 8, at 3 o'clock in the Sylva
' Elementary school, according to an
announcement by Mrs. W. L. Jones,
| president of the organization.
Webster P.T.A. To Meet
The Webster Parent-Teachers
association will meet Tuesday, Oc
tober 8, at 2:30, at the school build
ling, at which time the subject
I "Safety" will be discussed.
SOSSAMON S ... in Sylva
~7T Free Press Is Voice Of
Freedom9 Guardian of Victory
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The Herald was represented at
the monthly meeting of the West
ern North Carolina Weekly press
meeting at the S & W Cafeteria in
Asheville Saturday night by .J. A.
Gray,, editor, Mrs. Gray, County
Farm Agent M. L. Snipes, and
County Home Agent, Miss Jose
phine Johnston.
D. W. Bennett, farm demonstra
tion agent for Henderson county,
spoke to members of the Western
North Carolina Press association at
ti'.eir monthly meeting in S and W
cafeteria last night on how they
might improve their service to
rural subscribers.
Mr. Bennett was presented by
Noah Holloweil, publisher of The
Western Carolina Tribune, Hen
dersonville. Miss Addie Mae Cooke,
president, of Murphy, presided and
several county agents from this
area were guests.
Mr. Bennett said he fell that edi
tor.* could make their papers more
useful to rural people by learning
what county agents were doing. He
expressed the opinion that weekly
newspapers were more intensively
read taan any other publications.
(Continued on page 2)
HIGHLANDS CHURCH
HOST TO WNC BAPTIST
PASTORS CONFERENCE
Tne Highlands Baptist church
will be host to the Western North
C. ruli.ia Eapti>t Pastors Confer
ence '>n October 7. The theme Toi*
?he day is "The Pastor Minister
ing." a part of the yearly theme,
"Tiie Preacher and His Mission."
Tiie meeting, which i* scheduled
to convene at 10:30 a. m. will he
opened with the devotional by Rev.
R. F. Reed of Highlands. J. Alton
Morris <u Murphy w.ll address the
group on "In Visiting and Coun
selling With the Sick," and Rev.
R. L. Smith of Haycsville will
speak on "In Personal Coun.vel
ling."
Rev. Haddaway of Glenville will
bring the days message and lunch
will be served at 12:30.
I
j The afternoon's conference will
include the devotional by Rev. H.
IE. Marchbanks of Highlands and
j the reports of the committees. Dr.
; Thomas N. Carter of Highlands
wiU speak on "In Dealing With the
Divorce Problem," and the mes
sage will be brought by Rev. L. G.
Elliott of Waynesville.
Mrs. Philip Stovall and son,
Jimmy, spent the week-end in
Franklin with her sister, Mrs.
Chester Harris and Mr. Harris.
Community Demonstration
Farm UnitsSet-UpByCommitee
The County farm demonstration
committee met in Sylva on Sep
tember 28th to select communities
in Jackson County in which a long
time extension farm program will
be set up.
The following communities were
selected by the committee:
Sylva?To have one Unit demon
stration farm.
Webster?To have two Unit
demonstration farms.
Canada?To have two Unit dem
onstration farms.
Glenville?To have two Unit
demonstration farms.
Cashiers?To have two Unit
demonstration farms.
Cullowhee?To have two Unit
j
I demonstration farms.
i Caney Fork?To have two Unit
i demonstration farms.
Tuckaseigee?To have one Unit
demonstration farm.
East La Porte?To have one Unit
demonstration - farm.
Willets?To have one Unit dem
onstration farm.
Balsam?To have one Unit dem
onstration farm.
Addie?To have one Unit dem
onstration farm.
Barkers Creek?To have one
Unit demonstration farm.
Qualla?To have one Unit dem
onstration farm.
There will be community meet
ings held in each of these commu
nities and the people present will
be asked to nominate 3 or 4 farm
families to be considered in select
ing the one of two long time farms
to be set up in the community.
We now have many farmers in
the County who are cooperating
with the Extension Service in a
demonstration program of Farm
Management to control erosion.
These farmers are following a crop
rotation by growing grasses and
legumes for soil improvement.
Phosphate is made available for
these farms by the Tennessee Val
ley Authority which is used oil
these grasses, legumes and pas
ture.
The results of this program have
been so good as reported by the
demonstration farmers that we
have been working to extend this
tc other farmers.
We want to urge all the farm
men and women to go to these
meetings to be held in their re*
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Championing Welfare
Of Community Is
Traditional With
Weekly Newspapers
The week of October 1 to 8 is
>r.own us National newspaper
week which has for its purpose to
bring clearly before the people just
what the local weekly and daily
newspapers mean to the commu
nity.
This year's newspaper week has
as its slogao "A Free Press?Voice
of Freedom, Guardian ol' Victory,"
and as its theme, "The Newspaper
as a Public Servant."
Freedom of the press is still a
historic issue for winning the
peace, and newspapers put to work
this cherished constitutional right
of freedom of the press when they
champion the public's interest irv
home town communities, whether
the community be large or small.
The newspapers of the nation
played a big part in winning the
war and are taking their place in
the fight for a permanent peace
and lasting victory since V-J Day.
Newspaper sponsored drives col
lected scrap metal, waste paper
and fats, publicized the seven great
t war loan drives and many other
I vital projects during tlie war.
I Less spectacular than this war
record, but. perhap.- more mean
ingful to the average newspaper
reader is the role of the newspaper
as a public servant devoted to the
I interest ?>i' the public in home-town
communities.
The Sylva Herald joins in cele
bration of Newspaper week by
j bunging it to the notice of the
[Various clubs and in our schools,
along with news stories and edi
torials during this week and the
weeks to follow.
Here are some of the public
service activities your Herald and
the other papers are engaged in:
Farm Agent, Home Agent and 4-H
Club activities, Re>1 Cross drives;,
Christmas Seals, Veterans' prob
lems, aid for needy families, civic
a n d community improvements,
school activities, libraries, highway
and public safety, famine relief*,
soil conservation, fire prevention,
better roads and highways, church
activities, club projects, and many
other drives and promotions that
affect the daily lives of our citi
zens. In addition to this many
items of local news events, society
happenings, features and editorials
are chronicled each week? ?
Your local newspaper is truly a
mirror of your community. The
better the paper the better the
image reflected before our own
people and the strangers who pass
this way.