AMERICA First, Last and Always The Syl Hera The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. VOL. XXI, NO. 18 SYLVA, N. C., Thursday, October 3, 1946 $2.00 A Year?5c Copy "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. r 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. % ^ 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. ^triifi~~Snrt'irars^i o if vliMtpjfffiF* ?& $ . j** v 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: ?Continued on page 2 |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 ! 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 Thv MV'i'/i/f/ I'rt'SM 3t0?mbrrs I I far IP. W. tlvnnvtt 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 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.