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VOL. XXI, NO. 21
SYLVA, N. C., Thursday, October 24, 1946
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Community fair At Cullowhee
Is Well Attended, Exhibits Fine
Was Interesting
Highlight Of Day
The Cullowhee Community Fair
held on last Friday was well at
tended by the people of the coun
ty interested in better agriculture
for our community.
Large quantities of fresh and
canned fruits and vegetables were
offered for display. These were of
exceptional quality. The antiques
% were varied and numerous. Needle
work hung in great profusion and
was of high quality. A good ex
hibit of cakes, pies, cookies, and
other foods was on hand, but the
i lack of sugar for use in cooking
made the display short of previous |
years.
The baby health contest was
easily the chief center of attrac
tion. Twenty babies were presented
for examination by Dr. Michael,
District Health nurse, and Mrs. Mc
Cracken, district health officer, re
corded the results. Miss Baker,
WCTC nurse, assisted by Mrs. Fish
er, a graduate nurse, acted as hos
tesses.
Awards to babies up to one year
of age were as follows: 1st prize
went to Maurice Bailey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Bailey of Cullo
whee; 2nd prive to Steve Lewis
Brendle, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles L. Brendle of Speedwell;
3rd prize to Brenda Joy Parker,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Parker, of Caney Fork.
Babies from one to four years:
_ 1st prize to Tommy Brown, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brown
of Cullowhee; 2nd prize to Loellen
Gurley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
N. H. Gurley of Cullowhee; 3rd
prize to Thomas Cathey, son of
? Mr. and Mrs. Tyson Cathey.
Two films on forestry were
shown by the Area Forestry office
from Syiva. A large crowd enjoyed
the showing and derived much
good information on forest conser
vation and protection. Mr. Pettit
and Mr. Ward were in charge of
the showing of the pictures. The
film featured the abuse and use
of forest products. Our young peo
ple are beginning to look upon our
forest as a cash crop and are tak
ing more interest in their preser
vation. Our National security large
ly depends upon our forest re
sources.
Due to the rainy weather the
stock show fell far below expecta
tions. This very important phase
* of farm life needs encouragement.
It is hoped that greater desire on
the part of owners of good stock
will subsequently avail themselves
of the opportunity to exhibit beef
f- and dairy cattle, swine, sheep and
poultry.
Below is a list of generous con
tributors:
Belk^ Department Store, Schul
xnan's Department Store, Jackson
Furniture Company, Jackson
County Bank, Hooper's Drug Store,
Farmers Federation, Sylva Phar
macy, Sylva Supply Company,
StovaU's Cafe, Eagle 5 and 10 store,
Sossamon Furniture, Hale's, Sto
vall's 5 and 10 store, Hotel Caro
lina, Blue Ribbon Shoe shop, Park
Lunch room, Bower's store, Ens
ley's store, Tuckaseegee Beauty
SYLVA AND BRYSON
BATTLE TO 7-7 TIE
IN HEATED GAME
The Golden Hurricane?*~were tied
Friday night by a smaller, but
harder fighting Bryson City eleven.
The Bryson touchdown climaxed a
drive which started at mid-field.
On the following kickoff Bill
Cooper, Sylva backfield star and
field general, raced 80 yards un
touched for a touqfrdown. Once the
score was tied neither team proved
strong enough to reach scoring ter
ritory again. The rest of the game
was played on even terms, the only
difference in the teams being the
oversized Sylva line.
The Hurricanes will be host to
Coach C. C. Poindexter and his
Canton Black Bears Friday night.
The last time Sylva came out on
top in a game with Canton was
back in 1937. Canton has a much
better record this year than Sylva;
but if for once the Sylva line will
show the power which it is capable
of, it is an even bet that Canton
will not have a field day.
In all her games this season Syl
va has shown very little offensive
power due to a shortage of back
field stars. A whole week will have
passed since the last game and
Coach Guy Sutton may turn loose
a couple of "darkhorses" against
Canton. Who knows?
WOW OFFICERS ARE
PRESENTED MEDALS
Five pedestal officers of the
Woodmen of the World were pre
medals Monda^Tnight in
recognition of the efficiency with
which they discharged ritualistic
rites of their offices. The presen
tation was made by District Field
Manager Britton Moore in behalf
of Nick Newberry, State Manager
of the W. O. W, Those recognized
for their work were, David Cagle,
Past Consul Commander; Jeff
Hedden, Consul Commander; Ben
ny Reece, Advisory Lieutenant; T.
F. Dillard, Banker; D. L. Robinson,
Escort.
Officials of the organization have
announced that the membership
drive, which will continue through
early December, is making suc
cessful progress. A goal of 100 new
members has been set and one
hundred per cent attendance has
been stressed.
shoppe, Velt's Cafe, Allison Hard
ware, Cogdill Motor Co., Kirk
Davis Chevrolet Co., Mead Corp.,
Builder's Supply & Lumber Co.,
Southern Lumber Co., Sylva Coal
and Lumber Co., Coffee Shop,
Battle's store, Higdon's Drug store,
Postmaster Long, and Western [
Carolina Teachers College faculty
and friends.
Richmond County farmers have
planted more than 1,000 acres of
temporary grazing crops this sea
son, says County Agent N. L. Hen
drix.
The Smoky Mountain District
, Holds Scout Court of Honor
The Smoky Mountain District
Boy Scout Court of Honor was held
Thursday evening, October 10, at
the Cullowhee Methodist church,
Cullowhee. Dean Bird of Cullo
whee presided.
The Tenderfoot candelight in
vestiture ceremony was conducted
by Bill Wall, Scout executive of
Asheville. The following boys from
Sylva were inducted into Scout
ing as Tenderfeet: Franklin Fricks,
E. P. Stillwell, Jr. and Jimmy
Parker.
The rank of second class Scout
was presented to Allen Jones and
Dick Barkley by John Allsup of
Franklin.
?Rerv.'^W."N.~Cook orWebster pre
sented the following Sylva Scouts
with merit badges: Frank Craw
ford, Jr., Animal Industry; Charles
Cope, Animal Industry; Mack
Monteith, Public Health.
Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, Frank
lin, Chairman, Smoky Mountain
District, presented the award of
Star Scout to Lewis Monteith of
Sylva.
Schulman Installs
Modern Shqw Cases
Schulman's Department store
added fourteen new plate glass
and blonde wood Filth Avenue
show cases to the main floor of
the store this "week. They are so
designed as to better display the
[merchandise carried by the store,
i Mr. Schulnnan states that further
| renovation will be made in the near
I future.
American Legion Meeting
Is Set For Friday Night
L. H. Higdon, post commander
of the William E. Dillard, post 104
of the American Legion, has an
nounced that due to the scheduled
Sylva-Canton ball game, the meet
ing will be held at 6:30 p. m., Fri
day, October 25, at the courthouse.
Princettm Sought
A GYPSY fortune, estimated at $2500,
was reported to have vanished with
Princess Patricia Tan, Philadelphia,
Pa., and George Evans, a tribal king
and father of 6 children. Eli Evano,
another Romany king and grand
father of the missing girl, has asked
police to find the pair ? and the
gems and money. (International).
Methodist To
Hold institute
At 'Waynesviile
The Methodist of the Waynes
ville District will hold a Steward
s h i p Institute at Waynesville
Thursday, October 31 from 10:30
a. m. to 4:00 p. m. The meeting will
take place in the First Methodist
church of that city.
The meeting is to be known as,
"Home for the Aged, World Serv
ice, Christian Stewardship Insti
tute, and District Steward's and
Set-up Meeting."
Those who will attend are the
pastors, district and associate lay
leaders, charge lay leaders, dis
trict stewards, chairmen of Chris
tian stewardship committees, dis
trict president and secretary of
Women's Society of Christian
Service, presidents of Woman's So
cieties of Christian Service, and
all interested laymen and Lay
women.
The program is as follows:
10:30 to 11:15 "Home for the
Aged," speaker, the Rev. F. E.
Howard.
11:15 to 12:00 "World Service,"
the Rev. P. W. Townsend, District
Secretary presiding, and speaker,
the Rev. R. G. Tuttle.
12:00 to 12:45 "Christian Stew
ardship," Dan K. Moore, District
Lay Leader, presiding, and speak
er, P. F. Evans, Conference Lay
Leader.
2:00 to 2:30, the Rev. W. B. West
presiding. Report of District Stew
ards, and presentation of financial,
Advocate, Evangelistic, and Meth
odist College Advance goals for
1947.
2:30 to 3:30, Representatives of
Conference Institute will speak.
There will be no evening mass
meeting.
BUCKINGHAM TO BE
SPEAKER AT WILD
LIFE CLUB MEET
RALEIGH, Oct. 21?Nash Buck
ingham, Chairman, Wild Water
fowl Committee of the Outdoor
Writers Association of America,
will be the principal speaker at a
gathering of members of the North
Carolina Wildlife Federation who
will be guests of the Durham Wild
life Club at the Durham Armory
on October 25, it was announced
by Ross O. Stevens, Executive Sec
retary, today.
Nationally known for his work
in conservation of the nation's
wildlife, Mr. Buckingham speaks
from a personal background as
author, lecturer, and sportsman.
He was a four-letter man a{ the
University of Tennessee, followed
that by sports writing, big game
hunting, and a string of adventure
novels.
The North Carolina Wildlife
Federation, devoted to the planned
conservation of the State's wild
life, has affiliated clubs in prac
tically every county in North Car
olina. Mr. P. K. Gravely of Rocky
Mount is State President. Dr. W.
R. Stanford is president of the
Durham organization.
SYLVA LIONS HOST
TO DRYSON CITY AND
FflAMHN (MBS -
Lions and Lionesses of Bryson
City and Franklin were guests of
the Sylva Lions cldb at a dinner
meeting held October 17 at the
Sylva school. Approximately 210
Lions and their ladies were pres
ent for an evening of fun and mer
riment.
Roscoe Poteet, president of the
local club, was master of cere
monies for the occasion. He pre
sented J. A. Bryson, program
^chalrnrLn, who introduced Rev.
Marfc?Osborne of Cullowhee. Mr.
Osborne delighted his audience
with a program of fun and music.
The joint zone meeting will be
come an annual event in the fu
ture with the Bryson City, Frank
lin and Sylva clubs rotating as
hosts to the groups.
FUNERAL RITES HELD
AT WEBSTER FOR
C. ANDREW SORRELLS
Funeral services for Charles
Andrew Sorrells, 26, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert H. Sorrells of Sylva,
who died at a Johnson City, Tenn.,
hospital Tuesday morning will be
held today at the Webster Baptist
church at 2 o'clock. The Rev. W. N. j
Cook will officiate, assisted by
Rev. Forest Blankenship. Burial
will be in the Stillwell cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be P. D.
Jones, Sam Hopkins, Sam McCall,
Will Cheek, L. V. Extine and Fred
Franks. Nieces will be flowerbear
ers.
Moody Funeral home will have
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Sorrells was a veteran of
World War II, and served with
the combat engineers in the Pa
cflic, winning thre# battle stars.
He was wounded in action. Six
weeks ago he was admitted to the
Veterans' hospital in Atlanta, Ga.,
and later transferred to Johnson
City.
He is survived by his parents,
one daughter, Joyce Anne; five
brothers, Jim of Waynesville, Ce
cil of Knoxville, John, Dave, and
Roger, all of Sylva; five sisters,
Mrs. P. D. Jones, Mrs. L. V. Extine
of Sylva, Mrs. Samuel McCall and
Mrs. Will Cheek, of Franklin, and
Mrs. Samuel Hopkins, of Franklin.
Sylva Senior Class To
Have Halloween Carnival
The Sylva senior class will spon
sor a Halloween Carnival at 7 p. m.,
Wednesday, October 30. The Car
nival will feature bingo, cake
walks, a House of Horror and a
Carnival Queen will be selected
from candidates from each class,
who are, Ninth grade, Doris Whit
taker Tenth grade, Clarice May
Hoxit; Eleventh grade, Helen Guf
fey and Twelfth grade, Barbara
Joe Cook. '
Proceeds from the Carnival will
be used for publishing an annual
for the Sylva High school, which 1
will be the first time that the High
school has attempted a publication i
of this kind.
Meadows Stricken
With Heart Attack
Dr. Leon R. Meadows, former
president of Eastern Carolina
Teachers College, and who entered
State Prison a year ago to begin ;
serving a three year term after
conviction on charges of embez
zlement and false pretense, suf
fered a heart attack at the prison ?
Tuesday, officials said.
Meadows was convicted last year
after a lengthy trial of embezzle
ment and false pretense in the
handling of student funds and spe
cial accounts. He entered prison in
September 1945.
Meat Prices Are
Expected To Drop
Meat hungry Americans are
promised some relief this week
end by the meat packers who say
that meat, after doubling former
OPA price ceilings, will drop over
the week-end.
One packer stated that his com- \
pany is prepared to ship choice!
beef to wholesalers at 45 to 46 j
cents per pound. Meat of similar I
grade sold for 62 cents a pound '
wholesale last week..
New Post Office Building For
JiofSH
Honoring The Latt* Uvnvrul Pat ton
WIDOW OP THK FAMED U. S. GENERAL, Mrs. George S. Patton, Jr? stands
beside a plaque, honoring her late husband, at the Church of Out
Saviour in San Gabriel, Calif. A stained glass window commemorating
the general's victories in World War II was dedicated bj Mrs. Patton.
With her are Bishop W. Bertrand Stevens (left), Los Angeles, and
Bishop-elect Stephen C. Clark, of Utah. (International Soundvhotol
Cherry To Speak
At ilrytton Mtally .
Jackson county Democrats plan
to attend a district rally at Bry
son City Thursday night when
Governor R. Gregg Cherry will
address the meeting in the court
house at 7:30 o'clock.
Both Republican and Democrat
party candidates and leaders are
taking advantage of the last two
weeks before the voting on No- i
I
vember 5th to rally their follower* j
by holding district and county |
speaking engagements. Judge Guy ;
Weaver, Republican of Asheville, ]
and Monroe Redden, Demoeia*
Hendersonville, both candidates
for Congress of the 12th District,
have been whipping it up in the
Western part of the state the past
few days.
NEW SECTIOOf
19-23 HIGHWAY TO
BE OPENED SOON
State Highway crews are putting
the finishing touches on the sur
face of the newly located section
of U. S. highway 19 and 23 in East
Sylva. The last application of
crushed stone and asphalt was put
down the first of the week. The
job of rolling down the road into
a perfectly smooth surface is now
being done. Opening of the section,
which intersects highway No. 107
near Kirk-Davis' new garage and
ends with the old highway in
Moody bottom, will probably be
opened to traffic the last oi ihio
week, it has been stated.
Veterans Of Foreign Wars
Reduce Membership Fee
The Frank and Herman Bailey
Post 8060, Veterans of F^reim
War?, met last Friday nifht witn
Commander Joe Clyde Fisher, pre
siding. The membership ice w.s
discussed and reduced from $5 to
S3.
Plans were completed for
V.F.W. basketball team a.'.d sea
son tickets were put on sale. Tick
ets may be obtained from any
member of the club.
Camp Fire Girls To
Have Council Fire Meet
On Thursday evening at 7:30 the
Sylva Camp F;re girls will hold a
Council Fire meeting at the Com
munity House. At this time the
girls will be given honor beads ror
work accomplished in oiflerent
classes. Also the ones who have
completed a sufficient amount of
work will be advanced and given
their Trailseeker's badge. Mrs. J.
E. Buchner, guardian of the group,
will make the presentations. Other
leaders are Mrs. W. H. Crawford
and Mrs. Harry Ferguson. The
camp has about 25 members.
isfiritt Threaten#
\$?ir foal Strike
John L. Lewis has threatened to
pull his 40,000 soft coal miners out
of the pits November 1 in a strike
against the government operated
mines. This is 20 days earlier than
the deadline first set by Lewis.
Lewis says the strike will be called
if the Government iails to agree
promptly on new wage demands
and o Lifer issues. '
Charging that the Government
had breached its contract with the
Union, Lewis called Tuesday for
a confcrence on November 1 to re
open wages and most other issues.
The walkout had first been set for
November 20.
Mrs. Cansas Shulcr
Buried At Norman
Cemetery Wednesday
Funeral services were co*.duetto
Wednesday afte * n ;:4 J o'cl -c ?
at the Ochre 1 1! ii.ipti>t c.iu. r
for Mrs. Cans s S.iu'.j \ wh !
died October I" u: :.iv >. tnt j
Washington Churi i e^T.rr.ur.ity !
near Pelzer, S. C. The Rev. L. H.
Crawford officiated and burial fol
lowed In the No:;n;,r. cemetery.
Mr. . Shuler, who observed her
85th birthday on October 5, was
a native of the Cane Creek sec
tion oi Jackson County. She was
the widow of the late J. T. Shular,
who preceded her in death in,19411.
Mrs. Shuler moved to South Caro
lina four years ago and b*en'
an invalid for the past three y^ars.
She is survived by two sons, H.
C. Shular of Pelzer, S. C? T.'J.
Shular of Bay Pines, Fla.; three
daughters, Mrs. J. D. McCall of
Marietta, S. C., Mrs. Julia Herrod
oi Pelzer ana Miss Mayett Shular, j
Sylva Is Listed For
$95,000 Building, Say
Reports From Capital
The Post Office Department has
proposed the construction of new
post office buildings in several
Western North Carolina towns, in
cluding Sylva and Bryson City, ac
cording to an announcement from
Washington.
The Sylva office is named among
107 for the entire state which is
proposed to spend 15 million dol
lars to construct new Federal
buildings. The Sylva building calls
for an expenditure of $95,000.00 and
the Bryson City building $85,000.
Both the Federal Works agfchcy
and the Congress mtist approve
such projects. To be eligible for a
new post office, an addition or al
teration, a community must show
gross postal receipts of $10,000 or
more annually. Many post offices
in the state do that much business
in rented space, it was learned.
Other near-by towns for which
buildings are proposed are Rob
binsville, Andrews and Murphy.
It is possible that the Eightieth
Congress next year will receive
proposals for an even larger group
of North Carolina post office build
ings because the list was made on
the basis of 1944 receipts.
Sylva Glee Club Will
Present Chapel Program
Members of the Sylva Glee club,
under the direction of Miss Alice
Weaver, will present a program at
the 10:30 chapel period, Friday,
October 25.
The program selected is as fol
lows: "God of Our Fathers," Glee
club; "The Lord is My Shepherd,"
Glee club; Piano solo, Mary Cole
Still weTl; ^To A Wild Rose," Glee
Club; Piano solo, Jean Moses;
"Dreaming," Glee club; "The Bells
of St. Mary's," Glee club.
The Glee club is made up of
twenty-two girls, with Ercie Foxx
president. Jean Moses and Mary
Cole Stillwell are accompanists. ,
FUNERAL RITES :0R
FRED BROWN ARE
HELD WEDNESDAY
Funeru: services for Mrs. Fred
Brown, who passed away at
6:30 a. m. Monday, October 21st at
Hiirris Community hospital follow
ing a long illness, were conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the home on Cope Creek. Burial
was in the family cemetery. Rev.
B. S. Hensley officiated.
Surviving are the husband, one
daughter, Christine, 3, and father,
$lse Ensley.
' Mrs. Brown's mother and eleven
brothers and sisters preceded her
In death.
also of Pelzer; one brother, C. S.
Buchanan of Oklahoma; one sister,
Mrs. Emma McCall of Brevard; 22
grandchildren and 24 great grand
children.
Higdon Urges Jackson Farmers
Vote In Tobacco Referendum
"Vote your own way, but by ail |
means vote." That was the final '
appeal mr.c'e today to Burley to- '
bnccc frov.er.5 of Jackson C:;unty
I y D. C. Higdon, chairman of the
County Agricultural Conservation i
Committee, in urging farmers to I
par'icipate in the Burley tobacco'
referendum on Friday, October
25. The polling place? for Jack
son county is the AAA office, Syl
va, N. C., the polls will be open
from 8:30 a. m. tc 5:00 p. m. All
persons interested in the 1946 crop
of Burley, either as owner, ten
ant, or sharecrop^r, are eligible
to vote in the referendum.
"Congress has made it possible
for us to decide for ourselves
whether we want marketing quotas
continued on Burley tobacco for
1947 and it's up to us to go to the
polls and state our preference,"
Mr. Higdon said.
"At the present time, Burley
tobacco growers are producing
above consumption levels," he
continued, "and the quota-system
provides the machinery to adjust
the meet the demand."
In the event quotas are ap
proved, individual farm acreage al
lotments for 1947 will not be less
than 80 per cent of the 1946 al
lotments for any farm which has
grown up to 75 per cent of its al
loted acreage in any one of the
past three years. The lrw provides
that 1946 allotments n? nine-tenths
of an acre or less, cannot be re
duced for 1947. There will also be
a small acreage for adjustments of
old farm allotments and for es
tablishing allotments on farms
which no Bur ley has been grown
in the past five years.
"Going to the polls is the demo
cratic Way of deciding such an Im
portant issue and the Jackson
County Agricultural Conservation
Committee urges every Burley to
bacco grower in the county to vote
in the referendumon on Friday,"
Mr. Higdon concluded.
SOSSAMON'S... in Sylva