1 The Herald Is dedicated to progressive service to Jack eon ... A progressive, well balanced county. ~C VOL. XXI, NO. 25 SYLVA, N. C., Thursday, Nov. 21, 1946 $2.00 A Year?5c Copy Governor Cherry Backs Great Health Program For N. C. City Fitters (peee Plaier Mieg II Feet Wdtt Te MM Will Relieve Congestion' On Main and Mill Streets; Sidewalks To Be Paved Sylva is about to have some re- j lief from its badly congested | streets which will be in widening Mill street 10 feet from the inter section of Main street at Cogdill Motor company to the Southern depot. This was the decision reached at a recent meeting of the town board in an effort to provide better traffic conditions for the city, and especially si^ice the bus route through the city will be changed from Main to Mill street on December 1st. The plan for adding an extra ten feet to the street hinges on the at- - titude of the property owners where the extra width is required. A number of them have already indicated their willingness to co operate with the town for this improvement. Telephone and pow er line poles and one building will have to be moved back 15 feet as the right-of-way required calls for 15 additional feet, the extra five feet will be paved, as well as new pavement put down on the side walk already at the back of the buildings between Mill and Main. J. D. Moore has about completed the building on Mill street for the new Trail ways bus station, with the change over to take place De cember 1st. When this is done it will cause greater congestion on this street unless the widening pro posed is carried out. City officials stated this week that there is little doubt but what the ix^provement can be made, and if so, Work will get underway in the Very near fu ture. Third Grade Presents Hansel And Gretel For their chapel program last Friday afternoon the third grade presented the play, Hansel and Gretel. The children taking part and the characters they portrayed were: Hansel, Furman Green; Gret el. Nell Bobinson; mother, Sheila Kirchberg; father, Arthur Clyde Jordan; witch, Merita Cannon; sandman, Gary Dillard. The players sang a song accom panied by Mrs. Paul Ellis. As they sang the Bubble Song they blew bubbles^ Golden Hurricanes To Meet Biltmore High In Game Here Friday k A football game has been sched uled for Friday night, November 22, at 7:30 between the Biltmore High school eleven and the Sylva Golden Hurricanes, it has been an nounced by the Smoky Mt. Ath letic Association. Swain Election Hearing Is Now In Progress BRYSON CITY?A number of allegations of irregularities in con duct of the Nov. 5 general election in Swain county were introduced here ^Tuesday as the Swain county elections board opened a hearing on a protest brought by French O. Crisp, unsuccessful G. I. organiza tion candidate for sheriff on the Republican ticket. Charges were made and support ed by an affidavit that the Ela precinct boxes disappeared on the night of the election and were found later by a group from Bry son City at the home of Eugene Hyatt, brother of Frank Hyatt, the successful candidate for sheriff. James M. Baley, Jr., of Marshall also brought out at the hearing that Crisp is protesting the use of Deputy Sheriff Ernest Webb as a marker at Bryson City Box No. 2. A number of affidavits were of fered that votes were bought in the election, but George Patton of Franklin, attorney for the board, refused to admit them as testimony in view of the fact that the board had decided to hear only oral wit ness. The hearing opened at 10 a. m. and recessed at 4:15 p. m. until 10 a. nr>. Wednesday on suggestion of Mr. Patton who expressed a de sire to confer further with the board on what would be considered as competent evidence and what would not be considered as such. Attorney .McKtaley Edwards, rdjprifrcnting Sheriff Hyatt, object ed to much of the testimony offer ed by Mr. Baley during the day ?-Continued on page 10 rial Rites Held For Chester Harris Graveside rites were conducted at 3 o'clock Sunday, at the Calvary Episcopal church in Fletcher for Chester C. Harris, who was killed late Thursday afternoon when the car in which he was riding collided with a truck. The Rev. Mark Jenk ins officiated end burial followed in the church cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Harris <were re turning from Westminister, S. C., where they ha&put a friend aboard the train, whesTthe accident oc curred about fiUme miles out of town. Mr. Harris suceombed to his injuries erfretite to the hospitaL The body was breufht to Sylva and Moody Funeral <home was in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Harris came to Sylva from ?Continued o? page 10 Jackson IV. C.E. A. XJnit Discuss Teacher Standards9 Salaries Jackson county teachers heard Stewart B. Hamblin, of the Ameri can Association of Teachers Col leges, speak on "How To Raise Teachers Standards" at their coun ty-wide teachers meeting held Fri day afternoon at the Syiva school. Mr. Hamblin, who is consultant in applied economics for this asso ciation urged that educational standards for all groups of people be raised, He was -introduced by A. C. Moses, county school super intendent, who presided over the meeting. Mr. Moses also introduced Dean W. E. Bird and John Worth Mc Devitt, representatives of the sta dium memorial fund, and pledges for this fund were taken from the group. Following the adjournment of the teachers session, the meeting was turned over to officers of the local N.C.E.A. Mrs. Dan Tompkins presided and it was announced that of the total membership of 137, only 34 members were lacking to make a hundred per cent attend ance. Jonathon Brown, chairman of the committee named to investi gate the plan for unifying all state employees, presented three men, members of the Buncombe county school system, who evplained in detail the unification plan of the North Carolina Employees Asso ciation. They were L. Miller of the Emma High school, Thomas Hunt of the Hall Fletcher school, and Frank Hall of the Fletcher school. No action was taken on this plan, matters being continued until the ftext meeting. Alliney Bryson, chairman of the I constitutional committee, read a I proposed constitution and by laws I Tor the local N.C.E.A, which were amended and adopted. The meeting was concluded with | the group going on record as ask ! ing to recommend to officers of the state N.C.E.A. that a forty per cent increase in salary be given to the teachers of North Carolina. ? Jlltni. ? ti ? Mr. and Mrs. f} ^. plakfely and two sons of Grei?ivifre;*W. C. were the week-end guistk' feev. and Mrs. C. M. WarrEtf.' WORLD PEACE IS THEME OF OQOSQN'S TALK AT CLUB MEET "Science seeks truth and is not afraid of the truth," C. F. Dodson told members of the Sylva Wom an's club at their meeting Tuesday night. Introduced by Mrs. Pearl Madison, Professor Dodson, head of the science department of West ern Carolina Teachers College, j spoke on "Science and World Peace." He compared ,for his au dience, the similiarity of one in dividual body, to that of a united group of men, and urged that they expand their thinking to include the entirety of mankind, rather than small units. He stated, "Science has forced upon us the fact that one unit of the world can not suffer, without affecting the whole group, any more than one part of the human body can suffer, without the whole body being con scious of that suffering." Mrs. E. L. McKee was hostess to the club members and took them to the Little Dining Room, where they were served a Thanksgiving dinner. Following the main course the guests returned to Mrs. Mc Kee's home and were served des sert and coffee. After the program a short busi ness session, with Miss Lucille Wil son presiding, was held and plans for the Christmas activities of the club were made. The nominating committee re ported the names for new officers for the coming year and a unani mous vote elected Miss Hicks Wil son, president; Miss Annie Louise Madison, vice-president, and Mrs. Carl Buchanan, secretary and treasurer. Martha Lou Hunter Terminates Army Career Captain Martha Lou Hunter has returned to the States after long service overseas with the Wom an's Army Corps and is now on sixty day terminal leave. Captain Hunter entered service in August 1942 and received her training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Her first year, following ^her com mission, she served as Company officer and was sent overseas on June 6, 1944. For two years she was stationed with the Theatre Laboratory in England and when her outfit was sent to Germany she remained with the United Kingdom Laboratory until July, 1946, at which time she was trans ferred to Germany and again was associated with the Theatre Lab oratory. Captain Hunter, the daughter of Dr. H. T. Hunter, president of Western Carolina Teachers College, and Mrs. Hunter, is a graduate of W.C.T.C. and attended Duke Uni versity. Prior to entering the serv ice she was affiliated with the State Laboratory of Hygiene at Raleigh. Joe Evans Receives Discharge From Army Joe T. Evans has returned to his home from Camp Kilmer, N. J. af ter receiving his discharge from the U. S. Army. He entered service about 17 months ago and for the past several months has been serv ing with an ordnance company at Camp Kilmer. Before entering service he was a student at State-College and plans to return to Raleigh and re sume his studies at that institu tion. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Evans of Sylva. Mrs. R. L. Madison Observes 80th Birthday On last Sunday, November 17, Mrs. R. L. Madison observed her eightieth birthday with a family dinner. Members of the family at tending were Mrs. Esther Madison and son, Cpl. James Madison, of Fort Belvoir, Va., Mr. and Mrs. Banister Madison and daughter, M^ss Marian Madison, Robert Mad ison, Mrs. M. B. Madison and two children, R. L. and Louise, and Miss Annie Louise Madison. S0SSAM0N S ... in Sylva 4 Colorado Snowed-In By Blizzard WITH 12 PRISONS reported dead and hundreds trapped by snowdrifts, Colorado la battling a sub-zero blizzard. Above Is a typical street scene in Denver with pedestrians picking their way through snow covered streets. Transportation and communications were tied up In many sections. The deaths were In the more remote areas. . (International) County Officials9 Welfare Heads Attending Meeting DR. MICHAL CHANGES DATES FOR HOLDING CLINIC IN JACKSON Dr. M. B. Michal, district health officer, who has been coming tc Jackson county each Thursday af ternoon for the county general clinic has announced that begin ning with Tuesday, December 3 she will be in Jackson county, a> the health office in the courthouse from 9:30 to 11:30 a. m? and on each Tuesday thereafter at this time. Dr. Michal will be here on her old dates of Thursday afternoon this week and next, November 21 and 28. ^ Lewis Faces Jail As Wildcat Strike Spreads In Nation's Coal Mines John L. Lewis, bJg boss of the United^ Mine Workers Union, facts a Jail sentence unless he csncsls his notice that his con. trsct with the government is terminated tonight, Wsdnesday, after reeshring s fsdersl court order designed to tossd off a full scale coal strifes. Lswis has not givsn the slight sst hint of what he intends to do ss msny thousands of his minsrs begin laying down their tools. Ths minsrs, to whom ths words "no contract" are tradi tionally signal to fting down their picks and shovels, were jumping the gun. The srmy announced Tuesday night that it is prepared to take a hand in the coal crisis if re quested . Tension Is gripping the miners ss the desdline nears. The government appears to be preparing for a showdown with Lewis but has not indicated just what action will be taksn if the strike is csrried out, other thsn that Lewis faces the possibility of going to jail. This, however, will not mine cosl which the country needs so bsdly st this time. Army Recruiter To Be In Sylva November 25 It has been announced that an army recruiter will be in Sylva. on Monday, November 25, from 9:30 until 4:00. Servicemen who wish to obtain the same rating in the army as that held at the time of their dis charge will contact the army re cruiter on this date. Family allowances are still good for any man who enlists in the army for the duration of the war or six months thereafter. A recruiter will also be in Sylva on Monday, December 9, from 9:30 until 4:00. * The Western District Welfare meeting will be held at Asheville November 21, L. G. Deyton, Yan cey County superintendent of pub lic welfare announced this week. Deyton is president of the district. Other officers are Mrs. Lucinda -~ole, Swain County superinten dent,, vice-president, and Jeannette MacGregor, Polk County, cecre lary. Attending the* ?i -infr' pjjjkjili today wiJl be county welfare board members, county official*, mem bers of county weJfare departments and interested lay citizens of the ounties compo in/? the district. The Western meeting is one of a series of s.x being neid over the State to acquaint the public with ^he aims and projects of North Carolina's social welfare program. Counties composing the district are: Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Gra ham, Haywood, Henderson, Jack son, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Svvaini Transylvania and Yancey. Attending from Jackson county will be: G. C. Henson, Welfare su perintendent; Mrs. E. L. McKee, chairman of Jackson county Wel fare Board, A. J. Dills and G. C. Turpin, members of the board; County Commissioner chairman, T. W. Ashe, and chairman elect, J. A. Bryson; Roy M. Cowan, Judge of the Juvenile court; A. C. Moses, County school superintendent; John Hooper, School Attendance officer; Glenn Hughes, Register of I>eed and Griffin Middleton, Sher iff elect of the county. Waynesville To Have Broadcasting Station j WAYNESVILLE ? (Special to Herald)?W. Curtis Russ, publish er of the Waynesville Mountaineer, was elected president of the Smoky Mountains Broadcasters, Inc., at a ( meeting of the board of directors in Waynesville last week. The new Haywood organization was recent ly granted a state charter for the construction and operation of a modern radio station in the coun ty. Formal application has been made for a license to the Federal Communications Commission. ^Officers elected for the corpor j ation, include Holt McPherson, of j Shelby, as vice-president; William j I Medford, V\ aynesville attorney,1 secretary-treasurer; J. E. Massie,' 1 director, and Robert M. Wallace is managing director. American Legion To Meet Friday Night At 7P. M. I Post Commander L. H. Higdon j ?f the William E. Dillard post 104 of the American Legion has an nounced that the regular meeting of the organization will be held I Friday night, November 22, at the courthouse. All members are asked to attend. Gives Enthusiastic Approval -? uii" inifigM iMj^wtnnn^Mn^y ,? ? In Opening Radio Aruhe** To Offer Orators 'SSSOOO in i*rizv* And SrholortthipH Round two contests in the state wide high school oratorical contest being conducted by the North Carolina Good Health Association will be held on December 0th at 17 strategic centers, it has been announced. Schools in the area cvmjising Jackson and surround ing Western counties will meet at Western Carolina Teachers College at Cullowhee with Dr. W. A. Ash brook in charge. Contests will start at 1:30 p. m. A $500 college scholarship to any college of the winner's choice will be awarded by the Good Health association to the four, finelists. The winning boy and girl in each division will receive a $500 schpl arship. ? ' 1 Also, it was announced Jt>y Good Health officials that four RCA Victor console model radio-phono graph combinations will be given by the Southern Radio Corp. of Charlotte to the fouT runners-up in the contest. < . Prior to the second-round com petition, contests. to determine county winners will be held in all of the state's 100 counties. County winners who will be eiligible to compete in the second round of elimination must be picked not later than November 37. Seal Sales Drive Mrs. Walter Jones, chairman of the Jackson County. Christmas Seal sales campaign, has an nounced that the sales of $he seals will start on November 25, in con junction with the national cam paign. Persons named to head the drive in the county are, Mr. Ywnon Cope, of the Sylva school faculty, will be in charge o| the *Oes in the county school. Fop pie town of Sylva Mrs. Harry Ffwr^wsjim, Jta. Bill Fisher and Mrs. J&xjMay Duck ner wjII be in charge Rand will be in char|^ <4 jfee salaa at Cullowhee. The and organizations oiJfm team will appoint committees tCUMisSttoiSe sales. All money derived Jfopqct the tale of these attractive IJflle, seals will be used in an effort to stamp out tuberculosis in the county, state and nation. Time Is Now Ripe For Tackling Big Health Problem Of State RALEIGH ? Enthusiastic ap proval of the proposed health pro gram f0r North CaroJina has been voiced by Gov. H. Gregg Cherry. ine time is now ripe for taok Jmg this b,g health problem," the ?lTn?r said in u recent ?<?o ad! dress.opening the Good Health as sociation's educational pubLcitC campaign. ??Certainly, i? nave Zl ?Pportlln? conditions we met the challenge fh our ssf ,r br"? Aia _y .em. In spite of out- debts and deficits we, .built-a great public highway system. Now we. should' great hea/th6 triang,e and build a' gieat health system/' for?^T'rg l,hat ,he fo"ndation 1 r a ba'anced and more humane program for more adequate medi 'c;jre was laid by tne 1945 Gen eral Assembly," Cnerry said that the next lejgislature meeting in Z?,"?ary, y fSCe the responsi bility of developing the program." The Good Health broadcast on lefna? whe S?Vern?r aPPeared or ig.nated m Hollywood and featured all North Carolina stars there. Kay Kyser of Rocky Mount served as master of ceremonies. Kyser laud ed in ,eh'?r'S ?f good health lead drive for a program of better health for North Carolina .A beacon light is being lit," he said, "which will lead the way for other states to follow?a precedent UshS'"Can hiSt0ry '* belng estab ?*Jlr th.e a+*ttm J**?* the. program was switched tram Hollywood to Raleigh. Dr. I c. Greer, of Thoroasviil# superintendent of the Baptist Or. phanage there and President of tike Good Health association, intro duced the Governor. "North Carolina's number one need is good health." Dr. Crp?r stated. "And the state is going to do something about it. Big people rich people, poor people?all are joining hands together, and noth mfrch."" St?P thiS Pr0gressiv* j North CaroUna has about one , octor for each 1600 people. Medi doctorPfnrtS SSy 3 minimum oi one doctor for every 800 to 1,000 peo ple is mandatory to assure even the ThenrtatJ'rKteCtl0n 88ainst d""se. i state has normally 2,300 ac bUt ,'S0? m?re are needed to meet the standard mini Each of the 100 counties of th? state will be organized with a local UP to bead the campaign in the county In which they live. Jack! son county has not Mt up ite n, ganization yet but plans art under way to do so. Farmers Will Get Lime On Fir$L Come, First Served Basis Limestone will be furtiished to Tar Heel farmers through the 1947 Agricultural Conservation program on a "first come?first served" ba sis, D. C. Higdon, chairman Jack son County Agricultural Conser vation (AAA) committee, said here today in urging farmers to pi,ire their 1947 lime orders im mediately. "Only 355,200 tons of limestone have been offered for distribution through the 1947 program for the entire State," Mr. Higdon said. With an indicated increased de mand for lime during the coming year, he pointed out that suffi-, cient lime will not be available to fill all requests and that orders will be filled in the order they are placed with the county office. Contractors have agreed to fur nish lime on a monthly basis. Any month's allocation that is not re quested will be cancelled and lost for the entire year. "We cannot afford to let this happen in view of the of limestone on Jacks farms," Mr. Higdon "If farmers will their orders now, ship] ules can be arranged sq a steady flow of this material moving from the supplier and "e n d ? o f-the-year* cancellations" witnessed in past years will be eliminated," he concluded. The cost to the farmer will be $1.25 per ton delivered to the farm. This represents 30 per cent of the cost of the material. County Schools Will Take Two Day Holiday For Thanksgiving Mr. A. C. Moses, superintendent of Jackson county schools, has an nounced that all of the county sxhools will dismiss at 3 o'clock on Wednesday, November 27 lor Thanksgiving holidays, resuming school work on Monday, December 2. Sylva Merchants Will Close For Thanksgiving Announcement has been made by Boyd Sossamon, president of the Sylva Merchant's Association, that, the stores will close on Thursday*. November 28, in observance of the Thanksgiving holidays.

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