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VOL. XXI, NO. 25
SYLVA, N. C., Thursday, Nov. 21, 1946
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.