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AMERICA First, Last and Always The Sylva Herald The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. VOL. XXI, NO. 26 SYLVA, N. C., Thursday, Nov. 28, 1946 $2.00 A Year?5c Copy Merchants Prepared For Large Christmas Trade Metal Toys, More Food,j Clothing And Gift Goods Found On Shelves Now While no official date was set by the Sylva Merchants Association for a Christmas opening, Sylva merchants have virtually completed plans for their own unoffi cial opening. Most of the stores have their stocks on' display and their decora tions up. J Anticipating a large demand for goods, they have been busy this fall and have secured a sizable amount of merchandise, in many cases substituting a new line for goods generally carried and unavailable at this time. A great many articles not seen during the war years are making their reappearance on the shelves and it is the concensus of toy deal ers that this year's toys are far superior to those of last year. The war influence is still seen in the construction of the toys; jeeps, in vasion tanks, guns, planes and toys of this kind being predominant on the shelves. With the return of metal toys, the quality has ad canced until there is little chance of them being destroyed the first week after Christmas. Men's wearing apparel is be- j ing released in quantities enough that most men can expect to find at least one package under_the tree. Housewives, in their constant search for a variety of food, will find that groceries, long conspici ous by their absence, can now be found in small quantities. The m?at situation, having eased up i some, now perrtiifcs a turkey or* UH some cases a ham. Fruits are plen tiful and nuts are in sufficient quantity' to allow some for every stocking. Merchants are again asking that the "buy early" plan be observed as it allows them time to replenish depleted stocks.' State School Worker Will Be With Sylva j Schools December 10 Miss Rosalie Andrews of Raleigh, North Carolina Educational Field Worker, Will be in Sylva Decern ber 10, to hold a leadership school that will include all people of the teaching profession in the counties of Jackson, Haywood, Macon and Swain. The 'meeting will be held in the Elementary school building at 4 p. m., to adjourn later to the school cafeteria where dinner w:ll be served. All superintendents, principals, officers and committee chairmen of the local North Carolina Edu cational units are urged to attend. Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Nichols are leaving today for Chester, S. C. to spend Thanksgiving with their daughter, Mrs. Odell Bankhead, and son, Dr. G. C. Nichols, and their families. FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR BAND SEEKS TO COMPLETE FOND DRIVE The committee for raising funds for the Sylva high school band is anxious to complete the drive as . quickly as possible and is calling on the citizens and business es tablishments of the community who have not made their contributions to do so at once. The finance com mittee is composed of Dr. Roy Kirchberg, chairman; W. J. Fisher, Phil Stovall, R. U. Sutton, Charlie Reed and Harry Ferguson. Any one of this committee will be glad to receive your contribution. Those who have made contribu tions to the band fund are: Ernest Lewis, Charlie Bumgarner, Sylva Tire Company, Harris Clay Com pany, Dillsboro and Sylva Power Company, Belk's Department store, A. J. Dills, David Karp, Roger Monteith, Rudy Hardy, Lawrence T. Reed, Ben Lessing, Sylva Phar macy, Sossamon Furniture Com pany, Schulman's Department Store, Kirk-Davis Chevrolet Co., J. T. Bird, Campbell Electric Co., E. L. McKee, Sylva Laundry, Hale's Department Store, Hedden's Bar ber Shop, Velt's Cafe, Reece Hampton Motor Co., Dr. Harold S. McGuire, W. C. Hennessee Lumber Co., Cannon Brothers, Chamber of Commerce, Frank G. Brown, Builders Supply and Lumber Co., J. E. Buckner, Massie Furniture Co., S. W. Enloe and Son, Jack Allison, Howard Allison, George Painter, Sylva Coal and Lumber Co., Moore's Cleaners, Hooper Mo tor Co, Cogdill Motor Company, ! iackson *Courity Board bf Educa tion, Dr. D. D. Hooper, Stovall 5 and 10 store, Buchanan Auto and Electric Co., Sylva Rotary Club, Sylva Woman's Club, Southern Lumber Company, and Dr. Roy Kirchberg. % ?. Sylva Observing Thanksgiving in Traditional Pag Sylva and Jackson county are observing Thanksgiving Day to day in the traditional way with the general suspension of business, In order that employers and em ployees alike can go visiting or spend the day with their families. Early morning worship services started the day, followed with the usual table banked high with tur key, or maybe chicken, and all the other food things to round out a big holiday meal. Turkeys were in much demand for today's meal as the price range was no higher, or if as high as some other meats, being the same as fat hens. The annual football game be tween Sylva's Golden Hurricanes and Bryson City is to be played on the local field this afternoon at 2:30. A close game is expected be tween the two rivals of the grid iron. Plans Are Made To Launch Rural Development Program A series of eleven district meet ings will be held throughout North Carolina to discuss both the needs and the opportunities for rural in dustries in each section of the state, utilizing the raw materials in each county, as well as the surplus labor, and the available financial re sources in each section of the state. The meeting which will cover the counties of Jackson, Swain, Gra ham, Macon, Cherokee and Clay will be held at Bryson City Decem ber 4 and will convene at 10:30 a. m. No meeting place as yet has been selected. Each meeting will have a key note speaker who will cover the subject of rural industries in gen eral, and other prominent men have been selected to discuss such subjects as Forestry, Repair Serv ices, Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products, Livestock, Dairying and Poultry, and Miner als. The speakers are well quali fied on the subjects they will dis cuss. Such industries and services will create more jobs, increase the per capita earning power, raise the standard of living, decrease the ex odus of labor from the state, utilize the available financial resources in the state, and thereby contribute to the stabilization of the farm j population, and make North Caro lina a much better balanced state from an economic standpoint. Each of the eleven district meet ings will be attended by represen tatives of all agencies that are pri marily econcerned with community development, by civic leaders, job officials, farm organizations, Chamber of Commerce. All indi vidual citizens interested in com munity and county development are urged to attend. General plans for the series of meetings are being worked out through the Operating Committee, and the administration of the program is under the direc tion of the Rural Industries branch ?Continued on page 2 Cecil Clyde Smith, 16,-was fatal ly injured Friday when he slipped and fell from a 150 foot cliff at Tuckaseegee, near the home of Will Smith. The accident occurred around 3:38 Thursday afternoon and he was brought to the C. J. Harris Hospital in Sylva but suc cumbed' early Saturday morning. Death was attributed to a fractured skull. It is reported that the boy, with his fourteen year old brother, Troy, and a cousin, Sammy Hunnicut, had been playing at the cliff, when his foot slipped and he plunged over. His cousin remained with him, while his brother went to summons help. Dan Hunnicut ar rived at the scene twenty minutes later and found him unconscious. Cecil, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Smith of Ayden, N. C. was visiting with his parents and brother at Tuckaseegee. He was a native of Swain county, but had moved with his parents to Ayden four years ago. The body was taken to Ayden Sunday, where funeral services were held in the Baptist church. Burial was in the church cemetery. In addition to his parents and brother he is survived by two sis ters, Eva and Violet, also of Ayden. Sylva FFA Department Paying For Truck By Collecting Scrap Paper Mr. John Corbin, Agriculture Instructor of Sylva High school and the boys of his Future Farmers of America class have collected 10,000 pounds of scraps cardboard and heavy paper which they have sold to Mead Corporation to raise funds for carrying on the work of the department. The truck which the FFA class uses is being paid for in this way. Mr. Paul Ellis,' general manager of Mead, a former FFA student himself, is fully in sympathy with the work the class is doing and h<as been most help ful in buying their scrap paper. This was started as an emergency project and proved so profitable that it is being carried on. The class is now busy repairing chairs to assist in operation of the school. .Several of the members of the class are buying purebred animals; Fred McLean, Jr. recently pur chased a purebred Guernsey bull from Clemson College. Allen Fish er and Morris Allison each pur chased a purebred O. I. C. gilt for breeding purposes. The new truck is used to transport the.se animals :.nd other similar activities with ?.he department. SOSSAMON'S ... in Sylva '"An old fashioned Thanksgiving," we hope that is just what this day will be for all our readers and friends in Jackson county; Thanksgiving day is a designated for the giv ing of thanks for the earth's abundance and the good ness of GodrOut county and Nation have evidence of both as our crops have made big yields and God has blessed us all in so many ways. Yes, in sending the rain and sunshine to pro duce our crops, and in giv ing us good health and strength to make them and gather them into our barns and cribs. Now on this Day set aside to give thanks to God for these many bless ings, we can sit down in peace and enjoy them with our families and friends. No other land on earth has more reason to be thankful than does America . . . we are not faced with hunger, starvation, nakedness, pes ?Continued on page 9 POLLING PUCES ARE NAMED FOR A. A. A. COMMITTEE ELECTION The annual election of the Jack son community committeemen will be held December 7th, and a sched ule of polling places has been an nounced by D. C. Higdon, chair man of the county agricultural conservation (AAA) committee. Farmers in each community will ! elect a committee of three farm- j ers, plus two alternates, and at the , same time, a farmer delegate to i the county convention will be chosen. This man, with delegates from other communities, will elect a three-man county committee on Dec. 9th, 1946. Nominating meetings will be held at 9 o'clock on the morning of Dec. 7th in the fifteen commu nities and the polls will be open from 9:30 a. m. until 5 p. m. for voting. : The fifteen communities and their voting places are as follows: Qualla township, Qualla school; Barkers Creek township, Lewi* Davis store; Ci,ney Fork township, Luther Phillips store; Canada town ship, Wolf Mountain Postoffice; River township, E. L. Lanning's store; Cullowhee township, Cullo whee postoffice; Sylva township, AAA office; Dillsboro township, I D.l.>.ooro Po. totfice; Webster town ship, Paul Cowan's store; Scotts i Creek township, W. O. Robinson's , store; Greens Creek township, Sa- j vannah school; Savannah township, j ?Continued on page 9 I Cowan Funeral Held Tuesday? Funeral services for Lawrence D. Cowan, 76, who died at his home in Webster Sunday at 6:55 following an illness of several frionths, was held at the Webstei: Baptist church Tuesday afiernooji at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev. W. N. Cook, Rev. F. N. Blankenship and Rev. Thad F. Deitz in charge of the rites. The body was taken to the church at 1:30 and lay in state until the funeral hour. Burial fol lowed in the Stillwell cemetery. Mr. Cowan, a native of this county, was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cowan. He was long associated with the affairs of his community and was an active member of the Baptist church, of which he was chairman of the board of deacons. He had also served on the school board for a number of years. Active pallbearers were Roy, Paul, Dan and Claude Cowan, Roy Rhinehart, John Hyatt, Jr., Alvin and Burt Hyatt, all nephews of the deceased. ' Honorary pallbearers were Dr. R. W. Kirchberg, Dr. Grover Wilkes, D. C. Higdon, V. G. Mid dleton, John H. Norris, Ernest Lewis, Ernest Penland, Sr.. George Rogers, John B. Cunningham, Thad Farmer, A. J. Dills, J. E. Buckner, J .N. and W. H. Cowan, Ransom Cowan, E. P. and E. H. Stillwell, and Frank Allman. Nieces of Mr. Cowan served as flower girls. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Roxie Hyatt Cowan; one daughter, Mildred, of Webster, and two sisters, Mrs. J. W. Kesterson of Jacksonville, Fla. and Mrs. W. R. Sherrill of Sylva. Mrs. M. Zachary Passes In Washington Mrs. D. D. Hooper received a message Tuesday morning inform ing her that her sister, Mrs. Mag gie Zachary, had died in Everett, Washington Monday, November 25. Funeral services were held there on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Zachary was the daughter of the late R.chard M. and Hicks Wilson. A native of Jackson coun ty, s.ne 'went to Washington more thc.n for.ty years ago and has made her home there since, having made one trip back to her old home 29 years ago. She is survived by two sons and two daughters, all living in Wash ington, one brother, J. H. Wilson, SylVa; and two sisters, Mrs. J. W. Keener and Mrs. D. D. Hooper, Sylva. Mrs. E. E. Brown and Mrs. Theodore Dills spent Sunday in Forest City, visiting friends. Survey Reveals Coal Supply Here Inadequate Under Normal Conditions WES FOR 6. K, BESS, WORLD WAR 1 VET, HELD WEDNESDAY Weil-Known Pharmacist Passes Sunday Night At Veterans' Hospital Funeral services for Dr. Gilbert K. Bess, 50, well-known Sylva pharmacist, who died suddenly Sunday night in the Veterans' hos pital at Johnson City, Tenn., were held Wednesday morning at 11 0 clock in the Sylv;t Methodist church, of which he was a mem ber. Rev. W. Q. Grigg, pastor, and Rev. C. M. Warren, pastor of the Sylva Baptist church, officiated. Mr. Bess, a native of Virginia, came to Sylva 25 years ago nnd has since been connected with the Sylva Pharmacy, having bought an interest in the firm several years ago. He was a public-spirited citi zen, always interested in all civic movements for the improvement of the town and county. He was a veteran of World War I. Pallbearers were Tom Wilson, Sam Allison, Raymond Glenn, Fe lix Picklesimer, Hugh Monteith and Fred Hooper. Flowerbearers were members of the Sunday school classes of the Methodist church. The American Legion was in charge of the graveside rites. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Verona Hooper Bess; two daugh ters, Mrs. Leo Cowan and Miss Barbara Bess; a son, Gilbert, Jr., j11 of Sylva; two granddaughters; two brothers, Howard H. Bess of New York City, and O. L. Bess of 1 ironto, Va. v Sylva Student* Are Getting Out School Paper The students of the Sylva Cen tral High school are taking keen interest in the publication of a monthly paper. Backed by Mr. Crawford's support, enthusiasm and regular front page articles, this infant paper has grown to an eleven pjige issue for November. Members oi the Senior class in Sociology, with Douglas Jordan as editor, have worked hard to make it a creditable publication. The stencils are being cut and the sheets are mimeographed by Miss Agnes Henson and her Busi ness Education classes. All depart ments of the school work this cooperative project. Reporters have been chosen from each home room and are doing an excellent job. Mrs. Donnahoe's new Art class contributes illustrations regularly and th^> comic strip is drawn by Ted Shepherd, a student in the eighth grade of the Elementary sc.K)olr/ / ) /Some communities in North Carolina are advertising for medi cal doctors, using the classified columns. Cause Suffering And Hardship Among People A survey of the coal situation ii* Sylva reveals that only a few homes and business places have sufficient coal supplies to carry them through the winter. One coaf dealer stated they had stopped booking orders before the strike began because of a large backlog ol orders amounting to 185 tons or more, and now that the strike is on rity do not expect to receive any more coal. Tins means that many homes and business places ? will soon be found without suffi cient fuel to keep their places com fortable should the temperature take a sudden drop. The unseason able warm weather is helping the situation at this time, but high temperatures are not likely to last much longer. The coal dealers here informed a Herald representative that Sylva has not been allowed any more ? coal this winter than last, and that last year's allotment was far be low the actual need. The demand is much greater this year as many new buildings have been construct ed which require heat, as well as more families occupying the pres ent homes. The one bright spot in the pic ture is the fact that our main in dustries, Mead and Armour, have - sufficient coal stock to carry them for some time, and they they will be able to continue operation. # Many industrial plants in the state and nation are facing shut- 1 down due to lack of coal. Mr. Moses, superintendent ol Jackson county schools, says thafr all school have enough coal to carry them through February or probably longer, depending on the severity of the weather. Western Carolina Teachers Col lege will be able to carry on fo? some time by careful use of its supply, officials stated this weeH. How long the present coal strike will last no one knows. The Gov ernment and United Mine Union's boss, John L. Lewis, are sparring it out in Washington as this time as to the legality of the strike. However, this is not getting coal mined and some way must tbe found to get the nation's 400,000 miners back in the pits soon if real suffering and economic loss is to be averted. ROGER JACOBS HURT IN FREAK ACCIDENT Roger Jacobs, 22, of Sylva, is in . the C. J. Harris hospital, following a severe knife wound in the abdo men, suffered in an accident while butchering hogs at Cullowhee last Friday. It is reported that Jacobs and a friend were on a platform when* his companion, who had placed ? knift in his hip pocket, jumped. Jacobs jumped at about the same time and landed in such a manner that the protruding knife pierced the walls of his stomach. Next Monday will see a change ] in several of the officer holders of | Jackson county when those elected j in the November 5th general elec tion are sworn into office by Clerk of Court. The swearing in cere-1 mony will be public, anyone wish ing to attend is privileged to do so. There will be no frills to the oc- ] casion, however, as the Clerk reads the oath of office to them in-going officer holders and they sWear to uphold the laws of the county, state and nation and to perform the duties required of them. Those to take the oath are, the Clerk of Court, who takes the oath before the county Coroner, and he in turn administers the oath to Sheriff Griffin Middleton, Com missioner of Finance, Jennings A. Bryson, board members, Ed Fisher, and M. V. Breedlove, Kf gjtftyf ? of Deeds Glenn Hughes, Coronejr C. VV. Dills and Surveyor Rdfcer CbW ard. j 7 Clerk of Court Will Swear New Officials Into Office Dan Tompkins, representative, will be sworn in at the opening oi the General Assembly in Raleigh when it convenes in January. So licitor Dan K. Moore takes office January 1st. He can either be sworn in by the clerk of court of any county in the district or by a Superior court judge. Men whi are taking office for the first time in the above group are: Sheriff M.ddleton, Finance Commissioner Jennings A. Bryson, M. V. Breedlove, part time com missioner; and Mr. Moore when he takes office January 1st. The others were re-elected. i MORE DOCTORS NEEDED Medical experts declare that North Carolina's number one need is good health and that the prob lem demands immediate attention. More doctors must be had in rural areas, say the experts.
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