The Sylva Herald i Tito Herald Is dedicated to progressiva eenrice to Jack son ... A progressive, well bslanced county. VOL. XXI, NO. 27 SYLVA, N. C., Thursday, Dec. 5, 1946 $2.00 A Yeai^-5c Copy Jackson's Christmas Seal Sales Campaign Is Now Well Underway He re 'Whirlwind Drive"fs ~"" Planned To Complete $300 Quota This Week The drive to Taise Jackson county's Christmas Seal quota of $300 is now well underway, Mrs. Walter Jones, general county chairman, announced Tuesday. Mr. Vernon Cope, principal of Sylva Elementary school, is in charge of the sales through the schools. His students are already calling on the business firms. Mrs. Harry Fergu son, Mrs. Jimmy Buckner and Mrs. Bill Fisher have charge of the sales in the town of Sylva, and Mrs. Parker Rand heads the drive at Cullowhee. Mrs. Jones stated that an effort will be made to complete the drive this week. The National drive pe riod runs through December 25th. The drive here is in conjunction with the state drive being put on through the North Carolina Tuber culosis Association. Ninety-five cents out of every dollar raised in the state remains in the state. Five cents goes to support services of the National Association. The Christmas Seal The dhristmas Seal is an immi grant that became a good Ameri can. A brain child of Einar Hol boell, a Danish postal clerk, came to America in 1907. Holboell conceived the idea that every Christmas a letter should carry a seal showing the mailer's con tribution to the fight against tu berculosis. In 1908 the American Red Cross sponsored the first nation-wide sale. In 1919 the Christmas Seal carried for the first time the red Double-Barred Cross, The fundamentals oj^tubercu losis are not changed by either war or peace. They always are: finc^ the sick?treat Jhe patient*?restore his earning power?prevent the spread of the disease?keep the family to gether. ? Experts believe that tuberculosis in this nation can not only bt brought under control but wiped outsThe present knowledge is suf ficient to assure victory over TB. Whether we shall maintain our gains in *the years ahead depends solely upon the determination of the men and women we call our community leaders. If our people wish to eradicate TB before the turn of this century, it is within their power to do so. So buy gen erously of those bright little seals when they are offered you. It means life or death for some one* maybe your own loved one. "The Christmas Dawn'9 v To Be Presented At Cullowhee Dec.-12th On Thursday, December 12, a Christmas cantata, "The Christmas Dawn," will be presented in the Hoey Auditorium at 8:00. The can tata, under the direction of Rev. R. T. Houts, Jr., will be given by a group made up of the Woman's Glee Club, the Men's Glee Club, a mixed chorus and members of the Cullowhee Methodist church choir. Soloists are Mrs. Irene H. Clark, of Asheville, soprano; Jack Houts, of Athens, Tenn., base; Mrs. Inez Gulley, contralto; and Walter Car ringer, tenor. Accompanists for the program are Miss Mary Jo Beimer and Mrs. Anne Bird Engman. Bus Station Now7 In New Building Mr. Roger Monteith completed moving the equipment and sand wich counter of Trailways bus terminal Wednesday night and be gan selling tickets in the new lo cation on Mill Street, better known as the back street, Thursday morn ing. The new station is one of the best equipped west of Ashe ville, having waiting rooms for both white and colored, with rest rooms in each for male and female. The station is in the modern new block building recently completed by Mr. J. D. Moore of this city. It is heated with automatic hot air oil furnace. The building sits back from the curb allowing space for buses to pull off the street for loading and unloading. The town of Sylva plans to widen Mill street ten feet, and until this is done buses routed over this street will cause a real traffic problem on the narrow street. Mr. Moore has his Dry cleaning buisness in part of the street floor of the building, having moved his equipment from the old Main street location last week. : He will use the large basement for his tire re capping business which he will move from East Sylva. W.C.T.C. Holidays To Start December 13th It has been announced from the president's.of lice of Western Caro lina Teachers College that Christ mas holidays will begin at noon, Friday, December 13 and classes will be resumed, Tuesday, Decem ber 31. Registration for the winter quarter at the college was held on Dec. 2 and Miss Addie Beam, regis trar, announced that a total of 455 students had enrolled for the win ter session. You Can Get Your 1947 City Auto Tag from Firemen Sylva Fire Department it again handling the salt of tha city automoblla tags. The depart ment has sponsored the sale of the tags for a number of years, using the proceeds for $1 per tag for equipment and suppllee fpr the fire fighters. The depart ment has received 250 of the tags for 1947 which are a reverse ' in color of 1946, instead of the yellow lettering and black back ground, they are black lettering and yellow background. The taga can be aecured from any member of the department. Qet your city tag and advertise Sylva as well aa help the members of the fire department. CLUBS TO GIVE PARTY The Woman's Society of Chris tian Service of the Cullowhee Methodist church and the Wesley club of Western Carolina Teachers College will have a Christmas par ty at Robertson Hall on Wednes day, December 11, at 7:30. A pro gram of Christmas music and events are planned. County Officers Take Oath Monday, Begin New Terms Only a few changes were affect ed in the personnel of Jackson county official family when they were installed in office Monday morning. Only one appointment was made at this time and that was in the auditor's office, Mr. Tom Clayton was appointed to take the place of J. A. Bryson, who is now County Finance Commis sioner. The oath of office was given each of the officials and one Jus tice of the Peace in the Clerk's office. Officials taking the oath were: Roy Cowan, clerk of court; Jennings A. Bryson, finance com missioner; Ed Fisher and M. V. Breedlove, part-time commission ers; Glen Hughes, register of deeds; Griffin Middleton, sheriff; C. W. Dills, coroner; Roger Coward, sur veyor, and M. Y. Jarrett, justice of the peace. The new board will meet in reg ular session the first Monday in January 1947 which will be on the 6th. THAD COWAN NAMED DEPUTY AND JAILER SHeriff Griffin Middleton an nounced this week that he has ap pointed Mr. Thad Cowan as his chief deputy and jailer. Mr. Cowan has already entered upon his new duties. Mr. Lewis Goes To Federal Court-By Request m PLANKED BY POLICE, UMW chieftain John L Lewis (arrow, top) is shown at the Washington Municipal Court building Haled into court by Federal Judge T Alan G jldsborou^h to show cause why he and other uni<?n officials should not be Jailed or fined for contempt of court in ront luing the coal strike, Lewis (facing camera, below) d^njed through his attorneys that h? stood in contempt (International Soundphoto) Burley Averaging $41.39 In Asheville ED WILSON TO OPEN WESIERNAUTO STORE HERE ON SATURDAY Sylva will have a new business establishment when Mr. E. W. Wil son opens his Western Auto Asso I ciate store on Main street here Saturday, December 7. The large advertisement in this issue of The Herald announces the grand opening of this store, offering the public of Jackson county and vi cinity many new items in the au tomobile accessories line. J Mr. Wilson comes to Sylva from Gainesville, Ga., where he was en gaged in the furniture business prior to entering service and serv ing in the Army. He received his I discharge from service one year ago on the date of his opening here. He and Mrs. Wilson have moved 'o Sylva and are occupying an apartment in the new dwelling re cently constructed by Mr. Ben Queen. Sylva is glad to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Wilson to our city and wishes them success in their new business here. . W.C.T.C. Bowling Team To Compete In National Telegraphic Tournament The girls' bowling team of West ern Carolina Teachers College will compete again this year in the Na tional Telegraphic Bowling Tourn ament which is held December through April. The team will com pete "with other colleges and uni versities of the United States, such as Woman's College, Duke Univer sity, Martha Washington College, and others. Last year the W.C.T.C. team ranked 10th out of the 45 entrants. This year's college team is com posed of the following girls: Vada Lyda, Grace Wingo, Mary Brown, Nancy Blanton, June Wright, Jean Poteet, Betty Wier, Rebecca Lee, Jeanne Patton, Lollage Johnson, Martha Lynch, and Jeanne Evans. Games will be played at the Asheville Bowling Center and scores of all competing colleges will be compiled at the National Center, Boston, Mass., from which the winners will be determined. Miss Alice Benton and Miss Hel en Hartshorn are faculty spon sors for the college team. ENTER8 H08PITAL Miss Elizabeth Ann Cannon, of Webster, entered Biltmore hospital on Wednesday for an operation. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Cannon. 'Jackson Tobacco Growers Are Well Pleased With Price Weed Is Bringing A Aumber of Jackson county Burley tobacco growers were pleased with the good prices paid on the opening days of the Ashe ville tobacco market. The second day sales on the market Tuesday averaged $41.39 per hundred pounds, with 262,664 pounds of leaf going for a total of $108,718.94. The Jackson county men had placed their crops on the floor prior to the opening and are ex pected to enjoy some of this cash money for their crops. The Asheville price was con siderably higher than the Lexing ton, Ky. market which was paying $35 to $37 per hundred for good leaf of smoking grades. Several Western Carolina coun ties furnish the bulk of the to bacco sold on the Asheville mar ket, with Madison and Haywood leading in poundage. County Agent Snipes has been encouraging Jackson farmers to put out more tobacco acreage in order to give them and the county a larger cash crop. Indications are that more farmers will grow to bacco next season. Why Not Light Up Sylva Again Prior to the war Sylva had the distinction of being the most at tractively lighted and decorated town on the Murphy division of the Southern. During the war, however, when electric power was so badly needed for war in dustry, the town, like all other towns and individuals, complied with regulations reigarding the use of electricity and did not light the streets or do outside home lighting. We are now in another emergency due to the coal strike, but this affects pow er generated by steam. Since Syl va has an abundance of power generated by water, which has not joined up with John L. Lewis and continues to run down hill, we can't see any reason for not using the lights this year. The world is drab enough at best, and if we can make Sylva more pleasant and enjoyable for the Christmas season, we should do so. The town board, in coopera tion with the county, and all civic clubs, should get behind a movement to "put Sylva in the Light" as it was when every body was talking about our pret tily lighted and decorated streets and homes. MOTHER OF FORMER SYLVA PUBLISHERS BURIED HERE TUESDAY Funeral services were held Fri day afternoon, November 29th at I the Sylva Baptis* church for Mrs. Margaret Bowen Brown, who died suddenly Wednesday night at the home of her son, L. L. Brown, in Columbia, S. C. Burial was in the Keener cemetery. j Rev. John Seagle of Henderson I v lie officiated, assisted by Rev. T. F. Deitz. Mrs. Brown came to Sylva more than forty years ago with her hus band, Prof. F. A. Brown, who served as principal of Sylva Col legiate Institute, a Baptist moun tain school, located here for a number of years. She has since made her home here except for times when Mr. Brown's duties in connection with the mountain schools took him to other places. Following his death a few years ago, she has spent part of her time with her children and had gone to Columbia about two weeks ago to spend the winter months with her son and his family. She was the mother of the late E. E. Brown, who owned and published the Ruralite in Sylva. Pallbearers were Hugh Monteith, Fred Hooper, Frank Clouse, Leon Picklesimer, Chester Scott and Carl Buchanan. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Julius Yelton, Hendersonville; three sons, Lloyd L. Brown, Co lumbia, J. Dudley Brown, Cliffside, and Erskine Brown, Oakland, Cali fornia; twenty grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren. Out-of-town people here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Brown, Cliffside; Mrs. Robert James, Caroleen; Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Brown, Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. Julius Yelton, Mrs. Fred Yelton and Robert Yelton, Mrs. A. J. Stepp and Mi.^es Louise and Ethel Bowen, Hendersonville; Mrs. A. E. Brown, Mrs. Jessie Green and8 Mrs. Carl Gos>sett, Asheville; Mrs. Roy Hamrick and Miss Jean Ham rick, Greenville, S. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wowman and daugh ter, Paul Bowen and Miss Mar garet Bowen, Brevard; and Mrs. Emerson Phillips, Newport News, Va. VETERANS CLUB DANCE Members of the Veterans Club of Western Carolina College will be hosts at a dance in the Breese gymnasium on Friday evening, De cember 6. The hours set for the dance are from eight to twelve o'clock. Lewis and Miners Union Found Guilty on Federal Court Contempt Charge " 1 i Adjusted Service Pay Sought by Vet The Veterans of Foreign Wars has reaffirmed its stand for ad justed service pay for veterans of World War II, Commander Joe Clyde Fisher of Post 8060 an nounced today. A resoultion out lining the V. F. W.'s position on adjusted- service pay legislation was adopted by the National Coun cil of Administration at a recent meeting in Kansas City. "After World War I the gov ernment recognized the principle! of adjusted service compensation is the only equitable means of re storing veterans, as far as pos sible, to an equal footing with those who stayed at home," Fisher said. "The same principle applies to veterans of World War II.'' Commander Fisher said the V. F. W. does not consider the G.I. Bill of Rights an acceptable sub stitute for adjusted service pay. The G. I. Bill, he asserted, provides excellent types of assistance to some veterans but leaves the ma jority to work out their own re adjustment under heavy handi caps. The V. F. W. resolution on which its campaign for adjusted service compensation will be based is as follows: ! "Whereas, for veterans of World War II, in lieu of adjusted service oay, the Congress enacted Public Law 346, with subsequent amend ments, which provides for )?*W 8W? vocational ts$nta*. employment allowances, loans and tther benefits which apply only to :Hose veterans who are in need of and can qualify for such benefits, and "Whereas, millions of World War II veterans, by reason of circum stances or economic conditions beyond their control, are denied the major benefits under said Pub lic Law 346, and "Whereas, the principle of the o-called G.I. Bill of Rights, in (Continued on Page 6) i _ Sylva Merchants Decorating For The Yale Shopper Sylva merchants and business establishments have virtually com pleted their Christmas decorations and preparations and the streets have taken on a holiday apparance. The traditional Christmas colors of red and green predominate but the new jewel tones of gold , silver and blue are very much in evi dence. A sophisticated theme in the decorative ideas is more in ev.dence than the old Santa Claus and reindeer idea. With the cold snap of the last week bringing home the fact that the day 13 just around the corner, the stores and streets of town are filling up with a steady stream of shoppers. Merchants report good, if not spectacular, buying and state that a great many of their customers are buying with a prac tical rather than a lavish eye for gifts. Government Orders More Drastic Cuts In Effort To Conserve Coal Supply The nation-wi<V .-o.il strike headed into its second v/eek with still no indication of tho men re turning to work as John L. Lewis, Big Boss of the Miner* Union is found guilty of contempt of court by a Federal judgo. Judge T. A I. ii ijoldsborougF) presided at the trial which found Lewis guilty of criminal contempt ol court, which carries a possible heavy sentence. Lewis replied to Ihe guilty verdict by taking the s.and and bitterly denouncing the decision. Ho accused tho judge of depriving the miner-, ot their con st:tutiona] rights. He said he would firmly stand'' ? n Jiis position in calling the strike. As the coal strike moved closer to the average citi/xn the Gov ernment made three h.oves to con serve the nation's dwindling coal supply. The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a general em bargo on railroad freight ship ments, except for certain vital needs. The postoffice department was limited to receiving packages over certain size and weight. The Office of Defense Transportation ordered another 25 per cent decrease in passenger service on coal-burning roads, making a 50 per cent in all. The freight and parcel post con trols become effective Thursday and the passenger order taxes effect Sunday night .President said that he was leav ing the fight with Lewis in th* ?oh*8 ^nce on Swis V^Wesday. ?h*' Judge found both Lewis and his union, the United Mine Workers, guilty of "civil contempt" and "criminal contempt/* The document said Lewis and the union had "unlawfully coerced, instigated, induced, and encour* aged "the miners to interfere witfc the operation of the government* owned coal mines, by strike, slow down, walkout, cessation of work, or otherwise. The government may next prosecute Lewis as an alleged violator of the war labor disputes act (Smith-Connally act). This law forbids anyone to encouragi a strike against the government. JACKSON WILDLIFE GROUP TO MEET "V ? 4 A regular meeting of the Jack son County Wildlife club will be held Tuesday night, December 10, at 8 o clock in the Woodman hatt The new president, Stedmafi Mitchell, of Cullowhee will preside. A membership drive is now on torn the new years. All former mem. rs are urged to attend and briaa as many new members as possible. Jackson Schools Will Close For Christmas Holidays December 13 A. C. Moses, superintendent of Jaekton public schools, hss an nounced that the school, will '?mis? their students on Friday December 13, for the ChrlstmM holidays. Studies will be resumed again on Monday, December 30. Mr. Moses said. Jackson F.H.A. Borrowers Are Raising Standards Of Living During 1946 Jackson county , quarts per family and as a whole FHA borrowers have done a good job of food production and con servation. Recently a study was made of 184 active borrowers in the county in regard to food con servation and production. At the beginning of the year these fami lies set definite goals in conserva tion of foods for winter use. The Jackson county goal is 100 quarts of canned food and ten bushels dried and stored per person in the family. This group canned 56,251 quartes of vegetables, 43,240 quarts of fruit'and 6,660 quarts of meat. met their conservation goal. Each family stored about 52 bushe?s at food for winter use. Canned food included tomatoes, vegetables, fruits and meats. Stored foods are Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, carrots, cabbage, dried beans and peas. Some families kill and. can beeves and most make their own lard and soap. The average num ber of hogs killed by these families is three. They own 292 cows and produce their own milk and butter for home use. On an average they They have stored 9,751 bushels of jkeep about thirty laying hens and fruits and vegetables besides dried procjuce their own poultry for beans and peas. The average size of Jackson county FHA family is five. These families averaged 576* home use. (Continued on Page 6)

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