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Herald The Heiald la ilediiateil to progressive tervice to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. VOL. XXI, NO. 29 SyLva, N. C. Thursday, Dec. 19, 1946 $2.00 A Year?5c C*py Forrest Gardner To Speak At Scout District Meeting 1947 Committees To Tie * Appointed By Hennessee At DiHshoro Meeting Jackson County Boy Scout lead ers are making preparation for the annual organizational committee meeting to be held at Jarrett Springs hatel at Dillsboro on the -evening of December 20 .at which time Forrest Gardner, of Hender sonville, chairman of the Land of the Sk^ District of Boy Scouts, will be the principal speaker. The annual dinner is held to formulate pdans of work to be car ried out during the coming year. The Rev. Eufus A. Morgan, retir ing chairman* of the district, will preside at the meeting Friday night, at which time the new chairman W. C. Hennessee, of this city, will make committee appoint ments for the year 1947. Mr. Mor-i gan and Mr. Hennessee are both very active in Scout work and are making a real working team put ting over the programs and stimu lating the scout work throughout the year. Committeemen , f r o m Macon, Swain and Jackson are expected ^to be present for the dinner meet ing and will take part in planning for the new year. It has been announced that the largest percentage gain in Scouting membership of any district in the Daniel Boone Council during 1946. Diplomas To Be Awarded Junior Rifle Club Members Chick Young, instructor for the Sylva Boy Scout Junior Rifle club has announced that all members are asked to be present for a meet ing on Tuesday night, December 31, at which time diplomas won this year will be issued. meeting ior^ne coming year ana parents of the members of this club are invited to attend the meeting. llr. Young stated that it Is hoped an Indoor rifle range will be made available for the club for the win ter season. VJ.W. Post To Meet At I Courthouse Friday Evening Commander Joe Clyde Fisher has announced that the regular month ly meeting of the Fraqk and Her man Bailey post, Veterans of For eign Wars will be held at the courthouse Friday evening at 7:00 ?'clock. The election of officers for the coming year will take place at this meeting and all members are urged to be present.# Sylva Stores Will Close Two Days For Christmas Boyd 8ossamon, prec'dent of Sylva Merchants assce.ation has announced that the members have agreed to take two days for Christmas holidays, and that all business will be suspended on the 25th and 26th, reopening again on Friday the 27th. He also stated that the stores will re main open until seven o'clock eaeh evening on Saturday of this week and Monday and Tuesday of next-week, for the conven ience of late shoppers. ? ONI OF THE victims of the Winecofl hotel fire in Atlanta, Gan is W. F. Winecofl (above), builder of the hotel. Although he relinquished control of the property several years ago, Winecofl maintained a family apartment on the tenth floor. His son, W. S. Winecofl, Jr., identified the bodies of his mother and father, found on the floor of the spartment where they had been trapped by the raging flames. (International) Senator Bailey Dies In Raleigh North Carolina's Senator Josiah William Bailey, 73, died at his home in Raleigh Sunday of a cerebral hemmorrhage. Final rites were held in Raleigh at 3:30 Mon day afternoon. Senator Bailey had served in the United States Senate. for 16 years and turning to Washington in January to take up his duties with tht new congress. He suffered a serious heart ailment eight months ago and had spent much time resting at his home sines that time. His condi tion, however, had greatly im proved until the sudden attack Sunday. His immediate family was at his bedside when the end came. Industrial, civic and political lead ers of the state joined in paying ?Continued on page 6 ? Sylra Firemen Attend 3 tee ting in Salisbury O n invitation o f Sherwood Brockwell, Secretary of N. C. Fire Chief's Association, five members of the Sylva Fire Department are attending a meeting in Salisbury today. A letter accompanying the invitation read as follows: Follow ing the disasterou. fire in a so called fire-proof hotel in Atlanta, Ga.?this following similar fires in Chicai... III. and elsewhere?Chief Wm. II. Palmr*, president of the North C arolint Fire Chief's Asso ciation. has called a meeting of the membi: s of the N >rth Carolina Firemi:.'s As.^ciatic n at Fire de parting t : ic ;dqur.r:ers in Salis oury vviich .v.l; be held Thursday, Decerncer 10, at 10 a. m. to dis cuss rru.tters pertaining thereto. Sylra firemen going to Salisbury include W. B. Cope, chief; O. E. District Scout Court Of Honor Has Impressive Ceremony Here The Smoky Mountain District, j Daniel Boone Council, Boy Scout i Court of Honor was held at the Sylva Methodist Church Thursday j evening, December 12, at 7:30 o'clock. John F. Corbir, district advancement chairman, was in charge. Sccut Charles Stillwell was Court clerk. The Court opened with the ad vance of the colors. Tommy Fergu son and Dick Barkley were color bearers with Mack Monteith and Jimmy Parker color guards. Mack Monteith led the pledge of allegi ance to the flag. Rev. C. M. Warren, pastor of the Sylva Baptist Church, pronounced the invocation. W. C. Wall, assistant scout ex ecutive of Asheville, conducted the Candlelight Tenderfoot Investiture ' ceremony. * Bobby Robinson and Kenton Cope of Troop 1 Sylva and 1 Waiter L. Hall of Troop 1 Franklin were inducted into Scouting as Ter.derfeet. Mayor Herbert Gibson presented the rank of Second Class Scout to E. P. Stillwell, Jr., Franklin Fricks and Jimmy Parker oi. Troop 1 Sylva. The rank of First Class Scout was presented to Dick Barkley and Tommy Ferguson by Edwin Alli son. John Alsup of Franklin present ed the following Scouts with Merit Badges: Troop 1 Sylva: Charles Stillwell, Camping, Dairying and Civics; Frank Crawford, Jr., Con servation; Charles Cagle, Automo biling. Troop 14, Cullowhee: Win fred Ashe, Cooking, Home Repairs, ?-Continued on page 6 MRS, Ft. U.SUTTON HAS LEADING ARTICLE IN DEC. P.T.A. BULLETIN Carrying out a Christmas motif, the December issue of the North Carolina Parent-Teacher Bulletin has just been released to over 1,000 members, according to Mrs. Dix Sarsfield, editor, of Asheville and | Charlotte. The bulletin, fronted by an attractive Madonna scene, of fers this month timely suggestions for Christmas gifts, holiday recre ation for the family, Christmas recipes, lists of children's books, and individual greetings from the 20 board members. A special feature of the Bulletin is the opening article entitled "Let Christmas Live In Our Homes by Making it a Happy Place," by Mrs. R. U. Sutton of this city. Mrs. Sut ton, chairman of the education for hemes and family life committee, is well-known in Parent-Teacher work throughout the state. In her article she offers pertinent re-1 marks about drinks, cookies, and crndy. The Bulletin also contains features by other outstanding Par ent-Teacher leaders in the state. Farmers Of County To Hold Meeting At Courthouse Dec. 21st Every farmer in Jackson coun ty is urged to be present .at a meeting of the recently or.gan~ ized Farmers' Cooperative to be held in the courthouse Saturday afternoon, December 21, at 1:00 o'clock. There will be some very im portant discussions at this meet ing concerning the future wel fare of the farmers of Jackson * county. COUNTY OFFICES WILL CLOSE FOR CHRISTMAS Mr. J. A. Br/iOrr, cWrma^ of the county board of commissioners, has announced that all offices at the court housg will have a recess from business during the Christ mas season. The offices, including the county commissioners, the reg ister of deeds, the clerk of court, the sheriff, the county superin tendent, and the county farm agent, and the health service, will close at noon Tuesday and have Wednesday and Thursday off, re turning to work Friday morning. MISS H. SOSSAMON IS NAMED HOME AGENT FOR JACKSON COUNTY Miss Helen Sossamon, Home Demonstration agent for Jackson county, left Saturday for Concord, where she will spend her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Sossamon. Miss Sossamon was appointed to her position last week, to fill the place vacated by Mrs. Marvin Starnes, the former Miss Josephine Johnston, who resigned at the time of her marriage. Coming to Sylva last June, Miss Sossamon was Assistant Home Demonstration agent. She is a grad uate of Appalachian State Teach ers College and holds a degree in Home Economics. YOUTH HELD IN JAIL ON THEFT CHARGE Conrad Buchanan, 20, of the Cullowhee section, is being held in the county jail in default of bond on a charge of theft. He was picked up on the streets Tuesday morning oy Chief of Police Don Davis upon suspicion following the breaking and entering of the Sylva Feed store some time Monday night at which time $35.00 was taken from the cash register. Entrance to the ?store was made by breaking a 10 x 12 inch window glass in the front door to the basement en trance. Buchanan at first denied any connection with the robbery but later admitted to Sheriff Mid dleton that he committed the rob bery, but would not tell what be came of the money, which has not been recovered. He told the sher ff that he broke into the store I i bout 2 o'clock Tuesday morning. She: "With the laundry situation what it is, I don't see how football players keep heir uniforms clean." Another Silly: "Say, haven't you | ever heard of the scrub team?" Brookhyser, F. H. Picklesimer, J. P. Stovall, and D. M. Tallent. Jackson County Demonstration Farmers Are Nowj)rafting A Long-Time Program W.N.C. LEGISLATORS PLEDGE TO SllPPORT EXPANSION PROGRAM State legislators of this area, to gether with U. S. representative Monroe M. Redden pledged them selves to a program of- regional de velopment at a meeting Monday night in Asheville. The program was outlined to them by the execu tive and projects committees of Western North Carolina Associated communities. Eight of the 10 counties in the area were represented. Jackson's representative, Mr. Tompkins, was unable to attend. Percy B. Ferebee of Andrews, WNCAC president, listed the eight projects which the organization al ready is at work on as: 1. Development of the North Carolina side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. K -? 2. Completion of sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway which would , tie in with existing state roads and completed links. ^ J 1% 3. Immediate construction of a road from Bryson City to Fontana to replace a state highway inun dated by the lake. 4. Construction of a national park museum at Ravensford. 5. Making an industrial survey in Western North Carolina. 6. Development of hotels and eating facilities to further the tour ist business. 7. Staging of a Western North Carolina pageant annually, similar to the Lost Colony production at Manteo, 8. Establishment 0*> Indian museum on the Cherokee reserva tion. The meeting was held primarily to acquaint legislators and the 12th district congressman with the work and plans of WNCAC, and bring the lawmakers together prior to convening of the general assembly in Raleigh January 8. Christmas Issue Of Herald To Be Published Tuesday Our Big Christmas issue of The Herald will come off the press next Tuesday afternoon, crammed full of Christmas fea tures, and ilrustrations, local news happenings, and Season Greetings of our local business firms. The issue is being pub lished early in order that our -force may enjoy Christmas Day with their families or go visiting as the case may be. The Herald has secured an unusually beautiful and timely Greeting advertisements service for the local firms this year. We urge each firm to place their copy with us just as early as pos sible in order that the copy may be handled to the best advan tage and the Herald may come out as stated above. Dr. E. J. Bryson of Liberty, S. C. has been spending a few days with his sister-in-law, Mrs. Carrie Bry- ! son, at Cullowhee. JACK HENNE88EE, 16 son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hennessee of Sylva, received the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in Scout ing at the Smoky Mountain District Court of Honor held at the Sylva Methodist church on Thursday evening, December 12. ^ Survivor Of Atlanta Hotel Fire AT A HOSPITAL in Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Edith Burch, 20, wh6 s^Lrvived a ten-story fall in the tragic Winecofl Hotel Are, is shown being com* forted by her husband. The newlywed couple were trapped in their tenth floor suile by flames which enveloped the 15-story hotel. Burch climbed down ? "sheet rope" from the tenth to the seventh floor where he was rescued by firemen. Mrs Burch, using the. same method ol escape, lost her hold and dropped to the hotel's marquee. (International) William B. Umstead, Durham at torney, and manager of Governor Cherry's campaign before he wai | elected, was named by Cherry i Tuesday as successor to the late Senator Josiah W. Bailey, who died suddenly at his home in Raleigh last Sunday. Governor Cherry, in announcing Umstead's appointmnt said, "I am confident that Mr. Umstead will make a worthy successor to Sena tor Bailey and will represent the state of North Carolina in keeping with the prestige and reputation of former senators from this state." Umstead is a former congress man, having represented the state's sixth district for three terms, from 1933 to 1939 when he voluntarily left congress to return to his Dur ham law practice. Notice Issued To War Veterans Pertaining To Insurance Policies A notice has been issued to all veterans who have dropped or let their insurance lapse,, that they will have until January 1 to reinstate , their National Service Life Insur ance policy with only two pay ments to bring it up to date. After January 1 all back payments will have to be made. For detailed information veter ans are requested to see T. VV. Ashe, local service officer, at tho City Hall, or D. E. Sigmon, assist ant State Service Officer, N. C. Veterans' Commission, who will be in Mr. Ashe's office each Wednes day from 9 until 12. Mr. Sigmon or Mr. Ashe will advise any questions pertaining to claims, pensions, compensation, job training, war surplus priorities for building ioans. anything pertaining to the G. I. B.ll of Rights, or problems concerning the widows of World War II veterans. 1 Christmas Rush Is On At Post Office Charlie Price, postmaster of the Sylva office, stated Wednesday that Christmas mail is hitting the usual stride at this season, with the peak expected to be reached the latter half of this week. The i volume is running about the same j as last year, he said, with the ex ception of less overseas mail, since ' most Jackson county men are now back in the States. FOREST FIRE SURVEY PLANNED Ffflt 1IE6I0N / f Jackson is ore of the 15 coun ties in which a survey is being made to determine the require ments for adequate forest fire con trol. F. H. Ledbette* of Buncombe county, former Farm Security ad ministration forester, has been ap pointed to conduct the survey, which will require from four to six months to complete. It is being made by the North Carolina Forest service, and is the ?Continued on page 6 StattHvn is 6YII' Candidate For Thv M'rvmideney The first man to make a definite announcement that he would be a candidate for President on the Re publican ticket is young, Harold E. Stassen, 39, former Governor of Minnesota and Navy veteran. Stas sen made his announcement at a news conference in Washington Tuesday. Stassen said that his first interest would be to develop new labor legislation based on volun tary methods to prevent strikes but seeking to break up monoplies and i.ct;j vxhips in unions. Hugh E. Montelth, Jr. will ar rive Friday from Gardner Webb college to spend the holidays with hj.s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Monteith. * 1946 Reports Of Work Show Great Progress; . To Extend^Activities # Many farmers in the toutity are now cooperating \yith the Exten sion Service in a demonstration program of Farm Management to control erosion. These farmers are following a crop rotation by gvow ing grasses and legumes ior soil improvement. Phosphate is made available for these farms by the Tennessee Valley Authority which is used on these grasses, legumes, and pastures. * il.e results of this program have be? n so good as reported by the demonstration farmers that we have been working to etxend this to other parts- of the county. S( nie time ago, the demonstra tion farm committee met here in Sylva and voted to start a long time Extension program in the fourteen communities in the county that are not now covered by Area Watershed demonstrations. To this end, M. L. Snipes, County Agent; G. G. Farthing, Assistant County Agent At Large, and G. W. Conrad, Assistant County Agent, have been conducting-community meetings in the^e various communities for the past two weeks, in order to get this long-time Extension program started. The follow re the com mittees that have t elected for thr^o various com; ... ities. Each committee is composed of three people and of these three, one is designated as the Chairman, one as Representative to the County demonstration committee, and one as a regular member. The communities and committees are as follow^; ? \ , c Cuilowhe^=-tor. Thomas Led better, chairman and representa tive ? to County committee; Mrs. Frank Brown, member; Mr. Mm Stephens, membei. Sylva?Mrs. Fred McLain, chair man and representative to County committee; Mr. Lee Bumjtarner, member; Mr. Dewey Ens ley, mem ber. Glenville?Mr. Alton Holden* chairman; Mrs. Clayborn Bryaon, representative to County commit tee; Mr. Fred Bryson, member. East La Porte?Mr. Ed P. Wike, chairman; Mr. L. D. Moody, repre sentative to County committee; Mrs. H. H. Wike, member. Webster?Mr. Roy Cowan, chair man and representative to County committee; Mr. Frank Cole, mem ber; Mrs. Tom Kelly, member. ? jk ?Continued on page ? Freight Increase Raises Price Of Limestone D. C. Higdon, chairman of Jackson County AAA, announces that he has been informed by the State office, that effective December 16, 1946, the cost to farmer# for limestone will be In creased ten cents per ton. This is made necessary due to the freight increase which goes Into effect on the first of January 1947. This increa&e in price makes the cost cf lime delivered to farmers in Jackson county $1.25 per ton after this date. Jackson Countians Buy $8,000 In U.S. Saving Bonds In Nov? Mr. Ariail, County Chairman of the U. S. Savings Bonds Division for Jackson county, announced to day that, according to information received from the U. S. Savings Bonds State Office in Greensboro, sales of U. S. Savings Bonds for The period November 1 through November 30, for Jackson county totaled $8,771.75; broken down into the three available series the sales were E Bonds, $8,643.75; P Bonds, $74.00. Sales of Savings Bonds for the entire state of North Carolina for the same period were: E Bonds $4, 514,268.75, F Bonds, $389,295.50, O Bonds, $1,764,500.00, totaj $6,668, 064.25. ? Mr. Ariail urges Jackson county citizens to continue to invest in U. S. Savings Bonds and to make this a thrifty Christmas. He states that in his opinion the finest Christmas present jmyone can give is one of Uncle Sam's Savings Bonds?Series E, F or G?"the present with a future." Christmas Program Is Given At High School A musical program was present ed by members of the Sylva High school Glee club and the Band at the High school auditorium, De cember 12. Christmas music featured the program and twelve members of the band, under the direction of George Luce, played two Christ mas carols. This was the firirt time that the band had given a per formance and they made a very I creditable showing.
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