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VOL. XXI, NO. 32
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, Jan. 9, 1947
$2.00 A Year?5c Cspy
Jackson County Veterans\
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Taking Advantage ofG.L
Farm Training Program
Better Methods For
Fajrm Operations Are
Taught By John Corbin
Several veteran farmers are now
taking advantage of the Veteran
Farm Training program which is
being conducted at the Agricul
tural Department of the Sylva
High school, under the supervision
of John F. Corbin, agriculture
teacher. Classes are held each
Tuesday ar>4 Thursday evenings.
In order to qualify and become
eligible for this program, a veteran
must show definite interest in
farming; must either own or have
access to a suitable farm for the
entire training program and must
agree to carry out and prut into
practice all recommendations of
fered by the supervisor. Veterans
who fail to put into practice these
recorpmendations or~fail to devote
their full time on the farm .will be
dropped from the training program
immediately.
All trainees are required to at
tend and assist in the Tuesday and
Thursday classes which are held
in the Sylva High school Agricul
ture building.
This program has been active
since early last fall and now has a
membership of about eighteen
farmers. Most of the veterans now
enrolled either own or are in the
process of buying their own farm.
Those who have access to large
farms are doing general farming,
others on smaller farms are raising
poultry as their project and one
man is putting out an orchard.
Veterans, who intend to farm lor
a living and feel that they are
qualified for the training program,
should, for further. information,
contact ?p?rYfcfw,,nr
C. C. Deitz, assistant at the- Sylva
High school Agriculture Building,
on Tuesday and Thursday after
noons between one. aftd four
o'clock.
87 Acres Of Forest
Land Burned In County
County Forest Warden Charles
Evans reports that, six forest fires
occurred in Jackson.county during
the last half of 1946.,These fires
burned 87 acres of the 216,441 acres
of non-federal land protected by
the North Carolina Forest Service.
All six of these fires were caused
by careless smokers. Although a
large amount of brush was burned
during the season, no fires were
started from brush burners and i^o
fires were deliberately set.
Statistics show that nine out of
every ten forest fires can be pre
vented and the public is urged to
do their part in fire prevention.
Matches should be put out, and
broken in half. before throwing
away; cigarette stubs and pipe
ashes extinguished, and all fires
put out or reporte<iito the forest
warden.
Fiber flax improvement work
has brought out a new disease
resistant variety that is an out
standing yielder.
GOES TO RALEIGH
DAN TOMPKINS left Sunday
morring for Raleigh to prepare for
the opening, yesterday, of the 1947
session of the General Assembly.
Mr. Tompkins represents Jackson
coun:y in the lower frouse.
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Tax Unt Takerh
Named9 To tiefjin
Work Monday
Mr. Jennings A. Bryson, tax su
pervisor for Jackson county has
announced the names of the tax
list lakers for the various town
ships They are as follows: Bark
ers Crefek, Ben Jcpieg; Canada, R.
J, Shelton; Caney tfork, J. C. Shu
ler; Cashiers, Mrs. Hortense Bry
son; Cullowhee, Earl Sutton; Dills
boro* Mrs. P. W. Kinca&k, Greens
Creek, O. L. Green; Mountain, Mrs.
Pearl Stewart; Qfualfa/W. L. En-,
loe; River, Fred Smith; Savannah,
Verlin C. Buchanan; Scotts Creek,
Mrs. Allen Sutton; Sylva, to be
named; Webster, Miss Myrtle Da
vis; Hamburg, Frank Bryson.
The list-takers met with Mr.
Bryson on Tuesday of this week
and received instructions and sup
plies. They will begin their work
on next Monday, January 13.
All property owners and tax
payers in the county who owned
any property on January 1st this
year are required to list their prop
erty, and all male persons between
the age of 21 and 50 are required
to list their poll during this time.
Farmers, are asked to be pre
pared to make their 1946 farm re
port at the time they.Hst their
taxes.
Dayton Rubber Five To ~
Play Sylva V.F.W.
The TSylva V.F.W. basketball
team will meet the Dayton Rubber
combination on the local high
school court Monday, January 13,
at 8 o'clock.
The Dayton team had a grand
record last yer.r and played in the
finals of the four-state tournament
at Asheville: . *
There will be a preliminary
game at 7:00 o'clock.
Better Understanding Among
Nations Seen By John A. Parris
John A. Parris, Jr., international
affairs expert of the Associated
Press, predicted Saturday that 1947
is "the year of hope for the world."
Mr. Parris, whose familiar by
line has topped stories from Eu
rope for the past five and a half
years and more recently from the
United Nations capital in New
York,* made this prediction in an
interview here while spending the
holidays with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Parris.
'Tor the first time since hostili
ties ceased," said Mr. Parris, "there
is concrete hope for outlawing war.
l^hat hop? is bolstered by an ap
parent ? increase in cooperative
spirit between the Soviet Union
and the eastern powers."
1946 Turning Point
He is of the opinion that 1946,
despite its turbulent run in inter
national and domestic issues and
the new fears engendered by the
atomic bomb, may well go down in
history as possibly the turning
point in man's search for peace.
"To me," he said, "the most sig
nificant achievement in the old
year was the solemn pledge given
by the 54 members of the United
Nations to support immediate steps
to reduce their armed forces and
destroy the mass destructive weap
ons of war, including the atomic
bomb.
"The.means of carrying out this
program of outlawing war are be
ing studied now, and there is a
good chance that the basic ma
chinery will be set up by mid-sum
mer."
?Mr. Parris said he considered al
most equally as significant the at
tainment of almost unanimous
agreement among the United Na
tions members, "a unanimity that
had been conspiciously lacking
since the peac^agency was born.
8oft*aJ*9 Russian Policy
1 "The assembly session in New
York," he explained, "gave evi
dence irf some respects of a soften
jing of Russian policy and the di
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FUNERAL RITES FOR
MRS. FRANK BROWN
CONDUCTED- TUESDAY
Funeral services lor Mrs. Frank
G. Brown, 50,. who died at the C.
J. Harris Community hospital
January 7, at 12:45, following an
eleven-weeks illness, were con
ducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
tfie -Sylva Methodist
church. The Rev. W. Q, Grigg, pas
tor of.the Methodist church, the
Rev. C. M. Warren, pastor of the..
Sylva Baptist church and mem
bers of O.C.E. chapter 139 Order
of the Eastern Star were in charge
of' the last rites. Burial followed
in the Keener cemfetery.
Active pallbearers Avere W. R.
Kilpatrick, Ray Cogdill, Jake
Bales, Woody Hampton, Willie
Monteith of Sylva, and Loy D. Bry
son of Maryville, Tenn.
Honorary pallbeare'rs were Dr.
Roy W. Kirchberg, Dr. Grover
Wilkes, Dr. ^Fred Hooper, Dr.
Wayne McGuire, D. M. Allison,
Dan K. Moore, A. O. Allison, W. E.
Campbell, J. A. Gray, George
Painter, Hugh Monteith, Jennings
Bryson, M. Y. Jarrett, and J. T.
Gribble. 7
Mrs. Brown was born October
21, 1896 in Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada. She was first married to
Floyd Askey of Freeport, 111. To
I this union were born two sons,
Fran>, deceased; C. R. Askey, of
Tampa, Fla., and Mrs. Wenonah
Henry of Detroit, Mich. She moved
to Sylva from Florida 22 years ago
and has been active in civic and
church affairs during her residence
here. Mrs. Brown was a member
of the Methodist church, the East
ern Star, and during World War
II, quite active in Red Cross work.
She had been' employed at the
Park Lunch room for some time.
In 1942 she married Frank G.
Brown c>f Cullowhee and they soon
established their home in Sylva.
Mr. Brown is manager of Allison
Hardware Co. here.
Survivors include in addition to
her husband and son and daugh
ter, two grandchildren, Lynda and
Sharon Henry of Detroit; two step
grandchildren, Buddy and Barbara
Cunningham of Tamph, Fla.; a
step-son, Jame6 E. Brown of Cullo
whee; two step-daughters, Mrs. R.
T. Abbott of Bryson City and Mrs.
H. N. Wells of Murphy.
Out-of-town people attending
the funeral were Loy D. Bryson,
Maryville, Tenn.; Fred Henry of
Detroit, Mich.; C. R. Askey, Tampa,
Fla., Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Brown
and Mrs. Frank Rhinehart of
Asheville, H. M. Lively of Black
Mountain, and Mr. and Mrs. R. T.
Abbott of Bryson City.
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MRS. TIDMARSH AND
DAUGHTERS JOIN
MAJOR TIDMARSH
Mrs. Harold' Tidmarsh and
daughters, Christy and Patricia,
left Fort Hamilton field, N. Y. Sun
day morning at 10 a. m. on a C-47
and arrived in Frankfort, Ger
many, Monday, between four and
five o'clock, where they joined
Major Tidmarsh, who is stationed
at Deggendorg, Germany as Mili
tary commander of the military
village.
Major Tidmarsh,' after several
months Pacific duty, was transfer
red to the European theatre last
Spring. .... *
*4 Aunt" Jane Coward
Marks 96th Birthday
Relatives and friends of "Aunt"
Sarah Jane Coward helped her
celebrate her 96th birthday, Thurs
day, January 2, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Arlessa Brown of
Cowarts, where she makes her
home.
She Was before her marriage to
1 the late J. B. Coward, the former
Miss Sarah Jane Hooper.
Despite the fact that "Aunt"
Jane has 13 grandchildren, six
great grandchildren, and two
great great grandchildren, she can '
boast yet of doing her own house
work.
"I don't have to do the work,"
she remarked, "but I am well,
strong, and enjoy working. I would
feel lost without it."
| "Aunt" Jane, who has been an
active member of the Baptist
i church in the community where
j she has lived for the past 70 or
! more years, enjoys nothing better
I than an "old-fashioned" get-to
gether^of church' going relatives
and friends on Sunday, or when a
series of revival meetings are be
jag held in the community.
A <JJ
E. H. Stillwell Passes
Dfifth Tali 1'm M T
TV Favuitjf tSvuii
WvtinvMtlaff A.M.
The faculty members and stu
dent* body of Western Carolina
Teachers College were sadden?tl
when they heard of the death of
Professor Edgar H. Stillwell which
occurred early Wednesday morn
ing at "Mission hospital in Ashe
y111 ej Professor Stillwell entered
the hospital for treatment last
week anjfl his death was quite un
expected. He became ill and quit
his class room work about the first
of December.
Funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at
the tullowhee Baptist church. In
terment will be in the church
cemetery. Moody Funeral^ home
will be in charge of arrangements.
Professor Stillwell was the old
est faculty member in line of serv
ice of Western Carolina Teachers
College, having received his ap
pointment in 1003. He had been
head of the Social Science depart
ment since 1909. At the time of-,
his death he held a Master's de
gree. He received his B. S. degree
from George . Peabody College,
Nashville, Tenn., and his Master's
degree from the University of Chi
cago. He took several 'summer
courses at Duke University. Pro
fessor Stillwell was one of the best
loved and most highly respected
members of the /acuity of the col
lege.
Mr. Stillwell was born June 8,
1881 at Webster, the son of the
late Joseph and Martha Stillwell.
He was chairman of the Board of
Deacons and clerk of Cullowhee
Baptist church. For a number of
years Professor Stillwell was a
teacher of the Sunday school class
of college girls at the church.
Surviving are the widow, the
former Miss Sallie Gertie Co-ward;
tour daughters, Miss Martha Lou
Stillwell, of Cullowhee; Miss Caro
lyn Stillwell, who teaches in the4
Eastern part of the State; Mrs.
Leonard Allen, of Boiling Springs;
Mrs. Helen Kate Reeves, of Leices
ter; one son, David Siler Stillwell,
of the law firm of Stillwell oiyi
Stillwell, of Sylva. Also two broth-"
ers, Attorney EphYiam P. Still
well, of Sylva; Iverson Stillwell,
of Webster; two sisters, Mrs. W.
M. Cook, of Webster, and Mrs.
Sadie Sutton of Sylva. One grand
son, Billy Reeves, also survives.
U.D.C. Will Meet
Thursday Evening
ThcTBV H. Cathey chapter, Unit^
ed Daughters of the Confederacy,
will meet Thursday evening at 7:30
in Allison building. All members
are especially urged to be present
as some important matters are to
be decided at this time.
Forms For Farm Plans
Now Ready For Farmers
Formi for 1947 Farm Plans
'have been received by the Jack
?on County Agricultural Conser
vation Association, and Mrs. El
len N. Corbin, Secretary of the
Jackson County AAA, asks that
all farmers who have not done
so w to come by the office at their
pearliest convenience and fill out
their 1947 Farm Plan. It is im
portant that the farmers make
application now for the lime,
phosphate, and seeds that they
will need this year so that the
allocation- for Jackson county
may be determined.
A large number of farmers
have not made their farm report
for 1946 and It is urfled that they
attend to this at once, so that ap
plications for checks may be
mailed to the 8tate office if any
payment has been earned during
1946.
BYRNES RESIGNS AS
SECRETARY OF STATE,
MARSHALL SUCCEEDS
General George C. Marshall was
named this week by President Tru- !
man to succeed James F. Byrnes,
whose resignation as secretary of
state came a scomplete surprise to
the general public.
?Byrnes, who had been w;irncrj
by doctors to slow down his activi
ties, had first aske^j to be released
from the top-ranking membership
of the president's cabinet, last
April, but had agreed to remain
until the end of the peace confer
ence. Again in December he had
petitioned to be allowed to resign.
Tiie announcement of his release
came from the White House at 7:15,
approximately the same time his
successor left China, where he has
been on a presidential mission.
'Marshall, Chief of Army Staff,
during the war, had been picked
to help untangle the affairs of war
town China.- His appointment to
this diplomatic post followed the
resignatiin of Ambassador Patrick
Hurley'.
Byrnes, wh^se resignation as
secretary of state is effective Jan
uary 10, concludes a long list of
distinguished posts. He has served
as senator, as a supreme court jus
tice and as assistant president to
tliiKlate Franklin D. Roosevelt in'
the rotte^of war mobilizer.
Schedule Of Meetings Of
Home Demonstration
And 4-H Clubs
Miss Helen Sossarhon, Home
Demonstration agent fpr Jackson
county^ announces the ^ollowinng
scheckile of meetings for the Home
demonstration and 4-H clubs for
the month of January:
Jan. 8, 3eta H. D. club; Jan. 9,
Dilisboro H. D. club; Jan. 10, Web
ster H. D. club; Jan. 13, Balsam
H. D. club; Jan. 13, Johns Creek
4-H club; Jan. 13, Tuckaseigee 4-H
club; Jan. 14, Gay H. D. club; Jan.
I 14, Cashiers 4-H club; Jan. 14,
Glenville 4-H club; Jan. 15, Johns
Creek H. D. club; Jan. 15, Beta
4?*H club; Jan. 15, Savannah 4-H
club; Jan. 16, Loves Field H. D.
club; Jan. 16, Wester 4-^H club;
Jan. 16, Cullowhee 4-H club; Jan.
17, Pressley Creek H. D. club; Jan.
17,. Dilisboro 4-H club; Jan. 17,
Qualla 4-H club; Jan. 20, Sylva H.
D. club; Jan. 21, Qualla H. D. club;
Jan. 22, Victory H. D, club; Jan.
23, Cullowhee H. D. club; Jan. 24,
Cope Creek H. D. club; Jan. 27,
Glenville H. D. club; Jan. 28, Cash
iers H. D. club; Jan. 29, Cope Creek
4-H club.
CAPTAIN BUCHANAN
SHOWS PICTURE OF
THE WAR IN EUROPE
"The True Glory," the official
movie cTf the European side of the
war^ was recently shown at Cullo
whee, the Ritz theatre, and to
members of the American Legion
through the courtesy of Capt. John
Buchanan of San Jocinta, Texas.
The film, which is a complete
and continuous story of the Euro
pean war from D-Day, June 6,
1944, until V-E Day, was made by
war photographers of America,
England, and France, and is pieced
in by captured German films, giv
ing the German sfde of the war.
Eeneral Eisenhower acts as Master
of Ceremonies throughout the
filrn7.
The movie, which has been is
sued to camps, is not available to
the general public except under
such conditions as shown in Sylva.
Captain Huchanan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Buchanan of Cullowhee,
drove 500 miles from his camp at
San Jocinta to San Antonio, Texas,
in order to secure the film and
bring it to Jackson county for a
showing. He plans to return with
the film in the early spring and
afford the pubjic another chance
to see this authentic depiction of
the war.
Sylva Students
Attend W. C. T. C.
Among the Sylva young men and
women, who have resumed their
work at Western Carolina Teach
ers College after spending* the holi
days with their families, are Vir
ginia Madison, Anne Warren, Anne
Soderquist, Doris Glenda Bryson,
Dorothy Sue Tallent, Bee Jane
Harris, Jean Poteet, and Love
Louise Owens, Mrs. Mary M.
Hardy, Lewis Wilson, Jimmy Keen
er, Walter Warren, Edward L.
Cooke, Raymond Nicholson, J. C
Hesor, and Cloeman Jones.
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Sylva Flying Service Gets
Two New PJfines, Super
Cruisers Now On Field
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STATE SENATOR
SENATOR WILLIAM M E,D
FORO, of Waynesville, who is rep
resenting this senatorial district
with Vome Clement, of Brevard,
in the General Assembly in Ra
leigh.
Mr. Medford is a Waynesville
attorney, and a leader in civic and
religious activities of his county.
A veteran of World War II, he has
headed such organizations as Ro
tary, Red Cross, Boy Scouts, and
numerous drives. He is an official
of the Chamber of Commerce, and
former Secretary of the Young
Democratic Clubs of the State. He I
is chairman of the finance com-)
mil tee of his .ehurcb.
Ho is a graduate of the Univer
sity of North Carolina. ^
Dan Cowan Taken
Oath Ah Clerk Of
Superior Court
Dan G. Cowan became Cleric of
Superj^r Court for Jackson Coun
ty on January -2. succeeding his
brother, the late Roy M. Cowan.
.Mr. Cowan was appointed by
Judge Felix E. Alley of Waynes
ville to fill out the unexpired term
of his brother. The oath of office
was administered by John Morris,
Justice of the Peace of Sylva, on
Thursday, January 2. Mr. Cowan
began his new duties immediately.
Prior to this time Mr. Cowan
was employed in the shipping de
partment of the .Mead Corporation, |
Sylva Division. I
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MASONS TO HOLD j
SPECIAL MEETING
The Dillsboro Masonic Lodge
No. 459 A.F. & A. M. will hold a
special communication at the lodge
in Dillsboro tonight, Thursday, at
7:30 o'clock. All Master Masons are
requested to be present.
So many North Carolina farm
people are interested in new homes
tbfit it is difficult for State Col
lege Extension Service personnel
to keep up with requests for house
plans and other information.
Watson Plans Expansion
At Air Port To Give
?-Section Air Stervice?_?
It was a perfect day last Friday
1<t flying when we went out to the
Sylva airport for a trial hop in the
new Piper Super Cruiser, which
\\a> i ecer.tly added to the service
offered at the field.
On our way out to the*field we
picked up Some of the enthusiaan
lor living that is Johnnie's; wete
speaking of Johnnie Watson, cur
rent owner and operator of the
Sylva Flying Service. In the three
miles to the airport, which is lo
cated on the Asheville highway.
we did considerable hangar fly
ing and, by the time we reached
the field, knew who and what was *
the flying clientelle of Jackson
county.
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After we visited the hangar, '
which houses four planes, a Piper
cub belonging to John D. Broom
ol Argura, a Taylor Craft of Wm.
B. Dillard, a Piper Cruiser and
Piper Cub Trainer belonging to
Johnnie, we &ere so air minded
tlia* nothing but a flight in the
newest plane would do.
Rolling her out, we made ready
for lhght. It was like stepping into
the interior of a" comfortable car.
Two seats behind and one in front
with leather upholstai^ and a wide
view in front and siae. We taxied,
down the field along side the high
way to the north end of the run
way and stopped for a brief mo
ment while Johnnie warmed up
and explained the instruments on
the front panel. A turn at the end
ol the field, no more bumps, and
we were off. It was like silk, and
suddenly Sylva was directly be
neath its. A
.Heading west, a panorama of.
Webster, Dillsboro, Sylva and the
countryside was beneath us. Eight
minutes later a flash of river and
we realized we were over the Lit
Jjf^Tennessee just outside ol
Franklin. And then Franklin. Cir
cling the town we suddenly lost the
trail x)f the Franklin Highway and,
spotting our shadow on the ground,
we realized how rapidly we were
traveling. (The plane cruises wt
100 m.p.h.) The next thing Glen
ville dam and lake were just ahead..
We could see the summer camps:
belonging to T. N. Massie and Har
ry Ferguson; another turn and we
were at East La Porte, Cullowhee*.
and then back home. A drop in al
titude, two circles around thd
mountain and then the home Held.
We glidecT in, bumped our way to
jhejiangar, and realized the en
tire time taken was thirty-ttve
minutes.
The Sylva airport, which was
organized in 1940, has grown flram
one privately owned plane to -?
five plane airport. Besides the two
Pipers Johnnie owns, he has ?n
open cockpit Steerman. The
has a sod runway of 2700 feet and
permits the landing of any single
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Chamber of Commerce To Hold
Banquet And Name Directors
Directors erf the Sylva Chamber
of Commerce launched plans at
their regular monthly meeting,
Friday night, for a banquet at a
near future date' and at which
time directors for 1947 will be
elected.
Felix Picklesimer, president of
the organization, stated that three
members will be elected from the
encumbent group and six elected
from a new group. The banquet
| and meeting, which date wilp.be
announced later, will be open to
persons interested in the Chamber
of Commerce.
The nine acting members, from
which three will be elected, are
Harry Ferguson, Dr. Harold Mc
Guire, Roscoe* Poteet, Dr, W. A.
Ashbrook, Mack Ashe, Roy Reed,
Joe Popplewell, Everett Harris and
Felix Picklesimer. The new pro
posed names, from which six will
be elected, include Keith Hinds,
John Worth McDevitt; J. A. Gray,
W. C. Hennessee, Woody Hamp
ton, Reg Enloe, Grayson Cope, Bill
Ensor, Boyd Sossamon, Paul Kirk,
Wayne Terrell, Dan Cowan, Claude
Campbell, H. J. Landis, David Ca
gle, C. C. Pettit, H. E. Monteith
and Ed Bumgarner.
Officials of the organization are
selected from and by the nine di
rectors of -the group.
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Dr. Arnold Dann
To Appear In Concert
Dr. Arnold Dann, organist at All
Souls Churchy Biltmore, will ap
pear in a concert at Western Caro
lina Teachers College Friday eve
ning, January 10th. He will ffoft
an illustrated lecture on Chopin
and will play several of ClfopAtfs
compositions. The concert will Wm
in Hoey auditorium at 8 o'clock.
Recently Cartaret county ti
ers have been buying corn
growers in Pitt, Green, Lenoir,
Wayne counties. Excessive
caused a short corn crop in Car^
t; ret, says County Agent R. If.
Williams. "