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VOL. XXI, NO. 34
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, Jan. 23, 1947
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$2.90 A Year?5c Copy
C. J. Harris Hospital Has
Had Most Successful Year
1259 Patients Treated *
During Year; Is Non
profit Institution
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A statistical report for 1946 re
leased by Mrs. Pat Carter, superin
tendent of the C. J. Harris hospital,
shows that the hospital has enjoyed
one of the most successful years
since its founding in 1927. A total
of 1259 patients were treated in
1946, 384 operations performed,
and 274 babies delivered.
This twenty-five bed hospital,
which is a non-profit institution,
serves a large area, drawing pa
tients from surrounding counties
and adequately provides for the
needs of this county.
Plans are now underway for en
largement of the hospital and it is
hoped that work can be begun on
the new wing additions and ex
tensions in the early spring. These
additions will increase the hospital
by approximately fourteen beds,
and will enable the hospital to
render more service to a larger
area. It will be financed'in part
by donations from the public it
serves.
At the January meeting of the
board of directors all officers
were reelected and include the
following: S. W. Enloe, chairman;
J. B. Ensley, vice-chairman; W. E.
Bird, secretary; E. L. McKee,
treasurer, and Mrs. Pat Carter, su
perintendent. Other board mem
bers are M. D. Cowan, D. G. Bry
son, Dan K. Moore, H. T. Hunter,
Sol Schulman, Paul Ellis, W. T.
Wise, R. U. Sutton, J. C. Cannon,
Chester Scott, Paul Kirk, Harry
Ferguson and T. N. Massie. It was
voted at the meeting to ask Jen
nings* A. Bryson to serve on the
board, in the vacancy left by the
late J. C. Allison.
MBwd for
are: Executive, S. W. Enloe, E. L.
McKee, J. B. Dan K.
Moore, Paul Ellis, M. D. Cowan,
J. C. Cannon and Harry Fergu
son; Purchasing, Paul Ellis, H. T.
Hunter, W. T. Wise, J. C. Cannon,
K. U. Sutton and T. N. Massie;
House and Grounds, Paul Kirk, W.
E. Bird, Dan K. Moore, Paul Ellis,
W. T. Wise, Harry Ferguson, and
T. N. Massie; Medical-Nursing, *E.
McKee, D. G. Bryson, J. ?.
Ensley, Chester Scott and Paul
Kirk; Public Relations, H. T.
Hunter, W. E. $ird, M. D. Cowan,
W. T. Wise, Chester Scott, Paul
Ellis and J. A. Bryson; Finance
and Auditing, R. U. Sutton, Ches
ter Scott, Sol Schulman, Paul
Kirk and T. N. Massie.
Gen. MacArthur Will Be
67 Years Old Next Sunday
General Douglas MacArthur will
observe his 67th birthday anniver
sary Sunday*- January 26. The
General bears his years well, con
sidering the tremendous burden he
has carried since the Japs first
struck Pearl Harbor. General Mac
Arthur directed the policies of the
war against Japan which finally
brought her to* her knees, and is
now leading that country from one
of bondage under military rule
intq one of democracy and free
dom.
DILLS REPORTS MANY
CASESJ^E HANDLED
RY RED CROSS IN DEC.
A total of sixty-four cases were
handled in the Jackson county
chapter of the American Red Cross
during the month of December, ac
ording to a report released by A.
J. Dills, executive .secretary of the
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chapter. Thirty-eight of these were
new cases and the remaining twen
ty-six reopened services.
Services rendered included in
quiries and messages, information,
furlough and furlough extensions,
health reports of servicemen's fam
ilies, assistance with governments,
financial assistance, vocational re
habilitation, assistance with claims
for disability and death pensions
and insurance, hospitalization and
terminal leave pay.
SLIDE CAUSES 3-HOUR
DELAY OF TRAIN NO. 18
Passenger train No. 18, bound
from Murphy to Asheville, was de
layed three hours and thirty min
utes Monday morning due to a
slide at the 78 mile post on Nanta
hala river which covered the track
with dirt and rock. Section forces
removed the obstruction. Other
slides occurred at the West end
of Cowee tunnel and on Balsam.]
These were removed without de
laying the trains.
HEAVY RAINS FALL
IN JACKSON COUNTY
Jackson citizens heaved a sigh
of relief ^Monj*ay morning when
thie sun m*<te ft* radiant appear
ance after a full week of cloudy
weather accompanied by con
stant showers and a downpour
of rain Sunday and Sunday night
Had the rain continued another 24
hours, the streams/ already run
ning bank-full, would have gone
out in destructive flood waters.
Although the rain and accom
panying mud were quite disagree
able, it came at a time when the
ground had less water storage than
any time during the past two?years.
Much of what fell during the past
week soaked deep into the earth
and will no doubt keep the streams
and springs flush during the com
ing spring and summer months.
All of the power dams of West
ern North Carolina had reached
low stage and the run-off will help
replenish them.
The heavy rainfall was general
throughout Western North Caro
lina. Asheville reported 1.6p inches
in the 24-hour period ending at
7:30 Monday morning swelling the
Swannanoa and French Broad
rivers out of banks in places. Both
crested, however, before doing
much damage. The high sohool at
Marshall was forced to close as
water filled the boiler and lunch
rooms.' The building there is lo
cated on an island in the French
Broad river. Haywood county also
reported rampaging rivers but no
damage. >
Governor Calls All-Out Support
Of Citizens In Polio Campaign
An appeal from Governor R.
Gregg Cherry for all-out support
of the current Infantile Paralysis
Campaign, which closes January
31, has been received here.
"I am counting on every com
munity in the State to do its share
??in raising adequate funds to con
tinue the fight against this dread
disease," the Governor said.
"It is an obligation which all
men of goodwill will be glad to
recognize. We must be prepared
to meet the challenge of polio in
the summer of 1947. We must have
sufficient funds on hand to insure
ourselves against another epidemic
such as we have just experienced."
Governor Cherry said that "it
is quite evident that comparatively
few families can hope to meet the
financial obligations involved (in
treatment of infantile -paralysis)
without seriously jeopardizing
their standard of UviDg. And
_ where that standard is already low,
the situation becomes impossible.
"When polio strikes, help must
come immediately. There is no
time for financial bickering, no
time to consider costs and obli
gations. There is time only for
quick action. It is at this point
that the work of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
and its Chapters becomes of vital
importance."
The Governor pointed out that
several thousand North Carolinians
are now enlisted as workers in the
current campaign.
There were 153 new cases in
North Carolina this past year and
the average cost of treating each
patient was $1,200, the Governor
said. There were 25,000 new cases
reported in the entire country dur
ing 1946. :
A high percentage of the cases
still being treated in North Caro*
liaa were stricken as far back as
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Envoyh Bid Farewell To Byrne?
BRITAIN'S AMBASSADOR Lord Inverchape) (left) and French Ambas
sadoi Henri Bonnet (right), are shown as they bid goodbye to retirtng
Secretary oi State James F Byrnes at the Blaii House. ofliCiaJ White
House guest mansion Chiefs of more than 60 Embassies and Legations
in Washington paid their respects to Byrnes. (International Soundphoto)
Marriages Show
Slight L.ead Ovir
Divorce Cases
According to the records of the
Register of Deeds and Clerk of
Court of Jackson county some in
teresting facts were learned con
cerning marriages and divorces in
the county during the yfcar 1946.
The Register's records show that
37 licenses to wed were issued,
while the Clerk's records show that
33 divorces were granted.
While this record of divorces
isn't one to be proud of, it is better
than some Western North Carolina
counties where the divorce rate
was larger than the marriage rate.
Although, these figures are of
iicUii al i?r as ihe records go, there
is probably some variation as often
some of our young people go out
of the county or state to wed, and
some who sue for divorces get their
decrees in courts out of the county.
However, there probably isn't a big
difference in percentage if the
over-all county figures were avail
able.
WILDLIFE OFFICERS
TO BE ELECTED AT
MEETING IN RALEIGH
Election of officers of the North
Carolina Wildlife Federation^ for,
1947 will take place at the an
nual business session of the or
ganization, which will be held at
Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh on
January 28.
Each county, with one or more
active clubs, will be entitled to one
vote in the election, and on all
busiiness matters requiring a vote.
The nine-man nominating commit
tee will be composed t>f one dele
gate from each district to be ap
pointed by President P. K. Grave
ly. Additional nominations may be
made from the floor.
The business session will follow
a brilliant program on Jam^ary 27
when Dr. Ira N. Gabrielson, presi
dent of the Wildlife Management
Institute of Washington, D. C., w+U
be the chief speaker.
W. C. Hennessee Attends
Convention In Cincinnati
W. C. Hennessee, along with a
number of other lumber producers
from Asheville, Burnsville, Marion
and Robbinsville, attended the
Appalachian Lumber Manufactur
ers' convention in Cincinnati last
Thursday and Friday. Labor re
lations, research and market con
ditions, as they will effect the lum
ber industry during the coming j
year, were the highlights on the
program.
Governor Inaugurated
For South Carolina S
South Carolina held inaugural
ceremonies Tuesday, January 21,
for J. Strom Thurmond of Edge
field who begins his four-year
term as Governor of the Palmetto
state.
The former state circuit judge,
soldier, school teacher; and agri
culture student, a bachetor, was
escorted from the mansion to the
state house steps by a long military
parade for the inauguration.
General Marshall
Takes Oath in
Washington9 0. C.
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court Fred M. Vinson administered
the oath of office of Secretary of
State to General George C. Mar
shall at 11 o'dlock Tuesday morn
'ng in Washington, climaxing a
long journey from China where he
had spent 13 months on a mis
sion as President Truman's per
sonal representative in a futile at
tempt t0 make peace bet;eae'n
Chinese Communists and National
ists.
^0riK nis arrival at capital
Marshall told reporters in no un
, certain terms that he was not in
terested ;n polit^s, ad that he
would not seek the office of Presi
dent, neither would he be drafted
as a candidate.
The 66-year old General suc
ceeds James F. Byrnes, of Spar
tanburg, S. C., as Secretary Byrnes
resigned after being advised by his
physician that he must take a rest.
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Cullowhee Senior Class
Elects Officers For 1947
At a meeting of the senior class
of the Cullowhee High school held
this week the following were elect
ed as officers of the class: Wall
Bryson, president;-Nina Mitchell
vice-president; Billie Styles, secre
tary; Lowaine Mashburn, treas
urer; and Jessie Ray Bryson, press
reporter.
lee-jackson day
TO BE OBSERVED HERE
The annual Lee-Jackson Day
program, sponsored each year by
the B. H. Cathey chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, will
stiheIi,Friday aftern?on at the j
oylva Elementary school audi to
niim at 1:00 o'clock. Mrs. E. L. Mc- I
Kee will be the speaker. The High !
school glee club, under the direc
tion of Miss Alice Weaver, will
sing several suitable selections
Polar Cranh Victim
NAVY Aviation Kadioman Wendell
Keith Hendersm (above) was one
of three Navy men killed when his
Mariner flying boat exploded above
the eternal ice fringe of the South
Pole. Hendersin is survived by r4Js
wife and his parents, Mr and Mrs
WaJtei S. Hendersin of Wilton,
Wisconsin. (International)
Mr. and Mrs.. Velt Wilson left
last week for Texas where they
will spend a month's vacation.
Tompkins Introduces A Bill To
Change Tax Collections, Salaries
SENIOR SCOUT TROOP
TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE
ON SATURDAY NIGHTS
In order to provide more whole- ,
some recreation and entertainment
for the young boys and girls of 1
the community the Senior Scout
-Troop; under the leadership of ]
Jake Bales and others who will di
rect the project, will hold open ,
house for young people in the com- !
munity building each Saturday |
night, beginning this week, from j
7 to 10 o'clock. The community |
building has been made available '
for this purpose by the town au
1 thorities.
The entertainment - wt41 consist
of games, folk dancing, and other
forms of amusement.
Mr. Bales stated Monday that
the social gathering for the young
people will be of such a nature
that no parent need be afraid to
have their boys and girls attend.
Parents of the scouts are especially
invited to attend at their pleasure.
All young people between the ages
of 12 and 18, whether Scout mem
bers or not, are invited to take
part.
DR. KILLIAN SPEAKS
TO FRANKLIN P. T. A.
Dr. Carl Killian of Western
Carolina Teachers College was the
guest speaker at the January meet
ing of the Franklin Parent-Teacher
Association, which was held in
Franklin Monday night at 7:30
o'clock. Dr. Kiliian took the place
of Mrs. E. L. McK.ee, who was
scheduled to speak but was unable
to fill the engagement. Dr. Kil
lian's subject was "Laying ? Firm
Foundation for Education."
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HAS OPERATION
Miss Helen Higdon, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Higdon of Syl
va, is making satisfactory improve
ment at Harris Community hos
pital where she is a patient follow
ing an appendectomy, Saturday
morning.
FOREST P. GARDNER IS
SPEAKER AT SCOUT
COMMITTEE MEETING
Forest P. Gardner, chairman of
the Hendersonville district of Boy
Scouts, gave an inspiring address
on the value of scouting at the
Daniel Boone District committee
meeting held Friday night at Jar
rett Springs Hotel. Mr. Gardner
emphasized the necessity of the
men and women of the various
communities being interested and
willing to work toward the pro
motion of scouting.
Representatives from Macon,
Swain, and Jackson counties were
present at the_,meeting, at which
time plans were made for the adult
enrollment to be held the week of
February 17th.
Reports of the district commis
sioner showed that most troops in
this district are in an extremely
healthy condition, and that pros
pects for 1947 scouting are excel
lent.
In the absence of the district
chairman, W. C. Hennessee, vice
chairman John Archer of Franklin
presided.
CAMP-FIRE GIRLS
HAVE MEETING
Tuesday afternoon immediately
after school the Camp-fire girls
met at the graded school audito
rium. After the president, Joyce
Nicholson, had called the meeting
to order, Mrs. Harry - Ferguson
talked to the girls.
Committees were appointed as
follows: Social, Edith Moore, chair
man, Jean Cogdill, Janis Holden,
Ann Cathey, Shirley Hartmann;
Frpgram, Rachel Karp, chairman,
DqV McCracken, Collene Hokien,
Jean Nicholson, Peggy Sue Mid
dleton; Finance, Audrey Jane
Jones, chairman, Patsy Buckney,
Leah Sutton, Sara Sue Cagle, Linda
Moody; Hostess, Nancy Hartmann,
chairman, Bessta Bryson, Sarah
Nell Candler, Patsy Wilson, Sheila
Ann Kirchberg; Publicity, Gail
Webber, chairman.
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May Aid 3iarmhall
COLONEL Frank McCarthy, S3, o1
Richmond, Va4 who was assistant
Secretary oI State is charge of ad
ministrative affairs, may be again
"drafted" tor that post, to serve
under Marshall. McCarthy was on
the staff of Gen. Marshall, when he
was chief of staff. (International)
PLANE HUNT GETS
UNDERWAY AGAIN
One army plane of the L-5-G
type landed at the Sylva airport
Wednesday at noon, and a second
plane of the same type was ex
pected to land Wednesday p. m.
to take part in the continued search
for the army plane, thought to
have been lost over Rattlesnake
Cove section of Jackson county'
January 1944 with three army men
and one important civilian on
board. The lour men were lost with
the plane.
Lt. Vincent J. Lynch and his pi
lot brought the first L-5-G plane
to Sylva today from the Greenville
Air Base. The search is under the
direction of T. J. Hieatt. Ten men
composing a ground crew have
been quartered at Cataloochee
Ranch in Haywood county for sev
eral days. They have been making
ground surveys of the surround
ing area. It is now believed by the
army that the lost plane went down
somewhere north of Cataloochee.
The army has been instructed to
continue the search until the lost
plane wreckage is found.
Jackson Minister^ Attend
School At Hendersonville
Among the Baptist ministers of
Jackson county attending the six
weeks preachers school, which is
being held at Fruitland Institute
in Hendersonville, are: Rev. S. T.
McGinnis, Rev. Edgar Wijlix, pas
tor of the Tuckaseegee and East
Sylva Baptist churches and Rev.
Clarence Vance, Jackson county
Baptist Missionary.
W. Newton Turner, instructor of
Geology and Geography at West
ern Carolina Teachers College, who
was a patient in C. J. Harris hos
pital for treatment, returned to
his home Wednesday. His condition
is much improved.
| Duties Would Be
? JMaced In ifands 0L?
County Accountant
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RALEIGH, Jan. 21 ? Legisla
tion to transfer collection of taxes
from sheriff to county accountant
and to fix the salaries of various
Jackson county officials was spon
sored in the lower house today by
-Representative Dan Tompkins of
Jackson.
Representative Tompkins esti
mated the measure will save Jack
son county annually about $5,000
in collection of taxes and another
$400 in the compensation received
by the register of deeds.
The bill was referred to the
house committee on counties, cities
and towns. Its complete text fol
lows:
Section 1. The board of county
commissioners of Jackson county is
hereby authorized, empowered,
and directed, not later than Oct.
1, 1947, to relieve the sheriff of
Jackson county from the duties
and responsibility of the collection
of taxes, licenses, fees, penalties,
and other revenues and to impose v
such duties and responsibilities
upon the county accountant.
To Set Up Department
Sec. 2. On or before said first
day ol Oct., 1947, the county com
missioners shall set up within the
office of the county accountant a
tax collecting dep.itment, and the
said county accoui,a;U shall per
form all the duties now required
of the sheriff of the county in the -
collection of taxes and shall be
vested with the same power
authority and subjoct to the same
penalties and conditions as are now
applicable to sheriffs in the collec
tion of taxes, licenses, fees, penal
ties aad other revenues. The ? H
county accountant, in addition to
the duties herein imposed upon
him^ to collect taxes, shall also per
form all the duties in connection
with the listing and the prepara
tion of tax books, and set up a
card or tax record of each tax
payer, all under the supervision of
the finance commissioner. The
said county accountant as tax col
lector shall give a tax collector's
bond in the sum of twenty-five
thousand dollars ($25,000) for the
faithful performance of his duties
as tax collector, the premium ui*
said bond to be paid by the county..
Sec. 3. The former sheriff whoee
j term of office expired on the first
Monday of Dec., 1946, and to whom
has been turned over for collection
the 1946 taxes, shall retain the
same and continue to collect said
taxes on the terms and conditions,
fixed by the board of county com
missioners and shall give such bond
as may be required of him by
board. All 1947 and subsequent
and prior years' taxes, except
lj)46, shall be collected by the
county accountant as tjix collector
and all future payments of delin
quent taxes on which foreclosure
proceedings have been instituted
in the office of the clerk of the
superior court shall be made to the
tax collector and the judgments
taken shall be cancelled by tfi^
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Asks Quick Hearing on Repeal
Of GI Educational Limitations
WASHINGTON, D. C.?With the
convening of the 80th Congress,
The American Legion has opened
its 1947 legislative campaign for
the immediate repeal of the ceiling
and time limitation on on-the-job
training and for the cash redemp
tion of terminal leave pay bonds
of World War II veterans.
With these two American Le
gion-sponsored bills among the
first to be thrown into the Con
gressional hopper, National Legis
lative Director John Thomas Tay
lor, predicts both will become laws.
The repeal bill was introduced
in the House of Representatives by
Representative Edith Nourse Rog
ers of Massachusetts. The bill, for
the cash redemption of terminal
leave pay bonds, was authored by
Representative Dwight Rogers of
Florida.
Director Taylor said The Amer
ican Legion would press for im
mediate hearing on both of these
measures, which represent the top
two legislative proposals of the or
ganization this year.
Score* Training Ceiling
"The imposition of a ceiling an
the incomes of veterans engajfed
in the educational and job-train
ing phases of the GI Bill of Rights
and the limitation of a two-ye*r
period placed upon the job-train
ing program are outright injus
tices to the men and women who
fought in World War II," Taylor
said. "That ceiling has been tha
cause of thousands of veteran^
abandoning their promised ediico ?
tional opportunities. It is impoai
ble for a veteran and family to live
on $200 a month in these times of
inflated living costs."
Taylor said the bill paring dovn
job training and educational. Op
portunities, H. R. 679, was "showd
through" the closing sessions of tfen
79th Congress without "that fM
hearing or consultation with" tfcft
interested veterans' organization*.
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