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AMERICA First, Last and Always The Sylva Herald The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressiva, well - balanced county. VOL. XXI, NO. 36 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, February 6, 1947 $2.00 A Year?5c Copy Army Air Rescue Service Renews Effort To Locate Plane Los* 3 Years Ago Helicopter Lands Here * Monday To Aid Other Small Planes In Search A helicoptc** passed over Sylva' Monday morning and landed at the Sylva airport to join oth^r ^ small army air craft in a thirft effort to locate the C-78 Cessna, plane which with its crew of. four, has been missing since a flight over this area during a snow storm of January, 1944. The Air Rescue Service of* the Air Force is using three small L-5 type planes and a C-47 transport ship for a concentrated hunt throughout the Smoky Mountain area of the North Eastern and North Western sec tions of Jackson and Haywood counties. The planes will be based at the Asheville - Hendersonville Air port, and operate during the day from the Sylva landing field. Maj or T. J. Hieatt, who has been in charge of the search since last summer, has four men and a radio controlled jeep to give cordination from the ground on Fire Top mountain, near Cataloo9hee Ranch. First Lt. S. J. Magusick of the Air Rescue Service, with six pilots and four mechanics, assembled the planes at the Asheville-Hender sonville port over the week-end, coming from Greenville Air Base. They began their first flights over the area Monday afternoon, tak ing advantage of the good flying condition. The change in the weather halted the search on Tues day which will get underway as soon as conditions permit. The Air Rescue Service has orders from Washington fo^continue the search until the plane ^ found,, ^ The helicopter, a large Sikorsky with three-bladed motor, if it lives up to expectations in mountainous terrain, will be the major asset of the hunters, allowing detailed-ob servation of this area. In addition, explained Major Hieatt, the L-5's will have specific areas to cover each day. CHEROKEE INDIAN VETS HOLD TWO WEEK CONFERENCE Cherokee Indian veterans taking on the job training in agriculture have completed a two-week con ference during which they heard a number of persons from other communities speak on agricultural and civic topics. ? The sessions were held at Cen tral school and were attended by 61 veterans now enrolled in the course on the reservation and they were joined by 30 former G. I.'s enrolled in trades and handicraft courses for the talks on general! subjects. Morning meetings were devoted to home improvement, the afternoons to handicraft, forestry, native shrubs and plants, with such topics as registration and voting discussed at the general session. GIVE TO THE POLIO FUND! r Hood Will A ft V sat HERB IS an interesting portrait study of Dr. Pedro de Alba, acting Di rector General of the Pan-American Union. He has been active in seek ing to cement Pan-American rela* tions, during his many years of diplomatic service. (International) February ISith I# Deadline For Farm Reporth Jackson farmers' 1946 Per formance reports must be turned in to Mrs. Ellen N. Corbin, Sec retary of the county A. C. A. not later than February 15, if the producer is to receive pay for the practices carried out on his T+f* hs tfre Closing date set by the State office and farmers are urged to come by the AAA office in the Stovall build ing and make their reports at the earliest possible date if they have not already done so. Applications are being prepared and mailed to the State office for payment now and it is hoped that no producer will fail to file his application too late to be accepted and re ported for payment. Applications are also being taken at this time for lime, phos phate and seeds needed to carry out 1947 farm practices. Social Security Representative To Be Here Feb. 6th A representative of the Asheville field office of the Social Security Administration will be at the post office in Sylva today, February 6 at 10:00 a. m. There are two times for action in social security: (1) Every wage earner who has worked in a job covered by Social Security since Dec. 31, 1936 should contact the nearest field office at age 65; and (2) Surviving relatives, or persons who paid funeral bills, should do so at once in death case. This in cludes relatives of World War II veterans who die within three years of discharge, regardless of employment. Forest Seedlings For County Farmers Discussed At Meeting Charles C. Pettit, district forest er, and Fred Bryson, project leader | for Jackson and Transylvania j counties, met with members of the | Forest Relation Department of the ' Tennessee Valley Authorities Mon day in Asheville to discuss the dis- j tribution of forest seedlings. These seedlings are supplied by the Ten- ! nessee Valley Authority through ! the North Carolina Division of Forestry and Parks, without charge to any landowner in the watershed ^ of the Tennessee Valley. They are grown at Norris, Tennessee and I are distributed for the purpose of j reforesting eroded lands and for j reinforcement of understocked j > woodlands. v I Every effort will be made by the ' ' North Carolina Division of Forest- I ry and Parks and by the T. V. A. to operate this, project so that land owners will receive high quality planting stock of the correct spe 1 cies, in good condition, at the time that the landowners desire them, and with adequate instructions for site preparation, planting and sub sequent care. The project will be handled under the highest possible standards of sound land use, with maximum of demonstration bene fits and with the objective of com pleting the reforestration job as rapidly as possible. Mr. Pettit has stated that applU cation blanks for seedlings can be obtained at the district office in Sylva. The following amount of i seedlings will be available: White Pine, 15,000; Short Leaf Pine, 45, 000; Yellow Poplar, 7,500; Black locust, 10,000; and Straight Stem Locust, 2,500. Seedlings used by farmers must be approved by some member of the North Carolina Agricultural Ex tension Service. FUNERAL RITES FOR COLUMBUS BUCHANAN ARE HELD AT WILMOT Funeral services for P. Columbus Buchanan,' 76, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Elsie i B;s;:et, near Wilmot early Tues day morning following an extend ed illness, were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Wilmot Baptist church. The Rev. John L, Hyatt and the Rev. W. N. Cook conducted the services. Bur ial followed in the Bumgarrier cemetery. Active pallbearers were Quinton Holcombe, O. E. Ward, Glen Cook, Burton, Marshal and Hubert Bum garner. Mr. Buchanan was born July 24, 1870 near Webster, the son of the late J. Wib and Jane Buchanan. He moved to the Wilmot communi ty 40 years ago where he had since made his home. He was active in county and community affairs as long as his health permitted. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. ' Leona Bumgarner Buchanan; one son, Cashes Buchanan of Wilmot; one daughter, Mrs. Elsie Bisnet, | also of Wilmot; one brother, Law rence Buchanan of Webster; nine grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. JACKSON WINE AND BEER BILL GOES TO SUB-COMMITTEE A measure sponsored by Rep resentative Dan Tompkins, which ? would permit the Board of County I Commissioners to refuse to issue beer and wine licenses to retail outlets in Jackson county, has been referred to a sub-committee. ' - Mr. Tompkins was unsuccessful in an effort Tuesday to secure a beer and wine sales in the county. Earlier in the day Rep. Tompkins had sponsored a house measure to give the Jackson county board of commissi 'the right to refuse to issue retail beer licenses. When the house finance committee met he moved for a favorable report. After a lengthy debate, the com mittee voted to refer the measure to a sub-committee to be named, by a committee chairman Ramsay of Rowan. Rep. Tompkins had de manded the right to represent .his county and argued that Jacksonr county did not want retail beer and wine outlets. The Jackson county board of commissioners has refused for months to issue retail beer licenses and one applicant has petitioned the courts for a writ of mandamus to compel the board to issue him a license. Warren Will Occupy Methodist Pulpit At Annual Scout Service The annual Boy Soout Service will be held at 7:30 Sunday eve ning, February 9, at the Sylva Methodist church with Rev. C. M. Warren, pastor of the Sylva Bap tist church, delivering the mes sage. Rev. Warren has chosen for his subject, "Parents, Take Care of Your Boys," the text being taken from Ephesians 6: 4. Troop 1, Syl va, and the Senior Scout Unit will j participate. Herbert Gibson chair man of the Senior unit, and W. C. Hennessee, chairman of Troop 1 committee, will be in charge. Special music will be presented by the girls' glee club of the Sylva high school. This service is the first of a number of activities in which the Scouts of Sylva will participate during National Scout Week, Feb ruary 7-13. A Court of Honor will be held at Whittier Thursday evening, i February 13. I MERCURY HITS LOW MARK FOR SEASON Every one in Sylva went to work Wednesday morning with their top i coats drawn closer around them selves than at any other time dur ing the winter as the mercury skid ded to the lowest mark of the year and hovered around five above at I 7 o'clock. High wind prevented j much rise during the day, and as j night fell Wednesday and even lower mark was in prospect for! Thursday morning. A very light j snowfall acocmpanied the cold j wave but sunny skies held sway during the day Wednesday. Mount Mitchell was the coldest spot in Western North Carolina with a reading of 11 below. Six inches of snow fell on Clingman's Dome in the park. Penitent After Beating Own Child AS A DETECTIVE (right) exhibits the badly-bruised limbs of Shirley Freemon, 2, the girl's lather Eugene Freemon of Detroit, Mich., bows his head in penitence and shame. Mrs. Freemon charges her husband with inflicting the injuries on the child when he beat her while in a rage. Freemon faces cruelty charges. (International Soundphoto) Sylva HI Seniors Preparing To Publish first School Annual One of the marked improve ments being made in the Sylva High school program this year is the publication of an annual by members of the senior class. This is the first attempt ever made by the High school to publish an an nual. The idea originated m a class group working on suggestions impmve the sc+h*>1. The present senior class has al ways shown excellent school spirit and has worked con.-tantly since entering high school on the im provement of the school program and has contributed a great deal to its bettermentf W. H. Crawford, principal, has encouraged and aided ttie group since the project began. The contract for the annual has .been let to the Miller Printing (fompany of Asheville and group Pictures and portraits of faculty /members and students have been made by Miss Jaunita Wilson of Asheville. Orders for the annuals, which will sell for $2.00 each, are now being solicited ^y members of the staff. The project is being financed in part by money raised i by the senior class, by advertising l sold to business firms, and by con tributions and sposorships of in dividuals. The senior class has asked that their sincere thanks be expressed to those who have al ready contributed, and that future sponsorships toward it will be greatly appreciated. Featured in the annual will be superlatives, class groups, individ uals, faculty members, mascots and sports. Superlatives elected for the senior class are: most popular, Hal Wilson and Barbara Bess; best-all round, Hal Wilson and Rebecca Wilson; most valuable, Kent Cow ard and Barbara Bess; most likely to succeed, Kent Coward, Naida Seaman, Barbara Bess and Thelma Poteet; sweetest girl, Edith Sims; sweetest boy, O. H. Martin; pret tiest girl, Barbara Joe Cook; hand j somest boy, Hal Wilson; cutest, Hal Wilson and Geneva Shultz; neat ARRANGED MEETING REP. MONROE REDDEN, above,, arranged the meeting to be held in Washington Friday with Secre tary of Interior J. A. Krugg and a large delegation from Western North Carolina for discussion of improvements in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.. est, Barbara Jo Cooke and Dougbs Jordan; most athletic, Hal Wilson and Barbara Bess; most studious, I Guy House and L-ela Jean Phil | lips; most talented, Kent Coward 11'.nd Barbara Bess; best dressed, ! Doti^!:is Jordan and Barbara Jo I Cook; conceited, Barbara Jo Cook j and Kent Coward; class babies, rington; class flirt, Mary Bo>s Henry ariJ. .John M.irtin: cl;i>s near.h v.ikc.v. Annie Cole and FUav.> Lyons; most sinceie, Deris Casr.da and Guy House; cj;?ss spi: it, I Thelma Poteet and Kent Coward; 1 Romeo and .Julie?, Thelma Poteet 'and Jimmy Gray: wittiest, Susie Knslpy and Billy Sutton. Class mascots are . it'lo Miss l Judy Griffin, daughter ?>f Mr. and I Mrs. Karl Gr;ffin of Sylva and Tommy Wise. small .-on ot Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wise of Sylva. The staff of the annual, which , has not yel been named, includes ' Editor-in-chief, Kent Coward, as sistant, Naida Seaman; business | manager, Douglas Jordan. assist I ants, Philip Jones and Becky Wil j son; distribution editor, Thelma i Poteet, assistant, Mary Bess Henry; l production manager, Hal Wil.son, I assistant, Jimmy Gray; activities I editor. Barbara Bess; feature edi tor, Barbara Jo Cook, assistant, Aleta Howell; junior editor, Jim my Bales; sophomore editor, Jen neanne Bryson; freshman editor, Frank Crawford, Jr. SOSSAMON HEADS MERCHANTS AGAIN Boyd Sossamon, of Sossamon Furniture Company, was re-elected president of the Sylva Merchants Association at the annual meeting for election of officers held last Thursday afternoon. Frank Fricks, manager of Stovall 5 and 10c store, was elected vice-president and B. j E. Harris, manager of Builders i Supply and Lumber Company, was named secretary-treasurer. The members voted to hold a joint banquet meeting with the Cnamber of Commerce at a date to be set. Officers will be installed at this joint meeting. No other business was transacted at the meeting on Thursday. I Funeral Services Held [For Henry Baby Funeral service for Kenneth j Hayes Henry, ten month old son j of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Henry, was held at the Cullowhee Baptist church at 2 o'clock Monday after noon, February 3. Rev. Mark Os borne of Cullowhee and Rev. Rob ert Parris of Addie officiated. Bur ial was in the Cullowhee ceme tery. Flower girLs were Mary Alice and Jessie Ray Bryson, Sara Sue Norton, Billy Styles, Jean Craw ford, and Ruth Moses. Bes.des the parents, the baby is survived by his maternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bryson of Cullowhee, and his paternal grandmo'fter, Mrs. Annie Henry, of Willets, and a number of aunts and uncles. j Farmer Will Get Break When W ildlife Resource /; |Commission Is Set Up WNG GROUP TO SEEK IMPROVEMENTS ON N. C. SIDE OF PARK Forty ( r moie citizens from Buncombe, Liny wood, Jackson and Swain counties left Ashevilie this ; after norm on n sperm 1 railroad car attached to Train No. 16 for Wash ington where they will confer Fri day with Secretary of Interior J. A. sKrugg and other Interior depart ment offieials on the possibilities I of improvements in the Great Smoky Mountains park and com pletion of the Blue Ridge Park way. Dr. W. A. Ashbrnok, ol Cullo whee. will represent Jackson coun ty at the conference. State officials expected to at tend the conference include*A. H. Graham, chairman of the state highway and public works com mission; R. Betty Browning, chief locating engineer of the state high way commission; W. W Neal, I chairman of the state park com mission, and possibly Governor H. | Gregg Cherry. I The meeting was sponsored by and arranged for by Representa tive Monroe M. Redden in behalf of the Western North Carolina As sociated Communities organization. The delegation will stress the need | for improvements in the Great Smoky Mountain National park, especially on the North Carolina I side, in view of the fact that at I tendance records show tire park td I be trie most popular in the nation. HouHvirirvM Will iivt IO I'omu/* Stiff ar April 1st Washington office oj temporary control*- announced Wednesday that it will make 10 pounds of the HM7 sugar ration available for householders on April 1, using a single stamp. Tne OTC office also announced that sugar stamp No. f>3, c urrently valid for five pounds will expire March 31, one month eailier than < riginally announced. OTC .-aid that there will be no -pecial sugar allotment for home canning this year. OP A said that it is fairly certain that there will be more sugar this year, but gave uncertainty over the size i f the increase as the rea son for lailure to fix the expiration date of the new ration coupon to be validated April 1. After that ail coupons will be good for ten pounds. R. H. Bryson Dies Suddenly, Thursday Robert H. Bryson, 57, of East Sylv.a and employee of the Armour Leather Company, was taken sud enly ill Thursday morning, Feb ruary 6, and died shortly after be ing brought to a local physician. The body was taken to Moody Fu neral home. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at the time the Herald went to press. * Measure Specifies The Commissioners Must Be-? Sportsmen, Or Farmers RALEIGH, Feb. 4?Farme/s, tke men who know wildlife by envir onment and experience, get a break -in the bill before the legis lature to set up a separate Wild life Resources Commission. The measure specified that the Commissioners must be hunters, (fishermen, biologists, or farmers. It would be a commission of nine, appointed by the Governor froxn geographical districts. Every sec tion of the State would be repre sented. The Hou^e Conservation and De velopment Committee hearing will be held here Tuesday of next week. Hunters and fishermen in all brackets, who weie here last week at the meeting of the North Caro lina Wildlife Federation, will re turn to Raleigh to be heard at that . meeting. Many tanners will be included. They can tell the committee a lot about game and fish conditions, about the astounding irregularities and inconsistencies, about the woe lul lack of conservation measures in the present set-up," with game and fish under the Conservation Department, about the scarcity of game, about the ? _''ect of these bountiful natural .^sources of North Carolina. Two years ago, when a some legislature, about 150 sportsmen a;tcnde<i com mittee lit. rings. Only a dozen could be he..id but they i made a k'X-'d impression. However, there was lack of organization in a battle against a strongly organized opposition. This time, backed by the powerful Federation, there is ijjenty of organization. j With the bill signed by 70 repre I sentatives and 17 senators, which 1 may be a precedent, Federation I leaders, the State's leading citi I zens, are confident the legislation i will pass and become law. North Carolina's greatest experts on wildlife conditions, the men to .whom this rich State resource , means so much, are convinced that i the bill's passage is the only sal vation to the new and fuller lift* jjn field and stream. DAN COWAN RESIGNS, HENSON IS NEW CLERK John Henson was sworn in as Clerk of Court for Jackson county on Tuesday, January 28, succeed ing Dan Cowan, who resigned the position as of that date. Mr. Cow an was appointed clerk following the death of his brother, Roy Cow an, which occurred Sunday, De cember 29. Mr. Henson had been with Mead Corporation for the past 15 years, and at the time of taking the Clerk's office, he was head of the shipping department of the Cor poration. Mr. Cowan has accepted th? position left vacant by Mr. Henson af Mead's. Mrs. Lina Padgett Employed By County Board As Health Nurse Mr.-. Lina Padgett began her duties here Monday as health nurse for Jackson/tfounty. Her appoint ment was made by the County Health Board at a recent meeting, and announced this week. Mrs. Padgett will give her full time to the work in Jackson county. Her tentative schedule includes office hours in the court house every Tuesday and Saturday -morning, and each second Thursday of every month. The first Thursday in each month will be devoted to work at the Cashiers clinic. The balance of the time will be spent in various parts of the county. Mrs. Padgett received her de gree in nursing at Knoxville Gen eral hospital. She took her work in public nursing at George Pea body college, Nashville, ^"etin. Mrs. Padgett previously served for two years as county health nurse of Jackson county, resigning that position in 1944. During her time of service, Mrs. Padgett car ried on a splendid program, and the Board of Health feels that it is fortunate in securing her serv ices again. Mrs. Padgett states that much of her time will be devoted to woric among the school children of the county and educational work re garding tuberculosis. The health district of which Jackson is a part is composed at Jackson, Haywood, Macon, Swain and Transylvania counties and the Cherokee Indian reservation. Dr. Mary Michal is acting health officer for the district and is in sisted by Mrs. Alma McCrackfll, district health nurse. Over 3,000 industrial plants In North Carolina depend upon tbm forests of North Carolina for raw materials.
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