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VOL. XXI, NO. 37 v Sylva, N. C. Thursday, Feb. 13, 1947 &J? A Year?5c Cmm?
Founder Of Western Carolina I
I
Teachers College Will Mark
80th Anniversary February 17
Robert Lee Madison
Remains Actty ln - - -
Educational Affairs
By GENEVA STYLES
Professor Robert Lee Madison,
founder and president emeritus of
Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege, will celebrate his 80th birth
day anniversary, February 17, at
his home at Webster.
In 1889 Prof. Madison came to
Cullowhee and began in a little
one room log cabin what grew into
Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege. Among the former students
he has taught he is regarded as
a wonderful teacher and a man of
great personality.
Besides being revered as the
founder of W. C. T. C., Prof. Madi
son is held in high esteem by the
people and especially the children
of this college community. He is
a familiar figure at the post office
and store *with his shopping bag
full of surprises, especially chew
ing gum and capdy. The Children
practically haunted his footsteps.
To them he was a Santa Claus
without whiskers and red suit.
Since retiring from active duty,
Prof. Madison has spent most of
his time working on poetry. He
now has enough poetry ready for
a book which he plans to have
published soon. These poems are
quite familiar to Mr. Madison's
friends, many of them have been
read and enjoyed on most all spe
cial occasions.
. Despite his eighty years, Prof.
Madison enjoys good health and
gets about quite freely. He is a
familiar figure on the streets of
Sylva where he goes weekly to
shop. His only handicap is his fail
ing vision, but this does not seem
to dull his energetic iqpirits.
Prof. MftdftuiP1 sM* aiwa^fe be
honored in the comtnunity as the
founder of W. C. t\ C. This college
will be a living memorial to his
tireless efforts in bringing to Jack
son county, Western North Caro
lina, and Cullowhee, in particular,
an educational system that will
live through the years to come. But
to the many people everywhere he
is remembered as the "grand old
man of the mountains" who had a
cherry smile and a kind word for
everyone.
The people of Cullowhee join
together in saying:
"This special note of Birthday
cheer
Brings fond congratulations
To one who, every day all year,
Deserves appreciation."
Dairymen Interested
In North Carolina
RALEIGH, Feb. 11 ? Several
hundred dairymen from outside the
state, notably residents of cold
weather states, in the past two
weeks have written the State Di
vision of Advertising about the
possibility of dairy-farming in this
state.
Most of them are established in
the dairying busines already, but a
number of them are dairy employ
es seeking a new opportunity.
K
Judge-Rules Talmadge _
Is Legal Governor Of
State Of Georgia
Superior Court Judge Walter
Hendrix ruled Wednesday that
Herman Talmadge'? election as
governoxJjy the state legislature of
Georgia was legal and that he was
constitutionally holding the Geo
gia executive offices which he
seized last month.
The decision was expected to be
appealed Within a few days to the
state supreme court. The decision
came four weeks from the day
the general assembly elected Tal
madge in a night session, and swore
him in at l:5ft A. M. and sent a
committee to escort him to the
governor's office.
FUNDS FOR SCHOOL
LUNCH ROOMS CUT
Clyde A. Erwin, State Superin
tendent Public Instruction, has
sent out form letters to the county
superintendents explaining the
critical situation facing North
Carolina's school lunch program.
In brief the schools of the state
have had a tremendous increase of
students patronizing * the lunch
rooms and now that Federal funds
have been slashed for the program
it appears that an increase of from
5c to 10c for meals will become
effective March 1. ^
Mr. Erwin stated that because
of the inadequate federal funds
available and the faint hope of get
ting any ad^TotfS^ppropriations
we are asking the schools to as
sume the responsibility of making
up the deficit caused by the ex
haustion of federal funds for re
imbursement in order to operate
the remainder of the school year
for the benefit of the children of
our state. Some schools may have
difficulty in doing this; others will
not. In view of this situation the
following suggestions are offered:
1. Increase the charge per pupil
meal 5 to 10 cents effective March
1 in order to make up the deficit.
Make parents and citizens of the
community aware of the situation
so they will cooperate and work
with you.
2. Reduce the free meals to a
minimum. Many families are really
able to contribute a small amount
of cash (if not the full charge per
meal), or if confronted with the
critical situation that we now face,
may find it possible to send pro
duce for the use in the school lunch
program so their children can
share in supporting it
3. Carefully check the operating
costs.Labor cost might be reduced
by using fewer workers or reduc
ing wages. Food costs should be
checked carefully to insure use of
the less expensive foods. Food
waste should be reduced to a mini
mum.
Secretary Krug Pledges His
Support To Park Development
A delegation of 60 North Caro
linians, including leaders from
Swain, Jackson, Haywood, Bun
combe, and other Western North
Carolina counties, and state offi
cials, presented Secretary of the
Interior J. A. Krug a plan for fur
ther development of the Park, and
additional construction on the Blue
Ridge Parkway. The recommenda
tions of the suggested improvement
program, and the order preferred
was presented Friday afternoon in
Washington in the Interior De
partment building.
Secretary Krug said the project
ed program was "splendid" and
one that should be made available
to every member of Congress, since
the money to carry out any pro
gram would have to come from
Congress. "It isn't that we disagree
with your recommendations, but
the fact that we do not hav? the
money." * %
Secretary Krug said he felt the
Park was getting a proportionate
share of funds set aside for na-#
/
tional park work, but he and his{
associates were ready to discuss j
the matter with the delegation or
representatives at any time.
Representative Monroe Redden
of this district presided at the
meeting and presented Secretary
Krug to the delegation. Rep Red- j
den, a member of the House Pub
lic Lands Committee, asked the
Interior Department to join with
the state in seeking funds from
Congress for the proposed im
provements in the Park and Park
way.
Mr. Krug told the delegation
that this is a bad time to face Con
gress for requests for money as the
economy-minded body might not
be willing to make more money
available for this type of program.
Jackson county was represented
at the meeting Jay Dr. W. A. Ash
brook of Cullowhee and Senator
William Medford of Waynesville.
Dan K. Moore returned Tues
day from Raleigh where he had
spent a few days on business.
EX-CONVICT STEALS
FOUR AUTOMOBILES,
BEHIND BARS AGAIN
A man giving his name as Joseph
A. Callahan, wanted by the F. B. I.,
was arrested near Cashiers on
Monday, February 3, by Sheriff
Griffin Middleton, and deputy
sheriff, Frank Alien. The Jackson
officers brought Callahan to Sylva
where he was lodged in jail and
later released to F. B. I. officers,
who had four charges of automo
bile theft against him.
At the time of his arrest, Calla
han was driving a 1941 Mercury
car with an out-of-state license
plate, Sheriff Middleton stated. He
admitted the theft of the car, which
he said was taken at Greenwood,
S. C., and later admitted the theft
of a 1939 Chevrolet, a 1946 four
door Chevrolet, both in Seneca,
S. C., taken to Birmingham, Ala.,
where they were sold. He also told
of stealing a 1946 DeSoto four-door
sedan at Bluefield, West Virginia,
which was later recovered in
Greenwood, S. C.
Callahan, a veteran of more than
two years service, has served two
terms in Federal penitentiaries for
former crimes. He will be tried in
Federal court at Greenville, S. C.,
for the series of aforementioned
thefts.
STATE MOVES ROCK
CRUSHER TO ADDIE
The State Highway and Public
Works Commission has moved the
rock crusher from Delwood, Hay- |
wood county, to Addie ,to begin
crushing stone for tHe county roads. |
Crushed stone will also be avail- [
able for individuals for driveways
and other uses. Lee J. Smith is
superintenderrt-of the project, with
John W. Romigh as assistant.
Mr. Smith and Mr. Romigh and
their wives are stopping at Glenn's
Tourist home.
FEBRUARY TERIHF
SUPERIOR COURT TO
CONVENE MONDAY
The February term of Jackson
county Superior court will con
vene Monday, February 17, with
Judge W. H. Bobbit, presiding, and
Dan K. Moore, representing the
State. This will be Mr. Moore's
first term of court in his home |
county since his election as solicitor
for this district. He held his first
court in Waynesville last week.
This will be a two-weeks term
for hearing both criminal and civil j
cases. The case of Corsey Brown,
charged with the killing of Eulas j
Hoxit, will be tried at this term.
Hoxit was killed on Sunday, June
10, of last year, as he sat in his
automobile on the road side in the
Tuckaseegee community. Witness
es stated that Corsey Brown fired
a shot gun at Hoxit from 50 to 75
feet away. Persons talking with
Hoxit at the time narrowly es
caped injury.
Other cases to be tried during
this term include violations of the
prohibition laws, driving intoxi
cated, etc.
MRS. BROWN INJURED
WHEN FRIGHTENED
HORSE RUNS AWAY
Mrs. Charlie Brown, 29, of
Tuckaseegee is in the C. J. Harris
Community hospital suffering
from injuries received Monday
when a horse she was holding
bolted and dragged her approxi
mately fifteen feet.
Mrs. Brown, the former Miss
Lilly Ashe, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Estes Ashe, had gone with
George Frady, a neighbor just be
low her home, to help load hay on
a sled. She was holding the reins
when the horse apparently became
frightened and ran. Mrs. Ashe was
thrown across the sled and dragged
with it. Her head hit a tree before
Mr. Frady could overtake the
horse. She was brought* to the
house and a doctor summoned but
due to the nature of her injury
she was brought on to the hospital.
Mrs. Brown remained uncon
scious throughout the night and
hospital authorities state that she
is suffering from a possible con
cussion. She received slight bruises
about the face and head.
Mr& Brown's husband had gone
irguntat Doomed
CARRYING out ol the death sen
tence against Dov Gruner (above)
in Jerusalem was expected to set
oft a new outburst of violence in the
Holy Land by the Palestine extrem
ist group, Irgun Zval Leural Gruner
repeatedly refused to sign an ap
peal to the Privy Council to stay the
execution (International)
MeCail la MMeld
in County Jail On
Vollie McCall is being held iih
Jackson county jail on charges of
breaking, entering, iind taking
goods from various summer homes
in the Cashiers community. Sheriff
Griffin Middleton made the arrest
and stated that the homes were
entered at various times during
the fall and winter. The Sheriff's
department has recovered a num
ber of articles taken from the
homes which had been sold in
Jackson and adjoining counties.
Suit Against County
Commissions To Be
Heard Monday 2 P. M.
A suit recently instituted against
the Board of County Commission
ers of Jackson county to determine
whether they have legal rigrt to
refuse to issue beer licenses for
retailing beer in the county, which
was to have been heard before
Judge Bobbit in Waynesville last
Friday, has been transferred to
the Jackson county Superior court
and will be heard by Judge Bobbit
Monday, February 17, at 2 o'clock
p. m.
Charge
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YOUNG HAS CHANCE
TO RECOVER AFTER
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
S 1-c Frank Young, who is sta
tioned aboard the USS, W.M.S.,
New York, was brought to the C.
J. Harris Community hospital
Monday afternoon, suffering from
self-inflicted gun shot wounds
through the chest.
Seaman Young, whose home is
in Bnkersville, was on leave and
was visiting his wife at the home'
of her mother, Mrs. Bowman in |
Cherokee when the incident oc
curred. He was shot by a .22 auto
matic pistol, the shot completely
passing through the chest area.
Hospital authorities state that the
bullet missed vital chest organs
and that the condition of the pa
tient was fair.
Additional Volunteers
For Rabies Vaccination
The County Health Department
has announced the names of two
additional volunteers for the pro
gram instituted for the control of
^rabies. They are Candler Reagan
of Whittier and J. C. Potts of Caney
Fork.
In an effort to control rabies
among dogs of the county, the
Health department has appointed
several people in the county to in
oculate for rabies. The rabies vac
cin is obtained through State chan
nels and furnished to the local
inoculators who may not charge
more than 75 cents for vaccine and
innoculation of the animals.
| to Longview, Washington, a short
time ago, where he will be em
ployed. They have two children,
Peggy Sue and Wayne.
Sy I va Division Mead Corporation
Is Winner 1946 Safety Trophy
DIRECTORS RECTED
RY COMMERCE BODY
As a resCflt of recent balloting
the following have been elected
new directors for the Chamber of
Commerce; Harry Ferguson,- Har
old McGuire, Felix Picklesimer,
Reg Enloe, W. C. Hennessee, Boyd
Sossamon, Paul Kirk, Woody
1 Hampton and H. E. Monteith. Of
the nine members the first three
named are hold-overs from the
past year, the other six are new
members. The directors will meet
Friday to elect a president, vice
president, and secretary-treasurer,
and appoint committees.
The above directors were named
from a ballot mailed to -the citi
zens of the town who returned the
marked ballots to the office of the
Chamber of Commerce.
RAY F. HEMPHILL
JOINS FHA STAFF
Ray F. Hemphill, former super
visor of the Emergency Crop and
Feed Loan Division of the Farm
Credit Administration, has' been
"transferred to the Farmers Home
Administration with headquarters
in Sylva, it has been announced
by W. T. Brown, Jr., FHA super
visor.
Mr. Hemphill has had many
years' experience_in hejping farm
people, and his addition to the
Farmers Home Administration will
be an asset to the farm people of
the county.
FUNERAL RITES HELD
FOR ROBERT BRYSON
Funeral services for Robert Bry
son, 57, who died suddenly Thurs
day morning while at work, were
held at the home oT the deceased
on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The Rev. T. L. WiUix and Rev.
Ernest Jamison were in charge of
the rites, and burial followed in
the Wesleyan Chapel cemetery.
Pallbearers were Charlie Bryson,
Roy Parker, Joe Roland, Leopard
and Harold Fisher and Roy Wise
man. Flowerbearer.s were friends
of the family.
Mr. Bryson, who was apparently
in the best of health, was stricken
Thursday morning at the Armour
Leather Company where he had
been employed for a great many
years. He died within the hour.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Sarah Bryson; five sons, Rob
ert, Jim, Bill, Richard, and Glenn
of Sylva; seven daughters, Mrs.
Lambert Leopard of Franklin, Mrs.
Joe Roland, Bumsville, Mrs. Ray
Wiseman, Swannanoa, Mrs. Roy
Parker, Mrs. Harold Fisher, and
Misses Lois and Jessie Bryson of
Sylva; one brother, Arthur of Syl
va; two sisters, Mrs. Rose Stanley
and Mrs. Lilly Birch T)t Sylva, and
several grandchildren.
DEMONSTRATION
FARMERS HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING
The demonstration farmers of
Jackson county held their annual
meeting at the courthouse here on
Wednesday, February 5, at which
time they heard a team of State
Agricultural Workers talk on the
various phases of agricultural work.
The team was composed of Dr.
E. R. Collins, Dr. I. E. Miles, W.
W. Woodhause and E. F. Gold
ston. Despite the bitter cold
weather a large number of farm-!
were present. A number of slides j
and charts were shown and many I
questions were raised by the farm
ers which indicated their keen in
terest in the problems facing them
these days. The meeting began at
10 A. M. and was concluded at 4
P. M. It was considered highly
successful by all in attendance.
Dan Allison and A. H. Carter
left Tuesday for Miami Beach and
Tampa, Florida where they will
spend a two weeks vacation.
,W r T f. SPFAKFff
RfcV. McMURRAY RICHEY, of
Asheville, will appear as speaker
on program during Religious Em
phasis Week, February 16-23 at
Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege.
RICHEY WILL SPEAK
ONWGTC RELIGIOUS
EMPHASIS PROGRAM
The Rev. McMurry S. Richey,
former associate pastor and Direc
tor of Christian Education at Cen
tral Methodist Church in Asheville,
will be the principal speaker dur
ing Religious Emphasis Week, Feb
ruary 16-23^ at Western jCarol in a
Teachers College^ The Rev. Rich
ey is at present pastor of the Bre
vard Street -Methodist Church in
Charlotte. $ I
The Rev. He hey will conduct
both regular chapel, programs here
that week, at 1:30 P.M. on Tues
day and Thursday. He will also
speak each evening at 7:30 in the
Student Union building, and in
addition will hold a morning watch
program daily in the parlours of
M oore dormitory. His main topic
will be "Religion and Life."
Ho has not yet announced his
other topics, but a number of dis
cussion topics were submitted to
him by a committee composed of
the chairmen of all committees
concerned and the central program
committee. Subjects submitted in
clude "A Spiritual Awakening in
College", "A Religion for this New
Age," "A Ne w Spiritual Concept
for the Individual." and "Our Part
in the New World."
Religious Emphasis week has
been observed annually at Western
Carolina Teachers college since
1941, when the idea was presented
to the pre-session conference by
Miss Ann Albright, Dean of Wom
en and instructor in the social
science department of the college.
This year the campus will join the
World's Student Christian Federa
in a universal day of prayer on
February 16, in connection with its
own religious program.
During the year 1945, 2,456 forest
fires burned in North Carolina.
Kecord Shows 229 Days
Free From Accidents
The Sylva Division of The Mae4
Corporation will be presented tfee
annual Geoage H. Mead Safggy
ffvophy at ceremonies to be heM
ih the Ritz Theatre next Wed*ie
day afternoon which will be A
-trnd by the management arid~aK^
ployes of the local plant and 0??
of-town guests.
George Harper, Safety Director
of the Corporation from the ChilH
cothe, Ohio, office will present the
award. H. S. Baucom, of the Ba
lcigh office of the North Carolina
Industrial Commission, will ? be
present to address the gathering,
Short talks on safety in industry
and films will be shown during
the program which will begin aft
3:45 o'clock.
The Sylva Division of The MeaA
Corporation, as winner of the Wk
nual safety award, has made an
enviable safety record, havtqg
completed 229 days without a legi
time accident. This means that tto
period for the last six months Of
1946 were accident free. The Syfoa
Division operated the entixe |iai
with only six lost-time accidents^
giving them an annual frequency
of 8.6 which is far below their fre
quency of 39.2 for 1945. This being
an industry of a very hazardous
nature, the above record speaks
well for the safety program of ttflt
plant
The safety work of the Syfvm
plant is headed by a plant-wUe ?
safety committee.
Savannah School Is Fint
To Complete Polio Drive
The Savannah school, under the
direction of A. H. Bryson and his
splendid corps of teachers, was the
first school in the county to rate
and turn in to Mrs. E. L. McKaa;
county chairman, their quota in tte
Polio campaign. *?
Mrs. Gertrude Fisher's finfc
grade won the prize for raisins
the largest amount, having con
tributed $11.80, more thafo on
third of the entire amount, which
was $30.60. This grade will also toe
given a Valentine party Friday af
ternoon in recognition of its splen
did work. Cookies with Valentine
ice cream will be served.
This money was raised on a
dime board placed in the hall lift
sections set off for each grade.
The Savannah school has nvwwt
failed to go over the top in all Ite
drives to which they have best
asked to contribute.
"COME EARLY" IS
THEME OF NEW ADS
RALEIGH, Feb. 11?First UWP
ist advertising of the 1947 seaAH
in North Carolina will featM
Spring in the mountains, with tHt
early season attractions empha
sized. The second series of adtal
will deal with eastern North Cax^
lina.
The ads are part of the campaS0k
?to lengthen the travel season hen*.
March 1 Is Last Date To Enroll
For Farm Training GI Bill
WINSTON-SALEM, Feb. 11?
North Carolina veterans of World
War II, who desire to take co
operative farm training under pro
visions of the G. I. Bill, must be
enrolled for instruction by a voca
tional agricultural teacher prior to
March 1 in order to receive bene
fits under the Veterans Adminis
tration training program.
VA regional office official*, in
making the announcement today,
j said tuition costs and subsistence
allowances will not be paid in the
case of veterans who enroll for
farm training after"'the end of this
month. Enrollment each year here
after, they said, must be accom
plished during January and Feb
ruary of that year if they are to
receive financial assistance from
the government during their pe
I riods of training.
Farm train irfg?a co-operative
program of organized instruction
and actual on-farm training?will
therefore start at the beginning of
each crop year.
There are already 8,000 vetenm
in the state who take farm trac
ing. They, and others entering
fore the March 1 deadline this jaa&
will have their progress reviewafl
on March 1, 1948, by vocational ag
ricultural instructors and VA ag
ricultural training officers. Evi
dence of satisfactory accomplish
ment will be required to penalf
continuance of subsistence allow
ances at that time.
Veterans desiring to enroll ?m
agricultural training should ca^
tact vocational agriculture teachM
at once, VA said.
MASONSXOH AVE
SPECIAL MEETING
,< *
The Dillsboro Masonic Lo^P
will hold a special meeting Fri
day, February 14, at 7:3t) P. M. J*
the Lodge Hall.
All Master Masons urged to a!*-,
tend. -