THE SYLVA HERALD
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THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Sylva, North Carolina ?
The County Seat of Jackson County
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A RECORD OF WHICH TO BE PROUD
The management and employes of the
Sylva Division ox The Meau Corporation
are to be congratulated upon tne splendid
record they nave acmevea in preventing
accidents at the plant here aurmg the
period ending December 31. To have run
lor 229 days without a lost-time accident
in an industry ol this type is a record of
which the Mead people can be justly
proud. However, this record did not just
happen, which is all the more of credit to
the management and employes. The com
pany has waged an intensive safety pro
gram which has had the lull cooperation
oi the employes. It is through these safety
measures promoted and carried out that
prevented accidents. In recognition of
this line record the Sylva Division has
won the enviable George H. Mead Safety
Trophy, which is an annual award to
plants making the best record in safety
work.
The Herald extends its most hearty
congratulations to these people and looks
forward to seeing the company make as
good or better record in 1947.
OPPORTUNITY FOE 1947
By this time, most of our New Year's
resolutions have been broken and forgot
ten in the traditional manner. But there
is one resolution that should be constant
ly reaffirmed, and that is to do something
positive about our monstrous fire loss,
which reached record totals in destruc
tion of life and property last year.
There can be no evading of the fact
that most fires are the result of human
carelessness alone?the statistics prove
that. In order, the four primary causes of
lire are matches and smoking materials,
defective electric wiring and appliances,
defective heating and cooking stoves, and
carelessness with open lights and inflam
mable liquids. Every one of those causes
comes straight back to the careless, ig
norant and inattentive individual.
In the larger field of community fire
prevention, it is clear that we have lagged
woefully behind the march of progress,
in framing and revising building codes.
The recent hotel fires offer ghastly proof
. of that. Many communities permit the
term "fireproof" to be applied to public
buildings which are definitely fire traps.
And, apparently, few communities insist
that areaways and elevator shafts, along
which fire can travel with the fury of a
typhoon, be closed by approved types of
fire doors. That failure alone caused
many deaths in 1946.
Sylva has been fortunate in that we
suffered no serious fires in 1946. Whether
our citizens are less careless hi this mat
ter, or we were just lucky, we don't know.
The coming year will tell the story. Will
it be another chronicle of widespread
death and destruction, as in 1946, or will
it be a tale of achievement in fighting one
of mankind's most persistent enemies?
Will Sylva have as good a fire record in
1947 as she had in 1946? We hope so. If
every citizen in town will become fire
conscious maybe we can have this good
a record again.
YOU'RE TELLING ME!
Artists' models in New York are or
fanizing their own labor union. Their
usiness life, it seems, isn't really as rosy
as it is painted.
Good ski jumpers must be fairly level
headed folks, though they're up in the
air most of the time.
New York Zoological Society is be
queathed $2,500,000. Wonder how much
is the lion's share.
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Inside Washington
Special to Central Press
WASHINGTON ? Secretary of State
George C. Marshall has given no hint, so
far, of his plans for the state department.
But there are many employes, especially
of the department's newer services, who
are quaking in their boots.
They are troubled largely by the Re
publican control of Congress, coupled
with the demands of Senator Arthur H.
Vandenburg (R) of Michigan that the de
partment be gotten out of the ruts of the
past, be dusted off and modernized.
Moreover, they know that former Sec
retary James Byrnes had planned a wide
reorganization to modernize the foreign
service. In fact, the budget bureau made
a thorough study of the department,
which would revise it greatly. Byrnes,
busy at distant conferences, never acted.
Observers expect speedy overhauling
by Marshall. His impatience with delay
is too deeply ingrained, to permit o?*any
laggard operations in his department.
rnhere is one thing, however, that might
defeat him. Marshall is due to leave soon
for Moscow, where he will be busy for
many months. Some observers think that
he must have his reorganization plan
pretty well thought out and order it put
into effect immediately. Otherwise, some
of the old hands who are accustomed to
their leisurely existence may sabotage
his aims.
Harold Ickes won't like this?but Re
publicans are thinking of restoring the
name of Hoover to Boulder dam.
Rep. Jack Anderson (R) o fCalifornia
introduced a bill to honor former Presi
dent Herbert Hoover by putting his name
back on the world's highest dam.
Rumblings against it are heard in the
interior department, where Democrats
still hold sway. But Congress could over
ride the department, of course. President
Truman, an innocent bystander, may
have to decide the issue.
There is an overwhelming demand in
Congress for labor legislation. But Con
gress finding out that the urge for ac
tion is about the only thing that mem
bers have in common on the question.
There are almost as many proposed
ways of doing the job as there are mem
bers of Congress.
What this adds up to is a lot of delay
and argument before any kind of labor
legislation is passed. And beyond that is
the threat of veto by President Truman,
which would bring the necessity that
both Houses muster two-thirds majori
ties if any legislation is to go on the books.
The Senate labor committee decided
to open hearings Jan. 23 and close them
Mar. 1. That means that a labor bill prob
ably will not be prepared before the mid-1
die o fApril. Assuming that the floor bat
tles will ldst a month, it will be mid-May
before a labor bill could go to the White
House.
If it then is acceptable to the president,
the nation's labor policies would be al
tered or clarified. But if it is vetoed, it
would kill probability of labor legislation
this year..
It will be pretty hard to pass anything
over the president's veto?and Congress
is planning to adjourn early in July.
The government cafeteria strike
brought to light a little known custom.
If workers went outside the building for
lunch and spent more than 30 minutes,
the extra time had to be deducted from
their vacation time.
The practice was revealed when gov
ernment agencies announced waiver of
the rule during the strike.
Loyal workers insist that the seeming
ly-involved bookkeeping problem never
has created difficulties. Other workers
are critical; they say the tax-paying pub
lic would rather overlook a five-minute
overstay for lunch than pay what they
think might be a larger bookkeeping cost
to account for it.
The most satisfactory sport, it seems
to us, must be the game called curling,
which is played with brooms. Even the
losing team is assured of a clean sweep.
One of the few nice things about Janu
ary, according to Grandpappy Jenkins, is
that you don't,have to read any depress
ing news' stpries about potential crop
failures. w
The Everyday Counsellor
By REV. HERBERT SPAUGH, D. D.
When are we going to learn that
the grass is not always greenest on
the other side of the fence, and
that we do not have to leave home
to find those things which we think
are best?
From Lenox, Massachusetts,
comes the story of a man who went
deer hunting, leaving his wife at
-home. He left early, and late in the
evening came trudging home with
nothing but his gun, tired and dis
couraged. His wife then led him
to the garage' and showed him a
95-pound buck hanging from the
wall. She had felled the deer in her
own garden, after sighting it from
her kitchen window.
Of course this is an exceptional
story, but don't we all have the
habit of wanting to leave our own
homes for the best public speaker,
the best preacher, lawyer, doctor,
the best scenery, the best merchan
dise?
This reminds me of one of those
stories handed down in old Salem,
N. C. In the early days of the set
tlement, one of the industries was
a pottery, where among other
things excellent clay pipes were
manufactured. Cigars and cigaret
tes were not yet in vogue, and
smokers kept sets of clay pipes,
from which they offered visitors
a choice who would smoke them.
A fresh reed stem was put in the
Sylva P.T.A. Observes
Founders Day Monday
The Sylva Parent-Teacher As
sociation joined Monday in the na
tional observance of Founders Day
week, which this year was-marked
by the Golden Jnhilpp of the or
ganization.
The meeting, which was held at
the elementary school, was pre
sided over by Mrs. W. L. Jones,
president. Following the devotional
given by Miss Bertha Cunningham,
a short business session was held.
Mrs. Jones reported that telegrams
had been sent to representatives
and senators bearing endorsement
of the P.T.A. for the state health
bill and the proposed teachers sal
ary raise. It was also reported that
an additional ten dollars had been
turned in for the Seal Sale fund.
Featured on the Founders Day
program were Mrs. J. F. Freeze
and Mrs. Dan Tompkins. Mrs.
Freeze spoke on the meaning of
the P.T.A. and the reasons for its
existence. She told the grouffr of
the splendid record achieved by
the organization since its begin
ning.
Mrs. Tompkins spoke on the co
founders of the Parent-Teacher
S Association, Mrs. Alice Berney and
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst. Their vision
j in seeing the need for cooperation
| between parent and teachers, for
the well being of the child made
possible today an organization
' whose sole purpose is the benefit
of the child.
Concluding the program was a
| lovely tea under the direction of
the Hospitality committee, which is
headed by Mrs. Ray Cogdill. A
I large birthday cake bearing golden
candles centered the table, and
j members were served cake and
tea.
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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kirk and Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Davis will leave
Saturday for Atlantic City, N. J.
wehre they will attend an auto
mobile show. -
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pipe,
One ,*esident, dissatisfied with
the home product, saw an adver
tisement from New York of an ex
pensive set of clay pipes in plush
lined case. He ordered them. When
they arrived he discovered to his
surprise that they wer "made in
Salem."
We don't have to leave home to
find the best things in life; they
are with us all of the time. Where
are better friends than the home
town friends? Who will do more
for us in time of need than the
members of our own families?
' Men and women are roaming
over the country, searching for
happiness and peace. An increas
ing number of books are coming
irom the press ^telling us how to
find it. A host of new ills are as
sailing us, which we are being
told comes ?from inward tension,
frustration and unhappiness.
Two thousand years ago, Jesus
said that we do not need to leave
home to find peace and happiness.
He said that the place to look for
them was within our own hearts.
When a man learns that he lives
in a God-centered world, that
when he makes peace with Him,
lives his life according to divine
plan, becomes part of the Master
plan, peace and happiness come,
because he sees God in all about
him and within' him.
Junior Woman's Club Will
Give Scholarship To WCTC
The Junior Woman's Halcyon
club met last Wednesday night at
the home of Miss Martha Barnett
with Mrs. Gudger Fortner as joint
hostess.
Plans and arrangements were
discussed and made for the Valen
tine dinner which the club will
sponsor Friday night, February 14,
at 7 o'clock at the Allison building
of the Methodist church.
The club voted to give a schol
arship to Western Carolina Teach
ers College for some Jackson coun
ty girl, the funds , coming from the
Victory bonds bought by the club.
Mrs. Fortner, who had charge
Miss Agnes Wilson
jHostess To Bridge Club
Miss Agnes Wilson was hostess
Thursday evening for the initial
meeting of a newly organized
bridge club. Two tables were made
up for play.
At the conclusion of the games
Mrs. Dan B. Hooper held high score
while Mrs. Clyde Rector had made
low score. Both were given prizes.
Cakes and ices, decorated to
carry out the Valentine motif,
were served by the hostess. The
tallies and other decorations were
also suggestive of the Valentine
season.
The members and guests playing
were Misses Rebecca Sue Cannon,
Lou Elsie Parker, Lela Moore Hall,
Lucile Wilson, Hicks Wilson, and
Mrs. Clyde Rector, Mrs. Dan B.
Hooper, "anH "Miss WiisonTTKS'TTSSt~
ess.
Mrs. Dan K. Moore and two
children, Edith and, Danny, were
guests over the week-end of Mrs.
Moore's aunt, Mrs. David Eldfedge,
in Chattanooga, Tenn.
of the program, presented Mrs. C.
C. Buchanan, librarian at WCTC,
who addressed the group on "Our
Racial Problem."
Sixteen*club members and their
sponsor, Mrs. M. B. Madison, were
present. The hostesses served a
sweet course.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ensley oi
Bryson City spent Sunday with
Mrs. Ensley's mother, Mrs. JJte Hy
att at the home of her Mother, Mr.
Carey Allison, whom she has been
visiting for several weeks.
1 The friends of Mr. W. C. Alli
son will be glad to know that he
is improving at his home after be
ing quite ill for the past several
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Enloe and
Miss Anne Enloe vleft Sunday for
Atlanta where they were joined by
Mrs. Frank Gudenrath for a visit
in points in Mississippi, Louisiana,
and Florida before returning.
Mrs. E. L. McKee spent the first
of the week in Raleigh, returning
to her home Tuesday.
Relief At Last
For Your Cough
Creomulsion relieves promptly be
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
; a bottle of Creomulsion with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
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for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
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