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AMERICA First, Last and Always THE ,.. . , The Herald is ditfkitM to progressive service to Jack son . . \ A progressive, well balanced county. VOL. XXI, NO. 39 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, Feb. 27, 1947 $2.00 A Sylva Gets Little Snow While Surrounding Areas Are Covered 5 To 12 Incites Over Week-End Roads Through Park | Ciosed/"6lRer TfiJKwiays In Good Condition Sylva had only a light snowfall during the week-end flurries which brought heavy snowfall to Haywood county, the Smoky Mountains National Park, and the Highlands section of Jackson coun ty. Haywood had a fall of from 5 to 12 inches and Park Service of ficials reported 20 to 24 inches on the higher peaks of the mountains. Newfound Gap, in the heart of the Park, had 20 inches with varying depths, while drifts blocked the highway to Knoxville causing the halting of traffic over this high way until weather conditions im prove. Skiing in the Park has been at iU best during the past few weeks, with parties from Knoxville, Sylva, Asheville, and other sections en joying this sport on Sunday. Eleven members of the Sylva Senior Scout troop, with Harry Ferguson as leader, enjoyed this sport Sunday afternoon. The ski run starts at In dian Gap and winds its way down the Tennessee side of the moun tain. Highway snow plows cleared the road enough for cars with chains to be able to get to the ski start on the Newfound Gap-Cling man Dome Sky Line road. A party came from Atlanta Sun day morning to see the snow cov ered mountains. Not being~used~"to~ mountain driving, they were un able to go all the way to the top, but reported that they got a big thrill from the distance they were able to travel and considered their long drive worthwhile. Highways in Jackson county re mained open and no accidents have been reported. Clearing skies and ( rising temperatures followed the * week-end of cold and snow. A few days the first of the week saw the temperature remain below freezing all day, with intermittent snow flurries, just enough to keep the blithesome youngsters, as well as some of the more staid youngsters (shall we call them?) in good spirits. Fire Damages Candler Cottage On Main Street The four-room cottage on Main street belonging to Mrs. C. Z. Candler and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Perkins, caught fire late Wednesday afternoon, but quick arrival of the Sylva Fire Depart ment prevented the blaze from consuming the structure and spreading to adjacent buildings. The fire which is reported to have started from an overheated flue in the living room, was discovered by Dr. C. Z. Candler, Jr. ?The house, which was recently comple'.ed, was considerably dam aged by water, as was the con tents. No estimate was given on the loss. NEW ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH WORKERS IS SET UP FOR THIS AREA Dr. H. C. Whims Elected President Of Group In Western Counties In an effort to coordinate the ac tivities and problems of health agencies throughout Western coun ties, the Western North Carolina Public Health Workers association was set up at an organizational meeting held Friday, February 21, at the Buncombe county court house. Dr. H. C. Whims, Buncombe county health officer, was elected president and other officers named to serve were: William A. Broad way of Asheville, state district sanitarian, vice-president; and Mrs. Hellon Hearn, western district secretary of the state board of health, secretary-treasurer. Committees were named to draw up by-laws for the organization and to form groups, whereby health environmental problems might be studied and applied to this section. Twenty counties from Burke to Graham and Cherokee, form the group. The next meeting of the organi zation has been set for May and will be held at Lake Lure. Those attending from S-y4-v--a were Charlie Thomas, sanitarian for Jackson and Swain, Mrs. Juan ita Phillips, Jackson county board of health secretary, and Mrs. Lina Padgett, county nurse. Kotts Orders Park Roads Closed To Motor Traffic All roads into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park have been ordered closed to traffic by Superintendent Blair Ross, of Gat linburg. The roads will remain closed until further notice, pend ing improvement in weather con ditions' and melting of snow and ice. Ross said 20 inches of snow had fallen at Newfound Gay with more snow falling. The order closing the park roads came after Mrs. B. S. Cunniff of Indianapolis, Ind. was found froz en to death Monday near Elkmont by men operating a snow plow. Her sister, Dr. Urbana Spink, also of Indianapolis, survived all "night exposure to the snow and elements after their car skidded off the highway. LOWER VOTING AGE MEASURE KILLED A measure to reduce the voting age'of North Carolinians from 21 to 18, if approved by the people in referendum* was killed Tuesday by a House committee on consti tutional amendments. Symphony Orchestra Will Give Three Concerts Here March 20 The Nortty Carolina Symphony orchestra will be heard in Sylva at three free concerts on Wednes day, March 20, according to an an nouncement by Mrs. G r o v e r Wilkes and Mrs. Paul Ellis, who have been instrumental in secur ing the performances of the or chestra here. Concerts are sched uled "for 10:30 a. m., 2:00 p. m. and 8:30 p. m. Contributions and subscriptions for annual membership frdm busi ness and professional men and from, organizations in the county will finance the appearance of the Symphony. More than forty-five subscriptions were obtained by Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Wilkes, who began their work last August. The Symphiny orchestra, which is the first State Symphony in Amer ca, is supported by the Leg islature and from contributions from citizens. It provides state wide tours, gKing everyone an op portunity to hear this type of music and also provides free con certs for children. Conducted by Benjamin Swalin, the State Symphony encourages native talent and offers opportuni ties for qualified musicians. Mr. Swalin is American born, and has trained in this country and in Eu rope. In developing this type of Symphony presentation, he has explored a new field, and has made Nortl^ Carolina one of the foremost states in progressive music. A bud get of $65,000 annually is needed to operate the Symphony and, with shortages in the Legislature ap propriations, support must come from individuals. Firms and individuals who made possible the appearance of the orchestra- in Sylva are: Sossamon Furniture Co., Schulman's De partment Store, Jarrett Springs I Hotel, Mead Corporation, Jackson Furniture Co., Sylva Supply Co., Massie Furniture Co., Sylva Her ?Continued on page 4 Phonv Exwutiw Tv*tifiv* For tAll vtt thai A??:A!*INO BifORK the Senate Atomic Energy Committee to test!tj la behalf of David W Lilienthal's ap pointment as hood of tht Civilian Atomic Commission, Chester L Bernard (left). New Jersey Bel) Telephone executive, is shown answering questions of 8em. Kenneth McKeUar. Bernard, who helped writ* the contro versial Acheson-Lilientba) atomic report, said bo considered TMentha] to bo "one of the greatest individual* ists I ? ve ever met" Sen. MeKellar is violently opposed to the appointment of Lilienthat (International) CITIZENS OF JACKSON INVEST OVER $38,000 IN SAVINGS BONDS January sales amounting to $13, 738,547.50 in U. S. Savings Bonds in North Carolina exceeded any previous month's sales since the Victory Loan in 1945, according to a n announcement b y Allison James, State Savings Bonds Di rector in Greensboro, issued through Jackson county Savings Bonds chairman, Mr. R. L. Ariail. Of the $13,738,547.50 total sales, $8,570,770.00 was in Series E Bonds, $862.377.50?was in Series F Bonds, and $4,305,400.00 wan in Series G Bonds. The pet pie . of Jackson county Invested a total of $38,103.50 as their part in the state's E, F and G sales achievement; $22,725.00 was in Series E Bonds, $10,378.50 in Series F, and $5,000.00 in^Serles G. Mr, Ariail stated that January has always been a "fat" month for F and G Bond sales and for large denomination sales of E, Bonds to investors who want to acquire the annual limit early in the new year. "However," he said, "we didn't ex pect it to be such a recor^-break er. The people of North Carolina and Jackson county are making an excellent beginning for the new year in setting aside Savings Bonds for their future security. Farmers, business and professional men and women and all others will be do ing themselves as well as their 9tate and nation a good favor, by regularly investing in Savings Bonds in 1947, and holding on to them," Mr. Ariail stated. Executive Committee Daniel Boone Council, Scouts Hold Meeting The Smoky Mountain District Committee meeting, Daniel Eoone Council, Boy Scouts of America, was held Friday evening, February 21, at 7 o'clock at the Jarrett Springs hotel, with W. C. Hennes see, district chairman, presiding. Reports from various operating committees throughout the district were heard and objectives were set up for the first half of 1947. Members attending the meeting were: Dean W. E. Bird, Newton I Turner, Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, John Alsup, E. W. Renshaw, Bill Ensor, John Morris, Rev. W. Q. Grigg, Herbert Gibson, Dr. Harold McGuire, Hugh Monteith, Walter Ashe, Harry Ferguson, T. N. Mas sie, Everett Harris, Homer Davis, O. E. Brookhyser, and Bill Wall, assistant Scout executive. Prof. Madison Shows Improvement From Sudden Illness Professor R. L. Madison, founder of Western Carolina Teachers Col lege and president-emeritus of the institution, who celebrated his 80th birthday on February 17, suffered a sudden attack of a kidney dis order Friday night. However, on Wednesday he was reported to be slowly improving and able to up part of the time in his chair. Friends regret to hear of Profes sor Madison's illness. 34 Years Young LOGAN CARNES, l.fo-ior.g resi dent' of Dillsboro, was honored on his 84th birthday* February 2 at; the home of his granddaughter in V\ ayr.e.sville. Mr. Carnes remains quite active and in good healln despi'e his ;.ge. State Support Of Jackson's Schools Is 88.10 Per Cent The State supplied 88.10 per cent of the funds spent on Jackson county schools for operation of the schools during 1945-46. Operating costs of the county schools for the period amounted to $266,074.25. of this amount the state paid $234,422.03. The county paying $31,652.22 or 11.9 per cent of the total cost. These figures were disclosed in a report released Saturday by the office of controller, division of teacher allotments and general control, and were based on infor mation from county and city school budgets for 1940-47. FELIX PICKLESIMER IS RE-ELECTED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HEAD At a meeting of the newly elect ed board of directors of the Jack son County Chamber of Commerce on last Friday night Felix Pickle simer was re-elected president of the organization to serve for an other year. Paul Kirk was named vice president and Dr. Harold Mc Guire, secretary-treasurer. The directors, including the above of ficers, are Harry Ferguson, W. C. Hennessee, Boyd Sossamon, H. E. Monteith. W. R. Enloe and Woody Hampton. The board will meet the first Friday night in March to appoint committees and map out plans for the year's work. The membership drive will be held around May 1. The North Carolina Division of Forestry operates three types of tractnr and fire plo wunits?the light, medium and heavy units, the usage of each depending on the forest type. SOSSAMON'S ... in Sylva JACKSON CLOTHING WILL RELIEVE MUCH SUFFERING ADRUAD NEW WINDSOR, Md. ? The Church World Service Center here has received I.soij pounds of relief .goods from th?? Sylva Lions and Rotary club:-. ri ho tfoods came in 1 r.st week a.i . included clothing, | shoes, bedding and other vitally ! needed relici j'.^ods. The goods | have already been sorted and ?packed for sn;pnu?nt overseas. j "The gifl 'loin Sylva will be , lelpful in relieving the suffering ' 'jiought,about by war and winter weather upon mil'irns ot helpless a*..pic oversea.;. While we sit in uf warm 1ivj,i; 100ms, thousands! roam the cold, dark streets ot war-^ levastated Euiore searching in va.n for -ome small morsel of lood t jnct :>l p!:rtvc v. ..-.vc they c..r: spend ' L!'.e nUM protc *.\l irom the hitlor . c.tid-mui wit u .. ' The sift items were dona led by the people of .lark on county. Cullowhee-East LaPortc P.T.A. Will Have Joint Meeting This Evening The Cullowheo Parent-Teacher association members will be guests at the East La Porte school on Thursday evening, February 26, in a meeting that will begin at 7:30 o'clock, to be held in the East LaPorte school building. Mrs. Edith Laws, president of the asso ciation, will preside? Children from the East LaPorte community, who attend the Ger trude Dills McKee training school, will take part cn the program which will feature the fiftieth an niversary of the founding of the i Parent-Teacher organization, by I Mrs. Birney and Mrs. Hearst. The | program will include a talk by ! Miss P'anr.ie Goodman on Found j ers* Day; dedication by Mildred ; Adams and Olin Jackson; an I acrostic by Bobby Adams, Troy I Zachary, Carrie Burrett, Ruth i Houston, Barthell Bryson, James Cole, Billy Zachary, Lock in Mid dleton, Frieda Jo Adams, Ina Wike, Dan Barnes, and Emma Lou Hous ton; a son, "My Tribute," by Jim mie Wike, Dennis Hay Hamilton, Chris^ne W^Jkcr, Orville Wike, Clarence Wike, Jimmie Adams, Jane Adams, Daphne Hopkins, and Anne Hampton; piano solo, "Polonaise" by Jo Anne Sutton; poems by Mildred Teague, Vernal Wike, David Long, Ola Belle Smith, Max Robinson, Murriel Ashe; pi ano solo, "Spinning Song," Mar jorie Woody; and a poem, "The Golden Year," by Manley Bryson. All parents in East LaPorte and Cullowhee are urged to attend. Sylva Lions Club Plans Ladies' Night, March 12 The Sylva Lions club will enter tain with Ladies' Night on Wednes day, March 12. The place has not been set for the meeting at this time. Boyd Sossamon, chairman of the program committee for Ladies night, stated that the program will be announced through the next Lions bulletin. Tompkins' Bill To Emancipate Cherokee Indians Is Rejected By Senate; House Passed Tlie Measure NANT AH ALA POWER COMPANY TO BOILD DAM IN MACON CO. Other Developments Planned By Company For This Section | The Federal Power Commission has approved the application of the Nantahala Power and Light Com pany for construction of ..the pro posed Queens Creek hydroelectric project in Macon county, according to an announcement by J. E. S. Thorpe, president of the power firm. Mr. Thorpe said construction oi the project will begin as soon as materials and equipment can be assembled. The QUeens Creek project is lo Icated 17 miles East of Franklin. The dam will be 65 feet high and 405 feet in length. It will be con structed ol rock and earth. The powerhouse containing one hydroelectric unit of 2,000 KVA capacity will be located on the Nantahala ri ?-r at Beechertown. The distance in elevation between the surface <>1 the water and the center line of the pelton wheel will be 1,00.') feet, making it one of the highest bead units in East ern America. The new dam will create a reser voir covering about 36 acres and impounding 1,020 acre-feet of water. It is understood that this is one ji?f a series of developments which I the*company anticipates. ? Sportsntvn Art* Vivunvtl Over WUdiife MEt RALKIC5H, Feb 25 ? Hunters ? intl fishermon m North Carolina,! along with just plain dirt fanners,' ?pent a happy week-end, pleased nx'iT ihe prospects of the proposed ,'i rth Carolina Wildlife Federa-1 tii>n's legislation becoming written into law this week. I This bill, before the current j legislature, would separate the Game and Inland Fisheries Di- j vision from the State Department of Conservation and Development and set up a new department sole i ly in the hands of those most in ! terested in the future of the State's wildlife resources. ! Both Federation members and non-members were elated last week to see the bill overwhelming ly passed by the House of Repre sentatives with its fate now left in the hands of the Senate. A Senate committee report is expected Wednesday and. speedy and favor able action on Ihe Senate floor is contemplated. If the bill passes, as now seems ?Continued on page 10 ' Sen. Frank M. Parker Of Buncombe County 1 I 'I 1 ' H II HI 1 ?!!!>? I ?w? Leader Of Opposition Representative Dan Tompkin*' resolution memoralizing congress to emancipate the Eastern Band of tThefbkee Indians has received an unfavorable report by a senate committee. Leading the opposition was Senator Frank M. Parker, of Buncombe. The senate education committee voted an unfavorable report after 10 Indians from Cherokee voiced their protest at an hour-and-half hearing. Senator Parker arranged the public hearing and made a motion for the unfavorable report. Senator Baxter C. Jones, of Swain was the only vote against Parker's motion. The Tompkins' resolution was unanimously passed by the house. It would memoralize congress to enact suitable legislation "freeing the Cherokee Indians from re strictions and restraints of the Bu reau of Indian Affairs." Led by Tribal Chief Jarrett Blythe, the Cherokee party in cluded Assistant Chief Henry Bradley, Jack Jackson, Arzene Thompson, Charlie Hornbuckle, Robin Welch, Freeman Bradley, Mrs. Emily ' Walkirgstick, Mrs. Mollie Arneach and Mrs. Melitia Sneed. Rep. Tompkins said his resolu tion was inspired by "simple jus tice to a great people," and argued timt "these Cherokee Indians are capable of managing their own af fairs." He denounced the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and accused it of unnecessary meddling in affairs of the* Cheroxees. Jle read one telegram , from an Indian with combat service who complained he was "a citizen everywhere in the world except at my own home, where I am supervised by the bu reau." Mr. Tompkins declared that the Eastern band of Cherokee Indians is the only group that has a guard ianship and has to listen to the dictatorship of a bureau in Wash ington. Chief Blythe said his tribe ap preciated Rep. Tompkins' efforts in their behalf but said they would not accomplish the results desired by the sponsor. He reminded the committee that the federal gov ernment spends about $300,000 an nually for the education and health of tne Cherokees, and said his tribe will not object to this bill if the state will provide the' same quality of services. The beekeepers of Surry county plan to form an association, ac cording to W. A. Stephen, Bee keeper for the State College Ex tension Service. Ninety-eight per cent of the for est fires that burn in North Caro ' lina each year are man-caused fires. A. J. Dills Announces Plans For 1947 Red Cross Drive Plans and leaders for the 1947 Red Cross Fund Drive, which is scheduled for March, have been announced by A. J. Dills, chair man and executive secretary for the local chapter. Mr. Dills states that each leader selected to solicit funds have full authority to conduct their work as they deem fit ,and to appoint as many helpers as is necessary to carry the. drive to a successful climax. While the quota set for Jackson county is not as high this year, as was given them during the war, there is still much work to be done and funds must come from the public. Veteran hospitals and military centers use Red Cross personnel to contact the man still in service. The following leaders have been named for the 1947 drive: Sylva high school, Wm. G. Crawford; Sylva elementary school, W. V. Cope; Barkers Creek ele mentary, Demerris L. Cowan; Dix Creek, A. C. Dillard; Dillsboro, Lillian J. Madison; Beta, Gertie Moss; Addie, W. G. Dillard; Wil lets, Mrs. Jimmie Sutton; Balsam, R. O. Higdon; Wilmot, Irene Raby Clayton; Qualla, Lois E. Martin; Cullowhee, C. A. Hoyle; W. C. T. C.t Bill Ashbrook; White Rock, L. J. Smith; Tuckaseigee, Fannie M. Brown; East La Porte, Mrs. Homer Wike; Rocky Hollow, Mrs. Maude Sherrill; Sols Creek, Daphne Nich olson; Wolf Creek, Mrs. Pearl Rig I don; Tennessee Gap, Mrs. Olivia Galloway; Rock Bridge, Clara B. Webb; Glenville, F. I. Watson; Cashiers, G. T. Hampton; Double Springs, Virginia Brown; Webster, Frank M. Crawford; Savannah, Alliney H. Bryson; Colored Con solidated, J. William Wade. Ten plants making tanning ex tract in North Carolina in 1938 used 168,000 cords of chestnut wood, and 17,500 cords of hemlock and chestnut oak bark.