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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
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' 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.