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Herald VOL. XXI, NO. 40 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, March 6, 1947 The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. $2.06 A Year?5c Copy Wildlife Separation Bill Passes Senate With Only Two Dissenting Votes House Expected To Concur And Let The The Senate on Tuesday voted al most unanimously in favor of the Wildlife bill creating the State Wildlife Resources commission. The bill, passed by the house by a big majority, now goes back to that body for concurrence in amend ments. T. N. Massie, chairman of dis trict nine, received a wire late Tuesday evening from Ross O. Stevens, executive secretary of the State Wildlife Federation, which stated that the bill had passed the senate with only two dissenting votes. Secretary Stevens and dis trict chairman Massie have worked hard in building up the sentiment for the bill. Almost every county in the state has an active Wildlife club with thousands of members who have worked hard for the past two years in preparation for the bill. The House passed the measure creating the separation and setting up the State Wildlife Commission, with a membership of nine quali fied members with staggered terms so that no one Governor would appoint the entire membership. Governor Cherry did not favor this part of the bill and asked the sen ate to amend it so that the mem bers would serve two to four years appointed by the governor. The Senate included the amendment and it now has to be approved by the House. Wildlife separation sup porters feel that the House will let it become law as it now is, rather than risk a chance of delay with no bill at this session. The Gov ernor and Commission w,ill fix the salaries of tlifc nine wfhntissior** era. Funeral Rites Are Held Wed. For Mrs. Ida Wood Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Mrs. Ida Wood, 68, who died at her home, Tuesday, at 10:30 a.m., following a heart attack last Sat urday. Services were conducted at the home and burial followed in the Wesley's chapel. Mrs. Wood is survived by-her husband, James Wood; three sons, Ingle and Jack Wood of Sylva, and Mount Wood of Macon county; one daughter, Miss Molly Wood of Spruce Pine; four brothers, Elbert, June and Obie Jamison of Enka and Rev. Enoch Jamison of Scaly; twenty grand children and two great grand children. FORMER PRESIDENT Herbert Hoover is shown after he disembarked from an Army C-54 transport plane at Mitchei Field, L. L, New York. He declined to make a statement on his 6,000-mile trip surveying Euro pean food needs for President Tru man. Hoover was accompanied on the trip by Hugh Gibson, former envoy to BeJ^ium. (International) Farmers Requested To Make Application For Tree Seedlings Jackson county farmers de-r siring to secure, without cost, seedlings for planting this spring on eroded lands, and to rein force understocked woodlands, should make application for tree seedlings as soon as possible, either at the county agent's of fice in the courthouse or at the district forester's office in the Lloyd hotel building. The seedlings are being made available to farmers in the Ten nessee Valley Authority area of the 8tate through a joint* project of the TV A and Forestry and Parka Division of the Depart ment of Conservation and De velopment. Forest Service Launches Fifth Annual Fire Prevention Dwive The Fifth annual Co-operative Forest Fire Prevention Campaign is being launched this week ifT North Carolina by State'Forester W. K. Beichler. It is a part of the National Co-operative Forest Fire Prevention Campaign, which is be ing announced simultaneously in all the eleven states of the South. Key slogans for the campaign will be geared to the expectation of greatly increased use of the for ests by recreation seekers and to urgent Nation-wide need for tim ber for home-building in the next few years. The first slogan is, "Please, folks, be extra careful this year. Remember only you can pre vent forest fires." The second is, "Burned Timber Builds no Homes." In discussing the importance of the Co-operative Forest Fire Pre vention Campaign this year, State Forester Beichler said: "We see thousands of half-fin ished houses in every town and city. Most of them are waiting for the necessary lumber to make them habitable and comfortable homes. We see thousands of acres of pro ductive southern forest lands which have been cut-over and are now burned and blackened by prevent able fore.-t fires. Many are dam aged so badly that they do not produce one shingle or one 2x4 to help in the construction of these needed homes." The magnitude of thi.r annual disaster, said Mr. Beichler, can be visualized when it is considered that in a normal year like 1945, over 8$,000 forest fires burned over more than ft million acres in our 11 southern States alone. Nine out of ten of these fires have resulted from the carelessness or thought lessness of our own citizens. The State Forester said that the growth alone for one year on these 15 million acres of damaged land would have produced enough lum ber to build at least 60,000 new 6 room homes for our veterans and families. In North Carolina alone, forest fire damage has averaged more than one million dollars each year for the past five years. Mr. Beichler, in urging every citizen to take part in the cam paign, said that his office will be glad to provide information and material to help develop effective programs fcfr civic clubs, school groups and other organizations. He concluded by saying that every public-spirited person can assist in this campaign by talking it over with his friends and neighbors, and by taking any other possible ac tion to bring this campaign be fore the entire population. Co-operating with the State For ester are the Ur.ited States Forest Service, the Agricultural Exten sion ? Service, the American Red Cross, municipal and county gov e *nments, forest products indus tries, Boy and Girl Scouts and public school systems. ?Continued on page 4 WAR DEPARTMENT MAKING PLANS TO REMOVE WAR DEAD Next Of Kin Will Get Questionaires Within Next Few Months eterans Service Ot^_ ficer for the local post American Legion, has announced that ques tionaires will be mailed within the next two or three months to next of kin of American Service men who lost their lives in the recent war and who are buried overseas, in order to ascertain the dispo sition to be made of the remains of those members of the armed forces or civilians who served. This program is not alone a War Department program, but rather a coordinated program, jointly plan ned and participated in by all the armed forces of the United States and those governmental agencies whose personnel served overseas in World War II with the armed forces. The Quartermaster Gen eral of the Army, acting for the Secretary oi W:.r, will administer this program. Local American Le gion Service officers will assist and aid those next of kin who need additional information in complet ing these questionaires. The Quartermaster General De partment has announced that the first removal of bodies will be be gun in the Hamiian area and the second in the Belgium area; other areas to be released at a later date. Three choices are givert in the disposition of these removals. Bur ial in a National cemetery, either at home or abroad; burial in a pri vate cemetery in the United States or; burial in a private cemetery abroad. Miss Martha Lou Hunter To Be Associated With Veterans Adm. Hospital Miss Martha Lou Hunter, daugh ter of Dr. and Mrs. H. T. Hunter of Western Carolina Teachers Col lege, left Tuesday morning for the Veterans Administration Hospital at Swannanoa, where she has ac cepted a position as laboratory technician. Miss Hunter, who served four and a half years in the Woman's Army Corp, returned to the States last November. She served two years in the States and two years in the European Theatre Labora tory in England, later being trans ferred with the same unit to Ger many and France, where she spent the last six months before return ing to the States. i . Miss Hunter is a graduate of W. C. T. C. and received further training at the University of Ari zona, Duke University, and John Hopkins Hospital. Before entering service she was employed by the North Carolina State Board of Hy giene. She was given her discharge from the WAC in January. Sylva High Reaches Finals At Cullowhee The Golden Hurricanes from Syl va high school defeated Murphy 31 to 27 at Cullowhee Wednesday aft ernoon to reach the finals- of the State District Basketball Tourna ment. Bryson and Cagle were Sylva's chief point makers with 9 each, while Hal Wilson played a grand' defensive game. The Hurricanes will play the winner of the Waynesville-Canton contest Wednesday night for the W'estern District championship. Jackson Farmers To Have Important Meeting March 10 There will be a very important meeting of Jackson County farm ers at the courthouse at 10:30 a. m. Mopday, March 10, for the purpose of electing a county board of di rectors of the Jackson' County Farmers Cooperative. ( H. L. Meacham, general mana- 1 ger, of the Allied Farmers Cooper ative, will be at this meeting. All Jackson county farmers are urged j to be present. D. C Hjgdon Blaine Nicholson Cape Hatteras State Park, op- ' erated by the North Carolina Di- ' vision of Forestry & Parks, is lo-I cated in Dare County, on the At lantic Ocean. Facilities are locat ed here for ?^sh;ng and vacationing. ! QUOTA OF $2118 SET FOR JACKSON COUNTY RED CROSS DRIVE Quotas Reduced With End Of War But Need For Fluids Still Great - -- WitA_a_quo^g_o.tJ|2118 set for, the American Red Cross Fund Drive, A. J. Dills, executive secretary of the local chapter, is urging that the county speed up the drive in order that it may be completed in March. Workers for the communities and townships have been appointed j and materials sent them. Solicita tion of funds has already begun j and it has been asked that every l person that can and will, donate I one-half a day's work to this im portant drive. With the close of the war, quotas have been reduced but there is still great need of supplying the Amer ican Red Cross with funds to carry on their important work. Red Cjross operates in civilian disasters as well as in military emergencies. TRUMAN EXTENDS BEST WISHES TO 4-H CLUB MEMBERS President?Sends Letter To State Leader Harrill President Harry S. Truman has issued the following letter through L. R. Harrill, state 4-H Club leader for the State College Extension Service, in connection with the an nual observance of National 4-H Club Week which began Saturday arid ends March 9: "To All 4-H Club Members: "It gives me great satisfaction to know from March first to ninth nearly two million of you 4-H Club members will be observing your annual 4-H Club Week. You are to be congratulated especially on your 1947 theme, 'Working Together for a Better Home and World Com munity.' The challenge is great, but because of your past records of achievements we have faith that you will accomplish creditably the 1947 goals which you have set for yourselves. "We are proud of your 4-H Clubs which are spread across our great nation. They constitute an out standing body of youth aiming to attain worthwhile goals in life. With the help of the Extension Service of the Department of Ag riculture and the State agricultural colleges, together with many vol untary cooperators and local lead ers, 4-H Clubs have become an outstanding influence in develops ing the cultural, social and recrea tional, as well as the practical as pects of modern rural life. As a character-building influence they are unsurpassed. "We take satisfaction also in the fact that 4-H Clubs are demo cratically organized and conducted, with programs based on individual and community needs, and that as members of these clubs, you are concerned with work important ^o the home and the farm, as well as those activities that make for sturdy citizenship. "My best wishes for a successful 4-H Club Week this year." Rev. Mark Osborne Entertains Schools, Clubs Past Week The Rev. Mark R. Osborne, Jr. pastor of the Cullowhee Baptist church entertained the students at assembly programs in two neigh boring schools last week. On Thursday of last week he met with the Rotary-chibr at Andrews where he gave a program of hu morous reading, etc. The program was given in the school at An drews upon the invitation of Miss Meredith Whitaker and her home room. Last Friday he and Mrs. Osborne were entertained at lunch with the faculty of the Cherokee Indian school, after which they brought an assembly program of musical numbers and humorous readings, accompanied by Miss Mittleburg of the music department of Chero kee school. Miss Ruth Hooper of Cullowhee and Mr. Osborne also presented a violin-clarinet duet. W or king T ogether For A Better Home and World Community Theme of National 4-H Week When Asheville to Murphy passenger train No. 17 pulled into Sylva, February 14, anxiously awaiting its arrival for their first ride were 31 children from the first grade of the Cullowhee elementary school. The children are shown above being assisted on board by Conductor Harvey West and Flagman Henry Pangle. A number of instructors from the school made the trip with the children which ended at Barkers Creek. Here they were met by other faculty members in cars to carry them back to Cullowhee. The following children were in the group: Harry Lee Coggins, Ray Irving Adams, Arnold Ashe, Samuel Caldwell, Conrad Claybo, Hoyle Cline, Claude Dills, Harold Er.sley, Joe F. Haskett, Tommy Norton, Marvin Parker, Lenoir Taylor, Wayne Taylor, Junior Tolbert, Guy Wilson, Billy Smith, Freddie McCann, Lucky Chappell, Alice Ruth Ammons, Betty Bishop, Thelma Bishop, Christine Coggins, Tommy Stephens, Mary Stephens, Lillie Taylor, Ruby Te;igue. Mamie Wilkes, Irene Wike, Levern Woods, Shelby Conner, and Delrna Jo Bryson. Little Symphony To Vive Three Coneertn On 20th The North Carolina Little Sym phony, which will appear in Sylva on Thursday, March 20, has sched uled three performances for that date, two being children's' concerts and one four adults in the evening. Mtich preparatory Vj&rk ,>toward familiari7ing the children with the orchestra and a background of music appreciation is being done by the teachers, of the school Words for two songs which will be sung w.th the Symphony has been sent teachers and are being learned in the school. Funds for the Symphony, which is partially state supported and financed by individuals, were sub scribed by firms and business men of the town. Securing the Sym j phony for Sylva has been under I the direction of Mrs. Grover I Wilkes and Mrs. Paul Ellis. The morning performance will I begin at 10:30 and the afternoon performance at 2:30. The follow ing program for children has been , arranged. "L*inz" Symphony No. 36. in C Major, Mozart; Polonaise and Badinerie from Suite in B Minor No. 2, Bach; Mock Morris, Grainger; I Danced With a Mosqui to, Liadov; Farandole from L'Arle sienne Suite No. 2, Bizet; and Ja maican Rumba, Benjamin. Legislators May Be Home For Easter The members of the General As sembly down at Raleigh are mak ing some progress on appropriations and other state-wide measures and are hopeful of being thrpugh their work in time to be home for'Easter. The members are studying salary increases for teachers and- other state employes. Three alternatives appear likely for the committee: 1. An amendment to boost all state salaries 30 per cent. i 2. A proposal to boost state sal aries 25 per cent. 3. An amendment to separate school teachers in a salary bracket from other state employes, with the teachers* ear marked for larger pay increases. Nine He mi ^ The, ^legislature's appropriations still must consider nine r+iore items. They include: The N. C. Veterans administra tion for which an appropriation of $336,980 has been recommended for the biennium: North Carolina collcge at Dur ham for which a toUil of $728,476 is recommended; Aid to dependent children, with SI.300,000 recommended; Teachers and state employes' re SOSSAMON'S ... in Sylva I'n rent- Tva rhvrtt Will MMart' Study Courttv Mttrvh /I Beginning at 11:00 o'clock Tues day morning, Mar. 11, the Sylva Parent-Teacher association will hold its annual study course. Those attending will eat lunch in the ?;cnool cafeteria ? and following lunch the course will be concluded. The theme for the study will be "Building for Tomorrow." Mem -bers will speak on the various types of building: physical, mental, moral, and spiritual. A short business session will be held in the afternoon following the study course. Miss Bertha Cun ningham, chairman, Mrs. Harry Ferguson, and Mrs. C. M. Warren are the committee mftking the ar rangements for this program. tirement system, with $9,423,712 recommended; Medical Care commission for in digent care, with $1,000,000 recom mended, and Appropriations from the agricul ture fund to operate the state de partment of agriculture, with $2, 014,323 recommended. Jackson County Clubs Field Of Work In 1947 The theme, "Working together for a better home and world com munity," features National 4-H club week, which is being observed internationally during March 1-9. 4-H Clubs everywhere have made plans for special activities to high light the work of their club and to emphasize their 1947 theme. It is their objective, as a group, to focus attention on 4-H club work, local ly, state, and national in such a way as to increase the effectiveness of 4-H club work. Defined, the 4-H clubs are groups of young people who are engaged in farming, homemaking, or community activities under the guidance of cooperative extension workers, and local volunteers trained by them. Any boy or girl, between 10 and 21 years, who agrees "to learn to do by doing" may enroll. The various clubs elect their own officers, plan and con duct programs based on the needs and interests of the young people, hold regular meetings, and take: part in community activities. There are 4-H clubs in practically every state, and in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. The-e clubs have" helped to develop 10,000,000 young citi/.cn: i'inro their beginning. The program is helping to -increase farm incomes, improve standards of living, increase the satisfac tion of community life, and pre pare young people for the world ahead. Four distinctive educational ob jectives make up the cTCiS work. HEAD: X^i^st^r^p ftfce minds of rural young people an intelHgwrT* understanding and appreciation of nature and the environment in which they live; to teach young people the value of research and to develop in them a scientific at titude toward the problems of the home and farm. HEART: To help rural young people develop desirable ideals and standards for farming, home making, community life and citi zenship, and a sense of responsi bility for their attainments. HANDS: To provide rural young people an opportunity4 'to leant by doing" through conducting certain farm or home enterprises and dem onstration to others what they fcave learned. HEALTH: To develop ih young people habits of healthful living; to provide them with information and direction in the intelligent mat ?Continued on pago 1d Scott Advises The Farmers To Reduce Production Costs By W. KERR SCOTT Commissioner of Agriculture Farmers in North Carolina and in the nation are receiving lower prices for most commodities than a month ago, and we are now see ing the first general, natural sup ply-and-demand break in prices since the beginning of the emer gency period nearly seven years ago. Prices which farmers throughout the United States will average this year are expected to run about 10 per cent below those experience in the autum of 1946. It is antici pated that the decline will be rather sharp next winter, and that the average for the 1947-48 farm marketing year may be as much as 18 per cent under the levels of last year. ???? We should bear in mind, how ever, that this would not be a low level of income. It would be lower than what we have been accus tomed to during the war years, but still about as high as any year prior to 1946. If production costs continue to climb, the net income of course will drop lower than the estimates. This is the crux of the agricultural .ncome problem. It isn't what we receive for our commodities that is so important; but it is what we receive in relation to what we must pay to produce these commodities. Consequently,' farmers should j strive this year to use all moans available to keep the cost of pro duction as low as possible, so that they will be ready for any price emergencies which may occur. I If we can afford to purchase ef ficient, labor-saving machinery, we should by all means do it. How ever, we should be sure that what we pay for these implement! and the cost of their operation over a period of five years, for instance, will be less than the amount we would pay labor for the work ac complished by these machines. Too, we should consider the availability of labor when we need it. Machines are always ready to work. Fre quently, labor is not. Moving as we are through this period of price transition, we should be careful of speculation on anything. It is impossible to know what land values will be a year hence, and we should exercise our best judgment before purchasing land of any kind. And the farmer who holds his commodities for higher prices,, or yho purchases products on the chance of making a profit at a later date is gambling with the little reserve he has gar nered through high prices engen dered by the war. Most of us re member what happened in 1920 and 1921, so it seems uselesa to employ that period as an illustra tion of what could happen during the next tffree years. i
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