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VOL. XXI, NO. 41
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, March 13, 1947
$2.00 A Year?5c C?py
Local School Authorities
Feel Pinch As Federal Aid
To Lunch Program Stops
Government Builds Up'
Huge Lunchroom
Program, Then Drops
Support
In an effort to relieve the criti
cal situation created by the deficit
of Federal aid for the School Lunch
room program, different" schools of
the county are attempting to meet
the problem by ? supplementing
funds or increasing the price of the
lunches served to the children. Of
ficials state that the number of
children eating in the lunchrooms
at the increased price has dropped
more than fifty percent.
For more than a decade the Fed
eral government has been offering
the states assistance to develop and
expand school lunch room pro
grams, in an effort to safeguard
and promote the well-being of the
children. States were encourged to
expand their school lunch program
and were required to match the
Federal dollar aid dollar for dol
lar.
The situation summed up is that
with the increase in the cost of
living and, more particularly, the
expansion of the school lunchroom
program of tewnty-five percent
more children this year than last,
the sum appropriated will not
stretch and cover the needs of the
schools. Unless Congress passes a
deficiency appropriation now, the
states cannot carry on their pro
grams. Sufficient appropriation
must be made for next year if the
same situation is not to become re
current.
North Carolina alone shows a de
ficit of $1,484,684. A total of 973
schools and 215,017 children were
on the program this year and, if(
sufficient dp{.*.>prlo'Jfc,i w uld be
made, an estimated total of 1,250
schools and 320,000 children could!
be aided next year.
Jackson county, which has here- !
tofore carried on a successful pro- !
gram, is feeling the lack of funds I
sharply. Individual schools are
trying to maintain the standards
set up by nutrition experts by add
ing produce from homes or by
making surveys to determine if
some article of diet can be elimin
ated and secured at home. While
primarily interested in completing
the program this year, they hope
to be able to prevent the same sit
uation next year.
Authoritative organizations and
organized groups are making every
effort to have Congress assure the
states of continued support of this
program.
VISITING RELATIVES
AFTER 10-YEAR AB8EXCE
Mrs. Lee Adams of Prinville,
Oregon is visiting her brother,
Norman Williams, and father, John
B. Williams of Cullowhee. This is
Mrs. Adam's first visit home in
ten year, having been called east
due to the illness of her sister, Mrs.
Ruby Lambert of Woodruff, S. C.
SUGAR STAMP NO. 11
GOOD FOR 10 POUNDS,
IS VALID APRIL I
Housewives will get rfiore sug
ar on their next sugar itamp ac
cording to an^jinnountement of
The Office Control,
which stated Monday that stamp
No. 11 In OPA family ration
books will become good April 1
for 10-pounds of sugar.
Validation of the 10-pound
I stamp will mark OPA's over
change from the 5-pound ration
procedure for household users.
The current stamp, No. 53 good
for 5-pounds, will expire March
31.
Stamp No. 11 will be good
! through September 30 but OPA
said a second stamp good for 10
pounds will be validated July \
' providing sugar imports meet
f expectations.
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ONI OP MCMTAIV at State G*o**
C. Marshall'! principal advlm*
(or the coming Big Four Conference
la Moscow Is Benjamin V. Cohen
(above) counselor of the State De
partment. Cohen is one of four mm,
heading an advisory group of 84
(J. S. diplomats, who will attend he
Important sessions, llnternationil)
Singing Convention
To Be Held April 6
The Central Jackson Sinking
Convention will hold a song session
at the Jarrett Memorial Baptist
church, Dillsboro, Sunday, April
6, at 2 p. m., it has been announced
by R. D. Phillips of Cullowhee,
president of the group.
Several outstanding quartets
have been asked to appear on the
program and singers are cordially
invited to attend the session and
participate.
N. C. Little Symphony Will Give
Three Concerts Here March 20
The Little Symphony of1 the
North Carolina Symphony Orches
tra will appear in Sylva on March
20th with two programs for school
children and one for adults. By the
time they have reached Sylva, the
players will have given 38 concerts
in the State. And there will re
main yet 23 concerts between
March 20th and the close of the
Little Symphony season on April
3rd.
There will not be much rest for
the musicians, however, for re
hearsals for the Full Symphony be
*in the following day, April 4th.
After several days of inteniive
rehearsing, the large orchestra will
launch its tour with a concert in
Reidsville on April 9th.
The Little Symphony, with all
its luggage and unwieldly instru
ments, is able to travel in one bus
with two dozen people, including
Director Swslin hi? wif*v
member* play in all sections of the
State from Morehead City and
New Bern to Murphy.
The size of this group is ideal for
such music as it play* in the thirty
two communities it visits this
spring. The 19th Century Strauss
waltz ('Wine, Women, and Song'),
the modern 'Jamaican Rumba' by
Benjamfh, and an 18th Century
Mozart Symphony are equally ef
fective and seem to be tailor-made
for this group. ,
Chairmen Mrs. Grover Wilkes
and Mrs. Paul Ellis announce thai
admission for the night concert
will be free. The adult concert be
gins at 8:30 p. m. in the Sylva
Graded School.
The Symphony especially appre
ciates the quick success of the Syl
va campaign last fall and feels this
to be a splendid example that for
ward looking people have set for
the rest of North Carolina.
A. J. Dills Reports
On Red Cross Cases
A. J. Dills, executive secretary
for the Jackson county chapter of
tnc American Red Cross, reports
that a total sf 109 cases were
handled by the office during Feb
ruary.
Forty-two of these cases were
army personnell, twenty-one navy,
Lions-Rotarians
Stage Annual
Basketball Tilt
Good Show Assured
When *Two Teams Clash
For Scout Benefit
You remember the hilarious eve
ning you enjoyed at the annual
basketball game between the Sylvn
Lions and Rotarians last year when
the expert shooting of Ty Hunter I
and T. N. Massie, coupled with
the clownish acts of many
with<*the clownish acts of many
other players and the final disap
pearance of the ball, ended in a
70-70 tie, and brought fun and
laughter for a record attendance.
This performance will be repeated
again next Wednesday evening,
March 19, t:i the High school gym
at 8 o'clock.
The opposing teams are plan
ning to put on a bigger show this
year with the usual fanfare. The
all-stars will be out there again
shooting for their individual teams,
hoping to pile up a score against
each other. Plenty of clowns will
be on hand to keep the crowd in
an uproar.
This annual contest is being
staged for the benefit of the boy |
scout troops of Sylva. Last year
the proceeds amounted to over
$100. It is hoped that the proceeds
will exceed that amount this year
as the troops have giown in num
ber, and to carry on their work
and continue to grow more funds
are needed. The scouts are now
selling tickets for the game and
you are urged to buy one or more
whether you plan to attend the
game or not.
The game was first scheduled
for Thursday, March 20, but since
this dale conflicts with the ap
pearance of the Little 6ymphony
Orchestra, the game has been
moved up one day?Wednesday the
19th.
Citizens Of County
Urged To Complete
Red Cross Fund Drive
A. J. Dills, executive chairman
of the American Red Cross and
leader of the Tund drive, is urg
ing that every citizen in the county
cooperate in order that the quota
of $2118 be reached before the end
of the month.
Workers have been appointed in
each community and have full au
thority to conduct the drive as the?
see fit in their area. Schools and
school teachers have enlisted the
aid of students in order to make a
complete coverage of the homes.
The need for financing the Red
Cross is as strong today as during
the war years since it is still the
main contact between servicemen
of military areas and homes as well
as the various other benevolent
? services it renders.
Benefit Easter Egg
Hunt And Party
An Easter Egg Hunt and Party
for children of the 1st, 2nd, and
3rd grades, and children of pre
school age will be held Saturday
afternoon, March 22, at Monteith
Park, opposite the Community
building, beginning at 2 o'clock.
This unusual occasion for this
group of youngsters is being spon
sored by the American Legion
Auxiliary, with Mrs. Posey Cathey
and Mrs. Dan Tompkins, co-chair
men, to be assisted by other mem
bers of the organization. A charge
of 25 cents admission will be mede
to be used to swell the Memorial
Fountain Fund.
An added attraction will be
rides on a very gentle pony.
rides will be carefully supervised.
An extra charge of 5 cents will be
made for etch ride.
In case of bad weather on the
day of the Party, all activities will
be held in the Community Build
ing.
twenty-eight ex-service men, and
sixteen civilians. Funds in the
amount of $66 were spent for aid.
Among the services rendered
were: inquiries and messages, in
formation, furlough and furlough
extensions, report on health of
serviceman's family, assistance
with claims for disability pension,
assistance with insurance claims,
hospitalization and financial assist
ance, *
Hetteued From Sinking Ship
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AU THIITY-NINI PIRSONS aboard the freighter Lake Sapor, Including
the wife and ton of the skipper, were saved after the ship struck a reef
during a violent storm near Iwo Jima. Some of the crew members climb
aboard the rescue ship Colgate Victory, which picked them up and
brought them ftafely to < Ivtprnatinval Smivrlv^otn)
warmer* meet
Director? For
Cooperative
A group of Jackson county farm
ers met at the courthouse Monday
and elected directors for the Jack
son County Farmers Cooperative
l'or the coming year. The directors
elected are: Crawford Shelton, B.
C. Buchanan, Lee Bumgamer, J.
Stedman Mitchell, J. W. Ashe, J.
L. Stewart, J. B. Coates, Blaine
^Nicholson, Robert Holden, and R.
C. Hunter. Dennis Higdon, a mem
ber of the local Cooperative is a
director o? the Allied Farmers Co
operative.
H. L. Meacham, general mana
ger of the Allied Farmers Cooper
ative for the seventeen western
counties, talked to the group on the
work of the organization.
Local Lions Hear
International President
Clifford D. Pearce, International
Lions president, spoke last Thurs
day to the Asheville Lions club at
their weekly luncheon meeting
held at the George Vanderbilt ho
tel. Mr. Pearce spoke on Lionism
and the influence of Lions Inter
national in world affairs today. He
stressed the need for unity and
universal peace, and stated that
the Lions clubs which operate in
eighteen countries are doing much
to create a national brotherhood.
Seven members of the Sylva
Lions club were guests of the
Asheville group at this meeting.
They were O. E. Brookhyser, Cloyt
Richardson, Jennings Bryson, Ros
coe Poteet, Rudolph Hardy, John
Henson, and Hugh Monteith.
Joint Study Course
At .Webster Church
Sunday evening at 7 o'clock the
Methodist and Baptist churches at
Webster will join in studying the
mission study book, "The Chris
tian Motive and Method In Stew
ardship," by H. C. Trimble.
The meeting will be held at the
Methodist church with Rev. A. E.
Fitzgerald, pastor, as leader. Others
will join in the discussion.
OFFICERS TAKE TWO
60-6AU.0N STILLS
Sheriff Griffin Middletcm, depu
ty Frank Allen, and highway pa
trolman Charles Lindsay captured
two complete copper stills late
Monday afternoon in the North
Fork section of the county. The
stills,, each of about 60-gallon ca
pacity, were within two miles of
each other. Mr. Middleton said that
they had been in recent operation.
Seven barrels of mash were de
stroyed at one of the stills and two |
barrels at the other.
The outfits were brought in and I
arc now stored in the sheriff's po
session. No arrests have been made.
SOSSAMON'S ... in Sylva
?Jaeknon County
Equalization
Hoard To 3fvt?t
The Jackrfon County Board of
Equalization and Review will
meet in the County Commission
ers' office at the court house on
Monday, March 17, it has been
I announced by Jennings A. Bry
son, Commissioner of Finance.
The board will meet only one
day for this purpose. Any one
wishing to have their propertyi
reviewed should meet with the <
board on this date. This is the
only time that adjustments in j
valuations can be made during*
the year.
BRUNETTES BUY THE
SYLVA FLOWER SHOP
Announcement ha^ been made
of the purchase of the Sylva Flow
er and Gift Shop by Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Brunette of Sylva from Mrs.
Lucille Painter and Mrs. Anne
Dills. The deal was completed I
Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Brunette state that
the name will continue as the Sylva
vFlower and Gift Shop and that
Mrs. Painter will remain with the
business for awhile. Mrs. Dills has
not made known her tuture plans.
The Flower shop, located in the
first floor of the Lctfal building,
has enjoyed a large patronage
throughout its operation. Corsages,
funeral wreaths, cut flowers, and
potted plants are a specialty of
the business.
*
Mr. and Mrs. Brunette have re
cently moved to Sylva, Mrs. Brun
ette being the former Miss Ada
Moody, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
P. E. Moody of Sylva.
Man, Taken In Jackson,
Given Three Year Term
Joseph Andrew Callahan of Sen
eca, S. C. was sentenced in a Fed
eral district court in South Caro
lina, Monday, to three years in a
Federal prison at Tallahassee,
Florida, after pleading guilty to
transporting stolen cars across the
state line.
Callahan was arrested in Febru
ary in the Cashiers section of
Jackson county by locai officers
and brought to Sylva where he
was booked on charges of stealing
cars. He admitted theft of the car
he was driving and also theft of
others, which he said had been
taken out of the state and sold.
Two Veterans Hospitals
List 1,304 Patients
At the end of last month there
were 785 patients at the Veterans'
hospital, Oteen, and 519 at Swan
nanoa, according to a report from
the Veterans Administration.
There were 11 men with non-serv
ice-connected disorders awaiting
admission.
The report also showed a total
of 54,334 non-disabled veterans
receiving institutional or job train
ing in North Carolina and 4,775
disabled veterans taking training
in the state.
Local School and Health
Problems Discussed In
All-Day Meet PTA Group
SYLVA GLEE CLUB TO
ATTEND OPERA IN
ASHEVILLE FRIDAY
Members of the Sylva High
school glee club will go to Ashe
ville Friday to attend the 2:30 p.
m. performance of the Gilbert and
Sullivan opera, "Pirates of Pen
zance," which will be sung at the
City Auditorium by tlie Davidson
iind Queens College singers. ?
The opera, which is intended
primarily for school children, will
be under the direction of James
C. Pfohl, director of the music de
partment of Davidson college. The
company will consist of 76 singers
and musicians: an orchestra of 25
pieces and 51 singers. It is being
brought to Asheville, as a non
profit venture by the Asheville
Children's theatre and the Farm
ers Federation News.
Miss Alice Weaver, director of
the Sylva Glee club, has announced
that a background of the opera is
being given the students and prep
aratory work of the music and
background is being studied.
Those who plan to attend the
performance Friday are: Annie D.
Barnes, - Nettie Jean Bradley,
Wanda Davis, Lois England, Susie
Ensley, Joyce Fisher, Ercie Foxx,
Helen Guffey, Jacquline and Lo
I queta Holden, Joretta Monteith,
Jean Moses, Kate Pannell, Betty
Paxton, Naida Seaman,-?Geneva
Shultz, Edith Sims. Mary Stillwell,
Rachel Ann Sutton, Eddie Lou
Terrell, Mary Lou Jones, Ruth
I Jamison, Peggy Hurst, Jenneane i
Bryson, Betty Painter, and Jackie
I Barnes.
Parents of the students will fur
nish transportation for the group.
GEORGE E. LUCE
DIES IN COLUMBIA
Mrs. George E. Luce received a
message Sunday morning inform
ing her of the death of her hus
band, George E. Luce, former band
director olJSylva, High school. Mr.
Luce died Sunday morning in*Vet
eran's Hospital, Columbia, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Luce came to Sylva
last Se^rcmber and joined the
faculty of Sylva ijigh school, lie
to direct the band <ind she to teach
English. When he was taken ill
about six weeks ago, Mr. Luce en
tered as a patient Veteran's Hos
pital at Columbia.
His death came as a shock to his
family and friends as he was much
improved when last heard from.
Particulars are not known.
Mrs. Luce and Mrs. Dessie Shoe
maker, mother of Mr. Luce, left
Sunday afternoon for Bowling
Green, Kentucky, where the fu
neral will bo held sometime this
week, funeral arrangements de
pending on the arrival of the body
I in Bowling Green.
Building For Tomorrow
Theme Of Annual Sti4y
Course Held Tuesday
The annual study course o( the
Sylva Parent-Teacher association
was held Tuesday, March 11, i* an
all-day meeting with the president,
Mrs. W. L. Jones, in charge. Rev.
C. M. Warren was in charge of the
devotional using Psalm 19 for hfe
scripture reading.
Following the opening, the meet
ing was in charge of Miss Bertha
Cunningham, Study Course chair
man of the association. Miss Cun
ningham introduced the subject of
the meeting, "Building For Tomor
row, and outlined the program
for the day as follows: "Health'*
by Mrs. Alma McCracken, district
health nurse; "Parent Education
and Family Life," Rev. W. Q. Grigg;
"Spiritual Education for the Child,"
Rev. C. M. Warren; "Equipment
of Education," Howard Crawford.
Mrs. McCracken prefaced her
talk with a strong appeal for the
necessity of recruits for the nurs
ing field, both private and public
health nursing. She stated that
there is now a shortage of over
3000 public health nurses; also a
great shortage of doctors. These
needs are keenly felt in almost
every community, certainly in our
own nearby communities. Wanted
today for the nursing profession
are young women of high stand
ing, intelligent people (of prefer
ably- the upper-third bracket) to
go into schools or hospitals of high
standards that they may get the
best training; go where they can
get their college training together
with their professional training.
The first of Mrs. McCracken's
two-parts discussion dealt with the
school lunch rooms. From recently
compiled statistics Mrs. McCrack
en reported that of the 7535 lunch
es served in the Sylva schools,
2007 were free lunches. With Fed
eral aid for school lunches sus
pended, the schools now face a s<N
rious problem of continuing these
lunches.
Miss Cunningham, teacher of the
5th grade of the elementary school,
reported that during the serving
of free lunches attendance of that
particular group of students was
much better and their work in
general was improved.
The second part of Mrs. Mc
Cracken's talk -was a discussion
of the pre-school program which
is held each spring for children
who will enter the first grade in
the coming fall. She stated that a
physician from the Health Board
will not be available this spring
for the pre-school clinics, but it
is hoped that a local physician
will donate a half day to the work.
A nurse from the Board, however,
will be present to assist and give
recommendations to parents of the
children.
?Continued on page 12
Jackson FarmersHear Report
On Activities of Cooperative
Progress made by the Farmer's
Federation during 1946 and future
plans and expansions of the or
ganization were outlined at the co
operative's annual Stockholders
meeting held Saturday at the Syl
va Store.
Brief addresses by members of
the Asheville Federation featured
the opening of the meeting. Rev.
Dumont Clarke, director of the
Lord's acre plan for the Federa
tion, told of the work being done
in that department and of the
growth of the plan throughout the
United States. The poultry pro
gram of the Federation was ex
plained by Max Roberts, educa
tional director. He stated that
poultry raising could be very prof
itable for the small farmer, and
with the use of Federation chicks,
profit was an assured thing.
M. L. Snipes, county agent for
Jackson county, spoke to the group
on the farmer's outlook for 1947
and urged that more beef cattle
be raised as an income builder.
Figures released at the meeting
showed that the Farmers Federa
tion is making steady growth. Sales
for the entire western North Caro
lina organization for 1946 were
$4,575,364.36, an increase of $807,
723.28 over 1945. Keen interest was
shown by the- citizens present as
to the possibilities of a frozen food
locker plant for Jackson county.
G. C. Mills, acting as spokesman
for the group, asked that such in
formation as to requirements for
operating and maintaining a froz
en food locker system be sent here
for the citizens' consideration.
The following were elected to the
advisory committee for Jackson
| county: Marion Moody, Erastus; A.
; O. Weidelich, Sylva; John C. Jones,
Gay; Hute Snyder, Addie; Chief
Jarrett Blythe, Cherokee; Will
Bryson, Sylva; ^Crawford Sholton,
Whittier; Vance itooper, East Xa
Porte; Dennis Higdon, Sylva; Dr.
A. S. Nichols, Sylva; Dr. Grover
Wilkes, Sylva; Sam Crisp, Dills
boro; Velt Wilson, Sylva,
Music was furnished by local
string musicians and Frank Reed
led the group singing. Fred Cope,
manager of the local Federation
store, welcomed the guests, and
the force was introduced and rec
ognized.
Winners of the baby chicks this
year were, Charley Buchanan,
Henry Hooper, L. B. Allen, apd
Mrs. John Deitz.