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VOL. XXI, NO. 43
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, March 27, 1947
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1300 Jackson Students Hear N. C. Symphony Orchestra
Jackson Farmers and Dairymen
See Film On Milk Production
Shown By-?ebnty Agencies?
Farm Agents And Board*
Of Health Sponsor
Educational Movie
Around 150 Jackson county far
mers, dairym _ milk producers,
and other intei ed citizens of the
county attendee the meeting at
the court house Friday night for
?the purpose of seeing the pictures,
"Science of Milk Production", I
which was sponsored jointly by the S
farm agents and county health de
partment of Jackson county.
Two reels were shown during
the evening. The first was "Hay
is what you make It", which show
ed modern methods for harvesting
and curing hay crops. The narrator
in the picture explained the impor
tance of cutting hay at the right
stage of maturity in order to save
the greatest number of leaves.
Since the leaf contains the great
er amount of food value of the
crop, much is lost if they are al
lowed to became too ripe which
causes them to shatter off in har
vesting. The picture was in color,
showing some beautiful farm
scenes where hay was being har
vested and stored. This picture is
put out by the North Carolina Ex
tension Service.
The picture on "The Science of
Milk Production" in color and
sound, showed the inner workings
of a cow's milk making system
with clarity and completeness. For
the first time the farmers and in
terested citizens were able to see
? vital internal parts of the delicate
mechamism in action as the blood
is turned^ irfctg milk, Nev^fs^tt
about"the character and functions
t of the mysterious milk making and
"let-down" hormones that control
1 production were shoWn and ex
plained by Dr. Peterson, famous
physiologist of the dairy cow and
professor of Dairy Husbandry at
the University of Minnesota, who
helped develop the picture and ap
pears in it. .
Dr. Peterson explained the im
portance of proper treatment of
the cow at milking time. All noise
and other activities that would
excite the cow should be avoided.
Gentleness pays off big dividends
in greater milk production, said
Dr. Peterson. He gave four rules
for getting greater milk capacity
output from each cow, which if
each farmer and dairyman will
follow will show a bigger pay
check at the end of each month.
The picture was developed and
made at the University of Min
nesota by the Purina Feed Com
pany, and their representative is
showing it in connection with the
farm agents and health depart
ments of each county. Purina
feeds will be handled in Sylva by
) the Sylva Coal and Lumber Com
John H. Wild and grandson. Earl
i Hogg, left Monday for their home
in Granite, Okla. after a week's
visit here and in Macon county,
visiting relatives. Mr. Wild is a
brother of Mrs. R. F. Jarrett. Mr.
Wild and Mr. Hogg carry on.jaJi
extensive farming program in Ok
lahoma.
Bound For Prison
SENTENCED to life imprisonment for
the slaying of his foster parents and
their adopted daughter, Robert W.
Snyder, 14, is shown in a police car
-in Kockville, Md., bound for the
Maryland State Pen tent ary The
youth was corn u trd tin the shot
gun * I. y it:;; ol H??ss H S'- viler M. s.
J-*ie K<i?si it I* ir uci. andAnn,
12 (I ilcrtmi !()nf.l )
HUNOR" STUDENTS AT
SYLVA HIGH SCHOOL
lARE ANNOUNCED
The honor students for the third
quarter at Sylva High school have
I cen announced by W. H. Craw
1'jrd, principal. They are the fol
lowing: A Honor students, Deril
Monteith, Frank Crawford, Jr.,
Charles Stillwell, Jimmie L. Blan
i ton, Clarise Hoxit and Betty Ann
Queen.
The B Honor roll students are
Barbara Ann Fisher, Eugene Mc
Clure, Mary Stillwell, Betty Ellen
Shuler, Peggy Painter, Jean Moses,
Evelyn Beasley, Pearl Ashe, Mary
Bess Henry, Naomi Hooper, Orth
rude Bradley, Zelda Seaman, Mar
vin Allison, Frankie Fisher* Hayes
Hall, and Elizabeth Jacobs.
Charlie Campbelt^And
Associates Are In
Florida On Business
Mr. Charlie Campbell, together
with his business partners, E.
White of Chattanooga, Tennessee
?and John Loy of Hendersonville,
left Monday for Kissimmiee, Fla.
While # there they will make ar
rangements for the return of trucks
thpv Save purchased* to be used
in their recently formed show
partnership business. Bob Phillips
also accompanied Mr. Campbell to
Florida.
Over Hundred Miners Trapped
Underground Following Blast
An explosion trapped 131 coal;
miners 540 feet underground Tues- |
day afternoon at about 3:30 in the
Centralla Coal company Wne No.
5 at Centralia, 111. Men with res
cue equipment were promptly
rushed to the scene df the acci
dent but leaders of the party said
the outlook for rescuing the trap
ped men alive looked bad. The
,/nine normally employed 230 men
but only 131 were underground
at the time of the explosion.
Fourteen men were brought out
alive and the body of a 74 year
*)\d man was recovered at first
rescue attempt.
The explosion, believed to have
been caused by dust, disabled the
mine elevator and broke off tele
phone connection with the men.
Elevator service was restb^ed i
later and rescue workers descend- I
ed into the shaft.
Later reports said that rescue
workers had counted 21 dead in
the mine, and that 24 miners had
been brought out alive.
jDr. Candler To Practice
Dentistry In Asheville
Dr. C. Z. Candler left^Mond-ay
for Asheville where he formally
opened ofiices for the general
practice of Dentistry. Dr. Candler
will be located in Suite 310, City
? Hall Building, Asheville.
SYLVA ROTARY CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
FOR THE NEW YEAR
To Heai
Rotarians During 47-48;
Other Officers Elected
The Sylva Rotary club held its
annual election of officers at the
regular dinner meeting Tuesday I
evening, naming a president, vice
president, secretary-treasurer, sgt.
ft arms and five directors. Dr.
D. D. Hooper was elected presi
dent. J. Cole Cannon, vice presi
dent; R. .U. Sutton, secretary
treasurer; H. Gibson, sergeant at
arms; five directors, H. E. Fergu
son, Wayne Terrell, S. W. Enloe,
H. T. Hunter, and Chas. Reed.
These oiiicers will take office the
first riay-of July and serve through
June 1948. "
The club vcted to set the hour
of meeting up to 7 o'clock with the
next meet ng, April 1st.
Walter Carringer, voice student
of Mr>. Charles Gully a) Wesfern
! Carolina Teachers QoTtege, delight
I ed the members with three songs,
i Mr. Carringer, of Murphy, recently
I won a contest sponsored by th^
North Carolina Federated Mi^tc
clubs held at Elon College invwnich
^yhe competed with a large field of
contestants from the various col
leges of the state. The prize was a
$150 cash scholarship.
Oldest Indian of Cherokee
Reservation Dies At 115
. Mrs. Rachel Reed, the oldest In
Idian on the Cherokee reservation,
died at 1:10 o'clock Monday morn
ing at her home on Big Witch
Creek.
Funeral services were held at
the home Wednesday morning at
10 o'clock^jilb ,Rev. D. H. Dennis,
psITSf rWthodist Mission
J^church, officiating, assisted by Rev.
r Goliath George, a grandson of the
deceased. Burial was in the Big
Witch cemetery, where her chil
dren and many other members of
her family are buried.
So far as is known, Mrs. Reed
was about 115 years old. She was
born at Soco, Jackson county. Ac
cording to a grandson she was
grown and married at the time of
War Between ttie States. Her hus
band, Hunter Reed, was a Con
federate veteran.
As the story goes, her mother
was one of the Indians who escaped
when they were being driven west.
She escaped at Waynesville and
hid in the mountains until she
could slip back to her old home.
It is told that Mrs. Reed was a
baby on her mother's back at that
time.
Up until a week before her death
she was able to be up and walk
argund. Losing her teeth about
50 years ago, she would never wear
false .teeth. Both her sight and
hearing were impaired, but prior
to her sight failing, she was an
expert basket weaver.
Mrs. Reed was a full blooded
? Cherokee and could understand the
English language, but could not
speak it.
She was the mother of eight
children, four of .whom preceded
i her in death. She is survived by
two softs, John Crowe and Fidel
Reed; two daughters, Mrs. Sally
Ann Stamper and Mrs. Annie Lit
tlejohn; and about 50 grandchil
dren of three generations.
Information received late con
cerning Mrs. Reed stated that she
was a daughter of the late Jackson
Yetr?? '
Moody Funeral Home was in
charge of burial arrangements.
Oce Chapter To Hold
Call Meeting March 31
A meeting of , Oce Chapter No.
139, Order of the Eastern Star, is
being called for Monday, March
31, for the purpose of initiating
Mrs. Ella Walter Moore and Mrs.
Nell Johnson Candler into the Or
der, and for installing officers for
the coming year. The hour of the
meeting is 7:30 p. m. in the Masonic
Hall, Dillsboro.
. Dr. Ralph Jarrett and son,
Charles, of Charlotte spent the
week-end in Dillsboro with Dr.
Garrett's ' parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. F. Jarrett. Mrs. Jarrett, who
remains seriously ill, was last re
1 ported to be fairjy comfortable.
SCHOOL BOARD FOR
JACKSON PROPOSED
IN OMNIBUS BILL
John H, Morris, R. L. Ariail.
Edwin Fowler, W. R. Enloe, and
Frank H. Brown, Jr. will com
prise the Jackson county .board
of education for four-year term
under provisions of the omnibus
boards of education bill intro
duced in the lower house last
week.
The proposed legislation, nam
ing the Various boards for 100
counties, was sponsored by an
education sub-committee com
posed of Reps. W. H. McDonald,
of Polk county, chairman; Roy
A. Taylor of Buncombe and
Bruce Hunter of Onslow. It is
expected that the house will vote
on the bill sometime this week.
MAY 6 IS DATE SET
FOR ELECTION OF
MAYOR AND BOARD
At a call meeting of the board of
aldermen of Sylva at which all
members were present on March
22, an election was ordered for the
town of Sylva to be held on Tues
| day, May 6. The notice calls for
the election of a mayor ^nd five
board members, and sets the dead
line for filing of candidates at 6
p. m. on Friday, April 4.
The board named Ben N. Queen
as registrar and Miss Jane Cow
ard and S. H. Monteith as judge
for holding the election.
The registration books will open
on Saturday, April 19, and cl(*se
| at 9 p. m. on April 26. Anyone may
register be I ween the 19th and 2(>tli
by seeing Mr. Queen.
The polls will open at 6.30 a. m.
on May 6th at the City Hall a,id
remain open until 6:30 p. m.
FISHER FILES FOR
MAYOR, OTHERS FOR
BOARD, WEDNESDAY
Just before going tu pre.>s The
Herald learned that \V. J. Fisher
had filed with the town election
officials as a candidate for Mayor,
and that Harry Ferguson, Dr. Har
old McGuire, Paul Kirk, Roscoe
Poteet and James F. Bales for
board of aldermen. The names of
these men will appear on the town
ticket to be voted on May 6. The
last date a candidate for town of
fice can file and have his name
placed on the ballot is April 4.
MASONS TO HAVE
SPECIAL MEETING
D.llsboro Masonic Lodge No.
450 A. F. & A. M. wiil liuld a spe
cial communication at the lodge
hall in Dillsboro Thursday evening
at 7:30 o'clock. All mn- er Masons
are invited to attend. Worshipful
Master Ed Bumgarnei will pre
side.
\Marrh Opvralinff
In Traditional^
Manner. Itrt!
Those of us who thpught spring ?
was here as we enjoyed the
warm sunshine Monday after
noon were rudely reminded on
arising Tuesday morning that
March is still operating accQJ^j*
ing to tradition (unpredictable)
and is still capable of kicking up
some mighty disagreeable weath
er. Like the rest of the north and
east this area was whipped by
h^gh winds Tuesday and Tuesday
night with a considerable snow
fall Tuesday night and low tem
peratures.
The sudden spring storm Is
said to have developed in North
ern Indiana and moved rapidly
toward the Atlantic and up the
St. Lawrence river. Blizzard con
ditions prevailed in much of the
area and winds reached a veloci
ty of 60 to 80 miles. Schools and
factories were forced to cIom in
some section; rail, highway, and
air travel was impeded.
The weatherman says that we
can expect fair and warmer
weather today.
JACKSON TO HAVE
MEMBER ON BOARD j
Seek Development Of
State Park System
The house has voted approval ofj
the senate passed bill creating a
seven-member .commission to pro- j
mote development of the Great j
Smoky Mountains National park, |
the Blue Ridge parkway, Pisgah, I
and Nantahala National forests.
The group?to be known offi
cially as the North Carolina Na
tional Park, Parkway and Forest
Development commission ? will |
succeed to the functions, funds, and
records of the North Carolina Park
commission, and a' committee nn j
cooperation fur development of the !
federal parks, parkways and lor- '
ests. . |
The new commission will be ap- !
poiptcd on or before July 1 by Gov. i
Cherry, with one member each I
from Jackson. Swain, Haywood j
and Buncombe counties, and three
from counties adjacent to ? these
areas. The original appointments!
will be for staggered terms of two. I
four and six years?thereafter for i
regular six-year terms.
The purpose of the commission |
is to promote development of the
Great Smoky Mountains National
; park, completion of Blue Ridge
parkway, and recreational farili
i lies in the park and national for
I ests.
jSylva And Cullowhee
Baptist Ministers
At District Meet
Rev. C. M. Warren, pastor of the
ISylv^ Baptist--church, and Rev.
Maik II. Osborne, Jr., of toe CuHu
whec church, are in Gastonin this
week assisting as campaign di
rectors in the Gaston Association^
Training Union'Enlarge?*10 .t Cain
p ign. This Training Union Cam
paign is being conducted in forty -
"tive churches of ,the CJaVioM Asso
ciation. There are 1012 workers m
I his special training campaign.
Others helping in the campaign
from Western- North Carolina are:
Miss Mildred Whitfield, Murphy:
Rev. Karl Ogg, Andrews; Rev. L. G.
Elliott, Waynesville; and Miss
Gretciien Johnson, Canton.
Rev. Clarence Vance Will
Speak At Sylva B. T. U.
Rev. Clarence Vai.ce, recemly
ordair.ed mini.>ter o.r Webster, will
be guest speaker at a special
mce'.iug of the Baptist Training
Union of the Sylva Baptist church
Sunday evening, following a sup
per r-ouv ;.t a:30 o'clock, it has
been ai nMincd by Carl Cnrbin,
d.rc ctor oi the 13. T. U.
Jackson County B. T. U.
Slated For Friday
' All Bapti. t churches in Jacl:. on
t
I county will be represented at the
Lovedale Baptist church Friday
evening at 7:30 o'clock, at which
time an associational training
I school of the B. T. U. will be held.
Elimination contes'ts will be con
| ducted for two different g.oups:
I the Intermediates and Young Peo
I
pie of the different churches will
compete in a better speaker's con
test, and the Junior^wjli^b^tt^
"Bible Drill contest. The winners
will go to Andrews April 11-12 to
lake part in the regional sessions.
Number Of County
Schools To Close
For NCEA Meeting
? The Sylva, Webster, Dillsboro,
Savannah and Beta schools will be
closed Thursday and Friday of this
week in order that the teachers
and principals can attend the 63rd
annual convention of the North
Carolina Education association
which will convene in Asheville
Friday morning and run through
Saturday. Officers for the coming
year will be elected at this meet
ing and school problems in general
discussed.
SOSSAMON'S ... in Sylva
Three Concerts Given,
Music Lovers Pleased
TiY lffinf>irirTntffi> "
DEPUTY SHERIFF Constantino Vin
cent Riccardi (above), of Cochise
County, Arizona, has been named
in New York in a four-count grand
larceny indictment. He is charged
with luring Albert F. Grilli, a Jew
elers' representative of Long Beach,
L. I., New York, into ? fraudulent
$16,000 mining stock deal. New
York's Attorney General Goldstein
has been unable to get Riccardi out
of Cochise County, where Riccardi
has a habeas corpus action pending,
?lthough the Governor of Arizona
had previously granted extradition
for the suspect (International)
STATE IS BOOSTING
EDUCATIONAL WORK
?IN FOREST PROGRAM
I A sf.itb-1jt*.. 1 s'imnv :y showing
il I'll- iX't'll ilni'iv' 'l J IK'.'I t I * Ilii 1
work \v.?Jim the Ninth Fu.v ? L)r
i< i f!;:rim*4 the 1.?>t monti. '<1
1 fl Mi i;:i been ;t!e.;-e,l ?>"
iJi-tr.c: r\.n>'(.r (' ivr t.
There \v< ii' 57 t..l,k- H.vi' i ; ..(1
2:* m>*:on putuie- ~? w i: "
: m?iis foieMt.V su.>)(.<? t> f)0 .KiliitS
ml 10,7iif) children in tl.e ci;- ti ict.
Newspapei.? receive! ne'\\> r r
t.cles or leatuic >!??r;e> prepared
and released by the oi>ir.it ;..re>t
er f?r county warden. Three nc\v?
jn per ;.r!\'mm :soment > in the m
'cr"st <>1 < I"!- v-'. -er\ati;>n prac
tices n*e -p.?!,>. ' ?<! by forestry
minded an?<. "1 i. '' hrcc exhibit*
were displayed ano '.1.^,7^ pioses of
foreslrv literature 'were attribut
ed in Hie >cvcn co-oper.?'i eoun
t-ie*- w.thin the forest dtlr..i.
Toe Pi vision of Knrest '? ;? ncl
Park. hi added ? i' - staff . tull
inK1 ! i< er i:i charge of irtorina
'. ?: : : .'dn.-.it i??r:. Pl.ms . . c Fje
? 11,*d(? grv.tPy increa. i '.he
? i-tc-j' , wo: k being d< . .?.? in
- i-Mvxt i y pngra. .
"Modern '1 irpentinir.g P. ac
".i -es," l,\SI)A K rmer.-' I'uUe" n No.
1.J84, rna; oe obtained by writing
office o'. Information, U. S. De-(
p..:'^iont of Agriculture, Wishing-j
ton 25, D. C.
Resulting In More
Interest By Students
In High School Band
Re.'.. ..mm Swalin conducted the
Little Symphony of the North
Cundi:,?! Symphony Orchestra in
three Mure *fs in the Sylva Ele
rnent ;? school auditorium lu.Tt
Thin -v.. y. The concerts included
on if.* ii programs a variety of
numbt-rs that appealed to music
lovers \<J all classes and the large
audiences were most enthusiastic
in int n applause.
Abr:it 1300 school children from
SyK; Dillsboro, Beta, Savannah
and Webster heard the concerts
given at 10 o'clock in the morning
and :.t II o'clock in the afternoon.
In ; ni.tjon to the musical num
bers , . yed, Conductor Swalin lec
tured. ? > plaining each instrument
and ::> use. The spirited response
of tf.i < hildren showed their en
joy Dir.; and that children can un
dent, no and love good music.
It v a? a most opportune time
!<>r S\ \ . to have programs of this
naUi ?- 'ust as the High School
band .?? getting started, and those
in eh? ge feel th .i 'he interest and
enth'ds .asm in the ; and was much
mi re.i.-ed by them.
T.'tt t vemng concert, made po*
Mhl?- ? > donations of individuals
and i uMness firms, was for adults
in>r.) Syh a and adjoining commti
, n.tie- A number fi om Cullowhee,
Cnei < and Bryson City availed
; iei*? * ! e,\ ol the opportunity (if
hrai ir.g ihi.s capable performance.
n < program was opened with
liat a .<? Cnorala Prelude, "The Old
Year iy Punt,,y which Wivs followed
by four movements oi^Mrr?rrrtJ?;
Sympno. y 3f) yn C Major.
Changing frc'ii tTrr^Fnu ;ic of a se
rou> nature, they rondel >d a va
nity . .' ligh'ir numbers which in
cluded Mendelsohns "A '.dante,"
C??he C'>i n*rapunt .1 Capers,"
"Lieln -?!rt id, "Farand >',<?" by Bi?
et, "Jamaican Rumba" by Btn
.1.?n 11? . and two number , "Pizzi
|cato 1 <-lka" and "VV.ne, Wotfien
j and n^'? ?>y Strauss.
( F.:- an en Co re the S; mphony
I pi.?>??.. StraUFs' "Clear Track," and
with tru lively bugle call and the
? rhytnm ol horses' feet, made th*
|audienir feel the exciting atmo?
phere <?! the race track.
Tn.s is the second annual tour
ol t:a Little Syrr.pia ny and Con
duct. : Swalin and the 24 musicians
Irom ihe full orchestra, in their 65
concerts to be given this spring,
| hope to contact 100,000 school
children of the state. The Sym
j phony orchestra is not only a musi
cal <m ganization but an educational
| institution with its objective of
p.om?>ijr.g love and understanding
\r.[ g( <,d music throughout the state.
It. ai.so seeks to encourage native
talent and to create a professional
career with decent living standard
ior musicians. ?
The Symphony made their head
, qu.li ters in Sylva, spending five
,n,gr :> at the Carolina Hotel while
giving their concerts here and in
adjoining towns.
Jackson County G.PS Taking
Advantage Farm. Shop Work
Fifty ex-service men of the Syl
vat Webster and Savannah area
meet twice each week at the vo
cational building of the Sylva
schools for a two-hour period of
study and instruction in better
and. more modern farming, and
shop work. The men meet on
Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30 to
9:30 p. m. John H. Corbin is super
visor of the project and S. D. Alex
ander and C. D. Deitz, assistant
teachers and field supervisors*
Posey Cathey has charge of the
work in the shop.
When a representative of The
Herald visited the class last week
the men were found to be thor
oughly interested in their study
and instruction, anxious to learn
the best methods for making more
out of their farm work and in
m.iking it with less effort. The
main projects for study at this
time fire hybrid corn and planting
of the Sequoiah Irish potato. Last
Tuesday nipnt the men studied the
best methods for preparing the
seed l.cd, soil testing, planting and
crU.votinn of hybrid corn. Follow
ing th is study under Mr. Corbin,
the me*i were divided, part of them
continuing their study under Mr.
Alexander and Mr. Deitz and the"- T
others instructed in the use of car
pentry tools by Mr. Cathey.
SOCIAL SECURITY
REPRESENTATIVE TO
BE HERE APRIL 3
A representative of the Ashe
ville field office of the Social Se
curity Administration will be at
the post office in Sylva Thursday,
April 3 at 10 a. m., to talk to Jack
son citizens who wish information
of social security benefits.