AMERICA First, Last and Always The Sylva Herald The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. VOL. XXI, NO. 43 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, March 27, 1947 $2.00 A Year?5c Copy 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. 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.>)(. 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.?!,>. ' ?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 \ 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 . 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 >',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 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.