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VOL. XXI, NO. 45
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, April 10, 1947
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MERCHANTS TO START HALF-DAY CLOSING WEDNESDAY
British Embassy Official To Be Speaker At WCTC April 29
Frank Darvall Will SpeakOn
Topic Of World Importance,
Substitutes For Ambassador
College Had Hoped To "
Have Ambassador Visit
Campus At This Time
Mr. Frank Darvall, First Secre
tary of the British Embassy < wjjl
speak in Hoey Auditorium, ,
ern Carolina Teachers collet. t
1:30 p. m. April 29. The topic of
his talk has been announced simply
as "The British Commonwealth and
Empire," which, he says, "Will
leave me free to concentrate on
those aspects of the matter which
seem to be most topical and im
portant at the time of my visit."
Originally, it had been planned
for L6rd Iverchapel, British Am
bassador, to come to the college,
"but due to the pressure of official
business, he was compelled to can
cel his engagement, designating Mr.
Darvall to come in his place. Unit
ed States Senator Clyde H. Hoey
-was instrumental in securing Mr.
Darvall's visit. The college had
previously been working through
Senator Hoey to get Lord Inver
chapel.
Mr. Darvall has had wide diplo- j
matic experience, has made many
addresses in the United States, and
is said to be an effective speaker.
His experience in the United States
includes attendance at Columbia
University, where he received an
A. M. degree, and British Consul
for Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.
From 1939-45 he was Deputy or
Acting Director, American Divis
ion, Ministry of Information in,
London.
The young First Secretary?he
was born 1906 at Heading, Berk*
shire, England? is prominent in
international affairs. He was As
sociate Secretary, Department of
International Studies and Cultural
Co-operation, Geneva, Switzer
land 1931-32. In 1933 he was Di
rector, Geneva Students Interna
tional Union, Geneva, Switzer
land.
He was Lecturer in Economics
and History, Queen's college, Lon
don, 1933-36. From 1936 to 1939 he
was Public Relations Officer, Eng
lish Speaking Union of the British
- Empire, in London.
In addition to Columbia Univer
sity, Mr. Darvall graduated from
the University of Reading, England
(B. A.) and the University of Lon
don (B. A. and Ph. D.).
Seeds Valued At
$Ii949e.22 Have
Been Received
D. ,C. Higdon, chairman of Jack
j son, County AAA, has announced
that the farmers of this county
have been furnished pasture seeds
during the months of January,
February and March in the amount
i of $11,498.22. The seeds available
for pasture seeding are as follows:
Ky. bluegrass, orchard grass, red
top grass Korean lespedeza, white
clover, and ladino clover. These
seeds are available to any farmer
whose 1947 Farm Plan has been
approved by the County Commit
tee to include pasture improve
ment. Orders are issued at the
County AAA office and can be
filled by any dealer whose seed
meet the specifications' ~oTYer!nm-~
ation required by the government.
Alfalfa seeds is also being of
fered farmers through the AAA of
fice this year. The price of alfalfa
is 54c per pound, the government
pays 44c per pound and the farm
$r pay 10c per_ pound.
Rev. M. P. Reed Leaves
For Month's Study At
Louisville Seminary
* There will be no Presbyterian
worship service in Sylva until
Sunday evening, May 11, at 7
o'clock. This is due to the fact that
the pastor, Rev. Milton P. Reed,
1 of Bryson City, left Monday for
Louisville, Ky., where he will do
a month's graduate study at Louis
ville Presbyterian Seminary.
Jackson's Red
Cross Drive Is
Far Behind
Jackson county hat raised only
62 per cent of its quota of $2,118
in the current Red Cross fund
drive. According to Fund Chair
man A. J. Dills this is the first
time during World War One or
World War Two that Jackson
county has failed %o raise its
quota. Several sections have not
been heard from and have made
no report at all for this drive.
! The only school communities so
! having reached their goals are:
far having reached their goals
are: Rockridge, Wolf Creek,
. Dilisboro, Western Carolina
Teachers College, and Beta.
Those who intend to give but
have failed to do so will please
make your donation at once. The
Red Cross must CARRY ON.
| Please bring your donation to
| the Jackson County Bank or hand -
' to A. J. Dills by the 15th of April.
Waynesville Pastor
To Assist In Baptist
Stady Course Here
A study course will begin at the
Baptist church on next Monday
night, it has been announced by
H. J. Bal) superintendent. Rev. L.
Q. Elliott, pastof of the first Bap
tist church of Waynesville, will
teach the Ten Commandments.
The meeting will begin at 7:30
Monday evening and will meet at
this time each evening through
Friday.
PRIMARY FOR CITY
ELECTION CALLED
FOR APRIL 19TH
There has been considerable up
set in the coming town ^election
since the last issue of The Herald 1
which has resulted in the board of
aldermen calling a Democrat pri
mary to be held Saturday, April
19. This was made necessary since
two tickets have been filed. The
primary is for the purpose of nom
inating a mayor and five board
members, which is really an elec
tion since the Republicans did not
file a ticket this year.
The order calling the primary is
published elsewhere in this issue
of The Herald. The order states
that Grayson Cope has been named
registrar for holding the primary.
Mr. Cope has the registration
books which are now open for reg
istration and which will be closed
Saturday, April 12. This Saturday
is the last day you can register to
vote in this Democratic primary.
Your name must be on the city
books to qualify you for voting.
You may already be registered on
the regular county books but this
will not qualify you for the city
election.
St. John's High School
Prom To Be Held April 16 >
WAYNESVILLE, (Special)?St.
John's High School will conduct its
fifth annual prom Wednesday,
April 16, in St. John's Auditorium
from 9:00 p. m. till midnight.
Harvey "Tuck" Hay, senior, and
Grace Furtado, Junior, will reign
as prom king and queen.
The committee in charge of prep
arations for the fete are Sally
Wages, Atlanta, chairman; Ann
Mormino; Shirley Silvers, Canton;
Ralph Feichter; and Charles
Shackleton.
Admission to the prom is re
stricted to St. Johnv8 high school
students, their escorts, and parents
of the students.
Formal dress will be worn by the
ladies. The men are free to wear
either formal or informal attire.
DEATH CLAIMS UNCLE
TOM LEOBETTER AT
C. J. HARRIS HOSPITAL
Prominent Citizen
Of Cullowhee Had
Been 111 Sometime
Thomas C. Ledbetter, 75, son of
the late William and Louise Haynes
Ledbetter of Buncombe county,
died Tuesday afternoon at 4:20 in
the C. J. Harris hospital here fol
lowing a long illness.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 2:30 at Cullowhee
Bupti3t church. The Rev. Mark R.
Osborne, Jr., will officiate and bur
ial will be in the church cemetery.
Members of the East Laporte Ma
sonic Lodge will have charge of the
graveside rites .
Mr. Ledbetter was born in Bun
combe county where he lived for
many years before moving to Cullo
whee in 1907. He was a well known
farmer and community leader, a
highly respected citizen, and known
to his many friends throughout the
county as "Uncle Tom." He rep
resented Jackson county in the
general assembly of 1937. He was
a member of the Baptist church
and the Masonic order.
^ucyiving are the widow, Mrs/
Ella Knight Ledbetter; one daugH-"
ter, Mrs. Irene Cook of Pendleton,
Oreg.; two sons, A. P. Ledbetter of
Waynesville and J. C. Ledbetter of
Delray Beach, Fla.; three brothers,
Will Ledbetter of Macon county,
Robert C. Ledbetter of Haywood
county and Horace Ledbetter of
Hazelwood: two sisters; Mrs. Susie
Erwin and .Vltfie Wells of
Haywood county; ffve grandchil
dren and three great-grandchil
dren.
Garrett funeral home is in charge
of arrangements.
Baptist Pastors To Meet
At Franklin Church
The Western North Carolina
Baptist Conference will meet with
the First Baptist church in Frank
lin Monday, April 14, at 10:30 a. m.
The theme for the year: The New
Testement Church; theme today:
The New Testement Church Vital
ized.
The program for the conference
is as follows:
10:30 Devotion by Rev. Gordon
Scroggs; 10:45 Business and In
troduction; 11:00 "In Power" (Acts
2: 1-13) by Rev. T. Earl Ogg; 12:00
Message?The Church Vitalized in
Its Program (Acts 2; 41-47) by
Rev. M. L. Lewis; 12:30 Benedic
tion and lunch.
Afternoon Conference
1:30 Devotion: 145 Round Table
discussion, "The Effectiveness of a
Vitalized Church Program, led by
Rev. C. M. Warren; 2:30 Music;
2:35 Message by Rev. T. F. ibeitz;
3:15 Adjourn.
Figure In 9Wedding Party9 Oeath I
rOLlOWING A OAY WEDDING PARTY la a Detroit Mlch? tavern, owned
: .intly by Mrs Margaret Rowan Chmiel, 43 (left), and her husband,
Frank. Mrs. Chmiel s bludgeoned body was found In the street Arthur
Depooi ter. 21 (right), who was described as one ol the celebrants, is be*
ing questioned by police after a blood stained auto tool was allegedly
fovnd in his car Mrs Chmiel had three children. (international)
New County Board Education
a ' * *
Organiseh* Ariaii Chairman
? The new County Board'of Edu
cation, consisting of R. L. Ariail,
J. H. Morris, W. R. Enloe, FranJT
H. Brown, Jr., and Edward Fowler,
held its initial meeting at ten
o'clock Monday morning, April 7,
in the office of A. C. Moses, Coun
ty Superintendent of Education.
Mr. Moses acted as Secretary pf
the meeting.'
The new members of the Board
first took the oath of office. For
the purpose of opening the meet
ing, Mr. Ariail was named tem
porary Chairman. The meeting was
i then opened for business. R. L.
Ariail was elected permanent
Chairman and J. H. Morris was
named Vice-Chairman. The Board
then considered and passed on sev
eral matters.
LILIUS JEWELRY CO.
IS NAME OF NEW FIRM j
TO OPEN STORE HERE
Edward J. and A. G. Lilius,
brothers, of Waynesville, have just
opened a modern jewelry store in
the Ritz Theatre building on Main
street. The business will be known
as the Lilius Jewelry Company,
carrying a complete line of jewelry,
silver ware, china and other items
of this line of business. They will
also have a watch and jewelry re
pair department. Mr. A. G. Lilius
will make his home in Sylva and
be in charge of the business here.
Mr. Edwnrd J. Lilius will continue
to manage the Waynesville store
which they have.
It is requested that all those de
siring to be considered for the po
sit.on oi' County Superintendent
ui' Education do so by tiling written
implication to the Board in care ol
Mr. A. C. Moses, County Super
intendent on or before Wednesday.
April 16.
The Board adjourned " until
April 17, at which time another
meeting will be held and appli
cations for the position of County
Superintendent will be considered.
The Board also hopes ft) be able
to name committees for the sev
eral districts in the county at that
time. After the April 17 meeting,
teacher elections will be consid
ered by the County Board of Edu
cation.
CHARLIE CAMPBELL'S
CIRCUS COMING TO
TOWN APRIL 25TH
We are to have a circus in town,
yes, Charlie Campbell and his
partners, John Loy and Ernest
White will bring their big circus
for one day on Friday, April 25.
They will give two performances?
3 and 8 p. m. Mr. Campbell and
his partners own the King and
Franklin circus and recently pur
chased the Hoy Acuff Smoky
Mountain canvas show and equip
ment. The tent, the largest of its
kind in the states, is puncture
proof, fireproof and waterproof.
Four large trucks and semi-trailers
were included in the purchase.
Watch for further announce
I mer.ts about the show.
Jackson Veterans Study New Farm Methods!
NORTH CAROLINA
PUBLICATION IS
NOW AVAILABLE
North Carolina Sketches and
| Places, a 40-page pamphlet of per
JjUient inXannaiion. oaJtorik?Garr.
olina has been prepared by Miss
j Mary Mouve Allen. It is avail
able from the author, P. O. Box
468, Goldsboro, N. C., for 50 cents
a copy. The pamphlet includes
brief articles covering the State
motto, flower, bird, nickname (Tar
Heel State), seal, flag, constitution,
and highlights of North Carolina
history. In it is found the words
of the State song, the text of the
Mecklenburg Declaration and the
Halifax Resolves, the preamble to
the North Carolina Constitution,
and the toast. In addition it in
cludes brief information about 85
places of interest. This little
pamphlet will serve a definite need
in that it contains between two
covers many pertinent facts not
heretofore brought together.
: G. I. s Taking Keen
Interest In Hybrid
Corn, New Potatoes
The Veteran's Farm program
under the direction of Mr. J. F.
Corbin is going ahead in a big way.
The director, Mr. Corbin, states
that the attendance is good and
keen interest in the new improved
methods of farming is being shown
among the G. I. trainees. They are
now busily engaged in planting po
tatoes, many of the boys putting in
new and improved practices never
before engaged hr. - ?
The class will shortly take up
latest trends in corn production.
Recent researoh in the develop
ment of adapted hybrids and better
fertilization and spacing has point
ed the way toward greatly im
proved corn yields. As a result of
this study many of the Future
Farmer students as well as the
Veteran farmers are planitng hy
brid seed for the first time in Jack,
son county.
Those of the two groups to plant
?Continued on page 6
r
STATE PATROL
HEAD PLEASED BY
NEW N. C. LAWS
Commander H. J. Hatcher of
the State Highway patrol said
Tuesday that he is well pleased
wifh the action of the recent gen
eral assembly to help curb acci
[ dents on the State's highways. The
assembly paved the way for the.
j state to have more patrolmen and
Hatcher said that he is now ready
rto receive applicants for 210
additional patrolmen. The State
now has 213, this would give a
total of 423 men, and would allow
more men per county, he said.
The new applicants must be
high school graduates, 5 feet 10
inches tall, weigh at least 160
pounds, and must pass a rigid
physical examination.
As early as 1750, longleaf pine
lumber was exported from North
Carolina to the West Indies and
England.
Decide To Pool-Efforts^ With^
Chamber of Commerce For
Greater Work This Summer
Local Phones
Jingle* Long
Distance Out
The Bell Telephone employe's
strike now gripping the nation's
telephone communications has not.
affected Sylva l<>cally as the com
munity is served by an independ
ent system. Long distance, how
ever, has been curtailed by the
strike and the Western Union is
splicing in to help take care of
business otherwise handled over
long distance phone calls. The lo
cal Western Union office reports
a 100 per cent increase in messages
since the phone strike began Mon
day morning.
Father Of Sylva Woman
Taken By Death
S. R. Johnson, father of Mrs. Dan
Allison, passed away Tuesday
morning at 9 o'clock at his home
in Franklin, Tenn. He had been in
ill health for several months, but
became worse Monday morning
when they notified Mrs. Allison of
his condition. She and Mr. Allison
left at once for Franklin.
Funeral services were h>e 1 d
Wednesday afternoon s\t 4 o'clock.
Another daughter, Miss Eva John
son, is well known here, having
taught in the Sylva Elementary
school.
EASTER OBSERVED
BY LARGE CHURCH
ATTENDANCE
Although the early morning!
showers kept some away from the j
sunrise service at the cemetery
Sunday morning the remainder of
the day was a perfect spring day
which saw unusual attendance at
the churches for the 11 o'clock
Easter services. Not in years have
the churches been so packed with
Easter worshipers. Every church
was well filled, and good attend
ance was noted at the evening ser
vices.
The pastors brought inspiration
al merges of the Easter occasion
as applied to life today, pointing
out that the meaning of the rison
Christ remains down the centuries
the greatest promise to mankind.
Gratitude for the peace and
plenty that the nation enjoys, on
this, the second anniversary since
the closing of the war, despite the
lurm iii in the world at large, was!
stressed by the pastors.
There was nothing to mar the
K; sfer parade in all its glory of j
color and hope and plans <>i the i
most optimistic in the perfect
weather conditions.
Many families were reunited
when the children came home for
the holiday, and friends and rela
tives got-to-gether for a few social
hours; neighborhood children hunt
ed eggs on the lawns making it
a most perfect and Hannv Eastpr
Sunday.
Forty-Seventh Anniversary
CfT Submarine Service
Charleston, S. C., April TO.?
April 11 marks the 47th anniver
sary of the submarine service in
the United States Navy, announce
ment was made at the Sixth Naval
District headquarters that the USS
TfcUMPETFISH, one of the Navy's
latest submersibles would visit
Charleston for the. Azalea Festival.
From the far-off Aleutians, Pearl
Harbor, and Midway to Charles
ton is a long journey, but it is one
that has been made by the vessel
that will put into this port on April
20 and be open for public inspec
tion at the ColUmbus Street pier
during the Festival week.
Only One Membership
For Both Groups; Will
Restrict Advertising
A large group of the members of
the Sylva Merchants Association
met in the City Hall Friday after
noon to discuss plans for work of
the Association during the comfng
year and to set a date for the sum
mer half-day closing. The group
voted to start the half-day clos
ing on Wednesday, April 16, at 1
o'clock and continue to close each
Wednesday at 1 o'clock through
August 27, at which time they will
go be ck to full six days per week
open for business. No change was
made in opening and closing hours
which are?open at 9 a. m. and
close at 5:30 p. m., except on Satur
day closing is 6 p. m.
The organization voted to com
bine its efforts with tho e of the
Chamber of Commerce this year.
This is so-nothing thnt has not fctfen
done before and the members feel
that to do this both organism ;<Jns
can accomplish more for the prog
ress of Sylva and Jackson county.
There will be only one member
ship fee for both organizations,
which?wjU be set by the Chamber
of Ccmfherce, starting May 15.
The Merchants will keep their
organization as one unit in so far
as it benefits the members. They
have agreed to have a luncheon
meeting once each month at which
time problems facing the organi
zation will be discussed and acted
upon.
Restrict Advertising
%
The merchants voted to place re
strictions on miscellaneous adver
tising, that is advertising which in
dividuals, groups, or organizations
who come into town and .?solicit ad
vertising to be carried :n lolders,
booklets, handbills, etc. An adver
tising committee has been appoint
ed to pass-on this type of adver
tising and all persons who wish to*
solicit in the town of Sylva muai
first get a permit from this com
mittee. The organization is having
cards printed, stating the rules and.
regulations governing miscellane
ous advertising. These cards will be
placed in the stores for the con
venience of those wishing to secure
a permit for making solicitations
for this kind of advertising. These
cards are to taken to the adver
| tising committee who will pass an
them and if favorable the applicant
will tx? given a special permit,
which he, or she, must present to
the merchant or business firm when
calling on them for an advertise
ment.
I0pnnis Hark Ivy
i.varvn ?>\S,A. To
Iff? Wiih Yvtvranm
Mr. Dennis Barkiey, who for the
p:.st four years' has born office
manager of the Farm Security Ad
ministration in Jackson county, ha?
resigned this position to accept the
position as director of Veterans
Farm Training jn the Savannah
area of the county, which position
he has already assumed. He will
rSliflY** S. n AlovnnHnr ?if Mmm*m -
county, who has resigned.
Families Move Into
New Homes, Apartments
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Baldridge, and
"smtrt! son, Eddie, moved into their
new home on Brendle street Tues
day. The house, recently completed
by William B. Dillard, local con*
tractor, was purchased from Mr.
Dillard by Mr. Baldridge.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Thompson
have taken an apartment in ttft*
home of Mrs. W. E. Grindstaif.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brunette
have moved into the apartment ol
Mr. and Mrs. John Corbin on Cofr?
lege street
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