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VOL. XXI, NO. 50
Herald
The Herald is dedicated to
progressive service to Jack
son ... A progressive, well
balanced county.
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, May 15, 1947
$2.00 A Year?5c Copy
Baptist To Hold Revival
On Stewardship And
Missions,M ay 18 to 25th
Pastors Revival Will Be ,
Conducted Monday Thru
Friday 10 A.M. To 3 P.M.
Twenty-one Baptist churches in
the Tuckaseegee Association of
Jackson County will participate in
a Stewardship and Mission Revival
beginning Sunday, May 18 and
continuing through Friday, May
23, with services in each of the
churches at 8 o'clock p. m. each
day.
Several outstanding leaders in
the work ^f the Baptist church will
take part in the revivals. They
are: Rev. J. C. Pipes, Asheville;
Rev. E. L. Spivey, Charlotte; Rev.
Earl Bradley, Raleigh, Field Sec
retaries of North Carolina; Rev. G.
W. Billiard, Raleigh, Superintend
ent of Associational Missions of
North Carolina; Rev. J. G. Canipe,
Secretary of Evangelism in North
Carolina; Mrs. John Wocaster,
North Carolina W.M.U. Represen
tative; Rev, Alvin A. Walker, New
ton; Rev. Henry Powell Sanford;
Rev. F. B." Clark, Brevard; Rev.
Dennis Larkin, Raleigh; Miss Lou
EHa Brown, Morganton; and Rev.
E. V. Plemmons, Hendersonville,
Associational Missionaries in North
Carolina.
Rev. G. E. Scruggs, Rev. W. E.
Sorrells, pastors in Macon Asso
ciation; Rev. H. F. Goodwin, Rev.
E. B. Hicks, pastors of Concord;
Rev. M. C. Wyatt, Rev. M. L.
Lewis, Rev. Cardinus Green, pas
tors of Haywood Association.
Preachers Revival
. During the week of the Steward
ship and Mission Revival the par
ticipating pastors will hold a
Preachers Revival at Scotts Creek
church, Monday through Friday,
May 19 to 23^ from 10 o'clock a. m.
to 3 p. m. All visiting workers wit)*
the pttstors and of
the Tuckaseegee Association com
ing together, are extended a cor
dial invitation.
The discussions will be led by
Rev. J. C. Canipe ahd Rev. G. W.
.Bullard. All preachers are urged
to attend.
Stewardship School Of
Missions, Sylva Baptist
There will be a church steward
ship school of missions at the Sylva
Baptist church beginning Monday
at 7:30 p. m. and continuing each
day at the same hour through Fri
day. Classes will be held for Jun
iors, Intermediates, Seniors, and
Adults.
MAYOR ALLISON AND
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
SWORN IN FRIDAY
Board Will Organize And
Appoint Committees At
Meeting This Week
Following the general election on
Tuesday in which there was no
opposition, Jack C. Allison, mayor,
and the new board of aldermen,
consisting of Joseph F. Wilson, Dr.
Harold McGuire, Edward H. Bald
ridge, Raymond R. Nicholson, Jr..
and Lloyd Cowan, were sworn in
Frfday afternoon at five o'clock.
Mayor Allison was given the oath
and sworn in by former'Mayor H.
Gibson. Mr. Allison then adminis
tered the oath to the board mem
bers.
The board will meet tonight to
organize by electing ai chairman
and various committees, and will
meet weekly for the first month.
POPPY DAY WILL BE
OBSERVED MAY 24 BY
LEGION AUXILIARY
A nation o wide observance of
Poppy Day will be held Saturday,
May 24. The William E. Dillard
unit, American Legion* auxiliary
has on hand 1,000 poppies that
were made by and bought from the
veterans in the Fayetteville Vet
erans' Hospital.
Members of the auxiliary will
sell the poppies in the county and
they ask the cooperation of the
citizens of the county on this day.
Last year the sales in the county
atoouiU?Mn..a
$200, and the auxiliary would like
to do still better this time. All the
money obtained from the Veteran
made poppies is used for rehabili
tation and for child welfare work
for the children of veterans.
It is necessary that the auxiliary
_have a successful day so that this
so important work may be carried
on.
CHARLES COPE.INJURED
Charles Cope, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bart Cope, received a severe
cut on his leg Tuesday afternoon
when he was thrown from his
scooter, striking a sharp cornered
brick. Several stitches were re
quired to close the wound.
Capt. John O. Buchanan Cited
For His Work At Texas City
Captain John O. Buchanan, son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Buchanan of
Sylva and CullOwhee, has received
a number of citations from the
army and commendations from of
ficials of the Cities of Galveston
. and Houston, Texas, for the work
he, as commander in charge, and
his men of the Fourth Army En
gineers did in rescue work at the
time of the Texas City, Texas dis
aster on the 16 of April.
A letter from, the Captain of
Police of the city of Houston to
Captain Buchanan's Commanding
officer, reads in part:
Commanding Officer
San Jacintion Ordnance Depot
* Dear Sir:
"Being in charge of salvage and
rescue operations in the dock area
In Texas City during the disaster,
I want to take this means to thank
and commend Capt. John O. Bu
chanan of the Post Eng. San
Jacinton Depot and all the men
under his command for their
splendid cooperation and work in
the Texas City disaster.
"Captain Buchanan and his men
were the first organized crcw to
arrive at the scene. They were
magnificent in their salvage and
rescue work.
"After the second explosion,
their spirit was undaunted. Too
' much praise cannot be heaped
upon this splendid bunch of men."
The Army Commendation Rib-<
bon Award?In accordance with
WD Circular 281, 18 September
* 1946, recommendation is made for
the award of the "Army Commen
dation Ribbon" to Captain John O.
^Buchanan 0-520856 Corps of En
gineers, Post Engineer at San
Jacinto Ordnance Depot iof cour
ageous and outstanding perform
ance of duty.on Wednesday, 16
April, 1947 for his splendid salvage
and rescue work at the scene of
the Texas City disaster. This was
signed by,Col. H. E. Hopping.
Capt. Buchanan and his men had ;
some very narrow escapes from
death while worHing near the dock
following the first ship explosion.
They had jiflffc left the docjt and
were only a short distance away
when the second ship blew up.
Seeing the pieces of wood and
steel flying high into the air which
they knew would soon be falling
all over the place, they took cover
| under automobiles parked on the
street The steel and timber cut
automobiles in two, flattened them
I to the ground and wrecked build
| ings all around them but for some
j unknown reason the cars they had
, taken cover under were not hit by
any of the big pieces.
Capt. Buchanan remarked that
| he witnessed death and destruc
tion during the war, but that none
of it compared with the disaster
at Texas City as far as area was
concerned.
Capt. Buchanan stated that it
would probably never be known
just how many people lost their
lives in the disaster, however it
is estimated that there were over
^700 dead and 3,000 injured. Many
of the klled were blown to pieces
or covered deep in debris and
plowed into piles of dirt and rub
jbish by the huge bulldozers used
| in clearing the area.
i Capt Buchanan and A friend,
M*iEot tivtt* Ticket For Forvptl iiif/hiraff Lainliiiff
i JHWAY TRAFFIC Is Jamnwfd about a small two-seater single-engined plane, which made a miraculous forced
anding in the middle of the Henry Hudson Parkway in New York City, when the motor cut out shortly
after its takeoff from the airport at Teterboro, N. J. The pilot,- Johp M. Jewett, Jr., 23. a Ninth Air Force
teter&n was handed a police summons for tan din# on the parkway without a permit. (International)
AWARDS ARE MADE TO
STUDENTS AT SYLVA
HI6H GRADUATION
Medals and awards won by Syl
va high school students and pre
sented at graduation exercises
Tuesday night included the follow
ing: Hono^tudent medals to Mary
Bess Henry and Pearl Ashe, as
valedictorian and salutatorian, re
spectively. Citizenship, Lela Jean
Phillips and O. H. Martin; Ac
tivities, Billy Sutton; School spirit,
Thelma Poteet: Athletics, Barbara
Bess and Hal Wilson. These medals
*were given by the school and pre
by R. L. Arir.il, chairman
'oFHftfc countj- "board of edflfa
tion.
Charles Stillwell won the history
medal, given by the Woodmen of
the World, presented by J. C.
Brown.
To Miss Betty Ann Queen was
given the American Legion's
award, a $25 War band for ptv
paper on the United States Consti
tution. Guy Houscrivas awarded a
$10 bill by the school for the sec
ond best paper on this subject.
The awards were presented by
John F. Corbin on behalf of the
Legion. k
The American Legiori Auxiliary
award for the best c6unty-wide
high school essay was won by Guy
House, which was a prize of $5
for his paper on "America's Con
tribution to World Peace." This
award was presented by Mrs. R.
iU. Sutton.
I E. L. Dillard, Jr. won the Buddy
Bryson medal given for the first
time this year. This medal is to
be -an annual award by Buddy's
mother, Mrs.'T. C. Bryson, Jr., in
memory of her son, Buddy, who
paid the supreme sacrifice in
World War II on May 30, 1945. This
medal is given for extra activities
of students of the agriculture j
classes.
The school medal for outstand
ing work in agriculture went'to
Darnell Ward.
Theh/st two medals were pre- I
sep^eHby John F. Corbin, Voca
tional Agriculture instructor of
Sylva High school.
Professional Drug Store
Moves To First Floor
Of The Cole Building
Dr. H. S. Burrus and Dr. Ru
dolph Hardy have moved their
stocks of drugs, drug sundries, and
prescription department of the
Professional Drug store from tem- [
porary quarters in the basement of
the Cole building to the refriodeled
first floor on Main street of this
building. They still remain tem
porarily set-up, pending arrival
later in the summer of their Wal
green fixtures.
Drs. A. A. and A. S. Nichols have
their offices in the rear of the
store.
John Sanford, son of an officer of
the Depot, spent Saturday and
Sunday at Cullowhee with Capt.
Buchanan's parents, having driven
through, arriving here early Sat-'
urday morning and leaving early
Monday morning for their return
trip.
HIS BAND WINS
JOE HEDDEN, son of Mr. and
Mrs.. Jeff ^Hedden of Sylva is di
rector of the Kings Mountain high
school band which won top honors
in the state ~^nusic contest at.
Greensboro the "latter part of.
BAND DIRECTED BY
SON OF LOCAL COUPLE
WINS STATE CONTEST
The Kings Mountain high school
band moved back to its former
successful pinnacel last week, &s
it captured an honor rating of one 1
in playing and sight reading and a |
first division rating in marchnjg at
the annual school music contests
at Greensboro.
The Kings Mountain band, in
eluding a large number of mu- j
sicians of grammar school age, I
took part in the Class D. (begin
ning band) musical events, and has
been highly recommended for its ;
showing in its first year of reor- !
ganizaiion. It ifc under the direc
tion of Joer Hedden.
The band's Greensboro perform
ance climaxed an active year,
which included performing at ajl
high school football'games, in the
Gaston county centennial celebra
tion, football games at Davidson
and Lenoir-Rhyne colleges, and the
Shrike*Bowl game at Charlotte, in
addition to many local perform
ances.?The Kings Mt. Herald
NOTE: Mr. Hedden, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jeff Hedden of Sylva,
graduated from Sylva high school
and Western Carolina Teachers
College where he majored in music.
He volunteered in the Navy School
of Music at Washington, D. C.-in
the spring of 1942 and saw four
years of active service, most of
which was on ships in the Atlantic
area. He was on a U. S. destroyer
that struck mine in the English
Channel in which a large number
of his crew members were lost. He
was in the Pacific invasions during
the latter part of the war against
Japan. r *
His many friends here and at
Cullowhee will be pleased to learn
of the success he is having with his
band at Kings Mountain. This band
has only been reorganized one year
since the war ended, and has made
^great progress during this time.
\ The 1945 Census of Agriculture
showed 287,412 farms in Noijth
Carolina.
RETIRING MAYOR
AND BOARD HAVE
HAD LONG SERVICE
In a ceremony at five o'clock last,
Friday evening the reins of thej
City Government of Sylva psssefl
from the hands of Mayor H. Gib
son, a veteran ??i ten years service,
W. T. Wise, board member ^also
with ten years service; W, L.
Jones, member with 8 years serv
ice; Arthur Carden, member with
6 years service and Chester Scott,
member with 4 years service, to
the hands of a group of young
World War 11 veterans who won
the* nomination in the April 19
| primary and the general election
I 5n May 6 in which there w<.? no
I opposition.
! The 5th member of the old board,
Mr. W. E. Grindstal!, who passed
away some months ago, wi-.* fleet
ed in 1941 aid served until his
death.
iMRS, HASTINGS, 82,
PASSES AT HER HOME
HERE TUESDAY A. M.
Funeral services for V~~ - H.
Hastings, 32. who died ;.i I?fci nome
here Tuesday morning at 3 o'clock,
j were held at the home \\ edr.esday
I afternoon at 2 o'clock with the
Rev. W\ Q. Grigg, pastor o{ the
Methodist church, officiating. In
' terment was in Keener cemetery.
! 3ryant funeral home of Franklin
was in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers included Dan Tomp
kins, Felix Picklesimer, W. J.
Fisher, Raymond Glenn, Mack
Higdon, ana J. B. Young.
Survivors of the deceased are:
one son, Mr. John J. Hastings -of
Asheville; one daughter, Mrs. Mar
garet Holman of Long Beach,
California and Sylva; four grand
children, and five great grand
children; and two broJtherv, Algood
Moore and Righard Moore, vboth
I of Cookeville, Tennessee-.??
j* Mrs. Hastings, though born and
reared in Cookeville, Terfn., to
gether with her tyisband moved to
Sylva sixty years ago, where Mr.
I Hastings was engaged in pioneer
j lumber business of "Western North
j Carolina during' his lifetime here.
Mrs. Hastings was a member of the
Methodist cHUrch of which she was
an active member until failing
health began aboi&two and one
half years ago at which time she
suffered a stroke. Although in
failing health Mrs. Hasting's con
! dition. had been considered serious
! only two days before her death,
j Out of town relatives here for
1 the funeral included her son. Mr.
John J. Hastings, and Mrs. Hast
ings of Asheville; Mr. -and Mrs.
Robert Fortune of Asheville; Mr.
Charles Gracy, Mr. and Mrs. Al
good Moore, Mr. and Mrs. James
Wyatt Moore, all of Cookeville,
Tenn.; Mrs. Ruth Carpenter of
Asheville; and Dr. and Mrs. John
R. Irwin and son, John, of Char
lotte. Her daughter, Mrs. Holman,
arrived several weeks ago from
California to be with her mother.
W. C.T.C. Graduates Will
\Hear Former Governor
Broughton Monday 26ht
BODY OF DROWNED
YOOTH RECOVERED
FROM TUCKASEEGEE
Funeral Services For
Jimmy Jones, 15, Held '
Sunday Afternoon
The body of Jimmy Jones, 15,
who was drowned in the Tuckasee
gee river near where Dick's Creek
runs into the river, Friday after
noon when the boat in which he
was riding with his brother cap
sized, was recovered by officers
near the scene of the accident Sat
urday morning about 11 o'clock.
Funeral services wqre conducted
at Falls.Cliff Baptist church Sun
day . afternoon at 2 o'clock and
burial' was in the Wilson ceme
tery at Speedwell. Moody Funeral
home was in charge.
Rev. Zollie F<fx officiated.
Pallbearers were: John Hyde,
Claude Hawkins, Joe Ward and
James Settlemyre. (
Flower girls were: Larry Jane
Nations, Maxine Nations,..Barbara
Godfrey, Betty Lee Settlemyre. and
Mary Davis Howard.
Investigating officers reported
the boy's brother, Bruce, almost
lost his life in attempting to save
the drowned youth.
Members of the Sylva fire de
partment, the sheriff's office and
the State highway patrol launched
a search for the body immediately
after the accident was reported.
The youth was the son of ? the
late Mr. and MrnC ^Gordon Jones.
He is survived by two brothers
Bruce and Jac\
CULLOWHEE JUNIORS *
ENTERTAIN SENIORS
In a simulated old-fashioned
trellised garden before a stately
old malison with wisteria covered
column the Junior class of the
Cullowhee High school entertained
the Senior class at an elaborate
banquet on Thursday evening.
.\I. y M, ;it 7:30 o'clock.
T; ? walls of the cafeteria, where
!>e : ijuct was given, were dec
? . with specially lighted s.l
.? .tes of Indies in crinoline and
*,v...leiftent in laic and velvet. The
ti oles were decorated with bowls of
I iac.% spire.'i, narcissi, flanked with
crystal candlelabra with pink can
dies. At interval.* along the table
were placed old-fa? hioned surreys
with passengers and footmen and
colonial houses with gardens and
servants.
i Favors for the ladies were nose
gays of pink roses, and for the
gentlemen there wtre rose bouton
nieres. Tiny Mue and green hats
were used fo? . ?nt cups.
The program included a wel
come by Jesse Flake, Junior class
president; a song,'An Old-Fashiyn
ed Garden; toast to the Seniors,
Jeannette Adams; response, Loyall
Bryson, Senior class president;
song, You Keep Coming Bac k Lik *
A Sony; a dance, Minuet, in col
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Blanton Will Preach The
Baccalarureate Sermon
Sunday, May 25, 11 A. M.
Ex-Governor J. Melville Brough
toik Raleigh, will deliver the grad
uation address at Western Caro
lina JCeachers college, and The
-Rtfv. Sankey L. Blanton, Dean of
the School ol' Religion at Wake
Forest college, will preach the
Bac calaureate sermon. The Bacca
laureate sermon will be at 11:00
a. in. Sunday, May 25, and gradua
tion will be at 10:00 a. m. Monday, <
May 20.
Mr. Bmughton, governor of
j Nortii Carolina from 1941 to 1945,
graduated from Hugh Morson
Academy in 1906, received an A. B.
degree from Wake Forest college in
1910, and attended Harvard Law
school 1912-13. He was admitted
to the North Carolina bar in 1914,
and practiced law in Raleigh. He
is a former president of the Ra
leigh Chamber of Commerce and
the Raleigh Community Chest.
He was a member of the North
Carolina senate in 1927 and in 1929,
and was temporary chairman and ^
keynote speaker at -the North
Carolina Democratic convention in
1936. He is now a Trustee of Wake
Forest college and the Olivia Raney
public library.
He has written some important
pamphlets, including "The Legal
Status of Women in North C;iro- '
lina," "The Language of the Law,"
and "Social and Economic Aspects
of Trusts."
Mr. Blanton also attended Wake
Forest, lrom which he received his
A. B. degree in 192"). He received a
Th. M. degree fro in the Southern
Th. M. degree tr. ;n the Southern
T?29, and an T M. degree from
Newton Tiieologicai Seminary In
1931. He received his D.T). at Wake
Forest iji 1945, ??
He was Pastor of Calvary Bap
tist Church, .New Haven, Conn.,
1931-36, and of the First, Baptist
Church, Wilmington, 1930-46.
W.O.W. CAMP NO. 560
PRESENTS SYLVA HIGH
SCHOOL WITH FLAG
In fitting ceremonies on last
Wednesday afternoon the local?
Camp No. 5(?(> Woori;nrn ?! the
World presented a i'ive by eight
foot United States : ? Sylva
High school to be used on the al
' ready-set Hag pole on the front
lawn of the school giu^jH.
The f; culty and students of both
i the h:gh "'school and elementary
schools, as well as a largo group
of parents and other visitors, were
present for the occasion.
The presentation address was
made by Mr. W. A. Short, State
Head Camp officer of the Wood
of the World, of Hickory. Mr. W.
H. Crawford, principal, received
? the flag for the school.
The Sylva school band furnished
music for the occasion, and as the
flag was presented, played the Na
tional Anthem.
Mr. and Mrs. Fisher enjoyed
seeing their old friends and the
get-togethers they attended while
here.
Jackson Co. Citizens Protest
Rail Service Cut Appeal
The people of Jackson County,
Sylva and the .Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce, and Mer
chants Association of Sylva are
making plans to join forces with
other communities along the Mur
phy Branch to appeal to the North
Carolina Utilities Commission and
ask that passenger train service be
continued.
The Southern Railway, through
the district superintendent, on
Sunday posted notices at all sta
tions along the Murphy br...>ch of
tho road, stating that an applica
tion would be made to the Utili
ties Commission for approval to
discontinue trains Number.- 17 and
18, now running daily between
Asheville and Murphy.
The Murphy Branch now has the
only one passenger train each way
daily.
1 The same proposals were made
as far back as t93&, afi<T several
times since that time, and each
time the citizens of the towns along
the Murphy division had to pro
test the proposal to the Utilities
Commission to keep the trains In
service.
Mr. H. Gibson, general ageht of
the Sylva office, stated this week
that long distance ticket salei*
originating in this office in April,
amounted to a considerable sum,
and that express and freight wu
holding up well.
This time, as in the past whm
the appeal was made to take the
trains off, it was explained thAi
express would be sent out on the
morning local freight, but this ap
plies only to certain kinds oi ex
press. Perishable goods and live
animals will not be carried by the
freight express. r ~
As to mail service, now handled
on the trains no one has the answer.
But it is supposed that the post of
fice department would use trucks
to carry it ?, ^?
The notice which was posted OA
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