AMERICA First, Last and Always The Sylva Herald The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. VOL. XXII, NO. 2 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, June 12, 1947 $2.00 A Year?5c Copy Western Carolina Will Feature Field Of Music During Summer Session New Courses In Child Growth To Be Offered During This Session CULLOWHEE?During the first session of summer school at West ern Carolina Teachers College, June 16 to July 19, the field of music will be featured, along with regular courses, with the develop ment of the Regional Opera Train ing School. Headed by Mr. Clifford E. Bair, Director of the Training program of Winston-Salem, a two week program will * be carried out for the benefit of those musical stu dents who wish to go into opera. The program will provide training not only for opera, dramatics, repertoire, and techniques, but also for participation in a major opera production that will be presented at Cullowhee at the close of the training period, according to Dean W. E. Bird. Scenes from bther standard works will also be * presented, . These will constitute a regional opera festival utilizing the talents of those students who won awards or acclamation in the state musical contest recently held in the eastern part of the state. Several music in structors will be imported to as sist Mr. Bair and to teach the regular music courses. They are Mr9. Theo Risebrook, sister of Mrs. Charles G. Gulley, regular voice teacher of the college, Mr. Vernon Hammond, Dr. Ilse Huebner from Out-of-Door Training School, Sarasota, Florida, who is director of the Smo^y Mountains Music Center which will enter this sum mer up op its fifth consecutive pro gram. From this Regional Opera Train ing School and other similar pro grams cf other regions, represen tatives will be selected to par ticipate in the National Opera Festival to be presented in Mil waukee in the summer of 1948 as a feature of the Wisconsin State Centennial Celebration. The Smoky Mountains Music Center will offer courses in Music Appreciation, Harmony, Ear ?Continued on page 6 Oce Sends Delegates To Grand Chapter Four delegates of trfeOce Chap ter O.E.S. attended the Grand Chapter meeting at Salemburg the first of this week. They left here Sunday and returned Wednesday night from the "streamlined" three day session. The delegates were Mrs. Dexter Hooper, Sylva; Mrs. Betty Parnell, Dillsboro; Mrs. Ha zel Carlson and Mrs. Edna Ealy, both of Cherokee. The meeting was held at Pine land College, located at Salem burg, and dormitories of the col lege were used by the delegates. 4-H Clubs Of County Striving To Raise Funds For Camp Cabin Thp Cope Creek 4-H Club hat won the prize of $15 which was offered by the County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs for the 4-H club which turned in the highest percentage of completed record books, Miss Helen Sossamon, County i ->me Demonstration agent, has an nounced. The prize was offered with the understanding that the money would be used In the raising of funds to build the Jackson County cabin at the new camp sight near Waynesville. The 4-H boys and girls are striv ing to raise $700 as their quota in the building of the cabin. The Beta 4-H club was runner-up in the contest. FILM WOOS ALABAMA AWAY FROM FLORIDA Rateigh, June 9?North Caro lina's old travelogue movie, "Va? riety Vacationland," distributed by the State Advertising division, is still getting customer;. The Alexander City, Alabama Kiwapis bulletin says: "We don't know how many A. C. Kiwanians we lost to the state of North Carolina, but if N. C. is half as good ds the propaganda film shown last week, we couldn't blame anyone for wanting to go there. Art Surprise says North Carolina hasn't got any thing Ala bama hasn't got?North Carolina just shows it off to better advan tage. Alabama has the assets?lets advertise them, ft can be done as so clearly demonstrated by North Carolina." In an accompanying letter to the advertising division, the club sec retary says: "Fred Dobbs, at the close of the film, immediately stated he was not going to Flor | ida on his vacation, but was go | ing to North Carolina. Please send him a mountain folder." AAA OFFICE MOVED TO COURT HOUSE t D. C. Higdon, chairman of Jack son county AAA committee, an nounces that after June 15 the AAA office', which is now located over Stovall's Cafe, will be located in the county court-house. Mr. Higdon asks that all farmers keep this in mind when they need to contact the AAA office after June 15. ? The USDA has reported that the Commodity Credit Corporation has completed purchases of 154,700 bales of cotton for the UNRRA. Sylva Power Rates Discussed At Board Meeting Thursday At the regular weekly meeting of the board of aldermen on last Thursday night the question of a lower electric power rate for the town was discussed with officials of the Nantahala Power and Light Company, of Franklin, which now furnishes the local powei company - with current which is in turn dis tributed over the local system to customers in the city. Represent ing the power company were, J. E. S. Thorpe, president, and John Archer, general manager. No def inite action was taken at this meeting. The board was notified by the police; Don Davis, James Mason, and George Evans, that they were entitled to ten days leave and that beginning Friday morning, June 6 their leave would begin. This left the city without police protection since the men were expected to re main on duty until the 15th after which they were to be paid for ten days extra. Chief Karl Warlick, who had already been employed and was to have started on duty June 15, was notified and came to Sylva Thursday night, beginning I his duties here Friday morning. I Mayor Allison stated that Chief of \ Police Warlick is chief in fact; that he has the authority to direct the police department, including the hiring and firing of officer person nel. Mr. Earl Childers has already been employed as assistant police. Bud Ensley is doing some night supply work, pending employment of a permanent officer. Special Father's Day Service At Scott's Creek Special services honoring the fathers of the church will be held at the morning worship hour at Scott's Creek Baptist church. Music fitting for the occasion and a special message by the pastor will be features of the service. Ml fathers of the community aVe invited to be present. Following this service-the mem bers of the T. E. L. class, an adult j woman's class in the Sunday ! school, will entertain their hus bands with a dinner in the school cafeteria. A loan of S2,669,000 to rural1 electric cooperatives in six states was approved by the REA. These fcinds will be used to finance rural electric facilities including 1,562 i miles of rural distribution lines to | serve 4,366 farms. CUT IN FSA BUDGET WOULD RETARD FARM jPROGRAM IN COUNTY 603 Jackson Families Receive Loans For Im proving, Owning Farms In a check this week of the rec j ords of the Jackson County Unit | of the Farm Security Administra ! tion it was found that since the ! program was started a few years i ago that 603 farm families have i received aid through the agency ! to buy seed, fertilizer, livestock, farm equipment, etc. It was tur 1 ther learned that the approximate amount of money involved in loans for farm operation was $341, 400.00 with better than 90 per cent l of ? maturities collected; that only | 12 families have been dropped be | cause of no further possibilities of | collection; that 34 tenant farmers have bought and improved their own farm; that the amount of money involved in the purchase and improvement of farms for ten ants amounted to $96,1^5.00; that this money was loaned on a 40 year bafeis and that $62,612.00 hasJae^n repaid withiri eight years; that the average tenant who purchased a farm is about six years ahead of scheduled payments. The record speaks for its self as to the help the program has been to agriculture in Jackson County, yet in the face of this record and thousands of other such records over the country, congress contem plates drastic reductions in ap propriations to carry on the work. Sylva Firemen Will - Go To State Meeting Sylva's fhre chief W. B. Cope, and fireman Felix Picklesimer will leave Monday for Durham to attend the annual State Fire Col lege and Drill School which will be held in tfcV. c**y June 17, 18 and 19. This school is sponsored by the State Firemen's Association for the purpose of instructing the various local fire departments in the latest methods of fire fighting, safety and first aid to firemen or individuals who may be overcome by smoke, gas, or injured in any way. FUNERAL FOR JOHN A. OUCHANAN HELD AT OLD SAVANNAH Funeral services for John A. Buchanan, who died cn Saturday, May 10, were' held on Monday, May 12 at 11 o'clock at the Old Savannah Baptist church. Burial was in the church cemetery. The Rev. Corsey Hooper, officiated, as sisted by the Rev. R. W. Green.* Mr. Buchanan was born August 21, 1865, being' 82 years of age at death. He married Miss Callie Beasley on November 15, 1890, who died in 1944. He was a char ter member and deacon of the Greens Creek Baptist church. Surviving are the two sons, two daughters, two brothers, two sis ters, seventeen grandchildren and four great grandchildren. . Total consumption of cotton in foreign countries during 1946-47 is expected to exceed the 1945-46 rate by about two million bales and it is estimated that world con sumption will be about 26 million bales, according to the Bureau of HOLY LAND R.R. STATION BLASTcD / I BAIiftOAD STATION at Ramleh, Palestine, was dynamited by tour men who policf say were masked and disguised In police uniforms. The station mortar's wile was the only one injured in the blast. Ramleh la a town with a population of about 10,000 Arabs. (international) CHAMBER OFFICIALS THANK PUBLIC FOR SUPPORT IN DRIVE The board of directors and Fe lix Picklesimer, president of ' the Chamber of Commerce wish to thank the citizens of the county for their splendid response and support in the recent membership drive. Mr. Picklesimer stated that through an oversight the following names were left off the list pub lished last week: Stovall's 5 and 10 cent store, Elder's Garage, J. D. Mccre, and Moody Funeral Home. "Although our goal has almost been reached financially ^ve still need plenty of individuals to help boost our Chamber of Commerce. "We hope to haveva sign erected in our information office at an early date on which will be placed the names and locations of all our tourist places that have contribut ed this year. This does not mean that your name will not be carried on our regular tourist accommoda tion list because you have not joined the chamber of commerce, but is just a special advertisement for the ones who are members. Any suggestion along this line will i be greatly appreciated. "We are always glad to have I anyone list with us who have rooms for rent or property for , sale." Judy Campbell Receives Painful Burn Judy Campbell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Campbell, was painfully burned on the back Mon day morning when her father ac cidentally turned the percolator of hot coffee over, some of spilling on Judy, who was sitting near in her high chair. She was given first aid at the local hospital but was then returned to her home. She is reported to be getting along nicely. BEGINS FLYING CAREER AT TENDER AGE OF 72 Shown above is Mrs. L. E. Hooper standing between her son, Tom R. Hooper on left and Pilot Johnny Watson on right, just after landing from her first airplane ride which was a birthday present from her son, on the occasion of her 72nd anniversary. Mrs. Hooper was most enthusiastic about the trip in the air, stating that, the only thing wrong was that it was too short, and remarked that, she hopes to do more fly ing. Mrs. Hooper is the mother of 7 children, has 29 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Her home is at East Laport^ Crawford Gives Ruling On School Attendance In County Districts According to a ruling by the State Board of Education, no chil dren shall be allowed to reside in one school district and attend school in another school district, unless such attendance is author ized by the State Board of Educa tion. The State Board of Education states that no attendance credit be allowed for children who reside in one district and attend school in another district unless they are transferred by the State Board of Education. Where there is agree ment between the governing boards of the administrative units with reference to the transfer of pupils, the matter shall be handled sub ject to approval by the Controller of the State Board of Education. Parents will please bear this rul ing in mind when making plans for their children attending school for the coming year. Master Of Medical Art Is New Sciencc Degree In Dallas, Texas, abuut two hun dred doctors, artists ar.d educators gathered last week to celebrate a marriage of art and science and the birth of a new academic degree? I Master of Medical Art. The dinner was largely a trib ute to Prof. Lewis Waters, chair man of Southwestern Medical Col lege's medical art and visual edu cation department und brother of Mrs. Fred M. Williams of Sylva. Six speakers spoke at the din ner in the Melrose Hotel praising the accomplishment of Southwest ern Medical College in establish ing courses leading to the new de gree. The first MMA in history was awarded later in the week to Miss Patricia O'Neill. In 1943 Waters organized a med ical^rt department for the col lege and he has been crusading ever since for the professional standing for the medical artists, who must be scientists as well. Render Special Music At Cullowhee Baptist The Cullowhee Baptist congre gation was favored last Sunday at the morning worship hour with special music by a mixed chorus composed of persons from Cullo whee and Sylva. Included in this group were Misses Alice Weaver, Ruth Hooper, Mesdames Paul Ellis, Mark Osborne, Jr.; John Echols. Rev.7Mark Osborne, Jr.. and Mrs. Grover Wilkes, pianist. They sang "The Beautiful Garden of Prayer" by Fillmore. Also Mr. Thomas Parker of Raleigh, a student at the University of North Carolina, was guest organist during the service. Mr. Osborne used as his sermon subject, "The Fine Art of Listen About 4,500 farm workers were killed and approximately 300,000 farm workers were injured last year. Musicians ing.", Legionaires of Two Wars Envade Carolina Beach In Anuual Convention Kermit Harris And Others | Injured In Car Wreck Kermit Harris remains in a criti cal condition at the C. J. Harris hospital where he is receiving, treatment tor injuries received | Friday night, June 6, in an auto- ! mobile accident. The bones below I the knee of the left leg were brok- j en, the left pelvis fractured in sev- 1 erai places, and other cuts and j bruises about his body received. The accident occured in a curve! on highway 28, just before enter- j ing Ela from Cherokee. The car, | not making the curve, struck a I telephone pole, severing it com- ; pletely and damaging the car be yond repair. Other occupants at ,the time of the accident were Nina Cable and Dorothy Crisp of Bryson City, and H. L. Haskett of Sylva. They all received minor, yet painful cuts and bruises. CRASH ON COWEE MOUNTAIN FATAL TO MACON YOUTHS Carl Dietz and Dewey Medlin, both of the West Mill section of Macon county near Franklin, were killed in a motorcycle accident Saturday afternoon when Medlin, who was the operator of the mo torcycle, lost control while passing a truck on a curve of Cowee moun tain and collided with a car com ing in.the opposite direction. Dietz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Dietz, Was not thought to be se riously injured at the time and was taken to Angel hospital in Franklin, "where he later died of ,a fractured skull and other in juries. Medlin, son of Rev. and Mrs. D. Judson Medlin, died almost instantly. The two boys had been visiting briefly with relatives*?nd friends in Sylva Saturday, having talked with various friends on the streets of the town just before leaving Sylva to meet with the accident on Cowee mountain. State Highway Patrolman Pritcnnrd Smith, Jr., who investi gated, listed Mrs. James G. Spen cer and Mrs. George A. Cordell, both of Pine Knot, Ky., as injured cccupants of the car, aqd James G. Spencer as driver. He said no charges were brought. Funeral For Mrs. Bumgarner At Cashiers Funeral services were held Monday at Cashiers for Mrs. Artie Kirby Bumgarner, 73, who died Saturday, June 7. She was the wife of H. F. Bumgarner. She crme from M;*c?in county about six years ago to make her home in the Cashiers community of Jackson county. Members Of Local Post And Auxiliary Delegates Plan To Attend Meeting CAROLINA BEACH, June 9? A crowd of 100,000 people, the largest in its history, is expected to pack this seaside resort town Monday afternoon, June 16, to watch a Navy-Marine task force "invade" a quarter of a mile stretch of beach on the third day of the North Carolina American Legion Department's four-day con vention, according to flat predic i tions made today by Legion offi cials. Convention Chairman -W. L. Farmer and Commander W. E. Matthews of Carolina Beach Le gion Post 272, convention hosts, disclosed that a movement is now underway to have mayors, county board chairmen- and presidents of merchants associations in South eastern North Carolina declare a half-holiday beginning at noon of the mock D-Day so that "the peo ple* of this region may see with their own eyes how^the American forces won the beachead battles of World War II." If the holiday movement is suc cessful, as the officials anticipate, almost all towns in Southeastern North Carolina will become ghost towns for half a day as thein resi dents pour into the JCaroitha Beach "battle" area. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, command ing Army ground forces, will de liver the main address of the con-, vention on Monday. The Legion officials said they I cire also expecting crowds ap Iproaching the "D-Day" dimensions ion Sunday, June 15, to view the feeayty pageant from which "Miss North Carolina American Legion I of 1947" will be picked. Similar I throngs are anticipated for the $ 1 , I 500 fireworks show over the ocean I at 11:30 p. m. Monday, June 16, land for the "world's largest fish t dinner" at 1:30 p. m. the following day. To accommodate the unprece I dented crowds, Carolina Beach has i expanded housing and eating fa cilities and set up a regularly ' scheduled water-taxi service i which will operate through the , sounds and the inland waterway I between Carolina Beach and ! Wrightsville Beach. Lecal Legionaires To Attend Five delegates of the William E. Dillard post of the American Le gion from Sylva will leave Satur day for Carolina Beach to attend the convention. The delegates who will attend from the local post are: Dan Tompkins, D. W. Tallent, Ed Bryson, L. H. Higdon, and Rev, W. Q. Grigg. Delegates elected from the auxiliary are: Mrs. Fred Williams, Mrs. Dan Tompkins, and Mrs. Porter Scroggs. Jackson County Had 42 Forest Fires During Fiscal Year 46-47 j Jackson county had 42 fires in the fiscal year 1946-47, J. Fred Bryson, project leader of TVA Project No. 3, has announced. These fires burned 964 acres of the forests of Jackson county, averag ing 16.5 acres burned per fire. Although the average number of fires for each year over the past six years has been 30 firesK the acreage per fire has been greatly reduced, showing an improvement in fire loss. The six-year average was a burn of 1624 acres per year and an average of 54.2 acres per fire. This important reduction in loss for the average fire .has been due to improvement ?n fire detec tion and suppression techniques and increased vigilance on the part of the foresters. The increased number of fires this year is because of the larger number of people using the forest areas of the county than during the war years when tourist travel was greatly reduced. Organized fire crews now enable the wardens to actually begin work on the fires with a much shorter lapse of time than formerly between report of a fire and the beginning of work, causing the drop in the acreage for the average burn. Of the 216,441 acres of forests under the supervision of the For estry Office, the six-year average burn was 0.75%. In 1946-47 this average was reduced to a figure less than half the previous one> 0.3%, a reduction which shows a great improvement in service to Jackson county by the department. Sister Of W. T. Wise Receives Degree At Columbia University On Tuesday, June 3, the gradua tion exercises at Columbia Univer sity Teachers College, Mrs. Vir ginia Wise Schoenberg, sister of W. T. Wise of Sylva, and daughter of Mrs. Sara Wise formerly of Sylva, reecived her degree. Dur ing the colorful ceremony honor ary degrees weer conferred upon Hon. Bernard Baruch, Stimson, Patterson, Forrestal, and others.. There were 7000 graduates and 10,000 spectators. The parade of graduates to the stands, the "iwrin and choir, and" the colorful robM of the faculties of Columbia were all very impressive.