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VOL. XXII, NO. 6
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, July 10, 1947
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July Fourth Celebration'
Was Successful Event,
5000 Enjoy Big Progam
Miss Dillard Wins Title *
Of "Miss Sylva", Mrs.
Collins Draws Ford
Miss Barbara Dillard, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Dillard of
Sylva, won the coveted title of
"Miss Sylva" in the bathing beauty
contest staged here following the
street parade on July 4th, and Mrs.
Dora Collins was winner of the
new 1947 model Ford car given
in the drawing by the Sylva Lions
Club.
? Second and third pk|es in the
bathing beauty . contest were, won
t by Misses Norma Kay Fite, daugh
ter of Mr. ^nd Mrs. Nash Fite of
Vaidese, and Barbara Bess, daugh
ter of Mrs. G. K. Bess of Sylva and
the late Dr. Bess, respectively.
A crowd estimated around 5,000
witnessed the street parade and
other events of the day, held on
Mark Watson field and the street
dance on Main street in the eve
ning.
The parade was one of the most
elaborate staged here in many
years, in which many attractive
floats were entered by the various
business firms. The parade was
led by Sylva's high school band,
winning much praise and applause
from the crowd.
Mayor Jack Allison performed
" the task of master of ceremonies
in a most veteran-like manner,
which the-success of the
occasion.
The greasy pig was caught by
Paul Beck, brother of Sammy
Beck, who gave his time to direct
the band for ten days before the
4th celebration.
Sylva won the baseball game
from the Hayesville-Hiawassee
All-Stars by a score of 2-0.
The air^how was marred some
by tne rain which came up in the
afternoon. The street dance, how
ever, was a big success.
Mrs. Collins presented Mr. Glenn
Hooper with a S50 bill- after win
ning the Ford car. Mr. Hooper, who
has lost the sight of hie eyes, drew
the winning name from the box
of 3.000 tickets sold by the Lions
Club. The proceeds from the sale
of the tickets, after deducting the
price of the car, will be used?by the
Lipns in their cooperative program
for buying playground equipment
for the city recreational park. The
town of Sylva is co-sponsor of the
project.
Chief of Police Karl Warlick re
ported only two drunks during the
day and they were both picked up
at 11 and 12 o'clock that night. No
accidents happened to mar the
pleasure of the crowd.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Jones and
children, Claude. Betty Lee, and
Tommy, spent the week-end in
Biltmore with Mr. Jones' brothers,
Clarence and Talmadge Jones, and
their families.
Pipes Being Set For
Parking Meters Here
E. M. Lloyd started drilling hole>
Wednesday on the sidewalks of
Sylva for installation of the pipe
' base for 178 meters recently or
dered by the town board. The
meters are being furnished by the
M. H. Rhodes Company, Inc., of
Hartford, Conn., and are expected
to arrive next week after which
they will be screwed on the pipe.
The cost of the meters is self
liquidating, the company getting
half of the meter take until paid
for. After they are paid for, the
city will get all the revenue from
them.
Mr. Lloyd also has the contract
for installing meters at Bryson
City, Franklin, Black Mountain,
and Valdese.
District Scout Group
To Hold Court of Honor
Here Tuesday At 8 P. M.
An unusually large number of
Boy Scouts and Scout leaders are
expected to attend the court of
honor which will be held in Sylva
Methodist church on Thursday
night. The court will begin prompt
ly at 8 p. m. and will lasfconly one
hour.
The court Expects to make
awards for tenderfoot, second class,
first class, merit badges, and star
to Scouts from Macon, Swain, and
Jackson counties who will attend.
The awards will be presented by
| the following: Edwin Allison, ten
derfoot investiture; W. C. Hennes
see, second class awards; Dr. Har
old McGuire, first class awards;
Herbert Gibson, merit badges; and
Jake Bales, star.
Hugh Monteith, chairman of the
, rdvancement com vv.iD pre
side over the court.
NAMED CHAIRMAN
CHARLES E. RAY was named
chairman of the new North Caro
lina National Park, Parkway, and
Forests Development Commission
as the group held the initial meet
ing in Waynesville Monday.
Dairymen Using DDT Spray
To Eradicate Bacteria Count
In an effort to decrease the bac
teria count in milk and improve
sanitary conditions on dairy farms,
the North Carolina state labora
tory of hygiene is furnishing DDT
to dairies producing Grade A milk.
The DDT, which is prepared in an
emulsion of oil, is being distributed
through the county health de
partments of the state and must
be applied under health depart
ment supervision. Charlie Thomas,
sanitation officer, is supervising
its use in Jackson and Swain
counties.
There are about ten dairies in
the two counties which are pro
ducing Grade A milk which can be
pasteurized, therefore which are
eligible to receive DDT. At the first
of this week four dairies were
sprayed with the solution and Mr.
Thomas was rapidly giving the re
maining dairymen the chance to
use the DDT of their dairy farms.
All of them are eager to use the
DDT because of the improvement
in quality of milk which its use
brings.
On Monday morning Mr. Thom
as visited the farms of twi dairy
men. Homer Turpin and Burton
Bumgarner, both of ^whom have
farms near Whittier. The farmers
themselves apply most of the so
lution, after demonstrations and
under the direction of Mr. Thomas.
Often he does a great deal of the
work himself.
Equipment used in the applica
tion of DDT consists merely of an
ordinary orchard spray, which was
furnished for the day by the Alli
son Hardware Company of Sylva.
The emulsion of DDT in oil is
mixed with water, four parts of
water to one of the emulsion, and
sprayed on the walls of dairy barns
and then on other places where
flies and insects are likely'to fre
quent. The spray does not kill
insects by being sprayed directly
on them but affects them by stick
ing to the walls where it is sprayed.
The oil in the solution sinks into
the wood and disappears, leaving
the crystals of DDT on the out
side where flies and insects con
tact it when they light on the
wood. The crystals remain op the
wood and are effective in killing
insects for more than one year,
thus providing a year's protection
at one spraying.
On contact with.the DDT flies
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These \ien Protect You Front Fire. Crime
Shown above are the members of the city fire department, town officials and Asheville and Enka
guests made on the evening of the annual dinner put on by the Firemen at Mapie Springs Monday, June
30: Front row left to right, Fire Chief Bart Cope, Fitzgerald. Chief of the Asheville fire department, E. M.
Salley, Chief Fire department, Enka; and Phil Stovall. Second row, left ?o right, D. M. Tallent, fire mar
shal; E. O. Mashbum, honorary chief; David Cagle, Charles McMahan, Ovid Beck, Lloyd Cowan, Boyd Sos
samon, Felix Picklesimer, Dick Green, R O. Wilson, Bud Ensley, police; C. D. Lindsay, patrolman. T. E.
Childers, ?olice. G. C. Middleton, sheriff. W. L. Jones, city clerk.
Thi^xfow, left to right, Claude Campbell, Dave Sorrells, Jack Allison, Mayor; Woody Hampton,
Grayson Cope, Hay Cogdill, Jake Bales.
Back row, Joe Wilson, member town board; Karl Warlick, chief of police; Raymond Nicholson, mem
ber town board; J. R. Phillips, Charles Campbell, O. E. Brookhyser, and Alliney Bryson.
~ ?Photo by Donnahoe
Excavation Started For New
Memorial Stadium at W.C.T.C.
*
Work has begun on excavating
18,000 cubic yards of dirt at Cullo
whee in preparation for construc
tion in late fall of the proposed
Memorial Stadium at Western
Carolina Teachers College.
When completed the stadium
will seat 5,000 persons. It is to be
built at rear of the present Hunter!
Field to allow space for the pro
posed Science building. The struc
ture will be of concrete and steel
and it will cost approximately $50,
000. half of which has already been
pledged. A large part of the
pledges have been made in cash.
The stadium committee is com
posed of Ralph Sutton, chairman;
Alice Benton, secretary; R. L. Ari
ail, treasurer; H. T. Hunter, H. E
Buchanan, W. E. Bird, C. F. Dod
son, J. W. McDevitt, and coaches
Marion McDonald and Tom Young.
The advisory committee is headed
by D. Hiden Ramsey, of Asheville.
The stadium is to be in honor of
the 26 young men who lost their
lives in World War II, and who
were at one time students at West
ern Carolina;
Herman Bailey, Sylva; Harold
Z. Bateman, Robbinsville; Thomas
Clyde Bowman, Robbinsville; Saml
uel J. Bristol, Hayesville; Denver
T. Bryson, Speedwell; Ralph
Thomas Byers, Shelby; Van Buren
Carter, West Mills; Earl E. Ellis,
Asheville; Robert Gray Hampton,'
pullowhee; Richard Pledge, Hen
dersonville; B. S. Hensley, Jr., Syl
va; Jack Holloman, Kinston;
Charles Leagon, Black Mountain;
Wilford C. Love. Stanfield; John
O. Lovedahl. Cowaris; Willard
Lovingood, Marble; Charles W.
McLaughlin. Whittier; William
Messer, Waynesville; Charles E.
Myers, Black Mountain; Hubert
Queen, Wesser; Elmer F. S. Stahl
man, Roy Glenn Watson, Sylva;
Lyndon L. White, Guilford College
Cecil Yount, Waynesville; Guy
Zachary, Cashiers; and George
Hopp, Shelby.
It is the hopes of the stadium
committee that all former Alumni
of Western Carolina and friends of
the college will help in this pro
ject. Those wishing to make a
pledge can contact Ralph Sutton,
business manager of the college,'
Coach Tom Young, or any mem
ber of the committee.
E. M. Lloyd, of Sylva, is the con
tractor for the excavation. Ap
proximately one-half of the dirt
moved will be used to level the
newly constructed ba>eball field.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Allison '
have returned from a trip to Day
tona Beach and other points in
Florida and will make their home
with 'his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.
C. Allison.
Crawford Announces
Opening Date For
All County Schools
Frank M. Crawford, superin
tendent of Jackson county schools,
has announced that all the schools
in the county will open August 21
for the 1947-^8 term with the ex
ception of Cullowhee Training
school which will open when
Western Carolina Teachers College
begins the regular session in Sep- |
tember.
Mr. Crawford said that Christ
mas holidays will start December
19 and end December 29.
The teacher list for the county
will be published as soon as avail
able. Several vacancies have not
been filled, Mr. Crawford said.
MAURICE GEOFFREY i
TO BRING THEATRE
IN THE SKY HERE
Plans for the opening here of the
'"Theatre In The Sky" Company, of :
Waynesyille. on Friday, July 18th, |
were announced yesterday by Fe- j
lix Picklesimer. president of the,
Jackson County Chamber < f Com- i
merce, and Maurice Geoffrey,)
managing-direct >r of the company, j
The Chamber <>!' Commerce is i
sponsoring the pre.-enta'ion of the I
plays here.
Opening with the sensational
Broadway comedy success ."Step
ping Sister-" by Howard Warren
Comstock, the company will pre
sent five plays during the slimmer.
Each play will be presented cn j
Friday evenings at the Graded
School Auditorium.
"Stepping Sisters" features Elec- j
tra Ballou, Grace Shiner and Ella
Beth Hurst heading the resident 1
professional cast brought to
Waynesville from New York, Chi
cago and Hollywood. Miss Ballou
and Miss Shiner, both well known
Chicago actresses were formerly
with the Mattinee Theatre and the
famous Michiana Shores Theatre.
Miss Hurst has toured the South
West playing numerous dramatic
roles and was prerriiere ballerina
of the "Ballets Castle."
Others in the cast are David
Cromwell, leading man from New
York. Jean Argyle and Frederic
Gadette from Hollywood. George |
Kenyon, Donald E. Vogt and W.
Lawrence Benson, also from New
York and Patti Rose, making her
return to the professional stage in
this production after a retirement
of 30 years.
SOSSAMON'S
In Sylva
FUNERAL RITES FOR
LEE HOOPER TO RE
THIS AFTERNOON
Leo Hooper, about 75. uf Sylva
and Speedwell, died in Grady hos
pital, Atlanta, Ga., at 2 o'cloc/k
Tuesday atternoon following a
lengthy illne ss.
Mr. Hooper had been engaged
in the lumber business in Jackson
county for many years and was a
j well-known farmer. Two weeks
;>go he tell on the street in Atlanta
and suffered a broken hip. He had
been in the hospital since that
time.
For >everal years he ojvi.i'ol
the Pines touri>t hmie . t Speed
well.
Surviving are five >.?ns, Col. I)..
j vid Lee, U. S. army. ()lbo ;i .>:
Lake Alfred, Fla.. G.rnH'l <;i the
U. S. army, Jimmy and Louis o!
Atlanta, Ga.; one daughter, Mrs.
Mildred Trout ot J. ckM.nville,
F!a., and a number of grandchil
dren.
The funeral will be held this af
ternoon (Thursday) at 2 p. m. at
Cullowhce Methodi.-t church ?<nvi
burial will follow at R< gers ceme
tery. The body will remain at the
home of Mrs. R. L. Glenn in Sylva
until the time of the funeral.
HOWELL CHILD, HIT
RY CAR JULY FOURTH
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
Little Judith Anne H^-'ell. age
6, was run over by an automobile
near Qualia on the afternoon of
July 4th. She wru takr-n :mme
diately to C. J. Harris r-Vpital in
Sylva where it was ,rted that
she was suffering fr<>m a fractured
j skull, but that she would probably
be released from the hospital the
latter part of this week.
Driver of the car was James Lai
j kin Crewshaw of Pendleton, S. C..
who was re>pon>ible for bringing
her to the hospitrl. The accident
occurred in the m;d<. -? of the a' -
ternoon when traffic was heavy,
and it was feported to be unavoid
able. When she was run over she
wa -? playing in the roadway about
fif'y feet ea>t of the CorrJell house
near Qua!la.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Reed of Sylva
announce the birth of a son, James
Ronald, on Thursday, July 3, at
I the Haywood County hospital. Mr.-,
j Heed is thp former Mi?s Sybil
. Messer of Waynesville.
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hooper
have announced the birth of a
daughter, Claudia Marie, on Tues
day, July 1, at the Harris Com
munity hospital, Sylva.
New Park Commisson
Organizes at Waynesville
Meet, Ray Is Chairman
State To Adopt 1947-48
School Budget Today
Tlx b a. d of educ. t i^n ..iil|
tm et i.i H. leigil today lOT.iapt a|
biaim I !< f 'ho inir.i: 4 h'/'i '1 vo. r. !
At t
qui s
' i:i:e
! 0 1 fve i
been
t i?.? ans/. v.
teachci'S !:..VO
a>king mi.u' ti e 1947 gene.al as
sembly liu re?<>ed appropriation foi
their >..lanes, will be forthcoming
The board's finance committee, j
which has been studying the bud- j
g#t for several weeks?and par-'
ticulariy the question of a teach- j
er salaiy schedule?will make its
report at the meeting.
Available fur operating the
schools next year is approximately
$59,000,000 compared with about
$45,000,000 being spent this year.
Approximately $50,000,000 of the
total available for operating
schools has been earmarked for
salaries for the 25,000 teachers and
principals. 1
IN OPENING PLAY
GRACE SHINER will appear
here Friday night, July 18, in the
opening play of the "Theatre In
The Sky" which wiil be given by
Maurice Geoffrey. producer and
director if the the;-tie, in -five
weekly appe..raiu es the Syk a
school auditoiium lii s summer.
M ss Shiner will he featured in
"St< j;; ing Sisters,*' .1 Mew York
comedy succe. s by Hi.ward War
ii m ('omstoek. Supporting her will
be Klrctra Ballon, prominent Chi
r go actress and KJJa Beth Hurst,
noted actress and dancer formerly
with the "Ballets Castle."
Tickets for the piny are now on
; sale by the chamber of commerce.
1 the sponsoring organization.
Tom McCoy of Tuckaseegee will
leave Monday to be stationed with
the Navy in Alaska.
Two State Groups Map
Unified Program For
Park Development
The membc; s ol' the newly ap
pointed commission to direct the
recently enacted North Carolina
National P;.ik, Parkway and For
ests De\clopmcnt Commission
were swcrn in by Judge Felix E.
Alley at the initial meeting of the
group in \Wynes\ille on Monday.
The meeting was held in the of
fice of M.ller and Medford, Sena
tor William Medford being the
author of the act creating the com
mi>Mun, which succeeds the for
mer N. C. Park Commission.
The members of the new com
mission are. Raymond U. Sutton,
Sylva; Kelly E. Bennett, Bryson
City; Charles E. Ray, Waynesville,
C. M. Douglas, Brevard; Francis
Hazel, Asheville; E. C. Guy, New
land; Percy B. Ferebee, Andrews,
and W. R. Winkler, Boone.
Charles E. Ray was named
chairman of the commission, Kelly
E. Bennett, vice-chairman; and C.
M. Douglas, secretary.
A joint meeting of the North
Carolina group and the Conserva
tion Commission of Tennessee was
held Monday afternoon, where a
unified and consolidated program
was started which will be present
ed to Congress and the National
Park Service for immediate execu
tion.
The two-sta'te group yesterday
made plans for working jointly for
the development of the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park,
and w.ll meet again in joint ses
sion on August 12th in Tennessee
to further formulate plans for pre
sentation to Newton B. Drury,
he;d of the paik service, some
time in September.
This is the first time in recent
years that officials of the states
of North Carolina and Tennessee
have gotten together to work out
the details of one over-all devel
opment p!.'ii for the Great
Smokies.
The commission heard reports
from representatives ol the Pis
gah and Nantahala National For
ests and pledged themselves to
work towards a general develop
ment program for both forests in.
this area.
Miss Lucy Bumgarner returned
Tuesday from Bridgeton, N. J.,
/
where she spent a week's vacation
with friends and relatives. While
there she attended the wedding of
her niece, Miss Louise Hoxit, to
Mr. John McCormack, which was
solemnized in the First Presby
terian church of that city.
Scenes From Operas Playing
At Cnlloivhee Friday Evening
Irenes from .Jaitha avd Elijah. |
completely staged in c-ostume and j
with a fu'l orchestra, will !>c or ?
senled ;jt Hoey auditorium, We-t- i
c rn Cam!. T? ; c !e e, on
Friday, July 11, ;?t 8:30 p. m. The j
program will be presented by The .
Smoky Mountain Music Center, a j
regular summer feature of the co!- ,
lege, and The National Association
for Opera.
Summer cchool students w:ll
1 ta .e minor part- in the production,
b.it the main roles will be pla vei j
by persons cho.-en Ly competitive:
auditions, which wt.r held in Ne./:
York. Philadelphia, ; nd Raleigh
. this spring. T-w mr tions were
held and tlie operas ill be spon
sored by the X. *i?>t . 1 Association
for Opera.
i
?Elijah, a sacred music drama by
Mendel.:ohn, and M....ha, a comic
i opera by Von Flotow, as well as
The Chocolate Soldier, a light
! opera by Straus, will be presented
! in their entirety in Raleigh on
i.Julv 14v 16 and 18. The 'group is
^ ....
rehearsing here on trie invitation
| of the Smoky Mountain Music
Center, and will serve as a labor
atory for the Center'? opera and
dramatic courses. The scenes from
Elijah and Martha will be the
groups final appearance here.
This Eastern Seaboard Regional
Opera Festival, and three other
regional festivals, are being spon
by ihe National Association
lor Opera to discover and develop
opera talent, and to set up a Ra
tional program of opera produc
tion. Because this festival is being
held in the South, 75 per cent of
the cast was chosen from the
South, and only 25 per cent from
the North.
The other regional festivals be
ing held are: The West Coast Fes
tival, Long Beach, Calif.; The
South-central Festival, Little
Rock, Ark.; and the North-central
Festival, \Iil>vfmkee, Wis. Partici
pants in the-four festivals will be
chosen to tawe part in a National
Festival to bi heloi next summer
in Milwaukee in conjunction with
the Wisconsin centennial celebra
tion.
The performances will be pro
duced by Errol Peters, president
of the National Association for
Opera, and director of the Mtrmci
pal Opera of Allentown, Pa. Guy
Hutchins, conductor of the Char
lotte Symphony, will be assistant
director. The sets for the" perform
ances in Cullowhee were designed
and executed by Miss Charlotte
Watson, art teacher at Western
Carolina Teachers college.
The following 15 persons, chos
en from 200 applicants, will sing
roles in Elijah and Martha.
Lola Gilbert, mezzo-soprano of
New York, will sing "Jezebel" in
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