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. 6 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, July 10, 1947 $2.00 A Year?5c Copy 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 ?Continued on pago 2 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 ?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 ?Continued on page 10