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VOL. XXII, NO. 7
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, July IT. 1947
$2.00 A Year?5c Copy
Large Number of Scouts
Receive Awards, Merits
*
At Court of Honor Here
Jimmy Bales Awarded
Coveted Gold Palm For
Outstanding Scout Work
Tha Quid Palm, never>*before
awarded to any Scout in this dis
trict, was awarded to J?mmy Bales,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bales,
in the court of honor held in Sylva
Methodist church last Thursday
night. The award was made by
Mrs. E. L. McKee.
The Gold Palm is awarded to an
Eagle Scout when he has passed
ten merit badges above the num
ber necessary for that rank and
when he has continued tp be ac
tive in Scout work for an much
as six months after receiving the
rank of Eagle Scout. In addition
he must have shown unusual merit
in leadership.
In order to receive the award,
Jimmy Bales returned to Sylva
from Camp Daniel Boone, where
he is counselor during the sum
mer.
Eighty-seven Scouts and Scout
leaders were present at the court.
Hugh Monteith, advancement
chairman, presided over the ses
sion, during which other awards
and advancements were made.
After the colors were advanced by
Scouts Frank Crawford, Jr., Chas.
Cope, Mack Monteith, and Dick
Barkley and the Pledge to the
Flag was led by Scout Mack Mon
teith, the Tenderfoot Investure
ceremony was conducted by Ed
win Allison for William L. Craw
ford and Thomas Reed, both of
Sylva.
The second class award, given
by W. C. Hennessee, went to
Franklin Middleton of Sylva and
Kenneth Carpenter of Franklin.
Dr. Harold McGuire made first
class awards to the following:'
Charles Wallace, Franklin; Lam
bert Hooper, Sylva; Robert Hyatt, |
Cherokee, Don Louis Tynuaii^
Cherokee; and James J. Moore,
Franklin.
After the call for award of merit
badges, High Monteith presented
them to the following Scouts: Jim
my Bales, Mack Monteith, Dick
Barkley, Charles Cope, Frank
Crawford, Jr., Tommy Ferguson,
Franklin Fricks, Mack Monteith,
all of Sylva; Turner H. Blaine,
Frank Harrison Garner, Larry B.
Ledbetter, Charles W. Moore,
Daniel F. Moore, George H. Moore,
Jfr., Weyman N. Waldrop,-and
Charles Wallace, all of Franklin.
An award of the Star was made
by Jake Bales to Jimmy Rogers
of Franklin.
The district committee of Boy
Scouts will meet Friday, July 18,
at the Jarrett Springs Hotel in
Dillsboro.
Fresh vegetables contain many
necessary vitamins and mineral
elements that are important to
diets.
There is no cure for blackhead
in turkeys but it can be prevented
by raising turkeys on ground that
chickens have not used.
Farm Training Program
Under Way at Cullowhee
By ROY FOX, Assist. Teacher
Early in the spring of 1946 a
program of farm training was
started at Cullowhee for veterans
in accordance with the provisions
of the G. I. Bill of Rights.
This program is based on edu
cation. Each trainee, with the as
sistance of his teacher, works out
a practical plan for improving his
land biuldings.
| In . addition to on-the-farm
training, each man is required to
attend class ^vo hours each week
and learn of the latest farm prac
tices. Then these practices that
apply to his farm are to be car
ried out by him.
Among those improved farm
practices carried out are pasture
improvement, planting hybrid seed
com, and certified seed potatoes,
buying of purebred livestock and
following better feeding practices.
Many farm buildings have been
improved and seVeral new poul
try houses constructed. ' Many
acres of cover crops have been
sown an$l plans made for many
more acres to be seeded.
Will Appear In Play
VFW Sponsors
Program Friday
Britton Moore, commander of
VFW, has announced that there
will be no regular meeting on this
Friday night, and that instead of
the regular program, members are
asked to attend the musical pro
gram on Friday night of the Vir
ginia Hillbillies at New Savannah
school house, which the VFW is
sponsoring.
The public is invited to attend
the performance.
Miss Ella Beth Hurst, known in
the dance world is an artist of
flawless perfection, will appear in
the comedy, "Stepping Sisters,'"
presented by the Theater of the
Sky in Sylva elementary school |
auditorium on Friday night, July
18, at 8:30 p. m. [
Theatre In The Sky To Open
First Performance Friday 8:30
The "Theatre In The Sky" com
pany of Waynesville will open a
season of hit Broadway stage plays
tomorrow night (Friday) at 8:30
P. M. at the Graded School Audi
torium under the sponsorship of
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce. The company is under
the direction of Maurice Geoffrey
who will present a new play each
Friday, coming here direct from
the run of the play in Waynesville.
Arrangements for the appearance
of the company in Waynesville
have been handled by Felix
Picklesimer, President of the
Chamber of Commerce.
The first play of the season is
Howard Warren Comstock's fa
mous comedy "Stepping Sisters"
featuring Electra Ballou, Grace
Shiner and Ella Beth Hurst in the
roles of three ex-burlesque queens
who have now risen to positions
of prominence in the social world,
one now owns her own theatrical
company; one is a leader of Long
Island society, and the third has
become a noted Shakespearean
actress. A scene in - which the
three do their old act of 25 yeers
ago is one of the highlights of the
play.
Jean Argyle, Hollywood actress
formerly featured in Republic
Pictures, appears as Norma, daugh
ter of the society leader, playing
opposite David Cromwell, promi
nent New York leading man, in
the role' of Jack Carlton. Miss
Argyle's father is played by Don
ald E. Vogt, character actor who
was last seen ii? the touring com
pany of "Hans Brinker". George
Kenyon, from New York, plays
Jepson, the butler of the house
hold, and W. Lawrence Benson
appears as Mr. chambers.
Also from Hollywood, Fredric
Gadette, plays the "Mama's Boy"
role of Teddy Donaldson with Pat- i
ti Rose appearing as his mother.]
This marks Miss Rose's return to
the professional stage after an ab
sence of 30 years. She is one of
of the few remaining active mem
bers of the original cast of the I
famous Weber and Fields reunion I
(Continued on page 16)
MRS. COLLINS PRESENTS GLENN HOOPER WITH $100 BILL
own "above, standing in front of the new 1947 model Ford car which she won at the Lions Club
drawing on July 4th, is Mrs. Dora Collins as she presents a $100 bill to Glenn Hooper after he had
drawn the winning number from the box of 3,000 tickets. Mr. Hooper, who lost his sight some time ago,
was started in business here by the Lions Club. He recently built a new place and is making a success
in his cold drink and confectionery business.
MILLSTREET TO BE '
WIDENED, SURFACED
FOR TRUCK LANE
According to an announcement
by Mayor Jack Allison the owners
of the Sylva Supply Hardware
building have agreed to cut off~~a
portion of the rear of the build
ing in order that Mill street may
be made wider at that point. When
this has been done, Mr. Allison1
states that the State Highway
commission will place a new top i
surface on this street and desig
nate it as through traffic, bus
and truck lane.
The highway department has
also indicated that it will resur
face Main street. This is a much
needed project as the surface of
Main street is in very bad condi
tion. Time for starting this work
was not given.
Club Members Planning
To Go To Capip Should
Contact Agents Now
The week of July 28 all 4-H
Club boys and girls will have an
opportunity to attend 4-H Camp
at Swannanoa. 4-H Club mem
bers who wish to attend this camp
should contact the County Farm
or Home Agent immediately in
order that camp reservations and
transportation may be arranged.
Club members will take their
food, bed linen, and toilet articles.
The actual cost will be only $5.00,
which will cover camp fee, trans
portation, and other expenses such
as milk, ic?, etc. All club mem
bers should meet at the court
house not later than 9:30 o'clock
Monday morning, July 28, and
we will return on Saturday, Aug
ust 2, about noon.
This year the 4-H Short Course
will be held at N. C. State College
in Raleigh the week of August 18.
A few of the older 4-H Club boys
and girls are being selected to at
tend this short course.
The week of August 25 is Farm
and Home Week at N. C. State
College. This event is for all farm
men and women. During the
week important persons will be
heard such as: General Dwight D.
Eisenhower; Miss Dorothy Thomp
son; Congressman Stephen Pace
of Georgia; Thomas J. Pearsall,
speaker of the N. C. House; T. B.
Hutchinson, Dean of the School of
Agriculture at V.P.I.; Dr. L. D.
Baver, Director of N. C. Experi
ment Station and Dean of the
School of Agriculture at N, C.
State College, and others.
Farm men and women who plan
to attend Farm and Home Week
should register at the County
Agent's office as soon as possible
in order that reservations and
transportation may be arrayed.
, ?- - . M. L. SNIPES,
County Agent1
When And Where To
Apply For Your New"
Driving Licenses
State Highway patrolman C.
D. Lindsay has announced that
a representative of the State
Motor Vehicle Department will
be at the court house in Sylva
? each Wednesday from 9 to 5 o'
clock for the purpose of issuing
driver's licenses to the follow
ing: All persons whose names
begin with A or B who now must
have their license* renewed; all
persons who are starting to drive
for the first time, and all per
sons who have lost their licenses.
The new state traffic law re
quires all persons whose names
begin with A or B to have their
licenses renewed between now i
and January 1st. After that a
new group of the alphabet will
be assigned a certain pc iod in
which to renew their licenses,
and so on until all persrns now
holding licenses to drive have
had them renewed.
Birth Announcement
Colonel and Mrs. Henry G.
Brady of Columbia, S. C-, announce
the birth of a daughter on Friday,
July 11, at Providence hospital,
Columbia. Mrs. Brady is the
former Betty Bain, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bain, Jr., of ,
Sylva.
I
Denounces Reds
DECIARING Hungary is now a po
lice state. Dezso Sulyok (above), i
outspoken leader of the Freedom
Party, told new^mep in Budapest
that, un! freedom of assembly is
guaranteed, he will schedule no
more p? litiral addresses and risk
open brawls with the Reds. The I
a^ti-C-mimunist leader said thai
h s party did "not want to start a]
^ v.^r." (International)
MITCHELL CHANGES
WORK AT WESTERN
CAROLINA TEACHERS
R. C. Sutton. Business Manager,
of Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege has announced the transfer of
J. S. Mitchell from the position of
Faim Manager to Superintendent
ot Buildings and Grounds. *'
Mr. Mitchell will have chargc of
the maintenance of the grounds
and buildings, and y! 1 pc rsonne'.
such as dormitory matrons. jani
tgjv, maids, groundsmen . nd part
time laborers, w.ll be unde r hi? su
pervision.
Mr. Mitchell'* office \v;ll be in
the lobby of the buMne.?> jffice for
the present.
WEBSTER NEWS
Miss Marion Madison of Ashe
. ville >per.t the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Midi
son.
Miss Helen Cowan and niecef
Betty Lou Cowan, have. returned
from a recent visit with Mrs.
Pryor Sillmon in Greensboro.
Mrs. Hyatt Walker and chil
dren of Newport News Va., and
Mrs. and Mrs. Natham Walker of
Clyde were guests of Mrs. Law
rence Cowan last week.
Ray Cowan of Dotrcit is visit-'
ing his father, Mr. James Cowan.
Mr. Candler Cagle of Florida is i
visiting his sister, Mrs. Joe Rhine- |
hart, and other relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Vearle Ensley en
tertained the Ensley family with
a picnic dinner at their hyme Sun
day. Those enjoying their hos
pitality were Mr. and Mrs. Cling
Ensley, Mr. and Mrs. Cling Ensley,
Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Potts
and family.
Miss Lucye Hedden is visiting
relatives and friends .n Brevard
this week.
Misses Annie Louise Madison,
Louise Madison, Pat McKee, and
Libby Cannon spent Tuesday in
Asheville.
SPONSORS OF
NATIONAL HIGHWAY
SAFETY PROGRAM
Jackson County Bank
Syhva Supply Co.
Dillsboro and Sylva Electric Co.
Gulf Oil Corporation
Holden's Service Station
Cannon Bros., Gas and Oil Cor
Mead Corporation
Shell Service Station
Cogdill Esso Service Station
Fisher's Gulf Service Station
Lewis Esso Service Station
Central Esso Service Station
Central Shell Service Station
A total of 55.000,000 persons vis
ited federal forest reserves in 1946
as compared ^wrttr-24,000,000 per
sons in 1945.
ParkingRegulations,
Meter Use Explained
TWO SECONDS TO KILL
How Jong is two seconds? Not
very long. Barely long enough
for a pedestrian to say, "I've got
gets here. V Barely long enough
for him to take six steps into
the roadway. But an automo
bile going 40 miles an hour
travels 118 feet in two seconds
?and even on good pavement,
; even with good brakes, the driv
er cannot stop under 126 feet . . .
Speed of oncoming cars is very
hard to judge, in daylight?im
possible at night. Last year some
130,000 pedestrains were killed
or injured between intersections
i because they guessed wrong or
just weren't thinking at all. The
place to cross the street is at
crosswalks, and if there is no
traffic light, it pays dividends in
life and limb to wait until the
way is clear. Two seconds is of
ten all the time it takes to die.
Dillsboro H. D.
Club Has Picnic
| Instead of having the regular
monthly meeting, the members of
the Dillsboro Home Demonstra
tion club had a picnic on Friday,
July 11. They motored to the
Smokemont picnic grounds and
enjoyed u bountiful picnic supper.
Following this games were played,
and everyone had a good time.
Eradication Of Flies
Homer Tui pin of Whittier is
shown as he sprayed his dairy
barn with DDT which was furnish
ed by the state laboratory of hy
giene to Grade A milk producers
? f the state in order to eradicate
flies and other germ-bearing in
serts. Mr. Turpin, and all other
dairymen eligible to receive the
DDT, applied it under the super- j
vision of county health officer,
Charlie Thomas.
The value of fire protection to
forest land rv/ners stands out in
the report. Ol the 172,278 forest
fires recorded in 1946, 75,773 oc
curred on the 532,102.000 acres now
protected by State. Federal and
private agencies, but 96,505 took
place on the 120,489,000 acres of
forest land still without protection.
JL
Meters Expected To Be
In Use by August 1st,
Type of Violations
Bv August.the Town of Sylva
hopes to havi- the pnrkinfl motarg
installed nnd ready for those per
sons who wish to park on the
Main street, the meters will take
either a penny for 12 minutes or
5c. for one hour.
For the benefit of the people as
a whole it was decided to make
one side of the street parallel and
the other angular, the streets are
so marked and the Board feels
that this will give a better flow of
traffic and still not interfere with
the normal parking or leaving
parking zones.
PARKING TO THE LEFT?
This strictly prohibited and will
carry a penalty of $3.00.
PARKING ON MILL STREET
?This will be prohibited and is
so ordered by the Board a law
that was passed at its last meet
ing. This street will be used ex
clusively for loading and unload
ing (and tihs does not mean that
you may park, go to your favorite
store, make purchases and return).
PARKING METERS?A viola
tion will carry a penalty of $1.00,
failure to turn in your ticket plus
a dollar within a twenty-four
hour period automatically becomes
a $5.00 one, if person then hold
ing ticket and does not return
same to Police Department, war
rant will be issued and person
taxed with costs.
TICKET FIXING?There is no
such thing, don't go see your ai
de: man or mayor or department
keads for there will be none of
tli is.
In making Mill Street a load
ing and unloading /.one the Board
feels that they have taken a step
forward tor your protection and
th" etfon flow of bus and truck
tiuific, no parking to the left will
be tolerated on this street. YOU
MUST PARK TO THE RIGHT,
regardless of the location.
HOODED METERS?There will
be some meters hooded for the
convenience of the merchants for
the unloading of milk, *ce, bread
and any commodity that is truck
ed to the place of business and for
the convenience. of the farmers
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Billy Sutton, Jimmy
Guthrie Join
Merchant Marines
Billy Sutton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe L. Sutton, and Jimmy
Guthrie, son of Mr. and Mrs. T.
K. Guthrie, have recently joined
the Merchant Marines and are now
on cruises. Billy has gone to China,
and Jimmy sailed July 11 for Ant
werp, Germany.
Both boys had previously served
two years with the Merchant Ma*
rines.
A two-gallon waterer should be
provided for each 50 chicks, and
one inch of feed trough space for
each chick.
Rotarians, Lions Give Large
Sum To Library and Scouts
At the regular Tuesday eve ing
meeting of the Sylva Rotary b
last ?- ?ek the members vol j to
dor "5.00 toward buying ref
rige. **t the district boy > out
camp .vood county. ho
Sylva i- nave also donated a
large sun ior thus purpose. A
strong appoal for the funds was
made oy T. N. Mnssie, who had
recently spent a night in the camp
with the boys. He told of how
scanty the food supply was, which
was due to lack of proper refrig
eration for keeping food ' Ho also
told of the wonderful training the
boys are receiving at the camp, and
of its worth as a project for tne
club to sponsor.
The club also made up a purse
of over $100 to be used by the
local library.
At this meeting President Delos
Hooper announced the following
committee appointements:
Club Service: Cole Cannon,
chairman.
Vocational Service: Charles
Heed, chairman, Paul Ellis, Charlie
Smith, Herbert Landis, T. N. Mas
sie, Dick Slagle, Dan Moore.
Program Committee: Keith
Hinds, chairman, W. A. Ashbrook,
Quay Grigg.
Attendance Committee: H. Gur
ley, chairman, Tom Wilson, Jim
Cannon, Ernest Bird.
Public Information: J. A. Gray,
chairman, John Seymour.
Rotary Information: Ralph Sut
ton, chairman, Biii Fiaher.
Fellowship: Harold McGuire,
Herbert Gibson.
Rotary Magazine: Pr.ul Kirk.
Membership and Classification:
Bill Ensor, chairman, Reg Enloe,
Grover Wilkes.
Community Service: Harry Fer
guson, chairman, Jake Bales,
Wayne Terrell, C. A. Hoyle, Wayne
McGuire, E. JL. McKcp. J. r.n Mor
I ris, Marvin Snipes, Arthur Widlick,
I John McDevitt, Stedrm.n Mitchell.
International Service: Ty Hunt
I er, chairman, Clinton Dodson, El
mer Carlson, Sam Gilliam, C, C.
Buchanan, Scroop Enloe, Tom
Houts, Jr., and all past presidents.