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VOL. XXII, NO. 9
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, July 31, 1947
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Parking Meters Up;
Street Deserted As
Local People Help
163 Meters Installed
Last Week To Regulate
Parking on Main Street
Among the first official acts of
Sylva's newly elected board of
aldermen was the placing of an
order for 163 parking meters for
the city for the purpose of regulat
ing parking in the city's more con
jested areas.
The meters were installed the
first of lafct week and began op
erating Monday. The first few
days of use would indicate that
they have brought the desired re
sults as regarding parking. You
can now find plenty of parking
places on Main street if you pay
your penny or nickel. Cars which
used to be left standing on the
street for hours, perhaps all day,
have been left at home or parked
on side streets.
The meters were installed by
Bill Syah, representing the M. H.
Rhodes Company of Hartford,
Mass. Other nearby towns using
the same type meter are Bryson
City, Waynesville, Franklin, Black
Mountain, Morganton, and Valdese.*
Our meters were up a few days
before they were placed in use
and many pople gave them the
once over, with a few visitors
dropping pennies o. .licke .in h '
slot over the week-end.
Parking fees will be required
from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. every day
except Sundays and holidays.
Charges are 1 cent for 12 minutes
parking, 2 cents for 24 minutes, 3
cents for 36 minutes, 4 cents for
48 minutes and 5 pennies or a
nickel for an hour. Two nickels
can be placed in for two hours
pprkirg.
J-.ocal police are making fre
quent checks CJl all meters to see
that no violations occur and col
lection of deposits will be made
weekly, of which half of the
amount will go to Rhodes Company i
until the meters are paid for, the
other half retained by the city.
Funeral Rites For
Miss Marie Elders
Miss Marie Elders, 26, died in a
Raleigh hospital Saturday morn-|
ing, following an illness of sixi
years. She was the daughter of'
Mr. and Mrs. Jode Elders, formerly,
of Dillsboro, but now of Sarah,!
Ga. Mr. Elders is an employee of,
Hennessee Lumber Co. at Blue GaJ
Among survivors are the par
ents and one sister.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at Barkers Creek church. Moody j
Funeral Home was in charge of
arrangements.
William Henry and Lloyd Kirk
are spending this week in Thomp
son, Ga., with their aunt, Mrs. I
Lloyd Smith, and family. I
Aldermen Order
Rigid Enforcement
Of Traffic Laws
The Board of Aldermen met last
Thursday night, passing on several
matters, Mayor Jack Allison has
announced. He said that begin
ning today (Thursday) all park
ing meter regulations and all oth
er traffic regulations will be rig
idly enforced. The money from
fines for violations will go to a
special ?'bank account especially
for that money.
The board also voted to have alj
parts of Sylva not now having
sewers surveyed so that sewers
may be put in. They will be in
| stalled in Rhodestown and other
J parts of the city now without
| them.
I Permission was granted by the
| aldermen to Hooper Motor Co.,
Cannop Brothers, and to Allison
Brothers to span Scotts Creek.
The final action of the board
I meeting was to order a beer license
to be given to George Lewis for
use in the Bird Cafe.
I ?? ? ?.
French Mother Gives Birth
To Daughter At Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. George William
j Thomas announce the birth of a
| daughter, Georgette Ellen, on
| Thursday, July 24, at the Harris
| Community'hospital. Mrs. Thom
1 as, before her marriage, Was Miss
I Simone Bertha Michelet of Antony
Seine, France.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas were mar
ried in France on February 5, 1946.
They came to America in March,
1947, after Mr. Thomas had served
for three years in the army. -
Phone Company
Puts Mn Modern
\\ew Equipment
I Western Carolina Telephone
Company has the distinction of be
, ing the first telephone company in
I the Southeast to put into operation
a new type of telephone service.
I This new-equipment makes it pos
| sible to carry on six conversations
! simultaneously over two wires.
This equipment was installed in
S> lva and Cashiers, increasing
Cashiers' long distance facilities
100 per cent.
The equipment, made by the
Western Electric Company, oper
ates similar to radio with the ex
ception that it travels on a wire,
each conversation is handled on a
different frequency.
It is expected by the telephone
companies that as soon as it is
possible for the manufacturers to
go into full scale production to be
able to serve a lot of the rural
areas with this type of equipment.
2,000 Attend Annual Picnic9
Jackson Unit Of Federation
With approximately 2,000 per
sons in attendance, the annual
Farmers Federation picnic for
Jackson county was held in the
Sylva High school building Satur
day.
James G. K. McClure, president
of federation, made his annual re
port on activities of the organiza-i
tion, using placards to illustrate
his talk. The placards, bearing the
titles: New Projects, Bulbs; Farm-;
ers Federation News; The Lord's'
Acre; Skyline Dairy Cooperative;'
Dairy Improvement; Handicrafts;
Wood Products; Burley Tobacco, I
and Hatchery, were held by mem-'
bers of the federation and citizens
of Jackson county.
In speaking of the Skyline
Dairy, Mr. McClure stated that
it will be the basis for the protec
tion of the Western North Carolina
dairy farmer. The dairy, he add
ed. will be opened in about 10
days. The bulb industry, some
> thing new to the federation, is ex
pected to bring thousands of dol
lars per year to the farmers of
this area from bulbs and flowers.
? Mr. McClure announced a new
artificial breeding service, soon to
be launched, which will enable the
dairy farmers to breed their herds
to the best bulls available, thus in
creasing the milk production of
their dairies by a large percentage.
E. M. Ball was introduced as
new editor of the Farmers Federa
tion News to succeed Robert J.
Brown, who has resigned to make
a lecture tour of the state of Texas.
The Rev. Dumont Clarke, head
of the religious department of the
federation, reported on the Lord's
Acre movement, telling how it:
has spread to all parts of the Unit
ed'States and into many foreign
countries, creating self-support
ing churches. A new program of
Christian Recreation is being
launched in many churches of
this area, he reported, and an
nounced that pamphlets on this
work will be available soon. "We
need new Christian forces in our
churches to build a brotherhood
of peace," Mr. Clarke stated.
The invocation was pronounced
by the Rev. W. N. Cook, pastor of
Baptist churches at Webster and
Dillsboro.
Dan Tompkins, representative
? (Continued to page 10) |
MARSHALL MAKES 'INSIDE1 REPORT
I INFORMATION OF VITAL importance to the nation is given members of
the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington during a 90 minute
"inside report" made by Secretary of State George C. Marshall (center).
Marshall, who has just completed his first half year in office, is shown
with Chairman Charles A. Eaton (R-N. J.) and Rep. Sol Bloom (right),
of New York, ranking minority member of the committee, which met
| in special executive session. (International Soundphoto)
I
Library Now Has Many New
Books For Citizens Enjoyment
f New books recently received in
the Jackson County Library are;
? as follows: Border Bandit, Evan;'
D. A. Breaks the Seal, Gardner;
Coroner's Creek, Short; Another
Woman's House, Eberhart; Bor-I
rowed Brunette, Gardner; Strum-'
pets Wind, Merrick; Clever Sis-1
ter, Banning; Wilderness Adven
ture, Page; Spoonhandle, Moore;
Last Straw Harriett, Cadell; Jere
my Bell, Davis; Rise of Henry
Morcar, Bentley: Chloe Marr,j
Milne; Nearby, Yates; Uneasy
Spring Mc^lov; Harpes in Wind,
Brink; Decorating Unpainted Fur
niture, Ornstein; The Herdsmen,
Wilson; Wild Yazoo, Myers; Bright
Skies, Loring; Success on a Small J
Farm, Pearson; Rediscovery of
Morals, Link; Horizon, Maclnnes.
The Lull, Miller; Modern Fam
ily Garden Book, Biles; Easyi
Crafts, Joeger; Cokesbury Show-j
er Book, Fite; Things to Make fori
Lawn and Garden, Champion; The|
Reluctant Widow, Heyer; Marble
Man's Wife, Norwood; The Light!
? Heart, Thane; The Mirrow, Rice;;
Shod with Flame, Mille; Empty
Saddles, Cody; Valley of Vanish-?
Miss Fisher Goes To Greece
Miss Elizabeth Fisher left this
week, by plane for Athens, Greece,
where she will be secretary to
Dwight P. Griswold, Head of the'
American Mission of Aid to Greece. |
Prior to this she was employed'
in Washington, D. C., and Atlanta,
Ga. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Fisher of Sylva.
Rev. Grigg To Assist In
Revival At Forest City
Rev. W. Q. Grigg, pastor of Syl
va Methodist church, will leave
Saturday to assist in a revival
meeting at Forest City. Rev. J. B.
Tabor, formerly pastor of First
Methodist church in Canton, is
pastor of the Forest City church.
In the absence of Mr. Grigg, Mr.
Ed Steffncr wilt preach ? Sunday
morning at the Sylva church, using
as his subject, "When A Faith
Overcomes Fear."
Mr. and Mrs. George Lee spent
several days last week with Mr.
Lee's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walt
Lee, in Lawndale.
ing Men, Brand; Stranger at Home,
Sanders; Around the Garden, Jen
kins; Lunch Box, Brobeck; Old
Doc, Seifert; The Hollow, Christie;
So Young So Fair, Seifert; How to
Enjoy Retirement, Pitkin; Moon
rise, Strauss; Storm Center, Mc
Spadden; Great Lady, MacKay;
M-FSr-Mike, Freeman; White House
Physician, Mclntire; Close Pur-|
suit, Burt; Field Book of Eastern!
Birds, Hausman; Managing A
Farm, Johnson; New Encyclopedia
of Modern Sewing.
The Wayward Bus, Steinbeck;
Woman on Way, Baldwin; Vinland,
Shute; Dewy Eyes, Rosmond; In
| Hands of Senecas, Edmunds; The
i White Dress, Eberhart; Honolulu
Story, Ford; Brave Mardi Gras,
Roberts (signed); Sudden Guest,
LaFarge; Old American Houses,
WilTiams; The Saint Sees It '
Through, Charteris; Over at Crow
leys, Norris; Salem Frigate, Jen
nings; Janey Jcens, Harris; Great
Horse Stories, Cooper; Inside USA,
Gunther; Treasurery of Droll
Stories, Fabricant; So To Speak,
Von Hess; Pilgrims Rest, Went
worth.
Study Artificial
Cattle Hrvvdiny
A meeting?one of a series of 17
?will be held in Sylva at 10 a. m.;
Tuesday, August 12, to determine
farmers' interest in the establish
ment of artificial dairy cattle
breeding units in the area. Other
meetings will be held in the various
counties of Western North Caro
lina to determine interest in each,
one.
4 " 1
At these meetings information j
will be given on the value of breed- j
ing units, their cost to farmers,!
and the type of local organization'
needed to operate them. In coun- j
ties where there is sufficient inter
est it is proposed that a local
breeding association could be
formed which would be governed
entirely by its members.
Already, it was stated, the Amer
ican Scientific Breeding associa-j
tion, an organization financed by
Rockefeller Prentice, is proposing,
to install registered proven dairy
bulls in a bull barn recently built
by the Farmers' Federation in
Fairview, provided there is suf
ficient demand by farmers to war
rant such an undertaking.
All farmers interested in such1
a program should attend the meet-'
ing to show that farmers are in-:
terested and will support the pro
gram, should one be begun for
Jackson county.
Rev. Story To Supply
Sylva Baptist Church
Rev. C. M. Warren, pastor of
Sylva Baptist church, will leave
Sunday afternoon to hold a revival:
meeting at Lodge, S. C., at the'
Carters Ford church. In his ab-j
sence the Rev. Wilmot Story will!
supply the Sylva pulpit on Sunday |
night. Mr. Story is from George-!
town. Ky. I
DtLLSBORO PLANT
GRINDING FELDSPAR
ON LARGE SCALE |
The Interstate Feldspar Cor-!
proration, with plant at Dillsboro,!
is now grinding and shipping
around 1200 tons of material
monthly, according to W. H. Swaiif
son. general manager of the plant.,
Mr: Swanson stated this week that
the plant is only running one shift
daily at this time but that the de
mand is great for the product and
it is expected that the plant here
will expand its operations to in-j
crease the output. 1
Five men are now employed*
regularly at the plant with an an
nual payroll of around $15,000.00.
Payments to farmers and others
who supply the mill with the raw
material are paid large sums for
the spar. Mr. Swanson stated that
an average truckload of spar runs
around $45.00.
A recent state survey reveals'
that there is a large quantity of
the ore in this section of Jackson
county. Farmers who find it on
their land and wish to market it
can take a sample to Asheville for
analysis and, if it tests out satis
factorily, the plant at Dillsboro
will buy it.
Ed Steffner To Work
With Methodist Yoitth
Mr. Ed Steffner, who recently
graduated from Duke University
Theological School, arrived last
Wednesday to spend several wt^eks
as assistant pastor of Sylva Meth
odist Church. Mr. Steffner's work
will be mainly with young people.
Will Appear In Play
Electra Ballou, graduate of the
Chicago school of expression and
an honor graduate of the Royal
Academy of London, will have the
leading role in "Post Road," to bc>
presented by the "Theatre In The
Sky" Friday night at 8:30 p. in.
Well known for her f.ne character
delineations, Miss Ballou has been
prominent on the American stage
as an actress and singer and is also
a poetess of note with several pub
lished works to her credit.
Rev. and Mrs. W. Q. Grigg spent
Tuesday in Lawndale with Mr.
Grigg's parents, Dr. and Mrs< W. T.
Grigg. It was the occasion of Dr.
and Mrs. Grigg's fifty-eighth wed
ding anniversary.
SPONSORS OF
NATIONAL HIGHWAY
SAFETY PROGRAM
Recce-Hampton Motor Co.
Hall and Norton Tire Co.
Builders Supply & Lumber Co.
Buchanan Auto A Electric Co.
Jack and Howard Allison
Mead Corporation
Bakers' Service Station, Dillsboro
Russell and Middleton Service Sta.
Olivine Products Corp.
Monteith's Service Station
Fulmer Motor Company
Hooper Motor Company
Jackson County Bank
Sylva Supply Co. ,
Dillsboro and Sylva Electric Co.
Gulf Oil Corporation
Holden's Service Station
Cannon Bros., Gas and Oil Co.
Mead Corporation
Shell Service Station
Cogdill Eeso Service Station
Fisher's Gulf Service Station
Lewis Esso Service Station
Central Esso Service Station
Central Shell Service Station
Chamber Body Plans
Dinner Meeting For
State Officer's Visit
Chamber Of Commerce
Dinner Speaker
HARRY J. KRUSZ, president of
the North Carolina Association of.
Chamber of Commerce Executives,]
will be the principal'speaker at a
dinner meeting program of the |
Jackson County Chamber of Com-:
merce to be held here on Wednes-'
day, August 6. The Chamber of
Commerce official is making a
scheduled trip to several of the
towns of Western North Carolina'
at this time. He will visit Waynes-I
ville and Bryson 'City on the 5th I
and 7th. He will be entertained'
at lunch on the 6th by Mr. and;
Mrs. E. L. McKee and a number
of the local chamber officials at
High Hampton, according to an
announcement by President Felix
Picklesimer.
Jimmy Bales Is Tapped
By Order of The Arrow
Jimmy Bales, of Senior (Jlitfit
No. 1, Sylva, was recently tapped
to be a member of Order of the
Arrow, an honorary organization
of Scouts, at Camp Daniel Boone
where he has been a staff member
for the summer camp season. The
honor, one of the highest given at
Camp Daniel Boone, is given to
Scouts selected on a basis of p<p
ularity and leadership.
Initiation into the order will
take place August 1 and 2 at Camp
Daniel Boone.
Tne annual staff banquet for
members of the camp staff was held
Tuesday night, with Scout Execu
:ive A. W. Allen presiding. Jimmy
Bales, Jack English, and Francis
Pless were chosen to lead a staff
hike into the mountains surround
ing the camp to find camp sites for
I overnight hikes next year. The
staff hike is a part of the new
I camp program for older scouts.
| Mr. Bumgarner Injured
When Car Turns Over
Mr. Lewis Bumgarner, driving
from Cherokee to Sylva, received
painful but not serious injuries
Tuesday morning when his 1942
Congressman Redden
Also To Be Present
For Booster Occasion
Arrangements are being made ?
by the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce ofticers for a dinner
meeting f< r the members of the
organization to be held Wednes
day evening, August 6, at which
time Harry .1. Krusz, President of
the North Carolina A.-sociation of
Chamber of Commerce Executives,
will be the honoied guest and prin
cipal speaker. Mr. Kru>z will talk
on the .various activities which
a chamber .of commerce should be
active in. The highlights of his
talk will touch on, "The Chamber
of Commerce in a Changing
World": The purpose of the Cham
ber of Commerce in our Lives To
day; The Program of Work, Ad
ministration, Civic Activities,
Membership, Business, Fundamen
tal Phases Necessary to Good
Work, Industrial Relations and
Development, Education and Cul
tural Development, Agricultural
Developments, Highways, City
Planning, Aviation, Veterans Af
fairs, Junior Chambers.
Mr. Krusz will arrive here in
the afternoon from High Hampton
where he is to be the guest of the
McKees and the Jackson county
Chamber ol Commerce dt a lunch
eon.
Mr. Krusz is well qualified to
handle the subjects he will dis
cuss as he has spent many years in
public relations and chamber of
commerce work. He is a native of
Texas and was educated at Wash
ington. University, Northwestern
University and University of Ne
| braska. FofV six years he was
| manager of Industrial Relations
i with Commonwealth Steel Com
pany ,it St. Louis; was one of the
, founders and ,organizers of the
United States Junior Chamber of
Commerce; gefieral manager of the
Chambers of Commerce in Tulsa,
Okla., Lincoln ton, Nebr., and Win
ston-Salem; and joined the Army
in 1941 with International Di
vision, Army Service Forces. In
this\i apacity he circled the globe,
servt'Tl 15 months in the middle
East, Egypt, Persian Gulf. Pales
tine, Arabia, and North Africa.
Any one interested in attending
I the meeting and hearing Mr. Krusz
should contact Mr. Felix Pickle
simer.
President Picklesimer announc
ed just before press time that Con
gressman Monroe Redden, who is
now vacationing at his home in
Hendersonville, has accepted an
invitation to be present at th?
meeting.
I Ford car turned over in the high
j way at the end of- the Barkers
j Creek stretch of highway 19-A.
I Considerable damage was done to
1 the car.
Theatre In The Sky To Present
"Post Road" Friday 8:30 P.M.
The "Theatre In The Sky", of
Waynesville will present the sen
sational mystery-comedy success
"Post Road" by Wilbur Daniel
Steele and Norma Mitchell Fri
day, August 1, at 8:30 P. M. in
th Elementary School Auditorium
-at Sylva. The plays are sponsored
by the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce and are under the
direction of Maurice Geoffrey.
Electra Ballou appears in the
leading character part of Emily
Madison, owner of a respectable.
"Guest Home" on the Boston Post
Road, from which the play de
rives its name.
*
Grace Shiner and Donald E.
?Vogt are again teamed as husband
and wife, playing May and George
Preble, Emily's shrewish sister
and meek brother-in-Uw who is
a radio bug. George Kenyon plays
the Reverend CTSftwright, a per
manent guest of the home on "Post
Road."
Into this quiet atmosphere come
a mysterious gang led by D.\
Spender played by David Crom
well. The gang includes Ella Beth
Hurst, posing as a Nurse, Fredric
Gadette as the tough chauffeur
and Jean Argle as The Girl, who
later disappears.
Miss Jackie Sue Messer makes
a guest appearance with the
"Theatre In The Sky" this week
playing Mrs. Cashiers, a garrulous
"wash-lady". Jean Ann Bradley
appears in a character role, Mrs.
Canby and Mary Michal also
makes her first appearance as Mrs.
Cashier's daughter, Jeeby. Bob
King plays Willie Bunce and W.
Lawrence Benton completes the
cast as Virgil Bemis, the State
Trooper.
Special sound effects for the
production will be in charge of
Fredric Gndette and the stage set
ting is in charge of Elma Ilene and
Bill Morrow.
Tickets are on sale at the Cham
ber of Commerce office in Sylva
and at the Auditorium L^x-office
Friday nigh/ Next week the
company wil
professional
James Hiltoi
ning novel,
an elaborat
gorgeous Ch
present the premiere
stage production of
's Pulitzer Prize win
4Lost Horizon," with
stage setting and
nese costumes.