SyJva Dance Team Makes Good Showing In Festival The Sylva square dance team last week entered the Mountain Dance Festival in A>heville which gathered dance team? and mu sicians iruin all the caunt.es and states in this >ection 01 the coun try. Although the team did not win in the highly competitive con test, it made a good showing and received much applause and ad miration from the spectators, as well as much publicity in the Asheville papers. The present team was started about 1^44 by Mrs. E. O. Masii burn and Larry Mull, both well known local authorities on square dancing. Because of pressing business activities. Mull dropped the team and Mrs. Mashburn is now both manager and trainer of the team. Since it was organized the team has received a great deal of pub licity and it has been acclaimed as one of the best in this section. Jacksonians who saw the team when it gave an exhibition on the night of July 4 at the time of the street dance are well aware that^ the team has worked hard to dance Campbell9* ICE CREAM \J t Made Fresh TWICE DAILY All Popular Flavors RIT2 BUILDING as well as it did on the open street. Music lor the team's dancing has been furnished by Wallace Swann .? 11cl the Soco G,.p string band of Sylva since the team was originat ed. At the- present time the Jiond is in Waynesville. This will make the fourth time, the team has entered the Moun tain Dance Festival in Asheville.: win event which receives publicity throughout the country. In addi tion to appearing in the festival, the team has been called to give exhibitions at various other towns j including Highlands, Cherokee In dian Fair, Western North Carolina Fair at Henderson v?Uc, Canton, Gatlinburg, and Marion, - and was called back to the two latter places for the second time. The American Legion has spon sored the square dance team fori a great part of the time', and it is now known as the American Leg- | ion dance team. Much of th?" credit for the suc | cess of the team goes to the caller, Shuford Cagle, who also is a mem ber of the team. He has spent much time and effort in keeping the team organized and is in large part re sponsible for it. Expenses for the team's trips are often paid in part by the members of the team itself, and members of the community who "are interested in the team often help furnish trans portation. Members of the team are as fol lows: (listed in couples) (1) Shu ford Cagle, caller, and Joan Mash burn, leading lady, (2) Red Steph ens and Betty Maney, (3) Carol Thompson and Sis Jacobs, (4) J. H. Almond and Nancy Canipe, (5) Randall Goldman and Tot Jacobs, (6) Earl Morgan and Wanda Davis, (7) Lyman Parker and Shorty Bryson, (8) Red Monteith and Jessie Ray Bryson, and (9) Jim Shuler and Doris Ann Estes. The latter two, Jim Shuler and Doris Ann Estes, are new mem bers of the team, having been se lected last week to replace two members who were forced to leave the team. According to Mrs. Mushburn, the personnel of the i team :> constantly changing in this' way ;.s some leave and are re placed by new members. There are eight couples on the regular team, and the two new members will be substitutes. Mrs. Mas'nburn, the present manager! lias been connected with PONTIAV A Prrduct of General Motors All you could ask of any car! Yet you get all this at extremely low cost. In fact, if you can afford any new car?you can afford a Pontiac. So be wise?and get the car that gives you everything ... a beautiful Silver Streak Pontiac! ? ? ? THE SOONER YOU PLACE YOUR ORDER for a new Pontiac, the earlier you will get it. hi the meantime, take care of your present car? you will get more for it when your new car is delivered. Tune in HENRY J, TAYLOR on the air twice weekly. 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The Dutch Army is estimated at 120,000 men (International) EXTENSION SERVICE RELEASE SUMMARY OF 1946 ACTIVITIES I "A Good Year of Peace and Progress" was realized in 1946 by Tar Heel farmers and homemak ers, according to the title and sub stance of the annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Ex tension Service, released this week by Director I. O. Schaub. As the director's report to the people of the state, it views the Extension Service record in twen ty-eight pages of interesting, read able sections on all of the phases of farming, homemaking and youth programs. Thirty-eight photo graphs, taken in all parts of North Carolina, illustrate the report. The record for the first year of peacetime farming since 1940 shows that 241,550 farms and 147, 656 farm homes" made definite changes in practices toward better farming and homemaking. Of the state's 287,989 farms, according to, the 1945 census, county or statej college personnel visited 150,5821 different farmsteads, and answer ed 648,933 office and telephone in quiries for assistance. More than 286,000 farm families were in fluenced by some phase of the Ex tension program. A total of 369,939 adults attend I square danie teams for about 11 i years. Sever;-! members of the present team have been with it [.quite a time, among them ?Joan Mashburn who is the leading I * c lady. EAST LA PORTE NEWS (Last Week's Letter) The annual graveyard decora tion was held at the Wike ceme tery last Sunday. A large crowd attended and a picnic lunch was served on the lawn of Mr. Lee Wike. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cope of Sylva visited Mr. E. P. Williams Sunday. Friends of Mrs. Joseph Keyes will be glad to learn that she has returned to her home from the Sylva hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bryson of Burnsville were visitors here last Sunday. The Brysons are former residents of East LaPorte. Their daughter, Anna Lee, returned home with them after attending summer school at Cullowhee. Mrs. Susie Zachary spent last Wednesday and Thursday in Syl va with Mr. and Mrs. Kit Zachary. Mr. and Mrs. Davis Potts will return to Asheboro Wednesday* to make their home after having lived here for several months. The graves at the East LaPorte cemetery will be cleaned on Sat urday, August 2. It is hoped that people having relatives buried here will attend. * Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Cole of Pickens, S. C., visited Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wachob Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Siniard of Brevard were over Sunday to at tend the decoration of the Wike cemetery. Richard Mc Kee \\ ho has been I visiting his .-ister, Mrs. Cyrus Nicholson, left Sunday tor Detroit, Mich., Paul Barnes, who has been visiting here for two weeks, re turned to Detroit with him. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rogers of New York are visaing relatives here. Mrs. Rogers is the former Miss Nell Moody. Thomas Wike made a business trip to Greenville, S. C., Monday. QUALLA NEWS j Mrs. Tom Massie of Hazel wood spent Sunday with Mr. Phil Crisp I and Miss Dora Crisp. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hyatt of Asheville were the guests of Mr.l and Mrs. Zell Stillwell and family Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kinsland and daughter, Linda, of Asheville and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Callahan and son. Harold, were Sunday guests of Mr.' and Mrs. Jim Sitton. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bradburn visited Mr. and Mrs. Selph Kim sey and family Sunday afternoon. Mr. C. O. Jenkins of Swannanoa visited Mr. C. W. Jenkins Monday. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Crisp and Mr. and Mrs. Zell Walker and fam ily visited relatives in Hickory last week-end. Mr. D. C. Hughes and daughter, Shirley, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hughes at Murphy. Mrs. Carl Hoyle spent the week end with relatives in Asheville. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kitchen were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J, K. Terrell on Sunday. Mrs. G. A. Kinsland spent Sat urday with her sister, Mrs. Joe Bradley, at Cherokee. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Denton and family and Mr. Joe Denton of Blowing Rock, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Oxner, Mr.t and Mrs. Edward Blanton and family were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Estes Talbert and family Sunday. ELECT CHURCH OFFICERS Officers which were recently ed more than 23.000 method dem onstrations while rural youth re sponded 651,036 strong to swell at tendance at more than 18,000 dem onstrations for young people. Total membership in the state's 1,955 4-H Clubs was listed at 95, 483 and 56.021 farm women mem.? bers of 2.221 home demonstration clubs sold farm products valued at $2,237,465. Singing Convention The Central Jackson Singing convention and the West Haywood Singing convention will meet jointly at Balsam Baptist church Sunday afternoon, August 3, at 1:30 o'clock. All singers in the two communi ties are urged to attend. R. D. PHILLIPS, President Jackson Co. Singing Convention Mrs. H. L. Walston returned to her home in Fayette.ville last week after having visited her sister, Mrs. L. P. Allen and Mr. Allen at their home here. Mrs. Allen now has as her guest another sister, Mrs. R. L. Plummer, of Savannah, Ga., who will be with her and Mr. Allen for several days. Friends of Mr. L. P. Allen re gret to learn that he continues ill and confined to his bed at his home here. elected at the Shoal Creek Baptist church are as follows: Mr. L. J. Rodgers, pastor; John Hyatt, Jr., superintendent; Miss Helen Mea dows, ^secretary; Hubert Callahan, clerk; and Mrs. Jim Sitton, treas urer. Massie Attends Wild Life Federation Meet T. N. Massie, local furniture dealer and wild life enthusiast, at tended the session of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation in Asheville Monday and Monday night. Bart Cope, district game warden, attended the night session also. The meeting was held on the roof garden of the Langren hotel. Carl D. Shoemaker of Washing ton, D. C., representative of the National Wildlife Federation, was the principal speaker. Mr. Shoe maker, a former newspaper pub lisher, emphasized the necessity of the new commission from the standpoint of protection and urged close relationship between the sportsman and the farmer. All wildlife problems are local, Mr. Shoemaker pointed out, and warned that if you don't have the right management of land you are not going to have wildlife. "You as sportsmen qf North Car olina must work out your owti salvation on your own land, and then you will have wildlife." The important thing is to keep up the interest, Mr. Shoemaker said, and the way to do this is to FAMOUS child actress Shirley Tern* pie will soon have a mother role, but not on the screen. At a party at the Temple home in Brentwood, Calif., Shirley announced that next January she expects to become m mother. She was married to John Agar in SeDt.. 1945.1 International^ Awaits Stork develop projects and obtain greater cooperation from farmers. ORDER And be prepared for Winter Days Ahead. JACKSON COAL & LUMBER CO Phone 38 Sylva; N. t A Statement To Our Customers About Resale PRICES of PRODUCTS Built by International Harvester Company Here at Harvester we are con cerned over the fact that a growing number of our prod ucts are appearing on the re sale market at greatly inflated prices. As manufacturers, we try to produce at the lowest possible cost. We cannot set the prices at which our products?trac tors, motor trucks, farm im plements, refrigeration, and in dustrial power equipment?are sold. We can and do suggest list prices which the great ma jority of our dealers adopt as their retail prices. $20,000,000 Price Reduction Our basic price policy was publicly stated in March, 1947, when we announced price re ductions at the rate of approxi mately $20,000,000 per year on our products. At that time, Fowler McCormick, Chairman ol' the Board, said: "any price IS TOO high IF IT can BE RE DUCED." Practically all of our dealers cooperated with this policy and passed on the savings to their customers. The objective of the price reductions was to make it pos sible for customers to buy our products, which they need so badly, at lower prices. Natu rally, this purpose is defeated when our products are sold by anybody at inflated prices, IH Production at All-Time Peak inflattu pi ices are caused by the difference between supply and demand. To increase sup ply, we now have the greatest number ol employes in history on our payrolls?almost 90,000 in the United States, as against about 60,000 prewar. Large new plants are getting in to pro duction In Louisville, Evans ville, and Melrose Park. A fourth will soon be In opera tion in Memphis. The men and women now employed are turning out the greatest quan tities of 1H products of all kinds that we have ever made. These are also the finest prod ucts we have ever made, and recognition of that fact is an important contributing factor to the demand for them. Distribution to Dealers But even record-breaking pro duction is not sufficient to give your dealer?and other IH dealers?enough products to meet today's demand. We have tried to make the fairest possi ble geographical allocation of our products so that every dealer would get a fair share, and we know that dealers, in most cases, have tried earnestly to make the fairest possible distribution to their customers. But we also know that many of our products?far too many ?are .being resold at inflated prices. The public criticism and resentment of these resales are of real concern to us, as we know they must be tn our deal ers, because such reactions en danger the good will of both the dealer and the Company in any community. Distribution to Customers Experience shows that many IH new products are being re sold by users who decide they can continue to make out with their old equipment after they have had an inflated offer for their new equipment. To elimi nate this, many dealers are taking measures to be sure that equipment purchased is for their customers' own use and is not to be resold. Nearly all IH dealers, we be lieve, are now using the basis of present nbed as their pri mary guide for the sale of scarce products. The customer whose need is real and urgent is not likely to resell. What Price Should You Pay? While it may take a little more time to get delivery, we urge our customers to consider all of the factors mentioned here, before paying more than the list price for any IH product. Any IH dealer or branch can furnish the suggested list price for any IH product. We know that the over whelming majority of III deal ers are as much opposed to in flated prices as we are. In the public interest, we have al ready asked their cooperation ?and are now asking the co operation of customers ? in CGiiwcUng this situation. * - f INTERNATIONAL b'AR72STiR IJ ^ . *. #w