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VOL. XXII, NO. 11
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, August 14, 1947
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State School Heads Hear
Redden Speak on Federal
Aid For Public Schools
School Superintendents 1
Conference At Cullovvhee
Ends With Banquet
Monroe4 Redden, congressman of
the 12th district from Henderson
ville, addressed about two hun
dred fifty superintendents of pub
lic schools of North Carolina who
attended the annual superinten
dents'^conference at Western Car
olina Teachers College last week
when it was estimated that about
90 percent of the state's city and
county superintendents were pres
ent. The address by the congress
man was made at a banquet on
Thursday night, the highlight of
the entire conference.
The purpose of the meeting was
for the discussion of problems per
taining to the supervision of North
Carolina public schools and educa
tion in general. The conference
began Wednesday evening, August
6, and lasted through Friday morn
ing, August 8, with Superintendent
Clyde A. Erwin presiding. The
Student Union Building Was the
central meeting place of the con
ference for the superintendents,
and their wives who were guests.
Dr. Hunter Greets Visitors
The conference was officially
opened by five minute greetings
by Dr. H.'T. Hunter, president of
Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege, Reid Ross, president of the
Department of Superintendents,
NCEA, and by Mrs. E. B. Hunter,
president of the North Carolina
Congress of Parents and Teachers.
The initial address was made by
T. G. Pullen, Jr., State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction of
Maryland.
Supervision of Schools Discussed
On Thursday the program be
gan with the discussion of super
vision of the schools, with Dr. J.
Henry Highsmith as chairman.
Each supervisor was recognized
and each made a ten-minute state
ment, as follow^: "Orientation of
Beginning Personnel" by Lissie
Pearce, supervisor of Martin coun
ty; "Supervision of Health Educa
tion by a General Supervisor" by
Myrtle Butler, primary supervisor
of Winston-Salem; "Promotion by
Grades, Problems in Attendance,
and the Over-age Child" by Eloise
Rankin, supervisor of Mecklen
burg county; "Some Aspects of
Supervision i n Northampton
County" by Mary Vann O'Briant,
Division of Instructional Service,
now supervisor of' Northampton
county schools and formerly teach
er in Bryson City elementary
schools; "Supervision in the South
ern Area" by Julia Wetherington,
Division of Instructional Service;
"Supervision of the Health and
Physical Education Program" by
Charles E. Spencer, Division of
Instructional Service; "Supervision
?Education's Number One Need"
by Dr. J. Henry Highsmith. ,
After a recess, the topic for dis
continued to page 10)
Dr. Smith Declines
Carson-Newman Offer
Dr. H. P. Smith, acting head of
of the Social Science department
of Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege, recently declined an offer of
a position at Carson-Newman
College as professor of history and
social science, according to in
formation released from Dr.
Smith's office this week. Car
son Newman College, located at
Jefferson City, Tenn., is an ac
credited Baptist college.
The offer was declined, it was
said, because Dr. Smith wished to
remain at Western Carolina Teach
ers College as professor of social
science. Dr. Smith has been con
nected with the Cullowhee college
since 1938 as an active and pro
gressive member of the faculty.
In declining the position at Car
son-Newman College, Dr. Smith,
stated that he envisioned a great
and prosperous future for .West
tern Carolina Teachers College and
that he was "happy to have a small
part in the building of a greater
institution of higher learning in
Western North Carolina."
In addition to his teaching duties
and committee work at Cullowhee,
Dr. Smith is very active in church
and community life. He is director
of the Cullowhee BapUst Qnurch
choiiy^vhich is composed of fifty
mixed voices ?rom Cullowhee and
Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege. The choir is widely known
for its splendid concerts of sacred
music. Dr. Smith is a Mason, a
member of the Library Board at
the college, and an active civic
leader.
Funeral Rites For
Mrs. L. Franks
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at Zion Hill Baptist
church for Mrs. Lucinda Franks,
who died Sunday at her home near
Gay.
Mrs. Franks was a life-long
resident of Jackson county and
was 80 years of age at the time of
her death. She is survived by a
host of relatives and friends.
GI Farmer Training Class
Goes on Farm Inspection Tour
John Corbin, agriculture teacher*
for the veterans farmer training
program in the Sylva district, re
cently accompanied members of
the class on a field trip to Hay
wood, Buncqmbe, Henderson, and
Transylvania counties. The pur
pose of the trip Was for the in
spection of apple orchards, dairies,
turkey farms, truck growing fields,
hybrid corn seed production plots,
with special emphasis placed on
the visit to the packing houses and
marketing systems of Henderson
county.
The purpose and cause for the
field trip grew out of the young
farmers' study of the lack of
marketing facilities in Jackson
county. "Jackson county farmers
and citizens of the county as a
whole, are greatly handicapped
and will be in the future until a
satisfactory outlet for farm pro
duce is provided," said Mr. Cor
bin. He earnestly solicits the co
operative...aid of all tiy business
people of the county in an effort
toward providing a satisfactory
market for farm produce. "Right
now you couldn't sell twenty-five
"Here Comes Charlie"
To Play Friday Night
The play, "Here Comes Charlie,"
which was given by the Interme
diate girls of Old Savannah church
on August 11, met with such ap
proval that the director, Mrs. O. L.
Cagle, and her group of girls have
been asked to repeat the play. On
Friday, August 15, at 8 p. m. the
play, "Here Comes Charlie," will
again be presented at the Old Sa
vannah church.
Come and bring your friends.
Annual Phillips Reunion
To Be Held at Cullowhee
The annual Phillips family re
union will be held at the home of
R. D. Phillips at Cullowhee on
Sunday, August 17. All friends
and relatives are invited to pack
a picnic lunch and attend the pic
nic.
bushels of beans in Sylva. There
are plenty grown here and other
vegetables as well, but there is no
market for them," Mr. Corbin said.
ALLISON TO GO AFTER
CITY'S NEW STREET
WASHING EQUIPMENT
Mayor Jack C. Allison has an
nounced that he will leave Satur
day for Orange, 111., to receive and
drive back-to-Sylva the new street
washing equipment purcHa>ed in
March by the former board of al
dermen. The equipment - is an
Etnyer Street Flusher, mounted on
a new ford chasis. The Flusher
was purchased through the North
Carolina Equipment Company of
Raleigh and the Ford truck from
Heece-Hampton Motor company of
this city. The truck was driven
to Orange early in April where the
manufacturer mounted the flush
ing equipment, which -consists of
tank, pumps, hose, sprays: etc. The
pumps will force 600 gallons of
waiter per minute through the
sprayers which can wash a width of
42 feet at one time. The equip
ment can also be used as an auxili
ary fire truck.
Mr. Allison expects to return
with the truck about Tuesday.
Theatre Group
Taken to Montana
tiff Syiva C of C
The entire cast of the "Theatre
In The Sky," which plays for five
weeks in Sylva this summer, were
guests of the Jackson county
Chamber of Commerce last Sun
day on a well-planned motor boat
trip to Fontana Dam. Sixteen
members of the cast, including the
producer, Maurice Geoffrey, and
four members of the Chamber of
Commerce, Felix Picklesimer
Homer Davis, Bart Cope, and O. E
Brookhyser, made the trip to the
village of Fontana Dam by boat
from Almond.
Leaving at 1 p. m. the players
and Chamber of Commerce mem
bers spent about two and one-half
hours on the boat ride from Al
nruj^d to the Fontana village. On
arriving they were met by gov
ernment representatives and were
shown all the points of interest in
the village and the government
property, including a tour of the
dam, which is one of the largest
in the United States. The party
had dinner in the Fontana cafe
teria and left Fontana village about
7:30 p. m. on the return trip, find
ing the sun almost gone down that
time. None of the three boats were
equipped with lights for night
ing the sun almost gone down by
that time. None of the three boats
were equipped with lights for night
travel, consequently they were
stranded for more than an hour
on Fontana lake. Eventually they
were able to find another boating
party which had lights but who
were also lost, so the Sylva men
led the way back to Almond and
the cars which returned them to
Sylva and Waynesville.
Calendar o f Events
FRIDAY. AUGUST 15?The Wom
an's Society of Christian Service
will meet in Allison building aTi
7:30 P. M. Mrs. Harry Hastings,
president.
MONDAY, AUGUST 18?The Syl
va Home Demonstration club
will meet at Mrs. Ellen Bryson's
at 11 o'clock and go for their
annual picnic. Mrs. R. U. Sut
ton, president.
MONDAY, AUGUST 18 ? The
Woodmen of the World will meet
in the W.O.W. halLat_7:30 P. M.
Jeff Hedden, council command
er.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19 ? The
Woman's club will meet with
Miss Evelyn Sherrill at 8:00 P.
M. Miss Hicks W41son, presi
dent.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19?The Ro
tary club will have a dinner
meeting in Allison building at
7:00 P. M. Dr. D. D. Hooper,
president.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20?The
Junior Woman's club will meet
with Mr*- Dan B. Hooper at 8:00
P. M. Miss Virginia Madison,
president. - ?
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21?The
Dillsbor.-j Masonic Lodge, No.
459, will meejt in the Masonic
Hall, Dilisboro, at 7:00 P. M.
Ed Bumgarner, W. M.
SOSSAMON'S ... IN SYLVA
'EXODUS' REFUGEE HOSPITAL-BOUND
SUFFERING FROM AN APPENDICITIS ATTACK, one of the Jewish rein j..
aboard ft British vessel, anchored off Port de Bouc, France, has : ; t
been placed into an ambulance (left) for removal to a nearby :1.
Her husband, shown holding up his hand, accompanied her The Bi t > i
ship is one Of three loaded with refugees from the Exodus 19i7, wh
was intercepted on the way to Palestine and turned baclt to F.arre.
There were some 4*500 Jewish immigrants on the Exodus. (Inienwn n.i')
Sylva Schools Open
Thursday, August 21
Sylva Centra] high school and
Sylva elementary school will open
August 21, Superintendent W. H.
Crawford reminded Sylva school
children this week. Registration
will take place on Thursday and
Friday, August 21 and 22, and
classes will begin on the following
Monday.
Ssuqlit Pro'
THIS IS a characteristic study ol
John W Meyer. $ 10,000 a - year
publicity man for the Hugi.os Air
craft Corporation, whose Past- nnt
lng expense accounts are a high
light of the Senate investigate ol
the Howard Hughes company
Meyer is reported currently "ou;
Ol. th? country-" rTiuernationnl
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Pr?fvJReyn<4ds Attends
Aniflv^rsary Celebration
Of Dr. James Y. Joyner
Prof. A. C. Rynolds, a past presi
dent of Western Carolina Teachers
CoRe^^Kas^^rfiong other guests
given a special invitation to attend
the 85th birthday celebration of
Dr. James Y. Joyner in La Grange
Thursday, August 7. Mr. Reyn
olds was accompanied to La Grange
by his son, Mr. Tom Reynolds, and
his brother-in-law, Mr. Charles N
Wood, of Hillsboro.
Dr. Joyner, superintendent of
the North Carolina schools 1902
-1919, was one of the three pioneers
in the founding of a rapidly grow
ing system of public education,
along with Dr. E. A. Alderman and
Dr. Charles B. McKeever. He was
appointed state superintendent by
Governor Charles B. Aycock, a
man who was greatly interested in
the field of education. Dr. Joyner
retired, as state superintendent in
1919 and went ;nto business where
he succeeded-rrgarm Htr beaded
and pushed forward the interests
of the farmers of the state for
many years, becoming one of the
big tobacco planters of the state.
At the age/W 85, Dr. Joyner said
speaking to the large audience in
attendance, that he was not retired
and that he meant to go forward
and callgd upon every person in
the auditorium where he .spoke to
go forward with him. This chal
lenge was met by an ovation parti
cipated in by the more than 300
persons who were able to obtain
Picklcsimcr Sees
Chance For Theatre
Again Next Summer
"The Theatre in The Sky" will
will close its five weeks engage
ment here Friday night with the
famous play, "Huckleberry
Finn". This is a play that will
appeal to old and young alike
and a large audience is expected
to see it. Those wishing seats
should arrive early.
"The Theatre In The Sky" is
composed of actors from New
York and Chicago who^+tave
given four excellent perform
ances on the past four Fri
day evenings. The costumes are
as fine as you will see in a large
city, and the stage settings have
been remarkable. The plays
have each been well selected
and well presented. The aten
dance for the first three plays
was not as good as it sho.uld
have been. But the play, "Lost
Horizon", given on last Friday
night did draw a much larger
crowd. A large number of sum
mer visitors have been noted in
the audience at each play. Sylva
is proud to be able to offer these
people this kind of entertain
ment.
Mr. Felix Picklesimer, as pres
ident of the "Jackson county
Chamber of Commerce which
sponsored the Theatre, wishes
to thank all who have cooperat
ed by attending the plays each
Friday evening. "We hope to
have a return engagement next
year. Your response to the play
Friday night which will
the closing performance of this
season, will do much to deter
mine the outcome for next
year," said Mr*. Picklesimer.
Inez Cathey Sun. School
Class To Resume Work
The Inez Cathey Sunday school
class of the Sylva Methodist church
will on Sunday, August 24, re
sume its regular Sunday class
meetings after having been dis
j banded during the summer months.
It is hoped that all the former
members will be present and all
1 others who will join the class are
invited to come. Mrs. J. F. Freeze
is teacher of the class.
i
1 Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Shelton and
' small son, Randall Lee, spent the
! week-end in Greer and Greenville,
1 S. C., visiting friends and rela
1 tives. Mrs. Shelton is the former
1 Miss Bonnie Tolley.
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seats in the LaGrange high school
auditorium. Many more were un
( able to hear the program because
I of lack of seating.
j The political leaders of North
; Carolina were largely present at
I the occasion, among them Senator
Clyde R. Hoeyf..who was scheduled
to make the principal speech, Sen
| ator W. B. Umstead, Governor
Gregg Cherry, Frank Graham,
' president of University of North
i
j Carolina, Representative John
Kerr, and Josephus Daniels, form
i er secretary of the navy.
Tennessee Endorses N. C.
Plans For Smoky Park
At Meeting On Tuesday
Walter Carringer Guest
Soloist At Concert
In Brevard Friday
Walter h. Canir.fr-*, :< nor fiom
Murpny ,.t t..?, ;r\.I
01 t. e Transylvania
Music Ciiinp held at Ii: on
Augu>t H. He wa> ^w< st > it I < > t -1
"I the symphony orche.-tia and ho
>ang 'Oil Bist ci it? Huh" by
Snuber!. "Le Reve" from the opera
Minion, bv Massenet. Mr. Car
i ingei is a junior at Western Car
olina Teacners College where he
has been under the instruction of
Mr. Inez Gullvy.
Among those going to Brevard
for the concert l.i>t Friday were
Miss Kathleen Davis of Cullowheo
and Mr. H. F. Jar ret t of Dillsboro.
button To Start
Football Pravtivv
Hvrv Friilatf #Vtf.
All Sylva hjyh school boys inter
ested in playing football this year
are invited to meet in the school
I gym at 7 ft. m. tomorrow, Friday,
August 15, by Coach Guy Sutton.
This meeting is for the purpose of
discussing physical examinations,
equipment, and schedules of class
es and games.
It has also been announced that
William Garrett Buckner, Jr., of
Mars Hill will be a member of the
high school faculty and will also
.help with football coaching and
physieiaI education. Mr. Buckner
finisher Western--Carolina Teach
ers College last year and will teach
math and science in the Sylva
school."
HOSPITAL NEWS
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. B. C. Byrd of Bryson
City on Monday, August 11.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clinton
I* ranks of Gay a son on August 7.J
Mrs. Trinidad Du Pree of Chero
kee, operative case, is doing nicely.
- Mrs. Charles Houston, Tucka
>eegee, is in for treatment.
Arvil Dellart, son of Abie De
Hart of Lauada, is doing nicely
alter an operation.
Mr. V:da Parker of Sylva is in
l?treatment. -
Mrs. Ma'Ioy Moore of Glenvi|k*T
"operative ease.
Jesse Cochran, Bryson City, is
recovering after an operation.
Mr. IJoyd Lee We>t, Sylva, op
erative case.*
Miss Delia Teague of Bryson City
is doing well alter a major opera
tion.
Bryson Family Reunion
The annual Bryson family re
union will be held at the Cowee
church the fourth Sunday in Aug
ust, . Aug. 23, it 'was announced
this week'by members of the fam
ily
Two State Committee
Set Up to Push Plans
* With Park Heads And
Members Of Congress
The North Carolina park, park
way, and national fi rest develop
ment com mis-ion and the Tennes
see conservation commission met
in a joint meeting in Gatlinburg
Tuesday and officially agreed to
make a unified effort for imme
diate development of the Great
Smoky -Mountains National Park.
The North Carolina commission
included Raymond Sutton of this
city; Charles K. Ray, Jr., state
chairman, ol Waynesville; William
Medfprd, Attorney for the com
mission, of Waynesville; C. M.
Douglas, State Secretary, of Bre
vard; W. R. Winkler, of Boone; Dr.
Kelly E. Bennett, of Biyson City;
E. C. Guy, of Newland; Felix Pick
lesimer, President of the Jackson ,
county' Chamber of Commerce;
Francis J. Hazel, President of the
Asheville Chamber of Commerce,
and others also attended the meet
in/
An executive committee was
named from the Tennessee conser
vation commission and one from
the North Carolina group to work
out details of the program to be
pushed with national park heads
and congress. Francis J. Heazel of
AsheviUe and Paul Mathes of Chat
tanooga were named co-chairmen
of the committee charged with
working out details of the program.
Other members of the committee
included Dr. Kelly Bennett oC
Bryson City and Peicy Ferebee of
Andrews, Herbert S. Walters of
Morristown, and Charles Puckette
of Chattanooga.
In Full Accord
The large group of Tennesseans,
representing virtually all tourist
and business interest of the state,
were in full accord with the pro
gram presented by the North Caro
lina group through its leader. There
was mutual adoption of the pro
gram as presented to Secretary
Krug of the department of interior
and the senate finance committee
early this year by representatives
of Western North Carolina Asso
ciated Communities.
Mr. Heazel in opening the dis
cussion for North Carolina's com
mission said that the park was
ywithin H00 miles of 72 per cent of
Vie entire population of the United
States and that the j>ark by actual
count had more visitors in 1946
than any other park in the coun
try. ?
Low Expenditure
He said that in the face of this
tremendous interest the expendi
ture per visitor for last year was
only ten and one-half cents in the
Great Smoky Mountains National
park while that of all other parks
east of the Mississippi an average
was 30 cents PQr person. He said
that budget as prepared by the Na
?Continued on page 4
"Theatre In The Sky"Presents
Last Play of Season Friday
1 The immortal story of Mark
Twain's boyhood character "Huck
leberry Finn" will be the final
presentation of the "Theatre In
The Sky" on Friday evening at the
Elementary School Auditorium in
Sylva. The play is. under the di
rection of Maurice Geoffrey and
is sponsored by the Jackson Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce.
"Huckleberry Finn" is based on
the episode of the W.Iks girls for
tune which the King'and the Duke
are trying to steal. The scoundrels
are foiled in ttfeir attempt, of
course, by Huckleberry and his
friend, Tom Sawyer. The play
was dramatized for the stage by
Jane Kendall and has been suc
cessfully produced all over the
country. The presentation here
is by the request of several of
Waynesville's leading 'clubs.
Hob King, a student at the
theatre school conducted by Geof
frey, will play the title role of
Huckleberry. After careful se
lection Geoffrey picked Robert
Paul Young, of Waynesville, to
play the part of Tom Sawyer.
Members of the regular acting
company playing principal parts
includc Electra Ballon as Aunt
Sally, Ella Beth Hurst as Mary
Jane Wilks, George Kenyon as Dr.
Robinson, Donald E. Vogt as the
King, Fredric Gadette as the Duke
and Grace Shiner as Mrs. Hotch
kiss.
Jean Ann Bradley and John Col
lins, also students of the Theatre
School, will appear this week in
blackface parts, Lize and Jim, the
runaway slave.
Others in the large cast in
clude Mildred Love, Sue R.
Spears, Mary Michal and Kath
erine Hyatt, all of Waynesville,
who are making guest appearances
this week with the company.
"Huckleberry Finn" is laid in
1850 and the charming costumes
were designed and executed by
Elma Ilcne, technical director, who
also designed the stage setting de
picting the back sitting-room of
Aunt Sally's home.
This is the last production'of the
players five week summer sea
son. The curtain rises at 8:30 and
tickets are on sale at the Chamber
of Commerce office and at the
theatre box-office.