AMERICA First, Last and - Always The Sylva Herald The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. -JL VOL. XXII, NO. 11 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, August 14, 1947 $2.00 A Year?5c Copy 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 / 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. I I 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.

Page Text

This is the computer-generated OCR text representation of this newspaper page. It may be empty, if no text could be automatically recognized. This data is also available in Plain Text and XML formats.

Return to page view