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VOL. xxn NO. 14
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, Sept. 4, 1947
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The Belgian Government
Decorates Parris For His
Services In Wartime
Sylva Man Makes *
Outstanding Record
In War Reporting
John A. Parris, Jr., Associated
Press diplomatic correspondent of
the United Nations, has received
the Belgian award of Knight of the
Order of Leopold II for services
rendered to the European country
during the past war.
Mr. Parris returned to New
York Sunday after visiting his par
ents here.
The correspondent, who was sta
tioned in London for five and a
half years just prior to and during
the war, was informed of the
? award, Belgium's highest for both
military and civilian services,
through the British Foreign office.
Signed by R. Sumbar, the com
munication "regarding the award
was as follows:
"l am directed by Mr. Secretary
Bevin to transmit to you herewith
the diploma relative to the award
of Chevalier of.the Order of Leo
pold II conferred upon you by His
Royal Highness, the prince regent
of Belgium, in recognition of serv
ices rendered during the war.
Insignia To Be Forwarded
"The Belgian government have
asked that you should be informed
that the insignia will be forwarded
when available.
"A notification of the grant of
the king's unrestricted permission
to wear this decoration will appear
in the London Gazette of the first
of August and no further formali
ties to enable you to wear it is
necessary.
Mr. Parris, who worked with ex
iled governments during the war
and was considered the foremost
authority in his fitlU under
ground resistance movements, flew
into Brussels with the Belgian gov
ernment three days after that cap
ital city was liberated. In the
group were Foreign Minister Paul
Henri Spaak, who has the same
post now; Prime Minister Ger-;
brandy and Van Langenhove, al
minister in the cabinet who is now
chief Belgian delegate to the Unit
ed Nations.
Only U. S. correspondent accred-1
(Continued on page 8)
Calendar of Events
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4?The
Dillsboro Masonic lodge will
meet in the Masonic hall, Dills
boro at 7:30 p. m. Ed Bumgarner,j
W.M.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5?The
regular monthly meeting of the |
Chamber of Commerce will be!
held in the Chamber of Com-,
merce office in Lloyd hotel at:
7:30 p. m. Felix Picklesimer,
president.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8?The
Wesleyan Service guild will meet
with Mrs. Venoy Reed at 7 p. m.
Mrs. Gudger Fortner, president.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8?The
Gay Nell Murray circle will meet
with Mrs. Harry Ferguson at her
home at 7:30 p. m.
-MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8?The
Woodmen of the World will meet
in the W.O.W. hall at 7:30 p. m.'
Jeff Hedden, council comman-j
der.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9?The
Sylva Rotary club will have its
dinner meeting at 7 p. m. in Al
lison buliding. Dr. D. -D. Hoop-1
er, president.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10?
The Lions club will have its din-j
ner meeting in the high school;
cafeteria at 7:30 p. m. T. Walter!
Ashe, president.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
?Oce Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star will meet in the
Masonic hall Dillsboro, at 7:30
p. m. Mrs. Harry Ferguson, W.M.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10?
The Annie Cowan circle will
meet in Allison building at 3 p.
m. Mrs. Dan Moore, chairman.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10?
The Woman's Missionary society
of the Baptist church will meet
with Mrs. W. E. Campbell at
3 p. m.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11?
The Twentieth Century club will
have its first meeting of the fall
at 3 p. m. The place will be an
nounced later.
JOHN A. PARRIS, JR.
FFA Boys Of Sylva Hi
Attend Dairy Show
Mr. John F. Corbin, together
with fifteen of his Future Farmers
of America of Sylva High school
attended the annual Junior Dairy
Cattle show held Wednesday at
the Haney Tobacco warehouse,
Biltmore. .FFA members attend
ing with Mr. Corbin were: Tom
Henry, James Lee Blanton, Max
Blanton, Gene Cope, Emery Lee
Dillard, Edward Ward, Darnell
Ward, Doyle Gunter, Larry Gun
ter, Tom Mills, Bobby Beck, Allen
Fisher^ Jr., Donald Kinsland,
James Turpin, and William Hol
den.
The show, of which this is the
third annual event, is sponsored
by the Asheville Merchants asso
ciation to increase interest in rais
ing better dairy cattle and to pro
mote dairy cattle farming in this
area.
254 JACKSON VETS
CASH $52,074.111N
TERMINAL BONDS
When the Jackson County Bank
opened for business Tuesday morn-,
ing, following the Labor Day holi-:
day, a long line of World War II
vets were standing waiting to cashi
their terminal leave bonds which
became eligible for payment in,
cash September 2, by a recent act
of congress.
On Tuesday the bank officials
report that 188 vets cashed bonds
amounting to $38,502.92 and on
Wednesday 66 vets cashed bonds in
the amount of $13,571.19. The two
days total was 254 bonds cashed,
total amount $52,074.11. The aver
age bond was around $200.
Bank officials advise the boys to
leave their money in these bonds,
which will draw 2*2 per cent, un
less they are making other sound
investments.
CANTON PASTOR TO
ASSIST IN REVIVAL AT
METHODIST CHURCH
The revival meeting will begin
at the Sylva Methodist Church on
Sunday, Sept. 7, and continue
throughout the week with services
each night at 8 o'clock. Reverend
Ralph Taylor, pastor of Central
Methodist Church at Canton, will1
assist the pastor in these services.
Rev. Taylor has had a great deal of
experience in revival preaching
and should be well received by the
people of the community. Hymn
singing will have a prominent
place in the services, and special
music and singing by the children
will have a place. Everyone is
invited to attend these services.
Production of late summer snap
beans is now indicated at 840,000
bushels.
Dr. Hunter Announces New '
Faculty Members At W. C. T.C.
By James J. Booker *
Cullowhee?Dr. H. T. Hunter,1
president of Western Carolina
Teachers College, stated in an in-1
terview today that there would be
an increase in the number of fac-1
ulty members at WCTC beginning
with the/fall quarter on September)
8. He said that the new employees
would be required partly because
of the prospective expansion pro-|
gram that will begin some time
within the next two years. 1
The death of E. H. Stillwell
created an opening for the head of
the history and Social Science De-'
partment which will be filled by
Dr. Rosser H. Taylor. The position
is temporarily held by Dr. H. P.1
Smith. Dr. Taylor is a native of
North Carolina and has acquired
the Bachelor of Arts degree from
Wake Forest College, Master of
Arts degree from the University of
North Carolina, and the Doctor of
Philosophy degree from the univer
sity of Michigan. For a number of.
years he was head of the English
department of Furman University,
Greenville, South Carolina. He
has taught during summer sessions
at Wake Forest College, Wofford
College, and the University of,
North Carolina. Numerous articles
that he has written on history have,
been published in various maga-j
zines.
Dr. Agnes Stout, new associate
professor of English, has headed*
the English Department at Peace
College, Raleigh, for the past two'
years. She received her Bachelor
and Master of Arts degrees from
Woman's College, Greensboro, and
her doctorate from the Univerity
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Prior to her work at Peace Col
lege, Dr. Stout taught at Queen's
College, Charlotte, at Greensboro
College, and at the University of
Mississippi.
Mr. W. B. Harrill of Winston
Salem will become Professor of
Secondary Education and Director
of Public Relations. For the past
two years he has been Senior insti
tutional Training Officer in North
Carolina for the Veteran's Admin
istration. Mr. Harrill received his
Bachelor of Science degree at Wake
Forest College, studied one year at
Teacriers College, Columbia Uni
?Continued on page t
FERGUSON BREAKS
DIRT ON MAIN STREET
FOR NEW BUILDING '
T. N. Massic Addition
Will Soon Be Completed
Harry Ferguson, local business'
man and property owner, beganj
Tuesday excavating for the foot
ings of a new building to be erected
on Main street next to T. N. Mas-!
sie's Furniture store. Mr. Fergu-,
son's building is to be 71 feet front
on Main street and run back to a!
depth of 100 feet. It will be two
stories, of steel and brick con-'
struction. Cream colored face brick;
will be used on the front. Mr.'Fer-j
guson began excavating the prop
erty last fall and has already,
placed much of the tile and brick
on the lot.
The large coscrete, brick and,
steel annex to T. N. Massie's furni-i
ture store will soon be completed
and ready for occupancy. This ad
dition has a large basement and
main floor fronting on the side
street. He plans to use the build
ing for storage and show room.
Scotts Creek Church
To Hold Annual Home-* j
'Coming Sunday the 7th
By Rev. B. S. Hensley
The annual Homecoming day
will be observed at Scott's Creek
Baptist church on Sunday, Sep-!
timber 7. The program will be-'
gm with Sunday school at 10 o'
clock. The superintendent, Mr
Hoy Reed, has set as the goal for
that ddy an attendance of 400.
At 11 o'clock there will be a
prayer and praise servicbe by the
choir and pastor, who will bring
the message. Lunch will be served
picnic style at 12:30.
The Tomberlin quartet from
Weaverville and the Cracker quar
tet from Georgia will be present
and sing.
A special feature of the after
noon meeting will be an address
by Rev. Charles Parker, pastor of
the Franklin Baptist church.
We extend a hearty welcome to
OPEN TALKS ON BRITISH LOAN
MEMBERS OF THE FINANCIAL MISSION from Britain are shown as thej
met with U. S. Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder in Washington
to discuss ways and means of relaxing terms of the $3,750,000,000 loan
to Britain. Pictured are (1. to r.): Treasury Secretary Snyder; Sir Wil
frid Eady, head of the British Mission and Sir Gordon Munro, United
Kingdom Treasury delegate. (International Soundphoto)
Jackson Jurors For October
Term of Court Include Ladies
A number of women will be*
found sitting on the jury when the
October term of Jackson Superior
court convenes on Monday, Octo
ber 13. This will be the first time
women have been drawn for jury
service in the county, acco rding to;
John Henson, clerk of court. The
five women's names who have
been drawn are: Miss Dorothy
Williams, Sylva; Mrs. Helen Sto
vall, Sylva; Mrs. Harry Ferguson,1
Sylva; Mrs. Lucy Tatham, Dills
boro; and Mrs. Chester Scott, Syl
va. This is to be a two weeks'
mixed term, with three of the
women appearing in the list lor I
the second week. I
The Jackson county Jury Com
mission, composed ol H. U. Sutton,
Dillard Coward and H. H. Bryson,
met Monday, September 1 >t and
drew the following jury list:
FIRST WEEK?
Shirley Knsley. Sylva; Jud Buch
anan, VVh'ittier; Lambert Melton,
VVhittier; Steve Queen, Cowarts;
Walter Higdon, Gay; Henry Stew
art, Cashiers; Cris Passmore, Cash
iers. June A. Bryson, Sylva; H. L.
Holdt n, Culiowhee; F. A. Bryson.
a J
Glc:i\ille; Oscar Higdon, Gay; G.
E. Bumgarner, Sylva; Leslie Nor
ton, Glenville; John Ward, Whit
tier; Walter Bumgarner, Sylva;
Miss Dorothy Williams, Sylva;
Freeman Buchanan, Gay, Charlie
Allison, Greens Creek; Early DeitzJ
Greens Creek; Luther Stephens,!
Cowarts; J. B. Parris, Sylva, RFD;i
B. R. Leopard, Glenville; John W.j
Bryson, Sylva; Ralph Ashe, Ar
gura; J. O. Parkesr, Sylva; W. H.
Conley, Sylva; Mrs. Helen Stovall,
Sylva; T. E. Lusk, Glenville; Tom
Fisher, Sylva RFD; Thad Reed,!
Sylva; William Brown, Dillsboro;
W. R. Atchley, Whittier; Guy Bry
son, Glenville; Arthur Jentry,
Glenville; Berlin C. Buchanan,
Greens Creek; Andy Edwards, |
Webster; John T. Jones, Balsam;
Mrs. Harry Ferguson, Sylva; Joe
W. Davis, Sylva; Grady Saunders.
Whittier; R. C. Hunter, East La
Porte; J. D. Bentlry, Glenville.
SECOND WEEK?
Mrs. Lucy Bell Tatham, Dills
boro; Sam R. Fisher, Glenville;
Mrs. Chester Scott, Sylva; Lloyd
Hooper, Tuckaseegee; D. C. Pickle
simer, Cashiers; John Wood, Tuck
aseegee; E. G. Lombard, Cashiers;
M. D. Bradley, Cashiers; Boyd
Martin, Culiowhee; Fred Beasley,
Sylva; Walter* Sutton, Whittier
RFD; J. C. Patterson, Dillsboro; I.
E. Franklin, Sylva; T. A. Dillard,
Jr., Cashiers; Kim Nations, Whit
I tier RFD; W. J. Quecn0Wolf Moun
tain; Hamilton Bryson, Greens
Creek; Bragg Allison, Greens
CreeK; J. T. Sheppard, Sylva; W.
J. Galloway, Wolf Mountain; Fred
Barnes, Sylva; G. C. Cope, Greens
Creek; Lee Bumgarner, Sylva; and
Sam Deitz, Webster.
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all our friends to come and be
with u.^, especially all former pas
tor- and members of the church.
"Come thou with us an dwe will
do thee good."
SOSSAMON'S ... IN SYLVA
The four veterans from Sylva,
who attended the 29th American
Legion convention in New York
last week, returned to Sylva Tues
day afternoon. They were: Dex
ter Hooper, D. M. Tallent, Joe C.
Fisher, and Felix Picklesimer. W.
T. Martin, of Bryson City, ac
companied this group to New York
and returned with them. He and
Mr. Picklesimer were stationed in
the Empire ci:> .? ?th Naval post
office forces during the war.
The group attended church serv -
ices at the Marble Collegiate
church on ath Avenue and 2!)th
street Sunday morning and heart!
Rev. Dr. Frederick Brown Harris
of the F? ufulr-v Me^t hod.i>t chruci*.
-AiLiisji mgton. \). C\, who'was tilling
the pulpit for Dr. Norman Vincent
Peal, who wa.- away'on vacation
Alter service a number o| mem
ber- ol M.irble Colle._n .te, a Ion.
with >orne o! the ho>ter.es tha*
helped entertain the .-ervnc nv :?
during toe war, got together at a
dinner and di.-cu>>ed tiie
possibility ol a home-corning to
be held ;n New York daring 4he
month ot May. No definite plan*
were made at this time.
The legionnaires report a won
derful time at the convention.
Many Problems Face Park
Development, Press Told
"The problem of expanding de-*
velopment of the Great Smoky j
Mountains National Park is a
much larger problem than most|
people realize," Charles P.. Hay,
chairman of the North Carolina
National Park, Forest and Park-'
way Development commission told
'members of the Western North!
I Carolina Piej-s Association in Ashe
! ville Saturday night.
Mr. Ray. business man and civic'
leader of W.synesville, discussed';
'the several agencies charged withj
1 the different phases of the park,
development program, and the.
! vast amount of work necessary to!
1 ? I
] get sufficient appropriations neces
! sary to complete the project.
| As a prelude to Mr. Hay's talk, I
I Senator William Medford, author
I of the bill which was passed in the
1947 legislature, explained the pur
pose of the measure, and the me
chanics of the commission.
Mr. Kay explained the increased
interest .in the National Forests in
; this section, and the many facilities
, that have been added for tourists
I within the forests. "The forests'
i are now attracting almost as many |
people as the Park, which means
we have two great assets :n rec-j
reational areas within Western
North Carolina," Mr. Hay explain
ed.
The speaker touched briefly on
the present status of the Blue
Ridge Parkway, and the possi
bility for work being resumed
within the near future on some
sections.
ROTARY GOVERNOR
MACON WILLIAMS, of Lenior
governor of the 194th district o
Rotary International, made his of
ficial visit to the Sylva club Tues
day evening. Governor Williams
is visiting all the clubs in this area
on this trip. The visiting official's
address was on Rotary as a service
club and the part the more than
300,000 members are playing in
world affairs today. He was in
troduced by President Delos Hoop
er.
A boll weevil will lay' on the
average of 6.4 eggs per day. The
maximum number that one will
lay is 33.
Farmers Co-oderative
Buys Sylva Feed Store,
A. L. Southard, Manager
FOREST RANGERS
HOLDING ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
The Sylva headquarters of D-9
of the North Carolina Forest Serv
ice are holding their annual train
ing conference at Wilson Lick I
Ranger Station on Wayah Bald
this week. Charles C. Pettit, Jr.,
District Forester, is in charge of
training, assisted by Ranger Mack
Ashe; Fire Wardens, Charles Evans,
of Jackson, J. Fred Bryson, Ma
con. Ernest Burnett of Cherokee,
and Wayne Ayers, Graham county.
Other county wardens attend
ing are: Dover Dean, Swain; Eld
ridge Caldwell, Haywood; Frank
Morgan, Transylvania, and Arthur!
Moore, of Clay. Several tower-1
men and smokechasers, personnel
of the Nantahala Forest, Smoky
Mts. National Park, the TVA and
N. C. Wildlife Resources Commis
sion, are attending as guests.
The training conference began
j this morning and extends through
| Friday afternoon. The purpose of
the meeting is to bring all person
nel up to the latest developments
and receive information on the
training of fire fighting personne
SUTTON RITES HELD
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Funeral services for Julius L.
Sutton, 66, who died suddenly
Friday evening while talking to
friends on the roadside near his
home, were conducted Sunday af
ternoon at 2 o'rlofK ;,1 the DiJ-'s
boro Baptist church. The Rev. B.
S. Hensley, the Rev. C. C. Welch,
the Rev. Harvey Stanberry and
5 ho Rev. W N. Co;>k ofl.ciatod.
Burial w.i? in the Lot u.-t Field
cemetery. r
Surviving .ire three daughters,
Mr.-.. Wayne C.uuper of \Ve?t A>hc
Ville, Mr.-. C';. II. Cliee.n <?f Canton,
I and Mrs. Stanley Riddle of We-t
j A-aevilie; loin- .-oris, Ossie L. Sut
, t??n. duel ui .police ol Morganton,
Avery Sullon o: D. ILu-?r (?, C. B.
Sutton, of the U. S army and
Clrover Sutton ol Savannah, Cia.
Acreage planted to late summer
| cabbage is established to be 2,900
acres, or -5 percent less than the
3.400 acres in 1946 ,and 36 percest
below the 1936-45 average.
Stockholders To Benefit
According To Amount of
Purchase Made In Year
The Jackson County Farmers
Cooperative, offspring of a similar
state-wide organization, but an in
dividual cooperative as far as the
local stockholders are concerned,
which began operation here about
a year ago, has through its presi
dent,' Stedman Mitchell, announced
the purchase of the Sylva Feed
store, located on Mill street in
Sylva. The deal was completed as
of September 1st, and the former
owner, of the feed store, Mr. A. L.
Southard, will be manager of the
cooperative.
President Mitchell stated Tues
day that the cooperative will han
dle feeds, seeds, fertilizer, groc
eries, and other supplies for farm
ers. The profits of the coopera
tive, he said, would be paid to the
stockholders at the end of the year,
and the amount the individual
stockholder will receive will be
based on the volume of business h^
did with the organization.
profits will be determine*
operating costs are -
Mr. Mitchell asked tnac ?.
holders buy i
pit '' ?' at the
? >ig facilities
. .. ,od so that they can
be given credit for their purchase
I when division 01 profits are made.
| The board of directors of the
I cooperative are: Stedman Mitchell,
; chairman; Dennis Higdon, Robert
! Holden, Blaine Nicholson, Craw
ford Shelton, V. C. Buchanan, J.
B. Coats, Walter Ashe, Lyman
Stewart, Lee Bumgarner, and
Ralph Hunter.
Mr. Hunter, Mr. Higdon and Mr.
.c" ilton were the purchasing com
mittee.
I This store is to be owned and
operated by the Farmers of Jack
son county, Mr. Mitchell stated.
Any farmer interested in becom
ing a stockholder should set? one
(>1 the board members or the man
iigcr.
School Children Enjoy
Traffic Safety Show
Several hundred Sylva school
students and patrons of the school
enjoyed the traffic safety shows
given by Officer Pressley, of JLhe
Charlotte police force, and his
trained dogs. The Charlotte of
fice gave two performances, one
at 11 a. m. and another at 2 p. m.
on Tuesday in the elementary
building. The performance by the
dogs was quite entertaining as
well as containing a lesson in rules
for safety in traffic. The show is
.sponsored in North Carolina by
the N. C. State Automobile Club
and does not cost anything in the
schools in which it plays. Officer
Pressley goes only where he is in
vited by the local police depart
ments. He was invited to come
to Sylva by Chief of Police Karl
Warlick and the Lions Club.
Through the efforts of Officer
Pressley thousands of school chil
dren have become members of
Junior Safety leagues throughout
the country, as he and his show
; receive many invitations from oth
er states.
HOSPITAL NEWS
Horn to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dil
lard of Sylva a son on Sept. 2.
A son was born on Aug. 31 to Mr.
and Mrs. N. A. Miller of Cullowhee.
On August 29 a son was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nave of Frank
lin.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. E. G. John
, =.on of Bryson City a son on Sep
tember 3.
Miss Ethel Howard of Bryson
City is in for treatment.
Mr. Buel Green of Alarka is do*
ing nicely following an appendec
tomy.
Mrs. Ruby Crisp of Almond, ap
pendectomy patient.
Billy DeHart, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Coburn DeHart of Bryson
City is in for treatment.
Mrs. Mikael JStrong has recently
been employed by the hospital
staff as floor supervisor.
Miss Freda Fisher, after an
absence of six weeks, is back on
duty at the hospital as nurse's aide.