AMERICA First, Last and Always The Sylva Herald The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son . . , A progressive, well balanced county. VOL. xxn NO. 14 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, Sept. 4, 1947 $2.00 A Year?5c Copv 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. t ? ??. 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 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.