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The Sylva Herald
VOL. XXII NO. 16 Sylva, N. C. Thursday. Sept. 18, 1917
The Herald is dedicated to
progressive service to Jack
son ... A progressive, well
balanced county.
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Rev. W. N. Cook Plans To
Retire Alter Many Years
Active Work In Ministery
Was Active Clerk Of *
Tuckaseegee Baptist
Association 16 Years
In retiring from the ministry
Rev. W. N. Cook will end 45 years
of active work in the Baptist min
istry which took him from Cald
well and Cleveland .counties on the
East to Murphy in Cherokee coun-|
ty in the West. During these many,
years of preaching the gospel he
received hundreds of converts into'
the church and the realm of Chris-'
tian brotherhood. He baptized
over 3,500 people during revivals'
and at regular baptismal services.!
Rev. Mr. Cook began preaching,
in January 1902 in his home county!
of Caldwell near the birth place
of two outstanding Baptist minis- j
ters, the Revs. H. C. and R. L.'
Moore. In 1903 Mr. Cook entered
school in the Lenoir Baptist Col-i
lege and Business Institute where'
he remained four years, preaching
in nearby tfhurches in the mean
time. |
After completing his school work
at Lenoir he continued preaching
in his native county. In 1911 he
accepted a call as pastor of the
West Hickory, Brookf ord and
Penelope Baptist churches where
he remained until 1916. He re
signed in 1916 to accept Mission
ary work with the Tuckaseegee
Baptist Association here in Jack-j
son county, giving half of his time
to the work of Scotts Creek church.1
He remained on this work until
1919 when he was given the en-;
listment work with the Home and1
State Mission Board in all Western'
North Carolina and stayed on this
work until 1921.
He accepted a call to the first
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BEACHAM SAYS BAND
AND GLEE CLUD ARE
MAKING PR06RESS
Nichols R. Beacham, director
of the Sylva band and glee club
in the elementary and high schools
notes much progress with the band
since it was reorganized and prac
tice began. He says that new stu
dents are joining and that several
new instruments have been added
recently as follows: One saxa
phone, two clarinets, one trom
bone, and one French horn.
The band has progressed enough
until it can perform nicely at foot
ball games and other events.
Calendar of Events
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 18?The Dills
boro Masonic lodge will meet in
the Masonic hall, Dillsboro, at
7:30 p. m. Ed Bumgarner, W.M.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 18 ? The
Thursday Nite bridge club will
meet with Mrs. Dan B. Hooper
at 8 p. m. |
FRIDAY, SEPT. 19?The District
Scout Committee will have a
dinner meeting at Jarrett Springs
Hotel at 7:00 p. m. W. C. Hen
nessee, chairman.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 19?1The Woman's
Society of Christian Service will
meet in Allison building at 7:30
p. m. Mrs. Harry Hastings,
president. !
MONDAY, SEPT. 22?The Wood
men of the World will meet in
the W.O.W. Hall at 7:30 p. m.[
Jeff Hedden, council command
er.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 23?The Rotary
club will have a dinner meeting
in Allison building at 7 p. m.
Dr. D. D. Hooper, president.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 23?The Camp;
Fire girls will have a picnic and
weiner roast at the City park at,
7 p. m. I
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24?Oce
chapter Order of the Eastern
Star will meet in the Masonic1
hall, Dillsboro, at 7:30 p. m. Mrs.l
Harry Ferguson, Worthy Ma-'
f-tron. |
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24 ?The1
Lions club will have a dinner *
meeting in the high school cafe
teria at 7:30 p. m. T. Walter
? I
Ashe, president. I
WILL RETIRE
Rev. W. N. Cook
SUTTON ATTENDS
PARK, PARKWAY
GROUP MEETING
Raymond Sutton, member of
the North Carolina Park, park
way, and Forest Development
Commision, met with the other
members of the commission in a
l two day meeting at Boone Sun
day and Monday of this week.
The commission seeks to pro
mote greater expansion and im
provement of the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park and
completion of vital links of the
Blue Ridge Parkway leading into
Western North Carolina.
Meeting in the office of the
state highway and public works
%a>mmis?.l3n at Boone, following
a Sunday tour of sections of the
parkway and a luncheon at Blow
ing Rock, members of the commis
sion heard Sam P. Weems, of Ro
anoke, Va., superintendent of the
Blue Ridge parkway, review the
status of the super scenic road.
Asheville Quartet To
Give Concert at Love's
Chapel Methodist Church
On Sunday, September 28, the
Carolina Quartet of station
WWNC, Asheville, will present a
concert at Love's Chapel Metho
dist church at 8:30 p. m. There will
be no admission charge and the
public is invited to attend.
Baptist Revival To
Be Held Sept. 28-Oct. 12
Dr. Ed. G. Caldwell, evangelist
SENIOR SCOUTS OF
SYLVA PRESENTED
POST NO. 1 CHARTER
Was Organized May 1946
With Rotary Club As
Sponsoring Organization
The regular weekly progfra'm of
the Sylva Rotary club was in
charge of Jake Bales, leader of the
Senior Scout Post of Sylva. The
program began with the bringing
forward of the colors?the U. S.
Flag and the Senior Scout Flag by
two members of the Post. Mr.
Bales then told of the work of the
organization and presented Avery
Means, Field Executive of the Dan
iel Boone Council of Boy Scouts
of America. After having the
Scouts give the Scout Oath and
allegiance to the flag, Mr. Means
presented the charter for the Post
to President Delos Hooper, who
in turn presented it to Dr. Harold
McGuire, chairman of the Scout
Committee. Dr. McGuire accept
ed the charter for the Post. The
Charter was made to Explorer
Post No. 1 Senior Scouts of Sylva.
The Post was organized a year
ago last May and was due to have!
received the charter at that time,
but was delayed due to the ab
sence of some of the memebers,
etc.
Mr. Means* told of the splendid
work being done by Mr. Bales and
the boys of his Post. He said that
the eyes of the entire state are on
the Sylva Post, and that other
posts are soon to be formed, pat
terned on the work of the Sylva
Post.
O 'Dear, 3iearner
Refused A. Apir
Trial9 Face Death
The North Carolina Supreme court
has rejected an appeal for new trial
in the case of Earl O'Dear and Rob
ert Messer and has set October 3
as the date for their execution in
the P'zZp's gas chamber at State
Prison in Raleigh. Unless Governor
Cherry intervenes, the Jackson
men, along with three others, will
die on this date.
O'Dear and Messer were tried
and found guilty of the hammer
slaying of Jack Hall and his wife,!
Margie Hall, here last Aprill 21.
They were sentenced by Judge1
William H. Bobbit at the May,
term of court to be executed on
July 11. An appeal, through their'
attorney, Roy Francis, automat
ically postponed the date for exe
cution.
of Knoxville, Tenn., will come to
Sylva Sept. 28 to assist Rev. C. M.
Warren in a series of revival serv
ices at the Sylva Baptist church.
Services will be concluded Oct 12. |
The public is cordially invited
to attend these services.
Catamounts To Draw Panther
Blood In Asheville Memorial
Stadium Saturday Night
Coach Tom Young of Western
Carolina Teachers college will un
cork his 1947 Catamounts at Ashe
ville's Memorial Stadium Satur
day night when he sends them
against Ralph James' High Point
college Panthers in what promises
to be a game of the year. Both
teams, heavy laden with top rank
ing North State conference power,
will be "out for blood" trying to
break the 6-6 tie they fought to at
High Point last year.
The Panthers will have an edge
on experience with one game al
ready under their belts?a 0-0 tie
with the Duke University's junior
varsity while the Catamounts will
have an advantage in that Young
was able to scout the Panthers in
their game with Duke's Jaycees.
The teams are so evenly matched
that a margin of one touchdown
will probably decide the game and
that will undoubtedly go to the
team that gets the breaks.
The lines figure up on even
terms. Both are of the hard charg
ing, rugged sort. Young will pre
sent a hard running, break away
backfield and a good pass attack
while Jack will be depending on
little 140-pound Curt McDonald
and a smooth pass offence. Big
Glenn Painter, star of the Sylva
Hurricanes in the late '30's, will be!
running at fullback in Panther J
uniform.
Young has not picked a starting,
lineup as yet but our guess is that
Gene Grogan will get the nod at
left end, Buffalo Humphries at
left tackle^ team captain Clark1
Pennell at left Guard and Hugh!
Constance or Vaughn Lemmond at;
center. At right guard will be
Arthur Byrd or Jack Arrington,
right tackle Dan Robinson andi
right end Mace Brown. At tail-j
back Jim Bryson, wingback PauJ
Monroe or Ovie Heavener, Full-'
back Von Ray Harris or McKinley!
Hensley and Ralph Clark at block-'
ing back. Ends Pinball Allison, |
Bob Tate and Bill Estes should see
plenty of action while tackles Har-j
ry Jaynes, Speck Everhart, Maxj
Beam and Ed Cates and guards,
Bill Powell, Hobe Collins and Joe
Coffey should ?ee action. In the
backfield, Elmo Neal, Joe Hunt,
Frank Hardin, and Dewey^Whit
aker should prove assistance to
the starters. Also a number of
freshmen players have looked
good in preseason drills.
The game shapes up as a killer
diller and should furnish the fans
plenty of football. Game time is
around 8:00 p. m.
TRUMAN AND DAUGHTER ON 'BIO MO
WCARJNO HIS FAMOUS YACHTINO CAP, President Truman and his daugh
ter Margaret are shown aboard the battleship Missouri as the vessel
left Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the United States. The ship is due to
dock at Norfolk, Va.t the morning of September 19. In the background
is the famous Sugarloaf Mountain, (International Radjoyh
Friday .Night's Football
Game Between Sylva and
| Way'sville To Be On Air
SYLVA FIREMEN HEAR
BAILEY AT REGULAR
MEETING MONDAY I
Talks On Importance
Of Fire Prevention
I And Firemen's Work
James Bailey, representative of
the American La France Fire
Equipment company, and one time
assistant chief of the Asheville
Fire Department, was the speaker
at the regular meeting of the mem
bers of the Sylva Fire Department
on Monday evening at 7:30 o'
1 clock.
i Mr. Bailey talked to the fire
men on the importance of Fire
Prevention Week which will be
! held during the week of October 5
through 11 when the entire state
will join in a campaign to make
the citizens of North Carolina
conscious of the great losses oc
curring annually through fires
which could be prevented.
The State of North Carolina,
Mr. Bailey said, is doing something
this year that no other state has
ever done and that is the holding
of a fire drill in every public
school in the state at 11 o'clock
on Thursday, October 9. Not only
will the schools be holding fire
drills but aU the fire departments!
of the state will help with the
drills, and have drills with their
own men. Mr. Bailey has been
invited by the Sylva Fire Depart
ment to make a talk in the Sylva'
school at this time. He hopes to
be able to be here.
Fire Chief Bart Cope was in
charge of the meeting Monday
night. i
SPENGERECAPTURED J
FOLLOWING JAIL
BREAK ON TUESDAY
Faris Spence, 21, of Anderson,
S. C., one of three men who escaped'
from the Jackson county jail at
7:30 Tuesday evening after at
tacking Jailer Thad Cowan and
forcing him to give them the jail
keys, was captured at around 3
o'clock this morning. The other
two men, Jr.mes Lail, 18, of Rob-;
binsville, and Jack Howard, 23, of'
Asheville, are still at large, but
officers expect to take them at
any time.
The men had cleaned out their
cell and placed the box of trash
just inside the door. When Mr.
Cflwan opened the door and reach
ed in to get the box, he was struck
down by one of the men and then
attacked by all three. He suffered
a dislocated shoulder and other
body injuries in the scuffle.
Radio Station WHCC
To Carry Play By Play
Results Of Game
The first radio broadcast ever to
originate in Sylva will be heard
Friday night when the Sylva
V|aynesville football game will
be broadcast over the facilities of
WHCC, in Waynesville.
Arrangements have been com
pleted for a special 2-hour broad
cast from the Sylva athlete field
Friday -flight, with three sports
announcers ar.d an engineer Irom
the Waynesville studios coming
over to stage the event.
A special telephone line will be
run to the field here to modulate
the program over the lines, and in
the studios at Waynesville two
other engineers will work on the
same broadcast before t goes on
the air.
George Flowers, program direc
tor, and sports announcer will give
the play-by-play <4 the game;
Zeno Wall, Jr., veteran sports an
nouncer will give the color of the
game, and Harry "Blue" Robinson,
will give a summa/y at each quar
ter.
The station is featuring local
programs, and have successfully
staged a number of remote pro
grams from Cnntc n and nearby
sections to the station.
This will be the first of many
football games in this area that
WHCC will broadcast.
WHCC operates on 1400 kilocy
cles.
TURKEY MARKET EARLY
Turkey marketings this year
are expected to be earlier than
usual and the proportion to be
marketed before November is
even larger than the record pro
portion during that period last
year.
Huge Crowds Expected
To Attend Annual Indian
Fair September 23-27
FARMS NEED MORE
AND DETTER DAIRY
COWS SAYS AGENT"
Artificial Breeding
Considered By Group
Of County Dairymen
One of the outstanding needs
in Jackson County in order that
the farm family may realize a
greater income from the farm is
more and better dairy cows. Many
farmers have enough pasture
acreage to carry several good milk
:ows by getting the pasture lim
ed, fertilized, and seeded. How
ever, the quality of dairy animals
Kept should receive careful consid
eration. One of the best means
of improving the quality is by
artificial breeding using only
proven bulls.
The artificial breeding commit
tee in Jackson County consists of
the following men: W. T. Brown,
J. Steadman Mitchell, Quinlan
Holcombe, Crawford Shelton, and!
G. B. Hutson. In order that the
committee may be in a position
to work out a breeding program
all persons owning one or more
cows are requested to list the|
number of cows that they would,
desire bred artificially to proven(
dairy bulls with members of the
committee or the County Agent.
A Correction
The Herald is glad to make a
correction of an error which oc
curred in the full page advertise
merit of Buchanan Auto & Electric
Company in the issue of Septem
ber 11. The error was in the price
of the Launderall Automatic Home
Laundry which read $199.95 when
it should have read $299.95.
Walter Carringer To
Study In New York
Mr. Walter Carringer left Tues
day for Columbia university* New
York, where he will enroll for the'
fall term. Mr. Carringer, a voice1
student of Mrs. Charles G. Gulley
at W c T C the past year,-expects
later to continue his voice train
ing at Julliard college, New York.
Mr. Carringer's home is in Mur
phy.
4-H Club Achievement Day
Set For Saturday 27th, List
Of Premiums Announced
The Jackson County Achieve
ment Day will he held at Sylva
Community Club house on Sep
tember 27th, 1947. This is for
the County men and . women,
Home Demonstration Clubs, 4-H
Clubs, F. F. A. Groups, and other
clubs that w?sh to participate.
The following is a list of products
that are to be entered in the
Achievement Day exhibits as well
as any other product- not mention
ed. All products to be displayed
are urged to be brought and ar
ranged Friday afternoon in order
to be judged early Saturday morn
ing.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS
(Booths)
Class 1: Best Individual "Exhibit,
Class 2: Home Demonstration
Class 4: F. F. A. Club Booth.
Class A: Quilts?
Cotton Applique, Cotton Patch-,
work, Wool Patch-work, Finest
quilting by hand.
Class B: Spreads?
Crocheted, Knitted, Coverlet
| (woven), Afghan (knitted),
I Afghan (crocheted), Afghan (wo
ven ).
Class C: Handwork?
Crocheted luncheon set, Croch
eted luncheon cloth, Embroidered
luncheon cloth, 1 pair embroidered
pillow cases, 1 pair pillow cases
with crochet.
Class D: Clothing?
Best frock, silk or wool, Be^fi
frock, cotton, Knitted sweater,
| Apron, Man's shirt, Handbag.
(Continued on page 3)
Many Entertainment
Features Planned, Gov.
Cherry and Sylva Band
To Attend On Friday
The 30th Annual Cherokee In
dian Fair will open its gates on
Tuesday September 23, at 7:30 a.
m. to begin five days oi entertain
ment for the thousands of visitors
expected to attend this big annual
attraction.
The fair will be held 5 days this
year instead of 4 as in previous
years, carrying through Saturday,
Sept. 27. The gates will remain
open each day from 8:00 a. m. to
9:60 p. m. The big Mid-way attrac
tion will operate until later in the
evening.
Governor R. Gregg Cherry will
attend the Fair on Friday, the
20th, accompanied by other state
and national figures. Congressman
Monroe M. Redden and Senator
William B. Umstead are expected
to attend during the week. Sylva
High school band has accepted an
invitation from the Fair officials
to play on the 26th while Gov
ernor Cherry and his party are on
hand. Mr. Crawford, principal of
the school, stated that the band
will go to Cherokee early for the
opening of the fair on that day and
remain there most of the day.
The Fair Association has made
great effort to make this one of
the most successful in the history
of the annual attraction. Each
year, thousands of tourist from
other states come to this section
to see the fair and to enjoy the
colorful season. The fair is being
staged a week or two earlier this
year.
The agricultural and home
making exhibits by the Indians
create much attraction. These ex
hibits grow larger each year, with
thia year's expected to be the best
ever held.
A special event of the Fair this
year is the School Day to be set
apart on Saturday, the 27th, for
all. school children attending in
groups, accompanied by teachers
or- chaperons. These groups will
be admitted free. *
C. OF C. EXECUTIVES
SUECT SYLVA AS
1948 MEETING PLACE
Felix Picklesimer, President of
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce, W. C. Hennessee, Boyd
Sossamon, and Woody Hampton,
members of the board of directors,
returned Monday night from
Moorehead City where they at
tended the annual state convention
of North Carolina Chamber of
Commerce Executives. An invi
tation from the Sylva Chamber ex
tended the convention to hold its
1948 session in Sylva was accepted.
Of the 72 attending the convention,
four were from Sylva.
Senator William B. Umstead waa
the principal speaker at the
convention luncheon on Monday.
An address by Arch Booth, mana
ger of Chamber of Commerce of
the United States, featured the
annual banquet on Monday night.
Harry Krusz, of Winston-Salem,
was re-elected president of the
association. He is the first person
to hold the presidency for two
terms. Frank Pierson of Durham
was elected vice president and
John Thomas of Wilson, secretary
treasurer.
Sylva Elementary School
While chopping wood, Bobby
Painter received a serious cut on
the head with an ax. Chopping
wood with an ax in one hand and
trying to eat an appie from the
other hand, Bobby let the ax be
come overbalanced, striking him
on the head and causing a bad
cut. He is the son of Mrs. Ruth
Painter and a member of Miss
Bertha Cunningham's fifth grade.
At the regular 1 o'clock pro
gram on last Friday afternoon Mr.
John Crawford's eighth' grade stu
dents gave a demonstration of in
door athletics.
S08SAM0N'S ... IN 8YLVA