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VOL. XXII, NO. 17
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, Sept. 25, 1947
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WESTERN CAROLINA HAS RECORD ENROLLMENT
First District Of Paremt-Teacher
T* ^ *
Group To Meet In Sylva Today
ELEVEN COUNTIES
INCLUDED IN AREA,
13,914 MEMBERS
Mrs. Hunter, State
President, To Be
Principal Speaker
The 19th annual conference of
the first district of the North Car
olina Congress of Parents and
Teachers will convene this (Thurs
day) morning at the Sylva Ele
mentary school building at 10 a.m.
-Mrs. Allen Luther, director, will
be in,charge and principal speak
ers will be the state president,
Mrs. Ernest B. Hunter, and the
state secretary, Mrs. J. W. Burke.
Rev. W. Q. Grigg, pastor of the
Methodist church, will bring the
devotional. Frank M. Crawford,
county superintendent, and W. H.
Crawford, principal 9f the Sylva
schools will bring greetings and
Mrs. E. L. McKee will extend
greetings from the county council.
Special music will be rendered by
the High school glee club.
The following program will be
carried out: 9:30 a. m., registra
tion; 10a. m.?call to order; 10:20
a. m.?business session with re
ports by the treasurer, introduction
of guests, appointment of commit
tees, election of officers and report
of the district director; 11 a. m.?
with the Rev. C. M. Warren,
Hunter; 12:15?symposium on par
ent-teacher work conducted by
state chairmen present. Afternoon
program: 1 p. m.?lunch in school
cafeteria; 2 p. m.?talk on health;
2:30?report by PTA presidents;
3 p. m.?report of registrar and
announcement of 1948 meeting
place.
State departments chairmen
scheduled to take part in the dis
cussions include Mrs. R. U. Sutton
of Sylva, education for home and
family life; Miss Augusta Barnett |
of Ashevilie, recreation; Mrs. E. N. !
Howell, of Swannanoa, past presi- '
dent of the North Carolina Con
gress and present field service
worker; and Dr. Mildred I. Mor
gan of Ashevilie, social hygiene.
Other officers assisting with the
program include Mrs. Tom Ffer-V
guson of Bryson City, assistant dis
trict director; Mrs. Charles For
tune of Ashevilie, secretary; Mrs.
?Continued on page 10
Calendar of Events
Methodists will hold their an
nual church supper in Allison
building at 7 P. M.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 26?The Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary will meet
with Mrs. T. C. Bryson, Jr., at
7:30 P. M. with Mrs. Venoy Reed
joint hostess. Mrs. Dan Tomp
kins, president.
MONDAY, SEPT. 29?The Wood
men of the World will meet -in
the W.O.W. hall at 7.30 P.M.
Jeff Hedden, council commander.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 30?The Rotary
club will have a dinner meet
ing in Allison building at 7 P.
M. Dr. D. D. Hooper, president.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1?The Lions
club will have a dinner meeting
in the high school cafeteria at
7:30 P. M. T. Walter Ashe,
president.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1?The Hal
cyon Woman's club will meet
.^with Mrs. W. T. Brown at 7:30
P. M. Mrs. Claude Campbell,
president.
THURSDAY, Oct. 2?The Dills
boro Masonic lodge will meet in
Masonic hall, Dillsboro at 7:30
P. M. Ed Bumgarner, W. M.
THURSDAY, Oct. 2?The B. H.
Cathey chapter, United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, will
meet with Mrs. F. M. Williams
at 7:30 P. M. Mrs. Jennings
Bryson, president.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. L; ~ I.
of Asheville, and Messrs.
and Claude Campbell r.".' I.....*
families, were guests cf "> r
ents, Mr. and M.S. W, E. Lu.r..)
bell Sunday.
8083AMON'3 . . . I I S l. /
Winter Cover Crop
Seed Available To
Jackson Farmers
D. C. Higdon, Chairman of
Jackson County A. C. A., urges
that all farmers who have not
seeded a winter cover crop oh
all their land do so within the
next three weeks.
The AAA office can now
furnish Austrian Winter Peas
for ^seeding cover crop and
now is the most advantageous
time to seed this crop. The
amount recommended per acre
is 50 pounds. Ryegrass can also
be secured to seed winter cov
er crop is around 30 pounds
per acre.
Ryegrass is also available
for seeding for winter grazing.
Around 40 pounds per acre is
recommended for this use. It
is most important that all acre
age possible be seeded for win
ter grazing on account of the
shortage of this year's corn
crop; also due to the extremely
high cost of feed. Ladino
clover and Orchard grass seed
are available for seeding per
manent pasture. These seed
are available to all farmers re
gardless of any amount of
previous material. Any farm
er interested in seeding any
of the above mentioned crop
should come to AAA office
at once and get a purchase
order for the seed.
JUmm Pearl Weaver
Will Help Screen
School Children
In response to an increasing in
terest on the part of the teachers
in getting some help in appraising
the health status of children, re
ferred to as "Screening", as an
integral part of health teaching,
Miss Pearl Weaver, Public Health
Nurse of the staff of the school
health Coordinating Service, will
come to the county to help carry
on the work, according to an an
nouncement by Superintendent of
county schools, Frank M. Craw
ford.
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Musical Program Given
At Sylva Elem. School
On Friday afternoon a musical
program was presented at Sylva
elementary school by Rev. and
Mrs. Mark Osborne of Cullowhee
and Mrs. Paul Ellis, Charles Reed,
Nickels Beacham and Miss Alice
Weaver. The group, accompanied
by Mrs. Grover Wilkes, sang two
numbers.
Mr. Osborne, with Mrs. Ellis a^
accompanist, sang a group of songs
and gave a negro reading.
Each Friday afternoon a teacher
and his pupils are responsible for
a program. Mr. W. V. Cope and
his students sponsored tfiis musical
pjogram.
Held by Yugoslavs
DECLARED ?o have been Illegally
seized by ugoslav authorities in
the Trieste area. Lt. John C-^)wyef
(above), an army doctor from Chi
cago, was being held despite ap
peals for his release He was Ashing
In the Isonzo River with Sgt Wil
liam Smith, Way cross, Ga., when"
taken prisoner. (International*
MAY GET NEW WASHINGTON POSTS
ADMIRAL DEWITT C. RAMSEY ADMIRAL LOUIS E. DENFELD
EDITORS: It it rumored In Washington circles that Admiral Louis I. Denfeld,
56, ol Westboro, Mass., may be named Chief of Staff to President Truman.
He would re-iface Admiral of tho Floot William D. Loahy. Anothor report
ha* *t that Admiral Dewitt C. Ramsey, 59, of Whipple Barracks, Arls., would
r- Admiral of tho Fleet Chester W. Nlmlfrx, cm Chief of Naval Oper? I
i These picturoe are sent as preparedness. CENTRAL PRESS
COUNTY TEACHERS
TO MEET FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 3 AT 1:30
Will Elect County Unit
Officers Of N.C.E.A.;
Mrs. McCracken to Speak
Mr. Frank M. Crawford, superin
tendent of the public schools of
Jackson county, has announced
that there will be a county-wide
meeting of the teachers of the
county in the Sylva elementary
building on Friday, October 3, at
1:30 o'clpck. This will be the first
counts-wide meeting of the new
school year.
Mrs. Alma McCracken, District
Health Nurse, of Waynesville, will
be the 'speaker for the meeting.
She will discuss the health pro
gram in the schools.
Officers for the county unit of
the North Carolina Education As
sociation, will be elected at this
time for the new year.
All teachers are urged to be
present.
Harrill Tells Vets
Better-Than-Average
Work Is Expected
Cullowhee?Veterans attending
Western Carolina Tfeachers college'
were told in assembly Tuesday1
that better-than-average work was
expected of them. W. B. Harrill,
Public Relations and Personnel
Council for the school and formerly
in charge of the Veterans Admin
istration's education program for j
this state, said that in college and
universities throughout the state I
veterans, as a group, were doing!
much better scholastically than!
other students. He stated that the
veterans are showing an eagerness
to learn and a seriousness of pur
pose, which^he observed, is count
er to what many educators pre- '
dieted at the inception of the G. 1.1
education program.
Funeral Services For
Julius Denton Sunday
Funeral services for Julius Den
munity hospital on Saturday, were
held at the Whittier Baptist church
at the Whittier Baptist church
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Burial was in the new Whittier
cemetery.
Mr. Denton, 68 years* of age, a
retired farmer of Whittier, is sur
vived by the widow, Mrs. Lola
Spencer Denton; one brother, D.
Denton, Whittier, Rt. 2; and two
sisters, Mrs. Donna Green of Can
ton and Mrs. Pearl Nations of
Whittier.
Funeral arrangements were un
der the direction of Garrett Fun
eral Home.
Mrs. Jarvis Crawford, accom
panied by her brother, Wayne
Hall, of Greenville, S. C., and sis
ter, Mrs. Ed Wilson, of Atlanta.
Ga., left Sunday to be with their
brother, Mr. Ernest Hall, who is
seriously ill at his home in Wash
| ington, D. C.
Sylva Meets Murphy In
Third Game of The
Year Friday Night
The Sylva Golden Hurrl
canes will make their third
home appearance Friday niflht
when they meet the Murphy
High eleven under the lights
at Mark Watson Field at 7:30.
Following the Murphy game
the next three Hurricane
games will be on the road.
The Sylva band will be pres
ent Friday night and will play
at halftime.
ALLEY TO BE JUDGE
FOR OCTOBER COURT,
OPENS MONDAY SIXTH
A two weeks term of Jackson
County Superior court will open
Monday, October 6, with Judge
Felix E. Alley, of Waynesville
presiding and Solicitor Dan K.
Moore, representing the State.
The county jury commission has!
already selected jurors for this
court, which includes a number of
ladies, who will sit as jurors for
the first time in Jackson county.
Clerk of Court John Henson re
ports that there are no murder
cases for trial at this time. The j
criminal docket consists chiefly of
drunken driving, and other liquor
violations.
The second week will be taken
up in the trial of civil suits.
Sylva Woman With
Husband In Korea
, Mrs. Ponsella Buchanan, wife of
T-Sgt. Delonas Buchanan, and
their infant son, Charles, recently
arrived at Inchon, Korea, aboard
the USS General Patrick.
Mrs. Buchanan is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Bradley, of I
Sylva, with whom she resided while |
her husband was in Korea. T-Sgt.'
Buchanan has been stationed with |
the 61st ordnance group in Inchon'
for the last 10 months. A veteran !
of 12 years army service, he was
stationed in Alaska in 1911 and in
the European theater of operations
from 1942 to 1945.
Sgt. and Mrs. Buchanan arere
siding in J. Area of Korea base
command dependent housing.
Rev. Blankenship Accepts
Pastorate In Rowan Asso.
Rev. F. P. Blankenship and his
family left Tuesday for their new
horr.e at Rockwell, N. C.? where
he lias accepted a call as pastor of
Phaniels Baptist church in the
Rovan association.
Mr. Blankenship is a native of
Swc'iin county, having come to
Jackson county four years ago as
past >r of the Webster and Dills
boro churches. For the past 27 ,
mon'.hs he has been pastor of the ;
Lovedale Baptist church and dur- ,
ing the past two months has also
served the East Sylva church.
Rev. Blankcnship's address at!
his new home will be Route 2, j
Rockwell, N. C. ? '
TWO WEEKS REVIVAL
TO OPEN AT BAPTIST i
CHURCH SUNDAY !
Dr. Ed G. Caldwell Will
Be Assistant During
Series Of Services
Housing shortage? Hotel res
ervation? Plane and train crowds?
None of these bother Dr. Ed G.
Caldwell, evangelist and Bible
teacher, who is now in Sylva for
a two weeks series of special serv
ices in the First Baptist Church,
beginning Sunday.
Rev. C. Monroe Warren, First
Baptist Church pastor, announces
that Dr. Caldwell travels in a
"private car of the highways" from
city to city in his activities as an
evangelist. A large, cross-coun
try bus, weighing nine tons, has
been converted into a complete
and livable home for the evangel
ist and his wife. He states that
this bus has hot and cold running
water, automatic refrigeration, 3
piece bath fed to a septic tank
mounted beneath the bus floor and
that bottled gas is used for a four
burner gas range with oven and
broiler in the kitchen, as well as
a gas fireplace that is complete
with mantel and the usual mantel
adornments, such as mirror, elec
tric clock and stationary lamps.
This car is now parked between
the First Baptist Church and the
Shel' Filling Station, where it is
expected to attract much attention.
Mr. Warren also announces that
Dr. and Mrs. Caldwell realize the
unusualness of their home and are
very gracious in show, visitors
through it.
Dr. Caldwell, who comes to
Sylva from Orrville Baptist Church
in Anderson, S. C., where he is re
ported to have had ;i most success
ful revival, will speak Sunday
morning and night at the regular
church services and every night
next week at 7:45. The public is.
invited to hear him. It is also
expected that he will address the
Sylva High School in their chapel
exercises next week.
It is understood that this meet
ing brings about a reunion be
tween the pastor and the evangel
ist as Mr. Warren has known Mr.
Caldwell since he was a lad. In
fact, it was under Dr. Caldwell's
ministry that he was called to
preach.
Mr. And Mrs.Club At
WCTC To Meet Friday
Evening At 8:15
Cullowhee?The Mr. and Mrs.
Club of Cullowhee will meet Fri
day night at 8:15 o'clock in the
basement of the Cullowhee Meth
odist church for a variety evening
of indoor games. About 25 couples
are expected to attend, and will
bring their own refreshments.
The club, sponsored by the Rev.
R. T: Houts, Jr., pastor of the
Cullowhee Method;.-t church, is
non-denominational and was or
ganized to give local young mar
fied couples an opportunity tcr get
to know each other and have fun
together.
Kenneth Terrell left Saturday
for Chapel Hill where he will en
roll as a student at the University
of North Carolina.
To Assist In Revival
DR. ED G. ALEXANDER, above,
has arrived in Sylva with Mrst
Alexander in their private house
car and Mr. Alexander is working
music; 11:15, talk by Mrs. A. B.
pastor of the Sylva Baptist church,
in preparation for the beginning
of a series of revival services at
that church Sunday morning.
Trut'li-Tra iIvr Fire
Put Out % Sylva
Fire Department
Sylva Fire Department answer
ed a call at 7 o'clock Tuesday eve
ning to extinguish a truck-trailer
fire on Highway 107. ?
The large truck, with trailer at
tached, was being driven North by
a Chattanooga man who said that
he was forced off the road by an
other car. The truck and trailer
, turned over into the 'creek' jyjaft
above the waterwheeJ mill. The
driver was unhurt. While wait
ing for a wrecker to remove the
truck and trailer. an on-looker
carelessly threw a match in the
creek which was covered with
?
gasoline. Flames soon spread to
the truck. Considerable damage
resulted from the fire. The trailer
was empty at the time of the ac
cident.
Cogdill Motor Company recov
ered the damaged equipment
Wednesday morning and pulled it
into Sylva.
CHEROKEE INPIAN
FAIR ATTRACTS
MANY TOURISTS
More than half of the estimated
2,000 people were from states oth
er than North Carolina who at
tended the opening day of the
Cherokee Indian Fair at Cherokee
on Tuesday. ? This proves the
drawing power this annual cele
bration ha? for the tourist. Many
people have the habit of delaying
their visit to the Great Smokies
each fall until the fair opens in
order that they may have the op
portunity to see these "first Amer
icans" in their native costumes,
performing in their ceremonial
dancing, the Indian Ball games,
and native Cherokee singing.
The farm and home exhibits are
always good, and interesting to
the visitors.
The five-day event will con
tinue through Saturday of this
week.
Former Presidents Attend
Opening Assembly of WCTC
Cullowhee?The three living
presidents of Western Carolina
Teachers college were present for
the general assembly of students
and faculty member-, in Hoey audi
torium Tuesday afternoon. They
were Prof. Robert L. Madison,
Webster, founder and first presi
dent; Prof. A. C. Reynolds, Sylva,
w^o was president during World
War I; and Dr. H. T. Hunter, who
is now in his twenty-fifth year
as president.
Prof Madison resigned a position
as editor of the Tuckaseigee Dem
ocrat in Sylva in 1889 to open the
college as a private institution.
Four years later he secured state
aid for his school and added to
its curriculum. He served a total
of 26 years.
Prof. Reynolds was president for
eight years.
The presidents were introduced
to the assembly by John Worth
McDevitt, an alumus and Bursar
of the school, who also made a
short talk on the history and tradi
tions of the institution.
OVER 500 STUDENTS
HAVE REGISTERED,
OTHERS EXPECTED
Dean Bird Reports Ten
Per Cent Increase Over
Previous Highest
Western Carolina Teachers col
lege has a record enrollment this
fall, Dean W. E. Bird said Thurs
day. With a few more still ex
pected to register late, the figure
now stands at 545, a 10 per cent
increase qver the next highest
regular-term registration, which
occurred last year when 496 stu
dents were enrolled. Due to the
large number of veterans enter
ing the college, about 70 per cent
of the total number is made up of
men and boys.
j a
I In addition to the students at
Cullowhee, the college is operating
, a workship of students for Hay
wood county teachers. About 70
are enrolled there, and registrar
tion is still incomplete. Dr. Carl
D. KilliAn, head of the psychol
ogy department of the college, is
in charge of the workshop, and is
assisted by other members of the
faculty and by regular students.
The Workshop, which meets in
Waynesville every Monday night
j for a minimum of two hours, teach
i es audio-visual aids to education
J and resource-use education. Stu
dents of the Workshop also do
laboratory work in their own
schools.
Meeting Of First District
Federated Clubs Held In
ifrrjidm City Saturday
About 80 women from the va
rious clubs making up the First
District of the North Carolina Fed
eration of Women's clubs met in
Bjyson City last Saturday for the
annual meeling.
The district president, Mrs. T.
A. Ca>e of Murphy, presided. State
officers attending and making ad
<?'resses were Mrs. Karl Bishopric,
state president, and Mrs. Edwin
Brown, secoi.d vice president.
Splendid reports of Ihe year's
work were tfiven by the president
of each club.
Mr:;. Claude C npbell, presi
dent of the Halcyon club of Sylva,
was elected vice president of the
d.strict to fill the unexpired term
of Mrs. Ed Baldridje who had
tendered her resignation.
I . Two resolution*: were voted on
at this time. The fir it, unanimous
ly adopted, w:>a that the state de
partment of education be urged to
employ music and art teachers
for the public schools of the state.
The second provided that each club
pay the equivalent of $1.00 per
member to the state division to
provide a building to be used as
headquarters for the state federa
tion.
The meeting was held in the
Presbyterian church and the
luncheon in the Masonic hall.
Members attending from the Jack
' son county clubs were Mrs. Charles
G. Gulley, Mrs. Carl Killian, Mrs.
W. B. Harrell, Mrs. M. K. Hinds^
Miss Mabel.Tyree, Miss Anne Ham
mond and Miss Kathleen Davis
from Cullowhee; Mrs. R. U. Sut
ton, Mrs. Claude Campbell, Mrs.
Juanita Davis, Mrs. Roger Dillard,
, Mrs. M. B. Madison, Mrs. W. L.
Jones, Mrs. Woody Hampton, Miss
Annie Louise Madison and Miss
Hicks Wilson from Sylva.
Former Mayor Of N. Y.
Buried On Monday
! Fiorello H. LaGuardia, former
mayor of New York, was buried
Monday afternoon. His body lay
in state at the Episcopal Cathedral
of St. John the Divine until serv
ices began. Although he became
| best known as New York's popu
lar and honest administrator, La
Guardia also served in Congress,
as director of civilian defense early
in World War II, and later as gen
j eral of the United Nations Relief
I and Rehabilitation administration.