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VOL. XXII, NO. 22 : Sylva, N. C. Thursday, Oct. 30, 1947 $2.00 A Year?5c Copy
3 PLANE CRASH VICTIMS BROUGHT TO SYLVA
350 WCTC Alumni Return
For Home-Coming Events;
Is Largest Attendance
Johnathan Woody Of
Waynesville Named
Temporary President
BY AL BOOZE
CULLOWHEE?Johnathan Woody,
president of the First National
bank of Waynesville, was named
temporary president of the Alumni 1
Association of Western Carolina
Teachers college at the group's
home-coming banquet here Satur
day night.
A member of the class of 1914
and a past president of the asso- I
ciation, Mr. Woody was elected by
acclamation and will serve until
the organization holds its annual
election in June.
John Worth McDevitt, college
bursar and an alumnus, was ap
pointed temporary secretary of as
sociations by W. E. Bird, acting
president of the college.
About 350 alumni were here for
home-coming day, and 135 of
these attended the banquet and
the business session which follow-^
ed. This .was the largest attend
ance at an alumni dinnner in the
school's history, Mr. McDevitt
said.
Among those present at the ban
quet were president Emeritus
Robert Lee Madison, Webster,
founder and first president of the
^Jsj&ollege; Prof. A. C. Reynolds, sec
ond president of the school; and
William C. "Uncle Will'" Norton,
only living member of the school's
original board of trustees.
John Denton, class of '*7, travel
led the greatest distance of any
alumnus to attend the meeting.
He came from Aruba, Nether
lands West Indies, where he is em
ployed by the Standard Oil com
pany. Tom Ballou, Nashville,
after driving 50 miles back Friday
night to officiate at a football
game, drove all night to bring his
( family to the gathering.
Three members of the class of
1898, the oldest class represented,
were present. They were Frank H.
Brown, Cullowhee, Associate Pro
fessor of chemistry at WCTC; Dr.
D. D. Hooper, president of the
Sylva Rotary club, and Miss Ro
berta Rogers, Cullowhee.
Following the business meeting
the alumni saw their football team,
the Catamounts, beat the Lenoir
Rhyne Bears, 13-7, before packed
stands. After the game they attend
ed an informal dance for them
selves and students at Breese gym
nasium.
Calendar of Events
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3?The
Woodmen of the World will meet
in the W. O. W. hall at 7:30 P.
M. Jeff Hedden, council com
mander.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3?The
Beta Parent Teacher associa
tion will meet at 2 P. M. Mrs.
Allen Ginn, president.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3?The
Gaynelle Murray Circle will
meet with Mrs. W. C. Hennessee
with Mrs. J. F. Corbin leader.
Mrs. Jesse Buchanan, presi
dent.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3?The
Carrie Rhodes circle will meet
with Mrs. Dennis Barkeley at
the home of Dr. Patsy McGuire.
Mrs. Raymon Stovall, chairman.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4?The
Rotary club will have a dinner
meeting in Allison building at
6:30 P. M. Dr. D. D. Hooper,
president.
?WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5?
The Halcyon club will meet
with Mrs. Grayson Cope at 7:30
P. M. Mis. Claude Ca.rspbfeil,
j president.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMZIR 5?
The Lions club will have a din
ner meeting in the high school
cafeteria at 7:00 P. M. T. Wal
ter Ashe, president.
Hickory Men Impressed
With Sylva and Area
While up for the Catamount and
Bears football tussel at Cullowhee
Saturday night Dr. Chas. L. Hun
sucker, John L. Stroupe, attorney,
Wade Bridges, of the Hickory
Daily Record, L. H. Warlick and
David L. Howard, of the knit
ting mill industry, of Hickory,
spent Saturday night here at
Lloyd Hotel and then visited
points of interest in Sylva and
vicinity Sunday. They were very
much impressed with the city and
surrounding area. While here
they made a number of pictures of
the courthouse and views from the
anan extended the party the cour
anan extended the party the court
tesy of showing them about.
After their visit here they
then drove through the park
and the Indian Reservation, re
turning over Soco Gap route.
FUEL OIL DELIVERIES
| AFFECTED BY OIL
TANKER SHORTAGE
Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey is notifying its heavy fuel
oil customers on the East Coast that
| due to the acute shortage of tanker
transportation, it is forced to re
i duce its current deliveries to both
marine and irdnstrial trade. ?
It .was stated that, although the
Company had no doubt of its abil
I ity ultimately to bring supplies in
! balance with demand, for the time
| being the quantity it can produce
| locally and transport from other
refining areas, plus its inventories,
is insufficient to meet current
, needs. This may mean some delay
in the sailing of steamships and
some curtailment of operations of
industrial plants. It is hoped, and
I the Company has urged since last
May, in view of the tight supply
situation, that users of heavy fuel
who have standby equipment or
can convert to other fuels, will do
so for their own protection, as well
as to help the general petroleum
supply picture.
Pleads f"'ot Guilty
INDICTED with other iormer officials
of the "Race and Settlement Office",
Inge Viermetz pleads not guilty In
the courtroom at Nuremberg, Ger
many In the first row are defend
ants Rudolf Creutz (left) and Kr?n
rad Meyerhetling. They are accused
of war crimes; crimes against hu
manity and the forcible abduction
of children. (International)
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6?The
Dillsbcro Masonic lodge will
meet in the Masonic hall, Dills
boro at 7:30 P. M. Ed Bumgar
ner, W. M.
The U. S. DeDartment of Ag
riculture has announced that 1,
SYLVA LADIES OPEN
GREEN HOUSE AND
NEW FLOWER SHOP
Will Have Formal
Opening Saturday
2 To 5 O'clock
Miss Jane Coward and MiSs
Dorothy Williams, owners and op
erators of Jane and Dot's Flower
Shop will have the formal open
ing of their new shop and green
hou^e from 2 to 5 o'clock Satur
day, November 1. An invitation
is extended through an advertise
ment in The Herald to the gener
al public to visit Jane and Dot's
Plant Shop on their opening day
and whenever they can.
The Misses Coward and Wil
liams started a plant shop about
18 months ago, more or less as a
h6bby, which grew into a retail
plant shop of potted plants and
bedding plants.- Their new shop
will carry a complete assortment
cr potted and bedding plants in
season, cut flowers, either cor
s-efii or flowers for decoration,
also funeral arrangements.
The green house b&ilding re
cently completed was ready made
by Lord and Burnham of Irving
ton, N. J., one of the largest man
ufacturers of green houses and e
quipment in the United States. The
green house is 13 Vfe by 36 feet, all
glass. Heat is provided from an
oil burning furnace.
The storage aind display house
is 12 by 24 feet with workroom up
stairs and 5 by 6 foot refrigerator
and furance in the basement.
Miss Lucye Hedden and Miss
| Williams, who recently took train
! ing courses in flower arrangements
I in Atlanta and Charlotte, will be
in charge of the shop.
Attend Meeting Of
WNCAC Group In Murphy
Felix Picjdesimer, president of
the Jackson county chamber of
commerce, Paul Kirk, member of
the board of directors, and Ray
mond Sutton, member of the North
Carolina National Park, Parkway
and Forestry Commission, attend
ed the quarterly meeting of the
Western North Carolina Associated
communities on Hiawassee Lake
near Murphy yesterday.
Sheriff Takes S. C.
Escaped Prisoner
Acting on a report of a strange
man in the Savannah section Sher
iff Griffin Middleton and Supt.
Meadows, of the Whittier Prison
camp, went to that section last
Friday evening and picked up a
young white man, who turned out
to be Leonard Morgan, 22, an es
caped convict from a road crew
at Spartanburg, S. C. South Caro
lina officers returned the man to
Spartanburg on Saturday. He es
caped in July and had been dodg
ing officers since. He was ser
ving a seven year term.
Addie PTA Planning
Hallowe'en Carnival
For Young People
A program of entertainment for
the young people of the Addie
school and community is being ar
ranged by the Addie Parent-teach
er group. A meeting was held Fri
day at which time further plans
were made for the carnival. The
program will be held in the school
building at 7:00 o'clock Friday
evening, October 31.
The program will consist of
music by the "Happy Ramblers",
String Band of Macon county, a
beauty contest, refreshment stand,
cake walks, guessing contests, fish
pond, bingo and other attractions.
The public is cordially invited.
Singing Convention To
Meet Sunday, Nov. 1
Announcement has been made
that the Central Singing Conven
tion will meet at the Buff Creek
Baptist church at Addie on Sun
day, Nov. 1. All singers and those
who love singing are invited to
attend. R. D. Phillips, president.
335,000 long tons (50,812,054 bu
shels) of United States grain and
grain products were exported in
September of this year.
TEARS FOR RETURNED WAR DEAD
UNABLE TO CONTROL HER TEARS, a Gold Star mother is comforted by a
member of the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion as she vie ws
a coffin containing the body of returning war dead in Chicrgo Impres
sive ceremonies in Soldiers Field marked final tribute to the first Ameri
can dead brought to the U S. from foreign cemeteries I International)
Eight Jackson World War II
Dead Expected To Arrive Soon
Ship Arrived in New *
York Carrying Remains
Of Men From Belgium
Of the 6,200 World War II dead 1
which arrived in New York Sun- |
day on board the army transport 1
Joseph V. Connelly, eight were !
from Jackson county. The bodies j
are being returned to the United '
States in accordance with the 1
wishes of the next-of-kin. The i
Jackson county bodies will be sent !
to Charlotte with other North Car- ]
olina dead to be distributed to '
their various homes. This will re- j
quire from 10 to 15 days, army of
ficials stated. Each body is in a j
bronze metal casket.
The names are;
Pfc. Woodrow Coggins, USA, I
Mrs. Ethel S. Coggins, Erastus.
Pfc. Thomas B. Cowan, USA,
Hanson T. Cowan, Webster.
Pfc. George R. Ensley, USA,
Mrs.- Mamie I. Ensley, Dillsboro.
Sgt. John C. Frizzell, USA, Char
lie Frizzell, Webster.
Pvt. Blaine Queen, USA, Jasper
Queen, Cherokee.
Pfc. Vernon G. Sneed, USA,
Cam Sneed, Cherokee.
Sgt. Gilbert R. Stiles, USA, Hix
C. Stiles, Dillsboro.
Pfc. Lyman L. Jones, USA, Mrs.
Maybelle Jones, Gay.
The William E. Dillard Post of
the American Legion is preparing
to give military funerals for those
who request this kind of service.
Relatives of three of th? above
have requested this service.
HAMMOND ORGAN
INSTALLED BY
BAPTIST CHURCH
Members of the Sylva Baptist
churqh are proud of the new Ham
mdnd organ which they recently
purchased and which was installed
Tuesday by the Dunham Music
t Cofripany of Asheville. The new or
gan,. one of the latest manufac
! ture, will add much to the music
! of the church. Mrs. E. P. Stillwell
; is the organist.
Plans are under way to have a
professional Hammond organist
| come to Sylva for an organ recital
1 in the near future, according to an
; announcement by the pastor, Rev.
C. M. Warren. The pastor extends
! a cordial invitation to the public
1 to attend worship service and to
hear the new organ.
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Pyatt and
i daughter and son, Lynn and Eddie
Boy, of Lenoir spent the week
end With Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Buck
ner.
OCE Chapter Realizes
$185 From Rummage Sale
Oce Chapter No. 139 Order of I
the Eastern Star met in regular
session /October 22. The meeting
was opened in ritualistic order by
Mrs. Hazel Carlson, associate ma
tron, presiding in the absence of
Mrs. Juanita Ferguson, worthy
matron.
One hundred and eighty-five (
dollars was collected from rum- I
mage sale which was held at the
Masonic hall.
Mrs. Mary Swann, Di-tr.ct Dep
uty Grand Matron, of Andrews,
will make her official visit at the
next regular meeting in Novem
ber.
The by-laws of the chapter were ,
read by the secretary.
The aitar was draped in mem- ,
ory of Mr. Charles Monroe Setzer, '
Past Worthy Grand Patron, who
passed away Sept. 13, 194,7.
Executive Committee
Of Tuckaseigee Association
To Meet
The executive committee of the
Tuckaseigee Baptist association
will meet Saturday morning, No
vember 1 at 10:30 at the Sylva Bap
tist church. All members are urged
to be present to attend to matters :
of vital importance before the
state convention meets November
10-13 in Winston-Salem. Let all re
quests of matters of business be
presented immediately.
C. M. Warren,
Moderator. \
Sylva Lions Plan
Negro Minstrel Show
At the meeting of the Sylva
Liens Club last Wednesday night
plans were discussed for giving
a negro minstrel show in Sylva in
the near future for the benefit of
the Blind Fund which the club
sponsors. \
A committee on arrangements
for the show w&s appointed, head
ed by Roscoe Poteet with Hugh
Monteith and W. T. Brown.
A feature of the program was
music by the Sylva high school
band.
AU-Star Basketball
Team To Be Organized
The William E. Dillard Post,
American Legion, proposes to
sponsor an all-star basketball
team for the community. All per
sons interested in such a team, as
players or backers of the team,
are requested to be present at the
Sylva high school building Mon
day night, Nov. 3, for the purpose
of discussing plans for the team.
Cabinet Meeting Of
District 31A To Be
Held at Dillsboro
There Will be a district cabinet
meeting of Lions International
District 31A at Jarrett Springs
hotel, Sunday, November 9, ac
cording to an announcement of
local Lion officials. The cabinet is
composed of the 'district governor
and 11 members, of which Jen
nings A. Bryson. of Sylva is a
member. District 3iA includes all
clubs West of Charlotte and all
club presidents and secretaries
have been invited.
Simpson Heard By
Newspaper People
The members of Western North
Qarolirta, Newspaper Association
met in regular monthly session at
the S & W Cafeteria in Asheville
Saturday night and heard R. W.
"Deacon" Simpson, former man
aging editor of the Tampa Tirbune,
and one of the Nation's outstand
ing newspaper men, talk on the
Trends of Modern Newspapers.
Alter his address the group enter
ed into a round-table discussion
of news handling.
The Western Association includes
all non-daily papers from Hickory
to Murphy. Some 40 newspaper
people from 12 papers were rep
resented.
Mr. Simpson, now retired, makes
| hi* home in Waynesville.
! The Herald was represented at
the meeting by Mr and Mrs. J. A.
Gray and Mrs. J. H. Wilson.
State Dentist In Jackson
County For Five Weeks
Dr. James E. Ethridge, state
dentist, is spending five weeks in
the schools of Jackson county. He
spent last week at John's Creek;
this week he is working at Tuck
aseigee and Cashiers; the 3rd week
he will work at Glenvilie; the
loui th week will be spent at Qual
la and the fifth week will be di
vided between Barkers Creek and
Wilmot.
Local Health Office
To Be Closed Thursday
The Jackson county health of
fice will be closed all-day Thurs
day, November 4, due to the ab
sence of the health officers; Dr.
Mary Michal, and Mrs. Alma Mc
Craken, who will be in Charlotte
at that time attending a meeting
of public health officers of North
Carolina.
On Stricken Plane
A SURVIVOR of the flying boat fler
"indfl Sky Qucm Marie Laborde of
\Tewton Center. Mass.. is shown on
her arrival in Boston aboard the
?""orst Guard cuttcr Bibb The or
!^~il ?he underwent aboard the
-!*?*'? is mirrored in ber unsmiling
(lvtcrnationnl Sri'ivd-photo)
Webster School Will
Have Hallowe'en Carnival
The annual Hallowe'en Carni
val will be held at the Webster
High school building on Thursday
evening, October 30, at 7:30 P. M.
The proceeds are to go for va
rious improvements for tfyc school.
Strato Freight Line's DC-3
Cargo Plane Found In Caney
Fork Seetion Of County
Plane Enroute From
Charlotte To Gainesville,
Missing Since Oct. 16
The bodies of three men, killed
in the crush of the ill-fated private
cargo plane of the DC-3 type,
owned and operated by the Strato
Freight Lines, of Pittsfield, Mass.,
and which crashed in the moun
tainous section of Caney Fork,
some 20 miles southeast of Sylva,
were brought to Moody Funeral
Home here late Wednesday eve
ning. The men killed in the crash
were: Saul E. Karnish, Mount
ville, Mass., pilot; Robert Piper,
formerly of Osowatomie, Kans.,
co-pilot; and Dwight Coulter, of
Pittsfield, Mass., an executive of
the company.
Discovery of the plane was made
by Sheridan Phillips, of this coun
ty, who was bear hunting in the
section. He reported the find to
State Highway Patrol C. D. Lind
say, who with Sheriff Griffin Mid
dleton and other officers went imr
mediately to the scene of the
wreck, arriving there about noon.
Alter driving their cars to a point
some 10 miles above East LaPorte,
the men continued the journey in
Iwo jeeps.
? Pilots Raymond Nealon, William
Miller, A1 Cockrill and Harry
Francis, of Pittsfield, who had been
making an intensive search from
the air, learned of the find in
(^ainesv lie, G<4, and, after flying to
Greenville for contact with Army
headquarters, also helping in the
I hunt, flew on to Sylva, landing
I here about 4 o'clock. They stated
that, the plane left Charlotte at
7 14 Thursday night, Oct. 16, for
Gainesville, Ga., with a cargo of
I 40,000 day-old chicks for delivery
at that point, and that no word had
been heard of the plane since that
time until this morning, although
both Army and Navy planes had
participated in a wide search over
South Carolina and Georgia, and
had planned to begin a search
over this area this week.
The ceiling was only 500 feet
when the two-engined plane left
the Charlotte airport on a rainy
night. It had flown to Charlotte
from Pittsfield with the chicks,
whic^ is a run made several times
weekly by the line.
MEN KILLED INSTANTLY
Mr. Frank Moody of the Moody
Funeral Home, who helped recover
the bodies, said that it was his
opinion that the men were in
stantly killed in the crash. He
stated that the plane struck
the ground 300 to 400 yards under
Hhinehart Gap near the Jackson
Haywood county line and that the
wreckage was scattered over a
wide area. One o? the men had
been thrown out of the plane,
landing some 200 yards out in
front of it and that crates contain
ing the baby chicks were strewn
about, many of them on top of the
body, as well as a limb of a nearby
tree. The bodies of the other two
men were wedged in the cokpit
and were hard to get out, Mr.
Moody said. The bodies were in
very bad condition, having been
dead for nearly two weeks. The
odor made it almost impossible
for the men to handle the bodies.
In the group with Mr. Moody,
Sheriff Middleton and other of
ficers were about 25 men or more
of the Caney Fork community and
some going up from Sylva, who
helped carry the bodies on stretch
es some" 2V2 miles to the Jeeps*
They were then brought out around
six or seven miles to the waiting
ambulances. The bodies reached
Sylva about 6 o'clock.
The area in which the plane fell
is quite isolated, being about eight
miles from the nearest residence,
which accounts for no report of
a crash, as would have been had
it been near any homes.
Mr. Phillips and a party of six
or seven bear hunters were at
| tracted to the scene of the wreck
by their dogs. They had gone into
this area to start their hunt and
| immediately on being turned loose
I the dogs rushed to the wreck, at
| tracted by the odor.