AMERICA
First, L^tt and
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The Sylva Herald
VOL. XXII, NO. 23 Sylvh, N. C. Thursday, Nov. 6, 1947
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The Herald is dedicated to
progressive service to Jack- '
son ... A progressive, well
balanced county.
Jackson County Drivers
With fA' and Names
Slow in Getting License
Examiner To Be ^ \
In Sylva Two Days
Per Week In Future
According to W. W. Moore, state
auto license examiner for Jack
son and Haywood counties there
are lots of people in Jackson coun
ty whose names start with the let
ters "A" and "B" that have not had
their license renewed, and since
there are only a few more weeks in
which to have this done they will
not be able to have this done in
the last minute rush. Therefore,
after January 1 they will not be
allowed to drive on the highways
of the state. Those caught driv
ing after midnight December 31
on the old license will be subject
to a $25.00 fine, Mr. Moore stated.
He urges motor vehicle operators
to have their examination before
this last minute rush takes place.
Mr. Moore announces a new
schedule for this area to begin next i
week. On Thursday and Friday,
November 13, 14, he will be in the
courthouse from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
to give examinations and issue new
LEGION POST AT
CHEROKEE- PLANS
ARMISTICE EVENTS
CHEROKEE?An Armistice Day
program sponsored by the Steve
Youngdeer post of the American '
Legion will be held in the audi
torium of Central school at 11 a.
m. on November 11. The speaker
will be the Rev. D. H. Dennis of
J
Cherokee. The public is invited
to attend. #
Immediately following the pro
gram the legion will give a dinner
to which all returned service men
and women and their families are
invited. Gold Star parents have
a special invitation to be present,
and all legion and auxiliary mem
bers and their families will
be in attendance. The Legion will
furnish bread, meat and coffee for
all those invited, and all those at
tending are asked to bring any
thing they choose to add to the
lunch. ' '
All ex-service men and their
wives are invited to be present for
the entire program and for the
dinner at 6:30. The dinner will be
free. .
Wakefield Comes To
Sylva As Pastor Of
Presbyterian Church
After a lapse of several years,
during which time various minis
ters have supplied the pulpit for
the Presbyterians in Sylva, the
congregation is to have a full time
pastor. The Kev. W. Hoyt Wake
field of Dillingham has been ap
pointed to serve the Sylva church
as a stated supply. Mr. Wakefield
preached his first sermon, since1
his appointment, last Sunday. Hei
had filled the pulpit here on two
previous occasions.
Mr. and Mrs. Wakefield have
taken the Cook home on the Ashe
v ville highway a few miles east of
"town and will move their house
hold goods Friday.
licenses.
"All applicants for license re
newal must have an automobile or
borrow one when they come to
the examination," Mr. Moore said.
*The automobile must have good
breaks, both headlights burning on
bright and dim, one red tail light,
one windshield wiper, one rear
view mirror and one horn."
"A road test will not be given
in a vehicle. that does not meet
these requirements," he added. "A
considerable amount of time can
be saved if the applicants check
their vehicles thoroughly on all
these points before applying for
their license."
SYLVA BAND GOING
TO ROBBINSVILLE
FOR CELEBRATION
The Sylva high school band has
been invited to Robbinsville on
Tuesday, November 11, to par
ticipate in the annual Armistice
Day parade there that morning.
Following the parade the band will
give an hour's concert in the open,
if the weather permits, if it is
raining they will play in the gym.
They will be entertained at lunch
as guests of the Graham county
VFW and American Legion Posts
at the school cafeteria.
The band will leave Robbins
ville in time to arrive home for
the 2:30 American Legion par
ade here in the afternoon, and to
participate in the Armistice Day
activities. *
Mr. Beacham, band director,
and Mr. Crawford, principal of the
high school, will accompany the
band to Robbinsville. ?
Mr. Crawford announced that
the school is glad to lend the band
to other communities whenever
it is possible for it to do so.
Special Program To Be
Given At Cullowhee Tues.
On Tuesday, November 11 un
der the joint sponsorship of the
Twentieth Century club of Sylva
and the Assembly Program com
rhittee of Western Carolina Teach
ers College, a special program will
be presented at 1:20 P.M. at Hoey
auditorium, Cullowhee.
The program will be begun by
a^ processional headed by the na
tional colors followed by the vest
ed college choir, which will sing
the "Allegiance to the Flag" and
"God Bless Our Land." The col
lege band will play military march
es and other music.
The guest speaker will be Mr.
Don Shoemaker, editor of the
A^heville Citizen. He will speak
on either the Marshall plan or the
United Nations.
The singing of the National an
them will conclude the program.
Veterans of the Student body
and the Twentieth Century club
members will be seated in special
sections of the auditorium.
Following the program the mem
bers of the club will go to Mrs.
R. U. Sutton's for a short business
session.
Western Carolina Players to
Give "Death Takes a Holiday99
The Western Carolina Players ? ville; Forest Lindsay, Lowell; Betty
will present "Death Takes a Holi- j A^len, Hiawassee Dam; Loee Alley,
day" Friday night at 8:00 o'clock j Norfolk, Va.; Marty Ryan, Oak
Hoey auditorium. The Players Ridge, Tenn.; and Jack Barnett,
are members of the Western Car
olina Teachers college Dramatics
club.
Murphy.
Miss Mabel Tyree, acting head
of the English department of the
The play, written by Alberto | college, is director. Bob Pittillo,
Cassello and re-written for the' Charleston, S. C., is production
American stage by Walter Ferris, j manager.
is based on a poetic conception of j Other production members and
Death, in the guise of a mortal, j committee chairmen are Clayton
seeking the meaning of life. Since' Ramsey, Franklin, technician;
it was first produced in New York Frank Murray, Franklin, adver
in 1929 it has been one of the most tising; Miss Alley, reception; Mad
popular plays ' with college and ; rie Galloway, Brevard, ushers. Bill
little theater groups. ; Bird, Whittier, properties; Ruby
Don Cabe, Franklin, will portray ' G. Conley, Marion, make-up; Betty
Death, ali-s Prince S.rki. Louise Buckner Wade, costumes and Don
Beck, Hendersonvillc, will cc-star Ireland, West Palm Beach, Fla.,
as Grazia. | assistant director.
In supporting roles are Doug i Following the performance the
Davis, M:rs Hill; Dick McAuley,! Players will give an informal re
Charlotte;' Betty Jean Anderson,! ception for guests in the auditori
Hayesville; Joe Wiggins, Rojou*s- , um. ,
l.'l WASHINGTON to protest the "un-American tactics" of the House
Committee on Un-American Activities investigating alleged*Hollywood
Communists, are motion picture stars Humphrey Bogart (left), Evelyn
Keyes and Danny Kaye. They are members of the newly-founded "Hol
lywood Committee for the First Amendment". (International)
Plans Complete M?or Annual
Armistice Day Celebration
The committee on arrangements
of the William E. Dillard post of
the American Legion has announc
ed that plans have been completed
for Sylva's annual celebration of
Armistice Day on Tuesday, No
vember 11. The committee is com
posed of Dan Tompkins, T. Wal
ter Ashe, and Felix Picklesimer.
According to the committee
Recital To Be Given
At Baptist Church
Geo. B. Thompson, organist from
Dunham's Music House of Ashe
ville will present an organ recital
on the new Hammond organ at
the Sylva Baptist church Sunday
evening at 7:30 o'clock. The new
organ was installed in the church
last week.
Mr. Thompson will present the
following program:
"Clair de Lune" by Debussy;
"Serenade" by Schubert-Memare;
"Largo" from "The New World
Symphony" by Dvorak; "Trau
merei" by Schumann; and ttie
Transcription of the Hymn, "I Need
The Every Hour."
The public is cordially invited
to attend this program.
features of the program for the
celebration will be a street pa
rade of veterans of both World
Wars No. I and No. 2. The pa
rade will be led by the Sylva high
school band. It will assemble at
the high school building, march
through Main Street to the cul
lowhee road and return. Those
taking part in the pa/ade are re
quested to assemble at the school
ready to start the parade promptly
at 2:30 p. m.
Another feature of the program
will be the annual dinner at the
community building ' with Col.
Hardin Howell, of Waynesville as
the principal speaker.
Following the dinner meeting
the Legion will sponsor a square
dance for the public free of charge.
Major H. A. Tidmarsh
Transferred To Greece
Major H. A. Tidmarsh, son of
Mrs. A. H. Carter of Whittier, who
has been stationed with the U. S.
Army in Germany for the past two
years, has been appointed assistant
military attachee to the American
Embassy in Greece and is now in
Athens. Mrs. Tidmarsh and their
two_ daughters left Germany the
latter part of October to join him
in Greece, and will make their
home there.
In Probe Clasb
Hickory Party Enjoy Trip
To Smokies; Fall Beauty
At Peak Of Gorgeousness
NUWOKKS Anally exploded in the
House Un-American Activities
Committee hearing la Washington
when J oho Howard Lawson, prom
inent playwright and Hollywood
script writer, encaged tn a heated
clash with Sea J. Panel) Thomas,
chairman of the Investigating group.
Here, Thomas Is shown during the
word battle In which Lawson re*
fused to say whether he was or was
not a Communist (International)
I NEW FOUND GAP, Oct. 28?
, Mother Nature, the greatest land
? scape artist of them all, has done
a magnificent job at her Autumn
easel in Western North Carolina's
mountains.
Wielding untiringly the master's
brush with which she changes the
seasons, she has hung natural pic
tures of unmatched colors on each
mountain-side and in the valleys
that nestle peacefully below.
As far as the eye can see from
this 5,000-foot wind-swept eleva
tion of earth and stone, is a mas
terpiece of natural colors no artist
can capture completely on the
| canvas. Mother Nature, however,
has set a beautiful, almost perfect
pattern for him and landscape
plicftographers to c^ch. Not a
siftgle Autumn hue known to this
section of the country has been
left out. There is the gold, the
red, the brown, the yellow, the
purple, the silver, and the green.
Breath-Taking Beauty
As bright as a rainbow, the vari
ous colors have formed a pattern
of beauty that is breath-taking
and almost beyond comprehension.
So far as color goes, an automo
bile drive from Sylva, the seat of
mountainous Jackson county, to
FUNERAL RITES FOR
CHARLES L. ALLISON
HELD SATURDAY, P.M.
Prominent Citizen Passed
At His Home Here Fol
lowing Extended Illness
Funeral services were held Sat
urday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock in
the Sylva Methodist church for
Charles L. Allison, 67, who passed
away at his home here Friday
morning following an illness of |
several years.
Mr. Allison was the fourth of i
five brothers* of one of Jackson j
county's must prominent families, |
hay ng passed away within the past j
14 months. He wr.s a former chair- j
man of the Jackson county board j
of education and retired some time j
ago as superintendent of the ex- '
tract department of Mead Cor- j
poration. He was the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Allison.!
For 35 years he served as su-j
"tier in ten dent of the Sunday school
otHoe^Sylva Methodist church and |
was a trustee of the church. He 1
was a member of the grand lodge
of the Masonic order for 43 years, j
The services were in charge of
the pastor, Rev. W. Q. Grigg, Rev. I
C. M. Warren, pastor of the Bap- !
tist church and Rev. H. M. Hocutt
of Asheville.
j Active pallbearers were nephews
of the deceased, and present and
former stewards and officers of
the church were honorary pall
bearers.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Et- 1
ta Walters Allison,, one daughter,'
Mrs. C. V. Latham, of Greenville, I
S. C.; one son, Edwin W. Allison, |
of Sylva; his stepmother, Mrs '
Blanche M. Allison; four sisters,)
Mrs. Mary Hyatt, of Bryson City; j
Mrs. Ben S. Forkner, of Atlanta;
Mrs. S. E. Varner, of Brevard; and
Mrs. Wallace McCracken, of Syl
va; one brother, Fred S. Allison,
of Waynesville, and two grand
children.
I
Out of town relatives and friend*
attending the itinera] were: Mr. and
Mrs. Ben F. Forkner, of Atlanta; i
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Varner, Mis.
Luke Harrison, Mrs. J;;ck Tian-I
tham, Mrs. Carrie McKee, and
Mrs. D. L. English, Rev. and Mrs.,
W. C. McFarland, Brevard; Mrs. |
Ute A. Hyatt, Mr. and Mrs. Churle* '
Ensley, and Mrs. Mattie Patterson,'
Bryson City; Able A. Hyatt, Char- '
lotte; Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Perry,1
Knoxville; Moody B. Hyatt, Roger
and Mary Lillian Hyatt, of Canton;
Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Allison, Mrr
and Mrs. John L. Hooper, Waynes
ville; Mr. and Mrs. Nelson B.
Shepherd, and Mr. and Mrs. Bailey
Whitt, Mrs. Albert Q. Bolick, Mrs.
Peggy Bolick, Asheville; Mrs.
Worth Misenheimer, Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Henson, Rev. H. M. Hocutt,
Asheville; Mr. and Mrs. Burch Al
lison, Newton; Mrs. J. J. Winstead,
Miss Molly Jane Walters, Miss
Love Barnett, and Hugh and Zeb
Barnett, of Roxboro; Miss Mar
garet L. Duncan, Hickory; Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Sutton, Lake Junaluska.
New Found Gap, which actually
has an elevation of 5,045 feet, is
now a trip to an earthly paradise.
The many colors seen in the!
mountain-side forests are ravish
ing in their beauty?long sweeping
sprays of brown, gold, blue, purple,
green and silver. And in the less
densely forested valleys below,
smaller pictures of unmatched
colors stand out against backdrops
of towering mountains.
In some spots, the vast array of
Autumn colors sweep from the
summit of lofty peaks to the
foot in one unbroken flow, then
breaks up to form in clumps of
equal beauty in the valleys that
are beginning to green with new
grain crops and revived grass.
Fewer of the dazzling colors of
Autumn are seen on the loftier
peaks, but their evergreens make
?Continued on pago 10
Stores To Close For
Armistice Celebration
The board of directors of tht
Merchants Association hss an
nounced thst sll stores in Sylva
will close on Tuesdsy, Novem
ber 11, for the snnusl Armistice
Dsy celebration.
Farm Bureau Organized
At Dinner Meet Here
'Last Wednesday Night
City Of Ashevilte
Votes In ABC Stores
The people of Asheville have
voted to try out the ABC store
method of control of alcohol.
Over 14,000 went to the polls
Tuesday and voted 8,841 for the
stores and 6.136 against.
A strong campaign was waged
by both sides for several weeks
prior to the election, with each
hopeful of victory. The majority
for the stores was much larger
than even those in favor of them
had hoped.
The city council will name a
three-member board and that
board will set-up the stores un
der prescribed regulations.
In a county-wide election some
time ago the stores were voted
down, two to one in the rural
areas.
HIGHWAY PATROL
NOW AT MAXIMUM
WITH 430 OFFICERS
One hundred young men were
issued commissions as new high
way patrolmen at a ceremony in
Raleigh last week for this purpose. |
These young men. completed sev- '
eral weeks of basic training and
will now be placed under the di- '
rection of various experienced,
patrolmen over the state for two '
months training in actual enforce
ment work.
Dick Dillard, son of Mrs. Charles
Cathey and the late Raleigh Di 1 - i
lnrd, was among the number re
ceiving commissions. He is now
stationed at in Wilkes
county training under a patrolman
there.
W. T. Houser, of Rutherfordton,
is now training under Charles D.
Lindsay and will be stationed at
Cullowhee after his two months
iiuining is completed. ^Uso train
ing under Patrolman Lindsay is
W. T. Jenkins, of Asheville, who
will be stationed in Bryson City.
Cars will be issued to these new
patrolmen next week, Mr. Lind
"say ~s!I id!
In commissioning the 100 new
men the personnel of the highway
patrol is now up to its maximum 1
strength as provided by the last
legislature of 430 men. This is a
part of the state's program ior
highway safety, which is now one
of the most adequate of any state
in the nation. : ^
V. F. W. WILL HAVE I
SPECIAL MEETIN6
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
will hold a special meeting in the
courthouse on Thursday evening i
at 7 o'clock. This meeting will con- ]
cern each member and others who
are interested in having a V. F. W.
post in Jackson county. Some im
portant matters will be decided
at this time, so it is urgent for
every member to be present.
' 50 Farmers Hear State
| Leaders Tell Of Work
. Organization Is Doing
Approximately fifty jilCkson
county farmers and farm leaders
met in the Sylva school lunch
k ?m Wednesd'iy night, Octo
I f1 j supper and the purpose
10 discussing the possibilities of
organizing a county chapter of
'H1* ,Fa'Am Bureau Federation.
I . j ^ Agent M. L. Snipes pre
I Sided over the meeting and intro
i duced two of the speakers.
! The first speaker was Mr. How
,Crawford, principal of the
school who stated in his address
welccme that the fartners should
visit the schools to become better
acquainted with school problems
jand advancement in our educa
| *'OIMl. astern. He also pointed out
? that it would improve town and
i cou"ty relationship if the schools
, could visit the farms to get a bet
ter vision of what the farmer is
up against in his fight for fair
living standards.
George Fathering, field repre
sentative ? of the North Carolina
Farm Bureau gave a clear picture
of the work that the Farm Bureau
has done in its few years of exist-V
ante; and what the bureau can
do when it is better organized
thiough increased membership.
He pointed out that agriculture
has been the "short-leg of the
table for many years and that
e larm bureau has done more
to lengthen and -strenghten that
leg than any other organization.
| r. Fathering called the group's
attention to some of the things
the farm bureau has done that has
helped farmers of Jackson county
, even tho this county has not had
I an orguniouonw-vy^t has T.V. A.
| nieani. ? you* he a^ked; and
what benefit did you get from
A.A.A. and soil conservation pro
grams?" "How much has price sup
Port of milk, eggs, cattle, tobacco, .
gram, fruits, and vegetables meant
to you? All of these things," he
.said, are in existance because of
backing from the Farm Bureau;
but many or all of them are threat
ened to be thrown out the win
How at the next regulate session'
of congress unless Farm Bureau
and other supporting groups can
muster enough strength to show
our congressmen that we are big
enough to demand and get what
we need."
At the close of his talk Mr. Fa
thering introduced Clyde Greene,
of Boone, president of the Wa
tauga County Farm Bureau and
who a a farmer and business man.
Mr. Greene gave a talk on "Farm
Bureau from farmer and business
mans standpoiht", showing how
taSJT iene,its as the <>rmer
benefits. Farming has long been
recognized as the backbone of our
nations economy," he said. "Our
nation could", he emphasized,
exist without any or all of the
thousands of businesses or pro
essions except agriculture. The
farm population makes up the
largest potential market for man
ufactured goods in this country
he continued "and unless farm in
come is maintained at a fair level
(Continued on page 10)
High School Seniors Will Go
To Chapel Hill For Week-encl
Fifty Sylva High school
seniors and sponsors will oc
cupy a special chartered Trail
ways bus when it leaves here
Friday night for a week-end at
the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill as guests of the Un
iversity at annual high school day
and to see the UNC?State foot
ball game to be played in Chapel
Hill Saturday afternoon.
On the trip down the group will
stop overnight at High Point, con
tinuing on to Chapel Hill Saturday
morning. They will leave Chapel
Hill Saturday evening late, stop
ping along the route for^he night,
arriving at Sylva Sunday.
The expenses of the transpor
tation and lodging will come out
of the funds the class made at the
Halloween carnival last Thursday
night. Each student will bear the
personal expense of entrance lor
the football game.
Seniors making the trip are: Jim
my Bales, Lewis Bumgarner, Bob*
by Cope, Edward Dillard, Jim
Evans, Bert Franklin, Randell,
Goldman, Jack Hennessee, Jack
Hipps, Howard Hyatt, Bobby Jones,
Walter A. Jones, Denver Montieth,
Jimmie Nicholson, Kenneth Press
ley, Charles B. Stillwell, Ben Sum
ner, Boyd Sutton, Darnel Ward,
R. L. Warren, Jr., Annie Dee Bar
nes, Jenneane Bryson, Joyce F.
Clayton, Wanda Davis, Joan Dil
lard, Ollie Mae Estes, Edith Ex
tine, Helen Guffey, Betty Hensley,
Jacqueline Hollen, Elizabeth Jac
obs, Ruth Jamison, Betty McClure,
Jean McClure, Adelene Mills, Jean
Nations, Betty Anne Queen, Betty
Jean Queen, Phoebe Revis, Fran
kie Roper, Jackie Shields, Mar
garet Anne Smith, Mary Soder
quist, Linda Sutton, Peggy Jo Sut
ton, Jessie Bryson, and Idftaa
Ward. I