The Sylva Herald
VOL. xxn, NO. 25 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, Nov. 20,1947
AMERICA
Fint, Last and
Always
The Herald ii dedicated to
progresaive service to Jack
son ... A progressive, well
balanced county. j
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Two Killed, Two Injured!
In Car Mishap In Oakland!
Section Saturday P. M.
Father and Three Sons
Were Returning Home
From Work in Timber
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Conrad Joseph Ramsey, 21, and
William Franklin Ramsey, 18, a
brother, were killed late Saturday
evening and the father, William
Thomas Ramsey, and a third broth
er, James, 12, were slightly injur
ed when the 1931 model A Ford
car, which was being driven by
Conrad, failed to make a sharp
curve and turned over into a
stream. The accident happened on
the Cashiers-Brev^rd section of U.
S. 64 about seven miles East of
Cashiers. Conrad Ramsey was in
stantly killed, William lived about
10 minutes.
The bodies of the two dead
brothers and the injured men were
brought to Sylva about 8:30 by|
Moody Funeral Home ambulances
which responded to a call for aid.
Mr. Ramsey and the youngest son
were rendered treatment at the
Harris hospital.
... The father and sons were re
turning to their home in ?he Oak
land section of this county from
their work of timber cutting. The
accident happened about one-half
mile from their home.
Funeral services for the brothers
were held at 2 p. m. Monday at
Cruso in Haywood county.
The Ramsey family lived for
some years in Haywood county
before coming to Cashiers. They
were natives of Sevier county,
Tenn.
RECREATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
IS ORGANIZED
A group of Sylva Sportsmen
meeting on last Wednesday organ
ized the Jackson County, Recrea
tional Association for the purpose
of promoting community sports e
vents, and elected Guy Sutton pres
ident, and James Cunningham,
secretary of the organization.
Council members named are:
Guy Sutton, Jeff Hedden, Sol Ful
bright, Edwin Allison, Grayson
Cope, Velt Wilson and James Cun
ningham.
Schedule of games will be an
nounced.
Three Men Held On
Car Theft Charge
Edward Lee Watts, and Hel
ton F. Watts* who gave their
home a? Clayton, Ga., and a ne
gro, Clarence L. Chlcklen, of Mt.
Sterling, Ky., are being held In
the Waynesvllle Jail, charged
with the theft of an automobile
and carrying It across state
lines. The F.B.I, is continuing
an Investigation of the case to
determine if the men are tied
up with a car theft ring.
The men were arrested by
Sheriff Griffin Middleton who
stopped them upon suspicion as
they neared Dilisboro last Wed
nesday morning. Upon fsilure to
produce driver's licenses or car
registration he held them for
further investigation. Later
they admitted to Sheriff Middle
ton that they stole the 1941
Buick automobile from a used
car lot in Dayton, Ohio, Monday
night.
Sylva High Glee Club
Doing Good Work
Another thing that Sylva High
school has to be proud of this year
is the glee club made up of about
40 boys and girls and directed by
N. R. Beacham. The club is doing
some good work and making much
improvement. Mr. Beacham is
now arranging the class so that
each one will be in a trio and they
plan to begin singing trios.
The club plans to enter the an
nual music festival next spring.
Thanksgiving Service
There will be a special Thanks
giving service at the Sylva Bap
tist Church Thursday, Nov. 27, at
9:00 A. M.
A special offering will be taken
i for the Orphanage, A kind invita
tion is extended to all. Come with
us.
Daylight-type bulbs are handy
for laundry rooms because they
make it easier to detent-spots and
stains. *
Winecoff Fire Victim's
Family To Get $6000
The family of William Edgar
Bryson has been awarded $6,000
by the North Carolina Industrial
Commission in the death of Mr.
Bryson, who was killed in the At
lanta Winecoff hotel fire of last
December 7 which took the lives
of 120 people. Two other families
of Trailways bus drivers will also
get $6,000 each, as the two men,
Harry W. Sorrells and Clevenland
D. Sisk died in the same fire.
The commission affirmed an
earlier ruling that the workmen's
compensation act covered the three
bus drivers who were required to
st^y in the hotel in room rented
for them by the bus company.
W.O.W. CAMP TO
HAVE BOX SUPPER
The Woodmen of the World
Camp No. 560, will hoid an old
time box supper in the W. O. W.
hall Monday evening, December 1.
All wives, daughters and sweet
hearts of the Woodmen are asked
to come and bring a box.
The men will dress in tacky
clothes and a prize will be award*
ed for the tackiest costume. Drinks
will be served by the camp. Every
member is invited to bring his
family. Everybody come and en
joy the fun.
Bodies of Two Jackson War
Dead Expected To Arrive
By Train At Noon Today
Moody Funeral home and rela
tives of the deceased have been
notified by the Government that
two more of the County's World
War No. II dead will arrived in
Sylva today on train No. 17. The
bodies are those of Sgt. Gilbert T.
Styles and Pfc. George Richard
Ensley. Both will be given mili
tary funeral by William E. Dillard
Post of the American Legion.
Sgt. Styles, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hicks Styles, of Dillsboro, was
born November 24, 1914. He en
enlisted in the Army March 4,
1940, and served in 1st Company
18th Infantry. He served 3 years
and six months in the Panama
Canal Zone ,then went to ..Europe
and was killed at Narvenick, Ger
many February 28, 1945, soon after
arriving in the war zont.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
Olivet Methodist church. Inter
ment will be in the Sherrill ceme
tery at Qualla, Rev. John L. Hyatt
will officiate.
Surviving are the parents, two
sisters, Mrs. Beulah S. Tahquette,
of Cherokee; Mrs. Minnie S. Rich,
of Whittier; five brothers, Clar
ence, Thad, and Ellis, of Dillsboro,
and Weaver, of the USA in New
Mexico, and Talmadge in Oregon.
ENSLEY FUNERAL FRIDAY
Funeral services for Pfc. Ensley
will be held Friday at 2 p. m. at
the Long Branch Baptist church
near Dillsboro and burial will be
in the church cemetery/ The
American Legion will have charge
of the military rites at the grave.
Pfc. Ensley was born June 3,
1920, son of Mrs. Minnie Ensley
Robinson and Rufus Robinson, of
Dillsboro. He entered service
February 13. 1941. He was wound
ed in Germany and died in Bel
gium March 8, 1945. His purple
heart was sent to his mother.
He is survived by his parents,
one sister, Mrs. Maleta E. Bowman,
of Salem, Va, three brothers, Rob
ert, Ray and Junior, of DiUiboro:
Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Shown above are Mr. and Mrs. Sam H. Monteith who
celebrated their Golden wedding anniversary Sunday,
November 16. Over 200 guests called at their home dur
ing the reception hours, which was given in their honor
by their sons and daughter. They were recipients of
many lovely gifts, and received congratulations and best
wishes on the occasion.
Mead Employees To Get Big
Benefits Under Retirement
Plan Announced By Corp.
A retirement fund with far-*
reaching benefits for its employees
has just been announced by Mr.'
George H. Mead, chairman of the >
board of the Mead Corporation, i
and also announced for the local!
Sylva Division by Paul Ellis, gen
eral manager of the Sylva plant.
In a booklet known as "The
Mead Retirement Plan." Mr. Mead,
explains the pension plan to the
employees. His letter of explana
tion carried in the front part of i
the booklet states that the plan is'
"something that he had been look
ing forward to for many years."
He goes on to say that "the Mead
Retirement Plan provides a real
opportunity for Mead employees
to save, in order that they may
have a regular monthly income
after retirement fr6m active serv
ice. The company also will con
tribute by depositing a greater
amount than the employees do."
The plan is effective as of Jan- i
uary 1, 1947, for all employees
with five years or more service on
December 19, 1946, and all other,
employees as they reach five years
service wtih the Corporation.
The plan is being presented for
individual acceptance, beginning
immediately and enrollment will,
continue until December 31, 1947.
The plan provides for past serv
ice benefits at no cost to the em
ployees who accept the plan and
participate in the future by setting
aside 1%% of their earnings. The
corporation's contribution each
year will exceed the employee's
financial participation.
An outstanding feature of the
plan is the opportunity provided
participating employees to ac
cumulate additional retirement
benefits through a profit-sharing
arrangement which is explained in
detail in the booklet issued to all
employees.
Mr. Mead announced that the
cost of providing the past service
benefits of the plan to the Corpora
tion's employees is estimated to ,
exceed $2,500,000.00.
J. B. COATES ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF FARM
BUREAU GROUP
Haywood Farm Leader Is
Speaker At Election Of
Officers Meeting Here
The Jackson county farm bu
reau held its first regular meeting
last Wednesday night, November
12, in the courthouse in Sylva,
with J. B. Coates, temporary chair-,
man, presiding.
The guest speaker for the eve
ning was C. C. Francis, president
of the Haywood county farm bu
reau. He was introduced by the as
sistant county agent of Haywood
county, Joe Cline. Mr. Francis, a
prosperous farmer, made a very
impressive speech to the farmers
of this county, pointing out the ne
cessity for each and every farmer
to put his shoulder to the wheel
?Continued on page 12
District Deputy Grand
Matron Visited OCE Chapt.
Oce chapter, No. 139, Order of
the Eastern Star, met in regular
session on Wednesday evening,
November 12, in the Masonic hall
at Dillsboro.
Mrs. Mary Swann, District Dep
uty Grand Matron, of Andrews
made her official visit to the chap
ter at this time. She spoke brief
ly and gave the chaptter some in
structions which had been given
to her by Mrs. Nell Porter, Worthy
Grand Matron.
Gordon Butler, District Deputy
Grand Patron, of Robbinsville, also
made his official visit and brought
to the chapter some suggestions |
as to things the members might do j
to have a Gold Star chapter.
Mrs. Mattie Fry, Past District
Deputy Grand Matron of Bryson.
City and Mrs. Gordon Butler of,
Robbinsville were visitors.
A social hour was enjoyed. Mrs.
Rosa Cannon, Mrs. Minnie Jarrett
and Mrs. Alice Stanford were hos- ;
tesses for the evening and served
ice cream, cookies and coffee.
Tuckaseigee Executive
Committee Meeting
The Executive Committee of the
Tuckaseigee Baptist Association
will meet at the Sylva Baptist
Church Monday, Nov. 24, at 11:00
A. M. All members are urged to
be present because important mat
ters of businesfc Ijjufcrbotfansacted.
Fled Slave Camp
ARRIVING at New YorK on the Ma
rine Flasher *?. Irma Mohaupt of
Cincinnati, Ohio, who spent thr^e
years in a Russian slave labor rump.
When she was six. Irma ^ken
to Yugoslavia During the ? *he
was forced to w?>rk in a iJ.?.>rne
camp until she succeeded in getting
word to the American consul In
Munich I Jespite his efforts, the Hus
sions refused to let her go. She fln
a'ly escaped to the American zone
In Germany. (IntemMtUmal)
DECEMBER 2 IS DATE
SET FOR VOTING ON
FARM COMMITTEES
Election of Agricultural Conser
vation community committeemen
and delegates to the county con
ventioh for the election of a county
committee will be held in Jackson
county December 2nd, D. C. Hig
don, chairman of the county Agri
cultural Conservation committee, i
announces.
Delegates to the county conven- |
tion, elected in the community
election will meet with delegates
from the other communities in the
county and elect a county commit
tee. The county committee ad
ministers locally the Agricultural
Conservation program, sugar pro
gram, price support programs, and
such marketing quota programs as
are in effect. The county commit
tee also is responsible for special
activities assigned to them by the
Secretary of Agriculture.
Since delegates elected in the
community eltctions have to decide
on who shall make up the county
committee, the state chairman
urges all eligible farmers to give
careful consideration to the elec
tion of delegates. He also stressed
that a county committee can be
truly representative of the farmers
of the county only when a large
percentage of the farmers of the
county participate in the elections.
The place of election in each com
munity will be given next week.
DUNHAM TO BE HEARD
OVER WAYNESVULE
RADIO WHCC NOV. 26
Waynesville, N. C. (Special)?
On Wednesday, November 26, 3:30
p. m., Franklin Dunham, Litt.D.,
Chief of Radio, United States Ol
I fice of Education, Washington, ?>.
IC., will speak on the *?feekiy
("Truths Men Live By" program
I presented by St. John's high school
over Radro Station WHCC.
Born in Brooklyn 55 years ago,
Doctor Dunham graduated from
Columbia university, New York
C'ty in 1915, received his doctorate
in music from the New York Col
lege of Music in 1935 and his doc
torate in letters from St. Bonaven
ture's college in 1937. He was
Educational Director of the Na
tional Broadcasting Co. from 1931
41, and during the war Executive
Director of the National Catholic
Community Service. He is Nation
al Executive Secretary of the
American Peace society, and also
Permanent Secretary of the Inter
fraternity Union Combined Senate
and House Committee on Inter
party Affairs. He has recently
been named Chief of Radio, United
States Office of Education.
A frequent visitor to North Car
olina, Doctor Dunham will again
be heard in the near future at
Western Carolina Teachers col
lege, Cullowhee.
Doctor Dunham has suggested
that his listeners can contact him
in care of Radio Station WHCC,
Waynesville. The topic of his ad
dress here is "In Tune With the
Times".
Beta Sigma Phi's
Sponsors Tobacco
Festival Ball
Waynesville, (Special) ? The
Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi is
sponsoring a ball Thanksgiving
evening from 8:30 to 12:30 at the
Waynesville Armory. Carol Henry
and his Buckaneers of Asheville
will furnish the music for the eve
ning.
This ball is the opening for the
two day Tobacco Festival in Way
nesville on November 28th and
29th. Mrs. W. C. Norris, president
of the sorority will lead the grand
march of 22 beauty contestants and
their escorts, who are competing
for the title of "Tobacco Queen".
Admission will be charged, pro
ceeds of which will be used to fur
nish free school lunches for under
privileged children.
CHURCH SERVICE
At 8 o'clock Sunday evening,
November 23, Jim Wells with his
choir and pastor from Riverview
church, will be in charge of the
service at the Love's Chapel Meth
odist church. The public is Invited
to attend.
?OftSAMON'S
In Syfva
Body Of Pfc. Thomas Cowan
Returned to Native Home,
Burial In family Plot, Wednesday
VETERANS URGED TO
ATTEND FUNERALS OF
RETURNED WAR DEAD
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Rev. W. Q. Grigg, commander ot
the William E. Dillard Post of the
American Legion, requests that all
World War I and II veterans, who
possibly can do so, attend the fun
eral services for Jackson county's
returned war dead. Whether you
are a member of the Legion or any
other Veterans organization you
are urged to attend, the command
er stated. Uniforms should be worn
if available.
Cub Scout Pack To Be
Organized In Sylva
Sponsored by the Sylva Wom
an's club the dream of many of
the younger boys is about to be
come a reality. Wanting to be
come boy scouts and not being
old enough has been hard for this
group, but with the organization
of a Cub Pat boys from 9
to 11 years inclusive may begin
their Boy Scout activities.
Interested persons have been
working on this for some time and
much progress has been made. It
is now up to the parents and other
interested persons to help for there
has to be three public meetings In
a community before a Pack can be
organized.
One meeting was held with the
Parent Teacher astociation on
Tuesday afternoon with Mr. Avery
Means, Field Director from Camp
Daniel Boone, present and speak
ing to the gttjbp- A second meet
ing will be held this evening
(Thursday) at the Community
House at 7:30 and everyone is
urged to attend and lend his sup
port to this movement. Mr. Means
will be presen* again for this meet
ing. These meetings are held
primarily to give the parents com
plete information before the Cub
Pack is started. Mr. William E.
Ensor from Cherokee and Mr.
Alsup from Franklin will a^end
this meeting.
The third meeting will be held
December 9 at the regular evening
.iiceang of the Parent Teacher as
sociation. Make your plans to come
tonight and again on December 9
and get more information about
this interesting subject?Your Boy
and His Cub Pack.
Veterans Club of WCTC
Make Plans For
Christmas Dance
The Veterans club of Western
Carolina Teachers college Monday
night made tentative plans to spon
sor a formal Christmas dance in
Breese gymnasium Friday, De
cember 5.
Sammy Beck, Sylva, and his
Skylanders will play for the dance.
Other arangements are incomplete.
Us* Herald want ads f*r result#?
War Hero t)ied In Battle
Of The Bulge, Buried
In Belgum 2 Years Ago
The body of Pfc. Thomas Bragg
Cowan of Webster, son of Rsrnsom
T. Cowan and the late Mrs. Bonnie
McConneU Cowan, of Webster, ar
rived in Sylva Wednesday morning
by train, accompanied by Corporal
Robert S. Steadman.
The body was met at the rail
way station by' a large group of
Jackson county ex-service men,
who marched \yith the funeral car
to the funeral home. The funeral
car was preceeded by an escort and
color bearers, flanked on either
side by honorary pallbearers and
followed by active pallbearers and
the veterans.
The body remained at the fun
eral home for an hour and was then
taken directly to the family burial
plot in the Stillwell cemetery at
Webster, where the William E.-Bil
lard Post of the American Legion
conducted graveside rites and a
salute was fired by a firing party
of Jackson county veterans.
A memorial service for Pfc.
Cowan was held at the Webster
Baptist church soon after his death
about two years ago. *
All stores and business estab
lishments of Sylva closed at the
sound of sirens and remained so
for one-half hour, with flags at
half mast.
Pfc. Cowan is the first of Jack
son County's World War II dead
to be brought back home.
Pfc. Cowan was born October
29, 1925, and died January 13,
1945. He was in his senior year in
high school when he entered serv
ice in January, 1944. He received
plaining tft^McClellan, Alabama
| and Camp Atterbury, Indiana. He
was serving with the 106th di
vision U. S. Infantry and had been
recommended for combat infan
tryman's badge at the time of
his death. He lost his life in the
Battle of the Bulge and was buried
in Belgium.
Surviving in addition to his
father, are two sisters, Mrs. Frank
D. Grogan of Canton, and Miss
Sally Cowan of Webster; five
brothers, David, Woodrow, George,
Kenneth and Gene, all of Webster.
Moody Funeral Home was in
charge of all funeral arrangements.
SCOUT COURT OF
HONOR ATTENDED
BY LAR6E GROUP
I' .
Local Scout Leaders
Honored By Woodmen
In Special Ceremony
The Smoky Mountain District
Boy Scout Court of Honor was held
at the Sylva Methodist Church
Thursday evening, November 13th
at 7:30 o'clock. Hugh Monteith,
District Advancement Chairman,
was in charge. Scout Charles Still
well was Court Clerk.
(Continued on Page 6)
Sylva PTA Group Discusses
Band, Cub Scouting At Its
Regular November Meeting
The SylvajJSKt Teacher Asso
ciation of the ^ylva schools held
the regular monthly meeting Tues
day afternoon, November 18, with
a large group attending.
*
Mrs. W. L. Jones, the president,
presided over the business session.
The membership chairman report
ed that a membership of 214 had
been obtained, with the following
rooms winning membership prizes:
primary grades, Miss Evelyn Sher
riil's third grade; grammar grades,
Mrs. Stella Bryson's sixth grade
and Mrs. Gudger Fortner's eighth
grade.
Achievements announced by the
PTA included ordering of play
ground equipment and maps for
the high school.
Mr. Howard Crawford, principal
of the high tchool, and members of
the four classes presented a cross
section program of the school
Which included the, following: four
band selections directed by Mr
Nickels Beach am, accompanied by
Mrs. Grover Wilkes; Jimmy Bales
spoke to the group on the visit of
the senior class to Chapel Hill, and
Charles Stillwell spoke on the
needs of the high school.
Eddie Lou Terrell and Libby
Dillard addressed the members on
the present and future needs of
the band. Concluding this part of
the program, Mrs. Jones turned the
meeting over to Mrs. Harry Fergu
son, chairman of the Cub Scout
committee, sponsored by the Sylva
Woman's club. Mrs. Ferguson in
troduced Mr. Avery Means, Field
Director of the Daniel Boone
Scouts, who made a brief talk on
cub scouting. He stated the aims
of cub scouting and briefly out
lined the program as it will be eet
up. He urged the parents to back
this group which is intended to
lay a foundation for future boy
scouts and will include organised
training for boys between the ages
of ninesnd eleven years* inclusive.
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