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, VOL. XXII, NO. 36
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, February 5, 1948
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Restraining Order Of Court Halts er-Wine Election
Daniel Boone Council
Boy Scouts of America
Celebrate Anniversary
Special Emphasis To Be ]
Placed on Scouting During '
Scout Week Feb. 6 to 12
The - seventy-two boys in the
Sylva area engaged in Scouting
will join the other 2436 Scouts of'
Western North Carolina and the
2,120,000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts,
Senior Scouts and their adult lead
ers in observing the 38th anniver
sary of the organization February
6 through 12, and during this time
will launch a major program for
the year.
The Cub Scouts under the lead
ership of Britton Moore, the Scouts
under the leadership of Dennis '
Barkley and the Senior Scouts un? J
der Jake Bales, will engage in 1
special program and meetings dur- '
ing the week. They will attend I
special, church services on Sunday, I
February 8. The week will be cli
maxed with a court of honor at
Franklin on the 12th in a special
ceremony.
The annual adult membership
drive will be conducted the week
following Scout Week.
The theme for Scout Week this
year is: "The Scout Citizen at
Work ... in his home ... in his
community ... in his nation
in his world."
In 1948 they are emphasizing
conservation of food and natural
resources, planting gardens, safe
ty and fire prevention, home re
pairs and personal health checkup.
For some idea of the strength of
Scouting in the Smoky Mountain
District which cov:^ 14 Western
counties ? there are 131 troops
with a membership totaling 2500
boys. There are three field secre
taries working out of Asheville
who are kept busy visiting the
troops and conducting courts of
honor and other activities of troop
building. Mr. Avery Means works
in The Daniel Boone Council of
which Sylva is a part
Secretary Means stated to a
Herald representative Tuesday that
the Sylva Scouts are the most ac
tive of any in the entire Smoky
Mountain District. This, he said
is due to the splendid work being
done by the troop leaders and the
fine cooperation given them by the
citizens of Sylva and the Scouts
themselves.
The 72 Scouts in the Sylva troops
are divided as follows: Twenty
one Cubs, with Britton Moore as
leader; 35 regular scouts with Den
nis Barkley as leader, and 16
Senior scouts, Jake Bales, lead
er.
Everyone in the community is
invited and urged to join with the
scouts and their leaders in helping
make their annual anniversary
week a big success. 1
Baptist Youth Choir
To Meet Tonight !
The members of the Youth Choir *
of the Sylva Baptist church will
meet tonight (Thursday) at 7 o'
clock. All members are urged to
be present, and any who will come
are cordially invited. Some very
important plans are to be discuss- !
ed.
I. H. POWELL, FORMER
JACKSON RESIDENT,
DIES IN FLORIDA
Prominent Lumberman
Was Burried In Canton At
2:30 P. M. Wednesday
Funeral services for I. H. (Ike)
Powell, 60, of the Jackson Lumber
Company and Power Lumber Com
pany of Canton, who died of a
heart attack at his winter home in
Lakeland, Florida, Friday at mid
night, were held at the First Bap
tist church in Canton Wednesday
afternoon.
Mr. Powell, engaged in the lum
ber business in Jackson county and
elsewhere for 35 years, had been a
resident of Canton for 15 years,
where he was active in religious
and civic affairs.
A member of the Canton Civitan
club, he was active in Masonic cir
cles, being a member of the Sylva
Dillsboro lodge. He was also a
Shriner.
Born at Tuckaseigee in this
county June 25, 1*887, Mr. Powell
was married to Miss Baye Robin
son of Tuckaseigee April 8, 1911.
Surviving are the widow; one
son, Everett Carroll Powell, both
of Canton; his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas J. Powell of Tuck
aseigee; four brothers, J. N., J. Till
man and H. H. Powell of Canton,
?And E. O. Powell of Asheviile; five
sisters, Mrs. Joe Rigdon, of Can
ton; Mrs. Sallie Henry of Florence
ville, Fla.; Mrs.. Faye Campbell of
Longview, Washington; Mrs. Jer
die Calloway of Covington, Ky/;
and Mrs. Mae Brown, of Tuck
aseigee.
Mattison To Conduct
Conference On Resource
Use Of Forest Resources
Cullowhee ? C. W. Mattison, of j
the Forestry division, United States (
Department of Agriculture, will
conduct a series of Resource-Use
Education conferences on forestry,
February 9-17, in a number of
Western North Carolina towns.
Mr. Mattison's schedule contains
three principle divisions. Monday,
Febuary 9, through Wednesday
morning, he will use Western Caro
lina Teachers college as a base;
Wednesday evening through Fri
day, Cherokee high school; and
Sunday, February 15 through Tues
day, Appalachian State Teachers
college, Boone. !
Please Return N. C. Flag
The party who recently bor- 1
rowed the North Carolina Flag
from the Jackson County court
house is requested by the County
Board of Commissioners to please
return it. It is necessary to have
this flag at the opening of each ses
sion of Superior court, the next
term will begin February 16. This
request is urgent. I
WTCT Will Draw Final Plans
For Science Class-Room Bldg.
Cullowhee ? The Board of Trus
tees of Western Caroling Teachers
college has received authorization
from state authorities to begin
drafting final plans for a new
science-classroom building and a
new'library. The announcement
was made at a meeting of the Board
in the college Student Union build
ing Tuesday afternoon.
The science-classroom building,
to cost, with its equipment, nearly
$600,000, and the library and equip
ment, to cost over $300,000, will
be the first units of the building
program authorized for the school
by the Legislature last year to be
built. Other units, including a new
men's dormitory, to cost $260,000,
will be built afc a later date.
President W, E. Bird expressed
hope that the actual excavation
and laying of foundations for the
new buildings can begin as soon "as j
the weather permits in the early
spring.
One of the new buildings is .to
be named in honor of Dr. H. T.
Hunter, late president of the col
lege. It has not yet been decided
which of the two will be so named.
The science-classroom building
will be built, according to present
plans, between Hoey auditorium
and the present entrance to the
football field, and just below the
highway which passes through the
campus. The library is to be be
tween the Baptist church and the
football field entrance. _It was
pointed out that both locations are :
subject to change.
February 15, Closing Date
For 1947 Farm Reports
D. C. Higdon, Chairman of
Jackson County A. C. A. an*
nounces that February 15th, has
been set for the final date for
filing reports on conservation
practices for 1947. Any farmer
who received any material, or
aid in purchasing any materials,
through the AAA must make a
report to the AAA office if they
wish to receive any benefits
through the program for 1948.
Farmers having bills for seeds,
approved for payment by the
AAA, should turn these into the
office immediately so that appli
cations for farm checks may be
turned in to the State office.
NEW OPENINGS IN
THIRD ARMY AREA
A new list of openings for en
listment and direct assignment to
units stationed in the Third Army
Area has been received by the
local U. S. Army and U. S. Air
Force Recruiting Sub-Station ac
cordirg to a statement issued to
day by T-Sgt. James R. Dance,
sub-station commander, Franklin,
N. C.
The new list includes over 225
direct assignments to Third Army
units at practically all posts, camps,
and stations in the Third Army
Area. These openings are in the
Infantry, Airborne Infantry, Or
dnance, Medical Corps, Field Ar
tillery, Signal Corps, Arrhored
Force, Area Service Units, and the
256th Army Band. Most of the
openings are at Fort Jackson, Fort
Bragg, Fort Benning and Fort Mc
pherson, but some are at the At
lanta Ordnance Depot, Charleston
Ordnance Depot, Huntsville Arse
nal, Camp Hood, Texas, and Forts
Bliss of Texas and Sill of Okla
homa. The latter three are not in
the Third Army Area.
These assignments are open to
former servicemen only, and are
for a wide variety of military oc
cupational specialties.
In addition to specific assign
ments open in specific military oc
cupational specialties, the Fifth
Infantry Division, which is sta
tioned at Fort Jackson, South Car
I
j olina, and the 82nd Airborne Divi
I sion, which is stationed at Fort
Bragg, North Carolina, are open to
men of all military occupational
specialties.
Men interested in applying for
enlistment in a specific unit should
contact the local recruiting sub
.station at once, as these openings
are expected to be filled rapidly
and will be in effect only until
the 31st of January.
The Army Recruiter is in Sylva
i every Monday and Wednesday.
ICE HALTS SNIPPING K4 iV "...
AS A RESULT OF THE COLD WAVE that has gripped the eastern seaboard,
Chesapeake Bay ts heavily parked with ice that has brought shipping
to a standstill in Maryland Here. the Skciyicay Victory is held fast in
the ice as she waits for the cutter Chinook, in the foi egi cur.d. blast a
pathway through the Irozen waters. (lnic, national ScundpLuto)
Field Day To Be Held
March 1 2 At WCTC
Cullowhee ? For the first time
since 1942 Western Carolina
Teachers college will hold a Liter
ary and Athletic Field Day, on
Friday, March 12. Seventy-four
high schools in 14 counties in the
southwestern part of the state have
been invited to participate.
The field day will be jointly
sponsored by the college Science
club and the Western Carolina
Players, the school's dramatics
club. The Science c lub, for several
years prior to 1942, sponsored a
"Science Day" program, which was
in that year expanded into the Lit
erary and Athletic Field Day. Be
cause of war conditions the event
has not been held since. 1942.
The purposes of the field day are
(1) to stimulate a healtny competi
tion on the part of the high schools
of this region in both literary and
athletic fields; (2) to give .-tudents :
of the high schools who may be
accomplished in certain fields a
chance for the wholesome expres
sion of their gifts; (3) to enable
high school ' faculty members to
check the results of their teaching
and compare their students with
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, February 8, 1948 is the 38th anniversary
of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America which
has been chartered by the Congress of the United
States, and %
WHEREAS, the Scout Program has affected the lives
of 14,000,000 American boys and men since its in
ception, and now has an active enrollment of more i
than 2,000,000, and
WHEREAS, the skills and experiences acquired
through Scouting are great influences for building
young Americans into men and participating citi
zens, thus making an incalculable contribution to
the civic enterprise of this and countless' other com
munities, and
WHEREAS, the Boy Scout Movement is a great factor i
for the promotion of World Peace, and marks this
anniversary with the theme, "The Spout Citizen at
Work ... in his home ... in his community ... in his
nation ... in his world," with practical assistance
to brother Boy Scouts overseas to rebuild their or
ganizations;
NOW THEREFORE, I, Jack Allison, Mayor of the city
of Sylva in the State of North Carolina, do hereby
proclaim the week of February 6th to 12th as Boy
Scout Week and urge our citizens to recognize the
unselfish service of Scout leaders, and to do all in
. their power to help promote this fine program a
mong our youth.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto signed
my name officially and caused the Seal of the City
of Sylva to be affixed, this 4th day of February,
1948. (Signed) Jack C. Allison, Mayor
those of other schools; (4) to stim
ulate interest in sports and to
promote, in general, a physical
fitness program; (5) to enable the
college to get firsthand informa
tion on the work being done by
the various high schools in the
various fields; ((j) to strengthen
the cordial relationships between
the college and the public schools;
and (7) to lay the foundation for
a fuller cooperation in the future.
The literary division of the field
day will be devoted to competitive
examinations of anil exhibits by,
participating s'uilents in the fol
lowing sub-divisions: Arts (fine
arts, industrial arts, handicrafts,
and homo ecnnom.cs), business ed- !
ucation, English, language, his- |
tory, mathematics, music, science,
and dramatics. A Dramatics Tour
nament will be sponsored by the
Western Carolina Players.
The athletics division will con
sist of boys' athletics, with the
iMonogram club in charge, and
girls' athletics, under the direction
of the Womens' Athletic associa
tion.
Science club comn ittee members
for the event are Y< landa Taylor,
Black Mountain, chairman; Hob
Jones, Williamstmr, -Frank Dorsey,
Forest C.ty; Vernon Painter, Sylva;
and Louie Zimmerman, Marshall.
Mi>?r Mabei T.vrce, acting head of
the school's English department
and director of the Players, will
have charge <?!' the Dramatics
T nurnamerU.
BUMGARNER, BROWN
IN 100 BUSHEL CORN
CLUB GROUP OF WNC
Mr. Lee Bumgarner and Mr.
Frank Brown, Jr. attended lthe
recent banquet given at Ashe
ville for members of the 100
bushel Corn Club from Western
North Carolina.
Mr. Bumgarner's yield of 141.2
bushels per acre of NC T20 white
hybrid took first place within
the county and also won the
county cash prize. Mr. Brown's
yield of 129.5 bushels per acre
of Nc T20 White hybrid took
second place within the county.
Members of the 100 Bushel
Corn Club from all the Western
North Carolina counties attend
ed this banquet and heard Dr.
E. R. Collins of Agronomy Ex
tension deliver a fine talk.
The Farmers Federation gave
the banquet and was responsible
for the prizes.
SOSSAMON'S
In 8ylva
Order Halting Election
Signed By Alley In
Waynesville January 31
COUNTY-WIDE HORSE
AND MULE CLINICS
TO START MONDAY
The horse and mule clinics in
the county this year will begni
Monday, February 9th, however,
all clinics have not been arranged.
Clinics scheduled to dates are as
follows: Monday, February 9th,
liloov.llo .S.-hool? 10:00 A. M.; Al
ton Holden's Store- ? 1:00 P. M.:
Cashiers ? 3:00 P. M.; Wednesday.
February 11th, Eugene Hender
son's farm ? 10:00 A. M.; Clifton
Moody's farm ? 11:30 A. M.; Tuck
aseigee, 2:30 P. M. Other clinics
will be scheduled for February 12
and 13 and farmers will be notified.
We are requesting all farmers to
tell their neighbors about these
clinics and additional information,
if desired, may be secured from
the County Agent's office.
of
Cullowhee Methodist
To Hear N. R. Beacham
At 11 Sunday Morning .
"Kacial Relations Sunday" will
be observed by the Cullowhee
Methodist church Sunday, in co
operation with National Brother
hood Week, which begins on that
I day. Colored persons of the com
munity have been invited to at
tend.
j The Rev. N. R. Beacham, Sylv.i
I high school band director and a
j Pi esbyterian minister, will deliver
the sermon in the absence of the
pastor, the Rev. R. T. Houts, Jr.
who will be in Winston-Salem at
tending the state-wide Methodist
Student Movement Conference.
Mrs. Collins Talks To
Son In Newfoundland
Mrs. Doia Lee ^Collins just'
thought it was wonderful when she
got to talk to her son, Karl, in New
foundland on Monday over Harry
Parker's amateur radio station. He
told her that he was getting a new
ear so he eould tome home when
his sister, Mrs. Blanche C. Parry,
and Mr. Parry arrive from Hono
lulu, where they have been for
several years.
Earl, Lieutenant commander in
the legal department of the Navy,
is stationed in Agentia, Newfound
land. Mrs. Collins stated that it
was just like talking over the tele
phone.
i Mr. Parker is quite successful
with his amateur .station, having
been able to contact several of the
foreign countries and talk to peo
ple there.
Scott Will Make Up
Mind Next Week
Commissioner of Agriculture W.
Kerr Scott. says he is still undecid
ed whether he will run for gover
nor of North Carolina. But he says
he will make up his mind and state
his decision by the end of nert
week.
Dry Forces Promise To
Present New Petition,
And Double Efforts
Legal proceedings temporarly
halted Jackson County's Beer and
Wine election which was scheduled
to have been held Tuesday.
Superior Court Judge Felix E.
Alley, of Waynesville, signed the
temporary retaining order Janu
ary 31 enjoining the election pend
ing outcome ol hearing on Febru
ai , 12.
The injunction was granted on
the legal technicality that the peti
tion requesting the election in the
county did net conform with the
provisions of the 1947 statute pro
viding lor local option on beer and
wine.
W. Roy Francis ol Waynesville
and M. V. Higdon of Sylva and
Frank Ferguson of Waynesville
represented the petitioners in the
election here.
Dry forces of Jackson county
st Med that while the proceedings
have blocked the election for the
time being other petitions will be
drawn to conform with the statute
and the campaign to rid the county
of legal sale of beer and wine will
be pushed m<ye vigerously than
ever.
The election in Avery county
li,ts also been restrained for the
tame reason.
Due to legal procedures govern
ing special elections, it will prob
ably be some time in August be
fore the people of the county have
? . ' . opportunity to vote on the mat
ter.
Ti.e 1947 General Assembly en
acted legislation authorizing local
option elections on beer and wine
upon petition of 15 per cent of the
qualified voters. This act also
doubled the crown tax on beer and
directed that the increase of 1 Vi
cent- per bottle be distributed a
iiiong tlie counties and municipali
ty ? ? n i. population basis.
Father And 22- Year Old
Son Meet First Time
A happy meeting took place in
Hayesville on last Friday when
Thomas J. Shular, former resident
of Jackson county and veteran of
World War No. 1, and his 22-year
old son, Robert Lee Shular, veteran
of World War No. II, met for the
lirst time. The meeting took place
;it the son's home near Hayesville
nfter the father and son had look
ed for each other for several years.
Thomas J. Shular and his wife,
both residents of Jackson county,
separated before the son was born,
Mrs. Shular going to Tennessee and
Mr. Shular to Florida. Mr. Shular,
who now lives in South Carolina,
returned to Sylva last month and
on learning of his son's where
abouts immediately went to see
him. They plan to make their home
together in the future, the father
said.
1500 Pounds Of Rat Poison
Distributed Over County
M. L. Snipes, Jackson County ' greater campaigns in the future.
Farm Demonstration agent, who The poison bait was prepared by
directed the recent county-wide 1 3 recommended formular of the
i Extension Department, and con
rat killing campaign, report, that, sjl(lcd of 45_Rcd Fresh
1500 pounds of the prepared poison ; grGund fish, rolled oats, corn meal
bate was carefully distributed over ? and sugar. It was packaged in 40c,
mo>t sections of the county. The 1 75c and $1.00 size packages. A big
bait was put out last Wednesday, j per cent of the 1500 pounds was
Reports coming in to Mr. Snipes ordered by the farmers. It was
show that much of the bait was ' placed at the various stores of the
consumed the first night, with county convinent for them to get
many rats found dead. The great ' to it Some extra bait was prepared
? t-_ * ' * ?" for those who had not placed or
ders.
Mr. Snipes feels thot the cam
j Mr. Snipes stated that the people | p<tign will do much to rid the coun
; of the county, especially the farm- ty of many rats and save much
ers, responded in a wonderful way valuable, grain and other food
to the campaign and he feels that stuff. Some farmers have report
this first county-wide rat killing ed large quantities of meat des
campaign will be a fore-runner of troyed by the rats.
majority, he stated however, will
die in places where they will never
? be found.