AMERICA First, Last and Always The Sylva Herald The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. , VOL. XXII, NO. 36 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, February 5, 1948 $2.00 A Year ? 5c Copy 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.

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