AMERICA First, Last and Always The Sylva Herald The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. COMMISSIONERS ABANDON COUNTY HOME ^ ^ ^ \ ^ ^ ^ n Dan /C. Moore Takes Oath In - - " ^ ^ W X Raleigh As Superior Court Judge Baxter C. Jones Of Bryson City Appointed Solicitor; Alley Is Emergency Judge Oath Of Office Taken Before Justice Stacey Tuesday Morningf In Raleigh Tuesday At a ceremony held in Governor Grigg Cherry's office in Raleigh Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, Dan K. Moore, of Sylva, was sworn in as Superior Court Judge, and Bax ter C. Jones, of Bryson City, as solicitor of the 20th Judicial Dis trict, The oath of office was ad ministered by Chief Justice Wal ter P. Stacey of the state supreme court. The two new appointees then filed with the state board of e lection for reelection and they will have to run for election this year as a governor's appointment can not extend beyond a general elec tion. Mr. Moore paid a filing fee of $65 and Mr. Jones paid $50. Mr. Moore, who was solicitor, was appointed by Governor Cherry last week upon the retirement of Judge Felix E. Alley, of Waynes ville. Mr. Jones was appointed to fill the vacancy as solicitor. 1 Judge Alley was also sworn in as an emergency judge and will hold courts anywhere in the state at the direction of the Governor. Judge Alley had served the 20th district as resident judge for the past 15 years. In retiring Judge Alley remarked, "I know of no position which offers greater op portunity to do good than to serve on the bench, for you are dealing directly with people." v Mr. Moore was elected solicitor in 1946 and made an outstanding success in that office. While his ^ many friends congratulate him up on his appointment to the Judge ship, they regret to see him leave the important post of solicitor. Mr. Moore is a former state representa tive, and served for many years as * attorney for Jackson county and the town of Sylva. He is a mem ber of the State Democratic execu tive committee and a trustee of the University of North Carolina. He served during World War No. II with Army Medical Corps and jude advocate's office. He is a son of the late Judge Fred Moore. Mr. Jones is a native of Jackson county, but has lived ;n Swain county for a number of years. He is a veteran of World War I, has V been prominent in educational and political circles for many years. He was principal of the Hayesville high school before taking up the study of law. After securing his * ^ law license he was associated in practice with the late A. M. Frye, at Bryson and after Mr. Frye's death he continued as a private firm. He has represented Swain county in the General Assembly and at the time of his appointment as solicitor was Senator of the 33rd Senatorial district, a position he resigned to accept the appointment as solicitor. He will hold his first ^ court in Jackson county, beginning Monday, February 16. It has not been learned where Judge Moore will preside for his first -term. ^ Dan Phillips Remains Unconscious After Fall On February 6 Mr. Dan Phillips, about 43, e lectrician for the Dillsboro .and Sylva Electric Light Company, re mains in an unconscious condition at C. J. Harris hospital here where he was admitted on last Friday following a fall at the C. J. Harris home in Dillsboro. It is reported that Mr. Phillips was doing some work on the roof of the building when for some rea - son he fell through a skylight to *the first floor where the basement door gave way and he continued in his fall on down the concrete stc/>s into the basement. Other men of the power company with Mr. Phil ips removed him to the hospital ' at once. Examination showed thnt j he received serious injuries in the j fall. ?OSSAMON'8 . In 8ylva DR. MARY MICHAL IS NAMEDJMISTRICT HEALTH OFFICE Dr. Mary Michal, acting health officer for the past IV2 years, was appointed health officer at the re cent annual meeting of the District Board of Health at Sylva. George A. Brown, Jr., was re elected chairman of the health board and Dr. A. P. Cline of Can ton, one of the public members whose term expired this year, was re-elected to the position for a four-year term. J. H. Way, mayor of Waynesville. has been" appointed by Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, state health officer, an ex-officio member of the board to fill a vacancy caused by the withdrawal of Transylvaia county from the district. ? -The 9 member board governs pub lic health activities in Jackson, Haywood, Swain and Macon coun ties. Dr. Michal, as health officer, serves as secretary of the group. Dr. Michal assumed the duties of health officer upon the resigna tion of Dr. C. N. Sisk to take charge , of the district which has head Judge Of 20th District ? DAN MOORE, above, was sworn in as resident Judge of the 20th Judicial district in ^Governor Cherry's office in Raleigh Tuesday. Mr. Moore succeeds Judge Felix E. Alley, of Waynesville, whose retirement from the bench became effective on that day. Baxter C. Jones of Bryson City was appointed solicitor to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Moore's appointment. quarters in Morganton. Dr. Michal and seven nurses | from the district staff have been 1 in Chapel Hill this week to attend a venereal disease control program session of the North Carolina So ciety of Social Hygiene. WILL MAKE SENATE RACE VJMfl 1 HHHHHHH8HHHBHHHHKSSHMw?? ;%? */^Hr & s^mi Mrs. E. L. McKee, above, has announced that she will seek the nomination in the coming Democratic primary for the office of Sena tor from the 32nd District, which comprises the counties of Jackson, Haywood, Transylvania and Polk. In her statement Mrs. McKee said: "In making my decision to enter :he primary I have been influenced largely by many Democrats, who are aware of the crucial problems confronting the coming session of the General Assembly and who believe my experience has fitted me to make a definite contribution to the solution of those problems. "I present myself to the voters of my county on the basis of my rec ord over a period of years. I have three times served as chairman of the Public Welfare committee of the State Senate and have also serv ed as a member of the most important committees of that body: Edu cation, Finance, Appropriations, Roads, etc. "Legislation for the relief of our school situation I regard as im perative. In the past few years there has been unprecedented growth in our school population, and as a result of this and other contributing f. ctors our educational problems are the gravest this state has ever faced. It will be nay purpose, if elected, to work untiringly for the improvement of school facilities, including buildings and equipment, and for a substantial increase in teachers' salaries. "I shall use every effort to secure legislation for the relief of our road situation, especially school bus routes and rural roads. "I shall work for the expansion of our public welfare program, particularly with regard to the aged and dependent children. "To these and other matters perhaps equally urgent I shall give my best efforts. I pledge to the electorate of Jackson county my ear nest and prayerful endeavor, my time, and such influence and ability as I may possess for the upbuilding of Jackson county and the entire district*' ORDER PLACED FOR 44 UNIFORMS FOR SYLVA RAND MEMBERS N. R. Beacham, director of pub lic school music and Sylva high school band, has announced that 44 uniforms have been ordered s through Schulman's department store, who made the order at cost. Mr. Beacham stated that the 44 uniforms will take care of the band for the present but that 10 additional uniforms will be ordered each year until the band has reach ed the size and uniformity desired. Mr. Beacham stated that money is in the bank to pay for the 44 uniforms now on order, but that not all the pledges have been paid and that contributions are still welcome and needed for the band program. Mr. Beacham asks that those in terested in instruments see him this week as he has two clarinets and a piccalo in his possession at wholesale price. He will not keep them over a week unless there is some sale. Over 90 band students are re ported from Sylva, Beta, and Dills boro. Rhythm bands and music classes include some 200 other pupils in the program at the three schools mentioned. Mr. Beacham stated that it would be a fine thing if every child in Jackson county could study some form of music. "We're well on the way," he stated. | Carroll Bryson Enters Business In Rutherfordton Carroll Bryson, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Bryson, Jr., has gone ' to Rutherfordton, where he has assumed management. of Tom's Toasted Peanuts. He has purchased the business and will serve as distributing a gent in that area. Mr. Bryson is well fitted for his work, as he has been connected for the past two years with Claude Hanan, who owns and operates the business of Tom's Peanuts in the Asheville area and the western counties. FRANK H. BROWN, JR. TOSSES HAT IN RING, FOR REPRESENTATIVE Frank H. Brown, Jr., of Cullo whee, tossed his hat into the po- , litical ring Monday, seeking the 1 Democratic nomination for county representative. Mr. Brown inform- | ed The Herald that he made his . decision to run after much urging j from political leaders and friends of the county. A veteran of 47 months service in World War No. II, Mr. Brown is the son of Prof, and Mrs. Frank H. Brown, Sr.-, of Cullowheo. His father has been connected with Western Carolina Teacher- College fcr the past 40 years. Mr. Brown is a member nf the Methodist church, membf-r ? f trie Sylva Lions Club, was recently elected president of the Jackson County unit of the F;rm Bureau, member of the present board of Education of Jackson County, is a director of the Jackson County Farmers Cooperative, a farmer and ? assistant instructor of Veterans' Farmer Training program at Cul- | lewhee. He is 32 years old and j married to the former Miss Elsie t Earp, of Johnston county. They | make their home at Cullowhee. Prior tn entering service Mr. Brown was Agronomist with N. C. | Department of Agriculture at Ral- , eigh. After his discharge from the Navy he was appointed assistant j county farm agent for Clay Coun ty, a position he held for .-ometime. Mr. Brown was given an honor able discharge from the Navy in March 1945, holding a rank of Lieutenant. He saw service over seas with the advanced amphibious forces, engaged in the invasion of North Africa and the Mediterra nean campaign. When discharged, he was in charge of a U. S. Naval Magazine base in Rhode Island. YOUNG ORCHARDIST Cameron Lee Buchanan of Gay, | a veteran enrolled in the Sylva veteran farmer training program, having selected orcharding as his type of farming, apple growing in terplanted with strawberries, has made a remarkable success out of growing his own apple trees by the whip' grafting method, or the same method as used by the nurseries. I Last year Cameron Lee bought fifty, two-year-old apple trees and set them out on over an acre of land that he had cleared. He decided then that this was an ex pensive way to get started in the orchard business and planned to do something about it. Cameron Lee first became in terested in grafting last spring when he ordered several hundred stock roots and prepared his own grafts under the direction of Mr. J. F. Corbin, teacher of agricul ture. The tops of seedlings are en - tirely removed and the roots are cut into pieces four inches long , Twigs (called scions) from good; varities are grafted on the roots ! by the process known its tongue [ grafting. Grafting wax is used to 1 protect all wounds. These root grafts were set out the first of ' April and by October h..d attained a growth o!' l'rcm four t?> six inehe . Most of these one year trees Cam eron Lee is re-setting in his own orchard, the balance have been sold to other farm trainees and neigh- j bors. This year Cameron Lee plans ! to prepare 500 more root grafts. Due in part to Cameron Lee's success 26 other vet rans enrolled in the Sylva veteran farmer train- | ing program have ordered seed- j ling roots and plan to make their ' own grafts this spring. 1500 graft- I ing stocks are being ordered now from a nursery in Kansas for one 1 veteran and F. F. A. boys to make | trees this spring. We hope this is j the beginning of a more intensive j orchard business in our county. Icy Crossing I BUNDLED against the cold. Greta Stein (front), 8, and her sister | Theltla. 9, arrive In New Yated Nifuw Am- [ tterdarn The little girl* are return ink home to Great Neck, Long Is land. N Y? rrmn their *rh??ol in Switzerland. (International) | Property Licensed As Board ing Home For Aged Persons, I Under Welfare Department ; SNOW, RAIN IS ORDER OF THE DAY AS FAR ' AS WEATHER GOES j Like most sections of the coun try Jackson county has had its share of snow and rain this week. | But we here in the Smokies have! been more fortunate than areas ! east of us. While snow fell almost i continually for over 12 hours on Monday, little of it lay on the ground as it melted almost as rap idly as it fell. Enough, however, stuck to wires, trees and shubbery to provide a fairy land appearance j Tuesday morning. This soon melted ' j too, but the sun failed to come out, j the clouds thickened and rain fol lowed, Wednesday. 1 Much of the Eastern part of the state had heavy snow, which dis- j rUpted traffic, caused schools to j close and damaged communication i lines. This was the second heavy snow of the season for Piedmont i and Eastern Carolina. COUNTY FIRE WARDEN SEEKS COOPERATION ! IN COMING SEASON County Forest Warden Charlie Evans urges the cooperation of every person in Jackson county to assist in the prevention of loreM f res during the coming fire sea- 1 son. I If you have brush, ditch banks," or field to burn please secure a 1 burning permit that is required by law number 14-2.1!). Gencr.d Statutes of North Carolina. The j law states that a permit is required. I 1 efore igniting any -material that! is wit/flft 500 It. of woodlands or over 500 feet away from a dwelling j ouse between the dates of Febru ary 1 and June 1, also October 1 and November 30. Forest Warden j Evans has made an effort to autho- . ri/.e issuing agents at places con venient for the public in or