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VOL. XXII, NO. 43
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, March 25, 1948
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Mead President Reviews Progress Of Sylva Plant
Sylva Band And Glee
Clubs Voted Very Good
In WNC Music Festival
Director Beacham Hopes1
To Take Students To
Southern Festival
The Asheville Music Festival
was attended by the Band and Glee
Clubs of the Sylva Schools March
19-20 at Lee H. Edwards High.
Their performances were voted
VERY GOOD by a committee of
Music Directors and Excellent
considering the FIRST YEAR. Two
items have the privilege thus of
going to the State Festival but
moftt Western Carolina Bandmen
are cutting this privilege due to
misunderstandings in the judging
system this year.
Mr. Beacham h6pes to *be able
to work out jBbns for attending a
Southern Regional Music Festival
in Atlanta in May or at least to
play in two or three of the High
Schools in Atlanta where he used
to be Director of Music. Miss Jan
ice Holden on drums and Mr. Jim
my Stovall on cornet will be -fea
tures of concerts they will give,
as-well as Neill Wilson on trom
bone solo. All of these and others
did wonderful work at the Festi
val.
April 12th the Canton Band un
*der the Direction of Bob Matthews,
former music director and pianist
for_Billy Sunday over 20 years, will
play a school matinee and a night
performance' between shows at the
theater. After this the Music Dept.
of Sylva will give them a big party
and entertain them in their homes.
The Spring Music Concert of lo
cal talent will follow about two
weeks after the Canton Band on
April 12th. The Band will broad
cast over WHCC from the local
studios this coming Sunday unless
one of the churches takes the hour.
If the rhurch takes the hour the
banci will take the next Sunday
period, April 4.
It is expected that our new uni
forms will come within a few dajte.
SYLVA BAPTIST TO
GIVE ANNUAL EASTER
CANTATA SUNDAY
The Choir of the Sylva Bap
tist church, under the direction
of Mrs. E. P. Stillwell, will render
the Easter Cantata entitled "Crown
After Cross" by Fred B. Holton, at
7:30 p. m. Sunday. A gracious in
vitation is extended to the pub
lic to attend and enjoy this beaut
iful Cantata. The members of the
Choir are as follows:
Sopranos ? Mrs. John R. Jones,
M^s. Chester Scott, Mrs. Crawford
Smith, Mrs. Porter Scroggs, Mrs.
Leo Cowan, Mrs. W.. T. Brown,
Misses Edna Allen, Peggy Paint
er, Nettie Jean Bradley.
Altos ? Mrs. Roger Dillard, Mrs.
J. B. Ensley, Misses Sadie Luck,
Mary Cole Stillwell.
Tenors ? Dick Greene, Tom
my Davis, W. C. Hennessee, C. M.
Warren.
Basses ? J. T. Gribble, W. J.
Fisher, Claude Jones, John Echols,
Chester Scott.
Bank To Be Closed
Easter Monday
Officials of The Jackson County
Bank have announced that this
bank will be closed all day Mon
day, March 29, "Easter Monday",
which is a legal holiday.
Half Million
Distributed To
Much Of Tree Seed
Gathered In Jackson,
Made Pfants 25,000
A half million forest trees were
distributed today to roore than 250
farmers and other landowners in
the fifteen Tennessee Valley c ut
ties of Western North Carolina.
GROUND BROKEN FOR
NEW PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH BUILDING
Members of the Presbyterian
congregation and a number of
visiting ministers, and friends of
the church gathered on the lot, re
cently purchased for the erection
of a church building, at 10:30 Tues
day morning for "ground break
ing" ceremonies. A very impres
sive program was carried out. The
program opened with the singing
of the Doxology, under the direc
tion of N. R. Beacham. The In
vocation was given by Rev. C. M.
Warren, pastor of the Sylva Bap
tist church.
"Thanks Be To God," was rend
ered by Sylv^High school Sex
tet, which included Mrs. Joyce
Clayton, Misses Frankie Fisher,
Mary Cole Stillwell, Eddie Lou
Terrell, Bleakadee Parrish, and
Nettie Jean Bradley.
The Rev. Paul P. Thrower, now
pastor of the Camp Green Presby
terian church in Charlotte, read
the scripture and offered prayer.
Rev. Mr. Thrower organized the
Presbyterian congregation in Sylva
in June 1941 at which time there
were just 12 members. The mem
bership now. is around 50.
Rev. R. E. McClure, Executive
?Continued on page 12
CO-FOUNDER OF DILLSBORO
WILLIAM ALLEN DILLS, late of- Dillsboro, and
; co-founder of the town of Dillsboro, will be among the
early settlers of the community whose memories will be
j honored on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in an Easter
I service at Parris Cemetery. Mr. Dills, father of Mrs.
Minnie Gray, and Mrs. A. H. Weaker, of Dillsboro and
Mrs. E. L. McKee, of Sylva, is bured in the Parris cem
etery and his grave along with th^ other graver ^f the
cemetery will be decorated on thu occasion. 1. is'me
morial service is most fitting ai this time since it falls
on Mr. Dills' birthday.
Tommy Buchanan, 21, Killed
When Speeding Car Strikes
Rock Building At Dillsboro
Eugene Hooper, Driver
Of Car, Slightly Injured,
Buchanan Funeral Friday
Funeral services for Tommy
Buchanan, 21, who was killed in
an automobile accident at 10:10
p. m. last Wednesday night, were
held at the Scott's Creek Baptist
church Friday afternoon at 2 o'
clock with the pastor,# Rev. B. S.
Hensley, officiating, fl&urial, with
military rites, was in the Old Sa
vannah cemetery.
Patrolman C. D. Lindsay, of the
State Highway Patrol, who in
vestigated the wreck said that the
car, being driven East on High
way No. 19-A went out of control
and smashed into the rock build
ing used as a Coca-Cola bottling
warehouse at Dillsboro. Young
Buchanan was thrown through the
windshield of the Ford convertible
in which he was riding with Eugene
Hooper, of Cullowhee, son of Mr.
and. Mrs. John Hooper. Hcoper
was treated*for slight injuries at
the Harris hospital and released
immediately. * Young Buchanan
died on the way to the hospital.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom E. Buchanan of
Sylva; five sisters, Mrs. Paul
Echols, of Bryson City, Mrs. Clyde
Fowler, of Murphy. Mrs. James
Wallace of Charlotte, and Misses
Selma and Jo Buchanan at the
home. ?
Garrett Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Forest Trees
WNC Farmers
State District Forester Charles C.
<Pettit, Jr.," who is in charge of
the distribution in District 9 of
the S'CFS, stated that the trees
were produced by "the Tennessee
Valley Authority, under a coop
erative agreement the North Car
?Continued on page 12
Stovall And Fricks
Open New Store Today
Sylva's latest clothing and ready
to-wear establishment will open
its doors to the buying public this
norning. Messrs. Phil Stovall and
Frank Fricks afe the owners and
managers of the new Men's Store,
located in the remodeled building
formerly occupied by Stovall's
C^fe. A complete line of men's
and boy's ready-to-wear will be
carried. Also a line of sporting
goods.
MERCHANTS TO MEET
THURSDAY TO DECIDE
CLOSING HALF-DAY
?
~"Boyd Sossamon, president of the
Sylva Merchants Association, has
called a meeting of the merchants
for 4 o'clock this afternoon (Thurs
day) in the City hall for the pur
pose of deciding on whether the
stores will have a half-holiday each
week this summer, and if so what
day will be chosen lor the closing
period.
All merchants are urged to be
present and make known their
wishes in the matter.
STRONG SUPPORT
IS RECEIVED FOR
CHEROKEE DRAMA
CHEROKEE?Plans for summer
presentation here of a drama de
picting the life of the Cherokee
Indians and early settlers in the
Great Smoky Mountains National
Park region were much nearer
realization following a meeting
Thursday of the Cherokee and Pio
neer Drama committee and repre
sentatives of a number of counties
in the Western North Carolina As
sociated Communities area in
I charge of underwriting financial
' quotas which had been assigned
to those counties.
Six counties reported that their
quotas had been met. They are
Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson
Swain, Cherokee and Henderson.
The Cherokee community, which
has been assigned the task of rais
ing a fourth of the $65,000 seen
necessary to build an amphitheater
and stage the drama the first sea
son, reported that the amount had
been fully pledged.
|
An official decision on whether I
to go ahead with the project was i
withheld until reports on financial
quotas' are received from Transyl-^
vania, Madison, Macon, Clay and
Graham counties, the remaining
ones in the 11-county area which
is expected to back the drama plan.
A tentative business -basis for fi
nancing the project was worked out
after the group conferred here
Thursday with Harry Davis, assis
tant director of the Carolina, Play
makers at the University of North
Carolina, and Albert Q. Bell, who
built the "Lost Colony" theater on
?Qontinued on page 12
Plant [Here To Become
One Of Major Units In
Corporation's System
Candidate For Governor
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Charles M. Johnson, Democratic
candidate for Governor, has been
kept busy these recent weeks with
speaking engagements in counties
surrounding Raleigh, but he is
row preparing to broaden his
schedule that will, before the May
29 primary, take him into prac
tically all sections of North Caro
lina.
Actually he has not yet officially
launched his campaign for that
will come with the announcement
of his platform. At the time of
the announcement of his candi
dacy Mr. Johnson stated that his
platform would be made known
"at the pr .pt ? t'^pe."
Founders Of Dillsboro To Be
Honored In Easter Memorial
Service Sunday At 2:30 P. M.
Following the Easter service at ^
Parris cemetery in Dillsboro Sun- i
day afternoon at 2:30 o'c lock there ,
will be a service in commeration ;
of the birthday of the late- William
Allen Dills, according to Mi.-. Min
nie Gray, daughter of 'hr late
founder of the town of Dillsboro, |
whose birthday falls on th.s Ka-:er |
Sunday, and in commeration ?>f
the early >ettlers who aided in the
upbuilding of the town of Dill.-- !
boro.
Graves o? the Confederate sol- i
diers will be decorated with con- j
federate flags. The Rev. W. Q. I
Drive Against Rabies Promoted Here
On Saturday, March 13, Charlie
Thomas, health Sanitarian for
Jackson, Haywood, Macon and
Swain counties, together with Dr.
Smith,-of Whittier, John Phillips,
of Cullowhee. Candler Reagan, of
Qualla and Cherokee, Mack Hall
of Greens Creek, and Charlie
Crawford of Beta, met at the
courthouse for final instructions
and rulings concerning the inten
sive campaign for the vaccination
of all dogs against rabies in Jack
son county.
Among the facts brought out
which are important to everyone
are the following:
It shall be the duty of the owners
of every dog to have same vacci
nated annually by a rabies inspect
or.
It shall be the duty of the health
officer to appoint a sufficient num
ber of rabies inspectors to carry
out the provisions for vaccinations.
The vaccination of all dogs in
the counties of the district shall
begin on April 1st and shall be
completed within 90 days from the
date of beginning.
The fee for vaccination is $1.00
per dog if it has had previous vac
cination. If no previous vaccina
tion the fee will be SI.50.
It shall be the duty of the sheriff
and his deputies to assist the ra
bies inspectors in the enforcement
of vaccination against rabies.
It shall be the duty of the sheriff
with the assistance of the rabies
inspectors to make a thorough
canvass of the county and fre
quently thereafter to determine if
there are any dogs that are not
wearing the metal tag provided
for the dog after its vaccination.
If dogs are found not wearing
tags the sheriff shall f notify the
owner to have same vaccinated by
a rabies inspector and to produce
the certificate provided within 3
days. If the owner fa.Is to do this
I he shall be prosecuted in accord
ance with the law.
If the owner of the dog not wear
ing the tag cannot be found it shall
be the duty of said officer to des
troy said dog.
It shall be the duty of any dog
born after the annual vaccination
period or any dog not six months
old at the time of vaccination per
iod to take the same when it be
comes six months old.
All dogs shipped or otherwise
brought into this State shall be se
curely confined and vaccinated
within one week after entry and
shall remain confined for two ad
ditional weeks after vaccination
jurless accompanied by a certifi
cate issued by a qualified veteri
narian.
The county health officer may
declare quarantine against rabies
in any designated district when in
his judgement this disease exists
to the extent that the lives of per
80SSA MON'S
In 8ytva
.sons are endangered and all dogs
in said district shall be confined
on the premi.-e- of their owner or
in a veterinary hospital.
When quarantine has been es
tablished, and fln^s continue to
run at large, any police officer or
deputy sheriff s-wi.l have the? right
I after reasonable effort h6s been
| made to apprehend the dog running
at large, to kill said dog? and prop
erly dispose of their bodies.
Every animal having rabies, and
every animal known to have been
bitten by another animal having
rabies, shall be killed by its own
er or by a peace ofl.cer.
Every person who owr.s or has ,
possession of an animal which is
subject of having rabiiv ar.d which
has symptoms of or has been ex
posed to the disease, shall confine
such animal at once lor at least
three weeks and until released by
a rabies inspector
The head of every animal killed
for having rabies or being suspect
ed of having rabies snail be prop
erly prepared and sent at once to
the state laboratory.
Any person who .-hall violate
regulations of vaccination <??? quar
antine of the disease of rabie> .-hall
be guilty of a misdemeanor a no up
on conviction thereof shall be sub
ject to a fine of not less than $10
or more than $-50, or imprisonment
of not less than 10 days or more
than 30 days in the discretion ol
the court.
CJrigg and the Row W. H. Wake
field will conduct the Easter serv- '
ices. The Rev. Thad Deitz, a
friend of the kite Mr. Dills and
friend of those whose names will
be eulogized, will conduit the
memorial service. ;
The names of those whose
memories will he honored are:
Confederate veteran.- ? F. M. Cath
ey, J. M. Candler, W. A. Dills, i
John W. McLiiin, Hufus Parris, .J.
C. Watkins, R H. .larrett, Found
er? of Dillsboro? Frank Allison,
T. B.' Allison, Ervin Allen, C. F.
?Continued on page 12
PASSENGER TRAINS i
ON MURPHY LINE
STOPPED SUNDAY
Sunday was the last run for
Murphy to Abbeville passenger
[trains N<<s. 17 and IT. in the rail
roads eff< rt t i Hin-rrvc ??il which
i,is dwindling caused by the wide
spread .-oft coal strike n >w in pro
gress.
Mail is beiny carried by motor
vehicles now with little change
noticed in the schedule.
Outgoing mails from Sylva
leave about 10:30 ...m 2 p.m. 5:30
p.m.
The pas.-cnger .train discon
tinuance was announced by the
Southern Railway last week after
the government requested the
elimination of "unessential" train
'train service because of the miners
walkout.
Native Woods Other Than
Chestnut To Be Used In
Future; River Pollution
Problem Being Attacked
The new equipment being in
stalled in the plant of the Sylva
Division of The Mead Coporation
will overcome the present raw ma
terial limitation imposed by tfye
process of using chestnut wood
exclusively in the manufacture of
shipping container*board, stated
Mr. Sydney Ferguson, president
of the huge corporation, during
the course of his visit to the Sylva
plant yesterday.
MEETS EMPLOYEES
In making this, his first visit to
Sylva,. Mr. Ferguson stated that
the purpose of the visit was to
become better acquainted with the
men and women employed in the
corporation. Mr. Ferguson spent the
greater part of Wednesday morn
ing going through the plant, meet
ing and talking with the men.
Other reascns for his visit were to
inspect the Sylva properties and
to review the progress made in the
Sylva Mill modernization program
which has been under way for the
past year and a half and is now
in full swing. ^
HIGHLIGHTS OF VISIT
The highlights of his visit, Mr.
Ferguson stated, were visiting
every department in the mill and
meeting the large number of em
ployees; meeting with the office
staff at a noon luncheon for an in
krmal m. cuss ion of routine op
eration probi.ms: anu the dinner
meeting w,th tne supervisory staff,
wood procurement personnel and
guests held at 7:30 p. m. in the
Allison building of the Methodist
church. Discussion with this group
centered on the financial situation
of the Corporation, particular at
tention being given to costs and
earnings lor the year 1947. Mr.
?Continued on page 12
7 PARK EMPLOYES
GET LOWER JOBS
AS FUNDS MELT
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.?Seven em
ployes of Great Smoky Mountains
National park, who were relieved
of their positions because of a
shortage of funds, have all taken
lower positions, Supt B.air Ross
said.
"No one has actually benn laid
off so tar," he said, "I know of
only one man who is going to quit,
and I understand he wants to
take another job."
This is B. F. McCamey, former
ly ranger-naturalist, who expects
to go west for the summer.
Supt. Ross explained that there
are a number ol temporary posi
tions on which men are now em
ployed because of the fire season,
and there is considerable turnover
in these positions.
1 The shortage of funds, he said,
occurred in the account for admin
. istration, protection, and mainten
i ance. This was partly due to the
fact that at least three men who
resigned during the year had con
j siderable annual leave to their
i credit. It was not anticipated in
. the budget, Supt. Ross said, and the
j extra cost amounted to several
thousand dollars. Men replaces
them had to be paid 'lag the
same time. The totoi park per
' sonnel now number 126.
Hennessoe Planing Mill To
Start Operations April 1st
Mr. W. C. Hemuvsoe, owner and
manager of the W. C. Hennessee
Lumber Company, Inc., who oper
ates sawmills located in Western
North Carolina and North Georgia
has announced that the Company's
new planing mill will begin oper
ations about April 1.
The new plant is located near
Addie on U. S. Highways 19A and
23 East of Sylva. The plant will
be served by the Southern Rail
way, whiqh has recently installed
a six-car side track.
The new plant will be supplied
with lumber from the company's
mills.