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Sylva Herald
VOL. XXII, NO. 45
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, April 8, 1948
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Far Reaching Recreation Program Set In Motion By Committees
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Recreational Director To Be
Employed; Swimming Pool,
City Park To Be Improved
Program Will Help 1
Tourist And Young
People Enjoy Vacation
Period In Sylva
The City Recreation Committee,
composed of Grayson Cope, Mrs.
Harry Ferguson, Mrs. Dan Moore,
Mrs. Wilma Jones, N. R. Beacham,
met for the third official time
Monday night at 7:30 in the Alli
son building to correlate the work
of the Clubs of the City and Coun
ty and the City Council's desire
to see a real live Recreation pro
gram in Sylva and Jackson Coun
ty. The American Legion and all
other organizations have pledged
their 100% cooperation in put
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SYLVA ROTARIANS
ATTEND ANNUAL MEET
IN ASHEVILLE
President Delos Hooper, Presi
dent-elect Cole Cannon, and Ro
tarians S. W. Enloe, Keith Hinds,
Bill Ensor and Sam Gilliam, re
presented the Sylva Rotary Club
at the 3rd annual district meeting
of the 194th Rotary district which
includes clubs in all the towns
from Charlotte West in North
Carolina. Over 300 rotarians were
in attendance for the three day
session, which began Sunday and
ended Tuesday afternoon.
Jackson Co. 4-H Members
And Leaders Attend
Meet In Waynesville
Recreational Training Meetings
were held in Waynesville, Wednes
day night, March 31st, and Thurs
day night, April 1st, for older 4-H
Club members and 4-H Leaders
to help build a stronger 4-H-Club
program throughout the State in
the future.
The following persons attended
from Jackson County 4-H Clubs:
Mrs. Grady Martin, Whittier, Rt.
1 - Advisor; Ray Kinsland, Whit
tier, Rt. 1; Miss Melba Cordell,
Whittier, Rt. 1; Miss Louise Ed
wards, Whittier, Rt. 1. Miss Kate
Deitz, Greens Creek; Miss Patsy
Collins, Gay; Mr. Paul Murphy,
Cullo\Mhee, - Advisor; Winfard
Ashe, Cullowhee; Edward Sutton,
Cullowhee; Robert Pruitt, Glen
*ville; Miss Betty Wiggins, Glen
ville, Julian Buchanan, 'Webster;
Edith Deitz, Webster; and Ralph
ine Nicholson, Webster.
Mr. L. R. Harrill, State 4-H
Club leader, Miss Barber and Miss
Gregory ccnducted the meeting
and aided in training recreational
games.
M. L. Snipes, County Agent; G.
W. Conrad, Assistant County Agent,
and Mary Johnston, Home Agent,
attended both meetings.
CUB PACK TO HAVE
MEETING FRIDAY
EVENING AT 7:30
The regular monthly cub pack
meeting will be held Friday night
at 7:30 in the Allison building. At
thev time several of the boys will
go forward for their advancements.
A program of stunts and song will
be enjoyed after which a round
table- discussion of cub work in
general will be had. Britton Mo
ore, cub master, and Tom Wilson,
assistant cub master, together with
Avery Means, field executive of
Asheville, will be in charge of the
meeting.
All den mothers and dads and
I
committee members are urged to
be present. All prospective cub
members and all interested in the
work are extended a cordial in
vitation.
IW.L. JONES RESIGNS j
AS CITY CLERK, EDWIN
ALLISON APPOINTED
Walter L. Jones resigned this
week as city clerk and town of
fice manager and "will engage in
construction work, principally
road structures, work he was en
gaged in before the war caused
shutdown of this type of work.
He has been with the town since
early last summer.
The board of aldermen has ap
pointed Edwin Allison to succeed
Mr. Jones in the city office. Mr.
Allison is an experienced office
manager and accountant, having
done special work in the county
commissioner's office during the
past few months. He began his
duties with the city April 5.
Buckner Buys McLean's
Indian Store at Cherokee
Mr. Jimmy Buckner, owner and
operator of The Sanitary Market
ocated in the A & P Store here,
has announced the purchase of the
stock of good? and lease of the
building cf the McLean Indian store
at Cherokee. The deal became
effective April 1st, Mr. Buckner
stated. He plans to operate the
store under his own supervision
with local manager. Fresh meats,
vegetables and all kinds of gro
ceries and notions will be handled,
he stated.
He will continue to carry the
same high quality meals, poultry
and dairy products in his market
here in Sylva.
The Rev. John W* Lambert
To Be Speaker At Revival
The Rev. C. M. Warren, pastor of! at 7:30 p. m. Beginning Tuesday,
the Sylva Baptist church has an-! services will be held at 10:30 a. m.
nounced that a week's series of and 7:30 p. m.
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revival services will begin at tnei The public is ccrdially invited
church Sunday, April 11, continu- to attend all these services,
ing through Sunday, April 18. Mr. |
Warren stated that the services of i Attend Future HoiTlG"
the Rev. John W. Lambert, pastor! m*, M
of the First Baptist church of Mt.lMakerS Conve^ion
OHve, N. C., has been secured for' Attending the State Rally in
the meeting. Mr. Lambert is con-' Raleigh on Saturday, April 3, of
sidered one of the outstanding future Home-makers of America
young preachers in North Carolina, j frQm ,he Sy]va Chapter were Ine?
He is a fine leader of young people, i
, f . Lee Blar.ton and Emily Parris, of
and we feel tnat we are torturate
in securing his serv ices, a>id we be- Sylva anc* Selma Reed Nicholson
lieve that God will b't?s us mrough, . nd Mary Sue Zachary, of Cullo
him, Mr. Warren stated. I whee. The meeting was held in the
The young people of tne church; Morrison high School in'Ra
will sponsor the revival, and tr.ey! , .
1 logh.
will lead in the various church ac
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tivities. 8088AM0N'8 In 8yfva
Services will be held each davl
DIXIE - HOME STORE
OPENS LARGE SOPER
MARKET IN SYLVA
One of the largest and most mod
ern chain store super-markets will
open to the public of Sylva and
vicinity this morning when Dixie
Home Store opens in the new Fer
guson building on Main Street.
A large number of experienced
people from Greenville, S. C.,
home office of the chain, have been
busy since last week getting the
store ready for the opening.
Mr. John Collins comes to Sylva
as manager of the super-market.
He will have as assistant manager,
Mr. Eugene DeHart, who has been
manager of the old type store here
for a number of years. Other local
people employed are Lewis Paint
er, Edward Greer, Vernon Jami
son and Mrs. Amy Hoyle.
The Sylva store is equipped with
six large open shelf bins in the
center, a self-service dairy pro
ducts and packageed meat coller,
large self-service fresh produce
department and many shelves of
canned goods. The fresh meat de
partment will be in charge of an
experienced meat cutter. Officials
stated that only choicest western
meats will be offered customers.
Fresh produce will be delivered
five times weekly and fresh meats
three times weekly.
Dixie-Home Stores originated in
the Carolinas and has the largest
number, 171, stores in North and
South Carolina. Some 90 super
market stores are in operation. A
few stores are operated in Georgia.
CRACKING DOWN ON
DRUNKEN DRIVERS
Raleigh, April 4?During March,
829 persons in North Carolina lost
their driving licenses because of
drunken driving, the Motor Ve
hicle Department announced to
day. This compared with 783 per
sons losing their licenses for. thei
same offense in March of last year.
The March convictions brought
drunken driving convictions for
1948 to 2,400. Revocations and sus
pensions processed during March
totaled 1,284. That figure includ
ed 103 persons caught driving
drunk outside the state; 69 driv
ing drunk and miscellaneous; 50
driving after license had been re
voked; 21 for two offenses of reck-!
less driving; 33 for speeding over
75 miles per hour; 18 for larceny
of automobile; 40 for transporting
liquor; 11 for speeding over 55 miles
per hour and reckless driving; 10
for two offenses for spending over
55 miles per hour.
Committee To Make
Final Plans For Farm
And Home Week
Final plans for the Farm and
Home week, to be sponsored by
Western Carolina Teachers col
lege in August, will be made by
the executive committee for re
source-use educati n in Western
North Carolina Friday afternoon.
The committee will meet at 1:30
in the Student Union building at
WCTC.
SENATOR HOEY WILL
MAKE C0MMENCME7
ADDRESS AT WCTC
Senator Clyde R. Hoey will de
liver the commencement address
at Western Carolina Teachers col
lege, on Monday, May 31, President
W. E. Bird has announced.
Dr. Ralph Herring, pastor of the
First Baptist church, Winston
Salem, will preach the Baccalau
reate sermon Sunday, May 20.
Senator Hoey has recently turn
ed down 28 invitations to speak
at various meetings and functions,
because of the pressure of legis
lative business in Washington, but,
as (ie will be in North Carolina to
vote in the Democratic party pri
maries in Shelby May 29, he ac-'
cepted the WCTC invitation.
LIBRARY DONOR
BREVARD, April 3.?James Ad
d'son Jones, of Charlotte, who
donated the new and modern
James Addison Jones library to
Brevard college. It will be dedicat
ed during an allday ceremony to be
held on the campus here. Mr.
Jones, founder and chairman of
the board of the farpcus J. A. Jones
Construction company, of Char
lotte, is one of the most outstand
ing laymen of the Methodist
church, and President E. J. Col
trane, of the lociil institution, is
high in his praise fcr the great
philanthropist. The new Jones
library, completed this week at
the school, will hou.-e more than
40,000 volumes and recognized as
one of the most modern structures
of its type in this section of the
South.
RADIO HOUR - YOURS -
SYLVA'S NEW SETUP -
BETTER RECEPTION
LISTEN THURSDAY -SUN DAY
The Waynesville Radio has
changed hands?programs will be
planned better and e-asier received
in Sylva and Jackson from now on.
Its good inexpensive advertising,
church services, and your kids are
doing the talent work. LISTEN
from 2-3 Thursday; April 8?then
SUNDAY from 4-5 and we think
you won't be sorry?Sponsored by
the Sylva Chamber of Commerce!
PRESIDENT BIRD
ATTENDS MEETING
President W. E. Bird of West
ern Carolina Teacher- college at
tended a meeting of -everal Meth
odist church organizations in
Greensboro Mend. y. Tj e pur
pose of the conference was to or
ganize The Methodist College
Foundation, Incorporated.
Organizations participating in the
meeting were the North Carolina
conference, the Western North
Carolina conference, the Metho
dist College Advance, the Gener
al Committee on Promotion, the 2
Cabinets, the two Boards of Ed
ucation, and the two Commissions
on World Service and F.nance.
President Bird is an honor mem
ber of the Western North Caro
lina conference board of educa
tion. The meeting was called by
Bishop Clare Purreil of the West
ern North Carolina conference and
Bishop W. W. Pec'le of the North
Carolina conference.
Farm marketing- brought farm
ers about 6.4 billion dollars during
the first quarter of this year, 6
per cent more than during the
same period last year.
COMMITTEE NAMES
SMITH TO HEAD OF
SYLVA HIGH SCHOOL
The committee for Sylva High
i school district met last week and
! elected Ralph L. Smith, of Hayes
ville, principal of the school for
I 1948-49. Mr. Smith will succeed
I W. H. Crawford, principal of the
school lor the past three years, and
who announced several weeks ago
that he would resign effective at
the end of the present term. Soon
after announcing his resignation
Mr. Crawford also announced that
he would be a candidate in the
Democratic primary for State Sen
ate from this district. Mr. Craw
ford has done a fine job and has
built up the Sylva school since be
coming principal. His many friends
regret to see him leave the posi
tion.
Mr. Smith is a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. John O. Smith, one
of Clay ccunty's most prominent
families. He Is a graduate of West
ern Carolina Teachers College,
has taught in various high schools
in Forsythe and other counties of
the state and was principal at
Hayesville for a number of years.
He is a now at Peabody College in
Nashville, Tenn., doing graduate
work.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith h;ive one
daughter, and if he accepts the
Sylva position, they will make their
home here. Both are very active
in the work of the Baptist church
and all civic movements.
CONRAD RESIGNS AS
ASSISTANT AGENT
George W. Conrad, who has been
assistant county firm agent for
Jackson county for the past two
and one h;. 1 f years has resigned
his position here tp become Farm
j Agent of iMitchell county. The
uansfer to be made April 15. He
will succeed Ralph Sheperd on the
work in Mitchell as Mr. Sheperd
is resigning to enter private busi
ness in Burnsville.
No one has been named to fill
the vacancy here as yet.
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad were ac
tive in the Methodist church and
the life of the community. They
and their 15 months old daughter,
I Louise, will move to Bakersville
to make their home.
John E. McLean Receives
Discharge From Navy
John E. McLean has just re-j
ceived his discharge from the Navy
with a rating of chief machinist
Mate and. togetner with his wife,
arrived Wednesday from Longj
Beach, Calif. After a week's visit
here with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred N. McLean, they will
?o to Gary, W. Va., ior a visit with
Mrs. McLean'* paients.
Mr. McLean has had ten years
i
'f service in the Navy most of the
time having been spent in foreign"1
waters.
CULLOWHEE CHOIR
WILL SING SUNDAY |
IN MURPHY CHURCH J
Cullowhee ? The " 'Cullowhee
Choir, composed of 50 mixed voices
from the Cullowhee Baptist church
and Western Carolina Teachers
college, will present a concert of
sacred music at the First Baptist
~hureh, Murphy, Sunday evening,
Dr. Hugh P. Sm.th. director, has
renounced. Sunday, April 25, the
:-hr.r will appe; r at the Mars Hill
Baptist church.
The program at Murphy will in
clude a >o!o, duets, group songs,
and songs by the entire choir.
Clayton Curtis, of the modern lan
guage department of WCTC, is
the choir's organist, and Mrs. H.
P. Smith is pianist.
Plan Calls For New Buildings,
Additions And Repairs To
Others, Some Consolidations
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PRESIDENT COPE
'NAMES DIRECTORS
; MERCHANTS ASSO.
I Grayson Cope, president of the
J Sylva Merchants-Association, has
1 announced the appointment of the
j following men as directors of the
I Association for the coming year:
I Raymon Stovall, Jimmy Buckner,
? Edd Reed, T. N. Massie, Boyd
i Sossamon and Woody Hampton.
' Mr. Cope stated that the new
! advertising and solicitation com
i mittee is already functioning and
1 that two applications for solici
tations have been turned down,
thus saving the firms of Sylva con
siderable money. He strongly
urges that all business firms re
member at all times to ask lor a
card of authorization Xrom anyone
seeking donations of any kind.
SMOKY MOUNTAIN
DISTRICT HOLDS
COURT OF HONOR
The Smoky Mountain District
Court of Honor will be held in the
Sylva Methodist church tonight
(Thursday) at William F?
Enscr, dist-ie* advancement chair
man. will be ip cnuiL.?\
A large number <?i Sylva boys
will be up for advancement awards.
Jimmy Bales of Troop 1, Sylva,
will receive the S.lver Palm, the
highest award ever to be presented
in this district.
The public is cordially invited to
' attend.
Funeral Service Held
For Mrs. Thurman Dills
Funeral services for Mrs. Thur
man Dills were held at Dillsboro|
Baptist church Sunday afternoon
I at 2.30 o'clock, with Rev. Cardenis
Green of Canton and Rev. C. M.|
Warren of the Sylva Baptist church
officiating. Interment was in
Parris cemetery.
Mrs. Dills passed away at her
home in Dillsboro on Friday, April
2, after an illness of several
months. She had been critically
ill for the past five weeks.
Pallbearers included Howard
Dills, Avery Sutton, Boyd Brown,
Willie Hipps, Bill Fowler, and Bob
Hensley. 9
Surviving the deceased -are three
sons: Ernest, Wayne and Roy, all
of Dillsboro; one daughter, Mrs.
Paul Buchanan. Rt. 1, Sylva; a
I sister, Mrs. William Fowler, of
I Dillsboro; two brothers. Dill and
Louis, of Dillsboro.
Moody Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Bond Issue Necessary
If School System Is To
Be Made Adequate
If plans which the Jackson
County Board of Education have
mapped out for a county-wide
school building improvement pro
gram can be terminated this coun
ty will eventually have as modern
school plant system as any county
of this size in our State. Right
now much depends on whether
the Board will be able to carry
through such a program.
When the present Board took
office last year the members im
mediately began to be besieged by
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ROBERT H. ENSLEY
NAMED POLICE CHIEF
BY CITY ALDERMEN
At a meeting of the Board of
Aldermen for the Town of Sylva
held in the city hall last week the
board accepted the resignation of
T. E. Childers as chief of police
and appointed Robert H. Ensley
as the new chief. Mr. Ensley has
been serving as night officer since
last spring. Kenneth Cowan has
' been appointed as night officer
taking the fface oP'Ch'ef Fnsl^y.
H oward Buchanan i.- the other
member of the force. Mr. Childers
has taken work in California.
New Traffic Lights
Mayor Jack Allison announced
this week that two new traffic
lights have been received and
will be installed within the next
week. One of the lights will be
placid at the intersection back of
Sylva Supply Company and the
other at the junction of Mill and
Main streets at Cogdill Motor Com
pany.
Mayor Allison also announced
that the board - had employed a
consultant eng.neer to make a sur
vey of the water system of the
town to determine the best plan
for improving the system.
Mrs. Sutton to Attend
State P.T.A. Convention
In Raleigh Next Week
| Mrs. Raymond Sutton will leave
, Monday for Raleigh where she will
attend the State convention of
National Congress of Parents and
Teachers. The meeting will be
held Tuesday, Wednesday ar.d
Thursday of next week. Mrs. Sut
ton will be joined by Mrs. Melvin
H Taylor, district chairman and
1 Mrs. Horace DeHart, both of Bry
| son City.
Savannah Community Plans
Soil Conservation Program
A neighborhood community j ^ present time Crooked
meeting in the Savann.ih area! C,'cek watershed (near Whittier),
wa.s r.eld at the C,..y Community1 Qu-Ua watershed, Pine Creek wa
building on April 2 at 7.30 p.m.
Speakers for the evening were
Mr. Collis Johnson of TVA and
Mr. W. B. Collins of the North
Carolina State Exter.si m service.
The purpose of this meeting
was to bring the community to
gether to discuss the progress of
the TVA te>t demonstration pro
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uram during the past six years., comm,ttces and carrv on the K.
This test con.-ists ..r the ,upplying. gu,.ir program for lhe betterment
phosphi.tic f. rt.h7.ers to an area and artvancement o; thc savannah
fo. a period of five years. |/,r all community.
mass and pasture land to reduce, Tlef?Mou
?ing offic ers were elect
erosion and ennen the soil. pd; R Q Higdon, chairman; V. C.
S.ivannah area was taken from Buchanan, vice-chairman; Mrs.
the program July 1, 1947, at the- Lyle Buchanan, secretary.
expiration of the maximum five- The meeting was called and pre- -
year testing term. sided over by the county agents.
tershed (near Erastus), Speedwell
watershed, Beta watershed, and
River watershed (near Tuckasei
gee), are on the test demonstra
tion program for Jackson County.
At the meeting at Savannah the
people decided to carry on the pro
gram that TVA has inaugurated
| and to this end they decided to