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VOL, XXIL, NO 47
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, April 22, 1948
$2.00 A Year?5c Copy
Jackson County To Have Agricultural Fair This Fall
Rides, Swings, Slides And
Merry^Go-Rounds Installed
At The City Park Playground
Lions Club And City
Cooperate In Buying
Splendid Equipment
Sylva city park area rings with
laughter and merriment of the
young children who are having
"the time of their lives" on the
new playground equipment in
stalled last week. Each afternoon
and late into the evening dozens
of children ride, swing, slide, and
seesaw in wholesome fun such as
they have not had an opportunity
to enjoy before.
More th^n a year ago the Sylva
Lions Club sponsored a movement
to provide this equipment and the
club was joined in the project by
the city officials resulting in the
placing of an order with the
American Playground Equipment
company, of Anderson, Indiana for
two seesaws, two large swings,
each carrying a number of indivi
dual swings, two slides, two jnerry
go-rounds, and two chair swings.
The equipment, amounting to sev
eral thousand dollars, was paid for
by the club and the town on a
fifty-fifty basis. Some of the
equipment arrived several months
ago, but the balance came only a
few weeks ago. As soon as the
weather permitted the town em
ployed W. L. Jones to erect and
anchor the various devices in con
crete bases. This work was com
pleted last week and the children
began enjoying playing on them as
soon as the cement became hard
enough for use.
This is a part of a much larger
recreational program planned for
the community.
Local Broadcast
Thursday 2:30 P. M.
N. R. Beacham has announced
that there will be a local broadcast
over Waynesville station WHCC
from 2:30 to 3:30 Thursday after
noon. The broadcast will originate
in Sylva High school gym. The
program will consist of a new song
written by a 5th grade student of
Dillsboro, a negro spiritual by
Beta chorus, numbers by the Sylva
High school band and gles club.
STUDENT BUILDING
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Boiling Springs, N. C.?
Congratulations continue to pour
in from all North Carolina on the
O. Max Gardner-Memorial Student
Union Building, which is now un
der construction, and which will
be completed by the opening of
the new school year.
Claude F. Gaddy, chairman of
the Baptist Council on Christian
Education in Raleigh, says of this
memorial, "Actions like this will
bless the lives not only of the stu
dents of Gardner-Webb, but serve
as an inspiration in everything we
are trying to do in all of our col
leges, and challenge others to join
?Continued on page 10
i ALLISON NAMED TO
DEMOCRAT CHAIRMAN
i POST FOR JACKSON
. At a called meeting of the pre
! cinct chairmen of Jackson county,
held in Sylva Thursday, April 15,
j the resignation of E. L. McKee as
i chairman of the Democratic Exe
cutive Committee, was accepted
and Dan Allison, Sylva business
man, was elected as the new coun
ty chairman, effective immediately.!
COMMITTEE ON FARM
I AND HOME WEEK AT
i CDLLOWHEE MEET
' The executive committe for re
source-use education in Western
, North Carolina discussed semi-fin-1
al plans for the Farm and Home
WeeK to be sponsored in August!
; by Western Carolina Teachers
college at a meeting held in the
school's Student Union building
Friday afternoon.
; More detailed plans, including]
I names of instructors and speak-1
j ers, and a day by day program,
! will be worked out between now|
and Friday afternoon, April 30,
t when another meeting will be held
j at the same place at 1:30 o'clock.
1 The following persons took part
in the meeting last Friday: Ira N.i
Chiles, area education officers of
Tennessee Valley ' Authority; TalJ
H. Stafford, district supervisor, I
.agricultural education, Asheville;'
W. B. Collins, farm management
supervisor, Asheville; W. T. Brown,
vocational agriculture instructor,
Cullowhee high school; W. B. Har
well, dean of WCTC and chairman
of the committee; Miss Velma
Beam, home agent Clay county;
A. J. Hutchins, superintendent,
Canton City schools; H. Bueck a
member of WCTC board of trus
tees and superintendent of Mur
phy schools; and Glen Patton, farm!
agent, Cherokee county. j
The counties to be served by the
*arm and Home Week are Bun
combe. Cherokee, Clay, Graham,!
Haywood, Henderson, Jackson,'
Macon, Madison, Swain, Trarsy
Ivania ar.d Yancy.
COMMITTEE PLANS
DIG RECREATION
PROGRAM FOR SYLVA
|
Committee on rccreation for
Sylva announces aims for coming
months as follows: ,
1. To double the s>.? of the city
>\vimming pool M and hire
a competent man to supervise play
?Continued on page 10
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Farmers Of County Offered
Steady Market For Produce
John F. Ccrbin, chairman of the
Agricultur:.l Workers Council, ex
pressed tlie sentiments of some 300
farmers gathered at Cullowhee
last Friday when he said, "J. T.
Olsen, of the Skyland Processing
Plant in Hendersonville, has
brought us a message of something
I have always dreamed of but
never thought would "happen in
my lifetime. He said much more
than I hoped fu\"
Mr. Olsen told the group that no
longer need any farmer in a range
of 100 mile- of Honrl sov*:!!s
have any rear t.;a* ; rr: r':e* 'vov.id
not e\i>t for any strawberries,
small fruits, appl >, bivc-co'bea"s
or asparagus p o-'.u. c 1. He t t
ed that n< t only \vc uld there be a
ready ma.'kct but that his :omp ?y
would ha'\. one pnc" :oi- .
quantities and large quantities and
.i price which would not vary
:h rough the season. 'Contracts are
-'ill available for a guaranteed
?yice of 7 cents a pound for all
ooans produced of No. 4 Sieve size
'?r K ss.
Mr. Olser. said he and his as
sociates had invested over a mil
lion dollars arfid We^c aware that
.heir <ucjp/s depended' pn the
.oorU^rTT of the farmers and the
rouct 'on of the crops they^ pro
ved. He said fc r years to Come
lie farmers of Wotern North
i/mlino would hot be able to W'o
i\ce enough strawberries, am^ll
ri.itv^app* ' broccoli or aspara\
;u.v to stfpply the needs of-~hTs
).ar. t.
Further inform: tion in regard to
orcduction contracts can be secur
'd from Agriculture teachers or
ssistants. County Agents office or
Farm Security Office.
WITH FARM BUREAU j
DAVID L. KELLY, Winston
Salem, Authorization Officer with
the Veterans Administration Claims
Division, has been appointed As
sistant Secretary of the North
Carolina Farm Bureau, R. Flake
S :a\v, Greensboro, Executive Vice
Pics^ent and Secretary, announc
ed today.
Kelly will succeed Will H. Rog
ers, of Fuquay Springs, who re
signed recently to devote his time
to farming and private business.
Kelly, already active in his new
position, will have headquarters
in the Farm Bureau's State office
in Greensboro.
Higdon Says April 30
Is Last Date For
Ordering Pasture Seed
D. C. Higdon, Chairman of Jack
son County AAA, announces that
April 30th., is the closing date for
issuing purchase orders for pasture
seeds. Any farmer who wishes an
order for bluegrass, orchard grass,
redtop, white clover, ladino clover
or Korean lespedza should come
to the office before the above date
and get an order for the seed he
needs.
Mr. Higdon also states'that sup
erphosphate is available for farm
ers who have not taken materials
to cover their entire farm allow
ance for 1948.
Infant Son Of Andy Fradys
Taken By Death
Richard Dale, ten day old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Frady of
Sylva, died at the Harris Commun
ity hospital early Tuesday morn
ing. Funeral services were held at
Wesley's Chapel at 2 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon. Surviving are
the parents and one sister, Carolyn
Frady.
Mrs. Grigg Wins Prizes In
African Violet Show
Mrs. W. Q. Grigg, Sylva's larg
est grower of African violets, at
tended the annual African violet
show held in Greenville, S. C., last
Saturday ahd had three of her
plants on exhibition. She carried
off two blue ribbons, won two
prizes on one flower, and received
a white and yellow ribbon on the
rither plants, thus winning third
and fourth places on these two. 1
Her prizes were a white orchid
a1: ', a Ii) upon I p.nk African violet.
Go; .? 1) Greenville with Mrs.
GrLttf wore Mrs. Harry Hastings,
Mrs. F. M. Williams, and Mrs. J.
ii. Gill is.
Mrs. W. B. Lindsey
Taken By Death
Mrs. W. B. Lind.-cy, 79, died of
a e? rebral hemorrhage Monday
night at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Lt'cy Sloar.. ;.t Culiowhee. She
was taken siek Friday, but until
then had been .r. fairly good health.
A native of Wilkes county, Georgia,
Mrs. Lindsey had made her home
at Culiowhee for the past four
years.
Funeral service- were held Wed
nesday at 2 o'clock at Fishing
Creek church, Washington, Ga.,
where she was member and
where her father has been pastor
for more than fifty years. Rev.
Bruce, .pastor of the church, of
ficiated A
^43^ving relatives in Jackson
county are her sister, Mrs. Sloan;
a niece, Mrs. Douglas Stephens,
Culiowhee; and three nephews;
Ge' rce Sloan, S.vlva,- Fortson and
Martin Sloan, Culiowhee.
CANDIDATES MEET
FILING DEADLINE
FOR COUNTY OFFICES
Republican Candidate
Joins Race For Rep
resentative In House
With the closing of tiling date
for county offices Saturday it was
found that ten candidates had fl
ed by paying their fees with Oscar
Lovedahl, chairman of the county
board of elections. All ten arc for
county offices, there being no
township offices involved at thi>
time. Those filing were: Mrs. E.
L. McKee and W. H. Crawford, for
State Senate. John E. Henson,
Clyde A. Hooper, Claud J. Cowan
and Jack F. Cooper, for Clerk of
Court. Frank H. Brown, Jr., James
Turpin and M. Y. Jarrett, Demo
crats, and Hugh E. Monteith, He
publican, for House of Represen
tatives.
The names of these candidates
will appear on the Primary ballots
for the May 29 primary.
Cope Warns Merchants
On Solicitation Cards
Grayson Cope, president of the
Merchants Association, has an
nounced that all persons solicit
ing from the merchants of Sylva
should check their solicitation
card to see that is contains the
proper signature and that the
date has not expired. All cards
currently in effect must be sign
ed by Mr. Cope to be valid.
The merchants particularly
are warned to check all cards be
fore making any pled-ges or do
nrtions, and to report all non
valid cards.
State's Huge Surplus
Of $15,000,000 Put
In Government Bonds
While North Carolina's secon
dary roads suffer for improvement
and numerous county school build
ings go unrepaired the State of
North Carolina decided last week
to invest $15,000,000 of its huge
surplus of over $20,000,000 in
United States Savings bonds at an
interest rate of 1.09.
The council of state adopted a
resolution authorizing State treas
urer Charles M. Johnson to invest
that sum in short-term federal re
serve notes.
After investing the $15,000,000
Governor Cherry, reported about
$9,000,000 will remain in the gen
eral fund. He pointed out that
this is about the minimum the
fund should contain, since the cost
of State operation is about $8,000,
000 per month.
ALASKAN VISITORS
FIND SYLVA AREA
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY
We love your beautiful moun
tain country, said Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Swanson, of Petersburg, Al
aska, while stopping over here
Tuesday and Tuesday night on their
automobile swing around the states.
Mr. Swanson, a member of the
'Petersburg Rotary Club, made up
his attendance at the Sylva club
meeting Tuesday night. He told
the Rotarians someth ng of Al
;?.?!?:a, where he has m o< his home?
for the past 3G years. Although'
is !00(" miles north of Seattle the
climate on the coast is influenced
by the Japanese stream, and their
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H. R. QUEEN PASSED
AWAYDN WEDNESDAY
Harmon Reed Que( n, 79, died
Wednesday aftern.-on at his home
after a long iline.
Survivors are three <ns, Chris
topher G. of Peaborly. Ky , Tr.omas
Reed of San D.eiro. (' .i?:.. arid Wil
liam E. of the home; and one
daughter, Sadie R. at home: 'two
grandchildren and . i.e great grand
son. Funeral arrangements, in
charge of Moody Funeral Home,
ar^incomplete at tr.i- time, pend
ing'the arrival of his son from San
Diego.
80S3A MON'8 In Sylva
Sylva Scout Awarded
The Silver Palm
Jimmy Bales, 17, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jake Bales, of Sylva, receieved
the Silver Palm award at the
Smoky Mountain Court of Honor
which was held in the Allison
building here April 8. The Silver
Palm, the highest award ever re
ceived by a scout in the Smoky
Mountain District, was presented
to Jimmy by Mrs. E. L. McKee.
Jimmy is an Eagle Scout, hav
ing received this -rank last year.
He is a member of The Order of
The Arrow, a Rational Brother
hood of; Boy Scout Honor Camp
ers. He is a Junior assistant Scout
master of Trpop No. 1, Sylva, and
was a member of the staff at Daniel
Boone boy scout camp last sum
mer.
Webster ?High School
Announces
Commencement Plans
The Webster High School com
mencement, which will be held
in the Savannah School auditor
ium, will begin with the presenta
tion of the senior play "Trouble
in Paradise" or, Friday evening,?
April 30. j
On Sunday, May 2, at 3:00 p.m.
the baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered by the Reverend John
J. P. Kincaid, pastor of the Web
ster Methodist Circuit.
Graduation exerci>es will take
place Friday, May 7, at 8:00 p.m..
Dr. Amos Abrams, asscciate edi
tor of the North Carolina Kduca
tion magazine, will deliver the ad
dress. Diplomas will be present-1
ed by Mr. M. 15. M? dison, the!
principal of Webster School, to'
nineteen seniors.
Nine medals, valedictorian, sal
utatorian, journalism, music, home
economics, best citizen, best ath-'
lete, boy and girl, and vocation
al, will be awarded to high school
pupils.
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Rev. Wayne Deitz
Conducting Revival
Services In Webster
Rev. Wayne Deitz of Charlotte
is in Webster th:> week conduct-'
ing revival >.erviccs at the Webster
Baptist church.
Rev. Mr. Dc'V i native of
.JaekM :i County, t Mrs.
X. J. Dei'/, '.r.rl *Lite M. . Deitz.'
and is a r.eph? .v o." IN v. T. F.i
Deitz. piaroer n t? r of 1' is c-1
tion. Mr. Der/ . .i graduate of
"Wobstc r Hgh .-"cao ii where he is
now assi-tir:; in a *e i\ . and af-i
tended New O.ha..., Ln^lisi .-uu-,
inary for two year-. .
He served a pastor of ti-e Iiaj>
tist church in Hickory anrl he'd
a p.i. tr rate in M. ipp. for >ev- ,
| eral years. ' '
The public cordially invited
1 to attend thesci^ervice- which will
begin (-i.cn evenii.g . t 7:30 o'clock.;
R. F. Jarrett Has Narrow
1 Escape at Railroad Crossing
Mr. R. F. Jarrett escaped serious
j njury about 10:30 Wednesday
; rr rning v/.nen hi* car w.,? .-truck
l by freight tr rn No. 60 at the grade
.crossing back of Moody Funeral
rorne. Mr. J.urett >'ated that the
(iocornotivc appeared to be stand
. r,g >t.il when he started across the
tr, ck. His car was struck in the
? center and moved for about 20
feet. Mr. Jarrett suffered mostly
from shock. The car was damaged
; c r.sirk rably.
Sylva Lions Club Sponsors
Association, T. Walter Ashe*Is
Namecl^President At Meeting
TOWN OFFICIALS TD i
BE HERE MONDAY FOR
LEAGUE MEETING
Mayor Jack C. Allison >>t::11mi
Monday that reservations are
coming in liom the various tow n>
of Wi stern North Carolina for oi
ficials who will attend tile melt
ing ot North Carolina Le:.gi:o < I
Mun cipalities which will conw :.i
in Sylva at 3 p. m. Monday, April
26. Following the business meeting
in the afternoon a dinner meetuig
will be held in the Allison build-.
I ing at 7 o'clock, the dinner to be
served by the members of the Wes
| leyan Service Guild.
WCTC ALUMNI HOLD
DINNER MEETING IN
ASHEVILLE ON 16TH
CULLOWHEE ? Alumni and
friends of Western Carolina Teach
ers college met for an informal
dinner and get-together in the
Pine room of the S & W cafeteria
in Asheville Friday, April 16 at 6
p.m.
Brandon P. Hodges, chairman of
the board of trustees of the col
lege. spoke briefly on the need
, of a strong and active alumni as
sociation. Johnathan Woody, pre
sident of the First National Bank.
WaynesviMe, and president of the
alumni association oresided.
Friday was chosen r.s the date
for the dinner-meeting because,
many alumni were expected to
attend the meeting of the N.C.E.A.,
which was in progress in Asheville
at the same tigio; it was thought
that this would make it m< re con-1
venient for many alumni to at
tend. t
The purpose of the mot ting was
to provide an opportunity for old
and new friends of W.C.T.C. to
get together, become bettei ac
quainted, and plan a greater field
of service fo the college.
CHAMPION FIBRE
WILL HOLD OPEN
HOOSE ON MAY 4-6
CANTON, N. C ?The Champion;
Paper and Fibre Company, which
has been one of the outstanding
industries in Western North Caro
lina for more than forty years, is
holding its first "open house" on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, May 4th, 5th and fith.
The people of this section of the
state are be ing cordi: Uy invited
Id take advantage* of this oppor
tunity t ? v.st* Champion's plant
an<_! become acquainted with its
product- and operations, and with
the activities of its many agencies
for developing th<* spirit of cooper
ation and good fellowship which
chara< t? r.xes the Cnampion or
o;i p /; ' i> ^
(Continued on page 10)
1 Temporary Committee,
Headed By Snipes To
Start Work On Plans
(My .J C. McDarris)
Jack, on County is to have a coun
ty wide agricultural fair some time
Mns lall. if pi ns announced last
v.? ek 1 y the Sylva Lions Club are
c;11 i.i'd i.ut, and there appears to
be i o i, ason why they will not be.
At a recent meeting of the club
the members agreed to sponsor a
general Agi (cultural Fair for
.J. i kst.-'i County this fall. At an
inlormal meeting ol Lions and
Agriculaural workers in Cullo
whee Friday, April l(i. T. Walter
Ashe was named president of the
Fair Association.
Mr. Ashe, president of the L ons
Club, stressed the fact that help
from all civic organizations and
all the citizens of the county would
be needed to make this fair a suc
cess. He stated the fair would be
for no certain group or belong to
any one organization but would
be for all the people of Jackson
county and have to be built by
them. He pledged his whole
hearted efforts and said the Lions
Club was 100 per cent behind the
project.
John F. Corbin, chairman of the
Agricultural Workers Council,
stated this group had unanimously
endorsed the idea of having a
Jackson County Fair and have
pledged their full support in help
ing put it over.
Mr. Ashe named a temporary
steering committee of the follow
ing people to hoki a meeting in the
near future -start the move
ment to rolling: M. L. Snipes, Den
nis Higdon, John F. Corbin, W. T.
Brown, Frank H. Brown, Jr., L. A.
Ammons, Charles C. Pettit, J. C.
McDarris, Miss Mary Johnston and
Sam P. Hyatt.
Miss Mary Johnston was elected
secretary of the group and J. C.
McDarris publicity chairman.
SAWMILL SURVEY
BEING CONDUCTED
Lumber shortages which have
existed since the latter part of the
war make the results of the an
nual sawmill survey of the U. S.
Bureau of the Census of prime
importance, according to distrct
Supervisor Clinton C. Oldham
with offices at 409-411 Lefal
Building, Asheville, N. C.
Census enumerators under Sup
ervisor Oldham's direction have
started canvassing sawmills in this
area to gather reports of the cur
rent sawmill survey which this
year is being taken as part ol the
1947 Census of Manufactures. The
major part of the manufactures
census will be carried out by mail
but all saw mills will be visited
by Census Bureau field people
since it is almost impossible to
build up accurate mailing lirtfi
for this industry by reason of it*
mobility and the out-of-the-way
locations of many sawmills.
Figures developed from the saw
mill survey will include data on
lumbi r production, value of ship
(Continued on page 10)
Sylva Lions Club To Present
Blaekfai'e Minstrel April 28
On Wednesday, April 28, the
Sylva Lions Club w
pit
blackface minstrel a
A
Thea v( r M 7:30 n m. T
n 1 ..
the Hit:',
e -ch"f i .ilcck
man di?? 11<
show. The
for children
.;?!<?> a elm is
le ar :l t lie
mov e- \v:!I oc .-now?!
itll i" ini; th?- :"n:n-4r
price (>r admis-inn, 2*>
;ifui 5i)f< r adah1; ?
I
I;) bo* h trie- :n
minstrel sh a-.
All Law ;ire expected to be on
the sta-ie, but tae n.ain cast-cor
j .-i.-ts of: M. D. Stronq a> Mr. Hubb.
, Jac k Alli.-on as Mr. Egghead. Rudy
i Hardy as Mr. Slofoot. Howard Dil
I; rd as Mr. Mu-hmojth and Pcrt1
' cr Scruggs as Mr. Cattail.
The quartet, The Four Black
birds, includes Dick Green, Law
rence Reed, Dick Wilson and John
Echles.
Music will be furnished by a
string band, consisting of: Joe
Deitz as Mr. Suntan, Bill Wilson
as Mr. Eightball, Roy Reed as Mr.
Skyrocket, and Gudger Crawford
as Mr. Hambone.
"Hecklers" are Hugh Monteith,
Bud Brown, and John Cor bin.
The Lions Club feels that they
have a fine, entertaining show and
urge as many as possible to attend.
To quote ? ''youTl get your mon
ey's worth" ? unquote.