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Pj' AMEBICA First, Last and Always VOL. XXII, NO. 50 Sylva Herald Sylva, N. C. Thursday, May 13, 1948 ?** The Herak^ is dedicated to progressive service to Jack* son ... A progressive, well balanced county. i $2.00 A Year?5c Copy Expansion Program First District UDG Chapt To Meet Friday A.M. B. H. Cathey Chapter Will Be Host To Visiting Chapters From Western N. C. Counties Mrs. A. L. Thompson, * State Pres. To Make^Main! Address For Occasion The B. H. Cathey chapter, Unit ed Daughters of the Confederacy, will be host next Friday when the chapters of the first district gather for the-thirty-fourth annual meet ing in the Methodist church, with Mrs. Grover C. Davis, district pres ident, of Waynesville, presiding Mrs. W. A. Hyatt also of Waynes vifle, is district secretary. A number of state officers will be present and take part on the program, including Mrs. A. L. Thompson, of Greensboro, state division president, who will make the main address at the meeting. Mrs. John M. Queen of Waynes ville will introduce Mrs. Thomp son. The meeting will convene at 10 o'clock and close following the luncheon. The opening ritual will be led by the Canton chapter. Rev. W. Q. Grigg, pastor of the Sylva Methodist church will give the invocation; Mrs. John M. Que en, Waynesville, will lead in the allegiance to the flag; Mrs. Noble Garr'ett, Waynesville, will give the salute to the Confederate flag; Mrs. J. F. Freeze of Sylva will de-i liver the address of welcome and Mrs. W. A. Hyatt of t\>yne6\^? will respond. Mrs. E. L. McKee of Sylva, will present the historical report of the district; Mrs. Jennings Bryson president of the Sylva chapter, will introduce the pages, Audrey Jane .Jones and Bessta Bryson, both of Sylva. Musical numbers will be Vgiven by Mrs. Joyce Clayton. Miss Eddie Lou Terrell, Miss Mary Cole Stillwell and Miss Jeanneane Bry. son, all members of the Sylva Highj School glfcfc club. Members from the Asheville chapter will have charge?of the memorial service. At the luncheon Mrs. T. L. Bramlett of Waynes ville, will offer grace and toasts' will be given by the following: Mrs. Preston P. Thomas of Asheville. "To the Veterans of the Sixties";! Mrs. J. Hardin Howell of Waynes-! ville, "To the Veterans of World War I and II," andfMrs. Dan Tomp- | kins of Sylva, "To Our Confeder ate Mothers". Reports of Chapter presidents and committee chairmen will also be given at this time. Mrs. Davis, director, has an nounced the following committees!"! Prizes, Mrs. C. O. Deas, Asheville, Miss Annie Jean Gash, Brevard, and Mrs. Charles R. Whitaker,1 Hendersonville; Place ot meeting,1 Mrs, Harry W. Love, Asheville, Mrs. F. W. Vetoe, Canton, and Mrs. Herbert Church, Franklin; Nomi nating commits, Mrs. C. F. Kirk patrick, Wayttfesville, Mrs. Charles ifortune, Asheville, and Mr?. Carl Slagle, JYanklin; Finance, Mrs. J. R. Boyd, Jr., Waynesville, Mrs. Frank Donoho, Asheville, and Mrs.! Jennings Bryson, Sylva; Publicity,1 Mrs. T. Lenoir Gwyn, Waynes-i ville, Mrs. E. L. McKee, Sylva and1 Mrs. F. L. Mauney, Old Fort; Cour tesy, Mrs. L. E. Perry, Waynes ville, Mrs. D. T. Roreghton, Old Fort and Miss Nora Leach, Frank lin. The district is comprised of 12 adult and four children's? chap ters in Andrews, Asheville, Black Mountain, Brevard, Bryson City Canton, Franklin, Hendersonville Old Fort, Sylva ancK Waynesville DR. WOODWARD WITH SYLVA PHARMACY Dr. G. B. Woodward, for a num ber of years prescription druggist, w h Perry's Drug Store in Frank- j lir.. has accepted a similar position , v. h Sylva Pharmacy here and is n v filling his duties with this ?' e. Dr. Woodward i- afcrother i of H?.v. B. S. He. Icy p s. >r V. V. HOOPER RITES SET FOR 2:30 TODAY AT SCOnS CREEK Retired Business Man Died At His Home Tues. Night Following Illness Final rites for Vernon V. Hooper, 62, of Sylva, retired business man,' who died Tuesday, May 11, at 11 p. m. at his home after a lengthy illness, will be helc\ at 2:30 p. m. today (Thursday), May 13, at Scott's Creek Baptist church, Beta, of which hie was a member. Active pallbearers will be: Dex ter Hooper, Hoyt Roberson, Ros coe Ramsey, O. E. Brookhyser, Cary R. Snyder, and Burl Pannell! Honorary pallbearers will be: Dr. D. D. Hooper,-Dr. T. D. Slagle, Frank Clouse, Sam Cogdill, Harry Ferguson, Hugh Montejth, Mont Cannon, Cole Cannon, George Snyder, Dr. Grover Wilkes, Will Bryson, Willie Fisher, A. L. South er, Prof. R. L. Madison, Rev. P. E. Elliott, Fred Hooper, Humphrey Ensley, Dean Tainter, W. C. Kirk patrick, Grover Davis, Ed Erwin, -aitf T. C. Rnyson, Sr. The body will lie in state at the church one hour before the serv ices. Rev. B. S. Hensley, Re/. T. F. Deitz and Rev. W. N. Cook will officiate. The Masons will have charge of the services atrthe ceme tery. Mr, Hooper was for many years one of the most successful, business men of Jackson county until ill health caused his retirement in 1941. He was a native of Jackson; county, the son of John A. and Mary Wike Hooper of Tuckaseigee. I He was a member of the Masonic Order at East LaPorte. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Gratia Bryson Hoope**; two daughters, Mrs. Eloise Kirkpatrick aand Mrs. Verna Vaye Monteith; one son, Dan B. Hooper; and. two grandchildren, all of Sylva. Also three sisters, Mrs. ?. N. Price Sylva; Mrs. Ed Brown and Mrs. Curtis Wood, both of Tuckaseigee; one brother, Dr. L. J. Hooper, of Asheville. SUPERIOR COURT TO OPEN MONDAY A. M, The May term of Jackson Su perior court will convene Monday morning, May 17, with Judge Don C. Phillips on the bench and So licitor Thad D. Bryson, Sr., rep resenting the Sta^e. According to Clerk of Court John Henson, there are no crimi nau cases of serious nature for trial at this time. A large number of cases dealing with liquor, and driving drunk violations are to be heard. This is a mixed term and civil cases will be taken, up following completion of the criminal docket. Jfeckson Boys And Girls Participate In Recreation al Meeting At Waynesville In the recreational training meeting held at the Armory in Waynesville on the nights of April 27 and 28 a large group of boys arid girls from several nearby counties participated. Those attending the meeting frcm Jack?on county included the following: Hattalean Frizzell, Mary Henderson, Lucile Watson, Charles Watson, Robert Pruitt, Claudine Monteith, Blanche Monteith, Ral phine Nicholson, Claudia Stanford. O.'jm Blanton, Charles Snipes Mrs. Robert Claxton. advisor, Mrs. Ha Senior Class Speakers Charles B. Stillwell and Betty Anne Queen, honor students of Sylva high school senior class, made the commencement addresses at the graduation exercises held in Ritz Theatre Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Stil\well gave the Salutatory and Miss Queen the Valedictory adrress. McFAITS REMAINS BROUGHT HOME FOR RITES AT WHITTIER Final rites for Pvt. Richard Mc Falls, 27, killed in action in France on December 25, 1944, were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Shoal Creek Baptist church, of which he was a member. Burial was in'^jUe*ohurch cemetery. The American' Legion had charge of the graveside rites. Pvt. "McFalls' body arrived in Sylva Tuesday by government mo tor car from Charlotte and was taken to Moody Funeral Home. Later in the day it was taken to the home of his mother, Mrs. Dicie Watson, at Whittier. He entered service in.September, 1942, and had seen 11 months over seas service. At the t-ime of his death he was serving with Pat ton's 5th army in the artillery. All but 11 men of his company were killed in this engagement. Before entering service he was employed by TVA at Fontana. Pvt. McFalls is survived by his mother; two brothers,. Lawrence and Cleo McFalls of Whittier and his step-father, Dave Watgon. Rev. Warren to Attend Baptist Meetings In Memphis May 18-23 C. M. Warren, pastor of the Sylva Baptist Church, will attend the Baptist Pastors' Conference and the Southern Baptist Conven tion which meets in Memphis, Tenn., May 18-23. The Pastors' conference will begin at 10 a. m., on the 18th and close with the night session. The Convention proper will begin at 9:30 of the Some day and close with the night session on the 23rd. The attendance is expected to reach almost 10,000. 300 Publishers To Visit W. N. C. Today A large group of buses will pass through Sylva this after, noon carrying over 300 mem bers of the National 'Editorial Press Association on s tour of the 8moky Mountsins Nstionsl Park, Indian Reservstion snd other points of interest. The buses left Asheville early this morning for the Smokies via 8o co Gap and Cherokee and will return to Ashevile via 8ylva snd Waynesville, stopping in Wayr^esville for a baroecue. The group met at Pinehurst on May 6 for their annual convention and after a tour of Eastern Car olina came on to Western Car lina for this tour. The tour will break up at Charlotte on Sat urday and the members ret%?n to their various states. News paper publishers from all sec tions of the United States wiM t. c in tie grovp. HUSBAND OF FORMER SYLVA WOMAN TAKEN RY DEATH FRIDAY W. H. Carter of Danville, Ky., died in a hospital in Harriman, Tenn., early Friday morning, fol lowing a short illness. Mr. and Mrs. Carter, the former Miss Mayme Long of Sylva, enroute home from Duke hospital* spent Monday night, May 3, in Sylva at Hotel Lloyd. On Tuesday, accompanied by; Mr:;. Sadie J. Long and Mrs. J. H. But hanan, mother and sister of Mrs. Carter, they went to Harri-| man, arriving there late in the' afternoon. Mr. Carter was taken ill soon after arriving in Harriman, and steadily grew worse. Funeral services were held Mon day afterncon at 2:30 o'clock at the Danville Presbyterian church, of which he was a member. ^ Survivors besides the widow, are one son, Preston Carter of Cleve land, Ohio; two granchildren; one sister, Mrs. Mary Carter Brin son of Hendersonville. Mr. Carter, a retired business man, had served as business man ager of Centre College, Danville, as a town councilman and during the war was a member of the Selective Service board. Going to Danville for the funeral were Mrs. Sadie J Long, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Buchanan and J. R. Long of Sylva, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Long of Waynesville, and Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Buchanan and Mrs. Mary Carter Brinson of Hender sonville. Mrs. S. J. Long and Mrs. J. R. Buchanan remained for a stay with Mrs. Carter; the others returned to their homes en Tuesday. Wife of Pastor Passes MRS. LILLIAN STILLWELL COOK, for many years church leader and teacher in the elemen tary schools of Jackson county, died at her home at Webster Sat urday ri<2ht. SOSSAMON S . ' In Sylva ? STATE INSPECTION LANE HANDLES 1060 MOTOR VEHICLES C. P. Swayer, supervisor of the State Motor Vehicle inspection lane now in operation in Sylva reports that a total of 1060 vehicles have passed through the inspection lane >incc it opened May 3 through Tuesday evening, May 11. The lane will close today at 5 p.m. and move on to Franklin in Macon county. A break down of the total shows that 311 cars and trucks were apV proved on the initial examination, 326 rejected on the inital exami nation and 277 approved on re examination, 75 rejected on re examination, 71 no-fee vehicles (State and County) vehicles pass ed through the lane. The greatest number, 161, were rejected due to faulty lights. There are 26 reasons for rejections with some of the ve hicles rejected falling in one -or more of the reasons. Mr. Swayer said that tent;Uive plans call for a return of the Hme> to Sylva around August 7 for the purpose of checking cars not, ex amined at this time. PLANS FOR SIX WEEKS SUMMER SCHOOL AT WCTC ANNOUNCEO Students planning to attend the Demonstration school to be held at the training school of Western Carolina Teachers College during the first six weeks summer ses sion are a!fked to register on next Thursday or Friday, May 20 and 21, according to an announcement by Dean W. B. Harrill of the col lege. Registration will be in the Dr.an'si office in the Joyner building. Mr. Harrill states that a maximum of ten students, to be enrolle'i in the order of registration, will be ac cepted for each of the elementary grades, one through e ght, inclu sive. A program, well adapted to stu dents needing special help in sub jects of these grades, is planned for this demonstration school which begins June 8 and closes July 16. A fee of $5 will be charged stu dents within the Cullowhee school district, $10 for students outside the district. Bus transportation will be ftTrnished free to all students wishing to attend. Faculty for the summer session will include Miss Cordelia Camp, director; Dr. Carl D. Killian, Miss Nelle Bond, Miss Fannie Goodman and Mrs. Morgan Cooper. Funeral Rites Held For Lucius Monroe Watson Funeral services for Lucius Mon roe Watson, 74, who died Satur day in C. J. Harris Community hos-' pital, were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Scott's Creek Baptist church. The body was ta ken to the church at 1:30. Rev. B. S. Hensley, pastor, officiated. Mr. Watson, a native of Jack-! son County, had spent most of his! life here. He was a retired machin ist. Survivors are two daughter, Mrs. Evelyn McLean of Knoxville, Tenn. and Mrs. Grace Guest of Franklin; three sons, Johnny of Sylva and Oscar and Leslie C. Watson of Clo ver, S. C.; two sisters, Mrs. Sallie Painter of Sylva and Mrs. John Phillips of Canton; and a brother, Estus Watson of Newbern. Grandsons and nephews were pallbearers ar.d granddaughters and nieces served as flower girls. Students and former students of the Sylva Flying Service, operated by h s son, Johnr.v, served as hon ora.- pa 11 bra re ;v. * .*mti.' K * !.er ceme ! ? 1' New WingToProvide 15 Beds, X-Ray, Laboratory, Record and File Room|^Included In Plan WIFE OF WEBSTER MINISTER DIES AT HER HOME SATORDAY Mrs. W. N. Cook, Church ^ Leader Buried at Webster Monday Afternoon Funeral rites for Mrs. Lillian Stillwell Cook, who aied at her home at Webster Saturday night following an extended illness, were held at the Webster Baptist church j Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock I with the Rev. C. M. Warren, the) Rev. Bf. S. Hensley and the Rev.! JT- F. Deitz, officiating. Burial was | in the Webster cemetery. The body | lay in state one hour before the service. Moody Funeral Home I was in charge of arrangements.1 Active pallbearers were: Alvin' Sutton, Charles Campbell, David Stillwell, X>an Cowan, Claude Cowan, Charles Stiiwell and Carl Allman. Honorary pallbearers w :e r e j Judge Dan K. Moore, Dan Allison | Dr. D. D. Hooper, Dr. Roy Kirch berg, Dr. A. S. and Dr. A. A. I Nichols, Prof. R. L Madiscn, Geo.i Rogers, Fred McConnell, Paul E.\ Cowan, Leo Wilson, J. N. Cowan, John Stillwell and Ernest Lewis. Flower bearers were members rf the Woman's Missionary Union of the church. Mrs. Cook was a retired school teacher, having taught in the ele mentary schools of Jack.-on county f( 1 29 years. She was the daughter of the lat-e Jacob Siler Stillwell and Martha Allm.in St lKvell, and a sister of the late E. H. Stillwell, professor of history at ^Vestern Carolina Teachers College. She is survived by her husband! and eight step-children, ' a sister,! Mrs. G. W. Sutton, of Sylva andj two brothers, I. E/ Stillwell, of! Webster, and E. P. Stillwell, of Sylva. | Her assistance to her husband, in all of his pastorates has be?n invaluable, especially in the work! of.the W.M.U. For eight years she was director of the W.M.U. in j Tuckaseigee Association. She will be remembered here in that work! for her wonderful he^p. Under her super\ ision a number of societies were organized. She was teacher of the adult Sunday school class for women approximately 50 years. She was also active in the work of the church in Cleveland and Gaston counties for a number of years during pastorate of her husband in those counties. LANSING HATFIELD 1 TO SING AT WCTC THIS EVENING Lansing Hatfield, one of the Na tion's outstanding baritones, will sing a group of songs, accompani ed at the piano by Miss Sara Rev elle, this evening at 8 o'clock in Hoey auditorium at Cullowhee. His program is sponsored by the Col lege Lyceum and will be the last one of this school year. Mr. Hatfield has sung on a num ber of popular radio programs, before royalty, in New York Me tropolitan Opera House, iTi every state and many foreign countries. During World War II he enterta:n-j ed the armed forces in all parts of' the world. He was reared and ed- i ucateti in North Carolina. A real treat is in store for those planning to attend the program Thursday ' Present Facilities Will Not Take Care^f Demand; Drive For Funds to Start In observing North Carolina Hos pital Week, May 9 through 15, the directors of the C. J. Harris hos pital announced plans for expand ing facilities at the hospital for the purpose of taking care of the great increase in demand for more beds wards, private rooms, X-ray, la bratory and other things. In an ?expansion program the directors estimate that it will require $25,000 to $30,000 to do the work actually needed at this time o take care of the demands. They also anounced that a campaign for private subscriptions to the hospi tal expansion fund will start im mediately. Some of the items called for in the expansion program are: build ing of a new extension to one of the wings of the building to con tain 15 additional beds with 2 four bed wards and four private rooms, a arge convalescent sun porch, two bath rooms, full basement under the new wing which can be con- - verted into room for another 15 bed ward, emergency room. X-ray room, and labratory underneath the present lobby with entrance or ambulance, record and file room, enlargement of the nurses auung room and modernizing the kitchen. The r.ew addition is to be < rick and tile of the same type structure of the present building. 1287 TREATED LAST YEAR i *ec?rd* ?f the hosPital show that patients admitted for treat ment last year, which was an ave rage of 21- per day. During this - time 302 babies were delivered. Each patient remained in the hos pital on an average of 5 to 6 days At present there are seven doctors serving the,hospital and a new doc tor is expected about July 1, who Will also use the hospital, causing an increase in the demand for more room and facilities. The hospital now serves all of Jackson, Swain and much of Macon counties. This hospital like all other hos pitals in North Carolina have a problem on their hands. Badly overcrowded and understaffed, and like the rest of us, forced to pay s y-high prices for everything they use, from butter to bandages, their position today is not an enviable one. Because of this unfortunate situation, the hospitals havt come to be a favorite target for p^ criticism. You hear samples of it everywhere you go: ? "Hospital rates are outrageous." ,rHospi tal service certainly isn't what it ~ "You can hardly get a bed in a hospital nowadays." and more ? and more ? of the same. Now we would be among the I first to admit that the hospitals are not perfect. We realize that they could make many improve ments to their own and the public's mutual benefit. But, nevertheless, wt feel that this wave of public censure is uncalled for and uniusti 'led If you would just stop and analyze the above record of the work of our hospitalfor 12 mos. you ?an V"" those in charge of the hospital have their hands full, and are working under great handicap Let us everyone offer our coopera ion with the directors of the in stitution in an effort to ma*e this hospital what it should be if it is to properly serve the people of this MAYOR'S COURT Last week the entire docket was $ concerned with public drunkenea*. The following were tried and con victed: Tom Clark and Clyde Fra dy, 30 days; Lewis Fisher, costs; Charley Young, costs; Rosy Nich olson, . costs; Ben Dillard, costs; ! Tommy Dillard, costs; J. C. Cabe. costs. Costs in each case nmounted to $10.60.
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