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AMERICA First, Last and Always The Sylva Herald The Herau' is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. NO. XXIll NO. 6 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, July 8. 1948 52.00 A Year?5c Copy Jackson Citizens Favor School Bond Issue 2 To 1 July 4th Week-end Brought Thousands To Sylva And This Smoky Mountain Area Large Crowds Witness * Parade and Other Events Held On Monday Thousands of Jackson county citizens and visitors witnessed the program of events which was car ried out on schedule here Monday, July 5th, celebrating the 4th week, end. The day dawned clear and hot with the activities getting under way early in the morning and the street parade came off at 11 o'clock, as scheduled. Following the parade the city park was a milling crowd of plea sure seekers who witnessed the baby and beauty contest held at - the city swimming pool. Mayor Jack Allison announced the con tests. The greasy pole and greasy pig contests drew much interest. The bingo stand operated by thej Halcyon club was the center of much interest and proved very profitable to the ladies.. The afternoon events featured a baseball game between Sylva and j Habershaw, Ga. boys with,Sylva' winning. Then followed the main event of the day, thp balloon as cension and double parachute jump by Carl Sheafer, of Indiana. A large number of floats, rep resenting their business, were en tered by the business places of Sylva. The Hitz Theatre float was judged the prize winner. Cannon Brothers Shell Gas and Oil of Dil lsboro was second with a beauti ful float featuring a large shell in the regular shell colors. Ray mon Stovall and his minature wa gon, drawn by a small power unit of a garden plow, his false face and small umbrella created much interest. All of the entries were splendid. The Forest City Band participat ed :n the parade and made the pro gram more lively. Probably the most fun for many came after 8 o'clock when Mill street was roped off back of the Grill for square dancing and Bin go playing: Large groups entered this area until late in the evening. Sylva Scouts Winners At Camp Daniel Boone ?The Outlaw patrol, under the direction of Tommy Heed, and the Covered Wagon patrol, under the direction of Lambert Hooper, were winners last week at^Camp Daniel Boone. The Covered Wagon patrol won the best stunt on Stunt night. Lambert Hooper entered for Sylva in the Track meet, taking six first places out of six events of the meet. On July Fourth the Covered Wa gon patrol won the Water meet, taking thirteen first places of the sixteen activities. Sylva also took the greased watermelon. Other troops entering were from Ashe ville, Mars Hill, Cullowhee, Fletch er, and Hendersonville. Franklin Fricks was tapped for the Order of the Arrow. j There were 87 boys in Camp the second week, 14 of them being from Sylva. SOSSA MON'S In Sylva Farmers Urged To Get In Orders For Con servation Materials D. C. Higdon, Chmn. of Jack* son Co. A. C. A. wishes to ad vise all farmers who have not gotten an order for their 1948 conservation material to do so at once. At the beginning of 1948 an allowance for conserva tion material and service was set up for each farm on the AAA program. Any farm that has not taken an order for materials by August 1st will lose its al lowance. The county commit tee on this date will transfer funds from farm to farm in order that no money will be lost to the county. Farmers are urged to give this matter their imme diate attention. MAIN STREET GIVEN NEW ASPHALTIC CONCRETE SURFACE The State Highway departmen has had a crew of men and mach inery of the Ashe. Paving Com pany putting down a new asphal tic-concrete surface through Sylva. The work started the middle of last week and will be completed this week. This new surface is a great improvement to Main street since the old concrete surface was pretty weH worn out in places. The town * of Webster is to get similar work on its streets. TOURIST FLOOD THIS AREA OVER WEEKEND Thousands of people from dozens of states flocked into thisplay ground Mountain region seeking rest and recreation over the week end, combining their 4th of July holiday with Saturday and Sunday, many staying over for the rest of this week. Reports from all over the county show that every a va.lab!e~ hotel, tourist home and motor court, coupled with the op ening of many private honrfes, could HQl accomodate those wanting rooms Saturday and Sunday nights. Dozens of people slept in their cars on the streets and along the highways. As far as we have been able to learn no one was killed or injur ed in Jackson county during this mad week-end which saw a toll of around 600 deaths over the na tion. Chief of police Robert Ensley reports only three arrests, one Sat urday night and two Monday night, all fcr drunkenness. No drinking drivers wc.re arrested or noticed on the highways in and around Sylva. A steady stream of out-cf-state cars, with Florida leading in num ber, continue to p;.ss through town this week. Jackson Health Department Announces Series Of Clinics Jackson County Health Depart ment has announced a service of immunization clinics to begin in the county Monday, July 12. These clinics will be held at weekly in tervals for four weeks. Immuni zations will be against typhoid fever, whooping cough, diphtheria and whooping cough combined, and smallpox. The diphtheria and whooping cough is given in 3 doses at 4 weeks interval. A charge of 10 cents is made for this immunization. The others are given free. The State law requires all children to be pro tected from diphtheria and whoop ing cough before one ye^r of age. The clir.ics will be held at the following place?: _ Monday, July 12, 9 a. m. Web ster; 10:30 a. m. Gay; 11 a. m. Sa vannah; 12:30 p. m. Qualla; 1:30 p. m. Wilmot; 2:30 p. m. Barkers Creek. Wednesday, July 14, 9 a. m. Johns Creek; 11 a. m. East LaPorte; 1:00 p. m. Yellow Mountain; 2:00 p.m. Glenville. Thursday, July 15, 9 a. m. Tuck aseigee; 10:30 a. m. Speedwell; 12 noon White Rock; 1 to 3 p. m. Cashiers. Friday, July 23, 9 a. m. Beta, 10:30 a. m. Addie; 11 a. m. Willetsr 1 to 2 p. m. Balsam. Every Saturday the county nurse is at the courthouse from 9:30 a. m. until 12 noon. Every Tuesday of this year the county nurse will be at Cashiers from 1 p. m. to 4 p. m. FUNERAL RITES FOR RUFUS D. PHILLIPS HELD AT CULLOWHEE Prominent Business Man Dies Suddenly Following Stroke At His Home Phillips, 55, Cullowhee barber shop owner and church leader, were held Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Cullowhee Baptist church with Dr. P. L. Elliott, pres ident of Gardner-Webb College officiating, assisted by Rev. R. T. Hcuts, Jr., pastor of the Cullowhee Methodist church. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Phillips was taken sick? Thursday morning and died in a short tim? The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Dan Phillips of Cullo whee, he was a native and lifelong resident of that community. He was a member of the Cullowhee Baptist church and very active in all phases of its work, being Sun day school superintendent at the time of his death. He was also president of the Jackson County Singing convention. Pallbearers were William Cow ard, Clifton Bryson, Durward Ste phens, Carl Phillips, Clyde Hanie and Frank Crawford, all nephews of the deceased. Honary pallbearers were deacons, officers and teachers and choir members_^t the^Baptist church. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Burlie Long Phillips; three daugh ters, Mrs. Bird Gallagher and Mrs. James Hyatt of Los Angeles, Cal if. and Miss Ruby Phillips, mem ber of the Canton school faculty; two sons, Roy, of Elizabethton, and Jimmy of the home; one grand child, four sisters, Mrs. B. J. Hughes, Mrs. Oscar Ensley, and Mrs. Charles Stephens of Cullo whee, and Mrs. George Coward of Balsam; and one brother, John Phillips of Cullowhee. Mr. Phillips had worked much of his time in the barber shops of Sylva so the shops were closed during the funeral hour from 1 -fo 2 o'clock, Tuesday afternoon. PLANE DAMAGED IN LANDING HERE 4TH A North American Navion, light plane, owned and piloted by Tho mas Ballas, of Savana, Illinois, was considerably damaged in land ing on Sylva Flying Service field Monday afternoon. Mr. Ballas, son-in-law, of Mr. Everett Mc Cracken, hadT?rken Mr. McCracken up for his first flight, was com ing in for a landing but saw that he was too fast but was too late for a take-off so he set down on the last half of the field and could not stop when the brakes failed to hold, resulting in his left wing striking ,a wing of Roy Elder's Fairchild, causing damage to both planes. No one was injured. Mr. McCracken stated that the mis hap did not frighten him and thta he is ready to go up again. Mr. Ballas' plane damage was estimat ed at around $5,000. Both planes are repairable, according to John ny Watson, manager of the field. Revival At Scott's Creek Church Sunday, July 11 Revival meeting begins at Scotts Creek Bapist church Sunday, July 11, the Rev. B. S. Hensley an nounces. He will be assisted by Rev. Western C. Reed who heads the Kennedy Home branch of the North Carolina Bapti?? orphanage. Rev. Reed has taught -school in Jackson county and has also held pastorates in the Tuckaseigea Bap tist association. He is well known in this county having been rear ed in Scott's Creek community. Rev. Mr. Reed will be glad to see his old friends while here. Ser vices will be held each day at 10:00 a.m. and evening services at 8:00 o'clock. The public is cordially in vited to attend all services. The music will be under the direction of J. A. Bryson. Mother Of Ed Erwin Passes In Georgia Mr. and Mrs. Ed Erwin were called to Young Harris, Georgia JACKSON 4 - H CLUB MEMBEpSTO GO TO SUMMER CAMP Plans h*v? Keen made for the the Jaokaon County 4-H Club boys and to attend Camp Swannanoi dMflng the week of July 19th. However, boys and girls expaotlM|to go to the 4-H Club Camp summer are re quested to fljflfw County Agent's office possible in order that tran4pflMHion to and from Camp and Cttnp accommoda tions may be Worked out. Boys and girls planning to go to Camp Swannanoa are es pecially invited to meet with the County 4-H Club Council in the Sylva Court House at 10:00 A. M., Saturday, July 10. REA IS ASSISTANT FARM AGENT HERE James L. Rae, Jr., has taken up his duties here as Assistant Farm Agent for Jackson County. He is 'a graduate of State College, Ra leigh, and spent three and a half years in the United States Navy during World War II. Mr. Rae will have an office in the courthouse and work with County Agent M. L. Snipes. Mr. and Mrs. Rae are making their home for the present at Mrs. Parris' tourist home. NANCY ALLISON TO REPRESENT JACKSON AT ASHEVILLE 10TH On July 10th at 9:30 o'clock in the Asheville city auditorium the King and Queen of the Mythical Kingdom of Rhododendron will be crowned. This impressive cere mony is the highlight of the annual coronation ball, Traditionally held to open the summer social season of WNC. There will be 6 ladies in-waiting to the Queen sejected from Buncombe county. The men of the court will be the knights of laurel and officers and men to the royal brigade of guards. Immedi ately following the coronation 18 young ladies representing the 18 western countiets of North Carolina will be presented at court. Each of the sponsors wilL be escorted by two marshalls. Miss Nancy Ruth Allison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan AllisOn, has beeen choosen as Jackscn county's representative. The Royal Brigade of Guards will entertain at a reception and dinner in honqr of the King and Queen and the western Carolina sponsors preceeding the corona tion. The wives of the brigade of- i ficers will entertain the sponsors and their mothers at a tea at Bilt more Forest Country Club at 4:00 p.m. Barnwell Announces Swimming Pool Hours James Barnwell, recreational di rector, has announced new open ing hours for the city swimming' pool. Beginning Monday, July 12, the pool will open each morning at 10:30 and remain open until 5:30, except on Sundays when it will be open from 1 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. For the benefit of adults wishing to use the pcol it will be open each Monday and Thursday nights from 7:30 to 10 o'clock, this is for adults only. _ .Pool admission is 15 and 25 cents. Bathing suits for men can be rented for 20 cents daily. Towel service is available. Mr. Barnwell said that swim ming instructions will be avail able during the morning period. last Thursday on account of the death of Mr. Erwin's mother, Mrs. George Erwin. They were accom panied Sunday by Mrs. Fan-, nie Parham, sister of Mr. Erwin,! and her daughter, Mary Frances,! both of Knoxville, Tenn. Others going from here for the; funeral of Mrs. Erwin were Mrs.' Rufus Deitz and Wayne, Jane Er-I win, end Mr. E. M. Lloyd. , FUNERAL FOR MRS. ELIZABETH KEYES TO BE HELD TODAY President Of Blackwood Lumber Company Dies Following Stroke Monday Funeral services for Mrs. Eli-; zabeth Davison Keyes will be held! this morning at 10 o'clock in the[ Chapel of Glenn Funeral Hume.| The Rev. W. H. Wakefield, pastor j of the Sylva Presbyterian church will ofliciate. Following the ser-j vice the body will be carried toj the Green Hill cemetery, Waynes ville. for interment. Active pallbearers will be Guy; Wachob, Ralph Higdon, Ray Cog-! dill. Hagen Hamilton, Tom Wikej "and Dan Allison. Mrs. Keyes had been in failing health for about two years but: spent the past winter in Florida) and seemed to be doing very well after returning to her home at East i LaPorte. On Sunday she seemed to be as well as usual until herj maid found her unconscious and! speechless in her bed Monday i morning. She was brought imme diately to C. J. Harris hospital in | Sylva where her condition con tinued to grow worse and she1 passed away about 8.30 Tuesday eve ning. Mrs. Keyes, who had been pres-, ident of the Blackwood Lumber Company since the death of her husband seven years ago, was born : in Saskatchewan, Canada in 1883,! having come to the United States, 27 years ago. She was also presi-; dent cf the Tuckaseigee and South eastern Railway Company until its liquidation 3 years ago. Mrs. Keyes was known to be a most generous woman among the less fortunate of the East LaPorte community, often times buying large quantities of food and dis tributing it among these people.! She is survived by a daughter, j Mrs. Joseph. Shimon of Washing ton, D. C., two granddaugh| ts. Lisa and Tom Shimon, also of Wa>hington: two broth: rs, Burton and James Davison, of Saskatche-j wan; and sistei-in-l.uv, Mrs. Lydaj Davison, and nephew, Petie Da vison, both of Sylva. Scott's Creek Church Has Successful DVBS Daily vacation Bible school ot Scott's Creek Baptist church came to a close Friday. June 18th, With! commencement Sundi.y night, June 20th. The enrollment was 163 and | average atttendar.ee 140. Therc^ were about 80 perfect attendances. The pastor was general supervi-j sor and Mrs.. B. S. Hensley was) principal. The following ladies1 worked in tne different depart ments: Beginners-Mrs. Alvin Riddley,j Mrs. Ralph Bumgamer, Mrs. Loyde Fisher, Miss Jean Harris, Miss! Bennie Lou Harris, M,s\s Patsy Par-; r-s. , Primary ? Mrs. Charlie Fisher,' Mrs. Preston O'Kelly, Mrs. J. T. Ensley, Miss ,Betty Hensley, Miss Bleakadee Parris. Junior ? Mrs. Burrell Pannel ! Mrs. Eugene Fisher, Mrs. Albert! Robinson, Mrs. Harry Mason, Mrs.; Hayes Btasley, Miss Barbara Ann! Fisher. Intermediate ? Mrs. Roy Reed,: Mrs. Dennis Fisher. Music ? Mrs, Charl.e Smith,! Mrs. Joe Davis, Mrs. Tom Clayton.! General Secretary ? Mrs. Frank Monteith, Jr. Mission offering was $28. The ladies of the Homemakers and T.1 E. L'. Sunday school classes pro-1 vided refreshments for the chil dren. Tina Lou Cogdill Wins Baby Contest The baby contest sponsored by the Junior Woman's Club which came to a close Monday,. July 5th during the 4th celebrations here' had a total rf 43 children entered., Tina Lou, little daughter of Mr.1 and Mrs. Ray Cogdill was winner of the contest was present-! ed with an engraved silver loving j cup. The contcst netted the club a round $300. School Improvement Plans Can Get Underway As Voters Authorize Board's Program Shelton Takes Up Vocational Work At Cullowhee High Fred C. Shelton, of Henderson Yille, has accepted a position asl Vocational Agriculture teachtr at Cullowhee high school, succeed-1 ing \\\ T. Brown, who resigned to become supervisor of the Sylva I Farm Home Administration rc-1 placing J. C. McDarris who has! takeh similar work in Haywood' afld Transylvania counties. Mr. Shelton was vocational teacher in Hendersonville school for six years., Ho is a graduate of Purdue Univer sity and has a B. S. in Agriculture irom N. C. State College. SYLVA methodist TO HEAR MISS kiang SUNDAY MORNING Miss Kwe Yuin Ki'ang, president of Laura Haygood Normal schorl in Soochow, China, will be the speaker at the 11 o'clock service at the Sylva Methodist church next Sunday morning, July 11. She will be remembered by many of the people as she visited Mrs Mary R. Cowan in 1932 and sp: ke at that time. Miss Kwe Yuin Kiang was ed ucated in the United States, hav ing attended Wesley an College in Macon, Georgia, Peabody College in Nashville, Tenn., and received hQjtSUas?tar*s from Colum bia University. Foi tne past year she has been studying School Ad ministration at Columbia. Mrs. Cowan and the Chinese girl began a correspondence when they were school girls and have continued it through the years, ar.d it has developed into a beautilu! friendship. Everyone is invited to come 1i the Methodist church on Sunaay morning and hear Miss K.ang. berrtgaitherTs now MANAGER OF PARK LUNCH room Mr. and Mrs. Berry Gaither t f Brevard,?ha-ve -taken up residence in Sylva as Mr. Gaither takes ever the management of the Park Lunch Room on Main Street.,Mr. Gaither succeeds Richard Orr who has re turned to Brevard. Mr. Gaither ?? a brother of Mr. J.mmy Gaither, owner and operator of several eat ing establishments in Brevard. Mr and Mrs. Gaither are living tem porarily at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. La no is. The regular singing convention will be held at the Savannah rock school building on Saturday eve ning, July 10. All singers is we)' as the public are invited to be j,re. Cashiers, Hamburg, Savannah, Sylva Pre cints Vote Heavy In Favor of Proposition The official canvass by the Jack son County Board of Elections Tuesday morning shows that Jack son citizens went to the polls Sat urday and voted almost two to one in favor of issuing $450,000.00 in bonds for the purpose of starting a county-wide school building and improvement program in Jack son County. Although the school board officials and ethers of the county interested in the school im provement program, worked hard during the past few months in an effort to build up sentiment for the bond issue, the small amount of interest taken in so vital a ques tion generally is shewn ir. that only about one-third of the quali fied voters of the county came out and voted either way on the prop osition. Saturday's vote shows 1,443 favoring as 79C against the bond issue. Precincts voting heaviest f>r the bond issue were Sylva North and South, Cashiers, Webster. Cullo whee, Hamburg, Savannah, and Scotts Creek Nos. I and II. Caney Fork led the opposition with 127 and only 8 for the issue, with Can ada No. 1 and II, Barkers Creek, Dillsboro and River No. 1 casting heavy vote against. The official vote by precinct is as follows: PRECINCT For Against Barker. 1 Creek 2" \ 51 Canada No. 1 40 Canada No. II 2 91 Caney Fork 8 127 Cashiers 127 2 Cullowhee 119 27 Dillsboro 39 f>3 Greens Creek 6 42 Hamburg 108 36 Mountain 26 3 Qualla 37 66 River No. I 12 102 River No. II a j8 Savannah 91 24 Scotts Creek No. I 82 10 Scotts Creek No. II 44 21 Scotts Crtfek No. Ill 7 15 Sylva North 305 18 Sylva South 321 28 Webster 74 A 22 Total 1443 79G Southard Now Skilled Air Force Mechanic Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, Illinois, July 1 ? Brig. Gen. Fay R. Upthegrove, Commanding gen eral of Chanute air base announced today that Pfc. Alec L. Southard, Jr. has successfully completed the twelve-week. Aircraft Electrical Specialist Course. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alec South ard, Sylva, N. C., Pfc. Southard will depart from Chanute air base soon for a new assignment. At his new station, he will take his place among the skilled technicians who arc essential in maintaining a first line air force. State Health Department * To Conduct Chest X-Ray Survey Miss Frances Kornegay, health frw other sections of the county: educator of the division of Tuber-'will be published later. culosis control, was in Sylva last This survey is made possible week making arrangements with by the cooperation of the North the Jackson County Health depart-'Carolina State Board of Health, ment for conducting a county-widc | the local District health depart chest X-ray survey. The Survey, ment and various tuberculosis at will start July 15 and continue un- sociations. til every section of the county hasj The X-ray examination takes been visited by one of the four only two minutes, does not require mobile units which will be furnish.1, the one taking it to be undressed ed by the State Board. Alcng with and is FREE. Following the exami the mobile unit will be a doctor, nation a report of the findings will technicians and supervising clerk.j be mailed to the individual. Those This unit will work in conjunction whose x-ray shows abnormal con with units in Haywood, Macon and ditions will have facilities provid Swain counties. ed for further examination. The mobile unit schedule as a~- The survey is for persons 1ft nounced so far is as follows: July years of age and over. However, 15 through 20 at Western Carolina contacts of known cases of tuber Teachers College, Cullowhee; July culosis who are under 15 and otAi 22 at Glenville, and July 23 and ers referred by the Public Heattb 24 at Cashiers. Dates and placed department will be included. r ? * s ,VV .
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