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? - i I rhe Hpihl is. dedicated to progressive ?e"vice to Jack sun ... A pr'imoMive, well I bnlanced county. 32.A Year?5c Copy Jackson Farm Leaders Discuss A.C.A. Program At Banquet Meeting Community Committee-* men, Wives, Guests Hear State And District Heads Around 60 people attended the banquet given last Friday night, by Community Committeemen ofj the Jackson County Agricultural Conservation Association in the | Allison building to whicll their wives and guests were invited. D. C. Higdon, chairman of the ACA, was master of Ceremonies. Following the delightful ban quet served by Wesleyan Service Guild, Mr. Higdon recognized the f members of the Jackson County committee who were present, and introduced the guests present. He then introduced Mr. Jeff Enloe, Field representative of the ACA, of Franklin who expressed his appreciation to the Jackson Coun-, |y citizens who have helped to carry on this farm program. Mr. Enloe stated that in Jackson coun ty he had seen exhibited the fin est spirit of cooperation of any county in which he has worked. At nearly every call meeting of the Community committeemen he has had 100 per cent membership, present. ; Mr. Enloe spoke briefly on the status of the 1949 farm program for Jackson county, stating that according to this very flexible program an allowance of money is made for each farmer in the county. Each receiving money is required to make a report within 30 days of the use they have made of the money given them. If this report is not made, cr is unsatis factory as judged by the commit teemen, it is to be withdrawn and pooled for re-distribution to oth er farmers. . The budget of administrative expense? has Ueen cufc to about 71 per cent of last year's amount, said Mr. Enloe, but this does not mean that the committeemen will shirk their duties but will continue to put all that they can into it as they have heretofore done, v They will continue to give of their time and expenses. H. A. Patton, acting State Di rector of Production and Manage ment Administration, who has been connected with the AAA program since 1936 was next introduced by Mr. Enloe., Mr. Patton expressed much optimism about the future farm program in Jackson county and the nation as a whole. He states that the need for this farm program has been sufficiently im-| pressed upon the members of the Congress that it will not only live but will continue to grow in im portance, stating that "nations rise and sink as their agricultural pro-j gram goes up or down. Sound ag riculture is the cause of the great ness of America and it needs to continue . this agricultural pro gram." Mr. Patton explained in detail the Price Support BiJl which was recently passed by the Con-i gress; also the 1949 program as set forth by the PMA and incud-! ed in the handbook to be distribut-1 ed shortly among the committee men. The county committeemen are D. C. Higdon, Chairman; Blaine. Nicholson, vice chairman, and C.j P. Shelton, member. Jackson county is grouped into fifteen com munities, with three committee men named from each community, making a total of 45 members in the organization known as the Community Committeemen. TIMBER TALKS By W. C. HENNES3EE America is developing a new conception of its fore-t. We once valued our woodland by hew much timber it held?but we are now learning to measure it by how, much it will grow. i An cere of last growing southern I pine w.ll produce tl*e wood for a good sized barn every five years ! And in *he f. r west a~ ~ere o'i rapidly grcwing forest wi]^ pro-1 duce the wood needed to ouild a< five room house every six years, j Plant those idle acres to trees Ask your county rgent or local forester for an application. Let'i Keep J?ck?on County Green Smallest P. O. In U. S. MRS. MAE A. PASSMORE standing in front of the building serving a? the post office at Grim shaws, N. C., claims the distinction of being postmistress of the Na tion's smallest post office. The office was established more than 50 years ago by a Mr. "Grimshaws. MRS. MAE PASSMORE SERVING NATION'S SMALLEST POSTOFFIGE By LARRY W. MULL Mrs. Mae A. Passmore claims tne distinction of being postmistress of the smallest post office in the United States. It is situated at Grimshaws, in the southwest sec tion of Jackson county, and has in operation for more than 50 years. The tiny budding is unique in that it is constructed of boards and logs and measures only four and one-half by five feet. A Mr. Grimshaws founded the post office more than fifty years ago, and served as postmaster for about 14 years. He sold his property to a Mr. Alexander who also was appointed postmaster, serving for 35 years. Mr. Alexan der sold the property and gave up the post office. About 14 months ago his daughter, Mrs. Passmore, was appointed as . postmistress through the help of her father. Mrs. Passmore says she enjoys working in the picturesque post office and during her spare time she has been successful in growing a vegetable garden this summer and canning sever.1 dozen cans of vegetables, fruits, jams, and jellies for the winter months. Mrs. Passmore says the post of .ic^ operates the year-'round, of fering full facilities?stamps, en velopes, registered mail, parcel pest, and money orders, included. It is very plersant that Grim-1 shaws residents and summer va cationists are about evenly mixed at mail time?fair indication that the community is constantly grow ing and is definitely not on the wane. ] WALLIN TO HAVE SHOE STORE OPENING AUG. 2 Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wallin, who recently came to Sylva from Cul lowhee where for the past 12 years they have operated the College Supply Store, will have the for mal opening of Wallin's Shoe Store Monday, August 2, at which time ickets will be given for drawing Df valuable p.izcs. Mr. Wallin stated- that he will jerry several popular brands o>f shoes for men, wemen ^nd chil dren, including Buster Brown line for children, Air Step for women and Roblee for men. Mr. and Mr.--. Wallin are natives of Madison county, having come ' o Jack.-on 12 years -go. They are r.embers of Cullo.whee Methodist church. and he is a member of the Mrsonic lodge oi East LaPorte. Mis. Wallin is ar. active Eastern St r, member of the D llsboro chapter. j They ha- e an arartmer.t in the! building occupied bv the shoe store, which was formerly occupied by! Sylva Phsrmacy for many years MEETING CALLED TO CONSIDER SUPPORT j FOR CITY LIBRARY , By Mrs. Mary Cowan Library Board Member I For eleven years Jackson county :.nd the town of Sylva have been-, most fortunate in having Mrs, W. G. Stallcup in charge of our li brary. She has been there since, the beginning with 200 donated*] bcoks to the present fine collection! of 3,765 volumes. 1 I The library has recently moved] to new quarters upstairs in the] Cole buildings and it is rapidly ] growing and expanding. It meets a real need of the city and county.! All of our citizens should give the) library their most loyal support. J The Sylva High School library is still quite small and our children are dependent on the town library for many reference books and parallel reading books to use in: connection with their regular texts J There will be a special meeting of the library board in the rooms of the town library at 1:30 clock, Friday, July 30. The following persons have been asked to come:! the chairman of the Board of' County Commissioners, the mayor and clerk of the town of Svlva, the I presidents of all Sylva clubs and .societies, the superintendents of ArmoUr Leather Company and the Mead Corporation, and all inter ested citizens who wish to attend.! This is a very important meeting and we Urge you to be present for it. ASHEVILLE CANCER I CLINIC OPEN TO ALL W.N.C, PEOPLE Dr. M. B. H. Michal, district 'lealth officer, advises that the1 Buncombe County Cancer Clinic examines patients each Tues. Thej Detective Clinic is held from 9:45 a. m. to 11:30 a. m. each Tuesday. The clinic provides for examina tions of residents of North Carolina who are 40 years of age, or per-, sons of any age who has symptoms of cancer. The Diagnostic Man agement operates from 12.45 p. m. to 2:30 p. m. each Tuesday. It accepts patients who are found to have lesions which may be can cerous in the morning clinic, or patients referred by physicians with references to any possible malignant* condition. Patients re ferred by physicians must have a complete record furnished to the clinic at or before the time of ex amination. - There is no charge for the exam ination. No treatment is given. Any abnormalities, whether ma lignant or not, are referred to the family physician named by the patient. Appo ntments for exam inations are not needed. The pa tient will be taken care of that Tuesday if there at the correct time. LIONS PRESIDENT EUGENE S. BRIGGS, past Is vice president of Lions Interna tional, was elected president at the 31st annual convention as it closed a four day session in New York City today. EXPRESS ASUSUaT SAYS LOCAL AGENT When Passenger trains 17 and 18 were discontinued it was announc-i ed that the Southern would handle only certain type items of ex press, with restrictions on live an imals and other perisable items Th.s, however, is not the case now, says Herbert Gibson, local agent. Mr. Gibson stated that the rail road company has scheduled a regular express car pulled through Syiva each morning, except Sun day, on the first freight train out Irom Asheville. The car is in charge of an express messenger and it handles all kinds of commodities w.thout restriction. Mr. Gibson also announced that he can sell railroad and pullman tickets to local individuals from Asheville or Knoxville to anj^ point. Ir being able to do this Mr. Gibson can save anyone wishing to travel much t.me and inconven ience. DR. WILKES GOING TO CHICAGO FOR STUDY Dr. Grover Wilkes will leave Sylva Saturday f<pr Chicago where he will take a two weeks' inten sive post-graduate course in dis eases of the heart and electro cardiography. He expects to be back in his office around August 15. Sylva Band Is Having Daily Practice Mr. Ben Cole, new band director Tor the Sylva schools, for three weeks has been having daily band practice for the small group that jan attend. .Though greatly handicapped by the polio situation, he is working diligently and is making much progress with about 12 of the older boys and girls. Practice is held each day at 10 o'clock and he will be glad for any who are interested to come. UNIT DOES 1500 X-RAYS IN COUNTY I IN 8-DAY PERIOD i T.e State Board of He. 1th M'> olo Urit. now operating in Jack s.:n Ceunty in an effort to makei Oi.est X-Rays of all eiti/.ens in ciuciing 15 year-olds and above.i y s completed mak ng 1500 X r:ivs in the eight days since it began here Juhr 15 through the report period. Through an error in reporting last week it \yas staled that 744 X-rays were made - the first day t Cullowhee. This, however should hsve been for the four day period there. They made 241 X rays the first day. At Tuckaseigee, one day 263 X-rays were made, and 207 in onfe day at Glenville. Over a two day period at Cashiers 236 X-rays were made. Today, Thursday, the unit will be at Long's Furniture Shop in the Willets community from 11 a. m. to 5 p.m. LIONS PRESIDENT VIEWS PEACE AS NO. 1 PROBLEM TODAY Briggs Elected At 31st Annual Convention In New York City New York, July 29?(Special) ? Eugene S. Briggs, Enid, Oklahoma, is the new president of the Inter j national Association of Lions Clubs J He was elected by unanimous vote| at the 31st annual convention of the Association which closed hero | today. Briggs succeeds Fred Wj Smith, of Ventura, California. The convention concluded one of the most successful years in the1 ,r "3^ " I 'history of Lions International, ac ' cording to the report made by the Secretary-General and founder of the Association, Melvin Jones, of Chicago, Illinois. He reported the formation of 819 new Lions Clubs and the addition of 31,696 men to the roster of the Association in thel twelve-months period ended June 30, 1948, for a total of 6,808 clubs i and 358,144 members. He stated also that during the year L.ons Clubs were established in four ad ditional countries: Sweden, Swit zerland, Chile and Newfoundland ! Lionc International, he added, is now the largest, strongest and most active service club organization in ;he world, with Lions Clubs in 23 I countries on five continents. Hedden Opens Barber Shop In Cullowhee ^Tr. Jerf Hedden, owner of Hcd den's baber shop, in Sylva has opened a two-chair shop in Cuflo t whee and has already started op erating. One full-time barber Mr. Anderson Blanton w.ll be in the Cullcwhee shop regularly and Mr. Hedden will be there pprt of the time. Three Cases Of Polio Have Been Reported For Jackson9 Preventaiive Measiires Taken Dr. Michal, District Health Of f cer for the District of Jackson, Haywood, Macon and Swain, has submitted the following report on he polio situation in the district md also lists some of the known acts about the disease and urges continued preventative measures: "As stated by us a week ago, jur situation remains surprisingly satisfactory. To-date we have had reported the following cases in our District: Haywood 0, Jackson 3, Macon 1, Swain 1. Ail of these cases have had hos pital core, and the earliest is ex pected to be discharged soon. The .inset of the latest was July 14th. These few sporadic cases are from widely scattered points. For our population, we would have to have ibou4. 50 eases to have an epidemic, p.d tew rd that number before e&ii.ig concerned enough to war ?ant restricting measures. There ore. all the measures we take are :recr.utionaiy to ht.'p injure ti.at >.e disCL-ae does not *pread i:itc our it a. It would be well to keep in mir.d he following facts, quoted from a broadcast of last Saturday, July 17th, from the North Carolina St te Board of Health, Raleigh: "1. The virus is known to be present in the throat and alimen tary tract of practically all pat ients. 4,2. Flies have been found to be infected in certain epidemic areas. "3. Approximately 70% of all ?dults tested have been found to iave a considerable immunity to the disease, as shown by studies of their blood serum. '"4. There are no specific early symp'oms of the disease, that is, nless muscle symptoms appear he diagnosis .s difficult and often impossible to makei "5. Member of families where there has been a cnse have been found, in certain instances, to har bor the virus in thfcir intestinal racts without having symptoms. Ti is infection of the family mem bers doe<> not necessarily come from ,v^e patient that is present there. Usually it seems all members of uch a family have become infect ed at about the same time so that more tnan one cj.se occurs in the family, the dates of or.sct aie qu:te close, perhaps only a few day* a ;:art. "S. The virus hrs been found in city sewerage systems when crses were located in houses connected to the line, if "7. The virus is fairly resistant. It survives freezing for weeks and resists the action of solution ofj chlorine that will kill typhoid bac_ ilia. From these facts, two conclu sions might be drawn among oth ers: # -"FIRST ? tticre is probably a rather wide dissemination of the. virus in an epidemic area, both| in the susceptible mcmbei^ of the| populaticn and .n certain p. its of i the environment. " "SECOND - there are probably' several mode* .<i spread of the vir_ i :s from the infected persons, both! by direct and mdncvt contact." In the above it will be noted that chlorine solutions that will kill the typho d bacillus will not kill the polio virus. Therefore, it is found neces.-nry to increase the chlorir.e added to water used for drinking purposes beyond that generally employed in treating mur.ic pal supplies, if it is desired to be sure to dcvtrov the polio vir us. In line with t.".is, the munici palities in our ..rea are making] nlans to merer, e the chlorine con 'ent cf the water supplies to a rec ommended level. This will cause the water to have a definitely chl orine taste but will in no way be h: rmful. Frank M. Crawford Died At Home Here Fri. A.M. Following Long Illness TAKEN BY DEATH - FRANK M. CRAWFORD, vet eran educator and superintendent of Jackson county schools, was ouried here Saturday afternoon. Me died early Friday morning at !vs home here following an illness of six months. McGONNELL ACCEPTS PASTORATE OF THE COLLOWHEE CHURCH ! Rev. Charles W. McConnell has accepted the pastorate of the Cul lowhee Baptist church and w-11 move to Cullowhee the latter part of August. He will deliver his first sermon Sunday, August 29. Rev. Mr. McConnell comes to Cullowhee from Franklin Baptist church, Franklinton, N. C. He is a graduate of Wake Forest Col lege and Union Theological Semi nary of Now York. Mrs. McCon nell is also a graduate of the Semi nary. Tney hav* titrefe daughters The members of the church are planning to have a welcome party on the church lawn soon after Mr. McConnell arrives to give the peo ple of the community an opportuni ty to meet the new pastor and fam ily. The date for the welcoming party will be announced later. Mr. McConnell succeeds the Rev. Mark R. Osborne, Jr., who re signed as pastor of this church sev eral weeks ago to take special work at Louisville Seminary. The pulpit w.ll be filled by a v isiting minister each Sunday un til Mr. McConnell arrives. Rev. E. F. Baker will be the speaker next Sunday morning. Body of Staff Sgt. James B. Bumgarner Being Returned News has been received by Mrs. Mrs. R. C. Bumgarner, Route 1, Whittier, that the body of her son, Staff Sgt. James Berlin Bumgarner, is being returned to the States. The body is expectcd to arrive in Sylva on August 6th, and will immediately be taken to the home of his mother. Sgt. Bumgarner entered service in November 1942 and received training at Camp Phillips, Kans., Camp McCain, Mississippi, and participated in maneuvers in Tenn essee, before being sent overseas in July, 1943. He served in Eng land and France and was placed in Lt. General George Patton's army. He was wounded February 19, 1945, and died the following day. Surviving are the mother, two brothers, Marshall Bumgarner, of Ann Walt, W. Va., Glenn Bum garner, of Mathews, W. Va., and four sisters, Mrs. L. B. Hooper. Hazelwood, Mrs. Kenyon Hyde. Maryville, Tenn., Mrs. Oscar Bry ant and Mi$s Frank.e Bumgarner of Franklin. Third Case Of Polio Reported For County. All In Hospital Jackson County reported its 3rd case of polio when the 2-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Garrett who live on the Old Dills horo road near Piiisboro, was pro 'v unced ill with the disease after ,t was taken to the Orthopedic home in Asneville Tuesday. The child, Wanda Lou, became ill Sun day morning. SOSSAMON'S . In Sylva 1 Jackson School Head Became 111 Last Jan.; Funeral Held Sat. P. M. F.i; v r; i services i'or Frank M. rd. 45. superintendent of county public schools, who 1 cd a: his home here at 4 a. m. Friday, were held at the Sylva 3i:pti># church Saturday afternoon ? t 3 o'clock. Interment was in the keener cemetery. Officiating at the last rites for tl e veteran educator were the Rev. C. M. Warren and the Rev. T. F. D<.itz. Rev. W. Q. Grigg, pastor the Methodist church read the Psalm. Mr. Crawford underwent an operation in January and had re mained ill since. ?? Pallbearers v/ere: W. R. Enloe, John H. Mori is, Edward Fowler, Ed Hooper, and W. Vernon Cope, acting superintendent and mem bers of the county school board of education, ai^d Dr. Roy Kirch burg. Honorary pallbearers were: Dr. T. D. Slagle, Sam B. Cannon, Dr. John T. Codnere, Dr. James H. Cherry, members of the Sylva Lions club, deacons of the first Baptist church, members of the schoolmasters' club, all school com mitteemen. and all Jackson county school teachers. v Mr. Crawford was district prin cipal of Webster high school three years before his election as county superintendent in 1947, and was for ten years principal of the Sylva elementary school. Educated in Jackson County schools, he received a ^.S. degree at Western Carolina Teachers Col lege, Cullowhee, and -later did graduate work at the University of North Carolina. He had been in the Uapching profession 20 years, havinfe.tflpght in Jackson and Bum. combe 'county schools. Under Mr. Crawford's super vision the school bond issue of $450,000 was initiated to build new schools and repair others in the county. Active in civic affairs of Sylva, Mr. Crawford was a charter mem ber and past president of the Lions club, a member and former dea con of Sylva Baptist church, a member and past president of Jackson Schoolmasters club, and chairman and district legislative committee of the North Carolina Education association. Surviving are the widow, the former Miss; Edith Sherrill; two sons, Frank M., Jr., and Bill; the parents, Mr. and L. W. Crawford; three brothers, Grady R. of Co lumbia, S. C., Ernest P. of Wilm ington and Earl of Kenly. Moody Funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Out-of-town friends and rela tives were: Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Davis, Columbia, S. C., Mrs. Candas Powell, Columbia, S. C., Mrs. Tom Baker, Richmond, VaM -Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bartlett, Mr. and Mrs. Corbett Ensley, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Bryson, and Geo. D. Sherrill, all of Asheville, and Lincoln Ensley of Waynesville. CULLOWHEE SCOUTS ' SPONSOR THEATRE IN THE SKY, 30TH The curtains will go up at 8:30 in Hoey Auditorium Friday night, July 30, on fche special perfor mance of The Theatre In the Sky, when this company presents, under the sponsorship of the Cullowhee boy scouts, "The Importance of Being Earnest," one of Oscar Wilde's famous comedies, direct ed by Maurice Geoffrey. Arrangements for the perfor mance are under the supervision of th Boy Scout committee of Cullo whee, composed of R. C. Sutton, TT A.' Cathev, John Crawford, L. H. Higdon and Harlcy Shelton. Playing the two leading feminine roles will be lovely blond Ella Beth Hurst, who has returned for her second season with the com pany, and equally lovely brunette Virginia Shield, who hat just com pleted her first seaaon at the Cleve land Playhouse. v.' -