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A AMERICA First, Last and Always The Sylva Herald The Heiai. is dedicated to progressive service to Jjck t son ... A progiessive. well I balanced county t NO. XXIII NO. 11 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, August 12, 1948 $2.00 A Year?5c Copy Sylva Division of Mead Leads Nation in Safety Record *- * * * * * * . * August 26 Set As Opening Date For All County Schools Vernon Cope Is Choice Of Board For Superintendent; Teacher List Announced Teachers with New * Credits Asked to Notify Office of Superintendent The Jackson County Board of, Education met in a special session | Monday and elected Vernon Cope. Superintendent of the county public school system. Mr. Cope succeeds the late Frank M. Crawford, and had been acting superintendent for the past several months during Mr. Crawford's last illness. The Board also set Thursday, August 26 as the <^ate for all coun- ? ty schools, including Sylva high school, to begin the 1948-49 school term. The board also approved the teaching staffs for the various J schools that had been elected by the local committees. The teachers are as follows: ? i Sylva high and elementary j school?Ralph Smith, principal^ Mary R. Cowan, Doris Long Moore,' Guy Sutton, Mrs. Chester Scott,; Willa Mae Dills Scroggs, John Cor.' bin, James Barnwell, Alice Weaver,1 Ben Cole, Evelyn Parker McMa han, Juanita F. Davis, Mae Free man Fortner, John Crawford, Mrs. J. F. Freeze, Annie Louise Madi son, Margie Shuler Hughes, Hicks Wilson, Bertha Cunningham, Eve-| lyn Sherrill, Olive Hall Norton, Emily W. Tompkins, Nelle Potts, Norma Painter L^e<, Elma Donna-j hoe. BARKERS CREEK?Mrs. Louise1 M. Thomas, Hoyle Deitz. DILLSBORO ? Lillian J. Madi son, principal; Elizabeth Warren, Arlin Fowler Evans, Iris Holden Sherrill, Carma Ashe Crawford. BETA ? Gertie Moss, Maude Baker Reed, Lucy Crawford, Elwyn Q. Deitz, Mattie Mae Hensley. ADDIE ? W. G. Dillard, Lenoir N. Stack. i WILLETS ? Mrs. Jimmie Sut ton, Jessie W. Shields. BALSAM ? A. C. Dillard, Kath leen B. Greene, Mrs. Cicero Bry son. WILMOT ? Irene Raby Clayton, Geraldinc Ward, Thelma Crawford. QUALLA ? Lois E. Martin, Lucy M. Hall, Harriett H. Jenkins, Bel zora H. Ferguson, Louise Hyatt Edwards, Jennie Cathey. Cullowhee Training?C. A. Hoyle ! principal; Winnie M. Killian, Nell Elizabeth Bond, Clair Olson, Ben Battle, Thelma H. Harrell, Hilda Tallent Olson, Fred C. Shelton, Pau Murphy, Annie Knotts, Martha Lou Stillwell, Edythe Walker, touise Hunt, Fannie Goodman, Lucille Hunt, Annie Ree Kittrell. TUCKASEIGEE ? Fannie M. Brown, Lessie Reed Pell, Janie Hooper, Juanita Smith. JOHNS CREEK ? R. O. Hig-' don, Ruth Smith Wilen, Mrs. Lucy Brown, Mrs. Tallie P. Fullbright. SOLS CREEK ? Ivirs. Maude Sherrill. WOLF CREEK ? Vacancy. CHARLEY'S CREEK?Vacancy TENNESSEE GAP ? Mrs. D; (Continued on page 10) William B. Dillard Awarded Elementary School Repair Job William B. Dillard, local con- wqi have to be housed in churches tractor, was the successful bidder; other buildings until around for the Sylva elementary building December 1. repair job and was awarded the job Monday by the County Board ?l?mentary building was of Education. Mr. Dillard's bid condemned as unsafe for use early was considered a fair price by the1 *ast sPr*nS anc* ordered locked Board and the consulting engineers' a?2inst fuTther u?e b* Jud*e Phil" who prepared the plans for the re- hPs at the February term of JaOk modeling and repairing of the con.1 son Superior court. The students demned building. As soon as his were out cf schocl for S?veral bond has be n delivered he plans weeks following this order resum to begin work, using as much local *ne*r studies after the churches labcr and material as possible were thrown open for their use. | Plans call for completion within AW UPt refpal the 90 days. This means that the sev- amount called for in the bid and eral hundred elementary students contract let ^f|pnday. | . SAHQUNjS MAC I fO Body Of Woman Found In Chatuga Lake Is Identified By Mother HAYESVILLE ? The body of a woman found floating in the Shooting Creek section of Chatuga lake Monday was identified Tues day as that of Mrs. Fred Garrison, 30, it was announced by Sheriff Glenn Swanson of Clay county. The identification was made from rings and articles of clothing by Mrs. B. E. Shuler, mother of the woman, and Frank Shuler, a brother, both of Bryson City. Mrs. Garrison was the former Miss Virgie Shuler'. .; , t| The body, which'had been taken to I vie funeral home at Murphy, j was buried late Monday m a cem etery at the Cherokee county town. Sheriff Swanson said no evi f '? ? . / dence of foul play had yet been found. Dr. L. R. Staton, Clay coun ty coroner, had ^aid earlier that the body was so badly decomposed it could not be determined whether (Continued on' page 10) PARENTS ADVISED TO CHECK CHILD'S HEALTH BEFORE SCHOOL YEAR Since the opening of the schools it not far off, it is timely to call to mind points needing attention in'that connection by parents and teachers. 1. Hsve children, whether en tering for the first time or not, ready for school physically as far as possible by: a. Complete physical examin ation?defects found correct ed. b. Dental examination?de fects found corrected. c. Eye examination, if ad vised. d. Check-up on immuniza tions to be sure they are pro tected as far as possible, as well as to meet requirements. 2. Teachers have their required physical examination before the school begins. This is hard to arrange for after school begins. Since this requires a chest X ray, if available, take advantage of the Tuberculosis Survey Units now in our District. Good Chance To Get Mobile Highway Post Office, Says Secretary To Congressman SOUTH CAROLINA TO LET CONTRACT FOR ! WALHALU HIGHWAY j Western North Carolina and es pecially Jackson County are very1 much interested pleased to' Know that the State Highway Com- I mission of South Carolina will re ceive bids and let the contract on' Saturday," August 14, lor 8 and aj Traction miles of highway from \ Oconee Park near WaXhalla to Cherry Ridge, the boundary of Na- j :ional Forests. This is the highway' that will connect State Highway! No. 107 at the North Carolina line' south of Cashiers. The remaining, section of the South Carolina road, from Cherry Ridge po the North Carolina line lies wholly within he National Forest and will be ouilt by the Forest Service some' time in the future, with the State oi South Caroina participating. The above information was for warded to Mr. C. C. Buchanan, local attorney by Dr. Ed J. Bry son, a native of Jackson County, former mayor of Pickens and now w.th a Greenville hospital. Farmers Federatioa Purchases Swiss Bull Viola's Grand Son of A. A., a registered Swiss bull has been sold to Farmers Federation of Ashe ville by Tom Morgan of New York, secretary of the Brown Swiss Cat U? Breeders' association. Two Large Trucks Will Operate Daily, One To Be Held In Reserve While visiting his home at Clyde this week, C. E. Brown, secretary to Congressman Monroe M. Red den, stated that "we are very much encouraged over the pros pects of getting a mobile post office for the run from Asheville to Mur phy." "We went right to work on the project when we got to Washing ton, and everything is favorable for getting the project through," Mr. Brown said, as he explained that he and Mr. Redden were due to go to Asheville Tuesday or Wednesday and complete plans for a storage place*, and make ar rangements 'tft'^lget a garage to handle mainteriafrce of the three large units. Mr. Brown said that as soon asj they could get a place "spotted" ne post office department will send around a contract man to :vke final derails. Plans are to have three units, on tnis run, with two in daily serv ice, and the third as a stand-by in case of emergency. "The Government has only a limited number of these mobile, post office units being built, and we feel we can get three for this section," Mr. Redden said over( .ne week-end. - i Mr. Brown said that indications ,vere that everything would be .vorked out to begin this special' servici some time between Sept .5 ar.d October 1. Work On Presbyterian Church Is Progressing Work on the new Presbyterian church in Sylva is progressing very nicely, with the brick now 'most to the second floor. The brick mason had to complete an ?t'-,e~ job this week" which has1 interrupted work on the building i: til next Monday. About one ncre week will see the brick up around the windows. Practicallyi all material for the building has oeen bought, with much of it al-i eady delivered. Plans for the leatirg unit have been worked DUt and work on this will begin soon The building should be complet ed ard r ady for occupancy by Ncvember. FUNERAL RITES FOR J. R. CUNNINGHAM HELD SUNDAY P. M. Funeral services for James Bur-j ton Cunningham, 54, who died early Saturday morning at his home following a stroke, were held Sunday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock at the Dillsboro Baptist church with 'the paster, Rev. Waynce P. Deitz, assisted by Rev. W. N. Cook, officiating. Interment was in Lo cust Field cemetery, with . the American Legion having charge. Mr. Cunningham, veteran of World War I, had been engaged in the trucking business. He suffer ed a stroke early Friday. Surviving are the widow, Gyp say Conner Cunningham; three sons, James B., Jr., Jack and Chas.. all of Dillsboro. one daughter, Mrs. Maude Green, cf Sylva; two broth ers, George of Sylva and Sam of last LaPorte; three sisters, Mrs James Watson, and Mrs. Elmer Womack, ol Sylva, and Mrs. Henry Conner, ol Dillsboro. Moody Funeral Home was in rharge of arrangements. AUTO INSPECTION LANE TO OPERATE HERE 12 THROUGH 19 The State Auto Inspection lane will open again In Sylva this morning and be in operation each day through August 19 for the | purpose of inspecting all motor ' vehicles which fsiled to havs an i inspection made when the lane j oparated here last spring. Ae cordlng to Stale Highway Pa trolman, Chaa. D. Lindsay, thte will be the kaat time the inspec tion lane will be In Jackaon coun ty thia yaar. Mr. Lindaay further stated that after August 31 all motor vehiclea not bearing the blua stats approved sticker will bs taken off the roads. ROTARIANS TOLD OF ORTHOPEDIC HOME'S WORK WITH POLIO I The Asheville Orthopedic Home, a project started 12 years ago by a few men o 1 the Asheville Rotary club, is now filling a great need in the treatment of children strick en with polio in Buncombe and other western counties, with over 100 cas.s being treated at one time during the present cpidemic. Frank Barber, known jn this section as "father" of the move ment for the hospital, and H. E. Gruver, president of the Buncombe county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis were guest speakers at the Tues day evening meeting of the Sylva Rotary club, at which time they told the Rotarians of the work the nome is doing in this emergency j At the conclusion of their talks and the meeting, club secretary Raymond Sutton, presented the speakers with a donation of $1,000 as Jackson County's part in help i. g to defray expenses of the home, money, which should have 'on raised last winter in a coun ty-wide March of Dime drive, was made possible by a few Sylva merchants and business men, in aj collection drive . made Mondayi morning by Mrs. E. L. McKee, Jackson County chairman of the March of Dimes, In addition to the $1,000 given r the work, and at a suggestion ->f Rotarian John McDevitt, a don ation of several hundred dollars j was made up at the close of the meeting among members of the| club and presented to the Ortho-! lebie home representatives. 1 ? SOSSAMON'S In Sylva ?wr 3,340 PEOPLE HAVE CHEST X-RAYS MADE JOLY15 - AUGUST 6 The Jackson County Board of Health report# that through Fri day, August 6, 3,340 Jackson county persona had availed themselves of the opportunity to have a free chest X-ray which were made by the mobile X-ray unit lent out by the State Board of Health. Reports from the various com munities show the following re sults while the unit operated in those communities: Cullowhee, 4 days, 720 X-rays; Tuckaseigee, 1 day, 263; Glenville, ^1 day. 207; Cashiers, 2 days, 236; Webster, 1 day, 127; Mead Corporation, 1 day, 240; Willets, 1 day, 192; Sa vannah, 2 days, 390; Beta, 1 day, 141; Dillsboro, 1 day, 141; Sylva, Thursday, first day here, 382, and Friday, the second day, 301. The unit is now stationed on Main street and will remain here through August 21. Another one of the units irT Western North Carolina will be at Qualla school one d?y, August 21. One ot the units will be, at Thad Varner's Home-Cash store, Whittier, Aug. ust 17 and 18 Republican Club Of The 12th District Hears Leaders At Dillsboro Meeting Satftrdajr Organize And Work Is Theme Of Talks Made By Hamlin And Candler Around 50 Republican party leaders, and members of the Re publican club of the 12th Congres sional district, with every county in the district represented except Graham, attended a dinner meet ing of the club at Jarrett Springs hotel Saturday evening at 6:30 o' clock. W. C. Hennessee, presi dent of the club, of Sylva, pre sided. Edwin Hyde, attorney of Murphy, is secretary of the organi zat.on and was present. A number of ladies were " present for the dinner and meeting. ; Mr. Hennessee stated the pur pose of the meeting and then in troduced Lewis P. Hamlin, of Bre vard, one of the outstanding lead ers and workers in the party, and recognized as "The Father of The Club." His talk was taken up princi pally with plans for organizing each county and each precinct in eac.i county . He urged his party leaders to go back home and com plete organizations looking toward the November election. He stated th? t the party has the best chance this year it has had in many to serd congressmen and representa tives to both the national and state hoi.se of representative's. He call ed on county chairmen present to make a report on the work that has been done and is in process of being done tc perfect their or ganizations. He urged that com pete copies of the poll books be made in order that workers may know how many Republicans are on the books, and a check can then; be made as to these voting on elec tion day. ; Mr. Hamlin then introduced W. W. Candler, of Buncombe County, Republican cand date for United S'ates Congress, who told his hear rs thct the party has a good chance of sending a Republican to con gress this year, and since he, him self is the candidate that he plans a vigorous campaign and urged he county leaders to follow Mr. Hamlin's advice in organizing for :he coming campaign and election. rHe told of the Democratic party I split and that hundreds o f I Democrats in Buncombe county 1 nave tcld him that they wiH?sup (Continued to page 10) FUNERAL RITES FOR W. HOYT MOODY HELD WEDNESDAY 2 P. M. Funeral services for W. Hoyt Moody, 54, who died Monday at his home on the Cullowhee road following a lingering illness, were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Love's Chapel Metho dist church with Rev. John Kin caid, pastor, and Rev. Ernest Jam ison, officiating. Acting as pallbearers were Jack Haskett, Arthur Carden, Lyle Hail. Lewis Bumgarner, Fred Russell Roy Shuler, Zeb Parris and Charlie Bumgarner. Members of the Men's Adult Bible class were honorary pallbearers. Mr. Moody suffered the loss of both legs in May, 1922, when he was run over by a switch engine, and for sometime the doctors had very little hope of his survival. He recovered and after several months and with the use of artifi cial limbs, he zigaw went to work as a leather finisher for the Ar mour Leather company in Sylva Other occupations in which he en gaged were; the operation of a store, grist mill and filling station; a retail dealer and deliverer of (Continued on page 10) Divison Heads, Employees Will Celebrate Achievement At Special Banquet Today Jackson Furniture Makes Improvement To Store Front Jackson Furniture Company on Main street has recently completed tne installation of a modern fmnt and show window to their store building. Instead of entering the center with small show windows on each, side, the entrance is now at one side with one large show window, going further back into the building, allowing room for displaying entire suites of furni ture and home appliances. / The large* plate glass front gives the store a much more attractive ap pearance. Sylva W.O.W. Degree Tetffn Goes To Pisgah Forest On Saturday, Juty 24, the Sylva Degree team of the W.O.W., under tiie direction cf Captain J. C Brown, Jr.. along with a group of Sylva boys and girls, motored to Pisgah National Forest. They spent the night in camp, returning home Sunday All reported a good time. c The Employees Of The Plant Are Given Full Credit For This Record A Safety contest which began in the paper making industry .of the United States on July 1, 1947, and ended June 30, 1948, shows that the Sylva Division of The Mead Corporation won the National Safety Council Trophy in Class C mills for having completed the 12 months period without having suf fered a single lost-time accident among its 300 or more employees, and no lost-time accident has been recorded since the contest ended which gives the mill more than 400 days without a loss-time ac cident. This is a record of safety which the administrative freads and the men in the mill can be justly proud. In commenting on the ^ record Monday. Mr. Ramsey Buch anan, Superintendent of the Sylva Division, stated that they win this award through the efforts of safety-minded. alert workmen and he gives full credit the em ployees of the mill tor having at tained this record. , The men of the plant will cele brate their achievement today with a banquet served in two divisions, the first to be served at noon and the secon'd later in the evening in order to give those t**? different shifts an opportunity to attend. Over 275 of the employees have already indicated that they will be on hand for the two ban quets, which will be prepared and served by the Sylva Woman's Cluto at the Community building in City Park. The employees of the mill are sponsoring and paying for this banquet. DIVI8ION MEADS TO ATTEMO Several Division heads from va rious Mead plants will come to Sylva for the occasion. They will include. Paul Ellis, former super intendent of the Sylva mill, now in the same position at the Lynch burg, Va., mill; L. R. Growdoo, Operating Supervisor, of Lynch burg; George M. Harper, pirector of Safety, Chillicothe, Ohio; A. B. Foster, Pennington Gap, Va.; Al fred Michaelson, Chillicothe, Ohio; and E. L. McKee as an honor guest. The Safety Trophy will be pre sented to the division in Chicago at a later date which will be re ceived by representatives o: the Sylva mill. SAFETY CERTIFICATES In addition to the celebration for winning the safety award for no lost-time accidents for the year, a large number of employees who have worked 5, 10, 15 and 20 years at the mill without having sus tained a lost-time accident will be awarded special Certificates in recognization for their long-time safety records. There are a num ber of men in each of these year groups, Mr. Buchanan stated. Jackson County Curb Market To Open For Business 14th The Jackson County curb market will open at 8:30 a. m. Saturday. August 14, and will be open each Saturday thereafter. The market will be located on The vacant next to Mcody Funeral home, and it is for all the people of the county who wish to sell fresh country produce. The general public is in vited to attend the opening Satur day. The President of the Sylva Home Demonstration club, the mayor of Sylva, president of the County Council and the Jackson County Curb Market Committee members will be present to aid in getting the market started. Price of all produce will be in line with local market prices. Vegetables will be sold in two and three pound bags with a few exceptions such as acorn squash, sweet peppers, etc. Some buyers may wish to buy produce in bush el lots and some will be available. The County Health department will open each Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. to issue health certificates to all who wish to sell on the market, that can pass the health demands. This is a re quirement for all fcod handlers. A reasonable fee will be expect ed from each seller until all ex penses of erecting the curb build ing is paid. Mrs. D. C. Higdon stated that Mrs. Leonard Coggins will be cashier of the marlcet until further notice.
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