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A,' . Population Jackson County?20,000 Sylva and Area ? 4,000 The Sylva Herald Jackson County Ideal For Farming, Industry, Tourist VOL. XXIII NO. 15 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, Sept. 9, 1948 36 Pages This Week 10c Copy Chamber Of Commerce Executives To Meet Here Arrangements Made To Spray Sylva Area With DDT In Fight Oil Polio Home-Owners And - Business Firms To Be Asked $1.00 Each To Helo Defray The Cos* In an effort to prevent the furth er spread of polio in the town of Sylva arrangements #iave Been made by the Merchants Associa tion, and individuals of the town "^ith the Or ken Exterminating Company of Asheville to apply fog spray of DDT to all premises in side the city limits and as much of the outlying districts as funds will provide for. The cost of doing this work will amount to over $500 and since the city cannot pay the bill from public funds the cost must be met by in dividual property owners. This being the case Grayson Cope, president of the Merchants Asso ciation, on behalf of the Associa tion, is asking every individual property cwner and business own er to contribute $1- each toward this expense. The money can be left with Edwin Allison <at the city , hall, Mr. Cope stated. This be.ng a central place and most conven ient for everybody to get to or send in the $1.00. Although Mr. Alli son is City Clerk this money can in no way be connected with any of the town's funds. Plans now are to have the spray applied some time next week, or as soon as the money is in hand and the Asheville Company can get here to do the work. There has been only two cases of polio within the city limits since the outbreak started earlier in the summer. The county, how ever, as a whole including the two in. Sylva, has had only seven cases. Miss Addie Crawford Dies Miss Addie Crawford died Wed nesday at 12:40 p.m. at the home of her brother, Robert Crawford, at Balsam. Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Garrett Fun-J eal Home in Waynesville. Services wil be held at the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church at Balsam at 3 p. m. Thursday, September 9. Burial will be at the Crawford Cemetery at Balsam. R. F. Jarrett In Winston-Salem Hospital Mr. Robert Frank Jarrett of Dillsboro, owner of the Jarrett Spings Hotel, was taken to the Baptist Hospital in Winston-Sal em last Saturday for examination and observation. His son, Mr. Claude Jarrett, of Andrews, is in charge of Jarrett Springs Hotel during his father's illness. THIS IS JACKSON'S LARGEST NEWSPAPER As far as we have been able to find out this issue of The Herald (36 pages in four sec tions) is the'Is^&est single issue of any paper ever published in Jackson county. It certainly is the largest sinff'e issue of The Herald, sixteen pages being the largest previous to this "Cham* ber of Commerce Executives Welcome Edition." This large issue of The Her aid has been gotten out with the usj-l shop fcrce, 2nd front office staff, except for the help of Mr. Felix Picklesimer in sell ing the advertising. However, considerable "night-cil" has been burned in doing so. A number of extra copies of this issue are available at The Herald office. Schools To Open Thursday, September 16 V. L. Cope, superintendent of the Svlva and Jackson county schools, has announced the open ing date lor all these schools for i Thursday, Sept. 16. This it two weeks later than the original date set fcr the opening, but was nec essary on account of cases of polio iiv^the county. However, the offi cials deem it sale now that the number of cases throughout the state are on the decline. C C Secretary JOHN C. THOMAS, Secretary Treasurer of'the N. C. Chamber of Commerce Executives Associa tion, and member of the Wilson Chamber ol commerce at Wilson, will make the annual report at the 11:45 session of the State Con vention on Tuesday morning. , I Public Invited To Attend All Business Sessions of C. of C. The general public is given an invitation, and urged to attend all the business sessions of the convention cf the North Carolina Association of Chamber of Com merce Executives to be held at Ritz Theatre in Sylva Sept. 13 and 14. The opening session in the theatre will be at 9:30 Monday morning, continuing through to the lunch hour and then re-con ' vening for further session at 2:30 at the Club house. These sessions will be full of interest to every citizen of Sylva and Jackson county. You are urged to come out and get acquainted with the Chamber of Commerce Executives. The annual banquet dinner will be held Monday evening at 7 o'clock in the Allison building, followed by an address by Dr. Syh*es4er Oreen, editor of the Durham Herald. Mr. Green is a very forceful speaker and will have a message of interest to eve ryone. A limited number of tickets are available to this banquet and the luncheons that are to be held. They can be secured at the Sylva Cham ber of Commerce office in the Lloyd Hotel or at Convention reg istration headquarters in Caro lina Hotel. ? We suggest that you do not des troy this week's Herald and mail it to a friend somewhere and help us to put Sylva and Jackson coun ty on top. Grayson Cope, Pres. -Merchants As. Former Cullowhee Lady Wins In Contest Mrs. Glynn E. Poteet, the form er Miss Jean Hampton of Cullo whee, was the first prize winner of the recent Betsy Ross Bread Contest in Lynchburg, Va. Mrs. Poteet lives in Lynchburg where she and her husband are employed by the Mead Corporation, Heald Division. She won the First Prize of 135.00 for having a perfect core in the Betsy Ross Quiz. Mrs. Poteet is ass.stant editor of the Mead Corporation'* - paper, "The Spreading Olftftnct**.' H *? Cm* ?OSSAMajM^g^g^n tyiva 2nd Peacetime Draft Begins TYPICAL OP fHt THOUSANDS of young Americans registering for the second peacetime draft is this group of 25-year-old New Yorkers waiting their turn to fill out questionnaires. Some 20,000 registration offices -across the nation were faced with the task of checking the eligibility of 9,600,000 young men. First on the list are those born in the year 1922 after August 30. Other eligibles will register later. (International) Rural Living Standards Rise In Jackson As Farmers Apply The "New Look" To Methods By: M. L. SNIPES ~ County A^ent Agriculture in Jackson County is on the up and up and is bring ing about a better rural living to the farm families located on the twenty-four hundred farms in the county. The county now has the "New Look" which shows up from every known way of measuring rural progress. The first major step in bring ing about the "New Lock" to the farms in the county was to pull the row crops from the steeper hill sides. This required a lot of pull ing and hard work by leading armers, agricultural workers, and bus.ness men. It meant making two blades of grass grow where only cne previously grew. Today the steeper f.eids are green with hay crops, pastures, or turned back to permanent forests. Farm ers are now producing as much corn on one acre as they did a few years ago on four acres. What does the high yields of ccrn, alfalfa, potatoes, and other Pfc. A. L. Southard Writes From Tachikama Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Southard have recentlv received a letter from their son, Pfc. A. L. South ard, saying that he reached Tachi kc.ma, Japan, about two weeks i ago. This is about 15 miles frcm Tokyo. Pfc. Southard left Sylva July 15 after spending a 15-day leave here with his parents. Thanks The Intermediate Girls of the Webster Baptist Sunday School and their teacher, Mrs. Leona Cow. an, wi>h to express their apprecia tion to J. A. Gray, Editor of the Herald, [or never having print ed a wine, beer, or whiskey ad ver4isement in his paper. They are grateful for having such a man s editor of our Ccunty paper. crops being produced in our coun ty mean to the rural family?' It means that the people have better living conditions. The homes are be.ng made more comfortable and convenient for the health and hap. piness of the entire family. A high percentage cf the farm homes in the county now have electri city. Modern electrical equip ment is increasing very rapidly along with running water in our r~ral homes. Jackson county has great natural resouces. In the first place our clima'e is ideal for agriculture, good health, and happiness. The| rainfall is especially favorable to :he prcduction of legumes and gr;sses which means that livestock o. all l^ind can harvest a high, percentage of their own feed therfcy saving the producers of, i ?Continued on page 8 REPAIR WORK ON j ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS PROGRESSING The remodeling of the* Sylva Elementary School building is pro-i gressi: g favcrably, according to' Rube t Holden, construction fore .1 an. ' I 1 Mr. Holden stat.d Tuesday that aven though the materials are hard to get, the work on the building is ? along rapidly. I New floors, windows and safety apparatus are being installed. The painters began Tuesday on tre beautificaticn of the inside. Mr. Holden declined to say just when the work would be finished but said the job was. running on schedule. He said that the best, of materials were being used and that the herd part of getting them > was due to the fact that the new, material had to be matched to the' old stuff. Farmers See Better Pastures As Short-cut to Higher Profits By M. L. Snipes County Agent The prices of meats of all kind,! milk and eggs, are high and from! all indications the supply of these' commodities will not be sufficient! to meet the demand for a con-' siderable length of time. There-1 fore, farmers w:ll wish to take1 advantage of the *nereesed de mand for livestock and livestock products that are not being fully suprplied. It has been proven conclusively1 :>y many of our farmers in Jack-; in Ccunty as well as throughout I ne State these commodities can> 1 je increased with a considerable orof.t when sufficient pastures, both winter and summer, are; maintained. Farmers in every section of the | county are praising lading clover ! r.d orchard grass for botljjhay and | > stjre. Two pounds of ladino| (Continued on page 8) TRAVEL IS HEAVY IN NATIONAL PARK Tr vol in the Great Smo!\,v Maintain? National Park h..s beer. eavi?r t/an ever-before, act\ rd* ig to figures relersed by park ;k rintend nt. Blair Res?. Tabulations for August brought he 'ravel tot .1 for the ve. r t: j '.247.578, said Rcis. This figure' ?? for the eleven month period: beginning in October of 1947. the' ?ehedule cn which travel is count- j :ci in the park. Tr.e 1946-47 travel year only; r)ught in 1.136,000. This yecrVj I .otal has already out-stripped that ; gure. Labor Day crcwds rnd fall vis:-, .o:s a;e expected to boost the lumber up several notches. Russ >aid that 29,000 people went intc the park on the Fturth of July .ird ; lmo.-l t/?2t marv were expect-1 i d Monday, Labor Day. FUNERAL rites for MRS, MAE BUMGARNER HELD MONDAY, 2 P M Mrs. Mae Bumg,mer, 54, daugh. ;er of Mrs. Dovey Pressley ar.d t.u? late W. R. Pres.*ley and widow of the late Frank R. Bumearne", died Sunday morning, August 29, at her home in Cuilow.iee tallow ing a long illness. Surviving are the mother, Franklin; one daughter, Mrs. Burke Ferguson ct Culluwhee, five sister.-, Mrs. Lesher Green, Miss Betty Pressley, Mrs. Laura Bell Dawdle all of Franklin, Mrs. Ethel Mix.cc> of Dillsboro, and Mrs. Charlie Brer.dle of Speedwell; three broth ers, E. C. Press, ey o D llsboro. W R. Pressley of Franklm, and Zollie Pressley of Detroit, Mich. Funer; 1 services v\ere held Men day a.'ternoon at 2 o'clock it Speed veil Baptist Chuich, of which she vas an active number. The Rev rend Brown ard the Reverend Kincaid officiated. Burial wrs in the Bumgarner cemetery. The body lay In state an hour prior to the funeral. Pallbearers were Edwin Knight, Clarence Brendle, Ray Hooper, .Cax Holden, Clyde Pressley, and Weaver Fcx. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. J. B. Painter, Lee Freeman,' Edd Bryson, Luther Ferguson, Robert Shelton, Ray Pressley, Clair Cotter, G. P. Ferbuson, Dr. Charles Craw .'ord, Clifton Crisp, Bowman Bum g ir.er, Clinton Hooper, and R, L. Knignt. The Intermediate Girls' Class were flower girls. Moody funeral home was in jharge of arrangements. ? OPENS.OFFICE HERE DR. PR * TT CHEEK, JR jinove, recently opened offices in the new Ferguson buildifjg for the prac tice of medicine, specializing and r. 4ins, :.:s work to the eye, ear, jse and throat, including bron os-.py. Lunch Room Officials Meet And Discuss Ward Jackson County school princi pals ?nd lunch room workers met it Sylva High school September with Mrs. Kathryn O. Wood ard, area supervisor of the school lunch program. At this time Mrs. Woodard explained the new re port system and discussed plans .*i t..e year with the group. Annual State Convention To Open Sunday Night With Dinner at Skv < Auh C. OF C. PRESIDENT ? ? UMBMBS?Bftffg :i-\nnv j. ivawSS, Pixoident of N* rth Carolina Association (1 Crrribcr of Commerce Executives. nd general manager of the Win s'on-Salem chamber cf commerce will make the response and ad dress it the opening session o; tie annual State meeting here Monday morning at 9:40 o'cloc!: President Krusz's address wJl l'ol ! w Mayor Allison's address of welcome. Mr. Krusz will preside ever all business sessions of the convention. He is well known in Sylva, hav ing spoken before our chamber of commerce group before Funeral For S-Sgt. Hoyle Held Here Wednesday Funeral services for Staff Ser geant John Vester Hoyle were held at 2 P.M. Wednesday after noon at the Moody Funeral Home in Sylva. Rev. B. S. Hensley con ducted the service. The W. E. Dillard Post of the American Le gion were active pallbearers and assisted in a military burial ser vcie at the Old Field Cemetery at Beta. Sergeant Hoyle was a native of Sylva. He entered the service in September 1942 and ,was Killed in Eastern France January *, 1945 He awarded tne Bronze Star jnd the Silver Star Medals post humously for gallantry in action He is surwvled by his mother, Mrs. Mary Jane Hcyle, of Sylva, 4 broth ers, Frank, Harvey, Walter, and Ernes; and' two sisters* Mrs. Bes sie England and Miss Myrtle Hoyle. Baptists Have Meet The Tuckase.gee Baptist Sun iav Scncol Convention will meet .vith the Balsam Grove Bapt st Church on Sunday afternoon September 12, ;t 2:30 P. M. Rev-i ?rend Wayne Dietz will deliver1 main address. All Sunday l Schools in the association are urg d tr attend. * Buisness And Pleasure To Feature Activities Of C. Of C. Officials Final arrangements have been completed for entertaining the 95 members of the North Carolina Association of Chamber of Com merce Executives, their wives and friends during the.r three-day an nual State Convention here Sun day, Monday, and Tuesday. The guests will begin register ing "at the Carolina Hotel Sunday and Sunday night they will be taken in a motorcade to Tatem Sky Club, formerly Fairfield Inn near C. sh.crs for a buffet supper, returning to Sylva lor the night. Monday morning at 9:30 the first business session will convene in the Rit/. Theatre building, follow ed by a luncheon at noon and further business session in the club house in- the afternoon. At 7 p. m. Monday the annual ban quet will be served in the Allison building when 150 or more visitors and townspeople will attend. Syl vester Green, editor of the Dur ham Herald, will make the ad dress. Another business session will be held in the Ritz building Tuesday morning for a brief period after which the visitors will be taken by motorcade to Cherokee and the Smoky Mountains National Park The ? motorcade will lea^e the theatre at 10 o'clock. At Cherokee a picnic lunch will be served by students of Cherokee Indian school. A number of outstanding square dance teams will perform for the entertainment of the guests Mon day evening following the banquet. The convention will adjourn its 1948 convention Tuesday after noon at 4:30. A larger number of hotel reser vations have already come in, with some of the visitors planning tq stay over a few days longer for scenic motor trips in this area. Around 125 are expected to at tend the convention from all parts of North Carolina. The complete program in detail will be found on back page of sec tion one. COURT OF HONOR HAS BEEN POSTPONED The boy scout District Court of Honor scheduled to be held to night, Sept. 9, at 8 o'clock in the Sylva Methodist church, has been postponed until some future date, Scout officials announced Tues day. This is being done, they said, due to the polio situation. Announcement will be made thru The Herald as to the date the court will be held. 4 Curb Market Answering Long Nepd For Produce Market Wner Miss M. ry E. Johnston a me to Jackson County as Home ?\ger,t, sne realized that a great leal of surplus foods were being asted because the women of the ounty had no way of getting their produce on the market. After much Ij-cussion with all Heme Dem onstration Club women through ->jt the county comf-ming the pos sibility of establishme a Curb M: rket, the olUo voted 100% in ."avor of such a pr .iect. A Jackson C( ur.ty Curb Mar ket Committee was appoint* the County Council president committee is as follows: Mi; C. Higdon, presidt-nt; Mrs. Bumgarner, vice / president; F. M. Williams,/secretary - 5-urer; Mrs. Fra^k H. Bro^ and Mrs. Blain^e Nicholson, bers. / The president of the C< contacted Mr? Dan Allisol cerning a location for a ket and he riiost gen* nated space oji one of his lots, rent-free for the rest of the year. Materials for the building were secured from W. C. Henne3see Lumber Company and the Sylva Supply Company. These business men were quick to realize the value of a curb market to the county as well as to the town people, and they advanced materials for the construction of the market. The Home Demonstration Club wom en have assumed the responsib ility of paying the cost of this ma ial by donations and fees from e of produce. This market coat cluhc approximately $300.00 The Jackson County Curb Mar t had it's formal opening on Au 14, with a special program at bich Mrs. D. C. Higdon presid Mr. Jack Allison, Mayor of welcomed the market to and expressed his apprecia te what the club women of Mftty had succeeded in ec 'Continued on pact 5) "> *'? ???<.
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