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JARRETT SPRINGS HOTEL MADE FAMOUS BY DELICIOUS COUNTRY CURED HAM Mr. And Mrs. Jarrett Have Long Record of Serving Tourist And Traveling Men Dillsboro's well-known Jarrett Springs Hctel has had a long and colorful history in its many years of service to the traveling man and tour ist alike. Built originally by W A. Dills, founder of Dillsboro, the hotel was sold in November, 1893, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert F". Jar rett, the present owners, who gave it the name "Jarrett Springs" be cause of the mineral springs in the rear of the building. At the time this hotel began serving the weary traveler as a haven of rest and refreshment there was no railroad into Macon county and passengers, express and freight were dropped off at Dillsboro to be taken to Franklin by hack, buggy and wagon. White jacketed negro porters from the Jarrett Springs hotel and their rival Woodfin hotel porters would meet the train, crying, "Fried Chicken", and urge the passengers to stop at their hotel, the very best in the country. Later Mr. Jarrett enlarged the building and put in many modern improvements, adding steam heat and a sprinkler system as a safety against fire. The hotel now con tains thirty bedrcoms, two .dining rooms, large kitchen, lobby and music room. The hotel has become a very popular tourist stop where vaca tioners often spend from a week to two or three months. Many nationally known celebrities have stopped nere to enjoy the delicious WELCOME NORTH CAROLINA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECOTIVES / We wish for you a most enjoyable and successful visit while in our city. DEPENDABLE JEWELERS EDMOND NICHOLSON JAMES HARRIS Main Street Sylva, N. C. TO BE SEEN IN ACTION BY C. OF C. EXECUTIVES This is a recent picture of the William E. Dillard Post American Legion Square Dance team which will put on an exhibition for the entertainment of the Chamber of Commerce Executives during their three-day visit in Sylva. The team is composed of the following; Seated in fcre-ground, Ann Southard and Carolyn Cox. S.cond row, left to right?Billy Cagle, Frances Vero, Peggy Jo Sutton, Nancy Canip, Sis Jacobs,1 Annette Burch, Anna Maude Hooper, Lillian Moore, and Libby Bumgarner. Third row, left to right?Roger Jacobs, Charles Cagle, J. H. Allman, Kermit Harris, Jim Shuler, Lyman Parker, caller; Tommy Fisher, and Louis Monteith. Back row?Ralph Green, Dair Swanson and Fe^iX Picklesimer, managers. A number of the team members not shown in the Picture are: Cubby Bryson, Ruth Bryson, Randall Goldman, Ruth Jones, Totsy Jacobs, Elaine Queen, Wesley Wc.rren,.and Jimmy Resor. food prepared by Mrs. Jarrett. Among these notables has been Dorothy Dix, the well known co!umnist, widely known for her advice to the love-lorn and lonely heart groups. She hps become a close friend of Mr. and Mrs. Jar rett. One of the best reasons for this hotel's popularity is the famous country cured ham which Mr. Jar rett buys by the ton green from the packers and cures by his sec ret method. The dining room is often mentioned in "State" maga zine as a "good place to eat" and is recommended by Duncan Hines in his well known guide book on better places to eat throughout the country. In all of the many years of the not.l's operation, the front door has never been locked and they have never f; ilod to serve a single meal. Mr. and Mrs. Jarrett, hav ing been operating this hotel con tinually for more than 50 years r.ave the recorcT for the longest period of operating a hotel on the same spot by the same owners of any in the United States. Mr. Jarrett was born in Bun combe county eight-four years ago. He is well known as the auth or of "Occoneechee" and "Back Home" and as the composer of such ballads as "The Hills I Love" and a number of other books, poems, and musical compositions Mrs. Jarrett, who had entire charge of the hotel until around 1920, is a charming lady whose Firemen To Meet In Brevard Monday Night The third meeting of District 5 Fire Chief's Association will be held in Brevard with the Brevard Fire Department on Monday, Sept. 13, at 7:30 p. m. This will be a business meeting only. Members of the Sylva depart ment planning to attend this' meeting ere: W. B. Cope, chief;. R. O. Wilson. Ovid Beck. O. E.j Brookhyser, and J. H. Deitz. motherly attitude and hard work have done much to make the hotel; the popular place it is today. The Jarretts have three sons,; Clyde, of Andrews. Robert of At-i lanta and Ralph J&rrett of Char-, lotte. WELCOME N. C. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVES REED'S GROCERY Lawrence Reed, owner Sylva, N. C. WELCOME CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVES Pay Us a Visit and See THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS WINDOW SHADES CI AA $1.65 value NOW ?piiW SHEETS C4Q1 $4.50 value?a real buy ?P?iwl Children's M AA DRESSES ?piiWV MEN'S and BOYS' OVERALLS ON SALE CHIPPEWA BOOTS ON SALE DAVE KARP'S DEPARTMENT STORE Main St. Sylva, N. C. Welcome to Sylva *? Chamber of Commerce Executives 9 We are Happy to Have You as Our Guests for Your Annual Summer Convention May This One Be Your Best! a Reece-Hampton IViotor Co., Inc. See The 1949 FORD The Car of The Year / SERVICE SALES Cl'LLOWHFF, ROAD . . W- R HAMPTON, President SYLVA,
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