Population
Jackson County?20,000
Sylva and Area ? 4,000
The Sylva Herald
Jackson County
Ideal For Farming,
Industry, Tourist
VOL. XXIII NO. 16
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, Sept. 16, 1948
S2.00 A Year?5c Copy
Chamber of Commerce Executives End Session Here
Jarrett Funeral Rites
Conducted Sunday, p.m.
At Jarrett Springs Hotel
R. F. Jarrett, 84, Died *
At Local Hospital After
Short Illness, Was
Widely-Known Citizen
Funeral services for Robert
Frank Jarrett, 84, who died Fri
day morning at 7 o'clock at C. J.
Harris Community hospital, were
held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'- '
clock at Jarrett Springs hotel,
which he had owned and operated ;
for 55 years. i
The body was taken to the Jar
rett Memorial Baptist church Sun- ;
day morning where it lay in state 1
until shortly before the funeral at
the home. Mr. Jarrett built the
church some years ago. The Rev. j
Thad F. Deitz, Rev. Charles Park- ?'
er, and Rev. B. F. Hensley, of
ficiated. Burial was in the Parris
cemetery.
Walter Carringer, a special
friend of Mr. Jarrett, sang three,
sonsgs. _ i
Active pr.Ilgearers were grand
sons, Dr. Clyde H. Jarrett, Jr., and
Charles A. Jarrett, Jr., both of!
Charlotte; nephews, Harry H.
Jarretl, and Frank B. Jarrett, of i
Atlanta; and Robert Queen and
Eddie Queen, ol' D.llsboro.
Honorary pallbearers were dea
cons of the Jarrett Memorial
church.
Members of the Order of the
Eastern Star No. 139 were in charge
of the flowers.
Surviving are the widow, and
three sons, Clyde H. Jarrett, of
Andrews; Ralph Jarrett, dentist,
of Charlotte; and Robert Jarrett,
of Atlanta, four grandchildren and
one great-grandson, a niece, Mrs.
Marshall E. Meadows, of Ashe
ville, who has spent much of her
ttime in the Jarrett home, and a
number of other nieces and ne
phews.
Mr. Jarrett was owner and pro
prietor of the colorful Jarrett
Springs hotel here and at various
times had been described as a poet,
philosopher, politician, philan
thropist, orator, composer, inn
(Continued on page 10) ?
SYLVA PTA TO HAVE
FIRST MEETING OF
NEW YEAR MONDAY
The Sylva Parent-Teachers As
sociation will hold their first meet
ing of the year Monday evening
at 8 p.m. in the High School Gym
nasium. All parents and friends
of the school are urgently request
ed to be present, and fathers are
especially asked to come. Mrs. Dan
K. Moore, president for the com
ing year, promises that the pro
grams will be helpful and stimulat
ing and hopes that every parent
who possibly can will come to PTA.
Standing Committees for the
year are as follow:
Membership: Mrs. John Norton,
Chairman; Mrs. Bill Fisher, Mrs.
R. U. Sutton, and Jennings Bry
son.
Program: Mrs. Paul Kirk, chair
man; Dr. Harold McGuire, Mrs.
Dan Tompkins, and Mrs. Charles
Reed. I
Hospitality: Mrs. Frank P. Craw
ford, chairman; Mrs. W. R. En
loe, Mrs. Dennis Barkley, Dr. Patsy
McGuire.
Finance: Mr. Ralph Smith,
chairman; Mrs. Walter Jones, Mr.1
Scl Schulman. j
There will be a meetiag of the
Executive Committee, whlfch con
sists of the officers and all stand
ing chairmen, each month preced
ing the regular meeting of the As
sociation.
Officers this year are: Mrs. Dan
K. Moore, president; Mrs. Paul
Kirk, vice president; Mrs. Walter
Jones, treasurer; and Mrs. Posey
Cathey, Secretary.
j
Northampton County farmers are
attempting to seed 100 pastures
during 1948.
Forsyth County will hold its
annual dairy and beef cattle show
at Kernersville September 30.
4-H Boys And Girls To Get
Trips And Prizes In Contest
A number of 4-H club members
are working on the Better Method
contest in Jackson County. The
Nantahala Power and Light com
pany will give a free trip to the 4-H
Club Electric Congress in Raleigh
this fall to the 4-H boy and girl
having the best "Better Method"
Project in each of the following
counties: Jackson, Macon, Swain,
Cherokee, and Graham.
The Nantahala Power and Light
company will also give the follow
ing prizes , in the region consisting
of the above five counties: First
prize will be a $100 college scholar
ship to the 4-H boy having the
best Better Method project in the
region and a $100 college scholar
ship to the 4-H girl having the
best Better Method project in the
region. Second prize will be a
$50 gold watch to the 4-H boy with
the second best Better Method
project in the r.egion and a $50
gold watch to the 4-H girl with the
second best project in the region.
Westinghouse Electric Company
will give a gold medal to the win
ning boy and girl in each county,
also select one state winner for a
free trip to the 4-H Congress in
Chicago in December, and will
give S200 scholarships to the six
best state winners.
Tc compete in the Better Meth
od contest a boy or girl must make
an analysis, step by step, of some
piece of farm or home work as it
is now being done; figure out how
it can be better done by applica
tion of electricity, and then make
an analysis of how the work could
be done by using electricity.
The ccr.test is open to any 4-H
Club boy or girl, however, the
records must be in the County Ex
tension office/by October 1st to
compete foxj the free trip and
prizes. I
Following is a partial list of
boys and girls from Jackson coun
ty competing in the Better Method
Contest:
Boys?Thad Wesley Mills, Rob- 1
ert L. Pruett, Charles Watson, Kan_ !
yon Hclden, Keith Wright, Jimmy
Alexander, Kenneth Rhodes, Ray
Kinsland, Harold Potts, Harold
Bridges, Winford Ashe, Lamar
Wood, Martin Cook, Cooter Wood,
B.llie Wocd, Jack Mason, David
Shuler, Donald Wood, Clifton Kil- ,
by, Tommy Hooper. Clyde Phil
lips, Wade Nicholson, David
Pruett, Jr., Edward Sutton, Les
lie Long, Larry Cope, Herrin Cabe,
Kenneth Ashe, Billy Ray Clayton,
Olin Blanton, Charles Edward
Hall, Charles Crisp, Lewis Ward,
Max Edward Hoyle, Roy Shuler,
3illy Harris and Clifton Sutton.
Girls?Jo Ann Wilson, Hatta
lean Frizzell, Margaret Smith,
Delia Brown, Garline Collins, Lou
Ann Cabe, Barbara Higdon, Joe
Ann Higdon, Christine Estes, Arcie
Sstes, Peggy Buchanan, Francos
Watson, Betty Pannell, Peggy Ann
Blanton, Kate Deitz.
Patsy Collins, Bobbie Sutton, Ef
fie Lee Trantham, Lois 3uchanan, ?
Vera Eloise Nations, Louise Green, j
Quince Ann Holcombe, Reba Marie
Mathis, Barbara Allen, Jackie
Bryson, Eloise Pennington, Aleene!
Pennington, Madalene Lanning,
Fred Stafflebach, Mary Joyce
Smith, Martha Hooper, Margaret
Elizabeth Moffitt, Carol Ruth Kins_
land, Barbara Beck, Lois Edwards,
Jecn Craig and Vivadean Fergu
son.
1949 Officers Of N. C. Chamber Of Commerce Executives
Shown above are the new officials of the Nor Carolina Association of Chamber of Commerce
Executives elected at their annual session here M "iday afternoon Reading left to right are: Felix
Pickles.mer, Sylva; John H. Farrell, Wilmington; J isper C. Hutio, new president, Lumberton; Robert
P. Warrick, Statesville; G. C. Meads, Elizabeth City; George D. Colclough, Sccretary-Treasurer, Burl
ington: and Charles L. McCullers, vice-president, Kinston. Not available for picture were: Floyd F. Kay,
Charlotte, and William Fickl^en, Shelby. ?Photo by Donnahoc.
Chamber Of Commerce
Expresses Appreciation
W. R. Hampton, President of
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce, on behalf of the 1
board of directors of the organ
ization, wishes to convey to the
citizens of Sylva and Jackson
cc-unty the Chamber's appre
ciation for the fine spirit of co
operation and help in planning
for and assisting in carrying out
the plans for the convention of
North Carolina Association of
Chamber of Commerce Execu
Mr. Hampton states that he
feeljZ this convention hat been
the means of providing Sylva
with a type of favorable adver
tising which money could not
buy and that the benefit? from
having had the convention here
will be helpful and lasting.
MEAD ? UNION SIGNS
TWO-YEAR CONTRACT
Jesse F. Brown, president, Sylva
Local 12866, United Mine Work
ers of America, reports that a new
contract has been signed with the
Sylva Division of The Mead Cor
poration in a two year agreement
which has a one-year negotation
clause and calls for a 12c hourly
wage increase for all employees
double time for all holidays work
ed, meals furnished when employ
ees are required to work an ad
ditional shift, and other benefits
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
CHINA SCHOOL
Mrs. Mary Cowan has submitted
the following list of articles for,
interested persons who wish to
contribute to the Laura Haygood,
Normal School for Teachers of!
Soochcw, China. The list was pre-j
pared by Mrs. Kwe Yuin Kiang, a;
teacher in the school who visited;
Mrs. Cowan in the summer and
spoke to several Church "groups1
while here.
The list includes: Toilet articles)
?Combs, tooth brushes, tooth J
paste, talcum pcwder, towels, washj
cloths, soap (especially Ivory),'
Bon Ami, cold cream (Max Factor,
and Dorothy Gray), adhesive tape,
band-aids, ster.lized cotton, anacin,i
aspirin, quinine, and Atabrine.;
Foods?powdered milk, cocoa, but-;
ter in tin containers, peanut but
ter, small cans of Carnation milk,
dry soups and boullion cubes, and!
other foods in tin containers. Cloth
ing materials?needles thread,
elastic, (1-2 or 1 ircn, coats and
sweaters for little children. School
supplies?pencils and erasers. Ma
gazines?Hygenia, Ccronet, Good
Housekeeping, Woman's Home
Companion, Ladies' Home Journal,
and McCalls.
In 8ylva
Fo!io Enemy No. I
m;
HAVINO cured mice u! puiio
through use of a new sulfa drug
known aa "Darvisul," Dr Murray
Sanders is shown*in his Columbia
University laboratory New York
conducting further tests This is
the first time in man's long ftghi
against infectious disease that -e
chemical has been found to check
the action of the virus He strongly
emphasized that the efficacy of th<?
drug in polio-stricken humans ws*
not yet known. (International
Dr. W. P. McGuire Named
President Wildlife Club
Dr. W. P. McGuire was elected
president of the Jackson County
Wildlife club at a meeting held
test Thursday .night in '? Massie
Furniture stcre. At the same time
J. B. Young was named vice-presi
dent and D. L.Robinson, was re
elected secre'ary-treasurer.
The club will meet again Thurs
day nipht, September 23, at the
sr. ire p'rce.
R ss Stephens, Executive Sec
retary of the State clubs and a
Mr. P. tt'<n from Raleigh, were
speakers the meeting last week.
A membership drive will be held
and special programs will be held
from time to time in order to re
vive * he Jackson County cl'ih.
which was at one time considered
the r.vst active in Western North
Carol;: a.
Beta PTA To Meet
Monday, 2 P. M.
The Beta Parent-Teacher r>so
ciaticn will meet Monday, Sept.
20, at 2 o'clock at the school house.
This is the :irst meeting of the
new school year and .t is hoped
that ali persons interes4ed in the
boys ar.d girls of the community
will be present.
A total of 190 persons attended
five pasture field meetings held
in Anson County recently.
All Schools Of County To
Begin Work Today Excep
Sylva and Webster Districts
According to an announce
ment of Superintendent O. L.
Cope all the schools of Jackson
. county will begin work this
morning, Sept. 16, with the ex
ception of the Sytva and Web
ster school districts. These two
school districts include schools
from Qualla up to Savannah and
Webster, Sylva, and on up the
section to Balsam. These schools
are scheduled to begin work |
Sept. 23, according to Mr. Cope's
statement.
Krusz Thanks
Citizens Of Sylva
Speaking for every Chamber of
Commerce executives in North
Carolina, I want to express our
deep and sincere gratitude to the
people'of Sylva and to the mem
bers of tjie Jackson County Cham
ber of Ccmmcrce for their friendly
md enthusiatic reception of our
oi.ver.tion. It was unanimously
^reed ai:.ong the delegates that
this has been our fine>t meeting
and it is due entire.y to the
"rierdliness of your people and
.e t..cioaghness of tne planning
. the convention program.
Our sp^clal'g. atitade is express
ed to Mayor Allison for the official
velcome, to President Woody
iamptcn, to Mr. Gn y :or the very
tine special ediuon of the paper,
o the church lad.es who served
he li^e meals, to the ministers and
?n fact to everyone for making
possible our best convention.
A special measure 01 apprecia
tion goes to the eld stalwart Felix
Pickles.mer for his great job in
making all the arrangements, in
iorseeing every emergency and his
meticulous care of each and every
one. It was a superb job and we
re proud to have Felix on our
Board cf Directors for the coming
year.
uur members learned much
about Western North Carolina dur
ing the session and another vote
of thanks is due to go<-d people on
the Cherokee reservation fcr the
delightful day ?! ere.
So to one f.nd <..11 in the entire
Western area we y a g:eat big
"Thank You" and come to see us.
Sincerely,
HARRY J. KRUSZ, i
Retiring President.
District Republican
C?ubs To Meet At
Jarrett Springs 18th
Tr,e regular monthly mee'ing of
the 12th Congressional District Re
publican Club, which was post
poned September 11, due to the
death of Mr. R. FranK Jarrett, will
be held at the Jarrett Springs
Hotel on Saturday, September 18,
at 6:30 P. M. James M. Bailey, Jr.,
of Marshall, will be the speaker
of the evening.
Body Names Hutto New
President, Picklesimer
Oil Board Of Directors
HEART ATTACK FATAL
FOR MRS. ADDIS AS
SHE TRAVELS ON BUS
Mrs. Naomi Jeanette Addis, 59,
wife of Arthur M. Addis, of
Walhalla, S. C., died " Saturday
morning of a heart attack while
;n the bus enroute from Tuckasei
^ee to Sylva. Mrs. Addis had ar
rived the night before from Wal
halla for the funeral of her son.
Staff Sergeant Randall J. Addis.
Survivors include her husband.
Mr. Arthur M. Addis; four sons.
Rudolph, of Walhalla, Marshall,
of Shawfield, S. C., "Harry, of
Shreveport, La., and Calvin, of
Walhalla; three daughters, Mrs.
Jeanette Brucks, of Walhalla, NeL
da and Virginia Addis; and one!
brother, Tom Lush, of Glenville.'
Funeral services were held Mon-I
day afternoon, September 13, at the
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in
Walhalla, S. C., and burial took)
place in the Pleasant Grove ceme-'
tery.
Jackson County Does
Not Have Investment
In C. J. Harris Hospital
In our special issue of The Her
ald last week we carried an article
on the C. JVv Hsu:ri? Community
hospital in whicn -H stated
some years ago the county of Jack
son voted $20,000 in bonds to help
buy the hospital. This informa
tion was taken from an article!
published some years ago, which
we did not check on but had not
had it called to our attention that
it was incorrect. We are inform
ed that the hospital^was bought
from Dr. Candler and Dr. Nichols
in 1930 with funds from the Duke
Foundation and from Mr. C. J.
Harris as an individual, therefore
taking the name of C. J. Harris
Community hcspital. The county
Jackson has no financial in
terest in it at all.
The hospital is now operated as
a private ir.stitut.on, under the
direction of a board of trustees of
which Mr. S. W. Enloe is the chair
man.
Members Visit Cherokee
And Smoky Park, Will
Meet In Wilson Next Yr.
Meir.Lvrs of the State Chamber
of Commerce executives brought
Y:ie:r t!.rte-dav annual conven
tion to a cl se *eie Tuesday after
noon, following a clay of pleasure
with a picnic lunch at Cherokee
and a trip through the Smoky
Mountain* Park. About the only
business transacted Tuesday was
that of selecting a meeting place
for the 1949 c( nvention. . Wilson
is to be the host' city next year.
The convention got oil to a good
start Sunday evening when a mo
torcade ti n ie(r the members and
several Sylva citizens to Tatem
*5Tfy Club near Cashiers for a
buffet supptr.
The convention began in earnest
Monday morning with the first
business session in Ritz Theatre.
Following an address of welcome
by Mayor Jack C. Allision and a
response by President Harry J.
Krusz, other addresses were made,
the first by George C. Franklin,
General Council, North Carolina
League of Municipalities. Raleigh
speaking on "The Financial
Squeeze of North Carolina Muni
cipal.ties." He pointed out the
antiquated method of taxation be
ing used by most cities and their
almost b; ni'.rupt condition there
from in trying to operate under
present. jrvUafed fconditttins/ There
is very little increase tn the total
amount of taxes collected, he said,
while almost everything the cities
have to buy in the way of materials
and salar.es have increased from
one hundred to hundred fifty per
cent. Frank Shaw, Director of
Industrial Bureau, Atlanta Cham
ber of Commerce U Iked on, "How
to Prepare to Attract New Indus
try." "The Local Chamber's
Great Opportunity", was discussed
by Ed H. Cherry, Assistant Mana
ger, Southeastern Division, Cham
ber of Commerce of the U. S., At
lanta, Ga.
KRUSZ HONORED
The highlights cf the convention
was the annual banquet held Mon
day evening in the Allison build
ing. At this time the retiring
(Co:,trued cm page 10)
Baskerville Says Chamber Of
Commerce Convention Best Yet
By J. C. BASKERVILL
(Manager - Secretary Lenoir
Chamber of Commerce, Chair
man of Program Committee
Sylva Convention . . . )
Never has there been such a
convention of the North Carolina:
Association of Chamber of Com-j
merce Executives as that held in
in Sylva this week?and never has "
there been "such sweet sorrow" at(
parting with the many new friends,
made by the various chamber sec
retaries in Sylva and c|:son
county. The days spent in Sylva
passed all too rapidly and it wa5
with real reluctance that all of u?
finally packed up and headed for.
home.
The outstanding memory, of
course, will be all of the many :n-|
t^resl'ing and thoughtful things
done by Felix Picklesimer, Woody I
Hampton ar.d all the other officers'
and directors of the Jackson Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce, to make
the convention a success. Cer
tainly nothing was left undone to
make the stay of every person a
delightful memory. None of those
who attended the convention will
ever forget it. Nor will they for
get the wonderful special edition
of The Sylva Herald issued by Mr.
J. A. Gray, the editor, and his
staff, with the cooperation of the
Sylva merchants and industrialists,
welcoming the Chamber of Com
merce secretaries to Sylva and
Jackson county. This special edi
tion was one of the most attrac
tive the secretaries had ever seen
(with the exception of the cuts
of President Harry J. Krusz and
Secretary-Treasurer John Thorns
who were smartly rapped on the
knuckles in a convention resolu
tion for not having sent newer and
more recent pictures.)
Every chamber executive who
attended the convention went
away with the fervent wish that
he could have just one member of
his organization like Felix Pickle
simer. Each agreed that Felix is
an entire Chamber of Commerce * .
and Promotion Committee all in
a single package. They coul *
understand, though hcjMCBS
ever got time to do a
other than Chamber r
work and help prom
Jackson county. Tb
that Mrs. Picklesir
very remarkable
graciously and wil^
Chamber of Corn;
The three-score?der*eo# Heater, 0?
cutives and their
, . models. State and
hope to repay the cutfom trim optional
pie of Sylva for nodeft. White tid0? <
hospitality during t?" m?delt. All print
convention. Eut
their many lrieno
county, however, tn >
on Sylva and Jackso
becomt known from
North Carolina to th
their friendly, folksy
and for arranging the
most varied entertain! Sylva, N. C.
provided for a convent.' ?
North Carolina Associ
Chamber of Commerce E>
$2146.35
$2316.90
$2974.40