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 thso 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