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VOL. XXIII?NO. 22 The Sylva Herald _g ___ . ^ Sylva, N. C. Thursday, October 28, 1948 Jackson County Ideal For Farming, Industry, Tourist $2.00 A Year?5c Copy Officials Of County Ready For Tuesday's ? ? ? ? + -A- -< Election TB Cases Revealed By X-Ray County - Wide Survey Shows 76 New Cases Five thousand four hundred ninety-seven Jackson county per sons had chest x-rays made dur ing the county-wide chest x-ray survey conducted July 15 throughj August 20 by the State Board of Health in cooperation with the county board of health. The final report from the study of these x ray pictures reveals that 76 n.wl cases were found* Thirty-six o: these revealed positive diagnosis and 49 patients are to have further study with the x-ray, sputa analy sis and tubercular skin test for1 final diagnosis. Four persons werei found with other pathology trou ble. The local county health nurs? made 94 home visits to intorm patients of x-ray findings and to instruct those who have tuber culosis and those who Lve with such patients what they should do as to treatment and prevention of its spread. Such patients were instructed to contact their family physician who has be.n given the report of the chest condition. For those patients who have no regular family physician the re ports are kept at the health office in Sylva. Health authorities stated that,) "No home can be considered tree from tuberculosis until the disease has been ruled out of every mem ber of the family household." Gay Post Office Moved To New Home i Mrs. Elizabeth M. Higdon, post master at Gay, has moved the ot fice from the old s.te to a point .7 of a mile Southwest, near h r home. She plans to make the ?place attractive and more con venient to the many tourists and patrons who use the office. Mrs. Higdon has been serving as postmaster since the death of Mr. Higdon. The Gay office serves a large i 'territory. j Rev. J. O. Bruce Comes To Hamburg Church As Regular Pastor The Rev. J. O. Bruce has as sumed his duties as pastor of the Hamburg Baptist church. He and Mrs. Bruce and daughter, Joan, | moved into the church parsonage last week. Before coming to Glen- 1 ville the Rev. Mr. Bruce was pas- 1 tor of the Baptist church at Suckes, Ga. For the past four months the j Rev. W .N. Cook has acted as sup- j ply pastor for this church. Clubs 1080 JACKON MEN HAVE REGISTERED, NONE YET CALLED The Jackson County Selective Ser vice Board has announced that 1, 080 young men between the ages of 13 and 25 have registered, to date, subject to call to military duty . The Board announced also that there has been no induction quota set up :or J ckson county yet, but they expect rec ive detailed ^information regarding the county's quota th latter part <;t next week. Further information will be pub lished by Ihe Herald wnen avail able. Funeral Services Held For Robert Hall Robert Hall, 34, of Dillsboro died Thursday, Oct. 21, %fter a 10-day i illness at C. J. Harr.s hospital. Funeral s.rvices were held Fri day at 2:30 p. m. at Jarrett Me morial church, Dillsboro. Rev. fc. D. Deitz. pastor, and Rev. B. S Hensley, officiated. Pallbearers were: Claude Jacobs, Manse Jacobs, Ben Clifton, Bryce Lewis, Claude Curiin, Ernest Dills, and James Lambert. Burial was n Parr is cemet ry. Surviving Mr. Hall are his v'/idow, Mrs. Mildred Jacobs Hall; j oar children, Emma Lou, Tommy. Sammy, and Donna Lee; his moth- ! er, Mrs. Alice Hail: three brothers, Odell. Richard, and Hardin, all of ? Dillsboro. Mr. Hall, a native of Jackson CoL.ntv, spent the greater part of his l.fe in or near Dillsboro and :or the past five years was em ployed by Mead Corporation. I W. M. Nicholson Passes William (Bill) Marshall Nichol-j son, 78, of Webster, died at C. J.i Harris hospital at 10:00 o'clock' Wedntsday morning following an extended illness. Mr. Nicholson is survived by his ? widow, Sarah Nicholson; and 4^ sons, Harding, Coolidge, Roose velt, - and Billy of Webster; 4 daughters, Mrs. Hester Henson, Mrs. Mary Mathis, Mrs. Bessie Bell Messer of Sylva, and Betty of the home. J Funeral services are incomplete. Beta PTA Sponsoring Halloween Carnival ThJ Beta PTA will sponsor a Halloween carnival on Friday night, Oct. 29, beginning at 7:30 at the school house. Bingo, fortune telling, cake walks, fish pond, and a food booth w.il be among the attractions. Proceeds will go into the school 1 treasury. I Louise Edwards And Robert Pruitt Winners In Contest Miss Lois Louise Edwards and Robert L. Pruitt were declared the County winners by the judges in the Better Farm and Home Meth ods Contest sponsored in th;s area by th? Nantahala Power and Light Company and will receive free tfips to Raleigh to attend the State Better Methods Congress. Miss Edwards, daughter of Mr. 1 and Mrs. Alton Edwards of the Qualla section, Whittier, Rt. No. 1, took for her Better Metr.ods Con test improved ways of churning, showing how time, steps, and strength can be saved by us ng an electric churn instead of the old fashion dasher type ? t'-.us al lowing many more hours through out the year for worthwhile ac tivities. Robert L. Pruitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Pruitt of Gien vill, took for his Better Methods Contest a more convient and tm: saving water systim"?Tr supplying tr.e kitchen water needs of the fam ily by first using a temporary hy draulic pump which wjs a b g im provement over carrying water I from the spring in buckets, and j f .nally the installing of an electric 1 shallow well automatic pump in j the basement. Thus, the saving of Urn. and energy made it possible to 1 take care of more livestock and| also devote greater efforts to other j farm activities which made it pos- j sible to get along w.th much less, h red farm labor thereby saving' considerable money in the farm; operations as well as affording more conveniences for the entire family. These two y^ung 4-H Club mem bers will be in Raleigh on Nov ember 1st and 2nd to attend the State Better Methods Congress where the jrej winners will be an nounced. Area Prices giv-.n by the Nantahali P.:y?er and Light Com pany are two $100.00 scholarships and two S5Q.QQ gokL watches. Th#y will be accompanied by Miss Mary Johnston, Home Demonstration A j,er t or. ino trip to Raleigh. f " Show Outstanding Exhibits Hunters in the Skies Photo shows form?.!ion rt three twin-engined Navy I. ? P2 V-2 "Neptunes" in , Now such craft can be launched from a carrier with jet-assisted take | offs. The planes enable long ; range search-patrol operations to be conducted in any ocean area without the necessity of first es tablishing land bases. The "Nep tune" has been developed by th* Navy as an anti-submarine search patrol craft with a cruis ing range of 3,000 m:les and a speed in excess of 300 miles per hOUr# (Official Navy Photograph) Baptist Training Union Revival To Start Beginning Nov. 1 and continu ing through Now 4 a Training Union Revival will be held at the Svlva Baptist church e.^ch eve : ning, beginning at i o'clock. Rev. Charles McC'onnell. pastor ' j ' the Cullowhee Baptist church, I will lead the young pe >ple and dults in an opt n discussion of the subject. "Aicohol, the Destroyer". Rev. B. S. Hensley. pastor of the Scotts Creek Baptist church, will I ler.d the intermediates in the same discussion. Miss Hattie Hilda Sut I ton will lead the juniors in the 1 study of "Trail Makers in Other Lands." I This is a church-wide open dis cussion of the alcoholic problem, j The public is most cordially in ! vited. fu nTr aTrTtesTor PFG. WALLACE JONES The body of Pfc Wallace G. Jones, son of General L. Jones of Whittier Rt. 2, will arrive today, from Charlotte after being re turned from overseas where he met his death. The body will be taken to the home of his parents later in the afternoon. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at ..:00 p. m. at the Rocksdale Baptist church, Barker's Creek, with the pastor, Rev. Dewey Cline, officiating. The American Legion will serve as pallbearers an^ ^ve charge of graveside service. Surviving besides the parents are a brothtr. Wiley, and three sis ters, Mary Ellen, Frankie Lee, and Mary Lee Jones of Whittier. and the grandmother, Mrs. Ellen Jones. Pfc. Jones entered service Dec. 15. 1943 and was killed in action Nov. 11, 1944. Cullowhee Girls Attend F. H. A. Rally Eleven girls from Cullowhee High school attended the Future Homemakers of America rally h Id in Hendersonville Saturday, Oct. 23. Miss Clara Joe Phillips, who attended the first national F.H.A. meeting held in Kansas City, Mo., in July, gave the high-lights of her trip. Mrs. W. B. Harrill, Carol I-L.m.tton, and Jo Ann Henson dis cussed the degrees of F.H.A. and told how to win each one. Those attending the meeting in Hendersonville were: Betty Dil lard, B-tty Jean Reagan, Jo Ann Henson, Louise Tniey, Eloise Stephens. Carol Hamilton, Anne Hampton, Clara Jo Phillips, Jean Crawford. Ruth Moses. Cosette Blake. The girls were accompanied by Mrs Reagan, Mr, W. B. Harrill and Mrs. Hurnll, their sponsor. MRS. THOMAS TO HEAD CANCER SOCIETY IN THE ASHEVILLE/AREA Mrs. Preston Thomrs. leadeKin Woman's activities in the Ashe vllle area, has b en appointed commander of District Ten in the recent districting rr. ve by the A vierican Cancer Society, announc ed Mrs. George E. Marsh:ll, St ti Commander. Monday. The tenth Distr ct embraces all counties west oi AshcviHe including Polk county. Anne Osborne, of Wayn sville, ?' ? Id representative o, tiio Society :as gone to Asheville to assist in organizing and to aid progress of the society in the counties of the 10th district. She vis.tea Svlva Wednesday afternoon in connection with her work. More Americans died of cancer last year than were killed in bat tle during the entire war. A total of 188^000 died last year, an ave rage of one death every three min utes. During the four years of th_ recent war, 173,000 American sol diers were killed in battle. Dur ing the same period of time 607,000 Americans were killed by cancer. COPE WARNS AGAINST WINTER FIRE HAZARDS See that your premises are fr*e from leaves, trash and oth er rubbish and any other dan gerous fire hazard . that may exist, Is the advice and warning given the citizen8 of Sylva by Bart Cope, chief of the Sylva Fire departrr>ent. Chief Cope stated that th s is the time of year for extra precaution when overheated stoves and unsafe flues cause extra fire hazards. Leaves in the roof vallies and gutters and around the corners of the house should be cleaned out before a spark has a chance to start fire during this dry weather, he said. Sylva has been fortunate In? its small fire lota thia year. Let's keep It low from now on. 4 Calendar of Events Monday, Nov 1?Boy Scouts meet at 7:00 p. m. in the Scout hall at the Methodist church. Den nis Barkley, Soutmaster. Monday, Nov. 1?WOW meets at 7:30 in the hall. Jeff Hedden, council commander. Monday, Now 1?Gaynelle Mur ray circle meets with Mrs. John Henson at 7:30, Mrs. Jess Buch anan, president. Tuesday, Nov. 2?The Rotary club will meet in the Allison building for the regular dinner meeting at 6:30 Mr. J. C. Cannon, presi dent. Wednesday. Now 3?Lions club meets at 7:00 p. m. in the Sylva School cafeteria. Hoy Reed, oresident. Wednesday, Nov. 3?Halcyon club meets at 7:30 with Mrs. Ju^nita Davis. Mrs. Roger Dillard, pres ident. Wednesday, Nov. 3?W. S. C. S. (Webster) meets \v:th Mrs. Joe Fulmer at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. John Kincaid. leader: Mrs. D. D. Davis, President. Thursday, Nov. 4 ? Dillsboro Lodge No. 459 meets in the Ma sonic hall at 7:00 p.m. Claude Cowan, W.M. Thursday, Nov. 4 ? U. D. C. chap ter meets with Mrs. Hugh Mon tietn at 3:00 p.m. Mrs. J. A. Bry son, president. Friday, Nov. 5 ? Wild L.fe club meets at 7:30 p.m. at Massie Furniture Store. Dr. W.. P. Mc Guire, president. Friday, November. 5 ? Men of tne Presbyterian church meet at the home of Rev. W. H. Wake lield at 7:UC Dunn, president. Mrs. Aliney Dryson, ?h. ste-s. SOS8A MON'S In Sylva Files Rari'acksd FRANCIS B1CHOVVSKY WHILE atomic scientist Francis B Bichowsky (above) Oakland, Cal., was in Washington doing "secret work" for the government flies in his home were ransacked for secret pnpers. according to a report made to the FBI A University of Cali fornia thermodynamic? instructor, Bichowsky assisted in the Bikini A-bomb tests. (7nternational) Reformation Day Service To Be Held At Cullowhee Church Reformation Day services will be held Sunday night at 7:30 o' loci; ar the Cullowhee Methodist .church, sponsored jointly by the Baptist Student Union ar.<i tne ?tvsle;- r.r.dat.wP. of tne Cirlu .vhe B. ptM ana Methodist chur#ne-. D<. R H. Taylor will bring the address and the ct. ir of the Baptist church will he in charge oi tiie mus.c. Members ot these two student o:gani'.; tiw: s a.e mviud to remain alter the'service lor an informal fellowship hour, to be h Id in the uecreation loom of the church. MISS HIGDON'S BOOTH WINS^FIRST PRIZt~ Henderson County carried off first place in the exhibits of Fam ily Life Booths at the recent North Carolina Fair in Raleigh. This booth was arranged by Miss Helen Higdon, home demonstration agent *or Henderson, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs: D. C. Higdon, of Sylva. Miss Higdon and sister, Miss Eva Higdon, director of Health Educa tion in Alamance County, with headquarters at Graham, spent the week-end here with their par ents. Future Homemakers Hold District Rally In Hendersonville Tne Future Homemakers of Amer.ca, a national organization made up o:' home economics stu dents, hold their district rally in Hendersonville on Saturday, Oc tober 23rd. Six hundred and fifty sever! representatives from the twenty counties of western North Carolina were pr> sent. Features of the d y's program were movies of the F.H A. c^mp, plans for tne coming work, and reports and stunts by representatives of the various chapters. Representing Webster school at rally wur : Dorothy Deitz, Betty Lou Cowan, Mildred Car penter, Baionrj Ann Deit/, Rosa V. Loi'ti-, and Mrs. Venoy Reed, sponsor. ^ Fire Department Conducts Fire i Drill At School The first of regularly monthly . scheduled lire drills at th<_- SyK-a {school wis earned out Tuesday | morni ir with Chief B: r* C >pe and 1 a fptf n p.nncr , ui thf Sylva Fire \ \ directing it. When j the s ?na', v,\?> given the students c t ar ri t: <* bvilni"?, in one minute ir.u 2 i so ?n^s. Mr. Con .? <ta!cd The Jackson County Achieve ment Day was held it the Com munity House : nd the Sylva Sup ply Barn on Saturday. October 23/d This f ccasion was for I! County men. women, 4-H Clubs. Home Dem nstration Cubs. FFA | CJ roups. :o (i *>t!?e 1* ptr-- r,s or '? Im?s w o w:*ned to p..iti?. j)ive. Toe How ng B>:w Tc y. fi.' - d be ou st: nHinu a'id w?'Vo a .t led Grand Prizes Q Club 1'>oih: C-p?? (.'ice ; Home Demonstration L':uo B?oth: Mrs. Mrtev.ell Melton ? !>i st In livioual Exhibit: and Julian Buch a: an ? Best Baby Bee!. Awards were given for the Best Displays in all groups for Clothing. I Handwork, Art. Home Canning. L\x>k;ng^ Field Crops,. Horticultur^, and Fruits. Ribbons were given to 4-H mem I oers tor the following items: CLOTHING ? Apron: 1st. Jean Meadows, 2nd. Barbara Beck. 3rd. Dorothy Reed. Drees: 1st. Soco Club, 2nd. Leah Sutton, 3rd. Jeanette Allison. Dishtowel: 1st. Roberta Pruitt 2nd Joanne WiUon, 3rd Luc.lie 'A'alson. | ' Skr*s: M. Wand i Jo Carnes. ':2nd. Soco Club, 3rd W. nd.i .!? ' Carncs. j Luncheon Set: 1st. J sse Lee !iks, ?n<\. Luckily Wa^CvJu CANNED PRODUCTS: B?an?: I Lucy Green, 2nd. Lois Lr?u:se Fciwards, 3rd. Ethel Lee Tatham. Carrots: 1st. Lou se Green, 2nd. 'Pauline Buch.?na?:. 3rd. I\itsy B! v - son. Soup Mixture: 1st. Freda Staf lelback, 2nd. Lois Louise Edwards. 3rd. Joanne Bumgarner. Corn: 1st. Lois Louise Edwards. 2nd. Menleda Davis, 3rd. Chris t.ne Cabe. Peas: 1st. Willa Mae Jones. 2nd. Patsy Bradley, 3rd. Lois Louise Edwards. Greens: 1st. Aileene Monteith. 2nd. Janet Allison, 3rd. Pauline Brooks. Tomatoes: 1st. Patsy Bradley, 2nd: Lois Louise Edwards, 3rd. Leah Sutton. Tomato Juice: 1st. Soco Club, 2nd. Fairlep Nations, 3rd. Joanne Wilson. Peacher 1st. Paul Rogers, 2nd. Vivflde.n rt:rguson, 3rd. Betty ' / (Continued on page 10) Amendments To State Constitution To Be Passed On By Citizens When the \ oters oi Jackson county go to tile pulls next Tues day to vote .n the gener .1 election they will be handed four s perate b 1.:Ms as !' > l.iws; Presidental bal l?ti; Stale La lot. county and dis t riot b; I!.: t ami :0:1st tutional a - ni^ndment ball* t. On the President n;i vac president ballot are, Tru n\ ?: a?-"*! Bai kl y. Democv: tic; De \\? \ ..'id Wt.rren. Republic'n; Wal ai . ihi Taylar, Progressive and Thurrron i , nd Wrignt, State's H i>ht- Democratic. The S' te ballot contains all the state of:icers from-Governor down, and .ncluded U. S. Senator and Congress. Also the Progress ve can didates lor senator and governor. Another ballot which is of state wide interest is the proposed con stitutional amendments of which are four as follows: For or against ' fixing salaries of members of the | General Assembly at SI.200 and presiding officers as $1,500 per 'session and fixing salaries for ex I tra sessions at $250.00 and $300.00 respectively; For or against nmov ! mg debt limitation upon the state, counties, and munic.palities for necessary expenses; For or against increasing the amount of total State and county tax which may I be levied on property, by chang ing the limitat on on said tax from ^ la o!i one hundred do. Lirs valua^on 25 cents, and ' fourth ,for or against determining results of special elections by ma jority vote*. ] The fourth ballot and one which concerns local candidates is the ballot for solicitor, state senator and representative." On the Dem ocratic side of this ballot will be found; for Solicitor, T. D. Bryson, Jr.; for State Senator, Mrs. E. L. McKee and W. B. Hodges,; For , Representative, Frank H. Brown, 'and for Clerk of Court, John E. ? I Henson. On the Republican side, 1 no name for solicitor; for State Senator, T. N. Davis and WJtshire Griffith; for Representative, Hugh E. Monteith, and blank for Clerk of Court. According to Oscar Lovedahl, chairman of the County Board of Elections, every thing is in readi ness for the election when the polls open at Sunrise Tuesday morning. Registrars and judges for the (Continued on page 10) Health Department Has Busy Quarter Ending Sep tember 30 Dr. Mary Michal, Distr.ct Health officer of Waynesville has annoanc* ed the following activities carried on through the Jackson County health department during the past quarter, of July, August and Sept ember; Communicable Disease Control? Polio admitted to service 12 ca^es. Nurse visits for investigation 66. Immunizations ? Smallpox 27; diphtheria and whooping cough 166; typhoid fever 300; tetanus 16. Veneral Disease Control?Nurse I'.eld visits 18; clinic visits 61. Tu berculosis Control?X-ray. Chest survey 5,497; New cases reported 36; new cases probably inactive 49. Other Pathology ? Maglignancy sp.nal deformity 1; nurs. field v -sits 76. Maternity Service ? prenatal a* d marriage physical efl&mina : ons 14; nurse field visits to pre notals 13; nurse field visits to pos tartum 7. Infant ;.nd pre-school hygiene ?Nurse field visits to infants 13, nurse field visits to pre-school 26. School Hygiene Nurstrrg Vis.ts? 18, schools v sit .. j hy nurs 5. school children ex rni..ed 40. Crippled Ch.ldren Service-?New wa.-e; ?dn:t"ed to <erv ce 23, visits \ to orthopedic clinics 17, nurse field visits 20. Laboratory Specimens Examina tions ? Blood wassemanns 251, urianlyMs 12. Adult Hygiene ? Food handl ers examined 131, m d wives ex amined 6, teach rs exam ned 36, parental and marriage examina tions 14, nurse field visits 25. General Sanitation?Water Sup plies approved 2, new* privies in stalled 24, new septic tanks in stalled 12, privies inspected 85, camp sites inspected 1, swimming pools inspected 5, public water supply inspected 2, se wage plants inspected 11. Protection of Food and Milk ? New food handling establishments registered 2, field visits to food handling establishment 36, field visits to dairy farms 13. Administration?Health officer's hours in county 85, nurse's hours in field and office 605, sanitarian's hours in field and off ce 242, miles traveled by nurse 3,102, miles tra veled by sanitarian 5,132, clinics Wpl/l Oft ?-? ? ? * I d * VJk W i/| The above quarterly report was vubm.tted by Dr. Mary Michal, di? tr ct health officer of Waynes \ tile