Population
Jackson County?20,000
Sylva and Area ? 4,000
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VOL. XXIII?NO. 24
The Sylva
Svlva, N. C. Thursday, Not. 11, 1948
$2.00 A Year?5c Copy
Town Of Sylva Plans
To Improve Water System
Highway Post
Office Service
To Start On 27th
Postmaster C. N. Price of the
Sylva office has been notified by
the post off ce department that
the new High*way Post Office ser- |
vice to operate between Asheville
and Blue Ridg , Ga., will begin
operation on Saturday, November
27. This service will be on a large
bus type motor vehicle, carrying
a mail clerk and driver. The mail
clerk will work the mail between
offices just as was formerly done
on the passenger train operating
between Asheville and Murphy.
The proposed schedule for the
Tnail is to leave Asheville each j
morning at 5:15 and arrive at Sylva
at 3:32. After a ten minute stop
the bus will continue on to Blue
Ridge, arriving there at 1:00 p.m.
It will leave Blue R dg at 2:30
on the return tr p io Asheville, ar
riving at Sylva at 5:47, and Ashe^-J
ville at 8:09 p.Tn.
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The star route now servjng Sylva
from Asheville to Bryson City will
continue to operate, although the
schedule may be changed. It now
le.av?s-^S$lva for Asheville around
3:30 a.m. and returns at 5:30 p.m.
After a definite schedule has
been worked out this will be pub
lished in The Herald.
FORMER JACKSON
UDY PASSES IN
OREGON STATE
Mrs. Nancy T. Ensley, 89, a resi
dent of the Orenco Community, of
Hillsboro, Oregon, for the past 37
years, passed away October 13.
Mrs. Ensley, the former Miss
Nancy Fisher, daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus F sher, was
born at Beta May 8, 1840. After
marriage, she together with her
husband and children, moved to
the State of Washington about 45
years ago, later moving to Hills
boro. Oregon, where they had since
made their home.
On~October 2 she si pped off the
foot of the bed and broke her leg
ar.d was taken immediately to a
local hospital where she lingered
until the 13th and then passed;
away. She died from shock.
Up until the time of her accident
Mrs. Ensley had been active for
her age. ,
Surviving are ttie widower, now
94 years of age; seven children.
Among the laarge number of
nieces and nephews of the deceased
is Mrs. S. H. Monteith, of Sylva.
Harvest Queen
i<iu j c v v j u wuui v<0u.i. muUV C,
representing the ninth grade of
Cullowhee High school, was crown-,
ed Harvest Queen in a beauty
contest held Thursday night, Oct.
28, at the Halloween carnival. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Haynes V. Reagan who recently
moved from the Qualla township
to Cullowhee.
? Betty J?an was stricken with
li.idiii it.- paralysis when she was
only four years old, and from that
time until she completed the
grammar grades she has worn
brae s." She spent the past sum
mer at Warm Springs, Ga., and
will return soon for surgery. It
is hoped that this may be the be
ginning of permanent relief toward
her walking, perhaps with only
one leg brace. -?
SCOUT COURT OF
HONOR TO BE HELD
THIS EVENING 7:30
The Daniel Boone Council, Boy
Scouts of Amorica, of the Smoky
Mountain District, will hold th.ir
court of honor in the Sylva Metho
dist church this evening at 7:30 o'
clock, according to an announce
ment by Seoul Master Dennis Bar
kley. W. -E. Ensor, oj Cherokee,
advancement chairman, vv II be in
"harge of the program. lie names
those who are eligible for awards
and advancement in rank.
Those who will receive awards
and advancement are: Bill Craw
ford, rank of Star Scout; Franklin
Fricks, Life Scout Award,, and
Frank Crawford, Jr., Eagle Palm
Award.
The parents of all scouts are
urged to be present, and the pub
lic is invited to attend.
Page - Stone Ballet To Appear
On WCTC Lyceum Number
Cullowhee ? The Page-Stone I
Ballet, official ballet of the Chic- ]
ago Opera company, will appear
in Hoey auditorium of Western
Carolina Teachers college this eve
ning at 8:00 o'clock. The company
will feature both classical and
modern ballet.
The ballet is the first program
in the Lyceum series of the college
and is appearing under the aus
pices of the college Concert and
Lyceum committee.
The company, under the direc
tion of Ruth Page and Bentley
Stone, is composed of 20 people.
The perfoimers are coming in their
own bus and are bringing their
own electrical equipment, scenery,
and costumes.
The Page-Stone ballet has been
the official ballet of the Chicago
Opera company for nine seasons.
Miss Page has starred with/ the
Metropolitan Opera ballet, at well
as on three round-the-world tours.
Both Miss Page and Mr. Stone
were trained in the traditions of
the strict classic ballet; however,
they have done much experiments
tion in the modern movement. Both
have traveled extensively. It is
doubtful if any American artists
have had wider experience than
theirs.
They will open the program with
"Love Song," a romantic ballet
with music by Franz Schubert.
"Harlequinade," a ballet play by
Alfredo Casella, will be presented
next, followed by "Liebestod," by
Wagner.
"Overture to Fledermaus," by
Strauss, starring members of the
company with corps de ballet;
'Tropic," by Scott, starring Ruth
Page; "Sferabande," by Bach, star
ring B:ntley Stone; "Rondino," by
Beethoven-Kreisler, starring Sheila
Reilly; and "Zephyr and Flora," by
Liszt, end the first part of the pro
gram.
An Ajnerican suite will foljjon?
with "Maple Leaf Rag,'.' by Jop
lin; "Punch Drunk," by Aborn;
"The flapper and the Quarter^
back," %y Loomis; "Rebecca,"' by
Belloc; "Limericks," by Engcl;
"Set of Three," by Sowerly, Mc
Donald, and Guion; and "Valse
Cecile," by McKee.
SAVINGS BONDS
CAMPAIGN SET FOR
NOV. 11 TO DEC. 11
Spearheaded by the American
Legion as part of its program for
making Amer ca stronger, a special
promotion campaign for U. S. Sav
ings Bonds will begin on Armistice
Day across the nation.
North Carolina's ' g>al by the
year's cvd is to increase the num
ber o r TercrlTTT^bnnd "buyers on 1+tc
Payroll Sav ngs Plan by 25,000
and the number of bank depositors
on ?hc Bond-a-Month Pian by 1,
500, as this state's pro rata share
of the national goals of 1,250,000
additional payroll savers and 150,
000 more Bond-a-Month buyers.
This was announced here today by
Allison James, State Director, U.
S. Savings Bonds Division for North
Carolina. There will be no dollar
sales quota.
Another phase of the campaign
is to get farmers to build up their
financial reserves by putting away
more 1948 crop mone^ in Savings
Bonds. In this, Mr. James said,
oavings Bonds committees in rur
al areas will have the aid of-the
National Retail Farm Equipment
Association, whose 18,350 dealer
members serve ev;ry farming com
munity in the nation.
TRUMAN'S VOTE IN
N. C. TOTALS 451,954
Pres dent Truman's total unof
ficial vote in North Carolina stood
at 451,934 Wednesday, with only
two counties not yet reporting to
the state board of elections.
Raymond Maxwell, board sec
retary, said the still-unofficial tal
ly gave Gov. Dewey 255,176 votes;
Gov. J. Thurmond 67,081 votes,
and Henry Wallace 3,874. Total
vote counted thus far in the'state
amounted to 778,095.
Mrs. Sauter With
^Health Department
Mrs. Roberta Sauter, of Qualla,
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I is now assisting the Jackson Coun
i ty Health department in clinical
i work all day Tuesday, Wednesday,
i Friday and Saturday until noon.
' She will ass st in immunizations
and other clinical work until a full
tin;e nurse can be obtained.
FUNERAL RITES FOR
GEORGE HOXIT HELD
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Funeral rites for George Hoxit,
82, wh<>?ciied at 9:15 o'clock Friday
night, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday
afternoon at the Love Dale Baptist
church. Mr. Hoxit had been ill
for sometime. The Rev. Ernest
Jamison and Rev. G. E. Scruggs
officiated. 1
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Mr. Hoxit was a member of the
Love Dale Baptist church. He is
survived by four daughters, Mrs.
Fred McCennell, Mrs. Burch Mc
connell, Mrs. Clarence Painter,
Ms. Nora Lee Cowan, of Webster,
and two sons, George Walter and
L. C. Hoxit, who live in th" west.
HIGHWAY COMMISSION
ASKS FOR BIDS ON
19A-23 IN JACKSON
The state h'ghway commis
sion Wednesday called for bids
on 14 road projects, including a
section of 19A-23 from Haywood
Jackson line at Bal&am to Sylva,
a distance of 10.66 miles. The .
14 proj cts cover 68 miles of I
roadway in 16 counties. Esti ;
mated cost is $1,500,000.
Bids will be opened Novem- j
ber 23.
The Jackson road calls for
Traffic-bound macadam base I
course and bituminous concrete
surface course.
FUNERAL SERVICES ,
FOR ROBERT 0. BROWN
Funeral services for Robert O.'
Brown of Cullowhee were held at,
the home 0^1 Oct. 16. The Rev.'
Charles McConnell officiated with,
the Dillsboro Masonic Lodgj in j
charge of graveside rites. For the;
past 30 years Mr. Brown has been i
a member of tHe Masonic order.
Nephews of Mr. Brown served
as pallbearers and neices had
charge of the flowers.
In 1931 Mr. Brown retired from
active duties alter working for 32"
years for the Harris Clay Co.
Since that time ho had been engag
ed in farming.
Survivors include three sons; J..
B., J? R., ar.d Scott Brown of Cuilo- {
wheel 2 dauiiiit r-. Mis. SalHe_ Vunj
Holden, Gnc.vill , S. and \l,s.|
Bueal Bry-on, Cullo.viiet j .J hro-'
thers, J. J. Brown, Lakeland, Fla.,
B. M. Brown, Spruce Pine, and
Jess F. Brown o! Sylva; two sis
ters, Miss Emily Brown and Mrs.
L. A. Buchanan, Cullowhee; also
several nieces and nephews.
Gov.-Elect Kerr Scott
To Talk To Foresters
Governor-elect W. Kerr Scott
will be the guest of honor at the
North Carolina Forestry Associa
tion's annual banquet and meet
ing on November 16, at the Sir
Walter Hotel, in Raleigh, accord
ing to Wm. S. Edmunds, Executive
Director o! the Association. Mr.
Edmunds has sent more than 1400 |
invitations to members and pros-!
pective members representing thei
wood-using industries and con
servation agencits of North Car
olina. , - I
This occasion has been chosen
by the Forestry Association to in
augurate their KEEP NORTH
CAROLINA GREEN Program.
| This Program is des.gned to re
duce the number and size of forest
fires in the State through educa
tional methods. It is being strong
ly Supported and endorsed by the
i Forestry Division of the N. t.
Dept. of Conservation and Develop
ment, the American Forestry As
sociation, and the American For
est Products Industries, Inc, of
Washington, D. C.
Farmers in the United States,
with normal growing conditions,
I add at least three-quarters of a
billion bushels of corn to their ave
rage annual crop by planting hy
brid seed ?the product of ex
jttnsive corn-breeding research,
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iSOSSAMON'S In Sylva
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Town Brings Doc To U.S.
A POLISH PHYSICIAN, Dr. Joachim-Bernard Bronny is shown with his
wife and daughter In New York after arriving with 813 displaced per
sons aboard the Army transport General Black. Dr. Bronny was spon
sored by the village of Fairchild, Wise., population 650, which has r<>t
had a doctor in 10 years. Wisconsin law will not allow foreign graduates
to practice in the state, so the village is prepared to put the doctor
through an American college so that he can qualify. (International)
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CITY BASKETBALL
LEAGUE MAKES PUNS
FOB SEASON'S PLAY
City League basketball mana
gers held their first m eting last
Tuesday night at the school and
Copied plans tor tne corning sea
son.
The !ir-1 tiling adopted \v;v to
charge acimiss on of 15 and 25
cents for all games, ard that the
money be i|.sed for lighting the
gym, which is so badly needed.
It is hoped to begin play on No
vember 24 and have three games
each Wednesday night at 7, 8 and
9 o'clock.
A trophy will be given the win
ner of tnc nv>st games of the sea
son and another trophy will be
g.ven tne winner of the play-olf
of the : ix games.
rm?11 aii v?-tt\r<-ady enter
0 i. iia linir*g tin.* Ann i .can Le
^.on, Wo ? irnen, Luck's Soda Shop,
Velts and Weoster all-sta.s. One
other team is needed and is is
assumed that BoodleviJle at Cullo
whee, will probably enter.
Plans adopted were:
1. Play 8 minute quarters.
2. Each team enter 12 players.
3. Players cannot change teams.
4. New players may be added
but must dress and watch one ball
game before oe.ng eligible to play.
5. Players must be in at least
? gam s to be eligible lor the play,
off.
Allison Appreciates
Big Ballot Majorities
I want to take this opportunity
to thank all Democrats of Jackson
county lor their help to me during
my first term as their chairman,
1 and for their loyal support during
i the November 2nd Cieniral Election
I at wnich time they helped me roll
up one of !he largest majorities for
federal, state and county offices
ever received in Jackson county.
Dan M. Allison, chairman
Jackson County Democratic
Executive Committee.
Weatherman Promises
Cooler Weather For
Mountain Section
According to the weatherman
our pretty fall weather is just a
bout over, as he predicts that the
temperature will plummet to a
freezing 26 to 32 degrees in West
ern North Carcrtiijjk by ton-ght.
Tho cause of tfciS' he snid, was
a storm with winds^ that just
reac hed hurricane force of 75 miles
an hour which passed close to the
? -ist c H>t. d.uv.mf? ii m..>s of cold
ii.< /?ci thi.-> --..ction.
Sylva Men To Attend
Chamber Of Commerce
Board Meeting Friday
Messrs. Felix Picklesimer, Boyd
Sossamon and Dexter Hooper will
leave Sylva today for Winston
Salem to ifttend the first meeting
wt' the new boavji of directors of
North Association oi
Chamber of Corrimerce Executives.
The meeting will convene at 10
o'clock in the Winston-Salem
Chamber of Comm rce o fiee with
the new piesident, Jack Hulto.
presiding. President Hutto was
elected at the Association's an
nual in. eting which was held in
Sylva in September. Mr. Pickle
: simer was elected a member of tiio
; board at that time. lie is attend
ing the meet ng in h:s ofiicia!
boar.i member capacity.
Rehire 1 ;iv inSylva toeay M:
!'iek'i simer ,inotir,n"i t'lat a e 'ni_
pJet e ! : (?. : I i 1 ri ? e i:a \ ' 't
the I .n enam.>er oT t .i:n:ia . ?? ?
will be publ shed in The Her.iKi
next week. He also .-aid that a
large number oL' business firms
1 and individuals have not sent in
their membership wheek and urges
I that they do so as soon as possible.
Projcct To Cost Around
$125,000, To Be Paid
J
Out Of Water Revenues
The Board of Aldermen and the
Mayor of Sylva, have announced
that a contract has been signed
with John J. Ha: to Company, con
sulting engineers of Atlanta, Ga.,
to proc.-ed with plans for a pro
gram o: water system improve
trier's. fol'oviri;-; a -survey of the
town's needs and a preliminary
p!a '!11 i ( jj u \ or said improve
men's.
Tiie proposed project calls for
cor.stnutiun of a small dam and
reser\.?i.', construction of a 400
i?<?r per minute filter plant on
fisher C eek, abandonment of
the pr sent 4 inch water line to
he replaced by 6 inch lines, in
stallation of 500 water meters and
other improvements.
The project is proposed to be
financed solely by wat.r revenue,
based on $1.50 minimum for 3,000
gallons. With the installation of
.meters much water will be saved
which property owners are now
allowing to go to waste through
leaky water connections and fau
cets.
The town board estimates that
the yi arly water revenue will
gross $15,600.00, and the total cost
for operating, retirement of prin
cipal avffl Interest on t(ie debt wiS'
be ?12,600, ipavinjj the town with
an estimated $3,600 water rev
enue surplus each year.
i A detailed estimated cost fox
each item in the proposed program
is as follows:
i
( Five hundreci water meters and
installation ? $12,000.00
Filter Plant ? $90,000.00
Dam and reservoir ? $6,000.00
Altitude value with manhole ?
t $1,000.00
I Land, engineering, contingen
cies ? $16,000.00
! Starting of work on the project
awaits approval of the Local Gov
ernment Commission for sale of
the Water Revenue Certificates,
Mayor Jack Allison said Monday.
Farm cost rates rose 10 per cent
from 1945 to 1946 and 22 per cent
I frorr^, 1946 to 1947.
Statistics Reveal Some Very
Interesting N. C. Health Facts
Out of a total 509 live births in
Jackson county in 1947, records of
the state board of health show
that 2fi5 occurred in a hospital and
2 >4 occurred outside a hospital or
in circumstances unknown. This!
me.m- tha; 47.'U per cri.t oi t::t
county's 1 ve births list year oc
curre ? without benefit of hospital
facilities for mother and child.
The rccords further show that in
43 counties of the state last year
a majority of the live births oe
cuned outside a hospital. In the
state as a whole the percentage
born outside a hospital was 35.17.
Among the 100 counties Jackson
ranked 53rd in per cent of live
births th; t occurred without such
In one county (Hyde) in 1947
the majority of l.ve births did not
even have the attendance of a
physician, and in a score of other
counties the proportion of births
without such attendance was be
tween one third to nearly one half.
A physician was in attendance
at 425 of the Jackson births, but
75 had only the attention of a mid
wif and 9 had other or unknown
attendance, records show. In the
ame year the county had a total of
16 infant draths and no maternal
deaths.
C. the infant deaths, four oc
curred in a hospital and 12 out
? i ie .. h. ?oual oi* n circumstances
unknown. A physician was in
attendance at 14 of the deaths and
the remaining two had no attention
of a physician or occurred in cir
cumstances unknown.
As another aspect of the Jack
son county health picture, records
show that the county budget for
public health service for the fiscal
year 1947-1948 totaled $7,606 or
.393 per capita. Of this total, lo
cal suorces contributed $3,684 or
or .190 per capita; the state con
tributed $2,201 or .114 per capita;
and $1,721 or .089 per capita came
from the federal Government.
Of the 96 counties which spent
money for public health service,
Jackson county ranked 95th in
total per capita expenditures.
Another indication of Jackson's,
health rating can be found in the
! fact that from 1940 to January I,
| 1945 the county had a total draft
! rejection rate of 37.55 per cent,
' according to the Institute for Re
I search in Social Science of the
' state university. Among the
counties Jackson ranked 17th in
| per cent of total rejections. In
, percentage of white rejections the
'county ranked 32nd, With, a rate
of 37.02 per cent.
Where there were fewer than
100 Negro men examined, no Ne
gro draft rejection rate was rnra
put d. Jr.ckson was one of 14
counties in this catgory.