Population
Jackson County?20,000
Sylva and Area ? 4,000
The Sylva Herald
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Jackson County
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VOL. XXIII?NO. 30
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, Dec. 23, 1948
$2.00 A Year?5c Copy
SPY PROBER BACK IN WASHINGTON
CHIEF INVESTIGATOR of the House Un-American Activities Committee
Robert Stripling (left) and Rep. Richard M. Nixon, committee member,
examine some microfilmed documents discovered on the Maryland farm
of ex-communist Whittaker Chambers. Nixon returned to Washington
In ? dramatic flight from a ship in the Caribbean. (International)
Mead Corporation Announces
$17,000 Bonus To Employees
The Mead Corporation is dis-*
tributing Christmas gifts to em
ployees in the amount of $367,000
^ under the provWohs o' tjpe 1948
Christmas Gracuit> plan voted
by the Board of Directors and an
nounced by Charles R. Van de
Carr, Jr., President.
Sylva employees will receive
nearly $17,000.00 within the next
few day in recognition of their I
individual efforts in making 1948,
another year of successful opera
tion.
Each Christmas gift check is
accompanied by a letter from Mr.
Van de Carr, which reads as fol
lows:
"As we near the end of another
year, the Management wishes to
express its sincere gratitude for
your loyal efforts in helping to
make 1948 a year of successful
operations. ^
"Because it has been a success
ful year, we are happy that we
can again send you this Christmas
gift as a token oft our apprecia
tion.
"With this gift may we extend
our best wishes for a very Merry
Christmas."
J. R. Buchanan.
Helping The Less Fortunate
Brings Joy At Yuletide Season
There's something in the air
each Christmas that distinguishes
it from all the other holiday Sea
sons of the year. Maybe it's Santa
Claus with all his reindeer sail
ing from house to house. Maybe
it's the big star that stands in the
north which brings to mind the
birth of the baby Jesus. It could
be a lot of things, but all in all,
they add up to one thing?the
Yuletide Spirit.
The Yuletide Spirit descends up
on the countryside each year with
such force that it causes most
folks to forget their troubles and
humble themselves to the higher
Power. The most humble of these
seem to be the ones who get great
hunks of the Christmas Spirit but
who are too poor to do anything
about it. That's when the real
Spirit steps in in the form of those
who love to give to help the needy,
^nd that's the biggest part of the
Yuletide Spirit.
Those who give to help those who
cannot help themselves always are
repaid in one way or another.
That's something for people to
remejnber around Christmas time.
If Santa happens to leave a little
too much there are always those
who can use it.
This writer, for one, gets a big
kick out of it when the kiddies
faces light up in appreciation for
something they get because of
other people's generosity,
Deisel Engine Put on
Asheville To Addie
The Southern Railway System
has installed a powerful three
unit deisel between Asheville and
Addie.
The engine, which was put into
operation last Sunday, pulls 10
carloads of wood up Balsam Moun
tain. It makes a daily run be
tween the two stations.
NEW YEAR'S DANCE
TD BE STA6ED BY
AMERICAN LEGION
The William' E. Dillard Post No.
104, American Legion, will spon
sor a square dance New Year's eve
in the Legion building, formerly
the community hall. The dance
will begin at 9 p.m. and continue
through 12:00 o'clock.
Music for the occasion will bfe
furnished by the Soco String Band.
The Legion building |ias been
remodeled and is equipped with a
new oil furnace for automatic
hot air heat.
Admission will be $1.00 per
couple or 75 cents for one man
and 50 cents for one lady.
East Sylva Baptist To
Present Xmas Program
A play, "No Room In The Hotel",
will' be given at the East Sylva
Baptist church on Christmas Eve
at 7 o'clock. The play is under
the direction of Ernest Jamison,
Jr. Those taking parts are: Re
porter, Vernon Jamison; A man,
John B .Dillard; A woman, Mary
Franklin; Poet, Georgia Jamison;
Scrub woman, Thelma Plemmons;
Senator, Carl Beasley; Senator's
wife, Helen Guffey; Clerk, Mrs.
Astor Plemmons, Jr., Bell boy,
Lawrence Plemmons.
Also a short play under the di
rection of Mrs. Ralph Dillard will
be given by the Intermediate class
of the Sunday school.
The public is cordially invited to
come.
W. H. CRAWFORD IS
ELECTED SENATOR
OF 32ND DISTRICT
. W. H. (Gudger) Crawford,
Democratic candidate for State
Senate, won a sweeping victory
in the special election for the 32nd,
district on last Saturday. Mr. i
Crawford polled 2020 votes in
Jackson County to his Republican
opponent Gola P. Ferguson's 575.
The vote wr.s light over all the
district.
The election was held to name
a successor to the late Mrs. E. L.
McKee, who won the nomination,
in the primary over Mr. Crawford'
by one vote. Mrs. McKee was
elected to her fourth term in the
November general election.
Mr. Crawford will take his seat
in the Senate when the general
assembly convenes in January.
Webster Baptist Present.
Yuletide Program Tonight
The Woman's Missionary So- ]
ciety of the Webster Baptist churchs
is sponsoring a Christmas pro
gram and a Christmas tree at the
Church on Thursday night at 7:33.
Christmas carols will be one of
of the chief features of entertain
ment.
The public is cordially invited to
come and participate in the sing
ing of Christmas carols.
Sylva Lions Club i
Honors Hurricanes
With Banuuet_
Red Miller, Guest
Speaker, Lauds Gridders
For Excellent Season
The Sylva Lions Club went allj
out in honoring the Golden Gridi
ron Hurricane of Sylva High with
a banqut at the Sylva High School
on Wednesday,. December 15.
The members of the 1948 Sylva
football team that won eight of
11 games and finished in second
place in the Smoky Mountain con
ference had the time of their lives
'?S the Lions dished out ample
quantities of food and fun through
out the banquet.
Following the consumption of
the dinner prepared by the wives
of various members of the club,
Lion President Roy Reed intro
duced the guests, among who were
Superintendent of Jackson County
Schools Vernon CopeT Coach Tom
Young of the Western Carolina
Catamounts, Coach Stewart Farm
er of Lee H. Edwards High of
Asheville, and Bobby Terrell,
Sylva Herald Sports Editor.
^ Lion Charles Pettit introduced
Sylva Coach James Barnwell who
in turn introduced the members
of his football team, commending
_?3clr^ one and praising them al
together for a job well done.
Lion Grayson Cope introduced
the principal speaker of the eve
ning, Red Miller, Sports Editor
of the Asheville Citizen, who ad
dressed the group with an enter-1
taining speech. Miller compliment^!
ed the team for its successful ^ea-|
son, Coach Barnwell for his ex
cellent job of coaching, and the'
members of the Lions Club for
their backing the team as they did
and for "throwing such a swell
party for t,he boys."
Miller i'pessed the value of
sportsmanship and teamwork in
athletics and pointed out that the
fame of the great Carolina tail
back, Charley Justice, was self
admittedly acquired through
teamwork and effort.
I He praised three Hurricanes.
Jack Cunningham, Clyde Bum
garner and Carrol Ashe, for play
ing great games in the Asheville
Optimist Bowl on December 4
and stated that he would like to
see more Sylva boys make the
grade through the years to come.
Coaches Tom Young and Ste
wart Parmer 1
the players for
through the past seasbn.
otii complimented
doing , a great Job
Shoppers Busy
As Santa Time
Draws Near
The streets and stores of Sylva
have been in a constant mill of
people during the past week, most
of them doing that last bit of
shopping before Santa slips down
the chimney tomorrow night.
It is not an unusual sight to see
so many people in town. Each
Christmas is the same old story.
:t's something that the average
mman cannot get around. Santa
has to come. In fact, he's been at
it for quite some time now and
in all probability will continue to
do so for a goodly number of years
to come.
What with all the added Christ
ms help all the stores are flooded
11 day long. The clerks from
norning to night sell, and sell some
r\ore. But they always manage
o live through it and go about
.heir normal jobs following the
Yuletide rush.
In By December 28
Of C. Of C. Directors
New names submitted to the
Chamber of Commerce office from
which tlx new directors may be
chosen were announced this week.
They were: Ed Bum garner, Way~>~
Terrell, Roscoe Poteet, Ray mo
Stovall, C. D. Deitz, Ray Cogdill,
H. J. Land is, J. E. Barrett, Roy
Heed, Jake Bales, J. A- Gray,
Britton Moore, John Echols and
Joe Fulmar. Of this group six
will be named. A voter, may
however, write in a person's name
for a director although it is rot
listed here.
Of the o!d board the following
are listed. One out of four at
Cullowhee, W. A. Ashbrook, F. H.
Brown, Jr., J. S. Mitchell, and
*L. H Higdon.
Three may be elected from the
following: T. N. M ?sie, Rudy
Hardy, G. C. Cope, W. J. Fisher,
Dexter Hooper, Ralph Sutton. ?
No Trains Will Run
On Saturday Or Sunday
According to Mr. Herbert Gib
son, railway station agent of Syl
va, there will be no trains in this
vicinity on Saturday and Sunday.
For the first time in history the
railway station will be closed on
4wo successive days. The South
ern Railway System will close the
entire west end of the Murphy
branch for Christmas Day and the
lay following.
Christmas Tree To Be
Held At Addie Church
The annual Christmas Tree oc
casion will be held at the Addie
Baptist Church on Friday night at
7 p.m.
The Rev. Edgar Willix, pastor
of the church, will offer the Christ
mas sernon which wil be followed
by the distribution of gifts among
the members and friends of the
church.
The public is cordially invited to
join with the service.
IOMAMON'1
t
In tyfva
FOOD COLLECTION
FOR OVERSEAS TO
BE JANUARY 3-10
r?ev. W. Q. Grlgg, chairman of
the Jackson County unit of the
Christian Rural Overseas Relief
program, announced this week
that Jackson county people will be
asked to bring their donations of
all kinds of food, especially grains,
which can be shipped without
spoilage, to the various collection
centers in the county between
January 3 and 10. These collec
tion centers will be announced by
the ministers of the churches of
the county. Most of them will be
at the various churches. The va
rious community collections will
be headed by the ministers of the
churches of those communities. A
North Carolina "Friendship" train
will run to Wilmington where the
food will be loaded on board a
ship for transporting to the mil
lions of hungry people of Euro
pean countries.
The Jackson County committee
is Composed of Rev. W. Q. Grigg,
chairman; Rev. Wayne Q. Deitz,
treasurer; Herbert Gibson, in
charge of shipping; J. A. Gray,
publicity.
Wife of WCTC Founder
/Died At Her Home In
^ Webster At Age 82
Funeral rites for Mrs. Robert
Lee Madison, 82, who died Satur
day at 7 p. m. at her home in Web
ster after an extended illness, were
held ^Monday afternoon at 2:30 in
the St. John's Episcopal church.
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, of
Franklin, pastor of St. John's, of- j
ficiated, and burial was in the St: |
David of the Pines cemetery at
Cullowhee.
Pallbearers were John Morris,
N. D. Davis, D. D. Davis, C. J.
Cowan, J. H. Rhinehart, Walter
Allman, Claude McConnell and
Dan Cowan.
Honorary pallbearers were: Dr.
A. S. Nichols, Dr. A. A. Nichols,
W. E. Bird, Dr. D. D. Hooper, Dr..
Fred Hooper, L. A. Buchanan, F.|
H. Brown, Dr. Roy W. Kirchberg,;
Dr. T. D. Slagle, L. H. Cannon,
Joseph Fulmer, W. C. Norton, H.
\. Dills, M. Y. Jarrett, Dr. Wayne
McGuire, Dr. Grover Wilkes, J.
C. Henderson, Judge Dan K. Moore,
Dan M. Allison, W. B. Sherrill,
W. B. Cope, Glenn Hughes, Dan
Tompkins, and Dexter Hooper.
Mrs. Madison, the wife of the
co-founder of Western Carolina
Teachers College, Prof. R. L. Madi
son, was a great help and a moving
??irit in the work of the struggling
college in i's early d?ys. She was
associated with the music depart
ment of the college for many years
and did much in helping Mr. Mad
ison in the expansion program.
The former Miss Ella V. Rich
ards, she was educated in New
York and Pennsylvania. She was
married to Prof. Madison in 1891.
This beloved couple observed their
37th wedding anniversary just
recently.
Surviving are the husband, one
daughter, Miss Annie Louise Mad.
ison; four sons, Robert Lee, Jr., of
Miami, Fla., James, of Chicago,
Monroe and Banister, of Cullo
whee, and one sister, Mrs. Addie
Wilson, of Carey.
Glenn Funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
Road From Sylva To Balsam
To Get 20-Foot Asphalt
Cement Surface, Noland Says
Still in Control
' Asheville Paving Co.
Has Completed; Work To
Be Completed By June
State Highway crews and equip
ment are now at work on Balsam
Mountain rounding out the curves
and getting ready for the widen
ing of Highway 19-A and 23 be
tween the Jackson - Haywood
County line on the top of Balsam
and Sylva.
D. Reeves Noiand, State High
way commissioner, stated the road
will be widened to a 20-foot sur
face of asphalt and cement. The
'?ompletion of the work is expected
by June of 1949.
After the State makes the road
ready for paving, the Asheville
Paving Company, which has a
contract wtih the State-, will go to
work on the actual paving process.
The tv/> bridges at the local air
port will be replaced after July
1 fn/m Federal funds.
After this job is completed, Mr.
Nohmd said the Highway Depart
ment expects to widen the road
between Dillsboro and Franklin.
JOSi FIOUERES
COSTA RICAN provisional President
Jose Figueres (above) Is reported
In full control of the government
following an Invasion from Nica
ragua by rebels reportedly under
the leadership of ousted political
leader Rafael Calderon Guardia.
Costa Rica has appealed under the
Rio de Janeiro pact for help from
the twenty-one WesJ^rn Hemi
sphere powers. ^International)
COPE THANKS GROUPS i
FOR USE OF BUILDINGS
Had it not been for the splendid ?
spirit of cooperation and helpful
ness of the people of the various
churches, and civic organizations
in allowing the Jackson County
school Board the use of their build
ings for class rooms during the
latter half of last and the first
part of this season, our children
would have been without facili
ties of any kind for carrying on
their school work. For this splen
did coopertion the Jackson County
School Board wishes to express
its deep appreciation. We realize
that it was a great sacrifice on
your part to have your buildings
used so publically. The citizens of
Jackson County also appreciate
your help.
Vernon W. Cope, Supterinterident
Lions Fill Fruit Baskets
For Needy Children
The Sylva Lions club at their
last meeting completed their
Christmas project plans. This
yeat they are filling baskets for
the blind people in Jackson Coun
FEDERATION PAYS
ANNUAL DIVIDEND -
The Board of Directors of the
Farmers Federation, in a meeting
Wednesday, declared the 30th con
secutive semi-annual dividend on
common and preferred stock pay
able January 1 to all stockholders,
it was announced by James G. K.
McClure, president of the organi
zation.
The directors announced that
the Farmers Federation Hatchery
will begin operations immediately
for next year's baby chick pro
gram. Mr. McClure stated that
there are more than 20,000 stock
holders of the Federation in eigh
teen Western North Carolina coun
ties at present. The Federation,
which markets more than $3,000,
000.00 worth of produce for the
Western North Carolina farmers
annually, has provided modern
services including eight freezer
locker plants, a modern poultry
processing plant, and Skyline Co
operative Dairies, for the farmers
of this area.
Health Office Notice
The Jackson County health of
fice in the court house will be
closed Friday, Dec. 24 through
Monday, Dec. 27.
ty. Also they are giving new toy?
and a fruit basket to approximate
ly 75 needy children. These toys
were gathered by each member
of the club bringing one or more
to the last meeting. A committee
composed of Claude Campbell, W.
T. Brown. Jr., Edwin Allison, and
W,.,T~Wise is in charge.
Local Dime Board Collects
$152.80 For Christmas Cheer
A total of $152.80 was donated
to the local dime board during its
time of operation preparatory to
Christmas holidays. The board
was sponsored by the American
Legion Auxiliary of the William
E. Dillard Post No. 104 with all of
its 48 members alternating at the
board.
With the donations the Auxiliary
filled baskets for sick veterans in
Jackson County. The baskets
contained flour, sugar, coffee, lard,
cereal, bacon, beans, soap, candy,
oranges, grapes, nuts, cake and
canned milk. These baskets will
be delivered Thursday.
The Auxiliary also sent money
to the Veterans Hospitals in Swan
nanoa and,Oteen.
Last Wednesday a group from
the Auxiliary helped to wrap pres
ents at the hospital at Swannanoa.
The group included: Mrs. Law
rence Cordell, Mrs. Dan Moore,
Mrs. John Parris, and Mrs, R. U.
Sutton.
The Auxiliary wishes to take
this opportunity to thank every
one for their cooperation and
donations.