).* ?5SSSBHHHSHB=HB==< I | Population _ Jackson County?20,000 Sylva and Area ? 4,000 9 ?a=a =n VOL. XXIII?NO. 35 ' Annual I Mrs.DanMoc ' Chairman Oi Paralysis Fui ' Workers Appointed, Drive?1" Started To Raise Quota . ( Of $3,872.00 For 1949 > Jackson County's 1949 March of Dimes drive was inaugurated at a; dinner meeting of the officers and a few workers of the local organization held in the Allison Building last Friday evening at 6:30 o'clock. I Mrs. Dan K. Moore, who has been! appointed county chairman to sue-1, ceed the late Mrs. E. L. McKee, J tjwas in charge of the meeting and * outlined her plan of procedure for J j conducting the drive here. Other! members of the committee include, i | Dr. Harold McGuire, vice chair- jj man; R. U. Sutton, treasurer; Mrs. I Sue Painter, secretary and Dr. D.' 1 D. Hooper, "merpber. Mrs. Moore^ announced that I Jackson County's 1949 quota for | the polio fund is $3,872.00, Just J twice as much as last year's quota, i There being no fund raising drive* conducted last year no amount was, reported to national headquarters.) The reason for the increase in the quota this year is well known to * everyone, which is a result of the epidemic last summer, during which time all available funds were exhausted. North Carolina received $1,860,000.00 from thej national fund to help in the epi-i l demic. This, with what other states! having epidemic received, has de-| pleted the National treasury. Jack, i son county patients 'benefitted! greatly from this fund. j] . fn reporting the' condition Ur^iie * ' local treasury, Mr. Sutton stated that bills now on hand for ser-| vices rendered Jackson county patient amount to over $3000.00.1 or nearly as much as the quota as.J' signed the county this year. There were thirteen patients from Jack- ' son treated at the Asheville Orth- p orpedic Home and the Monroe hos-! pital. Some of these children are still in the .hospital. Mrs. Moore announced the fol-; 0 lowing campaign drive directors:1 Dr. Harold McGuire, Sylva area; W. V. Cope schools of county; Hugh' Monteith and Dr. Roy Kirchberg,j professional men; Jess Brown and Mr. Gaylor, labor unions; Ramsey Buchanan and Bill Wise, coin col-' lectors: Roscoe Poteet and Joe Wallin, business houses; Felix Picklesimer, director of birthday ball, assisted by Mayor Jack Allison; Mrs. Walter Jones and Mrs. Dan Allison, Women's clubs; S. J. Mitchell, Cullowhee and College; J. A. Bryson and Chas. Thomas, county government; Rev. W. Q. Grigg, special gifts; D. S. Barkley, I scouts. " ' Mrs. John Parris, dime board on sidewalk; publicity J. A. Gray and Larry Mull. All workers are urged to pusn i the campaign as rapidly as pos* sible in order to complete the quota by February 15. The drive is being started late due to the new 4 organization having to be perfected at this time. Jackson Pays To Cherokee 1 A check for $1000 was handed to the Treasurer of the Cherokee i Historical Association at the reg-1 ular quarterly meeting of the! Western North Carolina Associated Communities, meeting in Sylva on last Thursday, which completed Jackson County's assessment of $2000.00 toward promotion o? the Cherokee pageant to begin playing in 1950. Jackson county was the first of 14 Western towns and communities to complete its fundraising for this purpose. At the quarterly meeting held here in the Allison building all officers were re-elected for another year, including P. B. Ferebee, of i Andrews, president; Ross Caldwell, ^ of Cherokee, vice-president; Chas. ^ M. Douglas, secretary. Executive aT board members re-elected were: Janes Kilpatrick and Harry Buchi J ' ,7 " if K * ''' 4 ^ t > Thi Report ire Is County f Infantile id Drive Overcome by News t appm ^^?j|^|Hp^aL> .Jfl HYSTERICA! Mrs Bessie Moltz. 39. is about to collapse in the arms of a Chicago policeman who brought news of her husband's death Vic* tim of a holdup man. Samuel Molts. 40. working in his laundry, was shot in the leg and bled to death be* * ?? J min??? ion iiq imvea (jnKnH?w>NHi Prof. Madison To Be. A Speaker Friday Mrs. Dan Moore, president o Sylva Parent-Teacher Associatioi has announced that the organize. tion will meet Friday evening a 7 o'clock in the elementary schoo building. Prof. Monroe Madison principal of Webster school, wil be the speaker. The program for the evenini will center around the findings o the committee appointed by for mer Governor Cherry to - stud; the Education Commission's re port. Dr. Killian Asked To Servi On National Committee Dr. Carl Killian, head of th Department of Education of West ern Carolina Teachers College, ha been asked by Dr. Louise R. Wil son, president of the National De partment of Directors of Studer Teaching, to serve on a specis committee to make a study of th cooperation between college fac ulties and training schools. > Regional meeting of this commit tee will be held in New York Cit February 13 and 14. CnA^iol intorocf will rpntpf fl aj|/VW4U* f? ? * WW..W. v potato production in 1949. Th support price has been reduced 1 only 60 per cent of parity, an observers will be watching to sc what effect this step will have o the number of acres grown. TP * Pledge In Ful adian P anor? r\f HonH^rcnnvilla an/4 Fell ! Picklesimer of Sylva. Francis Heazel of Asheville was elect! chairman of the project commi tee. The Cherokee Indian historic pageant was the principal item < business to come before the grou A statement of contributions mac cy various communities show< that all but approximately $6,0' or the $32,000 total pledged to tl project by WNCAC, has been co lected, Buchanan, president of tl Cherokee - Historical Associatio reported that he had presented WNC legislators a proposal for a] propriatiors by the state legislatu to be made available this year f production of the pageant. A total of $65,000, including t (Continued to page 10) .1 l ..J Is .. : Sy] S^l Of Loca TOBACCO ACREAGE ALLOTMENTS CLOSE HERE FEBRUARY 1 D. C. Higdon, Chairman of Jackson County A.C.A., wishes to call attention to the closing date for filing application for allotment for Burley tobacco acreage, which 1 is February 1st. Any farmer who! wishes to file for a new allotment I i should contact the AAA office immediately since no applications can be taken after the above date. The AAA office is located on the third floor of the courthouse and is open 8:00 to 5:00 Mondays through Fridays. Future Farmers ! i Hold Contests At Meeting Here The Nantahala Federation of Future Farmers of America, comprised of Haywood and all counties west, held their Parliamentary Procedure elimination contest in the Sylva elementary school auditorium on Wedhesday afternoon of last week. R. C. Rich, vocational agriculture teacher of Glenville High school was in charge of the meeting. R. J. Peeler, secretary of the North Carolina Future Farmers clubs prepared 48 abilities of parliamentary procedure in which all F.F.A. clubs are given specific training. For the ' contest the presidents of each of the 12 participating clubs drew 12 slip:-* paper on which were r*a rliamentarv Drocedure ' | abilities for his club members to i perform. The agriculture teach ers of the various participating t schools acted as judges for the 1 contest. Bryson City'group, Jack i, Lyday, teacher, was given first 1 place; Robbinsville, W. F. Elzey, teacher, second place; Sylva, J. g F. Corbin, teacher, third place, f Parliamentary procedure train. ing and contests which are stressor ed in all the vocational agricul(Continued on page 10) . ROTARIANS SHOW . MUCH INTEREST IN ;i DISPLACED PERSONS Thousands of men, women, and children of European countries, lt known as displaced persons, whc would make desirable citizens oi e the United States, are now suffer" ing the hardships forced upon ^ them by having been driven from " heir homes and native lands dury ing the war. These persons arc now being partially cared for ir displaced persons camps in var ,n ious countries; many are irymg ia e exist on their own. :? Seeing the need for some kinc d of permanent relief for these peoie pie, the United States has passed ar n act known as public law 744 under which thousands of these peo. ~ pies may enter this country, bu J under very strict regulations. m/ This program was discussed b: the Sylva Rotarians at the meet? ing of the club January 18. Th< program was in charge of Rev ix Tom Houts, Jr., who has givei J. ,taiuch study to the matter. Rev id Mr. Houts presented the matte t- to the club in a very clear ant forceful manner, al For anyone of these persons t< A t Ctntftp O f tor Vv oi enter me uhh^u oiaiw, a*>v? ? p. or she has been thoroughly screen ie cd by the Army and immigratio ?d officials, they must have a job an< 00 a place to live provided and await ie ing for them. Several Rotarian 1-| indicated their desire to sponso j such persons. One Rotarian state he; that he would build a small hous n, on his farm for a farm family. An to other was interested in someon p. with technical knowledge and ab re ility. or Of the 200,000 or more persor eligible to enter the United State he by 1950 only about 7,000 have bee brought over, it was stated. LVA 1 if' i va, N. C. Thursday, Jan. 2' {MS Red Trial Judge j^S^p 14H| iM-%...ja 1 PlSPI^^SSli^ifc ?. fMBM^W8l A j ! ? 11 9KranM ^m|SMh I BHfflBI Eg JUDGE H. R. MEDINA j PRESIDING judge at the trial ot li lop Red leaders In New York's Federal Court la Judge H. R. Medins (above). ?ine of America's top au- ; thorities lone, Republican of Nevada, alsc known as the ..Tydings-Malon< Bill. It calls for UMT for al youths upon reaching the age o: i 18 years, provides four months o; basic training and nine options un? - der which trainees may elect t< t complete the equivalent of a ful year's required preparedness inf struction. ; RICHAMJONEVn, ; DIES AT WHITTIER i Funeral services for RichpJones, 73, who died at his Whit-tic o home early Monday, were held a ^ - * e 2 p.m. Wednesday, in me wmuie _ Methodist church. The Rev. O. I n Thome, pastor and the Rev. Joh; 3 Hyatt, o'ficiated. Burial was i . the new cemetery, s Surviving are the widow; thre r daughters, Mrs. V. L. Ramse> d Mrs. Roger-Noland and Mrs. Luth e er Ferguson, all of Enka; two sis . ters, Mrs. T. J. Heidt of Groton, > e Y. and Mrs. E. F. Bradley of Can - ton; three step-children, Joe an Theodore Lewis, of Gastonia, an is Mrs. Eugene Thomas of Bryso ?s City and six grandchildren. " 8OS8AMON8 In Sylv rlEIM 7, 1949 Ihowsli ROBINSON SUCCEEDS BUCHANAN ON CITY ROUGE FORGE John H. Robinson, retired Army Major with 20 years service, two or more years in the recent war .wersers, has been appointed night! policeman by the board of alder- I men. Mr. Robinson succeeds Howard Buchanan, who resigned Tan. 15. Mr. Buchanan had been n the force as night police man since August, 1947. He made the statement to a Herald representa- j tire on Monday that he resigned j !Yom Hie force '"for obvious reason s.M ?!". Robinson is a son of Dave Robinson, who senvea on the police force here some 27 yeirs ago. He is married and has two children. He and his family now live on Fisher Qreek. He is a native of Dillsboro. m mm Jackson Farmers Interested In Grade A DairiRS Vli vivav m iw Two meetings nave been held recently on dairying in the county. One of the meetings was held in the John's Creek Schoolhouse on Thursday night, Jan. 13th, with, in addition to the local men and women present, representatives of the Milk Company, Health Department, Farmers Home Admin1 istration, and County Agents attended and participated in the ' meeting. Approximately 45 in! terested farm people attended the jmeeiing with several showing special interest in building Grade A 1 Dairy barns and milk houses. Another meeting was held in the Qualla Schoolhouse, Monday night, 'January 24th with approximately 25 interested farm people present, | along with representatives of the I Milk Company, Health DepartI * TT, Y_T A A m i M f r> 'J _ mem, r di hici ^ numu nuiiiiiiiovi ?tion, Power Company, Mr. and j Mrs. Walter Ketner, Grade A milk ! producers from Haywood County and the County Agent. Mr. anc Mrs. Ketner explained their dair> operations to the group. Any farmer interested in seeing Grade A Dairy barns in one of the near-by counties should contact the County Agent's office and argrange for a trip to secure firs 11 hand information from the owner ! Lions-Rotarians To Play Benefit j Basketball Game i Those who have attended th 1 benefit basketball games betwee ^ the Sylva Lions and Rotarians i * the past know that they are th * most fun-making games to be seer 3 You will have a chance to see thes * fast teams again in action on Thur "isday night, February 3 at 7:3 o'clock, when the fun-makei lock horns in a March of Dime (polio) benefit doubleheader o the Sylva High school court. President Roy Reed of the Lior club has announced the line-up < ^ e "Grandpa" team to ineluc r Hugh Monteith, Tred William t Diiiard Coward, John Corbin ar r Walter Ashe. The "Grandpa" lin? ; up for the Rotarians include, 1 n D. Hooper, Ernest Bird, Grov< n | Wilkes, Cole Cannon and Herbe 1 Gibson. Line-up for the your _ teams were rot announced. e Tickets are now-on sale by men bers of each club. Everyone bt a ticket and heln raise Jackson j $3,872.00 quota for the polio fun d Martin -County 4-H Club bo; d participating in the 1948 coi n growing contest averaged . 7f bushels per acre as compared wi m an overall county yield of abo _ 30 bushels per acre. \LD I icrease Of Stockholders Capital, Surp $280,833.46 * Seeks Trade Pact -j#-: " %'X' Mmm Kb ft I 1^^^ K4SS!S^^ ;'v? :-_JK: UNDERSECRETARY of Commerce foi Yugoslavia. Stan Pavlic is shown as he arrived at the Italian Foreign Office in Rome to negotiate for a trade agreement with Italy The move marked the first overture to the West by Marshal Tito since he derided to break with the Kremlin. (International) E. J. BELL, 72, DIES LAT INDIANA HOME Mr. E. J. Bell, 72 years old, of French Lick, Indiana, and father of Mrs. W. C. Hennessee and j Mr. Olen A. Bell of Sylva, died Friday, January 21, in Davies - County hospital at Washington, Indiana. Funeral services were , held at the South Liberty church of Christ, French Lick, Indiana, at , 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24. The Rev. I Michael, pastor, conducted the service. Mr. Bell was a native of KenI tucky. He spent most of his adult , life in the stave and lumber business, having operated mills in r Kentucky and Tennessee until * 1943, at which time he retired from ^ active business. He is survived by the widow t five daughters: Mrs. C. L. Matheny of Campaign, Tennessee; Mrs Edward Mayfield of Celina, Tenn. Mrs. Fallyn Sayler and Mrs. Leonard Marshall of Saylerville, Ky. and Mrs. W. C. Hennessee of Sylva ium cnn c Mr E .T Bell. Jr o 1 Carnesville, Ga., and Mr. Olen A j Bell of Sylvn; and 14 grandchildren NOTICE I The local Draft Board office wil be closed to the public today e (Thursday), January 27. ? I Young Man Ch ! Run And Drui 0! Huel Brendle and Leortferd Mc S 1 ^ Coy, Jr., young white men, are i n liberty under $800.00 bond eac | following*their arrest early Frida is night after driving through a re 3f light on Main street, striking int le the side of a car and then fleein s, from thq scene of the accident. [ | The accident happened about 7:2 ^ p.m. at the traffic signal on Mai St. near Sylva Supply. Prof. Ralp Smith, accompanied by his wi: and two children, was drivir ig west on a green light when Brer 'die, driver of the 1941 Chevrol* truck, attempted to make a le , ' turn, on the red light, driving in( . . the right side of Mr. Smith's a 'J near the front end. As soon i j Brendle saw that he had wreckc ys' Mr. Smith's car, he did not stc rn | to determine whether any one w; 1.9, injured, or how badly the ci th | was'damaged. He threw his tru< ut J in reverse, backed down in fro; ' of The Grill and then headed ea / . ss=====fe===========ac=?i * ' Jackson County Ideal For Farming, # Industry, Tourist i =* $2.00 A Year?5c Copy For '48 5 Report lus, Profits , For Year Officers And Directors Named At Annual Meeting January 18 The annual stockholders meeting of the Jackson county tjanK was held January 18 at which time the annual report submitted by W. J. Fisher, Cashier, showed that the bank had a very successful year during 1648. According to the report the capital stock, surplus and undivided profits row 'amount .o *280 *33. 46. This is a subs antial increase over a year ago. Directors elected at this meeting were S. W. Enloe, E. L. McKee, E. P. Stilhvell, D. D. Hooper, W. H. Snyder and VV. J. Fisher. Immediately following the stockholders meeting and election of directors the directors held their regular monthly meeting and elected officers for the year as follows: S. W. Enloe, president; E. L. McKee, vice - president and chairman of the board; E. P. Stillwell, executive vicepresident; W. J. Fisher, cashier and secretary; Herman W. Green, assistant cashier and secretary; W. W. Bryson, assistant cashier; and Frank Crawford, assistant cashier.' The Jackson County Bank also operates a branch bank at Highlands. Officers elected to serve the branch bank were: W. J. Fisher, cashier;Miss Marion A. Norton, assistant cashier and a board of managers consisting of F. H. Potts, C. J. Anderson, and F. A. Edwards. Legion To Show Movie Of Convention Parade A movie of the parade of the American Legion National Convention, which met in Miami last s"mmr r. w?ll be shown at the regular meeting of the William E. Dillard Post in the Legion Home in Sylva Friday night, according to an announcement by Felix Picklesimer. Dr. Wilkes Attends Medical Assembly Dr. Grover Wilkes is in Atlanta, Ga., this week attending the Atlanta Medical Assembly which will 1' last through Friday. Dr. Wilkes i said he expects to return home late Friday or early Saturday. f 1 1 ' County-wide Deacons Meeting To Be Held ' At Scotts Creek The County-wide Deacon's meeting which was scheduled for last j Sunday, Jan. 23, but postponed, will be held Sunday, Jan. 30, at the Scotts Creek Baptist church at 2:30 p.m. W. B. Deans of Western Carolina Teachers College will be the principal speaker of the 1 afternoon. , All pastors and deacons of the county are urged to be present. larged With Hit' nketi Driving _ - j on Mill street as fast as his truck lt j would run, cutting off all lights h j in an attempt to escape. As ne passed Hooper Motor company y Patrolman Houser spotted the ^ speeding truck, gave chase and ? stopped the men in East Sylva at which time he placed them under arrest. At this time city police?q men arrived and Informed Pa- ? in troiman Houser of the wreck and of the men running away from fe the scene without stopping. Officers said that both men had been drinking. Brendle, already et under a suspended sentence for hit and run, is charged with hit to and run and drunken driving. McCoy is charged with aiding and ' abetting and drunkenness. as Fortunately none of Mr* Smith's )p family were injured in the accias dent. His car was damaged considerably. It will cost around :k | $150.00 to be repaired. nt, Brendle's truck had no brakes* st j officers said. . . 1 + C J