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? Population
Jackson County?20,000
Sylva and Area ? 4,000
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VOL. XXIII?NO. 36
PTATo Spo
Tea For Puh
Sylva Elemer
Public To Be Given *"
^ Opportunity To See Im- |
provements Made In
Remodeled Building i
On Fridav . evenine. February (
IX,?beginning fit 7 :.'*() o'clock a I
Silver Tea will be held in the Sylva
r ( Elementary school building. The
tea, sponsored by the ParentTeacher
association, is being held
to give the public an oportunity '
to go through the building and see *
the many improvements which
were made when the building was *
remodeled last fall. Also erch
teacher will be hostess in her class
room that the parents may inspect
the various types of school activities
which the students are doibg 1
in their rooms. A prize is being
offered to the room having the {
largest percentage of parents pres- 1
ent and a book will be provided (
for registration when you visit the 1
rooms. Each parent is asked to.J
please register.
Mrs. Dan Allison, chairman of
the grade representatives, named
the following to serve as chairmen 1
of their respective committee: Miss !
Hicks Wicks, general chairman, '
Miss-Evelyn Sherrill, assistant; ar- 1
^ rangement, Mrs. John Norton, refreshment,
Mrs. Roy Krichberg;
hospitality, Mrs. Raymon Stovall;
music, Mrs. Nell Johnson, Mr. Ben '
* Cole.
Honor guests for the occasion "
will be Mrs. Melvin H. Taylor, district
director of Parent-Teacher
association, and Mr. Taylor, principal
of Bryson City schools,
i Thp nublie is cordially invited. 1
METER TAKE HERE !
IS $10,155.50
SINCE JULY 1947 ;
^ Sylva City officials have an- j
nounced that the parking meter
take for the town of Sylva total- .
ed ,$10,155.50 from the beginning ,
of operation July 1, 1947 through *
December 31, 1948. The take from
July 1, 1947 to December 31, 1947,
was $2,959.10 and from January .
1, 1948, through December 31, 1948 1
it was $7,196.40.
Barkers Creek Church .
* Members Give $100 To 3
Harris Hospital Fund 1
Rev. Ralph Bradley, pastor of i
Barkers Creek Baptist church,
has sent $100 in cash to the <
treasurer of the C. J. Harris
hospital building fund as a do- }
nation from the members of
his church to be used in helping
build the new wing that is j
now under construction. This
is a donation to the building j
program which the Trustees of
the institution appreciate deep-' ^
ly. They feel that this church,
as most other churches in the j
| county, needs all the local help c
* they can get to carry on their ^
program of work. However,
these people at Barkers Creek f
fully realize that the hospital ^
i stands ready to serve when they
need the service of the institu- ^
tion when illness or Injury \
strikes, and for this reason are
s
4 gl'd to help in the enlargement ^
of the building in ( order that
It may more adequately serve g
the community and adjoining jj
counties.
Mead Employee
For 1948 Safety
11
Last Saturday afternoon and .
evening, Mead Corporation em-L
ployees gathered at the community ,
club house to have light refreshments,
play games, bid on auctioned
prizes with "Bogus" safety .
money and to receive the George t
H. Mead safety trophy which is
presented annually to the one t
Mead plant having the best safety ?
record. ~
1 t
During the year just past, the i
"bogus" money was handed out :
with each pay check to employees t
in a department which had a per.
, feet safety record. The trophy f
L was presented by Mr. George f
, * Harper, Safety Director of the i
Corporation, who announced that i
I TH]
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nsor Silver
lie At The
itary School
PRESIDENT BIRD
ANNOUNCES 25 NEW
SCHOLARSHIPS
President W. E. Bird of Western
Carolina Teachers College has announced
the addi'.ion of approximately
twenty-five new scholarships
to the number already offered
by the college. These scholarships
are open to anyone and
he recipients of them are chosen
3y competitive tests.
The college is planning to write
he principals of high schools in
:he state about the plans for the
ests whicn will be held in several
centers, later .to be determined, in
the western section of North Carolina.
The tests will cover scholastic
aptitudes and general achievement.
From the results a screening
will be made'for a certain number
of those making the highest scores,
[n the final selection such factors
os academic records in high school,
personality traits, and special ?almill
Ko 4-olrrn-i intn nnncirJora
,111. W l&l WC A11VV W*A?A\AW4 Mtion.
FUNERAL FOR SEAMAN
TOY TO BE HELD 2 P.M.
SUNDAY AT BETA
The body of Seaman 1st class
William Robert Toy will arrive in
Waynesville today and will remain
at Garrett Funeral Home until
Sunday afternoon when it will
le brought to the Beta Baptist
:hurch for the funeral and burial
jervice at 2 o'clock. A military
funeral will be provided for the
World War II hero, which will be
n charge of the William E. Dilard
Post of the American Legion
)f Sylva. Legion members will be
aallbearers. The funeral will be
:onducted by the pastor, Rev. B.
5. Hensley, and burial will be in
;1 e Scotts Creek cemetery.
Young Toy was killed in action
n the Pacific May 22, 1945.
He was inducted at Camp Croft
Vlay 17, 1944, and received his
joot training at Camp Perry, Va.,
ind advance training at Norfolk.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
md Mrs. J. R. Toy, of Sylva, the
vidow. Mrs. Addie Belt Toy, of
Waynesville and one brother, Tayor
Toy, of Rice .Washington.
Bforton Is New Manager ..
\t Dixie-Home Store
Mr. P. K. Horton and Mrs. Horon
of Anderson, S. C., have ar ived
in Sylva to make their home.
Hr. Horton will be the manager
>f the Dixie-Home Super Market
iere, succeeding L. H. Hall, who
vill leave * Saturday to become
?e An
lidllrfgCI Ui VliC L/1A1C SlUl C 111 1111lerson.
Mr. and Mrs. Hall and
roung son came to Sylva from
Vaynesville five months ago and
le has been manager of the Sylva
tore since that time. The many
riends of Mr. and Mrs. HaU refret
to see them leave but at the
ame time welcome Mr. and Mrs.
iorton.
is Recognized
r Record
his is the second year that Sylva
las won the trophy since the conest
was begun in 1946 and that
my division v/ho wins it for three
rears will retain possession of it
permanently. The Sylva Division
s the only one which has won the
rophy for as many as two years.
Besides offering congratulaiions
o all employees, Mr. Harper
Pressed the importance of continued
safe workmanshu^, particularly
n the next few weeks^nis employees
work on construction jobs not
:oo familiar to them.
A door prize, choice of safety
;hoes, safety goggles, or pyrene
ire extinguisher, was given away
n the afternoon and in the evening.
E SY]
Syh
Two Jackson
Measures Fix
Fees, Salary j
Senator W. H. Crawford of Jack- j
son County recently introduced
two bills to fix the compensation |
of the Jackson County jailer and i
to set fees that may be charged j
by justices of the peace in the 1
county. j
Und?p*?4he first bill, the jailerT"1
who would be a deputy sheriff, ">
would receive $300 a month. Out
of this compensation he would pro- ,
I triz-J.-. a matrnn tn stinervise the
ViUC W w.. 1 ,
women's department of the jail, i
provide janitor and laundry service,
and purchase,. prepare and
serve food to prisoners. Each defendant
in a criminal case in the
county would be required to pay
as part of costs a jail fee of $1.50
a day for each day he is confined.
The second bill would set the
following fees for justices of the '
peace in Jackson County:
Criminal actions ? Issuing war.
rant, including affidavit, $1.25
judgment, uncontested, $1; trial
and judgment contested, $2; issuing
capias, 60 cents, making bond, 50
cents: commitment to jail (failure
to make bond), 50 cents; each continuance,
on request or by motion,
40 cents: removal, before another
magistrate, 50 cents.
Civil actions?Issuing summons,
one defendant, 75 cents: summons
i rrw Hpfrnrtnnt 35
VI ^QVIA uuutvivtiwi M?*v % %? } ? - cenAs:
judgment, uncontested, 85
cents; trial and judgment: contested,
$1.50; making bond, 50 cents:
each continuance, on request or by
motion, 40 cents: removal, before
another magistrate, 50 cents.
Both bills were referred to the
committee on salaries and fees.
2 INCHES OF SNOW
FELL SUNDAY P. M.
Jackson County had its first
snow of the season Sunday after,
noon when about 2 inches fell
from around 3 o'clock until 7
I after which it turned to sleet and
rain. The snow melted almost
fast as it fell until almost night.
Had all that fell during the eve.
ning remained on the ground it
would have been several inches <
deep. Roads were made slick
for'a few hours but were clear i
Monday morning fori travel to
proceed without danger. The fall 1
did not interrupt the schools of
the county.
....Heavy Ice >n the Cashiers area !
caused a telephone pole to snap
and some wires to become entangled.
Little damage from the
storm has been reported and no
serious highway accidents. Travel
was virtuaSHy at a standstill during
Sunday night.
WESTERN CAROLINA Tl
PLANS URGE BUILDING
On the eve of its sixtieth birth- <
day, Western Carolina Teachers ]
college is on the brink of a large- 1
scale building program. The State '
Advisory Budget commission has 1
recommended to the legislature an i
appropriation totaling $2,050,000. ]
If this recommendation is ap- i
proved, the college will add to it7 J
r\f nrnrvicii^ VmiV?ina? a hnmp i
iiow VI. >
'economics practice house, a dormi- i
! tory sufficient to house 150 stu- 1
| dents, a president's home, and a ]
, remodeled apartment building.
In 1939 North Carolina and the 1
PWA furnished funds for the con- ^
j struction of a training school for 1
the practice teachers, an audi- 1
torium, infirmary, Student Union 1
building, and a dormitory. The 1
same year the WPA built a stone j
gymnasium and several stone 1
walls.
The next building program came 1
in 1947 when the legislature ap- :
proved an appropriation of $1,334,200
to build a science-classroom ,
building, a dormitory, library, and
laundiy. A jump in the prices of j
mat riais and labor compelled the
college authorities to postpone the
actual construction of these build- >,
ings. j
A six/room brick structure with ,
modern furnishings, including a .
nursery, to represent a typical home
ret-.the. use^of the home eco- ;
nomics students, is one of this i
year's recommendations. A new j i
*
LVA ]
fa, N. C. Thursday, Feb.
They're Classmates
*i^P-~y x\ - mm:
- imr.A '^JHT r~~
THE ATTRACTIVE young woman
perched on the desk of a Butte.
Mont., school is not a teacher She's
Mrs. Edward Boehm. 26. Italian war
bride of a former U S Army lieutenant,
and she's attending firstgrade
classes with her son. Paul
(shown seated beside her) After
school, they help each other with
their lessons (International)
JACKSON AMONG FIVE
COUNTIES TO GROW
TURKISH TOBACCO
Growers in Alexander, Swain
Jackson, Graham and Macon coun.
ties have tentative plans for beginning
the. production of Turkisl
tobacco this year, reports R. H
Crouse, agronomy specialist for th<
State College Extension Service
Last year, Turkish was grown ir
Ashe, Alleghany, Watauga, Wilkei
and Caldwell.
Altogether, Crouse said, thes<
10 counties will produce about 5(
to 55 acres of the Turkish leaf ir
1949. Since the leaves are verj
small and the crop requires a grca'
deal of hand labor, most growerwill
plant about one-fourth acn
each, but a few who have sufficient
harvest labor available will plan
half an acre each.
Aromatic Turkish leaf, important
in the manufacture of popular
brands of American cigarettes
was produced commercially in the
United States last year for the firsl
time. An average price of 80.'
cents per pound was paid to 87 Tai
Heel growers who produced a total
crop of 21,646 pounds and sole
it for a total of $17,469.22.
IACHERS COLLEGE
I PROGRAM
dormitory completely equipped tc
house 150 students; a president's
home with furnishings provided bj
the State for two guest rooms, ?
kitchen, dining room, and reception
room; the conversion of the
present classroom building into ar
apartment dwelling sufficient tc
house 14 4o 16 employees and theii
families; and additional funds tc
supplement the 1947 appropriations
are also among the recommendations.
A concrete stadium, financed bj
private conscription, with a seating
capacity of 3000 was com
pleted last year. This marked
the beginning of the present construction
program. If the appropriation
is approved and the building
schedule goes according t
plans, the state of North Caroline
should see an almost completelj
new campus at Cullowhee by th
fall of 1951.
Episcopal Mission Group
Meets With Dr. and Mrs,
Ralph S. Morgan Wed.
Members of St. John's Episcopal
church met at the home oi Dr
and Mrs. Ralph S. Morgan on lasl
Wednesday evening. Following the
covered dish dinner a business session
of the chu**ch group was held
with the minister, Dr. A. Rufus
Morgan, in charge. The following
mission committee was elected:
C. E. Thompson, warden; H. W
HTerJ
3, 1949
Piano Quartet
To Be First Of
Lyceum Numbers
Prof. Madison To Be
Honored On Birthday
At WCTC Feb. 18
The First Piano Quartet will
give a performance at Western
Carolina Teachers College on the
e < -mm 2 o' Feb. 18 at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Lilian Buch nan, chairman
of the Lyceum committee, announced
that this is the winter
se'ection for '.ho students but that
j t:ek( ts will be on sale for the
public.
r The First Piano Quartet, as the.
name implies, is the first group of
its type. They have been given
j public acclaim ail over the United
, S. f s and may be heard regularly
icve.y Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
op NBC.
On the same evening the college
will hold the annual celebration
of Processor R. L. Madison's birthday.
This wi'l bo his eighty-second.
Professor Madison will attend
a formal dinner4 at the college
and will be entertained with
speeches, music, and gifts. He
is the founder and the first prcsii
dent of the college and now holds
! the title. President Emeritis.
Following the dinner and the
concert there will bo a reception
in the Student Union Building to
give the audience an opportunity
I to meet the members of the quar
let.
BURNING PERMITS MUST
BE SECURED
Those persons who are planning
to burn brush*' ditch banks
1 or fields must secure a burning
permit as required by ifW. The
e law states that a permit Is required
before igniting any ma1
terial that is within 500 feet of
s woodlands or over 500 feet away
from a dwelling house, between
a the dates of February 1 and
) June 1, and October 1 and Nov.
! 30. The county forest warden
r reminds people with permits that
t they are responsible for their
5 fires and have available help to
> control any burning that Is done.
I They are asked never to leave
t a fire until it is completely out.
The warden asks that everybody
read all instructions and
limitations on the back side of
, the permit. All burning should
i be done when fire is easily cont
trolled, perferrably after 5 p. m.,
J when the wind is not blowing
and on days when the woods are
not dry.
1
J. A. Gray Among
Editors Attending
N. C. Press Institute
J. A. Gray, editor of The Herald,
returned Saturday night from
)[the three-day meeting of the
5: North Carolina Press Institute at
TI the University of North Carolina
i and Duke University. Among the
. j editors of weekly papers from this
> section attending were: Miss Addie
, Mae Cooke, of the Scout, Murphy;
> Weimar Jones, of the Press, Frank
lin; W. Curtis Russ, of the Mountaineer,
Waynesville, and Harley
. Wright of the Enterprise, Canton.
Among the speakers on the varied
program were Drew Pearson,
r Washington columnist; George V.
. Allen, assistant secretary of state,
. a native of North Carolina; and
[ numerous out-of-state newspaper
. publishers and editors. Both Mr.
^ Pearson and Mr. Allen gave the
. oufclishers some very interesting
; ac's and observations concerning
i ^avional and International affairs.
r
? The U. S. has accounted ror almost
one-third of the world's apparel
woo] consumption for the
past six years.
' i Private individuals, rather than
corporations, own 87 per cent of
^ all farm land in the United States.
, Green, treasurer; Mrs. Esther Mad.
? :son, clerk, Dr. Morgan and Wal
Mr H. C''Dp, member?. Twenty
' | members were present.
5 The February dinner meeting
\ .v-ill be held on the 18th at the home
. 8OS8AMON'S In tylva j
\LD f
I Infantile Pa
Campaign L
Drive To Be
.GRANDSON OF SYLVA
'COUPLE KILLED IN
AIR CRASH SATURDAY
| Phillip Campbell, 17, son of. Mr.
and Mrs. S. L. Campbell, of Char'
lotte and grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
f\V. E. Campbel, of Sylva, was one
of ''our Charlotte men killed aj
round 9 o'clock Saturday morning
I when the light, single, motor, 4p'r.co
plane crashed about 12 miles
i cast of Hendersonville while the
I men were on a business trip from
' " i.iioi e to Asheville.
Funeral services for young Campboil,
a student of Charlotte High
school, were held Monday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at the Green
| Memorial Baptist church of which
the deceased was a member, with
1 the past Rev. Mr. Bobbit, officiating.
B Pallbearers were classmates
of the deceased.
Survivors include the parents,
one sister, Miss Dorothy Campbell,
student of the University of
Tennessee, K loxville; the grandparents,
and three' uncles, Messrs.
Charlie and Claude Campbell of
Sylva and J. A. Campbel, of Ashevilli.
Attending the funeral from
Svlva were Messrs. Charlie and
Claude Campbell, Mr. and Mrs.
Raymon Sutton, close friends of
the family spent Sunday night
in Charlotte with them.
WCTG PLANS
GRADUATE WORK
DURING SUMMER
Dr. H. P. Smith and Dean W. B.
Harrill of Western Carolina Teachers
College, are in Chapel Hill to
contact officials of the graduate
school of the University of North
Carolina.
They plan to work out the details
for a graduate school at WCTC
during the first session of the
summer school.
The graduate school will be
headed by Dr. Smith and any credit
obtained here will have the
same value as at Chapel Hill. It
will be counted as resident credit
at the university toward a master's
degree.
Tentative courses in graduate
work which will be offered are
European foundations 01 education,
mental hygiene, child .guidance,
audio-Visual education, and
use and interpretation of educa|
tional tests.
{Coon Hunters To
Organize Here
Mr. E. A. Bumgarner, ardent
coon hunter of the Wilmot section,
! has issued a call to all coon hunt
crs of the county to meet at Di 11s|
bnro Monday, February 7 at 7:30
t i ii
Frank Brown ,
President Of F
A business meeting of the Jackson
County Farm Bureau was held
| in the Courthouse on Saturday,
January 22 at which time officers
for the new year were elected
along with a Board of Directors.
The officers for the coming
year are: Frank H. Brown, Jr.,
president; D .C. Higdon, vice president;
Clifton W. Crisp, secretary
and Bob Bryson, treasurer.
The Board of Directors Consists
of the following men: William Roger
Shelton, John G. Farley, T. A.
Jackson, Roy Fox, Cameron C.
Breedlove, Winston Cabe, John
T. Jones, Walter Middleton, John
*V:11 Hooper, Warren Alexander
and J. E. Brown.
Wallace Wgod, J. Steadman Mitchell,
T. Walter Ashe, Lee Bumearner,
John D. Davis, Bob Bryson,
C. P. Dillard, Fred Ferguson,
Verlin Buchanan, Frank Watson
and Neil Prince.
Committees on the various projects
were also elected.
Dairy and Livestock:
D. C. Higdon, chairman; C. P.
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Jackson County
Ideal For Farming,
Industry, Tourist
= +
$2.00 A Year?5c Copy
ralysis Fund
aggingf
; Intensified
y Band To Parade Saturday,
Dime Boards To
Operate And Bread
To Be Sold
Reports of money raised in the
1949 Infantile Paralysis iund drive
in the county show the campaign
1 is lugging sadly. Mrs. D^n Moore, _
county chairman has only had a- . .
round $500 reported as being collected
toward the county's quota
of $3,872.00. The amount reported
came from the following places, 4
Sylva school $185.72; Webster
school $140.70; Savannah school
$102.00 %u.od benefit square dance
Tuesday night netted $68.96. Mrs..
Moore stated that the business
section.^of Sylva has not as yet
been worked thoroughly but what
has been solicited has been rather
discouraging.
In order to boost up the fund
raising campaign, .Mrs. Moore saia,
several dime boards will be in
operation on the sidewalks Satj
urday. In order to create some enthusiasm
the Sylva High school
' band will parade at 11 o'clock Sat.
urday morning. The boy scouts
| will make house to house calls
j selling loaves of bread from the
. local bakery. These loaves are to
j be sold at $1 each and the money
' turned in for the polio fund,
j Since Jackson county already
owes bills for treatment of chil!
dren who fell victims of the polio
| epidemic last summer, almost as
1 much as the quota for this year
amounts to, it is vitally important
that Jackson County raise its
' quota^ and more too, if possible*
If the county should have another
epidemic this year the full quota,
j raised this* year would not give:
j the local treasurer any funds with
which to render immediate assistance
to these people.
Mrs. Moore stated that the drives
for funds will continue until the
full amount is raised. But she
would like to see the workers push
the campaign and get it over as
quickly as possible.
FFA Class Purchases
Garden Tractor Plow
i The Sylva Future Farmers of
America Chapter is purchasing
what they consider the best garden
tractor on the market, "The
Gravely", together with all the
extra attachments. The plow is
being purchased by the department
with funds derived from
hauling and selling cardboard
with the truck which the department
owns.
This plow will be manned for
public service in the community
by one of the boys of the class. A
fee for public service will be
charged to be applied to the upkeep
of the implement as well as
renumeration for the students
operating the plow.
p.m. for the purpose of organizing
a coon hunter's club.
i
Is Reelected
1arm Bureau
1 Shelton, Jess Brown, V. R. Riley*
and A. E .Brown .
Field Crops:
Hoy Fox, chairman; Neil Tuck
er, Bob Bryson, T. A. Jackson and
, Shirley Wilson.
Fruits, Vegetables and Potatoes:
John D. Davis, chairman; Blaine
Nicholson, John G. Farley, Walter
Middleton and Ernest Bum garner.
Poultry: Winston Cabe, chairman;
- Cecil Alexander, Robert
Shelton, Warren Alexander and
Fred Shelton .
Tobacco: T. A. Jackson, chairman;
Walter Ashe, R. C. Howell,
J. J. Hooper and Andrew Nicholi
son.
George G. Farthing, Field Rep- i
resentative of the North Carolina jl
i Farm Bureau, urged that as many V
J members as could attend the State \
Convention in Asheville, Febru- ? V
ary 13 to 16th, and especially the
commodity chairman and officers.
J. E. Brown was elected voting Jtfcl
delegate to the Annual State Convention
in Asheville, and D. C.
Higdon was elected alternate voting
delegate.