t ' Population Jackson County?20,000 4 Sylva and Area ? 4,000 - / * - VOL. XXIII?NO. 41 TownB Dairying, Poultrv Discussed By Farm t ll*N A Mil 111 AtMAIl men hiiu viuiiibii 32 In Savannah Area Show Interest In Farm Agent's Dairy, Poultry Program A meeting was held Monday night, March 7, at the Savannah | ^Area Community Building on Dairying. The meeting was called to order and presided over by the Area Committee Chairman, G. C. Turpin. Mrs. Lyle Buchanan and Verlin Buchanan, the other two members of the committee, gave a report on the recently conducted poultry tour to Clay County. Winston Cabe also made a talk on poultry. The rest of the time was devoted to a discussion on dairying. A number of peolpe, including the - County Farmland Home Agents, took part in the discussion with the idea of expanding dairying in ^ the area. Thirty-two interested men and women attended the meeting. A check of those present desiring to expand dairying, poultry, or both on their farms showed the following: two desired a combination of dairying and poultry; two desired dairying alone; and four desired poultry. Howver, all showt ed considerable interest in the two enterprises for the area. Max Rogers Lands Record ' Trout At Lake-Glenville > s Max Rogers, local fisherman, received a one-in-a-life-time thril Sunday morning around nine o'clock at Lake Glenville when h< caught what is believed to be lh< largest rainbow trout ever cauglr in this section. The fish measured 33% inches and tipped the scale: at 14 pounds, one ounce. Using a Shiner Minnow, blacl and white plug, Max hooked th< fish on one hook and a gruellinj ^ 20 minutes battle followed in whicl the trout made four leaps out o the water. Although equipped witl a landing net, Rogers found tha the fish was too large for it, onc< he got it along-side the boat. Usini the net as a scoop and his lef hand through his gill, Max finall; v hauled the trout into the boat. Asked if they caught any othe fish, Max replied, "No, we com pletely forgot that there was an; more fish in the lake. The fish was on display yester day at Rogers Electric and wa J -?* onlooker drawing iwanj twwivw.?> as Max stood ready to explain jus i how he landed it and proud! showing the scratches on his lei hand that hauled the prize catc into the boat.?Waynesville Moun taineer. t Changes Made In Drive For Blind Couple Word yesterday from The Time * in Efryson City, was that the driv to raise money to get a Seein Eye dog for a blind couple i # Whittier had been halted for tfc present. It seems that furthc correspondence with the seeing ey organization in New Jersey ,ha brought about a slight change i plans for the campaign. Ground For 3 Ground breaking ceremoni for a new church building at Scot Creek were held Tuesday morrfti with a large number of th^btuM members present. Mr. flin J Bryson, chairman of the buildb committee, used the shovel % break the first ground. The pr gram consisted of a song servi< openite^rasNlQjJti^Kev. T. F. Deii a farmer pdswf, now retire short talks by I'otti Clayton, supe U intendent of the Sun. School, M: Margaret Sutton, chairman of t Missionary Society, Mrs. Deni Fisher, Mr. Bryson and Mr. R Reed. Mr. Reed made the closi I The * V ioarffPr Wildlife CI RED CROSS RLOOD CENTER SET-UP Blood and blood derivatives without cost to the patient will no doubt interest every citizen of Jackson County. Starting soon the National Blood program will go into operation in all counties in Western North Carolina. Volunteer donors will give their blood so that blood will be available when needed and without charge to anyone. The Jackson County Chapter of ;he American Red Cross will participate in this program and your local hospital will be serviced by the Red Cross blood center. Establishing a blood bank in Western North Carolina as in other parts of the Nation is a costly oroject and funds will be needed to expand this program so that in the days to c6me, every man, woman?and child of Jackson County, regardless of race, creed, or color will have blood when needed. You can help with this most worthy project through your Red Cross during the March Campaign.| It will take your hearty support to make this service possible and successful. i Mead Employees' Pension T^- 1 I?MMAnciA?] kv Prnfi tc > rUIlU liiticaacu uj a w The Mead Corporation profits sharing contribution to the trust fund of the Mead Retirement Plan for Mead Employees for the year _ 194*?MS- #1^011,717.75. The con tribution i*fmade possible as a re1 suit of successful operations dur ing the past year. i Under the profit sharing pro* vision of the Plan established in t 1947, each participating employ l ees will receive,, in retirement s credit, a share equal to 10% of his 1948 earnings. A similar credit c was received for the year 1947. e The plan provides, in addition I to the profit sharing feature, for i the systematic building of retiref ment funds for the participating i employees by the contributions of t the employees and the corporation, e Eligible employees of the corg poration participating in the Plan t are those with five years or more f I of service. r Funeral Rites For ~ Mrs. Sarah Childers ^ Funeral rites for Mrs. Sarah | Childers, of Erastus, who died " early Sunday morning after an s, illness of two weeks, were con8 ducted Tuesday afternoon at Pine Church with burial in the church ? cemetery. Rev. Frank Reed, pastor, was in charge* of the service. " Moody Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. j Mrs. Childers made her home in Sylva until about two years ago. Surviving are the husband, tJnrtor 1 son. Bill Chil A VA ?WJk ? _ _ is ers of Sylva; three daughters, e Mrs. Berdie J. Middleton, of Erasig tus; Mrs. Wilma Hyatt, of Raleigh; at Mrs. Horace Mann, of Oregon; five ie brothers, R. Lee Leopard, Sylva, ?r 3enny Leopard, Erastus; Alfred re and Ransom Leopard, of Gneiss, id Macon County; and Lambert Leoin pard of Franklin; one sister, Mrs. John Rogers, of Webster. baptist Break todern Church es prayer. ts The building committee for the ig new church is composed of D G. Bryson, chairman, E. B. HarB. ris, Roy Reed, Vernon Cope anc ig J. A. Bryson. 1? Rev. B. S. Hensley, pastor o the church, stated that plans an -e' to build an educational buildinj ^z' at this time, with provisions fo: JC*. the auditorium at a later date. The educational building wil rs* be of tile and brick veneer, twi he stories, with steam heating planl It will contain 42 rooms to pro oy * ng (Continued on page 10) Sy] 2 Sylv eposes 'ub To Devi Wins Film Award [ ^^SSBr i-3^? v-^ jJt.AJV l^K y&\V& W>;> :,:::::-;:?^L. P'L?-' ^iiill ??*&*; j:. ' . ; x-X '.....I., i...:. . :,y;:' ' '' *' v. . ' ; ' \yy-' y ;:... ; .s-. v '< '.. . ' ' University will present a prograi at Western Carolina Teacheis co lege at 8:30 on the evening < March 16. s During the group's twenty-eigl ? years under the direction of D 5 Malcolm H. Dewey, they ha\ toured Europe twice and present* 1 hundreds of concerts in the Unite States. Dr. Dewey is the Chairm? I of the Department of Fine Ar - at Emory University. This concert will be Westei Carolina's third lyceum numb Y of the year. The Page-Stone Ba 1 let in the fall and the First Piai Sj Quartet on February 18 were t I other two selections. 3ER/ 10, 1949 OOWal And Fish f At Western Carolina i ? county. This lespedeza is noi only good bird tood but provides c wintpr nnver croD and land builder for almost any kind ol soil. Plans are to have more allotments of this seed sown in the county next year. The committee also reported thai some crow shooting is tc done this spring in the Webs^gJ section or any other section where the crow population is large anc where they congregate most. The purpose of the crow shooting ij to provide sport as weH as tc lower the crow population in the county. Anyone who would like to participate in the crow shooting should contact J. B. (Chick) Young. The club has also purchased c skeet throwing machine to be usee by any interested person at i proposed shooting range, the location to be announced later. The committee on fish reportec that it had contacted the propel State authorities on stocking streams in Jackson County wit! proper type and size fish. Thi stocking program will be startec within the next two weeks. Per sons interested in fishing shouk see Clinton F. Dodson, at CullO' whee. Members of the club purchase* 35 Chinese chestnut seedlings a the meeting Friday night. Thi seedlings, already adapted to thi section, will provide more an< - - - ?*u ~~ thi FLOYD SIEWART, of Toledo, Ohio, is now nt Western Carolina | Teachers College as head of the Physical Education ana nealth department. He succeeds Coach Marion McDonald, who left Western Carolina last fall to take a position at Washburn College in Topeka, Kansas. Prof. Siewart received his B.A. degree at Wittenburg college, Springfield, Ohio, and his M.A.1 , at Ohio State University. He has . done graduate work at the Uni, versity of North Carolina. He and1 Mrs. Siewart and young daughter ( are occupying the Keith Hind's I residence while Mr. and Mrs. Hinds . are in Chapel Hill. : BROUGHTQN RITES . HELD IN RALEIGH * Funeral - rites for 8enator J. Melville Broughton, who died ' suddenly of a heart attack in I 1 Washington 8unday morning, 5 were held in his native home at 5 Raleigh Tuesday afternoon with ' thousands of everyday Tar Heels, along with top figures of the state and nation in attendance. The services were held in the 1 Tabernacle Baptist ohurch of which the deceased was a mem 1 ber and teacher of the adult ' Bible class for many years. 1 Broughton was North Carolina's wartime governor and was elected to the senate last November, * having served only about 60 days r in this capacity. s ? ^ Jackson Farm Bureau j I Members Meet, Hear - Report On Convention i The Jackson County Farm Bu. reau held an interesting meeting in the Sylva Courthouse on March i 5. Walter Middleton presided ir t the absence of the president anc ? T - : -J * mif. B vice-rresiucui, jcucvm;, s ton W. Crispe, read the minute.4 i of the previous meeting. s J. E. Brown, voting delegate tc n the Annual State Farm Bureau t Convention, gave a very fine res port covering the three-day meet\ ing. Rogers Shelton gave a splendid report on the Annual Nationa r Convention which he attended rep_ resenting Jackson County in At_ lantic City. d George Farthing, Field Repre sentative of the North Caroiini e Farm Bureau, spoke on the over te all activities of the Farm Bureau Eller Appointed Acting Dean Of Men For Spring And Summer Quarters Professor Gerald Eller of th Science Department of Wester: Carolina Teachers College has bee appointed temporary Dean of Me T- for the spring quarter and sum I- jner sessions. He is replacin Dean L. R. Taff who is on leav of absence for the purpose of con 7t tinuing his education at the Uni ,r- versity of North Carolina. /e At the present Dean Taff with his wife who is confined 1 -d St. Leo's Hospital in Greensboi 1W due to serious illness, ts Professor Eller is a graduate < Western Carolina and has dor ro graduate work at the Universil er of North Carolina. He was ap '1- pointed as instructor of Biolo* no in 1947. he ? 8O88AMOIM8 In 8yK v ILD I ;er Bom T In County \ SNIPES ANNOUNCES ' SERIES OF FORESTRY MEETINGS IN COUNTY M. L. Snipes, Jackson county, farm agent, has announced that 'here will be a series of forestry meetings in the county next week. Mr. Snipes said that a moving picture on some phase of forestry along with a picture on Blister Rust will be shown "at the following meetings: Wednesday, March 16, at John's Creek school at 10 a. m.; Cashiers school at 2 p. m., and Cullowhee school at. 7:30 p. m. On Thursday, March 17 at ' the agriculture building at Sylva | school at 10 a. m.; Balaam school, I at 2 p. m. and Glenville school at 7:30 p. m. Mr. Snipes urges the farmers and their families to take advantage of these meetings and the free picture show on forestry. Jackson 4-H Clubs v Observing National 4-II Club Week The Jackson county 4-H clubs undtr the direction of Miss Mary Johnston, home agent, and M. L. Snipes, farm agent, are joining, with the other 4-H clubs of the! State in observing National 4-H Club week, March 5-13. President Truman, who assisted in the organization of one of the first 4-H clubs in his home state, stated in a letter of Greetings" to the National organization: "I congratulate you on your theme for the year, 'Better. Living for a Better World.' May that theme become increasingly significant during your 4-H Club Week, Mar. 5-13, and throughout the year." Gov. W. Kerr Scott, a one time county farm* agent and 4-H Club leader in a\letter of Greetings wrote: "?In the days ahead, North Carolina will need the type of leadership that is being developed through the 4-H Club and its many activities. The things you grow will add to the economic wealth of our state. The things you do in the way of training leaders and developing citizenship will prove to be a big factor in the development of a greater North Carolina ? ." Jackson county 4-H clubs have ? a total membership of more thar 1 800 boys and girls in the 15 orj ganized clubs of the county. T. Walter Ashe Elected Tc Head County Dry Forces 3 The meeting on last Saturday { called by the dry forces of Jackson county was well attended anc plans were drawn up at that tim< for permanent work to be done j Officers elected were: chairman T. Walter Ashe; co-chairman, J E. Brown; and secretary and treas urer, Gene Parker. All request for information and all corres a pondence will please be directed lo one of the above named officers i. Small grains in the State ar growing well and stands are bet ter than usual. e Farmers Fede\ n " Meeting Here 1 g The annual stockholders' mee e ing of the Farmers Federation fc J Jackson county will be held in tl" Sylva warehouse of the organiz? j tion Saturday, March 12, at 1:( j p. m., it has been announced t ,0 James G. K. McClure, preside! 0 of the federation. Reports of the federation's bus ness during the past year will 1 ie made and committeemen will 1 Ly elected for the coming year. Oi j. director will be nominated f< jy election at the annual meeting i the organization in Buncoml ? county on March 26. ra Present directors for Jacks< 1 <1 Jackson County Ideal For Farming, Industry, Tourist * $2.00 A Year?5c Copy d Issue New Mains, Fire Plugs, Filtering Plant In Plan No Increase In Property Tax Rate; Will Be Financed From Water Revenue Alone The board of Aldermen for the town of Sylva at- their regular meeting on Friday night. March 4, adopted a resolution providing fo** a water bond issue in the sum of $150,000 to be presented to the voters of the town of Sylva at the i _i general ciecuuri wnau win uc held on Monday. May 2, 1949. The money provided from such a bond issue, if approved, will be used to improve and expand the water system and to provide fire proection -for a great part of the town now without such protection. It has become increasingly apparent to the town board and to the citizens of Svlva that the present water system is not only inadequate, but at times a menace to the public health and safety of the local citizens, and with the increased demand for water as our population-and volume of business increases ut^even more evident that some steps\must be taken to remedy the present bad situation. No one need be told of the muddy condition of the water following even a light rain, or the low pressure and shortage of water in the higher parts of town during dry weather. This muddy water is a health menace arid the shortage in dry weather creates a great fire hazard, due to_the fact that insufficient water is available to fight a fire should one occur. NO INCREA8E IN TAXE8 .. The proposed bonds would be retired at the end of a 30-year period by the water rents taken in from the increased use of water and will not increase the present property tax rate. The plan worked out by the town board, the consulting engineer and bonding companies is the most feasible one which the town could possibly adopt. It will enable the town to make the water system improvements without causing a tax ( burden at all. It will provide ? water and fire protection to a big per cent of the city population now without water and fire protection. I There are four sections of the J town that will have water mains , and fire hydrant extension. The largest extension will be a line starting in front of Ensley's store at intersection of highway 19A and ? Cullowhee road, run up Rhodes Cove road to the city limits, also fork and run across near Wilk? 7 dale church to a point near Arthur Carden's home. On this main will * be placed three fire hydrants. An' other line will start across the * highway and go out the old Dillard ; road, near Hall Heights to the * Charlie Hensley section and back to connect with the existing line s at McNeely's store. Fire hydrants ~ will be placed on this line at strategic points. * i: ? - MAnt. D rtrtnt* A U11I U UJiC SMli Id wcai ivugv Manteith's home on Freeze Hill e and runs up the street to a point (Continued on page 10) ration Annual March 12, 1 p.m. t- county are Hute Snyder and F. E. )r Parker. Committeemen are: Marile on Moody, Clyde Bumgamer, i- Erastus; A. O. Weidelich, Will )0 Bryson, Dr. A. S. Nichols, Dr. >y Grover Wilkes, Velt Wilson, W. G. at Dillard, F. E. Parker, Sylva; John. C. Jones, Gay; Hute Snyder, Addie; i- Jarrett Blythe, McKinley Ross, ae Cherokee; Vance Hooper, East La5e Porte; Dave Worley, Whittier, and ie Charles Frizzell, Webster, ar Music will be furnished by the of Farmers Federation String band ae and refreshments will be served. All stockholders of Jackson county 5n are urged to attend the zp^gting.