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VOL. XXIII?NO. 43
Bradley
Jackson Count}
* Agricultural Pr
From Corbin's
A Speaker Presents A
Challenge To All,
Planing Is Needed
Some pertinent facts pertaining
to the agricultural aspect of Jackson
county were presented by John
F. Corbin, vocational instructor of
Sylva high school, before a group
of P.-T.A. members at a meeting of
this group in the Agricultural
building Monday evening at 7:30
o'clock.
The meeting was called to order
by Mrs. Dan K. Moore, president,
following a brief devotional by
Mrs. Dan Tompkins, using as her
theme "Service to Others."
Minutes of previous meetings
were heard and adopted. Mrs. W.
L. Jones, treasurer, made a report
of the condition of the organization
from a financial standpoint.
Prof. Ralph L. Smith told of
much needed equipment to make
the elementary school acceptable
for the state accredited list of deft
mentary schools.
Mrs^ Moore appointed a nominating
conimittee consisting of Mrs.
? Charlesyfteed, Dr. Harold McGUire,
,?\y and fl^rs. Dan Tompkins. This com-S-^_mittefe
3&o]l ma.ke~fheir report at
the -foext meeting.
N?r\ Corbin was then introduced
and ?iter a few remarks took the
I group on an inspection tour of the
school workshop, which is now
one of the best equipped and best
managed of any school. Most of
the machinery and equipment was
t purchased by Mr. Corbin and his
students over a period of several
years through the sale of scrap
cardboard and from other activities.
After the inspection tour Mr.
Corbin proceeded with -his talk
covering all phases of agriculture
in Jackson county, which was to
the effect that Jackson county, agriculturally,
has not made nearly
as much progress as surrounding
counties, in fact this county is al*
most 25 years behind other counties,
the spdeker said. Although the
picture of present day agriculture
in Jackson county is anything but
encouraging as to past performances,
it does present a great challenge
to all of us because of the
many opportunities for improving
our situation.
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Mr. Corbin pointed out, and these
are facts, that one of our neighboring
counties is producing 3000
gallons of grade A milk daily
which its farmers sell for $1500,
another is producing 1000 gallons
of grade A milk daily bring a return
of $500 daily to circulate among
the business places of that
county, while Jackson is producing
only 50 gallons of grade A
milk per day with a cash return
of only $25. The two neighbor
? counties combined are getting $288,
000.00 per year from milk alone,
while Jackson is only averaging
$9,000 per year.
4 Jackson county is doing very little
in poultry, hogs or beef cattle,
the speaker said. This phase
+ of the agricultural picture of the
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Curb Market O
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To Reopen Ah
Thirty-eight persons attended
the County-wide meeting of the
Jackson County Curb Market or
ganization which was held in the
courthouse, Thursday, March 17,
at 2:00 p.m. The following communities
were represented: Beta,
Cullowhee, John's Creek, Addie,
Sylva Victory, Lovefield, Fisher
Creek, Webster and Tuckaseigee.
Mrs. D. C. Higdon, president
of the market, presided, assisted
by Mrs. Lewis Bumgarner, vicepresident
and Mrs. F. M. Williams,
Secretary-treasurer.
Mrs. Williams gave a most in^
teresting report on accomplishM
merits and progress made by the
market since its openng date, August
14th, 1948. She reported that'
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Talk To P-T.A.
CORBIN ANNOUNCES
TRAINING UNION
PROGRAM MARCH 28
Carl Corbin, Tuckaseigee Bap- 1
tist ' Training Union Associational
Director, announces the following
program to be held at the Jarrett
Memorial Baptist Church,
Dillsboro, March 28, 7:30 p. m.:
Praise Service "All the Way My
Soviour Leads Me"; Scripture and
Prayer, Ten Young People from
several Churches; "It Pays to
Serve Jesus", Jamison Quartet;
Announcements and recognitions,
Carl Corbin; Demonstration Program
of the Weekly meeting, Lovedale
Intermediates; Solo, "I'd Rather
Have Jesus", Joyce Clayton;
Message, "Youth Serving Jesus",
Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, President,
Mars Hill College; Hymn, "Living
For Jesus"; Prayer.
All chiirches of the Association
are urged to be represented at
this meeting whether you have a
B. T. U. or not. Bring as many of
your young people as you can.
LOADED TRUCK TURNS
OVER INTO SGOHS
CREEK EAST OF SYLVA,
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Two men narrowly escaped serious
injuries when their loaded
feed truck overturned west of
Balsam gap a few days ago.
The vehicle was a tractor-trailer
unit, with a Load of feed from
an Asheville mill. The driver of the
truck said he was crowded off the
road onto soft shoulders by another
truck. He lost control of the
tractor, and the whole thing turned
over the embankjnent into
Scotts Creek. The accident happened
near the Rufus Jones farm.
The cab of the truck was badly
smashed and considerable damage
done ito the trailer. The load of
feed slid off the trailer but only
a few bags were damaged.
The wrecked vehicle was taken
to Watkins Chevrolet Company in
Vaynesville.
Bobby Terrell Lands
Berth On Citizen As
Sports Writer
Bobby Terrell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Terrell of Addie began
his work as a sports writer
on the Asheville Citizen Tuesday.
Bobby began his sports writing
for The Sylva Herald about two
years ago, and has proven that he
has the making of a real sports reporter
and his future in this field
is very promising. He will continue
to write for the sports page
of The Herald as his duties on the
Citizen page do not require all of
his time at present.
fficials Plan
>out May First
thirty-seven persons sold on the
market last year, and that all
debts on the market have been
paid.
Mrs. Higdon emphasized to the
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tions which must be carried out
by all persons who sell on the
market. Some of the rules are as
follows:
1. All sellers must secure a
Health Certificate which is required
by the State and Local
Health Departments. These certificates
must be presented to the
casfcier who will keep a record
showing all expiration dates of all
sellers. This is necessary and
must be turned in to the cashier
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Crawford's Bill
Would Ban Wine,
Beer In Jackson
If Enacted Would Save
Expense of County-wide
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In a telephone conversation with
Senator W. H. Crawford, who called
The Herald from Raleigh Tuesday,
Mr. Crawford told this newspaper
that he had introduced a
bill in the General Assembly with
provisions for banning the sale of
beer and wine within the borders
of Jackson County. If enacted
sale of beer and wine would oe
prohibited in the county after
July 1, 1949.
The preamble to the bill states
that a petition for an election on
the question has been circulated
adding that "it is certain" that
when the election is held the sale
of beer and wine will be prohibited
by a large majority. It goes on
to state that the measure was
introduced to save the taxpayers
of Jackson Couny the expense of
holding the election.
The measure was referred to
the Committee on Propositions and
Grievances.
In his conversation Mr. Crawford
requested that those in the
county opposed to sale of beer
and wine write the committee
expressing their views.
Cullowhee Ball Teams
Honpred With Party
The Cullowhee basketball girls
J VtnnnrA/4 n o nor+v
diiQ uuja w ci c itwiiwtcu u b u vj
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ike
Olson at Cullowhee on Saturday
night, March 12th.. Miss Wanda
Green and Miss Ola Belle Smith
were hostesses.
Several games were enjoyed by
the group after which refreshments
of hot dogs, cookies, candy, and
drinks were served.
Those enjoying the party besides
the hostesses were Betty Jo
Moojre, Jo Anne Henson, Louise
Tilley, Anne Hampton, Clara Jo
Phillips, Cossette Blake. Mary
Belle Taylor, Dorothy Dodson, Eliabeth
Moore, Elawease Stephens,
Snooky Hamilton, Billy Simpson,
James Cole, Homer Wike, Raymond
Hooper, Wallace Stephens,
Auston Hooper ,Clarence Wike,
and Barthel Bryson.
MRS. C. A. HOYLE
BURIED AT FAtESTDN
SUNDAY, MARCH 13
Funeral services for Mrs. C. A.
Hoyle, wife of the principal of
Cullowhee High school, who died
Saturday, March 12, after a few
days critical illness at C. J. Harris
hospital, were held Sunday,
March 13 at the Methodist church
in Fallston. Interment was in the
Fallston cemetery. Glenn Funeral
home was in charge.
Mrs. Hoyle had been in poor
health for a number of years. She
was 59 years of age. Before marriage
to Mr. Hoyle she was Miss
Alda Self, of Fallston.
Surviving are the husband Efnd
other relatives.
Rummage Sale On April 9
The Woman's Auxiliary of St
John's Episcopal church ^re sponsoring
a rummage sale in the Her
aid office building on Saturday
April 9.
The sale will begin at 9 a.m
until 6:00 p.m. All kinds of clothing,
food and notions will be or
sale at this time.
Powell Infant Is
Buried At Tuckaseigee
Bobbie Sue, 16-day old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Powell
i died Monday morning at their hom<
at Tuckaseigee. Services were helc
at Tuckaseigee Baptist church with
| the Rev. J. C. Millsaps. Burial wai
I in Moses cemetery.
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lva, N. C. Thursday, March
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I Journey's End
SIX-YEAR-OLD Sandra Leigh Grimes
looks sad as she clutches her 4Three
Little Pigs" and resigns herself to
: going back where she came from.
Sandra was on her way by bus from
Eaton Rapids, Mich., to her home in
Mobile. Ala., when police decided
j she was too young to travel alone.
I They took her off the bus and wired
her aunt in Eaton Rapids to come
tor her. (International Sourufphoto)
MAYOR ALLISON,ALDERMEN
UP
FOR RE-ELECTION
I Mayor Jack C. Allison* and the
incumbent board of aldermen have
all filed withvthe city clerk for re|
election in the May 3 municipal
election.
The only other candidate to file
so far is Senator W. H. (Gudger)
Crawford, who will be up to fill
| the post vacated by Lloyd Cowan
who has moved out of the city
limits and will not be eligible as
a candidate. The incumbent members
of the board are: Dr. Harold
McGuire, chairman; Joe F. Wilson,
Raymond Nicholson, Jr., and James
E. Archie Crawford. Mr. Crawford
had been appointed to fill
the unexpired term of Edward
Baldridge, who resigned July, 1948,
while living out of town.
1 Senator Crawford is the new
, candidate in the group.
The present members are all
Democrats and Veterans of World
war no. 11.
The Republicans plan to put out
a slate of candidates.
THREE BILLS FOR
JACKSON OFFERED
RY REP, RROWN
A bill providing for a stock law
election in Cashiers Township of
this county was introduced in the
House of Representatives Monday
by Jackson's Representative Frank
H. Brown, Jr.
If the voters of the township
vote in favor of a stock law, owners
of livestock would be required
to keep the livestock from running
off their lands. If the voters turn
down the stock law, existing laws
will remain in effect.
I Another bill introduced by Rep.
Brown would extend the time for
completion of the work of t c
board of equalization and review
of Jackson county. No date is set
for the completion, but the bill
provides that the board shall hold
' t*e fivcrt moctin a lpss than two
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weeks, and not more than four
1 weeks, after the work of revaluJftion
and reassessment is completed.
The measure was referred
to the finance committee.
A third b<;i seni. up by Rep
Brown would authorize the Jack,
son County Commissioners tc
; transfer to the general fund col1
lections on delinquent taxes thai
1 have been due and payable fo*
3 :hree years or more. It was referred
to the Finance committee
Her;
24, 1949
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ISylva - Balsam
Highway 19-A
I Being Widened
Asheville Paving Co.
Starts Surface Work,
To Be Completed
Within Sixty Days
| lniormauon reacning ine nerald
Tuesday from Highway Com|
missioner Reeves Noland's office
in Waynesville is to the effect that
Highway No. 19-A, a 10.6 mile
stretch from Balsam Gap to Sylva,.
I vvill have a 20-foot surface with1
in about 60 days.
The Asheville Paving Company,
of Asheville, started work Saturday
morning on the $12D,000 state
highway project to add four feet
to Ihe width of this section of
road. This will give Sylva a much
better approach to the already
widened and re-surfaced section
of 19-A beginning at Balsam Gap
East to Asheville.
A Paving Company official said
a crew of 15 men were laying
crushed rock first. The width ex.
tension will be surfaced finally
with hot asphaltic concrete.
I The company official said that
I there \vou!d be no" more than 25
J men on the job at any one time.
Funeral For Caroline
Rhodes Held March 16
Funeral services for Miss Caroline
Rhodes were he^ at the
Syiva Methodist church March 16
with the pastor, Re /. W. Q. Grigg,
officiating. Burial was in the
Sylva cemetery. Gk-nri Funeral
Home was in charge.
M'ss Rhodes, a Red Cross worker
with the armed forces for two
years, stationed in Germany, was
killed in Italy in a plane crash in
1946. She and eight other Red ,
Cross workers were on a sightseeing
tour by plane when the
fatal accident occurred. All occupants
of the plane were killed.
The body was returned recently
to the states by the Army.
Miss Rhodes waj the youngest
daughter of the iate Prof, anil
Mrs. W. H. Rhodes of Sylva She
is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Richard Patrick, of Atlanta, and
one brother, Leland Rhodes, of
Raleigh.
Mrs. Patrick and Mr. Rhodes and
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Kanett, of
Weaverville were here lor the funeral.
A niece of Mr. and Mrs.
Kanett was one of the party killed
in the crash and was a co-worker
with Miss Rhodes.
ROTARIANS ENJOY
CHEROKEE QUARTET
Sylva Rotarians were entertained
at their regular dinner meeting
Tuesday evening with a numbr
of songs by Mack Ross, vice
chief of the Cherokee Indian Reservation
and his three companions,
Noah Powell, Jonah Washington
and Amble Wolfe. They
were accompanied at the piano by
Ralph Kemmerer, personnel director
of Mead Corporation. The
quartet sang in both the English,
which they called foreign language,
and Cherokee which they called
American.
Edd Dunn, a former member of
the Asheville club, who is now
making his home in Sylva, be?
-? momhor r?f tho Svlva club
c* wa ^ - - ?
%e Tuesday meeting. He is
now with Moody Funeral Home as
embalmer.
| Rhode Island Hen
. Lays Egg Within Egg.
One of the largest hen eggs ever
- to have been brcugnt tc The Her-|
[ aid office was brought Monday
morning by Mrs. Henry Shelton
of Cullowhee. The egg, laid by a
. young Rhode Island Red hen, had
> a perfect normal size egg in full
. shell inside of the outer shell. The
I large shell also had a normal white
. and yolk.
' 8O88AMON'8 In Sylva
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Walter Bradle>
Long Experien<
Modern Plant C
EVANS AND GREW ARE
PRAISED FOR WORK IN
PUTTING OUT FIRE
Forest Warden Charles Evans, of
Jackson County, has recently been
praised by a local landowner and
the State Forester of the N. C.
Division of Forestry, in Raleigh,
for his efficient and thorough work
in putting out a forest fire, according
to a report from the local
District Forester's office.
, Mr. R. G. Jennings, of,the Wilson-Jennings
Mink /Farm, Cashiers,
wrote to State Forester W. K.
Beichler in Raleigh, commending
County Warden Evans and his
crew for the alert and efficient
manner they put out a forest fire
endangering his property on March
9. Mr. Jennings told State Forester
Beichler that he was impressed
with the way the crews operated
and was very thankful for having
such a service.
The State Forester immediately
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wrote to Mr. Jennings, assuring
him that if he was ever again in
need of fire control services, he
cnnni nnnn Mr. Evans and
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his crew responding to the limit '
of their resources.
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BAPTIST RADIO HOUR
SPEAKER APRIL 3 IS
DR. J. D. GREY
Beginning April 3 Dr. J. D.
Grey, Baptist preacher, will begin
a series of sermons on the radio
each Sunday morning at 8:30. This
series of messages will continue
through the month of June. The
stations of North Carolina carrying
the message will be as follows:
WWNC Asheville; WSOC Charlotte;
WGNC Gastonia; WPTF Raleight;
WHCC Waynesville.
The theme for the messages is
"Consider Jesus"; Titles for each '
message are as follows: April 3,
"Consider Jesus"; April 10, "Jesus
Only"; April 17, "Alive Forever
More"; April 24, "Jesus our Advocate";
May 1, "Christ, the Sin
Cure"; May 8, "Mary the Mother
of Jesus"; May 15, "Jesus Knocks
at Your Door"; May 22, "Our
Sufficient Saviour"; May 29, "Jesus
and Repentance"; June 5, "Jesus
and the New Birth"; June 12,
"Listen to Jsus"; June 19, "The
Wounds of Jesus"; June 26, "What
Will You Do With Jesus?".
This program is sponsored by
the Radio Commission of the
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Georgia.
W. E. Queen Leases
Padgett Esso Station
W. E. Queen has leased the Pargett
Esso Service Station on Cullowhee
Road. Mr. Queen, some
15 years ago, operated a news
stand at the Southern depot here
from 1921 to 1934.
Lou Annie Cal
Winner In Spi
Webster, Glenville, and Sylva
High Schools entered the Statewide
Speaking Contest on "Proper
Land Use and Treatment?Its
Effects Upon The Economy of
North Carolina", sponsored by the
North Carolina Bankers Association
in cooperation with Agricultural
Workers. The Jackson County
Bank, a member of North Carolin
Bankers Association, in addition
to other donations also gave cash
prizes to each school winner in
the county as well as to the county
winner.
The following contestants were
selected to represent their respective
schools and spoke at the county
elimination contest on March
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Jackson County
Ideal For Farming,
Industry, Tourist
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County
r. Butcher Of
se9 Erects
)n Highway 23
Fleet Of Trucks Will
Deliver Meat Products
To Market Throughout
W. N. C. Counties
The Walter Bradley Packing
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ter house, recently erected on
Highway No. 23 at the Webster
junction is nearing completion and
will soon be open to the public.
This new industry in Jackson
county is one of the most modern
and up-to-date in North Carolina
and in this section of the United
States. This plant was erected and
equipped at a total cost of approximately
$50,000. This abattoir
will be used not only to
slaughter beef cattle, hogs and
sheep, but will sell directly to
merchants in whole or part carcasses.
Bradley's Packing Company
will also process and cut according
to desired size and sell wholesale
to hotels, resturants and other
commercial establishments. Also
a complete line of sausage,
weiners, baloney, etc., will be
carried. In addition to this plans
are now underway for erecting a
commercial smoke-house for the
purpose of curing and seasoning
various meats and meat products.
Eventually a poultry processing
plant for the purpose of dressing
L-hichens, turkeys and other fowls
ma; be? added.
PLANT APPROVED
BY STATE HEALTH BOARD
The plant was built and fur- 1
nishsed according to all specific
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I ^VjUli ViUWIilO Wl VIIV *' VI w? tina
Board of Health under
the supervision of state engineer
Blaisdell, state sanatarian W. A.
Broadway and district sanitarian
Charles B. Thomas of Sylva. Mr.
Broadway and Mr. Thomas are
gratified to have a sanitary plant
such as this abattoir to serve the
people of Western North Carolina.
Mr. Thomas states, "This' is a far
cry from the old shade tree, insanitary
butchering of just a few
years ago."
18 MODERN PLANT
Bradley's new plant is complete
from concrete, well drained, sanitary
holding-pen to the hamburger
grinding machine. From the holding-pen
animals are driven up a
ramp to the knocking or shooting
pen. After knocking they are conveyed
in the case of cattle to the
bleeding pits and hogs to the
scalding vats. From here a series
of conveyers carry the carcass
through a step by step processing
as the animal is bled, sRinned ana
washed and by way of elevated
tracks into a large chill room regulated
at 38 to 40 degrees where
all of the animal heat is removed
from the carcass. After this is
done and still on the same track
the carcass is conveyed to a larger
cold storage room which is
maintained at approximately freezing
temperature. Both the chill
rooms and cold storage rooms have
a series of tracks where the carcass
can be switched to various
positions as desired. From the cold
storage room as is desired the bu?Continued
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be Was County
mking Contest
llth: Miss Lou Annie Cabe of the
Webster High School; Miss Barbara
Hedden of the Glenville High
School; William Holden of the
Sylva High School. Miss Lou Annio
Pahp was Heolareri winner of
the county elimination contest by
the judges and represented Jackson
county at the group speaking
contest in Waynesville on March
l?th. Miss Cabe spoke in competition
with contestants from Clay,
Macon, Swain, Transylvania, Henderson,
and Haywood counties.
High School students in Jackson
county entering the contest
did a wonderful job and the county
was ably represented in the
group contest in Waynesville by
Miss Lou Annie Cabe.