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Population
Jackson County?20,000
. 4 Sylva and Area ? 4,000
VOL. XXIV?NO. 1
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FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR RAXTER SUTTON
HELD AT DILLS00R0
Funeral services for John Baxter
Sutton, 58, retired farmer of Dills.
boro, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon in Locust Field
Baptist church with the Rev. Robert
Parris officiating. Burial was
in the church eemetery.
Mr. Sutton died at 3:30 p. m.
Monday in the Baptist hospital in
Winston-Salem following an operation
and illness of several
weeks. He was a native of Jackson
county.
^ Pallbearers were: Ruff Robinson,
Jim Pangle, Claude Queen, T. V.
Beck, Theodore Snyder, and Austin
Sutton.
j Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Lola Pangle Sutton of Dillsboro;
three daughters, Mrs. Maude
^ ( Swank, of Asheville; Mrs. Dorothy
McClure, of Gastonia; Mrs. Elizabeth
Ward, of Jacksonville; six
sons, Richard, Marvin and Claude,
all of Dillsboro; Ramsey of the U.
S. Army, Camp Gordon, Georgia;
Hillard, of Oakland, Oregon, and
| Wilson Sutton^ of the U. S. Army
stationed in Germany; three sisters,
Miss Annie Sutton, Dillsboro;
Mrs. Oscar Cabe, Sylva; and Mrs.
Candus Morgan, Webster; one
4 brother, George Sutton, of California,
and nine grandchildren.
Moody Funeral Home was in
charge.
Legion Square Dances
To Start June 7th
The American Legion will start
the regular summer Tuesday night
square dances on Tuesday night,
June 7, and will continue to hold
them each Tuesday night until
further notice, according to an
announcement by members of the
dance team this week.
Funeral To Be Held
Sunday For Pfc. Beaver
Funeral services will be held
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock for
Pfc. Lewis A. Beaver of Waynes(
ville. The deceased is the son of
Mrs. George Beaver of Sylva. Hev.
R. L. Young, Chaplain of Veterans
of Foreign Wars and American
Legion Post No. 47 will be in
charge of the service with burial
in the Memorial plot, Crawford
Memorial Park at Waynesville.
* Pfc. Beaver was killed in Speyer,
Germany, August 26, 1945, in an
auto accident. He was a member
M of the Anti-Aircraft, Coast Artil- i
! lery, serving with the Army in I
the United States, Belgium, Holland,
France, and Germany.
Survivors lnolude besides his
mother, his wife, Mrs. Hazel
* Chester Tyler, one daughter, Andrea
Beaver, both of Detroit,
4 Mich., one sister, Mrs. Frank Bak.
er of Sylva, one brother, Mack
* ??*? ,ro anH Viifi father.
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George Beaver of Knoxville, Tenn.'
Sportsmen Gati
To Discuss Wil
Clyde Patton, Director of the
North Carolina Wildlife Commission
of Raleigh, Dan Furr, member
of the Commission of Asheville
and Ross Stephens, executive secretary
of the North Carolina Wildlife
Federation, met in Sylva Tuesday
morning with sportsmen from
all the counties of the ninth district
which includes Buncombe
/ and counties west. Around 75 j
men, interested in the wildlife re- i
sources of Western North Carolina
were in attendance and heard Di- i
* rector Patton state the tentative
i rules and regulations co%-ering
season and bag limits for hunting
in the state next fall and winter.
This was one of a series of such
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ruman Will1
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tober 6th '
1 Contract For President's J
Daughter To Appear A c
Cullowhee Signed 1
Mrs. C. C. Buchanan, chairman t
of the Lyceum committee of West- 1
em Carolina Teachers College, has
announced that the committee has c
signed a contract with James Dav- 1
idson, of New York, manager for 1
Miss Margaret Truman, to appear 1
in a concert at the-Hoey auditor- _
ium at Cullowhee on Thursday t
night, October 6. The president's
daughter will be accompanied by ]
her teacher, Helen Traubel, Wag- 1
nerian Soprana of the Metropolitan!
Opera, her manager, James y
Davidson, of New York, and her j
accompanist. While her Miss Tru- ]
man and party will be guests at ]
High Hampton Inn.
Miss Truman's appearance at c
Cullowhee will be the only one in
North Carolina. She will give a (
concert in Atlanta, Georgia the
week following her visit here. A- 1
round 500 non-student seats will
be available for the concert, Mrs. ]
Buchanan said.
Miss Truman is becoming quite
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popular as a concert singer anu 1
her decision to come to Cullowhee
was made on recommendation of ]
members of the Piano Quartet who d
appeared here last winter. Her
coming is expected to draw hundreds
of music lovers to Cullowhee
for the outstanding concert.
Sylva Men Take Degree
In Masonic Lodge (
Messrs. Jack and Howard Alii- (
son and Boyd Sossamon recently t
took their 32nd Degree, Scottish z
way, in Masonary at the Masonic ,
temple in Asheville.
The class was given the name <
of j. Claude Allison in memory of 1
J. Claude Allison of Sylva, de- 2
ceased, father of Howard and . 1
Jack Allison. The deceased was 1
a Shriner at the time of his death. <
Auxiliary To Sponsor
Baby Contest |
The Woman's Auxiliary to the
C. J. Harris Community hospital is
planning to sponsor a Baby Con- [
test for the benefit of the hospital J
fund drive now on. The dates for
the contest, together with more '
details, will be announced soon.
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Parents of children 6 months to ,
3 years of age are asked to contact
Mrs. Woody Hampton or Mrs. ,
Ed. Wilson who are in charge of
the contest. ,
Hiklo finknnlc To
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Begin Monday
Daily Vacation Bible schools will
begin Monday, June 6, in the following
chiirches of the Tuckaseigee
Baptist Association: White
Rock, Fall Cliff, Speedwell, and
Sylva.
All children are urged to attend
the Bible School of their community.
her Here
dlife Rules
meeting being held in each of the
other eight districts of the state. .
The seasons and bag limits that :
were discussed and some recom- i
mendations for slight change are
as follows: i
Bear?October 15-Jan. 2, bag '
limit, two daily, two in possession i
and two a season. i
White-tailed deer: <
Western counties ? Buncombe,
Haywood, Henderson and Tran- <
sylvania the season shall be Nov.
15 to Dec. 5, except as follows: <
No open season in Buncombe
county in the ar^a southeast of ;
Asheville bound o \ the north by ,
U. S. 70 and on the west by U. S.
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13 OUT OF WORK,
PAYROLL GOES TO
OUTSIDE PEOPLE
Following a fruitless effort to
vork out an agreement with the
inion to lower wages so that they
:ould operate without loss the
>wners of The Sylva Laundry
lave closed the industry, thus
hrowing 43 people out of employnent
with an average monthly
11 _ i- OiCrtn nn TUin nntixnil
payroll Oi Qtuuu.uu. a ins pa/iuu
vill now go to employees of launiries
in other towns, the 43 people
lere are without jobs and are not
iligible for unemployment compensation.
The people of Sylva
.re without local laundry seryice
ind the industry, built up over
he past years, will benefit no one.
Vfayor Monteith Is
Memorial Speaker
Hugh Monteith, mayor of Sylva,
vas the speaker Sunday afternoon
it 3:00 o'clock when the Edwards31ark-Messer
post Veterans of
Foreign Wars conducted a special
VIemorial Day service in the VFW
VIemorial plot in Bon-A-Venture
:emetery at Canton.
Eighty or more Gold Star parents
and wives of fallen heroes
ivere among the 400 people attending
the service. ,
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City Recreatio
Pool And Playg
Town Board And
Recreation Committee
Arrange Plans, Grigg
Is Chairman Again
At a call, meeting of the board
>f aldermen of the town of Sylva
)n last Friday night an arrangenent
was made whereby a recreation
program for the town
will be conducted this summer.
The board agreed to operate the
:ity park, swimming pool and
playground equipment under the
same committee which directed
the program last summer. Rev.
W. Q. Grigg, pastor of the Methpdist
church is chairman oi this
:ommittee, of which the members
are made of men and women from
the various civic clubs of the community.
The board also directed that the
:ommittee have as the recreational
director James Barnwell, Sylva
nigh school coach, who did such
a good job last year. The program
was curtailed last year, however,
due to the polio outbreak
which caused the pool to be closed
and much of the playground ac
tivities to be stopped.
In making his announcement
Wednesday morning, Mr. Bamwell
said that the pool will be put
in condition and ready for opening
on Saturday, June 4, at 1:00
o'clock p. m, Mr. Barnwell said
that if the pool can be made ready
that swimming will be free on
Friday afternoon. A new diving
board has been bought and should
be installed in 3 or 4 weeks. The
pool hours, he said, will be from
1 until 6 o'clock daily and Sunday.
Admission will be 15 cents for
children under 12 year and 25
:ents for adults. Bathing suit and
towel service is available.
Junior Girls Of Cullowhee
To Attend Girls' State
Each year the American Legion
Auxiliary sends two junior girls
from a high school in Jackson
:ounty to Girls State, held at the
Woman's . college of the University
of North Carolina, Greensboro.
The girls are selected by the fac-,A?
A I- ? ??U/n/,1 mite* ??OT-?lr
Lilly U1 II1C Stiiuui anu uiuoi < mm
high in their class and be good
citizens.
This year Miss Clara Jo Phillips,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Phillips, and Miss Azalee Wilson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland
Wilson, of the Cullowhee
school were chosen to attend from
June 24 to 30. The local unit will
pay the tuition fee and transportation
of the girls.
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NAVY Corpsman Robert Wayne
Harrison (above) or Springfield.
111., an attendant in the Naval Hospital
at Bethesda, Md., was the last
person to see former Defense Secretary
James V Forrestai alive.
Harrison had stepped out of Forrestal's
16th floor room for a moment
when the late former Secretary
walked across the hail to the
diet kitchen and plunged from the
room's window (International)
oyed To Direct
n Program,
;routid To Open
rians are now in prutess iui
lessons in swimming. Junior and
Senior life saving is also to be
offered this summer.
The town board has ordered that
the roadway through the city park
playground be closed to traffic,
being chained oif at the back
of the Legion hall on the west side
and at the Welfare office building
on the east side. This is being
done to protect the children from
possible death or injury from cars
and trucks. This is not a street or
alleyway and can be closed.
LITTLE RED SCHOOL
HOUSE DAYS RECALLED
AT NGEA BANQUET
The Little Red School House was
the theme used Eri. p. m. at the annual
banquet of the Jackson county
unit of the North Carolina Education
Association. Around 80 teachers
attended the banquet to which
retired teachers of the county were
invited guests of honor. These were
Prof. R. L. Madison of Webster,
Miss Ida Smith of Cullowhee, Miss
Margaret Moore of Sylva, Mrs.
May Belle Henson of Whittier,
Mrs. Sarah Crawford of Balsam,
Mrs. W. G. Dillard of Sylva, Mrs.
W. N. Coward of Cullowhee, and
Mr Lewis Ammon of Glenville.
Miniature slates bound in red
flannel marked the places of the
guests at the banquet tables on
which were placed little Red
School houses. The banquet dinner
was served typical of Red
School house days?in paper bags.
The dessert of ice cream and cake
was served on plates.
After singing "School Days"
Grace was offered by Supt. W. L.
Cope. Mrs. Dan Tompkins, president
of the organization, gave
words of welcome and introduced
the guests of honor to whom s..o
presented in the name of the
NCEA framed certificates.
Mrs, Roger Diilard proposed a
toast to the retired teachers. To
this Prof. R. L. Madison responded.
Tho ouonino'c nrnprnm was car
ried out. as a 4 Friday alternoon
program" of Red School House
days with Mrs. M. B. Madison as
"teacher" of the school. R. L.
Smith gave several impersonations
of teachers of Jackson county. Mrs.
Gordon Reed read for her father,
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SOSSA MON'S Aylv?
Ser/
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t In Co
SMOKY MT. DISTRICT
COURT OF HONOR TO
BE HELD HERE JUNE 9 i
One of the biggest courts of hon- J
or ever to be held in the Smoky
Mountain District of the Daniel
Boone Council Boy Scouts of
America will be held in the Methodist
church here next Thursday
night, June 9, at 7:30 o'clock. William
E. Ensur, advancement chairr
man for the district, will be in
charge. Hugh Monteith, president ^
of Daniel Boone Council, and Paul
c
Kirk. District chairman, will also
I
be present and have part on the
program.
A number of Sylva scouts will c
be presented awards; four will t
receive the Eagle Scout award;
four boys will be awarded Life
badges, and four others will re- ^
ceive the Star award. Other
troops in the district will have .
boys going up for special awards.
fi
Special invitations are being r
sent out for the occasion and the j
general, public is invited and
urged to attend. ^
SCOUT CAMPOREE AT
LUMPKIN IN MACON !
ennilte r\f rnn n No. ^
X lill Ijr-Clguv ovuuia wA. J
1 of Sylva, troop No. 12 Cullowhee c
and the Cherokee troop, along with
a number of adult scout leaders
and committeemen from Sylva *
spent Friday night at Camp Lump- i
kin in Macon county, returning to I
Sylva Saturday afternoon. ?
The scouts participated in gen- g
eral camping contents with a competitive
contest beiftg in
Franklin Fricks and Dick BarVey a
received an A rating to win the i
contest.
A picnic supper was enjoyed I
Friday night by the scouts and
leaders. v
Paul Kirk of Sylva, Smoky c
Mountain District committee chair- r
man, presided over a meeting of r
the committee which was held at. p
the camp. a
Adults who attended the Dis- t
trict Committee meeting are as g
follows: Hugh Monteith (Council t
President); Paul Kirk, B. L. Mc- f
Glamery, Frank Fricks, James L. r
Hauser, T. N. Massie, John Ed- I
wards, E. W. Renshaw, Bill Sloan, r
John Alsup, R. E. McKelvey, Harry r
E. Ferguson, O. E. Brookhyser, e
Lewis Edwards, Ross Zachary, W.
C. Hennessee, Herbert Gibson,
Dick Jones, Jim Carroll, William \
Katenbrink, Lawrence Reed, Mr. c
Shartz, Rev. H. T. Houts, Dennis l
Barkley, Trinidad Dupree, John r
Gillespie, Mack Monteith, Bob Lee, t
and Clyde Smith. Supper was 1
served by John Alsup and Jim i
Carroll. 1
Paul Kirk, District Chairman,
presided over the meeting. The 1
various Scout Units of the District
were discussed at the meeting. All ?
members visited the various sites <
selected by the Scouts. Following 1
the District meeting all adults at- ]
tended the Campfire where songs j
were sung and patrol stunts were 1
put on. ]
Library To Close *
For Inventory
The library will be closed for
inventory beginning Thursday '
(today) for one week, opening
again on next Friday, June 10. All <
tirhn hnvp nvprrfup hnnk# ar?? ureed
to please return them to the library
at once.
Mrs. Mae P. Stallcup.
Burrcll Family Holds
Reunion Sunday
The Burrell family reunion was
held Sunday, May 29, honoring
Mrs. R. H. Mull of Sylva and
Rev. Marion Burrell of Old Fort
on their birthday anniversaries.
They were 72 and 82 years old
respectively, also honoring Mrs.
Nora Ward of Asheville, another
sister. Approximately 350 descendants
of the late William
Walker Burrell family, pioneer
settlers of Haywood county coming
here shortly after the Civil
war from Greenville, S. C., attended
tne reunion Sunday.
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Governor S
School Bone
Be Voted C
School And Road Facts 1
Are Given; Sentiment
Turning In Favor of Issue
Around 200 Jackson citizens
lathered at the courthouse Monday
light in a rally supporting Governor
Scott's Road and School
Sond issues which will be voted
>n in a State-wide election Saturday,
June 4. The meeting was
ailed by Jennings A. Bryson, Cohairman
and H. E. Battle, Cohairman,
of the county commitee
supporting the issues.
Talks were made by several
peakers on the program. Mayor
iugh Monteith spoke on "What
he school bond issue will mean
o the people of North Carolina
ind Jackson County^'" J. E. Whitnire,
Vocational teacher of Frankin
high school and newly-ap>ointed
member of the board of
rustees of Western Carolina
reachers College, spoke on "What
he road bond issue will mean to
he people of Jackson County and
^oi th Carolina." Dean W. B. Harill
of Western Carolina Teachers
College uses as his subject, "We
an have better schools by having
>etter roads."
In order that the voters may
lave a better idea concerning the
ssues, the following facts are
minted:
What Is The Better Roads Program?
Thp nlan calls for the D&vintf of
.2.000 miles of secondary roads
ind placing 35,000 miles of roads
n all-weather conditions.
Who Will Benefit From This
'rogram?
Directly or indirectly every man,
voman, and child will benefit. For
xample, only one-third of the
niles traveled by school buses are
low paved. Produce-to-market
iroblems will be eased for thousinds.
Nor will the city folks who
>encfited most from the Road Pro.
;ram of the 1920's be helping only
heir rural fellow citizens. If the
inancial pressure for secondary
oad improvements is relieved, the
iighway Commission will have
nore money to spend for primary
oads. Good roads are good for
everyone.
Who Will Pay For the Program?
Highway users. The Road Bonds
vill not increase land taxes, inome
taxes, sales taxes, etc. Repayments
on the bonds will be
nade from Highway funds, not
he General Fund. We repeat
or emphasis. The only increase
n taxation will be the lc per galon
increased gasoline tax.
Can The Program Be Completed
[n Four Years?
The bonds will be issued as they
ire needed and only as the money
;an be used wisely and economicaly.
It is not anticipated that the
arogram can be completed in four
years but the authorization for ?
full program is necessary for sounc
planning.
Why Not Authorize The Bondi
Gradually?
Although, as just stated, the mon.
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55 Seniors To
At Finals Ton
Sylva high school will close thii
year's work with the presentatior
' J - 1 A - 4 L ^ CC
31 aipiom.'S iu trie oo ^uuug inci
and women in the graduating exercises
tomorrow night, which wil
be highlighted with an address bj
P. L. Elliott, president of Gardner-Webb
college.
Seniors to be awarded diploma*
are: Marvin Allison, Carroll Ashe
Fannie Mae Ashe, Jackie Barnes
Evelyn Beasley, James Blanton
Max Blanton, Jimmie Blanton
Vance Blanton, Nettie Jean Bradley,
Opal Bradley, Orthrude Bradley,
Myrtle Brooks, Clyde Bumgarner,
Ruth Bumgarner.
Eugene Cogdill, Furman Cog
Jackson County
Ideal For Farming,
Industry, Tourist
$2.00 A Year?5c Copy
'lection
cott's Road,
1 Issue To
)n Saturday
R. 0. WILSON NAMED
TO HEAD LEGION FOR
THE COMING YEAR
At a regular meeting of the
William E. Dillard Post No. 104
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27 the annual election of officers
was held, resulting in the election
of the following: Commander, Richard
O. Wilson; 1st vice commander,
E. C. Pressley; 2nd vice commander,
D. V. Frye; 3rd vice commander,
Britton Moore; Adjustant,
George B. Sloan; Finance Officer,
Venoy Reed; Service Officer, Dan
Tompkins; Sergeant-at-arms, Darrenee
M. Tallent, Sr.; Chaplain,
Rev. W. Q. Grigg; Historian, Porter
Scroggs; Athletic Officer, Dillard
Coward.
Chairman of the various committees
are; Americanism, L. H.
Higdon; Boys State, Ed Bryson;
Boy Scouts, R. U. Sutton; Child
Welfare, Fred M, Williams; Employment,
T. Walter Ashe; Grave
Registration and Memorial, Marv'in
L, Snipes; Membership, Felix
Picklesimer; Oratorical Contest,
John F. Corbin, and Sons of Legion,
O. E. Monteith.
Fred M. Williams is the retiring
commander.
Funeral For Mrs.
Diito.d To Be At
Cashiers Today
Mrs. Susan E. Dillard, 74, widow
of the late Thomas A. Dillard of
Cashiers, died at her home Tuesday
morning after a long illness.
Funeral services will. be held
today at 2 p. m. in Cashiers Methodist
chiych, of which she was a
member. The Rev. Robert E.
Early, pastor, win officiate.
Pallbearers vvill/ be "grandsons
and flower girls will be grand
daughters.- '
..Surviving are four sons, Lynch,
Paul, Thomas, Jr., and Norton, all
of Cashiers; three daughters, Mrs.
D. H. Rogers of Ellijay, Ga., Mrs.
W. L. Bryson and Mrs. M. H. Merrell
of Cashiers; two brothers,
Frank and Charlie Fugate of Cashiers;
and a sister, Mrs. James
Goldsmith of Asheville; 26 grandchildren
and 14 great-grandchildren.
HOSPITAL BENEFIT
RUMMAGE SALE
The members of the Woman's
Society of Christian Service of the
[i Sylva Methodist church will sponI
cnr n nimmapo nn Fridav and
, Saturday, June 3 and 4, for the
, benefit of the C. J. Harris hospital
building fund. * The sale will be
, held in the vacant room next ta
! The Herald office, being a continut
ed sale of items of the rummage
I sale held by the Eastern Star
members for the same purpose.
? More items of merchandise have
s
been added to the stock.
Anyone having articles to donate
to the sale should see Joe Wallin
at Wallin's shoe store.
Get Diplomas
norrow Night
dill, Donald Cooper, Dan Cope,
s Jack Cunningham, Peggy Dean,
1 Clarence Frizzell, Muriel Frizzell,
1 Bill Gass, Cumi Gibson, Jack
Green, Bobby Gunter, Don Hill,
* Naomi Hooper, Clarise Hoxit, D.
7 C. Hughes, Emma Jean Messer,
Ruby Mills, Tom Mills.
David Monteith, Joretta Mons
teith, Harold Morgan, Larry Na,
tions, Bobby Norman, Robert
Owen, Peggy Painter, Bleakadee
, Parris, Emilon Parris, Evelyn
i, Parris, Jake Parris, Peggy Pat
terson, Betty Paxton, Barbara
- Phillips, Tommy Queen, Bennie
- Reese, Betty Shuler, Billy Shuler,
Maxine Stanberry, Janie Turpin,
- and Margaret Ward.
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