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VOL. XXIV?NO. 4
Jackson
Farm Agent
Department
/ Grade 'A' Dai
? ?Webster
Farmer
First In Program To
Meet Standards J
The Jackson County Farm .
1 Honartment I
agents anu uvaiu. ?
have under way a program for
more and better dairies in the
county. The first among the new ^
dairies to begin operation is the r
recently completed, modern dairy *
owned and operated by Johnny ^
Stillwell of Webster. Mr. Stillwell a
has enlarged and modernized his *
barn, built and equipped a con- *
crete milk house and is operating a
under a Grade A rating. He has \
started with a herd of nine cows c
to which he will add more.
Other dairies under construe- 1"
tion are to be owned and operated t
by Cashiers Buchanan of the Wil- i
mot section, John Turpin of Shoal ?
f Creek and Dennis Higdon of Love c
Field. Ten to twelve other farm- (
ers have expressed interest and a
^ will possibly enter this program v
at a later date.
Last year between the montnsj \
* ? ---okOct. and March, 1949f it was nec- t
essary for the state of North Carolina
to import 25 per cent of the
4 milk consumed. Records show l
* c
that 80,000 gallons were imported *
into Asheville last winter. Locally s
Pet Dairy Plant in Waynesville c
which serves Jackson county im- c
1 ported 10,000 gallons pg& iponth.
To overcome this condition and *
cancel out of state contracts it is
necessary for western North Car- *
olina to increase production 25 s
per cent and more, since the east- c
ern half of the state is not parti- 1
cularly adapted to dairying. 5
As soon as a constant or depend- s
able quantity of Grade A milk is t
produced the Health and Agriculture
departments will advocate
4 and enforce regulations whereby *
* all milk products, such as ice %
tiriii hp manufactured from|r
kicoui) ?? -w
grade A pasteurized milk.
It is estimated that a new dairy |
operator can construct and equip
a modern dairy and it will pay for I
itself in one year on a constant
production of 15 or more gallons I
of grade A milk per day. Current I
price for grade A milk is $6.00
per 100 weight, or better than 50c c
per gallon. C or ungraded milk j
used for manufacturing pasteur- ^
ized milk brings a price of $2.85, ^
or less per 100 weight. This neces- r
sitates improved farming and in- t
creased production of corn, hay t
and silage to produce a winter out- j
put of milk equal to summer pro- a
duction.
A chief interest in more and ^
better dairying is improved health, j
Milk and milk products are a
MUST in nutrition and help to
improve the health conditions of
# every family. The demand for z
grade A milk in the homes, schools s
and public food establishments is 2
great and that need should be met ?
at home. c
Merchants Well
Response To Be
s
They came, they saw and they .
bought . . . yes the people of the .
Sylva trading area really had a .
trade festival last week during f
the "Opportunity Days" bargain .
event, sponsored by the Merchants .
Association. They really took advantage
of the many bargains of- f
fered by the Sylva stores. A num- ,
ber of the stores reported a large -f
number of bargain seekers from ,
Bryson City, Franklin and VVaynesville.
? The three-day event got off to {
a bad start on Thursday morning t
t following the heavy rains which j
sent county streams out of banks,, r
flooding highways and washing
crop lands. However, when the c
sun came out around noon the s
_TH1
i Crops,
And Health
Promoting
ry Program
MEAD LEADING IN
SAFETY WORK OF
HPFR MINISTRY
I ni kii iny wv ii?i
The Sylva Division of The Mead
Corporation has just been recoglized
by the North Carolina Indusrial
Commission and the United
>tates Department of Labor and
warded special certificate due to
he fact that at the year ending
December 31, 1948, the company's
iccident frequency rate was 86%
he average rate for the paper inlustry
in North Carolina.
Recently received and now
langing with other recognition
>ars in the lobby of the Engineerng-Extract
office of the local
>lant is the 1st quarter 1949, speial
award (George Mead Trophy
Contest) for having no lost time
iccidents in 167,928 man-hours
vorked.
Mr. H. E. Whitaker, Operating
7ice-President, stated in his leter
to Mr. Buchanan:
"It is with considerable pleasire
that we are awarding to the
>ylva Division a Special Award
afety bar in recognition of a noiccident
recqrd during the first
juarter of 1949.
Your very fine record during
his time is proof of the greet efort
on the part of your supervisors
in directing an excellent
afety program. Also, it is evilence
of the fine cooperation and
nterest shown by every one of
'our employees.
Accident prevention is always
tn important part of the producion
job.
I would like to extend to you and
o all members of the Sylva Di ision
the congratulations of our
nanagement."
LAWSON L. MULL
DIES AT HIS HOME
IN EVERETT, WASH.
Larry W. Mull has received word
>f the death of his uncle, Lawson
... Mull, 77, at nis nome in iLvereu,
Vashington on Friday, June 17.
The body will be brought to Waylesville
for burial and is expected
o arrive today and will be taken
0 the home of a niece, Mrs. J. C.
Corris, on East Street. Funeral
irrangements are incomplete.
Mr. Mull, a brother of the late
*. H. Mull, of Sylva, had been
iving in Everett for the past 52
'ears.
I
Survivors included an uncle, An:el
Medford of Waynesville; three
listers, Mrs. Ida Mullis, Mrs. Sam
Bedford and Mrs. Mary Miller;
tnd one brother, Jerry Mull, all
>f Waynesville.
1 Pleased With
irgain Festival
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tores reporcea orisit imuc uui*
ng Thursday afternoon, and
)usiness really picked up on Friiay
and Saturday. The town was
illed with cars and trucks, bringng
the people from all parts of
he county.
Just before 4 o'clock Saturday
he crowd gathered in front of the
?sso station next to the postoffice
or the prize drawing. Mrs. Leonird
Huff was winner of the grand
)rize of $50cash. Odell Haskett was
vinner of the S25 cash price, both
given by the Merchants Associaion.
Nineteen other merchandise
Drizes were won by various lucky
lumber holders of the huge crowd.
The merchants were well pleas?d
with the event and plan to hold
similar trade days in the future.
S SY]
Syli
FarmL
Citizens Recall
Big Flood Of 1940
As Waters Rise
When Jackson County citizens
awoke last Thursday morning and
saw the streams overflowing their
banks, and continuing to rise, they
j recalled vividly the disasterous
' a OH 1 CIA C\ tirhon co V ?
IiOOa UI UgUS L <J w, istu vv iiv.il w?v ? ?
eral lives were lost, bridges washed
out and farm buildings washed
aw&y or damaged. But unlike the
1940 flood last week's high water
came after daylight and people
had a better chance to protect
themselves in case the water
should have risen higher than it
did. Glenville lake is credited with
having held back a gre?t volume
of water which otherwise prob-1
ably would have caused more damage
along the Tuckaseigee river.
The biggest damage in Jackson,
according to county agent, M. L.
Snipes was the washing of cultivated
farm land, with the top soil
being carried to the bottom crop
land where it was deposited over
j young corn, much of it continuing
down stream and lost entirely. The
Webster and Savannah sections
were hard hit from this respect.
Counties east of Jackson suffer;
ed considerable more damage from
the heavy rain. Haywood and Buncombe
suffered most seriously. The
I Pigeon river overflowed highway
' 19-23 at Clyde, blocking traffic to
| Asheville for several hours. The
i Little Tennessee at Franklin covI
ered highway 23 for a depth of
f/iof hlnnlrino raffir* for
bCVCiai 1V.V. b) UiVV 1XXQ
sometime.
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VARNER SUCCEEDS
ASHE IN VETERAN
FARM PROGRAM
By John Corvin
Robert Varner, son of Mrs. Faye
Varner and the late Mr. Varner
of Whittier, has been named as
assistant agriculture teacher of
the Sylva Veteran Farmers' Training
program, succeeding Walter
Ashe who is now acting postmaster
in Sylva. The group will consist
of the same men who have been
in the program.
Young Varner graduated from
Bryson City high school, which
included four years' study of vocation
agriculture. While a student
ne did excellent work in seed
judging and represented his school
in the district seed judging contest.
He took a short course at N.
C. State College in artificial
breeding ?nd is prepared to handle
the artificial breeding program in
Jackson County as soon as sufficient
cows to justify the program
~ ? U 1 ? C/> fo** l-i QC
ci I C dvai.duic, OU 1U1 iiuo
been considerable interest in the
program in the county, and all
people who are interested are
urgi d to contact their agriculture
workers and notify Mr. Varner.
A.r. Varner is a World War II
veteran and has made plans later
to attend N. C. State College and
complete his agriculture education.
Meanwhile he has done
farming on his mothers farm and
is now well qualified to teach
practical farming.
In making a survey of the work
done under Mr. Ashe and contacting
the men who worked under
him, I have found that the work
has been well taken care of. The
many poultry and strawberry projects,
in particular, testify to the
splendid work that he did. Frank
Burngarner of Beta, for instance,
is ooing a neat, ciean, and business-like
job of poultry and strawberry
production. he has com*
a new poultry nouse consisting
of two tloors and 20' x 20'
orouaer house. In addition, he
j has a one-han acre strawoerry
patch set with Tenne.-see Supreme
variety plants wnicn will lurnish
a lot oi quanty berries lor sale one
year fr^m now.
Clyde Hdl of the Savannah
community is doing an equally
good job in strawberry raising and
plans to put in a hog and poultry
project in the near future.
LVA ]
/a, N. C. Thursday, Jupe 2
,and Dai
High Water Caus
The above picture shows
Cottages, owned and open
Leatherwood, with the floe
river lapping around it. T1
height of the flood cause<
Wednesday night and earl
cottages are on Highway <
Franklin road.
Dream Comes True
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NOT LONG ago residents of New
Jersey gave their time, money and
labor to build a $25,000 "dream
house" in New Brunswick for paralyzed
war veteran Robert Hoelzle,
23. Now he has a bride to share it
with him. Above, seated in a wheel
chair, he is shown as he was married
to Miss Frances Noll, 21. Behind
him stands a wartime buddy.
H. L. King. (International)
SYLVA LIONS ENTERTAIN
BOY SCOOTS
The Sylva Lions club entertained
Troop 1, Sylva Boy Scouts, at
dinner at the regular meeting
June 15. There were thirty-seven
scouts present for the occasion.
A report on the club's activities
for the past year was given by
secretary Tom Clayton during tne
business session. The program y*as
then turned over to Lion Hugh
Monteith, president of the Daniel,
Boone Council, of which the Sylva
troop is a member. Lion Monteith
presented Lion Dennis Berkley,1
scoutmaster of the troop, who presented
the scouts as he gave them
their membership cards in scouting
for the coming year. The troop
charter was then accepted by i
Lion president Roy Reed on be-1
half of the troop.
The Sylva troop is ranked one
of the highest in the Daniel Boone
Council. The Sylva Lions club,
which is toe sponsoring agent lor
he troop, oileiS the troop heartiest
congratulations and urges
v k.. j o*.k >jc continued.
Also the citizens of Sylva and the
surrounding territory are urged to
render all aid possible to further
this fine movement.
I Before the meeting closed it
! was decided to have Ladies Night
and installation of officers at Tatems'
Sky Club Wednesday night,
June 29, at 8:00 p.m.
S08SAMON'S In 8ylva
Her i
!3, 1949
magedI
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r J I y.
;es Little Damage
one of a group of Riverside
ited by Mr. and Mrs. Guy
?d waters from Tuckaseigee
te picture was taken at the
1 by the heavy rain fall of
y Thursday morning. The
23 just out of Dillsboro on
WALLIN APPOINTED
moTmnT nrmiTV
uioinioi ucruu
GRAND PATRON, ORDER
OF EASTERN STAR
At the meeting of the Grand
Chapter of Order of the Eastern
Star of North Carolina which was
held in Raleigh June 13-17, Joe
Wailinr Worthy Patron of Oce '
Chapter No. 139, Order ^pf^ the
Eastern Star of Dillsboro
va, was appointed District Deputy
Grand Patron of the 12th District
which comprises the counties of
Jackson, Macon, Clay, Cherokee,
Graham, and Swain. Mrs. Margaret
Cabe, of Franklin was reappointed
District Deputy Grand Matron.
FFA AND 4-H BOYS ARE
BEING SELECTED FOR
FORESTRY CAMP
County Forest Warden Evans
announces that FFA and 4-H boys
are now being selected by Vocational
Agriculture and Agricultural
Extension leaders to attend
.he annual forestry training camp
held by the Department of Conservation
and Development. The
camp will be held at Singletary
Lake August 15-20. Fifty boys
who have carried on outstanding
forestry projects on their farms
will be chosen for this honor. The
Seaboard Railroad also will send
twenty boys from other Southern
states.
The camp, sponsored each year
by the member mills of the Southern
Pulpwood Conservation Association,
will again have a staff of
trained forester's "to teach the boys
the basic principles of farm forestry
management, said county Forest
Warden Evans.
Timber marketing and estimating^
tree identification, pacing, and log
bucking are -some of the subjects
K^?re. unll loom at the r?mr>. On
vy\jJ o TT iii AVU* vt v
the last day of the camp, contests
will be held and valuable prizes
will be awarded the winners.
Evans added that there will be
plenty of time for swimming, volleyball,
sofltball, and horseshoe
pitching.
Jackson county boys have often
ttended the camp in the past,
Evans said, and probably some
wili be eligible this year, but the ,
lists have not yet been arm uneed.
CRIMSON CLOVER
SEED AVAILABLE
The AAA office is now in position
to issue orders for Crimson
Clover seed to be used for seeding
winter cover crop. The fnrr price
is 27c per pound, the government
will pay 19c per pound and the
farmer will pay 8c per pond. The
lair price for other winter cover
crop seeds will not be available
or a few weeks.
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ly Heav
Dillard Gets
For New Sch<
Barkers Cre<
W. J. FISHER NAMED '
CHAIRMAN U. S. BOND
nnuuinrc ucdc
uummill LL IILIIL ,
W. J. Fisher, cashier and sec- (
relary of the Jackson County 3ank :
of Sylva, has been named Jackson \
county chairman of the volunteer r
United States savings bonds com- j
mittee. This announcement was t
made today by Allison James of <
Greensboro, state director of the .
U. S. savings division for North j
Carolina. ]
The appointment was made by \
John W. Snyder, secretary of the
Treasury, on the recommendation .
of J. Gerald Cowan of Asheville j
regional savings bonds chairman.
In accepting the new post Mr.
Fisher said, "I appreciate the honor
of this appointment and realize (
the responsibility that it carries '
tor the future security of our in- *
dividual citizens and our nation. *
"It may be surprising to some
of our people to know that more (
than $1,500,000 in U. S. savings *
bonds are held by citizens of Jack- *
son county today," Mr. Fisher con- 1
tinued. "This amount is net hold- *
ings with cash-ins taken out."
The new county chairman said *
that the primary and patrioticreasons
lor the savings bonds pro- 1
gram and of such campaigns as 1
the current opportunity bond drive
are to help stabilize the nation's j
economy and to properly manage ]
the 252 billion dollar national war ,
debt by spreading it widely among
our people. But the by-product
of "community reserves" and future
buying power of our county's 1
citizens are mighty important reasons
also.
Tompkins Is Appointed
Local Service Officer
Beginning July 1 a service officer
will be on full-time duty at 1
the Sylva Legion Hall. Dan Tomp- ,
kins has been appointed to fill the <
office. <
Efforts to secure a full-time ,
service officer have been under- way
for some time. In this ca- <
pacity Mr. Tompkins will offer
free service to all veterans, and
they are urged to take advan
tage ol tne service, ah types 01 ,
veterans' problems will be handled,
ranging from complaints to
unemployment.
Scotts Creek DVBS To
Hold Commencement Sun.
The Scotts Creek Baptist church
will hold a commencement program
for its daily vacation Bible 1
school this Sunday night at 8 o'clock.
Friends, parents, and pupils
are invited to attend the program.
The school this year has been
one of the most successful ever
held at Scott's Creek, according to
the teachers of the school. The
average attendance was 135 students
per day.
Jackson Consid
For Quality Eg
John Corbin. teacher of the Vo- I
cational Agriculture department
of Sylva high school, W. T. Brown,
and R. F. Hemphill, of the Jackscn
county Farm Home Administration,
visited the Gainesville, Ga.,
Poultry Development Area on Friday,
Juic 17. This area is the
headquarters through which Clay
county has operated and made
possible its wonderful poultry
program, which has been in operation
for two years. The purpose
I of the visit was to make plans for
a similar program for Jackson
county.
In Gainesville we found the
poultry business to be on an even
larger scale with a brighter future
than was expected. Poultry in
the Gainesville area is being
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MTBOWiffil
^ LOCAL
MEBCH4OTg|
$2.00 A Year?5c Copy
y Rains
Contract
>ol Building
^k-Wilmot
Lloyd And Erwin Also
Low Bidders, Plumbing
And Heating Units
-William B. Dillard, local conlact-T,
was successful bidder for
he general contract for building
he new Barkers Creek-Wilmot
?lementary school when bids were
eceived and opened by the couny
board of education on last
Thursday, according to an announcement
by Superintendent of
Jackson schools, W. Vernon Cope.
Several contractors from Asheville
ind Charlotte submitted bids, all
i
oeing at a higher figure than Dilard's
bid. The geVeral contract
Did was for $103,540.^
Under the contract the plumbng
will be done by the E. M.
Lloyd firm and -the heating unit
a*i 11 be installed by Ed L. Erwin.
Mr. Dillard plans to begin ex.avation
work immediately in
reparation for the actual construction
work which will also
^et underway in tne near luture.
This is the first of new buildings
.ailed for under the county-wide
school building improvement program,
sponsored by the board. It
.vill be of modern brick and steel
instruction, containing seven
:lassrooms, with library, principal's
office and cafeteria.
Superintendent Cope said the
Text school in line for considera:irfr
Jr at Scott's Creek.
-/Mr. DJlard was also the successful
bidder on the proposed new
hospital building at Bryson City
which was let last week.
JUDGE PATTON IS ,
REAPPOINTED BY :'
GOVERNOR SCOTT
Special Superior Judge George
B. Patton, of Franklin, was one of
the two special judges out of Severn
in the state reappointed by
Governor Scott. The terms of
special judges are for two years,
expiring June 30th of the second
year. Terms of all of the State's
seven judges expire June 30 this
year, giving Governor Scott the
job ol make the new appointments.
The Governor has the
authority to appoint eight special
judges, although only seven have
been appointed heretofore. Scott,
however^ appointed eight, one a
lady, Miss Susie Sharp of Reidshornmns
the state's first
woman Superior Court judge. New
judges appointed in addition to
Miss Sharp are Harold K. Bennett,
of Asheville; William T. Hatch, of
Raleigh; William I. Halstead of
Camden; Wilkins P. Horton, Pittsboro,
and A. R. Crisp, of Lenior.
The other judge to be reappointed
was W. H. S. Burgwyn, of Woodland.
Patton was first appointed by
Governor Cherry and had been on
the bench since February, 1947.
lered Ideal
g Production
handled on a tremendous scale,
which means the employment of
a large number of people and the
investment of a great deal of
money, all of which lends prestige
to the entire county as well as
giving a better living for the
people of the rural area. The
poultry business is well established
and is now definitely a permanent
industry. The Gainesville
management said that W. N. C.
including Jackson county, is a
much more favorable area, from
a climatic and feed production
standpoint, than the low altitude
and warmer climate of the Gainesville
district for this type of industry.
This is especially true in
regard to egg hatching. Eggs laid
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