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? ? 7 ' b^MElP OUBJI - fejgja VOL. XXIV?NO. 5 Jacksoi PART OF HUGE BARC jB^3k>y r 9^ff^ This picture shows part of the Day" shoppers as they participated prize winners at the Merchants Ass< June 18, at 4'clock. A large numbi were awarded the lucky number he This, the first city-wide bargai I was considered very successful by t provided with a treat of real barg which they were pleased with. Baptists To Meet At Scotts Creek Friday Night The Baptist Training Union Revival of the Tuckaseigee Association will be climaxed Friday night at 8:00 o'clock with a mass meeting at the Scotts Creek church. All churches are urged to have large representation at this meeting. The Program will consist of de# votional by Rev. H. M. Hocutt; Reports from work in each of the churches taking part in the cam^oicrrr Qnopial musir bv three of HUi6'M -- the visiting workers; several of our State B.T.U. leaders will have part on the program. The following churches are participating in the campaign with the persons leading the work as named: Cashiers, Doris Barnette; East Fork, Davy Ward; Greens ' Creek, Rev. and Mrs. Paul Nix; East Sylva, Paul West; Jarrett Memorial, Doris Link and Rubye Blowe; Little Savannah, Lou Merle Griffin; Long Branch, Daphne Boone; Lovesdale, Ruth Miller and Frances Altman; New Savannah, Juanita Davis, Old Savannah, Betsy Ann Morgan and Velma Trotts; Scotts Creek, L. J. Newton and Elsie Williams; Shoal Creek, Curtis Fitzgerald; Sylva, H. M. Hocutt, Martha Jane Mitchell, and J. W. Allen; Tuckaseigee, Kate Baucombe; Webster, Madge Lewis; i Wilkesdalte, Virginia Snyder and ft. Lita Mauldin; Yellow Mountain, Ruth Summerlin and Pearl Keller. Barnwell Anno In Swimming A Swimming classes will begin?< Tuesday at the swimming pool in Sylva. James Barnwell, who is in! charge of the pool, announced i this week. Beginning swimming 1 classes will be given 5 to 6 p. m. on 1 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of each week, and there will be ] a charge of $1 per week (three ' lessons) for the beginners' lessons. < Senior life saving classes will be i given 5 to 7 p. m. on Tuesday and i Thursday, and these classes will ! be free, because they are spon- i sored jointly by the American Red : Cross and tjie Sylva Recreation \ Committee. Warren Deyermond 1 will be instructor for each of the < I THI i To Ha v SAIN EVENT CROWD II SB. ')jt Z < /:?. ( {t.-A't^F 3 j . jjj _ " A - ' huge crowd of Sylva "Opportunity in the drawing of numbers for the c jciation drawing Saturday evening, i er of cash and merchandise prizes < )lders. * in event for Sylva in a long time, he merchants. The shoppers were j ains in merchandise of all kinds, ' _i nni f otvo ninn I uULC OA 10 DAI11I I MAKING PROGRESS . t Summer band practice is being held daily and progress is being madg/'tflredtdr' Ben Cole said this ^ week. Plans are being made to present the Sylva band and the ? Bryson City band in two concerts ^ later this summer, one to be in . j Sylva and one in Bryson City. Efforts are being made to arrange a the Sylva concert for the last of a July or the first of August, probably an out-of-doors concert in c v the early evening. There are approximately six students taking beginners' band * lessons now, and a larger grouD is * participating in the general band c rehearsal. Students must furnish their own instruments except in c the cases of a few of the more ex- * pensive instruments which are v owned by the school. 27 NOT 17 GALLONS ! OF MILK GIVEN BY ' STIII WEI I'S ROWS f In reporting on the new Grade A Dairy of Johnny Stillwell in , last week's issue of The Herald it was stated that the nine cows he is now milking are producing 17 gallons of milk. This was copi-[J ed -wrong and should have read. " 27 gallons of milk daily. Mr. Still- t well tells us that his milk is now 1 graded at .49 and that it is being |* paid $6.63 per hundred pounds or ^ 63 cents per gallon, a daily gross * of $17.01 for his raw milk. Mr. Stillwell said that he is s perfectly satisfied with his ven- ^ ture into the dairy business and v that he plans to expand his herd. s . S unces Classes j it City Pool o swimming classes. p Anyone interested in enrolling .. in either of the classes must contact Barnwell at the Sylva pool y_ before Tuesday in order to fill out the proper application ofrm. The number of people using the pool has increased sharply since r, the advent of the recent hot weath- ^ er, Barnwell says. Last week-end: saw the largest number of swim-j, mers in the pool to date this sum- \ mer. Approximately 80 swimmers I used the pool on Sunday. Recently music has been provided for the b swimmers by loud speaker sys- p tern, and popular records are play-. a ed each afternoon. | ii : Sy: Sylv e Three Jackson Citis WCTC Trusl Ac tn Arliri'tr L M.U Ki X J.JLJL B/JL M All Business To Suspend July 4 All business places in Sylva will )e closed all day Monday, July 1th according to an announcement )y Joe Waliin, president of the Merchants Association. This is in ine with the usual custom of closng on Independence Day. The Association as a body voted last spring to observe certain holidays jy closing, the 4th being one of hem. Mr. Waliin said that the Asso,'iation had been notified by the ocal Farmers Federation store | hat hereafter this store will re-j nain open six full days a week, loing away with the half-day clos. ng* on Wednesdays. This was orlered by the head of the cooperaive in Asheville and applies to ill the Federation stores. CONSTRUCTION OF MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN IS COMPLETED The memorial fountain on Main itreet below the courthouse has >een completed except for instalation of lights, which are expected o arri\^e this week: The American -egion Auxiliary sponsored conduction of the fountain, which las a large cement pool around hree sprays of water and which s protected on the street side by t cement wall. Between the wall md the fountain there is a sidevalk which was finished on Tueslay, the last of the construction cork. Members of the Auxiliary hope hat it will be possible to have the 1 ountain in operation by the Fourth: if July with full lighting effects.; Dedication of the fountain has >een set for November 11, Armisi ice Day, since completion of the: cork was too late to allow for a' leaication ceremony on July 4. ?ntarians Mppt At iigh Hampton For Vnnual Ladies' Night The annual installation of oft 4 icers and ladies' night of the Sylva totary club was held at High ' lampton Inn Tuesday evening at 1 :00 o'clock with approximately 25 rotarians, rotary anns and uesis present. ; The Rotarians and guests en- ! oyed a delicious banquet served ' :i t.ne spacious dining room of ' he Inn. The highlight of the progam following the banquet was he address delivered by Dr. Aliert Coates, professor of law at he University of North Carolina, ounder and director of the Intitule of Government, with head[uarters in Chapel Hill. Dr. Coates vas introduced by a former law tudent, David (Buddie) Hall of lylva. | The retiring president J. Cole lanr.on, presided and had Ro- 1 arian Ralph Sutton present the pec.al guests, including the wives 1 f deceased members of the club. I Following Dr. Coates' speech I; 'resident Cannon presented andi] urncd over the gavel to the in- j oming president, W. J. Fisher, i , 'resident Fisher stated briefly his1 ilans for the club's work for the j j oming year and introduced the ew board of directors and the ( rogram cnairman, James u. uan on, Jr. I 'ruett Reunion To Be ield Sunday July 3 The Pruett family reunion will e held Sunday at the old home lace at Big Ridge. All relatives re urged to come and bring their jnch. David Pruett is president. LVA ] ^a, N. C. Thursday, June 30 ' FarmJ sens Protest tees Action ative Heads Group Passes Resolution Endorsing Bird And Sutton, Sent To Trustee Members TifL-cnn fntintv riti7pn?5 WPTP very much dissatisfied with the action of the personnel committee of the new board of trustees of Western Carolina Teachers College when they learned last week that the committee had declared the office of president and position of business manager open^for new heads. Realizing that such actfon, if carried through, will be t a great blow to the future prog- q ress of the rapidly growing college, in which all Jackson county citizens F are vitally interested and that y such action is also a great per- r sonal injustice to W. E. Bird and * t R. C. Sutton, a mass meeting was r called and a large group of the r leaders of the county met at the 0 courthouse Saturday morning toj protest the removal of these two p administrative heads at the college. n The group made John D. Norton ( chairman and John E. Henson sec-I retary of the meeting. Talks were made by Dan Tompkins, W. J\< Fisher and others, followed by a ^ motion to have a resolution pre-1 parea ana copies 01 it manea to; each member of the board of trus-j tees. The resolution, published^ below, was drawn and copies have * already been placed in the hands ? of the members. A Resolution ^ Regarding Western CaroLina Teachers College WHEREAS there is located in 1 our county a State institution J known and loved as Western Car(Continued on page 10) f< T $21,300 U. S. BONDS ; BOUGHT BY JACKSON ' COUNTY CITIZENS ? With just a few more weeks to j err* in tVid nnrrpnt TT. S. Savings ... - -- - - a Bonds Opportunity Drive, cumulative sales of Series E Bonds in Jackson County amount to f $21,300.00 for the period April 1,V through June 18. All sales madej i through July 16 will be included in the final Drive figures. The; county quota is $30,000.00. I E This information was contained( " in a weekly sales report issue byj Allison James of Greensboro, State' tl Director of the U. S. Savings Bonds - S Division for North Carolina, and, F received today by Mr. W. J. C Fisher, Savings Bonds Committee s< chairman for Jackson county. ti "With seventy-three per cent of fc the Drive time elapsed our coun-|a, ty has achieved 71.0 percent of its [ cJ :juota," the county chairman stated.] cl "Cumulative Series E Bond sales t? for all 100 North Carolina counties r< for the period April 1 through j tc June 18 total $8,894,644.25, or sev-, a p.nty-four per cent of the $12,000,000 state quota," he said. a Other Opportunity Drive statis- a tics for the state are as follows: 23 counties already have made their quotas. v 15 counties and the city of ^ Rocky Mt. range from 85 to percent of their quotas. _ 14 counties range from 73 to 84 ne^cent of their quofas. g 48 counties are below 73 percent in achievement toward quotas. Mr. Fisher, as county chairman ^ calls on all local civic clubs, worn- f en's organizations, farm groups, industrial leaders and employees, bankers and others to join in the R Drive during the next few weeks, q to help the county make a'peace- g time record in storing up com- ^ munity reserves, and building per sonal security. . a BOS8AMON'8 In 8ylv? p " n 3er 1 , 1949 igents / * Rotary President f W. J. FISHER, cashier and i >oard secretary of The Jackson ' bounty Bank, was installed as . >resident of the Sylva Rotary club j it the annual installation cere- J nonies and ladies' night at High ! iampton Inn Tuesday night. Mr. 'isher succeeds J. Cole Cannon, etiring president. Sam Gilliam, 1 if Cherokee, is the vice-president. ( tlonteith Makes Address ro Ladies' Night Meeting 1 )f Bryson City Lions Last Thursday night Hugh Mon- i eith of Sylva addressed the ladies' 1 light meeting of the Bryson City i .ions Club and installed officers < or the coming year. Also present j " ' Wnn_ t or inc UfLclMUIl WVlt .111 o. muiieith and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Reed, j fir. Reed is out-going president 1 f the Sylva Lions Club. ! Directors Of Vi Association To Bryson City at The directors of the recently ( 3rmed Western North Carolina * 'ourist Association will meet at Iryson City Thursday 11 a.m. at ic Myers Motor Court to discuss j etails in completing the organi- \ ation. i Eighty-five operators of hotels, j jurist courts, guest homes, cafes, i nd restaurants in 11 Western forth Carolina counties lormed r ie organization last Thursday at meeting in Waynesville sponsor- < iYLVA FIREMEN HAVE i ANNUAL BANQUET, |; IE-ELECT COPE CHIEF I The Sylva Fire Department held ' leir annual supper at- Jar ret t c prints hotel Monday evening, ollowing the supper,. Chiel W. B. * ope presided over the business I ^ ?ssion, at which time the eicc- * on of officers was held. ; The allowing were re-elected to serve * gain this year: W. B. Cope, * -lief; Tilghman Bass, 1st assistant * hief; Grayson Cope, 2nd assisint chief; Claude Campbell, sec- c *tary-treasurer; Woody Hamp- \ )nt assistant secretary-treasurer; i nd D. M. Tallent, fire marshal. i Part of the board of aldermen ( nd honorary firemen were guests t this meeting. Patrolman Charles Lindsay, who 1 poke on "Safety", and Rev. W. H. Wakefield, Chaplain of the Fire I department, who spoke on "Remsconces of Boyhood", were the ucsis speakers. A total of 26 members and < uests were present. i Raymond Glenn Graduates J rrom Gupton-Joncs i Raymond Glenn, Jr., son of Mr. nrl Mrs. R. L. Glenn, has been < raduated Magna Cum Laude from > rUpton-Jones School of Mortuary 1 cience, Nashville, Tenn., with the 1 ighest cumulative points of his j lass of one hundred members. He 1 Iso received the tennis trophy j resented by the College as win- ! er of the Tennis Tournament. \ldJ liter Jul Specialists to Different Gr< Promotion o 30-MINUTE PARKING TO BE ALLOWED ON MILL STREET : An ordinance 10 nave miriy minute parking on Mill Street was 0 passed by the Svlva board of al-i**3 dermen last Friday night at the! P regular meeting. Heretofore, all a parking on the street has been prohibited but patrons of the stores C an Main street have illegally used| f the street for parking. Appropriate; ii signs have been posted on the v street. Mayor Hugh Monteith said. t. Parking is to be limited to the F south side of the street. t< The purpose of the ordinance is b to give everyone time to load andip unload on Mill- street from the! t Main street stores. Both mer- b chants and patrons need to use the ii pace for loading and unloading, t< and the thirty minute limit is expected to provide sufficient park- (J ing space for all. j C In making the ordinance, Mayor) s Monteith said, the board of alder-if men is asking the co-operation ofj p he general public in getting ridi^s -if nm? nf the bottlenecks of't ~ w" \ parking of the town. If everyone o-operates, he said, there will bej 0 lenty of room lor parking lor|(i :he purpose of~ loading and un-iV oading. , e rNC Tourist I Meet In [ 11 A.M. Today o ?d by the Western North Carolina \ssociated Communities. d The Association will serve as ^ in over-all facility with local or- ^ janizations in each of the 11 coun- ^ ies for the purpose of promoting ^ md developing tourist business ' n western counties. Definite plans ind projects will be announced . ollowing the meeting set for nexJL | Thursday in Bryson City. Wm. E. Casselberry of Bent | Jreek Ranch near Asheville is emporary chairman of the board I g directors of the new Associa- I ion, and Mrs. Doyle D. Alley of Vaynesville is temporary secre- c ary. Directors recently elected to < epresent tourist facility operators p "rom each of the 11 counties and vho will attend the July 7 meet- t ng are: Wm. E. Casselberry, Bun- j :ombe; J. M. Baity, Cherokee; W. r T. Latham, Clay; Arthur W. Wolfe, jUraham; Paul Hyatt, Haywood; _ . E. Johnson, Henderson; H. L. p Jass, Jackson; Miss Lassie Kelly, e Uncon; James P. Myers, Swain; Fas. P. Gaither, Transylvania; 'n Vladison County director has not j3een named at this date. Official representatives of West- E ?rn N. C. Associated Communities C will also attend the July 7 meet- n ng and assist in setting up plans s ind objectives of the new Asso- t nation. 1 Sylva Veteran I Clay County Po By John Corbin Almost every member of the ixty Veteran Farmer trainees ind the assistant teachers includng John F. Coroin, agriculture eocher, went to Clay County last Friday to see what Clay County iad done in the poultry business. rhe group was met at the head i if the beautiful Shooting Creek ^ /alley by Guy Wheeler, agricul- t lure teacher at Hayesville. Mr. t Wheeler had arranged the tour c and accompanied them all day f :hrough the county. Dinner was s served the group in a splendid * fashion in J. Walter Moore's cafe. c Clay county is in the chicken p/rr&owiZEl S $2.00 A Vear?5c Copy y Fiist Work With 3ups In The f Program M. L. Snipes, W. T. Brown. T. F. Cannon. To Head The Work With Farmers And Clubs On July 1st W. T. Brown will ssume his duties as County Agent or Jackson County. At the same i:nc Thomas Franklin Cannon will teg in work as Assistant Farm ^gent and will devote a major lortion of his time to 4-H Club ctivities. M. L. Snipes, who has been bounty Agent for the past four or ive years, will continue his work a the capacity of Associate Agent rith one of his main responsibiliies being the Test Demonstration 'arm Program, a pha'se of the Exension Service activities that will ie intensified. Mr. Snipes is esiccially well qualified to head his phase of the County program ecause of the excellent job done ti Macon County prior to coming 0 Jackson. Mr. Brown has served the people 1 Jackson, Swain, and Graham 'ounties as Supervisor of the Farm iecurity Administration and the 'armors Home Administration, le has also served as Vocational agriculture teacher at Cullowhee. le came to Jackson County in august, 1943. He is a graduate f Burea College and was presient ol tiie Agriculture Union /hile there. Mr. Brown's knowldge ol the problems of farmers nd pas* cooperation with the Extension Service especially qualfies him to serve the people in lis new position. Mr. Cannon, the Assistant Agent, 5 a recent, graduate from State 'ollege and has had considerable xperiences in livestock judging nd has had practical experience n dairying by having worked on a lairy farm during his vacations rom school. He is especially well [ualified to assist 4-H Club mem-\ icrs in the 15 clubs in the county. /Ir. Cannon is a native of Hayvood County. {oovergomm?sion 1ep0rt donated to jbrary by mead The Commission on Organization if the Executive Branch of the Government, headed by former 'resident Herbert Hpover, competed last month/ its report to he Congress of the United States. ^ copy of this report including eports to the Commission made iy its various task forces has been lublished by the U. S. Government 'rinting Office in a set of thirtyight booklets. A complete sgfof these booklets as been presented to the Sylva 'ublic Library by Mr. George H. -lead. Honorary Chairman of the loard of Directors of The Mead Corporation, who served as a nember of the Hoover Commision. The presentation was made hrough the Sylva Division of rhe Mead Corporation. 7armers Tour ultry Farms msiness. They went from poulry house to poultry house coninuously all day. Most of the irojects they visited were operate 'd by Veteran Farmer trainees, t seemed that there was a big >ouitry house at nearly every arm. Many new houses were beng built. They no longer build vhat we call a poultry house ten 0 fifteen feet square, but most of hem are from sixty to one hunIred forty feet long and thirty eet wide. A person cannot make 1 living with chickens in a house en to fifteen feet square. Most >f the houses of Clay County were (Continued on page 10)
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