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VOL. XXIV?NO. 6
Farm 1
Visitors, Tra
Record For
Over July 4l
Local Citizens Spent *
Independence Day
OnSndti XTT neal
V(U1CI1J, 11U liUVHl
Accidents
Sylva spent one of the quietest
Independence Days in recent history
last week. Except for an j
overflow crowd of tourists on Saturday
and Sunday, local police reported
that everything was quiet
throughout the holiday week-end.
There were no accidents reported
in or around Sylva, and only one
known in Jackson county. Dr.
Richard Kerman, stationed at the
Swannanoa unit of the Veterans
Administration hospital, was killed
four miles west of Soco Gap on
U. S. highway 19 when he lost
control of his car and struck an
American Bus Lines bus bound j
for Asheville. Four bus passengers
received minor injuries.
The highways were crowded |
over the week-end in Jacksonj
county, but the worst congestion
occurred on Saturday and Sunday
9 nights when tourists began to look
for beds for the night. Hotels,'
cottages, and tourist homes were1
quickly filled, and the overflow
was put into private homes where
possible. Several Sylva tourist
homes reported as many as twen4
ty tourists at one time waiting for
a place to sleep, while arrangements
were being made in private
homes.
The Chamber of Commerce of*
fice on Main Street welcomed
many of the Sylva visitors and dis?Continued
on page 8
CORN NEEDS SIDE
DRESSING NITROGEN
By W. T. Brown, County Agent
In some sections of the County
com seems to be needing an ap4
plication of nitrogen fertilizer?|
* especially on those farms where ai
portion of the corn crop was dam-'
aged or destroyed by the flood is
this advisable.
* One of the first indications of
1 r _ __ -2 4.
a neeci iux riiirugcu is a jrcuvwuig
of the leaves especially the lower
ones. The application of 200
pounds of Ammonium Nitrate per
t acre or 400 pounds of Nitrate of
Soda will increase the yield considerably.
There is still a fair supply of
nitrogen top dressing materials
in the stores in our county.
Care should be exercised in applying
the material in order to
? prevent it from coming in contact
with the corn leaves.
Thomas Begins
Survey For Sylt
# A sanitation survey was begun in
and around Sylva on Tuesday by
Sanitation Officer Charles Thomas
of the health department and will
continue until the entire town is
covered, according to a health de- .
partment announcement Hhis week.
The survey is being made to check
privies and sewage disposal and
to determine if proper disposal of
garbage is being used.
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lina law requires that each person
shall have a means of sewage disposal
approved by the state board
of health and if it be a privy it
must be constructed, installed and
maintained in accordance with
certain rules and regulations.
Thomas points out that this part
of the county sanitation program
has not been touched in some time
and that checking so far has shown
that some privies are in great
need of repair and that some are
I not fly-tight and are exposed so
that they are a menace to public
health.
4 As each residence is checked the
privies are being tagged to show
defects that exist and corrective
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Leaders
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This Area
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4-H CLUB MEMBERS
WILL GO TO CAMP
JULY 19 THRU 23
Jackson County 4-H club members
will go to Swannanoa 4-Hi
Camp Tuesday morning, July 19th
and return Saturday afternoon, |
July 23rd. Members planning to
attend 4-H Camp should notify
the County Agents immediately
since the number expecting to go
to Camp will have to be known
right away. Facilities for taking
members turning in late requests
to attend camp may not be available.
A card to be filled out and returned
to the County Agent's office
immediately has oeen mailed
to each 4-H member. The members
have also been mailed a list
of items to take with them to
Camp.
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COPPER TREATMENT j
GOOD FOR TOMATO I
BLIGHT, SAYS BROWN
Tomato Blight has struck in
some sections of the County, and
all farmers are urged by County
Agent W. T. Brown to spray j
thoroughly each week and after
every rain. Spraying and dusting
will do very little good unless it 1
is done regularly. 11
One of the best materials to use ]
is Cooper A Compound. One mix. 1
ture of this may be used as a dust, *
or it may be bought in a form that ]
is suitable for spraying. For '
spraying purposes six level tea- {
spoons per gallon of water is rec- J
ommended.
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Merchants To Meet
Tuesday, July 12
8 P. M. In City Hall
Joe Wallint president of the
Merchants Association, has announced
that the Merchants Association
will hold the regular July i
meeting Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock
in the city hall. The regular
meeting date is the first Monday
in each month but since July 4th (
fell on that date and the Chamber
of Commerce meets on the
second Monday the July meeting \
has been set for Tuesday the 12th.
This is a very important meeting
since some question regarding
the half day closing on Wednes- 1
day has come up.
Sanitation
m And Area
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measures which should be employ- j,
ed to have a sanitary-approved ,
privy. Thomas says that the South- . {
ern Lumber Company is pouring j (
approved concrete privy slabs i
which are being built to meet the;?
reoommendations and specifica- ' .
tions laid down by the state board
of health and are similar to those j
previously constructed under the <
WPA program. .!
Typhoid, cholera, dysentary, ^
diarrhea, and other communicable
diseases are some of those that can <
be spread by improper disposal of <
human excreta, Thomas said. The j
health department is asking co- c
operation of all people concerned, <
both tenants and property owners, <
in helping to correct any deficien- j
cies immediately in order to gain 1
approval on all outdoor units. A
short time is being allowed after <
checking is completed to give each 1
tenant and owner time to correct J
deficiencies noted, after which i
time a recheck will be made for ;
compliance. It is hoped that it <
will not be necessary to prosecute
anyone to gain compliance, Thomas <
said, to this necessary health- <
protecting objective. i
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by Hugues Le Gallais. Minister of I
placed infhe National Archives unti
Ronnie Reed Is
Winner In Hospital
Auxiliary Contest
One of the many promotions the
Auxiliary of C. J. Harris hospital
put on recently for securing funds
for aiding in the payment of the
new hospital wing was placing
coin containers in the business
places with photos of children of
local parents sponsoring each of
the containers: The final check
af the containers shows little Ronnie
Reed, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Reed, winner with a total of $47.45.
~lose in the race were Phil Slagle,
son of Dr. and Mrs. T. D. Slagle,
>37.87, and David Schulman, son
nf Mr. and Mrs. Sol Schulman,
>20.14. Money placed in all the
containers totaled $169.81.
FISHER ANNOUNCES
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ROTARY OFFICERS
Bill Fisher, president of the
Sylva Rotary club( presided over
the first regular meeting of the
:iu'o Tuesday night after having
been installed at the High Hamp-(
ton meeting last week. His first'
official act was to announce thej
names of the various committee I
chairmen and members. Officers, |
directors and committees for the!
year 1949-50 are as follows: Pres-j
inert.. Bill Fisher: vice-president,]
Sam Gilliam; secretary-treasurer,]
Raymond Sutton; sergeant-at
arms, Harold McGuire; directors,!
Reg. Enloe, Harry Ferguson, Ram-!
sev Buchanan, Marvin Snipes and
Clint Dodson, all of whom are
elective officers. The appointed
eommittees are: Aims and Objects:
Bill Fisher, chairman, Raymond
Sutton, Reg. Enloe, Ramsey Buchanan,
Harry Ferguson and Clint
?Continued on page 4
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Sutton Is Chief Of
Police At Hazelwood
Ossie L. Sutton, native of Jackson
County, a World War II veteran
who served overseas as a
srovost marshal, has been named
:hief of police of Hazelwood, He j
mcceeds John Woodard who be-1
:ame Canton police chief. For the
east 29 months Chief Sutton had
seen police chief of Morganton.
Chief Sutton went into the law
enforcement work in 1935 when
ne became an officer in Marion.
Be:ore that he had served a manager
01 the James Hotel in Sylva,
*oing to Marion when the hotel
vas sold.
Mrs. Sutton, the former Annie
Cunningham, also of Sylva, is
eonnected with Sherrill's Studio
in Waynesville.
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RECORD CROWD USES i
SWIMMING POOL ON :
JULY 4 AFTERNOON ;
The swimming pool and picnic J
tables in the City Park in Sylva |?
were used by capacity crowds ] ]
during the July 4th holidays, Life n
Guard James Barnwell saH this, J
week. A record-breaking nurn- t
Der of one hundred people used
the swimming pool on Monday,
ana larflo nrrnirHc irimmo/"3 tho nnnl
Mltu lUi VI w ?v UJ JUilltllVU ViiV pw* |
also on Saturday -and Sunday
when the weather was especially
hot. Barnwell said that many of
those using both the pool and the I
park were out-of-town tourists
and visitors. (
Close to fifty baskets are now
available to people using the
swimming pool. A number of j*
new baskets arrived this week-'
end and have been put intd use |
for checking clothes and valuables,
in the office while people are in ;
the pool. Also a new diving board
has been received for the pool and
will be installed as soon as at -:
rangements can be made. Barnwell
expects the diving board to be
installed and ready for use by
this week-end.
Senior life saving classes began |
on Tuesday and beginning swim-j
ming classes on Wednesday, taught (
by Warren Deyermonrl. There are .;
still some openings in the classes )
those who did not enroll before' f
the classes began this week. The! ,
life-saving classes are lree, but j j
there is a charge ui $1.00 per
week for the beginners' lessons. s
Tuckaseigce Baptist S. S. j
Convention Sunday 1
The Sunday School Convention
of the Tuckaseigee Baptist Association
will meet at the Yellow
Mountain Baptist church Sunday
afternoon at 2:30. F. E. Parker,
president, will be in charge.
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c
Killed July 1 through July 2 r
(10 a. m.) 2
Injured July 1 through July 2
(10 a. m.) 21
Killed through July 2 this year ,
357
Killed through July 2 1048 310
Injured through July 2 this year
4,032 1
Injured through July 2, 1949, 3,365
80SSAMON'8 In 8ylva '
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Mead Employee
Retires After
Long Service
Geo. W. Cunningham
With Cornor. 21 Years;
Plans To Live Leisurely '
George W. Cunningham retired
July 1 after having worked for
more than twenty-one years with
The Mead Corporation. In addition
to his service with Mead, Mr.
Cunningham spent twelve years
in the employ of the Armour
Leather Company operating a
caster in the extrapt division.
Employed in the extract department
at Mead, he spent most
of his time feeding and operating
the wood chippers. He is justly
proud of his splendid attendance
record, working every shift scheduled
through the years with but
few exceptions. In 1944, he received
a special certificate from
Mead recognizing a perfect fifteen
year safety record.
He ulans to live leisurely at his
home on Cullowhee road with his
wife. Mrs. Sadie Cunningham. His
>on, Ray, is attending a trade,
school in Waynesville and h is |
laughter is Mrs. Annie Sutton.!
Fie savs that his farming will keep
him busy in his retirement and
that he plans a little vacation trip
in the near future.
Mr. Cunningham is the third
employee of the Sylva Div ision of
The Mead Corporation to retire
under the provisions of the Mead
Retirement Plan. Mr. John A.
Fincannon and Mr. B.
Jones are both on the retired list.
Benefits of the plan increase with
the passing of the years since they
are dependent upon length of participation
and company profits.
On Welfare Board
FRANK H. BROWN, JR., of
Ilullowhee, recently appointed as
i memoer 01 me jacKson' touniy i
?Vcliare Board by the State Wei-;
are Board, succeeds T. Walter
\she, who resigned to become actng
postmaster of Sylva.
Mr. Brown represented Jackion
in the 194.9 General Assembly
nd supported the S4ates Weil are
urogram in its entirety. He is an
lonor graduate of Stale College, |
vas with - the State Department'
)f Agriculture 1937 to 1942, servng
under Governor Scott while
ie was Commissioner. He is a vetman
of World War iit being discharged
with the rank of Naval
lieutenant. He served as assistint
farm agent in Clay County for
i year; member of Jackson County |
"loard of Education; farmer and,
..r; time assistant teacher of vet-I
.ran farm trainees; member Sylva I
Loons club* member board of stew.
irds Cullowhee Methodist church |
ind a leader in all progressive
movements in the county.
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POSTMASTER
Applications for examination
or postmaster in Syiva are now
aeing received and all who wish
o file applications must have them
n Washington, D. C., by July 12.
Notices will be mailed Naut Avhen
and where the examination will
ce held.
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Buy Eggs A
If Products
To Give Program At
WCTC July 11
Irene Bewley, nationally known
monologuist and authority on
Southern Mountain Folklore, will
be heard in a program entitled
"Fools, Feuds and Furriners" at
Western Carolina Teachers College,
Cullowhee, on Monday evening,
July 11.
Although the author-actress is
a native of the foothills of East
Tennessee, the material for her
characterizations comes lrom various
sections of the Southern
mountains?some from as far away
as the Ozarks.
Miss Bewley's Folklore entertainments
have not only been
heard by leading clubs, colleges,
and universities throughout the
United States, but also by audiences
in remote settlements of the
Southern Mountains.
The officials of the Library of
Congress, recognizing the value of
Miss Bewley's unique work, have
invited her to make recordings for
the Archives.
LIONS INSTALL
OFFICERS, HOLD
LADIES NIGHT
On June 28 the Sylva Lions held
Ladies' Night and installed officers
for the coming year 1949-50, al
Tatem's Sky Club near C; shiers
The new officers installed at
this time are as follows: Claude
Campbell, president; Edwin Allison,
1st vice-president; W. T
Brown, 2nd vice-president; J. P
Stovall. 3rd vice-president; Martin
Cunningham, secretary-treasurer:
Roger Dillard, assistant sec
retarv; Felix Picklesimer, assistant
treasurer; Ralph Smith, tail twister;
D. E. Barkley, Lion tamer;
Ge?rge Lee, assistant Lion tamer:
and W. T. Wise, Roscoe Poteet, J.
A. Bryson and Claude Jones, directors.
Awards earned during the past
year were also presented at this
time. These included a golden
Lion to the Sylva club for outstanding
work during the past
year, and a plaque to T. L. Clayton
as best secretary in the district.
Approximately one hundred anc
twenty-five Lions, Lionesses anc
guests were present for the occasion.
Redden Sees Ii
For Parkway,
Following information in a let
ter from Congressman Monroe
Redden to Raymond Sutton, member
of the North Carolina Parkway
and Parks Commission, civie
leaders here and throughout Western
North Carolina are elated ovei
the recent action of the Park Service
and President Truman's interest
in the increased appropriations
for the Parkway and Park
In a recent letter to Representative
Redden it was pointed ou"
by Hillory A. Tolson, acting di?
|mtronize|
$2.00 A Year?5c Copy
duction
Firms Will
t The Farm
in
311 warrants
Minimum Of 10,000
Laying Hens Required
To Start Program
At a meeting on last Thursday
afternoon of the members of the
' Agriculture Workers Council for
| Jackson County plans were disj
cussed for promoting a countyI
wide poultry program, with the
production of high grade hatching
| eggs as the principal product. The
1 meeting was presided over by
John Corbin and attended by all
the Farm leaders, Veteran farm
trainee teachers, and other inter!
ested citizens. Mr. Corbin told of
a recent tour he and some 60 vetI
eran trainee farmers made in Clay
County to see what the farmers
are doing along this line in that
( county. Clay County began the
program several years ago which
; has developed into the leading industry
and farm income of that
I county. Practically every farmer
1 has a poultry house full of laying
hens, in fact 200,000 hops, now
producing high quality hatching
eggs which are bought at a higher
price than regular commercial
eggs by the commercial hatcheries
at Gainesville, Ga.
The Gainesville hatcheries help
the farmers to oromote the IndusI
try in that they furnish either
chicks or pullets and feed to the
' growers. Certain specified breeds
J are used for the production of
j these eggs which are said to have
? a ill.'h' r peicentage of hatch when
>.( produced in Western North Caro1
lina. This is due, it was said,
? to the altitude, quality of grazing
crops for the pullets, and other
factors perculiar to this section.
I It was learned at the meeting
1 that around 18 farmers are ready
to staj"t the program with as many
as 500 hens each. With a few
more coming in the required 10,000
hens would be reached, producing
enough eggs to justify the hatchcries
sending their trucks into the
; county on regular trips to pick up
the eggs.
| Farmers who have ready cash
can build their houses, which are
constructed at a very moderate
; cost, buy their chicks and feed.
Those not having ready cash to
do this and who want to get into
1 the business, can secure funds,
either from the local bank or from
the Federal Home Administration.
It was also stated at the meeting
that the Administration has some
| $42,000 ready to help the farmers
in getting the program underway.
Everyone attending the meeting
last week was very much enthused
over the possibility ol promoting
the hatching egg industry in Jackson
county which will give the
farmers another source of cash income.
Those who are willing to
give time and attention to the
flock can make good money in
this way. It was learned in Clay
county that many of the farmers
are making a net profit at from
; S3.50 to $5.00 per hen per year,
t many of them having flocks of
2,000 or more.
With the new county agents now
i in the county to help promote the
agricultural work there is no rea1
son why our farmers cannot se1
cure the necessary help and in
formation in starting the work
here.
i n i
ncreasea tunas
, Park Projects
- rector, that a revision of requested
? appropriations had been made by
the Park Service, and that $13,.
500,000 would be sought in the
: budget for completion of these
. projects.
r Representative Redden has been
. working on the project for many
. months, and climaxed his activi.
ties by bringing the House Public
. Lands Committee to Western North
. Carolina for personal inspection
I of the area, and a public hearing
. on the matter.
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