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VOL. XXIV?No. 9
Jacksoi
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400 People
Problems D
Commission
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* Commissioner Thrash 1
r Outlines Policies For
$200,000,000 Program
Approximately 400 citizens from
six Western North Carolina Coun.
ties gathered in the Bryson City
school auditorium Tuesday to hear
T-- nalp Thrash. 10th division high
way commissioner, outline plans
for the spending of the State's
$200,000,000 "Mud" road funds,
and for the further development
of primary roads and highways.
Thrash welcomed the public to
the meeting and urged them to
bring their complaints and proi*r
lems to these public meetings held
from time to time, instead of contacting
the highway engineers. He
suggested that all roads be given
a definite, official name and explained
cases in which petitions
are necessary to obtain new roads.
These petitions must be passed
on by the County Commissioners
and then sent to the engineers and
Highway Commission for final approval.
He explained that county
commissioners only have authority
* to approve the petitions and have
no authority or voice in the finaL
discussion as to whether certain
roads requested by the citizens of
the county will be approved and
built. That, he said is entirely in
the hands of the engineers and the
' commission.
He requested patience on the
part of the people who wish to see
roads built immediately, explain|
ing that there are no fundtf?what~
soever at this time witty which to
start the work. It will be some
months before bonds can be sold
- and the money available. In the
meantime, he said, the commission
will be making its plans for
the program which is huge in its
entirety and must naturally be
worked out to the best interests of
the taxpayers.
Lost Colony To Play
\ Six Nights A Week
Manteo, N. C. ? Lost Colony,
Paul Green's outdoor symphonic
drama, will be performed six
nights a week for the rest of this
season, instead of five, with Monday
the only non-playing night.
Increase in the schedule was occasioned
by increased attendance,
and the fact that many visitors to
this resort area missed the show
when their visits coincided with
Monday and Tuesday nights.
The entire cast of 174 persons
voted to add a day's work to their
labor week without additional
compensation.
For the first ten days of 1949,
attendance is 1,303 ahead of 1948,
and 2,749 ahead of the same days
in 1947.
Lost Colony, first produced in
1937, has had the longest continuous
run of any outdoor drama in
the country.
WISCAC Make
' Survey of Recr
MURPHY?Western North Carolina
Associated Communities will
sponsor a survey of recreational
and scenic possibilities in the WNC
area, it was decided at a meeting
of the group in Hiawassee State
Park Monday.
A committee was named to work
with the Tenn. Valley Authority
and the State Board of Conservation
and Development for this
purpose. Members are Acting President
W. E. Bird of Western Carotin
Teachers College, Art Jones,
secretary of the Asheville Chamber
of Commerce, and W. M.
Davis, president of the Murphy
Chamber of Commerce.
In connection with the survey,
H. E. Hudson, manager of propf
erties for TV A, said he has long
been interested in recreational activities
in this area and that he
^ would lend whatever support posp
sible to promote the undertaking.
Harold Van Morgan, in charge of
r\ .
I Thi
i Schoo
Hear Road |l
iscussed At J
er's Meeting'
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Jackson County Farmers 1
Sell Corn to Commodity !
| Credit Corporation
Through AAA Office
Two farmers of the Qualla com- 1
munity, C. P. Shelton and John i
H. Ferguson, recently shipped 1300 ]
bushels of corn to Commodity i
Credit Corporation. The AAA of- 1
fice has been notified that this i
corn was graded No. 1 and that
Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Shelton will
receive $1.64 per bushel ? which
is the maximum rate of pay. j
The agent sent to supervise the
loading of this corn stated that
he had loaded corn over the entire
state of North Carolina this year
but that the corn grown by Mr.
Ferguson and Mr. Shelton was
, better than any he had shipped. |
The AAA office feels that this is I
a record that Jackson County cant
be proud of. i
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EGG PRODUCERS TO
MEET JULY 28
A second meeting of prospective
1 ^ TIM 1 1 ho
IldlLIllllg Cgg (ji uuuvbi o ntt* wv {
held in the Courtroom of the Jackson
County Courthouse at 2:00 P.
M. on Thursday, July 28th. At
this meeting the poultry commit- j
tee will make recommendations
to the group.
Route 1 Mail To Leave
Sylva At 9 O'clock A. M.
Beginning August 1 fhail for
Sylva Route 1 will leave Sylva
postoffice at 9 a.m. instead of 8'
as heretofore. Thfe will enable!
. the patrons of Route 1 to receive
their East of Sylva mail the same
day it arrives here instead of itj,
having to lie over till the next
morning as has been previously ,
done.
Bake Sale Set For
I Saturday A. M.
The Women of the Presbyterian
church will hold a bake sale SatI
I'rriov rr?nr*r?in0 in thf? front Of
U1U?^ tilV?MM?0 ' ,
Hooper's Drug store, starting at J
10 a.m. |
| Anyone having a special cake,j{
pie, or other bake item which they 1,
would like to purchase will please i
call 0711, Mrs. Charles Pettitt, or i;
303-J, Mrs. W. H. Wakefield.
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Chamber of Commerce j t
To Meet Monday |j
All interested citizens are ask-1
ed to meet with the Jackson Coun- i <
iv
ty Chamber of Commerce at the!(
'American Legion building nextj,
I Monday, August 1, at 8:00 p. m. ,
Roscoe Poteet, president. (
s Plans For A
\
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ationai Areas
recreation for TV A, also offered *
his assistance.
Those attending heard a record- ^
ed lecture by Bill Sharpe, who is l
leaving his position as head of the }
State News Bureau August 1.
Members voted to make him an
honorary member of the board of .
directors of WNCAC and to send
him an expression of appreciation '
for his work in behalf of Western
North Carolina.
Several reports were given, a- j
mong them a discussion of work ^
on the Blue Ridge Parkway and
improvements in the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park by Chas. ]
Ray, chairman of the Park, Parkway
and Forest Development Commission.
|
Percy Ferebee of Andrews, president
of WNCAC, listed State
biennial appropriations . for its t
parks as $118,725 for Hiawassec .
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Sylva
Is Sche
FULL LAKES ADDED I
ATTRACTION FOR I
SUMMER VISITORS
Summer vacationists in this i
nountain area of Western Jj
North Carolina are getting a pret- |
:y bonus this summer. All the big |
power lakes of this area are full, 1
a situation greatly adding to their I
aesthetic appeal.
Several of the lakes, including |
Fontana, have had to spill' water |
recently, ciienviue, one or mv j
prettiest lakes in this area, has 'j
more water in it than usual, and i
the game goes for Santeetlah, Hi- 1
awassee, Chatuga and others.
1 Killed Two Hurt |
Train-Truck Col. |
Horace King, 65-year-old farmer
of the Clyde community of Haywood
county was killed and James
King, 28, and Wiley Snyder, 40,
were injured about 10 o'clock
Monday morning when their pickup
truck was struck by a solwmoving
diesel powered Trclght ~
train at a grade crossing. The men
were said to have driven their
truck upon the tracks and seeing
the train bearing down upon them'
they jumped. Investigating officers
said that had they - remained in R
the truck none would have been |
badly injured as the train struck
nnr3 nnltr Warn
inc ruur ui uic ucu anu
aged it slightly.
FARM ACCIDENTS COSTS
MILLIONS 2
More than 36 million dollars in 1
medical, dental, and hospital bills
were paid by farm people during
1948 as a result of accident, ac- e(=
cording to H. M. Ellis, in charge
of agricultural engineering for the "
State College Extension Service. Ul
This cost, Ellis states, does not
include the cost of accidents to M
those who were killed, or who suf- at
fered permanent total disabilities; t0
or costs other than those result- H
ing directly from the care of in- ar
juries. \ Ia*
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Among the chief causes of the|
accidents Ellis listed the following:
Falls, machines, animals, auto
and truck collisions, handling ob- er
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jects, hand tools, stepping on or
striking against objects, falling and g(
flying objects, and burns or shocks.
These findings are based on an g(
analysis of nearly 2,000 accidents ec
reported in three enumerative sur- n.e
^eys made by the BAE in 1947 ti(
and 1948. to
Seventv-two Der cent of all ac
:idents to farm people occurred on er
:he farm ? 16 per cent in the c
:arm home and 56 per cent else- p.
where on the farm. Eleven per V1
:ent occurred on roads or streets tl(
3ff the farm. The other 17 per
:ent included industrial accidents c0
suffered by farm people who were pr
working in factories and accidents
3f children in games at school. ea
so
Fifty-four per cent of injuries
were sustained while the victim
was engaged in farm work. Farm ^
iccidents reached a peak in Sep- ?
so
:ember, when both farm work ac- ^
:idents and recreational accidents
were sharply up. Males had an
iccident rate over three times as ri
jreat as females, and males in the ^
ige group 25 to 44 years had the w
lighest rate.
Ellis advises all farmers to
:heck their homes, farm build- \
ngs and surroundings and remove
ill accident hazards possible. He
ilso suggests "taking time instead
)f chances."
Dr. Killian Attends
Dut-nf-Statp Meetings
Dr. Carl Killian, professor of
education and Psychology at WC
rC, ' left Tuesday for Nashville,
renn. where- he will attend a
higher Education meeting to be *
leld at Peabody college.
From Nashville Dr. Killian will
?o to Chicago where he will at:end
a national Audio-Visual meet- ?
ng. He expects to be gone ten
jays. <
jva ;
LN. C. Thursday, July
duled 1
QUEEN OF THE
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a! ^^^En^SHraM|
SELECTED QUEEN of the American
Carolina Beach, N Cm receives a
president, at the organization's 32
An international queen is chosen j
each of the foreim rr??ir??rine
1,000 Persons
federation Pit
More than 2,000 persona attendl
the annual Farmers FederaLj9
Tool,^^.. r*r\ 1 mtir t->inn in Qat -
jii ?j avivouu vuuiivj ??<
day at Sylva High School and
iard short talks by James G. K.
cClure, President of the Federion,
Rev. Dumont Clarke, Direcr
of the Lord's Acre Movement,
ugh Monteith, mayor of Sylva,
id W. T. Brown, Jackson farm
jent, and enjoyed a full day of
ring music and entertainment.
Mr. McClure told the group that,
rarmers can build a better West*n
North Carolina for themselves
id their children by sticking toJther.
When farmers are loyal to
leir own organization through
)od times and bad," he declari,
"little by little they can create
;w markets and new opportuni2s
which will be of great value
themselves and their children."
During Mr. McClure's talk seval
members of the cooperative's
ickson County committee held up
acards representing farm serces
developed by the Federa3n.
These include: a Certified
4rfhnLlses. a
a ILliCi J , IUIVC4VV.V7 ?? ? ?
operative dairy plant, a poultry
ocessing plant, pulp wood meriting
service, and the Southistern
Artificial Breeding As ciation.
Mr. McClure pointed
it that these improvements have
len made possible because of
e loyalty of the farmers of Jackn
county and other counties to
e Farmers Federation.
W. T. Brown stressed concenation
on farm operations which
ve a high return per acre, and
01 IWH&TTT Y ''
fcVWSHEO
BOXSCORE
o* II . C . HIGHWAYS
Killed July 19 through
Julv 22 ? 6
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Injured July 19 through
July 22 ? 50
Killed through July 22.
this year ? 416
Killed through J/uly 22.
1948 ? 358
Injured through July 22.
this year ? 4,710 *** V "
Injured through July 22.
1948 ? 3,855
>tSAMON't Ill tyfva
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Her;
28, 1949 ;
To Open
AMERICAN LIONS "
Lions, pretty Janice Harveil. 18, of
brooch from Eugene Briggs, Lions
nd annual convention^ in New York,
'early from the beauties representing
1 nited States. (International >
Attend Annual
mic Saturday
Rev. Dumont Clarke, reporting un
the widespread use of the Lord's
Acre plan, emphasized "A working
church is necessary for the
accomplishment of God's work in
the world."
Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Knight of
Speedwell, who have been married
43 years, were the longest
married couple present, and Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Jones of Barker's
Creek were the newest married
pair. Mr. and Mrs. Lambert
Stewart of Fine's Creek had the
largest; family present, Robert
Jones of Gay brought G1 people
on his truck to win the award for
the biggest truckload. P. G. Buchanan
of Gay was the victor in
musical chairs, while the baldest
head contest was decided in favor j
of S. T. Fox of Speedwell.
Cedar Quartet from Tuckaseigee,
led by Estes Ashe, was victorious
in the quartet singing,
followed by Tom Jumper's Whittier
Quartet. Speedwell Choir, under
the leadership of Roy Fox,
won the class singing.
The entertainment program in-,
eluded a two-man cow which produced
bottled milk on the stage
and illustrated the increase in i
milk production which will result
from the use of the Southeastern
Artificial Breeding As- 1
sociation's proven bulls. A mansized
rooster and hen also ap- ,
pearedf and considerable excite-1
ment was aroused when a policeman
chased Gaither Robinson of '
the Federation string band through
the audience, accusing him of
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N. C. Theft Bureau
Recovers 44 Stolen
Cars During June
RALEIGH, N. C., July 25 ? The,
Theft Bureau of the North Carolina
Department of Motor Vehi-I
cles assisted in the recovery of 44 t
stolen automobiles during June!
and launched investigations into(
the theft of 39 more, the Depart-ment
announced today.
In addition the bureau collected
$51,635.93 in penalties and ad-(
ditional license fees for trucks
caught overloaded. Of this amount
$11,932.39 was taken in for additional
license fees and $9,498 in
penalties for privately-owned vehicles.
Additional fees on commercial
vehicles amounted to $18,
225.91 and penalties were $11,979.
66. Total penalties were $21,#77.63.
L"w+L'CUmT3pTi?nr ?* 1fl"1 VW*'fw
\LD 1
i Augus
Superintend
Releases Tei
Of Teachers
1
Car Entered Sunday
Night, Items Taken,
Some Recovered
Svlva Police and Sheriff Midmkii
thoir \r.'iv i n 11?
jjirx 1 r> ilU l K J l V.UVI VMV tfc . . |.,J
the automobile ol Miss Elizabeth]
Setlee, of Flat Top, West Virginia
sometime Sunday night while it
was parked on Main Street. A
number of items, including a Kodak,
films, and keys were removed.
All the items except the kodak,
film and keys were found scatter-,
ed on the Taxi parking lot and
on top of the building housing
The Herald. The officers state that
they expect to make arrests soon
as definite clues lead to certain
persons.
A plate glass was broken in the
r-agle 10 cent store tiie same night.
It is uncertain whether it was
broken accidentally when some
one loaned against it or whether
it was an attempted entry. No
merchandise was missing, it was
stated.
GRANDMOTHER OF
WHITTIER BOYS
TO TOUR WORLD
In Miami Herald
A grandmother will start a trip
around the world in a tramp
steamer.
That is one of the waysMrs.
Vivian Boyer Roper, of Miami
stays young.
Although a grandmother, she
actually is young in years, she
refuses to say how many, but she
is as young in spirit as any high
school co-ed.
Two years ago she learned to
fly and now has 160 hours to her
credit. Typically, all of it waSj
cross-country flying, for she thinks
it dull just to fly around over
the same town.
She loves deep sea fishing and
has caught some near-record tarpon.
She is good enough at golf
to participate in women's tournaments
with creditable showing.
She bagged a seven-point buck'
in Colorado several years ago and'
would rather go turkey hunting
than sleep.
All of which adds up to make
Mrs. Roper, a diminutive, striking
brunette, one of Florida's most
active and unusual as well as
prettiest grandmothers.
In a way, her trip around the
world is keeping a promise to he:
son, Carl Boyer, who died December
9 at the age of 23, in the
Veterans hospital at Oteen, N. C.,
of war injuries suffered as a Navy
gunner.
"If anything happens to me,"
Carl told her shortly before his
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Miss Lucile Hu
Jackson School
Superintendent W. Vernon Cope
hag been notified by Dr. J. Henry
Highsmith, of the State Department
of Public Instruction in Raleigh,
of the approval of Miss Lucile
Hunt as supervisor of the
schools of Jackson County.
Miss Hunt is one of 300 special
teachers and supervisors which
the State is providing for the first
time this year. She will devote
her time to assisting the teachers
of the schools.
Miss Hunt received both her
B. A. and M. A. degrees from the
University of North Carolina. She
has done graduate work at the
University for several summers,
and has taught in the schools of
Oxford, Marshall and Kannapolis
befoje coming to the training
school at Cullowhee last year. She
was one of two teachers selected
in the State to attend a special six
weeks workshop course at the Fla.
State University this summer.
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$2.00-A Year?5c Copy ,
t25th
ent Cope
itative List
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For County
1 Smith Tn Head Svlva
Schools Again This Year,
Few Vacancies Remain
W. Vernon Cope, Superintendent
nounced Wednesday that all the
schools of the county, except Cullowhee
high school, are scheduled
to open for the 1949-50 session
Thursday. August 25th. The Cullowhee
school always runs concurrent
with tii?"~opening of^JWestern
Ca r ol i na Tea c h e rs C^of lege s i nee
it is the College's training school.
Mr. Cope also a p. nounced the
tentative list o! teachers for the
schools as follows:
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Sylva ? Ralph L. Smith, Principal.
Mary R. Cowan, Clifton
Smith, Mary \V. Jones Scott, Willa
Mae Seroggs. Irene Bryson Buchanan,
James R. Barnwell. Ben G.
Cole, Wallace Martin. John F.
Coi'hm, Kathrvn S. ATt> 11 *is. Evelyn
''Parker McManan. Juanita Farmer
Dav is, .Mae Freea.a: Fortner, John
Roy Crawford. M:.>. J. F. Freeze,
Annie Louise M. Reed. Margie
Shulor Hughes. Hicks E. Wilson,
Bertha Cunning.jam.. Evelyn Cowan
, Sherrill, Oliv e Hall Norton,
Emily W. Tompkins. Lorene T.
Clav, Norma Painter Lee, Elma
Donnahoe.
Barker's Creek ? Mrs. Joe Wallin,
Zuna H. Wakefield, Selma B.
Middleton.
Dillsboro ? Lillian J. Madison,
Arlin Fowler Evans, Iris Holden
Sherrill, Carma A. Crawford.
Beta ? Gertie W. Moss, Maude
Baker Reed, Lucy Henry Craw*
ford, Elwyn Queen Deitz, Mattie
Mae Hensley.
Addie ? Wm. Garland Dillard,
Lenoir N. Stack.
Willets ? Alberta S. Monteith,
and Mrs. Lucile Hooper Cabe.
Balsam ? Ernest Penland, Jr.,
[Kathleen B. Greene, Lula M. Bry'
son.
Wilmot ? Irene Raby Clayton,
Geraldine Givens Ward, Thelraa
B. Crawford.
| Qua 11a ? Lois E. Martin, Lucy
McCraeken Hall, Harriett HallI
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MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
BY LEGION NOW ON
| Felix Picklesimer, membership
chairman for the William E. Dillard
Post of the American Legion,
has announced that the 1950 membership
drive is now on.
Mr. Picklesimer said that anyone
joining for the first time or
renewing their membership now
may do so at the old fee of $3.00.
He expects the membership dues
to be raised after the National
Convention.
Your membership in the post
will help make our organization
stronger so send in your new or
renewal application at once.
nt Comes To
s As Supervisor
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Cabe Named Chairman
Of Poultry Committee
Winston Cabe of Greens Creek
was elected Chairman of the Poultry
Committee at a meeting in the
courthouse on last Saturday morning.
Mr. Cabe, a G. I. Trainee of
the Sylva Department, is a progressive
poultry raiser and has
shown a great deal of interest in
promoting the hatching egg program.
Other members of the Poultry
committee are: Lyman Haskett,
Speedwell; Manual Nicholson, East
La Porte; T. A. Jackson, Tuckaseigee;
James Jiles, Whittier; Sam
Higdon, Sylva; Tom Wright, Cashiorc
r.ocrffp J. Stewart. Glen?
ville; W. A. Crawford, Erastus.
The poultry committee will meet
Thursday morning at 10:00 o'clock
to formulate further recommenda* j
lions to make to the group.... ^