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VOL. XXIV?No. 12
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W.C.T.C.T1
Paul A. Reid
Of Cullowh
_ State Board Of Education^
Official Will Begin His
New Work September 15
Paul A. Reid of Raleigh, controller
of the State Board of Education,
has been elected president of Western
Carolina Teachers' College,
Cullowhee, it was announced by
E. J. Whitmire of Franklin, chairman
of the college board of trustees.
Whitmire said Reid was elected
of o mopfinff nf the trustees in
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Asheville Sunday, but that announcement
was held up pending
his acceptance of the post.
Reid will begin his duties as
president with the opening of the
fall term of the college. He succeeds
H. T. Hunter, who died in
October, 1947. Dean William E.
Bird has been acting president of
the college since Hunter's death.
Reid tendered his resignation
Saturday night to Lt. Gov. H. P.I
Taylor of Wadesboro> chairman of
the State Boarl of Education. The
resignation is effective on or about
^ September 1. |
Reid, 46, ^ native of Pilot Mountin,
Surry county, has served as
controller for the past five and onehalf
years.
Hp was an elementary teacher i
at Pilot Mountain four years; busi{t
ness manager and assistant superintendent
of Roanoke Rapids
schools six years; principal of
junior-senior high schools of RoaI
noke Rapids three years; jfinci-j
pal of Jfeedham Broughton High
School, Raleigh, three yitrs, and
superintendent of Elizabeth City
public schools two and a half yifcrs.
A member of the Raleigh Hiiftory
Club, Reid is the author of several
published articles on .educational
subjects. He was formerly president
of the Social Science Department
of the North Carolina Educational
Association, and an active
member of the High School Prints
cipals' Department of NCEA, the
* N. C. City High School Principals'
Association, the Halifax-Northampton
School-masters' Club, and the
Albemarle Schoolmasters' Club and
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Lewis Parris Killed
By Train At Addie
Lewis Parris, 33, of the Addie
section, was killed instantly at
7:30 p.m. Sunday when he? was
struck by a Southern Railway
Diesel locomotive near the Addie
crossing.
Sherriff Griffin Middleton said
^ his investigation showed that Parris,
a World War II veteran, was
lying across the ties with his head
on the rail. His head and right leg
were crushed.
Coroner Howard Dills of Dillsboro
termed the death an accident
following an inquest. He said there
was no evidence to indicate that
4 Parris had been drinking.
Surviving are the father, John
* B. Parris, of Addie; five brothers,
the Rev. Robert Parris, Carl, Roy,
Ray, and Charlie, all of Addie,
and two sisters.
Tucker Brothei
Get First Load
Winfred and Jenning Tucker,
brothers of the Erastus Community,
are the first farmers to receive
pullets for the production of hatching
eggs. County Agent W. T.
Brown announced Monday that a
truck load of 1250 10-weeks old
pullets arrived from the Gainesville
Hatchery Monday afternoon,
consigned to the Tucker brothers.
Wilfred Tucker got 525 of the pullets,
and Jenning 725. The pullets
I are the fartious Nichols New Hampshire
Red breed, which is recommended
by the Gainesville peo^
pie. These pullets were placed on
X range where shelter has been provided,
and will be kept on range
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JACKSON - MACON
POULTRYMEN SEEK
DISEASE CONTROL
Jackson farm representatives on
last Tuesday attended a joint meet
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lllg Willi mawuu i.uuukj ib^4vav?o-tives
on the hatching egg program.
At this time the possibility of getting
a poultry disease control laboiatory
set up in this part of the
State was discussed. Feed deaiers,
halcherymen, agricultural workers
and farmers attended the meeting.
Jackson county wac represented
oy members of the countytpoultry J
committee composed of Winston
Cabe, James Giles, J. S. Higdon,
Tom Wright, George J. Stewart,
T. A. Jackson, Lyman Haskett,
Manuel Nicholson, and W. A.
Crawford. W. T. Brown, M. L.
Snipes and T. F. Cannon represented
the Jackson County farm agents
office
John Corbin. Fred Shelton and
C. J. Rich, representatives of the
vocational agricultiire teachers, attended
along with other persons interested
in the promotion of the
hatching egg industry.
State College Extension Service
Poultry Specialist C. F. Parrish and
Extension Director, I. O. Schaub,
from Raleigh, were present and
took part in the discussions.
Jackson County Curb Market
Opens At New Location
1 The officials of the Jackson Co.
Curb Market' announce its formal
opening August 19 at 8:30 a.m.
All fariri families (who have their
health certificates) are invited to
sell their farm produce on the
market.
'The Curb Market is located on
the left of the highway going west
from Sylva near the Sylva High
school grounds.
The public is interested in promoting
and utilizing local farm
products and creating better living
for all people in Jackson County.
! Sellers and buyers are invited
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Friday morning, August 19, at 8.30
o'clock.
Officers of the market are:
president, Mrs. D. C. Higdon; vice
. president, Mrs. Lewis Bumgarner,
I and secretary-treasurers, Mrs. F.
M. Williams, Mrs. Frank H. Brown,
: Sr., and Mrs. Blaine Nicholson.
; State Forester Makes
I Inspection Of County
Fire Control System
I P. W. Tillman, assistant state forester
in charge of fire control was
in Sylva on Tuesday and Wednesday
making an inspection of forestry
work in district nine. Mr.
Tillman, whose headquarters are
in Raleigh, was working in cooperation
with the local forestry
office. .
rs Emtus
Of Puttets
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until tney are six monins oia ana
ready for the laying house.
Mr. Brown stated that another
shipment of pullets is expected the
last of this week, and that others!
will be coming in all along.
Mr. Charles T. McMillan, Flock,
Supervisor from the Gainesville |
Hatchery, has arrived in Sylva to |
make his home where he will work j
with the flock owners. He and Mrs. I
McMillan have taken an apartment
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon
Moody. He will be permanently |
located here In this work. Mr. McMillan,
a native of Gainesville,
has bein >vlth tbe Gainesville Hatt
chery for a number of years.
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Sylva
ling Fin
Four Injured In
Wreck Saturday
Are Improving
Four occupants of a car were
injured seriously late Saturday
when their automobile plunged
off U. S. 19-A into the Tuckaseigee
River four miles west of Sylva
after hitting a bank.
The victims were Improving, officials
of the C. J. Harris Commnnitv
Hnsnital said vesterday.
although Elwin Wallace Ottwell,
20, of Kansas City, Mo., was still
semi-conscious. Ottwell and Albert
Dixon Wheeler, 28, of Knoxville,
Tenn.f were critically hurt.
Also in the hospital with serious
injuries were Miss Lucille Bowen,
27, of Bulkan, Ky., and Luther Lee
Brown, 27, of Rossville, Ga.
State Highway Patrolman W.
T. Houser said that Ottwell was
the driver of the automobile, and
that a further investigation would
be made when condition of the
injured permits additional questioning.
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Governor Scott
To Speak At
W.C.T.C. Monday
Farm And Home Week
3^9 Draw Many To
Campus Aug. 22 Thru 26
Governor W. Kerr Scott will be
the principal speaker at the opening
of the Farm and Home Week
Program, Monday, August 22, at i
7:30 P. M. at Western Carolina
Teachers College, Cullowhee.
Other speakers on the program
opening night are R. W. Shoffner,
IX. V_. OldIC VU1IC5C
Extension Service, presiding; Acting
President W. E. Bird, Western
Carolina Teachers College, who
will give the address of welcome;
Senator James Pope, Director of
Tennessee Valley Authority, whoj
will -extend greetings from the
Tennessee Valley Authority; and
Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, State Super-'
intendent of Public Instruction,
who will outline the conference
program and introduce Governor
Scott. ,
The opening program will be
held in Memorial Stadium if it is j
clear weather. In case of rain it
will be held in Hoey Auditorium.
This is the first year the Farm
and Home program is being held
on the college campus and it is
equal in scope to the farm and
home program held in Raleigh each
year, which is on a state-wide level.
The program offered at Cullowhee
is to serve twelve of the
most western counties.
Rev. War ten And
Family Injured In
Highway Mishap
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the Sylva Baptist church, Mrs.
Warren and their daughter, Sybil,
were painfully injured on last
Thursday afternoon when their
car was in an accident on Balsam
Mountain as they were returning
home from Asheville during a heavy
rain storm. The accident occurred
when a truck stopped sud- \
denly and without warning on a.
curve to talk with people on the |
roadside which was followed byi
another car between the truck and j
Mr. Warren. The car behind the
truck also stopped suddenly causing
the Warren car to ram into it.
Mr. Warren received a back injury
but was able to fill his pulpit
on Sunday morning. Mrs. Warren
has been confined to her room
with a badly sprained ankle. Sybil
received severe cuts and
bruises about the mouth when her
head struck some portion of the
car. Mr. Warren's car was damaged
| considerably.
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PAUL A. REID
Pre School Clinic i
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Available To All :
First Graders
"The slogan of the pre-school '
clinic, for children who will enter
school this fall, is 'Prevent the preventable,
correct the correctable,
cure the curable.' But our first
stop is to detect the detectable. All
progress is based on sound information;
knowledge is power, provided
we use it," say the doctors (
and nurses of the health department,
speaking for the pre-school
clinic operated by the health department
and Jackson County
schools.
Both private physicians and the
public health department emphasize
the importance^ seeing that
children are prepared to enter *
school tldi fall , from a physical 1
standpoint* as tfee physical condi- '
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CANCER DETECTION
CLINIC CENTER TO
OPEN HERE FRIDAY
Local physicians have announced
that everything is in readiness for
the opening of the Jackson-Swain
Cancer Detection and Control center
at C. J. Harris hospital at 9:15
Friday morning. The clinic is open
and free to all persons of the State
but only those under 40 years of
age will be examined unless they |
have definite symptons of cancer.
Persons in the over 40 age group
can secure the service, also free,
of the clinic if they feel that they
may have cancer.
Dr. Ivan Proctor of the State
Board of health will be in Sylva
Thursday and Friday to help the
examinating physicians and to
give them all the information on ,
cancer that he can. Dr. R. D. W. | ]
Norton, also of the State Board i
hopes to be here for the opening.
Local physicians stated this week
that the State Board is vitally in
terested in the success of the clinic
and that it is lending all the aid '
possible.
Although the clinic has been set
up for opening on every other Fri- ,
day it is expected that demand
for its services will require opening
every Friday. This will be done,
if necessary, local directors stated.
BOX SCORE
o* A.C.HIGHWAYS
Killed August 9 through
August 12 ? 4
Injured August 9 through
August 12 ? 46
Killed through August 12
this year ? 465
Killed through August 12.
1948 ? 397
Injured through August 12
this year ? 5,409
Injured through August 12,
1948 ? 4,308
OSSAMON'S In Sylva
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Stephens And
Hodges Released
Under Bond
Don Stephens and George Hodges,
arrested August 1st on warrants
charging attempted rape of J
female under 16 years of age, were i
arranged before Justice James A.!
Turpin Tuesday afternoon at which
time the State's witnesses failed I
.o appear. The men waived trial i
and were released under $2,000
bond each to appear at the October
term of Jackson criminal court.
The men had appeared before
Justice Turpin on Saturday for a
hearing when State's witnesses
failed to appear. Justice Turpinl
returned them to jail and ordered
Sheriff Middleton to seek the wit- |
nesses if to be found in the State!
and have them on hand for the|
trial Tuesday .The She'riff was'
unsuccessful in his effort to locate'
the witnesses'.
The attempted rape, as charged
in the warrants, is said to have
taken place Sunday night, July 31.,
Hatching Egg
Prntrram foininrr
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Wide Interest
Full-Time Flock Supervisor
Now On Job To
Help Farmers Qet Stfcrt
The hatching egg program
ing discussed by farm men and'
women from Whittier to Cashiers
and from Balsam to Gay. It is not
mly being discussed but in most
communities preparation is being
Tiade for getting chickens.
A large number of houses are
n process of construction. In some
nstances old buildings are being
remodeled. In most of the new
Duildings locust posts are used in
:he walls, and aluminum roofing^
is being used on a number of thei
ouildings.
Farmers are being encouraged by
;he flock supervisor, Charles McMillan,
to build range shelters that
:an be moved from place to place
where the pullets can get plenty
Df green feed. Sufficient range
shelter for 500 pullets can be made
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farmer. The farmer can then get
his pullets, and he will have three
to four months to complete his
laying house. "Raising pullets on
range is not only cheaper but a
better hen can be produced by
this plan", stated McMillan.
Anyone wanting information on
instructing range shelters should
:ontact either the vocational agriculture
teachers or the county
agent's office.
Alvin Sutton Dies Of
Heart Attack At Home
In Winston-Salem
Word was received here yesterday
in the early evening of the
sudden death of Mr. Alvin Sutton
who passed away at his home in
Winston-Salem about six o'clock
in the evening. Mr. Sutton had
just returned from playing golf.
He complained of feeling badly
and lay down on the bed where he
died within a few minutes.
He is survived by his widow;
his mother, Mrs. G. W. Sutton, and
two sisters, Mrs. Charley Campbell
and Miss Hattie Hilda Sutton
of Sylva; and one brother, Richard
Sutton of Knoxville, Tenn.
Funeral arrangements had not1
been made at the time The Herald
went to press.
Dorothy Williams Is
Hurt In Fall Tuesday
Miss Dorothy Williams is in C.
J. Harris hospital receiving treatment
after being hurt Tuesday
when she fell accidentally on the
steps of the R. L. Glenn residence.
She had visited the Glenns and fell
on the cement steps. She was taken
to the hospital and treated for
a broken wrist and a broken nose.
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Determine I
Labor Is Ay;
FARM TOUR PUNS
COMPLETED, TO BE
HELD AUGUST 24
W. T. Brown, chairman of the
committee on arrangements for
the County Pasture and Home Improvement
tour, has announced
that plans have been completed
for this event which will take place
next Wednesday afternoon, August
24. Chairman Brown stated that
those representing the various;
counties attending the Farm and|
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nuuie vv trcf\ luui ac ai vuiiv/nin.1. j
next week will meet in front of j
the training school at 1:30 to join
tut local people on the tour.
Places to be visited include the
Forest Hillt Frank Brown, and D.
C. Higdon farms where pastures
that will support an animal unit
per acre may be seen. Home improvements
that may be ma le in
our farm homes will also be seen.
The committee in charge ol the
tour is composed of Mr. Brown,
Fred Shelton, M. L. Snipes, and
Miss Mary Johnston.
Furniture Dealers Begin
Sale Of Lamps To Benefit
4-H Club Camp This Week1
Orders are now being taken fori
the attractive lamps on display in j
Sylva furniture stores for the bene- j
a# A-U fIiiH ramn at Wav? 1
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nesville. Sale of the lamps is being
sponsored by the local dealers,
county agents, and 4-H Club mem.
bers.
The sale of the lamps is a part
of a national campaign to raise
money for 4-H Clubs, and the
lamps are being manufactured especially
for the 4-H Clubs. The
price, therefore, is lower than
would be the case ordinarily for
these lamps. The lamps are table
size and have bronze bases with
felt on the bottom and glass reflector
globes. They have a neat
appearance and are very attractive.
In some cases there will be lamps
on hand for immediate delivery
but some of the lamps will have
to be ordered direct from the company.
Delivery is expected to be
made shortly after ordering.
Cope Announces CountyWide
Teachers Meeting
Supt. W. Vernon Cope has announced
a county-wide meeting of
teachers of Jackson county at the
Sylva Elementary School auditorium
for Tuesday, August 23, at
1:30 p.m. All teachers of the county
are expected to be present for the
meeting.
30 States Repn
Workshop At
Over 80 people from 30 different1
States and fifty-five Educational
Institutions of the Nation have
registered for the Smpky Mountain
Workshop of the National Association
of Student Training which
opened at Western Carolina Teach
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ers CUliCgC Uli muuua/, avwiuiiis
to Miss Cordelia Camp, Director
i of the Training School at the college.
The workshop will continue
through August 26.
Consultants for the workshop
include Dr. Florence Stratemeyer,
Teachers College, Columbia University;
Dr. Margaret Lindsey,
State Tepchers College, Terre
Haute, Ind.; Dr. Allen D. Patterson,
State Teachers College, Lock
Haven, Pa; Dr. Robert Moon, Fla.
State University, Tallahassee, and
Dr. E. M. Tanruther, State Teachers
College, Terre Haute.
Dr. Camilla Low, associat# professor
of education at the University
of Wisconsin, is director,
Staff members are as follows:
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Survey For Adequate i
Labor Being Made By
Sylva Organizations
The Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce was notified last week
that a large reputable New York
manufacturer of boys clothing is j
seeking a suitable location in this
area and was asked to make a survey
immeditely to determine the
availability of 500 women and girls ; '
with experience in operating sew
ing machines. President Roscoe
Poteet and his board of directors
started this survey and have mailed
out coupons for prospective employees
to fill out and return to
the Chamber of Commerce office.
Information from the firm officials
stated that if the proper
kind of labor is available they will
send a representative here to look
over what Sylva has to offer. It
was said that this lirm plans to :
move South, whether it be Sylva
or some place in this Southern ; j
area. The main factors which will
determine the selection of a place
is the necessary women with experience
in using sewing machines \ \
and the attitude of the citizens of "
the place they chouse. It is understood
that they are not asking that '
land or building be given them but
they do insist that the organiza- j
tions and individual citizens show
a spirit ot> cooperation in helping
find what they want. They, of
course, will not locate in a community
where they feel that they
are being lfeld up in price on a
location. There are too many
places ready to help them locate
for this to happen, neither are
they expecting the town to give
them anything.
The Chamber of Commerce of
iiciais and syiva inaiviauais are
ready to go the limit in an effort
to help this firm find what it desires
in its new location.
A coupon will be found in this
issue of The Herald which women
wishing this type of work can clip,
fill in, and bring or mail to the
Chamber of Commerce office in
Sylva. This should be done immediately
as the iniormation is
wanted at once.
Asheville Garden Club
Gives Invitation To
Judge African Violets
The Men's Garden Club, sponsors
of the annual Flower Show in
Asheville, has invited Mrs. W. Q.
Gnigg of Sylva to be a judge for
the african violet division of the
show to be held in Asheville on
August 25 and 26. She was notified
of her invitation by Loyd Putman
Lindsey, president of the club.
The judging will take place at
11 a.m., August 25, and the judges i
will be entertained for lunch by the
club.
p
esented In I
Cullowhee I
Dr. Erwin H. Sasman, Willimantic
Teachers College, Conn.; Dr.
Walter DeKork, Central College*
Pelly, Iowa; Dr. Mary F. Gates,
Michigan State Normal College,
Ypsilante, Mich., and David C.
McMurphy, University of Ky., Lexington,
workshop secretary.
Purposes of the workshop are to
enable members of national com-*
mittees of the association to study
various problems, to provide di
rect experience in workshop techniques
and to provide an opportunity
for a cooperative study by
local and inter-state groups of
problems related to professional
and laboratory experiences.
Those attending will meet in
groups, according to their interest,
each morning in the Student Union
Building fof discussion of thai?
problems. Afternoons will be given
over to planned trips through
the mountain* of ?ve?
, ning entertainment bas pMn pro*
Tvided/