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v VOL. XXIV?No. 15 Labor Day 1 Observed Q Sylva And A Sylva Policemen Reported No Arrests; Only One Fatality Reported Rain and heavy clouds obscured the skies much of the Labor Day week-end, but they did not damp en the spirits of Jackson County * citizens who carried out the planned festivities regardless. On the highways the keynote was safe and sane in Jackson Co. Sylva policemen reported no arrests over the week-end and no disbiirbances. Highway patrolmen investigated only one accident when one car ran into the back of another as it slowed down in the Addie section on Sunday afternoon. Otherwise traffic flowed smoothly and with no major accidents. One fatality occurred on U. S. highway 19 in the Soco Gap section about six miles east of Cherokee when Mrs. Nellie Marr Grant, 40. of Gastonia, formely of Bryson City, was killed instantly when the car driven by her husband hit a slick spot in the highway and plunged" down an embankment. Mr. Grant was injured, and Pauline Saunders of Franklin, a passenger, received lacerations. In Sylva the quiet celebration began Sunday afternoon with^two baseball games and continued on ? Monday wttk-^-b^seball again attended by a good cK>wd. Monday night's sporting event was the boxing match at Watson Field between Ernest Bumgarner of Sylva and Herb Lambert of Cherokee, fighting for Bryson City. , At 7 p. m. on Monday the Sylva High School band played and marched from the court house to ?Continued on page 12 MERRILL HEADS WNC FIREMEN'S ASSO. Chief Dan Merrill of the Brevard fire department was elected president of the Western North Carolina Firemen's Association at a monthly meeting of the organization at Enka Wednesday, Aug. 31. He succeeds Chief Bart Cope of # the Sylva fire department. Other nlantDI^ inflllHp F M Sal ? VJi.XlV.CXS Citdvu >. .... ley of Enka, vice president; Chief | R. A. Fink of the Ecusta Paper) Corporation fire department, secretary, and James Smathers of the Canton fire department, treasurer. * Approximately 100 persons, representing 15 fire departments, attended. A motion picture on the use of small fire extinguishers and slides on the construction of fire engine pumps were exhibited. The Canton and Champion Paper and^Fire Company departments demonstrated a fire truck built by the Champion department for use ' at Champion's Lake Logan camp. The following members of Sylva Fire Department were present: Chief Bart Cope, Felix Picklesimer, Bob Phillips, Tilghman Bass, John Echols, Grayson Cope, and Boyd Sossamon. i . Champion O.Li By Nicholson A Andrew Nicholson and T. A. Jackson of Tuckaseigee purchased Hartland's Corky, an outstanding O. I. C. boar at the Southeastern United States O. I. C. swine show and sale at Gainesville, Ga., August 24, 1949. This young boar was placed second in a class of twelve that was1 conceded as one of the best groups of O. I. C. boars shown in the United States this year, and was a serious contender for the grand championship of the show. His full sister, from an older litter, was the grand champion female of the show and sold in the sale for $305.00 which was the top price in this sale as well as the highest ** price paid for an O. I. C. gilt in any sale held in the United States this year. He was bred and consigned by f Hartland Farms, Madisonville, < Ky., and is sired by Prince Valiant, who is conceded by prominent TH] I I I I fteek-End uietJy In Vicinity FUNERAL SERVICES FOR JOE MALONEE HELD MONDAY P. M. Funeral services were held Monday at 2:00 p. m. at the Scotts Creek Baptist church for Joe Malonee, who died Friday following a lengthy illness. The Rev. B. S. Hensley, pastor, Rev. Thad Deitz, and the Rev. Coleman Fisher officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. The American Legion had charge of graveside rites. Pallbearers were Fisher Sprinkles, Wib Fisher, Tom Bryson, Free Bryson, Robert Shuler, Tom Jones, Louis iJlanton, ana j? ranK Terrell. Mr. Malonefc, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, was a son of the late Adam and Margaret Candler Malonee and a native of Macon county. |Je was injured in the battle of Manila. Surviving are three brothers, John of Bryson City, Dave of Maryville^ Wash., and Ben of Arlington, Wash., two sisters, Mrs. J. L. Bryson of Macon county, and Mrs. John Cowan of Arlington. A number of nieces and nephews i also survive. Glenn Funeral Home was in charge. MYF Sub-District Meeting At Cullowhee Mon. Night The Jackson-Swain Methodist Youth Fellowship Sub-district meeting will be held at the Cullowhee Methodist Church Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock; The meeting was scheduled to meet at the Bryson City Methodist church, but has been changed. An interesting program has been planned by Miss Sara Jean Sutton, Miss Dorothy Dodson, Edward Sutton, and Hayes Connor. It is urged that a good number attend this meeting as this will be the time for the election of officers for the next year. New Safety Slogan Is Warning To Motorists "Spare the gas and save the child" is the new safety slogan of the North Carolina State Motor Vehicles Department. The new slogan was created by the National Safety Council and is a warning to motorists to watch for school children when driving. lT n#rior? A livill ?>rv To Sponsor Program Sept. 181 The American Legion Auxiliary is sponsoring the Johnson Brothers, Ray R. Myers, the famous armless musician, Billy Rosst and Carl Story from the Mid-Day Merry-Go Round, in a program at the Sylva Elementary chool auditorium on Sunday afternoon, Sept. j 18. The program will begin at 2:30 o'clock. C. Boar Bought tnd Jackson I breeders to be one of the best boars of the O. I. C. breed. His I l> Coonorv Mill TVm who W3S UOlll A0 WVWJVt ^ mm the Grand Champion gilt at the Indianapolis, Indiana, show in 1M7. From the standpoint of pedigree as well as individuality this pig is probably one of the best 0. I. C. boars in the South. In the Cullowhee community there are seventeen registered O. 1. C. females that will be bred to this great young boar and it is believed that this will mean a big step forward in improving and popularizing this good breed of hogs in Western North Carolina. Andrew Nicholson is a G. I. farm trainee at Cullowhee and T. A. Jackson is a G. I. instructor at the same school. These men should be complimented for the interest they have shown in providing at their own expense this service toward the improvement of hogs in Jackson County. ... . . # ... % HBBMimiMBllwaiWiliiMHWMldBlMl e Sy: : , Sylva Girl Scout Troup , To Be Organized i By Woman's Club j Recently the Junior Woman's Club voted to sponsor the Girl Scout organization in Sylva, and the Camp Fire Girls organization has been dissolved to form the new group. All girls from 7 to, 16 years of age who are interested ] are urged to attend the meetings i of the organization which are held j at 7 p. m. at the Sylva Methodist j Church each Tuesday. , j If enough girls attend the new j group, it is hoped that Brownie, Intermediate, ana aeniur urgauization can be formed when the group obtains its charter under the Girl Scouts of America. i ! Miss Dotsv Bryson, president of the Junior Woman's Club, has appointed the following commitj tee to be in charge of the Girl ! Scouts: Mrs. John Corbin, Jr., Mrs. Dan Bryson Hooper, Mrs. AJton j Bryson, and Mrs. Rudy Hardy. Mrs. W. M. Starnes Injured Slightly In ? 1 J A i * .1 J!_ I I iicciaeni ai /\aaie ? I Mrs. W. M. Starnes, 128 Mercy St., Jersey City, N. J., received a j slight back injury about noon Sunday when a car driven by Frank j Parris ran into the car in which , . Mrs. Starnes was riding at Addie, it was reported. The car was driven by Mr. A. O. Weidelich. Mr. i Weidelich was returning from Asheville with Mrs. Starnes, sister of Mrs. Weidelich. The Weidelich car had slowed | down behind a car which was stopping, and Parris ran into the rear of the car on a hill near Ad- , ( die. There were no serious injuries | * and only minor damage to the 1 ca^s. There were no other injuries, j CANCER CLINIC TO I MEET EACH FRIDAY 1 The Jackson - Swain Cancer ^ Clinic which recently opened in , Sylva, one of eight such clinics in t the state, has been well attended, j according to those in charge of < the Center. Originally the clinic | was to be open only on alternate 1 Friday mornings, but plans now j have been made to have the clinic open each Friday from 9 to 10:45 ^ a.m. At tke first meeting, held Au- j gust 19, in the clinic room in the basement of C. J. Harris hospital, J seventeen examinees were reported, of which 11 were men, 6, women. Several of those were J advised to have treatment and a ( written report has been mailed to their family physicians. The Syl- { va clinic serves only as a detec- i tion center. Examinees showing s positive cancer will be reported to { their doctors who will arrange c with them for further treatment. Not only cancer' but also other 1 diseases discovered in the exam- c inations are reported to the family ? physicians. I The second clinic was attended s by ten people, 4 men and 6 women, one of whom was colored. Col- ] ored people of the Jackson-Swain j listrict are Urged to take advantage of this opportunity to disover possible cancer. ^ North Carolina is the pioneer state in this type of cancer con- j rol work, according to a statenent by Dr. Mildred Schram, di- j -ector of the Division of Cancer . Control of the State Board of Health, Raleigh, who made pre- . liminary arrangements for the clinic. The Sylva center is the only one located west of Asheville and one of eight in the state. Funds ' ?- : j.J for trie examinations are pruviucu by the State Legislature, arid local women are volunteering to work in the clinic so that examinations may be given free to any citizen of the state who asks for one. Local physicians are cooperating with the clinic. A. L. Auxiliary Sponsoring Sales Saturday On Street The American Legion Auxiliary will sponsor a cake and rummage sale at the stairway between the Bank and the Farmer's Federation, Saturday. The sale^will begin at 10 a. m. Anyone having a spe- . cial cake please contact Mrs. Hay- j mond Glenn. _ _ J ' uti PUUAI i ? imw^wnwriiiBBwl LVA ] , N. C. Thursday, Sept. 8 Joins Polio Fight CHIEF technician of the Sister Kenny Foundation, Valerie Harvey arrives at LaGuardia Field, New York, from Minneapolis She was called to Jersey City, N J., Medical Center to aid in combating the present polio epidemic. (International) m ii ft- -:i HI bUUIIUII Lays Plans For Achievement Day The Jackson 4-H County Coun-[ :il met September 3 at Jackson j IU>urt House. The subject for the nonth was "plans for Achievement Day." The clubs represented were Bienville, Beta, Savannah, Qualla, and Sylva, The council voted to start a fund ffcr necessary items J Mr. Tofcmy Cannon talked to those present about 4-H Achievement Day and some of the activi- 1 ties of the day. It was decided to sell sandwiches and drinks for! ;he Achievement Days, Septem-j Der 22, 23, and 24. On Friday night, September 23, a box supper, with Doxes donated by various club nembers and their parents, will 3e auctioned. Fifteen 4-H Clubs and sixteen tfome Demonstration Clubs with >ther agencies and individuals will! lave articles for display. Prizes' and awards will be given Saturiay morning to all winners. Health Department Gives Weekly Report The Jackon County health deDartment during the week of Augist 29th furnished the following ;ervices: Immunizations?plain diphtheria, 11 doses; plain whooping :ough, 1; plain tetanus, 5; combined diphtheria and whooping cough L 0; triple diphtheria, whooping ?ough; and tetanus 13; typhoid 34; md smallpox 13. Examinations? rood handlers 7; diagnosis 3; school child, 1; Treatment 1. Mrs. Bill Wilson In Knoxville Hospital Mrs. Bill Wilson is receiving reatment in St. Mary's hospital, Cnoxville, where she entered two veeks ago. Mr. Wilson and Mr. and Urs. Grayson Cope spent last Sunlay with her. On last Thursday tfrs. Johnny Watson, Mrs. Ray ?ogdill, and Mrs. George Painter /isited her at the hospital. a. r | StOOBSffED BOXSCORE on n. c.miohvays Killed August 30 through September 2 ? 9 Injured August 30 through September 2 ? 66 Killed through September j 2 this year ? 528 Killed through September 2, 1948 ? 442 ! Injured through September 2 this year ? 6,013 Injured through September 2, 1948 ? 4,728 &OSSAMON'S In 8ylva HERj 1949 Meetings To Be Held To Discuss Breeding Asso. A series of meetings have been planned to determine the interest of the farmers in Jackson County in organizing an Artificial Breeding Association, according to W. T. Brown, Chairman of the committee. At these meeting Mr. Maury Gaston, Field Supervisor of the Southeastern Artificial Breeding Association, will be present to discuss the organization of an association, and at the same time show a film of "Artificial Insemination" of dairv cattfe. The schedule of meetings is as follows: Sept. 13 ? Sylva Vocational Building, 7:30 P. M. Sept. 14 ? Cullowhee Training School 7:30 P. M. Sept. 15?Glenville High School, 7:30 P. M. All farmers are urged to attend the meeting closest to them and let the local agricultural leadership have their response to such a program. "In Counties having an artificial breeding program there is a noticeable demand for heifer calves from these proven bulls", stated Mr. Brown. "Calves from grade dairy cows bred to proven bulls bring a premium price", he said. Members of the committee to organize th-e Artificial breeding Association are: W. T\ Brown, Robert Varner, C. J. Rich, Fred Shelton, and Frank H. Brown, Jr. This undertaking is a cooperative project sponsored by the Jackson County Agricultural workers I Council. FORESTRY PERSONNEL OF NORTH CAROLINA MEET AT CASHIERS The annual forestry personnel meeting of the Department of Conservation and Development opens this morning at the Tatem Sky Club at Cashiers. Assistant State Forester Fred Claridge is chairman of the three-day sessiont and State Forester W. K. Beichler will imal^e opening remark*; to the group mis murnmg. District Forester Charles Pettit of District 9 will discuss the use of radio and aircraft in forest fire control before the group. Other subjects will be farm and county forestry programs, operation of state forest nursery, forestry information and education, and operation of the Bladen Lakes State Forest. Guest will include E. W. Renshaw, supervisor of the Nantahala National Forest; Donald J. Morris, supervisor of the Pisgah National Forest; Frank Hood of the U. S. Weather Bureau; Ralph Nelson of the Forest Service Experiment Station, representatives of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the State Highway Patrol. Hospital Auxiliary To Sponsor Rummage Sale The Woman's Auxiliary of C. J. Harris Community hospital is sponsoring a rummage sale in the UamaI#] Cnflir/^QU ncidiu uuuuiii^ cavu uatui uuj . Any organization in the county which would be interested in taking charge of the sale for one or more Saturdays should contact Mrs. Cole Cannon in Dillsboro. The organization in charge not only takes care of selling, but also is responsible for collecting addi. tional rummage. This is an excellent way to help the hospital drive. Last week the Missionary Society of the Jarrett Memorial Baptist church of Dillsboro had charge and made $24 to add to the hospital fund. The sale will be held ats usual this Saturday. Leatherman Reunion The Leatherman reunion will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Allen in Macon county on Sunday, September 18, it has been announced. gaWMaagwn mil n 'iniwiiHiWMi?MHWIIH &LD Farm And F Big Success: Named For ! 'puns described jfor drama by 'cherokee indians Harry Buchanan of HendersonI ..: 11 ? ; A..^ c * u ? , I VillC, JJICSIUUIU U1 II1C Cllfl UI\LC I Historical Foundation, spoke to i members of the Civitan Club Tues| day on plans for the Cherokee I drama 'which will be staged next I summer, beginning in July. I | The production, which will be | similar to the Lost Colony drama produced each year in Manteo, is | in preparation and will be pre| sented to a group of Cherokee Indians in the near future for com' ments on authenticity. I I ' American Legion Makes Drive For Membership Dues Before Sept. 24 ! A drive is oeing mane 10 nave 1 all American Legion membership dues paid by Sept. 24 since all memberships for 1950 must be in Raleigh bv October 1. After that J date all dues will be $4 per year instead of the present amount of $3. Dues should be brought or sent i to George B. Sloan, adjutant of ' the William E. Dillard Post 104, ' Sylva. | The following is a list of memI bers for 19 0: Felix Picklesimer, George B. Sloan, Len H. Higdon, D. Dexter Hooper, Jr.t Britton M. Moore, William R. Enloe, Ed Bryj son, Roy W. Kirchberg, Grover Wilkes, John H. Morris, W. iQ. Grigg, Joseph F. Wilson, Robert ^: Brownt Floyd E. Carden, Dudley i V. Frye, E. C. Pressley, Charles D. . Lindsay, Fred M. Williams, Ray| mond U. Sutton, R. O. Wilson, Sr., D. M. Tallent, W. O. Perkins, Marvin L. Snipes, Cecil S. Paxton, Frank Allman, Henry L. Walker, i Leon Shook, William D. Buchanan, ! Wesley R. Hoyle, Dr. D. M. Raml sey, John R. Dills, W. O. Robinson, ; George Chandler Potts, Aran V. ! Massingalet Ernest L. Hoyle, Wal; ter B. Painter, Jr., Bryan Thomas, ! Bascomb Carl Bryson, Joseph Howard Revis, Robert V. Reed, Woody R. Hampton,, H. P. Cathey, Thomas L. Clayton, Harold E. Dil lardf Daniel B. Hooper, Hoyte B. Roberson, Chester Scott, Weston O. Ensley, Charles R. Bumgnrner, Harold S. McGuire, Thomas C. Wilson, Dr. Pratt Cheek, Jr., Rayi mond L. Glenn, Jr.t Leo B. Cowan, j Joseph Carl Corbin, Robert L. Crawford, Hendley D. Jones, Is aac Brooks, William W. Buchanan, | Claude A. Hooper. Charles B. Thomas, David A. Parrrs, Guy Leatherwood, George W. Lee, Davis S. Still well, and Carl Buchanan. Recreation Am Committee Mee Fontana Villiage, N. C.?A newly appointed Recreation and Scenic Assets Committee, subsidiary to the recently established Western North Carolina Associated Communities, held a luncheon meeting at Fontana Village last weekt with Mr. Percy Ferebee, president of the parent oragnization in charge. The purpose of the committee was to discuss present recreational and scenic attractions in the 11 communities comprising the W. N. C. Associated Communities, and to plan for a survey of these assets, in order to promote and further establish Buch facilities m behalf of both local people and tourists. Attending the luncheon and committee meeting as principal speaker was Dr. Harold Meyer of Chapel Hill, director of North Carolina Recreation Commission. Other guests included W. E. Bird, dean of Western Carolina State Teachers College, Cullowhee, chairman of the committee; H. E. Hudson and Van Morgan, TVA, / ^ ptmtftF j votmtM M W*K9S Q*/T- g (T9<&! $2.00 A Year?5c Copy lome Week ; Officers New Year * Program Planning Com. Named To Plan For Future Home Week Western Carolina Farm and Home Week at Cullowhee was a big success, according to an appraisal by the local Farm and Home Agent's office. Attendance at most meetings was unusually good; at times as many as a thousand attended a single session. Specialists from various Farm and Home Agencies presented the latest information on pastures, soils, home freezing oi fruits and vegetables, dairying, family relations, and a v;uiety of other intere.4ting subject*-. Representatives from twelve Western Counties attended. A large number of G. I. farm trainees attended the sessions. At the conclusion of the event officers were elected to help carry on the program from year to year. Frank H. Blown, Jr., was elcctel President: Mrs. Walter Pike of Henderson County, 1st Vice-President; Oscar Deyton of Yancey County. 2nd Vice-President; and YV. B. H; ri ill. Dean of Western Carolina Teachers College, Secretary. Pi..its are now being worked out !'<-r a larger and more complete prom-am for next year. A program planning committee for tliis event has also been announced. This committee is composed of R. W. Shoffner of the State Extension Service; Tal H. Stafford, District Supervisor of Vocational Agriculture; Paul Laughrun, State Field Representative of the Farmers Home Administration; and Jeff Enloe, District Supervisor of the Production una MUM m mm i , ,7S YOUNG DEM'CRATS TO MEET HERE FRIDAY Tomorrow, Friday, the Young Democrat Club of Jackson County will meet at the Court House for the purpose of re-organization and for election of permanent officers, John Henson, chairman of Young Democrat Clubs of the 12th congressional district, has announced. Judge Dan Moore will address the group, which is now being reorganized after a period of inactivity during and since the recent war. Henson said that Democrats of all ages will be welcome at the meeting. Special business o: the meeting will be selecting of delegates to attend the state convention of Young Democrat Club in Raleigh Sept. 15, 16, and 17. Nearly two-thirds of all fatal automobile accidents in the United ^States each year occur in rural areas. / J C . 4 x. i avann: sseis ts At Fontana Knoxille; Mr. Dais, secretary Chamber of Commerce, Murphy; W. E. Renshaw and John Olson, superisors Nantahala National Forest; and O. A. Fetch, resident manager of Fontana Village, recently appointed by Governor Kerr \ Scott to serve on the state Recreational Commission. "The weakest part of our oragnized recreation on the community level in North Carolina exists in the 11 counties making up this commuMity which you represent," Dr. Meyers said. "The state's Recreational Commission will be glad to assist in the worthwhile effort which you are mak ing. You should awaken the people to the weath of historical folk lore, music, arts and crafts, drama, games, and other assets In this part of the state, not for commercial purposes alone but for the intrinsic, cultural value they afford. You should strive to keep out too much commercialism. The American people are tired of the Coney Island features, and are anxious to get away from that approach." - J / i J .j . ' jt 'i
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