VOL. XXIV?No. 18
Annul
Keen Intere
Coming Of
Daughter T<
* Margaret Truman To
Sing Tuesday, Oct. 4;
Tickets Sold Out
This Week
Margaret Truman will arrive
at High Hampton Inn next Mondaj
in preparation for her concert the
next night at 8 p. m. in Hoey Auditorium
on the Western Caroliru
campus. The Cullowhee concer'
will begin her tour of the South.
According to Mrs. C. C. Buchanan,
head of the WCTC Lyceurr
Committee, sponsor of the concert,
many requests for tickets wil
have to be refused since the concert
was a sell-out early this week
Miss Truman's program will
contain 13 vocal selections as well
as three selections by Herman Allison,
her well known accompanist.
The vocal numbers will include
"O'er the Ganges" by A
Scarlatti. "My Dearest Heart" bj
G. Giogdani, and "The Dance'
by F. Durante, all of which wil
be sung in English.
The aria "Dove Sono" from "The
j Marriage of Figaro," in Italian wil!
be presented next, followed bj
"The Nut Tree' by R. Schumann
"The Trout" and "The Nightingale"
by R. Schubert, as well aj
"Standchen" by R. Strauss.
Mr. Allison will play "Capriccio"
by Bach, "Intermezzo, Op
116 noi. 6" by Brahms and "Impromptu
in F minor" by Faure
Then Miss Truman will conclude
the program with "To the Spring'
by A. Glazouno\tf, "The Piper" bj
Duke, "He Stole My Heart Away'
by Samuel Endicott, "Three Littl<
Elf Songs" by Beasley and "Wil
O' the Wisp" by Spross.
Sylva Lions Club To
Sponsor Negro Minstrel
The Lions Club ol' Sylva haj
announced that all is in readiness
for the Negro minstrel to be pre*
sented by the Club Wednesday
m October 12, at 8:00 p. m. in th<
auditorium of the Sylva elementary
school.
Rehearsals have been in progress
for some time and a polishec
performance will be in store foi
October 12. All talent in th<
show is from the Sylva Lions Club
and there is talent aplenty, as inos<
of you who have seen the showi
of previous years will recall.
The minstrel is an annual affair
of the Club, with all proceed!
going to help further the work o
the Club with the blind of Jackson
county.
The Lions feel that they nave <
clean, entertaining show for th<
entire family, that the cau^e is i
most worthy one, and are hopinj
for an extra large turnout fron
Syiva and the county. Admissior
will be 50c for adults and 35c foi
children under twelve. Let's al
go to the minstrel show.
GriggAndHoi
Churches Here
Western North Carolina Methodist
Conference, meeting in Win
ston-Salem last week completet
its business early Monday of tni:
week by announcing appointmen
of the various pastors and super
intendents. Little change was mad<
in the Waynesville District, whicl
includes Jackson and counties west
Dr. C. N. Clark has been returnee
as Superintendent, a place he ha:
held for two years.
The only change in Jackson Co
was in sending Rev. John Kincaid
of the Webster charge to anothe:
church and appointing Rev. Bruc<
Roberts to that charge: Rev. W
Q. Grigg was returned to Sylva
a position he has held for severa
years. Rev. R. T. Houts, Jr.. popular
young minister of the Cullo<
whee church for a number of years
was also sent back to his worl
k there.
Rev. D. H. Dennis was returnee
to Ckcio.;ce and Rev. O. K. Thoir.<
to Whittier charge.
TH1
il 4-H ~A
st Shown In
President's
o Cullowhee
SOUTHERN ORDERS
, 15 MORE DIESELS
r The Southern Railway System
; | has placed orders for fifteen 1500
. h.p. Diesel-electric road-switching
t locomotives and thirty-five 1000
t h.p. Diesel-electric yard switchers,
to cost approximately $6 mil.
lion, it was announced today by
l President Ernest E. Norris. The
. orders w|nt to Electro-Motive
[ Division, General Motors Corpor.
ation, and to American Locomotive
Company. It is anticipated
that deliveries will begin in De[
cember this year.
Tuckaseigee Dance Team
' To Perform At Cherokee
\ Charles Cagle and "Sis" Jacobs,
, leading the Tuckaseigee dance
j team, will swing into action the
first night of the Cherokee Indian
t Fair.
I Those participating are as folr
lows: Charles Cagle, manager and
caller, "Sis" Jacobs, leading lady,
, Bruce Revis, Wanda Davis, Ker5
mit Harris, Doris Whitaker, Gene
McGinnis, Joan Cagle, Coy War.
ren, Madge Henson, Billy Cagle,
| Billie Fincannon, Johnny Revis,
. Mary Bob Clements, snuiora
Cagle, and Joan Mashburn.
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' Enters Senate Race
I AT A PRESS conference In New York |
i City, former Governor Herbert H.
a Lehman (above), 71, announces
" that he will run for United States
Senator on the Democratic and j
? Liberal party tickets in the special
1 election on November 8. Lehman
i will be a candidate for election to
r the last year of the term of Robert
1 F. Wagner, who resigned because
>f ill health. (International)
i
its Returned To1
And Cullowhee
. William Miller Joins i
1 Herald Staff As News
s Reporter. Writer
_| The Herald introduces to its
3 I readers this weeK William Miller j
I who comes to this oaoer as news
1, reporter
and feature writer.
i ; Mr. Miller, a son of Mrs. Caros
line Miller Ray, of Waynesville, I
is a graduate of St. John's high
i. school and the School of Jour- i
nalism of the University of Ga.
r He spent two years, 1945-46,
a with the army in Germany, completing
his university work after
his release from service. He j
1 is making his home at the Parris
Tourist Home in Sylva.
Mrs. -Ray, using as her pen
;, name, Caroline Miller, is an aui
thor of note, having written"Lamb
In His Bosom" and "Le1
banon", books that have been
2 very popular with the reading
1 public.
Ij'.i-wi1' nuu m '? ir<nmwnyeawf^wweww^JwiWiL??.
s Sylv
Sylva, N. C. T1
Lchievem<
Jackson County V
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The above pitture will give our readers so
morial Fountain recently completed at the West
Those who have visited the fountain since its co
know that this is one of the most striking memor
The fountain project was started several n
of Jackson County. These ladies have worked 1
of the men and women of the county who served
The total cost of the completed fountain was $
through contributions of local citizens and buisi
which the Auxiliary members will attempt to r
the fountain cannot be dedicated and the colo
1 Al Knnn 4ii?norl An oni) Vl i c
WOy Lilt; ilglllS Uetve IIUI UCCII iuhicu ui1 emu tm?
Mrs. Dan Tompkins has announced that a
Supply store each Saturday, beginning Septem
She states that she will be in the booth Sat
p. m. It is hoped that the citizens of the county
Western
Carolina
Record Enrollme
606 Sudents For C%
Jackson Leads Wtih 106*~~ ~
Enrolled Wtih Other WJ AariIl.er^.
N. C. Co.s Represented 1Cp,10,l
An enrollment of six hundred *?*rm CneCl
and 6 students has been announc- Any farmer
ed by the Registrar's Office at any approved
WCTC. setting an all-time hieh 1949 should co
for fall quarter enrollments. A ^ice anc* make
hundred North Carolina counties Port* ^ ^ nec
are represented as well as 12 other formance repo
states and one foreign country. tion *or payr
Jackson County leads in number to the State OJ
of students represented with 106 ceive his farr
on the rolls with Haywood, Burke, tices carried 01
Madison and Cherokee following.
South Carolina.sent 16 students to |v ill
Cullowhee this year and Georgia "*** 1VIII
4 to lead the states. Also represented
are New York 1, Missouri 2, ?
Mississippi 1, Tennessee 1, Pen- bascb:in
sylvania 3, Florida 3, Virginia 3, roundup?the
Mass. 2, Kentucky 1, and Ohio 1. King Football \
Three students hail from Cuba. out the
The President's Office announc- football progra
ed that 7 new teachers have join- sporting world
ed the faculty. They are; months.
Dr. Paul J. Ritter, Associate Pro- ^ ^
fcssor of Education who came from , , , .HF''
.. . . . c** * t* u i- ii blessed with tv
Montclair State Teachers College,
? i xr r tt mi ence winners.
Upper Montclair, N. J. He will be _ ,
. . . ... ' .. ... 4U well's Sylva
associated with Dr. Kulian in the ? _ . _
Education Department. Dr. Ritter en
holds degrees from the University s^orc ? ,ir
, ~ ,.f o , , , . i ohna Teachei
of California, Berkley and the
? * .. . 0 ? ... mounts, undei
Lr.iversity oi Southern California, _ __
T i u . mm D 4. Tom Young an
Los Angeles. He and Mrs. Ritter , . . .
? A _ t-. 4 - .downed Appa.i
reside in East LaPorte. .. .
,T c t ^irst time in n
Mr. Everptt H. Emorson. In- !
structor in English graduated from Over the nal
(Continued on page 12) hit its peak \
colleges and 1
HIGHWAY DEATHS IN -s??
Np cct Dcnnon Army scuttk<
I Ul OlI nCUUnU North Carol r
According to figures released by Carolina Sta.e
the N. C. Department of Motor Ve- up ,tnc hlghest
hicies in Raleigh. 568 persons have tcr*ng Richmon
been killed on North Carolina est bcwed t0 s
Highways so far this year. This ro^cc* o\et S<
represents an increase of 82 over '^nc* Clemson
t; e Sc:me period of la St yare. since 1947, losi
Seme 6,455 persons were also For complet<
injured on the highways of this Spnrts see y,nf(
sU<te whLh is 1,322 more than last
year.
Sylva Lions Mi
SCSSAMON'S In Sylva
a Heri
mrsday, Sept. 29, 1949
ent Day Di
i *
Var Hero Memorial
fife"'" _JH
L- ** .. 4 ." -,*m&. *&??* **^ ' 1
Ks& ?/ X ' &&?, <^i^< ^v. jjftft^^fc^yfefc::-;:-.-:
me idea of the attractiveness of the new War Me- ]
end of Main street and foot of the court house steps. 1
mpletion and since the water has been turned on, 1
ials in this section. (
lonths ago by the members of the Legion Auxiliary 1
lard to bring a suitable memorial to honor the memory
so faithfully and unselfishly in recent World Wars.
12,423.27. Of this amount $1,788.32 has been paid
less firms. This leaves an unpaid balance of $635.00 !
aise within the near future. Until this debt is paid
red lights turned on. Many have been wondering
i is the reason.
booth will be maintained on the street at Sylva
ber 24th for the purpose of receiving contributions,
urday from 9:30 to 11:30 a. m. and from 2:00 t'o 4:00
will respond generously to this worthy cause.
2 5T" ,
I Has tsvnvinif w'.r.r.
I or 1949 .y&.
^ :
nent be' submitted
fice in order to re- Goes To Greensboro
n check for prac- N H GURLEY, engineer of
Jt* buildings and grounds at Western
Carolina Teachers College since
cr Football 1936, with the exception of one,
^ year with Mead at Harriman, Tenn.!
Fall Reiirn and service in the Navy as a Naval
officer during the war, will leave
heads for its Inst Cullowhee October 1 to go to
World Series?Old Greensboro where he has accept3u
1 Is the strings and ed a position as assistant engineer
hops a nation7wide at Woman's College of the greater 1
m to reign over the University of North Carolina. Mr.
I for the next two and Mrs. Gurley and two children,,
N. H. Jr., and Loella, will makefront
spc< tiitors are ,heir home in Greensboro,
^'o potential confer??srs?s;
STORES END HALF
riday night by the RIV PI flCIMP DCDIftfl
id the Western Car- | um i ULU3IHU rtniuu
-s College Ciitu- Following the usual custom for
tjic direction of ^r.e pasj several years the stores
d Tuck McConnell, of $yj va Wj]j start remaining open
icnian State for the {1jj Qn Wednesday, beginning
i.Moiy, 13-6. October 5th. This announcement
ion. college football was m;ide this week by Joe W.illin,
vith all the major President of the Merchants Assouniversities
getting . iation. As in the past the Merighty
Notre iDame chants feel that they owe it to
icking Indiana 40-G. their customers, especially those
1 Davidson 47-7. of the rural areas, to remain open
la downed North six days per week now that the
26-0. Duke rolled days are so much shorter and
score of all in pias- they are about to enter the Thanks;d
6T-0. Wake For- giving and Christmas shopping
.M.L". 13-7. Baylor season.
uth Caroline! 20-6. Thc nalf hoiifiay on Wednesday
lest i,s first fi^mc through thc hot summer months
ng to R;ce 33-7. ^as ^cen a vcry generous contrio2
coverage of local utioh by the store owners to their
>s 4 rrr*ri 5 - employees. We are quite sure that
everyone will welcome thc end to
! the closing period as it h. s been
nttrel Show-Oet. 12;a firc;i, int.onvenioncp m<iny
____ people.
\LD
raws Ir
Ageiits And t
Pleased Witli
Fine Exhibit
LEGION AUXILIARY ]
INSTALLS MRS. GLENN
AS NEW PRESIOENT J
Mrs. Raymond Glenn was in- 5
stalled as President of the Ameri- *
:an Legion Auxiliary last night c
by Mrs. C. A. Bales of Robbins- C
lille, Area Vice President. Otner a
officers installed were Mrs. Fred s
Williams as first Vice President; *"
Mrs. Maude Claxton as second Vice J
President; Mrs. D. M. Ramsey, 11
Treasurer; Mrs. Venoy Reed, Chaplain;
Mrs. B. M. Tallent, Color i<
Bearer; and Mrs. John Parris, S^t. c
f Arms. f.
Following the insiallation of of
1
fleers, the group lieard an interesting
report from Misses Clara Jo (
Phillips and Azalee Wilson both 1
i)f Cullowhee who attended the
Girl State Training in Greensboro. 1
t
Sylva Scottish Rite J
Masons Honor Memory t
Of Frank R. Jarrett 1
The class of Scottish Rite Ma- J
sons of Fall Reunion, held in Asheville
on September 20-24, has been
named The R. Frank Jarrett Memorial
Class in honor of the late
R. Frank Jarrett of Dillsboio, in 1
appreciation for his outstanding
service to Masonry in Western
North Carolina. Among the 18 receiving
their 32nd denree in Ma- 1
sonrv were the following citizens
vi Syiva: Jen<^nus Bryton, Nee,
Moiris, Edwin Allison, and Rudy*
Hardy.
This marks the second consecu- i
liv e time that classes held in Ashe- 1
ville have been n.aned for Jack- i
son County men, the first being
in honor ol the laic J. Claude Allison
Memorial. Masons receiving i
degrees in that class were Howard
Allison, Boyd Sossamon and Jack ?
Allison, all of Sylva.
Saturday Is Last Day
To Register For
Wine-Beer Election
All persons who have not registered
and wish to become eligible
to vote in the special election on
the beer and wine question in
Jackson County should do so on
Saturday, October 1, as this will
be the last date the Registration
books will be open before the
election on Saturday, October 15.
Meavy iniesiauons 01 piani nee
on tobacco were first reported in
North Carolina in 1946.
October Term I
Convene 17th,
John Henson, Clerk of Court, _
has announced that Judge Dan K.
Moore of Sylva will preside over
Ihe October term of the Jackson
Superior Court which will convene
on October 17 at the County
Court House. Solicitor T. D. Bryson,
Jr., of Franklin is scheduled
to represent the State.
The Court will be a two-week
affair with some 50 new cases on
the Docket. Of these 50 cases,
approximately half will conccrn
Motor Vehicle violations.
The Jury Commission of the
County has drawn the following
names for July duty: Spurgeon
Queen, Cowarts; John Panneli,
Sylva; John Bishop, Gay; P. J.
Crawford, Sylva; Curtis Watson,
Glenville: Pete Rogers, Glenville;
Oscar Wike, East LaPorte; Harold
Stephens, Cullowhee; John W.
Blanton, Balsam; Johnnie Watson,
Sylva; Geo. F. Keevcr. Dillsboro;
L;i\vrcnce Gates. Sylva: T. L. Wike,
East LaPorte; John Cook, Cowarts;
John W. Buchanan, Greens Creek;
L. D. Rice, Cashiers; John Hooper,
Cullowhce; Jake Pressley,
Speedwell; R. L. Knight, Speedwell:
F. T. Jacobs. Dillsboro; Howard
Zach? ry, Cashiers; Eula Step
$2.00 A Year?5c Copy
iterest
ieatlers Well
i Quality Of
? This Year
jlenvillc 4-H Club
Ywarded Loving Cup
jiven By Cannon Bros.
More than 2,000 persons attendd
the annual Jackson County
Achievement Day last Friday and
j.iturday which was held at the
>ylva Community House. Under
he supervision of County Demonstration
and Farm Agent, 4-H
riubs, home demonstration clubs
ind students from all over Jackon
County brought samples of
lome and farm products to be
udged by visiting county agents
ind home demonstration officials.
H. W. Shaffner. District farm
'gent from Raleigh, was highly
omplirnentary of the entire program.
"This excellent exhibit is
i credit to this county. It shows
ine cooperation on tlie part of the
iifferent groups and children from
he different schools", he said.
Hundreds of school children from
he county's schools came in groups
o view the many exhibits of canned
goods, sewing, flower arangements,
field crops, fruits, catle,
swine and poultry. In addition
(i the animals entered for judging
n the stock show, several farmers
wrought outstanding animals to be
?xhibited only.
The Glenville 4-H Club won a
beautiful gold loving cup for beng
the best all around club during
he past year, while the Savannah
1-H Club won the prize for turnng
in the most complete and largest
percentage of record books.
In the 4-H booth division, Qualla
took first prize, while Glenville
took second and Savannah third
place. The Victory Home Demonstration
Club took first prize in
the home demonstration booth, contest
with Fisiier Creek and Cope
Creek iollowmg in second and
third places. Mrs. W. G. Dillard
look first honors in the Individual
B.ootn exhibit. The Forestry
>>4 rv\/-.i\4 u'An r/-?/"> An r\ r>i' i
Lyff/cij ijih-jii v\ \ f i ? ^wwnu diiu
Soss.'imon's was awarded third
prize.
In the home demontsration division
Victory Club won the prize
for the best display in quilts; Cullowhee
w;>s first in spreads; Sylva
first in Handwork; Fisher Creek
first in clothing; Victory took the
pantry foods and canned foods;
Sylva won the flower contests;
Fisher Creek was 1st in field crops
and fruits, and Victory Club was
best in horticulture display.
The 4-H division was dominated
by Qualla. They took first
prize in clothing, home canning,
cooking, field crops and fruits.
Glenville won the award for handwork
and horticulture while Cope
?Continued on page 12
Superior Court
Jurors Named
hens, Cowarts: Brady Parker, Cullowhee;
John Ensley, Sylva.
Also Robert Green, Sylva; C.
G. Fisher, Glenville; A. L. Wilson,
Cullowhee; Jno. Sneppard. Sylva;
Cicero Cowan, Greens Creek; John
B. Williams, Cullowhee; *N. M.
Evitt, Glenville; Clnude Stafford,
Sylva: Dan Bryson, Sylva: Cleve
Tilley, Cullowhee; John Wike, East
LaPorte; Mitchel Melton, Argura;
J. D. Moore, Sylva; Joe Haskett,
Speedwell; Claude Bryson, Sylva.
Those choosen for the second
week include, Fred Wood, Cullot
ia n i
wnoc: noosevcii r-nsicy, ayiva;
Raymond Cable, Sylva; Calvin
Harris, Argura; B. E. Harris, Sylva:
J. M. Shook, Glenville; C. M.
Martin, Whittier; A. C. Edwards,
Erastus; Leon Hooper, SpeedweH;
J. B. Monteith, Sylva; Lee Cook,
Whi*t:'er; Eugene Nicholson, Cowrts;
Claude W. Parker, East La
Porte; Robert Nicholson, Cullowhec:
Z. J. Fincannon, Sylva; J.
B. Galloway, Glenville; Robert
Crawford, Sylva; L. E. Stillwell,
Greens Creek; Milford Jenkins,
Cullowhee; Kenneth Moore, Glen\
illo; J. W. Burnett, Norton; Robert
N. Bryson, Speedwell, fto*
Weathers, Cashiers.
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