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CommitteeNj
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Rural High w
Commissioner
Wants Group to
Map Program
Sixteen Jackson citizens have
been appointed to the "Go For- ,
ward" road program committee by
L. D. Thrash, Highway Commis- '
sioner, 10th Division. Messrs. J. *
C. Passmore, W. A. Taylor, Fred
Brown, Mitchell Shelton, Frank
Rigdon, Ed Hooper, Shirley Wilson,
C. J. Cowan, D. C. Higdon,
Guy Sutton, Rufus Robinson, Joe
Green, Bill Buchanan, General
Jones, Albert Patton and Dan M.
Allison were Thrash's choices for
the group.
The duty of the committee will l
be to call a public meeting and let
the people of the town discuss ,
roads of the Township, recom- mend
road locations changes, point
out danger spots and muddy places
on school bus routes and discuss
any other matters necessary for 1
the improvement of the Road Sys- (
tern.
i
In a letter to the newly appointed
committee, Thrash said, "At the
meeting I hope the people who <
live on each road will give their ,
road a name and make plans to put
up a post with the road name on
it, at each end of the road. Also
plans could be made to paint all
mail boxes and place the owner's
name and box number on it."
"At your meeting the people
I will probably wish to select two
or four others to serve with you
as a township committee on the ,
road program. Early next spring
these township committees, the
county commissioners, county i
school board members, road and
adiool bon* drive chairmen, town ,
npgrors, and other interested in \
jjhe road/progfgm, will be asked to ,
/ meet with the highway engineers
and me to select the first group of ,
roads that will be black topped <
twelve, sixteen or eighteen feet
wide."
Thrash asked that any road _
maintenance matters be referred
to the County Road Foreman H. ,
A. Pell who is at the prison camp
or maintenance shed every morning
at 7:00 o'clock. *
Sylva Parent - Teacher
Association To Meet
The Sylva Parent-Teachers Association
will meet next Tuesday j
night at 7:45 in the grade school
auditorium. A Christmas message ^
will be given by Rev. C. M. War- ,
ren. A group of boys and girls
under the direction of Mrs. Maggie
A. Crisp will present a selection
of Christmas songs. Mrs. Dan
Tompkins is program chairman,
Mrs. Dan Moore, president.
A _ x 1 *
/\ gwu anciiuaiice is expeciea.
1 Coffee Shop Opens t
Lewis Cannon was the first cus- ?
tomer at the opening of the newly i
remodeled Coffee Shop, according r
Temperature9 3
Factors In Hate
By A. T. MILBURY
To produce a good hatching eggj ?
and maintain the moisture in the
eggs, we should gather eggs at e
least three times a day, in ex- c
tremely cold or warm weather, t
four or five times a day.
Most poultry-men find wire .
baskets best for cooling eggs. 8
Bulletin No. 350 of the Missouri ^
College of Agriculture and Agri- t
cultural Experiment Station, ^
states they found that in their
tttfO nikl lar nW4V> n tannruir?tiii>A /?#
'-ftP VVAMI4 Willi ? I^Ul^ViOlrlilV Vi
SO deg. r, an egg cooled in the c
middle of a wire basket containing
156 eggs in 5 hours, an egg in the fc
center of a pail containing 156 5
eggs in 10 hours. c
All eggs should be packed daily **
after all animal heat is removed. b
It is important that all eggs be 11
packed at least every 12 or not d
over 24 hours. All eggs should 8
be packed on small ends. This b
holds yolk centered in large end b
of egg. Yolks of fresh eggs, if (1
allowed to settle in the small end
of shellf will rupture or strain the t]
very fine membra nee that holds
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Cullowhee Methodist
Choir To Present
Christmas Cantata
The Junior and Senior choirs of
hhe Cullowhee Methodist church
will present a Christmas Cantata,
"In David's Town," on Sunday
evening, December 11, at 8:00 o'
clock. This Cantata is an unusual
md effective combination of Latin
America Carols which are seldom
heard in this country.
Soloists for the cantata will be
Mrs. Irene H. Clark, soprano, of
vVeaverville, Mrs. Inez Gulley,
contralto, of Cullowhee, Mrs. Bob
Bowers, tenor, of Cullowhee, Mr.
Herbert Poster, baritone, of Cullowhee,
Miss Virginia Kilpatrick,
mezzo-soprano, of Cullowhee, Miss
Jean Callison, soprano, of Cullowhee.
Accompanists will be Mrs.
E. R. McConnell, pianist, and Mrs.
R. T. Houts, organist.
The chorus will be under the
direction of R. T. Hout, pastor of
the churOh and will be composed
of 45 voices from the Junior and
Senior choirs.
4-H COUNTY COUNCIL
TO MEET ON SAT.
An important 4-H County Council
meeting will be held in the
County Agent's office at the Court
House on Saturday morning, beginning
at 10 in the morning. All
advisors, leaders, workers, and
persons Interested in 4-H work,
are urged to be present.
The meeting will be of special
mportance since it will be for
the primary purpose of planning
the 1050 program of work for tffe
county 4-tt CfttbS. The winner of
the loviac cun Will also be decided
jj- , ?
at thi^ time by me Council.
Following the business portion
of the meeting, a Christmas party
will be given for the group. Rereshments
will be served.
MERCHANTS ASSQ.
TO MEET TONIGHT
TO ELECT OFFICERS
Joe Wallin, president of the
Merchants Association, has announced
an important meeting of
the members to be held at 7:30
n'clock tonight in the Allison
Building of the Methodist Church,
rhe purpose of the meeting is to
jlect officers for the coming year
and to discuss the work of the
>rganization.
Refreshments will he eorwH All
nembers and those interested in
;he work of the Association are .
lrged to attend.
o Larry Mull, employee of the 1
sating establishment. The man- i
igement reports excellent busiless
since opening. 1
ioisture Vital
hing Egg Care
yolk in position. This will
tffect it as a hatching egg of lower 1
ne quality of a market egg. If
:ggs are left in baskets the same
ondition is true as they are on
heir sides. ^
I would suggest egg holding be ^
>artly or entirely underground. If J
tbove ground, you will have to
nsulate and furnish refrigeration
o maintain proper cooling and
tumidity. 1
As the egg holding room would t
>e too cold for graders to work in,
would suggest the egg grader j
in a separate room, x nm room
hould be large enough to hold
gg grader and a few empty cases, j
*he temperature should be held t
etween 60 dqg.F-65 deg. F. At f
hese temperatures, graders will c
o a more satisfactory Job. Eggs c
hould never be left in this room ^
efore or after grading. All eggs fl
a baskets should be cooled in a c
ooling room.
The egg cooling room temperaure
should be 55 deg. F. to 65 deg. r
(Continued on page 13) c
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Sylva
PECKED BY CO T
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VIRTUALLY DRAFTED by delegates of
to oppose Sen Robert Taft in nex
Lincoln (left) shakes hands with CI<
a button on Lincoln's lapel is Joseph
The candidate is a national farm coo]
Legion Aux:
Sponsor Dir
The Womens Auxilary of the*
American Legion will again sponsor
the annual "Dime Board" this
year, for the benefit of Jackson County
war veterans still in hospitals,
and needy families at home.
The Board will be placed directly
in front of Belk's Department
Store this year, and will begin
collections on Saturday at 10:00
- ? - a 1- i? i.i ?? ^ rru *
c ciock in ine ruunun^. xnc ouaiu
will be operated again the following
Saturday and the week before
Christmas it will be open ev.ry
day during that period.
Last year the Dime Board took
in a little more than $200. The
ladies of the Wojnan's Auxiliary
are anxious fto up that -total this
Christmas. Mrr. Dan Tompkins^d
Miss Lucille Hunt will be in charge
of the Board this Saturday. On
the following Saturday, Mrs. John
Parris and Mrs. Walter Jones will
handle the collections. Mrs. R. L.
Glenn will handle the Board the
inal week before Christmas.
Wishing to raise the maximum .
in funds for the worthy causes,
he women are hopeful that some
of the male citizens of the comnunity
will lend a hand in running
the board. Mrs. Glenn, president
of the Auxiliary, made it
clear that volunteers would be
more than welcome.
CUB SCOUT PACK
ORGANIZED HERE
Cub Pack 5, of Sylva, held a
a-?^ -ai / ^11 ^l
iraming meeting ior an rata
Leaders and the parents oi boys j
of Cub age, 8, 9, or 10 years of ,
age recently. Mrs. Annie Louise
Reed, the President of the Sylva
Woman's Club, expressed the need
ot a Cub Scout Pack for the young
boys of Sylva and the surrounding
communities.
The following have been elected
to serve on the Pack Commitze:
Mike Strong, Chairman; O. E. 5
rookhyser, Dr. 1'. D. Slagie. 1
Britton M'ore, and Ed Nicholson. ;
Tommy Cannon is to be the Cubas'.er,
with Lyndon Stone as the c
ssistant Cubmaster. *
These parents and friends attended
one or both of the train.g
courses, conducted by Scout
.xecutive A. W. Allen, of the .
Daniel Boone Council, and Don i
B. Euwer, Field Scout Executive (
>; the Smoky Mountains District: i
Mrs. Hose G. Hair, Thomas F. i
Gannon, Britton M. Moore, Mr. 1
;nd Mrs. Michael D. Strong, Mr. r
md Mrs. Jack Gunter, Lonnie t
Nicholson, Mrs. Charles Allen, i
Mrs. Ralph Parnell, Mrs. Walter t
Fones, Mrs. Harry E. Ferguson,' r
Dr. T. D. Slagle, Mr. and Mrs. H. t
P. Cathey. t
The Dens of this Pack are be- c
n rr anH all on/j ikaiv 1
1*5 AV* **<VU OASXA l/V/9 OIIU A
parent* are invited to share in j s
he Cub Pack. If you would like
or your son to be a Cub, contact i
me of the Pack Committeemen ?
>r one of the members of the Syl- s
'a Woman's Club, and they will r
issist you in belonging to the Cub
Scout Pack 5, of Sylva. t
p
More farm people are killed in ^ t
notor vehicle mishaps than any v
>ther class of accidents. t j
LVA I
, N. C. Thursday, Dec. 8,
O OPPOSE TAFT
the CIO convention in Cleveland
t year's Ohio election, Murray D.
D president Philip Murray. Pinning
B Carey, CIO secretary-treasurer,
^erative leader. (International)
iliary To
ne Board
Christmas Holidays
7or Jacksoa Schools
Begin December 16
' Superintendent of Jackson
County Schools, W. Vernon Cope,
has announced that all the
schools of the county, including
Sylva high school, will suspend
work on Friday, Dec. 16, for
Christmas holidays. He also
announced that all school will
resume work on Monday, Jan.
2, 1950.
WEBSTER PTA?
HAVE CHRISTMAS
PROGRAM ON 14TH
The Webster school ParentTeacher
Association will give a
Christmas program at the school
on next Wednesday, Dec. 14, at
2:30 o'clock. Mrs. Mack Hall, president
of the association, will preside.
The program will start with
the invocation by Rev. Bruce Roberts,
pastor of the Webster Meth-(
odist church. The story of "The
Nativity" will be given by Wanda
Blanton, followed by "Bells of |
Christmas Morning" by Joanne I
Higdon, Joanne Sutton, Kathryn I
Budhanan, and TV) elm a Sutton. [
Other Christmas songs will be giv- *
en by the Junior and Senior Chor- j
uses under the direction of Mrs. t
Pearl Madison. | $
The public is cordially invited to '
hear the program. * ^
Tobacco Spe
Money In Tu
Approximately fifty-five Jack- c
son county farmers gathered in ^
:he County Court Room on Wednesday
afternoon to hear two J
orki-h Tobacco specialists dis- ^
:uss the crop prospects and possibilities
in this area.
Mr. John Wildins, South East- f
Tn Auromatic Tobacco Company ;
xecutive, told the gathering of t
he use and importance ol the t
eaf. He pointed out that the \
?ntire 75 million pounds of Aro
natic leaf which is added to cigirettes
to give them the "spicy"
lavor, was once imported from *
rurkey, and other countries *
iround the Black Sea region. He *
vent on to explain that 10 yea.:
?go Duke University led the ex- k
:>eriment which brought some of 1
he seed to this country and proved 8
hat Turkish Tobacco could sucessfully
be grown in the Caro- J
inas?and of just as good a grade
lb that found in Turkey itself. I
Wilkina told the farmers that
t was M? wide open field?a field
vith new money in it. We once *
ent this money to Turkey but
tow we can keep it at home/*
Mr. Roy Cross, Extension To- c
)acco experts demonstrated (he ^
iroper methods of growing the
obacco to the farmers, illustrating
is talk with colored slides. He b
>ointed out that it has been prov- e
Ier;
1949
PICKLESIMER IS
NAMED PRESIDENT
OF SYLVA C. OF C.
At a joint meeting of the outtoing
board and new board of
iireetors of the Sylva Chamber
Df Commerce Felix Picxlesimer
vas elected to serve as president
if the organization for the coming
year. Retiring president, Roscoe
'oteet was named vice-president
and William McKee was named
secretary-treasurer.
The new board of directors is
composed of H. J. Landis, Roscoe
Poteet, Joe Wallin, Dr. W. A. Ashorook,
Felix Picklesimer, David
Daniel, Sol Schulman, William
McKee and J. A. Gray.
The board meets the first Monday
night in each month but due to
the first Monday in January being
a holiday the Doard will meet
in joint session with the old board
the second Monday night in January
at which time the new officers
will be installed and take
over the business of running the
jrganization.
Record Sailfish
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Mrs. George Bass of Oxford,
Mich., stands beside the world'srecord
sailfish for a six-thread line
the caught off Palm Beach, Fla.
rhe deep-sea giant weighed 59 ty
>ounds, ten pounds heavier than
he previous record holder. Because
Mrs. Bass had a toothache
ind her husband helped reel in the
Isb there is a possibility this may
lisqualify her. (International)
cialists See
rkish Crop
;n that Aromatic Tobacco can be
>rown in this county. He drew
ittention to the fact that Mr. and
tfrs. J. B. Farmer of Barkers
>eek had the highest per-pound
.verage in North Carolina at the
ecent sales. They averaged $1.05
>er pound. Cross went on to tell
he group that the advantages of
ne new leaf is its desire for pooi
and; its ease in harvesting; and
ligh monetary return to the larm;r.
County Agent Brown told the
armers' that he was planning to
lold several more meetings in
he spring and summer to demoni
cte the techniques of growing
..e leaf. In that way he hopes
o avoid anyone making unnecesary
mistakes.
[>an Allison, Jr. Is
Mow Cadet Sergeant
Lebanon, Tenn. ? Cadet Dan
A. Allison, Jr., son of Mr. and
ifrs. Dan M. Allison, Sylva, has
>een promoted to the rank of
adet sergeant, platoon guide at
'astle Heights Military Academy,
Lebanon, Tenn.
The appointment to this rank is
ased on the cadet's military and
fficiency record.
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Glenville An
Clubs Win A
Prize In Clu
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Young Democrats Of
County Map Plans For
Membership Drive
At a recent meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Jackson
County Young Democratic Club
plans were formulated for a membership
drive to be held in the
near future. A membership committee
comprised of Democrats
for every township in the county
was appointed to spearhead the
drive. Local membership cards
will be made available to campaigners
as soon as they are received
from the State headquarters.
At the conclusion of the
drive a county-wide rally will be
held at the courthouse in Sylva at
which time a prominent leader in
the national Democratic ranks will
be presented.
In addition to the appointment
)f the membership committee,
whose names will be released at
a later date, a Speakers and Program
Committee was appointed.
Headed by Clerk of the Superior
Court John E. Henson, this committee
is composed of State Representative
Frank Brown of Cullowhee,
L. L. Allen of Cashiers.
Vincent Jenkins of Qualla, and
Mont Green of Green's Creek.
Funeral Services For
V. Parker Held In
Bakersville Saturday
Funeral services for Vida Parker,
72, were held Saturday afternoon
at 2:00 o'clock at the Bakersville
Methodist church with the
pastor of that church and the Cub
Creek church in charger Burial
followed in the church cemetery.
Webb Funeral Home of bakersville
was '1 chrrgiv ot arrangements.
Mr. Parker was visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Crawford Young
and family at Bakersville at the
time of his death, which followed
only a week's illness. Since moving
to Sylva in 1945 Mr. Parker
and his wife hacLmade their home
in the Lovefield community.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Lydia D. Parker, six sons,
Frank, of Forbes, N. C., Hafe, Jason,
Earl and A. D., all of Baltimore,
Md., and Robert Lee of the
U. S. Army; three daughters, Mrs.
Young at Bakersville, Mrs. Jack
Cooper, Sylva, and Mrs. Roy Byro
of Baltimore, Md.; 36 grandchildren'
and one great grandchild.
Going from Sylva for the funeral
services of Mr. Parker were
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cooper and
family. .
Garage Liability Insurance
Revised In North Carolina
Commissioner o f Insurance
Waldo C. Cheek today announced
that completely revised underwriting
rules and plans for insuring
automobile dealers, garages,
repair shops, service stations, storage
garages, machinery and implement
dealers and similar risks
have been adopted for insuring
such risks in North Carolina, efective
Dec. 1, 1949.
Methodist Choii
Annual Christn
The choir of the Sylva Methodist J
church, in cooperation with members
of the choirs of the Sylva
Presbyterian Church and the St.
John's Episcopal Church, will present
a Christmas Cantana entitled
"King of Kings and Lord of All"
by Stults, on Sunday afternoon
December 18, at 5:00 o'clock in
liaiici uuuu.
Bass soloist will be Dr. David
Daniel; soprano soloists will be
Miss Margaret Candler and Mrs.
| Dan K. Moore; tenor soloists will
be Jack Dunn and Tommy Davis;
and the alto soloist will be Miss
Eddie Lou Terrell.
Under the direction of Mr. Ralph
Kemmerer, director of the Methodist
choir, the combined choir has
been practicing on each Wednesday
night for the Cantata. Mrs.
Blanche Parry is serving as pianist.
lOIIAMOfn im ftytva
WIBOWZEl
t LOCAL ?
IJRCHAKTSJ
$2.00 A Year?5c Copy
id Savannah
nother First
b Work
Both Clubs Tie In
Raising Funds For
d_H ri 11K r?i m n
M. M. M. J U. M W
Two of the outstanding 4-H
Clubs in Jackson county, Savannah
and Glenville, continued
their good work last week by being
the first to complete the raising
of their quotas for the proposed
4-H Club Camp to be built in
Waynesville at an early date. All
during the funds campaign, these
two 4-H Clubs had run neck and
neck in the race to see who would
report "quota filled" to the County
Agent's office first. It had been
a hard fought contest all the way,
with each club particularly eager
to beat the other ? then they
ended in a tie! The County Agent
says that the report from
both schools came in by phone at
practically the same moment, and
as a result, TWO 1st place honors
are to be given. As for the rest of
the Clubs in the County, they are
at present battling for second
place, and no-one wanting to be
that "cows tail", bringing up the
rear!
The fact that the Savannah and
Glenville schools should finish 1st
in this contest is in accordance
with the usual practice of these
fine 4-H Clubs. At Savannah, the
4-H Club, under the sponsorshipof
Mrs. Stella C. Bryson and H*.
H. Bryson has continually taken
prizes in every contest they entered.
This year they took first
prize in the Achievement Day Program
for the best record book
kept during the preceeding year.
They took 3rd prize on their fine
booth and several individual
prizes in ^addition. M?*s Bobby
Sucton won 1st prize in the county
for her work in home canning.
i
For this year, Billy Sutton la
serving as president of the Club;
Mark Deitz is filling the office of
vice-president and Irene Cabe is
doing the job of secretary. There
are more than 63 members in the
club, a majority of them being
girls.
One of the hardest working of
them is little Robert Alexander*
pint-sized 10 year old who has.
really gone to town his first year
in the Club. He won 1st prize at
the Achievement Day Program
?Continuing on page 7
HAROLD SMITH BETTER
FOLLOWING ILLNESS
Friends of Pfc. Harold D. Smith
of Speedwell will be happy to
know that he is improving following
a serious illness in the
General William Beaumont Hospital
in El Paso, Texas.
His father, Wood Smith, went
to El Paso last week when Harold
was reported in "serious condition"
following an operation. He
returned to Speedwell on Sunday
after improvement in his son's
condition.
Pfc. Smith is a member of the
United States Air Force.
r To Present
nas Cantata
EXAMINATION DATE
SET FOR DILLSBORO
P. 0. POSITION
A written Civil Service exam*
ination will be held on January
5th for the purpose of filling the
position of Substitute Clerk at the
Dills bo ro Post Office.
The usual entrance salary at
^.141.- I- ? ? A*
uiu twwvlun is fi.m per nour,
limit for experienced clerk three
hours per day, inexperienced lees
than three hours per day .
Competitors will be required to
report for the written examine*
tion at ftt Post Office Bufidtaft
Syiva, N. C., at MM sen. en fit
5th. Full information and qptt* '
cation Mnks may be obtainsd
from the Postmaster at the DUla*
boro, N. C. Poet Office.
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