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Castor Oil C<
^Possibilities
Production
Farm Agents Investigating1
Possible Production Of
Bean As Cash Crop
The Jackson County Farm Office
was quick to take advantage
of the recent announcement of the
Castor Oil Products Company that
this region might be suitable for
the growing of Castor beans.
In reply to the Farm Office's
correspondence, the following telegram
was received by W. T.
Brown,, county farm agent:
"Replying to your letter of December
11th please conduct preliminary
survey to determine approximately
how much acreage
you can get planted in Castor
Beans. Will be in your territory
shortly after first of year and will
call on you personally".
Claude C. Ballew
Regional Sales Manager
Castor Oil Products Co.
The sudden interest in the
Castor Bean comes as a result of
the decision of the Castor Company
to build Western North Carolina
into a Castor Bean producing
area. Previously the beans
have been imported from China,
India and South America. The
Castor people have also made
known their intentions to build
a plant in the Western part of
the state if enough farmers can
be interested in producing the
crop.
Farm Agent Brown reported
that the interest of the Farm Office
was in line with the plan of the
agricultural workers of the coun-*
ty to increase the yicome of Jackson
county farmers by taking advantage
of the natural conditions
tnat exist here. "We don't know
absolutely that our County is suited
to the production of this crop,
but in the event it is, we want to
be in on the ground floor of this
development if there is money to
be made out of it," the farm agent
said.
Farmers, who might be inter
estea in producing mis crop, are
requested to let the County Agent,
Vocational Agriculture Teachers,
or FHA Supervisior know. This
crop is being investigated, and if
it appears worthwhile the farmers
of our county will be notified.
Herald Shop To Be
Closed Friday,
Saturday And Monday
In order to give the shop force
of The .Herald a much needed rest
the shop will be closed Friday,
Saturday and Monday for the
holidays. The force will be back
Tuesday morning, December 27.
The front office will only be closed
Monday the 26th.
Santa Due Her<
Enjoyed Visit 1
Santa Claus has returned to his
home and workshop at the North
Pole following his visit to Sylva
and other Western North Carolina
towns last Friday and Saturday.
Just before leaving town late
Saturday evening he expressed
thanks for the fine reception given
him by the people of Sylva
"especially that fire-truck ride",
he said. "J don't get many chances
to ride one of them very often!"
Santa reported that he talked
with a great many Jackson county
children during his visit. On
Saturday he met more than 3,000
because he passed out 3,400 suckers
and just as much chewing
gum. He said that he heard a
great many requests for Christmas
presents and knew that there were
many millions more letters waiting
for him to read when he returned
to the North Pole.
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PMA Community
Committeemen
Are Selected
Elections were held in the fifteen
communities * of Jackson
County for the purpose of electing
a delegate to attend the
County Convention which was
held in the PMA office at 10 o'clock
December 16; and for the
purpose of electing commiteemen
to serve their respective communities
for 1850. The following committeemen
were elected:
Barkers Creek?J. T. Jones,
chairman; Frank C. Green, Arthur
Brooks, Henry A. Green, Genera]
Jones.
Qualla?W. T. Gass, chairman;
Fred Ferguson, Smith Queen,
Frank Kinsland and H. O. Crisp.
Caney Ford?Wayne Lovedahl,
chairman; John Farley, Harry
Brown, Alvin Moore, Howard
Wood.
River ? J. C. Millsaps, chairman;
Edwin Brown, T. A. Jackson,
Walter Jackson, J. J. Hooper.*
Canada?Dewey Parker, chairman;
Ralph Broom, Vessie Mathis,
Walter Melton and Charles Parker.
Cullowhee?R. S. Shelton, chairman;
John Phillips, Carl Smith,
| Henry Taylor and Lonnie Dills.
Sylva?TV C. Bryson, chairman^
Lee Bumgarner, F. E. Parker,
Fred McLain, Kenyon Moody.
DillSboro?Boyd Brown, chairman;
E. B. Monteith, J. C. Patterson,
Lewis Cochran and Fred
Jacobs.
Webster ? Charlie Frizzell,
chairman; Paul Green, Caro Cole,
Walter Allman and Alvin Cabe.
Scotts Creek ? L. M. Crisp,
chairman; Robert Holden, J. D.
?Continued on page 12
Methodist Sunday School
Program Tonight
The annual Christmas program
of the Sunday school wil be given
at the Sylva Methodist church to
night (Thursday) at 7:30 in the
church auditorium.
The program will be presented
by the boys and girls of the Sunday
School. A religious pageant is
scheduled as well as a Santa play'ett.
A soecial feature of the evening
will be a visit by Santa Claus
himself.
The adults of the community are
invited to join with the children in
fjie Christmas entertainment.
*
e Sat. Night;
Aist Week-end
"While I was in Sylva I had
~;:e of the best times ever," the
jolly old man said. "I wish that
I could stay longer, but there are
a great many things to do before
Christmas Eve. I won't get to see
my little friends on that night of
course, but I'll be back again next
Christmas to talk with them."
Santa Claus said that he would
return to the North Pole and supervise
the loading of his sleigh
for his midnight ride. He reported
.hat work on most of the toys had
been completed for several weeks
by his little brownies, but the
loading of the sleigh would keep
the entire work-shop force busy
; ight up until the last minute.
He plans to leave the North Pole
about 4:30 Saturday afternoon so
that he will reach Greenland about
dark. Erom there he will come
directly to ihe United States and
then on into Mexico.
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Scott Promises
More Rural Fire
Protection
Cities Bearing Burden
Of Fire Departments,
Seek County Support
Governor Scott asserted at a recent
firemen's meeting that he
would use all the means at the
disposal of his office to further
efforts to obtain more adequate
fire protection for rural areas.
The Governor addressed about !
100 members of the State Fire
Chiefs Association and a number
01 city and county officials from
throughout the State at a banquet ,
meeting in the Sir Walter Hotel (
of Raleigh. Three Jackson county
citizens were present at the mod- J
ing. Tommy Clayton represented :
the county, Bart Cope, went on
behalf of the Fire Department and f
Carl Corbin attended the meeting
as a representative of the town, I
Britton Moore also represented [
:he Fire Department. >
During an afternoon meeting in |
the House chamber of the capitol.
December 13, the association reviewed
plans for rural fire control
and adopted a resolution requesting
the Governor to appoint '
a committee to study those plans. ^
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Governor Scott said he would give f
the names of those appointed to ;
the committee to State Insurance ;
Commissioner Waldo C. Cheek s
sometime soon. i
During his address, the Governor g
pointed out that a rural fire pro- t
tection plan was first dependent v
upon adequate communication c
mediums such as telephones and
good roads. 3
The Chief Executive of North JI
Carolina told the gathering that r
when he was a youngster living s
on a farm, he was constantly faced c
with a realization that greater j
fire protection should be avail- c
able for rural communities. He e
said that this realization was one t
of the things affecting his decision s
to run for Governor.
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Heraled Message
brought forth her first born |
pped him in swaddling clothos. |i.
i in a manger; because there
for them in the inn. i
e angel of the Lord came upon
he glory of the Lord shone f
them: and they were sore |
ngel said unto them, Fear not:
1 bring you good tidings of
lich shall be to all people. I;
fou is born this day in the city g
Saviour, which is Christ the
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shall be a sign unto you; Ye
2 babe wrapped in swaddling
! in a manger.
;nly there was with the angel ^
of the heavenly host praising u
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ill toward men. Luke 2:7-14
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To Observe 100th
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This is a picture of the Hambur
vill be the scene of spccial service
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1940, of frame with asbestos sidir
seating caoaci'y o4 350; has 8 Sun
ollment (?'. 15C. The church memb<
A beautiful, modern manse of i
dieted and stands to the right o.r th
CITY LEAGUE HEAOS
MEET FRIDAY NIGHT i
ro PLAN SEASON
A meeting of managers of the
Tity Basketball League was held,
Monday night at the High School
or the purpose of making plans,
or the coming City League sea-i
on T'np main arrnmnlishmpnt of I
? 1 ?I
he meeting was that of making
everal suggestions and the calng
of a meeting for Friday night
it 7:30 at the same place, at which
ime these suggestions will be preented
to the team managers for
idoption.
One important difference in this
rear's set-up will be that the
-?eague will publish rules and
egulations before the start of the
season and have them in the hands
>f the managers. Such a system is
litended to prevent a recurrence;
)f the difficulties which preced-i
?d last year's tournament whenj
he rules were misunderstood by
evcral teams.
Another point to be decided at
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is on Christmas Day in Observance
Hie building above w.is erected in
ig. It contains an auditorium with
'lav school class rooms and an encrship
is now 220.
oek veneer has recently oeen come
church building. x
Sylva Firms Extend
Season's Greetings
Practically every * business
firm in Sylva is represented in
The Herald this week in their
annual Christmas Greeting to
their friends and customers.
Sylva business firms have enjoyed
good business this year
and they appreciate the patron
| age of the people of the county. |
They certainly deserve the loyal
support of every Jackson county
J citizen as there is no group of
| business people anywhere who
have responded to as many calls
for financial support for various
Causes as have these firms. The
churches, the schools, the clubs,
j civic organizations, and individuals
are constantly seeking
j and receiving money and mer>
' chandise from the merchants.
They, along with the farmer,
' are the backbone of the economy
| of our county. They deserve
I our business.
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Hamburg Bag
100 Years Of
On Christmas
Crop Collections j
Total 138 Bushels f>
gan
Jackson county's CROP ship- mer
ment left yesterday to join the O
i est of the nation's goodwill offer- o'cl<
ing to needy persons of the world, orin
198 bushels of corn were col- The
lected in the county. Combined free
with the 175 bushels collected in Ma*
Macon county it made up a half Jacl
carload of corn. Lyd
The shipment brought to a close ^ec(
the efforts of county ministers
who had given much of their time ^crri
since November in planning and The
conducting the campaign. Min- L. J
isters throughout the county were tors
instrumental in bringing the ap- T. F
peal for generosity to the attention
of their congregations. Spe- orc*
(ial collections were taken in order scv*
lo give those who had raised no|Arn
corn a chance to contribute to the hole
cause. jterv
The corn will go to the CROP
central collections location from
Sylva and from there to areas was
f rGr
of the world which are in dire ,
need of assistance. a* 1
will
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HUGH MONTEITH
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SCOUT COUNCIL ?
Mayor Hugh Monteith of this t'011
city was re-elected president or T
the Daniel Boone Council, Boy is I
Scouts of America, Tuesday night kno
at a meeting of Scout Executives bee
in Asheville. cnu
It was announced th;it final figures
for 1949 reveal that 2,504 son
Scouts and Cubs are enrolled in (
troops and packs in the council. scn
This is "the highest membership f^ay
total the council has ever had. ^
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The annual council Scouters .
convention will be held at Central
Methodist church in Asheville' .
January 9. ;f_S!
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Men Named To Administer
1950 PMA Program
Delegates elcctcd by the fifteen Sy
communjties of the county rjriet in Mc
the PMA offve Friday, December s
H>, and elected the fallowing men Sur
to administer the PMA Program Ass
or 1850 as County Committeemen:
J. L. Stewart, Chairman, Norton; on
Blaine Nicholson, Vicc-Chairman, cw;
Cowarts; C. P. Shelton, Regular in <
Member, Whiltier; Wayne Love- ]ay
dahl, First Alternate, Cowarts; \
Frahk Owen, Second Alternate, ern]
Whittier. dav
The newly elected Committee 'and
held its first meeting Tuesday, Sat
December 20, and elected Mrs. the
Ellen N. Corbin as Secretary and da>
Miss Frances Bryson as Treasurer sho
of the Association. Sat
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Sylva Firemen In
Cope Puts Out Hi
s
j The Sylva Fire Department puts tooI
a fire out wherever it finds one,
brother! There are some bewild- gwJ
ered firemen in High Point who
will vouch for that. ..
Bart Cope, local fire chief, was dri^
on his way to the fire-chiefs meet- trus
ing in Raleigh last week, accom- had
panied by Carl Corbin,? Tommy A
Clayton, and Britton Moore. Just out
after passing through High Point, Dei
Bkrt suddenly told his compan- tru<
ions, "I see some smoke up ahead Cop
there ? guess there's a fir?!" And fire
with that, he went racing up tM cigi
highway in the direction of the _
suspected fire. on
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jlenville People To
tfonor Memory of Founders
In Special Program
his year, 1949, is Centennial
r for Hamburg Baptist Church
Ulenville. The church was orized
on July 12, 1849 witft 16
nbcrs.
n Sunday, December 25, at 11
xk a service will be held ho*- ^
ig the founders of the church,
y are: Alexander ^Wilson, AlI
Wilson, Thompson Wilson,
jness Teague, Milton Moss,
kson Shelton, Sarah Wilson,
ia Led ford, Elvira Teague, Re:a
Wilson, Mary Wilson, Jane
is, Lucinda Evitt, Ruth Moss,
limah Evitt and Mary Stuart,
pastor of the church, the Rev.
F. Rogers, and two former pas,
the Rev. W. N. Cook and Rev.
Deitz will conduct the service. .
he church has a previous recto
the actual organization. For
?ral years it was the Hamburg
i of the Caney Fork Church,
ling meetings in a building afvards
known as the Burnt
?ting House.
he original site of the church
on property donated by AlI
Wilson, one of the founding
iers. The building was of logs
i a huge fireplace for heating.
i pews hand hewn benchThis
building was replaced in . ^
5 by a two story frame struc>
used jointly as a church and
;onic Hall. The present buildwas
erected in 1940 when the
rcn was movea iu us jjicscih
ition because of the construci
of Glenville Dam.
he oldest member of the church
VIrs. Tallulah Owen Franks
wn as "Aunt Lula" who has
n an active member of the
rch for seventy years. She is
granddaughter of Alfred Wil,
and daughter of the Rev. John
Dwen, a pioneer pastor, having
/ed the church in its early
s for about forty years.
inong the prominent minisi
who have gone out from the
rch are Dr. Fred Brown of
)xville, Tennessee; the Rev.
;e R. Owens of Asheville; and
Jesse C. Owen of Lakeland,
rida, former Missionary to
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lva To Observe
mday As Holiday
ince Christmas Day falls on
iday this year the Merchants
ociation of Sylva has announcthat
all stores will be closed
Monday in order to give the
iers and employees a holiday
addition to the regular Sunday
-off.
lead Corporation will give its
ployees an extra day on Satur\
closing the plant on Saturday
I Sunday. In closing down on
urday the Company feels that
men would rather have that
- to do last minute Christmas
pping rather than to work on
urday and be off on Monday.
crease Range
gh Point Fire
ure enough, they soon overk
a tobacco truck which was
ying along the highway unire
of the flames which were
ring in the tobacco behind the
;er. Cope called to the truck
/er to pull over, took out his
;ty fire-extinguisher, and soom
everything under control.
i moment after Bart had put
the fire, the High Point Fire
>artment roared up in their
:ks. They were greeted by
standii\g proudly beside his
-extinguisher _ puffing on a
ir ? "Everything's O. K. boys
Sylva Fire Department right Jgij
the job!"
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