VOL. XXIV?NO. 33
State 1
Thomas Alei
Of Jackson <
To Rabies 0<
All Tuckaaeigee Doft t*
Placed Under Stria ]
Quarantine Yesterday
* T An outbreek Rabies threaten- I
ed Jackaon county this week ee 1
the result of the discover? of e I
"mad-dof" et Tuckmaeifce. A poe- I
ed from the State laboratory at
Raleigh on Tueeday concerning the
dog owned by C. B. Houston. The
dog had run loose and bitten several
others in Tuckaseigee that
authorities were able to trace and
confine for observation. It is feared'that
other animals in the area
may also be infected.
C. B. Thomas, District Sanitarian,
was hopeful that the disease
would not reach such proportions
as was the case in Asheville recently
when 85 persons were required
to take the painful and expensive
Rabies treatment following
contact with infected dogs.
Thomas said that the' Sheriff
and Highway Patrolmen have been
advised to destroy any dog found
, not bearing the tags which evidence
Rabies innoculation. At the
same time Thomas asked that any
dog which shows suspicious signs
should not be killed immediately,
but confined and the health authorities
notified since confine- I
ment and observation are the only I
sure ways of diagnosing Rabies.
It was also pointed out that any I
do* which has not been innoculat- |
ed lor Rabies should be given the I
shots at once. The Farm Agent's
* ' Office can give full particulars. i
J. W. Blanton Dies; '
Burial At Ochra i
Funeral services for J. W. Blanton,
who died Saturday, were held
Monday in Ochra Hill Baptist 11
Church with the Rev. Robert Par- 1
ris and the Rev. H. L. Crawford I
officiating. Burial was in the y
church cemetery. The deceased '
was 52 years of age. * *
He is survived by the widow, <
. Mrs. Sadie Blanton; two daugh- }
ters, Mrs. Lee Ensley of Cullo- ?
whee, and Burnice Blanton of the {
home; one son, Emitt Blanton; ,
four grandchildren; 5 brothers; 3 ]
sisters; and a host of relatives and (
friends. . ^ <
The flower girls were nieces.
Pallbearers were nephews of the 1
deceased. The Moody Funeral f
home was in charge. j
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Legion To Sponsor
^ March of Dimes Dance 1
On Friday, January 27, the William
E. Dillard Post No. 104, of <
Sylva, will sponsor a March of ]
Dimes dance at the Legion Hall,
formerly the Community Building,
in the City Park. J
Music will be by the Soco Gap ,
String Band, playing from 9 till
12. Advance tickets, now on sale, (
are $1.00 per couple. At the door ]
tickets will be 75c per person.
All proceeds are for the Polio
Fund, to aid in the battle against :
infantile paralysis, so let's all turn j
out and have a good time, while :
supporting this worthy cause. . <
Sutton And Mo
Jackson County
The Jackson county Polio Drive ;
is now underway with a goal of
$4,000 set for this year. Mr. R.
U. Sutton is secretary and Mrs.
Dan K. Moore is the county campaign
director for this drive.
Committees will be set up to
take care of advance gifts, special
eyents, dime boards, schools, house
to house solicitation and other
means of raising funds. During
the last campaign more money
was raised thru the schools than
by any other means.
Several of the county officers j
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USE SEE0UN6S <
lENTIFULj ORDERS ;
IEIN6 TAKEN !
Landowners who still plan to c
riant tree seedlings for reforests* .
ion purposes are urged by Disrict
Forester Pettit to place their
orders as soon as possible with ;
he Department of Conservation J
ind Development. Mr. Pettit says *
here are plenty of loblolly, slash, J
hortleaf and longleaf pine left at *
he Clayton Forest Nursery, but T
lew orders are arriving daily for 1
hem. *
The Forestry Division expects
o sell nearly 10 million seedlings
his year to more than 2,000 landowners
throughout the State. Dis- t
rict Forester Pettit says order
>lanks for trees may be had by
vriting to him at Sylva or to the .
State Forester's Office, Departnent
of Conservation and Developnent,
Raleigh, N. C. County Forest
Warden Charles Evans, will
ilso take orders and forward the ;
ipplications to the proper authorty.
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Fie Claims Now
Forms for making application
or prisoner of war claims will be
ivailable at the American Legion
lall in Sylva on and after January
10, according to an announcement
>y Dan Tompkins, Jackson County !
/eterans Service Officer.
An Act of Congress provides for
sayment of these claims at the
rate of $1.00 per day for military
personnel who were prisoners of
par in any theatre of operations
luring World War II, and to certain
civilian internees of the Japanese
in the Philippines, Midway,
5uam, Wake Island, or in any ter- ,
ritory or possession of the United
States invaded by the Japanese .
m or after December 7, 1941. Sur/ivors
may be eligible for the
>ana/Ue In roca tVio fnrmep nris> I
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mer of war or internee has sub- I
sequently died.
The payments will be made by i
'he War Claims Commission on <
the basis of first come first served, <
and all claims must be filed prior /
io March 1, 1951. The county 1
service officer will be glad to assist
anyone in preparing and filing ]
ihese claims. , <
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Accident Not Serious To !'
Little Miss Waters '(*
Audrey Waters, 5 year old t
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. {
Waters of Sylva, who was acciientally
hit by a truck while crossing
the highway near her home
cm the Cullowhee road Sunday ^
morning, is reported to be doing
fine at her home now.
She was taken to the hospital ]
immediately and following an ex- I
amination it was found she had
no broken bones, but only received
some bruises. j
ore Head
r Polio Drive
attended the District luncheon 1
held in Ashevillc last week and '
heard Dr. Ralph McDonald, State
director from Chapel Hill, make
a very Interesting address. He
gave suggestions and plans for
raising funds in the 1950 campaign.
A great deal of money has already
been spent on North Carolina
patients and in view of this
fact it is urged that all persons,
when contacted, give liberally to
this fund. ,
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hps Drive For
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ICW MDH5UH3
The chief goal of the Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce for
950 will be the attempt to pro*
ure the establishment of new la*
Lustrial enterprises in the county,
this decision was made at a meet*
of Monday night presided over by
he Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce's new president. Felix
Hckletimer.
The Board of Directors decided
hat without neglecting the tourist
>usiness and various proposed civc
improvements, the greatest need
it the county as a whole is new
business firms, whose payrolls
vould provide livelihood for many
>eople as well as stimulating trade
hroughout the county.
President Picklesimer appointed
i committee to carry out the pronotional
activity in connection
vith the organization's plan to Ob*
ain new industry. Serving on the
committee will be Sol Schulman as
chairman, Dr. W. A. Ashbrook and
N. D. McKee.
Other deoteions rendered included
one to continue efforts to
>ring about the hard suriacing of
he presently unpaved 4 and a
lalf mile section of the South Carina
Highway joining with N. C.
Highway 107. It is also planned to
cooperate with certain civic organizations
in Tennessee with the
Hm of petting this highway as
signed a national highway number.
The annual membership drive
which is beginning this week is
to be under the direction of the
membership committee headed by
Flix Picklesimer and composed of
r. A. Gray and Joe Wallin. All
susiness men are invited and urgid
to cooperate in this membership
drive so that adequate funds
:an be raised to insure the success
of the proposed projects.
Directors installed in addition to
VIr. Picklesimer were: Mr. Roscoe
Poteet as Vice-President; W. D.
McKee as Sec.-Treas.; and Dr.
W. A. Ashebrook, Dr. David Danel,
J. A. Gray, H. J. Landis, Ed
Nicholson, Sol Schulman and Joe
Tallin.
PRESBYTERY MEETS,
NAMES NEW OFFICIER
The winter meeting of the Ashe/ille
Presbytery was held on Tues
iay at the Sylva Presbyterian
Church at which time J. H. Flagman
of Hendersonville was elected
noderator.
Ministers to the General AssemDly
were elected and included J.
C. Lime of Andrews, J. C. Nevelle
Df Mills River, with P. P. Thower
d 1 Hazelwood and W. H. Wakefield
Df Sylva as alternates.
G. C. Summerow of Hazelwood,
J. S. Gray of Franklin were elected
as Elders with J. H. Flannagan
of Hendersonville and S. A.
Mann df Oak Forest as alternates.
43 ministers and elders were
present for the opening sermon
vvhich was delivered by Rev.
Thomas of West Asheville. The
Lord's Supper was administered
by Rev. Wakefield and Rev. Lime.
A dinner was served by the
women of the church at which time
it was announced that the next
meeting of the ffrouD would be at
Kenilsworth in AsheviUe on the
18th of April.
RICE SPEAKS SAT;
SEEKS SOLICITOR'S
OFFICE
A. A. Rice, Sylva attorney, will
make a campaign speech at the
Post Office in Sylva on Saturday
at about 10 in the morning.
Subject to the Democratic Primary
to be held in May, Rice will
enter the race for Solicitor of the
20th Judicial District.
If the weather is unfavorable
he will speak at the courthouse.
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^ N. C. Thursday, Jan. 11
act Fe
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AN ASSOCIATE at tha InsUfciU cf
Ctoc<f Rtmrch 1a PhllAdilpkiit
Dr. Irene Corey Dillor It picture
at a meeting of the American Aaloclation
for Iho Advancement o4
Science la Now York. Dr. Coroy
reported finding fungi preoent In
ovary typo of human cancor atudiet
In her laboratory during past II
months. Sho warnad that tho tasti
woro not conclusive. (international)
It Happened
HERE AND TIME
Wimpy Hyatt cutting loose wit
one of his sneezing exhibition
that rattles store windows for 10
feet!
Roscoe Ramsey complaining tha
he wished some cafe in tow
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WUU1U SCI V C OOibtliV >. (!
his soup!
Oldtimers sitting on bench ii
front of David Hall's tradin
pocket-knives.
Quay Grigg, John Parr is am
Charlie Reed participating in
Main street "bull session."
Two small boys at odds con
cerning the abilities of Charli
"Choo Choo" Justice. -One says
"Aw, he ain't so hot. Pee We
Hamilton is twice as good!"
During the Murphy - Sylv
basketball game, Perry Rhode
becomes confused during an ex
citing moment and tackles th
Murphy "ball carrier"!
Bloodmobile In Sylva
On February 8th
The Bloodmobile will return
to Jaekson next month and give
county citizens an opportunity
#111 w#arlv auota which
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is 125 pints short at the present
time.
The Mobile will be in town for
one day, February 8.
MERCHANTS VOTE TO
CLOSE STORES WEDS
The Merchants Association of
Sylva voted at their January
4th meeting that the stores of
the town would close on Wednesday
afternoon beginning or
February 1st.
The doors will be shut at 12:00
noon. This practice will con*
tinue on thru the spring and
I summer months until next November.
I BOX SCORE
0? I.c.NIOHVATS
Killed Jan. 3 thru Jan.
5?2
Injured Jan. 3 through
Jan. 5 62
Killed thru Jan. 5 this
year?9
Killed through Jan. 5,
1949?10
Injured thru Jan. 5 this
year?133
Injured thru Jan. 5, 1949
?106.
SOftlAMON'8 ..... .in Syh
Her/
J, 1950
>r 14 5
Hatching E& (
ExpsioaSea :
h Jackson County.
Further expansion of the hatch* C
ing egg program in Jackson coun- I
ty was recommended by the Poul- ?
*r~v oAmmiHM mt (hiir /recent V
meeting held in the Vocational Ag- "
riculture Department at Cullowhee. J
Progress of the program to date
was reviewed by Winston Cabe,
chairman of the committee. He
pointed out that hatching eggs are
now flowing in volume to the E
Gainesville area. The current price ^
being received by flock owners 0
i is 75 cents per dozen. The outlook a
for an increase in the price of *
| hatching eggs is favorable. i]
Chairman Cabe also pointed to
i the interest, being shown in this c
I section by the large hatchery men 0
1 and predicted that we will gradu1
ally see the hatching egg industry J
expand in this section. d
C. T. McMillian, flock super- ?
visor stationed in this county, at- *
tended the meeting and reported ^
I on the progress of blood testing
I to date. He pointed out that of the e
' six thousand birds tested to date l<
there had been only one reactor, c
This bird is being taken to the t
? Georgia State Laboratory to determine
whether the reaction was p
caused by pullarum or some other
^ type of organism. Mr
McMillan stated that he was I
h blood testing around 6,000 birds
per week and that as soon as the I
job is completed a report will be
n made. There are around 25,000 I
g birds being tested, and the tube |
' method is being used. He expressed
a great deal of satisfaction
d with the fine jqb the present flbck r
a owners have dona'in growing good *
pullets. *
McMillan pointed but that more
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pullets will be avaiiaoie for jbck- *
e son county farmers the last of
j, January, February and March, t
e Pullets coming to the county in *
January will be mated with Cor- C
nish Cockerels. r
a Farmers planning to get pullets
s within the next 90 days should *
- contact the county agent, vocatione
al teachers, or FHA Supervisor.
SCOUTS PUN FOR S
LARGE INCREASE AT
ASHEVILLE MEETING I
A large number of Jackson f
county Scouters traveled to Asheville
on Monday afternoon to at- j
tend the Twenty-Ninth Annual
Scouters Convention there. For
4he 4th consecutive year, the J
Smoky Mountain District, oi which <
.lafksnn rountv is a Dart, won thCi
aUendanr.'eship aware*. I
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, Hugh Monteith, president of the
' Council, reported to the gathering ^
' upon the past year's worK. A gau.
of 204 scouts was made in the
Council, bringing the total of 2.
533 at present. A goal of 3,000 was
i set for next year in the 14 W.N.C. *
counties which make up the Coun- c
i cil. ^
The Silver Beaver Award, giv- |
i en each year to the Scouters who h
have done the outstanding work *
for the year, was presented to Dr. "
S. Robinson of Asheville, chairman
of the Rhododendron District; and 1
F. B. Gardner, Henderfconville,
president of the Land Of The Sky
District. <
More than 200 were present for
he banquet at the Central Methcxiist
Church on Monday night, '
which followed an afternoon of
committee meetings on Advancement,
Health, Safety, Finance, Or
ganization, Extension, l^eaaersnip
Training, and Camping.
Health Clinic Date Changed
Due to the large number of
people who failed to tee laet
week's statement concernlngX
the changing of the Health Office
Clinic, Dr. Janowsky announced
again today that the
"* Clinlo which was formerly held
^ on Tuesday has bssn changed
to Friday.
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SEVEN HIGH SCHOOL
WIS CHOSEN
IS OUTSTANDING
Seven students from Sylva cenral
High School have been seeded
as the most outstanding
tudents for the year and will be
ncluded in the 1949-50 edition
f the High School Register, an
nnual publication containing
liographical sketches of outstandng
high school Juniors and senors
selected from ^ohools acredited
by regional associations
r by the several states.
Nell Elizabeth Green, Theresa
oarrne Moody, Doris Love Midlleton,
Eddie Lou Terrell, Frank
floody Crawford, James Derel
Aonteith and William Eugene Mc'lure
were those chosen.
These seven students were chosn
on the basis of scholarship, j
eadership, service to school and
ommunity, personality and protable
future usefulness to society.
The High School Register is
tublished in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
IETA P.T.A. HOLDS
MEET; GIVES FUNDS
Afl M II A i IIn
un 4-n UAinr
The Beta P.T.A. met on Wedlesday,
January 4, at 1:30 pjn. in
he lunch room with a ?pbd atendance.
For the afternoon's program a
Dm on "The Child's Byes", and
We Go To School" was shown toj
he P.T.A. and the school children
y Jesse Flake of the Guidance
Clinic from Cullowhee. The busiiess
session was presided over by
he president, Mrs. Joe Clyde
'isher. The attendance award for
anuary was won by Mrs. Lucy
Crawford's room. Plans were competed
for the Founders Day Proram
next month.
A donation of money was made
o the Beta 4-H club on their
amp at Waynesville in appreciaion
of their social work to the
VT.A. The organization was preented
a membership certificate
or 1949 from the state office.
The next meeting will be in
"ebruary.
fackson Association
ioutheastern's Youngest
The Jackson Artificial Breedng
Association is probably the
'oungest in the State, having been
>rganized in October, 1949. It is
omposed of 100 members and is
tported to be growing steadily.
Velt Wilson is chairman of the
>oard of directors and members
)f the board are Kenyon Moody,
Walter Ashe, R. M. Bryson, John
iVill Hooper and Mack Johnson
Stewart. Robert Varner of Whitier
is technician.
Girl Scout SetJones
Andjoh
New life has been breathed iftt<
the Girl Scout movement as la;
as Sylva is concerned. The setu]
has been completely reorganize!
with the Junior Woman's club a
the sponsor.
The actual change was begui
in early December. At that tinrv
Mrs. Edward C. Jones and Mis
Eugenia Johnson assumed th
duties of leaders and an advisor;
board was elected as troop com
Ynittee members consisting of: Mri
Jimmy Buckner, Mrs. R. U. Sut
ton, Mrs. Dan Moore, Mrs, Walte
Jones, and Mrs. John Parris.
Since that time three petrol
have been organized and e four
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'aving
ill Be Let
For County
y lo rave
' IM Saya Work Will
Befia As Soon As The
Contractors Can Start
A large number of Jackson
county citizens and the *Go Forward"
road program committee
lor the county met with X* Dale
Thrash, 10th Division Highway
commissioner, and Z. V, Stewart*
Division Engineer, in the county
courthouse Thursday afternoon to
discuss certain roads the Stele
plans to let to contract soon for
black top surface.
Mr. Thrash said that approximately
14 miles of Jackson county
roads will be let to surface con*
tract January 31. These are certain
roads in the county that are
now ready for surface, the commissioner
said, and they include
all the mileage that is now ready
for black top surface. All surface
will be 16 feet wide.
The roads ready for surface are:
Monteith Branch road .5 mile;
Allen Branch road .6 mile; Dillard
Cove road 1.37 miles; Cope
Creek and Beta road 2.8 miles;
Speedwell road 2.3 miles; Shoal
Creek 2.2 miles; Norton, Yellow
Mountain and Glenville Dam road
2.9 miles; Glenville School road
.9 mile; Cashiers School road .6
mile and Whittier Church road
.25 mile.
The only thing the contractors
will have to do on these roads is to
place more rock on them, pack it
down and then black top. Contractors
placing the lowest bids
will get the job, said the commissioner.
Contractors will be paid
by Hie ton for the rock and by the
mile for the black top surface. A
State Inspector will be on the job
all the time to see that State specifications
are maintained at all
times.
The following is a list of other
roads that the State forces will
start working on as soon as possible
with the view of getting them
ready to let to contract for blacktopping
in 1051. This group includes
some 24 miles of roads and
nr? nc follower
Camp Branch 4.1; Barkers
Creek road 1.4; Greens Creek road
1.4; East Fork Savannah 2 miles;
Cullowhee Mt. road 2 miles; Norton,
Yellow Mountain, Glenville
Dam road 1.7; Big Ridge road 2.3
miles; Caney Ford road .4 mile;
Balsam road .7 mile; Whiteside
Cove road 2.5 miles; Punkintown
road 2 miles.
The question came up regarding
xock now being hauled from Swain
countv and being placed on Jackson
roads which is considered by
local people as inferior material*
Thrash and Stewart both said that
tht material meets State and Natic
i\ specifications and is as good
as ny material to be found in
N' h Carolina.
nrash said that the mud roads
of the county will be rocked *ust
' as fast as state forces can get to
' th m.
1 The number of persons at work
i on farms in late November totaled
' slightly more than nine million,
about the same as a year ago.
mi iispA:
nson Leaders
one is almost complete. All inter*
> mediate girls, ages 11 to 16 are
r eligible to join and are invited to
* do so.
It has been decided that the
8 regular meetings will be held in
the scout room of the Presbyterian
n church at 730 p. m., on each
e Thursday. ,
s Young ladies who have become
e Girl Scouts as of this date are:
y Patsy Buckner, Ann Gather, Jean
* Cogdill, Elizabeth Dunn, Rom
Marie Dunn, Nancy Hartnai^
- Shirley Hartman, Audrey Jonee,
r Janice Holdenf Edith Moore, Mary
Morris, Jean Nicholson, JojMt
i Nicholson, Leah Sutton, and Joan
th Wilson.