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/ VOL. XXIV?NO. 43 SOIL CONSERVATION C - , :8&%l?iliBfe^I^y^^^aiB |j if<j|-v:kM|'!-!T ,?$j$ ' h'i l:? i | ^ F| f1 ,<'^Sk a ?* ?'"'! |||<3fg?&S iH.V jjr * y jwggsya| Shown above, left to right, is Bai Lou Annie Cabe, representing J acta wide Soil Conservation Speakers cor olina Bankers Association. Miss Ci - ? - s i *r* receieved $10 irom tne jacKson uou; ville on Friday to participate in th and Robert Holden each received $5 pating in the contest. UTERARY, ATHLETIC I FIELD DAY PROGRAM I SUCCESS AT WCTC . The fourth Annual Literary and e Athletic Field Day, sponsored by ^ the Science Club of Western Car- ^ olina Teachers College, with the a cooperation of the various college 2 departments, was held FrMay, f March 17, 1950, at Cullowhee with r Murphy High - School taking top j honors with a total of 149 points. G Franklin High School placed sec- y ond with a total of 93 poihts*>fend in third place was Cullowhee High School with 72 points. Blessed with clear, sunny, and bracing weather, and with many students participating, representing 19 high schools from 11 counties in this area, this fourth annual affair is regarded as being the most successful in the history of the event. High schools taking part were Murphy, Cullowhee, Franklin, Andrews, Hayesville Hiawassee Dam, Highlands, Robbinsville, Stecoah, Swain, Swain, Sylva, Webster, ^ Edneyville, Glenville, Rosman, Waynesville, Canton, Leicester, and Mars HilL Murphy, the winning school, collected most of its points in the Literary Division. Pioneer Museui Park To Open^ The Acting Superintendent of i the Great Smoky Mountains Na- r tional Park announces that the Pioneer Museum located at the f Oconaluf tee Ranger 9tation ?bove Cherokee will be open to the pub* lie on April 5. During the remainder of April it will be open five days a week, Wednesday through Sunday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p. m. There is a potability that it may be open additional days during May and June, and the schedule calls for it being open seven days a week during July, August and September. The Pioneer Museum has proven to be extremely popular. During the 1949 season more than 91,000 people stopped to see the exhibits and to make inquiries in connection with the park, The Park Service anticipates that during 1950 an even larger number will stop. . In preparation for the coming sea* ^ son additional exhibits have been \ ;thi CONTEST SPEAKERS i J . B Bily. liiia Bin ';9B| bara Hedden, Robert Holden, and ton County schools in the Statetest sponsored by the North Carabe was the County winner and nty Bank. She went to Waynese District contest. Miss Hedden from the local bank for particiMOORE UNOPPOSED M HinfiFSIIIP BAflF v w urn vhvi mm m w mm When the filing period .for canlidates for the State ticket in the day 27 Democratic primary closed last Saturday no one had filedT n opposition to Judge Dan K. doore, of Sylva. Judge Moore was ppointed Resident Judge of the !0th Judicial District by Governor Grigg Cherry following the esignation of Judge Felix E. Aley. Judge Moore took the oath if office on February 10, 1948 and nas been helding court continuilly since that time. I The only candidate from Jackon County on the State ticket is A. Rice, who is running against rhad D. Bryson, Jr., of Bryson *ity, for Solicitor of this district Mr. Rice will officially launch lis campaign Saturday, April 1? vhen he speaks at Bryson City at ! p.m. and at Franklin at 4:30 p. n. the same day. r?iinfw nffiro ?M>kprs nnnnunp. ng so far are: four for Sheriff; J. C. Middleton, incumbent, Robirt D. Holden, James Mason and Vood Smith. For Commissioner >f Finance, Jennings A. Bryson, ncumbent and Davis Bryson. For >art time Commissioners. Ed Fisht and M. V. Breedlove, incum>ents, Harley D. Fowler and W. S. Alexander. For Coroner, H. B. Chunk) Morgan. n In National 4pril Fifth nstailed and the museum will be nore interesting than ever before. The Park Naturalist, Mr. Arthur >tupka, and his assistants give luxnerous guided trips during the teason into various sections of the 'ark. In addition, the Naturalist, ipon invitation, gives a series of ilustrated talks in the communiies adjacent to the Park. During he coming season, in addition to hose given at Gatlinburg head* luarters, there will be a series >f nine at Cherokee, and at least me in each of the following towns; tsheville, Brevard, Murphy, Penand, Sylva and Waynesville. The number of visitors to the >ark places a steadily increasing oad of work on the limited staff ind the various services have been greatly appreciated by the visiting public. lOt#A MOM'S lit Sylvs 2 SY Sylv Roger 750Jacks< Will Co-o] a r< a n A.UA. r Last Year's Program Well Received By Farmers And Families With the sign-up in the 192 Agricultural Conservation Pro* ram nearly completed a prelim: nary check shows that approx: mately 750 Jackson county farm ers have signed up to cooperal in this year's program. According to J. L. Stewar chairman of the County P.M.i Committee, the use of phosphal will be the maih conservatio practice used this year with s bout 675 farmers already signc up. Other practices which Jacksc county farmers indicate they wi carry out in the coming year ir elude: lime, mixed fertilizers, pa.< ture seeding, cover crops, and a falfa. Mr. Stewart explains that AC is open to all farmers in Jacksc county and that participation strictly voluntary. The "sign up he explains, is not a contract bi a means for helping farmers g< maximum conservation for th funds available. In the chairman's words, ti program is "a means of obtainir soil and water conservation whic contribute to the general welfar To this end financial assistance provided to help farmers cari out on a share-the-cost basis wi1 the farmer bearing about half tl out-of-pocket cost. "Before any payment is made f the farmer, the conservation woz must be carried out according 1 specifications. The County Coir mittee is responsible for seeir that every dollar allocated i Jackson county for conservatic is used to obtain a maximum i mount of completed, approve conservation practices." Farmers who wish to participai in the 1950 ACP, the chairman e> plains, may obtain information t bout the program operations an practices at the county PMA o: fice located at the courthouse. Tl anal date for issuing purchaj orders for seeds for spring pai tures is April 15th. : Health Office Lists _ ci.i ] l^ tannic ocneauic Doctor Carl C. Janowsky, Healt Officer makes the following ar nouncements: General Clinic i the Health Department in Syh will be held on Fridays from 1:( to 3:30 pjn. until further notice. Pre-sehool Clinics schedule for the month of March will t held in the schools ? follows: Friday, March 24? Beta 9:00 a.r Colored Consolidated 11:00 ajr Friday, March 31? Balaam 9:00 a.r Willets 11:60 a.r Addie 11:00 a.r A Well-Baby Clinic will be he) at the C. J. Harris Hospital at 9:2 aun. on Thursday, April 6. Th clinic will be conducted on tl iirst Thursday of every month t Dr. David Daniel, well know pediatrician of Sylva. This clin is intended primarily for infan and children of pre-school age. On m.c.hiohvays Killed March 14 through March 14?5 Injured March 14 through March 16?51 Killed through March 16, this year?166 Killed through March 16, 1949?135 Injured through March 16 this year?2,098 Injured through March 16, 1949?1,575. LVA ] a, N. C. Thursday, March 2 Cowari on Farmers perate In rogram CASHIERS VOTERS PASS STOCK LAW [- On March 18 a stock law elecl tion was held in Cashiers [m Township. Official returns pass"e ed the law by an overwhelming majority, 116 for the stock law, '* and 10 against. Very little inter est was shown in the election, as te only 126 of 500 registered voters ,n in the township turned out to vote, i- I !Cj The law goes into effect immediately. in 1 MERCHANTS FORM :: CREDIT BUREAU P A majority of the Merchants of in Sylva have formed The Jackson is County Merchants Credit Bureau, ," which is being managed by Hal it Thompson, head of the Wayneset ville Credit Bureau at Waynesie ville. The merchants joining the bureau have placed all of their acie counts in Mr. Thompson's hands ig and all credit information regard:h ing these accounts will be held e. strictly confidential, except where is information by a merchant is y wanted on any person applying for credit. Accounts which show a bad credit risk will be cut off from further credit until all old ac. counts are settled. ! to 1 !g Plans For WNC Fa In Round-Up At WCT Ite ?- ^MlPIr v w'IB Hi?-; - pm [ hkm - -- ' : ie ^ll? ih ifc A 1- ^mm?* at ra )0 >d FRANK H. BROWN, Jr., presi^ dent of Western Carolina Farm and Home Round-up Week, announces plans completed for this n. year" "' Savannah P.T.A. Has n. Health Program; Elects >?. New Officers & The Savannah Pa rent-Teacher Id Association held its regular month JO ly meeting last Thursday in the is school ^auditorium. For the program Mr. Alliney >y Bryson showed a film on Health n over the new audio-visual aid reic cently purchased by the school, t* The following new officers were elected: president, Mrs. Lewis Bradley; vice-president, Mrs. Bragg Allison; secretary, Mrs. Hoyle Deitz; and treasurer, Mrs. Harold Leather wood. Mrs. Roy Back, who so efficiently served the past tw oyears, is the outgoing president. Mrs. Jeanette Bryson's 3rd grade won the attendance prize for the past two months. Refreshments were 'served by the refreshment committee of the P.TJL for County Sheriff Wood Smith has announced that he will be a candidate for nomination for the office of Sheriff of ft Jackson County in the Democratic Primary of May 27. Her i s ?3, 950 itivin7 M Outstanding 4-H'en j^^*B9i R?? Lois Louise Edwards became a member of the Qualla 4-H club in 1946. Since that time she has held the following offices in the club: Song leader, secretary, and president. She has completed 10 projects during the past four years, and has won several outstanding honors during that time, In 1948 she was the county winner of the Better Methods Electric contest, and was awarded an all expense trip to Raleigh to attend the Better Methods State Congress Nov. 1st and 2nd, 1948. In June, 1949, she won first place in the n/\i i?4t? Hrnrr D ntnotif on/I ikic on _ wuuinj too iwvit w atiu tuio tutitled her to enter the state contest at Raleigh during Short Course week August 1st?6th. She was awarded a sterling pin for being county winner of the Room Improvement project in 1949. Lois has exhibited many of her projects at Achievement Day and has won many blue ribbons on her exhibits. She is now an eighth grade student at Sylva Elementary school, and is secretary xti ? the , Sylva Junior 4-H club. rm And Home C Completed The committee on Farm and Home Week for Western North Carolina met Tuesday in the office of W. B. Harrill of Western Carolina Teachers College to discuss plans for the week this year. August 22 and 23 was set as the date for the event which is held annually at the college. The committee also decided to nkanifa 4 ^ a noma frnm Form an/1 viiaiigv vuv uauic AIVIM * aim a*?u Home Week to Mountain Farm and Home Round-up since there was some confusion last year with the state meeting which was held in Raleigh. Officers who were present at the meeting were President Frank H. Brown, Jr. of Cullowhee, 2nd Vice-president Oscar Deyton of Burnsville, and Secretary W. B. Harrill of the college. Advisory committee members present included Miss Nell Kennett of Raleigh, E. J. Whitmire of Franklin, Paul Laughrun of Burnsville, and Jeff Enloe of Asheville. President Brown said, "As I have discussed this program with the farm men and women of Western North Carolina, I am convinced that it has been most helpful to everyone who attended." Approxmately 3500 farm men and women participated in the program last year. Counties which are included in the Round-up are Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, -*adison, Swain, Transylvania, ?nd Yancey. Some of the outstanding features of the program as set-up for the week, include: Welcome by President Paul A. Reid and address by Dr. James H. Hilton who will be introduced by John W. Goodman, Extension assistant, of State College; a fashion show, under the direction of Miss Julia Mclver, Clothing Specialist o f State College, and many other events. _ a SYLVA CITY MARKET . . In A4P VLD ( Wifear Funeral For Co Glenn Funeral ! HELD ON CHARGE OF POSSESSING BURGLARY TOOLS Sheriff Griffin Middleton reports that he is holding Edward Black, 45 year old white New York and California ex-convict, in the Jackson County jail in default of $5,000 bond on a charge of possessing burglar tools and a concealed weapon. . Black was arrested in Asheville about a week ago on request of Jackson authorities. Sheriff Middleton said that a planned breaking and safe cracking here was frustrated on having advanced information that it would be pulled by Black and others. It seems that he is a member of a gang in North Carolina at this time. Black will be tried at the next term of Jackson County criminal court. HONOR ROLL FOR WEBSTER SCHOOL ANuniiuncn dv nnufiu 1 nuunutu o i uuvthii Webster Public Schools announce honor roll covering fourth grading period for grades four through twelve, which ended February 25. Fourth?Charles Williams, James 4 ' Holder, Mary Sue Frady, Billy Frye, Audrey Buchanan, and Jim Rhinehart. Fifth?Roy Lee Fullbright, Iva ? Nell Buchanan, and ' i Sutton.' ^ -T Sixth?Ruth Hall, Ruth Ann i Sutton, Carolyn Scruggs, Mixtnie t Hasket, Barbara Cowan, Carolyn 1 Green, Peggy Hall, Joe Parker r Rhinehart, and Charles Mason. ( Seventh?Lois Blanton, Aleene ' Taylor, and Jim Owens. c Eighth A?Eugene Hall, Bobby < Bumgarner, Genevie Hall and < Arilla Mftytahan. 5 Eighth B?Mary Mason, Nora- { cell* Hoyle, Mary Nell Hall, Edna Shcrrill, and Nannette Cagle. * Ninth?Guy Blanton, Pritchard 1 Green, Joe Hall, Ellen Buchanan, < Patsy Collins, Kate Deitz, Doris * Frizzell, Louise Gribble, and 1 Gwendolyn Higdon. Tenth?Edward Henson, Joan ] Blanton, Dorothy Deitz, and Thel- ] ma Sutton. , Eleventh ? Lou Annie Cabe, Barbara Ann Deitz, Elizabeth Frizzell, Eula Mae Hall, Evelyn Hyatt,11 Joyce Monteith, Barbara Lou Sut- (1 ton, Claudine Monteith, and Bar- 1 bara Higdon. Twelfth ? Dolores Allison, 4 Frankie Buchanan, Wilma Buch- ' anan, Darlene Collins, Sally Cow- 1 an, Christella Estes, Lahoma Deitz, Blanche Monteith, Lucy Shuler,! and Joanne Sutton. Blue Cross Enn Start In Jacksoi The non-profit BLUE CROSS plans, with sponsorship by the hospitals, the medical profession, and the geperal public, have ? * shown a phenomenal growth the. last decade indicating that Blue Cross has become the accepted method for payment of hospital service on a voluntary basis. At the present time 23 percent of the population of the United States are enrolled in Blue Cross. These 36,000,000 persons show the tremendous popular approval which has met Blue Cross all over the country. The two North Carolina plans approved by BLUE CROSS, Hospital Saving Association of Chapel Hill and Hospital Care Association of Durham, will hold a special month-long enrollment effort during April at the request of the Health and Hospital Council of The Medical District in the in I $2.00 A Year?5c Copy id Self uple Held At Home, Friday Father of Three Children Was Member of Pioneer Family, County Surveyor Private funeral services were leld at Glenn Funeral chapel last rriday afternoon at 2 o'clock lor 4r. and Mrs. Roger Zachary Cowird, who were found dead in their >edroom late Wednesday night at heir home in Webster. Burial was n Stillwell cemetery at Webster. !tev. Bruce Roberts, pastor of Webster Mdthodist church, assisted by Rev. W. Q. Grigg, pastor )f the Sylva Methodist church, officiated. Surviving are three children, rewel, Dale and Gloria, all of the lome. Mr. Coward's survivors include a sister, Mrs. C. E. English >f Asheville and two brothers, Captain Matt Coward of New York ^ity and J. O. Coward of Jacksonville, Florida. Mrs. Coward is survived by her father, Thad Dowile of Franklin. Sheriff Griffin Middleton said hat Mr. Coward, a member of a Dioneer Jackson County family, ipparently killed his wife and then ook his own life with a .45 calibre pistol. Mr. Coward^ son of the late State Senator O. B. Coward, had )een in poor health for some time, -le was a native and life-long csident of Webster. Mr^. Coward vas the former Miss Gladys Dowlie of Macon County. Investigating officers said that >oth Coward and Mrs. Coward vere shot in the forehead. No nquest was held. Officers said hat there was no note found but hat there was indication of an irfument between the two before hj shoojing. 'I*' TrdFblWies of the parents were ound in their bedroom by the wo youngest children after they leard two shots. They went to a learby neighbor, the home of Mr. 3rady Burchf and told him of vhat had happened. He and the )lder son then went to the home >f Sheriff Middleton and told the >fficer what had happened. The Sheriff found the bodies as stated rbove. Mr. Coward was a grandson of he late Dr. James M. Zachary, Western North Carolina's first ientist. He was widely known as i maker of violins and one of the jest fiddlers in WNC. Hospital Day To Be Held Hay 13; All-Day Affair; Bazaar; Dinner; Food Sale Hospital Day has been postponed lo May 13. More time is now available to prepare for a bigger and better day. Hospital Day will be a full day at the Legion Home. A Bazaar will be featured from 10 o'clock until 5 p.m., a dinner at 5, games at 8, and cake walks at 10 p.m. The bazaar will consist of the ?Continued en page 7 ollment To n April 3rd terest of offering Western North Carolinians a proven plan for hoe* nital and guraical service pro tec tion. The enrollment in Jackson County starts Monday, April 3rd and will continue through the 8th. Sylva P.T.A. To Meet Tonight at 7:30 p.m. The Sylva Parent-Teacher meeting scheduled for last week* but was postponed, will be held tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 pm. in the Elementary school auditor* ium. An Interesting film will bi shown and all interested patrons and friends of the school are urg* ed to attend. mmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmrnm* The Cherokees of North Came lina do not know what the nam# of their tr&e means. They call themselves "Anti-YunwfrarmP gjg "real people." l. ' .mM
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