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The Western Carolina Tteachi
* tion of Professor W. H. ?opp, wl
Sunday evening, April Z* at $S00 o'
day concerts will be gtvean *fc 11:00 <
Other programs which the ch<
and the Baccalaureate and Comn
the group will participate In a chAccompanist
for the programs
SYLVA HIGH SCHOOL
APPROVED FOR fi. I
TRAINING FR0ERA1R
Prof. Ralph L. Smith has ^announced
that the Sylva High
school has been approved for an
organized and accelerated high
school prpgram for Veterans under
the G. I. training set^up and
any Veteran under high school
level by grace or by placement
test may enter what is termed an
adult ^education progmmr^vAny
person not a G. f. may enter the
course by paying tuition .fees.
The program, Mr. Smith stated,
' will begin May lsU if < there is
enough interest shown. There
will also be a vocational training
program carried en .at the same
time provided there is interest
shown.
This affords a wonderful opportunity
for those Veterans who
are not advanced enough to enter
College work, and who wish to
improve their education. Detailed
information regarding the train-,
ing and educational .program may
be had by applying to .Mr. Smith
at Sylva high school. Those who
are interested should make it
known at once in order that the J
school may make preparations for;
rnrrvlncr mif fhp maiik i
TOURIST INTEREST
DISCUSSED BY
GROUP AT MEETING
A large number of the members
^ of the recently organized .Jackson
County ' Tourist Association
met Tuesday night with President
D. Lee hooper presiding- The secretary,
James Cannon, reported a
membership of 32 active and 38
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Sylva Joii
Industrial Basi
Sylva and Sayles Bleachery of
Asheville replaced Clearwater
Finishing Company of Old Fort |
and Canton in the Western Caro- J
lina Industrial Baseball League at <
a meeting held in the American 3
finka Employment Office last <
night. I
Clearwater resigned from the
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the newly organized McDowell i
County Industrial League. Canton I
dropped out due to the extensive |
athletic program already employed <
by that town fbr the summer. i
With Sylva and Sayles in the I
league are the old standbys?Bee- c
oon, Berkley, Hazel wood, Enka, |
Ecusta, and Martel Mills. i
The season will open on April,
22 and play a 21-game schedule, i
closing out sometime in Sep tern- t
ber. Play will be suspended dur- i
ing the first week in July so teams t
may participate in the semipro ?
tournament at Berkley. c
Jim Barnwell will pilot the Syl- 1
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ers College Mixed Chorus, compoi
II begin spring concert program v
clock the group presents a program
o'dtock a. m. In Kings Mountain am
j
>rus will present are the Inauguri
nncement programs at the close of
oral festival which will be held at
is Jean Kirkpatrick of Patrick, N.
Census Enume
By Sample For
Mrs. Frank Massie
Plans To Open New
Dress Shop Here
/
Mrs. Frank Massie announced
this week that she plans to open
a new dress shop in the McGuire
building on Main street around
the 15th of April, opening date;
depending on the .progress of re^
modeling the building which is
.vow underway. She will occupy
the first floor of the building
which was formerly occupied by
Allison Auto Parts. The new
business will be known as Elsie's
Dress Shop, featuring ladies' ready
to wear, later probably adding a
line of children's ready to wear.
Mrs. Massie is well known in
business circles, having been
manager of Ritz Theater for a
number of years.
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it Ann i ruiiaaun
TO HEAD ROTARY
CLUB NEXT YEAR
At the annual election of offi*
cers at the regular dinner meeting
of the Sylva Rotary Club on
Tuesday night Harry Ferguson
was elected President, Clinton
Dodson, vice-president, R. U. Sutton,
secretary-treasurer and Chas.
Stewart, , sergeant-at-arms. Five
new directors elected were: Newton
Turner, Ralph Sutton, Dayid
Hall, William McKee, and Dick
Slagle.
All ot the new officers will take
office at the first meeting in July.
W. J. Fisher is the retiring president.
i New
zball League
va team. No manager has been
named for Sayles.
A program is now Under way to
Light the Sylva athletic field prop- '
erly for baseball. The team is expected
to join Berkley, Enka and
others in a bid for night ball in
the league this season.
The Sylva team will begin practice
on Friday, March 31, at 5 p
m., according to Coach James
Barnwell. Everyone interested ir.
playing is asked to be present \
work out'plans for the team. The
meeting will be held on the baseball
field if weather permits,
otherwise it will be held in the
gym. Everyone is urged to come
ready for practice.
The opening game for Sylva if
let for April 22 on the local dia
nond with Beacon Mills. Beacon ,
s one of the toughest teams in ,
he league. <
A practice game will be played <
in April 12 with Hazelwood a
iazelwood. I
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is CONCERTS
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ed of forty voices under the dlrec-j
vlth a tour on April 2 and 3. On
in Monroe, N. C. On the following
i at 2:00 p. m. in Cherryville.
ition Concert program on May 5,
the present school term. In addition
Mars Hill College on April 15.
C.
rators Named
Jackson Count
* District supervisor Harry J.
Sample, of the Asheville office of
the Department of Commerced
Bureau of the Census, has named
the enumerators who will take
the census in Jackson county, un-'
der the direction of David H.
Brown, crew leader.
Thp enumerators are as follows:
Ben Jones. Pansv O. Parker. Eli.
gene D. -Nicholson, Eloise Z. Rogers,?
CMla T. Ashbrook, W. Robert
Sherrill, Maude I father wood, Joe
O. Green, Gordon R. Jones, Thomas
M. Wright, W.. Glenn Hooper,
Thomas Hornbuckle, Mrs. Fannie
Moore Sellers.
Helen H. Hall, Gordon L. Ehelion,
.Lucille H. Stephens, biennis
R. Frizzellj Marjorie Reed, Gelost
Ferguson, Wilma Jones, Myrtle H.
Buchanan, Carrie Davis, Gertrude
Allen and Ethel H. Higdon.
Training sessions ore being held
this week lor the enumerators,
who will begin taking the -census
Saturday. The job is expected to
lake about one month.
Cole Resigns,
Ycagcr IsNei
Band Director
Harold C. Yeager, of Spartanburg,
S. C., has joined the 'faculty
of Sylva Hjgh school as band director
replacing Ben vCole Wko recently
resigned to center business
in Forest City.
Mr. Yeager received his A.B.
and Majors degrees at the Carnegie
Institute of Technology,
Pittsburg, Pa.; and has several
years of experience in the ;field
of music, having served as snpervisor
arid teacher in JLhe timber
school, Pennsylvania* -and the
Greenville High school, Greenwile,
Mississippi
Mr. Yeager served three yeans
in tne JJnited States Army -during
the last war. He is married
and has one child. His family
will remain at their home in
Spartanburg during the remainder
of this school term.
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DIES AT CULLOWHEE
Funeral services will be held
today at 2 o'clock pjn. at Cullowhee
Baptist church for John M.
Long, 96, who died Wednesday
morning at 2 ajn. at the home
of his son, Burder Long. Interment
will be in the church cemetery.
Rev. Charles B. McConnel
pastor of the church will officiate
Pallbearers will be John Hooper,
Polie Long, George Crawford I
John Phillips, and Dr. J. B. Paint- I
er. Members of the Y.W.A. of the
ihurch will be flower bearers.
IYLVA CITY MARK!T ,, Jn AAr
LVA ]
va, N. C. Thursday, March 3
Convicts
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uommmee un
Industry Of
C Of C Active
Th? Industrial Committee of
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce, composed of Sol
Schulman, chairman, William McKee
and Dr. W. A. Ashbrook, reports
that it is kept busy answering
inquiries regarding the location
of various types of plants.
This committee is very active in
the work of seeking more indus,
try for Sylva and Jackson county.
It is now having 2,000 letters,
setting forth the advantages to
be offered here, mailed to manufacturing
concerns all over the
country.
Advertisements' have been run
in large city dailies and another
will appear in next Sunday's New
York Times. These ads stress the
fact that Sylva, with open arms,
is inviting new factories and offering
inducements to have them
locate in Sylva. It is hoped that
with time we will be successful
in getting manufacturers interested
in coming to Sylva, members
of the committee said.
The Chamhpr of rnmmprrA i?
working hard this year in promoting
the tourist interest along with
the manufacturing interest. It is a
big job and only a few people are
doing much about it. Since every
business in town will benefit by
the work the organization is doing
they should at least become a
member. If you are not a member
you may still send in your
dues to President Felix Picklesimer
and help push the work
along.
FUNERAL RITES FOR,
JOSEPH H. ALLISON
HELD TUESDAY P. M.
Funeral rites for H. Allison,
82, who passed away ad C.
J. Harris hospital at 51:30 .Monday
morning, were held at the Sylva
Methodist church annex Tuesday
afternoon at 12fi ololock, with
the pastor, Rev. W. Q. Grigg, afJ
ficiating. Burial was in the Still-i
wpII ppmptArv .at Wpbctftr.
The body lay in state at the
church from 2J1Q otclaok iuntil
Active pallbearers were: Charlie; j
Sutton* Dave Sutton, Mont Allison,
Paul Gibson, George Gibson, Mont
Sutton, Frank Gibson .and George
Crawford.
Honorary pallbearers w ex?i (
Herbert Gibson, W. Gillespi^
U. B. Biley, Dr..,D. JD. .Hooper, J3;
is. Moody* Bile> Talient, B. I<
Cowan, W. H. Cowan, Br. A. A.
Nichols, Qsborne Angeb Dr. T. B.
Slagle, James Pan^le, S W. Enloe, ?
Jole Cannon, Lewis Cannon, T. /
C. Cannon, Mont Cannon, Dan Allison,
Dan Moore, John Sutton, W. '
T. As be, D- M. Hall, Jr^ Herbert
Landis, B. U. Sutton, B. ?. Lloyd,, i
Griffin Middielon, Glenn Hughes,
Dillard Hooper and Baymond
Glenn.
Surviving are four sons, Harry, \
of Clear Lake, Washington; Boy,
and Andrew, of Detroit, Mich., ,
and Major of Syiva; two brothers, Bragg
Allison and Wess Allison, j
of Greens Creek; three sisters,
Miss Laura Allison, Mrs. Mack <
TjurDin. of Greens Creek, and Mrs.
Candler Sutton, of Franklin. Also ,
three grandchildren.
Mr. Allison was a native of ;
Jackson County, born on Greens
Creek October 16, 1867, and lived i
all of his life in the county. He
was a retired farmer, member of {
the Sylva Methodist church. He i
lived in Webster until about five <
years ago.
He married Miss Lillie Higdon
of Macon County in 1904. Mrs. <
Allison died in 1982. ,
Surviving are two sons, Robert \
Long, of Bryson City, and Burder
Long, of Cullowhee; four daughters,
Mrs. Demetrius Cowan, 1
Greens Creek; Mrs. Minnie Tay- j
lor, Miami, Fla.; Mrs. James Davis, (
Houlton, Oregon and Mrs. Joe i
Shook, Cullowhee. Also nine randchildren.
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10, 1950
Are Shot
HARRIS HOSPITAL
Anrnirrn at iaoo
UrCKAICU AI LUOO
1949 REPORT SHOWS
Hospital costs are still rising,
it was announced this week by
the C. J. Harris hospital in its
annual report for the past year.
The average patient cost the hospital
$10.76 per day to treat in
1948, but this figure jumped to a
new high of $12.14 as computed
in last year's report. '
Other significant statistics
showed that the hospital had an
operating deficit of. $8,615.21,
much of which can be? attributed
to losses from unpaid hospital
bills. A total of $4,650.12 was
outstanding in the accounts receivable
column for the last fiscal
year. This is a serious blow
to* hospital finances because the
local institution depends almost
entirely on patient income for its
support.
On the more pleasant side of
the ledger, it was found that in
1949 the hospital delivered 225
babies, completed 489 operations,
and cared for a total of 1531 patients
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Opposes Graham
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WILLIS SMITH, above, tsmdidate
for the U. S. Senate, *s dppositing
Senator Frank P. Graham.
In announcing a fighting
platform to "keep America liberal,
progressive and sane," Smith has
come out strongly against Socialism
and Communism and would bar
the employment of persons with
those foreign ideologies jb American
government.
His platform also opposes "those
holding high offing who condone
such employment or give <aid, encouragement
and comfort to Socialists,
Communists, and their
sympathizers and fellow travel
M
jers.
He asserted that it heir employment
endangers the security of the
nation.
STORE BBU1NIB
ON MAIN STREET ARE
BEING IMPROVED
Several store buildings on SVlain
street are now undergoing repairs
and alterations. Sol Schukman
has installed no lid glass doors to
the front of his department stsire,
which gives a modern appearance
to the front. Lawrenoe Monteith
hat, put new hardwood floor in
the A & P store and the Tea Company
is installing new shelves,
fruit and vegetable bins. The new
arrangement of fixtures gives
more space and adds greatly to
the appearance of the store room.
Dr. .McGuire is having a complete
new front put in the store
room vacated by Allison Auto
Parts, which will be occupied In
the near future as a dress shop,
owned and operated by Mrs. Frank
Massie.
Charlie Reed is having the.old
dwelling house next to The Herild
building rased. He has not
announced future plans for the
vacant lot.
The Morehead Planetarium at
the University of North Carolina
is the only one on an American
Campus. It draws thousands of
visitors.
IOS8AMON S in ftyfva
\LD
In Escape
Hickman And
Wounded Whi
Guards To Tal
1
E. P. Simons Coming
As New Patrolman
Sergeant T.A. Sandlin, in charge
of State Highway Patrolmen in
this area, announced Tuesday that
E. P. Simons, recently stationed
at Jamesville, and a native of
Lenoir, will report to him on April
1st for patrol duty in Jackson
County, filling the vacancy left
open by former patrolman, ?has.
D. Lindsay.
THREE PIECES OF
PROPERTY OFFERED
FOR POSTOFFICE
Only three pieces of property
in Sylva were submitted to the
Postoffice Department for possible
sites for a new Government
building in Sylva. Bids submitted
on this property were publicly
opened at the Sylva postoffice
Monday morning at 9 o'clock. The
hree pieces of property were the
M. D. Cowan Home Place on Jack
son Street, the M. H. Morris Place
on Jackson St. and the J. S. Higdon
lot in the City Park area next to
the new Presbyterian church.
A postoffice official from Washington
will come to Sylva to appraise
the property. Acceptance
or rejection of the bids will be
made known at that time.
Blue Cross . r
Enrollment To
Start Monday
The intensive Blue Crou enrollment
campaign for. the 15
counties of the 10th Medical District
will open Monday, April 3,
in the six western-most counties.
The drive will bring to many
people of this area their first opportunity
to obtain Blue Cross
protection.
i ' The campaign will be conducted
for one week in each of four sections.
In Cherokee, Clay, Macon,
Jackson, Graham and Swain, the
enrollment will run April 3-8. In
Transylvania. Henderson, Haywood
and Polk, the dat4s atre April
10-15; in McDowell, Mitchell,
Yancey and Madison counties,
April 17-22; and in Buncombe,
April 24-29.
Both group and individual
(family) enrollment will be carried
out. Blue Cross offers group
membership^ wherevfer five or
more people are employed, and
individual memberships to farmers,
professional workers and others
not eligible for group servce.
Plans *t. the enrollment program
were laid after the Health
and Hospital Council of the 10th
Medical District adopted a reso(Continued
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Savannah, Eas
Discuss Agricu
By M. L. ftnipaa
The Savannah and East Fork
a j _A i _ At. A?I
/\rea iarmers mei in me cay community
Building Thursday night,
March 16, to make plans for establishing
better pasture and to
explain the importance of all
farmers talcing advantage of assistance
available through the
Productkfe and Marketing Administration.
M. L. Snipes, Associate Agent,
opened the meeting and G. C. Turpin.
Chairman of the Savannah
Area demonstration, gave a short
talk of welcome to the group o
fanners as weU as to point out
progress made in pasture improvement
in the areas.
The program included the following:
a talk by Winston Cabe,
Production and Marketing Administration
committeeman, o n
nas jits in r available to farmgm
through the Production and Marketing
Administration. * W. T.
$2.00 A Year?5c Copy
! Attempt
Rich Critically
Lie Rushing
Their Guns
'Escape Try Made
As Men Unload At
Work Site Saturday
Clarence Rickman, 37, of Cove
Creek, and Thomas Rich, 35, of
North Andover, Mass., white prisoners
of the Whittier Prison camp,
are said by C. J. Harris hospital
attendants to be well on the road
to recovery from gunshot wounds
received when they attempted to
escape from a prison gang on Locust
Creek early Saturday morning.
The men were in a very
serrious condition Saturday and
both remained in the operating
room of the hospital most of the
day while local doctors patched
them up.
The escape attempt was made
when a gang of prisoners were
taken from the camp in the prison
truck to their place for work on
the roads on Locust Creek. On
reaching the point for work and
; as the men started getting off the
truck Rickman and Rich rushed
the two guards riding in fhe
trailer just back of the truck. Willi
e, Crisp, one of the guarda, had
already descended from the trailer.
Officers said that Rich grab- >
bed Neal Lewis' gun before he
got down from the trailer. Lewis
drew his pistol and shot Rich
through the abdomen. In the
meantime Rickman had grabbed
Mr. Crisp's gun but before he
could wrench it free he was shot
through the abdomen. Two other
"prisoners, already on the ground,
ire said to have dived "under the
truck. The wounded men were
rushed to the hospital where they
remain under close guard.
Don Davis of Webster is superintendent
of the Whittier Camp.
PAUL GIBSON TO
REPLACE BROWN AS
COUNTY FARM AGENT
Paul Gibson, for the past twoyears
County Farm Agent in Graham
county, has been employed *
hv the North Carolina Extension
Department and approved by
Jackson County Commissioners ai'
County Farm Agent for Jackson'
County. Mr. Gibson will fill the
vacancy left open when W. T.
Brown resigned to accept a position
as district representative for'
the Gainesville Hatchery. Mr.
Gibson will begin his work in.
Jackson April 1.
I Mr. Gibson is a native of Ma~
con County and before going to
Graham county was assistant
agent in Transylvania county. He
has also had experience at the
State Test Farm. He is married
and has one child. His family
will join him in Sylva when they
locate a home in which to live.
t Fork Farmers
Iture Problems
Brdwn, County Agent, gave a
talk on establishing pastures. Mr.
Bflown used ptrinted charts to
show the analysis and quantity of
fertilizer materials needed, kind
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the farmers. T. F. Cannon, Assistant
County Agent, spoke
briefly about work with boys and
girls in the areas as well as thru- ,
out the County. W. B. Collins, \
Farm Management Supervisor, in
a talk brought out the importance
of lime, phosphate and other far*
tilizer materials, along with adequate
seed bed preparation.
During the meeting fanner*
brought up and disr \mmi helpful
gueetkms en pasture work*
Everyone seemed very much interested
in establishing better
pastures and making full use of
lftne and other materials for pasture
building available through
the Production and Marketing JiAministration.