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This It a new photo of North (
left, and Clyde R. Hoey, who have
In the U. S. Senate. On 14 major i:
year together, Hoey and Graham
aplit only four timet Thlt record
about average for the two aenatori
Graham at a "great American" in a
appointment.
WHITTIER PTA
PUNS SPRING
i knuv vi iimw
CARNIVAL EVENT
Plans have been completed toy
the Whittier Parent - Teacher Association
for the annual Spring
Carnival. The Carnival
tee, headed toy Mrs. Kate Arkansas,
of Cherokee, has met twice to
discuss plans and report <m theier
work. j,The
Carnival will toe held In
the Whittier sdtoetol 'Ukwrsday,
May 4 at p.m. Many new and
Interesting features are- to be im>
eluded to assure all comers of an
evening of fun and entertainment.
As in two previous years there
will be such concessions as 4the
+ . Country Store, Wishing pond, Grab
'"Bag stand and refreshment stand,
selling bet dogs, drinks, ice :cream
a ? ai t 11
ana cauau^. -i^w ieuturet win
include a -House of Horrors, Bakery
sh?p, where -delicious homebaked
cakes and pies will be of-!
fered tar isale, .a doll -show, a hat
sale mid mi ?tlthely new^siSe show,
of live animals and tropical birds.,
Competition ffor the ucrown of
May King, vQibkh, Prince and
Princ$3s is ahesady keen Runnerup
in last years conte6tiare working
Jnamd to 'win the mudi sought
after vtiitVes >ths .year. A. special
booth for voting will .be copen all
evening until the .content closes
for the coronation .of the winners!
and the entertaining program that
follows.
The Whittier PTA .and the
school fiwnite all -who :are booking
for an leaning tS fun and ienter*
tainment to plan now to .spend
"Carnival flight" #t the Whittier
school.
There will be mo door .charge
and the program to be held in the'
auditoriuoD * also fj?e to all. | \
Farm Agent Ac
rwn o rwi ~M
lo spray loom
The tobacco crop that Jackson i
County glowers twrfitl plac? on the 1
market this fall will be no better 1
than the plants they set in the
field this spring. The unseason- e
Able cool temperature* and frosty i
have already done considerable c
damage to our plant beds. Plant t
bed diseases also do most damage f
to plants during cool, damp weath- J
er. The diseases can be prevented s
at little cost. 1
Burley and Turkish tobacco c
plants are subject to two serious
diseases, wildfire and blue mold t
The wildfire disease gets its name o
from the speed with which it 1<
spreads through the plant bed. d
The early stages of the disease q
appear as small yellow spots on tl
the leaves. Later these spots turn, tl
brown and are surrounded by a d
larger yellow circle. The disease s]
starts in the plant bed and usually d
spreads in the field after transplanting.
Wildfire can be pre/
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Carolina's Senators, Frank Graham,
been termed "a Big League team"
ssues facing the Senate during their
have voted together 10 times and
of better than 71 per cent unity is
i of any Stats Hoey characterized
i Senate speech following Graham's
Mrs. Melton Grows
Dahlias Successfully
In Spare Time
Mrs. Mitchell Melton of Cans- .
1a township, Jackson county, is j
highly successful in conducting a ;
dahlia enterprise on the Melton ,
farm. Mrs. Melton in addition to
her beautiful and profitable en- ,
terprtee also keeps house and takes
care <bf the Argura Post office lo- j
cattd on the end of the MtBton's .
fWit porch. ' ^
One hundred varieties of dab- *
has are how being prodaoed 'by
Mrs. Melton. These varieties 2
'represent a collection from many J
dahlia growers over a wide 'area i
of the United States as well as a <
vast amount of dahlia breeding <
and selection work conducted by ?
Mrs. Melton over a pericd of <
years. *
The Melton's dahlia enterprise *
supplies cut flon?rs for special
parties, churches, weddings and t
especially for funerals not only j
in Canada township but :m other
sections of Jackson County. A
demand has developed for dahlia
roots fnam ^he -Melton gardens in
other CbUKties mid States. LDuring
the Wash Shop held at Western
Carolina Teachers Colfegge last
August and attend by ;educators
from States, (dahlias grown
by Ma. Meltim attracted .considerable
attention. -Dr. Moon of
Tall ihiTir, 0FTa? spent .consider- c
able tome at the Melton .gardens c
and is now growing a number of
varieties in his gardens at Talla- i
hassee, Fia? scoured .from Mrs. r
Melton. . a
a
An outbreak of swine brucel- d
losis in eastern Storth .Carolina c
counties leas prompted a JState r
veterinarian to warn growers (that 1
the disease as not vQrifcy .costly sbut
also unneceaatry. ^
ii
Ivises Gr&wers"
:co Beds Earlyi:]
rented by spraying the ibed with;
jiuestone and lime when the grants! ta
srst come up. : n:
31ue mold is the most dread- ^
id disease of the plant bed. All ^
yptts of tobacco are subject to 01
jlue mold attacks from the forma- ?*
ion <of the first leaves until trans- e
>lantfog. In heavily diseased bl
ireas farmers have found it neces- C<
ary to go up to 200 miles from r
lome to find plants to set their d<
rop. tc
Blue mold gets its name from A
he pale blue growth produced m
n the underside of diseased
eaves. Later the leaves curl se
lownward. The entire plant is *r
uickly infected and dies. Often ?n
be entire plant bed is dead before
he grower has realized that the he
isease is present The mold nc
preads most rapidly during cool, vV<
amp weather c
Blue mold can be prevented,
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Sylv
ten Hen
JENKINS DIES
IN MISHAP AT)
SWAIN SAWMILL
BBV^ON CITY ? George Jen- i
I 01 ... i.: 11 ? J n i
K4iia, <6i, w as nixieu iuau*iiu,y a -
,out 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in an ac
-ident at Jenkins and Crispe saw- '
nill at Deep Creek where he was 1
vorking.
. Witnesses to the accident reported
that Jenkins was employed
as a ratchet setter at the mill and i
vas helping fellow workmen take
i large slab from the carriage.
As he stood between the end of j!
he carriage and the large circle 1
saw, it was reported, the log shift- '
ed against the control lever and
started the carriage toward the
saw again.
Jenkins was pushed into the
saw by the carriage, severing an
arm and a leg, witnesses said.
He is survived by his wife; one
son, George, Jr.; the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Jenkins of the
Laurel Branch community. Also 1
five brothers, Wase and Dillard of i
Del Rio, Tenn., Clarence, Leroy <
and Gene of Bryson City; two i
sisters, Mrs. Ruby James of New- s
port, Tenn., and Miss Gladys Jen- ?
kins of the home. 1
Funeral services will be held '
at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Buckner *
Branch Church. The Rev, Riley (
Ball will officiate and burial will
be in the Jackson Line Cemetery.
Moody Funeral Home was in (
charge. .
Registration For
May Primary Will i
Start ?n Saturday i
Bookstfor registration of quali-?
tied voters for the May 27 pri- 1
mary will open Saturday momLng,
May 29 at 9 o'clock, in each J
Df the county^ waiting precincts, 1
according to an ^announcement by 1
Jackson County Election Board 1
Chairman J. C. IPassmore. After J
Saturday the bw>ks will be open
an May 6 and 13 for registering. J
t %>
Saturday, May 220, a week before *,
5 J
:he primary, wiE be challenge dayj >
n all precincts \{ i
Many Impro
Now Taking
Main Street
The people ctff ttSie town are an-*
>perati?g liice^y ian the cleaa-uip j
Irive TthHB ^wfigk, and the city
rucks isawe been Jk ept busy hanfi- ^
ng away fire :ritt>bish. The firo- 1
nen bjarnad off tfhe dead vines
md other flnaSh ron the river ban&E a
nd around dfae ^Sylva Supply bars] s,
luring their fire practice Monday? jj
vening, tfai? 'eliminating a fireifC
lazard and ittiiSighUy condition all j,
he same time* jjc
Many off the business places onSj^
lain Strert lave already, or are' ?
a the process caf remodeling and g
laking other iiwflptrpvemet&s. Velt's
afe has just completed its annual aj
iterior redecorating and jjn ad- ^
ition has installed new tables and n
hairs, placed near tops on food ('
Dunters and rearoeaged mudSi of r
ie equipment mad booths. A fj
rw front has beea put in tfie
kCuire building in readiness fpr t
i* opening of Elsie1* Dress Shop j
a JMay 4th. Harry Ferguson is in. q
ip process of rpmod^Hac thp in-\ .
rior of the first floor of his . .
jilding on the corner next to ^
entral Shell Station. Scbulman ^
'cently installed solid glass front
>ors to his store. Lawrence Monrth
has put a new floor in the
8c P stort and this store has re- ^
odeled and installed new equip- Ir
ent, converting the store into a
If service store. Minor repairs Cf
id improvements have been made 90
t many other buildings. be
Much is yet to be done and it is 77
?ped that unfinished work will ja
>t stop with the end of clean-up
eek. Why not every week, Lu
lean-up week"?
lei
CLVA CITY MARKET .. In AAP en
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a, N. C. Thursday, April 2
i For D
Eighth Grade Students
Go To Raleigh
The eighth gracfe students ol
the Jackson County schools left
today on an educational and pleasLire
trip to Raleigh and other
nearby educational points. The
students and faculty members,
Mss Lucille Hunt, county superi'icnr
IWrc Dnnlino PftU/an
V lOUi , 1*1 AO* A UUllItV v/v/ If VA??
Glenville, Mr. John Crawford ol
Sylva, and Mr. Murphy of Cullowhee,
accompanying them, wil]
set up headquarters at the dormitories
of the University at Chape]
Hill. The trip will include a visit
to Duke Chapel, the Planitarium
supper at Duke cafeteria, a visit
to the Governor's Mansion, Hall
of History, the museum, and a
number of other points of interest
FREEZlHJNERAL
RITES HELD IN
KANNAPOLIS
Funeral services for Albert
Freeze, who died Saturday morning
in a Franklin hospital, were
conducted at 11 o'clock Monday
morning from the home of his
sister, Mrs. W. F. Taylor, in Kanlapolis,
by the pastor of the Kanlapolis
Lutheran church, of which
Mr. Freeze was a member, assisted
by the pastor of the Lutheran
:hurch in Lexington. Interment
was in Lexington.
Mr. Freeze, an overseas veteran
if the First World War, was a
member of William E. Dillard Post,
American Legion, at Sylva, and
9l the and 8 at Cherokee. He
Jvas 56 years of agk and had .been
in pow health ft* about a year;
but death came unexpectedly.
H* is survivrd by his widow,
the dormer Miffs Viola Racket, of
Leidngton, two sisters, Mrs. W.
F. Taylor an* Mrs. F. U. Jfcatfers,
3trtri of Kaenapolis, and a large
number of nieces, nephews and
!>fher relat*/es in Cabarrus. GuilBard
and fflenderson comttaes.
Mr. and Mrs. Freeze had lived
i?t Cherokee for the past twelve
.ears, having moved thnre frdrr
rligh Point; but had been in SyK
/a since last fall, and v?gnectedtrj
emain Stiere.
vements
Place On
Buildings
funeral Services For
Wxk. Callie Long
rhis Morning
Mrs. Callie Chastirit T-ong, SB5,
nfci life-long readmit1 of 3?idkon
fcounty, passed away at -ttie
omt of a son, MitcheFl Long, Isn
!adh?rs at 4:30 Wednesfeiy mora?
r?g. !*Mrs. Long wist a native rrfl
lowaitts, but had made :fcer home
?ith ;iwr son for ?be ipast four,
ears. -She had been ^seriously,
B ;abcift .six weeks.
Funei& services wHl tiae held
l law 3fa*?s Creek Baptist sflpurch,:
r wflouCh idbe was a member for a i
umber <x years, this naming'
Hrarsday) at 10 o'clock. The
ev. Lmwnmce Crawford wiB ofciate.
Surviror* include three dangers:
Mrs- Ethel Crowder of Atnta,
GaM Mrs. Sallie Deitz of
reens Creek, and Miss Amanda!
3ng of Cashiers; and one son,'
1 A. I It ^ J _ A 1
licnen, 01 ^asniers. s\ numuer
grandchildren and great grandijjdren
also survive.
egional Meeting Of
coot Council To Be Held
i Bryson City 29th
The Regiohal Council meeting ,
Girl Scouts will be held in Bry- (
n City on Saturday, April 29, ,
ginning at 2:30 in the afternoon. ,
lose expected to attend from! j
ckson County are Miss Mildred
irtledge, Mrs. Dan Moore, Miss j
icille Hunt, Mrs. W. L. Jones, 1
lss Nell Bond, Mrs. Gerald El- ,
Scout leaders, assistant lead- .
i, and Scout sponsors. 1
Herj
17, 1950
istrict 1
[Home Dem<
Of Four Coi
Hospital Auxiliary
To Dispose Of New
1950 Chevrolet Car
j At a meeting of the Finance
? Committee of the C. J. Harris
Hospital on Thursday, April 20, it
j was decided (on the basis of a
recommendation from the Board
j of Trustees the Hospital) that a
change would have to be made
in the make of the automobile to
' be disposed of by the Hospital on
| Saturday, May 13.
The Auxiliary originally planned
to dispose ofr a Plymouth car,
but it was decided to change to a
new 1950 Chevrolet. The committee
expects to have the new
car displayed on the streets of
Sylva very soon.
~We hor>e the change in make of
car will be understood by all those
having tickets for same. All funds
t derived from the disposition of
, 4he car will be used to benefit thei
> hospital.
See next week's Herald for
: further announcement.
' i
Hospital Auxiliary.
There's hardly a county in the
1 State of North Carolina but where
there's one or more 4-H young
sters preparing beef animals to
' enter a fat stock show.
SinkTells T<
Of Indian D
And Need F
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A large number of tite mein^
; bers of the Jackson County Tour]
rtlt Association, meeting in regular
wssion at the Legion 3lome Monifcay-night,
heard E. Car 1 Sink, publicity
director for ?Uie Cherokee
Indian Drama of JC\ierokee, talk
I , . .
j on the progress ofttihe information
I an^le^ if the summer event to be
staged^ in '4>ie amphitheater, beginning
July 1st this year. Mr.
Sink told -of p&kns for extending
the tourist drawing angle of the
theater frtnm ..'lust a two months
affair to iKvr fmonths, beginning!
in May and ciu&ing in October. He
stated tttot ithis is being consaderoH
tvirjficm .fhffc c?vtinn ic aWavt
filled vvt^ttmirist during July and
August iregirrdless of the drama.
Mr. Sink tnxplalned to the Association
Chat tie Cherokee Historical
Asocial ism, which is in charge
of the Ukraine,, is in need of SUfffflOO
with wAich its put the prod actiori
into ptay un *fuly 1st. After JJ.uly
1st Mr. Sm? is confident the
Drama will be self-supporting. In
j order to .raw the $10,080 irt/j.
needed The .Association is seek,.;g
s25, $50 and $100 mem her-:
ships in the ID Western counties,
I of Western Kurth Carolina. Mtm-I
A
bers of the Jactann County Tourist'
Association expressed themselves
as whole-bear tally fcehind the
plan and will wirrt Mr. Sink in
?he work in Jacfeaon County. Matron
County his already started
lykans for a memfofflship drive.
jMr. Sink complimented the Association
on its jsncwrth and usefittoess.
D. Lee Hooper* president of
the Association, presided
Reports from the various committee?
were heard. The advertising
committee reported that
10.000 new tourist accommodation
'olders have been printed and re(Continued
on page 4)
Pre-School Clinic April 28 1
Mrs. Charles McMahan, chair- 1
man of the Pre-school committee (
of the Sylva Parent-Teacher As- 1
sociation, ha? announced that Fri- '
day, April 28, is the date for the
Sylva Pre-school clinic. All chil- 1
dren who will be 6 years old by c
October 2 and will attend Sylva [
school next fall are invited to be 1
present on April 28. Entertain- *
ment for the children attending s
is being planned. A number of *
the mothers of the P.T.A. will be
asked to assist at the clinic. %
I
?08ftAM0N'8 in Sylva e
\LD 8
ieeting
>nstration Cli
unties In All
CHANGES MADE IN
HIGHWAY SET-UP
Changes made last week in
State Highway set-up effecting (
Western North Carolina was (Tie s
transfer of Zeb V. Stewart, 10th <
division engineer at Asheville, to c
division eight at North Wilkes- (
boro, replacing John C. Walker, j
who resigned to become engineer \
for the city of Asheville. W. M.' ]
Corkill, assistant ?engineer in the j
l()th division, replaces Stewart. He
will be succeeded by J. T. Knight, ^
Second district engineer in the (
10th. division. Knight, a native of ;
Sylva, has a period of service with j
the Commission dating back t( ;
1921. j
Stewart reassumes his old job '
n the 8th, which he held prior *
to July 1, 1949, when general v
shifts were made throughout the 1
state in top-level engineering personnel
He is a native of Andrews 1
and has worked for the commis- 1
sion since 1921. i
Corkill, a native of Chester, S ^
C., and an N. C. State College
graduate, has been with the Commission
since 1923. J
Z!~ i
jurist Group j
rama Plans :
or Funds
MRS. M. B. MADISON:
WILL READ CANCER
FUND CAMPAIGN
Continued progress in cancer '
vontrol is dependent on success of 1
rb<c' 1950 Cancer Crusade which
r.pcn.s here May 1, Mrs. M. B.
Madison, American Cancer So- 1
rwiy campaign chairman for
Aackson County, declare?# today. *
The Jackson County Cancer 1
drive will get off to a good start :
uy a ciuriauun ui v&o unc<a^
Mrs. Ellen B. AsHe. The drive, 5
.sponsored by the Business mud
Professional Women's club, plans '
tiff make a concerted campaign for the
county's quota. Change containers
will also be placed in the '
i QiHiiness places in Sylva. The !
Jackson County unit is seeking at
lcaf-t $500 as its share of the $14,- '
!HtfU000 minimum national goal.
"This is the smallest amount need
i'd to carry on the work of resea
rah, education and service to 1
cancer patients," Mrs. Madison 1
said. 1
"The attack on cancer," she said, 1
Tias made definite progress dur- c
mg the past five years." This i
progress xhas been in three direcRain
Brings Re*
Fighters Of For
A rainfall of 26 of an inch from f;
9 a.m. until 11 p.m. Tuesday (forest
fire tower records) in Jack- b
son County helped relieve the a
extremely dangerous forest fire b
situation for the time being. Dis- rj
trict Forester C. C. Pettit said o:
Wednesday morning that fires in
the county are out at this time b
but unless more rain comes aobn ?]
the situation will still be dangerous.
No burning permits are be- ]V
ng issued and will not until more g
-ainfalls, he said.
A fire on upper Cedar Creek D
ourned over 150 acres Monday, F?
loing around $1800.00 damage to te
imber on the farms of Mack er
Sreedlove and Ken Moore. Mr. i?
tfoore was burning brush in a th
wamp area when the fire got out st
nto the woods. tr:
Fires are still burning In Hayvood
and Transylvania counties, wi
Ar. Pettit said. ^^e entire West* M
rn area has been hard hit by of
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PATRONIZE?
T LOCAL Tflfl
|EBCIMCTt|
$2.00 A Year?5c Copy
Today
Lib Women
Day Session
R. W. Shoffner To
Be Speaker For
rni -
ine i^onvenuon
Sylva will be host-today, Thursiay,
to around 400 Home Demonstration
women from four Western
North Carolina counties, ineluding
Jackson, when the Western
District of North Carolina
federation of Home Demonstra;ion
Clubs convenes in the Sylva
3resbyterian church at 9:30 a.m.
or an all-day meeting.
Jackson County clubs will play
lost to the clubs of the other
ounties of the District, with Miss
Mary _ Johnson, Jackson Home
Demonstration AgcnJL in charge.
Miss Johnston has ifftnounced an
nteresting program for the occason
which will begin with a coffee
lour from 9:30 to 10 o'clock after
vhich the day's program will
legin.
Miss Johnston has secured a
lumber of outstanding speakers to
iring the. club' members timely
nformation on ?11 phases of their
vork with R. W. Shoffners, dist.
arm agent, as the principal speak?r
of the day.
The entertainment part of the
Drogram will include organ music
Dy Miss Eddie Lou Terrell and
Miss Betsy Pannell during the
oflee hour. Vocal solos will be
endered by members from each
>f the counties in the District.
A Vw/%n rt iUenA iifil 1 Kn rc IITn It ftp
iniuug win ut mi o. mvvi
^owarts of Haywood county and
Mrs. Paul A. Held of Cullowhee.
A number of Sylva boy scouts
wiii^le sh 'ior^ft^r/.llhe streets U>
direct the visitort" to 4he church
and also at the church to help
with parking cars. 4-H Club
pages will assist during the day,
A luncheon will be prepared and
served from 12 to 1:30 p.m. by the
members of the local American
Legion Auxiliary. This will be
served in the Legion Home hall a
few hundred feet from the church.
Counties included in the Western
district are Macon, Swaih*.
Haywood and Jackson.
tions: (1) the building of a nation-wide
machine for cancer
control; (2) the greatest" peacetime
research effort in history;
(3) the beginning "of aerogram to
alert people to cancer while it is
still curable.
"Besides the American Cancer
Society unit here," said Mrs. Madison,
"the Society has active local
units in more than 2,000 other
counties throughout the country.
To be most effecttive we must try
to reach all the people."
"Twenty-five per cent of the
money raised by public subscript
Lion has been spent for research
nationally. Another 15 per cent
vas spent on national programs;
>f professional education, public
iducation, information and cam(Continued
on page 4)
lief For Weary
est Fires
Ire during past few weeks.
Buncombe county reports a stuburn
fire in the Stone Mountain
rea is now under control after
urning over a large area. The
ain of Tuesday helped in the fight
n tHof f iro U
> ?.??v aw was ic^ui icu,
It is the duty of every citizen to
e fire conscious during this dry
?ell.
Irs. Killian Attends
tate Federation Meet
Mrs. Carl Killian, president of
istrict 1 of the North Carolina
^deration of Women's Clubs, at*
nded the convention of the Fedation
at Raleigh* April 17, 18,
I. Mrs. Killian gave a report to
e convention group on the outanding
accomplishments of Dislet
1.
While in Raleigh Mrs. Killian
as the guest of Mrs. John Allen'
oore, the former Miss Doris Long
Cullowhee.
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