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State And F<
Holders To
- In 12th Dist
Governor Scott, *
Senator Hoey And
Others To Attend
Wedneday, October 4th is due to
be a Red Letter Day in the Democratic
ranks of Jackson County,
for on this date the 12th Congressional
District Democratic Rally
will be held here, according to an
announcement by County Executive
Committee Chairman, Dan M.
Allison.
Mr. Allison has received word
from Congressman Monroe Redden
that Sylva has-been selected as the
place for the Rally. This will be
the first time a District Rally has
been held west of Haywood County,
and Jackson County Demo-|
crats are very much gratified that
it is to be held here this fall. Party i
* leaders have lost no time in setting.
up framework in committees to!
plan for and carry out the program
in so far as the 'county's part of
. the program will be concerned, j
A large number of the leading
politicians of the State will be on
hand for the event, including Governor
W. Kerr Scott, Senator Clyde
H. Hoey, Senate Nominee Willis
Smith, Congressman Monroe Redden,
State Treasurer Brandon P.;
Hodges, State Auditor, Henry
Bridges, Secretary of State Thad
Eure, Commissioner of Agricul-;
ture L. Y. Ballentine and Evrett'
Jordon, Chairman of the State
jjemocraue .txecuuve Lommiuee,
Expected for the gathering will
be all party candidate nominees
from the counties in the district.
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BRIDGES WILL BE
HEARD BY COUNTY
DEMOCRATS TONIGHT
Henry L. Bridges, Auditor for
the State of North Carolina, will
be the principal speaker at a
county-wide Democratic meeting
staged in the courthouse tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o'clock. This is
one of a number of county-wide
meetings now being held in the
courthouse.
* The public is cordially invited
to hear Mr. Bridges.
Four-State Gro\
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For Promoting
Z. W. Meeks, business man of
Anderson, South Carolina, was
elected permanent chairman of a
four-state organization at a meeting
at Calhoun Hotel in Anderson
on last Friday which was formed
to promote the securing of a federal
number on Highway 107 from
Knoxville to Augusta, Ga.
William D. McKee, of Sylva,
was named vice-chairman and an
erecutive committee composed of
representatives of the towns along
the route were named. On this
committee from Jackson County
was named, Henry Conckle, Cashiers;
Frank Brown, Jr., and Col.
Lee Hooper, Cullowhee, Felix
Picklesimer, Sylva and McKinley
Ross, Cherokee.
Heading the special three-man
cowimittee to handle promotion
* for a name and other publicity
for the highway is John Parris, of
Sylva, and serving with him are:
Russ Carter, of Walhalla, S. C.,
/ and Bert Leiper, Gatlinburg. It
was decided to hold a contest for
the name for the highway. Publicity
will be carried through the
press and over radios about the
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Democratic Rally
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GOVERNOR W. KERR SCOTT ,
will head the list of state officials
who wil attend the 12th Congres- sional
Democratic Rally here on ,
October 4.
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Miss Koone Is New
Case Worker With
Welfare Office
Miss Klara Koone has accepted
a position as Child Welfare case
worker with the Jackson County
Welfare department . She previously
worked in Rutherford
County where she held a similar
position since 1942 until September
15. She received her training
in the Nashville School of Social
Work at Nashville, Tenn.
Prior to work with Rutherford
County she was employed with
the State Auditor's office in Raleigh.
Her duties will be to render
special service to children and
young people under 18 years of
age.
Fishers Hear From
Son On Okinawa
Mr. and Mrs. Allen B. Fisher, of
Addie, have heard from their son.
Allen B., Jr., now serving in the
U. S. Navy. He is stationed on Naha,
Okinawa. He reports that it
has been terribly hot over there,
with the temperature standing around
120 all the time.
up Organizes
Highway 107
route, which has a background of
historical importance. In order to
liven up the contest 'prizes consisting
of a weeks paid vacation at
Gatlinburg, Sunset Farms and
High Hampton Inn. are offered. A
motion for a name for the highway
and forming of this committee
was placed before the group by
Mr. Parris.
A movement for a federal number
for the highway was started
in Sylva this summer when Felix
Picklesimer, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, calltd the
first meeting which was held at
Sunset Farms. The third meeting
will be held at Gatlinburg in November.
In order to have a federal number
placed on a highway it has to
have the recommendation of the
State Highway bodies of the states
through which it passes and also
meet certain standards. State
Highway Commissioner Henry Jordon,
and District commissioner
Dale Thrash, have both given their
promise of 100 per cent cooperation
on the project. A small secContinuing
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STATE LEGION HEAD :
OFFERS FACILITIES !
TO KOREAN VETS j
Hugh Alexander, of Kannapolis,
State Legion Commander, said this
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can Legion offers its facilities to
the Veterans of the Korean War,
and their families.
"The entire facilities of our serv- ,
ice department are available to
all Korean veterans and their families,"
Alexander said, "the Department
of North Carolina has a
volunteer service officer in every
Dne of its 440 Legion Posts and 3
full time rehabilitation experts in
Lhe VA regional office and veterans
hospitals. These men will be
glad to neip an veierans anu wives
and relatives of veterans in mat-;'
iers pertaining to their service or \
to lend any other possible assis- ,
tance. 1
"I urge every North Carolina
Legion Post to immediately adopt i
a program of 'old fashioned hospitality'
for the men and women j
in uniform," Alexander said. "We 1
cannot enroll these young service- J
men in the ranks of our members,
since only World War I and II ;<
vets are eligible. We do offer,,
them most of the privileges ofii
Ameerican Legion membership 1
for the duration of this emergen- <
cy," he added.
Death Claim:
Publisher Ar
Died In Veterans '
Hospital Friday, j
Funeral Monday
Funeral services were held from
the Sylva Methodist church Monday
afternoon at 2.30 for Dan!
Tompkins, former newspaper pub-;
lisher-editor, legislator and politi-'
cal leader of Jackson County, who|
died Friday at 9:30 p.m. in the!
Veterans Administration hospital.
Swannanoa, following a brief ill-:
ness.
The body lay in state at the
church with an honor guard from
the American Legion and Masonic
Lodge. Rev. W. y. Urigg, pastor j
of the church, and State Depart-;
ment Chaplain, assisted by Rev.
C M. Warren, pastor of the Sylva
Baptist church and Rev. T. F.
Deitz, retired Baptist minister and
long time friend of the deceased,
officiated.
Burial was in the family cemetery
at Webster with the American
Legion in charge of the graveside
rites. A seven-rifle salute was
iired over the grave folowed by
taps, played by Sammy Beck,
former member of U. S. Marine
band.
Active pall bearers were: Herbert
Gibson, Raymond Sutton, Roy
Allison, William McKee, Reg Enloe,
John Morris, Carl Buchanan
and H. P. Cathey.
Honorary pall bearers were
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Republican Club
To Stage Barbecue
September 29, 6 P.M.
The Young Republican Club has
announced arrangements completed
for staging a big party rally
and barbecue at Glenville school
house on Lake Glenville Friday
evening, September 29th, at 6 o'clock.
There will be speaking and
plenty of entertainment, Velt Wilson
Party Chairman^ announced.
A second rally and barbecue
will be held in the Qualla community
at a later date, Mr. Wilson
also announced.
8YLVA CITY MARKET . . In A4P
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'a, N. C. Thursday, Sept. 21
iusly In,
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Senate Nominee
Willis Smith, Raleigh Attorney,!
cvho won the Democratic nomination
lor United States Senator over
Senator Frank Graham, will attend
the 12th Congressiona Demo- 1
:ratic Raly in Sylva, October 4.
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Bake Sale To Be
Held Friday Morning
The Women of the Presbyterian
Church will hold a bake sale onl'
Main street Friday morning begin-'1
ning at 9:30 o'clock. For your
favorite cake, cooky, pie, breads,
etc., contact Mrs. Martin Cunningham,
phone 198-W.
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Republican Rally
Speaker
HENSLEY B. LEAVITT, can-j
Jidate fcr the United States Seni
ite. of Asheville, will be the speaker
ror the Young Republican Club
rally to be held at the courthouse
Thursday night, September 28, atj
8 o'clock.
Mr. Leavitt was born in the state j
of Vermont, where his father, aj
Baptist minister, was serving his;
first charge. His next charges
were in Beloit, Kansas, then Leavenworth,
Kansas, and nevt in Illinois,
so young Leavitt saw residence
in three of these United
States during his younger years, j
When President William McKinley
issued his call for volunteers to
. ight the Spanish American War,
young Leavitt was in his senior
year in Ewing Colege, Illinois,
where his father was president.
*-ie was a sergeant in the 9th Illinois
Regiment of Volunteers and
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CANCER CLINIC TO MEET
at C. J. Harris Hospital, in 8ylvi,
Friday, Sept. 22, Registration
from 9 to 10:15 a.m. The
Division of Cancer Control The
N. C. State Board of Health
provides examinations for cancer
to women above 35 and men
above 40 years old and to any
person of any age with symptoms
suggestive of cancer.
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JACKSON MEN ON
BIG "MO" AND IN
U. S. MARINE CORPS
Jackson men now helping slue
it out with the Korean Communist
are: two brothers, Kenneth Clenton
Potts, 19 and Edwin Dillard
Potts, serving on the battleship
Missouri, which helped Marines
in their invasion of Western Korea
at the port of Inchon. Kenneth
joined the Navy June, 1948, and
Edwin joined in Feb., 1949. They
are the sons of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Ferdie C. Potts, and the
grandsons of Mr. and Mrs. C. P.
Dillard with whom they made
their home since they were six
years old. The Dillards also have
a son, 1st Lt. Jack N. Dillard who
is in the U. S. Marine Corps.
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Given Leave For Rest
Rev. W. H. Wakefield, pastor of
the Sylva Presbyterian church,
has been granted a month's leave!
for rest. He and Mrs. Wakefield
left Sylva Tuesday for their home
at Lewisburg, Tenn. He expects to
return to his work here the latter
part of October.
Services are being conducted as
usual each Sunday morning at 11
o'clock by a visiting minister.
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Leader Here
HEALTH OFFICERS
WILL TAKE COURSE
IN ATOMIC DEFENSE
The Local Health Department
wishes to announce that Dr. J. W.
R. Norton, State Health Officer,
has been appointed by the Governor
to direct the Public Health
activities of the Civil Defense
Program. Under this program. Dr.
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^ari i_. janowsKy, l^ucaj nt-duu
Officer, will attend a course in defense
against Atomic Warfare at
the North Carolina School of Public
Health in Chapel Hill during the
first week in October.
At present plans are being organized
in the Local Health Department
for making available
medical supplies and services, including
hospitalization, sanitation,
and blood banks. A survey of all
hospital facilities and medical and
nursing personnel which could be
utilized in the event of disaster
has been completed. Measures for
decontamination and other procedures
to minimize the effect of
chemical, radiological, bacteriological,
and other unconventional
types of attack are also being prepared.
Information relative to the protection
of the individual against
atomic attack will be published in
the near future, and will also be
available at the Health Department
Office for distribution to the
public after October 10.
Attends Funeral
For Step-Father
Mr. M. C. Cunningham, associated
with The Herald, was called
to St^tesvile last Wednesday evening
due to the sudden death of
his step-father, James J. Dilard,
who died at Long's hospital from
a heart attack. Funeral services
were held Friday at Springhope,
N. C. Surviving are the widow;
one son. Bob Dilard, of Springhope,
and a daughter, Mrs. Eliza
Whitehead, of Newport News, Va.
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BILLY DILLARD, 7, son of Mr. '
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and Mrs. William B. Dillard, was .
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fatally injured in the wreck of one
of his father's trucks as it went ^
out of control and plunged down g
a steep hill into a hole back of Ritz ^
Theatre at 5:30 Monday afternoon.
The little boy died from brain concussion
and internal injuries sustained
when thrown from the run- 0
away truck. P
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Dr. David Daniel "
On Mid-Century 5
Youth Program ?
As the keynote address for the
Jackson County progress report
meeting held last week in the Leg- 1
ion Home at Sylva, Dr. David \
Daniel used for title, "A Fair .
Chance for a Healthy "Personality." I
Dr. Daniel, upon request, used the
'heme of the mid-century White I
House Conference on children and I
youth, called by I-rcs. Irumun and
scheduled in Washington for the c
week of December 3. /
The meeting in Sylva in which t
civic and public officials and r
many interested individuals sur-j}
veyed the facilities for strengthen-1 \
! ing the lives of children and young C
[people and discussed the still un'
met needs in this field was one of j f
a hundred called this summer ^
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throughout the counties of the f.
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Wildlife Officia
Fishing In Lah
J. H. Cornell, Chief of Fish Di- *
vision of North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission, accompanied
Maurice Bryant, Jr.,
Fish Biologist, paid a visit to Lake
, Glenville last week to inspect the
work being done by the five-man
; survey crew headed by Duane
Raver, Jr.
a~i i uwi jiLii oca w u ja i i i ^ w ao ^
well pleased by the accomplish- j
mcnts of the survey crew and that ^
he believed that the information j
gathered would be of great benefit (
in determining what action the ,
Wildlife Resources Commission r
'would take in regard to this lake, j
Mr. Cornell had some difficulty c
! in getting to Lake Glenville. His c
i plane was scheduled to land in 1:
Asheville where he was to be met
' by a committee of the Jackson (
'County Wildlife Club. Because of i
I poor weather conditions, the ceil- >
ing was zero over the Asheville 1
airport and his plane could not <
land. However, transportation i
was arranged for him from Char- I
lotte to Lake Lure where he was t
met by Dick Wilson, Chairman of j
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Harris Hospital
Funeral servic es were helcl Wedesdav
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
t Seotts Creek Baptist Church,
>r William B. Dillard, Jr., 7, who
ied at 11:30 Monday ni^ht I'ol ?
nving injuries received at 5.30
lat afternoon in a truck accicnt.
The Rev. Rufus Morgan, pastor
( St. John's Episocpal church, of
'hich the parents were members,
ssisted by Rev. B. S. Hensley,
astor of the Seotts Creek church,
fliciated. Interment was in
eener cemetery in Sylva.
Billy, as he was known by his
lany little friends, was born Jan.
9, 1943, the only son of Mr. and
Irs. William B. Dillard. He was
fine little fellow, romping, playlg
Indian and cowboy with his
aymates during vacation, and was
member of the 2nd grade o?
ylva elementary school this year,
aving started back to school just
few days ago.
Surviving are the parents and
tic sister, Jane, ' 4 years old;
aternal grandparents, Mr. and
Irs. W. G. Dillard, of Sylva, and
laternal grandparents, Mr. and
Irs. J. C. Haire, of Gadsen, Ala.
The tragic accident nappened at
:30 Monday afternoon when one
f Mr. Dillard's large trucks, which
; used in his construction work,
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V.N.C. SAFETY
COUNCIL TO MEET
1ERE TONIGHT
The Western North Carolina
Safety Council will meet at the
American Legion Home in Sylva
onight (Thursday) at 8 p.m. This
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neenng is oeing sponsoruu uy ine
tfead Corporation, Sylva Division,
vith the assistance of the North.
Carolina Industrial Commission,
H. D. Jones, Director of Safety
or N. C. Hi^iway and Public
tVorks Commission will be the
*uest speaker.
The public is invited To attend.
I Sees Better
e Glenville
he Fish Committee of the Jack.on
County Wildlife Club, and W.
3art Cope, Wildlife Resources
Commission Game Protector in
rackson County.
Mr. Cornell was enthusiastic a)out
the scenic resources of the
31ue Ridge section of Jackson
County and expressed confidence
hat the Wildlife Commission would
io its part in improving the fishng
in Lake Glenville. Mr. Cornell's
/isit shows the interest of the
^orth Carolina Wildlife Resources
Commission in Lake Glenville,
ind has given great encouragenent
to those who look forward
'ondly to the day when the quality
)f fishing in Lake Glenville will
?qual even Lake Fontana's at its
jest.
Mr. Cornell thanked the Jackson
County Wildlife Club for bringng
the condition of Lake Glen/ille
to the attention of the Wildife
Resources Commission, and he
?x pressed appreciation for the
lospitality shown by Roy Kirch?
>erg and T. N. Massie in housing
he crew while the survey was in
progress.
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