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it i p Help Rid Jackson County of Tuberculosis . . Buy Christmas Seals! i i VOL. XXV?NO. 27 Christmas E School Chile Friday, Dece County Schools To Close For Two Weeks Jackson County elementary and high schools will close Friday. December 15 for two weeks Christ*. mas holidays, according to an announcement Wednesday by Superintendent W. V. Cope. Class work will resume Monday, January 1, he stated. ^ The county schools were closed Monday and Tuesday of this week due to the severe cold weather and iced condition of some of the highways which made bus trans* portation unsafe. Classwork began again on Wednesday morning with all buses running on schedule. The schools will be open the next two Saturdays to make up for the days lost due to the weather, it was announced. The extra teacher pay checks amounting to over $37,000.00 in the county, will be mailed out on1 the 11th which will give the 90 or more teachers, participating in the extra Day. very nice Christ mas funds. Extra pay checks, in .payment for increase of salary for last year, will run from $126 to $387 per teacher. MISS COLLINS " THRILLS HER . AUDIENCE By Tinka Crawford Cullowhee ? (Special)?A beau-i tiful soprano voice, sparkling eyes,4 charming personality, and ?stunning array of costumes nil add up to Evangelline Collins. With her first appearance on stage to sing Mozart's Allelujah, she completely captivated * the capacity audience of students, faculty and guests. A noticeable feature of this concert was that all the selections were chosen with the idea of pleasing the college audience; not to demonstrate the skill of the performer. The program consisted of a variety of classical ana semiclassical songs ranging from Bizet's Ouvre Ton Coeur to the Scotch folk song, Comin' Thrugh the Rye. By a description of a lonely graveyard, Dr. Richard Renfro set the mood for the most unusual number of the afternoon, Epitaphs by the modern composer, Chanler. The odd melody was sung against a weird discordant accompaniment. ! Other than her voice, Evangeline Collins' outstanding characteristic was her dramatic ability. FreV quently, otherwise splendid concerts have been ruined by the dead pan or artificial expression of the singer. Miss Collins lived tjje parts and seemed to enjoy f every moment. It was a treat to (Continued on paQe 10) Kirk-Davis Ope Station On Cult Sylva's newest business enter- '< prise, Kirk-Davis Service Station,! will have its formal opening on j; Friday and Saturday, December 1 j. and 2, according to an announcement by the owners, Messrs. Paul < Kirk and Homer Davis, also own- ' ers and operators of Kirk-Davis Chevrolet Company. ; 'The modern new station, recently completed, is of block and'; cement construction, with full I; plate glass windows in the business < office and accessories department. It is automatically heated through- ! out and scientifically lighted. The 1? A. 1 exterior 15 painiea pure wuiie with aluminum roof and aluminum ! finish around edge of roof and ; this with a flood light at night 1 * makes a mo$t attractive appearance. The rest rooms are finish- j ed in tile and are of the latest ! equipment for sanitation. Operating the new station is ] Mr. Dale Scroggg, a native of Clay : THI p * / l/\li/1oi7c T?rkt* 1 iunua yo i i/i I Iren Begin smber 15 th a g 0 Presbyterian Men To a Have Monthly Supper e c The men of the Sylva Presby terian church will meet in tne | fellowship hall of the church Fri-I day evening, December 1, at 6:30 n o'clock for their regular monthly 1 dinner meeting and program. Dr. p L. B. Hayes, pastor of the Sylva v Methodist church, will be the r speaker on the program. g Mrs. Martin Cunningham is _ chairman of the supper committee * and will be in charge of the meal. ( All men of the church are urged to be present. MERCHANTS BUSY DECORATING FOR ; CHRISTMAS TRADE ? All up and down Main street C merchants are busy decorating * their show windows and arrang- * Ing their Christmas gift merchan- ? dise for the Christmas shopping ^ season which is just now beginning to hit its stride. Some very attractive winodw displays have been put in, causing the kiddies to t exclaim with delight at the sight ^ of some toy or other item that r strikes their fancy, and causes the ^ grown-ups to stop and window shop. p Every merchant in town nas i< stocked a nice line of Christmas l merchandise which should enable lj everyone to find just the gift item he or she wishes for family or a friend. e Sylva firemen plan to put up the n colored lights on Main street Sunday, weather permitting. When | these are turned on with the lights | on the courthouse steps and the . big star on top of the courthouse I Sylva will really take on the gay Christmas look. The street lights I have been very effective in creat- I ing a greSter Christmas shopping spirit in the past and are expect- c ed to do so again this season. \ COUNTY OFFICERS i TO BE SWORN IN MONDAY, DEC. 4 ! All Jackson County officers elected in the November 7th election will be sworn in by Clerk of Court John E. Henson Monday morning, December 4th. Mr. Hen- j son will first take the oath from r some Justice of the Peace which will then qualify him to hear the c oath of the other officers, includ- ^ ing the Sheriff, Register of Deeds, ^ Finance Commissioner and Part \ time Commissioners, Coroner and Surveyor. Representative Frank Brown will be sworn in at Raleigh when the General Assembly v convenes in January. No special C ceremony will mark the swearing- P in of the officers, Clerk Henson s said. v ns New Service owhee Road ) County, who comes to Sylva from Murphy with 11 years experience j as a Sinclair station operator. He \ and Mrs. Scroggs will make their s homp in Svlvn. Thev have no T children. He is a World War II n veteran. V The management of the new ti station cordially invites you to o visit and inspect this new station F at any time, but especially invite A you to attend the formal opening event on Friday and Saturday. Bring the kiddies for free balloons. ^ Free favors have been arranged for the men and women. p A new feature of this Sinclair Station is the Diesel fuel pump j providing fuel for trucks and othf ? i />c*o1 /IIAI CI 1IIUIU1 d UdlllK 1 U^l. O The spacious concrete drive and t] parking area around the station, . located on Cullowhee Road next . si to the Chevrolet building, makes to, _ most inviting lor motorists need- $ Lng gas, oil, or other service. : Sy: Syl 1951 AUTO PLATES 50 ON SALE DEC. 1 IT ALLISON'S The sale of North Carolina State utomobile license plates will be;in December 1 through the local ffice of the Carolina Motor Club, Manager Dan M. Allison annoucd today. The Club office is lo- j ated at Allison's in Sylva. The new 1951 license plates ave been received and mark aj iew departure in color. Since 940, state automobile license lates have been orange and black, /hile the new 1951 tags will have ed numerals on a white backround. -.ions To Compete With \ Juiz Kids Sunday, Dec. 3 J On Sunday, December 3, five j op International Officers of Lions i/ill match wits with the amazing J nd amusing Quiz Kids over the j IBC network. For an amusing and ducational program tune in and * Lsten. j Tho Tnfprnntinnal Offirprs will i . 1 c nclude International President H. I. Petry Jr., Director-General Roy j Beaton, First Vice-President H. I ^ *. Nutter, Second Vice-President1] 1. M. Elbert, and Third Vice- , ^resident S. A. Dodge. t Mission Study Course The Woman's Society of Chris- ? ian Service will hold their first Mission Study Course in the Ann ?athey Sunday School room of the ffethodist Church, Thursday night, t 7:30. The study, "Near East >anorama", will be under the eadership of Dr. Ann Greider, 2 >ean of Women of Western Caro- 1 Ina Teachers College, Cullowhee. 1 The second study will be held 1 it the Methodist Church Sunday ' veiling, December 3, at 7:30 with 1 An. Ramsey Buchanan in charge. 1 FARM ROUNDUP i SROUP SLATES ! MEET FRIDAY Cullowhee ? The first meeting if the executive committee for the 1 VNC Farm and Home Roundup 1 ,t Western Carolina Teachers Col- 3 ege will be held Friday at 10:30 ? i.m. in the George Vanderbilt lotel, Asheville. I Plans for the 1951 Roundup will . ?e formulated at this time, ac-. ording to W. B. Harrill, secretary. I t Executive committee members, * re Paul Laughrun, state field rep- * esentative, Burnsville; Jeff Enloej if the Production Marketing As- \ ociation, Asheville; Ben Jenkins, ' district Farm Agent, Raleigh; Clif-j ord Seeber, Educational Director . f TVA, Knoxville, Tenn.; Tal H. j Itafford, District Vocational Ag-1 iculture Supervisor, Asheville,, Jiss Nell Kennett, District Home,1 ^.gent, Raleigh; and E. J. Whit-j^ [Ill C> 11 aiinmit I I Mrs. Walter Pike of Henderson- j ille is president of the Roundup;!* )scar Deyton, Burnsville, vice^ resident; and Harrill, Cullawhee, ecretary. ] Frank H. Brown, Jr. of Cullo-, J /hee, last year's president, serves a an advisory capacity. I Ciders Returns To States i Lfter Action In Korea San Diego, Calif., Nov. 22 ? ^ ames V. Elders, SN, USN, son of Irs. R. L. Edwards of Box 872, I viva. N. C., arrived back in the Jnited States today after five C months of action in the Korean c Par. He was aboard the attack t -ansport USS PICKAWAY, a unit j f the Pacific Fleet Amphibious i orce. which docked at the Naval \ dr Station here this morning. 5 On hand to greet crew-members s f the PICKAWAY were Rear Ad- \ liral I. N. Kiland, commander of ne Pacific Fleet Amphibious orce, members of his staff, and fives and relatives of many of le bluejackets returning from ombat. Large signs reading "Weloroe Home" and "Well Done," raditionally the Navy's highest raise, decorated the pier as the Kip drew into her berth. IYLVA CITY MARKET . . In A*P LVA ] va, N. C. Thursday, Nov. 30 District Agent JjSjM Bl|j| BEN P. JENKINS, JR. BEN P. JENKINS, JR., above, is the new western district agent for the State College Extension Ser-j luce. nis appoinimeni 10 me post Decomes effective December 1. Jenkins, a graduate of State Colege. has been farm agent in Cleveand County for the past five years. In his new capacity he will supervise the work of farm agents in the 15 counties of Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, fiaywood, Henderson, Jackson. Vlacon, Madison, Swain, Transyl/ania. Watauga, and Yancey. Jen- 1 dns succeeds Robert W. Shoffner, who on October 1 was promoted to assistant director of extension. JOHN W. McDEVnf NAMED CHIEF OF N. C. PERSONNEL John W. McDevitt, a native of Marshall, former resident of Cullowhee and member of Sylva Ro- < bary Club, but more recently ad- 1 ministrator assistant of the Bud- 1 Set Bureau at Raleigh, has been appointed as chief State Personnel Director to succeed Henry Hilton who resigned to take a position with the Sales Department of. Dixie Furniture Company, Lexington. t Announcement of the selection if McDevitt was made by Fred S. Royster of Henderson, chairman ^ if the State Personnel Council. The J lew director's salary will be $8,000 per year fixed by the council. HilX)n was receiving $9,000. McDevitt will begin his new duties 2arly in December. McDevitt. 37. is from Marshall. Tor the past 2 years he has been 1 connected with the State Budget i Bureau. He first became a State < employe in 1931 when he taught 1 school in Madison. After four pears teaching he went to Raleigh with the adult education pro*ram. In this capacity he served *s secretary to the director and as district supervisor for a year. He then went to Western Caro- ^ ina Teachers College where he iid work in the business office, extension department, and did Dublic relations and alumni work. ] He entered the Navy and served ' 'or two years, commanding sub- i narine chasers in the Pacific. He s a graduate of Marshall high i school, Mars Hill College, WCTC and Cornell University. 1 Draft Board Moves To New Post Office Building < Mrs. Olive Wilson, clerk, has anlounced that the Draft Board will ' je moved to offices over the new 3ost Office building on Friday, ( December 1. County Council PTA Meeting Postponed The meeting of the County i Council of Parent-Teacher Asso- < nation which was scheduled for j: oday (Thursday) has oeen posx- j x>ned until a future date?to ' < innounced later. The meeting j vas to have been at the Addie School building. Mrs. Mae Bry;on, publicity chairman, announced. rawr.pp ri iwir. to meet at C. J. Harris Hospital, in 8ylva, Friday, Dec. 1. Registration from 9 to 10:15 a.m. Ths Division of Cancer Control The N. C. 8tate 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 eaneer. Her i , 1950 TIMBER THINNING CONTEST SPONSORED ni/ urin o i r o Dl mtAU&AX.i, A contest in timber thinning or timber stand improvement for Jackson County farm boys is being jointly sponsored by the Mead Corporation and the Agricultural Extension Service. Prizes for the four best projects are being offered by the Mead Corporation. Rules and Regulations: 1. This contest is open to boys living in Jackson County. 2. Contestants must be from 14 through 19 years old, inclusive. 3. Contestants must thin or otherwise improve one acre of woodland. 4. Contestants must fill out record book furnished by the,county agent's office. 5. At least 10 contestants must participate before prize money will be paid. |( 6. Contest will begin November!1 1, 1950. and run until May 1, 1951. j1 7. Contestants may enter the, contest at any time up until March,1 1, 1951. Procedure: 1. Contestants must make application to Mr: Paul Gibson, County Agent, Sylva, N. C. 2. The project acre will be approved by the county agent or a I representative from the county agent's office. 3. The project acre will be measured by the county agent or a representative from the county agent's office. \ 4. Complete rules and regula- ' tions of the contest will be furn-. isheH hv the countv agent. PRIZES?Prizet will be award- , ed by the Mead Corporation for , the four highest scoring projects. Prizes will be as follows: First prize $25.00 Second prize $15.00 Third prize $ 5.00 Fourth prise $ 5.00 Total prize money $50.tX> , Judging: < ? ? - HI l.i A I 1. The judges win consist ox mc :ounty agent, the forestry exten- 1 sion specialist of the Western Ex- 1 :ension District, and a represen- 1 :ative of the sponsoring organiza- s tions. 1 2. Projects will be judged as 1 soon after May 1, 1951, as possible. ( 3. Projects will be scored on the!, Dasis of the scoring system set up,] n the Record Book for 4-H F?r-j" ?stry Projects in Thinning or TimDer Stand Improvement. APPLICATIONS FOR 1951 AUTO LICENSE MAILED TO DRIVERS ! Raleigh, Nov. 27 ? The Department of Motor Vehicles this week began its annual task of mailing out application cards for ? - i 1 ok nnn jyai Jicense piaics iu i , j<hj,wuu motor vehicle owners, the Department reported today. All the cards are expected to be in the mail by the end of the week, preparatory to the sale of 1951 license plates, which begins on December 1 and continues thru January 31. The license plates will be on sale at the central office in Raleigh and at 80 branch offices throughout the State. When applying in person for license tags, motor vehicle owners should bring their application cards and fee with them. When applying by mail, vehicle owners should enclose the card and the fee. Tags for this area can be secured at Allison's on Main Street. Pfc. Ashe Lands In Japan Pfc. Ennis W. Ashe, Jr. landed on November 22, at Camp Drake, Japan. He served two years with the U. S. Artillery in World War II, was discharged, but joined the Reserves. Pfc. Ashe was called back to service September 30, to Fort Hood, Texas in the 41st Armored Infantry Batallion, and remained there until he sailed from San Francisco, November 10, for overseas service and landed in Japan Nov. 22. SOSSAMON'S ?? ftytva \LD A lYTrs. RalnVi ! Sale Chairm Fund Raisin ^ School Masters Hear Murphy Schools Supt. The Jackson County School Master's Club held its regular meeting at Jarrett Springs Hotel Thursday nigh!, Nov. 23. There were 24 present to enjoy a delicious turkey dinner. After dinner Mr. Ralph Smith, pres. of the club, introduced Mr. Carr Hooper, program chairman for the evening. After a good bit of wholesome fun Mr. Hooper introduced Mr. H. Bueck, superintendent of Murphy City Schools, as our guest speaker.' Mr. Bueck's topic was "New Trends in Education". From his years of | experience and study Mr. Bueck made an interesting and informative talk. After visiting together for a while the Club adjourned to meet January 4, 1951. ROTARIANS HEAR MORT SEWELL ON COMMUNITY GROWTH Mort Sewell, retired Real Estate dealer of St. Petersburg, Fla., nuw iiictMii^ nis [luiiit' at naa, was the speaker for the regular Tuesday evening dinner meeting of the Sylva Rotary Club. Mr. Sewell has been coming to this section of Western North Carolina for 10 or 12 years and spending most of his time here for the past three years. He talked to the members of the club on what he, as an outsider now making this his home, "Would Like to See Western North Carolina Communities Do For Future Progress." His first observation was pointing out the lack of speawJde cooperation by the communities making up these several counties. Mr. Sewell said that this area das more natural beauty to offer tourists than any other section of the nation, and it is his belief that a closer cooperation in working toward a common goal of bringing more people into the area would 1o much more good that for each ommunity to scatter its efforts alone on the job. He complimented Sylva on having made much progress and improvement on Main street in the past three years. Modern nniu V\t i i 1/H in a nou; ctanH on former vacant lots, old buildings have been remodeled and store fronts improved which give the town a more progressive look. He stressed the importance of better game and fish. To have this, he said, it is going to take better protection against the law violators. This should be a great bird hunting paradise, he said, but it is hard to find a covey. The same holds true to the several hundred miles of ideal fishing streams. These were a few of the things the speaker mentioned that would help bring more visitors to this area of Western North Carolina. Tar Heel beekeepers salvage some four million pounds of beeswax each year, but that is only half enough to meet the demands of industry, say beekeeping specialists at State College. Jackson Shivei Weather For 1 Jackson county and area shivered over the week-end when temperature dropped the lowest since 1940, causing the county 4 ^ oil rlotf rMili'Uld IU I vTiiictiii V, an Monday and Tuesday, when Supt. W. V. Cope said road conditions made bus transportation unsafe. Although the students had no Thanksgiving holidays last weekend they did have them the first of this week. The bitter cold followed a light snow fall on last Friday afternoon when the temperature dropped below the 20's and almost to zero on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Light snow fall fell Monday and Tuesday evening but not enough to disrupt travel. The heavier snow fall East of! t I ? Only 20 More Shopping Days Until Christmas. Do Your Shopping In SYLVA h i: $2.00 A Year?5c Copy Smith, Seal lan, Keports g Campaign '$247 Sent In From Seals Mailed Out To Citizens Mrs. Ralph Smith, chairman of the Jackson County Tuberculosis Association Christmas Seal Sale campaign, reports that since the campaign started on November 21 $247 has been received in return from Seals mailed out to the citizens of the town and county. # The goal for the county is $1000, Mrs. Smith said, and it is to end December 25. Mrs. Smith urges all citizens to respond to this worthy cause and mail in their checks prior to December 25. The following statement made by Governor Scott has been sent out and Mrs. Smith requests its publication, which follows: I urge all citizens of North Carolina to give active support to the 1950 Christmas Seal Campaign, to be held November 20 to December 25. Tuberculosis is a costly disease, in lives and in dollars. Over 40,000 deaths from tuberculosis oc curred in the United States last year, while an estimated $350,000,000 were spent for tuberculosis control. This enormous cost cannot be eliminated until we have eliminated tuberculosis. 3,250 new cases of tuberculosis were reported in North Carolina in 1949 and 956 North Carolinians died needlessly from this preventable disease. It is estimated that there are 10,000 cases of tuberculosis in our State; many of these are unknowingly spreading the disease to other people. No home hi North CrnpUni is safe as long as a single case of tuberculosis exists. The dollars you give to your tuberculosis association work tirelessly the year round to rid your community of the No. 1 killer UtlVIV.1 li V/ill At/ iiiVliV.O wvy t TY V/ AWVV of snow, with drifts 12 feet deep and temperature below zero, causing millions in property damage and much loss of life, this area got off light without deaths or property damage. The storm came in very suddenly following one of the mildest Indian summer seasons in history, thus catching many people ua*> prepared for the low temperature* known to be preventable, yet it makes but one appeal a year for funds to finance its twelve-month program. This appeal, the Sale of Christmas Seals, constitutes the sole support of the association and its projects aimed at the protection of all of us against this dread disease. The angels on this year's tuberculosis Seal remind us that the Christmas season with all its opportunities to give joy to others is with us again. Angels can't do it all; the fight cannot be won without your help. Buy and use as many Christmas Seals as you can to support your tuberculosis association's efforts toward saving lives needlessly lest, protecting your loved ones, and toward eliminating tuberculosis. W. Kerr Scott, Governor. Cub Scouts Meet Tonight Cub Pack 5 of Sylva will have its November meeting tonight (Thursday), at 7:30 at the Legion Hall. All boys interested in being cubs are invited to attend and are asked to bring a parent. The movie, "The Cub in the Home", | will be shown. red In Sub-zero 1he Past Week Jackson last Friday caused some delay of the mails and made travel hazardous. Hundreds of automobiles and trucks were stalled for a few hours between Waynesville and Asheville and on Balsam section of 19-A and 23 during the heavy fall last Friday evening. While the North Central and Eastern States were staggering iin/Jor IS {riz-'V?t?c r\ + \\ir\ fonf
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