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R.O. AND WILLETTA VANCE of Vance Hardware celebrated their 43rd anniversary last week. They opened their Main Street store on May 16, 1963. In addition to the hardware inventory, Vance was a Hot Point appliance dealer until the early 1980s when he gave up his dealership and went into appliance service full time. Vance has been associated with downtown business for 58 years, he said; he worked 15 years at Western Auto before opening his own store. “I’ve seen a lot of changes on Main Street and a lot of stores come and go,” he said. Vance now has the only hardware store in the downtown business district, but he can remember when there were three others – Western Auto, Sylva Coal and Lumber Co. and Hooper Builders Supply.
THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1996 will hold its 10th reunion on Saturday, June 24. A free family event will be held at Sylva’s Poteet Park from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Those attending are asked to bring their own food. The adults-only evening event will be from 7 p.m. until midnight at Lil’ Harvey’s in Dillsboro Court and will include dinner and dancing at a cost of $35 per person. Those planning to attend are asked to call Brandi Young at 507-6496.
TOM STEED ELECTRIC, which is located in Whittier, is celebrating three decades in business. Steed, who provides electrical contracting and repairs to Jackson and surrounding counties, has been in this area for the past four years. See the ad on page 2C for more information.
LINDA MORRIS OF WEBSTER sent us an e-mail to share some additional information about last week’s “Then and Now” photo of the old Commercial Hotel. The hotel was originally owned and operated by Manus Hanley Morris and his wife, Mary Jane Long Morris, Linda wrote, and the people on the porch in the picture are Manus Morris, Mary Jane Morris, and (probably) Dr. Daisy McGuire. The original picture is in the office of Main Street’s Sylva Insurance Agency, which was founded by John Morris (son of Manley and Mary Jane Morris) in 1926 and currently owned by John Morris Jr. and Phyllis Foxx.
MYSTERY LOVERS will find many favorite older authors on our sale table this week. Anyone who loves a bargain will find the sale table and racks brimming with great books at very low prices. Stop by and see what is new at the Friends of the Library Bookstore on Main Street across from The Sylva Herald building.
THE DANCE CENTRE in Sylva will hold registration for summer classes Monday-Friday, May 22-26, from 3 until 6 p.m. Classes in ballet, jazz and tap will be offered for ages 3 and older. Now under new management, The Dance Centre will also offer a “Fairy Tale Camp” for ages 4-9 and a Cheerleading Camp for ages 7-12. Call Valerie Tissue at 586-4410 for more information.
West Carolina Internet Cafe recently held a grand opening with the assistant of the Chamber Ambassadors. The Cafe is located at 475 Haywood Road in Dillsboro and offers public internet access as well as soups, salads, sandwiches, espresso, cappuccino and various other items. For more information, call 586-5700 or visit online at www.westcarolinacafe.com
The staff of A-1 Payroll Solutions, Tammy Dockins and Lib Balcerek, held a Grand Opening with Chamber Ambassadors. A-1 Payroll is a full service payroll company, offering all tax, unemployment and disability claim services, as well as group insurance. The business is located in Sylva at the intersection of Hwy. 107 and Business 23 (across from O’Malley’s). For more information, visit the website at www.a-1payroll.com or call 586-3700. |
